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‘Something there is that doesn’t love a wall’Two young men — Doug Oliver (left) and Brendon Olden (Right) of Btanching Walls of Meredith — spent much of the week pursuing what Olden called “a lost art” by building a dry stone wall at a home on Massachusetts Avenue in Laconia. Olden said that they began with a pile of random rocks left on the homeowner’s front lawn by a friend, which they exhausted with half the wall built. “Patience,” Oliver said of the temperament required of a stone mason. “It’s a puzzle and sometimes the rocks don’t cooperate,” added Olden, who ensures his art is not lost by sharing with school children.(Laconia Daily Sun photo/Michael Kitch).
Women alarmed that dog that attacked her at Belmont/Gilford town line has not been identified
GILFORD — A Belmont woman who was suddenly attacked and badly bitten by a dog on Wednesday afternoon is concerned that police have yet to identify and locate either the dog or its owner.
Around 4 p.m. Celeste Woodbury of Dur-rell Mountin Road was walking from Bel-mont into Gilford on Cotton Hill Road just across the town line dividing the two towns — a route she has taken almost every day for two decades — when a large dog, which she thought was either a German Shepherd or a mixed breed, came on her from behind.
“It was a very large, very scary dog I’d never seen before,” she said yesterday. “It was drag-ging a long chain like it had broken loose.”
She said the dog bit her bit her buttocks and left hip until she was able to able to fend it off with a small water bottle she took from her fanny pack. “It kept biting me,” she said, “I ran screaming to one house, but no one was home. I ran down the next driveway and the people there drove me home.”
Woodbury said that because she had not gone far past the town line and she was attacked from behind her she believes the dog came from Belmont. She said that her hus-band called the Belmont Police, who told him that since the incident occurred across the town line it fell within the jurisdiction of the Gilford Police. Woodbury reported to the Gil-ford Police shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
Sergeant Eric Bredbury said yesterday that
By Michael KitchTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN
see dOG attaCK page 13
LACONIA — Police corralled 20 minors, including 18 juveniles, when they descended on an under-age drinking party at 48 Baldwin Street shortly after midnight on Friday.
When the police arrived the youths locked themselves inside the home and refused to answer the door. Sergeant Gary Hubbard said that officers obtained a search war-
20 minors hold up inside Baldwin Street home with big supply of booze
see Party page 14
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t panic yet. The government reported Friday that the economy got off to a tepid start this year, but that doesn’t foreshadow a repeat of the near-standstill that happened in 2011.
“The economy is fi rmly on a growth tra-jectory,” said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University’s Smith School of Business. “The fi rst-quar-ter slowdown will be temporary.”
Still, the January-March report was dis-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans defi ed a veto threat and the House voted Friday to prevent federal loan costs from doubling for millions of college students. The vote gave the GOP a momentary election-year triumph on a bill that has become enmeshed in partisan battles over the economy, women’s issues and President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
The measure’s 215-195 passage was largely symbolic because the package is going nowhere in the Democratic-domi-
AMSTERDAM (AP) — This country of canals and tulips is also famous for “coffee shops” where joints and cappuccinos share the menu. Now, the Nether-lands’ famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke.
A judge on Friday upheld a government plan to ban foreign tourists from buying marijuana by intro-ducing a “weed pass” available only to Dutch citizens and permanent residents.
The new regulation reins in one of the coun-try’s most cherished symbols of tolerance — its laissez-faire attitude toward soft drugs — and refl ects the drift away from a long-held view of the Netherlands as a free-wheeling utopia.
For many tourists visiting Amsterdam the image endures, and smoking a joint in a canal-side coffee shop ranks high on their to-do lists, along with visiting cultural high-lights like the Van Gogh Museum and Anne Frank House.
Worried that tour-ism will take a hit, the city’s mayor, Eberhard
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Calling it an “oversight,” George Zimmerman’s attorney said Friday the neighborhood watch vol-unteer did not disclose that a website had raised more than $200,000 for his defense, even though his family told the judge they would have trouble coming up with his bond.
Dutch ban foreigners from buying marijuana
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More taxes! Less spending! — same old songs on new frontnated Senate. Both parties agree students’ interest costs should not rise, but they are clashing along a familiar fault line over how to cover the $5.9 billion tab: Repub-licans want spending cuts and Democrats want higher revenues.
Friday’s vote underscored how with Election Day just over six months away, much of Congress’ work and passion can be aimed as much at political positioning as it is at writing law. Both parties want to show they are trying to help college
students and their families cope in today’s unforgiving economy and, when possible, force their opponents to cast votes that might create fodder for TV attack ads.
The GOP bill would keep interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans at 3.4 percent for another year, rather than automatically growing to 6.8 percent on July 1 as they would under a law enacted fi ve years ago by a Democratic Congress. The increase would affect 7.4 million students and, the
see STUDENT LOANS page 4
couraging.Economists had expected gross domestic
product — the broadest gauge of economic output — to expand at a 2.5 percent annual rate for the fi rst three months of the year. Instead, the Commerce Department said it was 2.2 percent, mainly because of gov-ernment budget-cutting and a slowdown in business investment.
And some of the January-March growth, meager as it was, probably came at the
expense of the current quarter. An unsea-sonably warm winter pulled car buyers into showrooms earlier than usual.
The same was true for housing construc-tion. That’s one reason it jumped at a 19 percent pace from January through March.
Economists doubt consumers can keep spending as freely as they did in the fi rst three months of this year: an annual pace that was 2.9 percent faster than in the
Economy believed on sound footing despite just 2.2% 1st Q growth
see ECONOMY page 14
Judge fi nds out website has raised $200k for Zimmerman’s defense“Quite honestly, with everything he is
going through over the past several weeks, if that is the only oversight committed, then we’ll deal with it,” said Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara.
O’Mara claimed the family was not trying to be deceptive, but Florida Cir-
cuit Judge Kenneth Lester said he wanted to know more about the money. O’Mara doesn’t think the judge will change Zim-merman’s bond in light of the new infor-mation.
Zimmerman was released from jail ear-see ZIMMERMAN page 13
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to shake the dis-grace of a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service late Friday tightened conduct rules for its agents to prohibit them from drinking excessively, visit-ing disreputable establishments while traveling or
GRANTHAM, N.H. (AP) — The husband of a longtime educator nominated for New Hampshire teacher of the year in 2007 was charged Friday with shooting her to death inside their home with their four children nearby.
Natalie Perriello was shot multiple times Thursday night, the attorney general’s office said. Her husband, 41-year-old James Perriello, was arraigned on a sec-ond-degree murder charge Friday afternoon in New-port District Court and is being held without bond.
The couple’s children weren’t physically hurt. The state public defender’s office says no one has been assigned to Perriello’s case yet.
Natalie Perriello, 42, taught computer science and personal finance at Lebanon High School for the last four years. She also taught for 14 years at Canaan Elementary School. Grief counselors were available at both schools Friday.
While teaching at Canaan Elementary School in 2007, Perriello was one of 23 nominees for New
Lebanon High teacher shot to death with 4 kids nearby; husband arrestedHampshire teacher of the year.
“Natalie was a beloved teacher here for almost 14 years, and certainly our loss is affecting colleagues and former students,” said Assistant School Super-intendent Patrick Andrew.
Andrew said many of the teachers were so close to her that they received text messages about her death long before investigators made it official.
Being in the upper valley, Canaan Elementary and Lebanon High Schools were both in session this week because they typically follow the Vermont school calendar. Most New Hampshire schools were
on spring break this week.Lebanon High School Superintendent Gail Paludi
released a statement saying, “We are all grieving over the sudden loss of Natalie Perriello.”
Paludi said counselors were available throughout the day and would be on hand at the high school from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday to provide addi-tional support.
She said the killing “has shaken our entire school community.”
A hearing scheduled for May 8 will determine if there is probable cause to advance the case to trial.
Secret Service has new rules covering alcohol and unsavory barsbringing foreigners to their hotel rooms.
The new behavior policies apply to Secret Service agents even when they are off duty while traveling, barring them from drinking alcohol within 10 hours
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the debate of whether to replace a 25-year-old fi re truck, Public Works Director Sheldon Morgan said that he is confi dent of the caliber of service work his mechanics perform on town vehicles.
On Wednesday evening during a discussion before selectmen on whether to replace Engine 4, which has multiple mechanical and safety defects, some on hand criticized that mechanics in Public Works Department were doing shoddy repair work and were also failing to fl ag serious mechanical and safety defects.
“I’m very confi dent in my men,” Morgan said Thursday. “If we see something we were uncomfort-able with we would make everyone aware of it.”
He acknowledged that Budget Committee member Kevin Leandro was “probably partially right” in saying that Highway Department mechan-ics failed to spot some problems on Engine 4 when the vehicle was inspected at the DPW garage last fall. But Morgan explained that based on some of the vehicle defects, which were described during the selectmen’s meeting, it is entirely possible that some
Gilford Public Works chief defends vehicle maintenance competence of his mechanics
of those problems went undetected, not because of inattention but because the problems would be very hard to spot without actually removing certain parts of the truck.
Morgan explained that the DPW has one full-time mechanic and a supervisor who are responsible for performing the routine maintenance on approxi-mately 45 town vehicles. Most are assigned to the DPW, and the Fire and Police departments, with a handful allocated to other departments.
He said the department performs inspections on town vehicles and does other routine mainte-nance such as oil changes, tire rotation and general repairs. They will not do specialty repair work, such as the water pump on Engine 4 which has totally failed, he said.
On Wednesday evening all three selectmen con-cluded that Engine 4’s problems were so severe and so costly to repair that they decided to petition the Superior Court for permission to hold a special Town Meeting at which voters will be asked to approve funds to purchase a new truck, at a cost expected to be between $441,000 and $450,000.
Voters rejected a like proposal in March.
BY MIKE MORTENSENFOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
Obama administration says, cost each an average $1,000 over the life of their loans.
Democrats trained their fi re on the Republican plan to pay for the bill by abolishing a preventive health fund created by Obama’s 2010 revamping of the health care system. Democrats said that pro-gram especially helped women by allocating money for cancer screening and other initiatives and that eliminating it was only the latest GOP blow against women — a charge Republicans hotly contested.
“Give me a break,” roared House Speaker John
Boehner, R-Ohio, to rousing cheers from Republican lawmakers. “This is the latest plank in the so-called war on women, entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain.”
Democrats voted solidly earlier this year to take money from the preventive health fund to help keep doctors’ Medicare reimbursements from dropping. Obama’s own budget in February proposed cutting $4 billion from the same fund to pay for some of his priorities.
Since the early days of this year’s GOP presiden-tial contest, Democrats have been accusing Repub-
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NEW HAMPTON — Franklin Savings Bank has announced that its branch in New Hampton, which opened 14 years ago, will close at the end of the busi-ness day on August 31, when accounts will be trans-ferred to the bank’s Bristol office.
Mike Seymour, Senior Vice-President of Mar-keting, said that “this was an extremely difficult business decision” ultimately based on the failure of the branch to achieve satisfactory profitability. He explained that when the bank established the branch on N..H Route 104 near Exit 23 on I-93 addi-tional commercial development was planned for the location, including a supermarket. But, the antici-pated projects were not undertaken as the town chose to manage its growth. Without the expected growth in commerce, the growth of the branch was limited to the residential market in a town with approximately 600 households. “We just never got over the hump,” Seymour said.
Furthermore, Seymour noted that since Frank-lin Savings Bank was founded in 1869 it has been robbed just twice and both robberies occurred at the
Franklin Savings closing New Hampton’s only bankNew Hampton branch, most recently in February, 2007 when Corey Donovan of Laconia who rode to the bank on a snowmobile, wearing a bullet-proof vest and armed with a semi-automatic carbine, took $10,000 from tellers held at gunpoint. He said “we became concerned for the safety of our employees, adding that the location of the branch, in a rural setting near the interstate highway, “makes it an attractive target.”
Before deciding to close the branch, Seymour said that the bank took steps, including reducing its operating hours, to improve its profitability and considered alternatives. “But, nothing made sense in terms of dollars and cents,” he said. “We’ve never had to close a branch before.”
Seymour said that the Bristol office is a 10-minute drive from the Exit 23 Plaza and noted that the Circle K convenience store at the plaza offers an Allpoint ATM, which holders of ATM or debit cards issued by Franklin Savings Bank can use without a surcharge.
Apart from its headquarters in Franklin, Frank-lin Savings Bank will continue to maintain offices in Bristol, Boscawen, Gilford, Laconia and Tilton.
By Michael KitchTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN
licans of targeting women by advocating curbs on contraceptives and other policies. Polls show women leaning heavily toward Obama and Democrats would like to stoke that margin.
In its veto message, the White House argued that “women in particular” would be helped by the pre-vention fund and added, “This is a politically moti-vated proposal and not the serious response that the problem facing America’s college students deserves.”
House GOP leaders abruptly scheduled Friday’s vote after Obama barnstormed around the country in recent days to accuse them of ignoring students’ needs. Presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney began the week by saying he, too, wanted cur-
rent interest rates extended temporarily, heaping fur-ther pressure on congressional Republicans to act.
Democrats said Republicans only staged Friday’s vote to remove it as an issue on which they would be vulnerable. They noted this months’ lock-step GOP vote for a 2013 federal budget that would have let Stafford interest rates double in July, and said Republicans had done little in Congress on the issue until this week.
“They’re just looking for a way to cover their rear ends,” said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
Republicans said they were working methodically on the problem and accused Democrats of inventing a controversy to stir up their voters.
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Froma Harrop
Those who saw mass migration from Mexico as a threat and those who did not all agreed on one thing: It was unstoppable without dramatic action by the federal authorities. They turned out to be wrong about that. The title of a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center, “Net Migra-tion From Mexico Falls to Zero — and Perhaps Less,” says it all.
So everyone buckle your seatbelts, if indeed more Mexicans are going back to Mexico than crossing into the United States. It would change a whole bunch of calculations in presidential campaigning. And it would make whatever the Supreme Court says about Arizona’s tough immigration law less consequential.
The reason for this changed pat-tern matters most, and activists on the issue have an interest in pushing their own explanations. “The anti-immigrant climate” may account for some of it, Jennifer Lee of Colo-rado Legal Services told The Denver Post. Ignoring, as many advocates do, the difference between legal and illegal, she fools nobody.
Immigration-control groups link the trend to a weak economy and lack of jobs. That makes it temporary and thus keeps them in business. To see the changes as permanent, argues Mark Krikorian, executive director at The Center for Immigra-tion Studies, is “wishful thinking by people who just want amnesty.”
Which, actually, very few Ameri-cans want. While there are those on the far left and the cheap-labor right who “just want amnesty,” they are a minority according to every reputable poll. Most who want to put illegal immigrants “on the path to citizenship” also insist that this amnesty be the last. That means it must be paired with serious work-place enforcement.
In any case, this trend is not tem-porary. Demographers following the plunging birthrates in Mexico have been predicting this day would come for some time.
There’s now a sharp reduction in the number of 18- to 35-year-old Mexicans — the age group most likely to come here illegally.
“Their number was a huge bulge and is receding,” Roberta Jacobson,
assistant secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, told the Association of Opinion Journal-ists at a State Department briefing on Monday. While rising unemploy-ment is the immediate trigger for the sharp decline in immigration from Mexico, she said, the drop-off in illegal entrants “will probably continue.”
The more manageable numbers can only help advance the sort of comprehensive immigration reform that got wedged into America’s left-right divide. The lower boil could help Republicans seeking Latino votes in swing states moderate much of their party’s no-pity position. Likely presidential nominee Mitt Romney is already softening some harsh views expressed when he needed to appease the party’s base.
Another factor in stopping the wave of illegal immigration was beefed-up enforcement, the Pew report noted. President Obama was the first president in decades to start seriously going after employ-ers hiring undocumented workers. Rougher state laws undoubtedly played a part, but some are rather ugly. How preferable that Ameri-cans trust the federal government to enforce the immigration laws, which is its job, after all.
Could America be close to actually solving one of its vexing problems? Smart reform of our immigration laws would do the following: It would protect our native and legal immigrant workers from unfair competition. It would let us devise an immigration program that meets our need for more skilled workers. And it would restore some peace at the border.
Someday, Mexicans and Americans may be able to easily cross into each other’s countries for business, visiting, shopping or dinner. If the pressures at the southern border are starting to ease for sure, then that day may come sooner than we thought.
(A member of the Providence Jour-nal editorial board, Froma Harrop writes a nationally syndicated column from that city. She has writ-ten for such diverse publications as The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar and Institutional Investor.)
Illegal immigration problem solving itself?
LETTERSAshland Class of 1955 could never thank Miss Kvedar enough
The NRA loves America and its people, and its Constitution
To the editor,While I was still in high school in
the middle 1950s I had my first news-paper story published. The story was written with encouragement from my Ashland High School teacher Miss Eva Kvedar, who later married Alfred Kodis, a fellow teacher.
When I retired from the newspaper business a few years ago, I acknowl-edged her support in the final news column I wrote, I thanked her for set-ting me off on the path which led to my career as a journalist.
Miss Kvedar as we knew her, was a member of our AHS yearbook staff and made certain our writing was the best it could be.
The AHS Class of 1955 of which I was a member dedicated our year-book to her saying: The last two years at AHS have been fuller and richer through our contacts with her as teacher and friends. Her inherent qualities of sincerity, integrity and fair play have been a constant source of inspiration and encouragement to all of us.”
I kept in touch with her for years. She often wrote me letters of encour-agement and acknowledged the writ-ing awards which I received thanks to her pushing me during high school. One time after seeing a story I had written she sent me a note saying: “What’s with the creative writing 101?
Was my high school English class ele-vated to college status?” Fifty years after graduating from high school she continued to be a mentor to me.
We exchanged letters up until a month ago. I knew she had cancer. In her final note on the last day of March she told me that chemotherapy was not working and it was only a matter of time that the cancer would have its way with her.
In that note she said she always tried to remember the good times we had together in high school. “I hope you can recall some too,” she wrote.
I have just learned that my mentor died on April 5 at the home of her daughter in Los Altos, California. after a brief and courageous battle with cancer.
After Eva and her husband Alfred retired from teaching in 1992 they moved to Florida. He died in 2003. They had four children John, David, Martha and Diane and five grandchildren.
Dear Miss Kvedar, all members of the Ashland High School Class of 1955 could never thank you enough for what you did for us. We all miss you.
Speaking on behalf of my fellow classmates, we extend our deepest sympathies to your children, their spouses, your grandchildren and all other family members.
Gordon D. KingLaconia
To the editor,Anyone who’s been aware at all of
the decline of political sanity and integrity also knows that too many potential voters do not. Ask any of them why they don’t and the most common answer is that the selection resembles the forthrightness of the defendant ant the Nuremberg trials. Who eats in a restaurant where the menu cover is inscribed “SLOP”? American voter enthusiasm has been badly injured and most non-voters are skeptical of even the most sincere and humble candidate.
I say we need to stop this lethargy and adopt a more adventurous point of view. We’re all human, and every one of us regardless of our good inten-tions is bound to fail occasionally. We need to be beware of the ones who wallow in failure and deliberate sub-terfuge, while they glory in how they stiffed the people with subtlety and aplomb. We need to use our brains, and read responsible research on such people and avoid them. They never honor promises to do better. They don’t intend to.
Get to the know the candidates
who, in spite of past blots and blem-ishes, sincerely have American and her people at heart. The ones who are bonafide U.S. Citizens who will fight to defend our Constitution and its Bill of Rights. The ones who fully intend to seriously consider the wishes of their constituents. I trust a man or woman who honestly mulls over a questions and responds without overblown promises, even is the answer is some-thing like, “Well, ...at the moment I don’t know, but I promise to look into it.” If something like that comes to pass, and I DO indeed get a thought-ful and honest rely, I admire that.
Where do we find such a selection
of people? Let me suggest the N.R.A. Now before you throw the paper into the stove, it doesn’t matter whether you agree with firearm ownership or not. If you are fed up with wallow-ing in the sewer of rotten politics, lost jobs, lost home, lost life savings and D.C. double talk, but you still own a computer and want to know the truth, turn that rascal on and do whatever you do to get www.NRA. org. (I don’t own one.) Now search for Brian Terry, (an American patriot) or Eric Holder (an American traitor). That’s it. Now you’ve got yourself tuned into more reliable information about candidates
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sneaky government tactics, murder, mayhem an wild weirdness than you’ll ever find on your T.V. and it’s all true! Isn’t it great to feel you’re being informed about what’s going on and these people want to know the truth? That’s because in spite of pre-conceived ideas and Obama’s hopey-smoke, the NRA loves America and its people, and its Constitution.
How about the United Nations look-ing to USURP our sovereign right to govern ourselves? Impossible? No, not if King Obama is enthroned for four more years!
Now that’s even more exciting than the Disney Channel and its the truth! Pray for Gods forgiveness (Psalm 12:8) and vote N.R.A.
Jay GouldPenacook
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To the editor,Before I pass on any information, I
check it out with Snopes.com and you can certainly do the same.
As for your not liking the tax, you are the one who voted this person into office wanting a “change” — which you got — so live with it like the rest of the sheep. Most of the sheep this guy is going after now, is the young vote, who have not been around when things were “good” in this country. If you care to look back in his-tory, it was the young sheep in Germany that idolized their leader making a living hell over there and the young sheep are willing to do the same here. If you can remember, just five years ago this person was referred to as the “anti-Christ”.
Getting back to the 1-percent tax, the only ones this is not going to effect are those on welfare who do not have accounts of any kind and most of their transactions are done with card vouch-ers. So in all fairness, before you call me out again check out Snopes.com.
Bev BukerGilford
Editor’s Note: I was curious about Ms. Buker’s assertion that the Obama Administration was going to propose, after the fall election, a 1-percent tax on all financial transactions so I took her suggestion and went to Snopes.com — a website that deals with debunking rumors and urban legends. According to Snopes.com, the Obama Adminstration is not considering a proposal for any such tax. One lone member of Congress, Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Penn.) has, since 2004, championed the idea of replac-ing all federal taxes on individuals and corporations with a tax on all financial transactions. He calls it the “Debt Free America Act” but has not to date been able to attract the support on any other member of Congress, let alone get his bill our of committee and on to the House floor for a vote. (www.snopes.com/poli-tics/taxes/debtfree.asp)
To the editor,Kent Warner’s letter of April 24 kind
of explains itself in second paragraph, second sentence, first three words: “I can’t understand”.
President Obama, and his staff, have repeatedly SAID they want gas-oline prices to go higher “to encourage green energy”. Obama proved that by blocking cheap oil from Canada and blocking drilling in the USA on known reserves, while spending OUR money to promote foreign dictators oil pro-duction! YES, Obama IS responsible for our extra high fuel costs (rising yet), and proud of it!
New natural gas finds and use were done entirely by private companies, investing their OWN money (capital-ists, to help Veverka understand), with no help at all from Obama. Where that can be used for electric power it will be helpful, but that has no effect on the existing coal-fired plants, which Obama
has so viciously attacked to drive up cost (another of his efforts for “green” energy.) No matter how you try to twist it, EVERYTHING Obama has done has been entirely AGAINST low cost energy or helping the USA to thrive!
Kent, you are going to have to explain how you come to the backwards conclu-sion that city dwellers are benefiting from high gasoline prices. Seems to me that they are the ones who must com-mute farther to a job, so are hurt most by gasoline prices.
As for alternative sources of energy, why do you ignore the safest, cheapest, cleanest, not affected by foreigners, nuclear electric power plants? Why is the USA so far behind most European countries? Politics, just plain stupid, ignorant, backwards politics! IF it can be done wrong, that’s the way Obama and Congress will do it!
Jack StephensonGilford
Last year 515 voted on election day & just 144 at Town MeetingTo the editor,
S-2 will be on the Sanbornton May 8th ballot and should be adopted for the following reasons:
At the 2011 Sanbornton Annual Town Meeting only 144 people, out of a town population of 2895, voted on the first warrant article. Conversely, 515 people voted on the 2011 official ballot. Had SB-2 been in effect, many more citizens would have had the opportunity to con-sider warrant articles.
Under SB-2 controversial article sup-porters would have to actively promote and sell the merits of the article less voters turn it down due to lack of knowl-edge. Some might say, “everyone will automatically turn down a tax increase”. Not if the article makes sense and is pre-sented properly; to say otherwise is to admit that Sanbornton voters lack any sense of what’s good for the community.
SB-2 requires the Board of Selectmen to hold a deliberative session in Feb-ruary but the actual vote on financial articles does not take place until March. The 30 day delay between the delib-erative session and official ballot gives proponents and opponents of financial articles time to make their case thus affording citizens the opportunity to make a more knowledgeable decision.
Gone are the days when the major-ity of Sanbornton citizens turn out for the Town Meeting. SB-2 addresses this change by making easier for citi-zens to vote on the governmental deci-sions that affect us all. If you believe better government results when citi-zens are better informed and partici-pate in higher numbers, then SB-2 is clearly the way to go.
Roger GreySanbornton
To the editor,Dear Crystal Furnee:Last time I checked we still have
freedom of speech. So please don’t ask me to “leave it at that.”
Every single year they have had Motorcycle Week in New Hampshire someone complaints about the noise or the way people dress; or something about the bikers. I am so tired of it. The truth is, and always has been, that the people who are drinking and getting arrested aren’t bikers at all, and the accidents are caused by people hitting motorcycles not the other way around. I was riding with four other people when a woman biked out of her drive-way and hit a 21 year old on his bike and killed him. He died with his head in my lap, so please don’t tell me about statistics. People throw cigarettes (among other things) out the window of their car and it hits us in the face.
During Motorcycle Week of course there are more arrested because there are more people there. You need you’re police logs in the newspaper though because then you will see that there are more people under 25 being arrested in N.H. every week — in every town around before Motorcycle Week even gets here. There are teen drinking parties in Gilford, stolen property, disorderly conduct, sexual assault in Tilton, driving after sus-pension in Laconia, juvenile problems
in Franklin, etc. Its not the bikers that cause the problems its the people that come to look on and experience bike week that do. A lot of the bikers are working all day and spend their time selling T-shirts and other things.
The real problems occur when the young punks who gets boozed up decide to come there. They start fights and harass people (most being those who live in N.H.) This happens every year. It’s the same in Daytona and Sturgis and there are always a lot more bikers at those places, believe me. There is a lot of dif-ference between someone who rides on a motorcycle and one that wears a patch on his back: people who wear patches are likely to be doctors, lawyers, business owners, therefore they do not get drunk, cause trouble, or get arrested. There is a difference between being a “Biker” and a wanna be.
So anyways, if you check the arrests then you will see that more have addresses right in N.H. and don’t even own a motorcycle. And yes, motor-cycles do make noise, but if you put a thousand cars together then that makes noise too. Anyone near the race track can hear that noise for miles.
If N.H didn’t want the money Motor-cycle Weeks brings in then why do we invite them here in the first place? Have fun.
Diana FieldFranklin
Real problems at Bike Week occur when young punks show up
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LETTERS
All is well with the N.H. Music Festival; join us this summerTo the editor,
It is important for everyone to know that all is well with the New Hampshire Music Festival. Everyone involved with the Festival, the Board of Directors, Festival Management and its many supporters, are united and focused on preparing for another exciting and successful music festi-val for 2012. This will mark our 60th season, making us the oldest summer music festival in New Hampshire.
Our world class musicians will soon be returning to us from all over the United States and we are eagerly anticipating their return.
With the recent signing of a 10 year agreement with Plymouth State University, we are now assured our magnificent orchestra will continue to perform the concerts in the state of the art Hanaway Theater in the Silver Center for the Arts.
Paul Polivnick, our long time Music Director, has been appointed Conduc-tor Laureate and will be returning to
us for the first three concerts of 2012. Having Maestro Polivnick return to conduct the three opening concerts will definitely add to the emotion, exhilaration and celebratory feeling we expect this summer.
Everything points to the 2012 season of the New Hampshire Music Festival being one of the most excit-ing ever. Please consider joining us at one of our Thursday or Friday eve-ning Classical concerts, or Saturday evening Pops Concerts or our Tuesday evening Chamber concerts.
We are truly fortunate to have such a world class music festival available for our enjoyment here in the heart of New Hampshire. As the Boston Globe has said, “it is truly a hidden jewel of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.” Come and check it out.
More information is available at the Festival website nhmf.org.
Gene BishopAshland
To the editor,I hate to be the bearer of bad news to
my liberal and progressive friends, but there is more than a fair chance that the U.S. Supreme Court will invali-date the entire Affordable Health Care (“Obamacare”) Act as uncon-stitutional because of the mandate to purchase insurance. Our current court, unfortunately, is dominated by extreme conservative ideologues that seem more interested in a political agenda than the law. If they are going to uphold the right of a corporation to be regarded as a “person,” chances are they are going to come down on the side of corporate medicine too.
The broken health care system we now have is largely the fault of the insurance and pharmaceutical com-panies. They spend millions to lobby against real health care reform and have for a long time. We blame the politicians but at the end of the day, we can only, blame ourselves that we are the only developed, democratic nation without a rational, affordable, and universal health care system. We accept the misinformation and out-right lies promoted by these corpora-tions and their lobbyists.
Remember when the Clintons proposed health care reform in the 1990s? Remember when opponents hired for their attack ads the middle-aged woman who whined to her hus-band that if the Clinton reforms came to pass, “I won’t be able to choose my own doctor.” Well, that was a bit of a
lie and besides, if you are covered by an HMO you may not be able to choose your own doctor anyway!
They also lied to the American people and scared them with Canada’s “social-ized medicine” and how Canadian’s hate it. This is a clever half-truth. Most Canadians DO complain about various aspects of their system but most, includ-ing the Conservative Party, accept the basic model of a single-payer plan and universal coverage. Studies DO show that very few Canadians want anything close to what we have.
Now, the same people are promot-ing lies that health care reform will result in “death panels” for the elderly and the end of Medicare or that ille-gal aliens will be covered under the plan. Of course, these are all lies too but they will tell them shamelessly to prevent any sort of rational reform to the system we have now — a system which really only insures their profits.
The industry tries to scare us into thinking that it will be horrible if the government gets involved in health care decisions. Well, right now, the people who decline or approve coverage are working for insurance companies who make a profit by denying claims. Which is worse? Which is more corrupt?
So, the Supreme Court may well side with corporate medicine. But, there is an isotope of silver behind even this mushroom cloud. Perhaps, the Ameri-can people will wake up and finally refuse to accept the broken, unjust way our country delivers health care.
Affordable universal health care is not a privilege, it’s a right Perhaps the people will decide per-haps indeed that people should not be mandated to purchase insurance from anyone anymore. Everyone could be covered under a “single-payer” plan. That way, we could take the insurance companies out of the equation. After all, they have been a big part of “the problem” for years.
Far from being “socialistic,” Obam-acare is way too generous to the private sector in general and the insurance industry in particular. I noticed how the insurance companies were upset when a “public option” was on the table but they were fine with the mandate to purchase insurance as long as that mandate requires that people purchase health insurance from them!
A public option that competed with the insurance companies would be a good start. A single-payer plan would be even better. A single-payer plan would not have to necessarily be a federal program. It could be a pro-gram like unemployment insurance which has federal involvement but is administered by the individual states,
much as the Canadian provinces and Vermont are already doing.
One final note: recently, a writer to The Sun correctly noted that Germany’s health care system was established not by the Nazis but by German Chancellor Graf (Count) Otto von Bismarck years before Adolf Hitler was even born. But why did he establish it? Bismarck was not, by any possible stretch of the imagination, a “socialist.” Bismarck reformed health care “from the top down” to undercut a strong and growing socialist move-ment in Germany. Under that system, by the early Twentieth Century, Germany led the world in medical research, treatment, and pharma-ceuticals. American medical students used to study German so they could read the most up-to-date articles in the medical journals.
Affordable, universal health care is not a privilege. It is a fundamental human right. It should therefore be a priority for our country and our leaders.
E. Scott CracraftGilford
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LETTERS
To the editor,Letter writer Mike Gaumont (April
24) claims America’s problem with illegal immigration is “only getting worse,” and New Hampshire’s Rep-resentative Frank Guinta is just the man in Washington to solve it with a multi-billion dollar Berlin wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
With all respect, Mr. Guinta and his supporters are running behind the news. Illegal immigration has been shrinking dramatically in the past few years, and now a report this week from the non-partisan Pew Foundation, based on official data from both U.S. and Mexican authorities, finds the flow of undocumented people across the border has reached a net zero – a “standstill” – for the first time in decades.
Several factors are at work, Pew says. The downturn in the U.S. hous-ing construction industry, which draws many illegals, is a factor, but so is the dramatic increase in border
Illegal immigrants already here remains a huge problem for usenforcement begun under President George W. Bush and accelerated by President Obama. And U.S. deporta-tions have reached a record high. One factor decidedly not in play is Ari-zona’s punitive new anti-immigrant law. Thanks to federal court actions, it hasn’t gone into effect yet.
The United States still has a huge problem to resolve with illegal immi-grants who are already here, who form a largely law-abiding part of our economy. Rep. Guinta’s Berlin Wall won’t fix that.
Former Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, who’s running again to reclaim her seat in Congress, has a strict but sen-sible and humane approach to this problem, not unlike the one Senator John McCain and President Bush supported before Tea Party extremists like Rep. Guinta captured the Repub-lican Party.
Robert GilletteOssipee
LACONIA — In an effort to make showing of public meeting programs on the local public access channel more consistent and user-friendly, Lakes Region Public Access television has changed its program lineup so certain communities get prime time time slots on the same day each week.
LRPA Executive Director Denise Beauchaine said Friday that the move was approved by the LRPA Board of Directors on Tuesday and the new program format was implemented Wednesday.
Under the plan the six communi-ties which pay dues to the public access service will have the prime-time timeslot (7:30-11 p.m.) and the so-called drive-time time slot the fol-lowing morning (5-9 a.m.) dedicated to the showing of their public govern-ment meetings on MetroCast Cable Channel 26.
“It should make it much more user-friendly,” Beauchaine said of the schedule change. “The same pattern and consistency will make it easier for people to know when their program is running.”
Under the new arrangement,
Public Access TV communities getting prime times dedicated to their programs
Wednesday will be Belmont’s prime time night. Alton’s will be Thursday, Northwood’s Friday, and Gilford’s Sunday, Beauchaine explained. Prime time lineup on Mondays and Tues-days will be for Laconia and Meredith, with each community getting the pre-ferred slots on each of the two nights on alternate weeks.
“So one Monday will be Meredith-Laconia night and Tuesday the Laco-nia-Meredith night, and then the next week Monday will be Laconia-Mer-edith night and Tuesday Meredith-Laconia night,” Beauchaine explained. The reason for the different Monday-Tuesday setup is because LRPA is committed to carrying the live tele-casts of the Laconia City Council and the Meredith Board of Selectmen, which both occur on Monday nights and sometimes on the same Monday nights. This new arrangement makes it possible that on those Mondays that the Laconia City Council meeting pre-empts the Meredith Selectmen that the Meredith selectmen’s meeting can then be repeated in its entirely the fol-lowing day in prime time.
Overall, the older meetings will be shown in the drive-time period, while
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The Laconia/Gilford Lions Club is hosting an electronic waste collection day today in the parking lot of the Lowe’s in Gilford from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For a fee, the club will collect and dispose of electronic waste and use the proceeds for programs such as scholarships, youth sports and robotics, and support of local food pantries. Computer components will be accepted for $1 to $6, appliances will be taken for $10 to $20, and television will be accepted for $20 to $40. Shown here, Laconia Daily Sun editor and publisher Ed Engler presents Lion Lois Smith with some items the newspaper has worn out. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)
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the most recent meetings will be scheduled in prime time.One complaint from some local communities has
been up until now the prime-time slots by and large went to the larger communities, like Laconia and Meredith, and the smaller towns had to settle for their meetings being shown overnight or Saturdays and other times when viewership is typically low.
The 10 communities which are in the Lakes Region Cable Television Consortium are using their upcoming cable TV franchise negotiations with MetroCast Cablevision to get the cable provider to make it possible to target local government and other community programs to cable TV subscribers in one particular community, rather than the Metro-
Cast system as a whole.In the meantime, Beauchaine sees this plan to
give LRPA member communities their own prime-time night as a step forward.
“Most have indicated that they are happy with it,” Beauchaine said of the initial feedback she has received on the new schedule.
She said that she hoped by early next week to have information about the new schedule viewable on Channel 24 which is the public access community bulletin board.
Beauchaine that if more communities become LRPA then changes would be made to so they would be assured of prime-time exposure for their meet-ings, too.
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This year the annual International Coin Collectors Association will open it’s doors to the general public. The five day coin show is a unique opportunity for anyone that has coins, whether it’s a single coin or an entire collec-tion. They can meet with and sell directly to the collector’s club. Admission is free and there is no obligation to sell. The types of coins the collectors are looking for include silver dollars, half dollars, quarters and dimes
dated 1964 and before. Actually, the half dol-lars can date all the way to 1970. The govern-ment used silver to make most U. S. coinage until 1965 when they started using cheaper clad. Silver coins made before 1965 are made with 90 percent silver and are worth many times their face value because of today’s high silver market. Recently, silver has been trad-ing for about $32 per oz. Five years ago, silver was just over $4 per oz. This dramatic increase has raised the price of these silver coins dra-matically. Therefore, people that have these coins are selling them to take advantage of the
record high prices. During this five day event, those who have coins they wish to sell will be able to do just that. Unlike selling your coins at a pawn shop or one of those traveling “we buy anything” sales, this show is operated by collectors who pay much higher prices.
This show isn’t just for silver coins either. They are also interested in gold coins, paper currency, nickels and pennies too. The United States government started minting coins in 1792. If those early coins are in good condi-tion, they can be worth big money. For in-stance, a 1792 silver dollar could be worth as
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LACONIA — Firefghters dis-patched to Elm Street late Thurs-day afternoon in response to reports of smoke coming from a residence arrived to be struck by the pungent smell of burning plastic but to find no sign of smoke. As crew began checking homes in the vicinity of 247 Elm Street they saw a man, blackened with soot, emerge from 229 Elm Street, where a
Laconia firefighters responded to reports of smoke coming from an Elm Street home on Thursday. (Courtesy photo)
LFD tracks down blaze on Elm Streetlarge commercial vacuum cleaner had been destroyed by fire.
Fire Chief Ken Erickson said that flames reached into the floorboards, but because there were no furnish-ings in the home, the fire did not spread. He estimated the value of the fire damage to the flooring and smoke damage throughout the residence at approximately $10,000.
LACONIA — Data gathered by the Assessing Department, based on the property tax year from April 1 to March 31, indicates that after bottom-ing out in 2010, the housing market in the city began to rebound in 2011.
After peaking at 425 in 2007, sales dropped to 242 in both 2009 and 2010, but rose to 264 in 2011 and 282 in 2012. However, average home continued to decline throughout the same period, from $227,804 in 2007, to 214,939 in
2008, to $208,193 in 2009, to $196,894 in 2010, to $196,318 in 2011 and to $183,101 in 2012, a drop of approxi-mately 20-percent over the six years.
The number of foreclosures, which tripled from 13 to 38, from 2008 to 2009 then jumped to 75 in 2010, began to decrease in 2011 when there were 64, still many more than prior to the recession when they could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
— Michael Kitch
Sales data shows Laconia housing market to have bottomed out in 2010
van der Laan, is hoping to hammer out a compromise with the national govern-ment, which relies on municipalities and local police to enforce its drug policies.
Relaxing outside The Bulldog, a coffee shop in downtown Amsterdam, Gavin Harrison and Ian Leigh of Northern Ireland said they hoped the
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Leigh said he had been visiting Amsterdam for a decade and had noticed the erosion of tolerance over the years. “It’s taking a step back,” he said.
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yo u h av e q u e s t i o n s:
Is now a good time to refinance?
Where can I find a great mortgage rate?
If a man’s home is his castle, where’s my moat?
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Coffee shop owners have not given up the fight. A week ago they mustered a few hundred patrons for a “smoke-out” in downtown Amsterdam to protest the new restrictions.
A lawyer for the owners, Maurice Veldman, said he would file an appeal against the ruling by The Hague District court, which clears the way for the weed pass to be introduced in southern provinces on Tuesday.
If the government gets its way, the pass will roll out in the rest of the country — including Amster-dam — next year. It will turn coffee shops into pri-vate clubs with membership open only to Dutch residents and limited to 2,000 per shop.
The Netherlands has more than 650 coffee shops, 214 of them in Amsterdam. The number has been steadily declining as municipalities imposed tougher regulations, such as shuttering ones close to schools.
But the new membership rules are the most sig-nificant rollback in years to the traditional Dutch tolerance of marijuana use.
The government argues that the move is justified to crack down on so-called “drug tourists,” effectively couriers who drive over the border from neighbor-ing Belgium and Germany to buy large amounts of marijuana and take it home to resell. They cause traffic and public order problems in towns along the Dutch border.
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the case is assigned to Officer Kevin Baron, who is cooperating with the Belmont Police to determine the whereabouts of the dog and the identity of its owner, so far without success.
Woodbury recalled that after the attack, when she had distanced herself from the dog, which was in the roadway, a blue pickup truck stopped to avoid the animal. She thought the driver may have recognized the dog.
Woodbury, who is without health insurance, was treated for her injuries at the emergency depart-ment of Lakes Region General Hospital, where she was given an antibiotic to prevent infection. She said that her left hip is severely swollen and badly bruised and she finds it painful to sit. “I have photo-graphs of the teeth marks,” she said.
Above all, Woodbury said that she is seeking assurance that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies. She said that she was told at the hospital to defer immediate treatment for rabies, which is very expensive and painful, until confirming whether or not the dog has been vaccinated. “It’s been two days and I haven’t heard anything,” she said. “I still don’t know the status of the dog.”
“I’m terrified that someone else will get bit if that dog gets loose again,” Woodbury said. “That is a dan-gerous animal. and other people walk in that neigh-borhood.”
DOG ATTACK from page onelier this week, and has gone into hiding ever since over concerns about his safety. He is accused of second-degree murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager. Zimmerman wasn’t charged for more than six weeks, setting off nationwide protests. He claims self-defense.
Zimmerman’s father is white and his mother is from Peru.
An attorney for Martin’s family said the teenag-er’s parents were “offended” Zimmerman did not tell the judge about the money.
“This is a bombshell that was dropped,” Benjamin Crump said.
O’Mara said he learned about the money this week, after Zimmerman’s release. The family used $5,000 from the website as well as a second mort-gage on their home to bail out Zimmerman, O’Mara said. Zimmerman has also used some of the money for living expenses.
Zimmerman disclosed the $200,000 when his defense
attorney was closing down his social media accounts and the website earlier this week, O’Mara said.
“We just didn’t have a lot of conversations around money and the website,” O’Mara said.
The defense has started a Facebook page and Twit-ter account for Zimmerman, and another website under O’Mara’s control, www.gzlegalcase.com . It will allow supporters to donate to a legal defense fund.
“I don’t want my client to have any Internet pres-ence unless it is through my office,” O’Mara said. “What I’m trying to do is limit the enormity of danger that comes into this case in places like Twit-ter and false Facebook accounts.”
Zimmerman’s lawyer said most donors had con-tributed in the range of several hundred dollars. He said he didn’t want their names publicized.
“My fear is they will be targeted for reprisals, ani-mosities,” O’Mara said.
Also Friday, Lester refused the prosecution’s request to issue a gag order on those involved in the murder trial. He said he would not stop Zimmer-man’s attorneys from talking to the media.
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warrant and around 2:30 a.m. entered the building, where they found minors ranging in ages from 14 to 20 hiding through the home. Police found beer cans and liquor bottles strewn about.
Juveniles told police that several revelers drove to the party under the influence of alcohol and offi-cers found several vehicles parked in the driveway as well as alcohol containers outside the home. They also said that police disrupted the party just as it was beginning.
Babacar Kamara, 18, of 48 Baldwin Street and Joc-elyn DuBois of 99 Merrimac Street were arrested for unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor, a violation carrying a minimum fine of $300 for the first offense and $600 for the second and subsequent offenses. The juveniles were released to their parents.
Supervisor Sergeant Michael Finogle and Officers Holly Callahan, Brandy Enis and Lindsey Legere cleared the scene at 5:01 a.m.
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BELMONT — The Shaker Regional School Board hopes to select an interim superintendent early next month for the 2012-13 school year.
Shaker Board Chairman Pret Tuthill said Friday that the board interviewed three candidates for the position during a non-public session Thursday eve-ning in Canterbury.
Tuthill would not say whether the candidates were already working in the Shaker District which serves Belmont and Canterbury, or working in other districts, or combination of both. He did say, how-ever, that he was impressed with the three candi-dates that were interviewed.
“I could live with all three of them,” Tuthill said, stressing that he was speaking for himself. But he
Shaker board has interviewed 3 candidates for interim superintendent postindicated that there seemed to be broad support on the board for two of the candidates. “I think there are a couple they could wrap their arms around,” he said.
Tuthill said the board plans to hold a special meet-ing on Monday, May 7, to select which of the three candidates they want to hire to replace interim Superintendent Tom Haley, whose contract ends on June 30. Tuthill said the board would spend the time between the May 7 meeting and the next regu-lar meeting on May 10 to negotiate contract terms with the prospective interim superintendent; and assuming that all contract issues are settled, the board would take a formal vote at the May 10 meet-ing and announce their choice publicly at that time.
The Shaker School District has been without a permanent superintendent since October 2011 when Mark Blount resigned after just 15 months
on the job, citing irreconcilable differences with the School Board over educational philosophy. Haley has been serving as the interim superintendent since Blount’s departure.
In February it appeared the board was close to naming a new permanent superintendent at the culmi-nation of a formal search process. But then one finalist abruptly pulled out of the running and the other was dropped from consideration after news report emerged tying him to apparent financial irregularities in the school district where he was superintendent.
In other business Thursday, Tuthill said the board set public hearings for May 24 on a proposal to with-draw funds from the Technology and Buildings and Grounds expendable trusts. The Technology Trust hearing is set to begin at 5 p.m. and the Buildings and Grounds Trust hearing at 5:30, said Tuthill.
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vious quarter and the fastest in more than a year. They probably can’t afford to. Americans’ after-tax income rose just 0.6 percent in the first three months compared with a year earlier. That was the puniest pay increase in two years.
People spent more in part because they socked away less. The savings rate fell to 3.9 percent of after-tax income. That was down from 4.5 percent. Economists worry that people won’t keep spending more unless their income grows.
Stock prices rose Friday despite the report of weaker growth. David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff, said investors might have bid up stocks because they think the Federal Reserve is more likely to pursue another round of bond buying to stimulate the economy.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke “has created the impression that if the economy stumbles, he’ll be there to hold your hand,” Rosenberg said.
The lackluster first-quarter growth follows gov-
ernment reports that hiring slowed sharply in March and the number of people seeking unemploy-ment benefits reached a three-month high.
With 12.7 million people unemployed, today’s economy needs much faster growth to boost hiring. Growth would have to be roughly 4 percent for a full year to lower the unemployment rate, now 8.2 per-cent, by 1 percentage point.
In 2011, a series of setbacks struck the economy. Gas prices rose sharply. An earthquake in Japan shuttered factories there and cut off supplies to U.S. manufacturers. A standoff in Washington brought the federal government to the brink of default, rattling investors and consumer confidence. And Europe’s debt crisis threatened to diminish U.S. exports and further spook investors.
The economy slowed to an annual rate of just 0.4 percent in the first quarter of 2011. Unemployment, which had been falling, rose again last summer.
But most economists think the U.S. economy is more resilient this year.
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F irst Congregat ional Church F irst Congregat ional Church 4 Highland Street, off Main Street, Meredith
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The United Baptist Church
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First United Methodist Church 18 Wesley Way (Rt. 11A), Gilford 524-3289
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of working, according to a memorandum describ-ing the changes obtained by The Associated Press. In some cases under the new rules, chaperones will accompany agents on trips. The embattled Secret Service director, Mark Sullivan, urged agents and other employees to “consider your conduct through the lens of the past several weeks.”
The Secret Service said it would conduct a train-ing session on ethics next week.
Sullivan said the rules “cannot address every situ-ation that our employees will face as we execute our dual-missions throughout the world.” He added: “The absence of a specific, published standard of conduct covering an act or behavior does not mean that the act is condoned, is permissible, or will not call for — and result in — corrective or disciplinary action.”
“All employees have a continuing obligation to confront expected abuses or perceived misconduct,” Sullivan said.
The agency-wide changes were intended to staunch the embarrassing disclosures since April 13, when a prostitution scandal erupted in Colom-bia involving 12 Secret Service agents, officers and supervisors and 12 more enlisted military personnel who were there ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to a South American summit.
But the new policies announced Friday raised questions about claims that the behavior discovered in Cartagena was an isolated incident: Why would the Secret Service formally issue new regulations covering thousands of employees if such activities were a one-time occurrence?
“It’s too bad common sense policy has to be dictated in this manner,” said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “New conduct rules are necessary to preventing more she-nanigans from happening in the future, and whether these are the best, and most cost effective, rules to stop future misconduct remains to be seen.”
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CHICAGO (AP) — Darnell McDonald hit a tie-breaking three-run double and homered to help the Boston Red Sox rally to beat the Chicago White Sox 10-3 on Friday night.
David Ortiz hit a two-run shot for the Red Sox, who are 5-0 since blowing a 9-0 lead against the New York Yankees Saturday for their fifth straight loss.
After Paul Konerko’s home run in the fifth gave the White Sox a 3-2 lead, the Red Sox responded with a five-run sixth inning, highlighted by McDon-ald’s bases-clearing double.
Boston starter Daniel Bard (2-2) took advantage of the run support and threw seven strong innings. He allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits and retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced. He struck out six and walked one. Before Friday, Bard was only backed by two total runs in 12 1-3 innings.
White Sox starter John Danks (2-3) struggled in his fifth start of the season. He allowed seven runs on six hits in 5 2-3 innings. Chicago has lost four straight.
Danks was unable to hold a lead for Chicago in the sixth inning.
He issued back-to-back walks to Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Youkilis. Ortiz then loaded the bases with a single and Cody Ross followed with an RBI single
Red Sox winning streak reaches 5 in Chicagoto tie the game. With two outs and the bases still loaded, McDonald lined a double down the left-field line. Marlon Byrd ended Danks’ night with an RBI single to put the Red Sox ahead 7-3.
The game was played in cold and windy conditions. The temperature at first pitch was 39 degrees, but it didn’t slow the Red Sox hitters. They have hit 12 homers and scored 53 runs over the last six games.
Trailing 1-0 in the second inning, Youkilis drew a leadoff walk then Ortiz followed with a two-run shot to right. It was Ortiz’s fourth of the season and his 382nd of his career. He is tied with former Red Sox great Jim Rice and Frank Howard for 59th on the career list.
Alejandro De Aza led off the first inning with a double down the left-field line. Two outs later, A.J. Pier-zynski doubled off the left-field wall to score De Aza.
In the third inning, Alexei Ramirez reached on Youkilis’ throwing error and advanced to second on Konerko’s bloop single. With two outs, Ramirez came across to score on a passed ball by catcher Kelly Shoppach.
Ross and Shoppach had back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh inning to extend the Boston lead to 9-3.
McDonald homered in the ninth.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New Eng-land Patriots selected Arkansas defensive end Jake Bequette with the 90th selection of the NFL draft Friday night.
New England traded down for the pick, sending their 62nd pick to the Green Bay Packers for Nos. 90 and 163. That No. 163, in the fifth round Saturday,
Patriots trade down, then take Arkansas DE in 2nd roundis the only pick the Patriots have left.
The 6-4½, 274-pound Bequette, the defensive MVP of the 2012 Cotton Bowl, can play either defen-sive end of outside linebacker. He was the second defensive end taken by the Patriots in the first three rounds of the draft. Thursday, they traded up to the 21st pick to take Syracuse DE Chandler Jones.
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I have received a number of calls and letters requesting more tips for rednecks who are sell-ing their homes. It seems there are more rednecks in the area that need help than I thought. In the future when u rite me, pleeze try and rite ledgi-table and dont print sew small.
Anyway, here goes. You might be a Redneck Home Seller if you have chickens running loose around your yard. Please put them in the chicken coup prior to showing your property. Chickens can distract buyers from seeing the many finer points of your home. This also goes for pit bulls, alpacas, cats, and small children. Also, please take note: despite your interpretation of the zoning regula-tions, livestock are not allowed in all zoning dis-tricts. Remember, where chickens are outlawed, only outlaws will have chickens.
If Billy the Big Mouth Bass, the talking fish, is the focal point of your living room, you definitely are a red-neck and you will need help to sell your home. Please consult with a qualified home staging expert to arrange your home to maximize its appeal for the discerning home buyer. He or she will find a place to put Billy, your Dale Earnhardt Senior paint by number portrait, and your NASCAR die cast racecar collection. It will be someplace that will really enhance your home. That place will most likely be where the sun don’t shine. No.... I know what you were thinking, but I meant the closet in your guest bedroom.
When your real estate agent tells you that your home is not approved by Fannie Mae, please stop arguing with him. He is not trying to pick a fight and he surely is not referring to your second cousin that married your third cousin on your mother’s side. I know she thinks your home is just wonder-ful, but your agent has never set eyes on her. What he is referring to is the Federal National Mortgage Association whose function is to finance the other-
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wise un-financeable and to line various politicians’ pockets. At this writing, no one is sure which is more impor-tant. I think they are having some kind of hear-ings on that down in D.C.
If you have some of those colorful signs on your property that say something like “This Property Pro-tected by Smith and Wesson” or “My dog can make it to the gate in 2 seconds, can you?” you are defi-nitely a Redneck Home Seller. It would be prudent to remove them while you are trying to sell your home. Some people could erroneously think that (a) you are not a very friendly sort of guy or (b) this might not be a safe neighborhood. It does seem that most people that have seen you are kind of intimidated though. I guess that is probably why the neighborhood is so safe. That and the fact that you shoot tin cans off the fence from the back porch. Anyway, I know they are cool signs, but please remove them.
Finally, you should remove any redneck lawn orna-ments such as tractors, farm implements, and other rusty iron from your front (or back) lawn. The vener-able and appropriately placed horse drawn hay rake or plow is probably the only exception to this rule. All bathroom fixtures should be inside your house. Toilets turned into planters are not “in” and should also be removed along with those two romantic claw foot tubs you have side by side on your yet to be com-pleted back deck. Despite the success of the Cialis commercials they might help some things but they won’t help you sell your house...
Log on to my blog at www.lakesregionreales-tatenews.com and leave me your thoughts on this report or the real estate market in general. You can also receive these reports by email. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® for Roche Realty Group, at 97 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith and can be reached at 677-8420.
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Huot joins Wescott, Dyer, Fitzgerald and Nichols law firmLACONIA — The law offices of Wescott, Dyer,
Fitzgerald & Nichols would like to announce the addition of Atty. Matthew Huot to the firm.
A 2005 graduate of Georgetown University, Huot began practicing in 2008 after earning his JD from Gonzaga University School of Law. A Captain in the US Army Reserve JAG Corps, Huot is cur-rently assigned to the 3rd Legal Support Organiza-tion located in Boston, MA.
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OBITUARIES
William H. ‘Bill’ Percy, 70ENFIELD — William “Bill” H. Percy, 70, for-
merly of Laconia and Danbury, NH died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.
He was born May 2, 1941 in Laconia a son of Max A. and Eleanor E. (Davis) Percy. Bill grew up in Lakeport and in 1959 graduated from Laconia High School. After school he began a long career as an auto body tech working for several different garages including Lemay’s Auto Body in Laconia for many years. Most recently he has worked at Camp Wico-suta on Newfound Lake. After moving from Laconia, Bill lived in Danbury for twenty-two years before moving to Enfield this past September. Bill also served in the Air National Guard from 1963 until 1969.
He had many hobbies, which included camping and in later years woodworking, painting and read-ing. Bill was also a fan of the New York Yankees.
He was predeceased by his parents and a brother Loran who died in 2002.
He is survived by his wife of twenty years, Linda Percy of Enfield, NH; a son Wayne Percy of Laconia; a daughter Carla Percy of Alexandria, VA; two step-children Jennifer Paquette-Sullivan of Laconia and Joel Paquette of Glasgow, WV; a sister Phyllis Frew of Massillon, OH, a brother Dean Percy of Rhode Island; several grandchildren and four great-grand-children.
At Bill’s request there will be no services. Burial will be at a later date in the Bayside Cemetery in Laconia. Ricker Funeral Home & Crematory in Lebanon assisted with arrangements. Messages of sympathy for the family can be left at www.rickerfu-neralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Bill memory can be made to New Hampshire SPCA, In Memory of William H. Percy, PO Box 196, Stratham, NH 03885.
Regis Vallee, 86LACONIA — Regis Vallee, 86, of 11
Howard Street, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Laconia Rehabilitation Center.
He was born in Laconia on August 21, 1925 to Paul and Elizabeth (Boucher ) Vallee. He was from a large family that included brothers Aldee, Raymond, Renée, Hector and sisters Elizabeth, Rachel, Florence, Jeanette, Marilyn, Jane, and Theresa. All who predeceased him except Hector whose situation is not known.
A World War II veteran he served proudly in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946. Following his service he completed his bachelor’s degree in business at Laconia Business College in 1951 and went on to work as an accountant for GTE-Sylvania in Salem, MA before transferring to Camillus, NY until his retirement in 1985. Throughout his life he called many places home from Lynn and Middleton, MA to Elbridge, NY before finally returning to Laconia. His hobbies included gardening, camping, golfing,
and bowling. He was a communicant of the Sacred Heart church
He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather of a large extended family. He recently lost his wife Jac-queline of 68 years when she passed away February 20th of this same year. He is survived by all his children who include his daughter Kathleen Jimenez of Alameda, CA; and his sons Kenneth of Jordan, NY, and Dennis and Norman both from Laconia. He leaves a proud legacy in his children, 11 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.
Graveside services for both Regis and his wife, Jacqueline will be held at 1PM on Satur-day, May 12, 2012 at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Laconia.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an on line memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
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Franklin Savings Bank presents lead gift at LRGHealthcare capital campaign kick-off
LRGHealthcare was proud to announce Franklin Savings Bank’s generous gift to their Strengthening the Community’s Well-Being Capital Campaign at Franklin Regional Hospital on Friday, April 20. The celebration also served as the campaign kick-off for the Twin Rivers region. From left to right: LRGHealthcare President & CEO Tom Clairmont; Campaign Co-chair Dr. Paul Racicot; LRGHealthcare Chairman of the Board of Trustees Stuart Trachy; LRGHealthcare Director of Community Relations & Volunteer Services Sandy Marshall; Franklin Mayor Ken Merrifield; and Franklin Savings Bank President & CEO Jeff Savage.
FRANKLIN — Members of the LRGHealthcare Board of Trustees, Senior Management Team, and major donors from Twin Rivers’ communities assem-bled at Franklin Regional Hospital on Friday, April 20 to celebrate the regional kick-off of LRGHealth-care’s Strengthening the Community’s Well-Being Capital Campaign.
LRGHealthcare President & CEO Tom Clairmont explained that “the major focus of the Strengthen-ing the Community’s Well-Being Capital Campaign is to raise the necessary funds, through philan-thropic giving, to convert existing LRGH and FRH inpatient rooms to single patient rooms.”
Renovations will include private bathrooms and show-ers, family sleep sofas and state-of-the-art patient lift systems, providing the safest and easiest way to move a patient. Private rooms allow patients the opportunity to sleep better, heal faster and have private discussions with their family and health care providers. It is also cru-cial for infection control. In addition to private patient rooms, renovations include a new endoscopy suite at LRGH, updating medical imaging equipment at Frank-lin Regional Hospital and Lakes Region General Hospi-tal, and expansion of the LRGH Emergency Department
to accommodate the growing needs of the community.LRGHealthcare Director of Community Relations &
Volunteer Services Sandy Marshall announced the kick-off of the campaign in the greater Franklin area, and recognized and thanked Franklin Savings Bank for step-ping up to the plate with a lead gift to the campaign.
“We can always count on Franklin Savings Bank to support important community initiatives such as these crucial renovations to our healthcare system. FSB continues to raise the bar as a philanthropic leader in our community,” stated Marshall.
Jeff Savage, Franklin Savings Bank President & CEO added, “It is important for FSB to be a part of this Capital Campaign greatly because the Central NH community - our employees and customers - all benefit from the services of Franklin Regional Hos-pital and LRGHealthcare. We are proud to kick off the Community Campaign to assist with improve-ments for quality healthcare.”
In closing Clairmont said “Now we are reaching out to all in the communities our hospitals serve to ask for their support. We hope everyone will consider giving what they can to this important cause, allowing LRGHealthcare to
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ask for their support. We hope everyone will consider giving what they can to this important cause, allow-ing LRGHealthcare to continue to make upgrades to provide state-of-the-art healthcare services for many years to come.”
To date, $2.9 million has been committed to the Capital Campaign. The organization needs to raise a minimum of $4 million to begin the renovation project. For more information about the campaign, please visit www.lrgh.org.
LRGHealthcare is a not-for-profi t healthcare charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospital, Franklin Regional Hospital, and affi li-ated medical providers. LRGHealthcare’s mission is to provide quality, compassionate care and to strengthen the well-being of our community.
Franklin Savings Bank, a mutual savings bank, has provided loan, deposit and investment services to Central New Hampshire since 1869. The Bank’s recent opening of a Mortgage and Commercial Lending Offi ce on South River Road in Bedford is the most recent addition to eight full service offi ces in Franklin, Bristol, Boscawen, Tilton, New Hamp-ton, Laconia and Gilford.
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Randy Pierce and his guide dog Quinn accept a $1,000 donation from John Swenson, Loan Servicing Manager for Laconia Savings Bank. (Courtesy photo)
LACONIA — Laconia Savings Bank recently pre-sented Randy Pierce and his guide dog Quinn with a $1,000 donation towards 2020 Vision Quest. Pierce spoke recently to the Laconia Savings Bank Retail Lending Team about reaching new heights through teamwork and communication and was surprised with this unexpected donation.
Pierce founded 2020 Vision Quest with the goal to raise funds for several charities including the NH Association for the Blind and Guiding Eyes for the Blind, which both provide valuable services to visu-ally impaired and blind individuals.
Pierce and Quinn recently entered the record books as the fi rst blind man and guide dog to summit all of New Hampshire’s 48 highest mountains during a single winter. For more information on Pierce’s story and 2020 Vision Quest, visit www.2020VisionQuest.org.
Laconia Savings Bank donates $1,000 to initiative to raise funds for charities that assist visually-impaired
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Volunteers from the Sanborn-ton Historical Society and the Doric Centre Lodge #20 F&AM joined together to construct a wheelchair ramp at the SHS’ historic Lane Tavern in San-bornton. (Courtesy photo)
Volunteers build wheelchair ramp at Lane Tavern in Sanbornton
SANBORNTON — On Saturday, April 21, members of the Sanbornton Histori-cal Society and the Doric Centre Lodge #20 F&AM joined together to construct a wheel-
chair ramp at the SHS’ historic Lane Tavern in Sanbornton.
Participating Lodge members were Ralph Carter, George Luke, Frank Viana and Bruce McLaughlin and SHS members were Dave Witham and Jack Potter.
The Lowe’s Home Center of Tilton pro-vided construction materials on a gener-ous cost-sharing basis with the SHS. The SHS thanks Mike Lariviere and Jeff Chandler for their support and assis-tance in this project.
This wheelchair ramp is the second phase in making the SHS’ Lane
Tavern handicapped accessible.
In 2011, the Sanborn-ton Historical Society installed a stairlift to make the Lane Tavern’s second fl oor ballroom handicapped acces-sible and to open the way for many others to enjoy the programs and events of the SHS. Laco-nia Savings Bank gave a signifi cant donation toward the purchase of the stairlift and several SHS members and sup-porters provided the balance of the funds to purchase this stairlift.
For information on the Sanbornton Histori-cal Society, go to lan-etavern.org
Inter-Lakes High School Senior Kendall Donohoe, who won the Meredith Rotary Club’s Four-Way Speech Contest, is shown with Rotarian Dean Gulezian. (Courtesy photo)
MEREDITH — Inter-Lakes High School Senior Kendall Donohoe won the Meredith Rotary Club’s Four-Way Speech Contest.
This contest was open to students from Inter-Lakes High School, and Moultonborough Academy. Contestants were required to write a 5-7 minute speech that was original in content and applied to the four principles of the Rotary Four-Way Test.
Those principles are:1. Is it the truth?2. Is it fair to all concerned?3. Will it build goodwill and better friendship?4. Will it be benefi cial to all concerned?Donohoe will now compete against students
selected by other Rotary clubs in the Rotary District that covers the southern half of New Hampshire and Vermont, to determine the District’s four-way speech contest winner.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re a sponge for knowledge now, and you’ll learn from those who have what you want. The best teacher, however, is experience. Dive in and go for the hands-on experience whenever pos-sible. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you have a plan and follow it, you’ll feel productive. You might get even more accomplished by just winging it; how-ever, you won’t get the same winning feeling as you do when you follow a plan. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You won’t do things in the expected order, but you’ll get them done nonetheless. A loved one might fi nd this puzzling or even maddening. But why should you do things like everyone else? CANCER (June 22-July 22). Most people think it’s important to be right, but they’re wrong about that. You’ll be amazed at what happens when you give up the need to be right. Your mind will quiet, and you’ll be present to the moment. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your stan-dards of style come into play. You may like someone very much, but you won’t take the relationship to the next level until you’re satisfi ed that your styles will mesh well. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your skills get rusty if you don’t use them. You’re in just the mood to freshen up your bag of tricks. Practice that thing you used to be able to do to prevent losing the skill altogether. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Writ-ing to-do items down on paper seems so “old school” in today’s high-tech world. However, it’s the method that’s going to make this day a great success, because it works the best to focus your
mind and keep you on task. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll spend a fair amount of time looking at the big picture. To an outsider, you appear to be a person staring into space. They can’t see the magnifi cent wheels turning in your mind. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are still being too hard on yourself, expecting maximum productivity with-out allowing time to laugh, kick back and recuperate. Don’t skip these cru-cial steps, as they are critical to your success. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You have that special charisma that makes people give you their full atten-tion. You will have a receptive audience, so take your sweet time telling a story, giving a performance or explaining what you know. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Once you fully bond with someone, it’s next to impossible to separate you per-manently from that person. Temporary separations end in you being magneti-cally drawn back together. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You feel a strong empathy with someone who is going through an intense expe-rience. Your empathy is an expression of love that widens your perception and further opens your heart. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 28). Operating in groups will be a spe-cialty, and you’ll be an integral part of a winning team this year. You’ll visual-ize yourself succeeding and then create the same dynamic in your reality. A shift in perspective helps you fi nd a way to make more money in June. November brings exciting visits with those you’ve missed. Pisces and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 25, 49, 27 and 16.
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Today is Saturday, April 28, the 119th day of 2012. There are 247 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:On April 28, 1789, there was a mutiny on the
Bounty as rebelling crew members of the British ship led by Fletcher Christian set Capt. William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in a launch in the South Pacifi c. (Bligh and most of the men with him man-aged to reach Timor in 47 days.)
On this date:In 1758, the fi fth president of the United States,
James Monroe, was born in Westmoreland County, Va.
In 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1817, the United States and Britain signed the Rush-Bagot Treaty, which limited the number of naval vessels allowed in the Great Lakes.
In 1918, Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Arch-duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the arch-duke’s wife, Sophie, died in prison of tuberculosis.
In 1942, pollster George Gallup said most Americans preferred to call the current global confl ict “World War II” or “The Second World War” (other suggestions included “Survival War” or “War of World Freedom”).
In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to fl ee the country.
In 1952, war with Japan offi cially ended as a treaty signed in San Francisco the year before took effect. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Supreme Allied commander in Europe; he was succeeded by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.
In 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army, the same day General William C. West-moreland told Congress the U.S. “would prevail in Vietnam.”
In 1987, Contra rebels in Nicaragua killed Ben-jamin Ernest Linder, an American engineer work-ing on a hydroelectric project for the Sandinista government.
In 1988, a fl ight attendant was killed and more than 60 persons injured when part of the roof of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tore off during a fl ight from Hilo (HEE’-loh) to Honolulu.
In 1992, the Agriculture Department unveiled its pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart that had cost nearly $1 million to develop.
One year ago: President Barack Obama reshuffl ed his national security team, with CIA Director Leon Panetta succeeding Defense Sec-retary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus replacing Panetta at the CIA.
Today’s Birthdays: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee is 86. Director-actor Richard C. Sarafi an is 82. Actress-singer Ann-Margret is 71. Actress Marcia Strassman is 64. Actor Paul Guilfoyle is 63. “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is 62. Rock musician Chuck Leavell is 60. Actress Mary McDonnell is 59. Rock singer-musician Kim Gordon is 59. Actress Simbi Khali is 41. Actress Bridget Moynahan is 41. Actor Chris Young is 41. Rapper Big Gipp is 39. Actor Jorge Garcia is 39. Actress Elisabeth Rohm is 39. Actress Penelope Cruz is 38. Actor Nate Richert is 34. Actress Jes-sica Alba is 31. Actor Harry Shum Jr. (TV: “Glee”) is 30. Actress Jenna Ushkowitz (TV: “Glee”) is 26. Actress Aleisha Allen is 21.
CALENDARTODAY’S EVENTS
Electronic Waste Collection Day hosted by the Laco-nia/Gilford Lions Club. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lowe’s park-ing lot in Gilford. Disposal prices range from $5 for a laptop computer to $40 for projection TVs.
Lakeport Community Association’s first yard sale of the season. 8 a.m. til? At the Freight House, located behind the Lakeport Fire Station.
Join Hal Graham and the Belknap Range Trail Ten-ders (BRATTS) for a day of complete trail maintenance training. 9 a.m. meet at the upper Carriage Road parking lot in Gilford. New volunteers urged to attend. Bring work gloves and lunch. Tools will be provided. For more informa-tion contact Hal Graham at [email protected] or call 286-3506.
Lakes Region Girls’ Softball (Bake Ruth Softball) reg-istration for 14U/16U & 18U divisions. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Bryant Field in Belmont. For Belmont, Canterbury and Laconia residents ages 13-18. For more information call Candice at 560-3292.
Adult Dance hosted by the Laconia Youth Football and Cheer Association. 7 p.m. to midnight at the Laconia Elks Lodge in Gilford.
Roast Beef Supper hosted by Trinity Episcopal Church in Meredith. 5 to 7 p.m. $10/person, $25/family.
All-you-can-east spaghetti dinner hosted by the Pemi-Baker Valley Republican Committee. 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall (37 Main Street) in Ash-land. $10.
Spring Fever Cabaret features vocalist Elizabeth Soychak on behalf of the Main Street church’s Open Door Dinner Program. At the Trinity Church in Tilton. Light refreshments will be served. For more information and for ticket prices call 286-8269 or email [email protected].
Performance of The Drowsy Chaperone presented by the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plym-outh State University. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Studio The-atre at the Silver Center. Tickets are $19/adults, $17/ seniors and $15/ youth. For more information call 535-2787.
24th annual dinner banquet action held by the Daniel Webser Chapter of Ducks Unlimited. 4 p.m. at the Frank-lin Elks Lodge. For ticket information call 286-2461.
Fun With Felting - Learn Needle Felting & Wet Felt-ing at Shepherd’s Hut Market at Ramblin’ Vewe Sheep Farm (637 Morrill St.) in Gilford. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $7/person includes materials. Address questions to Joyce at 527-1873.
Public breakfast and bake sale hosted by the Masons of Doric-Centre Lodge #20 in Tilton. 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Masonic Building (410 West Main Street). Full breakfast, including eggs cooked to order. $6. Lodge will be open for public tours and information.
Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hos-pital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.
Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Uni-tarian Universalist Society (172 Pleasant Street) in Laconia.
Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at [email protected].
Artsy Saturday at the Meredith Public Library. 10 to 11 a.m. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In the Children’s Room. Discover dif-ferent art concepts, create and then take home for display.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I am 57 and single. I truly regret leaving my husband of only three years, but he never wanted to spend time with me, did not communicate, drank beer all the time and spent every day in the garage working on ship mod-els. My life was easy with him. I didn’t have to do anything but show him affection. I loved him and still do, but I thought I would be happier fi nding someone I could talk to and do things with. I was married for 34 years to my fi rst husband, and he ended up falling in love with my sister. How do I get over my second husband and all the regret of leaving him? I told him I made a terrible mistake, but all he said was I should have thought of that earlier. I asked whether I could have two days a month with him. He re-plied that we could be friends, but nothing more. I have begun dating again and met a guy I liked initially, but everyone tells me I’d be jumping from the frying pan into the fi re. He is controlling and tells me that I “need” to do this and “need” to think that. He says he loves me, but I can’t handle all the arguing over stupid things when we disagree. He thinks the world is out to get him. He doesn’t even shower unless I tell him to. I have sought counseling, and was told not to move in with my new boyfriend. But it hurts to let him go. I am so overwhelmed and don’t know what to do. Please help -- Washington Dear Washington: Take a deep breath, and stop chasing after the men in your life. Your new boyfriend is not the right guy, and the sooner you break it off the better. Yes, it will hurt, but not as much as it would if you stayed with him. Your ex-husband has made it clear that he is no longer interested, and frankly, you didn’t seem happy with him, either. Please use this time to fi gure out what you want
from a relationship. You are trying too hard to have a man in your life and are making poor choices. Go back to your counselor if you think it might help you clarify things. Dear Annie: My wife and I will be celebrating our 10th anniversary this summer. She is an incredible mother, grandmother and wife. The problem? Absolutely nothing. We love each other more than anything and get along great. In 10 years, we’ve never even raised our voices. We both cook, clean, do yard work and share in raising our grand-daughters. We never take advantage of each other or do anything we wouldn’t want the other to do. Basically, we treat each other the way we want to be treat-ed. It’s been the happiest 10 years of our lives. Thought you might like getting a positive letter for a change. -- Never Been Happier Dear Happy: You’ve made our day! It’s good to hear from someone whose marriage is fi lled with love, respect and mutual consideration. Thank you. Dear Annie: I can identify with the letter from “Florida,” who said the fi reworks that used to accompany sex have become duds. Two years ago, I convinced my husband to go for coun-seling with me, and he’s a good guy, so he went. I asked for sex twice a week, plus cuddling and affection at other times. We tried for a while, but it became more effort than it was worth. He seemed to feel ashamed that he needed a little blue pill, so the fi re burned out. I’m an attractive and interesting woman. I have many hobbies and work out at a gym with a trainer. Men notice me wherever I go. But my husband is still the love of my life, so I exercise to burn up my sexual needs. -- Southern Belle
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.Top Dollar Paid. Available 7days a week. P3�s Towing630-3606
CASH paid for unwanted or junkcars and trucks. Same day servicepossible. 603-231-2859.
LACONIA: 1 bedroom subsidizedapartment. Must be elderly ordisabled. Preferece given toelderly applicants with extremelylow income. ($14,800 or lower).EHO. Please call Mary at StewartP r o p e r t y M a n a g e m e n t603-641-2163
1 & 2-bedroom apartments$475-$800 per month. No pets.603-781-6294.
ALTON Room w/bath in country:10 minutes from Alton & Wolfe-boro. $450/month w/utilities. Out-side smoking OK. 875-6875.Love pets!
APARTMENTS, mobile homes. Ifyou need a rental at a fair price,call DRM Corp. Over 40 years inrentals. We treat you better!524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at373 Court Street, Laconia.
Bristol NH- 2 bedroom, completelyrenovated, 2nd floor. $700 permonth plus uti l i t ies. Call387-6498.
LACONIA- 2-ROOMMATESwanted to share personal home.Clean, quiet, sober environment.All inclusive, $110-130/week.455-2014
LACONIA Clean, newly painted1-Bedroom. Convenient to hospi-tal/ high school. No smoking, nopets. $150/week, heat/hot waterincluded, security deposit.630-0140
Laconia prime 1st floor PleasantSt. Apartment. Walk to town &beaches. 2 bedrooms + 3-seasonglassed in sun porch. Completelyrepainted, glowing beautiful hard-wood floors, marble fireplace, cus-tom cabinets in kitchen with appli-ances, tile bath & shower.$1,000/Month includes heat & hotwater. 630-4771 or 524-3892
LACONIA- 2 Bedroom. Elm Streetarea, spacious, clean. first floor,porch, parking, washer/dryer hookups. $825/month plus utilities.References and deposit required.603-318-5931
Laconia- 3 bedroom duplex. Greatyard, quiet, close to hospital.$1,150/month. Heat/Hot wateri n c l u d e d . N o n - s m o k e r s .603-630-5877
LACONIA- AVAILABLE NOW- 1bedroom loft condo, neardowntown Laconia, hardwoodfloors, granite countertops,Stainless Steel appliances,washer/ dryer. Includes Internet,cable, gym, and bike storage. Nopets, no smoking. References,security and lease required.$900/month. 455-4075.
For Rent
Laconia- Finely furnished room innice home for professional womanto share with the owner. Quietneighborhood- No pets/smoking.$125/Week. Call 393-0105
LACONIA- first floor 3 bedroomapar tment . Fresh pa in t ,washer/dryer hook-ups. off-streetparking, $850/Month + utilities.(Cheap heat). Available May 1st.520-4311
LACONIA- Spacious 2 bedroom.Laundry hook-ups, no pets,no smoking. $875/Month.pho tos and i n f o . a t :140courtstreet.blogspot.com.528-1829
LAKEPORT 2nd floor, cozy onebedroom 2 car parking, $130/week, no utilities, no pets, nosmoking. Call Rob 617-529-1838
MEREDITH Apartment- Partiallyfurnished, walk to downtown &beach. NO smoking/No Pets$650/month Call 476-8405
MEREDITH Next to Bay, big bal-cony overlooking town, 25 Pleas-ant St. modern two (#2) bedroom,appliances, w/d hook-up, big clos-ets, no pets, non-smoker,$995/mo. + deposit, includes heat.603-622-1940 or 603-867-8678.
MEREDITH- 1 bedroom apart-ment with kitchen and living room.No pets . No smok ing.$700/Month, includes heat & hotwater. Ideal for single person.279-4164
NEW HAMPTON 2 bedroom 2ndfloor, Beautiful old colonial, at exit23 on I-93. $825/month withheat/hot water. No pets, no smok-ing. One year lease and securitydeposit. 744-2163.
TILTON: Spacious 2 and 3 bed-room apartments available. Heatand hot water included. Pleasecall Mary at Stewart PropertyManagement (603)641-2163.EHO.
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CNC Programmer – 1st shift
Must possess the ability to interpret and explaincomplex drawings. Understanding of CNC machiningprocesses, including; set-up, operations and controllanguage. A thorough knowledge of all programmingand companion software, including NX, Vericut andDNC. Requires a minimum of 2+ years’ CAD/CAMsoftware exposure and 5+ years’ experience with CNCmachines using Fanuc and Okuma controls.Unigraphics/NX training and multi-axis CNC Lathesand CNC Mills preferred.
Applications will be accepted untilFriday, May 4, 2012.
We provide competitive wages, shift differential, cleanwork environment, medical insurance, life insurance,short and long term disability insurance, dentalinsurance, vacation and holidays, flex benefits, tuitionreimbursement plan, profit sharing and 401(k) planwith company match.
Please contact Human ResourcesEPTAM Plastics, 2 Riverside Business Park
Family Seeking Full/Part-TimeDirect Support Professionals
Seeking individuals to assist family supporting acheerful and good natured young man in hiscommunity and at home with daily living skills,personal care, volunteer and fun activities.
Candidate should possess strong interactive skills andpositive, creative, and energetic attitude. Reliabletransportation required. Non-smoker.
Full/part-time positions available, M-F, 7-5.Competive wage. Excellent benefits for full time.Submit resume and/or work history to: PO Box 7106Gilford, NH 03249
Affordable HousingGet your name on our waiting list
PRINCE HAVEN APARTMENTSPlymouth, N.H.
All utilities included(Prince Haven has an elderly preference)
If you are 62, disabled or handicapped, (regardless ofage), and meet annual income guidelines, you may
qualify for our one-bedroom apts.
Call today to see if you qualify.603-224-9221
TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118or Download an application at
NEW mattresses ...always a greatdeal! Starting; King set complete$395, queen set $249.603-524-1430.
Furniture
GRAND OPENING!NEW LOCATION!
COZY CABIN RUSTICSAND MATTRESS
OUTLET! 10-20% OFF IN-STOCK RUSTIC,LODGE, LOG CABIN, ANDSHAKER FURNITURE, LOCALLYMADE, UNIQUE, BEDROOMS,LIVING ROOMS, DINING, FU-TONS,BUNKBEDS,ARTWORK,RECLINERS, OCCASIONAL TA-BLES, MUCH MORE! NOW INSENTERS MARKET PLACENEXT TO HEATH'S SUPERMAR-KET, CTR HARBOR AND 757TENNEY MTN HWY PLYMOUTH,ACROSS FROM SEARS. CALLJASON 662-9066 OR ARTHUR9 9 6 - 1 5 5 5 e m a i [email protected]
Free
18’ 1980 Glastron Boat, you haulaway Free. Call 387-7019
FREE Pickup for your unwanted,useful item garages, automobiles,etc. estates cleaned out and yard-sale items. (603)930-5222.
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Be part of the excitement and the largestsporting events in New Hampshire.EVENT ONLY positions are available inNew Hampshire Motor Speedway�sSecurity Department. Must be 18 orolder. Apply in person at New HampshireMotor Speedway, 1122 Rte. 106,Loudon, NH 03307; online at NHMS.com;or download your application and mailattn: Wendy Leach.
Belknap Subaru…Due to tremendous growth in our service business atBelknap Subaru, we are looking to add an additional
technician to our staff. We are looking to hire someone who will compliment ourexisting staff. We are a flat rate shop; speed and high quality work are valued skills andwill be rewarded. A successful applicant must demonstrate these qualities.
A qualified applicant should possess, ASE certification. If you have recently graduatedfrom a recognized automotive technician program, we are interested in speaking withyou. If you have the right set of skills, we will train the right applicant!
If you have the qualities we are looking for, we offer a full range of benefits and a workenvironment that is both pleasant and financially rewarding.
Please apply online. Send resumes to [email protected] attention MarkTavares, Service Manager at Belknap Subaru. You may also call us at 729-1300, ask forMark Tavares.
Belknap Subaru35 Tilton Rd. Tilton, NH 03276
603-729-1300 or 800-358-4029Belknapsubaru.com
SEASONAL POSITIONThe City of Laconia Public Works Department is seeking ahighly motivated individual to perform seasonal roadwayand sidewalk maintenance. This individual is to accomplishstreet and sidewalk hand-sweeping, weeding, garbage pick-upand other general “aesthetic” streetscape maintenance inthree (3) key pedestrian and vehicular focal points in Laco-nia.
These focal points, Downtown Laconia, Elm St. /LakeportSquare and Lakeside Ave./Weirs Boardwalk will need to bemaintained on a daily basis. Vehicle and tools will be pro-vided. Valid Operator Drivers License is required.
Work duration is expected to be 16 weeks (May 21 throughSeptember 7, 2012) at 40 hours per week. Work week will beTuesday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. Payrate will be $14./hour.
City application forms are available at the Finance Office,2nd floor, Laconia City Hall, 45 Beacon St. East, between8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or on theCity website www.city.laconia.nh.us under Personnel/Em -ployment. Applications will be accepted until Wednesday,May 9, 2012.
EOE/ADA
Immediate Part Time Opening
LightingShowroom/Office Assistant
Team LE is looking for an energetic, creative selfstarter who is up to the challenge of building a newand exciting career in residential lighting sales whilelearning aspects of Marketing and Consulting. Thesuccessful candidate must have a positive attitude, becomfortable with computers and general officeduties, enjoy working with the public and be able towork Saturdays 8 am -Noon. Previous sales
experience helpful.
Apply in person or send resume to:
Chris RescaLaconia Electric Supply935 Union Avenue
Laconia, NH 03246
Cross Insurance-Meredith, NH Office
We have an opening in our commercial lines depart-ment. The successful candidate must possess a currentP & C agent license and have a minimum of three yearsexperience. The position requires organization, accu-racy and excellent communications skills. We are look-ing for someone who can work independently as wellas with a team. We offer an excellent benefit package.
MAN LIFTTerex TB50 man lift for rent.50 foot maximum platformheight and 500 lbs. maximumplatform capacity. Four wheeldrive with articulating jib.
Free delivery and pick-upwithin 20 miles of Sunapeewith two or more daysrental. Rent by the day,week or month. $300. a day,$1,000. a week or $2,500. amonth. All insurance is
handled in house.
603-763-6005
Help Wanted
$9-$15/HR for project at Berlin,NH prison. Interviews Tuesdayand Wednesday at BerlinPrison. FMI (727)600-5448,e m a i l r e s u m e [email protected]
AAA Wanted: 10 people to loseweight and make money, risk-free30-day supply.americandreamteam.blog.comorchid44.freethinmagic.com
AUTOBODY Tech/Painter neededfor busy shop. 6 paid holiday,paid vacation time, paid sick andpersonal. No weekends! Experi-enced techs only. Please apply inperson to Bayview Auto Body, 26Artisan Ct., Gilford.
BOAT CLEANING & YARD/FACILITY MAINTENANCE
at Channel Marine, Weirs Beach.Yard work, painting, somecarpentry, boat cleaning, facilitymaintenance, work independently,f o r w a r d a p p l i c a t i o n t [email protected] or366-4801 X211 Christina.
Help Wanted
Busy Laconia specialtypractice looking for an RN tojoin our team of nurses in a
very diversified practice. Mustbe able to work independently
in various roles.We are looking for someone
for 4 days per week. We offera very competitive salary.
Please call (603) 524-7402,x 210, for more information.
Help Wanted
EXPERIENCED CASHIERSMust have minimumof 5 years experience.
Flexible HoursNights & weekends a must!
Please apply in person.Ellacoya Country Store
Gilford
Help Wanted
FRONT DESK/SEATER- Nowhiring motivated team players withpositive attitudes for full and parttime positions. No experiencenecessary, we will train the rightcandidate. Flexible scheduleswith weekends and holidays amust. Apply in person at Hart!sTurkey Farm Restaurant on Rt. 3in Meredith or apply online atwww.hartsturkeyfarm.com.
HOUSEKEEPERS- Part TimeHelp- Looking for mothers or re-tired ladies in need of extra cashto help in my housecleaning busi-ness, summers into fall. Fine at-tention to detail, reliable and de-pendable. Must be able to workSaturdays July & August. Flexiblehours , must have car .References/background check.Call Bonnie 387-6708 Days.
LACONIA COUNTRY CLUBis now accepting applications forLine/Prep Cooks & DishwasherJune - September. Please applyin person 607 Elm Street, Laco-nia.
Help Wanted
LEAD TEACHERPart time (Tues.-Fri.) Must haveexperience, love for children and9 ECT credits. Call 528-8557.
Help Wanted
Laborer/Carpenter- Swift WaterConstruction is looking for de-pendable person for a small con-struction outfit. To qualify, musthave general liability insurance,transportation. Rates start at$12-$15 per hour. Call Ben at603-393-5352
LINE COOKS: Now hiringexperienced line cooks who areenergetic with a positive outlookand a team player. Full and parttime positions available. Week-ends a must! Pay commensuratewith experience. Apply in personat Hart!s Turkey Farm Restauranton Rte 3 in Meredith or applyo n l i n e a twww.hartsturkeyfarm.com.
NowHiring
Full Time AssistantHead of Housekeeping
Experience Needed
Also HiringPart Time Housekeepers
Saturdays a Must!Please Apply In Person
177 Mentor Ave., Laconia
The Looney BinBar & Grill
Now Hiring
PT Kitchen Help
Nights, Weekends& Bike Week A
RequiredExperience not necessary,
but good work ethic &positive attitude are.
Please Apply In Person554 Endicott St. North
Weirs Beach
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Performance of The Drowsy Chaperone presented by the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plym-outh State University. 4 p.m. in the Studio Theatre at the Silver Center. Tickets are $19/adults, $17/ seniors and $15/ youth. For more information call 535-2787.
The Plymouth State University Symphonic Band pres-ents a concert of music by American composers. 1 p.m. in the Hanaway Theatre at the Silver Center for the Arts. Tickes are $8/adults and youth, $6/seniors. For more infor-mation call 535-2787.
Species in Danger program at the Squam Lake Natu-ral Science Center in Holderness. 1 to 2 p.m. A family program that will clarify the meaning of “endangered spe-cies” $6/member & $8/non-member. Registration required at 968-7194. www.nhnature.org.
SUNDAY, APRIL 29MONDAY, APRIL 30
Lakes Region Planning Commission meeting focuses on the next generation of broadband Internet access. 6 p.m. at the Meredith Community Center. Open to the public.
Gilford’s Largest Tree Contest workshop. 4 to 6 p.m. at Kitchen Cravings. Forester Andrew Fast will explain how to correctly identify and measure trees.
Trio Balkan Strings performs at the N.H. Jazz Center at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. 8 p.m. BYOB. $12.
Former N.H. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Taylor presents “Cows and Communities: How the Lowly Bovine Has Nurtured N.H. Through Four Centuries”. 7 p.m. at the Taylor Community’s Woodside building in Laco-nia. Hosted by the Taylor Community and the N.H. Humani-ties Council.
American Red Cross Blood Drive at Penny Pitou Travel in downtown Laconia. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All donors
will receive a coupon for a free regular 6-inch sub from any participating Subway restaurant.
Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recov-ery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Monday nights at 7 p.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church Parish Hall. Call and leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9967 for more information.
Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 35 Tower Street in Weirs Beach.
Laconia Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Soci-ety meeting. 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at the Gilford Community Church. Guests and singers of all ages and skills are invited to attend these Monday night rehearsals. For more informa-tion call Guy Haas at 279-2230.
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Help Wanted
PART-TIME Spring clean-up helpneeded in Gilford. Painting, rak-ing, mowing, etc. $7.50/hr.556-7098.
Seasonal Cleaning positionsavailable through October. We arelooking for honest and reliableemployees. 279-4769
TOTAL security is looking for theright person to train in our fastgrowing alarm business. Driverslicense required. Back groundchecked and drug testing. Calltoday 524-2833
SCUBA LESSONS! Start nowwith online videos and poolsessions. Great exercise! CallCentral NH Divers 279-9099
Mobile Homes
DOUBLE wide mobile home ForSale on corner lot. 3-bedroom2-bath with master suite. Openliving & dining room, gas fireplace,screen porch, shed, two drive-ways. Lake breeze Park Call393-6370
FOR SALE BY OWNER. Gjilfordwell maintained 1982 single widemobile home with improvements.Near lakes and shopping. Ed Gor-man 528-2903.
GILFORD Well maintained manu-factured home with many updateslocated next to Glendale Docks.(900 sq. ft. 3-bedbrooms, kitchen,living room, four season porchbathroom, 2 decks and smallshed. Enjoy all the lakes regionhas to offer. $23,500. Frank617-899-5731
2000 Harley Davidson UltraClassic, metallic green andblack, new factory re-build Har-ley Davidson motor, looks andruns great, many extras, $7800call Paul in Berl in at603-752-5519, 603-915-0792leave message.
2004 Yamaha 1100 V-StarClassic: Runs great, real nicebike, must see, $4,500/b.r.o.603-707-7158. Leave message.
Motorcycles
Dirt Bike 150CC Baja 5-speed4-stroke. New, test driven only.Nice! $900/OBRO. 253-1804 or393-2632
LACONIA: Come experience lifein the country where you can hearthe loons croon from Winnisquamfrom the comfort of your deck.Watch turkeys and other birdsfeast, and live where the deermeet you as you drive up thedriveway at dusk. Smell theblooming fragrance of honey-suckle, tulips, hydrangea, colum-bine, petite roses, sedum, LadySlippers and lavender as springturns into summer. Can quarts ofpeaches from your own trees.Marvel at the turtles laying theireggs on your land as they!ve donesince time was ancient. A beauti-ful passive solar 3-bedroomhouse sits on nearly 16 acres offorested and fielded land waitingfor you to come Home. $259,900.Call Sharon, 520-6160.
Services
PIPER ROOFINGQuality Work
Reasonable Rates
Free EstimatesMetal Roofs • Shingle Roofs
Our CustomersDon�t get Soaked!
528-3531Major credit cards accepted
Services
Clearview Builders& Landscaping
Property MaintenanceHome Repair, Painting, FinishWork, Decks, Dock Work,Lawn Mowing, Pruning,Mulching & Tree Trimming.
HARDSCAPES, Field StoneWalls, Patios, Water Features,Small Excavation Projects,Deliveries, Mulch, Loam. 25 YearsExperience. Dean at HancockMasonry. 267-6048
BELMONT MOVING SALE- 97Cotton Hill Rd. 4/28 & 4/29, Sat.8-2, Sun. 8-12. 25 years of stuff;clothing, household items, toys,books, etc.
Gilford- Friday & Saturday,9am-3pm. 530 Morrill St.
LACONIA Moving Sale. SaturdayApril 28th Rain or Shine. 9am to1pm (No early birds). 1024Meredith Center Road. Furniture,rugs, lamps, dishes and misc.home goods.
LACONIA Yard Sale- 103Blueberry Lane Apt. 27. 9-4 Manynew items.
LACONIA- Sat. 4/28 9am-3pm.Motorcycle parts, car parts, 89Sportster, old dirt bike, lots ofgoodies. 83 Lafayette St.
Lakeport CommunityAssociation
First Sale of theSeason!
Saturday, April 288am-?
BEHIND LAKEPORTFIRE STATION
MARK YOUR CALENDARS forSaturday, May 5th, 8am-2pm.Indoor Yard Sale at Inter-LakesElementary School, 21 LakerLane (down the hill behind theHigh School). Proceeds to benefitthe ILHS Chem-Free After-PromParty! Something for everyone!Gladly accepting donations whichcan be dropped off Friday 5/4,3-8pm or Saturday, 5/5, 7-8am inthe Multi-Purpose Room. Noelectronics please.
MEREDITH Garage Sale-4/27-4/29. Cleaning out thehouse! Something for everyone!Friday & Saturday 9-4, Sunday9-1 32 Windsong Place.
MOVING SALESaturday, April 28th, 8am-3pm.57 White Rock Circle, Lochmere(near Tilton). Route 3 west, leftbefore Winnisquam Auto. Greatstuff cheap prices. Tools, collecti-bles, jewelry, some furnture, com-puter monitor, printer, sound sys-tem. NO EARLY BIRDS!!!
CAN’T MAKE OUR OPEN HOUSES ? Call a nd Schedule a Private Showing!! Need Directions? Call t he Office a nd we’ll email y ou!!
Directly Across The Street From The Beach!! Hw Floors, Fireplace, In Law Apt Screen Porch And Garage.
Agent Susan Cummins Harris
Newly Remodeled..New Open Concept Kitchen/ dining W/sliders To A New Deck. Nice 5 Bedroom New England Home W/garage. Great Location.
Agent: Mitch Hame l
Sat 4/28.. 10am-12pm…205 Shore Dr Laconia Now $229,000
Sat 4/28..10am-12pm..36 Dartmouth St Laconia Newly Listed..$159,000
Sat 4/28..10am-12pm.. 17 Lynnewood Dr Laconia $450,000
Custom Built “Whitcher” Colonial With Deeded Winnisquam Beach Rights, Boat Launch And Tennis. 3700sf, Hardwood Floors, Fireplace, Screen Porch 2 Car Garage And Stunning!!
Agent: Mitch Hamel
Sat 4/28,,,10am-12pm…31 Collins Brook Rd Meredith… $875,000
Lake Winnisquam Waterfront Adirondak Contemporary.. 168’ Of Shoreline, Dock, Beach And This 3800 Sf Home Plus 3 Car Garage. Dramatic & Beautiful!!
Agent: Joan Chandler
Sat 4/28…10am-12pm…20 Joy Ave Cates Mobile Home Pk Belmont $36,000
Lk Winnipesaukee/paugus Bay Yr Waterfront Home W/60’ Of Sandy Shoreline, U-shaped Dock, Sprinkler System, 7 Rms, 3 Br’s And Waterside Deck.
Agent: Joan Chandler
Totally Remodeled Hi-tech 10 Room Home W/attached 2 Car Garage. Gorgeous Kitchen, Hw Floors, Italian Tile, Exposed Beams, Fireplace, Exercise/office Rm, 4 Br’s, 2.5 Baths.
Agent: Susan Cummins Harris
Sat 4/28…1pm-3pm…122 Paugus Pk Rd Laconia.. $599,000
Sat 4/28..1pm-3pm.. 793 Elm St Laconia… $229,000
Sat 4/28…1pm-3pm… 316 Ladd Hill Rd Belmont… Now $135,000
Nice Country Setting..Open Concept 2-3 Br Ranch, Attached Garage, Patio, Workshop And Garden Shed. Great Condition..Available Now
Agent: Mitch Hamel
Sat 4/28… 1pm-3pm… 1145 Old No Main St Laconia.. Newly Priced..$339,000
Grand & Spacious!! Attached 3 Car Garage, 1.2 Ac Yard, 12rms, 5br’s, 3 Ba’s, Big Wrap Around Porch, 3 Fireplaces, Hw Floors, Tin Ceilings..Plus!!
Agent: Mitch Hamel
Sat 4/28…10am-12pm…2579 Parade Rd Laconia.. Now $495,000
27+ Acres Of Lake Winnipesaukee And Mnt Views!! Plus This Charming Ranch W/finished Lower Level. Hw Floors, Arched Doorways, Fireplace, Views!!! Patio And 2 Car Garage. Endless Possibilities!!
Agent: Donna Royal
“National Association o f Realtors” Open House Weekend Saturday, April 28
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Office (603) 267-8182
See our homes at: www.pinegardens.mhvillage.com
Pine Gardens Manufactured Homes Sales & Park
Park Rent - $390/Month 6 Scenic Drive, Belmont, NH
Under New Ownership Under New Ownership Under New Ownership Lowest Prices
Saturday, April 28th,10am-Noon Sunday, April 29th, 10am-Noon
Listed at $184,900 JUST UPDATED! This condo at 4 Seasons is a must see! Brand new kitchen, flooring, paint and a new bathroom. Move in ready and a DEEDED BOAT SLIP! Beach and pool!
PUBLIC
OPEN HOUSE!
348 Court St., Laconia, NH
(603)524-2255 www.NewEnglandMoves.com
OPEN HOUSE Saturday, April 28 • 11-2
4C Duffers Dr, Laconia
$215,000 Directions: South Down Shores, Outerbridge Dr to Davidson Dr. Golf Village (1st Entrance) on right. Follow Birdie Way to Duffers Dr, Unit #4C. MLS#4138486 Abby Russell 630-3422 and
Peg Thurston 455-7903
Sunday, April 29 • 11:30-1:30 27 Blue Boar Ln, Canterbury
$159,900 Directions:Rte140 through Belmont, straight on Shaker Rd., left on Blue Boar Lane, house on right. MLS#4128258 Charlene Reinauer 930-3579
Sunday, April 29 • 11:30-3 26 Range Rd, Belmont
$271,900 Directions: Rt 3 (DW Hwy), turn left at Silver Lake Rd, straight onto Jamestown Rd. Range Rd will be on your left. Property sits back from the road on right. MLS#4140246 Abby Russell 630-3422 and
Peg Thurston 455-7903
Sunday, April 29 • 2-4 136 Watson Rd #12, Gilford
$279,000 Directions: Rte 11 to Old Lakeshore Rd to Watson Rd to Stonewall Village on right, at the “T” take next left, home is 2nd on left #12. MLS#4150849
Kim Bertholet 393-5569
OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12 to 2 OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12 to 2 OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12 to 2 call Kevin 603-387-7463
MANSFIELD WOODS
88 North Rt 132, New Hampton, NH
“WHY” pay rent?? “WHY” pay rent?? “WHY” pay rent?? $799 a month, and you’ll own your own ranch
home. New “over 55” land lease village. $6,000 down 240 @6.5%. or $59,995
Plymouth Regional Chamber receives $30,000 USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant
PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce has received a one-year $30,000 Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) from USDA Rural Development from July 2012 to June 2013.
“This grant will allow the Chamber to continue to offer technical assistance to businesses in Plymouth and all our surrounding regional communities that we serve until the summer of 2013, when Grafton County Economic Development’s Business Enter-prise Center is scheduled to open its doors at 149 Main Street in Plymouth”, said Scott Stephens, exec-utive director at the chamber.
In 2010, the chamber was granted a two-year RBEG from USDA Rural Development to create and implement a program offering technical assistance to small and emerging businesses in the Plymouth regional area without charge, regardless of cham-ber affiliation. Since then, the program has assisted scores of businesses from the Lakes Region to the foothills of the White Mountains and from Warren to Moultonborough.
“We are pleased that our work with area businesses has proven successful for so many. The fact that we will be able to continue this program under the funding of a RBEG shows that the USDA is seeing the benefit in the work being done.” said Stephens. “According to the USDA, this is the only program of its kind in the state of New Hampshire that is RBEG funded and pro-viding this high level of technical assistance to our region. It has been a real pleasure to part-ner with many depart-ments at Plymouth State University, local and state agencies, and area businesses for the benefit of our regional businesses and we are proud to be able to con-tinue our work in the region.”
The new grant will continue the technical assistance program cre-ated by the chamber as well as offer some new benefits to businesses in the region.
“I’m most excited about developing the online businesses resource center tar-geted towards small and emerging busi-nesses in central New Hampshire”, said Kim Beardwood Smith, the Business Development Officer at the Chamber. “The scheduled launch for this resource center is the fall, so keep checking the Chamber’s website until then.”
The design of the vir-tual resource center will consist of three main components: a calendar listing all business education and networking opportuni-ties in central NH; a blog with contributions from local business pro-fessionals emphasizing issues that concern the small business owner; and a resource section designed to simplify the
search for needed information to develop, run and grow a small business in central NH.
For more information about the Technical Assis-tance Program or the Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce, contact the Chamber office at 536-1001, or e-mail [email protected].
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CAN’T MAKE OUR OPEN HOUSES ? Call a nd Schedule a Private Showing!! Need Directions? Call t he Office a nd we’ll email y ou!!
Directly Across The Street From The Beach!! Hw Floors, Fireplace, In Law Apt Screen Porch And Garage.
Agent Susan Cummins Harris
Newly Remodeled..New Open Concept Kitchen/ dining W/sliders To A New Deck. Nice 5 Bedroom New England Home W/garage. Great Location.
Agent: Mitch Hame l
Sat 4/28.. 10am-12pm…205 Shore Dr Laconia Now $229,000
Sat 4/28..10am-12pm..36 Dartmouth St Laconia Newly Listed..$159,000
Sat 4/28..10am-12pm.. 17 Lynnewood Dr Laconia $450,000
Custom Built “Whitcher” Colonial With Deeded Winnisquam Beach Rights, Boat Launch And Tennis. 3700sf, Hardwood Floors, Fireplace, Screen Porch 2 Car Garage And Stunning!!
Agent: Mitch Hamel
Sat 4/28,,,10am-12pm…31 Collins Brook Rd Meredith… $875,000
Lake Winnisquam Waterfront Adirondak Contemporary.. 168’ Of Shoreline, Dock, Beach And This 3800 Sf Home Plus 3 Car Garage. Dramatic & Beautiful!!
Agent: Joan Chandler
Sat 4/28…10am-12pm…20 Joy Ave Cates Mobile Home Pk Belmont $36,000
Lk Winnipesaukee/paugus Bay Yr Waterfront Home W/60’ Of Sandy Shoreline, U-shaped Dock, Sprinkler System, 7 Rms, 3 Br’s And Waterside Deck.
Agent: Joan Chandler
Totally Remodeled Hi-tech 10 Room Home W/attached 2 Car Garage. Gorgeous Kitchen, Hw Floors, Italian Tile, Exposed Beams, Fireplace, Exercise/office Rm, 4 Br’s, 2.5 Baths.
Agent: Susan Cummins Harris
Sat 4/28…1pm-3pm…122 Paugus Pk Rd Laconia.. $599,000
Sat 4/28..1pm-3pm.. 793 Elm St Laconia… $229,000
Sat 4/28…1pm-3pm… 316 Ladd Hill Rd Belmont… Now $135,000
Nice Country Setting..Open Concept 2-3 Br Ranch, Attached Garage, Patio, Workshop And Garden Shed. Great Condition..Available Now
Agent: Mitch Hamel
Sat 4/28… 1pm-3pm… 1145 Old No Main St Laconia.. Newly Priced..$339,000
Grand & Spacious!! Attached 3 Car Garage, 1.2 Ac Yard, 12rms, 5br’s, 3 Ba’s, Big Wrap Around Porch, 3 Fireplaces, Hw Floors, Tin Ceilings..Plus!!
Agent: Mitch Hamel
Sat 4/28…10am-12pm…2579 Parade Rd Laconia.. Now $495,000
27+ Acres Of Lake Winnipesaukee And Mnt Views!! Plus This Charming Ranch W/finished Lower Level. Hw Floors, Arched Doorways, Fireplace, Views!!! Patio And 2 Car Garage. Endless Possibilities!!
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“National Association o f Realtors” Open House Weekend Saturday, April 28
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Listed at $184,900 JUST UPDATED! This condo at 4 Seasons is a must see! Brand new kitchen, flooring, paint and a new bathroom. Move in ready and a DEEDED BOAT SLIP! Beach and pool!
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4C Duffers Dr, Laconia
$215,000 Directions: South Down Shores, Outerbridge Dr to Davidson Dr. Golf Village (1st Entrance) on right. Follow Birdie Way to Duffers Dr, Unit #4C. MLS#4138486 Abby Russell 630-3422 and
Peg Thurston 455-7903
Sunday, April 29 • 11:30-1:30 27 Blue Boar Ln, Canterbury
$159,900 Directions:Rte140 through Belmont, straight on Shaker Rd., left on Blue Boar Lane, house on right. MLS#4128258 Charlene Reinauer 930-3579
Sunday, April 29 • 11:30-3 26 Range Rd, Belmont
$271,900 Directions: Rt 3 (DW Hwy), turn left at Silver Lake Rd, straight onto Jamestown Rd. Range Rd will be on your left. Property sits back from the road on right. MLS#4140246 Abby Russell 630-3422 and
Peg Thurston 455-7903
Sunday, April 29 • 2-4 136 Watson Rd #12, Gilford
$279,000 Directions: Rte 11 to Old Lakeshore Rd to Watson Rd to Stonewall Village on right, at the “T” take next left, home is 2nd on left #12. MLS#4150849
Kim Bertholet 393-5569
OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12 to 2 OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12 to 2 OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12 to 2 call Kevin 603-387-7463
MANSFIELD WOODS
88 North Rt 132, New Hampton, NH
“WHY” pay rent?? “WHY” pay rent?? “WHY” pay rent?? $799 a month, and you’ll own your own ranch
home. New “over 55” land lease village. $6,000 down 240 @6.5%. or $59,995
Plymouth Regional Chamber receives $30,000 USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant
PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce has received a one-year $30,000 Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) from USDA Rural Development from July 2012 to June 2013.
“This grant will allow the Chamber to continue to offer technical assistance to businesses in Plymouth and all our surrounding regional communities that we serve until the summer of 2013, when Grafton County Economic Development’s Business Enter-prise Center is scheduled to open its doors at 149 Main Street in Plymouth”, said Scott Stephens, exec-utive director at the chamber.
In 2010, the chamber was granted a two-year RBEG from USDA Rural Development to create and implement a program offering technical assistance to small and emerging businesses in the Plymouth regional area without charge, regardless of cham-ber affiliation. Since then, the program has assisted scores of businesses from the Lakes Region to the foothills of the White Mountains and from Warren to Moultonborough.
“We are pleased that our work with area businesses has proven successful for so many. The fact that we will be able to continue this program under the funding of a RBEG shows that the USDA is seeing the benefit in the work being done.” said Stephens. “According to the USDA, this is the only program of its kind in the state of New Hampshire that is RBEG funded and pro-viding this high level of technical assistance to our region. It has been a real pleasure to part-ner with many depart-ments at Plymouth State University, local and state agencies, and area businesses for the benefit of our regional businesses and we are proud to be able to con-tinue our work in the region.”
The new grant will continue the technical assistance program cre-ated by the chamber as well as offer some new benefits to businesses in the region.
“I’m most excited about developing the online businesses resource center tar-geted towards small and emerging busi-nesses in central New Hampshire”, said Kim Beardwood Smith, the Business Development Officer at the Chamber. “The scheduled launch for this resource center is the fall, so keep checking the Chamber’s website until then.”
The design of the vir-tual resource center will consist of three main components: a calendar listing all business education and networking opportuni-ties in central NH; a blog with contributions from local business pro-fessionals emphasizing issues that concern the small business owner; and a resource section designed to simplify the
search for needed information to develop, run and grow a small business in central NH.
For more information about the Technical Assis-tance Program or the Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce, contact the Chamber office at 536-1001, or e-mail [email protected].
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Artistic Roots offers free classes for veterans thanks to MVSB grantPLYMOUTH — Meredith Village
Savings Bank (MVSB) is pleased to sponsor Artistic Roots in its endeavor to provide free art classes, demonstrations and workshops to all veterans. MVSB recently announced a $1,000 sponsorship of the organization’s Art for Veterans Project (AVP).
Artistic Roots is a cooperative of artists and artisans from Central New Hampshire. Its mission is to support local artists and bring art to its wider community. It operates a multidisciplinary, visual arts gal-lery and teaching center on Main Street in Plymouth that is handi-cap-accessible.
AVP offers art and craft demon-strations, classes and workshops to all veterans at no charge. Fifteen professional artists from central New Hampshire will share their skill and expertise at classes held throughout the year at Artistic Roots at 73 Main Street in downtown Plymouth.
“We are so grateful to Meredith Village Savings Bank for this gen-erous gift to promote the arts and
honor the veterans in our com-munity,” said Monique MacIntosh, executive director for Artistic Roots. “In addition to giving opportunities for creative expression to the heroes who have bravely served our coun-try, the AVP project is a way to sup-port local artisans fi nancially and professionally.”
The program, which starts this month, includes drawing, painting, woodworking, pottery, fi ber arts, fl y-tying, print-making, mosaics, digital photography and blacksmithing. Instructors who are interested in participating should contact pro-gram leaders, Kathy and Tom Gra-biek, at the Artistic Roots gallery.
For more information or to pre-register, visit the gallery at 73 Main Street or call (603) 536-2750.
Meredith Village Savings Bank, founded in 1869, is an independent mutual savings bank with 11 offi ces serving individuals, families, busi-nesses and municipalities in the Lakes Region and the Plymouth area. More information can be found at www.mvsb.com.
Artists and members of Artistic Roots prepare for the Art for Veterans Project (AVP) (Seated in front row): Kathy Grabiek, project leader for the Art for Veterans Project. (Standing in front row, left to right): Barbara McAlister and Melissa Greenawalt-Yelle. (Standing in back row, left to right): Tom Grabiek, AVP project leader, Diane Taylor-Moore, artist and member, Kelly Beebee and Janet Currier, from the downtown Plymouth branch of Meredith Village Savings Bank, and Marian Federspiel. (Courtesy photo)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ted Nugent said he was insulted by the cancellation of his planned concert at an Army post over his comments about President Obama.
Commanders at the Fort Knox, Ky., post nixed Nugent’s segment of a June concert after the rocker
and conservative activist said at a recent National Rifl e Association meeting that he would be “dead or in jail by this time next year” if Obama is re-elected.
Nugent told The Associated Press this week that his words were not intended as a threat against the president.
“To think that there’s a bureaucrat in the United States Army that would consider the use or abuse of First Amendment rights in determining who is going to perform at an Army base is an insult and defi les the sacrifi ces of those heroes who fought for the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights,” Nugent said.
Ted Nugent says he’s insulted by cancellation of concert at Fort Knox Army post
