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EDITORIAL A Matter Of Words

Outdoor Columnist Amy Patenaude stands on Pine Mountains open ledge with a view of Mount Major and Lake Winnipesaukee. The 1.7 mile lollipop loop through the Morse Preserve is well worth the modest effort for the grand mountain and lake vista. Although no longer a working farm the blueberry barrens were full of ripe berries and it is a popular place for people to pick.

A Hike On Pine Mountain Trail Evelyn H. & Albert D. Morse, Sr. Preserve

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Columnist

Early Saturday morning, while the Mount Major parking lot was overflowing out onto Route 11, we were headed to another nearby quieter and smaller Belknap peak. Charlie and I easily pulled into the Mike Burke, Alton Town Forest parking area on Avery Hill Road

in Alton. There is room for about a dozen cars here. I had printed the Pine Mountain Trail map from the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (SPNHF) website, www. forestsociety.org . I had learned about Pine Mountain because its trails are included in the 60+ miles of trails that must be hiked

to earn the Belknap Range Redline Patch offered by the Belknap Range Trail Tenders (BRATTS.org). The BRATTS are a volunteer group that perform great work maintaining and improving the hiking trails in the Belknap Range. The goal of the redline challenge is for people to have fun exploring the Belknap

Range and to inspire new BRATT membership to help maintain these trails. We gathered our packs, walked across the road and walked a short distance south to reach the Arlene Frances Morse Trail and Robert A. Greenwood, Sr. Loop Trailhead. Just behind the gate there is an informaSee patenaude on 37

Barely a day has gone by over the last few years when we haven’t been reminded of the epidemic of drug abuse that inhabits New Hampshire. It has been literally shoved down our throats. Lead newspaper stories on this problem have become so commonplace that it is refreshing to not see a story on the front page about another overdose or large drug bust in the state. Our one and only statewide television news station has a special name and graphic that they use daily to cover yet another life lost in New Hampshire. A clever name that infers, by its title, that New Hampshire is in the depths of a serious statewide drug epidemic. A clever name that infers that New Hampshire is one thing above all else. It plays most everyday informing its tens of thousands of viewers that New Hampshire is, indeed, the “State of Addiction” with no apologies, no counterpoint. We listen, nod our heads and then eat dinner. No one raises even a whimper. Then, President Trump, in a private phone conversation, calls New Hampshire a “Drug Infested Den” and suddenly the outrage erupts. Maybe not the best choice of words by our president, but the phrase said only once, in private, does not differ much in essence from the more polite term we hear broadcast every day, day after day. We love double standards in this country.

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August Through October 2017 “The American Soldier, From the Civil War to the War in Iraq, A Photographic Tribute”

The Wright Museum, Center Street, Wolfeboro. The exhibit contains one hundred and sixteen photographs that focus on the real lives of American soldiers – Army troops and Marines – through the nine major wars America has fought since 1861. Come see this exceptional exhibition honoring the American Soldier. 569-1212

Lakes Region Curling Association – Player Registration Wolfeboro. If you love the Winter Olympics but can’t get to PyeongChang for them, do the next best thing; Play an Olympic sport right here in the Lakes Region! Lakes Region Curling Association Leagues are for men and women of all ages and experience levels. Participants can join individually, as couples, or as entire teams. The upcoming fall season runs for eight Sunday evenings from mid-October to mid-December at Pop Whalen Ice Arena in Wolfeboro. There is no equipment to buy, and new members get an introduction to the basics of the game at a “learn-to-curl” session before the season begins. Registration begins now. For more information about the rules of curling and game play, as well as registration, visit www.lakescurlingnh.org or call 498-4968

Through Sat. 19th Annie, the Musical Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. Little Orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in the 1930s New York City. 745-2141 or www.

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Thursday 10th 11th Annual Boathouse Tour NH Boat Museum, Center Street, Wolfeboro. Experience this one-ofa-kind opportunity to tour fabulous boathouses on Lake Winnipesaukee! Tours will depart from different locations on the land and lake; this year, for the first time, tours will depart from Meredith Bay. www.NHBM.org or 569-4554 for more information and tickets.

Artisans on the Green – Art and Craft Fair

Sandwich Town Green, Sandwich. 10am-4:30pm. This event celebrates

existing artisans while also encouraging visitors to appreciate, own, and learn how to create beautiful objects. The public is welcome to talk with the artists, watch them work, and purchase objects you love!284-6831

Farmington Community Band – Free Concert First Congregational Church, 400 Main Street, Farmington. 6:30pm. Free and open to the public.

Music on the Lawn – Boston Based Artist Katie Dobbins Gilmanton Year-Round Library, NH Route 140, Gilmanton. 7pm. Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets and snacks and enjoy the music! In the event of rain, the performance will be moved inside the library. 715-5721

Ham and Bean Supper

Hotchkiss Commons, 71 Main Street, Union. 5:30pm and 6:15pm. Your choice of 2 kinds of homemade beans, ham, hot dogs and more! $8/adults, $4/children.

Contra Dancing in NH: Then and Now

Booster Clubhouse, 99 Main Street, Ashland. 7pm. Well known traditional musician, Dudley Laufman, presents this interactive program for the audiences delight. At the end of the program, willing audience members will be invited to dance the Virginia reel. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. 968-7716

Bristol Rotary Club’s Annual Penny Sale

Newfound Regional High School, Newfound Road, Bristol. 6:30pm. Food and refreshments will also be on sale.

Summer Nature Talk – Coyotes of New Hampshire

The Loon Center, Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 7:30pm. Join NH Fish and Game biologist Pat Tate for a talk about coyotes in NH. Learn about the history of coyotes in the state: their life history, current status, the results of research to date and what the future may hold for NH’s top canine predator. Free and open to the public. 476-5666

Farmington Community Band’s “POPS” Concert First Congregational Church, 400 Main Street, Farmington. 6:30pm. Enjoy an “original” Farmington Frank dinner. In case of rain, concert will be moved inside the church. www.

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Friday 11th Music on the Square Concert Series – Suzie Burke North Main Street, Rochester. 11:45am-1:30pm. Bring a chair and buy or bring lunch! Concerts take place every Friday. www.

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Fireworks at Weirs Beach Lakeside Avenue, Weirs Beach. 10pm. With the help of many sponsors, Weirs Beach will, once again, light up on Friday nights with a spectacular Fireworks show! www.

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Slippery Sneakers Zydeco Band Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

Music Under the Tent – DixieGrass (Traditional Blue Grass Band)

Turntable Park, Meadow Street, Sanbornville. Food served by local vendors at 6pm, concert starts at 7pm. Free admission, but donations are appreciated.

Kid’s Veggie Hunt

Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. 10am. Bring your kids or grandkids, ages 5 to 9, to this super fun summer event that brings about the excitement of an Easter Egg Hunt! Kids will get excited about eating veggies and will learn how they grow! With the adults accompanying them, the children go into the farm’s fields with a member of the staff to learn about how each vegetable grows before beginning their search. The children get to bring home the vegetables they find during the hunt, and the cost of the veggies is included in the event fee. $12 for the first child, $10 each additional child. There is no charge for the parents or grandparents accompanying children. 279-3915

Comedian Tim Krompier Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com 3351992

Fri. 11th – Sun. 13th On the Green 2 Arts & Crafts Festival Brewster Academy, 80 Academy Drive, Wolfeboro. 10am-5pm Fri. and Sat., Sun. 10am-4pm. Beautiful handmade/homemade crafts and edibles from over 90 crafters from all over New England. Rain or shine, under canopy. Free admission, live music from Tim Janis, live music from Paul Warnick on Saturday as well as Chain Saw Carving demo. Buy American Made crafts! www. joycescraftshows.com or 528-4014

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“Boomtown, Portsmouth” In Wolfeboro The Wright Museum in Wolfeboro will host the 15th lecture in its “Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney 2017 Educational Program Series “Boomtown, Portsmouth” on Tuesday, August 8th, from 7-8pm. at the Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH. Doors open at 6pm. Author lecture and book signing by Rodney Watterson “Boomtown, Portsmouth” is a fascinating look at how a global war changed one small New England city. There are many subplots within the story: a booming Navy yard; hordes of Immigrant workers; a flood of federal dollars; a burgeoning population, U-Boat threats, blackouts; a raucous liberty town; soaring VD rates, and much more. After a Naval career steeped in submarine design and engineering, author Captain Rodney K. Watterson (USN Retired) shifted disciplines and earned a PhD in history from the University of NH. In addition to Boomtown, he has written two other books focusing on Portsmouth. Admission is $8 per person, by cash or check. Wright Museum members are admitted for free. Space is limited, Reservations are strongly recommended to ensure sufficient seating for all. Call 603-569-1212 to reserve your seat today.

Double Headliner Comedy At Pitman’s The Summer Comedy Series at Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem St.) comes to a close with a double headliner event Saturday, Aug. 12 at 9 pm starring Boston favorites Artie “The Mad Pharmacist” Januario and Dan Crohn. Tickets are $20 and Pitman’s is bring your own food and drinks venue. Pitman’s returns to its 8 pm comedy start time, Sept. 9, with another legend as Tony V headlines a show which features Jimmy “PJ” Walsh who will be up from Florida making a New England swing. “The summer comedy shows have done very well,” said Pitman’s owner Dick Mitchell. “We are getting a good mix of regulars and people who are up for the summer and coming to Pitman’s for the first time.” As for the Aug. 12 show, Januario’s appearance will be his first show at Pitman’s in two and a half years as the New England favorite, has been busy working not only the top rooms in New England but clubs across the country. Januario is a regular in Las Vegas and Atlantic City as well as having been seen on Comedy Central and he has hosted the prestigious Comics Come Home at the TD Garden in Boston, a show which is an honor bestowed upon only the best in Boston comedy. The other high level act that night will be Crohn, making this a true double headliner event. Crohn has been seen on Comedy Central and Last Comic Standing, as well as headlining many rooms in an around Boston. Crohn was recently voted one of the top 100 comedians in America. To reserve seats call Pitman’s at (603) 527-0043.

Gilford Community Yard Sale The Missions Committee of the First United Methodist Church of Gilford-Laconia is hosting a Community Yard Sale on Saturday, August 19 from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. This will be held rain or shine! This sale is being done to provide funds for the church’s many mission projects. Inside space with tables provided, is available for $20. Items may be brought in and set up on August 18. Outside space, about 8’ x 10’ is available for $10. No RSVP needed; just come and check in that morning and pay the rent. There will also be a bake sale and refreshments will be available during the yard sale. The church is located at 18 Wesley Way (off Rt. 11A, near the 3/11 bypass). For more information or to reserve a space, please call the office at (603) 524-3289 or e-mail: office@ nhlakesumchurch.org.

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I had never dreamed, twelve years ago when I started it, that it would grow to be such a powerful organization. My intention was purely based on how we could get this idea started in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, but today it has grown across the country. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be prouder. Of course I am talking about TAIALBBHTWICF Fund. For those of you unfamiliar with the acronym (I imagine there might be one or two) it stands for â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Air Is A Little B i t B e tter Here Than Where I Come Fromâ&#x20AC;?. The origin of which was my goodwill intentions in helping upper-middle class and wealthy families, who were shut out in finding a luxurious lakefront home to spend a couple of weeks in the summer. Most had tried to make reservations too late and found that there was little recourse than to either spend their time here in an (ugh) condo apartment on the water or, worse, never leave home at all. I had started it after reading the horror stories about some of those families. One story was about the degradation of having to share a beach with strangers, lacking the social skills in mingling with other families who made less than $75,000 a year. Feeling uncomfortable and never

quite being able to fit in. One story which really touched my heart was of one family in a town in Massachussetts, who stayed at home while their affluent neighbors all enjoyed August vacations in private homes either here on Lake Winnipesaukee, on the shores on Nantucket, or even tropical locales out of country. This family had tried too late to find their own place and were shut out. It was the humiliation they faced during their day to day after. Maybe it was the forced smiling faces at the Country Club from those who they thought were their friends, but were now talking about them behind their backs. Not many of us can ever relate to the suffering that these people go through. We go about our day to day, working nine to five, barely making enough to cover the mortgage. We never even stop to think about the struggles of those whose lives have forced upon them the necessity to have to have only the best, and most private, in accommodations when they travel. They have no other choice; it is a life that so many of us can never understand. TAIALBBHTWICF Fund has been very successful in helping these folks escape from the places they live and to spend a week or more in an exquisite mansion on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee. Close to my heart, as an ex-New Yorker, I love to see the small smiles when a family from the North Shore of Long Island are freed from being trapped in the summer stench of saltwater and are provided with luxurious accommodations in an exquisite lakefront mansion on Lake Winnipesaukee to finally have

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Procter & Gamble’s Identity-Politics Pandering Once upon a t i m e , brothersin-law William Procter and James Gamble sold candles and soap. Their 19th-century by Michelle Malkin family busiSyndicated Columnist ness grew into the largest consumer goods conglomerate in the world -- launching the most recognizable brands on our grocery shelves, including Tide, Pampers, Crest, Nyquil and Old Spice. Now, Procter & Gamble want to conquer a new market: identitypolitics pandering. Industry marketers aren’t satisfied with selling useful products people want and need. They’re hell-bent on transforming successful businesses into social justice busybodies. P&G’s “My Black is Beautiful” campaign released a new video last week called, “The Talk.” It “depicts the inevitable conversations many Black parents have with their children about racial bias to prepare, protect and encourage them” across the decades. The ad plays as a kinder, gentler version of Black Lives Matter propaganda, but the underlying themes are the same: --Little progress has been made since the days of Jim Crow. --Racial discrimination against black Americans is inevitable. --Police officers are the enemy. One especially offensive scene depicts a suburban black mom preparing her bubbly teenage daughter, a new driver, for “when you get pulled over.” Not “if,” you see, but “when.” As the daughter laughs her off, the mom gravely warns: “This is not about you getting a ticket.

This is about you not coming home.” Because racist predator cops lurk on every corner, plotting to kidnap and kill black girls just trying to get to Forever 21? Really, Procter & Gamble? Way to alienate the millions of law enforcement families -- of all colors -- who purchase your goods. Naturally, media virtue signalers lavished praise on the corporate virtue signalers. It’s a veritable virtue signaling bacchanalia. Adweek raved that the video was “powerful.” The Dallas Morning News cooed: “The ad is a bold move, and the fact that a Fortune 100 company includes this cultural experience in an ad campaign not only acknowledges that the experience is real, but that it’s important to a mass audience.” Yes, racial discrimination still exists. Yes, parents of all races and ethnicities must expose their children to hard truths about people who will judge them by their skin color, eye shape, socioeconomic status, physical stature and IQ instead of by their character. But if inclusion, diversity and candid talk are such cherished values at P&G, when will they be airing bold videos about the brutal treatment Asian-American high school students have suffered at the hands of bigoted black students in Philadelphia over the past decade? Or about the targeting of young female Asian Americans and elderly Asian-American crime victims by black gang members in New York and San Francisco? Or on the long-simmering tensions between blacks and Latinos and blacks and Koreans in Los Angeles?

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Venezuela is a woeful reminder that no country is so rich that it can’t be driven into the ground by revolutionby Rich Lowry ary socialism. Contributing Writer People are now literally starving -- about three-quarters of the population lost weight last year -- in what once was the fourthrichest country in the world on a per capita basis. A country that has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia is suffering shortages of basic supplies. Venezuela now totters on the brink of bankruptcy and civil war, in the national catastrophe known as the Bolivarian Revolution. The phrase is the coinage of the late Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, succeeded by current Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro, who has instituted an See malkin on 42 ongoing self-coup to make his

country a one-party state. The Chavezistas have worked from the typical communist playbook of romanticizing the masses while immiserating them. Runaway spending, price controls, nationalization of companies, corruption and the end of the rule of law -- it’s been a master class in how to destroy an economy. The result is a sharp, yearslong recession, runaway inflation and unsustainable debt. The suffering of ordinary people is staggering, while the thieves and killers who are Chavezista officials have made off with hundreds of billions of dollars. At this rate there will be nothing left to steal. Any government in a democratic country that failed this spectacularly would have been relegated to the dustbin of history long ago. Maduro is getting around this problem by ending Venezuela’s democracy. The Chavezistas slipped up a year or two by allowing real elections for the coun-

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Lead – Inspire – Explore This morning I woke up in a bed. Tomorrow – and for the next six mornings – I’ll wake up on the ground, in a by Ken Gorrell sleeping bag, Northfield, NH. on a partially-deflated air mattress. My joints will ache a bit, and I’ll be starting the day tired. But I will be happy. I will be camping with my Boy Scout Troop. The title of this essay comes from the banner of Scouting magazine, which I’ve been receiving regularly since joining the Troop four years ago. Before that, it was Boy’s Life, a monthly publication aimed at Cub Scouts. These have been the only subscription magazines I’ve received in years. While I don’t read them cover to cover, I always find articles of interest, such as January’s piece about winter camping. There’s no greater test of one’s noncombat leadership skills than trying to keep a bunch of boys productively, entertainingly, and safely engaged while camping in the snow. Remember 2015’s coldest weekend, when February temperatures dipped to minus 20 and gusty winds made it feel even colder? We were ice fishing in Jaffrey. And we had fun, even though the fish were smart

enough not to get yanked out of the comparatively warm water into the bone-chilling air. Scouting has been an especially-interesting adventure for me, since I don’t have a son. Explaining to Cub Scout Pack leaders that I wanted to join up, along with a boy I had been working with through a local mentoring program, was more difficult than it sounds. Like all youth programs, Scouting has strict rules about adult-child interactions. They are necessary, of course, but the rules can make it difficult for kids whose home life would make the Scouting adventure all the more valuable. That was the case with the child I was trying to sign up for the local Pack. He was top of the list for the school-based mentoring program precisely because of issues at home. Six years later I can trace much of his personal growth and confidence to Scouting, but the Catch-22 for so many kids like him is that the lack of a father at home is a barrier to joining an organization led by men who are the role-models they desperately need. Indeed, our odd-couple – boy without a father, man without a son – was unique in this Troop. All the other boys had parents who were actively engaged in their lives. Prescriptions differ, but even the most extreme political opposites agree that a parenting gap is “a very real divide affecting social mobility.” Democracy maga-

zine – whose mission is to “build a vibrant and vital progressivism for the twenty-first century” – occupies political space as far from my own as possible. Yet, in its Fall 2013 edition it correctly diagnosed a problem:

“Affluent couples are going to some lengths to get it right: marrying...having one or two children, and investing heavily in their offspring—not just in financial terms but in other ways,

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France Calmer, Safer Year After Terrorist Attacks

PARIS - A year ago France was on edge. Islamic Jihadi terrorists had killed 86 people with a truck ramming incident by John J. Metzler at a Bastille Syndicated Columnist Day celebration in Nice. Shortly thereafter a elderly priest was murdered as he said Mass. These attacks following a spate of earlier shootings in Paris killing over 130 which put the country on edge. The tension and expectation impending attacks enveloped France like the hot and humid summer air. A year later France feels calmer. Camouflage-clad Soldiers still patrol in the airport and train terminals and on some boulevards but there far less tension and nervousness. Both the Parisians and throngs of foreign tourists feel far more secure in Cafes and the crowded streets. The good news is that the French security services seem to have broken or at least neutralized many of the terrorist networks which have often been linked to the radicalized foreign fighters in Syria. Most of the “home grown” militants were French born and coming from rundown suburban towns where a toxic mix of petty crime, drugs, and radicalized mosques have served as a breeding ground for radicals. This is not an entirely new phenomenon but has been supercharged by the “cause” and the war in Syria. Intelligence estimates that 25,000 foreign fighters are in Syria. West European militants be they from France, Belgium

or Germany have become both radicalized and more importantly have learned deadly military skills while fighting in the Middle East. Equally the political climate has changed. The drawn out Presidential campaign contest ended in May with the improbable victory of Emmanuel Macron, a young, dynamic and totally different figure from the staid French political class. Macron represents far more of a populist movement than a traditionally rigid right/left political ideology. Still just months after his landslide election victory, Macron’s poll popularity has fallen below 40 percent. The formerly ruling Socialists were trounced by the electorate not so much over security issues but the sluggish economy. The French economy is expected to grow only 1.5 percent in 2017 but is still saddled by a high unemployment rate of 9.6 percent, more double than the U.S. joblessness. Paris has been selected as the site of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Significantly the Olympics present an extraordinary plus for Paris and naturally the image of France. Interestingly the Games will coincide with the centenary 1924 Paris Olympics. Yet the majority of Parisians are not in favor of the sporting spectacular; they fear cost overruns, widening traffic gridlock, and making themselves a terrorist target. And what of the throngs of tourists now visiting France? Americans are everywhere but are no longer the “big spenders” as back in the 1950’s and 60’s. The Japanese tourists of the 1970’s and 80’s still visit as do See Metzler on 42

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of this article had different experiences while fighting in the Pacific. What is concerning to me most and perhaps I am interpreting this article wrongly. The writer seems to be implying that using nuclear weapons is a just and humane way to fight a war. Please for the love of God tell me Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m wrong. John Brennick, Rochester, NH.

Trump & Tweets To The Editor: As a veteran I am concerned with the chaos our Commander-InTweets creates with his child-like tweets. How can our military put faith in him when he continually tweets out ridiculous accusations and false information, and questions advice from his generals? How can we believe what he says? Many tweets are designed to deflect criticism of him and move peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thoughts in his direction. These diversionary tactics might work as the CEO of his company where he had absolute control, but it will not work with Congress and the media. If Trump is to succeed and implement his policies, he needs Congress and the media on his side. He will not succeed by proposing half-baked policies, and insulting people and institutions that disagree with him.

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weirs Times and Touristsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 newspaperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper which are taken from Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic publication.

Executive Orders do not stand the test of time. They are easily rescinded. Trump believes all publicity, including negative publicity, is beneficial, but this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work when you are President. Our Commander-InTweets is sowing chaos, doubt and confusion in the minds of the American Public, our military, and the world, and it is endangering the security of our country and our status in the world. Mr. President, please get normal. Donald Moskowitz Londonderry, NH

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REAL STORIES NORTH OF CONCORD

All proceeds benefit Camp Resilience

@ Pitman’s Freight Room Thursday, August 24th - 7:30pm $20 per person Theme : “Brush With Fame”

Everybody’s got a story... so what’s yours? The StorySlam

is a live storytelling competition in the vein of poetry slams organized by The Moth, a non-profit literary society from New York City, since 2001. Storytellers (slammers) have 6 minutes each to tell a story, based on a theme chosen for the event.

Come and tell your story, or just sit back and be entertained by those who do. 12 storytellers will be selected at random and have up to six minutes to tell their story. Stories can be funny, sad, inspirational or all three, but please, no politics or preaching, we all get enough of that every day as it is. No notes allowed. Prizes will be awarded and a good time will be had by all. “StorySlams” are hugely popular events across the country, but very few, if any, have been held North of Concord. What better way to introduce it here than with a benefit for one of the area’s favorite charities? More information can be found on “Real Stories North Of Concord” Facebook page. Those who are interested in telling a story can register in advance by sending their name to realstoriesnoc@gmail.com. (Registering does not guarantee that you will be picked.) Admission is $20 per person for both storytellers and spectators. Seating is limited so call Pitman’s at 527-0043 for tickets. Pitman’s Freight Room is a bring your own food and drinks venue. Pitman’s is located at 94 New Salem Street in Laconia.

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Bookstore on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10am during July and August. Special group tours can be arranged by emailing GMP@

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self-guided brochure/walking map is available in kiosks found at the entrance to Hesky and Scenic Park, the Courtyard on Main Street and in front of the Post Office, Town Hall and Meredith Public Library.

Artie Januario & Dan Crohn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Live Comedy Pitmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www. pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

Gallery Show of New Originals by Peter Ferber The Art Place, downtown Wolfeboro. Unveiling at 9:30am with Artist Reception to follow. 569-6159 or artplace@

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Bristol Baptist Church, 30 Summer Street, Bristol. 9am. Dan Sullivan, Alexandria Chief of Police, will conduct the class. For more information please call 744-3885

Sizzling Summer Shopping Event with LuLaRoe, LipSense and Vantel Pearls 5 Styles Drive, Concord. 1pm-4pm. Stop by the open home event and shop till you drop with LuLaRoe with Amber & Kim, LipSense and SeneGence Skin Care and Make-up products with Kiss Off! by Starr Lawton and shop for beautiful pearl jewelry with Vantel Pearl Independent Consultant Bunnie! This will be the perfect, getting-to-the-endof-summer, way to spend the afternoon. Light refreshments will be offered. Open to the public. For further information, email lularoeamberandkim@

up close and personal with a variety of living creatures. Families can feed and pet barnyard animals or observe and learn about rescued wildlife. $5pp or $10/family. Free for ages 12 and under.

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MC Ride to Benefit NH Gold Star Families

Ride will begin and end at Franklin VFW Post 1698, 26 Peabody Street, Franklin. Registration at 8:30am with kick stands up promptly at 10:30am. $30 per bike, $5 per passenger. The Combat Veterans Motorcycle

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Green, Main Street, Lincoln. 10am-5pm. Over 100 booths of American Made arts, crafts, and specialty foods! Free admission. Rain or shine.

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Alton Bay Public Docks, Alton Bay. 9am-Noon. Spectators will have the opportunity to view some of the most beautiful boats on Lake Winnipesaukee, and vote for the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Awards, given to the top three entries. In addition to viewing the boats, visitors can purchase boating-themed items in the traveling Museum Store! www.nhbm.org or 569-4554

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Tuesday 15th Stargazing at the Castle Castle in the Clouds, Moultonboro. 8pm. Join the NH Astronomical Society for an exciting stargazing experience in this unique location. Bring family and friends to learn about the wonders of the night sky in a talk at the Carriage House, then take the trolley to the field by Shannon Pond and get a chance to use a telescope to view the stars, constellations, planets and more! Free and open to the public. www. castleintheclouds.org or 4765900

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boomtown, Portsmouthâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Author Lecture and Book Signing

The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Doors open at 6pm, program begins at 7pm. Author Rodney Watterson will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boomtown, Portsmouthâ&#x20AC;?, which is a fascinating look at how a global war changed one small New England city. There are many subplots within the story; a booming Navy yard; hoards of Immigrant workers; a flood of federal dollars; a burgeoning population, U-Boat threats, blackouts; a raucous liberty town; soaring VD rates, and much more! $8/non-members, free for members. Reservations are recommended as seating is limited. 569-1212 Wednesday 16th

Meredith Sculpture Walk Tours Tours will leave from Mill Falls Marketplace in front of Innisfree Bookstore on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10am during July and August. Special group tours can be arranged by emailing GMP@

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Concord Public Library, 45 Green Street, Concord. 6pm. A five piece band from New England who play original folk, country, and garbage grass music. Free and open to the public. 225-8670 or www.

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Revolutionary War Capital, Exeter is a town that boasts a rich history, which the American Independence Museum will celebrate with the second annual Beer for History Series. This first event in the series features Neighborhood Beer Co.. Tickets for the entire series, which continues on September 12th and October 14th are $55pp, or you can purchase tickets for each individual event at $20pp. Each event will feature a different brewing company. Ticket price includes; sampling of beers, light fare, themed activity and more! Members of the American Independence Museum can purchase tickets at a discounted rate of $40 for the full series or $15 individual event. www.

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An â&#x20AC;&#x153;operatic comedianâ&#x20AC;?, Henry Clay Barnabee, used a signature to make clear the fact that his last name was actually Barnabee and not Barnaby even though as I write this my computer is trying to tell me otherwise. Though this Portsmouth, New Hampshire native may not be well-known in the state today, during the days of his performances he did, according to the Granite Monthly magazine, win â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Śthe favor of the best class of theatre-goers from ocean to ocean.â&#x20AC;? Barnabee was born on November 14, 1833, and was the son of Willis Barnabee who had acquired his own fame as a stagecoach driver and hotel keeper. His stagecoach route was back and forth between Portsmouth and Boston. Henry Clay Barnabee went to work in a dry goods store in Portsmouth after finishing his schooling and when he was twenty-one moved to Boston where he continued in the dry goods business. It was in Boston that Barnabeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singing and acting career had its start after he joined the Mercantile Library Association which was involved in putting on entertainment events in the city. His first public appearance was on April 20, 1856, the first of many more to come, though he continued in his day job for many years. Though he became known as a comedian, his initial entertainment

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THE RON GOODGAME & DONNA CANNEY EDUCATION PROGRAM SERIES Tuesday, August 15, 7 - 8 p.m. Boomtown, Portsmouth: The World War II Transformation of a Quiet New England Seaport. Lecture and book signing by author Rodney Watterson Tuesday, August 22, 7 - 8 p.m. Finding Phil: Lost in War and Silence. Lecture and book signing by author Paul Levy. Tuesday, August 29, 7 - 8 p.m. Miss Fortuneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Last Mission. Lecture and book signing by co-author John Hartley Torrison Tuesday, September 5, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Remembering Pearl Harbor. A screening of Tim Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest documentary ďŹ lm, narrated by Tom Selleck. Presented by the ďŹ lm maker, Tim Gray Note: This ďŹ lm is 84 minutes long and begins at 6:30 p.m. instead of 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 12, 7 - 8 p.m. The Holocaust: the Twisted Road to Auschwitz. Lecture by Tom White Tuesday, September 19, 7 - 8 p.m. John Winant: New Hampshire Man of the World. Lecture by Richard Hess. Note: This program is free, thanks to funding by the New Hampshire Humanities Council. Tuesday, September 26, 7 - 8 p.m. The Zimmermann Telegram, 1917. Lecture by Professor Douglas Wheeler Tuesday, October 10, 7 - 8 p.m. The Middle East. Lecture by Mohamed Defaa. Note: This program is free, thanks to funding by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

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The Wright Museum will host the Fifth Annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cruise in to the Wrightâ&#x20AC;? antique auto and motorcycle show/ cruise-in featuring original antique and classic motorcycles and cars. Live music performances from noon to 2pm and food will be available for purchase. Regular museum admission admits you to both the car show and the Museum. The Cruise-in is limited to 100 vehicles. Call 603-569-1212 or visit www. WrightMuseum.org for additional information or to register a vehicle in the event. Parking for this event will be off site in nearby municipal lots. This event made possible with contributions from Sunday Paving & Sealing Sponsors: Calico Graphics and Bartlett Tree Experts

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Award Winners For Lakes Region Art Association Annual Members Art Show

Lakes Region Art Association 77th Annual Members Art Show Winners - (Seated L to R): Kimberly JB Smith, Daniel Roberge, Wendy Wilson, Jean Kennedy, Jackie Roy, Marilee Sundius. Back row (L to R) Mahdy Harb, Amy Parker, Richard Mundy, Ruth C. Webb, Ed Rushbrook, Marcia Litchfield, Robert Emory, BJ Eckardt, Phyllis M. Meinke, Nancy Lane and Marian Federspiel. The Lakes Region Art Association has announced the award winners for its 77th Annual Members Art Show being held at the LRAA Art Gallery located in the Tanger Outlets, 120 Laconia Rd, Suite 132 in Tilton. This is the Association’s largest exhibit featuring over 80 new original works of art and is on display till September 10th. Now in its 77th year, the show highlights the best works of the Lakes Region Art Association members. Judged by three art professionals, awards were presented at the August 3rd opening reception. This year’s judges were Pam Tarbell, owner of Millbrook Gallery and Sculpture Garden in Hopkinton, Tom Driscoll, Professor of Art at Plymouth State University and Richard Whitney, a portrait and landscape oil painter. Top honors went to Belmont resident BJ Eckardt for her piece “Reach,” winning “Best in Show” and 1st place in the oil paint-

ing category. The 24” x 36” painting depicts a skyward view into the branches of an apple tree, filled with fruit ripe for picking. Ms. Eckardt has been an active member of the Association and is honored by the awarded. The other award winners

in this popular event are: Oils: 2nd Place, Daniel Roberge; 3rd Place, Marcia Litchfield; Acrylics: 1st Place, Robert Emory; 2nd Place, Jackie H. Roy; Watercolor: 1st Place, Nancy Lane; 2nd Place, Wendy Wilson; Mixed Media: 1st See art on 44

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memory back into my mind, it suddenly all started coming together for me. It wasn’t just tiredness and rebellion from expectations that I had experienced in that moment; I was afraid. I felt so much potential and passion inside of me, and I was afraid of what

following that would look like - and what if I failed? It was easier to take the path most followed - to follow a clear road map to “success.” It is much too easy to get caught up in the statusquo and follow society’s map for our lives. We do it without even noticing. It only becomes problematic if you know deep down that there is something more for you - something different - something that you were created to do, but that you are hiding from. If you have that inside of you, you already know it’s there. It’s the thing that your mind sometimes wanders to subconsciously . . . it’s the thing that you read books about because it’s nice to see someone else doing it . . . it’s the thing that you sometimes do quietly when you’re all by yourself and no one else can see . . . it’s the thing that makes you think “well, maybe in another life . . ” If it’s inside of you, you know the feeling that I am talking about. It’s the whisper that is barely there but occasionally creeps up and teases you that if only your life had gone differently somehow, you could have changed the whole world. Sometimes we don’t want to be world changers. We don’t want to get in touch with that thing deep inside of us because it means being vulnerable. It means putting ourselves out there and often taking the path less traveled. Sometimes it means sacrificing our reputations. So we quiet our minds, and we think that just imagining “that other life” will be good enough. When we’re 80 years old, we’ll be thinking back on our childhood selves and reminiscing about all those dreams we never chased after. Once this all became clear to me, I couldn’t help but dive in. I couldn’t help but put all I have toward my passions. It’s music today, it might be something else in the future . . . but I will never quiet those inner whispers and desires again. Time is too See dobbins on 23

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local, well-known artist Peter Ferber. The unveiling and artist’s reception will commence at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend and meet the artist. It still amazes Barbara Gibbs, owner of The Art Place, how people line up outside the door of a gallery show for Peter awaiting the reveal of the artwork. She states, “it’s about the art, but it’s also about Peter and how he is able to capture a sense of time and place with his paintings. People relate to

his creations and feel that they have been “there” or want to be “there.” When asked about his point of view Peter states, “One of reasons this area endears itself to so many is it’s timelessness. Undeniably, there are always plenty of changes, but we still find here things that have remained the same for decades, often for a lifetime. With so much change going on around us, it is understandable why we are drawn to what See ferber on 29

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Washington Observatory Museum located in the Sherman Adams Summit Building is included with the purchase of a Cog ticket. Here visitors can learn about the record-breaking weather that has made Mount Washington one of the most visited places in the world. Advance ticket purchase is strongly recommended when making plans to ride The Cog. Tickets for Cog Railway excursions are available online at thecog.com or by phone at 603.278.5404. The Cog is located at Marshfield Base Station on Base Road, Mount Washington, NH just 6 miles off route 302 near Historic Bretton Woods, NH. For more information, visit thecog.com.

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blueberries. The loop trail needs some brushing, it is getting a bit tight but still easy and fun to follow back to the main trail. Instead of heading back to the car we decided to go back up and then down and back up the other trail. The Mary Jane Morse Trail is an old farm road that goes down to Alton Mountain Road and a gate (there is no parking here). We were delighted again with the open views and we

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Charlie on Pine Mountain with the Belknap Range Mountains Straightback and Major in the distance. The new wonderfully detailed Belknap Range Trail map is available to download at BelknapRangeTrails.org or 11â&#x20AC;? x 17â&#x20AC;? maps are available at the following NH libraries: Gilford, Gilmanton, Laconia, Barnstead, Meredith, Center Tuftonboro & Sanbornton. The AMC Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide includes information about the Belknap Range too.

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Alton Town Forest Trail too. This lightly used loop trail is just over a mile and is well blazed and it is pleasant walk through the forest. The Society of the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has built a new parking lot on Reed Road and has opened a new one mile long trail that intersects with the

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