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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 24, NO. 46

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Author Of Red Sox Book At Annie’s

Local Musicians Create New Reality Show To Give Back Through Music by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

“A Day In This Life” will focus on the positive while travelling down a couple of different avenues. One avenue will find them seeking out talented musicians and songwriters who have life struggles preventing them from pursuing their dreams and provide them with a once in a lifetime opportunity of a professional record-

ing experience. The entire process, from the moment the artist is selected to the completion of their project will be part of the show. A second avenue will focus on Ryan, Franz and the other musicians as they record their own music and focus on raising awareness for different groups. The Alopecia See life on 18

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A small group of musicians in the Lakes Region are working hard to make a difference and to give back through their music and they are chronicling it all for a new Reality show. “We want to give people something that is informative, educational, inspiring

and positive to watch,” said Ryan Ordway. Ordway, along with his partner in the project, Franz Haase, and a group of other local musicians have recently debuted the first episode of their program “A Day In This Life” on You Tube. Far removed from the conflict and drama usually associated with these kinds of shows,

(L to R) Andreas Reif and Dakota Barron of No Silence Media; Franz Haase and Ryan Ordway of the Recording Co-op in Gilford and the creators of “A Day In This Life” a You Tube Reality Show that focusses on their combined mission courtesy Photo of “Music With A Purpose.”

Carl H. Johnson will be signing copies of his popular book, “From Beer to Beards, Boston Baseball’s 2011-2013 Roller Coaster Ride” on Saturday, November 14th from 12 to 3pm at Annie’s Book Stop, located at 1330 Union Avenue in Laconia. The book chronicles the ups and down of the Red Sox from 2011 when they lost a seemingly insurmountable lead and missed the playoffs, through the debacle which was the 2012 season under Bobby Valentine, and captures all the excitement of 2013, the year of the beards, when the Sox came back to win the pennant and World Series. Mr. Johnson writes a column entitled, Baseball World, covering the Boston Red Sox, for the Biddeford Maine Journal Tribune. He also has written for the Sanford News, and the Westerly, Rhode Island, Sun. He is a columnist with the Insider Sports network online and manages a blog on major league baseball at baseballworldbjt.com.

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Taylor 2 Dance Company Performance

Paul Creative Arts Center’s Johnson Theatre, Durham. 7pm. $30/general, $10/UNH Student with ID and youth under 18. www.unharts.com or 8627222

Insurance Market Place Open Enrollment Fair

HealthFirst Family Care Center, 841 Central Street, Suite 101, Franklin. 9am-2pm. The fairs are intended to help citizens determine the policy and coverage that best suits their needs. 934-1464 ext 119

Storytelling Dinner – Becky Rule

The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. $21.95pp, plus tax and gratuity; includes salad, entrée, glass of wine, dessert and coffee. 284-6219

Double Feature – Silent Film Series

Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. 6:30pm. See “Soul of the

Beast” and “Chang”! Both films will be accompanied by live music by Jeff Rapsis. $10pp. www.flyingmonkeynh. com 536-2551

Aida – Franklin Footlight Theatre

Franklin Opera House, 316 Central Street, Franklin. 7:30pm. $14/seniors and students, $16/adults. www. franklinoperahouse.org or 934-1901

Lucie Therrien – Free Concert

New Hampshire Veterans Home, 139 Winter Street, Tilton. 2:30pm. Renowned French-American recording and film artist Lucie Therrien, who accompanies her multilingual repertoire of French-Canadian, Cajun, Creole, Cadien and French music on guitar and piano, will perform a solo concert. Admission to the concert is free! 527-4425

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The Museum of Arts, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. 6-7:30pm. A surprising medley of university talent from solo artists, trios or other music groups will perform in an open mic, coffee house format. Free and open to the public. 862-3712

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

Aida – Franklin Footlight Theatre

Franklin Opera House, 316 Central Street, Franklin. 7:30pm. $14/seniors and students, $16/adults. www. franklinoperahouse.org or 934-1901

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New Hampton School’s Performing Arts Department Presents “Brighton Beach Memoirs”

New Hampton School’s McEvoy Theatre 70 Main Street, 7:30pm. New Hampton. Admission is $15/adults, $10/kids and seniors and is free to NHS community members and any resident of New Hampton Village (drivers license or proof of residency required). 677-3400

Monty Python’s “Spamalot”

Village Players Theatre, Wolfeboro. 8pm. $18pp. www.village-players.com or 569-9656

Saturday 14th BC bOp! – Boston College Jazz Band -Fundraiser

Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Reservoir Road, Meredith. 7pm. See the International award winning 20 piece jazz band and multi talented vocal ensemble in their first and only Lakes Region appearance. $25pp includes soft drinks and refreshments (cash bar available). Net profits to benefit Central New Hampshire’s VNA & Hospice. www.tbinh.org

20th Annual Tuftonboro Holiday Fair

20 event locations. Maps will be available at Pine Cone Country Store, Geez Louise! and Tuftonboro Town House.

Craft and Holiday Fair

St. Charles Church, Route 25, Meredith. 9am-3pm. Many vendors with handmade crafts/gifts, themed raffle baskets, quilt raffle, bake sale, silent auction and more! 279-4403

Zentangle Basics Class – Maya Hardcastle

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 10:30am12:30pm. This first lesson gives an introduction to the “ceremony” of Zentangle and teaches students 7 to 8 different “tangles”. Students will become familiar with Zentangle vocabulary and materials. $25 per student with a $10 materials fee to be paid directly to the instructor. Preregistration is required. 279-7920

Fireman’s Supper - Grafton

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Grafton Fire Station, Grafton. Ham and bean supper sponsored by the Grafton Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Auxiliary. $10/adults, $5/kids 5-12 years old, kids under 5 are free. 7804511

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

Taxiarchai Greek Pastry Fair

Taxiarchai Greek Church, 811 North Main Street, Laconia. 10am-2pm. 744-9435

New Hampton School’s Performing Arts Department Presents “Brighton Beach Memoirs”

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Plaque Ceremony For Miss Marjorie Lee in Meredith After 65 years of service to the Inter-Lakes School District, Miss Marjorie Lee retired this year. The celebration began with a retirement party last May. Friends, peers, and former students filled the room and surprised her with an announcement that the Inter-Lakes High School Library will be named after her. A portrait and plaque will be presented at a dedication ceremony held at the Inter-Lakes High School Library on November 16th at 6:30pm In 1950 Marjorie Ann Lee began her career as an English teacher at Quimby School in Sandwich, NH. At the closing of Quimby School in 1963, she transferred to Inter-Lakes High School. During her 28 year teaching career at Inter-Lakes, she actively participated as a year book and National Honor Society adviser, attended and supported numerous sporting events, and implemented several clubs such as journalism and drama. A friend, a mentor, a teacher; Marjorie Lee has dedicated 65 years as an educator in our community. She has been a truly inspirational teacher, who spent her career changing lives and making an impact on all of us.

Corey Rodrigues At Pitman’s The last time comedian Corey Rodrigues appeared at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia, it was more than a year and a half ago and he wowed the crowd in a shorter set as he was the first of the two headliners that evening. Saturday, November 14th at 8pm, Rodriguez will be the closing act in a longer set when he takes at stage at the 92 New Salem, St. Venue, which is celebrating its three-year anniversary of doing stand-up comedy. Tickets are $15 and Pitman’s is a bring your food and drinks venue. Rodrigues is a regular in Las Vegas and has been seen on Comedy Central, Gotham Comedy TV, and headlines room across the country. Pitman’s uses Laugh Riot Productions to book the comedy nights and comedy fundraisers. For reservations contact Pitman’s at 527-0043, 494-3334, or email msmith789@comcast.net.

The Winona District and the Boston & Maine Railroad On Tuesday, November 17th at 7pm, the New Hampton Historical Society will present the program “The Winona District and the Boston & Maine Railroad” at the Gordon-Nash Library, 69 Main Street, New Hampton. New Hampton’s Winona District is bordered by Ashland, Center Harbor and Meredith. In some ways, it developed as a separate community from the Town of New Hampton. It had its own school, tavern, hotel, Masonic Hall, lake-side resort, blacksmith shop, town pound, general store, post office and railroad station. Lake Winona is the geographic center of the State. The program provides a history of the development of this community and the Boston & Maine Railroad’s significant role in this development. Gordon DuBois, Winona District resident and NHHS Vice-President, will use slides and historic documents to tell the story of this unique community. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served, along with fundraising items for sale.

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Here in N.H. there is no regulation of sports betting because it’s illegal— or at least extralegal. But should it be? Why doesn’t N.H. legalize sports betting the way Nevada did? Consider thoughts recently offered by sports pundit Frank Deford on NPR. “A part of the success of fantasy sports is that the U.S. law insanely prohibits legal, basic, singlegame gambling, except in Nevada. Ac c o r d i n g to Congress, betting on games is gambling, but betting on the players who play in the games is a skill. It’s madness, but it does steer lawabiding fans who gamble on sports to the fantasy side … Americans spend $300 billion on sports illegally each year, allowing the mob and bookies to keep what would be billions in tax money. If only American citizens were allowed to do what they are determined to do and what many are already doing on websites outside our borders. Our state governments started lotteries to take over the numbers rackets. They might as well elbow into the sports gambling business, too.” N.H. led the way with the first state lottery in 1964. Our “Live Free or Die!” state should lead

the way with sports gaming as well. It’s a different breed of cat than the casino gambling favored by Governor Hassan. State run sports betting could redirect money to state coffers and reduce pressure for broad-based taxes. And a handful of sports book locations would attract out-of-state visitors—and their money—to strategic Granite State locations. Put one in Dixville Notch. And in Salem. And in Hinsdale. And at the Loudon race track.

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Real Solutions To The Editor: Rep. Pam Tucker (RGreenland) is exploring a run for Congress. She now faces the reality many candidates for federal office encounter: spending 70% of their time fundraising. Fundraising takes away from meeting individual voters and hearing their concerns. It also further erodes the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confidence in the political system embedding the notion that all politicians are bought and paid for. At a recent legislative work session on SB 136, Rep. Tucker was one of those who voted in the majority to table an important bill that would review constitutional amendments to fix the much reviled Citizens United ruling. Two recent national polls have shown that roughly 80% of Republicans, 82% of Democrats and 74% of independents want Citizens United to be overturned. Just prior to the vote, Tucker said â&#x20AC;&#x153;a dollar is a voiceâ&#x20AC;?. Seeming to realize that she offended many people in the room, Tucker offered a possible solution -- to use the study as an opportunity to change the way campaign contributions are made. Currently, donations to candidates are capped at $2,600 per election, but wealthy individuals, unions, and corporations can give unlimited money to a super PAC. Rep. Tucker offered that the cap to politicians be lifted and require full and immediate online disclosure of all donations. Though the argument here is that the

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need for corrupting super PACs disappears without contribution caps, it neither calls directly for the limiting of outside groups in elections nor addresses the increasing flood of â&#x20AC;&#x153;dark moneyâ&#x20AC;? spending through unaccountable non-profits. More importantly, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t address the fundamental problem that candidates spend the majority of their time fundraising from a tiny slice of the electorate instead of doing their job. We would like to offer another solution for Rep. Tucker to consider: smalldollar citizen-funded elections. One way, championed by late Republican Senator Warren Rudman, former state senator Jim Rubens, and other bipartisan leaders, is through a tax credit or voucher that would let citizens direct the first $50, $100, or $200 of their tax money to the candidate(s) of their choice. Another way is a public matching system of small dollar donations. Candidates for office in states that have such a system say they are relieved that they do not need to spend much time on fundraising. We hope that the legislature considers the will of the people and overturns the committee recommendation. We also look forward to helping Rep. Tucker develop real solutions to a problem she will encounter regularly.

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weirs Times and Touristsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper which are taken from Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic publication.

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We Want Answers To The Editor: Thousands of letters have been sent to our elected leaders in Concord over the past few years. Letters regarding true concerns over the cumulative impacts of large scale wind energy developments in Grafton County Communities. These letters express concerns about cumulative impacts associated with direct harm to our watersheds, wildlife, environment, water run-offs, view-shed, natural sounds and forest fragmentation. Many residents have spoken openly and clearly about their true concerns to our Legislature in Concord, to State Politicians, to local elected Town Officials at local Town Hall meetings and through our legal voting process. The question at hand is: are our elected leaders listening? With true concerns over cumulative impacts combined with the Groton Wind Farm fiasco (settlements, fines, washouts, lies and lack of grid data to the community), how can our elected officials deny our community a much needed response? We have asked hundreds of questions, attended hundreds of state, regional and local meetings and yet the only ones they clearly communicate with are the wind developers. Why? We want answers. Ray Cunningham Bridgewater, NH.

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This week I turn sixty years old. I’m sure, some of you out there, seventy years old and older, are probably thinking to yourselves: “Big deal. So this is a column? Let me know when you are eighty or ninety, now that’s a big deal.” On the other hand, those of you out there in your twenties and thirties are probably saying to yourselves: “Sixty! He writes pretty good for an old guy. Impressive.” Age, like beauty, is really in the eye of the beholder. There is something ingrained in all of us to have this certain reaction to each new decade as it arrives loudly into our lives. There isn’t that much fanfare for the nine years in-between. No one says much about someone who just turned fortynine, yet a mere 365 days later it will be the big heralded as the “Five-O” and it as though your life has changed forever. If you are lucky enough to have friends who care about you and want to throw you surprise parties each decade from forty on to show how much you mean to them when you reach those milestone birthdays, you will feel loved, yet confused, when they jump from hiding places to yell “Happy Birthday” in a room decorated with black balloons, crepe paper and “Over The Hill” banners.

Sometimes our friends and family will put ads in newspapers to tell everyone “Lordy, Lordy, Look Who’s Forty” or “Looking Nifty at Fifty” with a picture of when you were way younger because, obviously, no one wants to know what you look like now. (I’m still waiting to see an ad one day that reads: “Isn’t it great, He’s Forty-Eight” but I’m not holding my breath.) We have been conditioned in our thinking to look at the changing of one age to the next not to mean too much unless the first number in that new age is one more than the first number in the last. When I turned 59, no one mentioned retirement or collecting social security, but now that another twelve months have passed both are valid subjects for conversation. (Though the thought of retirement will become a reality if and when I hit the lottery and considering I don’t play it that reality seems even further away.) As you get to these new birthdays where your age goes into the next decade, you are more apt to be asked “What would you like for your birthday?’ and you are more apt to answer: “I just want health and happiness” because you now realize you can afford that cool 64-inch HD Smart TV anytime but you have learned through your years of experience that health and happiness can’t be bought with all the money in the world and to have them are the really cool gifts. We fret a lot about our latest next decade birthday party, where, if we have people around us who love us, will include taking lots of pictures of us we will hate. We will look at them the day af-

ter the grand celebration (which, not coincidentally, ends an hour earlier at 50 than and it did at 40 and an hour earlier at 60 than it did at 50 until, I’d imagine. it comes down to a just a light lunch eventually) and we will think “Boy, do I look old” only to be surprised at your next new decade birthday party to see the pictures from ten years earlier and wish that you could go back and look like that again. Getting older and all that comes with it, such as gastrointestinal changes, is a part of life and there is not much we can do about it. People say we should be born old and then get younger so when we have all of the wisdom we will have the energy to do something with it. I disagree. Your body won’t be as agile, won’t move as fast, as you age, but you are likely to make better decisions based on years of learning to keep you from needing to move too fast in the first place. (I think I may have written that last year as I approached my 59th birthday but that was when I was still a mere 58 years old and still sharp, so I’m not sure.) So now as the crescendo of turning sixty approaches, I look forward to its arrival and then quick departure so I can learn and create what I can in the next nine quiet years until it’s time for the big “Seven-O” and all the noise starts again. Still, at seventy, I probably won’t hear it as well anyway. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” which are available at www.BrendanTSmith. com

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You’re Doing It Wrong, ‘The View’ It looks like those elitist harridans on ABC’s “The View” learned nothing from the national backlash over their mockery of nurse Kelby Michelle Malkin ley Johnson Syndicated Columnist less than eight weeks ago. Guess they’ve already forgotten how major advertisers Johnson & Johnson, Party City, McCormick spices, Snuggle, and Eggland’s Best all pulled spots from the show after co-host and lead Mean Girl Michelle Collins led a cacklefest ridiculing Johnson, Miss Colorado 2015, for a heartfelt monologue about her work during the Miss America pageant. In a craven attempt at damage control, the daytime divas inflicted yet more damage by blaming nurses and their supporters who protested the plain insults for “misconstruing” their snotty remarks. Co-host Joy Behar blithely confessed she “didn’t know what the hell I was talking about” when she poked fun of Johnson for wearing her stethoscope. Liberal female TV stardom has its privileges. Rather than be humbled and chastened, however, the knownothing loudmouths have dug themselves another big, fat hole. Last week on the iconic show created by a pioneering female journalist with an all female-cast to provide revolutionary TV programming for a female audience that had been marginalized by the male-dominated entertainment world, the shrews of The View chose to wield their influential platform to......publicly make fun of the only female GOP presiden-

tial candidate’s face. Why? Aren’t there enough misogynistic men in the world to do that dirty job, ladies? Must every nasty thought in your narrow-minded noggins be broadcast over the airwaves? Apparently so. Nurse-bashing Michelle Collins took out her ugly stick again to trash 61-year-old Carly Fiorina’s visage. “She looked demented! Her mouth did not downturn one time,” the smug Collins exclaimed as her own petty, potty mouth twisted into an unmistakable snarl. Self-admitted moron Behar, who has frequently bragged about her own Botox shots, chimed in: “I wish it was a Halloween mask. I’d love that.” What would Barbara Walters have said? Undaunted, the beastly Collins continued to pile on as the collective tittering swelled: “Smiling Fiorina? Can you imagine? It’d give me nightmares.” When co-host Paula Faris meekly suggested that “demented is a strong word,” head bully Whoopi Goldberg insisted that “as a comic we have to stand up for the words we use.” Because, you see, it’s a matter of progressive noble principle that catty left-wing comics stick by their woman-on-woman vitriol. Heckuva job, feminism! Take note: Fiorina is not my favorite GOP candidate by a mile. Though I’ve praised her strong critiques of the media’s whitewashing of Planned Parenthood baby-parts peddling, I was (and remain) critical of her gender-card-peddling California Senate campaign in 2010, her bizarre corporate courtship of race-hustler Jesse Jackson while she served as Hewlett-

U.S. Supreme Court To Possibly Hear NHRTL FOIA Case

Over four years ago, NHRTL filed a Freedom of Information Act complaint against the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Serby Jane Cormier vices. In recent Hooksett, NH. months, the U.S. Supreme Court has been discussing whether or not to hear the NHRTL case “relisting” the case four times! As of the writing of this article, it is still up in the air whether or not the case will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. In a nutshell, the case involved asking for public release of information related to 2011 Planned Parenthood grant documents. In June 2011, the New Hampshire Executive Council chose not to award a Title X sub-grant to See malkin on 26 Planned Parenthood of Northern

New England. The EC had concerns that the affiliate was improperly using the funds to subsidize its abortion business and was not being transparent about its activities. The Federal HHS responded by providing Planned Parenthood a controversial solesource, non-competitive, Title X “family planning” replacement grant. When New Hampshire Right to Life sought documents concerning the grant, HHS stonewalled until a federal court order required it to produce some, but not all, requested information about the grant. As President of New Hampshire Right to Life, I can tell you, we would be thrilled if the U.S. Supreme Court takes on our case. NHRTL is very concerned with the lack of transparency within the Obama administration. Despite the fact the NH Executive See cormier on 27

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Ain’t Over Till It’s Over The recently late but eternally great Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” That’s a conby Ken Gorrell cise diagnoNorthfield, NH. sis for the problem ailing our constitutional Republic: We don’t learn from our past mistakes. What good is a sense of precognition if we don’t take a better path the second time around? It’s been a year since the editors at the Weirs Times gave me a regular column. My introductory essay (“A State of Our Own

Making”) included a lament that we continually reward politicians who consistently become part of the problem rather than being the “solution providers” of the campaign trail. I also stated my belief that our situation would not improve before the 2016 election. Halfway there, I see no evidence that we’re putting our collective “precognition” to good use. I wrote in November 2014 that we deserve what we tolerate. From just a few minutes watching the news one can see that as an electorate we’ll tolerate quite a lot. A recent Quinnipiac poll shows that the current front-runner in the Democrat presidential primary scored a dismal 60% “No” on the question of being honest and trustworthy. The GOP frontrunner was not far behind at 58%.

Iran Human Rights Grim Despite Diplomatic Thaw UNITED NATIONS

- The human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran remains grim and dire despite a number of diplomatic breakby John J. Metzler throughs and Syndicated Columnist an overall thaw in relations between the Tehran regime and the West. Thus while Iran has profited by a nuclear “deal” with key Western powers and China and has moreover been included in talks for a long overdue political settlement in Syria, the situation inside the Islamic Republic is still characterized by fear, executions and religious intolerance. A UN report on the “Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” paints a bleak picture of a land gripped by political and social repression, gender discrimination and increasingly so, public executions. According to the Report, “The Islamic Republic of Iran continues, however to execute more more individuals per capita than any other country in the world. Executions have been rising at an exponential rate since 2005 and packed in 2014, at a shocking 753 executions.”

The Report continues, “This spate reportedly accelerated at a further staggering rate during the first seven months of this year. At least 694 individuals were reportedly executed by hanging as of 15 September 2015.” The pace of hangings puts the execution rate at the highest in 25 years. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, adds however that the escalation in executions is “seemingly related to the response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the increasing influx of drugs and rising levels of drug abuse in the country.” He says that “at least 69 percent of executions during the first six moths of 2025 were reportedly for drug related offenses.” Iran faces widespread illegal narcotics use, likely as a result of the depressing social and economic prospects for the population. Dr. Shaheed, a former Foreign Minister from the Maldive islands and human rights advocate, compiled the 26 page document. The Report adds that laws and practices “continue to undermine the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly in the Islamic Republic of Iran…at least 46 journalists and social media activists were reportSee Metzler on 24

Does anyone think this is going to end well? We cede more and more power to people and institutions we don’t trust and that fail to live up to their promises. Remember the $2,500 per family health insurance savings with ObamaCare? How’s that “Reset” of relations going with Russia? Are we more or less racially divided today than we were in 2008? More or less respected on the world stage?

From the lofty principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, protected by a government of limited and enumerated powers, we’re becoming a people who hold no truths to be self-evident. Opaque political dogma and secretive, over-reaching “one world” deals are replacing the ideals of our Enlightenment founders and the exceptional political process they bequeathed to us. See gorrell on 26

Ignoring the Obvious A recent, widely publicized incident in which a policeman was called to a school classroom to deal with a disrupby Thomas Sowell tive student Syndicated Columnist has provoked all sorts of comments on whether the policeman used “excessive force.” What has received far less attention, though it is a far larger question, with more sweeping implications, is the role of disruptive students in schools. Critics of charter schools have often pointed to those schools’ ability to expel uncooperative and disruptive students, far more readily than regular public schools can, as a reason for some charter schools’ far better educational outcomes, as shown on many tests. The message of these critics is that it is “unfair” to compare regular public schools’ results with those of charter schools serving the same neighborhoods -- and often in the same buildings. This criticism ignores the fact that schools do not exist to provide jobs for teachers or “fairness” to institutions, but to provide education for students. “Fairness” is for human beings, not for institutions. Institutions that are not serving the needs of people should either be changed or phased out and replaced, when they persistently fail. Despite the painfully bad educational outcomes in many public schools in ghettos across the country, there are also cases

where charter schools in the very same ghettos turn out students whose test scores are not only far higher than those in other ghetto schools, but sometimes are comparable to the test scores in schools in upscale suburban communities, where children come from intact families with highly educated parents. Charter schools with such achievements should be celebrated and imitated, not attacked by critics because of their “unfair” exemptions from some of the counterproductive rules of the education establishment. Maybe such rules should be changed for all. If the critics are right, and getting rid of the influence of uncooperative or disruptive students contributes to better educational results, then the answer is not to prevent charter schools from expelling such students, but to allow other public schools to remove such students, when other students can benefit from getting a better education without them around. This is especially important in low-income minority schools, where education is for many their only chance for a better life. Back in the supposedly bad old days, before so many people became so politically correct, there were schools and other institutions that were basically dumping grounds for students who endangered the education -- and often even the safety -- of other children. Yet a front-page story in the New York Times last week dealt with how Success Academy, a See Sowell on 27

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Reid Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know A Legal Immigrant from An Illegal Alien Want to know how the Liberal Loons can be so mean and at the same time, prove how being so full of hate by Niel Young Advocates Columnist can blind one from reality? A young woman was out for a walk with her father along the pier in San Francisco when an ILLEGAL Alien, for no reason, murdered Kate Steinle. As to the why, we do not know. The FIVE time deportee was back. How does that happen? Would it be because San Francisco is a SANCTUARY CITY here in America? What â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lawâ&#x20AC;? does is increase the penalty for any ILLEGAL who breaks into OUR country after being deported.........FIVE TIMES! Sen. Ted Cruz rose to request that the Senate with unanimous consent pass the law. Seems simple enough, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it? No, that is not how Liberal Loons do business by hurting somebody with an insult to the victim â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the deceased in this case. No, wait a second, Kate died in the arms of her father, for what we do not know. Reid says this law is an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;attack on the immigrant communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;- Harry, that Illegal broke into our country once again, this time murdering KATE. How many folks from other lands are waiting in line to become Americans, sometimes for years? Reid: â&#x20AC;&#x153;All weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen from Republican leaders and their caucus is bills that attack immigrants and tear families apart. So I object.â&#x20AC;? CRUZ: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is sad that the Democratic leader chooses to stand with violent

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This familiar visitor to our backyard feeders brings joy and entertainment to millions of birders throughout the country. Their merriment and abundant numbers have a propensity for sunflower-filled feeding stations everywhere. Chickadees thrive on insects, with a dependency on seeds and berries during the coldest months. At feeders, their favorite food sources include sunflower seeds, nutmeats, peanut butter and suet. When it comes to storing food supplies, chickadees are evenly matched with chipmunks. This bird species gathers and hides hundreds of food items during the fall and winter. Because they are such good food foragers, black-capped chickadees are often joined in the winter by mixed flocks of nuthatches, titmice, and downy woodpeckers. This mixed crowd also provides protection from predators. Chickadees are members of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;eat nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; runâ&#x20AC;? crowd. Witness a chickadee as it approaches an empty feeding perch and grabs a single seed. With the morsel in its beak, this feathered friend takes off for a favorite branch to secure it with its feet. Their technique is to peck away the shell to open the husk and get to the meat inside. They can spend quite a while relishing one single seed before returning to the same feeder for another prize.

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Foundation is one of those groups and is special to Ryan since his daughter lives with the disease, Veterans groups have a special place with Franz who is a veteran himself. The ultimate goal is to get the community involved in the building of a brick and mortar recording studio in the area to be used by any and all musicians at minimal or no cost as well as to offer education and instruction for aspiring artists of all ages in performing and songwriting as well as audio and video engineering

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All of this will be part of the Lakes Region Institute of The Arts. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;The evolution of these projects is synchronicity at its best. Both Ryan and Franz were of the same frame of mind in using music to give back some way, but neither knew the other. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until Franz, who owned The Folk Cellar, a retail music store he opened in Wolfeboro in 2009, saw a posting on a bulletin board in a local grocery store by Ryan to teach guitar lessons, that the connection came to light. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It mentioned he wanted

to start a studio and I had wanted to start one in The Folk Cellar as well,â&#x20AC;? said Franz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went and introduced myself to Ryan. My mantra had always been â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;To Change The World By Musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Ryan was thinking the same way. It was amazing. We just clicked.â&#x20AC;? Eventually a small studio was built at The Folk Cellar and recording time as well as some music lessons were donated to those who needed the help. It was also while in Wolfeboro they began the 501(c) 3 non-profit The Wolfeboro

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cussing the idea, it was decided that the best and most effective way to present “A Day In This Life” was as a YouTube series. “That way we can keep creative control of the show,” said Dakota. The first episode is basically an introduction to Ryan, Franz and the other musicians Ryan Hommel See life on 20

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Allan Benoit, who has diabetes and is going blind, is the first artist that being helped to fulfill his musical dreams in the first episodes of “A Day In This Life.” life from 19

and Nick Michaud and also introduces the first artist they will be helping, Allan Benoit, who has been a musician all his life but has diabetes and is going blind. They expect that they will find more than a few local artists with life struggles that are keeping them from realizing their goals and, unfortunately, not all of them will be able to be picked. “We have a five person panel that will make these tough decisions,” said Ryan. With some connections Ryan has in the music business they are also hoping to incorporate a few celebrity and notables in the industry to make guest appearances in the videos though no definite appearances have been scheduled up to this point. The plan is to have twelve episodes each season, each episode between twenty to thirty minutes. As the story line of the local artist is unfolding, a second, ongoing story line featuring Ryan, Franz and the other recording co-op artists will be ongoing as well as they produce their music and also focus on their work in raising awareness for various causes as well as working to make the building of their non-profit recording studio come to fruition. “With the drug problem that is so prevalent today, having a real recording studio available would be

a great opportunity for kids,” said Ryan. In the second season of “A Day In This Life” other musicians with struggles will be showcased as well as Ryan, Franz and the other musicians looking to showcase their own music in their “Music For Tour” where they will perform the road as part of their giving back. Involvement from the community will also be a big part of this ambitious project as businesses can donate towards the project and in return get everything from group logo placement in the “A Day In This Life” series for as little as for $250 all the way up to a professionally produced thirty second commercial for their company for $2,000 with all the monies going towards the Music For A Cause project. All donations are tax deductible. You can also support the project simply by watching it on YouTube and sharing the video as well as the group will get paid based on the number of views the videos get. “We truly want this to be a community supported project. We don’t want the community to just fund it but we want them to support it and be part of it,” said Franz. To see the first episode of “A Day In This Life” as well as finding out more about getting involved go to www. adayinthislife.com

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be proceeding with much needed surgeries in the coming weeks. The entire LLLF community is ecstatic over these recent developments, and thrilled at being able to move forward with their much needed care. In other news, as of this writing, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just rescued our 39th pregnant (or nursing) mama dog, mostly from southern states, with a total of 407 dog rescues (mamas, pups, and the occasional male), in 2015. The pregnant mama dog rescues continue to emerge as one of the most vital aspects of what we presently do at LLLF, and the logistics of coordinating multiple legs of transport, the required documentation from state to state, fostering, food, supplements, veterinary care, and ultimately, responsible adoptive owners, is staggeringâ&#x20AC;Ś and Executive Director Teresa Paradis coordinates it all an endless supply of grace and aplomb and the help of amazing volunteer fosterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s across the country from Becky in NH to Gina in TN, Karen in GA and Sabrina in TX as our main foster families with behind the scenes support of Jahsun and Lauri. We are also very excited to be continuing with developing a new program to match healing horses with healing peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; through HHHRA â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Healing Humans with Rescue Animalsâ&#x20AC;? LLLFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program working with the Patriot Resilient Leader Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Veteran Equine Retreat program. Stay tuned for more news on this exciting development. Other new programs that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve developed and are proceeding with, are: Kids C.A.R.E. Program

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Laconia VFW, 143 Court Remick Museum, 58 Cleveland Street, Laconia. Spend a day Hill Road, Tamworth. 1pm. with cats and spectators can Presented by Marianne vote for their favorite feline! $5/ Jackson, M.D., this program will adults, $3/seniors, Veterans focus on the complex questions and children. 524-1068 and choices we face related to aging and end of life care that we foreign to generations past. Sunday 15th Dr. Jackson will also address the importance of Advance 20th Annual Tuftonboro Care Directives and ongoing Holiday Fair conversations with loved ones 20 event locations. Maps will about our wishes for our end of be available at Pine Cone life care. Trained facilitators will Country Store, Geez Louise! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top 3 Restaurants in NHTown for 2009â&#x20AC;? be available after the program and Tuftonboro House. to meet with attendees one on -Manchester Union Leader one to answer questions and Beadweaving: Treasured support completion of Advance Bracelet Class â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top BestCrystals Seacoast Restaurants Care Directives. Free and 20 open League of NH Craftsmen, to the public. 3213-7591 for 2010â&#x20AC;? 279 DW Highway, - Taste Magazine Meredith. 12pm-4pm. Deb Fairchild will Friendly Village Street Fair students the tri-weave â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hottest Dishteach in NHâ&#x20AC;? First United Methodist Church, beadweaving technique to 2007 2008 NH Magazine 18 Wesley Way, Gilford. 9am- stitch & an elegant, stylish

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Lakes Region Community College, Laconia. Training for groups or individuals who want to organize candidate forums is being offered free by the League of Women Voters New Hampshire. The two-hour training guides participants through the steps that will lead to a successful community event. Free, but registration is required. Register by email at www.LWVNH.com 763-9296

Pasaquaney Garden Club Meeting and Demonstration

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A “Plan to Protect Promoters of Virtue and Preventers of Vice” was adopted by parliament this year; in effect, according to Dr. Shaheed, the law “encourages Iranian citizens to enforce laws that prohibit acts considered to be vices under Islamic Sharia law. This includes strict enforcement of hijab (female dress) for all Iranian women.” Current reformist President Rouhani signed an order to allow women to enter stadiums to watch the men’s national team play during the 2015 World League in Tehran. This seemingly innocuous move faced political pushback from the Interior Minister and local zealots who decried women watching men play sports and to “prevent sports authorities from allowing vice.” And although the Iranian constitutions theoretically allows freedom of religions for non-Islamic minorities such as Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians, in fact strict restrictions and discrimination. Shaheed stated bluntly, “Restrictions on the rights of religious minorities in the Islamic

Republic of Iran remain deeply concerning.” The Report’s conclusions include encouraging the government to amend laws “that continue to undermine women’s full enjoyment of civl political, social, and economic rights, including rights in family law, the right to equal access to education and the right to work.” Thus as Tehran’s diplomacy and image make new strides in the gullible West, largely due to the Obama Administration’s political desire to seal a nuclear deal with Iran, the grim facts remain that the Islamic Republic remains a theocratic and authoritarian regime who has not substantially changed its dour domestic policies of repression, coercion and intolerance. So what should we expect of their international intentions? John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

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But when elites think they’re more worthy than everyone else, representative democracy is a problem. Actually, I should write that as, “‘If you’re not bringing math skills to the problem, then representative democracy is a problem,’ said Bill Gates.” The quote comes from an interview he gave to The Atlantic magazine. The topic was “climate change,” and the author described Gate’s tone as “amused asperity.” It sounds to me like asinine condescension coming from a man sporting a bigger CO2 footprint than a small nation. Climate change theology provides the perfect example of a collective globalism beating down Americanism exceptionalism. Gates and his anthropogenic global warming crowd have been consistently wrong in their dire predictions, yet they have the ear of govern-

low “celebrating diversity” to morph into mandating perversity, we are headed for a fall. That fall may come sooner than we think if we don’t learn the lesson Europe is providing us about cultural invasion masquerading as immigration. Their immigrant crisis is fueled by the hubris of the elites but the pain will be felt by average citizens. One opposition leader in Germany has said his nation’s immigration policy is to bring the country to the edge of anarchy and sliding toward civil war. Will our politicians heed polls showing clear majorities opposing admitting significant numbers of Syrian refugees? Abandoning our selfevident truths will be the death of our nation, just as acknowledging them gave birth to it. The American experiment isn’t over yet, but we’re coming awfully close to the end. What began with the bang of hopeful, enlightened revolution will end with the whimper of millions wondering how it all went so wrong.

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to our table. We helped raise your profile so you would be included in the sea of men. (...) We were respectful and gave you your due.” In full blame-the-victim mode, Goldberg smirked and sassed: “She wants attention and now she’ll get some.” As if Fiorina engineered the bile about her face that spewed from Collins’ and Behar’s demented pieholes in the first place! In the TV business, stars are ranked by a “Q factor.” It’s a measure of their likeability and “relatability” to the viewing public. Part of this coveted rating stems from a public figure’s projection of authenticity. As “The View” grew in popularity, the hosts’ heads (and salaries) swelled. Their hearts hardened. Their smugness and selfimportance metastasized. They’ve lost touch with reality and humanity outside their TV bubble. The naked truth: In a desperate bid to boost their un-Botox-able ratings by tearing other women down, the shrews of “The View” have lost their Qs. And their souls. Michelle Malkin is author of the new book “Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs.” Her email address is malkinblog@gmail.com.

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Council voted down the funding of PPPNE in 2011, the U.S. Health and Human Services chose to fund Planned Parenthood without going through proper state approval or even follow federal regulations requiring competitive bidding of such grant. All attempts to obtain full transparency with regard to this federal non-competitive grant have been rejected. NHRTL believes it is time New Hampshire taxpayers receive ALL the facts regarding the spending of their tax dollars. NHRTL is being represented by the Washington-based Alliance of Defending Freedom and local Manchester attorney, Michael Tierney who sought the public release of the information under the Freedom of Information Act. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americans deserve to know if their tax money is being funneled to groups that are misusing it,â&#x20AC;? said Tierney. â&#x20AC;&#x153;HHS is withholding documents that are critical in evaluating apparently illegal funding that the administration provided to the abortion giant despite New Hampshireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grave concerns and without following normal protocols. We hope the US Supreme Court will hear our case.â&#x20AC;? This case is very timely as the New Hampshire Executive Council recently voted against fundng for Planned Parenthood. Certainly, we need to be vigilant to ensure this type of back-door, unaccountable funding does not occur again. Undoubtedly, the taxpayers of New Hampshire certainly deserve better than to have their state funding procedures over-run by a massive federal bureaucracy. We will await the news and hopefully, NHRTL v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be heard at the U.S. Supreme Court. It is time to demand accountability and transparency from our federal government. Some would say it is WAY past time.

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