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Weirs Beach open again but water quality issues persist

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LACONIA — Closed for a week due to a high bacteria count, Weirs Beach was given the green light to reopen Friday morning after state officials said the bacteria count had dropped to safe levels.

The reopening came at just the right time for weekend tourists flocking to the Lakes Region to beat the oppressive heat as tem-

peratures across the Northeast neared the triple digit level.

“That’s good news. A lot of people use the beach and have been frustrated about it being closed,’’ said Kevin Dunleavy, the city’s parks and maintenance director, who said that he is planning to take some immediate steps to help control the bacteria problem, including bringing in portable toilets which can be used by the public

after the beach bathhouse closes at 5 p.m., as well as putting out bags along the Weirs Beach boardwalk and at the beach itself for collecting dog waste which it is hoped that the public will use.

“We’re trying to do some little things which can make a difference,’’ said Dunleavy.

He said that while dogs are banned from the beach area they are frequently brought see WEIrs BEaCH page 10

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The ban on gays in the military has stood for nearly a century.

In 60 days, after decades of discharges, lawsuits and lobbying, that will change.

On Friday, President Barack Obama fulfilled a 2008 campaign pledge, formally ending the ban. After meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Adm. Mike Mullen, the joint chiefs of staff chairman, the president certified to Congress that repealing the ban would not jeopardize the military’s ability to fight.

“As commander in chief, I have always been confident that our dedicated men and women in uniform would transition to a new policy in an orderly manner that preserves unit cohesion, recruitment, retention and military effectiveness,” Obama said in a statement. “Service members will no longer be forced to hide who they are in order to serve our country.”

Friday’s milestone was expected to be see GAYS page 9

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Attack against Norway government claims 80 lives OSLO, Norway (AP) — A homegrown terrorist set off a deadly explosion in downtown Oslo before heading to a summer camp dressed as a police officer to commit one of the deadliest shooting sprees in history, killing at least 80 people as terrified youths ran and even swam for their lives, police said Friday.

Police initially said about 10 were killed at the forested camp on the island of Utoya, but some survivors said they thought the toll was much higher. Police director Oystein Maeland told reporters early Saturday they had discovered many more victims.

“It’s taken time to search the area. What we know now is that we can say that there are at least 80 killed at Utoya,” Maeland said. “It goes without saying that this gives dimensions to this incident that are exceptional.”

A suspect in the shootings, and the Oslo explosion that killed seven people, was arrested. Though police did not release his name, Norwegian national broadcaster NRK identified him as 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik and said police searched his Oslo apartment overnight. NRK and other Norwegian media posted pictures of the blond, blue-eyed Norwegian.

A police official said the suspect appears to have acted alone in both attacks, and that “it seems like that this is not linked to any international terrorist organizations at all.”

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because that information had not been officially released by Norway’s police.

“It seems it’s not Islamic-terror related,” the official said. “This seems like a madman’s work.”

The official said the attack “is probably more Norway’s Oklahoma City than it is Norway’s World Trade Center.” Domestic see NORWAY page 8

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner abruptly broke off talks with President Barack Obama Friday night on a deal to make major cuts in federal spending and avert a threatened government default, sending already uncertain compromise efforts into instant crisis.

Within minutes, an obviously peeved Obama virtually ordered congressional leaders to the White House Saturday morning for fresh negotiations on raising the nation’s debt limit. “We’ve got to get it done. It is not

an option not to do it,” he declared.

For the first time since talks began, he declined to offer assurances, when asked, that default would be avoided. Moments later, however, he said he was confident of that outcome.

At a rebuttal news conference of his own a short while later in the Capitol, Boehner said, “I want to be entirely clear, no one wants default on the full faith and credit of the United States government, and I’m convinced that we will not.”

The two men offered sharply different accounts of the compromise efforts so far and who was at fault for the collapse.

“I’ve been left at the altar now a couple of times,” Obama said wryly.

“It’s the president who walked away from his agreement,” Boehner contended.

The speaker said Obama wanted higher taxes and not enough spending cuts.

The president countered that he had offered an “extraordinarily fair deal” that see DEBT page 4

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800 gay couples enter Social conservatives dealt blow as Texas Board of lottery to see who can Education compromises on teaching of evolution get married in New York City on Sunday

NEW YORK (AP) — As a board member of Marriage Equality New York, Rob Lassegue has been on the front lines of the battle for same-sex marriage.

He will be near the front of the line with his partner, Manuel Reyes, when hundreds of gay couples get married in New York City on Sunday, the first day that their marriages will be legal.

“I didn’t want to get married in any other state or country besides the one that I live in,” said Lassegue, a 41-year-old event planner.

Lassegue and Reyes, a 32-year-old waiter, have been together more than eight years. They plan to arrive at the city clerk’s office at 7:30 a.m. for their wedding, then stick around and answer other couples’ questions about the process before heading off for a celebratory cruise on the Hudson River.

More than 800 couples entered a lottery to get married in New York City on Sunday, the day New York becomes the sixth and largest U.S. state where same-sex couples can marry. All of them will be able to tie the knot, thanks to dozens of judges who are volunteering their time.

City officials had estimated that about 2,500 couples might show up at city clerk’s offices in the five boroughs on Sunday. By the time the 48-hour lottery had drawn to a close on Thursday, 823 couples had signed up. They were all informed by phone and email that their weddings were on.

Once they arrive, couples will be seen by judges who will perform three steps all at once: granting a marriage license, granting (on a case-by-case basis) see LOTTERY page 14

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas State Board of Education delivered a blow to social conservatives Friday, giving final approval to supplemental high school science materials after a brief flare-up over some lessons teaching the principles of evolution.

The lessons in question included a lab comparison on chimpanzee and human skulls, the fossil record and cell complexity.

A board-appointed reviewer had called the lessons errors and recommended changes, but a group of scientists objected on Friday, threatening to re-ignite a fierce debate over teaching evolution in Texas public schools.

The board’s social conservatives compromised when it appeared they would lose a vote to reject the reviewer’s changes in favor of the original lessons.

Instead of a showdown vote on evolution, the panel agreed to approve the material and have Education Commissioner Robert Scott continue working on the lessons in question with publisher Holt McDougal.

“Today we saw Texas kids and sound science finally win a vote on the State Board of Education,” said Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network, a group that supports mainstream scientists in the teaching of evolution and has repeatedly sparred with board conservatives over education

standards.

“We saw the far right’s stranglehold over the state board is finally loosening,” Miller said.

The conservative wing in 2009 had pushed through controversial standards that called for schools to scrutinize “all sides” of scientific theory.

Several of the conservative board members disputed the notion of defeat on Friday.

Chairwoman Barbara Cargill, R-The Woodlands, said she was pleased with the compromise because Scott will continue working with Holt McDougal to find language that is factually correct and fits the standards adopted in 2009.

“I feel very comfortable turning it over to him,” Cargill said.

The 15-member board is dominated by Republicans but the ultra-conservative wing lost a key vote in 2010 when former chairman Don McLeroy was defeated by Thomas Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant.

Ratliff said he would have voted to support the findings of the scientists and throw out the changes recommended by the board reviewer.

“There’s no question had some seats not changed, it would have been different,” Ratliff said.

David Bradley, R-Beaumont, one of the board’s see EVOLUTION page 14

2 men charged with near fatal beating of Giants fan

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men arrested in the near-fatal beating of a San Francisco Giants fan on opening day at Dodger Stadium have been charged with mayhem, assault and battery.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office announced the felony charges Friday against 29-year-old Louie Sanchez and 30-year-old Marvin Norwood. Sanchez faces two additional misdemeanor counts of battery stemming from a separate

incident the day of the March 31 attack.

Norwood could face up to eight years in prison if convicted, while Sanchez faces a maximum prison term of nine years.

The charges come a day after the men were arrested at their San Bernardino County homes.

The arrests marked a stunning turn in the case because police bungled the initial investigation by arresting the wrong guy.

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Alabama-based Books-A-Million bids to keep Borders in Concord operating

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CONCORD — The Concord Borders may be snatched from the jaws of liquidation in a last-minute takeover by Books-A-Million.

A bankruptcy judge in New York yesterday approved the sale of Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Borders Group’s assets to a group of liquidators. Going-outof-business sales will begin this morning at all 399 remaining locations, with merchandise discounted by as much as 40 percent, the liquidators announced in a news release.

But Books-A-Million, a bookstore chain based in Birmingham, Ala., announced Thursday afternoon it was bidding to buy 30 Borders stores for itself. The company would “assume the leases for these locations and continue to operate these stores,” it said in a statement.

The Borders superstore at 76 Fort Eddy Road in Concord was on a list of stores being sought by Books-A-Million that was read aloud yesterday in court, according to reporters for Dow Jones and the Associated Press who attended the hearing.

Representatives from Books-A-Million didn’t

return messages seeking confirmation. A Borders spokeswoman said she didn’t have the list.

It wasn’t clear if or when the deal would be concluded.

Borders filed for bankruptcy in February and announced this week it would liquidate after no one came forward to buy the company and keep it in business. Roughly 25 employees work at the Concord store, one of five locations in the state.

Books-A-Million has 231 stores in 23 states and Washington, D.C., most in the south and none in New England, according to the company’s website.

DEBT from page 2 totaled $2.6 trillion in spending cuts and $1.2 trillion in additional revenue.

Strikingly, the two sides had agreed on two highly controversial changes, according to aides on both sides of the talks. One would raise the age of eligibility of Medicare gradually from 65 to 67 for future beneficiaries, while the other would slow the increase in cost-ofliving raises in Social Security checks.

Given that accord, it seemed likely those agreements would be among many carrying over to the

broader meeting Saturday morning and beyond.

Barring action by Congress by an Aug. 2 deadline, the Treasury will be unable to pay all its bills.

Officials say a default could destabilize the already weakened U.S. economy and send major ripple effects across the globe.

Even by the recent standards of divided government, Boehner’s decision triggered an extraordinary evening in which first the Democratic president and then the Republican speaker maneuvered for political position on an issue of enormous national import.

Unspoken, yet unmistakable in all the brinkmanship was the 2012 election campaign, still 18 months away, with the White House and both houses of Congress at stake.

In a letter circulated earlier to the House Republican rank and file, Boehner said he had withdrawn from the talks because the president wanted to raise taxes and was reluctant to agree to cuts in benefit programs.

The disconnect was “not because of different personalities but because of different visions for our country,” he said, and he announced he would now seek agreement with the Democraticcontrolled Senate.

Obama was having none of that, announcing instead a morning White House meeting where he said he expected to hear proposed solutions from the top leaders of both parties in both houses.

“One of the questions the Republican Party is going to have to ask itself is, ‘Can they say yes to anything?’”

Obama said.

The president avoided direct criticism of Boehner, although he did mention that his phone calls to the speaker had gone unreturned during the day. Administration officials said the president had tried to reach Boehner twice over two days. Asked about the spurned calls, Boehner said he didn’t think his relationship with Obama had been “irreparably damaged.”

He said he would attend the Saturday meeting at the White House.

Private, sometimessecret negotiations had veered uncertainly for weeks, generating reports as late as Thursday that the two sides were possibly closing in on an agreement to cut $3 trillion in spending and add as much as $1 trillion in possible revenue while increasing the government’s borrowing authority of $2.4 trillion.

That triggered a revolt among Democrats who expressed fears the president was giving away too much in see next page

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THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, July 23, 2011 — Page 5

City pushing to get ward redistricting on the ballot a year earlier than was case a decade ago LACONIA — With data from the 2010 census in hand, Planning Director Shanna Saunders has begun the process of redrawing the boundaries of the six wards in the city with an eye to presenting a redistricting plan to the Government Operations Committee of the City Council Monday night.

Every 10 years all the electoral districts in the county, from the congressional districts to municipal wards, must be redrawn to comply with the principle of “one man, one vote.” In the simplest terms, the process amounts to dividing the total population by six then adjusting the boundaries of the six wards so that the population of each is within a specified percentage, or “deviation,” from the average. Saunders said yesterday that she has been instructed to limit the “deviation” to between onepercent and five -percent.

Saunders said that in redrawing the ward lines she will apply the 2010 census results to the existing electoral map then adjust the ward boundaries to satisfy the necessary “deviation.”

The last round of redistricting in 2002 was marked by much manual tabulation and calculation and dragged on for eight months, although much of work was done buy council members on one frantic August night. Saunders said that this year a software program will hasten the process, which is projected to be complete by August 8.

Redistricting requires an amendment to the City Charter, which describes the boundaries of each of the wards much like a deed describes the metes and bounds of real property.

According to state law (RSA 49-B:5), “the municipal officers may order the proposed an amendment to be placed on a ballot at the next regular municipal election or, in the case of municipalities with biennial elections, at the next regular state biennial election.”

When the city last redistricted following the 2000 census, city councilors elected to place the charter amend-

ment on the ballot at the next state election in 2002, providing themselves with nearly a year to redraw the ward boundaries. As it happened, the charter amendment delineating the new ward lines was adopted in November, 2002 and a year later the first municipal elections were held and the first city council was elected in the redrawn wards.

This time around, on the advice of the city attorney, the council aims to accelerate the redistricting process by placing a charter amendment describing the new ward lines on the ballot at the municipal election on November 8. To meet this deadline, the process must begin no later than August 8 with a vote of the council approving the new ward lines and ordering a public hearing.

Within 10 days the proposed redistricting plan must be forwarded to the New Hampshire Secretary of State, Attorney General and Commissioner of Revenue Administration for review.

If any one of the three disapprove, the amendment cannot be put on the ballot.

A public hearing on the redistricting plan is scheduled for August 22, a week after the text of the plan, accompanied by a brief explanation, appears in local newspapers. If after the public hearing the plan undergoes substantial changes, they must be submitted to state officials for their approval. Otherwise, within a week of the public hearing, the final draft of the plan must be filed with the city clerk, who arranges for the printing of the ballot.

Meanwhile, this year’s municipal elections for the city council and school board will be conducted under within the existing ward boundaries. City Clerk Mary Reynolds announced this week that the filing period for candidates for City Council and School Board will open on Monday, August 8 and close on Wednesday, August 17.

The top two vote getters in each ward in the primary election on Tuesday, September 20, will square off in the general election on November.

from preceding page care and Social Security while getting too little by way of additional revenues “Failing to raise the debt ceiling would do irreparable harm to our credit standing, would undermine our ability to lead on global economic issues and would damage our economy,” former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, a Republican, told reporters during the day.

Current administration officials and Federal reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have said much the same thing for weeks — while gridlock persisted in Congress.

Obama said his only requirement for an agreement was legislation that provides the Treasury enough borrowing authority to tide the government over through the 2012 election.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., agreed in a written statement, saying a shorter-term extension was unacceptable.

His counterpart, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell supported Boehner for “insisting on reducing spending and opposing the president’s

call for higher taxes on American families and job creators.”

Not for the first time, he said, “it’s time now for the debate to move out of a room in the White House and onto the House and Senate floors.”

The two Senate leaders will be among the lawmakers at the White House meeting called by the president, presumably joined by Boehner and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader.

At the same time Obama and Boehner sought to define the clash to their political advantage, their aides provided details of the abortive talks.

Republican aides said Obama has upped his demand for higher taxes during the week, in the wake of a proposal by the bipartisan “Gang of Six” in the Senate.

The group called for an overhaul of the tax code that would increase revenue by $1.2 trillion over a decade.

Additionally, the aides said the two sides were not able to bridge their differences over the triggers designed to force Congress to enact both tax reform and cuts to Medicare and other benefit programs by early next year.

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Pat Buchanan

Is a tea party triumph at hand?

They were called “terrorists,” “fanatics” and “unpatriotic.” Yet the principled resistance of the Tea Party Caucus in the House has put their leader right across the table from Barack Obama to negotiate the final terms of armistice in the debtceiling battle of 2011.

Today is July 22. On this day, it was said, either Congress will have voted to raise the debt ceiling, or the markets will have panicked and America will be on the road to default on Aug. 2.

House leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor are, as of this writing, sitting with Obama negotiating terms.

And yesterday, the stock market surged in anticipation they were close to an agreement. If Boehner and Cantor are dealing from strength, it is thanks to the Tea Party’s rejection of previous deals. The caucus held Boehner’s feet to the fire, and Boehner is the stronger for it.

And so, today, it is Democrats who are in rebellion. For Obama has reportedly signed on to specific and real reductions, $3-trillion worth, that include cuts in future costs of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. America’s hirsute welfare state may be about to get a haircut.

“Who dares, wins,” is the motto of the Special Air Service, the Brits’ answer to America’s Navy SEALs. While no final deal has been cut, House Republicans have made significant gains. They passed “Cut, Cap and Balance,” a Tea Party plan to cut federal spending to 20-percent of gross domestic product, cap federal programs and secure a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution.

Second, Obama has offered to put budget cuts upfront to get a debt-ceiling increase. This would be insurance against what happened to Ronald Reagan, where tax hikes agreed to were enacted and the budget cuts lost somewhere along the trail.

Third, the president has apparently agreed to tax reform, whereby a host of deductions, exemptions and tax credits would be discarded from the code by the GOP in return for tax rate reductions for businesses and individuals.

This is Reaganism.

Indeed, this writer was with Reagan at the Tokyo Economic Summit of 1986 when word came that Sen. Bob Packwood and the finance committee were about to agree to cut the top tax rate to 28-percent, in return for eliminating tax deductions and tax breaks for business and individuals. The reaction of Air Force One, without seeing the precise terms of the deal, was, “Go for it!”

Obama’s proposal appears to contain a non-performance clause,

however. If no deal on tax reform is reached, at the end of 2012, the Bush tax cuts will not be extended for high-end earners. That would be a defeat for the Tea Party, the GOP and the country.

Still, there remains no question which way America and Europe are going — indeed, are being forced to go by the irresponsibility of a generation of political leaders. Consider: Obama has moved in months from an expansive budget that could not get a single vote in the Senate to negotiating with a Republican House whose leaders’ feet are being held to the fire by Tea Party true believers. When the discussion is of $3-trillion in budget cuts and reducing tax rates, in return for giving up tax loopholes, Big Government is in retreat and a conservative hour may be at hand.

In Albany, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, son of liberal lion Mario, has just gotten an agreement from state employees to give up increases in pay raises and pension hikes they had already won, to save union jobs.

In Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat who shut down the government to force the GOP to agree to tax increases, has raised a white flag and accepted the Republican “no new taxes” position.

“Trust but verify” was Reagan’s watchword in negotiating arms control with the Soviet Union. The principle should surely apply to any deal that Boehner cuts.

We are 10 days from the day of reckoning. On Aug. 2, the U.S. Government, as of now, will have no legal authority to borrow, and tax revenue will fall sharply below what the U.S. Government needs to meet its obligations. To avoid a partial shutdown of the government and a rattling of the stock and bond markets, for which the GOP will be blamed, the House should agree to a short-term extension of the debt ceiling.

And for every month increase in that debt ceiling, the House should impose a cost of $110-billion in hard budget cuts. As we have seen from Obama’s repeated retreats, he needs an increase in the debt ceiling now, as does the country. He will have to accept any increase the House gives him, or veto it and risk a plunge in the markets, which would assume either a U.S. debt default or a U.S. debt downgrade.

This tournament is not over, but it was Tea Party hardball that got the GOP to the finals.

(Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan has been a senior advisor to three presidents, twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the presidential nominee of the Reform Party in 2000. He won the New Hampshire Republican Primary in 1996.)

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LETTERS Those who have contacted me in opposition have all been men To the editor, Background: I was a rifleman for General Patton in WW II — First Scout of a Rifle Squad. The men walking in my footsteps suffered 300-percent casualties. My having seen dead bodies of young (mostly 18 year old) men on the battlefield, led me to come away with an absolute hatred of violent untimely deaths, such as happened in the (1995) violent untimely death of Debra Gates here in Laconia, (and whose restraining order was no protection at all.)

Currently, as a Representative from Laconia, I entered 22 “Legislative Requests”to be heard beginning in January 2012. One of my “requests” is a bill “requiring the courts to give every woman (or man) who gets a restraining order a gun, a box of ammunition and provide her with instruction in shooting.”

I know enough about guns to know, that guns are an absolute deterrent to violence. For example, there are very few men anywhere, who will walk into the muzzle of a 12 gauge shotgun that

is being held in the hands of a woman whom they have betrayed so badly that a restraining order was necessary.

There, so far, have been only a few women who have contacted me about this bill, but of them, every woman who has contacted me about this bill has enthusiastically supported it.

Those who have contacted me in opposition to this bill, so far, have all been men. The scenarios the men have presented me with have all been based on bad decisions having been made by judges. My response to that is that any judge who produces decisions that are as bad as those presented to me should not be a judge.

Additionally, I have been appalled at the nonchalance with which the untimely violent deaths of women have been voiced by some of the men who oppose this bill.

This bill is on schedule to be heard in the 2012 session of the State Legislature, which starts next January.

Rep. Bob Kingsbury Belknap District 4 Laconia

Right wing nut party got elected to create jobs. How’s that working?

To the editor, The letter by Tony Boutin is as fine a letter as any I have seen as to what is wrong with the problems in this country. Just as Glenn Beck is fired, here comes a want to be. Most letters to the editor have some facts included but his has none.

I would think with the problems we all have with local politics, focus should be discussion should be local.

The question is, how many folks in N.H. have the best life has to offer and never worked a day of their life to get it? I do believe hospitals will have troubles staying open when Medicare stops paying bills added up by those who refuse to buy their own policy.

How many homeowners in N.H. who pay property taxes, thousands, which goes to insure public employees, while

they have no insurance for their own family? A home should not be a cash cow for special interest groups to milk dry every year to pay for WASTE in town government budgets.

I will remind Mr. Boutin that the right wing nut party is now in control of state government, except they cannot find anyone to replace Gov.Lynch. Thank god for that. I do however like some of the changes the have made. The right wing nut party got elected to create jobs, cut spending,and no new taxes. How is that working out for those whose property taxes go up every year, jobs being lost, homes assessed for thousands of dollars more than they are worth. I do believe the right wing party has a constipated elephant to deal with.

Henry Osmer Hill

Treasury prints money & hands it over to Fed to loan back to us To the editor, With all the rhetoric on paying down the debt, might I ask some questions?

Who do we pay the debt to and where do they get the money to loan us?

awful awakening. We print the money at the U.S. Treasury and hand it over to the Federal Reserve. So they can loan it to us. It is a simple way to explain the process but it works for see next page

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Fred Anderson

The ‘Smart’ in Smart Grid is the consumer Between now and the end of 2012, every member of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) will be getting a new electric meter that is capable of reporting its readings directly to NHEC headquarters in Plymouth. If your interest in “Smart Grid” technology begins and ends there, that’s the only change you’ll notice. But if you choose, you can use this new technology to understand and manage your energy use as never before.

NHEC’s creation of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is the largest single deployment of new technology in the company’s 72-year history. When the project is complete, every NHEC meter will be part of a network that wirelessly reports and receives usage data – from Derry to Pittsburg. But an electric meter, no matter how advanced, isn’t going to save energy all by itself. In the end, it’s not the technology; it’s how you use it.

Smart Grid projects are underway in states across the country as electric utilities begin to change the way power is delivered and used.

For the past 100 years, the relationship between utility and consumer hasn’t changed much – the utility generates power and sends it to your home or business where you consume it. Once a month, the utility sends a meter reader to your property to record your usage and you get a bill showing that usage in one lump sum. It’s a system that has worked pretty well. In fact, the U.S. electric grid was named the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century by the National Academy of Engineering. But nationwide, that infrastructure is overburdened, failing more frequently and unprepared for the demands of the 21st century. Here are some sobering projections from the Department of Energy: demand for electricity in the U.S. is expected to grow 30-percent by 2030, requiring investments totaling approximately $1.5-trillion over the next 20 years to pay for the new infrastructure alone.

Given these facts, it’s essential that we have transmission and distribution systems that can move more and more electricity, more and more efficiently. Equally important, we will need educated consumers who have the tools and information they need to make the most efficient use of electricity.

Here in New Hampshire, adequate power supply is not the issue. New England as a region has greater capacity than it needs. The issue in New England is the high cost of electricity and the effect it has on residents and businesses.

We believe NHEC’s AMI project can empower Co-op members with information and resources to make smarter use of energy and possibly save money.

The heart of NHEC’s AMI project is the meter itself. Instead of a traditional meter with gears and dials, AMI meters have a digital display and are equipped with a small ¼-Watt radio. In everyday use, your AMI meter will be transmitting usage data approximately seven to 10 times a day. Each transmission is approximately 1.5 seconds in duration, meaning your meter will actually be transmitting no more than 15 seconds per day. The rest of the day, your meter is not emitting a signal. AMI meters transmit relatively weak radio signals, much less than the emissions of many other products most people use every day, like cell phones, baby monitors and microwave ovens. Given the AMI meter’s location outside the home or business, the infrequency of transmissions and the relative weakness of the signal, its emissions are much less powerful than the devices listed above. In fact, radio waves from an AMI meter, at a distance of 10 feet, are only about one one-thousandth as much as a typical cell phone held to your ear.

When the AMI project is complete, every Co-op member with an AMI meter will have access to a free web portal where you can view your electric usage in monthly, weekly, daily, even hourly increments. You can see the times when you use the most power and, if you choose, use that information to try simple conservation steps. For example, let’s say you decide to install energy efficient LED lights. You can place an ‘energy marker’ on your web portal and begin tracking the difference the very next day.

NHEC will be doing its part to maximize the two-way communications capability of AMI meters as well. Next summer we plan to launch pilot programs that will include the use of in-home displays and dynamic pricing programs that charge a different rate for electricity consumed during certain times.

Of course, enrollment in any of these programs will be strictly voluntary. Simply having a smart meter installed does not give NHEC the ability or the right to control your electric usage in any way.

AMI offers other benefits for members and the Co-op, like improved outage management. AMI meters are equipped with a capacitor that triggers a ‘last gasp’ notification when the power goes out, alerting NHEC to outages as they happen. Also, members will no longer receive estimated reads because a meter reader can’t access your property or meter. We encourage you to learn more about the project at www.nhec.coop/ami and see how you can put Smart Grid technology to work for you.

(Fred Anderson is president and CEO of Plymouth-based New Hampshire Electric Co-operative.)

LETTERS We urge lawmakers to override Gov. Lynch’s veto of HB-380 To the editor, With Governor Lynch’s decision to veto HB-380, a bill that would save the already unfunded New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men (CSM) from extinction, the governor overlooks the critical importance of specifically addressing the needs of males of all ages. While we certainly celebrate the important victories in the workplace and in society made by women in our country and in New Hampshire specifically, we also must recognize that equity in meeting gender specific needs will promote healthier individuals, families, and communities. As the recent positive support from both chambers of the New Hampshire General Court demonstrated by their overwhelming and resounding voice vote in favor of HB-380, the needs of New Hampshire men are understood by the majority of our government decision makers.

Such needs include education, physical and mental health, and legal considerations; all of which have great impact on our state budget, economy, and family/community wellness.

HB-380’s prime sponsor, Representative Will Smith, was instrumental in demonstrating to the Legislature the need to explore the causes and consequences of fatherlessness as a problem that wreaks havoc similar to the proverbial invisible elephant in the room. The CSM has provided compelling evidence of the continuing need for the Commission on the Status of Men here in New Hampshire.

For example, we discovered and distributed a paper released by the Fatherhood Initiative from the North Carolina Family Policy Council in 2008 entitled “The Annual Costs of Father Absence,” which conservatively estimated that taxpayers spend $100-billion nationally to compensate for the absence of the father from the home. The commission has also been

working to publicize the research showing the importance of children having their fathers involved in the educational process, and in the development of reading skills in specific.

In addition, the commission has been addressing health and suicide issues as they relate to men, as well as the annual cost to New Hampshire alone for all of the foregoing.

Such problems need the official level of attention afforded by the law creating the commission. The citizens of New Hampshire are entitled to state sanctioned volunteers who can more effectively request answers and changes from various government agencies and offices. This unfunded, volunteer commission has been comprised of dedicated, skilled, and knowledgeable citizens devoted to impartially hearing concerns, working with appropriate public and private organizations, and accounting to the public regarding all of its work.

Thanks to the language of HB-380, the membership of the commission would be expanded to include one member of the New Hampshire Senate and one member from the New Hampshire House. These additional members will broaden the scope of opinions brought to the issues the commission is charged with considering. The passage of HB-380 demonstrated how those elected to represent and protect the best interests of all citizens see the cost effectiveness and the efficiency of this unfunded commission.

Therefore, we strongly urge our legislators to override the governor’s veto of HB-380.

Scott Meyer, MSW, Ph.D. Plymouth David Lauren, M.Ed., J.D. Marlborough Elaine Holden, Fellow AOGPE, Ph.D. Peterborough Michael Geanoulis, B.Sci. New Castle

As the sign reads: ‘The price of quality only hurts once’ To the editor, I had meant to send this in earlier in the grill season. Many of us use the tank exchange for our grill tanks. The exchange is convenient and makes tanks available anytime the stores are open. They cost a bit more than when you get them filled, BUT, if you notice on the tank it says net weight 15 pounds. When you go to a place like Trustworthy Hardware and get it filled, you get 20 pounds and it is a few dollars less than the exchange. A difference of about $1.50 per pound as opposed to getting it filled at a dollar a pound. I’m all for convenience when I need it, but I do take my exchange tank and get it filled whenever I can.

Now about the big box stores. Again very convenient but I have found that at the real lumber yards the quality of many items is better and often equal in price and even if it is a bit more (and

sorry to big box employees) the help at the local lumber yards are are hard to stump when you ask a question or are seeking advice or a solution to a problem. Money spent at the big box stores ends up at corporate headquarters, wherever that is, and with the local yards the money tends to stay local.

The big box stores also carry many items that are lesser grade than what you may find at a good supply store.

You get what you pay for. A guy at the Boston boat show sold high quality marine batteries. You can find batteries cheaper, but the sign at his booth read “the price of quality only hurts once”.

In closing it was nice to read something from Anna that did not include, idiot moron or stupid (the Lions article). Everybody, try to be cool.

Dean Tappan Center Harbor

from preceding page the Fed. Another description of the beast could find its way to the definition of scheme: an endless array of debts placed upon a succession of generations for profit of the few.

If we are ever going to get out of the

problems created by the few we need to stop placing them in high places where their policies can continue to haunt us.

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NORWAY from page 2 terrorists carried out the 1995 attack on a federal building in Oklahoma City, while foreign terrorists were responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

The official added, however, “it’s still just hours since the incident happened. And the investigation is going on with all available resources.”

The attacks formed the deadliest day of terror in Western Europe since the 2004 Madrid train bombings, when shrapnel-filled bombs exploded, killing 191 people and wounding about 1,800.

The motive was unknown, but both attacks were in areas connected to the ruling Labor Party government. The youth camp, about 20 miles (35 kilometers) northwest of Oslo, is organized by the party’s youth wing, and the prime minister had been scheduled to speak there Saturday.

A 15-year-old camper named Elise said she heard gunshots, but then saw a police officer and thought she was safe. Then he started shooting people right before her eyes.

“I saw many dead people,” said Elise, whose father, Vidar Myhre, didn’t want her to disclose her last name. “He first shot people on the island. Afterward he started shooting people in the water.”

Elise said she hid behind the same rock that the killer was standing on. “I could hear his breathing from the top of the rock,” she said.

She said it was impossible to say how many minutes passed while she was waiting for him to stop.

At a hotel in the village of Sundvollen, where survivors of the shooting were taken, 21-year-old Dana Berzingi wore pants stained with blood. He said the fake police officer ordered people to come closer, then pulled weapons and ammunition from a bag and

started shooting.

Several victims “had pretended as if they were dead to survive,” Berzingi said. But after shooting the victims with one gun, the gunman shot them again in the head with a shotgun, he said.

“I lost several friends,” said Berzingi, who used the cell phone of one of those friends to call police.

The blast in Oslo, Norway’s capital and the city where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded, left a square covered in twisted metal, shattered glass and documents expelled from surrounding buildings. Most of the windows in the 20-floor high-rise where Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and his administration work were shattered. Other buildings damaged house government offices and the headquarters of some of Norway’s leading newspapers.

The dust-fogged scene after the blast reminded one visitor from New York of Sept. 11.

Ian Dutton, who was in a nearby hotel, said people “just covered in rubble” were walking through “a fog of debris.”

“It wasn’t any sort of a panic,” he said, “It was really just people in disbelief and shock, especially in a such as safe and open country as Norway. You don’t even think something like that is possible.”

Police said the Oslo explosion was caused by “one or more” bombs.

The police official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Oslo bombing occurred at 3:26 p.m. local time (1:26 p.m. GMT), and the camp shootings began one to two hours later. The official said the gunman used both automatic weapons and handguns, and that there was at least one unexploded device at the youth camp that a police bomb disposal team and military experts were working on disarming.

The suspect had only a minor criminal record, the official said.

National police chief Sveinung Sponheim said seven people were killed by the blast in downtown Oslo, four of whom have been identified, and that nine or 10 people were seriously injured.

Sponheim said a man was arrested in the shooting, and the suspect had been observed in Oslo before the explosion there.

Sponheim said the camp shooter “wore a sweater with a police sign on it. I can confirm that he wasn’t a police employee and never has been.”

Aerial images broadcast by Norway’s TV2 showed members of a SWAT team dressed in black arriving at the island in boats and running up the dock.

Behind them, people who stripped down to their underwear swam away from the island toward shore, some using flotation devices.

Sponheim said police were still trying to get an overview of the camp shooting and could not say whether there was more than one shooter. He would not give any details about the identity or nationality of the suspect, who was being interrogated by police.

Oslo University Hospital said 12 people were admitted for treatment following the Utoya shooting, and 11 people were taken there from the explosion in Oslo.

The hospital asked people to donate blood.

Stoltenberg, who was home when the blast occurred and was not harmed, visited injured people at the hospital late Friday. Earlier he decried what he called “a cowardly attack on young innocent civilians.”

“I have message to those who attacked us,” he said. “It’s a message from all of Norway: You will not destroy our democracy and our commitment to a better world.”

NRK showed video in Oslo of a blackened car lying on its side amid the debris. An AP reporter who was in the office of Norwegian news agency NTB said the building shook from the blast and all employees were evacuated. Down in the street, he saw one person with a bleeding leg being led away from the area.

An AP reporter headed to Utoya was turned away by police before reaching the lake that surrounds the island, as eight ambulances with sirens blaring entered the area.

Police blocked off roads leading to the lake.

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LRCC’s new 30,000 square foot Health and Sciences Building is shown in a preliminary architectural drawing by Misiaszek Turpin, LLC, Architectural Planning, Laconia. Plans are to break ground on the new Building in the fall of 2011 and be complete by November 2012.

Construction expected to start this fall on Health & Sciences building at LRCC LACONIA — To meet the growing demand for science and allied health courses, Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) recently received legislative approval for a new 30,000-square-foot Health and Sciences Building to be constructed on the college’s main campus, Prescott Hill in Laconia. The new Health and Sciences Building will house two nursing laboratories, two physical science labs, two biological science labs, one fire science lab, general purpose classrooms, and faculty offices.

“Despite the challenges created by reduced operating funds in the coming biennium, it is certainly encouraging to be able to expand LRCC with the funding of this much-needed Health and Sciences building,” says LRCC President Dr. Mark Edelstein. “The labs and classrooms are sorely needed given the increases in student populations and our critical need to expand and modernize nursing and other science labs.”

LRCC has seen 340-percent growth in science course enrollment from 1999-2009, and a quadrupling of science courses offered during that ten year time period. “For example, Anatomy & Physiology has grown 390-percent from 2003-2009,” continues Edelstein. “Overall LRCC has grown 72-percent in student numbers during the past decade and, quite simply, current labs are crowded, ill-equipped, and out-dated. LRCC’s new Health and Sciences Building will assist in maintaining the highest quality of education.”

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Clairmont also testified before the NH House Public Works Committee.

Both the House and Senate approved $6.4-million in funding for the new facility at LRCC, which had been proposed by Gov. Lynch and was signed into law earlier this month.

As expressed by the Community College System of New Hampshire Chancellor, Dr. Richard Gustafson, “The mission of LRCC is to meet the needs of present and future students from throughout the Lakes Region and beyond for an affordable, highquality education that prepares them for skilled employment or to continue their education. It is our commitment to N.H. citizens and policy-makers that we will put the new Health and Sciences Building to good use.”

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Then-President Bill Clinton relaxed the law a bit in 1993, saying the military could not ask if service members were gay. Gay service members could be discharged only if their sexual orientation became known. That became known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

Obama’s action means that effective Sept. 20, gay service members will be able to openly acknowledge their sexual orientation. And it opens the door for those discharged over the past 17 years under Clinton’s policy to re-apply to the

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Jeremy Johnson intends to do just that. The former sailor served for 10 years in the Navy before coming out to his commanding officer in 2007.

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The issue arose earlier this year with the City Council poised to reappoint Bob Selig, the chairman of the board, and John Perley, who has completed his first term, and appoint Carole Wheeler to her first term.

Then City Manager Eileen Cabanel informed the councilors that the city attorney advised her that state law prescribes that the trustees be elected by the voters, not appointed by the council. At the suggestion of Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward3) the council sought an explanation and confirmation of the opinion.

Meanwhile, the council appointed Selig and Perley on the understanding that their status would be “temporary” and declined to appoint Wheeler because none of the six seats on the board were vacant.

The state statute (RSA 202-A:8), which specifically addresses the trustees of city libraries, provides that “the trustees of a public library in a city shall be elected as provided in the city charter.”

Chapter 47-1 of the City Charter

reads “the City Council shall annually at a regular City Council meeting in March elect two Trustees of the Laconia Public Library to serve for terms of three years.” This chapter was adopted by the city council as an ordinance in December, 1975.

Selig questioned the attorney’s interpretation of the state law, saying that “the city council is electing the trustees at a public meeting.” He conceded that the council enacted a city ordinance rather than proposed a charter amendment in 1975 when the procedure for electing trustees was adopted. But, rather than turn to the popular election of library trustees, he will recommend the council place an amendment to the city charter on the ballot at the municipal election in November that simply repeats the language of the ordinance.

Selig questioned the wisdom of electing library trustees by popular vote, explaining that it could hinder the recruitment of board members and doubting that voters would be familiar with the qualifications of candidates. He pointed out that in most of the 13 cities in the state, including Berlin, Claremont, Concord, Dover, Keene, Nashua, Portsmouth, Rochester and Somersworth — the city council elects the library trustees as it has in Laconia.

WEIRS BEACH from page one by their owners into the park area at the beach and onto the beach itself in the evening after the staff has left for the day.

The week-long closure marked the second straight year that the popular tourist attraction has been closed for an extended period of time by e-coli bacteria, something which owners of local businesses say does no good for the image of Weirs Beach as a familyfriendly destination.

“I’m in the hospitality business and it bothers me when my customers tell me that it’s the second year in a row that they haven’t been able to use the beach,’’ said Tom Pucci of the Grand View Motel and Cottages.

“I wish I had a magic wand that I could wave and make it go away. But it’s more complicated than that,’’ says Pucci, who is president of the Weirs Action Committee, which was formed in 1999 and has completed many projects to improve the Weirs Beach area.

He says that the recurring problem

is blamed on many factors, including storm water runoff, seepage from a basin behind the beach bathhouse, high use, especially on weekends, and animal, duck and human waste as well as high heat and stagnant water.

“When they repaired the boardwalk after it washed out, we thought the problem was solved. What we’ve got to do is find out what the real problem is and come up with a solution. The Weirs Action Committee will work with the city to find that solution,’’ says Pucci.

Don Thurston of Thurston’s Marina, right across Rte. 3 from the entrance to Weirs Beach, says he thinks the problem is overuse, mainly by out-ofstate residents making day trips to the area.

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from preceding page the beach. And then they leave a mess behind,’’ says Thurston.

He says that the city doesn’t help itself by closing the bathhouse so early and says that leaving it open for longer hours on a trial basis might be a good idea.

“Before the beach opened on July 4th people who were at the beach would come up here and ask if they could use our bathroom. What are those who don’t look for a bathroom doing while they’re in the water and have to go? And what are they going to do after Labor Day when the bathhouse closes. The lake could get to be known as Winni Pee Pee unless we do something about that,’’ says Thurston.

He says that he favors charging admission to the beach, not just a parking fee, maintaining that would make all who use the beach pay something and cut down on the crowds.

“It would make it user-friendly to those who come here and spend money, not just those who come here and use it,’’ says Thurston, adding that a pass system could be worked out for city residents, noting that in nearby towns like Gilford only those with a town sticker on their vehicle can be admitted to the beach.

Dunleavy says that a long-term solution to the bacteria problem is being eyed and that the city is working with the state Department of Environmental Services on that issue. He said that in meetings last winter agency officials told him that the bacteria problems appear to be more of a watershed prob-

lem, not necessarily something which is taking place solely at the beach.

He said that the city is looking at applying for a 319 grant for an area watershed study which would involve extensive monitoring to determine where bacteria are entering the water which ends up at the beach. He said that the grants are awarded on a competitive basis and would require local matching funds, either from the city or private groups or in the form of in-kind services.

“It’s a major problem and we’re not ignoring it,’’ said Dunleavy, noting that one of the complicating factors for any recommended solution which would involve extensive digging or earth removal is that the beach area is a historically significant archeological site.

Krahulec hosting coffee for Ann Romney LACONIA — Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be guest of honor at a coffee hosted by former city councilor Judy Krahulec at her Weirs Beach home (76 Lakeside Ave.) at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 27. 2012 is the time to send Mitt and Ann to the White House.

Organizers say these “Coffees with Ann” are a great way for women to gather during the New Hampshire Primary cycle and to get involved.

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CENTER HARBOR — To clean house in anticipation of leaving its home on Symphony Lane, the New Hampshire Music Festival is selling the entire contents of the house and barn at auction on Sunday, July 24, beginning at 10 a.m.

Alida Millham, a director of the festival, said yesterday that “a lot of stuff has accumulated, some of it since the days of Belknap College and the Red Hill Inn.” She said that the directors did not expect the auction to raise a lot of money.

The items include a Steinway grand piano, antique furniture, original artwork, sterling silver, Tiffany glass, oriental rugs, pottery and glassware.

Last year, the board of directors decided to sell

Early morning Hebron house fire takes 1 life HEBRON — New Hampshire State Fire Marshal J. William Degnan, Hebron Police Chief William White, and Hebron Fire Chief John Fisher, announced Friday that a fire at a a home at 12 Merrill Rd. has claimed a life. The fire was reported by a passer by at approximately 12:42 a.m.

An autopsy was conducted this morning by the New Hampshire Medical Examiner’s Office. Autopsy results indicate that the individual died of smoke inhalation. The identity of the victim is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of family.

The investigation into the exact cause of the fire is ongoing. Preliminary findings put the origin of the fire in the area of the living room porch near an air conditioning window unit. The resident had a large amount of storage in the home and investigators are trying to determine if the exact cause of the fire is related to the air conditioner, combustible storage, or electrical. It is believed that the cause is accidental.

It is unknown if smoke detectors were in the home at the time of the fire, but fire investigators did not locate any in the fire debris.

RAFFLE from page one to sell raffle tickets in city parks. The commission unanimous denied the request, but suggested he apply to use the boardwalk.

In making the request Farah acknowledges traditionally raffles are permitted only during Motorcycle Week, but asks the council to make an exception for the food pantry. He accompanied his request with monthly reports indicating that in June the food pantry provided more than 10,000 meals to 1,160 people in 304 households in nine communities int he Lakes Region, including 1,800 meals to 200 people in 56 households in Laconia. In addition, Farah attached the food pantry’s certificate of registration as charitable trust issued by the New Hampshire

Department of Justice in May. No criminal charges were brought against Robert Farah in connection with the FRM scandal that cost investors tens of millions of dollars. However, the fraud drove him into personal bankruptcy and he was ordered sell his home in Moultonborough. Moreover, the trustees overseeing the bankruptcy of FRM and its affiliate CL&M, Inc. have claimed that “the elder Farah’s assets or interests and/or those of the Center Harbor Christian Church, are intertwined with funds which came for the FRM/CLM pot.” Consequently, they are seeking to recover some $382,000 funneled to the church from FRM, the bulk of it in weekly payments of $2,000 made by Scott Farah for more more than three years.

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The Festival purchased the property in 2000, with the intention of building a concert hall. In spite of initial strong support from major donors, the plan ran afoul of the economic slump in 2008 and 2009 and was ultimately abandoned in 2010.

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2 indicted for allegedly stabbing & shooting each other

BY GAIL OBER

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LACONIA — Two men who were involved in what police said was a crack cocaine party on Strafford Street that left one man stabbed and another man shot in the stomach have both been indicted for their alleged roles in the altercation.

A Belknap County grand jury indicted James McNeil, 29, of 380 Mile Hill Road for one count of first degree assault for allegedly shooting Tyler Twombly,26, of Gilford and one count of being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon.

McNeil fled from the apartment at 22 Strafford St. after the April 8 shooting and was apprehended in Maine in June.

Twombly, who was shot in the stomach and, at least at the time of his appearance in Laconia District Court still had the bullet lodged in him, was indicted for one count of first degree assault for stabbing one of the party goers, one count of second degree assault for the same stabbing, and one misdemeanor count punching yet another man at the party.

Affidavits on file at the 4th N.H. Circuit Court, Laconia Division said Supervisor Al Lessard and another officer responded and found Twombly suffering from a wound to his “side/torso” and was taken immediately to LRGH. Police noted the fire alarm had been activated shortly after the shooting.

Capt. William Clary was notified and, after getting permission from the apartment holder, he and his detectives began a crime scene analysis that turned up a 40-caliber shell casing and the handle and the blade of a steak knife.

A detective went to LRGH to check on Twombly and located the bloody tank top that emergency staff had cut from his body. The shirt had what appeared to be a bullet hole.

Interviews with various witnesses revealed what police said was a late-night crack — a potent form of cocaine that is smoked — party where Twombly became upset and punched a man in the face.

Twombly apparently got angry at a second partygoer and allegedly used a steak knife to stab him.

McNeil allegedly drew a handgun and fired one round into Twombly — striking him in the side of his torso.

Reportedly, after the shooting all the men except Twombly left the apartment, leaving two women and a minor child who had been sleeping in another room.

Police said they also interviewed the child who told them he was sleeping in his bedroom when “he heard what he believed to be a gun shot and a lot of people yelling.”

McNeil is being held in the Belknap county Jail while Twombly is free on posted cash bail. Both men will be arraigned on July 28 at 9 a.m. in Belknap County Superior Court.

Another burglary? Or just an AC unit falling to ground?

LACONIA — City Police are investigating what may be an attempted burglary on North Main Street early yesterday morning.

Sgt. Gary Hubbard said a burglar alarm sounded and when police arrived they found an air conditioner on the ground under a window.

“It could just be the air conditioner fell out of the window,” he said.

Hubbard said officers said it didn’t appear that anyone entered the home and the homeowner, who was out of town, was returning later that day and would be able to tell police if anything was taken.

Meanwhile, police and residents remain vigilant because of a rash of home burglaries in the past two weeks. In most instances, the burglar enters the home in the nighttime while its residents are sleeping and steals only cash.

Police are holding a public forum Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in Rotary Hall of the Laconia Public Library and encourage concerned residents to attend.

Chief Christopher Adams said Thursday that Lt. Matt Canfield would be running the public session and police would also be offering homeowners tips and suggestions as to how they can better protect their homes.

Adams is also encouraging residents to keep an eye out for unusual or suspicious activity and to

notify police immediately if they see any.

Police have recommended that residents lock their windows and doors at night and, if possible leave some kind of outdoor and indoor light on. Police are also encouraging residents to lock their cars as there have also been a number of thefts from vehicles in Laconia and surrounding communities.

Anyone with any information should call the Laconia Police at 524-5252 or the Greater Laconia Crime Line at 525-1717. Belmont Police can be reached at 267-8350, Gilford Police can be reached at 527-4737 and the Belknap County sheriff’s Department can be reached at 527-5454.

Belmont Police said they have have two similar burglaries and Belmont, Gilford and the Sheriff’s Department have offered assistance and manpower to Laconia should they need it.

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Durgin indicted for alleged beating of man who later died LACONIA — The city man who allegedly kicked another man who later died of his injuries was indicted by a Belknap County grand jury for one count of second degree assault.

Jason Durgin, 37, formerly of the trailer behind 399 South Main St., was indicted for allegedly causing serious bodily injury to Leo Lapierre by punching an/or kicking him in the head.

Durgin, who is being held in the Belknap County Jail on $100,000 cash-only bail, was initially charged with two counts of second degree assault but, after a probable cause hearing in Laconia District Court, Judge Jim Carroll dismissed one of the charges.

LaPierre lived for a number of days before succumbing to his injuries and the Criminal Division of the N.H. Office of the Attorney General, which investigates all possible homicides, is investigating.

Police was called to the trailer on the same property as Quik Laundry and Dry Clearning at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 5 to a report of an unconscious man, identified as Lapierre, leaning against a fence

that surrounds a small court yard on the trailer’s property.

A woman who also lived in the trailer said she saw Durgin punch Lapierre in the face after the two men began arguing about LaPierre’s banging on a hot water heater. She also told police that she saw Durgin kick Lapierre in the head twice while he lay unconscious from the punch in the face.

The woman went into her bedroom after she said Durgin threatened her and told police she heard a door open a close like someone was leaving.

It was one of her friends who came to visit the next morning and found Lapierre propped against the fence. Hebert called 9-1-1.

During the investigation, Durgin left the immediate area but was arrested later that night as he attempted to return to the trailer.

He is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charge at 9 a.m. on July 28 in the Belknap County Superior Court.

— Gail Ober

EVOLUTION from page 3 most conservative members, said that without the compromise, he would have sought to kill the entire submission.

This week’s meeting had been expected to reignite the fiery debate over evolution that put the board in the national spotlight two years ago.

One conservative group had put a call out to pack Thursday’s public hearing with witnesses urging the board to adopt materials that question evolution. But they were outnumbered by witnesses supporting evolution.

The board avoided a contentious debate on the

theory of intelligent design when an electronic textbook supporting the theory did not make Scott’s list of recommended materials and was not eligible for consideration.

The new online teaching materials are necessary because the state could not afford to buy new textbooks this year, leaving students to use some that are several years old.

Supplemental materials that are approved have the advantage of being on the state’s recommended list, but school districts can still buy other materials they chose.

LOTTERY from page 3 a waiver of the waiting period and performing a ceremony. Couples who wish to have their ceremony performed elsewhere in the city are free to skip the final step and instead head to their chosen location.

Phyllis Siegel, a 75-year-old retired bookkeeper, and Connie Kopelov, an 85-year-old retired labor educator, will wear white pants and blue shirts for their ceremony.

“So far that’s the plan,” Siegel said Friday. “I think it’s a nice look.”

Siegel and Kopelov are marrying “because we love each other, which I guess is the first thing,” Siegel said.

After more than 20 years as partners, they are getting used to the idea of being a married couple.

“I guess she’d be my wife, I’d be her wife,” Siegel said. “Partner can mean anything.”

Opponents of same-sex marriage were planning demonstrations for Sunday. The National Organization for Marriage planned protests at Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan office and at other locations around the state.

Meanwhile, in Maryland, Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Friday that he would make legalizing same-sex marriage a top priority in the 2012 legislative session.

Gay marriage legislation passed the Maryland Senate this year, but stalled in the House of Delegates when it became clear it was a few votes short of passage.

While O’Malley supported the bill and said he would sign it, he had not included the measure in his list of legislative priorities this year. Supporters are confident O’Malley’s stronger backing will make the difference next year.

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NFL season on hold as players study deal owners have okayed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, football fans.

The NFL is stuck in a holding pattern, with work still to be done to end the lockout. Heck, the players haven’t even scheduled a vote.

People from both sides of the labor dispute planned to talk through the weekend — although not face-toface — to try to resolve the differences that are preventing players from accepting the owner-approved proposal that would put the league back in business.

After the NFL Players Association decided not to vote Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, it’s now possible the group won’t make any decision until next week. It all comes down to how long it takes to resolve the remaining issues.

As it is, clubs won’t open their facilities to players Saturday, when owners wanted to unlock the gates.

“Now it’s just waiting,” Carolina Panthers general manager Marty Hurney said at an Atlanta hotel where team executives were briefed Friday on new rules for next season.

“Be flexible, and wait and see what happens.”

Owners ratified the tentative terms 31-0 — the Oakland Raiders abstained — on Thursday, provided players would give their OK, too, and re-establish their union within a certain timeframe.

But players decided later Thursday not to hold a vote, saying they hadn’t had a chance to see a finished product.

By Friday, it was in hand.

“Player leadership is discussing the most recent written proposal with the NFL, which includes a settlement agreement, deal terms and the right process for addressing recertification,” NFLPA president Kevin Mawae said in a statement released by the group. “There will not be any further NFLPA statements today out of respect for the Kraft family while they mourn the loss of Myra Kraft.”

Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith attended Friday’s funeral in Newton, Mass., for the wife of New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft.

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Red Sox extend Mariners’ losing streak to 13

BOSTON (AP) — Seattle’s slump is quickly approaching the worst in franchise history.

The Mariners’ losing streak reached 13 with a 7-4 loss at Boston on Friday night, putting Seattle just one loss away from tying the longest skid the club has ever had.

Felix Hernandez pitched six strong innings, but Boston got to him in the seventh with five runs, breaking open a 2-1 game and extending the Mariners’ month of frustration.

“We had multiple opportunities throughout the course of the game, which in its own right is a good thing because we’re creating opportunities, but we’ve got to finish those innings off,” manager Eric Wedge said.

Wedge locked down the clubhouse the night before when the Mariners lost at Toronto 7-5, telling his players they needed to toughen up. He was somewhat pleased with the results on Friday as the Mariners took a 1-0 lead in the first and held the team with the best record in the American League well within reach until late in the game.

Seattle took a 1-0 lead on some aggressive baserunning by Ichiro Suzuki and got the Red Sox to hit into four double plays, but the result was the same as the previous dozen games.

“We were right in it, right until that bottom of the seventh inning,” Wedge said.

Another loss would tie the franchise’s futility record of 14, set in September 1992.

It was barely a month ago that the Mariners won two of three against the Phillies, who have the best record in the majors, and were a half-game out of first place at 37-35.

The skid has sent the Mariners tumbling into last place with little hope for relief in sight. Seattle has

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two more games left at Boston this weekend, then visits the Yankees for three more.

“We’re trying to stop this,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez (8-9) allowed six runs on 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings.

“He kept us in it there and then they did a good job there in that seventh inning,” Wedge said. “When you’re facing those hitters you want your best guy out there. That’s why we gave him an opportunity to work through that.”

Jacoby Ellsbury hit a solo homer in the third, his seventh in July, and John Lackey picked up his third straight win for Boston. Lackey (8-8) allowed one run on eight hits and struck out for in seven innings.

Jonathan Papelbon pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 22nd save.

Mike Carp hit a three-run homer for the Mariners in the eighth — the second homer of Carp’s career — off of reliever Franklin Morales to cut the lead to 7-4. It was Seattle’s first run since Suzuki started the game with a single, stole second and third and scored on Dustin Ackley’s single.

Ellsbury led off the third with a solo homer that cleared the bullpens in right field and put Boston up 2-1. The score held until the Red Sox got to Hernandez in the seventh.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Ellsbury started the rally with singles, the Pedroia walked to load the bases with one out. Adrian Gonzalez then poked a bases-loaded single to center, bouncing the ball over second base and driving in Saltalamacchia and Ellsbury.

“If that goes at somebody we’ve got a double play and we’re still right in the ballgame,” Wedge said.

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TILTON — Kenneth G. Brock, 56, of Tilton, died at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Ctr. in Lebanon on July 21, 2011 after a lengthy illness.

He was born in Franklin on Jan. 12, 1955 the son of Elmer H. Brock and the late Ethel (Walker) Brock.

He was a graduate of Winnisquam Regional High School, Class of 1974. Ken was employed at Laconia State School and later at Concord State Hospital in the dietary dept.

Family members include his wife, Patricia (Griffin) Brock of Concord, his father, Elmer of Tilton, 2 brothers: Wayne H. Brock of Tilton and Richard P. Brock, Sr. and his wife Dorothy of Concord, a sister, Marilyn Slocum of Concord, nieces Brenda Slocum,

Amanda Brock, and Jessica Brock, all of Concord, a nephew. Richard “DJ” Brock, Jr. of Concord, and several cousins, aunts, an uncle, and many friends.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 2:00 pm at Paquette-Neun Funeral Home (www.neunfuneralhomes.com) 104 Park St., Northfield, NH. A calling hour will be held from 1:00 until 2:00.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Kenneth may be made to NH Kidney Ctr., Patient Service Fund, 248 Pleasant St., Concord 03301, The Payson Ctr. for Cancer Care, 250 Pleasant St., Concord, NH 03301, or The Concord Eagles, FOE 613, c/o Ray Nolin, 36 S. Main St., Concord, NH 03301.

10 scholarships awarded by Moultonborough Lions Club that the Fund awarded M O U LT O N B O R four $1,000 ScholOUGH — Ten scholarships this year to arships were recently Mariah Kendrick awarded by the Lions from Kingswood High Club, including the School, Meaghan MacAnnie Forts “UP” SynDonald from Kendrome Fund scholarnett High School, and ship, established in Ariana Gunderson 1997 in honor of Lion and Michelle Corliss Ann Forts. from Inter-Lakes High The Bi-Centennial School.

Trust scholarship of Guest speaker Annie $1,400 was awarded Forts gave an inspirto Alexis Anderson of ing talk on the positive Moultonborough Acadside of living with a emy. The other nine “dis-ability” by emphascholarships of $1,000 The Moultonborough Lions Club recently honored 10 scholarsizing the “ability” — each were awarded to ship recipients including area high school students (left to right) much in the same way Paul Dubuque, KendMichael Wallace, Brad Wilson, Nicholas Sapack, Sarah Coulter, she changed Down Alexis Anderson, Mariah Kendrick, and Meaghan MacDonald. all Gaupner, Andrew (Courtesy photo) Syndrome to “UP” SynLau, Elizabeth Law, drome — and received Michael Wallace, and Brad Wilson from Moultonborough Academy; Alex a standing ovation.

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Lakes Region Real Estate Market Report / Roy Sanborn

There’s an app for that There were 77 residential home sales last month in the communities listed in this Lakes Region real estate market report. That’s down a bit from the 88 sales last June. But the average sales price came in considerably higher at $476,304 compared to $292,586 in June 2010. The higher average seems to have originated from a strong month in Moultonborough where seven sales closed in excess of $1-million. Not a bad month there with 19 sales at an average of $1,072,761! Laconia also had a pretty good sales tally with 16 homes exchanging hands. It appears that about a third of the sales for the month were waterfront or vacation type homes.

Okay, I like really like milestones such as being halfway through the year. It seems to mean more when you can compare results for the first half of one year to another. Must be some sort of psychological thing or something. But it doesn’t mean you have to like the results. In the case of comparing our Lakes Region real estate sales for the first half of this year to last, the results aren’t great.

It is another one of those glasses that are half empty or half full depending on your perspective.

So here it is: for the first six months of 2011 there were 325 residential sales, which is 10-percent less than the 364 we had in the first half of 2010.

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Everybody today is getting a “smart phone”, an “iPad”, or some sort of “tablet” to help them get through the technological and informational quagmire of the day. Then there are all these different “apps” that you can get for them that will do everything from telling you where to get the cheapest gas to what movies are playing where to following your stock market investments. There are also a lots of real estate apps available for these devices to help tech savvy buyers find information about homes. There’s a REALTOR.com app, Trulia and Zillow apps, a Smarter Agent app with a GPS, mortgage calculator apps, real estate vocabulary and dictionary apps, apps for home flippers (that must be a good one!), and apps to find rental properties. How’s that saying go? Whatever you need, “There’s an app for that!”

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MEREDITH — The New Hampshire Humane Society will hold its “Paws for a Cause” fundraiser featuring an auction, food, and comedy entertainment, at Church Landing on Thursday, August 11.

Laconia Savings Bank is the “Top Dog” sponsor for the event, which will feature Steve Guillmette and headliner Jim Colton, two Boston-based comedians who will keep attendees laughing long after the live auction.

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name a few. Food and a complimentary drink are included in the ticket price.

“With three very recent and very unsettling cases of animal abuse where 35 animals were brought to the shelter along with the deluge of kittens, we rely heavily on the support of the communities we serve,” stated Mary Di Maria, executive director of the NHHS. “We cannot help these unfortunate animals without the support of our friends in the community.” All proceeds from the evening will provide ongoing care and comfort, medical intervention, and rehabilitation for the lost, abandoned, abused, and simply unwanted animals see next page

from preceding page instantly available to home buyers in so many methods and formats that it boggles the mind. I think that we are all suffering a little from information overload. Sometimes there is so much info available that home buyers get caught up over analyzing the property that they want to buy. Maybe things need to be a little simpler?

There needs to be a way to sort all of this information and make sense of it.

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run of the mill real estate apps! Things like: what’s around the property, is it in a nice area, what’s the condition of the home, do the pictures really reflect what the house looks like, or is the home a good value? It helps you make common sense decisions about buying or selling a home. That’s something other apps can’t do. This app could revolutionize the real estate world! And its free!

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You can also receive these market reports by email. Just log onto my blog at www.lakesregionrealestatenews. com to sign up. Data was compiled as of 7/13/11 using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System.

Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® for Roche Realty Group, at 97 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith and can be reached at 677-8420.

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ouise is a foreclosure refuge, her owners were devastated by economic loss and hardship which pummeled them down to the point they could no longer keep their beloved family pet.

We didn’t even have the term Foreclosure Refuge until a few years ago, but Louise is yet another dog wrested away from a family that loved her because life just battered them.

Louise is a hefty girl, about seven years old now, an American Bulldog, with a heart of gold.

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Genesis Behavioral Health awarded $2,000 grant for children’s program LACONIA — Genesis Behavioral Health was the recent recipient of a $2,000 grant from the New Hampshire Electric Co-Op Foundation to support activities during school vacations for children with mental health issues. The grant will allow children receiving services from Genesis Behavioral Health to participate in recreation and enrichment programs in their communities.

“Support for these types of projects is so important,” said Ray Barrett, director of Children and Family Services at Genesis.

“Research shows that recreation activities have multiple benefits for children with mental health issues, including increased self-esteem, improved social skills, and enhanced feelings of well-being.”

Maggie Pritchard, executive director, noted, “For many of the children we serve, participation in recreation activities is limited. They may need more individualized attention, or the family may need additional resources to facilitate partici-

pation. In particular, school vacations are a challenging time for families. This project will alleviate some of that burden, and result in positive outcomes for the children we serve.”

The NHEC Foundation is a charitable fund that is supported financially by members of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) who agree to have their monthly electric bills rounded up to the next dollar with the proceeds benefitting the Foundation. Since 2006, the NHEC Foundation has awarded nearly $1.5 million to non-profit and educational programs throughout NHEC service territory.

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Meredith/Center Harbor Visiting Nurses elect new Board of Directors

The Meredith Public Health Nursing Association recently appointed their Board of Directors for 2011 – 2012. Pictured at the entrance to their new facility are (front row, left to right) Ed Touhey, Bob Davis, and Chuck Thorndike; (middle row) Fran Secord, President Phyllis Hamblet, Linda Lee, and Brownie Schoenbauer; (back row) Tom Pryor, Dick Harlow, and Jim Wallace. (Courtesy photo)

Lakes Region Community College honors Joe Rando of Meredith with President’s Award for Excellence

Brian, a Lab mix that has been at the NH Humane Society since November 2010; Mary Di Maria, executive director of NHHS; and Colleen Elliott, NHHS Board member and senior vice president – Corporate Cash manager for Laconia Savings Bank get ready for the “Paws for a Cause” fundraising event to be held at Church Landing on Thursday, August 11. (Courtesy photo)

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I am 30 years old and divorced with two young sons. Two years ago, I began dating “Brad,” who is six years younger. He doesn’t work or go to school and now lives with me and my kids. I work full time and pay someone to clean and watch my kids until I get home.

Recently, I’ve been getting annoyed. I love to eat out and go out for a Saturday or Sunday so my kids and I don’t get bored, but I’m tired of paying his way for everything we want to do.

I do care about Brad, and he’s been employed here and there, but those jobs last about two weeks, and then they fire him or he simply doesn’t return. I have tried to talk to him about it, but he ends up getting mad and yelling or walking away. What do you think I should do? -- Minnie in Texas Dear Minnie: Please throw this guy out and get your life back. As long as you allow Brad to be a freeloader and treat you like his mother, he will continue to do so. He is 24 and needs to grow up. You have young children, and you are modeling behavior they will absorb and apply to their own lives in the future. Irresponsible boy-men should not be moving in. Tell Brad it’s time for him to find his own place, and if he’s smart, he’ll also find a job. If you want to date him, fine, but don’t support him.

Dear Annie: I’ve noticed many letters in your column dealing with the death of a spouse. Most are from widows, but I am a husband who unexpectedly lost his wife.

While the whole ordeal defies description, I must say that my children and friends have really stepped up to the plate.

I rarely eat alone, as my kids usually insist that I join them, and I try to cook for them once a week. Eating alone, for me,

is deadly.

My friends, most of whom were much closer to my wife, continue to include me in their activities. At times, I find myself going to events that I’m not all that interested in, but I want to be asked the next time, so I make the effort. I’ve also continued to work into my late 60s because I enjoy the company of my co-workers.

While I believe women cope better with the death of a spouse than do men, the role of family and friends is critical in both cases. It is family and friends and lots of activities that help us get through the trying times. -- Doing OK Dear Doing: For whatever reason, people are more apt to feel it necessary to “take care” of widowers, while widows often are left to fend for themselves. It could be the perception that men need more assistance with meals and housekeeping, or that there is a greater tolerance for the “extra man” at a social event. We are glad that you are making every effort to remain active and social, and it’s wonderful that your children and friends have stepped up to the plate. We wish it were so for all those in your position.

Dear Annie: I wanted to thank you for printing “Dead at 17” again. That story really touched me.

I am 16 years old and just got my driver’s permit a month ago. It’s a very scary experience. I am a careful driver, but that essay made me open my eyes about what goes through a kid’s head and what we might do when there isn’t a parent in the passenger seat.

I showed that essay to my drivers’ ed teacher, and she is going to use it next year to teach the kids about what can happen. Thanks again, Annie. -- Biglerville Student

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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CHARMING Country Home in Belmont: 3BR, minutes to downtown Laconia, Routes 3 and 106.

Available September 1st. $1,200/month +utilities. Security deposit required. 524-5565.

Gilmanton 4-Corners, 1 bedroom in nice neighborhood. Wireless internet and hot water included, propane heat and electricity seperate. Coin-op laundry, parking, backyard. Security deposit and lease req'd. No smoking or dogs. 267-1711.

CLEAN UPDATED 1-bedroom and studio apartments in Tilton.

Heat/Hot Water included. $560-$660/Month. No pets.

603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733

LACONIA -Beautiful large 1-bedroom in one of Pleasant Street s finest Victorian homes. 2 porches, fireplace, and lots of natural wood work. Washer/dryer. Heat & Hot Water Included. $895/Month 528-6885

LACONIA, NH One bedroom apartments available, some include heat/hot water. Prices range from $575/month to $650/month.

COZY, SUNNY,CLEAN 2 Bedroom apartment in duplex next to Opechee Park.

Washer & Dryer provided. Lease required, references, no dogs. $800/Mo. Heat Included

738-2296 or 528-4450 GILFORD 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath, 2 balconies, views, fireplace. $1,015/Month. no smoking.

Available September 1st.

603-770-3069 GILFORD- Small 1 bedroom house. New carpet and paint, $850/Month + utilities. No pets 293-2750

All with stove and refrigerator (some new), new carpeting and cabinetry in most. Off street parking, security buildings. One of the units is in a non-smoking building and two others are non-smoking units. For more information and application call

1-800-742-4686 or go to LACLT.org for photos and a downloadable application.

NO PETS PLEASE LACONIA 1 Bedroom, heat and hot water included, $800/month.

Pets OK. Sec. deposit required.

387-8081.

LACONIA 2 bedroom across from Opechee Beach. Clean, quiet year-round $695/month + utilities 524-4911

GILFORD: 2 and 3-bedroom unit from $250/Week With Heat & utilities.

Pets considered.

Security/References. 556-7098

LACONIA Downtown, roomy one bedroom luxury condo with study.

Hardwood floors, free cable and Internet, washer and dryer, gym, and storage unit included.

Non-smoker, no pets, security and reference required, $1000/ month.

455-4075.

GILFORD: Efficiency, convenient location, ground floor, utilites included. $640/month. No smokers. No pets. 293-4081.

LACONIA 3-bedroom, private drive & deck. Laundry, new heat, no pets/smoking, $900/Month + utilities. 528-1580

New Franklin Apartments, LLC Elderly and Disabled Housing Now Accepting Applications for Project-Based Section 8 Subsidized Apartments HUD Income Limits Apply One & Two Bedroom Units Available Located in Tilton, Franklin & West Franklin

Apartments Available Now For more information, please contact 603-286-4111 Or TTY 1-800-735-2964 Hurry, Don’t Wait!

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll be tempted to determine another person’s motives, and yet it is not necessary. Your next move is what really matters. With your head in the game -and not in the drama-- you’ll succeed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Friends want you to join them on adventures that don’t initially sound like fun to you. You’ll go anyway because you realize that different experiences are vital to your growth as a person.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Your communication skills and social savvy will land you in a plum position.

You make it easy for another person to give you what you want. And that is, quite simply, why you get it before the next person.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you understand where someone is coming from, you’ll be able to help that person out in the future. So the time you spend getting to know a person will be crucial to your future usefulness on the planet.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be encouraged to network, socialize and connect. This may even feel like pressure to you. Just remember that you don’t need to know everyone, just the right people.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 23). It’s your year to regain what was lost. You’ll be swept into an August adventure.

September brings a chance to follow your heart and be paid for it. A freeflowing exchange of ideas could be the start of a new way of life in January.

You’ll provide significant help in February, and your efforts will be rewarded later in life. Aries and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 40, 5, 24, 33 and 36.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). There is something you need to archive. Maybe it’s a part of your life story you want to put in writing or copies of your digital photos you’d like to keep better track of. You’ll feel at peace once the job is done, so do it now.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll associate with people you admire and want to be like. This puts you in a slightly heightened state of mind, and ultimately, after you process your experience, you will think differently.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If you only do one thing today, listen to a loved one. There’s someone in your life who needs your warm focus and could even be healed by it. And yet, you are the one who will benefit most from the exchange.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Nurturing your relationships will bring you joy today, especially those ties that are distant in some way. For instance, reaching out to an acquaintance or to someone who lives far away will bring luck.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Looking back on the week, it could feel like a bit of a blur, but consciously note what the highlights were. Next week will build on those highlights and develop them into an interesting new chapter.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll be at peace with everyone in your world.

Many would consider this a hard thing to accomplish, and yet there is an easy way to do it. If it doesn’t feel peaceful, you simply let it go.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Maybe you need or would like to get help from a certain someone, but you also recognize that this person doesn’t owe you anything. You’ll make contact in the

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, July 23, the 204th day of 2011. There are 161 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 23, 1886, a legend was born as Steve Brodie claimed to have made a daredevil plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into New York’s East River. (However, the exact circumstances of the jump are in dispute, with skeptics saying it never actually occurred.)

On this date: In 1829, William Austin Burt received a patent for his “typographer,” a forerunner of the typewriter.

In 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died in Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63.

In 1945, French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason.

In 1952, Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser launched a successful coup against King Farouk I. In 1967, a week of deadly race-related rioting that claimed 43 lives erupted in Detroit.

In 1977, a jury in Washington, D.C., convicted 12 Hanafi (hah-NAH’-fee) Muslims of charges stemming from the hostage siege at three buildings the previous March.

In 1996, at the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle as the U.S. women gymnasts clinched their first-ever Olympic team gold medal.

One year ago: The city manager, assistant manager and police chief of Bell, Calif., agreed to resign after outraged residents found out through a Los Angeles Times investigation that they were making a total of more than $1.6 million a year.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Gloria DeHaven is 86. Concert pianist Leon Fleisher is 83. Actor Ronny Cox is 73. Radio personality Don Imus is 71. Rock singer David Essex is 64. Actor Larry Manetti is 64.

Singer-songwriter John Hall is 63. Actress Belinda Montgomery is 61. Rock musician Blair Thornton (Bachman Turner Overdrive) is 61. Actor Woody Harrelson is 50. Rock musician Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) is 50. Actor Eriq Lasalle is 49. Rock musician Yuval Gabay is 48. Rock musician Slash is 46. Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is 44.

Rock musician Nick Menza is 43. Modelactress Stephanie Seymour is 43. Actress Charisma Carpenter is 41. Rhythm-andblues singer Sam Watters is 41. Country singer Alison Krauss is 40. Rock musician Chad Gracey is 40. Actor-comedian Marlon Wayans is 39. Actress Kathryn Hahn is 38.

Retired MLB All-Star Nomar Garciaparra is 38. Actress Stephanie March is 37. Actor Paul Wesley is 29. Actor Daniel Radcliffe is 22.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS 38th Annual Yankee Fare at United Baptist Church in Lakeport. 9 a..m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Silent auction 9 to 1.

Winnipesaukee Playhouse at Weirs Beach presents adventure-comedy “Shipwrecked”. 7:30 p.m. For tickets call 366-7377 or visit www.winniplayhouse.org.

The Aristocats at Interlakes Summer Theatre in Meredith. 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $8. For tickets call 1-888-2456374. InterlakesTheatre.com Hairspray at Interlakes Summer Theatre in Meredith.

7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $30. For tickets call 1-888-2456374. InterlakesTheatre.com Just Love To Sing presents Massenet opera “Mary Magdalene” at the Concord City Auditorium. 7:30 p.m.

Tickets at www.justlovetosing.com. For more information call 781-5695.

Lakeport Community Association Yard Sale. 8 a.m. until ? New items. At the Freight House, located behind the Lakeport Fire Station.

Public breakfast and bake sale hosted by the Masons of Doric-Centre Lodge #20 in Tilton. 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Masonic Building at 410 West Main Street. Full breakfast with eggs cooked to order. $6. Lodge will be open for public tours and information.

Annual Literacy Book Sale hosted by the Laconia Chapter of Altursa International. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound. Paperbacks will sell for 50-cents and hardcovers for $1.

Franklin Footlight Theatre production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. 7:30 p.m. at the Middle Arts and Entertainment Center (Opera House) in Franklin. Visit themiddlenh.org or call 934-1901 for tickets.

N.H. Music Festival Pops Concert featuring Lisa Loeb. 8 p.m. at the Silver Center for the Arts at Plymouth State University. Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb (“Stay - I Missed You) joins her brother, conductor Benjamin Loeb on a musical trip through their childhood - a unique blend of rock and classical genres. Tickets at www.nhmf.org.

Mid-Summer 10K and 5K road races starts at the Smith Centennial Covered Bridge in Plymouth. Part 2 of the Strides For Youth race series. Registration starts at 6:30 a.m. with the 5K run starting at 8 and the 10K at 8:30. Register in advance at www.Active.com (type in Pemi Youth).

Car Wash and Bake Sale at the Salvation Army Thrift store on New Salem Street in Laconia. 1 to 4 p.m.

Fundraising meat raffle hosted by American Legion Post No. 1 Auxiliary in Laconia. 2 p.m. To benefit the Ann Tracey Memorial Scholarship Fund. Members and their guests welcome to support this effort in air conditioned comfort.

38th Laconia Farmers’ Market. Every Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to noon in the City Hall parking lot. www. laconiafarmersmarket.com Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

4:30 to 6 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at mark@trinitytilton.org.

Free outdoor concert at the Winnipesaukee Marketplace at Weirs Beach. 7 to 10 p.m. One Hand Free (rock).

SUNDAY, JULY 24 Free outdoor concert at the Winnipesaukee Marketplace at Weirs Beach. 7 t0 10 p.m. Boardwalk Jazz Quartet.

Hairspray at Interlakes Summer Theatre in Meredith.

7 pm. Tickets are $20 to $30. For tickets call 1-888-2456374. InterlakesTheatre.com

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For Rent

LACONIA, NH Spacious two and three Bedroom Apartments $630.00 - $800.00 per month.

(Only $200.00 Security Deposit)

Utilities Not Included Section 8 Welcome, Income Restrictions Apply

Well Maintained Units, Off Street Parking.

No Pets Please CONTACT US TODAY FOR MORE INFO! 1-800-742-4686 The Hodges Companies 201 Loudon Road Concord, NH 03301 LACONIA 3 bedroom. Clean, quiet, new carpet, near park.

Short walk to town and schools. $1,100 Heat & hot water included.

Call 524-0703 LACONIA: Batchelder St.Duplex, Apt. #3 Two-bedroom, hot water/heat included, parking. $500 security deposit. $900/mo.

Ask for Robert 528-1973.

LACONIA-1 BR, $600/Month.

NORTHFIELD - 2 BR with on-site laundry room; $750/month. No Pets. Call GCE @ 267- 8023 LACONIA- Large studio apartment in clean-quiet downtown building.

Nicely renovated. $175/Week includes Heat/Hot Water/Electricity. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA- SPACIOUS, in-town 2-bedroom. Garage, laundry hook-ups, porch. No pets. $700/Month + Utilities. 455-0874.

For Rent LAKEPORT Spacious 3 bedroom, 1st floor, w/d hook up, $900/month, plus utilities, gas heat & hot water. Security deposit & references. No Dogs. 524-4428 LAKEPORT: Lake view, 4-room 2-bedroom, 1-bath secondfloor.

2-car parking. No dogs. No Smoking. $800 a month. $500 Heat Credit. Leave message for Bob. 781-283-0783.

MEREDITH 2 bedroom apt $800/ Mon. Plus utilities, Waukewan St., washer/dryer hookup, screen porch. (603)986-5745.

Meredith 3-bedroom mobile home and 2 bedroom apartments $750-$800/month + utilities. Close to downtown. No dogs. 279-5846 MEREDITH: 2-Bedroom, 1st floor, great view of lake and Meredith! Near stores. Refrigerator, stove, modern bath, laundry hookup, heated, huge deck.

No pets/smoking. 1-year lease. $995/month +security.

603-622-1940 or 603-867-8678.

NEW Hampton Meredith line -Room -quiet views, kitchen, laundry, tv, porch, storage, $125/ week. 603-689-8683.

Nice 2BR duplex in the Weirs $900/Month + $500 security.

Heat/hot water included.

Call 279-3141. nsavoieinc@metrocast.net NORTHFIELD: 3 bedroom trailer in small park with renovated kitchen & bathroom and coin-op laundromat on site. $230/week, including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

NORTHFIELD: Large 1 bedroom on 1st floor with separate entrance and direct access to basement with coin-op laundry. $205/week, including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

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Are you tired of living in run down, dirty housing, then call us we have the absolute best, spotlessly clean and everything works. We include heat & hot water and all appliances, Townhouses & apartments, in Northfield one block from I-93 Call 630-3700 for affordable Clean living.

NORTHFIELD: Two 2 bedrooms available, one on 1st floor and one on 2nd. Coin-op laundry in building. $215/week, including heat, electric & hot water.

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TILTON Main St. 1 bedroom apartment $650 per month. Hea included. 393-7935.

TILTON/LOCHMERE-2 bedroom duplex with garage underneath. $850/Month + utilities. No smoking. No pets. Call 527-6283 TILTON/SANBORNTON- Bright NEW 1 bedroom 2nd floor; Walk to Beach. All utilities included; $700/mo: No Smoking /Pets 455-0910

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2000 sq. ft. light industrial/warehouse/storage. 3 phase power, loading dock. $700/month plus utilities. Additional 1,500 sq. ft. unit cold storage with loading dock $375/month. Two units can be combined for total of 3,500 sq. ft. Just off Route 3 Laconia.

Kevin Sullivan Coldwell Banker Commercial 630-3276

2 dorm-size refrigerators. Work great-look rough. $25/each. firm.

Full-size refrigerator/freezer.

Black, like new $400/OBO. 1 Jazzy Electric wheelchair. Completely rebuilt & refurbished. Like new, $2,000/OBO. 1 EMCO 269-135 Storm door. White w/black HDW. 34 inch X 80 inch.

New in box, cost $320, sale $100.

1 snow blower cab. Cost $150, sell $75. New Summer Sale. Lots more stuff. Call Sam 630-7942.

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FIREWOOD-CUT not split $140, cut & split $185/cord. Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (All phases). 393-8416

DOWNTOWN: storefront, 666 Main Street, $750/month, plus elec. Heat included. 524-4428

2007 Royal 20 ft. trailer.

White/Covered/Shelved inside w/work bench. $4,500.

603-630-3705

LAKEPORT storefront, Elm Street, $650/month, pay own utilities, gas heat. 524-4428

For Sale CRAFTSMAN Tools: 10323070 Lathe $300., Chop Smith $350.,10" Radial Arm Saw $100.,Table Saw $100., Router $35., All are in good working condition and in most cases have original manuals. Small tool cabinets $20.-50. Many hand tools & assessories. Call Leona: 524-8344.

81 inch long X36 Deep X38 high Hudson sofa in Catalina Beige (goldtone). 3 loose seat and back cushions. Like new, only three years old. Paid $1675.00, asking $400.00 firm.

Contact anytime at 603-293-0038.

ALAN Jackson ticket Meadowbrook Friday July 29, sec B row 7, seat 27, Best offer 279-3944.

AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.

FISHING TRIP- Surf fish Martha s Vineyard in a 4WD, exploring 17 Miles of surf fishing. Stripers, bonito, albacore, blue fish. 7 full days (negotiable). Housing, food, rods & reels all included. Any week September 15th-October 15th. 603-387-7543

GOLF BALLS Approximately 450 excellent condition golf balls, all makes.

Call 293-7036 Kubota 2009 BX-1860 with 35 hours, Front bucket, mid & rear PTO, turf-tires. Asking $9,000.

253-3120 Lennox temperware “Fireflower” china.. 55 pieces, 8 5-piece settings + serving pieces. $250.

Excellent condition. Honey cherry entertainment cabinet $300. Solid brass full-size bed frame $100.

603-630-3895

TILTON: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, $195/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234 TILTON: 1-BEDROOM 3rd floor spacious apartment. Convenient location, no pets. $550/Month. plus utilities, heat. Available 9/1.

Security deposit, references.

286-8200 WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency apartment and a cottage including heat, hot water and lights. No pets. $150-$185/week. $400 deposit. 387-3864.

LACONIA-1 Bedroom, $750/month, utilities included. No Pets. Call GCE @ 267- 8023 LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, near hospital. $190/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234 LACONIA: 2BR, 2BA fully furnished condo, $700/month, no pets. Available August to June 978-771-7831.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: HOUSE FOR RENT -2 Bedroom, office or 3 Bedroom.

Large yard, new kitchen. $1,250 + utilities. 603-387-6333.

LAKE Winnisquam waterfront, Sanbornton, cozy cottage beautiful views, no utilities, no pets no smoking, unfurnished, $750/ month. 524-1583.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Early Childhood/ Special Educator The Family-Centered Early Supports & Services Program (early intervention) currently has 1 fulltime opening (35-hours per week) for a licensed educator to provide special instruction for infants & toddlers (birth to three) in Upper Grafton County.

Individual will work directly with families & FCESS staff in the child’s home environment. Developmental screenings/evaluations & service coordination/case management functions will be performed. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to: completion of evaluation/consultation reports, progress notes, other required paperwork & attendance at team & staff meetings.

Candidate must be self-directed, proficient with Microsoft Word & E-mail, highly organized, able to multi-task, compassionate & empathetic & maintain firm boundaries with families. Extensive travel is required -100% reimbursable.

Home office option, flex scheduling, excellent benefit package and VST options, office equipment, child development tools and materials supplied, extensive staff development opportunities, and more.

Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood, Special Education, &/or related field required.

MA or M.Ed. preferred. NH Teaching Certification in early childhood, special education or related field required. Experience with ages birth to three preferred. Send cover letter and resume to: Rochelle Hickmott-Mulkern - Program Director –FCESS/ FS Northern Human Services, 71 Hobbs Street, Suite 102, Conway, NH 03818 Or e-mail: rmulkern@northernhs.org All positions require a valid driver’s license, proof of adequate auto insurance and completion of driver’s and criminal background checks. NHS offers an excellent benefits package.

NHS is an EOE.

The City of Laconia is seeking an Administrative Assistant to perform advanced administrative/executive work for the City Manager, Mayor and City Council. Must have the ability to exercise initiative, professionalism, independent judgment and discretion.

A thorough knowledge of computer software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required.

Minimum qualifications are an Associate's degree in human resources, business management or secretarial sciences and five years of responsible administrative work; or any equivalent combination of education and experience which demonstrates possession of the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

Salary Range $16.95 - $25.67 / 35 hr work-week Application form and position description are available in the Finance Office, Laconia City Hall, 45 Beacon Street East, Laconia, New Hampshire, Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM or on the City website: www.city.laconia.nh.us. Applications and resumes will be accepted until Wednesday, August 3, 2011.

EOE/ADA

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For Sale

For Sale

Marshall & Wendell Baby Grand Piano.

Large solid oak dining-room table W/2 leaves/10 chairs. 603-875-0337 NEW golf clubs complete set, woods and irons, blue bag and new pullcart. $250 524-4786.

RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT LIQUIDATION

Small utility trailer. $300 or best offer. 293-7333

Most just 1 years old.

Chest freezer 49 c.f. 2 door True reach-in Soft serve/shake machine Stove with ovens & griddle Ice maker Espresso machine Bunn coffee maker Furniture Sinks Much more….

603-986-2990

Help Wanted Dynamic Coach Wanted Moderate size swim team located in the Lakes Region is looking for an experienced swim coach to join our team! This position is created to add to the quality staff already on deck to assist and support a great group of swimmers. This year round team has swimmers of varying ages (5-19) and abilities (novice to New England level champs). Qualified candidates for this position should have experience coaching all ages in competitive swimming along with current coaching certification credentials (or the ability to readily attain such). If interested, please forward your resume to: search@lakesregionwavemakers. com.

SUMMER MATTRESS & FURNITURE SPECIALS

PACK-N-GO, $25; (2) older Child s car seats, $5 each; (603)524-8761.

Tonneau cover off 2008 Ford Ranger with 6 ft. bed. Silver, excellent condition. Asking $750.

253-3120

Help Wanted

PROMOTIONAL New mattresses starting; King set complete $395, queen set $249. 603-524-1430.

NEW Infant Girl Furniture ...

Playpen, Bassinet & Bed, Clothes & Toys; Adult snowboard & Playstation equipment available.

(603)366-5479.

POOL: 18-ft.x26-ft. above ground, compete with deck and fencing. Paid $18,000, willing to sell for $3,000. Just needs liner.

(603)393-5756.

Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set, Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style, Fabulous back & hip support, Factory sealed - new 10-Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249. Can deliver 603-305-9763.

Twin Sets $199! Full $279! Queen $299! King $499! Pillowtop, Memory Foam, Latex, Pocketcoil,Organic! Call For Specials! Futon With Pad $349! Platform Beds $199! Bunkbeds! Daybeds, Recliners! Sofa $499.Shaker, Rustic, Lodge, Log Cabin, Adirondack Featuring Local Craftspeople! Cozycabin Rustics, 517 Whittier Hwy, Moultonborough and Warehouse Direct Mattress Bargain Barn, 757 Tenney Mtn Hwy, Plymouth. Jay 662-9066 or Arthur 996-1555. www.viscodirect.com

EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPER

Free FREE Pickup for your unwanted, useful items ... attics, cellars, garages, automobiles, boats, yardsale items & whatever. Prompt removal, (603)930-5222.

T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.

Help Wanted EXPERIENCED Painter with own transportation. Must be neat and responsible. Pay commensurate with experience. 455-8670.

JCS is expanding due to Record Production. Now hiring 1st & 2nd shift. We are looking for highly motivated individuals with great attitude. No exp. required. This is a year round, appointment scheduling position; JCS is the leading marketing company in the vacation marketing industry. Average pay $19-$25 an hour. For interview call Christina at 603-581-2452 EEOC

Fireside Inn & Suites at Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, NH is looking for someone to manage our housekeeping department. The job includes supervising a staff of 8 to 15, scheduling, finding, hiring and training new people, counseling and disciplining staff, inspecting rooms to make sure they are spotless, and generally managing the department. This is a year round position, and you must be available weekends. Pay will depend on your skills and experience. Apply in person and bring your resume. Fireside Inn & Suites at Lake Winnipesaukee, 17 Harris Shore Road, Gilford, NH 03784

EXPERIENCED Line Cook 30-35 hours/week.

Salary commensurate with experience. Apply in person. .Rossi’s Restaurant Route

104 New Hampton or e-mail resume to rossis@metrocast.net Looking to hire someone with trowel work experience. Part-time while training, will work into full-time. Call: 566-6815

Lakes Region Answering Service Telephone Operator Position Looking for enthusiastic person for nights/weekends, part-time. Must have good typing skills and good customer service skills.

Please contact Mel at

524-0110 NOW hiring Office Cleaner for Moultonborough. Friday evenings only. $9 per hour. Please email lhawkins@pps.com

Baron Machine Company is a full service manufacturer providing precision machined parts, weldments and assemblies to Aero-space, Defense, Alternative Energy, Bio-Pharmaceutical, Food, Medical and Capital Equipment Markets.

CNC Milling Programmer, Set-up, and Operator (1st shift)

The person who applies for this position should have an extensive knowledge of the machine tool trade. This person should have experience using Surfcam, and Solidworks, be extremely fluent with “G, and M” code programming. The successful candidate will be able to Program, Set-up, and operate a variety of CNC machining centers with Fanuc, and Yasnac controls. Horizontal milling experience is a plus.

Project Engineer

Help Wanted

The Project Engineer is the main contact between Baron Machine and our customers starting with the request for quote through delivery of the order. A BSME is preferred, but a Manufacturing/Technical degree with job experience will be considered. Experience with an ERP system such as E2 is a must. Experience with most common machine shop processes and equipment, including CNC and Manual Mills, Lathes, Horizontal Mills, Fabrication, Welding, Finishing, and Inspection is essential.

Baron Machine Company is an equal opportunity employer and offers a competitive wage, benefits package, 401K, and a smoke free work environment.

Please drop by our facility in the O’Shea Industrial Park to fill out an application or e-mail your resume, salary requirements and references to edi@baronmachine.com

Quality Insulation of Meredith is looking to fill the following positions: Weatherization and Insulation installers-experience a must and Fireplace Installer needs to be NFI certified. Benefits include paid vacation, health, dental, life, disability & FSA, 401k and paid holidays. Please apply in person to : Quality Insulation 1 Pease Rd Meredith, NH NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. Drivers License and good driving record required to apply. All applicants must pass drug test and background check to obtain employment.

SERVER: Now hiring motivated team players with positive attitudes for year round part-time/ full-time positions. Experience preferred but willing to train the right candidates. Flexible schedule with weekends and holidays a must. Training starts 8/8/11.

Apply in person at Hart!s Turkey Farm Restaurant, Route 3, Meredith, or online at www.hartsturkeyfarm.com Wanted- Responsible male for rides and small household repairs in return for reduced room rental.

References required. 397-2694

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MONDAY, JULY 25 Winnipesaukee Playhouse at Weirs Beach presents adventure-comedy “Shipwrecked”. 2 p.m. matinee and again at 7:30 p.m. For tickets call 366-7377 or visit www. winniplayhouse.org.

Free program on the design and fabrication of a garden sculpture. 7 to 9 p.m. at The Chase House in Meredith. Featuring Michael Kraatz, a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen. Open to the public.

Tree identification is subject of Walks and Talks at the Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough. 10 a.m. Walk leaves from the Carriage House and is free with grounds pass. Participation is limited so arrive early to ensure a spot.

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and

Help Wanted

Real Estate

Services

Services

ATTENTION investors and/or developers. 14+ Subdividable acres available with Duplex. Owner financing available. Monthly income $8000/ month. Call 603-393-5756.

AFFORDABLE ROOFING & SIDING SOLUTIONS.

BLUE RIBBON

CONCORD: 100-acre farm, ideal for horses. Circa 1850, 4-bedrooom post and beam, 2.5 bath, 28 x48 barn, oversized 2-car garage.

Financing available.

321-223-8330.

For Sale By Owner- 2 Bedroom house, 1 1/4 bath. 180 Mechanic St. Laconia. 524-8142

Veterinary Technician/Receptionist We are looking for a part-time receptionist and a full time technician to join our compassionate staff. We are willing to train the right candidate but experience is preferred. The technician position does require anesthesia monitoring. Please send your resume to: Lisa Dockham, Practice Manager. 1266 Union Ave. Lacoina, NH 03246. You may email your resume to lisa.dockham@vcahospitals.com

WEIRS BEACH LOBSTER POUND Is Looking for

All Positions Please apply in person:

70 Endicott Street, Weirs Beach Instruction FLYFISHING LESSONS

Twelve Traditions of OA. Monday nights at 7 p.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church Parish Hall, 18 Veterans Square, (for mapquest use 69 Pleasant St), Laconia. Call & leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information.

Laconia Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society meeting. 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at the Gilford Community Church. Guests and singers of all ages and skills are invited to attend these Monday night rehearsals. For more information call Guy Haas at 279-2230.

Mahjong game time at the Gilford Public Library.

12:30 to 3 p.m. New players welcome.

Mens (18+) pick-up basketball at the Meredith Community Center. 7 to 9 p.m. $1 per player.

Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group meeting at Forestview Manor (153 Parade Road) in Meredith. 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more information call Carrie Chandler, executive director, at 279-3121.

Highest quality craftsmanship.

Fully Insured. Lowest prices guaranteed. FMI (603)730-2521. rockybranchbuilders@gmail.com

PIPER ROOFING Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531

Real Estate, Wanted

Bus.

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LAKES & Mountain Carpet & Furniture Cleaning & Restoration. Quality service since 1975.

(603)973-1667.

Over 20 Years Experience Fully Insured. License #3647

Call 393-4949

M. Fedorczuk Trucking General clean-ups, clean-outs for estates and foreclosures.

Brush, lumber, rubbish, mobile home teardowns.

Deliveries of loam, sand, gravel, & stone. Call Us at

387-9272 or 267-8963

Services

M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Quality work for any size electrical job. Licensed-Insured, Free estimates/ 603-455-5607

MASONRY: Custom stonework, brick/block, patios, fireplaces, repairs/repointing.

726-8679, Paul. prp_masonry@yahoo.com

MR. Junk. Attics, cellars, garages cleaned out. Free estimate. Insured. 455-6296

SIMPLY Decks and More. Free estimates. Fully Insured. No job too big. Call Steve. 603-393-8503.

ALL TREE SERVICE Free estimates, removal, trimming, full take downs.

Next to your house or around your property.

603-832-4250

LACONIA- 388 Hillcrest Dr. Off White Oaks Rd. Saturday 9am-3pm. New items, tools, Christmas items, household.

LACONIA- July 23rd 8am-4pm, rain or shine! Yamaha YPG-625 piano keyboard wood stand with seat, electronics, furniture, weed-whacker, more. 259 Hillcrest Drive (off White Oaks Road)

Wanted To Buy NON-FERROUS METALS Copper, brass, aluminum, lead, aluminum cans, insulated wire, & appliance removal.

CASH PAID

387-9272 or 267-8963

Roommate Wanted ROOM for Rent: Meredith, quiet country setting, shared living/kitchen, electric/hw/heat/gas cooking included. Smoking ok.

Candidates should be clean and sober.

References required. $125/week or $500/month.

Contact 707-9794.

Motorcycles

Real Estate

279-5755 630-8333

Rightway Plumbing and Heating

Roomy 37 ft. 2-bedroom with screened room. Must be moved. $4,500/BRO. See in Belmont.

393-3776

FOR Sale by owner, 10 room home, Gunstock Acres, spectacular view of Lake Winnipesaukee.

Powerwashing

LOW PRICE ~ QUALITY WORK

Gilford-3 bedroom 2 bath double wide mobile home. Washer/dryer hook-ups, gas fireplace, walking distance to Gilford Plaza. No pets, $800/Month + utilities. Call 393-6370

MOTORCYCLES! We rent motor cycles! HK Powersports, Laconia, 524-0100.

Interior/Exterior Since 1982 ~ Fully Insured

LOVING mother looking to watch your child in her home. Please call 520-5313 leave message.

Mobile Homes

1997 Harley Davidson XL 1200C 6K miles, $4,500/OBO 524-3653

PAINTING CO.

LAWNMOWING & Property Maintenance: 15 years experience.

Call Rob, serving Laconia/Gilford area. 393-4470.

LOOKING to Rent Large Water front Lakes Region house.

Off-season, September 6-October 12th. 3+ bedrooms, 2+ baths, two docks.

Call Gene 954-565-0047 Leave message

HANDYMAN SERVICES

NEED FINANCIAL HELP with the spaying, altering of your dog or cat? 224-1361 Before 2pm.

Yard Sale 95 Messer St. Saturday & Sunday 7 to 3 pm Furniture, toys, holiday decorations, odds & ends.

Some new, some used.

Something for everyone.

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

Lakeport Community Association

Behind Lakeport Fire Station Sat. July 23rd 8am-?

New Items

Tools, housewares, glassware, sports equipment, garden items knick knacks, & lots more!

Off of Rte. 107 to Middle Rte to Rogers Rd.

BELMONT

Belmont- 5 Holiday Lane. Rte. 106 to 140 East. Look for signs.

July 23rd 8am-3pm continuing everyday and ending on August 14th. Over 1,000 knives from case and buck and more. Lighters from Zippo, etc. Something for everyone. Even a two-bedroom park model, all set up in a RV Park in Florida.

Gilmanton Iron Works, Saturday 9am-3pm. License plates & a bit of everything! 1780 NH Rte. 140.

CALL THE HUNGRY PAINTER: Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, water damage/dry-

LACONIA- Saturday, 8am-1pm.

15 Elizabeth Terrace. (Off Anthony Dr.) near intersection of Elm and 106).

59 Dutile Rd. Saturday 7/23 8am-2pm

GILFORD-44 Old English Lane.

Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday, 8am-2pm.

Something for everyone from toys to tools, & jewelry too!

Household Helper/Organizer.

Cleaning, laundry, ironing, yard work. Let me put your house in order! 393-9619

LACONIA- SATURDAY 7-23, 8am to 1pm. 68 Walker St. Lot!s of great items! Something For Everyone!

MOULTONBOROUGH Multi-family Saturday & Sunday July 23rd and 24th. 525 Route 25, Moultonborough. Washer & dryer, refrigerator, brand new wedding dress size 4, dining room set, kayaks, Harley parts and much more.

Belmont- 8am-2pm. Saturday July 23rd. 361 Brown Hill Rd. Lot!s of items!

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

JAYNE ’ S PAINTING is now Ruel ’s Painting. Same great service!

Jason Ruel Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed!

Yard Sale HUGE Multi-Family: Saturday, July 23rd, 9am-1pm. 352 Lower Bay Road, Sanbornton. Baby things, toys, clothing, antiques, furniture, books, something for everyone!

Major credit cards accepted

LACONIA: 2-Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Quality Home, 24 x36 Garage with 10 Doors.

Excellent neighborhood near school, park and beach. $189,000 90% Owner Financing Available. 344-4504.

on private trout pond. FFF certified casting instructor. Gift cert. available. (603)356-6240. www.mountainviewflyfishing.c om

1990 Suzuki GS 500E 16K miles, runs, needs some work. $700/OBO. 524-3653

Services

LACONIA corner of Oak and Messer Street Coca Cola Building. huge multi family, Friday, Satur-

Multi-Family Yard Sale Saturday 8am-2pm 93 Rogers Rd., Belmont Kids stuff, DVDs, CDs, Electronics, Furniture, etc.

PORCH/ Yard sale. Sat. 7/23, rain or shine, 9am no early birds, 39 Eaton Ave. Meredith, Off Meredith Neck Rd. Free wood kerosene wood stove originally from Lock Island, 2 new commercial disposals never installed, vintage collectibles, material kitchen items, old Singer sewing table and lots more.

SATURDAY, 7/23 8am - 11am 14 Hillside Drive, Gilford Lots of furniture, household items, graphics, boat trailer, truck cab ... something for everyone!

SATURDAY, July 23rd, 8am-?, 20 Wakeman Road, Belmont.

Union Road to Jefferson to Wakeman. Follow signs and balloons.

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AutoServ in Tilton expands facility and improves energy efficiency TILTON — AutoServ is expanding and renovating its facility to make room for a brand new Nissan showroom and make its operation more energy efficient.

The project involves the addition of a state-of-the-art 5,700 square foot single-story, steel-framed showroom at the east end of the existing dealership. AutoServ is also adding “green technologies” to its operation, updating their heating/air conditioning system, installing new LED lighting inside and out, and adding new insulation making the facility all around more energy efficient. Provisions for future electric car-charging stations

are also in the works.

Dan Bennett, NHADA Environmental Affairs Specialist, stated “AutoServ is a leader in the industry in its commitment to environmental protection and awareness through green technologies such as energy efficiency, recycling, and waste minimization.” AutoServ has contracted Jewett Automotive Design & Construction of Raymond for the construction.

“I am pleased how this expansion and renovation will better serve our customers,” said AutoServ founder Paul Gaudet, Sr. “We appreciate their business.”

AutoServ is expanding and renovating its current facility to make it not only larger, but more energy efficient through “green technologies.” Shown here is an architectural rendering. (Courtesy photo)

Web marketing workshops to be offered by Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce

PLYMOUTH – Two “How-To, Hands-On” Web Marketing workshops will be presented at Hyde Hall’s computer lab on the campus of Plymouth State University (PSU) starting at 5 p.m. on August 3 and 23.

The Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce (PRCC), Northern Community Investment Corporation (NCIC), PSU’s Frost School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and Notchnet, Inc. have partnered to present the workshops, intended to help local businesses learn low-cost and/or free online marketing initiatives.

Veronica Francis, president of Notchnet, Inc., is a 15-year veteran of web marketing who will share

her insights, wisdom, and marketing savvy to help local businesses create low-cost and/or free online marketing initiatives in a small classroom style with step-by-step instruction. The goal of each workshop is for business owners to walk away with a ready-touse marketing tool.

Attendees of the August 3 workshop will create a Facebook Business Page.

This workshop is for those who have decided to add this social media tool to their marketing mix, but would like guidance navigating Facebook’s preferences and generating an enticing and engaging business page.

In the second workshop on August 23, attendees will create their own Blog

VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE AT:

www.cumminsre.com

4 Public Open Houses Saturday July 23rd - 10am-12pm

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OPEN HOUSE…114 TUCKER SHORE RD BELMONT Pristine 2001 Winnisquam Waterfront At The Mouth Of The Canel..Feet To Open Water! U-shaped Dock, Deeded Sandy Beach And This Beautifully Decorated 3 Bedrm 2 Bath Year Round Home..A Lakehouse Paradise!! $324,000 Agent: Donna Royal USE

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Gilford Ave To Highland Sr To Crescent

MEREDITH — The Catholic community of St. Charles Borromeo Parish invites the community to explore matters of the Catholic faith and church by participating in Inquiry Sessions of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) beginning September 25. Sessions will be held on Sunday afternoons from 4:30 — 7 p.m.

The RCIA is a process for anyone who finds themself searching for a Church to call one’s own or with a general curiosity about the Catholic Church; unbaptized

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or baptized in another religious tradition, and seeking to belong to the Catholic Church; baptized Catholic but not understanding much about the Catholic Church; has not regularly attended church or possibly never received First Communion or Confirmation.

St. Charles Borromeo Parish is taking names now for those who are interested. For more inforamation, contact Sister Harriet at 279-8691, or the pastor of St. Charles, Father Dennis Audet, at 279-4403.

Camelot Homes

O PEN Daily & Sunday Rt. 3 (Exit 20 off Rt. 93) Tilton, NH

WWW.CM-H.Com

603-286-4624

New 14 wides $26,995 or $1,350 down 240 @ $207 Apr 7.5%

OPEN HOUSE…29 BIRCHWOOD WAY LACONIA Newly Priced..Newly Updated And Decorated To Include Granite Counter Tops. Family Rm W/granite Fireplace, Screen Porch, 3-4 Bedrms, 3 Baths And 2 Car Garage (1 Heated). Walk To Deeded Neighborhood Beach On Winnisquam. Really Nice.

E Now $229,000 Agent: Mitch Hamel OUS

There is a fee of $25 for each workshop and space is limited to only six participants per class due to the oneon-one attention needed to create these materials. Reserve a spot by calling the Chamber office at 536-1001 or e-mailing kim@plymouthnh.org.

St. Charles Borromeo Church to hold inquiry sessions about becoming Catholic beginning September 25

Dir: Rt#3 To Union Rd, Right On Tucker Shore Rd Follow Signs

OPEN HOUSE…40 CRESCENT ST LACONIA Just Reduced..Charming 3 Bedrm 2 Bath Cape W/breezeway And 2 Car Garage With Lots Of Storage. New Master Bedroom Suite On 2nd Floor .

Across The Street From Tennis Court And Tardif Park. $167,000 Agent: Trish Balint USE

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using free blogging software. Francis will work with each participant to help develop a one-of-a kind informational blog. Participants should be prepared to arrive with text, graphics, pictures, and any important information they’d like to include in their blog.

$45,995

Double Wides $55,995

$72,995

Dir: Pleasant St To Gale Ave, 2nd Rt On Holman St To Robinwood Or Kensington To Birchwood.

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OPEN HOUSE…30 OPECHEE ST LACONIA Newly Priced..Beautiful 40x20 In Ground Pool With Service Cabana. You’ll Appreciate The Condition Of This Lovely Home..Original Woodwork, Hardwood Floors, Fireplaced Den, 3 Bedrms, 1.5 Baths And A Big Front Porch W/lake Opechee Water Views,,Sandy Beach Close By..

Now $230,000 Agent: Susan Harris USE

Modular 2 Story 34x28 $84,995

Dir: Messer St To Opechee St

524-6565

Fax: 524-6810

E-mail: cummins@metrocast.net 61 Liscomb Circle, Gilford, NH 03249

15 Single, Double And Mods On Display.

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Dr. Lori Stack brings woman’s perspective to Plymouth OB/GYN practice

PLYMOUTH — Dr. Lori Stack has joined Plymouth OB/GYN, bringing a woman’s perspective, and increasing access, to comprehensive obstetrical and gynecological care in the region.

Dr. Stack joins Dr. Mark Banister and Dr. Joe Ebner in practice. “We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Stack and

introduce her to the community,” said Dr. Ebner, also chief medical officer at Speare Memorial Hospital.

“Mark and I have been meeting the women’s health needs for the past 10 plus years, but we recognize some patients are more comfortable seeing a female doctor.

Bringing Dr. Stack on board not only increases wom-

Local teen wins NH State ‘Youth of the Year’ New Hampshire “Youth of the Year” Sara Palmer poses with her parents and Governor John Lynch at an awards dinner held earlier this spring. A freshman at Laconia High School, Palmer represented the Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region, competing against six other Boys & Girls Club “Youth of the Year” nominees from around the state. She toured the State House, sat in on a Senate meeting, and went through an interview process with a panel of judges to show to them why she should be the state winner. (Courtesy photo)

Reed Elwell Realtor 158 Union Avenue Laconia NH

(603) 524-6169

en’s’ access to care, but their options, as well.”

Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Stack began her career as a hospital social worker, having received her bachelor’s in social work from Wayne State University in Detroit. Six years later, with encouragement and inspiration from friends, she went back to Wayne Dr. Lori Stack has joined t State to earn her doctorPlymouth OB/GYN. (Courtesy ate. She completed her photo) residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Wayne State’s Hutzel Hospital. Coincidentally, she trained under Dr. Michele Lauria, who was completing a fellowship and served as the attending physician at Hutzel. Dr. Lauria now works at Dartmouth Hitchcock and specializes in high-risk pregnancy.

Having previously worked at Brockton Hospital and Newton Wellesley Hospital, both in Massachusetts, Dr. Stack is looking forward to all the activities afforded by living in central New Hampshire. “The lifestyle here provides a healthier environment, not just in physical setting, but in the amount of time I can spend getting to know my patients,” she said.

Plymouth OB/GYN is located at Speare Memorial Hospital. For more information, call 536-1104.

Pine Gardens Manufactured Homes

MANSFIELD WOODS

Doublewide

OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12 to 2

Sales & Park

Two Bedrooms, Two Bathrooms, A/C, Computer Room, 3-Season Room, Gas Fireplace, Deck, Shed & More! K-1

60 North Rt 132, New Hampton, NH call Kevin 603-387-7463

$59,900

Belmont $117,900

Repriced double-wide mobile home on own land with 2+ bedrooms, 2 full baths, outstanding deck and garage.

Betty Hamel 603-267-8609 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Doublewide in upscale Laconia park.

Private deck, storage shed, new roof.

603-387-0237

Reduced for Quick Sale $49,000

NEW HAMPTON, NH $159,995 Over 55 village, gorgeous, ranch, 2 car garage, full basement.

OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12 to 2 call Kevin 603-387-7463 Rt 132, 1,000’ from post office

Office: (603) 267-8182 • Fax: (603) 267-6621 Route 140E, 3 miles on right from Exit 20, off I-93.

www.nationalmultilist.com

Over 55 village, OWN your home for as low $59,995 or $6,000 down and $799 for 240 months inc. land lease. Apr 6.5%

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Stone Gate Vineyard hosts BIBA gathering

By RogeR Amsden AMSDEN NEWS AGENCY

GILFORD — Members of the Belknap Independent Business Alliance got to sample locally made wines at a Meet ‘N Greet event hosted by the Stone Gate Vineyard on July 19.

The event was hosted by Peter and Jane Ellis, who have been growing French hybrid grapes at their winery on David Lewis Road, just off from Morrill Street near the Bolduc Farm, since 2002.

The Ellises first became interested in making their own wine in 2000 while Peter Ellis was temporarily assigned by his employer to Northern California, just a 15 minute drive out of Napa Valley and also close to the Sonoma Valley, and they got to visit dozens of small wineries.

Returning home filled with enthusiasm, the couple bought a vacant lot next to their home in 2002, cleared it, and planted six different varieties of wine grapes, hardy varieties which could handle cold New Hampshire winters, reds Marechal Foch, Leon Millot and Frontenac, and three whites, Aurore, Cayuga and Seyval.

They started making their own wines a few years later and in 2007 were licensed as a small winery, enabling them to produce up to 500 cases, or 6,000 bottles, a year. The couple also built a cellar area for making wine and an impressive wine tasting room above it next to their home and in 2008 began selling wine from their home.

“It was trial and error with a lot of help from family, friends and other New Hampshire winemakers,’’ says Peter Ellis, who said that growing good wine grapes with such a short growing season, only 130 days compared to 160 in California, while keeping the ripening grapes from being devoured by birds and marauding wild turkeys and deer has been a continuing challenge.

But it is a challenge that the Ellises have met and in 2010 the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture honored their efforts by selecting Stone Gate Vineyard as a New Hampshire Farm of Distinction.

Their wines, which now include Steuben, Vignoles, Vidal Blanc and Riesling, are gaining a strong local following and have been featured at a Wine Cruise on the MS Mount Washington and at local restaurants.

“It’s really very good wine,’’ says Ana Gourlay of Sunflower Natural Foods in downtown Laconia, who

says that she is set up across from the Stone Gate Vineyard booth at the Thursday night Downtown Laconia Farmers’ Market and often buys a bottle of wine to take home with her.

Randy Bullerwell of All My Life Jewelers, president of BIBA, a non-profit coalition dedicated to promoting locally-owned, independent businesses in the Lakes Region, said that there was a good turnout for the event.

“It’s nice to see locally-owned businesses support each other and work together to promote shopping locally. These Meet ‘N Greets are a great opportunity for locally-owned member businesses to showcase what they have to offer and provide a chance for business owners to network with one another to help support each other’s efforts,’’ says Bullerwell.

BIBA’s next Meet ‘N Greet will be on Monday, July 25 at 6:05 p.m. at the Laconia Muskrats game at

Warren Clement, long-time downtown Laconia merchant, and Jim French of Jim French Home Improvement, sample wines at a Meet ‘N Greet for members of the Belknap Independent Business Alliance at Stone Gate Vineyard in Gilford. (Roger Amsden photo)

Friday & Saturday — August 19 & 20

Calif. man gets 4 years for stalking via Facebook

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California man who trolled women’s Facebook pages searching for clues that allowed him to take over their email accounts was sentenced Friday to more than four years in state prison after a judge rejected a plea for a lighter sentence and likened the man to a peeping Tom. Once he took over women’s email accounts, George Bronk searched their folders for nude or semi-nude photographs or videos sent to their husbands or boyfriends and distributed the images to their contact list, prosecutors said.

The emails went to families, friends and co-workers. Women in 17 states, the District of Columbia and England were victimized.

“This case serves as a stark example of what occurs in so-called cyberspace. It has very real consequences,” Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Brown said. “The intrusion of one’s profile is no different than intruding one’s home.”

Bronk, 24, pleaded guilty in January to charges that included computer intrusion, false impersonation and possession of child pornography.

Brown sentenced him to four years in state prison for the charges related to the Facebook and email offenses, and added eight more months for charges related to child pornography.

Bronk’s attorney, Monica Lynch, said her client took responsibility for his actions and showed remorse. She had sought a sentence of one year in local jail with probation afterward, or two years in state prison with no probation.

Del. R. Gilbert & Son Block Co. (603)524-1353 Friday, August 19 — 7am-5pm Saturday, August 20 — 7am-12pm