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Joe Kenney For Executive Councilor District 1
Amelia and Issac Nudd-Homeyer of Sandwich, with the Tappan Chairs they made. The chairs are a tradition that started in this New Hampshire town in 1819 by the Tappan family and is now in its fourth reincarnation by the Nudd-Homeyers who, using much of the original equipment are hoping courtesy Photo to make the business thrive again.
Working Hard To Keep Tradition And A Town Legacy Alive by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
The first Tappan Chair was made in Sandwich in 1819 and was a family business for three generations. Today, a new family, and possibly new generations, of Tappan Chair makers is working to thrive in this same quaint New Hampshire town. Adam Nudd-Homeyer, a
welder and shop teacher, who has been a resident of Sandwich for four years is, along with family members, hard at work trying to revitalize this age old business, keeping the standard traditions while bringing it into the 21st century. In order to create a viable business and support his family, Nudd-Homeyer is looking to raise $20,000 through in-
vestors in the Kickstarter program, an internet fundraising venture where a deadline is set to reach a financial goal. If the goal is not reached, no previously invested money is kept. Making Tappan Chairs was not something that NuddHomeyer aspired to at an early age, the idea came by way of a circuitous route. It was Abraham Tappan who See tappan on 21
Last November, residents from Central New Hampshire to the Canadian border lost a long-time advocate when Ray Burton, Executive Councilor for District 1, passed away. Ray was tireless in his full-time desire to be the best representative he could be to all of the people all of the time. Joe Kenney On Tuesday, January 21st, the first phase of electing a new Executive Councilor begins when a primary election will be held. Though the Republican candidates are all gentleman of fine character, we feel that there is one standout with the experience needed and the full-time commitment required to handle the task of filling Ray Burton’s shoes. That candidate is Joe Kenney. With 14 years of experience in Concord as a State Representative and Senator, Joe is the candidate with the most experience and knowledge of the State House. He knows how things work in Concord, and the people who make it work. He will confidently take his seat at the Executive Council table on day one and be ready to get down to business. During his tenure at the State House, Joe has written legislation and served as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee dealing with infrastructure issues in New Hampshire, an area of expertise vital for economic vitality and growth. Joe has also proven his commitment to fiscal conservatism and will adhere to those principles while serving on the Executive Council. The Council, working with the governor, is responsible for the management of the state, keeping a careful eye on our treasury and departmental spending, keeping government accountable. Joe’s conservative principles are also crucial in regards to the Executive Council’s role in the appointment and confirmation of hundreds of state employees including court justices and commissioners of state departments, decisions that can have a lasting effect on the future of See kenney on 28
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Jan Through the 25th Xanadu
The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover Street, Manchester. 668-5588 or www. palacetheatre.org
Thursday 16th Bill Blagg’s Science of Magic
Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 225-1111
Meet the Authors
RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. The Bookstore welcomes cozy mystery authors Jessie Crockett, Edith Maxwell and Liz Mugavero to read from and discuss their new books. 431-2100
April Verch – Canadian Fiddler & Step Dancer
Franklin Opera House, 316 Central Street, Franklin. 7:30pm. $22/adults, $20/seniors, $10/ children. 934-1901
Storytelling Dinner – Peter Brodeur
The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95pp plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219
Crafter’s Corner
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 6-7:30pm. 524-6042
Affordable Care Act Presentation
Meredith Public Library, Main Street, Meredith. 6-7:30pm. Presentation provides a road map to finding your way through the health insurance marketplace. Covers information for those with coverage, without coverage and with Medicare and discuss how the new healthcare law impacts you. 279-4303
Foreign Movie Night
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 7-9pm. 524-6042
The Nick Goumas Jazz Quintet
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12. BYOB. 527-
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Eating Smart – Staying Healthy – 4 Week Series
Whole Village Family Resource Center, 258 Highland Street, Plymouth. Develop the knowledge and skills to spend food dollars wisely, reduce food expenses and plan quick and nutritious meals. Each evening brings new foods to explore or recipes to try. A food tasting will be part of each workshop. Workshops are free and free childcare will be provided. Advance registration required. 536-3720
Thurs. 16th – Feb. 2nd The Great American Trailer Park Musical
An entire day dedicated to educating, equipping & empowering women. • product demonstrations / sales by Damsel in Defense • Women’s self defense Instructor Sharon Cavanaugh will be there in the afternoon to talk to women about safety & self defense
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Snowshoe Fitness Walk, Adventure Hike and Sledding Party
Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. Snowshoe Fitness Walk begins at 9am and is faster/fitness paced for adults. Snowshoe Adventure Hike starts at 11am and are slower paced. Sledding party begins at 1pm for all ages. 366-5695
“Under the Influence” – Movie Night
Frank Santorelli – Live Comedy
Bristol Baptist Church, 30 Summer Street, Bristol. 5:30pm. 744-3885
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. BYOB. 527-0043
Conversational Spanish for Preschoolers (Ages 3-5)
Potluck Supper
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 10am. 524-6042
Conversational German Class
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 2:30-3:30pm. 524-6042
Matthew Stubbs Blues Band
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12. BYOB. 5270043
Fri. 17th – Sun. 19th Little Women
Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road, Meredith. Fri. and Sat. 7pm. Sun. 2pm. Presented by Playhouse Teens. $14/orchestra, $10/balcony. 279-0333 or www. winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org
Saturday 18th 3rd Annual Macaroni & Cheese Bake Off
Loudon Center Freewill Baptist Church, Clough Hill Road, Loudon. 6pm. Featuring the Dump Run Band from Gilmanton. A freewill offering will be taken. 708-1185
Branding Workshop
Common Man Inn and Spa, Plymouth. 9am-noon. Learn how to identify your niche, craft your message and connect with your target market. $20pp. Seating is limited. 535-3222
Frank Santorelli – Live Comedy
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 7:15pm. $15. BYOB. 527-0043
Tall Granite Jazz Band
Jean’s Playhouse, 10 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. 7:30pm. $20/adults, $16/ students and seniors. 745-2141 or www.jeansplayhouse.com
The Rhythm of the Night – 23rd Annual Dance Extravaganza!
Courtyard Marriott, Concord. Doors open to the public 2pm. $10/adults, $3/children 12 and under. Score cards will be handed out for tasters to vote. 271-3696
Concord City Auditorium, Concord. 7pm. 100 prima dancers from six area dance schools. 90 minute show with an intermission. Suitable for all ages. $6pp. 344-4747
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Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt Acoustic
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Hilarious tonguein-cheek musical romp that blends over the top characters with terrific harmonies. 335-1992 Friday 17th
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Colonel Paul Wentworth House, Rollinsford. Sat. 12-4pm, Sun. 9amnoon. Meet a company of men portraying snowshoe soldiers lead by John Harmon in the 1750s. This event will provide a colorful look into New England history and an opportunity to see reenactors and learn about the snowshoe men, their lives, skills, weaponry, clothing, tactics and more. Donations gratefully accepted. 5346162
Sunday 19th Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Dartmouth College Gospel Choir
Concord City Auditorium, Concord. 3pm. $18pp. 344-4747
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“The Flatlander Chronicles” In Gilford On Thursday, January 23rd at 6:30pm, Weirs Times editor Brendan Smith will be at the Gilford Public Library to share some of his experiences on adjusting to life in New Hampshire from his new book “The Flatlander Chronicles.” Many of these humorous tales have been a part of Brendan’s F.O.O.L in New Hampshire column which has appeared in the Weirs Times since 1995. After the program, Brendan will be available to sign copies of his book. For more information call the Gilford Library at 603-5246042. The library is located at 31 Potter Hill Road - Gilford, NH 03249 603-524-6042
Annie’s Book Stop Hosts Women’s Safety Day Annie’s Book Stop has been in the business of informing the people of Laconia for over 30 years. They are hosting a Damsel in Defense event. Damsel in Defense is about equipping, empowering, and educating women to protect themselves. Co-founded in September of 2011 by two Idaho mothers with a passion for safety, non-lethal defense was their main objective. Moms will do anything to protect themselves and their kids, but guns were not an option in their homes. If there were other options made available that were just as effective in disabling an attacker and non-lethal, they wanted them. Looking at the US National Statistics of crimes against women these friends knew they needed to make them available to their friends and other safety conscious women as well. Appreciating safety just as much as a great accessory, they set out and formed a line of safe and sassy products that women could feel fashionable carrying, as well as empowered. Facts: •1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes •College-aged women are 4 times more likely to be assaulted •Every 2 minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted •1 aggravated assault happens every 35 seconds Recognizing the staggering US National Statistics of crimes against women, these friends knew they needed to create and offer solutions to their friends and other safety-conscious women as well. Appreciating safety, just as much as a great accessory, they set out and formed a line of safe and sassy personal protection products that women could feel fashionable carrying, but more importantly, feel empowered to protect themselves and their children. If you are interested in protecting yourselves and your children, please come to Annie’s Book Stop on Saturday, January 18th, and meet local Damsel in Defense representative: Heidi Follansbee. She will have products on sale in the bookstore from 10am – ?. Women’s self-defense instructor: Sharon Cavanaugh will also be on hand to talk to women about safety and self-defense; she will be at Annie’s in the afternoon starting about 3pm. Handouts will available. Annie’s Book Stop cares about women and children. Annie’s has won the Best in the Lakes Region bookstore in both 2012 and 2013. This is a public service event which is open and free to the public.
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Supporting Kenney To The Editor: I Heartily Endorse Joe Kenney for NH Executive Council District 1. Having met Joe Kenney at a recent GOP event, I have to say he is the man I will support in the upcoming primary special election for Executive Council. Joe seems to understand NH values and the importance of standing firm for small, accountable government. He has a solidly conservative voting record while serving in the NH legislature and I believe he will continue to vote and advise in a likewise fashion if elected to the Executive Council. My vote will be for Joe Kenney on January 21. Please join me in supporting his candidacy.
in many civic organizations. I know that Christopher is committed to making a difference by serving the people, projects and organizations that are working to improve our communities. He is an excellent listener and communicator who will represent District 1 well and collaborate with state government on our behalf. Please join us at the primary on Tuesday, January 21st and help us elect Christopher Boothby as the Republican nominee for NH Executive Councilor. For more information, visit www. christopherboothby.com or www.facebook.com/ boothbybrigade . Allan Beetle, Laconia, NH.
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Voting No On HB Supporting Boothby 675 To The Editor: Please join us in supporting Christopher Boothby with your vote for the NH Executive Council on Tuesday, January 21st. He is running for NH Executive Council (District 1), which was vacated in November, after the death of Christopher’s long-time friend and political mentor Ray Burton. Christopher has an impressive background in business, healthcare and county government along with strong leadership
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To The Editor: Knock, knock. Who’s there? Big brother and it wants to use license plate readers throughout the state of NH. Today’s license plate reader could turn into tomorrow’s individually issued robot, to keep watch over you. Anyone see the movie Minority Report? LPRs are an invasion of privacy and recipe for disastrous waste of taxpayer money. After the expensive program launched in Boston, it was shut down when
This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.
challenged over privacy concerns and because a police dept. released approximately 68,000 license plate numbers that tripped LPR alarms, to a newspaper, in error. Taxpayers would be paying for the government to track themselves and store the information. A quick search on the internet and one can find many reasons why this is bad – invasive, wasteful spending, strain on police resources, and erosion of liberty, to name a few. Who knows who could get a hold of this information? Many companies would pay handsomely to know a person’s travel habits and whereabouts. Please call your reps and ask them to vote no on HB 675. “At first the captured plate data was used just to check against lists of cars law enforcement hoped to locate for various reasons,� ACLU staff attorney Catherine Crump wrote on the non-profit group’s website Wednesday morning. “But increasingly, all of this data is being fed into massive databases that contain the location information of many millions of innocent Americans stretching back for months or even years,�she wrote. Carla Mora Plaistow, NH
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Now that Christmas and the New Year have come and gone and the season of goodwill towards men has left us, it’s time to get back into the down and dirty business of politics once again. As I get into full battle mode for my run for Governor of New Hampshire under the Flatlander ticket, I find that I already have to answer to one of the so called “scandals� brought forth by my opponents campaign teams. I am here today to say that, despite what my opponents claim, I had nothing to do with the herd of moose which refused to move from their position on the Kancamagus Highway causing a threehour back up last week. I know it is inferred that I did it to get back at certain officials in that area who have openly spoken about my candidacy not being legitimate. That’s just not the way my campaign operates. This whole “Moosegate� thing has caused me a lot of headaches and has forced a lot of damage control. A press release sent out by the chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, who shall also remain nameless, used one of his standard, “Fill In The Blanks� email templates to attack me and The Flatlander Party. “Candidate for (governor) (Brendan Smith)
has shown a (lack) of (leadership) in dealing with (Moosegate) and (he) should (withdraw) from the race for (governor) immediately.� The local news has been running with the “Moosegate� story for days now, trying to find a new angle so they won’t have to keep relying on another “busted pipe in the cold� story or some other boring weather related story to start off the newscast. “Moosegate� now even has its own graphic to highlight whatever angle they have come up with for that evening’s news. It shows an artist’s rendition of a stretch of the Kancamagus with a donkey on one side and an elephant on the other staring at a moose in the middle who is carrying a sign that reads: “Flatlander Party?� and “Moosegate� along the top. Even animal activist groups have gotten into the act complaining that no one is there to represent the herd of moose, who, by the way, walked away from the scene unharmed. Scores of these activists have set up camp by the site of the incident, holding signs reading: “Slow Down For Moose, Not Flatlanders.� So, as you can see, this whole affair has gotten out of hand and continues to attract attention, much to the delight of the media and the other political parties. Recently we hired an animal expert who, after days of studying the location where the infamous incident occurred, concluded that the moose standing in the middle of the road and not moving for three hours was a perfectly natural occurrence. This study came under fire quickly when it was found that the person
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From The State House Back to the Drawing Board in Belknap County The Belknap County Delegation is now working with the Commissioner’s proposed budget for 2014. Unfortunately, the 2014 budget by Rep. Jane raises taxes on Cormier the county porBelknap District 8 tion of property taxes by over 8%. The “Powers That Be” tell us it is only a 4% increase but that explanation ignores two important facts. Individual towns are now responsible for funding the Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid fund and the County Enterprise Fund has been discontinued. When the County budget is adjusted taking these two items OUT of the 2014 proposed budget, there is an approximate 8% county increase in taxes. Last year, the conservative delegation majority essentially LEVEL FUNDED THE 2013 BUDGET
WITH NO JOB CUTS. As you recall, the “Powers That Be” wanted taxpayers to absorb a nearly 9% tax increase. Unhappy with the voted budget, the Commissioners decided to just ignore the 2013 Delegation approved budget and move forward with their own “spending”. This issue continues to be a challenge in 2014 and will continue to be a challenge until it is settled through law or legislation. Rep. Herb Vadney, Meredith, took the time to look over the actual numbers of salaries in the Belknap County budget. In reviewing the salaries of the nine full time department heads, it became clear that Belknap County pays VERY well. It is important to remember, Belknap County is not a large county with only 60,000 people and 400 square miles. (Our ranking in size is 7th out of 10 counties in NH.) Here are some sobering numbers: Taxpayers in Belknap County fund the highest county salaries
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Common Core and The EduTech Abyss The Common Core gold rush is on. Apple, Pearson, Google, Microsoft and Amplify are all cashing in on the federal stanby Michelle Malkin d a r d s / t e s t Syndicated Columnist ing/textbook racket. But the EduTech boondoggle is no boon for students. It’s more squandered tax dollars down the public school drain. Even more worrisome: The stampede is widening a dangerous path toward invasive data mining. According to the Silicon Valley Business Journal, the ed tech sector “is expected to more than double in size to $13.4 billion by 2017.” That explosive growth is fueled by Common Core’s topdown digital learning and testing mandates. So: Cui bono? In North Carolina, the Guilford County public school district withdrew 15,000 Amplify tablets last fall. Pre-loaded with Common Core apps and part of a federal $30 million Race to the Top grant program, the devices peddled by News Corp. and Wireless Generation were rendered useless because of defective cases, broken screens and malfunctioning power supplies. Last year, the Los Angeles Unified School District dumped $1 billion of scarce resources into a disastrous iPad program. Educrats paid $678 per glorified Apple e-textbook, pre-loaded with Common Core-branded apps created by Pearson. As I’ve reported previously, Pearson is the multibillion-dollar educa-
tional publishing and testing conglomerate at the center of the federally driven, taxpayerfunded “standards” scheme. Pearson’s digital learning products are used by an estimated 25 million-plus people in North America. Common Core has been a convenient new catalyst for getting the next generation of consumers hooked. Students breached the LAUSD’s iPad firewalls and made a mockery of their hapless adult guardians. Despite hefty investments in training and development, many teachers couldn’t figure out how to sync up the tablets in the classroom. Taxpayers now realize they were sold a grossly inflated bill of goods, but the district wants to buy even more iPads for computerized test-taking. School officials recklessly plan to use school construction debt-financing to pay for the new purchases. Los Angeles taxpayer Planaria Price summed up swelling outrage perfectly in a letter to the Los Angeles Times this week: “Cash-strapped LAUSD -- which in 2012 cut libraries, nurses, thousands of teachers, administrators and support staff ... is spending more than $1 billion on one of the nation’s most expensive technology programs. ... I would say that ‘something is rotten in the state of Denmark,’ but few would understand because the teaching of Shakespeare has also been cut.” By its own account, Apple dominates 94 percent of the education tablet market in the U.S. Microsoft is pushing its own Common Core-aligned Surface RT tablet and app suite, along with “Bing for Schools.” Rival Google wants in on the game on
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Syrian Winter-The Suffering Children UNITED NATIONS—The powerful polar vortex causing the “big freeze” in parts of the USA has confronted tens of millions of by John J. Metzler A m e r i c a n s Syndicated Columnist with record cold winter temperatures. While waiting for the bus in the icy New York winds we all complain; then I reflected on a report I picked up earlier at the UN dealing with the widening humanitarian crisis in Syria and how the vortex of conflict in that Middle Eastern land has engulfed a generation of children in the most horrible conditions in a civil war without mercy. The report “No Lost Generation” calls for nearly a billion dollars in education funding to provide millions of children affected by the spreading crisis in Syria and the refugee spillover into neighboring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. The document states, “In Syria the crisis has pushed the capacity of basic social services to breaking point, with a devastating impact on 4.3 million children. More than two million children are out of school or at risk of dropping out. “ “The future for these children is slipping away, but there is still a chance to save them” states Antonio Guterres the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. He adds urgently “The world must answer to this crisis with immediate, massive international support.” The numbers are staggering but belie the individual young lives which are being shattered by the ongoing conflict which will soon be entering its fourth year. The regional implications are stunning. In neighboring Lebanon there are over a million children refugees, 80 percent of whom are out of school. In Turkey the number of 300,000 child refugees is expected to double by the end of 2014. The Kingdom of Jordan has handled the challenge in a better way for the there are “double shifts” in the local schools but the numbers are taking their toll. The UN recommends at least $169 million in funding for Jordanian education aid and a further $322 for Lebanon, and $83 million for Turkey. The “No Lost Generation” initia-
tive aims to provide remedial education and psychosocial support for refugee children . As UNHCR’s Guterres stresses, “Without this urgent investments, millions of Syrian children may never recover from so much loss and fear….the future of the nation is at stake.” Given the pressing need for an elusive political solution, parties to the conflict will meet in Switzerland in late January in a bid to stop the fighting. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon called the conference a “unique opportunity” for ending the violence which has taken more than 100,000 lives and displaced eight million people inside Syria . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights cites the figure of 130,000 killed. Given the length of the fighting and the numbers killed, many diplomats concede there is an almost a numbness in dealing with the escalating death toll. That’s why an international peace conference, supported by the United States and Russia is so needed. Broadly stated Russia and Iran back the Syrian regime, the U.S. , France and Turkey support a gaggle of widely fractured opposition groups. Ominously there’s a growing Al Qaida presence with thousands of foreign fighters ranging from Algeria, Chechenya, Libya and many Muslim West Europeans from France, Britain and Germany and even many Americans who have been attracted by rebel factions who spout a radical Islamic and a jihadi worldview. The U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army is targeted by the fundamentalists, exposing deep splits in the broad-based anti-Assad alliance. Foreign fighters, perhaps numbering over 10,000 are attracted to Al Qaida affiliated Al Nusra Front and the Islamic Stare in Iraq and the Levant. Beyond their role in the Syrian conflict, Western government fear what may become of such radicalized fighters with both purpose and military training when they return home to Europe? There are no angels in this conflict. What started as a legitimate rebellion against the long entrenched Assad family dictatorship in 2011 has morphed into a complicated miasma between and all shades of Islamic fundamentalists, Muslim Sunni/Shiia rifts, and foreign powers including Russia, Turkey and
the Islamic Republic of Iran. Given Syria’s complicated ethnic mosaic and entrenched sectarian divides, the conflict goes well beyond what Western media often superficially portray as a morality play between the dictator and the
rebels. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Transatlantic Divide; U.S/ Euroland Rift (2010).
The “Trickle Down” Lie New York’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio, in his inaugural speech, denounced people “on the far right” who “continue to preach the virtue of trickleby Thomas Sowell down economSyndicated Columnist ics.” According to Mayor de Blasio, “They believe that the way to move forward is to give more to the most fortunate, and that somehow the benefits will work their way down to everyone else.” If there is ever a contest for the biggest lie in politics, this one should be a top contender. While there have been all too many lies told in politics, most have some little tiny fraction of truth in them, to make them seem plausible. But the “trickle-down” lie is 100 percent lie. It should win the contest both because of its purity -- no contaminating speck of truth -- and because of how many people have repeated it over the years, without
any evidence being asked for or given. Years ago, this column challenged anybody to quote any economist outside of an insane asylum who had ever advocated this “trickle-down” theory. Some readers said that somebody said that somebody else had advocated a “trickle-down” policy. But they could never name that somebody else and quote them. Mayor de Blasio is by no means the first politician to denounce this non-existent theory. Back in 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama attacked what he called “an economic philosophy” which “says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else.” Let’s do something completely unexpected: Let’s stop and think. Why would anyone advocate that we “give” something to A in hopes that it would trickle down to B? Why in the world would any sane person not give it to B and cut out the middleman? But all this is moot, because there was no See Sowell on 28
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My first time voting was at age 21, back then the eligibility age was 21. I looked forward to playing a by Niel Young Advocates Columnist part in selecting the governor and president. At age 28 I was elected to the Republican controlled Laconia City Council (Ward 5), as an Independent. When the paper ballots were counted and I was declared the winner, outside into the cold, once more that November day; to have a talk. I looked up at the sky with pride for my victory, and given the sense of humor given me, said, okay Lord, you got me into this – I’m going to need your help. Most rewarding was that the voters had confidence in me due to the message. They thought enough of my performance as councilor, the following year they sent me to the NH House, and the next year to the city council as one of three Councilors atLarge. One campaign promise was to be responsive to the people. To ALL, not just to the affluent, the GOP Establishment, power brokers, the Elite, the politicians and hacks of both parties to this day. For me to talk about principles week after week here and on the radio, it is for those who claim to be Republicans and need a pep talk once in a while. Fiscal and social conservatives need to know they have an unpaid lobbyist on their side. The divide within the NH GOP goes way back to the 1970’s. Yes there were Republicans in Name Only back then. The RINOs seek office as a Republican es-
pousing fiscal, and some social conservatism, in other words, Democrat Lite. We the voters do not know this until after they are victorious. PRIMARIES are important! ******** Due to the passing of Ray Burton we have a Republican Primary Tuesday, January 21 to choose a nominee for District 1 Executive Councilor. I know two of the GOP candidates well enough to explain why my vote will go to JOE KENNEY. Joe, a Marine, former NH House member, former State Senator has the knowledge of the real process. We know it. Joe has lived it. Those years of serving, chairing committees, writing legislation, knowing department heads, Joe Kenney is ready to serve the people, from central to the northern tip of NH on day one. When I read the names of those who are NOT supporting Joe it reminds me that the New NH GOP is being operated by the ROVE-McCAIN-BROWN trio. Don’t let them choose our Republican candidates for NH. Joe will be voting on contracts with vendors, confirming nominations from the governor re: department heads/commissioners, and JUDGES. Joe will of course be doing constituent services. I trust Joe Kenney. ******** GALLUP POLL 1/10: “Record-High 42% of Americans Identify as Independents, Republican identification lowest in at least 25 years.” Right now Republican identification is at 25%. Are you surprised? If you are a principled conservative, as I see myself, it is time to stop believing that one day the GOP will get it right. The ESTABLISHMENT has done the harm, it is time
for real solutions, a sincere message, challenge the party that wants to ruin America, and most of all; grow a backbone – or it is over! ******** NICK SORRENTINO (Crony Birds” Karl Rove and the establishment GOP take aim at a principled liberty minded Republican): “The Tea Party, for all its faults, came into existence because many Republicans ceased to govern according to the conservative principles on which they campaigned. George W. Bush and a Republican-controlled Congress outspent Bill Clinton. Even conservatives succumbed to situational constitutionalism at best — or crony capitalism at worst. “Enter lawmakers like JUSTIN AMASH, who are sticklers for constitutional detail and who use social media to explain their votes to the public. However uncomfortable some Republicans might be with this new way of doing business, there doesn’t seem to be a very good argument for returning to the bad old days. againstcronycapitalism. org/tag/big-governmentconservatives/ ******** WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: I’m a Tea Party Libertarian-conservative Republican. Mitt Romney was not my cup of tea (excuse the pun). But once I choose sides, I’m “all in.” There is no 90% or even 100%. Either you give everything you have, or don’t get involved. So I gave Mitt 110%. I knew the reelection of Obama would devastate the economy and kill more jobs. I knew the implementation of Obamacare would annihilate the middle class. I knew Romney was the only alternative. So I was See advocates on 28
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$20 for a two hour tubing pass. My friend had never gone tubing before and I was dumbfounded. I insisted that for just ten bucks apiece we just had to go for a couple slides before putting on our ski gear. Anyone can ride a tube and it is great fun! Dress warmly and wear your regular snow boots because ski boots aren’t permitted on the tubing hill. Think about it, the no ski boot rule makes good sense because hard ski boots would make it difficult to get on and off the tube and it is nice to have light feet when spinning around. After fastening our ticket with a click to our coats we walked over to the Tubing Hill and the attendants were helpful instructing us how to grab a tube and sit in it while they hooked the tube to the handle-tow lift. After a slight jerk, I was moving up the hill. I found it super relaxing to slide
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the same time holding our tubes together by gripping the other’s handle. “Whoo Hoo” we laughed and screamed all the way down. We didn’t have any control and our tubes spun around as we accelerated down the hill. For my next run I rode on my stomach and slid like a seal. I was able to drag the toes of my boots
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Getting to the top of Gunstock’s Thrill Hill Tubing Park is relaxing fun as the handle-tow lift pulls riders steadily up. I should mention it was brisk outside, only 4 degrees above and we weren’t the only hardy souls that decided to go skiing. We rode the Ramrod lift up and then skied over to the Pistol lift and we took four runs on nice edge-able good firm snow. Gunstock has done a very good job aiding Mother Nature covering the trail from tree to tree. We went inside the Stockade Warming Hut where we gobbled up a satisfying supper of hot chili, chicken tenders and fries accompanied by steaming cups of hot chocolate.
Next we skated over to the Tiger Triple and skied on the steeper runs of Tiger and Cannonball. Snowguns were blasting on Cannonball and it was fun to make turns on the new soft snow under the guns. We quit just before the lifts closed at 9 pm (Fridays and Saturdays the lifts close at 10 pm). I look forward to returning to Gunstock this winter! That Was Me On Tv! Last week I skied with two good friends. Ellen Chandler (we are on the board of the New England See patenaude on 15
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As one of the most recognized songbirds in North America, the cardinals are also known for many virtues. They are one of the few wild birds that are monogamous throughout the year. They assist in pest control by feeding on destructive insects such as potato beetles, cotton boil weevils and cucumber beetles. Their natural diet consists of over 100 different weed seeds so this brilliant bird could also be considered economically valuable to many gardeners. Have you ever noticed a cardinal eating at your feeder? These unique songbirds prefer black oil sunflower and safflower seeds. They roll the seed around with their tongue until it is sideways in their strong, cone-shaped beaks. Then they crack it open along the seam and ditch the hull before swallowing the meat of each seed. Cardinals enjoy approaching each feeder with a royal attitude. They do not join in the chatter other species create in gatherings, such as sparrows or finches. Cardinals simply dine with their mate in a sort of majestic splendor. The word “cardinal” originally meant important and was applied to the official rank in the Catholic Church. Cardinal became associated with the bright red robes and the pointed red hat of that impressive office. Upon seeing this red bird with the pointed
crest for the first time, early American naturalists were reminded of the church officials and began to name this regal bird, the cardinal. During the cold months, the male cardinal will dominate the feeders. His mate will usually ignore him and simply do her own feeding. Come springtime, however, the male turns into a doting partner. The cardinal courtship ritual involves mate feeding. The male hops over to her, tilts his head sideways and places the morsel in her bill. Her acceptance of this offering completes their unique ritual. Cardinals breed from March to August, with up to four broods in a season. Two broods, however, are the accepted norm. While the female begins the next nest, the male takes on the feeding responsibilities for the last brood. This species of songbirds truly compliment each other in the rearing of the young. The cardinal is the official State bird for seven states. Rarely seen as far
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One of the original lathes used to make Tappan Chairs is now in operation at the NuddHomeyer Homestead in Sandwich. Grayson, and once again revived production of the venerable chairs in his North Sandwich Cabinet Shop. “I can’t imagine the toil Gunnar went through to get that machine running again after 30 years without knowing how it worked,” said Nudd-Homeyer. “Then he recreated the pattern and figured out the process of bending the back which hadn’t been done to the Tappan Chairs since the
Blue eye maple on a Tappan End Chair. 1800s.” Berg went on to make Tappan Chairs for three decades and was featured on New Hampshire Chronicle and in Yankee Magazine. “Gunnar went on to new endeavors and started to look for someone who
might want to pick up the business,” said NuddHomeyer. After Nudd-Homeyer moved to town with his wife and two children, he soon became involved with the town history. They had
A Tappan Chair finial as designed by Gunnar Berg, Adam Nudd-Homeyer’s predecessor. tappan from 1
first made those Tappan Chairs in 1819. By 1850 his son, Daniel, had the business well established and was using his 15 children to help with this cottage industry. One day Daniel caught his son, Walter, playing with one of the foot lathes and told him “you’re in the business now.” Walter ran the business until about 1932. By this time, many homes within a 30-mile radius had a Tappan Chair.
The business shut down after Walter’s death and it wasn’t until after World War II that “Cy” Blumberg revived production in the center of town with his own line of Tappan Chairs. Blumberg produced the chairs with Cecil Talbot until about 1958 when the patterns, surviving tools, and machines were sold at auction In the late 1970’s, Gunnar Berg, a cabinetmaker in town, discovered and purchased the Tappan equipment from Arthur
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moved across the street from the Porter family who had the pieces of the famous Niobe, which had once sat upon the Great Wall of Sandwich, but had been severely damaged in a storm in 1941. Nudd-Homeyer took on the task of reconstructing Niobe. It was placed once again upon the Great Wall in 2012. He also became director of the Sandwich Historical Society where he would come upon a collection of Tappan Chairs throughout their history. “I had heard that Gunnar still had the equipment,” said Nudd-Homeyer. “I just thought it was something that might be the right fit. Gunnar had people over the years who wanted to buy the business. Some didn’t wasn’t to keep it in town and he didn’t want it to leave.” Nudd-Homeyer approached Berg about taking over the business and was asked what made him a good choice. “I told him that I lived in Sandwich, I was passionate about town history and want to make the business
The Nudd-Homeyer Family at the 2012 unveiling of the Niobe statue in Sandwich.
The statue of Niobe, which was reconstructed by Adam Nudd-Homeyer and placed back upon the Great Wall of Sandwich. the ministry of my life and maybe a family tradition,” said Nudd-Homeyer. Berg was obviously reassured. “Gunnar basically gave us the business,” sad NuddHomeyer. “We moved all
the equipment to my barn and he helped me set up shop, took me through all the pieces of machinery and really helped in getting it all going again. This old machine is really cantankerous.”
The oldest pieces of the machine are the lathes that actually turn the wood. They are more than 100 years old. “The mainstays of the machine itself from gear mechanisms to belt drives are now powered by electric motor instead of steam,” Said Nudd-Homeyer. “Newer pieces of the equipment are a 1960s lathe that is used to cut rungs and a table saw that was made in Henniker in the 1950s. As long as it stays efficient we will keep it.”
Now that the Tappan Chair business (now called Tappan Chair LLC) is located in Nudd-Homeyers barn it has now been located in every village in Sandwich in its history. And that is where NuddHomeyer is hoping to keep it for, hopefully, generations. This is where Nudd-Homeyer’s present venture into the Kickstarter funding process begins. With the proper funding through investors, he feels he has the See tappan on 23
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A set of rocker end chairs ready for delivery. tappan from 22
capability to not only keep the tradition but tweak things a bit for today’s market. “The market today wants the legacy and the tradition but they also want it crafted to their tastes, something that is different and their own, custom made,” said Nudd-Homeyer. Nudd-Homeyer has done some retooling to the machinery so he can pro-
duce the classic Tappan Chair and then work on a custom-made piece. He is even experimenting with different types of wood. (Tappan Chairs have been made of rock maple and white ash.) “That’s what makes a small operation like this efficient and profitable,” said Nudd-Homeyer. “I want to do this to support my family (wife Tracy and children Amelia and Issac) but I
The first of nine Sandwich 250th Commemorative Tappan Chairs, especially designed by Adam Hudd-Homeyer and based on the 19th-century Tappan Chair patterns.
need to do it efficiently and in a way that I can afford to do it to keep this business in Sandwich. I don’t want my tenure with it the one that ceases to be.” Nudd-Homeyer sees a flourishing Tappan Chair business as also a benefit to the community at large. Even his two children are working with their father in picking up pieces of the craft to possibly, if all things go well, lead to the next generation of Tappan Chair makers. Even if Nudd-Homeyer doesn’t reach his goal through Kickstarter, he isn’t about to give up on the Tappan Chair business. “It will be harder and slow to do,” said NuddHomeyer. Let’s hope that this dedicated individual finds great success in keeping this tradition alive. The Kickstarter fundraising will end on Tuesday, February 4th. If you’d like to become an investor go to www.kickstarter.com/ projects/2131696395/ tappan-chairs-recraftinga-two-century-old-traditi. To find out more about Tappan Chairs LLC go to www.tappanchairs.com. Email chairs@tappanchairs.com or call 603726-6550.
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Multiple Authors to Read From their Books
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RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. Milchman will read from and discuss her new book “Cover of Snow”. 431-2100
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Wednesday 22nd Team Trivia Night
Wolfeboro Inn Ballroom, 90 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. 5-8pm. Teams can be any number of people up to 10. The cost for the evening is $15pp and includes soup, salad, bread and coffee. Wine and beer will be available for purchase.569-1027
Thursday 23rd The Flatlander Chronicles in Gilford
Gilford Library, 31 Potter Hill Rd. 6:30pn. Weirs Times Editor Brendan Smith will be reading from his new book “The Flatlander Chronicles.” After the program Brendan will be available to sign copies.
Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting
Trinity Episcopal Church, Meredith. 7pm. Creative Challenge: Show & Tell. Persons of any experience level are welcome. 340-2359
Storytelling Dinner – Rusty Locke The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95pp plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219
Meet the Authors – Carole Garibaldi Rogers and Kim Triedman
RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. Rogers and Triedman will read from and discuss their new books. 431-2100
Bitcoin for Small Business
The Enterprise Center, 1 Bridge Street, Plymouth. 4-5:30pm. PSU’s Associate Professor of Economics, L. Michael Couvillion will share his knowledge and usage of Bitcoin to educate small business owners about the
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Friday 24th Franklin Mayor’s Drug Task Force Hosts “Lunch-nLearn”
Bessie Rowell Center, 12 Rowell Drive, Franklin. 11:30am-1pm. There will be a showing of the documentary film, “Beyond Broken Windows”, a 25 minute presentation of the Vermont Reparative Probation Program. Following the documentary, Jay Apicelli, CADT Restorative Justice Director will lead an engaging discussion about applying Restorative Justice Practices in a variety of settings. Includes lunch. 998-5337
Saturday 25th Plymouth Country Showcase
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
New England Patriots Alumni Charity Basketball Game
Somersworth High School Gymnasium, Somersworth. Doors open at 5pm. Anticipated players representing all 7 Super Bowls include 3 time Super Bowl Champion Patrick Pass, 1986 Super Bowl hero Ronnie Lippett, 1996 Super Bowl Offensive Lineman Max Lane and more. Suggested $10 donation at the door. There will be a chance for autographs and pictures during and after the game. 516-3421
Snowshoe Fitness Walk, Adventure Hike and Sledding Party
Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. Snowshoe Fitness Walk begins at 9am and are faster/fitness paced for adults. Snowshoe Adventure Hike starts at 11am and are slower paced. Sledding party begins at 1pm for all ages. 3665695
Carnival Felt Necklace Class
League of NH Craftsmen, 279 D.W. Highway, Meredith. 10am3pm. Learn to wet felt and make this fun necklace with Nancy Evans. Bring to class: an old towel, bar of soap, round elastic cord, a small bowl and a lunch if you wish. $45 per student plus a $5 material fee. Pre-registration required. 2797920
Meredith 250th Anniversary Committee Meeting
Wicwas Grange, 150 Meredith Center Road, Meredith. 1-3pm. Brain storming session to get public input and ideas for the celebration that is being planned for 2018. 279-9015
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Plymouth Street, Meredith. 3pm. Public welcome. No smoking.
Sunday 26th Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Live Animal Trail
Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness.1pm-3pm.Be ready to snowshoe and see beautiful wild animals in their winter fur. Snowshoes are available. Adults must accompany children. Registration required. $10/non-member, $8/member. 968-7194
Masked Marvels & Wondertales
Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 1pm and 4pm. 2251111
The Yale Whiffenpoofs
Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro. 2pm. The nation’s oldest and best-known male collegiate a capella group. $20 at the door. 569-2151
NH Trivia Championship
Inn on Main Street, Wolfeboro. 5:30pm. $20pp includes a full buffet. Teams can be up to 8 players. Space is limited. Deposit of $100 in advance (pays for 5 players). 866-0989
Monday 27th Three Rivers Singers First Rehearsal
Franklin Opera House lower room, Main Street, Franklin. 7pm. New voices wanted. 9342543 or 934-1901
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Meredith Public Library, Main Street, Meredith. 5-6:45pm. “Smurfs 2”.
Wednesday 29th Team Trivia Night
Wolfeboro Inn Ballroom, 90 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. 5-8pm. Teams can be any number of people up to 10. The cost for the evening is $15pp and includes soup, salad, bread and coffee. Wine and beer will be available for purchase.569-1027
Meet the Author – K.W. Keith
RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. Keith will read from and discuss her new book “Solstice”. Recommended for mature audiences only. 431-2100
Thursday 30th “Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead: a Joe Cross Film”
Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 6:30pm. This inspiring film chronicles Joe’s personal mission to regain his health. A discussion will follow the film. Free. 569-2428
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the taxpayers’ dime, too. The company’s “Chromebooks,” which use a cloudbased operating system mimicking the Google Chrome browser, are gaining market share rapidly. While they are cheaper than iPads, they depend on reliable WiFi. Google offers a suite of Google Apps for Education (GAFE) for “free.” But is this really about improving students’ academic bottom line -- or Google’s bottom line? In one school district, the Google devices are used as glorified whiteboards. A recent news article touting Chromebook adoption in Nebraska’s Council Bluffs school district described how kindergarteners drew “dots on the rubber-cased tablets clutched in their hands. Then they wrote what they’d done as a math equation: 3 + 3 = 6.” No one explained why pencil and paper were insufficient to do the elementary math, other than a teacher gushing that she likes to “mix it up” and provide a “variety of experiences.” The district is one of 50 across the country piloting Google Play for Education. Google is building brand loyalty through a questionable certification program that essentially turns teachers into tax-subsidized lobbyists for the company. The GAFE enrollees are “trained” on Google products. They take classes, attend conferences and hold workshops
(some, but not all, funded by Google). After passing GAFE tests, they earn certification. Next, the newly minted GAFE educators open up consultancy businesses and bill their school districts (i.e., the public) to hawk Google’s suite of products to other colleagues. And they tell two friends, who tell two friends, and so on and so on and so on. Google can collect student/family data to target ads through related services outside the GAFE suite, such as YouTube for Schools, Blogger and Google Plus. These are not covered under the already watereddown federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Under the Obama administration, Grand Canyon-sized loopholes in FERPA have already opened data mining to third-party private entities. One parent shared her kids’ experience with the Chromebooks online: “The biggest problems to date are that kids figured out quickly how to bypass security so they could look at non-approved web material and that kids have problems drawing figures when taking classes such as Chemistry or Physics. ... Many preferred traditional textbooks; others resented the teachers being able to spy on them with the software embedded in the Chromebook.” Another savvy mom noted: “If you think Google won’t be handing over any and all data it gets from your kids using
their Chromebooks, you’re nuts.” Let’s be clear: I am not opposed to introducing kids to 21stcentury tools. My 13year-old daughter taught herself Java, HTML and Photoshop. My 10-yearold son mixes music on Logic Pro. I support competent, focused and practical instruction exposing school kids to coding, 3D design and robotics. What I’m against are bungled billion-dollar public investments in overpriced, ineffective technology. Fed Ed’s shiny education toy syndrome incentivizes wasteful spending binges no school district can afford. Michelle Malkin is the author of “Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is malkinblog@ gmail.com.
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I prefer to use countersunk screws instead of nails so the shelf can be removed easily in the future. The screws can be painted to disguise them. If the shelf will be natural wood, you can use special small-head trim screws for this task. Floating shelves can support quite a bit of weight. I would have no problem stacking heavy books on a shelf 8 or 9 inches deep. In that case, I’d use larger crown molding that would allow me to hide a 2-inch by 3-inch wall cleat. This large piece of framing lumber, screwed to wall studs, can support hundreds of pounds with no effort. It’s almost certain that you have the skills to do the crown molding cuts; it just takes a little practice. However, if you don’t feel you can handle making the crown molding cuts, you can still build similar floating shelves. You follow the same method I’ve described but you substitute
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trickle-down theory about giving something to anybody in the first place. The “trickle-down” theory cannot be found in even the most voluminous scholarly studies of economic theories -- including J.A. Schumpeter’s monumental “History of Economic Analysis,” more than a thousand pages long and printed in very small type. It is not just in politics that the non-existent “trickle-down” theory is found. It has been attacked in the New York Times, in the Washington Post and by professors at prestigious American universities -- and even as far away as India. Yet none of those who denounce a “trickle-down” theory can quote anybody who actually advocated it. The book “Winner-TakeAll Politics” refers to “the ‘trickle-down’ scenario that advocates of helping the have-it-alls with tax cuts and other goodies constantly trot out.” But no one who actually trotted out any such scenario was cited, much less quoted.
One of the things that provoke the left into bringing out the “trickle-down” bogeyman is any suggestion that there are limits to how high they can push tax rates on people with high incomes, without causing repercussions that hurt the economy as a whole. But, contrary to Mayor de Blasio, this is not a view confined to people on the “far right.” Such liberal icons as Presidents John F. Kennedy and Woodrow Wilson likewise argued that tax rates can be so high that they have an adverse effect on the economy. In his 1919 address to Congress, Woodrow Wilson warned that, at some point, “high rates of income and profits taxes discourage energy, remove the incentive to new enterprise, encourage extravagant expenditures, and produce industrial stagnation with consequent unemployment and other attendant evils.” In a 1962 address to Congress, John F. Kennedy said, “it is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too
high today and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now.” This was not a new idea. John Maynard Keynes said, back in 1933, that “taxation may be so high as to defeat its object,” that in the long run, a reduction of the tax rate “will run a better chance, than an increase, of balancing the budget.” And Keynes was not on “the far right” either. The time is long overdue for people to ask themselves why it is necessary for those on the left to make up a lie if what they believe in is true. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell. com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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“all in.” I gave Mitt everything I had. His loss was devastating to me. But not CHRIS CHRISTIE, he sold Mitt out for ego, media spotlight and his own political future. As soon as Christie saw the opportunity to advance his own future Presidential prospects, he dumped Mitt like yesterday’s news. He didn’t just stab Mitt in the back and kiss Obama’s ring. He went a step further - he French-kissed Obama at the New Jersey airport. CLAIRE WOLFE (101 Things to Do ‘Til the Revolution): “America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. On the road to tyranny, we’ve gone so far that polite political action is about as useless as a miniskirt in a convent.” I suggest you visit http://billstclair. com/clairewolfe.com/
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New Hampshire. Joe has also served as a selectman in the Town of Wakefield and was the Republican candidate for Governor in 2008. Those familiar with Ray Burton know the hectic, time consuming schedule he kept covering 108 towns and 4 cities. Ray unselfishly traveled thousands of miles back and forth across District 1, working tirelessly in helping improve his district and New Hampshire. It was, and still is, a full-time job. A Marine veteran of 30plus years who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Joe has recently retired providing him the valuable commodity of time to commit to the task and continue to give all of his constituents the representation they expect and deserve. Joe will always be available. It will be a huge task to step into the well-worn shoes of Ray Burton but we are convinced that Joe Kenney will be the perfect fit. Please vote on Tuesday, January 21st. —Ed.
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8 Perfumed powder 9 Editor’s “put this back in” 10 Overgrown with limbs 11 Filmmaker Eisenstein 12 Nero’s 3,100 13 Dorothy’s dog 14 Add zest to 15 Redeemed, as a check 16 Make public 17 Profit from 18 With 48-Down, Burgundy or Chianti 26 Fritter away 28 Not “for here,” in a restaurant 29 “- it up and spit it out” (“My Way” lyric) 34 India’s Jawaharlal 35 Lay - (fail miserably) 36 Old Detroit beer brewer 38 Winning by a single point 39 Honked thing 40 United Arab Emirates’ capital 41 Closes 42 Voluptuous 47 Tennis situation 48 See 18-Down 49 Many a flat-screen 50 Eliot’s Rum - Tugger 51 “- boy!” 52 Vast span 54 Hiker’s path 55 ET tales, say 56 - -pah band 57 Herb in curry powder 58 Broken chord 59 Rub off 60 Prize won by
Obama 66 Tattered 67 Singer Waits 68 Color lightly 69 Tabloid tidbit 70 Disarray 71 Vi–a - Mar 72 John of farm equipment 73 “Round - virgin ...” 74 Port city in Florida 75 Stupefied 76 - Ark 77 Rid of some rodents 78 Fork (off) 79 Virgo, e.g. 85 Mass near a tonsil 86 Around, in a date 87 Instigates 88 Extensive 89 “Mother -” (old Irish song) 90 Olympic track star Evelyn 91 1940s film critic James 93 Actress Courtney -Smith 94 Perot running mate Pat 95 Puts H2O on 96 Utters 97 Writer Hemingway 98 Really must 104 Is incorrect 105 Netting 106 Walk across a stream 107 Kulik of figure skating 108 In the flesh 109 - -cap stock 110 Eventful time 111 Roofer’s goo
Runners Up Captions: This little piggy had roast beef, jam and bread, two dozen doughnuts, several large pizzas, etc., etc. -Rick Kaufman, Dover, NH. “Mommy, can I keep him, Can !?” -B.J. Vinzi, Moultonborough, NH.
Mom always said that someday I would have to bring home the bacon. -Joe Pirovane, Bristol, NH.
Well he’s not exactly the horse I asked for but I guess I can live with it -Jack Ryan, Woburn, Mass.
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Nov 8, Stanley Yerlow & Tajci
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It’s R OCHESTER OPERA H OUSE THE PLACE PARK FREE • DINE DOWNTOWN • ENJOY GREAT SHOWS
Nov 16, Rave On! Holly Experience Feb 20- The & Buddy 21, The Vagina Monologues
Nov 22, Country Jamboree - Grand Ole Opry Country Music Feb 22, R-rated Hypnotist Frank Santos Jr. Dec 6-7, Veterans in the Performing Arts: An Evening on the Home Front
Feb 28-Mar 2, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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Dec 13 & 14, Nutcracker
March 6-16, The Diary of Anne Frank
Dec 17-22, A Christmas Carol
March 9, Celtic Nights 2013-2014 SEASON
Dec 22, Strafford Wind Symphony - Holiday Pops Concert
25-30, Jan 11,March Half Step - Grateful DeadHamlet Tribute
April 4, Brooks Young Band Jan 16-26, The Great American Trailer Park Musical
GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL
Feb 7,April Motor Booty 5, Affair Dance Northeast Feb 14,April The Spirit10-27, of Johnny Cash Wizard of Oz
Performances from Thurs 1/16 - Sun. 2/2
Feb 15,May Comedian McKinneyCocktail Party 2, Juston Lottery
8pm evening shows on Fridays & Saturdays
Feb 20 & 21, The Vagina Monologues
May 3, Bon Jersey
Feb 22, R-rated Hypnotist Frank Santos Jr.
May 10, Motor City Fever - MotownMOTOR Music BOOTY AFFAIR
2pm Matinees on Saturdays & Sundays
Feb 28-Mar 2, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Funkalicious! Melodies MarchMay 6-16, The16, DiaryStrafford of Anne Frank Wind Symphony - Thrilling FRIDAY FEB 7th 8:00 pm / Doors open at 7pm Freckleface Strawberry The Musical MarchMay 9, Celtic22-25, Nights Tickets $12 31, Corvettes Doo Wop Revue MarchMay 25-30, Hamlet Disco sound! Disco lights! Disco club! The
Family night on Thurs. Jan. 16th at 7pm
$20 Cocktail seating / $16 balcony
floor is flat (orchestra seats removed), so
April 4,June Brooks Young Band City Dance Annualthere’s 1, Sole Recital plenty of space to get funky. The
Stop in for a visit with the saucy, sassy residents in Armadillo Acres, the most exclusive trailer park in Florida. Enjoy cocktail seating and munch on great trailer park cuisine including hot dogs, mac & cheese, armadillo dip and drinks, as you become part of this rambunctious bunch and their raucous mischievousness.
four out-of-this-world jive-talkin’ funkateers of Motor Booty Affair bring their April 10-27, Wizard of Oz 70’s extravaganza of groove, style and June 13-21, Veterans in the Performing Arts: Follow Me attitude back to our stage for a fourth May 2, Lottery Cocktail Party season. Camp Afros, bell bottoms and platform June-August 2014, Summer Theatre shoes...wear them...if you dare! Dance May 3, Bon Jersey to the hits of The Bee Gees, KC and the May 10, Motor City Fever - Motown Music Sunshine Band, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Commodores and many, many more of May 16, Strafford Wind Symphony - Thrilling Melodies your favorites!
April 5,June Dance Northeast 5-8, Cat in the Hat
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with some great authors are his inspirational preference. Reagan in his many transmutations – actor, cowboy, president – are all recreated by Penley with the goal of giving the subject a new dignity while revisiting the values of the subject as we recall him. In addition to political figures, Penley has portrayed the artist Andy Warhol, coke bottles, historical events and the statue of liberty. Check out Penley at www.stevepenley.com and watch him in action here: http://youtu.be/LMSAYiItkic. Enjoy the work and remember what is great about America! Kimberly J. B. Smith is an artist and art educator who will be contributing occasional articles concerning all avenues of art. Her email is artgirl@weirs.com.
May 22-25, Freckleface Strawberry The Musical May 31, Corvettes Doo Wop Revue
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