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I SEE Art Exhibition In Dover

The Old House & Barn Expo in Manchester next weekend is a real learning experience for those with older homes and for those who love them. Experts in the field will put on a wide variety of presentations and hands on learning workshops. STEVE BOOTH Photo

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NH Preservation Alliance Sponsors Old House & Barn Expo It only comes around every two years but the New Hampshire Old House & Barn Expo is a much anticipated and well attended two day affair where owners of some of New Hampshire’s cherished older homes and barns come to learn from the experts in how to keep their properties around for many years

to come. The Old House and Barn Expo will be held next weekend, Saturday and Sunday, March 12-13, 2016 from 9am to 5pm each day at the Radisson/ Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. “There is always a big demand for the Expo,” said Jennifer Goodman,

Executive Director of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance which sponsors the event. “It’s for people that own old homes or people that just love old homes. It gives people access to the expertise of different crafts people. Some can take what they learn from the ongoing workshops and maybe take on

the projects themselves and some will find the expert they need to hire to do their project for them.” More than sixty exhibitors and many different traditional arts demonstrators will be on hand at the Expo as well as nationally recognized speakers. The itinerary of the Expo See expo on 20

On Saturday, March 5th from 10am to 4pm at the Keefe House Gallery at the Woodman Museum in Dover the “I SEE” art exhibit will be on display This exhibit showcases the creative spirit and artistic talent of students from Dover Middle School, and features drawings, paintings, and 3-dimensional work. The exhibition is presented by Wes LaFountain, executive director, The Woodman Museum and Marie Robicheau and Jo-Ann Gardella, art educators, Dover Middle School, in recognition of the important role the arts play in developing a total education curriculum. Sponsored in part by Measured Progress. There will be an opening reception on Friday, March 4th from 5-7pm. This event is open to the public and there is no admission. The Woodman Museum in located at 15 Summer Street in Dover. For more information go to www.woodmanmuseum.org

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March Through the Month Photography Exhibit on Display of Local Photographer, Ron St. Jean

The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 North Main Street, Rochester. Ron St. Jean’s photography exhibit is called ‘Ireland Impressions’ and will be on display at the gallery through the month of March. 812-1488

Thursday 3rd “Dining for Dignity” – Fundraiser to Benefit The Women’s Lunch Place

Giuseppe’s Pizzeria & Ristorante, Mill Falls Marketplace, Meredith. 5pm9pm. Make a reservation to dine at 279-3313 and 10% of Giuseppe’s gross dinner sales will go towards healthy meals, a safe day shelter and supportive services for women to regain their dignity and work towards a better life. Listen to live musical entertainment while you dine with guitarist/vocalist Timmy Theriault. www.giuseppesnh.com

Friday 4th Northern Grafton County Republican Committee Meeting

Topic of the Town, 25 Main Street, Littleton. 6pm. Come take part in the process. This is a great place for all candidates to come and present your issues and ideas.

Tyler Road Bluegrass Band w/ RockSpring

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

Saturday 5th The Irish Comedy Tour

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm. www.rochesteroperahouse.com or 335-1992

Maple Sugar Madness

Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am, 12pm and 2pm. Experience an old-fashioned New England tradition- making maple syrup! From tapping a tree to tasting delicious maple syrup, you will have hands-on participation in every step of the syrup making process. $10pp, $8/members, children 3 and under are free. 366-5695

Piccola Youth Opera Holds Auditions for “Hansel & Gretel”

Piccola Opera Studio, 8 North Main Street, Concord. 9am-11am. Auditions will be for young singers, ages 10-16 and all roles are open. Singers are asked to prepare a song for the audition, an accompanist will be provided. www.piccolaopera.net

Opening Reception for Local Photographer, Ron St. Jean

The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 North Main Street, Rochester. 12 noon-2pm. Ron St. Jean’s photography exhibit is called ‘Ireland Impressions’ and will be on display at the gallery through the month of March. 812-1488

9th Annual Robbie Mills Memorial Pool Tournament

The Funky Monkey, Laconia. Doors open at 10am and the tournament starts at 11am. Pre-registration is $25pp and includes practice, lunch and entry for door prizes, after 10:45am that day, registration is $30pp. Double Elimination. BCA Rules apply. Prepay at www.robbiemills.org 998-1418

“Tunes and Tales – A Fun Way to Encounter Wildlife”

Community Room, Hopkinton Town Library, 61 Houston Drive, Contoocook. 1:30-2:30pm. Awardwinning environmental educator, journalist and song-leader Ruth Smith will share some traditional and original tales about NH wildlife, using songs! Free program and open to all ages. 746-6121

Biscuit Miller Blues Band

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $20pp. BYOB. 527-0043

Danbury Winter Farmers Market and Lost Arts and Skills Day

Danbury Grange Hall, Danbury. 9am1pm. During the Farmers Market there will be demonstrators showing off some of the skills that were once commonplace in the home. There will be fly tying, quilting, spinning and sharpening items with a grindstone. 768-5579 or www.blazingstargrange. org

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Colonel Paul Wentworth House, Water Street, Rollinsford. Registration is at 1pm and play begins at 1:30pm. Entry fee is $30 per team or $20 per person. Cash prize of $50 will be awarded to the champion. Players are asked to bring some food to share and a beverage of your choice. All skill levels are welcome. 817-4545

Christian Motorcyclists Association Informational Open House

Weirs United Methodist Church, 35 Tower Street, Weirs Beach. 2pm3:30pm. Learn more about CMA’s outreach to riders of touring bikes, sport bikes and off road vehicles. 7440337 or www.cmausa.org

Wednesday 9th Artist Rick Shaefer Presents at “March ArtBreak Series”

The Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. 5:30pm. In conjunction with ‘Groundswell’ and ‘Natural Wonder’ on view at the Museum of Art, UNH presents their March ArtBreak program series. Rick Shaefer, CT Artist, will be giving a gallery talk. Free and open to the public. 862-3712 or www.unh.edu/moa

Free Program on Social Security Changes

Awakening Chiropractic, 7 Grange Road, Tilton. 6pm. Program will be presented by Brandon Archibald, founder of the registered investment advisory firm The Ivy League Advisory Group. Free and open to the public. 866-360-2724

Thursday 10th Rave On! The Buddy Holly Experience

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm. Tickets range from $22-$28pp. www. rochesteroperahouse.com or 3351992

Author Noy Holland Reads From and Signs her New Book

RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 6:30pm. Noy Holland will read from and sign her latest book, “Bird”. Free and open to the public. 431-2100 or info@riverrunbookstore. com

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Melvin Seals w/ Cats Under the Stars

Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com or 5362551

“The Game’s Afoot”

Scenic Theatre, Pittsfield. 7pm. See Ken Ludwig’s award-winning mystery farce. 435-8385

Saturday 12th Maple Sugar Madness

12th Annual “Saving Animals Indoor Triathlon” to Benefit NH Humane Society

Funspot, Route 3, Weirs Beach. Registration begins at 10am inside the D.A. Long Tavern at Funspot, play begins at 11am (or shortly after depending on if everyone is registered and entered into the scoring program). Sign up a 4 person team for $160 donation to the NH Humane Society and gather pledges before the event to add to your score! All team members compete in Bowling (1 string of candlepin), Games (one game of ‘count up’ on electronic dart boards, pinball and skee ball) and Golf (one round of 18-holes on the new indoor mini-golf course). Team registration includes, a goody pack, event t-shirt (first 35 teams) and a free lunch of delicious pizza and soda! Awards ceremony follows in the D.A. Long Tavern after 3pm when all the scores are tallied! Register online at www. nhhumane.org

Ukrainian Egg Decorating Class

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 10am-1pm. Learn how to create a beautifully decorated egg that will last for years to come with artist Judi Lemaire. Students will get a gift box, egg stand and glaze to take home with their egg. $20 per student with no additional materials fee. Preregistration is required. 279-7920

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Stepping into the Hack at the Plymouth State Ice Arena In all likelihood, you have already heard of the remarkable sport of curling. It is growing as one of the favorite pastimes in winter and mud seasons around New England. What you may not have heard is curling is available in your own backyard. The Plymouth State Ice Arena in Plymouth is home to the Plymouth Rocks Curling Club, which hosts an adult league every spring, summer, and fall. The spring season kicks off in March with a free Curling Open House on Wednesday, March 16th at 6:pm. Deliver your first stone by stepping into the hack, or foothold, on the ice surface of the Plymouth State Ice Arena. You may be surprised how much fun a little stone can generate. If you are interested in attending the Open House or playing in the Plymouth Rocks Curling League, please e-mail at psu-icearena@plymouth.edu. For more information, visit www.plymouth.edu/arena/curling.

Social Security: Your Questions Answered Social Edward Jones Financial Advisor Hosts Presentation: Social Security: Your Questions Answered Edward Jones Financial Advisor Eric J. Tierno of Gilford is hosting a free presentation titled Social Security: Your Questions Answered at 6:00PM Wednesday March 16th. at Ellacoya Barn & Grille 2677 Lakeshore Rd Gilford NH. The presentation will tackle the following questions: • How does Social Security fit into my retirement income plan? • When should I start taking benefits? • What about taxes? Dinner will be served. The presentation is free, but space is limited. To make a reservation, call Eva Ashton at 603 293-0055.

Good Gardening Workshops Moulton Farm is continuing their popular, free “Good Gardening Workshop” series with three upcoming workshops. Both experienced gardeners and new gardeners will benefit from each workshop. Saturday, March 19, from 10 am to noon. “Getting Ready and Starting Your Garden” reviews basic growing concepts, soil health and nutrient recommendations. Saturday, April 16th at 10 am. “The Cold Truth: Season Extending Techniques” covers tips and tricks for growing vegetables before and after the typical growing season. The Saturday, April 30, at 10 am. “Seedlings to Harvest…and Everything in Between” covers planting and growing techniques to minimize disease and pest issues. Moulton Farm is located at 18 Quarry Road off Route 25 in Meredith. The farm practices sustainable agriculture and is dedicated to providing the highest quality fruits and vegetables while preserving its rich soil for future generations. In addition to growing its own produce, the farm offers plants, garden supplies, baked goods and a quality selection of seafood, meats, dairy products and other items from northern New England producers. More information can be found at www.moultonfarm.com or on Facebook at Facebook.com/ MoultonFarm.

Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com or 5362551

Roast Beef Dinner

Trinity Episcopal Church, Route 25, Meredith. 5-6:30pm. Roast beef dinner with all the fixings and homemade dessert. $10pp, $25 per

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I know you have barely, if at all, gotten over the New Hampshire Primary season, but here I am making my pitch to you for my run this year to be Governor of New Hampshire under the Flatlander ticket. I have been seriously considering letting it alone this year and using the time to do something really worthwhile, like binge watching all twelve seasons of MASH on Netflix, but after Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen what has been going on in the Presidential race, I realize this really could be my year. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a revolution brewing. This has become the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Year Of The Outsider.â&#x20AC;? The year that everyone is clamoring for anyone to be in charge except those who have been for years. The people want someone with no experience in running a government, someone who has lots of ideas but no concrete solutions to get them done, If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you want, then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m your guy. This seems to be the year where promises of giving everything to everyone and eliminating all they fear is selling big. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the year of angry people who are tired of those who have been making them promises for years and then never deliver. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the year of new people making new empty promises that they will probably never be able to fulfill. I can do that.

Yes, I know, I have run for office before and I have made great empty promises, but no one really paid attention to me since all the focus was on the empty promises of the professionals. They are very good at it. I have even tried all of the known gimmicks that have been used by politicians over the years to win elections, but I have never had any success since most people wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even give me the time of day. I was an outsider and no one wanted to listen, but this year it is different. This year is also a lot about anger. People are mad as hell and they are not going to take it anymore. People want to believe in new empty promises. To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln (who probably would never have been elected in 2016 because of his appearance) â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can fool some of the people all of the time, but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fool all of the people all of the time unless you come up with new ways to fool them.â&#x20AC;? On top of the promises, people want stuff as well. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough that you make stuff up that you try to get people to believe will make their country (or in my case, their state) better, you have to throw in a few things to satisfy their humanitarian concerns of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in it for me personally?â&#x20AC;? That is why this year I will bring back my raffle idea. People who vote for me can send me selfies of themselves with their ballots in the voting booth and one lucky winner will get a new 64-inch HD Smart TV (including wall mount installation). There will be other small prizes as well. This may be illegal, but I figure by the time they sort all of that out I may

already have been elected governor so it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter much. (This is also a good year for a candidate to have a federal indictment or a lawsuit or two hanging over their head.) I usually tell people about the raffle at the end of my speeches so that will be the only thing they remember and will forget about the unrealistic promise I made earlier. (I am counting on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small attention spans to carry me to victory.) Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll even make a big deal about my lack of experience. I will portray myself as the true outsider. My bumper stickers are already made which say: â&#x20AC;&#x153;He could never run a country, but he should be alright with just a state and a small one at that.â&#x20AC;? I will also emphasis that I am beholden to no one since no one would dare risk any money on me. (Still, just being beholden to one or two isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that bad. Interested? Call me.) I figure that riding this wave may be my last shot at being elected governor. I have been the ultimate outsider for years and I really believe this is my time. Still, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to blow it so I need your help. Let me know what new empty promises youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to hear (plus what other prizes youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to win in the raffle) so I can hit the ground running and really tap into the anger that is so prevalent. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m counting on you to tell me what it is youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like me to do as governor that I probably could never get done and I will promise to promise that to you. Join me in the revolution. Brendan Smith is the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Flatlander Chroniclesâ&#x20AC;? and Best Of A F.O.O.L In New Hampshireâ&#x20AC;? which are available at www.BrendanTSmith.com

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Animal Farm? To the Editor: Democrats claim to care about the importance of every vote. But, the results of the NH primary election show that the Democrat Party bosses donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really care about the will of the voters; all they care about is that an election provides the results that the Democrat Party bosses want. To make sure that the NH primary provided the desired result, the Democrat Party bosses established â&#x20AC;&#x153;super delegatesâ&#x20AC;? whose votes determine 8 of New Hampshireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 32 delegates. Thus, Bernie Sanders who trounced Hillary Clinton, 60% to 38%, is only getting the same number of delegates as Hillary. In fact, Bernie could get fewer delegates than Hillary if both undeclared super delegates vote for Hillary. Super delegate Governor Maggie Hassan has committed her vote to Hillary Clinton, thus over-riding the votes of about 11,000 democrat voters. Super delegate Congresswoman Annie Kuster has committed her vote to Hillary Clinton, she knows better than about 11,000 democrat voters. Senator Jeanne Shaheen and three other super delegates have committed their votes to Hillary Clinton, ignoring the will of about 44,000

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democrat voters. This is reminiscent of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal Farmâ&#x20AC;?: all votes are equal, except some votes are more equal than others. The New Hampshire Democrat Primary election result is another demonstration that the political class only cares about maintaining its own power not about representing the will and best interests of the American people. Don Ewing Meredith, NH

HB 1163 To The Editor: There has been a lot of talk this election cycle about getting big money out of politics and ending the corruption of our political system. You should know there is a bill in committee in NH right now addressing this. I attended the hearing in support of HB 1163 on Tuesday. An anti-corruption bill that relates to lobbying, campaign contributions, and political advertising. When an organization, many from outside New Hampshire has a goal, that entity and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operatives will do whatever they need to in order to accomplish their goals. The problem is that these goals may not be in the best interest of the people of NH and America. This bill is common sense, some of what it

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

addresses includes. â&#x20AC;˘Requiring Lobbyists to identify themselves as such to insure that our legislators know who they are speaking to. â&#x20AC;˘The origin of any bill must be identified. Organizations which take the time and expense to pay for these bills to be written will only do so for a reason. â&#x20AC;˘Organizations cannot discuss employment with legislators. â&#x20AC;˘Legislators must declare expenses reimbursed by any other entity. After leaving the hearing walking the 20 feet to the elevator I must have passed more than 20 people with the Orange name tags identifying themselves as lobbyists, probably more than the number of concerned citizens in the building the entire day. If you want a government working for us instead of for Wall St. let the House Legislative Administrative committee know you support this bill by emailing them at HouseLegislativeAdministration@leg.state. nh.us, please be respectful, thanks! David Holt Somersworth, NH.

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Starving On The Prosciuttoand-Brie Poverty Diet Heed the cry of an entitled young American hipster: Woe is me, me, me, me, me! Talia Jane, a 25-year-old melodramatic by Michelle Malkin millennial, Syndicated Columnist made social media waves last week with her “open letter” to the CEO of crowd-sourced review website Yelp. The indigent English major in smart glasses lamented her deplorable plight toiling in the company’s San Francisco-based customer support office of its food delivery and takeout division Eat24 -- oh, the poetic injustice -- as she bravely battled hunger pangs. Sure, she had “great” benefits, she admitted, including “vision, dental, the normal health insurance stuff?.” Normal? I’ve been in the workforce 25 years and never had vision benefits. Have you? But, she complains, the inhumane co-pays were killing her: “$20 to see a doctor or get an eye exam or see a therapist or get medication. Twenty bucks each is pretty neat, if spending twenty dollars didn’t determine whether or not you could afford to get to work the next week.” Call the wahmbulance ASAP. The ululations of the aggrieved swelled as Pained Jane kvetched about her bills, bills, bills. “Will you pay my phone bill for me?” she needled Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman. “I got paid yesterday ($733.24, bi-weekly) but I have to save as much of that as possible to pay my rent ($1,245) for my apartment that’s 30 miles away from work because it was the cheapest place I could find that had access to the train, which

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The 2015/2016 legislative session in Concord has brought forth a number of liferelated bills to our State House. Most of these by Jane Cormier bills were killed Hooksett, NH. in the House. It seems whenever there is a bill which discusses the topic of abortion, the bill seems to be automatically dismissed by Progressives. Many of our representatives become deaf, dumb, and blind - some under the canard that “women’s right to healthcare” is at stake and some, simply because of political correctness. In 2015, HB 677 dealt with defunding abortion clinics here in New Hampshire. Unfortunately, this bill was killed in the House. I always wonder, if Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics are such wonderful business models, why can’t See malkin on 22 they fund themselves? Why do

these PRIVATE businesses get to stick their hands into taxpayer’s pockets and take out their hard-earned dollars? Do you run a business? Do YOU receive taxpaying funds? Probably not. So, why does Planned Parenthood? Recently, the NH House killed HJR3 (House Joint Resolution) which called for the investigation and defunding of Planned Parenthood. The resolution was very simple and sought to bring the murky happenings at Planned Parenthood to the fore. Again, the bill was voted down by the NH House. Of course, it is true Planned Parenthood will tell us they offer “women’s healthcare”, yet they don’t even offer mammograms. They are not really “pro-choice” at all, as the clinics do not offer women information about KEEPING their babies or adoption alternatives. They instead promote the culture of death (as that is their business model), See cormier on 26

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thrice: What I tell you three times is true.” - The Hunting of the Snark, Lewis Carroll

Once, twice, or thrice – no matter how many times our legislators, judges, or education bureaucrats claim they are calculating the cost

of an “adequate education,” what they tell us isn’t true. Like Lewis Carroll’s Bellman and crew, they are hunting for something that doesn’t exist. They can point to this or that RSA, judicial opinion, or bill with the words “adequate,” “education,” and “cost.” But that doesn’t mean any of them have taken even rudimentary steps toward defining those words in context. If I were more clever I could set RSA Section 193-E:2-a (Adequate Public Education) to rhyme and it would fit well within Carroll’s whimsical canon. The fault doesn’t belong to any individual or group. As much as finger-pointing can be cathartic, we are dealing with a systemic failure long in the making. Shawn Parr, CEO of consulting firm Bull-

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some $450 million it costs to run the facility at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba. Dating from the Spanish/American war and leased from Cuba since 1903, Guantanamo, aka Gitmo, comprises a 45 sq. mile area on the southern coast of Cuba, and remains the U.S. Navy’s oldest overseas base. How will we save money if we move detainees from an existing and operational U.S. Navy base in Cuba to high profile and likely far more costly venue on the American mainland? Moreover, shifting the jurisdictional venue may be the real reason as the combatants would be moved from a military facility Not on U.S. soil to a federal prison on American soil and thus open to the legal jurisdiction of civilian courts. Obama claims Guantanamo is a recruitment tool: in other words, if we move the “worst of the worst” to a supermax prison facility in Florida or Colorado, global opinion will suddenly shift and gleefully exclaim; “See the prisoners are not in military detention but a supertough federal prison lockup in the USA. We are totally cool with that.” Right. And somehow I doubt that the thousands of radicalized West European Islamists who have gone to See Metzler on 24

dog Drummond, asked in Fast Company, “How many industries that were around 100 years ago— and are still around today—are making their products almost the exact same way? Can you think of an industry that uses almost the identical methods of production they did 100 years ago, one that hasn’t undergone radical industrialization, innovation, or significant transformation? How about the American classroom?”

As yourself this question: “If you were going to design from scratch a system to educate American children and prepare them for the adult world, would you design the public education system as it currently exists?” The question answers itself. Of course you wouldn’t design a labor-intensive, administrationheavy system that spends ever increasing amounts of money yet See gorrell on 22

Paranoid Politics Amid all the media analyses of the prospects of each of the candidates in both political parties, there is remarkably little discussion by Thomas Sowell of the validity Syndicated Columnist -- or lack of validity -- of the arguments these candidates are using. It is as if what matters this election year is the fate of a relative handful of people-- currently seven -- running for their respective parties’ nominations. Meanwhile, the fate of the 320 million Americans who are going to be affected by the outcome of this year’s election fades into the background. The fact that Hillary Clinton’s election prospects, for example, depend on her ability to get the black vote has been talked about in the media numerous times. But what about the fate of millions of black people, and how that will be affected by the way Hillary Clinton is trying to get their votes? Her basic pitch to black voters is that they have all sorts of enemies, and that blacks need her to protect them, which she is ready to do if they vote for her. In short, Hillary’s political fate depends on spreading fear and, if possible, paranoia. Similar attempts to get the votes of women are based on conjuring up enemies who are waging a “war on women,” with Hillary again cast in the role of someone ready to come to their rescue, if they will give her their votes. In both cases, rhetoric and repetition take the place of hard

evidence. The closest thing to evidence being offered is that the average income of blacks is not the same as the average income of whites, and the average income of women is not the same as the average income of men. But the average incomes of people in their twenties is usually lower than the average income of people in their forties -- and by a greater amount than the income difference between women and men, or the income difference between blacks and whites. Does that mean that middle-aged people are enemies of young adults? In countries around the world, and for centuries of recorded history, people living up in the mountains have usually been poorer than people living on the land below. Does this mean that people in the lowlands have somehow been robbing mountain people? Or does it mean that the circumstances of people living in mountains have usually been less promising than the circumstances of others? If poverty among blacks is due to whites, why has the poverty rate among black married couples been in single digits every year since 1994, despite far higher poverty rates among other blacks? Do most white employers even know -- or care -- which blacks are married? When the imprisonment rate of blacks with a college education is a fraction of the imprisonment rate of other blacks, does that mean that white cops check out the education of blacks before they decide to arrest them? Or does it mean that blacks who have chosen one way of life have See Sowell on 24

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metal in the 2016 Craft Beer Awards. 9th was the very first recipe brewed by owners Geoff, Tamsin and Dan back in the day. 9th State Imperial is an enormously flavorful beer with both citrusy hop bittering and malt balance. The hop profile is not a smack in the face but a gentle handshake greeting with an introduction to its malty friend. The copper-red toned clarity and abundant off-white head are further hints that this is truly special. Your first sip fills your mouth with lots to discern. Hoppy citrus takes charge but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t scream, while a wonderful malt combination supports it generously. With a luscious mouthfeel and medium to full body, this very satisfying IPA is rated at 9% ABV and yet is not overstated;

just a friendly reminder of its brewers love for great tasting beer. Since this is the first review I am aware of for 603â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new 9th State Imperial, no one has rated it yet... but you can expect to see many chime in on this great beer. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to find 9th State Imperial Red IPA shortly as well as the rest of the 603 line-up at Case-n-Keg in Meredith and Laconia and other fine craft beer providers. Well done 603 Brewery! Jim MacMillan is the owner of WonByOne Design of Meredith, NH, and is an avid imbiber of craft brews and a home brewer as well. Send him your recommendations and brew news to wickedbrews@weirs.com.

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Hawkins & Hoyt by Robery Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

George H. Hawkins and Adrian Hoyt probably never met and seemed to have little in common with each other. The reason that they are featured in this article is not because of any similarities, but because of how they differed in their views of the automobile in the early years of its production. George saw the motor car as something that had the potential to waste his time; Adrian saw it as something that was worth the investment of time and money. Probably neither man realized the extent to which the automobile would change the lifestyles of people around the world. There are few inventions that have had as great an impact on our lives as this one. George Hawkins lived near Winona Lake in New Hampshire along with his wife and her six year old granddaughter, Louise Parsons and they were identified in the May 20th, 1923 Boston Post newspaper as the family living nearest to the geographical center of the State. Mr. Hawkins was of the opinion that â&#x20AC;&#x153; The automobile, particularly the pleasure car, has been the curse of a good many farmers, my way of looking at it.â&#x20AC;? He compared some hard-working farmers he had known as becoming like the gray squirrel after buying a car. He described the gray squirrel as sitting â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Śon a stone wall all summer, fanning himself with his tail and making no provision for the winter, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find the striped squirrel busy hoarding up a store of nuts for the cold weather.â&#x20AC;? He explained that the gray squirrel has to search for food during the winter while the striped squirrel can stay in his nest and eat the food he has stored. He said â&#x20AC;&#x153; If I had an automobile, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m afraid Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get

Mr. Hawkins was of the opinion that â&#x20AC;&#x153; The automobile, particularly the pleasure car, has been the curse of a good many farmers, my way of looking at it.â&#x20AC;? to be like the gray squirrel and want to enjoy myself riding around the country when I ought to be busy farming.â&#x20AC;? Adrian Hazen Hoyt came to New Hampshire from Canada and gradu-

ated from Dartmouth College in 1888 with a degree in medicine. After working as a medical doctor in his native Canada for a short time Dr. Hoyt returned to the United States where he was em-

ployed for companies involved in the manufacture of electrical components, a field which seems to have captured his interests. In the early 1900â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s he started his own business, Hoyt Elec-

trical Instrument Works, Inc., in Penacook, New Hampshire. Hoyt is said to have been the first New Hampshire resident to own an automobile. Not only did he own a car, he began designing and manufacturing automobiles in the late 1800s under the name of the American Manufacturing Company and in cooperation with the Concord Coach Company in Concord, NH. He produced a total of eleven models, six steam models and five electric cars ( or 5 steam and 6 electric, depending on the source of information). On one occasion Adrian drove his car through the streets of Concord to demonstrate its potential use of delivering the mail. Another time he drove to Canada to visit relatives, a trip which took him through Vermont and by which he was required to obtain permission from the governor of Vermont to cross the border. George Hawkins, who never thought he would See smith on 23

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gives patrons the chance to create their own show, so to speak, as they can choose to explore different garden, architecture, history and preservation strategies through hourly lectures.

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plaster repair and advice on masonry issues, stone wall building and timber framing. The show is held at the Radisson/Center of New Hampshire in Manchester, NH. The cost to attend the Expo is $10 for adults; $7 for seniors and students. Children 12 and under are free. The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, the show’s presenter, is dedicated to the preservation of historic buildings, communities and landscapes through leadership, education and advocacy. For more info call 603-2242281 or www.nhpreservation.org. Event sponsors to date include Bedard Preservation & Restoration, Ian Blackman, LLC Restoration and Preservation, First Period Colonial Preservation and Restoration, the N.H. State Council on the Arts, N.H. Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, First Period Colonial, Vintage Kitchens, Ahlgren and Son Builders, Arnold M. Graton Associates, Fifield Building Restoration & Relocation, LLC, Innerglass Window Systems, Preservation Timber Framing, ReVision Energy, Rumford Stone, Swenson Granite Works, Antique Homes Magazine, Louis Karno & Company, N.H. Home, N.H. Public Television and WMUR-TV. Organizational partners include AIA-NH, National Trust for Historic Preser-

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across a range of specialties, yet compensate them using metrics that have nothing to do with competency. And of course you wouldn’t design a system that treats your increasingly varied customers as if they were essentially the same. Yet that describes the education system under which we continue to burden ourselves and hinder

our children. While innovations have radically transformed everything from automobile production to the delivery of professional services, American public education has soldiered on using a model virtually unchanged in 100 years. Yes, we have added some technology to the classroom – white boards replacing black boards, Netbooks supple-

menting textbooks, mission statements posted on websites rather than bulletin boards – but by any meaningful metric public schools are building Tin Lizzies in a Tesla world. Just as nature abhors a vacuum, bureaucracy abhors transformation. According to the Friedman Foundation, during a period when student population grew by 96 percent, the number of public school teachers grew by 252 percent and the ranks of administrators and other staff exploded by an astounding 702 percent. As we know from reports of static test scores, the significant rise in the need for remedial college courses, and US rankings against our global competitors, that growth in personnel cost has not translated into better prepared, more educated students. Now back to hunting the Snark, i.e., determining the cost of an adequate education. How can anyone calculate the cost of something that is being produced by a system that in 100 years has not had a radical transformation or a clean-sheet review?

How can anyone define “adequate” in a way that has meaning for millions of “consumers” with widely varying abilities and needs? How can we expect elected officials to move an entrenched, heavilyunionized bureaucracy with a significant stake in maintaining the status quo? The predictable response: Take a welfare approach and ignore the core issue. HB 1630 (Cost of an Opportunity for an Adequate Education) is working its way through the legislature. Its focus is on the margins. Its metrics include equalized valuation and participation in federal free and reducedprice meal programs. In other words, our legislators will try throwing enough money at an unsustainable, undefinable, under-preforming system to get by another year. So next year we’ll spend $12-13,000 per pupil on average to inadequately prepare another cohort of NH’s children to enter the adult world.

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blankets shivering from cold and deprivation). “(A) lcohol delivery services aren’t available where I live because I’m in the suburbs,” so “I had alcohol delivery to my job. (O) ddly enough, no one asked about it.” Starving on a “living wage” with booze delivered straight to her desk. The struggle is so real. My husband and I immediately read this fraud’s screed to our 15-year-old and 12-year-old children as an object lesson in how not to be a grown-up: Demand more than you are worth. Expect all the benefits of autonomy without any of the accountability. Snivel, moan, repeat.

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Michelle Malkin is author of the new book “Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs.” Her email address is malkinblog@gmail.com.

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see the day when an automobile (tractor) would be plowing a field, was not the only skeptic concerning its usefulness. Some probably thought that it would always remain a vehicle for the use of the privileged and wealthy citizens. Adrian Hoyt’s own sister is said to have asked him when he was going to give up his “silly hobby” . Oth-

ers in the country were already, in 1904, asking manufacturers to make more attractive cars. The May 2,1904 issue of The New York Tribune asked : “ How many generations must come and go before we get automobiles of artistic and graceful lines? Most of the self-motors on our streets are monsters of ugliness.” (From the book Our Times, Vol.2 by Mark Sullivan.)

The doctor did eventually end his involvement in the manufacturing and selling of cars to concentrate on the manufacture of electrical meters, but his prominent place in the history of the automobile remains. The company he began is still in operation in Penacook . Adrian passed the business on to his son Wallace and on down the

line to the fourth generation of Hoyts who run the business today. They include Tim, Tom, Jeffrey, Andy, Robin, and Dudley. I see in Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Hoyt two men who were similar in that both appear to have been diligent and serious workers, and were about the same age - in 1923 Hawkins was 66

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scholars, have shot down the oft-repeated claim that women are paid less than men with identical work qualifications. But that will not stop that same bogus claim from being made repeatedly this election year. What about blacks, women or others who believe the political hype? Will that help them improve their lives, or will it be anther counterproductive distraction for them and another polarization of society that

helps nobody, except those who seeking votes? As for the media, they are covering the political contests, not the effects of the lies generated in these contests.

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embargo on Cuba which dates from the Kennedy Administration and was in response to illegally seized American assets. Though loosened by the Obama Administration, the sanctions are still enforced on American firms; yet the embargo is widely flouted by most countries and is the subject of an annual non-binding UN General Assembly resolution calling on the U.S. to lift the economic blockade. Third is Guantanamo; discussions at the UN between Barack Obama and Cuban dictator Raul Castro last September dealt not just with the terrorist detention facility but the wider issue of possibly returning the Guantanamo naval base to Cuba. Republican presidential contender Senator Marco Rubio, (R-FL) himself a Cuban/American has cosponsored legislation intended to block the U.S. from transferring the Guantanamo Bay base back to communist Cuba. Despite strong Congressional opposition, not to mention American public opinion, Obama could use yet another Executive Order to bypass Congress and finally close the controversial facility. A Gitmo giveaway could be in the cards even during a hyper-political presidential election year.

fight in Syria really made the choice to join the global jihad because of Guantanamo. One third of the terrorists released from Gitmo over the years have returned to the battle against the U.S. and its allies. At its peak in 2003, Guantanamo held 780 enemy combatants, mostly Afghan, Saudi, and Pakistani fighters. Another nebulous Obama catchphrase, “Moreover, keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. It undermines our standing in the world.” So where to send hardened terrorists? Colorado is on the short list but the state’s Congressional delegation firmly opposes the move. Both U.S. Senators, Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat Michael Bennet oppose moving these thugs to a federal facility in Colorado. Sen. Bennet, though supporting closing Guantanamo adds, “These detainees should not be transferred to Colorado.” Community concerns about where the terrorists would be housed in the USA should be reflected in any transfer plan. Five of the current detainees are suspects in the 9/11 attacks on America. Obama’s budding diplomatic relationship with the Castro Brothers Cuba has a few elements; First, formal diplomatic recognition came last Summer when Secretary of State John Kerry saw the Stars and Stripes raised at the old U.S. Embassy in Havana which had been closed since 1961. The second more complex part concerns ending the American economic

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell. com.

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.

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