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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 28, NO. 29

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MAN ON THE MOON: Looking Back At One Of America’s Greatest Achievements changes across America. The mission to the moon brought the entire nation together for at least that week in July. I began to save newspapers from the time of lift-off to splashdown. Now, 50 years later, I still have a lot of those newspapers.

In perusing these relics we’ve decided that the reprinting of those news articles of the day was the best way to tell the real story of that historic and courageous mission. —Brendan Smith, Editor

NEW YORK POST – Tuesday, July 15th, 1969 MOON MEN: WE HAVE NO FEAR On the day before they leave for the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts were pronounced fit for See MOON on 31

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As a boy of 13 in the summer of 1969 I was mesmerized, as was the rest of the world, when American men walked on the moon in a quest which carried a risk of unknown proportions. It was the end of a decade of tumultuous

Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin salutes the United States flag while Neil Armstrong photographs him as Man walks on the moon for the first time 50 years ago this week.

On Wednesday, July 24th at 7 PM, the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum will host architect and historian Tom Hubka with his talk ‘Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England.’ This program is sponsored by the NH Humanities and is free to all; however, since seating is limited, reservations are recommended. Through architecture unique to northern New England, Hubka’s illustrated talk focuses on several case studies that show how farmers converted their typical separate house and barns into connected farmsteads. Hubka is the author of “Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England.” Seats may be reserved by e-mail to lakewinnipesaukeemuseum@gmail. com or by phone to 603366-5950. The museum is located at 503 Endicott Street North, next to Funspot in the Weirs.

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I had a lot of fun putting together this edition’s front page story about the Apollo 11 Moon Mission that happened 50 years ago this week. It certainly wasn’t difficult. I had so many newspapers about the event and it seemed the logical thing to do was just recount the words of the reporters of those newspapers. There certainly wasn’t a lot of spin, just detailed accounts of something that was happening that no one had any idea how it would end. As historic as an event it was, it could just as easily turned into a disaster. Like they say about baseball, it was a game of inches. I’m a bit amazed at myself for lugging around all of these old newspapers over the years. In the past 50 years I’ve gone through many changes and lived in a lot of places. Living room and bedroom sets have come and gone, so has a lot of hair, yet these newspapers lived on. Everything for a reason, they say. Maybe this week was the reason I’ve had them for so long. Besides the stories of the moon landing, these papers contained a lot of other interesting information about that year as well. It was interesting to see what was going on in July of 1969. A bit of a time capsule. Growing up on Long Island, NY, all the papers I read were from that area.

The sports pages in July were covering another remarkable feat. The fight of the, up-to-then, hapless New York Mets as they chased the Chicago Cubs for first place in the National League. The Mets, of course, would eventually make it to the World Series and, in a stunning upset, beat the Baltimore Orioles. (Mets fans would love to see those guys around this year.) The Dow Jones was at 826 points. The prime lending rate was at 8.5 percent. A Clerk/Typist – known today as administrative assistants were earning, before taxes, about $125 a week. A new washing machine costs between $110-$150, depending on the model. A decent apartment on Long Island was about $150 a month to rent. A few stores were advertising new women’s dresses for about $8. A man could buy a new suit for about $60. A central air-conditioning system for an entire house was a cool $700. Fifty lbs of cow manure would set you back about $1.88 in 1969. You could buy a new Ford Mustang for $2400 fifty years ago. Gas was about thirty-five cents a gallon. There was one other big news story that was kept off the front pages during that week in 1969. One person obviously wasn’t enjoying the moon landing all that much. On Friday, July 18th,1969, Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts drove his car off the Chappaquiddick Bridge in Edgartown, Mass. Mary Jo Kopechne, the only other passenger in the car drowned while Kennedy fled the scene. He didn’t report the accident until nine hours later, after the car was discovered by two men

fishing from the bridge. Kennedy was eventually charged with leaving the scene and after fighting the charge for awhile, he eventually pled guilty. He ended up with a two-month suspended sentence. Ahh, power and politics. The best-selling fiction books in July of 1969 were “The Love Machine” by Jaqueline Susann and “The Godfather” by Mario Puzo. The best-selling nonfiction book was “The Peter Principle.” Some of the biggest movies of that month were “Funny Girl”, “Ice Station Zebra”. And “Rowan & Martin’s ‘The Maltese Bippy’.” On television, most of which was still watched in black and white, some of the top shows were “It Takes A Thief,” “Bewitched”. “The Flying Nun” and “60 Minutes.” For those 1969 technophobes one could buy a Magnavox, 18” slimline color TV for only $359.50. Oh yeah, the cost of the other News newspapers themselves were a nickel. Reading through a lot of other smaller stories in those papers from 1969, besides the moon landing, there was a lot of news that made it seem like those were the worst of times. We were fighting a war in Vietnam, there was a housing slump due to high interest rates and tight money and General Motors saw another quarter of lower earnings. Inflation was high and the market was in a slump and hoping for a recovery. I guess we pulled through just fine. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” available at BrendanTSmith.com. His latest book “I Only Did It For The Socks and Other Tales of Aging” will be published later this year.

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Israel Is Essential For Survival Of Jews To The Editor: This is the 81st anniversary of the Evan-lesBains, France conference conducted July 6-15, 1938 to discuss the plight of the Jews in Nazi Germany, and develop and implement a plan to rescue them. President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated convening the conference of 32 countries and 24 relief agencies. Adolph Hitler said he would agree to allow the Jews to leave Germany and emigrate to the 32 countries represented at the conference. Unfortunately, 31 countries refused to take in any of the Jewish refugees. Only the Dominican Republic agreed to allow in some Jews. All kinds of excuses were stated. Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King said “We must … seek to keep this part of the Continent free from unrest and from too great an intermixture of foreign strains of blood.” The British, who controlled Palestine, refused to allow the Jews to emigrate because of the ongoing conflict between Arabs and Jews. The French said they could not help. The U.S. State Department, who had at least

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.

one Jew hater in a prominent position, blocked entry to the U.S. Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama said they wanted no traders or intellectuals. Argentina said it had enough immigrants from Europe. Australia said it had no racial problems and did not want to create any. After the conference a number of countries relented and allowed relatively small numbers of Jews to enter their countries, including the U.S. during 1938 to 1940---120,000; Britain--- 100,000; Australia--- 15,000; and the Dominican Republic--- 800. However, from 1940 to 1945 approximately 6,000,000 Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany. Based on all of the persecution, discrimination, and violence against Jews down through millennia, including the events previously stated in this opinion piece, it became obviously essential to establish Israel as a homeland for Jews, and this occurred in 1948. Even in recent times the Jew hatred exhibited by many European countries has justified the need for Israel. The last survey conducted a few years ago lent substantiation to the ongoing Jew hatred in Europe. The survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League concluded antiJewish extremism infects European populations, including Greece with 69% of the population anti-Jewish and with only 5000 Jews, and it has the worst economy in Europe, which See MAIL BOAT on 46

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an MA in History from George Mason University (Fairfax VA) and is the former President of the Birch Island Camp Company. He is a third generation island resident. His presentation is based on private archives, local press accounts, published history and the photographs and personal reminis- Ernest Abbott. cences of many current and past Winnipesaukee October. Seats may be island residents. reserved by e-mail to lakePrograms focusing on winnipesaukeemuseum@ the Lakes Region and New gmail.com or by phone to Hampshire history are 603-366-5950. held at the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum throughout the summer season. Located at 503 Endicott Street North, next to Funspot in the Weirs, the museum is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM, from mid-June through mid-

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Epstein, Bean & Buck: The Democratic Donors’ Sex-Creep Club Well, well, well. “Follow the facts,” Democratic strategist Christine Pelosi now advises fellow liberals in the wake by Michelle Malkin of billionaire Syndicated Columnist and highflying political financier Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking indictment this week. Some of “our faves” could be implicated in the long-festering scandal, the Pelosi daughter warned, so it’s time to “let the chips fall where they may.” Too bad Ms. Pelosi’s mommy hasn’t adopted that same attitude of accountability. While serving as the highest-ranking elected woman in America for decades, San Fran Nan has chronically downplayed, whitewashed or excused the sleazy habits and alleged sexual improprieties of a long parade of Dem pervs -- from former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to former New York Reps. Eric Massa and Anthony Wiener to former Oregon Rep. David Wu to former Michigan Rep. John Conyers and current presidential candidate Joe Biden. Since the woke-ty woke Democrats are now gung-ho on undoing special treatment of wealthy liberal sex creeps, perhaps they will soon be revisiting the matter of two of their other “faves,” Oregon real estate mogul and deep-pocketed left-wing White House donor Terry Bean and West Hollywood Clinton pal Ed Buck. Here, let me help.

Terry Bean is the prominent gay rights activist who co-founded the influential Human Rights Campaign organization. He is also a veteran member of the board of the HRC Foundation, which disseminates Common Core-aligned “anti-bullying” material to children’s schools nationwide. Like Epstein, Bean had a penchant for rubbing elbows and riding on planes with the powerful. Upon doling out more than $500,000 for President Barack Obama and the Democrats in 2012, he was rewarded with a much-publicized exclusive Air Force One ride with Obama. His Flickr account boasted glitzy pics with Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton. Like Epstein, Bean also had a thing for young minors. In 2014, a grand jury charged him with horrifying sexual abuse allegations involving multiple victims -- including a 15-yearold boy. After a sweeping investigation led by the Portland police department’s sex crime units and two county district attorney’s offices, authorities charged Bean with two felony counts of third-degree sodomy and one misdemeanor count of third-degree sex abuse. His 20-something boyfriend, Kiah Lawson, was indicted on thirddegree sodomy and third-degree sexual abuse. Allegations of Bean’s lurid sexual trysts with young men, which Lawson says the Democratic donor secretly videotaped, first surfaced in the local Willamette Week newspaper five years ago. Police say the pair enticed a 15-year-old boy See MALKIN on 41

Anger For Anger’s Sake In the last two weeks, America has learned that a bevy of heretofore relatively uncontroversial objects and ideas are, in fact, exby Ben Shapiro traordinarily Syndicated Columnist controversial. We have learned that the Betsy Ross American flag is irredeemably racist. We have learned that Disney casting a black woman as Ariel in the live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” is supposedly supremely disquieting for a racist America. We have learned that opposing federally mandated forced busing means that you are a secret bigot, so long as you are named Joe Biden. Or perhaps we haven’t learned any of those things. Perhaps all of this is nonsense, and we’ve merely learned that Americans are angry, that they’re channel-

ing that anger in increasingly bizarre directions, and that opportunists of every stripe are willing to take advantage of that anger for their own benefit. Take, for example, the Betsy Ross flag. Not only was Ross an abolitionist Quaker; the flag has flown for centuries as a symbol of a country that fought the single bloodiest war in its history to abolish slavery. The flag flew at Barack Obama’s inauguration. Not until the last five minutes was someone cloddish enough to suggest that the flag represents slavery and racism -- until Nike announced that it had canceled the manufacture of a Ross-inspired shoe at the behest of failed NFL quarterback and national anthem kneeler Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick, whose knowledge of politics is approximately as accurate as his downfield passing game, apparently taught Nike some tough lessons about American history (not about

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Moon Landing Remembered— Failure Was Not an Option For those of us of a certain age, we vividly remember where we were on July 20, 1969 the date by John J. Metzler of America’s Syndicated Columnist successful Lunar landing. On a cool July southern Vermont evening my parents and I visited friends to watch what was expected to be a live transmission from the Moon! So on a flickering black and white TV, they were able to pull in WBZ from Boston, and receive what even then we knew would be history. America’s iconic space program was steeped in lore and legend but actually in the beginning had more to do with keeping up with the Soviets than actually exploring the huge frontiers of Outer Space. We all know the story; the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite which jolted American complacency and concentrated our attention on what later would be called the space race. By 1961, the Soviets had sent a man into space. In 1962 President John F. Kennedy pledged, “We choose to go to the Moon!” Actually his impulse was more political than scientific. A conversation, released by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library reveals his true motivation to beat the Soviet Union; “In my Bondville, VT

opinion, to do it in this time or fashion, is because we hope to beat them,” he said, “and demonstrate that starting behind, as we did by a couple years, by God, we passed them.” NASA became THE cutting edge and popular government agency if there ever was one. A whole generation was inspired by its vision the daring, and the human and technological achievements of the Space Program. Over 400,000 people worked in the program and NASA had an unquestioned budget of $25 billion, ( $175 billion in today’s numbers!) Think about it; from never having had an astronaut fly in outer space until 1961, a scientific program fast tracked an extraordinary mobilization which by 1969 operated multi-manned missions on the cusp of reaching and landing on the Moon. For NASA, getting a man to the Moon was part of a long, arduous and dangerous series of space missions. In May 1961, Alan Shepherd, from New Hampshire, became the first American in Space. He was followed by John Glenn’s Mercury Mission in 1962 where he became the first man to orbit the earth. The storied Apollo Missions were the stepping stones. The first step was a disaster; the terrible 1967 Apollo 1 launch pad ground accident which saw the deaths of three astronauts. Two lunar orbit and return missions preceded the Apollo 11

landing mission. Part of the challenge was getting Astronauts to the Moon but also back safely. Three astronauts were chosen for the Apollo Lunar 11 mission;

Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. Interestingly and easily forgotten was Apollo 12, just months later in November of 1969 where

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Liberals Could Learn From Wolfgang Busch Comedian and actor Arte Johnson recently passed away at the ripe old age of 90. He outlived his age. If you’ve lived more life than by Ken Gorrell you have left Contributing Columnist to live, you’ll likely remember Johnson for his many strange characters on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. The sketch comedy show ran in primetime on NBC from 19671973. It was must-see TV in my childhood home, though given my age I probably missed most of the show’s risqué double entendres. I didn’t miss the singular Goldie Hawn as a bikini-clad hippie chick dancing between sketches. Arte Johnson was a series regular. His German WWII soldier Wolfgang Busch character, with the signature line “Very interesting,” wouldn’t fly in today’s Progressive Age of Perpetual Rage. I thought of Laugh-In and Arte Johnson when listening to a voicemail left by an angry critic of my June 20th essay “Celebrate Xenophobia!” To protect my critic’s anonymity, I won’t use a name or gender pronoun, real or imagined. (I refuse to employ the modern and annoying misuse of “they” in the singular; I’m a bit of a Grammar Nazi.) Speaking of Nazis, my critic, voice trembling with emotion, managed to work in a Nazi reference. I had been expecting it after hearing the first few words, “Nazi” being the epithet du jour for livid liberals. They play it as a trump card, not understanding that it is merely the rhetori-

cal last refuge of lazy thinkers. To burnish the appraisal of my words and character, and to tie in Nazism, my critic felt the need to provide a biographical sketch: almost a lifelong NH resident whose father and uncle were WWII combat veterans. Well, I see those bona fides and raise the ante: I am NH born and raised; I served my country in uniform overseas; and combat vets in my family include my father (Vietnam), grandfather (WWII), and great-grandfather (WWI). Did my critic have a point to make? Yes – the point was to call me a Nazi. To do so, Nazism had to be equated with xenophobia, and the race and ethnicity cards had to be played. Trouble is, xenophobia isn’t synonymous with Nazism (the Encyclopedia Britannia calls it a “peculiarly German” totalitarian movement and doesn’t mention xenophobia) and the words “race” and “ethnic” don’t appear in my essay in any form. I wrote about the culture of the United States of America, a nation of citizens of many races and ethnicities. I wrote about the deleterious effects of illegal mass migration – what we used to call “invasion” – on the people of our sovereign nation. I provided a dictionary definition of xenophobia and wrote about fearing what “the other” was doing to the culture of our country. Simply put, there is no logical connection that could be drawn between my provocatively titled and cogently reasoned essay, and Nazism. Nazism was many terrible things, but xenophobic doesn’t top the list. Hitler found common cause with Imperial Ja-

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Small change #2 Bathroom updates You don’t need to invest in a complete remodel to get an updated bathroom. A few simple enhancements can make a big difference without breaking the bank. Start by looking at the walls. Remove old wallpaper and repair any damage before adding paint. Then, look at the light fixtures and consider new options. A few quick swaps can add a modern aesthetic and optimum light for bathroom tasks. The style in a bathroom is often defined by the accessories, so turning attention in that direction can help rejuvenate the space as well. Replace hardware on vanities and other extras like towel bars. Popular materials include chrome and brushed metals, but choose whatever fits with the rest of the room. Finish the look with a new shower curtain and towels to elevate the space.

Small change #3 - Entryway enhancements Is the place where you welcome guests looking a little dingy? Your entryway is where your home makes a first impression, including buyers when it comes time to sell. Fortunately, it’s easy to update an entryway so it stands out positively and enhances your home’s value. Focus on the door by giving it a new coat of paint. Then replace hardware with a handsome, high-quality option. You can add a door-knocker or wreath to give it style, if you’d like. Then move to the surrounding spaces. Get rid of clutter to open up the space, and then add in a few key pieces of decor. For example, a plant or welcoming sign makes a house feel like a home. One BIG change - Add a deck When you want to make

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and low-maintenance benefits.” Gamble added that Envision boards have attracted additional attention due to the brand’s exclusive compression molding technology, which is unlike other boards on the market,

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Summer Thirst Quenchers

by Jim MacMillan Contributing Writer

We are in the midst of a pretty hot summer overall and activities of all sorts may require you to replenish your fluids. Warmer temps and bigs beers may lead to lethargic conditions. No one wants to waste valuable summer playtime hours on trying to keep a clearer head and being too full of carbs and calories. Well, there are refreshing thirst quenchers aplenty waiting for you to enjoy in the name of sparkling or spiked waters. If you are a frequenter of this column, I wrote about White Claw Spiked Seltzer last summer. Generally speaking, there are two types of these bever-

ages; spiked seltzers and spiked still waters. These are very lightly flavored and refreshing, a lot like your vintage seltzers and tonic waters from providers like Poland Springs, etc. This specific market has exploded recently with a vast variety and endless combinations of fruit flavors. Most of these offerings are ‘added’ flavors meaning that they are not naturally present. These beverages also compete to offer the lowest calories per 12 oz can. Sugars are also measured as low as possible yielding gluten free ratings, non-GMO status, vegan and calorie counts from 80 to 135. We will examine just four of the different companies selling within NH. First, carbonation-free still waters from NOCA are produced by Craftpack LLC in Baltimore and sold by NOCA in Newmarket, NH. Three flavors are currently available; Watermelon lime, Dragon Fruit Mango, and Triple Berry. With just 2 grams

of sugar, 3 carbs and 4.5% ABV, NOCA classifies itself as ‘beer with natural flavoring’ but you should probably visit their website to read more about their background and process. Find them at drinknoca. com On to our carbonated offerings, Poland Seltzer’s Arctic Summer is produced in Worcester, MA and partnered with Harpoon Brewing in Boston. Flavors of Spiked Pineapple Pomelo, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Raspberry Lime and Black Cherry are neatly wrapped in festive 12 oz cans rated at 5% ABV, 1 gram of sugar and 110 calories. Enjoy their lightly flavored beverages and learn more at drinkarcticsummer.com Henry’s Hard Sparkling Water produced in Albany, GA boasts of six brilliant flavors; Blueberry Lemon, Pineapple, Lemon Lime, Strawberry Kiwi, Passion Fruit and Peach Mango. What helps makes them unique is zero grams of See BREW on 19

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ball (or soccer) coaches be paid the same regardless of record? If one coach is successful and the other unsuccessful, then why should they be paid the same? But in applying this to the soccer pitch, if the USA soccer women have won four World Cups while their male counterparts didn’t even qualify for the last men’s World Cup Tournament, then should the female success warrant more recompense? I’ll bet even George Raveling would say “Yes!”

by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

USA SOCCER AND EQUAL PAY NEWS ITEM: Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced that the league will eventually expand to 30 teams. American soccer on the grassroots level has thrived for decades. On the professional level? Not so much. But the growth of MLS is a positive sign. In 2006 the league had only 11 teams. Now there are 24 with more on the way. That’s great for soccer in that more teams means more jobs (of many sorts) and more soccer energy. Dilly Dilly! World Cup soccer action—both men’s and women’s—always ramps up soccer interest. Congrats to the USA Women’s National Soccer Team for its exciting triumph in France earlier this month. After the 1999 USA Women’s team’s World Cup victory over China there was so much soccer energy that a women’s league emerged— the WUSA (Women’s United Soccer Association). It began play in April 2001 with eight clubs. I enjoyed what glimpses I could get of the WUSA on TV and thoroughly enjoyed a Washington/San Diego match I saw in person. Sadly, the WUSA suspended operations after the 2003 season, after losing $100 million. The market just wasn’t there. Which brings us to the issue of women’s national soccer players being compensated less than their male counterparts. It doesn’t seem fair that

men should be paid more for the same job— which involves playing soccer for a national team. But consider a lawsuit from the 1990s filed by former USC women’s basketball coach Marianne Stanley, who was being paid much less than her male counterpart, George Raveling. Reportedly Raveling was being paid around $140,000 in 1993 when Stanley rejected a $26,000 raise that would have paid her $96,000. The famously liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of USC, stating that Raveling was more experienced and more qualified than Stanley and thus deserved to be paid more. During the legal action, arguments were made that the two jobs were not identical, that Raveling had to contend with public expectations, alumni pressure, media demands, revenue streams and many other things that Stanley did not have to deal with. While this case set a precedent, it remained unclear as to what should be considered in terms of compensating coaches. Should men’s and women’s basket-

Sports Quiz Who were the male coaches who respectively led the USA women to World Cup Soccer titles in 1991 and 1999? (Answer follows) Born Today ... That is to say, sports standouts born on July 18 include MLB catcher and manager Joe Torre (1940) and golf great Nick Faldo (1957). Sports Quote “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” — B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, politician and social reformer Sports Quiz Answer Anson Dorrance and Tony DiCicco. Mike Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed and awardwinning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines)—which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.

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*Flatlander’s Observations On Life

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Bethlehem. 5pm. Tickets are available at the door or at tickets.catamountarts. org or www.BethlehemSynagogue.

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Through September

Friday Night Kayaking in Pittsfield

Dinosaurs Alive! Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness. Visitors to the Science Center can see life-size dinosaurs like the way they lived during prehistoric times. The temporary exhibit features five life-size dinosaurs. They look, move, and sound like the real thing! One even spits! The exhibit is open daily from 9:30am-5pm (last trail admission at 3:30pm) and is included in regular trail admission. www. NHNature.org or 968-7194

Through Sat. 27th Titanic – The Musical Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. Titanci, by Maury Yeston and Peter Stone tells a familiar story from a different perspective – in this case, with a moving and sweeping musical score and from the perspective of the characters who populated that majestic and fated ship. Look for some NH local actors among the large professional cast! www. JeansPlayhouse.com 745-2141

Through Sun. 28th Ragtime, The Musical Interlakes Summer Theatre, InterLakes Community Auditorium, 1 Laker Lane, Meredith. Ragtime, the Musical displays the collision of families in pursuit of the American Dream, taking place during a quintessential turning point in American history. You won’t want to miss this enthralling musical! Tickets on sale at www. InterlakesTheatre.com or at 603707-6035

Thursday 18th Plymouth Farmers Market

Plymouth Regional Senior Center Outside Plaza, Garden Street, Plymouth. 3pm-6pm. Rain or shine! 536-5030

Don Bartenstein – Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

“The Social Black Bear” Program by Ben Kilham

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The Loon Center, Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 7pm. Discover the world of the black bear with Ben Kilham as he presents “The Social Black Bear: What Bears Have Taught Me About Being Human”. Kilham, Ph.D is a wildlife biologist based in Lyme, New Hampshire. His love and devotion to black bears has enabled him to study their habitats and interact with them for more than two decades. He, his wife Debra and sister Phoebe have accepted orphaned bear cubs into their home and enabled them to successfully return to the wild. Program is free and open to the public. 476-5666

Friday 19th Sounds of the Michael Arnowitt

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Dueling Pianos – Jon Lorentz vs Matt Langley Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Children’s Story Hour New Hampshire Boat Museum, Wolfeboro. 10:30am. The Wolfeboro Public Library will visit NH Boat Museum for Children’s Story Hour. Barbara Widmer, Children’s Librarian at WPL will take children and their parents through a very special storytime. Admission for children and one accompanying adult is free. www.

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Fri. 19th – Sun. 21st Christmas in July Arts & Crafts Festival Brewster Academy, 80 Academy Drive, Wolfeboro. Fri. & Sat. 10am5pm, Sun. 10am-4pm. Over 80 fabulous exhibitors! The festival will feature an alpaca exhibit, live music and food! Rain or shine, under canopies. Friendly, leashed pets are welcomed. Free admission. www. Joycescraftshows.com or 528-4014

Saturday 20th Paddle Board Yoga

Wild Meadow Paddle Spor ts, 6 Whittier Highway, Moultonborough. 9:30am-11:30am. Paddle Board Yoga takes place every Wednesday and Saturday. Beginners are encouraged! $25pp, plus $15 board rental if needed. Class size is limited, and you must reserve your spot. 253-7536

Eco Tour

Wild Meadow Paddle Spor ts, 6 Whittier Highway, Moultonborough. 10:30am-12pm. Naturalist Tara Schroeder takes you on a fascinating tour of Center Harbor Bay. She describes how our lake was formed, and how the bay was transformed as transportation and industry came to the region. $25pp, $40 boat rental available. Must reserve your spot by calling 253-7536

Fireworks Show at Weirs Beach Weirs Beach. 10pm. Fireworks show sponsored by Mt. Washington Cruises and the Weirs Action Committee. See their Facebook page at www.

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See the Famous “Lost in Space” Robot! Wolfeboro Bay Hobby Shop, 15 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. 10am-5pm. Take a picture with the Lost in Space Robot for FREE in the Robot’s first NH visit!

George Belli – Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Progressive Woods Dinner

New Hampshire Farm Museum, 1305 White Mountain Highway, Milton. 6pm-10pm. Reservations every 15 minutes until 8pm. Hike or wagon ride through lantern lit woods, from meal course to delicious course from NH Farm Museum’s own cookbook. Wrap it up by the fire with dessert, hot drinks and an open jam session. $25/ adult, $10/child. 652-7840

BCSA’s 2nd Annual Pig Roast

B e l k n a p C o u n t y S p o r t s m e n ’s Association, Lily Pond Road, Gilford. 12pm. Lunch served at 1pm. There will be information on trapping, becoming a member, hiking program and the opportunity to learn about Barry Camp. 50/50 raffle, meat raffle and more! Tickets for the pig roast are $10pp and can be obtained by calling Kathy at 267-6947

42nd Annual Loon Festival

The Loon Center, Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 10am-2pm. This event is not to be missed! There will be fun for the whole family, including balloon animals, live animals, live music, face painting, kids’ crafts, loon trivia, and a dunk tank! LPC Biologists will be on hand to give informative presentations about loon biology and the work of LPC. 476-5666

Sunday 21st Cuban-Themed Fundraising Dinner for The Arts Council The Arts Council, Tamworth. 6pm9:30pm. This enchanting summer evening will feature a Cuban-themed dinner provided by Kimball Packard of The Farmstand B&B in Chocoura, and The Arts Council’s Culinary team. Guests will have the opportunity to bid on fabulous item in the Silent Auction, as well as a chance to dance the night away with Los Sugar Kings! Tickets are $50pp, $25/kids under 18. If you choose to skip the dinner and just come for the music, admission is a choose-your-own-ticket-price. www.

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Monday 22nd

Solar Gazing at the Castle Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 12-4pm. Drop by the field to join the New Hampshire Astronomical Society in looking at the sun through a hydrogen alpha telescope! FREE. www.CastleintheClouds.org or 476-5410.

Katie Dobbins – Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 4pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841 Tuesday 23rd

Symposium on D Day

Wolfeboro’s Town Hall, The Great Hall, Wolfeboro. 1pm-5pm. In honor of the 75 th anniversary of D-Day (Operation Overlord), the Wright Museum presents a symposium on this seminal event in world history. Authors Alex Kershaw (The Bedford Boys and First Wave) and Patrick K. O’Donnell (Dog Company and Washington’s Immortals) will speak about D-Day itself, and about issues and personalities before and after D-Day. Attendees can ask questions and share their personal insights about D-Day. O’Donnell and Kershaw’s books will be available for

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“Dreams and Fantasies” Opens at VynnArt Gallery The second challenge show of the 2019 season at VynnArt Gallery is called “Dreams and Fantasies”. The “VynnArtists”, were given the title and encouraged to think outside of the box. Fifteen artists took the challenge. Sculpture, Oil, Watercolor and other mediums will be represented at the event. “I had a chance to preview some of the pieces and I am very excited to see the show in its entirety. The creativity and variety is beyond words”. I am looking forward to watching the reactions of the viewers. They will not be disappointed”, said Gallery owner, Vynnie Hale. “Dreams and Fantasies” begins on Friday July 12th with an opening reception from 4:00 - 7:00. This event is free to the public. VynnArt Gallery is located at 30 Main Street, Meredith. For more information call (603)279-0557.

Arts Week Returns to Canterbury Shaker Village Five lucky artists are moving to Canterbury Shaker Village in July, not to become Shakers but to find new inspiration and share their creative process with visitors. Amid the lush and peaceful hilltop setting of historic buildings and gardens, there will be painters and sculptors, plus yoga, dance, theater, live music, and aerialists throughout the twoweek celebration of the arts from Tuesday, July 23 through Saturday, August 3. The complete schedule of events is at www.shakers.org. Canterbury Shaker Village is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm. Visit www.shakers.org for more information about this event as well as all of the Village’s 2019 special events and workshops, the benefits of membership, and opportunities to hold meetings, retreats, and special events at the Village. Canterbury Shaker Village, a National Historic Landmark, is located at 288 Shaker Road in Canterbury, New Hampshire, just off Route 106 south of Laconia and 12 miles north of Concord, NH.

2019 BCSA Annual Pig Roast The entire Lakes Region is invited to the Belknap County Sportsmen’s Association Second Annual Open House and Pig Roast on Saturday, July 20th starting at noon at their clubhouse at 182 Lily Pond Road, Gilford. Tickets will be sold at the door. Meal is $10 per person Pig, Chicken, Cornbread, Corn on the Cob, Baked Beans, Potato Salad and Dessert will be served Water and soda will be available. Open house starts at noon, Pig roast is at 1pm Tickets will be available for a meat raffle worth $600 – ticket cost $20, drawing will be at 2pm at the Pig Roast. 50/50 raffle tickets available and apparel for Sale. Advanced ticket purchases are recommended. Tickets can be obtained by calling Kathy @ 267-6947. Learn about Trapping. Learn how to get a hiking patch. Learn how they improve fish habitat by restoring brooks and streams.:Learn about the program offered at Barry Camp in Milan, NH run by UNH & 4H. Walk thr 3-D Archery Range trail and visit thr Rifle and Pistol Range. Tour the Club house, which is available for rent. Seats over 120 for weddings, reunions and family gatherings and is equipped with a full kitchen. If there are no emergencies, the Gilford Police and Fire Department will be there as well as N.H. Fish & Game, the Marine Patrol and Belknap Counties Swat Team Bearcat Armored Vehicle. All will be available to answer your questions. Meet BCSA Members and get to know the BCSA Directors.

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sale and the authors will sign copies. $15/non-members, $10/members.

Restoration of Antique Homes in Gilmanton – Presentation by Doug Towel

Gilmanton Historical Society, Old Town Hall, Gilmanton Iron Works. 7pm. Doug Towel, long time Gilmanton resident will show photos and talk about the many restoration projects he has completed in Gilmanton, from his first in the early 1970s to his current undertaking. Free and open to the public. 267-6098

Open Mic – Hosted by Paul Luff Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7:30pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841 Wednesday 24th

Wellness Wednesday: Guided Hike at the Castle Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 1pm. Unplug and rejuvenate in nature with a hike along the Brook Walk Trail, passing 7 waterfalls! Group will meet at Cones in the Clouds. Walk is FREE!

www.CastleintheClouds.org or 476-5410.

Paddle Board Yoga

Wild Meadow Paddle Sports, 6 Whittier Highway, Moultonborough. 9:30am11:30am. Paddle Board Yoga takes place every Wednesday and Saturday. Beginners are encouraged! $25pp, plus $15 board rental if needed. Class size is limited, and you must reserve your spot. 253-7536

“Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn” – NH Humanities Council Presentation Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society, Route 3, Weirs Beach. 7pm. Architect and historian Tom Hubka focuses on the connected farm buildings of New England, explaining how and why this most popular for m of far m architecture developed in the second half of the 19 th Centur y. Seating is limited, RSVP by calling 366-5950 or email

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Cody James – Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Thursday 25th Plymouth Farmers Market

Plymouth Regional Senior Center Outside Plaza, Garden Street, Plymouth. 3pm-6pm. Rain or shine! 536-5030

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Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. Doors open at 5pm, dinner served at 5:30pm. This month’s dinner is a classic “summer meal” of grilled hot dogs, coleslaw, baked beans, cukes and ice cream sandwiches. The meal is free, though donations are gratefully accepted and will go to fun future dinners. www.

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Cyanobacteria; It’s Threat to You and Winnipesaukee Carriage House at Church Landing, Meredith. 6:30pm603.527.8144 8pm. Blooms of potentially cyanobacteria have been myrnascc.com toxic happening more frequently around the country and locally in NH. This is a threat not only to human and animal health, but Italian & American Comfort Food to our local economy as well. Dr. Formerly known as Nadia’s Trattoria, voted one of the James Haney, UNH Professor of top ten restaurants in NH by Boston Magazine. Biology, who has been studying VealSpecials Francese and -Eggplant Rollatini Small Plate Tuesday Thursday from 3-5pm the potential impacts of these — Join us Tue-Thurs from 3-5 Small — for decades, will deliver with discount drafts andp.m. selectfor house winesPlate Specialstoxins Hours: Tues. Wed. & the presentation. Pre-registration Located theatcanopy at Plaza Located under the canopy at 131under Lake Street Paugus Bay Thur 3-9pm is required as space is limited. 131 Lake Street At Paugus Bay Plaza Hours: & Thurs. 3-9pm; Fri. & Sat. 3-9:30pm (603)527-8144 myrnascc.com Fri.Tues. & Sat.Wed. 3-9:30pm Email mail@winnipesaukee. org or 581-6632

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Antiques

Schoolhouse Museum, 94 Dane Road, Rt. 25B, Center Harbor. 7pm. Paul Hough, from Waukewan Antiques Store in Meredith will be on hand to appraise the value of the items you bring in. There will be a small fee of $5 for one item, or $10 for three items. Light refreshments will be served. Event is open to all. www.CHHistory.com or 968-3902

Railroads and White Mountain Hotels Program

Ashland Railroad Station Museum, 69 Deport Street, A s h l a n d . 7 p m . Fr a n k J. Barrett, Jr. will present his illustrated talk on “The Rise and Fall of New Hampshire’s Railroads and the White Mountain Hotels”. Program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. 968-7716

Pottery Bowl Basket Class

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 9am-5pm. Master the art of Pottery Bowl Basket making in this class with instructor, Jean Reed. No two pieces will be alike, and no previous weaving experience is necessar y. Students will need to bring a hand towel, scissors, a spray bottle and a bagged lunch. Tuition is $90pp. Preregistration is required. 2797920

Jim Tyrrell– Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

“Creatures of the Night” – Wildlife Presentation

The Loon Center, Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 7pm. Learn about the wildlife who live their lives after dark. How do wild animals find food in the dark or escape predators? You don’t have to stay up late to get a close look at the elusive nocturnal creatures. Meet three live creatures of the night with a Squam Lakes Natural Science Center naturalist to learn surprising details of their adaptations, which make them well-suited for night life. Free and open to the public. 476-5666

Thurs. 25th – August 3rd Barnstormers Present “The Man Who Came to Dinner” Barnstormers Theatre, 104 Main Street, Tamworth. The Barnstormers present George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart’s “The Man Who Came to Dinner”. What do you get when you combine great literature with crazy, funny farce? The most beloved comedy of American Theatre! This show is a Barnstormers best seller. 323-8500 or www.

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Thurs. 25th – August 11th Pirates of Penzance Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Pirates of Penzance is one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most beloved operettas, filled with hilarious lyrics and brilliant musical craftsmanship. Join a crew of lovable pirates, a bevy of beautiful maidens, a n d a n e r vo u s b a n d o f policemen for this delicious musical comedy treat! www.

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Friday 26th Friday Night Kayaking in Pittsfield Every Friday Night there will be a group kayak at different locations in Pittsfield. To join the group and receive the location spot, email pauloman555@

yahoo.com

Guided “Veggie Hunt” for Kids

Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. 10am. This fun filled event combines the enthusiasm of Easter Egg Hunts with exploring where food comes from and how it grows. The guided “Veggie Hunt” brings children ages 5 to 9, accompanied by a parent or grandparent, into the farm’s fields with a member of the farm’s staff to learn about how each vegetable grows before the hunt begins. The cost is $12 for the first child in the group and $10 each additional child and includes a t-shirt and the veggies found during the event. 279-3915

Dueling Pianos – Gardner Berry vs Jim Tyrrell Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841 Saturday 27th

Pop Up Extravaganza – Art Show

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. Pop Up Extravaganza is a unique one-day shopping event featur ing clothing, jewelry, needle and fiber art, pottery, a custom Parfumerie, and a mini photo studio for fast, fun, high quality

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sugar and just 88 calories. The lowest of our group at 4.2% ABV might make you guess there might be zero taste as well but not so. Find out their story at henryshardsparkling.com The last sparkling beverage we encounter is from Crook & Marker produced in West Palm Beach, FL by Markers Edge LLC. Flavors currently offered are Black Cherry, Strawberry Lemon, Tangerine, Blueberry Lime, Grapefruit, Mango and Pear. With zero grams of sugar and 80 calories, you would think this 4% ABV spiked seltzer is just like the previously mentioned very mild flavored drinks but, in fact, it is very flavorful and captured my attention at the first sip. Look at their website for more info at crookandmarker.com You can find all of these products and so much more at Case-n-Keg in Meredith as well as other fine providers. You might be surprised at how good they taste without the calories and carbs to bog you down!

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Hebron Fair Hebron Commons at the North End of Newfound Lake. Fair begins at 9am and is held rain or shine. Arts and crafts, helicopter rides, nature walks, children’s games, pony rides, rummage sale, food and much more! There will be a silent auction from 11am2pm and a live auction at 1pm. www.HebronChurchFair.org or 744-5883

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Beginning Birding at Birch Ridge Community Forest

Moose Mountains Regional Greenways (MMRG) will offer a birdwatching outing at Birch Ridge Community Forest in New Durham on Saturday, July 20 from 8 to 11 am. Although this event will be aimed at beginners, birdwatchers of all levels are welcome to attend. There will also be a brief update on vision, goals and the planning process for the Community Forest, which was permanently conserved just last month. The trip leader will be MMRG staff member Virginia Long, who also leads MMRG’s monthly birding group called MOOSE-ie Birders and led a hawk watch on Birch Ridge last fall. Regarding this outing, Long says, “It’s always exciting to search for birds in a new place and I enjoy introducing beginning

birders to new birds, so I’m looking forward to this event! We’ll explore part of the new Birch Ridge Community Forest and its birdlife. Recent and previous timber cuts on the property mean that we may see some less common bird species that rely on early successional habitat, which has been disappearing from NH as forests have re-grown. Join us as we explore!”The event is free and open to the public but pre-registration is required. For directions and to register, call MMRG Education Coordinator Kari Lygren at (603) 978-7125 or email info@mmrg.info. Please bring binoculars; a bird guide would also be helpful. Participants are asked to leave pets at home. MMRG is one member of the Partnership for

Birch Ridge Community Forest (BRCF), which also includes Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire (SELT) and Merrymeeting Lake Association. The Partnership was formed to acquire, conserve and steward the 2000+ acre BRCF property overlooking Merrymeeting Lake, with SELT as landowner and MMRG holding the conservation easement. A celebration of the permanent conservation of the Community Forest is being held on Saturday, July 13; for details see seltnh.org/event/birchridge-celebration/. For more information on the Partnership organizations, see www.mmrg. info, www.mmlake.org/, and seltnh.org/.

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The Man Who Came to Dinner July 25 to August 3 LIFE AS THEY KNOW IT WILL NEVER BE the same for Mr. and Mrs. Stanley once radio celebrity Sheridan Whiteside arrives for dinner. Who knew there’d be penguins in the library and convicts in the foyer—and a whole lot more? Brilliant and witty, madcap and zany, this timeless classic combines the best of comedic literature with perfectly-crafted characters for one of the wildest romps ever in American theatre.

2019 Season Sponsor: The Haynes Family Foundation For Tickets & Special offers: 603-323-8500 www.barnstormerstheatre.org

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Guided Historic Walking Tours of Dover SALES - SERVICE - STORAGE

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Take a Guided Historic Walking Tours of Dover on Saturday, July 20th 10:30am - Noon. The Architectural Tour of historic buildings fea-

tures information about construction, architectural techniques, and the historic significance of those who built or occupied these buildings,

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the earliest of which was constructed in 1785. Tour begins at the Woodman Museum (182 Central Avenue, Dover) at 10:30am. $10 per person or $25 for families. Walking shoes and water bottles are recommended as the tours generally are an hour and a half. For more information or to make reservations over the phone, please contact the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce at (603) 742-2218 or info@ dovernh.org.

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Gilford Cinema 8 CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY! All Tickets All Day Tuesdays $6

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Christmas In July Craft Fair In Wolfeboro Cool off and think Christmas at the Christmas in July Craft Festival on July 19-21 at Brewster Academy, 80 Academy Drive, Rt. 28, in Wolfeboro. The Festival will be held on Friday & Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. Special features will include alpaca exhibit, live music with Sergei Novikov all weekend, music of Tim Janis, and free photos with Santa Claus on Sunday noon to 2 pm. There will be over 90 fabulous exhibitors displaying a variety of holiday and all-occasion arts and crafts including handpainted Christmas ornaments, unique handpainted feather art, holiday CD’s, personalized winter scenes, Christmas & all-occasion handpainted wall decor, soy candles, handsome cedar wood furniture, beautiful fleece clothing, fabulous tee shirts, jewelry, holiday & all-occasion placemats & runners, glass art, garlic graters, handpainted holiday slates, amazing wildlife photography, spe-

cial Lake Winnipesaukee aerial photography, kettle corn, fresh-squeezed lemonade, delicious cannoli, fabulous caramel candy, wood carvings of signs/ bears/eagles, handpainted glassware, African art & crafts, amazing sun shades, beautiful & unique framed metal art, American girl doll clothing, historical names framed, tie dye clothing,

and lots more. Music + Food Trucks + Relaxation Tent + Santa Claus on Sunday for Free Photos - Rain or Shine Under Canopies - Always Free Admission & Parking - Info Joyce (603) 5284014 or www.joycescraftshows.com. Leashed, Friendly Pets Welcome. See you there.

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Music and Art Together in Meredith The Greater Meredith Program (GMP) Meredith Sculpture Walk and the NH Music Festival (NHMF) will offer a Music and Art in the Village community event on Saturday, July 27th from 11-1pm on Main Street and in the Mill Falls Marketplace. The partnership will offer classical music near the MSW sculptures. Groups of NHMF musicians, stationed at five locations on the Meredith Sculpture Walk, will play classical music while MSW Docents will be available to talk about the sculptures nearby. The locations and musicians are Mill Falls Marketplace -Percussion Ensemble,

Richard Kelly, Bill Shaltis, Matt Sharrock; Courtyard on Main – Nicolas Kuster, Bassoon and Friends; 48 Main Café porch – Violetta Todorova, Violin; Dan Williams, Clarinet; Hermit Woods Winery - Luis Casal, Viola; Community Park –Trombone Trio- David Loucky, Tanner Antonetti, Don Robinson. In its third year, Music and Art in The Village has been welcomed by residents and visitors as an enjoyable free community event. Supporting merchant donors are Hermit Woods Winery, Bleu Waves Gallery, Grooming by Christie and VynnArt Gallery. Sculpture Walk bro-

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chures as well as “Do the Loop” brochures will be available to guide the public to shop, dine, and enjoy the day in Meredith. (In the event of rain, the event will be cancelled.) The Greater Meredith Program (GMP) is a nonprofit community economic development organization seeking to enhance economic vitality, historical and cultural heritage, and town-wide beautification. For more information about GMP or volunteer opportunities, please call 603.279.9015, email gmp@greatermeredithprogram.com, visit the website at www.greatermeredith.org. or follow us on Facebook.

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Dinosaurs Alive! At Science Center Discovering dinosaurs is no longer just for paleontologists. On Wednesday, July 31 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Hold-

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stops sinking early you know a fish has it in its mouth. Then close your bail and set the hook. The majority of bites will come on the drop when jigging or while dropping back down to the fish. Vertical jigging lake trout in August and September is one of my favorite activities, both as an angler and as a guide. Having a 50-fish day is not uncommon, and 100 fish days (per boat) are possible. It’s a numbers game. Just remember that you are bringing these fish up from deep water. They will need time to expel gasses from their swim bladder, so bring them up slow. When you think you are bringing them up slow enough, slow down about even more. You will notice that they will fight hard at first, then feel like dead weight, and then begin to fight again once they burp out some of the air in their swim bladder. Moments later you may see air bubbles rise to the surface. If you love vertical jigging any species of fish, and you enjoy catching them in large numbers, vertical jigging for lake trout might See MOORE on 28

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flight today and Neil A. Armstrong, the spaceship commander said, “The three of us have no fear launching out this expedition.” Armstrong, set to become earth’s first messenger on the moon, added. “I’m sure that American Ingenuity and American craftsmanship have given us the best equipment that can be made available.” Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins will be awakened at 4:15am, undergo a brief medical examination and breakfast at 5am. A half hour later they put on their spacesuits and arrive at the launch pad 2 hours and 40 minutes before lift off at 9:32am. Some commentators had expressed concern that the samples of moon soil the astronauts hope to bring back might explode when the lunar lander is pressurized with oxygen for leaving the airless moon. “We have examined this in great detail for five years,” said Dr. George Low, spacecraft program director. “There is no danger of explosion from what we know about the mate-

rial. There is absolutely no concern.” At the launch pad, crew installed batteries aboard Apollo 11’s 36-story tall Saturn 5 rocket and completed preparing the spacecraft. An unmanned Soviet spaceship, Luna 15, continued cruising toward the moon, possibly to salvage some consolation for Russia by scooping up a sample of moon rock and bringing it to earth before Apollo 11. Luna 15 was expected to arrive at the moon Thursday. At a nationally televised press conference last night, Aldrin was asked if he would be disappointed if the Russians first snared lunar dirt. He said: “I’m sure all of us would. We’d like to return with everything we set out to do on this flight.” Their precise flight plan calls for going into moon orbit at 1:26pm. Saturday, unlocking the lunar landing vehicle from the mother ship 24 hours later and touching down on the moon at 4:19pm. Sunday. Before they walk on the moon they have to check the systems to propel them back to the orbiting mother ship with

Collins aboard, then try to sleep for four hours. Their only hope of rescue is Collins, coming overhead every two hours in the immutable laws of space travel. He has the ability, at a huge cost in valuable fuel, of coming down within 9 miles of the surface. Collins would be of help only if the lunar vehicle could not leave its selfcontained launch pad and go that high to meet him. If not, their death would come after two days on the inhospitable, airless moon. New York Post – Wednesday, July 16th On The Way Reaching for a dream, America’s Apollo 11 astronauts soared into space today on the voyage of the ages – an attempt to land men on the moon. Flawlessly they passed the first crucial milestones of the mission – launch, insertion into earth orbit, blasting free from earth orbit and separation from and redocking with the lunar module, still housed in the spent third-stage booster. The astronauts later pulled the lunar See MOON on 32

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module free from its space garage and sent the spent third stage off in orbit of the sun. Civilian commander Neil A. Armstrong, Air Force Col. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr and Air Force Lt Col. Michael Collins started the journey on the awesome power of the Saturn 5 super-rocket that thundered from Cape Kennedy at 9:32am. The rocket screamed on its pad for nine seconds as a computer system made certain all five booster engines reached full thrust of 7.7 million pounds – more powerful than 92,000 locomotives or 50,000 automobiles. When the computer senses all was right, it commanded four 40,000-pound steel restraining arms to fly away from the pulsating giant. With agonizing slowness the Saturn 5 climbed on a wide pillar of fire, gradually picking up speed as its hungry power plant gulped fuel at the rate of

The photograph was taken from Cape Kennedy, adjacent to Kennedy Space Center where Apollo 11 lifted off from Pad 39A at 9:32 a.m. EDT. This image was imposed upon the image of the flag filmed a day earlier. 7/16/1969. On July 16, 1969, the huge, 363-feet tall Saturn V rocket launches on the Apollo 11 mission from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:32 a.m.

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15 tons a second. After 12 seconds, the guidance system tipped the rocket slightly onto a southeast heading and it sped out over the Atlantic. After 2 ½ minutes of flight, the first stage shut down and the second stage separated and flashed to life. Two and one-half hours later, the still-attached Saturn third stage fired a second time to hurl Apollo 11 out of earth’s orbit and start racing toward the moon. Half an hour after this maneuver, the astronauts separated from their command ship, pivoted around 180 degrees and

gingerly poked the harpoon-like docking mechanism into a connecting device in the nose of the lunar module, cradled atop the third stage. The two ships locked nose to nose, streaked outward toward the distant target. The firing of the third stage increased their speed from about 17,400 to 24,200 miles per hour, enough to break the grip of the earth’s gravity. New York Post – Thursday, July 17th HALF WAY America’s Apollo 11 explorers soared past the See MOON on 33

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halfway point of their journey to the moon today and fired a brief burst of their spaceship engine to zero in on their target. The mid-course engine firing lasted only three seconds and increased Apollo 11’s speed by only 14 mph. But it adjusted the path so the astronauts will pass within 69 miles of the moon’s backside on Saturday-precisely where they want to be to inject themselves into orbit to start their exploration. Had they continued on their previous course, their closest approach would have been 201 miles. The successful firing of the 20,500-poundthrust engine was a reassuring sound to spacecraft commander Neil A. Armstrong, Air Force Col. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. and Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Collins. This is the power plant that must blast them into lunar orbit before Armstrong and Aldrin descend to the surface and must also work to start them home next Monday. “It was a good burn,” mis-

The moment Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to step on the moon. sion control told the astronauts. Apollo 11 reached the midpoint of its trek at 10:33 a.m. when the 48ton space ship was precisely 120,003 miles from both earth and moon. The astronauts crossed the invisible line after 25 hours 53 seconds of flight at a speed of about 3080mph. It will take them twice as long-51 hours to cover the remaining distance. Like a car coast-

ing uphill, the spaceship gradually slowed from its initial speed of 24,200 mph. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins remained tightlipped, the least talkative Apollo crew yet, as their earth shrank in the distance. Throughout the morning they conducted spaceship checks and when they talked it usually was to report on the condition of systems.

Newsday – Saturday, July 19th, 1969 MOONMEN POISED FOR BIG STEP Three American astronauts are entering their weekend on the moon: the goal of their mission and the culmination of a centuries-old dream. For Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E.(Buzz) Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins, the first in an unprecedented series of thrills and haz-

ards begins this afternoon when they fire their critical Service Propulsion System engine to go into lunar orbit. The maneuver, designed to brake the speeding spacecraft sufficiently to allow it to be captured by the moon’s gravity and swung into an orbital path, will be carried out behind the moon, where the crew will be out of communication with Mission Control in Houston. The elliptical orbit of 69 by 196 miles above the surface will become after two revolutions a nearly circular 62-by-76-mile orbit which, because of unevenness in the moon’s gravity, will become the required 69-mile circular orbit by Monday night. That is when the moon lander will be returning from the lunar surface and seeking to rendezvous and dock with the orbiting command module. This morning the spaceship raced into the shadow of the moon and for the first time the astronauts were able to pick out lunar landscape features, See MOON on 34

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illuminated by light reflected from the earth the moon’s surface was clearly distinguishable. “It’s quite an eerie sight,” he said. With the moon blotting out the sun’s glare, Collins said: “We’re able to see stars again and recognize constellations for the first time in the trip. It’s a real change for us.” The spaceship’s course was so accurate, a corrective rocket firing scheduled for 5:26 AM if needed was canceled and the astronauts were told to get more sleep. Soviet officials told astronaut Frank Borman yesterday that their Luna 15 satellite orbiting the moon would not be in position to interfere with the orbiting Apollo 11 command ship or its moon lander. Borman, who recently returned from a tour of the Soviet Union, received the information in a call to M. V. Keldysh, president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. However, Russian officials gave no clue as to the mission of Luna 15. Tonight, Aldrin, the LM pilot, enters the spidery module that he and Armstrong will ride to the moon tomorrow and gives it a 90-minute checkout in preparation for the role that it was created for more than six years ago by the Grumman Aerospace Corp. of Bethpage, L.I. Yesterday, for the first

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” time since Wednesday’s launch, the astronauts took a look at the vehicle that will carry their fate and the nation’s hopes between the command module and the moon. They liked what they saw. A two-hour checkout of the LM’s systems proved that everything was functioning properly. In fact, Armstrong and Aldrin found that Collins, the command module pilot, had done such a good job of docking the two crafts during the early stages of the translunar coast that “there isn’t a dent or a mark on the docking probe.” Newsday Monday, July 21 LM: PERFORMANCE WAS FLAWLESS The 32,000 pound ve-

hicle that brought the first men to a pillow-soft land in the moon’s Sea Of Tranquility yesterday performed with a precision that seemed to make man’s greatest voyage look too easy. Originally named the Lunar Excursion Module and christened Eagle for its maiden descent, the four-legged, spider-like craft was the only major component of the Apollo 11 system that had never been full tested. Space officials and designers of the craft said there was not a single malfunction of the Eagle from the time it was sprung loose from the mother Ship Columbia at 1:47pm until 4:18pm when the vehicle settled gently to the moon in a 40-foot high cloud of lunar dust kicked up by

its descent engine. “Eagle has landed,” came the voice of Eagle’s commander, Neil A. Armstrong. After skirting a lunar rock pile with a sideways burst of the small rockets of the vehicle’s reaction control system, Armstrong put the craft down virtually level. It stood at a barely perceptible tilt of 4.5 degrees, far short of the 30-degree tilt which the astronauts would have had to worry about the craft tipping over. Newsday Monday, July 21st MEN WALK ON THE MOON Man stepped out of the cradle of the earth last night. Two men walked on the moon. American astronauts Neil Armstrong

and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr. demonstrated to a world watching on TV that human beings can reach, and function with ease and safety, in the hostile environment of, another celestial body. Then, following a flight plan with machinelike precision, they checked out their Grumman-built moon ship and prepared for the critical takeoff today. While on the surface of the moon for more than two hours last night and early today, the Apollo 11 spacemen performed their assigned tasks with almost unbelievable coolness and precision. From the moment Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface at 10:56pm until they slammed closed the hatch of their moon lander at 1:10am today, the astronauts were never in difficulty, never threatened by the myriad dangers that could have afflicted them. They performed all of the scientific experiments and chores asked of them. They undertook all of their planned ceremonial duties. They even worked overtime on the surface because things were going so smoothly. Armstrong set the tone of the mission when, in full view of an automatic television camera, he first stepped onto the sandy surface and proclaimed evenly: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Earlier, when the module first touched the moon surface, he had radioed back the bound-for-destiny message, “Eagle has landed.” Doctors in Mission Control said that both men had reacted very well to the lunar conditions, which include a gravity only one-sixth that of the earth. Their heart rates ranged from lows of 64, about normal-to a peak for Armstrong of 160 when he was performing a strenuous activity, and high for Aldrin of 125. It was reported that neither man received any radiation from the sun while on the surface. Except for a reference to See MOON on 35

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the moon’s “stark beauty” by Armstrong, the commander, they expressed little response to their strange new world that was not technically oriented. Moving constantly and adopting a tilted, loping stride that occasionally gave them the appearance of marionettes-Armstrong and Aldrin planted the U.S. flag and offered it a salute. They collected two boxes of lunar soil and rocks and deployed three scientific experiments designed to unlock lunar secrets that could open new insights into the origin of the earth. They completed their work within the allotted period and returned to their module to eat, rest and prepare for the return to earth, which begins with this afternoon’s critical liftoff. Then Armstrong and Aldrin will join the third crew member, - Michael Collins, who was orbiting the moon in the command module like an anxious husband driving around the block while his wife shops. New York Post Monday, July 21st NOW THE LONG WAY HOME Two Americans, who explored the moon’s surface for the first time and raised their nation’s banner above it, started preparations today for the perilous blastoff for the long journey home to earth. It will be a suspenseful moment. Never before has a rocket lifted anything off the moon. Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. awoke at Tranquility Base on the moon and plunged into systems checks on the lander and engine on which, again, they will stake their lives. The bottom section of the craft, with the four landing legs, will serve as a launch pad and will be left on the moon when they fire the single engine that powers the cabin section of the ship called Eagle.

and switch settings for the critical liftoff was the No. 1 priority after wakeup. A successful liftoff will shoot them into lunar orbit to chase down Michael Collins, orbiting about 65 miles overhead in the Apollo 11 command ship, Columbia. Once linked up, they plan to fire themselves back toward earth early tomorrow, ending a space odyssey in which they etched their names beside those of history’s great explorers, Columbus, Bal-

Astronaut “Buzz” Aldrin makes his way down the Lunar Module to join Neil Armstrong on the moon. The firing, scheduled to last more than 7 minutes, was set for 1:54pm. EDT. Mission Control awakened the moon men shortly after 11am, following a 6-hour rest period. Instruments that monitored Armstrong during the night indicated he slept fitfully. There is only one set of biomedical instruments in the cabin so Aldrin was

not monitored. Sleeping in the cramped quarters of the LM is difficult and Aldrin reported: “Neil has been lying on the engine cover and I curled up on the floor.” Checking of systems

35 boa, Magellan, da Gama and Byrd. But what a difference. When Columbus landed in the New World, Spain’s Queen Isabella didn’t hear about it for six weeks. Through the magic of television, an estimated 500 million people around the World had a ringside seat at man’s greatest adventure. It was unforgettable. Armstrong climbed through the LM hatch and started backing See MOON on 36

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the far shore 20 minutes later and exclaimed: “Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation.” When Aldrin, a deeply religious man, relayed this message to the world shortly after the landing: “This is the LMT pilot. I’d like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening, whoever, wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way.” They, planted an American flag and saluted it, but made it plain they came to the moon as ambassadors for all mankind. They unveiled a stainless steel plaque bearing See MOON on 37

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down a nine-rung ladder. On the second rung from the bottom, he opened a compartment, exposing a television camera. The picture was black and white and somewhat jerky, but it recorded history. Among scientists, there was elation that the crew had landed in an area with a variety of rocks, a treasure that held the hope of a rich payoff in the search to learn more about moon and earth. As Armstrong planted his left boot on the powder surface at 10:56pm. yesterday he said: “That’s one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind.” The camera trained on Aldrin as he stepped on

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Plaque left by Apollo 11 Astronauts upon the moon’s surface. lunar orbit, these two pioneers of a walk on another sphere carried out a successful linkup at 5:35pm. New York time. They flew Eagle, their landing craft, from Tranquility Base on the moon’s surface to Columbia. The Apollo 11 command craft manned by Michael Collins, in three hours and 19 minutes. Once in rendezvous, Collins steered the bulletSee MOON on 38

Apollo 11 Astronauts splashdown successfully on July 24 about 900 miles southwest of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean. MOON from 36

the words: “Here men from planet earth first set foot upon the moon, July, 1969. A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.” They left on the moon a disc on which’ messages from the leaders of 76 nations had been recorded. They will return to earth with them the flags of 136 nations, including Russia.

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wildly unpopular and was wildly unsuccessful, carrying unintended consequences that actually exacerbated de facto segregation rather than alleviating it. She still got points for knocking Biden, though she holds his exact position on the issue. There’s a lot of profit to be made, both politically and financially, in generating and maintaining stupid controversy. Perhaps that speaks to our national need for catharsis. But here’s the thing about unjustifiable anger: It’s never satiated. So watch for our controversies to get stupider and stupider -- and more and more profitable for those who egg them on. Ben Shapiro, 35, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “The Right Side Of History.” He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com.

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nauts. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins looked like strangers from another world as they stepped off the helicopter and walked the 12 steps to the quarantine trailer. They waved to acknowledge the cheers and applause of the NASA and Navy personnel on board. In Mission Control Center in Houston, scores of persons broke out small American flags. On the display board were flashed President Kennedy’s words of May 25, 1961, when he pledged this country to land men on the moon in this decade and return them safely to earth. All photos are from NASA Kennedy Space Center unless otherwise noted

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would fence himself in and work alone in that area. After attending the regular schooling of the day Joseph appears to have gone off on his own to live what might be called a lonely and selfsufficient life, though not one of obscurity. At the age of 21 he bought forested land at the foot of Meredith Hill where he built himself a house. He later built a new house on land he owned about ¾ of a mile from the first, after the foundation of the first was damaged by a flood. He had a barn for some cattle he possessed, though his “herd” was later reduced to one ox which was used to pull the cart which was his means of transportation. During his last 25 years he had no animals in his possession. A hermit is said to be one who lives in seclusion to engage in religious observance, and, though he didn’t attend church, Joseph was what we might call “a man of faith”. He was a student of the Bible and thought to be a “Calvinistic Baptist” in regards to his doctrinal belief system. I call Joseph Plumer a sociable hermit partially because he would discuss the doctrines of the Bible with theology students who came to his cabin from the New Hampton Theological and Literary Institution and appears to have welcomed other visitors who are said to have sometimes numbered a hundred in a week, many of them being curiosity seekers. There were, though, apparently times when he would not open his door for even his mother. It was said that he never read newspapers, but he was interested in studying history. Much about “Old Jo Plumer”, as some called him, was in keeping with what we would expect of a reclusive person. Besides building his living quarters, he built the furniture, utensil, tools, baskets, chairs, tubs,

wooden scales, violins, and bass viols. He was good in math and using that knowledge to make a living for himself. He was a “frugal eater” with his food consisting of “wild meat, fish, potatoes, corn bread, berries, roots, and herbs.” He calculated that it cost him about thirteen cents a week for living expenses. He sold products he produced to the visitors who came to see him as he grew apples and made cider, grew tobacco and

tempted to court again. Another of Plumer’s peculiarities concerned his method of making decisions. He kept a small box, a decision box, so to speak, with a spot marked in the middle of the inside cover. In the box he kept two kernels of corn of different colors, and when he needed help in making a decision he would shake the box, turn it over and see which kernel of corn was nearest the spot. If the kernel designated the

Grave-stone of Joseph Plumer. Courtesy of Bob Manley of the Hermit Woods Winery. Water dipper made by Joseph Plumer on display at Meredith for most of his life, but Peace to his ashes and Historical Society Museum. Photo by Robert Hanford Smith. died at the age of 88 on rest of his soul.” made snuff, and made maple sugar. He constructed a weighing machine in his house and would receive money in exchange for weighing his visitors. The hermit of Meredith Hill made an attempt at courting the sister of the wives of two of his brothers, but, using an unorthodox method of doing so, failed. He was interested in Deacon Fox’s remaining single daughter, and somehow secretly got into her bedroom where he waited for her. Upon opening her bedroom door in preparation for retiring for the night and seeing the hermit, the young lady ran screaming to her father’s bedroom with Joseph following her. After the Deacon became aware of what was happening he said “Joseph, that is not the way to court,” to which Joseph replied, “There is more than one way to do it.” But to our knowledge he never at-

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Dec. 3rd, 1862. Joseph Plumer thus was born just before the Revolutionary war began and died during the Civil War. Engraved on his grave stone in the woods near the Sanbornton/Meredith town line are the words “Content with seeking happiness for himself only, he lived in seclusion. He died alone.

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Animal Crackers Sponsored by

What’s Going On Meow? TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE TOLD ANY OF US IN THE CAT RESCUE BUSINESS THAT YOU’D LOVE TO GET INVOLVED: We need people who are trained to use humane traps to catch feral and stray animals throughout the state of New Hampshire, and bordering states. I’d love to train a bunch of people, as I’m getting a bit older and driving 60 miles to set a trap and look at it for hours at a time is getting old, too. We can use trappers in communities around Laconia, Franklin, Concord, Manchester, Wells Maine, Meridith, well, pretty much everywhere. I can come up and show you how to trap, assign some traps for your use, or you can just check them out from us when you need to use them. Please email me at ThoseCatRescuePeople@gmail.com to find out how to get trained! You can also text Vera at (603) 978-9172. Please don’t call unless you are unable to text or email, as I am getting about 6 calls a day for trapping, and every time I have to stop to talk on the phone delays saving cats. I promise, you will hear back from me when I’m not on the road!

LOOKING FOR THEIR FOREVER HOMES Say Hello To Gizmo! GIZMO

Gizmo is a jovial 10-year-old tuxedo cat who enjoys affection on his own terms. He is curious, calm and comfortable in his skin. He is not a fan of small children and would prefer to live in a quiet home. He gets along with other cats, is current on vaccination, is neutered and microchipped. Lakes Region Humane Society, 11 Old Rt. 28, Ossipee, NH. (603) 539-1077 • www.lrhs.net

Miss Precious & Zoey Need a Home

This is Miss Precious, ZOEY a dachshund cross who is MISS PRECIOUS about 12 pounds and 15 years young. She was surrendered to LLLF with her daughter Zoey as their owner passed away from cancer. Family were not able to take in the dogs due to their living situation. Zoey is 20 pounds and 7 years old, a classic “shaggy dog” Both dogs are looking for a new forever home. They can be seen at Live and Let Live Farm Rescue on Sunday at 2:30 pm.

GOT Nesquick Ready For His Forever Home! Nesquick is an amazingly smart 1 year old lab mix that MICE?? came to us through southern transport. He currently knows sit and down, and is very ready to learn! He will require some basic training, but has every potential to be a star. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Nesquick has been returned twice due to no fault of his own and will need his absolute dream home. We are requiring him to be adopted out to an adult only home, potentially another doggy friend, but no cats or small animals. Please come meet Nesquick, you may just fall in love! www.nhhumane.org 524-3252 facebook.com/nhhumane

We can help! We have over 30 cute kittens

and cats who love to catch mice! Email Karen@ friendsoftheferalcatsnh.com for an adoption application, or call 603. 455.8202

Low Cost Spay & Neuter Ser vices Animal Rescue Veterinary Svc www.arvsonline.org Londonderry, NH (603) 425-3928 Rozzie May Animal Alliance info@rozziemay.org 603-447-1373

Catmobile 978-462-0760 catmobile@mrfrs.org Animal Wefare Society Kennebunk, ME (207) 292-2424 Animal Allies Spay & Neuter (603) 228-6755

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Hee-e-e’s Launy!

This adorable, four-year-old girl has been in shelter care for a combined total of over 100 days. Launy is waiting for someone to notice her and give her the loving home she deserves. Launy is a sweet, laid-back lady. Most days, you can find her in her kennel, playing with her toys or just sitting quietly. Once she’s LAUNY outside, she loves to soak in all the sights and sounds! Though Launy can be a bit withdrawn when meeting new people, she opens up once she gets to know you! She’s an affectionate pup, but will act more reserved until she trusts someone. We’re not sure if Launy’s quiet disposition is causing her to be overlooked, but it’s heart-breaking to see such a sweet dog wait in her kennel day after day with no interest from adopters. Launy is open to having a canine companion, but must meet any potential fur-siblings to determine compatibility! Come meet Launy at Pope Memorial Humane Society (formerly known as Cocheco Valley Humane Society) at 262 County Farm Road in Dover, NH! cvhsonline.org.

is a foundation to support organizations or individuals involved in the humane treatment of animals, including those in dire situations. For more information visit funds4paws.org or find them on Facebook.

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