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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, November 21, 2013
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COMPLIMENTARY
Ray Burton
– One Of A Kind by Bob Lawton Weirs Times Publsiher
The Henniker Brewing Company was founded in 2011 and sold its first beers in early 2013. Moving in to a building vacated only the day before by a medical supply company, the brewery has quickly joined the ranks of fine hand-crafted beers that have flourished in New Hampshire. courtesy Photo
Turkey, All The Fixings ...
Don’t Forget A Locally Crafted Brew! New Company Making Its Mark Among NH’s Local Breweries
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
Thanksgiving in New England has always been steeped in local tradition and goods. From the turkey to the vegetables to the desserts many of us insist on the fresh and local markets. Why should our libations be any different?
Locally brewed craft beers are finding their place on more and more holiday tables and one of the newer ones, Henniker Brewing and its 22 oz bombers and 64 ounce growlers are making a name for themselves among the craft beer crowd. There weren’t any brewers or even brew pubs in this part of the state when ten
investors took on the task of starting up a brewery in the recently abandoned building once home to the Bound Tree medical device facility. Dave Currier, who was the founder of Bound Tree, which produced the Sherman short spine board that was used to extricate people from automobile accidents,
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I, like so many other people in the Northern and Central part of New Hampshire, considered Ray Burton, who served since 1977 as Executive Councilor, as a friend and unrelenting advocate. Not your average politician, Ray wasn’t the kind to focus on being reelected. He focused on the problems of the people in his district. A district which geographically covered half the state. He had a true, solid interest in the people in his district and he would do his best, no matter how many miles or what the weather was, to be there to give his support or to address an issue. I can remember many instances, as I’m sure many other business owners can, where R a y would show up for the opening of a new attraction or store. And always with a smile on his face. There weren’t many events that he missed. He was always there to give his support and congratulations even in this last year of failing health. As a state representative for 16 years I could always count on Ray for his input to solve a problem. His office was always open to any state representative or senator who wanted to talk. He never shied away from an issue or problem. He always listened to his constituents, all of them, and would do all he could to address any problem that was presented. Doing research, travelling mile after mile, looking for the answer to the problem. If he had problems of his own, he never made them known. He was always about everyone else. He was tireless in his commitment to those he served. Ray Burton was definitely one of a kind in the area of politics and he is leaving behind some big shoes to fill. He will certainly be missed!!
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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, November 21, 2013
NOV Thursday 21st Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting
Trinity Episcopal Church, Meredith. 7pm. Competition: Team Shoot Photos. Persons of any experience level are welcome. 340-2359
The Ervin Dhimo Jazz Trio – Live Music
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12. www.pitmansfrieghtroom.com
Meet the Artists
Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon Street East, Laconia. 6-8pm. View the current exhibit and meet the artists; Jeri Ryan Bothamley, Marian Federspiel, Roger Gagne, Lorraine Gateriewictz, Carole Groenke, Mary Lou John, Devitt Liptak and Liz Wilson. The eclectic exhibit showing the breadth of talent in the Lakes Region serves as an introduction to the new gallery where all items are offered for sale to help support the Mill’s mission. 524-8813
Friday 22nd
more! 267-6678
Decoration Workshop
Colonel Paul Wentworth House, 47 Water Street, Rollinsford. 1-3pm. There will be a variety of decoration stations with instructors. Space is limited. Reservations required. $10/ ARCH members, $15/non-members. 742-4747
Holiday Luncheon & Crafts
The First Congregational Church, Highland Street, Meredith. 9am3pm. Money raised at the event goes towards school or camp scholarships, as well as donations for special needs within the church and community. 2796271
The Jeremy Wallace Trio – Live Music
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12. www.pitmansfrieghtroom.com
Sunday 24th Dark Star Orchestra
Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
A Spiritual Discussion: Spiritual Wisdom on Relationships
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 7pm. $22pp. 3351992
Hampton Inn, 195 Laconia Road, Tilton. 10:30am. Sponsored by Eckankar, Religion of the Light and Sound of God. Eckankar teaches ancient spiritual wisdom for people of all faiths, with practical tools for thriving as a spiritual being in today’s world. Free and open to the public. 800-713-8944
Harvest Supper & Pie Auction
Potluck Supper
Tracy Morgan
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Country Jamboree
St. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, 678 Whittier Road, Tamworth. 6pm. $10/adults, $5/children. Auction follows at 7pm. 323-8515
Auction for the League of NH Craftsmen
Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Avenue, Concord. 5:30pm. Supports the League’s craft education programs. $80pp. Purchase online at www.nhcrafts.org/auction or call 224-3375
Blues Tonight Band – Live Music
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12. www.pitmansfrieghtroom.com
Saturday 23rd Peter Wolf
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
2nd Annual Community Craft Fair
Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. 9am-2pm. 279-8197
Annual Holly Fair
Center Harbor Congregational Church, UCC, Main Street, Center Harbor. 8:30am-2:30pm. Crafts, gift baskets, food and more. 253-7698
Holiday Luncheon and Craft Fair
Meredith First Congregational Church, Meredith. 9am-3pm. Lunch served from 11am-2pm featuring soup, sandwiches, dessert and beverage. $7. 279-6271
Jingle Bell Fair
Weirs Beach United Methodist Church, 35 Tower Street, Weirs Beach. 9am2pm. Crafts, jewelry, baked goods and
Bristol Baptist Church, 30 Summer Street, Bristol. 5pm. There will be a time of praise and thanks through music and testimonials. 744-3885
1st Annual Ellacoya Holiday Craft & Pie Sale
Squam Valley Masonic Building #1, US Rt. 3, Holderness. 9am-3pm. In support of Interlakes Community Caregivers.
Pre-Hanukkah Potluck Lunch
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, Bethlehem. Noon. RSVP 917-8382646
Bristol Rotary Club Christmas Tree Sale
Bristol Shop’n Save, Bristol. Fresh grown NH trees. $30 any tree. Proceeds benefit local youth and families. 744-2713
Monday 25th Breast Cancer and Beyond Gathering
Women’s Imaging Center, Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia. 4:30-6pm. Brian Patterson, ND of the Holistic Health Center will provide an overview on the benefit of relaxation techniques to promote and enhance physical functioning. RSVP appreciated but not required. 5272940
Create a Thanksgiving Table Centerpiece - Workshop
Moulton Farm, 18 Quarry Road, Meredith. 6pm. $25pp covers workshop and all materials. Registration required. 279-3915
Tuesday 26th One Stop Christmas Shop for
Kids
Tapply-Thompson Community Center, Bristol. 4-7pm. This is a great opportunity for children Kindergarten up to grade 8 to shop for their families and friends with assistance from TTCC volunteers. All gifts are wrapped and tagged before they leave. Most items are under $5 and under and many are under $1. 744-2713
Mon. 25th – Wed. 27th Workshop for Female Veterans
Wolfeboro Inn, 90 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. Workshop by Source Transformation’s Liesbeth Gronski. This workshop is for female veterans with war trauma and who were also sexually abused. There will be a follow-up on Dec. 16th. Please contact Liesbeth Gronski at Liesbeth@ SourceTransformation.org or 5151780.
Thursday 28th 1st Annual Tater Trot
Franklin Falls Dam, Franklin. Registration begins 8am. Race begins at 9am. The first 50 people to register will receive a free t-shirt. The Tater Trot offers a 1.5 mile fun run and a 3 mile trail race. Brooketrout27@yahoo.com
27th Annual Turkey Trot
Newfound Grocery, Mayhew Turnpike, Bridgewater. Registration 8am, race at 9am. 3.6 mile walk/run. All proceeds from the race and raffles will benefit the Santa Fund. 744-8616 Friday 29th
Warren Miller’s Ticket to Ride
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Bog Iron Farm – Open Barn
210 Browns Ridge Road, Ossipee. 10am-2pm. Offering hand spun yarns and wool products from their sheep. 312-7473
Get Your Craft On! The Auction for the League of NH Craftsmen is a special evening of fine craft, shopping, food and fun – all to support the League of NH Craftsmen’s craft education programs. It is happening on Friday, November 22 at 5:30pm at the Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Avenue, in Concord. The auction kicks off the holiday shopping season, with opportunities to bid on exquisite handmade craft, fine dining, ski packages, sports events tickets, gift baskets, and more. Tickets are $80 per person and can be purchased online at www.nhcrafts.org/auction or at the League headquarters on 49 South Main Street, Suite 100 in Concord, or by calling 603-224-3375.The silent and live auction at Get Your Craft On! features handcrafted jewelry, pottery, art-to-wear, sculpture, prints, and more made by juried members of the League. You can also bid on interactive experiences, such as a hands-on sourdough bread making class, a brunch for 8 people at Moonstone Farm, a picnic lunch at the Annual Craftsmen’s Fair, a fondue dinner, and a Mt. Sunapee & Okemo Mt. Resort Ski & Stay Package, among many other items. To learn more about the event and the auction items, visit www.nhcrafts.org/ auction. For more information about the League of NH Craftsmen, or the Get Your Craft On! Auction, call 603-224-3375 or visit www.nhcrafts.org.
Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair Saturday, November 30th, and Sunday, December 1st, the Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair will take place at the Opechee Conference Center, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia. Hours are Saturday ,10-4 and Sunday 10-3. Great American-made holiday gifts! Some of the exhibits will include custom cedar log furniture, metal decor, stained glass, fine jewelry, bat & bird houses, pillow quilts, Ben’s NH maple syrup products, fabulous wooden bowls, handpoured soaps, scarves, woolen mittens, fabulous seasonal florals, and more. Free Admission & Free Parking Shuttle + Holiday Music + Food - Huge Raffle to benefit theNH Humane Society. For more info call Joyce at 603-528-4014.
One Stop Christmas Shop for Kids
Tapply-Thompson Community Center, Bristol. 4-7pm. This is a great opportunity for children Kindergarten up to grade 8 to shop for their families and friends with assistance from TTCC volunteers. All gifts are wrapped and tagged before they leave. Most items are under $5 and under and many are under $1. 744-2713
Fri. 29th – Sun. 1st The Nutcracker
The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover Street, Manchester. Performed with a live orchestra. 668-5588 or www. palacetheatre.org
Saturday 30th Kashmir – Led Zepplin Show
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Dueling Pianos
Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
“Small Business Saturday” At Bayswater Books Bayswater Books in Center Harbor will be participating in “Small Business Saturday” on Saturday, November 30th. “Small Business Saturday” is a nationwide event that focuses on shopping local. It’s the perfect time to take a break from the crowded shopping mall and instead check out the small stores and businesses in your neighborhood. Customers that day will receive a $10 gift card for every $50 spent. There will be coffee and pastry for early bird shoppers as well as free gift wrapping. There will also be local authors on hand to do book signings, among them Weirs Times and Cocheco Times editor and “F.O.O.L in New Hampshire” columnist Brendan Smith who will be signing copies of his new book “The Flatlander Chronicles” from 11am to 1pm. Bayswater Books is located at 12 Main Street in Center Harbor For more information on what is going on at Bayswater on “Small Business Saturday” or visit them at bayswaterbooks.com or call them at 603-253-8858 or visit them on Facebook.
Holiday Craft Fair
Harriman-Hale American Legion Hall , 142 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 9am-3pm. Breakfast and lunch will be served at reasonable prices. 5694296
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for up to five members Eric Rathbun of Paris, Maine is the trail maintainer for the scenic Albany Mountain Trail. He has been recognized as a dedicated and outstanding volunteer and was awarded Trail Maintainer of the Year by the Androscoggin Ranger District. Rathbun is a zealous hiker and among his accomplishments are hiking the Appalachian Trail and redlining the AMC White Mountain Guide. The most eastern section of the White Mountain National Forest crosses over into the State of Maine as far east as Bethel. I enjoy hiking new to me trails very much and when I was offered a chance to accompany a friend who was making the trip I jumped! I have hiked very few of the trails and paths that are east of the mountains that make up the east wall of Pinkham Notch. I confess the reason is that there are a great number of trails closer to home and I just don’t like driving far. I have enjoyed riding my motorcycle on Route 113 through Evans Notch a few times and the mountains look fabulous but I just haven’t made the commitment. But that is going to change. This area is well known for its scenic campgrounds and for its vast snowmobile trails. Since it is off
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Nov 30 & Dec 1 Sat 10-4 Sun 10-3 Clark and Rathbun near a beaver pond that made it necessary for a lot of hard trail work to be completed just so people like you and me can keep our feet dry! the beaten path with no nearby mountains on the 4,000 footers list it sees much less foot traffic than other parts of the WMNF. I met Jeremy in Ashland. We drove to Conway and then followed Routes 302
and 5 past Kezar Lake and then took a left on Birch Ave and a mile later we reached the Albany Mountain Trail.Eric and his lively dog Madison were standing next to his See patenaude on 24
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Trails & Summits To The Editor: I had the pleasure of meeting Amy Patenaude (and Charlie) last Saturday night at an event at Cannon Mountain and wanted to let you know how much I enjoy reading Amy’s column in The Weirs Times. I always look forward to seeing where Amy has been, and I get so much satisfaction in remembering the hiking trails and ski trails that she and her friends are out there doing now -- some that I did many years ago, and continue to do more moderately now. It brings back so many great memories. Keep up the great work Amy - hope to see you on the trails. Shirley Boucher Easton, NH.
Say Hello To Income And Sales Tax To The Editor: Governor Maggie Hassan has called a special session of the New Hampshire (NH) legislature to lay the foundation for an income tax. It may balloon into an income tax, a sales tax and increased property taxes. NH House representatives and Senators have been busy in Concord the past few weeks working away at expanding Medicaid. They’re poised to vote on this days from now - Thursday, November 21. The Federal government is going to pay all the costs for the first
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three years with fake money they get to print. After three years, New Hampshire residents have to start to pay ten percent of the cost with real money. NH residents will be on the hook for tens, possibly hundreds, of millions of dollars of expense for this Medicaid each year. Do you trust the Federal government after they told you you could keep your health plan and your doctor? Do you think the Feds might say in three years, “Well, we didn’t really tell you the truth. We can’t pay 90%. We can only pay 50%. Sorry.â€? If you want less money to pay your bills or gather as savings in your bank account in the future, then sit back and do nothing. I’m serious. Just sit on your couch and watch TV. If you want to stop a future income and sales tax in New Hampshire, call Governor Hassan, all the NH state senators and your NH House reps. You have just HOURS to do this because they vote on Thursday. Tell them: •Do NOT expand Medicaid •Table this legislation •Wait until the Obamacare Train Wreck is cleaned from the tracks. Don’t forget to tell Maggie she’ll be a one-term Governor if she signs a Medicaid expansion bill. Period.
This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.
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Surprised and Saddened To The Editor: I recently attended a selectmen’s meeting in Alton on Nov. 4th. I was surprised and saddened by a couple of board members’ lack of respect for the newest Alton selectman, Robert Daniels. One certainly got the impression they were not happy about Mr. Daniels being elected to the board to the point of attempting to thwart the will of the voters who elected him. It reminded me of the character assassination I witnessed when I attended a planning board meeting and heard the newest elected member referred to as “an idiot.� Talk about the ‘good ol’ boys (and girls) network! Much of what was directed at Mr. Daniels was in reference to his not supporting a $300,000 budget increase. Because he chose to contact the budget committee members by email he was bullied and reprimanded by the chair and vice chair. Most people in Mr. Daniel’s position would’ve walked out but to his credit, he didn’t. It seems the time has come for the town of Alton to invest in an audio system to record all meetings by the various boards so that the citizens can have some insight into the character of their elected officials. Audio equipment is not that expensive See mail boat on 12
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Talking The Talk
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
Even as I run for Governor under the Flatlander ticket, I still realize that I have to appeal to natives as well. I will need a few of their votes to put me over the top. There are still many ways in which I may never fully come to be like them but I have to try my best to understand them at least until election day. Speech is one of the barriers. I recently was made aware, from a press release, that a certain online dating site held a survey to find out which American accent was the most attractive. Oddly enough, the southern accent was first and New York was second with New England finishing a distant fourth. One of my campaign managers mentioned to me that having the second most attractive accent might just be a plus. After all, he said, a majority of those who serve in government now are elected strictly on their attractiveness and not at all on what they really might do. It’s called The American Idol Syndrome. Still, I know that no matter how much I can get my attractive level up, and at 58 that gets harder every day, I will still have to appeal to a certain group that isn’t at all swayed by these kinds of things. So I decided I need to brush up more on some
of my New Hampshire lingo to appeal to that fringe group. It was while we were going over this at a recent campaign meeting that one of my younger workers raised his hand and asked if anyone knew how to decipher a certain New England phrase that was bothering him. When I heard it, I cringed. I had recognized it and heard it said many times with reckless abandon by many New Hampshire natives. I knew it was a popular phrase but I didn’t know how well I could ever pull off saying it without exposing my lack of experience with it. Let me give you this example using this fictitious conversation between me and a native. Me: “I love cutting and stacking my own firewood.� Native: “So don’t I.� Now if you know me you realize that this is truly a fictitious conversation because the odds of me cutting and stacking my own firewood is about the same as a statute of Derek Jeter being erected at Fenway Park. A newcomer to the area would see it as strange for another reason. What they hear is this. Me: “I love cutting and stacking my own firewood.� Native: “So do not I.� The saying does not explain to the uninitiated if the speaker does or doesn’t love to cut and stack their own firewood. To those of us who have adjusted to life here we know it means that they do like to cut and stack their own firewood. Actually, they enjoy it more than you might imagine. I asked one of my campaign workers to investigate the history of “So Don’t I�. He came back and said he didn’t know,
which meant that he really didn’t, not that he did. He became obsessed and began to worry. “What if they really don’t do it,� he cried. “How will I know? What about can’t? Does that mean can? Does isn’t mean is? And how about shouldn’t?.....� he went on and on. Eventually he stopped when he ran out of “nt’s. He did have a nervous breakdown and is temporarily on leave. But his worries certainly did have reason to give me pause. I didn’t think that it would be in my best interest to try and force myself to speak with something I was uncomfortable with. We all decided it was best that I just be myself. If natives were concerned about this New Yorker who came from the land of “Whaddyadoon?� was going to take charge and try to change the way people spoke, I would need to allay their fears. So, we have come up with a standard reply for that. “If you like your accent, you can keep your accent. Period.� And if I am confronted by my opponents at a debate who want to try to expose me as a liar and instill the idea that I will try and change the way people speak I have an answer for them a well. Them: “I believe that the native New Hampshire accent is sacred and I would never want to change it and I ask candidate Smith to tell the people of our state how he truly feels.� Me: “So Don’t I.� Brendan will be at Bayswater Books in Center Harbor on Saturday, November 30 between 11am and 1pm signing copies of his new book “The Flatlander Chronicles.�
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Can Christie be the GOP’s Bill Clinton? C h r i s Christie couldn’t have been any more obvious about his 2016 intentions if he by Rich Lowry had begun Syndicated Columnist his victory speech earlier this month with the words “My fellow Americans” and ended it with a balloon drop. He offered New Jersey as an example for national healing. “Tonight,” he said, “a dispirited America, angry with their dysfunctional government in Washington, looks to New Jersey to say ‘Is what I think’s happening really happening? Are people really coming together?’” Trenton, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you. None of this was subtle, but Christie had certainly earned it. Almost every decision he’s made -- sometimes shamelessly so --
has been geared to making the rubble bounce in his re-election and then using his crushing victory as a credential in an incipient national campaign. He succeeded brilliantly on his own terms. In a state President Barack Obama won by 17 points in 2012, Christie won 60 percent overall. He won Latinos outright and took 21 percent of the black vote. He won women and men. He won high-school graduates and people with advanced degrees. He won people making more than $200,000 and people making less than $50,000. These numbers are eye-popping. But as Henry Olsen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center points out, essentially uncontested races against badly overmatched opponents aren’t a predictor of anything. William Weld won 70 percent of the vote and every county in Massachusetts in his 1994 re-election as governor, then lost by 7 points to See lowry on 12
Bros and Hos: Obamacare’s Bread and Circuses Liberal marketing gurus here in Colorado are masters of Obamacare distraction. While customers struggle to apply through the still-broken by Michelle Malkin health insurSyndicated Columnist ance exchange and consumers grapple with cancellation notices, these hipster ad designers are partying it up. Who cares about the insurance market meltdown? They’ve got keg stands and onenight stands! The “Got Insurance?” campaign is the lame brainchild of two “progressive” outfits with dubious nonprofit status: ProgressNow and the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative. Their previous claim to fame: a “Thanks, Obamacare” social media movement to propagandize praise and gratitude for the federal mandate. Modeled after the “Got Milk?” ads, the latest print and web promos pander to young people with popculture memes and entitlementfriendly appeals. The dumbed-down website address: doyougotinsurance.com. Last month, while federal and state Obamacare exchange sites 404’ed, the Colorado marketing buffoons LOL’ed. Their “Brosurance” ads featured frat boys with red solo cups guzzling beer, playing golf and celebrating government with a “Thanks, Obamacare!” smile. ProgressNow’s Alan Franklin boasted about his coverage. Media coverage, that is: “Within the first few weeks, ‘Brosurance’ has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, CNN, MSNBC, Conan O’Brien, Bill Maher and Roll Call, as well as the front page of Buzzfeed and Jezebel, just to name a few. Just in the first 24 hours of the campaign’s launch alone, #Bro-
surance was mentioned more than six million times on Twitter, and #GotInsurance more than 1.7 million times. Yes. The ads went viral.” Priorities. On Tuesday, the groups launched phase two of their Obamacare bread and circuses. Aimed at young women, the ads show party gals with shot glasses lined up on a ski; “Hey, Girl” gags involving a cutout of actor Ryan Gosling; and the Sandra Fluke-inspired promo featuring birth control-wielding “Susie” and her “hot to trot” date, Nate. The caption reads: “Let’s Get Physical. OMG, he’s hot! Let’s hope he’s as easy to get as this birth control. My health insurance covers the pill, which means all I have to worry about is getting him between the covers. I got insurance. Now you can, too.” It’s bad enough that these idiocracy-targeted ads reduce young people to perpetually partying boozers and traffic-bait boobs. But what’s truly toxic is the ad campaign’s cynical feint to draw attention away from Obamacare’s undeniable harm to responsible young people. Brosurance and Hosurance are trifling distractions from the federal law’s Nosurance consequences. Insurers started dropping child-only plans in Colorado, California, Ohio and Missouri in 2010 thanks to Obamacare-induced premium increases. Colleges across the country have canceled low-cost plans for students because of Obamacare rules. Thanks to the Obamacare mandate, young, healthy Americans face higher insurance premiums, decreased work hours and perverse incentives to enroll in Medicaid instead of remaining independent and off the dole. Meanwhile back in Colorado, the state Division of Insurance reports that 250,000 people here have lost their insurance policies in the past few months. And while the “bros
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Sinister Shadows in UN Human Rights Council UNITED NATIONS—You can’t make this up. In recent elections for the UN’s 47 member Human Rights Council, (UNHRC) some by John J. Metzler of the winners Syndicated Columnist of the coveted seats are ironically the countries who are among the major global human rights transgressors. This hypocrisy ironically evokes the old adage of the foxes guarding the henhouse or of Tony Soprano chairing a Senate Subcommittee on organized crime. Here’s the setting. Sixteen countries were running for fourteen seats on the Geneva-based Council tasked with monitoring and reporting on the pulse of human rights worldwide. As is usual in the UN, the countries were competing in regional groups for the two year tenure. So for the African group there’s Algeria, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa and South Sudan. Algeria remains an authoritarian state with few human rights nor press freedoms. Yet the Algiers government won a seat. So too did the Kingdom of Morocco, generally ranked as a partly free country as well as South Africa and Namibia, listed as “free” by New York’s Freedom House but dabbed as a “flawed democracy” by the Economist of London. Now it gets interesting viewing the Asian Group, whose four contenders are predictably unopposed; China, the Maldives, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam. People’s China, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam all share the dubious distinction of “authoritarian regimes,” according to the Economist, while Freedom House lists the three countries as “not free.” As to press freedoms there, you have to be kidding. The Maldives in the Indian Ocean are listed as partly free. Turning to the Latin American group there were three contenders for two seats; Cuba, Mexico and Uruguay. Guess who won? Cuba came in first with 148 votes followed by Mexico 135 and sadly with democratic Uruguay in the dust. Without question Cuba is rated as “not free” by Freedom House and an “authoritarian re-
gime,” by the Economist. Mexico is viewed as “partly free” by Freedom House but a “flawed democracy” by the Economist. Uruguay a genuine democracy, fell by the wayside in this contest. For a positive break, let’s look at the West European group. Both France and the United Kingdom won two year terms on the Council. Happily both are free countries and vibrant democracies, though the Economist, a British publication after all, describes France as a “flawed democracy.” The Eastern European Group fielded two candidates for two seats; Russia and Macedonia. Need I say more? Freedom House rates Russia as “not free” while the Economist describes the Moscow government as an “authoritarian regime.” Macedonia (known officially in the UN as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) is viewed as “partly free” and a “flawed democracy” respectively. According to Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch “China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia systematically violate the human rights of their own citizens and they consistently vote the wrong way on the UN initiatives to protect the human rights of others.” “Regrettably, “added Neuer, “so far neither the U.S. nor the EU have said a word about the hypocritical candidacies that will undermine the credibility and effectiveness of the UN human rights system.” In a program sponsored by UN Watch and the Human Rights Foundation, famed Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng stated “China wants to join the UNHRC not to promote human rights, but rather to prevent democracies from questioning their human rights record.” Chen, a former blind political prisoner, was spirited out of China last year in a high profile case, and now lives in New York. Rosa Maria Paya, a Cuban dissident added, “The presence of the Chinese, the Russians and the Cuban regimes, is disappointing for the victims of repression, and it sends a message of complicity from the international community. “ She lamented that “democratic governments should not share seats with criminals which behave with impunity since they are not suffering any consequence.” The UNHRC election offers a stunning wakeup call that despite
the surge of freedom throughout the world, there’s still a strong and entrenched group of authoritarian regimes who will use and abuse these very human rights mechanisms to cynically counter civil and political rights everywhere.
John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Transatlantic Divide USA/ Euroland Rift? (University Press, 2010).
Tea Party at the Crossroads Third parties have had an unbroken record of failure in American presidential politics. So it was refreshing to see in the Tea Party an insurgent moveby Thomas Sowell ment, mainly Syndicated Columnist of people who were not professional politicians, but who nevertheless had the good sense to see that their only chance of getting their ideals enacted into public policies was within one of the two major parties. More important, the Tea Party was an insurgent movement that was not trying to impose some untried Utopia, but to restore the lost heritage of America that had been eroded, undermined or just plain sold out by professional politicians. What the Tea Party was attempting was conservative, but it was also insurgent -- if not radical -- in
the sense of opposing the root assumptions behind the dominant political trends of our times. Since those trends have included the erosion, if not the dismantling, of the Constitutional safeguards of American freedom, what the Tea Party was attempting was long overdue. ObamaCare epitomized those trends, since its fundamental premise was that the federal government had the right to order individual Americans to buy what the government wanted them to buy, whether they wanted to or not, based on the assumption that Washington elites know what is good for us better than we know ourselves. The Tea Party’s principles were clear. But their tactics can only be judged by the consequences. Since the Tea Party sees itself as the conservative wing of the Republican Party, its supporters might want to consider what was said by an iconic conservative figure of the past, Edmund Burke: See Sowell on 26
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DEAR TIM: It happens every year. At some point I can park my car in the garage, but then stuff gets in the way. Within a month or two, my car is stuck outdoors in all kinds of weather. What’s the secret to a clutter-free garage? How do people do it? What tips can you offer us poor souls who force our nice cars to suffer the disgrace of punishing sun, violent rainstorms, ice, snow and pestilence by staying outdoors all the time? Help me organize my garage! --Miriam S., Hartford, Conn. DEAR MIRIAM: You and I are in the same boat along with tens of thousands of others. I can tell you my friends Lou, Loren and a few others are on dry land enjoying their neat and tidy garages where you can eat off the floor. Their garages are perfectly clean: nothing but the car tires are on the floor and everything else in the garage is on a shelf or hanging on the wall. Books have been written on this topic, so I’m going to do my best in this limited space. First and foremost, you’re exhibiting the symptoms of packratitis and inarushitis. I openly admit I have these two diseases. The packratitis is in the genetic code from my mom’s side of the family. She had it really bad. Some of the things she saved I really value, but you’d not believe some other stuff I discovered when I cleaned out her house. Inarushitis happens when you get something out and use it, but don’t put it away. Even though it’s usually only 10 extra
This garage has been overtaken by things that are not cars. It’s time to organize the space. steps and 15 seconds of time to put the thing away, the person inflicted with the disease doesn’t possess the mental fortitude to do it. This disease has secondary symptoms of anger and frustration when you then need that thing a month later and can’t find it because it’s hidden under something in the garage. That just happened to me a week ago. I couldn’t find a paint roller pan I knew I had. I walked past it 10 times fuming about where it was before leaving to go buy a new pan that I didn’t need. Two days later I stumbled across the used pan in my garage. The first thing I would do to reclaim the garage for your car is a thorough cleaning. By this I mean recycle, sell, donate or throw away things you simply don’t need or haven’t used in years. Recently I visited my in-laws’ house and saw 30-year-old aerosol cans on shelves. I saw drums of chemicals that had not been touched or used for
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in a raft of new policy proposals. Chris Christie has an affect and a style of governance. For Christie truly to capitalize on his opportunity, he will need a conservative reform agenda, geared to the bread-and-butter concerns of ordinary voters. As Henry Olsen writes, Christie’s potential is in matching that Everyman appeal with substance. He could set out to make himself a Republican by and for the middle class in a departure for the contemporary party. Congratulations on the big win, governor. Now show us what’s next. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. Voltaire warned in the1700s: “In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.” A very intelligent man that Voltaire. He knew that a redistribution of one’s wealth to someone who did not labor for his own monetary rewards would be in vogue one day.
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was happily in retirement after having sold the company. In 2012, the owners of Bound Tree decided to pull up roots in the Henniker plant and move to upstate New York. Currier, who still owned the building, had been given a 16-month notice and began to look for other options to use the building for. “I’m not exactly sure how beer came up, “ said Currier. “But we decided (the other investors) that
there weren’t any brewing facilities in this part of the state so we decided to pursue it.” Currier, very familiar with the area, ran Pats Peak for ten years out of college. Getting ideas on how to work a brewery for some “very helpful” other local craft brewers the group went to work. “I was surprised at the help we got,” said Currier. “But then I realized it wasn’t about competition, we all just wanted to See henniker on 19
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Association is to educate consumers as well as the legislature on the craft brewing industry and to lobby to protect the industry as well. So, when you are enjoying a locally crafted beer at your Thanksgiving table this season know that you are partaking of a real labor of love. On Sunday, December 8th, Henniker Brewing will be featured at a Beer Brunch held at the River Road Tavern in Bedford from 11am to 3pm. Enjoy a three course brunch along with a flight of all of Henniker Brewing’s beers to taste. For more information on the Henniker Brewing Company visit www.hennikerbrewing.com.
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A Healing Skill
Birds Are Always On Their Toes by Steve White Contributing Writer
Have you ever looked at a bird’s foot? Better still, have you ever really looked at your own foot? It is a marvel of human development. Humans, usually, have five toes on each foot. This number is important for maintaining balance, but not critical enough to carry out daily survival activities. Birds, for the most part, have four toes on each foot, three are fanned forward and a single toe oriented to the rear. While our feet are pretty much the same from one person to the next, birds’ feet are very specialized, such as webbed feet for swimming. In case you didn’t notice, birds stand on their toes, not on the flat of their feet as humans do. The feet of perching birds, such as sparrows, wrens, warblers, thrushes, etc., can do almost anything, from walking to hopping, and nimbly holding onto any nearby object. When a bird lands on a perch, a tendon in the back of its leg tightens so that the toes “lock.” This involuntary reflex keeps a sleeping bird from falling off its perch. The bird simply stands up and straightens its legs to “unlock” the tendon. On most woodpeckers, the toes are arranged a little differently. This species has two angled forward and two backward. This gives them better balance and stronger support for climbing or standing on rough bark while excavating holes in trees. The stubby legs of whitebreasted nuthatches give
The stubby legs of white-breasted nuthatches give them the perfect balance no matter what their position. them the perfect balance no matter what their position. Their long toes and down-turned claws permit this species of songbirds to quickly go headfirst down a tree in search of bugs in tree bark. Let us not forget the hummingbirds, which do most of their feeding on the wing. Their feet are tiny and so weakly developed that hummers are actually classified as the order “Apodiformes”, which translate into “without feet.” Many people still believe the myth that hummingbirds do not have any feet. Bird’s feet and toes are mostly tough tendons and bones, covered with heavily scaled skin. There is a very limited supply of nerves, blood vessels or muscles. This is why their feet do not stick to metal feeder perches or wire fences when temperatures go down. When songbirds roost for the night, their belly feathers cover their feet to keep them warn. Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has adequately provided birds with extremely effective protection against wintry weather, right down to the toes. Enjoy your birds! Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at major conventions in Atlanta and St. Louis as well as the host
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why it was difficult to move into place. Wow, just using hand tools; iron bars, a shovel and a bucket he has done beautiful work. We step over a blow down lying across the trail and it is noted we’ll take care of that on the way back. Madison does her best Lassie impersonation going ahead and turning back often to check that we are still following her. Near the height of the notch as we crossed a ledgy section and on the right are double cairns that invited us to a wonderful open ledge offering a view that gave us a sweet taste of what might be waiting at the summit. A trail sign clearly marks the spur trail to the Albany’s ledgy summit. There are fine views north and this is where the official trail ends. But be sure to follow the small cairns that lead over the actual summit and southwest across more open ledges. The views are impressive—big views for a fine peak whose elevation is just 1930 feet! Kearsarge North and even Mount Washington’s summit are easy to recognize and these mountains felt near. Surrounded now by bare blueberry bushes we happily soaked in the view See patenaude on 25
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garage. Realize that if you don’t cure yourself of your packratitis, this shed will soon become a horrible mess and you’ll just allow things to accumulate in this separate shelter. Once your garage is clean and you can pull your car into its cozy lair, you can keep it that way with minimal effort. If you’re tempted to put anything on the floor of the garage, STOP. Whatever it is must have a home hanging on a wall, sitting on a shelf or stored up in the loft. It’s not allowed to live on the floor. If there is no room in any of these locations, something must give up its space for the new item. Period. Develop a zerotolerance policy for adding new items to your collection of stuff. Get help for your diseases. You can do it. I’m thinking of starting PIA meetings here in my town to help me. PIA = Packratitis Inarushitis Anonymous. Want free home-improvement information? Go to www.AsktheBuilder.com and sign up for Tim’s free newsletter. Have a question for Tim? Just click the Ask Tim link on any page of the website. (c)2013 TIM CARTER DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.
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Salome’s Stars Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A project benefits from your organizational skills that get it up and running. Your success leaves a highly favorable impression. Don’t be surprised if you get some positive feedback soon. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Spend time on practical matters through the end of the week. Then begin shifting your focus to more-artistic pursuits. Resist being overly self-critical. Just allow yourself to feel free to create. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Restarting those creative projects you had set aside for a while will help provide a muchneeded soothing balance to your hectic life. Besides, it will be like meeting old friends again. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A change in plans could make it tough to keep a commitment. But stay with it. You’ll get an A-plus for making the effort to do what’s right and not taking the easy way out by running off. LEO (July 23 to August 22) The Lion’s
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enthusiasm for a workplace policy review is admirable. But be sure you know who is really behind the resistance to change before pointing your finger at the wrong person. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You can expect to have to do a lot of work through midweek. Devote the rest of the week to checking your holiday plans in case some need to be adjusted to accommodate changes. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Try to avoid signing on the dotted line in the early part of the week. You need time to study issues that weren’t fully explored. Later in the week might be more favorable for decision-making. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A new development could snarl travel schedules or other holiday-linked projects. Some flexibility might be called for to deal with the problems before they get too far out of hand. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Relatives seek your advice on a matter you’d rather not be involved in. If so,
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use that sage Sagittarian tact to decline the “offer,” so that no one’s feelings are needlessly hurt.
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AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) An unexpected demand for settlement of an old loan could create some pre-holiday anxiety. But you might not really owe it. Check your records thoroughly before remitting payment. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) It’s a good time to get into the social swim and enjoy some well-earned fun and games with those closest to you before you have to resume more serious activities next week. BORN THIS WEEK: Your ability to sense the needs of others makes you a wise counselor for those seeking help with their problems.
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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, November 21, 2013
Doris Kearns Goodwin At Portsmouth Music Hall
Doris Kearns Goodwin takes to the Portsmouth Music Hall stage with her latest work, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism on Wednesday, December 4th at 7:30pm. After Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin wields her magic on another larger-than-life president, and another momentous and raucous American time period as she brings to life Theodore Roosevelt, the muckraking journalists, and the Progressive Era. Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II and is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. For each 1-2 tickets sold, the purchase of a book voucher ($40) is required. Vouchers can be redeemed on the night of the event for a signed copy of The Bully Pulpit. Tickets & vouchers NOT
Doris Kearns Goodwin will be discussing her new book Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism on Wednesday, December 4th at 7:30pm at The Portsmouth Music Hall.
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available online, call or come by the box office Book discussions will be moderated by Patty Burke Hickey and Ralph Sneeden. Patty is a longtime Music Hall member from New Castle, NH, avid supporter of the Writers on the New England Stage Series since its inception, and English instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy. Ralph, an accomplished poet and fiction writer, has taught in the English department at Phillips Exeter Academy for many years and leads writing workshops in the summer. Tickets for each discussion event are $8 and include a drink and light snacks, plus time for social gathering before and after each discussion. If you would like to become a member at the $150 level or above, please contact the Membership Coordinator, Lorianne Saniuk, at LSaniuk@themusichall.org or (603) 766-2176. Each literary evening features an author presentation followed by an onstage interview with Virginia Prescott, host of New Hampshire Public Radio’s “Word of Mouth”. Live music performed by Dreadnaught.
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