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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, June 23, 2016

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

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Wounded Warriors Find The Lakes Region To Be The Perfect Place by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Webber, a former Lt. Colonel in Special Forces, agreed and went to work recruiting folks in the Gilford area who could help in setting up and running the programs and Camp Resilience was born. “I found a lot of veterans who wanted to help other veterans as well as non-

veteran volunteers,” said Webber. The idea was to use the Lakes Region of New Hampshire as Camp Resilience’s home base and provide sports and life skills training for wounded warriors. Besides activities like downhill and cross country skiing, water skiing, Aerial Treetop adventures and more there are also life skills sessions including developing stronger family ties and community relaSee resilience on 20

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The Lakes Region of New Hampshire has always proven to be the perfect respite for those looking for that great vacation spot to unwind. Since May of 2014 it has also proven to be the ideal location for many who have served our country in helping them bounce back in mind, body and spirit. The idea for Camp Resilience, run by the Patri-

ot Resilient Leadership Institute (PRLI) was started when Kurt Webber, who is President of PRLI, was skiing at Gunstock in 2013 with Gregg Martin. Martin, a retired Two Star Major General, mentioned that he thought the Lakes Region would be a great place to run programs for wounded warriors.

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Veterans join with volunteers of Camp Resilience atop Pine Mountain in Alton, NH. Now in its third year, this program to help wounded warriors in all aspects of life has become a huge success. Now the group looks to expand its operations courtesy Photo to help more of those who have served their country.

The 5th Annual NEVT Vintage Car Show at the Raitt Homestead Farm Museum in Eliot, Maine will be held on Sunday, June 26th from 9am to 2pm. This fundraiser raises revenue for the maintenance of the property buildings like the Blacksmith Shop and Apple barn. Last year it rained out unfortunately but in 2014 there were over 110 cars on display in the fields. Vintage cars, music, yummy food, farm displays and kids barrel tractor rides make this a fun outing for the entire family. $5 per person, children 12 and under get in free. Plenty of free parking on site. Interested in displaying a car? Call Don at 603859-3491 For more information visit www.raittfarmmuseum.org email info@ raittfarmmuseum.org, or call 207-748-3303 The Raitt Homestead Farm Museum in located at 2077 State Road in Eliot, Maine.


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June Through June 26th Always…Patsy Cline

Interlakes Summer Theatre, 1 Laker Lane, Meredith. Tickets are $25-$33 each. 707-6035

Through July 2nd Peter and the Starcatcher

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

Thursday 23rd Whitesnake

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

Wolfeboro Farmers Market

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

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“From Guns to Gramophones: Civil War and the Technology That Shaped America”

Ashland Railroad Station Museum, 69 Depot Street, Ashland. 7pm. Carrie Brown presents her illustrated talk that examines the technological triumph that saved the Union and then transformed the nation. Free and open to the public. 968-1776

“Shipwrecks of Lake Winnipesaukee” – Hans Hug Jr.

New Hampshire Boat Museum, 399 Center Street, Wolfeboro Falls. 7pm. This fascinating talk will last approximately 75 minutes. Using side scan sonar, Hug has located over 60 wrecks, including large pieces of the original Mount Washington. Seating is limited and reservations are strongly encouraged, as Hug’s talks are always full! 569-4554

Laconia Main Street Outdoor Marketplace

In the parking lot between Main and Pleasant Streets in the center of downtown Laconia. 3pm-6pm. Vendors will offer the best and freshest products from local independent farms and orchards. 528-8541

The Zeke Martin Band

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

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

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Thurs. 23 – July 2nd A Little Night Music

The Barnstormers Theatre, 104 Main Street, Tamworth. This show will leave you humming long after the curtain goes down! www.barnstormerstheatre. org or 323-8500

Friday 24 Mail to the Chief

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

Josh Turner

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

Great Waters Music Festival – Cheryl Wheeler

Anderson Hall, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. Information and tickets for all performances are available at the office at 15 Varney Road, Wolfeboro, by calling 569-7710 or online at www. greatwaters.org

Dueling Pianos at Patrick’s Pub

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

Royal Ballet & Tea Party

The Libby Museum, Wolfeboro. 10am11am. Featuring Princess Ballerinas from Northeast Ballet Theatre, Elsa, Snow White, Belle and Cinderella! Come dressed in your finest royal costume and walk down the red carpet to be seated and enjoy a ballet dace exhibit. All boys and girls ages 4 and up are welcome. Event is free, but space is limited, so reservations are requested. After the dance, children may stay for a tea party with

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July Craft Fair At Gunstock On Saturday and Sunday, July 2nd and 3rd come to the July Craft Fair at Gunstock Mountain Resort with music by the Rockin Daddios on Saturday. Hours for the Craft Fair will be 10am-4pm both days. There will be over 75 Awesome Exhibitors. Beautiful crafts including fine jewelry, wearable art, wooden crafts, quilts and quilted home decor, gourmet foods, glass art, floral arrangements, & lots more!!! Outside Under Canopies + Outdoor Family Activities - Family Fun for All. Rain or Shine. Don’t miss this one. Free Admission and music of Tim Janis Gunstock Mountain Resort is located at 719 Cherry Valley Rd., Gilford, NH.

Summer Programs at Castle in the Clouds The popular Stargazing evening at Castle in the Clouds takes place Tuesday June 28th at 8pm. This family-friendly event is free to the public and takes place up on the Castle lawn with stunning views of the night sky. Experts from the New Hampshire Astronomical Society will be on hand. Starting June 29th, the Castle’s Wellness Wednesday series kicks off with yoga classes up on the Castle lawn overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. All-level yoga classes will be led by expert Kelly Libby and are taking place Wednesdays, June 29-August 31. Both morning and evening class are being offered, starting at 8:15am and again at 5:30pm. $15 per class or $120 for a season pass. Call 603-476-5414 to reserve your space. Walks and Talks on the Castle in the Clouds estate start Monday June 27th and run each Monday through August 29th. Walks and Talks programs explore the natural beauty and history of the Lucknow estate and are appropriate for all ages. Join us Monday, June 27th as we kick off this series with the popular Bird Walk, led by Ornithologist Bob Ridgely (starting at 8:30am). $8 per person or free for Friends of the Castle. Call 603-476-5414 to reserve your spot – reservations highly recommended. Walks and Talks are sponsored by Pella Windows & Doors. Use the Ossipee Park Road entrance for all of the above events. Visit www.castleintheclouds.org for more information on the full 2016 season of programs and events at Castle in the Clouds. Castle in the Clouds is located off Route 171 (455 Old Mountain Road), Moultonborough, New Hampshire. Take Route 25 into Moultonborough, then south on Route 109 to Route 171 and follow the signs to the Castle entrance. Castle in the Clouds is a not for profit organization owned and managed by the Castle Preservation Society and dedicated to the interpretation and preservation of the historic Thomas G. Plant Estate. For information about Castle in the Clouds visit the website at www.castleintheclouds.org or call 603-476-5900.

Beer For History in Exeter On Thursday, June 23, more than 100 attendees are expected at the second installment of the American Independence Museum’s Beer for History series. Sponsored by Hoefle Phoenix Gormley & Roberts, P.A. Attorneys at Law of Portsmouth, Beer for History features craft beers, live music and local food. At the June event, NH’s own craft brewery tour bus, Granite State Growler Tours will join a line-up that includes Exeter’s Neighborhood Beer Co. (NHBC) and D.L. Geary Brewing Company from Maine. They expect to pour beers from Beara Irish Brewing, Stoneface and 603. Tickets are $30 and include food, samplings of beer, games for kids, and more. Members of the Museum may purchase tickets at a discounted rate of $25. To buy tickets, visit www. independencemuseum.org.

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There has been a lot of controversy lately about bathrooms and who can use which ones. I am not here to criticize or praise any of the groups that are involved in this controversial subject, but I am here today to make the case for my own group and our needs which are being totally ignored. Of course I am talking about all of us men that are sixty or older. I know, I know, sixty is not considered old in this day and age and I agree. Many of our forefathers were lucky to make it out of their forties and fifties alive. Great progress in medicine and sanitation have helped modern man live happy and healthy lives well into their later decades. Still, there is the inevitability of certain things that, though they might not slow us down that much, they are still a part of aging and need to be addressed on a social level. That is why I am calling for age specific bathrooms, especially for men. When we older men were younger, we never realized how good we had it when it came to answering the call of nature. It could be anywhere from a grimy rest room at a highway rest stop to a plush experience at The Plaza. It might be the Porta Potties at the Weirs during Bike

Week, the horse troughs at Fenway Park, a nice oak tree off the side of the road, we didn’t care. It was always a quick in and out and we were back to work doing the foolish things that young men do. As we got older and we grew in mind and spirit and in other parts of our bodies as well, we began to realize how good we once had it. We were now in our fifties and sixties and seventies and things were beginning to slow down. We began to pay attention more to our lives because, let’s face it, it seemed like we had no choice but to stand around occasionally and just think. We no longer were in a rush to get back to the foolish things of young men and even if we were, some things were holding us back. The grimy rest areas, Bike Week Porta Potties, the troughs at Fenway and the giant oaks were still at our disposal, but we began to avoid them in order to seek out a few more of The Plazas. Still, the call of nature waits for no man and so us older men are often forced to meet it head on with anything that is available, often sharing our time with those much younger who don’t understand our ways. “Hey Pops, you gonna take all day,� is often the taunt us older and wiser men must endure from those younger and so self assured who wait behind us in a crowded rest room. “C’mon old man, let’s move it� is another that many of my peers experience on a regular basis. We don’t need to take this. We have paid our dues, given of our time, paid enough i n t o t h e system to at least be allowed to be treated with a little more decency.

That is why I am calling for a movement to have all public places to provide age specific bathrooms so as to provide the dignity and respect us elders deserve. Fifty and older? Sixty and older? That is all to be worked out. I’m sure those in the Congress and Senate will be on our side. Many of them have been there long enough to have reached this stage of life themselves. (Maybe that’s why there is a bit of animosity between those elder statesmen and their younger colleagues. I hear the rest rooms at the Capitol are magnificent, but what good are they if you are always being rushed?) Of course, like anything, there will be controversy. Can a young man of twenty-one wake up one morning after a night of indulging, put his hands to his throbbing head and proclaim: “Man, I feel like I’m sixty this morning� and then have the right to use our rest room? I’m hoping not, but there will be battles like this to face along the way. I realize this is a sensitive subject and, well, most would be afraid to even write about it, but someone has to take a stand and I’m happy to be that person. So, older guys, won’t you join with me in my quest to give us what is our due? The time is right for a revolution. We will take it to the streets if necessary, as long as we are home by 8pm. To find out more about Brendan’s book and upcoming appearances go to www.BrendanTSmith. com

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To the Voters and Residents of Gilford and Meredith I wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the voters of Gilford and Meredith for their support, in electing me to the House Of Representatives for the term of 2015 and 2016. Because of business and family commitments, I have decided to forego running for another term this year. However, because my term does not expire until December, I expect to full-fill my obligation as one of your representatives u ntil that time. Please contact me at my state site— ghurtstateleg@gmail.com with any questions you may have concerning past or existing legislation. Further, please know, time and obligations permitting, I will actively participate in helping my fellow Republican incumbents in their efforts to become re-elected and the two new candidates running in both Gilford and Meredith. I would hope, voters of both towns, will look favorably upon the current incumbents, Glen Aldrich, of Gilford and Herb Vadney of Meredith. Along with Glen and Herb, there are two new comers. Norman Silber of Gilford, and Marc Abear of Meredith. I know these two gentlemen personally, and can attest, they will bring experience, knowledge and

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energy to the legislative process. Of equal importance, in my opinion, these four candidates will not only work diligently as State Legislators, they will also work in protecting your Liberties your Money and the Economic Future of your families. George Hurt District 2 Belknap (Meredith / Gilford)

Judeo-Christian Culture To the Editor: Leftists don’t seem to think our nation’s Judeo-Christian culture, which they constantly denigrate, is anything special; that all cultures, e.g., Mexican, Muslim, Chinese, etc., are as good as ours. I believe our JudeoChristian based culture is exceptional as it forms the basis for our cordial, tolerant, and productive society and our successful people. What could be better than a society based on the Golden Rule, “Do unto others what you would have them do unto you?” Nevertheless, with our limited knowledge, how would we compare cultures? People with ultimate power over others, e.g., Castro, other dictators, and some Muslim clerics, probably think their cultures are nearly perfect. However, the people they kill, enslave, rape, starve, the homo-

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.

sexuals they execute, the women killed to regain a family’s honor, the citizens deprived of full rights because they weren’t the right race, religion, caste, or tribe, etc., wouldn’t agree. Are there absolute values that would help judge a culture? How about slavery and treatment of political critics and opponents, women, and minorities? Slavery was common practice in the world until the Christian/Western nations outlawed it in the 1800s, completely in the US in 1865. Slavery remained legal in some Muslim countries until nearly 2000. Slavery, or something very close to it, is still tolerated, if not officially legal, in various places, e.g., in ISIS territory, in some poor countries such as Haiti, and allegedly even in Saudi Arabia. Overly vocal critics of government or officials in some countries disappear, are imprisoned, re-educated, or killed, e.g., Russia, China, Cuba. Unfortunately we have started seeing our own government’s power used against political opponents, e.g., harassment of people in organizations applying for non-profit status. For political advantage some American women and minorities complain about discrimination rather than taking their cases to court; gender, race, religion, and nationality based discrimiSee mail boat on 28

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An old C.D. Thyng medicine bottle. August of 1916, became a Registrar of Deeds in Belknap County and, according to census records, appears to have served as an office manager for the New England Milk Producers Association and as a Postmaster. His wife, Elizabeth, is listed as having been an Assistant Postmaster. Previous to his marriage he was town clerk in New Hampton when his father was the moderator. Herbert M. Thyng’s signature is on a marriage certificate as a witness to the marriage of A.Kenneth Ober and Ethel Allen. who became prominent New Hampton residents, in the year 1916. Mr. Ober also was elected a selectman in the town. However, as one Thyng leads to another, the son, grandson, and greatgrandson of the afore

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Florida: America’s Jihad Playground The home of the “Happiest Place on Earth” has been breeding killer jihadists and Muslim zealots for years. Omar Maby Michelle Malkin teen, the coldSyndicated Columnist blooded mass murderer who gunned down 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub and wounded 53 more before police took him out late Sunday, may have worked alone. But he operated in the larger context of a teeming, terror-coddling paradise. While tourists from around the world soak up sunshine and dreams at Disney World, Islamic extremism festers around them. Schools: The Muslim Students Association, founded by the radical Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood whose stated purpose is to wage “grand jihad” on America, is active at the publicly funded University of Central Florida in Orlando. The group defiantly brought un-indicted terror co-conspirator Siraj Wahhaj to campus. He’s the black Muslim convert and inflammatory imam tied by federal prosecutors to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and New York City landmarks bombing plots. Wahhaj served as a character witness for convicted terror mastermind Omar Abdel Rahman (the Blind Sheik), called for replacement of America’s “constitutional government with a caliphate” and roots for our nation to “crumble” so Muslims can take over. UCF funded a Muslims “da’wa” (conversion) seminar and with an endowment by the Saudi-supported International Institute of Islamic Thought sought to create an Islamic Studies chair to “help the

Ummah regain its intellectual and cultural identity and re-affirm its presence as a dynamic civilization.” The IIIT, also a Muslim Brotherhood affiliate, donated at least $50,000 to a “think tank” run by Sami al-Arian that served as a front group for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. While al-Arian, a Muslim Brotherhood member dating back to the 1980s, served as a computer science professor at Tampa’s University of South Florida, he toured the country raising money for terrorism overseas. Investigative reporters and the feds caught al-Arian on tape inciting his attendees against, America, Israel “and their allies until death.” The left-wing academic pleaded guilty to a terror-fundraising conspiracy charge in 2006. Al-Arian brought Palestinianborn Ramadan Shalah to teach at USF and head his “think tank” for a spell. Shalah left the school in 1995 and resurfaced as head of Syria’s Islamic Jihad. He remains one of the FBI’s most wanted indicted terrorist fugitives. Apologist officials at USF, first exposed by counter-jihad researcher Steve Emerson as America’s “Jihad U,” turned a blind eye to the terror helpers among them. Mosques: Mateen’s homicidal hatred for gays didn’t exist in a vacuum. Mateen’s neighborhood mosque in nearby Fort Pierce, Florida, was also the house of worship of Moner Abu-Salha, an American jihad recruiter and suicide bomber who blew himself up in Syria last year. The Palm Beach Post reported this week that Abu-Salha had posted videos of an imam’s death-to-gays rant on Facebook. Marcus Dwayne Robertson (a.k.a. Abu Taubah), a former

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country awash with automatic weapons, overwhelmed by warring militias, and lacking an effective by John J. Metzler central governSyndicated Columnist ment, there’s little wonder why global terrorist groups such as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have found fertile ground for expansion. In the aftermath of the chaos which following the brutal civil war which toppled the Gaddafi regime almost five years ago, this giant North African country bordering the Mediterranean presents both a political power vacuum as well as a streamlined route for refugees flooding into southern Europe. The UN Security Council unanimously approved a crackdown on weapons smuggling into Libya as to stem the flow of arms where there are three guns for every citi-

zen in this lawless land. According to Martin Kobler, the UN point man for the country, “The arms fuel the conflict. These shipments must stop if there is any serious hope of bringing peace to Libya.” While reaffirming its strong commitment to the “sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and national unity of Libya” the UN resolution, reiterated its “grave concern at the growing threat of terrorist groups in Libya proclaiming allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as Da’esh”, as well as other groups with Al Qaida affiliations. The Resolution also warned about the flow of foreign fighters into the conflict. Illegal arms smuggling by sea, in violation of a previous arms embargo, has kept the political pot boiling and helped supply ISIL. Libya’s fate comes amid a dire assessment by CIA Director John Brennan that global ISIL capability has not decreased. Thus the Council has authorized See Metzler on 31


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The Immigration Joke Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A Pakistani and an Afghani walk into a bar... Oh, wait, not a bar, a US/ by Ken Gorrell Mexico borNorthfield, NH. der checkpoint. No, wait: They simply walked into the United States at an unguarded section of our southern border... and now the joke isn’t so funny. In fact, it’s deadly serious. As the Washington Times reported on June 3rd, five Pakistanis and an Afghani, aided by Brazilian and Mexican smugglers, made it 15 miles into our country before being caught by Border Patrol agents. One might ask why the agents even bothered. Though these foreign men entered our country illegally, and the Afghani was flagged in an FBI terrorist database, they all made asylum claims. The Afghan man was held, but the five men from Pakistan were released. Will it surprise you to learn that they have since disappeared? News stories like this help to fuel our unhealthy debate on immigration policy. Competing interest groups, disinformation, emotion -- and of course, the national security angle -- all conspire to hinder open and rational dialog. Add in the usual election-year posturing, and it seems unlikely that we’ll resolve the issue to anyone’s satisfaction until voters send a clear message

to Washington. Which is to say, not anytime soon. We all learned in school that we’re a nation of immigrants, and to an extent it’s true. But the trouble with the “nation of immigrants” mantra is that it glosses over the historical record, failing to account for the unique circumstances that drove immigration policy since the Founding. Talking about historical nuances during heated election year debates can seem like bringing the proverbial knife to a gun fight, yet historical perspective is exactly what we need. In a 2013 article for the Migration Policy Institute, authors Faye Hipsman and Doris Meissner remind us that: “Although immigration has occurred throughout American history, large-scale immigration has occurred during just four peak periods: the peopling of the original colonies, westward expansion during the middle of the 19th century, and the rise of cities at the turn of the 20th century. The fourth peak period began in the 1970s and continues today.” One of these things is not like the others. The first three “peak periods” for immigration occurred during a time of physical expansion. The nation’s physical boundaries were extending westward from the Atlantic coast and our cities were growing upward and outward. The fourth period is marked by a maturing of laborintensive industries, increased productivity from a smaller workforce, fewer opportunities for the typically lower-skilled abilities of

immigrants, and the shrinking of many of our formerly vibrant industrial centers. The other big differences are that there was no welfare state during the first three periods, and the security threats came mostly from foreign militaries, not a global network of terrorist organizations. So, yes, we are a nation of immigrants. But, yes, times change. Hipsman and Meissner ac-

knowledge that the “United States adjusts its immigration policies only rarely, largely because the politics surrounding immigration can be deeply divisive” and that “immigration policy has often been increasingly disconnected from the economic and social forces that drive immigration.” It’s time to reconnect immigration policy to economic and social forces, and to the changing nature See gorrell on 30

Will Orlando Change Anything? However great the shock of the massacre in Orlando, it is only a matter of time before we start hearing again the fact-free dogma that “diby Thomas Sowell versity is our strength.” Syndicated Columnist If there is any place in the Guinness Book of World Records for words repeated the most often, over the most years, without one speck of evidence, “diversity” should be a prime candidate. Is diversity our strength? Or anybody’s strength, anywhere in the world? Does Japan’s homogeneous population cause the Japanese to suffer? Have the Balkans been blessed by their heterogeneity -- or does the very word “Balkanization” remind us of centuries of strife, bloodshed and unspeakable atrocities, extending into our own times? Has Europe become a safer place after importing vast numbers of people from the Middle East, with cultures hostile to the fundamental values of Western civilization? “When in Rome do as the Romans do” was once a common saying. Today, after generations in the West have been indoctrinated with the rhetoric of multiculturalism, the borders of Western nations on both sides of the Atlantic have been thrown open to people who think it is their prerogative to come as refugees and tell the Ro-

mans what to do -- and to assault those who don’t knuckle under to foreign religious standards. The recent wave of refugees flooding into Europe include Muslim men who have been haranguing European women on the streets for not dressing modestly enough, not to mention their sexual molestation of those women. Smug elites in Europe, like their counterparts in America, are not nearly as concerned about such things as they are about preventing “Islamophobia.” Legal restrictions on free speech in some European countries make it a crime to sound the alarm about the dangers to the culture and to the people. In the lofty circles of those who see themselves as citizens of the world, it is considered unworthy, if not hateful, to insist on living according to your own Western values or to resist importing people who increase your chances of being killed. But if you don’t have the instinct for self-preservation, it will not matter much in the long run whatever else you may have. America’s great good fortune in the past has been that Americans have been able to unite as Americans against every enemy, despite our own internal differences and struggles. Black and white, Jew and Gentile, have fought and died for this country in every war. It has not been our diversity, but our ability to overcome the problems inherent in diversity, and to act together as Americans, that See Sowell on 28


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Hermit Woods Partners With the NH Humane Society, Releases Hermit Hard Apple Cider Hermit Woods Winery will be releasing their first hard cider, Hermit Hard Apple Cider, on June 25th at 12pm. However, this is not just any hard cider release as Hermit Woods will also have firewood and kittens for sale (kittens for adoption really, read on). It all started when famed illustrator and children’s book author Deb Lucke offered to design the label for Hermit Woods new cider. Over a year was spent working with Deb on the label design, bottle choice, and closure. Deb and Hermit Woods Winery wanted to make the late Hermit of Meredith Hill, Joseph Plummer, proud, because it is Deb’s vision of him that inspired her new label. For those of you who don’t know, Joseph Plummer is the famed hermit of the Meredith town forest, Hermit Woods, where Hermit Woods winery got their name. Joseph died in 1882. You can find his grave site and foundation to his home with a short hike into the Meredith forest. You can learn more about Joseph at

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hermitwoods.com. Deb’s expression of Joseph starts with a silhouette of him on the bottle with “Hermit Hard Apple Cider, firewood and kittens also 4 sale” written on it. The back label goes on to suggest how a hermit might enjoy this fine cider ending with “Of course, more sociable types are free to raise a glass with a party of stumps or even a squirrel or two - The Hermit.” The bottle is finished with a cork and cage as a bottle might have been finished in Joseph’s time. On the inside, Ken Hardcastle, Hermit Woods partner and Winemaker offers a dry cider crafted from six french and english heirloom cider apples from Apple Hill Farm in Concord, NH, fermented with whole crabapples and quince. Together with the unique packaging, Hermit Woods new cider is sure to be a hit. But that is just the beginning. Deb Lucke didn’t have any idea that her creative design would inspire Hermit Woods to partner with the NH Humane Society to donate 5% of the sales of their cider. Bob Manley, of Hermit Woods says “we were so inspired by the unique approach that Deb came up with for our label, that we just had to have firewood and kit-

tens at the release. Who better to support than the Humane Society when it comes to kittens.” “We are very excited about sharing the success of our new Hermit Hard Apple Cider with the NH Humane Society.” Visit Hermit Woods Winery on Saturday, June 25th from 12 noon to 2:00 pm to sample the cider, adopt a kitten, buy some firewoods and enjoy some live music by Audrey Drake on the porch and support our local Humane Society. Deb Lucke is an illustrator and children’s book author. You can learn more about Deb’s work at www. deblucke.com The NH Humane Society is a local, stand-alone, 501(c)3 non-profit that does not receive funds from national animal welfare agencies, nor are funds sent to any. Donations assist your local shelter. The NH Humane Society strives to find responsible and caring forever homes and offers support programs to the community. For more information visit www.nhhumane.org. Hermit Woods Winery is a boutique winery located in Meredith NH. They produce a wide variety of grape, fruit, and honey wines, mostly from local, often organic fruit and styled after the old world wines of Europe.


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The Little Mermaid – Live Performance

Prescott Park Arts Festival, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth. 8pm. www.prescottpark.org or 436-2848

Saturday 25th “Happiness is….35 Years of Harmony” – Women’s Barbershop Chorus Performance

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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

Fanciful Felted Purse Class with Nancy Evans

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 10am3pm. Learn the basics of wet felting around a resist 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

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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

Laconia VFW, 143 Court Street, Laconia. Supper is from 5:30-7:30pm, followed by music and dancing 8pm11pm. $10/advance, $15/door. Raffles, 50/50 and a cash bar. To benefit Greater Lakes region Children’s Auction.

8th Annual Strawberry Festival

Ham and Bean Supper

Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South Street, Bow. 10am-2pm. 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

St. Joseph Church, 96 Main Street, Belmont. 5pm-6:30pm. Homemade beans, ham, cole slaw, dessert and coffee. $8/ adults, $/children under 10 or $30 for a family of 4 or more.

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

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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

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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

“America’s Romance with the English Garden� – Presented by Thomas Mickey

Life Safety Building, Route 25, Moultonborough. 2pm. This program is presented by The Bearcamp Valley Garden Club and is open to the public. Tickets can be purchased at www. bearcampvalleygardenclub. org

Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival XXI

Prescott Park Arts Festival, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. www.prescottpark.org or 436-2848

Monday 27th Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Movie Showing

Prescott Park Arts Festival, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth. 8pm. www.prescottpark.org or 436-2848

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 fourman singing group, The Rockin Daddios. RSVP to 569-1212 as space is limited. $8pp, free for members. www. wrightmuseum.org

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

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Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. Noon. Every fourth Tuesday at noon, library guests are invited to bring a brown bag lunch and gather in the meeting room to enjoy a 30 minute travel film! This month is a trip by film to AlpesMaritimes, France. Beverages and dessert provided. Free and open to the public. 569-2428 or www.wolfeborolibrary.org

Parlor Music in 19th Century New England – One Hour Lecture/Concert

Gilmanton Historical Society, Old Town Hall, Gilmanton. 7pm. Enjoy a one hour lecture/ concert by mezz0-soprano Marya Danihel the vividly portrays home music-making in Victorian America. Free and open to the public.

Author Book Reading and Signing – Christina Lima Scott

RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 6:30pm. Scott will read from and sign her second novel, ‘The Language of Belonging’. Free and open to the public. 431-2100 or info@ riverrunbookstore.com

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Abenaki Ski Lodge, Wolfeboro. 9am-10:30am. Attendees will learn from Doug Cygan, the Invasive Species Coordinator for the NH Department of Agriculture, the NH rules and regulations, characteristics, identifying features and control measures of some of the most aggressive non-native plants here in the Granite State. After the presentation interested participants will venture across town to the Sewall Woods Conservation Area for a handson experience identifying and eradicating invasive species with Dave Mallard, LRCT Land and Stewardship Director from 10:30am-2pm. Participation is limited and registration is required. www.lrct.org or 2533301

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The Little Mermaid – Live Performance

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Gunstock Mountain Resort, 719 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford. 10am-4pm. Over 75 awesome exhibitors! There will be live music from the Rockin’ Daddios, outdoor family activities and fun for all! Rain or shine. Free admission. 5284014

The Little Mermaid – Live Performance

Prescott Park Arts Festival, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth. 8pm. www.prescottpark.org or 436-2848

Sunday 3rd 4th of July Craft Fair!

Gunstock Mountain Resort, 719 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford. 10am-4pm. Over 75 awesome exhibitors! There will be live music from Tim Janis, outdoor family activities and fun for all! Rain or shine. Free admission. 528-4014

The Little Mermaid – Live Performance

Prescott Park Arts Festival, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. www.prescottpark.org or 436-2848

Monday 4th July 4th Fireworks Party Cruise

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Top Gun – Movie Showing

Prescott Park Arts Festival, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth. 8pm. www.prescottpark.org or 436-2848

Tuesday 5th Benedict Arnold – Patriot Traitor

Meredith Public Library, Main Street, Meredith. 7pm. George Morrison will take you on a journey through New England, Canada and New York tracing the complex story of this infamous American icon. Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public. www.meredithlibrary.org

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Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www.rochesteroperahouse. com or 335-1992

Laconia Main Street Outdoor Marketplace

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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! 293-0841

Wolfeboro Farmers Market

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house. Check that the water is off by flushing the toilet one final time. If the water is off, no water should be entering the toilet tank. Pour four gallons of fresh water into the toilet bowl as fast as possible to get as much water out of the toilet bowl as possible. Use the putty knife to remove the decorative caps that hide the bolts that secure the toilet bowl to the hidden toilet flange under the toilet. Disconnect the flexible water supply line from the base of the toilet tank. Remove the nuts from the toilet bolts. You’re now ready to lift the toilet up off the floor. You may have to rock it side to side to break the bond between any tile grout or caulk that should be between the toilet and the flooring. Once you have the toilet up and in the air, carry it outside with a helper. Don’t set it down on any good carpet or other finished flooring because nasty wax from the toilet seal could permanently stain whatever it touches. The next step is to clean up the existing toilet flange. If a wax gasket was used before to seal the toilet to the flange, then you should scrape off any excess wax and otherwise clean it up. Set aside about a tablespoon of the best wax. You’ll need it in a few minutes. I’d wear disposable gloves for this part of the job. The next steps are critical for a professional installation. You get but one chance to set the toilet down on the flange. You can’t, or shouldn’t move the toilet once you press it down into the fresh wax gasket. If you do monkey with the toilet trying to make adjustments, you risk breaking the all-important seal. This means you need to dry fit the toilet bowl to the floor without the new wax gasket in place. Put the toilet on the flange and level the bowl both left and right and front to back. Place wood shims as required to get the toilet level. Tape these shims tightly to the finished floor

so they don’t move when you lift the toilet back up. Place the wax gasket on the toilet flange. I prefer to use gaskets that come with a small plastic horn that forces the toilet water and waste down into the piping below the toilet flange. Install new toilet bolts and use some old wax from the previous flange to help hold them vertical in the toilet flange slots. Straddle the toilet flange and with the assistance of a helper have him/her guide you so you lower the toilet bowl slowly so the toilet bolts line up with the holes in the base of the toilet bowl. Remember, you only get to set the toilet down one time. Be sure the toilet bowl is square to the wall so you don’t have to twist it excessively. A helper at this stage of the installation is invaluable since you’re a rookie. Be sure the toilet bowl is tight against the wood shims. Install all the new parts for the decorative toilet bowl caps and tighten the nuts. Resist the urge to apply vast amounts of force to tighten the nuts to the bolts. While the china is strong, some people have cracked the bottom of the bowl by using too much force. Install the tank to the bowl according to the in-

structions and install a new water supply line. You can now test the toilet to see how well it works. Turn on the water supply valve and the toilet tank should fill with water. Flush it and see how it all works. If all is well, it’s now time to grout the toilet bowl to the floor. Do not use caulk for this. The connection between the toilet bowl and the floor needs to be a solid material like grout that will not flex when it’s dry. You want the toilet to be rock solid to the floor so it never rocks back and forth. Rocking will eventually break the seal between the toilet and the toilet flange. Don’t let the grout touch the wood shims. After about 15 minutes, gently remove the wood shims and use the mixed grout to fill in the voids created by the missing shims. Don’t sit on the toilet for at least 8 hours so the grout has a chance to harden.

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about the General and his accomplishments, but there are more Thyngs to mention. The first Thyngs (sometimes spelled Thing ) to live in New Hampshire were residents of the town of Exeter. The History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire by Charles H. Bell, published in 1888 says “ The Thing family dates…far back in the history of the town. Jonathan Thing, the first comer, was a selectman in 1658and seven years afterwards, town clerk in 1689, and representative in 1693. Samuel and Bartholomew, his sons, held the same offices for even longer periods, and the service of the latter did not end till 1737. They were among the leading men of the town for a long period.” You may have already known Brigadier Harrison Thyng, but my guess is that there are a lot of Thyngs you didn’t know, until now. Robert Hanaford Smith lives in New Hampton.


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