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UnionLeader.com January 30, 2011 Vol. 65, No. 13 • 10 Sections, 110 Pages • $2.00 Widow: Lawyer stole $1 million payout Possible . for stealing $2.3 mil- Inside Thomas J. Tessier: Already jailed lion from two cousins In her Florida for theft of $2.3 million, he’s accused of he represented. VMoreaus home, former bilking an insurance policy beneficiary. Suzanne LeBlanc remembered: N.H. resident primary Dunham is now try- Store a Manchester Suzanne ing to get at least some landmark for a LeBlanc By NANCY WEST of that money back. century — Page A8 Dunham looks New Hampshire Sunday News Dunham, who with at documents her then-husband, Gerald LeBlanc, owned from a life rivalries A former Manchester woman says attor- J.J. Moreau and Son hardware store on Elm insurance ney Thomas J. Tessier got away with stealing Street, said she only discovered the theft fi ve company. $1 million from her in 1982, long before he V was disbarred and imprisoned last March See Tessier, Page A8 COURTESY PHOTO on pause

.Waiting game: Presidential political activity off to slower start Panel: HOT WEEKEND ON GRANITE STATE ICE than in 2008. By GARRY RAYNO Allow New Hampshire Union Leader MANCHESTER — With the New Hamp- shire Presidential Primary only a year women away, there’s been more political “shad- ow boxing’’ but less brawling than seen in 2008. in battle That’s how some political observers see it. But they say it’s unfair to compare .N.H. view: Sen. the two cycles because 2008 was an ex- ceptional year, with open presidential Shaheen and some female races on both sides of the ticket and can- Guard members also say didates on every street corner leading up to the fi rst-in-the-nation primary. time has come to allow Behind-the-scenes courting of activ- infantry role. ists and organizers has been going on as usual. And in the past few days, word has By MICHAEL COUSINEAU leaked about some of the better-known New Hampshire Sunday News potential candidates — Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich — head- Nancy Young was driving in ing to New Hampshire in the next few a military convoy in Iraq when months. a roadside bomb set up an am- The relatively slow start is not just a bush, resulting in a fi re fi ght LARISSA MULKERN New Hampshire phenomenon either, with insurgents hiding out in Cars line up for the 27th annual Latchkey Cup presented by the Lakes Region Ice Racing Club on Saturday in said University of New Hampshire po- palm tree groves. Moultonborough, where a frozen Berry Pond was converted into a racetrack. Proceeds from the event will be litical science department Chairman “We took fi re and we re- donated to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center. V turned fi re,” See Primary, Page A4 the retired Air National Guardsman Racers put on slick show for good cause said Fri- day. “I’d say . air smells like gasoline. that’s direct Latchkey Cup: Hundreds attend It’s just another day at the races — the “Daytona of Hazmat combat.” Moultonborough fundraiser to fight cancer. Ice Racing,” that is. Seven Granite Thirty-eight drivers, including fi ve teenagers in years later, the “junior” class, raced for trophies and to raise physicals the Auburn Thunder By LARISSA MULKERN money to fi ght cancer during Saturday’s 27th Annual resident said VIconic image: Sunday News Correspondent Latchkey Cup, presented by the Lakes Region Ice the military 197th Fires Brigade Racing Club. Since its inception, the race has raised should lift recalls fi rst Gulf MOULTONBOROUGH — Carloads of spectators park more than $212,000 for cancer research and patient spur debate the ban on war — Page A10 with headlights facing the frozen Berry Pond as pit services at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dart- women en- crews ready drivers and race cars on the opposite mouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The center is the .Not in five years: Manchester gaging in direct combat roles. side of the pond. only facility in the state that has a pediatric oncology “I think women have proven Anticipation builds as the engines of stock and alderman and firefighters disagree V themselves again and again,” modifi ed race cars rumble loudly. The cold 30-degree See Latchkey Cup, Page A9 over whether doctor exams are said Young, a legal assistant who works at defense contrac- optional. tor BAE Systems in Nashua. “If a woman is physically and Passion, pride meet By PAUL FEELY mentally capable of being in a New Hampshire Union Leader specialty (job) which puts them in harm’s way, they should be in pond hockey series MANCHESTER — Firefi ghters on the allowed to do it.” Hazardous Materials Response Team This month, the Military By ALLEN LESSELS haven’t taken a department-provided Leadership Diversity Commis- New Hampshire Union Leader physical in the past fi ve years, and one sion, authorized by Congress, alderman thinks that might violate fed- recommended in a report that CONCORD — The Gov’s got game. eral regulations. the military gradually “remove So says Ray Champagne, who knows a “It’s not just about watching out for the restrictions that prevent thing or two about ice hockey. the health of the guys on the hazmat women from engaging in direct New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch and team,” said Ward 4 Alderman Jim Roy, ground combat.” Champagne, a star of the Manchester himself a former fi refi ghter. “I think More than 200 women serve Blackhawks of old, are among the 350 there’s a question of liability. I think it in the New Hampshire Army or so hockey players lacing them up this MARK BOLTON/UNION LEADER needs to be looked at. It’s spelled out by National Guard, with about 140 weekend for the inaugural 1883 Black Ice Concord’s Mark Ruddy of the Senior Turkey Pond Flyers is pressured the EPA that they need to be done, and by Gov. John Lynch, right, of the Lynch Gang during the 1883 Black VSee Combat, Page A10 VSee Pond hockey, Page A9 Ice Pond Hockey Championship this weekend in Concord. VSee Physicals, Page A4

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VPage F6 Page A2 • NEW HAMPSHIRE SUNDAY NEWS • Jan. 30, 2011 8 New Hampshire/Politics In Brief What about the revenue shortfall? 12 animals die City man faces IT’S A COMMON SAYING in Deerfi eld fi re robbery charge around Concord that when you’re in a hole, stop digging. Readers re-invited to Capitol DEERFIELD — A dozen MANCHESTER — An off-duty Republicans have been grab- State animals died in a barn fi re that Manchester police offi cer bing shovels. They’ve fi led a list House Now that the state’s largest bers’ concerns that guns at may have been sparked by a caught a robber trying to steal of tax cut and repeal bills that Dome teachers unions, NEA-NH, the State House have been heat lamp Saturday morning, goods from the Sports Author- would reduce state revenues has pulled the plug on its in the news lately, and they authorities said. ity on South Willow Street. by more than $240 million over Tom Fahey Read Across America event, don’t want their program to Five pigs, four adult goats On his way to work, Det. Sgt. the next two years. House and Senate leadership bring children into an envi- and three baby goats perished John Patti saw three people The revenue shortfall in the The largest single change in have started a program of ronment where they could in the fi re, according to Fire run out of the store entrance, next budget already is any- tax law would be on reasonable their own. Senate President confront guns. Chief Mark Tibbetts. get into a vehicle and then fl ee where between $600 million compensation, in SB 125. By it- Peter Bragdon and House O’Brien and others in the A baby goat may have the area. Patti was able to iden- and $900 million. self, it would cut state revenues Speaker William O’Brien an- GOP say the presence of guns knocked down the heat lamp tify the license plate before the It gets to more than $1 bil- by nearly $100 million over two nounced “Celebrate Reading does not pose a threat to in the barn, which included vehicle disappeared. lion if even some of the GOP years, according to the DRA. Day’’ will be held at the State safety. stored hay and grain, he said. At the same time, another tax bills pass, The change would give busi- House on March 7. “We’re delighted to be able “It just took a spark with the male was attempting to leave if you go with nesspeople pretty much free “Students and legisla- to invite schoolchildren to hay,” Tibbetts said. the store with what police de- the Offi ce of rein to take any profi ts as sal- tors alike will be invited to the State House to celebrate Arriving fi refi ghters found scribe as a “signifi cant amount Legislative ary. That kind of practice drove bring their favorite book to literacy,’’ O’Brien said. No a fully involved barn at 105 of merchandise,” assaulted a Budget Assis- Republicans to pass the BET Concord for a pep rally for word on whether NEA’s Mount Delight Road shortly store clerk as he fl ed and ran tant’s current two decades ago. reading,’’ the announcement hallmark Dr. Seuss hats will after 11 a.m. The barn burned from the parking lot. shortfall esti- The compensation bill is said. be available. to the ground. A nearby Patti chased the suspect on BRAGDON mate of nearly identical to one fi led last year NEA-NH cited its mem- Tom Fahey chicken coop sustained minor foot and called headquarters $900 million. during the LLC revolution, but damage, and the chickens for assistance. The bills are not products the DRA couldn’t determine inside were saved, he said. Patti caught 17-year-old of any anti-tax fringe players. its effect back then. The new new systems that are getting There’s more online at There were no injuries. The William Delisle of 15 Malvern Sponsors include House Fi- bill would exempt from tax “all better data that we can provide barn is owned by Scott and St., Manchester, and took him nance Committee Chairman amounts that are fairly attrib- to the Legislature.’’ Diane Partridge. into custody by the time ad- Ken Weyler, Senate President utable to the personal services The costs of other tax bills ditional police arrived. Delisle Peter Bragdon, Senate Finance of the proprietor, partner or would run the gamut. A busi- VDome: Read more of Tom was charged with robbery and Chairman Chuck Morse, Senate member.’’ Once you claimed ness profi ts tax rate cut to 8 Fahey’s column online. Shipyard to get violation of bail conditions. Majority Leader Jeb Bradley and the deduction, the burden percent from 8.5 percent would $16m for construction House Major- would be on the DRA to prove cost $45 million over two years. ity Leader D.J. you’re wrong. The business enterprise tax cut for business owners. The Portsmouth Naval Ship- WILD NH Day Bettencourt. Morse, R-Salem, is skeptical would cost about $12 million. He said they “are becoming yard in Kittery, Maine, will re- coming April 30 There are of the $100 million estimate Cut the tobacco tax by 10 cents a source of revenue for state ceive $16 million in Navy funds plans to cut on the bill, which he co-spon- a pack, lose $16 million to $30 government. We’re not here to for construction and modern- CONCORD — The state Fish the rooms and sors. “I have some questions million. Extend the net operat- do that. By saying we will em- ization work on one of three and Game Department will meals tax, the for DRA about how they came ing loss carry-forward, $32 mil- phasize stability, we’re saying dry docks used for submarine hold its annual Discover tobacco tax up with that,’’ Morse said. How lion. Rooms and meals tax cut, we’re going to live within our engineering overhauls, U.S. WILD New Hampshire Day BRADLEY and the busi- do they go from an “undeter- between $30 million and $50 means up here,’’ he said. “Our Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., on Saturday, April 30, at its ness profi ts tax minable de- million. job is to reduce spending and announced Friday. headquarters, 11 Hazen Drive, and to eliminate the gambling crease’’ to $49 Eliminating the gambling tax to live within our means, and Last November, several from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admis- tax. Bills also propose a nearly million per would trim roughly $5 million, we’ll do it.’’ senators, including Shaheen, sion is free. full exemption of “reasonable year? Actual- but that one is not so simple. The Senate gets started on expressed concern that the Live wildlife, big fi sh, retriev- compensation’’ from business ly, DRA Com- The tax drove out-of-state the gambling tax repeal in SB shipyard has had to rely on er dogs and trained falcons taxes and add years to the time missioner gamblers away from off-track 130 with a hearing Tuesday. funding requests from indi- will be on hand for this annual a company could carry a net Kevin Clough- betting sites and carved out a The House gets into the act vidual members of Congress. family event. Hands-on activi- loss for tax purposes. erty thinks it’s chunk of Powerball sales and on Tuesday when it hears the In a letter to Jacob Lew, di- ties include wildlife crafts, ar- There’s also a change that $49.8 million. CLOUGHERTY other lottery revenues. Repeal rooms and meals tax cut in HB rector of the president’s Offi ce chery and casting, and dozens would raise the threshold for He explained could drive up sales and offset 166. of Management and Budget, of environmental, conserva- paying the business enterprise that data systems at the DRA the loss of tax money. Weyler said he’ll proceed the senators wrote that without tion and outdoor organizations tax (BET), a $15 million change have improved over the past Tobacco changes, too, could carefully as revenue projec- such funds “we will have seri- will sponsor exhibits. over two years, according to year. Instead of manually re- boost sales if the tax here was tions come into focus. ous concerns about the ability New this year is the “Won- the Department of Revenue viewing thousands of returns far less than those in neighbor- . of the Navy’s facilities to sup- ders of Watersheds” ex- Administration (DRA) esti- to determine how tax changes ing states. Tom Fahey is State House bureau chief for the New Hampshire Union Leader and port effi cient shipyard opera- hibit from the Sylvia O. Conte mates, as well as an extended would hit revenues, he said, Morse said he’s trying to cre- New Hampshire Sunday News. E-mail him tions and to protect the safety, National Wildlife Refuge. It BET tax credit. “the department implemented ate stability and predictability at [email protected]. health and quality of life of the is co-sponsored by Fish and thousands of employees who Game an the Department of work there every day.” Environmental Services. Legislative hearings

CONCORD — Bills scheduled SB 1 and HB 326: repealing credits; LOB Rm. 202, 1:45 p.m. In the House TV Talks for public hearings at the Leg- the “evergreen clause” law regarding public worker con- In the Senate: HB 233: blocking the judicial islature this week include: branch from reviewing educa- tracts; LOB, Rm. 307, 3 p.m. SB 93: expanding the kinds ABC’s “This Week”: Ronald Reagan’s children, Michael Reagan, Ron Tuesday, Jan 31 tion funding complaints; LOB Reagan and Patti Davis; Newt Gingrich. In the Senate: of vaccines pharmacists can Rm. 207, 9:45 a.m. In the House: administer; LOB Rm. 102, 1:20 NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Sen. Mitch McConnell; Democratic Na- HB 147: expanding the death SB 57: raising interest rates p.m. A full listing of public hearings tional Committee Chairman Tim Kaine. penalty to home invasion mur- limits on car title loans; LOB Rm is in the House calendar: www. 102, 10:15 a.m. SB 69: allowing motorcycles gencourt.state.nh.us/house/ CBS’ “Face the Nation”: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; ders; Representatives Hall, State to go through red lights after White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley. House, 10 a.m. caljourns and in the Senate SB 130: repealing the tax on stopping; LOB Rm. 103, 10 a.m. calendar at gencourt.state. gambling winnings, State CNN’s “State of the Union”: Edward Walker, a former U.S. ambas- HB 162: making all murders Friday, Feb. 4 nh.us/scaljourns. sador to Egypt; Clinton; Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Charles punishable by death; Rep’s Hall, House, Rm. 100, 1 p.m. Schumer, D-N.Y.; Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the President’s State House, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 SWEET RETREAT defi cit commission; former U.N. Ambassador John Negroponte. HB 212: barring executive In the House: “Fox News Sunday”: Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio. branch employees from politi- HB 295: allowing long-term BAKERY cal campaigning, Legislative use of antibiotics for Lyme WMUR’s “CloseUp”: N.H. GOP Chairman Jack Kimball; U.S. Com- Offi ce Building, Rm. 308, 1 p.m. merce Secretary Gary Locke; remembering the Challenger disaster. disease treatment, LOB, Rm. OPENS Monday 205-207, 9 a.m. HB 218: repealing the N.H. Rail 90 Dow St., Manchester, NH Transit Authority, LOB Rm. 203, HB 474: on freedom of choice Lotteries 1 p.m. on whether to join a labor Corner of Canal and Dow Sts. HB 166: reducing the meals union; Reps. Hall, SH, 10:30 a.m. Jan. 22...... 30-31-34-45-51, Pb23, Pp2 603-641-2251 SATURDAY NIGHT and rooms tax rate, LOB Rm. HB 187: extending carry-for- Megabucks ...... 13-31-36-40-41 Mb5 202, 2 p.m. Daily Pick 3/Pick 4 ...... Day: 098/6126 Hot Lotto ward on business enterprise tax Night: 793/5379 Jan. 26 ...... 4-7-9-17-20, Hb10 Mass. Daily...... Mid-Day: 0413 Jan. 22 ...... 1-3-14-27-33, Hb18 Obama to send Night: 5971 Daily Pick 3/Pick 4 /PEN7EEKENDS&OR9OUR#ONVENIENCE
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SC Politics Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 • NEW HAMPSHIRE SUNDAY NEWS • Page A3 Proposed sewer rate decrease stopped up in committee

A 7 PERCENT decrease in decrease. heard plenty about the the sewer rate wasn’t sup- “I’m sure the full Board of troubled budget outlook, but posed to be controversial. Aldermen will have an oppor- Laying down the gauntlet on Wednesday, Feb. 9, Gatsas But when it came before City Hall tunity to vote on that,” said is expected to highlight more the Committee on Admin- Gatsas. “The commission that LAST YEAR, this column participation has given him than just city fi nancials at the istration and Information Beth reviewed it and agreed with noted that Superintendent confi dence to play sports at Greater Manchester Chamber Systems on Tuesday, the LaMontagne the reduction are people we of Schools Thomas Brennan the high school level. Seeing of Commerce State of the item passed by a slim 3-2 Hall put in that position and that would be taking the Penguin that Brennan — who he du- State/State of the City break- margin. Before the meeting the aldermen voted for, and I Plunge at Hampton Beach biously noted is 63 years old fast forum at the New Hamp- ended, Ward 8 Alderman renegotiated with the U.S. would hope we would listen on Sunday, Feb. 6, to ben- — is willing to do it, “you at shire Institute of Politics at Betsi DeVries notifi ed her fel- Environmental Protection to their recommendations.” efi t Special Olympics New age 60 should be able to take Saint Anselm College. Gov. low members she wanted to Agency, it’s been put on hold. . Hampshire. the plunge and frolic in the John Lynch will also speak at reconsider her vote, and the While Manchester waits, the THE MANCHESTER Re- Last week, Special waves longer than him.” the event, offering an update sewer rate decrease that had city has opted to give resi- publican Committee wants Olympics athlete Ben Soule Mayor Ted Gatsas said on the state of New Hamp- been headed dents a break on their sewer more of its members on the challenged members of the there was no way anyone shire. Tickets are available at for the full rates. top city boards in 2012. To Board of Mayor and Alder- was getting him in the water manchester-chamber.org. board was Some aldermen, including help achieve that goal, the men to join Brennan in the next weekend, but he and . tabled. Dan O’Neil and Garth Corriveau, newly-elected offi cers have plunge. the aldermen broke out their ATTORNEY EDWARD DeVr- who voted against the rate launched a recruiting effort Soule told the board on checkbooks and donated to STEWART JR. of the law fi rm ies said on decrease, are concerned be- that’s focusing on Republi- Tuesday that Manchester Special Olympics on Soule’s Shaheen and Gordon has Thursday that cause Man- cans who lost their bid for boasts 140 Special Olym- behalf. been appointed to the Man- some of her chester still state offi ce in November and pics athletes and that his Beth Lamontagne Hall chester Transit Authority to constituents has to pay small-business owners with fi ll a term that expires in May. DEVRIES have been for the CSO political ambitions, similar to LAC Group recruiter and waiting for program at state Sen. Tom DeBlois. former Manchester City Li- public sewer service for a long some point. If Newly appointed city Ronnie Schlender, who was When pressed for a more brary staffer Kathleen Schmidt time, and she was concerned the aldermen committee President Jeff named the Greater Manches- concrete time frame, he said, has been nominated to the this rate decrease could make vote for a Frost said the search for ter Chamber of Commerce’s “I would say sooner rather Arts Commission, to replace the wait even longer. But in rate de- hard-working, conservative 2010 Volunteer of the Year; than later.” Celia Nardo; Planning Board a conversation with Public crease now, GATSAS candidates was the subject Secretary Aaron Goulette, who Democrats are busy work- alternate Robert Campbell has Works Director Kevin Shep- they worry of discussion at a committee has ample political experi- ing on city and state bud- been nominated to replace pard, she learned the Glen residents would get hit with meeting last week. ence on local and national gets right now, concerned resigning member Christo- Forrest and Lone Pine Drive a huge increase later. The “I’m looking for people campaigns in New Hamp- about the possible “massive pher Thompson; Joan Bennett, neighborhoods were on city laid out a fi nancial plan with some fi re in their belly,” shire and elsewhere; and downshifting president of The Write Con- track to get public sewerage for this sewer project, O’Neil said Frost. Treasurer Lisa Swank, a Re- to the city of nection, has been nominated through the ongoing Cohas said, and it should stick to it. The com- publican activist who worked Manchester” to fi ll Campbell’s seat as a Brook “We’re going to need that mittee will to elect the West Side’s and what Planning Board alternate; Lyn project. money,” said O’Neil. “We’re soon relaunch entirely Republican delega- that would Gelinas of the Citizens Finan- DeVr- setting up the public for a its website tion, including husband Rep. mean for city cial Group has been nominat- ies’ other large increase down the road, and plans to Matt Swank. services such ed to fi ll Donna Daneke’s spot concern and I think that’s wrong.” employ more . as police, fi re as a Planning Board alternate; was the “I don’t disagree with your social media IF THERE’S a Democrat out and public Robert Dastin has been nomi- massive, comments,” Sheppard said. outreach. there considering running schools. nated for another term on federally- “A rate reduction will require It has also against Mayor Gatsas, it’s the Brunelle LYNCH the Airport Commission; and man- rate increases in the future, scheduled a GARDNER best kept secret in town. With was clear about the party’s interior design consultant dated O’NEIL perhaps earlier in the future. nonpartisan the exception of Alderman intention to hold on to the and New Hampshire Institute combined With the economy down, event on the history of the Corriveau’s cryptic reference 13-seat majority it has on the of Art instructor June Trisciani sewer overfl ow (CSO) people need it now, and New Hampshire Primary to running for something on Board of Mayor and Alder- has been nominated to fi ll abatement program, which hopefully down the road they on Feb. 16 at Saint Anselm the city ballot this fall, no one men by focusing on their a vacancy on the Heritage requires that Manchester can handle a rate increase.” College with New Hampshire has even hinted at a Demo- records. Commission. Louis DeMato separate the storm water DeVries said she hopes the Secretary of State Bill Gardner. crat willing to step up. “Democrats on the board has stepped down from his from the waste water in the city will soon get some an- MRC offi cers, elected Jan. City Democratic Chairman have been extremely respon- spot on the Planning Board. public system. Sheppard told swers from the EPA so alder- 19, also include 1st Vice Mike Brunelle, who usually sive to their constituents, and the committee the second men will be more informed in Chairman David Hurst, who plays such political moves I think that matters,” said . Read Bth LaMontagne Hall’s coverage of phase of the project was sup- their decision, but the delay served on the boards of the close to his vest anyway, said Brunelle. Manchester City Hall during the week in the posed to begin this year, but hasn’t sat well with Mayor Ted MRC and the Young Repub- voters could expect a candi- . New Hampshire Union Leader. 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Primary Continued From Page A1 Dante Scala. It is more a na- Scala said this cycle reminds mayor is slated to be the main Democrats had control of the tional thing. him of 1992, when the can- draw for the Manchester City State House and three of the “The candidates seem to be didates were late getting into Republican Committee’s Lin- four congressional seats. taking their time getting up to the race. There were a lot of coln-Reagan Dinner fundraiser Republicans now fi rmly con- the starting line everywhere,” he candidates talking about run- March 18 at the Executive Court trol the State House, hold three said. “They are pausing before ning, including Mario Cuomo, banquet facility. of the four congressional seats, they are taking the plunge.” who didn’t, and Bill Clinton, Gingrich is scheduled to ap- have a new party chairman, During the 2008 cycle, he the Democratic nominee, who pear the day before at former Jack Kimball, who is associated said, both Barack Obama and didn’t come to New Hamp- Executive Councilor Bernie with the Tea Party movement, Hillary Clinton had announced shire until the summer of 1991, Streeter’s Wild Irish Breakfast, and a new group of more con- by now, while on the other side he noted. “This may be one of benefi ting the PLUS Co., at the servative activists. Romney had been running for a those years,” Scala said. From left, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani are Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nashua. Scala said this presidential while, and everyone knew John Political consultant Rich among the potential presidential candidates with visits to New And Romney will be in the primary cycle is shaping up to McCain was a candidate. Killion worked for Romney in Hampshire scheduled. state this week for private meet- be really interesting. The last One theory, Scala said, is that 2008, but to date is unaffi li- ings with key state Republican decade was the McCain de- the lack of a clear front-runner ated in this cycle. He said com- not been slow.” didates don’t defi ne him or cri- activists. He is scheduled to be cade, he noted, when he won has the fi eld unsettled. “Some paring this primary to 2008 is He said the presidential can- tique him, as Democrats did to the keynote speaker March 5 at the primary in 2000 and 2008. of the candidates are looking to not an apt comparison. “Each didates were respectful of the President Bush in 2003 during the Carroll County Republican “This is going to be an inter- other candidates to see if there presidential cycle has its own 2010 state and federal candi- the presidential primary. Committee Lincoln-Reagan esting one to watch, with the is going to be room for them rhythm,” he said. dates. “They were the focus, But he said starting in Feb- Dinner fundraiser at Bartlett’s internal changes in the Repub- in the race,” he said. “Michele The 2008 race was wide open and they needed to be the ruary and March, activity will Attitash Grand Summit Hotel. lican Party, with Jack Kimball Bachmann is watching Sarah for Democrats and Republi- focus,” Killion said, and the pick up around the traditional Two lesser known candidates and the Tea Party movement,” Palin, and Sarah Palin is watch- cans, he said, which meant lots presidential candidates helped Lincoln Day dinners. “That will have spent considerable time Scala said. “It’s going to inter- ing Mike Huckabee.” of public activity and a very as much as they could with drive a lot of local news interest here already: former Pennsyl- esting to watch someone like Others see that Romney got early start. fi nancial support and as sur- and drive further interest in the vania Sen. Rick Santorum and Romney navigate all that. in early in 2008, but it didn’t Although potential candi- rogates to bring visibility and activists community,” he said. former Minnesota Gov. Tim “The conditions on the help him, Scala said. “It’s wait dates have not announced they notoriety. Romney and former presi- Pawlenty. Santorum has visited ground have changed since and see, but whoever the Re- are running, he said, there has Killion said the delayed start dential candidate Giuliani are eight times and Pawlenty six. ’08; there are different activists publican nominee, they are been “a lot of shadow boxing has a potential effect on Re- both returning to the state in Republican presidential can- out there. It really is going to be going to have to raise an awful and behind-the-scenes stuff publicans because President the near future, as is former didates returning to the Granite an interesting one to watch, al- lot of money, so they only can with the activists community. Obama becomes stronger House Speaker Gingrich. State will also fi nd a different though it may be late develop- wait so long,” he said. For that kind of activity, it has every day the Republican can- The former New York City landscape than in 2008, when ing.”

Physicals Continued From Page A1 that’s not being adhered to.” are required to offer the physi- someone to take a physical. We Physicals are given to em- was in before they handled the That language includes a Manchester Fire Chief James cals. It’s up to the individual to meet our requirements by of- ployees when they join the de- chemicals, then again after, line, “All medical examinations Burkush, however, said, “We take one or not. We can’t force fering it.” partment, not subsequently. to know what effect it had on and procedures shall be per- The issue arose during “We haven’t had anyone take them. You need to have a base- formed by or under the super- Thursday’s budget discussion us up on a hazmat physical in line to look at, and you need the vision of a licensed physician, when someone asked about fi ve years,” said Red Robidas, testing for that.” preferably one knowledgeable an increase of $80,000 in the security manager for the city, Without a physical, there can in occupational medicine, and Human Resources budget. The who is responsible for employ- be no baseline in the Manches- shall be provided without cost money is earmarked for these ee testing for drug, alcohol and ter department, he said. to the employee, without loss physicals, was the response. medical issues. “No one has Fire offi cials argue that be- of pay, and at a reasonable time That’s when Roy raised his con- opted to take part in them.” cause New Hampshire is not and place.” cern that the unit’s certifi ca- Ryan Cashin, president of considered an “OSHA state’’ Firefi ghters cite another sec- tion could be in jeopardy if the Manchester Professional Fire- — meaning OSHA has not tion as proof of their point: physicals aren’t administered fi ghters Association Local 856, approved New Hampshire’s “Medical examinations and each year. has a different view of the situ- health coverage — it has to only consultations shall be made “It’s my understanding that ation. “We aren’t in any dan- offer the physicals. available by the employer to no one has taken the physicals ger of losing our certifi cation,” “If we were in New Jersey, each employee covered ...” for a while but that there are he said. “We have gone over it which is an OSHA state, they “I don’t think there’s a ques- talks regarding the issue,” said and over it again with lawyers. would have to take the test tion of liability here,” said Cash- Manchester Human Resources If the city wants to put money every year,’’ Burkush said. “But in. “If I respond to a hazmat Director Jane Gile. “The in- in there for physicals that no we aren’t, so offering it covers incident and handle stuff, and crease was put there in case one is going to take, that’s their our requirements to retain our my arm falls off, or I respond to something comes out of those business, but we’re in the mid- certifi cation.” a fi re and my arm falls off, I’m discussions.” dle of a fi scal crisis.” Roy disagrees, saying New still going to be out on disabil- Roy, who helped establish the Hampshire is an EPA state, ity. Why should I have to take a city’s Hazardous Materials Re- meaning its occupational safety physical to respond to a hazmat sponse Team, cites language in and response plans are okayed situation if I don’t have to take Occupational Safety and Health by the Environmental Protec- one to run into a burning build- Administration (OSHA) regula- tion Agency, which uses the ing? I didn’t know this was even To have his days free, he tions that says such physicals same language in its regulation an issue. A lot of the guys get “‘shall be’ administered. as appears in the OSHA rules. their own physicals done.” He added: “You need to es- “It’s something for the law- Roy cites the physical stress of tablish a baseline for the indi- yers to sort out,” said Roy. being a member of the hazmat does his dialysis at night. vidual’s health. The chemicals The language both sides dif- team as another reason to con- they could be handling as part fer over appears in Section duct the physicals, aside from of this job have different effects 1910.120 of OSHA’s regulations possible certifi cation issues. on different parts of the body, for hazardous waste operations “This equipment is very cold ones that aren’t always easily and emergency responses, in the winter, and it’s like work- spotted. We need to know what which governs “members of ing in a rainforest when it’s condition that person’s liver hazmat teams.’’ hot,” said Roy. Asked how he felt about sending a team into a hazmat situation even though the fi re- CD or IRA fi ghters haven’t taken a physi- cal recently, Burkush reiterated, “We offer the physicals, which is all we are required to do.” Maturing? “Every lawyer we have gone over this with has told us it’s Guaranteed not a problem,” said Cashin. 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.Protesters: They defied curfew in Egyptian cities and caught off guard by the politi- took to the streets in New York, Los Angeles and other U.S. cal upheaval that has rocked the Middle East in recent days, NH family hears from teen in Egypt cities. from Egypt to Tunisia to Leba- By LORNA COLQUHOUN non to Yemen. Sunday News Correspondent As U.S. offi cials weighed the By ARSHAD MOHAMMED porting protesters who seek latest developments in Egypt, An early morning phone and MATT SPETALNICK broader political rights and protests emerged in Chicago, call Saturday brought relief Reuters demand his ouster. But Wash- Houston, Los Angeles, New to a Peterborough father who ington has limited options to York and Washington, where had been anxiously awaiting WASHINGTON — The United infl uence the situation. about 150 people marched word from his teenage daugh- States told Egyptian Presi- “The Egyptian government from the Egyptian Embassy ter living in Egypt. dent Hosni Mubarak Satur- can’t reshuffl e the deck and to the White House and stood Courtney Graves, 18, has day it was not enough simply then stand pat,” State Depart- outside the gates chanting, been living in Giza for a little to “reshuffl e the deck” with a ment spokesman P.J. Crowley “Hey Obama, don’t you know, more than a month. She last shake-up of his government said in a message on Twitter. Hosni Mubarak has to go.” spoke to her father, Steven, and pressed him to make good com after Mubarak fi red his In New York, nearly 1,500 Thursday, as parts of Egypt on his promise of genuine re- government but made clear he people rallied outside the erupted in violent anti-gov- form. had no intention of stepping United Nations headquarters, ernment protests. As angry protesters defi ed down. chanting “People want regime Steven Graves said the 4:33 a curfew in Egyptian cities, “President Mubarak’s words change.” a.m. ring of the telephone COURTESY PHOTO President Barack Obama and pledging reform must be fol- ‘Brick by brick’ was a big relief. He and his Courtney Graves posted this photo on her blog earlier this week, his administration kept up lowed by action,” he said, echo- daughter had talked about 10 as Egypt erupted in anti-government protests. pressure for Mubarak to heed ing Obama’s appeal on Friday Several hundred protesters a.m. New Hampshire time on their calls for democratic for Mubarak to embrace a new gathered outside the Egyptian Thursday, just as cell phone Friday night and began hear- “I surfaced from the Metro change and take seriously a political dynamic. consulate in Chicago carrying and Internet services in Egypt, ing from other parents across station into a scene of happy U.S. threat to review massive Crowley’s statement signs, singing the Egyptian which were believed to be fu- the country who have chil- panic,” she wrote. “Riot po- aid to Cairo. anthem and chanting slogans eling the unrest, were being dren in Egypt. lice were lined up along every In Cairo, looted stores, burnt Crowley’s comments, part such as “Brick by brick, wall shut down. “We have started to net- street, and it was almost out cars and the stench of blaz- of an increasingly assertive by wall, we will see Mubarak “She called as soon as the work with these parents,” impossible to move at fi rst. ing tires fi lled the streets early U.S. stance, came just before fall.” cell phones came back on,” Steve Graves said. From afar, I could hear a roar on Sunday as Mubarak sought Mubarak picked intelligence Call for elections Steven Graves said. “She The early morning con- of human voices coming from to bargain with angry crowds chief and confi dant Omar Su- wants to stay; she feels safe.” versation was brief because one side of the square.” and security forces struggled leiman as vice president. It is a A top Republican called for But, he added, “I am encour- Courtney Graves did not have She said she dodged tear to contain looters. post Mubarak had never fi lled Mubarak to hold elections. aging her as intensely as pos- many minutes left on her cell gas fi red into the crowd. 100 killed in three decades of rule, and “Mr. Mubarak should listen sible” to rethink her plan to phone. “She told us she loves “She is witnessing history,” many interpreted the move to the demands of the Egyptian live in Egypt for two more us,” Steven Graves said. “She Steven Graves said. In fi ve days of unprecedent- as edging toward an eventual people for freedom and imme- months before setting out to was unaware of a lot that is His daughter is taking the ed protests that have rocked handover of power. diately schedule legitimate, travel across the Middle East. going on there.” year off after her graduation the Arab world, more than 100 Obama huddled on Saturday democratic, internationally She plans to return home in The teen has a blog on from Conant High School people have been killed, inves- for an hour with his national recognized elections,” said Il- June. which she wrote about the to travel and is applying to tors and tourists have taken security team on the crisis in eana Ros-Lehtinen, head of Graves fi rst went to Egypt early hours of the protests last several colleges, including fright, and Mubarak has of- Egypt, a linchpin of U.S. Mid- the House of Representatives last year, her senior year in week, which was picked up by Georgetown. She is passion- fered a fi rst glimpse of a plan dle East strategy. Foreign Affairs Committee. high school. She returned the BBC. ate about human rights, par- to step down and 80 million White House focus “The people of Egypt no lon- there Dec. 29, and is living On Wednesday, she wrote ticularly the rights of women, Egyptians are caught between ger accept the status quo. They with the family she stayed she had gone alone to Tah- and it did not surprise him hope for democratic reform Afterward, the White House are looking to their govern- with as a student. rir Square (in Cairo) to see that she “wanted to be in the and fear of chaos. said its focus remained on ment for a meaningful process When Steven Graves did the demonstrations. (Midan middle of it,” he said. Obama is performing a deli- “calling for restraint, support- to foster real reform,” not hear from his daughter Tahrir, commonly referred to She hopes to pursue a ca- cate balancing act, trying to ing universal rights and sup- Crowley said unrest in Friday afternoon, he contact- as Tahrir Square, means “Lib- reer in either journalism or avoid abandoning Mubarak porting concrete steps that Egypt’s cities continued de- ed the U.S. State Department eration Square.” It’s a large politics.“I love that part of — an important U.S. strategic advance political reform.” spite Mubarak having ordered and U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass, public square near the center her,” he said Friday afternoon, ally of 30 years — while sup- The U.S. administration was the army to the streets. R-N.H. 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Tessier Continued From Page A1 years ago while cleaning out a same company just prior to company fi nally made pay- that when asked by the ADO, box of old business documents his death. That claim was paid ment, and the insurance pro- “(Tessier) acknowledged that in her attic. to her, Dunham said, and she ceeds were given to the bank. the proceeds from the insur- Tessier was the couple’s close used a portion of it to pay off I remember that Ms. Dunham ance policy had in fact been friend and trusted attorney, the business’ debts to Bank East (then Mrs. LeBlanc) wanted paid and he used them for the Dunham said, when he stole a and to her mother-in-law. a portion of the money but it benefi t of the corporation.” $1 million life insurance pay- The last time Dunham con- was impossible in light of the Kinsella told LaPlante he was ment after Gerald LeBlanc died fronted Tessier in his now- outstanding balance due the also going to offer testimony of meningitis on Oct. 31, 1982. defunct fi rm, bank,” Tessier wrote. from an offi cer at the hardware “If he got away with it with Christy and company who had reviewed the me, knowing Tom, I just can’t Tessier in No fi nding records back to 1982 and would imagine he wouldn’t have done Manchester, The ADO closed Dunham’s say he knew for sure there were FILE PHOTO it to someone else,” Dunham she was so complaint without making a no life insurance proceeds and Gerald LeBlanc, great-grandson of J.J. Moreau and Son’s founder, is said. “Why me? Because it stunned by his fi nding because it was already no money paid to the company seen in the Manchester landmark store in this 1976 photo. was easy. I completely trusted reaction that in the process of disbarring Tes- by anyone. him.” TESSIER she didn’t con- sier on the $2.3 million theft. Judge believed her Tessier’s public defender in a photo tact him again. On Thursday, Peter Ander- J.J. Moreau and Son denies Dunham’s allegations. from 1987 “Tom said: son, who was a vice president Although Judge LaPlante said But a federal prosecutor asked ‘If you are here of Bank East when Gerald LeB- he wouldn’t use Dunham’s tes- Dunham to detail her story to because of what I think, you lanc died, said the bank would timony in calculating Tessier’s ‘was a real go-to place’ the judge at Tessier’s sentenc- can turn around and get the never have accepted a life in- sentence, he told her he be- ing hearing last March on the hell out,’” Dunham said. He surance payment naming it as lieved her testimony, according .Hardware business: become mayor, took over the unrelated $2.3 million thefts told her that last time again that benefi ciary because the policy to a transcript of the hearing. business. Arthur E. Moreau that took place between 2002 the insurance company wasn’t could have been for a larger “I want you to understand, A fixture in Manchester for served as Republican mayor of and 2006. going to pay the claim. amount than the debt owed. that doesn’t mean your words more than a century. Manchester from 1926 to 1931. Attorney Steven Latici of Gil- “I said, ‘You’re never taking Anderson said he had known have fallen on deaf ears today He was also instrumental in manton has fi led a claim on care of anything for me again.’ Gerald LeBlanc because he or that I doubt your testimony By NANCY WEST forming Amoskeag Industries, Dunham’s behalf that is pend- That was it,” Dunham said. served on the bank’s board of in the slightest. I don’t. I credit New Hampshire Sunday News Eaton said, which bought the ing before the N.H. Bar Asso- directors. The fi rst he heard your testimony,” LaPlante told assets of the Amoskeag Man- ciation Public Protection Fund Time passes about the missing $1 million Dunham. Long before the big-box ufacturing Co. in 1936 and seeking at least partial resti- Dunham moved on, even- policy was from Suzanne LeB- LaPlante sentenced Tessier stores came to town, Manches- brought diversifi ed industries tution. The fund reimburses tually sold the hardware store lanc Dunham, he said. to 51 months in federal prison ter shoppers combed the three to the city to provide employ- people who have lost money or and remarried under the be- “I was fl abbergasted when I at Devens Federal Medical huge buildings that comprised ment. property due to theft or misap- lief Great American never paid heard that,” Anderson said. Center in Ayer, Mass., in con- J.J. Moreau and Son Inc. hard- After a major fi re extensively propriation by their attorney. the $1 million claim. Then in Public defender Bjorn Lange, nection with stealing the $2.3 ware and department store at damaged the building in 1969, “Attorney Tessier stole and March 2006, she and her hus- who represented Tessier at his million. Tessier must serve 1127 Elm St. Suzanne LeBlanc Dunham said, cashed two checks in the band, Robert Dunham, who sentencing, argued against some additional time in state Canadian tinsmith Joseph her husband, Gerald LeBlanc, amount of $500,000 each that owns an embroidery business Dunham’s testimony being prison. He is expected to be eli- Jean Moreau fi rst set up shop the great-grandson of founder were paid out on a life insur- in Conway, wanted to clear out considered by the judge last gible for parole after serving a on North Main Street in the J.J. Moreau, borrowed from his ance policy to my late husband some old business records after March in U.S. District Court in total of fi ve years. McGregorville section of the inheritance and bought and re- by Great American Life Insur- they moved to Florida. Concord. Even if the Public Protec- West Side in 1890 before his built the business. ance,” Dunham said in her Dunham found a sealed en- “Our position has been that tion Fund decides to reimburse son, Arthur E. Moreau, joined “(Gerald) was an extraor- claim to the PPF committee. velope with a letter dated Dec. that’s just not true,” Lange said. Dunham, it would be for far the business and moved it to dinary person. Thousands of Dunham told the New 28, 1982, from the insurance “We dispute the Dunham alle- less than her loss. There was the Elm Street location in 1906, people went in and out of the Hampshire Sunday News that company to Tessier stating gations.” a $150,000 cap on awards per according to Aurore Eaton, store, and he remembered all for months after Gerald LeB- the $1 million claim had been But Assistant U.S. Attorney lawyer when she fi led her claim, executive director of the Man- of their names,” Dunham said. lanc died, Tessier was adamant paid. The letter contained a Robert Kinsella investigated and the Jakobiec brothers have chester Historic Association. In 1982, Gerald LeBlanc that the insurance company photocopy of two checks made Dunham’s claims, and the gov- also fi led claims against Tes- “I remember going in there died of meningitis at age 40. had refused payment on the out for $500,000 each, one to ernment paid for her trip to sier. Victims of the same lawyer as a child. You went there for Dunham sold the store three $1 million policy. Gerald had J.J. Moreau, the other to Bank New Hampshire to testify that would receive only a percent- everything from lamps to hard- years later to employee Roland sent the company a letter three East. day. Her testimony was intend- age of the $150,000 cap, based ware and light bulbs,” Eaton Gamelin. days before his death saying he “I opened it up and I about ed to show Tessier’s $2.3 million on how much they lost. said. The store moved to the Sun- wanted to cancel it for the value died,” Dunham said. theft from his cousins, Thad- Tessier’s brother, Michael Everyone knew the names of beam Mall, the former Cote it had accrued. But the letter She immediately called her deus Jakobiec, who is blind Tessier, 56, a retired Manches- all the clerks, who often dished Brothers Bakery, at 87 Elm St. wasn’t received until after his brother, Peter Favreau, Man- and disabled, and Thaddeus’ ter police captain and former out advice on home repairs. It was sold to J. P. Heart Inc., death, she said. chester’s former police chief. brother, Dr. Frederick Jakobiec, executive director of the New “It was a real go-to place. a Bedford company owned “Tessier was one of the fi rst He suggested she call the At- an eye surgeon, wasn’t the Horizons homeless shelter, was Later on, we had big depart- by Marc Jolicoeur and family, people I called when Gerry torney General’s Offi ce, which fi rst time Tessier stole money. indicted in November, accused ment stores, but before the big Eaton said. died because of our friend- she did. Lange wanted Judge Joseph N. in connection with $155,000 in stores, it was Moreau’s,” Eaton A victim of recession, J.J. ship,” Dunham said. “He said: Dunham said she also com- LaPlante to view Tessier’s $2.3 thefts from the same relatives said. “It was a Franco-Ameri- Moreau and Son closed on Nov. ‘Don’t worry. I’ll take care of plained to the U.S. Attorney’s million theft as an aberration in that landed his brother in fed- can institution, for sure.” 9, 1991, Eaton said. everything.’” Offi ce and the Supreme Court an otherwise honest career. eral prison. Founder J.J. Moreau died Moreau’s motto was “the Dunham said Gerald LeBlanc Attorney Discipline Offi ce. She Tessier had been a well-re- Michael Tessier told the New in 1920, and his son, Arthur store that gives you more,” had also purchased a $700,000 had also unsuccessfully tried to spected Manchester lawyer and Hampshire Sunday News last E. Moreau, who would later Eaton said. “And it did.” life insurance policy from the hire an attorney to fi ght Tessier, well-known city water commis- August that he is innocent and but all said they had a confl ict. sioner for many years. was acting at the direction of Tessier fi nally admitted the Kinsella said it was too late his attorney brother. (POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT) (POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT) claim had been paid in a letter to seek federal indictments Assistant Cheshire County dated Oct. 27, 2008, Dunham against Tessier in Dunham’s Attorney John Gasaway, who National Commentary said, in Tessier’s response to case. is prosecuting Michael Tessier, her complaint to the Attorney “By the time the allegations said that investigation is not Discipline Offi ce. were made known to the U.S. completed. He declined com- If you agree with me, clip and send this column to your As Tessier remembered it, Attorney’s Offi ce, the statute ment on Dunham’s allegations. Gerald LeBlanc borrowed $1 of limitations had run out on “As far as I know, there is no congressmen and state senators million from the bank to save the offenses for which (Tessier) criminal involvement on my By JOHN RIGAZIO, ROCHESTER his business, he told the ADO. could have been prosecuted,” part,” Michael Tessier said in Retired businessman, book author, political columnist “My memory is that the lend- Kinsella said. The statute of lim- August. and a Republican candidate in the 2004 NH Presidential Primaries ing bank required a $1 million itations was fi ve years from the Michael said he was just insurance policy to protect its date of the offenses, he said. doing what Thomas told him interest. Gerry died during this At the hearing, Kinsella said after Michael became trustee I have written about the truth regarding Social Secur- time period and I recall that it was also too late to obtain the of a trust fund in 2002 for his there was a delay in payment documents needed to prove the cousin, Thaddeus Jakobiec ity for many years now. My views are 100 percent ver- while the insurance company charges because the pertinent of Manchester. Michael said ifi ed and I stand behind them. However, in regards to thoroughly investigated the records had been destroyed. Thomas Tessier told him that my last paid political ad about Social Security, I gave cause of death. The insurance Kinsella told Judge LaPlante Thaddeus’ brother, Frederick , wanted Michael to have money my readers one wrong piece of information. Because I for caring for Thaddeus. heard it on cable news and national news, I said the 2 Michael Tessier’s trial is percent Social Security cut was shared by the employ- scheduled for July. ees and employers equally. This was misinformation Dunham said she now be- lieves she fought as well as she which I passed on to my readers. I have in my hands could after discovering the $1 the correct information which I am passing on to you. million policy had been paid, Reduction of an employee’s portion of Social Security, called the “payroll tax but it did consume her for a holiday”: long time. “I was easy prey. Currently, each employee (other than group II and fi refi ghters) pays 6.2 Tom knew I needed him. I was percent of their fi rst $106,800 earnings to Social Security. Employers match that in shock. I had just lost the amount, and each party also pays 1.45 percent into Medicare on all earnings. The person I loved more than any- thing,” Dunham said. “tax holiday” will take the form of a one-year reduction of the employee’s Social There were times she could Security tax contribution by 2 percent, meaning that employees will pay only 4.2 have used the money to help percent on their fi rst $106,800. Employers will still contribute 6.2 percent Social her children, Dunham said. Security and both parties will continue to contribute the same Medicare. “I can’t believe somebody would do that to his best friend.” ATTENTION: NH STATE CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS Rescind the 2 percent, one-year tax cut called a payroll tax holiday. We didn’t ask Donate your vehicle to for it, and we feel it is going to reduce the funding of Social Security for future recipients of the program. If you want to add to Social Security funding, take off the $106,800 tax cap on and help a those employees making over that amount. This extra money will be matched by New Hampshire Neighbor the employers. 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Pond hockey Latchkey Cup Continued From Page A1 Continued From Page A1 Pond Hockey Championship There’s more online at room. at White Park. Lakes Region Ice Racing “What a weekend,” said Club members chose the fi ght Bruce Gillies, who grew up in against cancer as their cause in Concord and played football VImages from the ice: Look 1984. Members say everyone and hockey in the mid-1980s at online for a gallery of photos from has either been affected by the the University of New Hamp- the pond hockey championship. illness or knows someone who shire . “You can’t beat it. We has. all skated here as kids. This is “I think everybody is touched pretty special.” The hockey brought back by cancer, in a bad way. Any- The Black Ice event, a cele- plenty of memories for Tom thing we can do helps,” said bration of the lengthy and rich Champagne Sr. member and driver Rick Mar- hockey heritage in the state “We played on a lot of tel, 45, of Moultonborough. and city, is the kick-off of a ponds, too,” he said. “Long The Latchkey Cup raises three-week stretch of outdoor Pond, Jordan’s Pond, Turkey money for a serious cause, but hockey tournaments in New Pond. Everyone just seemed to drivers and spectators alike say LARISSA MULKERN PHOTOS Hampshire. The semifi nals know where to go.” ice racing is a lot of fun. Ice rac- and fi nals start this morning Thanks to Chris Brown and ing engages entire families, ac- Thirty-eight drivers raced in the Lakes Region Ice Racing Club’s 27th annual Latchkey Cup on a frozen at 9 a.m. and will wrap up by a gang of volunteers and spon- cording to some drivers, and Berry Pond on Saturday in Moultonborough. Once the cars pick up speed, above, their chain-clad tires noon. sors, White Park was the place for others it’s a pastime that has create clouds of ice dust. More than 150 teams, nearly to go this weekend. been handed down to sons and day featured a face-off between double last season’s total, are Plans for the Black Ice daughters alike. What’s not to Jack Cook, left, of special professional guest driv- signed up for the second New championships grew out of a like about speed? Moultonborough, ers Kirk Alexander, Luke Royea England Hockey Pond Classic, discussion after a tournament “You get to go fast,” said has been racing with and Brad Leighton. which runs from Friday to Sun- game in Meredith last winter, Cody Ryder, 16, of Center Os- the Lakes Region Organizers anticipated that day next weekend on Meredith Brown said. sipee, who is now in his third Ice Racing Club for more than 500 spectators Bay in Lake Winnipesaukee. “We said, ‘Why not Con- year of racing. Exactly how fast the past 32 years. would turn out for the Latch- And the Manchester Mon- cord?’” said Brown, the these cars can run around the His granddaughter, key Cup event. They included archs Pond Hockey Classic, a president and chief operating icy oval track is unclear; Ryder Alicia Taylor, Tom Davis, 39, of Campton, his one-day event on Dorrs Pond offi cer of New Hampshire said the cars don’t have speed- 15, also from son Erin, 15, daughter Jessica, in Manchester, debuts on Feb. Distributors and a former ometers, radios or any ame- Moultonborough, 17, and her boyfriend, Michael 12. Concord High player. nities. “You have to strip out picked up the racing Dow, 19. It all started here on Friday. Committees and a nonprofi t all the interiors and take out bug three years ago. “We love racing,” said Davis. Heck, it all really started not were formed, and sponsors all the extra wiring you don’t “We follow NASCAR and snow- far up the road from White and volunteers jumped on need,” he said. The cars are Alicia. She’s in her third year of doctor, though,” Martel said. mobile racing. If it’s racing, we Park almost 130 years ago. It board, all with a mission to equipped with safety features, racing. Together, the Cook and Several cars slid off the track love it.” was 1883 when, it is believed, enhance outdoor skating in the including roll bars or roll cages, Taylor households have fi ve during Saturday’s event, with Spectators Saturday included the sport made its debut in this city and eventually provide a and the drivers wear helmets ice racing cars. Alicia’s father, no injuries reported. Tow trucks Lissa Silk, Miss Winnipesaukee, country at St. Paul’s School in new skate house at White Park. and are secured with fi ve-point Matt Taylor, brother Chris and stood by and quickly towed the from Dover. Silk, a University Concord. Brown thinks proceeds could harnesses. Ryder’s own car is nephew all race, said Cook. cars out of the snowbanks and of New Hampshire student, Turkey Pond at St. Paul’s reach $25,000 this year. a hollowed out Honda Prelude “I started doing this 32 years back to the pits. Berry Pond has is a contestant for Miss New became renowned for its black Fifty teams — with names that he bought specifi cally for ago,” said Cook. “It’s a bad a 15-inch layer of ice, and on Hampshire. As such, she chose ice, the best around for skating, such as Pond Jovi, Against ice racing. He said he picked up habit.’’ Saturday a light snowfall made the fi ght against cancer as her and shortly after the turn of the Medical Advice and Scared racing from his brother. Most Drivers invest time and things slippery on the track. public service platform. century the legendary Hobey Hitless — signed up, and Sundays, he’s ice racing at the money into the sport. Cook described the conditions “Each contestant gets to Baker, soon to become one of Brown has already heard from icing club’s events. “I probably spend 25 hours a as “rough,” with pits on the ice. promote something they the biggest names in amateur people planning to play next Martel got his daughter, Jack- week working on four different After a few laps, the track can strongly believe in. I had three hockey, arrived at SPS. year. He thinks the tourna- ie, 13, involved in ice racing for cars,” said Martel. get slushy, he said. family members pass away A fi nely crafted replica of ment could grow to at least 75 the joy of it. He talked about the Cook declined to fess up his The race cars are colorful, from breast cancer, so I’ve been Baker’s stick will be awarded to teams by then. camaraderie, teamwork, and investment. “Don’t want to say; but spectators’ visibility on the actively promoting this cause,” the winner of each of fi ve divi- Jen Joscelyn, Concord High competitiveness of the sport. the wife might fi nd out,” he track is at times obscured by said Silk. sions today. Class of 1993, looks forward to “It’s a lot of fun,” he said. said. ice dust kicked up by chained This is the fi rst time she’s Photographs of Baker and expansion. “We’re all a bunch of good The sport overall has a low race car tires. The fi ve classes ever seen an ice race, but she’s hockey at St. Paul’s and across She helped hustle together a friends here. We help each other injury rate, said Cook. Mishaps include stock, modifi ed, 4-cyl- already caught the racing bug. the city fi lled a large makeshift team called “Babes of Glory,” out. It keeps us out of trouble. are rare, but these drivers ac- inder front wheel drive, 4-cylin- “I want to get out there,” she hockey locker room on White one of three in the women’s We’re good friends during the knowledge they do occasionally der rear wheel drive, and Junior said with a smile. Street between the park and division. week and are competitors on occur. “You can get hurt shov- (teens 13 to 15). A scheduled . the University of New Hamp- “Hopefully, next year we’ll the weekend,” he said. eling your walkway, though. highlight for the fi nal race of the For race results, go to lakesregionicerac- ingclub.tripod.com. shire Law School. have six teams,” Joscelyn said Jack Cook, an experienced We take all the precautions Gillies had just gotten off the and then laughed. “If it gets driver and club member since we can, but there’s always the We Now Focus On Providing ice with his teammates, includ- more established, maybe we 1979, drew his granddaughter, chance for a freak accident,” Exclusively ing Lee “Lebo’’ Blossom, who can get our own locker room. Alicia Taylor, 15, into the sport. Cook said. Full Service Gynecologic Care came out of Concord and went Right now it’s co-ed. Thank “I’m always nervous at fi rst, but “I can’t remember the last on to star at Boston College. 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The following is part of a reg- steel onto the trucks that pro- on the girl. Over the following ular New Hampshire Sunday tected those convoys. weeks, Stenberg and LaClair News series. That’s where Stenberg and continued to bring the child his fellow guardsman, Spc. and her family to doctors on By SHAWNE K. WICKHAM Scott LaClair of Claremont, base to monitor her progress. New Hampshire Sunday News ended up. Just after Thanksgiving last “Our trucks had no armor on year, Stenberg got a surprise: It’s an iconic image: A bus- them when we got to Iraq for Ziad and Zaharra, who is now load of soldiers heading off almost nine months,” Stenberg 16, contacted him using a Web to war passes through streets recalled. camera. “She’s a real pretty lined with waving, cheering He said he did everything he young lady,” he said. folks. Someone holds aloft a could to make sure that every Of everything he’s done in large American fl ag. soldier “could go home the the military, Stenberg said, he’s And one soldier has pushed same way he went over there.” proudest of what he did for that his head and shoulder through “I’ve had a lot of soldiers ... little Iraqi girl. an open bus window to give a come back and thank me,” he “It is a great feeling to know thumbs-up to the crowd. said. that we came all this way for It was late fall in 1990 and At one point, a group of Latvi- a war and ended up helping Doug Stenberg was that soldier. an soldiers, coalition partners, somebody ... somebody who His New Hampshire National Doug Stenberg waves to the crowd from the bus window as he departs the Hillsborough armory in worked by his side to up-armor had no idea that the Americans Guard unit, the Hillsborough- November 1990 with the N.H. National Guard’s 744th Transportation Company. The unit had been their own trucks. They tried to did care about them,” he wrote based 744th Transportation activated for the first Persian Gulf war. The photo, which was printed in Life magazine in 1991, has give him gifts to thank him, he of his experience. Company, had been activated been posted on Granite Thunder, the Facebook page for today’s 197th Fires Brigade, which has been said. “I wouldn’t take them,” Photographer Cole said that in support of the fi rst Persian deployed in Kuwait and includes Stenberg’s former unit, now the 744th Forward Support Company. he said. “I was there to protect if his 1990 photo of the 744th’s Gulf war against Iraq. soldiers, and I didn’t care who departure seems iconic today, To commemorate the 20th two young sons. A Hillsborough sergeant, Stenberg said. “I was tives after processing his fi lm. they were.” it’s in part because of the town anniversary of the Gulf War, native, Stenberg had served in not allowed to leave the opera- “As soon as I saw the frame, I that turned out that day to say the photo — published in Life the Navy during the Vietnam tions tent. If something came knew it was it.” Helping a child goodbye. “And I think it was magazine in March 1991 — was War. He joined the National down, depending on the cir- The American soldiers these people, proud to go.” recently posted on Granite Guard in 1986. cumstances, I had to be there Another tour worked with local Iraqis in the With the memory of that day Thunder, the offi cial Facebook The 1990 activation order to do what had to be done. ...” While the 1991 war was brief, welding shop. One was a teen- reawakened, Cole last week page for the 197th Fires Bri- was the fi rst for a New Hamp- Jim Cole, who has been a it wasn’t Stenberg’s last trip to ager named Ziad, who told got in touch with Stenberg; the gade. The brigade, deployed shire National Guard unit since photographer with the Associ- the desert. His unit again was Stenberg about his 9-year-old two plan to get together next in Kuwait, includes Stenberg’s the Vietnam War. One hundred ated Press for 31 years, took the activated in late 2003 for the sister, Zaharra, who was having month. former unit, now the 744th For- fi fty members of the 744th were picture of the 744th’s departure second war with Iraq. trouble breathing and eating. As for Stenberg, he is current- ward Support Company. sent to Saudi Arabia to provide from its Hillsborough armory And this time, Stenberg’s ci- Ziad reminded Stenberg of ly laid off, waiting to be rehired Stenberg, who lives in North support for troop convoys. that November day in 1990. vilian job as a welding foreman his own son, who was about for his seasonal job driving a Hampton, remembers he was But with Iraqi Scud missiles Cole recalls arriving early to for the state of New Hampshire the same age. So he and LaClair tractor-trailer truck for a pav- watching the TV news that fall a constant threat, Stenberg set up. “I was amazed,” he said. proved invaluable. brought the girl’s medical re- ing company. He retired from about the activation of National became the commander’s ad- “It seemed like the whole town It turned out the Army base cords to an Air Force trauma the Guard in 2006. Guard units across the country viser on nuclear, biological and of Hillsborough turned out and had a welding shop known physician, who looked at the He thinks often about his old in response to Iraq’s invasion chemical warfare. He studied lined the streets.” as Skunk Werks. Improvised girl’s X-rays and diagnosed a unit and his friends who are of Kuwait that August. “And the weather forecasts, wind speed He remembers the soldier explosive devices had been tumor in her sinus cavity. back in Kuwait with the 197th phone rang. That’s when they and direction, and decontami- who stuck his head out of the devastating the coalition’s con- The New Hampshire men Fires Brigade. His message to told me I was going.” nation tactics. bus window. And he remem- voys, and the shop was working successfully pushed for Ameri- them: “I just wish them all well He was 37 years old and had It was a heavy load for an E-5 bers going through the nega- feverishly to weld protective can doctors to perform surgery — and c’mon home.”

CCombatombat CContinuedontinued FromFrom PPageage AA11 more serving in the Air National Guard, opportunities as their male counter- in Kuwait, providing security for con- according to Capt. Robert Burnham, a parts,” Shaheen said. voys going in and out of Iraq. spokesman for the New Hampshire Like Shaheen, U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, “Whether or not you are fi t for a po- National Guard. R-N.H., serves on the Senate Armed sition should be based on the person, Women account for about one of Services Committee, which deals with not the gender,” said White, a videog- every eight New Hampshire Guards- military issues. rapher for the brigade’s public affairs men. Ayotte said she looks “forward to ex- offi ce. Nearly 50 women guardsmen from amining this issue more closely.” Sgt. Elizabeth Hayes of Concord units out of New Hampshire are de- Her husband, Joe, has fl own com- also opposes the ban. ployed in one of a half-dozen coun- bat missions in Iraq and remains a “Of all the reasons I’ve heard for tries, including Iraq, Kuwait and lieutenant colonel in the Air National women not serving in combat roles, Afghanistan, Burnham said. Guard. The senator also recently visit- none of them are valid,” said Hayes, Female soldiers serve as medics and ed Afghanistan, where she saw military who works as an IT specialist for the military police and in administrative men and women working together. 197th . roles. “I know there are several female “From my time in Afghanistan, I’ve Men shouldn’t worry about protect- soldiers that are machine gunners on already seen that women are serving ing female comrades, she said. convoy escort teams,” Burnham said. in harm’s way, and that is certainly “The idea of chivalry could be taken Women, however, can’t serve in the a factor I will take into consideration care of during basic training. You can infantry or operate mortars, which fi re moving forward,” Ayotte said. train a soldier to think and act exactly shells at enemies, Burnham said. “Female Marines were among those THOMAS ROY/UNION LEADER how you want them,” Hayes said. “A The issue may end up in Congress. escorting our delegation to a market- Nancy Young, a retired Air National Guardsman, holds the Air Force Combat Medal female soldier who can hold her own Only one of four members of New place in Nawa, and I learned that they given for her service in Iraq in 2004. Young, who lives in Auburn, says the military and complete the mission is just an- Hampshire’s congressional delegation engage in a range of dangerous opera- should lift the ban on women engaging in direct combat roles. “I think women other member of the team doing her has made up her mind on whether to tions,” she said. “And females fl y and have proven themselves again and again,” she says. part. She shouldn’t be treated any dif- lift the ban on women serving in direct engage in combat missions in the Air ferently.” combat roles. Force. The generals who briefed us said he was proud of the men and and cons, and vote to do what serves Comments from Hayes and White “I agree with the conclusions of uniformly praised the service of both women serving in uniform, “especially the best interest of the people of New were relayed through a military public this study and think we should move women and men serving in Afghani- those serving heroically in Afghanistan Hampshire.” affairs offi ce in Kuwait. to allow qualifi ed women to serve in stan.” and Iraq. Because combat there often Several female soldiers interviewed An unscientifi c survey on union- combat,” said U.S. Sen. Jeanne Sha- U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass, R-N.H., said: occurs in urban neighborhoods and agreed with the commission’s recom- leader.com showed 53 percent of re- heen, D-N.H. “Female service members serve our on isolated rural roads instead of the mendation. spondents favored keeping the ban in “Women are already doing danger- nation heroically and selfl essly on battlefi eld, sadly women are included “If we are able to do the job, we place. ous work in Iraq and Afghanistan and many different fronts, including on in the list of those who have made the should be allowed the same opportu- “A lot of civilians can’t get over the are often attached to combat units the multidimensional battlefi elds of ultimate sacrifi ce for their country. nities,” said Spc. Kayla White of Man- fact of letting women serve in a com- there. Women soldiers have seen Afghanistan and Iraq. Based on the “If legislation is introduced to chester, a member of the 197th Fires bat role. I think it’s hard for them to combat, and women soldiers have recommendations of our military change the current policy and allow Brigade. accept it,” Young said before the sur- been killed. It’s time that these brave leaders, we should further examine women to serve in combat units, I About 740 New Hampshire Guards- vey was posted online. “I think that’s Americans are allowed to serve in lifting the ban.” will look at it the way I do all legisla- men from the brigade, which is head- why Congress, the Pentagon, whom- combat and given the same career And U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, R-N.H., tion: I will examine it, weigh the pros quartered in Manchester, are serving ever is reluctant to change the ban.”

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