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Metrodorus wrote:So it is said, that its end falls 'this way' or 'this way'.
Metrodorus wrote:Sic dictus, qvia finis ejus sic, vel sic, cadit.
metrodorus wrote:Hello...not sure where you are seeing black - the hands are blue on a white background, with red lettering for the words....
Does this affect other books on the tarheel reader website as well?
metrodorus wrote:Interesting. What browser/os are you using? I'll alert the university department that runs the site, if you give me more specific information about the problem.
All the more reason to avoid careless, sloppy writing. And you yourself said above only that you targetted "quite young children".metrodorus wrote:1. The Tar Heel site is intended for adolescents with reading problems.
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Wikipedia has gone through many prolonged disputes about the significance, factual accuracy, and neutrality of such articles.[1] Avoiding such editing keeps Wikipedia neutral and helps avoid pushing a particular point-of-view.
Writing autobiographies is discouraged because it is difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography and there are many pitfalls.
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metrodorus wrote:Adrian,4. If you read the book, you'll see the previous poster has got both pictures and their associated text mixed up. As a result, your comments are not about anything real.
nov.ialiste wrote:I'm not posting elsewhere about this (which might require registration somewhere).
I was merely providing feedback.
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Marijuana decriminalization bill called flawed by manyBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
April 11. 2013 11:08PM
CONCORD - Even several marijuana decriminalization supporters urged a Senate Committee Thursday not to pass House Bill 621, which would reduce the penalty for simple possession to a violation, such as jaywalking.
However, repeated convictions would not bring enhanced penalties under the bill sponsored by Rep. Kyle Tasker, R-Northwood, and because of this flaw, all penalties would be eliminated for simple possession of marijuana.
The Senate Judiciary Committee was told it is time to end the prohibition on marijuana, which bill supporters say is less harmful than either cigarettes or alcohol, both of which produce revenue for the state.
But opponents, including the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police, the Attorney General's Office, The Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and three Dover Middle School students, said the bill sends the wrong message to young people.
After the hearing, Gov. Maggie Hassan reiterated her opposition to decriminalizing marijuana.
Under the bill, a person 18 years old or older possessing less than one-quarter ounce of marijuana would be guilty of a violation and a fine of up to $200 and would have to forfeit the cannabis.
Those under 18 years old would face the same penalties and would have their parents notified, and be required to attend a drug prevention program and perform community service.
If they do not complete the program and perform the service, the person faces fines of up to $1,000.
However, the bill includes a provision that would require anyone caught with marijuana to also have been selling, transporting or growing it in order to be found guilty, meaning there would be no penalty for simple possession.
That concerned several committee members who pressed law enforcement officials about that section of the bill. Sen. Donna Soucy, D-Manchester, who is an attorney, noted there would be no penalties at all if the person is over 18 years old and no enhanced penalties for repeated offenses.
Several opponents of the bill said that provision is a good reason for killing the bill, and some supporters noted the flaw and suggested the committee study the bill for a year.
Matt Simon, legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project, noted the bill has flaws that need to be addressed before it is passed. The priority this year is the medical marijuana bill currently before the Senate as well, he said.
He told the committee this is the fourth decriminalization bill the House has passed since 2008, which is reason enough for further study given the changing attitudes about legalizing marijuana.
Supporters of the bill said the current laws make criminals out of young people and a conviction affects their lives long into the future. Changing the law would allow the state to save the cost of putting marijuana users in prison as well as saving lower court and law enforcement expenses, said Rep. Rick Watrous, D-Concord.
"The prohibitions are not working. The harsh penalties are not working," Watrous said. "We need to stop wasting precious resources in enforcing these laws and instead put some common sense into New Hampshire's marijuana laws."
He and others noted 24 states have decriminalized marijuana and New Hampshire is about to be surrounded if Vermont approves legislation this year as expected.
Bill supporter Mark Warden, R-Goffstown, noted Massachusetts decriminalized marijuana several years ago and there has been no increase in crime, as law enforcement claimed would happen.
But bill opponents said it would send absolutely the wrong message to the state's young people, telling them there is little risk in the drug's use.
Franklin Police Chief David Goldstein, speaking for the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police, said his organization continues to oppose decriminalizing marijuana for all the same reasons it has for decades, that is still a federal crime, that it a hallucinogen, that it causes brain damage in young people, and is a gateway to dangerous, highly addictive drugs.
He contends the change would save little money for law enforcement, noting any marijuana would still need to be tested at the state lab, and cases would still have to be prosecuted in the courts.
New Hampshire State Police Lt. John Encarnaco said a big concern is that the bill would remove prosecutorial discretion.
He disputed contentions that people charged with possessing small amounts of marijuana are serving jail time, noting that most simple possession charges are often reduced to violations.
"In my 20-year law enforcement career," Encarnaco said, "I have never seen anyone go to jail solely on the basis of having a small amount of marijuana."
But others disagreed, including activist Richard Paul who helped organization marijuana smoke-ins or "4/20 celebrations" in Keene in 2009.
He said he did not have the money to pay the $420 fine when he was convicted in 2009 and spent 12 days in jail. "Don't tell me people don't go to jail for possessing marijuana," he told the committee.
The House passed the bill on a 214-115 vote.
The committee did not take a vote on the bill after the hearing.
The committee also heard House Bill 153, which would allow growing of industrial hemp as an agricultural crop in the state.


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Marjorie Ann Satterfield, born in Bakersfield, CA., passed away Friday, Nov. 9 at home at the age of 74.
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Prosecutors open to plea deal for Plaistow couple charged with abusing boyBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
March 21. 2013 5:00PM
BRENTWOOD - Prosecutors say they are open to a possible plea deal for a Plaistow mother and her boyfriend who went on the run to Orlando, Fla., after he became suspected of abusing her 3-year-old son.
"If and when either of them wants to take responsibility for their conduct, we'll talk to them about what we think an appropriate sentence might be," Deputy County Attorney Tom Reid said Thursday. Reid made that statement outside the courtroom where Jessica Linscott, 23, and her boyfriend, Roland Dow, 27, waived arraignment on witness-tampering charges in Rockingham County Superior Court.
The couple was also indicted earlier this month on charges that they illegally video-recorded a coaching session given to 3-year-old James Nicholson prior to being questioned by a Department of Youth, Children and Family worker on Oct. 23. That visit by a state worker happened days before Dow and Linscott fled for nearly two weeks after doctors at Exeter Hospital concluded the boy had been struck in the head and suffered burns to his hands.
They were apprehended at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., on Nov. 28. Dow was indicted on first- and second-degree assault charges. Linscott was charged with six misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
A grand jury brought the felony charges of interception and disclosure of communication and witness tampering earlier this month.
About 20 minutes of the video shows Dow and Linscott instructing the boy how to answer questions about bloody noses and whether he gets yelled at, according to prosecutors and indictments.
"This is before the child suffered serious injuries," Reid said about the video. "Had DCYF been able to get accurate information at that time, it's our position that perhaps the child wouldn't have been so injured."
Bail for Dow and Linscott remained at $500,000 cash or corporate surety. Reid acknowledged that Dow's defense lawyer, Tom Gleason, is expected to ask the first- and second-degree assault trial be delayed in the wake of new charges being filed.
Prosecutors have not yet indicated whether they will seek to consolidate the assault and witness-tampering cases against Dow and Linscott. Court documents indicate Linscott will be called as a state witness if Dow elects to go to trial.


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Obama's red line: A President disowns his mistake
September 04. 2013 5:10PM
On Aug 20, 2012, President Obama said of intervention in Syria's civil war, "a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus. That would change my equation." The Washington Post headline read: "Obama issues Syria a 'red line' warning on chemical weapons."
In a press conference in Sweden on Wednesday, Obama said, "I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line." And so the leader of the free world was reduced to making a brazenly false statement in a desperate attempt to rescue his personal credibility from his own foolishness.
It was his red line, drawn on his whim, and now he's simultaneously disowning it and proclaiming that we have to go to war for it. Our enemies laugh and our allies shake their heads. Obama's assertion that the red line was drawn by the international community via the chemical weapons convention is absurd. Syria did not sign the treaty. His assertion that Congress drew the red line in 2003 with the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act is equally absurd. It says nothing about Syria using chemical weapons within its own borders, and it does not authorize any use of force against Syria for anything.
The red line is Obama's alone. His eagerness to disown it is evidence enough of its foolishness.


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Senate Ways and Means panel approves casino billBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
March 04. 2013 10:38PM
CONCORD – Casino gambling in the Granite State is a step closer to reality today as the Senate Ways and Means Committee voted 4-1 for the bill.
The Senate will vote on Senate Bill 152 on March 14. The bill allows one casino gambling facility in the state with up to 5,000 video slot machines and table games. Bill sponsors say it will provide about $130 million for the state, but a study last week says it may well cost the state as much money in social costs, regulation and crime as it produces.
The prime sponsor of SB 152, Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, said, "Its time has come," with Massachusetts set to open three casinos and a video-gaming barn.
"This (bill) provides an opportunity for private investment, some tax revenue to the state, and the ability to create some jobs," D'Allesandro said.
The lone Ways and Means committee opponent, committee Chair Sen. Bob Odell, R-Lempster, said he believes the state needs to have its regulatory structure in place prior to seeking bids for the casino. He also said he objected to Gov. Maggie Hassan, who supports the bill, including $80 million in casino licensing fees in her proposed budget without a bill having passed either the Senate or the House.
"I struggle with the whole concept that Massachusetts does something, so we should do something," Odell said.
The bill is expected to pass the Senate, but its fate in the House, which has historically rejected expanded gambling, is unclear.
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SALEM - During an appearance at Monday night's Board of Selectmen meeting, state Sen. Charles Morse, R-Salem, shared details of Senate Bill 152.
The bill, which would ultimately legalize video lottery and table gaming in New Hampshire, is scheduled to go through the Senate Ways and Means Committee with recommendation Tuesday morning.
Officials from Rockingham Park in Salem are already hoping to obtain the lone casino bid should SB 152 pass, with Salem residents to offer further input via a nonbinding casino referendum on the March 12 Town Meeting ballot.
The proposed bill includes a provision for the casino's host community to receive 3 percent of revenues earned, which town officials estimate could total up to $4.3 million annually. Local selectmen have already voiced unanimous support for expanded gambling in their hometown, while Gov. Maggie Hassan has likewise voiced her support for the bill.
Morse is one of three local legislators sponsoring SB 152, along with Sens. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, and James Rausch, R-Derry.
He told selectmen Monday night that money from casino revenue would be a huge tax boon for the local community and would also assist the state with the expansion of Interstate 93.
"It's a win-win for Salem and also for New Hampshire," he said.
The senator further noted that the pending legislation also offers provisions for future funding for human services programs, including those aimed at helping those with gambling addictions.
"I honestly believe if there are social costs, they're already here today and right now in New Hampshire, the services aren't there to deal with that," Morse said. "But we'll get no revenue and all the expenses if this doesn't get passed."
"Honestly, Rockingham is just sitting there and this is the perfect opportunity for New Hampshire. It's $130 million in (state) revenues if this passes," he continued.
Morse said a Salem casino would expand the local tax base by around 10 percent.
"I think there's a huge benefit to the town of Salem. The charities already know that," he said. "We all need to get out and vote on this next week. This is the very first time we've had support from a governor, and I need a strong vote from Salem to move this forward."
He said he expects strong support from Senate Ways and Means Committee this week, though perhaps a mixed response from the House later this year.
"The negative people always tend to speak a little louder," Morse said. "Honestly, I think it could be a challenge for Salem to get a license, but we still should be fighting for it."
Selectman Michael Lyons said he sees few other viable economic development options for that area of Salem.
"We've got 150 acres with its own exit off the highway," Lyons said. "But right now the options are very, very limited. The ship for retail has already sailed."
Selectman Stephen Campbell further noted that the casino could serve as a potential source of funding for local school projects - something worth considering since upgrades to Salem High School may loom on the horizon.
"Certainly the property tax portion of this would be a boon for the school district," he said.
State Rep. Gary Azarian, R-Salem, noted that if Massachusetts passes gaming and New Hampshire doesn't, the state would also lose revenues totaling several hundred million on potential "overflow" tax revenue from expansions to area hotel and restaurant offerings.
"The upside is great and the downside is even greater," Azarian said.
Azarian said "around 60 percent" of the local representatives favor the casino.
This story was written by Union Leader correspondent April Guilmet.


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Hassan's falsehoods: Does she even care about the truth?
June 18. 2013 6:21PM
Most politicians speak untruths slyly, using turns of phrase that give misleading impressions without amounting to verifiable falsehoods. Not Gov. Maggie Hassan. She just blurts out blatantly untrue statements.
In May, when the Senate Finance Committee approved a state budget, Hassan said it contained "deep cuts to Health and Human Services and employees" and that it would "put at risk critical areas, including mental health care, funding the waitlist for people with developmental disabilities, the CHINS program, and the ability to deliver basic services."
Sounds frightening. But the Senate Finance Committee budget increased spending for Health and Human Services. It spent the same on HHS as the House budget did. It also increased spending on mental health services, disability services and the section of HHS that houses the CHINS program.
On Tuesday, in response to a court ruling about New Hampshire's educational scholarship tax credits, Hassan said "The voucher tax credit would divert millions of dollars in taxpayer money to religious schools with no accountability or oversight."
First, it's not a voucher program, which she knows. Second, both the scholarship program and the religious schools have state oversight, as prescribed by law and administrative rules — which she also knows. The idea that there is "no accountability or oversight" is plainly, demonstrably untrue.
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The holiday season is always a time of renewal for me. My friends are composing New Year's resolutions: diet, exercise and yoga.
But I've already been back at my morning meditation practice for several months, since the darker days of winter made me bring out my light box and sit in front of it for 15 minutes each day, to stave off the seasonal affective disorder I suffer from here at a latitude of 42-plus degrees in Ashland.
I've been a student of "A Course in Miracles" for about three years. Ashland has at least three weekly study groups, and we're starting a new one on Monday evenings. We will start on Page 1 in the textbook and read it aloud.Some parts I will probably never understand completely.
At home, I read a lesson from the Workbook each day. Today I'm on Lesson 33 (again): "There is another way of looking at the world."
Yes, there is another way and it is as easy for me as reaching for it, away from the rugs that need vacuuming, the Christmas tree that is ready to take down, the Visa card statement, and the upcoming layoffs at work.
In the moment when I repeat, "There is another way," my judging mind pauses for a moment, and leaves a space where the Holy Spirit can slip awareness in: a sense of a deep, cool pool of peaceful water, which extends me out everywhere. I feel my breath and it whispers to me: peace.
"A Course in Miracles" provides a vehicle for a modern person to step back from the world and find an answer to all longings, a sense of peace, and an unfolding sense of connection with the deep rivers of life, energy or spirit that we all share. At the heart of the teaching is the practice of forgiveness, which is an active process of opening to see things differently.
We remember that we can't see the whole picture, and we really don't know enough to judge anyone or any occurrence, anything. We invite God to help us see the peace right now, in this moment.
In the dualistic world view, we see ourselves apart from God, but in the nonduality of "Miracles" we are one with all and that each of us harbors the Christ (spirit) within because we are all equal sons of God.
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I must say it is much more fun these days at the gas pump when I can see the holiness in the fellow who's filling my tank, and on the freeway when I can smile when my ego invites me to judge that "gas guzzler" in the Jeep who zips around me, doing 80. It feels so much more peaceful when I'm not judging.
"The world is too much with us," so Wordsworth warned his generation, and so it is today.
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I sneak a peek at tomorrow's lesson from "A Course in Miracles": "I could see peace instead of this."
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ESPN announced that it will return to downtown Fort Worth during the 2014 NCAA Final Four basketball tournament in April. Two years ago ESPN anchored its coverage of Super Bowl from Sundance Square, the city's downtown entertainment district.
The Final Four will be played at AT&T Stadium in nearby Arlington and crowds of close to 90,000 are expected for the semifinal and championship game. ESPN's telecasts April 2-7 are also expected to draw thousands of fans.
"The fan turnout and engagement will make for an energetic and enthusiastic few days, especially with the new plaza as our backdrop," Lee Fitting, ESPN's senior coordinating producer, said in a statement.
A new public plaza will be ready for the telecasts. ESPN has been a technical adviser when the upgrade was in its design phase. The new one-acre plaza is part of Sundance Square's $110 million expansion to the 35-block business and entertainment district that began last year and is scheduled to be completed Nov. 1.
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Manufacturing in the U.S. expanded more than forecast in January, reaching a nine-month high and showing the industry is starting to improve.
The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index climbed to 53.1 last month from December's 50.2, the Tempe, Arizona-based group's report showed today. Readings above 50 signal expansion. The figure exceeded the highest estimate in a Bloomberg survey of 86 economists. The median forecast was 50.7.
A fourth-quarter acceleration in consumer purchases and a rebound in business spending following a mid-2012 slump may help shore up production. The housing recovery and stabilization in overseas markets indicate factories may keep adding to growth in the world's largest economy this year.
"There seems to be a positive turn," Millan Mulraine, a New York-based economist at TD Securities LLC, said before the report. "Consumer demand and business investment were both strong toward the end of 2012, and any continuation of that augurs well for manufacturing this year."
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The employment gauge increased to 54 from 51.9 in the prior month.
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In contrast, the MNI Chicago Report's business barometer rose to 55.6 in January, the highest since April, after 50 in December, signaling business activity picked up.
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February 02. 2013 10:50PM
LGC eyes less rancor with new chief
By TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
Maura Carroll, left, resigned as head of the LGC on Friday. George Bald, right, will be the organization's interim executive director.
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CONCORD - Maura Carroll resigned as head of the troubled Local Government Center on Friday after being asked to step down by the organization's board of directors, but whether the change will affect a lawsuit or lead to improved relations with state regulators is still in question.
Carroll's resignation was announced Friday by the LGC in a news release that also said George Bald, the former commissioner of the Department of Resources and Economic Development, would serve as interim executive director for six months.
Tom Enright, chairman of the LGC board of directors, said the board became frustrated by an inability to encourage direct communication with the state Bureau of Securities Regulation, or BSR, without going through lawyers.
"We have to do whatever we can to foster a relationship with our regulators," he said. "Maura was not able to accomplish that. George Bald comes with an enormous reputation for being able to talk to people at the highest levels of state government.
"You can't resolve complex business situations by going through trial attorneys," he said.
Neither Carroll nor Bald could be reached for comment.
The Local Government Center, based in Concord, provides communities, counties, quasi-government organizations and schools with health insurance, liability insurance, legal support and legislative advocacy. About 105,000 employees are provided health care by the organization's health care arm, LGC HealthTrust, according to its website.
Not every community is a member; Manchester and Nashua, for example, are self-insured.
Carroll assumed the director's role in 2009, and her tenure has seen tumult in the organization, as it was dogged by continued criticism by towns and, most notably, the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire, for its practice of retaining surpluses from its self-funded risk pools for liability claims and health care coverage for municipalities and other government agencies such as school districts, housing authorities and water districts.
David Lang, president of the firefighters association, led a decade-long push to force LGC to publicly disclose how it was spending money collected from its risk pool. Lang, who could not be reached for comment, filed a series of right-to-know requests, which he said in November ultimately showed that the LGC was spending risk pool money intended for health care to subsidize workers' compensation claims and an expansion of the LGC building in Concord.
The organization claimed the reserves kept rates stable for members and reduced long-term costs, but critics have said the surplus should have been returned to its members rather that used for other purposes.
Fourteen New Hampshire communities have filed a right-to-know request with LGC seeking detailed financial information, including annual audits, evaluations of pooled risk management programs, bylaws, documents indicating the name of each LGC member entity and the date of departure for each member since 2003.
After a hearing about the surpluses, the New Hampshire State Department in August ordered the LGC to repay more than $50 million to its members. The LGC has appealed the order to the state Supreme Court.
"We've been entangled in these legal proceedings for a long, long time," Enright said. "This is not the way for a regulated entity and the regulator to get along.
"What is very clear is that we have to have a productive relationship with our regulator. It became clear that could not occur with Maura at the head of the organization," he said.
Enright said the board would consider dropping its appeal if BSR would agree to talk directly.
"The Supreme Court recommended mediation," he said. "We contacted (BSR) and said we would like to mediate. We were flatly turned down."
Not so, said Barry J. Glennon, the regulator in question at BSR.
"They were not flatly turned down," he said. "During the course of events prior and leading up to the hearing, the Local Government Center was offered multiple opportunities to settle the matter. They declined."
Glennon likened the LGC's request to resolve the issue now through mediation to a convict trying to negotiate a plea bargain after a jury has handed down its verdict.
He said BSR has no plans to begin negotiations when the verdict of the hearing was beneficial to cities and towns.
"When the LGC opted not to comply with the bureau's requests, we had no choice but to take administrative action," he said. "This is a regulatory matter for which a decision was made. To go back and renegotiate doesn't seem to be the proper course for a regulatory agency after receiving a favorable decision."
Despite the legal proceedings, Glennon said BSR has a responsibility to maintain communication with the parties it regulates, including LGC.
"(Carroll) certainly has committed her career to serving cities and towns, and we wish her well," he said. "And we look forward to working with acting Director Bald."
Todd Selig, town administrator of Durham, one of several communities battling the LGC over its surpluses, described Carroll as "a friend" who was a longtime advocate for localities before taking the helm at the LGC. Before becoming LGC director, Carroll spent most of her career as a lobbyist for the New Hampshire Municipal Association, which became part of the LGC in 2003. As a lobbyist, she was a "tireless advocate for towns and cities," he said.
"Maura was placed in an incredibly difficult position when she took the position of executive director at the LGC," he said. "This has been a hard few years for the organization and, I'm sure, a hard few years for Maura personally.
"That is not to say that I don't still have the highest regard for Maura Carroll," Selig said. "While a lot of controversy is swirling around the LGC at this time, Maura has been a shining light in the midst of it all."


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Candia, Manchester to try again on school solutionBy BRENDAN CLOGSTON
Union Leader Correspondent
December 07. 2012 12:53AM
With their first meeting having failed to "produce solutions," the Candia and Manchester school boards will meet publicly for a second time in the hopes of coming to a resolution on the high school issue.
The meeting will be held Dec. 20 in the Health Department building in Manchester. This time, Mayor Gatsas has assured the Candia board that the public will be allowed to speak. At a Nov. 26 meeting, Gatsas motioned to adjourn the meeting without public input, upsetting many in the audience.
The Candia School Board announced the meeting at a public forum Thursday night. Parents and citizens in attendance spoke resoundingly in favor of leaving the city school, with many using the phrase: "the time has come."
"If they're breaching the contract, I want out. It's not good for the kids" said Neil Ragas.
"I feel a sense of urgency, and my child is not going to be in high school for three more years. I lose sleep over this," said Kristen Davis.
Manchester has been at risk of losing Candia and Hooksett students after layoffs resulted in chronic classroom overcrowding this school year. The Hooksett School Board voted Tuesday to notify Manchester of a breach of contract, though the town is still pursing negotiations for an early release from the contract.
In Candia Thursday, board members seemed to agree with some of the comments from the public.
"I want to see things work out with them, but I just don't see it. We have to look out for what's best for our kids ... I love Manchester, and I'd love to see us there, but the thing is, at what cost? Our kids' future? Our kids' education? That's where I'm at," said Candia School Board Chair Deb LeBlond. "I love Manchester, but I love my kids more."
Board members said while no negotiations could occur while they were under contract with Manchester, area school districts have been showing interest in having Candia students attend their schools.
"We're a small community, but we're a pretty awesome community. We're kind of like that cute new girl in town. Everybody's calling us to go to the dance, and for good reason," said Nicole LaFlamme. "We are so focused on education: we've got the best teachers, and so our kids really learn, and they're really well-rounded and have great scores."
LaFlamme also noted that Candia's relatively small number of high school students would make it easier to fit into a new school. Candia has 144 students at Manchester High School Central. Hooksett has 404 students at Central and 150 at Manchester High School West.
The school board urged parents in the audience to attend the Dec. 20 meeting to make their "voices heard." They also charged parents with explaining to other Candia residents the issues with Manchester.
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YREKA - Tonight, the Yreka High boys basketball teams host Central Valley in Northern Athletic League Action.
The freshman game begins at 4:30 p.m. while the junior varsity game begins at 6 p.m. The varsity boys face the Falcons starting at 7:30 p.m. All three games will be held at Miner Gym.
The varsity Miners are currently 8-14 for the year and 1-5 in the NAL. On Friday, both the girls and boys JV and varsity teams face Anderson on Homecoming night. The freshman boys and girls teams face Anderson at home on Thursday. The Lady Miners basketball teams are at Central Valley this evening.
Below is the schedule for local Siskiyou County teams for this week.
Yreka High frosh, JV and varsity boys basketball at home versus Central Valley, 4:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Yreka High girls basketball at Central Valley.
Mount Shasta High basketball teams host Burney: JV girls, 4 p.m., JV boys 5:30 p.m., varsity girls 7 p.m., varsity girls 8:30 p.m.
Etna High basketball teams at Modoc.
Butte Valley High basketball teams host Happy Camp.
Dunsmuir High basketball teams at Surprise Valley.
Tulelake High basketball teams host Big Valley.
Weed High School basketball teams at Modoc.
Yreka High freshman at home versus Anderson. Girls 4:30 p.m. Boys 6 p.m.
COS women's and men's teams at Shasta.
Yreka High girls and boys basketball at home versus Anderson_ Homecoming: JV Girls 3:00 p.m., JV boys, 4:30 p.m., varsity girls 6 p.m., varsity boys 7:30 p.m.
Etna High basketball teams at home versus Fall River: JV girls 4: p.m., JV boys 5:30 p.m, varsity girls, 7 p.m., varsity boys 8:30 p.m.
Mount Shasta High at home versus Weed. JV girls 4 p.m., JV boys 5:30 p.m., varsity girls 7 p.m., varsity boys, 8:30 p.m.
Dunsmuir High basketball teams host Happy Camp.
Tulelake High basketball teams host Surprise Valley.
COS baseball team hosts Mendocino at home.
COS softball team at San Mateo.
COS women versus Feather River at home: 5:30 p.m. COS men versus Feather River at home, 7:30 p.m.
COS baseball team hosts Mendocino at home in doubleheader action.
COS softball team at Los Medanos in Pittsburg
Miner boys basketball teams at home tonight
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A 24-year-old Dolores man was arrested March 21 and schools were placed on lock down for a short time after a shot was reportedly fired and an attempted suicide was reported.
Montezuma County Undersheriff Robin Cronk said last Friday that the incident occurred just after 3 p.m. and the Dolores schools, including the Teddy Bear Preschool, were placed on lock down because the home where the incident occurred was across the street from the schools.
"It was a safety measure," he said.
The incident got a lot of attention because parents were just beginning to arrive at the schools to pick up their children at the end of the day. The schools were placed on lock down from about 3:15 until just after 3:30.
The call originally came across as an attempted suicide and one shot was fired into the ceiling, Cronk said. Once deputies arrived, the 24-year-old man was arrested and charged with violations of bond, reckless endangerment and child abuse charges related to the fact that a child was nearby when the gun was fired.
Two guns were confiscated, a 22-caliber rifle and a 12-guage shotgun.
"Luckily no one was hurt," Superintendent Scott Cooper said.
Cooper was quick to point out that Frank Lopez and Scott Gee heard the calls for help and acted quickly, running to the apartment, securing at least one gun and calling 911.
It took law enforcement about five minutes to respond.
"They said it was the longest 10 minutes of their lives," Cooper said.
Once the lock down occurred, students, staff and teachers acted quickly, locked doors and got out of sight. At the Teddy Bear Preschool, students hid in bathrooms with teachers and in other classes students hid under desks.
Nobody was injured in the incident and the new district-wide computer call system was used to inform parents of the incident. If you didn't get a call, Cooper said to contact the office because that means the school district doesn't have a correct number.
But, word of the lock down spread quickly among parents, who were calling the district and sending out text messages.
"The lines were jammed and we couldn't get through to each other," Cooper said. "We need radios, so that doesn't happen again."
Cooper also said that parents should wait for word from the district so the phone lines will not jam.


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Few gripes over limits on driver cellphone useBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
May 10. 2014 10:12PM
Ron Bingham hopes the anticipated ban on using hand-held electronic devices while driving will be a boon to his business. He sells bicycles.
Bingham, vice president of Goodale's Bike Shop in Concord, Nashua and Hooksett, said it's difficult to argue with customers who tell him they won't ride on New Hampshire's roads. "They have a fear of riding outside because of distracted drivers and too many people texting or using their handheld electronic devices," he said.
Gov. Maggie Hassan is expected to sign into law House Bill 1360, which would ban use of electronic devices while driving or even stopped in traffic; hands-free use would be allowed.
The bill calls for state safety agencies to conduct an education campaign to make drivers aware of the changes. The ban would take effect July 1, 2015.
The New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police supported the bill, and a state police official says it wouldn't be difficult to enforce.
All of this is welcome news to Bingham, who testified in support of the bill.
He said he's seen a drop in business that coincides with a rise in the number of electronic devices people use in their vehicles. "Over the last year or two, I have heard from our customers that maybe they're spinning indoors at the YMCA or a fitness club, and they're buying spin shoes from us and getting the cleats installed."
But they're not buying as many bikes, he said. And that's especially true for parents.
"Over the last five years, we are selling fewer youth bikes," he said, "and I have heard the comments from customers that they really don't feel that the roads are safe to take kids out on for bike rides."
William Hinkle, spokesman for Gov. Maggie Hassan, said she "will likely sign the bill."
"The governor believes that we must continue to find ways to improve the safety of our roads by reducing distracted driving," Hinkle said. "She appreciates the Legislature's focus on the issue and will closely review the bill as it reaches her desk."
Lt. Matthew Shapiro, commander of special services/highway safety for New Hampshire State Police, said enforcing the new law will not be problematic. "I think that people will understand that this is a very dangerous driving behavior, and I hope that they engage in voluntary compliance and just do it in a safer way," he said.
Shapiro stressed the measure does not prohibit "connectivity;" people will still be able to use their cellphones or GPS, but they'll have to do it hands-free.
"What it does restrict is the most dangerous driving behavior, which is having your head down and engaging in hand-held manipulation of electronic devices using your fine-motor skills."
Under the bill, it would be legal to pull over to the side of the road to use an electronic device. If the call is being made to report an emergency, the driver would not need to pull over.
Drivers would be allowed to use one hand to transmit or receive messages on a two-way radio and to use hands-free electronic devices. The measure also does not preclude using one hand "to activate, deactivate or initiate a function of the telephone."
However, it reads: "An operator of a motor vehicle who holds a cellular telephone or other electronic device capable of voice communication in the immediate proximity of his or her ear while such vehicle is in motion is presumed to be engaging in a call."
A ticket for violating the law would cost $100 for a first offense, $250 for a second and $500 for any subsequent offense within 24 months. Shapiro said that's in line with fines for other moving violations.
Shapiro said the state's ban on texting, passed in 2009, has been "very, very difficult to enforce." That's because it only banned texting, not all the other things people do on their electronic devices, such as scrolling through contacts, typing an address into a GPS or accessing the Internet, he said.
Of about 100,000 traffic tickets written by the Department of Safety in 2012, Shapiro said, only 76 were for texting while driving. He said anyone who's driven on New Hampshire roads knows the behavior is far more common than that.
A recent study by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) found that adult drivers were three times more likely to crash if they were dialing a hand-held cellphone; for novice drivers, it was eight times more likely, Shapiro said.
Even hands-free cellphone use involved visual-manual tasks associated with a greater crash risk, the VTTI study found.
Shapiro uses a Bluetooth earbud for his own personal phone, and a state police-issued speaker box for his cruiser. He said law enforcement officers will not be exempt from the new law.
"We are at as high a risk as the general public to get involved in a distracted-driving crash because of all the distraction that is going on when you're en route to a call," he said.
"It's incumbent upon us to lead the way in doing the right thing."
Jessica Higgins of Manchester said the law will have little effect on her because she was inspired to not use her phone in the car when a friend was involved in a car crash while using a phone.
"I honestly never use my phone while driving," she said.
Sarah Venus of Merrimack said she may have to invest in hands-free technology, since she frequently uses the phone while in the car.
"I'm going to have to get one of those Bluetooth things or upgrade my car," she said. (See related story.)
Widespread concern
Twelve other states ban use of hand-held electronic devices while driving; 42 ban texting while driving.
Shapiro said every state is dealing with the same problem of distracted driving. "Everyone is trying to come to grips with doing it the safest way possible without restricting connectivity."
New Hampshire already has a Driving Towards Zero public awareness campaign, which Shapiro said will provide a foundation for a "targeted education program" about the new law. That will include public service announcements, message boards and handouts to remind drivers about the coming changes.
Driver education classes will also include information about the even tougher restrictions on drivers younger than 18, who are banned from using any kind of electronic device while driving, even those that are hands-free, unless it's an emergency.
"We'll do the best we can to make sure that everybody's aware," Shapiro said.
For Rep. Laura Pantelakos, D-Portsmouth, it's been a decade-long fight to ban cellphones while driving. She said she's "elated" that her bill is poised to become law.
"We need to change the culture because this is a safety issue," she said.
The 78-year-old great-grandmother said she pulls over when she needs to make or take a call. "Because I cannot multi-task like that," she said.
Pantelakos said she thinks what made the difference this year was the support of law enforcement for her bill. And she scoffs at those who say it cannot be enforced.Bingham said he's "ecstatic" that the bill passed. "And I know that the core base of regular road users, for cycling as well as pedestrians and dog walkers, are all going to be safer out there.
"I realize it's going to take time ... to re-educate the population," he said. "But it's like the drunken-driving laws; what was acceptable - to drink and drive - in the '70s and '80s is not acceptable in society today."
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DENVER A recall campaign against Rep. Mike McLachlan, D-Durango, still has not formally begun, two weeks after his opponents announced that the petition had been filed.
Gun-rights proponents upset with McLachlans votes for gun bills sent out a news release March 10 saying they had officially filed a recall petition with the secretary of state March 5. But, as of Wednesday afternoon, the petition hadnt been formally accepted.
Dave Salhee, an organizer of the recall effort, said his allies filed what they think will be the final version of the petition Wednesday.
Were expecting the secretary of state to approve that any day, Salhee said.
The exact date of the filing matters because it triggers a 60-day clock, during which McLachlans opponents will need to collect at least 10,586 signatures from registered voters in House District 59.
Assuming the petition is accepted today, that puts the deadline as May 20. Signatures collected before the petition is approved will not count.
On Monday, recall advocates registered two political committees to fund the recall effort against McLachlan and Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs the San Juan Freedom Defense Committee and the El Paso Freedom Defense Committee.
The two registered agents for the San Juan committee are Salhee and Tyler Thatcher.
Its a local effort, Salhee said.
This is a bunch of local guys that are tired of politicians lying to them in order to get their vote, he said.
McLachlans opponents also have created a nonprofit group called the Basic Freedom Defense Fund, headquartered in Durango. As a 501(c)4 nonprofit, the group does not have to reveal its donors. Its main activities must be social welfare or public education. It can spend money on lobbying or campaigns, but politics cant be its main purpose. Despite the tax law, 501(c)4s have become a popular vehicle to funnel untraceable money into politics.
Recall proponents are being aided by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, the gun-rights group that mobilized most of the opposition to the gun bills.
Were looking at a whole slew of recalls, said Dudley Brown, RMGOs director, who vowed to destroy Democrats in the 2014 election.
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PANAMA CITY BEACH — James Finch's exit from NASCAR is all but official.
Finch said Thursday that he expects to announce the sale of the Spartanburg-based Phoenix Racing on July 15. He said the prospective owner passed muster in terms of the most necessary qualification for owning a team that competes in Sprint Cup and Nationwide racing.
"He's somebody who's got money," Finch said.
Unable to find a long-term sponsor for his racing team the past three years, Finch has been saddled with the exorbitant costs required to drive on a weekly basis. Unwilling to shoulder that burden any longer, he said previously that he intended to race through the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 28 before ceasing operations.
Now he believes he has found a buyer who will take over and keep the team running through the rest of the year and beyond. Finch wouldn't reveal who the potential buyer is, but he did say the prospective owner has not owned a racing team before.
"I'm in negotiations with an individual to buy the team, and if he does that I'll let him finish out the year," Finch said, adding that details of the sale will be reserved until July 15. "He's a qualified buyer, so hopefully we can make everything work."
Phoenix Racing has collected 13 victories on the Nationwide circuit, and Finch celebrated his lone Sprint Cup victory when Brad Keselowski pushed Carl Edwards aside late in the race to win the Aaron's 499 at Talladega in 2009. Finch has operated Phoenix Racing since 1990.
"I've got close to 800 starts," Finch said. "That's a lot of weekends, you know what I mean? I'll help (the new owner) get started and stuff like that. I'll go attend some races a little bit, but I'll be out of ownership. I might run a few Nationwide races out of his shop, go play or something. But full-time is over for me."
Finch said he wouldn't describe his exit from racing as a funeral. He said he prefers to think of it more as a particularly expensive parting of ways.
"It feels like a divorce," he said, laughing. "You've paid your dues, and it's time to move on. ... On the 15th we'll make an announcement who's taking over. Hopefully it works, you know what I'm saying? You can't say it's a done deal ... until he transfers the money.
"We're going to the shop (in Spartanburg) this next week and telling the employees, 'Here's the new guy, and this is the plan.' "
Phoenix Racing had Jacques Villeneuve behind the wheel on the road course at Sonoma Raceway in California last weekend, and Finch said Austin Dillon will drive the No. 51 Chevrolet this weekend in Kentucky. The Sprint Cup schedule rolls through Daytona next week for the Coke Zero 400, and Finch said he will have Regan Smith or AJ Allmendinger in the driver's seat for that race.
"Regan's concentrating on trying to win the Nationwide championship," Finch said. "If he wants to drive at Daytona, he's been so good the last two (restrictor) plate races I'm going to give him the opportunity.
"If he wants to concentrate on the Nationwide championship then we will have AJ finish up the next three races."


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Father Gets In The Act: The "acting bug" bites the Erwin family. When a shady, trouble-making talent scout makes big promises, Stu must take center stage to bring the curtain down!
Pearl Necklace: Getting the right anniversary present is always troublesome, especially when June discovers an expensive necklace Stu is hiding for a friend's mother-in-law!
Barbeque: Daughter Joyce is having boy-trouble, so Stu builds a better barbeque to capture the lad�or at least his stomach!
Leave It To Stu: Upset at the rising cost of eggs, Principal Erwin becomes Farmer Erwin with one moody cow and a coop full of chickens!


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Farmers from Australia to Europe to the U.S. are poised to reap the second-largest wheat crop on record as fields recover from drought and heat waves, boosting global stockpiles for the first time in four years.
Output will climb 4.3% to 690 million metric tons, about 10 million tons short of the all-time high set two years ago, the United Nations estimates. Global inventories will increase by 2 million tons to 176 million tons, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences predicts. Prices will probably drop 17% to $6 a bushel in Chicago by the end of the year, according to the median of 16 analyst and trader estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Food supply is expanding, with the UN forecasting a record rice harvest and the U.S. government the biggest-ever corn and soybean crops. Wheat closed at $7.1275 on the Chicago Board of Trade yesterday and last traded at $6 in May, before the worst U.S. drought since the 1930s and heat waves in Europe drove prices to a four-year high in July. Snowstorms in the U.S. have since helped boost soil moisture, Joe Glauber, chief economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said March 6.
"The supply situation was compromised through some very adverse weather events in the Northern Hemisphere," said Steve Mellington, the chief executive officer of the Australian Grain Growers Cooperative, which has 350 members across three states. "Growers are now responding to those price signals with the increased area being planted this year."
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The supply outlook flipped wheat from being last year's best performer in the Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 raw materials to the fourth worst in 2013. The grain has fallen 7.2% while the S&P GSCI gained 0.4% and the MSCI All- Country World Index of equities rallied 5.5%. Treasuries lost 0.7%, according to data from Bank of America Corp.
Europe will lead the rebound and yields are set to recover in Russia, the third-biggest shipper last season, says the UN's Food & Agriculture Organization. That would boost inventories, said Bangkok-based Hiroyuki Konuma, assistant director-general. A recovery in reserves would follow three years of declines, FAO data show. The world grain crop, including wheat and corn, will probably rise 7.2% to 2.406 billion tons in the coming season, estimates trader Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH.
Higher production should make for more exports. India, the third-largest grower after the European Union and China, may boost shipments to a record 10 million tons to clear out state stockpiles, according to the state-backed National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research. Exports were 6.5 million tons this year, according to USDA data.
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Restraining order was denied days before Nashua kidnappingBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
January 29. 2014 10:53PM
NASHUA — The young woman who was kidnapped at gunpoint Monday and taken to a city motel where she was allegedly tied up, threatened and sexually assaulted, is speaking out about the frightening experience and the measures she took to avoid the nightmare.
Kaylee Solano, 21, of Windham was allegedly abducted by her former boyfriend, Stanislav Osherov, 22, of Newton, Mass., on Monday morning from the campus of the University of New Hampshire in Manchester.
Three days earlier, Solano had a sense that something horrible was going to happen to her, prompting her to file for a restraining order at Derry District Court on Friday.
That petition was denied the same day and the case was dismissed by Judge Lucinda Sadler, who stated in her ruling that the request "does not rise to level required by statute as to imminent threat," according to court documents.
"I knew, eventually, that something was going to happen to me," Solano told the New Hampshire Union Leader on Wednesday.
Solano said that earlier this month, Osherov called her about 120 times in a three-day period and sent more than 70 texts, according to the court petition. Osherov is the father of Solano's 15-month-old son. She was granted emergency custody of the baby last October after Osherov allegedly took the child without Solano's permission.
A bad feeling
On Friday, Osherov was allegedly stalking Solano when he parked his vehicle outside of her residence and later showed up at the baby's day care center in Derry, Solano said.
Fearing that Osherov might hurt her, Solano had a day care worker approach Osherov in the parking lot and ask him to leave, she said.
"I had such a bad feeling. I felt like he was planning something," Solano said.
Solano said she contacted the Derry Police Department about the situation, telling them she feared that Solano might shoot her. The police, according to Solano, referred her to the Derry courthouse, where Solano attempted to seek a restraining order later that afternoon.
Three days later, Solano said, Osherov found her on campus, tapped her on the shoulder and said, "Kaylee, I have a gun. You have to do what I say."
"I knew kids would be getting out of class and I didn't want him to hurt anyone else," she said. After forcing Solano into a car, Osherov allegedly duct taped her hands together and made her overdraw her bank account by $200 at a Bedford cash machine.
They later stopped at a 7-Eleven in Nashua, where he took the tape off her hands. They went inside and purchased a Snapple and cigarettes.
"He told me not to do anything suspicious or he would kill everyone," said Solano.
In the motel room
They eventually ended up at Motel 6 on Progress Avenue in Nashua, where the couple checked into a room.
"I tried to eye down the guy at the desk, but he just didn't see it, obviously," she said. "I knew that it wasn't going to be good at that point. He tied my hands and legs together with phone cords and duct tape, and he told me that he wanted me to watch him die. He wanted me to suffer by seeing him kill himself."
In addition to the handgun, Osherov also had a knife, Solano said.
Police allege that Osherov sexually assaulted Solano during a lengthy standoff that lasted from about 10 p.m. on Monday to 7 a.m. on Tuesday, when he surrendered.
"I knew that we were both going to be leaving that hotel in body bags or we would both somehow make it out alive," said Solano, adding she was grateful that she was able to contact her parents by phone and let them know — in vague terms — what was going on.
Her mother immediately contacted authorities, who eventually spotted Solano's vehicle at the city motel where Osherov had already barricaded the room. A police Crisis Negotiation Team and a Special Reaction Team were activated.
Solano credits police negotiators for aiding in a successful outcome, saying they were able to calm Osherov, wear him down and eventually get him to let her go. At some point in the early morning hours, Solano said, Osherov was incredibly emotional and she was able to retrieve the gun, although he still had the knife in his possession. Because negotiations were progressing, however, she decided not to make any rash decisions.
"I tried to remain optimistic that it would end up alright, and I had to shut my brain down to get rid of the negative thoughts. I was able to untie my legs a few times, but they were under a blanket so he didn't realize. I kept thinking that I had to run, and that I could still run with my hands tied," she said. "I just can't comprehend how he could do this to the mother of his child. I just wanted to make it home to my son."
Osherov was arraigned on Wednesday in the 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division, on four counts of felonious sexual assault, kidnapping, criminal restraint and two counts of second-degree assault. Additional charges could be possible from other police departments.
He is currently being held without bail, and his court documents were sealed. Osherov will be back in court on Feb. 11 for a probable cause hearing.
Solano says she is frustrated that the court system failed her, and is also disappointed that Derry police didn't do more to protect her from a man she knew was unstable.
Restraining orders
Capt. Vernon Thomas of the Derry Police Department said Wednesday that he could not immediately locate any communication records his department may have had with Solano last week.
"We take these things very seriously," Thomas said of domestic violence cases.
Speaking in general terms, he said that if an individual contacts Derry police and claims they feel uncomfortable or threatened by another person, they are immediately referred to the court system if a crime has not occurred. Thomas said officers will highly recommend that a restraining order is sought at the courthouse.
"We don't have a role in the middle of it," he said. "We are concerned for the potential of domestic violence."
Still, Thomas stressed that there has to be a substantial threat mentioned — in most cases — for a restraining order to be granted.
"It is not up to us to decide whether an order is issued," he said.Solano says she knows the outcome could have been worse.
"I just want to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else," she said. "But I am not going to let him ruin my future."
Solano said she is taking the week off from school. She intends to graduate in May from UNH, where she has been studying accounting and seeking her associate's degree in business administration.


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Vote raises guard's hope for pardonBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 11. 2013 10:26PM
A Cheshire County corrections officer with a felony burglary conviction in his past is encouraged that the Executive Council voted unanimously Wednesday to grant a pardon hearing.
"I'm staying positive about it," said Thomas Schoolcraft, 27, of Keene on Thursday. "I think it's a good thing that they voted unanimously to grant the hearing, but I did notice they made those comments about pardons being only for people where there was a miscarriage of justice."
Schoolcraft has never claimed that his 2004 conviction in connection with a string of burglaries in coastal New Hampshire and Massachusetts was a miscarriage of justice. He served eight months in the Rockingham County House of Corrections in Brentwood, and was later extradited to Massachusetts. A Bay State judge ruled against further jail time in Massachusetts, and sent him back to New Hampshire to complete parole for both states.
For the past two years, he has worked as a corrections officer and received glowing reviews from the superintendent of the Cheshire County Department of Corrections and from the county commissioners, all of whom have lobbied since last summer for a pardon so Schoolcraft can pursue a career in law enforcement.
"I think the sense from all involved and from the information I've read is that he has really turned his life around, which is very admirable," said Councilor Colin Van Ostern, D-Concord, at the council meeting Wednesday in Peterborough. "I think we should respect the wishes of the local officials (for a pardon hearing), particularly because the prosecuting attorney has not objected."
Schoolcraft, who was in the audience at the time, was encouraged by those observations, until Van Ostern continued.
"I do want to note that personally I think the requirement for me to support a pardon would be that there was a miscarriage of justice, not simply that the offender has turned his life around or rehabilitated his life, so I want to be cautious about setting expectations for Mr. Schoolcraft that a pardon hearing is not, in fact, a pardon."
Councilor Chris Sununu, R-Newfields, said the disposition of Schoolcraft's pardon request in Massachusetts could also play into the decision.
Any linkage of a New Hampshire pardon to the outcomes in Massachusetts does not bode well for Schoolcraft, who said Massachusetts appears to have denied his request, at least for now.
"The Massachusetts governor has my pardon application," he said, "but the state parole board has recommended against it. It seems as though it's dead unless New Hampshire acts. I'm hoping to get the pardon in New Hampshire and then reapply for it next year in Massachusetts."
As a result of the Schoolcraft case, the N.H. County Corrections Association is considering a rewrite of its policies to prohibit the hiring of any convicted felon. Leading the charge for a change in regulations is David Dionne, superintendent of Hillsborough County Department of Corrections in Manchester.
Dionne voted with other county jail superintendents in favor of Schoolcraft's certification in June of last year, unaware of his felony conviction. After he learned about Schoolcraft's past in a New Hampshire Union Leader article, Dionne said he felt deceived by Cheshire County Department of Corrections Superintendent Richard Van Wickler, who presented the application.
"I have nothing against Mr. Schoolcraft," Dionne said on Thursday. "All the luck to him."
Schoolcraft says such a change would be shortsighted, even though his position in Cheshire County would be grandfathered.
"The American Correctional Association states in its policy and procedures manual that the hiring of ex-offenders can be a valuable asset to an agency, and should not be discriminated against," he said. "To see the ACA essentially back up Mr. Van Wickler's actions, I think, shows that Cheshire County has moved above and beyond where most jails are today, so I would hope that neighboring counties could see the positive side of what he did and the risks he took."firstname.lastname@example.com
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October 06. 2013 6:06PM
Red tape
Manchester's building department mired in red tape, says Willow Street business owner
By NANCY WEST
New Hampshire Sunday
Fred Fricker, owner of Willow Street Auto, at his business in Manchester on Saturday. (Thomas Roy/Union Leader)
Fred Fricker says he opened his three-bay garage addition to his Willow Street Auto car dealership a year ago, but it took so long dealing with the Manchester building department to acquire his building permit that he vowed he would never do it again.
Fricker estimates he lost aproximately $200,000 because of the delays experienced trying to meet city requirements before he could open. It took 36 weeks just to get a building permit after first applying in May of 2011, Fricker said.
"The process seems to not be set up for the little guy. It's too expensive and difficult for the small businessman, and that's sad," Fricker said.
Fricker said he is still unsure whether he has a valid occupancy permit, but decided to speak out anyway "if I can make it easier for the next guy."
Fricker said he called Mayor Ted Gatsas more than a year ago for help to no avail. But on Friday afternoon, he called Gatsas again and got an apology.
"It was great," Fricker said of his conversation with Gatsas. "He said he was sorry and asked me for some suggestions to improve the process."
At first, Gatsas told him it was Fricker's own fault for changing his plans frequently during the process, a position held by Planning Director Leon LaFreniere.
But Fricker explained his complaint had nothing to do with a project he previously abandoned involving building a rooming house. LaFreniere had included that proposal in a timeline he prepared of Fricker's case in February for Alderman Jim Roy, who was looking into the delays, and last week to Gatsas.
Gatsas on Friday said he told Fricker had he been aware of the details of his situation, he would have immediately invited him in for a meeting.
"I said to Fred, 'They do 10,000 permits a year. I apologize … We made a mistake.'"
Gatsas went on to tell Fricker about the changes he has instituted since July when a code enforcement officer closed the patio of KC's Rib Shack during the busy July 4th holiday. Gatsas signed a directive that department head approval is now required before an inspector can order immediate closure of any business.
Gatsas said any business with concerns about building permits and procedures will be referred to William Craig, the city's new economic development director. Gatsas also recently launched a new link called Business Coach on the city's website to help businesses understand the permitting process. It is available in print, as well.
"I think it is going to simplify the process, so people know exactly what they need to do," Gatsas said.
LaFreniere said his department tried to help Fricker, but added that with complex commercial buildings, many people hire an expert to guide them.
"(Fricker) just kept changing his plans throughout the process and didn't follow through. We tried hard to help him through.
"He wanted to build a new building in a new location, then build another, then changed his mind and wanted to do something different. He didn't have a lot of experience with the process and didn't take advice," LaFreniere said.
Fricker said he received no help from city officials.
"Max Sink (deputy director of building regulations) said he was too busy to give me any help," Fricker said.
Sink was unavailable Friday, but recently told the Sunday News he does try to help people whenever he can. He said he helped Alderman-at-Large Joseph Levasseur, an attorney who owns Theo's restaurant in Manchester. Before he was elected in 2012, Levasseur reopened the restaurant after a fire with a verbal approval even though all of the work hadn't been completed,
Levasseur said he doesn't get special treatment because he is an alderman, and sometimes faces even stricter scrutiny.
Being an alderman does give him more clout to help constituents, Levasseur said.
"Government listens to elected representatives more often than not," Levasseur said Friday.
Levasseur said he regularly hears complaints involving building permits.
"Nobody likes to be told what to do, and nobody wants to make changes they can't afford," Levasseur said.
People should contact their alderman if they do have problems with building or any city department, Levasseur said.
Levasseur and Alderman Roy had intervened on his behalf, Fricker said, but it didn't help.
Roy, the aldermanic representative on the planning board, said that when he raised Fricker's concerns, he was told the delay was caused by city documents being sent to Fricker's former lawyer instead of to Fricker.
Fricker said he ran out of money for lawyers and experts.
"It was just an addition to a garage. It wasn't this major thing. It was crazy," Fricker said.
Much of his financial loss came from not being able to open the repair business. It cost about $30.000 for surveyors, a lawyer, engineers, architects, and permit fees and another $25,000 to actually build the addition.
Some of the issues raised by the city were small, but just caused more delays, he said.
"I planted two trees. Leon said they were too small," Fricker said.
He planted bigger ones.
After his conversation with Gatsas, Fricker said it's time to determine whatever happened to his occupancy permit. He hasn't heard anything since the conditional permit expired last October. He has met all the requirements of the conditional occupancy permit except for the granite curbing, he said.
"I'm going to head down there on Monday morning," Fricker said.


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A French artist is hailed as a genius after his painting of a duck quacks in an acclaimed picture book for preschoolers
The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau. By Jon Agee, 32 pp., $6.95, paperback. Ages: 4-8. [See further discussion of ages below.]
By Janice Harayda
How can you beat the alpine cost of children's picture books? A new 32-page hardcover typically costs about $16 or 50 cents per page. At that rate, your favorite 300-page adult bestseller would cost $150.
Of course, the comparison isn't entirely fair. Picture books have more illustrations than most adult bestsellers, which drives up the cost. And children may read them over and over. On a cost-per-use basis, a lot of those $16 picture books look like a steal next to the latest novel by Mitch Albom or Danielle Steel.
The catch is that you can't be sure which books a child will want to read more than once. And a good way to hedge your bets is to look for wonderful picture books that are old enough to have a) come out in paperback and b) shown again and again that they can delight children even if they haven't attained the status of "classics."
A case in point is The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau, a 32-page book with more drama than some novels. The judges at a 19th-century French exhibition ridicule a humble painting of a duck by an obscure artist named Felix Clousseau until the picture quacks. Then the world proclaims Clousseau "a genius." But fate reverses again itself when strange things happen to some of his other paintings, like his pictures of boa constrictor and a cannon. Will Clousseau have to spend his life in jail to satisfy a public as outraged as a mob at the Bastille?
Jon Agee heightens the drama of this story with a smoky color palette that befits the grimy look of even the most beautiful cities in the days before electricity and central heating. And without ever saying so directly, he reminds that paintings once had the quality that movies and television have today – that of seeming more real than life.
Best line/picture: The last illustration shows Clousseau walking away, having stepped into one of his pictures. This reverses the pattern in the rest of the book – when creatures emerge from paintings – and is a great twist ending.
Worst line/picture: None.
Recommendation? The publisher recommends this book, appropriately, for ages 3 and up. But in one scene a thief climbs into room after dark. So I'd read it only to a child who has passed the stage of being afraid of shiny-eyed monsters under the bed.
Furthermore: The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau was an American Library Association Notable Book and one of the New York Times's Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1988.
Published: First edition: 1988
Links: You can learn more about this book and others by Agee at www.jonagee.com. Agree has also written several terrific books of palindromes for ages 9 and up.
One-Minute Book Reviews was created by Janice Harayda, who has been a book columnist for Glamour, book editor of the Plain Dealer, and a vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle. A new review of a book for children or teenagers appears on the site every Saturday. Please visit www.janiceharayda.com for information about the author's comic novels.
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Like many not-for-profit organizations that help people in the communities, the Livingston Family Care Center is feeling the pain of running its business on donations alone.
Robin Kindelberger, who is one of the 13 board members for the LFCC, stresses that a small amount could go far in the care of the clients they see at the center.
"We are solely funded by donations, whether it is from grants, local community chests, United Way or local churches. The donations are what sustains us, so we're trying to let Livingston County and the community know that we're here and that we are donation driven," she explained. "If 1,000 people donated $3 to $5, just think of how many people it could serve through the clinic."
The Family Care Center, which opened in 1993, has been helping adults in Livingston County, ages 19 through 64, who do not meet state or federal guidelines for assistance, are without insurance or who are unable to purchase insurance. Children under the age of 18 qualify for other state programs, so the center caters to adults only.
"We have an application process you have to go through. You have to show proof of income, whether you have a medical card and residency. We don't want to discriminate but you have to fit within the guidelines and we have to verify those guidelines," Kindelberger said.
Board members work throughout the year to apply for grant money from various places to help care for the many people that walk through the clinic's doors. In 2012 alone, there were 476 active patients.
"We have just recently received a grant form the Caterpillar Foundation and that was for health and education awareness and information throughout the community and with the clients. We'll have to reapply for that every year and that's more for education purposes, whether it is for fliers, handouts, classes, but that is a grant that we received (last week)," she said. "We're constantly looking for other grants for other avenues. With any of the big corporate things, we look into them and see if we qualify. Letting the community know what we're about, what we do and that even the smallest of donations can help us continue to be here and offer the services that we do."
Kindelberger added that the Humiston Trust and the United Way have been two of its biggest supporters as well.
The clinic is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, but appointment times vary, as doctors volunteer their time to see patients.
There is only one paid employee at the clinic. Kim Coomber, RN, is also the director of the clinic. The doctors that see patients at the clinic come primarily from OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center. Doctors at Family Eye Care and Midwest Dental also see referral patients for vision and dental issues.
"We also use specialists from Bloomington affiliated with OSF, orthopedics, plastic surgery, surgeons, gastrointestinal and other specialties. Nurse practitioners and physician's assistants also see patients here," Coomber added. "If we don't have the resources to take care of them here, more than likely we can put them in contact with the appropriate people."
The medical care offered at the center also involves education and medication.
"Education is huge through here regarding how to care for yourself during illnesses, especially diabetes education and management. Nearly 40 percent of our patients are pre-diabetic or diabetic," Coomber said. "We do have a local pharmacy that works with us at a reduced rate, also."
Generous donations and grant money has kept the clinic afloat, but more money could help more people.
"You'll go spend $5 for a meal. You'll spend it on Lottery tickets. Well, for a one-time donation, it can serve someone for an entire month to keep them out of the hospital to keep them from becoming even more severely ill. It might not seem like a lot to you and I, but to someone else, it could make a difference in their life," said Kindelberger.
Donations, which could be monetary or include items like paper towels, cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer, or other useful household items, can be dropped off at the LFCC at 305 W. Madison St. in Pontiac, or Kindelberger said that by calling the office at 815-842-1441, someone could go pick up the items, also.
Medical needs in area rising
Like many not-for-profit organizations that help people in the communities, the Livingston Family Care Center is feeling the pain of running its business on donations alone.