03/01/18 Cocheco Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 27, NO. 9

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Night Of Comedy In Rochester

Sales Of Commemorative Liquor Bottles Helping To Save Historic Hall of Flags by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

dren and other visitors. When one walks into the State House’s front entrance one is immediately flanked by walls of encased banners, guidons, and Civil War battle flags. Visitors with

imaginations and historical awareness are sometimes overcome with emotion, and they contemplate that these tattered, blood-stained relics were held aloft by New Hampshire men in the midst of desperate battles. All-too many brave soldiers lost their lives clinging to these very colors. The Fifth New Hampshire Volunteer InSee flags on 22

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As one of the 13 original states, New Hampshire has a rich historical legacy deserving of recognition and preservation. Artifacts and icons that link the present-day Granite State to its honored past rate special attention. And with the 2019 bicentennial approaching for the N.H.

State House, particular attention is being focused on that edifice’s “Hall of Flags,” the first part of the State House Tour each year for many thousands of school chil-

Re-enactors pose as The 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, which suffered the greatest total loss in battles of an infantry or cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the Civil War. Their flag is one of the historic flags in the Hall of Flags in the NH State House. (The flags seen here are exact replicas using the same silks.) Efforts to preserve these important historic artifacts include selling commemorative bottles (below) created by the NH Liquor Commission with Photo by Mark Bingham, portsmouth and used by permission proceeds going towards the flags’ restoration.

The Rochester Opera House will present a night of comedy at the new downtown Performance & Arts Center on Saturday, March 17th. The show will feature headliner Carl Yard and opening act Nick Lavallee. The Performance & Arts Center is located at 32 North Main Street, in downtown Rochester, NH. Comedian Carl Yard was born on the tiny Caribbean Island Barbados. After immigrating to Boston in the summer of 1984, Carl was immediately drawn to the thriving Boston comedy scene. Nick Lavallee’s latest album, “The Other Dude”, consists of stand up and musical comedy. Lavallee has appeared alongside Sally Struthers in “I Love You, Sally Struthers”,. The show starts at 8pm (doors open at 7pm) on Saturday, March 17th. Cash bar available. Tickets start at $15. Reserve tickets online or call the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5pm. Visit www.RochesterOperaHouse.com for more information.

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Snowshoes will be available if you do not own any. Pre-registration $12 ($10 members); $15 at the door. www. prescottfarm.org 366-5695

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Laconia Parks & Recreation would like to remind everyone of the amenities that are available in their backyards. There are 2 ice skating rinks in Laconia that are absolutely free of charge, but are subject to the weather and conditions. One is located at Memorial Park in the parking lot of the baseball field and the other is on the lake in the cove at Opechee Park. The rink that was set up on the beach itself is no longer usable. Please do not use it. When on the lake rink, please use extreme caution. Lights are on at both facilities until 10pm. The sledding hill is also open to the public at the end of South Street, off of Academy Street. Lights are on till 10pm. Please do not park inside the park. Park outside the gate on the right hand side of the road. Have fun and be sure to follow the posted rules. 524-5046

Wednesday’s Through April 11th From Troy to Baghdad; Dialogues on War & Homecoming Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth. 6:30pm-8pm. Has the road to “homecoming” and adjustment back to civilian life been harder and longer than you expected? As a spouse or family member, have you struggled with changes created by deployment and homecoming? Veterans, current service members, family members, and friends are invited to attend this 10-week reading and discussion group co-led by a veteran, clinician, and literature facilitator. Free copies of the book “The Odyssey” will be provided to participants at this first session. Please RSVP to www. nhhumanities.org/veterans This program is free

Thursday 1st Beginner Rug Hooking Class with Pam Bartlett – 6 Week Class The Woolen Pear, Brookside Mall, 563 Route 106, Loudon. You can attend this class during the day from 10am-12pm, or in the evening at 6pm-8pm. Class starts March 1st and continues thru April 5th. Pam will teach you the proper form and techniques to accomplish the art of “pulling wool”. Tuition is $150 per student. Space is limited, pre-registration is required. 279-7920 or email nhcraft@ metrocast.net to register and get a list of supplies needed.

Moonlit Walk Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 6pm-7:30pm. Explore Prescott Farm by the light of the moon! The environmental educators will guide you on a moonlit walk and encourage you to use your senses to explore the Farm in a different and special way. Learn to identify several constellations in the night sky, discuss the habits of indigenous nocturnal animals, and practice your night vision abilities. Please wear boots and dress appropriately for the weather.

Eric Grant Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841

Tribute to Tom Petty – Morris Manning & Steve McBrian Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841

Reiki 1 Class with Pam Seed

Grace Wellness Center, Meredith. Please call 387-6447 for more oinformation.

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Paul D’Angelo – Live Comedy Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

The Bucky Lewis Show – Fundraiser for the Mayor’s Drug Task Force of Franklin Franklin Opera House, 316 Central Street, Franklin. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm. Join NH’s “wicked funny” comedian and musician, as he performs his oneman, adult comedy show to benefit the Mayor’s Drug Task Force of Franklin. Tickets are $15pp and are available on line at www.FranklinOperaHouse. org or by calling 934-1901

Dueling Pianos: Jon Lorentz vs Gardner Berry Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841

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Swift Diamond Riders Snowmobile Club, 978 Diamond Pond Road, Stewartstown. Fri. 9am-4pm, Sat. 8am-3pm. Join the Swift Diamond Riders Snowmobile Club’s 26th annual SnoDeo, one of the top 10 premiere snowmobile events! See and ride the new machines before anyone else, browse the vendors, and have fun on the trails! On Saturday, after the event, taste some great craft beers from Stoneface Brewing Co. and Newburyport Brewing Co. at the Braaps & Brews event! Braaps & Brews is open to those 21+ with a $15 donation that gets you the beer samples and free appetizers. For more info contact info@snodeo.com or 603-228-4243

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Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

Maple Sugar Madness Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm or 2pm. Join to experience an oldfashioned New England tradition, making maple syrup! From tapping a tree to tasting delicious maple syrup, you will participate in every step of the syrup making process. Moderate hike to and from the sugarhouse. All ages welcomed. Pre-registration is $10pp, $8 members, or $12 at the door. www.prescottfarm.org or 366-5695

Annual FREE Kid’s Ice Fishing Derby

Lily Pond, Gilford. 9am-noon. Bait, tipups, hot chocolate, hot coffee will be available at the pond. Club members will provide lessons for first-timers. No registration required, just show up and have fun! Bring your children or grandchildren and let them experience the joy of catching and pulling a fish through a hole on a frozen pond. Awards and trophies for the largest fish caught will be awarded at noon at the club house on Lily Pond Road, as well as a lunch of hot dogs, chips and milk for the participants.

Learn to Curl – Open House

Plymouth State Ice Arena, Plymouth. 1pm-3pm. The beauty of curling is that it can be enjoyed by an array of people. There is no running and no jumping; there is technique and strategy. Given that the game is played on the ice in sneakers, balance is paramount. The most physical aspect of curling comes from furiously sweeping in front of the stone as it glides down the opposite end. All of the necessary equipment will be provided and admission is free. To sign up for an intro session, please register on line at Plymouth. edu/arena/curling

Tuesday 6th LRCS Family Resource Center Offers “Sober Parenting Journey” – 14 week Series

WFOM Presents The Pan Loco Steel Band’ On Sunday, March 11, the quintessential sounds of Pan Loco will once again bring the Caribbean to Wolfeboro. This will be the 6th in a series of 8 Wolfeboro Friends of Music concerts this year. It will take place at 2pm at Brewster Academy’s Anderson Hall, 205 S. Main Street, Wolfeboro, and is sponsored by the Taylor Community and Green Mountain Communications. Season sponsors are Benefit Strategies and Paul and Debbie Zimmerman. Pan Loco has been bringing sounds of the tropics to New England since 1991, when it was founded by Bob Lucas and Justin Petty. Hailing from the USA and the islands of St. Thomas and Trinidad, the musicians’ studies at Berklee College of Music and the University of New Hampshire brought them into one another’s orbits. In their more than 25 years together the ensemble has earned a “solid and trusted reputation as polished professionals” in venues that include The Fletcher School at Tufts University, in Rhode Island at Brown University’s Caribbean Heritage Week, and at First Night for the City of Boston. Tickets are available for $20 at the door, Black’s Paper Store and Avery Insurance in Wolfeboro; or at Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith; by calling (603) 569-2151; or by visiting the website: www.wfriensofmusic.org. Please note WFOM’s special policy: Hight school students with ID will be admitted free of charge, as will children accompanied by an adult ticket purchaser.

LCS Family resource Center, 719 North Main Street, Laconia. Sober Parenting Journey will be gin on March 6th and run for 14 weeks on Tuesday evenings, 5:30pm-8pm. This series is for parents battling their addictions daily and winning, and who have at least 90 days of sobriety. Dinner will be served in class and limited onsite childcare and assistance with transportation may be available upon request. To register contact Tricia at 528-0391 or email tricia.tousignant@

Registration is now open for summer youth programs at Barry Conservation Camp in Berlin, N.H. The camp offers weekly, overnight summer camp programs for boys and girls, ages 8-17. Barry Camp is operated by UNH Cooperative Extension 4-H in partnership with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Kids who enjoy hands-on learning about outdoor skills and the environment will love Barry Camp. To learn more and register on or after February 15 and see some great slide shows of life at camp, visit: extension.unh. edu/4-H-Youth-Family/Barry-Conservation-4-H-Camp or email 4Hcamps@unh.edu or call (603) 788-4961. Spaces fill quickly, so be sure to register as early as possible.

Wednesday 7th

The Pros & Cons of Aging in Place

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Lakes Region Planning Commission Transportation Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

Fire Station Training Room, New Hampton Public Safety Building, 26 Intervale Drive, New Hampton. 2pm. The meeting will include an outdoor demonstration by NHDOT Winter Maintenance Program Specialist David Gray on the use of GPS technology on highway trucks. The LRPC TAC encourages all members of the public who are concerned about any aspect of transportation to attend and provide input. For additional info call 279-5337

Thursday 8th Melvin Seals and JGB The Flying Monkey, South Main

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One of the toughest decisions senior citizens face is whether to stay at home and age in place, or move to another setting for their golden years. To make the right decision, people need to be fully informed. Thursday, March 15thThe Pros & Cons of Aging in Place will be presented by Senior Living Consultant Donna Deos. The discussion will focus on what aging in place means, what options are available and the pros and cons of those options. This free event will be held in Taylor Community’s Woodside Building and RSVPs are required. Please call 366-1400 to schedule your seat. Visit www.taylorcommunity.org, or call 366-1400 for more information.

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To The Editor: After horrible shootings like at Parkland, it’s understandable that people might cast about thoughtlessly blaming people and demanding quick “solutions”. Unfortunately leftist solutions so loudly and immediately promoted as “common sense” gun controls wouldn’t have prevented or stopped these attacks, and leftists fight against the obvious solution that could defeat such attacks. The people like the NRA, Constitutionalists, lawful gun-owners, and others who fight for effective, rather than seductively sounding but totally ineffective, solutions are not to blame for these events. Nor is the gun to blame. People intent on killing can always find a way. It’s easier to get a gun illegally than to buy one from a legal gun dealer. If you stopped all gun sales and removed all guns from lawabiding gun owners, there would still be millions of guns available on the black market and an unending supply from over our open borders. Since evil people can always get guns, we must prevent their evil actions from succeeding. Public Schools are “Gun Free Zones”; they are magnets for people seeking fame by slaughtering numerous unprotected children and others. We protect banks, politicians, celebrities, public gatherings, etc.; we must protect our schools

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with trained, armed police, security guards, and/or school staff, we could start TODAY. School “Gun Free Zone” signs should be replaced with signs saying something like, “Children and Employees are protected with LETHAL Force”. Knowing that schools are defended would deter some attacks. Another deterrent would be to deny these killers the fame they crave. We should consider never identifying these killers and never publicizing the event. Although these school shootings are horrible, most murders aren’t done in schools. We must consider how our society influences good or bad behavior society wide, but that’s too big a topic for this letter which focuses on schools. Schools claim authority and responsibility to protect children by punishing them for taking aspirin or Midol and shaping their hands like guns, why aren’t they responsible for protecting children from real dangers? We mustn’t waste more time considering politically driven “common sense” gun controls which wouldn’t stop any school carnage, it’s time to start protecting schoolchildren. Every caring citizen, especially every parent, should demand that our schools and school boards provide or allow trained, armed protection in our schools. Opposition demonstrates denial of reality and disregard for student and staff lives. Protection

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

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A Little Clarity To The Editor: A little clarity on the gun issue please. The unceasing hand-wringing hysteria about gun control is a little much. It is an uncomfortable fact that there is good and evil in the world. Evil must be confronted and defeated. It will not go away by wishing or hoping, good intentions or counseling. Case in point: prisons exist foremost to protect the public if a criminal should avail himself of counseling or retrospection and choose to make a quality adjustment to his values or actions he can straighten out and that is good. Even in the rabidly liberal state of California there were perhaps a single handful of people who in their wisdom saw fit to keep Charles Manson in prison. I have always felt good about living in the “land of the free and home of the brave” a heritage won in a rebellion declared in 1776 and fought for until 1783 by outnumbered brave men, women, boys and girls who were at the time armed as well as the oppressing British army. Go to Lexington and Concord, walk Battle Road, learn New England history. New Hampshire resident Paul Revere was one of many riders that night, a citizen See mailboat on 30

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by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

The Winter Olympics have come and gone once again, and I know some of you are feeling that empty void right now. For the last two weeks you sat, nestled in your couch at home, heat turned up, your favorite snack and beverage in hand and watched athletes do amazing things on snow and ice. Those athletes sacrificed years of their lives to perfect their sport in the hopes of one day to be able to stand upon that platform, gold medal around their neck as their country’s national anthem proudly played. For some of us spectators our biggest accomplishment was making sure we had enough Cheez-Its to make it through the Women’s Ice Hockey Finals. But should we feel bad? Of course not. Now we can have our chance. This weekend marks the start of the Winter Olympics For The Common Person. Originally called The Winter Olympics For The Common Man, but having to change the name due to constant protests by people whose full-time job it is to protest such things, the event has become so popular as it is open to out-of-shape, slightly over weight (according to the BMI scale) folks from New England who are just too darn busy to dedicate hours and hours of training, but still would like to win a medal because that would be cool. There are many events in the Winter Olympics For The Common Person where

anyone with the will and the desire to put in a few minutes of practice once a month, might achieve the ultimate glory. Take the Salt Throw for example. Here participants stand on a platform designed to look like a front door porch and, wearing only a bathrobe, comfortable slippers and holding a cup of coffee, take turns throwing salt onto a fiftyfoot icy driveway. The goal being to cover as much as of the driveway as possible without actually stepping down from the porch and onto the driveway itself. Jim N. of Wakefield, NH, is the current record holder covering the entire fifty-feet in the 2014 Olympics with one impressive throw where not one drop of coffee was spilled. Unfortunately, Jim put his shoulder out on the last throw and has since retired from the sport. So, this year’s competition is wide open. Our best wishes go out to Jim for a full recovery. One of the more popular events is the “Limited Vision Slalom”. Here participants are provided with a Mid-Size SUV completely covered with eight inches of snow. The objective is to clear off as little snow as possible from the front windshield and then drive the SUV from Concord to Laconia. Along the way obstacles will be placed in their path for them to do their best to avoid and the driver who makes the journey in the shortest amount of time, hitting the least things with the smallest clearance for vision wins. The record to date is a 2-inch by 2-inch drivers’ side clearance with the trip made in 28 minutes hitting only four obstacles. Of course, the “Limited Vision Slalom” is done on a closed course, but you can see future participants practicing for this event all

winter long on any road at any time throughout New Hampshire and New England. Of course, most of them aren’t practicing for the Olympics, they’re just lazy or inconsiderate, but, hey, any excuse works. The “Winter Storm Panic” event is always popular. Participants are given two hundred dollars, told that a big snowstorm is on the way and then sent to a local grocery store where they have twenty-minutes to spend the entire amount on food items that have limited nutritional value. Training really does take place all year for this event as future participants carefully plan their route through the cookie, candy, ice cream and snack aisle months before. Reading labels on boxes they know which items to go for which will serve to comfort them the best as they are trapped in their homes for eight to ten hours during a snow storm, but will provide their bodies with the least amount of vitamins and minerals. At the last Winter Olympics For The Common Person, this event came down to the wire as two participants tied on both weight of items purchased, lack of nutritional value and time in purchasing. But at the last minute there was found in one of the participants bag, an apple, which immediately disqualified her. She claimed she never put it in there and suspicion turned to the ex-boyfriend of the eventual winner, but nothing could be proved. So, it should be another exciting year of The Winter Olympics For The Common Person. For a full listing of events go to WinterOlympicsFCP. us and make sure to catch all the action on your local community TV station.

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Do Not Let The Children Lead Where are all the grownups in times of crisis and grief? Don’t bother searching America’s prestigious law schools. Two adult by Michelle Malkin m e n , o c c u Syndicated Columnist pying lofty perches as law professors, argued this week that the voting age in the U.S. should be lowered to 16 because some high school survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting who want gun control “are proving how important it is to include young people’s voices in political debate.” That was the assertion of University of Kentucky law professor Joshua Douglas on CNN.com. He praised some student leaders at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who’ve been making the rounds on TV, shouting at President Trump, Republicans in Congress and the NRA “to demand change” -- which Douglas defines obtusely as “meaningful gun control,” whatever that means. Because these children are apparently doing a better job at broadcasting his own ineffectual political views, Douglas asserts, “we should include them more directly in our democratic process” by enfranchising them now. Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe similarly tweeted, “Teens between 14 and 18 have far better BS detectors, on average, than ‘adults’ 18 and older.” On what basis does distinguished Professor Tribe make such a claim? On a foundation of pure, steaming BS. Undaunted, gun control advocate Tribe urged: “Wouldn’t it be

great if the voting age were lowered to 16? Just a pipe dream, I know, but . . . #Children’sCrusade?” This is unadulterated silliness. It’s hashtag hokum from a pair of pandering left-wing profs exploiting a new round of Democratic youth props. I have called this rhetorical fallacy “argumentum ad filium:” If politicians appeal to the children, it’s unassailably good and true. This is not compassion, but abdication. America is not a juvenilocracy. It is a constitutional republic. There is a reason we don’t elect high school sophomores and juniors to public office or allow them to cast ballots. There are many, many reasons, actually. Pubescents are fueled by hormones and dopamine and pizza and Sonic shakes. They’re fickle and fragile and fierce and forgetful. They hate you. They love you. They need you. They ignore you. They know everything. They know nothing. All in the span of 10 seconds. I know. I have two of them. If you’re lucky, they’ve only Googled “Should I eat Tide pods?” or “What happens if I snort Ramen powder?” and not actually attempted the latest social media stunt challenges. But that’s what kids do. Because they’re kids. Many may be exceptionally smart, passionate and articulate beyond their years, but they do not possess any semblance of wisdom because they have not lived those years. Their knowledge of history, law and public policy is severely limited (Common Core certainly hasn’t helped). And their moral agency and cognitive abilities are far from fully developed.

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Yes, Throw A Parade

by Rich Lowry Contributing Writer

The Pentagon has confirmed that it is in the preliminary stages of planning a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue -one of President Donald Trump’s

fondest desires. Trump was, understandably, impressed in a visit to France last July by the pageantry of the Bastille Day parade. The parade dates back to the 1880s. Nothing the United States comes up with will match its resonance or its beloved, unifying nature. Trump’s motivation for ordering up a parade anyway is pretty obvious. He likes big, brassy displays, and he gets a kick out of being the commander in chief of the most impressive military on the planet. Still, we don’t lack for reasons to honor our military. The Pentagon has already floated the idea of a parade on Veterans Day to

mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, an epic event by any standard. We’re also overdue to honor on a large scale the sacrifice of our troops over the past 15 years in the war on terror. It’s not obvious when it became untoward or dangerous for the United States to hold military parades. Are we supposed to believe that the integrity of American character has depended on having no military parades since 1991, when there were big honking ones in Washington and New York to celebrate the end of the Gulf War? The unsatisfactory outcomes of the Vietnam and Korean wars meant we didn’t have parades to mark those conflicts (we should have). But it didn’t occur to anyone that it was inappropriate or undemocratic to display military hardware. During World War II, there were big military parades in New York City, and self-propelled howitzers drove by the New York Public Li-

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Will Vatican Kowtow to Beijing on Church Freedoms? NEW YORK—

Imagine an agency of the United States government directly choosing and appointing the Catholic Bishops by John J. Metzler of WashingSyndicated Columnist ton D.C., St. Louis, Denver and Boston. In other American dioceses there’s close coordination between the fictional “American Religious Affairs Council” and the Vatican on choosing a particular prelate. Though this practice appears out of a Dystopian future, it’s precisely the formula China uses in controlling the Catholic Church on the Mainland since the 1950’s. Thus there’s an “official” Patriotic Catholic Church and a proscribed “underground” Church. The Leaders of the flock, namely the Bishops of the particular Dioceses, belong to one or the other and sometimes bridge both groups. In the past, the Vatican had firmly opposed what amounts to this dictate where a temporal government, in this case China, supplants the spiritual directives of the Holy See for purely political purposes. Surprisingly Pope Francis and some Vatican progressives may soon be willing to “do a deal” and compromise with the People’s Republic of China over Beijing’s already appointed state-sanctioned Bishops!

Regrettably, the Vatican’s political kowtow to Beijing’s right and spiritual writ over church matters is not only a sellout of the loyal faithful but a direct contravention of Canon Law, which outlines that Bishops worldwide are appointed by the Pope in Rome and not by respective national governments. Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former Bishop of Hong Kong, has accused the Vatican of “selling out” the Catholic Church in China. Cardinal Zen opposes the Vatican seeking such a deal with Beijing, which he argues would “damage the church’s credibility.” According to Hong Kong’s respected South China Morning Post, Cardinal Zen has called Pope Francis “naive” saying he doesn’t know the Chinese communists and “the people around him are not good at all.” Recently, Vatican official Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo visited Mainland China offering slobbering deference to Beijing’s “extraordinary” social policies claiming they were “a positive national conscience” close to Church teachings. Whether this was a trial balloon set aloft by Pope Francis or a naive gaffe remains uncertain. Nonetheless it mirrors just how far the Holy See is willing to rationalize it’s rapprochement with the Middle Kingdom. Britain’s Catholic Herald reports that Hong Kong Catholics signed an open letter cautioning a “proposed deal would allow the Vatican a say in the appointment of Chinese bishops in exchange

for recognizing the ones already appointed by the Chinese government.” Catholics warned of a “schism” or split in the Chinese church if the plan goes forward. Following Mao’s conquest of the Chinese Mainland in 1949, there

was a predictable crackdown on Christians, especially Catholics. Arrests, deportations and Church closings were the order of the day. American Bishops serving in China such as Francis Xavier Ford, who

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Pay Your Dues! If your workplace is a union shop, are you forced to pay union dues? Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about that. by John Stossel When I Syndicated Columnist worked at CBS and ABC, I was ordered to join the American Federation of Radio and TV Artists. That union had won a vote that gave them the right to speak for all reporters. I said, “I’m no ‘artist.’ I’m a reporter! I won’t join!” But my bosses said they couldn’t pay me unless I did. In right-to-work states, unions can’t force people to join. But only 28 states are right to work. Aging socialist bureaucracies like New York state are not among them. But now the Supreme Court may say that no government worker, in any state, can be forced to pay a union. “If we lose this case, the entire public sector will be right to work,” warns Lee Saunders, president of AFSCME, the big government employees union. That outcome would thrill Rebecca Friedrichs. She’s the teacher who filed the right-to-work lawsuit that went to the Supreme Court two years ago. Friedrichs got mad at the California Teachers Association during the last recession. Good teachers at her school were about to be laid off. She’d tried to protect them by getting all teachers to agree to a slight pay cut. “All America was taking a pay cut then,” she told me. “Why should we be any different?” But her union wouldn’t even allow her to survey other teachers. “They told me, Rebecca, don’t wor-

ry about those teachers who were about to lose jobs. ... We’re going to give them a seminar on how to get unemployment benefits.” That was one thing that made Friedrichs angry enough to sue the Teachers Association. Three years later, the Supreme Court agreed to hear her case. Supreme Court watchers predicted that she would win. Union cheerleaders were pessimistic. Chris Hayes of MSNBC said that Friedrich’s case might “decimate the way that public sector unions function.” But shortly before the justices voted, Antonin Scalia died. “That was the most devastating day,” says Friedrichs. Without Scalia’s vote, the Court deadlocked 4 to 4. Now a new suit has been filed by government worker Mark Janus. With Neil Gorsuch now the ninth justice, unions are worried. In fact, they are so worried that AFSCME representative Steven Kreisberg agreed to do one of my YouTube interviews. “Our members ... want their union to have power,” he said. “It’s (Janus’) right to dissent and not be a member of our union. He only has to pay the fees that are used to represent him.” But what’s the point of dissenting from the union if you still have to pay? Janus doesn’t want to be forced to pay for something he doesn’t agree with. Kreisberg replied, “I’m not sure if he doesn’t agree with it, or just simply doesn’t want to pay because he’d like to get those services for free.” That’s an argument a free-market advocate can understand: It’s not fair if people freeload off others’ work — getting benefits others fund. But who judges what is a “benefit”? “If I saw their representation See stossel on 27

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periods of 1811-1816, 1831-1834, and 18381840, and was a member of the New Hampshire Senate from 1816-1823, serving as President of the Senate from 1817- 1822. He was also a member of the Executive Council of the State from 18231825. Jonathan’s brother, Matthew, born on June 21, 1781, had a more extensive formal education than his older brother, being tutored in his younger years before attending Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1806. He was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in Hopkinton, NH, in 1809. Matthew the 2nd, like his brother, was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1814-1821) and to the New Hamp-

was buried in the North Sutton Cemetery. The name given to the Harvey family farm, Muster Field Farm, reveals another reason for the historical emphasis placed upon it by making it a museum and scheduling yearly events for the benefit of the public. In the early days of our country protection against enemy forces was provided by militia consisting of citizens of the different states; there was even resistance to the idea of a central command governed from the nation’s capital. The insistence to maintain states’ rights was strong. Militias from towns across New Hampshire were authorized by the action of the state legislature, and the gathering of men to drill in training for possible combat were referred

An old schoolhouse moved from the town of Croydon to the Harvey Homestead. shire Senate (1825-1827), and served as the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. Before serving in the New Hampshire Senate Matthew was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1821-1825. He was elected to be the twentieth Governor of New Hampshire in 1830 but resigned the next year in order to accept an appointment by President Andrew Jackson to be Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, a position he held until his death in 1866. He was buried in Old North Cemetery in Concord, NH ; his brother Jonathan, who had retired to the farm

to as musters (an assembly for the purpose of inspection and/or training) with the first one at the Muster Field Farm taking place in the year 1787. The large flat field on the Harvey farm afforded the perfect place for the local militia consisting of men from age 16 to 40 under the command of Captain Pressley to undergo military training in preparation for possible future conflict with enemies of the State. Beyond the existence of militia in individual towns the State was divided into regiments with militia from half a dozen or more towns joining together for a muster once a See smith on 21

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there. This practice goes back to around 1810 and was a common commercial enterprise throughout New England when the demand for ice to be used during the summer months in ice boxes ( the refrigerators of those days) was high and the ice was used locally or shipped to distant places- even as far away as India. Descendants of Matthew Harvey lived in the North

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year. The Regiment that met to muster at Sutton originally consisted of militia from 12 towns in the field that is now part of a working farm but open for visitors to view along with the barns on the farm and other old buildings that have been moved to the site including a one room school house. Musters turned into events that involved more than the inspection and drilling of troops in preparation to defend the state and country if needed. Companies gathered for half a day of training in both Spring and Fall, but the larger group of Regiments met in the Fall after all the crops had been harvested and the hay to

feed the animals for the winter was stored in the barns. The Regimental musters became a festive event with singing, dancing, magicians and exhibitions, apparently resembling a carnival or fair. I am told that the use of alcohol was prevalent at these events, a fact that prompted those supporting the temperance movement to speak out in opposition to the musters. One of the exhibits, presumably a popular one, enticed people to pay to enter a tent to view a striped pig. Once inside the tent where there was indeed a striped pig (made so by paint), but also alcoholic beverages which were secretly handed to the pig viewers, that be-

ing a way to avoid being charged with violation of regulations against the distribution of alcoholic beverages. Some of the companies included in the musters were specialty groups such as artillery, cavalry and grenadier companies who wore uniforms for the assembly while the infantry companies were apt to muster without uniforms. Local interest in the musters suffered a decline in the 1840â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and in 1851 the New Hampshire legislature abolished the militia. Blocks of ice are cut out of nearby Kezar Lake each year and packed in sawdust in one of the Muster Field Farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s barns for use during summer activities

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fantry, whose flag is displayed in the Hall, holds the distinction of having sustained the most combat losses of any Union Army regiment during the Civil War. The sacred colors have faded over the many decades, though a special glass casing was designed to protect the silk fabrics from harmful ultraviolet rays. Numerous proposals have been made over the years as to how best to maintain the flags. Some have suggested retiring these colors before they disintegrate. A former Speaker of the N.H. House of Representatives, Shawn Jasper, has a reverence for N.H. history and tradition and worries about the consequences of moving the 115 banners. “As far as I am concerned every flag needs to remain in public view,” said Jasper, a Hudson Republican, told the Concord Monitor. “If they turn to dust over the next 100 years they turn to dust, because taking the shreds and putting them someplace else does nobody any good.” But the expense of moving or maintaining the relics is high and the State of New Hampshire has

a proud tradition of frugality. Cost estimates approximate $1 million or more. So the Granite State’s Liquor Commission came to the rescue with an innovative initiative involving a series of commemorative bottles to raise critical funding to support the preservation and restoration of these historic prizes. Their latest ceramic container depicts the Hall of Flags and is filled with premium blended American whiskey. “NHLC is proud to launch this new commemorative bottle to help preserve the New Hampshire Hall of Flags, which is an extraordinary historical treasure honoring New Hampshire’s wartime history,” said NHLC Chairman Joseph Mollica. “This rendition of the commemorative bottle honors the New Hampshire Hall of Flags itself, offering our 11 million annual customers both a unique keepsake and the opportunity to play a part in preserving our state’s history.” According to an NHLC news release, earlier commemorative bottles depicted a New Hampshire camping theme and the Old Man of the Mountain. See flags on 23

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Since 2013 the commemorative bottle program has generated over $100,000 in support of Hall of Flags preservation. Previous bottles were filled with vodka. The new bottle is available at select New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets for $29.99. M.S. Walker Fine Wines & Spirits sponsored the Hall of Flags commemorative bottle on behalf of NHLC. Along with the Civil War banners, the Hall of Flags displays colors from World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War. Some Civil War flags contain bloodstains and actual scars from battle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible not to appreciate the significance of the New Hampshire Hall of Flags as you walk into the Statehouse,â&#x20AC;? said Governor Chris Sununu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These flags are a remarkable tribute to the brave men and women who fought for New Hampshire and this country. I am extremely pleased NHLC is releasing this new commemorative bottle to help us raise crucial funding to preserve and protect this historic resource.â&#x20AC;? In 2013, State Senator David Watters sponsored Senate Bill 155, calling on NHLC to produce commemorative liquor bottles with proceeds benefiting preservation of the Hall of Flags. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Joint Legislative

Historical Committee and all who revere the State House Hall of Flags salute the Liquor Commission for the newest commemorative liquor bottle, with the proceeds benefitting conservation, said Senator Watters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This bottle will be a best-seller and joins a series that celebrates New Hampshire and provides funding for a historical treasure.â&#x20AC;? More than 30,000 students visit the New Hamp-

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The Community Players Studio, 435 Josiah Bartlett Road, Concord. 6:30pm-8:30pm both days, with callbacks on March 13th at 6:30pm. Those who audition will be reading sides from the script. Please bring your calendar to auditions to inform of any conflicts you have during the rehearsal period. Show dates are May 4th-6th. Email questions to Betty Lent at bettylent54@gmail.com

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as a benefit, I could agree with that, but I don’t,” Friedrichs said. “The benefits aren’t worth the moral costs.” Kreisberg responded, “That sounds like the words of a right-wing activist, not the words of a teacher.” Janus’s lawsuit points out that Thomas Jefferson wrote, “To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Kreisberg had a quick answer to that: “Thomas Jefferson had no sense of 21st-century labor relations.” That’s probably true. But some principles are eternal, like deciding what to do with your own money and not being forced to fund speech with which you disagree. The justices will announce their ruling sometime this summer. I hope that they’ll side with Jefferson. Forcing people to pay for what we don’t want is tyranny. John Stossel is author of “No They Can’t! Why Government Fails — But Individuals Succeed.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com.

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was tortured and died in a communist prison, and others like Bishop James Walsh were released after years in captivity. By 1957 during a bid to compromise the faithful and put on a smiling face to the world, Beijing set up the so-called Patriotic Church Association. This group under the regime’s rubber stamp People’s Congress, would lend some legitimacy to the atheistic state’s plans to co-opt, control and eventually eradicate religious freedoms. Subsequently the “Patriotic Association” seized church properties; many would later reopen as functioning Parishes but as part of the collaborationist Patriotic network. By 1980 the Patriotic Association set up the “Chinese Bishops Conference” as to blend in with international Christian groups. Though seemingly complex, the truth is actually quite simple. Under the Vatican’s Canon Law, Bishops are appointed by Rome, not the temporal government. While there’s no doubt that many faithful are participating in the state-sanctioned churches, the onus is not on them but those who willingly collaborate with the State power.

There are currently about 100 Catholic Bishops in China, with some approved by Beijing, some approved by the Vatican and many “now approved by both” according to the BBC. The number of Chinese Roman Catholics stands at ten million. Though the communists expelled the papal nuncio from China in 1951, diplomatic ties with the Holy See continue with the Republic of China on Taiwan. Not long ago, the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York initiated the long path to the canonization of the late Bishop Ford who died in prison in 1952. Facing the ongoing controversy the Tablet of Brooklyn opines, “Let the cause for sainthood continue and let’s pray to Brooklyn-born Bishop Ford for a change of heart in the state controlled mainland. That could be his first miracle needed for canonization.” 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. jjmcolumn@ earthlink.net.

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Most are in no position to change the world when they can’t even remember to change their own bedsheets. Yet, Tribe relishes the opportunity to hide behind the young Parkland activists headed to CNN’s propaganda town halls and Washington, D.C.: “NRA will meet more than its match in these amazing kids,” he gleefully cheered. “(I)t’ll meet its master and will be brought to heel. At long last.” President Obama employed this very same kiddie human shield strategy to ram his federal health care takeover through Capitol Hill and down our throats. Immigration and education lobbyists use it, too. Their cynicism is unbounded. Human prop-apalooza infantilizes public discourse and renders measured, mature dissent impossible. Those who question the logic, efficacy and wisdom of the latest left-wing “children’s

crusade” face accusations of “hating” the children. Refusing to acquiesce to their tears and protests is tantamount to letting them die. Showing resilience and resolve in the face of horrific adversity deserves the highest praise and attention. Juvenile victim status, however, does not warrant absolute moral authority or the unfettered powers in the political arena that ideologically stunted law professors are so eager to bestow upon them. It’s fine to listen, but do not let the children lead. Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www. creators.com.

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brary. Dwight Eisenhower’s first inaugural showcased an 85-ton atomic cannon. They broke out four nuclear missiles for JFK’s inauguration. It’s true that leaders of Russia, China and North Korea exult in military parades. But it’s not military parades that make these regimes dangerous.

The parade controversy is another sign that the place of patriotism in our national life, and what that patriotism should consist of, is a Trump-era flashpoint. Trump’s critics tend to think patriotism itself is atavistic, or that its locus should be only in our ideals. Trump’s patriotism is more grounded, and in-

sists that we are a nation, not just an abstraction. This is why a military parade once in a while is a healthy thing: We should be proud, not just of our troops, but of our military as such. We should be proud of our strength. We should be proud of our weaponry, highly proficient machines fashioned by the most technically adept society the world has ever known. Ideally, everyone would realize this. Once upon a time, we did. But now the best argument against Trump’s parade is that it will become a cultural-war flashpoint and “the resistance” will try its utmost to ruin the affair. Just imagine a protester in a pussy hat in a Tiananmen Square-style standoff with an M1 Abrams tank. Meanwhile, on July 14, the Bastille Day parade will in all likelihood come off once again without a hitch. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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soldier who rose to the challenge of the moment. Nothing less than a force of arms won our freedoms. Another point I wish to use from history is that which was learned after the close of World War 2. The Japanese High Command determined not to invade these United States because it was known that there were many armed citizens who at that time regularly practiced with old military surplus firearms. Do we have fewer enemies wishing us harm in this hour? Our enemies have been allowed to infiltrate our nation. We were a nation of Minute Men, should we not be so now, does not the threat need to be met by the brave among us? There are no laws, which could be enacted to deter a violent criminal or person of an infirm mind, much less a terrorist. Read what ISIS does, the eye witness accounts, they execute all the men and then the little boys and then savage the women and girls. There is no other way to allow an

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average woman or young person to protect themselves at last resort from an attacker other than training and a firearm. The Fort Hood shooter was stopped by a woman. Young boys participated in the revolution. Hindering law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves and or their loved ones is not a right thinking solution. Clearly sinister and well-financed forces are at work trying to disarm the American public. The enemies of freedom are many and must be defeated in every generation. Law enforcement personnel can only respond after the fact and cannot be every where at all times. Before and during a desperate or dangerous moment we are on our own. A good guy with a gun can make the difference and a woman with a gun and the bravery to use it cannot be beaten. We should be a naton of Spartans. Al Goodwin Pittsfield, NH.

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