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VOLUME 27, NO. 2

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, January 11, 2018

COMPLIMENTARY

Dave Andrews Comedy Experience

An array of beer samples at Stoneface Brewing Company’s newly renovated tasting room in Newington, NH which opened in early 2017. While the list of NH breweries has grown to more than 75 to date, well-established breweries like Stoneface continue to attract craft beer enthusiasts with award winning brews in an ever widening variety of styles. courtesy Photo

2017: The Year In Beer A Wicked Brew Review Roundup

by Jim MacMillan Contributing Writer

As you ponder putting away the ornaments and chalk up 2017 to distant memories, it’s worth reminiscing about what made 2017 a memorable year. You probably had some good family moments, friends and acquaintances to recall, but what about

your favorite things? Of course I am referring to your favorite beers of this year! There are certainly a TON of beers available to purchase in NH from everywhere in the world. With over 75 (and growing) breweries in New Hampshire, there are a lot of brews from which to choose. Categories help us differentiate these selections. I’ll give you my selections from past reviewed beers at the end of

this piece. Why not send along your thoughts on the topic to wickedbrews@ weirs.com and maybe we can share those ideas over a beer! Worth mentioning… three Massachusetts breweries, Trillium Brewing, Tree House Brewing and Wormtown are on fire in the beer world and when they start distributing in NH, look for ANY of their beers. Every one is as good as the next. Also, if you stumble upon any

Hill Farmstead beers, pick them up immediately. If you go there, you will be waiting in line to buy their beer. Finally, Maine’s Bissell Brothers Brewery is always amazing. You can visit their tasting room and sample some really awesome creations. Look over Best Beers in New England on BeerAdvocate.com and you’ll see that Tree House is always in the top runnings! See beer on 16

Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia presents the Dave Andrew Comedy Experience on Saturday, January 13th at 8pm. Andrews draws on an interesting background to showcase his ample talents. A classically trained vocalist with jazz guitar chops and a love of the blues harmonica, his act is his own blend of humor, music and nostalgia. With his signature hat and guitar, comedian Dave Andrews hits the stage running with an arsenal of impressions and one-liners delivered with impeccable timing and ease. Joining Dave is Chris Distefano, Described as a high energy comic, Chris acts out a variety of characters derived from his life, typically leaving you on the edge of your seat wondering “Who the hell is that he’s talking about?” Tickets are $20. Pitman’s Freight Room is a BYOB venue and is located at 94 New Salem Street in Laconia. www.pitmnasfreightroom.com

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January Wed. 10th – March 14th Cornerstone VNA – FREE Hospice Volunteer Training Dover Public Library, 73 Locust Street, Dover. 1pm-3pm. 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. To register or for more information, please contact Nancy Nicolazzo at 332-1133 x 239 or email NNicolazzo@cornerstonevna.

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Thursday 11th Eric Grant – Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841

Thurs. 11th – March 15th Cornerstone VNA – FREE Hospice Volunteer Training Cornerstone VNA, 178 Farmington Road, Rochester. 1pm-3pm. 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. To register or for more information, please contact Nancy Nicolazzo at 332-1133 x 239 or email NNicolazzo@cornerstonevna.

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Friday 12th Alexis P. Suter Band Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043.

Pink Talking Fish The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.

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Dueling Pianos: Jim Tyrrell vs Ed McCarron Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. Bring your friends and join in the show as you pick the music! www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841

One Light Theatre Company Presents “Spring Awakening” Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium, Inter-Lakes High School, Meredith. 7pm. Spring Awakening is a rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Set in 19th Century Germany, it tells the story of a group of teenagers as they confront the newfound challenges which accompany adolescence, sexuality, and self-discovery. The show deals with difficult but relevant themes, and is sure to generate important conversations across generations. $15/adults, $12/students/ seniors. www.onelighttheatre.org Saturday 13th

Dave Andrews & Chris Distefano – Live Comedy Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

Big Backyard Series – Winter Birds Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 1pm-3pm. In this program, we will discover NH’s resident birds and our winter visitors, and learn how we can help our feathered friends survive the winter. For ages 7-10 with an adult. $12/adult-child pair ($10 members) add $4/additional child. www.prescottfarm.org or 366-5695

Veterans Count Fundraiser – Special Premier Movie Showing “12 Strong” Chunky’s Cinema Pub, 707 Huse Road, Manchester. Doors open at 5:30pm. This movie tells a story based on true events in the harrowing aftermath of 9/11, a U.S. Special Forces team, led by Captain Mitch Nelson, was sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. Seats are first come first served, so get there early! Register online at

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Thursday 18th Eric Grant – Live Music

Scott Sharrard and the Brickyard Band

Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841

The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.

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Tribute to The Beatles with Morris Manning & Steve McBrian AKA “Crunchy Western Boys” Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841

Loon Center, Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 7pm. Dana and Bob Fox will share adventures from their tour of Ghana, which is situated in the heart of West Africa. They found Ghana, the first sub-Saharan colonial country to gain it’s independence in 1957, to be a friendly, safe and stable African destination. Refreshments will be served. 476-5666

Snowshoe Adventures Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am-12pm. Weather you’re an avid snowshoer or just beginning, join us 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 own any. Open to ages 14 and up. Pre-registration is $10pp ($8 members); $12 at the door. www. prescottfarm.org or 366-5695

Sunday 14th Gathering Time Anderson Hall, 205 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 2pm. info@ wfriendsofmusic.org or 569-2151

Wednesday 17th Central NH VNA & Hospice – Free Blood Pressure Clinic

Gilmanton Town Hall, 503 Province Road, Gilmanton. 9am-10:30am. Come meet your local visiting nurses and make a New Year’s Resolution to care for your health. No need to reserve a spot, just stop by! Any questions can be directed to Heather at GTH 267-6700 x 10 or Angela 5248444

Thurs. 18th – Feb. 4th Gilligan’s Island – The Musical Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or call 335-1992 for show times and tickets.

Friday 19th Neil & The Vipers Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

Dueling Pianos: Jim Tyrrell vs Matt Langley Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. Bring your friends and join in the show as you pick the music! www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841

Saturday 20th Swing Dance with the Tall Granite Big Band Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

Big Backyard Series – Animal Tracking Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 1pm-3pm. Tracks always tell a fascinating story! Learn the basics of animal tracking on this interactive walk, and gain the skills to better determine what our animal neighbors are up to in the winter. For ages 7-10 with an adult. $12/adult-child pair ($10 members) add $4/additional child. www.prescottfarm.org or 366-5695

Take This Job and Shove it! Comedy Tour The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.

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Birding In Ghana At Loon Center On Thursday, January 18th at 7pm at the Loon Center in Moultonborough, the Lakes Region Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society will present a program on Birding in Ghana. Dana and Bob Fox will share adventures from their tour of Ghana, which is situated in the heart of West Africa. Once known as the Gold Coast, Ghana has a colorful and vibrant culture and a turbulent history, a coast lined with beautiful beaches and numerous forts, over 750 species of birds, a surprising number of large mammals, and an amazing array of butterflies. The charismatic Yellow-headed Picathartes with their bulky mudcup nests on an overhanging rock face deep in the forest was a favorite. They will show us Kakum National Park with its canopy walkway, Ankasa, a pristine wet-evergreen forest near the western border, the superb Mole National Park where they watched African Savanna Elephants from their hotel, the Burkina Faso border with its distinct family of birds, the amazing Egyptian Plover, and the Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary’s primary lowland forest. The Loon Center is located on Lee’s Mill Road; follow the signs on Blake Road from Route 25 near the Moultonborough Central School, or from Rte. 109 turn on to Lee Road and turn left on Lee’s Mill Road. Refreshments will be served.

Outdoors-Woman (BOW) Winter Workshop Registration is open at www.nhbow.com for New Hampshire’s 2018 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) Winter Workshop, a one-day program where women learn outdoor skills to enjoy during the winter months. The Winter BOW workshop will be held on Saturday, February 17, 2018, at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s Owl Brook Hunter Education Center in Holderness, NH. Participants focus on one outdoor activity during the day-long workshop. Choices include ice-fishing, winter outdoor survival, snowshoeing/wildlife tracking, and “’Shoe and Shoot” (woodland target shooting on snowshoes). A fee of $55 covers the workshop, lunch, and most equipment use. A discounted registration fee of $25 is available for participants age 18-25. Participants must be at least 18 years of age. New this year, registration is being done online. To sign up, visit www.nhbow.com, where you will be directed to the event registration page. If the program is full, please check back to see if spaces have opened up through cancellations. Payment and accompanying forms must be received at Fish and Game headquarters by January 22, 2018.

Christmas Tree Pick-Up To Benefit LRCS Imperial Hauling, LLC of Laconia is offering Christmas tree pick up service to Laconia Residents with the proceeds benefitting the LRCS Foundation, the fundraising arm of Lakes Region Community Services. There is no set fee for tree pick-up, affording everyone the opportunity to pay whatever they choose. Imperial Hauling will pick up trees in Laconia throughout the month of January. To participate in this service, Laconia residents are asked to Call 603-832-3451 or email info@imperialhauling.com with their address and leave their tree by their front door. Upon pick-up, Imperial will leave an addressed envelope to send in a payment. Imperial is a family-run hauling operation based in Laconia, offering home cleanouts and 10-15 yard open top dumpsters to homeowners and contractors in the Lakes Region.

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Utter Disregard & Indifference To The Editor: Being relatively new to New Hampshire state issues I decided to attend a NH Joint Legislative Committee hearing in Concord recently regarding the push to provide transgender reassignment surgeries to NH Medicaid recipients, both adult and children. I was both amazed and appalled at what I witnessed. Amazed at the amount of time allowed for concerned citizens to testify for or against the issue. Appalled by the utter disregard and indifference towards these citizens by the committee and specifically by the committee Chairman, State Senator John Reagan (R-Deerfield). The citizen speakers were many and diverse. But there were two Medicaid mothers who shared some truly heartbreaking stories about their either severely disabled or sick children whom they fight for daily, whether for Medicaid funding and/or services. Other witnesses had come with prepared statements as they were clearly nervous about speaking. Senator Reagan called each witness by name and once they were finished did nothing to acknowledge or thank them in any way whether individually or collectively. These people I have no doubt felt they had wasted their valuable time in coming and speaking to the committee. Additionally, as a Conservative woman, mother and now activist, I was very

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disappointed by Republican Senator Reaganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vote FOR the rule change which now allows NH Medicaid recipients of all ages to receive transgender surgeries courtesy of NH taxpayers. As Conservatives we stand for fiscal responsibility and limited government. We fight intensely against our inept government controlling our lives and most importantly our healthcare! Just look at the devastating impacts within the VA, Medicaid and Obamacare! As a Republican, Senator Reaganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vote to expand Medicaid coverage of transgender surgeries on the backs of the NH taxpayer, to the detriment of the basic needs of the truly sick and disabled, is shameful! Liz Gabert Bedford, NH.

Trump Tax Cuts To The Editor: Americans could almost be excused for believing the lie that the Trump tax cuts would harm poor and middle income Americans because Democrat politicians and the main stream media have been lying about it so persistently, enthusiastically, and authoritatively. But rational Americans have learned to question everything that Democrats, including most of the main stream media, say. The Trump tax cut will benefit poor and middle income Americans; even the Washington Post admits that about 8 in every 10 Americans will see a tax cut next year. Working

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Americans should see the benefit in their February paychecks. Only about 5% of Americans, almost exclusively people with incomes in the top 10-15%, will have a tax increase. The standard deductions and child tax credits are greatly increased. For many Americans, perhaps millions, tax preparation will be greatly simplified so they will save hours of labor and frustration and can avoid hiring tax preparation help. The corporate tax changes should be even more beneficial than the personal income tax changes; they improve the US business environment, slowing or stopping the movement of jobs overseas, instigating a new wave of foreign and domestic investment in the US, increasing profits which benefit investors and worker retirement plans, and most importantly by creating more and better jobs for US workers. Democrat Senator Schumer said the corporate benefits will only go to the CEOs and not to workers, but he lies. Already many companies, even before getting the benefit from the tax cuts, have promised bonuses, increased wages, increased investment, and other increased spending to benefit workers all because of the Trump tax cuts. E.g., AT&T promised $1000 bonuses to over 200,000 employees and a new $1,000,000,000 investment in the US which will grow jobs. Democrat Nancy Pelosi called the Trump tax See mailboat on 25

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I like to watch football sometimes, but I don’t care much for what happens before and after the game. Sometimes I feel guilty that I’ve wasted a lot of time after spending three to four hours watching a whole football game, especially if my team loses. This happens to me more often than not being a Flatlander who still roots for the New York Jets. It’s been forty-eight years since the Jets were last in the Super Bowl. That’s a lot of guilt. Still, I could really expand on the time wasted if I got sucked into the pre and post -game frivolities that are a big part of the sport. Listening to a group of ex-players and one designated “professional” broadcaster, talk on TV for an hour about what might happen in an upcoming game is only slightly more interesting to me than listening to the same group talking for a half hour after the game about what they got wrong. Even more of a waste of time is watching the postgame press conferences where coaches and players fulfill their contract obligations by answering rhetorical questions from sportswriters who are paid to ask. “Were you upset when you threw that interception?” “Coach, after a big loss like this do you think the team could play better?”

The only fun part of these interviews is watching the faces of the player or coach being asked the questions. Take for example Bill Belichick, Head Coach of the Patriots. Every time he is asked a stupid and obvious question, his face tightens up as though he just realized he should have gone to the bathroom before the press conference. I’m sure that he often thinks to himself: “What a stupid question. I should just walk away. Why am I even here? Oh yeah. Seven and a half million dollars a year. Life is good, even if nothing seems to make me happy.” What is worse than the post game press conferences, is the interviews with players and coaches in the days leading up to the big game. Due to lack of space, I cannot provide the questions asked, but I can give you the answer. In fact, it comes from the “The Correct Answer For Any Pre Game Question” handbook each player in the NFL receives. “They have a great team and a great offense and defense. We just have to focus on playing our best game and we can’t make any mistakes.” Probably the most ridiculous interviews come as the teams are leaving the field at halftime. The head coach, who has all of about eight minutes to get together with the other coaches (which in football I believe is around thirty-eight per team) in the locker room and figure out how to fix things for the second half, first has to stop and be interviewed by the “on-field” reporter whose jobs are to tell you they know nothing about the status of a player who was recently injured and to ask one question like this. “Coach, your defense

seems to be on its heels at the moment. How do you fix that for the second half?” “Well, we definitely need to play better.” “Thanks Coach, good luck in the second half. Now back to the studio for some more idle chatter about things you already know about the game you’ve been watching for the last hour and a half.” The on-field reporter also has the onerous task at the end of the game of tracking down one of the stars of the game before they leave the field and ask them more obvious questions. “Can you tell us about that catch you made at the last second to win the game?” “It was a great pass and I caught it.” “Thanks and congratulations. Now back to you guys in the studio to tell us how you got everything wrong in the pre-game show.” Of course, the biggest waste of time, in my opinion, is spending time the next day listening to “experts” on radio and television discussing what happened in the game. “If he had only caught that pass we wouldn’t be here this morning talking about how he dropped it.” “Belichick didn’t look happy at that press conference after the game. The word around the league is that he may be having some regularity issues.” So you can see why I don’t like to watch the before and after. I find it a waste of my valuable time. Of course, if the New York Jets ever make it to the playoffs again, we might have to revisit the issue. BrendanTSmith.com

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An Unfond Farewell To Un-Statesman Orrin Hatch The longestservin g R epublican senator in U.S. history announced this week that he will finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, by Michelle Malkin finally, finally Syndicated Columnist retire. That’s seven “finallys” -- one for each of the consecutive six-year terms Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, served. He begin his occupancy in 1976, when all phones were dumb, the 5.25-inch floppy disk was cutting-edge, the very first Apple computer went on sale for $666.66, the Concorde was flying high, O.J. Simpson was a hero, Blake Shelton was a newborn, the first MRI was still a blueprint, and I was a gap-toothed first-grader wearing corduroy bellbottoms crushing on Davy Jones. This encrusted longevity will be marketed by Hatch, 83, and his supporters as proof of his “statesmanship.” Indeed, The Atlantic magazine described him this week as “an elder-statesman figure in the GOP.” Newsweek likewise reported on the farewell announcement of the “elder statesman.” And Hatch’s own press minions have disseminated press releases quoting other entrenched politicians such as Sen. Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., hailing their boss’s “reputation as a statesman.” But that word doesn’t mean what Beltway barnacles think it means. Merriam-Webster defines a “statesman” as a “wise, skillful, and respected political leader.” Earning the approbation of other office-clinging politicians doesn’t make you a “respected political leader.” It makes you an echochamber chump. Wise? Skillful? Hatch was a Big

Government business-as-usual dealmaker. His wisdom was of the wet-finger-in-the-wind variety, claiming a Reagan conservative mantle during election cycles and then throwing constitutional conservatives under the bus once comfortably back in his well-worn Senate committee seats. Hatch joined with his old pal Teddy Kennedy to create the $6 billion national service boondoggle and the $8 billion-a-year CHIP health insurance entitlement. He preached about the “rule of law,” but was an original sponsor of the open-borders DREAM Act illegal alien student bailout, and, despite claiming to oppose it, he voted to fully fund the unconstitutional Obama amnesty during the lame-duck session. He crusaded for “fiscal conservatism,” yet voted for massive Wall Street bailouts, 16 debt ceiling increases totaling $7.5 trillion, and scores of earmarks totaling hundreds of millions of dollars for porky projects. He ends his fourdecade reign as the Senate’s top recipient of lobbyist cash. And for the past two years, Team Hatch allies have spearheaded a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign, squeezing donations from corporate donors and pharma and tech lobbyists to subsidize a “Hatch Foundation” and “Hatch Center” to commemorate the Hatch legacy. “Statesman” isn’t a titled earned by mere length of service. It’s not a cheap status conferred like an AARP card or IHOP senior discount. A politician who notches decades of frequent flyer miles back and forth between Washington and his “home” state, enjoying the endless perks of incumbency, does not acquire statesmanship by perpetual re-election and political self-aggrandizement. The idea of amassing $4 million

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The Man Who Saved Civilization

This year’s best movie about a spirited band of resisters fighting an empire of evil isn’t the latest entry in the “Star Wars” by Rich Lowry franchise, but Contributing Writer “Darkest Hour,” an extraordinarily deft and moving depiction of the outset of Winston Churchill’s prime ministership during World War II. Cabinet meetings and political intrigue aren’t the most natural cinematic material, although the underlying event in “Darkest Hour” is one of the most dramatic in modern history: One man standing defiant before the onslaught of an enemy army, rallying his nation with his willpower and words. Discounting for Hollywood embellishments, the movie is worthy of this story, which is high praise indeed. In particu-

lar, Gary Oldman’s portrayal of Churchill is so compelling that the Academy Award for best actor should be signed, sealed and delivered to him right now. Upon taking power, Churchill faced disaster on every front in the war, yet bucked internal political pressure to explore a deal with Adolf Hitler. In his marvelous history of this crucial interlude, “Five Days in London: May 1940,” the great historian John Lukacs writes, “Then and there he saved Britain and Europe, and Western civilization.” In 1937, Churchill’s reputation had been at a low ebb, but he recovered on the strength of his acuteness about Hitler. When Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich, Churchill gave a speech in the House of Commons declaring “we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat.” Britain’s position slid downward from there. The same day that Churchill became prime minister, HitSee lowry on 26

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- Consulting my crystal snow globe reveals a blizzard of events, many of them unpredictable which await by John J. Metzler us in the New Syndicated Columnist Year. And after 2017’s rollercoaster and often bizarre political events, it’s difficult to believe that 2018 may hold many unexpected surprises. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres implored, “On New Year’s Day 2018, I am not issuing an appeal. I am issuing an alert, a red alert, for our world….Perils, including deepening conflicts and new dangers emerged, and global concerns over nuclear weapons reached the highest since the Cold War. ” Let’s take a quick world tour to see a number of crises confronting and challenging us. East Asia: North Korea’s nuclear and missile proliferation tops the clear and present danger threatening the globe. Resolving this crisis with the right mix of diplomacy and active deterrence presents the biggest challenge on which hinges war and peace for South Korea, Japan, China and the United States. Let’s hope for a peaceful Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea this February. Will North Korea join the Games? Middle East: Just a few short years ago Islamic State (IS or ISIL)

was on verge of conquering Iraq and Syria. An issue of the Economist (23 May 2015) warned that with the fall of Ramadi and Palmyra that the Caliphate’s grip had spread through a wide geographic region and would likely become entrenched as a formal state. Less than one year of focused and unhindered military operations with our allies, the Trump Administration has smashed IS and shattered the geographic Caliphate. While not totally vanquished, Islamic State has been dealt a mortal military and psychological blow by the loss of its territory and fighters. Syria remains embroiled in a ruthless civil war but the defeat of Islamic State and other terrorist groups, opens the path for political dialogue. Rebuilding Syria’s towns and cities is one thing, remaking the broken lives remains problematic. The return of even half of the millions of refugees remains a daunting challenge. And what about a long-sought political settlement? Does embattled Syria end where it started seven years ago? Iran has unexpectedly exploded onto the world stage as demonstrations have rocked the Islamic Republic. Demanding democracy and an end to massive corruption entrenched in clerical rule, the nationwide disturbances caught both the regime and media pundits off guard. Whether the pro-democracy rumblings can be sustained in the face of massive regime counter-force and coercion remains problematic. Tehran’s rulers were

bolstered politically when the Obama Administration and UN Security Council members signed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The U.S. subsequently sent $1.7 billion in cash to the mullas under various pretexts!

Europe: Last year witnessed the improbable election of political neophyte Emmanuel Macron in France. Germany saw inconclusive elections in September where Chancellor Angela Merkel is still

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Everything Old Is New Again Last week, advocates for education who put children ahead of institutions were given a reason to smile: SB 193, estabby Ken Gorrell lishing eduNorthfield, NH. cation freedom savings accounts, passed a critical vote in the House. If all goes well, new doors will open for parents seeking the right educational opportunities for their children. When it becomes law, individual student accounts can be created using ninety-five percent of the state’s per-pupil adequate education grant designated for that specific child. The details are available on-line. Basically, education savings accounts (ESAs) will empower parents of modest means to take advantage of a wider variety of schooling options if they believe their local public school is not a good fit. Who could be against that? The usual suspects are against it: The state’s elected Democrats; the public-sector unions NEA and AFT; the ACLU; and organizations that want school choice to extend only to those parents rich enough to be able to opt-out of the public system. I think of these people as modernday Aztecs: Like priests of that Mesoamerican civilization, they have a penchant for human sacrifice. Opponents of ESAs are willing to sacrifice other people’s children on the altar of a publicschool system they deify. They are also hypocrites. I haven’t read anything from ESA opponents denouncing rich par-

ents who fail to support their local public schools when they send their kids elsewhere (depriving their districts of that state adequacy grant). The same people who never miss an opportunity to denounce “tax cuts for the rich” refuse to denounce “education choice for the rich,” and oppose efforts to expand opportunity to all. Why might more parents want that opportunity? Perhaps it has to do with public school’s track record. I read an article recently decrying “Disengaged Students and the Decline of Academic Standards.” The author, Paul Trout, an associate professor of English, began by stating that “It is bad enough that many students who enter college are underprepared, underskilled and generally dumbed down. What is worse is that more and more of them are entering college – according to UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute – ‘increasingly disengaged from the academic experience.’” Students are spending less time studying, doing homework, and engaging in academic pursuits. Record numbers say they are frequently bored in class. Children are “sitting for hours in mental states that approach suspended animation,” learning to “get by with the least possible effort.” The author places some blame for this on the “success model,” where “every student – regardless of talent, inclination, and attitude – must succeed.” Academic rigor is “jettisoned to preserve self-esteem.” And now, lowered standards, expectations, and preparation in K-12 is poisoning higher education. In a vicious See gorrell on 26

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If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get healthier, you may already be taking the necessary steps, such as improving your diet and increasing your exercise. Of course, physical fitness is important to your well-being – but, at the same time, don’t forget about your financial fitness. Specifically, what can you do to ensure your investment situation is in good shape? Here are a few “healthy living” suggestions that may also apply to your investment portfolio: Build endurance – Just as exercise can help build your endurance for the demands of a long life, a vigorous investment strategy can help you work toward your long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement. In practical terms, this means you will need to own some investments with the potential to provide long-term growth. These are the investments that, ideally, you can hold on to for decades and eventually reap the benefits of capital appreciation. Of course, growth-oriented investments, such as most types of stocks, will rise and fall in value over the short term, and there’s no guarantee of profits, or even preserving principal. But if you choose wisely, and you’ve got the patience and discipline to hold on to your investments through the market’s ups and downs, you may well be rewarded.

easy to put on a few extra pounds. And, just as inadvertently, your portfolio can tack on some unneeded weight, too, in the form of redundant investments. Over time, you may have picked up too many similar investment vehicles, resulting in an overconcentration, or “flabbiness,” that can work against you, especially when a market downturn affects the asset class in which you’re overloaded. So, you might be better off liquidating some of your duplicate, or near-duplicate, investments, and using the proceeds to help broaden your investment mix. Get proper rest – Many studies have shown that we need adequate rest to stay alert and healthy. In your life, you’ve probably already found that if you over-tax your body, you pay a price in your overall well-being. If you look at your investment portfolio as a living entity – which, in a way, it is, as it certainly provides life to your goals and aspirations – then you can see that it, too, can be weakened by stress. And one of the main stress factors is excessive trading. If you’re constantly buying and selling investments in an attempt to boost your returns, you may rack up hefty fees, commissions and taxes – and still not really get the results you wanted. Plus, if you’re frequently moving in and out of different investments, you’ll find it hard to follow a unified, long-term strategy. So, confine your trading to those moves that are really essential – and give your portfolio a rest.

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One of the major outdoor sporting activities in New Hampshire for more than a century has been snow skiing. If you chose to ski across open fields, you were able to avoid much of the mechanization associated with downhill. Originally, wood-fired steam engines would be used to run lift cables turning the bull wheel drive to move the wooden chairs up and down the slopes. Diesel fuel was the next step used to perform the people movers. And winters can be pretty brutal so fur coats and wool hats were the norm to keep warm. As you descend the mountain, you would need ski goggles to keep your eyes from freezing. Whipping winds would blow snow onto your goggles making it difficult to maneuver. Today, modern innovations help to get us up the mountains with ease. But one thing doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change; frosty goggles still plague the skier. And so we look at our beer selection this week with anticipation, not frustration, from our friends at the Woodstock Brewery. Nestled in the quaint town of North Woodstock hides a busy hive of brewers, cooks and help that is the Woodstock Inn, Station and Brewery. Rich in history, Woodstock Station dates back to the mid 1930s when skiers could take trains to the mountain to ski. The Woodstock Inn would be a popular stop. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until 1996 that a 7 barrel brewery began and became a local hangout.

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Recently expanded in 2012-13 to almost twice its original size, this 30 barrel brewery, function room and eatery beckons folks from all over to stop in and share a pint or two over great food. Find out more about them on www.facebook.com/ WoodstockInnBrewery or at their website, www. woodstockinnnh.com A red pale ale style (under the American Pale Ale umbrella) is a rather unique combination of looks, flavor and balance. It is meant to be simply a rewarding drink with nice appeal. Frosty Goggles Sh-red Pale Ale achieves all of these attributes. The Sh-red is a term Woodstock apparently coined. With a generous khaki head, the smooth malt character of biscuit and caramel

stops short of being sweet. Its citrusy bittering later in the first sip lets you know that this beer would pair well with pub-style foods like soups, chili, burgers and more. So, with the many other offerings from Woodstock Brewery, you may want to try many of them. You can find Frosty Goggles at Casen-Keg in Meredith as well as other fine beer stores. Officially on BeerAdvocate.com, Frosty was rated a 3.61 out of 5 (tagged as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Goodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;). Available in 12 oz six packs. Overall, an easy drinking 5% ABV beer like Frosty Goggles can help balance apres-ski after a long day on the trails. Jim MacMillan is the owner of WonByOne Design of Meredith, NH, and is an avid imbiber of craft brews and a home brewer as well. Send him your recommendations and brew news to wickedbrews@weirs.com

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Belgian-style Golden Ales There are so many great golden ales out there too. Rockingham’s Three Little Pigs Tripel, Clown Shoes Muffin Top and Smuttynose Tripel are still my go-to big beers with this style. If you are not looking for that big a beer, but just a lighter golden ale, try Squam Brewings Golden Ale, a nice 6% easy drinking beer. Wheat or Wit Allagash White from Portland, Maine, Henniker’s Whipple’s Wheat, and Squam Brewing’s No Wake Wheat are great examples of wheat grain beers. Also known as witbier, weizen, weisse or white, wheat beer is usually on the cloudier side and robust in flavors including orange, banana, clove and citrus.

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Pilsners & Lagers Once again, Moat Mountain Brewing, in North Conway, has continued its tradition for great tasting and true to style Czech Pils in 16 oz four packs. Enjoyed all year, but especially in the summer, this pilsner is so balanced and flavorful. They didn’t release their Opa’s Oktoberfest Lager for some odd reason and we all missed that. Another great beer from them is their Hell Yes! Helles Lager. Moat is a great place to visit, sample some of their seasonals and others that never make it to the store shelves (brewery

Banded Horn Brewing’s Daikaiju. release only) while eating some great pub food. Have a look at their website, moatmountain.com. Pale Ales This style is quite varied in hoppiness, color and clarity. Concord Craft’s Kapitol Kolsch, Henniker’s Miles and Miles, 603’s NH Ale, Great Rhythm’s Resonation, Great North’s Tie Dyed (summer ale), Hobbs Swift River American Pale and Tuckerman’s Pale Ale are great examples of beautifully crafted brews. This list is virtually endless...

India Pale Ales (IPA) Now here is a gigantic category… It seems that brewers want to out-hop their competition. You could get lost in this category! NH’s Stoneface Brewing makes their ever-popular Stoneface IPA as well as Great North’s gold medal-winning IPA. Smutty’s Finest Kind has a vast following too. Others to look for are Firestone Walker Leo series, and Sebago Hop Swap IPA. See Beer on 17

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Double India Pale Ale In a category by themselves, DIPAs are sweeping the field with malty-yet-bitter big beers. Stonefaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mozzaccalypse (when you can get it) is amazing, Moatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Call It A Day DIPA is just as wonderful. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget Long Trailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space Juice, Harpoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hoppy Adventure, Uinta Detour and Maineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Banded Horn Daikaiju since they are all clearly fantastic.

lager, amber ale, doubles, triples, barelywine, nut browns, deep ambers, etc. To keep this array of beers simple, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather just recommend a few and maybe you can add to the list on your own. First off,

Black IPA This category is added this year due to its growing popularity. It is a dark to black beer with medium mouthfeel and hop presence to balance it forward. Within this style are single and double blacks. 603â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Double Black IPA is a clear Clown Shoes Breweryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space winner while Wood- Cake Double IPA. stock has enhanced their brewing perfection 603â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winni is my favorite with Live Free or Die Black amber. Next, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to go with Kelsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awardIPA. winning Paradigm Brown Ale, and right after that, Amber & Smuttyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Really Old Brown Brown Ales Another gigantic catego- Dog, The Shed Mountain ry to be pursued are am- Ale from Stowe, Vermont ber ales leading to brown and Weyerbacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blithales. This wide selection ering Idiot Barelywine. can encompass many different beer styles: amber

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Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am-12pm. Weather you’re an avid snowshoer or just beginning, join us 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 own any. Open to ages 14 and up. Pre-registration is $10pp ($8 members); $12 at the door. www. prescottfarm.org or 366-5695

Thursday 25th The Stringdusters Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield

Street, Rochester. 8pm. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or call 335-1992 for tickets.

Recognizing the Signs of Addiction - What Can We Do?

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will be the keynote speaker at the first meeting of a Lakes Region Out Reach program aimed at fighting the drug epidemic by first educating ourselves , and changing the stigma that comes with addiction. Consequences, manipulation, enabling and approach are essential in equipping ourselves to help a teen or adult overcome addiction. Changing our approach as a parent, relative or friend is crucial. Barry will also be available for questions after the program. Free and open to the public.

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Art Show & EDM Festival feat. Gabe Smith Rochester Performance & Arts Center, 32 North Main Street, Rochester. Art show 7pm, EDM Festical 8pm. Hosted by Pop Culture Icon Gabe Smith. This show incorporates art music with newer experimental styles creating intriguing, compelling tracks, Gabe’s devotion to his art led to this musical hybrid. $5 at the door. www.

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white-out and the road was covered by several slippery inches of snow. Charlie and I went cross-country skiing at Bretton Woods and on the Franconia Innâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trails. Snowshoeing and crosscountry skiing are great activities when wind-chill is a serious factor. These slower paced sports in the woods where the trees hamper the wind make for a comfortable outing on the coldest of days. At Bretton Woods the tremendous Mount Washington Hotel deflected the wind as we crossed the snow covered golf course to reach the woods. The temperature was only -7F but there were many people out kicking and gliding and skating. People were even taking lessons. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say enough about the snow conditions. The trails were perfectly snow carpeted, groomed and edged with magical snowfrosted trees. While skiing on the Franconia Innâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trails I detoured off the Ham

Branch Loop and headed up the Coppermine Brook Trail to Bridal Veil frozen Falls. I was quite comfortable and the packed powder trail had been well broken out by snowshoers. I made good time to reach the end of the trail at the Falls. The wall of icicles on both sides of the ice flow covered water were prettier than Christmas lights. Returning down the Coppermine Trail I enjoyed the 2.5 mile long downhill back home. I met four other snowshoers out on the trail too. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a surprise, I also enjoyed a warm rest day. I stayed home and read a book and we went to see the new Star Wars movie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;May the Force be with youâ&#x20AC;? and keep you warm. I skied Cannon Mountain when it was a real -22F at the summit and the wind was nipping my nose through my baklava and fleece neck gaiter. Packed Powder is the word. Again I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say enough how perfect the snow conditions are out

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unable to form a coalition government, highlighting a dangerous political drift in Europe’s largest country. Spain faces strident separatism in Catalonia. Britain battles with the undertow of BREXIT. In Russia, President Vladimir Putin is seeking another term in office and is likely to handily win. Russia will host the FIFA soccer World Cup in June. Sadly, Ukraine remains mired in a bloody separatist conflict on its eastern frontier which Moscow’s minions continue to fuel. Africa: The good news was that Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s long ruling tyrant, was toppled. The more sobering assessment is that the new government is cut from the same political cloth and can be expected to remain a close political comrade of China. Elsewhere in Africa the UN remains mired in a number of costly peacekeeping operations, ranging from South Sudan to Congo. Humanitarian crises plague Africa from the Central African Republic to Libya. Latin America: Venezuela’s hyper-nationalist regime has sunken deeper into a socialist quagmire. Other countries have embraced market policies such as Argentina and now Chile. Cuba, a personal fiefdom of the Castro family since 1959, appears on the cusp of a generational transition to a communist regime without the Castro’s. North America: The USA has experienced a tumultuous political year. Nonetheless given growing investor and consumer confidence, the stock market has soared upwards, unemployment hit a 17 year low, and the economy has seen an uptick to levels which somehow seem detached from the political shenanigans in Washington. During 2018 the American economy is set to expand dramatically. Yet, catastrophic crises continue; Yemen is wracked by famine and civil war. Horrific human rights violations against 600,000 ethnic Rohinga in Burma progress un-

abated. As always, the world stage is set for jolting surprises. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

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cut, “Armageddon” which it should be for Democrats because all Democrat politicians voted against reducing taxes, against simplifying tax preparation, and against creating an economic environment that will provide more and better jobs for American workers. Republicans want everyone to prosper, to have

challenging and rewarding jobs, and more enjoyable lives. But Democrat politicians’ power depends on having millions of poor and dependent people; Democrat politicians’ greed for power and wealth makes them vote against policies that help people succeed and prosper. And that’s why only Republican Senators and Congressmen voted for the Trump

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to $6 million campaign war chests, as Hatch did the past two election cycles, is antithetical to the ideal of statesmanship. In the days of Cincinnatus and George Washington, selfsacrifice and civic virtue marked true statesmen. Affability, which Hatch is credited with possessing by his backroom Democrat chums, was no substitute for the humility exhibited by statesmen who volunteered to relinquish power at the very height of it -- not in its waning twilight. So: Call Hatch a clockpuncher. Time-bider. Logroller. Deal-cutter. Backslapper. Call him most anything else now that he’s finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, finally called it a day. Just please don’t call him “statesman.” Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators. com.

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circle, colleges lower their standards to meet the (in) abilities of “college ready” high school students, while also training and certifying the “earnest pedagogues who imposed the stultifying ‘success’ model on primary and secondary schools in the first place.” Trout believes that the number of disengaged students “has reached some sort of critical mass at the primary, secondary, and now college levels.” He provides some possible remedial actions and....oh, did I mention that the article was written in 1997? The problems Trout highlighted two decades ago are still with us today. Solutions have been proposed, tried, and failed – repeatedly – as that critical mass has grown. Yet the deifiers of public education refuse to question their dogma. Their faith in one system is unshaken, despite what the data show. They can look at drop-out rates, test scores proving large numbers of graduates aren’t proficient in core subjects, and higher public education spending per capita buying lower

test scores than our economic competitors, while condemning as heretics those who seek a different path. For decades they’ve been burying their record of failure under a mound of edu-speak and arrogance. This is what their failure looks like: In the Smarter Balanced tests, students are assessed as either being on-track to demonstrating the knowledge and skills necessary for college and career readiness (whatever that means, given decades of dumbed-down of standards), or not ontrack. Last year, for all NH schools and all tested grades, more than 4 in 10 students were not ontrack in reading. More than 5 in 10 were not ontrack in math. More than 6 in 10 were not on-track in science. There are real children attached to each of those statistics. Advocates for ESAs see them as individuals, worthy of the chance to go where they can succeed. Opponents treat them as just so much grist for the mill. Education freedom savings accounts are part of a badly-needed education Reformation.

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ler’s army invaded Western Europe in earnest, sweeping all before it and eventually trapping the British at Dunkirk. Given the circumstances, the desire of Viscount Halifax, Churchill’s inherited foreign secretary, to explore peace terms wasn’t unreasonable, just profoundly wrong. Churchill opposed any deal. He was convinced, Lukacs notes, “that such a settlement, under any conditions, could not be counter-balanced by a maintenance, let alone a guarantee, of British liberty and independence.” Churchill bent a little toward Halifax when he initially felt it politically necessary, but ground him down and ultimately outmaneuvered him. In a key episode, Churchill went to the larger Cabinet and won overwhelming approval for his stalwartness. Here, he made his famous statement, “We shall go and we shall fight it out, here or elsewhere, and if at last the long story is

to end, it were better it should end, not through surrender, but only when we are rolling senseless on the ground.” After the war, Churchill wrote of the reaction of his colleagues: “Quite a number seemed to jump up from the table and came running to my chair, shouting and patting me on the back. There is no doubt had I at this juncture faltered at all in leading the nation, I should have been hurled out of office.” He didn’t falter. Churchill tapped into and built up the resolve of the British people. “There was a white glow,” he wrote later, “overpowering, sublime, which ran through our island from end to end.” The so-called Great Man theory of history might be overly simplistic, but history indisputably has its great men. “Darkest Hour” does justice to one of them. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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