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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, September 12, 2019

A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 28, NO. 37

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

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High Stakes Bingo To Benefit Historical Society

“The Last Good War - Faces Of WWII” At Wright Museum In Wolfeboro you haven’t had a chance to get to the Wright this season, now is the perfect time. “The Last Good War -Faces Of World War II” will open on Sunday, September 15th. World War II is one of the few events in U.S. History that brought the entire nation together for a common purpose. Almost sixteen million men and women from all

walks of life, social classes, religions, and races were drafted or joined the armed forces to defend their country. Most of those people, who comprised “The Greatest Generation” and fought what they called “the last good war,” are gone. And their memories disappeared with them. Almost sixty years after World War II, college student Thomas Sanders

worked on a project to photograph World War II veterans. That assignment turned into a postcollege mission to photograph as many of the veterans as he could before they all died. Sanders became captivated by the veterans’ stories and realized he also needed to tell those stories before they were lost forever. Teaming up with writer and interSee WRIGHT on 28

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The Weirs Times is honored to be one of the sponsors of the Wright Museum’s final exhibit of their 25th Season “The Last Good War -Faces Of World War II. Photographs By Thomas Sanders.” This fascinating exhibit, which runs until the Wright’s final day of the season on October 31st, is surrounded by other interesting lectures as well as special events. So, if

(Left) Robert Smallwood Corporal, U.S. Army; (Right) Don Seki 442nd RCT Corporal, U.S. Army. These are two of the mesmerizing photos in the Wright Museum’s exhibit “The Last Good War -Faces Of World War II. Photographs By Thomas Sanders.” which will run from September 15th till October 31st. (See page 29 for more information on these photos.)

The Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society will be hosting a special High Stakes Bingo Game Saturday, Sept. 14th at the Funspot Bingo Hall. There will be $10,000 in prizes as well as big prize money on Lucky 7 pull-tab tickets. (Prizes based on attendance.) There will be an early game at 4:30 and the evening game begins at 6:45. Come early for the best seats. Doors open at 2pm. Handheld bingo computers are available while they last for a rental fee of $6. 12 and 18 card packages are available. There is a separate smoking section and food service is available. All proceeds from the game go to benefit the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society. Funspot is located at 579 Endicott St. N., Weirs Beach, NH.

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SEPTEMBER Through September 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

Pat Edsall’s “Floating Garden” Art Exhibit and Fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Disease Lakes Region Ar t Association’s Gallery, Tanger Outlets, 120 Laconia Road, Suite 132, Tilton. Hours are Thursday – Sunday 10am-5pm. The “Floating Garden” is a series of hand-painted watercolor 3D images of flowers, strung out in a horizontal plane creating a visual exciting collage. The purpose of the painting is to inspire donations to the Alzheimer’s Association and, for those who contribute, Pat will “cut down” one of the flowers and give it to the patron in appreciation for their support. If you cannot attend the exhibit but would like to donate, you can do so at http://act.alz.org/

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Free Hospice Volunteer Training – Once a Week Cornerstone VNA, 178 Farmington Road, Rochester. 10am-12pm. Cornerstone VNA is offering a free comprehensive 8-week Hospice Volunteer Training program for anyone interested. This program focuses on how to provide comfort, support and a reassuring presence to Hospice patients and their families. No medical or volunteer experience is necessary to make a positive difference. To register for the program call 994-7041 or email NNicolazzo@

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Thursday 12th Plymouth Regional Senior Center Outside Plaza, Garden Street, Plymouth. 3pm-6pm. Rain or shine! 536-5030

Castle After Hours Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 5:30pm. $25/adults, $10/17 years and younger, $15/members. Tickets available online or by calling 4765410. www.CastleintheClouds.org

Lasagna Supper

Hotchkiss Commons, 71 Main Street, Union. 5:30pm-7pm. Homemade lasagna, tossed salad, bread, punch and homemade pies! $9/adult, $5/ kids. 473-2727

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Wolfeboro Vintage Race Boat Regatta New Hampshire Boat Museum hosts the 11th Biennial Wolfeboro Vintage Race Boat Regatta. In total, nearly 50 vintage boats will participate in the Regatta, including small outboards, Grand Prix hydroplanes, Jersey Skiffs and Gold Cup racing boats, in group heats on a one-mile oval-shaped course. Visitors have a chance to ride on some of the boats in between heats, and pit passes are offered also. 569-4554 or www.NHBM.org for more information. Saturday 14th

New Hampton Farmers Market

Townhouse Road, New Hampton. 9am-noon. Maple syrup, cheeses, yogurt, baked goods, farm fresh eggs, organic and certified beef and chicken, wood crafts and so much more! Every Saturday through Columbus Day. 968-7995

Botanical Pop-Up Book Class

Sandwich Home Industries, 32 Main Street, Sandwich. 10am-3pm. In this class, students will learn five pop-up techniques that will each lend themselves to the expression of botanical forms. An opportunity to wander in the garden for inspiration will be provided, and students will leave with a 10-page paperback book filled with paper flowers and a lifetime of ideas! This class is appropriate for those 16 years and up. 284-6831

Tesla Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton. www.Casinoballroom. com or 929-4100

Flea Market

Tilton-Northfield United Methodist Church, 400 West Main Street, Tilton. 9am-2pm. Collectibles, antiques, crafts, baked goods and much more! Table space is still available, call 731-6247.

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Peabody Home’s Cruise Night

Peabody Home, Franklin. 4pm-7pm. This is a free, family-friendly event open to the public. There will be popcorn and root beer to snack on while checking out great cars. Anyone is eligible to bring their car to showcase during the event. There is no cost. Donations are gratefully accepted for the Peabody Home Activities Fund. Rain date is September 19th. 934-3718 Fri. 13th & Sat. 14th

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Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 5362551

10th Annual Harvest Festival & Raise Heck Tug O’War Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am-3pm. The Farm’s most popular event of the year draws nearly 1,000 people of all ages for a day of fun and to celebrate the harvest. There will be horse-drawn wagon rides, field games, hay jump, crafts, food, music, a petting farm, local food vendors, and much more! Admission is free to the public. www.

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Potluck Supper and Live Music with “Little Corner Band”

First Baptist Church of Sanbornton, l o c a t e d j u s t o f f I 9 3 , ex i t 2 2 ,

Sanbornton. Potluck supper begins at 4pm, live music at 5pm. 744-3885

Ashland Railroad Station – 150th Year Celebration

Ashland Railroad Station, Ashland. 11am. Public is invited to visit the museum and learn the history sitting in their own back yard! There will be food, music, souvenirs, displays and events! At 4pm the “Ashland Special” will arrive and clank up the tracks to the Plymouth Railroad Station where you will witness demonstrations of Civil War era dance and music. To reser ve your seat, call 7452135$24pp/coach, $30pp/First Class. Children 3 and under ride free.

Blue Oyster Cult R o c h e s t e r O p e r a H o u s e s, 3 1 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm.

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22nd Annual New England Military Retiree Activity Day

NHNG Army Aviation Support Facility, 26 Regional Drive, Concord. 08001300. All branches of the US Armed Forces retired personnel, gray area retirees and families, including those of deceased militar y personnel are encouraged to attend this one stop benefits fair. Legal assistance, Veterans’ Homes, Cemeteries, the VA and DEERS/ID card renewals along with information concerning health care, Veteran and Survivor benefits and much more will be available. All activities will be indoors. The event is free and sponsored by the National Guard of NH, VT, and ME in cooperation with the Retired Activities Offices at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the Brunswick, ME area and the NH, ME and VT Retiree Councils. For more information contact Col (Ret) Frank Musmanno 603-495-3042 or CSM (Ret) Mike Rice 603-493-4918 Sunday 15th

Jazz Cruise Winnipesaukee

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The Winnipesaukee Belle will depart Wolfeboro Town Docks at 4pm for a two-hour cruise, with music from Anything Goes Jazz Band. There will be light refreshments, cash bar, and a silent auction. Tickets are $40pp and are available at Black’s Paper Store and Doran Insurance, both in Wolfeboro. Benefits End 68 Hours of Hunger Wolfeboro, Tuftonboro, Ossipee, Middleton. 515-1092 Monday 16th

Magic Blades – Skate Swap Tilton School, Tilton. 6pm-7pm. Coaches will be on hand to help fit skates and answer questions about the Magic Blades Figure Skating Club. Registration for a six-week session is open now. information@

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“Storm Chasing” – Presented by Eric Hoffman Old Town Hall, Campton. 7pm. The presentation will include a brief discussion of the most favorable time of year, time of day, and geographic locations of tornadic thunderstorms in the United States. Hoffman will also share stories and pictures from his experiences of storm chasing. Free and open to the public. www.

CamptonHistorical.org

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11th Annual Live Free and Eat Pie If you like pie, the N.H. Farm Museum in Milton will be the place to be for the 11th Annual Great NH Pie Festival on Sunday, September 22 at Noon. This year’s Festival will be bigger than ever, with the fierce competition judged by Governor Sununu, police and fire chiefs, school superintendents, locals, other politicians both local, statewide and potentially national. Dozens of local bakeries are donating pie for visitors to sample. In addition to pies provided by local bakers, visitors will have a chance to sample entries in this year’s amateur bake-off competition. Festival organizers are still accepting entries from amateur bakers who are interested in earning bragging rights for a full year so they can boast that their pie won the coveted best-inshow award and a handmade Peterborough pie basket or first through third place with great prizes in every category. So if you or someone you know has a favorite pie recipe, here’s a chance to prove that your pie is the best in N.H. – once and for all. Contestants can choose from several different pie categories: Apple, Fruit, Savory, Non-fruit, Teenager, Child<13 and can register at pie drop-off between 10am and 11:45am. The Pie Festival is an important fundraiser for the 50-yearold museum and is a highlight of the fall season for pie enthusiasts of all ages. To learn more, please call the NH Farm Museum at 6527840. Or visit facebook.com/NewHampshireFarmMuseum/.

2nd Annual BiketemberFest At Weirs Beach On Friday, September 13th to Sunday, September 15th, the 2nd Annual Biketember Fest will take place at Weirs Beach. Some streets at Weirs Beach will be closed to traffic. A block party atmosphere will prevail where the streets and sidewalks will be open to revelers. Alcoholic beverages will be allowed if purchased at licensed establishments. Live music will begin on Friday night and continue on Saturday and Sunday beginning at noon. Other events include a Bike Show at Broken Spoke with plaques awarded for Best Of Show. There will also be a special motorcycle movie night at the Weirs Beach Drive-In featuring two motorcycle movie classics “Masters Of Menace” and “Running Cool” as well as a showing of K. Peddlar Bridges and Tammy Murawski’s award-winning four minute video “The Elephant’s Graveyard Of Tin.”

Dana Meeting House The Next Chapter On Tuesday, September 17th at 7pm at the GordonNash Library, Main Street, New Hampton, the New Hampton Historical Society presents Tom Smith with the presentation “Dans Meetimg House The Next Chapter.” Tom Smith is a native of New Hampton and was raised in the home adjacent to the Dana Meeting House, that was built in 1800 by a Free Will Baptist congregation, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Tom will cover the history and stories connected with the founders and participants including Simeon Dana, a physician who was the namesake of the Meeting House and Josiah Magoon, a Revolutionary War veteran whose son Stephen was the cabinetmaker who made the “sheep pen” pews and finished the interior. He will relate the Dana Meeting House’s current status and the plans for future use of this historic building Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

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When Hell Struck Twelve, A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery, James R. Benn, Soho Crime, September 2019

down the Champs Elysees, crowds of Parisians cheering and throwing flowers. What I didn’t expect was to see Billy on the verge of

“We’ll put on a show and do a lot of nothing, then head to London. Harding has to give us a break after everything we’ve been through.” [Billy] “It would be nice,” Kaz said, the words riding a heavy heart. Brilliant. Riveting. Edifying. Exhilarating. Any of those words alone describes James R. Benn’s latest Billy Boyle World War II Mystery, When Hell Struck Twelve, and, if I had to pick one, I’d go with “brilliant.” I’ve been reading Benn’s Billy Boyle mysteries for over ten years. Each one teaches me something complete exabout World War II that I haustion, wounded, sick, didn’t know, and each con- filled with worry about his firms the ability and cour- friend Kaz and his girl Diage of men and women at ana, nearly overwhelmed war. The exceptional writ- with the burden of his ing offers scenes that are mission, moving – mostly as intense as a painting by running – through a Paris a skilled master or a movie still occupied by Germans, by a renowned director. I’d maneuvering through the be hard pressed to pick my barricades of the Resisfavorite Billy Boyle mystery out of Benn’s fourteen installments, but When Hell Struck Twelve is certainly in the top three. After reading the first three or four Billy Boyle Mysteries I looked forward BIKETEMBERFEST SHOW to seeing Billy in Paris, Sat. September 14 TH op O h u S r e N e m w 11:05pm for surely… somehow… I o C @ knew Billy Boyle must get Sponsored by: to Paris during or after the liberation. I love Paris, and here’s Billy, one of my very favorite fictional detectives (in the top three), ergo Billy will be in Paris at some point in the series. I anticipated Billy in the WeirsBeachFireworks.com crowd of GIs, marching

tance and the threat of the Nazis. When Hell Struck Twelve it’s August 1944. Much of France is liberated, but the Germans still hold Paris. Different groups within the Resistance vie with each other to be the liberators of the City of Light, and Captain Billy Boyle of SHAEF and his friend and comrade in arms, Lieutenant Piotr Kazimierz of the Polish Army in Exile, are assigned to join the Resistance to perpetuate the rumor that the US Army is on the verge of liberating Paris. A tricky assignment in that they

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NH’s Forests, Industries, sustainable forestry and biomass plants and the Workers and Forest open lands. Good For- forestry industry instead Landowners are at Risk estry management ben- of a huge increase of $70 Here we go again. The Governor vetoed HB 183, a bill which sought to finally implement the policy which last year (2018) was overwhelmingly passed by a GOPled Legislature to protect and support New Hampshire’s green renewable biomass generation. Fast forward this year, a Democratically led Legislature passed HB 183 by a large bipartisan vote. The Legislature continues to understand the bigger picture of how important N.H.’s 3rd largest manufacturing business is to our state’s economy of $1.2 Billion annually; unfortunately the Governor does not. The Legislature understands that biomass energy generation in New Hampshire is local business. It provides local jobs, provides a critical tool in forest management, and helps our agricultural community with its wood ash byproduct, an organic fertilizer to spread on their fields. Biomass generation aligns with state policy that seeks diversity of electricity fuel sources using wood, a fuel source New Hampshire has plenty of as we are the second most forested state in the country. In using this low-grade wood for energy generation, biomass benefits us all – providing public and private landowners a management tool for

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efits our state’s tourism and recreational industries. One example would be Snowmobiling which brings in annually, direct and indirect, over $600 million because forest landowners continue to open and share our forestlands and trails which we’ve built for forestry; 84% of our state’s 7200 mile trail systems are on private forest lands. So who was the Governor listening to when he decided to veto HB 183? My guess is it was an out-of-state group called the New England Ratepayers Association, who has been leading the charge to cripple our forest industry. They are a Massachusetts based lobbying group that doesn’t disclose its membership. By their actions, I would guess they are backed by utility interests and shareholders, but we will never know. They spent unknown amounts of money “robocalling” legislators to vote against HB 183. What I do know is that this lobbying group, that is lobbying for the demise of New Hampshire’s timber industry, doesn’t seem the least concerned about recent filings by Eversource (NH’s largest Utility) for a $70 million increase. They didn’t even intervene in the case. Are they more concerned about the cost of a three-year bridge to help the local

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.

million on ratepayer bills? I think most would agree this just doesn’t add up. This is not a partisan debate – look at the votes - support for biomass passed in a Republicanled legislature, just as it has in a Democrat–led legislature. Our legislators are close to their constituents and they understand the chaos that has ensued in the state as this debate continues. They know the claims about biomass greatly driving up electric rates are false. They know local logging companies are laying off employees and cancelling equipment orders. Forest landowners like myself will begin selling forestland for development if HB 183 fails because we can’t manage our land effectively without the biomass markets, and the plant employees continue to worry about the future of their livelihoods and families. They know of the forestry-based jobs in their districts and how hard people are working to keep things afloat. This veto is not what New Hampshire is all about – we help our neighbors. These are hard-working men and women whose work is important to our energy future, but also our tourism and recreation economy, while providing a healthy environment for our state. See MAIL BOAT on 34

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Protest This!

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Is it me, or does it seem like there is some kind of new protest going on every week? Apparently, most everyone in the country is either offended about something or offended by the people who are offended about something. Of course, as Newton, the inventor of that fabulous fig snack said, “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” That is why every protest must be met with a counter protest so as to keep his law relevant. I do acknowledge that some of these protests really are very serious, For instance, just last week in Toronto, Canada, dozens of people unselfishly gave up an entire day so they could have their voices heard in protesting a restaurant that sells chicken sandwiches. I was never a big protester, it always seemed like too much work. But I have been paying attention, so I think I have a good idea how to protest, even though I’ll probably never go to one. Hopefully the protest you are going to has a particular subject you are protesting for or against (like a chicken sandwich restaurant). Without some kind of theme a protest really won’t gain much traction. For the sake of argument, and to not raise the ire of certain protesters so they plan their next protest around me since I offended them, I will just randomly

make up an idea for a protest (which is usually the case anyway). Let’s pretend your protest has something to do with cucumbers. (I think that’s a safe bet since I have not seen too many protests for or against any vegetable. But, in all fairness, I haven’t watched the news yet today.) First you have to wake up early and make some kind of sign to hold. Your sign should read something like “Save The Cucumber” if you are for or “Down With Cucumbers” if you are against. If you are really, really angry and against you should have a sign that reads something like “All Cucumbers Should Be Pickled” which will probably get you at least two seconds on the local news as part of their daily “Here’s Our Coverage Of The Latest Protest” segment. After all, getting on the news is what protests are all about. If no one else knows about your protest it is a complete waste of time. You might as well have been home watching a different protest on the news. It is good to have maNy things to be offended by so you can go to more protests and try to stay relevant. If you watch the newscast about a protest it will usually go something like this. “The Pro Cucumber Coalition came out in full force on the lawn of the state capitol here in Concord to voice their concerns over the latest bill to try and restrict people’s access to cucumbers bigger than five inches. The notorious vegetable has been linked by cucumber scientists to an excess of flatulence over the years and some lawmakers want their sale regulated. They were met by a crowd of anti-cucumber activists who want even more regulations regarding

ownership of cucumbers who believe no one should be allowed to buy a cucumber over three inches long since it is harming the environment. Some protesters believe cucumbers should be banned entirely.’ Then the reporter will go and pick out some protesters to interview and later they will edit that down for the newscast. They will most likely end up with two angry interviewees like this on that night’s newscast. “I have a right as an American to buy any size cucumber I want.” “No one needs a five inch cucumber for any reason.” This helps give people watching the news an idea of why people are protesting, as well as to fill in space for the newscast. (Of course, if there is a major hurricane or other natural disaster, the interview segment may get cut for time purposes.) In the crowd you will see signs like “My Salad, My Choice” and “Cucumbers Don’t Cause Gas, Celery and Carrots Do” and “Nuke The Cuke But Use Windmills.” If you want to have a good chance of making it on the evening news as one of the protesters, bring a megaphone with you. A good protest is nothing without at least one person with a megaphone and they are usually guaranteed to get at least a second of air time. (Make sure to wear a clean shirt as well.) At the end of the day people will start forgetting about the protest and by the next morning a new protest will be happening and everyone will focusing on that one. Then you can go into town and finally have a chicken sandwich at that new place now that the annoying crowds are gone. www.BrendanTSmith.com

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Stop Mental Health Data Mining of Our Kids No, no, no. Hell, no! That’s my response to the latest trial balloon floated by the White House to join with Silicon Valley by Michelle Malkin on a creepy Syndicated Columnist p r o g r a m monitoring Americans’ “neurobehavioral signs” to (purportedly) prevent gun violence. President Donald Trump’s old friend, former NBC head Bob Wright, has been pushing an Orwellian surveillance scheme called “Safe Home” -- “Stopping Aberrant Fatal Events by Helping Overcome Mental Extremes” -- that would cost taxpayers between $40 million and $60 million. The Washington Post, owned by Amazon billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, reports that the plan could incorporate “Apple Watches, Fitbits, Amazon Echo and Google Home,” as well as “ fMRIs, tractography and image analysis.” Here’s the big lie: Wright’s group promises that privacy will be “safeguarded,” profiling “avoided” and data protection capabilities a “cornerstone of this effort.” There’s so much bullcrap packed in that statement it should be banned as a global warming pollutant. Anything involving Google should trigger automatic danger warnings of invasive data mining. We do not need the federal government partnering with Google to red-flag citizens. We need the federal government to red-flag Google. Let me remind you that Google

has already admitted to data mining children’s emails without consent and in violation of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act. This school year, untold thousands, if not millions, of children were required to sign on to Google email and Chrome in order to access homework, schedules and classroom discussions -- without obtaining parental consent. Thanks to “1-to-1” programs forcing students across the country to use laptops and tablets when paper and pencil would suffice, iPads loaded with Google for Education are metastasizing in tech-crazed, fadaddled school districts oblivious to privacy concerns. At my high school sophomore son’s school, every student was told to download an app called “E-Hallpass,” which is seamlessly connected to their Google login, to track how much time students spend in the bathroom. It’s all in the name of “safety,” of course. And there’s no opportunity for parents to provide their preemptive feedback or consent. Minnesota educator Jennifer Dahlgren told me this week: “Too many schools use Google docs and sheets to store and share (private) student information, as well as using Google as their secure email! I have brought this up in staff meetings as a concern and no one else seems bothered. Not good!” Just last week, the Federal Trade Commission approved a settlement with Google/YouTube over its violation of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. YouTube had been stealthily mining data of unsuspecting YouTube us-

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How the Quest for Power Corrupted Elizabeth Warren I first met Elizabeth Warren when she was a professor at Harvard Law School, in 2004. She was fresh off the publication of her bestsellby Ben Shapiro ing book, “The Syndicated Columnist Two-Income Trap.” There’s no doubt she was politically liberal -- our only face-to-face meeting involved a recruitment visit at the W Hotel in Los Angeles, where she immediately made some sort of disparaging remark about Rush Limbaugh -- but at the time, Warren was making waves for her iconoclastic views. She wasn’t a doctrinaire leftist, spewing Big Government nostrums. She was a creative thinker. That creative thinking is obvious in “The Two-Income Trap,” which discusses the rising number of bankruptcies among mid-

dle-class parents, particularly women with children. The book posits that women entered the workforce figuring that by doing so, they could have double household income. But so many women entered the workforce that they actually inflated prices for basic goods like housing, thus driving debt skyward and leading to bankruptcies for two-income families. The book argued that families with one income might actually be better off, since families with two incomes spent nearly the full combined income and then fell behind if one spouse lost a job. Families with one income, by contrast, spent to the limit for one income, and if a spouse was fired, the unemployed spouse would then look for work to replace that single income. Warren’s core insight was fascinating: She argued that massive expansion of the labor force had actually created more stressful living and driven down

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83 million people where a cor- ment-sanctioned Islamic larupt and loathsome regime has bour councils.” instilled a reign of fear, intolerMedia freedoms in Iran are ance and stupidity in the fabled virtually non existent. The land of Persia. independent media monitor A recent United Nations hu- group Reporters Without Borman rights report on the Is- ders ranks Iran near the botlamic Republic of Iran under- tom of the list as 170 out of 179 scores a situation “marked by countries. the ongoing targeting of human rights lawyers and defenders, trade unionists, peaceful protesters and journalists.” The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights “continued to Last month in receive reports of torture, arbithese pages (“Notrary detention and trials that body Can Disapfailed to adhere to international point Like Famstandards.” ily,” August 1st) Iran’s use and abuse of the I lamented Govdeath penalty causes particular ernor Sununu’s concern among human rights acquiescence monitors. The High Commisto one of libersioner received information alism’s newest “that at least 253 people were tenets. With his executed in 2018, a significant by Ken Gorrell Contributing Columnist signature on decrease from estimated figures in 2017, when there were at SB263, “gender identity,” is now a legally protected status in our least 437.” Significantly at least 38 of schools, on equal anti-discriminathese executions were for the tion footing with religious belief, offenses of “spreading corrup- sex, or race. Everyone must now tion on earth,” and “waging war accept another person’s self-identification under penalty of law. against God.” Since the governor is okay with Equally, “The Secretary-General continues to be deeply increasing the number of protectconcerned by the continued ed classes, giving special rights sentencing to death of children to certain defined groups, I sugand alleged child offenders in gest adding political belief to the Iran.” At least 85 children were list. While this would be nice for on death row as of May 2019, adults, it is an even more impor“with some at risk of imminent tant protection for our children. execution.” The survey laments Just try being a student posthe regime’s prohibition of free sessing anything other than fartrade unions; “the creation left views in today’s ultra-liberal of trade unions is prohibited, classroom. Before you dismiss this out with the exception of Governof hand, look at the trends and project where we are headed. Religion is a protected class. Yet religious faith has been in decline for decades. We’re a different people than the ones who fretted about electing our first Catholic president. My parents’ “mixed marriage” – Catholic/Protestant – was an issue back then in a way it would not be today. At the same time, political belief has grown in personal importance and intensity to the point where it has become a secular religion, complete with doctrine, testaments, beatitudes, sins, excommunicable offenses and opposition that, to the devotee, fully justifies violence. Onward, Antifa

The State Supreme Council of Cyberspace (talk about an Orwellian term!) monitors the Internet. The UN report adds moreover that the “High Commission on Human Rights has continued to receive reports of the arbitrary arrest, deten-

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Losing Our Religion soldiers! We are increasingly defined by our politics in the way we used to be defined by religion. Our political positions have hardened along well-defined dogmatic lines as our religious beliefs have fractured. A 2018 Pew poll found that 26 percent of Protestants and 28 percent of Catholics believe in a higher power but don’t believe in the God described in the Bible. It’s easier today to find a “spiritual but not religious” Congregationalist than a Scoop Jackson Democrat. New Hampshire is one of 20 states where no religious group comprises a greater share of residents than the “religiously unaffiliated.” Fully a third of adults in our state report having no religion, according to a 2016 PRRI poll. Nationally, that number runs from 18 percent for the 65-and-older crowd, to 38 percent for 18-29-year-olds. Gallup polling has tracked the increase in the “nones” – people who have no religious belief (different from the “unaffiliated”) for decades. That number grew from 6 percent to 20 percent from 1998 to today. So where are people grounding their moral and ethical sensibilities as traditional religions decline? I think the answer is political belief. We see adults acting with religious fervor at political protests, spouting articles of faith and refusing to hear or debate the “blasphemy” of opposing views. They are beyond conversion, often beyond civil conversation. But children are the concern. They are no longer learning about morality and faith in Sunday school. Their belief systems are being formed and reinforced in school . Merriam-Webster defines religion as “a cause, principle,

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For the second year in a row, the Lochmere Ladies League donated proceeds from its annual Ladies Invitational Tournament to Camp Resilience. The League, dedicated to helping those in need in the community, raised $1600 for the veteran support group. Previous recipients include the NH Humane Society, Wounded Warriors Project, and Belknap House. To learn more about Camp Resilience, please visit www.prli.us.Photo (L t R) Vic Stanfield (Lochmere Golf Pro), Sharon Hilson (a volunteer with Camp Resilience), Sherry Osgood (Lochmere League President) and Jeanie Haas (Treasurer of Lochmere Ladies League).

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von Trapp Brewing Will Kick Off Beer For History EXETER - Sponsored by Donahue Tucker & Ciandella, Beer for History kicks off on Thursday, September 26 in Exeter with von Trapp Brewing, known for brewing European style lagers. Held at Folsom Tavern, part of the American Independence Museum, Beer for History will continue every other Thursday from 6 to 8 pm through November 21 with a different brewer featured at each event. Other featured brewers include Sea Dog Brewing, Tilton Brothers Brewing, Throwback Brewery and Bad Lab. As for what people can expect in terms of beer at the series’ first event, Ben Douglas of von Trapp Brewing, based in Stowe, VT, said they plan to bring their Helles, Oktoberfest and Dunkel. “The drinkability and smoothness that lagers possess is what sets them apart from ales,” he said. “It’s a subtle difference that many craft von Trapp Brewing’s Ben Douglas outside the American drinkers don’t really Independence Museum’s Folsom Tavern. The Exeter museum know about, which will be holding “Beer For History” events every Thursday from is why I’m excited we September 26 to November 21st from 6pm. can be at this event and introduce people to and broader historical the brewers, sample their beers, hear live colonial our lagers.” context.” In addition to Douglas, Expressing gratitude at music, play colonial-inSam von Trapp of von each brewer’s participa- spired games and more. Tickets for each event Trapp Brewing and Trapp tion in the series, muFamily Lodge will be pres- seum Executive Director are $15 for members and ent at Beer for History, Emma Bray said proceeds $20 for non-members. marking the second time from each event supports Series tickets are $60 and he has attended a Beer for educational programs and $80 for members and nonmembers, respectively, History event. historic preservation. “In order to make a “Beer for History is an while youth (under 21) are good beer, you have to entry point into the muse- $3. Ticket prices include care about its history and um’s fascinating history,” beer (21+), entertainment, what came before it,” said she said. “Folsom Tav- light snacks from Sea Dog von Trapp, whose fam- ern once hosted George Brewing and more. To purchase tickets, or ily inspired the movie, Washington, so it is fun The Sound of Music, with and meaningful to enjoy learn more about Beer Julie Andrews. “That is a pint in the same room for History, visit independencemuseum.org. what makes this series where he did, too.” so interesting, because it At each event, guests places our beer in a fun can meet and talk with

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In their farm environment the boys had to work long hours in the summer months and in the “cold blustering weather” of the winter months. They attended school for a few weeks each year and “each had a passion for books” and learning and each had a desire to be a printer. Samuel did become an editor and newspaper publisher while an opportunity that opened for Charles led him in a different direction. He continued his education at Meredith High School and engaged himself in woodengraving. When he was eighteen he was offered a job, which he accepted, at the American Express Company office in Plymouth, NH. Two years later he was assigned to a clerkship at the American Express office in Lowell, Mass., and on May 1, 1889 he was summoned to Boston to be the clerk for the superintendent of the Massachusetts division of the company. Only two months later he was appointed to

Rock Ridge around 1796. the position of route agent for the Company on the Boston and Albany Railroad with the headquarters being in Springfield. In 1896 Robie went back to Boston to become the

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general manager, making him in charge of their operations in New England, and he continued to make improvements, including helping to eliminate multiple shipping charges by separate delivery companies when a package was sent from one location to another. The reputation that Charles made in Plymouth as someone who was “honest, intelligent, earnest, industrious, and persevering “ seemed to have followed him throughout his life. He attributed his success to the desire in his younger years to have good habits and a determination to succeed by hard work and a pleasant and cheerful disposition. He was considered to be “one of the most genial of men.” His advice to younger men in whom he took special interest included having the best of habits, the determination to succeed, being “absolutely honest and aboveboard,” working hard without grumbling, and to attend services on See SMITH on 24

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Author James Benn It’s good to have Benn and Billy filling in the gaps. “Surprise upon surprise” Kaz remarks to Billy when Billy reports on his progress in searching for Atlantik, the traitor, in Paris. Billy has plenty of surprises and so has the reader when Billy meets up with old friends and enemies and makes new acquaintances. It’s no surprise, though, that despite fearsome battles, misdirection, deceit, and malaise Billy doesn’t stop searching for the traitor or trying to do his best to save his friends and allies and complete his mission.

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tion and harassment of journalists, writers and media workers. In 2018, 28 journalists were reportedly detained.” Naturally the status of women and minorities remains troubling. The report cites deep concern “over the ongoing repression of women human rights defenders who object to compulsory veiling and by the response of the authorities to protests against compulsory veiling.” Discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities in law and practice continues whether they be Christian converts, Sunni Moslems or members of the Bahai faith. What the report illustrates is a clear and consistent pattern of oppression which has characterized the Islamic Republic since 1979. This should come as no surprise for a government whose civil, political and religious rights are often framed through a narrow theocratic lens. Naturally the West Europeans (especially Britain, France and Germany) not to mention Russia, want a diplomatic fig leaf behind which they can resume lucrative business deals with Iran. Let’s be frank, it’s all about trade and that goes for the USA too, which during the Obama Administration was poised to sell Tehran over $20 billion of Boeing commercial aircraft. And left-wing solons throughout Europe and the USA moreover continue to rationalize the Iranian ruler’s behavior as having “matured” since the 1979 revolution. Tehran’s brazenly arrogant but corrupt regime still has not squared the circle; namely how to get away with circumventing the nuclear “deal” reached with the Obama Administration in 2015, but nevertheless beat the crippling economic sanctions which both Obama and Trump slapped on the Islamic Republic.

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The Wright Museum has chosen the 1944 Battle of the Bulge as its lobby display this year. It commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle. time of universal crisis. As the last members of The Greatest Generation fade into history, The Last Good War preserves their faces and stories for posterity. The Rod Goodgame and Donna Canney Lecture Series At The Wright Museum continues through October as well with a selection of informative and entertaining programs. On Tuesday, September 24th at 7pm. Curt Bessette and Jenne Kurtz present “Song and Stories Honoring American Veterans”

This presentation will pay tribute to all American veterans; containing new original songs and stories about Korea, Viet Nam and the PTSD struggles of today’s returning veterans. Curt has recently written a song called “I’m Not Me Anymore” which was inspired by the stories of contemporary veterans. This particular song and many of the other songs in the concert are meant to be universal. Even if a tune was written during a certain war era, the message and sentiment could be relevant to almost any time. Curt is an award-winning songwriter and guitarist who has performed across the USA. Jen is a respected harmony singer. Together, they have presented concert programs in libraries, museum, theaters, schools, churches, on the radio, and for veterans and seniors. On Tuesday, October 1st at 7pm. The Hardtacks are back at the Wright Museum with “Rally “Round The Flag” A Century of Folk Songs From The American Civil War” an engaging evening of songs, tunes, and stories as they explore the vibrant story of the Civil War folk music. You will explore the diverse experiences and perspectives of the Civil War generation through the songs they sang and played, and then we’ll trace the surprising meanings these songs took on for follow-

ing generations, through two World Wars to the Civil Rights movement and beyond. Featuring banjos, fiddles, bones, frying pans, and other period instruments; audience participation is strongly encouraged. The Hardtacks are comprised of Marek Bennett and Woody Pringle. Marek is an award-winning cartoonist and musician who teaches and performs comics and music at schools and libraries throughout New England and the world beyond. Woody is both a musician and educator teaching at many NH colleges and organizations. His band Bradford Bog People often airs on NH Public Radio’s Folk Show and on many radio stations throughout the country. On Tuesday, October 29th, at 7pm, Dan Schroeder, a Wright Museum docent, presents the sixth and final part of his extremely popular program, “The Three Stooges Take On The Axis Power.” Part 1 was presented in 2009 at the Wright museum. For Dan, it has been many long miles presenting the lecture series all over New Hampshire and all the way to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Now Dan is bringing this very popular and entertaining lecturer series to its end. For your enjoyment the best has been saved for last. Please See WRIGHT on 29

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note, All Pies Must Be Checked At The Door. Daniel Schroeder has been a volunteer at the Wright Museum since 2008. In addition to his popular Three Stooges series of presentations, he has been instrumental in the success of the Museum’s “traveling trunk” program. Dan’s interest in everything about WWII results from his family’s history of military service extending back to WWI. Dan has a son currently in the military. Admission to the lecture series is $8 per person for non-members and $3 for Wright Museum members, unless otherwise noted. Because of limited seating, we strongly encourage you to make reservations by calling 603-569-1212. The Wright Museum has over 14,000 items in their collection which are representative of both the home front and the battlefield and is still always innovating. For example, this year the Home Front section of the museum is featuring a Donna Reed Exhibit.

Reed, though it was not known at the time, took the time to personally answer every letter sent to her by servicemen overeseas fighting in the war. Instead of having the movie studio deal with the letSee WRIGHT on 30

Don Seki, 442nd RCT Corporal, U.S. Army After the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were barred from joining the U.S. armed forces. Seki said, “Eventually in 1943, they told us, “You’re American now, you can volunteer.” Ten thousand Japanese Americans volunteered. Seki served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team that fought in the European Theater, and went on to become the most highly decorated regiment in the history of the U.S. military. Don Seki said: “I was in the 442nd Infantry. We had just taken Bruyeres from the Germans when they told us the 36th Division had been surrounded by Germans in the Vosges Forest and were trapped. The 3rd Battalion consisted of four companies and they sent two: Companies I and K. Each company had about 180 men. When it was over, there were only twenty-five men left. The rest were injured of dead. My company was fully intact, because we’d been held in reserve. We were sent in as a “mopup” group. On November 4th, I got hit by machine gun fire that took my arm off. Just dangling skin left. That was the end of combat for me.” Seki remembers, “When I got discharged around Christmas of 1946, I decided to go see my folks. The only way I could get to Japan was if I worked for the military or the federal government. I took a job as a federal employee in 1947 and eventually made it onto a propeller plane heading to Japan. From Tokyo station, I caught a locomotive train—no bullet train then—and six hours later I arrived in Fukushima. When my parents saw me, they almost wept. They said, “One wing?” And I told them, “It’s okay. I’m alive. I came home.”

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ters, Reed read each one and replied to the young servicemen herself. Reed never spoke to her family or friends about the letters she received or sent to the fighting men. Her three children grew up knowing little about what she did during the war to help the war effort and nothing about the letters from homesick servicemen. There will be special offer opportunities for those who have never visited the Wright Museum or those who would like to visit again. On Saturday, September 21, Wright Museum of WWII in Wolfeboro will offer free admission to visitors as part of Smithsonian Magazine’s 2019 Museum Day. Museum Day is an annual yearly celebration hosted by Smithsonian Magazine in which participating museums across the country provide free entry to anyone with a Museum Day ticket. Registration for Muse-

um Day tickets are available on Smithsonian’s Museum Day website. Wright Museum will only be accepting paper tickets. Each ticket provides free general admission on Saturday, September 21, for two people. Another special admission offer is From September 16 through October 31 when the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro will host its annual canned food drive to benefit Life Ministries Food Pantry in Wolfeboro. During this time, anyone who donates 4 canned goods or non-perishable items will receive half off admission to the museum. The annual canned food drive represents an ongoing partnership, as vegetables grown in Wright Museum’s Victory Gardens are donated to Life Ministries Food Pantry. “Life Ministries Food Pantry provides well over 100,000 meals each year to area families, so it is important we support their efforts,” said museum Executive Director

Mike Culver. An institution like ours cannot expect community support if we don’t give back as well. After all, Americans supporting Americans is the focus of the Wright Museum.” So, the summer may be over, but there is still plenty of time to check out what Yankee Magazine calls a “Local Treasure”.

A special Home Front Exhibit on Donna Reed is one of this season’s highlights at the Wright Museum,

(The 2020 season for The Wright Museum is already in the planning stages. From July 1st through September 27, 2020, the Wright Museum will be featuring the exhibit “Vietnam: The Real War” comprised of 50 photos from the Associated Press and organized by the Huntsville Museum of Art, AL. It is a very powerful show with iconic images that tell the story of another American “great generation” – the men and women who fought in Vietnam.) For more information on the Wright Museum visit www.wrightmuseum.org

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or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.” Think about what’s been happening in our schools. “Faith-based” political propaganda has been replacing science- and logicbased learning since long before the Ten Commandments or Lord’s Prayer were banished. As examples, students were cheered on as they skipped class to protest our Second Amendment rights. How many of them could explain how the gun-control policies they would force on adults would stop the next massshooter? How many of them could define “assault weapon”? How many could cogently relate the Founders’ debates on the issue? How would you predict these protesters would treat a student who came out to support her Second Amendment rights – enshrined in our Bill of Rights and any concept of self-defense, but out of step with today’s hive-

minded sensibilities? Children will lecture any adult who will tolerate their uninformed sanctimony about the evils of plastic straws or the fossil fuels that make their modern lives possible. Do these students know that most plastic waste is dumped by nations with a long history of ignoring international environmental treaties? Have they read the Associated Press report that “A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed” – wait for it – “by the year 2000.”? That report was published in 1989. This climate con has been going on for longer than they’ve been alive. It is impossible to quantify the harm caused by institutions that, from teachers to administrators to textbook publishers, toe the liberal line often at the expense of nuance or truth, or even openness to

discourse. Articles about politicizing the classroom used to focus on colleges; now they report abuses in our K-12 system. Activism and “social justice” have shouldered out the great works of great men who had the audacity to be men but are now derided for their lack of 21st century sensibilities. Brave is the student who would espouse a political view against not only a majority of his peers, but also the person grading his work. That brave student deserves support. That brave student deserves – and increasingly needs – to be part of a protected class. In this, New Hampshire should lead the way. Ken Gorrell welcomes your comments at kengorrell@gmail.com

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Caption Contest DO YOU HAVE A CLEVER CAPTION FOR THIS PHOTO?

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Send your best caption to us within 2 weeks of publication date... (Include your name, and home town). Caption Contest, The Weirs Times, P.O. Box 5458, Weirs, NH 03247, by email to contest@weirs.com or by fax to 603-366-7301. PHOTO #768

— OUR PICK FOR BEST CAPTION ENTRY #765 — Runners Up Captions: Everyone assumed little Hazel got into Grandma’s perfume when she rode what turned out to be a mutant Skunk. - Alan Doyon, Meredith, NH. Most folks thought that Susie’s stories about huge pets were just a tall tail. - Alan Dore, Rochester, NH. It was the entrant’s odd name, Mr. Steroids, that gave the Sandwich Fair judges pause. -Robert

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Her Mom says that Kaylee has held the “Catbird Seat” since the stork arrived.

-Roger Dolan, Milford, Mass.

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Puzzle Clue: DOUBLE CHEDDAR ACROSS 1 Simple floater 5 Declare 11 Declines 15 Harvesting yield 19 Aruba, e.g. 20 Alfred E. -(magazine mascot) 21 One-player card game 23 Pompom or megaphone? 25 Fine white gypsum 26 Actor Reeves 27 Cain or Abel, to Adam 28 Soft, white limestone used as cat litter? 29 Hen product 31 Give a casual greeting 34 Cup rim 35 Shortage of maraschinos in a busy cocktail bar? 42 It’s factual 46 Cyber-giggle 47 Dada artist 48 Act humanly 49 Petition 51 Golfer -- Aoki 52 Sothern of the screen 53 Roadies work on it 55 “This has me angry like a Prague native might be!” 58 It has pores 60 Poker option 62 Radio or TV spots 63 -- Rico 64 Certain Asian capital 66 Spay, e.g. 69 Fleur-de- -70 Slow-moving land reptile sitting on a

recliner? 77 Arctic seabird 78 Balances evenly 79 Community hangouts 81 “The King of Queens” actor Patton 85 Mother of Cain and Abel 87 Greek love god 89 -- Le Pew (skunk toon) 90 Areas where certain salad greens are grown? 94 Pet dog of Sgt. Snorkel 96 Mailroom container 97 Scented powder 98 Brain tests, in brief 99 “Well, how about that!” 101 “Say what?” 102 Walk- -- (brief roles) 103 Fervency 105 Map showing southern U.S. states? 109 Bit of A/V equipment 111 Arrange 112 Marshland 113 Let some printed, glazed fabric fall to the floor? 119 Clandestine U.S. org. 121 Ghana’s capital 125 Device used to store an electric charge 126 Totally wild about grain husks? 129 Lifeless 130 Sitting room 131 Kemo -- (the Lone Ranger) 132 How doodles are drawn 133 Flies, to spiders 134 Not alluring 135 Special periods

DOWN 1 Singer Astley 2 Court king Arthur 3 Dog botherer 4 11th-grader, e.g., slangily 5 DiFranco of folk rock 6 Part of SLR 7 Actor Bela 8 Spring (from) 9 Tom yum -- (Thai soup) 10 With 43-Down, software buyer, e.g. 11 Morales of films 12 Door locker 13 Sheep’s call 14 Female seer 15 $1,000 award, say 16 Poet Dove 17 Dodger Hershiser 18 Exec’s extra 22 Unstated 24 Little ‘un 28 Model shop buy 30 Street cart sandwiches 32 Vostok 1’s Gagarin 33 Impair 35 Be at odds 36 Warn with a toot 37 Cause of odd weather 38 Orbiter in 1957 news 39 Apple’s Air, e.g. 40 Part of REO 41 3 R’s org. 43 See 10-Down 44 Social skill 45 Tubular snack cake 50 Molded jelly 54 Wishes one could undo 56 -- Gras 57 Like a really easy

job 59 And not 61 Expected 65 Author Calvino 67 Get narrower 68 Rocker Brian 69 African country 71 Very unusual 72 Mao -- -tung 73 Deli sub 74 Band blaster 75 Fridge, old-style 76 Broccoli-like vegetable 80 See or touch 81 Eight: Prefix 82 -- -Pei 83 Untamed 84 Escort 85 D-I link 86 Rose holder 88 Overfill 91 Despite that 92 Comic Jay 93 Silvery fish 95 “My, my!” 100 Mine vehicles 104 Actress Christina 106 Aunt’s son, informally 107 Trinket 108 Lest 110 Orang’s kin 113 602, to Ovid 114 -- McNally 115 Pendant gem 116 -- -TASS 117 Memo 118 Low card 120 As sly as -122 Ruler of yore 123 McEntire of music 124 Fruit drinks 126 PC’s core 127 -- Solo 128 Sob

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What’s Going On Meow? Dog Litter Box Training

Litter box training is a method of indoor toilet training for certain breeds of dog. Just like with cats, dogs are provided with a larger litter box tray filled with litter. Dogs can easily be trained to use the litter box with a little positive reinforcement. Certain dog breeds do very well with litter boxes including most small breeds and sharpies. While the majority of litter boxes on the market today are aimed toward cat owners, there are a select few companies that specialize in dog litter boxes. You are looking for one easy for the dog to step into, but tall enough to keep oversplashing from being an issue. It should be noted that litter box training is not the right option for all breeds of dog. Larger dogs will have a harder time because litter boxes are generally not made to suit their size, and scooping after a Great Dane is a much different issue than after a Lhaso-Apso. Box training is also not a good option for some breeds of dogs, specifically those that love to dig or who can be destructive. In the case of these dogs providing a litter box can be a messy experience. If litter boxes are not cleaned at least daily, they can be quite stinky, and dogs, unlike cats, do NOT bury their poop!

Conway Shelter has a Resale Shop!!!

ReTails is the Conway shelter’s resale shop and is located at the far end of the shelter at 223 E. Main Street, Conway, NH. ReTails is run entirely by volunteers and is open Monday – Saturday from 10-3, closed Sundays and Holidays. ReTails accepts donations by appointment. Please email info@conwayshelter.org or call 603-4475955 to arrange a time to bring items by. We have limited storage space, so availability to take items varies, especially during garage and yard sale seasons. The shop is stocked with a wide variety of items including furniture, sporting goods, clothing, housewares, pet supplies, cards and artwork, knick knacks, books, DVD’s, shoes, dresses, winter jackets, prom dresses, dresses, pants, casual and dressy clothing, jewelry, games, and so much more. Please come by and visit, and don’t hesitate to make an offer on something you want. If you would like to volunteer to work at the shop please contact Kristen at ksnowdon@conwayshelter.org

LOOKING FOR THEIR FOREVER HOMES Say Hello to Kennie The Cat!

Kennie the cat was was brought in as a feral cat. We were going to adopt her out as a barn cat after we had her spayed and got her ear tipped but she surprised us and has since become friendly towards people so we are now looking to place her in an actual home. She is estimated to be a year old and prefers to be the only cat. Kennie is current on testing and vaccinations and is spayed and microchipped. Lakes Region Humane Society 11 Old Rt. 28, Ossipee, NH (603) 539-1077 • www.lrhs.net

Meet Snoop!

Say hello to Snoop! This handsome fella is a two-yearold mix breed dog that has been at PMHS for two months. He’s looking for an active forever home that can provide structure and lots of fun activities for his energetic nature! Snoop is a young and lively dog that has no shortage of energy! He cannot get enough of the outdoors, and loves to play and get active in any way that he can! Though he can come on a bit strong with his rambunctious personality, Snoop is truly a good dog at his core. He can just be little overwhelming at first. Snoop is friendly and affectionate once he’s had a chance to relax! He knows many of his basic commands, and would benefit from an owner that is willing to provide structure and further training to help him practice control. The shelter can be an overwhelming place for a dog like Snoop, who’s always looking to get out of his kennel and into the outdoors. Because of this, Snoop is not thriving in the shelter environment, and often exhibits anxious behaviors. Though Snoop can seem loud and reactive at times, it’s only because he’s so full of energy! Snoop would do best in a home that can keep up with him, and give him lots of activity! Snoop could live with a dog-savvy cat or a fellow pup with a similar energy level and demeanor, but must meet any potential canine companions to determine compatibility. Any family members should be aged teens and up. Do you have room for a lively, lovable pup? Come meet Snoop at Pope Memorial Humane Society (formerly Cocheco Valley Humane Society) at 221 County Farm Road in Dover, NH! For more information on adopting a pet, please visit cvhsonline.org.

KENNIE

SNOOP

Poopsie is at the Franklin Animal Shelter Waiting For You!

POOPSIE

Poopsie is a social kitty who can fit into any home. She’s good with other cats, dogs, and kids! She’s just an all around great gal who is very sweet and loves attention. Poopsie is eight years old, spayed, and up to date on vaccines. Come meet Poopsie. She’s ready to find her forever home! Franklin Animal Shelter

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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