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A Young Boy’s Adventure Leads To A Lifelong Passion by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

for bottle collecting, George and a friend would research the location of some old houses, foundations and dump sites; riding their bicycles to the sites searching for bottles. “We found some bottles that had a little bit of value, but more importantly, we started gaining a lot of knowledge that just led to finding other things of in-

terest,” said George. “You could learn just by the terrain of the old foundations where the dumping sites would be. You could go through a lot of layers while digging.” George’s passion for bottle collecting led to learning to scuba dive. “Lots of early houses were built along riverSee GEORGE on 20

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When Michael George was just nine years old he went digging in his backyard in Goffstown, NH, and came across a little bottle. “It kind of sent me off on a tangent in trying to find out where the bottle came from, how old it was,

where it was made and what it once contained,” said George, who today, some forty odd years later, has made bottle collecting a passion, owning about a thousand himself. “It’s known as the ‘bottle bug,’” said George. “It kinds of sticks with you. It’s not just a hobby, it’s also a lifestyle for me.” As he developed a taste

Michael George holds one of his many historical bottles. Behind him is his display case which houses some of the thousand or so pieces of antique glass he has been collecting for over forty years.

The Children’s Museum of NH in Dover invites everyone to a family friendly New Year’s Eve Celebration to ring in the New Year before bedtime on Tuesday, December 31st from 10am to 3pm. Enjoy “countdowns to midnight” at 11am, 12:30pm and 2pm—when they will lower their glittery disco ball, confetti will fly through the air, and wish blimps made by visitors will gently fall to the ground. It’s always a festive and fun environment that is reminiscent of Times Square. Visitors can make sparkly recycled paper hats throughout the event and enjoy a fun New Year photo booth All activities are included in the regular museum admission and free for members. The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire is located at 6 Washington Street in downtown Dover, NH. For more information call 603-742-2002 or on the web at at www.childrens-museum.org

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DECEMBER Through Mon 31st The Little Mermaid – English Panto Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Reservoir Road, Meredith. A Panto show combines show tunes and pop music, great dancing, silly humor and a lot of fun for the whole family. This zany interactive show will be a treat for audience members of all ages. This new version of The Little Mermaid encourages kids and adults to get involved in the action, asking them to “boo” the villain, “cheer” the hero, and help the cast along the way! Tickets range from $10 to $18pp and are available at www. WinnipesaukeePlayhouse.org or 279-0333 Thursday 27th

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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Kerri Louise & Will Noonan – Live Comedy Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. 7:30pm. Tickets are $20pp and are available at www. JeansPlayhouse.com or at the door. 745-2141 Sunday 30th

Warren Miller’s “Face of Winter” – Film Showing Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. 4pm & 7pm. Tickets are $20pp and are available at www. JeansPlayhouse.com or at the door. 745-2141

JANUARY Tuesday 1st First Day Franklin – 39th Annual Kayaking Down the Winni River Paddlers will take to the water between 10am and 1pm with novice and intermediate boaters paddling the “Upper” Winnipesaukee from Route 140 to the Train Station in Northfield. Advanced boaters will paddle the “Lower” Winnipesaukee from Cross Mill Road in Northfield to downtown Franklin taking out at Trestle View Park. Each year more spectators gather to see the sight of kayakers splashing and slicing through snow and ice-filled class IV rapids to usher in the new year. Downtown businesses will be open for eating, drinking and shopping. 380-0246 or email dan@heartstringmedia.com

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Friday 4th Recycled Percussion The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH. com or 569-2551

Saturday 5th Snowshoeing for Beginners Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am-12pm. Learn the basics of snowshoeing and take it slow! Discover how much fun it can be to get out and explore the world in winter. Please wear boots and dress appropriately for the weather. Snowshoes will be available if you don’t have your own. $12/members, free for upgraded members, $15/ non-members. www.PrescottFarm. org or 366-5695

Recycled Percussion The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH. com or 569-2551

Danbury Winter Farmers Market

Danbur y Grange Hall, 15 Nor th Road, Danbury. 9am-1pm. Great food, produce and crafts! There will also be FREE family art activity available. You bring the kids, we bring the supplies! The Danbury Market operates the first Saturday of the month through April. 768-5579

Sunday 6th “A Look Beyond the Curtains” – An Open House and Presentation

Alexandria Town Hall, Alexandria. 2pm-4pm. Join for an open house and rededication of the building. Dedicated on January 1, 1914, this will celebrate 105 years and 5 days of service. In 2008/09 a group of town folks came together with the assistance of a team from Curtains Without Boarders to stabilize the roll drop curtains in the Town Hall. Since that time work progressed slowly to gain approval from the state to list the building on the State registry of Historic Buildings. With the help of the NH Preservation Alliance the application was finally made, and we gained approval this past summer. 491-4225

Thursday 10th Yin/Yang Restorative Yoga Class w/ Tekla Frates

Thurs. 10th – Sun. 27th Mama Mia! Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. ABBA’s hits tell the story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. The sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. Tickets run from $20 to $26 and are available online at www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or by calling 335-1992

Saturday 12th Snowshoe Adventure Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 1pm-3pm. Join one of the Naturalists for a refreshing walk and exploration of the winter landscape of Prescott Farm. Please wear boots and dress appropriately for the weather. Snowshoes will be available if you don’t have your own. $12/members, free for upgraded members, $15/ non-members. www.PrescottFarm. org or 366-5695

That Physics Show The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH. com or 569-2551

Sunday 13th Organist Hector Olivera First Congregational Church, W o l f e b o r o. 2 p m . w w w. WFriendsofMusic.org or 569-2151

Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon – Jazz Vocalist Donna Byrne Center at Eastman, Grantham. 4pm7pm. Donna Byrne is a jazz singer at the top of her game, a true entertainer whose music is fiery or tender by turns. Tony Bennett says she is one of the best young jazz singers in the country. Tickets range from $18 to $20. A bistro menu and full beverage selection is offered. www.JOSAJazz. com or 863-8000

Wednesday 16th Cornerstone VNA – Free Hospice Volunteer Training Cornerstone VNA, 178 Farmington Road, Rochester. 10am-12pm. This comprehensive 8-week Hospice Volunteer Training program focuses on how to provide comfort, support and a reassuring presence to Hospice patients and their families. No medical or volunteer experience is necessary to make a positive difference. The training will take place every week u n t i l M a r c h 6 t h . NNicolazzo@ cornerstonevna.org or 994-7041

Thursday 17th Yin/Yang Restorative Yoga Class w/ Tekla Frates

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New Year’s Eve At Gunstock Gunstock Mountain Resort Rock’s New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, December 31st. The entire mountain is open for you to enjoy! Enjoy skiing, riding tubing, snowshoeing tours, horse-drawn carriage rides and more. The event ends at midnight with a fireworks show on the mountain. After 4 p.m., anyone with a New Year’s Eve night lift ticket, primetime lift ticket or season pass can enjoy the following, in addition to skiing and riding until 11:30 p.m. Horse-drawn carriage rides 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Face painting from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Balloon artist from 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Music by classic rock band Sum X 4 from 8 p.m.-midnight DJ Christine from 8 p.m.-midnight S’mores at the fire ring from 9:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Torch Light Parade by the Learning Center at 11:50 p.m. Midnight mountain fireworks Gunstock Mountain Resort is located at 719 Cherry Valley Rd., Gilford, NH For more information call(603) 293-4341. or visit their website at gunstock.com

MAMMA MIA! At The Rochester Opera House The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive dance numbers combine to make Mamma Mia! a guaranteed smash hit for any theatre. A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! ABBA’s hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. MAMMA MIA! will be presented January 11th -27th. Check Opera House website for exact days and times. www.RochesterOperaHouse.com. Tickets, which range from $20 to $26, are available now to the general public. The Opera House box office is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10am to 5pm. Tickets can be purchased online, by phone, and in person at the box office, located in Rochester City Hall.

“Face of Winter” In Lincoln On Sunday, December 30th at Jean’s Playhouse in Lincoln Warren Miller’s “Face of Winter” film event will be shown at 4 & 7pm. This 69th installment of ski enthusiasts brings new and veteran athletes alike together to pay tribute to the man who started it Warren Miller’s “Face of Winter” all. Watch as the world’s best skiers and riders cover ground in some of the most legendary destinations to honor a face that launched a thousand quips and got us all started on this long, crazy ride. Visit some of Warren’s favorite locations from Switzerland to Chamonix, British Columbia to Alaska, Chile, Iceland, New Zealand and more. Tickets are $20 general admission includes film event and special give-aways for each and every ticket holder. Get tickets now at www.jeansplayhouse.com or phone 603745-2141; tickets also available at the door.

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When the year 1918 came to a close New Hampshire Governor Henry Wilder Keyes from Haverhill was completing his term as the state’s chief executive officer while John Henry Bartlett was waiting to be sworn in as the 65th governor of the state on January 6th of 1919. Keyes was the husband of author Francis Parkinson Keyes and went on to represent New Hampshire in the United States Senate from 1911 until 1937. Bartlett was a descendent of the fourth governor of the Granite State, Josiah Bartlett, who was also a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. One of John Henry Bartlett’s first acts as Governor in March of 1919 was to sign a law making the purple lilac the state flower. Bartlett was a resident of Sunapee. New Hampshire actually elected two United States senators in 1918, both Republicans, Keyes, who was elected to a six year term, and George H. Moses, who was elected for two years to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Gallinger. There was a recount of the Moses contest against his opponent, Mr. Jameson, apparently because a packet of ballots from Claremont for the Democrat ticket had mistakenly been marked Re-

1919 New Year’s poster. publican and it was assumed that the votes had wrongly been counted as Republican. After the recount,however, Mr. Moses had the same number of votes as the original tally gave him, making him the winner by 988 votes. Adding to the suspense in the political arena, both Senators elect became ill with influenza

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As we come to the end of the New Year, here are my predictions for what will happen in 2019. TECHNOLOGY Elon Musk and the Dali Lama will reveal a collaboration for a car that runs strictly on positive human emotions. Early tests of the vehicles will find that most humans can’t keep the car going forward for longer than about fifteen minutes at a time. The cars will not be able to even start within a month of an upcoming election. Amazon will upgrade their Alexa system to provide more options as far as voice responses. For instance, a Flatlander like me will be able to order the New York version so that when I say “Good Morning, Alexa” it will answer “Eh..not bad howyoudoon?” or give weather reports like “It’s gonna be friggin’ cold.” The New England version will have responses like “Ayuh” and “Wicked” incorporated into its answers. SPORTS NFL players, upon scoring a touchdown, will now be allowed not just to do stupid dances in the end zone, but will also be able to quote passages from Shakespeare if they are so inclined. For example, upon catching a pass for a touchdown Rob Gronkowski can now look into the crowd and proclaim: “If you prick us do

BUSINESS A new chain of stores that sells everything for ninety-nine cents will open across the country putting the dollar stores out of business leaving vacant storefronts across the country. The U.S Mint will have to unexpectedly increase production of the penny to keep up with the demand for change needed at the tens of thousands of ninety-nine cent stores across the country. Costing two cents each to make, the mint will soon be running at a deficit in the billions but will open additional mints anyway to keep up with the demand. In September of 2019, a certain restaurant chain will sue the new ninetynine cent stores for trademark infringement and they will be forced to lower their prices to everything for ninety-eight cents which will be found to be unsustainable and will be forced to close their thousands of stores leaving more vacant storefronts across the country. The U.S mint, no longer seeing the need to make additional pennies will just keep their new locations anyway and continue to run at deficits in the billions and no one will care. By December, dollar stores will start to come back, building thousands of new storefronts across the country. PUBLISHING A new book called “How To Write A Book About How To Make Millions In Your Spare Time” will jump to Number One on the New York Times Bestseller list. It will soon

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Three Good Men; Three Great Kids’ Books Men get a bad rap. T h e y ’ r e blamed collectively for rape culture, violence, war, poverty, climate change and all other by Michelle Malkin m a n n e r o f Syndicated Columnist global suffering. They’re forced to apologize on college campuses for their chromosomes, anatomy and athleticism. They’re vilified incessantly in women’s magazines, on women’s talk shows and at women’s confabs promoting the malebashing #MeToo movement. Not me. This holiday season, I write in praise of three fine gents and their three great children’s books. In my work as a newspaper columnist and investigative journalist, I’ve had the privilege of meeting some of the most eclectic and fascinating men. Reporting on the criminal justice system over the past year introduced me to a diverse and remarkable trio with a deep commitment to compassion, acceptance and empathy. It is my pleasure to share their stories with you and recommend their labors of love for your Christmas book-buying lists: “Saving Montana” by John Paolucci (illustrated by Doris Tomaselli). A retired detective sergeant from the New York Police Department, John has a thousand-watt smile, central-casting resume and heart of gold. He worked narcotics undercover, patrolled housing projects in the South Bronx, supervised a crime scene unit for the foren-

sic investigation division and managed the entire agency’s DNA evidence. He’s a teacher, trainer, expert witness, musician, church mission volunteer and animal lover. “Saving Montana” is the true story of how he met, bonded with and rescued a “white freckled horse with a mane that was blonde” from a kill auction. In real life and in the book, John moved out of the gritty city to the countryside and shared the transformative power of his beloved Montana with two young children, Anthony and Charlotte. Having seen the worst of humanity over the course of his law enforcement career and lost some of his closest friends and colleagues on 9/11, John notes that Montana saved him as much as he saved her. “This is a story of love and a lesson on how positive thoughts, patience, and humility can pave a road to realizing your most amazing dreams,” John writes. “And if you believe in magic, well there’s some of that, too.” “The Pepperoni Palm Tree,” by Jason Killian Meath and Aidan Patrick Meath (illustrated by Kirk Parrish). I met my brilliant friend Jason Killian Meath working on investigative documentaries and right-leaning political work, but we’ve bonded over the wild and transcendent roller coaster ride that is parenthood. Brimming with intellectual curiosity and creativity, Jason has produced everything from campaign ads to award-winning films for the Military Channel and Discovery Channel. After publishing his first book (“Hollywood on the Potomac”) in 2009, Meath’s then-7-year-old son, Aidan, de-

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The Left’s War On Parenting

Last month, the New York State Education Department made a crucial decision: Commissioner MaryEllen Elia handed authority to local school by Ben Shapiro boards to veto Syndicated Columnist the right for private schools to operate. Those school boards must now determine whether private schools provide an education “substantially equivalent to that received in district public schools.” According to Jewish educators Elya Brudny and Yisroel Reisman, “The state government now requires private schools to offer a specific set of classes more comprehensive than what students in public schools must learn.” This isn’t a problem for Jewish schools alone -- Catholic schools in New York have bucked the legislation, with James Cultrara, executive secretary of the New York Council of Catholic School Superintendents, explaining, “We simply

cannot accept a competing school having authority over whether our schools can operate.” Now there’s a case to be made that the state has an interest in children learning basic secular studies, and to that end, Cultrara has called for an objective standard for evaluating whether or not schools are properly educating their students. That case is far stronger in a welfare state, in which insufficient education often ends with the public bearing the brunt of such failures. But there’s also a case to be made that parents are the best sources for judging which educational standards their children should obtain -- and that attempting to force-feed education to unwilling students and parents at threat of legal peril is a massive imposition on freedom. It’s also unlikely that a broadly applied standard of education will succeed in raising standards across the board. The public school system hasn’t been able to achieve that even absent religious conflicts. More fascinating than this de-

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China’s Reform Era Changed Country, World UNITED NATIONS - Beijing

held a big party to celebrate the Economic Reform process starting forty years ago which changed by John J. Metzler China and the Syndicated Columnist world. Amid the meticulous staging in the cavernous Great Hall of the People, China’s supreme leader Xi Jinping addressed the party faithful to a backdrop of massive red banners, gold trappings, and using the high octane nationalism which characterizes China’s long march from Mao to Markets. Late 1978 was a tumultuous period in Mainland China. The long ruling dictator Mao had died two years earlier. The chaos of the so-called “Cultural Revolution” 1966-1976 still haunted society. China’s moribund Marxist economy could not keep pace with a rising population, nor seriously establish any standing in the world economy. This would soon change faster than anyone could imagine. To paraphrase Napoleon, when China awakes “she will shake the world.” The rather clumsy and cumbersome title, “The Third Plenum of the 11th Party Congress” in December 1978,launched “reform and opening” of China’s once static socialist economy. Chairman Deng Xiaoping’s reform movement was based on the hard reality that a country mired in state planning and fal-

sified statistics was on the verge of collapse. Significantly the reforms were meant not to usher in capitalism with a Chinese face but rather to save the unchallenged political power of the Communist Party of China from imminent collapse. The inherent ingenuity and entrepreneurship of the Chinese people, forced into the cookie mold of socialism in 1949, was finally allowed some creative space. A growing population needed to eat but the collective farm system was broken. A new famine loomed. Deng Xiaoping as a reform communist leader knew that Mao’s vainglorious Great Leap Forward two decades earlier has triggered a famine killing an absolute minimum of twenty million Chinese. Mao’s rote ideology was stale; People had to eat. Thus Agriculture was prioritized. Fully 82% of the population were still on the farms in the nation of 850 million people. China soon had sufficient food though private farming. At the time of the opening China’s economic standing was internationally insignificant despite the size and potential of the People’s Republic. Soon the Reforms and later the Four Modernizations would pave the way for extraordinary economic expansion. China’s GDP grew from $341 billion in 1978 to $8.2 trillion in 2012. China has emerged as the world’s second largest economy. China would seek foreign investment, joint ventures and production in Special Economic Zones, copied from Taiwan. A dizzying

expansion of foreign trade followed and China became the factory to the world, its international trade surging from $20 billion in the late 1970’s to over $4 trillion by 2012. Trade with the USA surged; in

1988 a decade into the reforms the U.S. trade deficit with China was $3.5 billion, by 1998, it went to $57 billion, by 2008 it jumped to $268 billion and ballooned last year to $375 billion!

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Capitalists vs. Capitalism It’s bad enough when leftists smear capitalism. I hate it more when capitalists do it, too. I’d hoped for more from the world’s current by John Stossel richest man, Syndicated Columnist Jeff Bezos. I love the service he created. Amazon lets me buy Christmas gifts right from my couch. Its prices are so low that the Fed chairman says Amazon probably lowered America’s inflation rate. Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos is a hero. He created lots of jobs and better service, and he and his investors pay billions in taxes. So I got angry when I saw Sen. Bernie Sanders’ opportunistic fundraising letters condemning Bezos because some of his workers are eligible for food stamps. “In ten seconds,” whined Sanders, Bezos makes “more money than the median employee of Amazon makes in an entire year.” Well, at least Bezos will stand up for himself and the free market system that created his wealth, right? At first, he did. Amazon called the criticisms “inaccurate” and “misleading.” It’s not the company’s fault that some workers qualify for handouts. More people would collect them if Amazon did not hire. By creating jobs, Bezos gives workers better choices. But the anti-capitalist media don’t report that. They called Amazon a “sweatshop” and “cutthroat corporate jungle.” So Amazon, to my disappointment, caved. The company announced it would pay all its workers at least $15 per hour. MSNBC anchors grinned with glee. Of course, the higher wage will

be good for workers who still have jobs. But what progressives don’t understand is that entry-level workers will be shut out. Poor people’s lives are made worse when laws meant to protect them price them out of jobs. Those unhired workers are just as real, even if they’re harder to see. My recent video on this features a restaurant manager who understands that she only got the opportunity to work because when she was a teenager, her boss could pay her much less. Had a higher minimum wage existed then, her labor would not have been worth it to the restaurant, and she would never have gotten a chance to work her way up the ladder. “Minimum wage jobs are an entry-level job to get someone some experience,” says California restaurant manager Merv Crist. “Raise that high enough, you cut people out of the market completely!” That’s not compassionate. Yet progressives talk as if a higher minimum wage lifts everyone. At least Amazon is just one company, and Bezos just one CEO. If he wants to pay his workers more, fine. Amazon will attract better job applicants. Beginners, kids, the disabled, etc. will still have other choices. They can get jobs elsewhere. Bezos was still a man to like. But then Amazon announced that it would lobby government to force everyone to pay what Amazon pays! This entrepreneur I admired turns out to be just another craven opportunist. Bezos knows a higher minimum wage will hurt his competitors more than it hurts him. Amazon has a lead in automation. He’s

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Healthy Habits from Dr. Fink. If you have asked yourself “am I losing it? Or are easily distracted, forget why you went up or downstairs, this article may be just what you need. According to Dr. David Perlmutter MD & Board Certified Neurologist & author of The Better Brain Book, “the conventional wisdom that being forgetful is normal is outdated and wrong.” A healthy brain is vital to wellness. Verbal skills, visual and spatial memory and intellectual thinking all depend on a healthy brain. Memory

issues are one of the biggest concerns with the aging population. With common complaints ranging from lack of focus to the inability to concentrate, people are searching for ways to support mental clarity, mood, and balance. Our brain is our control center with multiple components that work together for ideal performance. Dr. Perlmutter suggests if you’re not ready to sign up for the whole get healthy program there are some things you can do to preserve and protect your brain. First, “get the trans fatty acids & hydrogenated oils off your plate”. These are the primary fats found in packaged baked goods such as cookies, cakes and chips as well as fried foods. Like other dietary fat, trans fatty acids or trans fats become incorporated into your cell membranes. Unlike healthier fats, trans fats make your brain sluggish. They will slow your brain response

time down while wildly accelerating the aging process. Trans fats are often labeled as shortening, partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated. Always read the labels so you know what you are eating. Be sure to take your fish oils, especially DHA, Vit E and B complex supplements. High levels of Homoscysteine can promote inflammation, damage blood vessels that deliver blood to the brain and kill brain cells. B vitamins help to lower homocysteine levels Think twice before taking a drug. Hundreds of them including over the counter, rob the brain of B vitamins essential in protection. The same applies to over use of alcohol. Get 8 hours of sleep every night. Constant sleep deprivation is very bad for your brain. Our cells do vital repair work cleaning up toxins that accumulate in the brain while we sleep.

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time. Shortness of breath, chronic coughing, wheezing and excess mucus— all can make even the most mundane tasks difficult, yet many people think these are just normal symptoms of aging or being out of shape. So, what are the chances you have COPD? Smoking, research has long shown, is the main risk factor for the disease. Some 75 percent of people who have COPD smoke or once smoked. But long-term exposure to lung irritants such as secondhand smoke, air pollu-

tion, and chemical fumes and dust—from both the environment and workplace—can be a risk factor, too. In some cases, genetics can play a role. The good news is COPD is highly treatable and manageable. The bad news is, due to the slow progression of the disease, Americans often delay seeking help until the problem is severe, which can lead to serious, long-term disability. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), together with federal and nonfederal partners, has developed the COPD

National Action Plan, the first-ever blueprint for collective action to reduce the burden of the disease. With the action plan as a guide, NHLBI is working across the country to encourage earlier recognition of the disease. But it is giving particular attention to rural areas, where the disease is especially prevalent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COPD is almost twice as likely to affect people living in rural communities than in urban ones. Because of this disparity, NHLBI is taking special steps to help rural residents get the advice it wants everyone to follow: learn the signs and symptoms of COPD, and if breathing issues are impacting even the most basic daily everyday tasks, see a health care professional, such as a primary care provider, nurse practitioner or other specialist. With a diagnosis and the proper treatment, people with COPD can learn to ably manage their condition. For more information about COPD and resources, visit NHLBI’s COPD Learn More Breathe Better program at COPD.nhlbi.nih.gov. Talk to a health care professional as soon as breathing problems occur.

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Your Health is in Your Hands by Dr. Graham Moneysmith, DC. Contributing Writer

The New Year is just around the corner. 2019! Of course, with the new year comes resolutions. I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan. Most of us fail at them, pretty spectacularly. Not in the epic, blaze of glory sense, but more like a dud firecracker. We’ve all been there. We set up the resolution. We plan and envision it. Yet, by January 10th or so it has collapsed around us. Or worse, we failed to even start. I believe this happens because when we think of our resolutions, we think of huge goals that tend to be abstract (like “lose weight”) and when you do that you don’t have checkpoints along the way or any small goals so in turn you just have this great big huge task and it really becomes an impossibility. Overwhelming. So if our resolutions are just doomed to fail, why do we make a resolution every New Years? I think the obvious answer is that most of us have stuff in our lives that we don’t like or that we think could be improved upon. Something that we know we could do better to improve our quality of life and increase how much we enjoy our life. Yet, it doesn’t seem to work out as we had hoped. In fact, this becomes such a discouraging process that many people don’t even make resolutions anymore. Further, we often give up on more than our resolutions, we give up on ourselves. I can totally understand why a person might feel that way but to give up on trying to improve our lives, doesn’t seem to be the answer

either. I propose that you need a game plan. What I would call a resolution solution. Basically, make a list of small changes for your life and from that list choose four items. Each quarter of the year you’re going to add one of these items into your lifestyle. So they should be simple things that you can do easily and readily. This way changes won’t be overwhelming and what you’ll find is that over the course of the year the small changes will add up to big differences. So for example, you could say: I’m going to stop eating sugar, I’m going to cut out all white flour, I’m going to drink more water, and I’m going to exercise everyday. In January you would implement one of those changes. Changes like these are really simple to do at home and they’re not expensive. No excuses! Simply, you would do one change for the first three months of the year (for the first quarter ), at the beginning of the next quarter, you would layer in the next change. So instead of making wholesale changes all at once you’re slowly adding these changes and the changes have a compound effect, in terms of health benefits. You’re stacking small easy tasks to reach bigger goals. By the end of the year you wouldn’t need to make a resolution because you’d already be much healthier than you had been the previous year. I really like the idea of this because when we try to complete our resolutions we do wholesale lifestyle changes and they’re just impossible to maintain. As we learned in the 1991 Bill Murray/Richard Dreyfuss film, “What About Bob?”.....baby steps. So here’s my proposed list of possible small changes that you can make quarterly throughout the year: 1) Drink more water. Almost all of us, tend to be dehydrated. Drink coffee,

tea, or alcohol? All of these actually dehydrate you more! You should shoot for half your bodyweight in ounces of water per day. 2) Cut out sugar. It decreases your immune system and damages your insulin response. It also makes you gain weight and provides empty calories,there’s no point to it. 3) White flour...cut it out. See sugar. 4) Exercise every single day. I think that should be a given. 5) Start seeing a chiropractor. Most people have some kind of spinal or structural abnormalities if they have never seen a chiropractor, our spines like all else in out body requires maintenance. Those types of problems don’t let your body function efficiently. Most folks I know, think they feel fine but then say things like: “i’m just having my normal headache/back pain/etc.” Symptoms mean something. Don’t ignore them. 6) Slow down: we are all too busy, take time everyday to do something for yourself, read, pray, stretch, or just sit. 7) Get organized: go room by room (one per week, perhaps) and make your living and work spaces, work for you The goals can also involve things such as finances, mental peace, spiritual health, or whatever else you can imagine. I want to challenge you to sit down today and write a list of as many solutions as possible. Sleep on it. Now choose the four you will focus on. Don’t overcomplicate this. Pick them and put the dates on your calendar, upon which you will add them to your life. You will fail, you will trip....don’t quit. Fulfill this plan and have, perhaps, your best year ever. Then next year you won’t have to make resolutions, you’ll be too busy enjoying results.

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CHARGERS AND RIVERS High profile NFL teams and their quarterbacks got disproportionate attention. Think Tom Brady and the Patriots. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. Drew Brees and the Saints. Pat Mahomes and the Chiefs. But with the playoffs approaching, perhaps Phillip Rivers will get some overdue notice. Rivers is the QB for the Los Angeles (nee San Diego) Chargers. The Chargers were largely unsuccessful during their 57 years in San Diego, although they did beat the Boston Patriots for their lone title—the 1963 AFL Championship. They were creamed by the 49ers in their one Super Bowl opportunity, 49-26 in 1995. The rare Charger postseason appearances seldom ended well. I was at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium in January, 2007, when San Diego (14-2) hosted the New England Patriots in a playoff game. The Chargers had the game well in hand until a late turnover did them in. Despite having the league’s best record, the team then fired coach Marty Schottenheimer, citing his failure to win in post-season. Rivers has been with the Chargers since 2004, actually playing behind the aforementioned Brees his first two years. While Rivers has won no titles during the last 15 years, he did father eight kids and is by all accounts a wonderful guy.

Phillip Rivers In a city lacking bona fide big-time sports stars, Rivers was the toast of San Diego. So when the Chargers moved up the coast to LA, many San Diegans felt they were no longer a real Major League city, although they still had the Padres—who again finished last in the N.L. West this past season. Instead of Qualcomm (over 70,000 seats) the Chargers now play in LA’s StubHub Center (27,000 seats.) But a multi-billion LA stadium is in the works that the Chargers plan to share with the Rams—similar to how the Giants and Jets share Met Life Stadium. Still, that’s a couple years away. Interestingly, though largely overshadowed by the L.A. Rams, Rivers and the Chargers have enjoyed a memorable, winning season. They’ll be in the playoffs, and could host one or more games, depending upon how they do in their season finale Sunday at Denver. So if our local NFL team fails to advance, I’ll definitely be pulling for Rivers and Company to win it all. It would be great to see the Chargers hoist an NFL title banner in front of their 27,000 fans in their home opener next September. “The StubHub Center: Home of Champions!” (Although I’m sure that a victorious Rivers and Company would happily bring the Lombardi Trophy to San Diego for a

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Two of anything good is always a plus as most of us know. When we shop, a two-for-one special is an excellent reason to purchase. And if we especially like the product, we are more likely to buy it. Last week we examined two great beers from our friends at Breakaway Beerworks in NH. Continuing on this theme, part two of three Dynamic Duo’s, we will be checking out the arrival in NH stores from a legendary brewery of greatness. This California brewer is known for their amazing offerings, so we concentrate today on Lagunitas. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA, is a slightly quirky set of people bent on bringing you the very best and varied beer you might ever taste. Owner Toby Magee admits he has been curious of how people affect beer. So he creates circumstances where people can enjoy beer while they are… being people. Each of their offerings is special and oddly named, but that’s the fun they put into each can or bottle. In his own words, beer speaks, people mumble. Look at their unique website; lagunitas.com The two we look at here are Mozango and Willettized Coffee Stout. Mozango IPA is a juicy mouthful of citrus derived from Mosaic and Simcoe hops with a kicker of mango juice to make this an incredibly flavorful masterpiece. It reminds me of an umbrella drink you might have on a cruise in the Caribbean. Very aromatic and flavorful, this 7.7% ABV beer is

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to play in mid-December. I didn’t get out there myself, but I noticed how the pond in front of the third green was frozen over. Considering how many of my balls found their final resting place in that pond’s waters, I thought how great it would be to bounce a ball onto the green OFF the pond—instead of INTO the pond!

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Friday 25th Journeyman & the Pettybreakers The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH. com or 569-2551

Saturday 26th Snowshoe Yoga Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am-12pm. Hike for a bit to warm up, then enjoy a yoga class in your snowshoes outside i n t h e f r e s h a i r ! P l e a s e we a r boots and dress appropriately for the weather. Snowshoes will be available if you don’t have your own. $22.50/members, $17 for upgraded members, $25/non-members. www. PrescottFarm.org or 366-5695

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Yin/Yang Restorative Yoga Class w/ Tekla Frates

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Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon – Jazz Vocalist Giacomo Gates Center at Eastman, Grantham. 4pm7pm. Giacomo has been described as “the Dennis Hopper of vocal jazz”. Tickets range from $18 to $20. A bistro menu and full beverage selection is offered. www.JOSAJazz. com or 863-8000

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FEBRUARY Saturday 2nd Danbury Winter Farmers Market

Danbury Grange Hall, 15 Nor th Road, Danbury. 9am-1pm. Great food, produce and crafts! There will also be FREE family art activity available. You bring the kids, we bring the supplies! The Danbury Market operates the first Saturday of the month through April. 768-5579

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Lakes Region Detachment Marine Corps League

Meredith Community Center, Rt. 3, Meredith. 6:30pm. Second Thursday of the month. New members always welcome. 630-3439.

Tuftonboro Country, Bluegrass & Gospel Music Jam Session

Old White Church, 109A, Tuftonboro. Every Tuesday from 6:30pm-9:30pm. The public is invited to attend the jam session. Fans of country, bluegrass and gospel music are invited to come enjoy an evening of music! Bring your instruments to play and sing along, or just come to listen. There is no admission charge, donations are requested. For more information call Joe at 569-3861

Public Skating Merrill Fay Arena, 468 Province Road, Laconia. Public skating will be offered Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 11:30am-1pm and Saturday & Sunday 12pm-1:30pm. $5pp, kids age 5 and under are free. info@merrillfayarena.com or 528-0789

Line Dancing

Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 9am10:30am Every Wednesday. 524-6042

Marine Corps Meetings

Granite Steak & Grill, Rte 11, Farmington Rd, Rochester. 11:30am. Third Tuesday of every month. All Marines and Navy FMF Corpsmen and spouses welcome. 335-7414 or 781-956-6982.

“Moving Through Grief” – A Monthly Drop-in Support Session

Lakes region VNA Office, 186 Waukewan Street, Meredith. Sessions will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 1:30pm. Carol Snow-Asher, Spiritual Care Counselor and Bereavement Coordinator at LR VNA will facilitate the monthly support session for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. 279-6611

Family Story Time

Concord Public Library, Green Street, Concord. Wednesdays at 9:30am. This class includes stories, fingerplays, songs, and fun, all designed to strengthen children’s reading or prereading skills! Registration is not required and all ages are invited. 225-8670

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lectible piece when I was in my mid-20s. It was a rare decanter and cost $3200. I made a deal to pay a hundred dollars a month until I paid it off. I paid it off faster than that.” A good deal of George’s collection comes from some of New Hampshire’s own glass factories: New England Glassworks in Temple (1780-1782), Keene Glass Works (18151843), Granite & New Granite Glass Works in

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lection come from the Stiegel Glassworks of Manheim, Pennsylvania that were produced in the 1770s. These are some of the earliest bottles produced in this country. George also collects blown,three-mold objects with the geometric patterns that were created to compete with the expensive English and Irish cut glass that was coming into America in the late 18th and early 19th See GEORGE on 21

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A small sampling of Bottles, Flasks, and Early American Glass!

Michael George’s collection of antique glass also includes ink wells, snuff bottles and even an oil blacking bottle for shoe polish. GEORGE from 20

century. “There was also a Flint Glass Works in Keene, NH that created these blown three mold designs from 1815 to the early 1820s,” said George. The stories related to George’s extensive collection would fill pages of this publication. Beyond bottles he also has an extensive collection of other historic glass such as ink wells, snuff bottles and even an oil blacking bottle for shoe polish. “It seems like a lot of the glass produced in New Hampshire was just before and during the Civil War,” said George “A diary from the owner of the Stoddard Glass Factory told how many bottles they blew on a daily basis. It was hundreds a day and people took pride in how many they made.” It was in 1905 when the automatic bottle machine was introduced, and bottles were mass produced. Some blown glass is still made today, more of studio/art work. Now collecting for about forty years, George likes to stay active and upgrade his collection from time to time, selling a few of his pieces to acquire others. He also likes to educate young collectors and take them under his wing.

George has also conducted numerous lectures for historical institutions and produced formal appraisals for collectors or estate settlements. He has also written extensively on glass collecting and has been published in Antique Bottle and Glass Collector, Bottles and More, Unravel The Gavel and Antique & Arts Weekly. He was also the Chairman and Orga-

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Henry Wilder Keyes Year’s Day. Reports concerning the war were being published in the newspapers with casualty lists and accounts of battles fought being conveyed to the public. As soldiers were returning to America, New Hampshire, along with the rest of the country was returning to a peace time

economy. Officers of the Company G of the state guard met in Concord for instruction and were united in their belief that the state guard organization should continue in peace time,though understanding that the state legislature would determine that issue in January of 1919. All

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before Christmas in 1918 it was running at 20 minute intervals between Laconia and Lakeport. Also attracting attention back then was the display of a German helmet and canteen at O’Shea’s department store that was picked up on a battlefield in France by Private John McKay. Getting back to the national scene, Senate and House leaders were to meet on January 2, 1919 to work on finalizing a war revenue bill after the Senate approved a six billion dollar bill which was a couple of billion less than the House of had previously agreed to.

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state guard companies were expected to meet in Manchester later in the winter for “ a monster peace celebration in honor of the returning soldiers”, and plans were made to have the armory open for returning soldiers with a club room available for their use. The railroad was important to the state’s economy in those days of a hundred years past and service had apparently been curtailed somewhat during the months of war. A December 1918 issue of The Littleton Courier informs us of a meeting that took place with representatives of boards of trade from the towns of Whitefield, Bethlehem, Lisbon, and Littleton with the Superintendent of the White Mountain division of the Boston and Maine Railroad, Mr. Frederick C. Mayo, with the goal of receiving bet-

ter railroad service in the North Country of the state. The Superintendent agreed that the service was not acceptable, and promised to try to add the additional trains needed to supply the demand, and also thanking the trade members for their attitude during the war,“stating that all the necessary hardships imposed by the railroads were cheerfully met, the men knowing that it was for the best interests of the government in the prosecution of the war.” Prof. Richard W. Husband, the state war historian, reported that 18,861 New Hampshire men were serving in the army and navy of their country with Manchester, Berlin, Nashua, and Concord supplying the greatest number. Six towns, Livermore, Roxbury, Sharon, Waterville, Wentworth’s Location, and Windsor did not re-

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Former NYSE Chair John Phelan recalled a visit to China in the mid1980’s with an American delegation of political and military officials. Phelan remarked that after formal pleasantries with the group, Deng Xiaoping buttonholed him and spoke intently about the workings of a stock market. China was intent on joining the financial world. In 2008, PRC Premier Wen Jibao conceded to the United Nations General Assembly that the PRC’s first 30 years were a disaster. In surprisingly candid comments, Wen admitted that the reforms, “fundamentally changed the closed backward, and ossified system which had existed in China for years…and freed peoples’ minds and aroused their initiative, liberated productive forces, generated

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