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Fire fighters join police in charging unfair bargaining By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Laconia Professional Fire Fighters Association have joined the Laconia Patrolman’s Association in charging that the city acted in bad faith in negotiating a collective bargaining agreement to succeed the three-year contract that expired on June 30. In a complaint filed with the Public
Employee Labor Relations Board last week the union representing non-supervisory employees of the Fire Department allege that the City Council, after initially indicating that the new contract would include socalled step increases, ultimately demanded that members forego them in 2011. According to the complaint, representatives of the city and the union first met in January when they agreed on terms of a
contract to be presented to the City Council. In February, union officials were told that the council had rejected the proposal, referring specially to a so-called “me too” clause stipulating that the fire fighters would not be treated less favorably than other municipal employees and a binding assurance that there would be no lay offs among fire fighters. When the two parties resumed see FIRE FIGHTERS page 12
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TILTON — The committee charged with reviewing the three-town funding formula of the Winnisquam Regional School District last night presented its recommendation against changing the formula adopted four years ago to a sparsely attended public meeting at the middle school. The formula allocates the cost of operating the district between the three towns — Northfield, Sanbornton and Tilton — based on 70-percent of each town’s “average daily enrollment” (ADM) and 30-percent of their equalized taxable property valuation (EV). The data applied to the formula lags the annual budget by two years; that is, the school enrollment and property assessment of 2008-2009 is used to calculate the shares of the 2010-2011 school district budget. Of the three towns Northfield has the highest ADM — 790 in 2008-09 — compared to 376 in Sanbornton and 400 in Tilton. On the other hand, Tilton has the highest see WRSD page 10
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gave Henry Dionne of All Boat Repair its permission to build a carport onto the front of his garage — provided he satisfy a number of requirements from the state Department of Transportation and town planners, and in spite of a boundary dispute that seemed to have his expansion on hold. Dionne says the carport DUMONT will allow him to work when its Cabinet Refacing & Counter Tops raining. F REE When planning officials met 279-6555 E STIMATES in July, they told Dionne unless
he and his next door neighbor, plumber Dennis Berwick, came to some sort of agreement regarding Berwick’s garage that juts out on to Dionne’s land, there would be no approval because his overall lot was not conforming to zoning standards. However, at the July meeting, Planning Board members were also considering a much expanded proposal by Dionne, including permission to set cord wood, fix lawn mowers, sell golf carts and a host of other see BELMONT page 12
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Obama presses for longer school years WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely into the new school year, President Barack Obama issued a tough-love message to students and teachers on Monday: Their year in the classroom should be longer, and poorly performing teachers should get out. American students are falling behind their foreign counterparts, especially in math and science, and that’s got to change, Obama said. Seeking to revive a sense of urgency that education reform may have lost amid the recession’s focus on the economy, Obama declared that the future of the country is at stake. “Whether jobs are created here, high-end jobs that support families and support the future of the American people, is going to depend on whether or not we can do something about these schools,” the president said in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show. U.S. schools through high school offer an average of 180 instruction days per year, according to the Education Commission of the States, compared to an average of 197
days for lower grades and 196 days for upper grades in countries with the best student achievement levels, including Japan, South Korea, Germany and New Zealand. “That month makes a difference,” the president said. “It means that kids are losing a lot of what they learn during the school year during the summer. It’s especially severe for poorer kids who may not see as many books in the house during the summers, aren’t getting as many educational opportunities.” Obama said teachers and their profession should be more highly honored — as in China and some other countries, he said — and he said he wanted to work with the teachers’ unions. But he also said that unions should not defend a status quo in which one-third of children are dropping out. He challenged them not to be resistant to change. And the president endorsed the firing of teachers who, once given the chance and the help to improve, are still falling short. “We have got to identify teachers who
are doing well. Teachers who are not doing well, we have got to give them the support and the training to do well. And if some teachers aren’t doing a good job, they’ve got to go,” Obama said. They’re goals the president has articulated in the past, but his ability to see them realized is limited. States set the minimum length of school years, and although there’s experimentation in some places, there’s not been wholesale change since Obama issued the same challenge for more classroom time at the start of the past school year. One issue is money, and although the president said that lengthening school years would be “money well spent,” that doesn’t mean cash-strapped states and districts can afford it. “It comes down to the old bugaboo, resources. It costs money to keep kids in school,” said Mayor Scott Smith of Mesa, Ariz. “Everyone believes we can achieve greater things if we have a longer school see next page
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A jury convicted a drunken driver of murder Monday in the deaths of promising rookie Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two of his friends. Andrew Gallo, 23, held white rosary beads and occasionally looked up at jurors as they returned convictions on three counts of second-degree murder and single counts of drunken driving, hit-and-run
driving, and driving under the influence of alcohol and causing great bodily injury. Gallo, who had a previous DUI conviction, was led away in handcuffs and briefly looked over his shoulder at sobbing relatives of the victims who had gathered in the Orange County courtroom. “What this case has shown is that the accelerator, the gas pedal on an automobile in the wrong hands is as dangerous as the
trigger on a gun,” Nigel Pearson, the father of 25-year-old victim Henry Pearson, said outside court. “And in the wrong hands, it can devastate the lives of many, many people.” Gallo faces 50 years to life in state prison at his scheduled sentencing on Dec. 10. His attorney Jacqueline Goodman said Gallo would appeal.
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Pakistan say NATO airstrikes that killed 70 militants breach its air space KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Pakistan vehemently protested NATO helicopter strikes that killed more than 70 militants, saying Monday that U.N. rules do not allow the choppers to cross into its air space even in hot pursuit of insurgents. NATO said it launched the strikes in self-defense after militants attacked a small security post in Afghanistan near the border. Although unmanned CIA drones frequently attack insurgents hiding on the Pakistani side where coalition forces are banned from fighting, strikes by manned NATO helicopters are uncommon there. Pakistan’s protest, which plays to anti-American sentiment in that country, contrasts with its muted criticism of a sharp rise in suspected drone attacks in North Waziristan — a rugged, mountainous tribal area of Pakistan largely controlled by militants who stage attacks on coalition troops across the border. The dispute over the strikes only fuels unease between the two countries. The Pakistani military has fought Pakistani Taliban fighters, but it has resisted pressure to move against the al-Qaidalinked Haqqani network. The Haqqanis, who control vast stretches of territory in North Waziristan and the bordering Afghan province of Khost, carry out attacks in Afghanistan — but not in Pakistan. In Washington, Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said the U.S. followed the appropriate protofrom preceding page year. The question is how do you pay for it.” One model is Massachusetts, where the state issues grants to districts that set out clear plans on how they would use the money to constructively lengthen instructional class time, said Kathy Christie, chief of staff at the Education Commission of the States. Obama’s Education Department already is using competitions among states for curriculum grant money through its “Race to the Top” initiative. “The federal carrots of additional money would help more states do it or schools do it in states where they don’t have a state grant process,” Christie said. But the federal budget is hard-up, too. And while many educators believe students would benefit from more quality learning time, the idea is not universally popular. In Kansas, sporadic efforts by local districts to extend the school year at even a few schools have been met by parental resistance, said state education commissioner Diane DeBacker.
col in the situation. “Our forces have the right of self-defense,” Lapan said. “They were being attacked, and they responded.” U.S. officials say there is an agreement to notify Pakistani officials of cross-border incidents to allow the coalition to defend itself. In this instance, coalition forces could not reach the Pakistani military before they needed to defend Afghan National Security Forces under attack, a NATO official said on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to disclose the information publicly. Pakistan denied that such an understanding exists with the military coalition, or International Security Assistance Force. “These incidents are a clear violation and breach of the U.N. mandate under which ISAF operates,”
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “The said mandate terminates/finishes at the Afghanistan border. There are no agreed ‘hot pursuit’ rules. Any impression to the contrary is not factually correct. Such violations are unacceptable.” NATO confirmed that it launched two airstrikes on Saturday and a third attack on Monday — all in tribal regions of Pakistan located opposite an increasingly dangerous area in eastern Afghanistan. Initially, the coalition said NATO helicopters chased insurgents into Pakistani airspace. But late Monday, the NATO official said that while Pakistani air space was breached during the first strike, initial indications were that choppers involved in the second and third strikes fired from Afghan air space and hit targets on the Pakistan side of the border.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Federal drug enforcement officials say northern New Englanders brought nearly six tons of unused and out-of-date prescription drugs to collection sites to be destroyed. In Maine, officials say 7,820 pounds of drugs were collected at more than 100 sites across the state over the weekend as part of a national effort. New Hampshire’s total was 2,479 pounds and Vermont’s was
1,127 pounds for a total of 5.7 tons. In Maine, Public Safety Commissioner Anne Jordan says in at least one community, Ellsworth, people waited hours before the collection site opened to get rid of their drugs. Jordan says people were relieved to have a place to dispose of unused medications, which can be an attraction for thieves and drug abusers. No questions were asked of those dropping off drugs.
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Campaigning for Democrats in New Hampshire, Vice President Joe Biden says the party’s base should “stop whining.” Biden attended a fundraiser Monday benefiting the state Democratic Party, Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s re-election bid and Rep. Paul Hodes’ Senate campaign. He said both races are winnable for the Democrats if they draw clear distinctions between
themselves and their Republican opponents. He urged Democrats to “remind our base constituency to stop whining and get out there and look at the alternatives.” He says President Barack Obama has done “an incredible job” and kept his promises. The event was hosted by yogurt manufacturer Stonyfield Farm, whose president, Gary Hirshberg, is a longtime Democratic activist and fundraiser.
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The former president of the New Hampshire Association of Police Chiefs is telling Republican gubernatorial candidate John Stephen to stop what he calls misleading attacks on a new mandatory parole law. Rochester Chief David Dubois (do-BWAH’) said law enforcement, victims, Republicans and Democrats worked with Democratic Gov. John Lynch to enact the law and make the state safer. He said
victims were tired of seeing criminals walk out of prison after serving their maximum sentence with no supervision and no notification. The law provides both by requiring them to be paroled nine months early with supervision. Stephen has called for repeal of the law because violent criminals are released early. Dubois said in the past they were released when they completed their sentences with no supervision at all.
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Leo R. Sandy
Good News & Hope Good news does not sell products nor does compassion, kindness or peace. Sometimes these things make it into the news but they are still greatly outnumbered by the kind of news that makes people want to go out and buy arsenals for their homes. In fact, some years back when the crime rate was the lowest, gun sales were at their highest. This could not have happened without the media — a powerful promoter of the fear factor. Also, people are much more likely to watch the news than to do research on crime rates. In my job as school psychologist, one of the interview questions I ask children is who their heroes are. It is a sad commentary that most children have no heroes or their heroes are cartoon characters. Fortunately, some mention their parents and grandparents but too few do. Many of the radio and TV political commentary programs involve a lot of yelling and name calling — even threatened violence. Sports figures commonly brawl and this is watched by scores of children. These brawlers might pay penalties but they are obviously not enough to deter them. Also, children only see the fights and no negative consequences of them. Sex is rampant on TV and here also there are no negative consequences of promiscuous behavior and no mention of commitment and romance. It seems that everything is affected by what former B.U. president, John Silber, called our “time-polluted” culture. Domestic violence, divorce, drug abuse, road rage and animal cruelty (both legal and illegal) are commonplace and it seems like no one is happy, content or satisfied. I’m not even pleased with myself for having just reported what I did. Thus, I must move on and upward. In two of the classes I teach, I use a book by Ken Beller and Heather Chase called “Great Peacemakers: True Stories from around the World”, published by LTS Press and winner of the 2007 International Peace Writing Award. I mentioned this book in another column but it needs mentioning again in a different way. I use this book in my graduate course, Advanced Human Development, because I want students to see what highly developed humans really look like and what they do. I don’t use the term “fully” developed because no human is. We are, with many exceptions, in the process of becoming more developed with time and experience with the end result being wisdom and an ethic of care. I also use it with first year students in my Building a Civil Society course so that they can see the good things that really good people have done in the world. I am hoping that such an inspirational book will help address the paucity of heroes that young people have and inspire them to go out and
make a positive difference. Students are overwhelmingly pleased with this book and many profess an ignorance of the existence of many of the peacemakers it portrays as if their education before college ignored these wonderful people. The book itself is organized around five themes — Choosing Nonviolence, Living Peace, Honoring Diversity, Valuing All Life and Caring for the Planet. Each theme is represented by four notable peacemakers about whom a short biography is written including direct quotes. This book would be suitable for students from high school through graduate school. I am not able to mention all the peacemakers in the book so I will choose those who may be less well known. Under the theme, Choosing Nonviolence, is Anderson Sa, a Brazilian musician, and a person who saved thousands of poor children from the favelas (shantytowns) to become musicians and eschew drugs and violence. His own brother was killed by police who mistakenly believed that he was a drug trafficker. As a result of his efforts to convert children to music, hundreds of children became the top earners in their households and the number of drug dealers also dropped by hundreds. According to Sa, “…it was through music that we appeared. Through music we changed our reality”. Under the theme Living Peace is Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk from Vietnam, who developed the notion of “engaged Buddhism” whereby monks would no longer be cloistered in the monastery but be out among people helping to solve the major social problems of the time. One thing he did was found the School of Youth for Social Service that brought in more than ten thousand volunteers to help build schools and clinics in the bombed out villages of Vietnam. He said that “We used the teachings of the Buddha about self-protection and self-healing in our own personal practice and then took them out into the world.” He also said that “Real strength is not in power, money or weapons, but in deep, inner peace.” Reine Eisler, under the theme, Honoring Diversity, was concerned about “society’s habit of choosing domination over partnership.” She had barely escaped from the Nazis in Vienna, Austria during Crystal Night when the Nazis broke all the windows of Jewish homes and synagogues. From these experiences, she learned about the horrific effects of a male dominated society and authoritarianism. She distinguished between “partnership” cultures like those in Scandinavia and dominator societies that accepted internal violence like wife and child beating and external violence like war. Accord see next page
LETTERS Evidence is clear that Obamacare will cripple U.S. job creation To the editor, Many Republicans will be elected to office in November on one single promise they are making to voters. They are pledging to repeal or minimize the most egregious parts of Obamacare. America wanted the focus to be on jobs and the economy What they got instead from Democrats was Frankenstein health care legislation passed with bribes and pay offs with an “in your face” attitude while more than half the country opposed it vehemently. Evidence is more than clear that the looming Obamacare mandates are crippling job creation, they should be repealed. Many Republicans are resolute in the intent to de-fund the portions of Obamacare that are most outrageous such as the hiring of an army of 16,500 new IRS agents required to police compliance. Energetic and shrewd Republicans can rally considerable Democratic support to dismantle numerous aspects of Obamacare. Many Democrats as we know were bullied and threatened with their political lives to back the entire package. Democrats like Kent Conrad a well respected Democrat from N.D .has stated that the new Federal program to fund long term care — the community living assisted services and supports act known as the CLASS act is a Ponzi scheme of the first order. “Something Bernie Maddoff would have been proud of “Conrad said. This is a Democrat talking about their own legislation.There are other areas too lengthy to mention where considerable Democratic support
could be mustered in support of change. Republicans can also use endless delay tactics if they get control of Congress.They can vote to postpone cuts to the highly popular Medicare Advantage program, postpone mandates that individuals and business alike purchase health care insurance and delay imposition of the $500 billion in taxes required by the new law. Former Congressional Budget director Douglas Holtz-Eakin estimates the actual subsidies for private insurance could run to $1.4-trillion, triple the Obama estimate of $450-billion. The reason is because the legislation creates INCENTIVES for businesses to drop coverage and dump employees into the federally subsidized insurance program. Congress has a responsibility to protect taxpayers from what will be the exploding costs of Obamacare. Lastly, Republicans will want to use their power to call Donald Berwick head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to testify before Congress. Berwick was given a so called “recess appointment” by Obama this summer so he could intentionally avoid all the tough and difficult questions his appointment would have surely triggered. He is a well known believer in European style HEALTH CARE RATIONING. Mr. Berwick literally has the potential to kill more people directly with his views and policy beliefs than any other single man on this earth and he has the job with no questions asked. Tony Boutin Gilford
Christians and Americans are the good guys; we want peace To the editor, Mr. Sandy’s comparison of Hitler’s attempt to exterminate an entire race of Jews to the present day Christians and Muslims, where he implies that Christians are the evil Nazis and the Muslims are the poor Jews, is an insult to humanity and to the intelligence of this paper’s readers. Christians and Americans are the good guys. We are the ones who want peace. We are the ones who went peacefully to work on September 11 2001 only hoping to earn our salaries so we could raise our families. We are the ones who practice
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”, not “Stone thy neighbor to death if he will not convert to Islam”. Your co-conspirators started all this Mr. Sandy and are responsible for the hate they are feeling, whether through there direct involvement in 9/11 or their celebrating after. Please take your leftist tripe somewhere else. The good people of N.H. are not buying it. You are wasting your time. Ed Chase, Meredith
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LETTERS Republicans want liberty to go bankrupt if you have major illness To the editor, Whenever the Republicans try to peddle snake oil economics, they love to throw around the words “freedom” and “liberty.” No matter what they talk about, it’s their all-purpose label. Since those two concepts are fundamental building blocks of our country and our way of life, they’d love to con us into believing that’s what their plans will deliver. Now that the Washington Republicans have unveiled their “Pledge to America,” it’s scarily clear what their ideas of freedom and liberty are all about. It’s the freedom of Wall Street to set its own rules (that is, none), to play the same old games and bring back the frauds, cronyism and gross negligence that crashed the economy in the first place. It’s the freedom of financial institutions to enjoy their reverse socialism: they play with our money, pocket the cash, privatize the profits and leave us with all the losses and the burdens of bailing them out again. It’s the freedom of credit card companies to eliminate rules that impose such un-American ideas as honesty, transparency and clarity on them. It’s the freedom of the richest 2-percent of this country to demand
an extra windfall at everyone else’s expense and to hold middle class tax cuts hostage until they get their way. It’s the freedom of big corporations to ship jobs overseas and receive tax breaks for doing it. But the Pledge doesn’t forget the rest of us. Republican policies and proposals will give everyone the liberty to go bankrupt if you have a major illness, the liberty to move you and your family in with your parents if you lose your job, the liberty to lose your money and your house to the Madoffs and FRMs of this world, the liberty to go deep into debt if you want a college education, the liberty to free yourself from Social Security, and if you can’t manage to save enough over the years, and the liberty to stand in line at a soup kitchen in your senior years. And for a document that talks over 15 times about cutting the deficit, it adds over 3.5 trillion dollars to the checks our kids and grandkids will be writing to China. As a plan for dealing with the issues that America faces, this Congressional Republican product is nothing more than the blueprint for building another Bridge to Nowhere. Ed Allard Laconia
Forrester was right, N.H. was ranked last in corporate tax climate To the editor, Misunderstanding and confusion abounded during the League of Women Voter’s candidate’s forum last Friday in Meredith. Jeanie Forrester, Republican State Senate candidate, stated that the bipartisan Tax Foundation ranked New Hampshire 50th, last place, the worst state in the country, in corporate tax climate. Some very confident person in the audience prompted the moderator to officially “correct” Ms. Forrester by stating authoritatively that the 50th ranking was, in fact, the best ranking. I remembered hearing about this ranking when it was reported in the news. I was confused to hear with
such certainty from the moderator and panelists that Jeanie Forrester had gotten it backwards. Well it turns out that Ms. Forrester was absolutely correct and the unidentified expert was totally wrong. Check for yourself: www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/ show/24380.html. We need a senator who understands how to bring the New Hampshire Advantage back. We need a senator who knows what matters most to taxpaying businesses. We need a senator with real business experience. We need Jeanie Forrester. Andrew Schwaegler Orford
Gilmanton Iron Works Library will close for season on October 9 To the editor, The Gilmanton Iron Works Library will close for the season on Saturday, October 9. We’ll be open on 9:30 a.m. to noon on October 2nd and 9th, so please plan to stop by and return all books during these hours. Books can also be placed in the drop box near the library’s front door.
Now is a great time to stock up on winter reading — stop by to learn how you can check out books for reading throughout the winter. Thanks to everyone who has patronized and supported the library this year. See you in Spring 2011! Susannah Chance Gilmanton
from preceding page ing to Eisler, “We are not born with unhealthy habits we carry. We had to learn them. So we can unlearn them, and help others do the same.” Finally is Wangari Maathi, a Nobel Peace Prize Lauriat, from Kenya who led the Green Belt movement and planted more than 30 million trees despite being imprisoned and beaten for the work that she did on behalf of human rights and the environment. According to Maathi, “Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that human-
system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own — indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder.” This is a book that can inspire everyone but the most hard hearted. I recommend everyone to read it to counter the pervasive negativity that surrounds us and to look for small ways that they can spread kindness, compassion, care and peace. (Leo R. Sandy is professor of counselor education at Plymouth State University and a consulting school
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LETTERS Sen. Deb Reynolds position of ‘The Pledge’ was so reasonable To the editor, The candidates’ night at the Meredith Community Center, a local bipartisan effort and admirably moderated by the League of Women Voters’ co-president Liz Tentarelli, gave us a good exposure to the philosophies and interests of State Senate District 2 candidates, Belknap District 3 State House candidates, and Belknap District 3 County Commissioner candidates. Questioned about the “Pledge” against an income or sales tax, the answers fell along party lines, Republicans saying, “yes“ to it and Democrats saying, “no.” A memorable reply was House candidate Carla Horne‘s, who said, “I pledge only to the flag.” Senate candidate/incumbent Deb Reynolds replied that taking the “Pledge” impacts discussion of revenue, when all options belong on the table — so reasonable an answer. County Commissioner candidate Stephen Copithorne, of Alton, sees potential hazard in not caring for people who need services. The September newsletter of Gran-
ite State Fair Tax Coalition, available online, puts it this way: “The Pledge is really just a pledge to keep raising your property taxes and to refuse to consider alternatives.” They call it a “30-year-old gimmick designed to prevent discussion about ways to pay for the public structures New Hampshire needs. These include everything from roads and bridges to police and fire departments, environmental protection, courts and mental health services.” I’ve just finished a Richard Russo novel, about community, and in it a character jests about the adage, “a stitch in time saves nine.” He jokes about people taking 2000 stitches to save nine. Our N.H. avoidance of fixing our property tax burden when an income tax would draw new revenue from the top echelon, where it sits untapped but the state’s structures are enjoyed, too, by those very rich, makes me elaborate this way. In New Hampshire we take 2000 steps (over those 30 years) to skirt our revenue problem and stick our head in the sand. Lynn Rudmin Chong Sanbornton
I’d hoped Mr. Earle would produce a more interesting ‘race card’ To the editor, I hope sufficient time has passed since Mr. Earle’s last letter for him to not think I’m stalking anyone. I, of course, got a laugh from your example of the president using the “race card” in the debate. I had hoped that with your oh-so active imagination you could have come up with a more interesting and actual use of the “race card”. While that was a rough time for me, I do remember that I, as a Clinton supporter at that time, was disappointed in her for that response, as were many other of her supporters if I remember it correctly. I don’t believe she meant to leave anyone out, but there were many people helping to push that particular legislation through and her wording on that response left a lot to be desired. And as for your second example, I wonder how many Americans of Irish heritage said something similar the day John. F. Kennedy was elected. Or even Catholics for
that matter. I hope L.J. Siden does not take offense at my insinuating myself into this argument. While I have no idea if L.J. is male or female, it really doesn’t matter one way or the other. does it? L.J. is obviously on top of things and I apologize if I inadvertently stepped on your toes on this matter. And to Jack Stephenson, you know Jack, if you really miss the Reagan years, you can possibly get them back again. Just ask Nancy for the names of her fortune tellers and put them up as candidates for president, it has become clear that they more than anyone else were running the country during that time. Hey, who knows, maybe if people can take Sarah Palin as a serious participant in politics other than as a registered voter, they will finally believe catsup is a vegetable Marty Valengavich Belmont
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To the editor, To my fellow veterans: I’d like to extend an invitation to veterans out there who would like to join our family here at The American Legion Post #1. I say family because we all have common ground. Be it in service of our country, hobby, mutual interest, sports, children, education, occupation, etc. we have it, and we all try to participate together. In like any family, we also have disagreements, laughter, tears, sorrow, pride in all efforts and accomplishments. We support youth in sports, welfare, awards, and scholarships every year. We hold events during holidays with various activities which includes the help from our Womens Auxiliary and Sons of the Legion. I encourage any veteran to join our Honor/Color Guard to aid in funerals, burials, parades, and holiday events. What an honor it is to carry Old Glory, the post colors and our P.O.W. flag in these events, and fire the M1 as a salute to our comradorie. Our Honor/
Color Guard is dwindling down to a handful of our most dedicated members. Those that had to leave was not because they wanted to, but because of their health or they have gone before us and are forever in our memories. I challenge any veteran to step up and share some of your time and effort to honor your fellow comrade, flag, and country! Become a member, join our Honor/Color Guard, one of our offices, a tournament and a helping hand. We hold pool and horseshoe tournaments and hold bingo for the public every Thursday evening at 6:30. We also organize breakfast and dinner events, such as Mothers and Fathers Day holidays and our very own Post #1 birthday party. We are open to any ideas from you that would edify our post We hold monthly meetings at the post every second Monday at 7 p.m. We’d love to see you there! Thank you. Doris E. Brady Senior Vice Commander American Legion Post #1 - Laconia
Laconia’s Ward 3 voting location moved across park to middle school By Michael Kitch LACONIA — City Clerk Mary Cote announced yesterday that the Ward 3 polling station will move from the Opechee Park Clubhouse on North Main Street to the multipurpose room of the Laconia Middle School on McGrath Street, beginning with the general election on Tuesday, November 2. City Manager Eileen Cabanel said the park house has been closed following an inspection of the front section of the building revealed a failing foundation that was deemed unsafe. Last month Cabanel told the City Cabanel that she expects the building will be demolished next spring, when construction of a new building to take its place will begin. In 2008, Bill Tobin, who was hired to report on the condition of all the park houses, found that the floor was sagging and the furnace was aging, finding since confirmed by the subsequent more thorough inspection that led to the decision to close the building. The Parks and Recreation Department Commission submitted a request to the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Committee for $130,000 to fund repairs, which the committee ranked 20th among its priorities and Cabanel chose not to fund in the 2010-2011
city budget. Meanwhile, Cabanel said that after learning that the cost of repairing the Opechee Park Clubhouse matched or topped the cost of building anew, she asked Jonathan Gardner, the purchasing officer, to estimate the cost of replacing it with a manufactured building. She said that he calculated the cost at approximately $75 per square foot or about $113,000 for a 1,500 square-foot building, excluding the cost of heating and electrical systems. Cabanel then turned to Scott Davies of the Huot Technical Education Center at the high school, who indicated that his students would be able to undertake the project. She said that George Hawkins, a long time member of the Parks and Recreation Commission who with Alan Blakely led the volunteer effort to build the storage shed at Memorial Park, is in the process of pricing the materials required for a new park house. Cabanel said the estimated cost of demolishing the building is $7,500, but cautioned it could be higher if asbestos must be removed and disposed of. Without more precise estimates of the cost of the project, Cabanel declined to indicate how it would be funded. “Nothing is going to happen before next spring,” she said.
LACONIA — During a very brief meeting yesterday last night, City Council members voted unanimously to open the cities polling places an hour earlier for the upcoming elections in November. Historically, Laconia has opened its polls at 8 a.m. for most elections. Only for presidential elections would the polls in the city’s six wards open at 7 a.m. State law only requires that polls open by 11 a.m. Councilor Brenda Baer asked why that was the case at last night’s meeting, noting that most communities in the state had their polling places open from 7 a.m. to 7 a.m., and that she was concerned that voters who went
to work early in the day would be less likely to vote in the evening. Councilor Armand Bolduc recalled how the city had once decided to open the polls at 7 a.m., only to find that no one showed up until 8 a.m., anyway. Mary Cote, city clerk, said she had a complaint from one voter about the 8 a.m. start time. She said a Ward 5 voter showed up early and was offered an absentee ballot, which he refused. Councilor Bob Hamel asked Cote if opening polls earlier would present a problem for her. She replied that some of the poll workers “wouldn’t be happy, but they’d be there.” — Adam Drapcho
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LACONIA — A Laconia woman was indicted by a Belknap County grand jury for her alleged involvement in a Meredith homicide and home invasion last June. Dawn Dragon, 41, whose last known address was 14 Winter St. allegedly gave Robert Hart and Michael Carpenter-Noucas the knife that was used to kill Hart and wound Carpenter-Noucas. “We believe she knew what was taking place when the three left from Laconia,” said Det. Crp. John Eichhorn of the Meredith Police who continues to investigate the burglary turned homicide. The three are Hart, now deceased, Carpenter-Noucas and Hart’s former girlfriend Julie Sallies. Police alleged that on June 3 the three went in one car to Lake Street in Meredith with the intent of robbing the people who lived in 16 Lake St. Apt. 1. While Sallies waited in the car, police said Hart, who was wielding a baseball bat, and Carpenter-Noucas who allegedly had the knife, entered the apartment only to be confronted by David Rivera of Massachusetts
who was staying there. Rivera told police he began fighting with the two. Hart was stabbed to death and Carpenter-Noucas was slashed several times but managed to escape the apartment and reach Sallies. She allegedly drove CarpenterNoucas to the Meredith Police Station where he entered the lobby bleeding from his wounds. Sallies returned to Lake Street to try and find Hart where she was questioned by police who arrived shortly thereafter. Eichhorn said a knife was recovered at the scene but he declined to say if it was the knife that killed Hart and cut Carpenter-Noucas. Earlier this year a grand jury indicted Noucas-Carpenter for one count of felony burglary, one count of being an accomplice to armed robbery, and one count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery. He is being held on $50,000 cash only bail at Belknap County House of Correction where he awaits trial. Sallies was indicted by a grand jury in July for one count of being an accomplice to armed robbery, one count of conspiracy to commit burglary, and one count of conspiracy to commit burglary.
Deliberative session to discuss proposed Alton teachers’ contracts uneventful BY ADAM DRAPCHO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
ALTON — A relatively healthy turnout of about 40 voters attended a deliberative session on Saturday to consider revised teachers’ union contracts for Alton Central School and Prospect Mountain High School faculty. Alton Superintendent Kathleen Holt reported yesterday that no changes were made to the warrant articles that will go before voters at a special voting session on November 2. Although no further changes to the ballot are possible, the Alton School Board will offer an informational session on the proposed contract at its regular meeting of October 18 at 7 p.m. Voters have been encouraged to attend and ask questions they may have. During voting in March, voters rejected the contract for Central School teachers by a margin of 416 yes votes to 650 no. The high school contract was rejected by a vote of 416 to 640.
In response, a new contract has been negotiated with the teachers’ unions and the Alton and Prospect Mountain school districts. These contracts would only govern the current school year and would reduce the increased costs compared to the contracts voters rejected in March. The Prospect Mountain contract would reduce a proposed budget increase from $70,543 to $32,952, of which Alton would pay 49.8-percent or $16,413. The Alton Central School contract would cost taxpayers an additional $44,695, compared to the increase of $85,492 in the initially proposed contract. Holt reported that there was one attempted amendment to the warrant article during the deliberative session. The amendment called for the addition of $2,500 to fund stipends for overseeing extracurricular activities, but the motion failed because that money was already included in the school’s operating budget.
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Marchione charged with 2 more burglaries LACONIA — A Belknap County grand jury has indicted a young city man with two additional burglaries that occured in the north end during August. Aaron Marchione, 19, of 53 Parsonage Drive was arraigned last month on one count of burglary in which police allege he stole cash, jewelry, a camera and other goods from one of his neighbors. He was released on $10,000 cash bail. The latest charges against him, as determined by a grand jury enpaneled
last Thursday, allege he broke into homes at 85 Pickerel Pond Road on Aug. 4 and 60 Hyatt Lane on Aug. 13. Marchione is free on posted bail and appeared in Laconia District Court last week where he was given permission to attend substance abuse meetings in the evening provided he was driven to and from them by one of his parents. Aside from that, he is subject to a 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. curfew as well as a number of other bail conditions. — Gail Ober
LACONIA — A local man, who was struck by a pickup truck while crossing Church Street shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, escaped without serious injury. Louis C. Carreiro, 45, of 35 Lyford Street, Apartment 2, was walking on Main Street toward North Main Street and, without using the cross walk signal, stepped into the eastbound lane of Church Street where he was hit by a Chevrolet Silverado
driven by Monica Archibald, 52, of 50 Summer Street, who was making a left-hand turn from North Main Street on to Church Street. Carreiro, who was struck on the left knee said he did not see the truck when he crossed the street. Carreiro, who did not appear to have suffered any severe injuries, was taken to Lakes Region General Hospital for evaluation by members of the Fire Department.
WRSD from page one total property values, $544.2-million, trailed by Sanbornton at $426.4-million and Northfield at $353.9-million. In 2009-10, Northfield contributed 42.9-percent, Tilton 30.9-percent and Sanbornton 26.1-percent of the school district budget. Northfield’s share is mitigated by its much greater amount of state aid, which this year amounted to $4,655,230, compared to the grants of $881,995 and $635,390 awarded to Tilton and Sanbornton respectively. Consequently, in state and local school property taxes Tilton raised $5,346,590 and Sanbornton $4,612,212 compared to the $3,969,857 raised in Northfield. Altogether the three towns raised $13,928,659 in school property taxes and received $6,172,615 in state aid to
fund the $20.1-million school district budget. The current formula was introduced in 2006 at the urging of Tilton. For many years Tilton and Northfield each contributed 37.75-percent of the school district budget and Sanbornton the balance of 24,5-percent. As enrollments shrank in Tilton and grew in Northfield, officials and taxpayers pressed to change the formula. Beginning in 2006-2007 the district made the transition to the new formula over five years by increasing the share of both Northfield and Sanbornton by 0.75-percent a year for two years, effectively shrinking Tilton’s contribution. By 2008-2009 the distribution approximated the allocasee next page
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FIREFIGHTERS from page one talks on May 5 the union agreed to delete the two offending clauses from the proposed contract. But, the complaint continues, about a week later, city officials informed the union representative that the council wanted the fire fighters to exclude step increases from the 2011 contract. Soon afterward the union representative replied that members were unwilling to forego step increases and to consider further reductions in the terms of the contract. The complaint claims that when discussion resumed in July the union was told that the City Council had rejected the agreement reached in May and was demanding the union forego step increases in 2011. “The actions taken by the City of Laconia,” the complaint concludes, “to reject their own proposal and demand further concessions is bargaining retrogressively and is a failure to bargain in good faith.” Neither officials of the Laconia Professional Fire Fighters Association nor Richard Molan, their attorney, could be reached for comment. The dispute between the city and the Laconia Patrolman’s Association also hinges on step increases. A tentative agreement reached between the association and Police Commission, was pre-
sented to the City Council on February 8, before the most recent contract expired on June 30. The union claims that both Chief Mike Moyer and Commissioner Warren Clement told the council that “the tentative agreement did not have any financial implications during the negotiated contract period.” Nevertheless, the complaint continues, “the City Council then went beyond the cost items and considered matters beyond its jurisdiction in reviewing the contract” and finally declined to vote on the tentative agreement. Later, the Police Commission reaffirmed its earlier decision to award step increases in salary to officers. In response, the complaint, states that the council “threatened to reduce the budget of the Police Department by $100,000 if the commission did not agree to disavow the vote which would have allowed steps to awarded to certain police officers” and the commission acquiesced. A hearing on the complaint filed by the Laconia Patrolman’s Association is scheduled to be heard before the Pubic Employee Labor Relations Board on Ovctober 19. A hearing on the fire fighters’ complaint has not been scheduled.
BELMONT from page one repair and small commercial uses. Last night, the Board made it clear that Dionne must revert back to his original request to build a temporary carport that gives his boat repair and storage business a little additional working room — and nothing else. Dionne’s lawyer, William Philpot accompanied him to the hearing but only had to speak once — and that was to tell the board his client should not be penalized because Berwick got a building permit in 2001 from the town to build a garage that was not entirely on his own property. On Aug. 2, town code enforcement officer, Steve Dalton, who was not at last night’s public hearing, sent Berwick a letter to tell him to either tear down his garage or come to some kind of boundary line adjust-
ment agreement with Dionne that would make it legal. Berwick said he and Dionne did come to an agreement that involved a land swap and has filed a suit in Belknap County Superior Court to force Dionne to agree to its terms. Dionne insists he agreed only to discuss the matter and says the land swap proposed by his neighbor was Rte. 106 frontage in exchange for a land-locked parcel he has no use for. Philpot told the Planning Board that the suit could take months if not years to come to a end and it was his client’s hope that some kind of resolution could be reached without expensive litigation. Berwick was at the hearing but did not speak. Voting for the approval was Chair Peter Harris, Vice-Chair Ward Peterson, Christine Long and alternate Douglas Sanborn. Voting against was Claude Patten.
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ager Ozzie Guillen said. “That’s a pretty good hitting lineup and they’re going to hurt you.” Martinez extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single to center in the first inning. Beltre doubled off the wall and both came home on Ortiz’ twoout double which skipped past Paul Konerko down the first base line. Martinez had a sacrifice fly in the third inning RBI that scored Scutaro, who led off the inning with a double down the third base line. The White Sox had runners on second and third with no outs in the third but failed to score after leadoff batter Juan Pierre struck out and Omar Vizquel grounded to Buchholz. In the fifth, the Red Sox had two runners on and one out for Beltre, who drove home Scutaro with a single to left for a 4-0 lead. White Sox third baseman Brent Morel broke the shutout in the fifth with a deep sacrifice fly that scored A.J. Pierzynski. Three White Sox tagged Buchholz for deep flies in he seventh, all caught at the warning track. Beltre doubled home Martinez in the ninth to extend the Red Sox lead to 6-1. Ortiz’s two RBIs gave him 100 for the season and Beltre’s two gave him 101. “It’s always nice to get 100 RBIs and to help the team out,” Beltre said. “But a good year would have been better if everyone would have been healthy.”
LACONIA — The Manchester teenager accused of stabbing a city teen last week can leave jail to seek treatment for mental health issues said city prosecutor James Sawyer. Ashley Pope, 18, appeared in Belknap District Court today where Judge Kenneth MacLeod order she continue to be held on $5,000 cash or corporate surety unless she could gain admission to the state psychiatric hospital for treatment.
Pope is accused of stabbing an unidentified 17-year old after the two spent the evening exchanging text messages. The two, along with a couple of their friends, alleged met on Union Place where they argued and Pope allegedly slashed the woman, who was treated at the hospital and released. Pope allegedly told police she acted in self-defense.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il promoted his youngest son to army general in an announcement Tuesday seen as official confirmation that the young man is being groomed to succeed his father. The dispatch on North Korean state media came just hours before the nation was to hold the largest Workers’ Party convention in 30 years, a meeting where Kim Jong Un was expected to make his political debut. The much-delayed meeting in Pyongyang has begun, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua
reported late Tuesday morning, citing Minju Choson, a government-run North Korean newspaper. The report could not be verified. The announcement that the elusive Kim Jong Un was promoted to general, along with his aunt and four others, marked the son’s first ever appearance in North Korean state media. “Kim Jong Un’s promotion is the starting point for his formal succession to power,” said Kim Yonghyun, a North Korea expert at Seoul’s Dongguk University.
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Hampshire every week. Northway Bank has partnered with the New Hampshire Food Bank in the past and has experienced an overwhelming response from its customers and community members. Last year, over 1,000 food items were collected. Northway Bank is eager to top that number this year. Melanie Gosselin, executive director of the New Hampshire Food Bank said, “We’re excited to be partnering with Northway Bank again this year. It’s always great to see local organizations such as Northway lending a helping hand in our communities in such a tangible way.” For a Northway banking center nearest you and to learn more about how you can contribute to the New Hampshire Food Bank, please visit www.northwaybank.com or www. nhfoodbank.org.
MEREDITH — Women Inspiring Women will be hosting a luncheon on Wednesday, September 29, beginning at noon at the Manchester Country Club, 180 South River Road, in Bedford. Keynote speaker will be WIW Founder Leslie Sturgeon, sharing her “Lessons Learned on the Road to Self-Discovery.” Sturgeon, a 22-year entrepreneurial veteran, will share strategies she has developed throughout her career for overcoming debilitating shyness, stepping out of the all-too-familiar comfort zone, embracing change, replacing toxic relationships with supportive cheerleaders, accepting responsibility for one’s life, goal setting and motivation. Registrations are encouraged at
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GILMANTON — On Sunday, Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. the Gilmanton Community Church Food Pantry will hold its annual Food Pantry Walk. Participants will be walking for pledges of food for the pantry. The walk will begin at Smith Meeting House and continue down to Stone Road, Burke Road and on to Stage Road, ending at the Iron Works Community Church for a free Spaghetti dinner at 4:30. All
are welcome to participate. Volunteers are needed to assist in the preparation and serving of the spaghetti dinner. The Gilmanton Boy Scout Troop will be joining the walk and pickup trash along the roadsides. A pledge sheet for food may be picked up at the Gilmanton Community Church office (364-7891) and at Beth Lavin’s Hair Salon (267-1992).
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LACONIA — Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) will host its 4th annual Autumn on the Hill open house celebration on Prescott Hill from 4 — 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6. “The 4th annual Autumn on the Hill will have something for everyone,” said Dr. James Vander Hooven, LRCC student affairs vice president. “There will be exhibits, raffles, prizes, giveaways, student-guided tours of the campus, and a fascinating children’s area with activities for ‘little ones’ of all ages. Faculty and students will be on hand to give program demonstrations, not to mention an amazing buffet with massive food displays and exquisite desserts created by the
LRCC Culinary students, all free to the public.” In addition, the festivities will include a poetry “jam” in LRCC’s Bennett Library and music provided by DJ Dave (Martinez) Entertainment. “Autumn on the Hill has become an LRCC tradition,” said Assistant Librarian Penny Garrett, one of the main organizers of Autumn on the Hill. “With the continuing growth of the College, it only seems right to provide a festive opportunity for everyone to enjoy.” The entire Lakes Region community is invited to attend. For additional information, call Garrett or Student Affairs Administrative Secretary Randi Provencal at 524-3207.
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MEREDITH — The Rotary Club has announced that Fishing Derby tickets purchased online at its Web site will be discounted to $25 per ticket during the period of October 1 — November 20. The Derby is scheduled for the weekend of February 12 — 13, 2011. “The $30 price for Derby tickets has been unchanged since 2003,” according to Bob Walker, chairman of the 2011 Fishing Derby. “We want to provide a little incentive to the ice fishing community to visit our Web site and purchase tickets early. Additionally, this year our Derby Deals program will include a coupon book with the purchase of each ticket. Local restaurants and shops in the
Lakes Region will provide discounts to individuals presenting Derby Deals coupons, and the value in savings is worth hundreds of dollars.” The Ice Fishing Derby is one of the most wellattended events in the State, bringing visitors from all over the country. Fisherman, their families, and friends come to New Hampshire in hopes of snagging the heaviest Meredith Rotary-tagged rainbow trout and claiming the grand prize. Hundreds of other prizes are awarded throughout the Derby weekend, but you don’t have to be a fisherman to win prizes or take advantage of the discounts. Information on all aspects of the Derby can be found on the Rotary Web site: www.meredithrotary.org.
SANBORNTON — Preparation of the Phase 1 Lake Winnisquam Watershed Plan, which will address non point source pollution discharged into Lake Winnisquam from the Black Brook watershed, is now under contract between the Town of Sanbornton and consultant AECOM Water Resources Group of Belmont. The work calls for the consultant to analyze Lake Winnisquam’s current water quality and develop goals for nutrient levels. Included will be a determination of the Lakes ability to assimilate additional nutrients and still retain its current high level purity classification. Phosphorus, a nutrient responsible for growth of algae, milfoil and other noxious weeds that degrade fresh water lakes, will be a principle element of the analysis. Phosphorus originates from sources such as septic system leach fields, fertilizers, animal excrements, and sediment that is transported by major watershed discharges such as Black Brook into receiving bodies such as Lake Winnisquam. While it is not possible to eliminate nutrient discharges entirely, it is feasible to control and manage these discharges so as
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Franklin Regional Hospital’s Infusion Therapy Department will give flu shots on an appointmentonly basis and many local schools will hold flu vaccination clinics, as well. Please check with your child’s school for further information. Flu shots cost $50 at LRGH, FRH, Laconia Clinic, and in LRGHealthcare’s local provider practices. Patients who choose to pay at the time of service can access a discount through the Patient Advantage Program. Please note that many insurance plans will cover a flu shot. For updated information in the coming weeks, call the Laconia Clinic Flu Hotline at 527-2752 or visit the LRGHealthcare Web site at www.lrgh.org.
GILFORD — Lions and cheetahs and zebras….. oh my! Journey with Debbie and Scott Dunn as they share photographs and stories of a recent safari trip to Africa at the Public Library on Thursday, September 30 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. In May of 2010, the Dunns traveled for two weeks through South Africa and Zimbabwe. Starting in South Africa, they joined a 5-day photo safari to the Zulu Nyala Game Reserve. Twice a day excursions by open air pick-up truck into the reserve brought them up close to warthogs, monkeys, giraffes, baboons and impalas. Another day they traveled to
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All are welcome to join in some holiday shopping and take a chance on winning some prizes by purchasing raffle tickets. Admission is free. Local businesses are invited to show their wares at the extravaganza. Each vendor space costs $40. Tables will be supplied. Space is limited and provided on a first come, first served basis. If you would like to give the community an opportunity to shop for your products for holiday gift-giving, e-mail lbrusseau@ faithhopeandlovefoundation.org before November 1.
BARNSTEAD — Fresh from the spirited New Hampshire Primary campaigns which culminated with the September 14 election, the Barnstead-Alton Republican Committee (BARC) will hold its next meeting today, September 28 at J.J. Goodwin’s Restaurant (upstairs), 769 Suncook Valley Rd (Rt 28) in Barnstead. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m., those who wish to eat at the restaurant beforehand should arrive at 5:30 p.m.We will introduce our local primary winners, and you’ll have to opportunity to ask them questions to see where they stand on the issues. The committee will also share plans for the time
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“NH to Harlem and Back — Our Perception of Neighborhoods” is topic of presentation by Lakes Region Spirit publisher Kevin Sperl at Belknap Mill on Sept. 30 LACONIA — “NH to Harlem and Back — Our Perception of Neighborhoods” will be the topic of a presentation by Lakes Region Spirit publisher Kevin Sperl at the Belknap Mill from 4 — 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 30. Sperl, a local photo-journalist, will compare neighborhoods in New York City and the Lakes Region and explore the attitudes and beliefs that help create positive interaction among communities.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You are not a relentlessly spontaneous person, and yet you have been known to take surprising turns toward grand adventures at a moment’s notice. Today, there will be an unexpected temptation to do so once again. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ve been guided by teachers, parents and other mentors. Some of them showed you what to do, and others showed you what not to do. Now you’ll hold fast to those fine nuggets of wisdom. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). At your core, you are the person you were 10 years ago, but the world has changed. You have access to more options than you used to have and will therefore be inspired in new directions. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your work requires you to be skilled in many areas, but the one that will stand out the most now is sales. Your smile does half of the work for you. Listening carefully will be another big part. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your goal must be interesting enough to persuade and seduce you even when you’ve lost energy, momentum and funding. It must be able to pull you through the lows. Keep dreaming until you hit on something really juicy. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Getting informed is easy once you decide it’s important. Right now, it will be a vital part of making a good impression. Do your homework before you reach out to the person who might mentor, fund or hire you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are a lifelong learner. Sometimes you’re drawn to formal education, but lately it seems that the whole world is your classroom. Also, a job you commit to
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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2010. There are 94 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 28, 1920, eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in what became known as the “Black Sox” scandal. (Despite initial confessions by several of the players, all were acquitted at trial; still, all eight were banned from baseball for life.) On this date: In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne. In 1542, Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego. In 1787, the Congress of the Confederation voted to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States to state legislatures for their approval. In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy. In 1924, two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle, having completed the first roundthe-world flight in 175 days. In 1939, during World War II, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a treaty calling for the partitioning of Poland, which the two countries had invaded. In 1960, Ted Williams hit a home run in his last career at-bat as his team, the Boston Red Sox, defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 at Fenway Park. In 1974, first lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland, following discovery of a cancerous lump in her breast. One year ago: Iran tested its longestrange missiles and warned they could reach any place that threatens the country, including Israel, parts of Europe and U.S. military bases in the Mideast. Former Panamanian president Guillermo Endara, 73, who led his country to democracy after the U.S. invasion that toppled Gen. Manuel Noriega, died in Panama City. Today’s Birthdays: Actor William Windom is 87. Actress Brigitte Bardot is 76. Singer Ben E. King is 72. Actor Joel Higgins is 67. Singer Helen Shapiro is 64. Movie writerdirector-actor John Sayles is 60. Actress Sylvia Kristel is 58. Rock musician George Lynch is 56. Zydeco singer-musician C.J. Chenier (sheh-NEER’) is 53. Actor Steve Hytner is 51. Actress-comedian Janeane Garofalo is 46. Country singer Matt King is 44. Actress Mira Sorvino is 43. TV personality Moon Zappa is 43. Actress-model Carre Otis is 42. Actress Naomi Watts is 42. Country musician Chuck Crawford is 37. Country singer Mandy Barnett is 35. Rapper Young Jeezy is 33. World Golf Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak is 33. Actor Peter Cambor is 32. Writerproducer-director-actor Bam Margera is 31. Actress Hilary Duff is 23.
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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS RESPECT Teen Clinic at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. Walk-in for teens only, 2 to 6 p.m. GYN and reproductive services. STD/HIV testing. Boy Scout Troop 143 meets at the Congregational Church of Laconia (across from Laconia Savings Bank). 6:30 each Tuesday. All boys 11-17 are welcome. For information call 527-1716. Lakes Region Camera Club meeting. 7:30 p.m. at the Meredith Public Library. Beginning as well as experienced photogrpahers welcome. Business meeting and competiton in “open” and “nature”. See images at wwww.lrcameraclub.com. Moultonborough Toastmaster meeting. 6 p.m. at the town library. Everyone from surrounding towns also welcome to attend. Toastmasters develop speech practice that is self-paced and specific to an individuals needs. For more information call 476-5760. Greater Lakes Region Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. meeting. 6 p.m. at the Laconia Police Department Community Room. Through the courtesy of the N.H. Attorney General’s Victims Assistance Program, special guest speakers are scheduled. They are Will Delker, prosecuter and head of the N.H. Cold Case Unit and Advocate Juelle Donnelly. Barnstead-Alton Republican Committee meeting. 6:30 p.m. at J.J. Goodwin’s restaurant on Route 28 in Barnstead.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Free seminar on alternatives to home foreclosure. 6 to 8 p.m. at the Gilford Community Church (NOTE: this is a site change). Hosted by the N.H. Banking Department. Reservations are required . Call 271-3561 or visit www.homehelpnh.org for more information. Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/HIV testing on walk-in basis from 4 to 6 p.m. Sliding fee scale. Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education. Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work. Cub Scout Pack 143 meets at the Congregational Church of Laconia (across from Laconia Savings Bank). 6:30 each Wednesday. All boys 6-10 welcome. For information call 527-1716. Preschool story time at the Meredith Public Library. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Stories and crafts for ages 3-5. Sign-up in helpful. Friends of Meredith Public Library meeting. 3 p.m. Open to the public. For the Love of Dolls group meeting at the Meredith Public Library. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The club for kids who love dolls. For ages 6 and up. A four week program. Week 1 — dolls in literature. Please sign-up. Snack provided. TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensible) meeting. 5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith. Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks.
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Ga. megachurch pastor’s flock standing by him LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — Many followers of embattled Baptist megachurch leader Bishop Eddie Long remained unwavering in their support as their pastor vowed to fight like David versus Goliath against claims he lured four young men into sex. Casting himself as the Bible’s ultimate underdog, Long went before congregants who packed his 10,000-seat church Sunday and promised to battle claims in lawsuits filed last week that he abused his “spiritual authority.” Three members of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in suburban Atlanta and a fourth from a North Carolina branch filed lawsuits last week alleging Long used his standing and gifts including cash, cars and travel to coerce them into sexual relations when they were 17 or 18 years old. “I feel like David against Goliath. But I got five rocks, and I haven’t thrown one yet,” Long said Sunday in his first public remarks since the lawsuits were filed. He stopped short of denying the allegations but implied he was wronged by them. “I have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. But I am not the man that’s being portrayed on the television. That’s not me. That is not me,” he said. Long’s brief addresses to the congregation were met with thunderous applause and an outpouring
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Teen Advisory Council
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of support during services that were equal parts part rock concert and pep rally. The sanctuary was nearly filled to its 10,000-seat capacity for both the 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services. Many lined up two hours before the doors of the church opened. Cheryl Barnett, who has attended New Birth since Long became senior pastor more than 20 years ago, said she was “very much fulfilled with what he had to say.” “It was simple. It was direct. He’s standing in the scriptures. That’s what we would expect from our minister,” she said. Followers prayed, sang and embraced one another as they rallied around their senior pastor. Wearing a cream-colored suit as he strode into the church sanctuary hand-in-hand with his wife, Vanessa, Long paused to soak in the adoration. During the second service, however, one young man in a blue shirt stood up and shouted: “We want to know the truth, man!” He was quickly escorted out and did not return. After the service, many expressed support for their leader. “We know and we love Bishop,” said Annie Cannon, a seven-year member of New Birth. “We love our place of worship. My son goes to school here. We do everything here.” Long became one of the country’s most powerful independent church leaders over the last 20 years, turning a congregation of 150 into a 25,000-member powerhouse with a $50 million cathedral and a roster of parishioners that includes athletes, entertainers and politicians. And there was almost no sign Sunday that his flock wanted to turn him away. It is unclear whether Long faces any risk of being removed by his church’s board, but the allegations at the very least guarantee months of scrutiny as the lawsuits move forward. Long is a father of four who has been an outspoken opponent of gay marriage and whose church has counseled gay members to become straight. Two of the men who filed lawsuits say Long groomed them for sexual relationships when they were enrolled in the church’s LongFellows Youth Academy, a program that taught teens about sexual and financial discipline. Two other young men — one of whom attended a satellite church in Charlotte, N.C. — made similar claims. The men say they were 17 or 18 when the relationships began. Federal and state authorities have declined to investigate because Georgia’s age of consent is 16. “I’ve been accused. I’m under attack. I want you to know, as I said earlier, I am not a perfect man,” Long said. “But this thing, I’m going to fight.” Long did not address the allegations directly but spoke at length about enduring painful times. He used the word “painful” nearly 20 times. The term “difficult” came up seven times. “We are all subject to face distasteful and painful situations. Bishop Long, Eddie Long — you can put your name in that blank — will have some bad situations,” he said. “The righteous face painful situations with a determined expectancy. We are not exempt from pain, but (God) promises to deliver us out of our pain.”
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX
Dear Annie: Six months ago, I met the girl of my dreams at a restaurant that I frequent several times a week. I was eating lunch there long before she started serving, but the first day I saw her, I began sitting in her section. The problem is, every time she comes by, my tongue gets frozen, my voice changes, the words don’t come out right or I say something stupid. She isn’t seeing the real me. A few months ago, I asked her out. She turned me down, saying she is too busy to date and, besides, she doesn’t date customers. I was bummed out, but I still kept coming to the restaurant, and everything seemed OK. Every day, I like her more. A couple of weeks ago, I couldn’t resist bringing her flowers and a card expressing my feelings for her. She wouldn’t accept the flowers and only reluctantly took the card. The next day, she told me I make her uncomfortable and should sit in someone else’s section. I was totally crushed. I don’t know what to do. I haven’t seen her for nearly two weeks, and I’m miserable. I want to respect her and will eat somewhere else for a few months so she has some space, but I don’t want to give up. I’m a successful businessman, and I work hard to achieve what I want. What is the best way to win her heart? Does age matter? I’m 38, and she is still in college. I am not only physically attracted to her. I really want to get to know everything about her. At the very least, I’d like to be friends. Is it possible? -Tom Dear Tommy: Probably not. You have turned into that creepy older guy who hits on the waitress and won’t take no for an answer. She has made it quite clear she is not interested, and any additional moves you make in her direction will only
confirm her low opinion of you. She might even quit her job if you keep showing up and mooning over her. Find another place to eat, and leave the servers alone. Dear Annie: My husband and I share a computer. I recently came across the complete name and city of an individual with the caption, “activated his profile,” as well as the message, “Sex is live. Come find your partner.” My husband says he has no idea how this profile popped up on his computer. The only other message in the profile section concerns an entry about my husband’s brother having activated his own profile. I would really appreciate an answer. -- Don’t Know What To Believe Dear Don’t Know: We can’t tell you whether your husband is lying. We can, however, say that it is possible this is some kind of spam, or that his brother set it up and your husband is completely innocent. In which case, his brother is an idiot. But keep your eyes open, just in case. Dear Annie: As a retired strategic planner with the Michigan Department of Corrections who has studied pedophilia, you are certainly correct that “Protective Mother” should be alarmed about her paroled uncle showing affection toward her children. I suggest the mother, in the presence of her relatives, tell her uncle that he is to keep away from her children at all times, saying, “We know that you haven’t been able to control your emotions around children.” In addition, her uncle may be breaking his parole restrictions, because most pedophiles are not permitted to associate with young children or to be within a certain proximity of places where children congregate. -- B.L. Dear B.L.: We appreciate your expertise. Many thanks.
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Gilford - 4 bedroom, 2 bath house for rent near Bypass. $1,500/month plus security deposit. Large yard. Propane heat and A/C. Washer/dryer hook up. Pets allowed. Available immediately. Call 455-4055.
LACONIA: 1 bedroom + den. Off Street Parking. No smoking or dogs. $750/month includes heat/hot water. References, security deposit. 524-0973, Leave message
GILFORD SPECIAL- Fully furnished home. October-May. No pets. Professional adults only. For appointment, call 603-393-7077 Gilford: Two-bedroom apartment or one-bedroom cottage $175-$260/week, small pets considered. Heat, electricity/hot water included. 556-7098. Laconia 1 Bedroom. New paint & carpet, washer/dryer hookup, storage, no pets. Security Deposit & references. $600/mo. + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA Pleasant in-town one bedroom, includes heat/hot water, coin-op laundry, no pets, $700/mo. 455-0874. LACONIA Timberlake Apartments. 2 BR, Modern Apts. D/W, A/C, On-site Laundry, Parking, Balcony, $699 to $709 a month. 1 Bedrm. Handicap Apt. 1st Flr, $649/Mo. Red Oak Apartment Homes, Inc. 603-520-2915 or 668-8282. Laconia- 1 bedroom $145 per week includes heat & hot water. References & deposit. 528-0024 LACONIA: One Bedroom, new carpet & paint, private parking, garage option, snow removal, non-smoker, cat considered, $695/month includes h/hw. 293-4362. LACONIA: Small 2-bedroom house near LRGH. Washer/Dryer, heat & snow removal included. $1,000/month. No pets. No smoking. 524-5455. LACONIA: Cute one bedroom apt. heat and hot water included $650/ month, 603-393-8062.
LACONIA: Private 3-bedroom house, walk to downtown. Small yard, great neighborhood, hookups. $875/mo. Security deposit. Pets ok. 520-6868. MEREDITH 5 bedroom house off traffic circle, barn, 23 acres, residential or commercial. $1200 a month /security. 716-720-0684 MEREDITH: Lakefront loft style 1BR. Full kitchen with DW, heat and water. Deck with views and beach. Walk to town. No pets. $850. 603-279-2580 days. MEREDITH: Main Street, 1 BR apartment available 9/1/10. Includes hot water and electricity. $750/month. Off-street private parking. Monitor heat. No pets, no smoking. Call 781-956-6899. NEW Hampton - stunning quality! Immaculate 2+bedroom/ 2 bath exclusive Condo. $1195/ mo. Astonishing open stairwell extending up to the 3rd floor lighted by the skylight in the cathedral ceiling. Brazilian wood floors, W/D hook up. Less than 3 minutes from I-93. Call today 603-744-3551. NEFH...Come on Home!!
NORTHFIELD 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: 2 bedroom trailer in small park with coin-op laundry on site. $195/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.
Animals
Autos
Autos
Employment Wanted
DOBERMAN Puppies: Ready to go 10/9. Parents on premises, only 2 left! 581-9152.
1997 Saturn SL2: Black, 126k, 5-Speed, A/C, well maintained, $1,850. 630-8869.
2006 Toyota Corolla LE, blue/tan, Standard, power moon roof, power windows, a/c, 4 brand new tires, 52K miles $10,795. 603-930-5222
RN will take care of you or your loved one in your home, days. 18 years experience in homecare. 603-293-0484.
LACONIA: Lakefront townhouse, 2 decks, 2 car, 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath, tennis/pool. $1295. Also owner financing. 225-5660
NORTHFIELD: 3 bedroom, 2nd & 3rd floors. $235/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.
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LACONIA: Large 3 bedroom 1st floor, washer-dryer hookups, diswasher, 1.5 baths, jacuzzi tub, heated, 3-season porch, no dogs, $1200/month, 455-8789.
NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom, 1st floor, coin-op laundry in basement. $210/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.
LABRADOR pups AKC. Extraordinary litter of yellows with outstanding pedigrees. Great temperaments. In-home raised. (603)664-2828. NEW! THE DOG WASH WAGGIN A full-service mobile grooming salon. Easy, convenient, time-saving! Call 603-651-9016.
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1998 Buick Regal. Green with sun roof. One owner, garaged. Good condition. $2,200. OBO. 528-8686 1999 Explorer-XLT 4X4, cleanleather interior, black-exterior. 119K miles. Some body work needed. Tune-up? $1,200/OBRO. 387-1073 1999 Ford Contour: $400, Fixer-Upper, 5-Speed, A/C, Cruise, 185k, needs work for state inspection. 236-3603. 2000 Subaru Legacy, AWD, 5 speed, 127K $4100/ obo. 224-5054. 2001 BMW Z3 2.5 Roadster: Black with tan interior, 54k miles, like new condition! $14,000. 603-393-7449. 2001 Mercedes Benz, C320, Black, Palm Beach Car, 48K, Chauffeur Driven, never seen snow, garage kept. $12,500. 284-7083
Appliances
2001 Toyota Tundra LTD. 4X4, 8 Cylinder, automatic, leather seats. 85,200 miles, $9,400./OBO. 267-1258
Maytag washer & dryer. Good condition, $35 each/$50 both. Easy access for removal. Gilford. 401-481-1041
2002 Honda Accord. Black, Standard, 4-Door, Fully loaded with Leather Interior, 106,000 miles, $6200. 387-6333
2007 Toyota Camry LE, Auto trans, sunroof, 30,081 mi. $12,000 (603)455-3647. 83 Ford Motor Home 28 ft. Very good condition, in and out. Duel exhaust, new transmission, overhauled engine, ready to go, antique. $5,000. 393-2873 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504. CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.
Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606 CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.
BOATS 88 FORMULA 242LS nice shape, low hours, bolster seats, reupholstered, runs great, many updates. $13,900. 293-4239
Business Opportunities BUSINESS FOR SALE
Start your own business! Parking lot striping. Light sealing, stripe removal, all stencils. Includes enclosed trailer, $15,000/BRO, 603-449-2140, 603-915-6291.
1 Bedroom- 2nd floor apartment. Heat/Hot Water included-Pet Friendly. Off street parking, close to downtown Laconia. $175/week Joel 455-4318 ALTON/GILFORD Town-Line: Winter and year-round Studio Cabins starting at $185-$225/ week (all inclusive); 2-Bedroom Cottage, from $215/week +utilities, 1st & security; 3-Bedroom Apt. from $240/week +utilities, 1st & security, beach access. 603-365-0799. APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals, 524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia. CLOSE to I-93 spacious one bed room apt. 2nd fl. freshly painted. Walking distance to school and downtown Tilton. Heat, hot water, electric, all included. Fenced in back yard, small pets welcome. $800/mo. 520-7989 Franklin 2 bedroom, $625 & $725 +utilities. $500 deposit, No dogs. A c c e s s to W a s h e r / D r y e r . 369-0296 FRANKLIN: 4 bedroom 2 bath, 2600 sq. ft. home with attached barn/garage. Newly renovated. $1,350. plus utilities. Call 603-393-8111 or 689-8141, or e-mail: cmpr003@gmail.com.
GILFORD LARGE 3 BEDROOM
Child Care CHILDREN!S Garden Childcare: Year-round, reliable, clean, structured, pre-K environment, one acre yard, central location.
1ST Floor Apartment
In Marine Patrol Area
New dishwasher, Pet considered. Basement with laundry & yard $1100/ mo, includes oil heat. Call owner
508-380-4277
LACONIA: 524-4428.
Gilbert Apartments.
LACONIA: Nice 1 bedroom apartment. Hardwood floors, open concept kitchen/living room. $800/month. Includes Internet, cable, electric & heat. 455-9189.
OPEN HOUSE! Laconia Timberlake Apts. Sat. Oct 2, 11am-3pm At 150 Blueberry Lane #11.
LACONIA: Spacious 2 Bedroom, 2-story, 1.5 bath condo. Includes washer/dryer, pets considered. $975/mo. 603-630-5671.
2 Bedrm, Parking, Laundry, $699-$709/ Month. Handicap 1 bedrm, 1st Fl. $649/Month $25 Gas Card Raffle, Refreshments! Red Oak Apt. Homes, Inc.
LACONIA: 2-Bedrooms starting at $805/month. Includes Heat/ HW/ Electric. No dogs. Call 496-8667 or 545-9510.
Tilton-School St. First floor 1 bedroom apartment. $180/wk. includes all. 603-286-4391
520-2915
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For Rent REDUCED RENT 1 & 2 BEDROOM apartments available. Convenient Lakeport location, both include Heat & Hot Water, On-site Laundry and Parking. Filtered Moun tain or Lake view. Sec, 8 ac cepted. Rent starting at $625. Call 524-1341.
WATER VIEW 2 Bedroom Apartment with 1 1/2 baths. Outside deck overlooks Pagus Bay. No pets. References required. Available November 1st. $850/Mo. + Utilities.
(603) 630-2883 WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency apartment and a cottage including heat, hot water and lights. No pets. $150-$175/week. $400 deposit. 528-2757 or 387-3864.
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Help Wanted
Help Wanted
Mobile Homes
HOT tub Mp3/ ipod dock, speakers, led lights, 5/6 person. All options with cover. New in wrapper. Cost $8200, sell $4200. Will deliver 235-5218.
Experienced powersposts technician wanted for the snowmobile season. Must have own tools and experience with snowmobile maintenance. Drop resume off at Barton’s Motorsports, or apply within. 14 maple Rd., Rt.16, Tamworth, NH.
TOWN OF SANDWICH is accept ing applications for a full-time position in the Highway Department. CDL Class A or B license required. Several years experience in the construction field and/or road maintenance field required. Must be able to operate and maintain equipment and trucks. Applicant must be willing and able to work long hours in adverse weather conditions. Job description and application available at Town Hall. Excellent benefit package. Application and resume must be received by Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM. For inquiries, please call 284-6950 (Highway) or 284-7701 (Selectmen!s Office). Equal Opportunity Employer. Sandwich Board of Selectmen
GILFORD: 55+ Park, 2BR w/carport, excellent condition, updated furnace, with appliances, $25,500. 524-4816.
MAPLE/ Antique white and cherry cabinets, never installed, solid wood, dovetail soft close drawers. Inventory reduction! Cost $7250, sacrifice $1775. 235-1695. LARGE 1 and 1/2 size chair with matching ottoman, plum color, $600 new, sell for $250. 524-1871. New King Mattress. Top of Line SpringAir Avario Latex, Mattress. Only $400 or BO. Laconia. 774-571-0690. ROWING exerciser Tunturi, Made in Belgium, low headroom, very efficient $145. Gilford, NH 293-7369 Call before 7 PM. SIDE by side Ice/water refridgerator, $400, Couch/chair $150, 26 in. TV $60, Commercial fiberglass ladders 28 & 24 ft., Snow blower, John Deere 10 HP 32 in. cut $400, runs excellent. Drill press etc. Call 279-1116 SOLID Oak 6! Hutch: Beveled glass, lighted top, $750/b.o.; Couch w/two recliners, blue, $400/b.o. 524-6082.
LACONIA Prime retail, 750 sf, parking, includes heat. $575 per month, security deposit, references. 455-6662.
For Sale 3 Yd. Hiway Sander for 1 ton dump truck. $400. 267-6072 4 metal boat stands, heavy duty, adjustable, 2.5-3 ft. All four $50. Full-size mattress like new, no box spring, $25. Regulation size fold-up ping pong table $25. White gas dryer, approx. 10 years old. Excellent condition, GE good for basement or camp $25. Alton. Jack 978-804-3475 BARN Fencing 25-12 ft. long 2X 6!s, 35-6.5 ft. long 4X4!s All-TT. $175 for all. Brinley 40 inch Lawn Detacher $40, Brinley 2.5 cubic ft. Broadcast Spreader $80, Cyclone Rake $495, DR Brush Mower 15 hp, 2 blades, will cut 2 1/2 sapling $1,100. Call 267-1935 for more info. CAMPFIRE Wood- $2, $3, $4 sizes. Self serve. 18 Arlene Drive (off Union Road), Belmont. DRY firewood, cut, split delivered, $265/ cord, green $200/ cord, will do half cords, John Peverly 528-2803 and no calls after 8 pm. Firewood Dry Cut, split & delivered. $240 per cord. 520-8851 GREEN and Seasoned firewood, guaranteed full cord, over 20 years in business. Tree service also available. 279-7354. HALF cord $80 cut, split, delivered. 998-7337 Leave a message. Here s the deal! Mattress and furniture overstocks, All mattress sets $199-$999! Includes pocket coil, Latex, memory foam, organic, etc! Recliners $250-$550 Dinettes $199-$599 4 Piece Living Rooms $1299! Bedrooms, Awesome Rustic, Log, and unique locally made solid wood furniture. Framed artwork and pool tables too! Call Art 603-996-1555 HUSKEY toolbox for mid-sized truck: Practically new, aluminum snap in toolbox with 2 handles and key lock. $150/best offer. 934-4932. BED Orthopedic 10” thick pillowtop mattress & box, new in plastic cost $900, sell Queen $285, King $395, Full $260. Can deliver. 235-1695 BEDROOM 6 piece solid cherry wood Sleigh bed, all dovetail drawers, new in boxes, cost
WANTED TO BUY Gold, (scrap rings, jewelry, etc.) Silver, (coins, flatware, etc. )
Antiques & Unusual Items Call 279-3087 or Stop In at
Waukewan Antiques 55 Main St. Meredith
Wood Burning Kitchen Cook Stove with warming shelf. Used very little, $375. OBO. 569-7918
Furniture ABSOLUTE bargain, new queen pillowtop mattress set. Cost $899 sell $249 Can deliver/COD. Caren 603-566-2310
Full-time RN For busy Internal Medicine Practice Must be detail oriented and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Position available now • Experience preferred
Please call Chris 524-9201 or e-mail ccoons@lrgh.org
Adult and Children's Karate (Ages 4+) classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough.Improves balance, coordination, focus, strength and flexibility. 524-4780.
HOCKEY TEAM VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!
New Hampshire Aikido -Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Barn, Wadliegh Rd. Sanbornton. 998-1419
The Laconia Leafs JR Hockey team is searching for qualified volunteers for the 2010-11 season. Experience not needed, but an understanding & love for hockey helpful. Positions Available: game videographer, official scorer/ scoreclock, game ticket taker, game day set-up. All games are a 3 hour period, approx. 17 games at Laconia Ice Arena. For More info contact: Coach Will Fay #581-7008
HOUSEKEEPING Part Time Position for year round Multi-site motels in Weirs Beach area. Must be an active, responsible personwho enjoys helping people. Weekends Required.
Call 366-4003.
PROMOTIONAL New mattresses starting; King set complete $375, queen set $225, 603-524-1430.
Free T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.
FLYFISHING LESSONS on private trout pond. FFF certified casting instructor. Gift cert. available. (603)356-6240. www.mountainviewflyfishing.com
GILFORD family looking for a reliable, conscientious & detail oriented person to clean home. Please send notification of interest to Laconia Daily Sun, Box D 65 Water St., Laconia, 03246 Including letters of reference or names & telephone numbers of references.
Couch with hide-a-bed. Full size, $100. Good condition. 455-6296 FLOOR SAMPLE CLEARANCE. Bunkbeds, platform beds, recliners, mattresses, bedroom, etc. Jeff s Discount Furniture & Bedding Rte. 3 Laconia NH. (across from Funspot). 603-366-4000
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Personal Care Support Provider Looking for an energetic caring, non-smoking person to assist a friendly young man to have an active, energetic and meaningful day for 30 hours a week. Do you like to swim? Workout? Go camping? Attend musical events? Enjoy sports? If so, this job could be for you! Hours are 7:30-10:45am M-F with some flexibility for the additional 13.75 hours to be scheduled, afternoons, weekends, or some evenings. $12.00/hour wage plus mileage! Must have reliable transportation and be fully insured. Call 603-279-4021. Don't delay!
W E ARE GROWING! Jorgensen Tool has the following positions available in our Belmont location:
Quality Control Inspector: Part-time (would consider full-time). Machined parts background. Able to do first piece and final piece inspection.
Machining Center: set-up and operate, full-time, minimum 5 years experience.
Tool Crib Attendant: full-time, experience with all types of metal cutting tools and tool control.
Send resume to: Jamie Lennon, HR Jorgensen Tool & Stamping 23 Fruite Street Belmont, NH 03220 email: Jamie.lennon@jorgensentool.com
KARATE
TAI CHI Experience the gentle art of Tai Chi. Improves balance, joint health, coordination, bone density, blood pressure, strength and flexibility. Ongoing classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough. All ages welcome. 524-4780
Land BELMONT: 3 3/4 acres just off Rt. 106 between Laconia & Belmont. Level to gently rolling terrain, cleared building site and driveway already roughed in, $39,900. Owner/broker, 524-1234.
Motorcycles
Services All Trades Landscaping Construction • Irrigation Excavation • Maintenance Spring and Fall • Clean up's. Free estimates and fully insured
603-524-3969 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L: Excellent condition, white, 415 miles. $6,500/b.o. mlgouveia@yahoo.com or 603-520-6190 for more info.
Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz
(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH.
Real Estate FOR Sale By Owner- Water Access, Lake Winnipesaukee, Meredith, NH- Well Maintained 3-bedroom home, 2.5 baths, approx. 2,400 sf. located in desirable Winnipesaukee Colony Club. Large deck, wood-burning stove, vaulted ceiling, walk-out finished basement, beautiful landscaping, large storage shed, quiet street. Approximately 700 ft. to lake, backs up to 30-acre association owned land. Turn key condition. Private association sandy beach. Rental docks available $419,900. Call for appointment: 603-279-3911
Roommate Wanted ROOMATE wanted to share furnished house, mature individual, country setting, all utilities included. $115 a week. 707-1189
PIPER ROOFING & VINYL SIDING Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs
Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!
528-3531
SANBORNTON: Room for Rent in quiet country home, $625/month includes all. Clean, responsible person. Call 603-630-5264. Single male to share house. Private bedroom/bath, shared full kitchen, living room, screened porch, cellar, garage. Snow removal, water & sewer included. On Gilford/Laconia line. Call 387-4208
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Gilmanton 2.7 acres 400 ft. Rd. Front. 2 accesses. Parking lot zoned light business. 321 Rt. 107. $95,000. 603-267-6072 GILMANTON: 2-acre lots, on Sawyer Lake Road, $55,000$60,000. Owner financing available. (603)267-1258.
Mobile Homes 2 bedroom 1.5 bath in Belmont Park. $28,000. Call 528-0168
BONDED HOME SECURITY SERVICE AGENCY Serving Gilford, Laconia, Meredith & Weirs Beach area. 366-4905 892-2981
Quality Assurance Manager Lakes Region Machining Company with 50+ employees requires Manager Quality Assurance. This position reports to the President. Experience: The successful candidate will be a Quality Professional with firm knowledge of Aerospace Quality Assurance technologies, disciplines, systems and practices. The ideal candidate will have worked 10 years or more in the Aerospace Industry, including development and support of the AS9100 standard, and will have machining experience, with “hands on” mechanical inspection experience. While this position requires a “hands on” type, it is a Quality Assurance Management position and the candidate must have a good grasp of the Tools of Quality Assurance, including ISO 9000/AS9100 Quality Systems, and Quality Engineering Tools. Education: College Graduate in Engineering and/or the Sciences Preferred. ASQ Certifications such as CQE, CQM, CQA, is a strong plus. Please send resume to: Baron Machine Company Inc. 40 Primrose Drive, Laconia, NH 03246 or Email: jimt@baronmachine.com
Dem Guys Trash Service Weekly household, junk pickups, seasonal, year round. Call 279-6384
PIECE OF MIND $30/ hour. Let me clean, organize or restyle your home. Dependable
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Tuesday, September 28, 2010— Page 23
Despite economy, most Americans decline farm work opportunities
VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — It’s a question rekindled by the recession: Are immigrants taking jobs away from American citizens? In the heart of the nation’s biggest farming state, the answer is a resounding no. Government data analyzed by The Associated Press show most Americans simply don’t apply to harvest fruits and vegetables. And the few Americans who do usually don’t stay in the fields. “It’s just not something that most Americans are going to pack up their bags and move here to do,” said farmer Steve Fortin, who pays $10.25 an hour to foreign workers to trim strawberry plants at his nursery near the Nevada border. The AP analysis showed that, from January to June, California farmers posted ads for 1,160 farmworker positions open to U.S. citizens and legal residents. But only 233 people in those categories applied after learning of the jobs through unemployment
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offices in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. One grower brought on 36. No one else hired any. “It surprises me, too, but we do put the information out there for the public,” said Lucy Ruelas, who manages the California Employment Development Department’s agricultural services unit. “If an applicant sees the reality of the job, they might change their mind.” Sometimes, U.S. workers also will turn down the jobs because they don’t want their unemployment insurance claims to be affected, or because farm labor positions do not begin for several months, and applicants prefer to be hired immediately, Ruelas said. Fortin spent $3,000 this year to make sure that domestic workers have first dibs on his jobs in the sparsely populated stretch of the state, advertising in newspapers and on an electronic job registry.
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Storage Space Clean & Dry storage space. $85/month. Direct access. High Street, Laconia. 520-4465.
DO you own your own business and need help with the bookkeeping and management of paperwork? I have over 30 years experience in bookkeeping, accts. payable, accts. receivable and office management. Give me a call at 603/524-7145.
Motorcycle Storage. Clean, Secure heated building in Laconia. October to June. $100. Call Rick at 491-9058 or 273-0215.
NEED FINANCIAL HELP with the spaying, altering of your dog or cat? 224-1361 Before 2pm.
STEVE’S LANDSCAPING General Yardwork. Spring Cleanup, Lawn Mowing, Brush Removal, Flower Beds, Mulch, Loam, Gravel, Stone, 524-4389, 630-3511.
STONEWALLS 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE Specializing in old fashioned stonewall repairs New walls built Contact Tony Luongo
645-5237
HOUSECLEANING: Looking for jobs in Lakes Region area. Condos, mobile homes. Available to help with errands/shopping. Afternoons or anytime Friday or Sunday. Great references. Please call 524-8649.
SUBSTANCE Abuse Services-LADC & DWI evaluations & counseling. Confidential voicemail. Laconia 998-0032.
LAKEFRONT SERVICES- Plumbing & gas fitting. Master plumber. Winterize cottages on mainland & islands. 603-520-3893
WELDING SERVICES- No job too small. Mobile unit or at shcp. 34 Meadowbrook Lane, Gilford. 603-293-0378
www.stonewallsbyanthonyluongo.com
STORE your car-boat-motorcycle. Clean and secure. Cars are well taken care of, Low prices. (603)524-1430
Wanted To Buy Old coins + jewelry, gold, silver, military, etc. Cash paid. 528-0247
Yard Sale Cash for old Stuff. 528-0247 MEREDITH - Saturday, 8-4. 40 Upper Ladd Hill @ Roundabout. White house. Motorcycles, snow blower, antiques, refrigerator.
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But he did not get any takers, even though he followed the requirements of a little-known, little-used program to bring in foreign farmworkers the legal way — by applying for guest worker visas. The California figures represent only a small part of the national effort to recruit domestic workers under the H-2A Guest Worker Program, but they provide a snapshot of how hard it is to to get growers to use the program — and to attract Americans to farm labor, even in the San Joaquin Valley, where the average unemployment rate is 15.8 percent. The majority of farmers rely on illegal labor to harvest their crops, but they can also use the little-known H-2A visa to hire guest workers, as long as they request the workers months in advance of the harvest season and can show that no Americans want the job. Of the estimated 40,900 full-time farmers and ranchers in California, just 34, including Fortin, petitioned to bring in foreign farmworkers on the visas, according to government data for the first eight months of the year. The Labor Department did not respond to a request for comment about the findings, and state officials did not immediately provide figures showing the number of domestic workers hired in July and August. More than half of farmworkers in the United States are illegal immigrants, the Labor Department says. Proponents of tougher immigration laws — as well as the United Farm Workers of America — say farmers are used to a cheap, largely undocumented work force, and if growers raised wages and improved working conditions, the jobs would attract Americans.
So far, an effort by the UFW to get Americans to take farm jobs has been more effective in attracting applicants than the official channels. The UFW in June launched the “Take Our Jobs Campaign,” inviting people to go online and apply. About 8,600 people filled out an application form, but only seven have been placed in farm jobs, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez said. Some U.S. workers referred for jobs at Fortin’s nursery couldn’t do the grueling work. “A few years ago when domestic workers were referred here, we saw absentee problems, and we had people asking for time off after they had just started,” he said. “Some were actually planting the plants upside down.” Asked what the agency could do to get more U.S. workers into farm jobs, California Employment Development Department spokeswoman Patti Roberts suggested the UFW could refer applicants to the state or employers, and the state could publicize the openings through public service announcements. Economists have long argued over whether local workers would take jobs in the field if wages rose. Philip Martin, a professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Davis, said because so few farmers participate in the H-2A program, it’s hard to draw national conclusions. “Recruitment of U.S. workers in this program doesn’t work well primarily because employers have already identified who they want to bring in from abroad,” Martin said. “I don’t think a lot of U.S. workers are going out there looking for a seasonal job paying the minimum wage or a dollar more.”
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MacArthur Foundation reveals winners of 2010 ‘genius grants’ CHICAGO (AP) — David Simon, creator of the HBO television series “The Wire,” is among 23 recipients of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “genius grants” — news that left him with what he described as “a vague sense of guilt.” The $500,000 grants were announced Tuesday by the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The money, paid quarterly over five years, comes with no strings, allowing winners unfettered freedom to pursue their creativity. Simon’s guilt stemmed from already being amply funded in an industry that’s “a little bit recessionproof,” he said. Still, the award’s prestige will go far with network executives. While critically acclaimed, Simon’s dissection of urban problems in “The Wire” and more recently “Treme” hasn’t yet scored Emmys or high Nielsen ratings. “It makes it easier to go into the room with the
network and argue against doing the usual thing in television,” Simon said. His next pitch? The history of the CIA since World War II and a housing desegregation fight in Yonkers are two subjects inspiring him now. “Not all these things have the best possible commercial outlook,” he said. MacArthur winners don’t need to tell anyone how they’ll spend the grant money. There are no reporting requirements. “We could spend it all on cake,” joked theater director David Cromer, one of this year’s recipients. Cromer, known for staging American classics like “Our Town,” said he wasn’t ready to discuss what he may attempt with the grant’s support. But he has some non-cake ideas. “It purchases you freedom,” Cromer said. “I can do things now that aren’t necessarily going to generate an income.”
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — George Blanda, who played longer than anyone in pro football history and racked up the most points in a career that spanned four decades, mostly with the Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders, died Monday. He was 83. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of the great George Blanda,” the Raiders said Monday in confirming his death. “George was a brave Raider and a close personal friend of Raiders owner Al Davis.” The Pro Football Hall of Fame said on its website that Blanda died Monday after a brief illness. Blanda retired a month shy of his 49th birthday before the 1976 season. He spent 10 seasons with the Bears, part of one with the Baltimore Colts, seven with the Houston Oilers and his final nine with the Raiders. He held the pro scoring record when he retired, with 2,002 points. He kicked 335 field goals and 943 extra points, running for nine touchdowns and
throwing for 236 more. He also threw for 26,920 yards in his career and held the pro football record with 277 interceptions until Brett Favre passed him in 2007. His points record stood until it was topped by several players in recent years. “It certainly doesn’t bother me,” Blanda said about losing the scoring record. “The one record I was happy to get rid of was the one for the most interceptions, when Brett Favre got that one.” It was a five-game stretch for Oakland in 1970 that is the lasting imprint of his career. As a 43-yearold, Blanda led the Raiders to four wins and one tie with late touchdown passes or field goals. Later that season, he became the oldest quarterback to play in a championship game, throwing two touchdown passes and kicking a field goal in Oakland’s 27-17 loss to Baltimore in the AFC title game.
Raiders Hall of Fame QB George Blanda dies at 83
That’s exactly what the foundation has in mind. Bob Gallucci, the foundation’s president, called the grants “an investment in people who have already done extraordinary things.” There have been 828 MacArthur Fellows, including this year’s winners. “We’re hoping not only that they’ll do extraordinary things in the future, but that this fellowship will make that somewhat more likely,” Gallucci said. None of the winners is from New Orleans, but the Big Easy exerts a strong pull on the 2010 grantees. Simon’s newest HBO series “Treme” is about residents of post-Katrina New Orleans. Cromer recently revived Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” set in New Orleans, to great praise. And Shannon Lee Dawdy, an anthropologist and archaeologist from the University of Chicago, has studied New Orleans since 1994. After Hurricane Katrina, she worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of Louisiana to make sure recovery efforts respected the city’s archaeological heritage. She regrets she hasn’t been able to save Holt Cemetery, a potter’s field where homemade plot markers were washed away by the post-Katrina flooding. “I would like to work with the local community to preserve living traditions and the site itself,” Dawdy said, and the MacArthur grant may help. “It might mean that I’m able take things I’ve long wished to do, things in the ‘wouldn’t it be nice?’ category, and make that actually happen magically.” Receiving word of the MacArthur was “like receiving a phone call from the Greek gods,” Dawdy said, because “someone you can’t see is pulling the strings of your fate.” Winners have no idea they’ve been nominated. Nominators are pledged to secrecy. There’s “nothing more fun” than informing the winners, Gallucci said. He broke the news to four grantees this year, he said, first making sure they weren’t driving or holding a baby.