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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010 VOL. 11 NO. 141 LACONIA, N.H. 527-9299 FREE

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Nine year old Natalie Fraser takes a snowboarding lesson from Gary Chase to start off the season at Gun-stock Mountain Resort in Gilford on Saturday afternoon. Sunday’s rain and two days of unseasonably warm weather provided a challenge but snowmakers are now taking advantage of cold nights to play catch-up. The resort is reporting about 20 trails open for skiing. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

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CONCORD — One of the two Lakes Region men who in October pleaded guilty in U.S. Federal Court to defrauding hun-dreds of people out of millions of dollars admitted to the Secretary of State’s special investigator yesterday that he was indeed

guilty, but only of withholding key informa-tion from potential clients.

Donald Dodge of Belmont said the day he formed CL& M as a servicing company for Financial Resources Mortgage, Inc. of Meredith (June 1, 2005), he created a line of credit for FRM President Scott Farah so Farah could “have access to short-term

funds which would otherwise sit idle...”“It is very clear that setting this up was

a breach of my fi duciary responsibility as a custodian over other peoples money,” read Dodge from a statement he had prepared for his criminal trial, after he learned Farah would take a plea and testify against him.

Dodge explains why he let Farah take ‘other people’s money’

GILFORD — Algon-quin Power & Utilities Corporation, which is set to purchase National Grid’s elec-tric and gas franchises in New Hampshire — and with them responsibility for the toxic coal tar dumped off lower Liberty Hill Road — is no stranger to the Lakes Region.

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BY GAIL OBERTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

see DODGE page 6

LACONIA — Luke Powell, assistant direc-tor of Public Works, was named “Employee of the Year” at the annual Christmas luncheon for city employees at the Community Center yes-terday.

In his 14 years with the Department of Public Works, Powell has earned a reputation for going the extra mile to ensure that

Public Works’ Luke Powell named city’s Employee of the Year

BY MICHAEL KITCHTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

Luke Powell(Michael Kitch photo)

each and every project he undertakes is dis-tinguished by fi ne workmanship. Responsive, understanding and generous, he readily estab-lishes a rapport with others, which has won him the respect of the state offi cials, private contractors and city residents with whom he deals. Among his colleagues, Powell is known for his willingness to provide assistance when it is needed and welcome when it is offered.

“Luke is as supportive and determined an assistant as I can imagine,” said Paul Moyni-han, director of public works. “He gives every-thing he does 100-percent and has a wonderful way of dealing with others.”

Powell grew up on Long Island, where he pur-sued a love of sailing, but then spent years far from salt water. He studied forestry at Michigan Technological University and the University of

see POWELL page 8

Lakes Region well known to Ontario co. willing to assume responsibility for coal tar cleanup

see COAL TAR page 7

— THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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SAYWHAT...Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your pass-port photo.”

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Family and friends of a North Carolina teen who stowed away in an airplane’s wheel well said Tuesday they want to know why airport security didn’t stop him from sneaking on and ultimately dying after he plunged sev-eral thousand feet.

They say they will be haunted by thoughts of 16-year-old Delvonte Tis-dale’s death until they find out how he was able to sneak aboard a Boston-bound US Airways plane last month on the tarmac at Charlotte Douglas Interna-tional Airport.

“If Delvonte was able to get on a plane, what about a terrorist? Where was security?” the Rev. James Woodson, the family’s pastor, said Tuesday.

The Transportation Security Administration is investigating how the teen-ager was able to avoid security and climb into the wheel well of a Boeing 737. The agency on Tuesday declined to comment.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The spending barons on Capitol Hill, long used to mus-cling past opponents of bills larded with pet projects, are seeking one last victory before tea party-backed GOP insurgents storm Congress intent on ending the good old days of pork-barrel politics.

You might call it the last running of the old bulls in Congress.

In the waning days of the lame duck con-gressional session, Democrats controlling the Senate — in collaboration with a handful of old school Republicans — are pushing to wrap

Old school earmarkers in Congress working on one last feast$1.27 trillion worth of unfinished budget work into a single “omnibus” appropriations bill.

Their 1,900-plus-page bill comes to the floor this week stuffed with provisions sought by lawmakers. It contains thou-sands of pet projects, known as earmarks, pushed by Democratic and GOP senators alike — despite a pledge by Republicans to give up such projects next year.

“That omnibus bill will be loaded down with earmarks and pork-barrel spending, which is a direct — a direct — betrayal of the majority of voters on Nov. 2 who said

‘Stop the earmarking, stop the spending, stop the pork-barrel projects,’” protested Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

Altogether, the bill contains about $8 bil-lion worth of earmarks, less than in previ-ous years since House Republicans didn’t ask for any. The earmarked funds equal less than 1 percent of the measure.

The catchall bill is designed to bankroll the operations of every Cabinet agency for the budget year that started Oct. 1, as well as $158 billion to pay for Pentagon opera-tions in Afghanistan and Iraq.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A mother loading her 2-year-old son into an SUV was killed Tuesday and five others were wounded in a gun battle at a strip mall in south Sacramento, authorities said.

Two men were inside Fly Cuts & Styles barber shop just before 1 p.m. when two other men came in and started shooting, said Sacra-mento County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Curran.

The men in the barber shop were armed and returned fire, Curran said.

The gun battle apparently moved into the

Mother killed and 5 hurt in gun battle at Sacramento barber shopparking lot with at least one of the suspects get-ting into a white sedan. Curran said the gunfire continued as some of the suspects got away.

A bullet struck the 30-year-old woman in the chest just after she put her son into the child seat of her Chevy Tahoe, Curran said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene; the child was unhurt and has been placed under child protective services.

“We believe she’s a totally innocent victim,” Curran said.

Four of the five men injured in the gun-

battle have been taken to local hospitals, including an unidentified man with life-threatening injuries who was shot in the chest, Curran said. He was undergoing surgery, Curran said.

A 37-year-old man, who was one of the barbers working inside the shop, was shot in the ankle. A 28-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and leg. Another man whose age was unknown suffered a leg wound.

The fifth man, a 39-year-old male, suf-fered a grazing wound.

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Some consider a soldier’s alleged release of classified informa-tion to WikiLeaks an act of treason. The City Council in Berkeley is deciding whether to proclaim him a hero deserving of a medal.

The council in this famously liberal city

Berkeley council weighing decision to declare WikiLeaks founder at herois considering a resolution Tuesday night bestowing hero status on Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier at the center of the Wikileaks fury. Manning has become a hero to some groups on the anti-war left who believe the soldier performed a valu-

able public service.It’s the latest in a long line of provocative

political statements by leaders in Berkeley, a city of 100,000 across the bay from San Francisco that was the epicenter of the anti-war movement in the Vietnam era.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire has bid farewell to the U.S. Senate, after serv-ing three terms.

In a farewell speech on Tuesday, Gregg said his greatest concerns are the country’s ability to confront ter-rorism and the rising federal deficit.

Gregg, who decided not to seek reelection, thanked his wife, Kathy,

CONCORD (AP) — An 18-year-old woman has died in New Hampshire of meningitis.

State Public Health Director Dr. Jose Montero says the woman died Monday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He did not identify her or where she was from, but said health officials have worked with her school and have not identified anyone who was exposed.

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WEARE, N.H. (AP) — Two doc-tors affiliated with Harvard Medical School have pleaded no contest to hosting an underage drinking party for graduating seniors from a private New Hampshire boarding school.

Fifty-year-old Theonia Boyd and 47-year-old Jon Wesley Boyd of Need-ham, Mass., pleaded no contest Nov. 30 to prohibited sale of alcohol and facilitating an underage drinking party.

The Concord Monitor reports each

Judd Gregg says goodbye to the Senatehis three children, his staff and state and Senate colleagues.

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says Gregg has been instrumental, in Republicans’ efforts to slow down or call out Democrats in the past two years.

Gregg will be replaced by former Attor-ney General Kelly Ayotte, who won elec-tion as a Republican in November.

Unidentified 18-year-old dies of meningitissurrounding the spinal cord and brain that can be caused by bacterial, viral, or fungal infection. Montero said offi-cials strongly suspect the woman had the bacterial form, which often shows up as a high fever, headache, stiff neck and rash that develops quickly over two days.

The disease is not highly contagious but can be spread through kissing or sharing utensils or cigarettes.

Harvard doctors plea no contest to hosting teen drinking partypaid fines and faces no jail time or probation; the prosecutor agreed to reduce the misdemeanors to violation-level offenses, which are not consid-ered crimes.

The Boyds, whose daughter gradu-ated in June from St. Paul’s School hours before the party in Weare, faced trial Tuesday.

Theonia Boyd is an associate profes-sor of pathology at Harvard Medical School; Jon Boyd is an assistant clini-cal professor of psychiatry.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A gunman calmly walked to a podium, spray painted a red “V’’ with a circle around it on a wall and opened fire at school board members Tuesday, sending people scrambling and diving for cover. A security guard soon ran in, exchanged shots with and wounded the man who then killed himself, police said.

Despite several shots being fired, no one else was hit. In video of the clash that lasted several minutes, the gunman, Clay A. Duke, dispassionately

Gunman opens fire on Florida school board and then kills himselfconfronts the Bay District school board, telling everyone in the room to leave except the men on the board. Duke, who was wearing a dark pullover coat, stands about 8 feet directly in front of the board with the gun at his side.

Superintendent Bill Husfelt tries to persuade him to drop the gun. Duke suggests that his wife had been fired from the district, but won’t tell Hus-felt or the board who she is or her job. Members promise to help her find a new job, but Duke just shakes his

head. Husfelt tells Duke he would be responsible for her dismissal, so the board members should be allowed to leave.

“I’ve got a feeling you want the cops to come in and kill you because you said you are going to die today,” Hus-felt tells Duke. He then tells him that this isn’t worth it.

The 56-year-old slowly and deliber-ately raises the gun and levels it Hus-felt, who pleads “Please don’t, please don’t.” Duke then fires two shots that miss, followed by several others that didn’t hit the half-dozen or so people still left in the room.

Before he started shooting, member Ginger Littleton, who had left the room as ordered, sneaks up behind Duke as he stands next to the long, beige desk where

the board was sitting and whacks him on the arm with her large, brown purse made of an alligator-like mate-rial.

“In my mind, that was the last attempt or opportunity to divert him,” she told The Associated Press.

Duke, a large, heavyset man, got angry, turned around, and she fell to the floor and board members pleaded with her to stop. Duke pointed the gun at her head and said, “You stupid b----” but he didn’t shoot her, she said. She’s not sure why.


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Pat Buchanan

For those who have read about or vaguely remember the stolid British tribe of Dunkirk, the Battle of Brit-ain and the Blitz, which held out in its “finest hour,” last week brought a disgusting sight

Mobs in Parliament Square set fire to the statue of 19th century states-man Lord Palmerston and urinated on the statue of Winston Churchill. Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, was swing-ing by a rope from the Cenotaph that memorializes the 700,000 Brit-ish dead of the Great War.

At night, hundreds of these anar-chists peeled off to appear on Regent Street as the Rolls-Royce carrying the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, entered. The Rolls was pounded with boots, bottles, sticks, fists and paintballs, as the mob howled “Tory scum!” and “Off with their heads!”

A sign was pushed through an open window into Camilla’s side. So precarious was the situation, Charles’ security detail was close to drawing guns to protect the first in line to the throne.

What was the mob protesting? Tuition increases for students who pay less for college than the parents of American students. In Parlia-ment, the ruling coalition’s 83-vote margin, after defections, was cut by three-fourths on the vote to raise the tuition fees.

And Europe is only at the begin-ning of this age of austerity.

Across the Irish Sea, the 50,000 protesters have departed from the General Post Office where the Rising of 1916 took place. But the govern-ment’s budget to meet the demands of the European Union for a bailout of Ireland passed in the Dail by just five votes, 82-77.

This is “the budget of a puppet government ... doing what they have been told to do by the IMF, the EU Commission and the European Cen-tral Bank,” said Michael Noonan, the probable finance minister in a new government after coming elections.

Noonan said Dublin’s letters to the IMF and European Central Bank read as though the govern-ment had been “waterboarded” into signing them.

Irish rage at having to suffer to save Europe’s bondholders of Irish banks, the anarchy in England, riots in France to protest a rise in the retirement age to 62, the violence that wracked Greece, the precarious condi-tion of Portugal and Spain, the anger of Germans at having to bail out their profligate EU partners — raise the question: Can Europe’s welfare states be downsized without violence surg-ing, governments falling and popu-lists coming to power who will default on debts rather than force the masses that elected them to suffer to save the bank investors?

Can European democracy deal

Can democracy cope with austerity?

with the gathering storm?Is not a national default and a collapse

of banks across Europe inevitable? And could such a collapse be contained in Europe when America’s big banks are all transnational institutions?

And America is not without her own crises.

This weekend, The New York Times reported on affluent Nassau County on Long Island: “Now, with its bonds suddenly downgraded and a state oversight agency preparing to seize its checkbook and credit cards, Nassau is on the verge of a full-fledged fiscal crisis.”

California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York are facing historic deficits, as the stimulus money that enabled them to survive 2009 and 2010 runs out. Illinois is facing a shortfall of $15-billion, a third of the state budget. California is being compared to Spain. A default by either could do to the credit rating of states what a default by Italy or Spain would do to the European Monetary Union.

Now the U.S. government is moving again in a direction opposite of where the people voted to go on Nov. 2. The deficit is not shrinking, but growing. Even before the Barack Obama tax compromise — price tag $857-billion — the 2011 deficit is surging.

In November alone, the U.S. gov-ernment spent $150.4 billion more than it took in. For the first two months of FY 2011, which began Oct. 1, the feds spent $585.7 billion and took in $294.9 billion, a deficit for just one-sixth of the fiscal year of $290.8-billion.

Spending is approaching 200-per-cent of revenue.

Obama’s deficit for the first quarter of 2011 alone will be the same size as the largest annual deficit George W. Bush ever ran. Michael Fereli of JPM-organ Chase projects the 2011 deficit at $1.5-trillion, after $1.4-trillion in 2009 and $1.3-trillion in 2010.

And the bond markets are flashing warning signals. After Obama’s tax deal was announced, U.S. govern-ment bond prices tanked. Some folks are getting out to get into stocks. Others think U.S. bonds just became a riskier investment.

U.S. cities and states and the U.S. government, as well as the govern-ments of Europe, are facing a crisis of confidence. Can their elected politicians reassure investors who bought their bonds in good faith that those bonds are still worth what they cost? Or should bondholders bail out before they are burned?

We may be entering a crisis of democratic capitalism.

(Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan has been a senior advisor to three presidents, twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nom-ination and the presidential nominee of the Reform Party in 2000.)

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LETTERSSchools should expect parents to take responsibility for their kidsTo the editor,

On Monday December 13, I attended a Shaker School Board meeting; an informational meeting with our newly elected legislators. I received a per-sonal invitation, as did all Belmont board and commission members. Unfortunately, only one other Budget Committee member and I attended.

As the paper reported, the meeting was informative and all sides were heard from. Basically the theme was the school board saying that state fund-ing is lacking, and the new lawmakers agreeing and promising to try to do something about it. That’s fine, however these are the same things that have been said (by both sides) for the past 20+ years! I know that the school board genuinely feels the financial pinch each year, and that our new lawmakers hon-estly hope to correct what they can. However something important was, and has always has been overlooked since this problem was first discussed.

The American school system receives more money per student than any other industrialized nation in the world, yet these student’s scores in literacy and numeracy are among the lowest. The underlying problem that remains unspoken is the Ameri-can parent. American schools have become a glorified babysitting service for many parents. Each year, schools are expected to provide training that was always a parent’s responsibility. Responsibility is the first “R.”

When a school board member laments that full day kindergarten is needed, because some students enter into elementary school not knowing their colors, I’m sorry but there is something fundamentally wrong with this. This is a parent’s responsibility. Parents should be expected to take the responsibility of raising their children, teaching them right from wrong, how to talk, walk, manners and for God’s sake their colors! The school system

should not be expected to replace the parents in this area. The school and its teachers are responsible for train-ing students academically, and precious time is wasted from their lessons when they need to take on parental duties. This is unfair to the taxpayers, school staff and responsible parents. I believe that parents would be more inclined to take parental responsibility, if they had to take more of a fiscal responsibility for their child’s education.

The next “R” is respect. Respect for their parents, teachers, the police, and each other. If a parent does not demand respect from their child, how can we expect them to give respect to others? When a police officer tells me “you ought to hear what some of these kids say to an officer from the back of the cruiser!” When an outgoing school superintendent talks of his disap-pointment in the lack of respect he is afforded by a student and the par-ents, I find it extremely unacceptable. I am sure that if most teachers were honest, they would confirm this lack of respect and verify that it impedes their abilities to educate. This type of behavior should have consequences, both to the child and the parents. Con-sequences might also help to encour-age this responsibility.

The final “R” is results. The devo-lution of parental responsibility and the absence of respect have resulted in many of the problems that society suffers with today. If we look to the past and to what was expected of par-ents in a child’s upbringing, we will see that parental interaction, expec-tations and intervention had signifi-cant, positive results. Yet we continue to throw money into education, with disappointing results. Perhaps, if we start with the basics at home, more of our money can be used for better edu-cation, and less for child rearing.

Ken KnowltonBelmont

I hope letter writers on the left & right will get to know each otherTo the editor,

I had lunch with Tony Boutin and it was a perfectly delightful experi-ence. I found Tony to be a honest, open and sincere person with a great sense of humor and a love for animals. After spending two hours in conversa-tion with him, I felt as though I have

known him all my life. As the expres-sion went in the 60s, we had “good vibes”. I wish I had met him years ago. His good company was well worth the price of a lunch and more.

I hope that letter writers on the right and left would get to know each

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LETTERSU.S. job growth not even able to keep up with population growthTo the editor,

After nearly two years the U.S. econ-omy is still unable to create jobs at a pace equal to population growth. In November the unemployment rate stood at 9.8-per-cent, well above the 5-percent average in the decade before the fi nancial crisis. Many Americans have given up look-ing for employment and are no longer counted in the unemployment numbers. Long-term unemployment is a concern. Almost one-half of the offi cially unem-ployed have already been out of work for at least six months. The decline of the con-struction and manufacturing sectors has created a pool of workers with unneeded skills. This occurred while problems in the housing market have led to a reduc-tion in labor mobility. Many people cannot sell their homes and move to areas with better employment prospects. These fac-tors have raised the structural unem-ployment rate by around 1.5-percentage points.

Prospects for a rapid improvement in the employment situation are not encouraging. The economy needs to create around 150,000 jobs a month just to keep up with growth in the working-age population. It almost reached this target in October, but employment fell in each of the previ-ous four months. Federal and state governments are trying to get their fi nances under control. At least they are expressing concerns about such things. Governmental actions taken to reduce spending will cause a decrease

in governmental employment. This will mean it will be solely down to the private sector to create jobs. That said, companies will remain reluctant to rebuild their payrolls rapidly. The result will be that the unemployment rate will remain roughly where it is or rise 2011. Persistently high unem-ployment weighs heavily on growth. 70-percent of spending generates from private consumption. 2011 does not appear to be the big bull run recovery we have see in the past.

Real estate problems will weigh on household fi nances, limit labour mobil-ity and they will also continue to hurt the banking sector. Not only are one-quarter of houses now worth less than the mortgages that were used to buy them but the persistently high unem-ployment rate has also undermined the ability of many home owners to service their debt. Government programs that have been put in place to help restruc-ture mortgages often provide a respite but not a full resolution. This means that there is still a large amount of housing likely to come into foreclosure, and many homes already held by banks as a result of foreclosures have not yet moved onto the market. The likelihood of foreclosures exerting further down-ward pressure on the assets quality of US banks will contribute to their reluc-tance to lend more aggressively.

Just my honest opinionMarc AbearMeredith

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humanity.Lunch with Tony was a good lesson

for me. I still hope he disagrees with some things I write. Knowing him will help me to stick to issues and not get into a contest of wills that does no one any good.

Leo R. SandyNew Hampt0n

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To the editor,It was on the news again today. The

cops and fi refi ghters at the seen are looking for a large settlement because of health problems as a result of the toxic air around Ground Zero in New York City. Well HELLO you guys, you were trained in using protective gear, masks, goggles and respirators if need be. You should be reprimanded for not following procedure.

When I was in Viet Nam, if you did not have the right stuff for the job you died, period. You guys were trained and knew what it took to get the job done, including the proper safety equipment. Now don’t tell me it was an urgent situation and that you didn’t have time to grab your safety equipment . That is part of your job and in your job description, in Nam that would be kind of like not having

my M16 with me.This is another situation of dead-

beats looking for a buck. Dirty cops and dirty fi refi ghters are out there. Many of you know one. The cop or the fi refi ghter who comes up to his place on the lake and enjoys it while on some disability claim, usually a back problem, Oh brother, deadbeats on the free ride.

I really expect to take a lot of heat on this issue but I really don’t care, bring it on and defend your deadbeat insurance fraud. I know too many cases of disability abuse to let this one slide. The Ground Zero workers do not even deserve workers comp let alone a class action law suit if they were not using proper protective gear that is provided by their employer.

Dean TappanCenter Harbor

I was brought up to say Merry Christmas, not Happy HolidaysTo the editor,

I was brought up to say MERRY CHRISTMAS not HAPPY HOLI-DAYS. It is the birth of JESUS CHRIST. Get it — CHRIST-MAS?. So to the non-CHRISTIANS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! To the CHRISTIANS it is MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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He said his real crime was not tell-ing potential lenders about this line of credit, believing now that if he had, many would have chosen not to do business with FRM.

As part of an independent investiga-tion into the workings of FRM, CL&M, their sudden collapse in November of 2009 and the state agencies that were supposed to oversee it, Secretary of State William Gardner ordered a spe-cial investigation and asked retired Tilton Attorney Charles Chandler to be the lead investigator.

Dodge testified for four hours yester-day, answering questions presented by Chandler and attorneys for the State Bureau of Securities. Except for the first hour, he was alone and without his attorney Mark Howard.

Others who have testified are the victims, who lost collectively between $80 and $100-million, developers Gary Coyne of Meredith, Phillip Brouillard of Laconia, Yves Tanguay of Concord and Vlatche Manoukian of Nashua and Dodge’s office manager Diane Smith.

In October, Dodge pleaded guilty to fraud and will be sentenced to no more than 10 years in federal prison in January. He is 67.

The line of credit, or “air loans” as he referred to them, were supposed to allow Farah to “close loans” before he had secured enough from individual lenders. He told Dodge he was “losing the cream of the crop” because these borrowers had great credit and could go anywhere for the money.

In reflection, Dodge said he now believes that Scott needed to raise quick money to satisfy about $3-mil-lion in outstanding investments to people after he was ordered to do so by the N.H. Department of Securities.

“For months, (in late 2004 and early 2005) Scott had been discussing with various lenders and/or potential lend-ers about setting up a $1 to $3-million line of credit,” read Dodge, adding he was in the office to overhear Farah’s side of some of those conversations.

He said he was told that Farah would testify against him in Federal Court and would say that Dodge knew he was setting up CL&M to allow Farah to “continue to steal from people like he had been doing for years.”

Farah also pleaded guilty to two counts of wire and mail fraud in October and will also be sentenced in January to no more than 19 years in federal prison.

“Pure baloney,” Dodge said while fighting back tears. He said he never would have agreed to further a crime much less encourage his wife and friends to lend money through Farah.

Dodge’s wife and his two best friends — David and Diane Smith — were FRM clients. Diane Smith was also Dodge’s bookkeeper and office manager.

“I know how hard they worked for their money,” he said looking straight at victim Alan McIlvene and adding that he also knows how hard many of the other people, “good people like Al,” worked for their money as well.

Dodge said he kept believing in Farah because for the entire time they worked in the same building, Farah would tell him he was close to clos-ing a $300-million deal with someone from Dubai and another $300-million deal with a John Anderson.

While his testimony elicited some measure of sympathy with the six victims who were there to witness it, Dodge couldn’t answer some key tech-nical questions asked by investiga-tors.

Under a barrage of questions from Securities Attorney Eric Forcier, Dodge was unable to explain how or why Forcier had a piece of paper writ-ten in Dodge’s handwriting that said FRM didn’t owe CL&M any money.

“Scott owed CL&M money,” Dodge said. “Technically FRM didn’t.”

“Then why did you sign this,” asked Forcier waving the document and pressing Dodge as to why he would sign annual confirmation statements for Farah’s accountants and not men-tion the loan, which eventually grew to between $10 and $20-million.

“Did CL&M have any assets of its own?” asked Chandler.

“No,” Dodge replied.“What’s the source of the $10 mil-

lion?” Chandler asked.“I never thought about it,” Dodge

said.“Other people’s money?” Chandler

continued.“Yes,” Dodge said staring down.“You didn’t have $10-million,” Chan-

dler said. “How is this different than paying Farah with other people’s money?”

“That’s why I said I should go to jail,” said Dodge, asking Chandler if he wanted a re-creation of the loan that he had made.

“How did you calculate this? How did you get the numbers?” asked Chandler looking at a piece of paper Dodge gave him.

“I copied it to a USB drive and gave it to my attorney,” Dodge said, adding that he knew he couldn’t take his computer and didn’t know if he would ever be allowed back into the offices after the collapse so he copied it to the portable drive.

“I took the line of credit, the life insurance, lots of things I took that I didn’t want to get lost,” Dodge said, adding there was a $10 million life insurance policy on Farah “in case he got killed on one of his silly trips to Africa.”

Dodge also told about the Nov. 6 eve-ning phone call he got from Farah tell-ing him the company had collapsed.

He said he and his wife and the Smith’s had gone to dinner and were at his house to watch a movie. He said he went onto the other room to take the phone call about which Diane Smith testified on Monday.

Dodge said that for about 10 days prior to Nov. 6 he knew both com-panies were in financial trouble but Farah kept saying the money was coming.

Until that Friday.“He called to tell me there was no

hope and he was leaving,” Dodge said.“It was gone,” Dodge continued as

he began to cry. “Everything. David. Diane, my wife, my heart and soul. All the people I had known and destroyed.”

“I offered to kill myself in in front of Harry Bean,” Dodge said, refer-ring to the Gilford man whose family lost $4-million and who had been his friend for 30 years.

He said he drove toward Bean’s house in Gilford.

“I had the gun with me. I got close

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to his house and I pulled over. I couldn’t drive any-more,” he said.

Dodge said he called Bean on his cell phone and Bean said to him, “Goddammit. You better not kill yourself. You’re the only one who can help me out of this. And besides, ‘I love you.’”

“If you know Harry, not many people hear that from him,” Dodge said.

Dodge said Bean also told him he was in Florida and they would deal with it when he got back.

“So you knew it was an illusion?” Chandler asked him.“It was a fantasy,” said Dodge. “Oh I knew. It was

just a fantasy and all dumb and stupid.”“Do you now now wonder why you you didn’t think

it was an illusion?” Chandler asked.“I would never have believed it,” Dodge said tell-

ing Chandler that right up until the last 10 days he thought FRM was “stable and strong.”

“It was unbelievable to watch [Farah] work and I thought I was doing a good job,” Dodge said, seem-ingly still in awe of the man who was 24 years his junior and who Dodge fi rst met when he was 14-years-old boy and Dodge taught him Sunday school.

“For three weeks I listened to victims and they uni-versally said their contact was CL&M and Dodge,” said Chandler.

“Didn’t any red fl ags go up, Mr. Dodge?” he asked.Dodge said he never got the phone calls from the

lenders. Diane did and that Farah always had an answer.

He said from the beginning of CL&M he believed Farah to be a wealthy man and that he was “in all

Donald Dodge of Belmont offers testimony about the FRM Ponzi scheme fraud in front of the N.H. Secretary of State’s special investigator, Charles Chandler, on Tuesday in Concord. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Gail Ober)

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sorts of deals.”Describing Farah as the captain of a ship, Dodge

said he asked him to come to work for him by telling him there were a few holes in the hull and he could help fi x them.

“Now I know it was the Titanic after it hit the iceberg and I foolishly welcomed aboard all of my friends and family and we all believed in the captain and the ship until it was going down.” he said.

“We were fools,” Dodge said.Scott Farah is scheduled to testify this morning

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The acquisition of National Grid’s properties — Granite State Electric Company and EnergyNorth Natural Gas, Inc. — would be the fi rm’s fi rst energy distribution system in the United States.

Kelly Castledine of Algonquin Power said the company is fully aware that if regulators approve the transaction, the company would assume full responsibility for addressing the waste site on lower Liberty Hill, along with two or three similar sites elsewhere in New Hampshire owned by National Grid. Algonquin Power’s acquisition of National Grid, which requires several regulatory approvals, is not expected to close until the latter half of 2011. Meanwhile, Castledine indicated that Algonquin Power was unlikely to intervene in the process of

tackling the site, which has been underway since the coal tar, dumped in the 1950s, was discovered in 2004.

Mike McCluskey, project manager for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES), said yesterday that the agency intends to meet with offi cials of Algonquin Power, but in the meantime intends on proceeding as scheduled. In October, DES issued a preliminary decision requiring National Grid to remove all the contaminated material from the site at an estimated cost of $16.8-million. The agency expects to issue its fi nal opinion in late March or early April, when National Grid would begin preparing a construction plan for undertaking the project, which will require the approval of DES.

Consequently, it appears unlikely that work would begin before the second half of 2011 or even before the following the construction season when, if the transaction is approved, the site will be under new ownership.

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Santa Claus is joined by Laconia Mayor Mike Seymour (center) is offering congratulations to Department of Public Works’ assistant direc-tor Luke Powell upon his being named the city’s Employee of the Year at yesterday’s annual holiday luncheon for city employees at the Community Center. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/ Michael Kitch)

Idaho, where he met his wife Donna, a fellow gradu-ate student who was then trapping bobcats. Powell went to work in the forest industry in Idaho, Michi-gan and Maine and in 1986 put his surveying skills to work at Steven J. Smith & Associates of Gilford.

In addition to surveying, which he learned study-ing forestry, Powell became certifi ed as both a soil and wetlands scientist. His qualifi cations enable him to provide valuable insights into the infra-structure requirements and environmental aspects of projects presented to the Planning Department, which undergo an inter-departmental review. Like-wise, Powell’s background adds an extra dimension to the DPW and lends a unique perspective to proj-ects like the restoration of Jewett Brook and recla-

mation of Weirs Beach.Moynihan singled out Powell’s management of the

recent improvement of drainage at Anthony Drive as an example of his diligence and talent. He prepared the application for federal funding that halved the cost of the $350,000 project to the city and coordi-nated the work with three state agencies, engineers, contractors and abutters.

The Powells have four grown children — Joshua, Abe, Jonathan and Abbie.

A half dozen other employees were in the running for the award: R.J. Whittier of the Parks and Rec-reation Department, Danny Walker and Gavin Bell of the DPW, Robin Moyer of the Police Department, Diane Wood of Code Enforcement and Jon Gardner of Purchasing.

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LACONIA — City Manager Eileen Cabanel told city councilors on Monday that offi cials of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) were open to granting more control over the Winnipesaukee River Basin Project (WRBP) to the 10 member municipalities.

The WRBP, which is part of DES, is a state-owned sewer and waste water treatment system system serving Laconia, Belmont, Center Harbor, Frank-lin, Gilford, Meredith, Moultonborough, Northfi eld, Sanbornton, and Tilton. Earlier this year offi cials of the 10 communities grew concerned when the staff of the WRBP broached a capital improvement program costing between $80-million and $100-mil-lion. Although the Legislature approves the WRBP’s

State agency says its willing to share control of sewer plantbudget, the principal and interest payments on bor-rowings authorized to fund the projects are paid through the local sewer rates.

The WRBP’s budget is allocated among the mem-bers based on their usage. Consequently, Laconia bears nearly half of the system’s operating and maintenance costs and more than 40-percent of its administrative budget and debt service. The advisory board, consisting of a representative from each of the members, reviews the budget, it has no authority to amend it.

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LACONIA — City Manager Eileen Cabanel told the City Council Monday night that Duncan Webb of Webb Management Services, the consultant study-ing the feasibility of renovating and reopening the Colonial Theater, will recommend the project be pursued in stages.

After meeting with Webb, Cabanel told the council-ors that he considers the restoration of the theater “an important project that needs to happen soon,” but need not be undertaken all at once. Declining to elaborate on their conversation, she said only that he was very “positive” about the prospects for the theater.

Mayor Mike Seymour, agreed, remarking that those privy to the discussion were all “encouraged.”

Cabanel said that Webb will return to the city on January 31, when he will present his fi nal report to a public meeting at the Belknap Mill.

In April the city secured an 18-month option to purchase the downtown theater complex, including the auditorium, 18 apartments and six storefronts, for $1.47-million from the Baldi family.

NOTES: The City Council approved the withdrawal of $25,000 from the fund accrued from parking fees at the Endicott Rock Park lot to defray the cost of study-ing the erosion of Weirs Beach in anticipation of restor-ing the beach to its original dimensions. Robert Ames estimated that since the beach was built in 1951, it has shrunk by between a half an acre and an acre as currents have swept sand into Paugus Bay. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has dropped its initial reservations and encouraged the city to develop a plan for restoring the beach. . . . . . Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3), chairman of the Finance (sub) Committee, said that a draft ordinance introducing impact fees on real estate developers will be presented to the council when it meets on January

Public briefing won’t be held until Jan. 31 but consultant will advise city to pursue Colonial Theater project in stages

10 and a public hearing on the ordinance will be held on January 24. Impact fee ordinances enable cities and towns to levy fees to fund the needs of munici-pal departments and school districts spawned by residential and commercial development. . . . . . City Manager Eileen Cabanel told the council that she will invite offi cials of the New Hampshire Department of Department of Revenue Administration to present a “report card” on the revaluation of property recently completed by Vision Appraisal on December 27. At the same time, City Assessor Jon Duhamel will explain how taxpayers questioning their assessment can apply for a abatement of their property taxes. Speaking to taxpayers, she said that “we want to make sure that if you’re not happy with your new value, you know there is a process to address the issue.” Last month all three members of the Board of Assessors resigned as two of them insisted the values reported by Vision Appraisal were too low in some cases and too high in others. . . . . . . Laconia’s fi ve members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, accompanied by state Senator Jim Forsythe, will be on hand when the council meets on January 24 to hear the legislative priorities of city offi -cials. The council will meet on January to develop its legislative agenda in preparation for the meeting. . . . . . The council authorized the Planning Department to join with nine other communities in the Lakes Region to form a Lakes Tour Exploratory Committee aimed at reviving the Lakes Tour Scenic Byway. The scenic byway, a 97-mile loop around Lake Winnipesau-kee, was designated in the 1990s, but has since fallen dormant. The nine communities intend to prepare a fresh Corridor Management Plan, which will qualify the project for federal grants for enhancements to the route. Laconia is encircled by the scenic byway, which includes both Route 106 and Route 3/11, which link to the highways circling the lake.


Administrator Jeanne Beaudin and Executive Coun-cilor Ray Burton met with Commissioner Tom Burack of DES to discuss the governance issue.

Cabanel said that Burack assured local offi cials that DES would cooperate in a legislative initiative to lend greater authority to the advisory board and in the meantime would keep the WRBP on a tight rein. “We were very encouraged,” Cabanel told the council. She said that while the time for fi ling bills for the upcoming legislative session has passed, the municipalities would work with DES to introduce

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Kimberly HancockCertified Usui Reiki Master and Spiritual Intuitive. Kimberly offers Reiki energy healing sessions as well as Angel Readings. Reiki is an ancient healing practice that treats the whole person promoting overall health and wellness. An Angel Reading consists of using Angel Oracle cards to assist in hearing the loving whispers and guidance from the Angels. An Angel Reading is a wonderful way to receive insight on an issue(s) you may be facing in your life. Give a unique gift this year for the Holiday or treat yourself. Your mind, body and soul will thank you. Gift Certificates available. 603-630-3287. www.kimberlyhancock.net [email protected]

Shalimar The Lobster House Restaurant at Shalimar Resort features the freshest seafood in town, live lobsters from our lobster tank, and $10 dinner specials nightly. Join us for all you can eat Sunday Brunch every Sunday from 9am to 1pm with delectable homemade desserts, homemade donuts, chef carved prime rib, jumbo shrimp, eggs benedict, omelet station and more! Live Entertainment in Peters Pub every weekend! Book your holiday party with us. We specialize in functions! Never a room charge, order off the $10 menu, menus to suit every budget. Sunday afternoons are great with $12 pp all you can eat. Great for showers, bereavement gatherings, office parties or any function. Call us about pool memberships and birthday pool parties! 524-1984, [email protected], www.shalimar-resort.com. Facebook for coupons!

Crazy GringoTake the stress out of your holiday shopping and follow the Weirs Beach sign right to the Crazy Gringo! Easy to find and plenty of parking. After fighting the holiday shopping crowds, stop in for a tasty Mexican dish or one of our non-Mexican daily specials ... along with a relaxing beverage of your choice. Mingle with your friends, old and new, at the Best Adult Day Care in the Lakes Region! Crazy Gringo Gift Certificates available.

Gilford Gift OutletCelebrating 24 Successful Years ... Gilford Gift Outlet is proud to have been meeting its customers’ card and gift needs for over 24 years. We carry quality greeting cards from Designer Greetings at 1/2 OFF everyday! We carry an extensive display of Yankee Candle products, with the jars at 20% OFF! We carry a large assortment of Willow Tree angels and figurines. We would like to thank you for allowing us to be your source for all your card and gift needs for over 24 years. Gilford Gift Outlet is located next to Patricks and the Liquor Store in Gilford.

Five Star Golf CarsFive Star Golf Cars & Utility Vehicles is New England’s premier E-Z-GO dealer and distributor. With a huge inventory of new, used and custom golf cars to choose from, Five Star can provide the perfect golf car for you and your family. We can also customize any golf car to fit your budget and style. With a full service and parts department, at 1165 Union Avenue, in Laconia, or on sight service to all of ME, NH, VT, MA, E. NY and RI, Five Star is always there for you. Happy Holidays!


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366-4411 306 Lakeside Ave, Weirs Beach

Gift Certificates Available

Best Local Watering Hole & Grub Stop In The Lakes Region!

Now Open 7 Days A Week At 11:30am Now Open 7 Days A Week At 11:30am Now Open 7 Days A Week At 11:30am

Wed, Thur & Fri • 11:30am - 4pm Mexican Lunch Menu ... $7.95

Kitchen Hours: Kitchen Hours: Kitchen Hours: Sunday - Thursday 11:30am-8pm • Friday & Saturday 11:30am-9pm Sunday - Thursday 11:30am-8pm • Friday & Saturday 11:30am-9pm Sunday - Thursday 11:30am-8pm • Friday & Saturday 11:30am-9pm

Friday, December 17th Friday, December 17th “No Limitz” from 8-11pm “No Limitz” from 8-11pm

Monday & Tuesday Monday & Tuesday Special Board Items Special Board Items

Available Only Available Only

Nightly Specials ~ 4pm - Close WED - 1/2 Price Burritos THUR - 1/2 Price Enchiladas FRI - 1/2 Price Nachos & Mexican Salads

Saturdays AYCE Chili Bar - ALL DAY!!

A Unique Boutique Carrying Clothing, Fashionable

Footwear, Jewelry and Accessories.

H e r P r e r o g a t i v e H e r P r e r o g a t i v e

Designs by: Tribal, Michael Kors, Laundry, Planet, Nallie and Millie, Christopher Blue...

The Shops at 38 Main Street, Meredith, NH

603-279-2555 (Located on the side behind “Once New”)

Hours: Monday - Saturday ~ 10am - 5pm

Sundays ~ 10am - 4pm

NORTH CABARET

Tue & Wed, 4pm-1am & Thur-Sun, Noon-1am 15 Kimball Rd. Gilford, NH ( Intersection of 11B & 11C)

LUNCH SPECIALS ~ 12-2pm ~ Thursday-Saturday & Great AFTER WORK SPECIALS ~ 4-6pm

“Lakes Region Appreciation Night” $3 Cover with NH ID! THURSDAY

“Legs ‘N Eggs” ~ 12-2pm All Breakfast Under $7

Followed by Game Specials & 1/2 Price Apps! Buy 1 Pizza, Get 1 for $5!

SUNDAY

“Ladies Night” No Cover (for the ladies)

& Check Out Our $1 Deals! WEDNESDAY

~ Always Hiring Entertainers ~ ***** AMATEUR NITE: Wednesday, December 15th *****

HOLIDAY PARTY ~ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18TH JOIN US FOR OUR NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION ~ 12/31

Free Apps, Door Prizes, Giveaways & Champagne Toast at Midnight!

No Cover Before 7pm

EVER!! Gift Certificates Available

TUESDAY “College Night” $3 Cover with College ID & $1 Deals!

$1 Pizza Slices!

Upcoming Events!

1/2 Off Cover - Any Night Now through the end of the holiday season! Just bring in

non-perishable Food Items, Toiletries, Pet Food or Pet Supplies!

You deserve time for yourself to relax, release and rejuvenate. Your mind, body & soul will thank you.

Energy Hea l ing • Ange l Read ings

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Massage & Hypnosis 740 North Main St., Laconia

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Let’s Keep in Touch! 524-0629

The Lakes Region

Massage TherapyBy Nancy LeeLicensed Massage Therapist and Certified Hypnotherapist, Nancy Lee, offers relaxation, deep tissue and Hot Stone Massage to relax your body as well as Hypnosis to Stop Smoking, lose weight or change habits. You can’t miss by giving the gift of a soothing massage this Holiday Season! You can also kick off the new year by using hypnotherapy to help you keep those New Year’s resolutions! Call for an appointment or purchase a gift certificate for someone special! 524-0629 or 455-5785

Lakes Region of NH Gift Book“The Lakes Region of New Hampshire: Four Seasons, Countless Memories,” the area’s first full-color coffee-table book is the perfect way to give someone a piece of New Hampshire: family member, friend, co-worker, client, customer, etc. Almost two dozen local photographers and writers show off the most beautiful things about the Lakes Region. A souvenir keepsake that will be forever treasured. Available at local bookstores and shops, and at www.lakesregionnhbook.com or (603) 520-6964; special discounts available for organizations and businesses.

Her Prerogative Boutique Contempory Fashion, Footwear, Jewelry & Accessories! We have unique clothing and carry: Tribal, Nallie & Millie, Frank Lyman fashions, Christopher Blue, Blue Willis, Cubism and more. We also carry Pandora Jewelry! Come see our new colllection of boots. Mention this ad and get 10% off your purchase (Pandora Excluded). Located at 38 Main St, Meredith on the side rear of the building.

Kramer & Hall GoldsmithsKramer & Hall Goldsmiths, located in the historic railroad station in downtown Laconia, is enjoying their twenty third Holiday season. Specializing in handmade jewelry in Platinum and Gold, they also carry a complete line of gold gemstone jewelry assembled in the store. All the handmade items are made from recycled gold refined in the USA. They offer a good alternative for shoppers tired of jewelry made overseas of inferior metals and gemstones. To learn more, visit www.kramerandhall.com


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GEOR GE’S DINER Plymouth Street, Meredith • 279-8723

Just Good Food!

Daily Blackboard Breakfast & Lunch Specials

Open Daily 6am- 8pm

NIGHTLY SPECIALS NIGHTLY SPECIALS MONDAY

All U Can Eat Fried Chicken Chef Special

TUESDAY Roast Turkey Dinner Roast Beef Dinner Meatloaf

WEDNESDAY All U Can Eat Spaghetti Roast Pork Dinner Chef Special

THURSDAY Chicken Pot Pie NE Boiled Dinner Chef Special

FRIDAY All U Can Eat Fish Fry Fresh Seafood Fried or Broiled

SATURDAY Prime Rib Shrimp Scampi Chef Special

SUNDAY Chicken Pot Pie Country Fried Steak & Pork Baked Ham & Beans All U Can Eat Fish Fry New Winter Hours for Breakfast ~ 6am - 4pm

GILFORD GIFT OUTLET

Celebrating 24 Successful Years!! Quality Greeting Cards ~ Gift Wrap ~ Gift Bags

1/2 Off EVERYDAY

20% Off Yankee

Candle Jars

Large Assortment

of Willow Tree

FREE CARD

With Any Purchase *

Next to Patrick’s & the Liquor Store Open 7 Days • 293-0338 * With this ad. One free card per visit. Exp. 12/24/10.

US RT3 Winnisquam • www.shalimar-resort.com

Have Your Private Party ... Have Your Private Party ... Have Your Private Party ... In Our Dining Room Or The Winnisquam Room In Our Dining Room Or The Winnisquam Room In Our Dining Room Or The Winnisquam Room

Any Functions Big Or Small Receptions For Showers, Work Parties, Private Brunch Parties, Graduation Parties,

First Communions, Funerals Or Any Event Of Your Choice 10-100 People • Menus To Suit Any Budget

524-1984 524-1984 524-1984

Booking Pool Parties Now! Great for Birthdays!

Top of the TownA warm and friendly staff will greet you at this unique restaurant owned and operated by Joe and Kathy Holiday. Serving affordable lunches and dinners Tues. thru Sat with early bird dinners nightly starting at 4 p.m. at $9.95. Offering great food including Pr Rib, “T” bone steaks, Roast Duck, Fresh Seafood including Lobster and King Crab with homemade soup or salad offered with entrees at no extra charge. Setting it apart from others it offers dancing and entertainment Fri. and Sat. with music spanning the ages performed by legendary Joe Holiday. Come take part or just watch dancers move around the floor. Join us during Dec. with your Christmas party and enjoy free music any night of the week. Treat someone you love with a gift certificate that will be remembered from Top of the Town and during Dec. receive a 20% bonus or discount. 88 Ladd Hill Rd Belmont N.H., 528-3244.

Belknap Independent Business AllianceSave big at the “little” guys. Get your Friends of B.I.B.A. card today and start saving at locally-owned independent businesses. Receive great discounts, free give-aways, and much more. Visit www.bibanh.org to learn more. Enjoy the savings for yourself or give a B.I.B.A. card as a gift. Studies show that 30% more revenue stays in our local economy when your money is spent at a locally-owned business versus a chain store. Shop local. Strengthen your community. Happy Holidays from B.I.B.A.!

Mame’sTake advantage of Mame’s Gift Cards Bonus ... Pay for four and get five $25.00 Gift Cards. $125.00 worth of gifts for $100.00! Mame’s Dinner Gift Cards make a great gift for friends, family, employees and a special thank you for those you want to remember. There are still a few dates available for private holiday Christmas parties. Call to reserve your room, 279-4631. Looking to get away from the Holiday stress, join us for some easy listening music and a bite to eat every Friday and Saturday evening from 7 – 9:30. Dr. Phil and Jan, Julia Vellie, Peter Lawler, and Kyle Nickerson all bring a great variety of talent for your enjoyment. Located on Plymouth Street in Meredith.

C.J. Avery’sHas proudly been serving dinner in the Lakes Region for 27 years. We specialize in serving the freshest quality foods including slowly Roasted Prime Rib, Steaks, fresh Swordfish, Haddock, Scallops and a variety of Pasta and Chicken dishes. Nightly specials are created by Chef Brendan Connelly and his staff. We offer a large selection of Appetizers, Sandwiches and Lighter Fare Selections. Catch your favorite Team in our lounge with six Big Screen TVs and the Soundog individual sound system. Dinner is served Wednesday through Friday at 5:00, Saturday at 4:30 and Sunday at 4:00. We are booking Christmas Parties and accepting reservations for New Year’s Eve. Call 524-0823 for more details.

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Need the perfect gift? All of our gift basket designs are one of a kind and created for you when ordered.

Let us do all the work, while you get all the credit!

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you’re strong, you put yourself out there and get knocked around. That’s the way of the warrior. If you hang back, you might still get hurt, but it won’t be in a way you can be proud of. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will see the way someone does it and think, “I could do better.” Perhaps it’s the truth. Probably it is. But you’ll never know until you actually attempt to do it. This is much advised. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your mentors, parents, governors and spiri-tual leaders are not always as helpful as you want them to be. You reach out, wanting comfort and wisdom. What you get sometimes has more to do with their interest than yours. CANCER (June 22-July 22). When you look back at last month, it is easy for you to see how things worked out for the best, even though it wasn’t exactly what you wanted at the time. This month will continue the trend. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Dreaming your dreams is a lovely pastime, and it benefi ts you to spend a good deal of time in your escapist fantasy. However, actually pursuing your dream -- that’s what makes life worth living. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Life is a bit like a social networking website. You can get a glimpse of things from the outside, but in order to see the whole profi le of each member, you have to join the community. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Authen-ticity matters to you. You don’t want to believe a person’s story just because it’s the story you wanted to hear. You want to believe it because it’s really true.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s a fi ne line between impressing people and servicing them. Formalities will only distance you from the people you want to get to know. Give them what they want and you’ll all be happy. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Charge less, and you’ll get more atten-tion. Even so, you must charge what the work and the product are really worth, or others won’t see the value in what you offer. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You have fans. They are people who reach out to you even when you are too busy to respond in kind. Treat those people well. It will take some effort to fi nd the time, but fi nd it anyway. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you can differentiate between what you know and what you don’t, and if you can let your words and deeds refl ect this understanding, then you are among the most educated people in the world. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Too much attention to detail will bog you down. The deadline, however, will push you into hyper-time-warp speed. Sud-denly only the most important stuff gets done. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 15). You have so many excellent ideas and inspired dreams that have yet to be realized. You’re beginning to wonder if you’ll ever be understood in your own time. Well, you will be, and January gives you the proof you’ve longed for. April is your chance to work hard and win someone over. July brings a bold adventure. Gemini and Cancer people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 40, 11, 22 and 18.

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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2010. There are 16 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights went

into effect following ratifi cation by Virginia.On this date:In 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull

and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, S.D. during a confrontation with Indian police.

In 1938, groundbreaking for the Jefferson Memorial took place in Washington, D.C. with President Franklin D. Roosevelt taking part in the ceremony.

In 1939, the motion picture “Gone With the Wind” had its world premiere in Atlanta.

In 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, disappeared over the Eng-lish Channel while en route to Paris. Ameri-can forces invaded Mindoro Island in the Philippines.

In 1960, Tefl on-coated skillets fi rst went on sale, at Macy’s fl agship store in New York City.

In 1961, former Nazi offi cial Adolf Eich-mann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court.

In 1964, Canada’s House of Commons approved dropping the “Red Ensign” fl ag in favor of a new design.

In 1965, two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, maneuvered to within 10 feet of each other while in orbit.

In 1979, the deposed Shah of Iran left the United States for Panama, the same day the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued a provisional order for Iran to release all its American hostages.

One year ago: The Washington, D.C. City Council voted to legalize same-sex marriage. Boeing’s new 787 jetliner went on its long-delayed fi rst test fl ight, lifting off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Evangelist Oral Roberts died in Newport Beach, Calif. at age 91.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Tim Conway is 77. Singer Cindy Birdsong (The Supremes) is 71. Rock musician Dave Clark (The Dave Clark Five) is 68. Rock musician Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge) is 64. Actor Don Johnson is 61. Actress Melanie Chart-off is 60. Movie director Julie Taymor is 58. Movie director Alex Cox is 56. Actor Justin Ross is 56. Rock musician Paul Simonon (The Clash) is 55. Political strategist Donna Brazile is 51. Country singer Doug Phelps (Brother Phelps; Kentucky Headhunters) is 50. Movie producer-director Reginald Hudlin is 49. Actress Helen Slater is 47. Actress Molly Price is 45. Actor Michael Shanks is 40. Actor Stuart Townsend is 38. Figure skater Surya Bonaly is 37. “Crowd-hyper” Kito Trawick is 33. Actor Adam Brody is 31. Actor George O. Gore II is 28. Actress Stefa-nia Owen (TV: “Running Wilde”) is 13.

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Inaugural meeting of the Central New Hampshire Young Professionals Group. 5:30 p.m. at the Art Cellar in Plymouth. For more information call Peter Laufenberg at 254-9791 or e-mail [email protected].

Free Mom & Me showing of “The Grinch That Stole Christmas” and “Frosty the Snowman” at Smitty’s Cinema in Tilton. 11:30 a.m.

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. Sliding 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 Wednes-day 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 Offs Pounds Sensibly) meeting at the First Congregational Church in Meredith. 5:30 p.m.

Preschool Story Time at the Meredith Public Library. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Stories and crafts for ages 3-5. Sign-up is helpful.

Lego Club meeting at the Meredith Public Library. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16Inter-Lakes Elementary School Holiday Concert. Two

performances, the first at 1:45 p.m. and the second at 7 p.m. Both in the school gym. Program will include the Beginner’s Band, The Jazz Band, The Advanced Band and the chorus and will still run under an hour.

“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.

Winter Farmer’s Market in at the Historic Belknap Mill in Laconia. 3 to 6 p.m. Vendors offering local farm-raised meats, fresh-baked breads, organic tea, cofree, fudge, pas-tries, pies, cakes, fresh produce, jellies & jams, local wines, herbs, oils, plants, jewelry, wood workers, and fine art. Third Thursday of each month.

Gift wrapping expertise in return for a donation to the Altrusa Club of Laconia. Noon to 4 p.m. at the Gilford office of Franklin Savings Bank, 11 Sawmill Road, next to the Marriott Hotel.

Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours networking event. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Pleasant View Bed & Breakfast in Bristol. For more infor-mation call 536-1001.

Parkinson’ Support Group meeting at Forestview Manor (153 Parade Road) in Meredith. 2 to 3:30 p.m. For more information call 279-3121 or e-mail [email protected].

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.

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

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.


Uncle Steve Band to perform benefit concert at Mill Fudge Factory in support of NH Food Bank

BRISTOL — The Uncle Steve Band will perform a benefit concert at The Mill Fudge Factory in sup-port of the NH Food Bank at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 18.

Admission is free, but attendees are requested to bring some warm clothing in good condition for Bris-tol Community Services. In addition, for each pur-chase of handmade fudge, the Factory will donate twenty percent of the profits to the NH Food Bank.

“We are honored to offer these fun and easy ways to support such important organizations during the

holiday season,” said Noah Munro, co-owner of The Mill Fudge Factory.

A family-owned business that operates in the oldest building in Bristol, a 1767 grist mill, the Fac-tory has built a reputation in the Granite State for an intimate listening room that musicians love to play in. The Factory’s handmade natural fudge all over the country and at local fairs, farmer’s markets and ski resorts.

For more information, call 744-0405 or visit www.TheMillFudgeFactory.com.

Gilmanton girl selected for People to People Ambassadors Program to host fundraising dinner

GILMANTON — Miranda Bushnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bushnell of Gilmanton Iron Works, has be selected to participate in the People to People Ambassadors Program and will host a fund-raising dinner at the Community Church from 5 — 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 18.

The People to People Ambassadors Program is an opportunity for Miranda to have an educational travel adventure enabling her to learn about foreign cultures, explore historical landmarks, and build confidence as a leader.

Miranda’s first Community Dinner will feature spaghetti, salad, bread sticks/rolls, dessert, and bev-erages. The cost is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, and $6 for children age 6 — 12. Kids age 5 and under will be admitted free. A $25 maximum will be charged for immediate families (parent/s and their children).

All are invited for an evening of dining, fellowship with one another, and to assist Miranda in reach-ing her goal to participate in the People to People Ambassadors Program.

Holiday Tree of Love and Remembrance service to be conducted by LRGH Auxiliary on Friday, December 17

LACONIA — The LRGH Auxiliary will commem-orate the season with their annual Holiday Tree of Love and Remembrance at a service to be held in the Lakes Region General Hospital lobby at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 17.

For a donation of $3, an angel with the name of a loved one to be honored or remembered will be placed on the tree. This year the paper angels were

decorated by Ms. McDonnell’s 3rd grade class from Woodland Heights.

Angels may be obtained in the LRGH Gift Shop. Proceeds will benefit the LRGH Auxiliary to help fund its ongoing projects and programs that enhance patient care in the community.

For more information, call the LRGHealthcare Auxiliary at 524-3211.

LACONIA — A fun and festive evening is in store for Moms and their kids at a Christmas cookie deco-rating event sponsored by the Parks & Recreation Department from 6 — 8 p.m. on Thursday, Decem-ber 16.

All materials will be supplied and participants may take their cookies home. The fee is $5 per family of 4 with a $2 charge for each additional person.

Registration is required. Call the Parks & Recre-ation Department by December 13 at 524-5046.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My two daughters-in-law, “Dolly and Cyn-thia,” have been arguing for the past nine years. These wom-en are in their 30s and act like teenagers. They had a shouting match at a grandchild’s birthday party and last week fought publicly in the church parking lot. Dolly lies continually, and Cynthia shouts out four-letter words in front of the kids. I told Dolly we will not be able to do any holiday get-togethers if this situation is not resolved. Since she is older than Cynthia and some of this is her fault, I wanted her to apologize to her sister-in-law. She promised to do so, but hasn’t. My son insists the parking lot scene was not Dolly’s fault, even though he didn’t witness it. I despair that this will go on forever. I have suggested coun-seling, but Cynthia has no interest in fi xing this. She doesn’t trust Dolly and wants nothing to do with her. And Dolly has been very cruel to Cynthia’s 8-year-old daughter, accusing her of ignoring her 5-year-old cousin. After the argument at the church, Dolly’s blood pressure skyrocketed and she had to go to the emergency room. This whole thing is going to make everyone ill. Cynthia tries to avoid Dolly, but Dolly can’t stop herself and it always ends badly. I had two Thanks-giving dinners and don’t want two Christmas celebrations. The grandchildren do not get to spend time together. What’s a grandma to do? -- Wish They’d Grow Up Dear Wish: We think Cynthia has a temper, but Dolly is the main culprit -- not because she is older, but because she lies, is cruel to an 8-year-old and insists on provoking her sister-in-law. We think she needs professional help. You cannot fi x this without their cooperation, so we urge you to stay out of it or you’ll risk your relationship with both of them. Invite everyone for family occasions, or let them host separate ones. If they fi ght in your home, ask them to leave. If you want the cousins to get together, have them come to your house with-

out their mothers. Dear Annie: I have been married for 25 years and have come to realize that I am in a verbally abusive relationship. My wife talks down to me, minimizes my feelings and does not make any effort to acknowledge things I say. She is always right. I have been in counseling for two years and have reached the point where I need to leave the marriage. But I am hesi-tant to do so because I fear what my wife will say about me to people in our small community. She can be very vindic-tive. I am extremely unhappy and don’t know how to get out. Please help. -- New York Dear N.Y.: You are smart to recognize that your wife could make this diffi cult. However, we hope you won’t let that deter you from doing what is necessary for your mental health. Talk to your therapist about how best to proceed, and then contact an attorney with experience in helping abuse victims. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Needing Advice,” whose boss is having an affair with a female co-worker. I am sick of hearing about gossiping workers who get upset at the person who is having an affair. I would like to highlight several im-portant points. 1. They were hired to work. Period. 2. It’s none of their business if someone is having an affair. 3. They have no right to force their moral judgments on oth-ers. As someone who has owned his own company and been on the board of directors of another, I am only interested in one thing: the success of the company and the production of a quality product. If an extramarital affair or gossip starts to affect the work, then I will take action -- not the employees. If they don’t like my rules, they are free to seek other employ-ment. -- Bob

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Autos

1997 Ranger 4.0 v6 Auto, 103Kmi, Many new parts. 2 sets tires.$3,400 obo. 293-2496.

2002 Dodge Dakota, 4WD Quadcab, 80k miles, automatic, 4 win-ter tires, asking $6,000/ obo.369-1087.

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Laconia 1 Bedroom Cottage.$750/Month + Utilities. No Pets. 1month security deposit required.524-6611

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ALEXANDRIA Rooms for rent,quiet country setting, large bed-rooms and use of family room andkitchen, large backyard, beautifulopen space, everything included(cable, Internet), built and de-signed for easier living. Pleasecall Randy 744-6787 or 707-7295

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GILFORD: Winter/6-MonthsCondo Rental, 2-bedroom, kitchen& livingroom newly renovated.Finished laundryroom with fullwasher/dryer. $825/month +utili-ties. Contact Matthew Roy,491-0061.

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

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

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LACONIA In-town, 2-Bedroom,finished basement. $750 plus utili-ties, first and security. No smok-ing, available now. 528-2292

LACONIA- 1 bedroom next toLRGH. Quiet building, heat/hotwater included. $695/month508-217-8469

LACONIA- Why rent a room whenyou can have your own efficiencyapartment from $130-140/week,utilities included. Security depositand references required. NoDogs. 524-4428

Laconia-Large 3-room apartment.$700/Month, newly painted, utili-ties not included. Available 12/15.References & security deposit re-quired, 1 year lease. Off-streetp a r k i n g . 9 1 4 - 8 2 6 - 4 5 9 1603-524-3759

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: 1 bedroom apt, sec-ond floor, close to downtown.$650 includes Heat and hot water.newly renovated bath, new appli-ances. One month security. Nopets. Call 455-8762.

LACONIA: 1 bedroom with porch,new paint, $145/ week includesheat & hot water. 603-528-0024.

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.

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LACONIA: 1BR, new carpets,parking, no pets, $140/ week +utilities, security, Sec 8, 387-6810.

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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.

LACONIA: Small 3 bedroom,$200/ week, includes heat/hot wa-ter, references and deposit. NoPets. 524-9665.

LACONIA: STUDIO $135/ Week &1 BDRM $155/ Week Heat & HWincluded, 2 BDRM $185/week$785/Month, utilities included. Nodogs. 496-8667 or 545-9510.

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1998 Dodge Neon- 4 cylinder,automatic, 4-door. AM/FM/AC.$1,200. (603) 539-5194

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5 Piece Drum Set. Rockwood byHohner. $220 or best offer.253-7003

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

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GREEN Firewood- Cut & split. 1/2Cord $120. Dry 1/2 Cords $200.267-6680

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JAZZY 600 Power Chair, wheeledwalker w/seat and brakes. All inexcellent condition. Call934-5671.

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.

Lamb-Raised locally. Hormone &antibiotic free. Vacuum packed,frozen. 528-5838

NATURAL wood kitchen hutch,one drawer with two door storage,50” high by 23.5” wide and 17”deep. $150. 253-6815

OSBURN pellett stove, bay win-dow, ash tray, excellent cond.New $3,000 plus. $1500 obo.279-8679

PFAFF #2056 Portable SewingMachine, list over $1,000, sell$900; Twin, white, iron bed, com-plete, girl, $75; Round glass tablew/2 chairs, $75; Gas outdoor grill,$50; White portable sewing ma-chine, $150. Best offers.286-2635.

PLOW- 9 ft. Minute Mount. Newcylinders, no rot. $750. Stainlesssander $650. 603-556-8061 after5 pm.

SEASONED Firewood: $225/cord, delivered. 279-3152 or630-4778.

SEASONED Hardwood Cut, Split& Delivered $240/ cord. Call603-534-8863.

SNOW Tires, 4 Gislaved NordicFrost, 205-55-16, on SAAB alloywheels, very good condition,$225; 4 Audi alloy wheels, sum-mer tires, 205-65-15, fair condi-tion, $100. 630-6022

Toro 521 Snow Blower. 5 HP withElectric start. Has chaiins also.$125. 524-6145

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Textile WeavingLoom Operator

We currently have an opening fora machine operator in our weav-ing department. The operatorwould be responsible for runningseveral weaving looms. We are afast paced environment and werequire a person with a good workethic. This is a great opportunity,for the right person, to join a verystable and successful manufactur-ing facility. The opening is for afirst shift position, starting pay willbe negotiable. Please stop by andfill out an application at: AmatexCorporation 45 Primrose Dr. Laco-nia, NH. 03246 or call Dawnn @603-524-2552.

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

Motorcycles

Buy • Sell • Tradewww.motoworks.biz

(603)447-1198. Olson’s MotoWorks, RT16 Albany, NH.

Roommate Wanted

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

BELMONT Female seeks room-mate to share adorable house,clean 3-bedroom cape, $125 perweek includes utilities,-laundry-parking. Dog okay. Non-smokerplease. 401-243-3237

Laconia 2 bedroom apartment toshare. Female preferred.$300/Month, includes everything.Call during daytime 524-3292

Laconia- 2 bedroom apartment toshare. All included $100 perweek. Female preferred.455-2642

Responsible Non-smoking adult toshare home. Large farmhouse onmain road, Meredith. $500/Month.Includes heat, hot water, laundry.393-0919

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

Services

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MASONRYStone & brick, all tyes of ma-sonry. Free estimates. Call JohnMorris. (603)539-6736.

Services

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

Small BusinessBookeeping Service

35 years experience. Reasonablerates. References available. Ar-lene Graham 603-520-1705

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OBITUARIESPercy E. Kimball, 86

LACONIA — Percy E. Kimball, 86, of 33 Cottage Street, died at his home on Monday, December 13, 2010.

Mr. Kimball was born August 8, 1924 in Pittsfield, N.H., the son of Avery E. and Susan A. (Clark) Kimball. He lived in Alton, N.H. for a few years before moving to Laconia fifty-five years ago.

Mr. Kimball served in the U. S. Navy and had been employed at Pike Industries for sev-enteen years before retiring in March, 1987.

Mr. Kimball was a member of the Advent Chris-tian Church, formerly in Lakeport. He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Laconia Post # 1670.

Mr. Kimball enjoyed ornamental metal work, crossword puzzles, reading, gardening, bird watch-ing and going to the Deerfield Fair.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara I. (Flanders) Kimball, of Laconia; three sons, Stephen E. Kimball and his wife, Brenda L., of Littleton, Wayne M. Kim-ball and his wife, Yulia Y., of Ft. Myers, Florida and

Karl L. Kimball and his wife, Valerie, of Laconia; six grandchildren, Scott A. Kim-ball, Sue-Ann Kimball, Heidi L. Kimball, Sean R. Kimball, Elizabeth R. Kimball and Antonia C. Kimball; six great grand-children; a sister, Lucille Carson-Noel, of Chichester, N.H and one niece. He was predeceased by his parents.

There will be no calling hours.A Graveside Service will be held on

Friday, December 17, 2010 at 1:00 PM at the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery, Cemetery Street, Concord, 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.

Arnold J. Santti, 64LACONIA — Arnold J. Santti,

64 of Laconia, N.H. died peace-fully at his home on Dec. 11 after a long illness. He was born on Dec. 16, 1945 in Newport, N.H. the son of the late William R. Santti and Eva M. (Pakkala) Santti.

He is survived by 5 sons: Arnold J. Santti Jr. and his wife Harriet of Gilmanton, N.H., Dennis J. Santti and his wife Noel of Bel-mont, NH, Scott A. Santti of Laco-nia, NH, Kevin M. Santti and his wife Chris of Gilmanton,NH, and Eric W. Santti of Gilford, NH. One brother David H. Santti of Zephyrhills, Florida, 3 sisters: Nancy A. Santti of Antrim, NH, Patricia Nichols and her husband of Newport, NH, Ellen M. Byron and her husband Gary of Claremont, NH. He is predeceased by 3 brothers: William R. Quinn of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Richard P. Santti and Norman R. Santti of Newport, NH.

He also leaves several grandchildren, 1 great

grandson, and several nieces and nephews.

Arnold worked at Barber Tree Service, Asplundh Tree Service and Sturm-Ruger out of Newport, NH. and several manufacturing plants in the Laconia area.

He was an avid hunter and fish-erman. He excelled at pool and cribbage and won many trophies. He enjoyed sports, especially the Yankees and Steelers. He was a member of the Rod and Gun club in Laconia and the American

Legion. He was loved by many friends and family and will be greatly missed.

Respecting his wishes there will be no services. A private memorial will be held at a later date at the convenience of his family.

NH Cremation Society handled the arrangments. Memorial donations may be sent to: Community Health and Hospice, Inc. 720 N. Main St. Laconia, NH 03246

Russell Giguere, 79LACONIA — Russell

Giguere, 79, of Washington Street, Lakeport, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at the Lakes Region General Hospi-tal.

Russell was born December 9, 1931 in Laconia, the son of Edgar and Agnes (Stickney) Giguere. He was a lifelong resident of the Lakes Region and had served in the U.S. Air Force.

Russell had been employed at the N.H. Commu-nity Technical College in Laconia for several years, retiring in 1993. Following his retirement, he was a bartender at the Laconia Lodge of Elks.

Russell was a life member of the Laconia of Elks #876 and the American Legion Wilkins Smith Post #1. He had a lot of interest in sports.

Russell is survived by his wife, Diane (Bisson) Giguere, of Lakeport; a daughter, Terri Lynn Kuroda, and two grandsons, Shouta & Ginta Kuroda, all of Simi Valley, California and several nieces and neph-ews. He was predeceased by his parents, by a sister, Patty, and by a half-sister and several half brothers.

There will be no calling hours.A Graveside Service, with military honors, will be

held in the spring at the Bean Cemetery, Moulton-borough, 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.

LACONIA — An evening of pizza and playtime — without parents — is the agenda for “Kids Night Out,” hosted by the Parks & Recreation Department from 5:30 — 9 p.m. on Friday, December 17.

Activities will include gym games, crafts, and more. The cost is $15 per child. Pre-registration is required by December 13. Call 524-5046.

‘Kids Night Out’ features pizza & fun but no parentsLACONIA — The Good Shepherd Lutheran

Church will sponsor a Cookie Walk to benefit the Handbell Choir from 11:30 a.m. — 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 19.

Proceeds will help the Handbell Choir — “A Joyful Noise” — raise funds to attend a Festival/Confer-ence in Amherst Mass in June 2011.

Cost is $6 for two dozen or $10 for four dozen homemade cookies. All are welcome to join the fun.

Cookie Walk to ring in the season at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Sunday

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Services

THE Hungry Painter: Roof Shovel-ing, Painting, small tree work,dump runs, odd jobs, drywall re-pairs. 455-6296.

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

Snowmobiles

01 Mountain Cat 600 EFI electricstart, reverse, gauges, cargo rackwith arctic bags, fuel buddy, runsgreat, adult-owned, always storedin enclosed trailer 5900 miles.$2,150. Call 520-4318

01 Yamaha Venture 500- 2-upelectric-start, reverse, 2600 milesadult owned runs great. Stored inan enclosed trailer. $2,150. Call520-4318

2002 MXZ 600 Sport, 1900 miles,recent skis, good shape. $2200.848-0014.

Storage Space

STORE your car-boat-motorcycleor RV in a clean and secure brickb u i l d i n g . L o w p r i c e s .(603)524-1430

Yard Sale

Lakeport: Indoor yard sale, 57Elm Street, Holiday Sale, Every-thing must go. Make an offer. Noreasonable offer refused. Hours:Thursday & Fridays 12:30- 4p.m.;Saturday & Sundays 8a.m.- 3 p.m.

Give your parents a vacation while you are away on vacation! Respite and Short Term Assisted Living Stays Available at Meredith Bay Colony Club!

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the laconia daily sun, december 15, 2010

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