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GILFORD — After all of the hue and cry about the Budget Committee’s alleged desire to eliminate the superintendent’s position from next year’s school budget, last night it voted removing a sum equiv-alent to administrators’ raises and school board member stipends — a total reduction of $23,000.
The tentative bottom line number that will
Dollars for superintendent survive on tie votebe raised through taxes in 2011-12 is now $8,575,258. The budget committee will meet once more in January to fi nalize the number before submitting it for the town warrant.
While the Budget Committee recom-mends the fi nal number for the warrant, it is the School Board members — most of whom were at last night’s meeting — who decide how the money will be spent.
The issue that brought a roomful of people to the Gilford town offi ces last night stems
from the announced retirement of Super-intendent Paul Diminico and the desire by some members of the Budget Committee to save money by changing the administra-tive structure of the district to one without a superintendent.
According to Jorge Mesa-Tejada, one of the authors of the 1993 study to simplify the administrative structure of New Hamp-shire’s schools, a stand-alone school district
BY GAIL OBERTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN
see GILFORD page 12
Open wide: new dental practice will be for children onlyMelissa “Missy” Kennell shows a patient the proper way to use a toothbrush. Kennell has been practicing dentistry for children in the Lakes Region since 2006 and plans to open her own practice, Children’s Dentistry of the Lakes Region, in February. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)
GILFORD — As a girl, Melissa “Missy” Kennell spent her summers vacationing with her family at a lakeside cabin in Gil-ford. “I’ve always wanted to live here, it
was always my dream,” she said, but in her youthful world view she didn’t realize that there were people who resided year-round in the Lakes Region.
Now that she’s an adult, she and her husband Alan have taken full advantage of
the opportunity to settle and raise their family where many choose to spend their vacation. They’ve also been pleased to fi nd out that their services – Alan’s an orthodontist practicing on North Main
BY ADAM DRAPCHOTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN
see DENTIST page 11
CANTERBURY – The Shaker Regional School Board last night began wrestling with the prospect of constructing a 2011-12 budget that could eliminate 9.5 full-time positions as well as reduce spending for technology purchases and building mainte-nance while increas-ing total expenditures by two-percent.
The board seeks to limit the increase in the budget to ease the disparate impact on the tax rates of Bel-mont and Canterbury, which together com-prise the district. The towns share the cost of schools by a for-mula that lends equal weight to assessed property values and annual student enroll-ment. The burden of increased spend-ing falls most heavily on Belmont, where
Trying to mitigate impact on Belmont tax rate, Shaker panel ready to go to work to find $1.1M in savings in school budget
BY MICHAEL KITCHTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN
see SHAKER page 7
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No matter how soothing the White House overtures to business leaders sounded this week, an inconvenient fact remains: Washington is gripped by crab-in-the-bucket syndrome. And there’s no cure in sight.
Put a single crab in an uncov-ered bucket, and it will find a way to climb up and out on its own. Put a dozen crabs in a bucket, and 11 will fight with all their might to pull down the striver who attempts escape. President Obama sought to reassure 20 CEOs that he wasn’t the king crab holding them down: “I want to dispel any notion we want to inhibit your success,” he cooed. “We want to be boosters because when you do well, America does well.”
Take it all with a huge grain of sea salt.
This is, after all, the same “booster” who in April mused openly about limits on profits, government determinations for what consti-tutes a “good” product or service, and the expectation that private businesses serve a collective need to goose Washington’s jobs num-bers. “I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money,” the president said. “But, you know, part of the American way is, you know, you can just keep on making it if you’re providing a good product or providing good service. We don’t want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy.”
Our Founding Fathers had quite a different view of “the American way,” of course. In 1816, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exer-cise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”
But like a success inhibitor injected into the body politic, Obama’s poli-cies have only served to suppress growth, punish ambition and discour-age profit-maximizers. He has railed against “fat cats” on Wall Street while protecting his favored financial industry benefactors.
He threatened to “kick” the behinds of oil industry executives while refusing to punish the scien-tific lies and distortions of his own
job-killing environmental czars and bureaucrats. He inveighed against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for collecting dues from international affiliates while ignoring the same practices among deep-pocketed unions. And he bemoaned tax relief for “millionaires and billionaires” that would actually benefit wealth-producing couples who annually earn more than $250,000 and indi-viduals who earn $200,000 or more.
Most small-business owners will tell you they don’t want Obama “boosting” them. They just want him to get out of the way. But none of them was represented at his CEO shindig. Instead, among the busi-ness “leaders” the White House invited was billionaire Penny Pritz-ker — a Chicago crony, Democratic fundraiser/bundler and heiress whose family co-owned a failed sub-prime specialty bank.
While Obama, the olive-branch poseur, has called for a restoration of “civility” in Washington and lib-eral elites whine and whinny about the need for “no labels,” class-war-fare demagoguery has metastasized unchecked.
Socialist Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor to filibuster tax relief for all Americans last week in a ponderous, eight-and-a-half-hour harangue against “greed,” the “rich,” “richer” and “richest,” and “million-aires and billionaires” he had the audacity to liken to “bandits.” On the House side, N.Y. Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley attacked the GOP as the party of the wealthy and com-pared all people who earn more than $250,000 a year to the late convicted tax evader Leona Helmsley and her Maltese doggie heir.
The left wastes no opportunity to blame tea party and talk radio rhetoric for violent acts by lone nuts. But when a suspected serial arson-ist (still on the loose) burns down expensive homes in an upscale Cape Cod neighborhood and spray-paints obscene graffiti at the crime scenes, the “words-have-consequences” crowd is nowhere to be found. Such is the silence of the crabs.
(Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is the daughter of Filipino Immigrants. She was born in Phil-adelphia, raised in southern New Jersey and now lives with her hus-band and daughter in Maryland. Her weekly column is carried by more than 100 newspapers.)
LETTERS9/11 health care bill has been floating around Congress for yearsTo the editor,
This letter is in response to a letter written by Dean Tappan in Tuesday’s paper in regards to 9/11 workers and how they are obviously nothing more then a bunch of “deadbeats” looking for a “hand-out”.
In his letter, Mr. Tappan provides what I’m sure he felt were clear cut facts on why people that bravely responded to both the largest rescue operation in the history of the fire service, as well as the worst terrorist attack in the his-tory of our great country, were nothing more then a bunch of gung-ho cow-boys. Mr. Tappan, I feel that I owe it to the memory of the 343 firefighters, 23 NYPD officers, 37 Port Authority Offi-cers, 13 EMTs, and the thousands of people injured in the attacks to point out some flaws in your logic.
Soon after the patriotism that we all felt after 9/11 faded, the Bush admin-istration and nearly all congressio-nal Republicans outside of New York opposed creating and funding of 9/11 health care programs. The delega-tions from New York had to fight and beg for every penny to help ailing 9/11 responders and they were able to force the Bush administration to set up a 9/11 medical monitoring and treatment program. Since 2001, the federal government has spent only $475-MILLION DOLLARS to provide medical treatment and monitoring to those tens of thousands of Americans who are sick from the effects of the 9/11 attacks. The government has a fund set up for the health care com-pensation program for nuclear work-ers. How much do you think that this program has set aside?. The nuclear
workers program has spent to date $6.5-billion federal dollars to date. Yes, that’s billion with a capital B, Mr. Trappan! So, where is your outrage over that? These people are just doing a job, so I guess they are just a bunch of deadbeats looking for a handout.
The current 9/11 health care bill (Also know as the Zadroga Act) has been floating around Capital Hill for the years, and had passed the House of Representatives earlier this year. It failed to pass in the Senate, because Senate Republicans had questions about how it was going to be funded, after they had no problem extending tax cuts that would add $500-billion to the national deficit. This bill is any-thing but careless spending. It will not add a dime to the deficit and is fully paid for by closing a tax loophole that allows foreign multinational corpora-tions to funnel revenue through third-party countries in order to reduce the U.S taxes that they owe. I would figure that if any debate in this coun-try could bring people from across the aisle together, it would be a bill to fund health care for 9/11 workers.
There are tens of thousands of fire responders and victims of the attacks on American soil are sick or dying. We don’t have the time to par-take in pointless bi-partisan debate. If we can spent over $20-billion to fund pork projects such as grants to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or to combat teenage “Goth” culture in Blue Springs, MI, We owe AT THE VERY LEAST to help these brave men and women.
Christopher BradyMoultonborough
Cops & firefighters were doing their jobs, serving their country
Thanks to Laconia Police Chief Moyer for LRJC sponsorshipTo the editor,
On behalf of Laconia Middle School, we’d like to thank Chief Mike Moyer and LPD for sponsoring the Lakes Region Juniors Volleyball Club. We are pleased to have the sponsorship from the Laconia Police Department.
Regional coach Randy Mattson, Laconia Middle School coach Peter-son and Laconia Middle School coach Reynolds all support the athletes of the Laconia Middle School Volleyball Team.
from Dean Tappan, I just want to give a quick focused response to a brother Vietnam Vet on somewhat similar issue maybe that he and a few others could relate to. A time when he/we were at different ‘ground zero’ and yes, had whatever protective gear we had (M16..plus) . . . we did the Right Thing, moved the Right Way, did the bob we were trained to do, expected nothing, received little or nothing and brought
something home with us we never thought of or heard of or expected. Yes, some whined and others sat and continue to sit back and point fingers and do nothing.
In the past others have pointed out and to something called’ Agent Orange’ and were called “deadbeats”, wasted, druggies, useless. Mr. Tappan may remember. I remember 38 years ago being asked to give an address nomi-nating a State Legion Commander in
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Vermont. The First ‘Vietnam Veteran’ State Commander. I gave a speech discussing “Agent Orange No Longer Working Undercover” while nominat-ing him. I was booed by many there. That person was elected and died of cancer some years later as many Viet-nam Veteran have and continue to do
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so because of exposure to chemicals they were exposed to while doing their job and serving their country. These cops and fi refi ghters were also doing their jobs and serving their country. Deadbeats? I think not ,and neither do you.
Bob JonesMeredith
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To the editor,This is an open letter to Mr. Tappan:In response to your criticism of police
offi cers and fi refi ghters relative to the health effects after 9/11, you expect a lot of heat for writing your opinions. I’m glad you do, because I am about to give you some. A little of my personal background involves being a police offi cer in Massachusetts for the past 26 years with an unblemished, distin-guished and decorated career.
I personally traveled to Ground Zero after the terrorists attacks on 9/11 to assist with the massive recov-ery efforts and to provide Critical Incident Stress Management to hun-dreds of police offi cers and fi refi ght-ers. I have not fi led any claims for respiratory disorders even though I developed asthma years after. You are correct that we are trained to use cer-tain gear that will provide a “certain” level of protection in situations such as this. In my case, I was provided with a cotton face shield similar to what doctors wear during surgery. Was this the adequate protection you are talk-ing about? The same way the military provided protection for you with agent orange chemicals in Vietnam? Yet, years after the war, thousands of your Vietnam comrades died as a result of defoliant exposure spread by our own government. Am I correct in assum-ing that you are telling me your fellow soldiers who died years after the war are at fault for there own deaths not wearing the protective gear that was provided to them?
As far as your comments regarding an, “urgent situation,” are you kidding me? These men and women of the New York Police Department, the Port Authority, and the fi refi ghters were instantly searching for their friends in a massive amount of debris, that was beyond comprehension to anyone who wasn’t there. No one knew what
was in that debris, what gasses were escaping and what harmful chemicals may have been present. The “urgency” as you would call it was rescuing their co-workers, friends, brothers and sisters. The last time I checked, police offi cers are not provided with respiratory “scott packs” that you see fi refi ghters wearing, and I know that those devices were in limited supply and there were not enough to go around for everyone. Weeks after this attack, when the true nature of these gasses and debris were determined, you were not allowed to enter the work zone without protective gear, but the damage had already been done to the human body.
I promised myself before writing this that I would not make it a per-sonal attack on you. As an American, you are free to express your opinions under the First Amendment, the very liberty that you helped provide for the rest of us with your service to our country in Vietnam, and I thank your for your service. However, for me to respond to the other derogatory com-ments in your article are beneath me. I am assuming other than the military, you have never provided a level of service again to your community, and may have picked up a speeding ticket or two over the years that creates this level of resentment to the people that actually dedicate their lives to pro-tect you and your family when you need it the most. So in closing, the next time you see a fi re truck, a police cruiser, an ambulance, ask yourself a question Mr. Tappan. Ask yourself, I wonder where they are going? If your answer is I hope no one in my family is in trouble, hurt or dying. Then your derogatory comments you posted have no merit in your conscience. Enjoy the Holiday Season.
Tim “Troopie” LimaNorth Andover, Mass.
Now if we can just get insurance to pay for for things that workTo the editor,
I am so glad they were showing alternative treatments for cancer patients on the news. Now if we can only get the stupid insurance compa-nies to pay for something that works, health care cost would go DOWN. Also, Medicare needs to have itemized billing so they can check on doctors and hospitals double-billing patients and things we do not understand or are paying for.
I think we should all be pushing for alternative treatment that wrks. Big pharma is scary and has many side effects. How about being off blood
pressure medicine because alterna-tive treatment worked? Now would you not want that? Same thing for diabetes and other diseases Simple? Pharma and big money is stoping this from happening. Isn’t that nice!! Maybe one day this will come about. I sure hope so. Health care costs would go down and seniors would not be so drugged and in a fog today because of the perscriptions and side effects today. Now that is hope for change we can all use.
Anna DeRoseMoultonborough
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LETTERSWard Bird should be released while pardon request runs its courseTo the editor,
An open letter to Gov. Lynch and Councilor Burton:
Mr. Ward Bird sits in jail based on accusation of a trespasser who ignored earlier warnings, multiple signs and finally verbal requests to leave. Both of you being politicians must have a well formed opinion of accusation and hope the voting public can discern reality. But in our courts reality is not allowed, Judges “instruct” the jury on what they may consider, jurors are “picked” by lawyers on either side, and evidence and history are withheld.
A charge of misdemeanor is ele-vated to criminal in this case by a county attorney. I have read the N.H. Supreme Court opinion, and many other related documents of the case. I have also read the N.H. pardon pro-cess for felonies, also read the law to go into effect Jan. 1 protecting the right of defending one’s person and property by displaying a weapon. I’m not being “smart” in stating that I presume both of you are aware of the details of the case; the NH Con-stitution does not complicate the
power of pardon as written, which is to say the Governor and Council are unrestricted and given “free will and conscience” in issuing pardons. I well understand “precedence” in law and also that it can’t constitutionally be given standing in pardons.
All this said, Ward Bird I believe could in the least be released from custody until the process of pardon has run its course; especially to be with his family at Christmas and New Years. Mr. Bird is not a well man, having had a serious operation only weeks prior to the incident, lived since then under the stress and duress of serving jail time and now is, for what not only he but many others believe is a first right of a citizen to protect one’s life and property and which Jan. 1st under law will be all of our right to do so.
I would implore you to give his wife and children the gift of the loving father and the citizens of this state the gift of belief of some level of justice, knowledge a Governor and Councilor have as much courage as this citizen.
G.W. BrooksMeredith
Washington and Adams would have never signed such a statementTo the editor,
May I make a response to professor Sandy’s article on the Treaty of Tripoly?
Taken from “Christianity and the Constitution” by John Eidsmore. And Treaties and other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949”: “Most extraor-dinary is the fact that Article 11 of the Barlow translation with its famous phrase,” the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion,” does not exist at all. There is no Article 11. The Arabic text between articles 10 and 12 is in the form of a letter, crude and flamboyant and withal quite unimportant, from the
Dey of Algiers to the Pasha of Tripoli. How the script came to be written and be regarded, as in the Barlow trans-lation, as Article 11 of the treaty as there written is a mystery”
Piracy continued despite the treaty. in 1801 the United States went to war with Tripoli. A new treaty with Tripoli, which does not contain the phrase in question, was accepted on April 17, 1806.
Both George Washington and John Adams would never have put their names to such a statement.
Our Founding Fathers were deter-mined to create a government toler-ant of all religions. They knew their history very well.
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LACONIA – Come the new year, the Police Department will mount its own full-time drug unit, which will not only pursue drug traffickers but also discourage drug use.
Earlier this year the department decided to withdraw from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Drug Task Force, to which it had assigned an officer since the team was formed two decades ago. Chief Mike Moyer told the Police Commission yester-day that the officer serving on the task force ranged between Franklin and the Canadian border and the
Laconia Police will have its own drug unit as of the first of the year
trade and abuse of drugs in the city required a stronger, more continuous police presence.
Moyer said that Detective Chris Noyes would head the unit, with assistance from Detective Scott Roy, the most recent officer assigned to the task whose experience would be invaluable. He said that although the department would forego the $30,000 in reimbursement from the state, the formation of the unit would have no impact on the department’s operating budget.
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property values are relatively lower and student enrollment is relatively higher.
A two-percent rise in the budget would boost the school portion of the tax rate in Belmont by nearly four-percent while in Canterbury the tax rate would fall almost five-percent.
Debbie Gay, Business Administra-tor, explained that the administration proposed a budget of $19,357,856 for 2011-2012, eight-percent higher than the current budget of $17,833,935. To pare the increase to two-percent, the board’s Finance Committee is work-ing to reduce the administration’s pro-posal by $1,142,544 to $18,215,312. Gay said that the committee has yet to specify the reductions it will recom-mend, but will meet on December 30 and again on January 6 before pre-senting its proposal to the board on
January 13.Board members were given binders
last night that contained the details of the administration’s budget proposal. They were received without comment.
Gay said that the rise in the budget was driven by increases in contractual obligations and other non-discretion-ary expenditures.
In a prepared statement issued last week Mark Blount, superintendent of schools, said that “the only way to achieve these levels of cuts is by the elimination and/or reduction of staff, proposed technology purchases, build-ing maintenance, co-curricular and athletic programs, as well as class-room supplies and furniture.”
Public hearings on the budget will be held in Belmont on February 15 and in Canterbury on February 16, after which the board is expected to adopt its budget.
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ting against the wind.Gene F. DanforthDanbury
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LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released on bail Thursday — confined to a sup-porter’s 600-acre estate but free to get back to work spilling U.S. government secrets on his website as he fights Sweden’s attempt to extradite him on allegations of rape and molestation.
The silver-haired Australian, who surrendered to British police Dec. 7, will have to observe a curfew, wear an electronic tag and report to police in person every day.
But there are no restrictions on his Internet use, even as U.S. authorities consider charges related to thousands of leaked diplomatic cables and other secret documents WikiLeaks has released. The site has released just 1,621 of the more than 250,000 State Department documents it claims to possess, many of them containing crit-ical or embarrassing U.S. assessments of foreign nations and their leaders.
Dressed in a dark gray suit, Assange emerged from London’s neo-Gothic High Court building late Thursday fol-lowing a tense scramble to gather the money and signatures needed to free him. Speaking under a light snowfall amid a barrage of flash bulbs, Assange — who’s been out of the public eye for more than a month — told supporters he will continue bringing government secrets to light.
“It’s great to smell the fresh air of London again,” he said to cheers from outside the court. “I hope to continue my work.”
Assange ignored shouted questions from the assembled media.
Later, BBC footage captured the 39-year-old riding in a white armored four-by-four outside the Frontline
WikiLeaks founder bailed from English jail, back to publishing secretsClub, a venue for journalists owned by his friend and supporter Vaughan Smith. The broadcaster reported that Assange jumped upstairs for a celebratory cocktail at the bar, then went back outside to engage in a brief verbal joust with journalists over the merits of one of the leaked cables.
A few hours later, Assange arrived at Ellingham Hall, Smith’s 10-bedroom mansion about 120 miles (195 kilo-meters) northeast of central London. Assange told journalists there that his time in prison had steeled him, giving him time to reflect on his personal philosophy and “enough anger about the situation to last me 100 years.”
Assange was granted condi-tional bail Tuesday, but prosecutors appealed, arguing that he might abscond. High Court Justice Duncan Ouseley rejected the appeal Thursday, saying Assange “would diminish him-self in the eyes of many of his support-ers” if he fled.
“I don’t accept that Mr. Assange has an incentive not to attend (court),” Ouseley said. “He clearly does have some desire to clear his name.”
WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson had said Assange might have to spend one more night behind bars anyway, because of difficul-ties producing the 200,000 pounds ($316,000) bail pledged by several wealthy supporters, including film-maker Michael Moore. But lawyers managed to collect the money quickly.
The restrictions Ouseley imposed on Assange amount to “virtual house arrest,” Hrafnsson said. But he added that Assange can still use Smith’s estate as a base for coordinating the publication of the leaked cables.
“There is a good Internet connection there,” he noted.
The subject of whether Assange should have Internet access was never raised in court. WikiLeaks continued publishing documents even while Assange was in prison — including a new batch that hit the Web two hours ahead of his release.
“We have seen in the week I have been away that my team is robust,” Assange told the BBC outside the Frontline Club. “It does show the resilience of the organization, that it can withstand decapitation attacks.”
The publication of the cables has angered U.S. government officials, embarrassed allies and nettled rivals. The U.S. State Department says that international partners have curtailed their dealings with Washington as a result of the cable leaks, and have gone on the offense in a bid to limit the diplomatic fallout.
Assange insists that publishing the documents was essential to expose gov-ernment wrongdoing. In particular, he has referred repeatedly to one cable that asked diplomats to gather infor-mation on United Nations staff such as their passwords, frequent flier numbers and even biometric information.
State Department officials say the cable originated from the U.S. intelli-gence community and deny Assange’s contention that it ordered diplomats to spy. On Thursday, the U.S. ambas-sador to the United Nations in Geneva continued America’s damage-control
efforts over the document.“I just want to assure everybody
we’re not collecting data on U.N. offi-cials,” Betty E. King told reporters in Geneva.
U.S. officials are investigating WikiLeaks and considering charges against Assange, a case that if pursued could end up pitting the government’s efforts to protect sensitive information against press and speech freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. The government suspects WikiLeaks received the documents from an Army private, Bradley Manning, who is in the brig on charges of leaking other classi-fied documents to the organization.
Australia’s prime minister said Thursday that police determined that WikiLeaks did not break any laws in the country. The government had ordered the Australian Federal Police to investigate whether the website had broken local laws in publishing sensitive U.S. diplomatic documents leaked to it because Assange is Aus-tralian.
Assange was arrested not because of WikiLeaks, but because Swedish officials are seeking him for question-ing on allegations stemming from separate encounters with a pair of women in Sweden over the summer. The women have accused Assange of rape, molestation and unlawful coer-cion. Assange denies the allegations, which his lawyers say stem from a dispute over “consensual but unpro-tected sex.”
standards committee told Guinta that it had reviewed his reports and deter-mined that they are in substantial com-pliance with the federal ethics laws.
Guinta’s finances first came under fire by his rivals in the Republican primary, and Shea-Porter kept up the criticism during the general election. During the campaign, Guinta, 40, flatly denied the money was an illegal campaign donation and said his wife saved it working in the private sector
before he was elected mayor in 2005.Guinta’s chief of staff declined to
comment Thursday. The office has not yet received the FEC letter.
The Democrats’ complaint must overcome several hurdles before the FEC starts investigating. An FEC staffer would have to recommend that the commission investigate and four commissioners would have to agree. During an investigation, the commis-sion has the power to subpoena docu-ments and individuals.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Thursday approved the first system in the nation to give polluting companies such as utilities and refineries financial incen-tives to emit fewer greenhouse gases.
The Air Resources Board voted 9-1 to pass the key piece of California’s 2006 climate law — called AB32 — with the hope that other states will follow the lead of the world’s eighth largest econ-omy. State officials also are discussing plans to link the new system with simi-lar ones under way or being planned in Canada, Europe and Asia.
California is launching into a “historic adventure,” said Mary Nichols, chair-woman of the state’s air quality board.
“We’re inventing this,” she said. “There is still going to be quite a bit
Calif. okays major greenhouse gas rulesof action needed before it becomes operational.”
California is trying to “fill the vacuum created by the failure of Congress to pass any kind of climate or energy legislation for many years now,” said Nichols.
A standing-room only board chambers featured testimony from more than 170 witnesses Thursday. Outside the cham-bers, a few climate change skeptics held signs reading “Global Warming: Science by Homer Simpson.”
Some businesses that would fall under the new rules say the system could dampen California’s already flagging economy, complicate lawmak-ers’ efforts to close a $28.1 billion rev-enue shortfall and lead to an increase in the price of electricity.
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Retirng Belknap County Commissioner Chris Boothby tests out a chair given to him by his colleagues, including Commissioner Ed Philpot (right) of Laconia. Boothby, a Meredith resident is retiring from the commission after 12 years of service. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)
LACONIA — After a dozen years of service as a Belknap County commissioner, Christopher Boothby is preparing to leave his seat to pursue business ventures in Nicaragua. First, though, he was treated to a send-off celebration at the commissioner’s meet-ing room, which featured the recollections — some which Boothby may wish were forgotten — of fellow Commissioner Ed Philpot as well as mentor and Executive Councilor Ray Burton and Laconia Mayor Mike Seymour.
“Christopher has a very interesting manage-ment style,” recalled Philpot, who noted that Burton taught Boothby many things, but one lesson that didn’t take was the one on tact. “When you doesn’t like something, you’ve got to hold back,” Philpot told Boothby, reminding him of one particular meeting when the commission was discussing a trash haul-ing contract and Boothby muttered something away
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from the microphone, then looked straight at the camera and exclaimed, “Did you hear that? I hate Waste Management.”
“One of the things that Christopher has taught us is that there’s always room for temper tantrums.” Philpot said there would be many times when Boothby would become heated by a discussion and demand – “immediately” to meet with elected offi-cials all the way up to the governor’s office.
The attitude occasionally would yield benefits, Philpot begrudged. On one occasion, he remembered how Boothby was moved to drive to Concord and walk into the governor’s office, demanding an audi-ence. After being told that Governor Craig Benson was not in, Boothby took it upon himself to walk into the governor’s office to find that Benson was, in fact, present and able to speak.
“This has been one of the very true pleasures of my life, to meet this man and work with him. He’s not
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just pretending to care, he really does,” said Philpot.Burton said he fi rst met Boothby when the then-
graduate student asked to be a part of the council-or’s intern program. When Burton told Boothby that he wasn’t qualifi ed to look over a graduate student, the incorrigible Boothby told the veteran politician, “That’s okay, I’ll supervise you.” Burton told the crowd, “We haven’t heard the last of him.”
Boothby, a resident of Meredith, was presented with many gifts, including a gavel from Philpot, a chair bearing the seal of Belknap County, a letter signed by Governor John Lynch and lastly, a gift from Seymour.
One of the efforts that benefi ted from Boothby’s volunteering was WLNH’s Annual Children’s Auc-tion, as Seymour recalled. After fi ve days of auction-ing items, he said, it’s natural for presenters to become
“punchy.” In light of his most recent effort, Seymour presented Boothby with a “greatest sales pitch ever” plaque. Toward the auction’s end, Seymour explained, Boothby was faced with the task of soliciting bids for a rubber rooster dog toy. Boothby said on the air, “has anyone been stupid enough to bid on this yet?”
Along with the plaque, Seymour also gave Boothby one such rubber rooster.
Other send-offs were offered by Rep. Alida Mill-ham, chair of the Belknap County Convention, and Eileen Bolander, president of the New Hampshire Association of Counties.
When Boothby was given a chance to speak, he expressed gratitude for his colleagues and mentors, the employees of the county, his parents and espe-cially his wife Maren.
Boothby will be replaced on the commission by Steve Nedeau of Meredith.
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“We’re closed to new patients all the time, so I decided to go off on my own,” Missy said. Her new practice, Children’s Dentistry of the Lakes Region, won’t open until February, but she’s already got a full appointment book for the fi rst two weeks of her practice’s operation. “It’s a huge need for children’s dentistry up here.”
Since she was a teenager, Missy said, she’s wanted to care for children. For the past fi ve years, she’s exclusively served young patients, from infants to teenagers, and she has no desire to treat adults. “They’re bigger babies than the kids,” she said.
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BOSTON (AP) — Former Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks has agreed to a $12 million, two-year contract with the Boston Red Sox, a person familiar with negotiations told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not yet fi nal. The agreement was fi rst reported by ESPN.com.
In addition, the Red Sox agreed to an $875,000, one-year contract with right-handed reliever Matt Albers and sent utilityman Eric Patterson to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade for fi rst baseman Adrian Gonzalez.
Jenks has the chance to earn more with perfor-mance bonuses. He saved 27 games last season but
Red Sox said to be signing deal with Chicago closer Bobby Jenkslost his closing job at the end of the year when he struggled with injuries.
Jenks was second in White Sox history with 173 saves since joining Chicago midseason in 2005 and helping the club win its fi rst World Series since 1917. He had four saves in the postseason, pitching in all four Series games during a sweep of the Hous-ton Astros.
Jenks saved 81 games over the next two years. But last season, when he earned $7.5 million, he missed the fi nal 27 games with ulnar neuritis in his right forearm. General manager Kenny Williams said he would consider bringing Jenks back at a lower salary.
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Tejada, who is also a longtime member of the Hampstead School Board, said he was not there to make any kind of recommendations as to what Gilford should do, only to explain to the Budget Committee a little more about a different education manage-ment model and whether or not it is allowed.
It was Budget Committee member David “Skip” Murphy’s recommenda-tion last week that the committee at least hear from Tejada regarding a dif-ferent model before deciding whether or not to eliminate the $174,000 — the number includes a benefit package — budgeted in 2011-12 for a new super-intendent.
One of the issues that provided impetus for the discussion surround-ing the superintendent was the 3 1/2 percent increase in the requested budget for the school while the town budget came in with no increases.
“Education is a service and there is a cost to that,” said Murphy. “I believe this budget is too high.”
Driving the recommended increase is a three percent raise to unionized teachers — a contractual agreement — and a two percent increase for sup-port staff and administrators, who are not unionized.
After hearing about the alternative management theory and and objec-tions from parents about eliminat-ing the superintendent’s position, a motion was made and seconded to accept the full $8,598, 258. Terry Stewart, with a little prompting from Chair Richard Hickok made a
motion to amend the number down by $100,000.
Stewart’s reasoning was that if the School Board chooses to eliminate the superintendent, the district would need to hire an assistant principal for the elementary school which would cost about $100,000, including ben-efits.
He added the remaining $74,000 in the salary line to his recommen-dation to eliminate $5,500 in school board member stipends and $17,500 in administrative raises to come up with $97,000.
He said the school board could come up with the other $3,000 just about anywhere.
Six people voted for the motion and six people voted against, meaning the motion failed.
Dale Dormody, with Fred Butler seconding, amended the motion to eliminate only the stipends and the administrator raises and it passed by a vote of 8-to-4.
But it’s not quite over. Murphy said he would be recommending a number of line item reductions at the January meeting that the committee will have to decide on their merits.
In other action, the Budget Com-mittee voted to accept the elementary school budget of $2,554,059, which includes full-day kindergarten but did not increase the overall elementary budget.
Principal Dr. John “Jack” Billings was able to accomplish full-day kin-dergarten without increasing the budget by reassigning existing staff and saving $22,000 from the trans-portation contract by eliminating the mid-day kindergarten run.
GILFORD from page one
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Snow, sleet and freezing rain wreaked havoc across Mid-Atlantic and Southern states on Thursday, causing hundreds of acci-dents, four fatal. The nasty pre-winter mix also forced schools to start late, close early or cancel classes altogether.
Three people died in separate weather-related crashes in North Carolina.
In south-central Kentucky, state police said an 80-year-old man died when his sport-utility vehicle hit a patch of ice, ran off the road and overturned.
Thousands of people in North Caro-lina and in Virginia lost power, and West Virginia’s acting governor was forced to cancel a Christmas party scheduled for Thursday night at the Governor’s Mansion.
In metro Atlanta and north Geor-gia, icy conditions Thursday morning prompted road closures a day after slick surfaces caused hundreds of accidents. Temperatures had warmed and the ice had melted by midday.
Ice also covered roads early Thurs-day in Louisville, Ky., and parts of Tennessee. Those who ventured out had to allow time to clear ice that coated nearly everything, from cars to walkways to the sides of buildings.
In Missouri, the freezing rain began Wednesday night and continued into Thursday morning, with the Mis-souri State Highway Patrol reporting numerous accidents.
In Ohio, plows were out in counties near the Ohio River. A spokeswoman for Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Looking for a white Christmas? Try North Carolina & GeorgiaInternational Airport said airlines were experiencing weather delays and cancellations. Cincinnati schools were closed because of warnings about slick roads.
“Although it’s unusual to have to call off school because of wintry con-ditions this early in the school year, student safety always comes first,” superintendent Mary Ronan said.
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BARNSTEAD (AP) — Firefighters have extin-guished a three-alarm fire at a wood pellet plant in southen Belknap County. No injuries have been reported.
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There was no immediate word on how many work-ers were in the plant when the fire started.
Firefighters remained on the scene past 9 p.m.
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have had one important constant during the recent rash of inju-ries — the Big Three are still healthy.
Kevin Garnett had 17 points and 14 rebounds — one of three Boston players with a double-double — to lead the Celtics to their 12th straight win, 102-90 over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night.
Paul Pierce had 15 points and 10 assists and Glen “Big Baby” Davis had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Ray Allen scored 18 points and Nate Robinson had 14 for the Celtics (21-4).
“We feel we should win the game. On most nights we’re playing three or four all-stars,” said Pierce, who played as a “point-forward” for much of the second half, handling the ball a lot and setting up Allen for open looks with solid passes.
Boston point guard Rajon Rondo missed the game after spraining his left ankle in Wednesday’s win at New York. He’s expected to be sidelined at least a week. Center Shaquille O’Neal was also out, missing his fourth straight game with a sore right calf.
The Celtics were already without Delonte West and Jermaine O’Neal.
It didn’t matter because Pierce, Allen, and Gar-nett got just enough help from the role players.
The Celtics beat an Atlanta team that was called more athletic while defeating Boston in all four meetings last season.
“Kevin’s healthy,” Boston coach Doc Rivers said was the difference in the games from last season. “You can stop there, and Paul’s healthy. The funny
Garnett leads Celtics to 12th straight winthing is it’s the younger guys getting injured.”
Garnett said the Celtics won’t let the injuries bother them.
“What are you going to do?” he said. “Quit. Put your clothes on and go home? That’s not what we do here.”
Marvin Williams had a season-best 26 points and Jeff Teague scored 18 for the Hawks.
“They still had three Hall of Famers out there,” said Hawks forward Josh Smith, who scored just one point on 0-for-8 shooting. “I’m not making excuses, but we still had two of our main scorers out also.”
The Hawks shot 50 percent for the game, but were hurt by 18 turnovers.
Boston led by six points entering the final quarter, but the Hawks closed within 77-75 on Teague’s one-handed runner in the lane.
The Celtics then scored seven straight points, with Davis and Semih Erden sandwiching baskets around a 3-pointer by Pierce, making it 84-77 with just under eight minutes to play.
Atlanta sliced it to 84-78 on Damien Wilkins’ free throw, but Pierce hit two free throws and Robinson nailed a 3, helping Boston pull safely in front. Allen’s 3-pointer made it 100-86 with 1:53 left.
The Celtics — behind Allen’s 10 points — took a 73-63 lead late in the third quarter. Coming off screens and getting wide-open looks, Allen hit his first three shots of the quarter. But the Hawks stayed close because of some good outside shooting of their own, hitting 65 percent from the field (11 of 17).
MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens stopped their longest slide of the season just in time to avoid dropping out of the Northeast Division lead.
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist and Scott Gomez also had two points as Montreal ended a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
Michael Cammalleri scored on a penalty shot 1:04 in. Maxim Lapierre and Brian Gionta also scored and Carey Price stopped 34 shots for the Canadiens, who remained in first place in the Northeast with 40 points.
“That’s a big game,” said Price, who got his league-
Canadiens end 4-game skid by beating Bruins, 4-3leading 18th win. “Those games are obviously four-point games. We’re tied if they win that one — they actually move ahead of us — so that was one that we really needed.”
Boston’s Marc Savard had a goal and an assist, and Patrice Bergeron got his second assist of the game on Milan Lucic’s goal with 4:50 left in the third. Blake Wheeler also scored and Tim Thomas made 37 saves for the Bruins, who now trail the Canadiens by four points.
“We dug ourselves a hole again and tried to claw out of it but it’s tough to continue to claw out of those holes each and every night,” Wheeler said.
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The Gilmanton Board of Selectmen has established a Town Buildings Committee and seeks residents interested in serving. The purpose of the committee would be to work with the Selectmen and Town Department Heads to recommend both long-range and short-term repairs and improvements to Town owned buildings. The committee would also assist in preparing specifications for work and help to oversee the satisfactory completion of projects.
If you are interested in serving on such a Committee, please submit a letter of interest by December 30, 2010 to:
Gilmanton Board of Selectmen PO Box 550
Gilmanton, NH 03237
Charles E. Carr of House and Barn Restoration wins bid to restore Minot-Sleeper Library windows
BRISTOL — Charles E. Carr of House and Barn Restoration, LLC of Bristol has won the bid to repair and restore the storm windows in the Minot-Sleeper Library.
The Library, built in 1885, received a Rural Devel-opment Grant in 2010 specifically for restoration of the original 14 first-floor windows — elegantly curved two-over-two Gothic peaks.
Carr’s work will include complete stripping, prim-ing, glazing, and finishing. He will also furnish and install historically-sensitive and energy efficient storm windows with interior removable storm and screen panels.
The need for the window restoration is very impor-tant to improve the fuel efficiency of the library and reduce heating and cooling costs. The glazing on the windows now is virtually gone and the librar-ians are only able to open a couple of the windows because of disrepair.
Carr will first take out one window at a time for repair leaving a protective window cover in place so patrons can continue to enjoy all the Library has to offer. He will put the entire window in a steam box to soften and strip off the old window putty repair-ing the windows as necessary. He will follow every safety precaution when removing and disposing of the lead paint that was used on the original win-dows. After he installs the newly repaired windows, he will build and install the new storm windows using mortis and tenon joinery.
The library trustees reviewed all the qualifica-tions and plans submitted by multiple bidders. According to trustee Barbara Greenwood, Carr won the bid not only because of his cost estimate and use of wood rather than aluminum, but also because he is a lifelong Newfound area resident.
Carr’s grandfather owned the Carr Company, which is now Dead River, and he grew up across the street from the Library. When the opportunity arose several years ago, he dismantled, moved, and re-assembled his childhood home where he now lives and operates his business.
The trustees will continue to make an earnest effort to use local contractors whenever possible when restoring the current library and moving for-ward with the library expansion project. In addi-tion to stimulating the local economy, the board is focused on creating a sustainable space. When asked how eco-friendly his work is, Carr said, “Both my house and workshop run on solar power and the majority of the wood I use is locally harvested and milled.”
The Library will remain open during the window repair and renovation. This restoration will not only save the Town money, but will restore the former luster of the Library, which is listed in the National Register of Historical Places.
LACONIA — The Lakes Region Community Emergency Response Team (LR-CERT) was called into action twice by the Laconia Police Department to assist with traffic control.
The first occasion was on Sunday evening, November 21, when a multi-unit apartment build-ing on Union Avenue caught fire. Traffic had to be restricted on Union Avenue and the surrounding streets. At the same time, the police were respond-ing to an armed robbery on Court Street. CERT volunteers were able to take over traffic duties, allowing the police to attend to crowd control at the scene and also investigate the robbery.
Lakes Region Community Emergency Response Team assists police with traffic control
The team also assisted police on Sunday, Novem-ber 28 when an early morning fire broke out on Mechanic Street in Lakeport. Again, several streets had to be closed to allow the fire department to douse the flames.
The CERT Program educates people about disas-ter preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). What if you demanded absolutely nothing of yourself for a whole day? This isn’t the day for it because you already have so much on your plate, but you can plan a do-nothing day next week. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Maybe it’s not the deadline that’s driving you, or the audience or your boss. When you take away the pressure to perform, what you’ll have instead is the sheer will to do so. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). How many leads can you generate? How many sales come from those leads? These kinds of number games will excite you. And you have a unique approach to the games, too. You’ll play the odds and change. CANCER (June 22-July 22). A friend becomes the target of your thoughts. It has been a long while since you con-nected with this person, and it will bring you good fortune to do so now. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you think too deeply about it, ordinary dis-course becomes layered with intrigue and complication. You’ll be more pro-ductive if you stay sensible and tend to only the most pressing issue of the moment. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You rarely nap during the day, but you might make an exception. After a 20-minute catnap, you’ll emerge more creative, stronger and more tolerant of those around you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll see the opportunity that others don’t. Because of this, you’ll stand alone. It will feel odd at fi rst, but make no mistake: The advantage is all yours. If you’re the only one going for the posi-tion, you’re bound to win. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re
a giver, and you will be happiest in the act of giving. It will only take one small act to make someone else happy. And when you see their smile, it brightens your day, as well. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Somehow it’s easier to be happy about a gift if you feel that you are the only one in the world who has it. This is something to be mindful of as you shop for your loved ones today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you’re judging someone else, it means there is a part of you that wants to have or be the very thing that you’re judging. You’ll move past this by going for what you want instead of criticizing those who have it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Great news: Any problem that was cre-ated by you can be solved by you. And if you didn’t create the problem, you might still be able to solve it after you recognize and change your participa-tion in it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can benefi t from getting lost, especially if it’s in a small enough place that you can easily fi nd your way out. A library, bookstore, gym or workshop will pro-vide the perfect opportunity for getting lost within reason. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 17). You rise to your own high standards this year, so don’t forget to reward your-self. You’ll be the darling of your work environment in January. March brings a conquest that you’ll be talking about for years to come. May brings romance and tenderness. July is your chance to show the world what you can do. Aquarius and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 15, 39, 22 and 14.
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Today is Friday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2010. There are 14 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville
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On this date:In 1777, France recognized American
independence.In 1925, Col. William “Billy” Mitchell was
convicted at his court-martial in Washington, D.C. of insubordination for accusing senior military offi cials of incompetence and crimi-nal negligence.
In 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew, ending the World War II Battle of the River Plate off Uruguay.
In 1957, the United States successfully test-fi red the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the fi rst time.
In 1960, a London-bound Convair Samar-itan operated by the U.S. Air Force crashed shortly after takeoff from Munich, West Ger-many, killing all 20 occupants of the plane, including 13 University of Maryland students, and 32 people on the ground.
In 1969, an estimated 50 million TV view-ers watched singer Tiny Tim marry his fi an-cee, Miss Vicky, on NBC’s “Tonight Show.”
In 1975, Lynette Fromme was sentenced in Sacramento, Calif. to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford. (She was paroled in Aug. 2009.)
In 1979, in a case that aggravated racial tensions, Arthur McDuffi e, a black insurance executive, was fatally injured after leading police on a chase with his motorcycle in Miami.
In 1980, the Peter Shaffer play “Amadeus” opened on Broadway, starring Tim Curry as Mozart and Ian McKellen as Antonio Salieri.
One year ago: World leaders starting fl ooding into Copenhagen, where a U.N. conference on global warming was already under way.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 80. Actor George Lindsey is 75. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 74. Rock singer-musician Art Neville is 73. Actor Ber-nard Hill is 66. Actor Ernie Hudson is 65. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 64. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 63. Actor Wes Studi is 63. Pop musician Jim Bonfanti is 62. Actor Joel Brooks is 61. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is 61. Actor Bill Pullman is 57. Actor Barry Liv-ingston is 57. Country singer Sharon White is 57. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 54. Rock musician Mike Mills is 52. Coun-try singer Tracy Byrd is 44. Country musi-cian Duane Propes is 44. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 40. Actress Sarah Paulson is 36. Actress Marissa Ribisi is 36. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 36. Actress Jennifer Carpenter is 31. Actress Shannon Woodward is 26.
Lakes Region Singers Christmas Concert, featuring traditional songs, updated carols and modern classics. 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church. Depart-ing director Betty Welch will be honored. Free and open to the public. Homemade refreshments will be served during intermission.
Holiday Tree of Love and Remembrance Service at Lakes Region General Hospital. 1 p.m. in the lobby. Angels decorated by Ms. McDonnell’s 3rd grade class at Woodland Heights elementary are placed on the tree with the name of a loved one to be honored and remembered in exchange for a $3 donation to the LRGH Auxiliary. Angels may be obtained in the hospital gift shop. For more infor-mation call 524-3211.
Sant Bani School theatre department production of “The Butterfingers Angel”. 7 p.m. at the school in Sanbornton. $5 admission. $2 for students and seniors. Advance reservations at 934-4240.
Kids Night Out at the Laconia Community Center. 5:30 to 9 p.m. Hosted by the Parks & Recreation department. An eve-ning of pizza and playtime. Activities will include gym games, crafts and more. $15 per child. Call 524-5046 to register.
Annual Christmas Carol Sing-A-Long at the Congre-gational Church of Laconia. 7 p.m. Bob Bengtson at the organ, Phil Breton at the piano, Tim Hazelton on trumpet and Brenda Bouton directing the church’s bell choir.
Gift wrapping expertise in return for a donation to the Altrusa Club of Laconia. Noon to 4 p.m. at the Gilford office of Franklin Savings Bank, 11 Sawmill Road, next to the Marriott Hotel.
Free Ward Bird.org benefit concert featuring Eric Ers-kine and Harmony Markey. 7 p.m. at the Moulutonbor-ough Academy Community Auditorium. Donations taken at the door.
Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Friday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to fami-lies of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.
Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.
Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library. 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Stories, songs, crafts and fun for toddlers 1-3. Sign-up is helpful.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18Free “A Christmas Story” concert at Our Lady of
Grace Chapel (Rte. 3-A) in Bristol. 7.p.m. Featuring the Chapel Singers. The same program was performed by the singers last year at the La Salette Shrine in Enfield. Refresh-ments in the lower church following the concert. Donations for refreshments will be appreciated.
Gift wrapping expertise in return for a donation to the Altrusa Club of Laconia. 8 a.m. to noon at the Gilford office of Franklin Savings Bank, 11 Sawmill Road, next to the Marriott Hotel.
Sant Bani School theatre department production of “The Butterfingers Angel”. 7 p.m. at the school in Sanbornton. $5 admission. $2 for students and seniors. Advance reservations at 934-4240.
A Christmas Celebration for Kids at LifeQuest Church in Laconia. 10 a.m. to noon. A presentation of the story of Christ’s birth, singing of carols, screening of the movie “Martin the Cobbler” and an appearance by “JJ”, a ventrilo-quism puppet. Refreshments will be served.
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The “Wash Their Hands, Save Their Lives” campaign will be accepting soap donations at Heath’s Supermarket in Center Harbor from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Inter-Lakes High School freshmen Hayley Roth, Spencer Perreault and John Findlay will volunteer their time collecting soap, which will be sent to Haiti in the coming weeks to help stop the spread of cholera. More information about this campaign can be found at www.lakesregionspirit.com/soapforhaiti.
A staged reading of “A New Christmas Carol” at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse at Weirs Beach. 2 p.m. mati-nee and another performance at 7 p.m. A minimum donation of $5 is requested for admission. For tickets call 366-7377.
Spaghetti dinner at the Community Church in Gilman-ton Iron Works hosted by Miranda Bushnell, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bushnell. 5 to 7 p.m. Proceeds will be used to fund Miranda’s participation in the People to People
Ambassord Program. $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, $6 for kids 6-12. ($25 maximum for immediate families.)
Uncle Steve Band concert to benefit the N.H. Food Bank. 7:30 p.m. at The Mill Fudge Factory in Bristol. Free admission but attendees are requested to bring some warm clothing in good condition that can be donated to Bristol Community Services. In addition, 20-percent of each purchase of homemade fudge will be donated to the food bank. For more information call visit www.TheMill-FudgeFactory.com.
Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton. 4:30 to 6 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at [email protected].
Al-Anon Meeting at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. in the first floor conference room each Saturday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcohol-ics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.
CALENDAR from preceding page
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18
OBITUARYJames N. “Jim” McBride, 77
LACONIA — James N. McBride, “Jim”, 77, a long time Laconia resident, passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2010 following a valiant battle against the rav-ages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Jim was born October 3, 1933 in Boston, Mass., the son of the late Harold Patrick and Mary (Newton) McBride. He received his B.A. degree in English literature from Boston College and his MEd from Plym-outh State College. Jim was an English teacher, chair of the English Department, vice principal and principal at Laconia High School for more than 20 years. He was later employed as a trainer in the mortgage department at the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (Citizen’s Bank) in Boston.
Jim loved to travel and, accompanied by his mother, he especially enjoyed a tour of Iran given by his brother, David, who spent a number of years in the country. He had a great fondness for the ocean and the quaint, coastal village of Lubec, Maine.
Jim was a member of SCORE both in Boston and in Laconia. He was a volunteer at the Trinity Church, Boston in a mentoring program with juve-nile offenders in local prisons. Jim also taught Eng-lish composition at SNHU in Gilford and conducted seminars in the Bible and comparative literature at St. Joseph’s Church in Laconia.
Jim is survived by his brother, David H. McBride,
of Laconia and three cousins. He also leaves former students, colleagues and friends who were especially kind to him during his illness: Tom O’Shea, Tom Glavin, Katherine Reardon, Brian Frost, the Mikulis family, David R. Knapp, Paul Cotton, the Randal Giddings, Muriel and Pat Keogh, Chris Gatti, Dennis and Sue Baker, Peter Zarilla, Joe Dombeck, Mark and Kim Edgerly, Tara Columb and Mar-garite Sampson.
A special thanks to Ellie Jacques, Louise Ellis, Christopher Guilmett and
John Inglis of the Laconia Savings Bank; Betty Bal-lantyne and the Irwin’s staff; the staff of the Laco-nia Post Office and the compassionate, caring of the nursing staff at the Taylor Community.
A Graveside Service will be held in the spring at the family lot in Bay View Cemetery, Lubec, Maine.
Memorial donations in Jim’s memory may be made payable to Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Hospital Trust, 1 Autumn Street #731, Boston, MA 02215-5301 or to the McBride Family Endowment, Lubec Public Library, Main Street, Lubec, Maine 04652.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family. For more infor-mation and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
Correction: LifeQuest Church’s Christmas event is SaturdayLACONIA — A headline that appeared over an
article in yesterday’s newspaper contained inac-curate information. The Christmas Celebration for Kids, hosted by LifeQuest Church, will be held on Satuday, December 18, at the church from 10 a.m.
to noon. The program will include a telling of the story
of Christ’s birth, singing of carols, a movie and a ventriloquist. Parents and guardians are invited to attend and refreshments will be served.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: How do you deal with people who simply de-lete their family from their lives? There was no argument or complicated situation. All of a sudden, they are not returning phone calls or e-mails. My sister has done this for the second time, and now my husband’s nephew has cut everyone off. “Dennis” hasn’t spo-ken to the family for 18 months. I haven’t spoken to my sister for a year. We’ve made many attempts to get in touch, but my sister won’t respond, and our nephew specifi cally told us to stay away from his home and work. In both cases, I suspect the catalyst was their own marital problems. In the past year, there have been some serious health prob-lems with Dennis’ family. When his mother and grandmother were both in the hospital, he was called to see if he could help out with Grandpa, who was home alone and very feeble. He refused. Dennis and his family are missed so much. My sister lives in her self-imposed isolation. She has not come home or vis-ited her mother in four years. I have given up trying to reach her. It hurts too much waiting to see if she will respond and dealing with the rejection when she does not. What are their children told when grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins are suddenly gone from their lives? I fi nd it hard to understand how a person could go about their lives with no thought for those who love and miss them. Is it self-ishness? Any advice? -- Deleted in Ohio Dear Ohio: There are myriad reasons for such behavior. Your nephew’s wife may have demanded no contact. Your sister’s childhood experiences may trouble her in ways you don’t understand. They may fi nd family obligations too stressful. They may suffer from mental illness. We agree that cutting off loved ones without explanation is not the best op-tion, but you cannot make them respond differently. Send a
holiday card without any expectations, and perhaps one day they will fi nd their way back home. Dear Annie: When the dental hygienist cleans my teeth, she asks about my fl ossing and brushing habits. I do both regu-larly, but she still chastises and lectures me about the impor-tance of my daily habits. Then she tries to get me to buy the electric toothbrush the offi ce sells. My brother, who uses the same dentist, was told they’d stop treating his family if he didn’t buy the toothbrush. Between the high-pressure sales pitch and the lecture, I dread my next checkup. His offi ce is convenient and offers late hours, so I’d rather not change dentists. How do I stop this without getting a “white knuckle” cleaning in retaliation? -- M. Dear M.: This is appalling. You should inform your den-tist of your objections to this aggressive hard-sell and make it clear that you will fi nd another dentist if you aren’t treated with more respect. If things don’t improve, we hope you will fi nd a more ethical practitioner, regardless of the convenience. (Your brother may also want to contact your state or local dental association to fi le a complaint.) Dear Annie: I could have written the letter from “The Thrill is Gone” word for word. He said his wife of 35 years is won-derful but refuses all attempts at intimacy. My wife got everything she wanted in life from me -- chil-dren, fi nancial security and a solid marriage. When I fi nally reached my limit on a sexless marriage, she had the temer-ity to demand counseling. I divorced her, and for the past 20 years, she has been living with her lesbian lover with whom she had an ongoing affair for the last fi ve years of our 21-year marriage. Tell “Thrill” to look a little deeper. -- Older but Wiser
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, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
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RETAIL Space for Lease: 450square feet, $650/month plus utili-ties. Route 3, Tilton (539 LaconiaRoad). Located in building occu-pied by Northeast Metal Roofingand Fire and Stove Stove Shop,630-2332.
2008 Dodge Caravan- Showroomcondition under, 6,000 miles. Ask-ing $13,500. Can be seen at 72Stark St. Laconia. Call 630-9901Linda or 387-2276 Garey
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CONCORD — Free Snowmobile Safety classes are now underway throughout the state and parents and children are urged to sign up now.
To operate a snowmobile in New Hampshire, any person age 12 or older must have either a valid Motor Vehicle Driver’s License or have successfully completed an approved Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle (OHRV) Safety Education class taught by volunteer instructors trained by the New Hamp-shire Fish and Game Department. Additionally, all children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a licensed adult when operating a snowmobile unless they are on property belonging to their par-ents, grandparents, or guardians.
“Snowmobiling is a great way for families to have fun exploring the great outdoors, but riders have a responsibility to obey the rules of the trails, to be courteous and — most of all — to ride safely,” said Captain John Wimsatt, who coordinates Fish and Game’s OHRV Education Program.
Many of the trained volunteer instructors teach-ing the safety classes are affiliated with one of the more than 100 snowmobile clubs in New Hamp-
shire. “Joining a snowmobile club is a great way to learn about safe riding and help maintain trails for your own and others’ enjoyment,” Wimsatt said, noting that club membership also gives riders a $30 discount on snowmobile registration fees.
The New Hampshire Snowmobile Association (NHSA) and its member clubs have actively pro-moted safe and responsible riding since 1969. NHSA members work with Fish and Game to manage over 7,000 miles of trails in New Hampshire and provide safety education to more than 2,500 children each year.
In addition to safety education, Fish and Game Conservation Officers will use innovative enforce-ment patrols to detect and apprehend impaired snow-mobile operators and monitor for speed enforcement and modified exhaust regulations. These ongoing initiatives will help to keep the state’s snowmobile trails safe for all outdoor enthusiasts during the upcoming season.
Snowmobile Safety classes are usually completed in a single day. For a current class schedule, visit http://www.ride.nh.gov.
Parents and children encouraged to sign up for free Snowmobile Safety classes now underway
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Franklin Regional Hospital unveils new Emergency Department at LRCC Business After Hours event
LRGHealthcare President and CEO Tom Clairmont cuts the ribbon to officially open the newly renovated FRH Emergency Department. He is joined by LRGHealthcare Board Chair Judie Reever; Franklin Mayor Ken Merrifield; (back row) Emergency Department Director Deb Livernois, and Nelson Carreiro, Project Superintendent, Monitor Builders. (Courtesy photo)
FRANKLIN — Franklin Regional Hospital recently held an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Emergency Depart-ment during a Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event.
With all-private patient rooms,
new exam rooms, enhanced patient privacy, infection control, and com-fort, the changes promise to improve patients’ experience in the Emergency Department and will better position the Department to meet today’s qual-ity, privacy, and infection control stan-dards.
Paula Gile welcomed as Associate Pastor of Congregational Church of Laconia
LACONIA — The Con-gregational Church of Laconia, United Church of Christ has welcomed Paula Gile in her new role as Associate Pastor.
“The process to call an associate pastor began a little over a year ago,” said the Rev. Dr. Warren Bouton, the church’s senior pastor. “It began with a congregational conversation about who we are as a church and the way we want to reach out in ministry to the community. Ultimately, we concluded that as a downtown church
we needed someone on our staff to focus on mission to the commu-nity and education for all ages within the con-gregation. Thankfully, after many months of very hard work, our search committee found Paula.”
Gile, a recent gradu-ate of Andover Newton
Theological School with a Master of Divinity degree, also holds degrees in Elementary Education and Counsel-ing and has served for the last 8 years
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Route 140E, 3 miles on right from Exit 20, off I-93.
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PER TAX RECORDS: CONTEMPORARY CHALET STYLE HOME WITH 2 BEDROOMS, 2 1 ⁄ 4 BATH- ROOMS, FULL BASEMENT, LARGE WRAP AROUND DECK WITH VIEWS OF WINNIPESAUKEE AND A 1 CAR GARAGE ON .71 ACRE OF LAND
MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2321, Page 499
TERMS FOR THE SALE: $5,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale.
Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent
Attorneys at Law 816 North Main Street Laconia, NH 03246
MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION
January 6, 2011, at 4:00 PM on the premises
SINGLE FAMILY HOME 33 RIVER ROAD TILTON, NH
PER TAX RECORDS: NEW ENGLANDER STYLE HOME WITH 3 BEDROOMS, 1 BATHROOM, FIREPLACE, FULL BASEMENT WITH OUTSIDE ENTRY, AND DECK
MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2280, Page 638
TERMS FOR THE SALE: $5,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale.
Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent
Attorneys at Law 816 North Main Street Laconia, NH 03246
MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION
January 5, 2011 at 4:00 PM on the premises
SINGLE FAMILY HOME 4 GRANT STREET TILTON, NH
PER TAX RECORDS: 2 STORY VICTORIAN STYLE HOME WITH 4 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, FIREPLACE, HARDWOOD FLOORS, FULL BASEMENT, FINISHED WALK- UP ATTIC, WRAP AROUND PORCH, 2 CAR GARAGE AND A DETACHED BARN WITH HEAT ON .93 ACRES OF LAND
MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2336, Page 577
TERMS FOR THE SALE: $5,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale.
Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent
Attorneys at Law 816 North Main Street Laconia, NH 03246
MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION
January 3, 2011, at 2:30 PM on the premises
SINGLE FAMILY HOME 40 MOUNTAIN DRIVE
GILFORD, NH PER TAX RECORDS: CHALET STYLE HOME WITH 3 BEDROOMS, 2 FULL BATHROOMS, FULL FINISHED ATTIC, DECK AND SHED ON .84 ACRE OF LAND
MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2402, Page 222
TERMS FOR THE SALE: $5,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale.
Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent
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in the fi eld of substance abuse prevention.“I am so excited to be here in Laconia and serving
with this church,” Gile commented. “It is a place where my gifts, talents, and life experiences are going
to be used to their fullest to serve God. It’s awesome!”Gile and her husband, Bill, are in the process of
settling into the Lakes Region where they look for-ward to getting involved not only with the church but the community.
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Inns and Spa at Mill Falls supports Winnipesaukee Playhouse with purchase of $100k in tax credits
The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls General Manager Gail Batsone with Winnipesaukee Playhouse Executive Director Bryan Halperin (Courtesy photo)
LACONIA — Another area business, Hampshire Hospitality Holdings, the parent company of The Inns and Spa at Mill Falls, has shown its commit-ment to bringing the Winnipesaukee Playhouse’s Meredith Campus to life by “purchasing” $100,000 worth of tax credits towards the Playhouse’s Capital Campaign.
This donation will contribute to the Playhouse’s efforts to convert the former Annalee Doll complex on Reservoir Road into a state-of-the-art theatre campus to be used for performances and theatre education year round.
Rusty McLear, president and CEO of the Inns at Mill Falls, said, “We are excited and proud to support The Winnipesaukee Playhouse and welcome this excep-tional project to Meredith. The cultural, educational, and community building aspect of their programs will add a great deal to our town and the entire Lakes Region. We look forward to a long and productive rela-tionship with The Winnipesaukee Playhouse.”
The Inns join the previously announced Laconia Savings Bank in support of this ambitious project. The Playhouse was awarded $500,000 of tax credits to sell to area businesses by the NH Community Devel-opment Finance Authority. The Tax Credit Program provides businesses a unique opportunity to contrib-ute to the Playhouse’s capital campaign and receive a 75 percent State tax credit for that contribution.
The Playhouse’s Executive Director, Bryan Hal-perin, said, “As we plan for the future of the Play-house in Meredith, it is essential to have support from individual donors as well as the business lead-ers of the community. Once again, The Inns and Spa at Mill Falls have shown their commitment to improving community life in the Lakes Region. We
hope to have a long future of working together with Rusty and the Mill Falls team to attract new resi-dents and visitors to the Lakes Region for lodging, dining, arts, and culture.”
The $100,000 commitment of the Inns will be matched by the $1 million matching challenge that a local couple has generously offered toward the Playhouse’s Capital Campaign.
The Playhouse was one of 12 projects awarded credits by the NHCDFA, which was created by leg-islation in 1983 as a non-profi t public instrumental-ity of the State of New Hampshire. The entity also administers Community Development Block Grants and Neighborhood Stabilization funding.
in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not imme-diately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency prepared-ness projects in their community.
The next class will be offered free of charge in eve-
nings, beginning January 27, 2011 at Laconia High School. Upon completion of the eight-week 20-hour course, graduates are eligible to apply for member-ship in LR-CERT.
For more information, call Kathleen Merriam at the Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health at 528-2145 or e-mail [email protected].
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