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Randy Labnon was recognized for his eighteen years of continuous leadership as director of the North Country Community Chorus at the 20th Anniversary Christmas Concert on December 11 at St. Kieran Arts Center. Christian Labnon (l) congratulates and shakes his father’s hand as he proudly “accepts the passing of the baton” to become the new director of the chorus for 2012. The North Country Community Chorus represents over seventy fi ve individuals from throughout the region who gather in fall to prepare for a series of Christmas concerts held at the Arts Center, to share their love of singing as a gift to the community. Membership is open to new members. Watch for upcoming notices or call the Arts Center at 752-1028.

PUC approves power contracts for fi ve small biomass plants

NORTH COUNTRY – The Public Utilities Commis-sion has approved short-term power purchase agree-ments between fi ve small biomass plants and Public Service of N.H.

The agreements will allow the small biomass plants to continue to operate as part of the North Country economy but will add 55 cents to the average PSNH res-idential customer’s monthly bill according to testimony fi led in the case.

The power purchase agreements (PPAs) were part of a settlement negotiated between PSNH and the wood-fi red independent power producers (IPPs). The settle-ment was negotiated this summer with the help of state and local offi cials in order to allow construction of the Berlin BioPower biomass plant in Berlin to go forward. The IPPs had appealed the 20-year power purchase agreement between PSNH and Berlin BioPower, the owner of the Berlin project. With the appeal pending,

Cate Street Capital was not able to complete fi nanc-ing for the biomass plant and at one point declared the project dead. Gov. Lynch stepped in to restart negotia-tions between the parties and successfully pushed for the settlement agreement. In exchange for the parties agreeing to support the contracts for the fi ve IPPs, the biomass plants agreed to withdraw their appeal of the agreement between PSNH and Berlin Station. Con-struction of the Berlin biomass plant is now underway.

“This agreement is good news for our state and our economy. It will not only continue to ensure more of our energy comes from renewable sources, but it will also directly save a number jobs across our state,” Gov. Lynch said. “I applaud and thank everyone involved for working to make this agreement possible.”

Testimony presented to the PUC said the IPPs would probably shut down without the new power purchase agreements. The agreements, which are for less than

BY BARBARA TETREAULTTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

see PUC page 7

State receives more fuel assistance money

see FUEL page 15

BY BARBARA TETREAULTTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Romney and company visit Norwegian Village

BERLIN — In between campaign stops in Lancaster and North Conway, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walked the streets of the Norwegian Village in Berlin on Thursday afternoon, shaking hands and meeting the people.

Romney was joined by former Governor John Sununu, State Senator John Gallus, and Executive Councilor Ray Burton as he introduced himself to citizens along Norway Street and later Main Street. Dressed casu-ally, Romney was at ease conversing with a variety of citizens on a number of topics. He touched briefl y on religious topics with Pastor Gail Bauzenberger of St. Paul’s

The late afternoon sun shone on Norway Street as pres-idential candidate Mitt Romney walks with St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Pastor Gail Bauzenberger and former Governor John Sununu. (MELISSA GRIMA)

BY MELISSA GRIMATHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

COOS COUNTY – Just in time for the holiday season, the state yesterday received an extra $4.8 million for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen announced the federal government Thursday released some of the additional LIHEAP funds that Congress approved last week. After initially cutting LIHEAP funding by 45 percent, Congress last week increased it to almost $3.5 billion. That is still less than the $4.5

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HONOLULU — Hawaii should be a happy outpost for the Democratic Party. It has a Democratic governor. Demo-crats overwhelmingly control the Legislature. It has Barack Obama in the White House and all the prestige that brings, most recently an Asia-Pacifi c economic summit meeting with the president as its host, packing this city’s streets, res-taurants and hotels with inter-national leaders.

These are hardly happy days for Hawaii Democrats. Governor Neil Abercrombie, is ending his fi rst year under a storm of criticism, referred to himself the other evening as “the most unpopular gov-ernor in America.” Obama’s struggles in Washington have cast a bit of a pall here. And the Republican Party sud-denly has a shot of picking up a United States Senate seat that has been in Demo-cratic hands for more than 30 years, with the announcement by Linda Lingle, a Republican former governor, that she will seek the seat held by Senator Daniel K. Akaka, the retiring Democrat. A Republican vic-tory here would be a serious embarrassment to Obama and would make it that much more likely that Republicans take back the Senate.

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ROME (NY Times) — Italy’s Senate voted overwhelmingly to give fi nal approval Thursday to a $40 billion austerity and growth package aimed at eliminating Ita-ly’s budget defi cit by 2013 and stimulating the economy as part of a broader plan to stabilize the euro.

Although it has a parliamentary majority, the month-old technocratic government of Prime Minister Mario Monti called a confi -

dence vote on the measures to avoid having to address scores of modifi cations proposed by the Northern League, once a pillar of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right coalition and now the loudest opposition party.

The measures — which have grown increasingly unpopular as the reality sets in for Italians — reinstate a property tax on fi rst homes, among other tax increases; raise the retirement age to 66 for men and

62 for women by 2012; and raise the ceiling for cash transactions to $1,300, among other measures to crack down on tax evasion.

The government has said that it tried to spread the pain among all segments of society and not just hit what many call “the usual suspects” — taxpaying salaried employees who often take the brunt of tax increases because tax evasion among non-salaried workers is so high.

Italy passes $40 billion austerity plan

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Mistakes by both American and Pakistani troops led to airstrikes against Pakistani posts on the Afghanistan border that killed 26 Pakistani Army soldiers last month, according to a Pentagon investigation that for the fi rst time acknowledged some Ameri-can responsibility for the clash, which plunged the already frayed relationship between the United States and Pakistan to a new low.

But two crucial fi ndings — that the Pakistanis fi red fi rst and that the Americans fi red back in self-

defense after repeatedly warning that Pakistanis they were shoot-ing at allied troops — were likely to further anger Pakistan.

In an early-morning statement on Thursday and later at a Penta-gon briefi ng, the Defense Depart-ment said three separate American airstrikes over more than an hour around midnight on Nov. 26 were justifi ed because Pakistani soldiers opened fi re on a joint team of Afghan and American Special Operations forces operating along the often poorly demarcated frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

U.S. concedes error, but says Pakistan fi red fi rst at border

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Bowing under pressure from members of their party to end the politically damag-ing impasse over a payroll tax holiday, House Republican leaders agreed Thursday to accept a temporary extension of the tax cut, beating a hasty retreat from a showdown that Republicans increasingly saw as a threat to their election opportunities next year.

Under a deal reached between House and Senate leaders — which Speaker John A. Boehner was presenting to the rank and fi le in a conference call — House members would accept the two-month extension of a payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefi ts approved by the Senate last Saturday, while the Senate would appoint members of a House-Senate conference commit-tee to negotiate legislation to extend benefi ts through 2012.

House Republicans — who rejected an almost identical deal on Tuesday on the House fl oor — caved under the polit-ical rubble that accumulated over the week.

House G.O.P. leaders agree to extension of payroll tax cut

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MANCHESTER — Newt Gingrich downplayed attacks from his primary race rivals during a town hall meet-ing on Wednesday, but the former Speaker of the House didn’t hesitate to fi re back at Mitt Romney during a press conference about an hour later.

When asked if he could “stand the heat” not only from Romney but from Democrats in the general election, Gingrich challenged Romney to meet face to face.

“If he wants to test the kitchen, I’ll meet him anywhere in Iowa, one-on-one, 90 minutes, no moderator, just a timekeeper,” said Gingrich. “We’ll bring his ads, and he can defend them.”

“I don’t think he wants to do any-thing except hide over here and pre-tend it’s not his fault he’s fl ooding the people of Iowa with falsehoods,” Gingrich said, referring to the large number of negative ads Romney’s super PAC, Restore Our Future, has run against Gingrich. He said he can “take the heat plenty well,” Gingrich

added, noting that he did so in the 1990s as speaker.

“I think I’ll be just fi ne with the heat from Barack Obama, because quite frankly it’ll be a fair exchange. He’ll get a fair amount of heat in the pro-cess,” Gingrich said.

About 100 people came out to the Radisson Hotel on Elm Street to see Gingrich on Wednesday. He told the crowd that when serving as speaker he often turned to “the Reagan play-book,” which included cutting taxes and favoring policies for people who create jobs.

But Gingrich soon transitioned into criticizing Romney, without mention-ing the former Massachusetts gover-nor specifi cally.

“If (Iowans) see the same ad fi ve times in an hour, they know who raised too much money,” Gingrich said. “We need to focus on the solu-tions that will get us out of trouble.”

Later, when he fi elded questions from the audience, a man asked if Gingrich could get his message out despite negative press from the “main-stream media.”

Gingrich challenges Romney to meet in face-to-face session

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Spirit Of The SeasonThe parable of the Good Samaritan on the

Jericho Road, as found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible, has long been my per-sonal favorite of all the parables attributed to Jesus of Nazareth. One of the columns that I wrote during this now swiftly passing year was given entirely to that story. For me, that parable is the single most important one of all, indeed, it is the most important passage in the entire New Testament, for its mes-sage is unmistakable: Treat other people as you would want other people to treat you. In short, the Golden Rule whose origins go back to at least the time of the ancient Chinese sage Confucius.

This most important of Life’s wise counsels came vividly to the fore just the other day as I was researching some ideas for today’s article. There in one of the references was the note that Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, was born on the 25th of December 1821, in North Oxford, Massa-chusetts. I remembered standing on the most bloody battlefi eld of the American Civil War some years ago listening to our highly knowl-edgeable guide tell us about Clara Barton’s remarkably courageous actions during some of the fi ercest moments of that single most horrifi c day in American history.

A bullet tore through the billowing sleeve of her dress as she tended to the wounded and the dying in Antietam’s Bloody Lane. Unde-terred by the near miss that almost took her life, she continued on with her mission of mercy, earning her the honored sobriquet of “Angel of the Battlefi eld.” A monument to her stands on that battlefi eld today. She would never return to her former work as a govern-ment clerk again.

Following the war, Abraham Lincoln would give her the task of trying to account for the wae’s many missing soldiers. She threw herself into the physically and emotionally exhausting work with the same drive as she did every task which she undertook. The strain soon led to a breakdown. On the advice of her doctor, she traveled to Europe. There she learned about the Treaty of Geneva, a protocol that called for the provision of relief for sick and wounded soldiers, a document the United States had never signed. She also learned about the work of the Red Cross.

Returning to the United States, she devoted the rest of her long life to the founding of the American Red Cross and the campaigning for other matters of civil and human rights.

New Hampshire had its own battlefi eld “Angel of Mercy” in the person of Harriet Dame, who was born in North Barnstead. Throughout the war, she marched wher-ever “her boys,” as she liked to call them, of the Second New Hampshire marched. She camped where they camped and ate what they ate. The Second New Hampshire marched over 6,000 miles, took part in 20 battles, and lost over 2,000 men. For almost all of it, Harriet Dame was there. In the beat of battle, she could be found by the sides of the wounded and the dying, disdaining the shot and shell that fl ew all about her. And the color of a soldier’s uniform did not matter to her. Blue or grey, Harriet Dame did what she could to ease their pain and suffering. The commander of the Second Regiment, Gen-eral Gilman Marston, called her “the bravest woman I ever knew.”

Even after the war, Harriet Dame never forgot “her boys.” Awarded a stipend of $500 for her services by the New Hampshire State Legislature, she used the money to build a summer cottage for them at The Weirs, on Lake Winnipesaukee.

A portrait of her hangs in the State House, a portrait paid for by the State Legislature a year after her death in 1900. She was the fi rst woman in the state to be so honored.

While travelling in Kenya early last month, we were taken to a jewelry-mak-ing workplace called Kazuri. Kazuri was founded in 1975 by Lady Susan Ward to help unwed mothers, and now others of low estate, out of lives of abject poverty and pro-vide them with work, education, benefi ts, and a renewed sense of pride and accom-plishment. Lady Susan Ward and Kazuri stand as shining examples of what can be done to address the needs of others who have been less fortunate.

The lives of Clara Barton, Harriet Dame, and Lady Susan Ward are surely what the Spirit of this Season is truly all about.

(Ithaca Bound is the pen name of Dick Conway. His e-mail address is: [email protected].)

It’s time to put forgiveness in our heartsTo the editor:Too many of us forget the

true meaning of Christmas. It’s the night our Savior was born... defi nition of Savior..one who saves.

Jesus came into this world to give us forgiveness. Where do you think we would all be if he didn’t come into this world. I don’t know about you, but I need forgiveness every day. So, let’s celebrate his birth with family.

Usually at this time of the year families get together to celebrate this event, but not so much anymore. There is so much fi ghting among broth-ers, sisters, mothers, daugh-

ters and so on. So, families don’t get together to cele-brate and families are falling apart and the worst part of all this is that we forget the real reason we should be cel-ebrating this special day.

The Savior who was born on this day to bring us mercy and forgiveness. As the word of God states “Let he who is without sin cast the fi rst stone.” We all sin. It’s time to put forgiveness in our hearts and celebrate as a family should the joyous day, for without the day...where would we be.

Patty MetayerBerlin

Read our petition and please sign itTo the editor: The response to my peti-

tion concerning the Umbagog Wildlife Refuge has been 100 percent positive with the exception of the Fish and Wildlife Service. One of the things that has transpired is that last night at a meeting the Refuge manager offered to pay timber tax. The tax will be paid by the logger. When wood is cut on private land, the landowner pays the tax, so this is a wash. This is a freebee for the feds. It is a 12 acre cut, which is a one day job with a set of shears. With hardly any cut-ting going on, this timber tax will amount to nothing. The refuge manager said this is the fi rst time a timber tax will be paid by any federal wildlife refuge, only they aren’t paying it, the logger is. Also, a Maine paper is print-ing a story this week about

our plight, and another paper is working on one. Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have been contacted along with Bill O’Reilly. I have been busy.

As far as how much this refuge has affected the tax base of Errol, it is around $2,000,000 in land value, and close to half a million in buildings not yet destroyed. Imagine the value of the buildings destroyed in Went-worth Location. The local fi re departments burned a house to the ground two weekends ago that the refuge bought. No in lieu of taxes for that loss. Errol has roughly an area of 37,000 acres. Out of that, the Refuge owns over 14,000 acres. Over one third of Errol is under the control of Paul Casey. I am contacting Coos County, but I believe he now controlover

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CAC asks towns to support missionLANCASTER — The Child Advocacy Center

(CAC) of Coos County is looking to the commu-nity to help fi ll funding gaps left by fewer grant opportunities.

Though the center continues to pursue addi-tional grant funding and holds fundraising events throughout the year, they are faced with the realities of prolonged funding for this valuable service. The agency’s board of direc-tors decided that this year, they would ask the communities they serve to help maintain the center, which has served more than 50 children victims in 2011 alone.

The CAC, located in Lancaster but serving all of Coos County, is a not-for-profi t commu-nity resource that serves child victims of crime and their families. They do this by bringing together law enforcement, social services and other related parties in one child friendly, neutral location so that the child can be inter-

viewed just once rather than multiple times over the course of the investigation. In a tradi-tional child abuse investigation, a child could be subject to eight or more interviews in a vari-ety of locations with a wide-range of profession-als. The use of the CAC eliminates that system, which has been widely criticized for recreating trauma and increasing stress on the child.

Additionally, because the different law enforcement, social and health agencies are working together from day one of the inves-tigation, allegations of physical and sexual abuse are more thoroughly investigated. Stud-ies have shown that trauma to the child victim is reduced, parents are empowered to protect their children and children are connected with the support services they need. Additionally, prosecution rates are increased by 40 percent when the investigation is facilitated by the

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half of Wentworth Location. That is slam for Berlin and the rest of the towns in Coos County. Any time there a reduction in valuation the money has to be made up by the valuation of property that is taxable. Errol gets hit with both higher taxes due to loss of tax base and the increase in the county tax.

Our little school is hanging on by a thread. I have a fi ve-year old grand-daughter in kindergarten here. There are older people, not locals, who want to close our school. As the tax base shrinks, it will get harder and harder for our school to stay open. If it closes, my granddaughter and other children will be bused over 20 miles to either Milan, Berlin, or Colebrook. Either way, it is a dangerous drive down along the river or through Dixville Notch, leaving very early in the morn-ing and getting home late in the dark afternoon of winter. With one patch of ice, the unthinkable could happen. Dealing with the Fish and Wildlife Service has convinced me of one thing, they don’t care about the people who live in the North Country. They have a vision for this county and it doesn’t include us and they will say anything to get what they want. I have not received a single response from the offi ce in South Hadley, Mass.

I am not going to give up. No par-tial victory. It is all or nothing. I will

continue to push this until our State of N.H. and those Senators and Rep-resentatives we send to Washington hear us up here and starve the beast that is destroying our way of life. It is time for our governor and all our leaders in state government to take a stand for state rights and throw these Federal land grabbers out. I can guar-antee that if we lose our school and the unthinkable happens, you will hear the rage in Concord and watch the beginning of the next American Revolution on the evening news.

In closing, I am asking all of you to read our petition and please sign it. Copies are at various businesses in the area including the Hawg Trawth Restaurant in Errol, Errol General Store, The Great North Woods One Stop, The Errol Restaurant, and Welsh’s Restaurant. Hopefully others will follow and please give these people your business. All you hunt-ers and snowmobilers, please sup-port those who support you. If anyone wants a petition to circulate I can be reached at [email protected] We are hoping to conclude this petition drive by the end of February, and see where we go from there. Hopefully, this will begin a grass-roots movement to take our State back from the Washington bureaucrats. I will write every so often as things develop.

Bob LordErrol

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To the editor:Hillside’s Intramural Basket-

ball Program ended its season on December 19, and 20, with its annual Championship Day Extrav-aganza. The two days were filled with terrific basketball, school spirit and holiday cheer. Con-gratulations to all the intramural student athletes and thank you to the coaches who continue to strive to instill fair play and team spirit through athletic competition. Your influences extend well beyond the court.

As part of this event any student who brought in three can goods gained an extra raffle ticket for our amazing gift give away. Our school collected sixteen boxes of food which was donated to the Chris-tian Harvest Food Pantry. Way to go kids!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the follow-ing people and businesses for their support in making Championship Day such a spectacular event: The Spin Dr. Jean Bouchard, Steve Gagne-Bike Mechanic, the Craig Melanson-BHS Athletics, Floral Designs by Raegan, Coos County Family Health Services , Kris and Jeremy Roberge, Mr. Smith-Gor-ham Walmart, Sinibaldi’s Restau-rant, Hall of Greeting, Maureen’s Unique Boutique, Berlin IGA Food-liner, Jackie and Jerry Gagnon, , Hair Improvement, Hairzone, Tina Demers, Souper Subs, Sala-dino’s , Betty Roy, Pam Couture, Toni’s Pizza & Sub Shop, Tea Birds Café, Libby’s Bistro, SAALT, Liza Aldrich, Berlin Bowling Center, Valley Creek Eatery, J’s Corner

Restaurant, Yokohama Restaurant, Northland Dairy Bar, Mr. Pizza, Bob’s Variety, Town & Country Motor Inn, Top Furniture, Marilyn Labbe, Robin Lambert, Aubuchon Hardware, Ann Nolin, Laura Ouellette. Joanne Murphy, Northway Bank, Fagin’s Pub, Terry Giroux, Meg Valliere, Jane Provencher, Julie Nicolletti, Lisa Lavi-gne, Top Furniture, Jon Edwards and Welsh’s Restaurant.

A special thank you to Principal Dupont, the Hillside Parent’s Club, Hillside School Store, the Berlin Junior High School Invitational Com-mittee, Dick Holland-Presidential Pest Control, Elaine and Barry Kelly, Leah & Mark Bouchard, Caron Build-ing Center, Rod Legendre- Alpine Machine Shop, Rick Fournier- Cross Machine Shop, Sence for Kids, Jim Tees-Absolute Power Sports, Shawn & Don-Auto North and Steve and Cindy Griffi n, Christine and Rich Landry, Bob Chapman Construction, and Chris Hansen-Nordic Construction.

Thank you to any donors whose donation came after this publication was submitted.

Your support helped to provide a couple fun days for Hillside’s students and staff. It is a pleasure to work with so many individuals dedicated to our school and community. The youth of Berlin are fortunate to live in such a caring and generous community. It is truly an honor to be the vehicle for your generosity. You have helped us bring a little joy in to the lives of so many, best wishes for the New Year to all!

Christmas Day Extravaganza Coordinators,Lise Gagnon Denise Gagnon-Roy

Championship Day Extravaganza a hugh success


Robert L. Catello Decem ber. 22, 1941 - Decem ber. 24, 2010

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For starters… Lobster Stew $7.50 Shrimp Cocktail $5.00

Dinners… Prime Rib $22 Baked Stuffed Seafood Combo $20

Delmonico Steak & Baked Stuffed Haddock Combo $22 Filet Mignon $22 • Alaskan King Crab Dinner $26

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North Country Living

The Heather Pierson Trio (with Matt Bowman on drums and Shawn Nadeau on bass) performing the music from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at Gorham Auditorium on Friday, December 16.

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Recently all eight Lacasse sisters got together for dinner at the Yokohama to celebrate Marie-Anne Filteau’s 80th birthday. They are: front row, Marie-Anne Filteau, Eliette Hamel, Dorothy Chaisson. Last row, Therese Pinette, Jeanne Guerin, Claire Sevigny, all of Berlin, Lucille Lowe of Randolph and Grace Couture of Hooksett.

The Hillside Peer Helpers raised over $300.00 through two raffl es, a Hats on for the Holidays event, and a parent donation to purchase toys for the Toys for Tots program. The group of students enjoyed buying gifts for local children for Christmas.

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HOLIDAY HOURS

Scene Street is located on 151 Main Street in Berlin our store is in the Winterland Marketplace building

(same building as Tea-Birds)

For this sale we will be open on Dec. 23rd from 9am to 8pm and Dec. 24th we will be open from 9am to 4pm

CAC.The CAC of Coos County is overseen

by a 12-member Board of Directors representing both the public and pri-vate sectors across Coos County. The center employs a single person, Exec-utive Director Andrea Gagne, who administers the functions of the CAC on a day to day basis and coordinates community outreach efforts as well.

Through October of 2011, the CAC of Coos County had served 49 chil-dren, with the majority coming from the towns of Berlin, Gorham and Whitefi eld. The rest of the towns in the county were also represented, however, with Lancaster, Groveton,

Carroll and Colebrook sending vic-tims and NH State Police utilizing the center for cases in their coverage areas. Cases received in November and December pushed the center well over 50 victims served for the year.

Petition warrant articles are circu-lating in Coos towns asking for either $500 or $1,000 from the voters to sup-port the workings of the CAC of Coos County. Towns where this process was not required have been solicited as well, with the request going directly to the selectmen or city council. To fi nd out how to sign the petition in your town, or for more information on the CAC of Coos County, call Andrea at (603) 788-4633.

CAC from page 4

two years, will go to Bridgewater Power Company, Pinetree Power Inc., Pinetree Power-Tamworth, Inc., Springfi eld Power, LLC., and Indeck Energy-Alexandria, LLC. The sixth company in the lawsuit, Whitefi eld Power And Light Company, had an existing power contract.

The fi ve plants directly employ 120 people, not including loggers, truck-ers, and other forest industry workers. They also pay a total of $1.6 million in state and local taxes.

Proponents argued the settlement allowed for the fi nancing of the Berlin biomass plant, which is expected to employ over 300 people during the construction phase and 40 people once it is operating. Financing of the Berlin BioPower plant also made available $2.25 million in a low interest loan to help Isaacson Structural Steel stay in operation.

But testimony makes it clear the contracts will come at a price for customers. The total cost of the fi ve contracts will be approximately $71

million. Of that fi gure, $25 million is expected to be paid for energy at above market costs.

PSNH spokesman Martin Murray said the cost of the power up to the market price will be recovered through the energy charge paid by customers who purchase power from PSNHH. He said costs above and beyond the market price will be recovered as part of the stranded cost charge paid by all PSNH customers, whether they are buying energy from PSNH or from another supplier.

In her testimony, Consumer Advo-cate Meredith Hatfi eld argued the power purchase agreements “are not lawful and must be rejected”. She said paying millions of dollars for electric service above market costs is neither reasonable nor prudent. Hatfi eld said recovering the above market costs of

the power through the stranded cost charge or distribution rate results in energy service customers paying a rate that does not refl ect actual costs and shifts some of the cost to custom-ers who choose a competitive supplier other than PSNH.

The commission responded that its balancing role was not limited to the interests of PSNH ratepayers and shareholders. The body said it had to consider public interests such as eco-nomic development, job retention and creation, enhanced energy security, potential environmental and health impacts, and property tax payments.

“As we consider the public interest effects of the PPAs we conclude that the public benefi ts identifi ed by the joint petitioners outweigh the pro-jected over market costs,” the commis-sion wrote in its decision.

PUC from page one

Students named to dean’s list at NHTICONCORD— The following area

students have been named to the dean’s list at NHTI, Concord’s Com-munity College in recognition of their academic achievement during the fall 2011 term. In order to qualify for dean’s list a student must be consid-

ered full time (registered for 12 cred-its or more) and have a term GPA of 3.3 or higher.

They are: Sarah Dumoulin, Berlin; Brandon Flynn, Gorham; Sarah Binette, Milan and Kyle Sackett, Pittsburg.


In observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays we will be closed on

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Berlin City Auto Group donates to fi ve local schools

Representatives from five local schools gathered at Berlin City Auto Group on Tuesday afternoon to receive $3,500 grants through the dealership’s Drive for Education Foundation. Berlin City sets aside a portion of the proceeds of each car sold at their loca-tions in Maine, NH and Vermont, to fund these educational grants. Pictured are, from left, Dave Backler of Milan Village School, Lancaster Elementary School representatives Christine Smith, Lindsay Cote and Mandy Scott, Gorham Middle High School’s, Christine Lemoine, Jaylan Parent, and Cassandra Poulin, Berlin City “Brand Ambassadors” Wendy Lyons, Ron Lepage, and Katrina Fournier, Kennet High School’s Charlene Robert, Berlin City Vice President Yegor Malinovskii and White Mountains Regional High School’s Jamie Hight. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)

BERLIN — In its latest round of grant awards, Berlin City Auto Group’s Drive for Education Foun-dation donated six $3,500 grants to fi ve northern New Hampshire Schools.

The checks were presented to representatives of the schools at Berlin City’s Gorham dealership on Tuesday afternoon.

In all, through two grant rounds with awards to schools in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire, Drive for Education has donated over $100,000 to schools in its business area in its fi rst year. “We just could not be more pleased,” said Berlin City Vice President Yegor Malinovskii. “We believe in giving back to the community and helping our local schools succeed in education.”

Drive for Education raises its money through a portion of the proceeds of each vehicle sold by Berlin City Auto. They gave out a series of grants in June and in December’s round Lancaster Elementary, Milan Village School, White Mountains Regional High School, Gorham Middle-High School and Ken-nett High School were all given money to fund spe-cial programs and projects. Each school receiving an award spoke briefl y about what they planned to do with funding and purposes ranged to Gorham’s plans for new sign in front of the school, to inter-active software to engage students in Chemistry, Biology and Physics at White Mountains Regional. Kennett High School plans to purchase iPads, net-books and a color printer for its special education students and Lancaster elementary will use theirs to put help fund a thematic “CSI” unit.


see BERLIN CITY page 9


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Principal Dave Backler of Milan Village School, which received grant money in both June and December to help fund their preschool program, shared his thoughts on the value of this community partnership. Backler explained that Milan offers its pre-school at no cost to the taxpayers and this money helps them do that. He added that employees of Berlin City, who had children in the school had called him initially to let him know of the availability of the grants. The kids see many cars in the parking lot purchased from Berlin City and then the dealership supports the school in ways like this. The connection was cir-

cular and, Backler said, benefi cial to the kids to see.

The Drive for Education funds are available to schools who submit a short essay to Berlin City Auto explaining how their school would use a donation of up to $3,500. Berlin City’s Brand Ambassadors, a group of employees that lead the dealerships’ community involvement campaigns, evaluate the needs of each school and select the winners. Berlin City Auto Group consists of six dealerships in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Schools in each state are eligible. For more information about Berlin City’s Drive for Education Foundation visit www.berlincity.com.

BERLIN CITY from page 8

Northway Bank expands funding of Dave Ramsey program to state high schoolsBERLIN -- A personal fi nance cur-

riculum developed by Dave Ramsey is once again being offered free of charge to high schools throughout New Hampshire as part of North-way Bank’s community outreach. This year’s program includes 35 high schools, double the number of schools that received the curriculum last year.

The curriculum, Foundations in Personal Finance, is targeted at teens and helps satisfy state requirements that high school students be exposed to the basics of fi nancial literacy.

“We welcome Northway’s contin-ued support of education and encour-age high schools to take advantage of the bank’s generosity in making this curriculum available,” says Virginia Barry, New Hampshire’s commis-sioner of education. “If we can help students develop good fi nancial habits in their formative years, it will benefi t them the rest of their lives.”

After a successful year last year,

Northway Bank increased the number of schools for which they would under-write the cost of the program and the response from participating schools has been tremendous. Jon Judge, an economics teacher at Kennett High School in North Conway said, “We began utilizing the Foundations in Personal Finance course last year as part of our economics curriculum. The results have been quite encouraging. Scores on our students’ exit examina-tions have increased 22% in the cat-egory of fi nancial literacy.”

A best-selling author and national radio personality, personal fi nance guru Dave Ramsey has become wildly popular espousing a sensible approach to money management. The Foundations in Personal Finance cur-riculum adapts Ramsey’s principles to high school students. It consists of video lessons, student workbooks, and teacher guides covering the ABC’s of personal fi nance, including budgeting,

investing, credit, insurance – even career planning.

“The more grounded our young people are in the principles of per-sonal fi nance, the smarter they’ll be with their money,” says Bill Wood-ward, president and CEO of North-way Bank. “As a local community bank, our responsibility is to help

build strong, healthy communities. Promoting widespread fi nancial education is central to making that happen.”

High school’s interested in learn-ing more about the Foundations in Personal Finance curriculum should contact Rich Sidor of Northway Bank at 800-442-6666 ext. 4300.

Guy Poulin expands into used car sales

BERLIN — Car buyers just gained a new option when on the hunt for a used vehicle in the Berlin-Gorham area.

Guy Poulin proprietor of the Midas on Glen Road, opened Guy’s Auto Used Car Sales. This business is operating on the lot that houses his other busi-ness, both the Midas and Soup er Subs. “I fi gured this would be a perfect exten-sion of what I’m doing,” said Poulin.

Citing a high level of trust among his existing customers, Poulin said it wasn’t a stretch to step into the used car market on a larger scale. He was already selling the odd used car here and there. Now, he said, he plans to stock an average of 7-10 used cars priced at $5,000 or less.

All the particulars are in place, he said, with dealer plates available for test drives and vehicle trade-ins accepted. Poulin said he’s even willing to buy cars outright, not just in trade, if they pass muster. He said he’ll even take requests if someone is looking for a specifi c car he can keep his eyes peeled at auctions and for private sales of the desired vehicle.

Poulin said the vehicles he sells will

be inspectable and affordable. He’s not currently set up to handle fi nancing in-house, he said, though that is an area he is looking at for future expansion. For now, those who need to borrow money will have to secure their own loans at local banks.

A month into this new venture, Poulin says business is “not bad.” Guy’s Auto is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. He can also be reached after by phone at 752-2223 or 723-9223.


Local entrepreneur Guy Poulin has added one more business to his Glen Avenue center of operations. In addition to his Midas franchise, and Soup er Subs sandwich shop, Poulin has started selling low cost used cars, doing busi-ness as Guy’s Auto Used Car Sales. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)


Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from

all of us to you!

288 Main St. Gorham 466-2501

By ANNMARIE TIMMINSMonitor staffUpset their own $2.2 million offer was rejected,

Northern Pass offi cials are now trying to prevent owners of The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel from accepting a lower offer from the Society for the Pro-tection of New Hampshire Forests.

The forest society’s offer of $850,000 protects 5,800 acres in Dixville Notch. Northern Pass’s $2.2 million offer was for a right of way across just 24 acres of that parcel.

Martin Murray, spokesman for Northern Pass, said project offi cials support the conservation effort. Their complaint is that the deal also blocks North-ern Pass from building the transmission lines it needs for its proposed $1.2 billion hydropower line from Canada.

In a letter Tuesday, Northern Pass attorney Dana Bisbee asked the state attorney general’s offi ce, which must approve the sale because the land is owned by a trust, to block the conservation deal. Bisbee suggested Northern Pass offi cials will sue if the state doesn’t agree.

In his letter, Bisbee said the trustees had a fi du-ciary duty to accept Northern Pass’s higher offer. Instead, Bisbee said, trustees abused their discre-tion and ignored their responsibilities by deciding to conserve the land and prohibit Northern Pass trans-mission lines for less money.

And this conservation sale won’t spare the land-scape transmission lines in the future, Bisbee said. As part of the deal, the trust would retain the right to build its own transmission lines for a wind farm it is considering developing.

The attorney general’s offi ce has not responded to Bisbee’s request. Anthony Blenkinsop, director of the offi ce’s charitable trusts unit, said his offi ce

is reviewing the proposed sale to the forest society now.

Blenkinsop said fi nancial gain can be a factor in ruling on a proposed sale but declined to say what weight his offi ce will give it in this matter. “I don’t feel it’s appropriate to comment on that at this point,” he said.

The forest society has not fi led a response to Bis-bee’s letter. Jane Difl ey, president of the forest soci-ety, responded to a Monitor inquiry yesterday by email.

“We understand that corporations like Northern Pass are focused on the bottom line,” she wrote. “However, like many of our fellow landowners and our conservation partners, we also understand that money isn’t the only thing that matters in New Hampshire. Our forests, our land, scenic views and iconic places matter deeply to us. And they can’t always be bought.”

The Neil Tillotson Trust, which owns the 5,800 acres being sold, is obligated by its mission to con-serve natural resources and further economic devel-opment in the North Country, according to trust paperwork.

The challenge before the attorney general’s offi ce is deciding whether the proposed deal with the forest society accomplishes that.

Boston attorney John Cornish, who represents the trust, could not be reached yesterday. But he offered Blenkinsop his answer in an email Tuesday.

“(Bisbee) evidently does not understand that the trustees are not obligated to sell trust assets,” Cor-nish wrote. “They may fulfi ll their fi duciary duties, and the directions set forth in the trust, by donat-ing those assets to charities selected by them, with or without any (payment) in return. Certainly, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire For-

ests is a charity eligible to receive a distribution of the property from the trust.”

Bisbee’s letter makes clear that Northern Pass was surprised to be outbid by a lower bidder.

Northern Pass offi cials spent seven weeks nego-tiating with the trustees to buy two transmission rights of way. One involved 24 acres on the north-ern tip of the 5,800 acres the trust is now selling to the forest society. The other spanned 75 acres on a separate parcel. In exchange for the right of way, Northern Pass offered $2.2 million, $200,000 of which would go to Colebrook Hospital for health care initiatives.

Northern Pass offi cials wrapped up negotiations Dec. 6 with an understanding the trustees would accept their offer, according to Bisbee’s letter. In a phone call from a trustee the next morning, North-ern Pass offi cials learned otherwise.

“The trustees have offered no further explanation for their action,” other than they thought it was in the best interest of the North Country, Bisbee wrote. “What has become clear, however, is that during the entire seven weeks of negotiations, the trustees felt pressured by phone calls and email communications to reject any sale of transmission rights across the Balsams property.”

Murray said yesterday the trust could have made more money by accepting both offers: Northern Pass’s $2.2 million for the transmission line right of way and the forest society’s $850,000 offer to con-serve the land. But that wasn’t an option, according to Jack Savage, spokesman for the forest society.

He said the forest society has been talking with the Balsams owners for more than a decade about conserving the land around the hotel. When the soci-ety learned this fall that Northern Pass was trying

Northern Pass offi cials trying to block Balsams’ sale of land to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

see NORTHERN PASS page 16


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Friday, December 23Home Made Pie and

Bake Sale: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Milan Community Method-ist Church, Milan road, just out side the village. To benefi t “Send Dustin Down Under”. Offering a variety of home baked pies, breads, brownie, fudge, and cookies. There will be coffee and tea to warm you, A . Door prize at the end of the evening. Those attending will be entered into a drawing for a trip, sponsored by Down Under Sports.

Wednesday, December 28Cosmic Bowling: with

pizza, soda and make-your-own sundae. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Berlin Bowling Center. Any age and ability can join the fun! $10 per person. Reg-ister at the Berlin Recreation Department. Maximum of 40 - fi rst come - fi rst serve.

Tuesday, January 3AVH Diabetes Education

Meeting: 6:30 p.m., AVH lec-ture room. Howard S. Mudd, III, CRNA, Nurse Anesthetist, North Woods Anesthesia Ser-vices, PA, AVH Surgical Associ-ates, will speak on “Living with Diabetes: A Personal View” All are welcome to attend this free offering. Refreshments will be served. FMI, call 326-5631.

Milan School Board Meet-ing: 6:30 p.m., Milan Village School Library.

Thursday, January 5Free Blood Pressure

Clinic: Walmart, from 1-3 p.m. All welcome. Sponsored by the nursing services from city of Berlin Health Department.

Friday Cholesterol Clinic: Monday through Friday,

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

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

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

Bingo: St. Anne Hall, 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by Theatre North.

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

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

Gorham Public Library: Open M-F: 10am-6pm, Saturdays: 10am-Noon. Story Time is 1:30 p.m. every Friday View On-line Catalog at https://gorham.biblionix.com/ FMI call 466-2525 or email [email protected].

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dummer Library Story Hour: First Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. (FMI 449-0995; E-mail: [email protected])

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

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

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

SundayAA Meeting: Big Book. Discussion Meeting, 7 to

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

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


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DEAR ABBY: After 19 years of marriage, my husband left me for a younger woman. I found out later that they had been dating for several years. They moved in together immediate-ly after our separation, and she was pregnant at the divorce hearing. They had a baby boy eight months later. At every event with my kids, they come together with their son and she steers the conversation to her life, what’s going on, etc. I have tried to be silent and civil, but she ruined my daughter’s high school graduation by gossiping and gig-gling behind me and the kids the entire event. I am trying not to be a bitter ex, but I have had to bite back some nasty words to both of them. Any suggestions on how to deal with a miserably blended family? -- BLENDED FAM-ILY IN BATON ROUGE, LA. DEAR “BLENDED” FAMILY: Yes, and please don’t think I am without sympathy. The surest way to deal with your miserably blended family is to make a conscious decision to get on with YOUR life. If you’re not interested in what the woman has to say, get up and move away. No one says you must listen to her prattle. Develop your own interests and ac-tivities, and meet some new friends. The stronger and more independent you become, the better off you’ll be. Trust me. DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with “Anita” for four years. She moved in with me two years ago and our home life has been wonderful. We are a unique couple. We have discussed marriage, but neither of us believes in the tra-dition. I’d like to show Anita how much I love her, as well as show others we’re in a serious relationship. An engagement ring

would be a way to show it. However, the term “engagement” would not be accurate because we do not plan to marry. Can you suggest another symbol or even another term for a ring to show unity without indicating the eventuality of marriage? -- ROMANTIC IN OHIO DEAR ROMANTIC: How about calling Anita’s ring a com-mitment ring? Or give her a pendant with a sweet message engraved on the back? Or a wristwatch engraved with, “Love ya ‘til the end of time,” or “... ‘til time runs out.” Another way to indicate to others that you’re together but don’t believe in “tradition” would be to hold a commitment ceremony and invite friends. DEAR ABBY: There is an issue driving a wedge between my wife and me. I have always believed that my casual shirts (in fact, all my shirts) should be worn tucked into my slacks. My wife feels they should be left out. I think I look better with them tucked in. She feels differently. Abby, you can save our marriage if you’ll let us know who is right. To tuck, or not to tuck -- that is the question. And, by the way, she says I should mention that I have a bodacious waistline, which means I could lose 40 pounds. -- FRIAR “TUCKED” IN LONGMONT, COLO. DEAR “TUCKED”: Your wife is your best friend and she is right. (If you doubt it, consult a men’s haberdasher.) By leaving your shirt out, you would appear to be a few pounds thinner. When you tuck it in, your “bodacious” waistline is accentuated by a horizontal line, which makes you appear to be heavier.

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PARAKEETS, $15/each,$25/both, FMI 752-3452.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GORHAM- 1 bedroom apt, newcarpet, large closet, big yard, offstreet parking, utilities not in-cluded. $535/mo (603)986-5800.

GORHAM: 13 Exchange St,(white bldg w/ black trim) 2 br,first floor, fridge & stove, h/ hw,w/d hookup, w/ shed, parkingspaces, no pets. Sec. dep. Call:466-3378 (8am-4pm, M-F orleave a message).

GORHAM: 2 bedroom, heat,h/w, newly renovated, off streetparking, snow removal,723-6310.

For Rent

GORHAM: Construction work-ers, more comfortable then mo-tel, 3 bedroom furnished, 2nd.floor, parking, snow removal,no pets, no smokers, security,short term lease, 3 renters,$500/mo. each. 752-7096.

HOUSE: Nay Pond, 2/3 bedroomhome, 2 full bathrooms, openkitchen concept, all appliances,hot tub, jacuzzi, fireplace, hugesun room, boat dock and more,$2000/mo. call 723-2828 or752-6826.

Large 2 bedroom, $500 at 331Pleasant St., no dogs allowed,call Rich 326-3499.

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Jiffy 10" power auger,"Mora" hand held auger,

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AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop ma-tress sets, twin $169, full or queen$249, king $399. See AD under“Furniture”.

FOUR winter tires, P205/55R/16,w/ rims 16", $600/BO. DODGERam 2004, P/U, $12,500/BO,449-2164.

GREEN firewood, delivered,752-7468.

MILAN 8 Jack Posts, mint condi-tion $40/ea. obo (603)305-0046.

MOVING Sale: Black leatherloveseat, $25; Tan/Brown elec-tric recliner, lifts to standing,$150/BO; set of twin bedsframes & mattress, $50/BO.348-1371.

PATS Vs Bills Jan 1st. 2 tickets,$100 each. 603-548-8049.

SNOWBOARDS, Skis, snow-shoes, helmets all sizes used.Burton, Forum, Nitro, Boots,Bindings- cheap. (603)356-5885.

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Mobile Homes

TWO homes to choose from incentral North Conway park.New 2012 model Skyline, 14x72,two bedroom, 2 bath, work-shop/ shed, gas heat, big lot$49,900. 1994 Astro, 14x56, twobedroom, 1 bath, washer dryer,new appliances, new furnace,new roof, new hot water heater$24,900. Both homes ready tobe lived in! No dogs. Financingavailable, affordable living rightin North Conway. Walk toshops, outlets, trails, river. Call603-986-3991.


Information Technology System AdministratorGorham Paper and Tissue LLC, located in the heart of the White Mountains of NewHampshire, is seeking an Information Technology professional interested in joining ourstaff as a System Administrator. In addition to strong interpersonal and communicationskills, the right candidate will have a broad range of knowledge and experience workingwith Microsoft products and troubleshooting/ supporting a large base of on-site users,PCs, servers, network, and associated software. Key knowledge includes depth ofunderstand of Windows, networking hardware, TCP/IP, security, and excellent debuggingand troubleshooting skills. Experience with scripting, system automation, routing, ActiveDirectory, Exchange, VMware ESXi 4.0, SQL Server, premise cabling, and Citrix are allconsidered significant pluses.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:• Position requires at minimum a two-year Associates Degree in Computer Technology, Information Systems, Computer Management, or equivalent, and 3 years experience. Longer work experience and certification(s) will be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.• Key personal traits: communication skills, interpersonal skills, problem solving skills, willingness to learn, ability to adapt to quickly changing environment.• Computers: Knowledge of Windows operating systems (especially Windows 2000), Windows security, file serving, print serving, application serving.• Network: Knowledge of LAN, WAN, VPN, WiFi. Cabling (Copper and Fiber), TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, routing, switching.

Work and play in the shadow of Mt. Washington by joining Gorham Paper and TissueLLC. A competitive wage and benefit package is offered.

Submit resumes to the attention of Zanita Morin, Gorham Paper and Tissue LLC,Gorham, NH 03581. (e-mail MS Word documents to: [email protected]

An Equal Opportunity EmployerAlways Ready, Always There.

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The Town of RandolphIs seeking applicants for the position of Janitor at theRandolph Town Hall. Approx. 2-4 hours per week. If inter-ested, please send letter of application, before Dec. 31, tothe Board of Selectment, 130 Durand Road, Randolph, NH03581.

Network SpecialistFull Time Position

Woodlands Credit Union in Berlin, New Hampshire is seeking ahighly qualified individual to become our Network SystemsSpecialist. The successful candidate will be goal oriented, person-able, professional and passionate about exemplary member service.

Minimum requirements include: 3-5 years network experience withat least 2 years working with MS Active Directory. AssociateDegree, or equivalent formal training from a certified university ortechnical school. 2-3 years experience with WAN, LAN andvoice communication systems. Experience in troubleshooting andrepair of Computer hardware and peripheral equipment. Microsoftcertifications a plus.

Woodlands Credit Union is the industry leader in Northern NewHampshire with a strong commitment to member service. We offeremployees a professional working environment, competitivestructure and a benefits package that includes an employermatching 401k, paid vacation and more.

Applications available at Woodlands Credit Union.Return application or resume to any location or to:

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Berlin, Gorham, Conway, Plymouth and LebanonNew Hampshire

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FUELfrom page onebillion approved in fi scal year 2011 and the $5 billion in fi scal 2010.

As a result of the congressional action, New Hampshire will see its LIHEAP funding increase from $14.7 million to $26 million. The state last year received $34 million.

Shaheen said she asked the Obama administration to release some of the new LIHEAP funding and the govern-ment responded by releasing $845 million to the states yesterday

“The release of today’s LIHEAP funding is crucial for the many fami-lies in New Hampshire who are strug-gling to heat their homes. I’ve heard from many people across the state who, without this help, would have faced the impossible choice of choos-ing between heat and other necessi-

ties such as food or medicine. During this holiday season, what better gift could we provide than to make sure people are warm and safe inside their homes?” Shaheen said.

Shaheen called the $4.8 million the state received yesterday a down payment on the approximately $11 million more the state is slated to receive. She said she looks forward to more LIHEAP money being released quickly “so that American’s most vulnerable citizens don’t freeze this winter.”

A bipartisan group of 20 U.S. Sena-tors, including New Hampshire’s Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte, fi led leg-islation to increase LIHEAP funding. With the money released yesterday, Shaheen said the states have received $2.581 billion of the $3.5 billion.

Last year, 8,592 households in Coos, Carroll, and Grafton Counties

received funding through the program to help with their home heating bills.

Church as the pair walked across the street to tour the church briefl y. From there Romney and friends trav-eled up the street knocking on some doors and leaving campaign materi-als on others.

As he progressed toward Eighth Street, Romney encountered three middle school boys passing a football in the front yard at the home of Cam-eron Cochran. Romney shook hands with Cochran and his pals, CJ Wedge, and Evan Arsenault and engaged them in conversation, joking that all the press was on hand to scout the three for the NE Patriots.

In all, Romney was warmly received by residents he met, with one grandmother wishing she had candy canes on hand to pass out to the crowd on her front lawn. One local resident of Seventh Street was not immediately pleased, however, after she had been asked by cam-paign staff to be home in the after-noon for a visit from Romney and was then disappointed. She made no secret of her displeasure, tracking down the candidate and telling him that not showing up was not a good way to get votes. Romney made good, however, and jogged to her residence for the promised visit.

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NOTICE TO GORHAM RESIDENTS In observance of the Christmas Holiday and the New Year Holiday, the Public Works Department/Transfer Station will be closed Monday, December 26th and Monday, January 2nd. There will be no trash or recycling collection. Collection will take place on your next regularly scheduled day.

Happy Holidays!

TOWN OF GORHAM Supervisors of the Checklist will meet on January 3, 2012 from 7:00 to 7:30 pm at the Town Clerk’s Office for the purpose of making corrections to the checklist. No additions or corrections shall be made to the checklist after this session until election day and no change of party applications shall be accepted.

Janice Eastman Joan Bennett

Dorothy Ferrante

Notre Dame Arena 15 Hillside Ave., Berlin

752-4100 SCHOOL VACATION EVENTS

Mon. & Wed. 12/26, 12/28 PUBLIC SKATING 1- 3 p.m. $4/per person

Tues. & Thurs. 12/27, 12/29 STICK & PUCK

$5/per person 1-3 p.m.

FMI Contact Joe Accardi 723-8883

Area Christmas church services

* St. Paul Lutheran Church, 101 Norway St., Corner of 7th St.. Berlin.

-On Christmas Eve a candlelight communion ser-vices at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.

-Sunday morning services will be at 10:30 a.m.

* First Baptist Church, 79 High St., Berlin.-Christmas Eve service, 8 p.m.-Christmas morning service, 11 a.m.

* Lamb’s Chapel Christian Church214 School St.Berlin, NH 03570-Christmas Eve ServiceSaturday Evening, December 24, at 6:30 p.m.Candlelight Service-Christmas DaySunday, December 25, at 10:30 a.m.Christmas Worship Service

* Riverside Assembly of God Church, Berlin/Gorham Road

Sunday service, 10 a.m. * Community Bible ChurchChristmas Day 11 a.m., Christmas Worship ser-

vice

* Gorham Congregational Church United Church of Christ

-The Rev. Dr. David Smith will be leading worship services on Christmas Eve, Saturday, 7 p.m.

-Sunday morning, December 25, worship will begin at 10 a.m. The Gorham Congregational Church is located at 143 Main Street in Gorham. Their phone number is 466-2136.

* The Harvest Christian FellowshipChristmas Eve 6 p.m. Christmas programChristmas Morning - 10:30 a.m.

* Heritage Baptist ChurchCandlelight service Christmas evening 6 p.m.Watchnight service 12/31 8 p.m.

* Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, GorhamSaturday, Christmas Eve 4 p.m.Sunday, Christmas morning, 9 a.m.

* St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church of Good Shep-herd Parish, Pleasant St., Berlin.

-Saturday in Berlin 4 and 6 p.m. and midnight Mass

-Sunday at 9 a.m.

* St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Corner of Main and High Streets, Berlin

-Christmas Eve - Christmas music at 7:15 p.m., Worship at 7:30 p.m.

-Christmas Morning Worship at 10:15 a.m., Cel-ebration at 8 p.m.

to buy a piece of that land for its transmission lines, it offered to buy both the conservation easement and the right of way Northern Pass wanted.

But the society told the trust it wouldn’t buy one without the other, Savage said. The trust accepted the society’s offer.

The forest society is now trying to raise the $850,000 it needs by mid-January to sign off on the deal. Savage said donors from across the state donated $100,000 in the fi rst week. Murray criti-cized the fundraising campaign yesterday as mis-leading.

In some of its requests for donations, the society has said it will keep all transmission lines off the Balsams land if it can raise enough money to buy the property. That’s not true, Murray said, given

that the trust has reserved the right to build its own transmission lines for the wind farm it may develop.

The Northern Pass transmission lines would go in a northern corner of the 5,800-acre parcel, Murray said.

Few would see the lines there, he said. If the trust-ees build the wind farm, those transmission lines would be far more visible, he said. “They would create a much bigger impact than the Northern Pass lines would ever create,” he said.

Savage disputed that yesterday. “He’s comparing apples and oranges,” he said. The Northern Pass towers would be taller to accommodate high-voltage lines, and would run power from Canada to New England.

The wind farm, if it’s ever built, would supply local energy.

NORTHERN PASS from page 10

International Dinner and Adventure Series, Appalachian Mountain Club’s Joe Dodge Lodge and Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.

Join us for our 22nd year of the AMC’s Interna-tional Dinner Series! Wednesday evenings trans-form into a weekly dinner series of international cuisine and follows with an inspiring presenta-tion. The family style dinner features four courses, including soup or appetizer, salad, entrée, bread, dessert, and beverages. Guests may BYOB. The after dinner program is a cultural and inspira-tional adventure presented by local and regional guides, explorers, and travelers!

Jan 4:Farms and Forests of Romaniawith Maria SpiottiCuisine of RomaniaJan 11: Cycling and Camping in the Italian

-Swiss Lake District with Steve and Sally Swen-son

Cuisine of ItalyJan 18: Parrots of the Caribbean: A Natural His-

tory of Bonaire with Larry SpencerCuisine of BonaireJan 25: Trekking in the Remote Anti-Atlas

Mountains of Moroccowith Sue Rose and Eva Borsody DasCuisine of MoroccoFeb 1: Climbing Ecuador’s Volcanoes with Eric

PedersenCuisine of EcuadorFeb 8: Slovenia - A “New” and Relatively

Unknown Country of Great Beauty and Diversitywith Theo and Melanie StibbonsCuisine of SloveniaFeb 15: Wild Stone: Climbing the Unclimbed

From the Arctic to Arabia with Sarah GarlickCuisine of JordanFebruary 29:Mongolia: Herders, Horses, and

Eagles with Richard CableCuisine of MongoliaMarch 7: Hiking in the Aragon and Valencia

Regions of Spain with Paul CunhaCuisine of SpainMarch 14: England-River, Coastal and Country

Walking with Theo and Melanie StibbonsCuisine of EnglandMarch 21: West of Ireland with Jack HolmesCuisine of IrelandMarch 28: Medicine in the Mountains: Teaching

and Providing in the Himalayas with Toby SavageCuisine of Nepal2012 International Dinner prices: $23 Adult

AMC Members and $28 Adult Non Members.International Dinner packages are available

which includes dinner, the presentation, lodging at the Joe Dodge Lodge, breakfast and a trail pass at Great Glen Trails. Dinner is at 6 pm, the pro-gram follows dinner. All programs are free and open to the public.

Reservations are recommended. For more infor-mation or to make reservations call: 603-466-2727 www.outdoors.org.

AMC January 2012 Dinner series

Writer’s Night Out Group meeting Jan. 3BERLIN -- The January 2012 meeting of the

North Country Writer’s Night Out Group will be held Monday, January 2, 2012, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the kitchen of the Brown Company House, on Main Street, in Berlin, NH. The Brown Com-pany House is directly across the street from the South parking lot of the Northern Forest Heritage Park.

The agenda will include priliminary discussions on the 2012 Writer’s Workshop and Book Festival day, to be held this year in May, in the Northern Forest Heritage Park, as well as news about mem-bers latest writings and publications. Time will

also be allotted for those who wish to share their latest efforts with the group.

New members are always welcome, and are also welcome to share anything they may have written with the group. Being a published author is not a requirement. Anyone with an interest in the writ-ten word is welcome.

Refreshments are always served toward the meeting’s end.

If you have an interest in writing, please make a resolution to join us on January 2, 2012.

For further information, please contact Dick Conway at 603-449-2558.


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There will be no Garbage or Blue Box (recycle) collection on Monday December 26th , 2011 which is a PWD Christmas Day Holiday. All collections will be on Friday December 30th , 2011.

Happy Holidays

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1st. Circuit – Probate Division – Lancaster

12/01/2011 thru 12/16/2011

APPOINTMENT OF FIDUCIARIES

Notice is hereby given that the following fiduciaries have been duly appointed by the Judge of Probate for Coos County. All persons having claims against these decedents are requested to exhibit them for adjustment and all indebted to make payment.

Moores, Christine Margaret, late of Berlin, NH. Robert A. Moores, 39 Spruce Street, Berlin, NH 03570. #314-2011-ET- 00278

Theberge, Judy M., late of Gorham, NH. Becky Lynn Theberge, 128 Success Road, Milan, NH 03588. #314-2011-ET- 00259

Dated: 12/19/2011 Terri L. Peterson, Clerk

TOWN OF SHELBURNE SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST

The S upervisors of the C hecklist will be in session on Tuesday Jan uary 3, 2012 between the hours of 7:00 pm and 7:30 pm at the Shelburne Town Ha ll for additions and corrections to the checklist.

Hildreth Danforth, Robin Henne, Joyce Carlisle

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MONDAY Closed - Merry Christmas!

TUESDAY Chicken Fingers & Poutine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.50

WEDNESDAY Cheeseburge Club w/french fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.50

THURSDAY Tuna Burger w/french fries, coleslaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.50

FRIDAY Haddock Plate w/french fries, coleslaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.25

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William Bishop, Jr.WEST STEWARTSTOWN -- William H. Bishop,

Jr., 47, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2011 at the Coos County Nursing Home. He was born in Franklin, NH, on May 4, 1964, a son to Wil-liam H. and Linda G. (Hurlbert) Bishop.

Will grew up in Gorham, NH, and graduated from Gorham High School, Class of 82’. He worked as a logger and farm hand for most of his life. Will was an avid hunter, trapper and fi sherman.

Will was predeceased by his mother, Linda Bishop, and sister, Sue Ellen Waterman. He is sur-vived by his father, William H Bishop, Sr., and his wife Brenda of Lancaster; a son, Nicholas Bishop and his wife Brenda of Lancaster; two daugh-ters, Gale Bishop and her signifi cant other Tim

Biladeau of Granby, Vt., Katie Bishop of Guyton, Georgia; one brother, Bradley Bishop and his wife Billie Jo of Gorham; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Family and friends are invited to visiting hours on Friday, December 23, from 6-8 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home in Lancaster, NH. A graveside ser-vice will be held on Saturday, December 24, at 11 a.m. at the Summer Street Cemetery in Lancaster with the Reverend Ron Bruce offi ciating.

In lieu of fl owers memorial donations may be made to the Huntington’s Disease Society of Amer-ica, 505 Eighth Avenue Suite 502, NY, NY 10018.

Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more informa-tion or to send an online condolence.

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Rita LemieuxBERLIN -- A funeral service was held for Rita

Lemieux, on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, in the Chapel of Fleury-Patry Funeral Home with Rever-end Mark Dollard, as celebrant.

Burial followed at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Berlin. Serving as pallbearers were her son Michael Lemieux, Sr., her gandson Michael Lemieux, Jr., Bruce Mortenson, Cody Mortenson and Linda

Merullo.There were numerous friends and family mem-

bers that attended the services from in and out of town.

To post a tribute, please visit www.fl eury-patry.com

Arrangements were under the direction of The Fleury-Patry Funeral Homes of Berlin and Gorham.

Local resident graduates from Harding UniversitySEARCY, Ark. — Sarah Meserve of Milan was

one of approximately 340 graduates to receive a diploma at the Harding University commencement exercises Dec. 17.

Meserve received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.

Graduates included students from the College of Allied Health, College of Arts and Humanities, Col-

lege of Bible and Religion, Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration, Cannon-Clary College of Education, Carr College of Nursing, College of Sci-ences and the Honors College.

The ceremonies were held in Benson Auditorium on campus with Brant Bryan, owner of Fairways Equities LLC as the keynote speaker. President David B. Burks presented diplomas to all graduates.

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Panthers stand tall in win over Huskies 73-51

MEREDITH-Drew Swedburg tossed home 24 points, leading the Moultonborough Academy Panthers to a 73-51 victory over Gorham on Friday.

The visiting Huskies played a solid fi rst quarter and trailed 17-14 after one quarter of play. Senior center Michael Turgeon did his best to keep Gorham close by, netting eight of his teams’ points. Swedburg had six points for the home team. The Panthers put the game out of reach by out pointing Gorham 22-5 in the second quarter to lead by a score of 39-19 at the break. Jake St. Hilare hit a three point shot, while Swed-burg was again the offensive leader for Moultonborough.

“They are a very good team and are playing very well right now,” said head coach Billy Goodrich. “They have a lot of size and a very good point guard in Drew Swedberg who did a nice job controlling the game. We came out and played pretty well in the fi rst quarter, however, in the second quarter they pick up their perimeter defense and really con-

tested our shots. Their size really paid off as they dominated us on the boards 22 – 45 including 19 offensive boards.”

The Panthers pushed their lead to 58-29 by the end of the third quarter. Marcus Swedburg had six points for the home team.

Plenty players got some playing time in the fourth quarter for both teams. Gorham’s Jensen had six points and junior Hunter Lambert-son chipped in with fi ve points.

“The team continued to battle, in the second half,” said Goodrich. “We managed to play a more balanced game against them. Michael did a great job inside against the biggest front court he is going to see and reg-istered a solid double/double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.”

Drew Swedburg had 24 points, Michael Donahue 12 points, and Travis Keich-Poier added 10 points for the Panthers. The Huskies got 16 points from Turgeon. Team mates Jensen 13 points, and Lambertson 11 points, were keys in the Gorham offense.

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BY JEAN LEBLANCTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Lady Huskies wear down Lumberjacks, 60-12

GORHAM--The Gorham girl’s var-sity basketball team out scored Lin-wood 41-0 in the second and third quarters, and went on to defeat the visiting Lady Lumberjacks 60-12 in a girls’ Division IV basketball game in Gorham Tuesday.

Things did not begin well for the home team. At the end of the fi rst quarter of play, Gorham held a slim 10-8 lead. Senior Jaimie Bisson tossed in eight of her teams’ ten markers.

However, the constant defensive pressure by Gorham, fi nally caught up with Linwood. The Huskies did not let Linwood score, while having their best offensive quarter of the season net-ting 20 points. Junior Jessica Stewart reaped the benefi ts of steals and turn-overs, scoring ten points, while team-mate Hayley Holmes added a pair of hoops. Gorham held a 30-8 advantage during intermission.

Gorham did not turn down their defense in the third quarter of play. The Huskies went to their 3-2 zone and let the Lumberjacks shoot from the outside. Unfortunately for Lin-wood, nothing would fall and Gorham

led 51-8 after three quarters. Fresh-man Brooke Nadeau had four buck-ets all in the paint area for the Lady

Huskies.Both teams’ emptied their benches

for the fi nal quarter of play. Sopho-more Katie Gagne paced the Gorham offense, netting a pair of hoops for the home team.

For the game, Linwood connected on fi ve fi eld goals and shot 1-4 from the foul line. Kayla Fadden had fi ve points for the Lady Lumberjacks. The Hus-kies hit 25 shots from the fl oor and went 10-19 from the foul line. Stew-art led the scorers accumulating 16 points. Nadeau 13 and Bisson 11, both reached double digits offensively.

The Huskies will now take some time off for the holiday break. The Gorham girls travel to Epping for their Christmas tournament.

GHS 10 20 21 09 60LHS 08 00 00 04 12Huskies (60)- Cyr 1-0-2, Currier

2-0-4, Stewart 7-2-16, McClure 1-0-2, Holmes 2-2-6, Gagne 2-0-4, Bisson 4-3-11, Nadeau 6-1-13, Carlisle 0-2-2.

Lumberjacks (12)- McCrohan 1-0-3, Larue, Fadden 2-1-5, Ash, Blaisdell 1-0-2, Harrington 1-0-2.


Giannos leads Mounties to fourth straight 76-50

BERLIN--Junior guard Dimitri Giannos netted 18 points, helping the Berlin boys basketball team to their fourth straight victory of the season , a 76-50 victory over the Winnisquam Bears in Berlin Tuesday.

The Berlin offense was in high gear, putting up a 28-11 edge in the fi rst quarter. Sam Aldrich ten, Curtis Arsenault four, and Jake Drouin three points led the offense. The Bears’ Zach Plourde, and Spencer Pevine had three points each.

“We were able to get the ball inside to Sam in the fi rst period,” said Berlin

coach Don Picard. “He was effective scoring down low.”

Winnisquam’s only hope was to keep pace with Berlin using the three point shot. Berlin raised their advan-tage to 46-26 by half time. Giannos zigged and zagged his way to the hoop for ten markers. Arsenault another seven, and sophomore Quinn Mor-rissette four points, got Berlin up by twenty points by intermisson. Win-nisquam’s Tommy Mahoney 6 (2-3’s) and team mate Mike Quagliana fi ve points, did their best to keep the visi-tors close.

“Dimitri is tough going to the hoop,”


see GIANNOS page 19

Jefferson youth shelter has new basketball court

JFFERSON -- This summer and fall, community businesses rallied to construct a basketball court for Jef-ferson’s NFI, North Country Shelter (NCS). The shelter is a treatment pro-gram for youth who have been placed by the court for getting into trouble or because of family issues and they need a safe place to live. NCS is a transi-tion and stabilization place for youth while more permanent arrangements are made. Living at NCS confronts kids with who they are and how they got there in the fi rst place. Keeping them active helps kids to cope more appropriately with the issues they are facing.

Basketball has always been one of their favorite outlets. Prior to this new court, they played with portable goals on a dirt court, many times combating mud and ice to play their game; com-peting for space with cars in the small parking lot. An old barn was taken down, the ground was leveled and dirt was added. Eventually pavement was on the ground. With this new court, NCS youth will be able to play full court team games on a solid, level sur-face. They and the staff at NCS are very excited about the new court!

NCS offi cials thanked the local people and businesses who contrib-

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Inn & ResortPicard said. “He doesn’t need much of an opening and he’ll slice through. Tonight he fi nished well. With Brad Frenette out with an injured wrist and Tyler Reed out with a badly sprained ankle, we got nice contribu-tions off the bench. Travis Lapoionte was able to fi nd Quinn Morrissette on backdoor cuts going to the hoop.”

Mounties Giannos and Zach Bacon fi ve points each, Arsenault four, and as a team, Berlin shot went 8-10 from the free throw line in the third quar-ter to take a twenty-fi ve point edge.

In the fi nal quarter, both coaching staffs went deep into their benches to make the fi nal outcome 76-50. Travis Lapointe netted four points for the home team.

For the game, the Bears were 18-42 from the fl oor. However, the visitors were 10-19 from behind the arc and just 4-7 from the foul line. Mahoney, Parker and Quaglianna had nine points each for Winnisquam. The Mounties were 26-45 from the fi eld and 3-9 from three point land. Berlin was a solid 21-29 from the charity stripe. Giannos 18, Arsenault 15, and Aldrich 14 points paced a balanced attack.

“Overall I was pleased with how we attacked the basket,” Picard praised. “We got to the line 29 times which shows that we are looking to pen-etrate and break down the defense. We are getting solid guard play from Drouin and Giannos, they are very poised out and are under control using pass fakes effectively and are effi cient with their dribble. Those two really set the tempo for us on both ends of the fl oor.

We gave up too many open looks from the perimeter allowing 10 3 point baskets. We will need to close out harder on shooters, but that is correctable.”

Berlin will host the Newfound Bears on Thursday before their annual journey to Groveton and the holiday tornament.

BHS 28 18 20 10 76WRHS 11 15 15 9 50Mounties (76)- Giannos 5-7-18,

Arsenault 6-2-15, Aldrich 6-2-14, Bacon 3-3-9, Drouin 2-4-9, Mor-rissette 3-0-6, Lapointe 1-2-4, Bel-lanceau 0-1-1, Heath.

Bears (50)-Mahoney 3-0-9, Parker 3-2-9, Quagliana 4-0-9, Plourde 3-0-8, Connor 2-0-6, Pevine 2-1-5, Deroche 1-0-3, Foster, 0-1-1.

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Hearing in soldier’s WikiLeaks case endsFORT MEADE, Md. (NY Times)

— The military hearing against Pfc. Bradley Manning closed on Thursday, with lawyers and onlookers alter-nately portraying him as a premedi-tated traitor or an accidental hero with emotional troubles.

In their summary arguments, mili-tary lawyers accused the slight, bespec-tacled private of deliberately using his training as an Army intelligence ana-lyst and his security clearances to leak tens of thousands of classifi ed diplo-matic cables, intelligence reports and a video of a military helicopter attack that left 11 people dead.

The prosecutors showed what they

described as a Qaeda propaganda video in which terrorist operatives talked about the ways they had been able to exploit the leaks, with one of them saying that Private Manning “aided in the publication of those fi les, knowing that our enemies would use those fi les.”

Private Manning’s lawyers did not argue that their client was innocent of the leaks. However, they compared the military’s case to the story of Chicken Little, saying that the fi les leaked to the antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks had not damaged national security and that the government was “over-charging” their client, who faces

life in prison.WikiLeaks shared the fi les with sev-

eral news organizations, including The New York Times. News accounts of the fi ndings ignited international outrage.

The defense lawyers portrayed Private Manning, 24, as a man struggling with myriad emotional problems, stemming primarily from years of having to hide that he is gay. His lawyers said he reached out to his commanding offi cers for help and emotional support, but they ignored his problems. And, the lawyers said, Private Manning saw himself as a whistle-blower, not a traitor.

“My client was young,” said one of the

defense lawyers, David Coombs. “He thought he could make a difference.”

The investigating offi cer overseeing the proceedings is expected to deliver his recommendations on whether to court-martial Private Manning on Jan. 16. Legal experts said it was almost certain that Private Manning would be tried on at least some of the 22 charges against him, which include aiding the enemy and adding unauthorized soft-ware to a classifi ed computer.

If he is court-martialed on the more serious charges, Manning could face the death penalty. But prosecutors have said they would seek life in prison instead.

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The Berlin Daily Sun, Friday, December 23, 2011