01/14/2016 Cocheco Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, January 14, 2016

A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 25, NO. 2

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, January 14, 2016

COMPLIMENTARY

A Note To Our Readers

We would like to direct your attention this week to our Letters To The Mailboat on page 4. Don Ewing of Meredith writes concerning President Obama’s recent Executive Action on firearms purchases and his lack of will in addressing, or maybe just merely ignoring, myriad other issues that are the reasons for gun violence. Instead, the president obsesses on expanded background checks as the solution.

“A gun, like any other source of power, is a force for either good or evil, being neither in itself, but dependent upon those who possess it.” —Quote from the prologue of the 1950 movie “Colt .45”

Ethan Hipple, Wolfeboro’s Director of Parks and Recreation, stands in front of the brand new ski lodge at the Abenaki Ski Area. With the efforts of the Friends of Abenaki, the Ski Area, now in its 80th season and known as the oldest small ski area in the country, has been thriving as of late necessitating the need for the new lodge to replace the original built in 1940. brendan smith Photo

Turning Eighty With A Brand New Look Abenaki Ski Area Opens For 2016 With New Lodge

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Known as the “oldest small ski area in the country” the Abenaki Ski Area in Wolfeboro is beginning its 80th year with a new look and a growing popularity. In an era where many town run ski areas have

gone the way of the wooden ski, Abenaki is looking forward to future growth with the recent grand opening of its new ski lodge. (In 2014, Powder magazine called Abenaki “The Most Important Ski Area in America” using it as a shining example of the resurgence of small ski

areas in the country.) “We went from 900 skier visits a season to 7,700 last year,” said Wolfeboro’s Director of Parks and Recreation, Ethan Hipple. “Most of the credit for that goes to the Friends of Abenaki.” The Friends are a group of locals who

got together in 2005 when there were questions among the Wolfeboro Budget Committee about whether or not it was worth keeping the, five trail, 210 vertical foot, ski area open. The ski area had been open on and off over the years depending on the See abenaki on 24

We agree fully with Mr. Ewing’s viewpoint and would like to also address the unconstitutionality of the President’s actions in changing existing laws without the approval of Congress. Congress makes laws and the President enforces them, this is the way our democracy is supposed to work, like it or not. If the method of how guns sales occur is to be changed then it needs to be done by the letter of the law and our system of government, not by one man to satisfy his own agenda. As Mr. Ewing points out, by ignoring other pressing issues related to gun violence and focusing merely on making it more difficult for lawful citizens to buy or sell guns, then the problem will continue unheeded, setting the stage for even more unconstitutional actions by this eager president or possibly the next, whoever that may be.

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Through the Month Laconia Rotary Club’s Indoor Golf Tournament

The Golf Club at Patrick’s Place, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. Teams can register for the 4-person scramble event by calling Golf Pro Dan Wilkins at 387-2597. $160 per team, payable by cash or check to Laconia Rotary Club. Open and Senior divisions are available. Thursday 14th

‘The Birth of a Nation’ – Silent Film Series

The Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth.6:30pm. This controversial movie will be screened with live musical accompaniment in honor of MLK Day. $10pp. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

Happy Hour for the Mind and Body

Riverfront Place, 2nd Floor, Tilton. 6:30pm-8pm. Life Development Strategies invites you to take a break from your busy week to rejuvenate your mind, body, soul and business. To create a more comfortable experience, please bring a pillow and a blanket. Pre-register by calling 7243417 or email mary@maryrhowe.com

Holycow! Music Trivia

Holy Grail of the Lakes, downtown Laconia. 6pm-8pm. The addicting tavern game for all ages. Each week featuring 50 new artists from all music genres. Test your musical knowledge (and luck) while winning cool prizes! holycowband@gmail.com

That Reminds Me of a Story

Rye Congregational Church, 580 Washington Road, Rye. 1pm. Rebecca Rule will tell some of her favorite stories of New Hampshire and invite the audience members to contribute a few stories of their own. 964-6281

Thurs. 14th – Sun. 31st Chicago The Musical

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Set in the 1920s Chicago and based on real-life murders and trials, Chicago The Musical is a dazzling and satirical look at fame, justice and the media machine. $26/ cocktail seating, $18/balcony. 3351992 or www.rochesteroperahouse. com

Friday 15th Holycow! Music Trivia

Juniors Crush House, Gilford. 8:30pm-10:30pm. The addicting tavern game for all ages. Each week featuring 50 new artists from all music genres. Test your musical knowledge (and luck) while winning cool prizes. holycowband@gmail.com

Music Trivia with Jeff Lines

The Wolfeboro Inn, 90 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. 8pm. 569-3016

Dave Gerard’s Groove Thang w/ Chuck Farrell & Charlie Ferren

Pembroke. 7pm. Tickets available at the door, $15/adults, $12/students and seniors. 780-4968

Saturday 16th “Lethal Luau” – Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

Franklin Opera House, Franklin. 7pm. Are you ready for some drop dead fun? Guests will attend a festive Luau to celebrate Chase Diamond’s 33rd birthday at the Franklin Opera House at 7pm. The celebration turns to intrigue when the guest of honor suddenly crumples over dead. It is a clear case of murder and all of the colorful yet devious suspects are present. It’s up to the audience to find out who fatally spiked Chase’s favorite cocktail. www.franklinoperahouse.org or 934-1901

Through the Doors

The Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

Shaun Bedgood, Matt Barry and Steve Halligan – Live Comedy

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. 2016 Comedy Season Kick-Off Party! $15pp. BYOB. 527-0043 or www.pitmansfreightroom. com

PongNight Beer Pong Tournament

The Wolfeboro Inn, 90 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. 8pm. 569-3016

Roast Pork Dinner by St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish

Tuesday 19th Family Movie Night – Hotel Transylvania 2

The Meredith Public Library, 91 Main Street, Meredith. 5pm-6:30pm. 2794304 Wednesday 20th

Lakes Region Tea Party Meeting

Moultonborough Public Library,4 Holland Street, Moultonborough. 7pm. This will be a very important meeting for anyone interested in the upcoming elections. If you are concerned about the direction our country is going, join this grassroots group and make a difference. Dan Innis, Republican hopeful candidate for U.S. Representative will also be speaking. Contact jthompson@metrocast.net for more info.

Civil Rights Day TAB Meeting

The Meredith Public Library, 91 Main Street, Meredith. 3:30-4:30pm. The TAB is a group made up of 10-18 year-olds who want to have something to say about their library and their community. There will be special activities and crafts to help us think about equality in our everyday lives to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 279-4304

St. Martin Church, corner of Maple and West High Street. 4pm-6pm. Full roast pork dinner complete with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables, applesauce and choice of beverage will be available for $8/ adults, $5/youth and children 5 and under are free. Family rates do not exceed $25 per family with three or more children. Take-outs available. All are welcomed.

Sant Bani School, 19 Ashram Road, Sanbornton. 9am-10:30am. Families interested in an independent, childcentered education are invited to come tour the facility, drop in for Q & A , coffee and cookies. 934-4240

25th Annual Dance Extravaganza “Rhythm of the Night”

Wed. 20th – Sun. 24th

Concord City Auditorium, Concord. 7pm. 150 dancers from 10 studios come together to perform 24 specialty numbers ranging from jazz, tap, and hip-hop to lyrical, classical ballet and show productions. $10pp. Information and ticket reservations are available from Producer David Murdo at 3444747 or nhdm40@comcast.net

Sean Bedgood and Matt Barry – Live Comedy

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8:30pm. $15pp. BYOB. 527-0043 or www. pitmansfreightroom.com

Suncook Valley Chorale – Music that Moves You

First Congregational Church of Pembroke, 301 Pembroke Street, Pembroke. 3pm. Tickets available at the door, $15/adults, $12/students and seniors. 780-4968

Snowshoe Saunter

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. BYOB. 527-0043 or www.pitmansfreightroom. com

Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am-11:30pm OR 1pm2:30pm. $10pp/non-members, $8pp/ members. Price includes snowshoe rental. 366-5695 or www.prescottfarm. org

Suncook Valley Chorale – Music that Moves You

NH Right to Life’s Annual March for Life

First Congregational Church of Pembroke, 301 Pembroke Street,

Landfill, lead by Rev. Garrett Lear. The Memorial is to remember the pre-born who were thoughtlessly and callously disposed of some years ago. The Rally for Life begins at 11:15am at the NH State House steps in Concord. The actual March for life begins at 11:45am and will end at St. John the Evangelist, where refreshments and lunch will be served. www.nhrtl.org/ MFL2016

Beginning at 9am, there will be a Memorial Service at the Concord

Welcome Wednesdays at Sant Bani School

Shrek the Musical

Plymouth State University’s Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth. www. silver.plymouth.edu or 535-2787

Thursday 21st Happy Hour for the Mind and Body

Storytelling Dinner

Corner House Inn, 22 Main Street, Sandwich. 6:30pm. Full dinner and entertainment for just $19.95pp (plus tax and gratuity). Includes; salad, entrée, glass of wine, dessert and coffee. 284-6219 or email at info@ cornerhouseinn.com

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Dave Ramsey Course In Sanbornton Would you like to be DEBT FREE? Would you like to sleep at night knowing that your finances are under your control and not the creditors. If you have mounting DEBT or want to prevent future problems and want to turn your life around check this out. Financial Peace University is offering Dave Ramsey’s 9 weeks course hosted by Mountain View Church, 322 Upper Bay Road, Sanbornton, NH. Starting January 20th at 6pm. Sign up at; www.daveramsey.com/findaclass click on Mountain View Church to register and receive your personal study packet. If child care is needed, Call: Jack at 913-4961

Snowshoe Men At Wentworth House In Rollinsford Meet a company of men portraying veteran snowshoe soldiers who patrolled the New England frontier during the mid-18th century during a weekend of living history on January 16 and 17. Members of Captain John Harmon’s Snowshoe Company of Rangers will be in residence at the historic Colonel Paul Wentworth House in Rollinsford, NH and will demonstrate the use of flintlock muskets and traditional snowshoes, plus the clothing, equipment and tactics used by the frontier militia in the 1750s. Snowshoe companies were formed to patrol New England’s harsh frontier during the long winters and protect the northern settlements from attack by the French and their Native American allies during the border wars of the mid-1700s. The New England “ranging” companies served a vital role during the French and Indian War. The public is invited to meet the snowshoe men on Saturday, January 16 from noon to 4 pm and again on Sunday, January 17 from 10 am to 3 pm. Costumed interpreters will also demonstrate 18th century hearth cooking, crafts, board games and other recreational activities, and other aspects of winter life in colonial New England. For more information about this and other events at the Wentworth House, consult the ARCH website at paulwentworthhouse.org or on Facebook at The Colonel Paul Wentworth House.

Super Bingo Game Will Award Over $10,000 Join the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society on Saturday, January 16th for Super Bingo, a high stakes bingo game, and take a chance to win over $10,000 in prizes. Doors open at 2pm at the Funspot Bingo Hall, Rte. 3, Weirs Beach, NH. The Super Bingo Game offers a $13 9-card package for the afternoon session (4:30-5:30pm) and your choice of a $25 12card package, $30 18-card package for the evening session (6:45-9:15pm). You may also rent a Bingo computer for just $6.00 per day, play e-cards, paper cards or both to increase your chances of winning! Players are allowed to buy a maximum of 54 faces on an electronic video bingo device and are limited to one unit per person. Guests may play either the afternoon or the evening session, or may come early and stay late to play both sessions. Proceeds of these games support the LWHS mission to preserve the history and heritage of Lake Winnipesaukee, specifically its Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, located on Route 3 in the Weirs, next door to the Funspot Bingo Hall. The museum is open seasonally, Monday through Saturday, 10:00am to 4:00pm; admission is free. For further information, Please call 603-366-5950, or visit www.LakeWinnipesaukeeMuseum.org.

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Gun Control Proposal Failure To The Editor: President Obama deserves an Oscar for his performance in his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Common Sense Gun Safetyâ&#x20AC;? production. He said the right things, sounded sincere and caring, and teared up appropriately. Unfortunately his gun control proposals fail to address the overwhelming majority of gun violence: criminals, gangs, and terrorists. His proposals will primarily make legal gun ownership and protection of innocent people more difficult. President Obama says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even one?â&#x20AC;? He could enforce our existing immigration laws and prevent the 400-500 killings and hundreds of thousands of rapes, robberies, muggings, other crimes and harmful accidents committed by illegal aliens annually. He could end sanctuary cities. But, President Obama isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enforcing these laws and has been releasing, not deporting, violent criminal illegal aliens; President Obama isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested in saving the lives taken by illegal aliens. Did President Obama propose increasing the punishments for criminal usage of guns, stricter law enforcement to keep violent gang members and criminals locked up, or more effective anti-drug efforts since a large percent of gun violence is drug related? No.

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Almost all public mass shootings have been in â&#x20AC;&#x153;gun free zonesâ&#x20AC;?. Did President Obama propose ending â&#x20AC;&#x153;gun free zonesâ&#x20AC;? to take the bullseyes off defenseless children in their schools and allow people to try to defend themselves from criminals or terrorists? No. Did President Obama propose withholding the names of mass killers to deprive them of the notoriety they crave? No. President Obama proposed some restrictions on gun ownership by mentally ill people, but those restrictions may cost more lives than they save. Many mass murderers were taking psychiatric drugs, but most people taking those drugs donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t commit crimes. And, President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposals go far beyond restricting the rights of violent mentally ill people, to restricting the rights of millions of the elderly, former soldiers, and others who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t threaten anyone. President Obama didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say how his proposals would have prevented any past crimes. Since his proposals didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t address the sources of almost all gun violence, despite his theatrics it seems his proposals arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intended to reduce gun violence. His proposals seem designed to fail because failure can be used as justification for further gun controls. The more important goal of leftists like President Obama is to disarm all law abiding citizens, not to save innocent lives. President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech and proposals disappointed knowledgeable

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weirs Times and Touristsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper which are taken from Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic publication.

people who actually want reduced gun violence and innocent lives saved. His use of murdered children as props to further the leftistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; goal of eliminating Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Second Amendment rights is shameful; and President Obama should be condemned for it Donald Ewing Meredith, NH.

Stop Wasting And Fix Roads To the Editor: The foundation of the new tax proposed by Representatives Norman Major, John Cloutier, and David Watters is to penalize those NH citizens who are not buying enough gasoline. Buying more gasoline pays more gas tax towards support of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crumbling transportation infrastructure. But to specifically and exclusively target fuel efficient vehicles for new revenue through a so-called road usage fee is twisted governance at its unjust worst. Please rethink this absurd government enticement to abandon fuel efficiency and have the guts to find the funds through reduction of government waste. Recent examples of such waste are the $millions spent to promote casinos, or the hundreds of thousands to come up with a new UNH logo. Very very bad government. Stop wasting our money and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have plenty to fix the roads. David M. Zebuhr Gilford, NH.

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Like many of you, I have my dreams; visions of a different life that can only be fulfilled by winning over half a billion dollars. No, ten million, twenty millionâ&#x20AC;Śeven a hundred million dollars couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get me motivated enough to have to drive to the convenience store, park my car, get out, walk inside and wait maybe a minute or two for my turn to buy a ticket; I have other things to do, You see, there are things I can do with a over a billion dollars that I could never do with one hundred million, never mind a measly ten million. This has been my goal for years now. To settle on the dreams that come with a mere hundred million would really be a disappointment to me. I read a self help book years ago informing me that the only way to truly get what you want is to constantly think specific thoughts and never let those thoughts diminish. So, I have been thinking hard for years about winning over half a billion dollars. Since I read that book I have been saying to myself daily, usually right before falling off to sleep and first thing upon waking up in the morning: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year I will win over half a billion dollars by stopping at a convenience store on the way home from work, standing in a short line (notice I said short, that

is an important feature in vocalizing my desire as it gives me plenty of time for television the rest of the evening) then bringing the tickets home and waiting for my numbers to be drawn.â&#x20AC;? I figure that I am most likely the only person in the forty-four states that are involved in Powerball who is phrasing this desire in exactly this way, separating my unique thoughts out for the universe to grab onto and to give me exactly what it is I want. You have to remember that a Powerball jackpot getting to over half a billion dollars doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen often and that is to my advantage when it comes to competing against others in the positive thinking area. Most people spend their time just before bed and upon arising repeating the very generic: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am going to go to the convenience store after work, get out of my car, wait in line and buy a Powerball ticket which I will win.â&#x20AC;? This is ineffective on so many levels. First, you are not specifying the specific jackpot amount you will win and when, so it may be years from now until you win and, secondly, it might only be a jackpot for a hundred million or, worse, only ten million. Thirdly, you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t designate a short time in the convenience store line so you may end up there longer than you think and possibly miss part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bachelorâ&#x20AC;? before the first commercial break. My way is much more than just thinking positively. It is thinking correctly. I am being specific on the exact outcome and the amount I am going to win and all of the steps that it will take to do that, while also making sure the rest of my trivial pursuits also fall into line.

Also, with my positive thinking in proper perspective, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to foolishly waste my time chasing after insignificant Powerball prizes of only a few tens of millions, but I wait until the Universe goes out of its way to listen to my consistent nagging and lets the Powerball jackpot grow to my specifications; it is then that I strike. This week was the time and I was ready. I watched and I waited and I never gave up on my daily affirmations of what my exact success would be. As the Powerball creeped over half a billion dollars, I smiled. I knew it was mine. I left work, found a parking space near the door at the local convenience store (another aspect I focused on) had only one other person in line in front of me and then I bought my single ticket; I knew it would be all Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d need. I went home and slept peacefully, knowing when I awoke my wishes would be horses and I would be flying high. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win. At first I was disappointed and angry with the universe, but as I thought about it the rest of the day I came to realize that I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite specific enough in my affirmations. Besides all of my work in daily thinking, I realized I never put a specific date on my goals of winning over half a billion dollars. Lesson learned. So, today, I begin again with new affirmations and a new hope. The next Powerball jackpot that is over half a billion will be mine. Of that I have no doubt. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just sorry now that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t focus on over a billion. Visit Brendanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.BrendanTSmith.com

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On Thursday, CNN will host a town hall with President Obama as part of his “final-year push to make gun control part by Michelle Malkin of his legacy.” In addition to Syndicated Columnist sitting down with liberal anchor Anderson Cooper, the network says Obama will “take questions from the audience.” Uh-oh. Get out your best pruning shears and trowels. In an age of micromanaged partisan stagecraft and left-wing media enablers, there is no such thing as a spontaneous question. CNN has a long history of allowing political plants to flourish in its public forums. At the cable station’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas in 2007, moderator Wolf Blitzer introduced several citizen questioners as “ordinary people, undecided voters.” But they later turned out to include a former Arkansas Democratic director of political affairs, the president of the Islamic Society of Nevada, and a far left anti-war activist who’d been quoted in newspapers lambasting Harry Reid for his failure to pull out of Iraq. At a CNN/YouTube GOP debate two weeks later, the everyday, “undecided voters” whose questions were chosen included: --A member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual Americans For Hillary Clinton Steering Committee. --A young woman named “Journey” who questioned the candidates on abortion and whom CNN failed to properly identify as an outspoken John Edwards supporter.

--A supposed “Log Cabin Republican” who had declared his support for Obama on an Obama ‘08 campaign blog. --A supposedly unaffiliated “concerned mother” who was actually a staffer and prominent Pittsburgh union activist for the United Steelworkers -- which had endorsed Edwards for president. --A supposed “undecided” voter who urged Ron Paul to run as an independent, but who had already publicly declared his support for former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s Democratic presidential bid. --A staffer for Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; a former intern for Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., and a former intern for the Council on American-Islamic Relations Once a manipulative gardener, always a manipulative gardener. During the push for Obamacare, Democrat plants spread like kudzu across town hall propaganda events. At White House “citizen town halls” in 2009, Team Obama hand-picked notso-random “random” questioners who included: --An operative for the Washington, D.C.-based Health Care for America Now, the K Street Astroturf outfit with a $40 million budget to lobby for governmentrun health care that directed its activists to “drown out” opponents at town hall meetings. --An “unemployed” cancer patient who was actually working for the DNC’s Organizing for America and the Virginia Organizing Project, which coordinated lobbying trips and health care forums with HCAN. --A Democrat National Committee member and community blogger at Organizing for America. --The 11-year-old daughter of a coordinator of Massachusetts Women for Obama who had do-

A Call for Courageous Conservatives

Those of you who read my little column each week, know I am an unabashed Conservative. Although I came to the political by Jane Cormier s p h e r e o n l y 5 Hooksett, NH. years ago, I truly enjoy bringing the tenants of conservatism to current political challenges and concerns. I believe it is only Conservatism which can restore America back to that “shining city on the hill”. Having previously served in the NH State House from 2012 2014 and then throwing my hat into a NH State Senate race in 2014, I am quite content to now be on “the outside”. There is a tremendous freedom knowing I do not have to be concerned what political pundits might say. Indeed, I thrive on knowing I can throw political correctness out the window, which is exactly See malkin on 26 where it belongs!

This being said, although I am no longer in elected office, I am still active in our Granite State on issues of life and small government. I am also quite excited to be part of the “Cruz for President” team here in New Hampshire. I first met Senator Cruz well before he declared himself a candidate for the Presidency. I had been reading about his rallying to end Obamacare and decided to see for myself if all the glowing rhetoric would stand up to my test of Conservatism. The NH GOP was holding an event with Sen. Cruz as the guest speaker, so, I went by myself to see what all the talk was about. I am very glad I did! Sen. Cruz spoke for about 40 minutes with no notes, no teleprompters, no hyperbole – just words spoken straight from the heart. And, after the event, even though he was tired and pursued by members of the audience, he took the time to speak with me See cormier on 26

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Pyongyang’s Predictable Unpredictability UNITED NATIONS - Not one week into the New Year, the North Koreans jolted global concerns as well as the Richter scale with a nuclear by John J. Metzler weapons test. Syndicated Columnist While the underground blast shook the remote Punggyeri region near the Russian border, the political reverberations of the bomb have been felt from East Asia to the United Nations on the East River. Only days after North Korean’s unpredictable dictator, Kim Jong-un, delivered a fairly conciliatory New Year’s message, the leader then gave the orders for what was deemed to be a Hydrogen Bomb test. Seoul’s respected Korea Times opined, “Ever unpredictable, North Korea surprised the world again.” Putting it another way, with Pyongyang, expect the unexpected. Whether the weapon was a Hydrogen or smaller nuclear weapon, the fact remains that the defiant “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)” has thrust itself into the headlines. The international community, most especially South Korea, Japan and the United States roundly condemned the move, as did even North Korea’s erstwhile ally the People’s Republic of China. UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon, himself a South Korean,

stated, “This act is profoundly destabilizing for regional security and seriously undermines international non-proliferation efforts. I condemn it unequivocally.” Ban demanded that the DPRK cease further nuclear activities. The UN Security Council met in emergency session and “strongly condemned” the test which is in serious violation of a number of resolutions. Given the gravity of the situation, the Council will begin work on a new resolution which would likely tighten sanctions on the DPRK. Importantly, as Japan has assumed its seat for a two year term, the Council may have extra impetus for serious sanctions action in response to Pyongyang’s recklessness. Japan’s UN Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa, called for a swift and robust new UN resolution. Even China “firmly opposes,” the latest nuclear test. While originally indulging and enabling its communist comrade, in recent years Beijing has become decidedly nervous about North Korea being a loose cannon. Nuclear weapons tests are destabilizing and nowhere more so than to neighboring Mainland China where the economic downturn does not need a negative downdraft of unpredictability and crisis. Beijing knows this is bad for business and wider stability. This is the fourth North Korean nuclear test since 2006; the DPRK holds the dubious distinction as being the only country to have tested

nuclear weapons this century. The DPRK’s bizarre Marxist Monarchy has taken a dangerous new turn; while the communist regime founder Great Leader Kim Il-sung and his mercurial son Kim Jong-il were thoroughly ruthless

but predictable, to the contrary, Kim Jong-un, who assumed leadership in 2012, appears far more reckless. Back in May-June 1994 when the world faced the first major

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Showman In Chief Those who have been marveling at Donald Trump’s political showmanship were given a reminder of who is the top showman of them all, by Thomas Sowell when PresiSyndicated Columnist dent Barack Obama went on television to make a pitch for his unilateral actions to restrict gun sales and make a more general case for tighter gun control laws. It was beautifully choreographed, like a great ballet, and performed with consummate skill and understated eloquence. First of all, the scene was set with a room full of people who had lost loved ones to gun violence. A father whose son had been gunned down made a long introduction before the president showed up, walked down the aisle and up on to the stage to growing applause. As political theater, it put Donald Trump’s rantings in the shade. As for the substance of what Obama said, there was very little substance, and much of it false, but one of the signs of great artistry was that the presentation overshadowed the substance. None of the things proposed by the president is likely to reduce gun violence. Like other restrictions on people’s ability to defend themselves, or to deter attacks by showing that they are armed, these new restrictions can cost more lives on net balance. The most we can hope for is that the effects of the new Obama-created rules will be nil, rather than harmful. Like most other gun con-

trol advocates, President Obama invoked scenes of mass shootings, as if what he is proposing would have prevented those tragedies. But, almost invariably, mass shootings occur in gun-free settings. Yet gun control zealots seem determined to create more gun-free settings. How often have supposedly mentally unbalanced shooters opened fire at a meeting of the National Rifle Association? They are apparently not that mentally unbalanced. They pick places where people are not likely to shoot back. A mass shooting at a movie theater a few years ago took place at a theater farther away from where the shooter lived than other theaters in the area that were showing the very same movie. The difference was that this theater had advertised that it was a gun-free zone. Who is more mentally unbalanced, those who are doing the shooting or those who refuse to examine the facts about what kinds of places attract such shooters? Schools and religious institutions are sitting ducks, and the shootings there have gone on until someone else with a gun showed up on the scene. That is what puts an end to the carnage, not gun control laws. People who are prepared to defy the laws against murder are not very likely to be stopped by laws against guns. Only lawabiding citizens are likely to be stopped by gun control laws, and to become sitting ducks. As for facts and statistics, the only ones likely to be mentioned by gun control zealots, including the media, are those on how many people were killed by guns. How many lives were saved by guns will never make it through the ideological filters See Sowell on 28

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game last Sunday made for extremely uncomfortable conditions for players and attendees at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, but it was fun viewing for fans watching in the comfort of their living rooms. Thank heavens the Vikings weren’t playing indoors at the old Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. We wouldn’t have been able to see their frosty breaths or listen to commentators discuss how the cold was affecting the contest. Indoor gridiron games truly lack something primal, elemental, and essential. Football needs real grass, wind and rain, snow and mud. Yes, I love watching football games where the elements are part of the story. Preferably snow, ice, sleet, and mud. Yes, I loved watching the Ice Bowl, where in 1967 the host Green Bay Packers beat the shivering Dallas Cowboys 21-17 for the NFL title. The temperature was 17 degrees below zero. An even colder game, if you factor in the wind, was the San Diego at Cincinnati playoff game in January, 1982. Wind chill made it feel like 30 below zero. (The Bengals won to advance to the Super Bowl.) You have to love snow. Like in 1982, when the Dolphins and Patriots were tied at 0-0 with less

than five minutes to play in a Foxboro snowstorm. During a time-out before a field goal attempt, a stadium snowplow operator named Mark Henderson drove on to the snowy field to clear the area where John Smith’s kick would be spotted. The kick was good and the Pats won 3-0. Miami coach Don Shula is still mad about it, but the little snow plow/ ploy holds a place of honor in Foxboro. My favorite New England game of all time remains the Foxboro Stadium finale in January of 2002, when the Pats won a playoff game against Oakland. That was the Tom Brady “tuck” game, but what I really remember is all the snow, and Adam Vinatiari’s successful 45yard field goal through the swirling flakes to send things to overtime. Bring on foul football weather, especially for the playoffs. How about a soggy Super Bowl? SB 50 goes on Feb. 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Now while baseball’s Dodgers, Padres, and Angels are never rained out, it DOES rain in California in the winter. I’ve always longed for a Super Bowl where there is mud and rain. Let the heavens release downpours on the halftime show, which this year ironically features the British rock band COLDPLAY. Perfect!

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conditions. Not having snowmaking capabilities, it was basically hit or miss on whether or not it would be operating at any particular time during the winter. That aura of uncertainty led many skiers to other areas besides Abenaki. In 2010, with money raised by The Friends of Abenaki, a snow making and grooming system was put in place. A pump house drawing water from nearby Abenaki Pond was built by the town while the snow guns, pipes and excavation were completed with funds raised by the Friends. “It all has really been a partnership between the Friends and the town,” said Hipple, who has been the director since 2008. After reliable snow making became part of Abenaki and the skiing schedule was more consistent, the numbers really started to take off. As the numbers grew, it became apparent that the original ski lodge, built in 1940 and really only ca-

pable of handling a handful of skiers (not to mention the double-barreled wood stove that needed to be tended to all day) was no longer functional for Abenaki. (The rope tow, which is still in use, was also built in 1940.) “In 2011, we started making plans for a new lodge,” said Hipple. “A site plan was done and it was decided that the best place for it would be the spot where four small maintenance sheds have sat for years.” A bigger maintenance building was constructed on a different area of the property (which is also home to the Pop Whalen Ice Arena). The Friends began their fundrasing effort for the new lodge and raised an incredible $350,000. The town eventually put $280,000 towards the project. “We also got a grant for $150,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The money usually goes to outdoor things like baseball diamonds and bike paths

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ers and defenders of his character and considered the attacks against him to be unjust. It appears that he had invitations to become the pastor of churches in Casco (now Portland), Maine and Exeter, New Hampshire, but chose to move to Strawberry Banke (now Portsmouth) to engage in missionary work in 1644 where he married his fourth wife. He eventually returned to England where he died in 1656 according to some sources, though others report him as living to the year 1660 at nearly a hundred years of age. Much more with added detail could be written about the energetic and sometimes rebellious Stephen Bachiler. I desire, though, to come back to the fact of his many descendants. The granddaughter of Mr. Bachiler, Huldah Hussey, married my great, great, great, great, great , great grandfather whose name was John Smith. Add two

more greats to get back to my grandfather Stephen. Along with descendants who have several variations in spelling from the way the founding father of Hampton spelled his last name , such as Batchelder or Bachelor, there are many with other last names who can trace their ancestors back to the influential man who is seen as a saint to some and a sinner to others. Either a victim of false and retaliatory charges who was actually a man of exemplary character and courage or a troublemaker guilty of immoral conduct. Descendants are reported to include Sir Winston Churchill, James Dean, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Daniel Webster, and John Greenleaf Whittier, and many Sanborns. F.B. Sanborn of Concord, Mass. gave a lengthy address concerning the life of Stephen Bachilor at a reunion of the family in 1900 in an attempt to correct inaccuracies and false charges made against his

ancestor. If your last name is Healy, Calley, Blake, Clough, Gove, Garland, Griffith, Mears, Moulton, Wing or something else there may be a possibility, particularly if your family has long-standing connections to northern, coastal New England that your ancestors include one Rev. Stephen Bachiler. This article is but a very abbreviated account of one man’s life but in my research I have found one sentence about him that seems to summarize him from The Great Migration Begins by Robert Charles Anderson (NEHGS, Boston 1995). It says “Among the many remarkable lives lived by early New Englanders, Bachiler’s is the most remarkable.” Such an ancestor, then, must be worth mentioning. And doesn’t that make all of us who have a connection to him also have a connection, however distant, to all of his remarkable descendants?

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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, January 14, 2016

B.C.

by Parker & Hart

The Winklman Aeffect

by John Whitlock

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, January 14, 2016

Draw The Line: The Endorsed Aerosmith Tribute At Rochester Opera House

the Seacoast’s favorite Joan Draw The Line, the only Jett Tribute Band! Fronted endorsed Aerosmith tribute by bassist and lead vocalist show worldwide, returns to Renee Napolitano, Jett Sett Rochester Opera House on is dedicated to bringing you Saturday, February 6, at 8pm a high energy performance (doors 7pm). of all Joan Jett’s greatest Boston-based rockers, Draw hits. The Line, have the look and Tickets are $25 and $28 feel of a genuine Aerosmith and can be reserved at concert. Steven Tyler himself RochesterOperaHouse.com endorses them as “the best!” or call/stop by the box ofThis is as authentic as it can fice (603) 335-1992, M/W/F ever get, come see for yourfrom 10am to 5pm and self! two hours before the show. Front man, and Steven Tyler Cash bar, under age 18 doppelganger, Neil Byrnes, must be accompanied by has the tone, mannerisms, legal guardian. and attitude of America’s faThis show is sponsored by vorite rocker, and will keep TD Bank, Eastern Propane you captivated as he slams out & Oil, Shaheen & Gordan, Aerosmith’s greatest hits. Neil PA, Norm Vetter, Inc., Seahas even impersonated Steven coast Media Group, and Tyler for various television Granite State Glass. Rochprograms on both MTV and ester Opera House is locatVH1. Draw The Line boasts ed in City Hall, 31 Wakefield accolades from Steven Tyler, Draw The Line, The Aerosmith Tribute Band. will be at the Rochester Opera House, Street, Rochester, NH. Joey Kramer, and family and Saturday, February 6th at 8pm. The season continues with friends of the legendary rock R-Rated Hypnotist Frank over the world to countries such mith, this is the tribute show you group. Santos Jr. Feb. 12, The The band’s career, spanning as England, Canada, South Amer- Don’t Wanna Miss! Last Waltz Live Feb. 13, and The The show opens with Jett Sett, Spirit of Johnny Cash Feb 20. fifteen years, has taken them all ica, and Japan. If you love Aeros-

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  *prize money based on attendance

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BINGO COMPUTERS Available Play video, paper or both!

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Separate Smoking Section • Seating for 400 Players RT 3, 579 Endicott St. N., Weirs Beach, NH • 603-366-4377 • Open All Year • FunspotNH.com