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The planning committee of the 12th annual Health-A-Rama met at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital recently. (l-r) James Patry, AVH director of public rela-tions and marketing; Edwina Keene, committee chair and AVH volunteer coordinator; Steve Griffi n and Cindy Griffi n; Adrienne Backer, Berlin Junior High School counselor; Jill Poulin, Berlin Junior High School physical education teacher; and Matt Saladino, Gorham Middle/High School counselor. Missing is Gina Belanger, LPN, Maternal and Child Health Program Administrator at the Gorham Family Resource Center. The Health-A-Rama, which is a program for Berlin/Gorham eighth graders, will take place at the Town and Country Motor Inn in Shelburne on April 28. See story page 7. (GAIL SCOTT PHOTO)

City council hopes to maintain current staff level at fi re department

Selectmen revisit proposed noise ordinanceGORHAM— The Gorham Board of Selectmen will

continue reviewing the proposed noise ordinance before making a fi nal decision on whether to enact it.

The board Monday night revisited the noise ordinance for the fi rst time since it was discussed during the annual town meeting. Town Manager Robin Frost presented the board with the proposed ordinance and a memo from Chief P.J.

Cyr about possible revisions to the measure in light of some of the discussion during town meeting.

“We’ll look at this a little further and look at what the chief says,” said Terry Oliver, chair of the Board of Select-men. “And then revisit it at another meeting.”

Selectman Paul Robitaille said he’s been hearing a lot of comments both in favor of and against the noise ordinance. He added the board should carefully review the proposed

BY CRAIG LYONSTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

see SELECTMEN page 6

BERLIN – The city council is unlikely to support hiring two additional fi refi ghters but will try to avoid reducing current staffi ng levels in the fi re department.

That was the message delivered to Fire Chief Randall Trull and the department at its budget presentation to the council Monday night. As he has in previous years, Trull recommended the department add two fi re fi ghters to allow minimum staffi ng levels of fi ve on all four shifts. Currently, two shifts have four personnel on duty.

But the fi re department budget presented as part of the city manager’s overall budget actually calls for reducing the department by two positions to meet the council’s budget goal of no tax increase. In his budget note, City Manager

Patrick MacQueen called the reduction “particularly pain-ful”. He noted if the department were reduced to four shifts of four fi refi ghters, there would be times, because of ill-nesses, injuries, and vacations, when there would be fewer than four fi refi ghters per shift.

Mayor Paul Grenier told the department he does not believe the council wants to see any reductions in personnel but also warned that the city has limited funds. Last year he said the fi refi ghters union made concessions on health benefi ts and the council was able to avoid lay-offs. He said if that spirit of cooperation continues, he is hopeful the city can avoid lay-offs in the department this budget year.

Grenier also said he does not believe council will be in a position to make a decision on staffi ng levels until the

BY BARBARA TETREAULTTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

see STAFF page 6

Health insurance change shows savings for schools, towns

GORHAM— A change in health insurances carriers for the Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District, SAU 20, the town of Shelburne and the town of Gorham will result in some cost-savings for the agencies.

All of these groups will switch to a new health insurance carrier and see savings, with the most signifi -cant being for the G.R.S. Cooperative School District saving an estimated $80,000. The school district fi rst began looking for a new insurance plan to save money and both Shelburne and Gorham joined in to increase the size of the buying pool.

Based on the new plan through LGC, the G.R.S. district will save an estimated $80,000; the SAU will save $9,000; the Milan school will save $13,000; the Errol school will save $3,500; and the town of Gorham will save $13,384. The Berlin Daily Sun


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City will fi le for intervenor status in new Laidlaw proceeding

BY BARBARA TETREAULTTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN – Despite legal bills tal-lying over $300,000 so far this fi scal year, the city council voted unani-mously Monday night to fi le for inter-venor statue in the latest N.H. Site Evaluation Committee proceedings The SEC has scheduled a public meet-ing on April 22 to consider a motion by Laidlaw Berlin BioPower to transfer its certifi cate to build and operate a biomass plant on the former pulp mill site to Berlin Station LLC.

In an e-mail to the city planner, Attorney Merritt Schnipper of Downs, Rachlin and Martin estimated the

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SAN GABRIEL, Calif. — The building inspectors and police offi cers walked into the small row of connected town houses here knowing some-thing was amiss. Neighbors had complained about noise and a lot of pregnant women coming and going. And when they went into a kitchen they saw a row of clear bassinets holding several infants, with a woman acting as a nurse hov-ering over them.

For months, offi cials say, the house was home to “maternity tourists,” in this case, women from China who had paid tens of thousands of dollars to deliver their babies in the United States, making the infants automatic Ameri-can citizens. Offi cials shut down the home, sending the 10 mothers who had been living there with their babies to nearby motels.

“These were not women living in squalor — it was a well taken care of place and clean, but there were a lot of women and babies,” said Clayton Anderson, a city inspector who shut down the house. “I have never seen anything like this before. We really couldn’t determine the exact number of people living there.”

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TOKYO (NY Times) — As workers at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant piled up sandbags and readied emergency storage tanks on Tuesday to stop a fresh leak of highly contaminated water from reaching the ocean, criticism rose over the handling of the crisis by the top governmental and civilian authorities.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan responded to questions for the fi rst time since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that damaged

the plant, saying that his government was in a state of maximum alert over three stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and defending his visit there March 12. Some lawmakers have suggested his presence delayed emergency efforts.

But Mr. Kan insisted his March 12 visit was not a “political performance,” the Kyodo news service reported. “Grasping the situa-tion at the plant at that time was extremely important,” he said.

“This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan” in decades, Mr. Kan said in Parliament, adding his own sharp rebuke of the plant’s operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Com-pany, or Tepco.

“It’s undeniable their assumptions about tsunamis were greatly mistaken,” Mr. Kan said, Bloomberg reported. “The fact that their standards were too low invited the current situation.”

Nuclear crisis spawns criticism of authorities

(NY Times) WICHITA FALLS, Texas — When Tyler Anastopoulos, an 11th grader from Wichita Falls, got in trouble for skipping deten-tion at his high school recently, he was sent to the assistant principal and given three swift swats to the backside. The blows were so severe they caused deep bruises and the boy wound up in the hospital, Ms. Herring said.

Corporal punishment is still alive in 20 states, according to the Center for Effective Discipline, a

group that tracks its use in schools around the country and advocates for its end. Most of those states are in the South, where paddling remains engrained in the social and family fabric of some communities.

This month, Tyler, who attends City View Junior/Senior High School, told his story to lawmak-ers in Texas, which is considering a ban on corporal punishment. The same week, legislators in New Mexico voted to end the prac-tice there.

Schools under pressure to spare the rod forever

RAS LANUF, Libya (NY Times) — Having halted a west-ward push by rebel fi ghters, forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi began a counteroffensive on Tuesday, marching eastward to the outskirts of this critical oil town, as an array of diplomats gathered in London to shape a political vision of a post-Qaddafi era.

“We meet now in London at a turning point,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told the conference, urging continued military action by the NATO-led coalition in Libya along with “political and diplomatic pressure that makes clear to Qaddafi that he must go.”

On the ground, though, there was no indication that Colo-nel Qaddafi was prepared even for the cease-fi re demanded by the United Nations resolution 12 days ago authorizing the military operation in Libya.

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With as many as 100 layoffs of court employees on the horizon, the judicial branch is moving forward more quickly than it intended with plans to halve the managerial staff in the state’s probate, district and family courts, consolidating the three divisions into circuit courts by July 1.

Judicial offi cials said that restruc-turing, which doesn’t involve clos-ing any courts, would take years to accomplish when they announced their plans in January. But state budget writers asked them to accel-erate that process, and this week administrative judges informed the clerks, deputy clerks and probate registers in the courts slated for consolidation that all of them would need to apply for the new circuit court positions.

Of the 52 clerk-level positions in those courts, only 21 will remain come June 30 if the Legislature signs off on the plan, said Judge Edwin Kelly, who oversees the state’s family and district courts. He said the number of deputy clerks will go from 60 to 28 in the restructuring.

“As a manager, it’s a very, very pos-itive, but very painful” process, Kelly said yesterday. Anticipating the plan will be approved by the full Legisla-ture, the judicial branch posted the circuit court positions online yester-day morning, and Kelly said those interested in the jobs will have until Thursday to apply.

Interviews will be conducted in April, and by the fi rst week of May, judicial offi cials will make their selections known, Kelly said.

But beyond those reductions, lay-offs are coming across the entire judicial branch, which has about 530 employees. The number won’t be fi nalized until the state budget is complete, but offi cials expect the lay-offs could hit as many as 100 employ-ees, said courts spokeswoman Laura Kiernan.

Kiernan said all court employees received a memo this week from

Chief Justice Linda Dalianis regard-ing the likely layoffs, which judi-cial offi cials say will be necessary because of a budget shortfall. The House Finance Committee recently decided to give the judicial branch an extra $2.9 million next year, bringing its overall recommended appropriation to $77.4 million.

But while Dalianis said that money will stave off some layoffs, the committee intended much of it for projects the branch proposed ear-lier this year, including the adoption of an e-court system.

And it’s still not enough to bring the branch’s budget up to what is needed to maintain the current level of operations — without taking more unpaid furlough days, Kiernan said. She said judicial offi cials have com-mitted to not including furloughs in the upcoming budget, after courts across the state shut down for 12 days this year.

“The Supreme Court believes that it’s not fair to continue to try to bal-ance the state budget by closing the courts to the public,” Kiernan said. The furloughs also cut into the sala-ries of nearly every judge, marital master and staff member, Kiernan said, “and no one else in state gov-ernment paid that price.”

Rep. William Belvin, the chairman of the House Finance subcommittee that deals with the judicial branch’s budget, said it was important to committee members that the courts stay open.

“We wanted to see that justice is kept close to the people,” said Belvin, a Hillsborough Republican. Asked about the direction the committee gave judicial offi cials, Belvin said legislators “encouraged them to be swift” with their plans to create the circuit court system.

“Any major systems effort — and that’s what this is, a big change in process — the longer it takes, the greater the risk you get intercepted by other issues that happen,” Belvin said. He said making the change all at once “reduces the uncertainty for personnel.”

BY MADDIE HANNATHE CONCORD MONITOR

Tests of snow melt in Concord revealed low levels of radioactive iodine similar to what several states are detecting in rainwater sources since the Japan nuclear reactor crisis, the state’s public health director said Monday.

The results were expected and pose no health risk to the public, New Hampshire Director of Public Health Dr. Jose Montero said.

Manchester Water Works also announced it will move from May to next week its routine testing of Lake Massabesic for total radiation. That test would only show if total radia-tion levels increased, but would not be able to identify the isotope responsi-ble, Water Works Director Thomas M. Bowen said.

The Lake Massabesic watershed provides drinking water for 159,000 Greater Manchester customers.

Radioiodine, or I-131, levels found in a snow sample the state public health lab tested over the weekend were about 40 pCi/L, or picocuries per liter, Montero said. This is at least 25 times below any level considered harmful to people who use that water as their only drinking source, he said. The level is about half of what was detected in tests done in Massachu-setts, Montero added.

“The reality is, with the situation as it is right now, there is no risk to the environment or human health here in this country, certainly not in New Hampshire, not at these levels,” Mon-

tero said.“There are no actions people should

be taking as a result of this fi nding,” he added.

The increased levels of radioiodine in rainwater were expected, Montero said. Testing will continue until the Japan nuclear reactor crisis is stabi-lized, he added.

Air quality tests have shown no sig-nifi cant increase, Montero said.

Radioiodine is a radioactive form of the element iodine and is a by-product of nuclear energy production, accord-ing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

No water suppliers in the state are known to be testing for radioiodine, a state Department of Environmental Services spokesman said.

That is because radioiodine is not a regulated entity under federal drink-ing water standards, said Donald Ware, president of regulated water utilities for Pennichuck Corp., a pri-vate water company that serves about 34,000 customers.

Ware stressed the increased radioio-dine level was detected in rainwater only.

“They haven’t found it yet any place in surface water,” Ware said.

Pennichuck Corp. will work closely with federal and state environmental agencies to ensure close monitoring of the situation, Ware said. He expects his company will do a specifi c test for radioiodine at some point.

The environmental services bureau will work with water supplies across the state to maintain lines of communication and possibly develop testing protocols, spokesman James P. Martin said.

Radioiodine in snow meltBY KATHRYN MARCHOCKI

THE UNION LEADER

Newt Gingrich abruptly rescheduled a planned Wednesday morning meet-ing with about 15 to 20 infl uential New Hampshire Tea Party activists, ini-tially upsetting the organizer but then smoothing the waters a bit with a per-sonal phone call and apology.

“Obviously, I’m upset about it,” said Jerry DeLemus, chairman of the Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC, fi rst told the Granite Status. “I’m a former Marine. When you make an appointment you keep it unless it’s an illness or an emergency of some kind.”

But DeLemus called the Granite Status back later to say he had just received a call from an apologetic Gingrich.

“When someone apologizes, you have to accept their apology,” he said. “I’m not a grudge-holding guy, anyway.”

DeLemus was asked by Gingrich’s handlers to organize a group of liberty movement/Tea Party Granite Staters to meet with Gingrich.

DeLemus said that the meeting was fi rst going to be held on Wednesday afternoon, but it was rescheduled for the morning when Gingrich sched-uled a speaking engagement at Salem State College in Massachusetts.

Newt apology eases sting of canceled Tea Party meeting

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As a person who has suffered a few health issues over the years, I’m happy to say I’m feeling good nowadays. That is not to rule out either a recurrence of some health issue or the development of something new, But, right now, I’m willing to leave well enough alone. But I am looking ahead and trying too get ready for what seems to be inevitable. At my age something bad is sure to happen eventu-ally.

Right now I’m having as check up at AVH to determine how my heart is doing and if there is something to be concerned about. I had bypass surgery back in 1997 and relieved two partially block arteries. One was 90 percent blocked, the other around 40 percent. Since then I’ve not had an issue with my heart but have not had a check up since 2007. It’s time.to get back in there to see what may be hap-pening, although I have no clue that anything is malfunctioning in the old chest cavity.

While my heart has been working pretty good since ‘97, other parts of my circulatory system have not. That has been the circula-tion to my legs and feet. After being diag-nose as a diabetic back in the early 1990s, I’ve tried to take medication and adjust my diet and lifestyle to lessen the impact of the disease. Nevertheless blood circula-tion to my feet has been an issue which has required multiple operations to increase the blood supply especially to the right side. Even with that activity, my feet have suf-fered from a reduced fl ow of blood. Both feet have reduced feeling and are vulnerable. I have a standing appointment every three

months with podiatrist doctor, Bedard Ryan, for the cutting of my toenails and a checkup of my condition.

While, so far, things are still function-ing at a reduced rate of blood fl ow too my feet, there will come a day when I’ll once again need to have Dr. Yvon Baribeau, The Montreal Flash, at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester install a new artery in one or both legs to again get more blood to my feet. Sine 2002, he has worked on installing a new artery in my right leg fi ve or six dif-ferent times. I now have an artifi cial artery about half the size of a garden hose deliv-ering blood down my right leg to my foot. I sometimes wonder how big the next one may be if we need to go there again.

If working on my legs and feet weren’t enough, I’ve also had two major back sur-geries to deal with extreme deterioration of vertebrae there. back in 2004 I began too experience severe back pain which fi nally led to a collapse of two vertebrae and some severe diffi culty with back function. That led to two major operations at Dartmouth Hitch Cock Medical Center with Dr. Abdu which helped to resolve the worst aspect and help me to function more normally. So far, except for some malfunction in my hands, the pain has not returned in anything like the degree it once had. While it’s more diffi cult now to eat soup, I’m happy with the outcome.

So, like I said, I’m feeling good now. But I’m aware that something is likely to change. I’m trying to ready myself without losing sight of how good things are right now.

John Walsh

Feeling GoodAmerican Legion Auxiliary 82 thanks you all

To the editor:The American Legion

Auxiliary Unit 82 wishes to thank all volunteers of the Auxiliary Unit 82 and Legionnaires of Post 82, for their donations of black oak ham, home made baked beans, American chop suey, deserts and other items which made our ham and bean supper held March 26, a great success.

Most of all we appreciate the time and effort of all of our volunteers that continu-ally are there with just a word to help and support the efforts of the American Legion Post 82.

In these trying times it is diffi cult for the Post to main-tain and support itself with-out the continuing efforts

of fundraisers like the ones done in March. These would be impossible without our volunteers.

Whether you support the Karaoke every other Sat-urday night, come in for corned beef and cabbage dinner, support the ham and bean supper, or the Tuesday evening socials every little bit helps and is very much appreciated. We are truly grateful to the North Coun-try communities and their continued support of our American Legion.

Commander David SaucierAmerican Legion Post 82 GorhamPresident Linda DupontLegion Auxiliary Unit 82 Gorham

Make an example and fine her for her rescueTo the editor:Despite the assessment

by rescuers that the woman rescued off Mount Jack-son, rescuers that “she did everything right”, she in fact committed several errors. She got lost! She couldn’t follow back down those large snowshoe tracks she had just made. Huh? She was hiking alone, which is a fun-damental mistake in a back country context although, admittedly, lots of people get away with it.

Third, she didn’t carry any survival gear, relying instead on one of those dammed cell phones. Even when we go cross country skiing at a commercial area, we carry enough extra stuff (includ-

ing a bivouac sack weighing less than a pound) to survive a few hours. Although she was “experienced” and coped with the situation she got herself into, she went beyond her means but was lucky.

Given that governments are cutting back on really essential services, I don’t think the taxpayers should be on the hook for this boon-doggle. Make an example and fi ne her.

(This writer has made nearly 700 mountaineering ascents on fi ve continents as well as innumerable winter hikes in the White Moun-tains in a career of 50-plus years.)

Robert KruszynaRandolph

Botany was never my strong suit in prep school. Actually, I didn’t have any strong suits, not even one. I fl unked my way through every subject and the school should have thrown me out, but they fi gured, Well, he comes from a good family, so he’ll come around.

I never came around, I couldn’t even get a passing grade in subjects that I actually liked. One of those was Latin, and I did realize that if you don’t know Latin you can’t really know English, and I suspected that English could be very useful and practically every tree and plant in the world has a Latin name, which was about the only other thing I liked in prep school. So I paid attention.

I had three years of Latin, and even though I failed my way through all the tests, the sen-tence structure and the vocabulary and the way Latin thinks stayed with me, and in the years since then hardly a day goes by when I don’t fi nd some use for that language. I just couldn’t pass the tests that might have led a starchy prep school faculty to think that I might have some chance in life.

All of which is to say that I can’t identify the small handful of slender greenish dried-out twigs that have been on the fl oor behind my wood stove ever since I moved in many years ago. They’re thicker than a soda straw but thin-ner than a common yellow pencil, they’re rigid, and they have nodes about eight inches apart. They might be related to the bamboo family, but that wasn’t covered in the botany class that

I fl unked. I don’t actually care whether I know their Latin names or not, or remember why I left them behind my stove some time back, or even how I got them at all, it’s enough to remember that one of their very near relatives got me out of a very diffi cult spot one winter day in Switzerland.

It was during one of my winters on the staff of the U.S. Women’s Alpine Ski Team, where one of my jobs was to do something or run an errand that no one else had time for. I didn’t mind that at all, partly because it was useful and partly because I never knew what was going to happen. For instance, and as I think I mentioned in a recent column, I picked up a hitch-hiker on one of the exit roads at the Munich airport and it turned out to be Sebas-tian Coe, who at than time held all the world records in middle-distance track events.

On another errand I locked myself out of my car, which is almost always inconvenient and on a cold night in the Alps it can even be life-threatening. I was not happy about this, partly because the team was counting on what I’d gone to get, and partly because I might not survive.

Fortunately, I was in Switzerland, and there’s no such thing as a last chance in that country, something or someone will always turn up to fi x whatever is wrong. In fact, that’s practically the national industry in Switzerland, whatever the problem might be, they can fi x it.

Even more fortunately, I was about a block

by Tom McLaughlin

How Much Will It Cost?

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away from a store that is the very essence of Swissness, whatever you need, they’ll have it. These stores are called either Jelmoli or Gran Passage, which seems to depend on whether you’re closer to Germany or France. Not only that, but the signs inside the store are in German or French, depending on which side of the store you came in on. As I’ve already warned my readers, the Swiss are so sensible, they’re so good at things, that it can make a normal person dizzy.

At any rate, I had no doubt that some-where in this store there would be a way to get into your car when you’ve locked yourself out of it.

In this case, the car was my ski team Subaru, and they were not quite like the Subarus of today. For one thing, they always seemed insubstantial, one corollary of which was their tendency to break important parts. That year it was constant-velocity joints in the drive train, which are absolutely essential to driving a car unless you’re on an infi -nitely long straight road. Anything less that that and you’ll go off the road. Or, in the worst-case scenario, off the edge of the world.

So there I was in Switzerland with a Jelmoli/Gran Passage store sure to be close at hand. It was and I went there and it was huge, as they must necessar-ily be. After all, they have to be able to solve any problem imaginable. I needed something thin but rigid and about six feet long. I wandered around for a while waiting for The Big Idea to strike, and then it did. Needless to say, it was in the gardening department, which is where must-fi nd items for car emergencies are

sure to be found.It was a greenish dried-out twig

about six feet long that was thicker than a soda straw but thinner than a yellow pencil, which is used for making trellises for climbing plants and it was rigid. And, this being Jelmoli, the rest of the solution was sure to be nearby, and it was. It was a screw driver.

The reader will surely know what happened next. I slid the screw driver up under the rubber gasket at the top of a front window until I felt the top of the glass. Then I worked the tip of the screw driver over the top of the glass and pried down on it until I’d made a space just big enough for the green gar-dener’s twig.

Subarus of that era didn’t have the kind of door locks we’re used to, they had a plastic rocker switch just under the glass on each front door — rock one way to lock, rock the other way to unlock.

So I slid the thin green gardener’s trellis twig in over the top of the glass and reached it across the car and pushed on the rocking door lock switch and I was in.

Needless to say, just such an emer-gency will almost certainly strike my car before very long. It’s not a 1980s Subaru, it’s a 1990s Audi, but never mind, because I did have an emergency just a few days ago. The starter motor gave up the ghost, which meant that I’d have to leave the car running for as long as I had it. Either that, or get it down to Importech. They’re sure to know what to do, and if they don’t, I’ll be sure to bring along one or two gardener’s green trel-lis makers, which have already proved their value in diffi cult situations.

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Aaron Larget-Caplan presented a super performance at the WMCC Bistro Monday, March 28. He will perform Friday, April 1, at 7 p.m. at the Gorham auditorium, “The Nature of Dances & Dreams: A Con-cert with Flutist and Cuatro Player Orlando Cela.

Dylan King completes basic trainingBERLIN -- Navy Seaman Recruit

Dylan B. King, son of Brian R. King, of Berlin, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Com-mand, Great Lakes, Ill.

During the eight-week program, King completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, fi rst aid, fi refi ghting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fi tness.

The capstone event of boot camp is

“Battle Stations”. This exercise gives recruits the skills and confi dence they need to succeed in the fl eet. “Battle Sta-tions” is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifi ce, dedica-tion, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical applica-tion of basic Navy skills and the core values of Honor, Courage and Commit-ment. Its distinctly ‘’Navy’’ fl avor was designed to take into account what it means to be a sailor.

King is a 2010 graduate of Gorham High School of Gorham.


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STAFF from page onesecond or third of May. The mayor said he under-

stand the department has a person retiring before then. He said he expects the council will not make a decision on fi lling that position until it is confi dent it will not be laying off anyone. Grenier said it would not make sense to go through the process of hiring someone only to let the person go a couple of weeks later.

Councilors Tom McCue and Lucie Remillard agreed there is strong support for maintaining the current staffi ng level in the department.

Grenier said the amount of surplus in the present budget will play a critical role in deciding personnel staffi ng.

Trull pointed out some areas where the depart-ment was able to cut appropriations. The depart-ment will be running its own professional training schools in Berlin utilizing Trull and Assistant Fire Chief Thaddeus Soltys and other certifi ed instruc-tors. The department is also seeking grants to pur-chase new equipment.

Trull also provided some statistics on the depart-ment. From Jan. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31,2010, it responded to 391 calls for service. There were 39 fi res including seven involving buildings in that period.

The council also reviewed the ambulance subsidy with Berlin Medical Emergency Services head Jona-than Dubey and the housing department budget

with Housing Coordinator Andre Caron. Dubey said his company’s contract with the city

calls for a monthly payment of $22,000 or $264,000 for the fi scal year starting July 1. He said his com-pany has been able to give the city an added dis-count but does not believe it can continue that this year. He explained that Medicare reimbursements are an issue and total callouts are down. He said the situation changes, Berlin EMS will again off the discount.

In 2010, the service responded to 1,570 calls including transports, emergency and routine service calls. That compares to 1,795 in 2009 and 1,776 in 2008.

In response to questions from the council, Dubey reported he has 15 full-time employees. On every shift he has one paramedic emergency medical tech-nician which Dubey said has taken him a lot of time and effort to achieve.

Grenier said the city has a good working relation-ship with BEMS. He said it would cost Berlin twice as much to provide the same service on its own.

Housing Coordinator Andre Caron said the city is in the process of hiring a replacement for him. Caron revealed while he is stepping down from the job as coordinator, he will stay on for a while as a consultant to phase out the grants he helped the city obtain. The $10,000 appropriation for his service will be covered by the grants.

ordinance before enacting it.“We have to take a really close look at this,”

said Robitaille.Gorham residents voted 74- 70 to recommend

that the board enact a noise ordinance at the annual town meetings.

So far, the only change proposed to the ordi-nance is moving the timeframe for construction to 9 p.m.- 6 a.m. from 7 p.m.- 6 a.m.

Frost highlighted a couple of the suggestions made in Cyr’s memo to the board.

The two suggestions to alter the proposed ordinance would remove a section from the draft and rely on the state disorderly conduct laws. The second would remove a section regarding noise from animals since the town already has an existing code to deal with noisy dogs.

Frost said the noisy animal section in the draft ordinance encompasses more than dogs.

The last recommendation made by Cyr, in the memo, asks the board to adopt a provision for the administrative enforcement of ordinances, if the noise ordinance is enacted.

By adopting the administrative enforcement provision, Cyr said it would help decrease the number of cases that would need to go through the court system in light of the overcrowded dockets.

In the memo, Cyr included some statistics

about the noise complaints received by the police department during the last three years.

In 2010, the department received 15 calls about loud music; 10 calls about people yelling; five complaints about vehicles with loud exhaust or tires; five barking dog complaints; two engine break complaints; one motorcycle complaint; two complaints about miscellaneous noise; and no complaints about loud equipment or tools.

In 2009, the department received 10 calls about loud music; 8 calls about people yell-ing; three complaints about vehicles with loud exhaust or tires; 16 barking dog complaints; six engine break complaints; one complaint about loud equipment or tools; one complaint about miscellaneous noise; and zero motorcycle com-plaints.

In 2008, the department received seven calls about loud music; 12 calls about people yelling; eight complaints about vehicles with loud exhaust or tires; nine barking dog complaints; one engine break complaints; one motorcycle complaint; and two complaints about loud equipment or tools.

Cyr said, in the memo, he felt the board should review this information before acting on the pro-posed noise ordinance.

Selectman David Graham said the statistics are interesting, especially the 2010 complaints.

Frost said it shows the number of complaints is on the rise.

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City of Berlin NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Berlin City Council will hold a public hearing Monday, April 4, 2011 in the City Council Chambers of City Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m. to receive public opinion regarding the following subject matters:

RESOLUTION 2011-08 In support of Androscoggin Valley Public Access Committee’s promotion of greater access to public, education and government (PEG) local television programming.

RESOLUTION 2011-09 Authorizing the Berlin Police Commission to apply for and receive funds for any and all purposes from the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency for Highway Safety Project Grants for Fiscal Year 2012.

The full text of the proposed resolutions is available for public review in the City Clerk’s Office.

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BERLIN—The 12th annual Health-O-Rama promises to be bigger and better than ever.

Scheduled for April 28 at the Town and Country Motor Inn and sponsored by the Androscoggin Valley Hospital, the day-long health-oriented program for Berlin-Gorham eighth graders begins at 8:55 a.m. with a magician and ends at 1:20 p.m. with a draw-ing for an array of prizes from the grand prize of an Apple iPad, donated by Steve, Cindy and Nicholas Griffi n, to such goodies as a one-month family mem-bership at the Royalty Athletic Club.

Featured speakers will be MARKO, Master Magi-cian; Danny Duval; and Ed Gerety, all of whom have inspired area eighth graders before.

MARKO demonstrates to the students the power of their own minds. Duval shares his experience of being a star as a high school All American and his subsequent fall under the infl uence of drugs and alcohol to sleeping in cars and on park benches, ending with his present return to health and a sat-isfying life. Gerety inspires his listeners with the courage to believe in themselves and their abilities to make a difference in the world.

Between speakers, students can choose to learn

more about developing healthy relationships, learn-ing about nutrition, or trying the martial arts or Tai Chi. After a T&C lunch, all of the students will have a chance to discover the effects of alcohol on the body, weather permitting, by driving a golf cart with spe-cial glasses that duplicate the sense of being under the infl uence. This program is presented with the help of the Gorham Police Department.

Planning committee for the Health-A-Rama includes Edwina Keene, committee chair and AVH volunteer coordinator; Adrienne Backer, Berlin Junior High School counselor; Gina Belanger, LPN, Maternal and Child Health Program administra-tor of the Gorham Family Resource Center; James Patry, AVH director of public relations and market-ing; Jill Poulin, Berlin Junior High School physi-cal education teacher; and Matt Saladino, Gorham Middle/High School counselor.

Prize donors include: the Steve Griffi n family; the BIG Adventure, Gorham Hardware and Sports Center; Maureen’s Boutique; the Royalty Athletic Club; Saladino’s Italian Market and Restaurant; and the Wal-Mart Supercenter.

The committee extends special thanks to the AVH Auxiliary for sponsoring Ed Gerety’s appearance in the Health-A-Rama

Health-A-Rama returns with exciting programBY GAIL SCOTTTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

was unable to get the savings fi gure for Shelburne.SAU 20 Business Administrator Pauline Plourde

said these are still estimated fi gures. She added the savings are contingent on the plans selected by employees staying constant.

But for most of these groups, the health insurance savings could quickly go away if the state changes the amount of the retirement contribution for employers.

Plourde said the state intends to pass 35 percent of the retirement contribution onto employers. She added this would only affect the teachers in the dis-trict but would still use up all the savings from the

switch in insurance carriers.“The increase in retirement is almost equal to the

savings,” said Plourde.The proposed increase in the retirement contribu-

tion would also consume the cost-savings for the town of Gorham as well.

The proposed increase in the retirement contribu-tion will only take affect if the state budget passes in June.

Plourde said the administration considered reduc-ing the budget based on the insurance savings, but decided against it because of the possible change in the retirement contribution.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will make a bigger effort to try to under-stand where someone dear to you is coming from. Learning more about his or her interests will help you gain the insight you desire. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A new person will arouse your curiosity. A bit of casual research is in order. You’ll learn the most from a Sagittarius or Gemini who is equally intrigued with the subject. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Moods are fl eeting, but e-mail is forever -- at least it has the potential to be, as once you hit that “send” button, there’s no going back. Furthermore, have a nice long think about anything you put in writing today. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll perform as an individual with all eyes on you and will gain the acceptance of your audience. This personal win will bolster your confi dence and give you the motivation to continue to grow. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You prefer to do business where there is a strong sense of stability and tradition around matters of fi nance. You will connect with those who share your values and make a deal. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have many friends, and yet you may not get the kind of attention you need from them now. Think about the relationship you’d really like. Once you start thinking about this, you will magnetically draw it to yourself. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Sit back and relax because today will be a smooth ride. Your preparation will pay off, your good karma will come back around, and you’ll be just plain lucky.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You will communicate masterfully. Your word choices put others at ease. For instance, instead of saying “no prob-lem,” which has negative connotations, you’ll say “my pleasure,” which creates good feelings. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The presentation of an idea will sell it, whether the idea is a good one or not. A pleasant appearance drives the demand. You realize this and use it to your advantage. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You know a number of ways to make others feel better. You will boost some-one’s mood with your kind words. Afford yourself the same kindness by engaging in positive self-talk. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You like people who might be classifi ed as “go getters” as long as what they are going to get benefi ts you, too. Having common interests will help you tolerate the naturally opportunistic. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You will be successful at selling a product or service, just as soon as you can see the product or service from the customer’s point of view. Your strongly empathic nature makes this easy for you. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 30). Your year is fi lled with friends, plea-sures and amusements that balance well with your professional and family life. Next month a hobby connects you in business. In June, you will blossom as an inspired teacher and/or artist and will be paid well for your expertise. In August, amazing news has a happy effect on your family. Pisces and Scor-pio people adore you. Your lucky num-bers are: 4, 2, 14, 49 and 18.

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CBS 3 WCAX Survivor: Redemption Criminal Minds (N) C.M.: Suspect News Letterman

FOX 4 WPFO American Idol The finalists perform. Å News 13 on FOX (N) Frasier Jim

ABC 5 WMUR The Middle The Middle Family Sunshine Off the Map (N) Å News Nightline

NBC 6 WCSH Minute to Win It (N) Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU News Jay Leno

CBC 7 CBMT Dragons’ Den (N) Å Republic of Doyle (N) National George S 22 Minutes

CBC 9 CKSH Les Enfants de la télé 19-2 (N) (SC) TJ Sport Les Lionnes (SC)

PBS 10 WCBB Nature Å (DVS) NOVA (N) Å Journey to Earth Charlie Rose (N) Å

PBS 11 WENH Antiques Roadshow American Experience Å (DVS) Morristown The Street Stops Here

CBS 13 WGME Survivor: Redemption Criminal Minds (N) C.M.: Suspect News Letterman

IND 14 WTBS Browns Browns There Yet? There Yet? Payne Payne Conan (N)

IND 16 WPME Burn Notice Å Burn Notice Å Curb Local Star Trek: Next

EWTN 1 EWTN Live Saints Rosary EWTN Presents Faith Women of

CNN 24 In the Arena (N) Piers Morgan Tonight Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Å

LIFE 30 Amer. Justice The Inside Story: The Silence of the Lambs How I Met How I Met

ESPN 31 NBA Basketball: Nets at Knicks High School Basketball

ESPN2 32 ATP Tennis Sony Ericsson Open, Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals. Å SportsCtr NFL Live

CSNE 33 World Poker Tour: Sea Play Ball Baseball Sports SportsNet Celtics Play Ball

NESN 34 MLB Preseason Baseball Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros. (Live) Dennis Daily

OXY 39 Movie: ›››‡ “The Green Mile” (1999) Tom Hanks. Movie: ›››‡ “The Green Mile”

TVLND 42 Sanford Sanford Raymond Raymond Cleveland Cleveland Roseanne Roseanne

NICK 43 My Wife My Wife Chris Chris Lopez Lopez The Nanny The Nanny

TOON 44 Dude Destroy King of Hill King of Hill Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Fam. Guy Fam. Guy

FAM 45 WillyWonk Movie: ››› “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005) The 700 Club Å

DISN 46 Movie: ›› “Starstruck” (2010) Suite/Deck Suite/Deck Suite/Deck Good Luck Good Luck

USA 48 NCIS “Hiatus” Å NCIS “Hiatus” Å NCIS “Shalom” Å NCIS “Forced Entry”

TNT 49 Bones (In Stereo) Å Bones (In Stereo) Å Bones (In Stereo) Å CSI: NY Å

GAC 50 GAC Nights Top New Artist Trace Adkins GAC Late Shift

SYFY 51 Ghost Hunters Å Ghost Hunters (N) Fact or Faked Ghost Hunters Å

TLC 53 Sister Sister Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive

HIST 54 Ancient Aliens Å Secret Access: The Vatican Å Nostradamus Effect

DISC 55 Sons Sons Sons Sons S Beach S Beach Sons Sons

HGTV 56 Property Property House House Hunters Holmes Inspection Income

A-P 58 Killer Aliens Å River Monsters Pig Bomb Å Killer Aliens Å

TRAV 59 Man v. Food “Miami” Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Diner Paradise Å

NGC 60 Explorer Cocaine Subs Drugs, Inc. Explorer

SPIKE 61 UFC Unleashed (N) The Ultimate Fighter Coal (N) Coal (In Stereo)

MTV 63 Life, Liz Teen Mom 2 “Judgement Day” The Real World (N) Facebook Real World

VH1 64 40 Greatest Pranks 3 Practical jokes. (In Stereo) Fabulous Fabulous Hip Hop Hip Hop

COM 67 Chappelle Chappelle South Park South Park South Park Tosh.0 Daily Show Colbert

A&E 68 Dog Dog Dog the Bounty Hunter Storage Storage Storage Storage

E! 71 Sex/City Sex/City True Hollywood Story True Hollywood Story Chelsea E! News

AMC 72 Movie: ›››‡ “Speed” (1994, Action) Keanu Reeves. Movie: ›››‡ “Speed” (1994)

TCM 105 Movie: ›››‡ “Ministry of Fear” Movie: ››› “The Fallen Idol” Å Movie: “I’m No Angel”

ALN 110 Chicago Hope Å Chicago Hope Å Movie: “Lupo” (1970, Comedy) Yuda Barkan.

HBO 110 Movie: ›‡ “Cop Out” (2010) Bruce Willis. Å REAL Sports Gumbel Real Time/Bill Maher

SHOW 221 U.S., Tara Nrs Jackie NASCAR Californ. Shameless Å NASCAR ›‡ Push

TMC 231 Movie: ›› “The Big Hit” (1998) “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” Å Movie: “Severance”

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Wednesday, March 30Berlin Zoning Board: Public

hearing, 6:30 p.m., Berlin City Hall auditorium.

Book Discussion/Lecture series: 7 p.m., White Mountains Community College, Fortier Library, Mike Wilson, Northern Forest Center, will lead a discus-sion of The Northern Forest.

Friday, April 1Cholesterol Clinic: 9 a.m.

to noon, AVH ENT offi ce, second fl oor of hospitals. Complete lipid and sugar profi les available For appointment call 326-5870.

Saturday, April 2Ventriloquist Show: Donna

Marie, accomplished ventrilo-quist, singer and dancer, performs unique musical and whimsical show featuring a bright array of her hand-made puppet friends, St. Kieran Arts Center,155 Emery St., Berlin, 1 p.m. Tickets $6 adults/$3 for children. Call 752-1028.

Monday, April 4 Dummer School Board

Meeting: 6 p.m., Dummer Town Hall

Social Club Card Party: 1 p.m., St. Anne lower hall, School St., Berlin.

WIC Clinic: Beginning 9 a.m., CCFHS, 54 Willow St., Berlin. For appointment, call 752-4678 or 1-888-266-7942.

Tuesday, April 5Milan School District Public

Hearing: 6:30 p.m., Milan Vil-lage School Library. Milan School Board meeting, imediately follow-ing public hearing.

AVH Diabetes Education Meeting: 6:30 p.m., AVH lecture room. Topic, Diabetic Neuropathy. Free, refreshments served. FMI 326-5631.

WIC Voucher Clinic: Begin-ning 1:30 p.m., CCFHS, 54 Willow st., Berlin. For appointment, call 752-4678 or 1-888-266-7942.

WednesdayCarving Club: Meeting every Wednesday, 5

p.m., E&S Rental, 29 Bridge St, Berlin. All wel-come, prior experience not necessary. Open to all. Instructions to those new to carving. We hope to provide a wide range of carving experiences. FMI call Ed at 752-3625.

Harvest Christian Fellowship Soup Kitchen: Free community dinner every Wednesday night, 219 Willow St., Berlin. Doors open 4 p.m., dinner 5-6 p.m. FMI 348-1757.

PAC Meeting. Child addicted to drugs? You’re not alone. Join us for the PAC (Parent of Addicted Children) meeting, 6 p.m., 151 Main Street, Berlin. FMI call 603-723-4949 or e-mail @ [email protected].

Weight Watcher’s Meeting at the Salvation Army, Berlin—9 a.m. meeting, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in

Senior Meals: Guardian Angel School, Monday-Thursday Noon, Friday 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Suggested donations for 60 and over $3; under 60 $6. All are welcome. (FMI 752-2545).

Bible Study: 6 to 7 p.m., every Wednesday night, 7th Day Adventist Church, bottom of Mt. Forist St., Berlin. All welcome.

Gorham Public Library: Open M-F: 10am – 6pm; Saturdays: 10am – Noon. Children’s Story Time: Fridays, 1:30pm. The NH Downloadable Audio Book Program available to patrons, who are able to choose from a varied and extensive collec-tion. FMI at 466-2525 or [email protected].

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

Family Involvement Group: a family support and activity group, meets the second Wednesday of each month from 6-8 p.m. in the downstairs hall of St. Barnabas Church, corner of High and Main Streets, Berlin. Light refreshments are served. FMI, call Linda at 752-7552.

Reiki Sharing Gathering: Third Wednesday of each month, 7 to 9 p.m., Pathways for Thursday’s Child Ltd., 3 Washington Street, Gorham. Open to anyone who has at least fi rst-level Reiki training. No charge. (FMI 466-5564)

Awana Children’s Club - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM. Grades K-6th. Games, Worship, Bible Lessons, Workbook Time, Prizes, Fun. Community Bible Church. 595 Sullivan Street, Berlin. Call 752-4315 with any questions.

AA Meetings: 12 to 1 p.m., Discussion Meet-ing, St. Barnabas Church, corner of Main and High Streets, Berlin. Step Book/Discussion Meeting, , Tri-County CAP, Step I, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., 361 School St., Berlin.

Women’s Relationship Support Group: CCFHS sponsoring. Group meets 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday. CCFHS will provide transportation as needed. Limited space available. Call Carolyn at 752-5679 for more information.

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

VFW Post 2520: Monthly meeting third Wednes-day of every month. VFW Ladies Auxiliary: Meets every third Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m., post home, 1107 Main St., Berlin. All members encour-aged to attend. (FMI 752-4743 daytime, 752-4276 evenings)

Foot Clinics: Every second and fourth Wednes-days of the month, Berlin Health Department, Berlin City Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 112 noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. By appointment only. Call 752-1272. All area residents welcome. Fee: $15.

Thursday Boy Scout Pack 207: meets every Thursday at

6:30 in the St. Michael’s School cafeteria. Berlin-Gorham White Mountain Rotary

Club: Meets every Thursday 730 to 830 a.m., Town & Country Inn Shelburne. FMI email [email protected]

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

Mt. Jefferson LDG. #103 I.O.O.F.: meets second and fourth Thursdays of month, 7 p.m., 701 Presi-dential Highway, Jefferson. FMI 1-802-892-6684 or 723-0766.


DEAR ABBY: I am in my late 30s and have been dating “Rick” for six years. The problem is his daughter, “Janet.” We used to get along, but now she hates me. She calls me awful names and says she wishes I would go away. I recently asked Rick to marry me. Now Janet says I am “desperate” and she refuses to talk to either of us. I don’t know what to say to her. I’m appalled at her attitude toward me, the language she uses and the things she’s saying about me to her friends on the Internet. She won’t listen to her dad. Her mother is encouraging her behavior and has been threat-ening me. I can’t get Janet to understand that her dad and I love each other, that it’s all right for a woman to ask a man to marry her and it’s not out of “desperation.” Please help. -- NOT DES-PERATE IN LOUISIANA DEAR NOT DESPERATE: Toughen up. Recognize that for all of the joy Rick brings you, Janet is his extremely imma-ture daughter and she’s part of the package. How old is the girl? She appears to have years of growing up to do. You can’t change her behavior, so go on with your life without seeking her approval. Unfortunately, nasty ex-wives are nothing new. If the ex does anything beyond “threaten” you, fi le a police report and let them deal with her. DEAR ABBY: Can common sense be learned or taught? Some people seem to be born with it. Others have “book smarts” but struggle with everyday common sense. I fail to grasp simple connections, and I sometimes ask

questions that have obvious answers -- for someone else. I know other people who share the same problem, and I admire those who simply seem to “get” what’s happening around them. Is there any way to improve? I’m 38 and married to a man who has strengths in both areas. -- BOOKWORM IN MON-TANA DEAR BOOKWORM: Nobody has everything. Your strength is your intellect. Not everyone is a good student, and it can affect their self-esteem as much or more than your wor-ry about not having common sense. If it’s any comfort, people usually acquire common sense in the school of life. In other words, they learn from the mistakes they make. I’m sure you have done that and will continue to do so. DEAR ABBY: My 34-year-old daughter blames me for her poor penmanship. When she was a baby, she started grab-bing things with her left hand. Her pediatrician advised me to force her to use her right hand. Could she have had better penmanship if she had not been forced to use her right hand? -- GUILTY MOM IN MADISON, ALA. DEAR GUILTY MOM: Probably. Your pediatrician must have been very old or very “old school.” I am also left-hand-ed, and when I was a child, educators had stopped forcing children to write in a way that was unnatural for them. I was taught to properly hold a pencil, we practiced printing and cursive penmanship, and I am told my handwriting is beauti-ful.

GIRL’S CHANGE IN ATTITUDE DISMAYS FATHER’S FIANCEE

by Abigail Van Buren

Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at: Dear Abby, c/o The Conway Daily Sun, PO Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860

CITY OF BERLINNew Hampshire

HOUSING COORDINATORTEMPORARY FULL TIME

The City of Berlin is accepting applications for the position ofHousing Coordinator. This position will be of a temporary full timenature reporting to the City Manager for an undetermined length oftime. There will be no benefits associated with this position. Theprimary function of this position will be to continue to address theissue of surplus substandard or blighted housing within the City ofBerlin. Doing this involves competing for local, state and federalfunds, obtaining and dealing with hazardous substance remediationfunds via grant writing, managing any funds received, writing andadministering various types of contracts, work with other City de-partments concerning housing issues and assist the Finance Directorwith tax deeded properties and manage the sale or demolition ofthese properties as determined appropriate.

Educational requirements include a college degree in fields such asengineering, project management or equivalent. Must possess andmaintain a valid passenger motor vehicle operator license. Signifi-cant experience in project management and in writing plans, pro-posals and grants. The minimum requirements listed above may besatisfied by having any equivalent combination of education and ex-perience which demonstrates possession of the required knowledge,skills and abilities.

Job description is available at the City Manager’s Office(603-752-7532), Berlin City Hall, 168 Main Street, Berlin, NH03570, Monday thru Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30pm or on the City website www.berlinnh.gov. Letters of interest andresumes must be received at the City Manager's Office by ThursdayMarch 31st, 2011

The City of Berlin is an equal opportunity employer.

Always Ready, Always There.Call your local Recruiter!

SSG Matthew Hawkins 603.340.3671

Animals

Low Cost Spay/ NeuterCats & dogs Rozzie May AnimalAlliance 603-447-1373

Antiques

ANTIQUES, glass, furniture, &collectibles of all kinds wanted byBob Gauthier, 449-2542. Special-izing in Estate and Business liqui-dation. Bonded.

Announcement

GOT a problem? Pray the Ro-sary!

THANKS Mom, for choosinglife.

Autos

2000 Audi A6 AWD, loaded,$6000/obo; 2008 Chrysler Con-vertible, Crossfire, $20,000/obo,603-449-2164.

2003 Toyota Tundra, Black,2WD, Manual Trans, 214K,$2900, 752-1968.

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

BUYING junk cars and localtowes, 603-348-3403.

For Rent

2 bedroom renovated, hard -wood floors, Heat, hot water,(603)752-2607.

For Rent

2 great apts. available. GreatLandlord. 3 bedroom, 1st and2nd floor. Call H&R Block(603)752-2372.

Are you working in thearea and need a room fora night, week or by themonth? Stay at a DuBee

Our Guest Bed andBreakfast in Milan. Fully

furnished including papergoods, full use of kitchen,wireless internet, DirectTV, barbecue grill, and

cleaning service. $35 pernight or $125/week.

Owners have separateliving quarters

FMI call 603-449-2140or 603-723-8722

AVAILABLE April 1st. Partiallyfurnished, 2 room, efficiencyapt. with deck, washer/dryeravailability, $450/mo., includesall utilities, non-smoking, nopets building, security & refer-ences required, call 752-5250.

BERLIN 2 bedroom, heat, hotwater included, w/d hookups,HUD accepted. $525/mo802-388-6904.

BERLIN- Apartments available.3 Bedroom $775/mo heat in-cluded, 1 Bedroom $475/mo.Heat included. Both havewasher dryer hookup, electrichot water, Yard. No Smokers.Pets May be considered withexcellent references. 723-7015.

BERLIN: Room for rent. Allutilities included except food.FMI 723-3919 or 723-0308

For Rent

BERLIN - Upper Main street,First floor, Three bedroom, re-cently remodeled, garage,$775/mo heated 723-5444,631-0149.

BERLIN: 1- 4 bedroom apts.,$475- $750, includes heat, hotwater, free moving truck,723-3042.

BERLIN: 1st. floor, commercialspace @ 1500 sq ft only $500,723-3042.

BERLIN: 3 bedroom, 2nd. floor,heated, h/w, hardwood floors,off street parking, 466-2088.

BERLIN: 3/bedroom, 2/bath,2nd. floor, w/d hook-up, in-cludes heat, no pets, no smok-ing, references required, $750plus security, 603-986-5264.

BERLIN: First ave. 2nd floor, 3bedrooms, heat and h/w in-cluded $700/mo. and 4 bedroomheat and h/w included $800/mo.508-309-0963.

BERLIN: One bedroom, 1st.floor, heat, h/w, included, park-ing, no pets, $525/mo. 752-3089,340-0401.

BUILDING for rent. Call723-1997.

CEDAR PONDCAMP FOR RENT

Milan, NH. Day, week, month orsummer season. On water, nopets, (603)449-2079.

GORHAM NH- furnished. In-cludes washer/ dryer, 2 bed-room/ 2nd floor, No smoking/no pets, $575/mo plus utilities(603)466-3809.

For Rent

GORHAM, 1 bedroom, heatincluded, w/d hookup, no smok-ing/ pets. $525/mo. 466-3162.

GORHAM, NH 2 bedroom$800/mo, heat and hot water in-cluded. Security deposit, refer-ences required. 1(800)944-2038.

GORHAM, NH Furnished (op-tional) 1 bedroom $650/mo,heat and hot water included.Security deposit and referencesrequired. 1(800)944-2038.

GORHAM- New fully furnished2 BR, all appliances, TV, w/d,heat included. No smoking/ pets723-8854.

GORHAM: 13 Exchange St,(white bldg w/ black trim) 1 br,second floor, h/ hw, fridge andstove, no w/d hookup, no pets.Sec. dep. needed. Call: 466-3378(8am-4pm, M-F or leave a mes-sage).

HEATED- 2 bedroom, spacious,sunny, w/d hookups, no pets,no smoking, 1st floor. Security,references, $665/mo. Available3/1/11. Berlin. (603)343-7912.

NEWLY renovated, one bed-room $450, two bedroom, 1.5bathrooms, hot water included,$500/mo. 603-234-9507 Bruce.

ONE bedroom, furnished, nop e t s $ 5 2 5 , p a r k i n g(603)723-3856.

STARK: New 3 bedroom duplex,country setting, appliances in-cluded, no pets or smoking.Lease and security required,$900/mo. Plus utilities. Heat in-cluded. Call 449-6659 or749-4355.

For Rent-Commercial

GORHAM NH- 299 Main St.1900sf Great visibility. 466-3809.

For Sale

96 Ford Taurus, $750; 2001 FordRanger 4.0 engine $200; Com-pound bow, $100, 449-3492.

AMAZING! Beautiful queen or fullpillow top mattress set $249, king$399. 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

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

MOVING SALERental Fleet on sale. Snow-boards, Elan skis, Dalbelloboots at Boarder Patrol.(603)356-5885.

Furniture

AMAZING!

Beautiful Queen or Full MattressSet. Luxury firm Europeanpillow-top. New in plastic, costs$1,095, sell $249. Can deliver.603-305-9763

Free

T&B Appliance Removal. Appli-ances & AC’s removed free ofcharge if outside. Please call(603)986-5506.

Looking To Rent

LOOKING for room to rent.(603)752-3496.

Motorcycles

BUY • SELL • TRADEwww.motoworks.biz

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

Services

HYPNOSIS for habit change,stress, regression. Michael Hatha-way, DCH, certified hypnothera-pist. Madison 367-8851.


SAFETY NOTICE FOR RECREATIONISTS

Always keep safety in mind while recreating this winter.

Ice conditions on dam impoundments can change rapidly creating thin ice, exposed obstacles, cracks, pressure ridges, and other unsafe conditions. Please operate with extreme caution.

If traveling over a power line right-of-way, be cautious of guy wires and poles that may not be as noticeable during winter conditions.

For more information, please contact Brookfield’s Water Resource Manager at (603) 479-3566.

Brookfield

NOTICE TO BERLIN DOG OWNERS

All dogs four (4) months old and over are required to be licensed by May 1, 2011. Failure to do so will result in a $25.00 forfeiture fee as well as a $1.00 per month penalty fee for every month dogs are not registered as per RSA 466:13, beginning June 1, 2011. Current rabies certificates are needed when registering dogs. Berlin dog licenses will once again be available at the RABIES CLINIC on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Recreation & Parks Department from 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Male/Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.00 Neutered Male/Spayed Female . . . . . . $6.50 Owner over 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.00 (first dog)

Debra A. Patrick, CMC Berlin City Clerk

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF MILAN, NH

The Milan School Board will be holding a public hearing on the expenditure from the Building & Grounds Capital Reserve Fund per the provisions of RSA 198:20-c for costs associated with paving the front of the school. A hearing will also be held on expenditures from the Underground Storage Tank Capital Reserve Fund for costs associated with the piping and secondary containment for the new piping systems. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 beginning at 6:30 PM at the:

Milan Village School 11 Bridge Street

Milan NH 03588

The public is encouraged to attend!

Services

LOCKNESS Painters startingback for the year. Interior/Exte-rior, fully insured. Good prices,free estimates, new number,603-752-2218.

MOWER MEDICrepairing throwers, mowers,blowers, augers, tillers, trim-mers, chainsaws, etc. Here,there, anywhere. 723-7103.

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Services

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cost of fi ling for intervenor status would be rela-tively small – in the range of $400 for a couple hours of work. Mayor Paul Grenier said he sup-ported spending the money to preserve the city’s right to participate.

“It’s better to have a seat at the table,” he said. Noting the city has spent a lot of time and money

on the Laidlaw project, Councilor Tom McCue said it does not make sense to discontinue now. Given that Laidlaw is changing management, McCue said he favors continuing to be involved in the process.

Grenier explained that as the project completed its fi nancing, banks were uncomfortable with the layers of ownership. He said they wanted to reduce some of the layers.

Under the reorganization announced by Laid-law and Berlin Station, NewCo Energy LLC, a project company managed by Cate Street Capi-tal, would remain the principal owner. A new corporate entity, Berlin Station, will be formed to replace PJPD Holdings LLC and Laidlaw Berlin BioPower, LLC. While Berlin Station retains own-ership and responsibility for the project, it will lease the facility to Burgess BioPower.

Laidlaw Berlin BioPower’s certifi cate from the SEC required it to come back before the subcom-mittee if the ownership structure changed.

Laidlaw announced a change in the contractor providing construction, operation, and manage-ment services. Instead of

Homeland Renewable Energy and Fibrowatt Operations fi lling that position, the company is switching to Waldron Engineering and Construc-

tion, Inc. Grenier noted Laidlaw is also changing its wood

supplier from Cousineau Forest Products with Richard Carrier Trucking, Inc. He described Car-rier as a major player in the regional wood basket.

Citing improved effi ciencies, Laidlaw said it is also asking to increase the generating capacity of the plant from 70 to 75 megawatts.

City Manager Patrick MacQueen provided the council with a break down on legal expenses. So far, the city has spent $300,998 on attorneys and expert witnesses since July 1, 2010. Much of the total has been spent representing the city’s inter-ests on the Laidlaw project before the SEC and the state Public Utilities Commission.

Topping the list is engineer George Sansoucy who has been paid $147,285 for testifying before the PUC, working with the city to negotiate a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes with Laidlaw/Berlin Station, and representing the city in some utility appraisal disputes. It does not include his assess-ing contract with the city.

Downs, Rachlin, & Martin, the legal fi rm rep-resenting the city before the SEC, has received $35,778 this year while the fi rm of Devine Milli-met has received $8,113 for representing the city before the PUC.

The city’s regular legal fi rm of Donahue, Tucker, & Ciandella has been paid $107,330 for work that includes zoning and planning board cases.

Councilor Lucie Remillard asked if the council could get a breakdown of Sansoucy’s work and MacQueen agreed to provide it.

(Reporter Barbara Tetreault can be reached at [email protected])

LAIDLAW from page one

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Thursday, March 2412:25 a.m.- A man reported smoke coming from

his basement. The fi re department responded.1:01 a.m.- A man reported the smoke alarm in

his bedroom was going off. The fi re department responded.

1:25 a.m.- A man reported he could see smoke and the fi re alarm was going off again. The fi re department responded but didn’t fi nd anything.

7:56 a.m.- A woman reported her purse was stolen out of her car.

3:36 p.m.- Crystal Howland, 29, of Berlin, was arrested on two counts of theft. She was released on $500 personal recognizance bail and given an April 26 court date.

5:03 p.m.- Felicia Aubut, 23, of Berlin, was arrested for shoplifting. She was released on $500 P.R. bail and given a May 3 court date. During the same incident, police arrested Marissa Hickbot-tom, 22, of Berlin, for shoplifting. She was released on $500 P.R. bail and given a May 3 court date.

8:30 p.m.- Dennis Beaulieu, 55, of Berlin, was arrested for theft. He was released on $500 P.R. bail and given a May 10 court date.

11:17 p.m.- Police assisted the fi re department with a chimney fi re on Tamarack Lane. The fi re was extinguished.

11:29 p.m.- Travis Rainault, 26, of Berlin, was arrested on a bench warrant. He was released on $500 P.R. bail and given an April 26 court date.

Friday, March 25

12:51 p.m.- Christopher Thompson, 38, of Berlin, was arrested on two electronic bench warrants. He was released on $500 P.R. bail and given an April 26 court date.

12:55 p.m.- Police received a report of a student making threats at Hillside School.

2:42 p.m.- Police received a report of juveniles threatening someone.

Saturday, March 2611:35 a.m.- A woman reported her medications

were stolen.3:33 p.m.- Nancy Arnold, 29, of Berlin, was

issued a traffi c citation for non-inspection.6:49 p.m.- Police received a report of two female

juveniles that were involved in a fi ght.8:19 p.m.- A woman reported her wallet missing,

though called back later and said she found it.11:58 p.m.- Justin Barrett, 20, of Berlin, was

issued a summons for allowing an improper person to operate a vehicle. During the same incident, police arrested Devin Buckley, 18, of Dummer, for operating without a valid license, disobeying an offi cer and reckless operation. He was released on $500 P.R. bail and given a May 10 court date.

Sunday, March 2711:43 a.m.- Zachary Gagne, 22, of Berlin, was

arrested on two counts of driving or operating under the infl uence of drugs or liquor and two counts of possession of a controlled/ narcotic drugs. He was released on $750 P.R. bail and given a May 10.

Berlin police log

Junior Huskies baseball day camp is Sat., April 9GORHAM -- Brandon Sanschagrin a senior at

Gorham High School has decided to do his senior proj-ect by having a Junior Huskies Baseball Day Camp. The camp will be for children in grades 2-5 on Sat., April 9.

Drop your child off for a fun-fi lled day. They will be practicing their baseball skills with the Gorham Var-sity baseball players. Kids will be split into different groups and will be practicing drill including hitting, fi elding and pitching. They will play a small game at

the endo of the day.Lunch will not be served, but snacks will be pro-

vided. The kids will also receiva a special certifi cate. The cost will be $5 per child. All proceeds from the day will be donated to the Gorham varsity baseball team.

For further questions or to register your children contact Brandon at 466-9000 or 603-723-7606 or e-mail me a bsanschagrin@gmail. Registration forms are available at the Ed Fenn Oofi ce and at the Gorham Rec. Depa.


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Berlin City Toyota receives several top honorsGORHAM— The Berlin City

Toyota dealership was recently recog-nized with three awards for its perfor-mance.

The dealership received the com-pany’s president’s award and was also recognized for being the number one Toyota Tundra dealership in its region and having the number one truck salesman in the region. This is the second time the dealership has won the president’s award and the fourth year in a row it’s been recognized as the number on Toyota Tundra dealer.

“We’re very proud of our accomplish-ments,” said Dave Martin, general sales manager of Berlin City Toyota.

Credit for these honors lies with every single employee at the dealer-ship, said Martin. He

“It’s everybody,” said Martin. “It takes everybody’s commitment to make this work.”

He added everyone from the sales staff to the customer service repre-sentatives to the vehicle cleaners all played a part in the dealership win-ning these honors.

The president’s award, which the dealership also won in 2008, recog-nizes the top Toyota dealership in the country, said Martin. He added this location is the only dealership in New England to receive the award.

The second honor the dealership received was as the top seller of Toyota Tundras.

Martin said this is the fourth year the Berlin City dealership has won it.

The last honor recognized Berlin City’s Mike Aubut as the number one truck salesman in the Boston region.

These honors are motivation for the dealership’s employees, said Martin. He added it gives them all something to be proud of.

“It makes it really good to come to work,” he said.

The Berlin City Toyota sales staff stands around two of its past awards after it found out the dealer-ship was recognized with three more honors this year. The dealership received the company’s presi-dent’s award and also recognized for being the number one Toyota Tundra dealership in its region and having the number one truck salesman in the region. (CRAIG LYONS PHOTO)

Over 100 people recently attended the 1st Birthday Celebration event at AutoNorth Pre-owned Super-store in Gorham. The participants enjoyed food, fun and a unique music-based competition as they competed to win the grand prize that included a two-night stay at Mohegan Sun with tickets to see Bon Jovi live in concert! Shawn Hanlon (l) and Don Noyes (r), co-owners of AutoNorth are shown here with the grand prize winner Paul Borbeau of Berlin, along with runner-up Laurna Noyes of Caanan, Vt., who won a $500 pre-paid gas card. Missing from photo is second runner-up, Ben Brochu, who won a $199 Verizon gift card.


Local students named to president’s listMANCHESTER -- Area students

have been named to the presidents’ list for the fall 2010 semester at Southern New Hampshire University. They are: Shane Bernard, business admin., three year program; Ryan

Johnson, sport management; and Kaylyn Lambert, business admin., all of Berlin and Kristen Michaud, busi-ness dmin., three year program, and Eric Chabot, accounting and fi nance, both of Gorham.

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