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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 27, NO. 48

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Let’s Keep Integrity In Our Elections The integrity of our elections rests with the Secretary of State. For the first time in NH history, the pervasive influence of money is threatening the integrity of the Secretary of State’s election. Special interests with clever names like “NH Forward” and “Free and Fair NH” are polluting the election process. The Democrat party wants Bill Gardner – a Democrat – out of office. Why? Two reasons. First, because he dared to participate in the President’s voter fraud commission, refusing to kowtow to Democrats who opposed it. And second, because he has scrupulously followed our ever-changing election laws and has done so without any partisan bias. Enter Democrat avenger Colin van Ostern, who has raised over a quarter of a million dollars to buy the office of Secretary of State. Partisan money – out-of-state money, and lots of it – is being used to campaign for the office responsible for the integrity of our elections. Control the office, and you control the process. Putting an unabashed partisan wannabe into the Secretary of State’s office will enable Democrats to do just that. It will turn a scrupulously non-partisan position into a political contest. Let’s talk specifics. Van Ostern claims the Secretary of State’s office needs modernization, yet he refuses to use the online campaign finance system to file receipt and expenditure reports. He files paper copies instead, making it much harder to “follow the money” in his campaign. Rather than embracing modernization and transparency by using the state’s electronic reporting system, he deliberately made it harder to learn who’s really behind this shameful episode. Van Ostern raised more money in his campaign for Secretary of State than any General Election candidate for state office except the Governor and one state senate candidate. He’s been anything but transparent with his See GIUDA on 12 by Bob Giuda

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Brad (L) and Jim Tonner, owners of TwinDesigns in Bristol. Jim is holding Diane The Turtle, who is celebrating her fiftieth birthday this Saturday, December 1st. Diane was given to Jim when he was bedridden at the age of twelve and has been a part of the Tonner’s life for the last half century. All are invited to join in the celebration.

Fifty Years And Still Going Strong by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

When Jim Tonner was twelve in 1968, an act of kindness by a total stranger was to have a long-lasting effect on his life as well as the life of his twin brother, Brad. That act was in the form

of a small green turtle he named Diane and this weekend the Tonner brothers, as well as the community at large and even friends around the world, will be celebrating her fiftieth birthday. “I had really bad arthritis as a kid,” said Jim from the store he owns

with Jim, Twin Designs in Bristol. “I was in Boston Children’s Hospital for a month and then was sent home where I couldn’t get out of bed for another six months.” To keep young Jim entertained, his father set up a basket with a string See TURTLE on 30

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*A FLATLANDER’S OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE

Christmas Receiving

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Brendan was off this week, so we are reprinting this column from the December 6, 2012, issue. I’m looking forward to Christmas this year for many reasons. The first is that it is a time for peace and joy throughout the world, goodwill towards all men and, more importantly, you get presents. I enjoy getting presents. The only problem is, as I get older, the choices are more limited. Not because there are less things I’d like, it’s because I have to pretend that I really don’t need them and they aren’t important. You know what I mean. When your significant other asks “What would you like for Christmas?” You are always supposed to say things like: “I don’t need anything, I have everything I need” and smile as you look around you. In reality, you really have something on your mind but you won’t come right out and ask for it. But there are still ways around that. Let’s say, for example, that you’d really like a 64-inch HD TV. This is what I would do if I wanted one. Sometimes I will be misleading by asking for something bigger first, hoping to come back and settle on the smaller thing.

“I’ve always dreamed of having my own boat, but I think the closest I’ll ever get is with a screen door and a couple of cans of Flex-Seal. But I won’t dream that big, I’d be happy with nothing more than just a simple 64-inch HD TV.” I have heard that the percentages for success with th is meth od a r e small, but always worth a shot. After all, someone, somewhere, really did win Powerball. It can also be helpful if you leave a few hints around. “You know how y ou wanted me to learn how to fix that leaky faucet? Well, they had a great show on HGTV about it but it was hard for me to see everything the guy was doing, guess my eyes aren’t as good as they used to be.” Of course, I did try this once and ended up with a Do-It-Yourself book in large print. But you haven’t tried it yet. So who knows? There’s always the aesthetic angle. For instance, when you are shopping together you have to get her over to the electronics section. Once you are there you can make a comment like: “Isn’t it uncanny how well that 64-inch HD TV goes with the coffee table?” This is one I’ve thought of but never actually got the chance to try. Mostly because I can’t find a way to get her to the electronics department once we are in the store. I do a lot of reading; occasionally something interesting. So, I use this as a method to distill false information in order to influence someone’s decisions. Sort of like what most of the major TV networks do around election time. I do it for

Christmas presents. “Honey, I was reading a magazine article claiming that the larger the HD TV, the more the TV rays will dissipate and the less chance men over fifty will develop high blood pressure.” If that doesn’t get much reaction, I counter with: “It went on to say that the more the rays dissipate the less harm they will do to the atmosphere and helping diminish global warming.” Of course, the most effective method is to pretend that you really don’t want a 64-inch HD TV; especially if you have professed a desire before to have one. I call this playing the guilt card. “I know I said I’d like one, but I was just dreaming. I know they are expensive and it is really too big for the living room. Besides, this 32-inch TV we have had since Bush was President is working just fine.” Right about now, I know there are some of you, at least one, who think that I am writing this column as a backhanded attempt to actually plant the seed that I’d like a 64-inch HD TV for Christmas. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have a 32-inch TV that I’ve had since Bush was president and it works just fine. Besides, I really do have everything I need. Still, I would like to do something about global warming as I believe it to be a very serious issue. Just kidding! Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “The Best Of A F.O.O.L In New Hampshire”. Autographed copies are available on his website www.BrendanTSmith.com and at the Weirs Times.

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PET OF THE WEEK Meet “Sandy”

Who says bigger is better? Meet our tiny furry friend, Sandy! Sandy is a one-and-a-half-year-old gerbil that came to the shelter over two months ago after her owners decided they no longer wanted her. She is looking for a forever home where she can be loved! At the shelter, Sandy can be found scurrying around in her cage, darting through makeshift paper towel roll tunnels and burying her toys. She is very active during the day, and would love to socialize with a human friend. It’s been awhile since Sandy had a proper companion. Sandy, like all gerbils, is a social creature. She would benefit from a home where she could get out of her cage from time to time and be handled. She has lived with children before and is very friendly. Sandy would make a great pet for kids and adults alike! Do you have room in your home for an itty-bitty friend? Come meet Sandy at Cocheco Valley Humane Society at 262 County Farm Road in Dover, NH! For more information on adopting a pet, visit cvhsonline.org.

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To The Editor: The inscription on the Statue of Liberty is a challenge to the world amounting to this: Keep your guilds, family names and titles. Keep the all the ideas your governments use to keep people down in your societies. Send us those who you claim cannot make it, those you believe do not add to your society. We will set them free to create what they want to create. We will not get in their way or tell them they cannot do it because of degree, license or title. Emma Lazarus’ poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty makes clear, if they make, they earned it and they get to keep it. We will protect them with our Constitution and our Bill of Rights from government and from people wishing to steal their work, rewards and meddling in their lives. The message is about freedom. That is what has made America exceptional in world history. Are we still those people? Do we still believe, as our first coin said on one side; “We Are One” and on the other “Mind Your Business”? The message wasn’t about welfare or socialized medicine or transgender recognition. The message was that we are all in this together, yes. But we are distinct individuals first with the power of choosing or determining, we have free will. We choose to leave each other alone. We respect the rights of

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others as our own. Are we still those people? Marc Abear Meredith, NH.

Marijuana Legalization To The Editor: New Hampshire’s motto is, “Live Free or Die”, but such freedom does not yet apply to adults who wish to consume cannabis. While the neighboring states of Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine, as well as Canada, have ended marijuana prohibition, New Hampshire has yet to pass a legal adult use marijuana law, despite such a law having the effect of reducing crime and creating jobs. The NH “decriminalization” law makes possessing very tiny amounts of cannabis punishable by a fine, but because the limits of the law are so incredibly low (three-quarters of an ounce of cannabis flowers or five grams of hash) and repeat offenders are still charged with a misdemeanor, people who are in personal use possession are still facing criminal charges for doing something that would be legal in a neighboring state. While marijuana is not addictive, the “decriminalization” law ridiculously includes substance abuse evaluation requirements. Another failure of “decriminalization” is that while New Hampshire may treat very small possession as a civil offense, the

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federal government still views such tickets as drug convictions, so non-citizens still face immigration consequences (including deportation), and those living in public housing, applying for federal jobs, or those receiving federal student aid are penalized. Cannabis must be legalized at the federal and state levels. But until federal law is fixed, it is up to the states to do their best to protect the rights of responsible adults who choose to consume cannabis. New Hampshire legislators must act without delay to legalize marijuana. Carol “Kitty” Hafner Box Elder, SD. Former U.S. Congressional Candidate (D-Alaska)

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First Step: Pro-Cop, Pro-Borders, ProCriminal Justice Reform The package of criminal justice reform proposals endorsed by President Donald Trump is not “soft” on crime. It’s by Michelle Malkin tough on inSyndicated Columnist justice. And it’s about time. Known as the “First Step Act,” the legislation confronts the Titanic failure of the federal government’s trillion-dollar war on drugs by reforming mandatory minimum sentences, rectifying unscientifically grounded disparities in criminal penalties for crack vs. powder cocaine users, and tackling recidivism among federal inmates through risk assessment, earned-time credit incentive structures, re-entry programs and transitional housing. There’s nothing radical about giving law-breakers who served their time an opportunity to turn their lives around and avoid ending up back behind bars. More than 30 red and blue states have enacted measures to reduce incarceration, control costs and improve public safety. Texas -no bleeding-heart liberal mecca -- spearheaded alternatives to the endless prison-building boom a decade ago by redirecting tax dollars to rehab, treatment and mental health services. The Lone Star state saved an estimated $3 billion in new public construction costs while stemming the prison population tide. Similar efforts adopted last year in Louisiana -- long known as the prison capital of the world -- have

yielded promising reductions in the recidivism rate. Pelican Institute for Public Policy analyst Margaret Mire reports that “Louisiana’s re-arrest rate in the first nine months is 19 percent, or 7 percentage points, behind the national, annual re-arrest average of 26 percent.” State data show that the re-incarceration rate is down to 6 percent in the same time period -- “on pace to be 9 percentage points lower than its full-year average prior to the reforms, or 15 percent.” Mississippi GOP Gov. Phil Bryant overhauled sentencing mandates, embraced faith-based ministries and funded counseling programs for inmates preparing for their transition to life on the outside. “Crime is down 6 percent,” he reported at a White House prison reform summit earlier this year. “We have 3,000 less inmates. We saved $40 million since 2014. And you can do the same thing.” Despite staunch support from conservative Republican governors, prosecutors and law enforcement closest to the ground on this issue, the same hyperbolic talking points used by some immovable “law and order” opponents at the state level are now being used against First Step: Cops will be endangered, critics balk. Violent monsters will go free. Child predators and drug kingpins will flood our neighborhoods. Scary, but deceptive. The plain language of the bill makes clear that its “early release” provisions must be earned. Moreover, as Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee points out: “At all times the Bureau of Prisons retains all authority over

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The Ungrateful Nation Here are a few facts about America. The unemployment rate among those with a high school education is 3.9 percent. The poorby Ben Shapiro est quintile of Syndicated Columnist Americans have seen their post-tax incomes increase 80 percent since 1979, according to Congressional Budget Office data, and post-tax and transfer income for that quintile has skyrocketed 32 percent since 2000. The upper-middle class in America constituted 13 percent of the population in 1979; as of 2014, it constituted 30 percent. According to Pew Research from 2015, when it comes to standard of living, “The U.S. stands head and shoulders above the rest of the world. More than half (56 percent) of Americans were high income by the global standard ... and 2 percent were poor.”

Fantastic products are cheaper than ever. Human Progress investigated the amount of time Americans must spend to earn enough money to buy key products and found that since 1979, the amount of time spent to earn a refrigerator had dropped 52 percent, 95 percent for microwaves, 65 percent for gas ranges and 61 percent for dishwashers. Between the mid-1960s and 2007, Americans were able to work less and leisure more: They worked nearly eight hours fewer per week, according to The Heritage Foundation. The wage gap is almost entirely a myth: Women who work the same jobs as men for the same number of hours, and have the same work history and same education as men make the same as men. The chief obstacles to income mobility in the United States are related to personal decision-making, not racial discrimination: As the Brookings Institution points out, of the people who finish high school, get

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The continuing crisis in Yemen, a country beset with tribal faultlines, jolted by sectarian by John J. Metzler clashes, and Syndicated Columnist magnified by a clash of cultures between Arab monarchies and the Islamic Republic of Iran, has shaken the Arabian peninsula to the core. Now after five years of warfare between a teetering central government and Iranian backed rebels, an already battered and impoverished land has now emerged as the world’s leading humanitarian crisis. Earlier this year UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned, “Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. As the conflict enters its fourth year, more than 22 million people, three-quarters of the population, need humanitarian aid and protection.” Tragically the situation has only worsened with punishing rounds of Saudi Arabian airstrikes on the Iranian-backed Houthi insurgents. Civilians comprise the tragic collateral damage of a conflict which has expanded ever since 2011 when the so-called Arab Spring triggered revolts. According to the UN, seventyfive percent of the population,

22 million people, need some form of humanitarian assistance and protection. Yemen slipped into chaos in Autumn of 2014 when the Houthi militants, seized the capital, and subsequently control of the government. A lethal proxy war has emerged in fractured Yemen between the central government composed of largely Sunni Muslims supported by the Saudis and an Arab coalition and the Shiite rebels backed by Islamic Iran. The rebels hold the capital Sanaa while the government holds the strategic port of Aden. The country remains effectively divided. A recent Security Council briefing highlighted the depth of the humanitarian crisis. The Famine Early Warning Systems Networks, which is supported by the United States warned,“Yemen faces the largest food security emergency in the world, and the worsening humanitarian outlook requires urgent action to reduce the likelihood of significant loss of life.” Yemen’s food security was characterized as facing a “Catastrophic deterioration.” Mark Lowcock, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator, told the Council, “From the two famines declared this century, in Somalia in 2011 and in South Sudan in 2017, a very painful lesson is that most fatalities occur before the famine is declared.” He added, “I am not

saying that widespread famine has already taken hold in Yemen. But that is what we are trying to prevent.” Nonetheless Mr. Lowcock advised, “It is abundantly clear that Yemen is already facing

mass hunger and severe food insecurity.” He added, “The UN and humanitarian agencies are implementing the largest aid operation in the world, reaching nearly 8 million Yemenis

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Grateful For Not Starving

When we celebrate Thanksgiving, I give thanks for property rights. Property rights allow each individual or family to do what we by John Stossel want with our Syndicated Columnist small piece of the world without having to answer to the whole community. On Thanksgiving, we’ll probably be told to think of America as one big family -- and for some people, government is the head of that family. That idea warms the hearts of America’s new “democratic socialists.” But thinking like that nearly destroyed this nation before it began. T h e P ilg r im s a t P l ym o u t h didn’t share a feast with Indians after arriving in 1620 because America was so filled with bounty. Instead, the Pilgrims nearly starved to death. They’d tried to farm collectively -- the entire community owning all the land and sharing everything, like socialists. Gov. William Bradford wrote, “By the spring, our food stores were used up and people grew weak and thin. Some swelled with hunger.” Then, writes Bradford, “After much debate (I) assigned each family a parcel of land... (T)his had very good success, because it made every hand industrious.” Crop production increased because workers reaped direct benefits of their own effort. They stopped hoping someone else would do the hard work. It’s not that the Pilgrims were

lazy or weak. They’d risked their lives to cross an ocean to try to build a community from scratch. But in tiny, often imperceptible ways, we each do a less efficient job, and pay less attention to the task at hand, if we think the whole community is responsible for that task. The Pilgrims were the same people after their switch from collective to individual farming -- from socialism to capitalism, as it were -- but after the switch, they thrived. That led to the first Thanksgiving in 1623. The bounty for which we give thanks this week was made possible by that early course correction to private property. I worry that, 400 years later, we’ve turned into ingrates. Instead of celebrating individual producers, Americans give thanks to a gigantic government for handouts. It’s not just the poor who get a helping hand. Middle- and even upper-class Americans have been taught to expect government to guarantee health insurance programs, dispense our retirement income, run our schools and provide security. We do things as a single, unanimous unit that could be done better by private individuals and the voluntary groups we form. Why? I think the idea of everyone pulling together under the warm umbrella of wise political leaders, as if all 330 million Americans sat around the same dinner table, makes people feel cozy and safe. But it’s a dangerous illusion. It’s hard enough to get a real family to agree on things for the holidays. Children fight. Tastes differ. Not everyone wants to

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DHHS Now Offers State-Wide Electronic WIC Benefits CONCORD - The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) now offers statewide use of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) for the Women, Infants & Children’s Nutrition Program (WIC). WIC provides nutrition education and nutritious foods to help keep pregnant women, new mothers, infants and preschool children healthy and strong. The new eWIC card makes this federal nutritional service a more positive experience for both retailers and

families. In July, New Hampshire piloted the new eWIC card in Strafford and Carroll Counties. After successful fulfillment of the 90-day pilot period, rollout was completed in Belknap, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham and Sullivan Counties last week. The updated WIC benefit delivery system enables clients to use a WIC card, similar to a debit card, making it a faster, easier and more secure transaction process. With the card, families are able to

purchase food as needed and not all at once, as was the process with the former paper voucher. The new EBT delivery also provides a more private and discreet transaction for WIC families. WIC clinics provide nutrition and breastfeeding education and support, healthy foods and referrals to healthcare and social services through one on one and group appointments. Clinics are available throughout the state to serve families, especially pregnant women, new mothers, infants and

preschool children. To qualify for WIC, a family must be income eligible, reside in New Hampshire and be one of the categories served; pregnant, postpartum, breastfeeding or children under age five. Families with a low to medium income and those who are part of other programs such as foster care, NH Medicaid, SNAP or TANF are automatically eligible. Making services more customer friendly and reducing the stigma through eWIC cards enables families the tools to maintain

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Are your diet choices prematurely aging you? Your nutrition, not age, determines your internal chemistry. This in turn affects the quality and strength of almost every organ, cell and function in the body. In spite of what the advertising may promise, the condition of your skin and the quality of your bones, brain and connective tissues are all affected by your diet. That old saying, “you are what you eat” has merit. With the Holidays ahead, this reminder may help you to consider revising some of your recipes. Roasted sweet potatoes

are already sweet and very delicious, they really don’t need syrup, brown sugar or marshmallows do they? How gracefully you age depends largely on your diet and lifestyle. No one makes perfect food choices all the time, but when most of your choices are good, an occasional inferior choice won’t be as damaging as a steady diet of poor choices. If you have a weakness for convenience foods such as packaged cookies, crackers and potato chips and the like, you will probably find hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils, or Trans fats listed in the ingredients. These oils take their toll on our bodies by promoting inflammation. Chronic inflammation has been described as a low grade systemic irritation that smolders deep inside the body, like rust that spreads through a car. Keep in mind food labeling is not completely honest. According to a report by the consumer advocate Environmental Working Group it was noted that while Trans fat appears

on only 2 percent of Nutrition fact labels, the fat is used in an estimated 37 percent of all supermarket foods. Another big offender is, you guessed it, sugar! Excess sugar in your diet loiters in the blood and causes trouble by glomming on to protein molecules. This process, called glycation, causes cellular aging in several ways. It slows the body’s repair mechanism gumming up the collagen in your skin making it less elastic for one. Natural sugars such as honey and or maple syrup are better choices but can be overdone as well. Be very wary of swapping your sugar for artificial sweeteners, they cause damage to your health in other ways. Eating too many refined carbohydrates are simply sugars in disguise. Starch turns into sugar the minute it hits your bloodstream and this sets the stage for insulin resistance. Your mind may see the bagel you’re about to eat as a healthier choice See DR. FINK on 12

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I won't lie and say that I was ready for the holiday season. Although, I do feel that way every year. I definitely was not ready for the snow the week of Thanksgiving (aka I guess I’ll just get to the leaves in the spring then and how hard could it be to pull my grill through the snow taking it back to the shed?). No matter our levels of preparedness (or lack thereof), Thanksgiving landed and Christmas is just around the corner. It seriously feels weird just typing that sentence. So what are you doing to get ready to celebrate and focus on the holidays? Gifts, food prep, travel plans, etc., plus a million other things that will contribute to your stress and general feeling of being overwhelmed. If I may offer you a humble holiday suggestion that may prove to be a better option: gratitude. We all know this word, and have probably been grateful at some point in our lives. Yet, having gratitude can be more than an emotion or feeling. It can be more than a response to a gift. Gratitude can be a practice, an act, a daily ritual. My challenge to you and myself, as well, is to, this holiday season, start living a life of gratitude. Gratitude, as a daily practice becomes a powerful tool, to not only benefit those around us, but to improve ourselves and our quality of life as well. A leader in this field of gratitude study (yep, that’s a thing) is Robert Emmons, Ph.D a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has studied

the effects of gratitude in depth and has published research and written books on the topic. Emmons attributes the following improvements with practicing gratitude: • Stronger immune systems • Less bothered by aches and pains • Lower blood pressure • Exercise more and take better care of their health • Sleep longer and feel more refreshed upon waking • Higher levels of positive emotions • More alert, alive, and awake • More joy and pleasure • More optimism and happiness • More helpful, generous, and compassionate • More forgiving • More outgoing • Feel less lonely and isolated. http://greatergood. berkeley.edu/article/ item/why_gratitude_is_ good Look at your life and your health. Could you use some of those listed improvements? I know I could! We spend billions on pharmaceuticals, chasing these qualities. Yet, if we listen to Dr. Emmons, these traits could be ours just by practicing gratitude. So how can we do this? There are obviously many ways such as surrounding yourself with positive people, etc. How-

ever, Emmons' most common recommendation, is a tool he uses in his research: keeping a gratitude journal. He states, "Establish a daily practice in which you remind yourself of the gifts, grace, benefits, and good things you enjoy. Setting aside time on a daily basis to recall moments of gratitude associated with ordinary events, your personal attributes, or valued people in your life gives you the potential to interweave a sustainable life theme of gratefulness." Essentially, stop and recognize the good in your life, everyday and be grateful. Everyday create this focus and write down what you are makes you thankful. It almost seems too simple. Yet, that's the beauty. If we could reap any of the aforementioned benefits for such a simple practice, why wouldn't you make the time to make a gratitude journal a priority? In practical terms, here’s how you do it: upon waking write down three things you are thankful for. That's it. In Emmons research that was the method used. Do this each morning, reap the benefits. I wish you all a very happy holidays! I hope it's your best yet. Further, I hope it will be a time of great gratitude for you and in turn great health and happiness!

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has served our state with distinction and earned the unconditional trust and respect of every legislator we’ve sent to Concord. Let’s not pollute the office of our Secretary of State with out-of-state special interest money or partisan retribution. We deserve better. Tell your legislators you expect them to vote for unimpeachable integrity and scrupulous honesty. Tell them to keep partisanship and special interest money out of it. Tell them you want Bill Gardner as your Secretary of State.

Swift, MS, RDN, LDN cofounder of the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy and coauthor of ‘The Swift Diet’. Stress is another aging factor. Cortisol, the stress hormone secreted by your adrenal glands also called the ‘fight or flight chemical’ diverts blood away from your stomach to your limbs. As a result, food may ferment in the intestines, upsetting the balance of good and bad bacteria. If you are finding that you are groaning when you stand, feeling achy, suffering from headaches, having digestive issues, bowel concerns, pain, etc., maybe it’s time to take a good long look at your diet and lifestyle. You can look for the magic pill, or take loads of supplements, but some serious lifestyle and diet changes will make all the difference in how you feel and how you look. In addition I recommend Chiropractic and cold laser to boost your efforts. Call me at Fink Chiropractic and Natural Health Improvement Center, 603-524-4555 or check us out online at www.finkchiro.com

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NOVEMBER THROUGH DEC. 2nd Clough Tavern Christmas Holiday Open House

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Clough Tavern & Two Sisters Garlic, 23 Clough Tavern Road, Canterbury. Fri. – Sun. 9am-5pm, Weekdays 10am4pm. Join them for 10 days of Holiday Shopping through one of Canterbury’s historic homes. Five decorated rooms offer a diversified and eclectic collection of 44 local NH artisans confectionaries, authors, antiques and special “Seaside” themed items. 7834287 or twosistersgarlic@gmail.com

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Thursday 29th Yin/Yang Restorative Yoga Class w/ Tekla Frates

Frates Dance Studio,171 Fair Street, Laconia. 10:30am. This class is for persons of all levels of experience. The sequence guides us through the most gentle movement and then settles us into deep stillness or propped asana. Just the right combination to rejuvenate and realign! Classes are $15pp. Join the YOurGA Facebook page to sign in to class ahead of time for a $5 discount!

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Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 388 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. 6:30pm. Program will be presented by Norma Milne and is free and open to the public. 569-2428

Friday 30th Joan Osborne’s Dylanology Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 5362551

Legends of Country Music Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm. Legends of Country Music is an amazing concert experience featuring incredible tributes to Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and Merle Haggard – all in one great show!

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S t u d l ey ’s F l ow e r G a r d e n ’s Greenhouse, 82 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 6:30-8:30pm. Featuring the live auction of premium trees, live music, refreshments, and a sneak peak at trees available to win during Saturday, December 1st raffle event. Admission is $10pp and includes 10 raffle tickets for Saturday’s drawing. Additional raffle tickets will be available for sale. Raffle drawings begin Saturday at 8pm. www.RochesterMainStreet.

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Fri. 30th – Dec. 2nd Altrusa International of Meredith’s Festival of Trees The Barn at Waukewan Golf Course, 166 Waukewan Road, Center Harbor. Fri. 2pm-6pm, Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 12pm-4pm. New this year: “Tis the Season Silent Auction Trees” will be displayed for bidding and visitors will be given a pass to return and update their bids during the festival. There will be live music, Altrusa’s famous homemade cookies and cider and much more! For a full schedule visit

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The Ash Girl – Live Performance Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Reser voir Road, Meredith. The students of Education Department of the Winnipesaukee Playhouse will perform “The Ash Girl” by Timberlake Wertenbaker; a play that reminds us there is no magic without courage and tells the story of Ashgirl who lives huddled deep in the protection of an ashy hearth in a big, old house. With her mother dead, and her father away, she lives with her stepmother and two stepsisters. When the invitation to the ball arrives from the prince, Ashgirl finds the strength to go with the help of her friends, some of whom come from unexpected places. Wertenbaker’s spin on the wellknown story of Cinderella is creative, contemporary, and truly enthralling. Tickets range from $10 to $18. www. WinnipesaukeePlayhouse.org or 279-0333

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DECEMBER Saturday 1st Children’s Gift-Making Workshop to Help Local Animal Shelters

First Congregational Church of Fa r m i n g t o n , 4 0 0 M a i n S t r e e t , Farmington. 9am-12pm. Parents can bring their children to the church while they go shopping, and return at noon to pick their children up. Children

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OCC Annual Christmas Fair

Ossipee Town Hall, Ossipee. 10am2pm. Christmas crafts, baked goods, white elephant table, delicious luncheon served, raffles and a visit from Santa at 11am!

Kyle Carey – Gaelic Americana Musician – Live Performance The Arts Center, 12 Main Street, Sandwich. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm. Admission is a $15 minimum donation. Refreshments will be available by donation as well. www. DiscoverSandwich.com or 986-7827

Christmas Open House

Annalee Gift Shop, 339 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. 10am5pm. Specials, door prizes, hot cocoa and Christmas cookies! 800-433-6557

The Gibson Brothers Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm. www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or 3351992

Christmas Craft Fair

Stuart’s Greenhouses, 136 Milton Road, Rochester. 9am-3pm. This event is to support our local craftsmen, and will be held indoors in the spring plants retail area. 923-2253

Colonial Holiday Tea Folsom Tavern, Exeter. 11am & 2pm. Guests will enjoy a relaxed, festive tea, provided by colonial inspired caterers, For the Love of Food and Drink. In addition to an array of teas, guests will be served food, which will include assorted finger sandwiches, scones, cakes and tarts. Pre-registration is required. www. IndependenceMuseum.org or 7722622

Lakes Region Community College – Open House

Lakes region Community College, Laconia. 9am-noon. Admission is free and faculty and staff representing each program and department will be on hand to answer questions and help prospective students through the process from star t to finish. LRCC offers many associate degrees and certificate programs, including Business, Accounting, Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management, Electrical, Automotive, Nursing, Graphic Design and much more. 366-5225

TTCC Annual 5K Jingle Mingle The Tapply-Thompson Community Center, Bristol. All abilities of runners and families are encouraged to participate. Upon return to TTCC, they will be serving hot soups, hot chocolate and snacks for all participants, as well as a raffle prize. Feel free to come dressed up for the holidays and get your jingle on! Race registration for available at www.ttccrec.org

Spaghetti Supper

Tilton Senior Center, 11 Grange Road, Tilton. 4pm-7pm. Join the Tilton Senior Center for a delicious Spaghetti Supper with salad, breadsticks, dessert and entertainment. $10/adults,

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Gilford Rotary 32nd Annual Tree Sale The Gilford Rotary Club will launch their 32nd season of selling Christmas trees to benefit local charities Friday November 30 – Sunday December 9 at Gilford Commons/ Gilford 8 Cinemas on Route 11, Gilford. Noon till eight Mon-Thurs. and nine till eight Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Browse the great selection of fresh cut trees from noon till 7 p.m. Monday- through Thursday and 9 am to 8 pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday. These New Hampshire grown, freshly cut, premium trees include hundreds of 1st quality fraser fir and balsam trees in all shapes and sizes from table top to 12 Plus feet tall. Plus decorative holiday wreaths and bird wreaths. Stop by the Gilford Rotary Trailer for free hot chocolate, hot dogs and yummy corn chowder and register to win special raffle items.

Rochester Main Street Festival of Trees Raffle Join Rochester Main Street for the third annual Festival of Trees event and enter to win fully decorated holiday trees and prizes. This year features Premium Trees with total values over $500, beautiful Holiday trees, and wreaths! The public is invited to attend Friday, November 30th at 6:30-8pm and Saturday, December 1st at 4-8pm at Studley’s Flower Garden’s greenhouse at 82 Wakefield Street. This fundraiser event offers the public opportunities to win dozens of wonderfully decorated trees, generously donated by area businesses and organizations. The trees can include valuable gifts in addition to beautiful decorations. Guests can purchase raffle tickets both days, with the live raffle beginning Saturday at 8:00pm. Live music and refreshments will be available both days. Admission to the event is just $5 and includes 5 raffle tickets for the drawings. Children enter free. Additional raffle tickets are available for purchase to increase chances of winning. Winners do not need to be present to win. Prizes can be taken after the event concludes Saturday or on Sunday, December 2nd during the hours 9:00am - 1:00pm. Unclaimed trees and gifts by that time will be forfeited.

Christmas Night In Ashland Christmas Night in Ashland, celebrated annually on the first Friday evening of December in downtown Ashland, will be held this year on December 7. The holiday family event is put on by local organizations, businesses and individuals, coordinated by the Community Council of Ashland, The 2018 celebration will include pictures with Santa Claus, a storybook giveaway for children, Christmas music, children’s workshop and scavenger hunt, hay rides, food sales, free popcorn, face painting, a craft fair, a model train display, an historical photo display, the making of Christmas ornaments and cards for veterans,a reading of The Elf On The Shelf, a gift bag raffle to benefit the local food pantry, and the lighting of the town Christmas tree. Most events will take place between approximately 5 and 7:30 p.m. on Main Street and Highland Street, in venues all within a short walking distance. The celebration will end at 8 p.m. in Memorial Park, The prize winners of Santa’s Gift Bay Raffle will be announced. With the help of Santa, the Town Christmas Tree, decked out for the holidays, will be lit to officially start the Christmas season. So, come to downtown Ashland to begin your Christmas celebration.

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It is the recent reading of “a pretty little legend” and the present deer hunting season that is ongoing in New Hampshire that impacted my decision to pass on the legend and to bring attention to that part of the state where it allegedly (there’s that word again) took place. Hattie Francis Batchelder wrote the description of the legend in essay while at Pembroke Academy which was printed in a 1910 issue of the Granite Monthly magazine, and obviously a lot of changes have taken place in the Pawtuckaway Mountains in the southeastern part of the state since then; moreover, the story predates the year 1910. But here’s that perhaps not so little and definitely not entirely pretty legend: The Pawtuckaway Mountains are three, the Lower Mountain, the Middle Mountain, and the Upper Mountain. It was on the Upper or highest of the mountains that the largest, most cunning, fast moving of the brown deer lived and ruled. At the time native Americans of the Pennacook tribe lived on the banks of the Merrimack River. The Indians came from

The largest, most cunning and fast moving of the brown deer lived and ruled the highest of the three Pawtuckaway mountains. Allegedly, Indians would go there from distant places to hunt the special buck deer that repeatedly was able to escape from those who pursued him with bow and arrow. distant places to hunt this special buck deer that repeatedly was able to escape from those who pursued him with bow and arrow. Two of the hunters, Kinkinasett and Sagawa, though both were from the Pennacook tribe, were bitter enemies because they were both in love with the same Indian maiden. Finally, the girl acted to bring the matter to a close by promising to marry the brave who would bring to her the antlers of the big buck deer. Neither brave hesitated to respond to the challenge with both making quick preparations and beginning their search for the evasive and much sought after deer. Kinkinasett vowed that he would never follow the trail again if he didn’t return with the prized trophy, and Sagawa dipped his arrows in witch hazel

oil thinking that he could thus break the spell that seemed to protect the big buck from hunters. Kinkinasett was known for being a swift runner and it was he who first found the deer, which started running around the mountain with Kinkinasett in pursuit, thinking he could catch up to the deer with his speed. Several arrows were launched without success as the buck ran around the mountain, but even with his speed the hunter was not able to get close to him. Meanwhile, Sagawa had stationed himself high upon the mountain on a cliff overlooking the chase below him. The big buck came crashing through the bushes just below the cliff where he was standing and Sagawa pulled his bow string and let an arrow fly and then See SMITH on 28

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DETROIT SPORTS One of America’s great sports traditions involves watching Thanksgiving Day football televised from Detroit, where the Lions have hosted an annual holiday NFL gridiron encounter since 1934. So last week, while viewing the Lions host the Chicago Bears in that Turkey Day showdown, I found myself thinking about Detroit—one of the only major cities I’ve never visited. My perception of Detroit is that it’s a scary place. That impression was reinforced during a recent Uber ride in California where the driver expressed happiness to be working in Orange County. He said he was from Detroit and had had guns pulled on him a half dozen times when living in the Motor City but he shared that his California experiences were all good. In 1950 Detroit was home to almost 2 million people and was the automotive capital of the world. Now less than 700,000 people reside there, as vast tracts of housing were abandoned while the crime rate soared. In the midst of this depressed landscape developed an interesting sportscape. The NBA Pistons had long ago left the city for the Palace at Auburn Hills but last year

returned to Detroit proper to share the brand new Little Caesars Arena with the NHL’s Red Wings. The return of the NHL and the NBA to downtown Detroit showed how sports can revitalize a community. The crime rate fell and the employment rate improved. The Lions abandoned Detroit for Pontiac’s Silverdome in 1975, but have since returned to play at Ford Field—also in down-

to 37-40-2 all-time on Thanksgiving Day. It occurred to me that the Lions have NEVER been to a Super Bowl—while our New England Patriots have played in TEN! So while pondering Thanksgiving Day blessings I reflected on how sports can help revitalize communities across our fruited plain—even besotted places like Detroit. (And I also offered thanks that I’m not stuck being a Lions fan!) Sports Quiz Fifty years ago USC running back OJ Simpson won the 1968 Heisman Trophy, after finishing second the year before. Who won that 1967 Heisman? (Answer follows) Born Today ... That is to say sports standouts born on Nov. 29 include baseball sportscaster Vin Scully (1927) and former BoSox pitching great Pedro Martinez (1968).

town Detroit—next to Comerica Park, home to the Detroit Tigers. That downtown Detroit now hosts four major league teams helped locals regain self-esteem. The role of sports in revitalizing downtown areas can be profound. It all started with the Orioles moving to Camden Yards in Baltimore in 1994, a move since emulated across the land. Detroit’s Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings all hang championship banners from earlier glory days— reminders of past success that stir hopes for future Motor City titles. As for the Lions, they lost the Turkey Day game 23-16 to the Bears to go

Sports Quote “Fame and wealth are illusions. All that endures is character.” --O. J. Simpson Sports Quiz Answer UCLA quarterback Gary Beban. Michael Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord and currently teaches on-line for New England College. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed and awardwinning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines)—which is available through Amazon. com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.

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picture-taking is encouraged, with festive locations in both indoor and outdoor settings. The Shaker Museum Store is another reason to visit and is open during Christmas at Canterbury events as well as Thursdays through Sundays until December 23. Housed in the bright yellow Carriage Barn, it’s a favorite place to buy gifts for holiday giving. The shelves are stocked with handcrafted oval boxes, carriers, and brooms, candles, sleigh bells, ornaments, cards, and maple syrup, labeled and packaged for the Village. Gift memberships may be purchased here too, and will be sent directly to the recipient along with a private-label Winnipesaukee Chocolates bar made exclusively for Canterbury Shaker Village. The Saturday events on December 8 and 15 are designed for families, with a magic show, model trains, cookie decorating, holiday card-making, live music,

and visiting with Father Christmas. Light refreshments will be available to purchase in the Creamery. Caroling with the Canterbury Singers and an outdoor tree-lighting conclude the evening at 7:45 pm outside the historic Shaker Schoolhouse. Saturday tickets are $18 for adults, $8 for children ages 6-17, and under 5 free. Members are half price. Visit www. shakers.org to purchase tickets or for more information. The candlelight tours offer a more intimate experience of the decorated Shaker buildings. Small groups led by an entertaining guide explore how the Canterbury Shakers celebrated Christmas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, visiting a variety of interior spaces and ending with hot cider and cookies in the Village Creamery. “If you love the simplicity and quality of Shaker design, you will love seeing our inteSee CANTERBURY on 24

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15 or more may reserve a private Candlelight Tour by advance reservation. Call 603-783-9511 x 284, or email rsoules@shakers.org. Book a tour and have your holiday party at the Village this year for a unique experience. Christmas at Canterbury is generously sponsored by Merrimack County Savings Bank and The Rowley Agency. Canterbury Shaker Village is a National Historic Landmark and non-profit museum that is dedicated to preserving the 200-year legacy of the Canterbury Shakers and to providing a place for learning, reflection, and renewal of the human spirit. It is located at 288 Shaker Road in Canterbury, New Hampshire, just south of Laconia and north of Concord, NH. Visit www.shakers.org or see Facebook.

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Interlakes Theatre Presents “Home For The Holidays” At The Flying Monkey Interlakes Theatre is thrilled to present Patrick Dorow’s “HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS” – a Musical Christmas Party, at The Flying Monkey, Movie House and Performance Center, in Plymouth, NH, December 15 at 7:00pm and December 16 at 1:00pm and 4:00pm. Tickets cost $25-$35, and may be reserved in person at The Flying Monkey, 39 Main St, Plymouth, NH, by phone (603) 536-2551, or online at www.flyingmonkeynh.com. This family-friendly holiday extravaganza, created and directed by Patrick Dorow, has been a tradition in New England for the past 7 years! Paying homage to the classic holidays specials, and true to a Broadway production style, with full set, costumes and dance, this high-energy, fast-paced show includes original vocal arrangements and medleys of nearly 50 holiday songs, appealing to all ages. The show takes place in a simpler time with families coming together for an annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

at a City Loft, gathering around a piano, for a good, old-fashioned holiday sing-along. So, get your ugly holiday sweater out of mothballs or don your Holiday best and join the festivities. Either way, you are in for a treat! This year’s production will feature an all-star cast of professional performers including Ashley D. Kelley from Netflix’s Insatiable and Luke Cage and the Off-Broadway productions of Bella: An American Tall Tale and Eve’s Song, Merrill Peiffer from the National Broadway Tour of Mamma Mia, Brittney Mack from the National Tour of Memphis, Off-Broadway production of Black Nativity Now, and FOX’s Empire, Brandon Omega from the Off-Broadway production of Dear Jane and HBO’s High Maintenance, Laurence Katz from the National Tour of Altar Boyz, Lakes-Region favorites Mikey LoBalsamo and Julia Suriano, Seacoast favorites Chelsea Hermann, Sam St. Jean and Rachel Pantazis, and NYC-based performer Jared Thomas

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watched as the animal fell to its knees. Concerned less his competitor arrive at the deer’s location before he did, Sagawa hastily sought a way down the cliff and grabbed the branch of a bush to assist him. The bush, however, could not

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still clinging to his back. The other hunter, still after the prize, not only that of the big buck, but more so for the promise of the Indian maiden to marry the victor, made his way onto the narrow pass where the deer was running with an 100-foot gulf below and a wall of granite reaching straight up on the other side. Kinkinasett met the deer running swiftly towards him and raised his arrow to shoot, but before he could let the arrow go the deer ran into him, violently crushing him against the wall. The deer, moreover jumped into the air over the gulf and plunged to the bottom with Sagawa still on his back. Kinkinasett heard a loud noise as the hunter and the hunted fell into the water at the bottom of the gorge, but having been severely injured himself he soon became unconscious. A search party was formed the next morning by the Pennacook

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of the big buck. The area also gained recognition for its many boulders, particularly three that were named Churchill Rock, Ballad Rock, and Chase Rock. Ballard Rock is the smallest of the three, but so large that hunters were said to have spent the night in a cave beneath it. Churchill Rock is

the largest of the three and according to Miss Batchelder a group of Dartmouth students took measurements of Churchill Rock and pronounced that it was the largest boulder in the world. A more recent publication describes the boulder as one of the largest in New Hampshire and indicated that, with that

realization, it no longer demands the attention it once did. It is said to have received its name from a lunatic man named Churchill who somehow escaped his caretakers and climbed to the top of the boulder. A tree was felled against the side of the rock to enable rescuers to get to him. Miss Batchelder closed her essay by writing “When evening comes, and the night birds, perched in the black forest, sing their weird songs, and the pale moon, slowly rising over the dark trees, floods the little valley with its silvery light, it is so solemn an impression we get that we are inspired with a devout reverence towards the One who made it all. ‘In the vast and the minute, we see The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insects wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds.””

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stories like we grew up there,” said Jim. Over the years, Jim and Brad lived in New Hampshire, mostly the southern part of the state. They ran a wholesale business selling watercolors of historic sites around the country to gift shops and other outlets. “We decided a few years back to open a retail store. We could have gone anywhere, but we found this building and we just said it was meant to be,” said Jim of their downtown Bristol location. When the Tonners opened the store, they had never planned on DiSee TURTLE on 31

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sell with Diane’s image on it,” said Brad. “One day a customer came in and asked if we had any mugs with a picture of Diane and that was it.” Today Diane’s image can be found on any one of dozens of different items for sale at Twin Designs. “We pretty much have the turtle world covered now,” said Jim with a

Diane is a Cooter Turtle which usually have a lifespan of about forty years. picture taken with Diane gets a free magnet with her picture on it. And for those who can’t come to visit Diane, you can always visit her live on her webcam at DianeTheTurtle.com Brad and Jim Tonner in-

The walls of Diane’s Private Room in the back of TwinDesigns is full of photographs of the hundreds of people who have visited the World’s Most Famous Turtle over the years. ple from around the world have come to visit Diane since the store was opened in 2011. “Just last week we had a family from the Pyrenees come to visit her,” said Brad. “They are originally from Bristol, England.” Of course, after the word of Diane got around, the next phase was bound to happen, even though the Tonner brothers didn’t know it. “We never really thought about having anything to

laugh. Diane’s private room has become an attraction in itself. More than just a home to the “World’s Most Famous Turtle” it also serves as a sort of shrine with dozens of photographs of Diane and the people who have come to visit her. “Thousands of people have come to see Diane over the years, ranging from ages 3 to one hundred and nine,” said Jim. Everyone who gets their

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argues that “the simplest way to make it a clean bill where immigration enforcement is concerned is to say at the beginning of the bill that ‘none of the sections that follow in this bill apply to incarcerated aliens.’” That should be a simple fix and is no reason to prevent First Step from moving to the Senate floor for vigorous debate. My own awakening to the systemic flaws and failures of our criminal justice system came from viewing it through the eyes of the wrongfully accused and wrongfully convicted. Prosecutorial misconduct, police malfeasance, investigative bias and a guiltyuntil-proven-innocent agenda have ruined lives and squandered limited resources. From there, I’ve come to appreciate activists and practitioners on both sides of the aisle educating people about sweeping “hang ‘em high” mandates that ensnare millions of their fellow citizens, clogging up jail space and wasting away productive years. Our system is at its best when all involved can admit policy failures and work to change them. Why wait? Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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a full-time job and wait until age 21 to get married and have children, nearly 75 percent join the middle class, and just 2 percent remain in poverty. What of freedom? In America, people of all religions practice freely, so long as the government isn’t attempting to cram social justice down on them. People are free to speak, so long as government actors aren’t utilizing the heckler’s veto. We are free to use the press, free to associate and free to protest. All of this is the result of the greatest governmental philosophy ever committed to paper: God-given individual rights protected by limited government. We haven’t always lived up to that philosophy -- in some areas, we’ve progressed mightily, and in others, we’ve regressed. But the overall success of the United States should be ringing proof that at the very least, we should be grateful and proud to live here. Yet as of July 2018, fewer than half of Americans surveyed by Gallup said they are extremely proud to be American. Just 32 percent of Democrats, down from 56 percent in 2013, said they are extremely proud to be American; only 42 percent of independents said are were extremely proud to be American. That’s ridiculous. Regardless of political affiliation, we should be proud to live in a society founded on eternal

truths, in which we have the ability to thrive based on our own choices. In 1789, as America struggled to find her footing after a revolution against the most powerful military and economic engine in the world, thenPresident George Washington issued a proclamation. He thanked God for “his kind care and protection of the People of this Country,” for “the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed -- for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness.” If Washington could urge gratefulness in 1789, we’d be fools not to do so now, when our lives are so much better in every material way. This Thanksgiving, let’s remember what we have -- and let’s remember the eternal ideas that provide the groundwork for our prosperity. Ben Shapiro, 34, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is The New York Times best-selling author of “Bullies.” He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.

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hear the same music. On a small scale like that, we know each other well enough to forgive slights such as an uncle knocking over the gravy boat or the kids playing loud music. But trying to do that with 330 million strangers is a formula for disaster. The result of pretending we’re one big houseMETZLER from 7

across the country every month.” Delivering humanitarian aid to the besieged civilians involves open ports, working infrastructure and a viable cease-fire or peace agreement among the warring parties. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths told the Council that both the government and the Ansar Allah Houthi rebels are committed to working on a political solution. Both sides made assurances to attend peace talks, though such willingness often disappears as fast as the morning dew. United Kingdom Ambassador Karen Pierce remarked, “it again it bears repeating that only a political solution will actually bring this dreadful conflict to an end.” Naturally a political compromise is difficult after a bloody knockdown civil war which is as rooted in sectarian Islam as in Yemen’s own quilt of tribal politics. Interestingly the Sultanate of Oman has quietly served as an honest broker between the Saudis and Iran in this brutal conflict. Back in the 1960’s former North Yemen was mired in conflict. In this case the Saudis, Jordanians and British backed a monarchist force facing a left wing insurgency supported by Nasser’s Egypt. North and South Yemen were unified only in 1990. The former Obama Administration once presented Yemen as an shining success story

hold that can manage everything collectively is more than $20 trillion of debt and a million complicated laws. Then we fight about who should be in charge of it all. Collective farming nearly starved the Pilgrims. It also starved tens of millions in the Soviet Union and in Communist China. And it’s not just a farming problem. in a turbulent Middle East. That was before the country fell into its current turmoil. When the Saudi coalition became directly involved in 2015, the U.S. assumed the problem would soon be solved. The Obama Administration shifted to a haphazard hands-off policy. The Trump team inherited the crisis but then too eagerly embraced the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia while supporting robust counter Al Qaida terrorist actions. But in light of the S au di’ s ham-ha n d ed handling of the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S. has quietly reappraised policy towards a vital Middle East partner. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated in Washington, “The U.S. calls on all parties to support UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths in finding a peaceful solution to the conflict in Yemen.” He stressed, “It is time to end this conflict.” John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

Doing anything collectively, especially if you do it involuntarily, is a bad, inefficient idea. Government can force everyone into the same centrally-dictated plan, but in doing so it stifles individual initiative and drive. Economists call it the “tragedy of the commons,” and it happens whether the individual’s goal is to make food, build houses or invent a better running shoe. T h is h olid a y , I’ ll b e thankful that the Pilgrims were smart enough

to stop doing things the hard way. Modern America should learn from that. John Stossel is author of “No They Can’t! Why Government Fails -- But Individuals Succeed.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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