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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 24, NO. 52

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COMPLIMENTARY

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Christmas From All Of Us!!

The Sleigh, The Sled & The Sledge by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

“A sleigh-ride! Not a city affair… Nothing of this kind, but a genuine jolly country sleigh ride, suggestive of sleek horses full of mettle, of happy hearts, sparkling eyes, cheeks rosy with an added glow from the bracing air, of inspiring songs and innocent glee, of social visits, renewed friendships, and the twining of yet more tender ties. Such experiences banish dreariness from Winter and compensate for the absence of the outward glow of the more inviting summer season.”

Though few New Hampshire families these days own sleighs or the horses or oxen needed to pull them, the appeal of the sleigh-ride remains. Several establishments in the state offer such rides to those who are attracted by the pleasant and romantic prospect of a winter sleigh-ride. The history of the sleigh reminds us that its existence involves more than a means of making precious memories and that it was a vehicle born out of necessity that has been around for a very long time. Sled, sleigh, and sledge. The words may be used at times to describe the same thing with the

latter two considered a type of sled, but I have always thought of them as three distinct and different items. They all have runners designed to slide over snow, ice, or other smooth surfaces. Sled is the term I use to describe the smaller of the three. It is the flexible-flyer of my childhood used for sliding or sledding on the snow-covered roads or fields, or the contraption pulled by a team of dogs. The sleigh is a larger item with a bigger pair of smooth runners and requires the use of at least one horse for its power source. Its primary use is to transport people though it may also be See sleigh on 18

As everyone here at The Weirs Times gets ready to celebrate Christmas and to soon begin our 25th year, we would like to take this time to express our thanks to our loyal readers and to our advertisers. As we proudly come to work each day, focused on putting out the best weekly newspaper in the state, we know that none of our work matters without you and we all feel truly blessed to have garnered your support over the years. It has been our great pleasure to bring you the Weirs Times each and every week. We wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and we are looking forward to a fantastic New Year!

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Happy Hour for the Mind and Body

Riverfront Place, 2nd Floor, Tilton. 6:30pm-8pm. Life Development Strategies invites you to take a break from your busy week to rejuvenate your mind, body, soul and business. To create a more comfortable experience, please bring a pillow and a blanket. Pre-register by calling 7243417 or email mary@maryrhowe.com

Storytelling Dinner

Corner House Inn, 22 Main Street, Sandwich. 6:30pm. Full dinner and entertainment for just $19.95pp (plus tax and gratuity). Includes; salad, entrée, glass of wine, dessert and coffee. 284-6219 or email at info@ cornerhouseinn.com

Holycow! Music Trivia

Holy Grail of the Lakes, downtown Laconia. 6pm-8pm. The addicting tavern game for all ages. Each week featuring 50 new artists from all music genres. Test your musical knowledge (and luck) while winning cool prizes! holycowband@gmail.com

Saturday 26th Wolfeboro Winter Farmers Market

First Congregational Church of Wolfeboro, 115 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 10am-2pm. 569-6342

Tuesday 29th Matchstick Productions Fade to Winter

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

Thursday 31st Natalia Shevchuk – Classical Piano Performance

Lutheran Church of the Nativity,

North Conway. 7pm. Concert will feature Shevchuk’s arrangements of traditional seasonal pieces, Ukrainian compositions and Chopin’s Piano Concerto in E-minor, op. 11. A suggested donation of $15pp will be collected at the door. 356-7827

New Year’s Eve Gala

The Wolfeboro Inn, 90 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. 7pm-1am. Buffet Dinner, live music with Boston area band “The Free Downloads”, dancing, favors, champagne toast at midnight, cash bar, $75pp. Doors open at 10pm for the New Year’s Eve Party with live music from “The Free Downloads”, dancing, favors, champagne toast at midnight, cash bar, $30pp. Call for reservations 569-3016

New Year’s Eve Family Celebration at Pats Peak

Pats Peak Ski Area, Hennniker. This year’s party, “New Year’s Eve in Motion” begins at 6pm and will feature; skiing, snowboarding, snowtubing, comedy show, Monte Carlo for raffle prizes, dancing and a midnight fireworks display! The slopes will remain open until 10pm and guests can purchase a “Party & Skiing” ticket that allows access to every activity; or a “Party Only” , “Skiing Only” and “Tubing Only” ticket will also be available. 4283245 or www.patspeak.com

Happy Hour for the Mind and Body

Riverfront Place, 2nd Floor, Tilton. 6:30pm-8pm. Life Development Strategies invites you to take a break from your busy week to rejuvenate your mind, body, soul and business. To create a more comfortable experience, please bring a pillow and a blanket. Pre-register by calling 7243417 or email mary@maryrhowe.com

Storytelling Dinner

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GO TO: www.auctionzip.com - enter 03222 zip code - click on Dec. 26 auctions on calendar, click on Tom Troon’s Auction for details & photos. Everything from a Kent 3-axis miller and other large & small metal industrial machines & equipment to be auctioned. Owner selling all - has to be out of building before the end of year. Everything must be removed by 4 PM Mon., Dec. 28, 2015. CALL: Tom Troon, Auctioneer (603-447-8808) with questions. TERMS: Cash, Check (w/bank letter of credit for large purchases), MasterCard, & Visa. A 10% Buyer’s Premium will be charged. Absentee bids welcomed. AUCTIONEERS:Tom Troon, NH #2320/Maine # 832 Rob Troon, NH #6102 PO Box 1457, Conway, NH 03818 603-447-8808 1tomtnh@gmail.com

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Saturday 2nd Wunderle’s Winter Circus

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

Winter Farmers Market & Bargain Basement Sale

Danbury Grange, 15 North Road, Danbury. 9am-1pm. Breakfast, lunch, farm products, specialty foods and crafts upstairs while a flea market runs downstairs with collectables and white elephants. 768-5579. www. blazingstargrange.org

Sunday 3rd Natalia Shevchuk – Classical Piano Performance

Lutheran Church of the Nativity, North Conway. 3pm. Concert will feature Shevchuk’s arrangements of traditional seasonal pieces, Ukrainian compositions and Chopin’s Piano Concerto in E-minor, op. 11. A suggested donation of $15pp will be collected at the door. 356-7827

Monday 4th Backyard Maple Sugaring for Beginners

Boscawen Municipal Complex, 116 North Main Street, 4th floor, Boscawen. 6:30pm. Attend this workshop if you want to learn the steps, from tree to table, plus the equipment needed. All aspects of maple sugaring will be covered. 796-2151 to register.

Wednesday 6th Dog Obedience Class Begins

Laconia Community Center, 306 Union Ave, Laconia. Beginners 6pm7pm, advanced 7pm-8pm. Class runs every Wednesday (except the 13th) for 4 weeks. Dogs must have all of their shots before joining the class. Preregistration and pre-payment required. $50 per dog. 524-5046

Thursday 7th Happy Hour for the Mind and Body

Riverfront Place, 2nd Floor, Tilton. 6:30pm-8pm. Life Development Strategies invites you to take a break from your busy week to rejuvenate your mind, body, soul and business. To create a more comfortable experience, please bring a pillow and a blanket. Pre-register by calling 7243417 or email mary@maryrhowe.com

Seacoast New Hampshire Artists Highlighted in Rochester The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 N. Main Street, Rochester, will celebrate the New Year with an exhibit called From the Many – One. This exhibit will include a single work from each of more than 20 Seacoast New Hampshire/Southern Maine artists and will run through the month of January. The Gallery will host an Opening Reception for the exhibit on Saturday, January 9, from Noon to 2pm The public is invited to come and see the exhibit and meet some of the artists. Light refreshments will be served. The Franklin Gallery and RiverStones Custom Framing are open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Unless otherwise indicated, all exhibited Franklin Gallery artworks are available for purchase. For information about From the Many – One and future Franklin Gallery exhibits, contact Kris Ebbeson at kebbeson@metrocast.net or 603-812-1488.

Free Ice Fishing Talks at Fish and Game in January Polish up your ice fishing skills by taking advantage of two free ice fishing seminars with New Hampshire fishing guide Tim Moore being offered in Concord this January at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Moore is the owner of Tim Moore Outdoors. He has ice fished in New Hampshire for more than thirty years and has been featured on NH’s Wildside TV and New Hampshire Chronicle. Moore is an Ice Team Pro, as well as a member of Clam Outdoors, Vexilar, Maki Plastics and Daddy Mac Lures Pro Staffs. The talks will begin at 7pm at Fish and Game headquarters, 11 Hazen Drive in Concord, NH. No pre-registration is necessary. Catching Winter Panfish -- Wednesday, January 20, 2015, at 7pm. Ice Fishing for Lake Trout on Winnipesaukee -- Wednesday, January 27, 2015, at 7pm.

Artist Workshop Series at LRCC Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) is offering a firstever Artist’s Workshop Series starting Tuesday, January 5. The Series includes seven unique workshops in a range of media including Paint, Stone, Clay, Fiber, Printmaking, Metal, and Drawing. Courses range in format from one shots to six-week sessions. Color Theory in Painting is the first of the seven Workshops, January 5, 6, and 7, 1:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., cost $145; the second is Carving in Soft Stone, January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., cost $150; the third, Mask Making, January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., $150; the fourth, Freeform Embroidery, January 9 and 16, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., $55; the fifth, Printmaking – Silk Screen and Lino-cut, January 11, 12, 13, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., cost $175, $10 Materials Fee; the sixth, Metal Casting for Jewelry and Sculpture, January 16 and 17, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., cost $140; and the seventh in the Artist’s Workshop Series, Portrait Drawing, January 23, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., $35, $13 Model Fee. Full course listings and descriptions can be found by logging onto www.lrcc.edu, clicking on “Workforce Development,” then “Spring Artist Workshop Series.” For additional information about the Artist’s Workshop Series, contact Wilson, 524-3207, ext. #6734, or LRCC Program Assistant, Andree Thibault (Tilton), extension #6740.

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License plates! That’s the first, and usually the only thing that comes to the minds of most when they think about a product that is produced by inmates in our prison system. I, for one, had that same stereotypical thought with me when I was asked by my wife to bring an old armchair, something that has been in my family for a few generations, to Concord to be reupholstered by inmates of The New Hampshire State Prison For Men who are part of New Hampshire Correctional Industries (NHCI). As I dropped off the chair, along with the fabric that was to be used, I couldn’t help but wonder how many people knew of this and other programs that are available to be used not just by state agencies but also private businesses and individuals in New Hampshire. Making a few inquiries, I was put in touch with Ronald Cormier who is the Ad-

ministrator of Correctional Industries who invited me for a tour, along with Public Information Office, Jeffrey Lyons, of the Prison Industries Building. It was an eye opening experience for me. The mission statement for NHCI is: “To support the successful rentry of offenders by providing job skills and work ethics in a real world environment while providing quality products and outstanding service to our customers.� “We run New Hampshire Correctional Industries like a business,� said Cormier. The first stop on the tour of NHCI was the Wood Shop where about six or seven inmates were hard at work using the various woodworking tools and machines. Nick Macomber has been the woodshop manager for three years. “We have twenty-nine inmates who work two different shifts, five days a week,� said Macomber. “Presently there are about five of the inmates who ar-

rived here with woodworking skills and the others are learning the trade.� The woodworking is done using raw lumber and is built from custom designs done on computers which is also done by inmates. Customers for the woodworking projects range anywhere from local municipalities to nonprofits as well as many individual orders from private citizens. A great example of this is the Gilford Library where 155 pieces from bookcases to chairs and table were built at NHCI in Concord. “We work with the customer on what they want and build to their specifications,� said Macomber. “There is usually one inmate who works on each piece.� The Berlin, New Hampshire Prison Wood Shop also creates fine wooden furniture and Harris Furniture will be displaying a bedroom set made in Berlin at each of their three locations. Next up was the Plate Shop where the license See NHIC on 22

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the low road shoulders was two-fold. First and foremost it can be a safety hazard. If the gravel shoulder is low and a car tire goes off the pavement, a driver can overcorrect to get the car back on the road causing the car to jerk into oncoming traffic. The second reason is the shoulder helps prevent asphalt from breaking off at the edges of the roadway. The dense compacted gravel provides the side support asphalt needs when cars and trucks get too close to the side of the road. All too often people complain and grinch about public employees. That’s the easy thing to do. It’s harder to take the time to point out great work or service. Realize that maintaining our roads is a constant struggle and if you want to see how good our employees do, just head south down to Massachusetts or go to Ohio where I’m from. You’ll see deplorable roads there. Next time you see our roads free of snow, or the crews out there grading or otherwise working on your roads, slow down and thank them. Better yet, write a letter like this so other citizens get to hear the other side of the story. Thanks again to Mr. Faller, his crews and to the Selectmen of Meredith for hiring employees that do care about the citizens of their town.

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

Does NH Want Revenues? To The Editor: Tourism is New Hampshire’s second-largest industry. And the state maintains a great number of parks and campgrounds so that our Boston, Philadelphia, New York City and Canadian tourists can have their summer and winter fun. The word tourism encompasses hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail, and arts and entertainment, among other things. Weather, gas prices and currency exchange rates could all be factors that help or hurt our tourism. Could industrial wind turbines, standing 500 feet tall, now be considered another factor in New Hampshire’s tourism industry? And if industrial wind turbines do not have a negative impact on tourism why aren’t industrial wind turbines being erected in New Hampshire Parks or Ski Resorts? Does the State of New Hampshire not want the revenues? Do Ski Resorts not want the revenues? It’s an easy question to answer - yet - no one will... Ray Cunningham Bridgewater, NH

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If you are like the millions of others who waited in long lines, many of you dressed in weird costumes, to see the newest Star Wars movie last weekend, then you missed the opportunity to stand in line with tens of others dressed casually but neat, to see another soon to be classic – Flatlander-The Movie. I haven’t talked about it before but, yes, there has been a movie made based on my book The Flatlander Chronicles. It is unfortunate that it was decided by the studio to release it the same weekend as the new Star Wars, but, hey, that’s show biz. At first I was reluctant to sell the rights for a movie. I was afraid that my legions of fans might be a bit horrified and think that I was just another one of those shallow, money hungry writers who will shamelessly turn over his work for a few bucks to some big shot Hollywood producer who will end up cutting out the real message and paste together and undecipherable mish-mash of plot intertwined with mind-boggling special effects to create another piece of mind candy. So, I would like to set the record straight. Of course I did!! I’m not getting any younger and things aren’t getting any cheaper. Show me the money! Getting this movie made was an interesting

experience. I took a few trips to the West Coast to meet with the director Billy Scorsese (Martin’s brother) and Joe Pesci, who is playing me in the movie. They wanted to get some real New York attitude for my character. Pesci came back with me to New Hampshire. The plan was he was to follow me around for a few days and get a feel for me and the area, but after about six hours he got bored and left. (In all honesty, I wasn’t disappointed to see him go, he asks a lot of questions and can be a little annoying.) All in all I’m happy how the movie came out even though they did take some artistic license. For example, in my story about Raking The Roof, Scorcese decided to skip the parts that made it funny and instead focused on the Flatlander’s failure in not being able to clean his roof correctly, causing an ice build up and soon a major water leak into the house. The climax being a scene of the downtrodden Flatlander sitting at a drenched dining room table, his wife and children leaving him, an uneaten piece of bad New Hampshire style pizza in front of him. At first I protested but Scorsese explained to me that movies need conflict and resolution. The Flatlander does eventually come to terms with his weaknesses, picks himself up by his boot straps and conquers his demons by learning to rake the roof correctly and also start bringing home more things from the dump and it all ends happily ever after. It also has a great soundtrack. So far there’s been a good buzz about the movie and one of the critic even called it “the best movie ever made about a

Flatlander.� There was some controversy, which never hurts when you are trying to promote something. Seems a bunch of New Hampshire natives got upset by how they were being portrayed in the movie and were planning to protest the Hollywood premiere, Variety magazine even had it on their cover “Finished Flatlander Flick Fuels Fiery Furor.� It all really ended up being no big deal as the natives decided they really didn’t want to leave New Hampshire, drive to Boston, go through security and then wait around just to sit in crowded coach class all the way to California. New Hampshire natives really don’t like to leave town if they don’t have to. A few of the natives did show up for the premiere here in New Hampshire, but most of them got a little nervous when they came upon the costumed Star War fans, which was playing in the theatre next door, so they left. As far as the crowd for Flatlander-The Movie? There were a few loyal followers. You could tell because they were dressed in new jeans, clean sneakers and a neat buttoned down Oxford shirt. I was flattered. I’m not sure how the movie will do over all, but that really doesn’t matter to me. I’m proud of my stories and, as a writer, that is all that really matters. Plus, I already cashed the check. Merry Christmas! Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles� and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire� both are available at www.BrendanTSmith. com

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Vetting Obama’s Witless Vetters at DHS Gaping holes in the K1 fiance visa interview process. Reckless bans on scrutinizing visa applicants’ social media posts. Ignored alarms over marriage by Michelle Malkin fraud. New deSyndicated Columnist tails keep seeping out about all the “red flags” Obama’s immigration officials missed in the case of the San Bernardino jihadists. Color me unshocked. The American public and Capitol Hill politicians should have been more vigilant about vetting Obama’s vetters in the first place. What do you expect when you put crony know-nothings, political hacks and identity politics zealots in charge of our safety? In case you’d forgotten (or never paid attention), Obama campaign finance bundler Jeh Johnson snagged the top DHS post two years ago thanks to Harry Reid’s rigging of Senate filibuster rules. Johnson’s a “diversity” relic from the Clinton era with zero experience in border security, port security, airport security or immigration enforcement. So what is main qualification for overseeing the $40 billion, 240,000-employee homeland security bureaucracy? Besides dumping gobs of money into Obama’s coffers, he’s the “first African-American” to hold the job, as the White House trumpeted. In case you’d forgotten (or never paid attention), DHS undersecretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the No. 2 in charge of the department, was also a beneficiary of Reid’s lowered nomination standards. Like Johnson, Mayorkas was an Obama bundler early and often. He slithered into the job in 2013 while

still under investigation by the DHS inspector general for his role in facilitating EB-5 foreign investor visa scams over the vehement objections of homeland security staff. As my co-author John Miano and I point out in our new book, “Sold Out,” on systemic visa corruption, federal investigators interviewed more than 15 whistleblowers ranging from rank-and-file employees to several senior managers in California and at the D.C. headquarters who accused Mayorkas of bestowing both preferential access and preferential treatment to politically connected EB-5 applicants and stakeholders. They detailed how Mayorkas “created special processes and revised existing policies in the EB-5 program to accommodate specific parties” while serving as director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. “Their allegations were unequivocal,” the inspector general concluded, and the corruption under Mayorkas was systemic. In case you’d forgotten (or never paid attention), DHS Assistant Secretary, Office for State and Local Law Enforcement Heather Fong abandoned her post as San Francisco police chief amid widespread disgust with her weak leadership and obstinate refusal to cooperate with the feds on enforcing immigration laws. That’s right. A zealous advocate of sanctuary city policies, Fong now oversees outreach to nearly 18,000 state, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement agencies nationwide. This enforcement obstructionist is in charge of terrorism prevention policies and coordination and distribution of intelligence between DHS and localities. Her main qualifications? Being the first woman and Asian-American to lead the SFPD, whose rank-and-file de-

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I don’t know about you, but I am meeting WAY too many people not yet in the holiday spirit. What’s up with that? Christmas by Jane Cormier a n d H a n u k a h Hooksett, NH. and other winter holidays should be a time of happiness and joy. Goodness knows we all need some holiday cheer these days! Maybe the malaise is due to living in a seemingly out-of-control world. And, it cannot be denied there is an overly secular Christmas season taking place out there. I find this sad in the extreme. Just where did all our peace and joy disappear to? We all know there are many situations and reasons why people may not feel joyful during this time of year. It could be the absence of loved ones, either through death or separation. Loneliness is a sure way to dim the delights of See malkin on 21 the season.

Family conflicts also seem heightened when the holiday season is upon us. With all the events one must plan for, it is very easy to find oneself exhausted and overwhelmed by the time Christmas arrives. And, let us not forget the economic difficulties which can spring up during this time of year. If one is on a limited income or has a family to consider, the economic stress of the holidays can steal the joy of the Christmas season. Since everything in our culture is geared toward the commercialization of Christmas, it is no wonder so many feel an emptiness during the holidays. Taking all this into consideration, I know it can seem trite to say that Christmas is much more than gifts and dinners and decorating. But, in reality, if we do not take the opportunity to stop the madness and be thankful with family and friends, even if just for a day, then the holiday season is destined to be empty indeed. See cormier on 21

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There’s more than a touch of irony in the fact that the man credited by many with trampling the Bill of by Ken Gorrell Rights to reNorthfield, NH. make America was also the man who declared the first Bill of Rights Day. History is full of ironies and strange coincidences. That President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared the first Bill of Rights Day is surely one of them. Instead of a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the passage of the first ten amendments to our Constitution, the mood

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on December 15th, 1941, was of somber resolve. The nation was at war. Thousands of Americans had been killed or wounded the week before; our Pacific fleet decimated. This year, the nation is fighting a very different kind of war, and while we have suffered thousands of casualties and continue to lose both soldiers and civilians to an enemy that attacks us at home and abroad, this year’s Bill of Rights Day wasn’t celebrated somberly; it was largely ignored. We ignore it at our peril. The Bill of Rights was designed to protect We the People from federal overreach. In a 1787 letter to James Madison, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular; and

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is an open sore on the Middle East and the wider world; we are pressing for a nationwide cease-fire and for the start of negotiations in January on a political transition.” The UN Security Council is expected to pass a resolution backed by all the powers including the USA and Russia, which calls for credible all party political negotiations leading to a long overdue cease-fire and a path to a political settlement. Clearly while the international community has performed yeoman service in helping the waves of refugees and internally displaced people on the humanitarian side; namely treating the symptoms of the Syrian conflict, getting to the next step of solving the entrenched political problem remains a looming challenge. The simmering crisis in the central African state of Burundi, scene of horrific ethnic carnage in the 1990’s has reignited. Ban Kimoon told correspondents he was “alarmed by the escalating violence in Burundi” in which he warned “the country is on the brink of a civil war that risks engulfing the entire region.” See Metzler on 26

what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences.” But as the CATO Institute’s Tim Lynch pointed out last week, nearly all the rights enumerated in 1791 are under assault in 2015. Lynch provided “a disturbing snapshot…but not one the Framers of the Constitution would have found altogether surprising. They would sometimes refer to written constitutions as mere

‘parchment barriers,’” but “nevertheless concluded that having a written constitution was better than having nothing at all.” Better than nothing at all, but as gun owners know, efforts to all-but-nullify our Second Amendment gun rights through specific bans and restrictions are a modern fact of life. While the Third Amendment seems safe for now, Progressives work to weakSee gorrell on 28

Attacking The Truth Among the many sad signs of our time are the current political and media attacks on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for speaking the by Thomas Sowell p l a i n t r u t h Syndicated Columnist on a subject where lies have been the norm for years. The case before the High Court is whether the use of race as a basis for admitting students to the University of Texas at Austin is a violation of the 14th Amendment’s requirement for government institutions to provide “equal protection of the laws” to all. Affirmative action is supposed to be a benefit to black and other minority students admitted with lower academic qualifications than some white students who are rejected. But Justice Scalia questioned whether being admitted to an institution geared to students with higher-powered academic records was a real benefit. Despite much media spin, the issue is not whether blacks in general should be admitted to higher ranked or lower ranked institutions. The issue is whether a given black student, with given academic qualifications, should be admitted to a college or university where he would not be admitted if he were white. Much empirical research over the years has confirmed Justice Scalia’s concern that admitting black students to institutions for which their academic preparation is not sufficient can be making them worse off instead of better

off. I became painfully aware of this problem more than 40 years ago, when I was teaching at Cornell University, and discovered that half the black students there were on some form of academic probation. These students were not stupid or uneducable. On the contrary, the average black student at Cornell at that time scored at the 75th percentile on scholastic tests. Their academic qualifications were better than those of three-quarters of all American students who took those tests. Why were they in trouble at Cornell, then? Because the average Cornell student in the liberal arts college at that time scored at the 99th percentile. The classes taught there -- including mine -- moved at a speed geared to the verbal and mathematical level of the top one percent of American students. The average white student would have been wiped out at Cornell. But the average white student was unlikely to be admitted to Cornell, in the first place. Nor was a white student who scored at the 75th percentile. That was a “favor” reserved for black students. This “favor” turned black students who would have been successful at most American colleges and universities into failures at Cornell. None of this was peculiar to Cornell. Black students who scored at the 90th percentile in math had serious academic problems trying to keep up at M.I.T., where other students scored somewhere within the top 99th percentile. Nearly one-fourth of these black students with stellar qualifications See Sowell on 26

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We won’t be fishing on Winni on January 1st, but it shouldn’t be long after that. Wind also plays a role in the formation of ice. High winds agitate the water and prevent it from freezing. Winds also have a tendency to push new layers of ice up on top of older layers. This not only slows the process, but creates a rough edge. Last year there wasn’t enough ice on Winni to ice fish when the lake opened to ice fishing on January 1st, but by the middle of the month we were safely driving

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ing the winter lumbering season. One might argue that the sleigh and sledge were more versatile than the wheel because they could be used on solid ground as well as through snow and on ice. Because they move people by sliding on blades or runners and they work best in pairs, I suggest that skates might be classified as sleds or minisleighs. An elderly gentleman from Maine once told me that, as a high school student in the early years of the twentieth century he would sometimes travel to school by skating several miles from the northern end of Pleasant Lake in Otisfield to the location of the schoolhouse in Casco village at the southern end of the lake. Some readers may know of similar incidents of travel by skate or sleigh on Lake Winnipesaukee and other lakes in New Hampshire. Sleigh bells were not originally added to the harness of the horses as a musical component but as a means of making people aware of its presence so they could move out of its way. So if you were listen-

ing for the sleigh bells and well as the young, hail found it a pleasing sound the return of the sleighing you did well to also make season, and realize the sure you moved out of its advantages it brings; let path as the sleigh itself the good fathers and carecould be almost silent as ful mothers remember that it glided over the snow. their children will be all Before the advent of gas the more affectionate and and steam powered en- teachable, if they enjoy the gines, the sleigh or sled sympathies of their elders, of whatever type and use and that they may be the must have been an in- more surely guided aright dispensable item on New by those who preserve the Hampshire farms and freshness of their social in the villages. Farmers natures. Bring out the used it to take their goods family sleigh, grow young to sell at market in Boston in the revival of old times, or commercial cities and and make bleak Winter purchasing needed goods green with the joyousness from the same. However, of your own hearts.” the use of the sleigh as a means of providing enjoyment and relaxation is not a new concept but a fact of history. The quote at the beginning of this article is from the December, 1863 issue of “The American Agriculturist”. The Civil War was in progress, but the farm magazine was devoted to other matters. The article about the sleigh concluded as Old Man Winter Is Planning A Big follows. Bash...Don't Get Caught Empty “LetHanded the old, then, as Old Man Winter Is Planning A Big Bash...Don't Get Caught Empty Handed

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matches earlier this year. Given how hard it is to score a goal in that league, that’s a pretty neat streak. The approaching Super Bowl L (50) reminds me of one of my favorite streaks. Tom Henschel, Larry Jacobson, and Don Crisman have attended every Super Bowl game so far. Some streaks are of a more negative nature. The converse of the Warrior success story is the Philadelphia 76er streak of consecutive losses. Philly recently lost its

27th regular season NBA game in a row, over two seasons, breaking the record of 26, which was held by … the Philadelphia 76ers. The 1961 Philadelphia Phillies lost 23 straight games. Poor Philadelphia. But did you know a Major League Baseball team once lost 13 postseason games in a row? Yep, our beloved Boston Red Sox did that between 1986 and 1995. But a happier streak occurred more recently when the BoSox triumphed in nine

straight World Series games, sweeping the Series in 2004 and 2007 and winning Game #1 in 2013. So what is the saddest streak in sports history? The Chicago Cubs 107 straight years without winning a World Series? Anthony Young going 0-27 pitching for the Mets in 1992-93? The Cal State men’s basketball team losing 207 straight? I’m going for Michael Potter, who played 14 Major League Baseball games for the Cardinals

back in the ‘70’s, going 0-23 at the plate. His .000 batting average is the worst ever for a non-pitcher. But for a while he could take solace from Chicago Cub pitcher and former BoSoxer Jon Lester. As of July 6, Lester was 0-67 lifetime at the plate, the worst ever by far. But history was made that day when Lester hit a ball off the leg of another former BoSox pitcher, John Lackey. Lester beat a throw to first base for his first hit ever as the crowd went wild. Michael Potter’s .000 average lives on. Feel his pain. Merry Christmas! Sports Quiz What is the “Mendoza Line?” (Answer follows) Born Today ... That is to say, sports standouts born on Christmas Eve include former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue (1940). Sportsquote “It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.” ~ George Bernard Shaw Sportsquiz Answer Shortstop Mario Mendoza had a career batting average of .215. When a player’s batting average falls under that level, the player is said to be “below the Mendoza line.” This is often thought of as the offensive threshold necessary to justify a player remaining in Major League Baseball. Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and for NHTIConcord. He recently coauthored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines)—which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.

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spised her. In case you’d forgotten (or never paid attention), Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Office Alan Bersin was implicated in a scheme to manipulate the DHS hiring process to try and secure jobs for at least three political cronies who worked with Bersin on the Obama 2008 campaign, according to the Office of Special Counsel. Two of those pals did not even meet “the minimum qualification requirements for their respective career positions,� OSC’s complaint noted, because they lacked at least one year of relevant experience. Bersin moved up the DHS ladder; a lower-level scapegoat was exonerated in court; and a key figure in the patronage plot was allowed to retire. In case you’d forgotten (or never paid attention), Secretary Johnson hired his DHS chief of staff Christian Marrone without bothering to read the longtime Pennsylvania Democratic operative’s background security check. Marrone was a top aide to slimeball Philadelphia power broker Vincent Fumo, who was convicted of 137 federal corruption charges in 2009. As the Washington Times

reported, Marrone “admitted in court to collecting a taxpayer salary while supervising the senator’s private home renovations, hiring a private eye to dig up dirt on a political rival and serving as president of a company that used nonprofit urban revitalization money for a for-profit venture.� At trial, Marrone acknowledged doing Fumo’s rotten bidding because “that was the culture at the office ... there were no boundaries.� Marrone walked away after claiming he was a victim. And now, this go-along, get-along toady willing to violate the law to please a boss serves as Johnson’s right-hand man and the No. 3 official at DHS. These hacks won’t even vet each other. They place “optics,� “diversity� and political protectionism above national security. Forget the red flags over San Bernardino. It’s the giant white flag of surrender waving over DHS that’s the real threat to our well-being. Michelle Malkin is author of the new book “Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs.� Her email address is malkinblog@gmail.com.

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plates are made. “We make about 450,000 license plates a year,� said Plate Shop Manager Don Kraemer. The making of license plates involves a series of intricate machines from cutting the plate to the adhesion of the proper template to numbering and lettering, inspection for errors, packaging and more. The making of vanity plates takes about three hours a week in a separate run. Like the wood shop, and the other facilities of NHCI, there are two, three and a half hours shifts of inmates who work five days

a week. Each inmate has to meet a certain criteria to be eligible to participate. “It’s important that each has the right attitude and can work well with the others,� said Kraemer. Each inmate earns between $3 and $4 per hour for their work and, most importantly, each is learning a valuable skill. (1917 was the first time inmates were paid to work in Industries at ten cents per day.) The Sign Shop is next. Everything from street signs to construction signs and more are made here, many on commission from various cities and towns around the state as well as

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155 pieces from bookcases to chairs and tables were built for Gilford Library at NHCI in Concord. inmate teaching another how to design a sign using a computer program. The largest shop in NHCI is the Print Shop, which might just be the oldest as well. “We have fifty inmates working the two shifts and we are the highest revenue creating shop in the program,� said Print Shop Manager Jim Weaver touching on the total business aspect of the program, to be self sufficient through the income that is produced. With state of the arts typesetting and graphic design equipment, the Print Shop produces a wide variety of projects for cities and towns, private businesses and individuals. From business cards to full color brochures to calendars to self-published books and everything in between They also produce about 400,000 of

ing will hopefully transition well when they are released.� The final stop was at the Upholstery section where Jerry Teal is the manager. I was pleased to see our old family chair, which led me to this story, in the process of being reupholstered. Learning to reupholster is a very exact process, and a bit of a dying craft, and can take six months to just learn enough to get to the reupholstering stage and up to a year and a half until anyone learning can do it completely on their own. “First they learn how to sew and then after mastering that they can tear something apart,� explained Teal. “They tear down a piece using the original fabric and try to save what they can.� Most of the pieces come See nhci on 23

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A few different stages of a reupholstery job at the Reupholstery and Re-caning shop at New Hampshire Correctional Industries. This project had to be all hand sewn without the use of any tacks. (No, this is not my chair.) NHCI from 22

will work one shift for a full day to give them a real world environment. Depending on how it goes it could be tried in the other shops in the future. “One of the reasons we are trying this is because it takes 6,000 hours to apprentice as an upholsterer and it is hard to accomplish that working three and a half hours a day,� said Teal. “All our services are competitively priced for the market,� said Cormier. “Our primary function is to operate like a business, trying to break even

from individuals (like ours) where the fabric was supplied by us and the project discussed by email with Jerry Teal. (This is the second chair my wife has had done at NHCI.) One of the upholstery shop’s latest projects was in doing over all of the 400 seats for the New Hampshire House of Representatives. “Ninety-nine percent of the our work is done for private customers,� said Teal. In January, the upholstery shop will begin a trial program where inmates

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