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New England Pond Hockey Classic Returns To Lake Winnipesaukee by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

The fourth Annual New England Pond Hockey Classic returns to Meredith, New Hampshire, Friday through Sunday, February 1st through 3rd. The brainchild of Scott Crowder, the Pond Hockey Classic has progressed from a simple idea into one of the most popular events

of the Central New Hampshire winter season. “The first year I limited it to seventy-seven teams,” said Crowder. “This year we will have two hundred teams with about fifty teams on the waiting list.” Scott grew up in a hockey family. His father, Bruce Crowder, played four seasons in the NHL as a forward for the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins

and later a college hockey coach. Scott graduated from UMass/Amherst in 2009, where he played hockey and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degrees in both Sport Management and Marketing. After college, Scott trained all summer to play in the Eastern Professional Hockey League. “I made it through train-

ing camp and then I was let go,” said Crowder. “After that I said to myself, ‘What can I do?’” Scott had always loved to play pond hockey and had spent his summers in the Lake Winnipesaukee area. “I thought it would be the perfect place for a pond hockey tournament,” said Crowder. “There were guys See hockey on 13

The Fourth Annual New England Pond Hockey Classic, with a record setting 200 teams competing, comes to Meredith for three days of hockey the way it was meant to be played. See the action February 1st through the 3rd.

CONCORD - The McAuliffeShepard Discovery Center is hosting NRG! Exhibits’ Treasure! exhibition. This world-class exhibit explores the science, technology, history and excitement of treasure and treasure hunting. On exhibit through May 25th, Treasure! also focuses on the people and personalities that hunt for treasure—including museum visitors. Treasure! is an educational and entertaining exhibit that prompts visitors to consider: What is treasure? Who hunts for treasure? Why do they hunt treasure? How do people hunt for treasure? What do you treasure? The visitors will explore these questions and take part in their own treasure hunt within the exhibit. Treasure! has seven thematic areas, including treasure in popular culture, treasure in the attic, sunken treasure and more. For more information call MEREDITH, (603) 271-STAR (7827) orNH visit www.starhop.com.

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Thursday 24th

Winter Farmers’ Market

Cole Gardens, 430 Loudon Road, Concord. 229-0655

Full Moon Snowshoe Walk

Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 7:30pm. 225-1111

Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. 7-8:30pm. $7/non-member or $5/member. Call to reserve your spot. 366-5695

Story Telling Dinner

Ham and Bean Supper

The Manhattan Transfer

The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95 pp plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219

Contra Dancing in NH Then and Now

Heritage Heights, Tad’s Place, 149 East Side Drive, Concord. 2:30pm. Presented by Dudley Laufman. 2291266

Thurs. 24th - Sat. 26th Art and Bloom

McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord. 225-2515 Friday 25th

Awakening Chiropractic, Tilton. 6:30pm. In this free info session you will learn the benefits of cleansing, find the right cleanse for your body as well as tips on the cleansing process. 286-5052

The Beatles’ Abbey Road Complete Starring Denny Lane

Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 8pm. 225-1111

Saturday 26th Martin Sexton with the Alternative Routes

The Flying Monkey, 39 south Main Street, Plymouth. 7:30pm. 536-2551

Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trail

Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 10am-12pm. $8/member, $10/non-member. Adults must accompany children. 968-7194

Campton Congregational Church, Route 175 Campton. 5-6:30pm. $8/ adults and $3.50/kids.

Country Living Seasonal Workshop Series

The Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. 10am-3pm. A day dedicated to planning your garden, cooking and eating minestrone soup and stocking your herbal medicine chest. 323-7591.

Weirs Beach. 1-4pm. $5pp. 366-2255

Thursday 31st Try SCUBA

Laconia Athletic and Swim Club, Laconia. Pre-registration is required as the class is limited to 8 students. $30. 279-9099

Story Telling Dinner

The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95 pp plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219

Feb Saturday 2nd PSU Dance Premiere Gala

Silver Center for the Arts at Plymouth State University, Plymouth. 7:30pm. $11/adults, $8/youth. 535-2787

Sheddlane

The Bridgewater Inn, 367 Mayhew Turnpike, Bridgewater. 9pm.

Sunday 3rd Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trail

Sunday 27th Bubblemania: Comedy with a Drip

Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 1-3pm. $8/member, $10/ non-member. Adults must accompany children. 968-7194

Learn to Skate & Open Skate Program

Monday 4th

Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 1 and 4pm. 225-1111

New Hampton School Lindsay Arena, New Hampton. 2-4pm. Free for all ages. 677-3445

Robert Burns Night

The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 5:30pm. Fun evening of verse, songs, piping and Highland dancing and a delectable Scottish dinner. #39.95pp. 284-6219

Chili Cook Off to Benefit NH Humane Society

Weirs Beach Lobster Pound, Rt. 3

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MMRG’s Annual Dinner Meeting and Silent Auction

Wolfeboro Inn, Wolfeboro. 6-9pm. It’s a festive affair with cocktail hour, silent auction, served dinner, MMRG awards, short business meeting and a guest speaker. RSVP to 473-2020

Wednesday 6th “Bonheoffer”

Sanbornton Town Public Library, Sanbornton. 6:30-8:30pm. 286-3018 Thursday 7th

Tax Credit Application Workshop for Nonprofits

Church Landing, Rt. 3 Meredith. To register call 226-2170. Space is limited. Friday 8th

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Taylor Community Music Series The 2013 Taylor Community Music Series at Taylor Community in Laconia will kick-off on Sunday, January 27th at 3pm with Christopher and Arlene Kies. The concert will be held at the Woodside building. Program highlights with feature solo performances and fourhand music by Schubert, Chopin, Debussy and Gershwin, and will also include a new Fanfare for Piano Four-Hands written by Christopher Kies especially for the unveiling of the new piano at Taylor Community. For more information on the 2013 Taylor Community Music Series Sponsored by Bank of New Hampshire visit www.taylorcommunity.org or call 524.5600. Those planning to attend must pre-register as spaced is limited.

Moose Mountains Regional Greenways Annual Meeting Moose Mountains Regional Greenways will hold its 2013 Annual Meeting on Monday, February 4, from 6 to 9pm at the Wolfeboro Inn. This festive occasion will include a cocktail/social hour and silent auction, a served sit down dinner, a slide show and talk by Maine NEMO Educator Lamarr Clannon, presentations of MMRG awards, and a brief business meeting and update on MMRG news. The snow date is February 5. The public is welcome to join this annual community celebration of Moose Mountains Regional Greenways. Spaces are limited and RSVP’s are required. To reserve a place (or to donate an auction item), please contact Executive Director Virginia Long by Monday, January 28. Call (603) 473-2020 or email info@mmrg.info. MMRG works to conserve and connect important water resources, farm and forest lands, wildlife habitats, and recreational land in Brookfield, Farmington, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro. For more information, please visit www.mmrg.info.

Martin Sexton Comes To The Flying Monkey At 7:30pm on Saturday, January 26th The Flying Monkey in Plymouth is excited to present soulful roots rocker Martin Sexton. Known for songs that are intricate and spirited, covering the American musical landscape distilling soul, gospel, R&B, country, Roots and Rock. The Alternate Routes will open the evening. d Tickets for the Martin Sexton concert are on sale now for $35, and $45 for Premier seats. For tickets and more information on concerts and the Flying Monkey Performance Center, visit www.flyingmonkeynh.com or call 603-536-2551.

Northeastern Ballet Theatre Auditions Northeastern Ballet Theatre is pleased to announce that it’s spring production will be the full-length ballet of “Cinderella”. Auditions are open to the public and will take place at the Wolfeboro Studio (26 Glendon Street across from Rite Aid) on Saturday, January 26 and at the Dover studio (St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5 Hale Street, Dover) on Sunday, January 27. The times for both days are as follows: 2-2:30 pm - 5-7year olds; 2:30- 3pm - 8-10 year olds; 3-3:30pm - 11-13 year olds (please bring pre-pointe or pointe shoes); 3:30- 4pm - 13years + (please bring pointe shoes). Don’t miss this opportunity for your dancer to be in a real ballet production! Performances will be held on Saturday, April 6 at 7pm and Sunday, April 7 at 2pm at Oyster River High School in Durham, NH. For more information please visit www.northeasternballet.org or call (603) 834-8834.

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We Must Be Active To Have Our Voices Heard To The Editor: We are living in difficult times. Our economy as a nation, from federal level to our local communities, continues to choke many of our family households. Not only did our federal payroll tax recently go up, there are many more taxes headed our way on the state level. And of course this doesn’t include the taxes we pay on the county level. The 2013 Belknap County budget is up 9% and we are looking at an enormous project of a new county prison, something that will seriously impact each Belknap County family. Remember, each single tax by itself may not be much to look at, but when we begin to put all the taxes together, we can easily see we are in deep, deep financial trouble. How much have our food, gas and other necessities risen lately? My family, just like most in Belknap County, is facing tough choices in our household budgets, trying to juggle all the financial “pinches.” Town, county and state government should be doing the same and offering budgets which fit our current financial situation. And that means being fiscally responsible in budgeting and projects which will adversely affect our local citizenry. It has never been more important for us to keep our heads down, and stay on the target. We do not need to be angry or fear-

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mongering. We can let others do that. But, we do need to be STEADFAST in our message. And that includes participation in public discussions on issues of fiscal conservatism. Being present at your town meetings, voicing your opinion at town deliberative sessions, and running for that open seat in town government is CRUCIAL to putting ourselves on the path toward fiscal sanity. No one can stand on the sidelines anymore. We must be present, be heard, and be active! Your participation does indeed make a difference. Have no doubt of that! Should you be interested in upcoming meetings/ sessions within District 8, local information will be posted on my website: www.jane4newhampshire@gmail.com. Rep. Jane Cormier Belknap District 8 – Alton, Barnstead and Gilmanton

Northern Pass To The Editor: In the November/December 2011 issue of Yankee Magazine there is an article: Battle Lines: The Northern Pass Energy Project where among other things these statements appear: “You need to know that most, if not all, of the electricity delivered via The Northern Pass wouldn’t remain in New Hampshire but would instead be distributed into the regionwide electricity market. You need to know that New Hampshire is already a net

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.

exporter of electricity, producing about twice what its 1.3 million residents use, thanks in large part to the Seabrook nuclearpower plant. You need to know that The Northern Pass is a private, forprofit partnership among Hydro-Québec, NSTAR, and Northeast Utilities, PSNH’s parent company, which estimate that the project will generate more than $1 billion in annual revenue over the next 40 years.” These statements reflect much of what I have read about the NP project...so why does a Northern Pass spokesman say in an article [Northern Pass power line to profit on incentives] in the Manchester Union Leader Sunday Jan 13: “Northern Pass will reduce New Hampshire’s energy costs by $20 (million) to $35 million annually by displacing more expensive energy currently being consumed in the market with low-cost, renewable hydropower,”? Does “reduce New Hampshire’s energy costs” mean PSNH’s energy costs or PSNH ratepayer’s cost and or NH taxpayer’s costs? My guess is the prior not the latter...hmmmmm if so: nice feint. I’ve recently read that The Northeast Energy Link [NEL; Orrington, Maine to Tewksbury, Massachusetts] is 220 miles long and completely underground. The Champlain/ Hudson Express Project that will transmit power from Canada to NYC is See mail boat on 28

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I happened to notice the other day that National Weather Service has decided that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a smart idea to give names to winter storms. At first I thought it was just a joke. I heard Winter Storm Gandalf was blanketing the Midwest; perhaps a grand market scheme for the newest Hobbit movie. But then came Winter Storm Helen and I knew that something was up. As far as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned, this is a dangerous practice that will only add to the stress in certain peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives; maybe even put some over the edge. With all this talk lately about what makes people crazy, I feel that this practice has been overlooked. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d even support an executive order to stop this madness. Maybe there already is one, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so many I get confused. I always thought it was bad enough that we have to give tropical storms and hurricanes peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s names; to now extend it out to winter storms is pretty cruel. Not far off from bullying as far as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned. I have yet to have any kind of storm named after me, and for that I am grateful. The implications for lifelong psychological damage from such a thing is mind-boggling. I have seen it myself . One day the person is fine, the next dayâ&#x20AC;Śwell, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen the news.

say nothing about this new practice of naming winter storms, we might just empower these people in charge to expand even further. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to stop them from doing thus with earthquakes and tsunamis. Sure, it would be after the fact, but that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the person it was named after feel much better. I think it would be a much more practical idea to name hurricanes and winter storms after people who really deserve that credit like Hitler, Osama Bin Laden and Honey Boo Boo. If the knuckleheads at the National Weather Service really find it necessary to use peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name to designate weather events, I would suggest doing it in a positive way. How many people do you think would have a problem having their name attached to a warm front or any other number of feel good weather events. I would have no trouble whatsoever with Tropical Breeze Brendan. You could take this out as far as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like and it would only make people happy. Imagine hearing this on the weather forecast: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looks like the next five to six days will be nothing but warm weather with no sign of rain, we will call this Lisa.â&#x20AC;? To think that something going on in the atmosphere that is going to make people have a great day will be forever related to your own name, can only bring about self-esteem. As always, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just doing my part to help and make the world a better place.

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You can go though your life being a good person, do the best you can and never hurt anyone and then wake one morning to find that a storm, bearing your name, is taking aim at a land mass somewhere bringing with it the possibility of major destruction and even the loss of life. Might just put a damper on your day. Of course, no one wants to see any storm, any time, that causes damage, but they are inevitable. And when one comes, you hope it will be named after someone else. Even years after a devastating Hurricane, the effects of it are still felt by the name holders. Back in 1991, Hurricane Andrew wreaked big time havoc in Florida. Now, over twenty years later people still talk about it, and they often donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even use the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hurricane.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen anything this bad since Andrew,â&#x20AC;? the newscaster might say. Anyone named Andrew will now be suspect to anyone under the age of twenty. Are you the Andrew that nothing has been as bad since? To Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all over the country an uninvited burden has now come to rest upon their shoulders. None of them asked for this. I feel a lot of sympathy right now for anyone named Sandy; the rest of your lives will now be completely different, through no fault of your own. And what about Iago? I personally donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anyone with this unusual name, but the latest winter storm (as I write this) is named this. If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not mistaken, Iago was also the name of a hurricane back in 2011. To all the Iagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out thereâ&#x20AC;Ś.my deepest sympathies. If we just sit back and

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Ever since November’s election loss, there has been the expected infighting for a losing party seeking to imby Kevin Shafer prove its electoral chances Contributing Writer for the future. There’s been the inevitable finger pointing between various wings of the party. I think for some this is an attitude of unnecessary panic over what was a close election in which Mitt Romney was defeated largely via a well-executed character assassination campaign from an incumbent president and his campaign. Romney was not a perfect candidate, but he was a man of good character whose ideas and policy vision was embraced by a majority of voters,

even as his personal lack of favorability (thanks in large part to the Obama campaign) with most voters ultimately doomed him. The larger problem that doomed Romney’s campaign— the lack of a compelling definition of his personal character and what makes him tick and relate to the average voter (his BRAND) – is symbolic of a larger branding problem that the GOP has with swing voters. Republicans have good principles. Most Americans are conservatives or moderates and conservatives still way outnumber liberals at the polling booth. But in politics, principles only take you so far unless they are branded into a message that addresses the needs of the average swing voter. Generally, today’s swing voter is not ideological and lives in the suburbs. Republicans do well in rural See shafer on 26

Anti-American Asians Don’t Speak for Me Martial arts movie legend Jackie Chan deserves a rhetorical roundhouse kick to the mouth. So does his pal PSY, the Koby Michelle Malkin rean rapper Syndicated Columnist whose “Gangnam Style” music video has racked up more than a billion views worldwide. Both men have raked in big bucks from Western fans while trashing the very freedoms and cultures that made them superstars. Last week, The Washington Post spotlighted a recent interview Chan did with Chinese TV in which he accused America of being “the most corrupt country in the world.” The Hong Kong-born Chan also admitted proudly that he is a propagandist for the Communist Chinese government. He openly advised his fellow countrymen to speak with forked tongues when addressing foreign press: “We know our country has many problems. We (can) talk about it when the door is closed. To outsiders, (we should say) “our country is the best.” Translation: Rampant sex-selection abortions? Shhh. Jailing political dissidents? La, la, la, can’t hear you! Systemic religious persecution? State-sanctioned censorship? Continued brutality against Tiananmen Square protesters and Tibetans? Nothing to see here, move along, and down with America! Turns out that behind the jovial cinematic persona, Chan is an unrepentant champion of authoritarian rule. Despite

making a living as an entertainer and “humanitarian,” Chan suffers a severe allergic reaction to freedom of speech and freedom of thought. In a separate interview last month with China’s Southern People Weekly, he complained that Hong Kong had become a city of too many protests. “There should be regulations on what can and cannot be protested,” Chan declared. Earlier in 2009, Chan echoed Chinese Communist leaders in asserting that Chinese people “need to be controlled” because “if we are not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.” God forbid! This contempt for freedom of expression comes from an international box-office mogul who has topped the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list and has an estimated net worth of more than $130 million. Even more damning, Chan’s own personal history is defined by the turmoil of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. As the 2003 documentary “Traces of a Dragon” recounted, Chan’s father and mother both fled China for Hong Kong to escape Communist rule. They left behind their original spouses and four children between them. Instead of condemning the regime that wrought havoc on his family and imposed suffering and death on millions of innocents, Chan is China’s most prominent mainstream apologist. Meanwhile, moviegoers in the “most corrupt country in the world” continue to help make Chan a wealthy man. This summer, his latest movie, “Chinese Zodiac,” will hit U.S. theaters. Sylvester Stallone has invited him to co-star in the

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Global Terrorism Remains Hydra-Headed Challenge UNITED NATIONS—The

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Washington has the collective attention span of a fruit fly. This condition is exacerbated by the Obama administration’s by Oliver North proclivity for deSyndicated Columnist claring selective events and issues to be crises that require immediate action. The problem is aggravated because the loyal opposition is in nearly total disarray, and few in the socalled mainstream media have any idea what they are talking about. That’s the summary assessment of many attending the annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show here in Harry Reid’s Nevada. Note to editors and broadcast producers: The SHOT Show isn’t a gun show. Nobody here can buy or sell a single firearm. There are guns here -- and tents, boats, clothing, boots, camping gear, all-terrain vehicles, SUVs, bows, arrows, fishing tackle and all manner of police and equipment -- even high-tech wheelchairs for outdoor activities. The SHOT Show

isn’t open to the public -- only to representatives of the industries above, professional outfitters, law enforcement officials and military suppliers and contractors. My first SHOT Show, in 1992, was as the manufacturer of specialty armor and ballistic protective equipment for law enforcement and our military. This year, I came to represent the Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee of the National Rifle Association. Freedom Alliance sent our outreach coordinator to explore additional outdoor activities to help America’s military heroes recover from the wounds of war. Trade shows are really nothing more than an opportunity for members of an affinity group to meet and exchange ideas on new products and services, challenges facing their industry, and what works and what doesn’t to stay in business. There are more than 90,000 trade and professional associations in the U.S., and nearly all of them have gatherings with ample opportunities for fruitful conversations among like-minded people seeking solutions to common challenges. The nearly 36,000 people attending See north on 28

the biggest victims of terrorism.” Pakistan suffers from Islamic fundamentalist violence, sectarianism, and violent spillover from the Afghan conflict. “Pakistan’s comprehensive ap-

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Liberalism Versus Blacks There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words by Thomas Sowell m a t c h t h e Syndicated Columnist actual consequences of their deeds? San Francisco is a classic example of a city unexcelled in its liberalism. But the black population of San Francisco today is less than half of what it was back in 1970, even though the city’s total population has grown. Severe restrictions on building housing in San Francisco have driven rents and home prices so high that blacks and other people with low or moderate incomes have been driven out of the city. The same thing has happened in a number of other California communities dominated by liberals. Liberals try to show their con-

cern for the poor by raising the level of minimum wage laws. Yet they show no interest in hard evidence that minimum wage laws create disastrous levels of unemployment among young blacks in this country, as such laws created high unemployment rates among young people in general in European countries. The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of the liberals’ expansion of the welfare state. Most black children grew up in homes with two parents during all that time but most grow up with only one parent today. Liberals have pushed affirmative action, supposedly for the benefit of blacks and other minorities. But two recent factual studies show that affirmative action in college admissions has led to black students with every qualification for success being artificially turned into failures by being mismatched with colleges for the sake of racial body count. See Sowell on 21

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Hydra-headed challenge of global terrorism continues as the multifaceted threat changes and by John J. Metzler m u t a t e s i n Syndicated Columnist response to increasingly effect counter-measures. Few countries have been in the cross hairs of violence as has been Pakistan, so it should come as no surprise that in the Security Council’s urgent meeting to discuss “A Comprehensive Approach to Counter-Terrorism, “ featured Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who led the debate. The meeting came on a day when unnamed terrorists bombed Syria’s Aleppo University killing

88 students, a week after 100 Pakistani civilians were killed in violent attacks, as Al Qaida kidnapped of over forty foreign nationals at a natural gas facility in Algeria, and to the backdrop of French military operations being launched against Islamist Al Qaida- aligned rebels in the West African state of Mali. “One lesson we have learnt is that a lopsided or one-dimensional approach will not work as we try to defeat this hydra-headed monster of terrorism. This is truly a global threat. Our strategies and responses must also be global,” Minister Khar implored. As a female Foreign Minister in a heavily Islamic Pakistani society, Hina Rabbini Khar through her presence poses a challenge to many of the militants. Educated as an economist at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst

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PHC commissioner Scott Crowder. arrive on Thursday, January 31st, for tournament check-in, making it a four day, three night event. “The local community has been great,” said Crowder. “Even the ice fishermen who weren’t used to this in the past have come up to me and told me how much they enjoy it because it gives them something to look at when they are on the lake. We’re not trying to change the culture of the community but to add to it.” Scott also has seen sponsorship in the tournament grow over the years. Locally Mills Falls, The Common Man, HK Powersports, MB Tractor, Olympia Sports and Crosspoint Associates – owners of Meredith Bay Shops with Hannafords. Nationally Labatts Beer, Old Time Hockey, Manplow, Muscle Milk, Hockey Soda Energy, Pure Hockey, Hockey Tape Online and Bauer Hockey have been supporting the tournament. Bauer will be running a skills competition on Thursday, January 31st, in front of Lago restaurant.

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Even as the tournament has grown, Scott still handles it all with a small crew. He has partnered with Sports Management Directors at Southern New Hampshire University, Plymouth State and UMass/Amherst. Scott’s fiancée, Chelsea, handles a lot of the public relations. He also has an ice crew of two guys and everyone else involved is a volunteer or intern. The success of the New England Pond Hockey Classic has caught on. It was the first in New Hampshire and now there are four others in the state. Last year Scott started another pond hockey tournament on Lake Champlain in Vermont with fiftytwo teams. This year that tournament is projected to have a hundred teams. Still, as the popularity of the pond hockey tournament grows, Scott still keeps focused on what it is really all about. “This is really about giving all these players a weekend to come out and have some fun.”

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the Ice Holes were 2011 Open Division Champs, who were knocked out of the playoffs before reaching the Championship Game last year. Playing a gritty style of hockey they certainly live up to their name!

Restore Hockey – Pepperell, MA

Team Restore Hockey, is hoping to test its luck in the 30+ Division this year having skated the last three years in the Open Division. The Official Non-Profit Partner of the PHC, Restore Hockey collects used hockey equipment and donates it to children in need. Hopefully these guys can do the kids proud this year with their performance!

Mules – New Canaan, CT

Don’t let the name fool you, this team is here for all the right reasons. Headed up by the Gammill Brothers, the Mules have once referred to the NEPHC weekend as being better than Christmas, Paddy’s – Cambridge, MA catch a game with these guys in it and Inaugural New England Pond Hockey you will be sure to see the true passion Classic Open Division Champs, Paddy’s of the sport! has had early exits in 2011 and 2012. Always a crowd favorite Paddy’s team 40+ Division and traveling fan section are worth a look in 2013.

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Bumbles – Laconia, NH

Who said the Lakes Region doesn’t have hockey? The Bumbles a local team from Laconia has won the 40+ Division two out of the last three years. Hoping for its first back-to-back championship, the Bumbles will be a team to watch in 2013.

Last season’s NEPHC Open Division Champs, the Bauer Experience is back to defend their title. The Bauer Experience Team is comprised of former Collegiate and Professional players and is filled with speed and finesses. They are sure to be playing deep into ChampionRI Rangers – Providence, RI ship Sunday! The 2012 New England Pond Hockey Winnipesaukee Whalers – Mer- Classic 40+ Division Champs, the RI edith, NH Rangers fell short of a repeat last year. This team returns for its fourth year, This year the team returns in hopes of hungry to get its name carved on the hoisting the cup over their head after side of Lake WinnipeHockey’s Cup. the last horn sounds on Sunday afterFeatured team from On Frozen Ponds, noon. this team is sure to be a hit on and off C3 – Portsmouth, NH this year at the NEPHC! A team filled with a cast of characters, C3 is spearheaded by Cameron Wake, a pond hockey player, first and foremost 30+ Division but also a research associate professor Frozen Hacks – Franklin, MA at the University of New Hampshire The closest where he studies climate and climate thing to a dychange. The most knowledgeable team nasty on the on the ice about just that, the ICE! Pond, The Frozen Hacks 50+ Division are threetime 30+ DiBud Heavies – Newbury, MA vision ChamHolding down the fort in the Legends pions back to four-peat in 2013. Rumor has it one of Division, the Bud Heavies have had the players on this team had some prac- their name carved into the side of Lake tice lifting a Championship Cup during WinnipeHockey’s Cup two times already, once in 2010 and again last year. his time in the NHL! Returning this year, the Bud Heavies

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The only team to bump the Bud Heavies off the pedestal, Nagog Construction won the 50+ Division in 2011. Falling short last year, this team is sure to give every team a run for their money in the 50+ Division this year. Essex 73â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nashua, NH A three year 40+ division playoff team, the Essex 73â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have decided to try their luck against people their own age. For the first year this team competes in the 50+ division and has hopes of playing deep into Championship Sunday. Team Captain is former Boston Bruin and PHC Founders father, Bruce Crowder.

The NOG returns for their fourth year on the pond. Aptly named for the judges of spiked Egg NOG this team carries around with them during tournament weekend. Come down to this yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; New England Pond Hockey Classic and you will be sure to hear a deep-bellied chant from this team. NOG!

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Back to Back Champions in the Just for Fun U-35 division, the Locals are a force to be reckoned with both on and off the ice. This is one of those team that plays hard and parties harder. Sponsored by the NH staple Biedermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deli and Pub, the Locals are a must see in the Just for Fun U-35 division every year.

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greatly exceeds their concern about what actually happens to flesh and blood human beings as a result of their ideology. One of the most polarizing and counterproductive liberal crusades of the 20th century has been the decades-long busing crusade to send black children to predominantly white schools. The idea behind this goes back to the pronouncement by Chief Justice Earl Warren that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” Yet within walking dis-

tance of the Supreme Court where this pronouncement was made was an all-black high school that had scored higher than two-thirds of the city’s white high schools taking the same test -- way back in 1899! But who cares about facts, when you are on a liberal crusade that makes you feel morally superior? To challenge government-imposed racial segregation and discrimination is one thing. But to claim that blacks get a better education if they sit next to whites in school is

something very different. And it is something that goes counter to the facts. Many liberal ideas about race sound plausible, and it is understandable that these ideas might have been attractive 50 years ago. What is not understandable is how so many liberals can blindly ignore 50 years of evidence to the contrary since then. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find

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The two most recent books that show this with hard facts are “Mismatch” by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr., and “Wounds That Will Not Heal” by Russell K. Nieli. My own book “Affirmative Action Around the World” shows the same thing with different evidence. In all these cases, and many others, liberals take positions that make them look good and feel good -- and show very little interest in the actual consequences for others, even when liberal policies are leaving havoc in their wake. The current liberal crusade for more so-called “gun control” laws is more of the same. Factual studies over the years, both in the United States and in other countries, repeatedly show that “gun control” laws do not in fact reduce crimes committed with guns. Cities with some of the tightest gun control laws in the nation have murder rates far above the national average. In the middle of the 20th century, New York had far more restrictive gun control laws than London, but London had far less gun crime. Yet gun crimes in London skyrocketed after severe gun control laws were imposed over the next several decades. Although gun control is not usually considered a racial issue, a wholly disproportionate number of Americans killed by guns are black. But here, as elsewhere, liberals’ devotion to their ideology

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successful operations in Swat we had to first absorb and then rehabilitate 2.2 million displaced persons, through a massive national effort.” In separate comments at New York’s prestigious Asia Society, Khar derided criticism that Pakistan has failed to do enough to combat armed insur-

proach to counter-terrorism is based on Three D’s ; deterrence, development and dialogue.” She added, “Development and security are interrelated.” Khar offered an example, “Success of a counterterrorist cannot Sept 28 operation Revolving Door be measuredSeasononly Opener Bash!by defeat After Septof 29 the terrorists. Gazpacho

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Fred and Ethyl’s dog walking business is under investigation by PETA. -Rick Kaufman, Dover, NH.

A picture from Michael Vic’s early family album. -David Barth, Laconia, NH.

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Gloversville, New York Mayor Dayton King (I): “Most people are law-abiding citizens and may go ahead and sell those or turn those over, but you’re

going to have a fraction of people that are going to take a stand, and I can just predict a Waco-style standoff in some rural area and it’s not going to end well.” I pray that action will not

come, let me ask you Mayor King, will it be Obama, local and state police, or our military who will stomp on the Second Amendment?

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next installment of “The Expendables.” And Chan is working on another Hollywood project involving his popular “Police Story” series. Will American consumers allow themselves to be punched in the gut by this trash-talking action star? If the embrace of Chan’s new pal PSY is any indication, the answer is yes. The Korean “Gangnam Style” performer once urged listeners to “kill those (expletive deleted) Yankees ... kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-inlaw and fathers.” Called out on the hate lyrics, he issued a hasty apology before performing for the president and his family last month. Instead of rejection, PSY continues to be courted by the American entertainment industry. He’ll be working with Justin Bieber’s producer and will make an appearance in a high-profile ad for pistachios during the Super Bowl.

At a Hong Kong awards show last month, Chan and PSY met for the first time. It was a mutual admiration society. “You are the legend,” Chan said to PSY as a young audience cheered on. “One day you can make your dream come up. All the young people, never give up. One day your dream may come true, just like him. So proud of you.” “Yankees” -- especially those whose parents came to the United States from all parts of Asia seeking freedom from tyranny -- should shun these exploitative peas in an anti-American pod. They don’t speak for me. 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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The Capitol Center For The Arts Presents One-Man Star Wars Trilogy Sunday February 17th At 1pm & 4pm

Get your light sabers ready because Charles Ross is bringing his wildly entertaining One-Man Star Wars Trilogy to the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord on Sunday, February 17, at 1pm & 4pm as part of the CCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new family series Showtime Sundays. One Man Star Wars Trilogy, is a hilarious hyperdrive voyage through Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi in 60 minutes. There is a catch. The show only has one cast member. In his hilarious, kinetic solo piece, Canadian writer/performer Ross plays all the characters, recreates the effects, sings from John Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; score, flies the ships, and fights both sides of the battles from the original Star Wars trilogy, punctuating his virtuosic performance with captivating factoids and editorial asides. No costumes, no props, no sets â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just Ross using his yoga-limber body, remarkable knack for voices, subtle changes in facial expression, and manic levels of energy to put his own distinct stamp on the Star Wars universe. Whether

childhood in a galaxy far, far away? Well, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just say that by age 10, he had seen the first Star Wars film more than 400 times and committed virtually every line to memory. Ross has since parlayed this childhood obsession into a one-of-kind theatrical piece, which he has performed in more than 180 cities around the globe and has even appeared at George Lucas-endorsed Star Wars Conventions. Where does he get his strength? It flows from the Force, of course. Individual tickets are $20 and tickets purchased in groups of four or more are $16.25. Tickets are available now by calling 603225-1111, online at www.ccanh. com, and at the box office, located at 44 South Main Street, Concord, NH 03301, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11am. to 6pm, and Saturday 11am to 2pm. One-Man Star Wars Trilogy performed with permission of Lucasfilm Ltd. All Star Wars elements property of Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.

Charlie Ross will play all the characters in the One Man Star Wars Trilogy at the Capitol Center For The Arts in Sunday, February 17th at 1 & 4pm. you carry your own light saber or merely enjoyed the movies, this tribute will be appreciated by Droids and Jedis alike.

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