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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 21, 2016

A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 25, NO. 16

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Collecting Is Good Business In Littleton by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Fannie Sundman looked out the window of her hotel room in Littleton, NH, saw the large post office and knew that it would be the perfect place for her husband Maynard to expand his mail order stamp business. It was 1945 and she had been told about the area by her colleagues in the dress buying business. That company, the Littleton Stamp Company is now known as the Little-

ton Coin Company, the leading coin supplier to collectors and hobyists in the U.S and is run by Maynard and Fannie’s son David. It is also one of the biggest employers in the town with over 300 employees. “We have some people who have been here for forty-five years,” said Jill Kimball, PR and Customer Engagement Manager. “We also have many families with two or more employed here. Family is big here.” See coin on 14

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Saturday, April 23, from 7:30 - 9:30pm the Granite State Choral Society will present “All Through the Night” presented by directed by Dan Roihl at First United Methodist Church, 34 South Main St., Rochester. This exciting program will celebrate night through music in a wide variety of styles and time periods. More than just that period of darkness from sunset to sunrise, night is a time for peace and silence, contemplation and love, dreams and wishes, and fears and hope.

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April Thursday 21st Giant Rummage Sale

the artist endeavors of infant, toddler, preschool and kindergarten children. Proceeds will be used to purchase an outlast cascade and water play table from Community Playthings for the playgrounds. 230-4024

Giant Rummage Sale

The Congregational Church of Laconia, corner of Pleasant Street and Veterans Square, Laconia. 5-7pm. Featuring collectibles, toys, books, clothing, electronics, jewelry, kitchenware and more! Donations as well as contents from two estates.

The Congregational Church of Laconia, corner of Pleasant Street and Veterans Square, Laconia. 9am12pm. Featuring collectibles, toys, books, clothing, electronics, jewelry, kitchenware and more! Donations as well as contents from two estates.

Program by Rick “The Mooseman” Libbey

The Chris O’Leary Blues Band

Belknap County Sportsmen’s Club, Lily Pond Road, Gilford. The program will be preceded by a ham and bean supper at 6pm. Admission is open to all in the Lakes Region and is $10pp. Water and soda provided. 622-2418

Friday 22nd Lakes Region Art Association’s Drop-in Painting and Drawing Group

Lakes Region Art Association Art Gallery, Tanger Outlets, suite 132, Tilton. 10am-noon. Group is open to the public for those 18 years and older. There are no fees, no instruction, no structure; just bring your own supplies, set up, paint or draw and enjoy the camaraderie of hanging out with fellow artists. 528-0013

Rochester Opera House’s Annual Lottery Cocktail Party

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 5:30pm. Join for a fantastic evening, featuring tasty hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, music, games, prizes, live and silent auction and more! A maximum of 300 tickets will be sold. Entries for a chance to win $10,000 are $100 each and admit two people to the event. 335-1992

Giant Rummage Sale

The Congregational Church of Laconia, corner of Pleasant Street and Veterans Square, Laconia. 9am5pm. Featuring collectibles, toys, books, clothing, electronics, jewelry, kitchenware and more! Donations as well as contents from two estates.

Saturday 23rd Electronic Waste Collection Day

Lowe’s Parking lot, 1407 Lakeshore Road, Gilford. 9am-1pm. Recycle electronic items of all sizes from phones & computers to dryers& refrigerators for a disposal fee of $1 to $20 ($30 for very large TVs). 5270089

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The Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com or 536-2551

The New Legacy Swing Band

The Wakefield Opera House, Sanbornville. The New Legacy Swing Band with their extensive music library will provide big band, jazz, swing, waltzes, Latin, rock and roll and R & B tunes from the 1930s to today! $15pp/ door, $12pp/advance. 522-0126

5th Annual Art Show & Silent Auction

NHTI Library, 31 College Drive, Concord. 9am-noon. You’re invited to the Child and Family Development Center’s 5th Annual Silent Auctioned Art Show featuring exhibits that celebrate

Friday 29th Lakes Region Art Association’s Drop-in Painting and Drawing Group

Lakes Region Art Association Art Gallery, Tanger Outlets, Suite 132, Tilton. 10am-noon. Group is open to the public for those 18 years and older. There are no fees, no instruction, no structure; just bring your own supplies, set up, paint or draw and enjoy the camaraderie of hanging out with fellow artists. 528-0013

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. BYOB venue. $20/advance, $25/door. www. pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

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Tilton Masons Public Breakfast and Bake Sale

Motor Booty Affair

Masonic Building, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 7am-9:30am. Full breakfast, including eggs cooked to order. $8pp, proceeds benefit the various charities the Lodge supports. 524-8268

Sunday 24th Don Smith – Live Concert

Bristol Baptist Church, 30 Summer Street, Bristol. 6pm. Live concert with Country and Gospel singer, Don Smith. Light refreshments will follow the performance. A free will offering will be taken. 744-3885

Tuesday 26th “Your Hit Parade; 25 Years of America’s Top Popular Songs”

The Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com or 536-2551 Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm. Tickets $14pp. 335-1992 or www. rochesteroperahouse.com

Spring Craft Workshop

Wolfeboro Public Library, 259 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 10am. Older children and adults will make paper blossoms; all materials will be provided at no charge. 569-2428

Saturday 30th Eckankar Spiritual Chat

Water Street Café, 141 Water Street, Laconia. 10:30am. This chat will include the topic of Spiritual Wisdom on Karma & Reincarnation. Free and open to the public. 852-4283

Get The Led Out

New Hampshire Veterans Home, 139 Winter Street, Tilton. 2:30pm. Independent scholar Calvin Knickerbocker presents “Your Hit Parade”, about the show that chronicled the changes in popular music from it’s debut in 1935 to it’s “death by Rock and Roll” in 1959. Free and open to the public. 527-4425

Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach. www.casinoballroom. com or 929-4100

Illustrated Talk about the Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Jackson House

Bristol Fire Station, Lake Street, Bristol. 1-2pm. Public service event for pet owners to get their pets their rabies shot for a donation of $12. Dr. Steve Westland will be the attending vet. 744-3817

Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. Discover artifacts recently unearthed at Historic New England’s Jackson House, the oldest standing woodframe house in New Hampshire. Dr. Kathleen Wheeler of Independent Archaeological Consulting shares findings from a 2015 archaeological investigation that yielded more than 12,000 artifacts. Admission is free but reservations are required. 436-3205

Wednesday 27th Altursa’a Monthly Community Dinner

Meredith Community Center, Circle Drive, Meredith. Doors open at 5pm, dinner served at 5:30pm. Homemade beef stew, salad, rolls and home baked lemon cupcakes are on the menu. Reserve by calling Alison at 279-9918

Author Ellen Fitzpatrick to Read and Sign her New Book

RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 6pm. Monica Wood will read from and sign her new book, “The Highest Glass Celing”. Free and open to the public. 431-2100 or www. riverrunbookstore.com

Great Comedy for a Cause

The Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com or 536-2551

Bristol Lions – Rabies Clinic

Spring Craft Fair

Somersworth High School, Somersworth. 9am-3pm. Over 100 of the best crafters in New England. Lots of free parking! Delicious food will also be available. 692-5869 or www. nhfestivals.org

Good Gardening Workshop

Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. 10am. This workshop covers planting and growing techniques that minimize disease and pest issues. Farm staff will lead a walking tour into the farm’s fields for a hands-on learning experience about transplanting, plant spacing, trellising, mulching and much more! Wear mud-friendly clothes. Free and open to the public. 279-3915

Belknap County School-to-Farm Benefit Breakfast

Barnstead Parade Fire Station, 305 Parade Road, Barnstead. 8am-11am. This event brings together 4th grade students from different elementary schools throughout the county for a day of learning about the importance of agriculture. Farmers and professionals are on hand to present

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Colin Hay At The Flying Monkey Colin Hay, familiar to millions as front-man, songwriter, and vocalist of pop sensation Men at Work will be performing at The Flying Monkey in Plymouth on Saturday, April 23rd at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $35 “Next Year People” is his new album full of quizzical, curious, and cynical yet open-hearted songs with catchy melodic hooks that underscore deeply insightful lyrics. Some of the songs are based on Colin’s personal experiences such as “Waiting in the Rain,” written about his parents and the almost mystical experience he had growing up in a music shop in Scotland, surrounded by instruments and a constant stream of 50′s and 60′s radio hits. For tickets and more information visit www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

Are You Smarter Than A Third Grader?

Join the Effingham Historical Society at its main building located at 1014 Province Lake Road (Route 153) in Center Effingham on Friday, April 22nd at 7pm. for a presentation by society members Sheila Jones and Neil Eric Potter on Effingham schools to find out! For the past several years, Mrs. Jones and Mr. Potter have presented programs on Effingham history to the third grade students at the Effingham Elementary School. Three years ago, at the suggestion of the students, a program on the history of schools in Effingham was developed and now, each year in April and May, the students discuss the history, location, and subjects taught at the 17 schools, both public and private, known to have existed in Effingham over the past 200+ years, while marking the sites of the schools on maps of the town. At the conclusion of the program each year, the third grade class enjoys a tour of the town that highlights the school locations and includes visits to several sites important to town history. So are you up to the challenge? Can you list all the schools? Are you smarter than a third grader?

Super Bingo Game To Benefit Lake Winnipesaukee Museum Join the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society on Saturday, April 23rd for Super Bingo, a high stakes bingo game. Doors open at 2:00pm at the Funspot Bingo Hall, Rte. 3, Weirs Beach, NH. The Super Bingo Game offers a $13 9-card package for the afternoon session (4:30-5:30pm) and your choice of a $25 12-card package, $30 18-card package for the evening session (6:45-9:15pm). You may also rent a Bingo computer for just $6.00 per day, play e-cards, paper cards or both to increase your chances of winning! Players are allowed to buy a maximum of 54 faces on an electronic video bingo device and are limited to one unit per person. Guests may play either the afternoon or the evening session, or may come early and stay late to play both sessions. The one-hour afternoon session will include 10 games paying an estimated $100 each. The evening session will include 12 games paying an estimated $320 each and three “Winner Takes All” games that may award up to $1,600. The “Carryover Coverall” game is guaranteed to pay $2,000. All prizes are based on attendance. Other cash prizes can be won through pull-tab tickets sold at 50 cents each that pay from $10 to $499. Food and beverages are also available. Proceeds of these games support the LWHS mission to preserve the history and heritage of Lake Winnipesaukee, specifically its Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, located on Route 3 in the Weirs, next door to the Funspot Bingo Hall.

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ed old logging road and shouldered our packs and headed up the logging road. The morning air was cold. The ground was hard and firm, still frosty. At a fork in the road we went right and then we turned off of it and headed up through the woods. Thankfully the woods were mostly hardwood and the walking wasn’t difficult. Soon we came to another logging road and followed it right to the summit of the first peak on our agenda. Ames Mountain’s summit, elevation 2,070 feet, had a mostly open summit. The view from Ames’ ledges didn’t disappoint with big views of Carr Mountain’s ridge right close nearby, a good peek at the Tenney Mountain wind turbines and a good view of Mount Cardigan. The sun was starting to warm the air and it was beginning to feel more

like a spring day. We followed the logging road down to near the col between Ames Mountain and Currier Hill. Again we entered the woods and picked our way across the forest floor through hardwood trees. I found a deer shed, a single antler with a few points on it. The mice had gnawed off some of the points. I

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To The Editor: I’m 70 years old and I’m really excited! ‌‌‌.from the bottom up! I’m excited that my adopted city that I moved to 40 years ago is experiencing a rebirth. The downtown is starting to flourish, not only with new businesses opening up but with: volunteers who are helping to make these businesses a success, a focus on permaculture that had created a partnership with students from Colby Sawyer College, the vision of Todd Workman and his associates to bring this

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about, and a city government that is not only supportive but excited about all that is happening. I’m excited about the opportunity our state politicians have to grab onto the social revolution that is taking place across the country. They have an opportunity to grab onto these coattails and build on the revolution to improve the lives of us all, from the bottom up. I’m excited that voters in the country are “Feeling the Bern� and bringing about the social revolution we have been crying out for. Bernie Sanders is driving one of the most important conversation of my time. I’m excited that my son and I are heading for Washington DC to participate in Democracy Spring/Democracy Awakening, a groundswell of Americans demanding that Congress take action to strengthen our democracy, specifically regarding: money in politics, threats to voting rights and the Senate majority’s refusal to do its constitutional duty in filling the current Supreme Court vacancy. Now, let’s all make it happen! Judith Ackerson Franklin NH

Supports Rubens To the Editors: Some of you may remember me, as a father’s rights advocate, when I lived in New Hampshire,

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.

prior to 2007. That’s where I met Jim Rubens. It turned out that he was one of the few politicians who really understood the discrimination and abuse divorcing fathers had to endure. Jim understood that when fathers only get child-custody in 8% of cases, something is wrong. Jim understood that when mothers are awarded sole custody in 75 – 80% of cases, something is wrong. Jim understood that when experts from nations around the globe find shared physical custody to be in the best interests of children, parents, courts, and society in general, but our judges refuse to issue such orders, something is wrong. Jim knows that allowing the child support collection agency to pay the family courts, is one such something that is wrong. Jim’s competition for the senate seat all believe that the paragraph above is just what the doctor ordered. The experts in children and custody know better. That’s why I’m submitting a campaign letter from Jim Rubens. It may not mention divorce, custody, or child support, but I know the integrity of the man. Jim Rubens is the best candidate for New Hampshire’s national Senator. I hope you will publish at least parts of this letter. Paul M. Clements Gaffney, SC.

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In case you missed it – and I can’t imagine anyone who did – the latest debate with the candidates from The Flatlander Party was a real doozy. There hasn’t been a debate for the past ten years since I’ve been the only candidate who has run, so it was a surprise when I got the call that someone else had jumped into the race. This gentleman – and I use the term lightly – is originally from New Jersey and only moved here two years ago. We met briefly last year at the local supermarket when our shopping carts collided as we both arrived at the entrance to the fourteen items or less checkout at the same exact time. With our carts locked like the horns of two battling rams neither one of us was about to concede our place in line to the other. For me, this was a long ago ingrained trait that I had learned to let go of over the past thirty years I have lived in New Hampshire. Still, it was that look in his eye the second after the incident that brought back something in me that I hadn’t felt in years. In New York, and I’m sure Jersey as well, it was known as Aisle Anger, where one would be unrelenting at giving up their space at the supermarket, even to let one pass and would go to strange lengths to stake their claim. Some incidents of aisle anger were front page stories in the tabloids.

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to have entered the race for spite. So, the table was set and our first debate took place last week at a local grange and was broadcast across the state through local public access channels. The rules for the debate were standard as in most debates. Time limits for answers and rebuttals would be set but didn’t have to be followed. Moderators were not to ask questions about pertinent and important issues that affected the everyday lives of citizens but would instead ask questions about things the candidates had said about each other in order to create a hostile environment with lots of yelling. I don’t have time to get into all that was brought up during the debate, but I can tell you it was a raucous back and forth of name calling and innuendos. (My opponent did strike a nerve when he reminded me that one of my favorite New York teams actually played in Jersey.) If you missed it, it will be replayed over and over early in the morning on your local public access channel as filler for the next few weeks. The audio is a little rough at times (think televised selectman’s meeting) but I think I made my case for why I would be the best candidate. I also outshone him in the spelling section as I whipped through Winnipesaukee and Kancamagus effortlessly. He isn’t about to give up though and I think I am in for a bumpy ride this election cycle.

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There was never a more crucial moment than when arriving at the checkout. It often became a high speed race when spying another about to arrive at the same time; every second and movement counted in making sure that you arrived first. When I first moved here I took me awhile to rid myself of this dangerous habit, but over the years I finally came to realize that it didn’t matter much. In fact, I’ve learned to graciously stop to let those arriving at the same time as me go first. It feels good. Still something overcame me as we clashed that afternoon. As I said the look in his eye. The look of the new transplant to New Hampshire who had a lot of baggage to get rid of. I couldn’t just be gracious and let him ahead of me; it was too early for him to understand that lesson yet. I would have to win this battle for now and let him come to this revelation on his own over time. I stared him down, some old traits are never forgotten, and he finally relented but keeping his cart as close to my back as he could while I moved my items on to the conveyor. As the cashier scanned my items she looked up and said: “I know you, you are that Flatlander guy running for governor.” I acknowledged, gave a glance back to my nemesis, grabbed my bags and left. I forgot about the incident soon after, it is easy to do that around here. It was only a few days later when I received word that I had competition for the nomination. Guess who? People get into politics for different reasons. Some do it for the power, some, like myself, for the salary, one or two have even been known to get in because they truly want to help people. My competitor seems

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American Workers Matter: A Chicago Wake and Wake-Up Call

Circle this date on your calendar: April 22. I’ll be in Chicago that day attending what may be a very significant milestone in American by Michelle Malkin politics and domestic polSyndicated Columnist icy. It’s going to be a wake and a wake-up call, part memorial and part protest. If you are a so-called American “STEM worker” in science, technology, engineering or math, if you have college-age children studying in the STEM fields, or if you have younger children who aspire to work in STEM industries and you are concerned for their future, you should do everything you can to join us. April 22 is the last day of work for nearly 200 American workers at Abbott Laboratories, the pharmaceutical giant founded by Chicago doctor Wallace C. Abbott in 1888. The company sacked some of its most high-skilled workers in February to make way for H-1B and L-1 visa replacements from Indian offshore outsourcing firm Wipro. One Abbott worker, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, told me: “We were given an agreement which basically says that in order to get compensation you must sign away your rights to sue or disparage the company. I have 3 small children and a wife to provide for -- I have nowhere to go because of the H1-B visa loopholes” that “every major company” is exploiting. Intimidation. Layoffs. “Dig your own grave” severance agreements contingent on training foreign re-

placements before getting the boot on 60 days’ notice. Promises from Washington to “end H-1B abuse” that is entirely legal because it was baked into the gargantuan immigration law cake crafted by self-serving lobbyists for Big Business working on both sides of the political aisle. Sara Blackwell, a Florida lawyer and mom of three, knows this pattern well. She’s representing American tech workers at Disney who suffered the same fate and are fighting back with a lawsuit against the entertainment conglomerate and its Indian offshore outsourcing conspirators, HCL and Cognizant. It was Blackwell’s brilliant idea to hold a memorial for the terminated Abbott workers. She’s inviting the pink-slipped Abbott casualties’ colleagues, families, friends, supporters, other compatriots “affected by the outsourcing or offshoring of American jobs,” and, Blackwell urges, anyone else across the country “who cares about the American worker and the future of America.” The gathering will take place at Flanagan’s Bar and Grill in North Chicago, Illinois at 5:30 p.m. on April 22, right after work lets out at Abbott Labs. (More information here: protectusworkers. org/2016/03/memorial-for-theamerican-worker/.) Because of the stiff sanctions many American high-skilled employees have faced in the past for challenging the H-1B racket (including death threats, bullying and legal threats), Blackwell will be handing out “dark veils” to “conceal mourners’ identities.” My friend and co-author of “Sold Out,” programmer-turned-lawyerJohn Miano, and I will be there to

Time Is Not On Our Side

I am sitting here dictating this article for the Wears Times in between teaching jobs in Manchester. We all live such busy by Jane Cormier lives. But, if you Hooksett, NH. are like me, there is a definite feeling that things are going downhill faster than ever. Having lived in New Hampshire most of my adult life, I’ve come to love New Hampshire and its independent spirit. But, this spirit seems to be disappearing lately. Progressive policies are ruining our state and the quality of our lives. The election season is upon us once more and voting on important political offices, both federal and state, is more crucial than ever. We also need some new faces to get into these races! I find it disconcerting that so many of the same people are See malkin on 26 going to be called upon to try

to get the hard work done of turning our country back into a constitutional republic rather than an oligarchy headed by bureaucrats and the “Fourth Arm” of government. So, what is a person to do when you look at the state of our state and country? You are probably overwhelmed and why not? If you look at the federal deficits and grotesque government overreach, you can easily feel paralyzed. But, when the going gets tough, the tough get going! For all of you folks out there - (and I am addressing the true conservatives) that have the ability to jump into “the game” and serve our state, I urge you to please get up, get out, and get active. We need YOU to do the right thing. We need YOU to set the example of what a citizen legislature is all about. We need YOU to get on your community boards - planning, school, or select boards. We need YOU to See cormier on 27

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Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Expanding UNITED NATIONS —Calling

for an end to “human trafficking and other forms of human slavery,” British Cardinal Vinby John J. Metzler cent Nichols Syndicated Columnist presented a stunning testimony against the “resurgence of slavery” where up to 21 million people are affected by the scourge. As Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Nichols has led the fight against global human trafficking which, given the chaotic world situation, and especially displaced migrant flows, is actually now on the rise. While there’s no precise legal definition of the contemporary crime, modern slavery and trafficking generally refer to people who are held against their will, isolated, and regularly exploited with negligible compensation. While concerning people forced into sexual slavery, the definition also extends to some unpaid and exploited farm labor and some fishing fleet crews. Organized crime plays a strong but not exclusive role in the exploitation; there is equally a nexus with international terrorist groups, according to officials. Sponsored by the Holy See Mission to the UN as well as the Santa Marta Group which is an alliance of international police chiefs and bishops from around the world, the conference focused on battling human trafficking and modern day

slavery. The Santa Marta group grew from a partnership between the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales and the London Metropolitan police. The group has the strong endorsement and commitment from Pope Francis who in a message to the conference, described human trafficking as “a scourge throughout the world today.” Significantly many of the victims will fear going directly to the police, but will nonetheless go to church parishes to seek help. According to Cardinal Nichols, many are “locked away” and are utterly isolated and cut off. He stated that a key element became pastoral care and building trust using the resources of the church as well as close coordination with law enforcement. Cardinal Nichols stressed that human trafficking reduces victims to “the status of a commodity” and its victims pose a “deep shame to the human family.” He called for “effective international cooperation” to fight the growing threat. Kevin Hyland, Britain’s AntiSlavery Commissioner, advised that “the anti-slavery movement has so far failed,” with illegal profits now reaching $150 billion which come on the back of “the untold suffering of millions globally.” Commissioner Hyland focused on how terrorist groups such as Islamic State (ISIL) and Nigeria’s Boko Haram have profited from human slavery as both a tool of intimidation as well a profit maker. Boko Haram Islamic militants

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Campaign Lies If you took all the lies out of political rhetoric, how much would be left? Apparently even less than usual this year. The latest, and perhaps by Thomas Sowell biggest, lie -Syndicated Columnist thus far -- is that Donald Trump was cheated out of delegates in Colorado because the voters did not select the delegates. Two very different questions have gotten confused with each other. One question is whether this is the best way to choose delegates. Most of us would say “No,” but most of us don’t live in Colorado, and each state is allowed great leeway in how it chooses to pick its delegates. The more fundamental question is whether this was some trick cooked up to deprive Donald Trump of the delegates needed to win the Republican nomination. That is of course how Donald Trump and his followers automatically depict anything that doesn’t work out to his advantage. But the Colorado rules were written and known to all before anybody cast a single vote in the primary elections, anywhere in the country. If the people who ran the Trump campaign were not aware of what the rules in Colorado were, and Ted Cruz’s people were, that is what happens when you hire people who are not up to the challenges of their job. The fact that one of those people has been fired and replaced has gotten much less media attention than Trump’s loudly repeated charges that he was robbed. With so many primary election

rules that vary from one state to another, some of these rules are bound to work out to one candidate’s advantage and another candidate’s disadvantage. When Trump, for example, wins less than a majority of a state’s votes and yet gets 100 percent of its delegates, you don’t hear other candidates yelling or whining that they have been robbed. But the cold fact is that Trump’s percentage of the delegates is still higher than his percentage of the people who actually voted for him. Apparently it all depends on whose ox is gored -- and who yells the loudest, with the most irresponsible charges. It also depends on how conscientious the media are and how gullible the voters are. Other political campaign lies have been repeated so often, over so many years, that they have become part of a tradition that is almost never questioned. Demands for “equal pay” for women, for example, proceed without even a definition of what that means. Some years ago, I was shocked when my research turned up the fact that young male physicians earned substantially more than young female physicians. But, when my research also turned up the fact that young male physicians work hundreds of hours more per year than young female physicians, it was not shocking any more. Other researchers, many of them female, have found the same pattern in other fields where there are income differences between the sexes. Women work fewer hours annually than men, and do not work full-time and continuously over the years as often as men do. Among college graduates, women receive more than three-quarSee Sowell on 26

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of a nation as a FOB for Iraq and Syria with Erdogan’s under the table permission. “My contempt for the Germans is on the rise. First, they flood themselves with scum waters of Islam under the mistaken assumption that they are doing something noble, while they are actually complicating conditions for their own native people and allies. Now this, the bus tossing of western tolerance towards speech. “So when the Russians kill a bunch of Germans, it is somehow our responsibility to come riding in on a white charger because of NATO? For what? So they can prosecute another person for saying something true about Islam and the contemptible Erdogan? “These people need to start defending themselves without US subsidy. I’m sick of paying for the defense of idiots like the Turks and the Germans. In fact, I’m sick of paying for the defense of the rest of the Marxist countries that make up NATO. Start taking some responsibility for your own defense. If you get invaded by the bear, fight your own battle, and prepare for it in advance, instead of expecting US boys and girls, and US tax payers to shed blood and treasure for your miserable, shriveled up, Marxist BLEEPPS. We’re 20 trillion in debt, why are we defending people who seem to have nothing but contempt for our traditions?� ******** Another Advocates member respond. “You give the Turks and the Germans too much credit. The Turks have always hated us but were willing to sell us a position from which to strike Russia... who they hate more than they hate us... and we were

willing to give them money and arms. They know what neighborhood they live in. They keep track of which side of the bread the butter is on. “The Germans did not let the muslims in as any sort of egalitarian act of beneficence. They have an extreme labor force shortage because they bought into the zero population growth Kool aid. Now their economy is struggling not only with banking woes but also a large shortage of workforce age Germans... the remedy for which was supposed to be bringing in muslim refugees... call it fixing a structural economic problem by telling themselves what wonderful people they are. Surprise! “Don’t get me wrong. This is an accumulation of stupid. After WWII we did not want a three peat. So we stepped in and tried to get Europe back on its feet economically. To expedite the process and to “control� any recurrence of an arms race on the continent we volunteered for the mission of defending Europe. We should have required compensation for the costs. We did not require the Europeans shoulder the costs then and we have not made any serious attempts to do so since. We actually pay them for the privilege of defending them. “Compounding the unrecovered cost insult is the fact that the Europeans have used the disposable income to develop a virulent strain of socialism which has destroyed their money supply, their regulatory structure, their will to work and any belief that they should act responsibly with respect to self sufficiency, self defense and almost everything else. So not to worry, let’s just go on holiday, shall we?

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If you read the death notices that were in some of the old yearly Town Reports of New Hampshire you will find that the cause of death was given for those who died the previous year. Sometimes that cause was noted as “ Consumption.� That word did not mean that they ate too much. The problem was caused by what was eating them. Consumption was another name for tuberculosis, a disease caused by a bacteria labeled mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thought to have been around since ancient times and to have killed an estimated billion people world-wide during the past two centuries, tuberculosis was so prevalent in Europe and the United States that it was called The White Plague. An official report of the town of New Hampton, NH tells us that on May 31 of the year 1910 Laura J. Smith, a housewife, died at the age of 40 years, 7 months, and 17 days. The cause of death is listed as pulmonary tuberculosis. Laura is my grandmother. Another New Hampton report lists the death of Robert T. Smith, whose occupation was identified as Editor, on January 16, 1928 at the age of 25 years and 28 days. The cause of death was not listed but was well-known to be consumption (or tuberculosis), a disease for which he and many others sought a cure. Robert is Laura’s (and Bradley’s) son and my

Mountain air was the choice for the location of the Sanatoriums; thus the selection of Glencliff on the side of a mountain. uncle. The bacteria that causes the disease abbreviated as TB was discovered in 1882 by Dr, Robert Koch and revealed that it was an infectious disease which led to efforts to keep those infected from spreading the illness to others. In the early 1900s there were an estimated 110,000 deaths a year in the United States from TB. During that period of history one in seven deaths in the U.S. and Europe was attributed to tuberculosis. The state legislature of New Hampshire authorized the construction of a sanatorium in Glencliff in 1901 as a place to treat patients with TB. The establishment was completed and opened for patients in 1909. It was thought that fresh air and sunshine along with rest and isolation were helpful in combating the disease, but only those who were thought to have a favorable prospect of being cured were admitted. My uncle sought help at the Greenwood Mountain Sanatorium in Hebron, Maine. He attended Bates College and was employed by a Lewiston newspaper after his graduation from New Hampton Literary and Theological Insti-

tution. Mountain air was the choice for the location of the Sanatoriums; thus the selection of Glencliff on the side of a mountain at an elevation of 1,650 feet. A sanatorium for children was established at Pembroke in the early 1920’s as the Glencliff facility did not accept children. Some patients at Glencliff were there for years. In the 1930’s surgical procedures were used in an effort to cure patients, but it was not until 1944 that streptomycin was discovered and its use, along with other soon to be discovered medications, greatly increased recovery rates . It should be noted that the sanatoriums placed patients in beds on porches open to the outside air where they slept during the winter as well as the summer. Many hours during the day were reserved for rest. One patient in the 1940’s described the routine as leading the life of a log. I have been able to discover some of my Uncle Robert’s efforts to overcome the consumption that was afflicting his body, though I do not know when he was diagnosed with the disease or how long he was in See smith on 23

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THE HISTORY Maynard Sundman loved stamps since he was a young boy after a friend showed him his stamp collection on a rainy day. After graduating from High School in Bristol, Ct, in 1935, he used $400 in savings and started the Maynard Sundman Stamp Company from the family table. By 1939, there were four employees and it garnered the attention of H.E Harris of Boston who was owner at the time of the largest stamp company in the world. Harris became a mentor to Maynard and taught him much about the mail order business. Almost immediately after serving in the U.S Army in World War II, Maynard and Fannie went to Littleton to find office space and a place to live. Soon the Littleton Stamp Company was operating out of two

The Littleton Stamp Company rented two second-story rooms in Tilton’s Opera Block when it started.

Maynard and Fannie Sundman while Maynard was in the service during World War II. Shortly after the war the Sundmans moved to Littleton, NH, to grow their mail order stamp company. The Littleton Stamp Company is today the Littleton Coin Company, courtesy Photos

rooms in Tilton’s Opera Block. By 1936, thirty-six employees joined the original four and was becoming the fastest growing stamp company in the history of the business. By 1954, the company was now called Littleton Stamp & Coin with sixty employees and three more offices across the street. In 1964, with 70 employees,

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the company moved into the Kelly Building and in the early 70s Littleton Stamp & Coin was housed in a new 19,000 square foot building at 646 Union Street. In 1974, the Sundmans purchased the Mystic Stamp Company in Camden, New York with youngest son Don at the helm. Now called The Littleton Coin Company, oldest son David became president in 1985. In 1999 they moved into their brand new 65,000 square foot facility in the Littleton Industrial Park (20,000 square feet were added in 2005.) Maynard passed away in 2007, he was predeceased by Fannie who died in 1993. LOVE OF COLLECTING “I started when I was five years old going to the office with my dad,” said David Sundman. “It’s been over sixty years now and I still like each project I am involved with. It helps to have an appreciation of what your customers are doing.” David is an avid collector himself and sees the value in the collecting of coins themselves more in the hobby of it than in what might be the monetary worth. “It’s like collecting art.” A stunning display on his office wall consists of what appears to be just giant slabs of copper, but are actually coins, some as heavy as thirtysix pounds, that were produced by Sweden between 1644 and 1777. They were so cumbersome they were See coin on 15

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investment that drives the act of collecting, but really about the collecting itself and the collecting itself is really a big business.

In 1970, Littleton Stamp & Coin moved to a brand new 19,000 square foot building at 646 Union Street. Today it is the home of the Littleton Learning Center.

THE BUSINESS “The purpose of our business is to sell coins and currency to collectors and hobbyists as well as helping start hobbyists who have never collected before,” said Jill Kimball. If you are not a collector, it can boggle your mind a bit when you see the extent of the operation at Littleton Coin Company. With tens of thousands of coins coming and going each business day about five thousand packages a day and one million a year are mailed out to hundreds of thousands of customers across the United States. Coins come from a variety of sources including collectors and dealers and people with smaller collections and matched up with customers who are looking for particular coins. “Each and every coin first goes through processing and grading to check their condition,” said Kimball. “Each coin is carefully scrutinized. We reject about half since they don’t meet our standards.” (Lit-

Each coin is scrutinized by the grading department. About courtesy Photos half of all coins are rejected. tleton Coin Company also buys directly from mints.) Many customers who receive their coins will also get additional coins on an approval basis where they will have fifteen days

to decide if they want the coins or if they want to return them. “Maynard Sundman was revolutionary when he first started sending stamps on See coin on 16

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carried around in wheelbarrows. “With coins you are also collecting history, you can hold it in your hand,” said David. “If I dropped a coin of Cleopatra in your hand it would transport you back to 488 B.C.” This reporter was treated to enjoy some of that history including the first

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Littleton Coin Company President David Sundman (L) shows Weirs Times Editor Brendan Smith some of his private collection of coins and currency. coin from 15

approval,” said Kimball. “It was and is based on trust.” This method has also been useful in competing against new sources such as online sites like ebay and others. There is a sales department that works with a specialized audience and they keep the buyers informed about what coins are being requested. “We have customers who have been with us for

many years,” said Kimball. Since Littleton Coin Company is not in the business of manufacturing inventory but in searching out existing pieces, the work of finding pieces collectors want is not always easy. “There are a lot of wonderful coins out there, but they are all in collections,” said David. “Some coins that are found today you may not be able to find for another twenty years.”

David Sundman with Dot Bean (L) and Stephanie Westover who are mother and daughter. About twenty-six families have multiple employees working at Littleton Coin courtesy Photos Company. Besides the coins which come from collectors and hobbyists, some of the coins come from collections which are stories in themselves like the Vermont Yankee Hoard and New York Subway Hoard,

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Littleton Coin Company also sponsors many different coin collecting clubs. both fascinating stories which are prominently displayed along with other memorabilia about the Littleton Coin Company which can be seen during a tour of the business. Littleton Coin Company also sponsors many different coin collecting clubs focusing on specific collections where you will end up with a full compliment over time. “It gets people interested in collecting and the hobby,” said Kimball. The biggest resource at Littleton Coin Company most certainly is the employees, some who have

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Bryan tied the deer shed above the summit register jar. Sometimes registers are found on peaks that require bushwhacking to reach their summit. This is an old tradition and can make for some interesting reading to discover who and when was the last to visit these out of the way places. that the teeth look really good. This winter, way up north, we found a moose skull and the teeth were worn right down thin. This unlucky fellow had nice teeth indicating that he was young and didn’t die of old age. Finding a moose shed is nice but finding a complete skull with attached antlers is extra-ordinary! This one was a season dry and it wasn’t chewed up. This was quite a find! We left the antlers behind and we’d pick them up on our way down.

decided to carry it up to the summit. As we gained elevation blocky rocks and ledge poked through the forest floor and soon we approached a steeper rocky ridge that would take us to the summit. Jeremy said, “See that?� I saw it as soon as he said “that.� It wasn’t far away. I ran a few strides beating Bryan to the prize. I dropped the little antler and I bent over and

hefted the prize off the ground. It was heavy. I looked at Jeremy and asked him if he was sure he didn’t want it since he really saw it first. He declined, I knew he has no interest in carrying this beast of a moose head off the mountain. Two giant antlers still attached to the moose’s skull, a real European mount without the work of cleaning the hunted. Bryan pointed out

ried a heavy moose fresh shed and it just about did me. Thankfully Bryan came over and gave me a hand. Luckily I was still hiking with my winter pack that is designed to carry skis and boots. We tied the straps meant for skis around each antler near the skull. Bryan had an extra strap that he tied around my pack and the skull to help steady the load. Then he lifted the moose and my pack and I attempted to slip into my pack. “Stand Still� Bryan cursed after I almost took him out by turning quickly causing the antlers to come about swinging like a baseball See patenaude on 18

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bat. With his help I was able to clip my waist belt and chest strap and start my way off the hill. I connected the strap of my hiking pole to the tip of the left antler and I could pull it to straighten the load like a moose would turn his head to thread through tight spots. Oh and there are lots of tight spots in the woods. My pack weighed close to 50 pounds anyway. I haven’t had a chance to weigh the antlers yet but I will soon. Every step was deliberate. Climbing over a few blowdowns was quite challenging. I concentrated on not falling down. When we reached the logging road I was giddy. But since I wasn’t working hard not to get caught in the trees I began to notice the heavy weight of my load. I willed myself back to the car. I had carried the load less than two miles and all downhill. This was a lucky find. Wrestling the moose head

The open ledges on Ames Mountain gave us a nice reward of warm sunshine and big views of nearby Carr Mountain and mountains to the south. in to the back of my car was no easy feat. Again I was thankful for assistance from Bryan and Jeremy. We pondered what had killed the big moose. Perhaps he fell from high up on the ledgy slope and didn’t survive the fall. Or maybe he was shot by a hunter but not killed right away and was never found. Or I would hate to think that maybe he was one of the many

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fouls on black players out of all proportion to the share of blacks in the general population? You might well say, “Wait a minute! The proportion of black players is far higher in the NBA than in the population.” Yet that simple difference between the proportion of blacks in the general population and blacks involved in whatever activity is being measured statistically is repeatedly ignored, both by politicians and the media. The success of campaign lies depends ultimately on how willing the public is to be stampeded without bothering to stop and think. 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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pay our respects not only to the Abbott workers, but also to pay tribute to the thousands of best and brightest IT workers and engineers whose identical plights we spotlighted in our book -along with the many brave whistleblowers John has represented as founder of the Programmers Guild and attorney for tech workers suing over bipartisan executive expansions of sovereigntyundermining guest worker visa programs. For decades now, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Silicon Valley lobbyists have dominated Capitol Hill and public debate with their fraudulent claims that there’s a U.S. tech worker shortage and that wagesuppressing H-1B visas “create jobs.” (I dare Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Eric Schmidt to come to Chicago and tell it to our faces.) The good news: A longbrewing perfect storm -created in part by the rise of Donald Trump, the fall of Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, high-profile layoffs at Disney, Southern California Edison and Abbott, and transcendent disgust with the immigration expansionist gravy train -- has changed the equation for U.S. workers. Ignored by Washington, fed-up citizens like Sara Blackwell and John Miano are representing the invisible victims of H-1B and the rest of the cheap labor pipeline in court. Even better, they’re entering the political arena themselves. Blackwell last week launched a bold congressional bid in Florida’s House District 72. And you can bet there will be many more like her, inspired to do the job that too many American politicians refuse to do: Protect American workers and put America first.

found. Recently Islamic militants released a video showing some of the kidnapped girls. Besides Boko Haram terrorists, other criminal gangs in Nigeria abduct girls primarily from the south and send them on to Europe often for prostitution. According to Hyland, the issue goes beyond sexual slavery to also sometimes include farm labor which is used and abused against the will of the workers. Dealing with cases of forced labor, and human trafficking, he stressed, “there’s no town in the United Kingdom where slave labor is not used.” Actress Mira Sorvino, a UN Goodwill Ambassador, made a passionate appeal for combating human trafficking. Nonetheless the real issue remains that modern slavery has a very wide, elastic, and broad brush definition. While Sorvino concedes, ”there is no legal definition of human trafficking,” she points to the need for an inclusive definition. This may make sense morally and politically, but failing a precise legal definition, can then fall short on the prosecution side. Given the chaotic global situation and refugee flows, the conditions favoring abductions and oppression are on the rise. Without question the 21 million people enduring modern slavery is all the more stunning, given we live in 2016.

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

John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

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Griffey Jr. is the son of a Major League AllStar, but Junior eventually bettered all his dad’s statistics. The younger Griffey hit 630 home runs and received a record 99.32 percent of the votes for induction into baseball’s Hall-of-Fame. Total self-actualization! In the end, we all have to take responsibility for ourselves while acknowledging that celebrity circumstances involve both blessings and curses. Adam Abdul-Jabbar might well be a happier person than Kareem, despite scoring 38,387 fewer NBA regular season points than his dad. Who knows? I just wish I’d asked about how HE was doing when we had our photo taken, instead of asking how his father was doing.

Sportsquiz Answer Tom Harmon’s son Mark Harmon was a star quarterback at UCLA before embarking on extraordinary Hollywood acting career which included a long run as Agent Gibbs on NCIS. Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management for Plymotuh State University and NHTI-Concord. He recently coauthored the critically-acclaimed and 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.

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The Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) Innovation Lab at the Children’s Museum of NH is now a permanent part of the museum and for the last few weeks has been hosting drop-in events every day. The Lab is designed to provide students, teachers and visiting families with enriching hands-on STEAM learning experiences. Learning Labs are for schools and organized groups and come with themes like “Keeping Current: Circuits� or “Mission to the Moon.� New spring and summer classes and camps for kids are being scheduled now and some of those themes include “Sci Fi Science� and “Learn to Code.� The Children’s Museum educators are gearing up to offer Professional Development opportunities for teachers with workshop themes like “NGSS Crosscutting Standards: What Are They and How Do I Incorporate Them?� The Museum is currently partnering with UNH Cooperative Extension to offer “Inquiry Teaching Methods: Grounding STEM Education Programs in Science Practices�

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