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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, February 15, 2018
VOLUME 27, NO. 7
THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, February 15, 2018
COMPLIMENTARY
The Sweet Story Of The Maple Tree by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer
Someone discovers something new and others follow by rediscovering. An inventor invents something and others follow with improvements on his/her invention. So it was and so it is with the maple products that many New Hampshire tree farmers are no doubt looking forward to as spring approaches. One warm, late-winter day the Chief of a tribe of native Americans one day flung his hatchet at a maple tree and it was deeply imbedded into the wood
where it remained. Sap from the tree seeped out of the cut in the wood, down the handle of the hatchet and into a container that had been left at the base of the tree. The wife of the Chief had let the water in a pot in which she was cooking some venison boil dry and noticing the sap in the container under the tree she replenished the missing water with the liquid. When the meat was eaten they were surprised and impressed at the flavor added to the venison by the boiled tree sap. That is probably the most prevalent, but not the See Maple on 20
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Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center on White Oaks Rd. in Laconia will be hosting its ever popular Maple Sugar program for people of all ages, five sessions every Saturday in March. From identifying sugar trees to tapping to tasting the delicious product, you will have a truly unique hands-on experience with our naturalists and educators. Fun for the entire family! Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, $8 for Members, $10 for non-members, $12 at the door as space is available. For more information and registration visit www.prescottfarm.org. Photo courtesy Prescott Farm Environmental Education CTR.
The Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society will be hosting a special High Stakes Bingo Game Saturday, February 17th at the Funspot Bingo Hall. There will be $10,000 in prizes as well as big prize money on Lucky 7 pulltab tickets. (Bingo prizes based on attendance.) $2,000 is guaranteed on the Carryover Coverall and every regular game pays $320. There will be an early game at 4:30 and the evening game begins at 6:45. Come early for the best seats. Doors open at 2pm.
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Laconia Parks & Recreation would like to remind everyone of the amenities that are available in their backyards. There are 2 ice skating rinks in Laconia that are absolutely free of charge, but are subject to the weather and conditions. One is located at Memorial Park in the parking lot of the baseball field and the other is on the lake in the cove at Opechee Park. The rink that was set up on the beach itself is no longer usable. Please do not use it. When on the lake rink, please use extreme caution. Lights are on at both facilities until 10pm. The sledding hill is also open to the public at the end of South Street, off of Academy Street. Lights are on till 10pm. Please do not park inside the park. Park outside the gate on the right hand side of the road. Have fun and be sure to follow the posted rules. 524-5046
Wednesday’s – April 11th From Troy to Baghdad; Dialogues on War & Homecoming Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth. 6:30pm-8pm. Has the road to “homecoming” and adjustment back to civilian life been harder and longer than you expected? As a spouse or family member, have you struggled with changes created by deployment and homecoming? Veterans, current service members, family members, and friends are invited to attend this 10-week reading and discussion group co-led by a veteran, clinician, and literature facilitator. Free copies of the book “The Odyssey” will be provided to participants at this first session. Please RSVP to www.nhhumanities.org/ veterans This program is free and open to all veterans, family members, and friends of veterans.
Thursday 15th “Kettle of One” – Program on Hawk Migration Loon Center, Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 7pm. The Lakes Region Chapter of the NH Audubon Society presents a program by Eric Masterson called “Kettle of One”, following the path of migrant Broadwinged Hawks by bicycle from NH to Columbia. Many of us dream of following migrating birds to warmer climates for the winter, but few people actually do it. Eric Masterson did – by bicycle! In October 2015, Eric Masterson boarded a flight in Manchester and headed to witness the famed migration, but quickly realized that the story was in the journey, not the arrival. Thus he began to plan his own bicycle journey following five GPS-tagged birds on their flight south, leaving NH in September 2016 and arriving at the Panama Canal March 2017. This program is free and open to the public. www.loon.org or 4765666
Buti Yoga Class Magical Yoga, 15 North Main Street, Unit C, Wolfeboro. 7pm. Buti Yoga is
a soulful blend of power yoga, cardiointensive tribal dance, conditioning, and deep abdominal toning. It is marketed as an all-in-one workout that tones and sculpts the entire body while facilitating complete inner transformation. www.magicalyoga. org or 520-3512
Eric Grant Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841
Annual Italian Night Dinner
Belknap County Sportsmen’s Association, the Club House on Lily Pond Road, Gilford. 6pm. At the conclusion of the meal, Lt. Brad Morse NHF&G will give a talk on “Wilderness Rescues”. Admission is open to all club members and the community. $10pp. BYOB.
Friday 16th Last Waltz Live – The Rev Tor Band Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or call 335-1992 for tickets.
Joe Moss Blues Performer Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
Martin Sexton The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com
Dueling Pianos: Matt Langley vs Jon Lorentz Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841
Saturday 17th Snowshoe Adventures Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am-12pm. Weather you’re an avid snowshoer or just beginning, join us for a refreshing walk and exploration of the winter landscape of Prescott Farm. Please wear boots and dress appropriately for the weather. Snowshoes will be available if you don’t own any. Open to ages 14 and up. Pre-registration is $10pp ($8 members); $12 at the door. www. prescottfarm.org or 366-5695
Big Backyard Series – Animal Tracking Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 1pm-3pm. Tracks always tell a fascinating story! Learn the basics of animal tracking on this interactive walk, and gain the skills to better determine what our animal neighbors are up to in the winter. For ages 7-10 with an adult. $12/adult-child pair ($10 members) add $4/additional child. www.prescottfarm.org or 366-5695
The Peacheaters Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
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Murder Mystery At Hobbs Tavern
Chili and Beer Tasting at Castle in the Clouds
Enjoy dinner and a Murder Mystery at Hobbs Tavern in West Ossipee on Friday evening, Feb. 23 from 6-9pm. The rustle of silks and feathers under muted conversation was probably the last thing heard by the tragically and unexpectedly deceased at the Billionaires Club Annual Masquerade Ball. With a mystery under each feathery façade, unmasking the killer may be quite a challenge. Its up to you to determine which partygoer is guilty, bring this crime to justice, and save the party! Attend the Billionaires Club Annual Masquerade Ball and help get this soiree back on track by trading clues with your guests, gathering information, and solving the crime before the masked menace gets away! Evening wear, ball gowns, Venetian masks, suits, and tuxes are what to wear to this high class night of masks and murder. Get ready for two and a half hours full of mystery, intrigue, and murder! This includes a buffet dinner (drinks and gratuity are not included) and a three act show. Tickets are $50 per person. Doors open at 6pm, buffet line starts at 6:30 and the show begins at 7. It is suggested to arrive at 6pm to allow you time to get any drinks you desire before the show, mingle with our mystery experts, and get settled at your table. Tickets can be purchased at Hobbs Tavern, by phone at (603) 539-2000 or online at www.hobbstavern.com/calendar.html
Castle in the Clouds, The field near Shannon Pond, Moultonborough. Warm up with them during their fun winter event! Stop by the fields by Shannon Pond and sample chili from local restaurants including the Carriage House Restaurant, beer from local breweries and some spirits as well! All included in the price of your ticket. This is an outdoor event, dress accordingly, including warm boots. There will be fire pits to warm up by. $10 online in advance, or $15 at the gate. www.castleintheclouds. org/events/chili-beer-tasting/ or 476-5900
Gallery Show of New Original Work by Peter Ferber The Art Place, 9 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. Show begins at 9:30am, with artist reception to follow. www. theartplace.biz or 569-6159
Leslie Snow Auction
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Gary R. Wallace Auctioneers, 1030 Route 16, Ossipee. Noon. The auction includes the sale of personal property from the estate of poet, dancer, and artist Leslie Snow Feron, featuring the contents of the studio of her late husband, Louis Feron, internationally acclaimed master goldsmith, silversmith, jeweler, sculptor and muralist. There will be a preview on Friday, Feb. 16th 10am-2pm, and Saturday 10am to noon, just before the auction. www.wallaceauctions.com or 539-5276. Severe weather date Feb. 24th at noon. Call if in doubt.
Tribute to The Allman Brothers – Tim Theriault Solo Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841
Dover Moose Lodge’s Meat Bingo Fundraiser
Dover Moose Lodge, 45 Chestnut Street, Dover. 6:30pm. Play as many cards as you want! Cards are $5 each for 10 games. 742-1038
Sunday 18th Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com
4th Annual SkateFest Beach Party
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Center Harbor Beach, Center Harbor. 11am-4pm. Free family fun! Bring your skates for skate day and figure skating demonstrations, food, hot beverages, Live DJ, a bonfire and more! The Moultonborough Snowmobile Club will be there with speed racing and rides for kids. Free and open to all!
Monday 19th Buti Yoga Class Magical Yoga, 15 North Main Street, Unit C, Wolfeboro. 9:30am. Buti Yoga is a soulful blend of power yoga, cardio-intensive tribal dance, conditioning, and deep abdominal toning. It is marketed as an all-in-one workout that tones and sculpts the
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Grown-ups Only at Children’s Museum 21+ Paint Night Dover, NH - No kids allowed! Grown-ups are invited to explore
the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire when all little girls and boys are fast asleep in their beds. The museum’s Throwback Thursday: Grown-up Play Dates happen just once a month and offer up grown-up fun, and beverages, in a funky and unique environment. February’s theme is “Paint Night: Messy Mayhem” and happens on Thursday, February 15th, 7-9pm, the day after Valentine’s Day. “And you don’t need reservations to get into our Play Dates,” laughs Neva Cole, CMNH Communications Director. Local artist Barbara Albert will be on hand with an array of art supplies to help visitors make their own abstract art masterpiece. “The art will all be unique. No two pieces will be the same,” said Cole. But don’t be intimidated. “Barbara will be on hand to help anyone who might be feeling a little shy about diving in without a little guidance.” The Grown-up Play Dates are part of a monthly series. Next month on March 15th, everything Sci-Fi; and April 19th will be “The ‘Way Back’ Birthday Bash” w/ classic party games. Guests must have a valid ID to attend. Tickets are on sale online through 5pm on February 15th for $10 and are $12 at the door. February’s Grown-up Play Date is sponsored by RE/MAX Realty of Rochester. Visit www.childrens-museum. org to learn more or to purchase tickets.
Gilford Church Kicks Off 40 Days of Giving The First United Methodist Church is celebrating Lent with 40 Days of Giving. Lent is a time to consider our spiritual growth as we remember the sacrifice that Christ made for us. What better way to start this process than to give to others? Last year 1,400 items of food and personal care items were collected and distributed to several different organizations that help the hungry, poor, and abused. Starting on Ash Wednesday, February 14th through Saturday, March 31st the church will once again be collecting non-perishable foods, personal care items, paper goods, cleaning items and baby care items. Church members have been challenged to donate one item each day during the 40 days of Lent. Anyone wishing to participate in the 40 Days of Giving is welcome to bring items each Sunday of Lent, or drop items off Monday - Friday from 8:30 AM until 12 Noon at the church office. The church is located at 18 Wesley Way (off Rt. 11A near the 3/11 bypass), Gilford. If you have any questions, please call the church office at (603) 524-3289.
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Peter Ferber Gallery Show Opens This Weekend May not be combined with other discounts. Expires 3/31/18
Reconnection WoRkshop Grace Wellness Center, Meredith February 24-25 • 10am-4pm
Experiential workshop providing the participant guided individual activities, journaling, and sharing opportunities to re-connect with their body, re-awaken their heart, re-unite with their soul, and re-member with nature. Light gluten free, vegan lunch and tea provided. Cost $150 Guided by Joyce Karnis, PT, Myofascial Release Therapist/Plant Spirit Healer Register by 2/18- contact Joyce at joyce@joycekarnis.com or 207-358-9556
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— O B I T UA RY — Allan E. Gurney Alton- Allan E. Gurney, 93, passed away January 29, 2018 at VAMC in Manchester, nH after a brief illness. He was predeceased by his wife Muriel R. (Anderson) Gurney and 8 siblings.
Allan was born in Brockton MA to Allen E. Gurney and Janet Marshall Gurney. He attended Brockton High School and joined the Army with the 45th thunderbird Division during WWII. Allan earned the Bronze Star and 3 sharpshooter medals in addition to being promoted to Corp. while serving in north Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He then became an MP at a PoW Camp in Pennsylvania, before finishing as a guard at a German PoW Camp in Stark, nH. Allan attended a couple of reunions with former guards and PoWs, in which he was very proud of. A book was written about his time at Camp Stark, called “Stark Decency”, by Prof. Allen Coop. After proudly serving his country, Allan owned Countryside Cabins of West Alton. He was a carpenter by trade, he volunteered for the West Alton Fire Dept. and was a “special cop” for events. Allan was an avid collector of Coca-Cola and Hess memorabilia. He enjoyed traveling in his RV with his wife Muriel to Florida and spending time with his loving family during the holidays. Allan (grampy) will be remembered for his sense of humor, his “tinkering” capabilities, that twinkle in his eyes and the way he touched everyone with his joyous smile. “See you later alligator…In a while crocodile”. He is survived by his brother, Ralph Gurney of Brockton, sons Glenn Gurney, Ross Gurney and Kris Gurney and daughter Jana Mingo. Allan has 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Funeral services to be held in the spring at Dahlborg-MacNevin Funeral Home in Brockton, Mass., followed by interment at Melrose Cemetery in Brockton.
Women who serve in the military have unique needs. They are much more likely to be single parents than their male counterparts, and childcare is a significant issue both while in the service and when they return from service. The homelessness rate for female veterans is on the rise. Employment can be a challenge as well. These financial and family struggles are often compounded by the psychological aftermath of traumatic experiences incurred in service. In addition to increasing exposure to dangerous combat situations, approximately 1 in 5 females serving in the armed forces report experiencing sexual harassment or assault, which can lead to pervasive problems with mental health and future relationships. In 2016, there were at least 8,800 female veterans in New Hampshire. Easterseals works closely with the VA, the National Guard, and human service providers throughout the state to ensure women in the military, and female military veterans, can access the support they need. Most veteran services are designed with male
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ducts targeted outreach to female veterans. Easterseals Military & Veterans Services (MVS) Care Coordination team includes counselors who specialize in women’s issues, marriage and family relationships, and Military Sexual Trauma (MST). Easterseals MVS Care Coordinators can provide and/or connect female service members and veterans to a wide range of services, including: • Support for sexual trauma and domestic violence • Employment • Counseling • Housing and Homelessness services • Childcare resources • Health care • Legal issues • Substance Use Disorder treatment and wraparound care • System navigation to help cut the red tape • Emergency financial assistance through Veterans Count
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.
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I Really Only Did It For The Socks by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
I really like hospital socks. They slip easily onto your feet, they’re not too thick or not too thin and they have traction built right in. I have a few pairs at home that have been wearing down over the years that have been slowly wearing out and I knew I would need new ones soon. Like everything else in the world, I could buy a pair on Amazon, but it’s just not the same. There is something about having to earn them by spending time in the hospital that just seems so much more rewarding. They just seem to feel better that way. So, it was with great excitement, that my wife Kim and I set off to Dartmouth-Hitchcock for my open-heart surgery three weeks ago. I was going to get a new aortic valve and, most importantly, some new hospital socks. I knew the valve thing was coming, though I didn’t think quite so soon. I was born with a Bicuspid Aortic Valve, only about two percent of the population has one. It’s a special club. We are known as the two-percenters in private. A normal aortic valve has three chambers, but a bicuspid only has two, which matters, I guess. It sometimes has a tendency to fail a bit earlier than a normal aortic valve. The thing had been getting narrower over the past few years and now was at the point where it needed to be replaced. We did our research, talked to a couple of excellent surgeons, weighed our options and finally decided on Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
(Despite the fact that Dartmouth’s socks have traction on both sides, that wasn’t what swayed our final decision, though it didn’t hurt.) One of the things that needed careful consideration was which valve to choose. There are valves made from pigs and valves made from cows as well as manmade valves. Each has its positives and negatives and none, as my surgeon said, will ever be as good as the real thing. Unlike choosing a car, once you pick a valve, that’s it. No one sends you to the “closer” to see if you’d like to get the thing rustproofed or maybe upgrade to the extended warranty package. What you get is what you get. I decided on the bovine (cow) valve. I may never look at a steak the same way again. We arrived at Dartmouth at 6am. It’s a giant place and it felt like we were rushing through an airport to get to our gate before the plane boarded. It’s not a flight you want to miss. For me, the operation was a cinch. I didn’t have to do anything but lie there. Of course, my heart was stopped, and my blood diverted through the heart-lung machine (they tell me) so I wouldn’t have been much help anyway.
(“Mr. Smith, if you could just turn your head a little towards me that would be great.”) I can’t speak for Kim. She is the one who had to wait, minute by minute, for a few hours, to find out what was or wasn’t happening to me. She really had the hard job. I am grateful to the friends from our church who made the trip to sit with her. I woke up in Intensive Care, machines beeping all around me and a strange voice commanding me to “breathe, Brendan, breathe.” So, I did. I remember the first thought that went through my head as I opened my eyes. “It looks like I made it.” New socks were the furthest thing from my mind at that point. All in all, my surgery and hospital recovery were pretty much by the book. There really weren’t any complications. I was moved from Intensive Care sooner than later and spent four days and nights in the Cardiac Care unit and, after some different medicines and strange concoctions using prune juice, apple juice and melted butter, my body finally cooperated and provided me with my “Get Out Of Jail Card.” (I won’t go into the scatological details here, but I’m sure some of you out there will catch my drift.)
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I have been home now for the past three weeks. Recovery is going well and looking forward to getting back to work next week. There are a lot of small, funny stories that I could relate to my hospital stay, but there really isn’t space to do that here and now. I think there might be a book in the near future. I’ll keep you posted.
You are probably wondering about the socks. I did well. I ended up with two pairs. A nice haul. I think I will be careful with these new hospital socks. I’m not in a rush to be getting any new ones soon.
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Memo to Dan Rather: Shut Up About Memos Old liberal media liars never fade away. They just rage, rage against the dying of their dinosaur industry’s light. I’m looking at you, Dan Rathby Michelle Malkin er. Syndicated Columnist After years of trashing alternative media, which exposed the veteran CBS News reporter’s monumental Memogate fraud in 2004, Rather has joined the ranks of pajama-clad online broadcasters. The 86-year-old grandfather of fake news now uses Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to stoke the left’s anti-Trump resistance -- all while clinging bitterly to the vestiges of his defunct “legendary” newsman persona. Consider Gunga Dan’s comments on the House Intelligence Committee’s release of the four-page Nunes memo alleging domestic surveillance abuses by politicized FBI brass working with Democratic operatives. “Most respectable analysts,” Rather asserted, “have determined that the contents of the memo are thin.” Who determined that these unnamed analysts are “respectable”? Dan Rather. Why are they “respectable”? Because they confirm Dan Rather’s opinions. Why are Dan Rather’s opinions more valid than others? Because he’s Dan Rather, the veteran teleprompter reader America must trust. “With the release of the memo,” Rather railed, “the goal of the White House and its willing enablers is to make what is really the truth into a forgettable sidebar.” He lambasted “cherry-picking” and taking things “out of context.” And, Rather fretted, “what will be the endgame if a big segment of the public confuses what they hope to be true
with what turns out to be true?” This “disgraced former journalist” fraudster’s got more gall than a bladder bank. Document Dr. Dan is the man who fronted the notorious “60 Minutes” propaganda hit piece on George W. Bush based on fake documents about his Texas Air National Guard service in the 1970s and nonexistent sources upon whom Rather’s team relied to verify these documents. (If that self-validating circularity of bogusness sounds eerily similar to what the Nunes memo revealed, you’ve been paying attention.) Rather and his CBS team perpetuated journalistic fraud of the highest order. Conservative bloggers and alternative media called out Dan Rather and his con artist producer Mary Mapes for their malpractice. CBS denied this and delayed addressing the hoax. The mainstream media tried to shoot the messenger and discredit critics of CBS/Rather. The evidence of bias was overwhelming -- forcing CBS to appoint an independent review panel that concluded that the network “failed to follow basic journalistic principles in the preparation and reporting of the piece,” was “rigid and blind” in its defense, and demonstrated “myopic zeal” in its manufacturing of the Bush/National Guard fraud. After the report was issued, Mapes and three executives were fired and the editorial practices at CBS were revamped. The New York Times infamously coined the phrase “fake but accurate” to describe the left’s stubborn defense of the four manufactured memos attributed to Texas Army National Guard commander Lt. Col. Jerry Killian. Less remembered are the scathing conclusions of the independent panel who identified these worst defects of Rather’s work in 2004: See malkin on 30
Donald Trump’s Impure Thoughts
by Rich Lowry Contributing Writer
President Donald Trump has had impure thoughts about special counsel Robert Mueller. That much, we know. The New York Times reported that Trump asked White House counsel Don McGahn to fire the special counsel. When McGahn resisted, Trump backed off and left Mueller in place. Talking their clients out of bad ideas -- especially impulsive clients likely to blunder into gross mistakes -- is what lawyers are
supposed to do. The Trump-Mueller episode is like the “Saturday Night Massacre” if Richard Nixon had merely thought about firing Archibald Cox, then got dissuaded by his advisers and, under advice of counsel, began cooperating with the Watergate special counsel. Is it more meaningful that Trump wanted to fire Mueller, or that the special counsel’s work has continued apace for the past six months, with indictments, guilty pleas and extensive interviews of White House officials? Surely it is the latter, but Trump’s critics argue that his withdrawn directive establishes motive in a prospective obstruction-of-justice case. What it establishes is what we already knew: Trump hates the investigation and everyone associated with it. He considers the FBI officials who have been central to the probe politically compromised hatchet men. He disdains his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions, for recusing himself from the matter, and has no use for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, See lowry on 24
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Korean Olympics Promotes Thaw But at a Price UNITED NATIONS—
With a spectacular and sparkling opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics, South Korea by John J. Metzler has predictSyndicated Columnist ably excelled in showcasing both sports and setting. Yet, given that security concerns on the divided peninsula dominated the nervous countdown to the Winter Games, the Seoul government at least in the short run, was able to defuse the military showdown through allowing some North Korean participation. After a dangerous military faceoff prompted by North Korea’s nuclear weapons tests and Ballistic missile firings, Pyongyang’s mercurial rulers have decided to launch a charm offensive for the Olympics. Offering an olive branch of patriotic Symbolism, a joint women’s hockey team and a vivacious cheerleading contingent, the North was able to muscle its way into the South’s team as well as the hearts of some South Koreans. A united Korean team marched into the stadium under a generic flag, a kind of Kumbaya Korea theme, sporting a map of the peninsula but not showing the South’s proud Taegeuk symbol. Kim Jo-jong, the sister of the
North Korean dictator, visited the Games in a high-profile bid gaining both profile and legitimacy. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in has been invited to visit North Korea. Shall Seoul be tempted to restart the ill-fated “Sunshine Policy” to subsidize Pyongyang’s good behavior? Seoul’s respected Korea Times newspaper opined the games could become, “Pyongyang Olympics,” alluding to the North’s successful hijacking of the message. Clearly South Korea’s left-leaning Moon administration is bending over backwards to please and likely appease Pyongyang. On the one hand it’s understandable given the South’s deep concerns over the risk of military confrontation on the peninsula. Nonetheless the Northern threat has morphed from a danger to the South, to a wider nuclear threat to East Asia and the world. But blood is thicker than politics. Koreans, South and North, are kith and kin. That’s why we see this nauseating deference to the DPRK and it’s political icons right down to Kim Jong-un’s smiling sister, this siren of an odious socialist regime. Though North and South Korea are two distinct and fundamentally different political states and systems, they remain One Nation, sharing a common language, culture and customs. Though artificially divided at the end of WWII,
the North, the quaintly titled Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has remained a hardline neo-Stalinist regime under the Kim family’s Marxist monarchy. The South, the Republic of Korea, has evolved from a once
authoritarian government into a thriving democracy in the last generation. Ironically there was an Olympic connection to South Korean democracy. The 1988 Summer
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Silk Road Ross Ulbricht was a quiet nerd — an Eagle Scout who never cursed. Then he became a libertarian, and he deby John Stossel cided, “I Syndicated Columnist want to use economic theory as a means to abolish the use of coercion.” By coercion, Ulbricht meant force. He viewed laws against drugs as coercion — government force that stops people from living the way they want. So he created a website called Silk Road. Silk Road let people buy and sell contraband — mostly drugs — using bitcoin. The site became successful quickly. It soon carried a billion dollars in transactions. Because Silk Road didn't use dollars, it was also private, said Ulbricht. “The State is unable to get its thieving murderous mitts on it.” But he was wrong. Ulbricht slipped up, using his real name in an internet forum, and the FBI found him and jailed him. A jury, looking at his former website, convicted him of things like “conspiracy to traffic narcotics.” He was clearly guilty of that. But then Judge Katherine Forrest said that because “Silk Road was a black market of unprecedented scope” she would sentence Ulbricht to “double life plus 40 years, without parole.” That's a longer sentence than many murderers get. My former Fox colleague Bill O’Reilly applauded it. “We all agree here,” he told his
TV panel. “Life in prison without parole! Any other wiseguys want to do it, that's what you are gonna get.” Give me a break. Locking some people up forever will not stop sales of drugs. Americans should have learned that from our last attempt — Prohibition. Making popular things illegal rarely diminishes their use. People still buy the banned items, but now they buy them from criminals. Violence increases. Sellers, instead of resolving disputes in courts, settle them with violence. The illegal activity doesn't go away. It just becomes more dangerous. What we saw during alcohol prohibition, we now see in the drug market. What did government accomplish by closing Silk Road? Nothing lasting. Other illegal sites opened. Today, they offer more contraband than Silk Road ever did. Silk Road had 12,000 listings. Now several sites carry more than 100,000 listings. “So I guess they weren’t scared by Ross’s life sentence, as the judge said,” says his mother, sarcastically. But law enforcement still brags about brief successes. “The dark net is not a place to hide!” crowed Attorney General Jeff Sessions after one bust. “We will use every tool we have to stop criminals from exploiting vulnerable people.” “Our critics will say we shutter one site, another site emerges, and they may be right,” says Andrew McCabe, who recently stepped down as Deputy Director of the FBI. “But that is the nature of criminal work. It never goes away.” Never. Ever. But the criminality would go See stOSSEL on 27
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SUPER PRESIDENTS DAY? Due to a 15% rise in work absenteeism on the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday there are calls to make that Monday a holiday. I WAS opposed to that idea as we already have too many government holidays hampering productivity—like Presidents Day, a nebulous Monday holiday to honor our presidents, some of whom hardly rate the honor. Washington’s Birthday— Feb. 22—made sense, as the Father of our Country was particularly deserving. But inconveniently, Feb. 22 didn’t always fall on a Monday. However, I then had a Sport-Thought! Why not move Presidents Day from the third Monday to the first Monday in February? Productivity would go up on that third Monday and those suffering Super Bowl hangovers will get a legal day off. Last year February’s first Monday fell on Feb. 6, and many New Englanders in particular called in sick that day in the wake of the Patriots’ epic overtime Super Bowl win over the Falcons—no doubt wishing that Feb. 6 was a Super Presidents Day holiday. Turns out that Feb. 6 is Ronald Reagan’s birthday. Perfect! BOYCOTTING PRESIDENTS Philadelphia Eagle Chris Long won’t go to the White House with his Super
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Beat Planning Pressure: Tips For An Intimate Wedding The terms wedding and money go hand in hand. The average wedding cost is now up to $35,329 according to theknot.com, and that’s not even including the honeymoon. Because of increasing costs, more and more couples are looking to plan a smaller, more intimate ceremony. While there’s no universal way to define a small wed-
ding, it typically involves a limited gathering of family and close friends. No matter the size of your guest list, you’re bound to feel the stress of planning as you want your day to be perfect. But opting for a modestsized wedding opens the door to endless options and possibilities. Here are some tips for making your small-scale wedding
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In our second week of Stout month, we are celebrating the fullness of taste and the possibilities of flavor in the beverage we call beer. Stout is a traditionally heavier beer reserved for the colder climates of winter although some enjoy this drink year round. Porters and stouts had become the norm in early beer production of Europe’s late 1800’s with lighter ales as lesser selections made by those who could not tolerate the heavier drink. As a result, these different varieties of flavors became divisions within pubs to the partakers. Ales were not as popular early on and these thicker beverages became the worker’s choice after a hard day’s labor. It wasn’t until the early 1900’s that the English ales started gaining popularity. Today we celebrate the darker drink as a rewarding taste choice of those who enjoy flavor. And this Double Chocolate Stout is a clear choice for those who relish richness in their beer. Wells and Young’s Brewing Company is the product of a joint venture created in 2006 between Young & Co and Charles Wells Breweries. They are located in Bedford, England and are imported to this country by the Sheehan Family Companies. They are UK’s largest private brewing company and are producers of some of the finest cask and specialty lager beers there. In 2007, they acquired the Courage brand which increased their already enormous offerings. One
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If you simmer ice fishi n g d o wn, it consists of nothing more than finding fish and convincing them to bite. Many times, finding fish seems almost too easy, but what about those days when the crappie, bluegill, or perch seem to vanish? One minute you’re whacking and stacking fish, and the next minute it’s as if they were never there. Finding those fish can become a complicated series of decisions that often leads us nowhere. Sometimes we spend too much time trying to think outside the box, when all we really need to do is think our way back into it.
Oxygen is one of the most important factors in that determining fish location. Lakes and ponds get most of their oxygen from the rivers that flow into them, from vegetation, and from wind mixing oxygen into the water. Once lakes and ponds freeze over, they are essentially sealedup and no longer receive oxygen from the atmosphere. So, vegetation in the form of weed beds becomes a primary source of oxygen. Weed beds also hold large quantities of plankton that attracts baitfish which in turn attracts panfish. Fish need food once or twice a day, they need oxygen all the time. Find the most oxygen rich water and you’ll find the fish. Snow cover and ice thickness will dictate the amount of vegetation to be found throughout the ice fishing season. The longer that sunlight has been blocked, the less photosynthesis occurs, and the more weeds will “brown up,” or die off.
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A hollowed out log that is used to demonstrate the method of producing maple syrup Dave pape PHOTO believed to have originated with northeastern American Indians. how to make maple syrup and sugar. The methods used in production have changed significantly since the Europeans made their way to the New World and were introduced to the
sweet substance by the natives. Conditions are only right during the late winter and early spring for a few weeks for the New Hampshire resident to collect the maple sap
which then must be boiled down (distilled) to make maple syrup and sugar. It wasn’t as easy for the Indians that inhabited our State before us to produce See Maple on 21
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A community member learns how to use a “bit n brace” to tap one of the maple trees last weekend at the Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center’s Maple Sugar Intensive, a new service learning program to train volunteers. The program attendees also set the tap lines in preparation for the upcoming sugaring season. These newly trained volunteers will be returning in March to help out during educational sugaring programs which take place every Saturday during the month. Trees on Prescott Farm’s property have been tapped for over 200 years for maple sugaring! Photo courtesy Prescott Farm Environmental Education CTR.
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this sweetener. Without metal pots and pans the Algonquin Indians of the northeast are said to have collected the sap in birch bark containers (makuks), poured it into hollowed out logs, and repeatedly placed heated stones into the liquid sap to cause the water to turn to steam, thus reducing the sap to syrup and sugar. If it were not for the slave trade and the labor pool thus provided in the Caribbean to grow and process sugar cane maple sugar would probably have played a much greater role in the economy of the original thirteen colonies of the United States. Seed for growing sugar cane is reported to have been brought to the Dominican Republic by Christopher Columbus bringing to the Americas a source of sugar that was not native to the region,
unlike the native maple sugar of the northeast. New Hampshire historian Jeremy Belknap and others advocated the use of maple sugar instead of cane sugar. Jeremy Belknap wrote the following in an address to the inhabitants of New Hampshire: “If we could check the consumption of distilled spirits, and enter with vigor into the manufacture of maple sugars, of which our forests would afford an ample supply, the demand for West-India productions might be diminished; the plantations in the Islands would not need fresh recruits from Africa; the planters would treat with humanity their remaining blacks; the market for slaves would become less inviting; and the navigation which is now employed in the most pernicious species of commerce which ever disgraced humanity, would
be turned into some other channel.” Did New Hampshire and the other northeastern states miss an opportunity to become a major supplier of sugar? A book titled “Maple Sugar” by Tim Herd and published by Storey Publishing in North Adams, Massachusetts, has in it an interesting timeline of maple sugar production in the United States including the statement that in the year 1818 maple sugar was selling for half the price of imported cane sugar. War prices in 1813- 14 had caused sugar prices to rise as high as 50 cents a pound. The additional information that Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were unsuccessful in introducing maple orchards to Virginia in the late 1700’s would have made the prospects of New England production even more appealing. A by-product of sugar cane production was the sticky molasses, much of which was dumped into the ocean until it was marketed for home use and also processed to make an alcoholic drink called rum, apparently the most available and popular alcoholic drink in New Hampshire in the 1800’s. A peak year of the production of products from maple sap in the United States was in 1860 when the country produced 40 million pounds of sugar and 1.6 million gallons of syrup, though in recent See Maple on 22
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history the total syrup produced in the year of 2017 was reported as a record 4.2 million gallons. In 1880 cane sugar and maple sugar sold for approximately the same price. Today you will probably pay ten times more per pound for maple sugar. Another interesting note from Tim Herd’s book is
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that during World War II maple syrup prices were frozen at $3.39 for a gallon and the result was that the production level decreased. The sugar maple is the favorite and most productive tree to tap for the sap that when “boiled down” produces maple syrup and sugar, but other maples are also used for that purpose, though a greater
Sugarhouse at Ancestral Acres, New Hampton. quantity of sap is needed to equal the amount of syrup produced. Other trees, including some nut trees, have been used to produce syrup, and it has been reported that these trees yield less sap than the maples, but that you can expect more syrup per gallon of sap than from the maple trees. I remember
a year in which my Dad tried tapping birch trees in hopes of making some birch syrup, but found that they were reluctant to give large quantities of sap. Maple syrup producers in New Hampshire marketed 154,000 gallons of the sweet liquid last year which is less than that
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thru windows and out thru doors of boathouses–and all filled with interesting details inside and out to discover. Several other pieces feature some old “camps” I’ve come across that evoke warm feelings of that wonderful summer lake life that so many of us can connect with. Fall and winter also play small parts, as do moonlight and morning, crisp deep-colored renderings and softer, more impressionistic takes that make the work so interesting for me, and hopefully for the viewer. At least no one can use the cliché: when they’ve seen one of my paintings, they’ve seen them all!” Since 1994 Peter Ferber has painted the official posters for the New England Chapter of the Antique and Clas-
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with China. The logic was that if both Moscow and Beijing, variously the patrons of Pyongyang, were brought into the Games, they would keep Pyongyang in checkmate from causing violence. The strategy worked. Fast forward to PyeongChang. Contemporary South Korea is a fractious democracy but a prosperous socio/economic success story. South Korean per capita income stands at $30,000. The North remains an economic basket case where the regime pushes neutrons over nutrition for its own population. The South exports cars, electronics and KPop. The North imports humanitarian aid. Stressing that theme, South Korea’s President Moon has embarked on a wishful diplomatic quest with the DPRK as to narrow the chasm with the totalitarian North. Nonetheless, given Seoul’s military treaty commitment with
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have the personal knowledge to do so; “9. The failure to have a vetting process capable of dealing effectively with the production speed, significance and sensitivity of the Segment; and “10. The telephone call prior to the Segment’s airing by the producer of the Segment to a senior campaign official of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry -- a clear conflict of interest -- that created the appearance of a political bias.” Fourteen years later, after courts laughed his $70 million lawsuit against CBS out of court, the blogblaming fake news forefather has the audacity to hold forth on truth, trust, accountability. Sit down, Dan Rather. Be humble. Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com.
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Accepting applications for our SHORT waiting list!
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Section 8 Vouchers Welcome Credit, Criminal, & Landlord Checks No Pets
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CONTACT US TODAY! (603) 224-9221 TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118 www.hodgescompanies.com The Hodges Companies 201 Loudon Road Concord, NH 03301
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Spacious 2-bedroom Townhomes* HC accessible units Heat & hot water included W/D hookups Income guidelines apply Credit, Criminal & Landlord Checks No Pets CONTACT US TODAY!
(603) 224-9221 TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118 www.hodgescompanies.com The Hodges Companies 201 Loudon Road Concord, NH 03301 *2-bedroom units must have 2+ people, or 50% custody of a child, or a doctor’s note of medical necessity.
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