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CONCORD — Don’t start printing “Gregg for president” bumper stickers just yet.

Though speculation has been rampant about the political future of New Hampshire’s retir-ing senior senator, Republican Judd Gregg,

Gregg for president buzz falling on deaf earsBy Shira SchoenBerg

CONCORD MONITORobservers on the ground in New Hamp-shire say there’s little chance Gregg will mount a run in 2012.

“It stretches the definition of unlikely,” said Tom Rath, a Republican strategist who chaired Gregg’s Senate campaign

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LACONIA — This week the Belknap County Convention will advertise for applicants to fill the office of county attor-ney amid some concerns that there may be a dearth of truly qualified candidates.

Shortly after county attorney Jim Carroll was re-elected to a third term in November, Governor John Lynch tapped him to become the presiding justice of the Laconia District Court, creating the vacancy. Representative Alida Millham (R-Gilford), who chairs the con-vention, said yesterday that Carroll will take his seat on the bench in the second week of January, when his deputy, Carly Ahern, will become interim county attorney with support from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, should it be necessary.

Millham said that since no jury trials are scheduled for February, the conven-tion has at least until March 1 to appoint Carroll’s successor. “We’re all aware that there is potentially a problem — not enough qualified candidates,” she added.

Millham’s concerns are shared by sev-eral members of the local legal community.

The county attorney must be a legal res-ident of Belknap County and a member of the New Hampshire Bar, who has “demon-strated an ability to prosecute all felonies committed in Belknap County except first and second-degree homicides.” In addition,

Convention anticipates it may have hard time finding lawyer who’s both qualified & wants to be Belknap County AttorneyFormer Grafton county Prosecutor, and current Gilford resident. Ken anderson says he’s interested

By Michael KitchTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

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MOULTONBOR-OUGH — It was on a Friday, June 27, 2008 to be exact, that Carroll County Superior Court Judge Steven Houran gave the jury the instructions that would help them decide Ward Bird’s future.

During the three-day trial, the jury heard from four prosecution witnesses — victim Christine Harris, real estate agent Ed Marudsinski, Bird’s niece, Laura Heald-Keyser and Lt. Thomas Dawson of the Moult-onborough Police.

They didn’t hear from Ward Bird nor did he present any kind of defense. His lawyer, Mark Sisti, in his closing argument, said the prosecution didn’t make its case beyond a reasonable doubt for either the charge of reckless con-

Keeping Ward Bird off witness stand probably kept jury from learning details of 2002 gun episode

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Darth Vader pro-claiming he’s Luke Skywalker’s father, John Travolta preening in his underwear and an early 20th-century deaf activist communi-cating in sign language are among the images that will be preserved by the Library of Con-gress as part of its National Film Registry.

The 25 films selected this year include “The Empire Strikes Back,” the 1980 sequel to “Star Wars” that many critics and fans consider the best of George Lucas’ six “Star Wars” films. “Empire” shocked movie-goers with the revelation that masked villain Darth Vader was the father of hero Skywalker.

While Lucas didn’t direct “Empire” — he entrusted it to the late Irvin Kershner — he got another film selected for the registry: the student short “Electronic Laby-rinth: THX 1138 4EB.” Lucas’ “Star Wars” and “American Graffiti” are also among the 550 titles in the registry.

The Library of Con-gress announced the selections early Tues-day. The goal of the registry, which began in 1989, isn’t to identify the best movies ever made, but to preserve films with artistic, cul-tural or historical sig-nificance.

HONOLULU (AP) — Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie wants to find a way to release more information about President Barack Obama’s Hawaii birth and dispel conspiracy theories that he was born elsewhere.

Abercrombie was a friend of Obama’s parents and knew him as a child, and is deeply troubled by the effort to cast doubt on the president’s citizenship.

The newly elected governor will ask the state attorney general’s office about what can be done to put an end to questions about Obama’s birth documentation from Aug. 4, 1961, spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said Tuesday.

“He had a friendship with Mr. Obama’s parents, and so there is a personal issue at hand,” Dela Cruz said. “Is it going to be done immediately? No, the first thing on

Hawaii’s governor wants to clear air about Obama’s birthour list is the economy.”

It’s unclear what Abercrombie could do because Hawaii’s privacy laws have long barred the release of a certified birth cer-tificate to anyone who doesn’t have a tan-gible interest.

Hawaii’s health director said last year and in 2008 that she had seen and verified Obama’s original vital records, and birth notices in two Honolulu newspapers were published within days of Obama’s birth at Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu.

So-called “birthers” claim Obama is ineligible to be president because they say there’s no proof he was born in the United States, with many of the skeptics ques-tioning whether he was actually born in Kenya, his father’s home country.

“What bothers me is that some people who should know better are trying to use this for political reasons,” Abercrombie told the Los Angeles Times last week. “Maybe I’m the only one in the country that could look you right in the eye right now and tell you, ‘I was here when that baby was born.’”

Abercrombie was unavailable for addi-tional comment Tuesday because he was vacationing on Maui, Dela Cruz said.

The Obama campaign issued a certificate of live birth in 2008, an official document from the state showing the president’s birth date, city and name, along with his parents’ names and races. The certificate doesn’t list the name of the hospital where he was born or the physician who delivered him, information collected by the state as part of its vital records.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — A 35-year-old chair lift that was due to be replaced failed Tuesday in high winds at a Maine resort, sending skiers — some of them children — plummeting into ung-roomed snow far below that fell with the Northeast’s recent blizzard and softened the landing.

At least eight people, three of them chil-dren, were taken to a hospital after the dou-ble-chair lift at Sugarloaf derailed during a busy vacation week at the resort 120 miles north of Portland. Dozens of skiers remained on the crippled lift for more than an hour until patrols could get them down.

High winds kept the failed lift out of operation at the start of the day but it was later deemed safe to use before the

accident, said Ethan Austin, spokesman for Sugarloaf. The resort said a cable that supports the chairs jumped off track, though the exact cause of the failure is being investigated. Wind were gusting at 40 mph at the time.

The resort said the lift, which went into service in 1975 and recently passed an inspection, was due to be replaced, partly because of vulnerability to wind. Five chairs fell 25 to 30 feet onto a ski trail below, Austin said.

Rebecca London, one of the skiers who tumbled to the snow, told The Associated Press that her face hit a retaining bar but her goggles spared her from serious injury. She credited new snow underneath the lift with a soft landing; the resort said it got 20

to 22 inches in Monday’s storm.“Thankfully, they didn’t groom it last

night, so they left it like it was,” she said. “So the snow was all soft.”

Most of the skiers who fell appeared to be stunned but OK, she said, and the ski patrol was on the scene within minutes to treat the injured. London, 20, of Carra-bassett Valley, said she wasn’t hurt badly enough to go to a hospital.

Jay Marshall, a ski coach who had hun-kered down in a cold wind while on a lift next to the one that broke, said his lift was moving but the other was not.

There was a “loud snapping noise” after the lift restarted, he said, then some screams.

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“That speaks about who is going to be leading tomorrow.” So said Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Every three years, the Paris-based OECD holds its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests of the reading, math and science skills of 15-year-olds in developing and developed countries. Gurria was talking of the results of the 2009 tests.

Sixty-five nations competed. The Chinese swept the board.

The schools of Shanghai-China finished first in math, reading and science. Hong Kong-China was third in math and science. Singapore, a city-state dominated by overseas Chinese, was second in math, fourth in science. Only Korea, Japan and Finland were in the hunt.

And the U.S.A.? America ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math, producing the famil-iar quack-quack.

“This is an absolute wake-up call for America,” said Education Sec-retary Arne Duncan. “We have to face the brutal truth. We have to get much more serious about invest-ment in education.”

But the “brutal truth” is that we invest more per pupil than any other country save Luxembourg, and we are broke. And a closer look at the PISA scores reveals some unacknowledged truths.

True, East Asians — Chinese, Koreans, Japanese — are turning in the top scores in all three cat-egories, followed by the Europeans, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders. But, looking down the New York Times list of the top 30 nations, one finds not a single Latin American nation, not a single Afri-can nation, not a single Muslim nation, not a single South or South-east Asian nation (save Singapore), not a single nation of the old Soviet Union except Latvia and Estonia.

And in Europe as in Asia, the northern countries (Finland, Norway, Belgium, Iceland, Austria, Germany) outscore the southern (Greece, Italy, Portugal). Slovenia and Croatia, for-merly of the Habsburg Empire, out-performed Albania and Serbia, which spent centuries under Turkish rule.

Among the OECD members, the most developed 34 nations on earth, Mexico, principal feeder nation for U.S. schools, came in dead last in reading.

Steve Sailer of VDARE.com got the full list of 65 nations, broke down U.S. reading scores by race, then measured Americans with the countries and continents whence their families originated. What he found was surprising. Asian-Amer-icans outperform all Asian students except for Shanghai-Chinese.

White Americans outperform stu-dents from all 37 predominantly white nations except Finns, and U.S.

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Hispanics outperformed the students of all eight Latin American countries that participated in the tests.

African-American kids would have outscored the students of any sub-Saharan African country that took the test (none did) and did outperform the only black country to participate, Trinidad and Tobago, by 25 points.

America’s public schools, then, are not abject failures. They are educating immigrants and their descendants to outperform the kin-folk their parents or ancestors left behind when they came to America. America’s schools are improving the academic performance of all Ameri-cans above what it would have been had they not come to America.

What American schools are fail-ing at, despite the trillions poured into schools since the 1965 Elemen-tary and Secondary Education Act, is closing the racial divide. We do not know how to close the gap in reading, science and math between Anglo and Asian students and black and Hispanic students.

And from the PISA tests, neither does any other country on earth. The gap between the test scores of East Asian and European nations and those of Latin America and African nations mirrors the gap between Asian and white students in the U.S. and black and Hispanic students in the U.S.

Which brings us to “Bad Students, Not Bad Schools,” a new book in which Dr. Robert Weissberg contends that U.S. educational experts deliber-ately “refuse to confront the obvious truth.” “America’s educational woes reflect our demographic mix of stu-dents. Today’s schools are filled with millions of youngsters, many of whom are Hispanic immigrants struggling with English plus millions of others of mediocre intellectual ability disdain-ing academic achievement.”

In the public and parochial schools of the 1940s and 1950s, kids were pushed to the limits of their ability, then pushed harder. And when they stopped learning, they were pushed out the door.

Writes Weissberg: “To be grossly politically incorrect, most of Ameri-ca’s educational woes vanish if these indifferent, troublesome students left when they had absorbed as much as they were going to learn and were replaced by learning-hungry students from Korea, Japan, India, Russia, Africa and the Caribbean.”

Weissberg contends that 80-per-cent of a school’s success depends on two factors: the cognitive ability of the child and the disposition he brings to class — not on texts, teach-ers or classroom size. If the brains and the will to learn are absent, no amount of spending on schools, teacher salaries, educational consul-tants or new texts will matter.

A nation weary of wasting billions on unctuous educators who never deliver what they promise may be ready to hear some hard truths.

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LETTERSI too believe in a woman’s right to choose; only much earlierTo the editor,

I would like to take some time to comment on the two letters published in The Laconia Daily Sun today (Tues-day, Dec. 28). These are the letters from Barbara Hughes in Wolfeboro and from Lynn Hughes in Alton Bay.

What are the odds that two sepa-rate letters were submitted by differ-ent people that not only have the same subject matter but use the exact same talking points? I count the same four talking points used in each letter and I have to think that these were either writ-ten by the same person (interesting they both share the same last name) or, more likely they are merely using the talking points issued by the state Democratic Party in an attempt to make the Repub-lican majorities in the House and Senate look bad. I wonder if these two ladies had the same concerns in the past two legisla-tures that were elected to address serious issues that were put to the back burner in order to push a social change agenda that nobody saw coming.

Both letters agree, as does everyone in this country that we have serious economic challenges facing our state and nation.

These letters state that our newly elected representatives in Concord need to keep their focus and time spent creat-ing jobs. Are we supposed to take from their statements that when the Repub-licans have the majority that they can’t multitask but when the Democrats are in charge they can? After all we were told by the Democratic leadership when they were in the majority that they were multitasking and not to be concerned.

Both letters state that we live in a “Pro-Choice State” but I don’t remem-

ber any vote at either the legislative level or public ballot deciding if New Hampshire is “Pro-Choice”. Did I miss the vote? The fact of the matter is that New Hampshire and every state in this union are “Pro-Choice” because of a 1973 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that intruded on states rights to decide the issue. This is not one of the enumerated powers that We The People have given to the federal government.

Both letters also point to the belief that any move on a social agenda will infringe or punish a woman’s repro-ductive decisions that could put their lives in danger. Talk about trying to extort an issue. This is like the politi-cal advertisement from the state Democratic Party that said a state senator could eliminate Social Secu-rity and Medicare, which are both fed-eral programs.

I find it interesting that the Demo-crats and liberals always accuse the Republicans and conservatives of wanting to interfere with a woman’s right to choose.

Allow me to respond to these mis-guided beliefs by pointing out my beliefs. I am a proud conservative and pro-life advocate it might surprise people to know that I do not want to interfere with a woman’s right to choose. I am also pro-choice. The prob-lem is that the Democrats and Liber-als think the only choice is after the pregnancy occurs and I believe the choice is much earlier and that the pregnancy is the result of that choice. Choice is good but don’t kill a child by changing the results!

Greg KnytychNew Hampton

Carefully read instructions for any alternative energy sourcesTo the editor,

Winter is here and it is only going to get colder. With the cold comes a greater threat of home fires. More home fires happen in the winter than any other time of year. The Laconia Fire Department is very concerned about this threat and hopes you follow our advice to make your home safe.

Unfortunately, many people will use alternative heating devices this year. Many of these devices, such as space heaters, may be illegal and can

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If you rent your landlord is required by law to maintain the building in a safe condition; if you are using wood stoves or fireplaces burn clean, dry, seasoned wood; if you do not you can create conditions that will lead to chimney fires; if you do not have smoke detectors, buy at least one and place it on the ceiling outside the bed-rooms — you should have a smoke alarm on every level of your home; test your smoke alarm weekly; develop an escape plan for your family and review

it with everyone in the home.If you use candles keep them away

from children and pets; make sure they are in a stable container and are away from combustibles like drapes and curtains, never leave a burning candle unattended.

If you are using an electric blanket do not place other blankets on top of it; it will overheat and cause a fire.

Never use flammable liquids to start fires in fireplaces or wood stoves.

Keep the Christmas tree away from any open flame.

Your fire department does not just put out fires. We provide the residents of Laconia with all sorts of assistance. We provide ambulance service for medical emergencies. We respond to gas leaks and electrical problems. If your water pipes should freeze and break, we respond to help. When you are having an emergency do not hesi-tate to call the fire department. If you need batteries for your smoke detec-tor call us, we may be able to provide you with free batteries.

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LETTERSMay our new decade rise above the first 10 years of this centuryTo the editor,

George Orwell’s “1984”, published in 1949, is a “dystopian novel, about life in a world of perpetual war, per-vasive government surveillance, and incessant public mind control” (Wiki-pedia). Aldous Huxley’s “A Brave New World”, published earlier in 1932, “sought to provide a frightening vision of the future.” “ The industrial revolu-tion had transformed the world, mass production giving us cars, telephones, and radios relatively cheaply and widely available” (Wikipedia). Which prophesying author gets it right? Both deserve rereading.

Check out women writers: Leslie Marmon Silko wrote “Almanac of the Dead” for 10 years, having it pub-lished in 1991. Silko foresees well in this novel set in the Tucson/Mexico-border area. Anyone could have read it new in 1991 and then clipped news-paper articles for the next 15 years or more, realizing what Silko truly understands of our cultural paths, especially where we go wrong. Babies are kidnapped from Central America for organ harvesting. War veterans live isolated but organized in encamp-ments along polluted waterways. Criminal families successfully use violence to satisfy their money-greed.

Further north we have writer Caro-lyn Chute, with her 2009-published “The School on Heart’s Content Road”, also a cultural statement reflect-ing 10 years of observing. “It’s a love

song to a part of America that doesn’t have much of a voice, and is armed” (Wikipedia). Read this and think: the wealthy—poor gap is growing fast and doesn’t bode well for America’s stand-ing in the world, let alone for families that used to get respect as the healthy core of our America.

I am preparing for New Year’s Day, writing this out, thinking about another decade’s start, when now we continue to overspend on our military using money borrowed from China, continue to lose talented and loved people to war’s death and maiming, continue to count failed banks and foreclosed houses as regulars in the news, continue to lament (or not) that schools have a tougher time educating and with only spitefully-given money support. Climate change is having its impact, acknowledged or not.

It’s my grandkids’ world, the oldest being 20 years and the youngest being 20 months. I care about what’s in store for them and for their peers around the world. May 2011 and its decade rise above the new century’s first, ragged decade.

Pres. Bush said, prophetically, right in line there with Orwell and New-speak, “I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.” (Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. , June 18, 2002.)

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“The next thing I know, it was bounc-ing up and down like a yo-yo,” said Mar-shall, of Carrabassett Valley. He said it was too diffi cult to watch, so he looked away. “It was terrifying,” he said.

There were about 150 skiers on the lift at the time, according to Sugarloaf, operated by Boyne Falls, Mich.-based Boyne Resorts. Sugarloaf workers used a pulley-like system to lower skiers to safety.

Eight people were taken 35 miles to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farm-ington; one was immediately fl own to Maine Medical Center in Portland, said Gerald Cayer, the hospital’s executive vice president. A second patient was later transferred to the Maine Medical trauma center as well, Cayer said.

It’s unclear whether the accident was wind-related or mechanical. Because of its position on the face of the mountain, the lift that failed is more vulnerable to being shut down because of high winds, said Austin, the resort spokesman.

The failed lift and two others started the day on a “wind hold,” he said, but Sugarloaf offi cials later deemed it safe to operate before the accident at 10:30 a.m.

Guidelines for “wind holds” include wind speed and other factors, but sometimes it’s as simple as noting whether chairs are swinging in the wind, he said.

The failed East Spillway lift is 4,013 feet long, gains 1,454 feet of eleva-tion and nearly reaches the summit of 4,327-foot Sugarloaf, the state’s second-tallest mountain. It went into service in 1975 and was modifi ed in 1983, according to Sugarloaf offi cials.

Betsy Twombly of Falmouth said the resort notifi ed season pass holders

like herself that the lift would be the fi rst to be replaced under a 10-year improvement plan. Austin told report-ers it was on a list of those to be upgraded but declined to say when that was due to happen.

A website dedicated to Sugarloaf’s master plan said the fi rst priority for lifts was to replace the spillway with a larger quad lift, partly because of vulnerability to the wind. The Bangor Daily News quoted John Diller, Sug-arloaf’s general manager, as saying in late August that he hoped this would be the last winter for the lift.

“A fi xed-grip quad will provide faster and more reliable transporta-tion for skiers and, due to its addi-tional weight, will be signifi cantly less prone to wind holds than the current lift,” the website said.

Twombly witnessed the aftermath of the accident and praised the quick work of Sugarloaf workers, who she said worked calmly and effi ciently to get people down from the lift and off the mountain.

“I expected to see hysteria, but there was none,” she said.

Sugarloaf assured visitors that its lifts are inspected each day.

“We haven’t had a derailment of this magnitude in the 60 years Sugarloaf has been in operation,” said Richard Wilkinson, vice president for moun-tain operations.

The lift was properly licensed and inspected for 2010, said Doug Dunbar of Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. Ski resort chair lifts fall under the jurisdiction of the department’s Board of Elevator and Tramway Safety, and two inspec-tors were dispatched to Sugarloaf, Dunbar said.

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Several local attorneys familiar with criminal proceedings, who asked not to be identifi ed, said there that are few lawyers residing in the county with signifi cant experience of trying criminal cases before juries in supe-rior court. Moreover, those with expe-rience are at a point in their careers or of an age where the salary and work-load, which includes administrative responsibilities as well as trial work, hold little attraction. The job pays just under $90,000 a year.

“It is defi nitely a problem,” said one attorney. “There are not many who have done trial work and even fewer who have tried criminal cases.”

Millham said that Ahern, who lives in Merrimack County, has been with the county attorney’s offi ce for three years and the other assistant is a recent law school graduate. She said that other county attorneys’ offi ces, especially those in counties with large staffs like Hillsborough, Rockingham and Merrimack counties, represent the deepest pools of prospective candi-dates, but the residency requirement may pose an obstacle.

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Anderson, 62, took his law degree at Franklin Pierce Law Center, now the University of New Hampshire Law School, in 1978. He was in private practice for 15 years before becoming county attorney and returned to pri-vate practice in Plymouth after choos-ing not to seek re-election in 2002. “Criminal work has been my concen-tration for most of my career,” he said.

Anderson left Grafton County under a cloud when the Attorney Gen-eral’s Office threatened to take control of his office following an investigation that alleged victims were not kept abreast of the progress of their cases and other administrative shortcom-ings. Anderson has maintained that

the investigation was flawed and the allegations were without merit.

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Republicans hold all 18 seats on the county House delegation, which, as the convention, will make the appointment. Earlier this month Wayne MacDonald, vice-chairman of the Republican State Commit-tee, speaking to the Belknap County Republican Committee, thanked Gov-ernor John Lynch for giving the GOP the opportunity to claim the one office the party failed to capture at the polls in November — the county attorney — by appointing Carroll to the bench.

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duct or the charge of criminal threat-ening.

Sisti was half right and Bird was found not guilty of reckless conduct but guilty of criminally threatening Harris, a woman who said she acci-dentally went to Bird’s house while looking for a neighboring piece of property.

Because his crime involved a gun, Bird was sentenced to a mandatory three years in the N.H. State Prison. His case has earned national atten-tion and he has been moved to Carroll County jail in Ossipee to be closer to his family.

Friends and relatives and gun rights activists have mounted a high profile campaign to have him pardoned by the governor and Executive Council.

Since his conviction, Bird has main-tained his innocence. He admitted to yelling and using profanity while telling Harris to leave but has denied ever waving or pointing a gun at her.

He said he simply turned to go back inside his home and removed his .45 caliber hand gun from his back waist band to remove the clip, check the safety, and make sure there was no bullet in the chamber before he went into his home.

So why didn’t he tell that to the jury?

“A person accused of a crime has an absolute right not to take the wit-ness stand to testify,” Judge Houran explained to jurors, telling them noth-ing could be inferred from his refusal to testify in his own behalf.

So the jury never heard anything that would contradict Bird’s written statement to police the day following his encounter with Harris when he stated he always carried a gun and that he “understand[s] my rights as a citizen and as a homeowner, and the responsibilities that go with those rights.”

But according to police documents made available by the Carroll County Superior Court after a Right-To-Know request filed by The Daily Sun, Bird wasn’t always so responsible with a firearm.

It was on June 15, 2002 — a Bike Week Saturday around 6 p.m. — when Moultonborough Cpl. James Fogarty got a report of shots being fired into a home.

Daniel King of Maspeth, N.Y. and two of his friends from Pennsylvania were watching television in a rented cottage at 84 Langdorf Street in the Suisseville section of Moultonbor-ough. All three told Fogarty they heard seven gunshots, then silence, then five more.

King told Fogarty that at least one bullet had entered the cottage.

While Fogarty took pictures of the bullet hole in the back window, searched for and finally found the .30 caliber slug in the closet, other officers fanned out and began searching for the source of the bullet.

About 600 yards and two streets away, police found a “large gathering” at 51 Sandorf St.

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questions and searching the area for spent shell casings, Fogarty noticed one party goer was a little more interested than were the others.

“Please, let me know what you find out. I’m inter-ested to see what happened,” Fogarty recalled Ward Bird saying before he left the scene in his white flat-bed pickup.

Moultonborough Sgt. Shawn Varney also responded to the area and was the incident supervisor.

His statement said he learned from the other officers there was a “large party” on nearby Sandorf Street but everyone had denied any involvement, telling police they thought “someone was lighting off fireworks.”

One of the officers also told Varney that all the guns held by the party goers had been checked, including a .25 caliber pistol owned by Bird, and none appeared to have been recently fired.

In his report, Varney said the party host’s “body language and tone of voice indicated to me that he knew more than he was saying.”

Varney report also said police didn’t find any shell casings.

He suggested Fogarty “attempt to track [Bird] down” but said Fogarty checked Bird’s home and he

wasn’t there.The next day Varney got a call from the N.H. State

Police dispatcher requesting he go to Bird’s house to discuss the shooting with him.

While one of his patrol officers was already inter-viewing Bird, Varney said Bird “was visibly upset” and had wanted to speak to a supervisor.

“He advised me that he was the one who shot the firearm in Suissevale last night,” Varney wrote. “He advised me he felt really bad about the incident and apologized many times.”

Varney said Bird told him he was “intoxicated” and he had been shooting into a tree stump across the street from the house with the party. He told Varney he had no knowledge there were houses beyond the stump and later came to the police station and vol-untarily surrendered an AMT Automag III .30 car-bine with eight rounds and two clips.

Bird was charged with unauthorized use of a firearm, showed police the stump with nine bullets lodged in it and said he was the only one who did any shooting.

He was charged with the unauthorized use of a firearm, which was negotiated down to a violation. The owner of the house with the bullet hole in the window was content to have the window replaced and “to leave it at that.”

Bird paid a fine and the incident was largely for-gotten.

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In this case, Bird’s written state-ments to police about how he “under-stood the responsibilities” that come with gun ownership could have come into play if he had taken the stand and been cross-examined about this statement by the prosecution.

Had he “opened the door” to the 2202 incident at Suisseville, the jury could have inferred a pattern of behavior.

In Bird’s first trial, which ended in a mistrial, that door was opened, but not by Bird.

While Prosecutor Susan Boone knew that prior bad acts, unless they indicate a willingness to lie like per-jury or fraud, are inadmissible, under her direct examination of Lt. Dawson, the initial investigating officer in the Harris case, he uttered a statement that resulted in the 2007 trial ending in a mistrial.

Boone started by questioning Dawson about what he knew about the sale of Bird’s family property and what he knew about Bird’s recent abdominal injuries.

The sale of the property Harris was trying to find was the subject of a family feud. And three weeks before his encounter with Harris, Bird had been critically injured in a work acci-dent.

This was fair game and it came out during the trial.

“Based on your knowledge of Mr. Bird, is it possible that he could have done something not in his best interest if he had been angry or lost his temper?” Boone asked Dawson making an initial reference to his physical well-being.

Bird’s attorney, Mark Sisti, objected to the question saying Boone was

asking Dawson to speculate but he was overruled by the judge.

Boone elicited Dawson’s testimony about the dispute surrounding the family land but it was when when she asked him why he didn’t create a photo lineup and ask the victim, Harris, to pick out Bird that she took Dawson down the wrong road.

“I didn’t feel that I needed a photo line up,” Dawson replied. “I knew who we were taking about here. I got a call from Ward speaking of a trespasser, simultaneously I got a call from her.”

“It wouldn’t be uncommon for Mr. Bird to do what he had done,” Dawson said, potentially opening the door to a report of the prejudicial and inflam-matory incident of 2002.

Sisti objected and Judge Brown sent the jury to lunch while the two sides argued over the damage done by Boone’s question and Dawson’s answer.

Boone protested she was not asking Dawson to comment directly on Bird’s prior record but in the end, Sisti won the day.

“And, by the way,” said Sisti arguing for the mistrial, “I found [Dawson’s answer] to be rather non-responsive to the prosecutor’s question. In fact, I found it to be gratuitous and I found it to be presented in a fashion that would have been designed to, in essence show that Ward is a person that acted in conformity with the alle-gation set forth in this case, and that’s almost what he said.”

Sisti explained about how the state-ment wouldn’t be allowed under court rules but added that “It’s even worse because he talks about other times. And when he talks about other times, that means he may have done this is the past or he has seen or heard of him doing it in the past as well.”

“You can’t unring this bell, this goes right to the heart of this allega-

tion. This isn’t a collateral situation, this goes to crimes or wrongs exactly like that alleged,” Sisti said, arguing that if the information had been the subject of a motion to limit testimony, the court would have ruled it inadmis-sible.

And Judge Brown agreed.“The witness, a uniformed officer

wearing a badge and with a mic on — I don’t want to say gratuitously because I don’t think it was, I think it was an error on his part, when he

clearly suggested that this defendant had acted in similar fashions in the past...” said Brown.

Though a mistrial was declared, Carroll County Attorney Robin Gordon wasn’t quite finished with Ward Bird.

She asked for and received an addi-tional indictment for criminal threat-ening and re-prosecuted Bird for the reckless conduct charge.

Bird appealed his conviction to the N.H. Supreme Court but lost.

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When an ABC News reporter asked Gregg last week if he would run for president in 2012, Gregg responded, “That’s not likely, and I wouldn’t expect to be doing that.” But, he said he would not rule out anything in his future. He did say he plans to be actively involved in the presidential primary.

Gregg’s comment is not likely to put the specula-tion to rest. Jonah Goldberg of The National Review listed Gregg as one of 24 people who are benefiting from “nontrivial presidential buzz.” Articles in New Hampshire Business Review and New Hampshire Magazine have laid out the case why Gregg should run for president. Gregg has spent time in Wash-ington - as a senator and congressman - and in the executive branch - as New Hampshire governor. He is intelligent, credible and experienced.

And many of those who know Gregg like the idea. “He’s a person of both extraordinary ability and extraordinary integrity and exactly the kind of statesman that the country needs,” said Bonnie Newman, a longtime friend of Gregg, who managed his first congressional campaign, then served as his chief of staff.

Newman said she thinks addressing the country’s fiscal problems will be a major issue in 2012, and Gregg is uniquely suited to the job. Gregg was chair-man of the Senate budget committee, was trained as a tax attorney and has a reputation as a budget hawk concerned about the country’s deficit. Presi-dent Obama initially nominated Gregg as commerce secretary, before Gregg withdrew his name from consideration.

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Newman said Gregg has demonstrated that he can work across party lines, through his collabora-tion with Sen. Ted Kennedy on the No Child Left Behind Act and more recently on a bipartisan fiscal commission.

“He’s held in very high regard by both parties in the Senate,” Newman said.

But Newman said she has no indication Gregg is thinking of running for president. And several New Hampshire operatives said Gregg has put out no feelers. “There would be more buzz on the ground

about something happening if he were moving for-ward,” said Mike Dennehy, a Republican strategist and senior adviser to John McCain’s 2008 presiden-tial campaign.

Any presidential candidate from New Hampshire faces additional challenges due to the state’s first-in-the-nation primary. Dennehy said Gregg — who has been involved with eight presidential campaigns, including George H.W. Bush’s in 1988 and Bob Dole’s in 1996 - understands those difficulties. A New Hamp-shire candidate would be favored to win the New Hampshire primary. Therefore, a win would not mean much, while a loss would be devastating.

“If he decided to run, he knows he’d be a dark horse,” Dennehy said. “He knows that any launch-ing pad that he’d get from a good showing or victory in New Hampshire would likely not exist because he is the favorite son candidate.”

Republican strategist Dave Carney said both Gregg and his father, Hugh, have been supporters of the New Hampshire primary, and Gregg would have to be aware that having a New Hampshire candi-date would diminish the primary’s importance. “You basically are used as an excuse for every other can-didate to say, ‘I don’t have to go to New Hampshire because Gregg’s running,’ “ Carney said.

In addition, Carney said there are other challenges for a New Hampshire candidate. The state has a smaller financial base than many others, making it difficult for candidates to raise enough money to run a national campaign. And for Gregg in particular, who has run campaigns in the state since 1978 as an executive councilor, governor, congressman and senator, Carney said “familiarity breeds contempt.” While Gregg has built a positive reputation, he also has people who may resent him for not choosing them for a campaign position or not appearing at their events.

Several observers said simply that they take Gregg at his word that he does not want to run.

Fergus Cullen, a former state Republican Party chairman, said he thinks Gregg has been too much of a quiet leader to run for president, though Gregg has recently had a strong presence in the national media. Cullen recalled an old Gregg campaign T-shirt that read “Judd rocks! (quietly).”

“Running for president requires a level of ego that Senator Gregg hasn’t demonstrated,” Cullen said.

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mark Recchi scored a power-play goal with 19.7 seconds left in the third period to lift the Boston Bruins past the Tampa Bay Light-ning 4-3 on Tuesday night.

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Boston also got goals from Michael Ryder, Steven Kampfer and Brad Marchand. Boston came off a 3-2 shootout win Monday night at Florida.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Boston Celtics played like a champi-onship-caliber team for the final 12 minutes on Tuesday, and that was enough against the up-and-coming Indiana Pacers.

Indiana led for all but a few minutes in the first three quarters, but Boston outscored the Pacers 29-16 in the fourth while holding them to 26 per-cent shooting for a 95-83 victory.

“We just kept playing defense,” Celt-ics coach Doc Rivers said. “Then all of a sudden, our shots started falling and our defense stayed.”

Paul Pierce scored 21 points, Ray

BOSTON (AP) -- UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. was wrong to use models to recruit donors for a bone marrow registry and the lab will launch an internal investigation into the practice, the organization’s presi-dent and CEO said Tuesday.

In a statement to physicians and staff, UMass Memorial President and CEO John O’Brien apologized for the practice and announced that a team of staff and “outside experts” will review the matter.

“Let me say right from the start that the use of professional models for marketing purposes here was not appropriate for an academic health care organization like ours, which holds itself to the highest standards,” O’Brien said in the statement. “We have discontinued that practice. I am very sorry for this and apologize for our error in judgment.”

O’Brien said the practice took atten-tion away from the overall good work of Caitlin Raymond International Regis-try - a subsidiary of UMass Memorial

UMass Memorial lab, based in Worcester, Mass., came under fire ear-lier this month for using models wear-ing high heels and short skirts to recruit donors for a bone marrow registry.

Authorities in New Hampshire and Massachusetts said they were look-ing into why the lab billed insurance companies more than $4,000 for DNA tests that were supposed to cost about

Pierce leads Celtics past Pacers, 95-83Allen added 17 and Kevin Garnett had 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Boston point guard Rajon Rondo missed his fifth straight game with a sprained left ankle. The Celtics improved to 4-1 without him and main-tained the best record in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics were coming off an 86-78 loss at Orlando on Christmas that ended a 14-game winning streak.

Glen Davis scored 14 points and former Pacer Marquis Daniels added 12 for the Celtics. They combined for eight points and two assists during the 13-2 run to start the fourth quarter that put the Celtics in control for good.

UMass Health Care says it was wrong to use pretty models to recruit male donors

$100 and whether workers took sam-ples from people who didn’t qualify because of age or medical issues.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Jim Boffetti in New Hampshire said a staff member at UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. was in charge of picking the models and telling them what to wear.

The UMass Memorial lab may have spent as much as $4 million on the models over the past 18 months, Bof-fetti said. The Boston modeling agency hired by the lab was paid $40,000 to $50,000 per week.

The models were paid $75 an hour to approach people in shopping malls in Massachusetts and New Hamp-shire. They also set up shop at the Boston Marathon and at Red Sox baseball and New England Patriots football games, Boffetti said.

The models typically would approach people, then bring them to a kiosk where workers from the Cait-lin Raymond International Registry would do a cheek swab.

The donors were told the tests cost about $100 and would be paid for by their insurance companies.

New Hampshire officials began investigating after the mayor of Man-chester reported that two employees covered by the city’s medical insur-ance said their explanation of ben-efits statements showed a combined charge of $8,400.


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LACONIA — Allan L. Cutler, 53, of 15 Charles Street, died at his home on Monday, December 27, 2010.

Mr. Cutler was born November 14, 1957 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Steven and Corraine (Drew) Cutler. He served in the U. S. Air Force and had lived in the Lakes Region for the last twenty years. He had been employed by North East Security and enjoyed camping, fi sh-ing and family cookouts.

Survivors include his wife, Susan

OBITUARYAllan L. Cutler, 53

(Brooks) Cutler, of Laconia; a stepson, Walter Gove IV of Laconia; two daughters, Krystal Zajchowski, and April Gove, both of Laconia; a stepdaughter, Katy Gove of Bristol; six grandchildren, Bryan Brady, Joshua Zajchowski, Adam Zajchowski, Kyra Poulin, Alex Leroux-Gove and James Taylor; fi ve sis-ters, Diana Robitalle, Karen Moody, Catheline Burn-ham, Patricia Weymouth and Linda Lacasse, all of Maine and many nephews and nieces. In addition to

his parents, Mr. Cutler was predeceased by a brother, Steven Cutler.

Calling hours will be held on Thursday, December 30, 2010 from 2:00-4:00PM at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.

There will be no funeral service.Burial will be held in the spring at the

New Hampshire State Veterans Cem-etery, Boscawen, N.H.

For those who wish, the family sug-gests that memorial donations be made to Commu-nity 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.

MOULTONBOROUGH — Crunchy Western Boys will provide the entertainment at a “Free Ward Bird” benefi t Dinner-Dance to be held at the Lions Club beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 8.

Ward “Lauchie” (pronounced “Locky”) Bird was imprisoned on November 17 on a charge of crimi-nal threatening. He has steadfastly maintained his innocence since 2006, when he encountered a tres-passer who refused to leave his property. Despite the “he said, she said” nature of the accusation, a man-datory minimum sentencing provision was applied.

Bird’s incarceration has produced a groundswell of support, expressed through rallies and events across the state. The Dinner-Dance, promoting his release from prison, will feature a complete Italian buffet dinner served from 5 — 7 p.m. and a perfor-mance by local favorites, the Crunchy Western Boys, who will play their one-of-a-kind, “alt-bluegrass” blend from 6 — 9 p.m.

The Crunchy Western Boys, currently working on their second album, deliver a homegrown, “crunchy cookin’ performance” with mandolin, bass, fi ddle, guitar, dobro, banjo, and vocals. “We’re playing blue-grass, but we’re coming at it from a very rock ‘n’ roll angle,” according to fi ddle player Steve McBrian of Meredith.

“This is a great band, and we invite everyone to come out for a great cause: helping to free Ward Bird,” said event planner Caleb Johnson of Center Harbor. “And don’t forget to bring your dancing shoes!”

Tickets cost $15 per person, with all proceeds going to support the “Free Ward Bird” effort. The dinner has been generously donated by Café Ser-vices, Inc. B.Y.O.B. Seating is limited. To reserve tickets, contact Joanne Coppinger, at 986-3271 or e-mail [email protected]. Tickets will also be available at Yikes! Gallery in Center Harbor and at the door while supplies last.

The Free Ward Bird Committee is composed of concerned citizens who believe that Ward Bird is innocent, should be released from prison, and par-doned by Governor John Lynch and the Executive Council. For more information, visit www.freeward-bird.org.

Crunchy Western Boys to entertain at ‘Free Ward Bird’ dinner-dance on Jan. 8 at Moultonborough Lions Club


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Ladies of the LHS Class of 1952, who meet every month, enjoyed their Christmas lunch at O’s Steaks & Seafood. Front row (left to right) are Connie Goss Lowell, Mary Davis Walker, Edie Grant Adams, Arlene DuBois Dolloff, Joann Drouin Brulotte, Dorothy Nelson Duffy, Shirley Pettazoni Cassavaugh. Back row (left to right) are Mary Jane Hoey, Donna Beauchaine McGrath, Elaine Belanger Scott, Rachel Isabelle Downs, Nancy Cotton Crutcher, Jane Roberts Percy, Joan Parsons Kenney, Ginger Tefft Ryan, Sally James Paradise. (Courtesy photo)

LACONIA — This holiday season, the LHS Class of 1952 ladies joined together, as they have for over a decade, for Christmas lunch.

Whether married, single, or widowed, the classmates stand on their own merits when they meet as friends. They share happy and sad events, many laughs, some tears, and lots of nostalgic memories. Going beyond compassion for each other, however, the ladies also reach out to their community through Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation scholarships started in 2002, donations of food and funds to the Salvation Army for Christmas and St. Vincent de Paul for Thanksgiving.

When classmate Sandy Harris Keller visited from California in the late 1990s, classmates spread the word and informal groups joined to welcome her over lunch. They had so much fun, they extended the dates and soon they were meeting every month

Ladies of LHS Class of 1952 enjoy annual Christmas lunchand their numbers grew to a couple of dozen or more regulars. Some move away, others move back or join in when the time is right. When classmates visit their hometown, the group plans special luncheons. Often they welcome sisters, friends, or other “adopt-ees” into their mix.

Dubbed “The Fabulous Class of 1952,” the ladies have been featured in the Concord Monitor. During one of their lunches, Bradley Carlson interviewed them on NH Public Radio about their class, their contributions to their community, and their active participation in the very fi rst NH Primary in 1952.

The ladies invite other class members — includ-ing those planning visits “home” — to contact them for a lunch reunion with the group. To make a date, call 524-7683. Their next lunch is Jnuary 11, 2011 at Lakehouse at Church Landing in Meredith.

MEREDITH — Exercise and fun for all ages will be offered by the Parks and Recreation Department at the Meredith Community Center beginning Monday, January 3.

A Playgroup for kids age 0 — 5 will be held from 9:15 — 11 a.m. on Mondays, beginning January 3. Youth

Gym and Fitness for children ages 4 — 5 will be held from 12:45 — 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning Janu-ary 11. Senior Exercise will be held from 9 — 10 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays beginning January 10.

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Boothby Therapy Services’ recent purchase of $75,000 worth of tax credits to benefit the Winnipesaukee Playhouse Capital Campaign resulted in a celebration by both organizations in the Boothby Therapy Service Sensory Gym. Joining Maren Boothby (center) are (clock-wise from lower left) Barbara Zeckhausen, Bryan Halperin, Christopher Boothby, Kelly Dionne, Jennifer McGreevy, and Johanna Halperin. (Courtesy photo)

LACONIA — Boothby Therapy Services has pur-chased $75,000 worth of tax credits to benefit the Winnipesaukee Playhouse Capital Campaign.

Christopher and Maren Boothby, owners of Boothby Therapy, are long-time supporters of the Playhouse and share its vision of building a state-of-the-art theatre campus on the grounds of the former Annalee Doll complex in Meredith.

Maren Boothby, MS, CCC-SLP, president of Boothby Therapy Services said, “The employees of

Boothby Therapy Services are proud supporters of the Winni Playhouse. As patrons of the Winni Play-house we have seen how critically important the youth arts programs are to the full development of our local children. As a growing company, the tax credits give us the opportunity to provide targeted support for a local cultural gem with dollars that would have been lost in the maze of state govern-ment. In short, the Winni Playhouse tax credits

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give Boothby Therapy Services another way to ‘Help Children Succeed.’”

The vision of the Playhouse’s contributions to the community and to seasonal visitors is shared by other area businesses. The Boothby tax credit con-tribution joins Laconia Savings Bank and The Inns and Spa at Mill Falls, making a total of $275,000 worth of tax credits sold to date. The Playhouse was awarded $500,000 of tax credits to sell to area busi-nesses by the NH Community Development Finance Authority. The Tax Credit program provides busi-nesses with a unique opportunity to contribute to the Playhouse’s capital campaign and receive a 75% state tax credit for that contribution. The Play-house was one of 12 projects awarded credits by the NHCDFA, which was created by legislation in 1983 as a non-profi t public instrument of the State of

New Hampshire. The entity also administers Com-munity Development Block Grants and Neighbor-hood Stabilization funding.

The Playhouse’s Executive Director, Bryan Hal-perin expressed delight with the range of businesses who continue to purchase these tax credits as well as those who are interested in making donations to the Capital Campaign. He notes that all of these contributions will be matched by a generous match-ing challenge of $1 million, if received by the Play-house before the end of December 2011.

Rehearsals, education workshops, prop and cos-tume storage, paint shops, have already made the move to the Playhouse Campus. With the generous foresight of companies such as Boothby Therapy Services and the vision of other contributors in the community, construction of the all important main stage theatre is not far behind.

from preceding page

Jeff Popek, 16, of Meredith, sits at the controls of the Cessna 172 he piloted during his fi rst solo at Laconia Airport. Popek is a junior at Inter-Lakes High School and plans to pursue a career in avia-tion. (Courtesy photo)

MEREDITH — Jeff Popek, a junior at Inter-Lakes High School, recently accomplished his fi rst solo fl ight at Laconia Airport.

A student at Emerson Aviation, Popek is 16 years old — the youngest age allowed for solo. His fl ight instructor, John Anderson, said, “It is really enjoy-able to teach someone who is so passionate about fl ying and who is this excited to learn. Jeff is com-pletely comfortable in the air and fl ying comes natu-ral to him. He would fl y every day if he could.”

Popek, usually calm and collected, said of his fi rst solo fl ight, “I was really nervous at fi rst, but once I was in the air, I really enjoyed it. It was just great!”

After deciding he would like to join the Air Force, Popek starting fl ying lessons this fall. Although he can solo an airplane, regulations will not allow him to obtain his Private Pilot License until he turns 17. He has plenty of time to contemplate his path in the fi eld of aviation, although his ultimate goal is a career as a corporate pilot.

16-year-old flies solo

LACONIA — SCORE Lakes Region and Laconia Savings Banking will present a “Start Your Own Business” workshop targeted at future or recent new business owners at One Mill Plaza from 5 — 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12.

Starting your own business is like starting on a major journey — adequate information and prepara-tion are essential. In this workshop, attendees will learn about setting up or incorporating a business, developing and protecting an idea, fi nding start-up money, and managing the business.

Potential entrepreneurs are encouraged to bring questions to the event, which will be addressed on the spot or assigned to a dedicated SCORE coun-selor who will assist in solving the problem. This

Start Your Own Business workshop set for Jan. 12Workshop is designed to be highly interactive with a focus on what to look for in creating a business.

The presenter is Jim Garden, a successful small business founder who worked for 25 years in large enterprise with General Electric and Digital Equip-ment. As CFO at Technology Business Research, Garden experienced the ups and downs of boot-strapping a small business in the high technology industry. He shares his enthusiasm for small busi-ness by volunteering for SCORE Lakes Region.

Tuition is $25 per person paid in advance or $30 at the door. Payment upon registration is recom-mended as seating is limited. For additional details and to register, call SCORE Lakes Region at 524-3057 or visit www.wscorelakesregion.org.


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ARIES (March 21-April 19). So many people complain about their jobs. That’s why it may be hard for you to believe, but you will actually be seduced by your work and the promise of expanding yourself through it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Take pleasure in your surroundings. A life that is bereft of pleasure is a setup for overindulgence and destructive habits. If you can’t delight in your surround-ings, you need to change them. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Do you really have to know how the ride works in order to sit back and enjoy it? No. In fact, there are times when knowing too much ruins the experience. Consider that maybe it’s better not to ask too many questions. CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s a nervous feeling that wells up in you when that certain someone is around. What thoughts are going through your head when you talk to this person? Change the inner game, and the outer game will change, too. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Do not shirk away from the confl ict. The drama forces you to go deeper into yourself and learn who you really are. It is exhila-rating to jump in the ring. Tell yourself the fi ght is just getting good. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Things aren’t progressing as fast as you’d like them to, and you’ll be tempted to take matters into your own hands. However, it is much advised that you follow the correct protocol. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The perfect balance of connection and disconnection will be represented in a relationship. You’ll enjoy activities that allow you to do your own thing right alongside someone who is doing his or

her own thing. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There are no quick fi xes today. You have to put something into it in order to get something out of it, and both sides of the equation take time. Luckily for you, you’re willing to do the work. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It’s not always appropriate to speak your mind. However, today, when you come out and say what you’re really thinking, something wonderful hap-pens. Taurus people are lucky for you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Take a break from your philanthropy in order to give yourself something you really want. If you can’t be generous with yourself, it will be diffi cult for you to be generous with others. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you think adversity builds character, just wait until you see what success does. Those who can be graceful at the center of the swirl are gifted indeed, and you are one of them. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Appar-ently, no one got the memo about how they are supposed to act around you. Furthermore, someone seems intent on riling you up. You prove your self-control by being gentle and easygoing through it all. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 29). You can feel the fates smiling on your personal life this year. The adjustments that occur over the next three weeks make everything run smoothly. You eliminate a source of worry or unnec-essary aggravation in January. March brings new infl uences. You’re the life and soul of the party in June. Libra and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 24, 39 and 19.

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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 29, the 363rd day of 2010. There are two days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Dec. 29, 1910, the capital of Oklahoma

was moved from Guthrie to Oklahoma City as the state legislature approved a bill which was signed by Gov. Charles N. Haskell.

On this date:In 1170, Thomas Becket, the Archbishop

of Canterbury, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II.

In 1808, the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, was born in Raleigh, N.C.

In 1845, Texas was admitted as the 28th state.

In 1851, the fi rst American Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was orga-nized in Boston.

In 1890, the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians were killed by U.S. troops sent to disarm them.

In 1916, Grigory Rasputin, the so-called “Mad Monk” who’d wielded great infl uence with Czar Nicholas II, was murdered by a group of Russian noblemen in St. Peters-burg.

In 1934, Japan formally renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

In 1940, during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, set-ting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London.”

In 1975, a bomb exploded in the main terminal of New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 people.

One year ago: Brushing aside interna-tional appeals, China executed British drug smuggler Akmal Shaikh (AHK’-mahl shayk), who relatives said was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime; it was Chi-na’s fi rst execution of a European citizen in nearly 60 years.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Inga Swen-son is 78. ABC newscaster Tom Jarriel is 76. Actress Mary Tyler Moore is 74. Actor Jon Voight is 72. Country singer Ed Bruce is 71. Rock musician Ray Thomas is 69. Singer Marianne Faithfull is 64. Jockey Laffi t Pincay, Jr. is 64. Actor Ted Danson is 63. Actor Jon Polito is 60. Singer-actress Yvonne Elli-man is 59. Actress Patricia Clarkson is 51. Comedian Paula Poundstone is 51. Rock singer-musician Jim Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain) is 49. Actor Michael Cudlitz is 46. Rock singer Dexter Holland (The Off-spring) is 45. Actor-comedian Mystro Clark is 44. Actor Jason Gould is 44. Movie direc-tor Andy Wachowski is 43. Actress Jennifer Ehle is 41. Actor Patrick Fischler is 41. Rock singer-musician Glen Phillips is 40. Actor Kevin Weisman is 40. Actor Jude Law is 38. Actor Mekhi Phifer is 36. Actor Shawn Hatosy is 35. Actress Katherine Moennig is 33. Actor Diego Luna is 31.

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CALENDARTODAY’S EVENTS

Holiday movie for young adults at the Meredith Public Library. 2 p.m. For ages 10 and up. Bring a friend or two and have hot chocolate and cookies.Vacation week drop-in craft time at the Gilford Public

Library. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In the Children’s Room. We’ll supply the materials.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.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.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.Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community

Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks.TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meeting. 5:30 p.m.

at the First Congregational Church in Meredith.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish

House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.Vacation week drop-in craft time at the Gilford Public

Library. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In the Children’s Room. We’ll supply the materials.Family Matinee at the Gilford Public Library. 1 p.m.

“Toy Story 3” (G). We’ll supply the popcorn.Knotty Knitters meeting at the Meredith Public

Library. 10 a.m. to noon. All levels of experience welcome.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.“Penguins on Parade” at the Goss Reading Room at

188 Elm Street in Lakeport (Laconia). Noon to 5 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday in December. Kirk Dougal’s collec-tion of penguins includes brass, wood, ceramic, stuffed, great and small. Each young reader who visit the exhibit will receive a penguin gift, while supplies last. 524-7683.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church

Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Friday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to fami-lies of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning

and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 1First Day Franklin celebration. Starting at 11 a.m. at

Trestle View Park. Merrimack Valley Paddlers and Friends of the Winnipesaukee River will be braving the class III and VI rapids. Heated tent for spectators. Coffee, cocoa and chili provided.


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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My mother passed away two years ago. She had been with “Biff” for about 13 years. Biff is a jerk. Most of the family discontinued all contact with my mother because no one could stand him. I tolerated him, but he made me uncomfortable. When I was a teenager, he made sexual com-ments to me, and I moved out of the house as soon as I could. He was also verbally abusive of my younger brother. Biff only behaved this way when Mom was at work, and when we told her, she did nothing. I am now 32, and even though my mother is gone, Biff is determined to stay in my life. He refers to my 3-year-old as his “granddaughter.” He visits us at my work, where my daugh-ter is in a daycare program. My husband and I are expecting our second baby soon, and there is no reason for Biff to con-sider himself related in any way to this child. My daughter will be starting a preschool program soon. When I told Biff, he said he would come to my house to see her. Annie, I do not want him coming into my home. I need a way to tell Biff that there is no longer a reason for him to hang around. He has a grown daughter and two grandchildren of his own. He makes no effort to push himself on them -- only me. Biff is verbally violent, and I am afraid he will erupt if I ask him to back off. How do I handle this mess? Is it possible to get rid of this man without any major blowup? -- Frightened Dear Frightened: Biff has been your stepfather for 13 years and believes he is part of your family. Set some boundaries, and maintain your distance. Insist he call before coming over. Try to arrange meetings at neutral places, such as playgrounds or the zoo, and when your husband can be with you. Keep the visits brief, and gradually let them become less frequent. If he yells, leave. If his verbal abuse becomes physical, call the

police. Dear Annie: My husband’s childhood friend, who is almost 50, is getting married for the fi rst time, and the wedding is in the Bahamas. Traveling to the wedding and staying at the resort is a great expense. Do we still need to give a gift? Mon-ey is tight, and since we don’t often see this friend, I think what he truly wants is our support and presence. Still, it feels strange not giving something. Would it be OK for several of his friends to each contribute a small amount and combine it into one gift card the newly-weds could use to purchase one big gift they would enjoy? What is the correct thing to do? -- Bewildered with the Baha-mas Dear Bewildered: A gift is expected, but should be some-thing you can afford. A combined gift card is fi ne. So is a bot-tle of wine. But do make sure there is a card with your good wishes. Dear Annie: I’m a 21-year-old woman, and I go comman-do, just like the daughter of “Worried Mom of Britney Spears Wannabe.” Many of my friends also go commando, but none of us uses tampons. If our “natural secretions” can be washed out of our panties, they can also be washed out of our jeans. Most pants are thick enough that staining is not noticeable on the outside. Why on earth would any sane woman want to wear a tam-pon when she doesn’t have to? It puts them at risk for infec-tions and toxic shock syndrome, as well as discomfort that is simply not necessary. -- Commando Girl from New York Dear N.Y.: We were surprised at the number of women (of all ages) who like to go commando. We fi nd it less hygienic than wearing panties, and we prefer not to wash our jeans every day. But to each her own.

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

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 527-9299DOLLAR-A-DAY: PRIVATE PARTY ADS ONLY (FOR SALE, LOST, AUTOS, ETC.), MUST RUN TEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS, 15 WORDS MAX. ADDITIONAL WORDS 10¢ EACH PER DAY. REGULAR RATE:$2 A DAY; 10¢ PER WORD PER DAY OVER 15 WORDS. PREMIUMS: FIRST WORD CAPS NO CHARGE. ADDITIONAL BOLD, CAPS AND 9PT TYPE 10¢ PER WORD PER DAY. CENTERED WORDS 10¢ (2 WORD MINIMUM) TYPOS: CHECK YOUR AD THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION. SORRY, WE WILL NOT ISSUE CREDIT AFTER AN AD HAS RUN ONCE. DEADLINES: NOON TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR THE DAY OF PUBLI-CATION. PAYMENT: ALL PRIVATE PARTY ADS MUST BE PRE-PAID. WE ACCEPT CHECKS, VISA AND MASTERCARD CREDIT CARDS AND OF COURSE CASH. THERE IS A $10 MINIMUM ORDER FOR CREDIT CARDS. CORRESPONDENCE: TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL OUR OFFICES 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 527-9299; SEND A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER WITH AD COPY TO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN,65 WATER STREET, LACONIA, NH 03246 OR STOP IN AT OUR OFFICES ON 65 WATER STREET IN LACONIA. OTHER RATES: FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CLASSIFIED DISPLAY ADS CALL 527-9299.

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AKC English Springer Spanielpups. Champion, petagrees,great hunting, family dogs. $600f e m a l e , $ 5 5 0 m a l e s .(603)466-5676.

BEAUTIFUL puppies, red minipoodles and pomapoos. Sire ischamp background. Good price.Happy, healthy, home raised.253-6373

NEW! THE DOG WASH WAG-GIN � A full-service mobile groom-ing salon. Easy, convenient,time-saving! Call 603-651-9016.

ROTTWEILER Pups, AKC, tails,shots done, parents on premises,$700 to $950. 267-7186.

Autos

1995 custom chevy van. Runsgood. 350 motor needs doors.$500. Can drive it home.(603)466-5676.

2 1999 Dodge utility vans, lowmiles, run great $3,000 for bothCall Scott. 786-9955.

2008 Dodge Caravan- Showroomcondition under, 6,000 miles. Ask-ing $13,500. Can be seen at 72Stark St. Laconia. Call 630-9901Linda or 387-2276 Garey

ABLE to pay cash, cars average$250, trucks full-size $2300, truckbatteries $6 each, alloy $7 each,in Epping we have scale, $1/ lb.for coded Copper wire, $2.65/ lb.for copper pipe. (603)502-6438

Autos

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

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

CASH paid for unwanted or junkcars and trucks. Same day servicepossible. 603-231-2859.

01 Subaru Limited OutbackWagon. Loaded, heated seats,winter package, dual sun roof.Grea t cond i t i on , 127K,$6,000/obo. 630-1950

Plow truck for yard use Runsgood. $1,100. 630-0957

WE buy junk cars and trucks andall types of metals. Cash paid onthe spot. Available every day.998-7778

For Rent

1-2-3 Bedroom Apartmentsavailable in convenientLakeport location. All includeheat and hot water. On-sitelaundry, parking. Section 8accepted. Rents starting at$625. For application, call524-1341.

For Rent

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

BELMONT1 Bedroom Unit

Washer/Dryer Hookup.$600/Month

2 Bedroom UnitWasher/Dryer Hookup

$700/MonthLACONIA

1 Bedroom units startingat $600/Month

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NO PETS

BELMONT2 Bedroom manufatured homeon 1/2 acre. Town water andsewer, newly renovated andenergy efficient. Nice location. FOR LEASE: $1,000 a month FOR SALE: Call for details

Call 267-8023GC Enterprises Property Mgt.

BELMONT, NH - $699.00 amonth. 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath,W&D hookup, single wide mobilehome with yard for rent. Close toschool. Call Fairlane Homes at800-325-5566 for more informa-tion.

CONDO in Lake Winnipesaukee/Laconia area: Nice condition Stu-dio unit, Fully furnished, lakeviews, utilities + cable & Internetincluded, $500/month. Availableimmediately. Call 860-558-3052.

GILFORD 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms,1-1/2 baths, attached one car ga-rage, excellent condition, $1200/month plus utilities, contact Deb-bie at Roche Realty 603-279-7046or 603-520-7769.

GILMANTON LARGE 2 bedroomApartment. Easy commute, petsnegotiable. $895/Month. 630-6812

For Rent

GILFORD At Glendale Docks:3-Bedroom, 2 story, porch, appli-ances, wood floors. Year-round.No dogs. $900/month.401-741-4837.

GILFORD one bedroom apart-ment over country store.$750/month everything included.Contact Sara Mon.-Fri. 6:00am-2:00pm for appointment 293-8400or leave a message after 2pm. at455-0461.

GILFORD-LACONIA New home 4New year. Efficiency for rent. In-cludes all utilities, cable WiFi, fur-nished. Rent $140/week or $500/month. 528-8030

GILFORD: 3 bedroom apt, 2 bed-room apt., one bedroom cottageavailable including electricity, hot-water from $175/week, heat nego-tiable, pets considered. Security +references. 556-7098 or832-3334.

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

Laconia 2 bedroom apartment.Heat included. Garage parking, nosmokers/dogs, near downtownand hospital. Deposit, references.$750/Month. Call 724-1985

LACONIA Efficiency first floor,with private entrance, quiet areain good location, $650/ month in-cludes utilities, security depositand references required,524-4694.

Laconia Efficiency: On quietdead-end street, $450/month. Allutilities included, Call 527-8363.No pets.

LACONIAHEAT, HOT WATER &ELECTRIC INCLUDED

1 Bedroom $750 Mo.1 Room Efficiency $450/Mo.

Call 267-8023GC Enterprises

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LACONIA One bedroom, heat in-cluded, $695/ month, cute andclean, large livingroom, eat-inkitchen, extra storage room, park-ing for 2 cars. 455-5253.

Laconia one bedroom: On quietdead-end street, $650/month. Allutilities included, Call 527-8363.No pets.

Laconia, 1 bedroom, $130/wk,utilities included, ref & sec dep re-quired, no dogs. 524-4428

Laconia, 1 bedroom, $140/wk,utilities included, laundry on site,ref & sec dep required, no dogs,524-4428

Laconia, 1 bedroom, $140/wk,utilities included, laundry on site,ref & sec dep required, no dogs.524-4428

Laconia, 1 bedroom, $145/wk,utilities included, ref & sec dep re-quired, no dogs. 524-4428

Laconia, large 3 bedroom,$1500/mth, utilities included, yard,laundry h/u, living room, diningroom, playroom, 1.5 baths, verylarge master bedroom, ref & secdep required. 524-4428

Laconia, nice 1 bedroom, $145/wkplus elec, heat & hot water in-cluded, ref & sec dep required, nodogs. 524-4428

Laconia, nice 1 bedroom,$150/wk, utilities included, laundryon site, ref & sec dep required, nodogs. 524-4428

Laconia-Large 3-bedroom 1stfloor apartment. $1000/Month. 1month security deposit required/1year lease. Available now.603-524-3759

LACONIA-South Down, Golf Vil-lage: 3 bedroom 2 bath town-house; Cathedral ceiling, gasheat, central air, gas fireplace, allappliances, washer & dryer,beach, trails, tennis and all SDamenities. No smoking, no pets.Snow removal & lawn care in-cluded. $1,200 Month. Garageavailable. 603-387-2954

LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2 bath-room in duplex building, 1st & 2ndfloors plus access to attic andbasement with laundry hook-ups,$1,100/month plus util it ies,524-1234.

LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor,$210/week including heat, electric& hot water. 524-1234.

MEREDITH-In-Town Efficiencyapartment. 1-bedroom, 1-bath.Kitchen, large living room withdryer. Quiet location, no pets/nosmokers $800/Month + utilities.Rick (781) 389-2355

For Rent

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

LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2nd floor.Separate entrance, coin-op laun-dry in basement. $265/week in-cluding heat, electric & hot water.524-1234.

LACONIA: Close to downtown, 5room 2-Bedroom, 1.5 baths, firstfloor, includes heat, 2-car parking,snow removal, landscaping, deck,washer/dryer. $210/week. 4-weeksecurity deposit, first week in ad-vance, references and creditcheck a must. No pets. Leavemessage for Bob, 781-283-0783

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

Lakeport-Lake view 4 room-2 bed-room 1 bath. Includes snow re-moval, trash removal & landscap-ing, 2-car off-street parking,washer/dryer, partial heat. Nopets. $200/week. References &credit check a must. 1st week inadvance & 4 week security de-posit. Leave message for Bob.781-283-0783.

MEREDITH: 2-Bedroom House,3/4 bath, washer/dryer hookup, oilFHW. $900/month. 279-8247,Jim.

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

MEREDITH: Large 2 Bedroomsecond floor. Main St, newlypainted, off-street parking, nopets/smoking. First month and se-curity, references required. $795 +heat/utilities. 603-630-2381.

NEW Hampton - stunning quality!Immaculate 2+bedroom/ 2 bathexclusive Condo. $1195/ mo. As-tonishing open stairwell extendingup to the 3rd floor lighted by theskylight in the cathedral ceiling.Brazilian wood floors, W/D hookup. Less than 3 minutes from I-93.Cal l today 603-744-3551.NEFH...Come on Home!!

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

• Medical Coder- Full-Time. Exp. With E/M, Emergency Medicineand Outpatient coding preferred. Knowledge of Anatomy & Physiol-ogy & Medical Terminology pref. CCS or CPC or equivalent creden-tial pref.• OR-RN- Full-Time. 40 HR/WK with Rotating Call; OR Experi-ence, minimum 1 yr. preferred; ACLS, BLS & PALS with 3 months.• Rehab Services- Per Diem. Min Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Ther-apy, prev inpatient exp pref. Wknd & wkday coverage.• Controller- Full-Time. Resp. for all financial reporting, GL mainte-nance, A/P, A/R, Charge Master & external reporting. Degree in Ac-counting, pref. CPA, plus 5 yrs full financial reporting required. Musthave exp in: Electronic Accounting Applications (pref CPSI); costbased reimbursement; accounting for payroll & benefits w/workingknowledge of regulatory requirements; 3rd party & regulatory payorsw/familiarity with regulations & contract compliance; demonstratedsupervisory exp.• Registration Clerk/Switchboard- Full-Time. Minimum two yearsoffice experience. Familiarity with healthcare billing and diagnosticcoding preferred. Computer literate.A completed Application is required to apply for all positions

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PO Box 5001, No. Conway, NH 03860.Phone: (603)356-5461 • Fax: (603)356-9121

For Rent

NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom, 1stfloor, separate entrance, coin-oplaundry in basement. $195/weekincluding heat, electric & hot wa-ter. 524-1234.

SOUTH Tamworth 4 bed, 2 bathhouse, deck, available Jan. 1st.$1100, tenant pays utilities andheat (603)323-7065.

SPACIOUS 1 bedroom apartment,within walking distance to LRGHfacil i t ies. Heat/Hot Water,Washer/dryer hook-up, Privateparking. NO SMOKERS ORPETS. References and securitydeposit required. $750/month.279-1080 leave message.

TILTON- 3 Bedroom house, 2-cargarage; near Ex i t 20 .$1,500/Month + utilities & security.626-5000

TILTON-REMODELED 1 bedroomapartment. 1/2 month rent free!Heat/Hot Water included.$660/Month. 603-393-9693 or916-214-7733

For Rent-Vacation

VACATION on Marco Island, FL:Waterfront condo, $600/week -1-month, $500/week - 2-months.Call 393-7077.

For Rent-Commercial

LEASE retail/office space, 1500+sq. ft. excellent visibility, plenty ofsignage., 516 Union Ave. Laconia,NH. 603-455-4230.

STOREFRONT: 687 Union Ave-nue, $700/mth, plus utilities, ap-prox. 1,000 sq ft. store space, ap-prox. 1,500 sq ft. storage space,sec dep required. 524-4428

For Sale

2008 Dodge Caravan- Showroomcondition under, 6,000 miles. Ask-ing $13,500. Can be seen at 72Stark St. Laconia. Call 630-9901Linda or 387-2276 Garey

7 foot plush sofa, like new, choco-late microfiber, scotchguard,$200. 267-0977

7.5 ft. Plow set up complete, off of1987 Chevy Truck. Truck is in-cluded. $500. 630-0957

BRAND new 18.5 cu. ft. Frigidairerefrigerator $350, 150,000 btumaster heater K1 with thermostat$75, toolbox fits small pickup $40.Tonneau cover fits small pickup$75, chrome rollbar with lights$50. 286-3174

Complete Hensley Towing Hitchwith operating manual. 10,000 lb.capacity, good condition. $325.603-524-8860

Diesel fuel tank with electricpump. $300. 630-0957

DRY firewood, 80% Red Oak,$275/ cord, delivered within 20mile radius of Moultonborough.236-6749.

DRY firewood, all hardwood, cutand split 16” to 18” last winter,$265/ cord, $150/ half cord. JohnPeverly 528-2803 no calls after 8pm please.

FIREWOODHardwood: Easy, self serve,oversized 1/8 cords ... $25.

18 Arlene Dr. BelmontOff Union Road

1 mile from PichesLook for Red & Yellow

For Sale

FISHER used plow 7 ft. Completehydraulics, lights, push rods. Off1989 Chevy pickup. You haulaway. $700. 536-2489

GE Refrigerator White, 18.5 cubicinches, side by side, ice & water indoor. 2-years old, like new. $300,will deliver. 603-393-8416

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

BED Orthopedic 10” thick pillow-top mattress & box, new in plasticcost $950, sell Queen $285, Full$260, King $395. 431-0999

BEDROOM set brand new 6 pcesolid cherry Sleigh bed, all dove-tail sacrifice $750. 427-2001

HOT tub Mp3/ ipod dock, speak-ers, led lights, 5/6 person. All op-tions with cover. New in wrapper.Cost $8200, sell $4200. Will de-liver 235-5218.

KITCHEN cabinets solid Maplewith glazing never installed/ dove-tail. Cost $7000, sell $1650.235-1695.

NORDICTRACK Elliptical: $150.Call after 5pm. 524-2239.

STUDDED snows, like new,P215/60R-16 $25 each, metaldesk 5�x2� $25, free cage12x12x41” 528-2324.

For Sale

XXL leather Harley Davidsonjackets. Kidney belt, zippingliner, vent zippers. Cost $700,asking $250. (603)466-5676.

Furniture

BEAUTIFUL, Queen Luxury Sup-port Pillowtop Mattress Set. Newin plastic. Cost $1095, Sell $249.Can deliver. 603-305-9763

MED-LIFT recliner, Brand newless than 6 mos. Cost $1600, sellfor $800. 293-2026.

Free

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

Help Wanted

ADVERTISING Sales for tourismpublication, must have solid adsales experience. Lakes Region,North Conway to Canadian Bor-der. Commission only. Resumeand references required.(603)356-7011.

BOOMING INDUSTRYis expanding due to record highsales & demand for more JCStours! Average rep. pay $21/hr,PT. Day shift 8:15am-1:00pm.Night shift 4:15pm-9:00pm, Alsofull-time available. Must havegood communication skills. Lots offun, no experience needed. JCSis the industry leader, providingtours to Inn Season, Sterling,Tradewind, Windham, and Fanta-Sea Resorts. 603-581-2741,Laconia. Ask for Carlos.

Seeking highly motivated peopleto join my Pampered Chef team.High earning potential! Call496-0762.

SUMMIT RESORTNow Hiring

Part-time HousekeepingSaturday�s a Must! Please applyin person. 177 Mentor Ave., Laco-

nia.

Instruction

New Hampshire Aikido -Tuesdayand Thursday evenings at theBarn, Wadliegh Rd. Sanbornton.998-1419

Personals

SINGLE white male seeks singlewhite female, 40-60. Please call733-8387.

Roommate Wanted

SEEKING female roommate forP leasant St . apar tment .$450/month. Heat/Hot Water in-cluded. Call for details: 566-3831

Services

A Knotch Above Housekeeping.10 years experience, referencesavailable. Residential, Commer-cial. 603-545-7268

Services

All Trades LandscapingConstruction • Irrigation

Excavation • MaintenanceSpring and Fall • Clean up's.Free estimatesand fully insured

603-524-3969

PIPER ROOFING

& VINYL SIDINGQuality Work

Reasonable Rates

Free EstimatesMetal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our CustomersDon!t get Soaked!

528-3531

Services

HANDYMAN

SERVICES

Small Jobs AreMy Speciality

Rick Drouin

520-5642 or 744-6277

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

WELDING SERVICES- No job toosmall. Mobile unit or at shop. 34Meadowbrook Lane, Gilford.603-293-0378

LACONIA — The area middle school age dance that had been scheduled for 7 to 10 p.m. at Laconia Middle School on Wednesday, Dec. 29 had been canceled. Laconia Youth Football, the sponsoring organization, announced Tuesday the dance could not be held as scheduled because of logisti-cal problems brought on by Monday’s snow storm.

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Offer expires 12-31-2010.

The Laconia Daily Sun, December 29, 2010

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