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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, June 22, 2017

A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 26, NO. 25

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, June 22, 2017

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Summer Journeys Aboard History As summer arrives here in New Hampshire, so do the opportunities to travel the scenic beauty and amazing history within its borders whether you are a visitor or a longtime resident.

A few of those opportunities offer a unique way for such travel by letting you be transported by history itself - on water, rail or just on solid ground.

The Hobo & Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad The stretch of rail

owned by the Hobo and Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroads runs between Northfield and Lincoln and was originally part of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad which was chartered in 1844.

Construction of the main line started in Concord in 1846. The tracks to Laconia were complete in 1848 and to Plymouth in 1850.

The line from Plymouth to Lincoln was chartered in 1874 by the Pemigewasset Valley Railroad, Construction began in See history on 34

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The S.S. Mount Washington (top) coming into dock at Weirs Beach in the early 1900s and the Boston & Maine Railroad leaves the Weirs bringing passengers to the White Mountains.

Today, both of these historic modes of transportation still bring visitors and residents alike on scenic trips as do other great attractions such as the Cog Railway.

The 2017 Music On The Square Concert Series will run every Friday, June 23 through August 25 in the heart of downtown Rochester in Central Square.

These concerts are sponsored Federal Savings Bank along with a grant from the NH State Council on the Arts/National Endow for the Arts.

Guests are asked to “Bring a lawn chair and buy or bring your lunch and enjoy a wide variety of music all summer long, every Friday from 11:45 am until 1:30 pm, weather permitting. This year features folk, blues, jazz,

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June Through July 2017 “People Places and Things” Photography Exhibit by Wright Museum Director, Michael Culver The Gallery at One New Hampshire Avenue, Portsmouth. Gallery is open M-F from 9am-5pm and Saturday from 9am-1pm. “People, Places and Things” consists of 35 color and black and white photographs. Michael Culver, who is the Executive Director of The Wright Museum of World War II, in Wolfeboro, NH, has had eleven one-man exhibitions and his artwork has also been included in numerous invitational shows throughout the U.S. Additional examples of Culver’s photographs and paintings can be viewed at www.mculverart.com

Through End of June Support The Leukemia Lymphoma Society

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Belknap Subaru, 35 Tilton Road, Tilton. In an effort to make a positive impact on the health and wellness of our local community, Belknap Subaru asks its customers, community members and employees to share personalized messages of hope with those fighting cancers at Lakes Region General Hospital, in Laconia. Belknap Subaru will be donating blankets and arts & crafts, and craft kits to cancer patients in the local community. Over 50 messages of hope will be delivered to patients at the Ganong Cancer Center. 729-1300

Thursday 22nd Kill Switch Engage w/ All That Remains Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach. www.

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Eric Grant Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8pm. www. patrickspub.com or 293-0841

American Independence Museum’s “Lunch and Learn” Series American Independence Museum’s Folsom Tavern, Exeter. Noon. This lunch and learn is entitled, “Founding Fathers: What Were They Thinking?”, with Richard Hesse, Professor Emeritus at the UNH School of Law. At the lecture, Hesse will discuss what delegates might have been thinking at the 1787 Convention where they laid

out the principles of the Constitution.

Pre-registration is suggested for the free lecture, as space is limited.

Guests are encouraged to bring their lunch, as well as visit the Ladd-Gilman House and view two drafts of the Constitution currently on view. www.

independencemuseum.org

“Landscaping Your Shoreline”

NH Boat Museum, 399 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 7pm. Cathy Neal, from the UNH Cooperative Extension presents a fascinating lecture and illustrated talk that will introduce you to landscaping strategies for protecting and improving water quality in NH’s lakes and rivers while at the same time beautifying your property. Free and open to the public. 569-4554

Thurs. 22nd – Sat. 24th 43rd Annual Market Days Festival Downtown Concord. 10am-10pm daily. As always, the Market Days Festival is FREE to attend. There will be something for everyone; weather its sampling all of the delicious and eclectic food, enjoying the music and performances, watching the kids play on the State Lawn at Free Family Fun, or strolling down Main Street and visiting some of the 170 plus vendors. www.intownconcord.org for full list of events.

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Dueling Pianos – Jim Tyrrell and Matt Langley Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. www. patrickspub.com or 293-0841

Boston Comic Dave Russo Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm. 335-1992 or

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30th Annual Trans NH Bike Ride to Benefit MDA of New Hampshire The Trans-NH Bike Ride has a rich history that began in 1988.

Friendships are renewed every year with those who wouldn’t think of missing the ride- ride it just once and you’ll know how they feel. The Cause, the camaraderie, the support and the challenge make it a very special ride.

For more information and to register go to www.transnhbikeride.org or call 471-2722

Saturday 24th Eaglemania The Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.

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Sanbornton Congregational Church UCC Yard Sale

Sanbornton Town Hall, Meetinghouse Hill Road, off Route 132, Sanbornton.

8am-Noon. Garden tools, sporting equipment, toys, books, linens, kitchen items and much more. 286-3018

Craft Fair & Flea Market

Moultonborough United Methodist Church, 1018 Whittier Highway, Moultonborough. 8am-2pm. Featuring over 30 vendors plus BBQ, silent auction, ice cream, strawberry shortcake, plants and more! 3870659

Anne Sherman Demonstration

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League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 11am-2pm. Anne will work on a Shibori pendant to show techniques she uses to position it to become one of her finely crafted Japanese-inspired works. Free and open to the public. 279-7920

Summer Solstice Dinner on Fernwood Farm – Farm to Table Dinner Fernwood Farm, 50 Hawkins Lane, Lower Gilmanton.

5:30pm-8pm.

Tickets are $65 per person and includes; full dinner buffet, beverages (alcohol and/or non-alcoholic) and dessert, using locally sourced, inseason items from Gilmanton farmers.

Tickets must be pre-purchased by contacting gilmantonsown@gmail.

“Veteran’s Reflections, History Preserved” The Wright Museum will host the 10th lecture in its “Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney 2017 Educational Program Series “Veteran’s Reflections, History Preserved.”

This is an author’s lecture and book signing presented by William Graser on Tuesday, June 27th, from 7-8pm. at the Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH. Doors open at 6pm.

Veteran’s Reflections is a product of nearly eight years of interviews that provide a snapshot of American military history from World War II to the end of the Cold War. Sixty veterans who served during WWII, the Cold War, Korea War, Vietnam War, The Korean DMZ Conflict, Operations Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) recall their time in uniform.

Their stories are both funny and heart wrenching, providing an excellent opportunity to gain an understanding and appreciation of what it means to be an American veteran devoted to freedom. With insight and attention to detail, Graser expertly weaves the veteran’s firsthand accounts and personal stories into a historical overview of each specific conflict.

Sergeant First Class William R. Graser, USA (Ret.) served in the US Army Security Agency. Among his assignments were Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and Germany, including West Berlin. He was also stationed at the Army Security Agency’s headquarters in Arlington, VA. He was awarded the Legion of Merit Award for his service in West Berlin.

Admission is $8.00 per person, by cash or check. Wright Museum members are admitted for free. Space is limited, Reservations are strongly recommended to ensure sufficient seating for all. Call 603-569-1212 to reserve your seat today.

Antique Dolls – Your Childhood Friends Revisited

Squam Lakes Association, Holderness. 7am. Learn the sport and art of rowing. Class is $75pp, and space needs to be reserved by visiting

Taylor Community Resident Kit Peterson and her friend Peg Farwell, both members of the Granite State Doll Club, will share their collection and knowledge of antique dolls in an informal presentation Wednesday, June 28 at 2 p.m. in Taylor’s Woodside Building in Laconai.

The event is free and open to the public.

Be sure to bring along your “childhood friend” so the duo may give you additional details about it or your collection.

Taylor Community is a not-for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community whose mission is to provide the highest quality of retirement living options to support the independence, health and dignity of community residents.

For more information, visit www.taylorcommunity.org, or call 366-1400.

instruction, use of equipment, and three guest rows. If you decide you want to join the club, your $75 will be applied towards membership.

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107th Annual First Congregational Church Fair First Congregational Church, corner of Main and Pleasant Streets, Farmington. 9am-2pm. BBQ chicken lunch will be served from 11:30am until sold out and includes; cornbread, beverage, and your choice of two side dishes coleslaw, baked beans or macaroni salad. Half chicken is $10 and quarter chicken is $7. You will also find delicious strawberry shortcake, an assortment of homemade baked goods, and as always, the Original Farmington Frank. There will be plants, crafts, kid’s games, face painting and much more. www.farmingtonnhucc. org or 755-4816

Wilmot Farmers Market Wilmot Town Green, 9 Kearsarge Valley Road, Wilmot. 9am-noon.

Rain or shine. A gathering of the best of the area’s gardeners, farmers, and artisans. Shop while hearing live music from the bandstand. See

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The Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire announces the launch of the 2017 NH Moose Permit Auction, its primary fundraiser to support the programs of the N.H. Fish and Game Department. Official bid guidelines and documents can be downloaded from the Foundation’s website at www. nhwildlifeheritage.org or by calling (603) 496-2778. Sealed bids are due by August 11th.

This year marks the ninth annual auction run by the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire. The Foundation is authorized to auction one permit this year, in line with statewide moose population goals. The highest bidder in the auction will receive a free 2017 New Hampshire moose hunt permit, as well as a 2017 New Hampshire general hunting license. Last year, the auction of two permits garnered bids from four states, with winning bids from New Hampshire and Massachusetts of $17,001.99 and $16,002.00.

The successful bidder in the 2017 auction will be able to harvest one moose of either sex in most Wildlife Management Units. The exceptions are Units H2N, H2S and K, where permit issuance has been suspended. Individuals who receive a permit in the 2017 New Hampshire open moose hunt lottery will not be eligible to participate in the auction.

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Craft Fair Craft Fair July 1-2 Sat/Sun 10-4 July 2-3- Music Sat/Sun 10-4 Saturday of Saturday - Music of Rockin Daddios!!

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719 Cherry Valley Rd. 719 Cherry Rte. 11A, Rd. Gilford Valley Rt. a Music of Alpac11A Gilford Exhibit! Tim Janis

torical Society members, for non-members there is a $5 fee.

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Ron is a retired state trooper and works as a criminology professor at a local university and at a private college. He also works as a private consultant in the law enforcement community and serves as a volunteer on several boards and committees. He enjoys white water rafting and golf and most of all beach days with his children and grandchildren.

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Author and avid kayaker Ron Guilmette enchants audiences with tales of his paddling adventures to all 260 islands of Lake Winnipesaukee. Ron will be your guide on a beautiful PowerPoint photo voyage of the Big Lake and its islands.

Ron Guilmette, together with Jay Leccese, wrote the award-winning coffee table book The Islands of Winnipesaukee, which comprised of over 300 color photos of every island on the lake. The book contains many interesting stories about the island and “Fun Facts� about the lake and islands. It makes a great gift and is a must have for every Rust at the lake.

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To The Editor: When USA Springs bought land in Nottingham and Barrington about 15 years ago they were planning on extracting millions of gallons of drinking water from our bedrock aquifer. Despite widespread public opposition and environmental concerns, the State issued all the necessary permits for USA Springs to extract our drinking water to bottle and sell elsewhere.

Fortunately the people of those towns decided to stand up for themselves and got organized.

With assistance from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) we were able to pass Community Rights Ordinances that prohibited water extraction and stopped USA Springs from using our towns as “resource colonies.�

Many New Hampshire towns are being threatened with unwanted development that would be destructive to the health, safety and welfare of our communities and Mother Nature. Whether it be blocking Northern Pass power lines, protecting Great Bay, stopping gas pipe lines from going through towns, opposing industrial wind projects, or preventing sludge dumping, we and our neighbors can protect our community rights and the rights of nature if we work together.

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We have a democracy crisis in our country and the question is will We the People stand up to huge corporations and the politicians that they “influence� to reclaim our right to community selfdetermination? That’s up to You! The first step is to gather a few neighbors and contact the NH Community Rights Network (NHCRN) for assistance!

Contact the NHCRN via email at info@nhcommunityrights.org, online at www.nhcommunityrights.org, or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NHCRN. The people united cannot be defeated!

Peter A. White NH Community Rights Network Nottingham, NH.

Special Election To The Editor: Yes folks, a special election is to be held on July 18th to select a respectable voice at the State House replacing our long serving State Rep Jeff Shackett.

Why not vote for Vincent Paul Migliore, an experienced and successful businessman and founder of Budget Blinds here in Bristol. He will command respect among new colleagues in the state legislature, and with the recent sale of his business, will devote full time to representing us in Concord.

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.

Vincent is a current member of the Newfound Area School District as well as the Bristol Economic Development committee and is very knowledgeable on critical issues facing our region.

He speaks in favor of term limits and the restriction of wind power in our state. Neither does he want to see a sales tax in NH nor the approval of recreational drug use. He sees no need to change the second amendment.

Proven fiscal prudence has saved taxpayers thousands of dollars in a decade of service in the school district.

Voters in Alexandria, Ashland, Bristol, Bridgewater, and Grafton should back him by casting their vote strategically for our towns.

We need a voice with staying power, the ability to win this September and finally to run again in November 2018-when the regular election will occur to fill a full term.

His voice as our State Rep will be loud and clear about what is, and is not needed in our state government.

Lorraine Bohmiller & Barbara Greenwood Bristol, NH.

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by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

I like a cold beer once in a while.

That never used to be a problem, but nowadays you really have to be careful.

I’m not talking about the obvious implications of doing something stupid like driving after having one too many, or even spilling your innermost secrets to someone who is not even a friend after having one more than that.

The problem, for us older folks, is picking a beer that won’t embarrass you.

When I was younger and just learning about beer (an important coming of age ritual for any young man) there weren’t many brands to choose from.

There was only two: cheap beer and expensive beer.

There wasn’t a lot of innovation with beer back then, to me they all tasted basically the same. It was all in the marketing.

If you are from New York, you might remember Rheingold beer. It was the official beer of the New York Mets. They had a great commercial where a group of scientists sat around a table and one poured a can of Rheingold into a glass and then they all just stared at it, one with a stopwatch. The one-minute commercial proved that the foam head on the beer lasted for ten minutes. The scientists were pleased with the beer without even tasting it.

The point being, I guess, that it probably tasted

like any other beer, but it looked a lot nicer.

When I got older, light beer was introduced to the market in response to the increasing demands for healthier choices when it came to food. Making beer with less calories was about all you could do with beer as far as that went. It wasn’t like you were going to add vegetables and fruits and berries to it. That would be ridiculous. Who in the heck was going to drink that? Yuck!!

Of course, times have changed. Today there are hundreds, maybe thousands of new beers on the market fighting for space in supermarket beer coolers that now sometimes take up one or more aisles.

The reason for all this is the increasing line of craft beer breweries that are sprouting up all over the country; many right here in New Hampshire.

It’s getting to now be a chore to go to the store and just pick up a sixpack. It seems the days of just picking either A) beer or B) light beer are gone. Today one must be savvy to the many different types of beer. There are lagers, ales, stouts, porters, IPAs and more.

There are also many ingredients in beers today that would have made our ancestors (or even some of us in our younger years) roll over in our bar stools.

There are not just the once forbidden fruits and vegetables now making their way into beers, but there are also things like chocolate peanut butter beers, a beer made with oysters, a beer made to taste like pizza and even a California brewery that has asparagus beer. (Still, this is California we are talking about, so we’ll cut them a little slack.)

This list of different

kinds of beer is seemingly endless. (By the way, not one of them, to my knowledge, claims to have a tenminute head.)

With all these strange brews comes, what one craft brewer I have met claims is the hardest part of running a brewery– finding a name for your new beer creation.

A trip down that long supermarket aisle of beers can be an amusing, and sometimes embarrassing when it comes to names for beers. For example, there is a beer named “Moose Drool� another called “Old Engine Oil� and even one called “Butt Face.�

The list is long and painful.

I realize that these names are just marketing to a younger crowd.

I’m not sure many my age would feel comfortable holding one of those bottles or cans.

So, in order to get some of us old-timers -the tenminute head, Bud or Heineken crowd - to try some of these new beers, I think they would need a few names that we’d feel more comfortable with. “In Bed By Nine Ale� would be a good one. How about “Two And I’m Done Lager� or maybe “Prostate Porter� for the men and “Hot Flash IPA� for the ladies. What AARP eligible person wouldn’t enjoy a bottle of “Foamy Fiber Double WEF� (With Extra Fiber). (Whatever names they use, I only ask that they make the lettering big.)

Now that I am in my early sixties, I am still considered in the prime spending group as far as marketing goes, so I’m hoping my voice will be heard.

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Rape Fakers Must Pay a Higher Price It’s settled, but far from over. The University of Virginia fraternity that was slimed and defamed by sicko fabulist Sabrina

by Michelle Malkin Erdely will reSyndicated Columnist ceive a $1.65 million payment, the fraternity announced this week.

Erdely’s manufactured tale of gang rape by Phi Kappa Psi members, spun through a manipulated UVA student dubbed “Jackie” and published by leftwing Rolling Stone magazine, combusted spectacularly after scrutiny by independent journalists in late 2014. The latest payout over the fictional hit piece comes in the wake of another defamation lawsuit by UVA dean of students Nicole Eramo.

She won a $3 million jury verdict last year after suffering great damage to her reputation after Rolling Stone painted her as an uncaring, obstructionist school official who covered up sexual assault on campus.

The judgment, Eramo told NBC 29 in Charlottesville, Virginia, last week, “was vindicating.”

But is it enough to compensate for the harm done -- and is it enough to deter future rape hoaxers and their media enablers from perpetrating more lies against innocent young men?

Phi Kappa Psi initially sued for $25 million, but received a tiny fraction of that amount. Eramo’s jury award also shrunk after she agreed to a settlement with Rolling Stone in April. Despite her court victory, she faced a moun-

tain of legal bills related to trial costs and a threatened appeal.

And what about Erdeley’s other victims?

Three other Phi Kappa Psi alumni, George Elias IV, Stephen Hadford and Ross Fowler, filed a third defamation suit that was dismissed by a federal judge last year. But in April, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York heard arguments for reinstating the case. It will take considerable time and resources for the fraternity members to be made whole again.

Even more troubling: There are other forgotten targets of Erdely’s shoddy slur-nolism, again published by Rolling Stone, who have yet to see any accountability for her destructive words and actions against them.

In 2011, Erdely published a massive “investigation” in Rolling Stone alleging a “high-level conspiracy” to cover up sexual abuse by Philadelphia Catholic clergy. Erdely featured the graphic allegations of a troubled accuser known as “Billy Doe,” who lodged wild rape charges against two Catholic priests and a lay teacher. His testimony resulted in the convictions of four men (one of whom died in prison), while “Billy” pocketed a $5 million settlement.

Ralph Cipriano, independent investigative journalist and founder of BigTrial, has extensively chronicled the lies, contradictions, and schemes of former altar boy “Billy” -- a.k.a.

Daniel Gallagher -- over the past five years. Last month, Cipriano reported that a key detective in the case, Joe Walsh, filed an affidavit in the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court outlining Gallagher’s deception. When

The Age Of Unilateral Rule

The Trump administration has been exhaustingly eventful, but almost none of the events have involved Conby Rich Lowry gress.

Contributing Writer The beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency has been an extension of the last six years of the Obama administration, when Capitol Hill was largely a sideshow to the main event in the executive branch in general and the Oval Office in particular. Barack Obama and Donald Trump have almost nothing in common, except their modes of governance.

Obama was coolly cerebral and deliberative to a fault, whereas Trump is blustery and impulsive.

Yet Obama and Trump are both, in their own ways, attention-hungry celebrities. Obama never demonstrated the patience or aptitude for real persuasion, whether LBJSee malkin on 32 style arm-twisting or Reagan-style

move-the-needle public argument. Neither has Trump.

Until further notice, this is the American model -- government by and of the president. We live in the age of unilateral rule.

It may be that Congress eventually passes Obamacare repealand-replace and tax reform, and makes its mark. Neither initiative is looking robustly healthy, though. And the action is all with Trump, what he does, says and tweets.

To his credit, Trump hasn’t pushed the constitutional envelope the way Obama did with his Clean Power Plan and his executive amnesty (both blocked in the courts). What Trump has done unilaterally has been firmly within bounds and largely defensive in nature. He has either reversed Obama actions or used executive orders as symbolic measures.

Still, the yin and yang from Obama to Trump means that American government has become a badminton match between rival

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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, June 22, 2017

Helmut Kohl—European Statesman, American Friend UNITED NATIONS

- Thirty years ago this week in 1987, President Ronald Reagan visiting Berlin, made his famous challenge, “Mr.

by John J. Metzler G o r b a c h e v , Syndicated Columnist Tear Down This Wall.”

Alongside the American President stood German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

A few years earlier I met Helmut Kohl campaigning in his native Rheinland. Kohl, a towering but slightly awkward provincial politician, was often described to Americans as an amicable Gerry Ford type-character, evoking our own president of a decade earlier.

It was not totally a compliment.

Yet through perseverance and fate, this man from a small Western German city became a statesman on the world stage not just because of German unity, but because that singular achievement came about in peace, liberty and freedom. Kohl has died at the age of 87.

His formal election as Chancellor came in early March 1983. I vividly recall watching the fog lift over the river Rhine in the great Cathedral city of Cologne that Sunday election morning. By evening in Bonn the capital, I witnessed the landslide of his Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Free Democrats (FDP) which ushered in the opening act of the Helmut Kohl

era. His political tenure would continue through sixteen years.

Kohl was deeply committed to the Atlantic Alliance. Yet standing shoulder to shoulder with the USA in NATO in the early 1980’s was not as popular as it was assumed either inside Germany or on the American Left where a loud minority “Peace movement” created an atmosphere where many people viewed the U.S. as looking to start a nuclear war. Kohl stood fast against left wing political theatrics.

Though the summer and fall of 1989 saw political rumblings in the Soviet Empire in Hungary and Poland, even otherwise hardline East Germany witnessed large and vocal demonstrations against the ruling communist regime.

Yet it was in Berlin where the anvil of freedom would strike against the Soviet Imperium. The Joshua trumpet which sounded in 9 November 1989 heralded the historic events which would release a tsunami of liberty sweeping across Central Europe. By the end of 1989, it had torn through the old Iron Curtain and had shed the bright light of freedom.

But contrary to the accepted narrative, the fall of the Berlin Wall did not see the immediate demise of the “German Democratic Republic” whose Stasi and Soviet enforcers did not disappear with the November mist. Kohl advanced a democratic ten-point plan for reunification. Ambitious and costly yes, but one which would

integrate 17 million East Germans as equals.

Kohn’s miscalculation was that he said basically the old East Germany would need a fresh coat of paint and before long the landscape would be blooming. But

decades of socialist mismanagement and repression had created a deeper challenge. Over the past quarter century since, the cost of reunification has been over a trillion dollars in massive infrastruc-

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Fly Better Wonder why your flight is late?

Why planes keep circling?

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by John Stossell plays a role, Syndicated Columnist but flying is also nastier because American airports use 50-year-old technology.

This shouldn’t surprise us.

Government bureaucracies are always slow. That’s as true on the tarmac as everywhere else.

It’s not Federal Aviation Administration workers’ fault. They’re just following the government rulebook that says you must not change something without getting permission first. You must not buy anything without going through cumbersome acquisitions regulations.

The FAA’s new NextGen system was designed to make the system more efficient by using satellites instead of ground-based radar. It would let planes fly closer to each other, speeding up everything.

This technology has existed for two decades, but because of the bureaucracy, it’s still being rolled out.

“By the time the government gets the equipment, many times it’s no longer state-of-the-art,” complains Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

Outside government, progress happens. Uber replaces taxis because Uber is better and safer.

Waze is better than paper maps.

My laptop, on which I write this, is better than my typewriter.

Outside government, people constantly invent better computers, phones, foods, music...

Within government, people follow the old rules.

So President Trump did the right thing when he said he wants to privatize air-traffic control.

“Our air traffic control system is stuck, painfully, in the past,” said the president. “Billions of tax dollars spent and the many years of delays, we’re still stuck with an ancient, broken, antiquated, horrible system that doesn’t work.”

Trump is right. “Antiquated, horrible” are common descriptions of government monopolies everywhere.

The usual crowd of statists condemned privatization. “Fees will go up, seat size will go down,” complained Sen. Chuck Schumer.

He reminds me of the senators who warned that natural gas prices would “skyrocket” if Ronald Reagan lifted price controls.

The opposite happened — prices dropped. Deregulation brought private-sector competition. Competition made all of us better off.

I wish Sen. Schumer understood that.

The private plane industry worries about paying higher landing fees. But that’d probably be fair.

We small plane users freeload off commercial aviation. Hundreds of passengers on a big jet sometimes wait for a Cessna to land. Everyone should pay user fees to cover costs we impose.

Some resisters of change claim skies will become “chaos” because rival air-traffic control services won’t talk to each other.

This is absurd. Privatization is not a risky libertarian experiment. Canada privatized 20 years ago. There’s no “chaos.” There are fewer delays.

Sixty countries now have forms of user-fee-supported air-traffic control.

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Anyone with kids has certainly heard that request a time or two! These days, in America, mealtime options run the gamut from swinging by the grocery and/or deli for prepared meal items, to picking-up food ordered in-line, on-line or while in the drive-thru, homedelivery and dining out to name a few. Believe it or not, some of these have only recently become available in many major European cities.

For instance, where most American stores offer huge selections in their frozen food sections; including enticing ethnic varieties, this is a very new concept in many European Union (EU) countries. In Belgium, a few options are available in local groceries, but for the most part you need to go to one of the new frozen food only specialty stores for variety. Though I would not suggest the ‘American’ burger. It is a low-quality knock-off.

On the other hand, offering prepared foods for home consumption is not new in Europe. On our shopping ‘straat’ alone, which runs about a ½ mile in length, there are more than a dozen butchers and delis including several ethnic convenience shops with their own take-away temptations. There are also market days, where once a week merchants set-up their stands or fold-out trucks hawking everything from cooked meats, cold-cuts, sides/ salads, sauces, baked goods, cheeses, fruits, veggies, nuts, jams/jellies, spices, olives and, of

course, a variety of wines, etc‌ Our favorite vendor is the ‘Chickenman’, who has hot tasty ready to eat rotisserie chicken, ribs, and Schweinshaxe/hammetjes (pig knuckles) and sides.

Drive-thru restaurants, in contrast, are a rarity.

This might be due to the fact that many European cities are congested and old with few places where drive-thru windows can be set-up. The other reason these style restaurants are not very popular may be because - they just don’t get it. The few times I have found and ordered from a drive-thru; such as McDonald’s or the European equivalent, Quick, I have had to pull my car behind the other drivers who were also waiting for their orders to be delivered out to them. Even inside, I have had to sit down with a number on my table and wait for my order to be brought-out to me. I was also shocked to have to pay the equivalent of $ .50 for each packet of catsup! Not exactly the fast-food and convenience model we are used to in the US. Finally, there is the attitude by many Europeans that dining-out is an event. When they go to a restaurant, outside the touristy areas, the assumption is that they have ‘reserved’ the table for the evening. Thus, waitstaff allow their patrons to relax and enjoy a leisurely meal. Unfortunately, to

an uninformed American, this may be considered as ‘poor-service’ and not worth tipping. But this does not bother EU waitstaff, since they are all full-time and well compensated employees by law. So, they do not expect nor depend on tips. Quality control is also less of a priority. If you send back your burned pizza- expect to pay for two pizzas!

We also found that restaurant take-out is a bit different. In some cases, especially in the smaller corner restaurants, you will need to bring your own Tupperware when you pick-up your order!

Certainly, different expectations than what we are used to from our service industry.

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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On April 19, 1932 the Laconia Evening Citizen reported that “The dirigible Los Angeles paid a long delayed though promised visit to Laconia this morning. It flew gracefully over the city at 7:40.”

In June of 1928 Congressman Fletcher Hal , acting on behalf of Mayor Hayford, telegrammed a request to Admiral C.F. Hughes , chief of the bureau of naval operations, that the Navy dirigible Los Angeles fly over Laconia on a scheduled flight from New Jersey to Bar Harbor, Maine on July fourth of that year.

Apparently that did not happen, but the request to have the dirigible in the sky over Laconia was honored in 1932. In anticipation of that expect-

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The factory manager, Laurence B. Holt, took steps to make sure the sign was in accordance with that acceptable to aviators.

Mr. Holt said “I was afraid that officers and crew of the dirigible Los Angeles on its visit here, scheduled for July 4, might not recognize Laconia.” The letters on the sign which spelled Laconia, New Hampshire were eight feet deep.

Congressman Hale, by the way, was reported to be one of the members of Congress who, on a Tuesday in March, 1928, made airplane flights over Washington with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.

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I school, the easy answers are John Becker and Bob Walsh, respectively. As New Hampshire has two D-I programs, I noted with interest that ESPN rated Billy Herrion’s job at UNH to be better than David McLaughlin’s is at Dartmouth. Not much controversy in these parts, but to have ESPN rate John Calipari’s job as the sweetest in Kentucky no doubt stirred up fans of Louisville’s Rick Pitino.

These lists get people talking while also promoting the writer and the media outlet. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf authored the b-ball program rankings which got him mentioned in Sport-Thoughts—certainly one of New Hampshire’s top ten sports columns!

So I’m trying to think of a top ten list that will get people talking while also raising awareness about Sport-Thoughts.

The “Top Ten Sports Towns” in New Hampshire might be a good one.

I’m sure my hometown of Groveton would make the list.

But maybe the “Ten Worst Sports Towns” would be even better. That would really get people talking.

But I wouldn’t want to get folks from that sorry town of [deleted] mad at me.

People Magazine has its annual “Sexiest Man Alive” issue which always gets attention.

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President Source: Note to Elementary School Act, 1817 The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Memorial Edition 17:423 (Lipscomb and Bergh, editors), 1903-04: “Is it a right or a duty in society to take care of their infant members in opposition to the will of the parent? How far does this right and duty extend? --to guard the life of the infant, his property, his instruction, his morals? The Roman father was supreme in all these: we draw a line, but where? --public sentiment does not seem to have traced it precisely...

It is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the common feelings and ideas by the forcible transportation and education of the infant against the will of the father... What is proposed... is to remove the objection of expense, by offering education gratis, and to strengthen

parental excitement by the disfranchisement of his child while uneducated. Society has certainly a right to disavow him whom they offer, and are permitted to qualify for the duties of a citizen.

If we do not force instruction, let us at least strengthen the motives to receive it when offered.”Thomas Jefferson (a very busy man!) I do enjoy reading remarks by famous folks going back to Cicero, and other real people in history. The Founders still amaze me with their work on the U. S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and those who played supporting roles.

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The Lakes Region is one of NH’s most picturesque areas. So, when local artists were asked to catch the splendor and charm of the region, it was an easy task. Working in oils, watercolors, pastels, acrylics and photography, 34 artists from the Lakes Region Art Association submitted over 68 pieces of original works for a spectacular art exhibit at the Lakes Region Art Association Art Gallery, located in the Tanger Outlets, 120 Laconia Rd, Suite 132 in Tilton.

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TILTON - In an effort to make a positive impact on the health and wellness of our local community, Belknap Subaru supported The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by writing notes of support, and delivering warm blankets to The Ganong Cancer Center!

This effort is part of a larger Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) initiative this month called Subaru Loves to Care.

Throughout June, team members from Belknap Subaru supported their local community’s health and wellness by partnering with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Belknap Subaru askes its customers, and employees, to share personalized messages of hope with those fighting cancers at Lake’s Region General Hospital, in Laconia, and provided a co-branded bracelet

Pictured from Right to Left, Belknap Subaru employees, Patty Jones, Dale Rollins, David Elliot, Michael Lylk, Kyle Boynton, all helping process messages of hope. to customers to raise awareness.

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The Subaru Loves to Care initiative reflects SOA’s corporate goals to improve the health and wellness and the lives of those in the local communities where we live and work. Throughout the month, both SOA and local retailers across the country have shown their commitment to the health and wellness in a variety of ways – all part of the larger Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment effort dedicated to making a positive impact on the world.

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Sandwich Home Industries, 32 Main Street, Sandwich. 10am5pm. Visit the Center Sandwich League of NH Craftsmen Fine Crafts Shop for shopping, demonstrations, historic tour, farmers market, and a guide to local galleries. 284-6831

Sunday 25th Happy Together 2017 Hampton Ballroom,

Beach Hampton

Casino Beach.

Woven Footstool with Jean Reed

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League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith.

12:30pm-4:30pm.

When finished with the 4-hour class, not only will you take home a beautiful, handcrafted, formal footstool, but you will have had the opportunity to weave the seat yourself with the diamond pattern. No previous weaving experience is required. Tuition is $115 per student. Class is limited to 6 students; preregistration is required. 2797920

Monday 26th Lecture Series: “The Art of Photography Retold� – 4-Part Series

The Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith.

6:30-7:30pm. This series is intended as an educational opportunity to enhance your knowledge of traditional photography, and to meet a diverse group of photographers who use the wet darkroom in their unique ways. This first lecture in the series features fine art photographer, Paul Wainwright, who specializes in traditional, wet-process photography. Samples of his work will also be on display. All lectures are free and open to the public. 279-7920

Tuesday 27th Historic and Weathervanes Granite State

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Gilmanton Historical Society in Old Town Hall, NH Route 140, Gilmanton Iron Works. Social hour and refreshments at 7pm, program begins at 7:30pm.

This program offers a fun and engaging look at the historic and unusual weathervanes found on New Hampshire’s churches, town halls and other public buildings from the earliest times down to the present. Highlighted by a visual presentation of a sampling of the vanes found throughout the state, Glenn Knoblock’s program will trace the history of

weathervanes, their practical use and interesting symbolism, as well as their various types and methods of manufacture and evolution from practical weather instrument of architectural embellishment.

Free and open to the public.

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“Veteran’s Reflections, History Preserved� – Presented by William Graser The Wright Museum, Center Street, Wolfeboro. Doors open at 6pm, presentation begins at 7pm. “Veteran’s Reflections� is

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Their stories are both funny and heart wrenching, providing an excellent opportunity to gain an understanding and appreciation of what it means to be an American veteran devoted to freedom. $8pp, free for members. Reservations

recommended, as seating is limited. 569-1212

Wednesday 28th Live Music on the Lawn – The April Cushman Band Concord Public Library, 45 Green Street, Concord. 6pm.

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The Pease Public Library, 1 Russell Street, Plymouth. 2pm3:30pm. If you or someone you know is experiencing memory loss or behavioral changes, it’s time to learn the facts. Early detection of the Alzheimer’s disease gives you a chance to begin drug therapy, enroll in clinical studies, and plan for the future. Registration for the workshop is required by calling 1-800-272-3900

The Quest for Happiness – Wellness Wednesday Series

Castle in the Clouds Carriage House, Moultonborough. 7pm.

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Party at the barn!

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Professor at Plymouth State University, will explore how ideas of happiness have changed in Western Civilization through the ages, while comparing and contrasting major concepts of well-being throughout the world. Free and open to the public. 476-5410

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NASWA Day – Live Music The NASWA,1086 Weirs Blvd, Weirs Beach. 4pm. Enjoy the live music of the High Attitude Band! Celebrate the history of the NASWA resort. Cake cutting at 4pm. www.naswa. com or 732-9241

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Spamalot The Barnstormers Theatre, 104 Main Street, Tamworth.

This hysterical, Monty Python spoof tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and the quest for the Holy Grail in song, and features a chorus line of legless knights, men in tights, killer rabbits and sexy dancing divas!

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Dueling Pianos – Gardner Berry and Matt Langley Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841

July Sat. 1st – Tues. 4th Independence Day Celebration in Waterville Valley Waterville Valley Town Square.

Festivities begin on Saturday with live music all afternoon and evening on the gazebo stage overlooking Town Square. On Sunday at 10am the Squam Lakes Science Center will host live animal presentations; then from 12pm-4pm the annual Summer Family Carnival takes over with games, a 100’ obstacle course, face painting, boat rentals, BBQ and live music!After dinner, let the water call you and head to the beach for an outdoor screening of Moana beginning at 8:30pm. The party continues with a 4th of July Parade on the 4th beginning at 10:30am, live music and more; and end the night with Waterville Valley’s famous Fireworks show over Corcoran Pond! 236-4695 or

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Sat. 1st & Sun. 2nd 4th of July Craft Fair Gunstock Mountain Resort, Gilford. 10am-4pm. Over 75 awesome exhibitors AND an Alpaca exhibit! Live music and plenty of family fun! Free admission. Rain or shine.

www.joycescraftshows.com or 528-4014

Wednesday 5th Ice Cream Social & Pick-aPrize Raffle

Bow Lake Grange Hall, 569 Province Road, Strafford.

4pm-6pm. Sponsored by the Strafford Women’s Club. Build your own Sundae from several ice cream flavors and many delicious toppings. $3/small, $4/large. Add a homemade brownie for 50 cents more!

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Great Waters Music Festival, Wolfeboro. www.greatwaters. org or 569-7710

Fri. 7th – Sun. 9th On the Green 1 Arts & Crafts Festival Brewster Academy, 80 Academy Drive, Wolfeboro.

Fri. and Sat. 10am-5pm & Sun. 10am-4pm. Over 100 fantastic arts & crafts exhibitors on the shores of beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee. There will be a chainsaw demo on Saturday and an Alpaca exhibit all weekend, as well as live music from the Rockin Daddios on Saturday, and Paul Warnick on Sunday. Rain or shine, under canopies. Free admission.

www.joycescraftshows.com or 528-4014

Saturday 8th Gilbert Gottfried Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester.

Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm. 335-1992 or www.

RochesterOperaHouse.com

Jennifer Diggs Demonstrates How She Makes her “House Chickens�

The League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith.

11am-2pm. Jennifer will be on hand to showcase her popular “House Chickens� and demonstrate the process she uses to make them. Free and open to the public. 279-7920

Antique and Classic Auto Event

registration is required. www.

meredith.nhcrafts.org / classes or 279-7920

20th Annual Jewish Food Festival Temple B’nai Israel, 210 Court Street, Laconia. 11am-2pm.

There will be everything from traditional Jewish cooking to delicatessen delights to amazing desserts and more!

There will be a huge array of authentic textures and tastes.

Any questions can be directed to info@tbinh.org

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12:30pm-2:30pm. Come find out why melting glass is so fun and addictive in this fast paced class that will give you a chance to explore kiln fired glass and many techniques that make melting glass so exciting! Both classes will be taught by League-juried artist, Lynn Haust. The second class will take place on Sunday, July 16th from 12:30pm-3:30pm.

Tuition is $115 per student and includes all materials. Pre-

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Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester.

Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm. 335-1992 or www.

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Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 10am-3pm. $25 to register your car by calling 476-5410. All cars built before 1980 are welcome!

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New Hampshire has a mandatory boating education law. Everyone 16 years of age and older who operates a motorboat over 25 horsepower on New Hampshire waters must have a boating education certificate.

The New Hampshire boater education course covers a range of topics from safety instructions to boat handling to reading the weather and prepares you for a variety of situations you could find yourself in while on the water.

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Remember to wear your life jacket!

Summer Fun! The Best Summer Ever Starts Right Here!

Take A Stroll Down Wolfeboro Art Walk Wolfeboro Art locations in town Walk is a monthwhich will list all ly self-guided free the participants, tour of galleries and contact informaarts locations in tion and a map.

Wolfeboro. Held on You may also visit the last Saturday us online at faceof each month from book.com/wolfeMay through Sepboroartwalk. This tember, 5 to 7:30 is what is going p.m., the galleries on for Saturday, will feature various June 24th from 5 special events, artto 7:30. All events ist demonstrations, are free and open live music, refreshto the public. ments, and more.

The tour stretchThe Art Place es from the north For the June end of Main Street 24th Art Walk, to the south and The Art Place at 9 in clud es th e f olNorth Main Street, lowing: The Studowntown Wolfedio Gallery, Sabol boro will be having Gallery, The Kalled well-known local Gallery, The Art artist Peter Ferber Place, Artisans Cordemonstrating his ner, Sandy Martin technique in waterGallery, Connolly Artist Peter Ferber at The Art Place as part color as well as cut Studios, Azure Ris- of Wolfeboro Art Walk on June 24th. paper work. This ing Gallery. On cervery old art of cut tain months, The paper has become You can pick up a free a favorite to many who Wright Museum, the NH Boat Museum, or per- promotional Rack Card have seen Peter’s work formers will be on Du- at any Wolfeboro gal- at shows here at The lery, Chamber of Com- Art Place. Stop by for rgin Green. merce and select retail a refreshing drink and appetizers while viewing the artwork of Peter Ferber as well as many NEW! other local artists.

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Sat: August 5 & 12 6–8:30PM (Mus. will be closed) $20 | $10 ages 4–12

FREE for ages 3 and under.

Limited space; reservations and pre-payment required.

Sandy Martin Gallery For the 2017 Wolfeboro Art Walk, June 24, 5 pm-7:30 pm, join in for refreshments and live music by Carolyn and Jessica Ramsay. The Sandy Martin Gallery is artist owned and features small town and nature themes in oil paintings, watercolors and photography. They are located at 15 South Main Street.

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Summer Fun! The Best Summer Ever Starts Right Here!

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Squam Lake Artisans Open For Twelfth Season

felted, knitted, and quilted textiles; sculptured woodenware; decorative and functional pottery; stained and fused glass; and beaded, glass and ceramic jewelry.

Gallery hours are 10:005:00 daily until Labor Day weekend; 10:00-5:00 Friday thru Monday from Labor Day through Columbus Day weekend.

The 2017 season closes on October 9th. To reach the Gallery from Interstate-93 (North or South) take exit 24 (Ashland/Holderness exit) Route 3 South (approximately 4 miles).

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Thirty artisans will exhibit their work for sale at the seasonal gallery.

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Barnstormers Opens Summer Season With Monty Python’s Spamalot, June 29 - July 8 The Barnstormers Theatre is excited to be opening their 87th summer season of live, professional theatre in Tamworth with Monty Python’s musical comedy Spamalot, on stage Thursday, June 29 - Saturday, July 8.

“Spamalot is a hilarious show, from start to finish,” said Bob Shea, the show’s director and Artistic Director of The Barnstormers Theatre. “With 18 actors playing an array of crazy characters, it definitely makes for a wild evening at the theatre.”

Full to the brim with the fun and humor Monty Python is known for, Spamalot tells the story of King Arthur, his faithful servant Patsy, and the creation of the Knights of the Round Table. Once

the fabled knights Lancelot, Galahad, Robin, and Sir Bedivere are banded together, they join King Arthur in his search for the Holy Grail. Along the way, they are guided and distracted by a chorus of legless knights, some men in tights, The Lady of the Lake and her Laker girls, killer rabbits, musicalhating kings, and more than one visit from God. Returning to The Barnstormers stage for Monty Python’s Spamalot is Cheryl Mullings as the Lady of the Lake, Ryan Malyar as Patsy, Doug Shapiro as Sir Bedivere, and Amanda Huxtable in the Ladies Ensemble.

Newcomers to The Barnstormers include Jake Bridges as the Historian, Al Bundonis as King Arthur, Jordan Stanley as Sir Robin, Anthony J. Gasbarre III as Sir Galahad, and Robert Laurence as Sir Lancelot.

While a comedy to its core, the production also promises “some of the most unforgettable musical numbers you will ever see in the theater on this evening!” Nominated

for 14 Tony awards, and hailed by The New Yorker as a “no-holds-barred smash hit,” Spamalot is a rowdy, ridiculous, and all-out rollicking tale of swashbuckling merriment. Rated PG-11ish for some mildly suggestive behavior and just one swear word.

The Barnstormers, a 282-seat, professional, Equity theatre founded in 1931, enjoys air conditioning, a hearing assist system and is wheelchair accessible. Thursday through the following Saturday evenings and weekend matinees, tickets cost $13.50 - $36.50 with group rates, ticket packages, and 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 603323-8500.

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Great Waters Music Festival “Neil Berg’s 102 Years Of Broadway” Neil Berg’s widely acclaimed 102 Years of Broadway, a musical revue of Broadway’s most celebrated shows features a dazzling cast of five Broadway stars accompanied by an all-star New York band is coming to the Kingswood Arts Center in Wolfeboro on Friday, June 30th at 7:30pm. Tickets for 102 Years of Broadway are now on sale at www.greatwaters.org or by calling the Great Waters Music Festival box office at (603) 569-7710.

102 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century featuring the actual stars of shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Jekyll & Hyde. These amazing performers light up the stage with songs from the hit shows in which they starred. Neil Berg presents brilliantly revived arrangements of Broadway classics as well as thrilling numbers from Broadway’s newest hit shows.

In addition to Berg, the very talented all-star cast includes Broadway actors: Danny Zolli, Carter Calvert, Rita Harvey, William Michals and Craig Schulman.

Neil Berg is the creator and co-producer of “102 Years of Broadway” now the number one Broadway touring concert in the United States. His accomplishments are numerous.

He has composed several musicals including the offBroadway musical hit “The Prince and the Pauper”. He is also the composer of the new Broadway-bound musical “Grumpy Old Men” and he is currently col-

laborating with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Robert Shenkkan on a new rock musical “The“12”. In addition, his credits include the music for “The Man Who Would Be King”, “Tim and Scrooge”, “Heidi” and “Hexed in the City”.

In 1995, Neil received the 1995 Bistro Award for Best Musical for his show “Asylum in the Nights” a revue of Neil’s theater music.

He has produced over one thousand Broadway concerts worldwide with such stars as Michael Crawford, Bernadette Peters, Ben Vereen, Liz Callaway and Rita Moreno.

Broadway tenor Danny Zolli has been winning over audiences worldwide for the past twenty years. Best known on Broadway for his performance as The High Priest Annas in “Jesus Christ Superstar” he also played the roles of Judas and Jesus. Some of his regional credits include playing Che’ in “Evita”, Tobias in “Sweeney Todd”, the title role in “Candide”, and Joseph in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” for which he received a Barrymore Award nomination for Best Actor. He has shared the concert stage with some of the world’s most renowned performers including Linda Eder, Jose Carreras and Peter Frampton. Danny has had the honor of supporting several national charities by taking part in many fund raising benefit concerts for such organizations as The American Red Cross, The American Cancer Society and The Leukemia/Lymphoma Society.

Carter Calvert knew early on in life that she would spend a career pursing the

arts. A graduate from the School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Calvert is best known for her role in “It Ain’t Nothing but The Blues” on Broadway. In addition, she played the lead role of Grizabella in the Broadway national tour of “Cats”. Her television credits include appearances on The Today Show, Rosie O’Donnell Show and The David Letterman Show. She has also opened for well know performers Chubby Checkers, The Temptations and Liza Minnelli.

Wife of Neil Berg, Rita Harvey majored in opera performance at Simpson College and received her Master’s degree from Northwestern University.

Rita made her Broadway debut playing the role of Christine in “The Phantom of the Opera”. She most recently starred in the Broadway revival of “Fiddler on the Roof”. She has appeared off-Broadway in several productions including “The Prince and the Pauper”, “Peg O’ My Heart” and “ Dearest Enemy” and in regional productions of “Oklahoma”, “Sweeney Todd”, “Carousel” and “Street Scene”.

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The Kingswood Theater Boosters will hold a 50/50 raffle at the performance with all proceeds going to benefit the Kingswood Theater Boosters.

Tickets for all 2017 performances at the Great Waters Music Festival are available at the Office at 54 North Main Street, Wolfeboro, by calling the office at 603-569-7710 or on-line at www.greatwaters.org.

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Walsh pressed Gallagher on whether his stories of “brutal anal rapes, death threats, (and) getting tied up naked with altar sashes” were true, Walsh wrote that Gallagher admitted he “just made up stuff and told them anything.”

More damning, Cipriano reported, Walsh had “repeatedly informed the prosecutor in the case, former Assistant District Attorney Mariana Sorensen, that Gallagher wasn’t a credible witness.

Walsh also informed Sorensen that there was no evidence that backed up Gallagher’s fantastic stories, and that the evidence gathered by Walsh actually contradicted Gallagher.”

But the DA’s office proceeded with the prosecutions, anyway. And Rolling Stone has never bothered to review or update Erdely’s article -- or inform readers of the real scandal of yet another fake rape hoax and prosecutorial misconduct.

In 2013, Erdely published another piece of half-baked advocacy journalism on “The Rape of Petty Officer (Rebecca) Blumer: Inside the military’s culture of sex abuse, denial and cover-

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As Washington Examiner reporter Ashe Schow pointed out, Erdely “apparently made no attempt to contact members of the military involved in investigating the case, instead relying on victim’s advocates with no direct knowledge” of Blumer’s claims of being “roofied and raped.”

Fraternities, religious institutions, the military, and the entire male population have been defamed by a lying liar with a laptop and her “progressive” editors at Democrat donor Jann Wenner’s flagship rock music rag. All in service of promoting “rape culture” propaganda at any cost.

Too few journalists are willing to challenge the corruption of the criminal justice system in their backyards. Politicized police departments and pro-prosecution courts have failed to uphold the constitutional rights of the accused. The wheels of justice grind far too slowly for the falsely defamed and falsely convicted, fighting for their reputations or for their lives behind bars.

Juries need to send louder messages and impose strong deterrents against rape fakers and their propagandists. Make them pay. Big time.

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Chancellor Kohl was the architect of German unity on 3 October 1990, but the supporting cast included statesman and women who allowed it to happen.

George H.W. Bush, Francois Mitterrand. Margaret Thatcher and Russia’s Mikhail Gorbachev. In other words, the allies of WWII, who had defeated the Nazi regime in 1945, had to legally sign off on the occupation and allow the reunification of both West and East Germany.

The Cold War had ended.

Here at the UN, reunification meant that the two German delegations awarded membership in 1973 representing two separate states, namely the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, would merge into one representing a united German nation.

After reunification Kohl kept close links with the USA and especially stressed the importance of Transatlantic ties through NATO. Within Europe Kohl was close to French President Francois Mitterrand and is well remembered for a moving and mournful ceremony in Verdun, the killing field of the First World War. He was especially committed to Germany’s European identity within the emerging economic and political power of the European Union (EU). His protege Angela Merkel became Chancellor years after the Kohl era in 2005.

Helmut Kohl’s bold decisiveness and political vision helped achieve both German and indeed European unity. These extraordinary events, now a generation ago, were underscored by former President George H. W. Bush who called Kohl “One of the greatest leaders in post-war Europe.”

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The Hobo & Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad was born from the rail lines that were once used by the Boston & Maine Railroad and continue today in providing tourists and locals alike with breathtaking views as it travels the Lakes Region and north.

The original S.S. Mount Washington was a side-wheeler steamship owned by the Boston & Maine Railroad, history from 1

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was completed in one year.

The Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad merged with the Concord Railroad in 1889 to form the Concord & Montreal Railroad, which was taken over by the Boston & Maine Railroad in 1895.

The railroad was an essential way of life in the area, bringing not only tourists to the Lakes Region and White Mountain areas but also carrying freight for the logging industry and the paper mills. Spur lines were built to bring lumber from the mountains.

In 1965, passenger trains to the Lakes Region ended.

In 1970, the Clean Air Act took its toll on the Franconia Paper Mill in Lincoln and it was

forced to shut down for the first of many times because of air pollution controls. Heavy rains in 1973 caused numerous washouts on northern tracks and repairing them wasn’t financially prudent so those portions were embargoed.

The State of New Hampshire purchased the Concord to Lincoln lines once the Profile Paper Company announced they would reopen the Lincoln Mill if rail service was available. The State repaired the lines but the paper mill closed for good in 1977.

In 1986, Edward Clark and his wife, Brenda formed the Plymouth and Lincoln Railroad to operate a theme park and railroad out of Lincoln.( See history on 35

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After a few years of operating the railroad in Lincoln under the Hobo Railroad name, the railroad was invited to bid on the lease for the stateowned tracks from Tilton to Lincoln. They won the bid, and the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad was formed. The new line operated between Meredith Station and Lakeport siding at the end of Paugus Bay (Lake Winnipesaukee) also with stops at Weirs Beach where the M/S Mount Washington makes its home.

The M/S Mount Washington Since 1872 there have been only two vessels named Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee. It was then known as the S.S. Mount Washington as it was a side-wheeler steamship (owned by the Boston & Maine Railroad). She transported over 60,000 people per season on Lake Winnipesaukee in the late 1800s. This was due to the fact that the White Mountains was a popular destination point and people could travel there by railroad which traveled through the Lakes Region.

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Weirs and spread to the ramp and docks where the Mount was berthed for the off season. The Mount, as well as the railroad station and boardwalk were destroyed.

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The two most significant changes were the addition of twin diesel engines in 1946 and the addition of 25 feet to her length in 1982. By adding the diesel engines, the ship was rechristened with the prefix M/V which stands for motor vessel as opposed to S .S. for steamship. After lengthening the ship 25 feet, she was given the title of M.S. (motor ship) Mount Washington.

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The Cog Railway As mentioned, the White Mountains has always been a popular destination since the early days of the railroads and continues today.

The most famous of the White Mountain attractions is, arguably, Mount Washington itself, the highest peak in the northeastern United States.

It was the advent of the automobile which brought about the Mount Washington Auto Road, which is often used today to reach the top of the 6,288-foot peak. Long before that the way to get to the top was by the Mount Washington Cog Railway, which still operates today.

In 1852, Sylvester Marsh became lost near the summit of Mount Washington and figured there had to be a better way for people to reach the summit.

When he first devised his plan for the cog railway, a rack and pinion, he presented his plan to the New Hampshire legislature who said that he “might as well build a railway to the moon.�

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There’s no reason to keep customers — and exhausted air-traffic controllers — trapped in a primitive monopoly.

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— OUR PICK FOR BEST CAPTION ENTRY #649 — Runners Up Captions: “I’ll never learn to play this darned thing.”

- Bob Digilio, Levittown, NY “You were right, I made it too big.”

- George Aufort, Nashua, NH. “I hope they don’t ask for an encore.

-Jack Klippel, Tuning Paul Bunyan’s fiddle was always a tedious undertaking.

-David Evans, Wentworth, NH.

Crossword Puzzle

Puzzle Clue: PLANE PEOPLE

ACROSS 1 Charlotte of “Diff’rent Strokes” 4 Champion 10 Insect feeler 14 Slight smell 19 North Dakota’s tree 20 Farewells 21 Regal Norse name 22 Sharpening device 23 Talk show host with three Emmys 25 Best Actor nominee for “Hotel Rwanda” 27 Giant in retail furniture 28 “-- be my pleasure” 29 Cold cubes 30 Childishly trivial 31 “Quantum Healing” author 35 Cause a floating log to spin by walking on it 36 Direct (at) 37 Sorority letters 38 Apt. units 39 30-day mo.

40 Writer Rice 41 Very familiar (with): Fr. 44 Irked greatly 46 He played Clark Kent on “Lois & Clark” 48 Ending of some pasta names 49 Gestures from 4-Acrosses 51 Start to fall 53 Juice brand 54 “Designing Women” co-star 57 Kickoff prop 59 Catholic leaders 63 Univ. helpers 64 MD’s gp.

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Puzzle Answers On Page 25 Gomer Pyle 67 Psychic glows 68 Rats on 70 Jet airliner model that’s an apt alternate title for this puzzle 71 Talks glibly 73 Zones 74 Fit for -- (regal) 76 Small, like Abner 77 Building wing 78 They bray 79 Slimy stuff 80 Sixth actor to play James Bond 84 Pop music’s -Lobos 86 Ending for Brit 88 What you might call a cool cat 89 4 p.m. social 90 She played Frenchy in “Grease” 94 -- -ski party 96 Landscaping tools 98 Kiwi cousins 99 “-- cool!”

100 “Kill bill” vote 101 Brit’s prison 102 Red Cross skill, for short 103 Big birds of myth 104 “How to Win Friends and Influence People” author 110 Selma locale 112 32nd prez 113 Cur’s threat 114 Nada 115 “Wayne’s World” co-star 117 She played Alice in “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” 120 -- nous 121 Snack 122 Breathing problems

50 Sean Penn drama 52 Slews 55 Galilee residents 56 Assessed 58 Eyed 60 High-ranking cleric 61 Previously DOWN 62 Mil. draft gp.

1 Made over 66 Sudafed alternative 2 Not different 68 Goat’s call 3 Show host 69 Pt. of NBA 4 Dust buster, for 70 Threads short 72 Not closing 5 Boise loc.

6 Social studies class seasonally 75 Five womb-mates 7 Canines, e.g.

76 Pan covers 8 Defeat 81 Scot’s denial 9 Pre-U queue 82 Nucleotide triplet 10 Shows to be 83 With 118-Down, downloaded fuel container 11 Burn soother 85 Wine region in 12 PC linkup 13 Many a sewer-line California 87 Like batik fabric tube, briefly 90 Century parts 14 Tire holder 91 Embed firmly 15 Winter frost 92 Comic Jimmy 16 Gary’s state 93 Extreme diet rule, 17 Filmmaker perhaps Federico 95 Jack of early TV 18 Ex-slaves 97 Beck of radio 24 Sorority letter 101 January gem 26 Cry from a 103 Relay athlete 4-Across 105 Nile locale 29 Old TV’s “My 106 Heavy lifter Friend --” 32 “-- always said ...” 107 Lost cause 33 Tastelessly artistic 108 Hole -- (ace) 109 Itsy-bitsy 34 Being there 111 Undecorated 35 Harass 112 Gala 40 Equip 116 Big shot 41 Give relief 117 Beaver work 42 Ally makers 118 See 83-Down 43 Obsesses 119 Simile part 44 Farming-related prefix 45 Leveling stuff 47 Attack like a playful pup 123 USN officer 124 Navigate 125 Zoomed 126 E. Sicilian volcano 127 King, to Juan

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accomplishments they could achieve and the stunts they could perform. Such was the case of a Bombing Contest put on at one of the events at the Weirs in August of 1928. The contest involved Jim Irwin’s Chris Craft boat and Robert S. Fogg’s Waco seaplane.

The speed boat tried to avoid “bombs� thrown from the seaplane as it circled overhead. What the “bombs� were made of , and how many were dropped , I do not know, but there was said to be one direct hit and two that were “dangerously close�.

The Manchester Union reported in October of 1927 that the city of Laconia was preparing to be ready for the “traffic in the air� that was expected to bring many people to this resort area, predicting that the summer population would become even higher in summers ahead with a committee making the preliminary decisions leading to the establishment of an airport and expecting it to soon become a reality.

The Union article asserted that “The purchasing power of Laconia’s summer population is very high, and will be higher;

the percentage that wish to travel fast and are able to pay for travelling fast will be great; and if the landing field is there, no place in the state will have more business of this kind in proportion to population, than will Laconia.�

The politicians were taking advantage of air travel in 1928 with Charles W. Tobey, who was running for governor as the head of the G.O.P. Flying Squadron and Congressman Fletcher Hale and Congressman Edward Wason joining him on a trip to visit every county in the state.

Another spectacular event took place high in the sky over New Hampshire on August 31, 1932 that brought crowds into Laconia. It was a total eclipse of the sun and preparations were made in Laconia the day before as thousands of people crowded into Laconia to see the rare event.

It was announced on August 30th â€œâ€Śthat in recognition of the wonderful phenomena to be presented tomorrow, in the spectacle of the sun’s total eclipse and to give everyone an opportunity to view it, the large majority of mercantile establishments will close their

places of business during the period beginning at 3 o’clock and ending at 5 o’clock , Daylight Saving Time.� (Laconia Evening Citizen). The Evening Citizen office was giving away eclipsescopes so people could watch the progress of the eclipse without injuring their eyes. The total eclipse lasted for 62 seconds, but apparently brought people into Laconia in amounts not seen for years. A Lieut. Fogg apparently flew to Conway on a mission for the Paramount Company. He was to pick up film and sound recordings immediately after the eclipse and rush them to New York City. The previous afternoon five army observation planes from Boston made a diving salute to Fogg at 200 miles an hour while on their way to Twin Mountain.

Sometimes it pays to keep your eyes to the sky!

Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. lives in New Hampton.

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