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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 24, NO. 8
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Opera At The Dover Library
Steve White, owner of Wild Bird Depot in Gilford, stands in front of the wall of success, photographs taken by his customers. Over two hundred of them, each one showing a species of bird or wildlife they have welcomed into their brendan smith Photo backyards through the use of Steve’s knowledge in attracting these welcome visitors.
Sharing His Backyard Birding Knowledge And Expertise For 20 Years by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
It has been twenty years since Steve White opened Wild Bird Depot in Gilford. Over that course of time, the emergence of the World Wide Web and big box stores has changed the way
people shop. Yet, Wild Bird Depot has not only survived the changes of time but has thrived as White continues to offer the key ingredient in helping people pursue their hobby of backyard birding –knowledge and expertise. “My customers under-
stand that you just don’t throw bird seed on the ground and expect the birds you want to see show up,” said White. “They understand that birds don’t depend on you ever. They know that if you want birds to come to your property you have to understand them.”
And understand them and teach that understanding to others is something that White does as well, or maybe better, than anyone as a wall filled with over two hundred photos in Wild Bird Depot attests to. Sent in by customSee bird on 22
The Dover Public Library is pleased to host the 8th in their series of free musical concerts on Saturday, February 21 at 11am in the library’s Lecture Hall. Seven talented area musicians, led by Youth Opera Program director and UNH lecturer Melissa Manseau, will perform many selections from well-known operas. Some of Melissa’s voice students will be singing, accompanied by Minako Merritt on piano. This program is a great way for families to introduce their children to the wonders of opera in a relaxed setting and it’s free! The performers enjoy singing for an audience, so bring your enthusiasm and excitement! Join in for this inspiring and lively performance and remember that children are most welcome to attend too! A goal of these concerts is to instill a love of music at an early age. For more information, call the Dover Public Library at 603-516-6050.
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Winter Hopscotch: Jumping with Joy from Place to Place – Art Exhibit
The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 Main Street, Rochester. The exhibit will feature the unorthodox and playful art of Ross Bachelder. Hours are Tuesday through Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-2pm, or by appointment. 8121488
Thursday 19th Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting
Trinity Episcopal Church, Route 25, Meredith. 7-9pm. Spring Competition Photos. Persons of any experience level are welcomed.www.lrcameraclub. com
Italian Dinner Night
Belknap County Sportsmen’s Association Club House, Lily Pond Road, Gilford. 6pm. Lt. Wayne Saunders, NH Fish & Game District 1 Chief will be the after dinner speaker. His talk will be “A Day in the Life of A NH Conservation Officer”. $10pp. BYOB.
How Soil-Friendly Landscaping can Benefit Gilford Waters
Gilford Public Library, Gilford. 6:307:30pm. In this program, attendees will learn about soil-friendly landscaping features and methods, and share online tools and other resources that examine soil conservation, benefit the local waters and enhance personal property. Free and open to the public.
Thurs. 19th – Sun. 22nd A.R. Gurney’s “Sylvia”
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road, Meredith. Tickets range from $15-$25. 279-0333 or www.winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org
Friday 20th Travis Tritt
Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street,
Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551
Liz Longley
Silver Center for the Arts at PSU, 114 Main Street, Plymouth. 8pm. 535ARTS
Saturday 21st Tilton Winter Farmers’ Market
67 East Main Street, Tilton. 10am2pm. Over 50 local farmers and producers in an indoor venue. Sampling, music, friends and fun! Handicap accessible. 496-1718 www. tiltonwinterfarmersmarket.com
Snowshoe Adventure Hike
Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. One hour hike 10am-11am. Two hour hike 1pm-3pm. $7pp or $5/ members, includes snowshoe rental. For all ages, beginners welcome. 3665695
The Spirit of Johnny Cash
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992 or www. rochesteroperahouse.com
Center Harbor Skatefest 2015
Center Harbor Bay. 1-4pm. Bring your Skates: Ice skating festival, bonfire, smores, hot food and drinks. 4551632. Snow date is Sunday, February 22.
Juston McKinney
Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. 745-2141 or www. jeansplayhouse.com
Essential Oils of Pets and Livestock
Five Acre Farm, 85 White Oak Road, Center Barnstead. 11am-2pm. Learn more about caring for your pets and livestock ucing certified pure therapeutic grade essential oils. Free to attend. 731-5921 or 833-8897
Sunday 22nd Radio Show Pilot – Live Audience Recording
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992 or www. rochesteroperahouse.com
Lakes Region Girls Softball League Registration & Winter Warm Up
Laconia Middle School, Laconia. Times are; 2-3pm for first year players, 3-4:30pm for players ages 7-10 years old and 4:30-6pm for players 11+ years old. LRGS offers very low registration fees, free warm up clinics and several months of afterschool/weekend activity for the girls to participate in. 455-6572 or www.lakesregiongirlssoftball.com
Merrimack Music Series Opening Show
Concord City Auditorium Lobby, Concord. Chelsea Paolini begins at 3pm, followed by Chad Bumford and Lincoln Kenney at 4pm. Free and open to the public. 224-1421
Monday 23rd Laconia Historical and Museum Society’s Annual Meeting
Laconia Public Library, Laconia. 6:30pm. The meeting will include a report of the Nominating Committee and election of Officers for the upcoming year. Following the brief meeting, Larry Leonard will present a lecture titled “The Historic Organs of Laconia”. Free and open to the public. 527-1278 Tuesday 24th
“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Family Movie Night
Meredith Public Library, Main Street, Meredith. 5pm-6:25pm. All ages welcome. Movie is rated PG.
Wednesday 25th Cribbage Tournament
Patrick’s Pub, Gilford. Registration 6:30-7pm. Games start at 7:15pm. Weekly cash prizes. Fundraiser to benefit the Café Déjà vu Pub Mania team for the NH1 Children’s Auction. Every Wednesday until June. 9981418
How to Ensure Your Funeral is Done in Your Way
Taylor Community’s Woodside Building, Union Ave, Laconia. 10am. Lee Webster, director of NH Funeral Resources, Education and Advocacy will present this free program. RSVP to 524-5600
Thursday 26th Ed Fayle – Storytelling Dinner
Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. Dinner begins at 6:30pm, and the stories begin when dessert dishes have been cleared. $19.95pp. 2846219 Friday 27th
The Norman Magic Experience
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992 or www. rochesteroperahouse.com
Gaelic Storm
Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551
Tuckermans At 9 – Rockin’ A Capella Show
First Parish Church, 218 Central Ave, Dover. 7pm. Suggested donation $10/ adult, $5/child, $25/family. General admission. Cash or check only. 9693228
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Soup and Bread Supper and the Book of Job There will be a soup and bread supper held during Lent at the First United Methodist Church of Laconia-Gilford, 18 Wesley Way (off Rt. 11A, near the 3/11 bypass). The simple supper will be at 6pm each Wednesday beginning on February 25 and ending April 1st. Rev. Tom Getchell-Lacey will be leading a discussion of the book of Job following the meal. For the convenience of attendees, you may get a reading schedule for Job at the church. For questions or more information, please call the church at 524-3289. Mornings are the best time to call; otherwise leave a message and someone will get back to you.
“One Night Of Queen” At The Capitol Center “One Night of Queen” Performed by Gary Mullen and The Works will appear live at Concord’s Capitol Center for the Arts on Sunday, March 1 at 7:30pm with tickets starting at $27.00. This 80’s rock concert pays tribute to the stage theatrics and music of British band Queen guaranteed to be “accurately and faithfully performed with the feel of the original preserved (BBC). Gary Mullen and The Works never fail to put on a memorable show for audiences of any age. In addition to performing hits like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Are the Champions,” “Somebody to Love,” and Another One Bites the Dust” the band also plays songs never performed live by Freddie, such as “Too Much Love Will Kill You”, “Barcelona”, “The Show Must Go On” and “I Want It All”. Tickets can be purchased now by calling 603-225-1111, online at www.ccanh.com, and at the box office located at 44 South Main Street, Concord, NH on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2pm.
Charity Bowl-A-Thon In Dover On Sunday, February 22nd a Charity Bowl-A-Thon will be held at 1pm at Dover Bowl, 887B Central Avenue, Dover. Proceeds to benefit Seeds of Faith, a non-profit organization based in Somersworth serving the needs of homeless and low-income people. Twenty-six teams of 4 people are needed to join in the fun. Each team is asked to raise a minimum of $400. Dozens of raffle prizes from local businesses and a Grand Prize for the team raising the most money. Games start at 1pm., followed by a second session at 3pm if needed. Food and beverages available for purchase at Dover Bowl. If you are interested in being a Team Captain, pledge sheets can be picked up from New Beginnings Thrift Boutique, 82 High St. Somersworth, 603-841-7041, or at Dover Bowl, 603-742-9632.
Artists Wanted For Biennial Exhibition The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts is now accepting entries for the Biennial 2015 Exhibition, on view from April 6th to September 26th. The Biennial is the first in a series of upcoming exhibitions showcasing recent works made by living artists from around the world. Works created within the last two years will be considered. Artists from all countries are encouraged to apply. The Biennial of 2013 received entries from as far as India. The deadline for entries is Sunday, March 29th, 2015. Invited artists will be notified on April 5th, 2015. A fullcolor catalogue will be published and made available online. The Biennial 2015 Exhibition will be on view in the Carnegie Gallery at the Rochester Public Library. Visit www.rochestermfa.org for more information.
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Support Our Kurdish Allies To The Editor: The U.S. has to start directly supplying significant military equipment to the Kurds so they can effectively combat ISIS. The Kurdish Peshmerga troops are excellent fighters and our allies in the Middle East, and we need to strengthen them so they can defeat ISIS and take back territory in Iraq and Syria. The Junior Varsity (JV) Obama Administration is currently sending our military equipment to the Iraqi government for further distribution to the Kurds, but the Iraqi government is concerned with the Kurd’s desire to further their establishment of an autonomous country. Therefore, only a small portion of our equipment gets to the Kurds. Our long term success in the area lies with the Kurdish ground forces. Obama and his JV White House staff have to stop pandering to the Iraqi government and start doing what is best for the U.S. Donald A. Moskowitz Londonderry, NH
War Against Isis To The Editor: Last week a Jordanian pilot was brutally murdered by setting him on fire. Isis burned him alive. I did not see the video and I am sure most of the readers did not. I do not
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want to see it. Shepherd Smith of Fox News went into a lengthy description of the video. It was a production as well as he had ever seen and what they did to this young man was murder and torture. Apparently Isis does not have to follow the Geneva Convention. So why do we with their prisoners.? Our President at the yearly prayer breakfast spoke how in the name of Christ terrible things were done in the Crusades and Inquisition. Well, Mr. President, that was hundreds of years ago. How about talking about the present? Yes if we study history we hope we will not repeat it. You cannot compare what happened hundreds of years ago with what happened this week and now. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in a study found that ISIS is “systematically killing off children belonging to religious groups and ethnic minorities.� There have been mass executions of boys, beheadings and crucifixions of children and some children buried alive. They are making sex slaves out of children. The burning of the soldier in a cage had the opposite effect of what Isis wanted. The world screamed out in horror. Isis executed Imams for criticizing the burning of the Jordanian soldier. Isis is being condemned by Muslim leaders. Isis is a terrorist group and should be treated as such and
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with the same brutality as they treat others. And we condemn water boarding. Now Isis is telling us that the American woman they held was killed as a result of Jordanian bombing. There is no proof that it happened or not. However if they did not capture an innocent women, she would be still alive. It is their fault regardless if she is dead. For all we know Isis could have executed her long ago and filmed that too. Isis is a group of animals and should be treated as such. We would condemn anyone who did to an animal what they have done to human beings. Mr. President‌. No more pretty words. Isis is a terrorist group and we need to be prepared. We must secure our borders‌ all our borders, north and south as well as those with ocean borders. Isis cannot be allowed into our country. I am not saying we should send our soldiers to fight on the ground. There are plenty of countries in the Mid East that can and should to that. It is their war with Isis too. But we must support those who are our allies in fighting Isis and kill every last one of them as there will be no end as long as one of them is alive. We must do this now, for the longer we wait the harder it will be. Linda Riley Meredith, NH.
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There is currently a bill in the New Hampshire Senate that would require all high school students to pass the United States Citizenship Civics test in order to graduate. Of course, this has caused a big debate among many on different sides of the issue. Personally, I don’t think it is really a big deal. Have you seen an example of the citizenship test? If you have been alive, lived in this country for most of your life and have been paying attention, you could probably pass it without even studying. Still, I guess that is what the problem is all about. Fewer and fewer people are paying attention to the things that actually matter. So what might seem like a simple test to many of us would be extremely difficult to those who would be more comfortable answering questions about Jay-Z and Beyonce, whoever they are, than our own constitution. I guess that was the impetus for this bill, to try and get kids to learn more about their country. The only problem I see is that anyone who has already graduated from high school is off the hook. Maybe we could make it that you needed to pass the test in order to vote. But then again, you would never be able to prove that the person voting is really the person who passed the test since they don’t have to prove
they are the person who passed the test in the first place when they go to vote. The whole idea of seeing how much our own citizens know about their own country set me to thinking that maybe people should be tested to see if they understand more than just the history of their country. For example, if you are living in New Hampshire it is one thing to know how many amendments there are in the constitution and another to know how to correctly spell Kancamagus. I am recommending, maybe in a future bill by a legislator, a citizenship test for New Hampshire residents. It would be given to those who moved here from somewhere else and have lived here for at least five years; enough time to assimilate and understand exactly how things work. There could be sections on history, language, local government and alike and you must get a passing grade in order to be able to claim that you are a citizen of New Hampshire. For example, one question might be: “If I tell a native that I did something and they answer by saying ‘So Don’t I� that means: A) They do. B) They don’t. C) They might. D) I don’t care (which means I really don’t, not that I do.) The town of Boscawen is pronounced: A) Boscawhen. B) Boscawine C) Bosco and Wine. D.) That town down near Concord. New Hampshire Town and City issues get discussed and solved: A) At Town Meetings and City Council Meetings
B.) At The Convenience Store C). In The daily newspaper by the same eight people who write nasty letters to the editor day in and day out. The proper and safest way to clean snow off your roof after a storm is A) To climb on the roof and shovel it off. B) Standing on the ground using a roof rake. C) WHAT?!!? I HAVE TO DO WHAT?!!? Obviously this test would be geared towards Flatlanders since natives wouldn’t have to take one since they have always lived here. But, if the senate bill becomes law and even citizens have to take the citizenship test then this test may have to have a different test for natives, just to be fair. We should also be giving people tests to see how much common sense they have for day to day living and to see if they are aware that there are rules for basic human decency. Sort of like the written driving exam so you can understand things like what a yield sign means. So maybe along with knowing things like the different branches of government they might also learn to clean the snow off their car after a snowstorm, not to bring thirty items to the 14 items or less checkout, to take up only one space in a crowded parking lot, to hold the door open for the person behind you and, most important, to realize that the rest of mankind isn’t here to make sure that they have a happy life. I hope you enjoyed this week’s column. There will be a quiz later. Brendan’s new book “The Best Of A FOOL in New Hampshire� will be published in early spring.
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Attention Pelosi: Gov’t Dependency Kills Jobs Being a San Francisco liberal means never having to say you’re sorry. Or wrong. Take Nancy Pelosi, please. Five years by Michelle Malkin ago, CaliforSyndicated Columnist nia’s genius Bay Area Democrat declared that government unemployment checks generate job growth. Yes, really. “Let me say about unemployment insurance,” she told reporters, “this is one of the biggest stimuluses (sic) to our economy. Economists will tell you, this money is spent quickly. It injects demand into the economy and is job creating.” She babbled on: “It creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name, because, again, it is money that is needed for families to survive, and it is spent. So it has a double benefit. It helps those who’ve lost their jobs, but it also is a job creator.” What Crazy-Cakes Pelosi failed to mention, however, is the longestablished conclusion of labor economists from all parts of the political spectrum that extending unemployment insurance benefits prolongs unemployment. While she heralded the short-term effects on consumer spending, she ignored the blindingly obvious: Outside the land of progressive make-believe, workers respond to incentives. Over the long term, subsidizing joblessness creates more of it. I bring this all up because a new paper from the venerable, nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research concludes that the recent job gains Pelosi and the Democrats are now crowing about may be due to the very policy they
fought so hard against: ending extended unemployment benefits. “We find that a 1 percent drop in benefit duration leads to a statistically significant increase of employment by 0.0161 log points,” the NBER economists reported. In practical terms, it means that “1.8 million additional jobs were created in 2014 due to the benefit cut.” Take note: “Almost 1 million of these jobs were filled by workers from out of the labor force who would not have participated in the labor market had benefit extensions been reauthorized.” The jobs bump coincided with the expiration of the 99-week UI benefits extension passed as part of the Obama stimulus package. Remember: Laid-off workers were already collecting up to 79 weeks of unemployment in half of the states before the last extension. Democrats were pushing for yet another 13-week extension that would have cost tens of billions of dollars more. The cost of the joint federal-state program is borne by employers who pay state and federal taxes on a portion of wages paid to each employee in a calendar year. Remarkably, the NBER analysis attributed “61 percent of the aggregate employment growth in 2014” to the congressional cutoff in unemployment benefits at the end of 2013. Here’s the NBER team’s bottom line for Pelosi and her fellow unemployment benefits cheerleaders: “The findings in this paper imply that the negative effects of unemployment benefit extensions on employment far outweigh the potential stimulative effects often ascribed to this policy.” This vindication comes after a hyperbolic campaign by Democrats accusing Republicans of “meanness” and “obstruction” for opposing “temporary” unemployment
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Frustration And High Horses The National Prayer Breakfast is a yearly event held in Washington, D.C., on the first Thursday of February each year. On Feb. 5, by Jane Cormier at the National Hooksett, NH. Prayer Breakfast, our President spoke on the current rampage being perpetuated by ISIS. This “organization” as Obama likes to call it, is the group responsible for the recent burning of a Jordanian pilot in Syria. The world is currently being besieged by radical Islam. Radical Islam (NOT an “organization”) holds nothing but hatred for the Western way of life, with a special hatred for Jews and Christians. So, while Jordan’s King Abdullah (who cancelled plans to attend the breakfast because he was dealing with RADICAL ISLAM), was fighting TERRORISM, our President was continuing his role as apologist for these ani-
mals. He does this a lot lately – and one portion of his speech was totally beyond the pale. “Unless we get on our high horse and think that this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ. So, it is not unique to one group or religion. There is a tendency in us, a simple tendency that can pervert and distort our faith.” Wow. Where does one start? We are going to go back to the 15th century now? Islamic radicals are killing people TODAY. When has this president ever spoken about Islamic radicals who kill in the name of Allah or Muhammed? How does slavery and Jim Crow become the moral equivalency of these monsters who are decapitating, burning, and murdering people at will all See cormier on 26
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What is Your Heroic Narrative? Most of us don’t have a “heroic narrative.” Most of us don’t feel the need to have one, though certainly some of us would rise by Ken Gorrell to the occasion Northfield, NH. and earn one if called upon. I don’t have a heroic narrative, and unlike (former) NBC News anchorman Brian Williams, I’ve never felt the urge to create one out of whole cloth. As the latest journalism fiction played out these past few weeks, we’ve been exposed to the spectacle of a star in an industry built ostensibly on trust fall due to that most pernicious of sins: Pride. Of course, stupidity had a lot to do with it, too. How anyone in the news business
could believe that the trail markers he’d been leaving in his path to prominence wouldn’t eventually be followed back to their beginnings is beyond comprehension. It is the type of character flaw that inspired Greek tragedies. And the fall-out has been just as entertaining. Throughout history people have needed heroes. Their tales fill our literature. It’s in our nature to elevate and venerate those few who seem like us on some level but who act in ways we believe are beyond our capabilities. Many books have been written on the nature of heroism, and I’m hardly qualified to add to the genre. I did, however, edit the memoir of a journalism hero. During my research I realized just how far off track journalism has gone. Soldier of the Press, Covering the Front in Europe and North Africa, 1936 – 1943, by Henry Tilton Gorrell, is a tale told by a hero (though he wouldn’t have used that term on
Darfur--Hell Without The Cameras UNITED NATIONS - In recent
years there’s been a dearth of media coverage of Darfur’s humanitarian crisis. What by John J. Metzler had once been a focus for both Syndicated Columnist diplomatic and high profile celebrity efforts to detail human rights abuses during more than a decade of inter-ethnic conflict in Sudan’s troubled western region, has subsequently been bypassed by both crisis fatigue and a host of other larger African regional conflicts. Even in 2014, the situation was grim. Over 3,000 villages were burned. Now there may be some long overdue refocus with a chilling new report of mass rapes and systematic abuses of Darfur villagers in a series of sordid incidents carried out by the Sudanese army. In late October 2014, according to a detailed report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW), Sudanese military units launched a series of attacks on civilians in the town of Tabit. “The attacks included mass
rape of women and girls and the arbitrary detention, beating and ill-treatment of scores of people,” according to HRW. During a 36-hour period the report documents 27 first-hand account cases of rape and offers “credible information” regarding an additional 194 incidents of rape. Not surprisingly the Sudan government is blocking access to the area despite its relative proximity to a major UN base in El Fasher. In the words of HRW’s Jonathan Loeb, “the attacks were organized and systematic” and possibly constitute crimes against humanity. Since the Darfur crisis started in 2003, both the Sudan regime in Khartoum and varied rebel groups have battled for supremacy over a vast and arid region. According to UN relief agencies, in 2014 alone, 450,000 people were displaced by the fighting. Over 300,000 people have died from the clashes, disease and starvation over the past twelve years. Interestingly as both sides are Islamic, religion is not a factor in the clashes. The root cause remains the Arab dominated regime in Khartoum fighting black African See Metzler on 30
himself), filled with stories about heroes. I’ve written about Henry’s book in these pages since his memoir was published posthumously in 2009. Though I never met my distant cousin, Henry has been on my mind a lot as the revelations poured out about Williams’ ofttold-tales. Journalism as a profession has faced many challenges since the days when Henry reported from foreign battlefields for the United Press wire service. Journalism has failed more than succeeded. Williams fictionalized a heroic narrative on his climb to the top – to
become a glorified editor / news reader – because, one assumes, he understood that was what his bosses required. Seventy years ago, Henry and the reporters he traveled with (including Ernie Pyle and Andy Rooney) faced the real dangers of war to get the story, not a promotion. In doing his job, Henry earned the label “hero,” and received a medal proving it. Henry was the first journalist to be award the Air Medal, a military honor. Like most real heroes, Henry didn’t brag about the medal in his memoir. Like most of his battleSee gorrell on 26
Measles, Vaccines and Autism The current controversy over whether parents should be forced to have their children vaccinated for measles is one of the painful signs of our by Thomas Sowell times. MeaSyndicated Columnist sles was virtually wiped out in the United States, years ago. Why the resurgence of this disease now? The short answer is that false claims, based on other false claims, led many parents to stop getting their children vaccinated against measles. The key false claim was that the vaccine for measles caused an increase in autism. This claim was made in 1998 by a doctor writing in a distinguished British medical journal, so it is understandable that many parents took it seriously, and did not want to run the risk of having their child become autistic. Fortunately, others took the claim seriously in a very different sense. They did massive studies involving half a million children in Denmark and two million children in Sweden. These studies showed that there was no higher incidence of autism among children who had been vaccinated than among children who had not been vaccinated. Incidentally, the “evidence” on which the original claim that vaccines caused autism was based was just 12 children. But the campaign to convince the public was a
masterpiece of propaganda. The story line was that pharmaceutical companies who produced the vaccine were callously risking and sacrificing helpless children in pursuit of profit. This is the kind of dramatic stuff the media love. It never seemed to occur to the media that lawyers who were suing pharmaceutical companies had a vested interest in this story line that the media fed on to the public. Unfortunately, it takes time to run careful scientific studies, involving vast numbers of children in different countries. That allowed the propaganda against vaccines to go on for years. Eventually, however, the results of the studies so completely discredited the claim that the measles vaccine caused autism that the medical journal which had published the article publicly repudiated it. The doctor who wrote the article had his license revoked. By this time, however, there was a whole anti-vaccine movement, and crusading movements are seldom stopped by facts. This was not the only false claim involved. What made that claim seem plausible was a highly publicized increase in the number of children diagnosed as being autistic or being “on the autism spectrum.” What was not so widely publicized was that the definition of “autism” had expanded over the years to include children who would never have been called autistic by the standards set up when autism was defined by its discoverer, Professor Leo KanSee Sowell on 30
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Sen. Hosmer and the Democrats Voted No to “Constitutional Carry� Being a city councilor or selectman is a good place to start before seeking a NH House by Niel Young or SenAdvocates Columnist ate seat. I am not proposing this be a rule, just a prod that seeking a municipal election, and gaining the knowledge of answering to the voters’ wishes as what they see as the difference, and how they would govern. For example, those on local school board and councilors who are always looking for the grant, seed, free money from Concord or DC, could be seen as going to Concord to bring home the bacon. You are aware that the money from Concord comes through state taxes? ********
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try song, if only it was a truck that wouldn’t start, instead of a car! THE TAXMAN COMETH Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady is facing a $60,500 bill from the IRS just for winning the game, according to internet sources. Americans for Tax Reform claims Brady will have to pay $42,000 on his share of the $97,000 he won for playing in the title tilt, and another $18,500 for giving away the red Chevy Colorado pickup truck he won for being MVP to teammate Malcolm Butler, who made the game-saving interception. “No good deed goes unpunished,” as the saying goes. Readers will recall observations in this space last year about how various government taxes and fees appropriated MOST of Phil’s earnings after Mickelson won the Scottish and British Opens a couple years ago. Now the current administration in Washington wants to further raise taxes on successful, hard-working achievers—while a majority of citizens pay no income taxes at all. At some point, the Phil Mickelsons of the world are going to say “Why bother to compete?” Aye carumba! Sports Quiz Who was the first 50-year-old driver to win a 500 mile race? (Answer follows) Born Today ... That is to say, sports figures born on February 19 include Czech tennis player and onetime U.S. Open winner Hana Mandlikova (1962) and NBA standout Mike Miller (1980). Miller was a teammate of Concord’s See moffett on 21
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Wild Bird Depot on Rte. 11 in Gilford has been in the same location since its opening in 1995, They will be celebrating their 20th Anniversary in May. bird from 1
ers, most within a tenmile radius, showing just about every bird you might imagine as well as other creatures in nature. All photographed in their own backyards after following advice from White on how to attract them. Growing up in Massachusetts, White, along with his siblings, spent a lot of time working with his grandfather, who was
a florist, weeding the garden and learning how to keep birds away since they were a natural nemesis to the flower growing process. “Those were the first seeds of knowledge driven by my youth,” said White. In 1990, Steve and his family moved to Bristol, New Hampshire. Steve was working for Shaw’s Supermarkets at the time and was now assigned to the Concord store.
“I had a lot of experience in food management and decided that if I was going to work as much as I was working then I wanted to do it for myself,” said White. “I decided that it would be best to focus on a business that involved a hobby instead of a necessity like food. I also don’t want to be a franchise, I wanted to be independent.” Over the next couple of
This photo of Steve White was taken in 1997 when the Weirs Times did a story on Wild Bird Depot which was only in business for a little over a year at the time. years he did his homework. He found that one out of three Americans feed birds and that it was the second most popular hobby behind gardening. Even taking the combined totals spent on hunting and fishing, birding was still number two. He talked with owners of similar stores all around the country, many who were happy to help him. Understanding that sixty-five million people had an interest in birding, he studied the local demographics and settled on the current location on Route 11 as the best spot to open the new store. “It was a process of learning what was the best area and who our customers would be,” said White. Based on the success that Wild Bird Depot has seen since that opening in 1995, it is apparent that the research paid off. “We aren’t a bird store we are really a nature store,” said White who explained that there really was a lot to learn about the industry as a whole and that half of his store is dedicated to gift items related to birding and nature. “As far as birds go I am still learning
every day.” The incredible amount of knowledge that White has accumulated over the years has been essential in relating to his customers who are much more knowledgeable and more sophisticated than they were twenty years ago. Besides the tribute to what he has learned and taught that covers the wall in photographs in the store, White has become a nationally known figure in the backyard birding industry over they years. He is often a guest speaker at conventions in St. Louis and Atlanta and Wild Bird Depot is known throughout the country. He appears on WEZS radio as host of “Bird Calls” and he is a popular weekly columnist for this paper as well where his “Something Wild Backyard Photo Contest” has a wide following. Through his many travels he has made close connections with manufacturers who have turned to him to help with the testing of some of their new items. This connection has allowed him great discounts that he can pass along to his customers. See bird on 23
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Thursday 5th Cooperative Co-Parenting -4 Week Course
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Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting
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Saturday 7th Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
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Sunday 8th Lakes Region Girls Softball League Registration & Winter Warm Up
Laconia Middle School, Laconia. Times are; 2-3pm for first year players, 3-4:30pm for players ages 7-10 years old and 4:30-6pm for players 11+ years old. LRGS offers very low registration fees, free warm up clinics and several months of afterschool/ weekend activity for the girls to participate in. 455-6572 or www.lakesregiongirlssoftball. com
Appraisal-Thon
First Church Congregational, UCC, 63 S. Main Street, Rochester. Noon-2pm. Appraisals will be done by John Bruno, as seen on PBS Market Warriors. $5 per item, with a max of 3 items per person. Note: NO precious gems, coins or stamps.
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over the world. Of course, slavery was wrong. But, we SAY it is wrong. This administration seems to be bending over backwards to make terrorists the ‘victims’ here. Nothing could be further from the truth. Presidential speeches are written very carefully. So, exactly WHY did our President use THIS language at THIS event? How can we defeat a murderous ideology when you cannot even call it what it is? The President’s words almost seem to be propaganda FOR the radical cause. His words will most certainly be repeated to fuel even more hatred against Americans, Christians, and Jews. Why would our President do this? But, I guess we must remember, this is the same president who said, “It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or antitrade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” Frustration is right. Frustration when we get misrepresentations displayed as truth. Frustration that we have a president who cares more about his Progressive/ One World ideology than the dealing with a bunch of murderous thugs. This president continues to speak contemptuously of his own citizens. “High horse” indeed. This Prayer Breakfast was a wonderful opportunity to try to bring people together with hope and love and faith. Instead, our President once more stirs the pot and divides with his words And to what end? The answer may be staring us in the face. Yes, sir. VERY frustrating.
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field stories, he limited his role to the teller of somebody else’s tale. When his own story necessarily took center stage – as when he was twice captured during Spain’s civil war and sentenced to death – he writes about it with the air of “here’s another fine mess I found myself in.” Unlike Williams, there was not a braggadocious bone is Henry’s body. The incident that resulted in the awarding of the Air Medal was similarly told – just another day on the job. Yet that day Henry saved the life of an airman on a B-24 during a bombing mission over Navarino Bay, Greece. Henry chose to fly with the crew of “The Witch,” the bomber assigned as the last plane in the formation. He knew what that meant: The last plane would fly over the target long after enemy fighters had been alerted and the anti-aircraft batteries had refined their targeting. But for Henry, the story was all important, and the last plane would afford him views of the devastation other correspondents on that raid would not see. I had the privilege of talking with the pilot of “The Witch.” He remembered Henry and that night as if it had happened the week before. How could he forget a mission where his plane had been shot to pieces, a crewman nearly killed by strafing, and the flight home was a battle to stay in the air? Even at ninety-two and decades after the fact, his recollection of events that night was entirely consistent with Henry’s reporting and the public record. Their stories were told with humility foreign to many of today’s media personalities. Heroic narratives are earned, not created. They are not resumé bullets. As the spot light fades on Brian Williams, it should be shined brightly into the dark corners of NBC. We need less peacock, more turkey from the talking heads at Nightly News. Ken can be reached at kengorrell@gmail.com.
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vehicle? 74 Wind section player 75 Quaint oath 76 Just a - (somewhat) 77 Hissing snake sound 78 Ice-skating food fish? 80 Mexican menu items 84 Blast maker 85 “Mammal” has three 86 “Thank you, Henri” 87 Opra part 91 PR concern 94 Farmer’s motto? 97 Risen from sleep 100 Seemingly endless time 101 Park oneself 102 Dwelling: Abbr. 103 Tirades about the trials of being a mother? 109 Not switched off 111 Ace 112 Art style 113 Sofa 115 Spanish for “queen” 116 Wax theatrical 118 Actor Moranis playing a garbage sweeper? 121 12-inch stick 122 Small toiletry case 123 Pay the penalty 124 First-aid plant 125 Fencing blades 126 Part of NYPD: Abbr. 127 Tightly wound 128 Give away temporarily
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60 Cell terminal 61 Yukon maker 62 Cut short 63 Harp on gloatingly 64 Anterior 67 Cut short 70 Suffix with neat or peace 71 “- tell ya!” 72 Problems for vain types 73 Tide targets 79 Shin’s place 81 Noted coach Parseghian 82 Bygone AT&T rival 83 Slump 86 Home of Monte Carlo 88 Vehicle ownership certificate 89 Get drunk 90 Trapped 91 34th prez 92 Corporate marriages 93 Avonlea girl 94 Hide - hair 95 It’s nothing 96 Comical Cheri 97 Current unit 98 Pre-race stretch, say 99 “King Ralph” actor Peter 100 Ocular cleansing receptacle 104 One way to mark debits 105 Uninspired 106 Like skim milk 107 Mozart’s “Cos fan -” 108 “Danke -” 110 Prenatal 114 Egg layers 117 Golf gadget 119 Model-making set 120 “Annabel -”
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nomadic farmers and herders in Darfur. In 2007, after years of watching the crisis unfold, the UN deployed the African Union/UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) whose 16,000 troops and police are sparsely deployed across the region the size of France. The force has had mixed success in stopping the fighting. According to HRWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Philip Bolopion, the African Union force is â&#x20AC;&#x153;missing in actionâ&#x20AC;? when it comes to pressing for a credible investigation to rape allegations in Tabit. Both diplomatic and human rights campaigners share frustration with the UNAMID military mission. While the UN Security Council has yet again tightened economic sanctions on the Sudan regime, in the wider political picture, both Russia and Mainland China have traditionally provided diplomatic cover fire for the Khartoum rulers. Human Rights Watch calls upon the Prosecutor of International Criminal
Court (ICC) to investigate â&#x20AC;&#x153;the allegations of rape and other crimes within the ICCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mandate.â&#x20AC;? Significantly, the International Criminal Court has indicted Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for genocide and crimes against humanity. Equally, HRW calls on the African Union to urgently dispatch a heads of state mission to Khartoum to discuss UNAMID access with Sudanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government. While some diplomats and human rights officials are calling for wider involvement of the African Union (AU), the fact remains that Sudanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authoritarian regime is not likely to come under pressure from an organization whose current Chairman is Zimbabweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Robert Mugabe, one of the continentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longest serving dictators. Sudanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abysmal human rights situation, though well known, has been overlooked in recent years due to a number of factors. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the usual crisis overload of competing trag-
edies, frustration with not being able to change the hard political logic, and the support both Moscow and Beijing offer to Khartoumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rulers. The fact that Sudan is a major petroleum producer with close links to China plays no small role either. While the horrors of Tabit may be politely overlooked or denied by some states who support Sudan, this contemporary crime evokes so many other â&#x20AC;&#x153;forgotten villagesâ&#x20AC;? in Bosnia and Croatia where less than a generation ago, the same horrors befell the inhabitants. Their ghosts still linger for justice. The villagers of Tabit deserve no less recognition. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism the Diplomacy of Separated Nations; Germany, Korea, China (2014).
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ner of the Johns Hopkins medical school, back in 1943. Professor Kanner fought against the expansion of the definition of autism but, after his death, the definition continued to expand -- and the number of children who met the expanded definition greatly increased. There were financial incentives for this expansion. Late-talking children, for example, could get government programs to pay for their treatment if they were designated as autistic or on the autism spectrum. Despite headlines and hysteria about skyrocketing numbers of children diagnosed as autistic, the number of children who meet the original definition of autism has been relatively stable in recent years, at about one quarter of one percent of all children, according to Professor Stephen Camarata of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in his recent book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late-Talking Children.â&#x20AC;? malkin from 6
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benefits that have become enshrined permanently. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just partisan hacks in Washington whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve so falsely demonized those opposed to endless unemployment checks as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;job creationâ&#x20AC;? vehicle. During the contentious debate over extending UI checks as part of the Obama stimulus in 2009, I argued on an ABC â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Week with George Stephanopoulosâ&#x20AC;? panel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you put enough government cheese in front of people, they are just going to keep eating it.â&#x20AC;? Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker took offense, mischaracterizing standard economic arguments for moral judgment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Does the right really believe the unemployed are lazy?â&#x20AC;? she wailed. The left-leaning journalism outfit at PolitiFact jumped on board, rating my 100 percent-true reference to decades of labor economics literature on UIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impact on joblessness â&#x20AC;&#x153;half-true.â&#x20AC;? And the George Soros-funded hitmen of
It may be significant that the number of children regarded as mentally retarded has fallen by numbers similar to the rise in the number of children regarded as autistic. According to Professor Camarata, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This too suggests that changes in definitions and in diagnostic practices are contributing to the perceived â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;epidemicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of autism.â&#x20AC;? Does this mean that vaccines are safe? In a categorical sense, nothing on the face of the earth is 100 percent safe -- including going unvaccinated. But the claim that vaccines cause autism has been discredited by evidence. Some say the decision to vaccinate or not should be the parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; choice. That would be fine if their child would live isolated from other children. But that is impossible. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell. com.
Media Matters called me and several other conservatives â&#x20AC;&#x153;realityâ&#x20AC;?-deniers for stating the bloody obvious about UIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warped incentives -- even though their favorite â&#x20AC;&#x153;progressiveâ&#x20AC;? economist Paul Krugman acknowledged that â&#x20AC;&#x153;everyone agrees that really generous unemployment benefits, by reducing the incentive to seek jobs, can raise the NAIRUâ&#x20AC;? (the minimum rate of unemployment consistent with a stable inflation rate). The politicians posing as economy-healers and the political operatives posing as journalists will no doubt find clever ways to slice, dice and explain away the latest NBER findings. But this simple truth endures: Government dependency doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x153;createâ&#x20AC;? jobs. It kills them. Michelle Malkin is the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Croniesâ&#x20AC;? (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is malkinblog@gmail.com.
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Dance Northeast Program At Rochester Opera House
Celebrate Dance! Delight in the joy and artistry of dance when Sole City Dance and the Rochester Opera House join together to showcase over seventy-five talented dancers from dance companies and dance education centers from around the region. The stage is ablaze with dazzling lights and dizzying feet, capturing the diverse choreography of the finest dancers from Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Colorful costumes and innovative routines wow audiences of all ages. This spectacular dance celebration presents an afternoon performance on Saturday, March 14 at 2:00 PM that showcases junior companies and up-and-coming student choreographers. Senior and professional companies, along with special guest artists, perform on Saturday, March 14 at 7pm. Artists include Boston-based
tap dancers Kelly Kaleta and Ryan Casey, who was recently featured in Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch: Breakout Stars of 2015. Also performing is the Seacoast NH-based professional contemporary dance company Neoteric Dance Collaborative. Tickets are $8.00 (2:00 PM performance) and $14/Adults, $10/Student/Senior (7:00 PM performance). You can order them online at RochesterOperaHouse.com or call/stop by the box office at (603) 335-1992 on M/W/F from 10-5 or two hours before the show. The celebration is sponsored by TD Bank, Foster’s Daily Democrat and Albany International. Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. The season continues with Rhythm in the Night: The Irish Dance Spectacular 3/21.
Over 75 dancers will participate in the Dance Northeast program at the Rochester Opera House on Saturday, March 14th.
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