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18th Annual Harvest Craft Fair Sat., Oct. 27th in Somersworth

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The New Kid In Town Is An Old Hand At Getting Things Done by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

was struggling. In that time since, says Binnie, sales for the station are up by about sixty percent and the station is growing and has tripled the number of employees that were with WZMY. Binnie, may seem like the new kid on the block when it comes to local media, but he has lived in New Hampshire most of his adult life and is proud to note that his acquisi-

tion of WBIN makes it a locally owned and operated company, a designation that his rival stations can’t claim. “I saw this as a real opportunity,” said Binnie. “I am very much committed to New Hampshire and enhancing life here. I will live and die here. I want to develop a competitive television market.” Binnie knows that the See wbin on 14

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Ask Bill Binnie what he attributes to his success and he will give you a list of necessary actions to take, none that matter unless you add what he calls the “secret sauce.” Binnie, who became a familiar name in New Hampshire when he ran for the US Senate from the Granite State in 2010,

has recently introduced New Hampshire’s newest television station and his latest challenge –WBIN, in Derry. WBIN is part of a larger media group – Carlisle One Media, Inc., a company out of Portsmouth that is controlled by Binnie. Originally going by the call letters, WZMY-TV, the purchase happened in May of 2011 as the station

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Bill Binnie in the new control room at the studios of WBIN-TV in Derry. The revamped station, formerly WZMY-TV has been in operation a little over a year and is already having an impact on the New Hampshire media scene.

The 18th Annual Harvest Craft Fair on Saturday, October 27th, sponsored by the Somersworth Festival Association will be held from 9am to 3pm at Somersworth High School, 8 Memorial Drive, Somersworth. This very well attended fair is one of the largest craft fairs in the area. The fair features over 150 of the best crafters in all of NH, Maine, Vermont and even Mass. This is a good time to start your holiday shopping and to buy your fall decorations. Plenty of parking and food will be served by the Board members of the Festival Association. The Somersworth Festival Association is 501(c) (3) non-profit. For more information on the Harvest Fair call (603) 692-5869 or visit www.nhfestivals.org.

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Oct Thursday 18th Bob Marley

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

Thurs. 18th – Sun. 21st Anatomy of Gray

Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University. 535-2787

Friday 19th Fall Rummage Sale

First United Methodist Church, Rt. 11A, Gilford. 9-2pm. 528-6485

Huggins Hospital Aid Sale

Collection Center Barn, 109A at Beck Drive, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. For more info visit Facebook page Huggins Hospital Street Fair.

include a slide show complete with sound effects. Child friendly program. Costumes are welcome. 539-4071

Fri. 19th – Sun. 21st It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Laconia High School, Laconia. Fri. and Sat. 7pm and Sun. 2pm. www. streetcarcompany.com Fri. 19th – Sun. 3rd

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Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992

Saturday 20th Separated/Divorced Support Group Meetings

St. Joseph Catholic Church Hall, Main Street, Belmont. 6pm. All are welcome. 286-7066.

Funspot Halloween Party

Funspot, Rt. 3, Weirs Beach. 6-10pm. Free tokens for costumed guests, free cider and cookies and door prizes. 366-4377. www.funspotnh.com

Tales of Spooks and Spirits

Effingham Historical Society, 1014 Province Lake Road, Effingham. Marianne O’Connor’s presentation of ghostly spine tingling tales will

“Building a Survival Shelter”

Gould Hill Farm, 656 Gould Hill Road, Contoocook. 2-4pm. Workshop for

ages 15-adult. Sponsored by the Little Nature Museum. $20/members or $25/ non-members. 746-6121 to register.

Family Fall Festival

St. Katharine Drexel Church, Rt. 28, Alton. 10-3pm. Food, crafts, book sale, kidz korner,classic cars and more! 875-2548

Rotary Auction

WASR 1420 AM and Community TV Channel 25. Begins at 9am. 569-5662

Advice to the Players Open Auditions

Barnstormers Theatre, Tamworth. 11am-2pm. For non-union professionals and community actors. Bring a resume, a headshot and be prepared with one serious and one comic piece totaling three minutes. Becca@advicetotheplayers.org

Harvest Dinner

Moultonborough United Methodist Church, 1018 Whittier Highway, Moultonborough. 5:30pm. Please bring an item for the food pantry. $10/ adult, $5/children under 12. 476-5152

Comedian Bob Marley

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992

Rebecca Rule; an Evening of Laughter

Gilmanton Academy Building, Rt. 107 in Gilmanton Corners. 7pm. Dessert will be served. $15pp. 364-2400

Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks

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

Fall Rummage Sale

First United Methodist Church, Rt. 11A, Gilford. 9-2pm. 528-6485

Sant Bani School Open House

19 Ashram Road, Sanbornton. 10amnoon. The event will include gradespecific tours, teacher presentations and a reception with current parents and faculty following the campus tours. 934-4240. www.santbani.org

Writers Workshop

Meredith Public Library, 91 Main Street, Meredith. 11am-1pm. Taught by Steven Liskow. 279-4303.

Huggins Hospital Aid Sale

Collection Center Barn, 109A at Beck Drive, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. For more info visit Facebook page Huggins Hospital Street Fair.

Shakespearean Idol!

Barnstormers Theatre, Tamworth. 7pm. A fall benefit for Advice to the Players. $10. 968-7952

Gladys Knight

The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth. 7:30pm. 436-2400

Italian Supper

Tilton-Northfield United Methodist Church, 400 West Main Street, Tilton. 5-6:30pm. $7/adults, $4/ages 6-10, under 6 are free. 286-4443

Sunday 21st Bikecartoberfest – Boston Children’s Hospital and Jaydens Ride Benefit

Heat Grill & Restaurant, Rt. 3 Weirs Beach, across from Funspot under

Halloween Masquerade Ball on The M/S Mount Washington Passengers are invited to put on their dazzling, fun costumes and board the M/S Mount Washington for the Halloween Masquerade Ball on Saturday, October 27th. The cruise features entertainment and prizes for the best costumes. Cruisers can party together for an evening of frightful fun, sinfully delicious cuisine, soulful song and goulish dancing. This is the last cruise of the season to enjoy a moonlit view on the majestic Lake Winnipesaukee. The cruise leaves from Weirs Beach at 7 p.m. Tickets for the Halloween Ball are $49 (adults, 21+). Ticket price includes dinner and live entertainment. This is the end of the 2012 cruise season on Lake Winnipesaukee. To get more information please call toll-free (888) 8436686, local (603) 366-5531, or visit the website for cruise schedule information at www.cruisenh.com.

6th Annual Opera Competition On Saturday, October 27, 7:30pm at Gilford Community Church, “Just Love to Sing!” will present the 6th Annual Opera Competition. Over 50 young singers will compete for $2,500 in cash and contracts for the 2013 season of events. Tickets will be available at the door, beginning at 7pm. General Admission is $12. The audience will also be invited to vote for the “Audience Favorite” award, given to the singer who scores highest on the audience ballots. Judges on the panel will include Dr. Wayne Rivera, Director of Opera at Hartt School of Music in Connecticut; Ellen Nordstrom Baer, Director of Voice Faculty at Concord Community Music School, and Directors of JLTS!, Jane Cormier and Carlos Martinez, both former opera performers and current music teachers in NH. For more information, call 855-2160 or visit www.justlovetosing.com.

Harvest Fair in Rochester Volunteers at the St. Elizabeth School in Rochester will host a Harvest Fair at the school on Bridge Street, Saturday, October 20 from 8am until 1:30pm. Activities include raffles, kids games, face painting, a live auction at 11:30 am, kids holiday Shopping Area, Penny Sale, 50/50 Raffle, bake sale, jewelry sale, and pictures with Santa, along with breakfast and lunch. This is a great opportunity to come out and support the school! Free parking and free admission.

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online at www.weirs.com, email to info@weirs.com or mail to PO Box 5458, Weirs, NH 03247 the big three ring tent. Noon -6pm. Featuring the James Montgomrey Blues Band plus three other bands. Bike and car show off, concert, auction, prizes, raffles and more! Event tshirts for the first 500 registrations. $30pp. 216-4683. 18+ event.

NH’s One Room Rural Schools: the Romance and the Reality

Groton Historical Society, 754 North Groton Road. 2pm. Presented by Steve Taylor. Free. 744-5747

Late Night Catechism

Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord.7:30pm. 225-1111. www.ccanh.com

Monday 22nd Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group Meeting Wolfeboro Public Library. Question and answer session begins at 6:30pm. At

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Farm-To-Fork Harvest Dinner Connects The Lakes Region To the Cocheco Valley On Thursday, October 25th, a unique version of a popular concept will bring the Lake Region and the Cocheco Valley together for a great night, The Farm-To Fork Harvest Dinner will be hosted by the Orchard Street Chop Shop in downtown Dover featuring harvest crops and baked goods from Moulton Farm in Meredith. This five-course dinner brings together two of the best from the different regions and is enhanced with the addition of craft beers from some of New Hampshire’s own breweries. Chris “Koz” Kozlowski, owner and head chef of the Orchard Street Chop Shop has perfected the art of the dry-aged prime steak, the signature item of his popular Dover restaurant. “Koz” also has a long connection to the Lakes Region having worked as a prep cook at a summer camp in Wolfeboro and then in the kitchen at Hart’s Turkey Farm in Meredith, just around the street from Moulton Farm. “Koz” is also a graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America and has also served as a master brewer at the Shipyard Brewing Company in Maine. That connection has always stayed with “Koz” and he feels the Farmto-Fork Harvest Dinner will not only bring more Lakes Regioners to Dover to experience that part of the state but will also expose to some from the Cocheco Valley a taste for the great, fresh, locally grown produce that flourishes in the Lakes Region. There will also be ingredients used that evening that come from other local New Hampshire sources.

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Our Story The Weirs Times was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert. The newspaper, then named Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette, was published until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. One of the most remarkable features of the publication was a map of Lake Winnipesaukee which occupied the center spread of the paper. Readers will find the same map reprinted on the center pages of this, and every issue. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain

To The Editor: New Hampshire needs a strong conservative voice for it’s people. Someone who would look at all options for encouraging business and education in our state. We should not be lead by a Washington mentality that tries to foster the belief that Washington has all the answers for every state’s problems or that we in New Hampshire cannot improve upon their systems or regulations. We have always been an independent voice of reason. We have kept at bay the need for a sales and income tax, and we have found ways to balance budgets without continually digging into the pockets of our residents. There will be many challenges in the years ahead and I see only one candidate who has the experience and knowledge to meet that task. That person is Ovide LaMontagne. A person who has the personal commitment and the drive to improve our state and the courage to look at new ideas and options. I encourage all to vote and cast your ballot for Ovide. Robert Verdonck Moultonborough NH.

Charter Schools To The Editor: The NH Board of Education has been turning down new charter schools on the basis of an assumed shortfall of fund-

ing. Charlie Arlinghaus’s recent op-ed did a very good job of explaining why this was not true. A critical – but heretofore overlooked – point is that the recently passed SB 401 changed the state adequate aid payments, which will significantly reduce the real cost to the state of expanding charter school options for parents. Thanks to SB 401, the state will now use one year old enrollment data rather than three to four year old data. To see how this lowers the program’s cost, take the following example: A student moves from a traditional public school into a charter school. The charter school will receive $5450 per pupil from the state. The charter schools get paid based on “real time� enrollment. However, state adequacy aid to public school is based on three to four year old enrollment data, so the public school continues to receive adequacy aid for three to four years, even though the student is no longer attending that school. Before SB 401, the state would have paid the public school $12,600 - $16,800 for an empty desk (at the average state adequacy funding of $4,200). The real cost to the state Is much lower than the Board of Education assumes. Beginning in 2013, adequacy aid payments will be based on previous year’s enrollment data. This means that the true cost of parental school

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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. Locally owned for over 20 years, this publication is devoted to printing the stories of the people and places that make New Hampshire the best place in the world to live. No, none of the daily grind news will be found in these pages, just the good stuff. 30,000 copies are distributed every week in the Lakes

Region/Concord/Seacoast area. 15,000 delivered to communities along the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee and another 15,000 to neighboring cities and towns. An independent circulation audit estimates that over 60,000 people read the Weirs Times every week. To advertise your business or service call 1-888-3088463. Published year round on Thursdays by The Weirs Publishing Company, Inc. Š2012 Weirs Publishing Company, Inc.

choice would be $5450 for one year, then only $1250 after that. This was the whole point of SB 401 – to put charter schools and traditional public schools on a more equal playing field in order to provide options to families. The cost to the state, other than that first year, is nearly equal, so there is no reason to put a moratorium on charter schools or slow the chartering process. Charter school enrollments in 2010 and 2011 were 1,280 and 1,522 respectively. Expected enrollment for 2012 is 1,839. Under the previous law, the state would have saved $5.4M in adequacy grants, using 2010 enrollment data. Under SB 401, the state will save $7.7M, using the higher, more timely 2012 data. The significant difference - $2.3 million – represents double payments, tax dollars for an empty desk. The bottom line is that parents are gaining access to education choices they didn’t have before through a fiscally-sound program. Those who assume a revenue shortfall are wrong. Next year we could expand the charter school program by $2.3M with no impact to the state budget compared to the old law. That’s enough to fund 422 charter school students. In 2014, those students would drop off the public school rolls, reducing their cost to around only $500,000. So, the question for the State Board of Education: Why did you impose a moratorium? Sen. Jim Forsythe, Strafford, NH Rep Greg Hill, Northfield, NH.

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A Man And His Dream

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

As you may or may not know, I am running for Governor of New Hampshire under the Flatlander Ticket. I have been doing this since 2000 and, as you may or may not know, I have yet to win. It has been my dream since I started these campaigns to make a difference to not only the New Hampshire way of life, but to my own life as well. There is a lot I’d like to accomplish but, without an election victory, this is impossible. You see, in New Hampshire the governor is elected for two years at an annual salary of a little over $100,000 a year. Even if you stink at the job – which is very easy to do as it happens all the time– you can’t get fired and you are guaranteed a cool $200,000 plus. This is a little more than I make right now and I could do a lot with this money. I could pay off bills, maybe build an addition on my house, take that much needed vacation (after my term ends of course). These have been my aspirations since I first ran for Governor. I knew that I could make some real changes in my life and if, along the way, I got the chance to sign a couple of bills that would be good for New Hampshire, then it’s a

win-win. I also figured that after I was governor, even if I did stink, I could write a book about what it was like to be governor. Name a few names, make up some facts. I’m sure this would be good for maybe six figures (hopefully numbers). Then, if and when the book is a success, I could charge good money for people to have me come and talk about the book, getting more people to buy it, making it a bestseller and then getting more people to pay me to talk about it. A vicious but lucrative circle. Maybe after that I could become a political consultant and get paid to help other people who wanted to be governor. Of course, the ultimate gig would be getting a spot on some news program as a contributor. That would really be sweet. But, I won’t be greedy. I’ll take the most money I can get from this whole deal and be happy. As you can see, the potential for cashing in on this opportunity is enormous and can set someone up for life, if they know how to take advantage of it. Forget about putting on that addition; I’m sure a whole new house would be in order; maybe two. Still, obviously, the hardest thing to do is to get elected in the first place. The best dreams are never realized without conquering a few obstacles - I read that somewhere. But these are dreams I have been holding on to for way too long without realizing them and, I must admit, it is getting frustrating. After twelve years I’m becoming convinced that it just won’t happen. I’ve given it just about

all I can. So, I am making this year my final try for the governor’s seat. If I fail, I will have to develop some new lofty goals. That is why I turn to you, the voter, this one last time. This year let’s not make this election about the economy or social issues; let’s make it is about the realization of one man’s dreams‌ mine. It’s time to put aside all this negative talk about budgets and taxes and programs and focus on something truly positive for a change. Just think of the encouragement it would give to others who have also been working hard to reach their particular stars and are one step away from giving up. I’m convinced that in this time of economic uncertainty and global instability nothing would ease the psyche of the American public more than a good-old fashioned success story. Why not mine? So there you have it; my final plea. Take from it what you will when you cast your vote for governor in November. Write my name in that blank box on the bottom and help make this dream a reality. A vote for me in this election wouldn’t just be a vote for a new governor; it would be a vote for the American Dream. A victory for me might just satisfy that missing dream in you. Or not. Brendan Smith welcomes your comments at brendan@weirs.com. You can also follow him on Twitter at @weirsbrendan.

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-- “If you leave here like you left Iraq, I am a dead man,” says the blunt-speaking district governor. His district chief of police, a by Oliver North newly appointed Syndicated Columnist civil judge and the chief of the Afghan Local Police detachment all nod their heads in assent. None of them is smiling. We are reminded by the commander of the special operations unit with whom we are living not to broadcast names or faces of Afghan security force personnel. The local district governor is speaking through an interpreter. He doesn’t pull any punches: “You must not abandon us again. You helped us expel the Soviets and then left us to the Taliban and al-Qaida. Look what happened to you. When you came back, we put our lives and our families at risk because you told us you would help us rebuild our country. But now you are leaving before the job is done. We have enemies to our

east and west. They are your enemies, as well. But your deadline means we are dead.” It’s a familiar refrain throughout this trip to Afghanistan. Over the past two weeks, we have heard similar messages from Afghan officials and police chiefs in Kandahar, Kabul, Helmand, Zabul and Wardak provinces. At every location, the story is basically the same: “The Americans left Iraq. Now they are leaving Afghanistan.” For people here, evidence of the just-completed drawdown is ubiquitous. When the “fighting season” began this spring, there were more than 100,000 U.S. military personnel deployed on bases around the country. The withdrawal of 33,000 U.S. surge troops -- leaving fewer than 68,000 American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines on the ground -- means scores of these outposts now are manned by Afghan forces or simply abandoned. But it’s the Obama administration’s well-publicized “exit strategy” that causes the greatest apprehension among Afghan ofSee north on 12

October 12 marked the 12th anniversary of the bombing of the USS Cole. The grim milestone comes as President Obama facby Michelle Malkin e s m o u n t Syndicated Columnist ing questions about his administration’s dereliction of duty during the murderous attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya. And it comes just a day after resurgent al-Qaida thugs pulled off the drive-by assassination of a top Yemeni security official who worked at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa. These are not “bumps in the road.” These are gravesites on the blood-spattered path to surrender. Seventeen U.S. sailors died in the brutal suicide attack on the guided Navy missile destroyer as it refueled at the Yemeni port of Aden in the fall of 2000. ThenPresident Bill Clinton vowed to track down the Muslim terrorist attackers: “We will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable.” But a dozen disgraceful years later, Slick Willy’s toothless promise has become a bitter punch line. The current Democratic White House has not only delayed and denied justice to the victims and their families. President Obama’s foot-dragging administration, crawling with pro-terrorist lawyers, effectively undermines our nation’s ability to detain, contain and destroy jihad threats from within and without. Suspected Cole bombing suspect and former Persian Gulf Operations Chief for al-Qaida Abd

al-Rahim al-Nashiri has been in U.S. custody since 2002 and at Gitmo since 2006. In February 2009, Obama met with Cole families and promised them justice. Then, he stabbed them in the back by ordering the (Social) Justice Department to abandon the death penalty case assembled against the al-Qaida mastermind under the Bush administration. That’s right: The Osama bin Laden football-spikers in the Obama administration deliberately dropped the USS Cole ball on al-Nashiri’s military prosecution because of their opposition to the Guantanamo Bay detention system. Jesse Nieto, father of murdered Cole sailor Marc Nieto, won’t forget it. “That really left a bitter, bad taste in my mouth,” he told the Newnan (Ga.) TimesHerald earlier this year. In 2011, the Obama administration reinstated the charges amid a widespread backlash against Attorney General Eric Holder’s plans to bestow U.S. civilian trials in Manhattan to foreign Gitmo goons. But the trial has been plagued by yet more delays and left-wing lawyer antics painting Nashiri as a victim of American hegemony. “This whole trial is a political football the politicians are playing with,” Nieto aptly noted. “If they left it to the military, it would be taken care of. And it would be fair.” Team Obama’s initial withdrawal from the prosecution came out of left field -- literally. But it is no surprise to those who paid attention to Holder’s radical ideological and corporate allegiances. As I reported in “Culture of Corruption,” Holder joined the prestigious Covington and Burling business and corporate law firm after a quarter-century

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often that the southern African country of Zambia makes headlines. Fortunately the country by John J. Metzler has had none Syndicated Columnist of the military coups, civil conflict, nor political strife which has tragically befallen mush of Sub-Saharan Africa. It has however been cursed in the past by the usual state planning and African socialist models which were so pervasive and ultimately harmful to developing countries. Being aware of the economic travails of this resource-rich but oft underperforming landlocked country, when I heard that a profree market opposition leader had been elected the new President, I knew that with good governance, Zambia once known as Northern Rhodesia, was poised to prosper. Best known for the Victoria Falls, the natural wonder shared with neighboring Zimbabwe, and magnificent game parks, Zambia wants to expand beyond tourist images. “Zambia is open for Business” President Michael Sata told investors here in New York. “As one of the most politically stable African states since independence in 1964,”he acknowledged “market oriented policies since the 1990’s which have promoted stability through good government and the rule of law.” “The Zambian economy is open for business and trade,” Sata stated adding that a GDP growth rate of 7% or higher is expected for this year. Even during the past years of global economic recession, Zambia averaged over 6 % growth since 2007. The World Bank ranks Zambia as one of the top ten economies in doing business in Sub-Saharan Africa, a fact which has eased the way for both large and small investors. Sata stressed that “fighting corruption” was one of the priorities of his new government. As he told a UN meeting on the Rule of Law, “Since my government assumed power a year ago, Zambians have embraced a reinvigorated pro-

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Binnie, “You won’t see a lot of “cat up a tree stories.’” The station provides a nightly newscast at 10pm which is partnered with the Boston Globe and Bloomberg News. “We want to bring a more northern New England centered programming,” said Binnie. A big player in programming will also be political coverage with three fulltime political reporters on hand which is headed by Director of Political Affairs, Periklis Karoutas who has worked in the past as an advisor to Jeb Bradley when he was in the US Congress. Karoutas was also a Deputy Campaign Manager during Binnie’s run for Senate. See wbin on 19

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Most significantly, WBIN has stepped into the political arena with their in studio broadcasts, this year, of debates between the New Hampshire Gubernatorial candidates and opponents for the US Congress from New Hampshire as well. They were also a co-sponsor of the Republican Presidential Primary Debate held in October of 2011 at Dartmouth College in Hanover along with Bloomberg News and The Washington Post. Of course, nothing is more important in this equation than a strong infrastructure. With the large investment that was made to revamp the studio and bring it more into the 21st century. A good example is the conversion of the control room. In the old control room, the operators had to wear sweaters to work to compensate for the cold air which was essential to keeping computers they shared the same room with operational. They now have their own, warm, studio from which to work from while the new updated computer system has its own, temperature-controlled, room. Other plans are in the works to expand the on ground media reach of

WBIN with the possible conversion of a downtown school in Concord to a media center as well as looking at a possible site in the Laconia area. WBIN is only one part of a larger media involvement for Binnie. He has also partnered in the acquisition of other television studios and seventeen northern New England radio stations formerly owned by the Nassau Broadcasting Partners.

Still, Binnie looks forward to each and every day as a new adventure and opportunity. “I’ve been rich, I’ve been poor, I’ve survived cancer,” said Binnie. “I am the luckiest man alive.” You can find out what channel WBIN is on in your town by going to www.wbintv.com and going to their channel guide.

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general. Plymouth State has acquired a national reputation for its sports program, and the achievements of Panther teams and individuals could fill a book. I recently attended some Hall of Fame Weekend events in Plymouth, and the Hall of Fame Induction Banquet Program itself was ample testament to PSU’s extraordinary sports legacy. Aside from the many student-athletes, coaches, and teams who’ve built the Plymouth tradition of success, there is a developing sports infrastructure that Panther followers can also take pride in. I attended a “Panther Pride Brunch” at the college’s new Welcome Center and Ice Arena, and was quite impressed not only by the sparkling new Hanaway Rink, but by the plans the college has for an ALLWell Center, an ambitious four-part project which promises to reinvent the integration of athletics and academics at Plymouth State. Since moving into its new ice environs, the Panther men’s ice hockey team has become a regional power, winning

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its first-ever conference championship with a double overtime 5-4 title game win over Salem State last March before a packed house of screaming Panther partisans at the Hanaway Rink. There is a correlation between having quality facilities and having quality programs, so the evolving sports infrastructure at PSU promises even more such magical moments for future Panther athletes. Plymouth State athletics are a special part of a special institution in the lovely foothills of the White Mountains, which this week -- with foliage peaking -- may be the most beautiful area in the world. While the PSU sports family includes thousands of Panther grads, Athletics Director Clark rates a special place in the college’s sports history. It is very fitting that JPC will be a charter member of the new Little East Conference Hall of Fame. Clark will be among 11 inductees to be honored during an inaugural LEC ceremony at the Providence Marriot Hotel on

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Saturday, October 27. While John P. Clark doesn’t look all that different than he did in 1980, the day WILL come when he WILL retire, and when he does, he can take great satisfaction from the real difference he made at Plymouth State, and in the lives of so many college athletes -- at the Home of the Panthers AND beyond. And when the applicants come forth seeking to fill Clark’s shoes, don’t be surprised to see some Division I big-timers looking to move to a place where college sports are done the right way. Born Today ... That is to say, sports greats born on October 18 include NFL player and coach Mike Ditka (1939) and tennis star Martina Navratilova (1956). metzler from 7

Ferrous Metals Mining Corporation (CNMC) is planning to invest an additional $400 million as part of a mining and project engineering venture. Though Zambia offers special initiatives for Canada and China, one official stated privately that “We are business people. The Chinese have come ahog from 13

tion, ever” – how do you think that’s going? WASHINGTON BEACON: A backroom deal hatched by General Motors during the auto bailout to fulfill the Obama administration’s demand for a quick bankruptcy could be reversed, draining the automaker of nearly all of its cash on hand and leaving it in worse shape than it was when it collapsed in 2009. The trustee for (old GM) creditors shortchanged by the government-driven bankruptcy are now suing the hedge funds in a move that could undo the bailout. “Many U.S. creditors waived their rights to object because the government wanted to push through the bailout for

Sportsquiz Numerous NFL franchises have switched cities. The Cardinals played in Chicago and St. Louis before they played in Arizona. The Rams played in Los Angeles and Cleveland before they played in St. Louis. The Colts played in Baltimore before they played in Indianapolis. Where did the Redskins play before they moved to Washington? (Answer follows). Sportsquote Former boxing champ “Marvelous Marvin” Hagler supposedly feared no man, but his wife couldn’t get him into the delivery room to witness the birth of their children. “I’d rather have to fight ten men than to have to go in there and watch THAT!” said Hagler.

here the Americans did not come.” Minister Sichinga later told this writer, “We want a spread and balance in investment so we are not subjected to the whims and impacts of one country.” There’s little doubt that a combination of rich natural resources plus political stability has attracted investment to Zambia but political reasons,” risk analyst Chris Whalen said. “If they had continued through normal channels, they could have easily been in bankruptcy for five years. So they made sure these issues were not

Sportsquiz Answer The Redskins once played in Boston’s Fenway Park. In fact, the name “Redskins” was selected because it sounded closest to Red Sox. Owner George Preston Marshall moved the team to Washington after the 1936 season, which saw the Boston Redskins drop the NFL championship game to the Green Bay Packers by a score of 21-6. Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management at NHTI, Concord’s Community College. He recently 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.

as is increasingly the case throughout Africa, it’s the People’s Republic of China who is “buying up the board” in mining and resources. Beijing is now Africa’s largest trade partner. Think about it. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues.

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The RiverRun Bookstore,142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. 431-2100

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that sometimes overtakes the Big Cat. Don’t cut corners. Do the job right at this time, or you might have to redo it later. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You know how you like to do things. And that’s fine. But watch that you don’t impose your methods on others. A current financial crunch soon eases. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Someone might try to take advantage of your generosity. But before your sensitivity toward others overwhelms your good sense, check his or her story out carefully. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your strong Scorpian sense of fairness lets you see all sides of a dispute. Continue to remain impartial as you help each person work through his or her particular grievance. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Trust your keen Sagittarian insight to help you see through an offer that might

comedy 73 See 70-Across 77 Suffix with malt 78 Grain morsel 79 Owner of the dog Sandy 81 “Who can - to?” 82 1988 Christopher Walken children’s comedy 85 Maul lightly 88 - -dog (stray cur) 89 Resort to 90 - Dawn Chong 91 Broiling spot 93 One way to store data 95 Total chaos 97 2003 Mike Myers comedy 103 Lend - (be attentive) 105 Black goop 106 Madrid misters 107 With 121-Across, 2005 dramedy with four lead actresses 114 Silklike fabric 115 Talk wildly 116 “Sin City” actor Rutger 117 Rapa - (Easter Island) 119 Lose flab 120 “How - you doing?” 121 See 107-Across 126 Belief suffix 127 Cupid’s boss 128 Bill modifier, e.g. 129 Summer, in Aix 130 Your, biblically 131 Spanish for “the sun” 132 Really wishes one could

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CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) With the Goat exhibiting a more dominant aspect these days, you could find it easier to make your case in front of even the most skeptical audience. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Take things nice and easy as you continue to build up your energy reserves for a big change that’s coming with the full Hunter’s Moon on Oct. 29. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Recent news from someone you trust could help you make an important decision. Also, be prepared to confront an upcoming change in a personal situation. BORN THIS WEEK: You can be firm in your own views, but also flexible enough to welcome the views of others.

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convicted and sentenced to die in Yemen for the terror attack, but somehow escaped twice from jail and was freed by the Yemeni government in 2007.) Holder’s law firm employed dozens of radical attorneys such as David Remes and Marc Falkoff to provide the enemy combatants with more than

3,000 hours of pro bono representation. Covington and Burling secured victories for several Gitmo enemy combatants in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Remes, who garnered human rights awards for Covington and Burling before striking out on his own, now represents Nashiri. Falkoff went on to pub-

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Zombies To Take Annual Walk In Downtown Rochester Friday, October 26th

Events Committee volunteers are busily preparing to host the third annual “Zombie Walk” and fourth annual Horribles Parade/Trick Or Treat On The Town on Friday, October 26th. The popular Horribles Parade/Trick Or Treat On The Town will take place from 4:15pm to 6:15pm in the heart of downtown Rochester with costumed children under 10 years old going door to door at the local businesses for “Treats.” On hand will be strolling entertainment and new this year, a photo booth will be located in Factory Court in order to “capture the moment. Participants are asked to gather in the Union Street parking lot at 4:15pm to pick up treat bags and maps indicating participating businesses. Bags and maps will be available

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