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N. Country protests Northern PassDead-set against project that would be economic shot in the arm for Franklin – P. 2FREE

Alton rep proposes bill that would get State of New Hampshire out of the marriage businessAll couples would be required to obtain a domestic union license

CONCORD — Republican lawmakers announced they would defer debate on gay marriage until next year, but that may be too late since a bill introduced by Rep-resentative Peter Bolster of Alton would do away with civil marriage altogether in favor of “domestic unions” without respect to gender.

“Marriage is not the state’s to give or take away,” Bolster said. “This bill is giving marriage back to the individual.”

House Bill 569 would replace “marriage” with “domestic union.” Beginning on January 1, 2012 no new marriages would be conducted and parties to all past marriages — gay or straight, one day or 50 years — would would invited to apply for a domestic union certifi-cate. Couples who fail to convert their mar-

riage to a domestic union by January 1, 2013 would find it converted for them.

Other than parents and their children, any two people of the age of consent — “without consideration of their gender — can enter a legally binding domestic union contract that commits them to “mutual responsibilities and obligations.” Among the purposes of the bill is to “reserve and establish marriage as a supremely cultural and individual right apart from govern-ment definition while providing state rec-

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Deliberative session voters restore normal funding for Gilford Community Band

GILFORD — The overwhelming majority voted to restore $750 cut from the budget of the Community Band when some 100 citi-zens met in the delib-erative session of Town Meeting last night. But, the fate of services for the mentally ill, frail elderly, battered women and financially strapped rests with the voters of this town with the 11th highest per capita income in the state.

When discussion turned to the 2011 budget, Don Chees-brough, who for the past 28 years has managed the Com-munity Band stepped to the microphone. He recalled that in 1976 the town used a fed-eral grant, awarded to celebrate the bicen-tennial, to build a bandstand. The fol-lowing year the band was formed and the next year the Board of Selectmen appro-priated $1,000 for its upkeep. The appropri-ation grew to $1,200 as the band performed more concerts and marched in more

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CAIRO (AP) — A young Google execu-tive who helped ignite Egypt’s uprising energized a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands Tuesday with his first appear-ance in their midst after being released from 12 days in secret detention. “We won’t give up,” he promised at one of the biggest protests yet in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

Once a behind-the-scenes Internet activ-ist, 30-year-old Wael Ghonim has emerged as an inspiring voice for a movement that has taken pride in being a leaderless “peo-ple’s revolution.” Now, the various activ-ists behind it — including Ghonim — are working to coalesce into representatives to push their demands for President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster.

With protests invigorated, Vice Presi-dent Omar Suleiman issued a sharply

Largest protest yet packs Cairo’s Tahrir Squareworded warning, saying of the protests in Tahrir, “We can’t bear this for a long time, and there must be an end to this crisis as soon as possible,” in a sign of growing impatience with 16 days of mass demon-strations.

For the first time, protesters made a foray to Parliament, several blocks away from their camp in the square. Several hundred marched to the legislature and chanted for it to be dissolved.

In Tahrir, the massive, shoulder-to-shoulder crowd’s ranks swelled with new blood, including thousands of university professors and lawyers who marched in together as organizers worked to draw in professional unions. The crowd rivaled the biggest demonstration so far, a week ago, that drew a quarter-million people.

Some said they were inspired to turn out by an emotional television interview Ghonim gave Monday night just after his release from detention. He sobbed over those who have been killed in two weeks of clashes and insisted, “We love Egypt ... and we have rights.”

“I cried,” a 33-year-old upper-class house-wife, Fifi Shawqi, said of the interview with Ghonim, who she’d never heard of before the TV appearance. She came to the Tahrir protest for the first time, bringing her three daughters and her sister. “I felt like he is my son and all the youth here are my sons.”

Tuesday’s huge turnout gave a resound-ing answer to the question of whether the protesters still have momentum even though two weeks of steadfast pressure

CONCORD (AP) — A legislative hearing Tuesday on a bill that proposed changes to New Hampshire’s renewable energy law morphed into a public information session about a project that would carry hydroelec-tric power from Canada to New England.

Opponents to the Northern Pass Proj-ect, many of them from New Hampshire’s North Country, traveled by bus to Concord and held a news conference, then crowded into a House committee hearing room to discuss their concerns about the bill.

They said the bill gave a boost to the project, which would clear about 40 miles

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A young, mar-ried mother faces charges Tuesday of giving birth in a toilet at a South Carolina sports and concert arena and leaving the choking newborn boy to die.

Jessica Blackham was arrested after she came to the Greenville police station accompanied by family members. Police Chief Terri Wilfong said the 25-year-old from Easley has a 4-year-old child and no criminal record.

“The family is very cooperative with us,” Wilfong said. “Their concern is the safety of the child.”

Blackham is charged with two counts of felony child abuse and one count of unlaw-ful neglect toward a child. If convicted on all charges, she could face up to 50 years in prison.

Authorities said she was being held with-out bond after being arraigned at the local jail and would be appointed an attorney. Her first court appear-ance was not immedi-ately set.

Young South Carolina mom accused of leaving newborn in a toilet

North Country folks bus to Concord to protest Northern Pass Projectof new power line thorough forestland and include high-elevation towers.

Sponsor Richard Barry, R-Merrimack, said that his bill dealt with adding hydro-electric power projects to the mix, but that it had nothing to do with the Northern Pass.

“It certainly has taken on a life of its own,” he said, then recommending that it be killed. The House Science Technol-ogy and Energy Committee agreed on the recommendation. It’s now up to the full House to throw it out.

Before the hearing, residents expressed their worry about dropping property

values and tourism if the power project goes through.

“The proposed Northern Pass will have a dramatic, negative effect on land values,” said John Amey of Pittsburg, an organic dairy farmer. “We will all be affected, either with lower land values or higher taxes.”

But Gary Long, president of Public Ser-vice Co. of New Hampshire, a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities — one of the project collaborators — said an analysis of the pro-posed economic benefits shows increased tax revenues for the communities and an

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ognition and regulation of domestic unions for the purpose pf providing legal order in society and pro-tection for families and couples under the law.”

“My bill ensures everyone of equity under the law,” Bolster said.

Domestic unions would be the legal equivalent of marriage and civil unions under federal law and the laws of other states and civil unions recognized in other states would be recognized as domestic unions in New Hampshire. Each party to a domestic union would enjoy all the statutory rights, benefi ts, protec-tions and obligations, which are currently accorded to partners in a marriage. Parties to domestic unions would be entitled to specify the terms and condi-tions of their relationship just as a couple entering an antenuptial agreement. Domestic unions would

be dissolved, like marriages, by the superior court.Bolster stressed that “a couple can have anybody

solemnize their marriage and that can be added to the record of their domestic union.” But, he insisted, the “spiritual” aspect of marriage, the traditional preserve of churches, must be distinguished from its secular aspect, expressed as a contract, which is the proper role of the state.

Bolster acknowledged that the bill is designed to fi nesse the gay marriage issue, which he said divides not only the two parties but also the Repub-lican majority in the Legislature. He doubted that an effort to repeal the statute authorizing same sex marriages adopted last year will succeed. “The liber-tarian Republicans will not vote for repeal and with-out them there will probably not be enough votes to override a veto of a bill to repeal,” he said.

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CONCORD (AP) — Bills to expand parents’ rights to home school their children divided home-school advocates into separate camps on Tuesday at hearings to soften New Hampshire’s education regulations.

Surprisingly, only about three dozen people turned out for the hearings. Last year, about 700 home-school advocates came to hearings on bills to strengthen state regulations on home schooling.

The House Education Committee held hearings on three related home schooling bills, with most of the attention going to two bills aimed at easing reg-ulations on home schooling.

Advocates split over which bill gave parents the most freedom.

Critics of one bill said the state still had primary control over the children’s education. They backed a second bill that repealed the state’s home education law. Some argued parents have a natural right to educate their children without interference from the state or being required to notify the state they were teaching their children at home.

Twelve-year-old Skyler Jones of Rochester said she had been educated at home her whole life.

“Parents’ right to instruct his or her child is a nat-ural right,” she said. “It seems like the government is always trying to fi nd out what we’re doing so it can control us.”

She supported the repeal bill.“I’m disturbed by the infi ghting I see,” attorney

John Simmons said of the two camps at the hearing. Simmons, who represented a divorced woman before the state Supreme Court last month in her bid to

estimated 1,200 con-struction jobs over sev-eral years, plus lower electric rates.

The project’s other col-laborators are Hydro-Quebec and NSTAR.

“I think we’re very fortunate to have neigh-bors to the north, that have vast resources, vast waterways that they can use to create renewable energy,” Long said.

Hydro-Quebec is also paying for the costs of the line, he said. “You and I do not have to pay a cent,” he said.

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Talk of expanding rights to home school dominates education regulation hearing

home school her daugh-ter, backed the bill with more state oversight. He said critics failed to see the protections it provided parents.

Opponents of the three bills argued the state must play a role in home schooling to ensure the children are educated.

Former state Rep. Susan Ford, an Easton Democrat, said 97 per-cent of parents who home-school their chil-dren do a good job, but a small percentage don’t follow through.

“I can tell you names of children withdrawn from public schools that got no education,” she said.

She said lawmakers must decide whether they are going to protect the children or parents.

“I know some of these children watch TV all day long,” she said.

Even some home-

school advocates said the state should have some oversight to ensure parents accused of not providing their children with an education get a fair hearing.

Deputy Education Commissioner Paul Leather said the Department of Education took no position on the bills. But Leather also testifi ed that lawmak-ers should protect the state and schools from liabil-ity for not educating a student taught at home if government oversight is repealed.

Mark Joyce, executive director of the New Hamp-shire School Administrators Association, said his association supports home schooling as an alterna-tive to private and public schools. But Joyce also

asked for immunity for schools from liability.“You must protect the taxpayer,” he said.Home school advocates dismissed the need for

immunity.State Rep. Seth Cohn, a Canterbury Republican

and co-sponsor of the bill to repeal the home educa-tion statute, said the parents would be responsible if their child failed to succeed. “They’re in the driver’s seat and being in the driver’s seat make you respon-sible for what happens,” he said.

A third bill considered Tuesday would repeal the state Board of Education’s authority to write rules over home schooling.


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World democracy vs. our national interests

When a nation fights for its life, ideology goes by the board.

Gen. Washington danced a jig when he heard King Louis XVI had become a fighting ally in our Revo-lutionary War against the Mother of Parliaments.

In our Civil War, Abraham Lin-coln made himself a dictator, clos-ing newspapers, suspending habeas corpus, and locking up editors and legislators.

Woodrow Wilson went to war to “to make the world safe for democracy” alongside five of the most rapacious empires on earth: the British, French, Russian, Italian and Japanese.

During World War II, our ally that did most of the fighting and dying was the Soviet Union of Joseph Stalin.

During the Cold War, America welcomed as allies Chiang Kai-shek, Salazar, Franco, Diem, Somoza, the Shah, Suharto, Syngman Rhee, Korean generals, Greek colonels, militarists in Brazil, Argentina, Turkey and Pakistan, and Marcos and Pinochet.

But with the end of the Cold War and the coming of George W. Bush, America set aside a national inter-est-based foreign policy for a policy rooted in ideology, political religion. Not until the world is democratic, said Bush, can America be secure. We must “end tyranny in our world.”

“The requirements of freedom apply fully to the entire Islamic world,” said Bush in 2002. At the National Endowment for Democ-racy, he listed the “essential prin-ciples common to every successful society, in every culture.”

“Successful societies limit the power of the state and the power of the military — so that governments respond to the will of the people, and not the will of an elite.”

Comes now the acid test of democ-ratist ideology.

Hosni Mubarak has been a loyal ally. He kept the peace with Israel and helped keep weapons out of Gaza. He fought beside us in Desert Storm and stands with us in the War on Terror. But he is also an autocrat who rules a regime where state and army are virtually one and where the opposition is squelched, when it is not imprisoned.

If a democratic Egypt is America’s goal, we will push for the removal of Mubarak, for the army to go back to the barracks, and for parliamentary and presidential elections where all parties participate. But before we do this, we should be on notice what a democratic Egypt, where the govern-ment reflects the will of the people, may look like. According to the most recent Pew Research Center poll:

— Twice as many Egyptians iden-tify themselves as Muslim funda-mentalists as identify themselves as “modernizers.”

— By 95 to 2, Egyptians believe

Islam should play a large role in Egyptian politics.

— While 48-percent of Egyptians say suicide bombings are never justified, 32-percent say “rarely,” 12-percent say “sometimes,” and 8-percent say suicide bombings are “often” justified. Half the people of Egypt believe there are times a sui-cide bomb is the right answer.

— Half of all Egyptians have a favorable view of Hamas, and one in five has a favorable view of al-Qaida.

— Three in four Egyptians believe cutting off the hand of a thief is proper punishment. Four in five favor stoning adulterers to death. And 84-percent favor executing Muslim converts to Christianity.

— Eighty-two percent of Egyp-tians regard the United States unfavorably, and 48-percent rate America “very unfavorably.”

— In a Zogby poll in 2010, 90-per-cent of Egyptians named the United States and Israel as threats, 86-per-cent said Iran had a right to pursue nuclear weapons, and 77-percent thought it would be a good thing if Tehran got the bomb.

Thus, if free and fair elections are held and the new government of Egypt, in Bush’s words, responds “to the will of the people, and not the will of an elite,” Egypt will become more Islamic, more hostile to us and Israel, and more supportive of Iran.

If that is a likely result of free and fair elections in Egypt, why does the U.S. government favor free and fair elections in Egypt? And if democ-racy in the Middle East could get us kicked out of the Middle East, why do U.S. policy-makers favor democ-racy in the Middle East?

Does the U.S. government believe what it professes to believe?

Would we support a “million man march” in Riyadh, as President Obama did in Cairo? Will we call for elections in Bahrain, where a Sunni king rules a Shia-majority statelet and the U.S. Fifth Fleet is anchored?

Not one of our Arab allies is a democracy. Should they all, as Mubarak has been told by Obama to do, prepare for a “transition”?

Across the Middle East in the last decade, we lost 6,000 soldiers and spent hundreds of billions of dollars. Yet we have never been more disliked, more reviled, more hated in that part of the world. If the advancement of our democratic ideals imperils what the U.S. gov-ernment says are our vital interests, is there not something fundamen-tally wrong with our Middle East policy?

Why keep borrowing untold bil-lions from China, putting America’s children eternally in debt, to pursue a policy in the Arab world that has made this once-admired nation thoroughly detested across the Arab world?

LETTERSOur civil servants are good people and part of our communityTo the editor,

In response to the Marino and Ewing letters of February 8th, regard-ing Belknap County Nursing Home worker salary increases, perhaps I was raised much differently than these two gentlemen.

I was not raised that when I did not have enough, I should steal from someone else. I was not raised to judge the family next door nor to assume I knew their financial business. I was not raised to hold in contempt a work-ing person getting a raise for a job well done, nor to treat our civil servants as some second class citizen or reason behind all of my problems.

During tough times it is easy to fall prey to anger, resentment and a desire to retaliate. It is much harder to hold true to our core values, promote good will and remember we each walk in

our own shoes.I have been a resident of this county

27 years and a civil servant most of that time. I’ve always been thrilled to see businesses thrive and to read stories of income growth, even when I had none because that’s what taxpay-ers demanded. In my own tough times I have never blamed someone else or demanded that other people should similarly suffer.

I hope and pray we can soon return to the days when we treated each other better than we are right now. Our civil servants are good people — deserving of our respect not just because of their work but more importantly because they are a part of our community.

Diana LaceyBelmontPresident of the State Employees

Association of NH, SEIU Local 1984.

Let’s work together to feed Laocnia’s hungry children this summerTo the editor,

A recent article in the paper stirred some members of the Congregational Church of Laconia to respond to a need they read about. The article stated that close to two-thirds of Laco-nia school children qualify for free and reduced price lunch during the school year. The concern: what do all those children eat during the summer?

With great enthusiasm the idea of developing a Summer Lunch Program was brought to Better Together, a grassroots effort to rekindle our spirit of neighborhood and community in the Lakes Region. Thanks to this growing organization we now have close to 15 people interested in supporting and promoting this idea, and we know there will be many more joining us.

Thank you, Better Together, for all your work in the community and for providing a venue for ideas to grow, be

nurtured and to turn into action.If anyone is interested in participat-

ing please call our church office (524-0668), leave your name and phone number and someone will get back to you. Organizations wishing to part-ner with us are welcome as well. We anticipate needing volunteers and donations as we continue to construct a program that will ensure that no children in Laconia go to bed hungry this summer.

For more information on Better Together visit www.bettertogether-lakesregion.org or call 524-1741 x 15. Better Together meets at the Laconia Middle School on the fourth Thurs-day of every month at 4 p.m. All citi-zens interested in making the Lakes Region the best place for children and families are encouraged to attend.

Rev. Paula Gile, Associate PastorCongregational Church of Laconia

Inter-Lakes board to be congratulated for reduction of staffTo the editor,

Occasionally I write The Daily Sun and usually my letters are against one thing or another. Many of my friends say I should be positive. I have tried over the years in family and work life and find it not easy. However, I do have some positive comments regard-ing the Inter-Lakes School Board.

Congratulations on the budget! I have thought several times about the reducing enrollment and wondered in my mind how rooms, tracks, staff built up when enrollment was expanding should/would/could be reduced. The board has started and I am proud and pleased.

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To the editor,Having spent the last 56 years of my

life growing up on Lake Winnipesau-kee, I would like to thank the state poli-tician and the minority populace who have put into place the recent laws that have helped create a totally safe and accident free environment for those of us that spend many hours boating on the lake. Those laws that I am referring to are the boater’s safety certifi cation and the speed limit regulations.

My observations have determined that the laws are working to their full-est intent. For instance, over the past several summers, while out in our sailboat, my wife, children and I were put in grave danger as we cowered in fear. You see . . . off in the middle of the broads about, oh, a mile from us was this high powered cigarette boat that must have been going at least 65 mph. It was diffi cult for me to tell the exact speed as I had my hands full with all of the rigging and couldn’t go below to get out my radar gun (um…device). Even though this boat remained a minimum of a mile from any other craft I was deeply upset that this person could put my family at risk like this and that there was no patrol offi cer giving chase to stop this behav-ior. At the same time I assured my wife and children that the boats that were going around 25 to 30 mph and coming within 50 feet of use were okay. You see they may not know better yet as they might not have fi nished their boating safety certifi cation.

This last October while out in our Ski Nautique for a mid-week ride on the calm waters on one of those Indian Summer days my wife and I again went into panic as we observed two very high speed boats shooting across the broads. The audacity of them, they must have been at least two miles close to use with a mile between them. This time we noticed that the broads were very congested . . . what with us and those two speeders the only ones on the lake we could have met with untold disaster. Thank God another boat appeared and it was the Marine Patrol. He gave high speed chase to those two menaces to maritime society, though I doubt that he could catch them. We prayed that his skills at the helm were honed as he was reaching speeds of 55 to 60 mph and was dangerously close to us. . . again about two miles.

We are convinced that the boat-er’s safety course has drastically cut down on the daily accents that must have occurred on the lake prior to the requirement. We are also confi -dent that many boaters who travel on plane within 25 to 50 feet of our moored boats and swim raft, and those that cut 70 feet across our bow, some pulling their kids on a tube just can’t judge distances very well. I’m sure that the Marine Patrol can see this as well as we have never observed

them stopping these boaters as they sit out in the bay on their patrol boats keeping watch.

Now I have many friends who have been on the lake for their entire lives as well who do not agree with the fact that these laws have had a major impact on making our lakes a safe place. In order to have an intelligent argument for the laws I attempted to fi nd the facts that must exist show-ing the substantial improvements in reduction of accidents and incidents on the lake. I needed to know for sure that these laws and not perhaps advancements in boat design and manufacturing or other factors are contributing as well. I fi gured with these two great laws in place for the last several years that there should be all kinds of positive data that would be easy to fi nd. I would think that these facts would be given out readily and even published. I could fi nd nothing. So, I guess that I will have to resort to using rhetoric as others have to back my argument for these laws.

I believe that new laws and regula-tions of the use of lakes and waterways can only be benefi cial to creating the most risk free boating experience. I believe that they are also benefi cial for the Marine Patrol as they create rock solid laws that can be used to stop any boater from creating even the smallest risk factor virtually illuminating the “stupidity factor”, they create many more opportunities for reducing our states dept level through fi nes and fees and they provide strong arguments for the increase of funding for more Marine Patrol offi cers and equipment.

As the current laws have been so successful in doing the above, I would like to propose yet another very rea-sonable and needed law for our safety etc. This law should cover any craft that is powered primarily by human muscle power. These crafts include those such as canoes, row boats, kayaks, paddle boats, paddle boards and more. The law should limit these craft to 150 feet of shore under the fol-lowing situations; 1. Predetermined high lake use and boat congestion periods such as holiday weeks and weekends and other times determined and reported by the Marine Patrol. 2. When the waves on the lake, whither created by wind or boating traffi c, are such that the height of the wave is equal to or greater than 8 inches. As I can’t readily fi nd any statistics on drowning, and other incidences attrib-uted to these conditions and this type of craft I will have to rely on my many years of experience using my row boat, canoe and kayak on the lake. I believe that a law such as this will go a long way in keeping me safe on the lake, just like the boater safety certifi cation and the speed limit laws.

Dave NixBelmont

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LETTERSAnytime a N.H. resident is very ill we’ll all hold a bake sale? When in comes to these power lines, our bottom line is ‘forever’To the editor,

Last month the N.H. House and Senate Joint Legislative Fiscal Com-mittee voted 9-1 to accept a $1-million federal grant to fully fund develop-ment of a health insurance exchange. Even though they oppose the Afford-able Care Act, experienced Repub-lican leaders, including the Senate President, the chairs of the House and Senate Finance Committees and House and Senate Ways and Means Committees, know that good leaders do what is best for New Hampshire even if it sometimes runs counter to their personal beliefs.

These top Republican legislators put aside their dislike of the Affordable Care Act because they understood that not accepting the grant would not make the law go away; it would simply mean the federal government would step in and do it for us. By turning away the federal funding, we would be giving up an opportunity to develop and regu-late ourselves a program local to New Hampshire. Good leaders know that doesn’t make sense.

Despite their own leadership team’s acknowledgment that it is better for New Hampshire to self-regulate, House Speaker O’Brien and Majority Leader Bettencourt have asked to Executive Council to reject the proposed contract to develop the exchange. This disre-gard for the experience of the very people they chose to work on the state’s budget is based on their belief that the Affordable Care Act will likely be found unconstitutional.

Scratch the surface of the “likeli-

ness” of fi nding the law unconstitu-tional, however, and you will fi nd it is a 50-50 proposition. That’s right: Two federal courts have upheld the act’s constitutionality, and two courts have found at least part of the law uncon-stitutional. In my book, that hardly supports a likely anything.

Then this week Representative Jeanine Notter of Merrimack told a member of the public that the Afford-able Care Act is not needed because she is sure, just sure, that communi-ties will rally around cancer patients and help them cover their costs. How will this happen? According to Rep. Notter, our New Hampshire communi-ties will host a bake sale to help with the expenses. Is this what readers of this letter want? That anytime you have serious illness your community will hold a bake sale? Your illness will become front page news? When I was a member of the N.H. House, serving in the minority, I seem to remember there being a bipartisan movement in support of ensuring that insurance companies covered cancer patients. This legislation is most commonly known as Michelle’s Law.

Speaker O’Brien, Majority Leader Bettencourt, and Rep. Notter are clearly putting partisan politics above supporting their own leadership team and showing a reckless disregard for governing. That’s not good for New Hampshire, that’s not how my New Hampshire works.

Caitlin Rollo, ChairStrafford Co. Democratic CommitteeRollinsford

To the editor,When one looks at the alternatives

for getting Quebec Hydro power to Southern New England, it amazes me when statements are made regarding the high expense to bury the lines some-where, or to expand other rights of way. I guess it depends where you want to put the expenses — whose bottom line.

Our bottom line is forever. An expanse of high voltage power lines cutting through our forests and pri-vate properties is forever. Corporate bottom lines can be passed on over a few years and written down and off the books. Meanwhile we would still have the power lines.

Thanks to Charlie Jordan for stand-ing up for all of us in opposition during the NH Public Radio broadcast last week. He was there by himself for us, or so it sounded like during the radio broadcast. I was on queue but never did get my two cents worth in before the hour was up.

The representative from Public Ser-vice mentioned a couple of times how the lower cost producer of electricity (Hydro Quebec) would displace the operation of higher cost fossil fuel plants when the grid purchased power. Although I am not a proponent of oil and coal plants per say, these plants exist in our country and are operated by American citizens. They will even-tually loose their jobs. Those are real full time jobs and home owners that are adding to their town’s tax base. The Northern Pass jobs are short term and will be far and few between.

What’s wrong with Public Service and other very profi table power sup-pliers investing in New England to generate hydro or other “Green Energy” projects within our borders? All the jobs would be American jobs and all the taxes would be ours for-ever. Also, coal and oil fi red genera-tors are like your furnace. The longer they run the more effi cient they are. How do you slow down or idle a fossil fuel plant without raising the cost of operation even higher?

Public Service has a horrible track record. Look at the Seabrook nuclear plant. Poor management and gov-ernment regulations put the cost of construction into the stratosphere. Costs you are still paying for on your electric bill and they only completed one of the proposed three generators. Make no mistake about it. It’s cheaper to go through private land and or use the eminent domain trump card than any other alternatives. Maybe they should consider the Swift Diamond watershed as a route instead of the residential areas of COOS County since they now are the major sponsor to the Swift Diamond Club Snowdeo event. Maybe other groups with their own agenda will offer $30,000 for the 2012 Snodeo.

Are you aware that on Feb. 8th the State of New Hampshire’s House Sci-ence Technology & Energy Committee will be asked for a change in wording

to the NH renewable energy portfolio to include hydro power and to change the wording of the portfolio to eliminate the words “in New Hampshire’s best interest”? An example of how this will work in the future is when the North-ern Pass says that their transmission lines can not be enlarged. In the future all you have to do is change the laws.

Are you aware that Northeast Utili-ties has a project well underway that is looking at COOS County as the wind generation future of their grid? It is called the “Consortium Project”. It wants to convert COOS County into a wind factory. The problem with this factory is you will live inside it and not have a job. It will not benefi t us as the Northern Pass doesn’t. The power from any wind generating would require another transmission line to get power to the grid for the South-ern New England to use. They want to generate 1600 MW, signifi cantly larger than the Northern Pass. If they all have their way Northern NH will be a conduit and power generat-ing arm that will generate signifi cant bottom line profi ts. The Northern Pass dollars will fl ow to Quebec.

So, how much was your electric bill in January? What percentage were delivery fees and other fees. Mine was 53-percent in fees. Your new power could come from Northern Quebec, down through our wonderful coun-tryside, south through the state to the grid. Then back up to us with no increase in delivery charges? If you think that, then the smoke you’re get-ting from your neighbors pellet stove that runs on electricity is too strong.

So if big companies and conglomer-ates can change the laws, why can’t we? Our current laws won’t permit this but its fun to think that since we are all about free enterprise and the bottom line, let’s contact our legislators and submit a bill to allow us to contact Hydro Quebec and buy our power from the source. The heck with the middle-man. Last I heard their rates were 3 point something cents per KWH in Quebec. According to a spokesperson at NH Electric COOP, mine is 15.3 cents. I understand some towns in Vermont have done just this. Only they left their negotiating skills at the curb, since they are paying 16c. per KWH.

It was an excellent meeting held in Colebrook on the 28th. Many people came from a long distance to learn why we are against this project com-pletely. It was interesting to see who was not there. Business leaders, bank-ing people, selectmen from towns that will be severely impacted.

Why were they not interested in learning what the issues are? They didn’t have to speak or take a position, just learn why their silent majority is speaking out.

I was once the silent majority. Now I’m letting my selectmen know where I stand. How about you?

Russ JohnsonColumbia


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LETTERSN.H. Theatre Awards recognizing excellence of Winni Playhouse

To the editor,Located just two doors north of the

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To the editor,If you enjoyed the Winni Players’

productions of “A Year with Frog and Toad” and “The Laramie Project” last year, you are in good company. The judges of the N.H. Theatre Awards committee agreed with you. At Friday night’s Awards show at the Palace Theater in Manchester, both shows won top awards in their categories, as did directors Rick Morten and Bryan Halperin, Neil Pankhurst for light-ing, Dan Daly for set design, and cast members Rodney Martell, Ken Chap-man and Jennie Leonard. Awards were also won by actors in the Win-nipesaukee Playhouse’s professional productions of Crossing Delancy and Scotland Road.

Our cast and crew were nominated for 40 awards, a phenomenal achieve-ment in itself. We were part of a group of 60 members and friends of the the-ater who were present to cheer our actors as they went to the podium to accept 11 of those awards. The excit-

ing thing is that the Winni is in com-petition with 40 other theater groups in N.H. Many are very well estab-lished and well funded. The Winnipe-saukee Playhouse has existed for just seven years, yet we walked away with 25-percent of the statewide awards. We are “stealing the show!”

Don’t miss the next community pro-duction, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” on February 11, 12, and 13, and 18, 19 and 20th. We’re sure this one will sell out so get your tickets soon.

We hope that the awards will draw more interest in the Winnipesaukee Playhouse, and help us in our efforts to build our new theatre on our beau-tiful campus in Meredith (the former Annalee Doll site). Check the theater website winniplayhouse.org for more news.

We are two proud board members.Lydia TorrMeredithBarb ZeckhausenLaconia

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There are so many animals that are abused in the United StatesTo the editor,

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them out there 24/7? And what about these people who because of changes in their lives are taking their animals out on back roads and abandoning them because they don’t want them anymore and don’t want to pay the fee for the Humane Society. There are so many animals who are abused in America. You can go to these factories where animals are raised to provide food for the market and they hardly have any room to stand and they are kept like that day after day, month after month and fed unsafe amounts of antibiotics to fatten them up. Think

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LACONIA — In the early 1950s, Esther Peters took her three children and left Illinois, bound for her grand-mother’s home in Gilford. The woman who was to become, literally, the voice of the Lakes Region sought escape from an unhappy marriage and what she found in New Hampshire was a long-lost romance, a new career, a community that would intrigue and embrace her and a place to call home for five decades and counting.

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Peters was born and raised in Ger-mantown, Penn., a community which was then pastoral but has since been absorbed by the nearby Philadelphia. She graduated from high school in 1934 and matriculated to Bryn Mawr College. “I started college but I was having too much fun going to debu-tante parties in Philadelphia,” Peters said, so she left school and moved to New York to find work.

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Not only did she fi nd work in New York City, she

also found a husband, Frank Oehlschlaeger, one of the fi rst graduates of Cornell University’s hotel management school. They eloped in 1936 – Peters’s father didn’t approve – and moved to upstate New York, where Oehlschlaeger was hired to manage the Clifton Springs Sanitarium and Clinic, which Peters said was a world-famous health center at the time. “All sorts of presidents, kings and queens went there to be treated for their ills, real or imagined,” she said.

After a couple decades of her fi rst marriage, a relationship that took her to Chicago and produced three children, Peters decided that she had enough. “I left him – I wasn’t happy with him, anyway.”

“I didn’t know exactly what I was going to do,” she said, explaining the decision. “I was going to leave Frank. One way to do that was to come out here for the summer and not go back, which is what I did.” After she refused to return to him, Oehlschlaeger fi led for divorce in her absence.

Gilford was a natural sanctuary for Peters. Her family, which had strong New England roots, had been vacationing in Gilford since she was a small girl. Her grandmother owned an historic home with views of mountains and lakes. The home was next door to the Peters dairy farm, the home of Ken Peters.

“We were childhood sweethearts,” Peters said of Ken. He had always been enamored of her, she said, and since childhood he had intended to marry her. She refused him as a younger woman, but fate is persistent.

Ken had served the country during World War II and stayed in England for several years following the war. However, just as Esther’s life story brought her back to Gilford for that one summer in the early 1950s, so did Ken’s. He happened to be home visiting his parents that summer, and happened to drive up to their house when Esther was paying them a visit.

Their courtship resumed immediately. “We got married and had a wonderful time,” Peters said. Ken went to work with the family’s dairy business and soon their marriage produced a fourth child.

As quickly as she found romance, she also found work at a local radio station, WLNH.

“She had such a great voice, she worked her way into her own radio show,” recalled her son Everett Oehlschlaeger. He said his mother was initially hired to write copy for on-air advertising, then was allowed to sell advertising and once listeners heard her iconic voice — a deep timbre and speech that was shaped by her voracious appetite for history and literature — she became irreplaceable.

Her show was called “Around Town,” and was broadcast from Woolworth’s department store in Laconia. She and her microphone would sit behind a street-level picture window looking out over the sidewalk, where passers-by would wave and would likely be invited to sit across the microphone from her and be interviewed.

Not only did Peters converse with locals on the

air, she also interviewed nearly every celebrity that passed through Laconia. Presidential candidates such as Richard Nixon and John F. Fitzgerald and Holly-wood stars such as Paul Newman and Mae West are among the list of thousands she’s interviewed.

Peters continues her interview work to this day, broadcasting “Now and Then” on Lakes Region Public Access television.

Terry Peters, one of the many who attended Esther’s birthday party, said she would often delight in taking her two young sons to see their aunt broadcasting. They’d wave through the window, she recalled, and they’d hear Esther say, “There’s my sister-in-law with Jimmy and Alan, and I’m going to have them come in and talk on the radio,” and they would.

Frank Oehlschlaeger, one of Esther’s sons, said he’s been told by a lot of the women he grew up with that his mother was an inspiration, a rare role model for young women in the 50s and 60s. “She had some kind of drive to do what men do, some kind of drive to excel as a woman in a world of men.”

“She was a pioneer in many ways,” said Mary Jane Hoey. “I think she always acted like she belonged to be there, that is half the battle.”

Wanda Tibbetts grew up in Laconia and said, “I thinks she was, for a lot of young women, showing what you could do... Everybody knew who she was – she was such a beautiful woman. She’s been impor-tant to the city, I tell you.”

The list of organizations Esther engaged with includes the Laconia Women’s Club three-time president), the Gilford School Board, Gilford Con-servation Commission, historical societies in Gilford and Laconia, the United Way and the American Red Cross. In recognition of her dedication to the area, the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce recognized her in 2005 with its greatest honor, the James Irwin Community Service Award.

Several decades prior to that award, though, Esther wasn’t so universally popular. She acknowl-edged that by breaking the contemporary gender role, she attracted the ire of some men. However, “I didn’t pay too much attention to them because the men who were exhibiting the negative reactions were not people whom I admired. They were nar-row-minded.”

“Women weren’t doing that, they weren’t sup-posed to do that,” she said, referring to her inter-est in examining the world around her and stepping into roles that were held almost exclusively by men at the time. Her gumption came from her father, she said, who was a lawyer. “He read a great deal and he talked a great deal, you can imagine. He was all set on having a boy, and here he had a girl. He treated me as though I were a boy,” she said.

Esther read constantly and from a young age was curious about what people were doing and why, and she said she had little interest in confi ning herself to housekeeping and childcare. “I thought that women were just as capable of thinking as men. I don’t

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Although she has performed countless interviews over the decades, she said she can’t pick a favorite and insists she still enjoys a good conversation. “I am very happy when circumstances are brought in where I could interview something of an all-encompassing mind, one which thought of all the things in this world and considered they all come from one source, and they are passionately interested in it, those are the people who are fascinating to interview.”

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BELMONT — George Condodemetraky announced yesterday that he has formally withdrawn his candi-dacy for the town’s Selectboard.

Condodemetraky remains a candidate for each of the two open seats on the Planning Board and is also running for the Budget Committee.

Condodemetraky, a perennial candidate whose resume includes a stint as the Democratic candi-date for the U.S. Senate (1998), said he withdrew his candidacy for the Selectboard because he preferred a two-person contest. “There would be three people. That way, a person doesn’t have to get a majority vote to win... I withdrew to give the two candidates

Condodemetraky bows out of selectboard racea chance to compete against each other.”

With Condodemetraky out, the selectman’s race is down to incumbent Ron Cormier and former town administrator Donald McLelland. Condodemetraky said he thinks either man would serve the town well and added that his motivation for running was because he believes no elected offi cial should serve more than two terms.

“I’d rather be on the Planning Board than be a selectman at the present time,” he added. “I want to see this town develop in the proper way.”

— Adam Drapcho

parades and to $1,500 when the Christmas concert was added to its repertoire.

“We never had any question from the town about support for the Community Band,” Cheesbrough said. “But, this year, without any communication or coordination with me, the selectmen cut our budget by 50-percent.” He said that what remained was not enough to pay the director, whose compen-sation is based on the number of rehearsals and concerts. “This cut is totally without justifi cation,” Cheesbrough declared and offered an amendment to restore the funding.

A woman speaking in support of the band pointed out that Center Harbor and Sanbornton, both much smaller towns than Gilford, appropriate $9,200 and $2,250 respectively to their town bands. “The tradi-tion must be continued,” she said.

On a voice vote, the ayes easily drowned out the nays, increasing the total town budget to $11,210,738.

Only the fi ve petitioned articles seeking funding for so-called outside agencies — Child and Family Services, Genesis Behavioral Health, Community Health and Hospice, Community Action Program and New Beginnings — aroused debate. The select-men unanimously recommended against all fi ve articles while the Budget Committee, on a series of split votes, only favored funding the Community Action Program.

Selectman Kevin Hayes said that the board “always struggles with these articles. We want to

see them on the ballot, but we don’t want to take a position for or against them.” However, he said that state law requires both the Selectboard and the Budget Committee to make a recommendation on each article. “We’re not necessarily against them,” Hayes continued, adding that the board requested fi nancial information from each of the agencies requesting funds, which was not always provided.

Dick Hickok, chairman of the Budget Committee, echoed Hayes’s remarks. “We’ve struggled for years to understand the funding,” he said. He noted that the town has a welfare offi cer and general assis-tance budget.

In response, Polly Sanfacon reminded Hickok that the agencies provide specialized services that the town cannot offer.

Describing all the agencies as “charities,” Skip Murphy said “it is the height of hubris to force others to support these charities.”

Kelly White, among others, challenged the char-acterization of the agencies as charities, explain-ing that they are authorized and, in some cases, required, by state law to provide specifi c services. She said that the agencies provide essential services and are no more charities than the police and fi re departments.

Russ Armstrong, speaking on behalf of Commu-nity Health and Hospice, found it ironic that that taxpayers readily pay to protect the property, but not the health of residents. “These are not charities,” he insisted. “They are services, necessary services.”

David Osman said that taken together the fi ve arti-cles would appropriate $54,000, or one-half of one-per-cent of the budget. “This is a small amount,” he said.

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Suleiman rejected any departure for Mubarak or “end to the regime. He told a gathering of newspaper editors that the regime prefers to deal with the crisis using dialogue, adding, “We don’t want to deal with Egyptian society with police tools.” He warned that the alter-native to dialogue was “a coup” — a possible hint of an imposition of mili-tary rule. However, editors present at the meeting said he then explained he didn’t mean a military coup but that “a force that is unprepared for rule” could overturn state institutions.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Suleiman, saying Washington wants Egypt to imme-diately rescind emergency laws that give broad powers to security forces — a key demand of the protesters.

Ghonim’s reappearance gave a clearer picture of the stunning tra-jectory of the protests, which swelled from the online organizing of small Internet activist groups into the first and greatest mass challenge ever to Mubarak’s rule.

Ghonim is an Egyptian who over-sees Google Inc.’s marketing in the Middle East and Africa from Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates. He vanished two days after the protests began on Jan. 25, snatched off the street by security forces and hustled

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ymously — launched a Facebook page commemorating Khaled Said, a 28-year-old businessman in Alexan-dria who was beaten to death by two policemen in June. The page became a rallying point for a campaign against police brutality, with hundreds of thousands joining. For many Egyp-tians, it was the first time to learn details of the extent of widespread torture in their own country.

Small-scale protests over Said’s death took place for months.

The Khaled Said group worked online with other activists, including the April 6 movement named after the date of 2008 labor protests and the campaign of Nobel Peace laureate and democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei. Ghonim’s page was “the information channel,” said Ziad al-Oleimi, a pro-ElBaradei organizer.

Together they decided to hold a larger gathering on Jan. 25, announced on Ghonim’s page, to coincide with Police Day — a state holiday honoring secu-rity forces. By phone and Internet, they got out the word to supporters in Cairo and other cities, but didn’t expect much.

“We really thought that on Jan. 25, we will be arrested in five minutes. I am not kidding,” said al-Oleimi.

They were surprised to find thou-sands turning out at several locations in Cairo, many inspired by mass pro-tests in Tunisia.

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Sleigh rides will be just one of the fun family activities offered at Prescott Farm’s Winter Fest, to be held from 11 a.m. — 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 19. (Courtesy photo)

LACONIA — Winter Fest will offer fun-filled activities for the entire family at Prescott Farm from 11 a.m. — 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 19.

All are welcome to enjoy the Farm at wintertime whether it’s a hot cup of cocoa by the bonfire after a snowshoe hike, sleigh ride, sledding, or cross country skiing. Other activities will include face painting, crafts, a snow

sculpture contest and more.Cost is $3 per person for non-mem-

bers, $10 for families with two or more kids. Members of Prescott Farm and children ages three and under will be admitted free.

Local businesses are invited to sponsor the event. If interested, call Kimberly at 366-5695 or e-mail [email protected].

Winter Fest at Prescott Farm features fun activities for families

GILFORD — “Cupcake Wars” will be waged by 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students from 3:30 — 4:30 p.m. at the Library on Thursday, February 10.

Children will be challenged to make

a cupcake that looks like an elephant, a flower, a night sky, or even a vampire — anything they want. Prizes will be awarded. Candy donations are welcome.

Sign up at the library. For more information, call 524-6042.

‘Cupcake Wars’ to be waged by kids at Gilford Public Library on Thursday

Mame’s hosting Valentine’s Dinner on Sunday to benefit after-prom party

MEREDITH — On Sunday evening, February 13, there will be a benefit Valentines Dinner sponsored by the Inter-Lakes High School After Prom Committee and hosted by Mame’s Restaurant. Proceeds from the dinner will be donated to the Chem-Free After Prom Party. The cost of the dinner is $20 plus tax. Inter-Lakes’ seniors will be serving guests, with tips also donated to the After Prom fund.

A garden salad will be served fol-lowed by a dinner buffet with carved roast beef au jus, lemon chicken, and mushroom ravioli with a port wine

reduction sauce. Herbed rice, hot veg-etable, dinner rolls, dessert and bever-age will be included. Dr. Phil and Jan Sanguedolce will provide great music for entertainment.

Make reservations by calling 279-4631 or by email [email protected].

Also watch for the upcoming ben-efit auction with PK and Martha Zyla directing the auction festivities on Thursday March 24th at Mame’s. Items to be auctioned are being sought if you would like to contribute items or services for the auction fundraiser call John at 387-8356.

‘7th Heaven,’ film that won Janet Gaynor first-ever Best Actress Oscar, presented in Plymouth on Thursday

PLYMOUTH — “7th Heaven” (1927), a romantic drama that won actress Janet Gaynor the first-ever Best Actress Academy Award, will be shown with live musical accompani-ment at the Flying Monkey Movie-house and Performance Center at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 10.

The film, which also netted Frank Borzage the first Best Director Oscar, is a fable set in Paris just before World War I. Gaynor plays an abused and abandoned young woman who is cast aside by her family, only to be adopted by an ebullient sewer worker (Charles Farrell) with his sights set on higher things.

In her new home, the girl learns a fresh way of looking at life. Eventually love blossoms—but will it survive the onset of war? Director Borzage used all the tech-niques of silent film at its height to craft a universal and timeless story that audi-ences have found moving since the pic-ture’s first release in 1927, just two years

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nations of any film — a total of five — at the first-ever Academy Awards ceremony, held on May 16, 1929 in the fading days of the silent era. Besides winning Best Actress for Gaynor and Best Director for Borzage, it also won an Oscar for Benjamin Glazer in the Best Writing, Adapted Story category. The film was also nominated for Out-standing Picture, Production (the fore-runner of today’s Best Picture category) and Best Art Direction.

The film will be accompanied by live music by local composer Jeff Rapsis, who achieves a traditional “movie score” sound for silent film screenings by using a digital synthesizer that reproduces the texture of the full orchestra.

Admission is $5 per person. Dinner is available for patrons who arrive early at the Flying Monkey. For more information, call 536-2551.


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All systems go for World Championship Sled Dog Derby this weekendLACONIA — All systems are go for the 82nd World

Championship Sled Dog Derby to be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, February 11, 12, and 13.

Plentiful snow and a good forecast should make for a great race this year. Claude Bellerive from Cha-rette, PQ , two-time World Championship winner, has entered two teams in the Open class race and also two teams in the 6-Dog race. Bellerive has two 1st place finishes and one 4th on the Open class circuit so far this year. His daughter Melanie who races in the 6-Dog class has three 1st place finishes.

Musher Keith Bryar, who has three 2nd place finishes this year and one 3rd place finish, has also entered the Open race. Bryar will be looking for his second World Championship win. Several other mushers will be in town including Steve Long from Cabot, VT and Jean Boissonneault from Pont Rouge, PQ, both of whom are both competing in the 6-Dog Classic and the World Championship Open.

Festivities begin with the annual draw for posi-tions at the Christmas Island Steakhouse in Laco-nia on Thursday at 7 p.m. Racing starts Friday at

9 a.m. with the 6-Dog Classic followed by the first day of the World Championship Open race at 1 p.m. Racing will continue on Saturday and Sunday and conclude with the Awards Ceremony at Patrick’s Pub & Eatery at approximately 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The starting line is located on Old North Main Street across from the State Correctional Facility in Laconia. The Lakes Region Sled Dog Club wishes to invite the general public to attend any and all race weekend events.

Guided excursions on conserved properties offered by Lakes Region Conservation TrustCENTER HARBOR — The Lakes Region Con-

servation Trust (LRCT) will offer guided excursions on conserved properties on February 11, 18, 25, and March 3.

Guided excursions provide an opportunity to explore LRCT’s conserved lands with knowledge-able guides and others interested in learning more about and conserving the Lakes Region’s natural heritage.

On Friday, February 11, hikers can explore the east side of Red Hill on a 2.5 — 3 mile snowshoe trek through Sheridan Woods in Moultonborough with LRCT Property Adopter John Oliver. Along the way, participants will search for signs of wildlife and learn about the natural and human history of LRCT’s 2,565-acre Red Hill Conservation Area. The snowshoe hike will cover varied terrain, including uphill and downhill stretches on and off the trails. The hike will begin at 9 a.m. at the Sheridan Woods Trailhead on Sheridan Road and return at approxi-mately 12:30 p.m.

On Friday, February 18, skiers can enjoy a morn-ing cross-country excursion through Center Harbor Woods, a 224-acre property conserved through a unique collaboration of three conservation partners — the Lakes Region Conservation Trust, the Squam Lakes Conservation Society, and the Town of Center Harbor. LRCT Property Adopter Pam Halsey and SLCS Conservation Easement Monitor Bev LaFoley will lead participants on the property’s scenic trails, cross-country skiing on moderate varied terrain.

On Friday, February 25, participants are invited to discover part of LRCT’s 5,381-acre Castle in the Clouds Conservation Area in Moultonborough/Tuf-tonboro on a snowshoe hike with LRCT Property Adopter Larry DeGeorge. The 3.7-mile excursion will follow a scenic loop including the Upper and Lower Bridle Paths, the Oak Ridge Cutoff, and parts of the Faraway Mountain Trail. The half-day snow-shoe hike will cover moderate varied terrain with a total elevation gain of 800’.

On Thursday, March 3 LRCT volunteers will guide a snowshoe hike at Sewall Woods Conservation

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All LRCT guided excursions are free to LRCT members and volunteers. Non-members are encouraged to make a donation in support of LRCT programs. Call 253-3301 to confirm participation. For more information, visit www.lrct.org.

LACONIA — The 19th Annual Tree and Shrub Sale is underway and the Belknap County Conser-vation District is now taking orders.

This year’s selection includes ten varieties of ever-green, 26 varieties of plants to provide food and shelter to wildlife, 39 fruit and vegetable producing varieties, and hardware such as rain barrels and composters.

The majority of plants are sold bareroot, mean-ing they are not packed in soil, and will have been kept in cold storage until pick-up. Selling plants this way keeps prices reasonable; however, plants will need time to leaf out once they are put in the ground.

All purchases will help support Belknap County-based conservation efforts and community projects. For more information, call 527-5880 or visit www.belknapccd.org.

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Meredith Rotary Fishing Derby kicks off with free ice fishing seminar at Community Center on Friday

MEREDITH — The Rotary Club will kick off the 32nd annual Great Rotary Fishing Derby with a free ice fishing seminar at the Community Center on Friday evening, February 11.

Speakers will include Don Miller and Ben Nugent from the New Hamp-shire Department of Fish & Game, and AJ Nute, owner of AJ’s Bait and Tackle shop. Refreshments will be served.

The Derby Headquarters trailer is in place next to Hesky Park and will be open selling Derby Tickets, mer-chandise, and NH fishing licenses from 8 a.m. — 11 p.m. on Friday, Feb-ruary 11, and 5 a.m. — noon on Satur-day, February 12.

The top three prizes for the Derby will be awarded to the individuals who catch the largest, heaviest tagged rainbow trout on Saturday or Sunday. Additionally, substantial cash prizes will be given for the largest lake trout,

cusk, untagged rainbow trout and lake trout.

Anyone who has purchased a Derby ticket will have a chance to win one of 14 cash drawings on Saturday for $100 each; 32 cash drawings on Sunday for $100 each, and a $5,000 cash drawing on both Saturday and Sunday.

As in past years, Karina Walsh, director of the “Let’s Go Fishing” pro-gram for NH Fish and Game, will con-duct fishing clinics for kids on the ice in front of Derby Headquarters on an hourly basis from 10 a.m. — 3 p.m. on Saturday.

The Great Rotary Fishing Derby has enabled The Meredith Rotary Club to donate more than $1.6 million back into the community for chari-table projects, area improvements, scholarships and people in need.

For additional information about the Meredith Rotary Fishing Derby, and to purchase tickets, teeshirts and hats, visit their website at www.meredithrotary.org.

MEREDITH — The Meredith/I-L Alumni Association will hold its next meeting at the home of Judy and Joe Devers at 7 p.m. on Sunday, February 27.

Plans for 2011 activities and events were discussed at the Asso-ciation’s January meeting, including a “Reunion Weekend” to take place at Church Landing on Sunday, June 5. The timing of this gathering will allow for individual class reunions on Friday or Saturday and a wrap up of the weekend on Sunday.

The 50 Year Class to be honored at this year’s annual event will be the Class of 1961. Mary Lee Harvey will head up the class reunion plans. Members may

call Harvey at 279-4489, Judy Dever at 279-4845, or send e-mail to [email protected] for more information.

The progress of the recent Giving Letter, sent out to all alumni cur-rently in the alumni database, was also discussed. This is the Associa-tion’s annual fundraiser and dona-tions are used for annual scholarships as well as to cover the cost of the annual event. Alumnus of Meredith or Inter-Lakes Schools who did not receive a letter are asked to e-mail updated contact information to Janis Roberts at [email protected]. Informa-tion may also be mailed to the Mer-edith/ I-L Alumni Association, PO Box 1076, Meredith, NH 03253.

Meredith/Inter-Lakes Alumni Association meeting set for Feb. 27

LACONIA — A program that will prepare participants to complete a 5K race in 30 minutes will be offered by Laconia Parks & Recreation from 11:15 — 11:45 a.m. on Mondays, Wednes-

days, and Thursdays at the Community Center beginning February 28.

This is a nine-week progressive training system. Cost is $50. To reg-ister, call 524-5046.

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OBITUARIESJohn ‘Jack’ E. McDonald, 71

TILTON — John “Jack” E. McDon-ald, 71, a longtime resident of Tilton died suddenly February 1, 2011. He was born in Franklin, December 17, 1939, son of the late John J. and Marion (Butler) McDonald. Jack was a graduate of the Tilton-Northfield High School in Tilton. Following high school he worked for several years at the Laconia Citizen in Laconia. He later became a self employed carpenter, home builder, and later restored old houses. He created his own furniture and restored antiques, cars and motorcycles. He was happiest when he was involved in creating something and working with his hands. He could fix anything. Jack enjoyed his numerous rides throughout New England searching back roads for a good swim spot, a yard sale, or stum-bling across an item to become his next project. Jack

was known for a fun time and making people laugh. He loved to talk and had many friends who would simply stop by to chat and see what he was up to and they all seemed to have a special love and place for Jack in their heart. Jack served his country during the Vietnam War. Most important in his life was the gift of a daughter.

Jack leaves his daughter, Pamela M. McDonald of Big Sur, CA; his sister, Sylvia Whittum and her husband Donald of Farmington, NH; a nephew and two nieces.

Calling hours will be held for Jack on Saturday, Feb-ruary 12, 2011, from 2 PM to 4 PM at the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home, Franklin-Tilton Road in Tilton.

For more information go to www.smartfuneral-home.com

John A. Lapoint, 85BRIDGEWATER — John Arthur Lapoint, 85, of

River Road, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2011, at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Born on May 23, 1925, in Stewartstown, NH, he was the son of Irving and Marie (Dubois) Lapoint. John attended Campton schools. John entered the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 16 and achieved the rank of Corporal M-1 Rifle Marksman and flew in Armored Aircrafts.

For several years John worked in several area car dealerships. He also worked for many years at I.P.C. (Freudenberg) and retired as a Machinist in 1987.

John loved music; he loved playing his guitar and fiddle with his friends, had many jam sessions, and played at many functions throughout the years. A handyman, he loved to tinker on cars, TVs, radios, clocks, and watches. He loved spending time with his family for barbecues and other family meet-ups. There is much to say about his kindness and gener-osity, his sense of humor was “over the top”.

John will be greatly missed and lovingly remem-bered by all who knew him.

He is predeceased by his brother, Leo Lapoint and his parents.

He is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, Lucille M. (Blake) Lapoint, of Bridgewater; his daughter, Cheryl Lapoint, of Meredith; step-children, Harold Bliss, of Bridgewater, Juanita and husband Peter Ackerman, of Franklin, Geraldine Tallman, of Groton, and Victoria and husband Tom Calkins, of Newton PA; mother-in-law, Mae Blake, also of Bridgewater; 12 grandchildren and 16 great grand-children, and several nieces nephews and cousins.

Donations may be made in John’s memory to a charity of one’s choice.

There will be no calling hours. A graveside ser-vice will be held in the spring, on Monday, May 23, 2011, at Blair Cemetery, in Campton. Rev. Edward J. Charest, pastor of the Plymouth United Methodist Church, will officiate.

Mayhew Funeral Homes of Meredith and Plym-outh are handling the arrangements. www.mayhew-funeralhomes.com

Roger W. Leighton, Sr., 93ALTON — Roger W. Leighton, Sr., age 93, a former

longtime resident of Alton, died February 4, 2011 at Golden View Health Care Center in Meredith.

Born July 9, 1917 in Farmington, the son of Walter and Frances (Lamper) Leighton, he was raised and resided in Alton for many years. Through the years, he was also a resident of Vero Beach, FL, Annapolis, MD and Gilford, NH.

Prior to retirement, he was employed as a carpen-ter, having worked with Ernest Sanders and Roy Barnes in Alton and Gibraltar Construction Com-pany in Maryland.

Roger was a Past Master of Winnipesaukee Lodge No. 75 F. & A.M., a 32nd degree Mason, a Past Patron of Alpha Chapter Order of the Eastern Star and a member of the Scottish Rite.

Survivors include his son Roger W. Leighton, Jr.. and wife Marcia of New Hampton, a stepson William Bryce and wife Annette of Alexandria, NH, a stepdaughter Cheryl Bull and husband Dean of Georgia, 2 grand-children: Heidi Clyborne and Robin Dunbar, 3 step-grandchildren: Kristin Bull, Lydia Bryce and Caleb Bryce, 4 great grandchildren: Molly and Bryan Cly-borne, Sarah and Sam Dunbar, also nieces and neph-ews. He was predeceased by his first wife Lois (Adams)

Leighton in 1990 and his second wife Helen (Bryce) Leighton in 2009, a sister Dorothy Alden and 2 broth-ers: Richard and Ralph Leighton.

A Graveside Service will be held in the spring at Old Riverside Cemetery in Alton, NH. If desired, memorial donations may be made in his memory to: Golden View Health Care Center Activities Fund, 19 NH Route 104, Meredith, NH 03253. Arrangements are in the care of Peaslee Alton Funeral Home, 12 School Street, Alton, NH. To express condolences, please visit: www.peasleefuneralhome.com


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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You are closely connected to a loved one in ways you cannot explain. You feel the intensity of this bond throughout the day, and you can almost hear the whis-per of destiny in this relationship. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are a strong leader, though you are careful not to come across in a way that hurts anyone’s feelings or offends the more delicate sensibilities of certain team members. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You fi nd meaning as you labor to make some-one else’s life better. Somehow this is even more satisfying than acting to ful-fi ll your own needs and desires, but that will change tomorrow. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re brilliant about social matters and logis-tics. You could single-handedly orga-nize and coordinate an event that will later be considered one of the most memorable of the year. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll avoid mistakes by being extra vigilant. Double back on your efforts, and check your work, as well as the work of your colleagues. Then take a walk and come back to assess things with new eyes. You can’t be too careful. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You will come to your own conclusions about your work. You will be indifferent to the praise or criticism of others because you realize that no one is as qualifi ed to judge your choices as you are. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your imagination could get the best of you this afternoon. You can steer this in a positive direction, though, by focusing your attention on what you wish for and not on what you’re afraid will happen.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’d rather work to live than live to work. That’s why you might make an execu-tive decision to put off some mundane and minor responsibilities in favor of catching some bit of much-needed lei-sure. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your primary aim is to please your loved ones, but they give you very little indi-cation as to how this might be accom-plished. It is a compliment that they leave it all up to your discretion. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your memory is strong. Make notes about your past. Even if you only cap-ture a sentence or two, you’ll be glad you did. This will be a trigger for future thought, discussion and storytelling. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you hang on too tight to your respon-sibilities, you will strangle the fun out of your day. There is a time to let go and get a little bit wild. Be open to oddball suggestions. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). When you see someone who could use a hand, your fi rst reaction is to volunteer whatever help you can give. Someone is glad to take what you offer. Be judi-cious, though. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 9). Your will to succeed will be the overriding factor in making it so. In the next three months, you’ll make connections that give you the knowledge, emotional backing and networking resources to improve your fi nancial condition. You’ll move in an exciting social circle in June. A promise is made in August. Leo and Pisces people are enthusiastic support-ers. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 40, 1, 28 and 19.

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Today is Wednesday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2011. There are 325 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Feb. 9, 1861, Jefferson Davis was

elected provisional president of the Confed-erate States of America at a congress held in Montgomery, Ala.

On this date:In 1773, the ninth president of the United

States, William Henry Harrison, was born in Charles City County, Va.

In 1825, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.

In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau was established.

In 1943, the World War II battle of Guadal-canal in the southwest Pacifi c ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces.

In 1950, in a speech in Wheeling, W.Va., Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) charged the State Department was riddled with Commu-nists.

In 1964, The Beatles made their fi rst live American television appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” broadcast from New York on CBS.

In 1971, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake in California’s San Fernando Valley claimed 65 lives. The crew of Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man’s third landing on the moon.

In 1984, Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died at age 69, less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev; he was suc-ceeded by Konstantin U. Chernenko (chehr-NYEN’-koh).

In 2002, Britain’s Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died in London at age 71.

One year ago: Appealing for bipartisan-ship, President Barack Obama sat down with Democrats and Republicans to spur cooperation on job creation, defi cit reduction and health care overhaul.

Today’s Birthdays: Television journalist Roger Mudd is 83. Actress Janet Suzman is 72. Singer-songwriter Carole King is 69. Actor Joe Pesci is 68. Singer Barbara Lewis is 68. Author Alice Walker is 67. Actress Mia Farrow is 66. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) is 65. Singer Joe Ely is 64. Actress Judith Light is 62. Musician Dennis “DT” Thomas (Kool & the Gang) is 60. Actor Charles Shaughnessy is 56. Former Democratic National Chair-man Terry McAuliffe is 54. Jazz musician Steve Wilson is 50. Country singer Travis Tritt is 48. Actress Julie Warner is 46. Coun-try singer Danni Leigh is 41. Actor Jason George is 39. Actor-producer Charlie Day is 35. Rock singer Chad Wolf (Carolina Liar) is 35. Actor A.J. Buckley (TV: “CSI: NY”) is 34. Rock musician Richard On (O.A.R.) is 32. Actress Ziyi Zhang is 32. Actor David Gal-lagher is 26. Actress Camille Winbush (“The Bernie Mac Show”) is 21.

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CALENDARTODAY’S EVENTS

Belknap County Republican Committee meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Shang Hai restaurant on South Main Street in Laconia. Optional dinner buffet served from 5:30. Guest speaker with N.H. GOP Chairman Jack Kimball.

Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours networking event. 5 to 7 p.m. at Harry & David’s at the Tanger Facotry Outlet Center in Tilton.

Seacoast Repertory Theatre’s “Senior Moments” per-forming at the Taylor Community’s Woodside Building in Laconia. 2 to 3 p.m. Free program features orginal short skits presented with light-hearted humor about life experi-ences as a senior citizen. To reserve a seat call Deb Car-bone at 524-5600. (In case of bad weather event will be postponed to Feb. 11.)

Brown Bag Seminar on “New Frontiers In Marketing”, hosted by the Plymouth Regional Chamber of Com-merce. Noon to 1 p.m. at the PSU Welcome Center/Ice Arena. For more information call 536-1001.

Installation of Father Tobias Nyatsambo as rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Laconia. 6 p.m. Recep-tion and pot luck supper to follow in the Parish Hall.

Free Mom & Me screening of “Piglet’s Big Movie” at Smitty’s Cinema in Tilton. 11:30 a.m.

Snow Stories at the Squam Lake Natural Science Center. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Story telling and outdoor explora-tion during this program designed for young children and their adult companions. (Adult must accompany child.) $7/memet. $9/non-member. Ages 6 and up. For reservations call 968-7194.

Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education. Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work.

Cub Scout Pack 143 meets at the Congregational Church of Laconia (across from Laconia Savings Bank). 6:30 each Wednesday. All boys 6-10 are welcome. For information call 527-1716.

Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meeting. 5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/HIV testing on walk-in basis only from 4 to 6 p.m. Sliding fee scale.

Check-out a computer expert at the Gilford Public Library. 9:15 to 11.a.m.

Early school release day after-school craft time at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2 p.m. For 1st through 3rd graders. Make heart-shaped bird feeders and learn about the Great Backyard Bird Count. Sign-up in Children’s Room.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10Singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards performing at

Folk Gallery of Wolfeboro Concert Series at the Wolfeboro Inn. 7 p.m. $18 For tickets or more information call 569-9890.

“Taking Care of Your Heart”, an education talk pre-sented by Bill York at the Laconia Senior Center. 10 a.m.

“Including Samuel”, award-winning documentary by photojournalist Dan Habib, at the Gilford Public Library. 6 p.m. Free. Hosted by the Inclusion Group of Better Together. Following screening there will be a discussion about how each individual can provide a more inclusive environment for families.

The Black List, mini portraits of 20 African Americans. Hosted by Rodney Ekstrom and Professor John Kruecke-berg in Room 124 of the Lamson Library at Plymouth State University. Free. PSU welcomes the community to a series of events honoring Black History Month.

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Children: Preschool Storytime Wednesday, February 16th @ 10:00 Thursday, February 17th @ 9:30 & 10:30 Stories and crafts in the Selig Storytime Room. For more information, call 524-4775 x13.

Goss Reading Room Storytime Tuesday, February 15th @ 1:00, come to Goss at 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for storytime. For more information, call 524-3808.

Teens: YU-GI-OH! Monday, February 14th @ 3:30 Laconia Rotary Hall Teens in grades 6-12 meet to play this popular card game. For more information, call 524-4775.

Dance Dance Revolution X Tuesday, February 15th @ 3:30 Laconia Rotary Hall Teens in grades 6-12 bring your dance moves! For more information, call 524-4775.

Adult: Financial Literacy Class

Wednesday, February 16th @ 2:00 Laconia Rotary Hall Filippa Viola, Ed.D of the Legal Advice & Referral Center to learn more about spending, saving, earning, borrowing, and protecting your financial property. Gain a better understanding about the various types of income, personal income tax, tax returns and more. Please call 524-4775 x 11 to register.

Children: Preschool Storytime Wednesday, February 9th @ 10:00 Thursday, February 10th @ 9:30 & 10:30 Stories and crafts in the Selig Storytime Room. Valentine’s Party! Bring a snack to share. For more information, call 524- 4775 x13.

Goss Reading Room Storytime Tuesday, February 8th @ 1:00, come to Goss at 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for storytime. For more information, call 524- 3808.

Booktalks for Kids Thursday, February 10th Laconia Rotary Hall Grades 3-5 @ 3:30; grades 6-8 @ 5:00.

Movies & More for Kids Friday, February 11th @ 3:45 Laconia Rotary Hall “Ramona & Beezus” PG Admission is free. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a responsible caregiver 14 years or older. For more information, call 524-4775 x13.

Teens: Teen Advisory Committee Tuesday, February 8th @ 3:45 Volpe Conference Room Teens meet to discuss what materials and programs they would like the Library to offer. For more information, call 524-4775.

Adult: Planting and Care of the Home Fruit & Berry Patch Wednesday, February 9th @ 6:15 Laconia Rotary Hall Bill Lord from the Belknap Cty. Ext. Admission is free. For more information, call 524-4775 x15.

We’re looking for a few good Legos… The Library is seeking donations of gently used Legos of all shapes and sizes to be used in future programs. Donations may be dropped off at the circulation desk during Library hours.

Weight Watchers meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Center Harbor Christian Church.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 4 to 6 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Lakes Region Lyme Support Group meeting. Second Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Taylor Community’s Woodside building in Laconia. For victims and support people of those with chronic Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

Toddler Time at the Gilford Public Library. 11:30 a.m. to noon. Ages 18 to 36 months. Sign songs, share stories and move to music. Sign-up in the Children’s Room.

Knotty Knitters meeting at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. All levels of experience welcome.

Preschool Sotry Time at the Meredith Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m. Stories and crafts fro ages 3-5. Sign-up is helpful.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10CALENDAR from preceding page

Tamara McGonagle (foreground left) stars as Nurse Ratched and Matt Finch (foreground right) plays McMurphy in the searing drama “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” to be presented by the Winni Players February 11 — 13 and 18 — 20. Also appearing in the production are (background left to right) Karena Watson and Nick Resca. (Courtesy photo)

Winni Players present powerful drama ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ February 11 — 13, 18 — 20

LACONIA — The Winni Players, the award-winning com-munity arm of the Win-nipesaukee Playhouse, will present the power-ful drama “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” February 11 — 13 and 18 — 20.

Dale Wasserman’s adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel is often remembered for the Milos Forman film ver-sion which starred Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy, a drifter who finds him-self institutionalized

in a psychiatric ward overseen by the domi-neering Nurse Ratched. McMurphy instantly finds himself at odds with Ratched, and as the other patients are swayed by his cha-risma, Ratched takes measures to ensure that order and discipline are maintained on her ward. The play is both moving and humorous, running the gamut of emotional extremes.

Gilford High School English teacher Matt Finch will take on the role of McMurphy with Tamara McGonagle as Ratched. John Piquado and Jim Rogato will play two of the inmates and David Bownes will portray the befuddled doctor under the thumb

of Nurse Ratched. The cast also includes Geoff Beyrent as Chief Brom-den and Nick Resca as Billy Bibbit. Rounding out the cast are Michael Baker, Kerry Jepsen, Chuck Fray, Derek Carroll, Jessica Levas-seur, Maggie Nickerson, Ken Chapman, Karena Watson, and Brian Quinn.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” con-tains adult themes and language and is not intended for audience members under the age of 14. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sun-days at 2 p.m. Tickets can be reserved by call-ing 366-7377. Visit www.winniplayhouse.org for more details.

GILMANTON — A “Soup and Chili Night” dinner to benefit the 7th grade class of the Gilmanton School will be held from 5 — 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23.

The menu will include homemade chili, chicken soup, Olive Garden’s famous minestrone soup, a variety of Panera’s famous breads, fresh garden salad with Olive Garden house dressing, coffee, drinks, and desserts.

Cost is $6 per person; no charge for children under age three. Proceeds will be used to support a number of programs in which the Gilmanton students par-ticipate including taking a class at Harvard Univer-sity, attending the Forest Watch Student Convention at UNH, and the High Elements Ropes Course at Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp.

Snowdate is Thursday, February 24. For more information, call Mary Fougere, 7th grade teacher at Gilmanton School at 364-5681.

‘Soup and Chili Night’ dinner to benefit 7th grade class in Gilmanton


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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I have been best friends with “Claire” since junior high. She is nothing short of a knockout, with a sweet personality to match. We have always been very close, and I treasure our friendship. The problem is, when we are out together, men are inter-ested in Claire but feel she is unapproachable because she is so beautiful. Instead, they talk me up to try to get their foot in the door with her. Quite frankly, I am fed up with men only talking to me because they know I am friends with Claire. Then, when she isn’t interested in them, I have to let them down. It’s exhausting. I am successful, educated, smart and funny, and I’m not bad looking, either, but men are only interested in my hot friend. This has been going on since high school, and I’m 35, for heaven’s sake. How do I break this cycle or, at the very least, tactfully tell these men that I am not the key to Claire’s heart? -- Invisible Dear Invisible: You are always going to suffer by compari-son to Claire, so we strongly urge you not to try to meet men when you are with her. Her bright light makes everything else seem dim. On other occasions, when you are in Claire’s company, it is perfectly OK to refuse to intercede. If you are approached about Claire, simply say, “Sorry, but if you are interested in my friend, you’ll have to talk to her directly.” Dear Annie: We recently had dinner at a local restaurant with three other couples. Usually, a tip is automatically added with parties of six or more, but this time, the server did not do so. Our friend who handled the check added the tip to the to-tal bill, including the fairly hefty tax, and then divided by the number of couples to see what we each owed. I was taught that one gave a tip on the price of the meal, not including the tax. Who is correct? -- Wondering in New Hampshire

Dear N.H.: You are, although we are sure the server appre-ciated the extra money. Since it bothers you, we recommend you handle the check next time. Dear Annie: This is in response to “To Gift or Not To Gift,” whose daughter-in-law was talking about a divorce. “Gift” wanted to know if the daughter-in-law should be taken off the annual gift list. It is always best to take the peaceful way in a family mat-ter. I did and never regretted it. When my son and his wife split up, I told them both that I love them and their child and would not make my granddaughter choose between her par-ents. I included my daughter-in-law in all family gatherings. They separated, but never divorced. When my son was killed a few months later, I said as far as I was concerned there was no separation. I included my daughter-in-law in plan-ning the funeral and the obituary. People had the nerve to say I shouldn’t have been so inclusive, but I told them I was the mother and this is what I wanted. I did it for my daughter-in-law, my granddaughter and our family. We are still close, and my granddaughter stays with me quite a bit. Had I made enemies with my daughter-in-law when they separated, I may not have had the chance to spend so much time with my son’s daughter. I say give her the gift, and the next time she complains about your son, simply say, “You are talking about my child, and it hurts me to hear nega-tive things about him. Please don’t put me in the middle like that.” You will be surprised how fast she will respect your wishes. My daughter-in-law once asked whether I minded if she still considered me to be her mother-in-law, even if she some-day remarries. I told her I would be honored. -- A.G. Dear A.G.: You did it right. Brava.

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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Autos

1990 -Ford F-150 4X4 7 1/2 ft.Fisher Plow, V8, Standard, Runs,Drives, Plows. $1,500. 455-9205

1997 Ford Ranger 4x4 v6 5-speed, 65K miles, new tires andbrakes cap, KBB says $4350, first$3250. Meredith 455-4381.

2000 Ford E-350 Box Truck with7.3 Diesel engine. 126K miles,3-speed auto transmission withoverdrive. 15 ft. box with passthrough, a/c, complete new frontend, new rotars, calipers, pads,leaf springs, coil springs & shocks.$5,350. 455-9269

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2004 Chrystler Pacifica- Auto-matic, sun roof, Silver, Seats 6,75K miles. Excellent condition.$7,495/Obo. 603-491-5555

2007 Toyota Tundra, dbl. cab,SR5, 65K miles, maroon withblack interior $17,500/ bro.455-8987.

ABLE to pay cash, cars average$300, trucks full-size 4x4 up to$500, truck batteries $8 each, al-loy $9 each, in Epping we havescale, $1/ lb. for coded Copperwire, $3.00/ lb. for copper pipe.(603)502-6438

BUYING junk cars and trucksME & NH. Call for price. MartinTowing. (603)305-4504.

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.Top Dollar Paid. Available 7days a week. 630-3606

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BOATS

DOCKS for Rent: 2011 season,Lake Winnisquam point. Parking,bathrooms, showers, launch onsite. 603-524-2222.

Business Opportunities

LACONIA- Unique opportunity.Laundromat in well established lo-cation; Dryers, some equipmentneeds repairing or replacing. Freerent to get started. $3,000.603-455-6662

For Rent

$500 OFF FIRST MONTH�SRENT at Mountain View apart-ments. 2-bedroom apartment,$700 + utilities; 2-bedroom town-house, 1.5 bath, large deck, $775+ utilities; Quiet location with laun-dry and playgrounds. Integrity Re-alty, Inc. 524-7185.

ALTON/GILFORD Town Line:Studio, $200 per week, includesutilities, cable and internet.Lake/Beach access. 365-0799.

APARTMENTS, mobile homes. Ifyou need a rental at a fair price,call DRM Corp. Over 40 years inrentals, 524-0348 or visit M-W-F,12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laco-nia.

BELMONT at the By-Pass: 1BR,all utilities included, basementstorage, deposit, references,$595. (603)630-1296.

BELMONT: 2-BR, quiet area, bigyard. Heat included, $225/week.All housing certificates accepted.520-1431, 267-0545.

BELMONT: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor,coin-op laundry and storagespace in basement. $195/week in-cluding heat, electric & hot water,524-1234

BELMONT: 2 Bedrm duplex, w/dhookups. $200 per week + utili-ites. Sec/ Refs required. 524-3790

CUTE 1-bedroom remodeledapartment in Tilton. 1/2 month rentfree! Heat/Hot Water included.$660/Month. 603-393-9693 or916-214-7733

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FRANKLIN 1 bedroom heat & hotwater included, $550/ mo. Firstmonth rent and security deposit,630-2614

GILFORD- 3-Bedroom 1 3/4 bathsingle family. Large lot, conven-ient location, no smoking.$1,500/Mo. 724-7515

Laconia 1 Bedroom- Washer/dryerhookup, storage, no pets. SecurityDeposit & references. $600/mo. +utilities. 520-4353

LACONIA 2-bedroom 2nd floorapartment. Near hospital, clean,washer/dryer hook-up, heat/hotwater included. $850/Month.524-0703

Laconia 3 room, large bath $525+(average utility cost $140/monthor less). Upper Summer Street.Sunny 2nd floor, quiet, neat area,parking, yard, storage, next toLRGH, no smoking, no W/D hook-ups. Pet? References/Deposit.528-3649. Leave a message withinformation

LACONIA Pleasant St. 1-Bed-room, $750. Studio apartment$650. Heat/hot water included, nopets/smoking. 524-5837

LACONIA Prime 2 bedroom apart-ment on Gale Ave. Walk to townand beaches. Carpeting, just re-painted, private entrance, Garage.$900/month includes heat and hotwater. 524-3892.

LACONIA WATERVIEW Effi -ciency One Bedroom first floor,with private entrance, quiet areain good location, $650/month in-cludes utilities. Security Depositand References Required,520-1586

LACONIA Weirs Blvd 2 BR, 2bath, one level newly renovatedcondo year round, balcony withview of lake, pool, no pets, refsand dep req. $900 a month.366-4341

Laconia- 3-Bedroom, 2nd Floor,Washer/Dryer, Attic Storage, Sun-room, $950/month + Utilities & Se-curity Deposit. No Pets/No Smok-ing. 387-4471

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LACONIA- Bright and sunny sec-ond floor apartment in quiet twofamily home. 5 rooms, 2-Bed-rooms, 1 bath, storage, parking,deck, washer/dryer hookups. NoPets/No Smoking. Lease, deposit& re fe rences requ i red .$650/Month + utilities. 875-2292

LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.Private bath, heat/hot water, elec-tric, cable, parking included.$145/week 603-781-6294

LACONIA-DUPLEX 3 bedroom1/1/2 bath, washer/dryer hookups,garage. $950/month, heat in-cluded. References & security de-posit. No pets or smokers.524-7419

Laconia-Large 1 bedroom apart-ment. Newly reduced to$650/Month. Newly painted, offstreet parking. Utilities not in-cluded. Available immediately.References & Security deposit (1month rent) required. 1 Yearlease. 603-524-3759

LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2 bath-room in duplex building, 1st & 2ndfloors plus access to attic andbasement with laundry hook-ups,$950/month plus ut i l i t ies,524-1234.

LACONIA: Near downtown,1-Bedroom, $600 +utilities and2-Bedroom, $750 +utilit ies.References & deposit required.387-3864.

LACONIA: Nice & quiet one bed-room, 2nd floor, good neighbor-hood, lots of attic storage, laundryhookups, parking, $700/month in-cludes heat. 455-8789.

LACONIA: Small 2-Bedroom,$170/week, includes heat and hotwater. References & deposit.524-9665.

LACONIA: 1-bedroom apartmentsin clean, quiet, secure downtownbuilding. Very nice and completelyrenovated. $175/week, includesheat, hot water and electricity.524-3892.

LACONIA: 26 Dartmouth St. 1/2 ofa Duplex; 7 Rooms, 3 Bedrooms,1 Bath. Walkout Basementw/Laundry Hookups. Very clean,hardwood floors, private off streetparking for 2 cars. Convenient tolibrary, churches, downtown,Opechee Park & schools. Avail-able immediately non-smoking.$1,000/month plus util it ies.Owner/broker 396-4163

LACONIA: Close to downtown, 5room 2-Bedroom, 1.5 baths, firstfloor, includes 2-car parking, snowremoval, landscaping, deck,washer/dryer. $180/week. 4-weeksecurity deposit & 1st four weeksin advance, references and creditcheck a must. No pets. Leavemessage for Bob, 781-283-0783

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LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Ef-ficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroomapartments available. 524-4428.

LACONIA: Large 4 bedroomapartment. Second floor, newpaint and flooring, parking. $850 +utilities, security and referencesrequired. 603-781-6294.

LACONIA: Two 1 bedroom apart-ments available, both on 2ndfloor. $180 & $190/week includingheat, electric & hot water,524-1234.

LACONIA: Year-round furnishedrental. Two bedrm, two bathcondo. $800/month No Pets978-851-2816.

LACONIA: 1-2 Bedrooms startingat $685/Month. Includes Heat/HotWater & Electric. No dogs.496-8667 or 545-9510.

LAKEPORT 2 bedroom, all utilitiesincluded. No pets. $200 per week.Security deposit. Call 524-5076

MEREDITH- ROOMY 2-bedroomnear downtown. Heat/storage in-cluded. No pets, non-smoker, Ref-erences, security & lease re-quired. $750/Month. 455-4075

MEREDITH: In-town 1-bedroom,includes heat, $600/month. Park-ing w/plowing. No Smoking. Nopets. Security deposit. 387-8356.

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ONE bedroom apt. on secondfloor. Open concept, cathedralceiling, very elegant and rustic.Plowing, parking and dumpster in-cluded, no dogs, $795/ month455-5660.

TROPICAL Paradise: MarcoIsland, Florida waterfront condo.Dare to compare, from $500/weekand up. (603)393-7077.

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ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE? Enjoy the quality of life found in theMt. Washington Valley while working in a progressive hospital that matchesadvanced medical technology with a compassionate approach to patient care.Join our team and see what a difference you can make!In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an excellent benefits package that in-cludes health/dental, generous paid time off, matching savings plan, educationalassistance and employee fitness program. We have the following openings:

• Physical Therapist- Per Diem. Min Bachelor’s Degree in PhysicalTherapy. Previous inpatient exp pref. Current NH PT License andCPR Cert req. Wknd and Wkday cov.• RN- Full-time, 40 hr/wk with rotating call, OR exp, min 1 yr pref.ACLS, BLS & PALS with 3 months.• Clinical Coordinator- Full-Time. RN with Wound Care exp. Resp.to coordinate clinical activities of the Wound Care Center. Must haveorganizational and leadership skills. Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing pref.Maintains and demonstrates competency in BLS, infection control,safety and all unit required skill review.• LNA- Unit Secretary- Per Diem. Experience and NH LNA licenserequired, weekend AVAILABILITY.• Housekeeper- Part-Time. Wed-Sun 2:30-7pm at Merriman House,Routine cleaning of patient rooms and other hospital areas. Must beable to lift 35 pounds and push/pull over 100 pounds.• Clinical Applications Support- Full-time. Support AmbulatoryEMR System, RN with IT experience. Clinical Informatics Degreepreferred. 5yrs recent ambulatory experience required. Clinical liaisonbetween IT and the clinical practices.

A completed Application is required to apply for all positionsWebsite: www.memorialhospitalnh.org.

Contact: Human Resources, Memorial Hospital, an EOEPO Box 5001, No. Conway, NH 03860.

Phone: (603)356-5461 • Fax: (603)356-9121

Elan Publishing CompanySmall printing/book binding company in Moultonboroughis accepting applications for our production team for firstand second shifts. Applicant should have mechanical apti-tude and be physically capable of standing and perform-ing repetitive lifting. Benefit package includes matching401k, health, life and disability.

Please stop by Mon-Fri, 9-3pm to fill out anapplication at 492 Whittier Hwy, Moultonborough

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You must have strong leadership and communicationsskills and feel comfortable jumping to assist in any posi-tion. You will be responsible for all facets of the hotel in-cluding day-to-day operations, hiring, supervising anddirecting staff, controlling costs and maximizing reve -nues. You must not be afraid to get involved in the com-munity and make outside sales calls.

In order to be considered for this job, you must includeyour salary requirements.

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Attn: Peter Daigle

Position requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent man-agement experience in the hospitality industry. Pay willdepend on your experience. You should be willing tomake a commitment of a minimum of 5 years. We offeran attractive pay and benefits package including healthinsurance, bonuses, profit sharing, 401(k) and more.

Excellent Banking Job OpportunityLakes Region

Northway Bank, the largest independent community commercialbank in New Hampshire is looking for exceptional candidates forthe following job opportunity.

Mortgage Loan OriginatorThe ideal candidate must enjoy working with the public andpossess excellent Leadership, interpersonal, sales and customerservice skills in a professional work environment. Candidateslooking to share their talents in a challenging and rewarding teambased environment are encouraged to apply.

The ideal candidate will possess 3-5 years of selling mortgageproducts and services, with demonstrated business developmentskills and community involvement.

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For Rent-Vacation

MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA:Eagles Nest Timeshare, sleeps 6,5/27/11-6/10/11, Friday-Friday,$ 9 8 0 / W e e k . C a l l603-524-0665.

For Rent-Commercial

LACONIA- Retail store with officeand garage. Great location (1073Union Ave.) $850/Month + Utili-ties. Possible sub-divide for righttenant. 603-520-7882

LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf.,parking, includes heat. $550 permonth. Also 1325 sf. $675/monthSecurity deposit & references.455-6662.

For Sale

AMAZING Beautiful queen or fullpillow top mattress set only $249.See ad under “furniture”.

BED- Orthopedic 11 inch thick su-per nice pillowtop mattress & box.10 Yr. warranty, new-in-plastic.Cost $1,200, sell Queen-$299,Full-$270 King-$450. Can deliver.235-1773

BEDROOM- 7-piece Solid cherrysleigh. Dresser/Mirror chest &night stand (all dovetail).New-in-boxes cost $2,200 Sell$895. 603-427-2001

Body by Jake Ab Scissor. Verygood condition, a few minor cos-metic flaws, scratches, scuffs.$50. 677-6528

Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets.Solid maple, never installed. Mayadd/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost$6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 433-4665

FIREWOOD Is 'an icebox whereyour camp used to be'? Stove,Fishing, Campfires. $25-1/8 cord.EASY Self-Serve. Variety. In Bel-mont, near Belknap Mall/Winnis-quam bridge, I Mile from PICHE'sski shop. Up Union Rd., left on Ar-lene Drive #18-GREY WoodShack. Free kindling when avail-able. May Deliver-see sign.

FIREWOOD-ALL quantities avail-able. Bundles, 1/8, 1/4 & 1/2cords. Full cord/$180. Pick-up/de-livery. 998-7337/Leave Message

Firewood: SuperBowl weekend,$25. Near Belknap Mall, 1-milefrom Piches Sport Shop. Left onArlene Dr. Super Easy self-serve.

Hodgman Quality Hip Waders.Size 9 Cushion insoles, fully guar-anteed. New in box, never worn.$25. 677-6528

Large stuffed living room chairwith pattern. Modern rustic,bought at Grievior Furniture. Ask-ing $250. Call 524-8306

For Sale

New snowmobile helmet, sizesmall. $45, 36 in. Toshiba TV(36A11) $175, Weider Crossbowhome gym $125. All in excellentcondi t ion. Cal l 729-0199Northfield, NH

Furniture

AMAZING!Queen or full mattress set. Beauti-f u l L u x u r y f i r mEuropean-pillow-top, new in plas-tic, costs $1,095, sell $249. Candeliver. 603-305-9763

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Belknap LandscapeCompany

has immediate openings forground and roof shovelers.

With winter in full swing, wecontinue to hire temporaryon-call shovelers. No prior ex-perience necessary, but roofshoveling experience is a plus.Wage for hired shovelers dur-ing storms is $15/hour!Applicants must pass apre-employment drug screen,and be physically able toshovel for lengthy shifts. Appli-cants must be 18 or older,have a valid driver's licenseand reliable transportation.Completed applications will bereviewed by:

Belknap Landscape Co. Inc.Human Resources

25 Country Club Road,Unit 302

Gilford, NH [email protected]

WAITPERSON: Full-time, nightsand weekends. Apply in person,Bobhouse Reel �n Tavern, or call253-1025.

Help Wanted

HOCKEY TEAM

VOLUNTEER NEEDED!!!The Laconia Leafs JR Hockeyteam is searching for a volunteerequipment manager for the2011-12 season. Experience notneeded, training provided. Dutiesinclude skate sharpening, equip-ment repair/upkeep, game dayprep, etc. For More info contact:Coach Will Fay #581-7008

HOUSEKEEPERS Wanted: Weare looking for hard working peo-ple who know what clean is!Part-time positions, with potentialfor full-time hours available. Mustbe flexible, reliable and depend-able. Weekends a must. Pleaseapply in person at Fireside Inn &Suites (formerly B. Mae's Resort),Junctions of Routes 11 & 11B, Gil-ford, NH.

Real Estate

Belmont- 2 Bedroom Manufac-tured Home on its own 1/2 acre lotTown water & sewer, newly reno-vated and energy efficient, nice lo-cation. For Sale owner financingavailable call for details. ForLease - $1000/month. Call 267-

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Roommate Wanted

BELMONT: Near 106, easy com-munte north and south, countrysetting, includes all utilities, de-pos i t , re ferences, $595.(603)630-1296.

LACONIA/ GILFORD HOUSE-MATE wanted for beautiful home.Sunny private furnished room, in-cludes all utilities, Wi-Fi, dish,laundry. $125/week, $450/Month.Call 528-8030.

Services

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BRETT’S ELECTRICFast, Reliable Master Electrician.No Job Too small, Lowest Rates,Top Quality. Mail me an insuredcompetitors residential proposal &I�ll beat it! Call 520-7167.

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PIECE OF MIND$30/ hour. Let me clean, organizeor restyle your home. Dependableand trustworthy, impeccable refer-ences. Call Cindy at 520-2150.

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Ice-Dam Removal & Roof Shovel-ing. Fully insured. 10% of profitsdonated to Salvation Arny.603-455-2848

M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Qualitywork for any size electrical job. Li-censed-Insured, Free estimates/603-455-5607

MILES COMPUTER REPAIR

Virus Removal, ComputerTune-ups, Hardware Install, Net-work Install, Same Day Service.603-998-2326.

ROOF Clearing Specialist: Hard-working, experienced, references.No job too big or small! MattLabranche, (603)393-4937.

Roof Shoveling- Don't have timeor desire to get up on the roof anddo it yourself? Please call Dan at603-527-8670 Quick and reason-able service


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RN Supervisor Full time

Belknap CountyNursing Home

BCNH is seeking a full time 40 hour RN to lead our 11-7 shift andbe a part of our progressive management team where our missionis: “To care for our residents, as ourselves, with compassion, dignity

and respect.” The position reports directly to the Director of Nursing Services and isthe go to person in charge for the 11-7 shift. This is a great opportunity to really makea difference in a dynamic organization where resident-centered care and quality of lifeare of utmost importance.

Minimum Qualifications: Completion of a high school diploma and graduation froman accredited school of nursing and three years experience in a long-term care facility.Current RN licensure by the NH State Board of Nursing. Previous experience assum-ing charge responsibilities for a unit and a demonstrated ability to perform the essen-tial functions associated with the position.Starting pay range: $24.71 - $27.00 per hour DOQ, with a generous shift differentialand a competitive benefits package. Please view Outline of Benefits on our web site forfurther explanations.

LPN –Part TimeBCNH is also seeking a Part Time LPN to fill a 32 hour opening on the 3-11 shift.

Minimum Qualifications: Completion of a high school diploma, graduation from anaccredited school of Practical Nursing and current licensure by the N.H. State Board ofNursing.

Starting pay range: $19.62 - $21.44 per hour DOQ, with a generous shift differentialand the benefit of pro-rated vacation, sick and holiday time.

A County Application is required. Please apply by downloading and completing ourjob application. Completed applications must be received by:

Deb Laflamme, at 30 County Drive Laconia, NH, 03246 or via e-mail [email protected] or fax to (603) 527-5419

Applications for these positions will be accepted until February 18, 2011.

Browse our website at http://www.belknapcounty.org for additional information andview a complete Job Description. A criminal history & background check will be re-quired of any applicant prior to being offered a position.

Belknap County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Services

ROOF SHOVELING

Fully InsuredLaconia, Gilford, Belmont

& Surrounding AreasResidential & Commercial

Howland • 524-2009

ROOF snow and ice removal.Fully insured, free estimates. CallJohn 603-801-3513.

Services

ROOF Shoveling, Snowplowing,Ice Dam Removal and Repairs.Insured Professionals. Call603-630-5121.

ROOF Shoveling: Usually$50-$100 per roof. 455-6945.

Roof Snow Removal- Experi-enced, insured roofer. Dan496-1886 or 279-5806

Services

ROOFS -SNOW Removal. 29years expereince, insured. Eric(603) 387-4996

Services Services Services

TAX PREPARATION

Individuals and Businesses

No return is too small.

E-Filing available

Accounting and Auditing

Roger Marceau, CPA

387-6844 or e-mail

[email protected]

THE HUNGRY PAINTER: RoofShoveling, Painting, small treework, dump runs, odd jobs, dry-wall repairs. 455-6296.

Holy Trinity students explore careers during Catholic Schools Week

As part of National Catholic Schools Week, Holy Trinity School recently held a Career Day for its stu-dents. Children were given the opportunity to hear about a variety of careers that focus around sci-ence. Pictured in photo: Susan MacDonald from Meredith Center Dairy delighted Pre-K students with a chicken from her farm. (Courtesy photo)

2011 officers and directors announced by Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce

LACONIA — The Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce (LRCC) has announced a new slate of Officers and Board of Directors for 2011.

Joining Board of Directors are Joel Arsenault, Edward Jones Invest-ments; Gary Adams, Central NH Employment Services; Warren Bailey, Comcast Spotlight; Denise Sharlow, Franklin Savings Bank; and Lindsay Cota-Robles, Laconia Savings Bank.

Returning Board of Directors are Prescott Towle, A.W. Frost Agency; Eric Proulx, Tanger Outlet Center - Tilton; Allan Beetle, Patrick’s Pub & Eatery; Steve Weeks, Coldwell Banker/Commercial Weeks Assoc.; Dan Dineen, Lakes Region Coca-Cola; Craig Shufelt, Proforma Piper Print-

ing; Bill Quigley, Gunstock Mountain Resort; Jim Lowell, Naswa Resort; Christine Harris, Meredith Village Savings Bank; Barry Leonard, Laco-nia Savings Bank; David McGreevy, Sound & Vision Communication; and Deb Irwin, Manor on Golden Pond.

The Chamber’s Executive Board includes newly elected Chairman/Presi-dent Mark Edelstein, Lakes Region Com-munity College; First Vice Chairman Travis Cole, ReMax Bayside; Second Vice Chairman Christine Harris, Meredith Village Savings Bank; Treasurer Penny Raby, Malone, Dirubbo & Company; and Secretary Lindsay Cota-Robles, Laconia Savings Bank.

The Officers and Board of Directors serve 3 year terms.

LACONIA — An Hula Hooping class, offered by Laconia Parks & Rec-reation and Artsfest City Dance, will be held from 5:30 — 6:15 p.m. on Mon-days.

The eight-week program will offer participants a fun way to work off the pounds and get core muscles in shape. Cost is $68. Call 520-6868 to register.

Hula Hoop class offered by Laconia Parks & Rec and Artsfest City Dance


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