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Helping Families Of Children With Cancer Pats Peak Dedicates Weekend Of Skiing, Music And Auctions
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Peak, southern New Hampshire’s favorite mountain, is hosting the 14th Annual Childhood Cancer Lifeline fundraiser weekend on February 22 & 23rd.This event is guaranteed to be a fun-filled weekend, full of activity and promise. This is a great opportunity to enjoy skiing/riding and support New Hampshire families who have a child with cancer. Skiers and snowboarders will be able to make a donation to the cause. Raffles, Child-
hood Cancer Awareness Pins along with tickets for the Sunday evening event will be available for purchase during the weekend. On Saturday, October Sons will be playing in the Sled Pub from 4pm to 9pm. On Sunday, October Sons will host several Lifeline Benefit Rock Bands in “We Will, We Will ROCK Cancer” starting at 12pm in the Sled Pub. Be an extension of the “lifeline” by supporting See peak on 22
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On Saturday, February 22nd from 1-3pm, Join the Strafford Rivers Conservancy (SRC) and the Association for Rollinsford Culture & History (ARCH) for a guided winter walk/ snowshoe on the “Scoutland” property located along the Salmon Falls River in Rollinsford, N.H. Admission is free but pre-registration is requested by email: Kam@ straffordriversconservancy.org The SRC is the easement holder of this conserved property which is owned by the Town of Rollinsford. The guided
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Feb Thursday 20th “Start and Grow Your Small Business”
The Gilman Library, Alton. 4-5:30pm. Learn what it takes to start, run and grow your own business in this free workshop. Space is limited. Reserve by calling 535-3222
Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting
Trinity Episcopal Church, Meredith. 7pm. Competition. ‘Open’ Color and B&W- ‘Nature’- color only. Images submitted to NECCC. Persons of any experience level are welcome. 3402359
Free Sit n’ Sew
The Quilted Frog, 51 Endicott Street, Weirs Beach. 2-5pm. Come if you need help with a pattern or just need space to work on a project. 366-5600
Moving Towards Better Running – Free Program
Interlakes Medical Center, Lower Level Rehab Center, Meredith. 6-7pm. Information about injury prevention, running techniques, running form and proper shoe selection
Identifying and Protecting Your Intellectual Property - Workshop
The Enterprise Center, Plymouth.7:309am. Kim Peaslee, of the legal firm Devine Millmet, will present information about how to identify Intellectual Property(IP) you may already have, and help you determine how to capture any IP you create so that you can make a conscious decision to protect it or not. Free but space is limited. 535-3222
Poets Jim Kates, Rebecca Sakallriou and Jim Fowler
RiverRun Book Store, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. 431-2100 www.riverrunbookstore.com
Italian Night – Dinner with a Speaker
BCSA Clubhouse, 182 Lily Pond Road, Gilford. 6pm. Pasta dinner followed by speaker, Jim Harris, a volunteer field rep for Maine Wildlife Council. $10pp. BYOB.
Friday 21st Josh Logan Band
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Pearl and the Beard
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 7:30pm. 2251111 or www.ccanh.com
“The Power of Seeds: Rebuilding Our Seed Heritage” - Program
Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury. 6-8pm. This program will focus on the history, significance and techniques of seed saving. $12/Canterbury Shaker Village and NOFA-NH members, $13.50/non-members. www.nofanh. org
Lakes Region Monthly “Winnipesupper” – Mensa Meeting
Green Ginger Restaurant, Tilton. 6pm. This is a social gathering for local Mensa members, with food, drinks and conversation. Others interested in Mensa membership are also welcome. Please RSVP to Tamsan 603-6777244
Joseph, King of Dreams – Family Movie Night
Bristol Baptist Church, 30 Summer Street, Bristol. 5:30pm. Free. 7443885
“What Lies Beneath Winnipesaukee”
Taylor Community, Woodside Building, 435 Union Ave, Laconia. 1:30pm. Presented by avid diver and history buff, Hans Hug, Jr. Hug, of Exeter has dove all over the lake in search of artifacts, shipwrecks and more. He will speak about his scuba diving adventures in the Big Lake and the things he has found there. Reservations required to ensure seating. 524-5600
Saturday 22nd Zombie Boy Film Premiere
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Frank Santos Jr. – R-rated Hypnotist
The Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. $24pp. 335-1992
Spaghetti & Meatball Supper
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Fresh Produce, Prepared Foods, Meats, Baked Goods & Dairy Live Music & Family Entertainment
Exit 20 on I-93, 67 East Main St (Rte. 3) Tilton, NH sponsored by:
Loudon Center Freewill Baptist Church, Loudon. 5pm. $7pp. 100% of the proceeds go to fund White Cross Missions. 875-5822
Free Sit n’ Sew
The Quilted Frog, 51 Endicott Street, Weirs Beach. 2-5pm. Come if you need help with a pattern or just need space to work on a project. 366-5600
Improvised Shakespeare Company
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 8pm. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
Seed Production Technical Assistance Workshop
Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury. 10am-3:30pm. Hands on training program for NH organic farmers and gardeners that will teach the necessary skills for saving high-quality organic seed. $40/Canterbury Shaker Village and NHFA-NH members, $45/ non-member. Includes lunch. www.
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Saturday Night Meltdown – Public Skating
Laconia Ice Arena, 468 Province Road, Laconia. 6:30-8pm. Live DJ, Public Skating laser light show, games and prizes. All ages welcome. $10pp. 528-0789
14th Annual Turkey Raffle
Danbury Community Center, 15 High Street, Danbury. 7pm. Place a spin bid for meats and prizes. Chinese Auction, Silent Auction, door prizes and a snack bar. Snow date is March 1st. 768-3424
Affordable Care Act Enrollment Fair
Franklin Regional Hospital, Main Lobby, Franklin. 10am-2pm. Individuals should bring their social security number, employer name and income levels for entire household and if currently insured, all information on insurance, including policy number. 524-3211
Breakfast and Bake Sale
Masonic Building, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 7-9:30am. $7pp. Full breakfast, including eggs cooked to order. 524-8268
Laconia Little League Sign Up
Laconia Community Center, 306 Union Ave, Laconia. 10am-noon. Open to boys and girls ages 4-12, who live or go to school in Laconia, Gilford, Belmont, Gilmanton and Meredith. $50 per player, family discounts are available. Questions? Email LaconiaNHLL@ gmail.com
Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
Weirs United Methodist Church, Tower Street, Weirs Beach. 5pm. Hosted by Life Scout in Troop 55, Meredith, Jeff Vaughn. Vaughn is raising money for his Eagle Project. $8/adult, $5/children 12 and under. 250-8028
Sat. 22nd - Sun. 23rd 14th Annual Childhood Cancer Lifeline Fundraiser Weekend
Pats Peak Ski Area, Henniker. Fun filled weekend, full of activity and promise. Live bands, donations, raffles, silent and live auctions and more. www.patspeak.com or 1-888PATS PEAK
Sunday 23rd Wright Museum Educational Program
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. Doors open at 1pm. “What There Was Not to Tell” Presentation and book signing presented by author Edie clark. $7pp, free for Museum members. 569-1212 to reserve your seat.
Local Author Martha Barrett to Read and Discuss New Book
RiverRun Book Store, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 3pm. 431-2100 www.riverrunbookstore.com
Belknap Mill Hosts Documentary On Isolated Jamaican Village A documentary exploring the German heritage of a town in Westmoreland, Jamaica, will see a special screening, followed by a discussion with the director, at the Belknap Mill in Laconia on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7pm. Producer-Director David Ritter, a Jamaican who attended school in New Hampshire and now divides his time between the United States and the Caribbean, says the project grew out of a series of 10-minute documentaries he was producing to highlight some of the cultural enclaves in the Caribbean. His segment on Seaford Town came to the attention of producer Clinton Wallace in Los Angeles, whose family had its roots in Jamaica. The documentary explores the history of an isolated village deep within the mountains of Westmoreland where the inhabitants may be the descendants of German indentured servants who worked the plantations after the Jamaican emancipation. Germans were brought in to replace the slave labor that previously drove the island’s economy. The 55-minute documentary explores both the contemporary life of Jamaicans of German heritage and their murky history.
Josh Logan Band At Flying Monkey
At 7:30pm on Friday, February 21st, The Flying Monkey in Plymouth welcomes the Josh Logan Band to its stage. The Manchester native is known as a soulful rocker with a stint on Rock Star: Supernova, and more recently, on The Voice. Tickets are $15 in advance. Josh Logan needs no introduction after his success and national exposure recently on “The Voice” as one of the final dozen contestants. And this on the heels of being one of the final 15 contestants on Rock Star: Supernova. Prior to his wild ride in Hollywood, Josh already had legions of local fans who had the privilege of experiencing the infectious and soulful voice and stage presence he has been blessed with. Keep a keen eye out on a new rising star. We suggest you go check him out locally so you have stories to tell when he hits the big time and stays there. Tickets to The Josh Logan concert are $15 in advance, and $20 day of the show. For more information on upcoming shows or to purchase tickets call the box office at 603-5362551 or go online at www.flyingmonkeyNH.com.
Children’s Museum of NH hosts PBS Nova’s “Making Stuff” On Friday, February 21 and Friday, February 28, the Children’s Museum of NH is hosting PBS Nova’s “Making Stuff” program, featuring free curriculum and creative supplies. Children can explore all of the different materials and use their imaginations to create structures, art pieces and more. The Children’s Museum of NHs located at 6 Washington Street in Dover. For more information about the Making Stuff program, parents can visit www.pbs.org/nova.making-more-stuff.
Monday 24th Creative Pathway Class
Lakes Region Community College, Laconia. 6-8pm. Classes are designed for students to learn holistic living techniques in a fun, informal way. This class will teach the basic functions and colors of the body’s energy centers
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Northwestern QB Kain Colter. ence record. Quarterback Kain Colter, the leader of pro-union effort, is a pre-med student majoring in psychology. He wanted to improve “working conditions” for his fellow players. Perhaps better food for the training table or more humane field practices. But my heart just doesn’t bleed for any gridster getting a free education at a top university while simultaneously enjoying all the associated perks. It’s not really about working conditions. It’s about money. Top level college football generates billions of dollars of economic activity and the players and their enablers want to get their hands on the loot—in the same way that Woody Grant’s friends and family wanted to help themselves to his largesse. The whole union concept was riddled with problems and was doomed to failure. What about walk-ons who play football without scholarships? How could they be considered employees? What about a woman on a tennis scholarship? Would she be considered an employee? If so, would she get to share in the football bounty? On and on.
Still, it was interesting how so many media people embraced the unworkable union concept—the same way they embraced the wonders of Obama-Care. NFL The National Football League is considered a “nonprofit” by the IRS, and hasn’t paid a dime in taxes since 1966. Teams and individual players do pay a See moffett on 19
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Kenney –The Best & Most Qualified To The Editor: Joe Kenney is the best and most qualified as successor to the Executive Council seat left vacant by the passing of Ray Burton. If you liked Ray, here’s why you will love Joe. Joe is a patriot who has served the country and the people of NH as a U.S. Marine Lt. Colonel for more than thirty years and as a fourteen year member of the state legislature; six years as a Senator and eight years as a Representative. This experience provides him with the knowledge of the inner workings of the state government. As a fiscal conservative, he will expose those who are big spending elected officials and provide honest evaluations and explanations of the actions of those who are supposed to serve and protect the people of NH. Joe, in addition to being the most experienced candidate for the Executive Council, will spend 100% of his time serving the citizens of his district unlike his opponent, Mike Cryans, who already has to devote time to his other two jobs. Joe will be the peoples’ representative. VOTE FOR JOE KENNEY in the general election on March 11th. Vince Merola Wolfeboro, NH.
Medicaid Expansion To The Editor: As with most of Obamac-
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are, not all parts of the bill have been made public before the passing of the bill. Under Medicaid expansion those that own property (home, car, etc.), the federal government can put a lean on property after the person dies to pay back the federal (not state) government what it paid out under the Medicaid expansion. Why is this not in the media? Is this something we want? What happens if one spouse dies? Can the other be kicked out of the home to sell it to pay for the benefit? Why do we not know the ramifications before a bill passes…. Especially when part of Obamacare? Linda Riley Meredith NH
People Not Allowed To Participate To The Editor: Please know I made a great effort today to participate in the Public hearing on House Bill 1342. I own my own business, serve as the Hillsborough County Commissioner and have been on the Nashua Board of Education for nine years. My calendar is always full with little time for family. That was a choice I made and do not share that information as a complaint but rather to emphasize the inconvenience it was for me to rearrange my day to be in Concord. However, my concern for the students of Nashua with regard to Common Core and the testing is
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.
such that I felt compelled to try to share my concerns with the committee. It was a great disappointment that after an hour of waiting I was told there would be no more public testimony.Only one hour was provided for the entire session and Chairman Gile started ten minutes late. That ten minutes represented two speakers at five minutes each. In my view, knowing the state representatives speak first - it was poor judgement or lack of planning not to realize it would not be enough time. Why invite the public if you are not going to allow sufficient time? Apparently the process allows your Chair to pick and chose who speaks first. As far as I could see not one member of the public spoke. I do not believe that any one individual should be given preference over another. In the American system I have always been led to believe that we are all equal. However, all the bureaucratic administrators were included while none of the Public were included. Not one member of the public spoke even though there were many who signed up to speak. Even a lobbyist was allowed to speak. It seems disingenuous to even call it a public hearing! When you pick and chose who can speak isn’t that controlling or minimally influencing the outcome? Is that the true purpose of our system of government. Wouldn’t it be more effective to have all your Common Core Bills at the same See mailboat on 23
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It’s been a very busy winter for F.A.T.S.O. For the uninitiated, F.A.T.S.O. stands for Flatlanders Adjusting To Solitary Oblivion. It is a winter support group for new transplants to New Hampshire started by my friend Vinnie and me. This year’s obscenely cold temperatures and badly timed snowfalls have taken their toll on even those who have long ago shed their F.A.T.S.O skins, confident that they could stand alone against the season, having been properly conditioned by us. There are a few graduates, of whom we are very proud, who have learned well and are doing fine on their own. A few others, who thought learning what there was to know in those milder winters was enough, this year found themselves face to face with this demon called winter 2014 and have humbly come back to learn even more. For Vinnie and me, this has been a difficult year. We never turn anyone away. Usually we find ourselves with about twenty to thirty new F.A.T.S.O. members but, with the addition of those who are coming back for refresher courses, our numbers have been closer to the fifty and sixty on most days we hold our survival classes. We have found it necessary to break things up a bit by offering separate classes with more specific themes as opposed to our
general meetings. This way we are hoping to keep attendance down to manageable levels as not everyone will feel the need to attend all the classes. We are grateful to those experienced graduates who have given of their time to come back and teach these classes, making the process a smooth one so far. For example, there will be no need to attend “Roof Raking 101� if you have already mastered the artistry of this essential winter tool but you can attend later in the day when our special seminar “Dressing In Layers – When is Enough Enough?� is held. The following is a list and time of a few of the classes that will be offered in the next week. We urge you to attend those that will be helpful to you. And, please don’t be lulled into a false sense of security seeing that this is near the end of February and you might feel that there really is no need to take these classes now. As you know, or will know, next winter will be here before you know it and you don’t want to suddenly be panicking in trying to learn an important winter lesson that you could already have under your belt. All of these classes will be held at the F.A.T.S.O Headquarters in Laconia and pre-registration is required. We are planning on releasing a series of DVs next year so you can learn at home without having to traverse the winter weather. Monday 8am-10am – “Below Zero – Seriously?� - Once held to standing room only crowds of nonbelievers, this week we are offering this class at halfprice to try and fill the room. Another winter like this one and this class may go the way of the dinosaur. Monday 10am-Noon – “Driving After A Snowstorm� Learn such things
as why stoplights are suddenly blinking, the best way to handle a skid and learn the awful truth about idiots that refuse to clean the snow off of their cars after a significant snowstorm. Tuesday 11am-1pm – “Understanding the Weather Report� – Learn why people needlessly panic over winter weather reports that usually end up being incorrect and why they still will, even after taking this class. Wednesday 2pm-4pm“Salt Or Sand� - Learn the proper use for each one in different winter conditions as well as in food seasoning. Saturday 2pm-4pm – “The Supermarket� – How to navigate the war zone of your local food store upon the announcement of an impending snowstorm. Which junk foods are really necessary for survival? Thursday 1pm-3pm – “Keeping Active In Winter� - Learn which winter sport is best for you. Whether it be skiing, skating, ice fishing or watching the Winter Olympics on TV, each one will be discussed in full to help you decide which you are most comfortable with. Friday 10am-Noon – “Proper Shoveling Techniques� – Learn the best positions for your body when snow shoveling. Includes the “Lift With Your Knees� Method to the “Reaching In Your Back Pocket For Your Wallet To Pay The Plow Guy� method. We hope that by providing classes in this scattered format we can keep the crowds at manageable levels and give everyone the opportunity to be able to learn as much as possible to help with future survival here in Central New Hampshire. For a full schedule of classes got to www.fatso.ugh.
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From The State House Connecting The Dots To The Administrative State It is important to understand how the Administrative State currently affects our country. To do so, we need to present some by Rep. Jane facts regarding Cormier Progressivism. Belknap District 8 Basically, Progressivism in America holds that our government needs to move beyond the Constitutional principles of our Founding Fathers and our corresponding founding documents. “Natural Rights” are no longer applicable. Progressives hold that government must be updated in accordance with this new precept of a flexible, “living” Constitution. Naturally, this unravels everything our founders fought to bring forth in our Constitutional Republic as our founders understood the human fallibility of character. Our founding documents set
a strict order of checks and balances, ensuring one branch of government would not overwhelm another. Our Constitutional Republic works on the rule of law. But, in Progressivism, if political external circumstances dictate what will define “justice” in our society, then the centerpiece of NATURAL RIGHTS in our Republic becomes totally invalidated. When our Executive Branch will not ENFORCE legislated law, and the other branches of our government will not enforce the checks and balances to push the Executive Branch back into balance, then we are living under a Progressive government. It is quite impossible for Progressivism to be compatible with our Constitutional Republic. Our Constitution is a fixed document based on “self-evident truths”. Progressivism is based on circumstances. In our Republic, the government IS the people. In Progressivism, the GOVERNMENT reigns OVER the people.
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Five Years Later: How’s That Wreckovery Working Out? On Feb. 17, 2009, President Obama promised the sun and the moon and the stars. That was the day, five years ago, when he by Michelle Malkin signed the Syndicated Columnist $800 billion “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.” President Modesty called it “the most sweeping economic recovery package in our history.” He promised “unprecedented transparency and accountability.” He claimed the spending would lift “two million Americans from poverty.” Ready for the reality smackdown? The actual cost of the $800 billion pork-laden stimulus has ballooned to nearly $2 trillion. At the time of the law’s signing, the unemployment rate hovered near 8 percent. Obama’s egghead economists projected that the jobless rate would never rise above 8 percent and would plunge to 5 percent by December 2013. The actual jobless rate in January was 6.6 percent, with an abysmal labor force participation rate of 63 percent (a teeny uptick from December, but still at a four-decade low). Five years after the Recovery Act, 10.2 million people are out of work. The number of able-bodied Americans who have simply given up looking for work or are “not in the labor force (but) who currently want a job” has exploded. By some estimates, a record 90 million-plus people are hopelessly sitting on the sidelines. The unemployment rate for black Americans is 12.1 percent: nearly double the national rate. The Obama campaign excoriated
President George W. Bush when it exceeded 10 percent under his watch. The black teen jobless rate is now a whopping record 38 percent. Some 50 million Americans remain below the poverty level. And 47 million are now on food stamps, a third more than when Obama first took office in the halcyon days of Hope and Change. After $150 billion in stimulus and other spending on green energy boondoggles, what does the White House have to show for it? According to The Green Corruption Files blog, 32 Obama-backed environmental firms have gone bankrupt as of February 2014. These include crony-clogged Solyndra at a cost to taxpayers of $535 million; Beacon Power, $240 million; Abound Solar, $400 million-plus; Fisker Auto, $529 million; A123, $250 million; ECOtality, $100 million; and Ener1, $118.5 million. In addition, 22 other Obama green energy projects are now in dire financial trouble. Unprecedented transparency? Section 1513 of the Recovery Act required the White House to submit a progress report every three months. Last year, blogger Doug Powers noted: “Under their own guidelines, the administration should have released 14 of these reports by now, but they’ve only submitted eight of them for public review.” Whatevs. Obama promised an avalanche of “shovel-ready” jobs to build vital infrastructure before signing the Recovery Act. Instead, stimulus money went to wasteful makework and non-work, including: bridges to nowhere; a California project to photograph ants; a University of North Carolina computerized dance program; a privately owned martini bar and Brazilian steakhouse in
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World Press Freedoms Challenged by Violence and Intimidation UNITED NATIONS—Widening attacks on the press, and arrests and intimidation of journalists are among the barriers to by John J. Metzler the free flow Syndicated Columnist of information worldwide. But beyond the usual lists of suspects blocking and censoring news and the internet, there’s a definite and deadly spike in violence against reporters, ranging from the Syrian civil war to drug cartel intimidation in Mexico. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a media watchdog group, presented its annual survey “Attacks on the Press,” which according to Executive Director Joel Simon, “describes the threats and explores strategies to safeguard the free flow of information.” Simon stressed, “The primary battlegrounds for press freedom used to be contained within the borders of authoritarian states.” While the Report stresses that “Syria remained the most deadly place for journalists on the job in 2013, Iraq and Egypt each saw a spike in fatal violence…in total 70 journalists lost their lives.” Alarmingly, for the second consecutive year, Turkey was the world’s leading jailer of journalists (40) followed by the Islamic Republic of Iran (35), the People’s Republic of China (32), Eritrea (22), and Vietnam (18). There are 211 journalists in jail worldwide. In Turkey for example, the Ankara government passed a controversial new law severely restrictive to the internet which “blocks sites deemed harmful,” by the authorities. According to Sherif Mansour, a CPJ regional specialist, “Iran remains the second largest jailor of journalists around the world .” Despite the new “reformist” President Hassan Rouhani, “we don’t see lots of hope” but there “are promises from the government.” Equally he added that Egypt now facing the political turmoil of the post Muslim Brotherhood era, has seen a “deterioration” in freedoms and is the third most dangerous country for the
press. Yet beyond the traditional dangers there are new technological threats to the free press. The CPJ adds, the “damaging effects to press freedom by the U.S. mass surveillance programs. … the scope of the NSA’s digital spying raises doubts about the U.S. commitment to freedom of expression and strengthens the hand of China and other restrictive nations in their calls for more government control over the internet.” According to Joel Simon, “A coalition of internet restricting nations including Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and countries throughout Africa and the Middle East have formed an international coalition calling for the United Nations to take over Internet governance.” He adds, “The Chinese argument is that the Internet serves the U.S.” Addressing correspondents Simon added, “The UN must defend freedom of expression,” and warned that the world organization must not allow some member states to “use the UN to censor freedom of speech.” “The credibility of the United States as a global champion for freedom of expression and human rights in undoubtedly damaged by the NSA revelations,” argues Marietje Schaake a Dutch member of the European Parliament. There’s some good news if mixed from Africa. South Africa has the “freest press in Africa.” While many of the freedoms owe themselves to the legacy of Nelson Mandela, today under President Jacob Zuma “political rhetoric critical of the news media has hardened, an instinct of secrecy is on the rise, and Zuma himself has been quick to criticize newspapers, columnists and cartoonists with court action.” According to Sue Valentine, CPJ’s Africa program coordinator, “ For the time being the South African media remains dynamic and determinately free protected by a growing body of jurisprudence and a vigilant civil society.” She adds, “Most media outlets are defiantly independent and investigative journalism is thriving.” Russia presents an enduring challenge to press freedoms. De-
spite the glowing Winter Olympic media coverage, Putin’s Russia continues to “censor and intimidate” the press and the Russian government has wide ranging powers to stifle dissent. Putin’s leadership according to the Re-
port, marks “an increasingly hostile atmosphere for the press.” Mexico presents another side of the coin. Part of the outskirts of the metropolis of Mexico City are in the hands of drug car-
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Random Thoughts R a n d o m thoughts on the passing scene: It is amazing how many people still fall for the argument that, if life is unfair, the answer is to turn by Thomas Sowell more money Syndicated Columnist and power over to politicians. Since life has always been unfair, for thousands of years and in countries around the world, where does that lead us? I am so old that I can remember when sex was private. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” applied to everybody. However fascinated the U.S. Supreme Court may be with the concept of “diversity,” every one of the 9 justices has a degree from one of the 8 Ivy League institutions, out of the thousands of institutions of higher learning in this country. How diverse is that? Despite the rhetoric, the goals or the intentions of the political left, the world they seek to create is a world where decisions are
taken out of the hands of ordinary citizens and transferred to third parties. ObamaCare is the latest example of this trend, and can now join the long list of the “compassionate” catastrophes of the left. It is fascinating to see academics full of indignation over the “exploitation” of low-wage workers by multinational corporations in Third World countries, when it is common on their own academic campuses to have young men get paid nothing at all for risking their health, and sometimes their lives, playing football that brings in millions of dollars to the college and often gets coaches paid higher salaries than the president of the college or university. I don’t happen to like the idea of “stop and frisk.” However, I like even less the idea of armed hoodlums going around shooting people. Those who refuse to see that everything has a cost should be confronted with the question: “How many more young blacks are you willing to see shot dead, because you don’t like ‘stop and See Sowell on 27
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must have this capability to diagnose both of your problems. Finally, they measure resistance. Multimeters are not dangerous. However, if you use one to check household AC voltages of 120 or 240 volts, you need to be alert and aware of what cautions to take with electrical systems. It’s just a common sense issue. You wouldn’t want to touch an energized bare wire that could shock you if you make a mistake, and you most certainly don’t want to cause a dead short that could send molten metal into your eyes or skin. Always wear safety glasses when working with a multimeter around energized wires. It’s not hard to get the training to discover how to use the tools safely. You can watch videos online or you can ask for some help See builder on 28
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Irwin Automotive Celebrates 63rd Anniversary LACONIA - February 11, 2014. Irwin Automotive celebrated their 63rd Anniversary this past January with Lincoln. Having served New Hampshire with 3 generations, Irwin’s is coming off a record year of over 4,000 retailed new and used vehicles, making them one of New Hampshire’s largest dealers. They have maintained a tradition of friendly customer service being a perennial President’s Award Winner. Additionally, they have done so with a belief in continued community involvement in the Lakes Region and beyond. Irwin’s was founded in 1951 by Robert H. Irwin, as a Lincoln Mercury dealership in Laconia, New Hampshire. The Ford dealership was later added in 1955. Peter Irwin, second generation, joined his father’s team and added the Toyotadealership in 1979. Irwin’s Used Car Center was later built in 1994 and located at 446 Union Ave in Laconia. With the new millennium came a Scion addition in 2002, as well as a 12,000 square foot expansion of the Bisson Avenue location. This location now totals 72,000 square feet, more than 15 acres, and 900 vehicles. The next addition came with the Quicklane Tire and Auto Center in 2010, servicing all of the Lakes Region’s maintenance and repair needs. In 2011 the Irwin Automotive Group expanded to include Hyundai, offering another selection of vehicles to all of Irwin’s loyal customers. The growth has contin-
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American Psychological Assoc. Awards local Psychologist President’s Award WASHINGTON, DC The American Psychological Association’s President’s Award has been presented to local psychologist Dr. Deborah Warner for her ardent work in correcting state government investigative procedures and processing of professional licenses. Dr. Warner actively worked with other psychologists and legislators and pursued all avenues to assure patient rights and appropriate professional standards through licensing board and legislative advocacy. Dr. Warner is in private practice and provides psychological services covering Grafton and Coos counties in Northern New Hampshire.
2013 Downtown Rochester Awards Volunteers, Community Members and downtown businesses gathered on Tuesday , February 11 at Frisbie Community Education and Conference Center to celebrate accomplishments of the past year and bestow the 2013 Downtown Awards. Pictured (l-r) Anthony Ejarque of The Governor’s Inn-Heritage Award, James Gray of The Sticker Station-Golden Hammer Award, Dennis Ottino-Rochester Main Street Board Volunteer of the Year, Tyler Bisson-Rochester Main Street Youth Volunteer of the Year, Heather Stachura of Lilac City Grille-Rochester Downtown Business of the Year, Kevin Ryan of State Farm Insurance-Rochester Main Street
Volunteer of the Year, and Al Felgar, CEO of Frisbie HospitalCommunity Partner Award. Missing from photo: Hobo’s TattooBest New Sign, and Profile Bank-Stewardship Award. A special award of thanks and bouquet were presented to Heather Tacconi of Tacconi Law, Rochester Main Street Board President 2012-2103 for her leadership and service. Congratulations to all award recipients for all they do to make downtown Rochester a better place to work, shop, live and play, and to all the guests who work together all year to make it happen! A special thank you to Frisbie Hospital for hosting and sponsoring the breakfast recognition event.
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When you witness your first bluebird, you’ll know why Thoreau claimed that these birds carry the sky on their backs. In the right light, no other bird shows its true American colors than the Eastern bluebird. That marvelous blue forms the backdrop for the rusty, red chest and white belly. Bluebirds are permanent residents in the southern USA, but are typical migrants in the northern regions. They arrive on their breeding grounds early in the spring, around mid-March and usually depart for the winter in September. The Eastern, Western and Mountain bluebirds make up the three distinct species in America. All three species prefer plenty of open habitat surround by trees and shrubs. These birds are called cavity nesters and will utilize dead and living trees for raising their young. Nests are primarily built by the female and they typically lay 4 or 5 light blue eggs. Females do the incubating while the males provide food and sustenance for their mate. The incubation period is about two weeks and the hatchlings will spend another three weeks in the nest before fledging. Bluebirds fell on hard times in the last century when the widespread cutting of trees eliminated potential nest cavities. Being opportunists, the bluebirds switched to cavities in wooden fence
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by Thomas Thomson Orford, NH.
Another Gas and Diesel Tax increase is back on the table in Concord with hearings in the Senate expected within the next two weeks. The proposed bill, Senate Bill 367, would increase the fuel tax 4 cents per gallon or go from the current of 18 cents to 22 cents per gallon – a 22% increase! Then it would tie it to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), so when the (CPI) goes up in the future so will your fuel tax automatically. This will make it much easier for the government bureaucrats to dig deeper into your pocketbook without any accountability and you, the consumer, would have no say in the matter. Those sponsoring the bill say it will only increase the cost $16 per passenger vehicle per year, based on 25 miles per gallon, traveling 10,000 miles per year. What they don’t tell you is how this tax will have a devastating impact on the trucking industry. As a Tree Farmer, I know that a typical log truck gets about 3.5 miles per gallon and travels on average 64,000 miles per year moving forest products. This trucker will pay approximately $800 more annually if SB 367 is passed. This is in addition to the $3,290 these vehicles already pay in New Hampshire fuel tax. And, at this point, there
is no telling what the tax increase will be in the future due to the (CPI) factor. All truckers have seen an increase of 250% in the last ten years for diesel fuel; recently it was posted at $4.29 per gallon, far more than regular gas per gallon. Today’s truckers are running on razor-thin margins and any increase will put some out of business and the others will just pass the increase onto the consumers. Stop and think about it. Everything we consume moves by diesel, as many as three to five times before it reaches the consumer. Thus, raising the tax makes the price of everything, including food, higher due to any increase in the diesel tax. So the prospect facing New Hampshire families is not only will it cost them more to fill up their tank to drive to the store, but when they get there, everything they need to purchase will be more expensive as well. In 2009 and again in 2013, the lead sponsor for the Gas and Diesel tax increase was Rep. David Campbell (D) from Nashua and both times it was defeated because Republicans stuck together and voted against this job-killing tax. What is shocking to me and others is that this year’s SB 367 Gas/Diesel Tax are being sponsored by three Senate Republicans! They are Sen. Jim Rausch (District 19) (james.rausch@leg. state.nh.us), Sen. Nancy Stiles (District 24) (nancy.stiles@leg.state. nh.us), and Sen. David Boutin (District 16) (dboutin1465@comcast. net). I encourage you to send an e-mail to these Senators today. I believe if they continue to support
this huge tax increase on the people of New Hampshire, the Republicans will lose control of the NH Senate come Nov. 2014 and what a shame that would be. Finally I, like many in NH, am appalled at what has happened to the position of the Commissioner to the Dept. of Transportation (DOT). Many of us thought it was a very important position in which the Commissioner worked nonstop to provide New Hampshire with the best transportation system possible, while living within its financial means, becoming more efficient and streamlining every area within the department. Yet instead i t a ppe a r s t h a t C o m missioner Clements has decided to become DOT’s top “Lobbyist” and take his power point presentation to every corner of the state claiming his agency is short of revenue by $70 to $100 million; while threatening to lay off 300 to 700 DOT employees if he does not get additional revenues - meaning passage of SB 367 the Gas/Diesel Tax. One phone call from the Governor to the Commissioner would end the DOT lobbying; one wonders why that hasn’t happen? Maybe, just maybe the Governor is in favor of increasing this huge Gas/Diesel Tax on our NH citizens? The phone number for Governor Hassan is (603)271-2121. Contacting her office may make the difference and may be the only way we can put the brakes on this Gas and Diesel tax increase. Thomas Thomson, of Orford, is a tree farmer. He also serves as the honorary chairman of the state chapter of Americans for Prosperity.
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“He Who Will Not Work Shall Not Eatâ€? W i l l Obama Affordable Care duplicate this? L i t t l e girl denied surgery to help her walk due by Niel Young Advocates Columnist to ‘budget cuts’: Shannon Bowley, 6, has Cerebral Palsy and can only move around on her bottom or with a frame - She was due to have a life-changing operation this Friday which would have loosened her muscles to help her walk independently. NHS England says there is no funding for the operation. Family now fear they will have to raise ÂŁ7,000 for treatment in America. The family of a six-yearold girl with cerebral palsy have condemned ‘cruel’ NHS bosses after an operation to help her walk was cancelled at the last moment - because of budget cuts. ******** Friend Bill from Hampton during this time of “inequalityâ€? in Jamestown. “ John Smith said it all: ‘ He who will not work shall not eat.’ “This message was vital to the survival of Jamestown. “Saint Paul also said the same message to the Corinthians. “Maybe there is something in the messages for us???â€? ******** Since 1973 my participation in the political arena there have been many outstanding men and women as candidates and leaders for the conservative mission. Many have disappointed me. In the big picture; is it about being somebody, climbing the ladder, the fame, the
money, the power? How about the people? The Republican mayor of my first term asked me; what people? This was the way I like a challenge. A succinct question deserves the same type of answer. Waving my arm as if I was addressing the masses I said, the people who pay the bills. Since the beginning I have not been a favorite of GOP leadership at any level. The moderates and the RINOs think I am unworthy of being in their presence. I love it when they have someone interested in getting things accomplished and with principles to do just that. It has been said that politics is not bean bag. Without a message, principles, and a backbone Republicans will not win another presidential contest. If we ask a specific question we are looking for absolute truth from the candidate.....not a “low taxes, low spending, freedom for all� response! We have heard that for decades. Now we demand the truth, and the candidate’s guarantee that is how he/she will vote. If you lie to us, we WILL let you know that it is over! ******** Within the past two years I had a very pleasant phone conversation with E. Scott Cracraft, Gilford resident and sometimes LTE writer. Apparently, a couple of other LTE readers took offense to Scott’s letter re: Joe Kenney. In response to the response, Scott said “My characterization of Mr. Kenney as an ‘extremist’ had nothing to do with him personally and certainly nothing to do with his honorable military record. The word ‘extremist’ was merely descriptive and based solely on his political record. “Politicians who would deny a woman the right to
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Historical Society News Wright Museum Seeks Sponsors For 2014 Exhibits The Wright Museum of World War II History in Wolfeboro, NH will host two special exhibitions during its up-coming 20th anniversary season. “Snapshots of D-Day: Photographs from the Normandy Invasion” will be at the Museum from July 27 to September 25, 2014. The second exhibit, “Anne Frank: A History for Today”, will run from September 13 to October 25. The Wright Museum is seeking sponsors for both exhibits. “Snapshots of D-Day” was created by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Wright Executive Director, Michael Culver, says, “This is a wonderful exhibition of sixty photographs taken on the day of the invasion. And, this is a perfect time for the Wright to have this show because June 6, 2014 is the 70th anniversary of that seminal battle. We expect a large audience will want to see these dramatic photos, many of them seen here for the first time.” Culver continued, “The Anne Frank show comes to us from the Anne Frank Center in NYC. We are so proud to have this important exhibit at the Wright. It tells a cautionary story of how prejudice, hate and violence can grow and dominate our lives, if we allow it. And yet, this exhibit is also about a teenage girl and her family who find the strength and courage to face the darkest days of WWII. It is a show everyone should view, but a ‘must see’ for young people in particular.” Culver says that since the Wright Museum will be the only Northeast host for these shows, the exhibits will attract a regional audience. Consequently, sponsorship of either of the exhibits is a rare opportunity for a business to gain wide-spread recognition for its commitment to education. Sponsors will be acknowledged in all 2014 Museum publications, on the Museum’s web site, in all exhibit advertising, and at the Museum itself. For details about full or co-sponsorship of either exhibit, contact Culver at michael. culver@wrightmuseum.org, or 603-569-1212.
New Sign Marks Belknap Mill Entrance LACONIA — The Belknap Mill has a new, hand-crafted sign to the mark its entrance, courtesy of a group of local volunteers and Mill supporters. Under the coordination of Tom Tardif, the team worked from an initial sketch to a finished sign embellished with wrought-iron and fixed between two granite posts. Tardif’s company, Lock ’N Load Systems LLC, provided most of the materials, with Gilbert Block offering the granite posts at cost and providing a boom truck to facilitate their installation. Mo Gouin provided the Louisiana cypress for the sign and did the carving. On one of the coldest days of the Tom Tardif, left, is joined by Russ Hobby, Mo Gouin, year, Gilbert Block brought in the Belknap Mill President Peter Ellis, and J.P. Hobby boom truck to help place the granite around the new sign marking the entrance to the into the holes Tardif had dug for the structure. The installation proceeded Belknap Mill in downtown Laconia. without a hitch. “It was a pleasure working with all these guys,” Tardif said of the project. “I want to say thank you from all of the trustees for coordinating and building the new sign for the Belknap Mill,” said Executive Director Denise Sharlow as she expressed her appreciation to Tardif for his continued support of the Mill. About the Belknap Mill: The Belknap Mill is the oldest, unaltered brick textile mill in the country. It has a permanent exhibit that interprets the history of the textile industry in Laconia, and has changing monthly exhibits focusing on the arts and history, as well as educational programs for all ages. For further information on the mill and its events, visit www.belknapmill. org or call 603-524-8813.
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During WWII, Gibson employed a nearly all female workforce to build thousands of wartime guitars and marked each with a small, golden “banner” pronouncing that “Only a Gibson is Good Enough.” The banner disappeared at the end of 1945 when the war ended, the soldiers returned, and most of the Kalamazoo Gals ceded their guitar making jobs back to their male predecessors. Professor Thomas will discuss his research and interviews with the WWII women workers of Gibson and will also sign copies of his book Kalamazoo Gals.
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Feb. 16th
When people think about the Home Front during World War II, one of the first subjects that comes to mind is food rationing and the problems housewives had when finding ingredients for the meals they cooked. Lisa Simpson Lutts, food historian and Director of the New Hampshire Boat Museum, has researched cooking during the War years. She will give an illustrated lecture entitled “Taste of the Home Front: A Glimpse Into World War II Cooking.”
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Edie sets out to fill in the details of the gaping hole that was created in her family’s life by the death of a man she never met. What she discovered is a riveting story that is both tragic yet somehow triumphant, uniquely personal yet universal. This is a book about war, what war does to anyone it touches, how the loss of one man affected not only her mother, his family, and her mother’s own family.
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Mar. 2nd: “The Granite Men of Henri-Chapell, Presentation and book signing” with Aimee Fogg, Author
These are not war stories. They are an attempt to illustrate each civilian life before the war as well as capture the essence of the person behind the military rank.
Mar. 2nd Mar. 9th: “Dick O’Kane, A New Hampshire Hero” with Gerry Sedor, Retired U.S. Navy Captain
From a historical point of view, New Hampshire was very important in the nation’s defense efforts during World War II. Many of the nation’s submarines critical to our winning the war in the Pacific were designed and built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. New Hampshire also provided some exceptional military leaders. One of the most decorated military leaders who served our nation during this period was Durham native and Medal of Honor winner Dick O’Kane, considered to be the most successful submarine commanding officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II. This presentation will provide background information on our submarine fleet’s performance in the Pacific during the war and focus on Dick O’Kane’s contributions both during and after the war.
Mar. 16th: “SeaBees and their impact on World War II” with Bob Jones, WWII Veteran and Wright Museum Volunteer
When America entered the War in December 1941, using civilian labor for military projects outside the US stopped because international law forbade civilians from resisting military attack. Consequently, the Naval Construction Battalions (SeaBees) were formed in January 1942.
Mar. 16th
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What There Was Not To Tell tells the specific story of our family’s loss which could be the story of any family who has lost a soldier in war, any war.
“He was all I had left.”-Mother of SGT William Dierauer, KIA 11/29/44... They rest in a distant land they fought to liberate nearly 70 years ago, their lives ended by war and their stories quieted by time. For 38 New Hampshire World War Two soldiers buried in Belgium, their stories are brought to life once again in The Granite Men of Henri-Chapelle.
Mar. 9th
From Guadalcanal to the Normandy Invasion, the Seabees took part in every major amphibious assault in WWII, quickly earning a reputation for bravery and their ability to “get the job done”. A Marine who fought on Guadalcanal, our speaker Bob Jones says, “If it were not for the Seabees, I wouldn’t be here. Their story must be told and I am ready to do it.”
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Mar. 23rd: “The M1 Rifle, Up Close and Personal; The Why and How of the Rifle and Its Development” with George Gurick, Jr.
Mar. 23rd
Get up close and personal with the M1 rifle in this presentation by George Gurick, Jr. He will explore the development and use of the M1 rifle during World War II and also will provide an in-depth look at its technical components. Mr. Gurick is an Instructor/Coach Squad Designated Marksman (Class Number One) in the US Army Marksmanship Unit/Civilian Marksmanship Program and a Master Instructor (Class Number One) Service Rifle in the Civilian Marksmanship Program. George is an advanced collector of US military small arms, from the Indian War era through Vietnam.
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Sign Up For Hunter Education Last Year For Bowhunter-Only Classes
Hunter and Bowhunter Education courses are underway around the state, so get set for the 2014 spring gobbler season and more by logging onto the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department website to sign up for a class. New this year, the Hunter Education class also covers bowhunting. If you took hunter education prior to January 1, 2014, you must take the separate bowhunter education course – or the new combined course – in order to purchase an archery license. Bowhunter-only education courses will continue to be offered only for the 2014 calendar year. “We urge people to try to get your course in early in the year, especially if you want to go turkey hunting in May,” said Hunter Education Coordinator Josh Mackay. “Don’t delay, because spring classes and online field days are filling up fast. We are constantly adding courses to the schedule. If you don’t see one in your area check back often.”
Bowhunting is new this year to Hunter Education classes. If you already took hunter education you must take the separate bowhunter class.
To sign up for a class, visit http://www.huntnh. com/Hunting/hunter_ ed.htm. Under “Find a Class,” click on the link for traditional hunter/ bowhunter education, online hunter education or traditional bowhunter education courses. Scroll down and use the handy calendar search engine to find classes. Once you find a class, simply click on the event to preview all the details about the course and register. After you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email. If you need help using the online system, call the Hunter Education office at 603-271-3214. To accommodate the increasing number of people taking the online Hunter Education course -- approximately 1,800 people completed the online course in 2013 – the program will offer additional field days this year. Those taking Hunter Education online must complete their testing and hands-on requirements at a structured field day event.
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Yikes! Here it is January 2014, days are getting longer, but it’s still a bit of time to open water fishing. What to do to while away the time? Well, January will be eaten up with gathering information for income tax time, closing out the books for 2013 and setting goals for 2014. Time to print up some brochures & get out the spring mailing. In between all of that we have to find time to shovel some snow, keep warm and maybe a little maintenance work on the equipment. Those tasks will eat up the time, that’s for sure. However, show me ONE fun thing in that list? It can’t be done! However, I think I have just the trick in mind and have to get to work on it now. That might be a winter steelhead fishing trip on the Salmon River in upstate New York with my good friend Jeff Waner of Osprey Adventures. We talked about this last August & now it’s up to me to put it together. Since I’m pretty much retired now, a schedule is of little or no consequence. However, I want to take my son, Tony, along this year. The last time we did this together was about 18 years ago and there has been a lot of water over the dam since then. He graduated from high school, college, got married, works
as a pharmacist at LRGH and has two beautiful little girls, Sydney and Amelia. Well, I’m getting along a bit and would like to spend at least a tiny bit of quality time with my son. What better way to do that than a couple of days drift fishing the river? We all get wrapped up in our everyday struggle to survive and tend to forget, or put aside, the things that matter most in our lives. Often times it’s too late! Jeff is a GREAT fisherman and guides the river under the name of “Osprey Adventures”. Check him out on FACEBOOK! If spending some time looking at those photos doesn’t get you excited, well, I’m not sure what would. If you have never done a drift boat trip on the river AND you are a fisherman, you’re missing a great adventure. There is no way that you can describe the lightning strike and forceful runs of a hooked up 10 – 12lb steelhead trout. That will get your blood boiling in seconds. Some of the best winter steelhead fishing is in February. This is also some of the coldest time to be on the river. Below zero temperatures are NOT uncommon. These are fresh fish and are heavy as they are in their spawning run. From early March on, you are picking up what is called “Drop backs”. These are fish that have already spawned and are now “Dropping back”, down the river and eventually back out into the lake. Since they have spawned, they are a bit lighter in weight, but fight just as hard. I fished with Jeff last March (2013) and had a GREAT time. He uses a custom made “Willie” drift boat, all equipped with a propane heater if the temp really gets down there and you are uncomfortable. All the rods, reels and ter-
minal tackle are provided. Jeff is a well-respected guide on the river and fishing with him is a quality experience, for sure. I’m really looking forward to it. Well, with January being eaten up with paper work and a fishing trip in early March, that leaves February to contend with. As a rule, February is a month that will give you a workout in the shoveling department. So, be prepared. I guess there will most likely be a bit of January’s tasks that drag over. We’ll see. Along with the March fishing trip, this is also the month that I need to get in 15 hours of continuing education courses for maintaining my pharmacist license. Last year, along with Tony, I spend a couple of days in Newport, RI attending a seminar hosted by URI and managed to acquire all the
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the annual fundraising event on Sunday, February 23rd at 3pm. Sunday evening’s events include raffles, a live and silent auction and dinner by Pats Peak’s Executive Chef, Guy Pelletier. The Live and Silent Auction has many gift certificates, tickets New England Sports Teams, sports memorabilia plus much more. Tickets purchased before the weekend of the event for the Sunday evening event are $20 per person or $30 per couple. Tickets purchased the weekend of the event are $25 per person or $40 per couple. Tickets may be purchased at PATS PEAK Guest Services, by calling (603) 428-3245,
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is a scholarship program. “We are thrilled to be able to support families when their child is in treatment, and to celebrate and support young adult survivors as they move into college,” says Childhood Cancer Lifeline of NH Board President, Sylvia Pelletier. “We couldn’t address the urgent needs of families without the ongoing support of the local community. Giving a family a gas card so they can travel to treatment, paying for a car repair, funding a parent’s meal when they are in the hospital, none of this would be possible without such a generous, caring community. We are so touched that so many continue to support our organization, to reach out to truly “be a lifeline” to families in need”, says Pelletier. The Childhood Cancer Lifeline of New Hampshire has a special relationship with Pats Peak. Chef Guy Pelletier, who joined Pats Peak in May of 2000, has two children who are cancer survivors. Guy’s wife Sylvia is a founding member and current President of the organization. The Lifeline
be the most successful fundraising event for the Childhood Cancer Lifeline of New Hampshire. Through the Links! Program, the Childhood Cancer Lifeline provides laptops to each newly diagnosed school-aged
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It is simple to understand then, Progressivism demands that government appoint unelected “experts” to supervise the limitless administrative state. And when you stop to consider where our county currently finds itself, with massive government overreach with federal agencies calling all the shots (IRS, EPA, HUD, DOT, HHS and on and on), you can easily see this is what we are facing today. Strangling regulation and debilitating taxation are the theme of the day. Our Constitution is consistently under fire from Progressives who seek to realign the checks and balances of our founding documents. We have lost our right to privacy, we are losing our rights to freedom of speech and our 2nd amendment rights are constantly being assailed all over our country. Progressives are also instituting Common Core in our local school districts even though there are federal statutes which prohibit federalization of curriculum. Sustainable Communities seeks to change the character and private property rights in our communities. Obamacare is taking the most private and important issue of health care and realigning it with the bureaucracy of the IRS and HHS in Washington DC. Healthcare should be between doctors and patients, not federal bureaucrats. Progressivism runs in both political parties, make no mistake, so this is not a political issue. It is rather, a citizenry issue. How much longer can we be asleep as to what is happening around us? WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. We need to begin to discuss what it means to be a Constitutional Republic and this discussion begins with you and with me. We need to get educated and we need to start talking. We need to elect CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES in our upcoming elections. Though some say it could never happen, we could wake up one day, and find our founding documents have been relegated to the dustbin of history. Not on my watch…How about you?
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Missouri; a bogus New Hampshire beauty school; and renovations to Vice President Joe Biden’s favorite Amtrak train station in Delaware. Somehow, stimulus “Sheriff” Biden overlooked the hundreds of millions in stimulus money steered to General Services Administrations junkets in Las Vegas and Hawaii, ghost congressional districts, dead people, and those ubiquitous stimulus propaganda road signs stamped with the shovel-ready logo. In 2012, Ohio State University economics professor Bill Dupor reported that more than three-quarters of the jobs created or saved by the stimulus were government jobs. Dupor and another colleague also concluded that the massive wealth redistribution scheme “destroyed/forestalled roughly one million private sector jobs” by siphoning tax dollars “to offset state revenue shortfalls and Medicaid increases rather than boost private sector employment.” In 2011, at a rare meeting of his Jobs and Competitiveness Council, Obama turned his “shovel-ready” vow into a punchline: “Shovel-ready was not as, uh, shovel-ready as we expected,” he cracked with a sheepish grin. The dogand-pony Jobs Council, led by GE’s Jeffrey Immelt, giggled and cackled at Obama’s snark. More forgotten insult to grievous injury: the telling moment when New York Times columnist David Brooks giggled on Jim Lehrer’s PBS show that Obama had told him off the record in 2009 that the shovel-ready promise was a crock, but that he sat on the truth until the Times’ Peter Baker reported the admission more than a year later in October 2010. The transcript: JIM LEHRER: Off the record? So, then you can’t talk about it. (LAUGHTER) DAVID BROOKS: Yes, because Peter Baker is a better (reporter) than I am, because I couldn’t get him to go on the record with
that thing. (LAUGHTER) JIM LEHRER: He said this to you a year ago? DAVID BROOKS: It was obvious. I mean, you are trying to build a stimulus package. And when they were trying to build it, believe me, they would have loved to have filled it with infrastructure jobs. But the projects just didn’t exist. While the lapdogs of the Fourth Estate snicker along with the White House about their lies and cover-up, the Wreckovery Act wreckage continues to pile up. And now the White House wants more money to burn for Porkulus Redux. Retiring Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., was right when he warned five years ago that the “morally reprehensible” stimulus represented “the worst act of generational theft in our nation’s history.” It’s no joke. It’s a $2 trillion travesty built on criminal government malpractice. Take that and shovel it. Michelle Malkin is the author of “Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is malkinblog@gmail.com.
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time and allow time for all to participate? I have heard legislators complain that most don’t care enough to make the effort to testify. I ask myself how many made the effort only to be rebuffed and will never make the effort again. As an American I was offended. I implore you to remember that you are the people’s voice. How can you be the voice of those who are not allowed to participate? Sandra Ziehm Nashua School Board
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required hours in that one session. Looks like I’ll do it again this year as it’s very convenient and when it’s done, it’s done! Sometime toward the end of March, I have to drag the Dr. Hook out of the snow & over to Dave’s Motorboat Shoppe for a bit of interior repair. Shouldn’t take much more than a day or so, but we’ve been putting it off forever. Let’s get it done! Well, I guess that schedule brings us right up to ice-out, I hope. Later... Capt. Pete.
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known as Chakras and then students will be creating an individual Healing Chakra Bell Chime. $35pp. 524-3207. Pre-registration required.
Tuesday 25th “Bank Financing for New or Existing Business” - Workshop
Bank of New Hampshire Operations Center, Winnipesaukee Room, 10 Mutual Way, Gilford. 5:30pm. Presentation by W. Stephen Loughlin, Senior Vice President of Bank of NH. Steve has been a commercial lender in the Lakes Region for over 35 years. Tuition $25pp if paid in advance or $30 at the door. Register at www. lakesregion.score.org
Author Wiley Cash to Read From and Discuss New Book
Friday 28th Gaelic Storm
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
“Champagne and Cupcakes”
Divine Inspirations, 413 DW Highway, Meredith. 5-8pm. A grownup girl’s guide to beating cabin fever. Join for fizzy, fun and fashion! All to benefit the Little Church Theatre in Holderness. $10pp. Seating is limited. 527-8019
Fri. 28th - Sun. 2nd Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. $12pp. 335-1992
March
RiverRun Book Store, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. 431-2100 www.riverrunbookstore.com
Wright Museum Educational Program
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. Doors open at 1pm. “The Granite Men of Henri-Chapell,” Presentation and book signing presented by author, Aimee Fogg. . $7pp, free for Museum members.569-1212 to reserve your seat.
Monday 3rd Geese & Ducks for Meat and Eggs
Boscawen Municipal Complex, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen. 6:30pm. Led by Dot Perkins, UNHCE Livestock Field Specialist. Free and open to the public. 753-9188 x 301
Vegetarian Sushi for Beginners - Class
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Sunflower Natural Foods, 390 South The Rotator Cuff – Keeping Your Main Street, Laconia. 10-11:30am. Shoulder Healthy and Strong Region Hospital Learn about creating healthy and Franklin tasty vegetarian maki rolls and about Rehabilitation, First Floor, Franklin. the tools and ingredients needed. Free 6-7pm. Learn simple exercises to keep your shoulder healthy and strong to class. Register by calling 524-6334to be! It’s THE PLACE th th Tues. 25 – Wed. 26 engage in everyday activities as well as lifting and sports. Free program. Headliners Comedy Club February Vacation Art Classes Nov 8, Stanley Yerlow & Tajci The Arts Collaborative, 5 Winona Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South 527-2852 Street, Concord. 225-1111 or Road, Meredith. $25 each -workshop. Nov 9, Dirty Deeds The AC/DCMain Tribute Pre-registration required as space is www.ccanh.com Thursday 6th Novwww.theartscollaborative.net 15, Gibson Brothers limited. Teitur Laconia Little League Sign Up 344-1860 Nov 16, Rave On! - The Buddy Holly Experience Laconia Community Center, 306 Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or Nov 22, Country Jamboree - Grand OpryLaconia. Country10am-noon. Music UnionOleAve, Thursday 27th www.ccanh.com Open to boys and girls ages 4-12, Dec 6-7, Veterans Arts: An Evening on the Home Front Documentary and Talk in onthe Performing who live or go to school in Laconia, Gilford, Belmont, Gilmanton and Lakes Region Camera Club Dec Jamaican 13 & 14, Nutcracker Isolated Village The Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon Street Meredith. $50 per player, family Meeting 17-22,7pm. A Christmas Carol East,Dec Laconia. Presented by discounts are available. Questions? Trinity Episcopal Church, Meredith. 7pm. Persons of any experience level LaconiaNHLL@gmail.com Producer-Director David Ritter, a Email Dec 22, Strafford Wind Symphony - Holiday Pops Concert are welcome. 340-2359 Jamaican who attended school in NH Jan 11, Halfhis Step Gratefulthe Dead Tribute and now divides time-between Laconia Little League Sign Up United States andThe the Great Caribbean. Jan 16-26, American Trailer Park Musical2nd Sunday Laconia Community Center, 306 Union Feb 7, Motor Booty Affair Auditions for “Harvey” Laconia. 6-8pm. Open to boys It’s THE PLACE to be!Garrison Players Arts Center, Route 4, Ave, and girls ages 4-12, who live or go to Feb 14, The Spirit of Johnny Cash
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Feb 20 & 21, The Vagina Monologues
Nov 15, Gibson Brothers
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Nov 16, Rave On! - The Buddy Holly Experience
Feb 28-Mar Joseph & the Nov 22, Country Jamboree - 2, Grand Ole Opry Country Music Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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Fever - Motown Music R-RATED HYPNOTIST FRANK Feb 28-Mar & the Amazing Technicolor May2, Joseph 16, Strafford WindDreamcoat Symphony - Thrilling Melodies SANTOS JR. Ridiculously Funny! MarchMay 6-16, The22-25, Diary of Anne Frank Freckleface Strawberry The Musical
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April 4, Brooks Young Band
novative comedian Frank Santos Jr. He’s 5-8, Cat in the Hat AprilJune 5, Dance Northeast back on our stage by popular demand for a fourth season. UnderMe his hypnotic AprilJune 10-27, Wizard of Oz Veterans in the Performing 13-21, Arts: Follow spell, audience members are more May 2,June-August Lottery Cocktail Party 2014, Summer Theatre than willing to follow Santos’ every comCamp mand...from awkward to outrageous...in May 3, Bon Jersey this unpredictable, uproarious laugh-unMay 10, Motor City Fever - Motown Music til-your-sides-hurt R-rated comedy show. Expect the unexpected with lots of audiMay 16, Strafford Wind Symphony - Thrilling Melodies ence participation.
May 22-25, Freckleface Strawberry The Musical May 31, Corvettes Doo Wop Revue
Dazzling with vivid color and vivacious song and dance, this musical parable of Joseph is a multi-colored family-friendly treat. This Old Testament tale, told anew by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is set to an eclectic mix of musical styles from pop, rock and calypso to country-western. Sharon Asher Arsenault directs a jubilant cast of forty-eight, including the Rainbow Chorus, twenty-four talented young people from around the Seacoast. This timeless story splashes on stage with exuberance, humor and delightful music, directed by Jeremy Asher. An ROH Community Production.
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June 13-21, Veterans in the Performing Arts: Follow Me June-August 2014, Summer Theatre Camp
school in Laconia, Gilford, Belmont, Gilmanton and Meredith. $50 per player, family discounts are available. Questions? Email LaconiaNHLL@ gmail.com
Friday 7th The Spirit of Mardi Gras with Slippery Sneakers Zydeco Band
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
Los Lobos
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Fri. 7th – Sun. 16th The Diary of Anne Frank
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. $16pp. 335-1992
Saturday 8th The Machine Performs Pink Floyd
Saturday 1st
Auditions for “Harvey”
Garrison Players Arts Center, Route 4, Rollinsford. 7-9pm. Actors should bring a resume and be prepared to do a cold-reading from the script. Auditions are drop-ins, so no appointment is needed. Performances will be May 2-17. 516-4919
Rollinsford. 5-7pm. Actors should bring a resume and be prepared to do a cold-reading from the script. Auditions are drop-ins, so no appointment is needed. Performances will be May 2-17. 516-4919
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Ask a Nutritionist
Concord Food Co-op, 24 South Main Street, Concord. 12-2pm. Traci Komorek, RD/LD will be on hand to answer any questions you may have. Free and open to the public. First come, first served. 410-3099
Sunday 9th Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald feat. Carmen Bradford
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
Celtic Nights
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. $34/$30pp. 3351992
Ongoing
Senior Ten Pin Bowling League
Funspot, Rt. 3 Weirs Beach. 10am every Monday morning. 50 years and older welcomed! Call Gail 569-1974 or Marie 494-8405
Ridgewood Open for Snowshoeing and X-Country Skiing
Lakes Region Detachment Marine Corps League
Meredith Community Center, Rt. 3, Meredith. 6:30pm. Second Thursday of the month. New members always welcome. 455-0636
Genealogy Workshop
Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 10am-Noon. The first Tuesday of every month. Featuring methods of jump starting genealogical research for both the beginner and the advanced genealogist. Free and open to all. 5692428
Central NH Amateur Radio Club Meeting
Gilford Community Church, Gilford. Meets the first Tuesday of each month. Interested in amateur radio? New members welcome! Check website for details www.chnarc.org
Bible Study
Open Door Bible Church, 2324 Rt. 16, next to West Ossipee Post Office. Every Wednesday at 6:30pm. 508380-0471
Singles Dance
Daniel’s Hall, Rt 4, Nottingham. Fridays from 8pm-12am. Casual dress. BYOB, free light buffet and drink set-ups. Smoking outside on the patio. $12. 942-8525
Acoustic Country Pickin Party
Tilton Senior Center from 7pm-9pm every Wednesday.
Mahjong
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 12:30-3pm every Monday. 524-6042
Meditation Group
Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia, 172 Pleasant Street, Laconia. 6-7:15pm. A community where you can develop your own meditation practice in a friendly, non-judgmental community. No experience necessary. New comers arrive 10 minutes early for a quick introduction. 293-7211
Free Movie Matinee
Dover Public Library. Every Saturday at 2pm. Free screening of a family movie. Bring your own popcorn!
Ridgewood Country Club, 258 Governor Wentworth Highway, Moultonborough. Open daylight hours. Free to use the grounds. Tavern open 11-4 Friday – Sunday. 476-5930
Preschool Storytime
Lakes Region Tea Party Meetings
Knotty Knitters
The Moultonborough Public library, Moultonborough. 7pm. The third Wednesday of every month. All are welcome.
Line Dancing
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 9am-10am Every Wednesday. 524-6042
Zentangle Workshop
VynnArt, Main Street, Meredith. Every third Friday. Call 279-0557to sign up.
Overeaters Anonymous
Franklin Regional hospital, 15 Aiken Avenue, Franklin. Saturdays 11amnoon.
NAMI-NH Family Support Group
Pease Public Library, downstairs, Plymouth. 7pm. First and third Mondays of each month. Open to anyone who is dealing with a close friend or family member who has a mental illness. 254-5090 or 536-2699
Meredith Public Library, Main St. Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30am and Thursdays, 1-2pm. Ages 3-5. 2794303. Meredith Public Library, Main St. 10:30am - Noon. Every Thursday. All levels of experience welcome. 2794303.
Social Bridge
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 10:30am-12:30pm Every Friday. 524-6042
Woodside Carvers Club
Woodside Building at the Taylor Community, Laconia. Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-11:30am. Beginners welcome. 934-4265
30+ League Basketball
Tapply-Thompson Community Center, Bristol. 6pm. $1 per night. 744-2713.
Adult Pick-Up Basketball
Newfound Memorial Middle School. Sundays, 6-8pm. $1 per night. 7442713.
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Knit Wits Knitting Club
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 1:30pm2:30pm every Friday. 5246042
T.O.P.S. Meeting
Congregational Church, Meredith. 5:30pm every Wednesday. “Take Off Pounds Sensibly.”
Toastmasters
Moultonborough Library. 6pm. Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Get over your fear of public speaking. Everyone welcome. 476-5760 or email bobgoff@msn.com.
Rotating Art Exhibits and Unique Shop
The Studio, 84 Union Ave, Laconia. Wed.-Fri. 10am-5pm and Sat. 10am-3pm. Fun, unusual gift ideas that don’t cost a fortune! 455-8008
Middle Eastern Expressive Dance & Yoga
Stone Gardens, Meredith. Wednesdays at 6:30pm. 7449761. Meredith Public Library, Main St. Fridays 9:30-10:20am. Ages 3-5. 279-4303.
Support
First United Methodist Church, 18 Wesley Way, Gilford. Second Monday of each month at 7pm. 524-2411
Amputee Peer Group
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital, Concord. Third Thursday of every month at 6:30pm. 226-9800
The Pierce Brigade Lecture Series
14 Horseshoe Lane, Concord. Fourth Thursday of each
month. Open to the public. www.piercemanse.org
Northfield Historical Society Meeting
Town Hall basement. 7pm on the 3rd Monday of the month. Free program and welcome new members. 286-4795
Lakes Region Support
Lyme
Laconia Middle School, 150 McGrath Street. 10am-1pm. Third Saturday of each month. For sufferers and support people of those with Chronic Lyme Disease and other tickborne diseases. 1-888-5965698 or info@lyme411.org
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Tai Chi
Center Harbor Congregational Church, Center Harbor. 9am Mondays. 6pm Thursdays and a beginners class at 7pm Thursdays. 968-7986
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at 7pm. Open to all pre- and post-transplant patients, families and friends. Bring your questions and concerns and share your news. 224-4767
Wine
Wolfeboro Wine Cellar, 51 North Main Street. Fridays 3-6pm. Saturdays 3-6pm and Sundays 2-5pm. 569-3321.
Weirs Community Park Association Meeting
Community Hall above the fire station. 7pm. Second Monday of every month. All are welcome. 366-5185.
Free Weight Loss Group
Ossipee Library Meeting Room. Mondays from 5pm7pm. Call Mary at 284-6644
Knitting Circle
Golden View Health Care Center, 19 NH Rt. 104. Meredith. Wednesdays at 2:15pm. Knitters of all abilities are welcome to join this group. Free. 279-8111
Concord Transplant Support Group
Room 5c at Concord Hospital. 4th Wednesday of every month
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from an electrician or ham radio hobbyist that uses these tools all the time. I highly recommend you get some training and practice how to use the tools. The easiest and safest way to train with a multimeter, in my opinion,
is to just take a standard AA battery and check its voltage. Many modern multimeters can automatically sense the difference between AC and DC voltage. Simple household batteries are DC. All you have to do is set the multimeter to check
voltage -- usually there’s a large capital “V” on a dial or a button. The LCD screen on the tool should show a V on the screen and some zeros. Touch the end of the red probe to the positive end of the battery and the black probe to the negative end
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of the battery. If all is well, you’ll see a measurement of 1.5 on the LCD screen of the tool. That’s what most AA batteries put out, 1.5 volts DC current. When checking for continuity, the multimeters are sensing the amount of resistance in the circuit. If you have a short piece of solid wire with each end bare and set the multimeter to check for continuity, when you touch the probes to the end of the wire, there’s very little resistance and the multimeter might emit a tone, or a small light will light up or you will see a bunch of zeros and a tiny resistance reading like 0.3. You’ll use the multimeter to help you check the continuity and voltage of the tiny low voltage wires that are connected to the transformer that powers your doorbell. You can also use the multimeter to check the continuity and voltage of the wires at your 3-way switches so you can get them working correctly. To understand how to properly wire your 3-way switch, I recommend that you watch a video I taped about this topic. It shows you all the wires and exactly how they should be connected at each switch. Go to:http:// go.askthebuilder. com/3way Need an answer? All of Tim’s past columns are archived for FREE at www. AsktheBuilder.com. You can also watch hundreds of videos, download Quick Start Guides and more, all for FREE. (c)2014 TIM CARTER DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.
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tels. The Neza district just miles from the city center is controlled by gangs, “ few people are aware of the cartels spread, state by state, let alone that they have reached Mexico City,.” writes Mike O’Connor. “The drug war “ he adds, “was supposed to be taking place ‘out there’ in the provinces.” Indeed the Mexican media is largely intimidated from covering this scourge on their doorstep and in dangerous proximity to the USA. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Transatlantic Divide; USA/Euroland Rift? (2010). advocates from 13
to elect former Senator Joe Kenney to the Executive Council in a special election. Joe recently won the Republican Nomination to replace Ray Burton who served NH with distinction for so many years. “As a Marine who has served our nation for over 30 years with multiple deployments in harm’s way, Joe Kenny will bring the same sense of commitment and constituent service to the Executive Council.”
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Salome’s Stars Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Try to say as little as possible about the work you’re doing through the end of the month. Then you can make your announcement and accept your well-deserved plaudits. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You face a more difficult challenge than you expected. But with that strong Taurean determination, you should be able to deal with it successfully by week’s end. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Before you act on your “feelings” about that upcoming decision, it might be wise to do a little factchecking first. You could be very much surprised by what you don’t find. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A recent workplace success can open some doors that were previously closed to you. On a personal level, expect to receive some important news from a longtime friend and colleague. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Put your wounded pride aside and do what you must to heal that misunderstanding
ACROSS 1 “Sorry, I goofed” 6 Take a shot at 13 __ Vineyard (island south of Cape Cod) 20 “Guitar Town” singer Steve 21 Italian wine 22 So-so 23 Venue for American art in Manhattan 25 Hyperactivity medication 26 Mauna - (volcano in Hawaii) 27 Walk- - (minor roles) 28 Mazda car 30 Young horse 31 Mozart work 33 California city south of Monterey 38 Pep 39 Miracle Mets member Tommie 40 German for “three” 41 Given a makeover 44 Air passage of the lung 47 Loafs about 52 Shakable liquidfilled souvenirs 54 - Kim (rapper) 55 - rasa 56 Competes (for) 57 Dark deli bread 58 Place to vote 59 Tehran inhabitants 60 Hdqrs. of law enforcers 61 Ontario’s capital, on a sports ticker 63 Garden plants with large white flowers 66 Like charged atoms 68 Ovine mother
before it takes a potentially irreversible turn and leaves you regretting the loss of a good friend. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) One way to kick a less-than-active social life into high gear or rebuild an outdated Rolodex file is to throw one of your well-organized get-togethers for friends and associates. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Getting out of an obligation you didn’t really want to take on can be tricky. An honest explanation of the circumstances can help. Next time, pay more attention to your usually keen instincts. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Use your Scorpion logic to push for a no-nonsense approach to a perplexing situation. This could help keep present and potential problems from creating more confusion. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A friend’s problem might take more time than you want to give. But staying with it once again proves the depth of your Sagit-
69 Author Bret 70 Exterior car adorners 75 Store (up) 76 Toward a boat’s stern 79 - kick (football action) 80 Cheer yells 81 Jurists’ gp. 83 Rural tower 84 Hawked anew 85 Crusty treat 86 Some crisp red fruits 89 Swirly marble 90 Fellini of film 92 Knocks it off 93 Sad notice in the paper 95 With 124-Across, yonder 96 Stuff making a big bang 97 Mom on “Rhoda” 103 Puts in office by ballot 107 Nothin’ at all 108 Tax cheat’s dread 109 - Lanka 110 Hee- 111 Carrier to Muscat 113 Ensure a person’s ruin 119 Enormous 120 Wrap around 121 Sprayed, as a sidewalk 122 Renters 123 Substance in chemical analysis 124 See 95-Across DOWN 1 Whimpers 2 Boorish sort
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Wally prepares his house for the door prize he won at the reverse raffle. -Bob Jaskolka, Brunswick, OH.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You might want to ask a friend or relative for advice on an ongoing personal matter. But be careful not to give away information you might later wish you had kept secret.
Nobody explained to him that what he really needed was a door. -Rick Kaufman, Dover, NH.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Use the weekend for a creativity break to help restore your spiritual energy. Once that’s done, you’ll be back and more than ready to tackle whatever challenge you need to face. BORN THIS WEEK: You get great joy out of creating beautiful things and sharing them with others who appreciate them.
3 The Beach Boys’ Wilson 4 Flier’s stat 5 Standing for 6 Brenneman and Tan 7 Highland hat 8 Capote, to his pals 9 Curve in a driving exam 10 West in film 11 Long feather 12 Language of India 13 Epitomes of selfsacrifice 14 Fly a jet, say 15 Like many sr. citizens 16 Faint residue 17 Saintly glows 18 Quick-footed 19 - message to (got in touch with) 24 Nail varnish 29 King of Saudi Arabia 32 Affirms 33 Taxi driver 34 Matches up 35 Vintage Olds cars 36 Grown-up boys 37 Intense mirth 41 Abbr. on an invitation 42 City NNW of Oklahoma City 43 Bucks’ partners 45 Place to hang apparel 46 Sword part 48 Humiliate 49 New Mexico tribe 50 Nobelist Wiesel 51 Back-talk 53 Utah senator Hatch 55 Pontifical crown 58 Puts in hock
61 “So long!” 62 “No Turn -” (traffic sign) 64 Sneaky laugh 65 - Lama 66 Bozo 67 Having a rug 70 Joyous Israeli dance 71 Certain blood type, briefly 72 Greek peak 73 Motel employee 74 Cup holder 76 Feels sickly 77 Skip town 78 Pitch 82 Borg of tennis 83 Large influx 86 Smallish bill 87 One- - (short plays) 88 Illuminator in a shirt pocket, perhaps 90 Puzzles (out) 91 Spoil, as food 94 Brown in fat 97 How fries are fried 98 Jean-Claude Van 99 Singer Edie 100 Lion features 101 Less mean 102 Plum center 104 Picked out 105 Zapping gun 106 82-Down, by birth 109 Back-to-school mo. 112 Ending for propor hex114 Fertilized cells 115 Tavern barrel 116 Corrida cheer 117 NCO part 118 “Nice one!”
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“Suits and Ladders.” -Michelle Ryan, Mason, OH.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The Sea Goat can benefit from an extra dose of self-confidence to unsettle your detractors, giving you the advantage of putting on a strong presentation of your position.
“I’m sure this is where I left my spare key.” -Tamara Milligan, Effingham, NH.
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Feel the indomitable spirit of a young teen and her tenacious will to believe in the goodness of people when Rochester Opera House Productions in collaboration with the Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents “The Diary of Anne Frank” at the Rochester Opera House. The play runs from March 7 to March 16 with evening performances and matinees. Confined and hidden in a secret annex during the depravity of the Nazi regime, Anne turns to her diary as a friend and confidant. Her insightful account paints a portrait of a sensitive, insightful young woman and offers compelling observations of human courage and frailty. She writes, “I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall
The Diary of Anne Frank At Rochester Opera House
The Rochester Opera House will be presenting the compelling “The Dairy Of Anne Frank” for one week from March 7th to March 16th. Tickets can be bought online at www. rochesteroperahouse.com.
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end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.” Initially meant as a private memoir, Anne later thought about the possibility of writing for posterity and becoming a journalist. After the war, Otto Frank devoted himself to working for human rights and answered thousands of letters from people, who had read his daughter’s poignant diary. Otto often concluded his letters with, “I hope Anne’s book will have an effect on the rest of your life so that insofar as it is possible in your own circumstances, you will work for unity and peace”. Tickets are $14 and $16 and can be purchased 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.
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