04/28/16 Cocheco Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 28, 2016

A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 25, NO. 17

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COMPLIMENTARY

7th Annual “Cycle The Seacoast”

Bluesman by Earl Klatzel. This painting hangs at Bubba’s Blues in downtown Laconia which was

recently opened by Andrew Berman and Jennifer Tassone. Berman was inspired by The House of Blues in Cambridge as a boy and has brought his love of the blues to the Lakes Region. An intimate setting for watching musicians play and tell their stories as well as open mic offerings during the week and great artwork. You can see more of Klatzel’s work at www.EarlKlatzel.com

Laconia Gets The Blues by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Andrew Berman always knew he wanted to open a “Blues Joint.” “It all began when I was in seventh grade and we went on a field trip to House of Blues

which had just opened in Cambridge,” said Berman a native of Medford, Mass. “I loved it. You had all the art work going up the stairs and the stained glass windows.” That field trip led to Berman, along with his partner, Jennifer Tassone, to open Bubba’s

Blues on Canal Street in Laconia. It is the latest business to open up in the downtown area as a hopeful resurgence starts to take shape. “When I was a kid we owned a cottage on Lake Winnisquam and would come to the area

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Cycle the Seacoast is a one day fundraising ride for the American Lung Association. Every dollar raised benefits lung disease research, advocacy and programs in the seacoast community. Cycle the Seacoast is hosted by Redhook Brewery in Portsmouth where the start & finish line is located on Sunday, May 1st.This cycling tour offers panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and the historic Portsmouth and Seacoast region with a 25, 50 or 100 mile option. The 100 mile route departs at 7am, 50 mile at 8am and 25 mile at 9am. Cyclists are required to raise a minimum of $200 ($100 for ages 7-17 & $400 for a family of 4). There is a $35 registration fee for cyclists. Visit http://action.lung. org/site/TR to register today! Cycle the Seacoast is supported by more than 200 volunteers both at the start/finish line at Redhook Brewery and along the route at rest stops and intersections. These volunteers will pass out snacks and beverages, direct cyclist traffic along the route, and cheer on each participant as they finish their ride. If you’re interested in volunteering, contact Melissa at (603) 410-5107 or Melissa.Walden@Lung.org. All cyclists and volunteers are given to opportunity to enjoy a light breakfast at Redhook Brewery in the morning before the start of the ride, with treats provided by Panera Bread. Lunch is provided by local food vendors and all cyclists and volunteers are encouraged to join in at the finish line to enjoy the food and festivities at the conclusion of the ride.

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April Thursday 28th Concord Model Railroad Club’s Open House

The Washington Street School, 31 Washington Street, Penacook. 6pm8pm. The club’s HO scale model layout will be open to the public. 8314329

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

Gaelic Storm

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

Motor Booty Affair

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

Locally Acclaimed Pianist Joe Frascetti Concert

The Great Hall, Wolfeboro. 7pm. The Wolfeboro Community Food Coop presents an evening of soft jazz and easy listening with Joe Frascetti. Tickets are $20pp, $18pp/ members and can be purchased at Back Bay Clothing, Blacks, The Country Bookseller, Made on Earth and Seven Suns. Wines, cheeses, fruits and sweets will be available at intermission. 544-2146

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

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

Great Comedy for a Cause

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

Bristol Lions – Rabies Clinic

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

The Amen Choir of Phenix City, Alabama with Brad White

The Community Church, 20 Church Street, Alton. 7-10pm.

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 mini-lessons & demonstrations on multiple topics! Come enjoy a fresh breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage, homemade cinnamon-raisin French toast, locally made syrup and more. There will also be a few spring lambs for the children to visit. Cost is by your generous donation.

Tuckermans at 9 and None of the Above – Live Concert

Garrison Players Arts Center, Rollinsford. 8pm. $18/adults, $15/ under age 18. www.garrisonplayers. org or 750-4ART

International Tabletop Game Day Celebration

Diversions Puzzles & Games, 123 Congress Street, Portsmouth. The celebration will be an all-day event for people to come together, play and connect with fellow gamers from around the globe. There will be tournaments, raffles, a silent auction and the opportunity to meet local game designer, Mark Corsey as he demonstrates his latest project, “The Game of 49”. Food and drinks will be available all day. 766-6220

Double Author/Book Discussion – Bike Week & Baseball are the Topics!

Annies Book Stop, Laconia. First up is K. Peddlar Bridges, The Roadpoet from 10:30am-12:30pm. He will discuss his unique book, “Laconia Motorcycle Week 1916 The Beginning”. These book chapters contain heavily researched facts, laced together with interesting, entertaining and creative narratives. Second up will be author, Carl Johnson from 2-4pm entertaining you with his three Red Sox baseball books. Johnson is a baseball columnist and historian with the Biddeford Maine Journal Tribune. Free and open to the public.

May Sunday 1st Blessing of the Animals

Sanbornton Congregational Church, UCC, 21 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sanbornton. 5pm-6pm. www.

uccsanbornton.org or 286-3018

Newfound Area Churches Annual CROP Walk

The walk will be at the New Hampton Nature and Fitness Trail located behind the Fire Station. Registration will begin at 1:30pm and the Walk will begin at 2pm. Donations may be made by cash, check or online at www.crophungerwalk.org 744-3885

Monday 2nd Author Book Signing and Discussion – Jean Trounstine

RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 6:30pm. Jean Trounstine will discuss her new book, “Boy with a Knife”. This is a subject that sometimes causes heated debate, and Trounstine will work through the current state of our youth incarceration laws and address current trends. Free and open to the public. 431-2100

Opechee Garden Club Business Meeting & Speaker

Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 1pm. Guy Giunta, Chairman of the NH Governor’s Lilac & Wildflower Commission will be the speaker. Tuesday 3rd

Author of “The Baseball Buff’s Bathroom Book” to Discuss Baseball and His New Book

RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 6:30pm. Carl H. Johnson is a baseball columnist, blog author and historian and will be at RiverRun Bookstore to talk baseball, baseball history and his books. Free and open to the public. 431-2100

Wednesday 4th Program by Don Quigley on the “Making of Ship’s Masts”

Lee Safety Complex, Lee. 7pm. Professor Quigley will show a video re-enactment of the making of a ship mast this past winter as part of Lee’s 250th Anniversary Celebration. He will also discuss the history of mast making in early Lee history when the king of England made his mark both literally by inscribing trees for the ‘crown’ and figuratively by controlling the mast making colony at that time. Free and open to the public. 659-8119 Thursday 5th

Pemigewasset Choral Society 2016 Spring Concert Series Gilford Community Church, Gilford. 7:30pm. Admission by donation. www. pemichoral.org

Rummage Sale

Holderness Community Church, 923 US Route 3, Holderness. 9am-6pm.

San Diego Dancer Teaches Master Class at Sloe City Dance

Sole City Dance, 187 Route 108 in Somersworth. 7:30pm-9pm. San Diego based dancer and choreographer Peter G. Kalivas will teach a contemporary dance master class geared for intermediate and advanced level dancers ages 12 and up. $20pp. Advanced registration is recommended as space is limited. 750-7777

Thurs. 5th – Sun. 15th The Toxic Avenger

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield

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Songs and Stories From War Years On Thursday, May 12, at 7pm at the Rochester Historical Society Museum on Hanson Street, Richard Kruppa will present Songs and Stories from the War Years. Seventy five years ago this country entered World War II, and people of all ages love the music from the era, 1941-1945. This entertaining and informative program focuses on some of the most beloved songs from that era. Songs like “Bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover,” “Sentimental Journey,” and “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.” Richard not only sings the songs, accompanying himself on guitar, 5-string banjo, and baritone ukulele, but he tells their fascinating and unfamiliar stories as well; their meaning, how they came to be, and their significance. Admission is free and open to the public. Refreshments will follow the program. For more information please call the Rochester Historical Society at 603 330-3099 or e-mail rochesterhistorical@metrocast.com.

5k Run/Walk To Benefit Belknap House On Saturday, May 14th, a 5K Run/Walk will be held in Gilford to benefit the Belknap House (a homeless shelter for families of Belknap County). Further information about The Belknap House can be found on their Facebook Page or their website www.belknaphouse.org. The 5K Run/Walk will begin at 9am at the Town Gazebo in Gilford, located next to the Gilford Village Field (site for the annual Gilford Old Home Day). The directions and forms can be found on www.NHLakesUMChurch.org. Registration can be done on the registration page, or you can register prior to the race at the Town Gazebo starting at 8:30 AM. The sole purpose is to have fun while helping to raise funds for this worthy cause. This run/walk is not sanctioned, and will not be timed. Pledge sheets are available by e-mailing: office@ NHLakesUMChurch.org. The 5K run/walk is being held in conjunction with a community-wide Health and Wellness Fair being held at the First United Methodist Church located at 18 Wesley Way (off Rt. 11A near the 3/11 by-pass), Gilford, NH. Organizing Committee members include Kathy Smith, RN (Chair and Parish Nurse for the Church); Ellen Stickney, RN; Carrie Chandler; Joyce Ringleb; Steve Ide; Carol Capra; and Wendy Getchell-Lacey. Contact them 603-524-1330 or by email health@nhlakesumchurch.org for more information.

Author Reading At The Scriven Arts Colony The Scriven Arts Colony launched to host cultural events in a circa 1790 barn in Gilmanton. The Colony is located a stone’s throw from Gilmanton Corners at 452 NH Route 140 in Gilmanton, and this year it will host seven events, all of them open to the public, most of them free of charge. On Saturday, May 14th at 5pm there will be Author Reading with Minneapolis journalist Frank Bures, a contributor to Harper’s, Esquire, and Wired. Bures travels the world to investigate “culture-bound” syndromes. Why is it that in Nigeria many men believe, with no empirical basis, that vandals stole their penises? Why do people in Rajasthan, India, believe they have a lizard under their skin crawling toward their windpipes? With his trademark blend of wry storytelling and wise, sympathetic contemplation, Bures brings us into arcane worlds we never knew existed, earning the praise of luminaries such as Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert, who has written, “Frank Bures has some of the widest (and wildest) curiosities of any writer out there. I would follow him anywhere.” For more information, like Scriven Arts Colony on Facebook or write to scrivenartscolony@gmail.com

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Old And New

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

I had just finished doing my business in the men’s room of a building I had never been before. Being old school, I reached for the familiar handle I had known since childhood that would flush my business out of sight. There was none. It took me a few seconds to make the connection from that old world to the new. When I first encountered one of these toilets a few years back, I spent a good embarrassing minute helplessly searching for the proper handle that I would have to pull in order to leave my spot feeling like a civilized human being. After my fruitless search, and seeing no one else in the restroom with me, I sheepishly walked away, head down, only to be revived by the familiar sound of the flush. It was my first encounter with a hands-free, new age toilet and I was, I must admit, impressed. Over the years I became more comfortable with this invention. Still I often found myself, like on this day, reverting back to old habits for a second or two, but quickly realizing the age I now lived in. I washed my hands at a sink where the water flowed simply by waving your hands underneath the faucet (it never even got quite hot enough before shutting off) and then I placed them under the automatic towel dispenser. Another great new twenty-first century

invention and I picked up on it right away. I knew that if I just placed my hands underneath it would deliver to me the proper amount of paper to dry my hands, eliminate waste and, more importantly, keep my hands from touching where others, unknown to me, had touched. In that few seconds I waited for the proper placement of paper to be placed in my palms, I thought of some of the other inventions over the years created to make my life easier which I had learned to adjust to. There are automatic doors, now a staple of sedentary life here in America. Still, it didn’t seem like that long ago that this aging writer can recall having to push or, heaven forbid, sometimes pull a door open to enter and exit the local supermarket. This all changed with the automatic door. All you needed was a little body weight and the chore of shopping suddenly got a bit easier. It took a while to get used to automatic doors. Many of us spent years still going for the push or pull only to be caught off guard by the “Open Sesame” effect. Today, we all are used to and expect automatic doors, often thrown off guard when entering a store that doesn’t have them. We might even stand at the entrance for a second, waiting for that magic entrance to happen, only to realize it is not to be. Then we have to think back to what our ancestors taught us and use now atrophied muscles. You can expect a little soreness the next day. We are all now used to the scanning machines at checkout. Gone are the days of the cashier ringing in the price of each item separately into a cash

register. (Yes, kids, you heard me correctly.) Now we watch as items are speedily swiped over a red light, followed by a beep and then put into a bag so we can be done with our shopping faster providing us with more valuable time to accomplish such things as binge watch an additional episode of our favorite show on Netflix. In the old days (boy, do I sound like my grandfather now), we could watch each price as it was painstakingly entered and then point out, right then and there, to the cashier that a mistake had been made. Today, it all happens so fast that we don’t even realize an error was made until something inspires us to stop and look over the receipt after we have already paid and on our way. (This usually occurs just as your body weight has triggered the automatic door and causes a small backup of now irritated shoppers who you are keeping from getting home to Netflix.) My mind came back to the process at hand. I looked down and saw the towel dispenser still hadn’t delivered anything into my palms. I shook my hand a few times, hoping to activate it. I then noticed that even though the machine continued to whir and spin, there was no paper. A human had forgotten to fill it. I pushed open the door of an unoccupied stall and grabbed at some toilet paper to finish the job. I backed away and the toilet unnecessarily flushed. I didn’t dare go back near the sink. This is the twenty-first century and I don’t always feel like I’m in control. Visit Brendan’s website for information on his books and speaking engagements at www.BrendanTSmith.com

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To the Editor: Shame on Senator Jeff Woodburn for co-sponsoring a Bill that took away free skiing for Senior Citizens at Cannon Mountain. The Senator has stated that the money that will now be paid by seniors should go toward paying for poor children to ski at Cannon. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that our Senator should be pitting the young against the old. Also, nowhere in this bill does it say the money that will now be raised on the backs of seniors will go toward facilitating skiing by poor kids at Cannon. Senator Woodburn, you have become just another self-interested politician and an example of why so many of us are fed up with elected officials. Russell T. Cumbee Franconia, NH

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To The Editor: At a recent meeting chaired by the commissioner of State Health and Human Services, federal and state revisions to Belknap Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services were revealed. As part of a statewide agreement to accept 150 million dollars from the federal government over a five year period, we are expected to build our service delivery capacity through the first year of the five

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year cycle and to change the way services are delivered, and for how they are compensated, in the remainder of the five year period. An Integrated Delivery Network will form the administration vehicle in geographical consonance with the health delivery networks and not by county. In the case of Belknap County, we are in IDN 5 which stretches from just north of Concord up to Thornton. Thornton may be described as remote and at the foothills of the White Mountains. In exchange for accepting our share of the $19,500,000 in statewide funding to build infrastructure, Belknap County agrees to perform according to standards set by State Department of Health and Human Services and by the federal Center for Medicaid and Medicare services. Reading from the CommunityDriven Project Menu, this will mean (unspecified) County Nursing Home Transitions and Enhanced Care Coordination for High Risk, High Utilizing, and Chronic Condition populations. Words, as we know, mean whatever we choose for them to mean; these particular words should strike fear into the hearts of those who are the most vulnerable in our society, the aged and infirm. It was suggested by a county commissioner of long experience that the only way to achieve meaningful cuts to nursing home expense is to reduce the daily rate and/or the num-

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

ber of allowable beds. A reduction in nursing home beds was last achieved some twenty years ago under Commissioner Morton. In the instance of Belknap County, capacity shrank from 65 beds per elderly population of 1,000 to 40 beds per 1,000. Thus it is at least plausible that a further reduction could be made, which suggestion did not draw a denial from either Commissioner Meyers or his deputy. There is a lot more to this project than what can be presented here, including many missed deadlines for implementation of Medicaid phase two. When this second phase is complete, Belknap will be compensated for elder care not by the State nor the federal government directly but by some Managed Care Organization who will receive funds, and, it is hoped, disburse them to the County. We enter this brave, new world not kicking and screaming but instead with the willing compliance of two of the three member Board of County Commissioners. Having received notice of the DSRIP waiver program late in the day on April 3, they proceeded to approve County participation the very next morning at a regularly scheduled Commission meeting. What could possibly go wrong? Dick Burchell Gilmanton Iron Works, NH.

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NOT SO . . . O G A G N O L

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In the Spring of 1933, needy New Hampshire families agreed to plant 5,771 gardens in response to the Emergency Garden Campaign conducted by the University of New Hampshire Extension Service at the request of Governor John G. Winant, and Eunice E. Patch, the Director of Unemployment Relief. The year 1933 is said to have been the worst during The Great Depression and the United States responded with extraordinary efforts undertaken to combat the resultant unemployment and poverty. According to a March 1934 bulletin issued by the extension service the purpose of the campaign was “… to help unemployed and distressed people to raise some of their own food. Men who were sitting hopelessly in tenements, young men who were lounging at street corners, women who were at their wit’s end to get enough wholesome food for their children, seized the opportunity, which took them out to soil and fresh air and supplied them with the necessary materials and guidance.” At a time when up to one out of three potential workers was unemployed this plan was also designed to “…conserve public funds.” The emergency garden differed from the Victory Gardens

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of the first and second World Wars which were introduced to help supply food not available because of lack of manpower in the States because of military service. Our fighting men needed to be fed and the workers needed to grow and process food in the homeland had been depleted by wartime demands. My guess is that many who have heard of the Victory Gardens, and perhaps had one, are unaware of the emergency gardens during The Depression. According to the Extension Service report, written by Director J.C. Kendall, only those who were receiving “public or semi-public” aid were considered eligible to benefit from the program. The federal government initially provided $ 16,000 towards the program and added additional funds for the purpose of canning jars and

jar rings. Local agents were appointed to supervise activities in cities and towns, and agencies such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Family Welfare and Chamber of Commerce also cooperated to make the campaign a success. While this column is specifically about New Hampshire gardens in 1933 it should be noted that the federal government provided 3 billion dollars nation-wide through the Federal Emergency Relief Administration during the worst years of the depression for gardening projects. They were called relief gardens, welfare gardens, assistance gardens, or by some other title and were run by State and local authorities. New Hampshire’s Emergency Garden Report for 1933 indicated that there were three types of state See smith on 29

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Yes, We Need a Canadian Border Wall C a n a da’s sloppy, rushed and reckless Syrian refugee resettlement program is America’s looming national secuby Michelle Malkin r i t y n i g h t Syndicated Columnist mare. D o n a l d Trump shouldn’t just be promising to build a Mexican border wall. He (and any other sovereignty-minded presidential candidate) should be vowing to rebuild the decimated “wall” of first-line watchdogs, field enforcement and patrol officers on our northern border. The urgency could not be greater. The Canadian liberal government has fast-tracked tens of thousands of Syrian Muslims into its country over the past five months and now plans to double its interim 25,000 goal by 2019. The bleeding-heart Canucks are forging ahead despite reports this week of the country’s failed $16 million screening program to stop Islamic terrorists from slipping through the cracks. Multiple databases are not interoperable. Information is outdated or useless. Canadian agents are delivering incomplete background checks too late to matter, anyway. Result: Garbage in, garbage out, and untold numbers of unvetted refugees from jihad hotbeds on the loose at our doorstep. (As if the 1,500 Syrian refugees a month that the U.S. State Department is directly importing here through November aren’t enough of a security head-

ache!) Instead of moving to fortify our northern border, Washington is diverting our boots on the ground and downsizing our fleet of surveillance pilots in the skies. Turnover is high, morale is low, and the jihadists’ path to illegal entry has never been smoother. In Plattsburgh, New York, 45 miles from Syrian refugee dumping ground Montreal, the Customs and Border Patrol’s air branch has been slashed from 25 pilots down to a shocking six in the last three years. Shifts have been reduced to bankers’ hours, while terror plotters and smugglers never rest. Members of Congress have been alerted to the perilous impact of downsizing, but have done nothing (except, that is, to fully fund the White House refugee resettlement racket). In Montana, Reuters reported earlier this year, our federal enforcement force is still so understaffed that the Border Patrol depends on 100 private citizen ranchers along the northern border to police the U.S.-Canada boundaries. Of 21,000 total Border Patrol agents, only 2,100 are assigned to the northern border. There are only about 300 agents guarding the entire northern border at any one time. That’s less than the number of Capitol police on duty to protect the Capitol complex in D.C. alone, Buffalo, New York, sector Border Patrol agent Dean Mandel of the National Border Patrol Council pointed out to Congress. Little has changed since Border Patrol agents in Washington state first told me 15 years ago

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Do Not Fear The Chalk Students at the University of Michigan called police the other day -because someone had written Donald by Rich Lowry Trump’s name Syndicated Columnist in chalk. No arrests were made. The episode is part of a nationwide trend of Trump supporters writing pro-Trump messages on sidewalks, stairs and other surfaces at college campuses, where fainting fits are sure to ensue. When they could get no relief from law enforcement, the University of Michigan students took it upon themselves to erase the offending messages -- including “Trump 2016,” “Build the Wall” and “Stop Islam” -- while fighting through feelings of betrayal. One student complained that there should be a special emergency number to call in such cases and said that the admin-

istration’s inadequate response “perpetuates these really racist and hateful stereotypes that turn into violence and turn into students of color feeling unsafe on campus.” Rarely before have a few scribblings been so traumatizing -- and written not even in ink or paint or some other difficultto-remove substance, but in the same chalk used to mark out hopscotch courts and write temporary promotional messages about sorority mixers. That chalk messages can be considered tantamount to a physical threat captures the crisis of free speech on campus perfectly. Pro-Trump chalking took off after the reaction at Emory University, where some students were reduced to tears by the messages and said they felt “fear.” Protesters gathered at an administration building and let loose the antiphonal chant “You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!” This might See cormier on 35

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Makers, Takers And Tax Day Speaker of the House Paul Ryan wants you to know that he’s sorry, so very sorry. Speaking to a group of House inby Ken Gorrell terns a few Northfield, NH. weeks ago, the Speaker again renounced the “makers vs. takers” meme from the failed 2012 Romney-Ryan ticket: “There was a time when I would talk about a difference between “makers” and “takers” in our country, referring to people who accepted government benefits. But as I spent more time listening, and really learning the

root causes of poverty, I realized I was wrong.” He was wrong then. He’s also wrong now. The Left pounced on the makers/takers rhetoric as meanspirited and inaccurate, further proof that Republicans were out of touch with the realities of American life. Some on the Right cringed at the sound of those words coming from rich, urbane Mitt Romney, assessing correctly that, regardless of the truth in that clumsy formulation, appearing to blame the victim makes for bad politics. The error in 2012 was using “takers” to label the 47 percent of Americans who owed no federal income tax. (The estimate this year is 45 percent.) Many hard-working Americans pay no

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-The seemingly never ending presidential primary circus came through New York with the predictable partisan name by John J. Metzler calling and puSyndicated Columnist erile political promises. For much of the campaign the political charges and arguments resembled peeved sandbox kicking kindergarten kids more than serious adults running for the nation’s highest office. While the campaign has “matured” since the wild and woolly days of New Hampshire and Super Tuesday, there’s still more than six months before the Finish line in November. New York produced big wins for the leading candidates: Donald Trump won an “amazing” 60 percent victory sweep while Hillary Clinton’s victory at 58 percent seemed to stop the political bleeding from seven previous and embarrassing defeats by the upstart Bernie Sanders. The tabloids put it best, the conservative New York Post posed Donald Trump “King Don” atop the Empire State building holding the needle like King Kong. The left

leaning Daily News chuckled, “New York goes for clown.” Though the whole political campaign has been focused on political outsiders fighting the system and Washington, what is emerging is that the ultimate insiders Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are moving closer to their parties’ nomination, despite both candidates having high negative image ratings with voters nationwide. Populism propels both Trump and Sanders. Trump pushes American sovereignty while Sanders espouses sugar-coated Socialism. Both have hit raw nerves with voters dissatisfied with Obama’s legacy and the status quo. Both preach isolationism. But wait. Didn’t American voters want fresh young candidates representing the diversity of the country? Well, the initial Republican primary field provided just that. Both Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz are Hispanic; Cruz is still in the running. Dr. Ben Carson an African/American was also in the fray. On the GOP side, Marco Rubio (44) was the youngest candidate running while Trump is the oldest at 69. On the Democrat side things were more interesting. Joe Biden, the current Vice President, was barely See Metzler on 28

income tax because the tax code permits it. No one should be blamed for filing taxes correctly. Some non-payers are retired, with low taxable incomes. Other citizens have fallen on hard times through no fault of their own or were born with abilities that limit their participation in our economy. They “take,” but only because we believe in certain social responsibilities and have set up a system to “give,” or in political parlance, “redistribute.” Many workers who escape the

clutches of the federal income tax pay other taxes, such as payroll taxes (partially funding Social Security and Medicare) and state and local taxes. But there are Americans who can rightly be labeled “takers.” We and our political leaders shouldn’t shy away from stating that truth and recognizing its moral implications. Far too many Americans make choices that limit their ability to contribute to the functioning of a healthy society, or, See gorell on 28

Winners Or Whiners? If there is one pattern that is emerging from this year’s political campaigns, it is that rhetoric beats reality -- in both parties. The bigby Thomas Sowell Syndicated Columnist gest surprise among the Democrats is Bernie Sanders, and among the Republicans is Donald Trump. Although they are each seeking to be put in charge of the nation’s government, does anyone know -- or care -- what their actual track record in government has been? Trump of course has no track record at all in government. If Sanders has anything to show for his many years in Congress, no one seems to know what it is. But both are great at rhetoric. Hillary Clinton’s biggest selling point is that she has lots of “experience” in government, having been a Senator and a Secretary of State. But what she actually accomplished in those roles gets remarkably little attention. The foreign policies under Secretary Clinton have led to one disaster after another, whether in the Middle East, in Ukraine, or in North Korea. Where are her successes? The Republicans began this primary election campaign with a number of candidates who did have track records as governors that could have been examined, debated and critiqued. But Donald Trump’s rhetoric and antics

got the lion’s share of the attention. Governors Scott Walker and Bobby Jindal were gone before most people knew much of anything about their track records. Partly this was due to the media’s obsession with Donald Trump. But the public shares responsibility for the triumph of glitter over substance, because polls repeatedly showed that the public was far more attracted to the glitter. The current angry outcries because there was no primary vote in Colorado to choose delegates, supposedly because “the system” was “rigged” against Donald Trump, is only the latest sign of a widespread lack of interest in facts. The Colorado rules were there before the time for delegates to be chosen. If Donald Trump did not bother to learn those rules, or to hire people to keep on top of such things, that was his fault. But it is all too typical of Trump to cover up his own lack of knowledge or understanding by making wild accusations against others and inciting the gullible. The convention rules that require a candidate to get a majority of the delegates, in order to become the party’s nominee for President, are also nothing new. But, here again, Trump and his followers are raising an outcry by saying that it would not be “fair” or “democratic” to “steal” the nomination from Trump and give it to some other candidate. First of all, it is not Trump’s nomination until after he has See Sowell on 35

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Your Health is in Your Hands by Dr. Graham Moneysmith, DC. Contributing Writer

It’s no secret that the Sox have been a little slow out of the gate so far this season (but still ahead of the Yankees at the time of this writing). It’s also no surprise to say that we shouldn’t be stressed yet, because it’s a long season and they will pull it together and most hopefully, have a good season. In spite of this knowledge, I have heard people on the radio and even some folks I know, sounding the emergency alarm and jumping ship. This is probably just reflective of their disappointment over the last few seasons. Anyway about it I think we can all agree that it’s too early to give up. This did get my focus stuck on a really simple question: how often in life do we quit too early? Not on the Sox, but on ourselves. I think most people do “okay” in life. How many do great? How many live the life they want to and how many of us live the life we simply have? I think this can apply in most areas of life: money, health, relationships, career, and dreams. As a chiropractor, this all goes hand in hand with total well being. Remember, as a person you are not a collection of parts, but a whole unit compromised of physical, mental, and spiritual parts. If one area suffers or lags behind then that person will be unwell. I believe most people do have in their possession the wherewithal to achieve better wellness/wholeness and to move closer to the person that they want to be. They simply have to want

to change, I mean truly and desperately. So why, instead of pushing on towards the idealization of ourselves, do we pull up short on the journey? The reasons vary but here are a few: we get comfortable where we are, we accept less for ourselves (maybe we think we deserve less), we are scared to fail, we don’t know the next step to take, we don’t believe in ourselves, and perhaps we are simply too impatient (meaning if results are not fast or easy we bail). We’ve all been here I think. I know I have. The point being: we don’t have to stay put in our current station. We can change things to make them better for ourselves. This list of reasons (excuses) are all easily countered. Ask yourself: have I quit too early on the life I want and if I did, why? Take a cold hard look at yourself. Knock down the illusions that we hide behind and answer honestly. Then turn the reasons to quit on their ear. Know that you are worth earning your goals. Understand that it’s okay to be scared and in all probability there will be failures along the way and results won’t be instantaneous, but keep pushing. If you are unsure of how to proceed on the path ahead of you, seek someone who has been there and ask for help. The hardest part is making an honest assessment of ourselves, after that it’s simply the courage to jump and go for it. Ultimately, the end goal doesn’t have to be huge (though it can be). Rather, it has to be positive. It has to improve your life. If you can do this then you will improve the lives of others around you as well. We need healthy people in our communities. People who are physically healthy, but also mentally happy, and spiritually satisfied. People who are passionately chasing their goals. This

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even mentioned in the campaign. It was as if Hillary Clinton’s coronation was planned since 2008 and why spoil the party now? Yet, Biden at 73, who would logically be in line for the nomination, denied he even wanted it, now patiently bides his time waiting for a call to come. Bernie Sanders, a gruff socialist Senator from Vermont was not even a member of the Democrat party, but switched, and took on Hillary. Sanders, at 74 is already older than Ronald Reagan was when he’d finished his first term as President. Bernie was born before America entered WWII. Surprisingly the white haired Sanders has become the political Pied Piper of the Left, with Santa Claus promises which have captivated the imagination and votes of many of the youngest Americans. The young who demanded a youthful candidate, ironically are backing one of the oldest fellows ever to run for President. Running on his well honed

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have been an appropriate response if the kids had been tear-gassed, rather than seeing a positive phrase about a candidate that is supported by some significant plurality of the American public. The president of the school, James Wagner, promised to review security footage to try to identify the perpetrators, and in a statement full of campusdiversity jargon pledged, among other things, “immediate refinements to certain policy and procedural deficiencies” and “regular and structured opportunities for difficult dialogues.” How about striking an even greater blow for diversity and asking the kids to get over seeing an anodyne political message that they disagree with? To his credit, Wagner himself chalked “Emory stands for free expression,” a message that will evidently have trouble penetrating the formidable incuriosity of some of his students. The reaction to “the chalkening,” as it’s become known on social media, is a testament to the electric charge surrounding Trump. This branding isn’t prudent positioning for a general election, but it makes Trump a perfect vehicle for provoking the other side, and it’s in that thumb-in-the-eye spirit that the Trump chalking is spreading. The students getting the vapors over it don’t understand free expression or what it means to live in a free society, where you inevitably encounter people who have ideas and support candidates that you oppose. They hate Donald Trump. Fine. That is reason to argue and agitate against him, not to seek protection from any contact with supporters of his, no matter how tenuous. If they are having a hard time handling this election cycle, just imagine how Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus feels. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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of vast, abandoned sectors protected by nothing but orange rubber cones -- even in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Little has changed since the 9/11 Commission spotlighted multiple al-Qaida operatives involved in cross-border traffic and incursions (both legal and illegal) from Canada. Little has changed since the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported in 2011 that a measly 32 miles out of the 4,000-mile border was deemed secure by Border Patrol agents heavily dependent on non-DHS personnel for support. A U.S. source who works for the Department of Homeland Security on the northern border told me last week that there remain vast “no-go zones” in his upstate New York sector that stretch for miles unpoliced -- such as the smuggler-friendly Akwesasne reservation, where Mohawks are notoriously hostile to our Border Patrol, Air and Marine operations, and field operations agents. “There’s a gigantic hole on our northern border,” my source described, where “people from countries of interest are crossing” into America. “Special interest countries,” as the U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security defines it, are those “designated by the intelligence community as countries that could export individuals that could bring harm to our country in the way of terrorism.” “Yes, I’ve personally seen them. Every day. We call them ‘gotaways,’” my source sighed. These newest border-jumpers are detected (by hightech cameras and motion sensors), but neglected because the core national security mission is not a priority and no one’s around to act on the alerts. On the southern border, “gotaways” spiked 100 percent between 2011 and 2013. This

year, as illegal trespassers from dangerous special interest countries have increased through M exico, a B or d er P a trol whistleblower told Congress two months ago that his supervisors ordered agents to fudge data on “gotaways” by omitting them from data reports. Think the same whitewashing is going on up north? You betcha. As the disgusted northern border CBP official told me: “The attitude is no paperwork, no problems.” No problems, of course, until that one ISIS operative toting a dirty bomb in his bag rolls right across the wide open U.S.-Canadian border -- detected, but neglected -- and our government’s malign neglect blows up in our faces. Michelle Malkin is author of the new book “Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs.” Her email address is malkinblog@ gmail.com.

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earned it, under the rules that apply to all candidates. Nobody can “steal” what was not his in the first place. The rules are the rules. As an old New York Yankees fan, I still have a painful memory of the 1960 World Series, where the Yankees scored 53 runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 27. But the Pirates won the World Series, because the rules go by how many games were won, not how many runs were scored. As for “undemocratic,” institutions do not exist to exalt some principle, but to carry out whatever the missions of those institutions are. In even the most democratic countries, undemocratic institutions abound. Families are one of those institutions. In a family with 3 children and 2 adults, the children do not run the family. In a military unit, democratic decision-making on a battlefield can cost a lot more lives. Political parties are private institutions. They exist to choose candidates they think can win elections. How they do it is their business. No-

body has a Constitutional “right” to vote to choose a party’s nominees. A party may decide to have voters in the primaries elect delegates. But, if that method fails to turn up anyone capable of winning a majority of the delegates’ votes on the first ballot, the party can then turn to Plan B, as has happened before, long before Donald Trump came along. The time to change rules is before the game starts. If the current rules naeed changing, there will be four long years before the 2020 elections in which to try to create better rules. The 1960 Yankees never whined that the World Series had been “stolen” from them. They were adults who knew the rules in advance. 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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DOWN 1 Seder bread 2 “- the Sheriff” 3 Terse 4 Paint crudely 5 Sitcom actress Swenson 6 NCAA part: Abbr. 7 Nutlike Chinese fruit 8 Band of eight 9 Sound of awe 10 Med lead-in 11 See 113-Across 12 Dubliners, e.g. 13 1990s Toyota 14 Bar brew 15 Bone attachments 16 Coca of comedy 17 Enters one following another 18 Iced 21 Like some even distributions 24 Eye, to Yves 29 Inflated self 31 Walk in shallow water 32 - monde (high society) 33 Old West’s Wyatt 34 Hankering 35 Italian opera singer Pinza 36 Debussy’s “La -” 39 Piece of audiophile equipment, briefly 40 Divvy up again 41 “This pays the rent, at least” 42 Leg part 43 Sirius, say 44 Adjutant 47 “Li’l ol’ me?!” 48 Shade tree 49 Artery: Abbr. 50 Composer Erik 55 Nettle

56 “- Rose” (Nat King Cole hit) 57 Eyeballing 59 Victimizes, with “on” 60 Blog feed inits. 61 Electrojet bit 62 Heat’s org. 63 Up to, informally 64 Downcast 65 Anger greatly 67 One - kind 71 Hose hitch 72 Lowdown 73 Barn hooter 74 Shocked reaction 75 Sales staffer 76 Opp. of departure 81 Falco of “Oz” 83 English peer 84 Amoeba composition 85 Wine: Prefix 86 Tabula 87 Greek vowels 88 Pointed tool 89 Ted Koppel, for one 90 Area of a plot of land 91 Petitioned 92 Events after Lents 97 Cheez- - (crackers) 98 Breakfast china item 99 Old Iranian VIP 100 Et - (and so forth) 102 “In my dreams!” 103 Stupor: Prefix 104 Fowl sheds 105 “My Cherie -” 106 Oscar de la 107 Casey of countdowns 111 Irene of “Fame” 112 Awestruck 114 Trig function 115 Have chow 116 RR depot 117 - Ho Lee (scientist in 2000 headlines)

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