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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 25, NO. 40
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“Celebration” Art Exhibit at Franklin Gallery
A “Fresh Start” For A Classic New Hampshire Business
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every face painted on every Annalee doll creation. Looking in the mirror she would draw herself, no matter what her mood might be that day, and then use that as the face of her latest doll creation. Annalee, born in Concord, NH in 1915, loved to make dolls as a young girl and sold them through the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and later to S.S. Pierce in Boston where she had moved. Soon after marrying Charles “Chip” Thorndike, they moved to Meredith
where she began designing a small line of skier dolls. The success of these dolls led to the creation of the company, Annalee Mobiltee Dolls in 1955. The ongoing success of the dolls led to stores buying them for holiday displays as well as being used for New Hampshire tourism materials. The country took notice and by 1960 the dolls were being sold in forty states as well as Canada and Puerto Rico. For the next forty-five plus years all of the proSee ANNALEE on 20
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It was once written that the Annalee Doll was “the most famous manufactured item to come from New Hampshire in the 20th Century.” To say that this is also true of the 21st Century up to now, wouldn’t be overstating things at all as there aren’t many people in the country who haven’t heard of Annalee Dolls if they don’t already own at least one. Over the last several years, the company has
changed locations and even some of its manufacturing in keeping up with the times, but now the operations of this important New Hampshire business are back under one roof and stronger than ever. “The new owner felt it was very important to keep Annalee in the town of Meredith where it all began,” said Retail Director Betsey Pelletier. Created by Annalee Thorndike in the 1950s, Annalee Dolls are known for the image of Annalee herself which was part of
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Barbara Danforth, a designer for Annalee Dolls, works on a piece at the new store in Meredith which recently celebrated its grand opening. Also on the site are the corporate offices and a fulfillment center warehouse, bringing the popular and historic New Hampshire business back into one central location once again. courtesy Photo
The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing in Rochester will be teaming up with the artists of the Women’s Caucus for Art/New Hampshire Chapter (WCA/NH) for a celebratory exhibit during the month of October. “Celebration” will run from October 1 through October 29, with an artists’ reception on Thursday, October 6, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thirty WCA/NH members will offer a wide range of work, including watercolor, oil, acrylic, encaustic, mixed media, fiber art, photography, and sculpture. The public is invited to the reception or to view the artwork during gallery hours. RiverStones Custom Framing and the Franklin Gallery are located at 33 North Main Street, Rochester and are open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. For information about the Franklin Gallery and other RiverStones events and services, call (603) 8121488 or send an e-mail to riverstonescustomframing@gmail.com.
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Runaway Pumpkin To Kick Off Pumpkin Festival The Runaway Pumpkin 10K & 5K Run/Walk will kick off the NH Pumpkin Festival in Laconia on Saturday, October 22nd at 9am. This community fundraiser is led by the employees of the Laconia Clinic and benefits both the WOW Trail and Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction. Participants are encouraged to register by October 6th in order to receive a long-sleeve Tech T-shirt. In addition, participants that would like to fundraise for the WOW Trail and Children’s Auction are invited to do so by soliciting sponsorship donations. Participants that raise $100 or more will receive a Runaway Pumpkin Pullover and a chance to win a 2-Night “Runaway Getaway” Stay courtesy of InnSeason Resorts. dition, a Kid’s Race sponsored by the Downtown Gym has been added to this year’s event.” The Runaway Pumpkin 15 Cross Rd. Hooksett, NH
Runners start last year’s Runaway Pumpkin 10k and 5K Walk/Run in Laconia as part of the annual PumpkinFest. had over 500 participants last year and event organizers are expecting even more this year. WOW Trail Board member and organizer, Jennifer Beetle expects that the “excitement around the WOW Trail Phase 2 construction and the recently opened section of
the Winnisquam Scenic Trail will get supporters out to participate by either running, walking or volunteering.” Event details and online registration are available at www.runawaypumpkin.com or for more information email events@wowtrail.org.
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Trail we went and then turned onto the Round Pond Trail until we reached the pond. Round Pond’s sparkling water was extra lovely surrounded by the trees that had turned early boasting bright red leaves. The trail along the edge of the lake with its stepping stone work and solid foot bed not only looks nice and natural but protects the trail and pond. This past June I visited the area but it was a cloudy wet day. As we made our way around the pond I realized just how much the clouds were hiding then. Now I could see that Belknap Mountain was big and round right up above the pond. Leaving the Pond’s edge we headed up to Mount Mack. Nearing the summit we stopped at the first view ledge and enjoyed the vista. Last time I saw nothing but the inside of a
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To The Editor: With the cool and confident demeanor exhibited by President Clinton, President Obama and other sociopaths, Hillary Clinton repeated the lie that President Obama was forced to withdraw American forces from Iraq by the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) created by President Bush. This lie has been protected by the media and by the obscurity of the facts. When President Obama took office, Iraq was stable. President Bush had negotiated a SOFA based on the assumptions that conditions in Iraq would remain stable or improve, that a significant (30,000 – 50,000) American force would remain, and that a strong American influence would help maintain stability in Iraq. All parties expected to renegotiate the SOFA if conditions changed. And conditions changed. President Obama refused to follow sensible policies to ensure the continued stability of Iraq. Contrary to the advice of his military and civilian advisors, President Obama refused to leave a large American force in Iraq, and he withdrew the American influence that helped ensure stability in Iraq. As problems arose, Iraqi leaders and American representatives recognized the need for and began negotiating a new SOFA. But President Obama didn’t want a new
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SOFA. A person whose Presidency, as he claimed, would cause “the rise of the oceans ‌ to slow and the earth ‌ to healâ€? would have been able to renegotiate a new, favorable SOFA if he wanted one. But President Obama was more interested in domestic political considerations. With a new SOFA, President Obama would clearly be responsible for events in Iraq. Without a new SOFA, President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and their supporters knew they could, with the help of the media, lie and blame President Bush for whatever happened in Iraq, and this is what they have been doing. The fact that negotiations on a new Status of Forces Agreement began shows that Iraqis and Americans recognized that a new agreement was needed. Failure to obtain a new SOFA when one was required is President Obama’s failure. President Obama’s failures created the instability in Iraq that enabled the ISIS victories in Iraq. ISIS’s victories in Iraq made it wealthy, boosted its recruiting efforts, and made it the worldwide threat that it has become. President Obama’s and Hillary’s immigration and refugee programs have brought ISIS provocateurs here to threaten, kill, and instigate others to kill Americans. It is President Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s pol-
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Time For Clinton To Look In Mirror To The Editor: Are there cases where law abiding minorities are treated unfairly by police? Tragically, yes in a huge country like ours. On the other hand, the statistics show there is no epidemic of police murdering innocent people through racial profiling. With those facts being undisputed, why the media fueled frenzy from elements within the Democratic Party talking about an “epidemic� of police murdering innocent blacks? Could it be that there is nobody left among our friends on the left side of the isle who can do simple math? Instead of highlighting any of the countless examples of tolerance within stricken communities, we see a one-sided spotlight on rare moments of police injustice. It is bad enough that our President invites radicals to the White House, unwittingly providing cover for an outpouring of violence coming from seedier elements within our communities. Now, with millions in campaign money backing her megaphone, Hillary sees votes on the See mail boat on 41
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It is with great pride that I learned that the Flatlander Free Press has endorsed me for governor. Even though we have had our differences in the past (I did make a big stink as to why a newspaper called the Free Press cost a quarter) we have since made up and I was invited to their offices for an editorial meeting. The interview went so well that they decided right on the spot to endorse me for two reasons: One, I took out a two-year subscription and; Two, the other candidates were too busy to come in to meet. Since you may have missed this important interview published in last Monday’s issue, I am reprinting a portion of it here with their permission (and the promise to extend to a three year subscription). Q: Candidate Smith we’d like to thank you for taking the time to talk with us today? A: You’re welcome Bill Q: Um, it’s John. A: Sorry. Q: Do you think you have the experience to be governor? A: Of course not, I have never been a governor before. Have you? Q: Do you think that might be a liability? A: Only time will tell, Steve. Q: John A: Sorry. Q: Umm..what would be the first thing you would do as governor?
A: Well, I understand that the inauguration ceremony can be a little long and then I will have to give some kind of long-winded speech afterwards as is the tradition. So, I would imagine a trip to the men’s room might be first. I am looking forward to using the governor’s bathroom for the first time. I hear it is magnificent. I also have some decorating ideas I would like to try out, but that would have to wait till my first full day as governor. Q: Well, I meant what would be your first “officialâ€? act as governor? A: Hmmm, not sure. I have always wanted to declare and official day for something or other, that would be fun. Q: Well, you have made a lot of campaign promises, wouldn’t you want to start with one of them? A: Oh yeah. Thanks Steve, that’s a great idea. Q: Which one would you start with? A: Umm‌let me see‌ it’s right on the tip of my tongue. I think I made some promises about taxes or something. There were so many I forget. Q: Yes, you said you planned to help lower property taxes through innovative programS. A: I did? Wow, that’s a good one. Well then, yes, that is what I will work on first right after I declare a day for something or other. Q: And how exactly will you do that? A: Don’t you remember? I think I said it a few times while I was campaigning, but I can’t remember right now. Q: Yes, you did give three very specific solutions. A: Great. Then I’ll do the first one, then the second and then the third.
Q: Can you give us an idea about what your first year in office might be like? A: I doubt it. I can hardly figure out what’s going to happen by lunchtime. By the way do you have a cafeteria here? I am starving. Q: Yes. A: Great, could we speed this up a bit then? Q: What is the one thing you are most looking forward to as governor? A: Well, first the pay. It’s a considerable amount over what I make right now so that’s pretty exciting. We’d like to have some renovations done to our home so that would be a big help. I’m also looking forward to the nice big desk the governor works at. The desk I have at home is pretty small and the chair squeaks a lot so it would be nice to sit in a new one. Q: Are you looking forward to helping the people of New Hampshire have better lives? A: Oh yeah, that too. Q: Do you see being governor as a stepping stone towards higher political office in the future? A: Sure, isn’t that the main reason for doing this? I mean the governor’s salary is pretty sweet but when you get to congress or senate then you’re really racking in the dough and all you have to do is show up. I’d have to be crazy not to consider it. Q: Well, candidate Smith, we want to thank you for coming in for this interview and we wish you the best of luck in the upcoming election and thank you for your subscription. A: You are quite welcome. We are keeping our fingers crossed. I’ve already ordered new living room furniture and carpeting for the house.
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Interrupted Whatever happened to “I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar”? Whither “Girl Power”? When did Rosie the Riveter’s “We Can Do It!” by Michelle Malkin give way to Syndicated Columnist Hillary the Haranguer’s “We Can’t Handle It”? It’s 2016, and the Democrats’ feminist heroine running for commander in chief is whinnying about being -- wait for it -interrupted. Quick! Prepare a complaint to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Poor, fragile, defenseless Hillary Clinton is a victim of the international human rights crime of serial conversational obstruction. Mainstream media outlets (also known as the Coalition of Liberal Narrative-Benders For Hillary) howled about the unconscionable injustice after Monday’s first presidential debate. “Donald Trump Interrupted Hillary Clinton 51 Times at Debate,” moaned US Weekly, which is owned by Clinton supporter and longtime Clinton donor Jann Wenner. “Donald Trump couldn’t stop interrupting Hillary Clinton,” complained The Huffington Post, founded by female Cambridge Union debating champ Arianna Huffington. Then there were the female writers for left-wing Vox who balked at Trump’s 51 interruptions involving “petulant asides,” “loud, insistent filibusters,” and the “one-word, schoolboy-like ‘Not’.” Clinton supporters to Clinton:
Slaaaay, Queen! Trump to Clinton: “Not.” Oh, no. The oppressive “Not!” Queen slayed. The Vox gals (is “gals” a trigger?) cited research dating back to the moldy-oldy 1970s about the ravaging effect of workplace interruptus on wimmin. Playing Clinton’s narrative amplifiers, they commiserated. “For most women in the workplace, the phenomenon is exhaustingly familiar.” Still feeling verbally battered Tuesday morning, Clinton’s old crony fixer and bagman, campaign chair John Podesta, told reporters that Trump’s interruptions were “reminiscent of the way a lot of women feel about bullies in their lives.” Female reporters Andrea Mitchell and Jennifer Epstein dutifully tweeted Podesta’s dog whistle to feminists. Spare me, you shameless sacks of spin. Un-stage-managed debates usually involve spontaneous and contentious back and forth. Without the jibes and jeers and repartee and sighs and sideeyes, you’re not debating. You’re side-by-side monologuing with a Kabuki moderator keeping time and warming a seat. Seriously, what kind of role model for girls is a female presidential candidate who claims to be “ready to lead” -- yet whose campaign cries sexism whenever she’s confronted with anything less than full and complete obeisance in the public square? Remember: Clinton similarly suffered from acute interruptophobia during campaign forums with daytime talk show diva Matt Lauer and primary opponent Bernie Sanders. Ironically, the Clinton cam-
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Riot First, Ask Questions Later The Charlotte rioters didn’t know whether the controversial police shooting of Keith Scott was justiby Rich Lowry fied or not, Syndicated Columnist and didn’t care. They worked their mayhem -trashing businesses and injuring cops, with one protester killed in the disorder -- before anything meaningful could be ascertained about the case except that the cops said Scott had a gun and his family said he didn’t. Charlotte is the latest episode in the evidence-free Black Lives Matter movement that periodically erupts in violence after officer-involved shootings. The movement is beholden to a narrative of systematic police racism to which every case is made to conform, regardless of the facts or logic.
It doesn’t matter if the police officer is an African-American with an unblemished record and numerous character witnesses. This describes Brentley Vinson, the officer who fatally shot Keith Scott. It doesn’t matter if the victim disobeys the police in a tense situation and acts in a potentially threatening manner. Despite cops with guns drawn yelling orders at him (and his wife shouting, “Don’t you do it”), Scott exited his vehicle and approached officers without raising his hands. It doesn’t matter if the allegedly unarmed victim turns out to have been armed. Everything points to Scott having had a gun, even though the family insists he had a book (the police didn’t find one at the scene). The police dashcam and bodycamera video of the Scott shooting is inconclusive but broadly supportive of the police story. The police recovered an ankle See lowry on 38
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“Golden Decade” For Canadian/Chinese Economic Ties? UNITED NAT I O N S - Jus-
tin Trudeau, Canada’s media star Prime Minister, in his first address to the General Assembly, preby John J. Metzler sented a wideSyndicated Columnist ranging tableaux of liberal platitudes and glowing feel good commitments. Proclaiming an almost theological commitment to diversity, an acceptance of Syrian refugees, and climate change policies, Trudeau presented his view of a revived Canada as the perennial global good guy. Stylistically Trudeau’s address offered the syrupy sweet political nuggets of a campaign speech. But in substance there was so much lacking. Pledges on human rights issues were notably missing; and this is a hall where many of the 193 delegations are anything but paragons of democracy, as is his country Canada. Just days after Justin Trudeau’s victory lap in the cavernous UN General Assembly hall, he hosted Premier Li Keqiang from the People’s Republic of China. The Chinese delegation flew to Canada to talk business. Chinese Premier Li called for a “new Golden Decade” in Sino/Canadian commercial ties. During a Montreal luncheon of the Canada/China Business Forum, Li proclaimed, “If a free trade agreement is established between our two countries it will open up boundless opportunities for inves-
tors and business leaders.” Justin Trudeau added, “The economic potential between us is vast and we’ed be doing a great disservice to our people if we didn’t tap into it.” He alluded to the cooler Canadian relations with China during the previous conservative government. He was also trading on his late-father Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s popularity, as Canadian Prime Minister, who had opened diplomatic relations with Beijing back in 1970, one of the first major Western countries to recognize Mao’s China. Pierre Trudeau had a curious attraction to Mainland China, and this during an era when its totalitarianism was in vogue. Ottawa’s two-way trade with China is US$65 billion but with a huge imbalance; exports to China reached $15 billion but imports from the Mainland surged to $50 billion. The plan is to double bilateral trade by 2026. But as Prof. Meredith Lilly of Carleton University asserts, the widening trade will “only accentuate the already large trade imbalance we have with China.” Beyond commerce, Canada has become a major destination for Chinese tourists. Air Canada is inaugurating a new nonstop flight from Montreal to Shanghai. Why the renewed warmth in Sino/Canadian ties now? It is precisely China’s huge trade imbalance with the USA, a whopping $367 billion in 2015 alone, which remains a political lighting rod in the U.S. election campaign. Both Donald Trump and his Demo-
crat opponent Hillary Clinton talk tough on trade, especially concerning China. Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest opines that “It’s probably safe to assume that the relationship with China is going to be tougher
south of the border the day after the campaign than it is today, so I think the Chinese see Canada as a counterpoint to what’s happening in the U.S.” Charest told Toronto’s National Post that “Strategically for
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‘Favors’ To Blacks Back in the 1960s, as large numbers of black students were entering a certain Ivy League university for the first time, someone asked a chemby Thomas Sowell istry profesSyndicated Columnist sor -- off the record -- what his response to them was. He said, “I give them all A’s and B’s. To hell with them.” Since many of those students were admitted with lower academic qualifications than other students, he knew that honest grades in a tough subject like chemistry could lead to lots of failing grades, and that in turn would lead to lots of time-wasting hassles -- not just from the students, but also from the administration. He was not about to waste time that he wanted to invest in his professional work in chemistry and the advancement of his own career. He also knew that his “favor” to black students in grading was going to do them more harm than good in the long run, because they wouldn’t know what they were supposed to know. Such cynical calculations were seldom expressed in so many words. Nor are similar cynical calculations openly expressed today in politics. But many successful political careers have been built on giving blacks “favors” that look good on the surface but do lasting damage in the long run. One of these “favors” was the welfare state. A vastly expanded welfare state in the 1960s destroyed the black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and generations of racial oppression.
In 1960, before this expansion of the welfare state, 22 percent of black children were raised with only one parent. By 1985, 67 percent of black children were raised with either one parent or no parent. A big “favor” the Obama administration is offering blacks today is exemption from school behavior rules that have led to a rate of disciplining of black male students that is greater than the rate of disciplining of other categories of students. Is it impossible that black males misbehave in school more often than Asian females? Or Jewish students? Or others? Is the only possible reason for the disparities in disciplining rates that the teachers and principals are discriminating against black males? Even when many of these teachers and principals in black neighborhoods are themselves black? But Washington politicians are on the case. It strengthens the political vision that blacks are besieged by racist enemies, from which Democrats are their only protection. They give black youngsters exemptions from behavioral standards, just as the Ivy League chemistry professor gave them exemption from academic standards. In both cases, the consequence -- unspoken today -- is “to hell with them.” Kids from homes where they were not given behavioral standards, who are then not held to behavioral standards in schools, are on a path that can lead them as adults straight into prison, or to fatal confrontations with the police. This is ultimately not a racial thing. Exactly the same welfare state policies and the same non-judgmental exemption from behavioral standards in Britain See Sowell on 41
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Few Assume The Consent Of All The Rest, Without Any Such Consent Being Actually Given In the recent past some of us have stated that at the end of Barack Hussein Obama’s by Niel Young second Advocates Columnist term; he has NO plans to leave the stage. Now that the time is near, unlike those before him, other than the Clintons, Barack is alerting us that he plans to remain the community organizer for the world. When you imagine that; Trump looks pretty good to you, right? In a report by Kate Irby (mcclatchydc.com) Kate shows us that the prediction was correct. “Many U.S. presidents, upon leaving office, try to fade from the national spotlight and live the rest of their lives as private citizens. President Barack Obama implied in a Vanity Fair interview that he might choose to go a different route.” “In the interview conducted by presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Obama talked about his use of the term ‘radical Islam,’ how he would miss Air Force One, and his desire to make the world better.” Then there’s a short bit where he hints at what life after the presidency might look like for him. He says there are some things he suspects he’ll be able to accomplish better after being president.” Aha – there it is! ******** Gazette of the United States Source: October 14, 1789, p.211, col.2: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms has been recognized by
the General Government; but the best security of that right after all is, the military spirit, that taste for martial exercise; which has always distinguished the free citizens of these States... Such men form the best barrier to the liberties of America.” ******** Lysander Spooner (18081887) Political theorist, activist, abolitionist: “Our constitutions purport to be established by ‘the people,’ and, in theory, ‘all the people’ consent to such government as the constitutions authorize. But this consent of ‘the people’ exists only in theory. It has been thought that we are represented. It has no existence in fact. Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given”. It has been thought that we are represented. We are, right after the Lobbyists, Educators, US Chamber of Commerce, and the Public Employees Unions. Can you imagine Bill and Hillary, BHO, and Michele, running this once great country, AGAIN? ******** “Republicans in the House have proposed legislation that would eliminate the “Clinton defense,” a reference to Hillary Clinton’s argument that she should escape prosecution because she did not intend to violate the law when she set up her private email system and mishandled classified information. “Someone could argue the law could be called, ‘We meant what we said the first time,’” Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe told the Washington Examiner in explaining his proposal,
the “Classified Information Protection Act.” His bill is a response to the decision of military personnel to try using the same defense when they face charges under the Federal Records Act and the Espionage Act for exposing classified information. Some of them have argued that LIKE Clinton, they never intended to violate the law. http://www.washington examiner.com/gop-billkills-the-clinton-defensefor-violating-classification-laws/20Today&utm_ source= StructureCMShttp://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumpon-shaky-ground-inbringing-up-bill-clintonaffairs/article/2603270 http://dailycaller. com/2016/09/30/presidential-debates-admitstrumps-mic-was-messedup/ AMERICA ONLY CARES ABOUT CHARACTER ,WHEN IT IS A REPUBLICAN INVOLVED. ******** In the state where CLINTON pal, Gov. Terry McAuliffe has a bit of trouble; the investigation of voter fraud in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Is this just the start? We can be sure that the criminals will not be punished. Terry is a friend of the Clintons. America vs. America is what this election is about.
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Henry (Harry) Wilder Keyes was the 56th Governor of New Hampshire, serving in that position for one term in 1917 and 1918. He was then elected to be New Hampshire’s United States Senator in 1919, and was re-elected twice, continuing in office until 1937. ( He was succeeded in office by the influential Senator Styles Bridges.) A name that may be more recognizable than that of Harry Keyes may be that of his wife, Frances Parkinson Keyes, a prolific and popular author of the past century. Frances was born in Virginia, where her father, John Henry Wheeler, taught at the University of Virginia. Her mother, whose family lived in Newbury, Vermont, was Louise Fuller Johnson. After Miss Keyes’ father died when she was a young child, her mother re-married and the family lived in Newbury during the summers at a place called Oxbow and spent the winters in Boston. The Keyes family lived across the river on Pine Grove Farm near Haverhill, New Hampshire. Henry Wilder Keyes, a graduate of Harvard University, was a farmer and cattle breeder and one of the founders of the Woodsville National Bank where he served as President. He married Frances on June 4, 1904 when he was forty years old and she was eighteen
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more attendees than does any other sport. Stirring renditions of the Canadian and American nation anthems were honored with everyone standing respectfully. And there also was a prayer, of all things, which I found refreshing in this age of the secular and the politically correct. I hearkened back to my youth, when I worked in the concession stand at Riverside Speedway in Groveton. I then laughed at the people who’d yell at the drivers during the race. A NASCAR competition is so loud you can’t even hear yourself
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ing the main grandstand as the racers were introduced. I did a double-take when Danica Patrick (#10 car) came out. Her presence amongst all the guy drivers was almost as incongruous as were the Confederate flags. I decided to join her camp—me being a free agent in terms of favoring any driver in particular. NHTI student and fellow veteran Bruce Caron ended up in the Stewart camp—perhaps in part because they looked exactly alike. Governor Maggie Hassan made it a point to greet us individually and then we made our way to the stands to take in one of the top events in America’s most popular spectator competition— as stock car racing draws
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by Steve White Contributing Writer
When people think about feeding backyard birds, the first thought is usually bird seed and water. These two ingredients are essential for attracting wild birds to your area, no matter where you may reside. However, another attractive food element that should be included in your offerings, especially during the winter months, is suet. There are many choices available in the suet marketplace for your backyard bird feeding needs. Plain, inexpensive beef suet can be found at your local supermarket or butcher shop. This is pure, unprocessed suet without any fillers or treats, such as peanuts, fruit or birdseed that you can purchase in prepackaged blocks. If squirrels raiding your suet feeders are a concern, then pure beef suet is your solution. Animals are attracted to suet due to the treats mixed in with commercially processed suet. Birds are attracted to the high calorie and fat content that all suet provides. You can also find pure beef suet in standard, square cakes at your local wild bird store if butcher shops are not located in your town. Rendered beef suet that you find on store shelves consists of wrapped cakes that are combined with fruits, nuts and birdseed for a wide variety of choices. Generally speaking, woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches and titmice prefer peanut butter or peanut based suet cakes. The very high fat content these products offer is very
appealing all year round. During spring and summer you can offer fruit based suet for your migratory birds. For instant, orange suet is the right choice to maintain an oriole presence in your backyard. The warm months may pose a concern for some regarding the offering of suet products. Pure beef suet sold in supermarkets should not be offered when outside temperatures reach 70 degrees or higher. The risk of spoilage is high and birds will ignore your offerings. Commercially processed suet is available in no-melt formulas that are manufactured not to drip or melt in high temperatures. Many customers believe that you should not offer suet in summer due to the risk of spoilage and lack of attractiveness to wild birds. The daily fat intake for your backyard birds should not be ignored by any serious backyard birder. You will attract more wild birds in the warm seasons if the right suet is available with your feeding stations. Mockingbirds, warblers, orioles, robins and catbirds are just some of the different species you can bring to your area with suet offerings. The suet feeder choices are just as plentiful as the suet cakes themselves. Wire baskets, mesh bags and suet logs can be used to dispense suet. Wire cages or baskets come in all sizes and shapes. You can recycle mesh onion bags to hold suet. Logs with correctly sized holes are an excellent way to offer suet in a more natural way. No matter what method you choose, consider suet to be as important an ingredient as bird seed when you wish to attract birds to your home. Choosing the right suet for your backyard is just as essential as the correct bird seed mix. It is possible to serve
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Oil Painting Workshop With Carole Keller The Lakes Region Art Association will be hosting an oil painting workshop series with artist, Carole Keller at the LRAA Gallery at Tanger Outlets in Tilton. Beginning October 11, the series will take place on six Tuesdays, from 1:00-3:00 PM. Experienced and beginner oil painters are welcome, and the class size is limited to ten participants. The fee is $230.00 and a portion of this fee will support art scholarships for Lakes Region students. Carole is an award-winning painter, experienced teacher and a juried member of the NH Art Association as well as the Lakes Region Art Association. She owns Bleu Waves Gallery in Meredith NH where she exhibits, teaches and paints. Her workshops are individualized for the level of each participant, emphasizing ways to “see” color and light and how to portray the emotion of place. Works by local artist members can be seen at the LRAA Gallery, located at the Tanger Outlets, 120 Laconia Rd, Suite 132, Tilton, NH. The gallery represents over 25 artists from the Lakes Region. On display and for sale are original works in oill, watercolor, acrylic, photography and mixed media. The Gallery if open Friday, Saturday and Sunday,, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. For more information or to register for the workshop, email workshops@lraanh.org
“Rocky Horror” In Rochester Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show is back at the Rochester Opera House for a limited run. October 26-31st. This dark comedic cult favorite tells the story of a newly engaged couple seeking refuge from a storm in the bizarre home of a mad transvestite scientist: Dr. Frank N. Furter. The unsuspecting couple arrives just in time for Frank to unveil his new creation, a muscle man named Rocky Horror. Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is a Rochester Opera House Production, directed by Danica Carlson, featuring shadow acting with the original film combined with live music and a cast of 15. THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH INC. Tickets $16/$20. Check website or call the Box Office for show times. Reserve tickets online or call/stop by the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5pm and 2-hours before the show. Mature subject matter. The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. Visit www.RochesterOperaHouse.com for more information.
Loeb School Offers Media Boot Camp The Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications is offering a one-day Media Boot Camp for anyone who uses the media to deliver a message. The session, on Saturday, Oct. 22, is designed to help people in business, government, non-profits, medicine, sports, education or any field become more successful by improving their media and social media skills. Instructor Mike Nikitas from NECN (New England Cable News) brings three decades of communications and teaching experience to a friendly, positive presentation that includes understanding different media and the audiences they attract, understanding what reporters look for, basic use of social media, developing and sticking to a message and handling interviews. Participants also will learn how body language, dress and voice can help or hinder their message and get the chance to put the tips to use in mock, videotaped interviews. The workshop is being offered on Oct. 22, from 9-3:30. The fee is $50, including lunch. For more information, or to register, go to www.loebschool. org or call 627-0005.
Thursday 6th Northern Grafton County Republican Committee Meeting
Topic of the Town Restaurant, 125 Main Street, Littlleton. Come for the social time at 5pm and the meeting will begin at 6pm.
2 Good 2 Be True
Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 2 local favorites on stage with $2 drafts and 2-for-1 apps after 8pm! 293-0841
Modern Western Square Dance Lessons
Leavitt Park Clubhouse, 334 Elm Street, Laconia. 7-8:30pm. Weekly lessons Thursdays through May. Singles, couples and families are welcomed. Great exercise! First lesson is free, after that it’s $6pp. Casual attire. Refreshments available. 253-9518 or 279-4548 for more info.
Giant Rummage Sale
The Congregational Church of Laconia, Corner of Pleasant Street and Veterans Square, Laconia. 5pm7pm. Featuring collectibles, toys, books, clothing, electronics and much more!
Lakes Region Poets Barbara Bald and Beth Fox to Read from and Sign New Book Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 7pm. Barbara Bald and Beth Fox will read from and sign their new book, “Other Voices/Other Lives”. The authors encourage the audience to participate in open mic time after the reading, so bring something of your own to share. River1@worldpath.
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“Rally Around the Flag, The Civil War in Folk Music”
Franklin Public Library, 310 Central Street, Franklin. 7pm. This program will be performed by two musical scholars of this critical era in U.S. history, Woody Pringle and Marek Bennett, “The Hardtacks”. Free and open to all.
Friday 7th Gibson Brothers Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com or 3351992
Giant Rummage Sale
The Congregational Church of Laconia, Corner of Pleasant Street and Veterans Square, Laconia. 9am3pm. Featuring collectibles, toys, books, clothing, electronics and much more!
Hospital & Community Aid Street Fair Fall Fundraiser Sale
65 Pine Hill Road, Wolfeboro. 10am2pm. Art, antiques, camping, books, furniture, sports, toys, electronics and more! Saturday 8th
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Laconia Harley Davidson, Route 3, Meredith. Registration begins at 9am, kickstands up at 10:30am. The first 120 riders will receive a free event t-shirt. Featuring a foliage filled ride along
Lake Winnipesaukee, post bbq, live music, raffles, door prizes and more! $20 per rider, $10 per passenger, $15 for the food and music part of the day only. All proceeds will benefit Veterans Count to help Granite State Veterans and their families in time of need. Rain date is Sunday, October 9th. 229-9833
Norman Magic Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com or 3351992
Pet Adoption Day Rundlet-May House, 364 Middle Street, Portsmouth. 10am till noon. $7 per family. $5 per family for Historic New England members. Register at www.historicnewengland.com or call 603-436-3205.
14th Annual Pumpkin Festival
Somersworth Plaza, Main Street, Somersworth. Purchase a $12 bracelet for the kids and they can participate in all the activities! Show up in costume and receive $1 off admission. No charge for adults accompanying children. Activities include; pumpkin carving, painting, smashing and shooting plus scarecrow making, cookie decorating, crafts, storytelling, hayrides and much more! 312-5075
Fred Marple’s “Guide To New England”
Peterborough Players Theatre. 7:30pm. Humorist. Tickets are $5 general admission available at the door at The Toadstool and Steele’s in Peterborough. Online at fredmarple. com an frostheaves.com or call 603525-3391. Appropriate for all ages.
120 Main Street, Lincoln. Sat. 9am5pm, Sun. 9am-5pm and Mon. 9am-4pm. Free admission. www.
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Monday 10th 50s/60s Block Party and Vietnam Veterans Pinning Ceremony
Annheuser-Busch/Budweiser Field, Merrimack. 1pm-5pm. In honor of Vietnam Veterans, VFW Auxiliary #168 is hosting a 50s/60s Block Party Fundraiser featuring the fabulous Reminsants! Both ticket option includes 20 tickets for the Chinese Auction, light lunch of hamburger or hot dog and chips, photo ops with the Budweiser Clydesdales and hours of fun dancing and singing along to your favorite oldies! Contact Cathie or Paul at 882-8881 or 498-9333
Tuesday 11th Rebecca Rule – “That Reminds Me of a Story”
Moultonborough Historical Society, Old Town House, Route 25,
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Halloween Ball October 22.
Save the date From Weirs Beach, 6–9 PM
Arts and Craft Show Andover Elementary/Middle School, 20 School Street, Andover. 10am3pm. Local vendors will be displaying a variety of fine art, crafts, photography, fiber arts, sewn cloth gifts and much more! Homemade food and baked items will also be available for sale. Free admission, however donations will be gratefully accepted to benefit the ASC Merit Scholarship Fund. Maryo.asclub@live.com for more information.
Giant Rummage Sale
The Congregational Church of Laconia, Corner of Pleasant Street and Veterans Square, Laconia. 9am12pm. Featuring collectibles, toys, books, clothing, electronics and much more!
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Tapply-Thompson Community Center, North Main Street, Bristol. 9am-3pm. 300 homemade apple pies & crisps, applesauce, homemade baked beans & fresh bread and a great selection of craft tables. 744-2713
Hospital & Community Aid Street Fair Fall Fundraiser Sale
65 Pine Hill Road, Wolfeboro. 10am2pm. Art, antiques, camping, books, furniture, sports, toys, electronics and more!
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Hospital & Community Aid Street Fair Fall Fundraiser Sale
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Family Comedy, Juggling & Magic with Bryson Lang and Steven Kradolfer Franklin Opera House, Franklin. 7:30pm. For a dazzling display of comedy, dexterity, personality and a touch of the bizarre, Bryson Lang is, The Cure for the Common Show! The magic of Steve Kradolfer never fails to amaze and enthrall audiences of all types. Together they create a spectacularly entertaining show for the whole family! Tickets are $8 - $16pp. www. franklinoperahouse.org or 934-1901
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are available at Aubuchon Hardware, Bayswater Books, Cup and Crumb, E.M. Heath and MVSB in Center Harbor and Moultonborough. 4765140
Hospital & Community Aid Street Fair Fall Fundraiser Sale
65 Pine Hill Road, Wolfeboro. 10am-2pm. Art, antiques, camping, books, furniture, sports, toys, electronics and more!
Sunday 16th Leaf Peeperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Craft Fair North Conway Community Center, 2628 White Mountain Highway, Route 16, North Conway. 10am-4pm. Biggest North Conway Craft Fair Ever with over 80 exhibitors! Live music, crafters outside and inside the new building. Rain or shine! Free admission.
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Right-Angle Bracelet Class with Deb Fairchild
League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 10am3pm. Create your own unique bracelet for yourself or that special person on your holiday gift list. No previous beading experience needed. Beginners are welcomed. Tuition is $35 per student and a materials fee of $15 paid directly to the instructor. Pre-registration is required. 279-7920
Old Farm Days
Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. Working steer demonstrations, tractor display, pumpkin games, visits with animals, free tractor rides from noon till 4pm, and the tricky corn maze! Activities are free of charge, although there is a charge to enter the corn maze. 279-3915
Earthly Delights â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Food, Craft Brews, Fine Wine and Live Music
Alumni Hall, 75 Court Street, Haverhill. 1pm-4pm. Sample food from over 25 restaurants, cheese makers, craft brewers and more! Admission includes samples, a souvenir glass, door prizes, live music, fun for the kids and a silent auction. $20/food, $25/food and drink. Kids under 12 are free with adult.
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Beer for History American Independence Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter. 5pm-8pm. In an effort to entice more people to visit the oneacre campus in the middle of historic downtown Exeter, The American Independence Museum will be hosting Beer for History. Featuring handcrafted beers from Neighborhood Beer Co., 7th Settlement, D.L. Geary Brewing Company, Moat Mountain Brewing Company and more! Tickets are $30pp and include light appetizers, samplings of beer, games for kids and more! Members of the museum may purchase tickets at a discounted rate of $25. www.
65 Pine Hill Road, Wolfeboro. 10am-2pm. Art, antiques, camping, books, furniture, sports, toys, electronics and more!
Belknap House Pumpkin Masquerade Ball Saint Andre Bessette Hall, 31 Gilford Ave, Laconia. 6pm-11pm. Cocktail hour, dinner and dancing! Musical entertainment, silent auction, photo booth, candy & coffee bars. $75/single, $125/couple or $500/friendship table of eight. www.belknaphouse.
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located. “We have our Assembled In America orders which were and still are made and fulfilled here in Meredith,” said Pelletier. “During these transitions, Annalee’s shipping and receiving operations were moved to a fulfillment center in Maryland, while a small percentage of retail orders were shipped out of Meredith.” Fast forward to last February when Annalee Dolls was purchased and the new owner realized the importance of bringing back the entire operation under one roof and to stay in Meredith since the business was such an integral part of the town’s history. The former Meredith Ford building and property on Route 3 in Meredith seemed like an ideal location to not only move the gift shop to a more prominent location, but to also bring the corporate offices and to move the fulfillment center back as well, putting all the pieces back together again in one Meredith location. “We really are happy to be able to keep the Annalee brand here in Meredith,” said Pelletier. The 20,000 square foot warehouse was stocked and the fulfillment center back in business in Meredith by the middle of
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duction, marketing, sales and distribution of Annalee Dolls were done from “The Factory In The Woods” a fourteen acre compound on Reservoir Road in Meredith. Besides the production of what was one of the most popular dolls in the world, it was also a major tourist destination in New Hampshire. The market for Annalee Dolls, as well as other collectible businesses, began to shrink in the late 1990s leading to the decision to outsource production overseas in 2001. In 2002, Annalee Thorndike passed away. With production of Annalee Dolls now in China and new owners of the company, “The Factory In The Woods” was sold to the Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Eventually, the Annalee Gift Shop store, which con-
“The Factory In The Woods” on Reservoir Road in Meredith was home to Annalee Dolls for decades. tinued to operate on the grounds of the Playhouse still selling the popular Annalee Dolls, moved their location to the former Jackson Star Market building at the Province Commons shopping area in Meredith and later to 8 Maple Street in Meredith where the corporate offices were also
June with the gift shop and corporate offices operating by mid-July. The weekend of September 24th and 25th saw the official grand opening. “As before, the Assembled in America dolls are finished here in Meredith and people can come to the gift See annalee on 21
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people have been excited about us opening this facility at this end of town” said Pelletier. “It was so important to keep it here as this business always supported continues to support families in the Lakes Region.” With the new facility, they also plan to be hosting more events like the Annual Build-An-Elf event in December where families and people of all ages can come in and work with a designer and build their own Annalee Elf. Annalee Dolls is located at 339 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith. For more information visit www.annalee.com.
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have led to remarkably similar results among lower-class whites there. The riots of lower-class whites in London, Manchester and other British cities in 2011 were incredibly similar to black riots in Ferguson, Baltimore and other American cities -- right down to setting fire to police cars. One of the few bright spots for black children in American ghettos have been some charter schools that have educated these children to levels equal to, and in some cases better than, those in affluent suburbs. You might think that this would be welcomed by those who are so ready to do “favors” for blacks. But you would be dead wrong. Democrats who have been in charge of most cities with sizable black populations, for decades, are on record opposing the spread of charter schools. So is the NAACP. That is a de facto declaration of moral bankruptcy in both cases, just as in the case of the Ivy
League chemistry professor. In all three cases, it is a question of promoting one’s own special interests, while offering “favors” to blacks. The Democrats’ special interest is in serving the teachers’ unions, which oppose charter schools and support Democrats financially. The NAACP’s special interest is in serving the same donors -- and in keeping ghetto schools controlled by racial activists, as part of their turf. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www. creators.com.
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line. It seems revoltingly obvious that Hillary’s team is stoking racial tensions in hopes of scarfing up votes. Worst of all, the venom is directed at our men and women in blue who are heroically doing their jobs. Hillary Clinton needs to look in the mirror to her own party’s campaign of hate and division the next time she gins up a definition for “deplorable” behavior, but sadly, the mud slinging from her cesspool hasn’t even hit high gear yet. We must brace ourselves for many more disgustingly inappropriate Nazi comparisons and other unspeakably insulting tripe that will now accelerate, saturating the air waves and piling up in our mailboxes. But if she is interested in salvaging a touch of integrity, she could at least stop throwing our peace officers under the bus. Jim Buttolph Rumney, NH.
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southerners got chilled— being used to Daytona, Talladega, and all. But as the afternoon heated up so did the action on the track. Kevin Harvick and his #4 car took the checkered flag at the end of the nationally-televised race. Bruce Caron look-a-like Tony Stewart finished 23rd. My Danica finished a respectable 18th, although it would have been particularly delightful to see a NASCAR woman win a race called the “Bad Boy 300.” Hopefully she—and y’all—will return to Loudon in 2017! Sports Quiz What does NASCAR stand for? (Answer follows)
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Lobo (1973). Sportsquote “If I died right now, my life would be complete.”Tony Stewart, after winning the Allstate 400. Sportsquiz Answer National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord, while also teaching on-line for New England College. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines)—which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.
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paign publicized a letter this week from the candidate to a 7-yearold schoolgirl encouraging her to always “make your voice heard.” She advised her young fan to not “be afraid to carve out a space of your own.” Sound advice. But you can’t have it both ways, sister. Either you’re a strong woman warrior capable of handling anything -- or you’re a grievance-mongering grouser who can’t out-bellow the boys. I speak from experience. Growing up, I was a small, shy brown girl afraid to assert myself. I was petrified to talk in front of my classmates. I was too humble to claim credit for my own work. I was invisible because I made myself invisible. Then I grew up and refused to defer to anyone because if I didn’t speak up for myself, nobody would. I didn’t come from a privileged background. I didn’t marry into power. I didn’t ask anyone
to give me a platform. I worked for it and made my own. Most importantly, I learned to stop waiting for my turn. Feminism is supposed to be about holding your own, not about being entitled to everyone else holding their tongues in your sainted presence. In 21st-century America, there is nothing holding girls and women back from amplifying their message. If male pushback and “petulant asides” bruise your egos, you put some ice on that, to borrow a phrase, hold your ground, and tell the interrupters to hush. You control your volume button. Don’t remonstrate. Roar. Michelle Malkin is a senior editor at Conservative Review. For more articles and videos from Michelle, visit ConservativeReview. com. Her email address is malkinblog@gmail.com.
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