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Ward Bird listens as Governor John Lynch asks a question during Tuesday’s pardon hearing in the Exectutive Council Chambers at the Statehouse in Concord. To Bird’s left are his wife and daughter. Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

CONCORD — With his family and friends packing the Statehouse, Ward Bird made a personal appeal to Governor John Lynch and the Executive Council for his freedom yesterday afternoon.

For two hours the six men grilled Bird; his lawyer Mark Sisti; Carroll County Attorney Tom Dewhurst and Carroll County Victims Advocate Melissa Smith. who appeared on behalf of victim Chris-tine Harris.

Ward Bird: ‘Before God & my family, I swear I did not commit this crime’

Governor Lynch & Executive Council to vote today on pardon requestAlso testifying were Virgina Bird, Ward

Bird’s wife, his pastor and another friend. So many people attended the hearing, an over-flow room with a live video feed was set up on a different floor.

After his first trial ended in a mistrial, Bird was convicted of criminal threaten-ing in 2008 for waving a gun at Harris who said she got lost in March of 2006 and accidentally ended up on Bird’s property while looking for a neighboring parcel of land that was for sale.

Because he was convicted of a crime

involving a gun Bird was sentenced to a mandatory three to six years in the New Hampshire State Prison. With the okay of the Department of Corrections Commis-sioner, he is serving his sentence in the Carroll County Jail in Ossipee, which is nearer his Moultonborough home.

Speaking first and last, Bird, who never took the stand at his criminal trial, swore he was not guilty of waving or brandishing a gun at Harris in March of 2006, when she drove onto his property.

By Gail OBerTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

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“With up to 20 inches of snow in the forecast combined with other recent snowstorms, there is a greater urgency to clear roofs of snow and ice that has accu-mulated in recent weeks,” Fire Marshal William Degnen said in a release yester-day. The statement said pitched as well as flat roofs are at risk and said the following symptoms can indi-cate a structure about to fail: sagging roofs or deformed structural components, cracked or split wood boards, sprinkler heads push-ing out relative to ceiling, doors that pop open or will no longer

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CAIRO (AP) — President Hosni Mubarak defied a quarter-million protesters demand-ing he step down immediately, announcing Tuesday he would serve out the last months of his term and “die on Egyptian soil.” He promised not to seek re-election, but that did not calm public fury as clashes erupted between his opponents and supporters.

The protesters, whose numbers mul-tiplied more than tenfold in a single day Tuesday for their biggest rally yet, have insisted they will not end their unprece-dented week-old wave of unrest until their ruler for nearly three decades goes.

Mubarak’s halfway concession — an end to his rule seven months down the road — threatened to inflame frustration and anger among protesters, who have been peaceful in recent days.

In the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, clashes erupted between several hundred protesters and government supporters soon afterward, according to footage by Al-

Mubarak asks Egyptian people for 7 more monthsJazeera television. The protesters threw stones at their rivals, who wielded knives and sticks, until soldiers fired in the air and stepped in between them, said a local journalist, Hossam el-Wakil.

The speech was immediately derided by protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Watching on a giant TV, protesters booed and waved their shoes over their heads at his image in a sign of contempt. “Go, go, go! We are not leaving until he leaves,” they chanted. One man screamed, “He doesn’t want to say it, he doesn’t want to say it.”

In the 10-minute address, the 82-year-old Mubarak appeared somber but spoke firmly and without an air of defeat. He insisted that even if the protests had never happened, he would not have sought a sixth term in September.

He said he would serve out the rest of his term working “to accomplish the necessary steps for the peaceful transfer of power.” He said he will carry out amendments to

rules on presidential elections.Mubarak, a former air force commander,

vowed not to flee the country. “This is my dear homeland ... I have lived in it, I fought for it and defended its soil, sovereignty and interests. On its soil I will die. History will judge me and all of us.”

The step came after heavy pressure from his top ally, the United States. Soon after Mubarak’s address, President Barack Obama said at the White House that he had spoken with Mubarak and “he recognizes that the status quo is not sustainable and a change must take place.” Obama said he told Mubarak that an orderly transition must be meaningful and peaceful, must begin now and must include opposition parties.

Earlier, a visiting Obama envoy — former ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner, who is a friend of the Egyptian president — met with Mubarak and made clear to him that it is the U.S. “view that his tenure as presi-

see EGYPT page 11

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A suburban woman who was the live-in care-taker for her boyfriend’s elderly father calmly told a U.S. judge Tues-day that she had worked feverishly online under the name “Jihad Jane” to support Islamic terror-ists and moved overseas to further her plan to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims.

Colleen LaRose, 47, faces the possibility of life in prison after plead-ing guilty to four federal charges, including con-spiracy to murder a for-eign target, conspiracy to support terrorists and lying to the FBI.

LaRose, who spent long hours caring for the father, also was building a shadow life online from 2008 to 2009. According to prosecutors, LaRose “worked obsessively on her computer to com-municate with, recruit and incite other jihad-ists,” using screen names including “Jihad Jane,” ‘’SisterOfTerror,” and “ExtremeSister4Life.”

LaRose returned to the United States in November 2009 and was immediately taken into FBI custody at Phila-delphia International Airport. She remained in secret custody until March, when her indict-ment was unsealed.

‘Jihad Jane’ terror suspect pleads guilty

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien wants slayings committed during home invasions like one that rocked his hometown of Mont Vernon punishable by death.

O’Brien testified Tuesday in support of his bill to expand capital punishment to include home invasions like the grue-some murder of Kimberly Cates in a 2009 burglary in her Mont Vernon bed with a machete. O’Brien’s bill would name the act

N.H. House speaker calls for expansion of the death penaltyThe Kimberly L. Cates Law.

“They hacked Kimberly Cates to death in bed and then turned their machetes and knives on her 11-year-old daughter Jaimie,” said O’Brien, R-Mont Vernon. Jamie threw her body across her mother’s, he said.

“These men did not know Kimberly Cates; they did not know Jaimie Cates. The didn’t know the Cates family. All they knew was they wanted the thrill of kill-

ing,” he added.O’Brien disagreed with death penalty

opponents who claim the punishment isn’t a deterrent.

“It deters those who are put to death,” he said.

Cates’ husband, David, testified he does not want to become the poster child for capital punishment and isn’t seeking ven-geance since it wouldn’t apply in his case.

see DEATH PENALTY page 10

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Alexander Cockburn

LETTERSWhy mistrust efforts to make health insurance more affordable?

After watching President Obama’s State of the Union, plus the fi rst Republican response to it by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, and the second response by Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, chair of the tea party caucus in Congress, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that if nations survive and prosper by real-istic assessment of their problems, America really is fi nished.

Obama surely instructed his speechwriters to capitalize on his successful outing to the memorial in Tucson, where he gave a speech that essentially reprised the campaign rhetoric of 2008 that got him elected in the fi rst place. The result in Con-gress, a week ago, was the quintes-sence of gasbaggery.

The keynote was unity, symbol-ized by Democrats and Republicans eschewing their normal factional seating pattern in favor of inter-species mixing. Rep. Joe Wilson, famous for having shouted “You lie” at Obama during his health care speech to a joint session of Congress in 2009, now sat demurely next to two lady Democrats.

The consequence was a markedly less spirited, partisan affair. Instead of bounding to their feet in raptures of applause or snarling in their chairs, the nation’s legislators sat demure and glassy-eyed as Obama gave a pep rally on America’s crisis.

It was all very, very familiar. America has lost its technological dominance. Solution: Kennedy’s New Frontier, when the shocking challenge of the Russian Sputnik, launched into space in 1957, led to the U.S. moon shot, which in turn “unleashed an age of innovation.” America now faces another “Sput-nik moment.” The challenge: to “out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.”

This is to be achieved by a green revolution in energy, better schools and teachers, effi cient government subservient to the needs of business and less debt.

From the 1970s, we got a reprise by Obama of presidents Nixon’s and Carter’s pledges of energy indepen-dence. Obama’s version was spec-tacular in its divorce from reality. He made the commitment that by 2035 — fi ve presidential terms after his last conceivable day in offi ce in 2016 — 80-percent of America’s energy “will come from renewable sources.” It turned out in the next sentence that he was counting not only wind and solar, but also coal, natural gas and nuclear power as “renewable.” Even so, without oil, the notion is nutty.

Every president calls for Ameri-cans to do better at science. Clin-ton made a veritable industry out of it, also out of “reinventing gov-ernment,” which Obama also pro-poses to rehab in the form of a new onslaught on burdensome regula-tion, so crippling to the American entrepreneurial spirit.

President GasbagThe defi cit is to be fought by a

freeze in annual domestic spending for the next fi ve years, which will reduce the defi cit by $400-billion and reduce discretionary spending, Obama vowed, to the level of the Eisenhower years.

This pledge seems to undercut the government investment required for a green energy revolution, plus a high-speed rail network, not to men-tion our old friend — probably the most realistic passage in the entire speech — a redoubling investment in road and bridge repair, the stan-dard make-work ploy of every presi-dent trying to create jobs.

The left got a vague pledge from Obama not to mess with Social Security plus a rhetorical kick at the oil companies.

The right got substantive support for lowering corporate taxes plus all sorts of agreeable commitments about cutting Medicare and so forth.

There was even a very vague hint, in a sentence about cutting back the complexity of the tax code, that Obama might head toward giving up the progressive tax system alto-gether and go for a fl at tax (which spells out as roughly an 18-percent rate for poor and rich alike, a puta-tive levy much appreciated by the billionaires).

Obama’s address was swiftly fol-lowed by an offi cial rebuttal from Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, noted for calling for the swift privatization of Social Security.

His recipe for recovery: “limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money ... Limited government and free enter-prise have helped make America the greatest nation on earth. These are not easy times, but America is an exceptional nation.”

Then — screened only by CNN — came the fi ery Bachmann, fresh from an outing to Iowa last week-end where she claimed the Found-ing Fathers had been stalwart foes of slavery and had successfully labored to end it, which would have come as news to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Bachmann’s star is rising as the new Sarah Palin. She certainly gave the most spirited presentation of the evening in fi ve short minutes, replete with the sort of charts Glenn Beck likes to use. She dwelled on a fact omitted by Obama from the resume of his successes, namely that the unemployment rate is still at 9.4-percent, despite a $3-trillion increase in the defi cit: “Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy and which may put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama’s health care bill.”

That’s tea party talk, which at least has the virtue of concreteness.

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from preceding page

To the editor,Where in the world, Tony, do you get

your information? Please, all who read these letters, I implore you to get the facts yourself and then make informed decisions. If, in FACT, “30-percent of hospitals in America are losing money and even more are barely breaking even,” what are the real reasons? Per-haps one reason could be because so many are uninsured and the hospitals have to depend on Medicaid to try to meet the expenses. This is what puts medical care costs on the backs of tax-payers. Maybe the health care reform isn’t perfect, but our president has called on our elected offi cials to work together to craft reform that will work for everyone. You also stated that cer-tain “delusional thinking individuals will kill health care as we have come to know it and we will lose access to this consistent, competent care”. Well, Tony, what about those millions of Americans and their children who don’t have access to health care due to losing jobs, pre-existing conditions and such low salaries they can’t afford to buy this insurance?

You made another statement that really confuses me. That is: “Obama demonized health care and health insurers for the past two years trying

to leverage the unhappiness many Americans have with the rising cost of health care and health insur-ance to his political advantage.” I’m not really sure what you’re trying to convey other than mistrust for efforts being made to make health insurance affordable and accessible to everyone. Don’t you think that insurance com-panies should be demonized? They need to be reigned in and stop raising premiums so that lower paid workers can afford to buy into a plan that will protect their families. Not to men-tion denying coverage for pre-existing conditions or life time limits for those unfortunate enough to have serious life threatening conditions. For crying out loud, let’s all call for our elected offi cials to come up with reform that will work for all of us and not just a few and please stop the “blame game”. This really gets us nowhere.

Tony, you mentioned the word “Democrats” numerous times in hate-ful, spiteful references. I can certainly understand that people have their party of preference, but to blame any one party or individual for all the problems we face is simply ludicrous.

Virginia R. JonesGilford

Bird-Miller family will carry out its own form justiceTo the editor,

How many others are sitting in jail today and have been for years? Per-haps due to a botched trial, or lawyers, including their own, who were inca-pable of carrying out justice because of their lack of understanding of the cases that they were handling, while giving their clients wrong advice and helping to pave the way to their prison stays? How many juries have been as incompetent as the Bird-Miller Family and their friends have accused this jury for the trial of Ward Bird to be? How many judges have failed to carry out their duty of fair and unbi-ased judgments such as this family is accusing this judge in Ward’s case to have done?

If Ward Bird is pardoned, then it

would seem only fair that every man or woman sitting in our jails here in New Hampshire have their cases reviewed and be given the chance to carry out their own sense of justice. After all, what is fair for one is fair for all. May justice no longer be car-ried out by our local law offi cials, our lawyers and our court systems but by the amount of public popularity and character assisnations that we can fi ll our news media with. The Bird-Miller Family and friends while they may feel they are of such high moral character have shown many of us that they feel that they are above the law and will carry out their own form of justice.

Carolyn PillsburyMeredith

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Bachmann did not fail to note that “America is the indispensable nation of the world.”

The relationship of war — as cur-rently waged in Afghanistan — to the national deficit was not raised by any of the speakers. Ryan and Bach-mann made no mention of military spending. All three ignored the export of jobs, the destruction of American

manufacturing and the pauperization of American families. Obama seemed to be trying to stage a replay of his own, a recreation of the U.S. economy in the 1950s.

(Alexander Cockburn is coeditor with Jeffrey St. Clair of the muck-raking newsletter CounterPunch. He is also co-author of the book “Dime’s Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils”.)

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LETTERSCity can’t spend tax receipts to benefit Colonial Theater ownersTo the editor,

Property tax dollars are being encumbered from the general fund regarding private property described as the Colonial Theater, for which the City of Laconia has no “need”. The City Council appropriated $50,000 to hire the outside services of a “Theater Director” to study the feasibility of the property/Colonial Theater initiative for private uses.

It is against the law and Constitu-tion for the city manager, mayor and council to use property tax dollars “as their own piggy Bank” to purchase or promote the sale of the Colonial The-ater, owned by private persons.

The city manager, mayor and council, have stated time and time again that it will not cost the taxpayers any money for this endeavor. However, in fact it has, by the councils’ diversion of over $50,000 in public funds for this non-public purpose. The decision as to what punitive action may result is unknown.

The council voted a $50,000 sup-plemental appropriation for a “pur-pose” not found in the annual budget, absent a required public hearing or resolution specifically listing a source of funds, which clearly SHALL NOT BE TAXES. This encumbrance is for a private purpose and that is forbid-

den. A non-existent line item number for an outside service, recorded in the general ledger is not found in the Annual Budget FY 09/10 or FY 10/11.

Supreme Court Opinions:N. H. 1955: An appropriation of

public money for a private purpose is forbidden. And, legislation result-ing in or leading to taxation for such a purpose is equally invalid. In re: Opinion of the Justices. 114 A.2d 514, 99 N. H. 530

N.H. 1937. Taxes may not be imposed for the benefit of private persons or for private uses. An appropriation of public money for a private purpose is forbidden whether the money therefor is to be raised in the first instance by borrowing or by a tax levy; and the pledge of the public credit or its guar-anty for a private obligation is void. In re Opinion of the Justices, 88 N.H. 484

N.H. 1937. Taxes cannot be imposed for benefit of private persons or for private uses Const.pt. 1, art. 10. In re Opinion of the Justices, 88 N.H. 485

The practice won’t end until those involved realize that abuse of tax-payer money could get them fired, or at least in trouble with law enforce-ment officials.

Thomas A. TardifLaconia

At least half of America is still in opposition to ObamacareTo the editor,

I want to thank Reps Bass and Guinta for voting to repeal Obamacare. Although the vote by Congress was called symbolic, they kept their campaign promise. I hope that the Senate will give Obamacare an up or down vote.

I am very pleased with the ruling by Judge Vinson declaring Obamacare unconstitutional (26 states joined in this suit). I was very disappointed that NH’s Atty. General Delaney elected not to join the suit. I thank NH’s House and Senate for trying to persuade AG Del-aney to join the 26 states.

Lately, I keep reading how the Repub-licans got elected by outside money, all those millionaires. For the record,

Democrats outspent Republicans in the House $164-million to $128-million, in the Senate $127-million to $113 mil-lion-and the DNC outspent the RNC by $754-million to $627-million. Let’s put that claim to bed.

In addition, the latest Bloomberg and Ramussen polls show that 55-percent opposed Obamacare and 40-percent approve. CNN poll shows 50-percent oppose and 40-percent favor.

Lastly, thank you Senator Ayotte for representing the people of NH. Sena-tor Shaheen is still marching to the drumbeat of Senator Reid; so I will not thank her.

Jim MayotteSanbornton

We expect Sen. Bradley to champion speed limits on big lakeTo the editor,

An open letter to Senator Jeb Bradley:We are aware, and thank you again,

of your co-sponsorship of SB-464 last year. However we are somewhat con-cerned because of what we’ve heard, that you may be seeking somewhat of a compromise such as your pre-decessor sought before his, and your constituency, insisted on passing the then 45/25 mph limits on Lake Win-nipesaukee.

The only acceptable compromise, in my opinion, would be to make the

speed limits for the big lake and/or all New Hampshire inland water-ways that which reflects what a good number of your constituents and other residents of our great state have said for a very long time, 40/20 mph or maybe even less.

We understand that politicians are reluctant to commit to a given yes or no vote but as the majority leader in the NH Senate we would expect you to champion the “Inexpedient To Leg-islate” vote on Senate Bill 27.

Bill Bertholdt, Gilford

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Center Harbor will have most expensive police dept. in regionTo the editor,

Mr. Warner, in his letter of February 1, characterized Keith and Pam Mar-kley’s letter to the residents of Center Harbor as being full of “misrepresen-tations and misstatements”. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Markleys have done their homework. Their letter is factual.

Mr. Warner implied that the Mark-leys are opposed to the selectmen’s plans because the selectmen’s latest plan is to build on a lake view lot across from the Markley’s home. Wrong again! The Mar-kleys have opposed this boondoggle long before the lake view lot was picked by the selectmen in a mad rush to get some sort of plan to the voters before town meeting.

The Municipal Resources assess-ment of the Police Department made 20 recommendations. Not one of these suggested moving the department from its present location.

Although the report did suggest a modest increase in space, it is a stretch of the imagination to interpret that as a requirement for a four thou-

sand square foot, $1.5-million dollar structure.

According to the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, in 2009 Center Harbor paid $227 per resident for our Police Department, higher than every town on Lake Win-nipesaukee except Moultonborough and Meredith!

Not only will this audacious build-ing project saddle us with a $1.5-mil-lion bond, don’t forget the associated costs of an over-sized building. Those costs will more than likely give Center Harbor the dubious distinction of having the most expensive Police Department in the Lakes Region. All this for a town with 1037 residents, 14 square miles, 11 miles of state roads, three restaurants, one small shopping center and no schools with their asso-ciated policing issues and costs.

Center Harbor need to go back to the drawing board and come up with a rational plan.

Tony HalseyCenter Harbor

LETTERS

Please don’t reduce funding for Child and Family ServicesTo the editor,

I am writing this letter as someone who has lived and been employed in the Lakes Region for several years. I am also someone who is very con-cerned with the Gilford Selectboard and Budget Committee’s recent deci-sion to not recommend funding for a number of social services agencies, including Child and Family Services, my employer.

It is my hope that the citizens of Gil-ford will recognize the ramifications of such a decision and vote to continue supporting our much needed and valu-able programs. Many families in Gilford have benefitted from our services and the impact that such a loss or decrease in funding would have on our entire Lakes Region Community is great. More than ever, we need this support to continue to provider much needed ser-vices to the Gilford community.

Child and Family Services offers a broad range of programs such as sub-stance abuse treatment, counseling and child abuse prevention and treat-ment services, all of which are made possible because of a carefully struc-tured funding mix. The loss of any one

funding source, such as local funding, would have a devastating impact on other funds. In some programs, local funds are necessary to leverage grants from other sources ($1 brings in $4 from other sources). In other areas, such as counseling, local dollars make our sliding fee scale possible for our low income and uninsured families.

The difficulties we all face in this challenging economy are daunt-ing and we must all look at ways to decrease spending. Critical, life-changing services to our citizens are not what we should be cutting back. Denying our friends and neighbors, children and families in their time of need is not a wise investment in our community. I ask you to consider the devastating effects a loss of funding will most certainly have on our Lakes Region Community and ask that you vote NOT to reduce funding for Child and Family Services as well as other social service agencies serving the Gilford community and the entire Lakes Region. Our children and their families need our votes.

Lee MatosMeredith

Help Esther Peters celebrate her 95th birthday on MondayTo the editor,

Think it’s about time for your read-ers to have a “good news” letter?

The good news is that Esther Peters, the Grand Dame of the media and dedicated civic leader, is having her 95th birthday on Monday, Febru-ary 7th and your readers are invited to stop in at the Taylor Home between 2-3:30 p.m. to give Esther best wishes for many more birthdays.

Stop and have a cup of tea and cake with Esther in the atrium, maybe tinkle the ivories on the grand piano, sing a tune, take a photo, create a cari-cature or give her a hug.

Chat a bit, share a tale or wait for the count to have Esther ask, “Well

hello, Dear Heart. Tell me what you’ve been up to?” LRPA-TV will be video-taping this for her next Now & Then television show. Oh, yes, Esther’s still doing her interviews live on Ch. 25 and here’s hoping she makes the Guinness Book of World Records!

Friends of Esther’s are sponsoring Esther’s party. No gifts are necessary, but if one is of the mindset, one may donate to the Esther Peters Scholar-ship Fund, Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation, PO Box 7312, Gilford, NH 03247-7312.

See you Monday!Dorothy DuffyLaconia

Write: news@laconiadailysun.com

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LACONIA — The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Ser-vices (DES) has ordered the city to address contaminants remaining from the disposal and incineration of waste on land straddling Frank Bean Road and Morin Road during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.The area is located just east of the Laconia Ice Arena.

At the same time, the city must undertake an investigation of the site to determine the source, nature, loca-tion and extent of waste left from the burn dump on Frank Bean Road and landfill on Morin Road.

City Manager Eileen Cabanel said yesterday that because the dump-ing operations occurred and ceased before 1981, the city is exempt from the liabilities imposed by subsequent statutes. However, she acknowledged that if contaminants are found in groundwater on or around the site, they would have to be addressed.

Cabanel said that situation is com-plicated because the ownership and operation of the dump sites is not altogether clear from the records. For instance, the burn dump may have consisted of separate municipal and commercial operations. Moreover, she said that some contaminants found on the site may have originated well after disposal and incineration ceased in 1954, when the burn dump was bulldozed flat and capped with gravel and the landfill on Morin Road was opened.

Cabanel anticipated there were sufficient funds in the contingency account to meet the cost of the mea-sures DES has requested. She said that former New Hampshire Attorney General Greg Smith was representing the city in its ongoing discussions and negotiations with DES.

DES approached the city after review-ing a report on the site, which includes nine properties, prepared for the United States Environmental Protection

State asks city to address issues involving old dump grounds near the ice arena

Agency (EPA) by Weston Solutions, Inc. DES and EPA began exploring the area in 2007 out of concern that because the abandoned dumping grounds were not lined or capped, rainfall over the years could cause contaminants to leach into the surrounding soil and groundwater. At the time, John Regan of DES, who asked the EPA to assess the site, spoke of “a preliminary assessment, explor-atory to find out what is really there and if there is anything we should be concerned about.”

Weston found debris from the burn dump extended northward from the triangular lot between Frank Bean Road and Morin Road to four of the five parcels along the west side of Frank Bean Road. Elevated levels of arsenic, lead and zinc, together poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — present in coal, oil and tar — were found in the soil. One test boring revealed soil saturated with petro-leum and another showed volatile organic compounds associated with industrial solvents.

The Morin Road landfill lay on the east side Morin Road and reached into Gilford, where it bordered an intermittent stream that empties into Durkee Brook. Opened in 1954, the landfill closed in 1966. There Weston found tires, drums, glass and appli-ances at the surface along with debris from the burn dump — slag, coal and ash — which was used to cover the westernmost part of the site. Soil sam-ples contained the same mix of PAHs found at the burn dump.

DES recommends that the city either remove or cover the soil where concentrations metals and PAHs were found, particularly on the site of the burn dump, in order to prevent any direct contact with humans. At the same time, the agency has directed the city to assess the extent of con-tamination from ash, solvents and petroleum at both the burn dump and landfill in anticipation of taking steps to address it.

By Michael KitchTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — The town hall-style meeting Congressman Frank Guinta has scheduled for City Hall on Wednes-day night has been pushed back a day because of the storm. The Republican

who represents New Hampshire’s First District will answer questions from constituents on Thursday night, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Congressman Guinta’s town hall-style meeting in Laconia pushed to Thursday

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LACONIA — A bill addressing the licensing of hawkers and peddlers threatens to severely impact Motorcycle Week by forbidding cities and towns to charge more than $10 for an annual license.

Although House Bill 252 would affect all munici-palities, it would weigh especially heavily on Laco-nia where licensing fees spare property taxpayers the cost of the additional public services required to manage the annual rally.

In Laconia, the license fee for itinerant vendors is $50 for a one-time event or for a month. But, during Motorcycle Week the city charges vendors $450 for each space they occupy and those selling food surcharged another $50. The proceeds from license fees represent more than three-quarters of the rev-enue that funds municipal and emergency services during the rally.

The revenue budget for Motorcycle Week this year is $169,500, of which licensing fees are projected to defray $130,000. Revenue from leasing vendor space, site plan review and permit and the photo tower account for the balance.

City Manager Eileen Cabanel said yesterday that Jennifer Andersen of the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association, Licensing Clerk Lindsay Allen and Fire Chief Ken Erickson will speak against the bill when it is heard before the House Executive Departments

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and Administration Committee tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. She said the city’s lawmakers have also been

HB-252, sponsored by Representative Paul Mirski (R-Enfi eld), was originally intended to repeal a statute, enacted last year enabling municipalities to require persons soliciting door-to-door to submit to a federal as well as a state criminal background check. Repre-sentative Laura Gandia (R-Litchfi eld), who authored the law, said the legislation carried both the House and Senate by voice votes. But, she acknowledged that the provision requiring hawkers, peddlers and vendors to be fi ngerprinted, which is required to effect a federal criminal background check, aroused opposition among lawmakers concerned that it represented an infringe-ment of privacy.

Gandia said that HB-252 was primarily intended to repeal the statute authorizing, but not requiring, municipalities to seek federal criminal background checks. However, Mirski took the opportunity to cap the licensing fee at $10. Mirski could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Gandia said that a year ago, when she intro-duced her legislation, several people from Laconia attended the hearing to seek assurance that ven-dors licensed during Motorcycle Week would not be required to be fi ngerprinted. When she discovered the bill would limit licensing fees, she recalled the importance of vendor fees to the Motorcycle Week budget, and alerted Allen.

BY MICHAEL KITCHTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

Bird, who was soft-spoken and deferential throughout the questioning, said he felt “emotion-ally threatened” when Harris drove up his driveway and parked her truck where he and his family gen-erally park their cars.

He said only nine days had passed between the time Harris came to his land and his release from the Maine Medical Center after a workplace accident left him with 34 staples and 200 stitches in his abdomen. He was in excruciating pain at the time but only took the prescribed pain medication before bed.

“My only goal was to get better,” he said telling Lynch and the Council that because of the severity of his injury he wasn’t comfortable around anyone during his recovery, especially a stranger who he believed trespassed on his property.

Telling the Council his niece had called him and told him Harris had just been to her nearby house and seemed “suspicious,” Bird admitted yelling and swearing at her when she got out of her car but said he only removed his gun from his back belt to remove the clip and check the safety when he reen-tered his house to call the police.

Bird told the Council when he saw Harris drive up to his back door he took the gun from its locked safe and put it in the back of his pants. He said his brother-in-law had shot at him during a family dis-pute the year before and he never left his house unarmed.

He recalled telling the Moultonborough Police who responded that he was sorry he yelled and swore at Harris but denied ever waving or pointing a gun at her.

Harris, who lived in Salem at the time of incident, was not at yesterday’s hearing.

Speaking on her behalf was Carroll County vic-tims advocate Melissa Smith, who read a statement approved by Harris that said she had been “terrorized” by Bird and his supporters in the aftermath of his con-viction and was afraid to appear at the hearing.

She begged the council for “her right to live free or die” saying she was a subpoenaed witness at Bird’s trial and only told the court what had happened to her.

Harris, whose credibility has been an issue for Bird’s supporters since his incarceration, allowed that her “life was messy” but that it didn’t make her any less of a victim.

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But the councilors had questions, especially Raymond Wieczorek and David Wheeler, about how anybody could believe anything Harris had to say, especially since some of the details of her life, including cruelty to animal charges, have become public.

Not exactly defending Harris, Dewhurst — who was not county attorney at the time — said it was his understanding that she was the victim. He said rules of evidence pre-vented most of her pre-2006 troubles to be entered as evidence at trial and said she was cross-examined by Bird’s attorney thoroughly about the one bad check writing felony that was admissible.

He also said he had familiarized himself with the case by reading the files and speaking with Susan Boone, the assistant county attorney who tried the case.

He also noted that many of the things Harris is now accused of doing happened after her altercation with Bird. He said a victim’s credibility is a matter for the jury and, in this case, the jury had believed Harris.

But Wheeler wouldn’t let it go, saying he just couldn’t understand how a prosecutor could take some-one like Harris’s word over someone like Bird’s, especially since it is now known that Harris could never have purchased a piece of property adja-cent to Bird’s for $1-million.

He pressed Dewhurst for a reason why Harris wasn’t vetted more thor-oughly, but Dewhurst said he wasn’t able to comment on why Gordon chose to prosecute Bird or what she thought about Harris.

Other councilors had questions for Sisti and most centered on why he chose not to have Bird take the stand at his trial.

Although Sisti agreed Bird’s previ-ous conviction for a violation-level gun offense in 2002 may have come into play had he testified, he said he

didn’t put Bird on the stand because, in his mind, the prosecution hadn’t made its case.

He explained that it is always risky to put a defendant on the stand and, in hindsight, wishes he had done so. Sisti also said the previous violation probably wouldn’t have hurt Bird.

Earlier, Bird had told the councilors and Lynch how he and some friends had been drinking and shooting at a tree stump in June of 2002 when one of the rounds went astray and passed through the window of a nearby house.

When police came nobody would admit culpability and Bird said he left because he “didn’t want to be around a bunch of liars.”

When asked if he left because he was drunk, Bird said he had been drinking that evening but was not drunk. He told councilors the incident weighed so heavily on him that he called police the next day and admit-ted what he had done, accepting the violation and agreeing to pay restitu-tion to the home owner.

Because he never took the stand in 2008, neither this weapons violation nor his 1980 and 1985 convictions for drug possession and resisting arrest came into play at his trial, although councilors questioned him yesterday about them.

As to the resisting arrest and pos-session charges, Bird chalked them up to a motorcycle accident where he was hurt and didn’t want to go with police and youthful indiscretion as to the 31-year-old drug possession — also a violation.

Virginia Bird also spoke for her hus-band. She detailed the past four years and the toll the altercation and its aftermath has taken on her and her family.

She begged the council to release her husband, saying his case was an unusual one and deserved consider-ation for a pardon. She also said she thought the law was wrongly applied in his case.

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“If you hear your home creaking or groaning, you could have a serious problem,” said Laconia Fire Chief Ken Erickson. “Getting the snow off your roof is not an easy task,” he acknowl-edged, but said avoiding it can lead to “catastrophic” structure failures.

He should know. During the inces-sant snowfalls of the first months of 2008, a winter which set the overall snowfall record for Laconia, Erickson said there were 22 buildings in the city which were damaged from the roof load. Damaged buildings included new single-family residences, large 60 year-old warehouses and everything in between. In some cases the failures were dramatic and could have been tragic if the buildings had been occu-pied at the time of collapse.

Part of what made the winter of

2008 such a roof-breaker was the combination of heavy snow followed by rain. Fortunately, Erickson noted, this winter has been colder and has as such hasn’t seen much rain. How-ever, the cold temperatures have also prevented the snow from melting, he said.

A cubic foot of snow, said Erickson, can weigh up to 50 pounds depending on water content. “Drifting is a major issue,” he said. Erickson estimated the existing snow pack, as of yesterday afternoon, to be about 30 inches deep. In some areas on roofs where the wind tends to deposit snow, the snow could be up to 10 feet deep.

He didn’t know of any roofs having failed yet this winter, but with a significant amount of additional snow expected today, Erickson said, “There’s no question that by Thursday we could see issues.” He urged, “Take the precautions and start clearing it.”

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The Marinos charged Hildreth with negligence and negligent misrepresentation, claiming that when Marino inquired about the firm he was told that FRM was in “good standing” and made no men-tion of its history of complaints, violations and liti-gation, which was known to the department.

In dismissing the suit, Justice Richard B. McNamara of Merrimack County Superior Court ruled that the department had no duty to individuals. To rule other-wise, he wrote, would represent “a sweeping departure from the common law” and “make the state a guaran-tor of the public’s investment decisions.”

In his order, McNamara explained that the department could not be held liable for the economic loss since it had no “special relationship” with the Marinos. They did not relinquish control over their investments and entrust them to the department or authorize the department to exercise independent judgment over their investments. Nor was the Mari-nos’ relationship with the department subject to a law imposing a duty on the department to act rea-sonably to protect their interests.

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Court dismisses FRM investors’ suit against former bank commissionertransactions where they have a pecuniary interest. However, he noted that as a government agency, the Bank Department does not provide indepen-dent judgments for a fee. The justice found that the department had no reason to believe that the infor-mation it offered would lead Marino to invest with FRM, especially since the employee cautioned him that nothing she said should be taken as investment advice.

Finally, McNamara rejected the argument that Hildreth was liable for failing to comply with stat-utes authorizing the Bank Commissioner to pursue consumer complaints and to disclose the number and nature of complaints lodged against particu-lar firms. The New Hampshire Supreme Court, he wrote, is “reluctant to infer civil liability from

the mere existence of statutes imposing duties.” He added that when the Legislature intended for the violation of a statute to incur civil liability, it expressly included such a provision in the law.

Marino said yesterday that he will appeal the ruling. “We banked on the likelihood of having to appeal,” he remarked. “We expected an adverse result in the lower court. We knew that going in. We’re not discour-aged.” He said that he was troubled that McNamara openly expressed concern that if the case went to trial, it would encourage other defrauded clients of FRM to file suit against the state.

Since McNamara found Hildreth and the depart-ment had no duty to the Marinos, he did not consider whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity protects state agencies against claims for economic loss.

By Michael KitchTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

But he believes the death penalty should be an option for home invasion slayings, he said. He wife died not knowing if her daughter lived, he said.

“Close your eyes for a moment and imagine just how scared they were when dozens of stabs and slashes were delivered with razor sharp knives to their helpless bodies,” he said of his wife and daugh-ter. “I live with this image everyday of my life.”

Opponents argued expanding the death penalty in response to a grisly crime would encourage others who’ve lost loved ones in different situations to seek to have them covered.

“This is not the time to enact a law that is a memo-rial to victims,” said Chris Dornin of Concord.

State Rep. David Robbins, R-Nashua, said he isn’t convinced the death penalty solves anything. His father was murdered 30 years ago in his bed with a claw hammer by a homeless man and knows the pain and anger other victims’ families feel, he said.

“I washed pieces of his brain from the wall,” said Robbins.

But Robbins said he wound up supporting the kill-er’s bid for parole last year from a Massachusetts prison.

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“I let go of my fear and my anguish and by doing so I found myself celebrating dad’s life rather than suffering every day his death,” said Robbins.

The young men charged in Cates’ death could not have faced the death penalty because the crime did not fall into one of the six types of murders eligible for death under New Hampshire’s statute, one of the narrowest in the nation.

The six types are: killing an on-duty law enforcement officer or judge; murder for hire; murder committed in connection with a kidnapping; murder committed during rape; murder committed during certain drug offenses; and murder committed by a convict already serving a sentence of life without parole.

The law was last expanded in 1994 to add killing a judge.A 19-year-old man has been convicted of Cates’

murder and sentenced to life without parole. A 21-year-old codefendant’s trial is scheduled for this month. Three other youths pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

Democratic Gov. John Lynch did not testify but submitted a letter supporting capital punishment for murders committed during a home invasion. He pledged to work with the House and Senate to pass

a bill tailored to do that.Senior Assistant Attorney General Will Delker

testified there is no such crime in statute as a home invasion and the proposed bill covers a wide variety of offenses.

The bill as proposed by O’Brien could mean New Hampshire would prosecute 1-3 death penalty cases a year, Delker said.

For example, two burglars could rob an empty house and one could kill the other later over the stolen goods, he said. The killer would qualify for the death penalty because he entered a home without invitation. Similarly, a man could invite his brother to his house, then tell him to leave but the two fight and the homeowner is killed, he said.

He suggested narrowing it to murders of home-owners or guests during burglaries.

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dent is coming to a close,” according to an adminis-tration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the ongoing diplomacy.

The United States has been struggling to find a way to ease Mubarak out of office while maintaining stability in Egypt, a key ally in the Mideast that has a 30-year-old peace treaty with Israel and has been a bulwark against Islamic militancy.

Mubarak would be the second Arab leader pushed from office by a popular uprising in the history of the modern Middle East, following the ouster last month of the president of Tunisia — another North African nation.

The U.S. ambassador in Cairo, Margaret Scobey, spoke by telephone Tuesday with Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, the embassy said. ElBaradei, a pro-democracy advocate and one of the opposition’s most prominent leaders, has taken a key role in formulating the movement’s demands. He is also a member of a new committee formed by various factions to conduct any future negotiations on the protesters’ behalf once Mubarak steps down.

There was no immediate word on what he and Scobey discussed.

Only a month ago, reform activists would have greeted Mubarak’s announcement with joy — many Egyptians believed Mubarak was going to run again despite health issues. But after the past week of upheaval, Mubarak’s address struck many of his opponents as inadequate.

“The people have spoken. They said no to Mubarak, and they will not go back on their words,” said Saad el-Katatni, a leading member of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood. “Enough suffering. Let him go, and leave the Egyptians to sort themselves out.”

Ayman Nour, a former presidential candidate who is a member of the negotiating committee, said Mubarak clearly didn’t get the message.

“This is a unique case of stubbornness that will end in a disaster,” he said. “It is only expected that he wasn’t going to run because of his age.... He offered nothing new.”

Tuesday’s protest marked a dramatic escalation that organizers said aims to drive Mubarak out by Friday, with more than 250,000 people flooding into Tahrir, or Liberation, Square.

Protesters jammed in shoulder to shoulder: farm-ers and unemployed university graduates, women in conservative headscarves and women in high heels, men in suits and working-class men in scuffed shoes. Many in the crowd traveled from rural provinces, defying a government transportation shutdown and roadblocks on intercity highways.

They sang nationalist songs, danced, beat drums and chanted the anti-Mubarak slogan “Leave! Leave! Leave!” as military helicopters buzzed over-head. Similar demonstrations erupted in at least five other cities around Egypt.

Soldiers at checkpoints set up at the entrances of the square did nothing to stop the crowds from entering. The military promised on state TV Monday night that it would not fire on protesters answering a call for a million to demonstrate, a sign that army support for Mubarak may be unraveling.

The movement to drive Mubarak out has been built on the work of online activists and fueled by deep frustration with an autocratic regime blamed for ignoring the needs of the poor and allowing cor-ruption and official abuse to run rampant.

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Irene C. Wiles, 91OBITUARIES

BELMONT — Irene C. Wiles, 91, of 12 Bryant Road and formerly of Laconia died at her daughter, Sheila’s home on Monday, January 31, 2011.

Mrs. Wiles was born January 27, 1920 in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of Harry and Sarah A (Shepherd) Crossley. She had been a resident of Belton, S.C. before moving back to Laconia in 1955. In 1995, she moved to Belmont.

Mrs. Wiles served during WWII as a S/Sgt in the U. S. Marine Corps and had been employed at Scott & Williams for twenty-one years. She later worked for the Belknap County Register of Deeds for a number of years.

Mrs. Wiles was a member and Past Matron of the Peabody-Mt. Washington O.E. S and also held the offi ce of Star Point Martha for several years. She was also a member of the L. R. Detachment USMCA and the USMC-WR Association. She enjoyed golf and bowling and was a regular participant at the Laconia Athletic Center Aerobics Swim Class.

Survivors include a son, Ronald Wiles, and his wife, Linda, of Easley, S. C.; two daughters, Katherine Mud-gett-Koon of Anderson, S. C. and Sheila Akerstrom and her husband, Albert, of Belmont, N.H.; eight grand-

children, Mark, Robert, Stephen, Rebekah, Wanda, Melissa, Collin and Allison; fourteen great grandchildren and two great, great grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Wiles was predeceased by her husband of forty-nine years, Ralph Wiles, in 1994 and by a brother, Norman Crossley.

Calling hours will be held on Friday, Febru-ary 4, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the Wilkin-son-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia using the Carriage House entrance. An Eastern Star

Service will be held at 6:30 PM during the calling hours.A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, Febru-

ary 5, 2011 at 1:30 PM also at funeral home.Spring burial will be in the family lot in Union

Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.For those who wish, the family suggests that

memorial donations be made to Community Health & Hospice, Inc., 780 North Main Street, Laconia, N.H. 03246.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services. 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

Lynn Sikoski, 46LACONIA — Lynn Sikoski, 46, of Laconia, NH

entered into her rest in Jesus Christ January 28, 2011 in Heritage Hall East, Agawam, MA after battling cancer. Born in the town of Barton, NY on October 22, 1964, she graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Communications. She also had a Master’s degree in Education specializing in Counseling and Human Relations from Plymouth State College (NH). She was a member of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Laconia, NH. She was a regular at the Laconia Athletic and Swim Club and was an avid runner. She was employed at Concord Metro Treatment Center in Concord, NH since 2006.

She is survived by her fi ance, Rev. Rodney Collins

of West Springfi eld, MA, her father Charles Carn-rike Sr, her mother Susan Harford, her brother Dr. Charles Carnrike, Jr., her sisters Carol Park, Col-lette Whitmarsh, as well as nieces and a nephew and aunts, uncles and cousins.

There will be a memorial service held at West Springfi eld Covenant Community Church, 112 Amostown Road, West Springfi eld, MA 01089 on Thursday, February 3rd at 10:00 AM. In lieu of fl ow-ers please send donations to The Deacons Fund, West Springfi eld Covenant Community Church, 112 Amostown Road, West Springfi eld, MA 01089. A graveside ceremony will be held in Mountain View Cemetery in Lenox, MA, following the service at 1:30 PM.

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SANDWICH — Daniel “Danny” John Mauch died at home in Sand-wich, NH, on January 8, 2011.

Danny was born on April 7, 1954, in Hackensack, New Jersey, to Ray-mond and Frances Mauch.

Raised in Sandwich, Danny gradu-ated from Inter-Lakes High School and attended Windham College in Putney, VT. He learned the electrical trade from his father Ray, became a licensed electrician in 1976 and a master electrician in 1991. Danny was a born actor; he worked in theater locally and statewide as actor, director and lighting designer, and helped found The Sandwich Players. Notable roles included Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Lomov in A Marriage Proposal, for which he won 2nd Place—Acting Male Lead at the NH Drama Festival, Herbert in The Monkey’s Paw, Bottom in A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream, Henry in The Fantasticks, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, and Bob Cratchett in A Christmas Carol. He worked as production assistant on the 1980 film On Golden Pond. Danny loved the Beatles and Bob Dylan; he loved to garden, and was generous with the extraordinary dahlias and gladi-olas he grew; he loved his community, remembering

the details of his friends’ and neigh-bors’ lives and giving personal and nostalgic gifts. Most of all he loved his son Jack. He might have said, in the words of John Lennon, “He didn’t come out of my belly, but my God, I’ve made his bones, because I’ve attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I’m so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.”

Danny is survived by his son Jack Mauch of Sand-wich, NH; his parents Ray and Fran Mauch of Sandwich, NH; his brother Raymond “Skipp” Mauch, Jr. of Loch-mere, NH, his sister Nancy Hosmer of Brewster, MA, his brother Matthew Mauch of Nashville, TN; two nieces and five nephews; Jack’s siblings Juno Lamb of Tamworth, NH, Rosy Lamb of Paris, France, Jasmine Lamb of Sand-wich, NH, Roland Lamb of London, England; and Jack’s mother, Janina Lamb of Sandwich, NH.

A celebration of Danny’s life will be held on Friday evening, September 16, 2011, place TBA. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made in Danny’s name to Advice to the Players, PO Box 14, North Sandwich, NH 03259, www.adviceto-theplayers.org.

Claire Johnson, 70LACONIA — Claire A. Johnson, 70, of 30 County

Drive and formerly of Winding Hill Farm Road, Sanbornton, died at the Belknap County Nursing Home on Monday, January 31, 2011.

Mrs. Johnson was born September 28, 1940 in Boston, Mass., the daughter of Francis and Mary M. (Glynn) Mulcahy. She lived on Winding Hill Farm Road in Sanbornton for several years where she was the postmistress for the U.S. Postal Service in San-bornton. She moved to Laconia two years ago.

Mrs. Johnson was a communicant of St. Joseph Church.

Survivors include her husband Charles F. John-son, of Laconia; a son, Mark Johnson, of Florida; a daughter, Lisa N. Johnson, of Rochester; a grandson, Joseph C. Ford-Johnson; two brothers; four sisters

and several nephews and nieces. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Johnson was predeceased by two sons, Jeffrey Johnson and Christopher Johnson.

There will be no calling hours.A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be cel-

ebrated on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 11:00 AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish, St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, N.H.

Burial will follow in the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen, N.H. at 12:30 also on Friday.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You are emotionally strong, which is not the same thing as being stoic. You are comfortable with a wide range of feel-ings and, therefore, have no problem showing them. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have your eye on a fantastic outcome. The difference between the person who gets the prize and the one who doesn’t might simply be confi dence. Believe in yourself, and go for it. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If you experience a bout of nervous energy, it’s a sign that you are really doing what you were meant to do -- live an excit-ing life. To get grounded again, observe your environment. Try to notice some-thing new about it. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Some-times the prospect of meeting someone new is stressful for you or you’re simply not in the mood for it. It’s important to push yourself because you’ll likely meet someone worth knowing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be involved in several projects at a time, but this will not dissipate your energy in the least. Each project gives something to the next, as though they are all cogs in a grand machine. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are creative and have more artistic ability than you usually give yourself credit for. You’ll apply these artistic skills, how-ever rusty they may be, to a fantastic cause. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your relationships thrive because you take the time to really understand those around you. When you hear a request, you not only listen to what is being said, but you consider what is really meant by the words.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll see your life as someone else sees it. This objective view makes you realize an astounding fact: You dream of doing something that, in a weird way, you are already doing. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You may feel confi dent that you are making the right decision, but you still need to convince a loved one of this fact or you won’t be able to move for-ward with your whole team intact. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). People talk as though it’s so easy to know what is in your power and what is not. You have an expanded view of what you can control, and your ideas may prove to be sound. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The more you think you know about a person the more that person will sur-prise you. You prefer days like this, when the usual suspects produce highly unusual results. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be wondering how to accomplish a par-ticular mission, and you’ll need to have the answers very well articulated to you. However, you don’t need anyone to answer the question of “why.” It’s already in your heart. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 2). This year will utilize your keen intellect and artistic talents on a daily basis. Loved ones celebrate you and share in your triumphs through the next 10 weeks. You’ll receive some type of passive income in March. May brings special training, and once you’re over the fi rst obstacle, you will quickly excel. Gemini and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 25, 49, 41 and 19.

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Today is Wednesday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2011. There are 332 days left in the year. This is Groundhog Day.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Feb. 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe

Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War, was signed.

On this date:In 1536, present-day Buenos Aires,

Argentina, was founded by Pedro de Men-doza of Spain.

In 1653, New Amsterdam — now New York City — was incorporated.

In 1876, the National League of Profes-sional Base Ball Clubs was formed in New York.

In 1882, Irish poet and novelist James Joyce was born near Dublin.

In 1897, fi re destroyed the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg. (A new state-house was dedicated on the same site in 1906.)

In 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World War II.

In 1948, President Harry S. Truman sent a 10-point civil rights program to Congress, where the proposals ran into fi erce opposi-tion from southern lawmakers.

In 1961, the hijackers of the Portuguese ocean liner the Santa Maria allowed the pas-sengers and crew to disembark in Brazil, 11 days after seizing the ship. Chinese-Ameri-can actress Anna May Wong died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 56.

In 1971, Idi Amin, having seized power in Uganda, proclaimed himself president.

In 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa’s black majority, President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Man-dela.

One year ago: President Barack Obama, speaking in Nashua, N.H., branded Repub-licans as electoral opportunists more con-cerned about their own interests than the people’s.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Elaine Stritch is 86. Former French President Valery Gis-card d’Estaing (val-eh-REE’ ZHEES’-kahr deh-STANG’) is 85. Actor Robert Mandan is 79. Comedian Tom Smothers is 74. Rock singer-guitarist Graham Nash is 69. Actor Bo Hopkins is 69. Television executive Barry Diller is 69. Country singer Howard Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 65. Actor Jack McGee is 62. Actor Brent Spiner (SPY’-nur) is 62. Rock musician Ross Valory (Journey) is 62. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is 59. Model Christie Brinkley is 57. Actor Michael Talbott is 56. Actress Kim Zimmer is 56. Rock musician Robert DeLeo (Army of Anyone; Stone Temple Pilots) is 45. Actress Jennifer Westfeldt is 41. Rock musician Ben Mize is 40. Rapper T-Mo is 39. Actress Marissa Jaret Winokur is 38.

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Congressman Frank Guinta holding town hall-style meeting at Laconia City Hall. 6:30 p.m. All local voters are encouraged to come and share their thoughts and opin-ions on the major issues of the day, or any other pressing concerns. For more information contact J. Mark Powell at 202-226-8530.

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.

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

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

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

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

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3American Red Cross Blood Drive. Noon to 5 p.m. at

Sacred Heart Hall (31 Gilford Ave.) in Laconia. Sponsored by Orthopedic Professional Association. Each donor will receive a coupon for a free 6-inch sub for Subway. Appointments rec-ommended at 1-800-733-2767. Walk-ins welcome.

Mac Keyser’s “Betty O Band” performing at the Laco-nia Senior Center. 10 a.m.

Free hot meal and great company brought to the Bristol community by Food for Friends. 5 to 6 p.m. at the Tapply Community Center on the fi rst Thursday of every month.

“A Taste of Gullah” at Plymouth State University. 11:30 in the Newfound Room of Prospect Dining Hall. $10 lunch and entertainment. (Free with PSU meal plan.) Music by Adwaaba Ensemble. The Gullah are African Americans who live the Low Country of South Carolina and Georgia who are known for preserving their African linguistic and cultural heritage. The university welcomes the greater community to this and other events celebrating Black History Month.

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 alcohol-ics. 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.

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

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

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

Tales For Tails at the Gilford Public Library. 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Join Holly and her dog “Ben”, who loves to listen to stories. Bring your own book or pick one from “Ben’s” bag.

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· To hear the recommendations from the sub committees. No votes will be taken and public comment will be at the end of the meeting.

· Other business as necessary

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Greater Meredith Program hosting chili cook-off at Pond Hockey Classic

The 1st Chili-Cook-Off hosted by the Greater Meredith Program will feature the best recipes offered by ten Lakes Region restaurants. The event will be held during the Pond Hockey Classic in Hesky Park noon - 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 5. (Courtesy photo)

MEREDITH — The Greater Meredith Program will host their fi rst-ever Chili Cook-Off to coincide with the Pond Hockey Classic in Hesky Park from noon — 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 5.

Ten restaurants will offer their best chili recipes in hopes of winning the public’s vote for Best Chili — Burrito Me, Kitchen Cravings, Hart’s Turkey Farm, Mame’s, Pizzeria Venti, Shooters Tavern & Pizzeria, T-Bones & Cactus Jacks, The 104 Diner (Common Man), Village Perk, and The Wine’ing Butcher. Awards will be given to the top three restaurants and the fi rst-place winner will receive the Chili Cup Award and Bragging Rights.

Several raffl es will also be held with prizes includ-ing a one-night stay at the Okie Dokie Fishin’ Camp on the Swift River and gift certifi cates from Bob House, Broken Antler, Canoe, Corner House Inn, Crazy Gringo, Patrick’s Pub, Shalimar Resort, and the Village Kitchen.

Admission to the Chili Cook-Off is $5 per person. Proceeds will benefi t the many programs of the Greater Meredith Program.

‘Cooperative Co-Parenting’, offered by Family Resource Center of Central NH, begins Thursday

LACONIA — A free three-part “Cooperative Co-Parenting” series will be offered by The Family Resource Center of Central New Hampshire from 6 — 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 3, 10, and 17.

Designed for non-married, separated, or divorced parents and caregivers raising children together who share separate households, the series will be presented by Jay Apicelli, MS, Family Mediator and Human Services Educator; Janice L. McLaughlin, Attorney at Law and G.A.L.; and Tammy Emery, Step Ahead Family Support Specialist, Lakes Region Community Services.

Topics to be covered will include coping through sep-aration and transitions; skills training for dealing with stress and anger; positive communication strategies; tools to reduce confl ict in the life of a child — and a parent/caregiver; negotiating agreements; child rear-

ing decision making; and mediation and guardianship.An optional dinner will be served from 5:30 — 6

p.m. On-site childcare will be provided and assis-tance with transportation is available with advance notice and approval.

In addition to “Cooperative Co-Parenting,” the Family Resource Center will offer “Let’s Read Together: The Why, What, and How of Reading to Babies, Toddlers, and Young Children,” “Under-standing Children’s Growth & Development — A Nurturing Skills Module,” and “Parents Meeting the Challenge.” All will begin in February and atten-dance certifi cates will be provided.

Advance registration is requested for these pro-grams. Limited space is available. Call Tricia Murphy, Lakes Region Community Services, at 524-1741 or e-mail triciam@lrcs.org.

Boston’s Urbanity Dance headlines 2011 Plymouth State University Dance Premier on Saturday

PLYMOUTH — Boston’s Urbanity Dance will headline the 2011 Plymouth State University Dance Premier at the Silver Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. preceded by a dessert reception at 7:30 p.m. on Sat-urday, February 5.

Dancers age 13 — 25 years from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts will par-ticipate in master classes in a variety of dance styles. PSU dance faculty and guest choreographers will present workshops on modern, jazz ballet and contemporary jazz, and tap. Urbanity Dance mem-bers will present master classes on “Deep Friend Modern,” “Ugly Ballet,” and “The Urbanity Aes-

thetic.” Plymouth State alumna Kathleen Pantos, a member of Urbanity, will be among the instructors and performers.

Each participant will create his or her own sched-ule by choosing four master classes from the day’s program. After a day of dancing, participants will be invited to attend — or if they are accepted by audition, to perform in — a public gala performance in the Hanaway Theatre, featuring Urbanity per-formers.

Participating choreographers will include Lind-say Lacasse for Dance Progressions in Derry; Darcy Kennedy for A Dancer’s World, Halifax, MA; Carrie Long for Ninth State Dance Studio, Plymouth; Jen-nifer Dubilo for Artistic Dance Conservatory, East Longmeadow, MA; Rene Metzler for New Hamp-ton School, New Hampton; and Lisa Travis, Aaron Tolson, and Amanda Whitworth, PSU Dance Divi-sion.

Tickets for the public performance are $11 for adults, $8 for seniors and youth. Call 535-ARTS (2787) or (800) 779-3869. Formal attire is invited, but not required.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: “Bill” and I have been married for 42 years. I recently learned that he has been in touch with a former co-worker. Friends saw him having lunch with “Mary.” I also saw a short e-mail from her, saying, “Hi! Same time, same place. Looking forward to it.” She signed it: “Love, Mary.” Needless to say, I brought this to Bill’s attention. He admitted they’d had lunch a few times, but said signing “love” meant nothing. Bill explained that they are good friends and he fi nds out stuff from her, like the latest gossip. Well, Annie, to me this is obviously more than just a co-worker relationship. I told him I wanted these “dates” stopped immediately, as this relation-ship could only lead to trouble. He agreed to stop. Last week, Bill told me he was going to meet “Harry” for lunch. I checked his e-mail and learned that he met up with Mary. I am hurt by this betrayal. Bill now says I’m being ri-diculous and he has no intention of ending the lunch dates. I am devastated. I told Bill it would be best if we separated to give both of us time to think. He says separating is absurd. How do I get rid of a husband who refuses to leave? We have a married daughter in another state, so getting away for a while could be the best thing for me to do right now. -- Thrown for a Loop Dear Thrown: Bill should not have met with Mary without your knowledge and approval, but we don’t believe it is an affair. It sounds like he misses his job, wants to keep up with the gossip and enjoys her company. Unfortunately, your ex-treme reaction has turned it into a power struggle and a major marital crisis. Unless you want a divorce, we urge you to fi nd a neutral third party -- a counselor, clergyperson or family friend -- who can mediate your disagreement and help you fi nd a way back to each other before it’s too late. Dear Annie: I am a heavy smoker. I am aware of the health

risks (and the expense) and know I should quit, but I feel healthy now and have no desire to stop. A couple of family members extracted a promise from me that I would quit smoking as my Christmas present to them. I know these family members are only thinking of my health, and it seemed like a fair “gift.” But without my daily nicotine fi x, I am feeling very grumpy, as well as angry with the rela-tives for getting me to make such a promise. Is it really possible to quit smoking for someone else? If so, do you have some suggestions for easing the process? -- Grumpy Quitter Dear Grumpy: It is possible to quit for someone else if the motivation is strong enough, but you still must be willing. The fact that you agreed to this promise with the intention of keeping it means you do have some motivation to quit. Also, until the nicotine is out of your system, you will continue to have cravings and feel “grumpy.” First talk to your doctor about assistance. Also, if you type “quit smoking” into any search engine, you will fi nd a long list of sites offering a variety of help. We recommend the Na-tional Cancer Institute at smokefree.gov or 1-800-QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669). Dear Annie: You printed a letter from “Upset Wife,” who had years of illnesses and surgeries and whose husband is no longer interested in intimacy. Over the past 10 years, my wife has had many surgeries. She is doing better now, but it’s hard to think romantically about someone when you have been her nurse, cook and maid, rather than a mate. “Upset Wife” should take a look at what she is contribut-ing to the partnership. She should be acting like a wife, not a patient. Otherwise, it just takes time. -- Sad but True

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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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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$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.

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

BRISTOL 1BR apt, heat and hotwater included. $600 a month.217-4141

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

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LACONIA 1 BDRM Sunny 2ndfloor, quiet, handy area.$575/mo.+ References, petmaybe. 528-3649.

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

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ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE? Enjoy the quality of life found in the Mt.Washington Valley while working in a progressive hospital that matches advancedmedical technology with a compassionate approach to patient care. Join our teamand see what a difference you can make!In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an excellent benefits package that includeshealth/dental, generous paid time off, matching savings plan, educational assistance andemployee fitness program. We have the following openings:• Transcriptionist- Per Diem. Exp with speech recognition/editingsoftware pref. Strong language and grammar skills and medical termi-nology course req. Flexible scheduling, including wknds.• 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.• Director of Nursing- Fully accountable to the Administrator for thedaily operation of Nursing Services for 45 geriatric residents. Min. 3yrs exp. In a long-term facility. RN with an active license. BSN pre-ferred.• 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.

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

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

MAYTAG dryer, large capacity,runs great, $75; Kenmoredorm-size refrigerator (no freezer),$50; Fishtank, stand, hood, filter,heater, 30 gallon, $150 & 35-gal-lon, $200. Call 630-4158. AlsoKohler shower door, $150.524-1896.

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

Free

T&B Appliance Removal. Appli-ances & AC’s removed free ofcharge if outside. No TV’sPlease call (603)986-5506.

Help Wanted

DRIVERS NEEDEDSubstitute drivers for fixed routesystems, demand response routesand box truck pick-up & deliveryroutes. Positions available Mon-day through Friday AM and PMshifts. All positions require CDL Bwith passenger endorsement, airbrakes, DOT medical card and ex-cellent driving record. Apply inperson at Community Action Pro-gram Belknap-Merrimack Coun-ties, Inc. 2 Industrial Park Drive,Concord, NH or call 225-1989 foran application/information. E.O.E.

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

Insurance Customer Service/Pro-ducer wanted. P&C License pre-ferred. Candidate must havestrong communication skills. Flexi-ble hours, some nights & Satur-days required. Hourly earnings +commission. Highly motivatedcandidates may apply by callingAllstate Insurance Company inGilford. 293-0155 or send resumeto 348 Intervale Rd. Gilford, NH03249 Attn: Thom

Help Wanted

!!LOOK HERE!!Tired of living paycheck to pay-check? If you have a good atti-tude and like people we wantyou to become part of our team.Fun team atmosphere. Vaca-tions. $500/week but not limitedto. Bonuses. Advancement.Start this week. Call for more in-formation Mon & Tues only603-822-0220.

PERSONAL CARE

ATTENDANT POSITION

Please stop by Care & ComfortNursing,102 Court St., Laconia foran application, call 528-5020 orfax resume to 528-0352.

TRANSPORTATION

TRAVEL TRAINERTemporary (24 hours a week untilJune 30th) travel trainer neededto work with passengers learningto ride transit service. Flexiblehours. Potential growth intofull-time position beginning July 1.BA and 3 year�s experience work-ing with senior, low-income, immi-grant and/or disability communi-ties preferred. Transit experienceand public speaking skills impor-tant. Background in ESL a plus.Salary range $13.00-$15.00 perhour. Send resume and cover let-ter by 2/11/11 to Community Ac-tion Program Belknap-MerrimackCounties, Inc.(T/T), PO Box 1016,Concord NH 03302-1016 EOE

Help Wanted

WEATHERIZATION

WORKERFull-time/year-round position (37.5hrs/wk) for Weatherization Depart-ment in Concord. Worker shouldbe capable of performing carpen-try duties as related to energy im-provements and repairs to resi-dential structures. Work includesbut is not limited to access to at-tics, crawl spaces and work fromladders. Salary range is$14.00-$18.00 with full benefits.Candidate must have valid driver�slicense and meet Agency insur-ance requirements. Respond by2/11/11 to Community Action Pro-gram Belknap-Merrimack Coun-ties, Inc. (WXN), P.O. Box 1016,Concord, NH 03302-1016 or call603-225-3295 x-1187. E.O.E. Po-sition is ARRA funded.

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-

8023 GC Enterprises Property

Management

Roommate Wanted

ADULT person to share house inLaconia. $140/wk. includes every-thing. Pets okay. Female pre-ferred. 524-1976

WOMAN TO SHARE APART-MENT. Quiet, sober, non-smokingenvironment. $500 month in-cludes utilities. W/D, Cable &Parking. Avail. immediately.528-2227

Services

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.

PIPER ROOFING

& VINYL SIDINGQuality Work

Reasonable Rates

Free EstimatesMetal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our CustomersDon�t get Soaked!

528-3531

DESROCHERS Burner ServiceMeredith, NH (603) 677-2666. OilHeat Tune-ups, Repairs, Installa-tions Emergency service. Free Es-timates.

EXTREMEROOF

SHOVELING• Fully Insured •

445-8370www.goldkeymaintenance.com

Services

HANDYMAN

SERVICES

Small Jobs AreMy Speciality

Rick Drouin

520-5642 or 744-6277

MILES COMPUTER REPAIR

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

MOBILE Home Repairs: Stormdamage, Renovations. Doors,windows, floors, etc. Reasonable,experienced. Dan, 279-5806,937-7095.

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

ROOF SHOVELINGat Resonable rates

Fully insuredGoldstar Sealcoating

524-7190

Roof Shoveling, Decks & Drive-ways. Free estimates. Call393-1301

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

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

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

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

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Happy Valentine’s Day!Love, Pam & Rick

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To Pooh Bear,I love you with all my heart! Thank you for

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be left to our designer’s discretion (unless

otherwise specified).

1x1.5 Color = $111x2 = $14.50

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Joe,Happy First Valentine’s

Together!I Love You! - Kim

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Dear Christine,Life with you couldn’t be any sweeter. With all my loveDrake

Violet,We’ve had our ups and

downs,but our friendship has stood the test of time.

Thank you for always being there for us

Bob & Mary

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Services

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Services

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

Snowmobiles

2001 Sk i -Doo MXZ500.Yellow/Black, reverse, pics, likenew, 2,450 miles. $2,195.875-0363

Piper Runnion-Bareford on harp and Aubrie Dionne on flute will perform works by Mozart, Faure, and Debussy at the Silver Center for the Arts on Sunday, February 6. (Courtesy photo)

Duo to perform on harp and flute in recital at Plymouth State University

PLYMOUTH — Flut-ist Aubrie Dionne and harpist Piper Runnion-Bareford will join musi-cal forces for a recital of Mozart’s concerto in C Major and works by Faure and Debussy at Silver Center for the Arts, Smith Recital Hall at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6.

Dionne has served as adjunct faculty at Plym-outh State University since 2001. She also teaches at the Manchester Community Music School and is the founder of The Alura Ensemble. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance from the University of New Hampshire and has studied at the graduate level at the Longy School of Music in Cam-bridge, MA. She is an active performer, teacher, conductor and adjudicator in the New England Region.

Runnion-Bareford holds a degree in

harp performance from the Royal Col-lege of Music in London and the Curtis Institute of Music. She has been prin-cipal harpist with the New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra and numerous orchestras in New England.

Free tickets for the recital are avail-able by calling 535-ARTS (2787) or (800) 779-3869.

Annual Sanbornton Resident Open House hosted by Steele Hill Resorts on Sunday

SANBORNTON — Steele Hill Resorts will host its Annual Sanborn-ton Resident Open House fro noon — 3 p.m. on Sunday, February 6.

All residents from the Town are invited to the Resort to enjoy the ambiance, the

pool, appetizers, and entertainment. “It’s a great way for the community to come together each winter for a little fun,” said Steele Hill President Bill Cutillo.

Residents may R.S.V.P. to the event by calling 524-0500.

LACONIA — Holy Trinity School has joined Catholic elementary schools across New Hampshire and the nation in recognition of Catholic Schools Week, a celebration of faith, learning, and service.

With the diocesan-wide theme of “Unlock the Treasure of NH Catho-lic Schools,” Catholic Schools Week is an opportunity for educators and students to demonstrate the Catholic school experience as one that fosters

a deeper awareness of faith, aca-demic and personal achievement, and responsibility for self and others.

Thursday February 3 is Career Day in Holy Trinity, offering students the opportunity to meet community mem-bers and hear about their professional positions. Throughout the week, Holy Trinity students will participate in community service projects around Laconia.

Holy Trinity marks Catholic Schools Week with celebration & community service

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