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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, June 16, 2016

A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 25, NO. 24

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, june 16, 2016

COMPLIMENTARY

Global War On Terror Memorial Has Early Unveiling by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

The New Hampshire Global War on Terror Memorial at the NH State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, was officially unveiled on Memorial Day, Monday May 30th, four months ahead of schedule. In 2015, Preston Lawrance of Loudon, New Hampshire, on a visit to the Vermont State Vet-

erans Cemetery in East Randolph, Vermont, to visit the grave of a friend was touched deeply when he saw that cemetery’s Global War on Terror Memorial which recognized the fallen soldiers from Vermont in that ongoing struggle. It also gives their families something to affirm that their sons and brothers died for something they believed in. “I serve in the Civil Air See memorial on 28

Becoming An Outdoors-Woman

Preston Lawrance of Loudon, NH, stands by the Global War on Terror Memorial that was unveiled at the NH State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen on Memorial Day. Lawrance began the mission in 2015 to see one put in place in Boscawen after seeing a similar memorial in Vermont.

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Women interested in learning outdoor skills in a beautiful setting can sign up for NH’s fall Becoming an Outdoors-Woman weekend workshop, which will take place September 9-11, 2016, at Rockywold / Deephaven Camps on Squam Lake in Holderness, The workshop fee of $335 includes two nights of lodging, plus all meals, instruction and equipment use. Participants must be age 18 or older. Participants select four sessions from more than 30 different outdoor skills

workshops, including archery, fishing, fly fishing, camping, field dressing game, hiking, kayaking, rifle, shotgun, nature photography, outdoor survival, campfire cooking, mountain biking, map and compass, and more. To register go to www. nhbow.com and download the Becoming an OutdoorsWoman fall workshop printand-mail registration form. You can also request a registration form at aquaticed@wildlife.nh.gov or by calling (603) 271-3212.

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Friday 17th Taylor Hicks & Josh Logan

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

Through July 2nd

Dueling Pianos at Patrick’s Pub

Peter and the Starcatcher

Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Reservoir Road, Meredith. See “how Peter became Pan”. www. winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org or 2790333

Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. Prepare your friends for some serious fun as YOU pick the music and join in the show! 293-0841

36th Annual Somersworth International Children’s Festival Live Music and Fireworks!

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

Wolfeboro Farmers Market

Clark Park, 233 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 12:304:30pm. Rain or shine. www. wolfeboroareafarmersmarket.com

2 Good 2 Be True

Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. Local favorite Paul Warnick on stage with $2 drafts and 2-for-1 apps and ‘tinis after 8pm! 2930841

Exemplary Country Estates of New Hampshire

Castle in the Clouds’ Carriage House, Moultonborough. 6pm. Lecture will be presented by architectural historian Cristina Ashjian. The event is free and open to the public. 476-5418

Solar Energy Lunch & Learn

Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce, 24 Front Street, #101, Exeter. 11:30am-1pm. Amy Farnham explains the benefits of owning your own solar power. www.exeterarea.org/events to register.

Disabled American Veterans Mobile Service Office

Ippolito’s Furniture, 193 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. 8am4pm. The DAV Mobile Service Office will be at Ippolito’s Furniture to personally provide the best counseling and claim filing assistance available. Free to all veterans and members of their families. 222-5788

Somersworth High School, 11 Memorial Drive, Somersworth. 6pm to dark. Kicks off the Festival! Bring the family back on Saturday for much more fun!

Disabled American Veterans Mobile Service Office

Bass Pro Shop, 2 Commerce Drive, Hooksett. 8am-4pm. The DAV Mobile Service Office will be at Bass Pro Shop in Hooksett to personally provide the best counseling and claim filing assistance available. Free to all veterans and members of their families. 222-5788

Free Family Movie Night – “Ring the Bell”

Mountain View Church, 322 Upper Bay Road, Sanbornton. 6:30pm8:30pm. Free popcorn and drinks, and a free drawing for a $20 gift certificate from Jordan’s Ice Cream.

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Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. BYOB. www.pitmansfreightrrom.com 527-0043

Wolfeboro’s Annual Moonlight Madness

Participating businesses will offer fantastic items inside and also on tables they will set-up outside along the sidewalk too! At 5pm a kick off to the event will be a live vocal performance at Flags Over Winnipesaukee. From 5-7pm, anyone visiting Penny Candy Shop in their pajamas will receive a free gift. There will be a 5 mile bicycle

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ride departing from Nordic Skier at 5pm for ages 8 and up. Anyone planning on participating in the ride should call 569-3151 Sundown is at 8:29pm and residents and visitors are asked to select a frozen treat of their choice from a local business and bring it to Foss Field for the first ever Sundown Sundaes Photo, which will be followed by a showing of the family-friendly movie “Back to the Future”. Bring a blanket and enjoy the movie under the stars.

SLA Leads Wetland Ecology Walk Through Belknap Woods

Ages 12 and up are welcomed to join on this fascinating walk through Belknap Woods and explore the wetlands and the animals that call this eco-system home. Please visit www. squamlakes.org for more information and to sign up for the walk. 968-7336

Saturday 18th Rummage Sale

Holderness Community Church, 923 US Route 3, Holderness. 9am-2pm. 968-7643

Rita Coolidge

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

Yellow Brick Road – Elton John Tribute Band

New Hampton School’s McEvoy Theatre, New Hampton. 7pm. This high energy reenactment of everything you have ever seen or heard of Elton John’s legendary staging and music will come alive for you and your friends in this tribute to a living artist. $25-$27.50pp. www.tbinh.org

Regional Championship Model Yacht Soling Regatta

The race is held on the Bridge Falls Path, Wolfeboro. Watch this two-day championship model yacht regatta on Back Bay! Free to spectators.

36th Annual Somersworth International Children’s Festival

Somersworth High School, 11 Memorial Drive, Somersworth. The fun starts at 10am at two locations; The Somersworth High School at 11 Memorial Drive and Noble Pines Park, Noble Street, Somersworth. Food, games, exhibits, vendors, rides, activates and much more!

“Norman Rockwell in the 1940s: A View of the American Home Front” Exhibit Opening

The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. The Wright Museum will celebrate Rockwell’s wartime America with a special exhibit of 44 original tear sheets, which are Rockwell’s covers torn from the Post that the publisher sent to him for his portfolio. Exhibit will be on display till August 21st. 5691212

Yard & Bake Sale

Old Town Hall, Meeting House Hill Road, Sanbornton. 8am-Noon. 2863018

World Wide “Knit in Public” Day

Sandwich Town Common, Sandwich. 9am-3pm. Come for some friendly knitting camaraderie. Bring your knitting (or spinning), a chair and a lunch or stop in at the Sandwich Farmers Market or Village Green Café and a snack!

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New York-Boston Comedy Clash At Pitman’s Freight Room The Boston-New York rivalry takes a unique turn Saturday, June 18 at 9pm when Boston’s Jim Lauletta and New York’s Mark Riccadonna and Sean Lynch share the stage at Pitman’s Fright Room located at 94 New Salem, St. in Laconia. The June show is the first of three that will begin at 9pm affording patron the opportunity to take full advantage of the longer daylight hours before the comedy night. Lauletta is a long time New England favorite who has appeared on Comedy Central, performed in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and on cruise ships and has played top clubs across the country. Riccadonna is a New York based comedian who travels nationwide playing top clubs such as the Laughing Skull in Atlanta, the Mohegan Sun, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and he travels the world entertaining the troops. He recently appeared on Gotham Comedy TV Live Lynch is a versatile comedy veteran who has written for and appeared on Comedy Central, as well as Celebrity Death Match on MTV. He has performed in New York at Caroline’s, the Gotham Comedy Club, the Broadway Comedy Club and more. His Los Angeles appearances include The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory. “The last few summers people have appreciated the 9pm start,” said Pitman’s owner Dick Mitchell. “June is a month when people are just getting used to the better weather so we wanted a blockbuster show to kick off the summer. This is an outstanding lineup.”

“The Underwater History of Lake Winnipesaukee” Hans Hug Jr. returns to the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum with his program, “The Underwater History of Lake Winnipesaukee.” on Saturday, June 25th at 11am, His presentation will include videos of wrecks while diving in the big lake and other interesting artifacts from below the surface of the lake. Hans has been an avid diver for many years and it will be of great interest to anyone who enjoys the history of Lake Winnipesaukee. Admission is free to LWHS members, for non members there will be a $5.00 fee per person to attend the lecture. RSVP’s are required for this popular lecture as seating is limited. Please call 366-5950 to reserve your seats. The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum in located on Route 3, Weirs NH. Next to Funspot.

A Little Night Music At Barnstormers The curtain is rising Thursday, June 23rd for the 86th summer season at The Barnstormers Theatre, with the timeless, romantic classic A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Music and the Drama Desk Award for best book, best music, and best lyrics. The show features a large cast and includes Barnstormers favorites Vinette Cotter, Doug Shapiro, Cheryl Mullings, Tony Edgarton, Penny Purcell, Mary McNulty, Shanye Vercillo and George Piehl. Joe Longthorne, a member of the producing team of the Tony Award-winner FUN HOME, returns to The Barnstormers stage as Frid. Newcomers Russell Garrett, Eowyn Young, Aimee Doherty, Joe DePietro, Michelle-Beth Herman, and Sarah Oakes Muirhead round out the cast. The Barnstormers, a 282-seat, professional, Equity theatre founded in 1931, enjoys air conditioning, a hearing assist system and is wheelchair accessible. Tuesday - Saturday evenings and weekend matinees, tickets cost $12-$36 with group rates and package discounts available. Beer, wine and lemonade are available during intermission. Friday night is Family Night with special prices. Check the website for other specials, where to dine and stay, and other Tamworth happenings. For more information and tickets, visit www.BarnstormersTheatre.org or call 603-323 8500.

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FENWAY BLUES I’d never seen so much blue at Fenway—even more than when the Yankees visit. Blue Jay apparel abounded. This phenomenon is the reverse of what I’d experienced in Baltimore, Anaheim, San Diego and other venues. When the Red Sox visit such places, Boston expatriates fill the stands with red. That so much blue filled the stands told me that a lot of tickets were available for out-oftowners—a new development that should be worrisome for management. BABE RUTH’S #3 Per usual, I wore my #8 Yastrzemski jersey. I smiled when I saw #9 Williams jerseys, though. It’s been 56 years since Ted played at Fenway, and Red Sox home uniforms don’t feature names on the back. But I really had to chuckle when I saw my first Babe Ruth #3 Red Sox shirt. While the

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Socialist Sanders Abandoning Israel To The Editor: Socialist Sanders appointed two anti-Israel people to his platform drafting committee. Cornel West espouses anti-Israel views, and James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute, has denounced Israel. Sanders also appointed Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota, an anti-Israel Muslim, to his platform committee. Sanders, who honeymooned in Russia, and his left wing followers epitomize a major shift in the Democratic Party concerning Israel. A recent Pew Research Center survey showed “liberal Democrats were twice as likely to sympathize with Palestinians over Israel than they were two years ago.� The dumb Jew haters have come out of the woodwork to demonize Israel. Their hatred makes them overlook the huge role Israel plays in projecting U.S. interests in the Middle East. Thankfully, Hillary Clinton, and the Republicans and Libertarians are strong supporters of U.S./Israel relations, and they have a deep understanding of world affairs. Donald Moskowitz Londonderry, NH

In Support of Northern Pass To The Editor: We have been bestowed with one of the greatest

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gifts being presented to New Hampshire in the history of this great state, the Northern Pass Project. I am not employed by this project or even any of its contractors, but am a private N.H. citizen, in Alton Bay, who is so impressed by it that I was inspired to send this to you. N.P.P. will provide us with clean generated hydroelectric service for us and for infinite future generations. Consider the following facts concerning the Northern Pass Project, which we should all support based on common sense alone. The demand for electrical service is only going to increase over the next few years. We have the obligation to ensure this service is available for future generations. According to ISO New England (June 1, 2006, http://www.isone.com/pubs/whtpprs/ elec_costs_wht_ppr.pdf): “Power consumption on the hottest summer days has been growing at about 2% each year, which is higher than the growth in average consumption. This consumption trend drives the requirement to build additional resources (e.g. peaking units), increasing the capacity costs of the region. It also is creating an under utilized power system where resources are built to satisfy demand for only a few days of the year. Adding 1,000 megawatts (MW) of supply produced by low-cost plants will save New England consumers $600 million a year.�. The geographical/environmental impact of this

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.

project will only affect a small fraction of the 10s of thousands of N.H. forestry/ woodlands acres. Anyone who thinks this is going to even slightly affect the N.H. tourism industry is being severely overdramatic. There are no studies, observations, or documentations attesting to any facts that the N.H. tourism industry will be even slightly affected. There are dozens of ski lift systems, throughout the state, which have cleared acres of land, yet nobody seems to be concerned about this issue; why should the Northern Pass Project be considered any different? Hydroelectric power, by its very nature, as provided by the Northern Pass Project, is one of most environmentally friendly forms of energy that we could ever ask for our state. Dependence on fossil fuels is not only costly, but harmful to our precious environment; nuclear power carries with it the constant threat of a major disaster, not to mention the fact that there is still nuclear infused waste from these facilities that has to be dealt with as a disposal issue. Also, nobody wants a nuclear facility in their neighborhood, let alone a related waste dumping facility. The suggestion of using the decommissioned nuclear aircraft carrier is also totally absurd. If it had an impending nuclear disaster, there would be relatively little time to tow it out to sea and hope for the best, let alone a conSee mail boat on 17

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Exposing Secrets

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Psst!! Flatlanders!! I’m here to let you in on a few secrets. I’m one myself, you know..a Flatlander, I mean, not a secret. I moved here in 1985 from Long Island, New York. I’ve lived here now over thirty years and since 1995, through these pages, I have been, among other things, explaining how I learned to adjust to life here in the Granite State. Some of it seems like a far memory now and a lot of it has changed. For example, you can’t go picking the good stuff at the dump anymore. This was a fun game where you could bring an empty pickup truck (now I know why they call it that) and come home with a brand new, used rusty appliance. It seems the litigious craziness has even seeped its way up here. You can’t be doing that stuff anymore. But that’s not what I am here to tell you about today. I’m here to tell you about how natives of New Hampshire have been spying on us for years. This is something many of us older Flatlanders have known about for years but have been afraid to talk about. But I am here to break the silence; to let you in on these secrets. Some might call me a whistleblower and hoist me upon their shoulders. Others might look at me as

a database to be studied by a group of native psychologists who will then decipher your body movements which will then be taught to undercover natives who will use this knowledge to pretend they are Flatlanders in order to mingle with other Flatlanders and gather even more valuable information. Yes, it goes that deep. If you have ever gone to one of those things called Bean Hole Bean dinners, be aware. Always check the weight of your silverware and more importantly, the Bean Hole Beans. The natives are now beginning to perfect nanotechnology. Also be aware of places offering things like New York Style Pizza and Coney Island style hot dogs. You can almost be certain that these were created for one reason only and backed with plenty of native dollars. So there you have it. Some of the secrets revealed. There are plenty more and I will soon be making them public as soon as I can find a partner who isn’t afraid to take the risk with me. So far, I haven’t been very successful. But, I understand. Think of me as you will as either a hero or the enemy. It makes no difference to me now. I just hope that my family forgives me and no harm will come to them. They had nothing to do with this. I take full responsibility for my actions. I have been offered asylum in Vermont and California, but, in reality, I think I’d rather just stay right here and take my chances. Those places are crazy. To find out more about Brendan’s book and upcoming appearances go to www.BrendanTSmith.com

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a traitor, now that the natives will know we are onto their secrets, and will never quite trust us again. But, these stories need to be told. So, I will take my chances. Be careful when buying anything that says “I Love New Hampshire� on it. Though most of these are safe, some have been equipped with highly sophisticated bugging devices. You see, natives know that only Flatlanders will buy such things and either wear them or place them in their homes, allowing their most intimate of conversations be recorded for dissection. As I said, not all of these things are bugged. Look carefully for any signs when purchasing them. Be careful not to ask any local native store owner these seemingly innocent but volatile words: “I’m not from around here. What do you suggest?� Soon you will find yourself with a bag full of goods, most equipped with sophisticated, miniature recording devices. Odds are good the stylish carrying bag will have one as well. Yard sales, too, are breeding grounds for spying equipment. Don’t be fooled by that antique replica of the Old Man Of The Mountain. Chances are there is the latest in tiny video equipment in its nose. For those of you who have recently moved here be aware of your surroundings. A casual conversation with a native neighbor may not be all it seems. “Nice day.� “Yup.� “Think it will rain?’ “Mebee� How do you think this winter will be?� “Hard to say.� Innocent? Maybe. But some are recording your every movement and voice patterns which is stored in

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Measuring Life By The Spoonful “How is your daughter doing?” is one of the most complicated questions I’ve had to answer. As Veronica marks her 16th birthday by Michelle Malkin this month, Syndicated Columnist we are sharing an update in hopes of de-stigmatizing and demystifying life with chronic pain, fatigue and other undiagnosed chronic illnesses. It’s been a year since Veronica lay bedridden, unable to breathe normally, felled by a mysterious combination of neurological and physiological complications that dozens of doctors couldn’t quite pinpoint. We thought we had a definitive answer when she was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome last July. But it turned out to be the tip of a medical iceberg. Though her alarming bout with “air hunger” dissipated and she willed herself back to school part time, she could still barely make it through each day. Despite normal blood tests, her exhaustion, brain fog, migraines and weight loss made it nearly impossible to function. If you have suffered from chronic illness, you know well the social ostracism that comes with it. “It’s all in your head,” “Stop being so dramatic,” and “You don’t look sick” are among the most common responses from armchair doctors. For teens, the social isolation is wrenching. Veronica lost almost all of her “friends” last summer -- too shallow or self-absorbed to care or comprehend her condition. Depression set in. Despite all our efforts, we were losing her

to an abyss of hopelessness. Then came the Mayo Clinic. The renowned Rochester, Minnesota, medical practice runs a Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center for adolescents and young adults with a range of chronic illnesses. The three-week program is basically a boot camp to equip young patients and their families with management skills to get their lives back through intensive cognitive behavioral therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy and recreational therapy. We learned at PPRC that Veronica’s basket of seemingly random comorbidities is common among those diagnosed with dysautonomia, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, hypermobility and pain amplification syndrome. Both her brain and her body are wired differently; the triggers are unpredictable. We learned that the “what” of Veronica’s symptoms did not matter as much as the “how” to help her cope day to day. There are no magic pills. It’s a tough-love crash course in hard work, personal responsibility and mind over matter. I am not exaggerating when I tell you that some PPRC patients enter the program in wheelchairs or on crutches -- and leave on their own two feet with the ability to walk or even run after months or years of inactivity. The goal is not to eliminate pain or cure sickness, but to restore functionality. For Veronica, exposure to and bonding with other teens saddled with similar conditions -- and in some cases, much worse -- was life-changing. It’s one thing to be told by a specialist that “you are not alone.” It’s quite another to join an instant family of young survivors riding the chronic illness roller coaster together.

A Safe Space From Chaucer

Yale English majors are demanding a safe space from Chaucer. In a petition to the by Rich Lowry English deSyndicated Columnist partment, Yale undergraduates declare that a required two-semester seminar on Major English Poets is a danger to their well-being. Never mind that the offending poets, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Donne, Milton, Wordsworth, et al., are the foundational writers in the English language. It’s as if chemistry students objected to learning the periodic table. The root of the plaint against the seminar is, of course, the usual PC bean-counting, where prodigious talents who have stood the test of time and exSee malkin on 33 plore the deepest questions

about what it means to be human are found wanting. The petition whines that “a year spent around a seminar table where the literary contributions of women, people of color, and queer folk are absent actively harms all students, regardless of their identity.” This is a variation on the widespread belief on campus that unwelcome speech is tantamount to a physical threat. In this case, the speech happens to be some of the most eloquent words written in the English language. One can only pity the exceedingly fragile sensibility it takes to feel assaulted by, say, “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey.” The petition’s implicit contention is that the major poets are too circumscribed by their race and gender to speak to today’s socially aware students, when, in point of fact, it is the students who are too blinkered by race and gender to marvel at great See lowry on 26

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Ukraine Fault-Line With Russia Still Rumbles UNITED NATIONS

-The artillery rumbles like a rolling late Spring storm. Small arms fire reaches a staccato, only to fall silent by John J. Metzler just as quickSyndicated Columnist ly. And hapless civilians on both sides of an arbitrary divide endure and suffer as the forgotten slow burner conflict in eastern Ukraine continues far from the headlines but embedded in the acute anxiety of European and U.S. policymakers. The French Senate has called for a lifting of economic sanctions on Russia which were slapped on Moscow after Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea two years ago. Now Military planners in NATO, are running a once unthinkable scenario of major multinational maneuvers aimed at very visibly reinforcing the vulnerable security of Poland and the Baltic states from Vladimir Putin’s political probing. Meantime the USA remains embroiled in a divisive presidential campaign where foreign policy remains more of a laugh line than a serious focus. But along the cultural faultlines which divide Ukraine’s eastern regions bordering Russia, the gritty industrial areas where language, customs and religion are profoundly linked to Moscow’s eastern embrace. The majority of Ukraine looks westwards to-

wards Europe. But it is no wonder that in a hyper-nationalist post Soviet polity, that President Putin would press to reintegrate the culturally Russian regions of Ukraine’s east, as well as Crimea. Moscow’s actions have produced justified fears in the Baltic states that they too may face an inevitable threat to their sovereignty more than 20 years since they broke free from the former Soviet Union. There’s genuine reason for concern. According to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights survey, “From mid-April 2014 to 15 May 2016, OHCHR recorded 30,903 casualties in the conflict area in eastern Ukraine, among Ukrainian armed forces, civilians and members of the armed groups. This includes 9,371 people killed and 21,532 injured.” The report adds, “After two years, the situation in the east of Ukraine remains volatile and may develop into a ‘frozen conflict’, creating a protracted environment of insecurity and instability; escalate, with dire consequences for civilians living in the conflictaffected area; or move towards sustainable peace through the meaningful implementation of the Minsk Package of Measures. The stakes are high.” The World Food Program (WFP) adds that “the two-year long conflict in eastern Ukraine has left 300,000 people severely food insecure and in need of immediate food assistance.” It chas-

tised the so-called The ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ denial of access to humanitarian agencies and resulting lack of protection. The UN’s OHCHR states “Since the Maidan events in 2014,

Ukrainians have gained greater freedom to exercise individual liberties, including their rights to freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression. The last two years have seen a

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Is Personal Responsibility Obsolete? Among the many disturbing signs of our times are conservatives and libertarians of high intelligence and high princiby Thomas Sowell ples who are advocating Syndicated Columnist government programs that relieve people of the necessity of working to provide their own livelihoods. Generations ago, both religious people and socialists were agreed on the proposition that “he who does not work, neither shall he eat.” Both would come to the aid of those unable to work. But the idea that people who simply choose not to work should be supported by money taken from those who are working was rejected across the ideological spectrum. How we got to the present situation is a long story, but the painful fact is that we are here now. Among the leading minds of our times, including Charles Murray today and the late and great Milton Friedman earlier, there have been proposals for ways of subsidizing the poor without the suffocating distortions of the government’s welfare state bureaucracy. Professor Friedman’s plan for a negative income tax to help the poor has already been put into practice. But, contrary to his intention to have this replace the welfare state bureaucracy, it has been simply tacked on to all the many other government programs, instead of replacing them. It is not inevitable that the same thing will happen to Charles

Murray’s plan, but I would bet the rent money that there would be the same end result. Just what specific problem is so dire as to cause some conservatives and libertarians to propose that the government come to the rescue by giving every adult money to live on without working? Poverty? “Poverty” today means whatever government statisticians in Washington say it means -- no more and no less. Most Americans living below the official poverty line today have central air-conditioning, cable television for multiple TV sets, own at least one motor vehicle, and have many other amenities that most of the human race never had for most of its existence. Most Americans did not have central air-conditioning or cable television as recently as the 1980s. A scholar who spent years studying Latin America has called the poverty line in America the upper middle class in Mexico. Low-income neighborhoods suffer far more from social degeneration, including high rates of crime and violence, than from material deprivation. Welfare state guarantees of not having to work, however the particular policies are applied, are not a solution. Relieving people of personal responsibility for their own lives, however it is done, is a major part of the problem. Before there can be a welfare state in a democratic country, there must first be a welfare state vision that becomes sufficiently pervasive to allow a welfare state to be created. That vision, in which people are “entitled” to what others have produced, is at the heart of the social degeneration that can be traced back to See Sowell on 33

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— From The Eagle’s Nest — Our good friend, The Dirty Bird, has agreed to submit some of his observation in the Weirs Times from time to time. We hope you enjoy them. Geese fly in a V formation, and Scientists have discovered that, as each bird flaps its wings, it creates an updraft for the next bird in line. The flock gains at least 71 percent more flying range than if each bird flew alone. When a goose falls out of formation, it feels the drag and resistance of flying alone and returns to the formation. When the lead goose tires, it moves to the rear of the group, and another goose takes the Iead. Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. When a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, two other geese fall out with it and follow it down to lead and protect it. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or it dies. Only then do

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ing down, he noticed one goose, seemingly injured and lying on the ground. Two other geese were standing by their injured companion to protect him. Nick continued on his way south, not forgetting what he had witnessed. After two days in Washington, Nick started his journey back to Vermont. As he traveled along the turnpike, he saw the same 3 geese in the same placetwo standing beside the injured one on the median.

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Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner. 10am-3pm. Make a long skirt or a skirt with leggings for Powwow! You supply your own material, ribbon and thread. $30/members, $45/ non-members. 456-2600 or www. indianmuseum.org

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Tale of Two Subs – Lecture by John Frank

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a side scan sonar with him on his dives to help in his searches. Using the sonar, Hug has located over 60 wrecks, including large

pieces of the original Mount Washington. Hug also has captured hundreds of images on side scan sonar and photographed and videotaped many of the wrecks. This fascinating talk will last approximately 75 minutes, with time for questions afterwards. Refreshments will also be served. Lisa Simpson Lutts, the Boat Museum’s Executive Director says, “We are delighted to have Hans Hug speak at the Boat Museum. We hope visitors will come away with a new understanding about the important boating history that can be found beneath Lake Winnipesaukee.” For further information contact the Museum at 603-569-4554, museum@ nhbm.org, www.nhbm.org or via Facebook. The New Hampshire Boat Museum is a member of the “Experience New Hampshire Heritage: The Portsmouth to Plymouth Museum Trail.” To learn more about the Trail, visit nhmuseumtrail. org.

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Winnacunnet High School, 1 Alumni Drive, Hampton. 7pm. Sounds of the Seacoast will perform a variety of music in four-part harmony including standards, popular pieces, gospel tunes and more! $15pp. Tickets available at www. soundsoftheseacoast.org or 759-5152

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The Wolfeboro Cultural Collaborative is sponsoring a Scavenger Hunt from 10am to 3pm in Wolfeboro. Hunt cards can be purchased for $5 each at the Kalled Gallery on Main Street. 569-5709 or 569-2428

4th Annual Touch-A-Truck Day

Plymouth Municipal Airport, 111 Quincy Road, Plymouth. 12-3pm. The airport will be turned into a wonderland of vehicles! Children can meet local heroes, ask questions, and have hands on experiences with their favorite vehicles. There will be fire engines, police cars, tractors, back hoes, airplanes and dump trucks! $5 suggested donation. Refreshments will be available at no charge. 536-2616

Fanciful Felted Purse Class with Nancy Evans

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and create a fun, artsy purse. $65 per student, no materials fee. Pre-register at 279-7920 as seating is limited.

Photographer Jeb Bradley Gallery Show

The Art Place, 9 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. 5-8pm. www.theartplace. biz 569-6159

52nd Annual Gilsum Rock Swap & Mineral Show

Gilsum Elementary School & Community Center, 640 Route 10, Gilsum. Admission is free, although donations are gratefully accepted. gilsumrocks@gmail.com or 357-9636

8th Annual Strawberry Festival

Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South Street, Bow. 10am2pm. There will be a Blessing of the Animals at 10:15am. Kid’s activities, farm animals, food, music, dancing and more! Free admission. 228-1154

Eckankar Spiritual Chat – ‘Have You Had a Spiritual Experience?’

Flight Coffee House, 478 Central Ave, Dover. 10am. jfeuer@worldpath.net or 852-4283

AYCE Spaghetti Supper followed by Live Music w/ Matt Langley Acoustic Trio

Laconia VFW, 143 Court Street, Laconia. Supper is from 5:307:30pm, followed by music and dancing 8pm-11pm. $10/advance, $15/door. Raffles, 50/50 and a cash bar. To benefit Greater Lakes region Children’s Auction.

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League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 12pm-4pm. Learn how to combine different types and sizes of beads to add texture and shape as you create a stunning, oneof-a-kind bracelet. $40 per student with a materials fee of $20. Preregistration is required. 279-7920

52nd Annual Gilsum Rock Swap & Mineral Show

Gilsum Elementary School & Community Center, 640 Route 10, Gilsum. Admission is free, although donations are gratefully accepted. gilsumrocks@gmail.com or 357-9636

Tuesday 28th The Rockin Daddios – Live Musical Performance

The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 7-8pm. Rock to the music of the 1950s and 1960s with the popular four-man singing group, The Rockin Daddios. RSVP to 569-1212 as space is limited. $8pp, free for members. www.wrightmuseum.org

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the Schwarzwald and Harz there are scheduled road closures throughout the season, so that motorcyclists may enjoy the countryside unimpeded by regular traffic. If slower moving auto/truck traffic ignore the restrictions, they might find themselves in an angry territorial blockade or ‘Motorrad Stau’ (motorcycle traffic jam). Further, if caught by the police, they face ‘onthe-spot’ fines (ranging from $11-$758+), license points or the immediate loss of their license for 3-12 months (which applies to other EU states as well). There are no court dates and failure to pay will result in additional fees and a police escort to the nearest ATM or jail. Fortunately, there is an official scale for violations and a receipt for payment; so there are no worries about an officer

taking advantage of the situation. I imagine, such differences in expectations, rules and customs, could cause some misunderstandings between a touring German motorcyclist and a US traffic cop; regardless of how ‘welldressed’ the biker might be. Dale is a Laconia resident currently living on assignment in Brussels, Belgium. With her husband of 35 years, Vince, she and their three boys have lived and travelled extensively in and around various regions in the US and Europe, as well as some parts of the Orient and the Middle East. Given her North Eastern perspective, Dale has entertained many with her insights and stories from her experiences living and travelling abroad.

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an official BA rating yet. Ratebeer.com folks have a little more to say about it, giving it a respectable 82 out of 100 scoring. As the co-owners state on their website, live life to the fullest and enjoy great friends, great music and great craft beer. We know they are enjoying

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ial rumors that if it doesn’t benefit us, why cooperate. How would they feel if we needed this project for our electrical demands and our bordering neighbors were protesting and blocking it? Anyone who truly cares about the pride of being a New Hampshirite will fully support N.P.P., if only to provide reliable electric for

our future generations; so lets stop being so selfish about the relatively little negative sight impact of the project and start using common sense, instead of jumping on the gloom and doom bandwagon.

Jim MacMillan is the owner of WonByOne Design of Meredith, NH, and is an avid imbiber of craft brews and a home brewer as well. Send him your recommendations and brew news to wickedbrews@weirs.com

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TUE, August 9, 7 – 8 p.m. Wartime Basketball: The Emergence of a National Sport during World War II Lecture and book signing by author Douglas Stark

Monday, August 15, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Wright Museum 3rd Annual Film Festival – Pearl Harbor documentaries TUE, August 16, 7 – 8 p.m. Fighting “Jane Crow”: AfricanAmerican Women in World War II. Lecture by Dr. Sarah Batterson TUE, August 30, 7 – 8 p.m. Holocaust to Healing, The Story of a 5-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor. Lecture and book signing by author Kati Preston

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TUE, September 6, 7 – 8 p.m. Internment of Japanese-Americans: A Father’s Voice and a Young Boy’s Remembrances. A presentation by David Sakura TUE, September 13, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (Note early start.) On the Wing. Movie and discussion with film producer Brad Branch TUE, September 20, 7 – 8 p.m. De-coding Espionage in World War II Lecture by Dr. Douglas Wheeler

Admission $8. per person; free for Wright Museum members. Reservations recommended, call 603-569-1212 for more info. Doors open 1 hour before the program begins. www.wrightmuseum.org Thanks to Lakes Region Coca-Cola Bottling Company for their Support of the Wright’s 2016 Special Events.

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Norman Rockwell was – and continues to be – one of America’s most popular artists. During World War II, Rockwell put a human face on daily life in home front America with iconic paintings that appeared on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post. The images reflected the social and political climate in the United States during that time. The Wright Museum will celebrate Rockwell’s wartime America with a special exhibit of 44 original tear sheets, which are Rockwell’s covers torn from the Post that the publisher sent to him for his portfolio. 2016

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The highlight of the exhibit is Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms.” The paintings appeared on four consecutive Post covers in 1943. Each painting reflects one of the freedoms President Franklin D. Roosevelt identified in his “Four Freedoms State of the Union” address that he delivered in January, 1941. Rockwell spent over four months working on the paintings, whose purpose was to remind Americans what they were fighting for. In 1943, a traveling exhibit featuring his “Four Freedoms” helped raise $132 million for war bonds.

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Did Babe Ruth ever really wear #3 in Boston? home like Fenway.” But where would the Red Sox play for a year if Fenway was renovated? The answer is Pawtucket, Portland, Manchester, and—mostly—Montreal. I noted with interest that the blue-clad Jays fans sitting behind us at the Toronto game were speaking French, indicating they were Quebecois—as opposed to Ontarians. And some Expo jerseys were to be seen as well, even though MLB left Montreal

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Sportsquote “As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid at Giza, the nation’s capitol, the czar’s Winter Palace, and the Louvre—except, of course, that it’s better than all those inconsequential places.” – Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti Sportsquiz Answer For World Series games in Boston in 1916, the Red Sox hosted the Brooklyn Robins (later known as the Dodgers) at newly completed Braves Field, which had a much larger capacity than did Fenway Park. For example, Game #2 at Braves Field had an attendance of 47,373—about 12,000 more than Fenway could accommodate. As turnstile attendance was the main source of revenue in those days, the BoSox needed the money. Ironically, two years earlier, the Miracle Boston Braves of 1914 played their home World Series games against Philadelphia at Fenway Park, as Braves Field was not yet completed. Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He recently co-authored the critically-acclaimed and awardwinning “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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DEAR TIM: While on vacation, I plan to install a few new interior doors around my house. I’m using pre-hung doors. I’ve never hung a door before and could use some tips. I’m lost on what to do when shimming a door. My wife told me she will bake you a cake if your advice gets me through this endeavor. --Peter K., Philadelphia DEAR PETER: I’ll see the chocolate cake and raise you a pint of mocha chip ice cream from my favorite parlor in Cincinnati. While I appreciate your wife’s generous offer, it’s not necessary. I’ll do my best to guide you on how to install all the doors in a day or less. That way you and your best friend can go do some fun things instead of slaving away on your vacation. The first thing to do is carefully remove the door casing trim from around your existing doors. This allows you to confirm the rough openings. This is vital to ensure you get the right doors. Measure accurately and have these measurements handy when you order the

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to the UN and demanded punishment for “those who slander the prophet of Islam”. The Left works hard to balance a Jenga-tower of competing special interest groups and demographic niches. Us gays are all told we must blindly vote Democrat (or else). For years, Democrats have insisted that Republicans want to kill us. But is that true? Isn’t it more true that Muslims are the people who want to kill us…and who do kill us, in places like Orlando (or in the Middle East, where gays are beheaded in Saudi Arabia, thrown from the roofs in Iraq and Syria, and executed like farm animals in Libya)? The problem with Americans is that most people are wired in baseball terms: it takes three strikes, close together, for Americans to turn on anything. Because Muslim terror attacks don’t occur in threes that are temporally close to one another, enough time passes between one attack like Orlando and the next time Muslims engage in Murder-Death-Kill in their jihad against Western freedoms that people forget. The media then runs cover for Muslims. Today, expect to see plenty of attractive, innocent-looking Muslim women being rushed to the tee-vee crying about how now they will be unfairly blamed for the terrorism and, oh, how any criticism of Islam is “islamophobia.” The networks have one script and they read from it every time.

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doorframe. This stabilizes the door and allows you to work with no fear of the door falling out of the opening. Carefully hit the nail, making sure you do not miss, which would cause an unsightly blemish on the wood doorjamb. You’ll need to use a nail set to drive the head of the nail below the surface of the wood frame. You will need a minimum of six nails on each side of the doorframe. These nails should be one inch above each hinge locations and level with these spots on the latch side of the doorframe. Put a nail on either side of the center door stop. When shimming the door, the goal is to make sure that, once the frame is nailed, the gap between the door and the frame is equal all around the door. Most pre-hung doors come with a 1/8-inch gap between the door and the frame on the hinge side and the top. You’ll discover it’s fairly easy to attain this gap around the entire door. As you shim, the shims will stick out beyond the wall and the doorframe. Do not be concerned about this. You’ll cut these off after the installation is complete. You can use a sharp razor knife, but the safer tool is a vibrating multi-tool that resembles what a barber uses to cut your hair. To prevent the door from

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rubbing the frame in the future, I always install two hidden screws that penetrate the doorframe and go at least 1.5 inches into the rough framing. I place these screws under the top hinge of the door. This step is only done after you’re completely happy with the gap and all the nails are set below the surface of the doorframe. Be sure you support the door with shims under the open door when you go to unscrew the top hinge plate from the doorframe. Drill pilot holes and be sure the screws are as far away from the edge of the doorframe as possible so they bite into the rough doorjamb. The screws must penetrate through shims so they don’t stress the doorframe. Countersink the screw heads a small amount so they don’t interfere with the hinge when you put it back in place. Need an answer? All of Tim’s past columns are archived for free at www. AsktheBuilder.com. You can also watch hundreds of videos, download Quick Start Guides and more, all for free.

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mainly pro- Ukrainian activists and Crimean Tatar institutions.” OCHCR access to Russian-controlled Crimea has been blocked. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, advised the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “Russia’s invasion of sovereign Ukrainian territory, first in Crimea, then in eastern Ukraine, shattered any remaining illusions about the Kremlin’s willingness to abide by international law or live by the rules of the institutions that Russia joined at the end of the Cold War.” As Vladimir Putin approaches parliamentary elections in the Summer, one wonders if he will make the hyper-nationalist gamble to turn up the heat in eastern Ukraine? Although relatively weak petroleum prices have put a damper on Russia’s political maneuverability, an uptick in the oil price combined with European indifference and American detachment, could allow for Moscow’s mischief if not wider malevolent moves.

notable increase in active civil society groups and volunteer engagement.” That’s positive assessment of the period in which the corrupt and pro-Moscow administration in Kiev was toppled by mass pro-democracy demonstrations in the capital’s Maidan Square. Yet the same events triggered a slow-burning conflict in which Russia has used its own troops as well as supported and armed unwieldy separatist militias to dismember Ukraine’s territory. While openly criticizing both the Ukraine government and the Moscow backed separatist enclaves, the survey clearly states, “In the territories controlled by the armed groups, freedom of expression, including the ability to openly express dissenting views, remained severely restricted.” Moreover the report adds that in Russianannexed Crimea, “residents have witnessed a sharp deterioration of the human rights situation, including the imposition of a new legal framework restrictive of civil liberties, abductions and disappearances, the shutting down of opposition media outlets and the silencing of dissenting voices through the initiation of repressive measures, including abusive criminal proceedings, targeting

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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

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Woodpecker by Steve White Contributing Writer

Over 22 varieties of woodpeckers are found within the borders of the Continental United States. Many are heard rather than seen. Among all avian species, the woodpecker stands alone. No one bird can compete with the evolution of adaptations that this breed of winged creatures has endured. Just imagine if a human had to chisel his food out of a block of wood with his nose? Only then can one truly appreciate the marvel of a woodpecker’s physical design. It has a hefty bill used for hacking into tree limbs, its skull is fortified to withstand the shock and its brain is cushioned by an unusual thick membrane. For tree climbing, most woodpecker species have two toes placed forward and two facing back, giving it the power it needs to climb trees in search of food. This unusual grip also provides strength during the excavation of holes in trees. Another measure of stability is added by the stiff tail that serves as a third leg for bracing. The woodpecker is thought to have a heightened sense of hearing that allows it to detect bugs burrowed underneath bark. And, it has an enhanced

sense of touch in its tongue for feeling out insect borings. However, there are many disparaging things written and spoken about this marvelous bird. Some have the mistaken idea woodpeckers harm trees by boring holes into them. The opposite it true. By eating bugs that destroy plants, they prolong a tree’s life. When building a nest, it carves out an opening to a preexisting hole it locates by tapping on the treed trunk. Typically, a dead tree will be chosen. If using a live tree, it’s one already hollowed out by decay. And, the abandoned nest left behind will be used by a variety of other birds and creatures for shelter and rearing their young. Some people laugh at the habit of a woodpecker pounding on a metal down spout as proof of the bird’s limited intelligence. Far from mistaking the gutters for a tree, it is using the loud noise produced to signal its territory and as a mating call. Woodpeckers are fond of suet, shell-less sunflower seeds, cracked walnuts, pecans and split peanuts. You can also attract these wild birds with specific sized nest boxes that should be bark covered and the bottom area lined with wood chips. Enjoy your birds! Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve is

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