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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, March 21, 2013
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THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013
COMPLIMENTARY
The Music of Pink Floyd and Gaelic Storm
One Of The Country’s Best Banjo Players Still Enjoying His Two Careers by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
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Mike Hashem is one of the top banjo players in the country. When not picking on his favorite instrument he is busy selling antiques and militaria from his Ossipee, NH, store. In Mike’s right hand is a very rare 1934 Gibson All American Mastertone banjo, of which only four are known to exist. The other banjos pictured are high grade Bacon, Gibson, and courtesy Photo Epiphone banjos.
PLYMOUTH - At 7:30pm on Friday, March 22nd, The Flying Monkey is excited to welcome back “The Machine Performs Pink Floyd.” Rolling Stone says, “they duplicate the sound and hits of Pink Floyd with chilling accuracy.” This time they are performing their full electric show complete with interstellar laser and light show. Gaelic Storm, a dynamic, lively, Irish folk-pop band, will get toes tapping at the Monkey on Saturday, March 23rd. Since their big-screen debut 10 years ago, this one-time pub band’s fan base has been steadily multiplying, turning them into one of the premier touring acts in the Celtic/World genre. Tickets for The Machine start at $26, and Gaelic Storm start at $29. The Flying Monkey is located at 30 Main Street in downtown Plymouth.
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MARCH Thursday 21st Athletic Performance Series – Core Strengthening for the Athlete
Hillside Medical Park, 14 Maple Street, Gilford. 6-7:30pm. Pre- registration is required, Free. 527-7120
Family Stories – Why it is Important to Remember Them and Tell Them
Gordon Nash Library, 69 Main Street, New Hampton. 7pm. Presented by Jo Radner. 744-9798
Tall Granite Jazz Band
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $10pp. BYO. 527-0043
Friday 22nd The Machine Performs Pink Floyd
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Coffee House and Benefit Concert Featuring William Ogmundson
Starr King Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 101 Fairgrounds Road, Plymouth. 7pm. $15/adult, $10/ student. 536-2296
Ton of Blues Band
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $10pp. BYO. 527-0043
Saturday 23rd Gaelic Storm
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Easter Egg Hunt
GAELIC STORM Sat, Mar 23
High Energy Celtic Rock
JAMES MONTGOMERY & THE UPTOWN HORNS Sat, Apr 6
I know what you’re thinking...
Special Guest CHARLIE FARREN ‘Detroit to the Delta’ CD Release Party!
AMAZING KRESKIN
Sat, Apr 13
Mentalist • Ghost Sighting Show!
Joe Louis Walker, Popa Chubby & Sugar Ray Norcia
KRIS ALLEN
Thur, Apr 25 American Idol Season 8 Winner!
PAULA POUNDSTONE Fri, Apr 26
Razor-sharp Wit • Spontaneity
First United Methodist Church, 18 Wesley Way, Gilford. 8-10am. $7pp. 524-3289
Walkers Sugar Shack Open House
Smith River Road, Bristol. 10-4pm. See how maple syrup is made. Uncle Steve Band will play from 1-4pm. 7448459
St. Patrick’s Dinner
Tilton Winter Farmers Market
Breakfast and Bake Sale
Laconia Road, Tilton, off exit 20. 102pm. 496-1718
Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra
Inter-Lakes Auditorium, Rt. 25, Meredith. $15/adult, $8/student. www. lrso.org
Masonic Building, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 7-9:30am. $7. 524-8268
Concord and Lakes Region Home Show
Everett Arena, 15 Loudon Road, Concord. 10-6pm. Largest shoe ever held in Concord. www.northernshows. com
Snowmobile Hill Climb Challenge At Pats Peak Pats Peak, New Hampshire’s premier snowsports destination, is hosting the fourth annual New Hampshire Snowmobile Hill Climb Challenge in conjunction with the Weare Winter Wanderers Snowmobile Club on Saturday, April 6th. This year’s event will feature four events including the Hill Climb Race, Vintage Oval Race, Drag Race and the Vintage Snowmobile Show. The Hill Climb Race is a timed race to the top on the FIS Race Trail. The Vintage, Fan Cooled and Minis/120cc Race will start at 8am. The rest of the classes will start the Hill Climb Race at 10:30am. Entry fees to the Hill Climb are $20 per class if preregistered and pre-paid or $25 per class on the day of event. Snowmobile Hillclimb Racers will also have to purchase an event ticket of $12. The Vintage Oval Race will take place on the Bluster and Gusty slopes. Many classes are available. Entry Fees for the Vintage Oval Race are $35 per sled if pre-registered and $45 per sled on the day of event. The Drag Race, presented by North East Grass Drags, will start at 11:30am. Entry fee to the Drag Race is $20 for the first class and $15 for each additional class. Registration for the Drag Race will be on-site at the event. Spectator Admission to this event is only $12 per person and children 6 & under is free.The NH Hill Climb Challenge event is a family event. For more details, check out the Weare Winter Wanderers event website at www.NHHillClimbchallenge.com.
Philip Hamilton
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $10pp. BYO. 527-0043
Sunday 24th
ROCKAPELLA Fri, May 3
Rock ’N Roll Sung Acappella
PHIL VASSAR Sat, May 4 BIG Country Show Intimate Theatre
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND Fri, May 10 HEADLINERS COMEDY MORGAN & COLLITON Sat, May 11
DELBERT McCLINTON
Fri, May 17
Texan Country, Blues, Soul, Rock & Roll!
MICKEY HART BAND Sat, May 18
PLYMOUTH BLUES SUMMIT Fri, Apr 12
Pancake Breakfast Fund Raiser
St. Agnes Church, Ashland. $7/adults, $3/under 12 and $18/families. 7440105
EXPERIENCE DINNER @MC @ RGNV Full Electric Show!
Theatre in the Wood, 41 Observatory Way, Intervale. 7:30pm. $33. 3569980
Meredith Community Center, Meredith. 10am-noon. 279-8197
NH’s Common Man Family presents....
THE MACHINE PERFORMS PINK FLOYD Fri, Mar 22
The Nutopians – John Lennon Re-Imagined
Legendary Grateful Dead Drummer
RALPHIE MAY
Sat, June 1
Too Big to Ignore Tour
RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS Sat, June 22 MOLLY HATCHET W/ CBR Sat, June 29
39 MAIN ST. • PLYMOUTH • FLYINGMONKEYNH.COM • (603) 536-2551
Cabin Fever Lecture Series
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 2pm. “Coastal Defense”. RSVP encouraged. 569-1212
Tilton Winter Farmers Market
Laconia Road, Tilton, off exit 20. 102pm. 496-1718
Concord and Lakes Region Home Show
Everett Arena, 15 Loudon Road, Concord. 10-5 pm. Largest shoe ever held in Concord. www.northernshows. com
19th Annual JTG Music Memorial Extravaganza Show
Giuseppe’s, Mill Falls Market Place, Meredith. Over 20 musicians from Noon to Midnight. $10pp suggested donation. 279-3313
Monday 25th “Four More Feet”
UNH’s Memorial Union Building, Theatre II, Durham. 7pm. 862-1566
Thursday 28th Brit Floyd
Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 225-1111
Poets in the Attic
The Country Bookseller, Durgin Stables, N. Main Street, Wolfeboro. 7-9pm. 539-4472
Friday 29th Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare in Schools)
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992
Saturday 30th Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare in Schools)
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Teens Rock Rochester Five fantastic local bands with musicians from ages eleven to seventeen get a fifteen minute shot to rock their stuff on stage at the Teens Rock Rochester event at the Rochester Opera House on Sunday, April 14 from 3-8pm. Showcasing their skills are Beat 4 (Strafford), Jam Patrol (Durham), The Poo Poo Platters (Portsmouth), Delightful Abode (Portsmouth) and Then There’s Us (Farmington). Your vote determines the winner! Local music schools and stores donate the prizes and all proceeds benefit Arts for All at the historic Rochester Opera House. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased by calling or stopping by the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5 and two hours before the show. This show is sponsored in part by Eastern Propane & Oil and Foster’s Daily Democrat. Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. The season continues with The Corvettes 4/20.
Handtub Era In Fire Fighting At Millyard Museum Firefighting historian and author Steve Pearson will present an illustrated talk about the early fire engines of the pre-steam era at the Millyard Museum on Saturday, March 23. Pearson is a firefighter with the Manchester Fire Department and author of the book, Manchester Firefighting – A Pictorial History. His illustrated talk, The Handtub Era: 1840-1862, will start at 10:30 a.m. in the museum’s Discovery Gallery. Admission to the program (including the museum) is $10 for adults, $5 for children 12-18, and free to children under 12 and members of the Manchester Historic Association. Reservations are requested by calling (603) 622-7531, or by e-mail: history@manchesterhistoric.org.
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Many local musicians will take the stage from Noon to midnight on Sunday, March 24th for the 19th Annual JTG Music Memorial Extravaganza fund-raiser at Giuseppe’s Pizzeria & Ristorante in Meredith. Gather ocal and The Musician Line- lout round the of state s t a g e a t up of performances musicians. Giuseppe’s beginning at Noon: There will Pizzeria & Michael Brien • Jeff Lines a l s o b e Ristorante a special • Chris Kelly • Dr. Jack • on Sunday, song dediPaul Hubert • John Theriault March 24, cation to • Don Bergeron & Steve 2013 to be friends Columbo • Justin Jaymes part of the and fellow 19th Anmusicians • “The Sweetbloods” • Ian n u a l J T G Pollard • Pocket Change • Joe DrouMusic Mekas and A special song dedication morial ExTom Mann to commemorate Joe travaganza! at 5pm Droukas and Tom Mann • A 12-hour The fealive music Paul Connor & Lou Porrazzo tured acts spectacuthroughout • “The Belly Dancers” • lar benefit the day and Joel Cage • The Wharf s h o w t o Rats • The Original Ossipee evening inbenefit the clude solo Mountain Boys • Joey Gnerre Muartists, Gnerre • Billy Gnerre • sic Scholarduos, trios, Tyler Gnerre • Michael ship Fund. and full M i k e bands. The Bourgeois • Eric Gagne • Brien will vast array Rick Page • Phil “n” The be kickof musical Blanks • No Limitz • Alivia ing off the genres to Aubut • Jennifer Karnan show at be enjoyed and Mike Loughlin. Noon, dediinclude: cating his folk music, set of murock and sic to long-time friend roll, blues, Americana, and fellow musician Tom bluegrass, original comM a n n f o l l o w e d b y 1 2 positions, and alternaconsecutive hours of live tive. musical entertainment This spectacular musiwhich will be performed cal Extravaganza is held by more than 35 talented each year at Giuseppe’s
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Land Of The Giants To The Editor: Though I do not live around Newfound Lake, I have been there to swim many times over the years. I even hiked up Cardigan Mountain once with my family and almost got blown off the mountain. It is a beautiful area that folks have expressed deep apprehension about scarring with monstrous and ugly wind turbines. To commit such a potentially devastating undertaking should be debated long and hard even if there is a clear economic and environmental benefit. Based on the concerns of many letter writers, one has to wonder if that is the case. I wonder if anyone has checked into the failed wind turbine operations in Australia? Viv Forbes has some interesting facts derived from that expensive and misguided boondoggle down under. (1) unreliable because gentle breezes create no power and high winds necessitate a shutdown to prevent damage; (2) winds start and stop suddenly creating network instability plus they create electricity, not when people need it, but when the wind blows; (3) back up gas and coal fired systems must always be idling ready to resume full power. A waste of fuel, labor, land and capital; (4) low energy density = large area of land peppered with wind
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turbines and networks of roads and transmission lines; (5) so costly that it is highly subsidized with costs passed onto consumers in the form of skyrocketing electric bills; (6) even if reducing CO2 levels is an attainable or sensible goal, gas is a far cheaper way to achieve it; (7) wind turbines are noisy and dangerous = they kill birds and bats and cause brush fires; (8) they leave behind a huge decommissioning cost at the end of their short life. Viv assures us that it wastes community resources and did not benefit the climate or the environment in Australia. Just wondering how thoroughly the pros and con s h a v e be e n m e a sured before deciding to destroy the scenic beauty of this area? Heck, has anyone bothered to check in with T. Boone Pickens to get his take on how well spent were the millions he poured into wind farms? As we contemplate placing more of these “giants� throughout this picturesque portion of the state, let’s hope we’re not chasing some Utopian fantasy in the manner of Don Quixote. Yes I know, he chased windmills that he thought were giants while we chase the wind with giant turbines, convinced we can harness the fickleness of mother nature. Sancho Panza finally anointed Don Quixote as “The Knight of the
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.
Sad Countenance�. Let’s hope that common sense prevails and we don’t irretrievably damage our countryside chasing some elusive, far away dream. I’m so glad that so many people are expressing their outrage, unwilling to countenance another sad chapter in the environmental movement gone bad in our own little corner of the world. Russ Wiles Tilton, NH.
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Protecting My Ideas
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
I recently read that the New Hampshire State Lottery is being allowed to develop an employee incentive program which includes monetary rewards to promote increased sales of lottery tickets. Well, this just rubbed me the wrong way. For years I have been making it my duty, as a good citizen of New Hampshire, to come up with original ideas for new scratch tickets to help the state raise money for education. Free of charge. Back in 1999, they actually used one – “Frost Heaves and Pot Holes” which someone told me was one of their biggest successes to date - and my mom wouldn’t lie. Since then I have offered up dozens of great ideas and they have yet to use a single one. I was always suspicious as to why my fantastic ideas were never used. I was sure that no one was throwing them out. Now I read that state lottery employees are being offered cash to come up with some great ideas of their own. So it hit me, this was the moment they were waiting for; stockpiling my ideas waiting for this day of monetary incentives to arrive. I’m sure they think that I would have forgotten about the ideas I had sent and now they are ready to dust them off and claim them for their own. Well, for the record, and to stake my claim to my
own ideas, I am revisiting some of my best ideas for scratch tickets over the years. I am putting these on the record so that if I see one of these come out for real, I am going to insist on my fair share. One of my favorites is the Foliage Season scratch tickets. These are brightly colored tickets that will be sold in October. There will be hardly any winners. Still, those who purchase them will be allowed to rip up their losers and throw them at passing tour busses. Of course, we will need special legislation passed in Concord to make it legal to throw the losing tickets. I’m counting on a few elementary kids from somewhere to present the legislature with the idea, it will pass in a heartbeat. (I always wondered why proponents of a casino didn’t just have a bunch of school kids ask to pass the bill in the first place, would have saved them years of work.) Town Meeting – With this scratch ticket you are looking for three folding chairs. Then you bring back the ticket to the convenience store and discuss possible payouts from fifteen minutes to an hour and then win a prize. If you get scratch off three old native curmudgeons you can take your chances on bringing the ticket to the store where you will be forced to listen to at least an hour of incoherent babble and maybe win a prize...or not. After all, this is gambling. The Flatlander Ticket – This scratch ticket will be a real winner for the state. It will guarantee 300 different million dollar prizes but there will actually not be a single winner in the bunch. It will be sold only to visiting Flatlanders as natives and those who live here year-round will be in
on the scam. First In The Nation – This ticket would only come out every four years during Presidential Primary season. If you scratch off three faces of one of the contenders, you can either cash it in for money or hold onto it until the primary takes place. If your candidate wins the primary you get put in a drawing to win a million. If your candidate loses you get put into a drawing for a three-night stay in South Carolina and a chance to play their primary lottery ticket. Live Free and Win, Win, Win – The New Hampshire Department of Travel and Tourism’s lame marketing campaign for the state could see some benefits in the form of a scratch ticket. If businesses want to use the phrase “Live Free And….” They need to choose from a predetermined list of words to finish the phrase…original thoughts are not allowed. Scratching this ticket you would reveal three such words like “giggle and splash.” Match three and win a small prize. Get three “Live Free and Win, Win, Win.” Get a bigger prize. Potato Panic – Now that the white potato is our state vegetable we can honor it with its own ticket. Just scratch three and win. Of course it will be sold only to those 18 and over but, as I’ve said earlier, if we get the right kids to the State House, we might get the age down to ten. So there you have it. I’ll be watching to see what new tickets come out now that these state lottery employees are being motivated to do something. Brendan Smith welcomes your comments at brendan@weirs.com
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From The State House Sleepless Nights It is now 4:45 am. I am wide awake, thinking about the vast number of things that need to be accomplished today. As a wife, by Rep. Jane mom, legislaCormier tor, volunteer, Belknap District 8 and music educator, I can tell you there are lots of sleepless nights. I suspect it is a difficult time for most of us as we struggle with the financial, personal, and political challenges of our time. Life is definitely a test these days. Much of my worry seems to be rooted in the insecurity of what is coming down the pike. What country will our children/grandchildren possess as they grow older? Will our children still have all the opportunities our generation enjoyed? Will our grandchildren enjoy the personal freedoms we always assumed would be
there for them? All of these questions are overwhelming in scope and stop many of us dead in our tracks. As our country becomes deluged with crushing, libertystealing debt and disingenuous politics, people are checking out. Many folks have just become immobile under the weight of it all. But, most frightening is the fear this is exactly what those in political power desire. If “the people” drop out of the process and leave governing to others, (especially those who may not be looking out for our Constitutional Republic) well, let’s just say this is NOT what our Founding Fathers had in mind! I joined the NH legislature because I could no longer be part of the silent majority. I unequivocally believe the majority of our neighbors ARE for conservative principles of smaller government, smaller debt, and broader personal freedom. But we are hitched to a leviathan of debt and corrup-
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Obama’s Nominee For Secretary Of (Illegal Alien) Labor The Beltway is buzzing over President Obama’s likely nomination of Thomas E. Perez as the next head of the U.S. Department of by Michelle Malkin L a b o r . B u t Syndicated Columnist when Americans find out whom Perez has lobbied for most aggressively over the course of his extremist leftwing social justice career, they’ll be wondering which country Obama’s pick really plans to serve. Press accounts describe Perez, currently the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s civil rights division, as a “tireless advocate of worker and civil rights.” The son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Perez was a former special counsel for the late illegal alien amnesty champion Sen. Ted Kennedy. During the Clinton years, Perez worked at the Justice Department to establish a “Worker Exploitation Task Force” to enhance working conditions for ... illegal alien workers. While holding down his government position, Perez volunteered for Casa de Maryland. This notorious illegal alien advocacy group is funded through a combination of taxpayer-subsidized grants (totaling $5 million in 2010 alone from Maryland and local governments) and radical liberal philanthropy, including billionaire George Soros’ Open Society Institute. That’s in addition to more than $1 million showered on the group by freshly departed Venezuelan thug Hugo Chavez’s regime-owned oil company, CITGO.
As I’ve reported previously, Perez rose from Casa de Maryland volunteer to president of the group’s board of directors. Under the guise of enhancing the “multicultural” experience, he crusaded for an ever-expanding set of illegal alien benefits, from in-state tuition discounts for illegal alien students to driver’s licenses and tax-subsidized day labor centers. Casa de Maryland opposes enforcement of deportation orders, has protested post-9/11 coordination of local, state and national criminal databases, and produced a “know your rights” propaganda pamphlet for illegal aliens that depicted federal immigration agents as armed bullies making babies cry. The group can claim credit for pushing the White House to issue an estimated 800,000 illegal alien deportation waivers by executive fiat. And now, Casa de Maryland is currently leading the charge for an even broader illegal alien “path to citizenship.” Questioned by GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions during his DOJ confirmation hearing in 2009 about the illegal alien rights guide produced by Casa de Maryland, Perez grudgingly stated that “the civil rights division must not act in contravention to valid enforcement actions of our federal immigration laws.” But “act(ing) in contravention” of the law is at the heart of Perez’s and Casa’s radicalism -- and not just on behalf of illegal aliens. During his tenure with the Obama DOJ, Perez sought to undermine electoral integrity by attacking South Carolina’s voter ID law. His race card antics were rebuked by a unanimous U.S. District Court panel (which included a Clinton appointee), and
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North Korea’s March Madness UNITED NATIONS—When
the Security Council passed a package of uncharacteristically tough sanctions on North Korea by John J. Metzler over the comSyndicated Columnist munist regime’s nuclear weapons tests and missile proliferation, the Pyongyang leadership went rhetorically ballistic. Pyongyang’s pro forma rants and raves towards South Korea and the United States were notched up to include scrapping the 1953 armistice which ended the Korean war. For good measure, North Korea threatened to nuke the USA with its newfound but happily not yet deliverable nuclear bombs. Significantly the latest Security Council resolution was unanimously passed and thus included support from the People’s Republic of China, the longtime but increasingly wary political mentor of the quaintly titled “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.” . The resolution stated the obvious; “reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as well as their means of delivery, constitute a threat to international peace and security.” The lengthy ten page document equally “reaffirms its decision that the DPRK shall abandon all other existing weapons of mass destruction and ballistic programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.” Specifically the resolution calls for tougher financial sanctions to the point of barring suitcases of bulk cash for various weapons deals. On a lighter note part of the resolution’s Annex includes barring the import of jewelry, yachts and racing cars. This is seen as a method to stifle favors for the small clique around the dictator Kim Jong-un. Even if the sanctions are selectively enforced by regional states such as Mainland China, the fact remains that the latest Security Council resolution underscores the unmistakable trend that the world community, even neighboring China and Russia, are weary and especially wary of North Ko-
rea upsetting East Asia’s equilibrium. Japan is genuinely frightened, while prosperous South Korea has kept a stoic calm. South Korea’s new President Park Geun-hye has stated clearly, “We must deal strongly with a North Korean provocation.” Interestingly before the latest sanctions squeeze, in a strange bid of sports diplomacy, former American basketball star Dennis Rodman visited Pyongyang to meet with Kim Jung-un, an improbable basketball fan. Rodman’s ill-timed trip while bringing a whiff of levity to the DPRK’s dour atmosphere, was ultimately aimed at opening a dialogue between the self-isolated Kim and President Barack Obama, also a basketball fan. As this column has consistently stressed, the North Korean communist dictatorship has chosen neutrons for nuclear weapons over nutrition for their own people. So ironically we see a contradictory situation where the UN Security Council slaps tough sanctions on the North, while at the same time United Nations humanitarian agencies are the major source of food and humanitarian assistance for at least a third of the North’s population. Though Kim Jong-un continues political tantrums in his fortified Pyongyang playpen, the reality remains that the land he rules stands as a neo-Stalinist totalitarian hell save for the occasional sporting jesters the dictator brings into town to amuse him. . In its latest Report on the “Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” documents “grave, systematic and widespread” human rights violations in North Korea.. Interestingly this is the 22nd such report since 2003 and reflects 16 resolutions already passed on the DPRK dictatorship. As in the past, the report outlines a terrifying totalitarian balance sheet where human rights and basic freedoms are stifled by a regime which would make Big Brother wince The DPRK’s communist rulers use widespread torture, gender discrimination and intimidation to control the populace. Those who have fallen afoul of the re-
gime are part of what the UN human rights Rapporteur cites as many as 200,000 people in labor camps. Triggering Pyongyang’s latest tirade was the joint annual South Korean/U.S. military exercises.
The force numbers include a laughably small troop contingent of 13, 000. Given that nearly one million troops of both sides facing across the DMZ dividing the peninsula, this is simply an excuse
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Intellectuals and Race There are so many fallacies about race that it would be hard to say which is the most ridiculous. However, one fallacy behind many by Thomas Sowell other fallacies Syndicated Columnist is the notion that there is something unusual about different races being unequally represented in various institutions, careers or at different income or achievement levels. A hundred years ago, the fact that people from different racial backgrounds had very different rates of success in education, in the economy and in other endeavors, was taken as proof that some races were genetically superior to others. Some races were considered to be so genetically inferior that eugenics was proposed to reduce their reproduction, and Francis Galton urged “the gradual extinction of an inferior race.”
It was not a bunch of fringe cranks who said things like this. Many held Ph.D.s from the leading universities, taught at the leading universities and were internationally renowned. Presidents of Stanford University and of MIT were among the many academic advocates of theories of racial inferiority -- applied mostly to people from Eastern and Southern Europe, since it was just blithely assumed in passing that blacks were inferior. This was not a left-right issue. The leading crusaders for theories of genetic superiority and inferiority were iconic figures on the left, on both sides of the Atlantic. John Maynard Keynes helped create the Cambridge Eugenics Society. Fabian socialist intellectuals H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw were among many other leftist supporters of eugenics. It was much the same story on this side of the Atlantic. President Woodrow Wilson, like See Sowell on 30
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— OFF THE SHELF — Put Yourself In AimÊe’s Shoes - Enjoy The Walk by Debby Montague Entertainment Correspondent
Murder Below Montparnasse, Cara Black, Soho Press, March 2013 Cara Black and her AimÊe Leduc series never disappoint me. I love following AimÊe around the arrondissments of Paris, envying her stylish outfits (which are often impractical for the contretemps in which AimÊe finds herself), agonizing with her about the men in her life, and worrying about how she’ll get herself out of her predicaments. AimÊe’s present troubles are myriad. Her friend and partner, RenÊ Friant, has taken a job in Silicon Valley, Saj her part-time employee is injured on the current job, and her relationship with her god-father, Police Commissaire Morbier, is as prickly as ever in spite of her recent assistance on one of his cases. That’s just the business side of things. On the personal side – Morbier is prickly there, too - AimÊe’s best friend Martine wants her help with a fashion magazine article, AimÊe catches her boyfriend Melac in flagrante delicto, and she’s gained too much weight to fit into the Dior she plans to wear to her cousin’s wedding. This thirteen installment of Cara Black’s AimÊe Leduc Investigations begins with a request from an old Russian who claims to know AimÊe’s mother (who left when AimÊe was a child and who happens to be on Interpol’s most wanted list). Yuri Volo-
dya wants AimÊe’s help safeguarding a painting that could be a Modigliani, but before she has barely started the case Yuri is murdered and the painting is missing.
I’ve read many mystery series with female protagonists, some playful and some serious, all good reads and good characters, but AimÊe is my favorite female gumshoe whether she’s wearing Converse high tops or Louboutin heels. AimÊe is impatient, often inconsiderate of consequences, and impetuous when a client or friend is in danger. An accomplished detective, though in theory computer crimes are her specialty, AimÊe is no stranger to gritty crimes including art theft and murder. Trained by her father, AimÊe often reminds herself of his lessons to get through a particular rough spot. For instance AimÊe has a gut feeling that Yuri must have had dealings with Leduc Detective in the past since he claims
to know her mother. Her father taught her to “Remember your first impression. Nail it down or it comes back to nail you later.â€? So she does. Another lesson her father taught her was that a good detective must think on the move. When AimĂŠe needs to find out what a Russian wife knows about the case she takes over for a tour guide. And to solve the crimes you have to be able to put the puzzle together no matter how many seemingly ill-fitting pieces you have. AimĂŠe always can. If AimĂŠe is my favorite female detective it should be no surprise that Cara Black is my favorite female mystery writer. Not only did she create AimĂŠe, but she knows how to write. Her mysteries are just complicated enough. Her style brings Paris to life with all the soupçons of See montague on 20
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Lakes Region Liberty Tax Service Is Partnered With Cell Phones For Soldiers To Provide Troops With Free Calls Home LACONIA- Lakes Region Liberty Tax Service and nonprofit Cell Phones for Soldiers Inc. are asking Lakes Region residents to help troops call home by donating gently-used cellular phones. With ongoing deployments to combat areas and elsewhere, as many as 369,000 troops are serving in the U.S. military overseas. By dropping off your used cellular phones at Liberty Tax Service, Lakes Region residents can provide U.S. troops with that precious connection to loved ones back home. Siblings Robbie and Brittany Bergquist founded Cell Phones for Soldiers at the ages of 12 and 13 in 2004. The charity has since provided more than 181 million minutes of free talk time to U. S. service men and women stationed around the world. Funds raised from the recycling of cellular phones are used to purchase pre-paid international calling cards. On average, Cell Phones for Soldiers distributes 12,000 calling cards each week to bases around the world, care package programs, deployment ceremonies and VA hospitals. Since November 2007, Lakes Region Liberty Tax Service has collected and sent in more than 4,600 phones, totaling over 330,000 minutes of talk time for our soldiers. Help them reach
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the 5,000 mark! More than 130 million phones are decommissioned each year and only 10 percent are recycled. Phones are in drawers across New Hampshire, waiting to be collected and turned into calling card cash for our troops. Locate yours and bring them to Liberty Tax Service, 702 Union Avenue, Laconia. Each donated phone can provide up to 72 minutes of talk time for a soldier. Batteries, chargers and accessories are not required to donate but accepted for recycling purposes only. Learn how to erase personal data before donating a phone by going to www. cellphonesforsoldiers.com to access a free cell phone data eraser tool (under ‘Donate a Gently Used Phone’ tab). The website has details for those who would like to make cash donations, request a calling card for a military member or read stories of the soldiers and their families who have received phone cards. Liberty Tax Service, with more than 4,000 offices throughout the United States and Canada, is a National Premier Partner for Cell Phones for Soldiers. For more information or to drop off your phones at any time, contact Lakes Region Liberty Tax at 524-5222 or visit www.libertytax.com.
and accessories. The BSTA recently selected BootLegger’s Footwear Centers as the “2013 Retailer of the Year�. BootLegger’s Footwear Centers are one of New England’s largest full service family footwear centers with headquarters in Rochester N.H. and have eight retail locations in (Rochester NHStratham NH- Wolfeboro NHNorth Conway NH- Meredith
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“Aaron Rago And I Ask: It Is For The Children?� K a t h y Rago from Franklin is a friend and conservative colleague of mine. Her son, Aaron Rago, is a by Niel Young Advocates Columnist student at Lakes Region Community College. Aaron in a letter to District 7 State Senator Andrew Hosmer: “ As an assignment for my American Government class, I am writing about an issue that concerns me—the issue of School Choice. Last year the New Hampshire Legislature passed a bill (SB372) that allowed lowincome families to receive a k-12 scholarship, so they could finance their children’s education at a private school, out-ofdistrict public school, or homeschool. This bill gives STUDENTS the freedom to go to the school of their choice and receive the best education that suites their individual needs. It is my understanding that another bill (HB370) will repeal SB372 if passed by the Senate and signed by the governor. The House already passed the bill, but I ask that you vote “INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE� on HB370. “When I was a student at Franklin High School, I wanted to take classes at Laconia High School that WERE NOT OFFERED at Franklin. After meeting with the principal of Laconia High, I discovered that my family couldn’t afford the high tuition costs for an out-of-district student. I was devastated. Right now there are over 400 students that have applied for these scholarships. If HB370 is passed and SB372 is repealed, the children of these families WILL NOT be able to attend the schools of their
choice. Without the education that suits them, they may struggle with school and not be able to achieve their full potential. “ Future students SHOULD NOT miss out on educational opportunities like I did. It is my hope for them that they will be able to have access to a better education or a school that is the best fit for them. I ask again that you vote against HB370. Thank you for your time.� If Sen. Hosmer and his wife have made a decision to send their children to a Christian Private School, I think that is wonderful that they have made that choice and can afford the additional expense as in property taxes for the nongovernment school. Why then do we not do the right thing for those who are not affluent (and you know I admire financial success) have an option to do the same for their children. All state reps and senators should think of all of the children, and stop protecting the Teachers’ Unions and other related Lobbyists. Do they have the courage? We shall see. ******** We have all had times when our favorite sports player retires, and we thank the player for all the thrill, doing everything within their power to get a win for us. We remember the big play, his gutsy play, good citizen, and the times that person “played hurt�. Life goes on, and we tell stories of what it was like to have that player on our team. Boston fans cannot tolerate a Red Sox player going to New York Yankees. We don’t forgive! Will we forgive Bill Bellichek for allowing the undisputed “heart of the offense� Wes Welker from accepting an offer to play with another great QB in Peyton Manning? My answer is NO.
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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, March 21, 2013
by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer
DENNIS RODMAN ??? Seeing former NBA star Dennis Rodman hanging out with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un recently in Pyongyang was mindboggling. The Apocalypse is surely fast approaching. Rodman predictably sang the praises of the Communist tyrant, lending credence to the expression “useful idiot.” The term was invented in Soviet Russia to contemptuously describe western liberals who blindly supported the likes of Lenin and Stalin while the Communist leaders committed atrocity after atrocity. Rodman, however, is a great case study in how to attract attention. When he was in the NBA his hair kept changing color. He dated Madonna. He married Carmen Electra. He wore a dress. He later parlayed his notoriety into celebrity and actually was paid to endorse certain products. He “wrote” one of the best-selling sports books of all time. What made Rodman such a publicity hound? I’m not a psychologist, but people with many siblings sometimes act up to get attention. How many brothers and sisters did Dennis have? His father, Philander, acknowledged having at least 29 kids by 16 different women in the Philippines. That may explain it. REBOUNDS His off-court antics aside, Rodman was a heck of a basketball player. He couldn’t shoot or score, but he was a wondrous
defensive player and won seven straight NBA rebound titles, while playing on championship caliber teams in Detroit, San Antonio and Chicago. His best year was 199192 when he averaged 18.7 rebounds per game with the Pistons. The great Wilt Chamberlain won 11 rebound titles (four in a row twice) while Boston’s Bill Russell was Mike Ellis tops in that category four times. Moses Malone later won six rebound titles, including five in a row. Wilt’s best year was 1961 when he averaged 27.2 rebounds per game, a record never to be broken, like many of Wilt’s other records. (Chamberlain by the way, was a supporter of Richard Nixon, and probably would never have visited Pyongyang.) MUSHER MIKE Twenty three years ago Plymouth State sports people were excited when former Panther golfer Richie Parker qualified for the U.S. Open in Medinah, Ill. Now another Plymouth grad has made the big time. Mike Ellis, who graduated from Plymouth State College with a geography degree, was one of 67 mushers who qualified for the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The Iditarod is an annual long-distance Alaska race run every March from Anchorage to Nome. Mushers and a team of 16 dogs, of which at least six must be on the towline at the finish line, cover the 1100+ mile distance in 9–15 days or more. Mike has been mushing since 1993. Speaking of mushing, congratulations to the organizers of the 84th Laco-
nia World Championship Sled Dog Derby. Rescheduled for this month due to a lack of February snow, this year’s successful competition featured around about 50 race teams. The event dates back to 1929 when the New England Sled Dog Club held its first race here. MORE KUDOS FOR CHUCK LENAHAN Congrats also go out to Plymouth High football coach Chuck Lenahan on being one of 13 selectees for induction into the National Federation High School Hall of Fame in Indianapolis. Other inductees include former Washington Redskins’ all-pro quarterback Joe Theismann and current Los Angeles Clippers’ guard Chauncey Billups (originally drafted by the Celtics). The 31st NFHS National High School Hall of Fame ceremonies will occur on June 27 at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. Lenahan won his 19th state football championship last year at Plymouth Regional High School and is the winningest football coach in New Hampshire history. In 43 years at Plymouth, Lenahan has compiled a 345-69-1 reSee moffett on 28
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“I found that the tenor banjo was similar to the violin, “ said Hashem. He soon found himself learning how to play single note melodies. Learning chords on the banjo was something Hashem worked hard at to perfect.
One night he found himself at Sweeney’s Gay Nineties, a club in Rowley, Mass. The Black Banjo Band was performing and they were led by Jim Mazzy an accomplished banjo player who was voted the Number One Traditional Jazz Banjoist in 2002. “I learned a lot from
watching them; especially Mazzy,” said Hashem. Hashem soon teamed up with another banjoist, Cris MacNeil, and they toured all over New England for years as the “Banjo Buddies.” Hashem was now beginning to excel in full chord playing and learnSee hashem on 23
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Hashem inside his Ossipee store next to the banjo case that brendan smith Photo went with him on many trips.
on. He kept a steady work diet of playing three days a week at Sweeney’s plus other playing commitments, while running the business in Portsmouth as well. He did this until 1979 when Sweeney’s closed its doors. “I thought that might be the end.” Said Hashem, “But then I got my own band together, The Dixieland Strollers.” At the same time he closed the shop in Portsmouth and moved to land he owned in Barrington, New Hampshire. Hashem was now specializing more in older firearms, musical equipment and military artifacts - not to mention an antique motorcycle or See hashem on 24
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Mike Hashem as a performer for the Delta Steam Boat Company in 1985. He worked three weeks on and six weeks off.
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The cover of the CD “All American Banjo Classics” recorded in 2000 by Hashem and his band. The symbol is from that rare Gibson banjo, Copies of the CD are for sale at Old Post Office Antiques & Collectibles in Ossipee. hashem from 22
ing the songs that were the best in a jazz band setting. It was in 1968 that Hashem suddenly found he was to become a man with two careers. His father, an antiques dealer all of his
adult life, died that year and Hashem took over his antiques business in Portsmouth. Still, banjo blood ran through his veins and Hashem became the new banjo player at Sweeney’s after Jim Mazzy moved
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two. “I was working out of my home but it was hard to make a living in the woods,” Hashem said reflecting on the semi-isolation his move brought with it. Still, he kept busy with the banjo and was in demand to play with other bands and, in 1985, Hashem won the U.S. Open Banjo Contest. He was now playing the banjo in places as far away as Hawaii. (He also won the Canadian Grand National Banjo Contest in 1981 and was the New York State Champion in 1986.) Still, being a native of New Hampshire - he was born in Dover in 1948 Hashem was hard pressed to move, even after he auditioned and was hired on the spot to be the banjo players for the Delta Steam Boat Company in 1985. The Steam Boat cruises were first-class trips costing between $2,000 and $10,000 per person and would last from three to seven days with stops along the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. The entertainment was top of the line and Hashem got to perform with greats like clarinetist Pete Fountain and Broadway Star Helen
Mike Hashem at 37 years of age holding his priceless 1934 Gibson All American Mastertone banjo. courtesy Photo
He performed on the Steam Boat for three years. “I would work for about two to three weeks on the boat and then have six weeks off where I would come back to New Hampshire, I always liked to remind them they had a northerner as their banjo player,” laughed Hashem. Somewhere in Hashem’s impressive resume he also performed at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City. “Top 3 Restau In 1999, Hashem sold his home in Barrington and moved to Eliot, “TopMaine, 20 Best S where he also owned a for 2010” home. Being a Federal licensed “Hottest Dish i gun dealer, Hashem found there would be a lot of bu- - 2 reaucratic hurdles to jump in order to move“Top his 10 busiBurge ness to Maine. “I decided I needed LocatedaJust Specializing in Steakhouse Cuisine & Southern Food. New Hampshire storefront Lake W for my business,” said Hashem. So Hashem went look1 Orchard Street, Downtown Dover, NH ing and one night, during A603.749.0006 hand’s-on chef-owned restaurant a snowstorm, he found Christopher “Koz” Kozlowski, chef/owner the perfect locale for his www.OrchardStreetChopShop.com business is Ossipee, NH. Orchard Street, The site of1the former Os- Do Hayes. “It was called ‘The Heartland of America’ tours and you really did get to see some of the great cities and towns along these rivers,” said Hashem.
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sipee Post Office. Where his store aptly named â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old Post Office Antiques & Collectiblesâ&#x20AC;? has now been open for fourteen years. (Hashem now lives right next door.) In 2000, Hashem recorded a CD called â&#x20AC;&#x153;All American Banjo Classicsâ&#x20AC;? along with musicians Scott Philbrick, Noel Kaletsky, Chuck Stewart and Mel Deveau. It is a collection of
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old time conventional banjo hits, which are his favorite. The cover of the CD is a picture of what just might be the most precious of all of Hashemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s antique possessions. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 1934 Gibson All American Mastertone Banjo, one of just 10 ever produced and four in existence today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just might be the rarest Gibson in the world,â&#x20AC;? said Hashem. Soon to be celebrating his 65th birthday Hashem doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t travel as much with his music as he used to but he still loves to perform. He recently played at the 24th Annual St, Valentinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Massacre and Banjofest at the Allenberry Resort Inn in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, where he also gave a workshop on turning simple banjo songs into interesting
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ones. He plays every year at the Chowderfest in Boston and at the Champlain Valley Fair in Essex Junction, Vermont. This year he will also be performing at the Raitt Farm in Eliot, Maine. Hashem has also supplemented some of his â&#x20AC;&#x153;freeâ&#x20AC;? time with other projects, when his business isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t calling him. Hashem joined the board of the Wright World War II Museum in Wolfeboro where he is the expert in militaria and works in acquiring World War II weaponry for display. (On Sunday, April 7th at 2pm, Hashem will be giving a presentation at the museum on Japanese Weapons of WWII.)
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roofing choices for compatibility with your existing siding as well as the style of your home. If your home has a busy exterior with more than one contrasting color, try adding a classic, rustic color like TAMKO’s weathered wood. The shingle’s subtle blends of color and wood-like appearance complements nearly any exterior paint color. If your home’s exterior is a more neutral shade, try adding a vibrant colored shingle to stand out in your neighborhood. TAMKO has a large selection of classic and vibrant shingle colors and styles to meet any need. To learn more visit www. tamko.com. 3. Paint - Whether you’re updating your color scheme or applying a fresh coat, painting is an easy way to update your home’s look from the street in a big way. Depending on your budget, this project can be big or small. To make the most significant impact, consider painting the entire house. This will bring new life to paint that has lost its luster or possibly a new palette of color to incorporate into your yard. Although this project can call for a larger investment, the result will pay off in the end. If your budget is more limited, focus on the areas that catch the eye. Give shutters and trim a fresh coat of paint, or paint the front door a bright shade of red or blue. You don’t have to make a large investment to make a large impact. Focusing on key areas of your home’s exterior will refresh the entire appearance of the home and provide a facelift that’s within your reach.
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Rabies Clinic
Franklin Fire Station, 59 West Bow Street, Franklin. 2-4pm. All dogs must be on a leash, and all cats must be in a carrier. $12 cash only. 934-3109
Durham’s 19th Annual Egg Hunt
Durham Town Landing on Old Landing Road. 11am.817-4074
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David Wax Museum
Portsmouth Music Hall, Portsmouth. 7pm. 436-2400
Cabin Fever Lecture Series
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 2pm. White Glove presentation of period firearms. RSVP encouraged. 5691212
AARP Mature Driver Safety Program
Meredith Community Center, Rt. 3, Meredith. 9am-1pm both days. $14. 279-5631 Fri. 5th – Sun. 7th
Great Northeast Boat Show
Hampshire Dome, Milford. Fri. 127pm, Sat. 10-6pm and Sun. 10-3pm. www.greatnortheastboatshow.com
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Rules of Golf Clinic
Concord Country Club, Concord. 9am-3pm. $15pp. 569-3471
James Montgomery
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Dance Northeast
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992
Plymouth Blues Summit
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Late Night Catechism Las Vegas: Sister Rolls the Dice!
Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 225-1111
Saturday 13th The Amazing Kreskin
Snowmobile Hill Climb Challenge
Pat’s Peak Ski Area, Henniker. Registration is from 5:30am-9am. 428-3245
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Corvettes Doo Wop Revue
Thursday 25th Kris Allen
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach. 8pm. 929-4100
Thurs. 25th – May 4th Glengarry Glen Ross
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992
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Sunday 14th Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo
Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 225-1111
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Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 225-1111
Winter Market
Danbury Grange Hall, across from the Fire Station in the center of Danbury. 9am-1pm.
Saturday 20th
Lottery Cocktail Party
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Saturday 6th
Club 59, Kingswood Golf Course, South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 6pm. $42/members, $45/nonmembers.569-4554
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992
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Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 5:30pm. $100 donation admits two. 335-1992
Wed. 3rd – Thurs. 4th
NH Boat Museum’s Annual Spring Fling Fundraiser
Thursday 18th Hugh Masekela
Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 225-1111
Friday 19th Bruce Hornsby
Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 225-1111
1921 Parade Rd. Laconia, NH
Paula Poundstone
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Ongoing Senior Ten Pin Bowling League
Funspot, Rt. 3 Weirs Beach. 10am every Monday morning. 50 years and older welcomed! Call Gail 569-1974 or Marie 494-8405
Laconia Indoor Winter Market
Skate Escape, Court Street, Laconia.
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Gilford: Open concept contemporary home with panoramic views of the Belknap Mtns., Lake Winnipesaukee, & Sanders Bay! 3,044 sqft. with 3 BR, 4 BA, a master BR suite with a master bath & walk-in closet with storage, a stone FP, a sun room, decks, and an attached 2-car garage. $299,900 MLS# 4221234
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Bible Study
Open Door Bible Church, 2324 Rt. 16, next to West Ossipee Post Office. Every Wednesday at 6:30pm. 508380-0471
Singles Dance
Daniel’s Hall, Rt 4, Nottingham. Fridays from 8pm-12am. Casual dress. BYOB, free light buffet and drink set-ups. Smoking outside on the patio. $12. 942-8525
Acoustic Country Pickin Party
Tilton Senior Center from 7pm-9pm every Wednesday.
Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting
Trinity Episcopal Church, Rt. 25, Meredith. 7:30pm. First and third Tuesdays of the month. Persons of any experience level are welcome. www.lrcameraclub.com or 340-2359
Free Movie Matinee
Dover Public Library. Every Saturday at 2pm. Free screening of a family movie. Bring your own popcorn!
Reiki Classes
Meredith Senior Center. Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Free. 279-5631 for times and to schedule an appointment.
Preschool Storytime
Meredith Public Library, Main St. Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30am and Thursdays, 1-2pm. Ages 3-5. 2794303.
Knotty Knitters
Meredith Public Library, Main St. 10:30am - Noon. Every Thursday. All levels of experience welcome. 2794303.
ALTON Long 425’ waterfront on Lake Winnipesaukee with sandy bottom, 1.0 acre parcel is ideal for building your lake home. Beautiful lake views must be seen. Existing 1850 cape on property.
$650,000 (4190690) Call 253-9360
ASHLAND Little Squam Lake, 2+ BR seasonal cottage, dock, wooded setting, nice yard, beautiful mountain and open water views, cozy and private. Knotty pine throughout, open concept.
$439,000 (4083841) Call 253-9360
WOLFEBORO Enjoy spectacular views and sunsets from this wonderful lakeside 2 bed, 2 bath cottage with a beautiful screen porch, assigned dock and great rental history.
$389,900 (4196938) Call 569-3128
BROOKFIELD Priced to sell “As Is”. Pastoral mountain views, small pond. Charming 1786 Antique Cape with 800’ road frontage on 35 acres. 80’ Barn needs rehab.
$269,000 (4172130) Call 569-3128
EFFINGHAM Wonderful and well-built 3 bedroom log home privately set on over 6 acres, warm and spacious interior, with large barn, horse paddock and pond on property.
$189,000 (4193489) Call 569-3128
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cord, which includes 13 undefeated seasons and a 57-game winning streak from 2005 to 2010. Born Today ... That is to say, sports standouts born on March 21 include former Oakland Raider quarterback and head coach Tom Flores (1937) and superstar NFL running back Adrian Peterson (1985). Sportsquiz Who was the first pro basketball player to break a backboard? (Answer follows) Sportsquote “I spent 90% of my money on booze and broads,” said 1970s soccer star George Best. “The rest I wasted.” Sportsquiz Answer Chuck Connors broke a
backboard before the firstever Boston Celtics basketball game at the Boston Arena in 1946. It was not a dunk shot, but a long pregame high-arching set shot that caught the rim the wrong way and cracked the backboard, delaying the start of the game. Connors went on the acting fame and starred for many years as “The Rifleman” on ABC-TV. Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management at NHTI, Concord’s Community College. He recently co-authored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines), which is available through Amazon. com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.
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to unburden the crushing weight which is immobilizing our communities, county, and country. It won’t be easy, of that you can be sure. But, the American Dream must be preserved for our children. Now is the time to roll up our sleeves and do some heavy lifting. Time may be running out. For more information check out: www.conservativerepublicansofbelknapcounty.org “Loading up the nation with debt and leaving it for the following generations to pay is morally irresponsible. Excessive debt is a means by which governments oppress the people and waste their substance. No nation has a right to contract debt for periods longer than the majority contracting it can expect to live.” Thomas Jefferson
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for heightened tensions. One of the classic North Korean political propaganda nostrums focuses on the DPRK being taken seriously as a sovereign state. Yet, part of Pyongyang’s outreach program includes threats to devastate neighboring South Korea and to nuke the USA. And Kim Jong-un wonders why he’s not popular? Remember how critics laughed when former U.S. President George W Bush rightly labeled North Korea, along with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Saddam’s Iraq as part of an Axis of Evil? Well??
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Salome’s Stars Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Congratulations, Lamb. This is the week to finish your project and then bask in your wellearned approval. (And if you like, you also can say “bah” to all those detractors.) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The bold Bovine could find a new opportunity too intriguing to be ignored. But don’t charge into it. Go slowly so you see how things develop as you get more involved. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might try to soften your stand on that important issue. A little more flexibility actually could get you what you’re looking for. A new friend enters the picture midweek. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your inner voice is on the mark when it advises you to tackle that family problem now! The sooner you’re able to come to terms with it, the better it will be for everyone. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Someone reveals important news about a longtime
ACROSS 1 Dilapidated condition 10 Hawaii-born U.S. president 15 Acute 20 Unlike death and taxes? 21 Marsh bird 22 One healing 23 Former Philippine president going around something? 25 Baseballer Pee Wee 26 “A,” in Arles 27 Scriptwriter Ephron 28 “- minute!” 29 Mambo king Puente 31 Had food 32 “Who Said Gay -?” (song from “Can-Can”) 34 Tender of Andean animals? 37 Lummox 41 - -mell 42 Many-acred home 43 Things keeping baby sheep from straying? 47 Actor Waggoner 49 Newspaper opinion piece 50 Prefix that means “egg” 51 Caustic cleaners 52 Zaragoza’s river 55 - buco (veal meal) 57 Spilled the beans 59 Medusa’s activity? 65 Not open 67 At the acme 68 See 69 Cow noise 70 Proclaims, biblically 71 Wicked 73 High-tech greeting 75 Flurry 76 “Friday Night Fights” airer
associate. But before you decide how to deal with this information, make sure it’s reliable, and not simply self-serving. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Some intensive soul-searching early in the week can help you reach a decision by week’s end that should please both you and the other person involved. Good luck.
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An early prototype of a GPS navigational system had only two voice commands- turn left and turn right. -Mrs. Charles Williams, Durham. NH.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) As much as you might resent it, a changing situation could require you to adjust your plans accordingly. The good news: An associate agrees to cooperate.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) The possibility of a career change is intriguing. Learn more about what it can offer and what it cannot. Weigh everything carefully. And ask questions.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) That old problem is finally resolved, just in time for you to take on a new work-related project. This one could be the super door-opener you’ve been looking for.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Work is your priority this week as you try to make up for lost time. Expect help from someone who cares about you. Things take a welcome turn by the weekend.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) The early part of the week presents some difficult hurdles. But once you get over them, you can start to focus on matters that are more important to you.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A health problem causes some anxiety early in the week. But prompt medical attention soon eases everyone’s concerns.
BORN THIS WEEK: You are respected for your honesty and your dedication to doing the right thing, no matter how difficult that might be.
79 Idi of infamy 80 Car houser 82 People trying out covered wagons? 86 Turn to mush 88 Hammered item 89 Word repeated after “que” 90 Big name in synthesizers 92 HDTV brand 93 Walked 96 Staff symbol 98 Silky fabric worn by a primate? 101 Stop up again, as a wine bottle 103 “S’il - plait” 106 Portable PC 107 Be cleverer than a famed candy man? 110 Ivy League Philly sch. 114 Simple card game 115 Spot for a mail slot 116 67-Across, in poetry 117 Neighbor of N. Dak. 120 “- do not!” 121 Conveyed via a conduit 123 They’re hidden in seven long answers in this puzzle 127 Pianist’s exercise 128 “The stage -” 129 Absolve 130 Turf again 131 Unfeeling 132 Velodrome competitions
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61 Wiggling fish 62 Mental pictures 63 Electric razor brand 64 The Almighty 66 The Beatles’ “Woman” 70 Baglike part 71 Verb suffix 72 Pantry raider 74 Vid shooter 77 Stay with, as a decision 78 Gallup 80 Aggregation 81 After - (kind of) 83 Fund 84 Regarding 85 Samms or Watson 87 Khaki 91 Fly ball’s antithesis 93 Touring actor 94 Bring back together 95 Ink squirter 97 Earth’s highest peak 99 Tarzan actor Ron 100 PC software 102 Relieved (of) 104 Golf tourney 105 Kind of pony or pooch 108 Pueblo builders 109 Prior to, in poetry 111 Computer of the 1940s 112 Nick of “Affliction” 113 Butler on “The Nanny” 117 Skirt type 118 “How are you?” reply 119 Goose of Hawaii 122 Tokyo, previously 124 Bear, in Madrid 125 Neighbaor of S. Dak. 126 Playtex item
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many other Progressives, was solidly behind notions of racial superiority and inferiority. He showed the movie “Birth of a Nation,” glorifying the Ku Klux Klan, at the White House, and invited various dignitaries to view it with him. Such views dominated the first two decades of the 20th century. Now fast forward to the last few decades of the 20th century. The political left of this era was now on the opposite end of the spec-
trum on racial issues. Yet they too regarded differences in outcomes among racial and ethnic groups as something unusual, calling for some single, sweeping explanation. Now, instead of genes being the overriding reason for differences in outcomes, racism became the one-size-fits-all explanation. But the dogmatism was the same. Those who dared to disagree, or even to question the prevailing dogma in either era were dismissed
-- as “sentimentalists” in the Progressive era and as “racists” in the multicultural era. Both the Progressives at the beginning of the 20th century and the liberals at the end started from the same false premise -- namely, that there is something unusual about different racial and ethnic groups having different achievements. Yet some racial or ethnic minorities have owned or directed more than half of whole industries in many nations. These have in-
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cluded the Chinese in Malaysia, Lebanese in West Africa, Greeks in the Ottoman Empire, Britons in Argentina, Indians in Fiji, Jews in Poland, and Spaniards in Chile -- among many others. Not only different racial and ethnic groups, but whole nations and civilizations, have had very different achievements for centuries. China in the 15th century was more advanced than any country in Europe. Eventually Europeans overtook the Chinese -- and there is no evidence of changes in the genes of either of them. Among the many reasons for different levels of achievement is some-
thing as simple as age. The median age in Germany and Japan is over 40, while the median age in Afghanistan and Yemen is under 20. Even if the people in all four of these countries had the same mental potential, the same history, the same culture -- and the countries themselves had the same geographic features -- the fact that people in some countries have 20 years more experience than people in other countries would still be enough to make equal economic and other outcomes virtually impossible. Add the fact that different races evolved in different geographic settings, presenting very different opportunities and constraints on their development, and the same conclusion follows. Yet the idea that differences in outcomes are odd, if not sinister, has been repeated mindlessly from street corner demagogues to the august chambers of the Supreme Court. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.
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Dino Petting Zoo Roars Into Concord
Have you ever petted a dinosaur? Would you like to? Families will have the opportunity to feed, water and play with a variety of creatures straight from the prehistoric era right at the Capitol Center for the Arts on Sunday, April 14, 1pm & 4pm. This unique, visually stunning experience lets children and adults travel back in time to prehistoric Australia to view and interact with the dinosaurs and creatures that inhabited the landscape millions of years ago. From the cute and cuddly baby Dryosaurus to the ferocious Tyrannosaur and everything in between, attendees will be able to see these magnificent creatures up close and personal. Also on display and available for exploration will be the Meganeura, a primitive dragonfly with a two-foot wingspan as well as a menagerie of mammals and insects that once roamed the southern hemisphere. Each dinosaur has its own backstory about where it hails from, what it eats and other interesting, identifying information. Funny and entertaining, the expedition also offers attendees an amazing hands-on learning experience like nothing they’ve ever seen (or touched). As an audience member, you may be asked to help a handler give food or water to the dinosaurs or just come
up and pet one (if you dare!). The artists behind these stunning creatures are Australian-based Erth - Visual & Physical Inc. Founded in 1990 in Ballarat Victoria, Erth has consistently been creating art for the public domain since its inception and is recognized today as an innovator of physical and visual theatre worldwide. Erth’s goal is to provide audiences with eye popping visual experiences by combining a truly fantastic aesthetic with performance, using large-scale puppets, stilts, inflatable environments and aerial techniques to create its productions. Erth tours the globe extensively, including performances at most major Australian and international festivals, including the opening ceremonies at the Sydney Olympic Games, Hong Kong Fringe, the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland and the Stockton Riverside Festival in the U.K. Individual tickets are $20 and tickets purchased in groups of four or more are $16.25. Tickets are available now by calling 603-225-1111, online at www.ccanh. com, and at the box office, located at 44 South Main Street, Concord, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11am. to 6pm, and Saturday 11am to 2pm.
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