Angie doesn’t mind doing one of the most-hated chores of all time: the dishes. The extra elbow grease needed for scrubbing pots and pans is no problem for her. Silverware? Bring it.

At The Flip Side, a downtown Laconia restaurant offering breakfast and lunch seven days a week, and dinner on Fridays, Angie diligently does the dishes on Mondays and Fridays, a job she’s super grateful for, and very good at.

“She's very proud of what she does. She does an amazing job, she really does,” said owner Jeanin “Nin” Onos.

As part of her restaurant’s business model, Onos employs people like Angie through the Lakes Region Community Services StaffWorks program, which helps people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, or I/DD, find employment. Employees require varying amounts of support,

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