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Wounded Warriors to hit the beach This week I would like to share this announcement with you. Hit the Beach returns to Hampton Beach next week for its 12th year as local surf shops team up with the Wounded Warrior Project Larry Marsolais to help injured veterans get on a surfboard and ride a wave.

Local surf instructors will assist veterans at North Beach on Friday, Aug. 30, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with equipment and instructors provided by Cinnamon Rainbows Surf Company, Pioneers Board Shop, Zapstix’s Surf and Skate and Summer Sessions. Veterans and their families will be able to gather for the event at 18th Street, where a large American flag will be hung by a Hampton fire truck.

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Hampton fire and police officials will also be on hand for assistance. Families of veterans who come to participate are encouraged to surf as well.

“It is, in short, an event that gives back to not only the veterans but the whole community and beyond,” said Ralph Fatello, former Post 35 commander and who helps organize the event. “Hit the Beach day is something that once you’ve seen it, and been a part of it, you will never forget.”

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Larry Marsolais is the general manager of the Seacoast Scene and the former president of the Hampton Rotary Club.

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EVENTS TO CHECK OUT AUGUST 22 - 28, 2019, AND BEYOND Do art

On Friday, Aug. 23, the Hampton Arts network is offering a Shell Craft Class on a 11x14 canvas, with artist Janice Michienzi. It will be held at the St James Lodge in Hampton from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Class is open to adults and teens, and the fee is $10, which includes supplies. RSVP to janice.quietplaces@yahoo.com

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Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury is hosting Pure Barre Newburyport on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 9:30 a.m., to lead a free barre class — just bring your yoga mat. Find Pure Barre on Facebook for more details.

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Head to the indoor/outdoor Arts Jam on Saturday, Aug. 24, located on the Riverside of Water Street, a.k.a. “Artist Alley,” along the Squamscott in Downtown Exeter.

Foundation Art Space will be showcasing the final day of the interactive “Morph: An Exhibition of Urban Impositions” exhibit from Dana Nastee of AS3M Art & Apparel.

There will also be live music throughout the afternoon and evening featuring KIOEA, Bitter Pill, Jake Mehrmann and Alberta & The Dead Eyes. Drummers will be playing the custom TEAM kit built and designed by Jeff Beck of Exeter Drum Works. Guests will also be able to check out and play the kit in between featured bands. There will be vegetarian and meat grillables available from Roosty LaRue, and local beer & wine available in the gallery with a suggested donation. There will also be guest artists and a pop-up art show located at the vacant 121R Water Street Space, directly across the hall from the Magenta Suite gallery.The cost is $10 and tickets can be ordered ahead of time at TeamExeter.org.

Smuttynose Brewery in Hampton is hosting its second annual smoke show competition, which is free for the public to attend, on Sunday, Aug. 25. Doors open at 2 p.m. Professional chefs will compete to prove who has the best ribs on the East Coast while amateur backyard grill masters are invited to compete for the glory of best wings. The Hampton Fire Fighters Charitable Organization will also be hosting a Cornhole Tournament beginning at 2:30 p.m. There’s also a new wing-eating competition for a $10 entry fee, and there will be a bounce house and face painting for kids, plus live music.

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With summer winding down, it’s time to make the most of every remaining second of the season with beachside concerts, fireworks, arcades and everything else the Seacoast has to offer — much of it for a limited time only.

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Kathy Aiello, a member of the board of directors for the Salisbury Beach Partnership and director of the Atlantic Hospitality Group that owns six Salisbury businesses, suggested 10 things that people should do before Labor Day weekend in the Salisbury Beach area: ride the carousel, go to a Tuesday night movie, go to Family Day on Tuesdays, visit the Broadway Mall, grab some food at the Broadway concessions, visit an arcade, go to a morning beach yoga class, eat outdoors at a restaurant, go to DJ Ralphie B’s Friday night beach dance parties and go to a Saturday night concert on Salisbury Beach.

“There’s a little bit of everything,” Aiello said. “While you’re watching a concert, you could be ordering an ice cream, you could be playing cornhole, you could be walking the boardwalk … so there’s just a lot of different activities and things for families, couples, groups of friends. You can go from one thing to the next and it’s all right here within a block.”

Aiello explained each item on her summer bucket list, starting with a ride on the carousel. She said people often confuse the new carousel with the historic carousel that once existed on Salisbury Beach (which the town is attempting to buy back from a carousel collector who now owns it). The new carousel is a seasonal joyride that, for now, is open seven

days a week. While it’s normally $3 per ride (or $10 for four rides), Aiello said that Tuesdays are Carousel Days, where anyone can pay $10 and ride the carousel as many times as they want throughout the day.

Also on Tuesdays at Salisbury Beach are Family Days, which offer several free family-focused activities throughout the day starting at 10 a.m. Capping off each Tuesday is a beach movie night, which invites people to set up on the beach and enjoy a movie on the Broadway Mall stage free of charge.

“The movies are very popular,” she said.

“People come and sit, they bring their lawn chairs and can sit in front of the stage outdoors on a beautiful starry summer night and watch a free movie.”

Each movie night happens on the Broadway Mall, which is a stretch of turf in the center of the Salisbury Beach concession strip, that includes the carousel, cornhole boards, Adirondack chairs and oversized games, such as giant chess. Aiello said that the Broadway Mall was put in a few years ago when the town decided to put turf down in order to give beachgoers more room to lounge.

No visit to Broadway Mall is complete without some beachside food, according to Aiello.

“Beach food, you’ve probably heard of beach pizza, but there’s many concessions located on Broadway that people come here for anything from fried dough and beach pizza to cotton candy, saltwater taffy and homemade ice cream,” she said.

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Finally, Aiello said that a great way to wind down each evening at Salisbury Beach is eating at a beachside restaurant with outdoor seating and enjoying one of the free weekend-night music events each week. She said she’s especially looking forward to the Ramble Music Festival featuring the Adam Ezra Group on Saturday, Aug. 24 (read more about the event on p.

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“It’s a great night out for families. …

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Just north of Salisbury in New Hampshire, Hampton Beach has many similar beachside offerings, like Monday night movie nights, fireworks and arcades. And according to John Kane, the marketing director at the Hampton Beach Village District, Hampton is gearing up for two big end-of-summer events: the 15th annual talent competition and a night with the Boston Circus Guild.

The 15th annual Hampton Beach Talent Competition is a three-day event starting on Friday, Aug. 23. The competition is split into two categories, a junior category for those under 18 and a senior category for those 18 and older, and awards cash prizes in each division: $1,000 for first, $500 for second and $300 for third. The competition is limited strictly to vocals.

“We have people that are coming from as far away as Montreal, Canada, all throughout New England, upstate New York,” Kane said. “We’ve had people go on to win different competitions from this, so this is not your typical talent competition or some little … open competition. These people come from all over the place to compete in this competition.”

Kane said they had 42 people audition in-person and will receive hundreds of vocal tapes in the mail. The judges have to pare these down to 48 contestants: 24 for the juniors and 24 for the seniors. The junior contestants will perform on Friday, Aug. 23, while the seniors will be on Saturday, Aug. 24, in the opening semifinal rounds. Following this, 12 juniors and 12 seniors will battle it out in the finals on Sunday, Aug. 25. (For more on this event, see p. 24.)

The following weekend, on Saturday, Aug. 31, Hampton Beach will host the Boston Circus Guild for Circus Night. Starting at 7 p.m., the Boston-based collective consisting of jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, aerialists and more will perform on the Sea Shell Stage. Kane said that the plan for the evening is to have the Boston Circus Guild perform for the first 45 minutes of the night, and then follow this with a Mardi Gras-type band playing “happy, jumpy music that you slap your hands to,” according to Kane.

While Hampton Beach has had the Boston Circus Guild perform a fire show the last two years for their Reach the Beach weekend, this will be the first time they’ll get the spotlight up on the Sea Shell Stage for their own event.

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Kane expects to see mostly adults and younger kids in attendance at the Circus Night, though all are welcome to come watch the free show, and so far he’s heard from a lot of people who have been excited to see it on the Hampton Beach calendar of events, likely because it’s something new for the area.

“No one’s walking on stilts down in Hampton and no one’s juggling bottles or stepping on bottles or flipping people in the air or hanging from the wires any place in this town or even around this town,” he said. “We’re looking forward to it; it should be great.”

By having Circus Night on Labor Day weekend, the Hampton Beach Village District is attempting to cap the summer off before the following weekend’s Seafood Festival.

“Labor Day was the big weekend; now it’s like the Seafood Festival took a little bit away,” he said. “We’re trying to bring back Labor Day and just close out the year.

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The Sea Shell Stage will host more than 80 concerts on Ocean Boulevard in Hampton by the time the summer is through, with entertainment every night throughout the summer. There are two shows planned for every night. The first is from 7 to 8 p.m. and the second is from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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On Monday nights the Hampton Beach Village District hosts free Monday Night Movies on the Beach at 8 p.m., weather permitting. Films are shown promptly at dusk on Hampton Beach by the playground.

Check the Hampton Beach Facebook page for movie start times each week: facebook. com/HamptonNHBeach. Monday Night Movies will run until Aug. 26, which is the last planned night for this summer, leaving one movie night remaining this summer.

The 15th annual Hampton Beach Talent Competition is happening on Friday, Aug. 23, through Sunday, Aug. 25. It is a singing competition with cash prizes of $1,000, $500 and $300 for first, second and third places that is split up into a junior category for contestants under 18 years old and a senior category for those 18 and older. All contestants must send an audition tape, photograph and brief biography to Glen French marked no later than July 26. Live auditions are TBA. For additional information contact French at glen@glenfrench.com or visit hamptonbeach.org.

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Enjoy live music with Salisbury Beach’s Bands on the Beach series, which occur every remaining Saturday through Aug. 31. The two remaining concerts include the Ramble Music Festival featuring the Adam Ezra Group on Saturday. Aug. 24, from 1 to 10:30 p.m. and Scrab: The Journey Experience on Saturday, Aug. 31, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Go to mysalisburybeach.com for more information.

Check out the Blue Ocean Music Hall the remainder of the summer summer for a medley of music and comedy performances. Located at 4 Ocean Front North, the venue hosts everything from tribute bands to reggae acts to stand-up comedy performances. On Friday, Aug. 23, The Tribute to Sir Elton John are performing at 8 p.m.; on Thursday, Aug. 29, Spirit Medium Maureen Hancock presents Postcards From Heaven at 7 p.m.; and on Sunday, Sept. 1, for Labor Day weekend, Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads at Surfside are performing at 5 p.m. Visit blueoceanhall. com.

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Every Friday night on Salisbury Beach stage for the rest of the summer, DJ Ralphie B will be hosting his “Doo Wop” nights, consisting of family-friendly oldies music on the beach from 7:15 to 9 p.m. with a rotating cast of guest vocalists every week. From 9 to 10 p.m., DJ Jeff B takes over and plays today’s biggest hits while leading kid-friendly activities such as hulahooping, bubble fun, karaoke, dancing and sing-alongs. There are two remaining Doo Wop nights left: Friday, Aug. 23, and Friday, Aug. 30. Visit mysalisburybeach.com.

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They close for the season the week of Columbus Day.

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flagship store in Hampton and a seasonal store in Salisbury. They have 16 featured flavors at a time that customers can mix and match. They are open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Their Salisbury location closes for the season on Nov. 1.

The Ice House (112 Wentworth Road, Rye, 603-431-3086, theicehouserestaurant.com) is a food and ice cream establishment first opened in 1980 that was rebuilt in 2002.

They offer ice cream, frappes, floats, freezes, malts and banana splits, as well as a food

The Beach Plum Ice Cream Stand (17 Ocean Blvd., North Hampton, 603-9647451, thebeachplum.net) has three locations (Epping, Portsmouth and North Hampton) and has a food menu as well as ice cream and various desserts. They have over 70 ice cream and frozen yogurt flavors, sherbert, frappes, freezes, smoothies, floats, sundaes and more. Their North Hampton location is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and closes for the season in October.

King Kone (22 North Road, North Hampton, 603-420-8312, kingkonenh.com) has two locations (in Merrimack and North Hampton) that serve soft-serve ice cream, sundaes, banana splits, frappes, freezes, floats and various food items. Their North Hampton location carries chocolate, vanilla and chocolate-vanilla twist soft-serve, plus two rotating flavors. Currently they have chocolate, vanilla, lemon, lime, a chocolatevanilla twist and a lemon-lime twist. They are open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through

Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday.

They close for the season by the end of September.

Sweet Hannah’s (81 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 603-601-6665, sweethannahs.com) is an ice cream and dessert store near Hampton Beach. They are open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Their fall hours take effect in early September, when they’ll be open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. They close for the season following Columbus Day. Dunlap’s Ice Cream (418 Route 286, Seabrook, 603-474-7272, facebook.com/ Dunlaps-Ice-Cream-115510351856478/) is an ice cream and food store serving over 40 flavors of hard ice cream, five flavors of frozen yogurt, four flavors of soft-serve, Richie’s Italian Ice, typhoons, frappes, sundaes, banana splits, Dunlap bars, ice cream sandwiches and ice cream cakes. They are open 11 a.m. through 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. They close for the season in early September.

Swell Willey’s (4 Broadway, Salisbury, 978-465-5541, swellwilleys.com) is an ice cream, coffee and candy store on Salisbury Beach. They are open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. They are open year round, but their fall hours begin in early October, when they’ll

be open from 10 a.m. to 7 or 8 p.m. daily.

Hodgies Too (136 Rabbit Road, Salisbury, and 251 Low St., Newburyport, 978-4630214, 978-255-2163, hodgiestooicecream. com) is an ice cream store with over 30 flavors of hard ice cream, four flavors and two twists of soft-serve ice cream and two different locations, with one in Salisbury and one in Newburyport. Both locations are open 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Their fall hours take effect in early September, where they’ll be open until 9 p.m. daily. They close for the season Columbus Day weekend.

Harbor Creamery (39 Pleasant St., Newburyport, 978-255-2440, harborcreamery. com) is an ice cream store with house-made ice cream with a variety of rotating flavors every week, from traditional to seasonal flavors. They are open daily 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Their adjusted fall hours take effect in October. They close for the season around late-December, and open back up around Valentine’s Day in February.

Simply Sweet (12 Inn St., Newburyport, 978-462-3226, simplysweetnewburyport. com) is an ice cream and candy store that sells over 40 flavors of Blake’s Ice Cream, frappes, sundaes and more. They close at 8 p.m. going into November.

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BRIGGS BUZZELL DIRECTOR OF SALES & MARKETING AT THE BUNGALOW CLUB AT EXETER What is The Bungalow Club?

The Bungalow Club at Exeter is a supper, social and live music club for energetic adults who crave conversation, community and conviviality. The ... brand new clubhouse is located at 1 Franklin St. in ... downtown Exeter.

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How does it work?

This is a members-only club where people enjoy healthy and delicious food, libations, stimulating conversation, fun activities, clubs within the club, access to the river, live music and the arts. We are currently also accepting inaugural members.

Do you offer other opportunities to become part of the Club?

Yes. During the day we open up our doors as a co-working space, and the Club is also available as a venue rental for both members and non-members.

How exciting is it to be involved with the Club? It sounds unique.

Exciting is an understatement. The concept of social clubs is making a comeback.

In a world of technology, it is so important to maintain social connections, which is where we come in. The Club is such a special and magical place with a variety of beautifully curated spaces, endless events, and dining that is out of this world. Let’s just say that coming to work every day is not difficult for me.

What do you do in your role there?

It is my responsibility to spread the word about The Bungalow Club through a variety of channels and to grow our membership.

Growing membership is not only important to the vitality of the Club — more members means more opportunities, more people to meet, more friends to be made, too.

How has the reception to the Club been?

Reception to the Club has been incredible. We are currently up to approximately 50 memberships, which is around 100 members.

The members, the staff, and the community continue to work together to help spread the word about The Bungalow Club.

Anything new you plan to offer in the near future?

We recently added two membership categories to our Club: an Under 40 membership and a Singles membership.

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Are you from the Seacoast originally?

I consider Portsmouth and the Seacoast my “soul city.” I love it here — how could you not? I was born in New Hampshire but grew up in Stowe, Vermont. I come from a family who appreciates the outdoors, no matter what the season may be, so Stowe was a natural fit.

What brought you here?

I came to live on the Seacoast because of … Valerie Rochon. Valerie is the president of the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. She recruited me for the director of membership position at the Portsmouth Chamber, where I worked for just under five years. I had worked for Valerie in Stowe at the Stowe Chamber throughout high school and college so it was so incredibly fun to join forces with her again in Portsmouth.

Do you miss the mountains?

I have been on the Seacoast since 2012 and I did not miss the mountains until this year.

My parents just retired to the Seacoast, so I am thrilled to have them here but miss having that connection to Stowe and the slopes.

Lastly, anything you want people to understand about the Club or its vision as a business?

The Bungalow Club is meant to be your third place. Everyone has home and work, but do you have a third place, a place you can relax, converse, make new friends and most importantly, make memories?

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Q: Would you rather live by the ocean or in the mountains?

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Practice time

Ballroom studio opens up its dance floor If it seems impossible to find somewhere to practice ballroom dancing, Aurora Ballroom Dance Studio in Salisbury offers an open practice hour on Saturday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. For only $5 a person, dancers have the studio to work on their moves.

“This is something I tried when I first opened [the studio],” said Erin Kaya, owner and lead instructor at Aurora Ballroom.

“I thought it was a good idea to offer, because I feel like people have that challenge where they want to practice but can’t get to do it.”

Kaya has been dancing professionally and competitively for more than 20 years.

She taught in Boston for a while but lived in the Newburyport area and wanted to bring ballroom somewhere new. Aurora borealis, a symbol for new beginnings, was her inspiration when she named the studio.

She teaches classes in Latin and ballroom dancing, such as the waltz, salsa, swing

and mambo.

She heard many dancers talk about being unable to practice at home because of distractions or simply not enough space to move around. Having the studio open for a set time gives these dancers that opportunity.

“Regular students can come in and use the space at their leisure, but they never do it. We get busy and we forget about it. So here’s the set time to use the studio.

Arrange your schedule so you can make it. You’re focused and it’s your time to dance,” Kaya said.

While students at Aurora Ballroom use this time, the practice hour is open to anybody who dances. It doesn’t have to be ballroom dancing, either — you can practice any style of dance.

“Obviously, everyone has to get along on the dance floor. I don’t allow any crap in my studio,” she said.

She is there during the open practice

Couples practice their dance moves at Aurora Ballroom Dance Studio in Salisbury. Courtesy photos.

hour to supervise and run music. Dancers can bring their own music and take turns in having a song to dance to.

After starting the open practice hour again, Kaya had six people come to the first session. While it may not seem like a lot, she said, they are just getting started and it’s nice to have people interested.

The ages of the dancers are somewhat mixed, but she tends to see people age 30 and up attend.

“It is a little more adult, but that doesn’t mean it’s excluding. It’s more about if you’re comfortable to go to this,” Kaya said. “Sometimes ballroom can have that stigma of being dramatic or excluding, but we want to be one of those friendly, open studios.”

With her studio, Kaya would like to see more young people getting involved with dance and ballroom.

“We have our more traditional sports

for kids [in the United States], but in every other country but here they do ballroom as a serious sport,” she said. “It’s unbelievable what they do at a young age.” Kaya has taught a ballroom program at Ipswich Middle School in the past and would like to do it at other schools to get kids involved.

Open practice hours will continue as an ongoing program on Saturday mornings.

If the practices become overcrowded or people have better times available, Kaya may look at adding another time. In the meantime, Kaya is happy to see dancers enjoying the ability to practice doing what they love.

“There are a lot of bad things out there, and ballroom is not one of them,” she said.

Aurora Ballroom Dance Studio also offers group and private lessons in several kinds of dance. Visit auroraballroomdance. com for more details.

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PEOPLE AND PLACES

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There’s no shortage of talent at Hampton Beach. Just ask Maureen Buckley.

Every year Buckley is one of three judges faced with the near-impossible task of choosing the winners of the Hampton Beach Talent Competition.

“I’ve actually gotten up from the production to go and make the final decision with the other judges and I’ve had people say to me on the way, ‘Good luck,’ because everyone was so good,” Buckley said.

Buckley, a commissioner for the Hampton Beach Village District, is one of the show’s founders. She’s also a former singer herself, which was largely why she agreed to take part when her friend, the late Jack Knox of The Continentals, broached the idea of starting a local singing competition to increase tourism to Hampton Beach during the slower weeks of late August.

“He thought this was a great idea,” she said. “And I said I’d go along with it.”

The competition was a hit and now draws competitors from around the country and even as far as Canada. Since it began during the height of American Idol’s popularity nearly a decade ago, the Hampton Beach Talent Competition has attracted hundreds of spectators to the Sea Shell Stage every summer to cheer on their favorite contestants.

“There have been times when it’s been standing room only up there on the Shell. People who don’t have anyone they know in the show come to watch it because they want to see the talent too,” Buckley said.

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Hampton Beach Talent Competition. Courtesy photos.

MP3 entries and sit through dozens of live auditions from contestants vying for a spot in the semifinals — and a shot at winning the $1,000 grand prize. It’s grueling work, but it’s worth it for the incredible performances that Buckley says grace the stage every year.

“Sometimes we actually get goosebumps while we’re judging and we say, ‘Oh boy, there’s one.’ There are some unbelievable performances, some in the past that were extraordinary,” she said.

When it comes to increasing tourism to Hampton Beach, the show has certainly done its job. Contestants can be from anywhere, which means a wider pool of talent that garners more interest than the average talent competition might.

“This is not a local competition, really. … You can be from anywhere ... as long as you can sing. … Sometimes talent shows have acts that aren’t good.

This is not one of those [shows]. This is a competition and these people want the prize,” Buckley said. “People really get involved. So many people across the street can even hear the show from their [hotel] rooms. They have their favorites, they pick their winners. Oftentimes I have to hear about it the next day: ‘You should have picked this one’ or ‘You should’ve picked that one.’”

Due to the competition’s popularity, Buckley says that rain or shine, the show must go on. With the exception of one year — when Hampton Beach was in the midst of a hurricane — the Hampton Beach Talent Competition has never

postponed a show. Despite the occasional less-than-ideal weather forecast, enthusiasm from the audience has never dimmed.

“One year it rained on the semifinals for the juniors and we toyed with [the idea of] canceling it. We decided, ‘You know what, we’re going to have it anyway,’” Buckely said. “I have a picture of all of the umbrellas in the audience, of all of the people watching the show. [It] was tremendous. So much energy, so much fun. We had a tent over us because it was pouring, but it was terrific.”

She encourages everyone in the area to come out and see the incredible performances.

“Whether you know someone in the show or not, come see the talent that’s out there,” she said. “It’s an enjoyable show.”

The annual Hampton Beach Talent Competition begins this year with the junior semifinals (for ages 17 and under) on Friday, Aug. 23, followed by the senior semifinals (ages 18 and up) on Saturday, Aug. 24. The competition ends on Sunday, Aug. 25, with the finals for both divisions. Shows begin at 7 p.m. every night.

For Buckley, it’s all about giving the audience a production they’ll remember.

“Basically for me it’s about putting on a show, you know?” she said. “I want it to be decent, so I make sure that we have pretty good talent. … I love to hear people who can sing.”

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No rush to join the ‘little old lady’ club

Dear Car Talk: I have a 2011 Toyota Corolla with 45,000 miles. The service adviser at my car dealership has recommended replacement of transmission fluid ($160), coolant ($145),

By Ray Magliozzi brake fluid ($110) and power steering fluid ($110). Are all of these necessary — all at the same time? I’d appreciate your expert advice. Thank you. — Evelyn

Well, they’re all necessary at the same time if the service adviser has a major boat payment due.

Actually, you’re in a little bit of a quandary, Evelyn. Based on your mileage, at 45,000, you don’t need any of these things. You obviously don’t drive the car a lot. Normally, a 2011 Corolla would be expected to come in with 100,000 miles on it, not 45,000. Your service adviser is basing these recommendations on time (years) rather than miles.

That’s a weaker argument. Unlike rubber parts (tires, hoses, belts) that degrade over time due to exposure to ozone in the air, fluids tend to wear out due to use and heat. The less you drive, the less use they get and the less heat they’re exposed to.

So, I’d say these are all optional at this point, Evelyn. It wouldn’t be bad to get these services done if you plan to keep the car for another five years. But that would put you firmly in the “meticulously maintained, driven only to church on Sundays by a little old lady” club.

In other words, you’d be taking very good care of your car and doing maintenance preventively.

There’s no urgency, and you certainly don’t have to do them all now. If you decide you want to be proactive, you can do one of these services now, and spread the rest out over your next three oil changes — which should be about every six months.

In terms of priority, I’d probably start with the coolant flush, then do the transmission fluid, then the brake fluid and the power steering fluid last, if at all.

But there’s absolutely no rush, Evelyn. And if you’re short on funds, you’re in no danger if you put this stuff off.

Dear Car Talk: My 1982 Mercedes 240D starts up faithfully without coaxing ... but with such a roar and shake that people wonder what, exactly, is going on under the hood. It sounds like angry badgers fighting. Might it be bad motor mounts or something else that’s the issue?

Thanks for your consideration. — Denise I think it might be your new hearing aids, Denise. It’s probably been making those noises all along, but now you can finally hear that racket like everyone else. Try taking the hearing aid batteries out before starting the car.

Actually, given that this old diesel has been shaking and rattling for nearly 40 years, it could be anything and everything. You could certainly have multiple problems, Denise.

To me, angry badgers sounds like a bad belt.

That makes a screaming, high-pitched noise that often starts when the car starts, and then goes away as the engine and belt warm up.

But you also mentioned a “roar.” That could be something like a cracked exhaust manifold. If you have a crack in the manifold, that’ll make a loud roaring sound when you first start the car. And then, as the hot exhaust heats up the manifold, the manifold expands and the crack closes up. That makes the noise go away. Until the next time you start the car.

Finally, you mention shaking. Let’s assume this is above and beyond the normal diesel shaking. That could be caused by a cylinder that’s not firing when you first start the car. If you have a bad injector, for instance, the car could start by running on only five of its six cylinders. That would cause it to shake like an unbalanced washing machine until the final

cylinder kicked in.

I would say there’s one thing that I’m absolutely certain you need, Denise.

A mechanic.

It’s time to have this old heap looked over from stem to stern. And let the mechanic keep it overnight so he can hear what you hear when it starts in the morning.

At the very least, you want to make sure the car is still safe to drive and that nothing crucial is about to break or fall off. And if you determine that, then you can get a list of the other things that should be fixed. You may need everything we mentioned, and then some.

But only a thorough inspection will tell you that. Once you know the extent of the needed repairs, you can decide if you want to fix up this old soot bag, or skip over the internal combustion era entirely and buy yourself an electric car.

Actually, now that I think about it, that might be too much of a shock to your system, Denise. Going from shaking and blowing black soot to a silent, clean electric drivetrain might be too overwhelming to your senses.

So, if you do make the leap, make sure you get a massaging and vibrating seat and some cheap incense to help you work through the transition.

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FOOD

AT THE BIG BEAN CAFE With unique and fun twists on traditional breakfast and lunch items, The Big Bean Cafe (118 Main St., Newmarket, 659-8600, thebigbeancafe.com) has something for everyone to enjoy. The eatery has been a staple of the town for more than two decades, offering all types of breakfast burritos and scrambles, French toast and waffle dishes, sandwiches, wraps and smoothies, with many ingredients sourced from local farms or made right in house. According to Arley Wells, who co-owns The Big Bean with her husband, Jon, the cafe is all about serving familiar tastes, but combined with their own flair that you can’t find anywhere else. For example, they produce several of their own flavors of cream cheese, from maple walnut to bacon horseradish, incorporated into several regular or special dishes on the menu, as well as offering sweet potato hash as an alternative to regular hash. She recently spoke with the Scene about The Big Bean Cafe, which is also due to open a second location in Durham in September.

How long has The Big Bean Cafe been around?

The cafe itself is in its 22nd year. The original owner had it for nine years, I believe. The second owners had it for about 12 years and then sold it to us last year. We’re opening up [a second location] at 8 Jenkins Court in Durham, hopefully by the end of next month. The same menu will be available over there, and will also have a quick-style cafe setting, with a focus on parfaits, burritos, paninis and other things like that.

What makes The Big Bean Cafe unique?

We’re a made-from-scratch kitchen, and we prep items every single day. We try to gear it towards creative and fun dishes in a gourmet setting.

What is your personal favorite dish?

I really like the Yellowstone omelet. It has Italian sausage, goat cheese, roasted red peppers and some rosemary sprinkled on it. I also really like the Spock.

I used to eat it every day. It’s scrambled eggs with peppers, onions, sausage and hollandaise sauce.

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The Big Bean Cafe in Newmarket. Courtesy photo.

What is a dish that everyone should try?

One dish that always turns heads when it comes out is the Down East French toast (pictured bottom left). It’s two pieces of cinnamon swirl French toast and we stuff them with our homemade maple walnut cream cheese. Then we pile it with fruit, whipped cream and powdered sugar. It’s a big savory dish and it’s really good.

What is your favorite thing about being on the Seacoast?

My husband and I moved to Portsmouth about 11 years ago and we love it.

There are always so many things to do, especially downtown with a ton of shops and museums, and obviously a great

What is an essential skill to running a restaurant?

Just multitasking and being present and involved in your business. We have a great staff and that is also key.

If you love a local eatery and want to see it featured on this page, send your suggestion to editor@seacoastscene. net. Seacoast Eats highlights restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops and anywhere else you can get great food in Hampton, Rye, Seabrook and Salisbury.

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Hurd Farm For Hurd Farm, family is everything.

The Hurd family has farmed the same 160 acres of land on Old Stage Road in Hampton since 1923, and in the subsequent 96 years has seen multitudes of change in the world of farming. As they show on their website with pictures, their family began farming the land when workhorses were a vital part of the farming industry.

“Technology has changed how we farm, from the hard-working horses, to the shiny green and yellow ‘Deere,’” their website says, “but the land will be preserved forever just as you see it in these photos.”

Today, Steve Hurd carries on the farm’s legacy, running Hurd Farm with his wife, Sheryl, and two daughters, Morgan and Leanne. Everything is done completely in house, as the farm operates as a true family farm. In doing so, Hurd continues the tradition his grandfather started when he purchased the land in 1923.

“I’ve farmed all my life,” Hurd said.

Hurd carries himself with the quiet, unhurried and friendly demeanor one would expect of a small-town family farm owner. Never wasting words, Hurd is brief without the slightest air of pretension, and is quick to crack a soft, lackadaisical smile.

Hurd explained that at his family farm he offers beef, poultry and pork, as well as seasonal turkeys when Thanksgiving comes around every fall. While the farm deals exclusively with meats, it wasn’t always this way; until 2009 Hurd Farm was a dairy farm. The farm was forced to change its ways when the dairy business began to fall apart.

“The last six months I was milking cows, I was losing $1,000 a week,” Hurd said. “At that point the price of milk was so low everybody actually was losing money. I was at the point where I needed to make some changes too.”

Hurd explained that since the big shift in practice, his farm has turned the corner and seen much more success. Hurd sells some of his farm’s meat wholesale to restaurants but orchestrates the bulk of his business at farmers markets. As he said, summer is a profitable time of year for selling meat.

“The summer’s pretty popular,” he said.

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“Pork, sausage, sirloin tips … really anything you can put on the grill is popular.”

Hurd also said that November is one of the busiest times of the year for him, as he often sells around 600 turkeys each Thanksgiving.

Hurd visits four summer farmers markets: the Exeter market each Thursday at Swasey Parkway from 2:15 to 6 p.m., the Portsmouth market on Junkins Avenue each Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Salem market each Sunday from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m. and the Dover market at Henry Law Park the second Sunday of every month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hurd usually holds down the fort at farmers markets by himself, although he said his wife or daughters occasionally fill in when he can’t be in attendance.

Hurd Farm’s meats come from their grass-fed cows, free-range chickens and turkeys and pigs that are given constant pasture access. Their cows are Black Angus and Pinzgauer crosses, their chickens are Cornish Cross Broilers, their turkeys are Broad Breasted White and their pigs are Tamworth and Hampshire crosses.

Pork and beef can be purchased as whole or half and is priced per pound hanging weight, with pricing including the cut-and-wrap fee. They also sell frozen individual cuts for customers looking for a smaller portion.

“By bringing our farm to your table, you are investing in the future, helping to ensure that there will be farms in the community tomorrow,” the farm website says.

“We hope that you’ll support your local farmers, try some of our naturally raised meats and see that there is no comparison in flavor and quality to today’s large commercial operation’s products.”

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Summer is the time to invite your favorite friends and relatives to a sumptuous meal paired with wonderful wines they may not have had before. Summer is the time of year for lobster, steak and grilled vegetables, for enjoying a meal on your deck or patio in the waning light of a warm sunset.

Plan your evening ahead of time. Your courses should be easy to prepare with as much work done ahead of time as possible so you can enjoy the company of your guests. Nothing says summer” like lobster, and a great first course is lobster risotto! This is a dish that can be prepared ahead of time and cooked al-dente,” then warmed just before serving. There are numerous recipes for this dish; the New York Times has a good one that originally ran in 2008 in the piece “Three Ways Til Sunday”” by Sam Sifton.

What kind of wine should be paired with this dish? A nice dry white wine is needed to cut through the richness of the lobster and the creaminess of the risotto. A wine not given the attention it deserves is Alphonse Dolly Sancerre Cuvee Silex (originally priced at $28.99, on sale at $26.99 at the NH Liquor and Wine Outlets). This wine hails from the village of Thauvenay, Sancerre District, of the Loire River Valley. It is about 100 miles due south of Paris. The climate and soils of this area make this sauvignon blanc distinctive. The area is an old sea bottom of limestone with flint outcroppings.

While it’s citric to the nose and palate, gone are the more tropical notes of sauvignon blancs grown in warmer climates. The flint

in these soils imparts minerality to this wine absent in other sauvignon blancs. The citric notes carry through from the nose to the palate, ending in a clean, crisp finish.

The second course of this meal is steak, grilled to perfection, with sides of grilled summer vegetables. Again, this is easy fare, with much of the preparation done ahead of time. Summer is replete with fresh vegetables — squash, zucchini, early onions, eggplant, celery, and tomatoes! These can be washed and sliced, drizzled with a little olive oil and grilled in a metal basket or pan, while you join your guests in conversation. A little fresh thyme or fresh tarragon on top, and they are ready to be served. The steaks can also be prepared at the same time.

The cuts of meat will depend on how you want to prepare them. Lean cuts of meat like fillets of tenderloin may call for a wrapping of bacon; however, no matter the cut, a tried and true manner of cooking is to grill the steaks on high heat for 1 or 2 minutes each side; remove the steaks to let them rest for 10 to 15 minutes, then return them to the grill to finish them to your desired level of “doneness.”

What to pair with this course? This month’s NH Liquor and Wine Outlets “Price Busters” has a cabernet sauvignon that is exceptional. Broken Earth Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles 2012 Reserve (originally priced at $47.99, on sale at $23.99) is the answer to your question as to what to pour. This wine hails from the Central Coast of California from over 700 acres of vineyards planted, beginning in the ’70s.

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cases of this wine. Its color is ever so slightly amber from its original red-purple. Its nose is slightly restrained dark, red cherries with overtones of plum. Each sip lends new scent and flavor to be savored. Black currant gives way to light spices. To the palate the wine consists of mainly dark chocolate joining the cherries. It is extremely smooth with notes of vanilla on the long, long finish to the tongue. This wine is complex in its nose and taste, and surprisingly, does not need to be decanted to bring those notes forward. It is perfectly paired with simply prepared meat and vegetables.

So, celebrate the summer with elegant but casual fare to be enjoyed with friends and family in a relaxed manner. Good food, great wines and company to be enjoyed live on as experiences to be remembered and cherished.

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Delayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe (Doubleday, 400 pages) The scene is Berlin, 1928. Three up-andcoming movie stars attend a glamorous industry soirée: Marlene Dietrich, a silent film actress who will denounce her German citizenship and side with the Allies; Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American actress to appear on the silver screen; and Leni Riefenstahl, a German actress who will become the first female director and later the director of Nazi propaganda films. The photograph taken that night serves as the catalyst for this novel. Although Delayed Rays of a Star is a work of fiction, its protagonists are real figures from history.

Author Amanda Lee Koe imagines these women’s lives beyond what can be proved as biographical facts, making for enticing contemplation. This book straddles across 80 years, four countries, half a dozen points of view, and the line between fiction and nonfiction.

To call this novel “ambitious” is putting it lightly.

It takes a few chapters for the pacing to gain its bearings. The opening chapter establishes the points of view of Marlene, Anna May and Leni, but it pivots too quickly to an 80-somethingyear-old Marlene and a disproportionate perspective of her maid, Bébé. However, readers need not worry that the additional perspectives — of Bébé, a Jewish writer friend of Anna May’s, an Afrika Korps member turned best boy on Leni’s movie set, and others — might distract from the stories of the larger-than-life personalities. The collected points of view flesh out each setting with grounding details about the sociopolitical climate that might not have been achieved by stepping into the shoes of a movie star alone.

What’s most satisfying about this novel is how Koe fills in the gaps of history where biographies can only speculate. She’s not shy about imagining how Marlene might have seduced Anna May, and how both their personal and professional relationships would evolve as they worked on the set of Shanghai Express together. From the very beginning, Koe contrasts Marlene’s overt bisexuality and Anna May’s coy flirtations with Leni’s conservatism. (Leni makes her contempt for

crossdressing men evident in the first scene.)

They’re all complicated women with outer charm and inner turmoil, but Koe paints sympathetic portraits of Marlene and Anna May while she carefully avoids an antihero portrayal of Leni.

While Marlene is able to launch her Hollywood career despite the rumors of her less than discreet affairs with both men and women, Hollywood is not as kind to Anna May because of its prevalent racism. The Motion Picture Production Code and miscegenation laws prevent Anna May from kissing a white costar, which means she’s effectively shut out from leading lady roles. Anna May, a second-generation American, is forced into bit parts that birth the “dragon lady” stereotype in Hollywood.

When she realizes that her characters are always crude villains who usually die, she sticks up for herself in public interviews, but villains of color and untimely deaths for characters of color are tropes that media still struggles with today.

More unnerving are the parallels of burgeoning Nazism to American politics today. Is a far-right leader cause for concern? Nothing to be done now, since he was elected by democratic vote. Person of a certain ethnicity being stopped at the border? “We are just following protocol, and you do not possess the required paperwork. We reserve the right to refuse entry.” In this book, Leni prolongs the shooting of her movie Tiefland so she can ignore the war and keep her crew safe in the mountains for as long as she can. At the same time, she receives her funding from the Ministry of Propaganda and has a personal connection to Hitler himself. Koe portrays the self-delusion of a woman who thinks she’s a kind person just doing what needs to be done to protect her own way of life. But when push comes to shove she sends the Roma and Sinti extras back to the concentration camp where she had plucked them from.

The different plot lines feel discordant at first, but Koe blends them together masterfully as the novel progresses. Ultimately, the overarching theme of Delayed Rays of a Star can be boiled down to the line, “Why are we only able to aestheticize or abhor difference?”

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Daylong charity fest stars Adam Ezra Group Bookended by a Friday night kick-off show and a late-night after-party, The Ramble is a signature event on the Salisbury Beach summer calendar, and one of its most munificent — the donation-based festival is focused on veteran homelessness, and last year 25 heroes directly benefited, with every dollar raised going to the cause.

Singer and guitarist Adam Ezra created The Ramble, inspired by his work for a Boston homeless shelter, and each year his eponymous band headlines. Ezra personally curates the music, with local groups building a carnivalesque Ramble Town nearby featuring yoga, games, crafts and community activism. Nearby businesses also get in on the fun, and a fireworks display closes out the evening.

Including Adam Ezra Group, nine performers will donate time and talent for Ramble Year 10. Some, like Rochester, N.Y.-based Junkyardfieldtrip, travel a long distance to play. Others are more local, like Boston singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot and North Shore Americana band Liz Frame &

the Kickers. Musical styles range from folk to hip-hop to roots, rock and reggae, or, in the case of Kali Stoddard-Imari, all of those.

There’s only one requirement to get on the bill, Ezra stated in a recent phone interview.

“Artists gotta get it; I won’t invite ‘em if I think they don’t,” he said. “One of the really cool things about The Ramble is it’s not only highlighting artists that are super talented, but those that believe, as I do, that music [and] grassroots community has the power to shape the world.”

Ezra had kind words for every act. Rhode Island’s Colby James “is a great artist and person, super talented,” and his band The Ramblers “is super fun to watch.” He “fell in love with” The Contenders, the duo of Vermont troubadour Jay Nash and compatriot Josh Day. “They opened for us at Daryl’s House in New York; the love affair continues at The Ramble,” he said.

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about the world,” Ezra said. “I’m so excited for him to be playing.”

It’s Frame’s first visit.

“Liz came recommended by a trusted source. … I got the chance to connect with her, person to person,” Ezra said. “Not only do I respect her talent and artistry, but she seems like she really gets the mission.”

The likely high point will be Ezra’s ebullient and rocking band. They’ve risen from Bay State clubs to national headliners on the strength of live shows, something that’s highlighted in their Better Than Bootleg series. Volume 3 will be officially released at The Ramble, recorded early last December at City Winery in Boston. A sold-out New Year’s Eve concert from a few weeks later at Tupelo Music Hall will be the fourth edition.

“They really feel like bookends to that month,” Ezra said, noting that the BTB3 began streaming to fans recently and “is turning into a fan favorite. … There are a lot of songs from our last studio album, Hurricane Wind, and many of the most popular songs that we’re singing and playing out these days are on it.”

The fourth edition is due to drop preChristmas, with deep cuts and “brand new songs that people haven’t heard before,” Ezra said, adding that his band’s current lineup “is my favorite group of musicians that I’ve ever played with on stage. … I really love this incarnation.”

Is Ezra surprised to see his charity show

turn 10?

“Now, that’s a very complicated question, because I dream big, right?” he said.

“There’s two sides of my brain. … One said, ‘Absolutely, this is why I started The Ramble, in hopes that it would turn into something like this.’”

However, he’s also amazed at what The Ramble grew into.

“So much of it goes beyond anything I’ve personally done,” Ezra said. “Which is maybe the most rewarding part — this is a fundraiser and a festival that has taken on a life of its own, run by the community that supports it. That blows me away every time I think about it.”

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What sets The Young’uns apart is their focus on contemporary subjects. On their 2017 album Strangers, Cooney’s lyrics dealt with people in today’s news, like Gharfoor Hussain, a humanitarian who bought a bus, converted it into a kitchen, and drove across Europe to feed refugees and immigrants, and the three American train riders whose courage stopped a 2015 terrorist attack in France before it started.

Later this month, The Young’uns will mount their first tour of the United States.

They’ve traveled across the pond before, participating in a folk conference two years ago, but were only recently able to receive U.S. government approval for a longer stay.

“We are internationally recognized aliens of extraordinary abilities,” a smiling David Eagle said in a recent Skype interview, “and we are happy to do folk music.”

The focus of their songs led many to label The Young’uns a political group, but Eagle noted that there’s a difference. He cites “Be the Man,” a song from Strangers about Matthew Ogston, who founded a charity to battle cultural and religious bigotry, as an example of using individual stories to make a gentler point.

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“One of the things we want to do hopefully is be able to preach to the nonconverted,” he said. “If you sing about a man who lost his partner because he committed suicide when his family couldn’t tolerate the fact that he was homosexual. … If you sing it from his perspective, about having the heart to deal with that, then it’s a positive uplifting song about what he’s subsequently done… whereas if we just went, ‘Who here is a homophobic bastard?’ it isn’t. I think there’s a time and place for a protest song and for a rant. But sometimes it’s effective to actually tug at the heartstrings.”

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“We do it in a less active way. … Quite often people will come up to us and say, ‘This is an inspirational story,’” Eagle said. “It isn’t a clinical thing [like] ‘We need songs about social consciousness in a month.’ Something inspires us, often to tears, or moves us in such a way that we feel as if we need to tell the story.”

The Young’uns began by happenstance, a fairly common occurrence according to Eagle.

“We stumbled across our local folk club in the back room of a pub,” he said. “It was just people singing unaccompanied in their normal accents, songs about where we came from. Sometimes shanties, mining songs, convoluted ballads, songs with these amazing uplifting choruses. Some made no sense at all, almost like scatting … just the voices all coming together. We thought, ‘Why didn’t anyone tell us about this at school?’”

A much older crowd, the members of Stockton Folk Club, encouraged the teenagers’ interest and gave the three a name.

“Would the young’uns like to do a song?

A set? An entire gig?” Eagle recalled the mostly 60-something singers asking. “It was never a deliberate choice to say, ‘oh, yeah, we’re a band now.’ … I won’t say it’s been thrust upon us, but it’s been more accidental than deliberate.”

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• Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You just never know what might happen next in life. And trust me, for you, it’s better that way.

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• Gemini (May 21-June 20): Let a smile be your umbrella! And while you’re at it, let your teeth be your fishing net.

• Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Try optimism for a change, even though you’re certain to foul everything up just like always.

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1. John Lennon was one, since he was in the band 7. Hall & Oates “There’s too much to give ‘cause you’d rather live for the thrill __ __ all” (2,2) 11. ‘Club Can’t Handle Me’ rapper __ Rida 14. Rap-rockers Hollywood __ 15. Civet ‘Hell __ No Fury’ 16. ‘Funky Cold Medina’ Tone

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

Recent alarming headlines

Singer Wayne Newton was sued in District Court on Aug. 6 by a mother and daughter over an incident involving a monkey that took place in October 2017 at Newton’s home in Las Vegas, where the daughter was an invited guest, according to court documents. Genevieve Urena, a minor, was touring the home when Newton’s pet monkey, Boo, “without any provocation ... attacked and bit Ms. Urena, causing injury to her body as well as emotional distress,” the suit claims, according to KVVU TV. The Urenas assert that Newton “had a duty to exercise due care” and should have known that Boo had a tendency to attack.

They are seeking $15,000 in damages.

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported on Aug. 11 that in the overnight hours, more than 50 old-style television sets had been deposited on the front porches of homes in Henrico County, Virginia. Henrico Police Lt. Matt Pecka said the culprits were caught on several doorbell cameras, with one of the videos showing a person wearing TV-shaped headgear while dropping off the TV. Even more puzzling, a similar phenomenon happened last year in nearby Glen Allen, where 20 sets were left on porches. Pecka said the only crime that might have been committed is illegal dumping: “We don’t believe there’s any reason for the community to be alarmed.”

Bright idea

A Twitter user known only as “Dorothy,” 15, was banned from her phone by her mom in early August after becoming distracted while cooking and starting a fire, but that didn’t stop her, reported The Guardian. First she tweeted from a Nintendo 3DS gaming device, but Mom caught on quickly and posted that the account would be shut down. The next day, Dorothy tweeted from her Wii U, assuring followers that while Mom was at work, she’d be looking for her phone.

Finally, on Aug. 8, with no other options left, Dorothy reached out to Twitter from an unlikely source: her family’s LG smart refrigerator. “I am talking to my fridge what the heck my Mom confiscated all of my electronics again,” she posted. The post went viral, even prompting LG to tweet about it with the hashtag #FreeDorothy.

Scary

Cambodian farmer Sum Bora, 28, is lucky to be alive after spending almost four days wedged between boulders in the jungle northwest of Phnom Penh. On Aug. 4, as Bora was collecting bat gua-

no for use as fertilizer, he slipped while trying to retrieve the flashlight he had dropped down a crevice, The Washington Post reported. After three days, his brother found him and alerted authorities, who worked about 10 hours to free Bora from the hollow where he was trapped. He was transported to a local hospital.

Least competent criminal

Larry Adams, 61, of Daytona Beach, Florida, came out swinging late on Aug. 12, complaining that neighbors were playing their music too loudly in the parking lot of their apartment complex. Adams emerged from his apartment threatening to shoot them and brandishing nunchucks, which he then hit himself in the head with. Police officers responding to a 911 call told WOLF-Fox 35 that Adams also sprayed everyone with roach repellent, causing them to cough and their skin to burn. Adams, sporting a goose egg on his forehead, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Britannia, which was bound from Bergen, Norway, to Southampton, England.

Witnesses told staff that the fight started when one passenger became angry that another was wearing a clown outfit, because they had specifically booked a cruise with no fancy dress. Another witness said the clown had crashed a black-tie party. But P&O later said in a statement there was no clown, and Hampshire police confirmed: “There is no information to suggest that a clown or anyone wearing fancy dress was involved in this incident.” A number of passengers were injured in the brawl by flying furniture and plates, and two passengers were arrested, then later released.

Oops!

A Gwinnett County (Georgia) medical examiner has resigned after wildly misinterpreting the cause of death for 61-year-old Ray Neal of Lawrenceville, who died on July 21. Despite reports by police and witnesses of large amounts of blood on the floor and walls at scene, investigator Shannon Byers initially True love For 68 years, Francis and Rosemary ruled Neal had died of natural causes.

Klontz of Sacramento, California, have But when his body arrived at the funernot just shared the ups and downs of mar- al home, employees discovered a hole in riage and family. They’ve cemented their bond by coordinating their outfits — every day! — for almost seven decades.

Francis lets his wife pick out his clothes each morning: “She just lays it out for me, and I don’t have to worry about a thing!” he told KOVR TV. The couple also sing together, performing at church, hospitals and around the house. They started dating in junior high school in Auburn, Washington, and the dressing alike custom started when Rosemary’s mother bought them matching shirts. “We’ve been matching ever since,” Rosemary said.

his neck, Fox 5 News reported, and Neal was returned to the morgue for an autopsy, which revealed he had been stabbed several times. Police are now investigating the death as a murder.

Compelling explanation

Fanny Alida Beerepoot and her brother, Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot, Christian missionaries in Tasmania, were ordered by the supreme court there to pay $2.3 million to the Australian Taxation Office on July 17 after failing to remit the estimated $930,000 in income taxes and other charges they owed in 2017. The Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported the dispute stems from the Beerepoots’ contention that taxation “goes against God’s will.” Representing themselves, the siblings explained they had paid income taxes prior to 2011, but then came to realize that “the law of Almighty God is the supreme law of this land,” and “transferring our allegiance from God to the Commonwealth would mean rebelling against God.” Also in 2017, the family’s property in Mole Creek was seized after they refused to pay property taxes on it for seven years.

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Government in action

What a relief! The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Aug. 8 that miniature horses are cleared to fly in all cabins of commercial planes as emotional support and service animals. The agency called “dogs, cats and miniature horses” the “most commonly recognized service animals,” Fox News reported. However, other organizations, including the Association of Flight Attendants, have urged a tightening of rules about the animals because of “rampant abuse” of service animal designations.

Devil in the details

Was there or was there not a clown?

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