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The next meeting of the Hampton Garden Club will be Wednesday, May 8, for the Spring Clean-Up at the Lane Library & Monument in Hampton at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place at the First Congregational Church across the street. Then, the Garden Club’s annual Plant & Bake Sale will be Saturday, May 11, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Centre School in Hampton, with annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, decorated rocks, baked goods, a silent auction of rain barrels, and a kids craft table.

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The Brian Eldredge Memorial Skate Park Committee, in cooperation with the Amesbury Improvement Association, is hosting a fundraiser kick-off on Thursday, May 9, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Blue Ocean Event Center in Salisbury. Proceeds will support the reconstruction of the Skate Park in Amesbury, located at the Town Park on Friend Street. The event will feature music and entertainment by DJ Jeff Gleason, appetizers, a cash bar, large raffle and a live auction. Tickets are available by calling committee chairperson Donna Eldredge at 978-821-4084.

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On Saturday, May 4, the first annual Great Bay Food Truck Festival will be held from noon to 5 p.m. at Stratham Hill Park (270 Portsmouth Ave., Stratham). That event will feature more than 20 food trucks and other vendors, plus live music, craft beer and games. Admission is $5 per person, or $20 per family. Visit greatbayfoodtruckfestival.com.

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By Caleb Jagoda To people who have never played or watched it, tennis can seem like an insider’s sport, one that’s difficult to crack into, expensive and even boring. As Seacoast Sports Club Great Bay Tennis teaching professional Kris Elien said, some think that tennis is “predominantly a wealthy sport, only [for] families that can afford to put the kids in programs and spend a lot of money on equipment and ... private lessons for kids.” Elien, who has been with Great Bay for two years and has been at the York Golf and Tennis Club for seven years (where he is the head tennis professional), said these are common misconceptions about the sport — but that’s not the case. “It’s accessible to … all ages … and all ethnic backgrounds,” he said. “It’s open to everybody, everyone, every type of sex, every color, every size.” Elien is just one of the tennis pros on the Seacoast who are trying to change these incorrect assumptions about the sport and teach people the ins and outs of the game. As Elien said, what he and the other Seacoast pros are doing is important because they’re “breaking down all those myths of it being expensive, or not affordable, or hard and this type of person can’t play tennis.” As tennis pro Mark Moulton of the Sports Barn in Hampton, Rye Recreation and North Hampton Parks and Recreation SEACOAST SCENE MAY 2 - 8, 2019 | PAGE 6

said, people of any age or physical accessibilities can play the sport. “You can pick it up from 3 to 93 and play if you’re handicapped or just for exercise, as it is one of the top calorie-burning sports there is,” he said. According to Elien, playing tennis comes with a wealth of benefits across the board. “Tennis teaches a lot,” Elien said. “Not only health benefits … now with the teams and the programs [that are available] it also has a lot of social benefits. … Being able to overcome adversity. Being able to problem-solve. Being able to go through with something even though it’s difficult. Training yourself to learn; allowing yourself to learn. It teaches you so many different life lessons and principles.” Elien remembers countless stories of those in his developmental tennis programs who grew from the experience, both young and old. He recalled the 14-year-old girl whom he snuck into his program after she had shown up wearing hard-soled shoes (which aren’t allowed on the tennis courts), and after taking one class of the developmental program she enjoyed it so much that she went out and purchased tennis shoes with her own money, plus athletic tights and a tennis shirt, and eventually she even got a trainer to help her work out in the gym, completely changing the way she looked at physical fitness after taking his program.

He also noted the adult women’s teams that he’s coached where all the players join together for wine and cheese after practice, no matter the time of day. Elien believes that tennis can change a person’s life for the better; after all, it gave him the opportunity to leave his native U.S. Virgin Island of Saint Croix at the age of 14 to come to Florida, where he lived with a guardian and trained for his future as a tennis pro. With its many benefits, Elien, Moulton and other tennis pros on the Seacoast recommend tennis to everyone, no matter their experience level with the sport. The Seacoast is full of knowledgeable pros, indoor and outdoor tennis courts and copious resources to engage with the sport that many have come to love. And for the tennis beginner, there are many tips, tricks and things to know before getting started.

BEGINNER TECHNIQUE

For those just starting to play tennis, many tennis pros believe that footwork is a vital skill that beginners often overlook. According to Chris Stevens, the racket sports director/director of tennis at Wentworth by the Sea Country Club in Rye, tennis novices should focus on their footwork first and foremost, and then the rest of the game’s fundamentals will follow suit.

“A lot of players when they’re first starting out take a lot of little steps,” Stevens said, “where I would have them try to take fewer, larger steps that will help their balance, especially getting to the ball from long distances and then implementing what we call a unit turn, which is turning your body to the right or left side depending if it’s a forehand or backhand, and you do that as a unit instead of separating your hands too early and looking like a washing machine out there with your hands flailing all over the place.” Stevens said solid footwork is imperative because new players often have the misconception that tennis can be as easy as the professionals make it look on TV. “Especially with the ball, which is always obviously moving, you’re hitting a moving object; just that alone should be a cause for concern as far as it being easy,” Stevens said. “So that seems to be the biggest thing: how many little things go into preparing to hit a single shot.” Elien believes that having played other sports can help tennis newcomers with basic skills that are applicable to tennis, such as footwork. Although it’s necessary, Elien thinks that having played another sport which involved coordination and balance gives players an edge when they first begin, as they have experience honing the skills that cross over between sports. “Your background helps a lot,” Elien

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Before even setting foot on the court, tennis beginners should be aware of the recommended equipment in order to correctly learn the fundamentals that Elien and Stevens champion. As far as footwear, tennis pros adamantly advise against wearing running shoes, as they can lead to sprained ankles and other below-the-knee injuries. “Find a tennis shoe that is a little bit on

the lighter side but has good stability,” Stevens said. “Tennis is a lot of stopping and starting and sideways movement; you don’t want to get a really comfortable shoe that really doesn’t have any stability because it’s easy to turn an ankle that way. A lot of people like running shoes [but] they’re not great [for tennis]. Even though they’re very comfortable, it’s a higher platform so they’re really not great to play tennis in because it’s another opportunity for the shoe to stick on the court and to turn an ankle.” Stevens also stressed the importance of trying out a tennis racket before buying it, as opposed to walking into a store and purchasing one purely based on its appearance. “As far as the racket, the key to that is don’t go to Dick’s Sporting Goods and just buy a racket,” Stevens said. “Go to your local club, most places will let you demo and try out the racket and hit with it three or four times.” Stevens said that at Wentworth by the Sea Country Club they force potential buyers to use a racket at least three times before purchasing it. “If they still really like [the racket after trying it several times], we just talk about the strings and what they’re looking for, if they’re looking for power or comfort,” Stevens said. “If they have any injuries, you might put a softer string in, and you might also adjust the tension making it a little lighter, looser tension if they have any shoulder or elbow problems.” Kyle Littlefield, tennis director at 8

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said. “If you have an athletic background, if you have kids who play basketball and soccer and other sports then that transfers through to tennis, but if you don’t it can be a difficult thing to pick up.” Elien also said that movement and technique are vital when first starting to play the sport, as they lay the groundwork for the rest of the fundamentals players will learn. “Movement is a big piece,” Elien said. “Technique, it can be important, but at the beginning I would say try to have fun with it at first. Even if the technique is horrible, it’s important to just get out and have fun before you really get down into being technical and mechanical because depending on all ages too, whenever you start, it can be difficult to stick with … because it can seem like a huge task to try to really develop a technically sound forehand technique or backhand technique to overcome whatever obstacle is in front of you. So it can seem like a huge task, but fundamentals [are] really big.”

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to get it in the service box. If you do not, then the other team is awarded the point. Points are awarded when the ball bounces twice on the court, a player hits a ball out of play of the game lines or a player “puts When you play a match of singles tennis, away” a point, meaning the player hits a you play using the baseline and the sinshot within the bounds of the game lines gles sidelines; any ball that lands outside of and the opposing player is unable to make a these lines is out. When you play a match of play and hit the ball back. doubles tennis, you play using the baseline Scoring starts at “love,” which means zero. and doubles sidelines; any ball that lands Once one point is scored, it is “15 - love.” outside of these lines is out. If that same player scores again, it is “30 When you serve the ball to start a point, you - love.” If that same player scores again, serve from behind the baseline. To start a it is “40 - love.” If that same player scores game, you serve from your right side of the again, he has won the game. A player has baseline into the opposing player/team’s to win six games to win a set. Typically, a deuce court service box that is diagonal to player has to win two sets to win the match you. The following point, you serve on the and end the entire match. If two opponents left side of the baseline and into the oppoare tied at “40 - 40,” this is called “deuce.” nent’s ad court service box, and continue to You have to win a game, set and match by switch sides with every point. two, so when tied at deuce in a game, if the You serve by throwing the ball up and hitfirst team wins the point after deuce, they ting it from above your head, and the ball would be up one point, called “ad in” or has to land in the appointed service box advantage in. If they had lost the point, they for the point. If the ball touches the net on would be down “ad out” or advantage out. a serve but still lands in the appointed serYou can only win the game by having the vice box, it is deemed a “let” and you get to advantage in your favor after a deuce and serve again. If your serve does not land in then winning the next point; in other words, the appointed service box, then it is deemed once it’s deuce, you have to win two points a “fault” and you get one more serve to try in a row to win that game.

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Dearborne Park in North Hampton, Lion’s Park in Salisbury and Recreation Park in Exeter all have outdoor tennis courts that are available for public use. Elien and Stevens also recommend the South Mill Playground tennis courts in Portsmouth, which were renovated and completely redone as of the summer of 2017. Along with outdoor public courts, the Sports Barn in Hampton, where Littlefield and Moulton work, and the Seacoast Sports Club Great Bay Tennis in Newmarket, where Elien works, all provide public, non-membership indoor tennis courts that can be booked ahead of time by the hour or half-hour.

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As tennis players advance in their understanding, knowledge and experience of the game, there enters a whole new conversation. Do I play singles or doubles? How do I take my game to the next level? Where can I join a private, indoor facility and train? These are all questions that tennis players may ask themselves after moving past the initial stages of their introduction to the sport, and questions that the tennis pros across the Seacoast have the answers to. According to Stevens, doubles and singles in tennis have very different strategies, and differ so much that they can almost feel like two completely distinct games. Stevens explained that a huge emphasis is placed on singles for the kids, whereas when people are beginning to learn tennis well into adulthood, they normally only play doubles. While every person’s preference varies, he said myriad factors go into whether a player gravitates toward singles or doubles. “Based on when someone started playing, you can see more flexibility in their game,” Stevens said. “If they started younger, they can play more singles and a little doubles; if they started older, they’re very often a doubles player.” Stevens also explained the physical aspects of playing singles versus doubles. “Another contributing factor is someone’s fitness,” he said. “If they like to really run around and get exercise, they’ll say, ‘I want to be a singles player.’ They feel doubles is too slow of a pace.” But really, what it comes down to is each player’s personal preference, playing style and what they’re looking to get out of the game. “What that person is looking for out of the game sometimes dictates what they become,” Stevens said. “But in general it takes a couple years to even feel comfortable playing doubles because there’s so much — both singles and doubles have their own tactics and strategies, but because you’re working with someone else

[with doubles], you have to factor that in a lot more.” Stevens believes doubles takes a little longer to acclimate to than singles because of the emphasis doubles places on strategy and working together with your partner. Stevens’ advice for those trying to play doubles is to learn how to play both the ad side (the left side of the court for the player) and the deuce side (the right side of the court for the player) of the court in order to be versatile. “As far as being a good partner in doubles, learn how to play both sides of the court,” Stevens said. “A lot of doubles players only want to be a deuce side player or an ad side player, so they only want to return serves from one side, which limits both their growth as a player and limits who they can play with, so I would say starting out you definitely want to learn how to play both sides of the court in doubles.” Stevens also believes that the communication aspect of doubles is essential. If you have a bad relationship with your partner, Stevens says, you probably won’t play well together. “Be someone who other people want to play with,” he said. “Doubles is all about sharing and working with someone, it’s developing a relationship in a short period of time so you guys can find a common goal of winning, and too many doubles players focus on themselves instead of setting up your partner for success.” While doubles tends to be strategy-oriented, singles is a much more exerting, one-on-one style of gameplay, with a whole court wide open for players to chase the ball around. This is one of the reasons Kris Elien loves singles tennis, and the reason he was drawn to the sport in the first place. “I loved the one on one, I loved the fact that I had to figure things out on my own,” Elien said. “It was my skills versus your Public outdoor courts on the coast Dearborne Park Route 111/Exeter Road, North Hampton Hours: Dawn to dusk Four tennis courts Lion’s Park Lion’s Way (dead end off Gardner Street), Salisbury Hours: 9 a.m. to dusk Two tennis courts Recreation Park 4 Hampton Road, Exeter Hours: None listed Eight tennis courts South Mill Playground Junkins Avenue, Portsmouth Hours: None listed Six tennis courts

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skills, my want versus your want, my dedication to my sport and my training versus yours. And that won me over. I’m very competitive. I love running, I love chasing, chasing something, I love figuring things out, trying to figure things out, I’m excited by competition and that won me over.” As players advance in tennis and figure out their playing styles and preferences, Mark Moulton said, it takes a certain winning combination to become a truly exceptional player. “Although just hitting around is not too hard for recreational players, to be advanced takes the combination of ten-

nis skills, athleticism, emotional control as well as intelligence,” Moulton said. Whether you’re a novice interested in what tennis has to offer, or a seasoned veteran that’s continuing to expand your knowledge and love of the game, tennis offers a fun pastime that can teach far beyond the reach of the courts. “It gives you a chance to exercise so many different principles and things like dedication and determination, exercise and desire, wanting to do something and putting your mind to it and actually going out and doing it. It encourages all that,” Elien said. “I mean, it’s so much more than tennis for me when I step on the court.”

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Coming up on its fifth anniversary, the Northeast Sea Glass Expo is happening Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5. The Expo boasts over 50 artists showcasing a variety of sea glass and beach glass collections and art, plus ocean- and beachthemed works made from driftwood and seashells. “I personally collect a lot of glass in Gloucester, the oldest shipping seaport in the U.S.,” said Terry Pino from Beach Day Designs, who has shown her work at the expo since its inception. “When people bring what they think looks like a round rock and find out that it’s really a colonial marble that perhaps a child played with in the 1800s, their whole mood changes. Massachusetts and New Hampshire have some great seaglassing spots, and since the show is local, people find a lot of pieces that tie in to the history of the area.” Visitors can also catch lectures, such as the one hosted by Terry Pino from Beach Day Designs on how lavender sea glass is formed, and two hosted by Mary McCarthy – one on the mysteries of sea marbles and how they come to be, and one on the pros and cons of social media in relation to the hobby. According to McCarthy’s blog, she will also have on hand her debut children’s book I Sea, which she describes as channeling “my inner Dr. Seuss, the pages are filled with riddles, and photos of colorful marine debris, mostly finds of mine and some from beaches around the world, providing fun for beachcombers of all ages.” Other happenings at the Expo will include its first “Sea Glass Bingo,” which has players trying to get Bingo through different pieces of sea glass. As in previous years, there will be a raffle held to win fantastic prizes. However, as Expo founder Debbie Crowley explains, this year will be exceptionally meaningful.

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“Every year we have a raffle and each artist donates one of their items,” Crowley said. “This year the raffle will benefit the daughter of a vet tech at the Exeter Veterinary Hospital who has always been so kind to our animals throughout the years. Olive just turned 7 in March and is fighting cranial germinoma. One hundred percent of our raffle proceeds will benefit Olive and her family.” Attendees can purchase two raffle tickets for $5, or six tickets for $10. Colleen Flanagan from Sea Glass Jewelry by Colleen Marie, who has also attended the expo since its inception, said it’s a great opportunity for people to find gifts for

Mother’s Day or any special occasion. “[With all] the talented and unique artists, it’s actually hard to choose which vendor to buy from,” she said, adding that the trip is also worthwhile for “the many restaurants to choose from right outside the door or along the coast.” The Northeast Sea Glass Expo will be held in the Seacoast Recreation Center, located at 311 Lafayette Road, Seabrook. Show days are Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. General admission is $5, and children under 12 get in free. Visit thenortheastseaglassexpo.com. — Mike Costello

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Warped rotors give this pony the shakes Dear Car Talk: My 2008 Mustang GT shakes at around 60-65 mph when braking. The Hurst 5-speed stick shakes as well. When this is happening, the steering wheel moves By Ray Magliozzi from side to side. I’ve had the alignment checked and the tires balanced and rotated, and the brake wear looks even. Sometimes, when braking at slower speeds, the steering wheel will shake. Before taking the car to a shop, is there anything I can look for? — Peter You can look for the average price of two front brake rotors for a 2008 Mustang GT, Peter. And make sure you have at least that much in your checking account. This is a classic case of warped disc rotors. The disc rotor is a key part of the brake system. The rotor is attached to the wheel, and when you step on the brake, you squeeze that rotor from both sides with the brake pads. If the rotor is warped, every time that high spot comes around, it pushes back on the brake pads. When the warp is mild, you can feel it as a pulsing of the brake pedal. When it’s more severe, it can make the steering wheel or

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even the whole car shake when you brake. And if it’s really severe, it’ll loosen up a filling or two. Frankly, I’m kind of disappointed in your mechanic, Peter. This is something so obvious that even my late brother could’ve diagnosed it if we woke him up from his nap under one of the cars in the shop. So, I’d ask some friends if they can recommend a mechanic they really like. Or go to www.mechanicsfiles.com and use your ZIP code to search for a highly recommended mechanic in your area. Explain that the steering wheel shakes when you brake from high speed. If he says right away “it’s probably disc rotors,” you’ve found your new mechanic, Peter. Dear Car Talk: I have a 2017 Acadia. When the car is shifted into park, the dashboard shows a warning that the car is not in park! It says I can’t turn off the car until the car is in park, even though it’s in park. If I leave the car like that, all the electrical stuff stays on and my battery will die. To get the car to shut off, I have to move the shifter back and forth from drive to park a number of times, until the car finally registers that it’s in park. Once it took over 20 times of doing

that to get the car to shut off. When this happens, the car is not in park and seems to be in gear or at least in neutral because it will roll. I contacted GMC and they said they were aware of this problem as it is showing up on vehicles from 2016 through 2018. They say their technicians are still working on it. My local GMC dealer is going to try to research the problem as well. I understand there’s even a class-action suit against GMC for continuing to sell the Acadia with this known problem. Bottom line: the car says it’s in park, but the engine won’t shut off. I am concerned that someday I will not be able to shut it off at all. Any ideas? — John Yes, it’s a bad shifter assembly, John. GMC has recently issued a Technical Service Bulletin for this problem. If you go back to your dealer, they should now know how to fix it. If you originally complained about the problem while your car was under warranty, GMC should fix it for free. If you’re out of warranty, it’ll probably cost you $250- $300. But even if you have to pay for it out of pocket, you should get it fixed. The last thing you want is for the car to roll away with your mother-in-law strapped into the back seat. Well, I guess that depends on how you feel

about your mother-in-law. And your Acadia. If you do shell out your own money, definitely hang onto your receipt. Should GMC eventually be forced to issue a recall for this problem, they’ll have to reimburse you. The key question is whether the car is able to roll away — as you say yours is. If that’s true, this is a serious safety issue, and GMC will be forced to recall the vehicles. If you’re mistaken, and it’s “just” a problem where you can’t turn off the vehicle and your battery dies, that’ll frost your shorts, but it may not fall under the safety purview of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In either case, get it fixed right away. Then lodge a complaint with NHTSA (www.nhtsa.gov — “report a problem”). If your Acadia really can roll away when this problem occurs, be sure to tell NHTSA that. That’s crucial information. If NHTSA gets enough complaints, they can open an investigation, which is what can lead to a safety recall. You can also check back at www.nhtsa. gov from time to time and search your car under “Recalls” to see if any action has been taken. Once it’s fixed, remember to cancel your membership in the Battery of the Month Club, John.

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AT LOVEBIRDS DONUTS Coffee and doughnuts sounds simple, but with full-service organic fair-trade coffee and espresso drinks, as well as homemade vegan doughnuts from a rotating menu of creative flavors, Lovebirds Donuts (450 U.S. Route 1, Unit B, Kittery, Maine, 207-703-2392, lovebirdsdonuts.com) is having fun with the concept. Co-owner Tamara Monroe said it was her husband Ryan MacDougall’s interest in yeast-raised baking and fermentation techniques (he also homebrewed for a number of years) that served as the driving force for them to start their own shop. They decided on doughnuts for several reasons, but Monroe said it all came down to a feeling of tradition and nostalgia — she remembers her aunts and cousins always bringing over boxes of doughnuts for them to enjoy growing up. Lovebirds Donuts, she said, will likely always offer between 15 and 20 different flavors of doughnuts at any given time, with the menu changing out monthly. Signature doughnut flavors currently available include strawberry shortcake, whoopie pie, Boston cream, mangoglazed and cinnamon sugar. There will also be several flavors influenced by the changing seasons, such as cherry-inspired flavors in the spring and early summer, and pumpkin- and apple-inspired flavors in the fall. The Scene recently caught up with Monroe to talk about Lovebirds Donuts and what you can expect when you visit. How long has Lovebirds Donuts been around? Our grand opening was the weekend of [April] 13th and 14th. All of our doughnuts are vegan, which means they are free of any animal products, including eggs and milk. I have been vegan myself for a few years. My husband is not vegan, but we had kind of been throwing this idea out there as a business that we would like to explore, and we really thought [the vegan concept] could be done with the doughnut model. What makes Lovebirds Donuts unique? The vegan element is, I think, a big reason why people come to us, because we are also appealing to people with food aller-

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gies or different diet restrictions. People can’t believe, for example, that they get to have a Boston cream doughnut here. I think the other big thing for us is that we focus on creating a really good experience, which is one of the reasons why we picked doughnuts in the first place. We want you to step into the shop and be able to unplug from the chaos of the day. We also have a window you can look through into the kitchen, so you can see how the food is being made. The kids especially love that. What is your personal favorite doughnut flavor you offer? My favorite is the strawberry jam-filled. We use brioche dough and the jam we fill it with is made from scratch. There’s

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just a little bit of sweet jam to highlight the buttery flavor of the dough without the doughnut being too cloying. It’s very satisfying. What is a doughnut that everyone should try? I’ve been recommending first-timers to go for the glazed brioche. We joke that it’s like the “gateway doughnut” because it’s the base of a lot of the doughnuts that we do, and if you try that one you will be hooked to try some others. What’s an essential skill to running a bakeshop? One is definitely having the ability to see … not only the experience people have

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Begin by combining flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in one bowl. In another bowl, using electric hand mixer, beat butter, two kinds of sugar, eggs and vanilla. Gradually mix in flour mixture and blended and then add the butterscotch and oats. Batter will be different than a traditional cookie because of the oats. Spoon 1 tablespoon balls of mixture onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake 9-10 minutes or until slightly golden. Cool for a bit before removing from sheet, they are more fragile than other kinds of cookies.

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Whether you’re a seasoned comic book reader hungry for new material or a comic book newbie with no idea where to start, Free Comic Book Day is the perfect time to take a chance on some new comics without spending a dime. The annual worldwide event, set for Saturday, May 4, encourages comic book shops to hand out free comic books created specially for that day and to offer comic-related fun like cosplay contests, door prizes and special guests. “There is not another day of the year that a comic book shop will get so many new faces into their establishment,” said Ralph DiBernardo, owner of participating comic book shop Jetpack Comics in Rochester. “It allows us [comic book shops] to … tailor-fit someone to a comic book [based] on their line of interest and give it to them for free. … If we do our job right, the new readers will return [to the shop].” There are 51 FCBD exclusive comics this year, including 12 “gold” titles, which are available at all participating shops, and 39 “silver” titles, which are available at select shops. Some comics are spin-offs of movies, television shows, video games and established comic book series, such as Stranger Things, Doctor Who, Pokemon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bob’s Burgers, Star Wars and others. Other comics are samples of full-length comics that are soon to be released. “It’s exciting for comic book readers because the publishers … showcase their best upcoming work for their Free Comic Book Day offerings,” DiBernardo said. “It’s kind of a sneak peek or secret introduction into what the publisher is going to be bringing us this year.” With the Avengers: Endgame film hitting theaters this month, DiBernardo said he expects the FCBD Avengers #1 comic to go fast. “I can’t see the Avengers comic book not being the most sought-after. That’s the comic that everyone is going to want to pick up,” DiBernardo said. “Given how fast the movie tickets have sold, I think [the comic] is going to attract a lot of people … maybe a 20- to 25-percent increase in [the number of] people attending this year.” The only rule for comic book shops on FCBD is that the FCBD comics must be distributed for free. Outside of that, every comic book shop has its own approach. Some put a limit on the number of free comics a person can take while others allow people to take as many as they want. Shops may also set out leftover FCBD comics from previous years, if they have some. In addition to the free comics, many shops host special events and activities on that day. The largest FCBD celebration in the state is the Rochester Free Comic Book Day Festival, a partnership between the City of Rochester and Jetpack Comics. Festivities including local comic creators, vendors, live entertainment, food, a cosplay contest and more will take place

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throughout downtown. FCBD comics will be available at Jetpack Comics and 21 Rochester businesses and community centers, with a different selection of comics at each site. You can see what’s happening where and start planning your route with the scavenger hunt map, available now on Jetpack’s website. “People start lining up at our store around 7 a.m., and by noontime there are 4,000 people roaming around downtown Rochester,” DiBernardo said. “It’s a super fun day, and the city has a great time with it.” DiBernardo said that on FCBD the store’s staff will be happy to offer suggestions and help guide people, particularly people who are new to comics, to a comic that matches their interests and taste. “Talk to us,” DiBernardo said. “Most of us who sell comic books do so from a love for comic books. Every one of us wants to share that passion.” — Angie Sykeny Participating Seacoast-area comic book stores For more information about Free Comic Book Day, visit freecomicbookday.com. • Jetpack Comics, 37 N. Main St., Rochester, 330-9636, jetpackcomics.com. The store partners with the City of Rochester to host the Rochester Free Comic Book Day Festival. Special activities including a cosplay competition and visits from special guest comic book creators and artists will take place at the store and at various downtown locations. • Krypton Comics And Pop Culture Emporium, 103 Water St., Exeter, 6582667, kryptonantiques.com. There will be sales on regular comics and graphic novels all weekend. • Stairway to Heaven Comics, 105 Gosling Road, Newington, 319-6134, stairwaytoheavencomics.com. There will be special guest comic book creators, sales and a costume contest.

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The short stories in Erin McGraw’s new collection aren’t just short: They’re “very short” as revealed in the subtitle. Which makes them perfect for Americans’ ever shrinking attention spans. But here’s the problem with short stories: If the writer is any good, and her characters appealing, you are vaguely disappointed when the story ends, no matter how well-crafted it is. As such, McGraw has the potential to disappoint you 53 times, like a pro baseball team only in a shorter period of time. That’s not a reason to pass on Joy, but you have been warned. Most of the stories are in first person; a few are connected. For example, “Comfort (1)” and “Comfort (2)” both deal with the aftermath of an apparently accidental shooting of a child. McGraw’s strong, folksy style emerges at the start: “‘Just tell the truth,’ they say, and I can’t even count how many things are wrong with that sentence. There are a lot of truths, and most of them aren’t on speaking terms with the others.” Like the stories that come later, each delivers a saucy snippet of a life, many with the sort of ending you later lie awake puzzling over. “The Tenth Student” is the musing of a “wispy-haired piano teacher with the bad apartment and the good Baldwin” who understands that out of every 10 students only one will be serious about music. “The tenth student isn’t here to learn how to play. The tenth student knows about playing. I teach the tenth student what the music can bring: our ruination.” “Before” is the story of the adult daughter caring for her father, who is daily losing comprehension to dementia. “I have to leave the room and splash cold water on my face. He used — never mind what he used to be. This is who he is. Will it be this bad for me? Of course it will.” “Breaking Glass” is told by a woman who becomes obsessed with her lover’s former wife and goes to the Porsche dealership where she works to test drive a car. “She must use something to keep her skin dewy. The blood of ex-husbands, Ben would say.” “Management” is the story of the manager of a hot-dog restaurant who’s

working not just to earn money but to escape his home life, which entails taking care of a his 26-year-old paraplegic brother. “After work I stop by the grocery store and bring home dinner. I know what Randy likes — pork chops, fried potatoes, ice cream. Beer. I buy it, he drinks it, neither of us says anything.” “Pebble” is a six pages of genius, crafted with recurring “Not Yets” of things that had not yet happened a family’s life. “Not yet: The day before Easter, all three kids in the kitchen with five dozen boiled eggs and neat pots of dye, the air stinging with vinegar. No one ever admitted throwing the first egg. The stained wallpaper stayed up until it was time to sell the house.” “Hope” is the agonized song of a mother whose only child has been abducted, and who is suspecting that everything she learned in church wasn’t true. “So God can just reach down and take whatever he wants? How exactly does that make God different from Charles Louis Brown, parole violator with multiple priors, everything from DUI to armed robbery to, yes, of course, sexual assault?” “Joy,” the titular story, wrestles with grief, grief over a dead dog, a dead sister, dead dreams. “This isn’t the life I meant to have. I’m not saying that it’s worse.” “Bucket (1)” and “Bucket (2)” are about the newspaper advice columnist who gets a letter (or thinks he does) from his wife of 18 years, saying, “I don’t know when it stopped being happy. Now my heart is like a bucket with a hole in the bottom, and it can’t hold anything anymore.” And so forth. Story after story, they tumble, 53 stories, 53 lives. At time it’s a bit much, like driving down a road with too many turns, especially if you’re reading a dozen at one sitting. But McGraw’s voice is compelling, and her style can change as abruptly as New England weather, as in “Pebble” and in “Prayer,” a story mostly composed of sentences that begin with the word “Because.” There’s little joy here, not in the euphoric sense, but plenty of interesting lives draped in pain and, dare we hope, meaning. B+ — Jennifer Graham

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For over 20 years, drummer Tommy Benedetti has been a vital part of the Boston music scene. Along with John Brown’s Body, the genre-defining reggae band he co-founded 20 years ago that’s currently on hiatus, Benedetti plays in Organically Good Trio and Dub Apocalypse. When rappers Akrobatik and Mr. Lif reunited The Perceptionists, Benedetti and guitarist Van Martin (of DA and OGT) were tapped to play with them at an NPR Tiny Desk Concert in Washington, D.C. In a recent phone interview, Benedetti called the experience “awesome, definitely a bucket list item for me personally.” They’ve backed the legendary hip-hop duo on a handful of shows since. His focus these days is Dub Apocalypse, which will perform at The Press Room on Saturday, May 4. DA is an instrumental reggae supergroup with a lineup that changes with shifting commitments. All but one member of what Benedetti calls “the A Team of the band” will be in Portsmouth — Martin, guitarist Johnny Trama and Timo Shanko on tenor saxophone. Bassist Chris Beam rounds out the five-piece band. Beam is a Granite State musician, similar to Seacoast bass player Nate Edgar, who joined DA at their last Press Room gig. “So this is our second one in a row bringing the New Hampshire bass scene with us, so it makes good sense,” Benedetti said. “I’m so glad the Press Room is back; I think they did a great job turning it around. It looks and sounds great.” Dub Apocalypse began “a dozen or so years ago,” Benedetti said. “We would all get together at this place in Brookline called Matt Murphy’s Pub, a hot spot of live, cool, experimental music. A bunch of weekly residencies were happening there ... it became a hang, and a popular thing.” Dub Apocalypse When: Saturday, May 4, 9 p.m. Where: Press Room, 77 Daniel St., Portsmouth More: dubapocalypse.com

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After Murphy’s closed, DA moved to Bull McCabe’s in Somerville; a residency there is now in its eighth year. Musically, the band draws from a strain of Jamaican and British reggae popular in the late ’70s. In a 2018 interview with Rootfire, Benedetti described their approach: “The tenor sax basically functions as the voice. We do start from a heavy drum and bass dub foundation always, but on top of that we approach our music almost like jazz. There is improvisation, a lot of interaction between the players, and we’re not afraid to take chances.” They’ve recorded an EP and last year released a debut album called Frozen Planet. Though the LP’s title and the names of a few tracks allude to climate change, DA isn’t sending a message. “It’s kind of a vibe,” Benedetti said. “What I love specifically about reggae is it’s such an expansive sound [with] so much going on, so many layers. You can really just jump in and swim in it. That is kind of the vibe you want to put across.” OGT’s Hammond-rich sound is inspired by the early ’70s strain of reggae, a leaner sound Benedetti enjoys. “I’ve spent most of the last 20 years playing in an eight-piece band with a big horn section and everything, so scaling it down to a three-piece is a real fun challenge musically,” he said. “It’s a different take on music, but once again, it’s a common thread.” Benedetti arrived in Boston in the early ’90s to attend Berklee College of Music, immersed himself in studies, left to tour and came back near decade’s end. Soon he was an integral part of the music community. “That’s when I started meeting the guys [who] would be pretty instrumental in me still doing what I do today,” he said. “It’s just a great scene of people that are playing together and really challenging each other. We still are discovering new music after all these years, and turning each other on to different stuff, trying to work and stay inspired as much as possible. It’s turned out to be a pretty positive environment to live and play in.” — Michael Witthaus

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Creme de la weird

In St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, Lucas Dawe, 20, appeared in court on April 11 to face charges of possessing stolen skeletal remains. According to court documents reported by The Chronicle Herald, Dawe is suspected of stealing a skeleton, estimated to be more than 100 years old, from the All Saints Parish cemetery. The skeleton was found along a walking trail on April 6, and police were led to Dawe after an anonymous witness reported seeing him licking the bones. He was also charged with interfering with human remains, after he was accused of boiling the bones and drinking the water.

What’s in a name?

Residents of a particular neighborhood in the Denver suburb of Cherry Hills Village may not have ever known the name of their subdivision: It didn’t appear on signs, but could be found in the fine print of real estate documents. Nonetheless, the Cherry Hills Village City Council voted unanimously on April 16 to change the neighborhood’s name from Swastika Acres to Old Cherry Hills. Councilman Dan Sheldon explained that the name came from the Denver Land Swastika Co., which divided the land into plots in the early 20th century, before the Nazis appropriated the symbol: “There was nothing wrong with [the name] at that time,” Sheldon told KDVR-TV. Only one resident opposed the name change, Sheldon said. “She thought it was important to preserve that historical value of that symbol ... even though she herself lost family members in the Holocaust.”

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Some days everything goes right. So it was for the Polk County Sheriff’s officers who responded to a call on March 24 from Marta Diaz in Winter Haven, Florida. Diaz’s car, a tan Jeep Patriot, had been stolen earlier in the day. As the officers took Diaz’s statement, that same tan Jeep pulled up in front of the house, and Ronnie Dillon Willis, 25, emerged, telling deputies he was “looking for his cellular phone, which was pinging back to the residence,” reported the Miami Herald. Diaz told the officers she didn’t know Willis but had seen him earlier on her street. Willis told the officers he woke up that morning at that location, inside a vehicle, but he wasn’t sure if it was the Jeep or a minivan also parked there. He knocked on the door of the house, but when no one answered, he took the Jeep to look for his phone, which was missing. The deputies arrested Willis for grand theft of a motor vehicle; Willis also had a suspended license, for which he received a traffic citation.

lia, after the tree appeared to start “weeping” on Good Friday, which the faithful took to be a divine sign. For three days, the tree continued to leak water from a branch stump, provoking people to drink the “holy” water and bathe in it. “What made it exciting yesterday, a man decided to take all his clothes off and have a shower,” remarked neighbor Jacqui Bacich to 9News. The excitement died down after the Water Corporation discovered the tree’s roots had wrapped around a cracked iron water pipe about a foot underground, and the leaking water had slowly filled up a hollow part of the trunk.

avoids fights by any means necessary, but in that situation, I would fight any day,” 20-yearold Antoine McDonald told the media. But the Tampa Bay Times reports McDonald has a rap sheet that belies this chivalrous image. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said McDonald is wanted in New Jersey in connection with a vehicle burglary and was a person of interest in a carjacking and two armed robberies in Florida. Police in Dover, Delaware, report arresting McDonald for two armed robberies there in 2017. No arrests were made in the Orlando incident.

to see 27-year-old Rebecca Gonzales slap and punch her 7-year-old son in the parking lot of a Walmart store, reported ABC15-TV. The boy, according to court documents, had been at Walmart with his grandmother and was supposed to be Grandma’s lookout while she shoplifted, but Gonzales wasn’t happy with his performance. The boy, whose mouth was bleeding, told police his mother hit him because “he didn’t watch out for his grandma good enough.” Gonzales was arrested for aggravated assault.

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In College Station, Texas, the Peach Creek Vineyard is trying out a new concept for its wine-tasting events: wine with alpacas. Teaming up with the Bluebonnet Hills Alpaca Ranch, the vineyard offers customers the chance to pet and take selfies with alpacas while sipping wine and shopping for yarn, wool or clothing. “In 24 hours, we were sold out,” vineyard owner Kenneth Stolpman told KTRK-TV. One event sold out so quickly Stolpman had to turn away more than 1,000 people.

At a Rotterdam, New York, Walmart, two men pulled off a well-choreographed scam on April 13 that cost the store $2,000. The men purchased three laptops, for which they paid cash, according to The Daily Gazette. But after the cashier counted the money, one man asked for it back, saying he wanted to make sure he hadn’t paid too much. The other man then started dancing around the checkout area as a distraction. The thief with the money gave some of it back to the cashier, but pocketed the rest, and the clerk did not recount the cash. Police are still looking for the suspects, who were captured on surveillance video.

Two years ago, 39-year-old Dion Callaway was attempting a high-speed landing after skydiving at the Cloverdale Municipal Airport in Sonoma County, California, when he shattered his left heel and eventually having to have his leg amputated below the knee. On April 21, the Santa Rosa resident was back at it, skydiving, when he lost his leg again -- his $15,000 prosthetic leg “just flew off,” Callaway told the Press Democrat. “I’ve jumped with the prosthetic before, but a rush of air got inside this time. I tried to watch where it was falling, but ... I could not keep track.” Family values Early the next morning, workers at Redwood Police in Phoenix responding to a suspectEmpire lumberyard spotted something they ed child abuse call on April 19 arrived in time first thought was a soda can. Yard production manager Micah Smith said his first reaction was, “Oh, that’s not a soda can, that’s a leg ... where’s the rest?” The story ended happily after Smith called the sheriff’s office, where Callaway picked up his leg later that day. “Skydiving is my everything,” Callaway said. “I always seem to come back to it.”

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Members of England’s Colchester United Football Club were confused by the cheeseburger they found on the pitch at their training ground in March. “When we discovered the burger ... we weren’t quite sure what to think,” media manager Matt Hudson told Sky News. But Tom Stanniland, who was tracking the burger, knew exactly what had happened and called the club to explain. “I sent a burger into space using a weather balloon,” Stanniland said. “It had gone about 24 miles up and the weather balloon popped. It’s ... traveled over 100 miles and landed.” The burger was attached with a zip tie to a styrofoam box fitted with a GoPro camera and a tracking device. Stanniland took a bite out of the burger after retrieving it, but wasn’t impressed: “That’s not nice,” he said.

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