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Two Nights in the Stone Hut on Mount Mansfield by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Columnist

with great pride since they were first cut in the 1930’s. The Stone Hut was built in 1936 for a warming hut by the Civilian Conservation Corp by some of the same crew that cut the original ski trails. The hut sits under Mansfield’s Nose, not far from the top of the FourRunner high speed quad lift. The hut is operated by the Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation

in partnership with the Stowe Mountain Resort. Lucky winners of a lottery held each fall get the chance to rent the Stone Hut for a few nights sometime between midNovember and mid-April. One of Charlie’s Vermont Academy classmates, Bill Hosely, was a lucky winner and we were fortunate to be invited to join his friends and fellow classmates. The hut would See patenaude on 9

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Stowe Mountain Resort is a classic ski mountain. Mount Mansfield’s Chin is Vermont’s high point at elevation 4,395 feet. The Resort’s trails are snuggled beneath the mountain’s rugged ridgeline and drop to the valley floor. Skiers and snowboarders can run over 2,100 vertical feet of fun. More vertical can be found

following the Stowe Derby route to town via the Toll Road or if you know a local you could end up out of bounds on the back roads over in Underhill. The snow conditions were wonderful and the mountain was 100% open. The famous front four double black diamonds, Goat, National, Liftline and Starr had the best snow cover you could imagine. Skiers have been conquering these trails

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The Stone Hut on Mount Mansfield, Stowe, Vermont. Originally built as a warming hut in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corp, the hut is snuggled in the trees near the top of the Nose. The Stone Hut is operated by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation in partnership with the Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermontparks.com.

Join the fun on St. Patrick‘s Day, March 17, at 7pm at the Dover Public Library as we host a holiday performance by members of the New England Irish Harp Orchestra. NEIHO are a lively band of harpers who love creating Celtic music together and having fun. The ensemble, led by Director Regina Delaney, will perform traditional Irish dance tunes, slow airs, and songs Members, who range in age from the midtwenties to mid-eighties, come from Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. The Orchestra has been performing for six years throughout New England. The concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Library who feel extremely lucky to be able to have them here on St. Patrick’s Day! Come and celebrate by wearing green and enjoying some great Irish music. For more information, call the Dover Public Library at 516-6050.

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March Thursday 12th Storytelling Dinner – Papa Joe

The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. Dinner begins at 6:30pm. $19.95 per person plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219 for reservations.

event t-shirt for each member (for the first 32 teams to register), a $10 token card from Funspot and a free lunch of pizza and soda. Register on line at www.funspotnh.com

Homemade Turkey Dinner

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Beacon Brass Quintet

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

End of Winter Pie, Craft and Bake Sale

Tarzan and the Golden Lion – Silent Film Series

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 6:30pm. $10pp. www.flyingmonkeynh.com

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Union Congregational Church, 80 Main Street, Union Village, Wakefield. 9am-1pm. A free cup of coffee will be offered to all shoppers. 473-2727

Robert Cray Band

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Franklin Opera House, Franklin. 7:30pm. St. Patrick’s Day celebration. 934-1901

Rock N’ Blues Fest

Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

Women in the Blues

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. Show is $15pp. Call for dinner reservations. 527-0043

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The Magic of Movies and Television – Live Musical Tribute

Concord City Audi, Concord. The show will highlight songs from TV and movies from the 1930s to modern times. $20pp. Tickets can be purchased at www.concordrotary.org

Saturday 14th 11 Annual “Saving Animals Indoor Triathlon” to Benefit NHHS

Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

Elwood O. Wells, American Legion Post 112, 1044 Short Falls Road, Epsom. 4:30-6:30pm. Corned Beef, Cabbage, Potatoes, Carrots, Turnip, Onions, Rolls, Homemade Desserts and beverages. $9/adults, Children ages 6-12 are $4 and under 6 are free. 435-87703

Seed Starting Workshop

The Remick Museum, 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. 9:30-11:30am. Learn the importance of growing heirloom plants, basics of seed starting taught in the greenhouse and hands-on learning and informative discussion. Take home the seeds you start. $15pp. Ages 18+. 323-7591

Funspot, Route 3, Weirs Beach. All teams must meet at Funspot by 10am for registration; play begins between 11 and 11:30am. Sign up a 4-person team and compete in: Bowling, Games and Mini-Golf! Teams will raise pledge money for extra points added to their score. $160 per team includes: official

Brewster Academy, Anderson Hall, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. $20pp. 569-2151

Guided Snowshoe Tour of Scoutland Conservation Land

The walk will leave from the Colonel Paul Wentworth House, Water Street, Rollinsford at 1pm. Tour will return around 3pm for warming refreshments and house tours. Members of ARCH or SELT are free, $5pp all others. 7428581

Sunday 15th Presentation about Marine Life

Leavitt Park Club House, 334 Elm Street, Lakeport. 2pm. A one-hour program that provides an introduction to Gulf of Maine marine life. Walk through a 65’ inflatable Whale, with models of ribs, vertebrae, jawbones and a heart inside! Limited to the first 60 people. Admission is nonperishable food items fro St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry. 998-1418

Monday 16th Lakes Region Art Association Meeting

Taylor Community, Woodside Building, Union Ave, Laconia. 7pm. Elaine Farmer will share concepts from her book on color. Open to the public. 2932702

Kenny Rogerson – Live Comedy

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

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St. Charles Church Hall, 577 Central Ave, Dover. 4-6pm. $9/adults, $8/ seniors, $5/children. Take out meals available. Tickets at the door.

The Theatre In the Woods, Observatory Way, Intervale. 10am. The event starts with an assortment of healthy breakfast options, followed by story time, with a guest reader. After the story, the larger-than-life storybook character will come out and visit with the children. $5 suggested donation. 356-9980

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Tuesday 17th Beaded Bracelet Class

Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 6-7:30pm. Artist Wendy Oellers will teach a small class how to make lovely three strand beaded bracelets. Kits will be available to choose from. Sign up is required with your library card and a $15 materials fee. 524-6042

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. Lasts all day beginning at 11:30am. Irish Buffet all day long, DJ Megan plays from 12-3pm, the O’Brien Clan plays from 4-7pm and Paul Warnick from 7-10pm. There will be a photo booth set up as well. 293-0841

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Get to know planting needs/ uses of 17 medicinal plants through slides, discussion & tastings. Share teas made from some of the featured plants & take home a detailed booklet of planting & harvesting guidelines. Saturday, April 11 1–3 p.m. $20/person Ages 16+. Pre-register by Wednesday, April 8. O

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Wednesday 18th St. Thomas Aquinas High School Open House

St. Thomas Aquinas High School, 197 Dover Point Road, Dover. 7pm. All prospective students and their families are welcomed to visit it’s center of education excellence. 742-3206

Cribbage Tournament

Patrick’s Pub, Gilford. Registration 6:30-7pm. Games start at 7:15pm. Weekly cash prizes. Fundraiser to benefit the Café Déjà vu Pub Mania team for the NH1 Children’s Auction. Every Wednesday until June. 9981418

Lakes Region Tea Party Meeting

Moultonborough Public Library, Moultonborough. 7pm. Featuring presidential candidate, Dennis Michael Lynch. All are welcome. 286-3506

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Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser Friday, March 13th a fundraiser Spaghetti Dinner will be held at the Moultonboro Lions Club on Old Rte 109 in Moultonboro. Put on by Boy Scout Troop 142, the proceeds will go to benefit the Gibbons Family of Moultonboro in their time of need. The dinner will start at 5:30pm and donations are greatly appreciated. There will be entertainment with live music provided by Ian Bird, David Young, Aberdeen Bird, Harmony Markey and William Bird. Come out and support this great cause and help a neighbor.

Sole City Highlights Artists From Blackbird Gallery and Studio Sole City Dance Studio, 187 Rte. 108, Somersworth, NH is hosting an artists’ show for the entire month of March featuring the work of 13 artists from the Blackbird Studio and Gallery on Route 9 in No. Berwick, Maine. Each month, Sole City Dance has been showing the work of local artists in an effort to collaborate with the local art’s community. This March show is an eclectic mix of fine art from abstract acrylic and oil paintings and mixed media to traditional watercolor and pencil from an accomplished group of local artists at Blackbird Gallery including: Jean Coughlin, Daryl-Ann Hurst, Chris Kfoury, Ann Vaughan, Bob Farrell, Kristen Dolloff, Christy Bruna, Gloria Houlne, Ruth Ann Bleau, Beth Wittenberg, Connie Eppich, Victoria Lloyd and Michael Bramlett . A reception for the artists is being held at Sole City on Friday, March 20 from 6pm-8pm.

Run Before You Crawl 5K And Pub Crawl Join Dover Main Street on Saturday, March 14th, for the Run Before You Crawl 5K Race and Pub Crawl. The purchase of a pub crawl bracelet at $20, entitles the bearer to a sampling of food at the 13 participating restaurants between 11am and 3pm on race day. Pub crawl bracelets can be purchased online and picked up the day of the event at the race registration table at the Dover Transportation Center located at 33 Chestnut Street. Registration starts at 8am, the race begins at 9:30. For more information, or to register for this event, visit their website http://www.runb4ucrawl.com.

Is There Gold In Carroll County? One of the most important commodities in our society today, gold has a number of characteristics that give it that status. Join the Effingham Historical Society on Friday, March 20th at 7pm for a program by local presenter John Hartog of Granite that takes a closer look at this well-known metal. Well versed in the history of the area, Mr. Hartog, through the use of the elemental chart, will explain why gold is so elusive and unique and discuss the significance of the answer that, yes, there IS gold in Carroll County. In addition, attendees are invited to bring their special gold jewelry for a simple evaluation! This program is free and open to the public. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer period, refreshments, and the EHS monthly business meeting.

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You Can’t Fool Everyone! by Steve White Contributing Writer

You may not wish to acknowledge this as you look out your frosty windows, but winter is beginning to loosen its grip on our region,. After two trips on the roof to remove several feet of snow, you begin to look for any signs of hope for the upcoming warm seasons. The signs of spring are everywhere if you know what to look and listen for. Those large flocks of mourning doves you see each day seem to be spending considerable time chasing each other on the branches of trees or on your deck railing. This is a courtship ritual, with the male attempting an introduction to the female. However, she may not wish to entertain his advances at this time. The drumming you hear in the distance during the months of February and March are also early sounds of spring. Unlike most birds, woodpeckers don’t sing. They drum to attract a mate at the end of winter and to announce a territory. They rap their bills frequently and methodically on the loudest surface they can find such as telephone poles, metal drain pipes, hollow trees, even houses. If you think this is an irritant to some, you may be correct. After all, there is that small issue involving the 1995 Space Shuttle mission that had to be delayed because of this habit. You see, it was discovered that a flock of flickers had tapped six little holes into the Discovery’s external fuel tank! Want to know just how big backyard bird feeding

has become? Just ask the CBS network. In the summer of 2001, the Buick Open Golf Tournament was played in Pontiac Michigan. Listeners were entertained to the background natural sounds of wood thrush, hermit thrush, and even white-throated sparrows. However, just one week later, the same network was televising the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. The listeners to this tournament were also entertained to the same background bird sounds. But guess what? A whole lot of intelligent backyard birders know that there isn’t a whitethroated sparrow within 500 hundred miles of Kentucky in August! The CBS network was actually dubbing bird sounds from the previous weeks’ golf tournament and got caught. After showered with complaints, they had to admit their deception. It made the nightly news around the country. A senior spokesperson couldn’t believe that so many people would be able

to recognize correct bird sounds during a major sporting event. It seems the national media were in denial of a basic American fact. They are just now beginning to understand that over 65 million Americans now describe themselves as backyard bird feeders. It is the fastest growing outdoor recreational hobby in every sector of the country. Enjoy your birds, you’re not alone! Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve White is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at major conventions in Atlanta and St. Louis as well as the host of WEZS 1350AM radio show “Bird Calls” with Lakes Region Newsday @ 8:30AM. Wild Bird Depot has donated over $5,000 to local rehabilitators and local nature centers since 1996. Be sure to check out our blog “Bird Droppings” via our website www.wildbirddepot.com. Like us on Facebook for great contests and prizes.

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Proof That “Moderates� Blame Conservatives! It is Friday morning and time to refill Vista Foods (Laconia) with W e i r s Times. by Niel Young With a Advocates Columnist cordial hello with a former listener to Advocates radio, becomes a verbal instruction to stop beating on Obama. “Stop calling him Un-American! Things are much better under Obama than with Bush.� Oh, he

must be referring to “this will be the most transparent administration, ever�, or is it the millions of ILLEGALS taking jobs Americans could do, or how insecure this country is from Obama’s friends from the Middle East? This is the president who now controls healthcare, and is working a national army/ police to keep the “citizens� in order. Oh yes, the evil dictator who wants to tear our country apart. ********* Please take time to research the following: http://www.forwardpro-

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gration, there’s no way they’re going to win this battle – and King knows that. I might disagree with him on a lot of his politics, but at least he’s sensible enough in some aspects to realize that it’s foolish to try to pick a fight that you have zero chance at winning. But King wasn’t finished. “Many of these people are elected from parts of the country that live in an echo chamber,� King said. “All they hear is everything is anti-Obama.� The above quotes are not mine. ******** One of The Advocates provided even more information: “It struck me the other day that the real problem here, aside from the mouse sized bleeps of the establishment types, is that the Department Of Homeland Security has way too many functions and departments under its umbrella. I supported its creation, just like I sup-

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I really have to do a better job of researching things before I schedule something. But really, who has the time? Next Friday, March 20th, has been designated “Fresh Air Fund Day’ by Governor Hassan. The Fresh Air Fund is a great program that gives thousands of inner-city kids the chance get away from the chaotic streets of New York to enjoy a few weeks in the Lakes Region and other tourist crazed areas of the state during the summer. A press release on the designation of “Fresh Air Fund Day� says that “the program gives children a chance to run barefoot through the grass or gaze at the star-filled skies.� I think the Fresh Air Fund is a great idea. Such a great idea, in fact, that years ago it inspired me to start my own program. I call it “The Air Is A Little Bit Better Here Than Where I Come From� Fund or TAIALBBHTWICF Fund. The idea behind TAIALBBHTWICF Fund is to give upper middle class and upper class folks who are too busy to book a few weeks at an exquisite lakeside home for their summer vacation an acceptable place to go; a place they won’t be embarrassed to tell their neighbors and colleagues about upon their return. Having been way too busy and waited until the

last possible second to reserve a spot on the lake, they often find themselves stuck with nowhere to go except maybe a completely unacceptable condo rental with only two bathrooms and a (gasp) pull out bed for company. This, of course, just won’t cut it. TAIALBBHTWICF Fund was established to help those in such dire straits find an acceptable solution. Not wanting them to spend their summer stuck in their gated communities while their neighbors are off for the summer at a famous vacation spot for the wellto-do and then having to face the phony sympathetic words and behind the back whispers within their own communities once summer is over, we help them save face by working our hardest to find a place on the lakes or ocean that is suitable for their unforgiving lifestyles. TAIALBBHTWICF Fund has been so successful over the years that we have planned our annual fundraising gala for this Friday, March 13th, at an undisclosed location so as to keep out the riffraff. That is why I was a bit taken by surprise to see the designation of March 20th as Fresh Air Fund Day. I certainly didn’t mean to step on any toes and try to steal their spotlight. They do good work as well. I was even slightly embarrassed to read that our press release, which was sent to a limited few in the media like Barron’s and The Wall Street Journal, was eerily reminiscent of the one sent out about Fresh Air Fund Day saying things like: “We are looking for those with luxurious homes who are willing to rent them out, for big bucks,

to give some well to do, yet vacation needy families, a chance to run their properly sandaled feet through finely manicured lawns or to gaze at star filled skies unencumbered by nuisance lights from neighbors who are way too close.� If I had known that TAIALBBHTWICF Fund event was going to be so close to the Fresh Air Fund event I never would have scheduled it in the first place. In fact, I did consider rescheduling it but the families who had already begrudgingly accepted my invitation to be part of this fundraising event have made it clear that any other day would now be an annoyance as it would interfere with their busy schedule of business meetings and reservations that have already been made at busy, hard to get a table at, restaurants. I’m hoping that there won’t be much confusion with the dates so close together either. I would hate to think that someone whose intent is to contribute to the Fresh Air Fund mistakenly directs their donations toward us instead. If that does happen we will, of course, do the right thing, whatever that is. I am planning to do better research next year and maybe even coordinate things with the Fresh Air Fund so that these dates don’t clash again. Maybe I will even be able to convince the governor that next year we could have a day just for TAIALBBHTWICF Fund. We didn’t donate to her last campaign, so I realize I will have some persuading to do. Brendan’s new book “The Best Of A F.O.O.L in New Hampshire� will be published in early spring.

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Going Bananas: A Case Study in MediaManufactured Racism Political correctness is a pathological disorder. You can’t say “niggardly” or “black holes” or “chink in the armor” withby Michelle Malkin out provokSyndicated Columnist ing protests or risking your job. You can’t invoke the Constitution or call illegal behavior “illegal” without being accused of hatred. And now, you can’t goof around at a high school basketball game in silly costumes without the world accusing you of “racial insensitivity.” Last week, thanks to hyperbolic grievance-mongers and irresponsible reporters, the students of Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, N.J., garnered international headlines and Internet infamy. “Shocking moment students at Catholic school dressed as monkeys and a banana and taunted black basketball players ... and DIDN’T get punished,” the U.K. Daily Mail blared last week. “Students who taunted black players at New Jersey basketball game get warning, no punishment,” USA Today decried. Bossip.com, “the premier destination for African-American pop culture and entertainment,” exclaimed: “Really?!? White High School Students Taunt Black Basketball Team in Monkey and Banana Costumes.” No, not really. If any of these media outlets had bothered breathing into paper bags before making abject fools of themselves, they might have actually committed journalism. Holy Spirit is a tight-knit community

with a 50-year tradition of excellence in academics, sports and character education. I know more than a little about the school and its student body because I am a proud alumna of H.S.H.S. and have stayed in touch with many of its dedicated teachers and administrators over the years. Part of Holy Spirit’s half-century legacy includes a storied athletic rivalry with nearby Atlantic City High School. The competition between the Holy Spirit Spartans and the Atlantic City Vikings has always been fierce but friendly. At a basketball game two weeks ago, Holy Spirit students decided to show their team spirit by recreating Arizona State University’s famous “Curtain of Distraction” during their rivals’ foul shots. Unlike the pot-stirrers who’ve turned an innocent prank into an international p.c. incident, Holy Spirit’s senior class president Pat Shober was actually in the stands on Feb. 18 during the game. He donned a green ballerina tutu for the foul shot skits. Other students scrounged up a bumblebee suit, monkey pajamas, costumes for Dorothy from the “Wizard of Oz,” a jack-o’-lantern and a banana. “The fan section was louder than it had been all season long, and the fans, of both sides I may add, were thoroughly amused and actually complimented many of us on our actions numerous times both at the game itself and throughout the time since then,” Shober recounted in an open letter to the public. “Racism was not brought up once by a student, player or spectator that night. We intended no racist connotations during our performances that night.” The Spartans had used the costumes at previous games without

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If you are like me, you occasionally experience passing moments of panic when you stop to think where we are heading by Jane Cormier as a nation. Not Hooksett, NH. only do we have a president who is overly-exercising his “pen and phone” with executive orders, bypassing the vote of Congress on MAJOR issues, you have a certain malaise in our country, regarding this unconstitutional activity. Fast forward here to NH. We have the same type of “Executive Order Disorder” going on right here in the Granite State. And, it is a VERY important issue for families and parental rights. On January 26, NH Dept. of Education Commissioner, Virginia Barry sent out to school officials a “Technical Advisory” re: “Statewide Assessment Participation”. See malkin on 30 In this advisory, Barry declares

the following: “Each year, a statewide assessment shall be administered in all school districts in the state in grades 3 through 8 and one grade in high school. All public school students in the designated grades shall participate in the assessment…There is no “opting out” option for students in the law”. SAU, District and/or school personnel do not have the authority to develop or sign any form allowing a student to not take the assessment… Further, the districts’ legal obligation must supersede parental demands that their child not take the assessment.” Wow. That is a mouthful. A BIG mouthful. Barry declaring there is no “opting out” of Smarter Balance Assessments is refuted by her own January 13 “Technical Advisory”, in which she states, “…there are no laws in the State of NH or rules a the NH Dept. of Education that would penalize a student for not participating in the statewide assessment. AddiSee cormier on 28

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China Forging Closer Links with Latin America UNITED NATIONS--Amid a near unquenchable thirst for natural resources, a desire to develop new trading partners, and by John J. Metzler an opportuniSyndicated Columnist ty to press for political influence in a vast region increasingly ignored by the United States, the People’s Republic of China is forging ahead to develop closer ties with Latin America. The links go well beyond Beijing’s traditional comradely relations with communist Cuba and extend to strong commercial ties to powerful resource-rich countries such as Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela. Contemporary China is not exporting Marxism but promoting markets in a region which retains vast raw materials as well as potential customers. Agricultural products, Mining, and Petroleum are among the abundant resources Latin American producers have for a still strong Chinese market. In January Beijing hosted a high level forum between China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC) where the Chinese government pledged to boost Latin American trade to $500 billion in the next decade. PRC President Xi Jinping pledged to invest $250 billion in Latin America over the next five years. Loans by Chinese state owned banks to the region rose to $22 billion n 2014 up from $13 billion

the previous year. One country particularly close to China is Venezuela, an increasingly authoritarian regime who now is facing drastic economic downturn from both an underproductive socialist economy and plunging petroleum prices. While high oil prices had once buoyed massive social spending during the Hugo Chavez era, Venezuela’s current ruler Nicolas Maduro recently visited Beijing, hat in hand, and claimed to get $20 billion. Just a few years earlier, Chavez, savored a cozy relationship with Mainland China, basically bartering Venezuelan oil for Chinese loans and investment. Since 2007, Venezuela has received $56 billion from the People’s Republic. According to the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank, PRC loans and investment in Latin America exceed $119 billion since 2005. Significantly Chinese aid exceeds either the World Bank and the Inter American Development Bank. Many diplomats concede that Beijing’s aid comes with “far less strings” attached than do other more transparent international loan packages. Brazil, as a resource-rich and emerging economy equally has been granted considerable Chinese loans; $8.6 billion last year. Brazil’s emerging middle class and export oriented policies have allowed this South American giant to become one of Beijing’s closest trading partners. Importantly Chinese loans to Brazil have focused on the energy infrastructure and financial sector.

Argentina, despite its amazing agricultural and natural resources has long suffered from bad government. Here too, China is opening new commercial doors with loans of $7 billion in 2014. In Argentina, loans are focused on revitalization

of rail transport and transportation infrastructure. Yet Beijing’s loans are not only focused on the big countries. Medium sized Ecuador, an oil producer with an increasingly

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Random Thoughts When President Obama keeps talking about “violent extremists” in the abstract, you might wonder whether Presbyterians are running amok. by Thomas Sowell The mainSyndicated Columnist stream media seem desperate to try to find something to undermine Republican governor Scott Walker’s rise in the polls. The worst they have come up with is that he didn’t finish college. Neither did Bill Gates or Michael Dell. The Wright brothers didn’t finish high school. Neither did Abraham Lincoln or George Washington. Have you noticed that there seem to be an ever growing number of things that we are not supposed to say in public? Given the Obama administration’s repeatedly failed policies in the Middle East and the lost credibility of the president’s glib pronouncements, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress may be many Americans’ first chance to get a realistic assessment of the Middle East situation and its potential for international catastrophe. Attempts to bring order out of the chaos in the paper jungle of my office usually get nowhere until I finally break everything down into just two categories: (1) urgently needed and (2) trash to be thrown out. It is going to take time to secure the border, and it ought to take time for Congress to explore the facts about immigrants from different countries before voting on new immigration legislation. Both processes can be going on at the same time. But those who want border security laws and immigration laws passed together -- “comprehensive

immigration reform” -- are for denying us that time. Why? State Department official Marie Harf said, “We cannot win this war by killing them” but instead we need to get to the “root causes” of jihads by providing “job opportunities.” We tried getting at the “root causes” of crime back in the 1960s -- and crime rates skyrocketed. But we stopped the Nazis in World War II by killing them, instead of setting up a jobs program in Germany. The old advertising slogan, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” may or may not have been true. But surely the West should know by now that what happens in the Middle East does not stay in the Middle East. Throwing Israel to the wolves and signing agreements with Iran will not buy “peace in our time” and allow us to further shrink the military and expand the welfare state. Academics often defend tenure, despite its many negative consequences, on grounds that it allows academic freedom for independent minds. Yet there are few places in America with more taboos and intellectual intolerance than academic campuses. The young are indoctrinated with demographic “diversity” that contrasts with a squelching of diversity of ideas on social issues. It is remarkable how the Internal Revenue Service has been “losing” e-mails that Congressional investigators want to see and how “global warming” researchers have been “losing” the raw data on which their dire predictions have been based. In the social sciences, people just frankly refuse to allow their raw data to be seen by critics of such sacred cow policies as affirmative action. The radical feminist movement, so ready to go ballistic at any little remark that can be twisted to mean something offensive to women, See Sowell on 28

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How Should You Respond to Higher Interest Rates? If the Federal Reserve (Fed) raises short-term interest rates this year, as many financial professionals predict, what will it mean to you? As a consumer, you might experience the “ripple” effects if long-term interest rates eventually follow suit, affecting mortgages and other loans. But as an investor, you might quickly feel the impact of a move by the Fed — especially if you own bonds. In fact, the value of your existing bonds might drop noticeably if interest rates were to rise. That’s because no one will give you full price for your lower-paying bonds when new bonds are being issued at a higher interest rate. So if you want to sell your bonds, you might have to take a loss on them. Of course, if you were always planning to hold your bonds until maturity, you might not be overly concerned with falling prices. Assuming your bond issuers don’t default — and defaults are rare among “investment grade” bonds — you will continue collecting regular interest payments until your bonds mature, at which point they will be redeemed at full face value. Furthermore, just owning bonds can help you diversify your portfolio, which might otherwise be dominated by stocks and therefore be susceptible to big swings in value. (While diversification can help reduce the effects of volatility, it can’t guarantee a profit or protect against loss.) However, it’s still useful to be aware of the effects of rising interest rates on bonds of different maturities. Typically, when rates rise,

long-term bonds will fall in value more than short-term bonds. So if you only owned long-term bonds, your portfolio could take a bigger hit than if you owned both short- and long-term bonds. Again, this might not be a big issue if you intend to hold bonds until they mature — but if your plans change, a drop in value in your bond holdings could be cause for concern. Furthermore, if you just owned long-term bonds, your money would be tied up, thereby not allowing you to take advantage of newly issued, higher-paying bonds. You can help protect yourself against the potential negative effects of rising interest rates by incorporating a “fixed-income ladder” in your portfolio. You can build this ladder by purchasing fixed-income securities — such as corporate or municipal bonds — in various maturities. With your ladder in place, a portion of your portfolio matures at regular intervals. Consequently, you can benefit from any increase in interest rates by reinvesting your maturing bonds at the higher rate. And if interest rates should fall, you still have your longer-term bonds working for you. (Generally, longer-term vehicles pay higher rates than shorter-term ones.) Even if the Fed does raise short-term rates in 2015, it doesn’t necessarily signal the start of a trend. Interest rate movements are notoriously hard to predict — and you probably won’t help yourself by trying to “time” your investment decisions based on where rates may be heading. But techniques such as a fixed-income ladder can work for you in all interest rate environments. So as you think about how you’ll invest in bonds in the years ahead, keep this type of “all-weather” strategy in mind. It may be able to help you keep the “guesswork” to a minimum.

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Laconia: 392 Ft. of shorefront on Lake Winnisquam with 2.28 acres of land and a 2,664 sqft. home. Includes a perched beach area for easy swimming and a large U-Shaped dock with boat lift. 4 BR, 3 BA, and 2-car garage, situated on a point at the water’s edge with westerly exposure. $989,000 MLS# 4403956

Meredith: 8,000 Sqft. sun-filled adirondack overlooking Meredith Bay. Exceptional 6 BR, 8 BA lake home with 150 ft. of sandy shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee with over an acre of beautifully landscaped grounds. Large U-shaped dock and gorgeous views. $3,249,000 MLS# 4237696

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Laconia: 131 Ft. on Lake Opechee. 4 BR, 2 BA home with over 2,200 sqft., 1st floor master, with 3 additional BR and partially finished basement. Level lot with a nice yard and 2-car garage attached in a great neighborhood. Interior features extensive brickwork and redone kitchen. $399,000 MLS# 4400291

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Alton: Charming knotty pine, 3-season cottage with 2 BR, fireplace, electric heat, outside shower, storage attic, shed, paved parking, new aluminum dock, 50 ft. sandy gradual beach, and views of islands and mountains across the Broads. Ready for Spring 2015 enjoyment. Realtor interest. $430,000 MLS# 4405778

Meredith: Exceptional lake, mtn. and island views in this turn key waterfront property with 120 ft. of shorefront on Lake Winnisquam. 4 BR, 3 BA, large living and family rooms, a sun room, lakeside deck and detached Cabana. Great docking system for all your toys. Great rental history. $719,000 MLS# 4398282

Laconia: Seasonal cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee with 3 BR and a loft, your own covered dock, and your own sandy beach or take a short stroll down to the privately shared neighborhood beach. Over 1,000 sqft. with vaulted ceilings, screened porch, deck, and views of the lake! $629,900 MLS# 4406004

Gilford: 3 BR, 2 full BA cape style home in Gunstock Acres with rights to private beach on Lake Winnipesaukee. 1st Floor master BR, wood FP, and walk-out basement is 75% finished with an extra sleeping area. 2-Car attached garage, landscaped lot, and a 2-story deck with views. $369,900 MLS# 4383259

Laconia: 3 BR, 3 BA home with beach rights in South Down Shores. Spacious yard with perennial gardens and plush lawn for outdoor living. Patio and deck with hot tub. Gorgeous Winnipesaukee beaches, tennis courts, scenic walking trails, clubhouse, and more! $429,000 MLS# 4385444

Gilford: Totally refurbished home located in Gunstock Acres. The house features a new kitchen with granite counters, stainless steel appliances, and hardwood floors. The open concept first level is full of charm with its cobblestone fireplace and custom wainscoting. $249,000 MLS# 4405930

Meredith: 5.84 Acres overlooking Lake Waukewan with 100 ft. of waterfront and dock. Panoramic views of the lake and mtns. Quality upgrades include red cedar shingled exterior with Azek trim, deck finish and railing, granite counters, cherry cabinets, ceramic tiled baths and more. $679,000 MLS# 4381208

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sunset we left the hut and trekked up to above the antenna farm to the rocky top of the Nose. The vista directly down the spine of the Green Mountains was gorgeous. The sun setting far away over Lake Champlain produced a red pink alpine glow that blanketed Mount Mansfield all around us. Back at the hut dinner was finishing up and people were busy at all different stages preparing for the next day and bed. But before stuffing the woodstove tight for the night

Charlie on top of Mount Mansfield’s Nose, the snowshoe was only a mile from the Stone Hut. and hitting the hay we all gathered around the table to play a game. I am not sure if the game has a real name, Telephone Pictionary? Nine people, each with nine sheets of paper began the game by writing a phrase or anything that came to mind on the top sheet. Then we passed the stack to the person to our right and read the written words and placed that paper at the bottom of the stack. Next we attempted to draw what we just read and then we passed the stack to our right again. Now we had to look at a drawing and write what we think it represents. We continued alternating guessing words and draw-

ing pictures all around the table until our first words returned. Together we reviewed the progression of the phrases and drawings with much amusement and laughter. We played the game two rounds each night. I confess the stone hut was a grand experience and the wonderful camaraderie we shared with old and new friends was certainly a swell time shared by all. But the skiing was the real reason we were gathered together. First runs down the freshly groomed Nosedive were delicious. No one on the trail in front or behind us, only a fresh carpet of corduroy snow stretched

out below for only us that slept in the Stone Hut. Stowe Mountain Resort is combination of historic rustic and new luxurious amenities and accommodations. The rustic Mansfield Lodge filled with locals and tele skiers still rests below the Front Four where cold draft beers and French fries can still be found. On the opposite side of the spectrum and just a short gondola ride over Route 108 from the summit gondola base is the new and still under construction lavish Stowe Mountain Lodge and Spruce Peak Village. At the base of Spruce Peak is the home of upscale dining and superior slope side accommodations. We covered a lot of terrain riding high speed lifts and skiing fast over the superbly groomed trails and bouncing down the soft moguls was a blast, a skier’s dream come true. We will long remember our stay in the Stone Hut and the fun we had experiencing what ski pioneers shared long ago on top of Vermont. Have Fun.

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tionally, the same is true if a parent determined that they would not allow their child to participate…” So which is it? Is your head exploding yet? It should be. I don’t know what universe Ms. Barry lives in, but it certainly isn’t mine. And, I suspect the same is true of the majority of parents and grandparents here in New Hampshire. NO PERSON AND NO BUREAURCRACY SUPERSEDES PARENTAL RIGHTS. Period. End of discussion. The State House Education Committee met on House Bill 603, protecting a parent’s right to REFUSE Statewide Assessments without penalty and protecting school districts from any backlash from lower participation rates. The committee vote was close. The bill passed through the Education Committee, 11 yeas – 10 nays. The following representatives voted AGAINST parental rights: Reps. Grenier, Lempster; Giles, Concord; Shaw, Manchester; Gorman, Nashua; Frazer,

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Concord; Schmidt, Grantham; Rollo, Rolllinsford; Heath, Manchester; Myler, Contoocook; Verschueren, Dover. No matter what the NH education cabal declares, these Smarter Balance Assessments have NOT been validated. Some Nashua middle school teachers are concerned these “tests” focus on psychological and sociological beliefs rather than measuring academic skills and knowledge. There is also the ongoing critical debate of student privacy and data mining concerns. To make things worse, parents have been unable to even look at these assessments. That’s right they are “secret”. Why the secrecy? Why should any child take a test which a parent cannot review? Does the NH DOE really think they can tell parents they are not allowed to exercise their parental rights and REFUSE THE TEST? Not in my world. We just need to say NO! If you fight for one thing, folks, you should fight for our children. You should ALWAYS fight for parental rights. Because Big

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Daddy Education is NOT necessary a good thing for our families, our communities, or our nation. Teaching to a test DOES NOT WORK. Common Core is Rotten to the Core. And, so are Smarter Balance Assessments. Here is Virginia Barry’s contact information. Let her know what you think. It is time to stand up and have your voice heard. Virginia.Barry@doe. nh.gov Commissioners Office Phone: (603)2713144 We will be sure to update you on the HB 603 vote when the full House takes up this bill. Information is power. (I would like to correct my last article entitled Will the True Republicans Please Stand Up?. I mistakenly reported an incorrect vote from Rep. Frank Tilton, on HB 194 Conception at Life bill. Rep. Tilton voted TO SUPPORT this bill. On HB 194, HB 670, and HB 677, Rep. Tilton voted to support life. Again, my apologies to Rep. Tilton.)

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has been strangely silent while ISIS has been raping women and even little girls wholesale, and selling them as sex slaves. Is the silence of the radical feminists just political expediency or moral bankruptcy? Or both? Secretary of State John Kerry says that there is less violence than usual in the world right now. Meanwhile the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, says the opposite, that terrorism is more violent and dangerous than ever. Since Clapper is Director of National Intelligence, maybe Kerry should have the title Director of National Stupidity. We should never again put a first-term Senator in the White House. But, of the three Republican first-term Senators who are prospective candidates for the 2016 nomination for president, Marco Rubio is one of the very few politicians of either party to publicly admit that he was wrong on a major issue -- immigration. He may well be ready for the White House in 2020.

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to Beijing called the relationship with China as an “integral strategic alliance.” Last year trade with China surpassed Argentina’s trade with the United States. More troubling is a recent space station deal between Beijing and Buenos Aires. The Argentine Congress has approved a satellite tracking facility in the Neuquen region of Patagonia which will serve as part of China’s planned 2020 Moon launch program. China is expected to invest $300 million for the

space tracking base. The United States which has increasingly taken Latin America for granted is now challenged by China’s soft power diplomacy through hard cash loans. Washington needs to take an overdue and proactive view towards this region too long seen as a political afterthought for the past generation. Revitalizing and modernizing John F. Kennedy’s long-forgotten “Alliance for Progress” initiative may be a wise step.

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curity, etc. He often appears on Fox News, on the Right to Local Self-Governance, a pressing need in New Hampshire right now, as our municipal governments are unable to protect us from outside influences, as it is written in our NH state constitution, Article 10. All are welcome to come. For more information, contact Hal or Peggy Graham at halpeg76@metrocast. net.

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of enthusiasm. ... Other people see what they want to see and try to make it into something it’s not.” Indeed, race didn’t enter the picture until two error-riddled reports from the Press of Atlantic City appeared a week after the game occurred and snowballed into global tabloid hysteria. The paper extensively quoted an Atlantic City high school coach who wasn’t even there. The paper failed to mention that the vast majority of the Holy Spirit basketball team is black. The paper neglected to describe the full array

of costumes involved. Nor did it quote any of the kids involved in the skits. Anastasia, who was in attendance, noted: “I was there that night in Absecon. There were black kids along with white kids in that student section, yelling at Atlantic City’s players and cheering for Holy Spirit players. And for the record, there were times during that game when Atlantic City had more white players on the floor (two) than Holy Spirit.” Stephen Brown, a Holy Spirit alumnus who graduated last year and has

many friends at the school, told me: “It is a classic example of how the race card is so unfairly pulled, and in this case is being used to vilify innocent high school students.” Showing more maturity than the Chicken Little instigators in newsrooms around the world who defamed his fellow Spartans, Brown reflected: “This is not only a perfect example of poor journalism, but an example of how members of the biased media like to stir the racial pot.” What we have here is a textbook case of me-

dia-manufactured racism. Knee-jerk race-baiters who see bigotry at every turn are an embarrassment to the profession. Shame on the smear merchants and their enablers who go bananas over every last imagined slight and recklessly monkey around with students’ lives and reputations. The cage-rattlers don’t care about truth, honor or integrity. Lesson learned: It’s a social justice jungle out there, kids. Be prepared.

authoritarian government, received over $800 million last year. China’s aggressive trade and commercial policies have outdistanced the USA in much of the region, long presumed to be as “America’s backyard.” By 2009, People’s China surpassed the USA in trade with Brazil. U.S. two way trade with Brazil reached $72 billion last year. Argentina’s leftwing president Cristina Fernandez Kirchner on a recent visit controversy. Ray Ellis, a black Holy Spirit alumnus and former football player, had dressed up as the banana at a sports match three years ago. The 19-year-old athlete tweeted a photo of himself in costume after the manufactured brouhaha, which he rightly called “ridiculous.” Ellis explained to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Phil Anastasia -- one of the few responsible journalists who covered the story -- that “we get creative at games, we dress up in costumes, we show a lot

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