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Growing Chiropractic Practice Adjusts In New Location

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

“We don’t heal people, the body heals itself,” said Dr. Stephanie Mills at the brand new building in Meredith that houses Crossroads Chiropractic Lakeside’s office. “If your nervous system isn’t functioning normally your body won’t either.

Chiropractic helps the body function better. Your bodies are designed to be healthy and functional.”

Originally across the street at Province Common across Rte 104 since 2010,

the new building has been a goal of Dr. Mills’ since she opened her first office in Pembroke fourteen years ago.

“I’ve always wanted to grow our way of giving whole family health in a chiropractic setting and this area was the first area I wanted to expand to,” said Mills who had grandparents in Center Sandwich and often travelled the Rte 104 Route on her trips from Concord.

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Children’s Museum Consignment Sale

The Great Northeast Boat Show Is Back Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 4th-6th, the Great Northeast Boat Show is back at the 100,000 square foot Hampshire Dome in Milford.

With over twenty-five

dealers showing over seventy-five brands and over 150 boats, this is the largest spring boat show in New England.

Check out our special pull-out section in the

center of this newspaper for all of the details.

For more information on the Great Northeast Boat Show visit them on the web at www.greatnortheastboatshow.com

The Spring Consignment Sale to benefit the Children’s Museum of NH will be held at the Hellenic Center at 219 Long Hill Road in Dover.

The sale will be open on to the public on Saturday, April 5 from 9:30 am – 4pm and on Sunday, April 6 from 10am – 1pm. Sunday’s sale will feature half-price markdowns on many items.

Items for sale include good quality children’s clothes, baby clothes and gear, footwear, toys, strollers, nursery furniture and décor, sports equipment, books, music, and videos at outstanding prices. Maternity

wear will also be available.

People who consign items to the Children’s Museum sale earn 60% of the revenue from their sold items.

Volunteers at the sale receive a higher percentage for their items. The remaining net proceeds benefit the Children’s Museum of NH and its vital education and outreach programs.

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Thursday 27th “Button Up NH” - Workshop

Minot Sleeper Library, 3 Pleasant Street, Bristol. 6:30-8:30pm. Button Up NH workshops are designed to provide homeowners with information and techniques to help them save money on home energy use. Sponsored by the Bristol Energy Committee. Free.

Refreshments will be served. 5365030

“John Winant: NH Man of the World” – Presentation

Pierce Manse, 14 Horseshoe Pond Lane, Concord. 7pm. Presented by Richard Hesse. 224-1819

BooBoo Groove – Live Music

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12pp. BYOB. 527-0043

Thurs. 27th – Sun. 30th Hamlet

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. $14/$12pp. 3351992 Friday 28th

Rock & Blues Guitar Summit

The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

St. Michael’s College Chorale Concert

First Congregational Church, 4 Highland Street, Meredith. 7:30pm.

Free admission. Donations accepted.

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Brickyard Blues Band – Dance Night

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12pp. BYOB. 527-0043

Fri. 28th – Sat. 29th “A Flea In Her Ear”

Garrison Players Art Center, Rollinsford. Friday and Saturday at 8pm. A comedy of mistaken identities and intentions. Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for students

Sat. 29th – Sun. 30th Lakes Region Spring Craft Fair

Sat 10-4 & Sun 10-3 - Opechee Conference Center, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia - Don’t miss this wonderful spring craft fair with great American-made arts & crafts! Some of the exhibits will include antique restorations, chair caning, hand knits, floral arrangements, bling clothing, glass art, fine jewelry, prints & acrylic paintings, bat houses, quilts & quilted decor, fabric crafts, fabulous wooden bowls & wooden crafts, birdhouses, & seasonal decor & lots more!!! Free Adm - Music of Tim Janis - Food - Info Joyce 528-4014 - Directions: I-93 Exit 20 & bear left & follow red signs

Saturday 29th The Great Change: Understanding the Wisdom of Menopause

Sunflower Natural Foods, 390 South Main Street, Laconia. 10am-noon.

Menopause, is unfortunately, the stuff of jokes and fear. This class is led by Melissa Morrison, M.H., and will cover many typical changes that happen during menopause and how to ease yourself through this new phase in your life with help from natural therapies.

Free. 524-6334 to sign up.

Starquest Dance Competition

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com

Mike Gordon

The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

More than Giant Puddles

Community Room, Hopkinton Town Library, 61 Houston Drive, Contoocook. 1:30-2:30pm. Ruth Smith, naturalist and award winning environmental educator, will share her love and excitement of vernal pools.

Program is free but donations are greatly appreciated. 746-6121

Hands-On Blueberry Pruning Workshop

98 Canterbury Road, Chichester. 9am-

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noon. $5pp. Pay at event. 796-2151

Tilton Winter Farmers Market

67 East Main Street, Tilton. 10am2pm. Over 45 vendors. 496-1718

Contra Dance

Wakefield Opera House, 1 High Street, Wakefield. 7:30-9:30pm. To benefit the Wakefield Food Pantry and other Lions Club causes. $6 suggested donation. 557-6770

“Passport to the World” – Travel Trade Show

The Margate Resort, 76 Lake Street, Laconia. 10am-2pm. Door prizes, luggage giveaway at noon, airline tickets from Funjet Vacations, $500 travel voucher from Delta Vacations and more! Free admission. 524-2500

Lakes Region Spring Craft Fair

Conference Center at Lake Opechee Inn, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia.

10am-4pm. Free admission. Raffle to benefit NH Humane Society. www. joycescraftshows.com 528-4014

Rabies Clinic

Franklin Fire Station, 59 West Bow Street, Franklin. 2-4pm. All dogs must be on a leash and all cats must be in a carrier. $12 per dog/cat. 934-3109

Roast Beef Dinner of 2014

Trinity Episcopal Church, 93 NH Route 25, Meredith. 5-7pm. $12pp or $25 for a family of 4. 279-6689

Ben Emmond Memorial Basketball Tournament

Laconia High School, Laconia. Team registration starts at 8am. Double Elimination Style Game. Games go from 9am-5pm. $45/up to 4 person team. 3 point contest, half court shooting contest, raffles, prizes, Lakeside Pizza and more. For more info call 494-1579

Eric Grant Band

Blackstone’s Lounge at the Margate, 76 Lake Street, Laconia. Doors open 6:30pm, show at 8pm. Door prizes and raffles. $25pp. Benefit for the WLNH Children’s Auction. 998-1418

Spaghetti Dinner Benefit

The Greater Wakefield Resource Center, 254 Main Street, Union. 4:307:30pm. Benefit for Lungs for Life. $5/ adults, $3/children 5-12.

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Fresh Produce, Prepared Foods, Meats, Baked Goods & Dairy Live Music & Family Entertainment

Exit 20 on I-93, 67 East Main St (Rte. 3) Tilton, NH sponsored by:

VynnArt in Bloom Exhibit Opens Over a dozen Lakes Region artist’s will display their floral works in a Fine Art Exhibit called “VynnArt in Bloom”. The Exhibit and Art Sale opens on Friday, April 4th through Sunday, April 6th from 10am to 8pm on Friday and Saturday and closing on Sunday at 4pm. On Friday evening from 4pm until 7pm, a reception will be held. At this time the public will have an opportunity to meet and talk with several of the artists.

The show is at VynnArt Gallery and Art Supplies located on 30 Main Street, next to Mill Falls Market Place.

Over sixty Floral paintings in all mediums, pastels, drawings and photography will be featured at the show. Prints and artist’s greeting cards will also be for sale. Among the art, local florists will display their have their creations as well.

Throughout the show you will have the opportunity to watch artists paint their next creation.

For more information about the “VynnArt in Bloom” Exhibit please call (603) 279-0557.

Lakes Region Spring Craft Fair The Lakes Region Spring Craft Fair takes place on Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30 at the Opechee Conference Center, 62 Doris Ray Ct., in Laconia.

The hours for the craft fair are Saturday from 10-4 & Sunday from 10-3 The photo features fabulous caned chairs, caned stools, and caned baskets by designer Melanie Miller who will demonstrate her beautiful family craft at the fair.

Some of the arts & crafts will include bling-bling clothing (shirts/blouses/jackets), chair caning, handknits, hand caned baskets, antique restorations, glass art, floral designs, wood turned pens, photo cards, bat houses & birdhouses, dips/salsas, fine art with acrylic paintings, wooden inlaid bowls, handpainted gourds, gnome homes for birds, wooden clocks, cutting boards, wooden clocks, fabulous handpainted folk and country art, fleece blankets, soaps, felted animals, & more!

The music of Tim Janis will be available! Great Food + NH Humane Society of Laconia will hold a large raffle to benefit the Laconia shelter! Info Joyce 528-4014 www.joycescraftshows.com See you there!!!

Welcoming Back The Loons The 4th Annual Spring Migration Gathering is being held at Magic Foods Catering, Rt. 25, Moultonborough from 5pm. – 7pm. on Saturday, April 12th. Supporters of the non-profit Loon Preservation Committee (LPC) will gather to “Welcome Back our Loons.” LPC Board and Staff will be on hand to answer questions and update the crowd on the status of New Hampshire’s most beloved bird. Light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available. LPC is also taking reservations for a Four-Course Dinner to follow the event for those interested in staying on for their evening meal. LPC must receive payment in advance for both the cocktail reception and the dinner.

For information on admission to the event, or how you can support the work of the Loon Preservation Committee, please contact the Development Office at 476-5666, or lobara@loon. org.

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Sweet Victory

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

I realize many of you turn to this page to find a bit of humor, some amusement to get you through the work week.

I have tried as best as I could over the years to provide you with just that. To help you turn away from the depressing headlines and politics that consume so much of the other so-called news outlets week to week.

I hope, for the most part, that I have succeeded.

But even I must give pause on occasion to turn my thoughts and words towards things that I am passionate enough about.

To use my bully pulpit to draw attention to things that can really make a difference in this unpredictable world.

So, this week, with this direction. I would like to draw your attention to a very important issue here in the Granite State.

There is a bill that has been presented to the New Hampshire House of Representatives that could have a significant impact on not just anyone who likes to eat, but to the safety of the country as a whole.

House Bill 1378 has been introduced to repeal a long standing law, a law that was introduced in 1971 that bans restaurants from serving sugar in open containers.

After forty years of being forced to serve sugar in individual packets and in containers that are, according to the 1971

law, “not more than 3/8 of an inch in diameter”, someone has finally had the sense to stand up and say: “Enough is enough.

Let us stop the madness.

Let us put sugar back into easy pour containers and open bowls, put them on restaurant tables across the state and let the people decide.”

It makes sense to me.

In this age of bigger government and intrusive regulations, let’s bring some sanity back to the dinner table when eating out. Give me the choice of whether or not I choose to spoon out my sugar from a big, inviting, widemouth bowl or to deal with the sometimes frustrating work of opening a small packet and risk the embarrassment of an errant tear with the end result of a lapful of sweet crystals.

It should be up to me.

Amazingly enough, this bill and its desire to put the simple scooping of sugar back into the hands of the people has met resistance. It seems a few state representatives feel that by putting sugar back into open bowls, these bowls could now become easy targets for terrorists who might want to poison the sugar.

Just to be clear. These are New Hampshire state representatives who are concerned with a terrorist plot to poison sugar bowls from Salem to Berlin. And also to be clear let me assure you I am not making any of this up.

But what do I feel is the real serious issue here.

First of all, to those representatives who are concerned about this terrorist act I only have one thing to say: “THANKS A LOT FOR GIVING TERRORISTS AND OTHER IDIOTS A NEW IDEA!!”

We’ve already had every aspect of Airline travel ruined by the terrorist

knuckleheads and now you’ve opened the door for them to ruin our dining experience as well.

Will we soon be faced with the sudden restriction on some food items and condiments that we have been taking for granted all these years?

Want some salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard or relish? Better have your ID handy.

Maybe some popcorn or peanuts. Who was that suspicious guy lingering by the bar mix?

By the way, keeping sugar in packets isn’t going to solve anything. Did any of these legislators watch the last episode of Breaking Bad? (I’m certainly not going to reveal here what happened to those who don’t know; I’m not about to enable any terrorists like some state representatives I know.)

So, we have reached a crossroads, a crucial moment in our state’s history.

Do we allow the average citizen to enjoy limitless amounts of sugar in easily accessible, wide open containers, as is our right, or do we continue to restrict it?

As far as I’m concerned, if I don’t have the right to stick a giant soup spoon into a big bowl of sugar at my local restaurant and then sprinkle that all over the top of my hot fudge sundae, then, my friends, the terrorists have won.

Thanks for listening.

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VA Mismanagement To The Editor: I am a concerned Unites States Army Veteran who served honorably with the 25th Infantry Division on active duty and I am a current team leader with the New Hampshire Chapter of Concerned Veterans for America (CVA). I am writing to express my strong support for the Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014, where more information can be accessed at vaaccountability.org. I support the bill, as well as the principles on which it is based, and hope you will as well. Just as the military taught us that we are accountable for our behavior, I believe that VA leadership must be held accountable for poor performance. It’s common sense and long overdue.

Recently, there have been waves of news reports exposing VA mismanagement that is literally costing the lives of our veterans, yet nobody is held accountableor fired-for these egregious offenses. It’s unacceptable!

I support this legislation because we owe it to our veterans, period.

I have joined with Concerned Veterans for America in this effort because we must hold VA accountable to uphold the promises America has made to our veterans. America’s heroes deserve the very best, but they’re not getting it.

More money for VA is not the answer; the answer is accountability and better performance. That is why I ask you, sir or ma’am, to

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call and write our congressional delegation and urge them to get onboard. Tell Rep. Annie Kuster, Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Sen. Kelly Ayotte to co-sponsor the VA Management Accountability Act of 2014 in their respective chambers.

Thank for your consideration.

Joseph Lachance Manchester, NH.

Evidence Is Condemning To The Editor: Years ago Barack Obama started talking about income inequality. So it’s ironic that income inequality has increased significantly during his Presidency. It’s ironic, but it’s not surprising because income inequality is the unavoidable result of President Obama’s “progressive� policies.

Despite frequently berating the rich and demanding that they pay their “fair share�, President Obama’s policies have made the rich richer. But, of course, that is what the rich expect for a $35,000 dinner.

The rich are major beneficiaries of big government, from fat government contracts (often without competitive bidding), special tax treatments, regulations for favored businesses, selective enforcement of laws and regulations, etc.

On the other hand, nonrich working Americans are worse off now than five years ago; this too is the unavoidable result of Presi-

This newspaper was first published in 1883

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

dent Obama’s progressive policies.

Most non-rich working Americans depend on employers for jobs. Policies that hurt employers’ chances for success also hurt Americans needing a job (or a better job).

Obama’s progressive policies increase business risks and costs, making success more unlikely.

Businesses slow or stop growing or contract, slowing or stopping job growth or even cutting jobs.

Small businesses create the most jobs. Yet, starting a business is quite risky, about half of all new businesses fail within four years. Poor economic times and progressive policies combined reduce the chances for the success needed to create jobs.

Obama’s extremist regulations are closing down existing businesses (e.g., mines, farms, electricity generating plants) costing hundreds of thousands of good jobs. Obama’s extremist energy policies raise energy costs which increase the cost of everything we buy and force some businesses to cut jobs. Other Obama policies prevent the creation of millions of high-paying jobs, especially in energy, pipeline, and related businesses.

President Obama’s support of illegal aliens reduces the wages and number of jobs for working Americans, increases our tax burden, and creates victims of accidents and crimes committed by peoSee mail boat on 23

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Mother Nature was kind and generous to her skier and snowboarding friends in March! All this nice snow should keep us on the slopes well into April!

We arrived early at Black Mountain in Jackson and snagged a parking space near the lodge. But it didn’t matter that we didn’t make the first lift ride because every trail was open and there was more than enough snow for everyone to make fresh tracks all morning.

The Summit double chairlift rides were enjoyable. The sun wasn’t exactly bright but the surrounding mountains were all visible and the vista was grand. As the lift nears the top, Mount Washington can be seen right straight ahead— it is the only lift in the state that affords this view without having to turn your head 180 degrees!

To the southwest even a

mountain newbie can pick out Stairs Mountain since it clearly looks like a set of stairs.

I jumped into the Carter Notch Glades and the Maple Slalom Chute and survived the tight quarters and the occasional rock that somehow managed not to be covered with snow. The glades were great fun and the bumps

were soft. The groomers down Big Dipper and Roller Coaster were smooth and charming to cruise the ski area’s 1,100’ vertical drop. Their 40 trails were never crowded and we were able to let our skis run.

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From The State House Have We Lost A ll Sanity?

I’ll bet you didn’t know the NH House voted to offer animals/pets rights to protection under domestic violence. Yes, that is right.

by Rep. Jane If the House Cormier has its way, Belknap District 8 PETS will now have legislated rights under HB1410. Never mind that cruelty to animals is already a crime on the books. Animals now deserve rights analogous to human beings. Now, speed ahead to HB 1503 which sought to offer a remedy to the fact that human babies have no status under NH law.

If you are drunk driving and during a car accident, kill an unborn baby, that baby has NO legal status. The person driving the vehicle CANNOT be charged for the crime of causing the death of that baby. HB 1503 tried to remedy this (just as the NH State Supreme Court has suggested) by offering a Fetal Homicide bill for the sole purpose of defining “fetus” during a criminal act. This bill also defined CLEARLY that women obtaining abortions would NOT be affected in any way by this Fetal Homicide bill. Abortion rights are already secure rights in the US Constitution.

There are 38 states including California who have Fetal Homicide bills on the books. However, Rep. David Huot (Laconia) See cormier on 22

Revolt Against The Testing Tyrants Have you had enough of the testing tyranny? Join the club. To be clear: I’m not against all standardized academic tests. My kids

by Michelle Malkin excel on tests.

Syndicated Columnist The problem is that there are too damned many of these top-down assessments, measuring who knows what, using our children as guinea pigs and cash cows.

College-bound students in Orange County, Fla., for example, now take a total of 234 standardized diagnostic, benchmark and achievement tests from kindergarten through 12th grade. Reading instructor Brian Trutschel calculated that a typical 10th-grade English class will be disrupted 65 out of 180 school days this year alone for mandatory tests required by the state and district. “It’s a huge detriment to instruction,” he told the Orlando Sentinel last month. The library at one Florida middle school is closed for a full three months out of the 10-month school year for computerized assessments.

“It’s horrible, because all we do is test,” Nancy Pace, the school’s testing coordinator, told the newspaper. “There’s something every month.” My Colorado 8th-grader has been tied up all week on her TCAPs (Transitional Colorado Assessment Program), which used to be called CSAPs (Colorado Student Assessment Program), which will soon be replaced by something else.

Now, pile on the latest avalanche of federal pilot testing schemes tied to the Common Core racket.

When they’re not preoccupied with getting ready for Iowa basic skills tests, NAEPs, ACTs, PSATs, revamped SATs, CLEPs, FCATs, TCAPs and scores of other state exams, American kids will be busy testing new tests. Because the Common Core testing scheme mandates computerized administration and because the tests incorporate bandwidth-hogging videos and graphics, school districts across the country must spend gobs of time and money on test preparation.

The San Francisco Unified School District shelled out more than $800,000 this year for new computers, keyboards and headsets for testing, and will buy 5,300 Apple computers next year to start standardizing the district on a single operating system, according to the EdSource.org website. Rural students will be yanked out of the classroom and herded on buses over the course of several days to get to tech-connected districts, where they will spend several hours each day (on top of hours of travel) taking experimental Common Core-aligned field tests that won’t count until next year.

The federally funded testing consortium called PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers), which raked in $186 million through Race to the Top to develop nationalized tests tied to the top-down Common Core program, will dragoon more than one million students into field testing this spring. The other federally funded testing consortium, the $180-million tax-subsidized Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, was supposed to start field tests this week for three million students in 23 states. But lastminute “glitches” have delayed the untested tests by at least a week,

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Afghan Countdown UNITED NATIONS—The

clock is ticking and the calendar counting down for Afghanistan as the embattled South Asian

by John J. Metzler country heads Syndicated Columnist for Presidential elections in April and the pullout of foreign security forces by the end of the year. A credible electoral process would go a long way in paving a peaceful transition for the war torn country which must soon bear the brunt of its security challenges without the help of American and NATO troops after 2014.

Addressing a Security Council meeting , Jan Kubis, the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged the country’s voters “Do not let spoilers and terrorists deprive you of your choice, of your future.” Kubis advised that given the delicate transition, “a credible electoral process could provide much needed stability for peace and reconciliation. “ During the Council debate delegates expressed concerns over Afghanistan’s future, especially following the planned pullout of American and other countries in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

American delegate Rosemary Di Carlo stated the United States “was under no illusions” that the transition would be smooth.

Other delegates were more specific on the enduring threats.

India’s Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji stressed that the “main threat to security and stability was terrorism emanating from beyond Afghanistan’s borders. “ He alluded that “it was unfortunate that the terrorists sanctuaries and safe havens as well as financial and tactical support structure were still active.”

This comment reflected a veiled reference to neighboring Pakistan and the “double game” the Islamabad authorities have played supporting different Taliban militant factions.

Ambassador Mukerji conceded, “India does not have the luxury of an ‘exit strategy’ in Afghanistan which shares a civilization linkage with India.”

Russia’s Ambassador Vitaly

Churkin equally pressed the terror theme adding that a recent report by the Secretary General “failed to mention many challenges including the presence of Al Qaida. “ Islamist forces were active not only in remote areas but along the Turkmenistan border. He asked “to what extent could the artificial timetable for ISAF’s withdrawal be justified?’”

Despite the humanitarian, human rights, and educational building blocks of the UN Mission, the real question centers on whether the Kabul government can stand on its own feet following the pullout of international security forces, mostly American, by year’s end? Though the current Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government has said a resounding No to the continued presence of foreign security forces, all contenders in the upcoming election apparently favor a small rapid deployment security force.

Given the stinging lessons of the Iraq pullout without leaving a small American contingent, the Obama Administration has tried, without success, to get a deal for a crucial security presence in Afghanistan. Italy’s delegate Sebastiano Cardi stated that it would be of “fundamental importance that Afghanistan and the United States sign the Bilateral Security Agreement “ since delay would have a clear impact on planning NATO’s future in the country.

The United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy remain the largest troop contributors among the 49 countries in the ISAF mission.

Canada’s Ambassador Michael Grant added, “we call upon the government of Afghanistan to sign without delay the requisite Afghanistan/ U.S. bilateral Security Agreement.” While Canada’s military role in the long conflict had ended, Ottawa has pledged $227 million in development assistance between 2014 and 2017, and equally has beefed-up aid for Afghan military pay at $330 million over the next three years.

Economic support remains vital for Afghanistan’s fragile future.

Japan has been a major donor from the start. Since 2002, Japan had contributed more than $5 billion for development assistance according to Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa; in fact Tokyo

has funded approximately a third of the total salaries for the Afghan National Police and has built or renovated more than 820 schools around the country. The Japanese have placed particular emphasis on education for girls.

Importantly given Afghanistan’s recent history and continuing security challenges, stability remains at the core for the future. Slovak Ambassador Frantisek Ruzicka stated, “Overall security remains

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A Tiger of a Book Professor Amy Chua of the Yale law school is better known as a “Tiger Mom” because of her take-no-prisoners, tough love approach

by Thomas Sowell t o r a i s i n g Syndicated Columnist children. She and her husband Jed Rubenfeld (a fellow Yale law professor) have written what may turn out to be the best book of this year.

It is titled “The Triple Package” because it argues that three qualities are found in spectacularly successful groups in America. These three qualities, they say, are a superiority complex, insecurity and impulse control.

Whether you buy their theory or not, you will be enormously enlightened by their attempts to prove it. In the process they shoot down many of the popular beliefs about upward mobility in

America and about the kinds of people who succeed.

At a time when so many in academia and the media are proclaiming that the poor are no longer able to rise in America, Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld point out that a major research project on which that conclusion has been based left out immigrants.

In their own words, “Although rarely mentioned in media reports, the studies said to show the demise of upward mobility in America largely exclude immigrants and their children.

Indeed, the Pew Foundation study most often cited as proof of the death of upward mobility in the United States expressly cautions that its findings do not apply to ‘immigrant families,’ for whom ‘the American dream is alive and well.’”

Some immigrant groups have risen spectacularly, even when they arrived here with very little money and sometimes with little See Sowell on 22

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Presented by MB Tractor & Equipment, the LRGHealthcare Red Dress Gala at Church Landing in Meredith was a sell-out success.

Event organizers were thrilled to welcome more than 320 guests, and are proud to announce that the gala raised an impressive $62,654!

Coinciding with American Heart Month, the Red Dress Gala helps to raise awareness about heart disease and prevention. Over the past ten years this signature event has raised $464,000 for cardiac services, programs, and technology at LRGHealthcare and for our community Emergency Response partners.

2013 proceeds were used to purchase eight LUCAS™ chest compression units for the Emergency Departments at Franklin Regional Hospital, Lakes Region General Hospital and several local ambulances. Proving to be a huge asset in helping to save lives in our community, additional units will be purchased for EMS partners in several surrounding towns, thanks to supporters of the Red Dress Gala.

For this special 10th Anniversary the Red Dress Gala committee chose to move the event back to where it all began years ago – Church Landing at Mill Falls at the Lake. With the theme A Toast to Ten Years the ballroom at Church Landing was decorated with simple elegance which included striking custom-made linens in black, red, and ivory donated by Divine Inspirations, unique and romantic centerpieces created by ten-year gala supporter Susan Brown of Lakes Region Floral Studio, and thousands upon thousands of little white lights and candles.

Lakes Region Party & Gift donated hundreds of black and gold balloons; Carlos from Five Star Entertainment contributed dramatic up-lighting; and Jeff Day carved a martini luge and huge champagne glass ice sculptures, all of which added to the celebratory feel of the night.

The Common Man culinary team presented a truly mouthwatering meal, Geoff Cunningham performed beautiful music during the cocktail hour, and Paul Warnick & Phil ‘n the Blanks had the dance floor spilling over well into the night. Warren Bailey of Comcast Spotlight worked the crowd during the live auction,

Thank You for your support of the 2014 LRGHealthcare Red Dress Gala - February 7, 2014 Gold Sponsor Evroks Corporation Cocktail Reception Sponsor Bank of New Hampshire Entertainment Sponsor Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook Silver Sponsors Decorative Interiors DiGiorgio Associates Inc./ Monitor Builders Inc. FairPoint Communications Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary Lovering Volvo Medical Reimbursement Specialists Bronze Sponsors BlueSpire Marketing Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary Franklin Savings Bank Health Plans, Inc. Meredith Village Savings Bank Corporate Sponsors Cross Insurance Holbrook Insurance Center, Inc. Red Dress Contributors Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering, P.C. Water Street Café Event Supporters Allan Harrison ~ 1350AM Radio Annalee Dolls Comcast Spotlight Crown Design Divine Inspirations Design Studio Five Star Entertainment Geoff Cunninham, Pianist Ice Design by Jeff Day Lakes Region Floral Studio Lakes Region Party and Gift Lee’s Candy Kitchen Mill Falls at the Lake MW Animation & Video Paul Warnick and Phil ‘n the Blanks Salmon Press Newspapers Stacey Brobst Photography Taylor Rental The Common Man The Laconia Daily Sun Tylergraphics, Inc. Warren Bailey ~ Live Auctioneer 98.3 LNH

Live Auction Donors Annie’s Café & Catering Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook Comcast Spotlight Contigiani’s Catering Service Creative Office Pavilion/Chatham Bars Inn Fratello’s Italian Grille Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary New Hampshire Fisher Cats SunDay’s Salon & Spa, Inc. Silent Auction Donors Adornments Unique Jewelry & Accessories All My Life Jeweler BJ Eckardt Bon-Ton’s Housecleaning Service Brad Thompson ~ Northern Design Precast Brenda’s Ride with Friends Broadway North Capitol Center for the Arts Carrie’s Eco Spa Boutique CGI Business Solutions Christine Hodecker, Artist Dr. Bethany King ~ Lakes Cosmetic Institute Eliza King, Local Artist Franklin Opera House Arts & Entertainment Center Functional Fitness Gunstock Mountain Resort Irene M. Goddu, Artist Irwin Ford Toyota Sales Team Jessica LaFlamme ~ La Femme Joli Hair Salon Judy Palfrey, Loon Cove Arts Knead to be Fit Massage Therapy Lady of the Lake Lakes Region Community College Lakes Region Community Services Lakes Region Floral Studio Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary Lakes Region Opticians Lee’s Candy Kitchen LiSasha’s Beauty Lounge Local Eatery LRGHealthcare Board of Trustees McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Meredith Bay Laser Center – A Medical Spa Meredith Village Savings Bank Mill Falls at the Lake Mix 94.1FM New Hampshire Motor Speedway Nippo Lake Golf Club Northeast Delta Dental Oglethorpe Fine Arts & Crafts O Steaks & Seafood Patrick’s Pub & Eatery Pike Industries, Inc. Pirate’s Cove Lakes Region, Inc. Platinum Salon & Spa Relief Bodyworks & Massage Rochester Country Club Sacred Waters Yoga at Mill Falls

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Red Dress Gala Committee Susan Brown, Gala Co-chair Lakes Region Floral Studio Liane Clairmont, Gala Co-chair Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook Stephanie Wentworth, Gala Co-chair Decorative Interiors Betty Ballantyne, The Irwin Automotive Group Stephanie Caldon, LRGHealthcare Andrea Chin, LRGHealthcare Becky Doherty, LRGHealthcare Ilona Dunfee, Creative Office Pavilion Molly King, 98.3 LNH Sarah Lapointe, LRGHealthcare Trish Laurent, Town of Meredith Sonja Maley, Community Member Katie Reid, Bank of New Hampshire Heather Smith, LRGHealthcare Barbara Tuttle, Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary Sandy Watson, Community Volunteer Maureen Wilkins, LRGHealthcare

raising nearly $11,000 in less than a half-hour.

Highlights for guests included a very fun photo booth with props galore, a delicious candy buffet, late-night S’mores courtesy of Annalee Dolls, fabulous live and silent auction items, and a heartfelt champagne toast to ten years by LRGHealthcare President & CEO Tom Clairmont.

“In its tenth year the LRGHealthcare Red Dress Gala continues to thrive. The support from our sponsors, advertisers, auction and in-kind donors, and the hundreds of guests who attend year after year is remarkable,” stated LRGHealthcare President & CEO Tom Clairmont. “On behalf of the LRGHealthcare Family, our local EMS partners, and of course the patients whose lives have been saved, Thank You to every business and individual who has supported the gala in any way over the past ten years.”

In addition to the 320 guests, over 100 business and individuals supported the event and cause.

Joining Presenting Sponsor MB Tractor & Equipment in supporting the Red Dress Gala were Gold Sponsor Evroks Corporation; Cocktail Reception Sponsor Bank of New Hampshire; Entertainment Sponsor Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook; Silver Sponsors Decorative Interiors, DiGiorgio Associates Inc./Monitor Builders Inc., FairPoint Communications, Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary, Lovering Volvo, and Medical Reimbursement Specialists; Bronze Sponsors BlueSpire Marketing, Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary, Franklin Savings Bank, Health Plans, Inc., and Meredith Village Savings Bank.; and Corporate Sponsors Cross Insurance and Holbrook Insurance Center, Inc. Major event supporters include Church Landing at Mill Falls at the Lake, Comcast Spotlight, Crown Design, Divine Inspirations, Five Star Entertainment, Geoff Cunningham, Ice Designs by Jeff Day, Lakes Region Floral Studio, Lakes Region Party & Gift, MW Animation & Video, Paul Warnick and Phil ‘n the Blanks, Salmon Press Newspapers, Stacey Brobst Photography, Taylor Rental, The Common Man, The Laconia Daily Sun, Tylergraphics, Inc., and live auctioneer Warren Bailey.

LRGHealthcare is a not-for-profit healthcare charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospital, Franklin Regional Hospital, and affiliated medical providers. LRGHealthcare’s mission is to provide quality, compassionate care and to strengthen the well-being of our community.

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Does Your Body Need Supplementation?

by Chellsey Latham Contributing Writer

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If you are asking yourself this question and eat a typical American diet, the answer is YES! There has been quite a bit of debate

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regarding nutrition supplementation and if it’s really a necessity. Through decades of research and clinical trials there have been countless studies to prove that supplementation does have a vital role in promoting whole body health and wellness. A major factor is making sure you supplements are appropriately sourced and contain the nutrients and minerals needed to be absorbed by the body.

A major toll has been taken on the soils our food is grown in and pesticides have done a lot of damage.

Meat is raised in extremely large masses and fed unnatural, cheap processed foods and our fruits and vegetables are harvested early and then treated with ethanol gas to ripen quickly. Not to mention the genetic modification and man-made processed foods that is cheap and readily available for humans to consume. Our food is just not what it used to be and no longer contains the mineral-rich content it used to.

Another issue is most people do not consume the minimum of five servings of vegetables and two servings of fruit each day. Lots of bad food choices are being made and lack the right proteins, amino acids, oil and fibers. Nutrients the

body needs are not being replenished or are not properly absorbed.

Chronic illness and disease are at an all-time high and can be often be linked to nutritional deficiency or a digestive disorder. Malnutrition affects the way the body functions and when the internal environment is not balanced free radicals, bacteria and fungus can wreak havoc on the entire system. A good diet and proper supplementation will severely reduce the risk of illness and disease as the body’s defenses will be working, your body is a warrior and you have to give it the right armor.

Keep in mind supplements are only supplements and should be used to fill the gaps of a clean diet and fulfill the needs of your body that food cannot.

Food is the foundation, but in this day and age, nutrition supplementation is something that should not be overlooked.

Chellsey is a Holistic Health Consultant and owner of Natural Roots & Remedies in Gilford, NH. Through consultation visits she can help guide you in making better food choices and implement the correct supplementation for you.

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Your Health is in Your Hands

by Dr. Graham Moneysmith, DC. Contributing Writer

If you have never had experience with a chiropractor, you may be curious regarding what we do, how we do it, and what our goals are. Simply, most people associate chiropractic care with back pain relief. This is fair because chiropractic has been shown in research, and case studies to be quite successful in caring for back pain.

The truth is that the relief of commonly known chiropractic successes like neck pain, low back pain, headaches, sciatica, and pain radiating to the extremities are just the external victories. It’s obviously great for people who are suffering to feel better and chiropractors are excited to get to participate in helping people find pain relief. Yet, that being the case, it sells chiropractic a little bit short of its true goals and purposes.

We view the body as an intelligent system, that has a God given ability to heal, function, and maintain itself. Think of it like this: you don’t have to tell your heart to beat or your lungs to breath (thankfully, that’s done for you!), these automatic functions, like so many others in our body, run smoothly (generally) and without a conscious thought. The simple act of just waking up, getting out of bed, and taking a deep breath requires a magnificent symphony of bones, muscles, and neurology (in a gross over simplification)! Never forget how miraculous you are on a daily basis.

All of these controls and

functions of the body are operated by your nervous system. Your brain is the control center and it sends messages/information down the spinal cord, out the spinal nerves, to every cell, tissue, and organ in the body. Conversely, everything that takes directions from the brain sends information back to the brain via the same pathway (a big feedback loop). Chiropractors trust in this idea to help people function better. If there is dysfunction in the spine then this information superhighway that controls everything, could function at a lesser level and ultimately lead to lesser health. When this manifests as pain (and frankly, you can have issues long before pain develops) we don’t view the pain as a problem but as your body’s check engine light.

It is information indicating an issue. Remember pain isn’t the problem, it is a side effect of a problem. Example: if you have headaches, taking a pain reliever may shut down the throbbing, but what caused the headache?

Is it dehydration, do you need an eye exam, is it stress, a sinus infection, or an issue in the spinal bones of your neck? Basically, turning off the check engine light without addressing a cause, is not an answer.

Ultimately, chiropractic follows a really simple idea: the body heals itself.

We do not adjust to relieve pain or treat or diagnose a symptom/problem. We seek misalignments in the spinal vertebrae, gently adjust them and allow the body to heal. Address the misalignment or dysfunction in the spine, allow the body’s information superhighway, the nervous system, to do its job and get out of the way. When this happens there is no limit, in my opinion, of how successful an individual can be. So does chiropractic work to help back pain, headaches, etc? Absolutely. Yet, people go to chiropractors for things like

ear infections, asthma, allergies, low immunity, fatigue, and digestion problems. We see success happen in these cases on a daily basis, too. The thing to remember is that the body in all of these cases does the healing, not the chiropractor or chiropractic. I do not have a specific adjustment that I employ for any of those aforementioned problems and we are not even attempting to “fix” those types of issues. We adjust or correct the spinal misalignment and this hopefully allows the nervous system and the innate intelligence housed there to work more effectively.

You see, when the body’s inborn healing takes off, via a better functioning nervous system, the body can create health in all kinds scenarios (even unexpected ones). Obviously, everyone’s results will vary, but a healthy spine is always preferable to a spine that is breaking down. If you have questions about your health, find your local chiropractor and see if chiropractic is right for you. Chiropractic, because the body heals itself!

Dr. Graham Moneysmith, DC., graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2007. He is currently working with Crossroads Chiropractic at both of their locations in Meredith and Pembroke, NH. Their website is www.crossroadschiropractic.com.

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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.

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Recently a subscriber of my newsletter emailed me about how he purchased a small rotary saw tool and proceeded to burn it up in about 20 minutes.

After asking him what he did, it was obvious he was expecting too much from the tool. My advice to you is to have a firm understanding of what an electric multitool can and shouldn’t do.

For example, if you intend to sand a small part of a project that’s got some tight corners, a multitool is a perfect tool for this job. But I’d never expect a multitool to be used to sand a large flat tabletop. Use a belt sander or larger oscillating half-sheet sander for the wide-open areas.

I think an electric multitool is perfect to grind out sections of ceramic tile grout, but I’d never expect it to do an entire floor the size of a basketball court. I’d use my multitool with a metalcutting blade to cut off the ends of several halfinch diameter bolts, but I’d never expect it to cut off pieces of half-inch rebar all day at a construction site.

You’ll be amazed at how your new multitool will allow you to cut

off the bottoms of door trim and door jambs if you need to install new flooring under them. Not too long ago this was a tough task with a handpowered saw. The micro wood-cutting blades with small teeth make these cuts look like they were done with a surgeon’s scalpel.

To get the full grasp of what these amazing tools can do, just look at pages of the accessories that attach to the tools.

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was essential and Dr. Mill posted for a chiropractor on the website of the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, where she graduated from. (Palmer is the first Chiropractic College in the country, established in 1897 and the first chiropractic adjustment happened in Davenport in 1895.)

Dr. Graham Moneysmith answered the ad.

Also a graduate of Palmer, Moneysmith had been practicing in Iowa for a couple of years and decided, along with his wife, that he’s like to pursue a new area. “I was in a practice that was personal injury and pain based and I was a little tired of that,� said Moneysmith. “When I called Stephanie about the job she asked me what I disliked most about chiropractic and I mentioned these points she told me I should come to New Hampshire and see what they do.�

Moneysmith made the trip to Pembroke and was very pleased to see the degree of personal interaction, positive energy and happy people, on both the staff and the patients (Crossroads

Practice members swipe their key fob when they arrive for their appointment and their records will appear when they are called for their adjustment.

Dr. Stephanie Mills and Dr. Graham Moneysmith at Crossroads Chiropractic’s new Meredith building. Dr. Mill started the practice in Pembroke in 2000. They stand in front of a picture which emphasizes their mind/body connection when it comes to keeping healthy. uses the term “practice members� when talking of their clients.)

Moneysmith loved the experience and spent six months learning about Crossroads Chiropractic and New Hampshire and eventually moved his family to the Lakes Region and went to work as the sole chiropractor at the Meredith location.

Meanwhile, Dr. Stephanie always had her eyes on a piece of land across the street to set up a permanent location. It had been available for awhile but some wetland restrictions had made it a

challenging spot to build upon. Still, they managed to pull it off and today have settled in for good in Meredith.

Inside the new building, you will notice that the adjustment tables are in full view, a little different than the separate enclosed rooms that most are familiar with in other chiropractor’s offices.

This open concept is just one facet of Crossroads Chiropractic’s different approach. “We approach chiropractic in the traditional sense and are subluxation focussed,� said Dr.

Mills in regards to the manipulation of the spine that is familiar to most. “But we don’t just do an adjustment and send you on your way. We also are very involved in helping educate our practice members in understanding the three causes of misalignments (thoughts which cause emotional stress trauma and toxins) and how to limit those things in your life. Misalignments interfere with the messages the brain sends to the body.� “We want to get chiropractic in the right way at the right time,� said Mon-

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They have even set up their scheduling to eliminate the stress that often comes with the visit to the doctor’s office.

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for your appointment, etc. Once inside, a swipe of your key fob across the computer’s reader, you take your seat and just wait to be called in the It’s THE PLACE to be! order you arrived. (With 4 chiropractors in the PemNov location, 8, Stanley Yerlow Tajci broke the & time blocks even - The Nov 9, are Dirty Deeds It’more s visit THEAC/DC PLACETribute to be! wide open.)

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see what level you are at in your treatment and make for a faster and precise adjustment.

The adjustment tables themselves work with an air compression system that makes each adjustment easier.

Even though the appointments at Crossroads Chiropractic are as time efficient as possible, the doctors are very involved with keeping close to all of their patient members. “I feel so honored to have been a part of so many lives,� said Dr. Mills. “To see the young children I have helped now graduating from High School means so much to me.�

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tic also offers a series of free workshops given throughout the year as well as holding special fun events outside of the office where everyone is invited to participate. “Last summer we had a picnic at Wellington State Beach in Bristol that was a lot of fun,� said Dr. Moneysmith.

The free workshops, which are also open to the public, are held at both the Meredith and Pembroke offices on the same nights at the same times with the same topic.

As both the Pembroke and Meredith office of Crossroads Chiropractic grow, so does Dr. Mills’ plans to expand. “There are no definite plans yet, but we definitely want reach out further on a statewide basis in the future,� said Dr. Mills.

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Her baby is still NONEXISTENT. Some say this was a NARAL proposed amendment. In any case, the gutting of this bill with Rep. Huot’s amendment was to protect that feared, slippery slope of abortion.

Pro abortion advocates fight these laws under the panic that somehow it will lead to stopping abortion. So rather than allow a commonsense law that allows a family to receive justice on their CHOICE to HAVE a baby, that baby must stay a nonentity. No justice - no closure - all to protect the already Constitutional right to have an abortion.

The Prime Sponsor of this bill was Rep. Leon Rideout from Lancaster who had the most unfortunate experience with Fetal Homicide in NH. His daughter was expecting a babywhom the family was eagerly awaiting. However, someone plowing through a stop sign, hit their vehicle, seriously injuring Rep. Rideout’s daughter and killing her late term baby.

This person could not be charged with fetal homicide as the baby had no legal standing in NH. No justice, no closure.

Have we all lost our senses? We will provide protections for our pets but because of abortion ideologies, we will not support a family who loses a beloved and awaited member of their family? Something is very wrong. We have lost our way.

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Choice goes both ways, folks. But abortion advocates fight for protected status - even when that status is not in danger.

Their “slippery slope� must be protected at all costs. It doesn’t matter if that cost is a beloved and cherished baby.

You can find out how your representative voted on NH Gen Court. Look up HB 1503. The vote was taken on March 20.

The first vote was the Huot amendment which was 176 in favor (to take out “fetus�) 116 against.

You can then look at the roll call of this vote. His amendment might offer steeper sentences for the crime (naturally, judges will decide this) against the woman, but it leaves the woman and family bereft of justice and closure in the death/killing of their child. Not a good day in the NH House of Representatives.

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knowledge of English. “Almost 25 percent of Nigerian households make over $100,000 a year� in America, the authors point out, compared to just 11 percent of black American households.

Other groups that have risen dramatically over the years include Mormons, immigrants from India and Iran, and refugees who fled Cuba when Fidel Castro took over there, back in 1958.

Those Cubans had to leave most of their wealth behind and, even when they had been doctors or other professionals in Cuba, they had to start out at the bottom in America, “crammed into small apartments and became dishwashers, janitors, and tomato pickers.� But, by 1990, Cuban American households had middle class incomes twice as often as Anglo Americans.

Americans from India have the highest income of any ethnic group the Census keeps track of, “with Chinese, Iranian and Lebanese Americans not far behind.�

Despite many who argue that black Americans cannot rise because of racist barriers, black immigrants rise. A majority of the black students at Harvard are from Africa or the Caribbean, and Nigerians “are already markedly overrepresented at Wall Street investment banks and bluechip law firms.�

Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld write about America. But similar patterns can be found in England, where the white underclass seems to be stuck at the bottom, while low-income nonwhite immigrant children outperform them

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in the schools, just as Asian immigrant children outperform black underclass children in America.

Those in the media, in politics and in academia who seem determined to blame American society for individuals and groups who do not rise would be hard-pressed to explain why immigrants of various colors come in at the bottom and proceed to rise, both in the schools and in the economy -- on both sides of the Atlantic.

It would probably never occur to those who are eager to blame “society� that it is they and their welfare state ideology who have, for generations, burdened the underclass with a vision of hopeless victimhood that immigrants have been spared.

By the time various immigrant groups have been here for generations, they have already risen, despite the welfare state ideology that says that they cannot rise.

That so many in the media and in academia who proclaim the end of social mobility in America leave out the fact that data they cite do not include various immigrant groups tells you all you need to know about them. “The Triple Package� is a book that tells us much that we all need to know about America -- especially if we want to keep the welfare state ideology from destroying the American Dream.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www. creators.com.

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disrupting district instructional plans and calendars in 20,000 schools -- and in some cases, interfering with other test schedules for high-stakes Advanced Placement and SAT exams that do count.

Parents, teachers and administrators are fed up with Fed Ed. There’s a growing grassroots movement -- left, right and center -- to opt out of this latest battery of assessments.

Last week, the Worcester, Mass., school board voted to allow parents to opt out of PARCC field tests and keep their kids in regular classroom instruction.

The Norfolk, Mass., school board did the same in January. Colorado State Board of Education Chairman Paul Lundeen has called on the state legislature to repeal the PARCC testing requirement.

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The state of Connecticut recently sent out a misleading letter to parents warning them that “all children enrolled in public schools” are legally required to “take yearly assessments.” But as parent Wendy Lecker points out, the bureaucrats failed to disclose that the mandate applies to “statewide mastery tests,” not to experimental field tests such as the PARCC and SBAC pilots, which “fail to satisfy the basic elements the law clearly sets forth of the required statewide test.”

Dr. Sandra Stotsky, former senior associate commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Education and Massachusetts State Board of Education member, spells out the grounds for revolt: “(L) ocal school districts can legally refuse to give state tests because they don’t address the legally adopted standards and curriculum at the local level. ... (U)nless state law explicitly forbids

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And they can add that there are to be NO penalties for parents exercising that right. State (Departments of Education) cannot make policy, by law. They are threatening local districts and parents illegally.”

Bottom line: No child in America is legally required to be a part of the latest Common Core lab-rat testing experiments. You are your kids’ primary educational provider and decider.

You have the power to flunk the latest Fed Ed testing boondoggles. Use it.

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Can President Obama be so blind that he doesn’t see the disastrous results of five years of his “progressive” policies? Doesn’t he see the reduced wages, the lost jobs, and the increased cost of living that harm Americans who are not rich? Doesn’t he care? Or is income inequality only a fake concern, a ploy to fool people and gain power?

President Obama knows that poor and struggling people typically reward the politicians who promise the most unemployment payments or welfare. Is political advantage from making more people dependent on government and politicians the real intent of President Obama’s “progressive” policies? Could our President be this evil? The evidence is pretty condemning.

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83 Omens 85 Missile path 86 Respectful deep bow 88 Caterer’s dispenser 89 - Vegas 90 Blitzkrieg 91 Less dense 92 Evidence of sunning 93 Off - tangent 95 Mythical horse-man 97 “It takes two� dances 98 “Honest� Lincoln 99 Is unable to 102 Air anew 103 Sows’ mates 105 Tennis great Agassi 108 Ming piece 110 Very little, as of salve 111 Get concrete results on?

112 Peter Pan pursuer 114 Moo goo - pan 115 Alcohol-free 116 Bad, to Henri 117 - and all 118 Camera type, in brief

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Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting

67 East Main Street, Tilton. 10am2pm. Over 45 vendors. 496-1718

Trinity Episcopal Church, Meredith.

7pm. Creative slideshows by Ida Gould. Persons of any experience level are welcome. 340-2359

Pancake Breakfast to Benefit Boys & Girls Club

Clint Black

Tilton Winter Farmers Market

Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region, 888 North Main Street, Laconia. 8am1pm. $5pp or $20 per family. 5241100

The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Lakes Region Spring Craft Fair

Meredith Community Center, Meredith. 9am-4pm. This class points out how to adjust your driving to agerelated changes in vision, hearing and reaction time. Class has a 1 hour lunch break. $15/AARP Members, $20/others. 677-7187 or 279-5631 to register.

Conference Center at Lake Opechee Inn, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia.

10am-3pm. Free admission. Raffle to benefit NH Humane Society. www. joycescraftshows.com 528-4014

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Genealogy Workshop

Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro.

10am. Free and open to all. 569-2428

Black Boy

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com

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Swenson Granite Presentation

Taylor Community, Woodside Building, Laconia. 6:30pm. David Duford from Swenson Granite presents a program explaining how the quarry and production plant run today. He’ll present a video showing old photos, as well as a PowerPoint presentation with pointed historical information from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

Free and open the public. 524-5600

“Five People You Meet in Heaven” – Film Showing

SanborntonPublicLibrary,Sanbornton.

6:30-8:30pm. All welcome. 286-8288

AARP Mature Driver Safety Program

Getting Ready for the Green – Golf Related Strengthening Workshop

Hillside Medical Center, Lot C, Gilford.

6-7pm. Introductory course on the importance of dynamic stretching and strengthening exercises designed specifically for the golfer. Free. 5272852 Friday 4th

The Logger – One-man Comedy Show

Court Street Arts at Alumni Hall, 75 Court Street, Haverhill. $20pp. 9895500

Brooks Young Band

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 332-2211

Fri. 4th – Sun. 6th “VynnArt in Bloom” – Art Exhibit and Sale

VynnArt Gallery and Art Supplies, 30 Main Street, Meredith. Artist Reception Friday from 4-7pm, Art Show runs Friday and Saturday 10am-8pm and Sunday 10-4pm. Over 60 Floral paintings in all mediums, pastels, drawings and photography will be featured. Prints and artist’s greeting cards will also be for sale. Throughout

the show you will have the opportunity to watch the artists paint their next creation. 279-0557

Street, Bristol. 6pm. Followed by light refreshments. A free-will offering will be accepted. 744-3885

Made in NH Expo

Lyme Disease – Etiology, Biology & Treatment Options

The Radisson Hotel/Center of NH, downtown Manchester. Fri. 1-8pm.

Sat. 10-8 and Sun. 10-4pm. $9/adults, $3/children 12 and under. 626-6354

Saturday 5th Spring Craft Fair

Somersworth High School, Somersworth. 9am-3pm. Featuring 100 of the best crafters in New England. 692-5869

Flea Market

Masonic Hall, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 8am-2pm. 524-0733

Genealogy Spring Meeting

Holiday Inn, 172 N. Main Street, Concord. 10am. The NH Society of Genealogists and the Strafford County Genealogical Society Spring Meeting. $15/members, $20/nonmembers. Buffet lunch will be served.

Pre-registration is required. 603-6649080

Heifetz Institute Graduates Perform

Kingswood Arts Center, Wolfeboro.

7:30pm. $20pp at the door. www. wfriendofmusic.org

Dance Northeast

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 2pm and 7pm. 3351992 or www.rochesteroperahouse. com

Holy Trinity Spring Auction

St. Andre Bessette Parish Hall, 31 Gilford Ave. Laconia. 5pm. $10 donation gets you an auction paddle and a delicious dinner. Ticket fees will be waived for those groups of 10 or more wishing to reserve a table in advance. 524-3156 Sunday 6th

Don Smith – Country Gospel Singer

Bristol Baptist Church, 30 Summer

Moore Farm, 15 Moore Farm Lane, Alton. 1-3pm. Case studies will be discussed to convey which treatments work as well as some obstacles you may encounter. $30pp. 340-5161

Monday 7th Faces of Laconia – Presentation

by Alan MacRae

Taylor Community, Woodside Building, Laconia. 7-8pm. This project includes the portraits of 23 people who have made significant contributions to Laconia and the surrounding areas.

The display will remain available for viewing throughout April. 524-5600

Family History & Genealogy Seminar

The only program that talks about what’s happening in all of The Granite State.

Live Monday – Friday 10-11a.m.

Call in at 224-1450.

Listen live on 1450AM – 103.9FM or on-line at ConcordNewsRadio.com

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com

St. Petersburg String Quartet and Pianist Tao Lin

UNH, Paul Creative Arts Center, Johnson Theatre, Dover. 7pm. $30/ general, $10/UNH students with ID and youth under 18. 862-72222 or www.unharts.com

Getting Ready for the Green – Golf Related Strengthening Workshop

Franklin Regional Hospital, First Floor, Franklin. 6-7pm. Introductory course on the importance of dynamic stretching and strengthening exercises designed specifically for the golfer.

Free. 527-2852

Wednesday 9th

Laconia Public Library, Laconia.

10am-12pm. Learn the basics of how to go about starting a family research project, forms to use and general record keeping. Free and open to the public. Pre-registration is preferred.

524-4775

Leo Lionni’s Swimmy, Frederick & Inch by Inch

La Boheme

RiverRun Book Store, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. 431-2100

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com

Native Wild Flower Pollinators

Boscawen Municipal Complex, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen. 6:30pm.

Amy Papineau will discuss how to plan and plant wildflower meadows in the home or farm landscape to support local pollinator population. Free and open to the public. 753-9188 x 301

Tuesday 8th Children’s Author’s Tea

Belknap Mill, downtown Laconia.

5-7pm. Families attending the tea can meet local authors and illustrators, hear them read their stories, and purchase signed copies of their books.

Tea and snacks are offered to all and children that attend will receive a free book while supplies last. 581-1558

New Hampshire Now!

Ballroom with a Twist

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com

Charles Underwood Jr. to Read and Discuss Book

Fly Fishing: Gear, Knots & Casting - Workshop

Kingswood Youth Center, 565 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 5:30-8pm. $15pp.

539-6460 to register or for more info.

The Past, Present and Future of the Meredith Public Library

Meredith Public Library, 91 Main Street, Meredith. 6pm. The Library’s Master Plan Committee will be making the presentation. After the presentation the committee will be asking those attending to participate in a discussion about the future of their library. Refreshments will be served.

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Registration For Summer Theatre Camp At Rochester Opera House Now Open

Lights… Sound… Action!

Registration is now open for Summer Theatre Camp at the Rochester Opera House. The program, offering all levels of training in theatre techniques for ages four through teen, is a great opportunity for children around the region to dance, sing, learn and grow on the stage at our grand historic theatre. On the final day of each camp session (two weeks), students showcase their skills with an evening performance for family, friends and the public. Class size is limited, so sign today!

Summer Theatre Camp Schedule: Broadway Kids I: (Ages 4-7) June 30-July 11 (excluding July 4) on M-F from 9-2.

Broadway Kids II: (Ages 4-7) Aug. 11-22 on M-F from 9-2: Students sing, dance and learn theatre techniques through games and improvisation and spend quiet time learning theatre related arts and crafts.

Theme days such as Crazy Hair Day, Inside Out Day and Super Hero Day enhance the enjoy-

Pictured above is a scene from “Stone Soup” a Broadway Kids Summer Production 2013. (L to R) Zachary Cook, Dani OliverCheney, Gabby Couture, Roman Ebert, Ava Wert, Chyanne Simms. ment of the learning process.

Spotlight on Musical Theatre: (Ages 13 and Up) July 14-25 on M-F from 9-4: Students fine tune their acting, singing and

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dancing skills by learning twelve Broadway show stoppers for an original production presented to an audience on the last day of camp. Although no theatre ex-

perience is required, this camp focuses on theatre techniques.

Acting Out: (Ages 8- 12) July 28-Aug. 8 on M- F from 9-3.

Students learn to take a fulllength play from page to stage through theatre techniques, games and improvisation.

Theme days such as Crazy Hair Day, Inside Out Day and Super Hero Day enhance the enjoyment of the learning process.

Registration forms and camp information are available at the ROH Box Office on M/W/F from 10-5 and, for download, at www.RochesterOperaHouse.com.

The Catherine Taylor Scholarship Fund established by Harvey E. Bernier, Jr. offers two scholarships.

The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. Please contact Martha at roh2@ metrocast.net or call (603) 3351992 for more information. They look forward to filling our grand theatre with the happy sounds of children singing, dancing and experiencing the wonders of the performing arts.

April 4 - 6, 2014