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Abnormally high levels of groundwater combined with potential problems in drains and pipes could have caused the flooding that destroyed the children's room of the Weare Public Library during last month's nor'easter, according to an engineering report. [Harry Wetherbee]'s report, which he gave Library Director Christine Hague last week, highlighted three possible reasons for the flooding. First, Wetherbee found that there may have been a buildup of groundwater below the basement slab, which could have seeped into the room. Ideally, he wrote, drains should have been placed lower in the ground to draw water down. Second, drains may have become clogged with silt. A system to allow the drain to be easily cleaned out may never have been installed. Third, the pipe that runs from the library to a catch basin may have been laid too flat and could not properly drain the groundwater. \"I think there's a nice groundswell of people who are concerned about this gem we have that we don't want to lose, and see the need for doing all we can to get the children's room up and running,\" Selectmen Chairwoman Heleen Kurk said.

Carol C. Adelman will visit Refugee camps ; Carol C. Adelman will meet with Afghan rebel commanders including [Sayyid Ahmad Gailani; Abdul Haq; Sibghatullah Mojaddedi] regarding [Narcotics interdiction; Afghan Interim Government; Food supply] ; U.S. Agency for International Development proposes to use Development projects focusing on [Agricultural development; Literacy; Education; Human rights] to promote [Pluralism; Democracy] in Afghanistan ; U.S. Agency for International Development opposes the recommendation by U.S. Congress that Humanitarian assistance be channeled through the Afghan Interim Government ; Itinerary for the visit by Carol C. Adelman to Pakistan includes visits to [Training programs; Hospitals] and meetings with representatives of [Khyber Rifles (Pakistan); Private voluntary organizations; Afghan Interim Government; Pakistan. Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate; Business community; United Nations] ; U.S. Agency for International Development provides Statistics on [Economic assistance; Humanitarian assistance] provided to Afghanistan through the [Cross-Border Humanitarian Assistance Program; Public Law 480 of 1958; Department of Defense Humanitarian Relief Program; United Nations. Commission on Human Rights; World Food Program] and through programs for [Cross-border relief operations; Mine clearing] ; U.S. Agency for International Development summarizes Development projects to provide [Medical care; Food distribution; Irrigation systems; Health services; Education; Mules; Surplus public property; Relief supplies] through the [Department of Defense Humanitarian Relief Program; Cross-Border Humanitarian Assistance Program] ; Carol C. Adelman receives articles from [Newspapers; Conferences] describing [United States assistance to Afghan rebels; Ethnic groups; Afghan rebel commanders; Afghan Rebel Alliance (Pakistan); Afghan refugees; Urbanization; Islam] in preparation for her visit to Pakistan

AUBURN Priscilla W. (Wetherbee) Eells, 85, of 21 Elbridge Rd., died Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, at The Meadows of Leicester. Her husband, Harry W. Eells, died in 1969. She leaves a daughter, Susan M. Eells of Little Compton, Rhode Island; two sons, Bruce R. Eells of Arlington, Virginia, and David M.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 3 at 11 a.m. in The First Church in Sterling, 6 Meeting House Hill Road, Sterling, MA. A private burial will take place at the Hillside Cemetery in Sterling. At Polly's request, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place West - 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445-7226, attention Contribution Services or to The Ark Animal Shelter, P.O. Box Box 276 Cherryfield, Maine 04622. Condolence book and directions available at: