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Artistry & Pride Are The Mainstay of This Renowned Dover Business by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

“It’s the artist that makes this place special,” said Andy Cochran, owner of Salmon Falls Stoneware in Dover, New Hampshire. Cochran never imagined, thirty years ago, that his pottery business would reach the success it has today, producing and selling thousands of unique, hand designed and crafted pieces that are recognizable around the country. Cochran first learned the

art of pottery making as a senior in high school in 1972 and while at the University of New Hampshire learned about kilns eventually building his own wood-fired kiln one summer. It wasn’t long until “Pottery By Andy” was selling pottery from a cart made with old bicycle wheels and Cochran was peddling his pots to the townspeople and college students in Durham. A 1935 Ford Truck was Cochran’s pride and joy in showing off his wares. But

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Somersworth Christmas Parade & Winter Gala

Andy Cochran, owner of Salmon Falls Stoneware, stands inside one of the four kilns used at the popular Dover business. The building, where Salmon Falls has been since brendan smith Photo 1983, was once used by the Boston & Maine Railroad.

The Somersworth Christmas Parade & Winter Galawill take place on Saturday, December 6th from 2-5pm. The annual Christmas Parade begins at 2pm. followed by a Winter Gala of performances and events. The Somersworth Plaza will be turned into a winter gala from 1:30 – 4:45. The gala will culminate with a fireworks display at 4:30p.m. Entries are currently being accepted for floats, marching, mobile, and organizations in the parade. Entry forms are avail-

able at the Chamber of Commerce Office at 58 High Street, Somersworth, or online at: www.somersworthchristmasparade.com. Bring the kids and the whole family, join with your friends and neighbors This is going to be a great time and fun for everyone!

Inside This Issue:

CHRISTMAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Your Guide to Holiday Gifts & Celebration!

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Nov Thursday 27th Annual Hazel Duke Thanksgiving Dinner

Congregational Church of Laconia, 69 Pleasant Street, Laconia. 11:30am. Please call 524-0668 to reserve or volunteer.

Annual Mae Hart Thanksgiving Dinner

Meredith Community Center, Circle Drive, Meredith. Doors open at 11:30am. This special meal is a long time tradition thanks to the generosity of Mae Hart, the Hart family matriarch, who promoted community spirit and believed that no one should eat alone on Thanksgiving. Her generous family at Hartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Turkey Farm has continued this tradition since the mid 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Anyone wishing to attend the meal or wanting to receive a home delivered meal should contact Terri at the Meredith Parks & Recreation Department at 279-8197. Anyone wishing to volunteer to help serve the meal should contact Kristen at 2795568 Friday 28th

Tim Sample, Paul Stookey & David Mallet â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leftover Turkeyâ&#x20AC;?

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com 335-1992

Warren Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No Turning Back

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www. flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

Christmas at the Castle

Castle in the Clouds, 455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough. 10am-3:30pm. Experience a vintage Christmas at Historic Lucknow, while enjoying festive dĂŠcor, special exhibits, live music and the seasonal beauty of this classic country estate. $20/adults, $10/youth, and $15/Friends of the Castle. 476-5900

Milk and Cookies with Santa and the Elves

Kellerhaus, Route 3, Weirs Beach.

2-4pm. Bring the kids for a visit with Santa and the Elves. Enjoy milk and cookies and pictures with Santa. Bring a camera. 366-4466

NH Audubon Nature Storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blackbird Fridayâ&#x20AC;?

The Nature Store, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord. 9am-5pm. The store features a unique selection of nature-themed toys, made in NH items and more. 224-9909

Fri. 28th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dec. 14th Christmas at Clough Tavern Farm

Clough Tavern Farm, 23 Clough Tavern Road, Canterbury. Fri, Sat, Sun 9am -5pm. Weekdays 11am-4pm. 17 days of Holiday Shopping, 3 weekends. Featuring NH artisans celebrating a Victorian Christmas with crafts, food and greenery. 783-4287

Fri. 28th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dec. 21st Santa Express Trains - Weekends

Hobo Railroad, 64 Railroad Street, Lincoln. Enjoy hot chocolate and cookies with Santa and his Elves aboard this 1 hour and 20 minute holiday excursion. $20pp/Coach, $25pp/First Class, ages 2 and under ride for free. Advanced reservations suggested. www.hoborr.com or 7452135

Saturday 29th Dirty Deeds with The Toes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; AC/ DC Tribute

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com 335-1992

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The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www. flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

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Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

Loon Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22nd Annual Open House

Loon Center, 183 Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 10am-2pm. Free admission, crafts for kids, hayrides,

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balloon creations by Mr. Phil, face painting, Santa, refreshments and more!476-5666

American Legion Auxiliaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Holiday Craft Fair

Harriman-Hale American Legion Hall, 142 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 9am3pm. Rain or shine. Public welcome. 560-4296

Christmas at the Castle

Christmas Fair

Second Chance Animal Rescue, Littleton. 10am-3pm. 20 crafters and artisans, hot food, bake sale and more. www.secondchancear.org

Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair

Opechee Conference Center, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia. 10am-4pm. Live music, free admission and a huge raffle to benefit NH Humane Society. 528-4014 or www.joycescraftshows. com

14th Annual Christmas Craft Fair

Carroll Town Hall gymnasium, Twin Mountain. 9am-3pm. Featuring artisans and entrepreneurs from NH and VT. Free admission. 846-5434

South Tamworth United Methodist Church Christmas Fair

Runnells Hall, Chocorua Village. 9am2pm. Santa will arrive at about 10am to visit with children. White elephants, cookie sale, wreaths and raffles. Lunch will be served from 11am-1pm. 323-8248 Sunday 30th

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Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

Christmas at the Castle

Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair

All Veterans are welcome to join this newly forming Veteran Meet Up Group.

Opechee Conference Center, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia. 10am-3pm. Live music, free admission and a huge raffle to benefit NH Humane Society. 528-4014 or www.joycescraftshows. com

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Cornerstone VNA Home Health Hospice, 178 Farmington Road, Rochester. 5-7pm. Group will continue to meet on December 8th, 15th and 22nd. The goal of this group for adults is to help individuals cope with feelings of grief, loss and sadness in a safe and caring environment. No charge

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Art Girl and FOOL in New Hampshire at Gilmanton Year Round Library On Saturday, December 6th from 1-3pm, Weirs Times and Cocheco Times editor and F.O.OL. in New Hampshire columnist, Brendan Smith be at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library to tell a few Flatlander stories and sign copies of his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Flatlander Chroniclesâ&#x20AC;? an hilarious description of his life as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flatlanderâ&#x20AC;? (non-NH Native). His wife Kimberly J. B. Smith, who readers know as Art Girl, will be the Artist in Residence at the library for the month of December and she will be debuting some of her new works. The afternoon will also consist of a Silent Auction with all proceeds benefitting the Gilmanton Year Round Library. This is a great way to take care of some of your Christmas shopping. Please feel free to call for details. The Gilmanton Year Round Library is located at 1358 NH Route 140, Gilmanton. For more information call 603-3642400 or email to gyrla@metrocast.org

Historical Society Open House The Rochester Historical Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Christmas Open House, A 1914 Christmas, will be held on Thursday, December 11, from 1 to 6pm at the Historical Society Museum on Hanson Street in downtown Rochester. The Museum is decorated for the holidays and current displays focus on Rochester one hundred years ago. In 1914, when Rochester was a city of about 9000 inhabitants. All are welcome to join in to remember Rochester from a century ago. Holiday refreshments will be served. Admission is free. For more information please call 330-3099 or e-mail rochesterhistorical@metrocast.net.

AC/DC Tribute Band At Rochester Opera House Take an unpredictable thrill ride with the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number one AC/DC Tribute Band Dirty Deeds at the Rochester Opera House on Saturday, November 29 at 8pm(Doors 7pm), Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high energy and wild entertainment, when Dirty Deeds delivers the on stage antics and theatrics of AC/DC, one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best rock and roll bands. With a reputation for detail, Dirty Deeds incorporates authentic props throughout the concert to produce the consummate AC/DC experience. Escape into pure rock nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll for an evening of the timeless hits of the great AC/DC! Tickets are $22 and $24 and can be purchased online at RochesterOperaHouse.com or call/stop by the box office at (603) 335-1992 on M/W/F from 10-5 or two hours before the show. Cash bar. Patrons under the age of eighteen must be accompanied by an adult. Handicap seating is available in balcony only. The show is sponsored by TD Bank, Fosterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daily Democrat, Eastern Propane & Oil, Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. and Norman Vetter Foundations, Inc. Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. The season continues with Beatlemania Again 12/5 and LeAnn Rimes 12/9.

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*A FLATLANDER’S OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE

Thoughts From Vinnie

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Brendan is off this week to visit family for the holidays. His friend Vinnie, his partner in starting the group F.A.T.S.O., is filling in by writing this week’s column. Brendan told me I could write about whatever I wanted for this column so here goes. I realize it is a very touchy and volatile subject here in New Hampshire but I really feel it needs to be addressed. I will take my chances and assume that most everyone reading this knows about the work I have done with Brendan in promoting the cause of Flatlanders in New Hampshire over the years. It was really my idea to start F.A.T.S.O. many years ago. It stands for Flatlanders Adjusting To Solitary Oblivion, a winter support group for new transplants to the Granite State to help them survive this unpredictable season. I don’t mind that people think that it was mostly Brendan’s idea. That is alright with me. I rest easy in knowing that the word and work of this important group is getting out there. I am passionate about Flatlanders but I am also fair. I am one myself. Like Brendan I came here about thirty years ago from New York and like him and many others like us, I worked my way up, learning the ropes in how things are done in New

Hampshire. Some of us had a tougher time than others in adapting to life here but, I think, all of us had to work through the prejudices that many of the natives had towards us during that period of adjustment. We didn’t always feel welcome, but we knew this was where we wanted to be. So, we paid our dues, learned our lessons, bit our lips and kept our backs straight as we went through the process of assimilating. Eventually came the payoff. We were granted the status of “Native Flatlander”, the final step in the Flatlander Hierarchy. (You can read all about it in Brendan’s book “The Flatlander Chronicles”.) Over the years we learned the art of raking roofs, overcame the social awkwardness of a visit to the dump and many other things. It took years and years, longer for some than others, but we reached our goal. By showing the natives we had learned what it truly was to live here, we were accepted. Last year, if you were paying attention, you may have heard about the large influx of Flatlanders who came into New Hampshire from across the border in Massachussets. Some even all the way from New York. They had been hearing about what we call “The New Hampshire Dream” and they wanted it as well. Some were willing to come here and work for it, but many simply wanted to settle here and instantly achieve the status of “Native Flatlander” without taking on any of the struggle, the years of hard work it has taken the rest of us. There is talk that some in the New Hampshire State House and even our own governor are feeling sym-

pathetic to their cause. Some even considering a bill that would grant these new Flatlanders instant “Native Flatlander” status. The governor has even hinted, or so I’ve been told, she’ll just do it herself if nothing gets passed. Listen, I am all for more of my kind moving here. I think we have a great state with a lot to offer and plenty of room and opportunity. But what about us Flatlanders that struggled to reach the status of “Native Flatlander”? It is a giant slap in the face to all of us who did things the right way, worked hard and waited years to reach that point. Did we simply waste our time? I’m sure some will condemn me for feeling the way I do, thinking I’m some kind of heartless person. There isn’t much I can do about that. I just wish they would put themselves in my shoes and the shoes of the thousands of others like me. We feel we’ve been sold a pretty lousy Bill of Goods. We don’t hold it against those Flatlanders personally but we do get upset at the fact that they might not have to go through the process like we did. I apologize if you turned to this page expecting one of Brendan’s more humorous columns and had to listen to my rant, but it is just something that needed to be said. I might not ever get another chance to fill this page, so I thought I’d make the best of it. Thank you for taking the time to read it. Brendan and his wife, Kimberly, who is also known as Art Girl, will be at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library on Saturday, December 6th between 1-3pm for a book signing and Art Show.

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The Flatlander Chronicles Weirs Times F.O.O.L columnist, Brendan Smith’s new book with over 30 of the best of his original Flatlander Columns. From learning to Rake The Roof to Going To The Dump to Buying Firewood for the ﬁrst time and everything in between, Brendan tells recounts the humorous tales of his learning to ﬁt into New Hampshire life as a Flatlander from New York.

Order your autographed copy today for $13.99 plus $3 for shipping. (Please include any inscription you would like the author to personalize your copy with.) Make out checks or money orders for $16.99 to Brendan Smith and mail to: The Flatlander Chronicles, c/o The Weirs Times, PO Box 5458, Weirs, NH 03247. Order online at www.tinyurl.com/meu75h9 (Pickup autographed copies at the Weirs Times)

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To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the voters in Grafton County District 9 for coming out and voting on November 4th. I am honored to have been chosen to be your Representative in Concord

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and hope to justify your trust in me by supporting policies that improve the atmosphere for small business and jobs in our state. Especially important to me will be fighting against unnecessary tax increases and unsustainable spending at the state level. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me at my personal email address of rhull@wallnet. com or call me at my home number of 603780-4244. As your State Representative I want to always be available for you. To the voters of Alexandria, Ashland, Bridgewater, Bristol, and Grafton, I thank you oneand-all. Robert Hull Grafton, NH. State RepresentativeElect, Grafton District 9

The President To The Editor: The election is over. Although I am disappointed in some of the outcomes in NH, I am pleased that the Republicans will have the majority in the Senate in Washington D.C. One benefit of having the Republican majority in the Senate is, the House will create a budget and it will send it to the Senate and should not get thrown in the trash like Harry Reid did. We might actually get a federal budget. We have only passed one since Obama was elected.

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.

I believe the election was a mandate telling the President that the majority of US citizens do not like his policies. However he does not think this. He is so arrogant that he wants to sign an executive order for Amnesty. The Democrats evidently do think the election was a mandate against Obama, as many Democrats that were opposed to the Keystone Pipeline now have voted for it. They do this in hopes that their vote will help Senator Mary Landrieu in Louisiana win the runoff election. I certainly hope this does not happen. I hope the voters are smarter than this. Louisiana could use the jobs but they deserve a better Senator. Recently MIT professor/White House consultant Jonathan Gruber called the voters stupid for being in favor of Obamacare. He said the penalty part was deliberately written that it was not a tax because calling it a tax would kill it. He praised the late Senator Kennedy for ripping off the American public for 400 million a year. He deliberately did not let the bill be transparent because he did not want the public to know anything about it. Pelosi just recently said she did not know who Jonathan Gruber is but she certainly could not praise him enough when the bill was passed. The Democrats are the See mail boat on 18

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newspaper account quoted the 24-year-old catcher as saying that Yaz and Reggie weren’t hustling or providing leadership. As Fisk was then leading the team in home runs and batting average en route to winning American League Rookie-of-the-Year honors, he was in a position to sound off. Naturally the Boston media focused on the brouhaha and Alpha-Bird Yastrzemski no doubt bristled under the new scrutiny. Interestingly, Boston went on a 28-12 tear and moved into first place (84-67) going into the final series of that strikeshortened season. Three straight Sox losses meant an A.L. East pennant for Detroit, but Fisk had established himself as a leader—an Alpha-Bird. I can only hope that some sort of Fisk/AlphaBird emerged to lead the frozen geese to safety and warmth.

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One Nation Under Godlessness Cheating. Bullying. Cybersexting. Hazing. Molestation. Suicide. Drug abuse. Murder. Scanning the headlines of the latest scandals by Michelle Malkin in America’s Syndicated Columnist schools, it’s quite clear that the problem is not that there’s too much God in students’ lives. The problem is that there isn’t nearly enough of Him. With the malfunction of moral seatbelts and the erosion of moral guardrails, too many kids have turned to a pantheon of false gods, crutches and palliatives. They’re obsessed with “Slender Man” and “Vampire Diaries.” Alex from Target’s hair and Rihanna’s tattoos. Overpriced basketball sneakers and underdressed reality stars. Choking games and YouTube games. Gossip and hookups. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat. It’s all about selfies over selfcontrol, blurred lines over bright lines. In a metastatic youth culture of soullessness and rootlessness, the idea of high school teens voluntarily using their free time to pray and sing hymns is not just a breath of fresh air. It’s salvation. But leave it to secularists run amok to punish faithful young followers of Christ. Last week, the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a religious freedom lawsuit against Pine Creek High School here in my adopted hometown of Colorado Springs. Chase Windebank, a senior at the District 20 school, had been convening an informal prayer group for the past three years “in a quiet area to sing Christian religious songs, pray, and to discuss issues of the day from a

religious perspective.” Windebank and his friends weren’t disrupting classroom time. They shared their Christian faith during an open period earned by high-achieving students. Other kids used the time to play on their phones, eat snacks, get fresh air outside, or schedule meetings for a wide variety of both official and unofficial school clubs. A Pine Creek choir teacher had given permission to Windebank and his fellow worshipers to meet in an empty music practice room. No complaints ever ensued from other students or faculty. For three years, the group encountered no problems, according to ADF’s complaint. But in late September, Windebank was summoned to the assistant principal’s office and ordered to stop praying because of “the separation of church and state.” The school singled out the young man of faith’s harmless activities and banned members of his group from discussing current issues of the day from a religious perspective during an open period in an unobtrusive meeting place. As Todd Starnes of Fox News, who broke the story of the lawsuit last week, lamented: “Public school administrators and their lawyers have succeeded in suppressing and oppressing the Christian voice at Pine Creek High School.” It defies common sense that in conservative-leaning Colorado Springs, home to a vibrant faith community and leading evangelical organizations, students would be reprimanded and deprived of basic constitutional rights. As a letter from local parents to the school district decried: “To what benefit does it serve a school to limit the ability for a student to pray with their friends, fellowship with their friends, or discuss daily events from a Christian perspective? It is

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness As of last week, there was yet another change of hats in the Cormier-Martinez household. At a recent New Hampshire by Jane Right to Life Cormier board meetHooksett, NH. ing, I was offered the position of President for the organization. I happily accepted! NH House Representative-Elect Kurt Wuelper, who was President for NHRTL for six years, recently won his Stafford District 3 House seat, so we switched positions! Kurt Wuelper gave tireless service to the cause of life and he will continue this mission in the NH House of Representatives. Having always been a pro–life gal (this led to some very interesting discussions in my former world of the performing arts, be-

lieve me!) the subject of the right to life seemed very simple to me. Even in my teens and college years, I questioned how anyone could give a higher “status” to saving whales than saving babies! The entire treatise that some human life was expendable never seemed logical to me. Then of course we have our founding document, the Declaration of Independence which states: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The two words of importance here for me are Creator and Life. Our Founding Fathers, by and large, were believers of a higher entity and as such, Creator and Life come naturally together. The biblical verse of “…render to Cesaer, the things See cormier on 38

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Pelosi – Gruber 2016 House Minority Leader Nancy “Pass the bill so you can find out what is in it” Pelosi and ObamaCare visionary Professor by Ken Gorrell Northfield, NH. Jonathan “Stupidity of the American voter” Gruber make the perfect Progressive political pair. They are the ideal candidates to continue President Obama’s Sherman-like march across the U.S. Constitution. Union General Sherman’s campaign in Georgia began 150 years ago this month, ending on December 21, 1864. By then his Federal forces had destroyed targets both military and civilian, devastating industry, infrastructure, and private property. Sherman remarked, “This may not be war, but rather

statesmanship.” Whatever you call it, it was the most destructive campaign against a civilian population during a war that saw a lot of destruction. The comparison to today’s political scene is pure hyperbole. Yet using the IRS as a weapon against citizens deemed political adversaries, the EPA’s targeting of the coal industry, further disastrous federal incursions deep into the private healthcare and insurance industries, economic policies that have destroyed the job prospects for record numbers of Americans, and the use of executive orders and threats to act unilaterally when our system of checks-andbalances proves an inconvenience make the exaggeration less outrageous than it should be. The president’s signature achievement, the ironicallynamed “Affordable Care Act,” likely could not have been foisted on us without Pelosi and Gruber. They were key enablers: one willingly sacrificed fellow House

UN Committee Slams North Korean Rights and Ruler U N I T E D NATIONS It’s one of the tougher warnings the world community has sent to the neoStalinist reby John J. Metzler gime in North Syndicated Columnist Korea; a detailed condemnation of widespread human rights abuses in the reclusive communist country and, as significantly, a call that the Case and the regime leadership be eventually referred to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. The vote in the UN’s Third Committee (Political) sent a resounding message; 111 in favor, 19 against, and 55 abstentions. Supporting the resolution were the Americans, European Union countries, South Korea, Japan and other democracies. Opposition came from the DPRK’s ideological comrades such as China, Cuba, Russia,

and Venezuela along with the usual suspects as Myanmar (Burma), Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe. The abstentions were cast by India, Indonesia, and South Africa. Though the vote is not legally binding, the measure sends a strong political message to Pyongyang. This is the tenth year a vote on DRRK human rights has been held. A tough European Union/ Japanese draft resolution cosponsored by 62 other countries including the USA, South Korea and Australia sets in motion a process which while condemning the quaintly titled Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) , equally opens the door to possible prosecution of the Pyongyang rulers in the ICC. “Finally, the UN has sent a message today that North Korean rulers who starve and enslave their own people must be held accountable,” opined Hillel Neuer of UN Watch, a Geneva based human rights watchdog. See Metzler on 35

Democrats in order to pass the unread bill; the other used his academic credentials in a deception so craven it would have made a Soviet economic planner blush. Instead of paying a price themselves, both have been rewarded. Pelosi was recently re-elected as the House minority leader, and Professor Gruber is, as of this writing, still employed by MIT and not being sued by states that paid him to take advantage of the “stupidity of the American voter” using tax

dollars earned by American voters. To be true to their ideals, Progressives should nominate this pair to head the ticket in 2016. I use that nightmare scenario to highlight an opportunity for everyone to the political right of San Fran Nan: With new GOP legislative majorities in D.C., Concord, and many other state capitals, it’s time to correct the power imbalance that has developed over the past 100 years and shift reSee gorrell on 35

A Legacy of Liberalism Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said there were “phrases that serve as an excuse for not thinking.” One of these by Thomas Sowell phrases that Syndicated Columnist substitute for thought today is one that depicts the current problems of blacks in America as “a legacy of slavery.” New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof asserts that there is “overwhelming evidence that centuries of racial subjugation still shape inequity in the 21st century” and he mentions “the lingering effects of slavery.” But before we become overwhelmed, that evidence should be checked out. The evidence offered by Mr. Kristof in the November 16th issue of the New York Times seems considerably short of overwhelming, to put it charitably. He cites a study showing that “counties in America that had a higher proportion of slaves in 1860 are still more unequal today.” Has he never heard statisticians’ repeated warnings that correlation is not causation? The South long remained a region that blacks fled by the millions -- for very good reasons. But, in more recent years, the net migration of blacks has been from the North to the South. No doubt they have good reasons for that as well. But there is no reason to believe that blacks today are unaware of the history of slavery or of the Jim Crow era in the South.

Indeed, there are black “leaders” who seem to talk about nothing else. Yet blacks who are moving back to the South seem more concerned with the present and the future than with the past. Kristof’s other “overwhelming” evidence of the current effects of past slavery is that blacks do not have as much income as whites. But Puerto Ricans do not have as much income as Japanese Americans. Mexican Americans do not have as much income as Cuban Americans. All sorts of people do not have as much income as all sorts of other people, not only in the United States, but in countries around the world. And most of these people were never enslaved. If we wanted to be serious about evidence, we might compare where blacks stood a hundred years after the end of slavery with where they stood after 30 years of the liberal welfare state. In other words, we could compare hard evidence on “the legacy of slavery” with hard evidence on the legacy of liberals. Despite the grand myth that black economic progress began or accelerated with the passage of the civil rights laws and “war on poverty” programs of the 1960s, the cold fact is that the poverty rate among blacks fell from 87 percent in 1940 to 47 percent by 1960. This was before any of those programs began. Over the next 20 years, the poverty rate among blacks fell another 18 percentage points, compared to the 40-point drop in the previous 20 years. This was the continuation of a previous economic trend, at a slower See Sowell on 36

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DEAR TIM: The attic in our four-year-old house creaks, and when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s windy we hear cracking noises as well. The sounds are very loud, waking us up. It sounds like something is going to come crashing down through the ceiling above our bed. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very unsettling! The builder sent a fellow to add two-by-fours to some of the trusses. It did not resolve the problem. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live like this. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s causing the problem and how can we stop the frightening creaking? --Martha A., Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey DEAR MARTHA: While Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a structural engineer, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve built enough wood-frame houses to know that they can groan, creak and moan when the wind is howling. Even my own home, which I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t build, creaks and strains when powerful norâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;easters batter her. If your home is creaking and moving with each slight breeze or moderate wind, then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a valid complaint. But in severe wind storms, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s normal for a house to make a few noises.

This new houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attic makes annoying creaking noises when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s windy. A residential structural engineer can solve the problem. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty easy to understand whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had to carry a single sheet of plywood or oriented strand board (OSB) in a strong wind. I clearly remember a gusty day years ago when, as a young carpenter, I hoisted a piece of plywood on and was promptly put on the ground by Mother Nature. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get hurt, but the pressure of the wind on that single sheet of plywood was far greater than the combined strength of my leg, arm and back muscles to resist the windâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s force. Imagine the surface area of your entire roof or the side walls of your house! Structural engineers will be the first to tell you that

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the combined pressure of a moderate wind is equivalent to thousands of pounds of force, depending on the surface area of the structure thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experiencing the wind. The mathematical formulas for calculating all of this are complex. Suffice it to say the modern building codes have taken all this into account and the trusses in your home should have been designed to withstand normal weather events and windy days. As to whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s causing the problem and the noise, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty simple. When the wind is blowing against your roof or your attic sidewalls, the pressure of the

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will call out the type of nails or screws, how long they are and how many are installed at a given location. The wildcard in all of this is the construction of your exterior walls on the first floor of your home. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very important that the walls of the house were built with sufficient diagonal bracing so they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move either. This bracing can be metal strips cut and nailed into the wall studs or it can be OSB or plywood sheets that are nailed to the wall studs so the walls canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rack under wind or seismic loads. If you have any photos of the house as it was being built showing the woodframed walls as they were being built, these photos will be very helpful to the engineer. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve advocated for years that homeowners take hundreds of photos of their homes as they are being built. The most important photos are those that show things that eventually will be covered by insulation, drywall, vinyl siding, shingles or any other material. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very important to be able to see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behind or inside a wall! I suspect once you find a carpenter to complete the installation of the bracing in your attic, all will be well and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll sleep peacefully on all but the worst windy nights!

wind is causing the wood framing to flex. The wood sheathing could be rubbing against the trusses, and you could be getting noise from wood rubbing against metal fasteners. The solution, in my opinion, is to stiffen the attic structure so that much more force is required to make it flex or move. Your builder had the right idea in sending a worker over to add more bracing to the underside of the trusses; however, it may not have been installed correctly. If I were you, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d hire a residential structural engineer to inspect your attic. Fortunately, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wide open, so he or she can see all the framing members. When you call the engineer on the phone, be sure he or she is a residential expert with deep experience in working on houses that creak in the wind -- and can prove it. Simply ask him or her for references, and call the homeowners to see if their houses stopped making noises after the engineerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendations were followed. My guess, based on engineered drawings Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked from in the past, is the engineer will come to your home and take notes and photos, do a detailed inspection of your attic space, and then develop a simple retrofit plan that most carpenters can follow. The odds are the plan will show all sorts of added bracing that will be placed within the trusses. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that the plan be followed to the letter and that the correct fasteners be used. The engineerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan

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Wednesday 3rd Cribbage Tournament

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Sleigh Bells Swing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kristhani Pappas in Concert

Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road, Meredith. 2pm. She and her band will be performing jazzy renditions of all your holiday favorites. Tickets are $15-$25pp. 2790333

Christmas Caroling

Meet at the Laconia Parks & Recreation Community Center, 306 Union Ave, Laconia at 5:30pm. From there you will go to the Taylor Community where you will go door to door singing Christmas Carols. Words will be provided for the songs. 5245046 to sign up.

Thursday 4th Holiday Wreath-Making Demonstration

Golden View Health Care Center, 19 NH Route 104, Meredith. 2-3pm in the Terrace Great Room. Sue from Moulton Farm will teach you how to make the perfect decorative wreath. Free and open to the public. 279-8111

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Presented by Opechee Garden Club. 10am-3pm. This self guided tour features five beautifully decorated homes in Gilford and Laconia. The Belknap Mill in downtown Laconia will be headquarters for this event. Visitors will be tempted with a variety of wreaths, swags, arrangements and handcrafted items for sale. Complimentary refreshments will be served. Tickets for the house tour are $20 each and may be purchased in advance at the Belknap Mill, Laconia and Gilford Libraries and Kitchen Cravings Restaurant or the day of the tour at the Belknap Mill. 978-502-4619

Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth. 2-5pm. Browse the book sale to find a gift for those bibliophiles on your list. Assorted Historic New England gift items also for sale including gift memberships. Members receive 20% off all items. Enjoy free tours of the first floor and seasonal refreshments. 4363205

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The Rod nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gun Club, South Main Street, Laconia. 2pmmidnight. Auction, live music, food available and more! Open to the public. Free admission. 524-9824

Kindred Spirit Farm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Home for the Holidayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open House

Kindred Spirit Farm, 103 Upper Road, Center Sandwich. 9:30am-4pm. Handcrafted gifts, herbal soaps, soy candles, hand knit wool hats all in a cozy log cabin. Warm up with a cup of hot chocolate or mulled cider and tasty homemade cookies. Visitors will also have a chance to visit with the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animals! www.kindredspiritfarmnh.com 284-7277

Annalee Holiday Open House

Annalee Gift Shop, 8 Maple Street, Meredith. 10am-5pm. In-store specials, door prizes, grab bags, refreshments and more. Build an ornament for $20! Call 707-5377 to reserve your spot for the ornament.

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An Epic Christmas Around the World

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

Homestead Christmas

Remick Museum, 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. Ring in the holiday season by stepping back in time. Tours of the seasonally decorated Captain Enoch Remick House and Victorian confection samples, seasonal exhibits, make-andtake crafts, open stable to meet the farm animals, apothecary

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24th Annual Danbury Holiday Craft Fair

Danbury Grange Hall, North Road, Danbury. Doors open at 9am. Breakfast and lunch will be available. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair hosts over 20 vendors on two floors. All products are produced locally. 768-5579

O.E.S. Holiday Sale

410 West Main Street, Tilton. 8am-2pm. Jewelry, gifts, decorations, serving pieces and more.

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Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road, Meredith. 2pm and 7:30pm. NH-based theatre company â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not Your Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Musical Theatreâ&#x20AC;? will present a concert of holiday selections from musicals. $15$25pp. 279-0333

Hanaway Theatre at Silver Center for the Arts at PSU, Plymouth. 3pm. The New England Musical Artists, a professional brass ensemble, will join PSU Chamber Singers and the University Chorale in the concert. $15-$13/adults, $14-$12/seniors and $12-$10/ youth. 535-2787

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Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting

Market Square, Portsmouth. Tree lighting takes place at 5pm in Market Square, followed by the Holiday Parade at 6pm. The parade begins from Plaza 800 and travels through downtown to the South Mill Pond Parking lot. Free and open to all! www. cityofportsmouth.com .

8th Annual Holiday Craft Fair

MHS Guinane Training Center, 101 West Swanzey Road, Swanzey. 10am-3pm. More than 50 local vendors and crafters. Fundraiser for the Monadnock Humane Society. Free admission and parking.

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Holiday Concert and Cookie Swap

Old Town Hall, 529 NH Route 175, Campton. 4-5:30pm. Free and open to all. 536-5140

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Classic Holiday Ballet Returns to the Rochester Opera House -The Nutcracker, a holiday entertainment tradition, returns once again to the Rochester Opera House. For the ninth year, Sole City Dance presents its enchanting version of E.T.A. Hoff mannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tale featuring the mysterious toymaker Herr Drosselmeyer, Clara and her beloved Nutcracker Prince, dancing snowflakes, battling mice and many other fantastic and colorful characters. Set to Tchaikovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous score, The Nutcracker features lavish costumes, custom handpainted backdrops and inventive choreography. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cast includes guest artists from New York City: Karina Teran as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Richard Ye as her Cavalier. Local cast members include Ange-

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la Grassie as the Snow Queen, Maiya Jordan of Rochester as Clara, Kyle Tanguay of Rochester as The Nutcracker and Tom Dunnington of Dover as Herr Drosselmeyer. More than 70 auditioned dancers from around the region are involved in the

bird feeders. The dining hall is also the starting place for the Scavenger Hunt for children. The Community Council and the Friends of the Town Library are sponsoring Storytelling with Rusty Locke at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Ashland Baptist Church. (Donations will be appreciated, but are not required.) The celebration concludes at 8 p.m. in Memorial Park, at the corner of Main Street and Riverside Drive. The new Town Christmas Tree will be officially lit for the first time.

production which has been created by the combined talents of six choreographers and 3 co-artistic directors as well as a large technical crew. Sole City tells this classic story with beauty, charm and humor, providing an experience that will delight the heart and strengthen the holiday spirit. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an adventure not to be missed. The Nutcracker will appear at the Rochester Opera House on Friday, December 12 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, December 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 pm. Tickets are available at the Opera House Box Office, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, NH (603-3351992) or online at www. rochesteroperahouse. com. Tickets are $24 for adults and $20 for children and seniors.

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Sanbornton Historical Society Christmas Wreath Sale & Craft Fair On Saturday, 6 December, 2014, from 9 AM to 2 PM the Sanbornton Historical Society (SHS) will present their annual Christmas Wreath Sale & Craft Fair at the Lane Tavern, 520 Sanborn Road (Route 132), Sanbornton. Proceeds from the Christmas Wreath & Craft Fair, their major fundraiser for the year, go to the continuing maintenance of the historic Lane Tavern and other Sanbornton Historical Society projects. The Christmas wreaths are premium double-faced, thickly fashioned, handcrafted, and range in price from $12 to $42. They have doubled needled balsam tips and are locally made from the freshest greens. Wreaths are decorated with weather resistant red velvet bows. The wreaths can be pre-ordered; payment with the order is appreciated. Order from Dave Witham, 286-9590 or stop by the Lane Tavern. The Historical Society’s Lane Tavern gift shop will be open and there is a raffle for door prizes. Local artisans will be selling paintings; hand sewn fabric and knit goods; honey and maple products; unique herbs & spices;

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year firing two kilns a day, six days a week.” (Salmon Falls has four kilns that are located in the old boiler rooms of when it was owned by the railroad.) Growing at such a rapid pace can often lead some businesses to lose sight of what it was that brought on that success in the first place but Cochran is quick to point out that

Andy Cochran shows a plate he made on the Ram Press at Salmon Falls Stoneware.

even though the production is more fast-paced the ingredients that go into each piece are the same. “The ingredients we use are the creativity, the artistry and the hometown pride,” said Cochran. “We stive to stay within strict standards so our quality remains high.” Today, Salmon Falls Stoneware has slowed

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down slightly from those quarter-million pieces a year. They used to distribute to 3,000 wholesale stores around the country. Cochran decided a few years back to cut back on the wholesale as sales reps retired and now focuses almost entirely on sales through the Dover location as well as a new store which was opened last year in Perkins Cove, Maine. They still produce hundreds of pieces every week. All of the artwork is generated at Salmon Falls and all of the molds are made there as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The artist really is the key to each piece that we make,â&#x20AC;? said Cochran. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We make sue to give every artist here credit for the work they do.â&#x20AC;? Going through as much as two tons of clay a week, all of the pieces at Salmon

Falls are made in house but by different methods, depending on the piece itself. Some pieces are made on machines that have been part of Salmon Falls for years, many retooled by Cochran himself to meet his specifications. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of these machines are so old itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like finding a Model A,â&#x20AC;? said Cochran. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I retooled all of them, made the molds, designed them.â&#x20AC;? Among the machines are a Ram Press, a machine used to press clay into molded shapes; a jigger, which is simply a mechanical potter and the lid machine, which resembles a mechanical octopus. Of course, many pieces are still made by potters themselves and each piece, no matter how it was produced, must pass a rigorous inspection. Christine, a long-time

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the old Boston & Maine Railroad site. Once selling basically from an old cart with bicycle wheels, today the business sells thousands of pieces a year from two showrooms. But as you follow Andy around from room to room at Salmon Falls Stoneware, you can still feel that artistic energy that must have been that driving force so

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rate of progress, not the economic grand deliverance proclaimed by liberals and self-serving black “leaders.” Ending the Jim Crow laws was a landmark achievement. But, despite the great proliferation of black political and other “leaders” that resulted from the laws and policies of the 1960s, nothing comparable happened economically. And there were serious retrogressions socially. Nearly a hundred years of the supposed “legacy of slavery” found most black children being raised in two-parent families in 1960. But thirty years after the liberal welfare state found the great majority of black children being raised by a single parent. The murder rate among blacks in 1960 was onehalf of what it became 20 years later, after a legacy of liberals’ law enforcement policies. Public housing projects in the first half of the 20th century were clean, safe places, where people slept outside on hot summer nights, when they were too poor to afford air conditioning. That was before admissions standards for public housing projects were lowered or abandoned, in the euphoria of liberal non-judgmental notions. And it was before the toxic message of victimhood was spread by liberals. We all know what hell holes public housing has become in our times. The same toxic message produced similar social results among lower-income people in England, despite an absence of a “legacy of slavery” there. If we are to go by evidence of social retrogression, liberals have wreaked more havoc on blacks than the supposed “legacy of slavery” they talk about. Liberals should heed the title of Jason Riley’s insightful new book, “Please Stop Helping Us.” Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.

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that are Cesaer’s – and to God, the things that are God’s”, speaks to me. In my world view, life belongs in the domain of our Creator. And we, as mere subjects, should respect such Life, no matter what. It may not be easy. It may not be convenient. But, there it is. I fully understand the arguments out there. They range from a 100% Pro Life to abortion on demand. We need to engage in this discussion. And we must do so without judgment or condemnation. Our society has promoted abortion as a harmless, even needful thing for decades. Indeed, with Roe vs Wade, it is a constitutional right. But, rather than to fight the political argument, we need to take up the challenge and engage the hearts and minds of our fellow citizens. As President of NHRTL, it is my

hope to activate this conversation throughout our state, and encourage participation in the debate of the right to LIVE. It should be an interesting road ahead. Make no mistake, I intend to stay active in the political realm as well. I hope to continue to sound the alarm when government overreach rears its ugly head here in New Hampshire and beyond. I believe in small government. I believe in our NH and Federal Constitutions. I believe in our Bill of Rights. But, I also believe that LIFE is the first and foremost social issue of our time. And I invite you to join us in this discussion of LIFE here in NH. After all, Life is the ultimate Liberty! Jane can be reached at jane4newhampshire@ gmail.com.

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rewards those who arrogantly mock our border laws while simultaneously telling those hopeful immigrants still waiting patiently to lawfully come to America that they are chumps. After these five million or so, what then? The magnet that draws illegal immigrants across the border just got stronger. They will come expecting, — no, demanding — to get ‘Obama’s amnesty.’” ******** Demetrius Minor, youth minister and motivational speaker: “Barack Obama really had the potential to be an iconic president. It’s a shame he’s now relegated to someone who will be remembered most for not only dividing a nation, but for circumventing Congress in order to push his personal agenda.”

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Classic Musical “Godspell” Coming To Rochester Opera House Featuring contemporary references and dazzling new arrangements, Rochester Opera House presents the masterful retelling of the original Broadway sensation “Godspell” from January 2 to 10 with evening and matinee performances. With music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John-Michael Tebelak, this rock musical production sings with an eclectic blend of music styles, ranging from pop to vaudeville. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since, including a 2011 revival which played on Broadway from October 13, 2011, to June 24, 2012. Several cast albums have been released over the years and one of its songs, “Day by Day” from the original cast album, reached #13 on the

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