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Cheyenne Noyes and Rose Aponte prepare their sign while Chelsea Parent and Amanda Goupil get the pizzas ready for the 4th annual NH JAG Best Pizza in Town Contest Thursday evening at Laconia High School. JAG Club members sold sample slices during basketball games that were donated by several local stores. The voting for best pizza was reported as very close, with Papa Ginos coming out on top this year. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

Cabanel leaving Laconia for MerrimackLACONIA — After working for the city

for nearly 12 years — the last 10 as city manager — Eileen Cabanel yesterday announced her resignation effective at the end of May. She has accepted the position of town manager in Merrimack, New Hamp-shire.

“I have a new job,” Cabanel said simply, adding quickly “it is very difficult to leave.” Noting that Laconia is famous for its lakes, she that the city “is really famous for its people, not its lakes. From the moment I got here,” she continued, “I cannot tell you

City Manager Eileen Cabanel(Alan MacRae photo)

how kind and warm the people have been.”

Speaking on behalf of the City Council, Mayor Mike Seymour later said that “on a personal and profes-sional level we are deeply dis-appointed.” He called Cabanel “a true champion of

Laconia” and described her tenure as “over a decade of dedication, not just work.” As an ambassador, he said that she “established relationships for the city that will benefit us for years to come.”

“I was kind of sad and disappointed Eileen decided to leave,” said Councilor Bob Hamel (Ward 5). “I thought she was a really good city manager .” He praised Cabanel for balancing the interests of the taxpay-ers and the needs of the city and for always presenting Laconia in the best light.”

Born and raised in Concord, Cabanel found herself a young single mother work-

By Michael KitchTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

see CaBaNEL page 12

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CONCORD — A proffered compro-mise was flatly rejected when the dispute between supporters and opponents of speed limits on Lake Winnipesaukee, now in its sixth year, resumed at a hearing that drew close to 100 people before the Senate

With no compromise in sight, Bradley says leave speed limit aloneTransportation Committee yesterday.

Senator Lou ‘D’Allesandro (D-Man-chester), who introduced Senate Bill 27, which would replace the limits of 45 mph. in daylight and 30 mph. after dark with a standard of “reasonable prudent,” opened the hearing by offering an amendment to maintain the speed limits everywhere but

the Broads, the expanse of open water in the center of the lake, where the “prima facie” limit would by 55 mph.

“This is offered as a compromise,” D’Allesandro told the committee, adding that “this is our last effort.”

The amendment emerged after Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro)

convened a meeting of the principal antagonists in search of a compro-mise. Safe Boaters of New Hampshire (SBONH), who have opposed speed limits and inspired SB-27 were repre-

By Michael KitchTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

see BOaT SPEEd page 11

LACONIA — After 15 years in the Belknap County Com-plex, the UNH Coop-erative Extension is seeking a new location for its offices.

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Extension service looking for new space because county wants to expand

By Gail OBerTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

see COUNTy page 10

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BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Foreign mercenaries and Libyan militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tried to roll back the uprising against his rule that has advanced closer to his stronghold in Trip-oli, attacking two nearby cities in battles that killed at least 17 people. But rebels made new gains, seizing a military air base, as Gadhafi blamed Osama bin Laden for the upheaval.

The worse bloodshed was in Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of the capi-tal Tripoli. An army unit loyal to Gadhafi opened fire with automatic weapons on a mosque where residents — some armed with hunting rifles for protection — have been holding a sit-in to support protesters in the capital, a witness said.

The troops blasted the mosque’s minaret with an anti-aircraft gun. A doctor at a field clinic set up at the mosque said he saw the

Gadhafi blames Osama bin Laden as rebels close inbodies of 10 dead, shot in the head and chest, as well as around 150 wounded. A Libyan news website, Qureyna, put the death toll at 23 and said many of the wounded could not reach hospitals because of shooting by “secu-rity forces and mercenaries.”

A day earlier, an envoy from Gadhafi had come to the city from Tripoli and warned the protesters: “Either leave or you will see a massacre,” the witness said. On Tuesday night, Gadhafi himself called on his support-ers to hunt down opponents in their homes.

Zawiya, a key city close to an oil port and refineries, is the nearest population center to Tripoli to fall into the hands of the anti-Gadhafi rebellion that began Feb. 15. Hun-dreds have died in the unrest.

Most of the eastern half of Libya has already broken away, and diplomats, min-isters and even a high-ranking cousin have abandoned Gadhafi, who has ruled

Libya for 41 years. He is still believed to be firmly in control only of the capital, some towns around it, the far desert south and parts of Libya’s sparsely populated center.

Gadhafi’s crackdown has been the harsh-est by any Arab leader in the wave of pro-tests that has swept the Middle East the past month, toppling the presidents of Lib-ya’s neighbors — Egypt and Tunisia. The New York-based Human Rights Watch has put the death toll in Libya at nearly 300, according to a partial count. Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said estimates of some 1,000 people killed were “credible.”

The upheaval in the OPEC nation has taken most of Libya’s oil production of 1.6 million barrels a day off the market, and crude prices have jumped 20 percent to two-year highs in just a week — reaching $99.77 per barrel in afternoon trading in

see LIBYA page 8

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state troopers were dispatched Thursday to the doorsteps of some of the AWOL Demo-cratic senators in hopes of finding at least one who would come back to allow a vote on a measure to curb the power of public-employee unions.

The stepped-up tactic ordered by the Republican head of the Senate came amid reports that at least a few of the missing senators were returning home at night to pick up clothes, food and other necessities, before rejoining their colleagues in Illinois.

Meanwhile, the state Assembly appeared

Wisconsin troopers sent to homes looking for truant Democratsclose to voting on the bill after more than two days of filibustering.

Democrats agreed before dawn Thurs-day to limit the remaining number of amendments they offer and the time they devote to each one. More than 12 hours after the agreement was announced, Republicans voted to cut of discussion on all amendments. Democrats planned to spend several more hours railing against the measure that Gov. Scott Walker insists is necessary to ease the state’s budget woes and avoid mass layoffs.

Democrats urged Republicans to accept

a compromise that would keep collective bargaining intact.

“We all know there is an impasse. There is one person who can end this impasse and that is Gov. Walker,” said Democratic Assembly Leader Peter Barca as debate reached its 53rd hour. “This state has never been more divided in the last 25 years. ... It’s the governor’s job to unify the state.”

But Republicans summarily rejected every Democratic amendment in the mar-athon session, which unfolded as grand political theater. Exhausted lawmakers

see WISCONSIN page 12

CONCORD (AP) — A bill that would make it lawful to brandish a gun at a trespasser who refuses a home-owner’s request to leave received mostly sup-port at a public hearing Thursday.

The bill was inspired by Moultonborough farmer Ward Bird, who was jailed on a mandatory minimum three-year sentence for brandishing a gun at a trespasser who refused to leave his remote property.

Republican Betsey Patten, whose district includes Bird’s prop-erty, said her bill would also remove the manda-tory minimum sentence provision of the crimi-nal threatening law.

Stan Cohen of Pro-Gun New Hampshire hailed the bill as mir-roring the constitu-tional provision on the right to bear arms in the protection of one’s property.

But Roy Schweiker of Concord, the lone opponent to speak, said prosecuting trespassers is preferable to threat-ening them with a gun.

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As a large and furious demonstra-tion was under way outside and inside the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison last week, Barack Obama invited in a TV camera crew from Milwaukee and proceeded to fan the flames. Dropping the mask of The Great Compromiser, Obama reverted to his role as South Chicago community organizer, charg-ing Gov. Scott Walker and the Wis-consin legislature with an “assault on unions.”

As the late Saul Alinsky admon-ished in his “Rules for Radicals,” “the community organizer ... must first rub raw the resentments of the people; fan the latent hostilities to the point of overt expression.”

After Obama goaded the demon-strators, the protests swelled. All 14 Democratic state senators fled to Illinois to paralyze the upper cham-ber by denying it a quorum. Teach-ers went on strike, left kids in the classroom and came to Madison. Schools shut down.

Jesse Jackson arrived. The White House political machine went into overdrive to sustain the crowds in Madison and other capitals and use street pressure to break gov-ernments seeking to peel back the pay, perks, privileges and power of public employee unions that are the taxpayer-subsidized armies of the Democratic Party.

Marin County millionairess Nancy Pelosi, doing a poor imitation of Emma Goldman, announced, “I stand in solidarity with the Wiscon-sin workers fighting for their rights, especially for all the students and young people leading the charge.”

Is this not the same lady who called Tea Partiers “un-American” for “drowning out opposing views”? Is not drowning out opposing views exactly what those scores of thousands are doing in Madison, banging drums inside the state Capitol? Some carried signs com-paring Walker to Hitler, Mussolini and Mubarak. One had a placard with the face of Walker in the cross hairs of a rifle sight. Major media seemed uninterested. These signs didn’t comport with their script.

In related street action, protesters, outraged over Congress’ oversight of the D.C. budget, showed up at John Boehner’s residence on Capitol Hill to abuse the speaker at his home.

And so the great battle of this generation is engaged.

Between now and 2013, the states are facing a total budget shortfall of $175-billion. To solve it, they are taking separate paths.

Illinois voted to raise taxes by two-thirds and borrow $12-billion more, $8.5-billion of it to pay over-due bills. The Republican minority fought this approach, but was out-voted and accepted defeat.

Wisconsin, however, where Republicans captured both houses and the governor’s office in Novem-ber, and which is facing a deficit of

Pat Buchanan

The Battle of Madison$3.6-billion over the next two years, has chosen to cut spending. Walker and the legislature want to require state employees, except police, fire-men and troopers, to contribute half of their future pension benefits and up to 12.6-percent of health care premiums.

Wisconsin state workers and teachers enjoy the most generous benefits of state employees any-where in America. According to the MacIver Institute, the average teacher in the Milwaukee public schools earns $100,000 a year — $56,000 in pay, $44,000 in benefits — and enjoys job security.

More controversially, Walker would end collective bargaining for benefits while retaining it for salaries and wage hikes up to annual inflation. This would ease the burden on local governments and school districts faced with the same budget crisis but less able to stand up to large and pow-erful government unions.

Other new governors like John Kasich of Ohio are looking at the Wisconsin approach to save their states from bankruptcy. They, too, are now facing massive street pro-tests instigated by Obama and orchestrated by his agents operat-ing out of the DNC.

The Battle of Madison, where Obama, Pelosi, the AFL-CIO, Jack-son, the teachers unions and the Alinskyite left are refusing to accept the results of the 2010 election and taking to the streets to break state governments, is shaping up as the first engagement in the Battle for America. What will be decided?

Can the states, with new gov-ernments elected by the people, roll back government to prevent a default? Or will the states be forced by street protests, work stoppages by legislators, and strikes by state employees and teachers to betray the people who elected them? Will they be forced to raise taxes ad infinitum to feed the government’s insatiable appetite for tax dollars?

In short, does democracy work anymore in America?

What Obama has done will come back to haunt him. He has encouraged if not incited an angry and alienated left that lost the country in a free election to overturn the results of that election by street protests and invasions of state capitols. As the huge antiwar demon-strations in the 1960s broke the presi-dency of Lyndon Johnson and sought to break the presidency of Richard Nixon, Obama and his cohorts are out to break Wisconsin. One hopes the people of Wisconsin will stand up to this extor-tion being carried on with the blessing of their own president.

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

LETTERSBaron’s Billiards Home Recreation Center will soon be closingTo the editor,

An open letter to the Lakes Region Community:

We at Baron’s Billiards have enjoyed over 20 years in business here in Belknap County. A lot of you are still playing on tables that you have pur-chased from us over the years, and we certainly appreciate your patronage. We have dealt with so many wonder-ful people, and a large number of our customers have become our friends, too…it’s been a great ride!

Unfortunately, the present economy has made carrying on the operation of our specialty retail store impossible. Billiard stores have shut down all over America in the past few years, as discretionary spending has all but dis-appeared. If we had had a crystal ball back in 2004, we never would have expanded into the large location on Union Ave across from Dairy Queen. What a difference a few years make!

We now have no choice but to close our store, too. Baron’s Billiards Home Rec-reation Center will cease operation, and we will lease out the space to another

business that may be less affected by the stagnant economic times we are in.

Going forward, my main focus will be designing and building custom log-style pool tables to order, as well as servicing pool tables. My work-shop will stay in the back of the same building we now occupy…I still need to make a living somehow.

A massive “Store Closing Sale” has been scheduled to start on Friday, March 4. Generous discounts will be available on hundreds of game room-type sale items. We will also have on hand a tremendous amount of closeout and discontinued inventory that we recently acquired.

Please stop by during our closing sale and check out some great deals on great items for home recreation use! I hope to see some of you there, and I encourage everyone to buy local whenever possible…keep your money in your neighborhood.

We are blessed to live and work in such a wonderful community, and thank you for all your support!

Mike BaronLaconia

Message would be don’t go near the Broads, speed trumps safetyTo the editor,

As you know there is a lot of high pressure political maneuvering going on regarding this bill. Unfortunately, a very selfish few are trying desperately to classify a section of the Big Lake a “racetrack”. Will such an amendment — raising the daytime speed in the Broads to 55 MPH — make the lake safer. Well, of course not!

The Broads is a wonderful place for all pleasure craft. All sizes of small craft crisscross the Broads because the fun in having a boat on the Big Lake is going places... to the Weirs, Meredith for lunch or dinner, Paugus Bay for ice cream; Wolfeboro for shop-ping and the list goes on.

When I was a camp waterfront direc-tor on Cow Island we sent overnight canoe trips; sailing trips and even rowing trips back and forth across the Broads camping out at sister and brother camps. The Broads is a great place to sail, wind surf and water-ski on a calm day. Many of these craft have very limited maneuverability. They are totally defenseless when any boat bears down on them at an excessive speed.

The present 45/30 law was researched and studied for years before it was

enacted. In the short time it has been in effect the Lake has been noticeably safer and perceived safer by the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the region. The current law, when it was under con-sideration and when it was passed by overwhelming numbers, sent a strong message that Lake Winnipesaukee was a family destination, that the state sup-ported safety and that excessive speed on the Lake would not be tolerated. Any amendment that would increase allow-able speeds anywhere on the Lake will send a very different message.

The message will be: Lake Winnipe-saukee may be a little safer but don’t go near the Broads because that is where speed trumps safety!

My views are shared by the vast majority of voters in the Lakes Region. This is our home. Our liveli-hood depends on clean water, clean air and the safe opportunity to enjoy it and share it with our visitors. Please support the current 45/30 mph law without change. Urge the Senate Transportation Committee to vote ‘inexpedient to legislate’ on SB-27. NO REPEAL NO AMENDMENT

Ed TouheyMeredith

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LETTERSWe can no longer be silent; support CH selectmen & police dept.To the editor,

It is time to stand in support for the betterment of Center Harbor and end the division that has crept into our midst. We all need to support Warrant Article #2 at Center Harbor’s Town Meeting on March 8. Look at the facts and learn why a police facility for our town is important.

First, let’s all agree that our select-men are not the villains here. We elect people whose judgment we can trust to guide us, through responsible delib-eration, toward progress. Ours have! Stagnant towns die! None of us wants our town to succumb to stagnation. Are our selectmen the only people to benefit if a new police station is built — NO, we all benefit! Have they been unwilling to involve citizens — NO! — volunteer committees of citizens have been researching this project for years. Is it their role to ensure that we are properly protected — YES and this new facility will support that effort. Our selectmen are our voice — we need to listen and VOTE YES!

Last year, a majority voted to build the proposed police station barely missing the 2/3 majority required. We can no longer be silent! We can’t let a vocal minority of citizens act like they speak for all of us! IT IS TIME TO TAKE BACK OUR TOWN and sup-port our selectmen and our police!

Key facts: The price tag: $1,275,000 — the GUARANTEED MAXIMUM;

it could be less. Tax impact: ONLY 15 cents per $1,000 assessed value. Let’s take advantage of lower costs, interest rates and opportunities NOW.

Adding onto town hall — not practi-cal because: Not structurally built for a second story; not enough land behind the building without losing parking; grandfathered against ADA laws. By adding on, that disappears and entire facility must meet ADA standards — expensive; a storm-water storage/dis-posal system will be needed — very expensive.

When the original proposed site was causing undo division, our selectmen suggested another option — reason-ably priced land near the village. The building committee agreed and, again revised the police station design to help defray the land cost.

Our police department is temporar-ily housed in a small town hall area. It’s greatly concerning that storage of evidence, weapons, etc. may not meet industry standards and/or legal require-ments. We certainly could lose criminal cases if we vote this down — COME ON — to save $30 or $50 on your tax bill?

Town Meeting is Tuesday, March 8th at 7:30 p.m. We are not isolated from crime in our town. Your YES VOTE on Warrant Article #2 IS VITAL. WE NEED 2/3 MAJORITY. Let’s get this done now!

John & Carolyn SchoenbauerCenter Harbor

Would you want love one traveling 74-ft. per second with no brakes?To the editor,

The purpose of this communication is to urge your legislators NOT to vote for the proposed Senate Bill - 27, which would replace the current boating speed limits on Lake Winnipesaukee with a number of general limits for all vessels. These limits are so vague and open to multiple interpretations of what is reasonable and prudent that it would be difficult for the Marine Patrol to observe, record, and enforce the law. The current 45/30 MPH speed limit is specific and enforceable and has made the lake safer for all who use the waters for recreational and commercial purposes.

There is no defensible reason to operate a recreational vessel over the speed of 45 miles per hour (MPH) other than to just “go fast” and that should be done on a controlled race course for the safety of all. At a speed of 45 MPH, a vessel is traveling 66 feet per second or the length of a football field every 4.5 seconds. At this speed, the boat cannot be turned sharply to avoid an accident with out subjecting the pas-sengers to ejection and the boat has NO BRAKES. Also, at this speed it is not possible to “keep a proper lookout” for other traffic in a circle around the boat. This is an absolute requirement for safe boating.

If the current speed restrictions are

replaced by general limitations of SB -27, Lake Winnipesaukee will be the place to go for high performance boats. The owners know they cannot oper-ate their vessels on the ocean in that the water surface generally has wave and swell conditions which makes it uncomfortable and could damage to the boat to go faster than 30 MPH. Most of the time, general weather regulates the speed on the ocean. This is NOT the case on the Lake. The Marine Patrol cannot possibly enforce the GENERAL limits of the proposed SB-27 with its limited capabilities on a lake with 44.580 acres of relatively calm waters . Lake Winnipesaukee will become the play ground of high performance boats at the expense of all other forms of water recreation.

Let me ask you a simple question. Would you want to have a love one as a passenger on a boat that is traveling at 50 MPH, 74 feet per second, with no brakes, cannot turn sharply, and your loved one probably not wearing a high impact life jacket or helmet, and is not strapped in a seat ? If you say, NO WAY, then I ask you to vote AGAINST Senate Bill-27 and keep the current speed limits at 45/30 MPH for Lake Winnipesaukee and make boating safe for all.

Robert L. TheveMelvin Village

Thank you to alert, skilled motorist who avoided me on Route 104To the editor,

Today, while running routine errands around town, I was rear-ended on Route 104 while turning left toward my home.

Somehow, thankfully, I subse-quently avoided being broadsided by

the oncoming car — a tan mini-van.My thanks goes out to the driver of

that van who successfully avoided me as I was bumped into their lane.

I am eternally grateful!Kate MillerMeredith

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LETTERSDo your homework & then support CH police station proposalTo the editor,

The on-going campaign of misinfor-mation by opponents of the proposed new Center Harbor police building would be entertaining if the issue at hand weren’t so important. Among the more astonishing claims:

— The proposed building would cost between $1.7-million (the Janu-ary Markley letter, which was mailed to some CH residents) and between “$2.7-million & $3.1-million” (the Markley letter that appeared in the Sun on February 16). Now that’s infla-tion for you. But where do these num-bers come from? That information hasn’t been shared with us.

— The Town would be paying 250-percent of the McCahan prop-erty’s assessed value. In reality this property is currently assessed at $249,700 and the town’ option-to-purchase price is $199,000. Better mathematical geniuses than I have worked that out to be 80-percent of the assessed value.

More disturbing, it seems to me, are the efforts to shoot down the project by trying to convince us that our Police Department is overstaffed, should be shrunk, and in any case needs, at most, some minor alterations to its existing space. But:

— From Town Meeting 2003, when an additional full-time police officer was approved through Town Meet-ing 2010, the PD budgets were passed with comfortable majorities. In other words, most of us have repeatedly

approved the current staffing level.— Universally accepted “Best

Police Practices” as well as insur-ance demands, require secure, sepa-rate areas for interviews, detainee processing and holding, weapons and evidence storage, etc. At present, our PD works out of one 400-sq.-ft. room. That means that our officers have to lock up shop and get themselves and their detainees/interviewees over to Meredith. And if Meredith is having a busy day, they just have to wait until the interview rooms and other facili-ties are available. And, incidentally, can we expect to freeload off the good taxpayers of Meredith indefinitely?

Please, before you vote on March 8, do your homework: Check out the town’s “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ) paper — it’s readily available and clearly documents the town’s facts and numbers. And remember two important points:

— The property and building will cost $1.275 TOPS. That’s all the money we’re being asked to approve — the bond is $1.2-million (with, most likely, a 30-year mortgage) and the remaining $75,000, which will come from the General Fund.

— The annual cost to you will be $0.15 for each $1,000 of your proper-ty’s assessed value — say $45 per year for a home assessed at $300,000.

That’s about the price of one dinner out at a local restaurant.

JoAnn WoodCenter Harbor

Richard Hanson wasn’t given chance to attend Meredith forumTo the editor,

On Sunday, Feb. 20 I attended a candidate’s forum in Sandwich for the contested race for the “at large” posi-tion on the Inter-Lake’s School Board. Both candidates, Mark Billings and Richard Hanson, had the opportunity to tell the audience what they feel are the important issues facing Inter-Lake’s and to answer their questions. This is the democratic process and those in attendance were thankful for this opportunity.

Unfortunately, this same opportu-nity will not be available to the resi-dents of all three towns at the next candidates’ forum scheduled for Feb, 28th in Meredith. The reason; NO INVITATION has been EXTENDED to RICHARD HANSON just to his opponent MARK BILLINGS. My question is why?

I spoke with town moderator Steve Nedeau on the 20th; he is moderating the Meredith forum. He told me that Mark Billings contacted him and asked

if he would host a candidate’s forum. Steve said he would. Obviously, Mark has known about this forum for about a week now, since it was done at his request. Does this seem fair that Richard Hanson first heard of this on the 2oth?

Steve went onto say that he did not extend the invitation himself to the can-didates but that Meredith’s Town Clerk was making the calls. I believe it is inap-propriate for a person who is on the ballot themselves to organize this event.

At the end of the forum, when Rich-ard Hanson found out about the forum scheduled in Meredith, he explained that he would be out of town and therefore, unable to attend. I asked Mark Billings if he would attend a forum where Richard had been invited and he answered he would any time.

To quote Woody Allen, “Ninety percent of life is showing up.” Well, Richard Hanson wasn’t given the opportunity to show up.

Paula TrombiMeredith

We need SB-2, our selectmen are not going good job for the townTo the editor,

Well it is that time of year, for all of Moultonborugh to vote for SB-2. It almost made it last time. Let’s all make sure that we all vote to make this pass. If we need to go around and get a petition we will do just that. It is time for us to take charge of our town before it get broke like other towns. So SB-2 it is. Come on and even get the votes from the snow birds. I am confi-

dent this time it will pass.Sorry to those who do not agree. I

do not think the selectman do a good job for the town anyway. They do not listen to the people. We want to know where our tax dollars go instead of hiding some of the things we all had the right to know.

Anna DeRoseMoultonborough

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LETTERSThe kindness of others made for a very special Valentine’s Day Purpose of SB-2 is to allow every voter to cast a secret ballot

To the editor,The February 17th editorial in a

local newspaper, entitled “SB-2 is no magic answer,” provides a mixed mes-sage about SB-2, its effect and pur-pose. Let me clarify that.

The original and sole purpose of SB-2 is 1. to separate the discussion from the voting and 2. allow every registered voter of the town to cast a secret ballot during a continuous 12-hour period or by absentee ballot, if unable to cast it in person because they are in the military, sick, away on vacation/traveling or have to work.

The net result is that a greater per-centage of taxpayers get to vote and have their voices heard on the taxes and issues that will affect them directly, compared to the old town and school meetings. That’s

the main purpose of SB-2.Much ink has been spent decrying

the low attendance at Deliberative Session, which supposedly results in uninformed voters. However, there is no valid, realistic quantification of that claim because a registered voter need not pass an exam before casting his vote.

Yes, it is entirely up to the individual to inform himself. With modern commu-nications, they have ample opportunity to become educated on the issues before voting day. And they should.

Nevertheless, the incontrovertible bottom line is this: the sole requisite to vote in New Hampshire is to be a registered voter of the town — period.

Jim LeitermanMoultonborough

To the editor,Nice to imagine a world without

money, where we all take care of each other and treat the earth like a garden.

Just finished Lester Brown’s book, “Plan B 4.0”. The first three chapters

make my “Dark Age Ahead” letter look optimistic, but the rest of the book tells what we can do to restore the earth. Which would probably work, for an intelligent species.

Dick DevensCenter Sandwich

‘Plan B 4.0’ would probably work, for an intelligent species

To the editor,On Saint Valentine’s Day, I stopped

into Whittemore’s Florist shop to buy some roses for my beautiful wife (of 67 years), Dorothy. On my way out of the shop, I mistakenly thought there was only one step and, as you might have guessed, I took a header onto the side-walk; scraping my face on the concrete and bloodying my nose. Fortunately for me, two good Samaritans immedi-ately came to my aid.

Policeman Dana Johnson, who was parked next to my car, jumped out of his truck and helped me to my feet. Officer Johnson is trained in EMT procedures, and he did a precaution-ary neurological test to assure I was able to follow his commands, and oth-erwise ensured I was okay. He was joined by Cathy Dutton, who came running out of Whittmore’s to assist

in any way she could. She patched up my bloody nose and provided nurse-like TLC. I am grateful to them both for their kindness and assistance. These two good people then went the proverbial extra mile. Cathy drove my automobile and me back to the Taylor Community, with Officer Johnson trailing in his truck. They escorted me up to my residence and my waiting wife, assuring her that all was okay. Johnson then drove Ms. Dutton back to her job at Wittemore’s and, later in the day, was nice enough to call and check on my condition.

It is not every day we get to witness or be the recipient of the kindness of others. They made Saint Valentine’s Day something special . . . and Doro-thy liked the roses, too.

John LietchLaconia

I support our team of professionals, who do their best to protect usTo the editor,

My comments here in favor of an adequate Center Harbor Police Sta-tion stem from my experience as a volunteer for 15 years at the Lakes Region State Prison in Laconia, and now at the Belknap County Jail. Our program, the Alternatives to Violence Project, allows time for sharing of experiences and activities to encour-age ways of thinking that help prevent violent acts. We stress the personal power that each person has to think in new ways to avoid having to resort to violence.

I have heard many stories from inmates about how they or others have come into custody resisting arrest and behaving angrily towards the police. I want a police station that gives our professionals the proper and safe way

to handle those who have been drink-ing, drugging or engaging in criminal activity. At least two secure rooms must be in the building to hold those arrested until they can be transferred to the Belknap County Jail in Laco-nia. Having to take them to the police station in Meredith is not a long-term solution to the need. Mark Chase, the police chief, and his staff also must have a room to conduct private inter-views and not violate confidentiality.

As a resident of Center Harbor, I support our team of professionals who do their best to protect us. I want them to be valued enough by our com-munity that we give them the work-space that allows them to carry out their duties efficiently and well.

Mary Alice WarnerCenter Harbor

Does Sanbornton really even have need for a Recreation Department?To the editor,

The Sanbornton Recreation Commis-sion is requesting a $112,356 budget for FY 2012 and the selectmen have rec-ommended $111,382. This would result in nearly a 6-percent increase over this year’s approved budget. 80-percent of the current budget was attributed to full and par-time employee compensation. In addition the Recreation Commission has also asked the selectmen to sponsor a town warrant for $58,000 for additional construction projects at the town park.

Considering the foundering state of our economy, doesn’t it seem irresponsi-ble for town appointed and elected rep-resentatives to even consider such an

extraneous (and extravagant) expense?With a population of under 3,000,

Sanbornton currently has at least 14-20 families seeking assistance from our town food bank. As time goes on, it’s a pretty good bet that, that number will increase. Unemployment and foreclosures are also bound to increase; potentially having an impact on the town’s ability to collect owed property taxes.

With no quantitative proof that all citizens are benefiting from the Rec-reation Department, the question is, do we really need (and can we really afford), a recreation department at all?

Bill Whalen, Sanbornton

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Grant’s band, comprised of expe-rienced, battle-hardened profession-als, first played together during the summer of 2009 and became a seri-ous, full-time operation about 18 months ago. A year after that, they couldn’t get away from the podium at the annual awards ceremony for the New Hampshire Country Music Asso-ciation and the New England Country Music Organization, earning them the right to take their talents to the stage in Pigeon Forge.

Such a precipitous rise is due to the experience, professionalism and work ethic of the band members, said Grant. However, their quick success has inspired a common refrain said during band meetings: “What a great problem to have,” Grant said.

Grant is experiencing the greatest professional success he’s known, and with that success comes complica-tions. For example, they aren’t signed to a major record label and don’t enjoy the trappings that come along

with such an arrangement. Plans for their trip next week have a core group of the band traveling to Nashville, where they’ll network with industry representatives, before meeting the rest of the band in Pigeon Forge for their competition performance.

Without corporate backing, the band will have to fund the trip them-selves. To help them do so, they’re holding a fund raising concert tonight (Friday) at Shooter’s Tavern on Rte. 3 in Belmont. The concert will feature a raffle with tickets costing $10 each. The band will take the stage at 8 p.m., play three sets, and at the end of the second set the winning ticket will be drawn.

The raffle prize, Grant said, will be “a night with the Eric Grant Band – you pick when and where and we’ll play your party, your barbecue, you’re wedding, whatever.”

It might seem like an unusual level of fan support that the band is asking for, but Grant said the reaction has been even more unusual. On top of buying tickets, he said, several people have made outright donations, some in the triple digits, to help propel the band onward. It would seem there are many vying for the title of number one fan. Grant said he often gets “choked up” thinking about it.

Beyond their own success, Grant said the band is heading into the heart of the country music industry with a mission: show that there’s a healthy country music scene in New England, New Hampshire in specific.

The rise of the Eric Grant BandConcert tonight in Belmont will raise funds for contest trip

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Hours after the attack in Zawiya, Gadhafi called in to state TV and in a rambling speech expressed condo-lences for the dead but then angrily scolded the city’s residents for siding with the uprising.

He blamed the revolt on bin Laden and teenagers hopped up on halluci-nogenic pills given to them “in their coffee with milk, like Nescafe.”

“Shame on you, people of Zawiya, control your children,” he said, addressing residents of the city out-side Tripoli where the mosque attack took place. “They are loyal to bin Laden,” he said of those involved in the uprising. “What do you have to do with bin Laden, people of Zawiya? They are exploiting young people ... I insist it is bin Laden.”

Gadhafi quickly condemned the Sept. 11 attacks that bin Laden mas-terminded, saying: “We have never seen such a horrific and terrifying act performed in such a exhibition-ist manner.” He cracked down on his country’s Muslim militants, includ-ing those linked to al-Qaida. But in 2009, he said bin Laden had shown signs that he is open to dialogue and recommended that President Barack

Obama seek an opening with the ter-rorist leader.

Thousands massed in Zawiya’s main Martyrs Square by the Souq Mosque after the attack, shouting for Gadhafi to “leave, leave,” the wit-ness said. “People came to send a clear message: We are not afraid of death or your bullets,” he said.

In the latest blow to the Libyan leader, a cousin who is one of his closest aides, Ahmed Gadhaf al-Dam, announced that he has defected to Egypt in protest against the regime’s bloody crackdown, denouncing what he called “grave viola-tions to human rights and human and international laws.”

Gadhaf al-Dam is one of the highest level defections to hit the regime so far, after many ambassadors around the world, the justice minister and the interior minister all sided with the protesters. Gadhaf al-Dam belonged to Gadhafi’s inner circle, served as his liaison with Egypt and frequently appeared by his side.

The regime’s other attempt to take back lost territory came east of Trip-oli. Pro-Gadhafi militiamen — a mix of Libyans and foreign mercenaries — assaulted a small airport outside Libya’s third largest city, Misrata, about 120 miles (200 kilometers) from the capital.

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Grant noted that when the Meadowbrook U.S. Cel-lular Pavilion books country acts, they often sell out. “We really take pride in New Hampshire, we want to let Tennessee experience a little bit of New Hamp-shire country,” Grant said.

Regardless of the outcome of the competition at Pigeon Forge, the Eric Grant Band’s star appears to be on the rise. The fi nal preparations of an album, recorded at Studio Metronome in Brookline, N.H., are being made, and Grant said the band hopes to sched-ule a CD release party sometime at the end of March or early in April. They’ll hope to sell those CDs by the box full, as their tour schedule is booked for nearly

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every weekend for the remainder of the year.With what they’ve experienced in the last 12 months,

it’s hard to limit their expectations for the coming year. Their maturity has afforded them the perspective to enjoy the ride, Grant said. “This whole thing of chasing the dream is absolutely brand-new, it’s like we’re all 20 years old again. It’s amazing, it’s overwhelming at times, it’s emotional, it’s exhilarating.”

The Eric Grant Band plays a genre of music called “new country” or “crossover country.” They play a mix of covers and original songs, performed featur-ing acoustic instruments and piano, electric guitars and prominent vocals and harmonies.

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MOULTONBOROUGH — A family of four escaped safely after an early morning fi re destroyed their two-story, rented 101-year-old home at 8 Bean Road.

At the fi re scene Thursday morning, resident Cindy LaBlanc, wearing a winter coat over pajamas, said she awoke in an upstairs bedroom to a “mass of smoke,” and went downstairs to explore whether it was from the woodstove on the fi rst fl oor. Instead, she saw a glow on the fl oor of an unused fi rst fl oor bedroom near where the chimney’s ashes collect under a small metal panel. She said the room was engulfed in smoke, but the smoke alarm didn’t go off.

Family members including husband, Doug, LaBlanc’s son, Cody, 16, and daughter, Danielle, 12, got out of the house with just the clothes — or paja-mas — on their backs. Once outside, LaBlanc said her daughter, Danielle, 12, knocked on the next-door neighbor’s door, Moultonborough fi refi ghter Justin Conway. Conway said he checked inside the home to make sure no one else was inside, and then alerted dispatch at 4:52 a.m.

The Center Harbor department is just 1,300 feet from the 1910 home, and Moultonborough Fire Chief David Bengtson credited Center Harbor Fire Chief John Schlemmer for laying fi re hoses immediately from a hydrant system that pumps water up from underground pipes into the lake.

The weather was cold, but Bengtson said there were no issues with icing or water supply. The chal-lenge was fi ghting the fi re in the L-shaped, wood-

Early morning fi re destroys century-old home on Moultonborough/Center Harbor town line

frame Victorian style home, structures that typically have narrow stairways.

“Once the fi re gets into the voids and spaces, it can quickly travel through the house,” Bengtson said.

While the fi re wasn’t directly attributed to the woodstove, Bengtson pointed to the need to clean out ashes and dispose of them in a metal container stored far away from the house.

LaBlanc, who works at Moultonborough Central School, said the family with likely stay with other family members and that the American Red Cross also offered to assist. She said most of their belong-ings were destroyed, but a lot of those items can be replaced.

However, she did lose many family photos. “Some things like that are irreplaceable.”

Building owners Sally and Douglas Murphy, who were at the fi re scene, said the home had fi re insur-ance, but that the LaBlancs didn’t have renters’ insurance. The couple said they were glad no one was hurt.

“She lost everything,” Sally Murphy said.Looking around at the burned furnishing and

rubble the fi refi ghters hauled out of the structure, Mrs. Murphy said it was likely the building will be torn down. She said at one time the house was the Holiday House Antiques store.

Crews and equipment from the Moultonborough Fire/Rescue, Center Harbor Fire/Rescue, Meredith Fire Department, Sandwich Fire Department, and Holderness Fire Departments responded, and the Tuf-tonboro Fire Department provided station coverage.

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Patten acknowledged her proposal is a reaction to the charge against Bird, but said it’s also a reclama-tion of property owners’ rights.

Bird was jailed in November after his appeal to the New Hampshire Supreme Court failed. He was released Feb. 2, after the Executive Council took the rare step of commuting his sentence. The felony con-viction remains on his record and he can no longer possess fi rearms, unless he can convince a judge to annul or expunge his record.

“His ordeal continues until he can clear his record,” Patten told the committee.

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Chandler is now one of two applicants still under consideration for the county attorney position recently vacated by James Carroll IV, who accepted an appointed to the judgeship of the Laconia Dis-trict Court shortly after his re election last year.

The unreleased documents include inter-offi ce communications between Chandler and former Interim County Attorney Wayne Coull, witness statements from unknown individuals, payroll information and other written and electronic com-munications between the County Attorney’s Offi ce and former County Administrator Nancy Cook.

Chandler, who was an assistant prosecutor in the

County releases list of 350 documents pertaining to Lori Chandler’s departure from county attorney’s office in 2006; public not allowed to read any of them

County Attorney’s Offi ce until 2006 and went by the name of Christmann, departed suddenly in October of that year after an alleged falling out with Coull, who had assumed leadership of the county attor-ney’s offi ce when former County Attorney Lauren Noether joined the state Attorney General’s Offi ce.

The volume of the paperwork involved suggests the drama surrounding Chandler’s leaving was con-siderable. And the public was non the wiser.

Although one of the terms of her departure was never again to seek employment with the county, she can be a candidate for an elected position.

Information that was released as a result of the Right-To-Know request was that Belknap County agreed to pay up to $3,000 in legal fees for the attor-ney handling Chandler’s departure and also paid $8,398 to its own lawyers.

The Belknap County Convention will choose between Chandler or Alton Prosecutor Melissa Guldbrandsen at its March 7 meeting.

BY GAIL OBERTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

Shackett, the county administrative wing is “out of space.” and needs the square footage occupied by the UNH Cooperative for the past 15 years.

“We have asked them to move,” Shackett said.“We are continuing our relationship with them,

just not here,” she continued.The UNH Cooperative Extension is an arm of the

University of New Hampshire system and is funded by the county, the college and the federal govern-ment. It provides a number of services to Belkanp county residents, including forestry and agriculture advice, nutrition classes, wellness and 4-H.

It is researched-based so the information provided is accurate.

Shackett said the county will continue to fi nan-cially support the Cooperative Extension and will return to its past policy of giving them the money to pay the rent. Before moving to the county complex the Extension was housed in the Belknap Mill.

Shackett said the planned renovation of the county complex off North Main Street will be paid from federal stimulus dollars and there is $700,000 set aside for the project, that, as it stands now, includes a workout facility for county employees.

She said there is currently a weight room used by the Sheriff ’s Department that has “been a bone of contention” for other employees because only the Sheriff ’s Department employees can use it.

Sheriff Craig Wiggin said the room was built by former Sheriff Dan Collis and contains equipment donated primarily by members of his department who like the ability to work out at their work place.

The architectural plan calls for one workout room, with lockers and showers, located in what is now the Belknap County Convention meeting room.

Shackett said the wing currently used by the

Cooperative will become the fi nance wing of the county offi ces and will also house members of the Nursing Home fi nance team, as well as her staff.

She said she and the commissioners budgeted about $700,000 for the renovation — a number based on a facilities analysis prepared last year that was also paid for by federal stimulus dollars.

The issue now is the architect estimates the renovation would cost $1.1-million but Shackett said there is some play in that number because he calls for things like new furniture that will not be included in the fi nal plan.

“If there’s not enough money I would recommend not building the gym,” she said saying the nursing home could always use the space for some much needed storage.

The recommended county budget, upon which the convention will vote on March 7, adds $20,000 to the $150,000 County contribution for the Cooperative Extension to pay for its relocation.

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As speaker after speaker addressed the commit-tee for three hours it soon became clear that the dif-ferences between the two sides were as deep as ever and, far from serving to affect a compromise, the proposal to exempt the Broads added a fresh bone of contention.

Scott Verdonck of Goffstown, president of the SBONH and his members, trotted out data to show that speed limits were unnecessary. He noted that in 2007, when Marine Patrol monitored the lake, the average speed was 23 mph. and no boat was clocked at more than 62 mph. He reminded the committee that in December Dave Barrett, director of Marine Patrol, said that speed was not a problem before the limits were imposed and remains a “minor concern.” Congestion has not increased but decreased, Verdonck claimed, referring to boat registrations, which since 2005 have declined to their lowest level since 1998.

John Harrington of Moultonborough suggested the speed limits, along with the rhetoric about the dan-gers of boating on Lake Winnipesaukee, have contrib-uted to a drop in tourism with adverse impacts on the regional and state economy. Moreover, he noted that the economic benefits of powerboat are roughly $6,000 greater than those of kayaks and canoes.

Many of those favoring the speed limits countered that since they were imposed the lake has become, as several speakers put it, “safe for all.”

David Beardsley of the Gilford Islands Association told the committee that “people are again beginning to think about allowing their children to float between neighbors’ docks on the islands and adults are show-ing signs of swimming longer distances for exercise without fear. You can’t put numbers on these things,” he continued. “They have to be witnessed. It means family time is coming back to the lake.”

Merrill Fay of Fay’s Boat Yard in Gilford, which

caters to sailors, said that despite the recession his business has improved since the limits were imposed. “People are coming back to the lake,” he said.

Representative Jim Pilliod (R-Belmont), who sponsored the original speed limit bill, said that the ultimate success of the legislation elicited “an enor-mous positive positive reaction from the public” and reminded the committee that the House approved speed limits three times.

While Verdonck described the Broads as a swath of open water six miles long and three miles across, where speed limits are inappropriate and unneces-sary, Ed Touhey of Meredith, a former waterfront director at boys camp, insisted “the Broads is a crossroads, just as active as any other part of the lake and deserves caution.”

He was echoed by Mark Watson, a retired mer-chant mariner of Rattlesnake Island, who described the Broads as “my front yard” and a “high density traffic area.” He found the proposal to left the speed limit “insulting.”

Sandy Helve of WinnFABs took exception to be branded “unreasonable” and “not open to compro-mise,” recalling that the group originally insisted on 45 mph. in daytime and 25 mph. at night, but agreed to raise the nighttime limit to 30 mph. “We’ve tried to listen to everyone,” she said. “We’re not a self-interested, small group of people.” Polls, she claimed, showed consistent widespread support for the speed limits. “They’re working,” she declared.

With no compromise in the offing, Bradley spoke against the bill, saying simply “it has proven to work,” which prompted Senator Jim Rausch (R-Derry) chairman of the committee, to remark “there is a lesson in brevity.”

With the Legislature bracing for another pro-tracted debate on the issue, Verdonck recalled that when the debate raged a year ago, the SBONH bom-barded lawmakers with more than 130,000 e-mails from boaters around the country before deciding to call off the dogs.

“We thank you for that,” Rausch replied.

BOAT SPEED from page one

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder weren’t content with just being top-tier playoff contenders, swapping starters Thursday in a surprising deadline deal.

The Celtics sought a throwback to their style of play during their 2008 championship run, send-ing center Kendrick Perkins to Oklahoma City and acquiring forward Jeff Green and center Nenad Krstic.

“I’m just as surprised as everyone else was,” said LeBron James, whose Miami Heat started the day tied with Boston for the best record in the Eastern Conference.

The Celtics also dealt three-time slam dunk cham-pion Nate Robinson to the Thunder and received a 2012 first-round draft pick and cash in the deal that was approved by the NBA about five hours after the trade deadline. The draft pick was previously owned by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Perkins recently returned from a knee injury he sustained in Game 6 of the NBA finals. Once loaded with interior size, the Celtics will now have to hope Shaquille O’Neal or Jermaine O’Neal get healthy in time for the playoffs.

“We need to get Shaq healthy. Shaq will be healthy. But if Shaq plays great, then this deal was obviously really, really good for us,” coach Doc Rivers said. “And that’s on Shaq. Getting Shaq in great shape, getting him ready, getting him healthy is really going to be important for us in the playoffs.”

The Thunder parted with Green, their third-lead-ing scorer who frequently played out of position at the power forward spot, and the 7-foot Krstic for the chance to get the key interior defender they had been lacking. General manager Danny Ainge called him an “integral” part of Boston’s championship run three seasons ago.

Perkins could team with second-year pro Serge Ibaka in a revamped frontcourt to go along with high-scoring All-Stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Oklahoma City sits fourth in the West,

Celtics trade Perkins to Thunder; get Green in returnand general manager Sam Presti said it is “never easy to make decisions such as these.”

“We had a unique opportunity to add a proven presence in our front court in acquiring Kendrick,” Presti said. “He will help anchor our defense while Nate will add depth and athleticism to our back-court.”

The versatile Green can be a backup at multiple positions and fill the void Boston created by trading away injured swingman Marquis Daniels to Sacra-mento.

Rivers envisions Green in the same role James Posey had when the Celtics last won the title, shift-ing to power forward with Kevin Garnett at center to spread the floor for Rajon Rondo.

“We’ve been trying to get that lineup since Posey left. And I think people forget how many times we did that in the playoffs, which was every fourth quarter for the most part,” Rivers said. “We haven’t been able to duplicate that.”

Green’s production dropped off after he missed seven games early this season with a sprained left ankle, but he was starting to break out of it recently. He had been averaging just 13.7 points over a 29-game span, but surpassed 20 points in four of his last 10 games leading up to the trade deadline.

“That’s ironic that now we’re a team of continuity and consistency,” said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, as Miami was the only one of the top six East teams without some tinkering around the trade deadline.

The inclusion of Krstic, the Thunder’s starting center since they brought him back to the NBA from Russia in December 2008, should help offset Boston’s loss of Perkins. Krstic had been out of the league after suffering a knee injury with New Jersey.

“He’s really appreciative of the opportunity Okla-homa City gave him. They really gave him a second chance coming out of Russia into the NBA,” Krstic’s agent, Marc Cornstein, said. “He’s excited about going to Boston and to hopefully bring them a title.”

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In this photo from the Daily Sun archives, Laconia City Manager is seen taking her oath of office at City Hall in February 2001. Flanking her are her daughter and then mayor, now councilor, Matt Lahey.

ing two jobs without a car when she enrolled in night school at Franklin Pierce College, where she gradu-ated magna cum laude with majors in accounting, business management and computer science. She went to work for an accounting firm performing municipal audits and in 1990 switched sides to become finance director for the city of Somersworth.

Cabanel came to Laconia as finance director in August 1999 and less than a year-and-a-half later, in February, 2001, succeeded Dan McKeever to become only the third city manager in the 40 years since the position was established.

“Eileen grew into the city manager’s job,” said City Councilor Matt Lahey (Ward 2), who was serving the third of his five terms as mayor when she was appointed. “She was a finance person and that was always her strength, but she really learned about all the other responsibilities of a city manager.” In particular, Lahey said that Cabanel took a great interest in economic development. “She was very enthusiastic about trying to make things happen,” he said, “and was great to work with.”

Lahey offered that Cabanel’s presence would be especially missed as the community pursues the reopening of the Colonial Theater. “She has been the leader on that project,” he said.

Mark Fraser, who represented Ward 1 on the council in 2001 and was twice elected mayor, said that Cabanel “has done a fantastic job for the people of the city.” He pointed to her “ability to communi-cate very well and to take charge. She knew she had duties that required tough decisions,” he remarked, “and she made them without looking back and having regrets.” Fraser said that the city has been fortunate to have city managers for long tenures. “Consistency is important,” he explained, “especially for the employees and Eileen has worked well with our employees.”

Reflecting on her tenure, Cabanel said that she was most pleased to have contributed to a number of major capital projects, including the library addi-tion, police station, Weirs boardwalk, downtown riv-erwalk, several bridges and boat ramp, and to have ensured the financial strength and stability of the

city. She said that during the decade the city under-took $11.3-million worth of street improvements and completed a total revaluation of all property.

Cabanel stressed the part played by city employ-ees and city councilors. “I can’t say enough about our employees,” she said. “About how hard they work and how they have the best interests of the city at heart.” The department heads, she said, “are some of the best in the state” and, equally important, “work beautifully together.” The mayor and city council she called “the best since I have been here.”

“Eileen has run a good ship,” declared Councilor Brenda Baer (Ward 4). “She tried very hard to find projects to help business in the city and always threw 100-percent of herself into them.” She said that while she regretted Cabanel’s decision, she understood that “there was a lot of stress and disappointment along with the satisfaction of doing a good job.”

Cabanel said that “the most difficult and most sat-isfying of all the projects” was the construction of the new middle school. “It was a cooperative effort between the City Council and the School Board,” she said. “It took a solid year of meetings and we worked together to complete a $23-million project within the limits of the tax cap.”

Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3), who joined the council in 2006, said “Eileen deserves a lot of the credit for the middle school.” He said that together with Finance Director Pam Reynolds, Cabanel showed how, by working together, the city and School District could finance the project without placing onerous burdens on property taxpayers.

Likewise, she said that she was proud of her part in important private initiatives like redeveloping of the Allen-Rogers property and hosting the Laconia Muskrats.

“I don’t even like baseball,” Cabanel confessed, “but it’s so great to see families sitting out under the lights at that beautiful spot.”

Cabanel said that together with rebuilding cen-tral fire station and renovating the high school, the Colonial Theater were the outstanding projects that remain to be completed. “The Colonial Theater,” she said “has never been me personally, but always about the community.”

CABANEL from page one

MERRIMACK — The town council formally wel-comed Eileen Cabanel, who announced her resigna-tion as Laconia City Manager yesterday, as the next town manager when it met last night.

Cabanel, who will take up her duties in June, will be paid approximately $120,000, somewhat more than the $111,427 she earned in Laconia.

Tom Koenig, chairman of the town council, stressed that Cabanel’s “strong financial background will be an asset to our accounting department, it will be an asset to the council, and her general strength in leadership is going to be a gigantic asset to Merri-mack also.”

“She’s very enthusiastic,” said councilor Jackie Flood, “and she’s got a lot of experience. Her finan-cial background appealed to us a good deal.”

Councilor Dave Yakuboff expected Cabanel “is going to do great things for Merrimack. She defi-nitely has the spirit going for her and the enthusi-asm to take Merrimack to the next step.”

Merrimack, a town of 27,000, is governed by a seven-member town council and the official ballot, or SB-2. Fidelity Investments is the largest employer with a payroll of 6,000. PC Connections, BAE Sys-tems, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., GT Solar, Inc. and Brookstone, Inc. also have operations in Merrimack.

(Jake Berry of the Nashua Telegraph contributed to this story.)

Cabanel warmly received by Merrimack council; will be paid $120,000 per year

By Michael KitchTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Mayor Mike Seymour said yesterday that the process of hiring a city manager to succeed Eileen Cabanel will begin next week, when the City Council will issue a request for proposals (RFPs) from firms to assist with the search for candidates.

Seymour said that the RFPs would be submitted by March 9 and the council would select a firm either at a special meeting that week or at its regularly scheduled meeting on March 14. He anticipated that “in an ideal world” the council would make an appointment between 90 and 120 days after begin-ning the search.

Cabanel will remain on the job until the end of May. Seymour said that if an interim city manager should be required, the council would consider assembling a team from among the department heads or hiring a temporary caretaker through one of several firms.

— Michael Kitch

Laconia council will expedite search for new city manager

limped around the chamber, rubbing their eyes and yawning as Wednesday dragged into Thursday.

Around midnight, Rep. Dean Kaufert, a Republi-can from Neenah, accused Democrats of putting on a show for the protesters. Democrats leaped up and started shouting.

“I’m sorry if democracy is a little inconvenient, and you had to stay up two nights in a row,” Pocan said. “Is this inconvenient? Hell, yeah, it’s inconve-nient! But we’re going to be heard!”

Democrats, who are in the minority, don’t have the votes to stop the bill once the vote occurs.

But even after the bill passes the Assembly, it cannot become law until it also passes the Senate, where action has been stymied by the Democrats’ absence. At least one of them needs to be there in order for Republicans to take up the bill since the GOP is one seat short of having a quorum.

The Senate convened at 7 a.m. Thursday just long enough to take a roll call, which allows for the sergeant at arms staff to go to missing lawmakers’ homes with police.

Troopers went to multiple homes but left after find-ing no one home, said Sergeant at Arms Ted Blazel.

WISCONSIN from page one

In a separate deal, Boston got a second-round draft pick from the Cleveland Cavaliers for reserves Luke Harangody and Semih Erden for a total of five Celtics players departing.

“It’s always going to have an effect on chemistry, when you take away guys, you add guys,” guard Delonte West said. “At the end of the day, we’re still professionals. We’ve got to be basketball players. Somehow, some way, we have to make it work.”

Oklahoma City also added frontcourt depth by acquiring backup center Nazr Mohammed from Charlotte in exchange for seldom-used forward D.J. White and veteran guard Morris Peterson, who had played in only four games this season.

“Tough day for me and my teammates ... good luck to jeff green, nenad krstic, (Peterson) and Dj white,” Durant posted on his Twitter account. “we will miss u guys 4 sure.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll be nudged into new territory. You can get grounded by affi rming that you are still the same you. In all matters you take on, get your own approval fi rst, and then it won’t be so hard to get anyone else’s. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Imag-ined limitations are to blame for many problems. Get some help with accom-plishing a diffi cult task, and you’ll fi nd out that it’s not so hard, after all. An expert will demystify the process. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Taking on too grave a tone could hinder your ability to attract certain people and keep their attention. Luckily, you have a talent for levity and fun, and you’ll need it in today’s interactions. CANCER (June 22-July 22). There is no need to be self-conscious and overly concerned about what others think. It’s very likely that what you believe is a shortcoming is all in your mind. Forget about it, and everyone else will, too. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Drop the unimportant stuff so that you can focus on what means the most to you. There’s plenty of work to do if you want it, though leisure well spent is even more important to your thriving life right now. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Having a strong opinion can sometimes increase your power, though right now so many of your thoughts and emotions on a topic are unresolved. Stay open-minded. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You may be building up an event to be much bigger than it should be in your mind. This is not an end-all-be-all situation. There will always be another opportu-nity. Try hard, but don’t take yourself too seriously.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Second chances abound, and so do third and fourth chances. Tests can be retaken, mail can be resent, relation-ships can get a new start. Knowing this, ease up on yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). People trying to sell you something will lead you to believe that there is not very much of it left in the world. This is prob-ably untrue. Relax and take the long view of things. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your sign mate Isaac Newton noted that objects in motion tend to stay in motion, and objects at rest tend to stay at rest. You’ll tune into the nature of those around you and adjust your expectations accordingly. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Find a way to get sunshine and fun into your life, even if you have to look at pictures of the beach to accomplish this. The sun’s rays will dissolve your inner barri-ers to feeling fantastic and living the life you really want to live. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Pre-sume that your ailment has an easy remedy. With that mindset, you will quickly discover the solution, and oth-erwise, you’ll spend too much of your time and energy in “search” mode. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 25). You have intense energy and vitality and will focus them well this year. You’ll benefi t from advanced training of some kind in March. Your skillful management of funds will bring a higher degree of freedom to you and yours. In May, you will deepen your relationships through improved communication. You have a fan in Sagittarius and Aquarius people. Your lucky numbers are: 24, 3, 22, 39 and 16.

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Today is Friday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2011. There are 309 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Feb. 25, 1913, the 16th Amendment

to the Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, was declared in effect by Secretary of State Phi-lander Chase Knox.

On this date:In 1836, inventor Samuel Colt patented

his revolver.In 1901, United States Steel Corp. was

incorporated by J.P. Morgan.In 1919, Oregon became the fi rst state to

tax gasoline, at one cent per gallon.In 1940, a hockey game was televised

for the fi rst time, by New York City station W2XBS, as the New York Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 6-2, at Madison Square Garden.

In 1948, Communists seized power in Czechoslovakia.

In 1950, “Your Show of Shows,” starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris, debuted on NBC-TV.

In 1964, Cassius Clay (later Muham-mad Ali) became world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.

In 1986, President Ferdinand Marcos fl ed the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election; Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency.

In 1990, Nicaraguans went to the polls in an election that resulted in an upset victory for the alliance opposed to the ruling San-dinistas.

In 1991, during the Persian Gulf War, 28 Americans were killed when an Iraqi Scud missile hit a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

One year ago: President Barack Obama convened a health care summit with Demo-crats and Republicans; after a day of debate and disagreement, the president concluded the talkfest with a bleak assessment that an accord might not be possible.

Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Ralph Stanley is 84. Actor Tom Courtenay is 74. CBS newsman Bob Schieffer is 74. Actress Diane Baker is 73. Actress Karen Grassle is 67. Humorist Jack Handey is 62. Movie director Neil Jordan is 61. Rock musician Dennis Diken (The Smithereens) is 54. Rock singer-musician Mike Peters (The Alarm) is 52. Actress Veronica Webb is 46. Actor Alexis Denisof is 45. Actress Tea (TAY’-ah) Leoni is 45. Comedian Carrot Top is 44. Actress Lesley Boone is 43. Actor Sean Astin is 40. Singer Daniel Powter is 40. Latin singer Julio Iglesias Jr. is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Justin Jeffre is 38. Rock musician Rich-ard Liles is 38. Actor Anson Mount is 38. Comedian Chelsea Handler is 36. Actress Rashida Jones is 35. Actor Justin Berfi eld is 25. Actors James and Oliver Phelps (“Harry Potter” movies) are 25.

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CALENDARTODAY’S EVENTS

Community ice skating party sponsored by Gilford Parks and Recreation. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Arthur A. Tilton Ice Rink. The event will be family-friendly and will feature music and hot chocolate. Participants should brink their own skates, dress for the weather and avoid parking along the road. No hockey sticks or pucks.

Giggles & Grins Playgroup meets Tuesdays, Thurs-days and Fridays for parents and children through 5-years-old. Free. 9 to 11 a.m. at the Family Resource Center of Central N.H. (635 Main Street in Laconia.) For more information call 524-1741.

Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library. 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Stories, songs and crafts fro ages 1-3. Sign-up is help-ful.

Al-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.

Indoor climbing wall drop-in time at Meredith Com-munity Center. 6 to 8 p.m. Climb Mt. Meredith, a 24-ft. indoor climbing wall. $1 per person. Please pay at the front desk.

Silent Auction at Lakes Region Community College extended through noon on Monday February 28 in Ben-nett Library. All Proceeds to benefit student building trip to Haiti. Public welcome!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26Ham, bean and pasta dinner at Gilmanton Commu-

nity Church in support of Miranda Bushnell of GIW. $8/adult, $7/senior. $6/child (6-12). Funds raised will be used to support Miranda’s participation in the People to People Ambassadors Program.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton. 4:30 to 6 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at mark@trinitytilton.org.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hos-pital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

Wild Winter Walk at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness. 10 a.m. to noon. A naturalist-guided walk on the Gephart Exhibit Trail. Participants should be prepared for outdoor winter conditions and snowshoeing. (Snowshoes are available at no extra cost if conditions war-rant.) $8/member. $10/non-member. To register call 968-7194. www.nhnature.org.

Rollerskating fundraiser for the Laconia Middle School PTO. 1 to 3 p.m. at Skate Escape on Court Street in Laconia. $7/person includes rental skates. Tickets pur-chased for canceled date will be honored on 27th.

Wild Winter Walk at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness. 1 to 3 p.m.. A naturalist-guided walk on the Gephart Exhibit Trail. Participants should be prepared for outdoor winter conditions and snowshoeing. (Snowshoes are available at no extra cost if conditions war-rant.) $8/member. $10/non-member. To register call 968-7194. www.nhnature.org.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: We daughters-in-law have a problem. Our in-laws are unable to care for themselves. More than 10 years ago, Mom developed a brain tumor. She’s lost her long-term memory, and her personality went from sweet to the complete opposite. Dad has been a saint caring for her. All of the siblings contribute as much time and money as we can, but we don’t all live close by, and we have our own health problems and other obligations. Both Mom and Dad are diabetic and overweight. Family members bring in food, and they are signed up for Meals on Wheels, but they still don’t eat enough protein. They also smell of urine, and we’re not sure how often they bathe. We have arranged to do their laundry and for someone to clean the house every week. Mom wears adult diapers, but still has accidents. She falls a lot, and Dad cannot pick her up. She has a medical alarm that occasionally is set off accidentally in the middle of the night. Dad takes his hearing aids out when he sleeps and doesn’t hear the telephone call from the company or from us, and Mom won’t answer the phone. My husband ends up rushing there in the wee hours, and it wreaks havoc on his workday. Dad doesn’t think they can afford to go into assisted living. He’s afraid if they sell the house, they will run out of money before they die. We have asked our husbands to talk to Dad, but they haven’t. Should we contact their doctors? What do we do next? -- Help, Please Dear Help: You are caring daughters-in-law to take on this responsibility. By all means, talk to their doctors so they are aware of all factors regarding your in-laws’ health. You can check out in-home support and other options through the Eldercare Locator (www.eldercare.gov) at 1-800-677-1116. Or, for a fee, you can arrange a consultation through the National Assn. of Professional Geriatric Care Managers at careman-

ager.org. Dear Annie: Does it ever drive you crazy that you get only one side of the story from people asking your advice? My sister used to be under the care of a psychiatrist, and she would relate some of the stuff she told the therapist. From my perspective, her therapist was getting an awfully slanted view of the facts, with my sister portraying herself in the best possible light. How is it possible to give useful advice if your understanding of the situation might well be skewed? -- Just Wondering Dear Wondering: We understand quite well that we are only getting one side of the story -- it’s the only one available to us. Even so, for the person writing, that is their reality, and the only way to help is to acknowledge it as such and work from there. We are, however, more fortunate than psychia-trists because our readers are eager to weigh in and give us an earful of the “other side” of the story. Dear Annie: I would like to add another suggestion for “Paranoid,” the 15-year-old victim of a home burglary. I suggest she call the family court in her locale and ask to speak to a victim’s assistance counselor. Many municipali-ties offer myriad services, programs and counseling through their courts that are effective and oftentimes free. In addition, many places have funds set aside for victims of crimes to get whatever help they may need. Even if the family court itself offers no services, an offi cer or counselor at the court could direct this teen to any number of resources in the community. -- Carol in Kirkwood, Mo. Dear Carol: Thanks to all the readers who wrote in with suggestions and letters of support. We appreciate your con-cern.

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

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

BELMONT Condo: 2-bedroom,2-bath, single-level, washer/dryerhookup, garage. Non-smoker,Near LRCC/LRGH, security de-posit. $995/month. 528-1432.

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

BRISTOL: 2BR apt, heat and hotwater included. $675 a month.217-4141.

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

FOR RENT OR SALE- WeirsBeach Condo. 2-bedroom, 2-bath,fully renovated. $900/Month +Utilities & Security deposit. Or,$1,000/Month utilities included +security deposit. Sale $110,000.Many amenities. 603-279-5991

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

For Rent

FRANKLIN- Riverfront, 1 Bed-room, 2nd Floor, Storage.$650/mo + Utilities, Security De-posit. No Pets, 387-4471.

Laconia 1 room for rent. 118Court St. 1st floor, $120/Week in-cludes everything. Own bathroom,524-7218 or 832-3535

LACONIA 1-Bedroom - Washer/dryer hookup, storage, no pets.Security Deposit & references.$600/mo. + utilities. 520-4353

LACONIA 3 rooms nice quietarea, sunny, 2nd floor $525+.Parking, storage. No smoking528-3649.

LACONIA ONE bedroom effi-ciency apartment, partially fur-nished, second floor, close to hos-pital. $130/week, Includesheat/hot water, lights. Very clean,owner lives in the home. Securitydeposit and references required.No pets/smoking. 524-5437

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

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

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

For Rent

LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroomcondo, quiet location, ample park-ing, Clean/renovated, furnishedoptional. No smoking/pets.$850/month. 603-366-4655.

LACONIA Weirs Blvd 2 Bedroom,2 bath, one level newly renovatedcondo year-round. Balcony withview of lake, pool , nosmoking/pets, refs/dep required.$900/month. 366-4341

LACONIA, New in-town open con-cept loft condo, hardwood floors,hidden 3rd story room with libraryladder, granite countertops,washer and dryer, ground level,cable Internet included, very lowutility costs, references, securityrequired, non-smoker no pets,$875/ month. 455-4075.

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

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

LACONIA: Efficiency apartment,$135/week includes heat & hotwater. References and deposit.524-9665.

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

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

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

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

LACONIA: 1-2 Bedrooms startingat $550/Month. Includes Heat/HotWater & Electric. No dogs.496-8667 or 545-9510.

LAKEPORT: Tiny 1-Bedroom, in-cludes utilities and heat. 1-carparking. $155/week. Leave mes-sage for Bob. 781-283-0783.

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

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

NORTHFIELD

Are you tired of living in rundown, dirty housing, then callus we have the absolute best,spotlessly clean and every-thing works. We include heat& hot water and all appli-ances, Townhouses & apart-ments, in Northfield one blockfrom I-93Call 630-3700 for affordable

Clean living.

NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom, 1stfloor, coin-op laundry in base-ment, $225/week including heat,electric & hot water, 524-1234.

PREMIER Gated CommunityMeredith Bay. 3500 sqft custom4BDRM single family home,2-car garage. Grand Winnipe-saukee Views! Beach Club,Pools, Tennis! $3750/mo./yrlease. Call 800-559-4141 orjshea@meredithbaynh.com.www.MeredithBayNH.com

SANBORNTON New Large 1 bed-room condo; 2nd floor; parking,plowing & electric included; Nosmoking/pets. $765/mo. 455-0910

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiencyapartment and a cottage includingheat, hot water and lights. Nopets. $150-$175/week. $400 de-posit. 528-2757 or 387-3864.

For Rent-Vacation

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

For Rent-Commercial

LACONIA/BELMONT LINE- RetailShowroom at Rt. 106 & Bypass.1500+ Sq. ft., 10X12 overheaeddoor, security & fire system.$1,900/Month. 603-502-6437

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

For Sale

Craftsman snow blower $175, Vin-tage racing snowmobile, extraparts $500. 91 ArtcticCat Snow-mobile $500. 603-343-3753

26” JVC television including shelffor DVD. $40. 524-4604.

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For Sale

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

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

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

Cole Brook & Co. ladies leatherjacket. Size 3X. Black, not wornmuch. $65. Call 524-8306

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

DELTA 3HP 15 Inch Planer. FloorModel 22-785X Deluxe FloorRoller Stand, Dust Hood/Included.Still in sealed, never opened ship-ping boxes. $1,535. Original price$3,250. 603-520-1114

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

FIREWOOD-ALL quantities avail-able. 1/8, 1/4 & 1/2 cords. Fullcord/$180. Pick-up/delivery. SelfSe rve 18 A r l ene D r .998-7337/Leave Message

KENMORE 30” range, in workingorder and good condition. $25.After 6 pm 528-6928.

LAMB -RAISED locally. Hormone& antibiotic free. Vacuum packed,frozen. Custom cuts available.528-5838

Miller Big 40 Welder & Generatorpowered by 4 cyl. gas motor.Mounted on 7 X 14 ft. Dual axletrailer. $1,200/OBO. 630-0957

MOVING Sale in Gilford, officefurniture, household furniture,books, & etc. Call anytime524-4740.

PARADIGM Studio 100 v.3 fullrange home audio/ theater towerspeakers. $1650. 496-8639.

RED Sox Tickets: April games,tickets $70-$120 (except NewYork games). Call for details.630-2440

ROTEL RB-1090 380 w/ch stereohome audio/ theater power amp$1200. 496-8639.

Furniture

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

PROMOTIONAL New mattressesstarting; King set complete $395,queen set $239. 603-524-1430.

Twin bed. Head board is cloth withred & white thin stripes. Comeswith frame, foundation & mattress.$65. Large living room chairbought at Giever Furniture. Asking$175. Call 524-8306

Help Wanted

ADVERTISING Sales for tourismpublications and website, musthave solid ad sales experience.Lakes Region, North Conway toCanadian Border. Commissiononly. Resume and references re-quired. (603)356-7011.

LACONIA

HARLEY-DAVIDSON is offering an Exciting Sales Op-portunity for Motivated and HighEnergy People. Sales experienceis preferred but not required.Great pay with Benefits avail-able. Please apply online atwww.laconiaharley.com.

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Part-time maintenance technicianneeded for Wingate Village Apart-ments in Laconia. Experience inelectrical, plumbing, interior/exte-rior building repair and mainte-nance. Pay starts at $13.00 perhour, 20 hours per week (Monday– Friday, 8AM-12 PM) With on-callrotation. Previous experience inmaintenance preferred. Limitedtravel for training required. Emailresumes to calbert@winnco.com.EOE. EHO.

MEREDITH: Established salonwith booth rental available. Lo-cated on Main Street. Chooseyour own hours. Full or part time731-5041.

SALES Representative for theLakes Region SymphonyOrchestra to sell ads for the2011-12 season program.April-August, set own hours, 20%commission on ads plusexpenses. Call 279-0142.

Help Wanted

SMALL ENGINE TECHNICIANTri-County Power Equipment islooking for a part-time, possiblyfull-time small engine technicianto service and repair all types ofsmall engines and equipment.

3 years experience required.Please fax or email resume,

no phone calls please.Tri-County Power Equipment385D Union Ave., Laconia, NH

Fax: 603-524-3504rlevasseur@metrocast.net

SUMMIT RESORT

Now Hiring

Part-Time Front Desk

Nights and Weekends a Must!

Please apply in person177 Mentor Ave, Laconia

Instruction

FLYFISHING LESSONSon private trout pond. FFF certi-fied casting instructor. Gift cert.available. (603)356-6240.www.mountainviewflyfishing.com

Mobile Homes

GILFORD: 55+ Park, 2BR w/car-port, beach access, excellent con-dition, updated furnace, with appli-ances, $25,500. 524-4816.

Motorcycles

Buy • Sell • Tradewww.motoworks.biz

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

Real Estate

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

8023 GC Enterprises Property

Management

By Owner- 4-Bedroom, 3-seasonporch, 2-car garage plus shop. 1/2acre, dead-end street, prime loca-tion. 603-528-5254, Leave mes-sage.

GILFORD, Lake Breeze Park, Forsale by owner, 12x60! mobilehome, fully applianced, deck andshed, nice lot, 2 car driveway.$8900. Call 527-1163.

New Durham9 rooms, 2 baths

$98,000. $1000 downCall 603-397-2694

For more info

Roommate Wanted

MEREDITH: Private bedroomand bathroom. All utilities in-c luded. Pets a l lowed.(603)707-9036.

Services

PIPER ROOFING

& VINYL SIDINGQuality Work

Reasonable Rates

Free EstimatesMetal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our CustomersDon�t get Soaked!

528-3531

CALL Mike for roof shoveling,snowblowing, scrapping and lighthauling. Very reasonably priced.603-455-0214

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

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

Services

Green Valley Lawn Care- Snowremoval, roofs, driveways, parkinglots. Fully Insured. Dan 524-5295

HANDYMAN

SERVICES

Small Jobs AreMy Speciality

Rick Drouin

520-5642 or 744-6277

LOW PRICE ~ QUALITY WORK

Rightway Plumbingand Heating

Over 20 Years Experience

Fully Insured. License #3647

Call 393-4949

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

REMOVAL: Sheds, garages,junk/trash, fences and cellar & at-tic cleanups. Laconia/Gilfordarea. (978)618-3712. Call Tomanytime.

ROOF SHOVELING

Fully InsuredLaconia, Gilford, Belmont

& Surrounding AreasResidential & Commercial

Howland • 524-2009

SNOWMOBILE Repair: All makes& models, 25-years experience.No job too small. Mobile service.393-1087.

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

Services

SWG CONSTRUCTION

FRAME • ROOF • SIDE

Snow Shoveling • More

Fully insuredReasonable Rates

393-6215

TAX PREPARATION

Individuals and Businesses

No return is too small.

E-Filing available

Accounting and Auditing

Roger Marceau, CPA

387-6844 or e-mail

rlmarceau@metrocast.net

Yard Sale

CANCELED! EVERYTHING

SOLD! INDOOR Yard Sale. Sat-urday, Feb. 26th. 9am-2pm.Books, toys, dolls, furniture,dishes, cutglass, folding-chairs,many items priced to sell at $1/each. 22 Boyd Hill Road, Gilfordoff Morrill Street.

ESTATE Sale. Saturday, Feb. 269am - 1pm. 352 Lower Bay Rd.Sanbornton. Kitchen, diningroomand office furniture, freezer, refrig-erator, new men!s big and tallclothing and shoes, vintagewomen!s clothes, handicap sup-plies, computer, frames, linens,stereo, cassette tapes, antiques.Questions? 387-2509 after 3 pm.

LACONIA — Sustainable Suste-nance invites the public to a screening and discussion of the film “Permacul-ture at D Acres Farm” at the Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Febru-ary 25.

Permaculture is an integrated and holistic study of sustainable design and implementation, which origi-nated in Australia and has since spread across the globe. Shot over the course of four seasons, “Permaculture

at D Acres Farm” highlights renew-able energy, food preservation, animal husbandry, forest gardening, no-till agriculture, compost toilets, root cel-lars, and greenhouses.

Josh Trought, producer and director at D Acres in Dorchester, NH will be on hand for Q&A following the view-ing. The event begins with a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Attendance is free of charge. R.S.V.P. to Karen at 528-8560 or e-mail bark-ers@alumni.unh.edu.

‘Permaculture at D Acres Farm’ film and discussion at Prescott Farm Education Center Friday, February 25

5th annual ‘Swing into Spring’ baseball instructional series at Inter-Lakes High School Sundays beginning March 6

MEREDITH — Inter-Lakes High School Varsity Baseball Coach Vint Choiniere will conduct the 5th annual “Swing Into Spring” baseball instruc-tional series on Sundays, March 6, 13, and 20.

Boys grades 3 and 4 will meet from 12:30 — 2 p.m.; grades 5 and 6 from 2:15 — 3:45 p.m. The first session will focus on Throwing & Fielding. Other dates and topics will include Pitching on March 13 and Hitting & Bunting

on March 20. Players will actively participate in safe, effective, and age-appropriate drills.

Clinic fees are $20 per session or $50 for all three sessions. Pre-regis-tration is required.

All proceeds will benefit the Inter-Lakes High School Baseball Program. Coach Choiniere can be reached by phone at 707-4736 or by e-mail at vchoiniere@metrocast.net.

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“ LEFT OVERS ” Sale

2nd Annual Middle Marathon fund raiser to include Community Talent Show at Franklin Opera House March 19

FRANKLIN — The Second Annual Middle Marathon fundraiser will fea-ture 26.2 hours of fun and entertain-ment at the Opera House March 19 and 20.

Sharing the same basic principles of many walkathons, teams of par-ticipants will raise money by solicit-ing donations from their personal networks. Donors “sponsor” the indi-vidual and their team’s participation in this unique event, which last year raised $24,199.

Each team will have a designated Team Chair that must be occupied for the duration of the marathon. All team members are welcome to partic-ipate in as much or as little of the 26 hours as they choose, but at least one member of the team must be in the Team Chair at all times.

Team Chair sitters may bring their own comfy chair for the Marathon. All they will be required to do is sit, relax, and be entertained. Chair sit-ters will even be given bells to jingle

whenever they want something. The top fundraising team will have two dedicated reclining chairs for their use at any event at The Middle for the full upcoming year.

Part of the entertainment for the evening will be the 10th Annual Com-munity Talent Show. Budding artists from around the Lakes Region will bring their talents to the stage with Marathon chair-sitters serving as judges for the competition. Tickets for this event are available at www.the-middlenh.org. Community members wishing to enter this event should contact Denise Sharlow at dsharlow@metrocast.net.

Funds raised during this event will allow The Middle to continue their mis-sion to nourish the soul, to indulge the human spirit, and to be the destination for distinctive quality arts and enter-tainment for middle New Hampshire.

For more information, call The Middle 10 a.m. — 2 p.m. Monday — Friday at 934-1901.

TILTON — Mark Hildebrand, owner & managing partner at Uncle Hilde’s Lumber Outlet has announced a third location now open in Seabrook.

In business since June 2006 in Tilton, the company successfully expanded into a second store in Mer-rimack in May 2009.

“We are very excited to be able to bring the same great mix of first quality building materials including flooring, decking, siding, and trim in

both exotic and domestic woods from around the world … as well as com-posite decking, railings, and trim boards to the NH Seacoast,” said Hil-debrand.

Uncle Hilde’s has established a reputation for having first quality building products at bargain prices. Hildebrand is proud of having indus-try veterans, averaging more than 20 years experience, on staff in all loca-tions.

Uncle Hilde’s announces opening of Seabrook location, its third store

‘Hands Across Generations’ Quilt to be unveiled at Meredith Community Center on Tuesday, March 1

MEREDITH — The “Hands Across Generations” Quilt, a creative collabo-ration between students in the After School Program and local seniors, will be unveiled at the Community Center at 11 a.m. on Tuesday March 1.

A joint effort by the Parks and Rec-

reation Department and Inter-Lakes Senior Center, the “Hands Across Gen-erations” Quilt will be permanently dis-played in the Community Center lobby.

All members of the public are invited to attend the unveiling. For more information, call 279-8197.

PLYMOUTH — The Central New Hampshire Young Professional (CNHYP) group will hold its next event at the Woodstock Inn Station & Brewery from 5:30 — 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2.

In collaboration with the Lincoln/Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, the CNHYP gathering will provide an

opportunity for businesses and young professionals to network and meet their colleagues in the regional busi-ness community. Both groups also promote economic development in central New Hampshire.

For more information, call Peter Laufenberg at 254-9791 or e-mail palaugenberg@plymouth.edu.

Central NH Young Professionals holding event at Woodstock Inn Station & Brewery

LACONIA — Patrons to “The Pin-Up Show,” now in its final week at The Studio, may take one of the pieces on display in exchange for a donation of non-perishable food beginning at noon on Tuesday, March 1.

Since the beginning of February, Melissa McCarthy, the driving force behind The Studio, has amassed the collection of work from artists all over the country. Creations displayed on the three full panels of donated art-work is as varied as the contributing artists themselves.

McCarthy encourages everyone to come to the Studio, and in exchange for a donation of non-perishable food to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry, take a piece from one of the walls.

“There is the standard cliche of the

‘starving artist’,” she said. “This exhibit is about art feeding the community.”

Some of the artwork may challenge the community’s view of what art is, but that is part of The Studio’s mis-sion. There is ample opportunity for viewing traditional framed work in the area, but McCarthy hopes that by stretching the boundaries of art beyond the traditional, the Lakes Region can continue to move toward a rich and varied cultural economy.

The Studio will open at noon on Tuesday and remain open through Tuesday night’s “Live Studio Audi-ence” acoustic music event from 6 — 9 p.m. Regular hours are 10 a.m. — 5 p.m. Wednesday — Friday; 10 a.m. — 3 p.m. on Saturday 10-3. Call 455-8008 with questions.

The Studio to give ‘Pin-Up’ art in exchange for donations to food pantry

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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION

March 28, 2011, at 4:30 PM on the premises

SINGLE FAMILY HOME 273 LEAVITT ROAD BELMONT, NH

PER TAX RECORDS: GARRISON STYLE HOME WITH 3 BEDROOMS, UNFINISHED BASEMENT, FINISHED ATTACHED GARAGE AND WOOD DECK ON 3/4 ACRE OF LAND

MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 1987, Page 851

TERMS FOR THE SALE: $5,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale.

Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent

Attorneys at Law 816 North Main Street Laconia, NH 03246

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION

March 17, 2011, at 4:30 PM on the premises

SINGLE FAMILY HOME 283 COURT STREET LACONIA, NH

PER TAX RECORDS: 2 STORY CONVENTIONAL STYLE HOME WITH 3 BEDROOMS, 1 BATHROOM, HEARTH, UNFINISHED ATTIC, UNFINISHED BASEMENT, ENCLOSED FINISHED PORCH, WOOD DECK AND DETACHED GARAGE 0N .23 ACRE OF LAND

MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2497, Page 260

TERMS FOR THE SALE: $5,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale.

Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent

Attorneys at Law 816 North Main Street Laconia, NH 03246

MEREDITH — The Lakes Region Planning Com-mission (LRPC) Transportation Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) will meet at the Humiston Build-ing at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2.

The meeting will include a discussion on the regional Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP). The TIP is comprised of transportation improve-ment projects on state highways, which are iden-tified by Lakes Region communities to address mobility, highway capacity, and safety issues. The

TAC will evaluate each locally identified project based on established regional criteria to prioritize recommendations for New Hampshire Department of Transportation’s consideration to be constructed.

The LRPC Transportation TAC encourages all members of the public who are concerned about any aspect of transportation to attend and provide their input. For additional information about this meet-ing, call the Lakes Region Planning Commission at 279-8171.

Lakes Region Planning Commission Transportation Technical Advisory Committee to meet in Meredith

LFD holds swearing-in and graduation ceremony

A swearing-in and graduation ceremony was held February 15 by the Laconia Fire Department, presided over by Chief Kenneth L. Erickson. Pictured (left to right) are Probationary Firefighter Jason Griffin, Firefighter 1st Class Brad Hardie, Lieutenant Lisa Baldini, Chief Erickson, Deputy Chief Deb Pendergast, Probationary Firefighter Heidi Beaulac, and Firefighter 1st Class Dwayne Mann. (Courtesy photo)

LACONIA — Fire Department Chief Kenneth L. Erickson recently presided over a swearing–in and graduation ceremony attended by department mem-bers, recipients, their families, and friends.

Lisa Baldini, who has been with the Department since 1996 and now supervises Platoon 1 Weirs Fire Station, was sworn in as the newest Fire Lieutenant.

Firefighters Brad Hardie and Dwayne Mann com-pleted all the requirements of the Department’s challenging one-year probation period and are now Firefighter First Class.

Heidi Beaulac and Jason Griffin were sworn in as the Department’s newest members and must now complete their probation period.

Pastor from nation of Zimbabwe guest speaker at LifeQuest Church in Laconia Sunday, February 27

LACONIA — The senior pastor of a Christian church in the nation of Zimbabwe, Africa will be the guest speaker at the worhip service of the LifeQuest Church at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 27.

Jeffuremu Njambilo was brought up by Christian parents in Zimbabwe and became a youth leader in the church at the age of 15. He became a translator for a missionary from the United States and taught school in Zimbabwe before coming to the U.S. to pursue his education.

After receiving a degree from Nyack College in

New York, Njambilo returned to Zimbabwe in 2004. He and his wife, Rose Mpofu, are the parents of a four-year-old son, Daryl.

Pastor Njambilo is visiting the States in an effort to raise resources for his ministry, Friends of Zim-babwe. The church is in need of Bibles and musical instruments and FOZ is hoping to build a home for children, many of whom are orphaned because of the AIDS epidemic.

All are welcome to attend Sunday’s worship gath-ering and hear from Pastor Njambilo.

NEW HAMPTON — The New Hampton School Dance Program will have its annual “Winterdance” performance at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, February 25 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 26.

Featuring dance pieces in ballet, jazz, modern, and hip-hop, the show will include works by Dance

Director Rene Metzler, Guest Artist Adam Gap, and Dara Levitan, NHS Class of 2011.

The show is open to the public with a suggested donations of $10 for adults, $5 for youth. All pro-ceeds benefit the NHS Dance program.

New Hampton School Dance presents ‘Winterdance’

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