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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 27, NO. 14
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“Happy Days” The New Musical
Celebrating The Hard Work And Creativity Of NH’s Craft Beer Brewers restaurants, and bars in every part of the state. With 5.25 breweries in the state for every 100,000 residents, New Hampshire is busting at the
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Nicole Carrier, GM and Annette Lee, Brewer at Throwback Brewery North Hampton, NH. Throwback Brewery, established in 2010, is just one of the many NH Craft Brewers celebrating NH Craft Beer Week, April 6-15th. See page 12 for a listing of some of the events. Photo courtesy of Michael Penney Photography documenting New England’s Craft Beer Makers since 2014 behindthebeer.net Penney’s photographs will be on exhibit at the Tuckerman Brewing Company in Conway, NH on April 7th.
The Rochester Opera House is proud to present “Happy Days, A New Musical!” May 3rd-20th. Based on the hit Paramount Pictures television series, Happy Days, A New Musical, with amazing music from Oscarwinner Paul Williams and a book by the TV series original creator Garry Marshall, is perfect family entertainment. This return to the days of 1959 Milwaukee complete with varsity sweaters, hula hoops and jukebox sock-hoppin’ fun will have you rockin’ and rollin’ all week long! Tickets range from $12-24. Reserve tickets online or call the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5pm and 2-hours before showtime. This show is sponsored by The Ridge. The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. Visit www.RochesterOperaHouse.com for more information.
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April Through Saturday 21st Lakes Region Art Association Art Show & Sale
Epsom Public Library, State Route 4, Epsom. This show features the work of numerous Lakes Region artists and photographers who are also members of the association. Various different art mediums will be on display in the show including, but not limited to, oils, acrylics, watercolors, photography and art crafts items. 956-5551 Wednesday 4th & Friday 6th
2-Day Beginning Tatting Class
League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. Class on Wednesday runs 10am-2:30pm and students will discover the origins and history of this ancient handcrafting technique and learn about the basic shuttle equipment used, the patterns to create and the process of tatting. Class on Friday runs 10am-12pm and students will practice their new skills to finish up their tatted projects. Tuition is $35 per student with a materials fee of $12, paid directly to the instructor. Students need to bring their own scissors. 279-7920
Thursday 5th Hot Tuna The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.
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Friday 6th Grateful Ball The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.
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Saturday 7th Birds of Prey
Prescott Farm Environmental Educational Center, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 1pm-3pm. From the tiny American Kestrel to the great Horned Owl to the majestic Bald Eagle, NH is home to many different species of birds of prey. Learn how and what these birds hunt, survival strategies, and the best way to get a good look at them! For families with kids ages 7-11. $12/adult, child pair ($10 members), $4 each additional child. 366-5695
AudioBody – High-Energy, HighTech Comedy Franklin Opera House, Franklin. 7:30pm. AudioBody’s performance is an electronic journey into an unknown realm of seriously spectacular entertainment for all ages. This thrilling show is an explosive mix of circus arts, relentless comedy, fullbody contortion, juggling, LED light shows, and live, up-beat, electronic music! Features a custom 15-foot wide drum set, electronic jumpsuits, and a computerized LED lighting system that will transform the Opera House into the full AudioBody experience! Tickets range from $12$18. Reserved seating is available at www.FranklinOperaHouse.com or 934-1901
Gardening Basics for New and Experienced Gardeners
Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. 10am. Learn some key things to do for a healthier and more productive garden! John Moulton will share his decades of experience to guide new and experienced gardeners through caring for soil, determining what it needs, and how to provide that nutrition. Free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. www.
passion for travel and textiles during this lecture. Sara is a dyer and weaver living in Center Harbor. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to
‘The Guide to New England” – Fred Marple
Franklin High School Cafeteria, Franklin. 6pm-8pm. Find out what Franklin students are reporting in regards to risky behavior including substance use and mental health concerns. Learn what resources are in place to help students prevent negative behavior choices and visit resource booths with local services and programs to help youth and families. 934-7446
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Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. 7:30pm. Fred will explain life in a small town where everyone knows your business, often before you do, and the people who live in these towns, from the cheapskate native to the affluent transplant. He’ll discuss Yankee food, including why we think baked beans and vegetables boiled with a piece of corned beef are examples of haute cuisine. $15pp. www.jeansplayhouse.com or 7452141
Wille J. Laws Blues Band
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Thursday 12th Now IS the Time- Conversation to Prevent School Violence, Mental Health Disorders and Substance Misuse
Friday 13th NY Cat Film Festival The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. www. themusichall.org or 603-436-2400
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043 for tickets.
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Self Care Ayurveda Workshop
Celebrate Ice-Out with the NH Boat Museum
Meredith Whole Living Center, 48 Main Street, Meredith. Noon-2pm. Join Katie O’Connell, Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, to learn how ayurveda self care routines can help you to maintain proper balance in the mind and body. Workshop includes handouts, oil pulling oil and ayurvedic snacks. Other self care tools will be available for purchase. $30/MWLC members; $40/non-members. Preregistration is required. 279-0007
The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.
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The Barn at Inn on Main, Wolfeboro. 6pm. Enjoy hors d’ouevres and a cash bar while perusing the silent auction offerings. After a delicious buffet dinner at 7pm, try to outbid your fellow boating enthusiasts on an array of exciting items and experiences in the live auction. $60pp/member, $63pp/ non-members. Reserve tickets on line at www.nhbm.org 569-4554
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Sunday 8th NH Fiddle Ensemble
Grappone Toyota, Bow. 2pm. www.
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Tuesday 10th Book Discussion – “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley
Wolfeboro Library, Wolfeboro. 1pm. This event is part of the Shakespeare Month at the Library. Larry Cook, a proud and successful Iowa farmer suddenly decides to turn over his valuable holdings to his three daughters, Ginny, Rose and Caroline. This sets off a chain of events that imperils the sister’s relationship with their father and each other. The story is a reworking of the King Lear plot. In King Lear, the elderly monarch decides to retire and divide his kingdom evenly among his three daughters: Regan, Goneril and Cordelia. 569-2428
Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day
Mill Falls Marketplace, 312 DW Highway, Meredith. Noon -8pm. In addition to your choice of a free scoop of ice cream in a cone or cup, make a $1 donation to Community Caregivers and you’ll get two scoops instead of just one! 253-9275
Tales of a Textile Tourist Doris Benz Center, 18 Herd Road, Center Sandwich. 7pm. Textile artist Sara Goodman will share her
10 Lowell Road and 1 Melendy Road, Hudson. 12pm. Two- commercial properties, corner lots on busy roads. Two family .587 acres, min. bid $38,594. Office building .444 acres, min. bid $27,848. For more information call Tim at 401-369-2172 or www.irsauctions.gov
Mr. Nick and the Dirty Tricks Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043 for tickets.
Saturday 14th NY Dog Film Festival The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. www. themusichall.org or 603-436-2400
Amazing Vernal Pools
Prescott Farm Environmental Educational Center, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 1pm-3pm. Vernal pools are the ONLY place certain amphibians lay their eggs. We’ll explore a beautiful, wooded vernal pool on the property where their eggs have been found in the past and hopefully get a chance to see them up close. For families with kids ages 7-11. $12/adult, child pair ($10 members), $4 each additional child. 366-5695
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The Secrets of Cellar Holes In Moultonborough The Moultonborough Historical Society kicks off the 2018 program season with “A Walk Back in Time: The Secrets of Cellar Holes with Adair Mulligan,” at the Moultonborough Public Library on Monday, April 9, at 7:00 p.m. Northern New England is full of reminders of past lives: stone walls, old foundations, a century-old lilac struggling to survive as the forest reclaims a once-sunny dooryard. What forces shaped settlement, and later abandonment, of these places? Adair Mulligan explores the rich story to be discovered in what remains behind. See how one town has set out to create an inventory of its cellar holes, piecing together the clues in the landscape. Such a project can help landowners know what to do if they have archaeological sites on their land and help stimulate interest in a town’s future through its past. Adair Mulligan has a runaway curiosity about the natural and cultural history of northern New England. Author of The Gunstock Parish: A History of Gilford, NH. Executive Director of the Hanover Conservancy, she served for 20 years as Conservation Director of the Connecticut River Joint Commissions. Mulligan holds an MA degree from Smith College.
Poet Laureate Visits Meredith New Hampshire’s Poet Laureate, Alice B. Fogel, will be visiting Inter-Lakes schools in April on Thursday, April 12, and Friday, April 13, to inspire students in their reading, writing, listening, and speaking of poetry. Inter-Lakes students in 1st through 12th grades will have opportunities to work with Ms. Fogel throughout her visit, and all four schools, SCS, ILES, ILMT, and ILHS, will participate. Students, their families, and the larger community are also invited to attend “An Evening with Alice” on Thursday, April 12, at the Inter-Lakes Auditorium at 7 p.m. Ms. Fogel will talk about her work as our poet laureate, poetry’s transformative power, and her advice for approaching poetry. A book signing and light refreshments will follow. Ms. Fogel’s visit is sponsored by grants from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Altrusa International of Meredith, and The Heart and Hands Thrift Shop. This community event is in honor of Meredith’s 250th anniversary celebration. The Meredith Altrusa Club invites businesses with outdoor signs to post a message welcoming, N H Poet Laureate, Alice B. Fogel, to Meredith the week of April 9-16.
“Merrill Sings” At Performance & Arts Center The Rochester Performance & Arts Center presents Merrill Peiffer in “Merrill Sings: A Night of Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt and more!” Peiffer performs a music revue that including rock, blues, and country tunes that stir the soul. Merrill has been dazzling audiences on the seacoast for years - including such performances as A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre. ‘Merrill Sings’ features other powerhouse performers, such as Chris Bradley, and promises to be full of humor, heart, and a whole lot of talent! Cash bar. There are 3 performance scheduled for April 27, 28, 29. Each show starts at 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm) Tickets start at $15. Reserve tickets online or call (603) 948-1099. There will be a cash bar open for each performance. The Rochester Performance & Arts Center is sponsored by Holy Rosary Credit Union and Rochester Rotary Club. The Rochester Performance & Arts Center is located at 32 North Main Street, Rochester NH. Visit www.rochesteroperahHouse.com/rpac for more information.
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Get Used To It
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It’s nice to use my spring voice again. “Ahh…it’s fifty degrees. Let’s get out the shorts and go for a walk.” You have to take advantage of the warmer weather seasons here in New Hampshire because, before long, you know you’ll be using your autumn voice again. “Argh, it’s fifty degrees outside. I’m not going for a walk, it’s freezing out. Turn up the heat.” It’s all a matter of what you are used to, Sometimes it’s just a yearly thing; your thought patterns adjusting from season to season. Other times it has to do with life experiences. It seems like only a few short years ago that we all gathered around our new computers, hooked up to this thing called the Internet, and after listening to the hissing and beeping sounds of a connection finally being made, we stood in awe as a picture was downloaded (If we even called it that). We would watch it appear line by line, pixel by pixel, for what seemed forever, until, finally, the picture appeared on the screen fifteen minutes later. “Wow, that’s amazing,” we would say in amazement as a fuzzy photo of something completely unremarkable appeared on the screen. Nowadays we click on an email and then the attached photo and it usually appears in seconds. Of course, sometimes things don’t always go as fast as we want and it might take
all of fifteen seconds for the image to appear. “Man, the Internet is really slow today,” we grumble. “This is really aggravating.” It’s all a matter of what you are used to. For us baby boomers, we can take this back even further. I can recall our family owning a small black and white television whose operation depended on some clunky giant tubes and a piece of metal on the roof that, somehow, magically captured images, sent them down a wire and onto our screen. Sure, there was only three or four channels, but there always seemed to be something on that would gather our attention and keep us mesmerized. Occasionally, the picture might get a little fuzzy, but that was okay, we’d make it through. I wouldn’t even get into when color televisions and remote control appeared. It was like a world of magic. We didn’t care what was on TV, just as long as there was something to watch. Today there is a selection of hundreds of channels that we can choose from to watch literally countless types of different programs. Choose a subject, there is probably a station for it. “This week on cooking with chimpanzees……” Still, we often find ourselves, sitting on our couches, remote control in hand, searching through this vast wasteland of entertainment and occasionally moan: “There’s nothing on.” It’s all a matter of what you are used to. It wasn’t that long ago that you actually had to push the doors in the supermarket open with your own two hands. We never thought twice about it. Nowadays if we encounter a supermarket door that doesn’t open automatically upon our arrival, we stand perplexed, staring at said door we almost walked right
in to, wondering what is wrong. It takes about a second or two until our old primitive instincts kick in and we go back to our ancient habits of using our own strength. Maybe you should report this to the store manager so others don’t have to continue to go through this ordeal. It’s all a matter of what you are used to. It took me a while to stop looking every time I heard the quick beep of a car horn in a parking lot. My old instincts, before the days of automatic key fobs, make me stop and look. Maybe an old friend has spotted me and was trying to get my attention. Nowadays it is just someone locking their car doors. I don’t look anymore. It’s all a matter of what you are used to. It seems to me that all of these technological changes we have become used to over the years has softened us up a bit, made us a more impatient society as a whole. We have access to more information and entertainment at our fingertips than we could ever have dreamed of years ago, but if we can’t access it immediately we become upset. Everything moves faster, but no one seems to have enough time to get everything done. We have the latest gadgets but can’t wait to upgrade to the next, faster one. Unfortunately, that is what we are getting used to. It’s nice to know that we can still count on the seasons to change in an orderly fashion, no matter what some may say. So, I am going to get out my shorts and take a nice peaceful walk in the cool spring air. After this long winter, I could get used to this. www.BrendanTSmith.com
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The Snitches in Your Kids’ Dental Office How sharper than a serpent’s tooth to have a despotic pediatric dentist. Parents who decide, for whatever reason, that they by Michelle Malkin don’t like their Syndicated Columnist children’s oral care provider should be forewarned. Empowered by government “mandatory reporter” laws, dental offices are now using their authority to threaten families with child abuse charges if they don’t comply with the cavity police. Mom Trey Hoyumpa shared a letter last week on Facebook from a dental office called Smiles 4 Keeps in Bartonsville, Pennsylvania. It informed her that if she did not make a dental appointment for “regular professional cleanings” for her child, she could be charged with “dental neglect.” Citing a law called Pennsylvania Act 31 on child abuse recognition and reporting, the dental office threatened to report the mom to state authorities if she did not schedule an appointment. Hoyumpa wrote: “Smiles 4 Keeps bullies the parents, controls the care behind closed doors, and turns parents into villains...and I will not stand for it anymore!!!” On social media, parents who’ve encountered the toxic alliance of snoopy medical providers and child welfare agencies shared their own experiences with government bullies who operate on a presumption of guilt. Brett Darken wrote: “Anyone familiar with ‘family court,’ DCF, state probate and guardianship courts know well this story. In any other context, it would be
considered a threat, coercion and intimidation under RICO laws. But because it’s the government, it’s legal.” This is a menacing threat to have hanging over customers of dental practices, or any medical providers for that matter: If you leave, you better tell us where you are going or we could report you to government child welfare agencies for suspected abuse. One Twitter commenter wondered: “Is this fake?” Unfortunately, it’s all too real, and the dental office is championing an intrusive practice that is likely to spread. Smiles 4 Keeps replied to parental criticism on Facebook by quoting the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry definition of “dental neglect” as the “willful failure of parent or guardian to seek and follow through with treatment necessary to ensure a level of oral health essential for adequate function and freedom from pain and infection.” The dental office also defended its intimidation letter to the mom by explaining that physicians and dentists are “mandated reporters” who are “required to report suspected cases of abuse and neglect to social service or law enforcement agencies in order to prevent such tragedy.” But as investigative reporter Terri LaPoint at MedicalKidnap. com points out, nowhere has Smiles 4 Keeps provided any evidence that Trey Hoyumpa was neglectful or abusive in any way. Moreover, Smiles 4 Keeps insists that parents provide the name of a new dentist if the family chooses to find a new provider. Hoyumpa was just one of 17 recipients of the threatening Smiles 4 Keeps salvos.
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The Teenage Demagogues
All you needed to know about student activist David Hogg’s speech at the “March for Our Lives” in Washingby Rich Lowry ton, D.C., was Contributing Writer that he affixed a price tag on the microphone to symbolize how much National Rifle Association money Sen. Marco Rubio took for the lives of students in Florida. The stunt wasn’t out of place. Indeed, it perfectly encapsulated the braying spirit of the student gun-control advocacy in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting. These young activists are making our public debate even more poisonous and less civil, and are doing it as teenagers. They are precocious that way. The Stoneman Douglas students experienced a horrific trauma. No one can deny their
grief or blame them for being impassioned. And allowance has to be made for the fact that they are teenagers, who universally believe that they know better than their hapless elders. Yet none of that excuses their scurrilous smears of the other side in the gun debate. The student activists presume that there is a ready solution to mass shootings that everyone knows, and the only reason why someone might not act on this universally accepted policy is malice or corruption. This makes the other side the equivalent of murderers. In a video interview with The Outline, David Hogg said that the NRA and its supporters “want to keep killing our children.” Not that they inadvertently enable people who carry out school shootings via misconceived policy, but they themselves kill children and want to keep doing it. Lest he be misunderstood,
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The political choreography was classic. The staging was epic. But the outcome remains unby John J. Metzler predictable. Syndicated Columnist North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong-un and his entourage secretly rolled into Beijing on a special armored train later to be greeted and then feted by the Supreme Leader of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping. Kim called the visit a “solemn duty” and added, “There is no question that my first foreign visit is to the Chinese capital.” China then reciprocated with the splendor and pomp befitting a state visit for Pyongyang’s prodigal son who on many occasions had not shown the proper political deference to Beijing. In a scene reminiscent of the Godfather, the iconic 1970’s movie about powerful Mafia dons, North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un was summoned to meet his ultimate political boss in Beijing. For all the anxious twaddle about China and Pyongyang’s rocky political relations, at the end of the day, the road for the North Korean ruler ends in Beijing’s Forbidden City. Pyongyang’s regime-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun editorially heralded, “A historic visit that unfolded a new era of North
Korea-China friendship,” adding that a “blood alliance” unites the two communist countries. That clearly evokes the old time friendship when Chairman Mao said China and North Korea were as close as lips and teeth. Yet in contemporary times, Kim Jong-un’s regime has confronted East Asia with a dangerous nuclear showdown, which has without question been moderated to certain degree by Beijing’s hand. A regional conflict between nuclear North Korea and the USA would spill over into Mainland China too. That’s bad for business in Beijing. It could be disastrous for South Korea and Japan. That’s why when Comrade Kim told his Chinese hosts “he was committed to denuclearization,” there was an audible sigh of relief in Asian capitals and a raising of eyebrows in Washington. Yet at the same time China, the eternal Middle Kingdom, has resoundingly reasserted its historic Big Brother relationship with Korea, now as it has for millennia. China’s patronage politically, diplomatically and through sanctions skirting back door trade, is what keeps North Korea afloat. Will China squeeze Kim to make a face-saving deal? In the afterglow of South Korea’s successful PyongChang Winter Olympics, there’s clearly a diplomatic thaw among the regional players which have been locked in a Cold War po-
litical permafrost. But once the North Koreans sent Kim’s sister to Seoul and PyongChong on a charm offensive during the Olympiad, the pieces began to shift. South Korean President Moon wisely took advantage of
the flexibility and scheduled a summit with his North Korean rivals. Then quite unexpectedly U.S. President Donald Trump broke the logjam and called for a meet-
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Esse Quam Videri As state mottos go, “Live Free or Die” is unrivaled. We have the best state motto in the nation. But North by Ken Gorrell Carolina’s Northfield, NH. Latin motto, Esse Quam Videri – translated as “To Be, Rather Than to Seem” – makes my list of the Top Five. The idea of “being” rather than “seeming” struck me as I endured that New Hampshire rite of spring, the annual school district meeting. Approving a budget of nearly $27 million dollars for a district with fewer than 1500 students (do the math – that’s more than $18,000 per student) to fund a system that is not, to put it charitably, a beacon of learning, was hard enough to swallow. What made this year extra special was having to debate (again) that ultimate feel-good-over-do-good issue, full-day kindergarten. Brought to the floor as a petitioned warrant article, the nearly $500,000 measure failed handily. The debate didn’t live up to the moral calling of either New Hampshire’s or North Carolina’s state motto. A relative handful of voters tried to push a costly program onto all taxpayers that might benefit a few parents but would not solve any of our district’s education challenges. Had it passed, full-day kindergarten (FDK) would have been an example of tyranny of the minority and the triumph of seeming over being. (Only 235 voters participated in the meeting.) The floor debate split along familiar lines. Those opposed focused on the fact that FDK programs have no documented success at improving education
outcomes. What little measurable academic improvement was found for certain students had disappeared by second grade. This proposal was the wrong answer to the wrong question; we needed to be asking how we could best address our district’s mediocre academic performance, not how could we be like other districts. Yet proponents used that disreputable “but everyone else has it” argument (Did that ever work for you when you were a kid?), along with the equally odoriferous “for the children” as fallback. No amount of data was going to sway them from wanting to do what seemed or felt right, rather than figuring out what the right thing might be. Beyond the motto, the Tar Heel state has something to teach us Granite Staters about education. North Carolina has implemented an interesting program aimed at “being” – accomplishing the objective – rather than seeming to do so. Read to Achieve (RtA) was passed by the NC legislature in 2012. The program focuses on getting third-grade students to grade-level proficiency in reading before moving up to fourth grade. The Vision Statement is clear, simple, and measurable: All children will be proficient readers by the end of third grade. That metric is important because “Learning to read by the end of third grade is the gateway to lifelong success. When students are not able to read by the end of third grade, their risk of falling behind grows exponentially. In fact, research shows that nine out of ten high school dropouts were struggling readers in third grade. Students reading below grade level are almost six times more likely than profiSee gorrell on 28
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Laura Smith Whitworth, age 100, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2018 at Taylor Community in Laconia, NH. with her family present Laura was born, Laura Ruth Smith on March 27th, 1918 in Ashland, NH. She attended grade school in Ashland and High School in Plymouth, NH. She attended Middlebury College in Vt. where she met her husband, Foster They were married in 1941 and lived in Connecticut for many years. Laura and Foster, moved to Meredith, NH in 1969. to open the Towle Hill House Gift shop and Baby Boutique. Foster passed away in the late 80s and Laura kept busy with the shop until she turned 85 and then retired. Laura was an accomplished seamstress, needle worker, rug hooker, cook and gardener throughout her life. She also loved hosting many gatherings for her family. In 2000, Laura sold her beloved Towle Hill House and joined the Taylor Community in Sandwich, NH where she lived for 10 years enjoying working at the Sandwich Home Industries, joining various organizations in town. Since 2013 at age 95 she moved to Taylor Community, Assisted Living and then Nursing in Laconia. Laura was predeceased by her husband, Foster, and her parents, Florence and Arthur Smith of Plymouth, NH. She leaves behind her 3 children, Foster and Phebe Whitworth, Linda and Derek Marshall, and Arthur and Sandy Whitworth; her grandchildren Addison and Jessica Whitworth, Foster and Amanda Whitworth, IV, Amy Marshall and Chad Levy, Crofton and Andrea Marshall, Posie Haeger and Ellery Whitworth. Laura also leaves behind nine great grandchildren. A service will be held in remembrance of Laura at Trinity Episcopal Church in Meredith NH. on April 7th at 3pm with a reception following. Memorial donations may be made to Central NH VNA & Hospice, 780 N. Main St. Laconia, NH 03246.
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New Hampshire Craft Beer Week Events
The annual event known as New Hampshire Craft Beer Week celebrates the ever-growing world of craft-brewed New Hampshire beer. We have been nationally acclaimed as the America’s top consumers of beer and have supported the establishment of over 75+ breweries within the New Hampshire boundaries in just a few short years. It has gained so much popularity so far that it bears mentioning the many different events that are scheduled around the state. This entire event is made possible with the collaboration of the Granite State Brewers Association and Brew New Hampshire organizations. So, here is what is going on around the state to celebrate the 2018 New Hampshire Craft Beer Week, April 6-15: April 6th - 15th NH Craft on Draft At Funspot
Featuring 9 different styles of NH made craft beer on draft. Flights of 4 NH beers for $7.+tax during NHCBW. In the D.A. Long Tavern at Funspot Family Entertainment Center, Laconia
Flight & a Bite
Flight of 5 beers and an appetizer for $15. Hosted by New Hampshire Brewers Association.Hobbs Tavern & Brewing Company, West Ossipee
NHCBW Tap Takeover
Featuring beers from our past 5 years of collaborations with New Hampshire breweries Cask & Vine, Derry
April 7th - 15th Draft Fest 2018 & Derry’s Indie Film Festival
2nd Annual Derry Regional Ales & Films Together Festival returns to various breweries and bars in the Derry / Londonderry Area. **See NH Craft Beer Week’s website for film showing schedule.
Friday, April 6 Jacked Up Release
Fri 11:30 AM. Hobbs Tavern & Brewing Company, West Ossipee
Henniker Brewing Co. Tasting Fri 4-6 pm. Case-n-Keg, Meredith
Double Firkin Friday
Fri 3 PM. Great North Aleworks, Manchester
Beer & Brats
Fri 4 PM. Rockingham Brewing Company, Derry
NH Craft Beer Week Tasting Fri 4 PM. Out.Haus Ales, Northwood
Soccer and Beer Tasting Event Fri 5 PM. Local Baskit, Concord
Farmer’s Alchemy Collaboration Saison Release Fri 5 PM. Blasty Bough Brewing Co., Epsom
Beer Tasting of Great North Aleworks Fri 5 PM. Greg & Jane’s Beer & Wine, Epping
Last Call? Prohibition and American Brewing History
Fri 5 PM. Murkland Hall, 15 Library Way, Durham. **Tickets avail. online
Mixed Tape Night
Fri 8:23 PM. Area 23 Concord, Concord.
Saturday, April 7 Dinger- American Lager Brewery Release
Sat 12 PM. Henniker Brewing Company, Henniker
Behind the Beer Photography Exhibit & live music with Ben Cook
The Hop Talks: NH Craft Beer Week! Sat 1 PM. Flight Center, Nashua. **Tickets avail. online
LIVE Music from Paul Lussier @ MYB Sat 4 PM. Millyard Brewery, Nashua
DRAFT Fest at Backyard Brewery | Kick Off Event
Sat 7 PM. Backyard Brewery & Kitchen, Manchester
Scalawag Returns to Area 23 Sat 8:23 PM. Area 23 Concord, Concord.
Sunday, April 8 Yoga at Throwback Brewery Sun 11 AM. Throwback Brewery, North Hampton
Great North Beer Brunch
Sun 12 PM · Hosted by Great North Aleworks. At Salt hill Pub West Leb, West Lebanon
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Beveridge IPA Release Party
Wed 4 PM. Tuckerman Brewing Company, Conway
Wed 4-6 PM. Case-n-Keg, Meredith
UNH Alumni Night at Throwback Brewery Wed 5 PM. Throwback Brewery, North Hampton. **Tickets avail. online
Girls Night Out Celebration!
Wed 6 PM. Murphy’s Taproom & Carriage House, Bedford **Tickets avail. online
Thursday, April 12 Raise a Glass & Cash Fundraiser Thu 3 PM. Great North Aleworks, Manchester
Concord Craft Brewing Tasting Thu 4-6 PM. Case-n-Keg, Meredith
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Beer Tasting of Allagash Brewing
Sun 1 PM. Blasty Bough Brewing Company, Epsom Sun 1 PM. Pipe Dream Brewing, Londonderry
DRAFT Fest at Kelsen Brewing Co Day One: Sun 7 PM. Kelsen Brewing Company, Derry. **Tickets avail. online
Monday, April 9 603 Brewery Free Tasting Event Mon 4-6 pm. Case-n-Keg, Meredith
WMUR Cook’s Corner with Backyard Brewery for NHCBW Mon 12:20 PM
Speakeasy with the Speaker Sisterhood Mon 6 PM. Throwback Brewery, North Hampton. **Tickets avail. online
DRAFT Fest at Long Blue Cat Brewing Co | Day 2
Mon 7 PM. Long Blue Cat Brewing Co., Londonderry. **Tickets avail. online
Thu 4 PM. Out.Haus Ales, Northwood
Thu 5 PM. Greg & Jane’s Beer & Wine, Epping
New Belgium Tasting! Thu 5 PM. The Beer Store NH, Nashua
Grilled Cheese & Beer Tasting
Thu 5 PM · Hosted by NH Craft Beer Week. Local Baskit, Concord. **Tickets avail. online
Lupulin Hop: IPA Split-a-Batch Brewing Thu 6 PM. IncrediBREW Brewery, Nashua. **Tickets avail. online
Cottage Comedy With Headliner John Baglio! Fri 8 PM. Kathleen’s Irish Pub, Bristol
Good Lord the Liftin’ Fri 8:23 PM. Area 23 Concord, Concord
Saturday, April 14 WMUR Cook’s Corner: Earth Eagle Brewings for NHCBW Sat 6:20 AM & 2nd Show Sat 8:20 AM
Open House @ White Birch Brewing Sat 12 - 6 PM. White Birch Brewing, Nashua
2nd Birthday & NH craft beer week Sat 1 PM. Millyard Brewery, Nashua
Craft Beer & Ironmongery Sat 1 PM. Blasty Bough Brewing Company, Epsom
State 64 Crank for Craft Ride
Sat 1 PM. Concord Craft Brewing, Concord. **Tickets avail. online
Yin and Yang: Beer & Wine Tasting Event
Sat 2 PM. Local Baskit, Concord. **Tickets avail. online
Art In Action
Sat 4:30 PM. IncrediBREW Brewery, Nashua. **Tickets avail. online
DRAFT Fest at From The Barrel Brewing Co | Day 5
Sat 6 PM. 10 Arms St, Manchester. **Tickets avail. online
Thu 6 PM. Barley & Hops, Milford
Thu 7 PM. From The Barrel, Londonderry. **Tickets avail. online
Hobbs Brewery / Odd Ball Brewing Tasting Event
Fri 12:20 PM
Fri 11 AM. Throwback Brewery, North Hampton
WMUR Cook’s Corner: Moat Mountain for NHCBW
Tue 4-6pm PM. Case-n-Keg, Meredith
Maple Barrel Aged Remedy & Coffee Remedy Porters Fri 4 PM. From The Barrel, Londonderry
Woodstock Brewery tasting Fri 4-6 PM. Case-n-Keg, Meredith
Beer Tasting with Big Water Brewing & North Country Ciders
Sat 12 PM. Tuckerman Brewing Company, Conway
Tue 7 PM. WHYM Craft Beer Cafe, Portsmouth
Sat 12 PM. Great North Aleworks, Manchester
Wednesday, April 11 Haze Craze Tasting Event WMUR Cook’s Corner: Fri 5 PM. Local Baskit, Concord. **Tickets avail. online Throwback Brewery for NHCBW Henniker Brewing & Backyard Brewery
RVP & Chocolate Milk Stout Ice Cream Floats + Corn Hole!
Fri 7 PM. Blasty Bough Brewing Co., Epsom
603 Brewery Tasting
Thu 6 PM. Throwback Brewery, North Hampton
Tue 4 PM · Hosted by NH Craft Beer Week. Local Baskit, Concord
Deciduous Presents Stump Trivia!
BlastyTrad Concert, Craft Beer Week edition: Matthew Byrne
Sat 4:23 PM. Area 23 Concord, Concord
Friday, April 13 Friday the 13th: Day of Funk!
Tue 5:30 PM. UNH Brewing Science Laboratory, 34 Sage Way, Durham, NH. **Tickets avail. online
Fri 6 PM. Beveridge Craft Beer & Soap Co., Wolfeboro
Two Tined Fork - Live Acoustic Music
Tuesday, April 10 Beer and Pretzels: Welcoming Port City Pretzels to Local Baskit
An Abbreviated History of Beer
Fri 5 PM. Backyard Brewery & Kitchen, Manchester
Fri 5 PM. Greg & Jane’s Beer & Wine, Epping
Denali NEIPA Split-a-Batch Beer Brewing Event Boos! & Brews, Manchester Millyard
Release Party At Woodstock Inn Brewery Sat 7-9 PM. Woodstock Inn Brewery, North Woodstock **RSVP online
Sunday, April 15 Yoga at Throwback Brewery Sun 11 AM. Throwback Brewery, North Hampton
Beer Week Hangover
Sun 11AM - 4PM. Great North Aleworks, Manchester
2018 Author’s Night by the Sea Sun 2 PM. Redhook Brewery and Pub - Portsmouth, Portsmouth. **Tickets avail. online
Craft Beer Women of New Hampshire Meet Up Sun 3 PM. Johnsons Seafood and Steak, Northwood
Wed 12:20 PM
We advise readers to check for updates as well as additions to this schedule of beer week happenings on www.facebook.com/nhcraftbeerweek or at nhbeer.org.
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issue on page 12.) Whether you discover a new brewery in your town, enjoy your first beer dinner, or get more stamps in your brewery passport, there’s no better way to shake off your winter hibernation and hit the road! Especially welcome are beer drinkers from our neighboring states- Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont. You’ll be amazed at what’s happening right across the border, so come say hello. Let’s Talk Beer and The Tap Handle Show, native New Hampshire beer podcasts, will be out in full force at events all week, broadcasting stories from around the state. Make sure to follow them on your favorite podcast app to heighten your sense of FOMO. N e w H a m p s h i r e NH Craft Beer On Draft Flights for $7 (+tax) at Funspot’s D.A. Long Craft Beer Week is Tavern are one of the specials planned to celebrate NH beer week. See a joint production of
statewide event listings on facing page or go online to nhbeer.org.
the New Hampshire Brewers Association, Brew New Hampshire, and countless business owners all over the state, from the Northern Tier to the Seacoast. Follow New Hampshire Craft Beer Week on Facebook at https://www. facebook.com/nhcraftbeerweek/ and Twitter at https:// twitter.com/NHBeerWeek or search for the #NHCBW18 hashtag. Here’s to great beer, amazing people and loads of fun in the Granite State! The New Hampshire Brewers Association is a membership-based, nonprofit corporation that is formed pursuant to NH RSA Chapter 292 and IRC 501(c)(6) to protect, promote, represent, educate, and advocate on behalf of and to its members, customers, and allied parties of
the brewing industry and carry out all activities related thereto. Brew New Hampshire is a 501(c)(6) non-profit that exists to promote both New Hampshire and the Granite State’s breweries, beer distributors, and their customers and partners. If Brew New Hampshire were a person, it would shop at the farmers market (but not exclusively), know the names of its neighbors and hardware store managers, and dress in sensible, handsome, nonironic flannel shirts.
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PLAYING HURT Ouch! Did you ever sprain, bruise, break, or strain anything enough to miss school or work? After a recent lower back strain reduced me to crawling around on all fours I gained new appreciation for healthy mobility. And I was grateful my Thursday evening golf league had yet to start, as I couldn’t walk, much less swing a club. But had this occurred during the August golf playoffs, I’d naturally try to play and would utilize home remedies, chiropractors, witch doctors, acupuncturists and maybe even shots of Jack to make it to the first tee. My lower lumbar woes reminded me that injuries are a big part of sports. Remember all the concerns re: Tom Brady’s cut hand during the NFL playoffs? And would concussion protocols keep Gronk out of the Super Bowl? My throbbing back and the occasional shooting pain caused me to reflect on the courage so many athletes display when they have to deal with painful injuries, to go along with merciless opponents, bad luck, poor officiating, fickle fans and everything else. I thought back to Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden. The New York Knicks were without their captain, Willis Reed, who’d been hurt in Game 5. Led by Wilt Chamberlain, the L.A. Lakers easily won Game 6 and were poised to win
Tiger Woods it all as the teams warmed up before the game. But then Reed came limping out on to the floor and the fans went crazy. Reed made the first two baskets of the game and inspired an emotional energy that carried the Knicks to a blow-out win and the World Championship. Such stories abound in the sports world. Take what was voted the greatest moment in Los Angeles sports history— from Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, at Dodger Stadium against the Oakland Athletics. Oakland led 4-3 with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning, with ace closer Dennis Eckersley on the mound. After Mike Davis walked, L.A. manager Tommy Lasorda called on Kirk Gibson to pinch hit. Both of Gibson’s legs were injured and he could hardly walk. But he knocked a 3-2 pitch over the right field wall to give L.A a 5-4 triumph. That Gibson limped around the bases just made the moment more special. Even golf features such moments. Like during the final round of the 2008 U.S. Open, when Tiger Woods—playing on what was technically a fractured leg—drained a 14
foot putt on the 18th hole to force a tie with Rocco Mediate. After an 18 hole playoff, Woods won on a sudden death hole and then limped to the clubhouse to receive his 14th—and final—Major title. During the ensuing ten years Tiger’s suffered numerous travails—and several back operations. But top five finishes in his two most recent tournaments served notice that he could still compete. It would be so great for
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279 DW Highway, Meredith. 9am-4pm. In this workshop, you will choose a basket design and learn the fine craft of basket making using reed and hardwood. The class is open to all skill level, and no experience is necessary. $120 per student. Students are encouraged to bring a bag lunch. Pre-registration is required. 279-7920 or stop by the gallery.
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Monday 16th Children’s Authors Tea
Belknap Mill, downtown Laconia. 5pm-7pm. Families attending the tea will have a chance to meet the book authors and illustrators, hear them read their stories aloud, and purchase signed copies of their books. Tea will be readily available, along with tea sandwiches and pastries. Every child that attends also receives a free book! Free and open to the public. 528-0391 Tuesday 17th
A Fist Full of Dollars The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. www.themusichall.org or 603-436-2400
“Shake-Scene 1� – Actor Stephen Collins Brings Shakespeare’s Words to Life
Wolfeboro Library, Wolfeboro. 7pm. From the evil machinations of Richard III, to the philosophical bantering of Falstaff, to the brilliant oratory of Brutus and Anthony, Shakespeare’s tragedies, comedies, histories, and sonnets are all represented in this exciting show. Collins will also discuss Shakespeare’s life, and the ongoing authorship controversy. 569-2428
Wolfeboro Library, Wolfeboro. 1:30pm. Free and open to the public. 569-2428
Asleep at the Wheel Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm. $18-$32pp. www.
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Rosemary’s Baby Blues Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www. pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043 for tickets.
Saturday 21st Devon Allman Project feat. Duane Betts The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.
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Get the Led Out The Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach. www.casinoballroom.com or 929-4100
Gracie Curran and the High Falutin Band
Joe Perry and Friends
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Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. 10am. Learn some key things to do for a healthier and more productive garden! John Moulton will share his decades of experience to guide new and experienced gardeners through caring for soil, determining what it
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Wed. 25th – Sun. 29th Same Time, Next Year – Live Performance The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith. Same Time, Next Year, is a humorous yet touching comedy about lasting love. Doris and George love each other. Incidentally, they are both married to other people. Over the course of several decades they maintain their once-a-year weekends together, proving that true love comes in many different packages. The twoperson story is performed by Molly Parker Myers as Doris and Mikey LoBalsamo as George. Audiences will appreciate the true to life honestly of the performances delivered by both. Tickets run $16-$27pp and are available on line at www.
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Thursday 26th Brett Eldredge The Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach. www.casinoballroom.com or 929-4100
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Biscuit Miller and the Mix Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www. pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043 for tickets.
Merrill Sings The Rochester Performance Arts Center, 32 North Main Street, Rochester. 7:30pm. Merrill Peiffer performs a music revue that includes rock, blues, and country tunes that stir the soul. Merrill has been dazzling audiences on the seacoast for years! Tickets start at $15pp and are available on line or by calling 948-1099 or www.
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Moultonborough Public Library, Moultonborough. 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month from 6:30pm-8:30pm. All are welcome to check out this fun, supportive group of individuals finding their voice and honing their communication , listening and leadership skills. For more info contact Marcia at 5697494
Public Skating Merrill Fay Arena, 468 Province Road, Laconia. Public skating will be offered Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 11:30am-1pm and Saturday & Sunday 12pm-1:30pm. $5pp, kids age 5 and under are free. info@merrillfayarena.com or 528-0789
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turk’s cap lilies open in early summer. Also known as Martagon lilies, these flowers have recurved petals and look like they are dangling from an upsidedown candelabra. Hardy in zones 3 to 9, these lilies prefer partially shaded gardens and woodland edges. Trumpet lilies steal the show in midsummer. Like their close relative the Easter lily, these big, outwardfacing blossoms have long trumpets and are wonderfully fragrant. Hardy in zones 4 to 9. Another group of midsummer lilies are the Oriental-Asiatic (OA) hybrids. These have the compact height and outward facing flowers of Asiatics and the larger flowers and heady fragrance of Orientals. Look for the variety Kaveri, which has golden yellow petals touched with tangerine and burgundy. Hardy in zones 4 to 9. See lilies on 22
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Tips to Protect Birds In Your Yard and Garden (StatePoint) One of the best parts of backyard living in the warmer months is all the potential for bird watching that comes with it. You may have even installed a birdfeeder in your garden in an attempt to attract more birds to your property. But did you know, your home poses dangerous risks to the birds that visit your yard and garden? Window strikes are common among many species of migrating birds, and millions of wild birds are killed annually flying into windows. Whether you are an avid amateur ornithologist or just a casual observer of feathered friends in flight, by taking precautions your home need not be
part of the problem. Take advantage of the fact that birds can see certain light frequencies that humans cannot to make windows visible to birds in a way that won’t obstruct your own view. Doing so can be a simple home project completed in just an afternoon. Try applying UV decals and UV liquid to your home’s windows and sliding glass doors. Those from WindowAlert, for example, have been proven to effectively alter the flight path of birds to prevent window strikes. While the coating will look like etched glass to the human eye, it will look very visible to a bird. As UV reflectivity may fade over time, it’s important to replace the See birds on 22
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Termite Or Flying Ant? Many people will see termite swarmers in homes during the spring and mistake them for flying ants; this can end up being a costly mistake. Winged termites have a straight waist, straight antennae and their wings are equal in size. Flying ants, on the other hand, have waists that are pinched in the middle, bent antennae and two sets of wings, with the top set being larger than the lower. Termites are also most likely to swarm in the spring, while flying ants may swarm at various times of the year. It is not always possible for an untrained eye to spot evidence of termites, but homeowners should keep a look-out for a few key signs that can help them identify a termite infestation. Other Signs Of Infestation Mud tubes - Subterranean termites, the most destructive termite species, build mud tubes to provide moisture while they travel between their See termites on 24
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were held before a floor was added to the building and the seats were wooden benches. There was no heating system so no meetings were held in the church building during the winter. According to Jonathan Smith the Presbyterians preferred and read the Old Testament over the New Testament though I wonder if that was more of a personal perception than the actual feeling. To the Peterborough Scotch-Irish Presbyterians the Bible and their Christian faith were an integral part of their lives and studying the Bible and nurturing their faith were undertaken at home. Long passages of Scripture were memorized and catechism lessons were recited by both parents and children. The Church required that prayers be offered in the homes, and prayers before meals, referred to then and now as saying Grace, were habitual for these people making a living in what was the wilderness in the 1700’s. Their lives consisted of hard work but it was combined with determination and a love of the freedom they enjoyed, though Jonathan Smith in his commentary about these settlers claims that their doctrines were gloomy with an emphasis on death without offering much joy or hope. In their situation at the time they lived, with the difficulties they faced, it seems certain that they were well-acquainted with death; however, one of the sayings on the gravestone of a founder of the town who died at the age of eighty-seven that Smith quotes shows that they did have hope of life after death: “Draw near, my friends, and take a thought, How soon the grave may be your lot; Make sure of Christ while life remains, And death will be eternal gain.� And it would appear that the Scotch-Irish people in New Hampshire were not gloomy people, for the conclusion of the writer
Bird’s Eye view of Peterborough around 1907. was that “they were better and happier than their religious creed.� Though they worked long and with vigor the Scotch-Irish who established towns in New Hampshire were not without celebrations and social events. They were social people, even in their work because they enjoyed working together and were ready to help a neighbor with his work or gather together to replace a house that had burned down. They enjoyed participating in certain sports, particularly, boxing, wrestling, foot races, and pitching quoits. Dancing was high on the list of favorite activities and there were the Fall apple-bees, husking bees, and other evening parties enjoyed by the young people.
Weddings were said to be “celebrated with the strongest demonstrations of joyâ€?, though the custom was to invite the guests at least three days (not months) before the wedding. An invitation received only a day before the event was considered “an unpardonable affrontâ€?. Muskets were discharged on the morning the marriage took place and as the groom’s friends escorted him to the place where the marriage was to take place. “The Protestants ‌made a display of their warlike instruments on all public occasions.â€? When the Revolutionary War broke out the men of Peterborough quickly joined the cause of resisting British forces. One-fifth of the population of Peterborough, or 146 soldiers
joined the colonial army. Funeral attendance was by invitation and the ceremonies were usually well-attended with intoxicating beverages served at the beginning of the service and again after the funeral address was given. The coffin was transported to the cemetery at the top of the hill by “four strong young men � , a difficult assignment that continued until the year 1802 when the townspeople voted to
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ing with Kim Jong-un. Donald Trump’s politically audacious move not only caught the North Koreans off guard, but stunned China. In effect the Donald’s chessboard move threatened to marginalize China’s historic influence on the Korean Peninsula, and by extension, rebalance Japan’s security interests in the region. Tough United Nations Sanctions are squeezing Kim Jong-un’s options. China has significantly reduced its petroleum exports as well as coal and other key materials to North Korea. And the UN Security Council has yet again ramped up tougher economic measures on North Korea’s maritime smuggling and clandestine trade. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley stated, “The approval of this historic sanctions package is a clear sign that the international community is united in our efforts to keep up maximum pressure on the North Korean regime.” North Korea needs political and diplomatic leverage in the upcoming talks both with South Korea as well as with the USA. Kim Jong-un knows his nuclear weapons present Pyongyang with a valuable bargaining chip but at the same
time paint a target on the quaintly titled Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Realistically only China can rebalance the equation, but is not going to let Pyongyang continue to play its reckless nuclear and missile testing which precipitated the crisis in the first place. The UN Security Council is not ready to blink for Kim. Though Western diplomats and the Japanese will demand denuclearization on the recalcitrant North, it’s clearly democratic and prosperous South Korea that stands the most to gain or loose in any deal; after all they share the divided peninsula. South Korea may ultimately inherit the North’s moribund Marxist state. The upcoming meeting between South and North Korea will set the stage; the May Summit with the USA and North Korea will pave the path for peace, continued instability, or much worse. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.
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Hogg added, “they could have blood from children spattered all over their faces and they wouldn’t take action because they will still see those dollar signs.” In accusing their opponents of being bought off, the students deny the sincerity and legitimacy of supporters of gun rights. They treat the Second Amendment as an inkblot on the Constitution, and dismiss all counterarguments as transparent rationalizations. This juvenile view of the gun debate ignores Supreme Court jurisprudence, the genuine support of the NRA by millions of people and the serious, practical objections to gun-control proposals, and it removes all possibility of a middle ground. Tellingly, it is Marco Rubio who is the foremost object of the ire of the students, when he has been notably open and accommodating. He showed up at the CNN town hall to get abused, and has shown remarkable forbearance in han-
dling political attacks that are shameless blood libels. He sponsored incremental school safety legislation that is becoming law, and for his trouble he is deemed a moral monster who doesn’t care how many people have to die as long as he gets a few more campaign contributions. Maybe all of this can be written off as the work of overenthusiastic, underinformed 17-year-olds. But the student activists aren’t acting alone. They are promoted and praised by adults who should know better. Since the kids serve a useful purpose in promoting gun control, though, it is practically forbidden in much of the media to dissent from anything they say. It was hard to believe that our public debate could get even more sophomoric. The student activists are here to say, Yes, it can. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
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cient readers to not finish high school on time.” The clarity and logic of that statement stands in stark contrast to the emotional arguments used to try foisting FDK on a district struggling academically and financially. The results of RtA are promising. In the first 4 years, fourth graders improved half a grade level on the reading section of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Students scoring below basic in reading decreased 5 percentage points. Students scoring at or above proficiency increased 4 points. In an education policy report card by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), NC received a C+ grade; NH earned a C-. WalletHub’s comparison of state school systems ranked NC 13th; NH was 3rd. North Carolina has more large, urban districts and students from racial minorities than we have; those factors tend to lower academic performance. That said, NC spends half of what we spend per pupil yet achieves comparable NEAP test scores. What could we learn from them? The achievement of “being” should trump the virtue-signaling of “seeming,” but I won’t hold my breath. Despite all the reasons to oppose FDK (neither the Winnisquam School Board nor Budget Committee supported the warrant article), the chairman stated that the Board recognized the value of the program and were working on ways to implement it. I challenge him to craft a Vision Statement for FDK as clear as the Read to Achieve declaration – and to promise similar, measurable results. In Winnisquam as in all school districts across the state, we deserve what we tolerate. But for education, when we prefer seeming to do the right thing over being right, it’s the next generation that suffers from our folly.
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Big morning at Loon Mountain--from Picked Rock to Walking Boss the trails were covered edge to edge with super snow. Don’t give up on snow yet!
Yours truly, Charlie and Becca extended our adventure by skinning up through the woods to visit Henniker’s Craney Hill fire tower
Charlie is having goofy fun skinning up Pats Peak because the lifts are closed. We use skins on the bottom of our skis so they won’t slide back down as we climb up the trail. At the top we rip the skins off and ski back down. patenaude from 3
before it gets dark to skin up the mountain and ski back down. We have enjoyed some nice sunsets from the slopes of Twister. The previous week I visited for my first time Mt. Eustis in Littleton. The community ski hill has a rope tow and a small warming hut with a nice deck. All run by volunteers. The sun was bright and the snow was soft and bare spots were
just beginning to show through. Everyone there knew this was the last day of the season and a lot of people had come out. The price of a lift ticket was a donation. There is a grand view that will fill your eyes from their slopes of the Presidential Mountains all surrounded by the many peaks of the White Mountains. After every rope tow ride I stood at the top soaking in the
view while I rested my arms. Hanging on to a rope tow as it pulls you up is a workout. My arms tired out long before my legs. A return visit to Mt. Eustis next season for night skiing is definitely on my list of fun things to do. We had a super morning at Loon. A friend and I both skipped out of work for the morning. We were in line at the gondola before 9 am when the lifts opened. We were treated to an early opening which afforded us to be able to get in an extra run. We skied like mad men for three hours straight, skiing all over the mountain. At first the snow was firm like winter conditions due to the previous nice cold night. Then the temperature rose and the snow softened up and we were able to make big hero turns in the groomed snow. On a few trails they let the bumps form on one
side of the trail and they became soft and fun to ski. At noon we dashed back to our cars and headed to work. A half a day of work is better than none—I mean a half a day of skiing is better than none. Well, even hiking for one run
is fun. Think Snow! Amy Patenaude is an avid skier/outdoor enthusiast from Henniker, N.H. Readers are welcome to send comments or suggestions to her at: amy@ weirs.com.
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award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines)—which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.
-- it is part of a permanent record that keeps a permanent cloud of suspicion over her. Skenazy drills down to the core: “The issue here is how easy it is to drag a family into an abuse investigation, and how hard it is for the family, like an impacted molar, to get itself extracted.” Indeed, the partnership between medical providers and government child welfare services has threatened innocent families across the country under the guise of “protecting the children.” It is a short hop from cavity-shaming and misdiagnoses to ripping families apart. Don’t forget the case of Justina Pelletier, savagely torn from her family by Boston Children’s Hospital after the prestigious medical institution wrongly accused her parents of causing her chronic illness. BCH locked Justina in a mental ward until her sister published an undercover video of Justina pleading to be reunited with her family. Public outrage forced her release and now the Pelletiers are suing BCH. Big Nanny monitors hostile to family privacy and autonomy are everywhere -- in your kids’ classrooms, cafeterias, and doctors’ and dentists’ offices. Eternal vigilance against government intrusion is the price of parenthood. Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators. com.
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by Parker & Hart
The Winklman Aeffect
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