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A perfect holiday week What an amazing Fourth of July week. The first weekend was very hot and the weekend after was just perfect! Lucky for you if you were on vacation — and with the crowds that Larry Marsolais were out there, it looked like many of you were. This was the best stretch of nice weather that this holiday has had in many years. I want to send out a big thank you to the Hampton police, fire and public works departments. Each of these departments was out in full force to keep us safe and secure, while maintaining a fun, welcoming environment. I went down to the beach after the Fourth and everything looked clean and fresh — just perfect. These peo-

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ple do this 24/7, including holidays, while all of us are taking it for granted that they will be there. With the holiday being in the middle of the week, it was pretty much a 10-day stretch. I am a big believer that a little thank you now and then goes a long way. So if you run into someone you know from one of these public service departments, give them a nice thank you. It really does go a long way. Hats off — well done, every one of you!

As always feel free to call me anytime at 603-935-5096 to discuss local issues or to place an ad. Larry Marsolais is the general manager of the Seacoast Scene and the former president of the Hampton Rotary Club.

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Explore the Ocean World and try out a Touch Tank on Tuesday, July 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lane Memorial Library in Hampton. Learn about local ocean creatures and visit some in the Touch Tank. Then, on Wednesday, July 18, at 10 am join Judy Pancoast for a concert at the library. The kids will help Judy turn one of their own ideas into a short, memorable and melodic song. Finally, the One for the Books 1 Miler Family Fun Run is Thursday, July 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Race participants can register online at gsrs.com/ event/3574. Adults 17 and older $10. Youth 16 and under are free. All ages and abilities are invited to participate!

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Check out this week’s nightly concerts at the Sea Shell Stage on Ocean Boulevard in Hampton. Shows are all ages, and there are two each night. Unless otherwise noted, the first is from 7 to 8 p.m., and the second is from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Coming up this week:

Outcast Productions presents Emotion without Name, an evening of original plays and music based on the themes of love and companionship, at the Players’ Ring Theatre (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) July 6 through July 15. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m., and Sunday at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $14 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors. Visit playersring.org.

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Michael Franti & Spearhead bring a blend of hip-hop, funk, reggae, jazz, folk and rock to the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom on Tuesday, July 17, at 8 p.m. for the band’s Stay Human Tour. The following night, bluegrass lovers will enjoy Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers with Los Lobos, playing Wednesday, July 18, at 8 p.m. For tickets and a full event listing, visit casinoballroom.com.

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While spending the day picnicking at the beach, there are a handful of important laws to keep in mind. “These laws are put in place mainly for public safety. The other reason is that we want to keep the beaches beautiful,” said Salisbury Police Chief Tom Fowler. Each beach in the Seacoast area comes has its own laws. Here’s a town-by-town look picnic-planners everywhere should keep in mind. Hampton: Hampton Beach is one of the more popular beaches in the state and is known for white sand, a fantastic boardwalk and a safe, family-friendly environment. One way Hampton Beach is able to stay so pristine is the laws put in place asking the public to refrain from bringing alcoholic beverages and any form of glass container to the beach. Fires are also not permitted on the beach. Seabrook: Seabrook Beach, although just a couple miles south of bustling Hampton Beach, remains more of a hidden treasure amongst local beachgoers in the Seacoast area. The serene and peaceful beach remains this way in part due to the Town of Seabrook establishing a strict alcoholic beverage open container law in any public environment, including on the beach. While on the sand, guests are also asked to avoid the use of any glass containers and to follow the “carry

in-carry out” ordinance in order to keep the beach clean. Seabrook officials do not permit any open fires on the beach. Rye: The Town of Rye blankets its laws over all beaches in the town, which includes but is not limited to Jenness State Beach, Wallis Sands and Rye Harbor Beach, and asks that there not be any fires in any sandy areas of the Rye beaches. Only after obtaining a permit may an individual have a fire in a rocky area of the beach. These permits will only be provided to residents of Rye, where permit-holders will be further educated on proper area fire laws. Alcohol is not allowed at any of these beaches. Salisbury: Massachusetts’ Salisbury Beach does not allow alcohol or glass containers along the beach, and fires are prohibited. Salisbury Beach encourages the carry in-carry out policy to help keep the beaches looking their best. “We don’t want to have to have receptacles every 10 feet. That would make the beach ugly — birds would get into it and seagulls would tear it apart — so there are not a lot of receptacles. Thus the carry in-carry out policy,” said Salisbury Police Chief Tom Fowler, “the alcohol policy has been that way for as long as I can remember. It’s a public beach and sometimes people overindulge and make it unpleasant for other people, so there is a no-alcohol policy in place.” While Massachusetts has recently legalized the use of recreational marijuana, there is a common misconception that marijuana usage may take place in a public environment, but this is not the 8

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“There is never any public consumption of any marijuana products. It can be done in the privacy of your home, but we have already gotten some complaints this year of people smoking marijuana on the public beach and that is still a violation of the law,” said Fowler. This includes consumption of any marijuana food products that may be found in a picnic environment. The general assumption should be to maintain an unspoken courtesy while at these or any other beaches, to follow the carry in-carry out state of mind. “We strongly recommend the carry incarry out policy, which means anything that people bring in with them, please take your garbage with you and place it in the proper receptacle,” Fowler said. “Bring your own trash bag or your own receptacle that you can close up, so if you’re in the water or away from your site seagulls aren’t getting into it. Any sort of large bag that you can zipper up, something like that will help. Or just put your trash in your cooler and carry it out with you.”

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area and is perfect for the more sociable beachgoer or people-watcher. While guests pay to park, the beach is free to the public and hosts free Monday night movies on the beach, Wednesday night fireworks, and countless other familyfriendly events throughout the length of the summer. There is always something to do for everyone of all ages, even after your picnic is finished. Seabrook: The serenity of Seabrook Beach makes it the perfect getaway for a picnic on the beach spent sitting back and watching boats sail in and out of Hampton Harbor Inlet. For those looking to avoid the crowds of Hampton and Salisbury Beach, there is no better place to do so than Seabrook Beach. Rye: Rye hosts a wide variety of beaches along its coast with something for everybody scattered amongst its eight miles of sealine. The largest of these beaches is Wallis Sands, which charges $15 per car. Wallis Sands is as kid-friendly as it gets and has sand as well as rock areas that can be used for exploring and tidepooling. This is the optimal location for a picnic as the location also hosts grassy areas above the beach loaded with picnic tables and a view overlooking the Isles of Shoals. “We have four kids and the transport from the parking lot to the beach is really not that bad compared to the other beaches in the area. For the family this is a nice place to hang out,” said Wallis Sands beachgoers and picnickers Geoff and Meaghan Wilson. “There are places where you can go and look on the rocks, look for some tidepooling, look for some crabs — the water is not super rough. Wallis Sands is a great place 10

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and rental includes the use of a covered pavilion, a number of large grills, and room to host up to 200 people. Nearby there are also a number of restrooms and a children’s playground that can be used at any time between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. with the reservation of the picnic area. Near the rental facility there are also 10 individual picnic tables and grills that can be used at no cost, first come first served.

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The Wilson family comes to Wallis Sands in Rye to picnic and enjoy the beach a few times every summer. They’ve done it enough to know what works and what doesn’t. “For a picnic like this we don’t really have any special ingredients or recipes that we need to make or bring. You want more simple, smaller finger foods, easy stuff. The carrots, the celery, peppers. Wipes for when we get sand everywhere and lids to help keep the seagulls away,” Meaghan Wilson said. Beachgoer Wes Debrusk agrees that simplicity is key. “When I come to the beach, I always bring a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It’s easy to make and pack ahead of time, and it won’t go bad if you leave it out in the heat,” Debrusk said. “I throw it in my cooler with some peanut butter crackers, goldfish, a couple of drinks like water or soda and other easy foods to pack and eat. It saves time cleaning up at the end of the day and it’s easy to eat even after you just jumped in the ocean.” Along with keeping it simple, the Wilson family likes to keep their picnic food healthy too. “We have grapes and watermelon, other fruits, hummus, peppers, some cheese, sandwiches and plenty of water. We 12

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“When you’re out in the heat all day and your cooler is buried in the sand, there’s only so much time before everything starts to melt or go bad. If you bring something that is going to melt or expire, eat it as soon as you get there or don’t bring it at all,” said Debrusk. “Anything that needs to really be refrigerated or anything with dairy might be best to avoid.” Keep in mind the types of foods that will both taste good and last in the cooler as it heats up throughout the day. Fruits, vegetables and nuts are typically a good way to go, Debrusk said. “Stick to the basics … things that are healthy and don’t need to stay so cold,” he said. For a heartier meal, the general suggestion is to stick with sandwiches, but be mindful of what meats or condiments are used to avoid any spoiling or foodborne illnesses, and always bring a cooler with plenty of ice to keep your snacks as cold as possible. 14

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When you choose to eat outside, it’s helpful to know what you’re up against. On the beach, the biggest hurdles to a good meal are typically seagulls, sand and sun. Seagulls can be the worst wildlife enemy of anyone trying to enjoy a peaceful picnic with the family. The most important thing you can do is refrain from

feeding any local wildlife, especially seagulls. “We discourage people from feeding seagulls and birds,” said Fowler. The Wilson family is careful to follow that suggestion. “Our kids like to chase the seagulls to keep them away but never feed them. Never feed the seagulls,” Meaghan Wilson said. Fowler also suggests packing stuff away as soon as you’re done with it, and bringing a trash bag that can be closed tightly. Still, he urges people to remember that seagulls are a part of being at the beach — and that no matter how many precautions you take, they can sometimes get the best of you. “I’ve been at the beach with my family when a seagull swoops down and steals a sandwich,” Fowler said. Debrusk had a few more general tips for enjoying a picnic at the beach. “If you’re going to be eating on the sand and don’t have a table, you have to bring a blanket. It helps keep your food away from the sand and people and animals like the seagulls from walking through your picnic and ruining everything,” Debrusk said. “A big umbrella helps keep sand and your food from blowing all over everything too. But I think the biggest thing is to just enjoy it. You’re at the beach. Relax, sit back, eat your food and have a good time.”

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By Ethan Hogan Where I went: Cocheco Valley Humane Society, 262 County Farm Road, Dover, 749-5322 What it is: An animal shelter that has volunteer opportunities for people who want to do work that helps animals. I volunteered to help restore a garden that was used to grow vegetables for the shelter rabbits. My experience: The rabbits at the Cocheco Valley Humane Society demand only the freshest vegetables from an onsite vegetable garden. Unfortunately, the vegetable garden was taken over by weeds a few years ago and therefore compromised the fluffy friends’ demands. So I volunteered to help clean the garden up and plant new vegetables. And I wasn’t the only volunteer who decided to help. Aimee Lockhardt and her parents, Mike and Dottie, had already broken some ground when I arrived. Sam Engel, who had worked at a rabbit sanctuary in San Francisco, arrived with me, so I helped carry in some of her gardening tools. We started by using a rotary tiller to churn up the weeds and their roots from the soil. We were starting the garden late by about a month so the roots of the weeds had grown deep. But Sam was optimistic, saying that the dead roots might give the

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soil more nutrients once they decompose. But what about the rabbits? Before long it was time to get a tour of the sanctuary and see the rabbits we’d be helping. Melanie Burger, the volunteer and events coordinator, brought us to the front of the property where the small animals lived. Inside the building were small cats, hamsters, gerbils and rabbits. But the rabbits were shy and only one of them was out of its little house. The others were likely curled up in their straw-lined homes. Now that we knew who we were working for, we started clearing the rest of the garden. Beneath the weeds that we cleared up was a rocky dirt that called itself soil. I dug up most of the larger rocks and prepped the area for new soil. Having worked with rabbits before, Sam knew exactly what they can eat. “They like leafy vegetables like lettuce. Carrots are actually too sugary for them

and they get sick,” said Sam. The rabbit sanctuary she’d worked at had actually been more of a hotel with rabbits living there. The rabbit population got out of hand while she was there so she had to call in a Humane Society that would help spay and neuter them. Rabbits are only pregnant for about a month and can get pregnant again as soon as one day after giving birth. I don’t have any experience gardening other than some advice I’ve gleaned from expert gardeners while writing other stories. But it does seem rather intuitive to keep the soil wet, weed-free and just generally healthy-looking. I could tell Sam really wanted to help get these animals some fresh veggies, but I could also see that she was very hot like the rest of us. The heat was the running joke that day because we were essentially racing the solar clock. It was morning

when we arrived and the sun would be hottest at 3 p.m. according to the forecast Dottie saw. The other running joke was Toby, one of the dogs up for adoption. Toby seemed to have special access to a fenced-in yard behind the Humane Society facing the garden. He barked at us for most of the morning. I like to think he was giving moral support. Aimee went out and got new soil and plants for the garden. The Home Depot donated the supplies, which included soil, peat moss and two trays of veggie plants. Now we had to decide how to organize the garden. We had to consider the feng shui as well as the accessibility for the volunteer who comes to water it. We decided to put an X-shaped path through the garden so that every plant could be reached with a watering bucket. The climbing plants we put closest to the edge so they could latch onto the chicken wire that enclosed the garden. The garden was transforming. When we got there it was a forgotten patch of weeds, and when we left it was a promising, green vegetable garden. Who should try this: Volunteer as much as you can because it will make you feel like you’re doing something positive in your community. The garden at Cocheco Valley Humane will need to be watered and harvested throughout the season. It is maintained by potential volunteers like you so if you want the rabbits fed fresh food, get out there! Editor’s note: This is Ethan’s last adventure for the Scene, as he is moving on to another adventure overseas, teaching English to first-graders in China. We wish him the best of luck on all of his future adventures.

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Q&A’S

We talked to people on the beach and asked them some tough questions... Q: If you were to have your dream birthday celebration, what would it be?

Q: If you could see any dinosaur, what dinosaur would you most want to see?

A: Oh gosh, I really like going to carnivals and fairs so those happen a lot in the summer around my birthday.

A: I would just go with the classic T. rex because it looks really cool in Jurassic Park and the new movie Jurassic World, shout out to Chris Pratt, it was just a great T. rex and I would love to see one today.

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JOHN (BOSTON, MASS.) Q: If you had a million dollars, how would you spend it? A: If I had a million dollars, I would go and find four of my best friends and I would tell them right then and there to quit their jobs and that we’re leaving and we would just go somewhere.

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Exeter may have been quiet on the Fourth of July, but it’s ramping up to celebrate America’s independence on Saturday, July 14, in honor of July 16 — the anniversary of the day that a copy of the Declaration of Independence finally reached New Hampshire and was read aloud in Exeter, the state capital at the time. Every year, on the Saturday closest to July 16, the American Independence Museum in Exeter hosts the American Independence Festival, a day-long, town-wide celebration with historical reenactments, traditional artisans, colonial-inspired beer, traditional American music, museum tours, food, games and more. This year, more than 4,000 people are expected in downtown Exeter. “We celebrate not on the Fourth of July, but on the day the document arrived here, so that we really take the time to connect back to [New Hampshire’s] part in Revolutionary history and what makes it unique,” museum executive director Emma Bray said. For one day only, during the festival, the museum will feature handwritten drafts of the U.S. Constitution as well as the real copy of the Declaration of Independence that was delivered to New Hampshire on July 16. “There are only 26 copies in the world, so it’s really special that we have one here in Exeter,” museum public programs manager Victoria Su said. “We want to be able to share that with as many people as possible.” There will be a number of historical reenactments, the highlight being a reenactment of the delivery of the copy of the Declaration of Independence to Exeter on horseback, complete with a costumed rider, hecklers and more, and the first public reading of it. Keep a look out for roving Revolutionary characters including John Taylor Gilman, John Stark and George Washington, and visit British and patriot militia encampments in Swasey Parkway, where there will be cannon firings and battle portrayals. A traditional artisan village will be set up on the Folsom Tavern lawn with a blacksmith, broom maker, spinners, printmaker, weaver, shoemaker, cooper, potter and others demonstrating traditional crafts. “It’s a hands-on, educational experience where you can see them doing those crafts the way they would have during the colonial period and ask them questions about it,” Su said. “It’s a nice way to make that historical connection between [the handmade items] that look modern and the

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A previous American Independence Festival. Photo by Photography by Kimberly.

colonial method [with which] they were made.” While most events and activities held on the museum grounds end at 4 p.m., the museum has partnered with the town to provide additional festivities in the evening at Swasey Parkway, including live music,

family activities and the town fireworks. “It’s nice that we’re able to work with these town organizations to make it a fullday event,” Bray said. “You can come in the morning and stay busy all the way until the fireworks at night.” — Angie Sykeny

American Independence Festival Where: American Independence Museum/Ladd-Gilman House/Folsom Tavern, 1 Governors Lane, and Swasey Parkway and Water Street, Exeter When: Saturday, July 14, festivities begin at 10 a.m. and end with fireworks at 8:45 p.m. Cost: Admission to events and activities on American Independence Museum property costs $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6 through 18, and free for kids under age 6 and museum members. Events and activities on Water Street and Swasey Parkway are free and open to the public. More info: Visit independencemuseum.org or call 772-2622 Special events • Traditional American Music, 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Folsom Tavern, and noon, Amphitheatre at Ladd-Gilman Lawn Jr. Militia Muster Training, 10:30 a.m., Folsom Tavern parking lot • Festival welcome, with delivery of the Declaration of Independence on horseback, a reading of the Declaration, a speech by George Washington, and a procession of militia and muster groups, 11 a.m., LaddGilman Lawn • Redhook’s Independence Ale, noon to 6 p.m., Folsom Tavern • Cannon firing, noon, 1 and 3 p.m., Swasey Parkway • Meet John Stark, 12:30 p.m., Amphithe-

atre at Ladd-Gilman Lawn • Loyalist Point of View, 1 p.m., Amphitheatre at Ladd-Gilman Lawn • George Washington Parade, 1:05 p.m., Water Street to Folsom Tavern • Songs of the Healing Grape, 1:30 p.m., Folsom Tavern Beer Garden • Battle Portrayal, 2 p.m., Swasey Parkway • Wounded soldier musket ball removal, 3 p.m., Amphitheatre at Ladd-Gilman Lawn • TEAM music and activities, 4 to 6:30 p.m., Swasey Parkway • Baha concert, 6:45 p.m., Swasey Parkway • Town fireworks, 8:45 p.m., Swasey Parkway Ongoing events • Self-guided tours, Ladd Gilman House and Folsom Tavern • Dunlap Broadside Declaration of Independence and drafts of the U.S. Constitution, on display for one day only, Ladd-Gilman House • Traditional artisan village, Folsom Tavern • Role players and reenactors, roving • Colonial games, Folsom Tavern Lawn • Hayden’s Hunt, Folsom Tavern lawn and Swasey Parkway • Food trucks, Swasey Parkway • NH Made artisans and crafters, Water Street

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Hampton is celebrating its 380th anniversary on Saturday, July 14, as the Hampton Historical Society and the First Congregational Church of Hampton will showcase the town’s history at the Tuck Museum. Hampton is the third-oldest town in New Hampshire, behind neighboring Portsmouth and Rye, respectively. “Dover and Portsmouth were founded more as trading towns and Exeter and Hampton were settled as communities with actual settlers. The people that came here came to settle,” said Betty Moore, the executive director of the Tuck Museum. “One of the things that is interesting about Hampton is that up until World War II you still had that core group of families that were living in this town.” The free celebration will take place from noon to 4 p.m. where a number of local organizations will be displaying their works and interacting with the community. The Hampton Garden Club will display projects that have been done around town, the Hampton Arts Network will be putting on painting demonstrations and the Masonic Lodge will be selling hamburgers and hot dogs throughout the afternoon. Various local individuals will be displaying handmade decoy duck carvings, big-wheel bicycles, antique cars and firetrucks. “We invited different organizations around the town to join us for the day as a way to promote their organizations and let people know about them, get an opportunity to join them if they would like. It’s about public awareness and a celebration of the different organizations that are in town,” said Moore. One of the biggest anticipated attractions at this year’s celebration is the Viking reenactment group Draugar Vinlands. “We have ‘Thorvald’s Rock,’ which has a unique story about being the place where a Viking was killed. … The Viking reenactment, it’s sort of a nice twist in history and it’s a little bit unusual so people like that and come for that,” said Moore. Other anniversary attractions include school teacher reenactments by Priscilla Thoen to help inform guests about early education in Hampton, weaving demonstrations by Andrea Williams in the barn, and videos in the Tuck Building throughout the afternoon showing the history of Hampton. The museum itself will be open to the public, with the newest display of Hampton souvenir china front and center. “It’s a celebration of community. With our local history, with organizations that

Viking reenactment group. Photo courtesy of Betty Moore.

are active in Hampton, it’s a little bit of something for everyone,” said Moore. “We’re looking at it, as the museum, from the historic end, but we invited these other groups as a nice way to spend a summer afternoon enjoying the community.” Hampton’s First Congregational Church will be putting on a lobster bake at 5 p.m. for $20 a ticket, which can be purchased through the church or through the Tuck Museum. Hot dogs and hamburgers are also being sold for $10 per ticket. “The town does a big celebration every quarter-century but the First Congregational Church had called us and asked us if we were going to be doing anything regarding the 380th anniversary this summer,” said Moore. “We decided to join forces.” Hampton began as a fishing and farming community in 1638. The area has since been divided up into nine separate towns spanning to the lower part of Rye and Seabrook, up to Kensington and Kingston. The museum was founded as a memorial park and a part of the property that the Tuck Museum is on is where the original meeting house was that helped found and begin the town. A number of the early churches were built on the site, as well as the first and second Hampton Academy. “The piece of property itself has a lot of significance to the history of the town,” said Moore. “It’s an opportunity for people to see what the community has to offer and it’s just a great way to get together in the summer. — Andrew Clay

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It’s safe to use seat heaters if stranded in snow Dear Car Talk: I know it’s hot out, but I have a winter question. All my life I’ve heard that if you get stuck in the snow and don’t know when you’ll be rescued, in order to keep from By Ray Magliozzi freezing to death you should run your engine for 15 minutes per hour and make sure the tailpipe is cleared of snow. What about cars equipped with seat warmers? Can I run them all the time without running down the battery, or only while the engine is running? What about if I have a passenger or just want to keep my pumpkin spice latte and cranberry scone warm for later? Can I run both of them? — Ralph Your seat warmers are powered by electricity, Ralph. If the engine is running, the alternator is producing so much extra electricity that the seat heaters can run indefinitely. But if the engine is not running, the seat heaters will run off the battery. And eventually, that would drain the battery. How long will that take? Well, I’d take an educated guess that the average seat heater draws about 4 amps. That’s about as much as your car radio uses. And seat heaters don’t draw 4 amps continuously; they cycle on and

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off at a frequency that depends upon whether you set them on low, medium or high. But let’s take the worst-case scenario and assume that your seat heater runs continuously for an hour. That would use about 4 amp hours. Your battery probably is rated at 600 amp hours or more when fully charged. So there’s almost no way it’s going drain the battery to the point that you can’t restart the car in 45 minutes. And if you run the engine for 15 minutes every hour, the alternator — which makes 80 or 100 amps — is going to recharge the battery and more than make up for the power that the heated seat uses. In fact, if you cycle the engine as you describe — 15 minutes on, 45 minutes off — you probably could safely use both seat heaters indefinitely. Or until you run out of gas. Now, I can’t guarantee this. Lower temperatures reduce battery life. An old battery or a faulty charging system could alter the equation. And it’s always wise to exercise caution in a situation that could result in your passing through the digestive system of a grizzly bear. But my guess is you’d probably be fine using both seat heaters until the mounted police arrived with their St. Bernards and flasks of Bartles and Jaymes.

Dear Car Talk: I have a 2012 Ford Fiesta five-speed. The check engine light is on, and the computers at AutoZone and Big O say it’s the catalytic converter and oxygen sensors. This will cost me about $850 to fix. I’m pretty middle class. Since I’d rather buy lottery tickets with my money, can I just have a guy take out the catalytic converter and put in a straight pipe? We don’t have emissions testing where I live, in Indiana. Please tell me how dangerous it is to drive with a “bad” catalytic converter. Will it destroy my engine? Will fumes back up into my front seat and make me drive into opposing traffic? Thanks. — Marlyce Here’s the good news, Marlyce: Driving with a plugged-up catalytic converter shouldn’t permanently harm your car. At some point, if the converter gets completely plugged up, it’ll diminish your power. And eventually it’ll prevent the car from running at all. It’d be like having a potato in your tailpipe. Then you’ll have to remove the converter if you want the car to run again. As long as the exhaust system is intact, without leaks, you won’t get any fumes in the passenger compartment. Of course, the same can’t be said for the poor jamokes who are driving behind you. The bad news, Marlyce, is that it’s illegal

to remove your catalytic converter. Federal law sets baseline emissions requirements for all cars in the United States, and gasolinepowered cars can’t meet those emissions requirements without catalytic converters. States are welcome to set emissions limits that are more strict than federal law, but not less strict. So you would be a criminal, even in Indiana, Marlyce. Now, in reality, since Indiana does not require emissions testing, it’s unclear to me how you would ever get caught. But you’d still have to wrestle with something known as your conscience. So it’s your choice. You could save $850 but increase the chances that you, your kids and your neighbors will get asthma, brain tumors and mutated DNA. Or you could spend the $850, sleep well at night, but wake up every morning and wish you had an extra $850. You don’t say how many miles are on your Fiesta. But emissions components — including catalytic converters and oxygen sensors — are all warranted for eight years or 80,000 miles. So if you’ve got 79,999 miles on the odometer, have it flat-bedded to the dealer and get that stuff replaced for free. If you’re out of warranty, I can’t tell you what to do. But if I could, I’d tell you to be a good citizen and replace the converter. Visit Cartalk.com.

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AT THE CAFÉ AT PHILBRICK’S FRESH MARKET The Café (located inside Philbrick’s Fresh Market at 69 Lafayette Road in North Hampton) may look unassuming, but it aims to be equal parts restaurant and social gathering place. Phil Philbrick, founder and president and a lifelong Seacoast resident, talked to the Scene about his inspirations for the café, his favorite sandwich, and the café’s must-try nitro coffee. How long has The Café been around? Six years. The idea came from the cafes that Vicki and I had gone to in Chicago, when traveling to food shows. Simple, little neighborhood cafes. We had the corner of that building facing Atlantic Ave., good light, good windows, and we thought that was a perfect spot for a little neighborhood café. We wanted to have a café offering really good sandwiches, the same sort of products that we’re selling [in the market]: the natural meats, the fresh organic produce and so forth, on a relatively high level. It would be an opportunity, [and] it works well together to feature the products we’re selling, feature them, so that you can actually try them and eat them in the café. We want the levels of the two entities — the grocery store and the café — to be similar, and to be using similargrade products. What makes The Café unique? It would have to be the sandwich selection and the products that are used in the

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sandwiches. We’re using McKenzie’s natural meats, which are made in Vermont, in things like the Cuban sandwich, which isn’t typical in sandwich shops around here. It’s very meat-heavy; most places don’t want to use a lot meat because of the expense. [The Café has also become] very much like a bodega, a neighborhood gathering point. There was a place down on Rye Beach when I was growing up, called The Coffee Shop, where people visited as they were having coffee, where interaction was very much a part of the experience. That’s what we wanted to capture, and it seems to have worked — one day a week there are a dozen retired fellows who meet there; during the week there are times when women get together and play cards. There was a book club having their meeting in there, and it was quite nice. We’re quite pleased with that, we love that kind of stuff. What is your personal favorite dish? It’s the Cuban! Of course, that’s the

one that first came to mind. I like the fact that it’s got so many things going on and it’s so satisfying. It’s got three kinds of meat, two kinds of cheeses — what guy doesn’t love that? It’s like a very specific sort of “Dagwood” — tall, huge sandwiches [like in the comic strip]. I had never seen anything like that on the Seacoast; I had seen it in certain neighborhoods in Boston and in New York, but we wanted to give a little bit more choice [in the Seacoast]. What is a dish everyone should try? Everyone should try our cold-brewed nitro coffee. Cold brew is just what it sounds like: the coffee brewing process does not use hot water. It’s very much like a version of sun tea; it uses cool water and time to brew. There are a number of local brewers — we use Nobl out of Newmarket. They brew the coffee for us and bring it in, and we dispense it. The thing that is different about it, nitro, is that it does have nitrogen pumped through it, much

like a Guinness. It produces a head and a very unique flavor and mouthfeel because of that. It’s very creamy. Either you love it, or you might not, but you sure should try it!

What is an essential skill to running a restaurant? I love people. If you don’t love people, it doesn’t work. Who doesn’t like to feed people? As part of that, you need to create an environment where the staff feels comfortable presenting new ideas and new concepts and testing them out. [They should] have a certain amount of freedom to try new things.

What is your favorite part of being on the Seacoast? For me, [the Seacoast] is home. Sixtyfive years here, so it feels very much like home. I guess my favorite part of being on the Seacoast is the variety of things to do, with the ocean here: fishing, boating. — Alison Downs

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Seacoast brews featured among many at festival More than 40 New Hampshire breweries will descend on the grassy shore of the Merrimack River at Kiwanis Waterfront Park in Concord on Saturday, July 14, to showcase more than 120 beers for the fifth annual New Hampshire Brewers Festival. The festival is the largest collection of New Hampshire craft breweries at any brewfest in New Hampshire. If we’re being honest, you should probably be there. Beer enthusiasts will be sampling from an impressive variety of breweries, including White Birch Brewing Co. in Nashua, Schilling Beer Co. in Littleton, Throwback Brewery in Hampton, Moat Mountain Smokehouse & Brewery in North Conway and Stoneface Brewing Co. in Newington — but really that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The festival also features a variety of food vendors and food trucks, along with music from The River 92.5/102.3 FM. Large-scale beer sampling events and festivals are perfect opportunities to explore your palate, to try new styles and to appreciate the complexity and variability within styles. I challenge you to say all IPAs taste the same after sampling IPA iterations from several different breweries — or even different IPAs from the same brewery. With IPAs in particular, you can really dive into the subtle and not-so-subtle differences of various hop strains and combinations. Beer festivals are also a chance to explore new styles, including brews you might not otherwise gravitate toward. Hello there, sours. Or perhaps you will take the opportunity to explore the variety of options at a specific brewery you have never tried before. “What are saisons all about? I’ve always wanted to explore Belgian styles.” It’s a chance to dive in without buying a whole six-pack. (I know, six-packs are so 2015. Four-packs rule.) What I’m trying to say is you can’t really get a beer festival wrong, but I do always try to have some type of overarching strategy to guide my sampling. I want to have some takeaways. I want to find new beers and breweries I enjoy. For me, I really like to seek out breweries I’ve never tried before and I tend to let that guide me more than sticking to particular styles. I’ll be targeting Kettlehead Brewing Co. in Tilton, Chapel + Main in Dover, Polyculture Brewing Co. in Croydon and Woodman’s Brewery in Bristol, among others. Your strategy need not be any strict set of rules, but aside from being a ton of fun, beer festivals are a wonderful chance to explore brews in more depth than you might on a given Friday night following a

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long work week. But this isn’t some highclass wine tasting where you’ll get slapped on the wrist for holding your stemware incorrectly. This is beer after all. Ask the brewers questions; they are there to help guide you and to provide background on brews. Brewers’ passion for beer is almost always apparent and it’s contagious. Give everything you try a chance; you’re not going to like everything but you want to take a few sips of each before you make a determination. I will say juxtaposition matters. If you’ve been sampling fruity wheat beers and you make the sudden jump to a double IPA, your tastebuds might give you the stink eye. Try to remember to cleanse the palate, particularly when moving from style to style. That said, if you don’t like something, pour it out and move on. There’s plenty more beer to enjoy. Finally, don’t forget to hit the water and to have something to eat.

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A fire will be blazing and beers will be had every Friday night this summer in the beer garden of the Hayseed Restaurant, part of Smuttynose Brewing Co. in Hampton. Firepit Fridays give guests a chance to sit around open fire listening to live music and enjoying full food and drink service, from 7 to 9 p.m. “Something that we always try and emphasize is that people come here to just chill out,” said Chelsey Puffer, Smuttynose Digital Media Specialist. “We try and encourage people to have a good beer, have a good time, hang out with some friends Courtesy photos. — and what’s more summer and what’s more New Hampshire than is to give the brewery an opportunity to listening to live music, drinking in a beer interact with a community that apprecigarden with your friends and hanging out ates the craft behind making good local by a fire?” beer. Firepit Fridays first began as an attempt “The Seacoast’s beer scene has explodto get people to explore and showcase the ed these last couple of years. It’s a great expansive land that the Smuttynose cam- playground for things like Smuttlabs and pus is located on and to give the public a more experimental things; that’s what place to unwind. people want to see and it gives us that “It’s just a great place to be, especially space to just be creative,” said Puffer. in the summertime,” said Puffer. “It’s not “It’s a way for us to get to know our comlike you get that road noise and it gives munity even better. Have some regulars you a bit of a breather from all of that. come over, have some new people come We have a 14-acre campus, we have our in, tourists from the beach area. … We disc golf course that goes around it so it’s would just love to get to know them and a scenic place that people can just come have them come over and talk to them, and take a breather from the hustle and and I think great live music is an excelbustle.” lent way to bring that all together.” The other intent of the weekly event Smuttynose brews a wide variety of

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beverages, including Rhye IPA, Baltic Porter, Shoals Pale Ale, Vunderbar! Pilsner and many more options, including seasonal beers, to keep guests coming back for more while venturing for the idea of trying something new. Smuttynose recently announced the return of one of its popular beers, Smuttlabs’ Lady Stardust New England IPA. Smuttynose’s Hayseed Restaurant, specifically designed to highlight and accompany the beverages concocted within the brewery, features favorites such as a wide variety of burgers, sandwiches and their signature onion rings. “We’re actually adding a lot more smoked items to our menu. We’re in the process of coming out with a brand new menu that includes more of a barbecue type of feel and it pairs really nicely with their beer,” said Puffer. Live performances differ from week to week but are generally local bands and musicians from the Seacoast area. June included performances from bands and musicians such as Chris George, Whiskey Duo and Tim Perry. July carries on this tradition with Brian Callahan performing July 13. The Hal Holiday Duo will perform July 20 and Tyler Kimball will round out the month’s performances on July 27. “[These local performers] really help to add to the live music, acoustic ambiance that we try and put on,” said Puffer. — Andrew Clay

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The Art of the Wasted Day, by Patricia Hampl (Viking, 271 pages) It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy, so there’s no better timing for a book that justifies a couple of slow-mo days spent doing absolutely nothing — maybe even weeks, if your finances allow. Unfortunately, The Art of the Wasted Day promises to be such a book but doesn’t exactly deliver. Patricia Hampl sets out to examine four worthy docents of leisure — the inventor of the essay, Michel Montaigne, and three lesser-known others — and to figure out why their retreat from the rat race resonates today. All well and good and interesting. But Hampl strays off topic so wildly and so frequently, dipping into family stories that have nothing to do with the subject, that the book at times feels like a maze, full of cryptic turns and dead-ends that are as out of place as a clown at a funeral. That’s not to say that Hampl’s family stories aren’t interesting; many are, and Hampl, a longtime journalist and essayist from Minnesota, is a graceful writer who can dazzle with an unexpected turn of phrase. But there comes a point, as in her reflections on a long-dead relative who was killed in a horrific factory accident, when even the most absorbed reader has to question what that incident is doing in this book.

More interesting are the histories of Hampl’s celebrated day-wasters: Montaigne, who sequestered himself in a French tower to invent a new literary form; Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk whose placid study of edible peas made him the father of modern-day genetics posthumously; and a pair of 18th-century Irish women whose abrupt withdrawal from society was at first scandalous but ultimately admired. Hampl begins the exploration by establishing her credentials as a time-waster. At age 8 she discovered that daydreaming was “an occasion of sin” in the Baltimore Catechism, but she refuses to repent, recognizing that daydreaming is just a shabby way to describe “the life of the mind,” or, in religious terms, the inner voice of conscience. “I don’t hesitate. I throw my lot with the occasion of sin,” she writes. Later, Hampl reflects on the busy-busybusyness of modern life, life as a to-do list, in which we have “time for vignettes, but not for narrative arcs.” “Whole decades can go this way — and have — not just in domestic detail, but awash in the brackish flotsam of endeavor,

failure and success, responsibility and reward. My work, as I say, with foolish vanity.” Longing to escape “the gnats of need buzzing,” Hampl feels compelled to become acquainted with those who did, and she sets off to explore the haunts of “the Ladies of Llangollen” — hereinafter called simply “the Ladies.” They were Sarah Ponsonby and Eleanor Butler, and some historians have labeled them lovers, but when the women retreated together in 1778 they simply said they wanted to retire from life, at the ripe old ages of 23 and 39. They settled into a five-room cottage and garden called Plas Newydd in Llangollen, Wales, and proceeded to live there blissfully for nearly five decades, although not with the anonymity they’d coveted. They were called “the most celebrated virgins in Europe” and were plagued with famous visitors, to include William Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott, and even got the attention of Queen Charlotte. (Where’s the blockbuster movie about this pair, I wonder.) After many unrelated asides, frequently punctuated by italicized conversations with her late husband, Hampl then takes us to the haunts of Gregor Mendel, explaining how a timid and empathetic man who had to go to

bed for a month after working in a hospital (“the sight of so much suffering pulverized his own spirit”) retreated to religious life, but indulged in passion for science in his garden, where he studied the reproduction of peas. Studying Mendel’s handwritten charts, Hampl found “not evidence of genetic theory, but of patience, tenderness. A gentle soul, a gardener.” In short, a person who could “waste” a day puttering about with plants but later be elevated to the heights of Darwin in the history of science. Likewise, Montaigne’s fame came about through his puttering, or, as he put it, his “meddling with writing.” At 38, he had lost his father, five daughters, a brother and a beloved friend. (He also came close to death himself after falling from a horse.) Loss led to a reordering of priorities and a retreat into his chateau and tower, which Hampl visits. Hampl is cerebral and erudite, and at the book’s close, she beautifully interprets the last line of a poem called “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota.” The line is “I have wasted my life.” Her point, which is ever more important in an era of noise and bustle, is that what we sometimes consider a wasted day is not the frivolous side dish, but the entrée itself. It’s an imperfect book, but a perfect message for a lazy summer month. B — Jennifer Graham

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view. “I’ve got a uke, but I’m not Jake Shimabukuro by any stretch, but it’ll be a good chance to bring out our acoustic sound.” Crusberg is looking forward to returning. “It’s real chill and a lot of fun,” he said. “Last year they had bouncy houses, lots of stuff to do, dogs and families and a ton of little kids dancing around like crazy, which is pretty different from the Hampton Beach bar scene we play in.” Boom Lava formed in 2006 when he and bass player Jon Cross decided to make music together; through lineup changes, they remain at the group’s core. Born in Worcester, Crusberg has traveled extensively, including a late 1990s trip to Jamaica where he had an epiphany about music and culture that helped shape his future. Cross is a high school Spanish teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge of reggae and other genres. “He’s always on top of stuff that’s going on, where I’m a little dated. I know stuff from the ’90s,” Crusberg said. “Jon has this blog, and he releases mixes every month. They’re all real hot, new things that I hadn’t heard of until he turned me on to them. It’s cool because it keeps me connected.” Though they began as a more mainstream cover band, a transformation was inevitable. “We found ourselves lined up with that scene eventually,” Crusberg said of Boom Lava’s evolution into a funky, soulful reggae party band that’s become a staple at places like the Blue Mermaid, Surfside 5 and Ashworth by the Sea. “Plus, I got into island music while I was on the islands — Hawaii and the Caribbean.” The band’s setlist is a mix of covers from Bob Marley, Sublime, Modest Mouse and deep cut artists like early 1970s British funksters Cymande and dancehall king Buju Banton, along with a growing list of

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• Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You will make progress on achieving a whole new look when you get caught in a pie fight. • Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This week you will be surrounded by loved ones. Well, only if you happen to love police. • Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your wife will enjoy a romantic gesture this week, as long as it’s not from you.

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• Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your hard work will finally produce results. Specifically, your boss will get promoted. • Aries (March 21-April 19): This week you will enjoy some family time. Unfortunately, it will be with the Genovese family. • Taurus (April 20-May 20): You will finally manage to surmount the negativity you feel surrounds you. Ah, no you won’t. • Gemini (May 21-June 20): Today it’s OK to be needy, as long as your needs include a few swift kicks in the rear. • Cancer (June 21-July 22): You will soon begin mingling in government circles — specifically, with employees of the IRS.

• Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are bright, attractive and desirable. Yes, and I am the tooth fairy! • Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will discover that love is the only thing that lasts. In your case, it’s your love of potato chips. • Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Last week’s prediction of an “upbeat” surprise proved nearly right when you got beaten up. • Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): You have a gift for human relationships. Unfortunately, no one wants to accept it.

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KCCI TV in Des Moines, Iowa, reported on June 27 the loss of a tractor-trailer load of chocolate when the truck caught fire near Dexter, Iowa. The trailer, full of chocolate from Hershey, Pennsylvania, was westbound when it experienced brake problems that caused it to ignite. The driver pulled off and was able to detach the trailer from the cab before it caught fire. No injuries were reported, except to the chocolate, which was a total loss.

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