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Mont Vernon murder mastermind drops appeal, citing 'personal and moral' reasonsBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 25. 2013 11:42PM
CONCORD - The mastermind of the 2009 Mont Vernon thrill kill home invasion will not appeal his first-degree murder and related convictions to the New Hampshire Supreme Court for "personal and moral reasons," his attorney said Friday.
Legal experts expressed surprise at the unusual move of Steven Spader abandoning his mandatory right of direct appeal.
"Mr. Spader indicated to me . that he wished to withdraw his appeal. He indicated that he wished to do so for personal and moral reasons," court-appointed appellate defender Richard E. Samdperil said Friday. He said Spader, 21, did not elaborate.
The Supreme Court granted Spader's motion to withdraw his appeal Wednesday.
Samdperil said he filed a motion May 3 to reinstate the Spader's appeal process one week after Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Gillian L. Abramson resentenced Spader under new guidelines for juvenile murderers set down by the U.S. Supreme Court last year.
Samdperil said he visited Spader in prison shortly after the former Brookline resident indicated he didn't want to proceed with his direct appeal.
Spader, who chose not to attend his April 22 resentencing hearing or have his attorneys present a case on his behalf, was resentenced April 26 to life without parole plus 76 years. This is the same sentence he received after a jury convicted him Nov. 9, 2010, of first-degree murder for hacking Kimberly L. Cates to death and maiming her daughter, Jaimie, then 11, during a pre-dawn bedside ambush and burglary.
A source familiar with the case said Spader's statement read aloud by his attorneys at the April 22 hearing may provide some clue for why Spader decided against an appeal.
"It's pretty unusual that an appeal is withdrawn. I think in Spader's resentencing there was some indication that . he didn't ultimately contest certain things. So I think that is consistent with the fact he chose to withdraw his appeal," the source said.
In a handwritten statement read at the April 22 hearing, Spader said he decided not to fight for a new sentence under the U.S. Supreme Court's Miller v. Alabama guidelines for juvenile killers because "I chose not to try and slip by on some technicality."
"Instead, I chose to accept responsibility for my actions and for the decisions that I have made," he continued.
Spader apologized and asked for forgiveness for the harm he caused not only the Cates family, but also those of his co-defendants and his family.
Spader's decision not to appeal his convictions brings to an end all pending cases involving him and his four co-defendants.
The state Supreme Court this month upheld accomplice Christopher A. Gribble's convictions on the same charges Spader faced.
Amherst classmates Quinn Glover and William Marks, both 21, turned cooperating witnesses for the state and pleaded guilty to lesser charges, losing their rights to appeal. Glover is serving a 20- to 40-year prison sentence and Marks 30 to 60 years.
Autumn Savoy, formerly of Hollis, is serving five to 12 years for helping cover up the crimes. Savoy was the only one of the five who did not directly participate in the home invasion.


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March 09. 2013 11:59PM
Police respond to Laconia disturbance
LACONIA — Police were called to the scene of a fight in the driveway of a Mechanic Street home Saturday evening, but got little cooperation from those involved, according to a press release.
The disturbance was reported about 5:20 p.m. by a caller who said one person might have a firearm. When police arrived, no gun was found but officers did seize a claw hammer.
Police said a 39-year-old man, identified as Leslie Neblett of Laconia, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the fight and was taken to Lakes Region General Hospital for treatment. Police said Neblett had gone to 310 Mechanic Street looking for someone who was not home and got into a fight after refusing to leave.
But the press release said those involved in the incident were "uncooperative" and would not provide details about what happened.
Police asked anyone with further information about the incident to contact police at 524-5252 or Greater Laconia Crimeline at 524-1717.

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McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery CenterMay 23. 2013 2:46PM
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Come where day magically becomes night.
Simply choose one of the shows and in just one hour you'll take an extraordinary voyage into astronomy. Find a place in the 92-seat theater and a universe of computerized three-dimensional images surrounds you as you fly through the stars. Children of all ages are invited to join us on these stunning voyages of discovery!
The Planetarium, located in Concord, New Hampshire, is a living memorial that combines Christa McAuliffe's dream of traveling through space with her dedication to teaching, and her belief that everyone should have the opportunity to "reach for the stars". Our shows blend computer generated effects, video, slides and music into an awe-inspiring experience. Education and entertainment mix in our 40 foot domed theater to delight audiences of all ages. Bring yourself, your family, your friends, or a group from your school or business to discover the wonders of the cosmos and our place in it. In March 2009, the name of this educational center changed (from the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium) to the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, in memory of Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut in space, who was from Derry, NH. Prior to this grand re-opening, the facility underwent a $15 million expansion.
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LAKEVILLE - Professional ice carvers will be battling out in the final Cabin Fever Competitions this weekend at Sculpted Ice Works. There will be two completely different and intense competition formats for each day.
On Saturday, February 23rd from 12 to 4 p.m., these professional sculptors will have two (2) each 300# blocks of crystal clear ice to create a masterpiece in the "Prehistoric" theme in a four hour time frame. They will begin at 12 noon in the courtyard behind the Crystal Cabin Fever event barn at Sculpted Ice Works located at 311 Purdytown Turnpike in Lakeville, PA.
The carvers will cut apart, shape and fuse back together these blocks of ice, using advanced techniques and artistic experience. The competition will last four hours and these sculptures prove to be very detailed and impressive. Sculptors will be competing for over $1000 in prize money.
On Sunday, February 24th beginning at 12 Noon, Cabin Fever will host its fourth "Elimination Style" Speed competition. In this format the carver will each be given a single 300# block of ice and will only have 20 minutes per each carving round. After each round, the public will vote off the least favorite sculpture. The stage will be re-set and the chainsaws will be flying again. The theme for each round is pulled out of a hat by the emcee and the sculptors, although aware of the general themes, do not know which topic they will be carving against which sculptors. This a fast and furious battle that is amazing to watch and generates 20+ amazing sculptures in a very short period of time. Sculptors will be competing in this competition for prize money, the annual "Golden Chipper Award" and bragging rights.
Crystal Cabin Fever is located at Sculpted Ice Works in Lakeville, on Rt. 590 between Hawley and Hamlin.
Adult admission: $12, Children $7, Children under 3: Free.
Combine your admission with a visit to the museum and factory tour for only $3 more. Visit sculptediceworks.com for event specials and the region's best restaurants, hotels & lodges. Call 226-6246 for groups or more information.


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Manchester school year begins with elementary school crowdingBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 09. 2013 10:09PM
MANCHESTER — Preliminary enrollment figures for the first week of school indicate a couple dozen elementary school classrooms are overcrowded by state standards, while overall enrollment in the district dropped significantly from last year.
Superintendent Debra Livingston presented the numbers to the Board of School Committee Monday, and they prompted a debate on how much leeway to give the new school chief to address the perennial problem of class sizes in the opening days of the school year.
Several board members raised concerns about the approximately 23 elementary school classes that exceed state Department of Education standards, which set a maximum class size of 25 pupils in kindergarten through Grade 2, and 30 students in Grades 3 and above.
Ward 9 member Art Beaudry made a motion to have the superintendent hire more teachers to address the teacher shortage in the early grades.
"It's not fair to the students in these oversized classes. I would like to see this done sooner than later," he said.
Mayor Ted Gatsas responded that it was too early to be giving directives to the superintendent.
"It's four days into the school year, and we're already telling the superintendent how to do her job," he said.
Livingston stressed that the enrollment numbers are fluid and that she expected to present firmer figures next week. She said she and her staff are working on ways to bring down the numbers in the lower grades.
"We do not want our classes to have high enrollments. I appreciate your offer, but I assure you we have a plan," she said.
There are crowded classes in the middle schools and high schools as well, but the board was particularly concerned about the lower grades because of concerns over the impact on young learners.
Beaudry later withdrew his motion.
Livingston also said that overall enrollment appeared to be down 546 from last year, to 15,180.
"That's a pretty significant drop," Ward 3 board member Chris Stewart said. "Any idea where those students went?"
Livingston replied, "We have asked that question as well ... We haven't been able to data-mine (the numbers) yet."
Livingston said there were 44 incoming freshmen from Hooksett, five more than anticipated. Hooksett is in the process of seeking another high school or high schools for its students.
Beaudry also raised concerns about a new Sports Marketing class at Memorial High that lacked text books. Livingston said the books have been ordered.
Other board members praised Livingston for the job she has done in the opening days of her first school year as district chief.
"I just wanted to say nice job for everything you've done," Ward 5 board member Ted Rokas said. "There wasn't as many hiccups like last year."


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Dealing with disaster: Shaheen, others must step upEDITORIAL
September 14. 2013 12:52AM
As recent events have shown again, Barack Obama's foreign policy is a disaster. Agree with him or not on a strike against Syria, his repeated waffling on the issue is extremely dangerous in the Mideast, where U.S. enemies and allies respect resolution and distrust the lack of it. And let's not forget the Russians and Chinese.
Incompetence, however, is not an impeachable offense. But if people think we can just hang in there for another three more years of this pinball diplomacy, they are dangerously mistaken.
Wall Street Journal columnist Daniel Henninger noted last week that a similar President, Jimmy Carter, showed the nation his incompetence in the handling of the Iranian hostage crisis.
"One quick year later," Henninger writes, "the American people turned to Ronald Reagan. There will be no such chance next year or the year after that - not till November 2016."
What to do? American leaders, of both parties, need to step up.
Republicans need to remind themselves that the national interest must come first. Where they can prop up this flailing administration on foreign policy matters, they must do so, irrespective of political gain. Likewise, Democrats need to step up to vote and act in the nation's interest, and not in blind allegiance to this hapless leader.
Here in New Hampshire, that means U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going to have to change her tune. Her unquestioning, lockstep support for Obama's Syrian policy, even as that policy changed a dozen times in a day, should have embarrassed her as well as her constituents.
Those constituents, the people of the Granite State, will be watching Shaheen closely now. Unlike Obama, she has only one year until the voters can judge her.


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Rep. William Carson, of Smyrna, won his re-election bid over his Republican opponent Chris Sylvester, also of Smyrna, with 71.1 percent of the vote in District 28 in Tuesday's election.
Carson garnered 6,104 votes compared to Sylvester's 2,478, or 28.9 percent.
This will be Carson's third term as representative of the district. He could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.
"I'm just humbled to be able to serve the people of the 28th district and the state of Delaware," Carson said. "And I will do my best with the confidence they have placed on me."
Sylvester put his hat in the race late this summer out of concern that Republican voters wouldn't have a choice in the election.
Coming into the campaign, Sylvester said he wasn't sure what to expect and while trying to be realistic, his desire to win only grew as he inched closer to election day. Though the campaign was exciting, Sylvester said there's a sense of relief now that the election is over.
"I just think it was a great experience nobody can take away me," Sylvester said. "I'm looking forward to what the future has to offer."
Sylvester pointed to his young age, 26, as something that gave him a unique perspective of the election. He said a lot of people approached him about running again in the future and while he can't say so soon after the election that he's 100 percent sure he'll run again, Sylvester said it's highly likely he'll consider running again.
"There's just so many opportunities and experiences I've gained from this," Sylvester said. "I don't see myself just standing by."
Talking to people on the campaign trail, Carson said the main concerns of residents revolved around jobs, small businesses and education. So his top priorities will be to maintain a balanced budget and a triple A bond rating for the state, to work with small businesses to help them grow and prosper, and to work with education and agriculture in helping them prosper.
Carson also said he's always available to his constituents to try and help them; he can be reached at his office number at 744-4022.
"Once again I want to thank all my workers and supporters," Carson said.
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Massachusetts gives big boost to NH advantageBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 02. 2013 9:57PM
Business has been a bit slow at Tobacco Empire on Route 28 in Salem for the past couple of years. Owner Eli Merheb recalls a time not long ago when he would sell 600 to 700 cartons of cigarettes a week, mostly to Massachusetts customers taking advantage of his location on the border.
Lately, those sales have been more like 300 to 400 cartons a week, but Merheb, like many other merchants in Southern New Hampshire, believes recent legislation by lawmakers on both sides of the border will provide a big boost.
It's a tale of two states, as the Massachusetts Legislature passed a budget that increases taxes on cigarettes by $1 a pack or $10 a carton, while New Hampshire's tax will stay at its current level until Aug. 1.
After that, it goes up 10 cents a pack.
And it's not only cigarette prices that could help bolster the New Hampshire advantage. Gasoline taxes will be going up three cents a gallon in Massachusetts, but held steady in New Hampshire. Business taxes are going up in Massachusetts, and down in New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire budget has been signed into law, while the Massachusetts budget awaits Gov. Deval Patrick's signature. If anything, he may demand even higher taxes on gasoline for transit system improvements, he told reporters on Monday.
"Right now, I can tell you the New Hampshire advantage is alive and well, and is particularly benefitting from the decisions made by our legislature and the legislatures of our surrounding states," said Greg Moore, New Hampshire director of Americans for Prosperity, which lobbied against proposed increases in the gasoline tax and cigarette tax.
Moore's group also supported efforts to double the state's research and development tax credit and extend exemptions to the Business Enterprise Tax.
"A new budget takes effect in New Hampshire that includes no new taxes, and which keeps business tax reductions in place," Moore said. "Not so in Massachusetts. If you look at the policies these two states are pursuing, the issues line up almost identically — gas, tobacco and business taxes."
A proposed 20-cent-per-pack tobacco tax increase in New Hampshire did not pass, but an automatic 10-cent increase will go forward. The state budget also does not include a 12-cent increase in the gasoline tax approved by the House, but does include $13.5 million in business tax credits passed last year that Gov. Maggie Hassan and the House wanted delayed for two years.
In Massachusetts, the state budget is built around $500 million in higher taxes on tobacco, gas, utilities and computer services for business.
"I think in both states we tried to explain as clearly as we could to the legislatures the importance of a tax structure that didn't negatively impact businesses," said Steve Ryan, executive director of the New England Convenience Store Association, who testified in both Concord and Boston. "Obviously in New Hampshire, decisions were made that result in a tax structure that's going to be significantly lower for some products. It's logical to assume that when tax disparities exist, particularly as it relates to tobacco, that there are going to be changes in consumer buying patterns."
That's what Erheb is counting on.
John Dumais, president and CEO of the New Hampshire grocers association, thinks he is not likely to be disappointed. "With Massachusetts raising their tax, we will generate additional revenue coming into New Hampshire because of that," he said. "Tobacco is a very price-sensitive item."
The $1 increase will bring the average cost of a pack of cigarettes in Massachusetts to $9.23, among the highest in the nation, compared to an average of $4.69 in New Hampshire, among the lowest.
Given the price of gasoline, consumers need significant price differences to make the travel worthwhile, Dumais said. "We have testified for years now that 40 percent of our consumer sales in New Hampshire come from out-of-state residents," he said. "We sell 40 percent more than our own citizens would consume in New Hampshire because we don't have a sales tax, we have low liquor prices, low tobacco prices."
From a business perspective, the just-finished session of the state Legislature gets good grades, according to Dumais.
"We can say that the New Hampshire Legislature this year was very good about understanding the economics of our business," he said. "They tried to work with us on a balance between state revenue and generating more cross-border sales. Now all we need is the weather."


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Younger of two brothers convicted of murdering parents quietly released after 18 years in prisonBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 22. 2014 10:18PM
MANCHESTER — The younger of two Rochester brothers incarcerated for the 1996 murders of their parents was released from state prison on parole last month after serving 18 years for helping shoot Vance and Eve Dingman to death.
Jeffrey A. Dingman, 32, was paroled from the Calumet halfway house on Lowell Street March 17, five weeks after he completed his minimum sentence and became eligible for parole Feb. 7.
Dingman, however, will remain on parole for the rest of his life, New Hampshire Adult Parole Board executive assistant Andrea J. Goldberg said Tuesday.
"He has to lead a law-abiding life. He has to be a public citizen. It is up to his parole officer to monitor that to make sure he is doing what needs to be done to keep himself and the public safe. He will be supervised like any other offender," Goldberg said.
Dingman, then 14, and his brother, Robert, then 17, ambushed their 40-year-old parents as they arrived home after work Feb. 9, 1996, and taunted the wounded couple as the final bullets were fired into their bodies.
Jeffrey Dingman admitted to the murders, turned state's witness and testified at his brother's high-profile murder trial that the pair plotted the murders because they "didn't like" their parents and resented the curfews and other restrictions placed on them.
In exchange, Jeffrey Dingman pleaded guilty to two second-degree murder charges and received a 30-year-to-life sentence with 12 years of his minimum sentence suspended provided he remain on good behavior. Dingman also earned 505 days pre-trial credit, which was deducted from his minimum sentence, making him eligible for parole Feb. 7.
"All I can tell you is he met the conditions of his parole and he got released," Goldberg said. She would not elaborate.
Dingman's attorney, Mark Stevens of Salem, said his client hopes to make a "quiet re-entry back into society."
"That's the best course of action for him and that is what he is trying to do," Stevens said.
The three-member adult parole board granted Dingman conditional parole Dec. 5. Noting Dingman had been incarcerated since he was a Rochester Middle School student, the board expressed concerned Dingman never learned to drive, owned a cell phone or held a bank account.
Dingman told the board "I'm weighing my decisions more. I don't just act. I try to be a better person."
The board ordered Dingman to get professional counseling and undergo an evaluation, learn to budget, bank, rent an apartment and develop a more substantial relationship with his mother's sister, Elizabeth Landry, and her husband, Maurice, of Greenfield. The couple supported Dingman's release on parole.
A parole plan normally includes securing employment and housing. Dingman was working at a Manchester mill, but was fired after pictures of him at his parole board hearing Dec. 5 appeared in the media, a parole board member said.
He has not yet secured another job, a source said.
Dingman is being supervised by the parole department's Manchester district office.
Elizabeth Landry told the parole board that she and her husband, Maurice, forgave Jeffrey Dingman and wanted to give him a second chance. They told the board they plan to take him to movies and other social and recreational events.
No one answered the door Tuesday at the Landrys' blue split-level home, located at the end of a long, winding dirt driveway. The front door knocker was inscribed with a reading from the Old Testament's Book of Numbers that said: "The Lord bless you & keep you."
Robert V. Dingman, 35, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and is serving concurrent life sentences without possibility of parole at New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord.
He also received a seven- to 15-year sentence consecutive to his life sentences.
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Craig Wiggins
January 23. 2014 8:30PM
The U.S. Marshals Service District of New Hampshire/Joint Fugitive Task Force has named Craig Alan Wiggins as New Hampshire's fugitive of the week.
Wiggins, 36, is wanted on warrants from Rockingham County for failure to surrender to serve a sentence for being a habitual offender, and from Strafford County for violating probation on an original charge of theft by unauthorized taking. Wiggins is described as 6-feet-1, 200 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. He has tattoos on his chest, left arm and both shoulders. He has ties to southeastern New Hampshire and southern Maine.
The U.S. Marshals Service advises the public not to attempt to apprehend a fugitive, who should be considered armed and dangerous. Instead, report any information to the U.S. Marshals Service's Concord office at 225-1632 or call 1-877-WANTED-2 or text "NHTIP" with any information to TIP411.
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7 elected officials late paying Manchester billsBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Sunday News
February 10. 2013 12:16AM
MANCHESTER - Two city aldermen who also serve as state representatives each owed the city coffers more than $10,000 in overdue property taxes, sewer charges or both last week, according to a Sunday News review of tax records.
The newspaper found three Manchester aldermen and four school board members with outstanding balances totaling more than $22,600.
After the Sunday News contacted the seven elected officials, the city Tax Collector's Office received payments from four of them, erasing their outstanding balances.
"All of us who own property, we try to pay our bills, should pay our bills, and if we don't, then we pay a penalty no matter who we are," Tax Collector Pat Harte said. Bills are slapped with interest charges of either 12 or 18 percent annually, depending how long bills are overdue.
Ward 9 Alderman Barbara Shaw said she and her mortgage company agreed on a mortgage modification that called for her mortgage company to pay all back property taxes and overdue wastewater bills, but apparently hadn't sent the city a check. On Friday, Shaw's balance surpassed $10,700, including about $1,100 in interest charges. Her delinquent sewer bills date back to 2009.
"I'm not an Annie Kuster that's got $2 million in the bank that hasn't paid their taxes," Shaw, a state representative, said last week. "I have nothing."
Kuster, elected to Congress last November, and her husband made news last week after it became known that they were late on six straight property tax payments totaling nearly $40,000 in property taxes for their Hopkinton home and also owed $3,851 on a home in Jackson that they own and rent out. The family last week paid off their outstanding balances. Kuster, in personal financial disclosure forms, listed assets in the $2 million range.
The other alderman/state representative owing the city money was Ward 8's Tom Katsiantonis. He said he mailed a check Tuesday to the city to cover his outstanding tax bill of nearly $10,400, which included his last three property bills and about $740 in interest charges.
Katsiantonis said the city notified him of his overdue bills, but he said he was locked in a dispute with his bank.
"The bank's playing a lot of games, so I had to go after them," he said.
He said he wasn't aware of Kuster's tax situation and said he couldn't wait any longer to pay the city.
"I don't like to owe stuff," he said. "Now, everything is solved."
Harte said the city on Friday had 2,114 properties delinquent on taxes totaling $9.8 million. It also had 2,264 overdue wastewater accounts totaling nearly $1.6 million. Neither amount included outstanding interest charges. The city counted 32,275 land parcels as of the most recent tax bill due last December, she said. There are fewer wastewater accounts, 24,871 as of last June, according to the city's Environmental Protection Division.
Using those figures, about 9 percent of wastewater accounts are delinquent and 6.5 percent of parcels have overdue property taxes.
For the year ending last June 30, the city collected nearly $1.02 million in interest charges on overdue property taxes and an additional $335,852 in interest on delinquent wastewater bills, Harte said.
Ward 11 school board member Jason Cooper owes $666.63 in overdue wastewater bills and interest dating back to last April.
"Money's tight and will be brought up to date by midspring," Cooper said, after initially saying he would pay "certainly before I decide to run again."
Ward 10 school board member John Avard chalked up his late payments to "procrastination."
"I'm not not paying," Avard said. "Life has gotten in my way."
With the help of a Sunday News reporter, Avard paid his $369.13 balance online, using a credit card.
"I paid; there it is," Avard said.
"I don't know if anybody should be held to a lesser standard, whether elected or a voter," Avard said. "We have services. Without paying for those services, those services won't be able to be rendered to other people."
Several other officials said they weren't aware they owed the city money.
At-large school board member Kathy Staub said she didn't know she had overdue wastewater charges.
"There might be an error on the bill or might be an error when you write the check," she said. "These things happen."
"I can assure you the Staub family is not trying to defraud the city of Manchester of $23.57 plus 8 cents interest," Staub said.
Ward 8 school board member Erika Connors said the 509 Corning Road property is an investment property purchased in October, and she didn't know she owed $38.28 on her real estate bill plus 53 cents interest.
"We hadn't received any bill or anything from the city even notifying us," she said.
After inquiring at the Tax Collector's Office, Connors said: "It's a small error is what happened." She said at the mortgage closing, her property taxes were estimated before the tax rate was set.
"We paid early and that's what happened," Connors said.
Connors said she paid the outstanding balance Thursday afternoon.
Ward 10 Alderman Phil Greazzo said he hadn't received a notice that he owed $434.39 in delinquent sewer charges, including $25.68 in interest.
"That's news to me," said Greazzo, who paid the bill Thursday. "I'll have to go down and see what it is."
Asked whether elected officials should be held to a higher standard, Greazzo said: "We should all be held to the same standard. Everybody should be paying their bills."
Shaw said she was working on improving her personal finances.
"I'm sorry to my constituents, but it is what it is," she said. "To me, it's a story of the times, I guess, but I'm doing my best to resolve the situation and, hopefully, it's not going to occur again in the future."


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C0374 Possible Solution:
Gasoline engines use spark plugs to cause an explosion of fuel within the cylinder. In a properly timed engine, this explosion occurs at the proper moment to send the piston to the bottom of the cylinder and provide power to the drive shaft. If the plug wires are out of sequence, the explosion occurs at the wrong time. The improper timing of the explosion sometimes pushes the cylinder the wrong direction or interferes with the turning of the crank. As a result, the engine stutters or backfires, if it runs at all.
C0374 Code Meaning :
|OBD-II Diagnostic Chassis (C) Trouble Code For Engine
|Intake Valve Control Solenoid Circuit Low
|Throttle/Pedal Position Sensor/Switch A Circuit Intermittent
|Cylinder 10 Contribution/balance Fault
|Timing Reference High Resolution Signal A Too Many Pulses
The catalytic converter has an oxygen sensor in front and behind it. When the vehicle is warm and running in closed loop mode, the upstream oxygen sensor waveform reading should fluctuate.
C0374 OBD-II Diagnostic Chassis (C) Trouble Code DescriptionC0374 engine trouble code is about Timing Reference High Resolution Signal A Too Many Pulses.
Main reason For C0374 CodeThe reason of C0374 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Throttle/Pedal Position Sensor/Switch A Circuit Intermittent.
C0374 DTC reports a sensor fault, replacement of the sensor is unlikely to resolve the underlying problem. The fault is most likely to be caused by the systems that the sensor is monitoring, but might even be caused by the wiring to the sensor itself.


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My blog after 100 submissions and a year into the process.
This is, of course, not the beginning of the year, but it does mark one year after I started writing this blog. According to the Daily Express, the number of segments of my blog is different my tally. I've kept rather meticulous records, though, and this is number one hundred by my count.
Last year I wrote to Jason Hunsicker, our distinguished editor. I suggested that I'd like to start a project aimed at keeping my mind agile as my years advance. I asked if I could write restaurant reviews. I proposed that I would write once a month about area restaurants. I figured I could at least write a year's worth of articles. It was several weeks before I received an answer from Mr. Hunsicker.
I met Jason some time earlier when he wrote a wonderful article about me. He came to interview me and spent a good deal of time putting together his article. Frankly, he wrote in such glowing terms that it became my mission to try to live up to his kind and flattering assessment. When I finally got an answer from him regarding my restaurant reviews, he suggested that I write twice a week about anything I wanted to write.
I found that a bit daunting, and knew that it would require much more effort than my original proposal. Clearly there aren't enough area restaurants to support two articles a week for a very long period of time.
Shortly after I started, I realized that I was in dangerous territory. Writing restaurant reviews indicated that I would evaluate establishments where I dined. Right away I knew that I couldn't write anything negative about local business run by people doing the best they can to provide a service, create jobs and enhance the availability of necessary services for the community.
I quickly abandoned my original idea, though not completely. I wrote some reviews but avoided negativity altogether. I may still review some restaurants from time to time, but I saw the writing on the wall if I should continue down my original path. I originally thought I would visit restaurants and write my reviews incognito. That simply cannot be done.
In the introduction to my blog, I wrote that I would talk about things that affected my life. That provided a much broader canvas on which to paint my words. This whole experience has taught me a great deal. I've enjoyed some wonderful successes. After I had been writing for a while, I got a note from the editor that he would share my blog with other newspapers connected to the larger corporation, and now my articles appear on line in eight NE Missouri newspapers. Quite a few of my articles appear in the printed version of the Daily Express. I don't know if that's true of the other newspapers or not, but I suspect that my writing only finds its way to the Kirksville Daily Express in its printed format.
Jason has told me that my writing garners a number of comments. I suspect he takes on the position of cheerleader, encouraging me with that and other ego boosting tidbits. He never really told me that the comments were positive. I just choose to believe that they were. I've always heard one should never ask the question if he doesn't know the answer. Call me chicken. If I'm managing to get some feedback, it's plenty of indication the people are, at the very least, reading what I write.
I often run into people in the community who tell me they read my blog. Some say they read it all the time. Some even say they appreciate it. I enjoy writing and have learned a great deal since I started. I have a proofreader that helps me correct my errors. We have a standing joke about running out of red ink, so clearly, my writing is not flawless. That was part of the point of writing the blog in the first place. I want to always be learning something. It's difficult to find one's own typographical errors. Besides that, I often use wrong verb tenses, pronouns, or repeat words too often. Life is a learning process and I don't want to ever be left out of that part of life.
I've handed along a number of recipes. Most of them are just cooking assembly tips. These seem to be especially well received. I do enjoy cooking, and much of the time, manage to lay a table that is at least satisfactory.
I've written about music, which is a huge part of my life. I've also used my military experience, limited as it was, to express or clarify various ideas. I, for the most part, avoid political issues. It's not that I don't have convictions about the various issues that become controversial. I use the old adage one hears about conversation at dinner parties: Stay away from politics and religion. Once in a while I step "out of the box," but for the most part, I know that the adage probably protects me from putting my foot in my mouth.
I've also written about various characters who are a part of my life. Some are relatives, and some are friends whom I find interesting and inspiring.
I have found that I don't like coming up against the wire. My aim has been to write two articles a week, as requested. As Jason explained it, it's best to get one's readership built up and then not to disappoint them by dropping out of sight.
I do my best. Sometimes I send in articles that I know aren't very good. At other times I'm quite happy with how things turn out. Lately I've gotten a bit ahead of schedule and can preset my segments to appear a week later or whenever I choose. As long as I'm ahead of schedule I do relatively well, but once I get behind, the pressure of keeping up can be really daunting.
If you read my blog, thank you. I'm always open to comments, but hope they will be constructive, helpful or otherwise useful in a positive way. I don't know how long I can keep up with this. I read other blogs written by people who have a different style of writing. This is helpful for me. Rachel Rulen writes about bicycle riding. I recently met her. She is definitely an enthusiast. I have been given, or perhaps taken, such a broad view of what to write about. I particularly admire Rachel's ability to concentrate on a relatively narrow topic so prolifically. For her, I don't think she would call it narrow subject at all.
Sometimes I do get stuck and think there's just nothing left to say, but that only lasts until the next idea pops into my head, and then I'm off and, well, writing. I like to read too, so that takes some time. I also write music, which really requires focus. I correspond with a number of people. Some of them I write to daily by email, but I write some actual letters as well.
To tell the truth, I'm not sure how I ever had the endurance to work full time. I've been retired for several years, and I think I'm as busy as I've ever been. I'm not really sure where the word "blog" came from. I don't think it was actually a word when I grew up. We called it a journal or a diary, but that's not quite the same either. I did look it up, and it is a combination of the words web and log. A web log is a blog. I tried to come up with a comical explanation from which an acronym was derived, but it simply eluded me.


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Mother's Day undoubtedly will be observed THROUGHOUT the upcoming weekend … with the "official" holiday recognized this Sunday, May 12.
Mother's Day undoubtedly will be observed THROUGHOUT the upcoming weekend … with the "official" holiday recognized this Sunday, May 12.
As if you could truly and fully appreciate the contribution that mothers make during ONLY one day or even one weekend per year!?!
Despite suffering (and surviving) two major strokes — and several "mini" ones — my mom, Campbell County native Jane Parker Richardson, is 76 years young and more precious to me than ever before. … Even more than when she used to make grilled-cheese sandwiches for me and spray Off! all over me when I would go outside and play with my preschool-aged friends in the mosquito-ridden (at the time at least) coal mining community of Muhlenberg County, Ky.
My dad, Harry G. Richardson, worked for TVA throughout his lifetime, and we lived in Kentucky a little bit before and then throughout my first grade in school.
That was probably a diagonal move at best from Calhoun, Tenn., where we lived prior to moving to the Bluegrass State for a short time. As more, eh, mature East Tennesseans may recall, during the early and mid-1960s — and prior to air-conditioning — Calhoun maintained a unique and distinctive smell due to the malodorous stench (again at the time) from its Bowater paper mill.
Through it all, the paper-mill smells and the mosquito infestation, I never heard my mother complain. Not once. We also moved around quite a bit with TVA during my formative years, but again I never heard any complaint from my mom.
Through the years, I've learned a lot from my mother — and to this day I continue to learn from her. Patience, love, sympathy and, yes, even a bit of stubbornness. But I wouldn't have it any other way.
Though age and health issues over the past few years have slowed my mother down a bit, she remains a very special person to me and her extended family members and friends. And I remain thankful for every day we get to enjoy each other's company in this Ol' World.
What lessons did your Mom teach you? Do you have a particularly fond memory or even funny memory that you'd like to share with your fellow readers of The Oak Ridger? If so, email me your story at: firstname.lastname@example.com with a photo of your Mom — or maybe a picture of you and your Mom together or your Mom with her grandkids or great-grandkids, etc.
And if email isn't your "thing," then come by and drop off your story and/or photo at The Oak Ridger's business offices, which are still located at 785 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
We're open from 8 to 5 Monday through Friday, and we have an after-hours dropbox slit on the left-hand side of our front door; you can pick up your dropped-off photo(s) from our News Room next week.
Mother's Day is right around the corner. We want to help you celebrate the mother, grandmother or otherwise special lady in your life who helped raise you or helped raise others.
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Supreme Court hears CopBlock founders appeal of felony conviction for recording public officialsStaff Report
November 13. 2013 9:56PM
CONCORD — The New Hampshire Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in the appeal of the felony wiretapping convictions of a co-founder of CopBlock.org.
Adam "Ademo Freeman" Mueller was charged with violating the law by not obtaining the consent of a police officer, the former principal of Manchester High School West and a school secretary when he recorded their conversations about an incident involving a school resource officer and a student and posted portions of it on the website.
Mueller's appellate attorney argued the judge did not properly instruct the jury and Mueller should have a new trial.
Mueller posted portions of the recorded conversations on the website, along with video of a student being grabbed by the resource officer, pushed face down on a cafeteria table and handcuffed.
The video was taken by a student who had met Mueller and CopBlock.org co-founder Peter Eyre a few weeks earlier and had been given a video camera.
Mueller, who has apparently relocated to the Laconia area, judging by a recent blog on the CopBlock website, did not attend the appeal session.
Mueller represented himself in his felony wiretapping trial in Hillsborough County Superior Court North Aug. 13, 2012, telling jurors that he did not believe he had done anything wrong in recording the conversations with Police Capt. Jonathan Hopkins, principal MaryEllen McGorry and secretary Denise Michael.
McGorry and Michael were suspended with pay at the start of the 2012-13 school years. An investigation was conducted, but no information was made public and McGorry resigned in January 2013 and Michael retired in March 2013.
Brandon Ross, Mueller's "pro bono" appellate attorney, said Wednesday that Mueller had argued jury nullification, telling jurors: "This law's wrong, so don't convict me." But he also told jurors at the outset that he didn't think he had done anything wrong.
The jury convicted Mueller on three counts of felony wiretapping for recording the calls Oct. 4, 2011, without the consent of Hopkins, McGorry and Michael.
At Mueller's request, Judge Kenneth Brown sentenced him on the spot, to one to four years in jail, with all but three months suspended for five years of good behavior.
Mueller chose to begin his sentence immediately, but also sought to have the verdict set aside or reversed, the charges dismissed with prejudice so they could not be brought back, the conviction vacated and his release ordered, or, a new trial ordered and the remaining sentence stayed.
The judge denied his motion, saying it was not filed within the required seven days and Mueller was "an experienced pro se litigator and knows the rules."
Ross Wednesday said Mueller wasn't experienced enough to seek to have included in the judge's instructions to the jury that they could acquit Mueller if they found he believed what he did was legal.
He also said he believes that if Mueller had had a lawyer representing him at trial, he would not have been convicted.
Assistant Attorney General Lisa Wolford, who represented the state, said she was surprised, as were the justices, that Ross conceded Mueller was correctly charged with felony wiretapping. He had earlier maintained that it should have been a misdemeanor charge.
But Ross contended the judge incorrectly instructed the jurors, saying they must find Mueller had "purposely" committed the crime. He said the wiretap statute requires the jury to find the defendant "willfully" committed the crime, which he said has a stiffer requirement.
Wolford disagreed, but said the justices will decide whether the judge's use of "purposely" in reference to Mueller's mental state, when giving jury instructions, was a reversible error.
Mueller had earlier been convicted in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division of two resisting arrest charges in connection with a June 2011 incident in which anti-police signs were chalked on the police department building on Chestnut Street. In January 2012, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail with 10 months suspended.


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Minnewaska 41, YME 37
It would have been a nice early Christmas present for the Yellow Medicine East girls to get their first win at home Thursday night, but they'll have to be content with turning in their best performance of the season in a narrow four-point loss to Minnewaska and carry their hopes forward to a new year.
Minnewaska 41, YME 37
It would have been a nice early Christmas present for the Yellow Medicine East girls to get their first win at home Thursday night, but they'll have to be content with turning in their best performance of the season in a narrow four-point loss to Minnewaska and carry their hopes forward to a new year.
The Sting built a five point lead going into halftime 25-20 (their first halftime lead of the season) with Kelly Anderson converting on short jumpers and Chyanne Sand and Cassie Struffert scrapping down low.
Defensively, Sand's length frustrated Minnewaska's guards for much of the game. When the Sting employed their 3/4-court trap, Sand was the tip of the spear in their 1-2-1-1 set; extending to deflect passes and running down Laker ball handlers. Sand's aggression, defensively, led to five steals on the night for the sophomore forward.
A scrappy battle of a game between two struggling teams that will have to scratch and claw for every win, the game was far from clean and was played on the very edge of control with every pass being tipped and bodies screeching after loose balls.
But Minnewaska would adjust at halftime and the Sting couldn't salt the Lakers away. With four minutes left to play, YME's lead had evaporated. The Sting couldn't recover and Minnewaska put the game away at the free-throw line.
After scoring 25 points in the first half, the Sting scored just 12 in the second as Minnewaska's defense tightened.
Just four players logged points for YME. Anderson led the team with 12 points on the night. Sand followed with 11, while Struffert added six.
Senior Dani Aus, running the point for YME, scored eight in the contest; draining one three-pointer and collecting three assists.
Sand also led the team with nine rebounds.
In a conversation prior to Thursday's game, YME head coach Scott Jans praised his team. "They're not giving up, they're not cashing in. Losing's never fun, but the girls know the only way we can get better is with good competition," he said. "The kids really have good spirit and they're realistic about things. Everything's just a step and they're moving in the right direction."
Jans said the team knew things would get tough after they lost starting senior point guard Braelee Aus in the preseason. "When Braelee went down with her knee over in Canby. We knew it was going to make rebuilding a lot tougher," said Jans. "We don't really have a natural point now, the girls that will be playing that role are probably better suited to play on the wing, but we have to make do. And right now we're not interested in throwing any young kid to the wolves, as it were."
The girls will have a short break for the holidays before they throw themselves head long into another monumental challenge on Saturday, Dec. 29 when they face undefeated Dawson-Boyd as part of the Borch's Sporting Goods Holiday Classic at Southwest Minnesota State.
Minnewaska (3-5) 20 21 — 41
Yellow Medicine East
Team stats: 15-45 FG (1-6 3-pt); 6-15 FT; 27 rebounds; 19 fouls
Scoring: Dani Aus 8, Kelly Anderson 12, Chyanne Sand 11, Cassie Struffert 6 3-point shots: Aus 1 Rebound leaders: Sand 9, Struffert 6 Assist leaders: Aus 3 Steal leaders: Sand 5
Team stats: 16-56 FG (0-10 3-pt); 9-22 FT; 27 rebounds; 14 fouls
Scoring: Bayley Pooler 11, Myranda Swensrud 1, Madison Phillips 5, Ariel Ostrander 3, Ashlynn Guggisberg 6, Veronica Weisal 4, Sydney Joos 11 3-point shots: None Rebound leaders: Joos 7 Assist leaders: Guggisberg 1, Joos 1 Steal leaders: Joos 3, Pooler 3


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President Barack Obama boomeranged back to Boulder on Thursday evening for his third visit to the University of Colorado since April, telling a crowd of 10,000 revved-up supporters in this battleground state that he represents the "middle-class agenda."
With the election just five days away, Obama told the capacity crowd at the Coors Events Center that he's still the candidate of change -- and implored them to help get out the vote.
"We've made real progress these past four years," Obama said during his impassioned, 37-minute speech. "But Colorado, we all know our work is not yet done. As long as there is a single American who wants a job and can't find one, our work is not done."
During an impromptu poll prior to the president's speech, a majority in the crowd indicated that they already had voted. And while Boulder County is no battleground itself, Obama's return visit to Boulder helps the campaign show to national and state audiences the president preaching to an enthusiastic and reliably Democratic choir.
In fact, supporters spontaneously chanted "chump change" when Obama said that Republican nominee Mitt Romney has been characterizing himself as the candidate for change.
When he discussed Romney's plans, the CU arena echoed with boos.
"Don't boo. Vote," Obama said, delivering a signature line.
Cindy Bauman, of Longmont, said Thursday's rally was the first time she has seen the president in person. She voted early for Obama, but still wanted to hear him speak.
"I liked the comments he said about not sending Americans back to the 1950s," said Bauman, referring to the critiques Obama aimed at Romney during his speech.
She said she had "high hopes" for an Obama victory next week in Colorado, considered a state with one of the tightest margins in the country between the two candidates.
CNN released a poll just a few hours before Obama took the stage showing a two-point lead for the president in Colorado, but the race was still statistically tied because the poll had a 3.5 percent margin of error.
During his CU rally, Obama covered topics that were especially relevant to college students, including so-called Obamacare, which would allow young students to stay on their parents' insurance plans until they're 26.
Obama -- during an official White House visit last April -- addressed students in the Coors Events Center on the topic of higher-education affordability.
On Thursday, he reminded students of Romney's comments that they can simply borrow money from their parents to pay for college. And he highlighted the importance of investing in math and science teachers -- as CU-Boulder is a hub for training teachers in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.
"We understand that, in this country, people succeed when they have a chance at a great education and when they have a chance to learn new skills," Obama said.
'We'll finish what we started'
For Gary Hingorani, a research scientist, the president offered a sense of comfort when he talked about trying to make sure "young scientists" are given the support, both morally and financially, to succeed in their careers.
The 45-year-old Louisville resident also liked the softer tones of Obama's speech.
"What really hit home is when he said the (Democratic) party is inclusive and everyone is looking out for one another," Hingorani said. "We're all in it together."
Obama told the crowd that, as commander-in-chief, he'll pursue the United States' enemies with the strongest army the world has ever known. But with savings from the wind-down of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the nation will be able to start paying down its debt.
Recurring themes in his speech were job creation and growing the middle class.
"If you vote for me, we'll win Colorado again," Obama said. "We'll win this election. We'll finish what we started. We'll keep moving forward."
Obama said he originally ran for president in 2008 because people's voices had been "shut out of our democracy for way too long."
He said that when he was elected, America was in the throes of two wars and faced the worst economy since the Great Depression.
Now, he said, the American industry is back on top, manufacturing is growing at the fastest pace in 15 years and the country is the least dependent on foreign oil than it has been in two decades.
"The war in Iraq is over and the war in Afghanistan is coming to an end," he said. "And Osama Bin Laden is dead."
Obama said that he's made some decisions that weren't popular -- including bailing out the auto industry. He said only 10 percent of the country approved.
"You know I'm willing to make tough decisions, even when they're not politically convenient," Obama said.
At the opening of his speech, Obama referenced the devastation along the East Coast brought by Hurricane Sandy.
"When disaster strikes, we see America at its best," Obama told the crowd. "The petty differences that consumes us during normal times all melts away."
Obama brought up the wildfires that roared through Colorado this summer and the mass shooting at an Aurora movie theater.
"We're reminded there are no Democrats or Republicans during crises," Obama said. "Just fellow Americans."
Earlier, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall addressed the crowd with some Boulder-appropriate jokes.
Udall said Romney has taken more positions than a yoga instructor. He also said that Romney wants to take away funding from Planned Parenthood and is a threat to women's right to choose -- noting that June Cleaver from the 1950s television show "Leave it to Beaver" seems to be more progressive than Romney.
Carole Mandryk, who was carting off a blue "Forward" sign as she left the Coors Events Center, said she felt a genuine rapport with the president that she wasn't necessarily expecting from a man who already had given several campaign speeches on Thursday alone.
"I thought his speech wasn't too stump-speechy," the 58-year-old Boulder resident said. "I really felt like he was connecting with us."
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet also took to the podium, stressing the importance of voting in this battleground state and that Obama represents values of fairness, opportunity and equality.
"It could come down to Colorado," Bennet said. "It could come down to you. Every vote is going to matter."
'Want to be able to find a job'
As crowds started filtering in, the band The Head and The Heart performed for the Obama audience.
CU senior Tristan Cook, who is majoring in marketing, said he's already voted, but wants to be in the crowd to show support for Obama. Jobs, he said, are at the top of his mind.
"I want to be able to find a job when I graduate," he said. "I've paid a lot in tuition."
Laura Eddington, 19, said Obamacare is of the utmost importance to her. She said her 25-year-old brother, who works at an eating disorder recovery center, is still on her parents' insurance because he's new to the job market.
Austin Albelkis, 17, of Longmont, said he's disappointed he won't be able to vote in the election because his values align with Obama's when it comes to women's rights and the environment. The high school student stood in line for three hours so he could get up-close seats. He wore a shirt with Big Bird on it that says, "No hope for me if Romney wins."
Two out-of-towners sat together in the stands waiting for the main event to begin. Friends Danielle Ruymaker, of Oakland, Calif., and Judy Hoffman, of Jerusalem, met up in Boulder while Hoffman is in town visiting her mother.
Ruymaker said she is excited to be in a swing state for an Obama rally, rather than in California, where the state leans heavily and reliably toward the Democratic president.
Thursday's campus rally marked Obama's third visit to CU this year, following a policy address on student loan interest rates at the Coors Events Center in April and a campaign event on the Norlin Quad over Labor Day Weekend.
Prior to Obama's trips, Boulder had not been visited by a sitting U.S. president since 1954, when Dwight D. Eisenhower attended the dedication of a federal lab.
Both campaigns are trying to cram in as many events as they can before polls close Tuesday.
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan appeared in Greeley on Thursday, while Vice President Joe Biden and Romney each have Denver-area events planned Saturday, with the GOP nominee set to rally his supporters at the 18,000-seat Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, aka Fiddler's Green.
And Obama late Thursday announced he'll be back in Colorado on Sunday for a 9 p.m. rally at the Community College of Aurora.
The Denver Post and the Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Shallow cuts: Efficiency at Head StartEDITORIAL
May 04. 2013 3:18AM
The grim ax of sequestration has swung again. The target is New Hampshire's children. Don't believe that story.
Jeanne Agri of Southern New Hampshire Services, using the same talking points as her counterparts in other Head Start programs across America, told the Union Leader that a 5 percent cut in federal funding means closure for Head Start in Hudson and Newmarket. Cuts are planned in Hampton Falls.
"We need to pay attention to what this means to families and to children," Agri warned. She's right. Let's do so.
None of those three programs was full. Hudson serves just 18 pre-school students. They will be given priority for acceptance into the unaffected Nashua program barely one mile away. That's a four minute drive. Only 15 Newmarket area children are in Head Start.
They may be reassigned to nearby Epping or Portsmouth. The program in wealthy Hampton Falls was larger than needed, so cuts there were probably overdue. In all, a few families may be inconvenienced, but an extensive program serving needy children in Hillsborough and Rockingham counties remains firmly in place.
Although the value of its services is not clear, Head Start has long been politically untouchable. Before the sequester, spending rose year after year even though research from liberals and conservatives showed that it is a well-intentioned boondoggle with no measurable lasting impact on the children it serves. Even with the 5 percent cut, its federal budget is higher than in Fiscal 2011. Next year, spending in New Hampshire will still be nearly $14 million.
Agri defends Head Start's goals of school readiness and family self-sufficiency. "If there wasn't a need, we wouldn't have any waiting lists," she argued. That's not so. Free government benefits are generally over-subscribed, even if the program is not truly needed.
She said sequestration forced SNHS's board to analyze demographics and "painfully" determine which towns and cities have the highest need for service. Good. That's what every responsible private company and non-profit organization ought to do at budget time. If these tough, fair decisions would not have been made otherwise, across-the-board budget cuts were indeed overdue.
The service reductions planned by SNHS are neither arbitrary nor deep. They provide more proof that while the sequester is not the ideal way to control inefficient spending, it works.


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City was concerned about reports it was going to close
The Taft City Council got in an uproar recently based on reports that PG&E was going to close its service yard in Taft.
Apparently, it was much ado about nothing.
According to Fourth District Supervisor David Couch's office, PG&E has no plans to close the yard.
Couch aide Ryan Schultz sent out an email Thursday afternoon stating that PG&E senior government affairs representative Matthew Park called Couch's office to say the yard was not closing.
Several councilmen had expressed concern about the yard closing, saying it would create delays in after hours service in the Taft area, especially in times of a natural disaster or emergency.


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UPDATED: Portsmouth bridge over Piscataqua suffered structural damage in tanker crashBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
April 01. 2013 10:54PM
PORTSMOUTH — The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge connecting Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine, sustained structural damage Monday after a 473-foot tanker carrying thousands of metric tons of tallow oil, yellow grease and fuel oil drifted away from a state pier and slammed into the bridge broadside.
The bridge, which topped the state's list of bridges in need of critical repairs even before the accident, will remain closed to vehicular traffic until it can be thoroughly inspected and fixed, said Chris Clement, the state's transportation commissioner.
Clement said he didn't know how long the bridge will be closed, but indicated that it could be several days.
"I think that's a distinct possibility," he said of the bridge, which could be replaced beginning in 2014.
A preliminary inspection showed that a concrete sidewalk and two vertical support beams were heavily damaged, Clement said, but a closer inspection will begin this morning to determine the full extent of the structural repairs needed. Gov. Maggie Hassan plans to visit the bridge today.
River traffic was also shut down for several hours Monday afternoon, but resumed as soon as the MV Harbour Feature, a tanker registered in Portugal, was pulled away from the bridge, which carries traffic from the Route 1 Bypass over the Piscataqua River, and floated back to the pier with help from tugboats.
The bridge's closure means motorists have only one route across the river — the Interstate 95 bridge. The Memorial Bridge over Route 1 is being replaced and is slated to open this summer.
The Coast Guard is leading the investigation into the accident, which occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. when the vessel broke loose from its mooring and drifted about 30 yards from the New Hampshire Port Authority's Market Street Marine Terminal. It struck the bridge and remained against it until it was moved back to the state pier around 6 p.m. Coast Guard Lt. Nick Barrow said the tanker was carrying 11,500 metric tons of tallow oil and 3,600 metric tons of yellow grease as cargo. It also had 2,019 metric tons of its own fuel oil and 54 metric tons of diesel on board.
Barrow said it didn't appear that any of the substances leaked into the river, but environmental agencies were on hand just in case.
The vessel sustained a six- to 12-inch gash near a port ballast tank about three feet above the water line. Large dents were also visible on the rear corner of the ship. A 20-foot-long area of dents and scrapes was also seen on one side of the ship.
Barrow said there was a crew of about 20 on board. No one was hurt.
The vessel will have to undergo several inspections to determine its structural integrity, including an underwater survey by divers, before it's allowed to sail again.
Geno Marconi, port director, said the ship arrived at the Market Street Marine Terminal after stopping at the Sprague Energy port upriver. It planned to fuel its own engine, but never had a chance before it drifted into the bridge, he said.
At this point, Barrow said it's not known why the vessel drifted away.
Marconi said that there was "no failure" at the port facility.
"Our mooring equipment didn't break," he said.
While the ship was secured to the dock, "something happened on board the ship," Marconi said, adding that the lines used to secure the vessel belong to the ship.
Grant Brown, vice president of investor relations and marketing at Sprague Energy, said the ship made a stop at its River Road facility Monday morning and then left around 11:15 a.m.
"There was nothing that suggested that there were any problems," Brown said.
According to Marconi, the vessel is owned by Italy-based Zacchello Group and managed by Nordic Tankers of Denmark.
Clement said the ship will be liable for the cost of bridge repairs.


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Most times, I went back to bad habits just because I ended up snacking (before noon) on either cookies, ice cream or chocolate.
I've experimented enough with nutrition and diet to know that if there is one thing I should change in my dietary habits, it's the intake of sugar.
Starting today I will experiment for 21-days the complete removal of sugar and simple carbohydrates from my diet.
I find that having a fixed duration for such a challenge makes it much more easy to accomplish (compared to "quitting forever")
Benefits will include:
Less attachment to foodstuff, more clarity, more energy, less sloth and torpor when meditating (!!), better sleep.
Some tricks to help me in the first few days:
- Have a bunch of fruits on hand in case of severe craving
Introduce more vegetables to each meal
Spend more time outside walking
It can be much easier when we progress together!


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Internet Readers…
It is sad that I must delete a couple of posts from my blog. Since legal discoveries have come to light after June 2010, I can no longer be certain as to the parentage/DNA of some of the subjects I have written about.
Since the paternity is in dispute I have deleted two posts that were filled with such pathos as now they are imbued with a new pathos for me … Doubt and Uncertainty.
Please forgive these edits!


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Natural-gas and oil leases on more than 12,000 acres in Southwest Colorado will be auctioned next week, unless La Plata County is effective in a last-ditch effort to change the Bureau of Land Managements mind.
The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday directed staff to write a letter requesting that the eight La Plata County parcels up for lease sale be deferred until the BLM completes an updated Resource Management Plan.
A Resource Management Plan is a document that acts as a guide for BLM projects and decisions in a certain area. The Resource Management Plan that covers La Plata County was created in 1985 and amended in 1991. A new plan is expected to be approved in spring.
The BLM has the cart before the horse, and it is incumbent on the county to urge deferral of the lease sale until we have more information, Commissioner Gwen Lachelt said.
Of the 12,175 acres to be leased in the Tres Rios Field office, which covers Southwest Colorado, 10,761 are in La Plata County near Hesperus.
Before putting the leases up for sale, the BLM went through an environmental analysis that assessed potential effects of leasing the nominated parcels for gas and oil development. The final protest period for that analysis closed Dec. 17.
The draft environmental analysis was first released for public comment in August and received more than 70 pages of comment. Many of the comments submitted by residents and environmental groups criticized the BLMs environmental analysis as being based on an outdated Resource Management Plan. La Plata County sent two comment letters, one outlining technical comments and the other requesting that the BLM better explain and notice its environmental-analysis process.
Connie Clementson, field manager of the BLMs Tres Rios office, met with the former Board of County Commissioners last year and assured the board that the environmental assessment for the lease sale is in compliance with the to-be-adopted Resource Management Plan, Courtney Roseberry, a county planner, told commissioners.
Commissioner Bobby Lieb said he was satisfied with Clementsons assurance, but commissioners Lachelt and Julie Westendorff had concerns with lease sales based on an environmental assessment created using the 1985 Resource Management Plan.
I dont feel comfortable giving (BLM) the benefit of the doubt that the leases will comply with the new Resource Management Plan, Westendorff said.
Lachelt and Westendorff also supported the idea of encouraging the states BLM office to implement master lease plans in areas around Colorado, including La Plata County. The Master Lease Plan concept was introduced by the Department of the Interior in 2010 and lays out an additional process for analyzing environmental effects of drilling leases.
A Master Lease Plan can be applied to specific areas where a more in-depth look is necessary because of changing circumstances, updated policies or new information, the Department of Interior memo said.
Several BLM field offices are creating such plans and one is in effect in Northwest Colorado, said Steven Hall, communications director for the Colorado BLM office. There are no lease plans in the Tres Rios Field Office area.
The concept allows for another layer of analysis between the 10,000 foot level of the Resource Management Plan and the relatively small scope considered for individual drilling permits, deputy county attorney Todd Weaver said.
Lachelt said the county should encourage that deeper level of analysis.
We need to use all the tools in our toolbox to make sure were doing rigorous assessments of parcels that are for sale, she said.
Commissioners planned to approve the letter to the BLM at a special meeting Thursday.


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John Noble Reid Jr. passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013, surrounded by loved ones. His death was an end to a 32-year struggle with Parkinson's disease, from which he can now rest. The void left by his passing will never be whole again, but family, friends, and the community can find some comfort in remembering his beautiful life.
John was born to Dr. John and Ann Reid in Portland, Ore. March 15, 1946. He was followed in birth by brother Tom and sister Laurie. When John was 10, the Reid family made Ashland their permanent home. He graduated from Ashland High School in 1964, and joined the U.S. Navy the following year. During his four-year service he operated as a radar-man on a guided missile destroyer. Following his service, he returned to Ashland and enrolled in school at Southern Oregon College. During his time there, he met and married Karen Newton on September 19, 1970. The young couple soon had a son, John, III on February 1, 1972. After finishing his bachelor's degree in humanities, John took a position as a reporter with the Ashland Daily Tidings, which was the beginning of a brilliant career in journalism. After moving to Klamath Falls and taking another reporting position with the Klamath Falls Herald & News, the family moved to Medford in 1977. Here John started his nearly 30-year career with the Medford Mail Tribune, where he eventually became editor. John and Karen had their first daughter, Erin, on November 16, 1981. Around this time John was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which would shape, but not define, most of his remaining years. Much to everyone's surprise, the couple had another daughter, Megan, on March 10, 1988. John opted to have deep brain stimulation surgery to prolong his mobility in 2001. Despite the obstacles, he continued to fill various editor roles at the Tribune until his retirement in 2008.
John was a truly creative soul. He wrote many hundreds of poems, many of which were published. Some of his favorites were featured in a cycle of poems written with friends, "A Path Through Stone", 1995. John also had a wonderful sense of humor, and was known to play the air-guitar to Beatles songs, and insist that Jeff Bridges was in every movie ever made. He had a love of sweets matched only by Santa Claus. John enjoyed the beauty of Southern Oregon, and while still able was an avid outdoorsman who especially enjoyed fishing. He was also involved in the community, and was a member of Medford Rotary for many years. He touched the lives of many, especially those of his children. All three inherited various facets of his personality; from his passion for writing, to his penchant for sarcasm. Though Parkinson's slowly robbed him of his ability to do many of the things he loved most, anyone who knew him would say he remained a very vibrant and funny individual. Even in his later years, when he appeared to be napping, he would awake suddenly to correct his daughters' grammar.
John is survived by his brother, Tom; sister, Laurie Carlson; son, John; daughters, Erin Englehart and Megan Blaylock; and granddaughters, Montana, Ireland, Rowan, and Elizabeth. He was preceded in death by his father, John; mother, Ann; and wife, Karen.
In honor of John's battle against Parkinson's and in lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation at www.pd.org/ or by calling (800)456-6676 or by mail to 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Monday, August 26, 2013 at the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, corner of Siskiyou Blvd. and Walker Ave., with reception to follow for all who wish to attend.


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Lawrence L. Lee Scouting MuseumMay 23. 2013 2:52PM
Daniel Webster Council
571 Holt Avenue
Manchester, NH 03109
Ph: 603-669-8919
The Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum is home to one of the finest displays of Scouting memorabilia in the world! Located at Camp Carpenter in Manchester, NH, the museum was founded in 1969 and is owned and operated by the Daniel Webster Council, BSA.
The Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum/Max I Silber Scouting Library represents an exciting, unique, and colorful repository for an exceedingly large collection of Boy Scout memorabilia and an exceptional Scouting Library. Artifacts relating to Scouting in New Hampshire, New England, the United States, and the World are on display for all ages to come and enjoy.


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Acid Red FRL
Acid Red FRL forms part of a range of acid dyes, with an acid red color index of 337 and strength of 200% and is characterized by its light fastness at different depths, leveling, good build-up and wet fastness properties. Although used mostly in the dyeing of fabrics, the product is also used in inks.
Sunny Chemical Co.,Ltd. is a manufacturer and exporter of UV Absorbers, dyes, pigments and fine chemicals. They have a solid presence in the international markets of dyestuffs & fine chemicals, Hangzhou Sunny Chemical Co.,Ltd. specializes in the manufacturing of a wide range of disperse dyes, acid dyes, solvent dyes and vat dye. Their products are used in various industries suchas the graphic art and inks industry and many other industries where colour applications are required.


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Kongdan Oh
Kongdan (Katy) Oh was a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and is an Asian specialist at the Institute for Defense Analyses. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Korea Working Group of the United States Institute of Peace, the Board of Directors of the United States Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific, and the co-founder and former co-director of The Korea Club of Washington, D.C. Katy Oh is a specialist in East Asian affairs and focuses on North and South Korea and Japan. Her research projects include regional security, inter-regional politics, and U.S. security and foreign policy on Asia.
[Kim Jong Un] is trying to show that he has a strategic mind, that the military stands behind him and that no one stands against him.
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|In 1791
young Thomas Hine left the family
home in Dorset, England for Jarnac in France
to learn the language. He probably would have eventually
returned home. Fate, however, intervened when he fell
in love with Françoise Elisabeth, daughter of a great
Cognac family. He married her in 1797
and patiently learnt the art of cognac making,
which he was to elevate
to its highest form of expression.
It is one of our treasures and, for this reason, only available in very small quantities."
We acquired this cognac from a merchant in 1999. The archives mentioned it under the denomination "Petite Champagne Paror" and it is possible to follow its history during a few years from 1918, when World War I ended. Then this cognac disappeared during the years of the German occupation. In 1946, however, it re-emerged and it is possible again to follow its history. But, it disappeared once again in the archives until the 1970s…. From this date onwards, this cognac is mentioned in the archive under its original denomination. We bought all the stock, 285 liters.
Welcome to Le Cognac, the global rendez-vous for Cognac amateurs and sommeliers around the world.
This site was founded in 1996, in the very beginnings of the WWW. Since then, we have been telling the story of Cognac, the Liquor of Angels and the people who make it. We have focused our coverage on the less known Cognac houses, often family owned and operated, who sometimes produce just a few thousands bottles a year that traditionally were bought up by the high-end restaurant community in France. Thanks to the Internet a few of those artisan houses have seen their creations reach amateurs in the five continents and perhaps avoided being crushed by the sheer effect of industrialization.
My family has been making Cognac since 1715 (yes, this is three centuries!) and my personal commitment to Le Cognac and its people is deeper and a lot more significant than the run-of-the-mill commercial undertaking of selling a few bottles of booze. Some Cognacs will take the concerted efforts of three or four generations; how many industries are there in which a product is set into production to be completed by one's great-grandson?
Cognac is an extraordinary product of human will and ingenuity. And Le Cognac is here to bring it to the people who can appreciate it no matter where they are.
Through Le Cognac you will be able to get hold of the 300-odd labels in our careful selection among the 800 existing Cognac brands, but then also to find and privately order the rarest blends and precious bottles. The Best Cognacs on Earth, indeed.
Of course, you will also have access to the tasting notes and the enlightened writings of Magnus Lindkvist, who defines himself (oh so modestly!) as "an ever relaxed, cognac-sipping, sunset-gazing philosopher." We hope to take you to a new, higher, level of knowledge and understanding of Cognac and the Cognac culture. The level that goes beyond the mere sales-pitch platitudes and represents a niche of refinement, elegance and subtlety.
Wherever you happen to be located in this global world, through Le Cognac you will be able to reach and communicate with other like-minded amateurs and share into the true love of the art-de-vivre. Our motto is "Cognac is a challenge for the senses and a journey for the mind" and we certainly mean it.
Be heartily welcome
Chantal Martell
Le Cognac


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October 24. 2013 9:15PM
'Penalized': Shaheen's Obamacare admission
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen actually led on a controversial issue this week. That event was more surprising than what she actually said: that the Obama administration should extend Obamacare's open enrollment period because of the healthcare.gov signup disaster. And the reason for her position is more important than the position itself.
New Hampshire's two members of the U.S. House, Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Annie Kuster, both quickly played "Me Too" and endorsed an extension. "If an individual is unable to purchase health insurance due to technical problems with enrollment, they should not be penalized because of lack of coverage," Shaheen said. Kuster also used the word "penalized." Perfect.
Obamacare does not allow Americans to buy any health insurance product they want. It compels us under penalty of law to buy very specific plans. They must include maternity, contraception and pediatric coverage, for instance. That makes no sense for young, single men, male retirees or couples who have surgically rendered themselves incapable of reproduction. But all must pay for that coverage or be, in the word of Shaheen and Kuster, penalized.
They believe that the federal government should tell people what kind of insurance to buy, for how much, and then punish people for not obeying the command. If they believe the federal government should have that kind of power over every American, what else are they willing to force us to do?


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Many types of anemia are diagnosed early by routine blood tests during regular physical exams. If not, anemia may be diagnosed when you describe your symptoms to a doctor. The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history and perform a physical exam. If your symptoms suggest anemia or other blood conditions, you will have a blood test called a complete blood count (CBC). A CBC determines the number of red blood cells and the amount of hemoglobin in your blood. If you have too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin, you are considered to have anemia.
The next task for your doctor is to determining what type of anemia you have and what is causing it. Based on your medical history and your CBC, your doctor may be able to determine the cause. A careful assessment of your dietary intake, medical and surgical history, and bowel function may be helpful. Common causes of nutritional anemia include:
- Iron deficiency, which can be detected in the results of your CBC
- Hidden blood loss, which may appear to be iron deficiency according to your CBC if the leak is slow enough
- B12 deficiency
- Folic acid deficiency
- Anemia associated with chronic illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis , though this is not strictly from nutritional causes
Tests to determine the type and cause of anemia include:
CBC—Counts your red and white blood cells, your platelets, and measures your hemoglobin.
Blood smear—Blood is taken from your finger and smeared on a microscope slide so that red blood cells can be examined directly. Red blood cells have a different appearance depending on the type of anemia. They can be deformed, too big, too small, too variable in size or shape, or filled with visible abnormalities.
Reticulocyte count—Counts young red blood cells to determine how fast they are being made. Red blood cells only a few days old look different from older ones.
Serum iron, Iron binding capacity, and ferritin—Tests to determine if you have enough iron in your blood.
Folic acid and B 12 levels
Hemoglobin electrophoresis—Determines if you have a genetic/hereditary abnormality of your hemoglobin such a sickle cell trait.
Red cell fragility—Identifies red blood cells that can be destroyed too easily.
Coombs tests—Detects antibodies that increase the fragility of red blood cells.
Bone marrow biopsy—Removal of a sample of bone marrow tissue to examine the blood-making cells under a microscope.
Your evaluation may be more focused if other organs are involved. For instance, the kidneys make the hormone erythropoietin, which is necessary for red blood cell production. Chronic kidney disease causes a unique kind of anemia that has a specific and effective treatment. (This is not a form of nutritional anemia.)
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The snow and ice will create hazardous and difficult travel conditions
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Butler County until 6:00 am News Years Day. While our anticipated snowfall accumulations have tapered off the past couple of days, the advisory calls for 1 to 3 inches of snow for areas south of Highway 50. From the graphic below, it shows Butler County could see anywhere from 1 to 2 inches. While the snow amounts have decreased, the chance for wintry precip/freezing drizzle has increased for this evening into the overnight hours. At this time, ice accumulations are expected to be light.
The snow and ice will create hazardous and difficult travel conditions. If you have travel plans today through tomorrow, please plan accordingly; slow down and allow for plenty of extra time to reach your destination, drive responsibly, and do not drive while under the influence.