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Alan MacRae Photographs at the Gallery Space
Courtesy Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Airmail Comes to New Hampshire 75th Anniversary of National Air Mail Week
by Jane Rice Contributing Writer
Airmail letter with Laconia, NH. cachet delivered during National Airmail week in 1938 by Bob Fogg.
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(made of thin paper to save weight), and carried a whiff of the pioneer days of aviation, when the government encouraged the development of airlines by subsidizing them to carry the mail. Harking back to those trailblazing days of open cockpits and linen-covered wings, the week of May 15-21 is the 75th anniversary of a special Post Office pro-
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Postcard of Bob Fogg and his Curtiss Seagull. In 1925 Fogg won a contract from the post office to deliver mail around Lake Winnipesaukee. May 15-21, 1938 was National Air Mail Week and was actually a nationwide special event in which numerous New Hampshire towns participated, displaying their civic pride with special cachets.
The Gallery Space in Laconia is proud to announce the May Exhibition of Photographs by Alan Mac Rae. Born and raised in Laconia, it wasn’t until he was 45 that he decided to devote himself to doing the thing he loved the most. He began his professional photography career by taking photos for the Laconia Daily Sun. Alan’s work has appeared in newspapers and media streams across the country and the world through outlets like the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the London Times, Hearst Broadcasting, ABC News, CNN, Fox News and Good Morning America. Having roots in Norway, Alan frequently travels there where is work is inspired by both Norway’s natural beauty and unique culture. The Gallery SPACE is located at 23 Canal Street in Downtown Laconia and is open daily from 1:30-9pm Monday thru Thursday, Friday from 1:30-6pm and Saturday from 8am -1pm.
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Garrison Players Arts Center, Route 4, Rollinsford. 8pm. 750-4278
Thursday 16th Rock ‘N Race
Downtown Concord. Begins near the State House lawn. 6pm. Register May 15th at St. Peter’s Parish, 135 North State Street, Concord 11am-7pm. 227-7000 ext. 4215
Raise Dough to Raise Awareness
UNO Restaurant, 120 Laconia Road, Tilton. All day, starting at 11am. Uno will donate up to 20% of your check to raise awareness of domestic and sexual violence. Tickets can be obtained at area stores by contacting New Beginnings. www. newbeginningsnh.org or 528-6511
Sneak Preview of Historic Main Street Home Tour
Gordon Nash Library, New Hampton, 7pm. www.historicalsocietiesnh.org/ newhampton
Friday 17th ZZ Top
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach. 929-4100
Strafford Wind Symphony
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992
Lakes Region Woodwind Quintet Concert
Laconia Middle School, 150 McGrath Street, Laconia. 7pm. Free community concert. 279-3300
Belknap & Carroll County Organics Management/ Composting Workshop
Huggins Hospital Aid Sale
Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. Art, collectibles, household, toys, 1800’s sleigh and more.
“Rocky Mountain High: A John Denver Tribute� – Starring Ted Vigil
Brewster Academy, Anderson Hall, 205 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. $20pp. 569-2151
Meredith Community Center, Meredith. 9am-Noon. This event will provide an overview about best management practices for managing organics- yard debris, agricultural wastes and food scraps in NH. Free but registration is required. Athena@nerc.org
Animal Tracking (Becoming a Wildlife Detective)
Tamworth Community Guild Rummage Sale
The Hampton Inn, 195 Laconia Road, Tilton. 10:30am. Anyone who has had a spiritual experience is welcome to come talk about it. 800-713-8944. www.eckankar-nh.org
The Town House, Tamworth. 6-8pm. 986-6046
The Suncook Valley Chorale Spring Concert
Pembroke Congregational Church, 301 Pembroke Street, Pembroke. 7pm. $15/$12 seniors/students. 780-4968 Saturday 18th
Mickey Hart Band
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
March for Meals
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner. 10am-Noon. Minimum age:8 yrs. Enrollment limited to 10pp. 7466121
A Spiritual Discussion
Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra
Inter-Lakes High School, Meredith. 7:30pm. $15/adults, $8/children and college students. www.LRSO.org/ tickets
“The Nerd�
Garrison Players Arts Center, Route 4, Rollinsford. 8pm. 750-4278
Delbert McClinton
Delta Dental, 1 Dental Drive, Concord. 10am. Walkathon to benefit Meals on Wheels. Advance registration preferred. 225-3295
Rummage/Bake Sale
Huggins Hospital Aid Sale
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum�
Town of Meredith. 9am-3pm. Maps will be available at the Chamber of Commerce Information Center, 272, D.W. Highway, Meredith beginning at 8am. 279-6121.
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. Art, collectibles, household, toys, 1800’s sleigh and more.
Jean’s Playhouse, Lincoln. 7:30pm. $20/adult, $15/seniors, students. 7452141
Bristol Baptist Church, 30 Summer Street, Bristol. 8am-3pm. 744-3885
Community Wide Yard Sale
Spring Farm Day & Market
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Belknap County Conservative Republicans “Family Fun Day�
Funspot, Rt. 3, Weirs Beach. 10am4pm. This event will offer everything “American�, including hotdogs, apple pie, entertainment, raffles, fun activities for the kids as well as information for all who attend. 7815695 or 435-0277
Sanbornton Plant and Yard Sale
Lane Tavern, Rt. 132, Sanbornton. 8am-2pm. 286-4596
“iDance the Night Away�
Gilford High School Theatre, Gilford. 1pm and 6pm. Join Edgewater Dance Academy on a virtual world tour as they connect dance and the internet in fun and whimsical ways. $10 at the door. 293-0366
WildQuest Summer Camp Open House
Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am-2pm. For families interested in learning more about the summer camp. 366-5695.
Tamworth Community Guild Rummage Sale
The Town House, Tamworth. 9amNoon. 986-6046
The Suncook Valley Chorale Spring Concert
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United Methodist Church Online Auction The first annual on-line auction sponsored by First United Methodist Church of Gilford is underway and bids are coming in – and there are still many, many items available! Are you planning a trip away from Gilford this summer? The auction has certificates for the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in New York City, activities throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine as well as the New Hampshire sites that we take our children and visitors to see. There is also a book donated by a local author, Sy Montgomery, certificates to local businesses and restaurants, and a plethora of antiques and collectables. Go on-line to www.umcgilford.org and follow the instructions for setting up a password so you can bid. Then look at the pictures and start bidding. Keep checking in to rebid. When the auction is over, you will be notified of what you have won. Send in the money and the item is yours! And finally, stop by the church on a weekday morning to see items. Call the church at 524-3289. The auction continues until May 26.
Prescott Farm WildQuest Summer Camp Open House Prescott Farm on White Oaks Road in Laconia will be holding an Open House on Saturday, May 18th from 10am – 2pm for families interested in learning more about our WildQuest Summer Camp. Open House activities will include; crafts, hiking, ponding, hay rides a scavenger hunt and more! A full list of the activities can be found at www.prescottfarm.org. For over 12 years Prescott Farm has been offering WildQuest Camps during school vacation weeks (Dec., Feb., April & June – Aug.). WildQuest camps are licensed by the State of NH and led by experienced environmental educators with the goal of fostering an appreciation and understanding of the natural and cultural history of Prescott Farm, and by extension, student’s own special places as well. If you are looking into summer camps and may be interested on more information on their Open House call 603366-5695.
Memorial Weekend Craft Show May 25-26 come to the Memorial Weekend Craft Show at North Conway Community Center, 2628 White Mountain Highway, Rte. 16, North Conway (next to the Scenic Railroad. Hours are 10am to 5pm both days. Over 70 fabulous exhibitors!!! Music by Tim Janis. Food available and it will be held rain or shine under a canopy. Some of the exhibitors will include fabulous bird & bat houses, gorgeous florals, NH maple syrups, pottery, fine jewelry, American Girl doll clothing, wooden cutting boards, wooden carved walking sticks, puzzles, wall art, infant wear, beaded scarves, delicious chocolates, soaps, pewter miniatures, cedar furniture and more. Free Admission. Preview online www.joycescraftshows.com or call (603)528-4014
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To The Editor: In March, the NH House passed HB135 which prohibits a person from using deadly force to defend oneself if a safe retreat is possible. (The only exception is if the threat comes in one’s home.) This bill imposes an unfair burden on victims, protects criminals at the expense of victims, and infringes on our inherent right to self-defense. HB135 unreasonably requires a potential victim in a life or death situation to carry out a threat assessment to determine if a safe retreat is possible. How does one determine the magnitude of hostile intent? Do we psycho-analyze our attacker? Do we attempt to flee? In life or death situations there is often no time to make these types of assessments; therefore, the burden to retreat should be on the attacker facing a firearm, not the other way around. In a letter to the Londonderry Times, Representative Lisa Whittemore (D) defended her vote supporting HB135. She said, “When the rights of our citizens endanger "! ! !!!!!!!!!!!! the lives of other citizens, it is necessary and ! ! ! !!!!! proper that we consider ! "! !!!!!!! policies that will keep the greatest number of our
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HB135 protects criminals not victims! In conclusion, this law means that a jury, who was not present at the crime scene and could not possibly know your fear, will decide with 2020 hindsight whether or not you should have gambled with your life. Katherine J. Getchell Londonderry, NH
Real Truth Behind “Storytelling� To The Editor: (Laconia) Planning Director, Shanna Saunders calls the 50,000 grant for the “Storytelling� development “our storytelling grant.� A grant awarded to the city by the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority to fund the development of architectural standards for downtown and The Weirs. The stakeholders are the Ironwood Design Group,LLC of Exeter and Sheer McCrystal. Paison architecture Inc. of New London. FBC meaning Form Base Code is a departure from conventional zoning. FBC zoning defines a one block parcel and is a method to REGULATE the development of buildings, floor areas, car free movement, garden city, new urbanism, settlement growth, smart growth, and Transition Towns. At a minimum, a form base code, written to enable or preserve a specific urban form, consists
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.
of a building form, and public spaces, standards keyed to a REGULATORY Plan. An urban design is the intention or goal, the form base code is the regulatory tool to achieve it. FBS is a tool to provide local government the regulatory means to achieve development objectives with greater certainty by-passing local ZBA autthority and the board of selectman and elected officials. Ironwood Design Group is all about landscape architecture, urban design, and environmental plans for someone else’s property. This group is affiliated with Plan NH-Granite State Future. Stakeholders like this company profit by using this FBC, whose focus is primarily on Regulating [The word of worry] urban form and less on land use. This will infringe on our personal property rights and is unconstitutional, as stated in Art.2 Natural Rights, in the NH Bill of Rights! Regulate, my Worry word means�, to control or direct by a rule, principle, or method, to adjust in accordance with some standard or requirement.� Form-based-codes include: architectural standards--these are regulations controlling external architectural materials and quality. Lanscaping Standards-Regulations controlling landscape design, and plant materials on Private Property as they imSee mail boat on 12
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Very soon, our House of Representatives will be voting on whether or not to let a casino open in the southern part of the state. If you read the papers or watch the local TV news you know that many folks see this as a necessary way to raise more money. You may ask why we need more money. As one person involved with spending money in the state said: “There are a lot of things we could do if we had the money.� I thought this very serendipitous because I had said those exact words to my wife just that morning. Except I wasn’t talking about the state; it was about basic household stuff. Still, the state has a lot of ways to get money that I don’t. They can raise taxes, charge fees and alike. Of course, that money comes out of the pockets of people who live here who, after paying a lot of taxes and fees say: “There are a lot of things we could do if we had the money.� It’s a vicious circle. One thing that the high mucky-mucks in New Hampshire are trying to do is get a casino built. This, they claim, will make it unnecessary to charge people more taxes and fees down the line. They say it is the silver bullet that will help us with all our present financial problems. Maybe
the financial problems of a few legislators as well, but I’m merely guessing there (wink!). Still, being the eternal optimist about things I’m pessimistic about, I have begun the process of figuring out ways that the state will have to market to get people to New Hampshire to gamble. It will be competitive. It seems like there are casinos popping up all over and people will have many choices in Massachusetts, Maine and Connecticut. Why come here? I did see the model put up by Millenium, a multibillion dollar company who humbly hopes to be able to win the bid for the casino (wink). Their casino would be, they claim, “not only sophisticated, but comfortable as well.� It was very exciting to me that someone had figured out, finally, how to offer both. They will also be building hundreds of hotel rooms, which I’m sure is a big relief to the local hotels and motels in the area as they will now have a place to send their overflow clientele. The same sigh of relief will be felt by local restaurants who know that with the big new casino restaurant, they won’t have to deal with the stress of feeding all those hungry gamblers themselves. I also felt a twinge at my heartstrings as Millenium let it be known that they would do this all for the good of New Hampshire. It’s not often, in this callused world, that a multibillion dollar company in Nevada would feel such empathy for a tiny state across the country. It is touching. Still, all this won’t be quite enough to get folks from away to creep a few miles across our state borders, spend some money
and then go home. I had a couple of ideas of my own. We already have our fantastic new marketing slogan developed by the NH Department of Travel and Tourism. It cost a lot of money, which they will soon need more of to do other things. So, why not use that? If you haven’t heard, it’s a clever use of our proud, historic state motto “Live Free Or Die� where a business can use a preapproved substitute word and draw customers with sayings like “Live Free and Giggle� and “Live Free and Splash.� I’m sure the powers that be at the NHDDT will approve, after hours of taxpayer dollar meetings, to approve new slogans to help draw people to the casino. “Live Free and Let It Ride,� “Live Free and Hit Me,� “Live Free and Come On Seven!� and “Live Free and Momma Needs A New Pair of Shoes� are just a few ideas this simple soul can come up with at the moment. Maybe just a simple slogan like “Come To New Hampshire. You’ll have more fun gambling here than Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut or anywhere else where gambling is or is soon to be.� I don’t know why I am bothering. I’m sure there is a taxpayer funded multi-million dollar marketing campaign already set to go. So, in the end we will be faced with two scenarios. Will we not have a casino and then be forced to raise taxes and fees so there will be a lot of things that can be done. Or will we have a casino and still have to raise taxes and fees because they never run out of things they find that must be done. It’s a toss-up.
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From The State House Town Crier Alert – SB 11 May Affect YOUR WATER RIGHTS! On May 22, the NH House of Representatives will be taking on Senate Bill 11, voting on a bloated water bill which could affect your by Rep. Jane private water Cormier Belknap District 8 rights. Ken Eyring, one of the states’ leading experts on Sustainable Communities recently shared his thoughts on SB 11. “In 2011, then Gov. Lynch created the NH Water Sustainability Commission (WSC) by Executive Order. This UNELECTED group works alongside the Regional Planners (another UNELECTED group), on the premise that water is a ‘limited resource’ in NH. We all know that NH is a water-rich state and there is no water “cri-
sis”. Among the WSC’s recommendations is to “enable legislation for regional cooperation”. Indeed one of the NH Association of Regional Planning Commission’s 2012-2013 Annual Legislative Action priorities was #12 – “Promote storm water management efforts including education and storm water utility enabling legislation.” You can now see how RI residents were able to be subject to a tax levied on any water that runs off their driveways and rooftops! What madness! “SB 11 has passed the NH Senate and is being considered in the NH House of Representatives. SB 11 would make statutory the right of “…municipalities to establish water and/or sewer utility districts and to enter into intermunicipal agreements for the establishment of such districts.” And for what purpose? See cormier on 20
Operation Smear Benghazi Whistleblowers It’s on. As the White House grapples with a growing backlash over its Libya lies and lapses, President O b a m a ’ s by Michelle Malkin a p o l o g i s t s Syndicated Columnist are gearing up for battle. Put on your hip-waders. Grab those tar buckets. Get ready for Operation Smear Benghazi Whistleblowers. Capitol Hill hearings this Wednesday on the deadly 9/11 consulate attack by jihadists will feature three compelling witnesses, all State Department veterans: Gregory N. Hicks, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya and highest-ranking U.S. diplomat in the country at the time of the Benghazi jihad attacks; Mark I. Thompson, a former Marine who now serves as deputy coordinator for operations in the agency’s Counterterrorism Bureau; and Eric Nordstrom, a diplomatic security officer who was the top security officer in Libya. Nordstrom first testified last fall about how State Department brass spurned his requests for increased security at the compound. Hicks and Thompson are coming forward publicly for the first time this week with more damning evidence contradicting Team Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s claims about the administration’s response the night of the attack and in the ensuing months of cover-ups. According to the House Oversight Committee, Hicks report-
edly will refute Team Obama’s claims that nobody was told to stand down and that all military resources available were used in the rescue efforts. As Special Forces prepared to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi to save lives during the attacks, Hicks says the team received a phone call from the U.S. Special Operations Command Africa telling them “you can’t go” and that the decision was “purely political.” The State Department press office already has accused Victoria Toensing, attorney for one of the Benghazi whistleblowers, of “lying” about administration pressure on her clients. Left-wing operatives funded by billionaire George Soros have taken to Twitter to mock reports of fear and intimidation among the new witnesses. White House press secretary Jay Carney continues to sing “Long, Long Ago” and deny all wrongdoing. And one anonymous State Department official told Fox News reporter James Rosen that Hicks and Thompson have “axes to grind.” Gee, who wouldn’t have an “axe to grind” if your bosses lied to you, blocked you from saving your co-workers and friends, and lied shamelessly and repeatedly to the American public about the reasons for their deaths? It’s this corrupt and vengeful White House that wields the sharpest axes and biggest grindstones. The casualty count in Obama’s war on whistleblowers is double-digit. ATF insiders who testified before Congress about Obama’s Fast and Furious gun-running nightmare faced systemic retaliation and harassment --
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Benghazi Bamboozle U N I T E D NATIONS— Speaking before delegates at last Autumn’s General Assembly, President Barak Obama by John J. Metzler e l o q u e n t Syndicated Columnist ly stated “I would like to begin today by telling you about an American named Chris Stevens.” The President passionately described the unfailing commitment, selfless sacrifice and sense of duty of the fallen Ambassador Chris Stevens who along with three other Americans was killed in a terrorist attack in the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya weeks before. Sadly Obama’s paeans to the fallen Ambassador may not have been necessary had the State Department been properly prepared for a coordinated terrorist attack on the Consulate compound on September 11th. Think of the setting for a moment. Benghazi, a center of rebellion against the dictator Gadaffi, and an enduring hotbed of Islamic extremism to the present day. So on September 11th , a singularly significant day for Al Qaida, would it not be logical to have additional security at American diplomatic facilities throughout the Middle East? But alas, there was no extra security in Benghazi on that fateful day (yet there was here at the UN and in New York City) largely because Hillary Clinton’s State Department had turned down repeated requests for extra protection in the weeks leading up to the attack. No Marines were stationed at the Consulate despite the exposed nature of the legation. The shameful excuse for the violence initially was a stupid and fourth rate anti-Muslim video on You Tube. The MidEast was in flames over this video and allegedly a “spontaneous crowd appeared” and decided to trash the Consulate. Other mobs attacked the U.S. Embassy in Cairo Egypt and pulled down the American flag, replacing it briefly with the black banner of Al Qaida.
In searingly stunning testimony before a Congressional committee on the Benghazi debacle, veteran U.S. Foreign Service officer Gregory Hicks, the number two American diplomat in Libya after the murdered Ambassador, clearly outlined the sanguinary sequence of events which led to the death of four Americans. As Deputy Chief of Mission, a ranking role in the State Department and often the “hands on player” in many smaller embassies worldwide, Gregory Hicks is a man who can be counted on for sober assessment, poignant analysis and calm reaction. Days after the attack US UN Ambassador Susan Rice told national TV programs that the attack appeared to be spontaneous and in reaction to the disputed video. DCM Hicks said he was “stunned” by Rice’s comments that the attack was spontaneous. A “spontaneous mob” just coincidentally happened to have the necessary weapons, training, and expertise for an assault on a Consulate? “My jaw dropped and I was embarrassed” was Hicks reaction to the Rice TV statement. Despite being the ranking American on the ground in Libya, Hicks was not consulted before Rice recited her pedantic “talking points” concerning the attack. Poor coordination, but then the Obama team was in election mode, which did not want a terrorist attack on September 11th of all days, to disrupt the political narrative. During emotional testimony DCM Hicks recalls, a call from the beleaguered envoy Chris Stevens, “Greg, we’re under attack,” before the line went dead. An earlier State Department review discovered that the security plan for Benghazi was “inadequate for Benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place.” Despite Benghazi being a sitting duck on September 11th , the bigger problem I feel deals with why no U.S. military rescue came during the attack which lasted in excess of seven hours? We are not talking about a quick “hit and run” by militants but a sustained assault on a com-
pound which was only hindered by a few U.S. special forces men who were subsequently killed too. Though a small Special Forces detachment was at the Embassy in Tripoli, American air
assets would have been at the Aviano Air Base in Italy; two F-16 squadrons a few hours flight down the boot of Italy and straight into coastal Benghazi. And why were not American
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Words That Replace Thought If there is ever a contest for words that substitute for thought, “diversity” should be recognized as the undisputed world champion. by Thomas Sowell You don’t Syndicated Columnist need a speck of evidence, or a single step of logic, when you rhapsodize about the supposed benefits of diversity. The very idea of testing this wonderful, magical word against something as ugly as reality seems almost sordid. To ask whether institutions that promote diversity 24/7 end up with better or worse relations between the races than institutions that pay no attention to it is only to get yourself regarded as a bad person. To cite hard evidence that places obsessed with diversity have worse race relations is to risk getting yourself labeled an
incorrigible racist. Free thinking is not free. The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the government has a “compelling interest” in promoting diversity -- apparently more compelling than the 14th Amendment’s requirement of “equal protection” of the law for everybody. How does a racially homogeneous country like Japan manage to have high quality education, without the essential ingredient of diversity, for which there is supposedly a “compelling” need? Conversely, why does India, one of the most diverse nations on Earth, have a record of intergroup intolerance and lethal violence today that is worse than that in the days of our Jim Crow South? Even to ask such questions is to provoke charges of unworthy tactics, and motives too low to be dignified with an answer. Not that the true believers in diversity could answer anyway. See Sowell on 24
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American Legion Post 33, 6 Plymouth Street, Meredith. 3pm. No smoking
Pembroke Congregational Church, 301 Pembroke Street, Pembroke. 7pm. $15/$12 seniors/students. 780-4968
Sunday 19th Gary Allen
Rich Ceisler – Live Comedy
Hampton Ballroom, 929-4100
Pitman’s Freight Room, New Salem Street, Laconia. 7pm. $15. BYO venue. 527-0043
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Jean’s Playhouse, Lincoln. 2pm. $20/adult, $15/seniors, students. 745-2141
3RD Annual Autism Center Walk-A-Thon
Starts and ends at Lakes Region Community Services, 719 North Main Street, Laconia. 10am-12pm walk or stroller along the WOW! Trail. Family cookout lunch from 122pm. Raise $25 or more and get an official Autism Center T-shirt. 581-1560
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“The History of Jazz”
Laconia Public Library, Laconia. 7pm. Presented by Jonathan Lorentz. 527-1278
Interlakes Community Caregivers Annual Meeting and 15th Anniversary
Center Harbor Congregational Church, Gilpatric Hall, Center Harbor. RSVP 253-9275 or director.caregivers@gmail. com
The Mushing Life – Presented by Lidia DaleMesaros
Campton Old Town Hall, Campton. 7pm. Lidia will discuss sled dog racing, adventures on the trails in the White Mountains, keeping sled dog blood lines alive, how puppies and dogs are trained and more. Come early to meet some of the dogs and see the sledding gear. 236-2755
Wednesday 22nd Child Safety Fair
Westside Healthcare, South Main Street, Franklin. 4-6pm. 934-2060 ext. 8369
Thursday 23rd Annual Antique Car Festival
Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 5pm. Come and enjoy great food and a relaxing evening with some very dedicated car buffs. 279-1070 or 524-6057 Friday 24th
Huggins Hospital Aid Sale
Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. Art, collectibles, household, toys, 1800’s sleigh and more.
“The Nerd”
Garrison Players Arts Center, Route 4, Rollinsford. 8pm. 7504278
Saturday 25th Lincoln Library Plant Sale
Lincoln Library, Church Street, Lincoln. 9am-2pm. 745-8159
Huggins Hospital Aid Sale
Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. Art, collectibles, household, toys, 1800’s sleigh and more.
Wentworth-Coolidge Lilac Festival
Portsmouth. Join the celebration of the oldest lilacs in the country. This Seacoast event features lilac lectures and sales, historic house tours, an art show and more. Kids’ activities include art projects throughout the day, treasure hunts, alpacas for petting and more.436-6607. www. wentworthcoolidge.org
“The Nerd”
Garrison Players Arts Center, Route 4, Rollinsford. 8pm. 7504278
Salute to Service Dinner Cruise
M/S Mount Washington, Weirs Beach. 7pm. Join to celebrate our public servants. Open to all. $29pp. 366-5531
9th Annual Branch River Paddle
Milton, NH. Bring your kayak or canoe for this scenic paddle along the conserved banks of the Branch and Salmon Falls Rivers. Boat transportation and picnic lunch provided. $15 suggested donation. 9787125.
Campton Garden Club Plant and Bake Sale
Campton, Rt. 49, Exit 28 next to Northway Bank. 8am-Noon. 536-8246
Monday 27th NH Veterans Home Memorial Day Celebration
NH Veterans Home, 139 Winter Street, Tilton. 11am. Event will be preceded by a coffee social at 10:15am. 527-4898
Tuesday 28th New Beginnings Volunteer Training
New Beginnings, Laconia. Become a volunteer to help all those affected by domestic and sexual violence and stalking. Call 528-6511 for more information and to sign up.
Wednesday 29th BIBA Annual Meeting
The Beane Conference Center, Laconia. All community members who care about the local economy of the Lakes Region are invited. RSVP kate@bibanh.org
Friday 31st Buckcherry Hampton Ballroom, 929-4100
Beach Hampton
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Country Dance Instruction Fundraiser
Rockingham Ballroom, Newmarket. 7:30pm. Dan and Kelly Albro return for the final phase of fundraising for the mandated sprinkler system for the Ballroom. $20/advance or $25/day of. 659-4410
Huggins Hospital Aid Sale
Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. Art, collectibles, household, toys, 1800’s sleigh and more.
JUNE Saturday 1st New Hampton Garden Club Annual Plant Sale
Rossi’s Restaurant, Route 104, New Hampton. 9am-2pm.
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Ashland Garden Club Annual Plant Sale & Raffle
Memorial Park, across from Meredith village Savings Bank in Downtown Ashland. 9amNoon.
Historic Main Street Home Tour
Tickets available at the Gordon Nash Library, 1-4pm. New Hampton. Attendees will receive a map and guide book and be allowed to enter a few of the historic homes for a brief tour. www.historicalsocietiesnh. org/newhampton
Rye By-the-Sea Duathlon and Road Race
Both the 5k and the duathlon begin at 1237 Washington Road, Rye. Registration available online at www. ryebythesea.com 431-RUNS
Integrated Pest Management Workshop
Boscawen Municipal Complex, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen. 9am. Free and open to the public. 753-9188 ext. 301
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20th Annual Lupine Festival
Sugar Hill, NH. The beloved blooms carpet local fields and pastures in a rolling sea of vibrant purples, pinks, blues and whites. Concerts, dining specials, carriage rides, photo contest and much more. 8235661 or www.franconianotch. org
Sunday 2nd Home Run Derby
Colby Field at Opechee Park, Laconia. Start time is 11am. Little League and High School. Other activities for younger youth will be available. Stop by and join the fun! Rvysef.org
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“Broadway’s Next H!t Musical”
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 7:30pm. 225-1111
Rummage Sale
Holderness Community Church, 923 US Route 3, Holderness. 9am-6pm. 9687643
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992
7:30pm. Free show but tickets are needed to reserve seating. 225-1111
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Saturday 15th
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Saturday 8th Spring Herb & Garden Day
Rummage Sale
Holderness Community Church, 923 US Route 3, Holderness. 9am-2pm. 9687643 Monday 17th
Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament
McLane Audubon Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord. 10am-5pm. 12 workshops including herbal product making, brewing herbal beer, organic heirloom gardening, marketing, foraging walks and more. 224-5022
Lochmere Golf & Country Club, Tilton. Teams of 4/$600. 524-5531.
Market Square Day
Hampton Beach, NH. Check out the amazing sculptures created by artists of the craft on display along Hampton Beach. Competitors are vying for cash prizes. www.hamptonbeach. org Saturday 22nd
Portsmouth. The event kicks off with a 10K road race, but for those who prefer a more leisurely pace, stroll the beautiful downtown while enjoying entertainment, unique products and fine food offerings. Featuring more than 100 artisans, merchants, crafters and musicians. 4334398 or www.portsmouth.org
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Thursday 27th Wynton Marsalis
The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth. 7:30pm. 436-2400 or www.themusichall. org
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Skate Escape, Court Street, Laconia. Every Thursday from 3pm-6pm Oct. 4th through May 30th.
Bible Study
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The New Hampton Historical Society has developed a walking tour scheduled for Saturday, June 1, from 1 to 4 pm, of the historic homes of Main Street. Two structures along the route have been designated on the National Register of Historic Places. Several generous homeowners will open their homes for a rare look at interiors. The Society, volunteers, friends, and residents of Main Street have been working over the past several months to gather historical information about these homes, such as the names of the original owners and the roles they played in the history of New Hampton. The self-guided tour begins at the Gordon-Nash library located at 69 Main Street and provides ticket holders with a map and guidebook about the historic and architecturally interesting homes found on Main Street. New Hampton is a beautiful old New England town, established in 1777, with large elegant white homes, a library and church on the National Historic Register, and a fine school. Our Main Street is very enjoyable to walk along, with large trees, fabulous gardens, sidewalks, picket fences, and interesting architecture...but how fun would it be to learn more about the history of New Hampton’s founders and these places they built, and even have the opportunity to walk through the interior of many of these homes?
“The Mushing Life” Lidia Dale-Mesaros, musher and owner of Valley Snow Dogz of Campton will join Campton Historical Society, along with several of her remarkable sled dogs on Monday, May 20th at 7pm She will discuss dog sled racing, adventures on the trails in the White Mountains, keeping sled dog blood lines alive in the Eastern US, how puppies and dogs are trained, the equipment utilized, and safety on the trail. Come early as they will be out in the parking lot before the program to give you a chance to meet some of the dogs and see the sledding gear The presentation will be at the Old Town Hall in Campton, which is handicap accessible, and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For information about the Society, check our web site at www.camptonhistorical.org. The society building is at 525 Route 175, Campton, ½ Mile North of Blair Bridge Road,Exit 27 off I-93. To learn more visit www.valleysnowdogz.com.
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JASON COLLINS I enjoy teaching classes about “Sports and Society,” both on the undergraduate (NHTI-Concord) and graduate (Plymouth State University) levels. We get into sports and gambling, sports and violence, sports and money, sports and religion and on and on. There are so many issues out there, to include sports and gender. Not just the countless male/ female sports dynamics that abound, but also issues concerning homosexuality. Every year when we’d get to the “gay” chapter, I would point out to my students that in over 100 years of major professional men’s sports in America, involving tens of thousands of baseball, football, basketball and ice hockey players, there has never been a single gay player―or at least one who acknowledged his orientation while still playing. Until now. Fourteenyear NBA veteran Jason Collins has announced that he is gay. In our classes, I opined that if or when a big league player finally acknowledged being gay, that there would be a whirlwind of publicity, mostly positive, and that he would be likened to Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in April of 1947. That proved to be true. Collins was quickly featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and other national magazines. He led the news on network newscasts. He re-
The Celtics mounted an amazing comeback that fell short in Game 6 against the Knicks. ceived a message from the President of the United States. He became the best known NBA player since Kris Humphries married Kim Kardashian. I predicted that when other gay players saw all the positive attention that they would quickly announce “Hey! I’m gay too!” I would then ask my students, “And so who can name the SECOND African-American to play Major League Baseball?” Usually, no one could answer that question. Given that this is 2013, not 1953, and that most people now believe that one does not choose his or her orientation, we’ll quickly move forward and the media focus will shift elsewhere. It WILL be interesting to see what happens with Collins’ career. A Boston Celtic for most of 2012-13, Collins finished the season with the Washington Wizards, and is now a free agent. Should he not get any offers for 2013-14, there will be the inevitable debate as to whether that was because Collins is gay, or because, as a 14-year veteran with a 3-points-per-game lifetime scoring average, he just didn’t rate an offer. Time will tell. (By the way, the second black Major League Baseball player was Cleveland Indian Larry Doby, who became the American League’s first black player in July of 1947.)
DON’T WALK ON THE CELTS! A California friend was visiting the east coast when the Celtics forced a playoff Game Six in Beantown against the Knicks on May 3. Could the Celtics become the first NBA team ever to overcome a 3-0 playoff series deficit? With visions of the 2004 Red Sox dancing in my head, I paid big bucks for a couple tickets to witness some possible Boston sports magic. It didn’t happen. Boston scored just ten points in the first quarter and trailed 45-27 at halftime. The sell-out crowd kept waiting for the Celts to DO something—anything—so they could let some noise and love flow to their heroes, but the home team wouldn’t cooperate. The lead swelled to 67-47 after three periods. There is nothing better than the sound of the TD Garden exploding with noise, but most of the noise was coming from scattered Knick partisans. I cringed as I imagined Spike Lee watching gleefully on television. “Let’s give them two more minutes, and then let’s beat the crowd out of here,” I said. “This is too painful. They’re killing me.” With 9:47 left to play, Iman Shumpert dunked for the Knicks to give the New Yorkers a 75-49 lead. “Let’s go,” I said. We followed a bunch of other See moffett on 12
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pact public spaces[ regulations about parking lot screening and shading, maintaining sight lines, insuring unobstructed pedestrian movements. Signage Standards-- regulations controlling allowable signage sizes, materials, illumination and placement. Environmental Resource standards--regulations controlling issues such as storm water drainage and infiltration, development on slopes, tree protection and solar access. Annotation--text and illustrations explaining the intentions of specific code provisions. Once you lose development rights, you have essentially lost control of your property, no matter what the people or the local government proclaim. Only You are responsible for the property taxes, and your land use is regulated!! Development rights to one’s property are inMOFFETT from 11
dejected Celtic fans toward the exit and then to the subway station. We boarded the “T� and headed toward Sullivan Square, where my car was parked. As the subway car slowed to a stop, a guy with an IPhone said “They’re down by four!� I was dumbfounded and flabbergasted. Right after we left the Celtics went on a 24-2 run. The Garden surely exploded multiple times. We hustled to my car and turned on the radio. We had just walked out on what was shaping up to be the greatest come-back in NBA history. By far. Sadly, the comeback fell short and the Knicks won 88-80. Perhaps it was just
fringed by obeying shifting regulations and enhanced “best practices mandated by the new development rights’ holder.â€? Please research form base code and refuse this grab by people who are out to make money and could care less about the individual. I love the Weirs and its antiquity and style, do not change the view or be regulated into this ruse to control your individual rights, and behavior! The city of Dover and Strafford, have FBS and are unhappy with the regulations!! They were duped by conversations with only the input of a minority of people, and without a majority of the voting public. Beware of these “listening sessions employed by Plan NH and NH Listens, using the Delphi Technique to obtain an already written agenda, while giving the public the illusion that they created the issues! as well. While I am very much opposed to suicide, had I missed the Celtics pulling off a win on May 3, I’m pretty certain I would have hung myself and you would not be reading this column now. Seriously ‌ Born Today .. That is to say, sports standouts born on May 16 include star Detroit Tiger pitcher Jack Morris (1955) and Gold Medal Olympic Marathoner Joan Benoit Samuelson of Cape Elizabeth, Maine (1957) Sportsquiz What NHL player returned to the ice to play hockey AFTER he’d been inducted into hockey’s Hall of Fame? (Answer follows)
Does the Planning Director know about this devious and unethical method of stealing the residents right to regulate their own property? The residents of Laconia need to ask and obtain the knowledge about FBC and go to the Granite State Futures web site and learn about how the LRPC is involved in our everyday behaviors, and is planning to change us , and our liberties as property owners and citizens. Another point of interest is that the 9 planning commissions are unelected people, who are trying to change our great state of NH. We also need to be aware of Grants associated with the HUD-1044 grant instrument, and the strings attached, and any other grant that gives the illusion of� Storytelling�. Research the Orton Family Foundation. Rosemary Landry Meredith,NH.
Sportsquote “Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.� ― Tiger Woods Sportsquiz Answer After being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, former Montreal Canadien Guy Lafleur returned to the NHL from 1988–89 through 1990–91 to play for the New York Rangers and the Quebec Nordiques. He did not wear a helmet due to a grandfather clause exempting players who’d played before 1979 from having to wear protective headgear. Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management at NHTI, Concord’s Community College. He recently co-authored 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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nately, the entire education system is run without regard to taxpayers. It is a simple case of spend everything budgeted and then ask for more. Blame everything on lack of money and the kids suffer the most. The exaggerations about an opposing view on “until they need the service� & ‘denigrate all government services’, ‘students education should be of paramount importance’ and ‘stop blaming organized labor for all the problems’ are typical fall back arguments for more money. This issue should never be an all or nothing approach. It’s about compromise and smart spending and still educating people. All of us NEED teachers and schools. But to just spend money foolishly without regard for the people that pay for it is wearing thin. Has anyone in the Union or School Admin position actually reviewed where all the money is going and looked at the system to streamline and cut, yes CUT, the waste like private companies have to? I can already tell you it hasn’t and no one will because there IS NO INCENTIVE. There are many ways to improve all the issues raised but it means actually working them...not just more money. I guess it is true that the kids suffer but it’s because of the very system they are in.� Excellent Brian, if you get the urge to join us on radio, we like to have you as a guest! Please visit wezs.com for the podcast of the Saturday show. Big Ed has kept your children in the Government Indoctrination Centers for decades. Hooksett is using “CHOICE� for educating their students. Now let all parents choose where
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motion, National Air Mail Week, when the air mail first came to thousands of small towns all across America. Working on my project to investigate the history of the Weirs seaplane base, I came across air mail envelopes that were carried on May 19, 1938, bearing a special cachet (illustration on the front of the envelope to commemorate a special event), which showed the airmail route around Lake Winnipesaukee pioneered by Bob Fogg in 1925. Flying a World War I surplus “flying boat,” Fogg picked up the morning’s mail and newspapers from the 5:55 a.m. Boston train at the Weirs and flew to Wolfeboro, followed by stops at nine other locations on the eastern shores of the big lake, and returned to the Weirs with the outgoing mail in time to catch the 8:05 back to Boston, with his gasoline and mechanic’s wages paid for the rest of the day, thanks to his airmail contract. Further investigation has made me aware that in fact National Air Mail Week was actually a nationwide special event in which numerous New Hampshire towns participated, displaying their civic pride with special cachets, including Manchester, Concord, Salem, Portsmouth, Greenland, Wolfeboro, Meredith, Newport, Haverhill, Plymouth, and Hanover.
Pilots and staff of Winnipesaukee Air Service, Inc., about 1936. Robert S. Fogg, Mike Harlow, Bunny Leslie, Andy Cannon, Jack McManus, Thomas E.P. Rice, John Newhall. Author’s collection Ten thousand towns and cities nationwide created their own cachets to commemorate a person, place or thing of local importance, many of them related to aviation. In New Hampshire, Wolfeboro also noted Fogg’s 1925 flight, along with General Wolfe and the first summer home in America, built in 1768; Meredith’s cachet included Indian Island with an airplane overhead and the “Latchkey to the White Mountains” emblem; Hampton recognized local witch Eunice “Goody” Cole, accused of witchcraft in 1656 and exonerated, at least in the eyes of the people of Hampton, by vote of the town meeting in 1938; Manchester, John’s Stark’s well; Newport, winter sports, local resident Sarah Josepha Hale, author of “Mary’s Little Lamb,” and patriotism, as the only Newport in the country to have sent a full company
of soldiers to every war in the nation’s history; Salem, the dispatch of airmail from Rockingham Park to Lawrence, MA on May 30, 1912, flown by early bird Lincoln Beachey, a distance of four miles; Haverhill, the town’s first post office building; Portsmouth, the settling of the town in 1623 on “the finest harbor in the world;” Greenland, the first brick house in town, which is still a historic site; Franklin, the birthplace of statesman Daniel Webster; and Plymouth, Hanover, and Concord, the Old Man of the Mountains, with a little free advertising for the Boston and Maine/ Central Vermont Airways. And of course, Laconia’s cachet was an outline map of Lake Winnipesaukee, showing the ten stops made on the “first aeromarine mail service in America, 1925.” National Air Mail Week See airmail on 15
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in Maryland to ask directions. His mail went back to Washington by truck. The other flights were made without incident, and airmail was here to stay. This pilot was apparently not blessed with an innate sense of direction. Attempting his flight again the following day,
he was escorted as far as Baltimore, and instructed to keep Chesapeake Bay on his right until he saw Philadelphia. Unfortunately, he continued all the way around the bay to Cape Charles, missing Philly entirely. Despite the political connections that had gotten him the
job, he was not allowed to make a third attempt. The observance of the 20th anniversary of the flight was celebrated with much greater success, with only one minor crash out of 1,700 special oneday-only airmail pickup flights, many to small towns that did not yet
have an airport. 16.2 million letters and 9,000 parcels were carried by pilots sworn in for that day as mail carriers, including 43 by women pilots, and one by the first black pilot to carry air mail, Grover Cleveland Nash. Among the “aviatrixes” who flew See airmail on 16
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was conceived by Postmaster General James A. Farley, along with President Franklin Roosevelt, himself a noted stamp collector, to promote the use of airmail and to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first regularly scheduled airmail flights, beginning on May 14, 1918, between Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York. With World War I in progress and the aircraft factories and military flight schools in full swing, it was a matter of weeks from idea to flight. One Curtiss “Jenny” trainer, piloted by a newly-minted army pilot, would take off from New York and Washington, each flying as far as Philadelphia, where the mail bags would be transferred to another Jenny for the second leg of the flight in each direction. Numerous dignitaries, including President Wilson, along with Admiral Peary, Alexander Graham Bell, secretary of the navy Josephus Daniels and his assistant, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, attended the takeoff from Potomac Park, where increasingly embarrassed mechanics cranked the Jenny’s engine again and again. Finally, someone had the brilliant idea of checking the gas tank (no fuel gauge on the instrument panel in those days). The airplane had been flown in from the factory that morning, and in the excitement, no one remembered to fill the tank. Since the “airport” they were using was actually a polo field, the only gas available was in the tanks of other airplanes, which were swiftly drained to provide fuel for the inaugural airmail flight. Once the tank was filled, the engine started right away, and the pilot took off to fly to Philadelphia, armed with a road map and following railroad tracks, as there were no aeronautical charts in those days, either. Unfortunately, he followed the wrong set of tracks, heading south, and broke the propeller when he landed
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the mail were Blanche Noyes, winner of the 1936 Bendix transcontinental air race, and Alma Harwood, a “flying grandma.” There were essay contests on the subject “Wings Across America,” poster contests, and observances using historic forms of mail transport, including Pony Express, bicycle, dog team, ox team, and even reindeer. All 48 states were represented, plus various territories, and their cachets represented everything from the first flight at Kitty Hawk to the largest watermelons in the world. In New Hampshire, pioneer aviator Bob Fogg re-created his 1925 airmail flights over Lake Winnipesaukee in a tenpassenger Sikorsky S-38 twin-engine amphibian airplane, accompanied by Laconia postmaster Michael J. Carroll, Mayor Edward Gallagher, Clifford Graham of the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampton School headmaster Fred Smith, Jim Irwin representing the Lakes Region Associ-
ates, Weirs postmaster Joseph Lavertue, Edward Lord of WLNH radio, and Ralph Morris of the Colonial Theater. Keep in mind, Fogg’s 1925 Curtiss flying boat could only seat four at most, or just the pilot and one other when loaded with up to 400 pounds of mail. They were greeted in Wolfeboro by the postmaster, Frank Hutchins, head selectman Sherman Brummitt, Ralph Carpenter of the Rotary
Club, the Carroll Philatelic Club represented by Burt Parshley, and schoolchildren from the Carpenter School. They picked up 703 pieces of commemorative mail, along with a bouquet, and flew back to the Weirs. Picking up Winnipesaukee Air Service president Thomas E.P. Rice, pilot Floyd Miller, Jack Brown, a World War I aviator and business partner of Mr. Rice, and Evening Citizen aviation corre-
spondent E.A. Twombley, they hopped to the first Laconia airport, on the Belknap County Farm property, where they were greeted by a parade including the high school band, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, citizens in private cars and Bolder Landry on a pure white horse. There they picked up an additional 5,000 pieces of mail. Pilot Jack MacManus met them there with additional airmail from the northern towns,
and from there Gallagher, Carroll, Twombley, Boy Scout Frank Sullivan, and postal employees Leroy Sawyer, Byron Galloupe, Oscar Prescott, and Nelson Curtis accompanied the mail to Concord. Jack MacManus in a Waco biplane and Andy Cannon in a Stinson came along as wingmen. In Salem, the 1912 airmail flight was recreated, with a hop from Rockingham Park to Lawrence, MA by James A. Barry of the Lawrence airport, in a Viking Kitty Hawk biplane. Assistant postmaster Miss Hattie I. Morrill officially dispatched the mail in both 1912 and 1938. In Boston, the Army Air Corps displayed its brand-new “Flying Fortress” at East Boston airport. Other than the Bob Fogg airmail on Lake Winnipesaukee in the summer of 1925, airmail as a regularly scheduled service first came to Manchester and Concord on June 25, 1934, delivered by Boston and Maine Airways, on CAM-1, or Contract See airmail on 18
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I have read that the United States is number one in the world for volunteerism and helping one another. That is nice to hear when you know that many other countries look at us as aggressive and crime ridden. (I have a friend coming to visit from Denmark, and he was afraid to visit Boston after the Marathon Day bombing…and there are people who think all Americans carry guns, all the time.) I am amazed at the willingness of our people to go out of their way to help others in need. This week, we have heard the story of the man who saw a woman upset in her home, broke down the door and rescued three women held prisoner for a decade. He was a black man in a white neighborhood and was a bit nervous to take action – but he did the right thing, and saved them and a little girl. Courage! There is an earthquake in Haiti, and hundreds of people leave their jobs and homes to help. There is a bombing in Boston and people ignore danger to help the wounded. Americans give to charitable organizations. A recent survey said that the poorer people give the largest percentage of income to charities, with the poor and middle-class giving to organizations that help the needy and the rich tending to give to educational charities – both are needed. Locally, you find dinners organized and donation cans to raise money to help a family that has been burned out of their home, suffered a devastating loss,
or with a sick family member. The youth of our church and some others are going this summer to the Navaho Reservation in Black Mesa, AZ to build a kitchen for a family that was burned out. They will have a wonderful chance to help their brothers and sisters, meet new people, and live for a week in a different culture. Maybe the reason that we are number one in volunteering is that we know that our nation is made up of people from many cultures, working together. By the time of the revolution, we had settlements of English, Scottish, Portuguese, Spanish, and French, as well as the indigenous peoples, Africans, and people of the West Indies. Within a hundred and fifty years, they were joined by the Irish, Italians, Asians, and Eastern Europeans. More recently, we have seen people from other African countries and the Middle East. Religions cover the gamut. Our nation has grown because we are not all alike and we have to learn to live together. While some people are unable to do that, most of us can, and when we do, our eyes are opened to the needs beyond our walls. And so, we help each other. I write as a Christian, and I remember how Jesus told us to care for the sick, the prisoners, the hungry and all others who do not have what we have. More than once he told us to share, especially when we have more than we need. He pointed out that we are to care for people who are different as well as those who are like us. And then he said, “Whenever you do
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mings (D-Maryland) really this stupid? â&#x20AC;&#x153;And, as I listen to your testimony I could not help but think of something that I said very recently - two years ago now - in a eulogy for a relative. I said that death is a part of life, so often we have to find a way to
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Among the candidates for runner-up to “diversity” as the top word for making thought obsolete is “fair.” Apparently everyone is entitled to a “fair share” of a society’s prosperity, whether they worked 16hour days to help create that prosperity or did nothing more than live off the taxpayers or depend on begging or crime to bring in a few bucks. Apparently we owe them something just for gracing us with their presence, even if we feel that we could do without them quite well. At the other end of the income scale, the rich are supposed to pay their “fair share” of taxes. But at neither end of the income scale is a “fair share” defined as a particular number or proportion, or in any other concrete way. It is just a political synonym for “more,” dressed up in moralistic-sounding rhetoric. What “fair” really means is more arbitrary power for government. Another word that shuts down thought is “access.” People who fail to meet the standards for anything from college admission to a mortgage loan are often said to have been denied
“access” or opportunity. But equal access or equal opportunity is not the same as equal probability of success. Republicans are not denied an equal opportunity to vote in California, even though the chances of a Republican candidate actually getting elected in California are far less than the chances of a Democrat getting elected. By the same token, if everyone is allowed to apply for college admission, or for a mortgage loan, and their applications are all judged by the same standards, then they have equal opportunity, even if the village idiot has a lower probability of getting into the Ivy League, and someone with a bad credit history is less likely to be lent money. “Affordable” is another popular word that serves as a substitute for thought. To say that everyone is entitled to “affordable housing” is very different from saying that everyone should decide what kind of housing he or she can afford.
Government programs to promote “affordable housing” are programs to allow some people to decide what housing they want and force other people -- taxpayers, landlords or whatever -- to absorb a share of the cost of a decision that they had no voice in making. More generally, making various things “affordable” in no way increases the amount of wealth in a society above what it would be when prices are “prohibitively expensive.” On the contrary, price controls reduce incentives to produce. None of this is rocket science. But if you don’t stop and think, it doesn’t matter whether you are a genius or a moron. Words that stop people from thinking reduce even smart people to the same level as morons. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.
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You can see the special hold-down anchor that connects the wood post to the concrete pier. you’re drifting outside the limits of your knowledge and abilities. In the small space of this column, it’s impossible to share with you all the knowledge you need to do this project well. However, I do have a few videos you can watch for free that should help clear up your confusion. The link to those videos is at the end of this column. First, let’s talk about getting the concrete support piers in the correct location. This method that has worked really well for me for years: I build the outer frame of the deck and support it temporarily with simple framing lumber. Using two tape measures, I then take the time to get this outer
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joists cantilever out over the deck beam; in others, the end of the floor joists rest on the deck beam. Use your plan to locate your beam on the deck frame thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suspended in the air. Using a plumb bob or a laser level, I then make marks on the ground directly below where the beam will be. Once I have this, I look at the plan to see the spacing of the wood posts that support the beam. I now know where to dig the holes for the concrete piers. Plumb bobs are inexpensive and a highly accurate way to do this job, so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow someone to pooh-pooh the idea of using one. Any number of wonderful metal connectors are made that allow you to connect a wood post permanently to a concrete pier. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fabricated in different sizes to fit different-sized wood posts. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll discover the biggest challenge is locating the anchor bolt that needs to be embedded in the wet concrete. There is very little room for error, depending on the metal connector you choose to use. Understand that decks,
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as well as sheds and other structures, need support for sideways and uplift forces. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that the force of the deck is always down to the earth. Be sure you select the correct framing connector and anchor bolt that will be suitable. A structural engineer or architect can assist you here. There are many ways to connect the wood deck beam to the vertical wood support posts. The companies that make metal connecters for attaching posts to concrete piers also make similar metal connectors for wood posts and wood beams. I like to make a traditional lap joint at this location. If my deck beam is a double 2-by-10 or a double 2-by-12, I prefer to make a notch in a 6-by-6 post. This notched cut allows the beam to sit on a shelf Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve cut into the wood post. The remainder of the 6-by-6 post laps over the inner or outer vertical face of the beam. I then use through bolts that pass through the beam and this post extension to complete the connection. I never use lag bolts. I prefer this method because it creates solid bearing of the deck all the way down to the concrete pier. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen other people bolt the beam to the side of the wood post, but then all the weight of the deck -- including all the people and
furniture on the deck -- is supported just by the small bolts that pass through the vertical post. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to have the wood beam rest on the vertical post. Believe me, there are many other aspects of this job you need to know. Some of it is common sense, but much of it comes with experience. Be sure the wood you use has the proper chemical treatment, especially if the wood posts will be contacting the soil at any point. You can watch three free videos showing very important post and beam installation steps at my AsktheBuilder.com website. These videos will show you concrete pier and wood-post installation secrets Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve discovered the hard way over the past 40 years. Go to this page: http:// go.askthebuilder.com/ WoodPostsandPiers Want free home-improvement information? Go to www.AsktheBuilder.com and sign up for Timâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free newsletter. Have a question for Tim? Just click the Ask Tim link on any page of the website.) Š2013, TIM CARTER DISTRIBUTED BY Tribune Media Services
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee At Rochester Opera House Rochester Opera House Productions presents the Tony Awardwinning Broadway musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee from June 6 to June 15 to with evening performances at 8:00 PM (Doors 7:00) and matinees at 2:00 PM (Doors 1:00). The theatre, set up with cafeteria-style seating, cash bar and light supper, becomes a gymnasium for this hilarious, delightful tale that features the unlikeliest of heroes…overachievers and outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. Adding to the hilarity of the show, audience members are invited to sign up at the “registration booth” for a chance to join the cast on-stage to participate in the competition. Before the show, interested audience members can “register” inside the theatre (7:007:45) and are chosen at random. Six quirky prepubescent teens played by Seraphina Caligiure, Katelyn Parker, Todd Ferland, Adam MacDougall, Marcy Park and Nick Moulton are competing for the spelling bee championship of a lifetime. Their three wild and
Adam MacDougall (as Leaf Coneybear), Todd Fernald (William Barfee), Katelyn Parker (as Olive Ostrovski), Seraphina Caligliure (as Logainne Schwartzandgrubeniere) in The 25 Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at The Rochester Opera House, June 6-25th. wacky grown-up supervisors, who have barely escaped childhood themselves, are played by Anthony Ejarque, Heidi Gagne and Rebecca Hios.
Director Jerard-James Craven’s vision for the show is to “bring our audience to a very intimate level with the cast, so that they are no longer merely observers, but an active part of the produc-
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tion.” Craven explains, “Audience participation really helps demolish the 4th wall. My goal is to have every audience member have a feeling that they didn’t just watch something; they were part of something.” Powerhouse singer Heidi Gagne, who plays the role of Comfort Counselor Marge Mahoney, wowed audiences in Shout! and as Natalie in All Shook Up. She says, I think the audience will be blown away by the amount of talent this cast packs.” Tickets are $25 (Table Seating) and $15 (Balcony) and can be reserved online at RochesterOperaHouse.com or call/stop by the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5 and two hours before the show. So that tables can be arranged to seat you and your party, please call ahead to the box office to reserve your table. Cash bar and light supper (not included in ticket price). Handicap access is available in the balcony only. Patrons under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH.
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