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“I Married An Alien” At Garrison Players
The Story Of The Women Of Turkey Pond Sawmill During WWII a sawmill during World War II at Turkey Pond in Concord, NH. Sarah Smith first learned about the women’s mill from John Willey, the son of one of the women who worked there. John shared his mother Laura’s scrapbook—a tattered collection of snapshots and newspaper clippings depicting the
women at work between 1942 and 1943. The sawmill was built by the U.S. Forest Service to saw hurricane-salvaged logs still floating in Turkey Pond four years after the historic 1938 hurricane. (Book Excerpt): Talk to anyone of a certain age and he will describe as if it were yesterday where
he was when the 1938 hurricane hit. New Hampshire forester Roger Leight o n w as a s o p h o m o r e forestry student at the University of New Hampshire in 1938. When the hurricane stormed in, he was in Nesmith Hall on the campus in Durham. “It had been raining all week,” Leighton recalls. See smith on 21
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Sarah Shea Smith will be at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro on Sunday, February 17th at 2pm to talk about her book, “They Sawed Up A Storm- The Women’s Sawmill of Turkey Pond, New Hampshire, 1942.” “They Sawed Up A Storm” is a book about an extraordinary group of women who operated
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The women’s crew at Turkey Pond Sawmill, January 14, 1943. (Left to Right) Mary Plourde, Barbara Webber, Daisy Perkins, Violet Story, Carmilla Wilson, Lucy DeGreenia, Ruth DeRoche, Laura Willey. (Photo courtesy of John Willey)
Ida LeClair is back in “I Married an Alien” at the Garrison Players Art Center in Rollinsford, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 15th17th. Susan Poulin as her alterego, Ida LeClair, returns to GPAC a f t e r last season’s success in “A Very Ida Christmas.” In this show, Ida shares her take on love, marriage and what to do when the double-wide’s feelin’ just a little small for the both of you. Tickets are $15 and $18 for each show. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday and 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. For tickets call 603750-4278 or visit garrisonplayers.org. GPAC is located at 650 Portland Ave in Rollinsford.
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Feb Thursday 14th Valentine Lunch for Seniors
Airstrip. Poker Run registration 10amNoon. $5 per hand. Machines must be registered and waivers must be signed. www.sossc.com
NH Rt. 11, Alton Bay. 8am -4pm. Many events going on through out the day! 875-4100 ext. 104
Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trail
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 2pm. “They Sawed Up a Storm- Women’s Sawmill at Turkey Pond, NH”. Presented by Sarah Smith. RSVP encouraged. 569-1212
Tapply-Thompson Community Center, Bristol. Noon. There will be Bingo following the luncheon. 744-2713
Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 10am-12pm. $8/member, $10/non-member. Adults must accompany children. 968-7194
Story Telling Dinner
Very, Very Valentine’s Dance
The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95 pp plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219
Fri. 15th – Sun. 17th Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium, Meredith. Friday and Saturday at 7pm. Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. $16/ adults, $14/seniors and $12/students. 366-7377 Saturday 16th
Frank Santos – R-Rated Hypnotist
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992
Scrub Oak Scramblers Winter Carnival Ride-In
Freedom Town Forest/Trout Pond/
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Cabin Fever Lecture Series
Wednesday 20th
Children’s Museum of NH, 6 Washington Street, Dover. 6-8:30pm. $10/members and $15/non-members. 742-2002
Lakes Region Tea Party Meeting
Valentine’s Dinner and Dance
Ryan Montbleau Band & Rustic Overtones
Rockingham Ballroom, Newmarket. 6:30pm. All night dinner buffet. $25pp. 659-4410 Reservations required.
Icebreaker & Silent Auction
Gilmanton Academy, Gilmanton Corners. 6:30-9:30pm. Food, music and auction items of all kinds. To benefit the Gilmanton Year Round Library. $15pp or 2 for $25. 267-1905
12th Annual Community Talent Show
Franklin Opera House, Franklin. 9341901
Peter Ferber Art Show
The Art Place, 9 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. Unveiling at 9:30am. Artist Reception to follow. Snow date Feb. 17th at 11am. Show continues through March 2nd. 569-6159
“Sno-Derby for Scouting”
Hidden Valley Scout Camp, Gilmanton Iron Works. The event is open to the public and will feature fun for the whole family, including a snowmobile radar run and an ice fishing tournament on Lake Eileen, as well as opportunities to explore the 3400-acre Griswold Scout Reservation. 1-800-0009
Sunday 17th “One-Man Star Wars Trilogy”
Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 1 and 4pm. 225-1111
Alton Winter Carnival
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Moultonborough Public Library, 7pm. 286-3506
Friday 22nd The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 7:30pm. 536-2551
Parkington Sisters
Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 Fri. 22nd - Sat. 23rd
The Vagina Monologues
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992
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The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 7:30pm. 536-2551
Winter Mammal Tracking Workshop
The Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road, Moultonborough. 9:30am-12pm. Free. 476-5666
Kathy Mattea
Silver Center for the Arts at Plymouth State University, Plymouth. 8pm. 535ARTS Sunday 24th
Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trail
Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 1-3pm. $8/member, $10/ non-member. Adults must accompany children. 968-7194
84th Academy Awards Live
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 7:30pm. 536-2551
Cabin Fever Lecture Series
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 2pm. “Carlson’s Raiders; 2nd Marine Raiders Battalion”. Presented by Harold Sheffield. RSVP encouraged. 569-1212 Monday 25th
Full Moon Snowshoe Walk
Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. 7-8:30pm. $7/non-member or $5/member. Call to reserve your spot. 366-5695 Thurs. 28th - March 9th
To Kill a Mockingbird
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992
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The Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road, Moultonborough. 3-4pm. Enjoy an hour of storytelling with Angela Klinger. Free for members, $5 non-members. 476-5666
Headstones Teach From Beyond The Grave! On Friday, February 15 at 7pm, The Effingham Historical Society at 1014 Province Lake Road (Route 153 South) in Center Effingham will present a program by Jessica Felix on using cemeteries as an educational tool. Ms. Felix will discuss how cemeteries can be used to teach lessons in history, genealogy, art and science that culminate in the hands-on restoration of a local cemetery. An Elementary Support Teacher at the White Mountain Waldorf School in Conway, New Hampshire, Ms. Felix has been repairing gravestones for nine years. She has helped dozens of school and community groups to restore cemeteries, mainly in Indiana, where she previously worked as a middle school art teacher. This program is free and open to the public. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer period, refreshments, and the EHS monthly business meeting.
It’s Winter Fest at Prescott Farm LACONIA - If you loved our Winter Fest last year then you won’t want to miss our 3rd Annual Winter Fest taking place on Saturday, February 16th from 11-3 PM and everyone is welcome! Come and enjoy the Farm at wintertime. There will be lots to do for families and friends and all can enjoy a hot cup of cocoa by the bonfire after a nice snowshoe hike or another activity including; sleigh rides, face painting, sledding, cross country skiing, crafts, a snow sculpture contest and much more! There is a small fee of $3 per person for non-members, $10 for families with 2 or more kids. Members of Prescott Farm and children ages 3 & under are free! We are also looking for local businesses to sponsor the event, so if your businesses may be interested in helping to sponsor this event please contact Kimberly at 603-366-5695 or info@prescottfarm.org. All other event information can be found on our website www. prescottfarm.org. We look forward to seeing you there!
Launch Event for the White Mountain National Forest Quarter Members of the community are invited to the launch event for the quarter celebrating New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest. The new coin is the sixteenth quarter issued in the US Mint’s America the Beautiful series since it began in 2010 as well as the first America the Beautiful quarter in 2013. It is the first and only coin in the series to display an image from the White Mountain National Forest. The launch event is open to the public and will be held at the Hanaway Theatre, located at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire on Thursday, February 21 st at 10:30 a.m. It will be led by William Dauer, Forest Engineer for the White Mountain National Forest and will include brief presentations by Tom Wagner, Forest Supervisor for the White Mountain National Forest, Richard Peterson, Acting Director of the US Mint and Governor Maggie Hassan. Following these presentations, volunteers from the National Forest Service will hand out quarters and coin holders to children under 18.
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FUNSPOT BINGO HALL The New England Ski Museum in Franconia Notch State Park was founded in 1977 and is recognized as an official museum by the International Ski Federation. “Preserving the Future of Skiing’s Past” is the shorthand that the New England Ski Museum uses to describe its mission to collect, preserve and exhibit examples of equipment, art and artifacts relating to ski history and the 10th Mountain Division ski troops. While the name says “New England”, the Museum’s exhibits, research and collections reflect the sport’s international history and global economic influence. The New England Ski Museum is recognized by the International Ski Federation as an official FIS ski museum. Located in New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch State Park, the membersupported, non-profit Museum was founded in 1977 with board members recruited from all New England states, and
opened its doors in a renovated vehicle maintenance building just five years later in 1982. The Museum building resembles an overgrown maple sugar house and is situated just north of the valley station of the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway. Brightly colored flags representing nations with strong skiing traditions fly over an original Mount Cranmore Skimobile car displayed like a beautiful sculpture, and one of two 1938 Cannon Tramway cars beckons visitors into the entryway to the building. At first blush the Museum looks small next to the mammoth tramway station but inside there are many big things. In the Spring of 2012 a new permanent exhibit was introduced with See patenaude on 18
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Clinton The Finest? To the Editor: President Obama says Secretary Clinton has been one of our country’s finest Secretaries of State. Huh?? Is the President now smoking something other than cigarettes? Is the world safer, more peaceful, are threats reduced, is our country more respected around the world, are people more free than they were when Hillary took over as Secretary of State? No, no, no, no and no! The Middle East is in turmoil and the power of radical Muslims is increasing (with our help!!). Non-aggressive governments in Egypt and Libya have been replaced, with Hillary’s and Obama’s help, with anti-American governments that want to destroy Israel. The Obama administration armed al Queda affiliates in Libya and Syria. There has been no progress in creating a peaceful Iran. It still threatens its neighbors, arms terrorists, and is four years closer to having a nuclear bomb. There has been no improvement in relations with nuclear armed North Korea which just tested a missle it says was created to attack the US. Our enemies in Afghanistan are becoming more successful and our influence in Iraq is being replaced by Iran. Gains in personal freedom are being lost. This administration couldn’t even negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement to protect our
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soldiers. Russia is becoming more repressive, aggressive, and widening its world-wide influence. Chavez has increased his anti-freedom influence in South and Central America. Hillary inadequately protected our people and then falsely blamed a movie for the Benghazi attack. Hillary and President Obama used our tax money to inform millions of Muslims about the anti-Islam movie that they otherwise would never have heard about. One has to search hard for any international situation where our country is better off than before four years of Secretary of State Clinton. Surveys indicate that respect for our country is less now than during the Bush years. Only by using strange criteria can you consider Secretary Clinton one of our finest Secretaries of State. If you desire antagonisms where there was peace, if you want hostile countries to become more dangerous to us, if you want to arm terrorist groups who are a threat to our country and/ or our allies, if you want oppression of Christians and Jews where there was at least toleration, if you want less personal freedom, if you want to reduce America’s influence for good in the world, if you want our country to be less respected around the world, then, yes, you could rightly conclude that Secretary Clinton, with the full backing of President Obama, has been one of our finest Secretaries of
This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’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 newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.
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Northern Pass Reply To the Editor: This topic seems to draw a lot of inaccurate ‘facts’ regarding what might/ could/would happen with the Northern Pass Project. First, I would like to state I have NO personal interest in either property or financial in whether the NP project proceeds or not. This is in contrast to many with letters published and/or websites created in opposition to the NP project. For instance: Mr. Tom Mullen had purchased real estate in the north country knowing full well that there was a legal utility right-of-way splitting the property he purchased that is clearly defined in his property deed. Now he wants that portion of his deed nullified to avoid loosing profit on the sale of vacation home lots to Canadians. I wonder if Mr Rivers has any financial connection to Mr. Mullen. Maybe an investment in Mr. Mullen’s natural gas power generating proposal. Second instance: Mr Matt Bonner, a seemingly wealthy semi-pro basketball player on the Left Coast, probably isn’t concerned about the electric bills of the majority of the residents and businesses in New Hampshire. He doesn’t live here - oops he owns a home in Campton See mail boat on 28
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Big Box Shopping
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
I occasionally go shopping at one of those warehouse stores where you have to be a member in order to be able to take advantage of being able to purchase a lifetime’s supply of dinner (not lunch) napkins really cheap. My fiancée, Kim, is a member, but I am not. I get to enjoy the benefits of being in the same household as 65-lb bags of dried cranberries and hundreds of pounds of D batteries without having committed to anything. When I enter the store, I can’t help but get this uneasy feeling that I am doing something illegal. Still, with Kim as my guardian, I am allowed unchecked free rein. I do get a sense of security as I walk though the store. I know that while we are in it, if there were to be sudden nuclear annihilation outside, all of us inside would not only have an opportunity to be saved, but we could carry on with enough supplies to raise future generations. We could even build small communities around houses built from the massive cardboard boxes or, condominiums designed around the bottomless shopping carts. I’m pretty sure I saw a movie like that once starring Bruce Willis, but I can’t be sure. In the event of such a catastrophe, we could all hide behind the fortress sized wall of doubleply toilet paper. Even if
it failed to save us, we would all go down in comfort. Most of the time, when I am there, I meander and take in the sights. Boxes of cereal that, when empty, could be used to house a small litter of hippos; sides of beef that are only missing harnesses; packages of bars of soap that could be used as protection against the wind in an emergency and bags of sugar that could be used to stop the rise of a river…..the list goes on. One of my favorite parts of a day at the warehouse is sampling the small bits of food that are offered at tables throughout the store. I, like most people, really have no intention of purchasing the product but, in order to be civil, I will study the tiny offering, chew it or swallow it slowly and then proclaim it to be good, even if I don’t like it. It is part of the ritual any civilized person must go through when they are offered free stuff. A lot of these samples are of products that may be a little different than most people are used to and they figure that it is only through these samplings they might get people to actually by some. “Would you like to try a chip that tastes like popcorn?” asked one of the happy attendants as I passed her table. That day I was in one of those warehouse store moods where I didn’t really care to sample, We just wanted to shop and get out of there. Another time, I might have been more in a relaxing, meandering mood where I felt I had the time to stop at each and every sampling table, go through the civil ritual and proceed. I gave the attendant a
quick smile and a curt “No thanks” and continued on my way. I was tempted to add “…but if you have popcorn that tastes like chips, then we might be able to do business.” It was, I realized later, a missed opportunity. When we go through the check-out, the cashier looks at me and asks to see a membership card. I sheepishly defer to Kim. I can feel the eyes of shoppers behind me, like daggers, realizing that I am just an intruder into this special world, riding on the shirttails of someone else. Once we are done we stack our purchases into a couple of the many free cardboard boxes available, one of the perks of membership, and head towards the exit. But it’s not really that simple. The savings might be great, but it comes at the cost of high security. Our items are usually scrutinized with a keen eye by the employee at the exit whose job it is to look into our cart and then punch a hole in our receipt to verify that we aren’t trying to abscond with anything, as far as she can tell. She looks and, popping her gum, seems satisfied and punches our receipt. I am always glad once the day at the warehouse store is over. Kim always suggests, before we leave, that I should get a membership card of my own. I have hesitated thus far. Maybe it’s just the thrill of being somewhere where I am not supposed to be. Brendan Smith welcomes your comments at brendan@weirs.com. You can also follow him on Twitter at @weirsbrendan
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Weirs Times columnist Brendan Smith loves to share his experiences on how he has adjusted to life in New Hampshire after moving here from New York in 1985. His widely read “FOOL in New Hampshire” columns in the Weirs Times have been delighting readers for over 17 years. He has also been amusing live audiences with his “Flatlander” stories. Brendan’s ½-hour presentation is available for groups and organizations at a modest fee. For more information, or to book an appearance, email to brenthom12@gmail.com
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DAVID M. LAWTON, Managing Editor Brendan Smith................Editor Craig Richardson............Circulation Manager Starr Lawton...................Office Manager
From The State House ICLEI is ICKY Okay, if you haven’t heard anything about the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives by Rep. Jane (ICLEI) also Cormier known as Belknap District 8 Agenda 21, then you may have been living in a cave. ICLEI is a United Nations sponsored organization (that should tell us something right there) which helps promote “sustainability, climate protection, and clean energy initiative for towns, cities, and counties”. ICLEI supports (usually with GIANT federal tentacles) local governments by providing technical assistance and training opportunities to communities seeking its services. Sounds good doesn’t it? Actually, ICLEI is a lobbying and policy group that is designed to influence and change local
governmental policies related to all aspects of human life. ICLEI/ Agenda 21 is dedicated to changing the ideal of our inalienable rights which include life, liberty, and property. How does this happen? Through legislation of course. NH has set up regional planning commissions, which cities and towns are urged to join. Promoting the idea that cities and towns should accept federal (EPA/HUD/DOT) money (does that EVER work out?) to make regional changes in housing, transportation, and water management, these planning commissions can easily “sell” what is “best” for you. Sustainability has become the catch word here. (Whenever you see SUSTAINABILITY, your hackles should rise. “Sustainable Communities”, “NH Water Sustainability Commission”, “SMART Meters” – these are all directly or indirectly part of ICLEI.) This See cormier on 28
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The Blame Righty Mob Falls Silent Question: How many times over the past four years have exploitative liberal journalists and Democratic leaders by Michelle Malkin rushed to pin Syndicated Columnist random acts of violence on the tea party, Republicans, Fox News and conservative talk radio? Answer: Nearly a dozen times, including the 2009 massacre of three Pittsburgh police officers (which lib journos falsely blamed on Fox News, Glenn Beck and the “heated, apocalyptic rhetoric of the anti-Obama forces”); the 2009 suicide insurance scam/murder hoax of Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman (which New York magazine falsely blamed on Rush Limbaugh, “conservative media personalities, websites and even members of Congress”); the 2009 Holocaust museum shooting (which MSNBC commentator Joan Walsh blamed on Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly and yours truly); the 2010 Times Square jihad bomb plot (which Mayor Michael Bloomberg falsely blamed on tea party activists protesting Obamacare); and the 2011 Tucson massacre, which liberals continue to blame on former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Question: What will this rabid Blame Righty mob do now that an alleged triple-murderer has singled out prominent lefties in the media and Hollywood for fawning praise as part of his crazed manifesto advocating cop-killing?
Answer: Evade, deflect, ignore and whitewash. This week, former Los Angeles Police Department Officer Christopher Dorner allegedly shot and killed three innocent people in cold blood. He was the subject of a massive manhunt as of Thursday afternoon. Dorner posted an 11,000-word manifesto on Facebook that outlined his chilling plans to target police officers. CNN headlined its story on the rant: “Alleged cop-killer details threats to LAPD and why he was driven to violence.” MSNBC reported: “Manifesto: Alleged Revenge Shooter Named Targets.” KTLA-TV in Los Angeles went with: “Christopher Dorner’s Manifesto (Disturbing Content and Language).” There was a curious, blaring omission in both the headlines and the stories from these supposedly objective outlets, though. Dorner expressed rather pointed, explicit views of news personalities and celebrities who have influenced, entertained and uplifted him. Dorner praised stars from Ellen DeGeneres and Charlie Sheen (“you’re effin awesome”) to “Jennifer Beals, Serena Williams ... Tamron Hall ... Natalie Portman, Queen Latifah ... Kelly Clarkson, Nora Jones, Laura Prepon, Margaret Cho and Rutina Wesley.” The shout-outs to liberal journalists go on at length: “Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, Pat Harvey, Brian Williams, Soledad Obrien (sic), Wolf Blitzer, Meredith Viera (sic), Tavis Smiley and Anderson Cooper, keep up the great work and follow Cronkite’s lead,” Dorner cheered. “I hold many of you in the same regard as Tom Brokaw and the late Peter Jennings.”
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West African Drug Hub Under the Radar UNITED NAT I O N S — I t
should come as no surprise that a country haunted by the aftermath of civil war, challenged by John J. Metzler b y m i l i t a r y Syndicated Columnist coups, mired in corruption, and facing the undertow of poverty would be a prime candidate for drug smuggling. Add a geographic location on the nexus of transportation routes, but off the media’s political radar, and you have a near-perfect combination for what has become a narcotics trans-shipment point. The country is Guinea-Bissau, a sliver of land and some forgotten islands on the shoulder of West Africa but astride key transportation routes between South America and Europe. A former Portuguese colony which gained independence in 1974 under a left wing political movement, GuineaBissau has faced a tumultuous history of one party rule, mismanagement, and corruption. Civil war in the 1990’s and an endemic climate of military takeovers, the most recent being in April 2012, saw the small land of 1.6 million people morph into what many security experts say is a cocaine trans-shipment hub. The UN Security Council has expressed alarm that drug trafficking has expanded since the recent coup. There are widespread allegations that key members of the Guinea- Bissau military serve as both protectors to and often as “kingpins” of narcotics trafficking. UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon advised in a report that organized crime has used Guinea-Bissau “as a transit point for international drug trafficking.” He added “International intelligence suggests that cocaine trafficking is taking place on a weekly or bi-weekly basis… without interference from government officials.” Ban added, “It is believed that hundreds of kilograms of cocaine are trafficked in each single attempt.” The Bissagos islands, a string
of largely uninhabited and off the radar islets moreover, offer opportunities for clandestine landings. Nearby Boloma, was used by Pan Am flying boats during WWII for transatlantic crossings. While the UN Security Council has tried to facilitate political reconciliation among rival factions, Taye-Brook Zerihoun, an Assistant Secretary General told the Council that “There is a general atmosphere of fear within the population arising from the recent cases of beatings, torture and intimidation that continue to restrict freedom or assembly and information.” He warned, “The continued lack of civilian control and oversight over the defense and security forces and the continuing attempts by some politicians to manipulate the military for sectarian benefit remain matters of grave concern.” An understatement; key elements of the military are part and parcel of the problem. Brazil’s Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti was more specific, “The continued lack of civilian control over the military, drug trafficking, impunity, economic deterioration, and human rights violations are daunting challenges Guinea-Bissau currently faces.” Speaking as the Chairperson of the UN’s Guinea Bissau Peacebuilding Commission , she called for dialogue among the political parties but stressed that reconciliation must “take root domestically” and not be imposed from outside. Importantly one small but significant step may come from the UN’s new point man in the country Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace laureate and former President of East Timor, another former Portuguese colony. A respected player in conflict mediation, RamosHorta may be able to establish at least a serious start to solving this pernicious problem. Why is this important? Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan blamed the international community for ignoring the threat posed by corrupted countries like Guinea-Bissau In comments to the Associat-
ed Press (AP) Kofi Annan stated significantly, “As an international community we tend to be rather short-sighted. We have to be careful how we deal with failed states…We ignored Somalia for 20 years until it came
back to bite us in the form of central piracy, and everybody then woke up.” He added, “In a way we are doing the same with GuineaBissau. That’s where it started,
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Prophets and Losses Now that the federal government is playing an ever larger role in the economy, a look at Washington’s track record seems to be long overby Thomas Sowell due. Syndicated Columnist The recent release of the Federal Reserve Board’s transcripts of its deliberations back in 2007 shows that their economic prophecies were way off. How much faith should we put in their prophecies today -- or the policies based on those prophecies? Even after the housing market began its collapse in 2006, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in 2007, “The impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime market seems likely to be contained.” It turned out that financial
disasters in the housing market were not “contained,” but spread out to affect the whole American economy and economies overseas. Then Chairman Bernanke said: “It is an interesting question why what looks like $100 billion or so of credit losses in the subprime market has been reflected in multiple trillions of dollars of losses in paper wealth.” What is an even more interesting question is why we should put such faith and such power in the hands of a man and an institution that have been so wrong before. This is not just a question of a bad guess by Ben Bernanke. The previous chairman of the Federal Reserve System, Alan Greenspan, likewise misjudged the consequences of the housing boom and bust. Nor was the Federal Reserve’s staff any more accurate in its prophecies. According to the New York Times, “The Fed’s own staff still foreSee Sowell on 24
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— OFF THE SHELF — Dancing In The Ratlines Ratlines by Stuart Neville, Soho Crime, January 1, 2013.
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Neville’s writing is every bit as seductive and striking as in his previous novels. “A bristling hush hung over the city, like a breath before a word, the streets about to wake.� This is exactly how Dublin seemed to me during a visit a few years back, though I lacked the eloquence to describe it so. Just as Albert Ryan is restrained by his honor and his duty, so is Stuart Neville constrained by writing a novel using historical figures. In the beginning of the story Albert Ryan dances the slow dance, each bit of evidence carefully examined, each move carefully considered, each character properly introduced. As the story goes on and the dangers increase Ryan picks up his pace and Neville picks up his. By the time you reach the climax you feel like you’ve danced a jitterbug, and you’re more than ready for the last dance, a nice slow and steady waltz that promises another thrilling dance in the future.
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On Wednesday, February 13, Christians around the world begin the celebration of Lent. This season starts with Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter Sunday – a period of about forty days. It is a season filled with symbolism. The ashes for Ash Wednesday are made from burning the palms from the previous Palm Sunday, reminding us of how we can turn so quickly from praise to rejection in life as well as in faith. The forty days time period reminds us of the days Jesus spent in prayer in the wilderness before he began his ministry. Many people fast during his time or give up something they enjoy as a spiritual discipline. Sundays are not considered fast days, because every Sunday is a remembrance of the resurrection of Christ, and therefore a day of celebration. The final week is called Holy week, beginning with the celebration of Palm Sunday and going through the events of the last week of Jesus’ life, with special emphasis on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Maundy means washing, and on that day we remember how Jesus washed the disciples feet at the Last Supper as a sign of servanthood. We usually have communion that evening as well to remember the Last Supper. Good Friday is the day of the crucifixion of Christ. Many times the altar cross is covered with a black cloth as a sign of
mourning. And then Easter, the resurrection of Christ. Celebrations begin at Sunrise with services, often outdoors to greet the sunrise and continue through the morning and finish with famility gatherings and feasts. Most of us think of Lent as darkness and dreariness, but the auction word “Lent� comes from the Teutonic languages and simply means spring! I like that. Spring is a time when the old dies away and the new is born – a perfect analogy for our Christian celebrations. We are called to let anything that hinders our spiritual growth die away and be replaced by something that will help us in life, that will give us new life. The problem is that many people give up something only for the forty days and then go right back to it. (Why do you think chocolate is the center food of the Easter baskets rather than oranges!) I would suggest to Christians and nonChristians alike that we use this spring, this Lent, to give up some of the things that really do harm us and then try not to go back to them. What if we worked at giving up the old angers that separate us and try to fix broken relationships. Anger takes a lot of energy to maintain and it has bad effects on ourdigestive systems and our hearts. Healing relationships can affect our own health as well. What if we worked at giving up or limiting the things that we are addicted to; not just drugs,
food, or alcohol, but also compulsive spending or gambling, procrastination (oops, that’s my problem!), internet games, etc. What if we added things that are good for us – a better diet, a long-avoided doctor appointment, exercise, time to relax – and then kept them as a part of our on-going lifestyle. What if we spent some extra time developing our spiritual lives, for we are all spiritual people whether we call ourselves Christian, Jewish, Muslin, spiritual but non-religious, or even non-believers. This will affect our emotional stability as well as our faith and physical selves. As lent begins, consider the ways that you can bring spring into your lives and leave winter behind. Consider how you can experience resurrection in your own life. As Christians, that is our most powerful image. Christ lived our lives, died our deaths and was resurrected into glory. Amen. Rev. Victoria Wood Parrish is the pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Gilford, NH, located on Route 11-A. It is a congregation of open hearts, open minds, and open doors. Worship is at 10:30 am on Sundays. Children’s activities and nursery are available during the 10:30 morning worship. We also invite you to the United Methodist Church in the Weirs, 35 Tower St., which worships at 10:00 AM. There are also many other local congregations who would welcome you to worship.
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Eternal Vigilance For Your Tax/Spending Cap! WARNING: Bureaucrats, politicians, and those who believe in the re-distribution of your wealth are by Niel Young Advocates Columnist not happy with the equalizer; a Tax/Spending Cap! Presently the Manchester City Finance Director BILL SANDERS said the problem with the voter-approved cap is that it restricts not only spending, but revenue - in particular the degree to which tax rates may be raised. UNION LEADER: “Sanders said the problem with the voter-approved cap is that it restricts not only spending, but revenue - in particular the degree to which tax rates may be raised.� SANDERS: “This dual cap and revenue equation, which is so hard and arcane, will be a challenge in the future, a very serious challenge.� As one of the Laconia residents who worked to pass the voter approved Laconia Tax Cap in 2005 I have a bit of knowledge on the topic. We copied Franklin, then Rochester, then Dover copied. In Laconia we use the CPIUrban each year. The total of the working budget for municipal and school are determined by the CPI and anticipated new construction from actual building permits for the coming fiscal year. The Tax Cap reflects the economic times right then. Department Heads think they should have more than the Cap allows, our city council is expected to assemble a budget that is within the Cap. NO playing games! If only the state and national Representatives would do the same. Wouldn’t it be great if government would
live within OUR means? As with the US Constitution, the Local Tax Cap belongs to the citizens of that city. It is the Taxpayers who MUST STILL PRACTICE ETERNAL VIGILANCE over the elected, and the bureaucrats. For anyone to suggest that the Cap should be ignored that tells me that the ability to contribute more does not matter to the spenders. They want it, they want it now, and the takers seek involuntary wealth re-distribution. I love reading the complaints of public officials when they are forced to make the same choices thousands of NH families have to make every day.�... so hard and arcane�?! It’s called “the real world,� buddy. Time you started living in it. ********* Americans are pessimistic about the economy, poll finds. Americans feel little optimism about the economic outlook, according to a poll by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. The availability of good jobs with good pay will never return or will not return for many years, 86% of participants said. Emailer: “Who cares? At least we voted in the guy who brings a promise of “change� – and that’s worth a lot more than a good job with good pay. 86% tells me a lot of these very same people voted for him.� ******** Not sure Karl Rove and his band of Merry RINOs would approve of this talented Black American, but Dr. Benjamin Carson or his clone delivered an inspirational and outstanding speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. He spoke before Obama. With what Dr. Carson said I’ll bet “The One� was giving him
the evil stare. BHO does not like being corrected, but Carson took it right to “The One� on policy. McConnell and Boehner should take a few lessons from the Doctor. ******** TOM BLUMER (pjmedia): Sensible conservatives have had to put up with a lot since Ronald Reagan left the White House — and to be clear Reagan also had a few very weak moments. But expecting us to get enthusiastic about the sadly realistic prospect of New Jersey Governor CHRIS CHRISTIE becoming the Republican Party’s next presidential nominee is, at least for me, way beyond the pale. ******** Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: �After stonewalling for more than a year federal judges and ordinary citizens who sought the revelation of its secret legal research justifying the presidential use of drones to kill persons overseas -even Americans.� Kathy G: “Well...as you all know...we cannot torture people, but we can kill them. Go figure.� ******** If Governor Christie isn’t the most cynical, self-centered, egotistical opportunist exploiting a carefully developed but fundamentally false conservative persona on the political scene today, I don’t want to meet the person who is.� ******** If you visit http://www. memri.org/report/en you will find news like this: “Saudi Cleric, Lecturer At Prophet’s Mosque, And Former Dean Of Sharia Faculty At Islamic University At Al-Madina Justifies Killing Of U.S. Ambassador To Libya, Calls For Attacks On Airplanes, Praises AlQaeda See advocates on 27
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On Saturday, February 16th, The Art Place in downtown Wolfeboro will hold its semi-annual Peter Ferber Gallery Show featuring local well-known artist Peter Ferber’s collection of new original paintings. The unveiling and artist’s reception will commence at 9:30 a.m., and all are welcome to attend and meet the artist. As the winter cold settles in and I’m seeking comfort, it is a real treat for me to see some of the new ‘summer themed’ paintings that Peter has done for the upcoming show,” says Barbara Gibbs, the owner of The Art Place. “An inviting garden shed with all the essential tools in the doorway, a comfortable looking porch filled with well-loved wicker furniture, as well as a local scene with wispy clouds and a canoe seeming to gently glide through the waters of Lake Winnipesaukee all take the edge off a cold winter’s day. Not only the comfort of looking at the subject matter, but the feeling of comfort of what is familiar that I get when I view such beautiful pieces. There will be approximately 15 new originals for this show as
“White on White II” by Peter Ferber. well as a few new limited edition prints.” Barbara continues, “Another original that Peter has also painted for this show is a winter scene titled White on White II. Last winter he was inspired by our one snow storm to do White on White I. Like that painting, this one is a tonal piece that radiates warmth and tranquility. What is left out of the painting allows for the imagination of the viewer to take over. Peter has always specialized in bringing his viewer to experience
nostalgia. When looking at one of his paintings, we are often transcended into that moment in time. As well, through his art, we are given the opportunity to experience nature and all its natural charm. His approach may vary from show to show, but his art is true to the beauty that surrounds us here in New England.” Peter says “Fresh perspectives on familiar spots, and familiar perspectives on new spots describe the collection of new paintSee ferber on 30
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its have been Five Rings, Six States in the Winter Nov 10 King Michael (Tribute to the King of Pop) Olympics, celebrating Mainstage the region’s Olympians who have appeared in Nov 10 & 11 Mr. PopperÔs Penguins all Winter Olympics, and Weekend Family Theatre Series Nordic Skiing From Stone Age to Skating, which Nov 16 Kashmir (Led Zeppelin Tribute) documents the rise in Mainstage popularity of the ancient Nov 17 & 18 RockinÕ Schoolhouse discipline. Weekend Family Theatre Series Prominently on display are a number of signifiNov 24 Makem & Spain Brothers cant ski trophies, includMainstage ing the Golden Ski Award presented by the Eastern Dec 1 Celebrity Waiter Holiday Dinner Theatre Ski Writers Association Fundraiser beginning in 1969 to the Dec 1 & 2 Alexander WhoÕs Not, Not, Not Going to Move top Eastern amateur ski Weekend Family Theatre Series male and female ski racers. Following a hiatus Dec 8 & 9 Mr. PopperÕs Penguins of decades in which the Weekend Family Theatre Series award was lost and forgotten, the golden ski was Dec 14 & 15 The NutcrackerItÕs the place to be! SCHEDULE donated to the Museum Produced by Sole City Dance Sept 28 Revolving Door and the award program Season Opener Bash! Dec 19 - 23 A Christmas Carol revived. Since 2008 the Sept 29 Gazpacho Dance Party Theatre/Family/A&E winners are recognized Oct 6 The Super Secret Project ROH & Rochester Main Street Co-Production at the Museum’s exhibit The new permanent exhibit at the New England Ski Museum. Jan 17 - Feb 2 All Shook Up (Elvis Musical) Oct 13 James Montgomery Hometown Heroes Blues Festival opening party in June. Mainstage Theatre/Mainstage pair of stock K2 shaped debuts each June. Oct From from the beginnings of ski The 2012 winners are re13 & 14 RockinÕ Schoolhouse Weekend Family Theatre Series skis. Pastime to Enterprise: tows and lifts to techno- peat Gold Ski Award reFeb 8 Strafford WindOctSymphony 18 - Nov. 3 Annie Theatre/Family/A&Eadvances in skis Accompanying the per- Skiing Becomes a Busi- logical cipients Mikaela Shiffrin Family Oct 20 Comedian Bob Marleygrooming and manent exhibition is an ness is such an exhibit, and snow (Burke Mountain AcadTwo shows! Feb 9 which spotlighting Popovichinnovations Comedy Theatre annual exhibit Recent past emy) and Ryan CochranNov 3 & 4Petmore. Alexander WhoÕs Not, Not, Not Going exhibto Move Weekend Family Theatre Series Mainstage Siegle (Cochran’s). Nov 10 King Michael (Tribute to the King of Pop) Mainstage New England Ski Feb 16 R-rated Hypnotist/Comedian Frank Santos, Jr. MThe Nov 10 & 11 Mr. PopperÔs Penguins useum’s quarterly Weekend Family Theatre Series Mainstage Journal delivers ski hisNov 16 Kashmir (Led Zeppelin Tribute) Mainstage tory articles written by Feb. 22-23 The Vagina Monologues Nov 17 & 18 RockinÕ Schoolhouse Museum historian E. Weekend Family Theatre Series Back Alley Productions & V-Day Rochester Co-Production Nov 24 Makem & Spain Brothers John B. Allen, executive Mainstage Feb 28 - Mar 9 To Kill a Mockingbird director Jeff Leich and Dec 1 Celebrity Waiter Holiday Dinner Theatre Fundraiser Theatre other notable historians. Dec 1 & 2 Alexander WhoÕs Not, Not, Not Going to Move The Journal also includes Weekend Family Theatre Series Mar 15 The Spirit of Johnny Cash Dec 8 & 9 Mr. PopperÕs Penguins the full content of annual Weekend Family Theatre Series Mainstage exhibits, with imagery Dec 14 & 15 The Nutcracker by Sole City Dance from the museum’s arMar 16 Dueling PianosDec 19 - 23 Produced A Christmas Carol chives and recollections Theatre/Family/A&E Mainstage Jan 17 - Feb 2 All Shook Up (Elvis Musical) by prominent skiers and Theatre/Mainstage Mar 29 - 30 Romeo & JulietFeb(Shakespeare in Schools) industry leaders. 8 Strafford Wind Symphony Family Theatre/A&E/Family The collections of the Feb 9 Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre Museum are a distinMainstage April 6 Dance Northeast Feb 16 R-rated Hypnotist/Comedian Frank Santos, Jr. guishing facet of the Mainstage ROH & Sole City Dance Co-Production organization, and proFeb. 22-23 The Vagina Monologues Back Alley Productions & V-Day Rochester Co-Production vide the basis for the April 12 Lottery Cocktail Party Feb 28 - Mar 9 To Kill a Mockingbird research that results in Special Event/Fundraiser Theatre annual exhibits, as well Mar 15 The Spirit of Johnny Cash TO KILL A Mainstage April 20 Corvettes Doo Mar Wop Revue as the numerous books, MOCKINGBIRD 16 Dueling Pianos Mainstage Mainstage THE VAGINA R-Rated Comedian Hypnotist By Christopher Sergel, articles and films that Mar 29 - 30 Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare in Schools) MONOLOGUES Based on the Novel by FRANK SANTOS JR. have been produced by Theatre/A&E/Family 25 - May 4 Harper Glengarry Glen Ross Dance Northeast Lee Benefit forApr SASS This second generation Museum board memApril 6 A benefit performance Theatre/Mainstage ROH & Sole City Dance Co-Production hypnotist unleashes inner Family Night - Thur., bers and staff. Those with 100% of the pro“talents” of audience April 12 Lottery Cocktail Party Feb. 28th @ 7:30pm Special Event/Fundraiser ceeds to benefit the 17 collections are housed members and transMay Strafford Wind Symphony Rochester branch of A April 20 Corvettes Doo Wop Revue forms them into “stars” Fri & Sat, March 1 & 2, in the nearby PaumgarFamily Mainstage in this unpredictable, Safe Place, as well as Thu-Sat, March 7-9, 8pm ten Family Archival CenApr 25 - May 4 Glengarry Glen Ross uproarious laugh-until10% of that going globTheatre/Mainstage 25thonAnnual Putnam County Spelling Bee ter, established in 2003. your-sides-hurt R-rated at 2pm ally to V-Day. June 6 - 16 MatineesThe Strafford Wind Symphony comedy show. 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the help of the Institute for Museum and Library Services. From the First Tracks to the Fall line: eight thousand years of skiing presents a coherent chronology of the development of skiing from its prehistoric roots up until the advent of the shaped ski in the 1990’s and includes local aspects of ski history with national implications such as several important “firsts” at Cannon Mountain and the career of Bode Miller. All five of Bode Miller’s Olympic medals are on loan to the Museum and are displayed along with the torn red racing suit Miller wore while racing the 1996 United States Alpine Championships held at Sugarloaf. In the slalom championship Miller came blasting onto the national scene with a stunning third place finish and introduced the world to his technical prescience by using a
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world-renowned skills to North Conway and Mount Cranmore in 1939. The centerpiece of the event is a fun dual giant slalom course suitable for intermediate and novice skiers, yet a handful of extremely competitive teams of five vie for the Hannes Schneider Trophy each year. There are prizes given to the participants wearing the most formerly fashionable vintage ski clothing. The weekend long event opens on Friday night with a reception and a torch-light ski parade and ends on Sunday with a breakfast and a ski history presentation. The event is entertaining and educational for the whole family. On March 9, 2013, the 5th annual TD Bank New England Ski Museum’s Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon at the Omni Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire will take place. The event is part of the New England Nordic Ski Association’s TD Bank Marathon Series. This is a classic technique cross-country event, with timed and untimed categories, that is staged between the historic Mount Washington Hotel and the magnificent Presidential
Range mountains. The course is a twenty-one kilometer loop that is skied once for the halfmarathon and twice for the full marathon. Bretton Woods was the site of the 1982 United States Cross Country National Championships where such legends as Bill Koch and Tim Caldwell competed. Past winners include Olympians Justin Freeman and Dorcas Wonsavage. Young skiers can take part in a Bill Koch League youth race which takes place shortly after the marathon starts. Festivities include a bib pickup welcoming party, a special Swix clothing sale and an Award banquet held in a grand ballroom in the Omni Mount Washington Resort. This has become a truly great event for recreational and competitive cross country skiers. The New England Ski Museum invites all snowsports lovers to become members and to visit the Museum in Franconia Notch. The Museum is open daily from Memorial Day to the end of ski season, and admission is always free. Have Fun!
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“When I went to go home, I could see that most of College Woods was gone.” College Woods, a fifty-five acre stand of spectacular white pines adjacent to the campus, was badly damaged. Yet it represented only a fraction of the 2.6 billion board feet of timber that was felled by the great storm. The book begins with the hurricane and the path of destruction it left from Long Island to northern New England. Over 600 lives were lost, cities were flooded and property damage was extensive. In northern New England, the story was about the destruction of the forest—the economic engine for many rural communities. As a result, The Northeast Timber Salvage Administration (a Roosevelt-Era program) was established to recover the felled timber. Four years after when the U.S. had entered WWII, the salvage pro-
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Horses pull a scoot-load of logs onto the ice at Lily Pond in Gilford. (Photo: Bluford W. Muir, National Archives) gram struggled to find laborers. Finally in 1942, copying other wartime industries that recruited women, the US Forest Service built a sawmill and hired women to run it. The October 26, 1942, Concord Daily Monitor headline read, “WomenOperated Sawmill, First Of Kind in Country, Will Start Work Soon At Turkey Pond.” Some women, particularly those experienced
in sawmill or farm work, were hired from local families. Recruiters felt that farm and mill women would be rugged and reliable and have an understanding of the work requirements. Laura Willey and Violet Story were recruited that way. Daisy Perkins and Florence Drouin left jobs at the New Hampshire State Hospital to work at Turkey Pond, others left waitSee smith on 22
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the history of the country came after the Fed was founded, and that deflation contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s. As for bank failures, they reached levels unheard of before there was a Federal Reserve System. Like so many “progressives,” then and now, Woodrow Wilson seemed to think that, if those who made government decisions had no financial interest in those decisions, then they could be trusted to wield their powers in the public interest. But the enormous power wielded by the unelected leaders of the Fed over the economy, unchecked by the constraints of the market, has repeatedly turned out to be more than human beings can handle. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www. tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www. creators.com.
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Tilton Senior Center from 7pm9pm every Wednesday.
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Dover Public Library. Every Saturday at 2pm. Free screening of a family movie. Bring your own popcorn!
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Meredith Senior Center. Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Free. 279-5631 for times and to schedule an appointment.
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Meredith Public Library, Main St. Wednesdays, 10:3011:30am and Thursdays, 1-2pm. Ages 3-5. 279-4303.
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Pease Golf Course, 200 Grafton Road, Portsmouth. Simulators are open and reservations can be made by calling the golf shop at 433-1331.
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Community Hall above the fire station. 7pm. Second Monday of every month. All are welcome. 366-5185.
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promotion of Agenda 21/ ICLEI/Sustainability is all accomplished by imposing new laws and ordinances that bypass YOU, the taxpayers and voters. According to Stanley Kurtz, National Review Online, “One approach is to force suburban residents into densely packed cities by blocking development on the outskirts of metropolitan areas…” This effectively takes care of the “unsustainability” of automobiles “polluting our environment”, farmers and ranchers as custodians of our lands (hence, the goal of “re-wilding” of America up to 50%!), meat based diets (cattle grazing is “unsustainable”), and finally the government overtaking our free market system by mandating all “sustainable levels”. What is ICKY about ICLEI is it stands in opposition to what our Founding Fathers and Republic espouses – common good does NOT trump individual liberty in America. This is just one more example of our government believing they know what is best for us. ICKY. Currently, four municipalities are members of ICLEI – Wolfeboro, Nashua, Keene, and Portsmouth. Now, here is the punch line: our Constitution pro-
hibits states from entering into any compact or agreement with a foreign entity without prior approval of Congress. The process has clearly been usurped and outrageously so. (But, if you think the Constitution is just a “dead” document, so what?) On February 6, 2013 our NH State legislature voted to kill HB 144 (by a vote of 211 to 141) which would have prohibited “the state, counties, towns, and cities from implementing programs of expending money for, receiving funding from, or contracting with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives.” The majority of the house killed this bill and you should check to see how YOUR representative voted. The future of our state is in YOUR hands. There is a plethora of information on the web regarding ICLEI and Agenda 21. Don’t be one of the uneducated few who will leave our “Live Free or Die State” in the hands of a U.N. mandate. Now, THAT is ICKY! Jane Cormier is a NH State Representative from Belknap, District 8, representing Alton, Barnstead and Gilmanton.
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- co-incidence, probably not. Did he purchase this home from Mr Mullens project? Maybe... Third instance: Mr. Rivers states that Northeast Energy Link IS 220 miles long and completely underground. It’s only a proposal Mr. Rivers and has many of the same stated benefits of the NP project - except it depends primarily on wind farms no wind/no power. Any plans I have seen of the Northern Pass project show the use of existing power-line right-of-ways to minimize the impact on any additional land. Yes, I too have seen and driven under the power lines thru Grafton and Coos Counties. Quite an impressive sight, both the towers and the land are very well maintained, in my opinion. Anyone driving Interstate 93 from border to border will be many times passing within a half mile of the existing power lines and not even seeing them. The ‘photo-shopped’ images presented by the opposition were totally unreasonable. Even the posted video from the opposition of NationalGrid towers don’t show anything more than out of scale closeups of a few insulators. The develop-
ers of the NP project have attempted to answer any reasonable questions regarding the benefits/cost to the state of NH and it’s residents. Mr. Rivers, did you pose the question of who benefits from the reduction in costs directly to the developers? Obviously not, as you are guessing at the answer. Now I’ll make a few guesses. Digging through the Granite State to bury a line might do three things: 1) be prohibitively expensive to blast the way through that much granite; 2) disrupt far more land and kill more trees than erecting a few more towers would do; and 3) allow Mr. Mullens, et.al. to continue to put a legal stranglehold on the project as the right-of-way defined in his deeds is probably only of the aerial variety and not undergound - he wins! The last time I looked the towns of Franklin (location of a major proposed sub-station) and Deerfield (the terminus, interconnecting to PSNH trans-
mission system) are both within the state of New Hampshire and certainly state and local taxes will be levied on the power carried and facilities built to support the project for the full length. I’m sorry the special business and real estate interests may suffer because of this project but whatever happened to ‘the greater good’ a project like this would bring to the region. More power might mean more clean light industry and more jobs. Lower cost might mean my electric rates wouldn’t double like they have in the last year. (I do have a conflict here, I’m on Social Security which did NOT double this last year.) I would hope that anyone presenting a view on this project would begin as I have and define any conflict of interest before stating their position. Using dishonest fear tactics will only influence the uninformed.
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and we have allowed it to fester.” Annan advised that drug traffickers have linked with terrorist groups in the
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ings for this show. I took time last fall to explore, and collect new material to work with. From wicker porch rockers, the cane seat of my canoe, and the leather, cushioned seat of a 100-year-old launch, I was afforded a rich array of scenes from which to draw on, as I now bring some of them to completion sitting by the wood stove in my studio. Looking over these paintings, I’m first reminded of how generous so many people were to me with their homes, their boats, and their time in taking me to these great new spots. Two people I met at the
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Antique Boat Show offered to show me around Ossipee Lake, a place I’d seen bits of, but never been out on. Over the years people have asked if I’d ever done anything of Ossipee Lake, so I was eager to see what it had to offer. They spent a whole afternoon taking me all over, even giving me my own map that they had marked with points of interest, and places where I could put in my canoe to explore later on my own. What a huge, sweeping landscape it offers, with Chocorua and Mount Washington highlighting the backdrop?at much closer range than you get from Winnipesaukee. Then
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you have the small bays, beaches, creeks, and expansive natural wetlands that gave me a fresh perspective on the New Hampshire landscape. There will be a couple of pieces from there. “And there will be porches. Again, I’m so grateful for their owners generosity in giving me access so I can share their special views with a wider audience. One of these porches framed a new vantage point of Wolfeboro. Then my own paddling revealed another unexpected view of the town from out among the Varney Islands. This became the subject of the oil featured on the postcard and in other publicity for the show. A wonderful old boathouse that I had admired by water, took on a far more striking “pose” when seen from its owner’s porch. Set against the open lake, the image took on a depth it lacked when just seen up against the wooded shoreline. Boathouses (or parts of them) find their way into a couple other pieces as well. “As always, light and atmosphere were impor-
“Varney Island Passage” by Peter Ferber. tant collaborators in every painting, taking these subjects beyond the ordinary. From the crisp, bright blue days we all love, to the soft edges a slight mist affords, to warm and dramatic tones that come at dawn or sunset, all transform our familiar landscape into something worth pausing and taking in. Peter concludes by saying: “In counterpoint to the broader scenes, some of my favorite subjects in this collection include a little, weathered garden shed, a sunlit section of picket fence, the meeting of a barn and stone wall in snow, the sunlight coming through the corner of a wicker chair. Fresh perspectives on small, sometimes overlooked things, that I hope will give viewers a fresh way of appreciating the familiar in their own world.” Since 1994 Peter Ferber has painted the official posters for the New England Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society’s annual show, which also come as highly collectable artist proofs. Peter has exhibited in over 50 shows in New England and the Midwest. Nearly 100 reproductions of his work have been made, including about 70 lim-
ited edition prints. That includes a collection of Castle in the Clouds limited edition prints featuring various scenes from the Castle. His illustrations have appeared in national magazines, including Yankee, Antiques, and Connoisseur; and a number of books including: a retrospective of the poetry and prose of Doris Peel, entitled Journey To A New Day, and a children’s book written by his wife, Jeannie Ferber, entitled The Tails of Quince and Flute in Semer Wood. The show is scheduled for February 16th at 9:30 a.m. but in case of extreme snow, a snow date of Sunday, February 17 beginning at 11am has been scheduled. The show will continue through March 2nd. The Art Place is the exclusive gallery for Peter Ferber’s original artwork, and produces many of his limited edition prints. The Art Place is located at 9 North Main Street, downtown Wolfeboro and is open Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 to 5 this time of year. For more information, call 603 569-6159 or toll free 866 569-6159
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The Spirit of Johnny Cash Comes To Rochester Friday, March 15th at 8pm
Feel the spirit of Johnny Cash with tribute artist Harold Ford at the Rochester Opera House on Friday, March 15 at 8pm (Doors 7pm). Ford, with a deep baritone voice and striking resemblance to the beloved Man in Black, is inspired to keep the torch burning for the beloved country music icon. With great reverence, Ford says: “The human struggles and challenges which Johnny sang about are as prevalent today as they were throughout his career. He moved us all to look deep with greater passion and understanding at ourselves and others. “The members of The Cash Band and I strive to remain true to the humanity that was such an important part of Johnny Cash’s music.� The mission of Harold Ford & The Cash Band is to carry on the spirit message and music of Johnny Cash. In The Spirit of Johnny Cash, Ford and his Cash Band recreate the sound of Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three. Laura Lucy joins Mr. Ford and the band as the captivating June Carter Cash. Ford possesses the stage presence and charisma reminiscent of Johnny Cash,
lending the feel of a performance at the Grand Ole Opry. No doubt, Johnny Cash is the most iconic Country Artist of all time and with Nashville’s country music press hailing this show as a must see/hear to believe, we believe you’ll be talking about this one long after you stand and applaud for an encore. If you call yourself a fan of Country Music, you can’t afford to miss this show. Tickets are $18 and $20 and can be reserved online at www.rochesteroperahouse.com or call/stop by the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5 and two hours before the show. Cash bar. Patrons age 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult. This show is sponsored by Eastern Propane and Oil, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Shaheen and Gordon, P.A., Norman Vetter Foundations, Charter Trust Company and Care Pharmacy. The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. The season continues with Dueling Pianos 3/16, Romeo and Juliet 3/29-30 and The Lottery Cocktail Party 4/12.
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800-350-2499 MANCHESTER
SALEM
LACONIA
rt. 3 RT. 16 967 Gold Street rt. 28 603-539-2887 603-623-0130 603-893-9131 603-524-0163
NO DOWN PAYMENT
12 MONTHS!
On select appliances. See store for details CONCORD
PLAISTOW
350 loudon rd. rt. 125 603-224-8526 603-612-0087