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VOLUME 24, NO. 13

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, march 26, 2015

COMPLIMENTARY

Indoor Triathlon Is Another Big Success The 11th Annual Saving Animals Indoor Triathlon held at the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in Weirs Beach on Saturday, March 14th, raised over $28,000 for the New Hampshire Humane Society. That brings its eleven year total to over $100,000. Twenty-nine teams of four players took part in the triathlon, which really consisted of five events: bowling, skee-ball, darts, pinball and mini-golf. The mini-golf was the newest addition to the contest as this year it was played on

Funspot’s brand new, 18hole indoor mini-golf which was recently completed in a new 5,500 square foot area. With many of the original Landmarks Of New Hampshire ornaments that were part of Funspot’s popular outdoor mini-golf since the 1960s now refurbished, the new indoor mini-golf proved to be the most popular of the triathlon events this year. “It was the first time anyone has ever played on the new mini-golf and we heard nothing but raves See triathlon on 8

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If things had gone differently when Matt Porter was younger he may have been working in a completely different field but the same determination would have most likely led him to the same success he has today with his business, Porter Heating and Cooling. “When I was in high school I actually wanted to go into auto mechanics at the Voc Tech but that section was too full,” said Porter. “They told me they had plumbing open

so I figured I would try that for a year and really ended up enjoying it because the teacher was really great.” In his junior year the VICA program (Vocational Industrial Club of America) went through all of the plumbing schools in the state and selected about forty students to

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March Thursday 26th Storytelling Dinner – Marion Posner

The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. Dinner begins at 6:30pm. $19.95 per person plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219 for reservations

How to Use LinkedIn to Boost Your Business

Beane Conference Center, 35 Blueberry Lane, Laconia. 1-4pm. Register for this interactive eyeopening LinkedIn Seminar and learn how to: Develop a profile that reflects the true professional that you are; increase your 1st connections by 25% in 30 days and leverage 2nd connections to develop new business. Limited seating available. 524-5531

Spanakopita – Greek Cooking Demonstration

Moultonborough Public Library, 4 Holland Street, Moultonborough. 10:30am. Greek chefs Chrysanthe Nagios and Alexa Pervanas will demonstrate making spanakopita, traditional Greek pie made of spinach, feta cheese and seasonings. Bring your appetite to enjoy a sample! 4768895 . Thurs. 26th – April 4th

Macbeth

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992 or www. rochesteroperahouse.com

Friday 27th Grande Romanza!

Concord City Auditorium, Concord. 7:30pm. Songs of love and passion from favorite Operettas and Broadway shows in a heart warming program of staged and costumed scenes. $18pp. Advanced ticket sales are available at Gibson’s Bookstore and the UPS Store both on Main Street in Concord. Tickets are also available at the door.

Small Farmers Club – Get to Know Cows

Remick Museum, Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. 10am-11am. Farmfun hour for children. The time will be spent getting to know the featured animal. $5 per child. 323-7591

Fri. 27th – April 4th Romeo and Juliet

Your Theatre at M&D Productions, 1857 White Mountain Highway, North Conway. Directed by Kevin Coleman. www.advicetotheplayers.org or 2847115

Saturday 28th Adam Ezra

Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

Character Breakfast - Piglet

The Theatre In the Woods, Observatory Way, Intervale. 10am. The event starts with an assortment of healthy breakfast options, followed by story time, with a guest reader. After the story, the larger-than-life storybook character will come out and visit with the children. $5 suggested donation. 356-9980

Granite State Chorale Society 40th Anniversary and Gala Dinner Concert

Governor’s Inn, Rochester. 5-9pm. Cocktail reception followed by dinner, 50/50 raffle, live auction, and culminate with a live concert premiere of the newly commissioned work, “Rochester”, accompanied by composer Nicholas White. $65pp, seating is limited. w w w. b r o w n p a p e r t i c k e t s . c o m / event/1016869

Colonial Hearth Cooking Event

Colonel Paul Wentworth House, Water Street, Rollinsford. 11am-4pm. Using authentic period recipes and demonstrating colonial hearth cooking techniques and equipment, costumed historians will recreate an 18th century dinner from the hearth to the table. $5 suggested donation. 969-3898 or www.paulwentworthhouse.org

Tracking Seasons and Climate Change in the Northern Appalachians

Hopkinton Town Library’s Community Room, 61 Houston Drive, Contoocook. 1:30-2:30pm. Presented by Georgia Murray, staff scientist with the Appalachian Mountain Club in NH. Program is free but donations are appreciated. 746-6121

ECK Spiritual Chat

The Water Street Café, 141 Water Street, Laconia. 10:30am-Noon. Free and open to the public. Attendees will receive a complimentary free booklet, Spiritual Experiences Guide Book. www.eckankar-nh.org or 800-7138944

Yard and Bake Sale Benefit

Danbury Grange Hall, 15 North Road, Danbury. Benefit for Dean Martin, who lost his wife and home in a devastating fire this winter. Dean is recovering from serious burns. 252-4440

Maple Sugaring Day Open House

Remick Museum, Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. Spend time in the working Sugar House, learn about historic methods of producing syrup and modern evaporator while savoring a sample of farm made maple syrup. Free and open to the public. The Main Museum will not be open. 323-7591

Public Breakfast and Bake Sale

Masonic Building, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 7-9:30am. Full breakfast including eggs cooked to order. $8pp. 524-8268

Passport to the World Travel Trade Show

The Margate Resort, 76 Lake Street, Laconia. 10am-2pm. Free admission, door prizes, informative presentations, over 35 vendors and more! The first 50 attendees will receive a special gift! 524-2500

Book Signing – Dan Heyduk

Innisfree Bookshop at the Mill Falls Marketplace, Meredith. 2-4pm. Mr. Heyduk will be signing his new book “Meredith Chronicles”. 279-3905

Meredith Easter Egg Hunt

Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. Registration begins at 9:30am and the hunt will go as follows; Ages 1-2 10:10am-10:20am, Ages 3-4 !):20am-10:30am, Ages 5-6 10:40am-10:50am and finish with ages 7-9 from 10:50am-11am. Please arrive prior to the designated hunt

time to register. Dress accordingly (hunt is outside). Following the hunt, come inside for photos with the Easter Bunny, refreshments, climbing wall, bouncy house, face painting, arts & crafts and more! Free event which relies on donations and volunteers and community support. 279-8197

Sunday 29th Radio Show Pilot – Live Audience Recording

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992 or www. rochesteroperahouse.com

Imagination Movers

Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

Daryl Hall & John Oates

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach. www. casinoballroom.com 929-4100

Local Author Talk – Sue Young Quinlan

RinerRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 4pm. Free and open to the public. 431-2100

Monday 30th Green SnowPro Training Course

Meredith. Passing the initial Green SnowPro course enables commercial salt applicators to be certified by DES, which provides liability protection against damages for both the salt applicator and the landowners or managers who hire them. For more information contact Patrick Woodbrey at NHDES 603-271-5329 or Patrick. woodbrey@des.nh.gov

Mon. 30th – April 6th Lakes Region Art Association Member Exhibit

Laconia Public Library, 695 North Main Street, Laconia. Features framed artwork pieces. The mediums represented are watercolors, oil and acrylic paintings, pastels and drawings. www.lakesregionartassociation.com

Tuesday 31st Safe Boating Through Education – 6 Week Class

Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth. 7-9pm. Presented by Portsmouth Sail & Power Squadron. $50 for the supplies, additional $10 for each family member sharing the supplies. 225-3350

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Wednesday 1st Cribbage Tournament

Patrick’s Pub, Gilford. Registration 6:30-7pm. Games start at 7:15pm. Weekly cash prizes. Fundraiser to benefit the Café Déjà vu Pub Mania team for the NH1 Children’s Auction. Every Wednesday until June. 9981418

Thursday 2nd NH – A State of Mind - Program

The Public Safety Complex, Lee. 7pm. A humorous look at NH from the time of King George II to the present. Program highlights the Colonial Days, the NH Political Traditions and Culture. Presented by Carl E. Lindblade. Free and open to the public.

Rising Star Adam Ezra Comes To Plymouth The Flying Monkey is excited to present The Adam Ezra Group at 7:30pm on Saturday, March 28th. Ezra has graduated from the Boston scene to the national stage with a soulful fusion of poetic songwriting, rock n’ roll attitude, and energized live shows. The Adam Ezra Group (AEG) is constantly proving that they are more than just a band, musically, personally, and socially. Ezra has spent time farming in Canada, volunteering for the relief effort in Kosovo, and practicing environmental geography in South Africa...and he crams it all into the music. Ezra always challenges our perspective, often teetering between sensitive poet and ballsy rocker. New Hampshire’s own Ron Noyes Band will open the night with their own brand of rhythm and roots-rock. Tickets for this concert start at $14.

Humane Society Dessert Tasting and Silent Auction Cocheco Valley Humane Society invites you to sample decadent desserts and bid on fabulous auction items at their17th annual Dessert Tasting and Silent Auction on Sunday, March 29th from 1pm to 3pm at the Kittery Community Center in Kittery, ME. This delicious event will once again be hosted by Mark Ericson and Karen Kiley from WOKQ. All proceeds raised from the event benefit the animals at CVHS - so you can indulge without the guilt! This signature event sells out year after year, so be sure to get your tickets now! Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.cvhsonline.org or by calling the shelter at 603-749-5322 ex. 112.

Sing, And Other Short Stories Book Launch Party A book launch party for Volume I of the Hobblebush Granite State Short Story Series. Sing, And Other Short Stories will be held at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord on Thursday, April 2 at 7pm. Local author Dan Szczesny will read from his book and answer questions. Books will be available for purchase and Dan will be signing them after the reading. Dan is also the author of The Adventures of Buffalo and Tough Cookie as well as The Nepal Chronicles. This event is free and open to all. Gibson’s Bookstore is located at 45 South Main Street in Concord.

Turkey Hunting Workshop A free workshop covering the basics of hunting wild turkeys is being offered by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department on Saturday, April 18th from 9am. to 12:30pm at the Owl Brook Hunter Education Center at 387 Perch Pond Road in Holderness, N.H. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. To sign up for the workshop, or for more information, call 603-536-3954. Dave Priebe, a Hunter Education instructor and Quaker Boy Turkey Calls pro staff member, will cover the basics of turkey hunting, turkey calling and turkey hunting safety. Fish and Game wildlife biologist Andrew Timmins will talk about the natural history and behavior of wild turkeys. To find out about course offerings at Fish and Game’s Owl Brook Hunter Education Center, get directions to the center, or explore volunteer opportunities at Owl Brook, visit http:// www.huntnh.com/Hunting/hunter_ed_center.htm.

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To The Back Of The Bus, War On Women, Transform America There is a caller to my radio program – she could be known as the queen of mean to by Niel Young me and Advocates Columnist my guest panelists – who now attacks my column for the quoting of too many people. So, would you have me steal words from a learned source, and pretend those are my words? If using quotes from the subject – good or not so good – infuriate the reader, send an email or call me during my airtime! There are two places to agree or disagree. Hopefully you’re not one of those who believe there is no reason for discussion. That is why we are where we are now, as a nation, and people. And Obama floats “giving the vote to 16 year olds�? Oh Advocate, now it was just an off the cuff thought! This Obama fellow needs constant watching. If he sees an opening to “reform� us, he cannot hold his excitement within. Have you felt this “whatever it takes� attitude illuminating from those who just want a republican president; the least bit qualified or trustworthy? Quick, give me two! Okay, this is tough. Name me twenty out of all republicans in the U S House and Senate com-

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bined. I wish these were my words, but they are from another Advocate: “ The Republicans might want to think about that, before they hand us another can of whoop bleep like Romney, Dole, McCain, or Ford, or Bush III. Based upon his pathetic amnesty, tax, and common core stance , the only Republic Bush can save is some 3rd world people’s republic, which come to think of it, is what we are turning into courtesy of coat holders like the aforementioned.� From Associated Press last week I learned that Sen. Dick Durbin, Democrat, accused Republicans of holding back the name of Loretta Lynch to become the next Eric Holder. He said Republicans are putting the president’s attorney general nominee “in the back of the bus� by delaying her confirmation. AP: “She would become the nation’s first black female attorney general, replacing Eric Holder, the first African-American in the job.� Durbin: “That is unfair. It’s unjust. It is beneath the decorum and dignity of the United States Senate.� Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell planned a vote on Lynch’s nomination this week but delayed it when the Senate was unable to finish work on a bill to combat human trafficking. That legislation is stalled be-

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cause of a partisan spat over abortion funding, with Democrats objecting to a provision blocking money in a new victims’ fund from paying for abortions in most cases. “The Lynch nomination is next on the schedule. The only thing holding up that vote is the Democrats’ filibuster of a bill that would help prevent kids from being sold into sex slavery,� McConnell spokesman Don Stewart said in response to Durbin. “The sooner they allow the Senate to pass that bipartisan bill, the sooner the Senate can move to the Lynch nomination.� SUMMATION by me: Dems say GOP slid in language re: abortion. GOP says no. Democrats claim Republicans snuck the abortion provision into the trafficking bill without telling them. Republicans note that the language has been there since the bill was introduced early this year, and no one raised objections as it unanimously passed the Judiciary Committee. Democrats insist they weren’t aware of it. AP: Around the same time Durbin made his racially charged accusation on the Senate floor, female senators held a press conference with women’s groups to accuse Republicans of a “war on women.� See advocates on 28

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State Something Day

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Perhaps you’ve read of the latest kerfuffle at the New Hampshire State House. Some feel a group of fourth graders were subjected to an inappropriate display of how a bill becomes law. The students had worked hard at getting the Red Tailed Hawk named as the state raptor. Their bill passed committee and then came to the floor of the house for a vote while the fourth graders waited anxiously in the gallery. From the way people are talking about it you might think they expected civil discussion, bipartisan back rubs, kind words, tea and crumpet roundtable interventions and champagne toasts all around once the bill became law. Instead they were treated to discourse and angry words against the bill, there was representatives from both parties who argued against it and even one who used it as an analogy for something else that some found inappropriate. There were no tea and crumpets, never mind the champagne. Just another day in the State House. The bill was defeated. As it is with most things nowadays, people who like to spend their days on the Internet commenting on stuff they don’t like, were commenting on it. Some wondered how in the world are kids ever going to learn how government works if they have to be subjected to such things and that apologies must be given. (Maybe it could have

been used as a good teaching moment for what an analogy is, but that’s only the way my mind works.) The state raptor thing is just one in a long line of declaring something or other the state something or other and it seemed like, according to the way the day went, that legislators are getting a little tired of it and maybe they have a good point when it comes to the time it takes and the money it costs to introduce bills. Still, I don’t feel we can really give up on designating things to represent our state. After all, that is what confused the NH Department of Travel and Tourism (DTT) a few years back when they spent hundreds of thousands of tax dollars to have someone in Florida figure out what thing defined New Hampshire best and they still couldn’t come up with an answer. I often feel that is why students keep suggesting bills to help name things state things; maybe they are just feeling lost and confused. After all, if the DTT can’t, who can? On the other hand, the legislature is finding themselves presented with these bills which often get in the way of more important ones, like what people should not be allowed to do while stuck in their cars in a traffic jam. So, to make it easier for all, I am suggesting a “State Something Day� at the State House. It is this day when all of these naming something state somethings will be resolved. It would be a fun day at the State House, like a casual Friday at the office. Jeans and shorts and even clean T-shirts would be allowed to be worn. Let’s invite the Senate over too; some of them might come even if there isn’t a casino bill. Over the course of a few months, school children would be encouraged to

send in ideas for things that should be designated state something or others. Then all of the ideas would be collected. Heck, they don’t even have to go through committees. There will be a buffet set up in the hall and legislators can even sit wherever they want. The gallery would be filled with kids who were picked by lottery and the rest could watch on closed-circuit television in their classrooms. Then the Speaker of the House will take the list of suggestions and read them off. Of course, they will have been sorted out by category first so that all ideas about something or other will all be voted on at once. It will be a simple “nay� or “yay� vote and whichever one gets the most votes officially becomes that state something or other. This way we can not only figure out in one day what the state raptor, fossil and organic fruit would be, but a whole slew of other things as well that never would have had their day in the sun. (After all, one legislator did suggest the state hot dog and even though he seemed to say it sarcastically, some pundit psychologists on TV claimed it was really a deep-seated subconscious desire.) Of course, no matter what, there will still be debates; it is just the nature of the legislative beast. I can’t see things like what will be the official state toilet paper making it through unscathed. Legislators with septic systems and those on public sewers will most likely force a lively debate between the selection of one-ply or two. (I’m sure there’ll be many giggles from the gallery on this one.) Anyone saying anything considered inappropriate will be fined $50. (Unfortunately, inappropriate will See smith on 30

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The Big, Fat “American Worker Recruitment First” Lie of H-1B Y o u ’ v e heard it from Big Government lobbyists. You’ve heard it from Big Business lackeys in both political by Michelle Malkin parties. And you’ve heard Syndicated Columnist it from journalists, pundits and thinktankers ad nauseam: The H-1B foreign guest worker program, they claim, requires American employers to first show that they searched for and tried to recruit American workers before tapping an ever-growing government-rigged pipeline of cheap foreign workers. The foot soldiers of the openborders brigade are lying, deluded, ignorant or bought-off. On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee brought top independent academics and informed whistleblowers to Washington to expose the truth. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, hosted Howard University associate professor of public policy Ron Hira, Rutgers University professor Hal Salzman, Infosys whistleblower Jay Palmer and former computer programmerturned-lawyer John Miano, who brought much-needed reality checks on the systemic betrayal of American workers to the Beltway table. Miano’s testimony was particularly important because he explained how the little known “OPT” (Optical Training Program) for foreign students is being used to circumvent H-1B and supply large corporations with cheap foreign labor. President Obama has expanded this

regulatory program by unfettered administrative fiat. As Miano noted: “OPT has no labor protections of any kind. Aliens on OPT do not even have to be paid at all. While DHS requires aliens to work in an area related to their major area of study, DHS has no ability to ensure that this happens. Under OPT, over 125,000 foreign workers a year are simply turned loose in America with no supervision or restrictions.” Also on hand at the hearing: a few Big Tech shills toeing the Zuckerberg/Gates/ Chamber of Commerce line that there’s a catastrophic American tech worker shortage, even as thousands upon thousands of American workers are being laid off in favor of underpaid, easily exploited H-1Bs. (Just use H-1B-promoter Google’s search engine and type in “Southern California Edison” and “layoffs.”) Grassley put it plainly: “Most people believe that employers are supposed to recruit Americans before they petition for an H-1B worker. Yet, under the law, most employers are not required to prove to the Department of Labor that they tried to find an American to fill the job first.” He added, “And, if there is an equally or even better qualified U.S. worker available, the company does not have to offer him or her the job. Over the years, the program has become a government-assisted way for employers to bring in cheaper foreign labor, and now it appears these foreign workers take over -- rather than complement -- the U.S. workforce.” Hira affirmed: “It’s absolutely

Political Lessons in The Granite State

It has begun. Presidential candidates are flooding our state in hopes of bringing their message forth for 2016. Vetting these candidates by Jane Cormier can be a dauntHooksett, NH. ing task. It is true that politics can be a trying thing. I myself awoke to the political world here in New Hampshire about four years ago. When I saw the level of subterfuge and outright political falsehoods being perpetrated in my community, I decided to jump into the proverbial game. Having won a seat in the 2012 NH State House after a primary and general election in Belknap District 8, I learned being a “Conservative” can be a tricky thing. Lesson One. After serving all but two months of my term in the NH State House, my family and I moved to Hooksett for business reasons. At that See malkin on 30 time, we decided to take on a sit-

ting state senator who was not living up to his rhetoric of standing up for the “little guy”. This State Senator assisted in bringing us Medicaid Expansion, and the NH Gas Tax. He was soft on the Second Amendment. Again, there was a challenge to run against an establishment GOP candidate, and my family and I decided to take this challenge on. This senator spent over $150,000 to win his primary (with over $180,000 spent in the total election). Despite having only about $18,000 in campaign funding, we were very competitive and lost by only 483 votes despite running in a brand new district. On the positive side, I learned much about the establishment “machine” of the NH GOP. Unfortunately, none of it was pretty. Lesson Two. This past week, Senator Ted Cruz came to NH for three different events. I was lucky enough to catch him at the first event at Turbocam in Barrington, which was free to the public. Sen. Cruz spoke See cormier on 26

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- Afghanistan’s long and tortuous road to peace and reconciliation still seems a near mirage as an entrenched terby John J. Metzler rorist insurSyndicated Columnist gency seems to rebuff political and security gains made by the Kabul government and international military assistance. Still the UN mission in the war torn South Asian country seems cautiously optimistic and offered a renewed hope for a still complex peace process. Addressing the Security Council, Nicholas Haysom, the UN’s representative for the Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) stated that, “significant developments” had brought renewed hope for the peace process including the new National Unity Government and a dialogue between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. While Taliban terrorists had suffered setbacks, other factions of the militants were willing to negotiate with the central government. Ominously, Nicholas Haysom warned that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) “had also established a foothold in the country” which while not yet significant, had a “potential to offer an alternative flagpole to which

otherwise isolated insurgent splinter groups could rally.” Speaking before the Security Council, Russia’s deputy UN delegate Vladimir Safronkov reiterated that extremists would try to “rock the boat” of the new Afghan government as well as test the country’s security forces. He warned about the widening activities of Islamic State (ISIL) as well as Afghanistan’s rising drug production which now equaled fifteen percent of the beleaguered country’s gross domestic product. Attacks on civilians by Taliban insurgents were responsible for most of the 10,000 civilians killed in 2014. Afghanistan’s Ambassador, Zahir Tanin, concurred by adding that the past year had seen “tremendous progress and change” with the country having completed its political and security transition. There were elections which saw the first-ever transfer from one democratically elected government to another, and equally, the ending of the long running International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) which has been replaced by a new NATO mission, Operation “Resolute Support”. Since the multinational intervention in 2001 toppled the ruling Taliban Islamic fundamentalist regime, security in Afghanistan rested on American forces as well as ISAF. In turn both the USA and ISAF have been training Af-

ghan security forces and police to various levels of success as to be able to independently carry the country’s security burden. The ISAF mission ended in 2014 with the Afghan national army assuming full responsibility for

combat operations. Today the new NATO mission “Resolute Support” deploys a multinational force of 13,000 of which the USA fields 6,800 troops, Germany 850, Italy 500 and the Unit-

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Two Warnings When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress on March 3rd, it was the third time he had done so. by Thomas Sowell The only other Syndicated Columnist person to address a joint session of Congress three times was the legendary British prime minister Winston Churchill. The parallels between the two leaders do not end there. Both warned the world of mortal dangers that others ignored, in hopes that those dangers would go away. In the years leading up to World War II, Churchill tried to warn the British, and the democratic nations in general, of what a monstrous threat Hitler was. Despite Churchill’s legendary status today, he was not merely ignored but ridiculed at the time, when he was repeatedly warning in vain. Knowing that his warnings provoked only mocking laughter in some quarters, even among some members of his own party, he said on March 14, 1938 in the House of Commons, “Laugh but listen.” Just two years later, with Hitler’s planes bombing London, night after night, the laughter was gone. Many at the time thought that Britain itself would soon be gone as well, like other European nations that succumbed to the Nazi blitzkrieg in weeks (like France) or days (like Holland). How did things get to such a desperate situation, with Britain alone continuing the fight, and struggling to survive, against the massive Nazi war machine that now controlled much of the material resources on the continent

of Europe? Things got that desperate by following policies strikingly similar to the policies being followed by the Western democracies today, including some of the very same notions and catchwords being used today. Just recently, a State Department official in the Obama administration said that Americans have remained safe in a nuclear age, not because of our own nuclear arsenal but because “we created an intricate and essential system of treaties, laws and agreements.” If “treaties, laws and agreements” produced peace, there would never have been a Second World War. The years leading up to that monumental catastrophe were filled with international treaties and arms control agreements. The Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War, imposed strong restrictions on Germany’s military forces -- on paper. The Washington Naval Agreements of 1922 imposed restrictions on all the major naval powers of the world -- on paper. The Kellogg-Briand pact of 1928 created an international renunciation of war -- on paper. The Munich agreement of 1938 produced a paper with Hitler’s signature on it that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain waved to the cheering crowds when he returned to England, and said that it meant “Peace for our time.” Less than a year later, World War II began. Winston Churchill never bought any of this. He understood that military deterrence was what preserved peace. With England playing a leadership role in Europe, “England’s hour of weakness is Europe’s hour of danger,” he said in the House of Commons See Sowell on 26

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about what a great course and how much fun it was,” said Starr Lawton who is the organizer of the Indoor Triathlon as well as the bar manager at Funpot. “It was really a great new element to the event.” The top team honors went to “The Diner Dogs” who represented the Union Diner in Laconia. They combined their scores of the five events with additional fundraising that is done before the triathlon and has become a huge part of the fundraising. With the help of Rose Pucci, owner of the Union Diner where she sold the fundraising dog bones you may have seen gracing the walls of some Lakes Region businesses, $1,400 dollars were raised.

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event. “When I saw the numbers I burst into tears,” said Starr. “This event really blows me away and all of the teams that participate year after year and continue to raise even more money each time, they really blow me away. It really is a fundraiser unlike any other you have seen. What started out as a silly idea eleven years ago has turned into a great event and the best part is we are saving a lot of animals. That is what it is really all about. The people who play in it year after year are the real heroes to the animals.” Starr also made it an important point to recognize all of the volunteers from the Humane Society who gave of their time on a Saturday. “We really couldn’t run this event without them and they are always here every year with a smile on their faces. “ Already the wheels are in motion in planning next year’s Triathlon with their eye on an even bigger event. There were three businesses who very generously donated to the event that were not listed in last week’s “Thank You” ad: Faro Italian Grille, Lakeside Animal Hospital and Gunstock Mountain.

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Why do birds migrate? Wouldn’t it be simpler and safer for wild birds to stay in the same regions they nest in rather than risk flying thousands of miles twice each year? In truth, if birds did not migrate their lives would be even more difficult to survive than making their vast journeys. If no birds migrated, natural food sources in their breeding areas would be depleted very quickly and many baby chicks would starve. Competition for nesting sites would, ultimately, be extremely fierce and the population of predators would increase due to the higher concentration of breeding birds and the easy meals of the nestlings. The main reason some birds migrate is for food and nesting purposes. Each spring, natural food sources are replenished as migrating, nesting birds arrive. As the food supplies dwindle in the fall, migrating birds leave to other replenished food sources in the tropics. This cycle has served wild birds well for centuries. This blueprint of migrat-

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Spend some time online (Facebook, any comment section of any article) and you’ll notice a lot of negativity. More than negativity you’ll notice a lot of unkindness. Heck, you’ll find some flat out jerks. The obvious reason this happens is because it’s easy to spout off or be rude from the safety of a keyboard. In person, most of these key board warriors would edit themselves to a much greater extent. How about driving in heavy traffic? Ever noticed any anger or rage there? The fact is, we have all been on the receiving end and the giving end of unkindness in our lives. The question becomes: do we want this to continue? If we don’t, then what are we doing about it? This is so key to the quality of our lives and our relationships. It is also related to our health. Being kind and giving, improves our well being. The Making Caring Common (MCC) Project is an endeavor of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. They ask a really interesting question: are we raising nice kids? Are we raising caring kids? They

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their many brands of eye protection. By the time she made the selection I realized she wasn’t joking. We arrived at Cannon a little later than we planned but we decided a couple of hours would be plenty. We rode the lifts to the summit and right away we noticed that the temperature was dropping and the wind was picking up. A sure sign that weather was moving in. We enjoyed the clear close-up view of the Franconia Range from our new vantage. Our first run from the summit was down the fun squirrely narrow Ravine Trail back down to the Cannonball quad. See patenaude on 21

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For our second and last run from the summit we conquered Vista Way to the Cannon Trail back to the Peabody Lodge. For the rest of the afternoon we stuck to the Quad and the Zoomer lifts skiing the middle mountain and the trails just above Echo Lake. Gary’s and Rocket were well protected from the wind and we had a good time making lots of turns. Après in the Cannonball Pub we staged a photo of ourselves doing our best impersonations of the actors in the Cannon “Cannon is Mine” advertising campaign. Donna, the bartender told us she has seen quite a few people snap their photos at the bar for the same reason. Day 3, we awoke to four inches of nice new fluffy snow in Franconia. The temps were only going to reach the high teens. We had planned to head to Burke but tired legs and new snow suggested we should head to Bretton Woods. Bretton Woods was sweet! We didn’t exactly show up in time for first runs but I knew if we headed to the far edges of the resort we were sure to find untouched snow. On West Peak, we had the Waumbek Trail all to ourselves. Plumes of light fluffy cold snow fluffed into the air after each turn. We made figure eights with our

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Great Waters Music Festival Presents Aztec Two-Step Renowned folk-rock duo Aztec Two-Step will be performing a concert of their own Aztec Two-Step classics as well as a tribute to the iconic Simon & Garfunkel and The Everly Brothers on Friday, April 17th at 7:30pm, at Great Waters Music Festival, Anderson Hall, 205 South Main St, Wolfeboro. Tickets for the concert: $12-$35 at www.greatwaters.org or (603) 569-7710. Recording and touring non-stop since the early ‘70s, Rex and Neal have accumulated forty-plus years of awards, accolades and TV and radio appearances that include the David Letterman Show, World Café Live, and the King Biscuit Flour Hour, and have graced countless stages including those of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In 1987, the duo’s “Living In America” received the New York Music Award for Best Folk Album and was named in Billboard’s year-end critic’s poll, and in 1999 they were the subject of “No Hit Wonder,” a documentary that aired on PBS. In 2005, they released a careerdefining “Days Of Horses” CD to

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