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10th Annual Indoor Triathlon To Help Humane Society
Finding Olympians At Storrs Hill & A Visit To Q Burke
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor Columnist
and among the first things I noticed were the proudly displayed photographs, posters and newspaper clippings of freshly minted Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin and now a two-time Olympic ski jumper, Nick Alexander. Also hanging on the
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Outdoor Columnist Amy Patenaude skiing at Storrs Hill Ski Area in West Lebanon, NH. A small ski area run by the Lebanon Outing Club that focuses on teaching children to ski and family fun! That is the K50 jump just behind the Poma lift. Ski jumping here dates back to the 1920’s. Ski jumper Nick Alexander (Inset left) of Lebanon just competed in his second Olympics in Sochi. Olympic Slalom Gold Medalist Mikaela Shiffrin (inset right) began to learn her skills at Storrs Hill.
Saturday, March 15th the 10th Annual Indoor Triathlon will take place at the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in the Weirs. All proceeds for this day-long fun event will go to the NH Humane Society. Teams of four will have fun in competing in bowling, mini-golf and other games and also collecting donations to go towards this important cause. There will be trophies, prizes and raffles and free pizza and soda for all participants. All teams get a 2014 Triathlon T-shirt. There will also be a 50/50 cash raffle drawing. For 50/50 tickets contact the NH Humane Society at 603-524-8236 or purchase some at the Triathlon on March 15th. It starts at 10am. For more information visit www.funspotnh.com
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Leo Lionni’s Swimmy, Frederick & Inch by Inch
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
Digital Archiving Seminar
Wolfeboro Public Library. 7pm. Keith Simpson presenter. Free and open to public. 569-2428.
Solo and Ensemble Concert
St Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover. 7pm. Students will be performing a variety of pieces from Mozart to Led Zeppelin. 742-3206.
Dynamic Stretching and Injury Prevention – Athletic Performance Series
Hillside Medical Center,Lot C, Gilford. 6-7:30pm. Learn dynamic stretching to improve strength, speed, agility and endurance. Free program. 527-2852
Eagle Pond Authors’ Series – April Bernard
Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth. 7pm. 800779-3869
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Saturday 15th “Our Common Roots” – Film Screening
Sunflower Natural Foods, 390 South Main Street, Laconia.4-6pm. Learn about the healing qualities of the global plant kingdom. Pre-registration is a must as space is so limited. 5246334
Paula Poundstone
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Wild Winter Walk – Guided Tour of the Live Animal Trail
Squam Lakes Science Center, 23 Science Center Road, Holderness. 10am-12pm. See all the animals at the Science Center in the winter. Snowshoes are available at no extra cost. $8/member, $10/non-member. Registration requested in advance. 968-7194
Potluck Supper
Loudon Center Freewill Baptist Church. 6pm. Followed by a concert by the Dump Run Gang Band. A freewill love offering will be collected. 708-1185.
Steve Schuch - Songs and Tales Of The Earth
The Straits – Feat. Members of the Dire Straits
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
NH Audubon’s McLane Center, Cocnord. 7pm. Celtic/Folk roots with contemporary influences. Members $8/$15. Non-member $10/$18/ 2249909.
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Author Douglas Whynott
St. Thomas Aquinas High School, 197 Dover Point Road, Dover. 8:10amnoon. Amazing snacks provided! 7423206
Fri -Sun 14th - 16th “A Flea In Her Ear”
Garrison Players Art Center, Rollinsford. Friday and Saturday at 8pm. Sunday matinee at 3pm. A comedy of mistaken identities and intentions. Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for students under 18. For more info visit www.garrisonplayers. org.
Richard III
Your Theatre, North Conway. Advice To The Players Production. Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday matinee
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Tilton Winter FARMERS MARKET Over 40 Vendors! JAN./FEB./MARCH Saturday & Sunday 10am to 2pm
Fresh Produce, Prepared Foods, Meats, Baked Goods & Dairy Live Music & Family Entertainment
Exit 20 on I-93, 67 East Main St (Rte. 3) Tilton, NH sponsored by:
RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. Talking about his new book “The Sugar Season: A Year In The Life of Maple Syrup and One Family’s Quest For The Sweetest Harvest.”
10th Annual “Saving Animals Indoor Triathlon!”
Funspot, 579 Endicott Street North, Weirs Beach. Registration begins at 10am. Play starts at 11am. Sign up a 4 person team to compete in bowling, games and golf! All to benefit the NH Humane Society. $160 per team of 4, includes official event t-shirt, free token card, free pizza and soda throughout the day. 366-4377
Tilton Winter Farmers Market
67 East Main Street, Tilton. 10am2pm. Over 45 vendors. 496-1718
Sunday16th Wright Museum Educational Program
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. Doors open at 1pm. “SeaBees and their Impact on World War II”. Presented by Bob Jones, WWII Veteran and Wright Museum volunteer. $7pp, free for Museum members.569-1212 to reserve your seat.
Free Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner
High Ground Ministries,Rte 126, Barnstead. 11;30am. Church service starts at 10am. Live Irish music by the Sounds Of The Isles and bagpipng. Please call 942-7018 if you wish to attend.
Tilton Winter Farmers Market
67 East Main Street, Tilton. 10am-
2pm. Over 45 vendors. 496-1718
Ukrainian Egg Decorating Class
League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 1-4pm. Learn how to create a beautifully decorated egg that will last for years to come. $30 per student. Space is limited. Preregistration is required. 279-7920
Monday 17th Werther
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
“How to Help the Homeless” Program
Loudon Center Freewill Baptist Church, Clough Hill Road, Loudon. 7pm. Refreshments provided. 8755822
Tuesday 18th Rock of Ages
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
Wednesday 19th Lakes Region Tea Party Meeting
Moultonborough Public Library. 7pm. Video on the US Constitution. All are welcome to attend for updates on local, state and federal government/
Thursday 20th Blues Summit feat. The Robert Cray Band
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting
Trinity Episcopal Church, Meredith. 7pm. Competition. ‘Scavenger Hunt’. Persons of any experience level are welcome. 340-2359
Guys Night Out
Gilford Communiy Church. 6pm social jour. 7pm dinner. Guest speaker is Dave Dutton from Kellerhaus. $11. Call 524-6057 to reserve.
Overview of NH Taxation for Small Business Owners
Enterprise Center, Plymouth. Justin Vartanian, of the legal firm Devine Millimet, will provide an overview of the NH taxes which may be applicable to your small business and discuss tax planning and compliance strategies. Free seminar, but reservations required. 535-3222
Friday 21st Irish Rovers
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Fri. 21st – Sun. 23rd Lilac Mall Coin & Collectibles Show
Lilac Mall, Rochester. Three day show of buying and selling coins, collections, bullion, stamps, supplies and collectibles. 886-7290
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NH Old House & Barn Expo The New Hampshire Old House & Barn Expo returns Saturday and Sunday, March 15 and 16th presented by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. The event is helpful to homeowners whose house dates from 1750 to 1950 – and even those who want to add old traditions to their new house. The show is held at the Radisson/Center of New Hampshire in Manchester, NH The one-stop-shopping trade show helps old house and barn owners and enthusiasts with appropriate and affordable solutions. Create your own show “itinerary” and explore garden, architecture, history and preservation strategies through free hourly lectures, over 60 exhibitors and many traditional arts demonstrators. Cost: $10 for adults; $7 for seniors and students The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, the show’s sponsor, is dedicated to the preservation of historic buildings, communities and landscapes through leadership, education and advocacy. For more info call 603-224-2281 or www.nhpreservation.org.
Larry Frates Exhibit in Laconia NH watercolorist, Larry Frates, is exhibiting 12 of his watercolors at the Busiel Mill Community Gallery during the month of March. Known in the Lakes Region for his caricatures and magic shows, Frates, is taking this opportunity to exhibit his professional art works that have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute (Woodrow Wilson Hall), Northern Illinois University (Fulbright 40th Anniversary Exhibit, the Briggens Museum in Bergen, Norway to mention a few significant locations. The works on display were created during his one year Fulbright Exchange to the Orkney Islands in Scotland, his cultural exchange to the Azores, Portugal and some works of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. The Busiel Community Gallery is open to the public Monday through Friday during regular business hours and has been providing public exhibition space to artists for over 5 years. To find out more about the artist visit www.fratescreates.com .
Heifetz International Music Institute Returns to Wolfeboro Wolfeboro Friends of Music continue the opportunity for Lakes Region listeners to welcome back and hear outstanding graduates of the Heifetz International Music Institute which resided in Wolfeboro on the campus of Brewster Academy for ten years from 2002 to 2011. The concert will take place on Saturday April 5 at 7:30pm, Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro. The concert program will both showcase these exceptional musician’s virtuosic gifts and offer concert favorites, including Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Romance Op. 6 - “None but the Lonely Heart”, Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Le cygne” (“The Swan”) and Fritz Kreisler’s Caprice Viennoise Op. 2. The program will close with two movements of Johannes Brahms’ eloquent Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25. Written when the composer was 28 years old and inspired by Hungarian melodies, the quartet is well loved by concert goers, in large part because of the fiery final movement, nicknamed “Gypsy Rondo.” Tickets are available for $20 at the door; at Black’s and Avery Insurance in Wolfeboro; or at Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith; by calling (603) 569-2151; or by visiting the website: www.wfriendsofmusic.org.
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Concerned To The Editor: Attn: Lakes Region School Boards. I have recently read that students are nor currently being taught about our founding fathers who are being labelled as “terrorists” and that many are not aware that George Washington in on the dollar bill. If this is the case in Center Sandwich or in this state - something needs to be done immediately to correct the situation. A concerned grandmother.
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More Big WInd To The Editor: Prepare for another potential industrial wind project, Newfound! EDP Renewables is working to meet all the requirements to place a met tower in Alexandria for their proposed Spruce Ridge industrial wind project spanning the towns of Alexandria, Hebron, and Groton. This comes on the heels of Iberdrola announcing a “pause” in their Wild Meadows project planned for Alexandria and Danbury. Coincidence? I think not. Any progress a corporate entity makes benefits every other corporate entity. One might think two different industrial wind companies would be in competition with one another, but it doesn’t work that way. Instead, these corporate gi-
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ants work together to keep pressure on the towns they come to invade. The more pressure they can maintain, the more effort it takes to hold them off. By working together, industrial wind developers are able to claim more community support for their projects. The math is simple yet deceptive; there are more private land leases secured by multiple industrial projects within the town, so therefore the developers claim more local “support” for the project. Newfound is not new to the deceptive ways of industrial wind companies. The project in Groton is the reason why the Wild Meadows project was put on “pause” according to the developer, Iberdrola. The “issues” with the project in Groton stem from the corporate giant making changes to their project, allegedly, without the proper approval from the proper agencies. Now they expect other Newfound towns to welcome them with open arms and believe every promise they make - and when we don’t, they say we are “misinformed”! It would seem surrounding Newfound towns have learned something from watching the town of Groton receive an industrial wind project. It seems we have learned that these corporate giants are not to be trusted. We Do Not Want Any Industrial Wind Projects Destroying Our Rural Environment, Our Tourism, Our Property Values, Our Peace And Quiet, Our Watershed,
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.
Our Birds And Bats, Our Wildlife, Our Forests, Our Ridgelines, Our Communities, Our Rivers And Streams, Newfound Lake, Or Our Health! Vote “YES!” for a Community Bill of Rights(BOR) on March 11th in the towns of Alexandria (Article #16), Danbury (Article #9), and Hebron (Article #4). A Community Bill of Rights is a binding law, enforceable by the selectmen and the residents. Support our right to decide what type of energy projects we want, our right to protect our ecosystems from the harm of industrialization, our right to protect the rural character of our towns, prevent industrial pollution of our waters, and our right to govern by consent. We say “NO” to industrial wind turbines! Michelle Sanborn CARE Group Alexandria, NH.
Circumventing Congress and The Constitution To The President: Presidents have abused their powers by circumventing Congress with executive orders, which could be unconstitutional in many cases. Presidential executive orders proliferated with Eisenhower starting in 1953, and have become commonplace instruments of presidents. Over the previous 60 years approxSee mail boat on 27
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I haven’t talked much lately about my run for Governor this year on the Flatlander ticket and some of my readers have been wondering if I’m still in the race. I am here to alleviate your fears (or expand them depending on your point of view). My campaign staff and me have been devising our game plan and deciding on the proper platform to run under. We have also been working hard, except for lunch, dinner, snacks and the occasional mid-afternoon movie, on empty promises and slogans we can use to bolster the campaign. We have tried to be as creative as possible since we realize it really is not about what you do, but what you say when it comes to winning elections and serving the public interest. There have been many memorable sayings in political history and we thought we could just reuse some of them, but in different forms. We had fun coming up with sayings. Some of them we couldn’t use because they really didn’t match up with our political philosophy. “Ask not what your country can do for you, but also ask your state, county and town how they can chip in to help you out” we thought would be effective for some of the big spending progressives. But we are keeping that
one under our hats Someone thought that taking the classic: “A chicken in every pot” and replacing it with “Pot in every pot” might be effective in these days of increasing marijuana legalization. Someone suggested paraphrasing Nancy Pelosi’s infamous quote on the Obamacare Bill: “You’ll have to elect me first to find out what I will do.” Even though this is a truthful statement, we realized that truth has no place in an election so we scraped it. After much consternation, whatever that means, we have come up with a few campaign promises that we are convinced will be winners. Of course, most…well all of them… are impossible for me to keep, but in politics that makes no difference, the objective is to get elected and then do whatever you want. One I will have to use soon, before people forget is: “If elected, I promise that there will not be another brutally cold and snowy winter like this one as long as I am in office.” Of course, I have about as much to do with the weather as I do with the rotation of the earth, but that really makes no difference. I can say whatever I want to get elected… those are the rules. When asked by someone in the media how I plan to make sure that we never have a winter like this again, I will say something like “Well, John (if that is his name) all of the details aren’t in place yet, but my team and I have been working hard and we should have a specific plan soon, unlike my opponent who has not even talked about working towards avoiding winters like this in the future.” If I say this just right,
my hope is that the reporter will then turn to my opponent and ask. “How do you respond to that, do you have a plan in mind when it comes to winter?” That’s sure to catch them off guard. We realize that this campaign promise will only be effective until about May when the warm weather creeps in and people start complaining about the heat. The voting public is fickle and forgets easily. We have other promises as well that we will unveil as the campaign moves along. I certainly don’t want to expose them all here and give my opponents an advantage. We will wait and see what the political climate is at different stages before we go ahead and make our promises. Back in 2006, when I ran for Governor, I did unveil my “Vote For Me And Win A Big TV’ campaign where anyone who wrote in my name for Governor simply had to take a picture with their cell phone of the ballot and email it to me and the day after election day one was randomly picked to win a 56-inch HD TV. We are certain that with the advances in cell phones over the years, this might be worth bringing back for another try, maybe we’ll throw in a tablet to sweeten the take. So, for those of you who were concerned, we are moving forward in our campaign and you should be hearing a lot more from me in the coming months. I won’t let you down. I promise. Brendan Smith welcomes your comments at brendan@weirs.com
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From The State House Medicaid Expansion Principles vs. Progressivism In a vote which is sure to rear its ugly head come election time, the NH State Senate voted to expand Medicaid in the Granite by Rep. Jane State this past Cormier week. There Belknap District 8 has been a major battle raging over Medicaid here in NH. But, this battle has now expanded into the heart, soul, and identity of the Republican Party. The following Republican Senators voted for Medicaid Expansion in NH: Senate President, Chuck Morse, Sen. Jeb Bradley, Sen. David Boutin, Sen. Nancy Stiles, Sen. Bob Odell, Sen. Rausch, and Sen. Jeanie Forrester. Wow…can you say PRIMARY? The NH Republican Party Platform is a document which embraces small government,
low taxation, natural rights, and state sovereignty. There have been many recent votes in the Republican Party (both in the NH House AND Senate) which have not embraced this conservative platform nearly enough. The Senate plan for Medicaid Expansion is just the largest anti-platform vote so far. And the Gas Tax (thank Sen. Rausch for this one) which looms ahead could be the next. The talking points of the Progressives (which are obviously in both parties) are that Medicaid is a cure all for those who do not have health insurance. Some Republicans in NH Senate told us that taking the millions of dollars of “free” money from the federal government would go to “private” health insurers. Really? How’s that going to work anyway? Our NH Senate did no fiscal study/note, no estimate of possible enrollment numbers,
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Eat Your Own Words, Debbie Wasserman Schultz At the end of 2013, Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz had some nasty words for yours truly. Irked that I by Michelle Malkin used my TwitSyndicated Columnist ter feed to criticize her Obamacare propaganda efforts, Wasserman Schultz snarked back at me: “Thanks for spreading the word! You’ll be eating them next year. #GetCovered.” Classy as always. And completely wrong-headed as usual. Less than three months into 2014, how’s dutiful Debbie and her Dear Leader’s pet government takeover program doing? The most recent retreat measures -- call it the Obamacare Endangered 2014 Midterm Democrats’ Rescue Plan -- include: --Allowing insurers for two extra years to continue selling plans that otherwise would have been banned by Obamacare. Last fall, Americans across the country and from all parts of the political spectrum raised an uproar in the wake of millions of Obamacareinduced cancellation notices on their individual market health plans. President Obama trotted out a “keep your plan” Band-Aid effective through this year. Now, the “transitional period” will extend through October 2016 and cover policyholders until the following September, after Obama is safely out of office. --Extending the open enrollment period for 2015 from November 2014 to February 2015, a month longer than originally scheduled. (It will no doubt be
extended again as the midterm elections get closer.) --Relaxing eligibility requirements for insurers to qualify for financial help under a three-year program intended to cushion insurers’ costs of complying with Obamacare mandates. --Exempting labor unions, universities and other self-insured employers from paying a fee that creates the above-noted fund. In addition, the White House last month allowed mediumsized employers an extra year to comply with the Obamacare mandate to offer insurance to all full-time workers and reduced the percentage of workers that large companies are required to cover. These latest regulatory walk-backs by administrative fiat all come on the heels of dozens of administrative delays and rollbacks. While Democrats complain about Republican Obamacare repeal efforts, we may be nearing a special inflection point at which the White House will have reneged on more Obamacare regulations than it’s actually enforcing! Remember: In November 2010, the White House began issuing thousands of waivers to unions, cronies, businesses and organizations that offered affordable health insurance or prescription drug coverage with limited benefits outlawed by Obamacare. The federalized health care architects had sought to eliminate those low-cost plans under the guise of controlling insurer spending on executive salaries and marketing. Despite the waivers, the mandate has led to untold disruptions in the marketplace and has prompted businesses to cancel the beneficial plans altogether
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The Crimean War UNITED NATIONS—Less than a week after the spectacular closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russian Presiby John J. Metzler dent Vladimir Syndicated Columnist Putin decided for an encore and invaded the sovereignty of neighboring Ukraine. The chill winds of the Cold War have returned to Europe and the halls of diplomacy. Taking advantage of Ukraine’s civil and political unrest which had toppled the ruling proRussian regime in Kiev, allegedly causing anxiety among Russian ethnic minorities in parts of this vast land, Putin decided to settle the conflict the old fashioned way; military intervention. Russian forces, operating from pre-existing and treaty sanctioned naval and air bases in the strategic Crimean peninsula, rapidly deployed to blockade Ukrainian military facilities and seize airports. Crimea has a majority ethnic Russian population which appears to welcome Moscow’s embrace. Significantly it hosts the Russian fleet’s only warm water ports. A visibly shaken Ukrainian UN Ambassador Yuri Sergeyev briefed the Security Council and later correspondents to denounced the fast deteriorating situation in his country as Russian aggression. Ukraine which was part of the former Soviet Union, gained its independence in 1991 after the fall of the communist regime in Moscow. In late 2013, while the Ukrainian majority rallied in favor of closer economic integration with the European Union, the ruling pro-Russian regime tilted closer to Moscow, thus setting off the crisis. Intense diplomacy by Germany and Poland tried to bridge the gap between the two political camps to little avail. But an obscene verbal quip by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, a pro who does know better, in a monitored phone call in Kiev to “F__ the EU” (European Union), caused a major embarrassment and a damage
control problem between Washington and the Europeans, when the focus should have been on deterring Moscow’s impending moves. The overthrow of Ukraine’s corrupt President Viktor Yanukovych by a wide range of dissidents was the last straw as far as Putin was concerned. So is Vladimir Putin gambling or playing political chess in Ukraine? Since the times of Catherine the Great, Crimea has been a vital strategic Russian asset on the southern flank facing the Ottoman Turks. The region was the scene of the bloody Crimean War in the 1850’s which pitted the massed armies of Britain, France and Turkey against Czarist Russia. Putin plays by an historic and neo-nationalistic rulebook— Russian nostalgia and retro Soviet swag are mixed with ruthless realpolitik politics. Many of Ukraine’s problems are rooted in Soviet era policy. In 1954, almost to the day of the current crisis, former Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev gave Russian Crimea to Ukraine. Equally in the wake of WWII, Stalin dismembered large parts of eastern Poland and ceded the territory to Ukraine. Today these same regions form a core of the pro-European parts of the country. Ironically, the Soviet postwar political cartography set a time bomb which threatens all sides. Thus, modern Ukraine is pulled between the majority who face West towards Europe and are Catholic versus the large Russian speaking and Orthodox minority in the East who look towards Moscow. Crimea clearly is in the Russian sphere of influence, and on this reality Putin plays his ethno/political cards. Ukraine’s Ambassador Sergeyev warned that the Russians may be trying to break off Crimea from Ukrainian sovereignty as Moscow did in the Georgia War in 2008, in which two “Russian ethnic” enclaves were seized from Georgia and set up as “independent republics.” The Ambassador called for the international community to provide “moral and political support “ for a free Ukraine. Responding to the political
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Q Burke’s General Manager Ary Quiros was out scanning lift tickets! Construction of a new 116 suite Hotel Burke will begin this spring. Academy is the leading ski racing academy in the United States, producing over 130 US Ski Team members and 29 Olympians (and counting) since its founding.� This is where Shiffrin made the leap from high school student to full time ski racer. She had won a World Championship before graduating from the BMA last June! We rode the Sherburne Express Quad to the top of the lower mountain. The lower mountain feels like a separate bunny hill! From here it was just a short traverse over to the Mid Burke Lodge and the Mid Burke Express Quad that rises fast to the summit (this high speed quad was just
installed three years ago). Burke has an impressive 2,011 feet of vertical drop. The lift passes near the Poma lift and lots of kids were taking part in a giant slalom taking place on the adjacent Warren’s Way Trail. The Poma lift is used to transport racers up the hill and keeps these speed demons out of the regular lift lines. We set our ski tips straight down Upper Willoughby and schussed to the bottom. What a super trail and the snow conditions were dreamy. We didn’t make first tracks but on this Sunday morning there didn’t seem to be a crowd. This got me calcuSee patenaude on 11
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lating in my head about the lack of crowds certainly being worth the 50 minute drive from Franconia. Burke’s trails are fun to ski and many of them are wide, level and shoot straight down the fall line. I loved making big fast turns down Big Dipper! From the summit there are no green circle rated trails but the easiest trail, Deer Run, follows the auto road down the mountain with its serpentine turns. At lunchtime we chose to stay away from the Mid Burke Lodge since it was filled to the brim with ski
racing children. The trip back down to the Sherburne Lodge was easy and we were rewarded with a quiet lodge. We got a slope side table right next to the window in the Tamerack Pub and Grill. The food was good, I ate Shepard’s Pie made with local fare and my friend had a turkey burger with fries. The experience was so civilized and delightful I want to go back again soon. We were totally entertained by watching the novices on the carpet lift and the J-bar. The resort’s mascot, a big bear was outside playing with the children too.
We continued to ski all over the mountain. We went down the East Bowl and yes we had to double pole and skate to get back to the lift. I did jump into one of their famous glades. Burke has lots of gladed terrain, there are easily over a 100 acres. By the size and quantity of bumps the skiers and snow boarders spend as much time in the trees as they do on the trails. On our last run we watched the coaches pull the race gates off the trail. The children were all gathered in front of the lodge for awards. I thought of Shif-
Franklin Veterans Memorial Ski Area – Another Volunteer Run Operation As mentioned in Amy’s column this week, Storrs Hill Ski Area is volunteer driven. Another great, and little known ski area in New Hampshire is the Franklin Veterans Ski Area in Franklin, New Hampshire. In the 1930s, Dr, Ervin Drake donated 400 acres of land called The Great Gains Forest to the City of Franklin. In 1960, the US Army Corps of Engineers constructed the ski area for the city on the land. The same year the development of the ski area was turned over to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Many city volunteers and businesses became involved in the development. In January of 1961, the
Franklin Outing Club was formed to help with the development. The Outing Club provided free ski lessons to children as well as acting as the ski patrol. In 1962, the Great Gains Ski Area officially opened. In April of that year, the Franklin City Council authorized a $4,000 Veteran’s Memorial Fund to be used to construct a lodge at the ski area as a memorial to those who gave
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and ended up out fishing me for the day. We both lost a few, but it’s called fishing, not catching!. The largest steelhead came on one of the Hot Shots (a green pirate) and that was really a comedy. We had set up just above a nice pool. There were a couple of others, fishing from the bank, below us and two others that were taking a break.
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Read, Observe, Talk, While We Still Have The “First Amendment� N E X T M E E T ING: Lakes R e g i o n Tea Party Wednesday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m. Moultonborough by Niel Young Advocates Columnist Public Library – All are welcome to join us for updates on local state and federal government activity. We will also be watching more of the video on the Constitution. For more information, contact Hal or Peggy Graham at halpeg76@metrocast.net. ********* Bill O’Reilly Thursday 3/6 says all presidents are PATRIOTS. That bumkisser should not mention “the No Spin Zone�. Here is Dictionary.com (Patriot): 1. a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion. 2. a person who regards himself or herself as a defender, especially of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government. What adjective describes Barack Hussein Obama? Only an Obama Zombie would find one word that applies to Obama. I cannot. ******** BARACK OBAMA: I am absolutely confident that you will see millions of people benefit from this law. It doesn’t mean that at some point there won’t be some additional problems, or improvements that we can make. At this point, I think actually it is working the way it should, what we need to do is after the first year, we evaluate what the pool looks like, can we make sure that we’re keeping the premiums low. Are there more people that look like we could potentially cover through other mechanisms
reaching those who are still uninsured? http:// www.realclearpolitics. com/video/2014/03/06/ obama ******** In seeking additional sponsors (local and statewide) to have their message heard exclusively during my 9 hours per week radio talk show last week I had one owner tell me “your show is ‘too confrontational’. Some of our advertisers have been with us since program number one. Now in our 18th year, those who think we are “too confrontational� can be counted on 3 fingers. So, here is the bottom line: Our longtime sponsors are small businesses in central NH, do you believe that they are interested in customers who are listening, or what is drawing them to listen? How have we lasted all of these years if not for our advertisers seeing results? Why do free daily and weekly publications survive? People want to hold the paper in their hands as they read the news. Why do you believe The Letters to the Editor is one major reason? How many readers post comments following a news report or Opinion editorial on-line? Sometimes the comments seem to go on forever in The NH Union Leader, why? Readers/ listeners (customers) want that outlet to consider what others are thinking! How many other locally produced talk shows can boast of the caliber of nationally known special guests, callers, and roundtable panelists I have? Joann from Athens, Ohio found my show while looking for Roger Hedgecock online. Savage, Monica Crowley, Roger, and I at WEZS 1350 and streamed live at wezs.com. Rush Limbaugh and others sell advertising, as I do. What
do we have in common? Opinionated, confrontational at times, listeners who hunger for issues and answers, and, especially mine, some want time to express their feelings to other listeners. Since January 1997 my radio talk show “The Advocates� is where the airtime is owned by me. We started at 1 hour on Saturdays. Today we are still broadcasting from WEZS 1350 and streamed to the world at wezs.com 9 hours each week. We have listeners and callers from points in NH, and other states as well. On Saturday when people are awakening and hungry for news and discussion of current events I am a place for them to voice their opinions or questions. And some government funded network; hit the snooze button. ******** I continue to read the words of Tim Sullivan RGilford and the more I read there is constant; Tim is fabricating a narrative about me. Lying is expected from those who know not what they speak of! Tim: “So Niel is just not willing to embrace any strategy either for broadening the appeal of the GOP brand or to actually win any elections. And that is how it has to be if the electorate mostly rejects the 100 percent ideology of Niel Young, and would only like a couple slices. We in the GOP must not be allowed to contemplate winning any elections until the broader electorate is made to believe what he believes!� Why Tim, do you see me as being that influential? Are you one of those elite republicans who will throw principles aside to win elections? I will have more next week.
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seem cooler. As a result, warm colors are often favored in colder climes, and cool colors in the Sunbelt. But color isn’t the only thing to consider when painting a bathroom. The typical bathroom is exposed to water, high humidity, and significant wear and tear. For that reason, it’s important to select paint that produces a finish tough enough to stand up to these conditions. Until recently, that meant applying a coat of latex primer, followed by two or even more coats of top quality 100% acrylic latex paint. But today, there’s a quicker and easier way to complete your bathroom painting by using new “paint and primer� products. Paint and primer products - also known as selfpriming paints - are coatings with a dual personality. Like primer, they See painting on 22
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DEAR TIM: This has been the winter from Hades. I own a house in Connecticut and my parents have one in sunny Florida. The ice and snow has ravaged my front sidewalk, and the concrete patio at the Florida home could use a makeover. I attended a spring home show this weekend and saw a demonstration of a concrete resurfacing product that looked too good to be true. Is there really a product you can apply to concrete to restore its original beauty? Can this same product really be colorized and used to create artwork on my concrete that will last the test of time? --Jenny P., Hartford, Conn. DEAR JENNY: I’ve seen some wild and crazy things at home shows over the years. Believe me there are still hucksters at some of these shows, supported by their cunning shills in the audience. The good news is if what you saw is the same product I saw a month ago at a trade show you’re going to be one happy homeowner. The product I saw is a
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your concrete, I urge you to practice first. Test your skills applying the sprayed overlay onto pieces of drywall you’ve laid out on your existing concrete. Place sheets of plastic vapor barrier down under the drywall and around the edges of your existing concrete to protect it from overspray. Once you get the technique down, then you can do the real thing on your concrete. Try a small piece of art first before advancing to a large image. For ideas, think about creating something about your favorite hobby, a flower, or any other image that makes you feel happy. Be sure you plan its placement so it’s visible after any patio furniture is placed back on the patio. If you want to watch a video of professionals showing how to apply the overlay and create artwork, just go to this page of my website. The tools needed are not too expensive. go.askthebuilder.com/ overlayvideo Need an answer? All of Tim’s past columns are archived for FREE at his AsktheBuilder.com website. You can also watch hundreds of videos, download Quick Start Guides and more, all for FREE.Need an answer? All of Tim’s past columns are archived for FREE at his www.AsktheBuilder. com website. You can also watch hundreds of videos, download Quick Start Guides and more, all for FREE.) (c)2014 TIM CARTER DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.
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Early America Indians learned the value of having purple martins in their village as a natural bug eliminator. Hollow gourds were hung near teepees in multiple locations to ward off the pesky insects. European settlers copied these methods by constructing wooden houses with multiple holes for maximum mosquito protection during the summer months. The clearing of farmland and rapid urbanization in the United States eliminated thousands of natural nesting sites which led to the decline in purple martin populations. Fifty years ago, J.L. Wade launched a program to educate the public about the benefit of providing purple martin houses in towns and cities to combat mosquitoes without the customary spraying that was standard in many metropolitan areas. The Nature Society was formed in Griggsville, Illinois which can now proclaim itself as the purple martin capital of the world. Martin migration starts from Brazil around late January, depending on which part of the Northern Continent you live in. Mature male birds, known as scouts, usually are the first to reach their proven breeding grounds from the previous year. Legend has it that these scouts determine the food supply and housing in an existing area and fly back to South America to guide the return of the flock. In reality, the first arrivals
Purple Martin colony at the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in the Weirs is considered one of the largest in the state. They arrive year on April 15th and depart on approximately August 15th. simply know the value of selecting the best nesting site for successful breeding purposes. Purple martins build nests from a collection of small twigs, pine needles, straw, leaves and mud. Adult females lay 5-6 eggs which usually hatch about 14 days later. Most of these babies fledge in approximately one month, quickly perfecting their famous flying and insectcatching skills. By late summer the purple martins will begin to congregate in staging areas near large bodies of water. Martins tend to drift southward each day and will eventually combine with other flocks that are also heading in that direction. Concentrations of up to 100,000 birds have been recorded during this stage of migration. The purple martin is
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Little Feat Duo w/ Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Good Gardening Workshop
Moulton Farm, Meredith. What you shouldn’t skip when getting your garden ready for planting, Care for the soil and limit diseases. Free. 2793915.
Luau Bike Week Countdown Party
Laconia Harley Davidson, 239 Danel Webster Hwy. Noon to 2pm. 2794526.
Young Birders Club: Owl Prowl at Willard Pond
Squam Lakes Science Center, Holdreness. 7-8:30pm/ A short walk in the woods outside of Hancock, NH. Meet in the Willard Pond parking lot at 7pm. All Young Birders Club activities free with membership of $25. Call 525-3572 to register.
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Joe Downey Fruit Orchard, 1004 Lane Epsom. 10am-noon. $5pp. Pay at event. 796-2151
Tilton Winter Farmers Market
67 East Main Street, Tilton. 10am2pm. Over 45 vendors. 496-1718
Sunday 23rd Hudson Valley Puppets Presents: Mammoth Follies
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or
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Cline, Feldman, Mulvey Trio
Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Rd, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. $20 at the door and at Black’s Paper and Avery Insurance, Wolfeboro. High School students with ID free.
Wright Museum Educational Program
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. Doors open at 1pm. “The M1 Rifle, Up Close and Personal: The Why and How of the Rifle and it’s Development.� Presented by George Gurick, Jr. $7pp, free for Museum members.569-1212 to reserve your seat.
Tilton Winter Farmers Market
67 East Main Street, Tilton. 10am2pm. Over 45 vendors. 496-1718
Ask a Nutritionist
Concord Food Co-op, 24 South Main Street, Concord. 12-2pm. Traci Komorek, RD/LD will be on hand to answer any questions you may have. Free and open to the public. First come, first served. 410-3099
Bitcoin for Small Business
The Taylor Community, Laconia. 5:307pm. PSU’s Associate Professor of Economics, L. Michael Couvillion will share his knowledge and usage of Bitcoin to educate small business owners about the currency, it’s advantages and disadvantages, and potential for use in their business. Free class but reservations are required. 535-3222
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Ridgewood Country Club, 258 Governor Wentworth Highway, Moultonborough. Open daylight hours. Free to use the grounds. Tavern open 11-4 Friday – Sunday. 476-5930
Lakes Region Tea Party Meetings
The Moultonborough Public library, Moultonborough. 7pm. The third Wednesday of every month. All are welcome.
Caregivers Support Group
Loudon Center Freewill Baptist Church. 2nd and 4th Monday of the month. 6pm. 708-1185.
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Epsom Public Library. Until April 19th, Presented by NH Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art. Call 7369920 for times and more info.
Zentangle Workshop
VynnArt, Main Street, Meredith. Every third Friday. Call 279-0557to sign up.
Overeaters Anonymous
Franklin Regional hospital, 15 Aiken Avenue, Franklin. Saturdays 11amnoon.
NAMI-NH Family Support Group
Pease Public Library, downstairs, Plymouth. 7pm. First and third Mondays of each month. Open to anyone who is dealing with a close friend or family member who has a mental illness. 254-5090 or 536-2699
Lakes Region Detachment Marine Corps League
Meredith Community Center, Rt. 3, Meredith. 6:30pm. Second Thursday of the month. New members always welcome. 455-0636
Genealogy Workshop
Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 10am-Noon. The first Tuesday of every month. Featuring methods of jump starting genealogical research for both the beginner and the advanced genealogist. Free and open to all. 5692428
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and no rough estimate of cost to our state. I understand the Senate plan is based on the Arkansas Medicaid Expansion plan. And their costs are much higher than projected. Arkansas is facing a shortfall of $16 million dollars – not good news for the taxpayers in Arkansas. Yet, our NH Senate forged ahead anyway. One is left to wonder, WHY? The NH Senate also tells us the Federal government will “fund� this expansion, but should the Feds renege on their promise to fund the expansion as agreed, the program will just stop. POOF – those 50,000 supposed citizens who were given the subsidy will no longer have health insurance. (I am sure this will go over well.) However, many believe when the Federal Free Money Spigot is shut off, (and it WILL shut off, make no mistake), NH will be left with a State Income Tax to fund this subsidy. Isn’t that great? I believe Progressives hope for this every day. Progressives and taxation go together like bread and butter. But, getting back to the debacle facing the Republican Party, I will say this. This debate is not a negative thing. Pundits will make news saying
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imately 3200 executive order have been enacted, 1830 by Republicans and 1370 by Democrats. President Obama is currently using executive orders to circumvent the Republican controlled House of Representatives. He recently proclaimed “When I can act on my own without Congress, I’m going to do so”. He ordered an increase in the minimum wage for federal contractors and
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and/or slash wages and work hours. In April 2011, Obama signed a bipartisanbacked law repealing his own onerous $22 billion Obamacare 1099 taxcompliance mandate that would have destroyed small businesses inundated with pointless paperwork. Last March, with the support of several key Democrats, the Senate voted to repeal the Obamacare medical device tax. But the vote has not been enforced. Device makers have cut back on research and development. And according to the medical device manufacturers industry group AdvaMed, the punitive tax has forced companies to lay off or avoid hiring at least 33,000 workers over the past year. In December and Janu-
ary, when Wasserman Schultz was busy acting like a 2-year-old in response to Obamacare critics, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was busy: --Delaying premium payment deadlines. --Delaying high-risk insurance pool cancellations. --Delaying equal coverage mandates that force companies to drop health benefits rewards for top executives. --Delaying onerous “meaningful use” mandates on health providers grappling with Obamacare’s disastrous top-down electronic medical records rules. While Wasserman Schultz defiantly claims all Democrats will proudly run on health care in 2014 and 2016, endangered Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina was caught on cam-
era just last week literally running away from a journalist who dared to ask her about the 24 times she falsely promised that if you liked your plan, you could keep it under Obama. It’s not just Hagan; every vulnerable Senate Democrat who rammed Obamacare down America’s throat is now running for the hills. When the White House now talks about the “Get Covered” campaign, it’s not about ordinary Americans getting health care. It’s about covering the backsides of the Obama water-carriers who may very well lose their jobs. They’re not just eating their words. They’re choking on Obamacare’s massive, inevitable, jobkilling, life-threatening failures. I’d like to tell bratty Wasserman Schultz that Obamacare critics will have the last laugh. But we’re too busy weeping at the senseless government-induced wreckage around us. 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 malknblog@gmail.com.
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All of this is over a campaign contribution that is chicken feed, compared to what can be raised inside of an hour at a political fundraising breakfast or lunch. Could this singling out of D’Souza for prosecution have something to do with the fact that he made a documentary movie with devastating exposures of Barack Obama’s ideologies and policies? That movie, incidentally, is titled “2016: Obama’s America,” and every American should get a copy of it on a DVD. It will be the best $10 investment you are ever likely to make. It doesn’t matter what rights you have under the Constitution of the United States, if the government can punish you for exercising those rights. And it doesn’t matter what limits the Constitution puts on government officials’ power, if they can exceed those limits without any adverse consequences. In other words, the Constitution cannot protect you, if you don’t protect the Constitution with your votes against anyone who violates it. Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped. As long as millions of Americans vote on the basis of who gives them free stuff, look for their freedom -- and all our freedom -- to be eroded away, bit by bit. Our children and grandchildren may yet come to see the Constitution as just some quaint words from the past that people once took seriously. The arrogance of arbitrary power is not confined to the federal government. An egregious case in Massachusetts involves a teenage girl from Connecticut named Justina Pelletier, who was being treated for a rare disease by doctors at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. When her parents brought this 15-year-old girl to an emergency room in Boston, the doctors
there decided that her problem was not medical but psychological. When the parents objected, and sought to take her back to the doctors who had been treating her at Tufts University, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families charged the parents with “medical child abuse,” and were granted legal custody of the teenager. Once given arbitrary power over Justina, the DCF bureaucrats kept her all but isolated from her parents for more than a year. To add insult to injury, a judge issued a gag order, forbidding the parents from discussing the case publicly. Only after Megyn Kelly on the Fox News Channel brought this case to national attention did the Massachusetts bureaucrats back off and turn the teenager’s medical care back to the doctors at Tufts University. Whether her parents will get to see their daughter freely again is still up in the air. Arbitrary power is ugly and vicious, regardless of what pious rhetoric goes with it. Freedom is not free. You have to fight for it or lose it. But is our generation up to fighting for it? 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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Fender-endorsed frontman Brooks Young works the guitar like his idol Eric Clapton and belts out solos in a style reminiscent of Mick Jagger. The Concord NH-based Brooks Young Band delivers the perfect combination of rock, pop and blues. The band plays venues from Boston to New York and Nashville and has shared the stage with legends such as Ted Nugent, James Cotton, Pat Benetar, Brad Whitford of Aerosmith and King of the Blues B.B. King. Along with Brooks Young are Jeff Leroy (Piano/Organ/Vocals), Dave Lombard (Drums), Matt McDermott (Bass/Vocals) and Andy Devine (Guitar/Vocals).
May 31, Corvettes Doo Wop Revue RochesterOperaHouse.com June 1, Sole City Dancewww. Annual Recital
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The O’Brien Clan to Kick-Off St. Patrick’s Day Festivities At Patrick’s Pub The O’Brien Clan, a local family Irish band, will be kicking off the St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Patrick’s this coming St. Patrick’s Day on Monday, March 17th beginning at 11:30am. “We’re delighted to have them back” said Patrick’s co-owner Allan Beetle. “Their first visit to Patrick’s was this past November and it was a really fun night. They were a big hit”. Having recently formed around St. Patrick’s Day 2013 “The O’Brien Clan” hails from the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. They enjoy playing fun & upbeat instrumental Irish gigs/reels as well popular Folk Songs from the Celtic tradition with rich vocals and harmo-
The O’Brien Clan, from the Lakes Region, will kick off St. Patrick’s Day at Patrick’s Pub in Gilford. nies. The group is comprised of siblings Benjamin (Lead Vocals & Guitar),
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form from 11:30am to 2:00pm. Local favorite “Paulie O’Warnick” will take the stage at 5pm, and there will be special visits and promotions throughout the day. No cover charge. The St. Patrick’s Day celebration includes several special Irish menu items running all weekend, and an all-you-can Irish buffet will be available all day Monday that features corned b ee f a n d ca b b a ge with traditional vegetables, Irish Stew, Bangers with Mashed and Sticky Toffee Pudding. Patrick’s is located at the junction of Rts 11 & 11B in Gilford. For more information, visit Facebook. com/ObrienClanMusic or www.patrickspub.com.
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