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Berlin residents urged to vote on redistricting TuesdayBERLIN – While New Hampshire’s fi rst-in-the-

nation primary Tuesday is the topic of national attention, city offi cials are urging residents not to forget that an important city referendum is being held as well.

Voters on Tuesday will be asked to approve a char-ter amendment that will eliminate the current four wards in favor of one ward that will encompass the entire city.

Under the proposal, the eight city councilors will be elected at-large, or by all the city’s voters, as is currently the case with the mayor and school board positions.

“The public should get out and vote on this city issue,” said City Clerk Debra Patrick.

The need to redistrict the city is a result of the 2010 U.S. Census, which showed a dramatic increase in the population of Ward III because of the impact of the state prison population. While the population of the other wards remained about the same or declined slightly, the population of Ward III increased by 750.

State and federal law require equal representa-

tion for residents, which forced the city to look at changing ward boundaries to make the popula-tion of the four wards approximately the same. But efforts to equalize the city’s population proved diffi cult because of requirements that the city use census blocks in developing new ward boundaries. After the council rejected several options devel-oped by City Planner Pamela Lafl amme, the body decided the fairest solution was to go with one ward. In making its decision, the council also recognized it would be repeating the entire process in ten years when the federal prison population is counted in the 2020 Census.

Patrick is urging residents to vote yes on the ref-erendum, which is on a separate municipal ballot. She said she believes having one ward for the entire city will benefi t both residents and candidates. She said it will increase opportunities for people to run for council and for voters.

“It’s benefi cial for both the voter and the person running for offi ce,” said Patrick.

If voters reject the single ward proposal, Patrick said the council will be forced to move quickly to develop another option and hold a special election within the next two or three months. She said the city must approve a solution in time to allow candi-

dates to fi le for state positions in June.“This all has to be straightened out and done way

before June,” Patrick said.Patrick pointed out that holding a special election

to consider another option would also be expensive – she estimated it costs the city between $8,000 and $10,000 to hold a special election.

One issue that has been raised is voting locations if the city moves to one ward. There is now a poll-ing place in each ward. Patrick said the city could continue to vote in the same locations by setting up different voting precincts

The city clerk noted that residents do not have to declare a party to get a municipal ballot and in fact can go to the polls Tuesday and ask just for a munic-ipal charter ballot if they do not want to participate in the primary.

“They don’t have to declare if they’re only voting for the charter amendment question,” she said.

New Hampshire also allows same day voter reg-istration as long as residents provide a photo iden-tifi cation.

Residents with questions about the referendum can call the city clerk’s offi ce at 752-2340 or go to the city’s web page for more information

BY BARBARA TETREAULTTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Budget committee grills Chief for two hours

GORHAM—Although the Gorham Police Department managed to carve $18,056 from its 2011 budget of $459,116 to propose a budget for 2012 of $441,060, the Gorham Budget Committee sought more cuts during a lengthy budget com-mittee meeting Wednesday.

Gorham Police Chief P.J. Cyr was the department head on the hot seat this time, fi rst going over the Police Depart-ment budget numbers line by line, as per instruction by Budget Committee Chair-man Bruce Lary, and then responding to

questions from the committee, twice offer-ing graphs to back up his explanations.

The fi rst graph broke down the total in the line attributed to permanent police position pay so that committee members could see, in detail, the wages being paid to the seven member police force. These wages ranged from the annual $58,141.00 of Cyr’s salaried position to the hourly rate of the newest offi cer, Eric Benjamin, at $20.38 per hour or an average annual earning (including estimated overtime) of $42,640.00. Cyr described the extra duties assigned to each offi cer in addi-

BY GAIL SCOTTTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Isaacson issues WARN noticesBERLIN - Employees at Isaacson Steel

and Isaacson Structural Steel were given their 60-day WARN notices yesterday as Company President Arnie Hanson contin-ues his efforts to sell the two businesses.

Hanson called the notice a formality in case he is unsuccessful in his efforts to sell both the warehouse operation and the fabrication shop.

He said he is still hopeful he can reach

an agreement to sell the operation.U.S. labor law requires companies

employing 100 or more employees to pro-vide a 60-day notice of plant closings or mass layoffs under the Worker Adjust-ment and Retraining Notifi cation Act. Isaacson employs about 140 people.

Isaacson fi led for Chapter 11 bank-ruptcy last June. Two weeks ago, Hanson said he was in discussions with two com-panies interested in purchasing and oper-ating the two companies in Berlin.

A chunk of ice balances precariously on a rock in the Peabody River last week. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)

Prison job info session this weekendThe Northern New Hampshire

Talent Team will be holding an employment information ses-sion to let veterans know about jobs at the Berlin Federal Prison. The event will be at the Berlin National Guard Armory on Sat-urday January 7 at 3 p.m. The information session will offer a comprehensive overview of avail-able jobs, the hiring process, and the preparations that potential applicants should make. While the information sessions will be tar-

geted to national guardsmen and veterans, all interested applicants are welcome to attend.

A similar information session will be held at the National Guard Armory in Manchester in early February.

The Northern New Hampshire Talent Team includes organiza-tions and individuals from across the region who are working col-laboratively to help prepare the workforce for employment oppor-

BY BARBARA TETREAULTTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

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BAGHDAD (NY Times) — Insurgents unleashed a fi erce string of bombings against Iraq’s Shiites on Thursday, attacking pilgrims marching through the desert and neighborhoods in Baghdad, in an attempt to stir sectarian vio-lence. The attacks come amid a political crisis that has brought the government to a halt less than three weeks after American troops withdrew.

According to security offi cials, 68 people were killed in the attacks and more than 100 wounded, marking the second devastating and apparently coordinated attack in Iraq over the

past month. The most lethal attack occurred near the southern city of Nasiriya where a sui-cide bomber detonated an explosive vest amid a crowd of pilgrims as they waited to pass through a check point, killing 44 and wounding dozens, including several Iraqi army offi cers, according to security offi cials.

The pilgrims were making a trip to the holy city of Karbala leading up to holiday of Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the death of Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

Explosions across Iraq kill dozens

(NY Times) — For the fi rst time in many years, manufac-turing stands out as an area of strength in the American economy.

When the Labor Department reports December employ-ment numbers on Friday, it is expected that manufacturing companies will have added jobs in two consecutive years. Until last year, there had not

been a single year when man-ufacturing employment rose since 1997.

And this week the Insti-tute for Supply Management, which has been surveying American manufacturers since 1948, reported that its employment index for Decem-ber was 55.1, the highest read-ing since June. Any number above 50 indicates that more

companies say they are hiring than say they are reducing employment.

There were new signs Thursday that the overall jobs climate was improving, as the Labor Department reported that new claims for unemploy-ment benefi ts fell last week and a payroll company’s report showed strong growth in pri-vate-sector jobs in December.

Manufacturing a surprising bright spot in U.S. economy

Egyptian prosecutors call for Mubarak to be hanged

CAIRO (NY Times) —Egyp-tian prosecutors on Thursday called for former President Hosni Mubarak to be hanged, saying that he was ultimately responsi-ble for the security forces’ killings of hundreds of peaceful protesters in demonstrations that ended his nearly three decades in power.

Egyptian law authorizes the death penalty for the deliber-ate murder of a single victim, one of the prosecutors, Mostafa Khater, told the court, so what is the appropriate sentence for the killing of hundreds? he asked. “There is life for you in the law of retribution, o men of understand-ing,” he said, quoting the Koran.

The prosecutors laid out their clos-ing argument in the trial of Egypt’s disgraced head of state as both polit-ical activists and the military rulers braced for a possible outbreak of unrest on the Jan. 25 anniversary of the revolution. The potential resolu-tion of the case could well help deter-mine whether that date is a day of celebration or anger.

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No one was injured when a 72-year-old Wakefi eld man, James Martin, accidentally drove a pickup truck through Profi le Bank on Meadow Street in Wakefi eld Thursday morning. According to Wakefi eld police, the vehicle went through the wall of the bank ruptured a pro-pane line and came to rest in an unoccupied offi ce. The building was evacuated and the pro-pane was turned off. Due to the position of the vehicle, Martin remained inside the truck until it was removed from the building. He didn’t appear to have any injuries, according to police, but he was transported to the hospital to be checked. The accident is under investigation.

Romney: Obama is ‘a job-killer’SALEM — Republican frontrun-

ner Mitt Romney continued to focus on the president Thursday morn-ing in Salem, just days before New Hampshire voters head to the polls.

The former Massachusetts gov-ernor was joined at the Salem Boys and Girls club by supporters U.S. Sens. Kelly Ayotte and John McCain.

Romney ignored his Republican rivals for the nomination, instead focusing on President Barack Obama, the man he would like to replace. The strategy is differ-ent from Romney’s Iowa tactics, in which he and PACs that support him

focused on candidate Newt Gingrich.“This president is a crony capital-

ist,” Romney said. “He’s a job-killer.”U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann used

similar language to describe Obama before she dropped out of the race Wednesday after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses.

Romney said Obama has failed to create jobs, except for those who supported him in the last campaign.

“He said he wanted to create green jobs,” Romney said. “I don’t think we understood he wants to give jobs to the people who gave him the green.”

—Courtesy of WMUR

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Ithaca Bound

At the Turn of the YearIt is a little after eleven o’clock on New

Year’s Eve. I am sitting at the work sta-tion in my home offi ce typing the fi rst sen-tences of this article. From the television set in the living room, I can hear sounds of the celebratory build-up to the eagerly awaited midnight moment, when the fast fading Old Year fi nally fi nishes its leg of the ever on-going race, passes on the well-worn baton, and, now exhausted, watches, as the fresh-faced New Year turns and begins its three hundred and sixty-six day run, as throngs the world over cheer with expectancy and hope. It is a celebratory ritual that has been going on for eons.

It is too easy to write that, given the state of the planet at the end of 2007, 2008 will be a crucial year in the history of that planet. Of course, it will be. But, then, every year, each in its own way, is a crucial year in the destiny of each of earth’s nations and states. Some will see their fortunes rise; others will see their fortunes fall. The same will be true of each of us, individually. It is the choices the leaders of the nations make, and that we as individuals make that determine much of this.

For example, an important decision awaits each of us living here in the State of New Hampshire just eight days into the New Year. Just eight days into the New Year, we must make a choice. A most important choice. Perhaps the most important we have had to make to date.

Each of the major political parties fi nds a number of candidates vying to be that party’s standard bearer come Novem-ber. A number of lesser known parties of which we have heard almost nothing also will choose fl ag bearers. And waiting in the wings is a still undeclared candidate who might well become the strongest can-didate of all. There are many who think that New York’s Michael Bloomberg, who would run as an Independent, is just biding his time, and that if he decides to step into the fray, may be the most for-midable opponent of all. But, for now he remains in the shadows.

By now, though, I would think that those of us who do intend to vote in next week’s primary have already decided where we will place our X. I hope that that decision has been made after careful and thought-ful consideration of what each candidate

would bring to the presidency, and not on the basis of a single issue or an emotional response. There is too much at stake for that. What qualifi cations for such an offi ce of almost overwhelming responsibility does a candidate bring to the table? What experience on the national and interna-tional stage? What does the candidate’s public record show? The winnowing of the fi eld will be over all too soon. In separat-ing the wheat from the chaff, let us hope that we do not inadvertently cut down the best of the crop.

Personally, I will vote next Tuesday for a candidate that I know has almost no chance whatsoever of winning his party’s nomination. But I truly believe that he is the best qualifi ed man to run for presi-dent in many a year, so I will vote for him, regardless.

Halfway through the month comes the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. I still believe it should be called Civil Rights Day. And I believe that Dr. King would agree were he still alive today. It is always the cause that is the most important thing of all. And while it was Dr. King’s dynamic and eloquent preacher’s voice and strong-willed leader-ship that fi nally won the day, there were others through the decades, including those whose skin was not black, that chal-lenged the old order and often laid down their lives for the precious rights that were being denied them and others.

Given that our own government has few qualms these days about circumventing our Constitution and Bill of Rights when-ever it suits its purpose (always in the name of national security, of course), per-haps we need to remind ourselves of what the celebration of Dr. King’s birthday is really all about. And what all the war memorials are all about. They’re about the struggles and sacrifi ces that have been made to achieve and hold onto our precious civil and individual rights. If we do not have those, we have nothing. I, for one, will keep that fi rmly in mind, when I step into the voting booth this coming Tuesday.

See you there.

(Ithaca Bound is the pen name of Dick Conway. His e-mail address is: laman-cha@dishmail.net.)

Fire victims offer their thanksTo the editor:I want to, on behalf of my

wife Gina and stepdaughter Mia and myself, to express sincere appreciation to all the many people involved in helping us during and after our Christmas night fi re.

Our gratitude goes to the fi re fi ghters and police offi -cers who responded quickly and to Paul and Normand Couture, who called in the alarm. We would also like to thank our neighbors, the Coys, who gave us jackets when we got out.

I think the person who I think really deserves a medal is my wife Gina for her val-iant efforts to get to me while I was trapped in the house. I had told her I was going out the window but couldn’t open the window. Several times she ran into the burning house to try and save me and the dog and cats. She had to, thank God, keep going back out to breathe in air before going back in. All this hap-pened before the respond-ers got there and I want the world to know what a brave and wonderful woman my wife is.

I ended up diving through

the window and in spite of bruises and some aches and pains and smoke inhalation I am glad to be alive. We both were taken to AVH for smoke inhalation and I was trans-ferred to a trauma center in Burlington, Vt.. We want to thank the hospital personnel for their care and the Red Cross volunteers who were kind and provided a motel room when we were released from the hospital.

A special big thanks goes to my big sister Sharon who drove all the way from Dela-ware to Burlington to be with me and then drove me back home on release. I have to mention a special donation from two young children who took the money the received in their Christmas stockings and spent it all on gifts for us all. We don’t know their names but think they are the “greatest.” And also we send thanks to our families and all our wonderful friends for their help and encourage-ment. This list of people to thank is so long I’m afraid of leaving someone out so a big thamk you to you all.

Alan AlgerBerlin, NH

Walmart responds to lettersTo the editor:I’ve seen a few letters

recently raising concerns about our Gorham Walmart store. I’m always open to feedback about how we can improve, as we always want to meet our customers’ expectations on price, selec-tion and service.

I’d like to personally thank

our customers who shopped with us during holidays and our dedicated associates who work hard to make sure our customers always have a pleasant experience.

There’s a lot that has been written about Walmart, but many people aren’t familiar with who we really are. The

Umbagog refuge a positive for lake and communityTo the editor:It has recently come to my attention that

Bob Lord of Errol has been passionately rail-ing against the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge and local federal land aquisition in general, in order to “protect” his hometown. I write here in response, with background, and with some arguments to oppose and balance against his.

First thing I’d like to say is that I appreci-ate Mr. Lord’s energy and dedication to his home town, though I disagree with some of his premises and conclusions. Still, working within and for one’s own community is a long-time American value, the renewal of which

would benefi t our nation today. In fact, such community values and passions—were both the economy and the environment kept in mind—would have likely avoided the needs for federal protection of land anywhere.

I do not speak for Paul Casey, the Refuge Manager, nor the US Fish and Wildlife Ser-vice. (This is not Mr. Casey’s refuge, as Mr. Lord calls it. It was created years before Mr. Casey was ever a part of it. It belongs to all Americans, many of whom would refl ect that Errol residents are lucky to have its benefi ts out their back doors.) I cannot even comment

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on how Mr. Casey handles things there with local residents. I can only speak as one who supported the creation of this refuge nearly two decades ago while I was still a resident of NH, and one who still does.

I can comment on the cost-benefi t analysis, and would like Mr. Lord and the local leaders he refers to, to pause a moment and recognize the positives. The timber companies, no longer allowed to harvest down to the water-line and taxed more highly for that shorefront property were selling off lakeshore building sites elsewhere in NH and ME. As I recall there were 72 minimum-sized lots fl agged and up for sale on less than half the shoreline of Big Island alone. The NH Forest Soci-ety stepped in at the last minute with a land trade to protect the island from over development and the lake from over-traffi cking. The rest of the shore-line was in danger of similar develop-ment, and Errol and even the State of NH had not the resources to purchase the land or easements for protection. Imagine if those shoreline sites had all been sold to the folks from Down Below who could afford them. All you need to do is to look at some of the sit-uations south of the notches.

Umbagog and Errol would be quite different today. Umbagog would have lost its precious semi-pristine charac-ter, now being ringed with summer and year-round homes, each with its dock and power launch, jet ski, air-boat, you name it. And along with that would disappear the local folks’ experience of fi shing, hunting without being hassled, boating, berry picking in a wilder peace. In town, the new-comers would have begun to demand the amenities they were used to in their primary or former home areas: Straighten and widen the roads, pave and plow more, put in traffi c lights, expand the school(s), hire a larger

police force (largely to enforce the “no hunting,” “no trespassing,” “keep out,” signs ringing all the private prop-erty), purchase and run and pave and expand the airport, develop and then police more ATV and snowmobile trails through the woods, and expand the town hall so they could participate in Errol’s decisions.

All of which steals the character of small town Errol and burdens its budget. Taxes go up. Locals are priced out of town. It’s a common pattern. Just look at lakefront development and the loss of farmlands south of the notches.

Further, I believe that there are sev-eral local economic benefi ts from the presence of a national wildlife refuge. Would L.L. Cote have expanded so much without the new tourist interest and focus on Errol as the entry to a new and resplendent national refuge? I believe that it was no coincidence that Errol’s fi rst chamber of commerce arose during the refuge creation, and was represented by Fran Coffi n at the refuge dedication.

A lot of Errol, back then at least, wished to keep the town’s character and the pristine lake experience as well as to make a living. The trade-offs inherent in unlimited develop-ment were (and I believe still are) too great, including pushing out many of the townsfolk who could not afford the eventual increase in taxes.

I don’t prefer federal intervention, either. I wish it hadn’t been necessary. But the major landowners were sell-ing off land, and they themselves were being bought up by western and Euro-pean companies who didn’t give a hoot about Errol or the lake. I hate to think what Umbagog would look like and how Errol would feel now, had the shoreline gone up for sale in small but highly expensive lots.

I like the idea of a citizens’ advi-sory board or some parallel strategy

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Gun bill passes, Gov. promises vetoThe governor’s promise of a veto didn’t stop law-

makers from passing a bill Wednesday that would prohibit college, state and local offi cials from ban-ning guns on campus, in daycares and other public places.

The bill, which would give the Legislature sole authority to decide where to ban guns, passed 180-144. That’s well short of the two-thirds majority that ultimately would be needed to override Gov. John Lynch’s veto.

Lynch’s spokesman, Colin Manning reiterated the veto promise yesterday after the vote.

“The governor supports gun rights, and the rights of responsible gun owners are already protected here in New Hampshire,” Manning said by email. “The limited restrictions we do have in place now are proper and constitutional. This bill, eliminating restrictions on guns in classrooms, dorms, libraries, public arenas and private businesses is a radical departure from our approach to public safety here in New Hampshire.”

Lawmakers did not get to two other gun-related bills yesterday that Lynch has also promised to veto. One would eliminate the need for a permit to carry concealed or loaded guns and the other would allow people to have loaded rifl es and shotguns in their vehicles.

The sponsor of the bill that passed yesterday, Republican Rep. Steve Cunningham of Sunapee, sold his legislation as something of a housekeeping measure that would clarify who could dictate gun bans. The law now, he said, has allowed state and

local agencies and college offi cials to create a patch-work of regulations by making those decisions inde-pendently.

“If you don’t like guns, you should love my bill,” Cunningham told lawmakers. “It lets you ban guns anywhere you want.”

That’s not how Democratic Reps. Rick Watrous of Concord and Steve Shurtleff of Penacook saw it yes-terday. They, like Lynch, saw it as a loosening of gun protections.

“College is not an environment for weapons,” Shurtleff said. He reminded Bill O’Brien, speaker of the House, that he had once said college students didn’t have the “intellectual capacity” to know how to vote in an election. “How will they have the intel-lectual capacity to know how to handle a gun?”

Watrous said colleagues and students at the com-munity college where he teaches have told him they are opposed to the bill.

“Teachers don’t’ want to deal with guns in the classrooms,” he said. “We have enough classroom management issues already without wondering if students are armed and dangerous.”

And students, Watrous said, “are afraid of their fellow students who party hardy.” Even if a student is a responsible gun owner, having a gun on campus makes a deadly weapon too easily available to irre-sponsible students, he said.

Law enforcement leaders and college offi cials joined Lynch on Tuesday at a press conference denouncing the bill as dangerous. Local offi cials have also objected, saying the bill will no longer allow them to ban guns on town or city property.

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Alfred Arthur Nolette, 84 of Goffstown and formerly of Lan-caster passed away on Wednesday January 4, 2012 at the Com-munity Hospice House in Merrimack, NH. He was born in Berlin, NH on October 5, 1927 a son to the late George and Aurore (Boucher) Nolette.

Fred was honorably discharged from the Navy on July 27, 1946. He married Rita Cloutier on Sep-tember 4, 1950 in All Saints Parish in Lancaster. They made their home in Lancaster where he was a police offi cer for a period of time and also worked for the Department of Motor Vehicles as a licensing offi cer.

Fred had a passion for hockey; playing for the Berlin Maroons for fi ve years and later coaching youth hockey in Lancaster. He also enjoyed playing golf and loved spending time with his family. He is a past member of the Bradley Assembly 4th Degree Knights of Columbus in which held several offi ces.

Fred was predeceased by his par-ents and two brothers George Nolette,

Lucien Nolette and two grandchildren. He is survived by his wife of 61 years Rita Nolette; two sons Michael Nolette of Londonderry and Peter Nolette of Cornish, one daugh-ter JoAnn Felisme of Manchester, a sister Anne Louise Beau-det of Rochester, fi ve grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.

Family and friends are invited to calling hours on Monday Jan-

uary 9, 2012 from 4-7 PM at Bailey Funeral Home 210 Main St. Lan-caster, NH. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Tuesday Janu-ary 10, 2012 at 11AM at All Saints Church. Burial will be in the spring in Calvary Cemetery.

In lieu of fl owers memorial contri-butions may be made in Fred’s name to Home Health & Hospice Care, Attn: Development 7 Executive Park Drive Merrimack, NH 03054. Please specify your donation is for the Community Hospice House in Merrimack.

Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more information or to send an online condolence.

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Lawrence E. RobergeBERLIN — Law-

rence E. Roberge, 86, of Berlin, NH died Dec. 31, 2011 at Androscog-gin Valley Hospital.

He was born in Berlin, on Janu-ary 6, 1925 to Alfred and Emelda (Lavoie) Roberge and was a life-long resident.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After his discharge he was employed by Brown Company, retiring in 1987.

He was a longtime member of the VFW Post 2520. He enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid hunter. Since retiring, he spent much of his time with family and friends at Akers Pond in Errol, NH.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Eva (St. Pierre) Roberge of Berlin, his two sons, Rene Roberge and his companion Rita Morel of Berlin, Ronald Roberge and his wife Louise of Manches-ter, NH, his grand-son and wife Timothy and Victoria Roberge of Manchester, his granddaughter Jeana Roberge also of Man-chester, and his sister Irene Roy of Berlin. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother Maurice

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The second graph illustrated a comparison of Gorham Police activ-ity over the past three years. Inter-estingly, although the number of “criminal offenses” had decreased from 338 to 255 from 2009 to 2011, the severity of these offenses has increased, as has the effi ciency of the PD in making arrests in these cases, arrests going from 176 in 2009 to 224 in 2011. Across the lines, instances in the number of assaults, breaches of the peace, destruction of property, fraud, theft and drug violations have all increased, according to the chart.

Nevertheless, the budget committee members, refl ecting Gorham’s hard times and rise in town taxes, did their best to fi nd areas where the Police Department budget could be slashed. They questioned overtime pay caused by training, total spending for fi eld supplies and total staffi ng.

Terry Roderick asked why train-ing couldn’t be arranged so that such training did not trigger overtime costs. Cyr said that because of the rotation schedules of the small police force, among other things, the formal train-ing time required overtime for most of the offi cers involved. He added that there are a number of advantages in bringing the force together at the required training time. Each fi rearms training requires two supervising offi -cers and the sessions have a morale boosting effect of group work and the educational value of the group dis-cussing common issues, which, in law enforcement, can be quite complex, such as providing proper informa-tion in the prosecution of crime and understanding recent supreme court decisions that affect prosecution. Cyr noted that the offi cers do practice on their own with their fi rearms, which is not charged to overtime. The formal fi rearms training involves testing to be sure the offi cers remain up to speed in handling fi rearms under various diffi cult conditions. He also noted that there are statutory requirements to have the proper number of training hours.

Robert Demers questioned the amount of money allocated for “fi eld supplies,” which appears to involve ammunition. He also questioned spending $400 for fl ash lights. Cyr replied that the type of fl ashlight used by the police needs to be tough. They use a type that costs $120 per fl ash-light.

“For 365 days a year we have offi -cers on duty,” Cyr said. “They (the fl ashlights) are used continuously. They are not like the fl ashlight you use at home once a month.” As for the ammunition, Demers asked how many rounds were needed for the offi cers to pass their qualifyiing trials and why do they have to do that yearly.

Cyr noted that the Police Depart-ment has seven offi cers who need to qualify on a 36 round course, equal-ling 252 rounds for one session. “To successfully qualify, you have to have

two consecutive calls or 252 times 2 or 504 rounds. Then we have practi-cal exercises: we do pre-qualifi cations, qualifi cations, and a second qualifi -cation or 756 rounds for the Gorham force. Then there are the practical exercises. In addition to the ammuni-tion we have for training, we resupply for offi cers’ duty. I don’t have a huge armory down there. $1,000 keeps us supplied with the ammunition we need to supply offi cers out on the street and also for the shotgun,” he said.

Demers asked why the yearly quali-fi cations couldn’t be on a three year rotation.

“Every year we have to qualify with the duty weapon,” Cyr answered. “By rule and regulation with the council, every year we have a main curriculum, but each year has to have something different. The three year rotation allows us to have low light-don’t shoot scenarios, a scenario when you’ve exerted yourself (such as) shooting close, far, doing tactical reloads. It’s not as easy as going out and shooting the target and you are qualifeid to use lethal force. Management has to give the offi cers practical, real life practices that they will use on the street. It’s a huge undertaking to shoot a weapon at someone. I would think that is one of the places where you would want to spend a little money.”

Jay Holmes then said he would like a copy of the police stops and the number of stops and the severity and outcomes, the number of calls for ser-vice “not just barking dogs and I’d like you to justify your position.” Cyr said he (Holmes) could go on line to the FBI website where there are uniform crime reporting statistics “and you can get our town.”

“I’m here to provide a service and I understand you are the checks for the residents,” Cyr said, and then Cyr circulated the graph relating to crime statistics in the town of Gorham over the past three years.

“You might say the police aren’t doing their job, but out of 255 reported offenses, we made 224 arrests last year, thanks to good investigative work,” he said, adding that in the sev-enteen years he had been in Gorham, he hadn’t seen as much serious crime.

He noted that when the state and federal prisons were brought to the area, “they said that their people wouldn’t stay and live in the area. But that is not true. They do. And Wal Mart brings a lot of people into the area. There are a lot of accidents in that area. These things have to be considered (in relation to the increase in work for the police department).”

He also noted the increase in the number of DWIs (driving while intoxi-cated) and aggravated DWI second offenses.

“We have a lot going on in this town that the police need to take care of. The sheriff ’s offi ce isn’t going to do it. The state police aren’t going to do it,” he said.

“The budget that I presented here tonight is a budget that will allow our Police Department to move forward in what I feel is a positive direction and provide law enforcement for the citizens of Gorham and fulfi ll our mis-sion. Could we get by with six offi cers? I can see from past experience that is would create problems for us to do the

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job,” he said, addressing the issue of cutting one position.

“I could cut 50 to 80 thousand. You can keep seven offi cers if you could cut somewhere,” Holmes said.

Cyr replied that it is “my job to present the police department budget. . . . I can point to statistics and what I have experienced in the past and what my gut feeling is. I can talk about morale going down and I have expe-rience (there). In 2003 I saw three offi cers leave and in 2004 I almost went.”

“It’s a tough economy,” said Holmes in return.

In public comments, former selectman Mike Waddell cautioned budget committee members to make sen-sible cuts and be pre-pared to defend them at Town Meeting.

The budget commit-tee will present a fi nal budget including any cuts at their annual budget hearing on Feb. 8. By statute, only up to 10 percent of any cuts made that night can be reinstated by the voters at town meeting should they desire it.

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Taxes are prominent concern in budget talksGORHAM — The

recent rise in taxes in Gorham appeared to motivate the budget committee’s scrutiny of the police budget last evening to the point that committee mem-bers and other town offi cials debated and explored the opportuni-ties for alternatives and potential cuts to town services.

“The community has suffered great losses over the past fi ve years and the town has made no sacrifi ces,” said budget committee member Jay Holmes. “Prior to that, we had good times. Then no one pays attention to expen-ditures of the town departments. Then we were happy when the town was doing well. That is not the case in the last fi ve years. People are struggling to eat, to maintain their homes. This last tax hit has just about put some over the edge.”

Addressing Police Chief PJ Cyr, Holmes criticized the town’s move to fi ll a vacant position last year despite objections from the budget committee. “Looking at the budget for the coming year (there are) no real sacrifi ces—fi ve percent, four percent. It would have been easier to work with you if you had fallen back to what we asked.”

Committee chairman Bruce Lary clari-fi ed, “The board has never given direc-tion as to how much to cut.” The disputed issue appeared to be that there had been a motion to reduce the police force by one offi cer and that the town manager had said there was money in the budget for the offi cer.

“We could not direct her how to spend the money,” said Lary, who noted that he had not voted for the motion. Cyr said that no one had ever approached him about reducing the force.

“I’m responsible for the budget, “ he said. He asked whether the board had consid-ered how many offi cers are on the force and how many hours a day the force has double coverage.

“Our job is to fi nd affordability,” said Holmes. “At this time the tax rate is afford-ing unaffordability.”

“I agree with you, Jay, it’s getting tough. I’m in a house built in 1923. The taxes were

$1900. Now they are almost four grand. I know,” said Cyr. But, he added, when the budget committee makes recommenda-tions to cut, it can’t happen without some rational explanation.

“You have to do it based on facts and data, and if you make the decision to cut this department by one person, it’s not a responsible decision,” Cyr said.

Committee members continued to ques-tion expenses and asked why the state isn’t responsible for patrolling the state roads: Routes 16 and 2. In the discussion that fol-lowed, it became clear that the state police have been severely cut back and don’t have the personnel to properly patrol these two routes, which are Gorham’s main roads.

“Why is this being dumped on the tax-payers of Gorham, to patrol the main high-ways of route 2 and route 16? Why should you be concerned with that?” Bob Demers asked.

“The answer is easy,” said Cyr. “Routes 16 and 2 go through the middle of town. That’s where our families walk up and down and our businesses and homes are adjacent to those roads. It’s to our benefi t to have a presence on the roads. The state roads give them (the bad guys) access to our homes and our businesses.”

It was mentioned that the state does free

dispatch service for towns such as Lan-caster, Whitefi eld and some “six or seven communities in the western part.” “Why don’t we we look into that,” said Steve Roy, noting that he thought it should be the selectmen and town manager who would do that.

Town Manager Robin Frost said that the state police can do traffi c stops, but “they don’t have someone that can be here all the time. There is no carrot here. We don’t have anything to hold over their heads. I could call them. I’d be happy to do that.”

Chairman Lary interjected, “Speaking as a former state legislator, . . . the town of Gorham never adopted Main Street from the State of New Hampshire. The City of Berlin did. The liability to maintain the road is Berlin’s. The Town of Gorham gets state plowed. As a legislator, I know there is only so much money that will be appro-priated for state law enforcement. They have notoriously been cutting that back. They do patrol. But if you go to the State of New Hampshire, they will say, that’s not our priority. They will try to put extra patrols in (but that’s not something the town can count on).”

Another board member asked how long

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll deliver lighthearted fun. It will be good for relationships of all kinds, including professional. Your quick wit and active life will be a magnet for new friends. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll feel youthful and unburdened by responsibilities. Feeling this way makes it true to some extent. As if by magic, your schedule will be clear of worry and chores. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Could it be that the energy and intention you give to your goals have greater power than the actual steps you take to make them happen? You’ll get evidence to suggest this today. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be spending time with a complimen-tary individual. This person will confi rm your attractiveness, not that you need such an ego boost. Your own opinion of yourself is what really matters. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There will be people on either side of an issue trying to get you to side with them or take action on their behalf. How do you know whether you’re doing the right thing? It feels right. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The only way to see the big picture is to go to the top of the proverbial mountain. You can do this in your mind, or you can do it physically by heading to the highest point in your immediate geography. Either way will give you clarity. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Accept-ing reality is the fi rst step to co-creating it. Your will is strong, but the universal will is stronger. You’ll defer to it as you realize that any other move would be pointless.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You may be prone to silly mistakes. Try to slow down and think things through. Luckily, your refl exes are so quick that even if you blunder, you can probably recover without mishap. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). If you don’t get what you want right away, it may be the best thing for you and everyone else. Sometimes what doesn’t happen may keep something really catastrophic from happening. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your sense of fun and adventure is going strong. You have responsibilities, but you don’t let them defi ne who you are -- mainly because that would make you boring! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The world desperately will require your patience. So few people really are patient these days, and so many rely on patience from others. Without it, life will run them over. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). New resources will inspire you to put an effort into raising your attractiveness quotient on both the inside and the out-side. Consider yoga. It will help you do both at the same time. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 6). You have the perfect combination of pas-sion and practicality, and you’ll apply yourself. You’ll receive stellar advice and follow it to a windfall in March. There will be a May reunion. June fea-tures investment and commerce. You’ll use your knack for knowing what the public wants. Romance fi lls the end of summer. Cancer and Leo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 38, 14, 30 and 15.

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CBS 3 WCAX A Gifted Man (N) Å CSI: NY (N) Å Blue Bloods (N) Å News Letterman

FOX 4 WPFO College Football AT&T Cotton Bowl -- Arkansas vs. Kansas State. (N) Å News

ABC 5 WMUR Extreme Makeover Extreme Makeover 20/20 (In Stereo) Å News Nightline

NBC 6 WCSH Chuck (N) Å Grimm (In Stereo) Å Dateline NBC Å News Jay Leno

CBC 7 CBMT Marketplace (N) Å fifth estate National Stroumboulopoulos

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PBS 11 WENH Antiques Antiques Great Performances American Masters Independent Lens (N)

CBS 13 WGME A Gifted Man (N) Å CSI: NY (N) Å Blue Bloods (N) Å News Letterman

IND 14 WTBS Payne Payne Payne Payne Movie: ›› “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”

IND 16 WPME Monk (In Stereo) Å Monk Sharona returns. Law Order: CI Paid Prog. Cops Å

EWTN 1 Life on the Rock Catholic Rosary The Eternal City Image Women of

CNN 24 Anderson Cooper 360 Piers Morgan Tonight Anderson Cooper 360 Erin Burnett OutFront

LIFE 30 Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted The First 48 Å

ESPN 31 NBA Basketball Chicago Bulls at Orlando Magic. (N) (Live) NBA Basketball

ESPN2 32 NFL Kickoff (N) (Live) Boxing Dyah Davis vs. Alfonso Lopez. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) Å

CSNE 33 NBA Basketball: Pacers at Celtics Celtics SportsNet Sports Quick

NESN 34 NHL Hockey From Jan. 1, 2010. Daily Football Daily Dennis

OXY 39 House Demanding. House “Control” Å House “Mob Rules” House “Heavy” Å

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GAC 50 Windshield Feasty Backstory Top 50 Videos of 2011 Late Shift

SYFY 51 WWE Friday Night SmackDown! (N) Å Merlin (N) Å Stargate SG-1 Å

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HIST 54 American Pickers Å Invention Invention Invention Invention Real Deal Real Deal

DISC 55 Gold Rush Å Gold Rush (N) Å Flying Wild Alaska (N) Gold Rush Å

HGTV 56 Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters

A-P 58 Infested! “Dirty Wars” Infested! (N) (In Stereo) Confessions: Hoarding Infested! (In Stereo)

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SPIKE 61 Gangland Los Angeles. Gangland Å Movie: ›› “Alien vs. Predator” (2004)

MTV 63 Teen Mom 2 (In Stereo) Jersey Shore Å Movie: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

VH1 64 40 Greatest Pranks 2 (In Stereo) Mob Wives Å Movie: “GoodFellas”

COM 67 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tom Papa’s Stand -Up Playlist (N)

A&E 68 Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds “JJ” Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å

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AMC 72 Movie: ››‡ “Desperado” (1995) Antonio Banderas. Movie: ››‡ “Desperado” (1995)

TCM 105 Movie: ››› “Pigskin Parade” (1936) Premiere. Movie: ››› “A Yank in the RAF” (1941)

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HBO 201 Movie: ›› “Torque” Life, Times Movie: ››‡ “Due Date” (2010) Life, Times 24/7

SHOW 221 Movie: ›› “Faster” Movie: ››› “Blue Valentine” (2010, Drama) Boxing

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ENC 248 Movie: ›‡ “Grown Ups” (2010) Movie: ›› “Predator 2” (1990) Danny Glover. Code-Silnc

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Monday, January 9Golden Age Card

Party: 1 p.m., Senior Meals site, Sullivan St., Berlin.

Friday, January 13Men’s Breakfast

Group. Topic: “The Cost of Health – Where is the Money Coming From?” Presenter: Mr. Russell Keene, CEO of Androscoggin Valley Hos-pital. Meeting at the Gorham Congregational/UCC Church, Main Street, Gorham. Breakfast is at 7:00 A.M., presentation at 7:30 A.M. A free will offering will be taken at breakfast for the Ecumen-ical Food Pantry. All men welcome. FMI: 466-3496

Monday, January 16Ladies of St. Anne:

Card party, 1 p.m. St. Anne’s lower hall, School St., Berlin.

Saturday, January 21Lasagna Dinner

Fund-raiser: at AVH Caf-eteria. Sponsored by the AVH Relay For Life Team, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sit-down meal served by AVH staff includes

Salad, Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Coffee/Tea/Punch and Dessert. Adults: $9; Children 12 and under: $5. Take out available, 50/50 raffl e.

Proceeds to benefi t the American Cancer Society. FMI call Linda Laperle, event chairperson, at 326-5608.

Friday Cholesterol Clinic: Monday through Friday, Berlin

Health Dept., city hall. By appointment only, Call 752-1272. All area residents welcome. Fee $15.

AA Meeting: Discussion Meeting, St. Barnabas Church, 2 High St., Berlin. Discussion Meeting, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Weekly “Luck of the Draw” Cribbage Tournament. Gorham American Legion, 6 Androscoggin St., Gorham, $5pp: registration 5:15 to 5:45; play starts 6 p.m. Call Legion for more info 466-2433.

Bingo: St. Anne Hall, 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by The-atre North.

Senior Meals: Guardian Angel School, noon. Sug-gested donations for 60 and over $3; under 60 $6. All are welcome. (FMI 752-2545)

Berlin Area Head Start Accepting Applications: For children between the ages of 3-5 years old. This is an income eligible program. Call 752-5464 to schedule an appointment to enroll your child.

Gorham Public Library: Open M-F: 10am-6pm, Saturdays: 10am-Noon. Story Time is 1:30 p.m. every Friday View On-line Catalog at https://gorham.bib-lionix.com/ FMI call 466-2525 or email gorhampub-liclibrary@ne.rr.com.

Men’s Breakfast Meeting, Congregational/UCC in Gorham on Main Street. Meeting held the second Friday of each month at 7 a.m.

Artisan Gift Shop: 961 Main St., Berlin. Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Foot Care Clinics: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Friday at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital Home Health and Hospice Department. For an appointment, call 326-5870.

Serenity Steps Peer Support Center: 567 Main St. Berlin, Providing peer support services to local area residents challenged by emotional or mental diffi culties. Open Monday through Wednesday 11-4; Thursday and Friday 11-7 p.m. FMI 752-8111.

Salvation Army: Music Arts — drama/singing company/sacred dance/timbrels (for all ages), 3 to 4:30 p.m. Dinner — 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Jr. Soldiers/Jr. Soldiers Prep/Corps Cadets — 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Youth Horizons: (ages 13 and up), 7 to 9 p.m., 15 Cole St., Berlin. (FMI 752-1644)

Coos County Adult Learner Services: Offers free, confi dential, one-to-one instruction in basic reading, writing, math, English for speakers of other lan-guages and preparation for high school equivalency exam (GED). Available Monday through Friday at 166 Main St., Berlin. To schedule an appointment, call 752-1927 or 1-800-268-5437.

Berlin and Coos County Historic Society Moffett House Museum: Open fi ve days, Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Can also be opened by appointment. Call 752-4590. Available are historical documents, school yearbooks, Berlin/Gorham direc-tories, annual city reports, city and county reports, Brown Bulletins, old books, artifacts and more. Also accepting artifacts.

SaturdayNC Big Book Step Study: AA meeting, 7 to 8:30

p.m., Tea Birds Restaurant conference room, 151 Main St., Berlin.

Shelburne Library Schedule: Thursday - 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays - 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Dummer Library Story Hour: First Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. (FMI 449-0995; E-mail: dpl@ncia.net)

Salvation Army Bible Study: 10 a.m., 15 Cole St., Berlin.

Genealogy Library: First Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Gorham Hill Road, Randolph.

Milan Public Library: Monday, 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday’s 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

SundayAA Meeting: Big Book. Discussion Meeting, 7 to

8:30 p.m,. AVH.Compline: Every Sunday, 8 p.m. St. Barnabas

Episcopal Church, a short evening prayer service, sung every Sunday, 2 High Street, Berlin. FMI 752-3504.

MondaySenior Meals: 12 noon every Monday, Family

Resource Center, Main St., Gorham. Suggested donation $3, under 60, $6. Call 752-2545 to reserve.

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DEAR READERS: Yesterday I printed letters from adults in response to a letter from “Emotionally Abused in Califor-nia” (Nov. 2), the 15-year-old who felt her mother was treat-ing her unfairly. Today we’ll hear from teenage readers: DEAR ABBY: I’m a 14-year-old girl. My mom showed me the letter from “Emotionally Abused” and I almost died! Her mom sounds just like mine. I am not allowed to wear clothing that shows too much skin or get into a car with a teenage boy. I don’t have cable TV. I have to do my own laundry, clean my room, cook dinner and hem my own jeans. Every night our entire family sits down for dinner. My par-ents always know my plans when I’m out with my friends, and I go to church every Sunday -- with the occasional groan. I’m not the perfect daughter, but I’m glad I’m being raised with integrity, responsibility and a whole lot of chores. -- CO-OPERATING TEEN IN NEW JERSEY DEAR ABBY: From one teen to another: I have heard your same story from friends a thousand times. You’re not being treated like a criminal. Your mom is doing you a huge favor. She’s preparing you for the real world by making you pay for your own things. She’s got high expectations if she thinks you can get through college. And about your friends, she just wants to know who they are. She’s not telling you no, right? She’s a single mom, and she’s trying to protect you. You need to be easier on her and try to see things through her eyes. Not everything she does is an attack on you -- in fact, it’s the opposite. -- FELLOW CALIFORNIA TEEN DEAR ABBY: I’m an 18-year-old girl and I have never been in trouble. I attend a private school where modesty is the dress code policy. To pay for tuition to this school, I work every afternoon during the school year and full-time during the summer. I’m expected to pay for my own clothes, cell-phone bill and haircuts out of my allowance. If I can’t afford

something, I don’t buy it. As long as I live with my parents, I will abide by their rules. My parents love me very much and have my best in-terests at heart. “Emotionally Abused” should have respect for her mother and be thankful for the many things she has. -- MONTANA TEEN DEAR ABBY: I’m also a 15-year-old Catholic girl. “Emo-tionally Abused” should be grateful she can attend church because it means we have religious freedom in our country. She is going to private school, which means her mother loves her enough to put her daughter’s needs ahead of her own. She needs to rethink who is being unreasonable. -- TEEN IN FLORIDA DEAR ABBY: After we read the letter from “Emotion-ally Abused,” my brother and I were laughing to the point of tears! I would like to say the following to her: Our mom makes my brother (who’s also 15) and me go to church every Sunday AND Wednesday. Mom home-schools us, thus mak-ing her teacher, principal and mother all in one. I’ll be 17 in January and I still can’t date. Mom checks my computer regularly, and I’m not allowed to go to chat rooms. My brother and I have to set the table and eat with her every night. As for visiting Dad, I wish we could see ours every week. Unfortunately, he’s deployed overseas. In conclusion: DEAL WITH IT! Your mom isn’t being unreasonable; she’s looking out for you. Mothers like yours are few and far between. What hurts you, hurts her. If she didn’t love you, she wouldn’t act the way she does. Abby’s right when she says one day you’ll look back and thank her. My brother and I already thank ours. -- LAUGHING SIBS IN NORTH CAROLINA DEAR READERS: To read a longer version of this column, go to DearAbby.com.

GIRL WHO THINKS SHE’S ABUSED GETS SCOLDED BY FELLOW TEENS

by Abigail Van Buren

Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at: Dear Abby, c/o The Conway Daily Sun, PO Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860

CITY OF BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIREAccount Clerk

The Berlin Finance Department is accepting applications forthe position of Account Clerk through Tuesday, January 17, 2012.Applications should include a cover letter and an applicationor resume. This position performs clerical/bookkeeping functionsfor the Finance Department and often works directly with thepublic. The Department is seeking a self-motivated individual withan aptitude for detail. Excellent clerical, bookkeeping, typing,communications, ability to multi-task and customer service skillsare essential. The individual should possess two years experience inclerical/bookkeeping work and demonstrate a working knowledgeof computers, word processing and spreadsheets. An AssociateDegree is preferred. The position has a starting pay rate of $11.74per hour (35 hr week) and includes excellent benefits.

Applications should be submitted to theFinance Office at 168 Main Street, Berlin, NH 03570.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Hc

Animals

FEMALE Pomeranian Puppies.Will be available Jan 17th. 1stshots. $450 each. Great pet forloving family or single person.752-2892.

Low Cost Spay/ NeuterCats & dogs Rozzie May AnimalAlliance www.rozziemay.org603-447-1373

PUPPIES small mixed breed.See website for more details:www.mainelypuppies.com(207)539-1520.

Antiques

ANTIQUES, glass, furniture, &collectibles of all kinds wantedby Bob Gauthier, 449-2542. Spe-cializing in Estate and Businessliquidation. Bonded.

Goulet Auction ServiceLooking for antiques andcollectibles for upcom-ing auction. Please call603-752-7369 or e-mail

goulet@ncia.net

Announcement

PRAYER TO THE

BLESSED VIRGIN

(Not known to fail)O most beautiful flower ofMount Carmel, fruitful vine,splendor of Heaven, BlessedMother of the Son of God. Im -maculate Virgin, assist me in mynecessity. O Star of the Sea, helpme and show me here you aremy mother. O Holy Mary,Mother of God, Queen ofHeaven and Earth, I humbly be-seech you from the bottom ofmy heart to succor me in my ne-cessity (make request). There arenone that can withstand yourpower. O Mary conceived with-out sin pray for us who have re-course to thee (3 times). HolyMary, I place this cause in yourhands (3 times). Say this prayerfor 3 consecutive days and thenyou must publish and it will begranted to you.

P.J.M.

Auctions

NORTH Country Auctions, LLC-January 28st, 2012- 9am. Heavyequipment & general merchan-dise auction. To be held at ourauction barn located at: 438Plains Road, Tamworth, NH03886. We are now acceptingconsignments! Heavy equip-ment, trailers, auto’s, industrialtools, building supplies, boats,farm equipment, landscapingequipment, and more! Call ustoday for more information:(603)539-5322 Email:info@northcountry-auctions.comvisit us online @www.northcountry-auctions.comAuctioneer: Doug Ryan Lic#2739.

Autos

1995 Oldsmobile Ceira 4dr,auto, 3.1 V6, only 63k miles.Super clean inside & out. $2800.(603)252-1883.

2000 Camry, auto, 4 cyl., powerwindows, studded snows tires.Clean inside/out $3850,752-9838.

2003 Buick LeSaber, 4 dr auto,V6, good condition, 103,500m i l e s , a s k i n g $ 5 6 0 0(603)752-4538.

2006 Ford Freestar Van, 6 cyl., 7passenger, extra set rims withsnows, $4250,752-9838.

Autos

Paying Cash foryour unwanted or

junk vehicle.Best local prices!ROY'S TOWING

603-348-3403

BUYING JUNK CARSand trucks. Paying in cash. Hon-est pricing. No gimmicks. Kel-ley’s Towing (603)723-9216.

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

FORD pick-up body, dual wheelfits 1980 through 1996,636-1304, 636-1667 evenings.

For Rent

$50. weekly, private lock room,o w n e r ' s r e s i d e n c e ,603-348-5317. 24-7.

2 & 3 bedrooms, heat, h/w, WDhookups, off street parking,Robert Reed, HUD accepted,752-2607, 723-4161.

BERLIN- Spacious 2 bedroom1st floor of duplex; heat, hw,w/d hookups; yard & garage;stove & frig incl., no pets; $675+ sec dep. 603-560-3481.

For Rent

Are you visiting/ workingin the area or working onthe Burgess PioPower Bio-

mass Plant and need aroom by the night, weekor month? Stay at DuBeeOur Guest B&B in Milan,eight miles north of pro-ject. Fully furnished, in-

cluding paper goods, fulluse of kitchen, wireless

internet, Direct TV, barbe-cue grill and cleaningservice. $35/night, or

$140/week.

Owners have separateliving quarters.

FMI call 603-449-2140or 603-723-8722.

1 bedroom on York St., Berlin.2nd floor, heat & hot water in-cluded. No smoking, no pets.$525/mo. 617-771-5778.

BERLIN apartments available. 1bedroom units $450-$550/mo.heat included, some includeh/w, 2 bedroom $600/mo. heat,h/w included. No smokers.Off-street parking. Call/ text(603)723-7015.

BERLIN Houses available imme-diately. 131 Jolbert St. 3/4 br,1.5 bath, yard, garage. $775/mo.No utilities included. 252 WightSt. 2 BR, 1 bath. Yard, garage$675/mo. No utilities included.Call/ text (603)723-7015.

BERLIN- 2 bedroom, 1 bathhouse. Attached garage. Greatneighborhood. Water/ sewageincluded. Recently renovated,all appliances included.Non-smokers/ no pets. 1st andsecurity/ references. $775/mo.(207)608-0670.

BERLIN: 1-4 bedroom apts.,$475-$775; rooms for rent,$75/week, 723-3042.

BERLIN: 2 bedroom, heat, h/wincluded, HUD accepted,$550/mo. 802-388-6904.

Berlin: 2 bedroom 1st floor.Heat & hot water. $625/mo. Se-curity deposit & references re-quired. (603)449-2230.

BERLIN: Renovated 2 bdrm withden for rent. Heat, hot water,shed & garage inc. $750/mo +security. Call (603)703-4661.

COMPLETELY renovated 3 bed-room & 1 bedroom apartments.Call H&R Block, great landlord(603)752-2372.

COTTAGE: 3 bedroom, onebath, living room, dining room,kitchen, FMI $750/mo. call723-2828, 752-6826.

For Rent

FOUR Rooms, furnished or un-furnished, enclosed porch,shed, garage, heat, h/w, w/dhookups, no pets, no smoking,w/ security deposit call 449-6776

GORHAM downtown 2 bdrmhouse. Walk to schools, stores,restaurants. $825/mo. plus utili-ties. (603)915-6349.

GORHAM first floor two bed-room. Bell St. $650/mo. heat in-cluded. Yard, stove/ fridge, w/dconnection. No smokers. Call/text (603)723-7015.

GORHAM HOUSE 3 bedroom, $795 completely re-modeled, no utilities included,84 Lancaster Road, 466-5933,915-6216.

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to work with the US Fish and Wild-life Service, rather than against it. It would be my suggestion, after 35 years of working for conservation in various places across the continent, for Mr. Lord and local and state lead-ers to spend their time and money and passion to make that happen.

Do not get caught up in the current overuse of the pejorative, “socialism.” Conservation of special areas has, in many examples I have seen, turned out to be a treasure chest for those looking for a natural respite as well as for the locals nearby who can facili-tate that while protecting the natural resource. Here lies sustainability of both ecology and economy. The forma-tion of this refuge was not due to a federal lust for land; it was an oppor-tunity—our only opportunity—to pro-tect a beautiful, productive, and quiet

place and its neighboring town in NH from the true monstrosity of unmiti-gated overdevelopment with money and attitudes from Down Below and all the displeasure that it brings.

In closing, I would ask Mr. Lord to consider that the refuge’s protec-tion of a wilder Lake Umbagog will offer his fi ve-year-old granddaugh-ter an escape to a more pristine and timeless and less disturbed piece of northern NH and the real world, pre-cious as that is. I wonder whether his granddaughter, when she’s decades older, won’t be happier with a beauti-ful northern lake in her memories of childhood, and which she can share with her own grandkids.

With great respect for all, and still a love for Umbagog, Errol, and my former and long-time surroundings,

Jeff Fair Palmer, AK

REFUGE from page 5

it would take for an offi cer, tied up making an arrest, to get back up. Cyr responded that “a lot of the time, there is a state trooper there, but there are times when they are 45 miles away and the next prospect is Berlin, 10 to 20 minutes away realistically.”

Cyr said that he had tried have aux-iliaries. “You still have to pay to get those people up and running so they can lawfully enforce the law,” he said.

On the dispatch issue, Jeff Schall said he thought there was an ineq-uity between what Shelburne gets in assistance from the Gorham Police Department and what Gorham gets in return.

The board then turned to the ques-tion of the dispatcher budget for 2012 ($163,680), which Cyr said repre-sented an 8.3 percent decrease over the 2011 budget ($178,613).

The major point of discussion was whether Gorham was charging Shel-burne enough for the use of its dis-patch services and whether or not Berlin would or could take over Gor-ham’s dispatch services.

Regarding Shelburne, Holmes said, “they are getting by without a police department and dispatch. . . we are providing that service. Management is missing an opportunity to capture some money to provide those ser-vices.” Frost said the town is looking into the issue.

“I want action. I want results. How long do you plan to take,” said Holmes.

“We have new contracts,” Frost responded. “2013 is the fi rst time we will be able to negotiate a new con-tract.”

Under old business, Frost said that the town does not have information to

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Mountaineer hockey team penalized in 6-1 loss to CentralMANCHESTER — Manchester Central scored

four power play goals and went on to defeat Berlin 6-1 in a boys division I game played in Manchester Wednesday.

Berlin came out strong and peppered Little Green goaltender Connor Minch. The Manchester keeper was very good stopping everything shot his way by Berlin.

The Mounties were called for a pair of penalties at 4:10 and 4:32, to give Central a two man advantage for 1:28. The Berlin defenders and senior goaltender Steve Martin played very well, killing off the two man advanatage for the Manchester home team.

Central scored a short handed goal with 4:43 to play in the fi rst period. Devon Sprague got the goal with an assist to Mitchell Fortin and a 1-0 lead. Just 13 seconds later, Central went up 2-0 on a defl ected shot that went high up in the air on a screen shot.

The puck came down and struck the back side of Mountie goal tender Martin and rolled into the open net. That was the end of the scoring in the fi rst period.

The roof came crashing down on Berlin in the second period. The Mounties were whistled for six minor infractions, which kept them short handed for most of the period. Goals for the Central Little Green came at 1:22 by Sprague, 3:00 by Duplessis, and 9:20 by Cole Anderson. Anderson’s goal was a super individual effort coming out of the near corner and picking the top left side corner to make it 5-0. Both clubs had 24 shots each on goal after two peri-ods of play.

Berlin matched their total of penalties in the third period. However, the Mounties worst loss may have come from a non-called elbow to the head of of for-ward Mickey Lemoine. The play occurred in front of the game offi cial and did not recieve a call.

Central scored early in the third period with 13:24

left to play off the stick of Noah Duplessis. That allowed the clock to run without stoppage, because the goal differentual was at six and under NHIAA rules, the clock will not stop on whistles.

Down two men late in the third period, Berlin got a short handed goal off the stick of winger Connor Jewett. Jewett out battled at least three Manchester players to ruin the shut-out bid of keeper Connor Minch. That made the fi nal score 6-1.

Berlin will return to the friendly confi nes of the Notre Dame Arena on Saturday. For their fi rst home game of the regula season, the Mouties host Bishop Guertin at 6 PM.

BHS 0 0 1-1MCHS 2 3 1-6

Saves: Central- Minch 35, Berlin- Martin 30.

BY JEAN LEBLANCTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Gorham Boys split in Newmarket Holiday TournamentNEWMARKET--The Gorham boys basketball

team traveled to Newmarket High School and par-ticipated in their Holiday Tournament. In their fi rst contest, the Huskies used a big fourth quarter and defeated Portsmouth Christian 55-49. In the second game, the Huskies battled one of the top division IV teams in Epping, falling by a score of 74-61. Coach Billy Goodrich offered comments for both games:

Gorham 55 Portsmouth Christian 49 This was a very close game right to the fi nal min-

utes. We defended pretty well however, we were unable to really get going until the 4th quarter. Trailing 38–33 we played very solid man defense, and created some problems and we were able to get consecutive defensive stops and good inside scor-ing opportunities in our ½ court sets. We managed to keep their best player to only one basket in the fourth and turned a fi ve point defi cit into a six point win. Our inside players Michael Turgeon and Jacob

St Hilare led the way with 18 of our 22 points in the quarter. It was good to see the kids battle back from being down in the fourth and having it all coming from their defensive effort was encouraging.

GHS 12 11 10 22---55PCHS 11 13 14 11--49

Gorham (55)- Boisselle, Lambertson 10-3-23, Jensen 4-2-10, St Hilare 3-2-9, Blundin 1-0-2, Tur-geon 5-1-11.

Portsmouth (49)- Andrew 2-0-4, Brian 7-1-16, Mitch Corizzi 2-2-6, Vernan Solomon 3-0-7, Ryan M 0-1-1, Tyler 3-0-6, Steven 4-0-9.

Gorham 61 Epping 74 This was a wide open game right from the start as

both teams combined for 38 points in the fi rst quar-ter. Frank Stanley who averages 21 points per game did the most damage with 10 of Epping’s 22 points. Epping’s quickness really presented problems as we

had a diffi cult time all night maintaining any kind of defensive effort. It was particularly frustrating as a lot of their baskets came off the dribble. On the positive side, the kids continued to put up decent offensive numbers against one of the better south-ern teams in our division. All in all a very worth-while trip as were able to see how we measured up with some of the southern teams in our division.

GHS 17-9-14-21---61EHS 21 14 20 19---74

Gorham (61)- Boisselle 1-0-2, Lambertson 8-4-23, Jensen 7-4-22, St Hilare 1-1-3, Turgeon 3-5-11, Bisson.

Epping (74)- Young 1-0-2, McCutter 4-0-8, Stanley 7-0-14, Holmes 3-0-6, Haladay 1-0-2, Brisette 1-0-2, West 8-1-19, Ciartori 4-1-9, McAllister 0-1-1, Stan-ley 3-0-7, Cammett 2-0-4.

BY JEAN LEBLANCTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Roundtable discussion on schools scheduledBERLIN — New Hampshire Connections in

partnership with SAU 3 and SAU 20 will be hold-ing a roundtable discussion in Berlin, NH. Using the PTA’s Standards for Family-School Partnerships to Improve Family-School Partnerships in Special Education is the fi rst in our series to be held in the North Country. It will provide an overview of the PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Part-nership and strategies for how these can be used to support family-school partnerships in special edu-cation. Come and get more information and be part of the discussion on family-school partnerships in special education and connect with others. You will

leave with concrete ideas. You can make a difference for your school.

The roundtable discussion will take place at the Berlin High School Library on January 24, 2012 and the time is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is a free activity and is open to everyone. You will receive a Certifi cate of Staff Development. Refeshments will be served and also door prizes. Bring a friend and be entered into a special drawing. Look for more information on our website at http://www.nhconnections.org.

To register, please call 224-7005 or email front-desk@picnh.org. If you require special accommoda-tions, please let us know

Hockey broadcast Saturday

Tune in to WMOU 1230 AM, FM 106.1, Saturday, January 7, at 3 PM, as the Berlin/Gorham girls hockey team hosts Oyster River, from the Notre Dame Arena.

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Berlin boys knock Cougars from the ranks of the undefeated 63-49

LITCHFIELD — The Berlin boys basketball team used solid team defense and went on to defeat the Cambell Cougars 63-49 in a boys division III basketball battle of undefeated teams in Litchfi eld Tuesday.

The Mounties got off to a super start in the fi rst quarter of play leading 17-5. All fi ve starters scored at least one hoop, along with sub, Quinn Morris-sette. Curtis Arsenault and Zach Bacon had four points each. Campell’s Jacob Morgan scored all fi ve of his club’s points.

Campbell began shooting from long range and actually out-scored Berlin 20-15 in the second quar-ter to trail 32-25 at the break. Berlin’s Arsenault eight markers and team mate Sam Aldrich four points, paced the Mountie offense. The Cougars got ten points from Morgan (2-3’s) and six from Jesiah Wade (2-3’s).

Aldrich did a great job defending the 6’6” McK-earin, making him a non-factor in the game,” said Berlin coach Don Picard. “Drouin and Giannos did an excellent job of keeping their guards in front of them. Campbell typically gets to the basket with dribble penetration, but did not last night. Zack Bacon did a great job of shutting down Morgan in the second half - all 15 of Morgan’s points were in the fi rst half. Bacon denied him the ball on the wing and on the rare occasion that Morgan got the ball, he was forced to pass.”

The home team Cougars closed the gap to two points by the end of the third quarter 41-39. Dimi-tri Giannos had three of the nine points scored by Berlin.

Campbell’s Max Gouveia fi ve points and John Houston three points, got the home team within a hoop.

Berlin began to pull away in the fi nal quarter. Foul shooting down the stretch pushed the Berlin margin of victory to fourteen points. Arseanault seven, Aldrich six (6-6 FT’s), JakeDrouin four, and the team as a group shot 11-14 from the foul line, making for the margin of victory. The home team got six poins from Gouveia and four from Houston.

“This was our best game in terms of team defense this year,” stated coach Picard. “Our help defense was in good position in the half court game all night. We came up with 14 steals, many of which led to transition hoops. Everyone did a great job of get-ting a hand in the passing lane and disrupting their offensive fl ow.”

For the game, Campbell shot 20-41 from the fl oor and an accurate 5-8 from three point land. The Cou-gars only went to the foul line eight times convert-ing on four of them. Morgan 15, and Gouveia and Houston 11 each paced the Campbell offense.

The Mounties were 21-43 from the fl oor and an inaccurate 1-11 from beyond the arc. However, the game was won at the foul line where Berlin sizzled at 20-25. Arsenault 21, Aldrich 14, and Drouin 11, all got to double digits for the Berlin offense.

The tough stretch of games continues for the Berlin boys. The Mountaineers travel to Bow High school for a Saturday afternoon contest.

BHS 17 15 09 22 63 CHS 05 20 14 10 49

Mounties (63)- Arsenault 8-5-21, Aldrich 4-6-14, Drouin 4-2-11, Bacon 2-3-7, Giannos 2-2-6, Frenette 0-2-2, Morrissette 1-0-2.

Cougars (49)- Morgan 5-2-15, Gouveia 5-1-11, Houston 5-1-11, Wade 3-0-8, McKearin 1-0-2, Freson 1-0-2.

BY JEAN LEBLANCTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Nominations sought for Sylvia Evans AwardBERLIN — Coos County Family Health Services

is seeking nominations for this year’s Sylvia Evans Citizenship Award from members of the greater Androscoggin Valley Region. Each year a woman is chosen for the award from a list of nominees who have devoted their time and energy toward com-munity service to improve the lives of people in this region.

The Sylvia Evans award provides an opportunity to highlight the extraordinary, often unrecognized contributions that women have made to the families of our region. It is also an excellent means of provid-ing fi rst role models for our young girls to emulate. The award has been given each year since 1981 is named after Sylvia V. Forman Evans, who passed away on March 31st, 2005 in Danville, CA.

Winner of the 2011 award was Laura Viger for her outstanding contributions and community leader-ship that led to developing many of Berlin’s parks and recreational facilities and for spearheading the

annual RiverFire celebration. This year CCFHS will again award a high school girl from the Androscog-gin Valley with the “Young Leadership” award, as part of the Sylvia Evans event. The 2011 awardees were Sarah Kinney from Gorham High School and Alyssa Kinney from Berlin High School.

Any group or individual wishing to make a nomi-nation may do so by sending a written description of the nominee’s contributions over the past several years in this region (with emphasis on volunteer activities) along with the nominee name, address, telephone number and email address to: Coos County Family Health Services, Attn: Sylvia Evans Award Committee, 54 Willow Street, Berlin, NH 03570.

The deadline for nominations is Monday, February 6, 2012. For more information please call Volunteer Coordinator Katherine Baublis at (603) 752-3669 ext. 4026, or email kbaublis@ccfhs.org.

New Arrival: Aven Lavertue Lamarre

RALEIGH, NC -- Aven Nicole Lavertue Lamarre was born to Kate Lavertue and Sandy Lamarre, of Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 11, 2011 at 4:55 p.m. at Wake Med Hospital in Cary, N.C. She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces. The maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lavertue, of Shelburne. The paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Lamarre, of Lasalle, Quebec, Canada.

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discuss the building inspector’s budget because Fire Chief Rick Eichler is “incommunicado right now and he has the records.”

Demers asked about the Cascade Fire House which appar-ently is being used to store the Engine #2 and some equipment. In Demers opinion, the building should be shut down to save the $4500 maintenance cost. Vallee noted that ISO insurance stan-dards set fees for liability and require that every so many miles fi re coverage needs to be provided in order to keep insurance rates lower for homeowners. Demers said that he questioned that concept as an excuse for maintenance of the building since Cascade is not that far from Gorham center.

Lary closed the Cascade discussion by postponing it to fi nal meetings of the budget committee, but Terry Oliver asked EMS Assistant Director Shawn Costine to fi nd out if there are fi re-fi ghters living in Cascade who could drive the truck to Gorham and back in a fi re emergency rather than paying someone from Gorham to drive up to Cascade to get the truck and then return it after use. Costine will also fi nd out how many fi res the truck has responded to.

Holmes moved that the board recommend that the board of selectmen and town manager look into having Berlin take over Gorham’s dispatch offi ce, what the potential costs and imple-mentation timing might be and are they interested. The motion was approved by a majority vote.

Cyr said he would like to “offer an insight into negative effects

of having them dispatch for us.”“We are a secure detention facility, registered to house people

in our cells,” Cyr said. “In order to us to have that, we need to have coverage while those people are in our cells. During the time when we have single or double coverage when someone is in the cell and don’t have disptach there to watch the prisoner, we will have to call someone in to watch that person in the cell. Berlin has three cells. I guess we could bring our prisoners up there. That would have to be proposed to them. That’s some-thing to consider. Also, our dispatch center not only dispatches for emergency services, but is also a central hub when the main offi ce is close. We get calls like when are the fi reworks, when is this or that open or closed. We have a good morning check in program for the elderly. Those are just a few of the things from the top of my head that dispatch does in addition to answering the radio and dispatching emergency services where they need to go.”

Cyr also noted, “They (Berlin) would have to upgrade their Milan system, would have to reprogram their frequencies and take over our police and fi re frequencies. They cover the highway and water and sewer and the school use, the old public works repeater for communications when the FCC mandate dead-line comes about in 2013 for narrow banding. Our old repeater system will have to be reprogrammed or done away with. They would have to reprogram their frequencies. They would have to train their dispatchers in our call up procedures as well. There would be training costs involved.”

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tunities and help pre-pare businesses for contracting opportuni-ties, and help spread the word about the proj-ect.

This is one of a series of information sessions the Talent Team will hold about the differ-ent jobs available at the prison in Central and Southern New Hampshire, Western Maine, and Eastern Vermont. The Northern New Hampshire Talent Team is also currently offering free application workshops to help appli-cants with the process of applying for a federal job. For more informa-tion about the the infor-mation sessions, or the application workshops, please contact Tamara Allen, White Mountain Community College, at 603-752-1113 x3062 or taallen@ccsnh.edu. For more information about specifi c jobs, please con-tact Diana Nelson, New Hampshire Employ-ment Security, at diana.s.nelson@nhes.nh.gov.

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Cote accepted at

WMCCBERLIN – The offi ce

of Student Affairs at White Mountains Com-munity College recently announced that Hunter William Cote has been accepted in the Gen-eral Studies program for the academic year 2012. Cote is a 2011 graduate of Berlin High School. He participated in building trades and track & fi eld. He is the son of William and Kris-tine Cote of Berlin, NH.

Fire donationsVolunteers at the

St. Vincent du Paul Center, 153 Grafton St., Berlin, have agreed to receive and store any donated items for the Alger family who lost their home and all their belongings to fi re on Christmas night. If donors wish, they can leave their names and addresses so the family can thank them for their gifts. The family is thankful to all those who have helped.