04/04/19 Weirs Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

VOLUME 28, NO. 14

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019

COMPLIMENTARY

Soggy Po’ Boys In Concert

Team Amoskeag Beverages competes in the pinball portion of the 15th annual Indoor Triathlon held at Funspot to aid organizations that save animals. They were one of 42 teams that together raised a record total of $57,000 this year. PHOTO COURTESY ALAN MACRAE

Indoor Tournament Of Fun Raises Record Amount For Animal Causes

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

In 2005, Starr Lawton never imagined the success that her “crazy” idea would become by 2019. She just wanted to do

something to help animals. The Annual Saving Animals Indoor Triathlon, held at Funspot in Weirs Beach, recently wrapped up its 15th year with a

record number of participants and, most importantly, a record amount of monies raised -$57,000 - beating the 2017 record of $50,000. Lawton, who is also the

bar manager at Funspot’s D.A. Long Tavern, thought of the idea one rainy, summer day when some customers told her they were using their time at See ANIMALS on 15

Sunday, April 7 at 3pm. in Taylor Community’s Woodside Building in Laconia there will be a Dixieland Concert with Soggy Po’ Boys. The event is free and open to the public. Born on a snowy Fat Tuesday night of 2012, the Soggy Po’ Boys have been honing their craft of New Orleans’ music in their hometown of Dover, NH. The group is comprised of: Stu Dias, guitar and vocals; Eric Klaxon, clarinet and soprano saxophone; Zach Lange, trumpet; Nick Mainella, tenor saxophone; Brett Gallo, drums; and Scott Kiefner, bass. The men serve their jazz messy, mixing brass-fueled mayhem with spirituals, meters-style old school funk and the Caribbean side of the New Orleans tradition. Taylor Community is the premiere not-for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community in the Lakes Region. For more information about active senior living, visit our website at www.taylorcommunity.org, or call 603-524-5600.

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

FITFOCUSGYMS.COM

Classes are FREE For Members with LIME MEMBERSHIP Upgrade. Inquire at the Club for more details.

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Waterville Valley, Wow!

May not be combined with other discounts. Expires 4/30/19

Derek Griggs carries gates to the top of the race course just before the sunrises over Mount Tripyramid. Volunteering for US Alpine National Championships at Waterville Valley Resort is not for sleepy heads. conditions. We decided they were our favorite runs of the day. Views of Mount Osceola are grand from

We look forward to serving you at our new location

332 Hounsell Ave., Gilford • 603-524-2637

See PATENAUDE on 30

SPRING FEVER SALE! —IN ALL THREE LOCATIONS—

FREE

Deli & Sevtery up

PLYMOUTH

603-238-3250

742 Tenney Mtn. Hwy.

MEREDITH

603-279-1333

Junction of Rt. 3 & 25

LINCOLN

603-745-7251 55 Main Street

We were eager to hit the trails. An inch of snow had fallen and with the grooming produced a nice turning surface of loose granular snow. White Caps, Upper Sel’s and Tommy’s World Cup were only open for ski racers. These were the trails that the US Alpine Championships would be held later in the week. Two National Championships back to back. Wow. Being a weekend morning it wasn’t crowded and all the other trails were open. Tippecanoe and Tyler were super groomed and made for fun skiing. On Green Peak the lift is a fix grip and is slow only in comparison to the high-speed quad. Green Peak is fun and is a wonderful addition to the resort. Clean Shaven, a new black diamond rated trail that opened this season and Governor’s Run, had terrific snow

y oz

Cabin Rust ic

-F ur ni

ture & Mattre sse

Waterville Valley Resort hosted the US Freestyle Championships that concluded with the dual moguls champion s being crowned on March 17th. The next day, Monday morning, I met a couple of friends to ski at Waterville. While we rode the lift up Green Peak we had a good view of the bumps, the mogul course, on Lower Bobby’s Run. The mogul course looked impressive with its big uniform bumps and big jumps that competitors had to launch themselve s into twists and flips before bouncing back into the bumps. Waterville Valley is considered the birthplace of Freestyle Skiing when way back in 1969 it was the first to create an organized freestyle skiing program.T he following year it hosted the very first Freestyle National Championships. Wow.

Lakecity Autobody is pleased to announce we have expanded our services to include automotive repair. With Jim Cochrane, formally of Prestige Automotive, joining our team we are now able to serve all of your automotive needs from accident repairs to oil changes and everything in between!

OPEN DAILY 9am-5pm • SUNDAYS 10am - 4pm • COZYCABINRUSTICS.COM

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

New Hampshire Marine Patrol

Religion Is A Virus?

Get your New Hampshire Safe Boater Education Certificate! New Hampshire has a mandatory boating education law. Everyone 16 years of age and older who operates a motorboat over 25 horsepower on New Hampshire waters must have a boating education certificate. The New Hampshire boater education course covers a range of topics from safety instructions to boat handling to reading the weather and prepares you for a variety of situations you could find yourself in while on the water. To search/register for a Boating Education Class visit our website at www.boatingeducation.nh.gov or for information regarding boating laws and regulations visit www.marinepatrol.nh.gov

Remember to wear your life jacket! by Issac Hadam Contributing Writer

Seams To Be

• Professional Alterations including Original Hems on Jeans • Slipcovers • Draperies • Shades • Fabrics • Upholstery

603-934-0120 • 28 Charles Street, Franklin , NH 03235 www.seamstobe.com • julie@seamstobe.com

New Hampshire's Choice for Local & National News,Talk & Weather

WEZS Newstalk AM 1350 The New Talk Authority

NH State Rep. Amanda Bouldin made a comment regarding NH HB289 recently which is worthy of attention. NH HB289 is a bill that is attempting to repeal a little known NH state law that allows school districts to authorize the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in elementary schools. Now Rep. Bouldin could have just said that she wanted to see the law repealed because it goes against Supreme Court precedent set in Engel v. Vitale (1962) and Abington School District v. Schempp (1963). Even if you think these rulings are badly decided, had Rep. Bouldin used that as her reasoning, it wouldn’t have been an unreasonable statement. But Bouldin didn’t say that. Instead she said about the law, “…it continues to live in our RSAs today, sort of as a hidden virus.” It is worth noting that this bill has died in the legislature, but Bouldin’s comments are still worthy of scrutiny. First, before I touch on her remarks, I want to briefly point out the fact that the idea the 1st Amendment forbids prayer in public schools is clearly false. Simply put, when the 1st Amendment was ratified, prayers and Bible

Our Story

readings were common practice in public schools. Had the Founding Fathers really thought prayer in public schools was a violation of the 1st Amendment, wouldn’t they have said so and moved to stop it? So the idea that the Supreme Court pushed in Engel and Abington that prayer in public schools was a violation of the 1st Amendment fails “original intent” and is a clear case of judicial activism. Now the idea seemingly pushed by Rep. Bouldin that religious and moral thought being promoted by our government in our public schools is a hidden virus goes against everything our Founders said, as they very clearly called on Americans to be religious and moral. Signer of the Declaration of Independence and former Governor of New Hampshire Josiah Bartlett, in a Proclamation for a Day of Fasting and Prayer, called on the people of New Hampshire to “Confess before God their aggravated transgressions and to implore His pardon and forgiveness through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ.” Signer of the Declaration of Independence and 2nd President of the United States John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Chairman of the Constitutional Convention and the 1st President of the United States George Washington said in his Farewell Address, “Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political

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.

prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” These quotes clearly endorse JudeoChristian values and the faith that enshrined them. Were our Founding Fathers a “not so hidden virus?” The reason that George Washington called religion and morality “indispensable supports” was because he understood that with great freedom comes great responsibility. For example, with the right to keep and bear arms comes the responsibility to use those weapons in a proper and moral fashion. Or with freedom of the press come a corresponding moral responsibility to print the facts. George Washington knew that if one removes religion and the Judeo-Christian values it enshrines then you are left with individuals making their own rules on morality, and that can lead to a not so desirable situation. The idea that religion and morality should be associated in any way with a “hidden virus” is dangerously missing what our Founders said and the important reason that they said it. Isaac Hadam, 18, studies and writes about issues that involve the Constitution. He is the Vice-President of the Constitutional Awareness Pact, which strives to help people read and understand the U.S. Constitution. For more info please visit constitutionalawarenesspact.webs.com. He lives in Moultonborough, NH and will be contributing editorials on the constitution from time to time.

Locally owned for over 20 years, this publication is devoted to printing the stories of the people and places that make New Hampshire the best place in the world to live. No, none of the daily grind news will be found in these pages, just the good stuff. Published year round on Thursdays, we distribute 30,000 copies of the Weirs Times and Cocheco Times every week to the Lakes Region/Concord/Seacoast area, and have an estimated 66,000 people reading this newspaper. To find out how your business or service can benefit from advertising with us please call 1-888-308-8463.

PO Box 5458 Weirs, NH 03247 TheWeirsTimes.com info@weirs.com facebook.com/weirstimes 603-366-8463

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

F O O L NEW HAMPSHIRE A

in brendan@weirs.com

Live Free or Die.

*A FLATLANDER’S OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE

A Survivor’s Story

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

The following was written by a Flatlander who will remain anonymous. I am reprinting here as a hard lesson that others need to learn. If you are reading this message, then it may already be too late. I am scratching it out on the back of a bunch of gas receipts lying abut the floor of my car. It is past seven now and the sun is just beginning to set. At least the spring hours have kept that light around a little longer. I had a slight feeling it might be a mistake when I made the turn. I should have heeded my instincts. I had never been on this road before, but the constant bouncing up and down on the frost heaves on the paved road I usually traveled had done a number on my back’s alignment and the potholes I couldn’t avoid were doing a number on my car’s. I was foolish to think, no matter how many times I was told it was impossible, that I could find a way to avoid it all. I had always passed the sign for this road during the winter months, but never dared to travel it. I had heard through legend that it led, eventually, over to that one lane route that would still take me home. Perhaps now, with spring coming on slowly, it would be I better shape. I didn’t think it could be any worse.

At first, I thought I was fine. The road, even though it was dirt, seemed as though it had enough gravel to carry me over its soft surface. But then, as I made the turn onto the next unfamiliar surface, I knew that I was in trouble as I came face to face with something I had heard about but thought was an overblown tale to scare me. The mud was thick and deep. At first my four-wheel vehicle seemed to be handling it well. I knew I only had about a mile and a half to travel, but after the first tenth of that first mile, I realized I was getting in too deep. I was too far in to try and make my way back from where I came. I had no choice but to continue forward. My car was now working hard at not traveling sideways and I was making little progress. Then I looked ahead and knew it was over. The muddy road started to ascend, and I knew that my fourwheel drive mid-size SUV was no challenge for this endeavor no matter what they promised in the commercials. Still, some sense of invincibility foolishly overtook my rational thinking and I pressed hard on the accelerator thinking I could make it over the crest to a possibly better world. And now I sit here, stuck deep in the mud, the sun slowly setting and no sign of civilization anywhere and I can’t raise a single bar on my phone. I do see some smoke rising off in the distance. Being spring, it could possibly be a sugar shack producing maple syrup. I could make the effort over land to get there for some help. But what if I am wrong? What if it is a family of black bears boil-

ing the remains of others like me who foolishly took this road? I decided to stay put, the sun sinking and the chill settling in. I turned on the heat in the car. I could feel myself getting a little weaker. It had been at least two and a half hours since my last meal. How long could a double cheeseburger, a plate of fries, a chocolate shake and a giant peanut butter cookie keep me nourished? I turned on the radio to hear some human voice to keep me company. A commercial came on for a local car dealer who was having a “Mud Season Special Sale”. I felt as if I were being mocked and I shut it off. I was now alone with my own thoughts. I had moved here expecting a better way of life and now, it seems, it was to end like this. The cruel irony. It is now approaching seven-thirty. I have been here a whole half-hour (almost). I knew it is only a matter of time until the elements would do their damage, until the desolation infects my thinking and turns me mad. I leave this note behind to the others that come after me. Don’t make the mistakes I did. Stay on that known path, no matter how treacherous and bumpy it seems for you will never know what lurks on the road less traveled. I am feeling weak. I need to stop now. About two minutes later a group of high school kids in a pickup came by and pulled him from the mud and towed him to the paved road a quarter mile ahead. He was grateful to live to tell the tale and gave me permission to reprint this as a warning to other Flatlanders.

Now In 3rd Printing!

The Flatlander Chronicles Weirs Times F.O.O.L columnist, Brendan Smith’s first book with over 30 of the best of his original Flatlander Columns. From learning to Rake The Roof to Going To The Dump to Buying Firewood for the first time and everything in between, Brendan recounts the humorous tales of his learning to fit into New Hampshire life as a Flatlander from New York.

Order your autographed copy today for $13.99 plus $3 for shipping. (Please include any inscription you would like the author to personalize your copy with.) Make out checks or money orders for $16.99 to Brendan Smith and mail to: The Flatlander Chronicles, c/o The Weirs Times, PO Box 5458, Weirs, NH 03247. Order online at www.BrendanTSmith.com (Pickup autographed copies at the Weirs Times)

Skelley’s Market

Whether you are a vacationer or a full time resident of the Lakes Region, Skelley's Market is the place to go for your shopping needs. Located on route

Skelley’s Market Services Include: • Gas 24 hours a day • Fresh pizza • NH Lottery tickets • Beer and Wine • Sandwiches • Daily papers

• Bailey’s Bubble ice cream • Maps • Famous Lobster Rolls • Fish and Game OHRV Licenses

PIZZA SPECIAL 2 for $18 2 Toppings Every Sat. Night 5-9pm

Stop by Skelley’s Market today and enjoy some great food, Bailey’s Bubble ice cream, a lobster roll or anything else you may need. You will be glad you did!

Skelley’s Market 374 Governor Wentworth HWY Moultonboro, N.H. 03254

Call 603-476-8887 • F: 603-476-5176 www.skelleysmarket.com

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Crony State: Obamas’ Chicago Fixer Tina Tchen How did hate crime huckster Jussie Smollett get away with it? All c r o o k e d roads in Chicago lead back to the by Michelle Malkin Obamas. Syndicated Columnist On Tuesday, as part of a sealed deal, the Illinois state attorney’s office dismissed 16 felony charges brought by a grand jury against the Trumphating actor, who blamed phantom white MAGA supporters for a brutal racist “assault” that left him with a teensy-weensy scratch under his eye. The day before the “attack,” Smollett’s two bodybuilding friends were caught on surveillance tape buying costumery (red hat, ski masks, bandanas, sunglasses and gloves) that just happened to match Smollett’s descriptions of what his still-fugitive assailants were wearing. But I guess there’s no use crying over spilled bleach. To atone for the-fakery-thatshall-not-be-named, Smollett performed 18 hours of “community service” with Jesse Jackson’s PUSH Coalition and forfeited his $10,000 bond. Minority liberal race-hustling has its privileges. And that brings us to the Democratic operatives behind the scenes. Two weeks ago, Chicago Sun-Times reporters discovered that Obama crony pal and deeppocketed campaign finance mega-bundler Tina Tchen had inserted herself in the investigation. Tchen texted Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx just three days after the incident “on

behalf of Jussie Smollett and family who I know” to express “concerns.” She suggested that Foxx lean on Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to yield to the FBI and she shared an unidentified Smollett’s family member’s cellphone number with Foxx. Foxx texted back that she had done as requested and that Chief Johnson was “going to make the ask.” The unidentified relative rejoiced: “OMG this would be a huge victory.” Only after Foxx meddled did she recuse herself and name an underling to take over -- which rendered her Kabuki recusal meaningless to veteran observers of the “Crook” County criminal justice system. So, who was the Smollett relative with all the right (or rather, left) connections? Follow the trail: --Tchen and Smollett’s sister, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, joined together in March 2018 at South by Southwest in Austin to proclaim that “There Is No Time’s Up Without Women Of Color.” --In May 2018, Tchen and Smollett-Bell took the stage together again -- hand-in-hand, glued at the hip -- at the United State of Women Summit in Los Angeles (where Tchen’s former boss and gal pal, Michelle Obama, also appeared). --Smollett-Bell and another sister, Jazz Smollett-Warwell, worked for the Obama campaigns in 2008 and 2012 and volunteered as tireless surrogates. --My search of White House visitor logs shows Jurnee Smollett-Bell paying at least one personal visit to “POTUS/FLOTUS” at their residence in March 2013 while Tchen was serving

See MALKIN on 28

Why We Don’t Trust Our Institutions? This week, special counsel Robert Mueller released his long-awaited report on alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the by Ben Shapiro Russian governSyndicated Columnist ment to impact the 2016 election. His conclusion: no collusion. It’s been apparent for quite some time that Mueller would end up here -- every indictment has been based on an ancillary crime, not the chief question of election conspiracy. Nonetheless, the final result came as a bombshell. That’s because for two years, the mainstream media have treated Trump-Russian collusion as a reality. Facts would eventually arrive to fill in the gaps in the narrative. Surely, Trump’s presidency would crumble when the deus ex machina, the Mueller report, arrived. But that didn’t happen. And so

the media are left with unending egg on their faces, having suggested continuously for years that Trump was illegitimately elected, and that his campaign had engaged in treasonous activity to prevent the rightful president, Hillary Clinton, from assuming office. That narrative found support in leaders from the Democratic intelligence community. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., of the House Intelligence Committee spent years camping outside CNN headquarters in a pup tent, ready at a moment’s notice to suggest access to secret information that would certainly take down the president. Former CIA Director John Brennan accused Trump of treason, standing on his resume to do so. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper stated that Watergate “pales” beside allegations of coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia. Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe suggested that Trump could be a Russian cat’s

See SHAPIRO on 26

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Happy 70th Birthday NATO! UNITED TIONS-

NA-

Responding to the Berlin Blockade, the communist coup in Czechoslovakia, and the looming threat by John J. Metzler from the SoSyndicated Columnist viet Union, Western European states formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On 4 April 1949, the foreign Ministers of twelve countries including the USA, Britain, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy and the Netherlands signed the Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. NATO or the Atlantic Alliance would come to symbolize a clear American commitment to Western Europe’s defense as well as a willingness by the European countries to defend themselves against a rising danger from Stalin’s Russia. The Europeans, still recovering from the trauma, dislocation, and economic shortages of the Second World War, wanted peace, but needed a defensive shield to protect their freedom and economic rebuilding. Significantly West Germany joined the Alliance in 1955 as to add to Europe’s strategic weight in the shifting balance towards the Soviets. The NATO treaty was rooted in collective defense, namely an attack against one is an attack against all. Over the ensuing decades NATO would come to sym-

bolize both military deterrence, Atlantic Alliance. Fortunately the and as importantly, an enduring Reagan era was on the horizon political commitment to Trans and many imbalances would be Atlantic cooperation. redressed by bold foreign and seI first visited NATO HQ in Brus- curity policies. sels in the late 1970’s when the But the collapse of the Soviet indefatigable Dutch diplomat Union and its Warsaw Pact allies Joseph Luns served as Secretary General. During that period, the lines were clear and the Soviet threat to Western European democracy was imminent. The Soviet military advantage in sheer Venezuela is a numbers of troops, tanks, artildisaster. lery, etc was daunting. Moreover Yet 20 years the Carter Administrations straago, it was the tegic myopia added to the malaise wealthiest counthrough indecision and missteps. try in Latin AmerBack even in those days, the ica. It still has the debate about Who is paying for world’s biggest oil What in NATO was part of the reserves. It should endless political palaver. be a happy and Retrieving the dusty files from John Stossel prosperous nathat era reveals unexpected sur- by Syndicated Columnist tion. prises. In 1979, combined AmeriBut then Venezuela went socialcan forces in Europe totaled about 300,000. According to the ist. Democratic socialist to be exMilitary Balance 1979-80, defense act. They voted for it. Hugo Chavez spending to GDP by the U.S. promised the poor “social and stood at 5 percent while America’s economic reforms.” The majority NATO allies were woefully short of voters believed him. So did many American leftists. except from Britain at 4.7 percent. Model Naomi Campbell traveled But Canada spent 1.8 percent, Italy 2.4 percent, France 3.3 per- to Venezuela to give Chavez a hug. cent, and Germany 3.4 percent. She called him “a rebel angel.” Michael Moore said that Chavez The Soviets by comparison were spending between 11 and 14 per- used oil money to “eliminate 75 percent of extreme poverty.” cent of their GDP on defense. But now that the socialists creA 1980 article in the magazine U.S. News & World Report “Can ated much more extreme poverty, Alliance Unity Survive?” warned I would think that progressives that “Rarely, if ever, have the would realize that democratic strains been worse,” in America’s socialism is not the route to parastanding in the 31 years of the dise. But no, nothing convinces a dedicated socialist -- or much of the media. A popular Vox video titled “The collapse of Venezuela, explained” never once mentions socialism. Instead, it says Venezuela collapsed because “oil prices plummeted in 2014 and Maduro failed to adjust.” “Blaming socialism for Venezuela’s riches to rags story is grossly misleading,” said Al Jazeera anchor Ryan Kohls. Venezuela didn’t collapse because of socialism, added comedian John Oliver. “It’s a story about epic mismanagement.” But mismanagement is what happens under socialist governments. It always happens. That’s because no group of central planners is wise enough to manage an entire economy. Even

changed the political calculus. Critics would say there was no need for the Alliance which had become obsolete with the disappearance of its principal adversary. NATO’s biggest challenge

See METZLER on 28

The Socialist Fantasy if they have good intentions, socialists eventually run out of other people’s money. In Venezuela, the solution was to print more money. That caused massive inflation. When businesses raised prices to try to keep up with inflation, Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro called that “profiteering” and punished many by confiscating their businesses. The socialists claimed they would run those businesses better than greedy capitalists could because they weren’t obsessed with profits. Without the “excess” profits, prices would be lower and more money would go to the poor. But pursuit of profit is what makes an economy work! I’d think the collapse of nations such as Venezuela, China, Russia, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia and Cuba would have taught the socialists that. But no. In America, progressives claim that socialism is succeeding in much of Europe. John Oliver claims, “There are plenty of socialist countries that look nothing like Venezuela.” Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders agrees, saying: “When I talk about democratic socialism, I am not looking at Venezuela. I’m not looking at Cuba. I’m looking at countries like Denmark, like Sweden.” But those countries are not socialist! Yes, they have big welfare programs, but their economies are more capitalist than America’s. They set no national minimum wage. They impose fewer regulations on businesses. Their leaders even go out of their way to point out that they are not socialist. Denmark’s prime minister went on TV to respond to Sanders’ comments by saying: “Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy.

See STOSSEL on 28

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

NE W Moving on to MPSHIR I E our 33rd Year!

D L

WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE YOUR BUSIHEARING NESSI

NEW SCREENINGHAMPSHIREI

Schedule an appointment today 800.755.6460

Cannot be combined with other offers. '------------------------------------� EXPIRES 03/31/19.

HEARING AID

00-755-6460 HOME TRIAL ORD - CONCORD to purchase after your ORD - GORHAMIf you decide home trial, receive ROCHESTER $1,000 OFF PLUS A

HEARING SCREENING

FREE HEARING CARE PLAN!

ClearNow.com

Schedule an appointment today 800.755.6460

Valid on NOW'M Binaural Wireless Technology. Cannot be combined with other offers. EXPIRES 03/31/19.

Cannot be combined with other offers. '------------------------------------� EXPIRES 03/31/19.

EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST!

Hearing Enhancement) Centers Al Langley

Founder and CEO

1-800-755-6460 BEDFORD - CONCORD GILFORD - GORHAM ROCHESTER

HearClearNow.com

Jason Vanier BC-HIS

Amy Galipeau

Hearing Instrument Specialist

Carl Feltz

Au.d, CCC-A

H e a r C l e a r N o w. co m

GILFORD

ROCHESTER

GORHAM

CONCORD

603-524-6460

603-749-5555

800-755-6460

603-230-2482

36 Country Club Rd.

300 North Main St.

20 Glen Road

6 Loudon Road

BEDFORD

173 South River Rd.

603-471-3970

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

The Loon Center

Not So . . . o g A g N o L

& Markus Wildlife Sanctuary

The Loon’s Feather Gift Shop

Selling “all things loon” & more! Take 10% Off In the Gift Shop

Exploring ThE lEgEnd & lorE of our graniTE STaTE

Maple Sugar Suppers And Sugar Cakes by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr.

• Free Admission • Award-winning videos, exhibits & trails!

603-476-LOON (5666) www.loon.org Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough, NH

Winter Hours thru mid-May Thur. - Sat. 9am-5pm

Moulton Farm

Contributing Writer

Each Spring many New Hampshire residents look forward to the new crop of maple syrup, but maple sap produces more than syrup. There was a time when producers envisioned maple sugar as taking over the lead in the market and being less expensive than cane sugar. That isn’t the case, but if you read the newspapers and magazines from the early 1900’s you will find that maple sugar was a popular item on Granite State tables, and there were even maple sugar suppers and parties. An April 4, 1900 newspaper article declared that the best maple sugar around was made by Martin Woodman of Winona. Mr. Woodman was asked how he made such good sugar. He answered,“Well,I own the best sap orchard that stands on the soil. My trees are all black bark rock maples. My grandfather cleared the land and the trees have all grown up since. The trees from this orchard produce as good flavored sugar as there is anywhere. I can tell sugar made from white maple trees and maples that stand among the pines, it is of an inferior quality. Then, my sap buckets are all covered so that no animal can get his nose into the sap and are thus protected from the

expires 04/30/19

FARM MARKET GARDEN CENTER & BAKERY

WE ARE NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! From 8am-5pm

The Hildreth Farm at Sugar Hill in 1922. storms. I keep my sap after being gathered and while being boiled down so that nothing can get into it to injure the flavor.” A 1923 article in American Cookery magazine by Ella Shannon Bowles described the beginnings of a maple sugar business that led to the popular present day Polly’s Pancake Parlor in the town of Sugar Hill, New Hampshire. Sugar Hill is the Granite State’s newest town, having been incorporated in the year 1962. Previously it was part of the town of Lisbon. Chester and Jennie Hildreth had a farm at Sugar Hill, and their daughter, Lucy Hildreth, when just a young girl, sold sugar cakes which were made by her mother to guests at summer hotels and boarding houses in the Sugar Hill area of the White Mountains. Chester’s father, Brigham Hildreth, a cobbler, had settled on the land during the early 1800’s. The maple trees on the Hildreth farm supplied the sap from which the sugar cakes were made.

Little girls grow to adulthood and Lucy Hildreth became the bride of Wilfred Dexter, but continued to make and sell the sugar cakes to an increasing number of customers,

& SAL’S FRESH SEAFOOD THURS. - SUNDAY

279-3915 • Rte 25, Meredith • www.moultonfarm.com Check Out Our Website for Happenings at The Farm www.moultonfarm.com or “Friend” Us on Facebook!

See SMITH on 20

WildQuest Spring Camp Limited Spots ! Still Available

April 22nd - 26th 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Extended care available

Individual days or the entire week for ages 6 - 12

928 White Oaks Road • Laconia, NH 03246 • (603) 366-5695 camp@prescottfarm.org • www.prescottfarm.org

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

APRIL

Pysanky Egg Decorating Class

Through the month Contortions Configurations Exhibit

and Other for Coping -

The Franklin Gallery at Riverstones Custom Framing, 33 North Main Street, Rochester. This exhibit features the art of Chloe Feldman Emison.

www.ChloeFeldmanEmison.com or 812-1488

Thursday 4th Tilton UNO’s Fundraiser for CAPBMCI Meals on Wheels Program

Tilton UNO Pizzeria & Grill, Laconia Road, Tilton. 11am-11pm. Dine at the Tilton Uno’s and tell your server you are there to support the Meals on Wheels program and up to 20% of your check will be donated to the program. 527-8291

Lakes Region Brain Support Group Meeting

Injury

Lakes Region Community Services, 719 Main Street, Laconia. 6pm7:30pm. Group meets 1st Thursday of the month. 225-8400 for more information.

Folding Words Workshop

–

Writing

Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. 6pm-8pm. This workshop, Landscape & Memory, will be led by Folded Word’s Editor in Chief JS Graustein. Registration is $25pp and is limited to six people. To register online visit Folded.Wordpress.com

The League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. First class will be 9am-12:30pm, second class scheduled 1:30pm-5pm. Learn the ancient Ukrainian Easter egg art of pysanky. Since pagan times, Ukrainians have decorated eggs to welcome Spring. In this class you will learn how to divide an egg, use hot beeswax applied with a kistky funnel to draw on the egg over a succession of aniline dyes, and a create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind egg. Class will be taught by Shannon Wallis. Tuition is $38pp with a $10 materials fee. Pre-registration is required by calling 279-7920, or stop in the gallery.

Fred Marple and Frost Heaves Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. 7:30pm. Humorist and town promoter of the mythical “Frost Heaves”, Fred Marple, brings his Yankee perspective to the stage! With humorous songs and singalongs, and compelling stor ytelling, the laughter never stops and makes for an entertaining outing during what Frost Heave citizens know as “mud season”. $16pp/general admission. www.JeansPlayhouse.com or 7452141

Pancake Breakfast in Honor of Melanie Himmer

Belknap County Sportsmen Association, Lily Pond Road, Gilford. 8am-11am. BCSA honors it’s late Director Melanie Himmer, who was a very active director and was focused on women having the opportunity to learn outdoor survival, and hunting and fishing. $10pp. AYCE.

Family Fun Night

Friday 5th Mother & Son “Minute to Win it” – Game Night

Tapply-Thompson Community Center, Bristol. 6:30-8:30pm. A special night for Mothers & Sons to join in some fun, silly competitions and games. All ages are welcomed. $15 per couple and includes refreshments and prizes. Call 744-2713 to reserve your spot.

Kenny Rogerson& Paul Keenan – Live Comedy Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New S a l e m S t r e e t , L a c o n i a . www. PitmansFreightRoom.com or 5270043

Gary Gulman Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com 5362551

Saturday 6th The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 1pm. The timeless classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has made it’s way off the page and onto the stage! This critically acclaimed production features a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets, faithfully adapting four of the author’s stories, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Lonely Firefly, and of course, the star of the show, The Very Hungry Caterpillar! Tickets at

www.RochesterOperaHouse.com or 335-1992

Bristol Baptist Church, 30 Summer Street, Bristol. 5:30pm. There will be pizza, games, and music. For more information please call 744-3885.

Ruben Sings Luther Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com 5362551

Dinner Concert feat. Peter Mayer Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. Dinner will be held in the Fellowship Hall at 5:30pm, with the concert starting at 7pm. For tickets and more information call 524-6057 or email gccoffice@metrocast.net Tuesday 9th

Interlakes Community Caregivers/ Ben & Jerry’s Fundraiser

Ben & Jerry’s at Mill falls Marketplace, Meredith. 12pm-8pm. Get your first scoop of ice cream free and for a $1 donation to Interlakes Community Caregivers, get a second scoop! Cone or cup, your choices of ice cream flavor! 253-9275

Wednesday 10th Plymouth Brain Injury and Stroke Support Group Meeting

The Whole Village, 258 Highland Street, Plymouth. 6pm-7:30pm. Group meets 2nd Wednesday of the month. 225-8400 for more information. Thursday 11th

524-0668 Thurs.

11th – Sat. 20th

Little Bits of Light Rochester Performance & Arts Center, 32 North Main Street, Rochester. In this unique adaptation of “I Never saw a Butterfly”, playwright Amanda Faye Martin intertwines poems and artwork from children at the concentration camp Terezin with major historical events and her own family’s history.

www.RochesterOperaHouse.com or 335-1992

Friday 12th

NH Boat Museum Ice Out Event The Bar n at the Inn on Main, Wolfeboro. 6pm. This year’s theme is “Start your Engines” with a focus on vintage race boats to celebrate the 2019 exhibition, “Racing on the Waterways of New Hampshire.” Tickets to the event are $65/members, $70/not-yet-members and include an hors d’oeuvres cocktail hour, buffet dinner and cash bar. The event will also feature a live and silent auction.

www.NHBM.org

Farmington’s First Congregational Church, UCC presents a special performance by The Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra’s Brass Quintet on Sunday, April 28 at 3pm. The PSO Brass has delighted audiences on the seacoast and will bring their brilliant sound to historic First Congregational Church. The concert, entitled “From Baroque to Broadway”, features music from the classical works of Samuel Scheidt and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and selections from George Gershwin’s hit musical “Porgy and Bess”. This event is part of First Congregational Church’s Bicentennial Concert Series which features a variety of musical ensembles throughout the year. The church is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places and is located at 400 Main Street in downtown Farmington. For more details go to their website at www.farmingtonnhucc.org.

Eddie Money Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean B l v d . , H a m p t o n B e a c h . www. CasinoBallroom.com 929-4100

Viva & the Reinforcements Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New S a l e m S t r e e t , L a c o n i a . www. PitmansFreightRoom.com or 5270043

Annual Rummage Sale

The Congregational Church of Laconia UCC, 18 Veterans Square, Laconia. 9am-3pm. Clothing, kitchen items, tools, jewelry, books and more! 524-0668

Saturday 13th Lakes Region Community College Open House

Lakes Region Community College, Laconia. 9am-noon. This event is perfect for anyone interested in LRCC to come see what the College has to offer, ask questions, and meet the staff. LRCC offers the lowest tuition in the state, as well as a high-quality education that is also transferrable to many four-year schools. Special workshops on financial aid and career exploration will be available. 366-5210

Twiddle with Lespecial Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean B l v d . , H a m p t o n B e a c h . www. CasinoBallroom.com 929-4100

The Introduction to Printmaking – Workshop

Field Fine Art Studio, Sandwich. 10am-4pm. This workshop, led by artist Kathryn Field, will explore color patter n and design with simple printmaking techniques. This beginning printmaking class teaches multiple skills. No prior experience is required. 273-1326

Walter Trout Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com 5362551

Pianist Heather Pierson in Concert at Taylor Community Monday, April 8 at 6:30 in Taylor Community’s Woodside Building presents Pianist Heather Pierson for Heather’s virtuosity at the piano, her bell tone vocals and her quiet, yet engaging, stage presence. This event is free and open to the public. Heather Pierson is an award-winning, multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter. From New Orleans Jazz and blues, to rousing Americana and poignant folk narratives, Heather’s live performances move seamlessly and effortlessly from one style to the next. A growing catalog of wildly divergent CD releases reflects her boundless creativity. Taylor Community is the premiere not-for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community in the Lakes Region. Keep up with all our events on Facebook. For more information about active senior living, visit our website at www.taylorcommunity.org, or call 603-524-5600.

Auditions for Thornton Wilder’s Our Town In Wolfeboro Actors from around the region are invited to auditions for Our Town Sunday, April 14 and Tuesday, April 16 at 7 pm at the Village Players Theater in Wolfeboro. Described by The New York Post as “one of the sagest, warmest and most deeply human scripts to have come out of our theatre,” the show will be performed the weekends of July 26th and August 4th. The production will not rely on the crutch of elaborate sets, sight gags or costumes, so Lounsbury will be looking for actors no younger than 15 who can woo the audience into the play. He asks those auditioning to come with a prepared poem to recite. They should also expect to read from a poem provided by the director, and to dialogue with other actors. In all, Lounsbury will be seeking actors who connect with the text and each other. Unfamiliar with Thornton Wilder’s Our Town? Video versions are available on streaming sites; and summaries can be found on a variety of online pages. Hard copies are available at most libraries. Our Town will be mounted on The Village Players’ historic stage at 51 Glendon Street in Wolfeboro Friday and Saturday, July 26 & 27, and Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 2 – 4. For more information, visit www.village-players.com



List your community events FREE

Annual Rummage Sale

The Congregational Church of Laconia UCC, 18 Veterans Square, Laconia. 5pm-7pm. Clothing, kitchen items, tools, jewelry, books and more!

Portsmouth Symphony Brass Quintet In Concert

See EVENTS on 14

online at www.weirs.com, email to info@weirs.com or mail to PO Box 5458, Weirs, NH 03247

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

SPORTS SALARIES AND SOCIALISM NEWS ITEM – The Los Angeles Angels granted centerfielder Mike Trout a contract extension worth “roughly” $430 million over 12 years. So Trout’s long term compensation will approach a half BILLION dollars. Nice work if you can get it. But the government takes most of Trout’s money—between income taxes, property taxes, interest and dividends taxes, and on and on. Trout works in California, so he’ll pay around a 14% STATE income tax, on top of around a 40% federal income tax. If he buys things in the Golden State, he’ll have to pay a seven per cent sales tax. California counties also have sales taxes. Note to Granite Staters: This is what happens when Democrats turn a state blue. Check out the gas prices in California. They’re a buck and a half more than in New Hampshire—around $4 a gallon. Trout can afford to fill his gas tank, but many Angel fans cannot. But wait. There’s more! Democrat socialists like Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez want to raise the federal income tax to 70%. That would create a real incentive for people to work hard …. NOT! Aye caramba! Trout’s package was worth $100 million more than the “meager” 13year, $330 million deal Bryce Harper got with the Philadelphia Phillies.

“Where You Always Get More BANG For Your Buck!” • AMMUNITION

Mike Trout But the “cost-of-living” is higher in California. Rest assured that the likes of Trout and Harper have high-priced accountants and lawyers who will minimize tax exposure. Trout could have had more “take home” pay with the Florida Marlins or Tampa Bay Rays, as Florida has no income tax. But who wants to spend a long hot summer playing centerfield in Miami when you could be in beautiful Orange County? So the Angels have to offer 15% more than the Rays for Trout to make money comparable to what he’d make in Tampa. But we all know who indirectly pays Trout’s salary. Baseball fans. And there are plenty of fat cats in luxury suites with lots of dinero. But as the Angels raise their ticket prices, the fans who miss out are the poorer fans. Instead of a family making two annual trips to the Angels Park in Anaheim, now they’ll only be able to afford one. If Ocasio-Cortez and company raise the federal income tax to 70%, teams will have to pay players much more so centerfielders can main-

tain their take-home dollar amounts. And fans— many of them poor—will have to pay for it. Or maybe they’ll just stop going to games. Socialism, in truth, hurts the “little guys” it purports to support. Time will tell what numbers Trout produces over the next 12 years. Remember, you don’t always get what you pay for. But also remember that you DO get who you VOTE for! Sports Quiz Who was the first baseball player to earn a million dollars in a season? (Answer follows) Born Today ... That is to say, sports standouts born on April 4 include Brooklyn Dodger first baseman Gil Hodges (1924) and Major League Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti (1938). Sports Quote “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.” --Yogi Berra Sports Quiz Answer In 1980, pitcher Nolan Ryan became the first million dollar player when See MOFFETT on 26

(including hard to find calibers)

• NEW & USED FIREARMS • GUNSMITHING SERVICES ll • NEW PSE BOWS Skip’s has it awon’t at a price thawt allet! • GAME CALLS OPEN Tues - Fri 9-6 / Sat. 8-4 break your Central New Hampshire’s headquarters for great brand name outdoor gear at great prices.

837 Lake Street • Bristol, NH • 603-744-3100 • www.nhskip.com

T H E P L AC

Tennis & Fitness Club

Four indoor hard courts, two indoor backboards, three outdoor Har-Tru Tennis courts, & three Air-conditioned Racquetball courts.

R AC Q UE FOR SPORT ET S!

Like Us!

45,000 S Q. F T. FAC I L I T Y! TENNIS RACQUETBALL KID’S CLUB FITNESS GILFORDHILLS.COM • 603.293.7546 314 OLD LAKESHORE ROAD • GILFORD

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE STATEWIDE Business: Seminar Programs providing professional/ continuing education throughout New England by a network planner. Revenue derived from tuition of the attendees. Turnkey opportunity available to an ambitious owner to enjoy a healthy cash flow. Gross income: $1,300,000. Business purchase price: $795,000. Seller will consider some seller financing to a qualified buyer.

D L O S

What’s On Tap In Your Neighborhood??

LOOKING TO BUY A BUSINESS? READY TO SELL A BUSINESS?

THE BUSINESS

CONNECTION, INC.

“Selling Your Business Is Our Business” 104 Lily Pond Rd., Gilford, NH

businessconnectioninc.com • 603.528.6100

Play

“BINGO”

and Lucky 7 Tickets

A listing of some of the area’s beer-centric watering holes where you can find old favorites on tap as well as some cutting edge seasonals.

at the Lakes Region Casino

Thursday & Friday Nights

& support the Belknap County Sportsmen’s Association

Doors open at 4pm / Games start at 5:45

ACKERLY’S GRILL & GALLEY • 83 MAIN STREET, ALTON •Tuckerman - Pale Ale •Smuttynose-Myst.Haze

• 603 - Winni Amber Ale • Great North- IPA • Great Rhythm - Pale Ale

AKERLYSGRILLANDGALLEYRESTAURANT.COM • 603.875.3383 COPPER KETTLE TAVERN AT HART’S RESTAURANT • 233 DW HWY, MEREDITH • Allagash White • 603 Winni Amber

LAKES REGION CASINO

1265 LACONIA ROAD, BELMONT, NH

• Stoneface IPA • Moat - Czech Pilsner

HARTSTURKEYFARM.COM • 603.279.6212

• Henniker - Working/Porter • Citizen Cider ... +6 More

D.A. LONG TAVERN AT FUNSPOT • 579 ENDICOTT ST. N., WEIRS • Brooklyn Blk Choc. Stout • Jack’s Abby - Citra Lager • Moat Mtn - Matilda’s Red Rage • Allagash - White

FUNSPOTNH.COM • 603.366.4377 PATRICK’S PUB • 18 WEIRS RD., GILFORD • 603 Winni Ale • Smithwick’s Irish Ale

• Tuckerman - Pale Ale • Sam Adams - NE IPA

PATRICKSPUB.COM • 603.293.0841

• Cigar City - Jai Alai • Ommegang - Pale Sour ... +6 More • Woodstock Frosty Goggles • Switchback Ale ... +6 More

THE UNION DINER • 1331 UNION AVE., LACONIA FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL (May 2-19)

• Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale • Moat Mtn - Helles • Shed - Mountain Ale • Great N. -Cerv.DeLeche • Lone Wolfe - Farmhouse Ale • Cigar City - Jai Alai IPA

THEUNIONDINER.COM • 603.524.6744 THE STEAKHOUSE AT CHRISTMAS ISLAND • 644 WEIRS BLVD., LACONIA • Blue Moon • Coors Light

• Bud Light • 603 IPA

• Sam Adams Seasonal

603.527.8401 ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL (June 13-23)

TICKETS: (603) 335-1992 BOX OFFICE HOURS: M/W/F 10-5PM

31 WAKEFIELD STREET, ROCHESTER NH WWW.ROCHESTEROPERAHOUSE.COM

** Tap listings subject to change!

Restaurant or Bar Owner? Contact Us Today to Find Out How to Promote Your Business here!

sales@weirs.com or 603-366-8463 x 319

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Wicked BREW Review

The

M r. CC’’ss Ta xi Mr. Taxi 267-7134 or 527-8001 267-7134 or 527-8001 OPEN AT 5AM DAILY OPEN AT 5AM DAILY

wickedbrews@weirs.com

@wickedbrews on twitter

WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND

GREAT CRAFT ON DRAFT!

by Jim MacMillan Contributing Writer

Rarity is a word reserved for things that are elusive or revered. It is unlikely that you will find rare things in the open and available without reserve. Thus, the item that is rare is sought after and regarded as elusive and refined. And so it is within this concept that we refer to our focus beer this week as rare and unrefined and study Fulmination New England IPA from Hidden Cove. Hidden Cove Brewing Company of Wells, Maine is an amazing tale of creative genius. The brainchild of both Richard Varano and Gregg Spickler, the two were Culinary Institutes of America graduates who enjoyed homebrewing and collaborated on recipes to make great eating beer. They soon realized that their passion would lead them into the beer market. They decided to forge an effort into this market and made plans for a brewery. They hired longtime friend, Kevin, into that that market. Kevin Glessing, head brewer, has mastered an array of great offerings for craft beer lovers to enjoy through experimentation of what works and what doesn’t. His tireless efforts gives Hidden Cove beers their incredible allure. They also offer double IPa’s, summer ale, session ales for warmer months and seasonal brews to match what beer lovers enjoy throughout the year. You can learn more about Hidden Cove at hidden-

Serving ServingLaconia LaconiaDaily Daily

GET THE

CRAFT DRAFT DEAL...

Drink Good Beer with your meal ...

% GET 10 OFF! Pair any draft beer we offer with any

Sandwich or Entreé and get 10% off the price of BOTH ITEMS with this coupon.

exp. 6/30/19; Cannot combine w/other offers.

OPEN Mon-Wed 6am - 3 pm • Thur & Sat 6am - 7:30pm Fri 6am - 8pm • Sunday (breakfast only) 6am to 1pm Dinner served Thurs, Fri & Sat evenings

Fulmination NE IPA

HIDDEN COVE BREWING CO. Wells, ME.

hiddencovebrewingcompany.com

covebrewingcompany. com as well as facebook. com/HiddenCoveBrewing Fulmination is a juicy dream come true. This New England IPA is whirlpool and dry hopped with El Dorado, Mosaic and Citra hops and then an addition of lemon drop additives are induced into the fermentation. This combination gives it the hazy goodness we expect from this style of IPA. Fulmination has its amazing citrusy feel and luscious taste from the correct malt and hop combinations to bring us a blend of flavorful notes and tastes to enhance the imbiber’s senses. Apricot, melon, pear and grapefruit enhance the flavor experience with subtle bittering and medium soft mouthfeel. Tasting like a 5%, this one is actually

rated at 7% ABV. This is one of their best additions thus far and we hope to see many more delicious additions to their line-up along the same flavor profile. BeerAdvocate.com has officially rated this beer ‘Very Good’ and awarding a 3.75 out of 5. Followers on untapped.com also rated it as high as 4.75 out of 5. Although there are other offerings from Hidden Cove offerings, this one seems to be a hit. Make sure you get your four pack of 16 oz cans soon as this one is rare and only available at Case-n-Keg in Meredith, the one location in the state with cases on hand. Cheers!

1331 Union Ave., Laconia • 603.524.6744 • theuniondiner.com

D.A. LONG TAVERN Always Lots Of Fun On Tap! Located in a quiet corner Exceptional Craft Beer List of Funspot, steps away Specialty Cocktails from lots of fun stuff... Made to Order Pizza 20 bowling lanes, 18-hole Pool • Darts mini-golf and the largest arcade in the world including a huge collection of classic video & pinball NEW! DOLLAR DAYS! games! Wed-Thur-Fri from 4pmTAVERN HOURS 5pm $1 off all Open Every Day, year round Mon. & Tues. 5pm - 10pm draft beers, Wed. & Thur. 4pm -10pm flights and Fri. 4 - 11pm • Sat. noon - 11pm Sun. noon - 10pm small pizzas! Located Inside Funspot, Rte. 3, One Mile North Of The Weirs Beach Sign 579 Endicott Street N. • Weirs • NH • 603-366-4377 • funspotnh.com

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

OUT on the TOWN Great Food, Libations & Good Times!

Breakfast Served All Day!

A.Y.C.E. Fish Fry Fridays Only $8.99

30 Beacon Street • Laconia

524-2366

EVENTS from 10 Biscuit Miller & the Mix Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia.

www.PitmansFreightRoom. com or 527-0043

BarBecue, Burger & Brew graB & go!

—Friend of the working man

35 Center Street • Wolfeboro • 515-1976

OPEN WED - SAT. 6:30AM - 2PM / SUN. 6:30 - NOON

Mon - Fri 4pm - Close Sat 1pm - Close Sun 1pm - 6pm

ENJOYThe Sights, Sounds and Tastes of the Caribbean Beach Bar Beverages & Appetizers along with Patrick’s Full Menu

Grafting

Branch Hill Farm’s Barn, 307 Applebee Road, Milton Mills. 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm. Jared Kane, owner of Jug Hill Orchards will instruct these classes. Kane will teach the art of grafting apple trees and the basics of pruning and care. By the end of the class, each person will have completed grafting their own small apple tree to take home in a pot, using a scion (living shoot) collected from one of the several varieties of local trees. Cost is $10pp. Pre-registration is required. 978-7125 or info@

mmrg.info

Breakfast Sandwiches & Fresh Baked Goods! Located on Route 3 in Meredith

The Steakhouse at Christmas Island THE

NIGHTLY SPECIALS

Serving Dinner Thu-Fri-Sat Nights Lunch & Breakfast Served Daily

Apple Tree Workshop

Steakhouse

OFFER G FREE POIN O L!

OPEN WED. - SUN. AT 4PM

644 Weirs Blvd | Laconia, NH | 603-527-8401

Annual Rummage Sale

The Congregational Church of Laconia UCC, 18 Veterans Square, Laconia. 9am-12pm. Clothing, kitchen items, tools, jewelry, books and more! 5240668

Gilford Rotary Presents “An Evening in Paradise” Pheasant Ridge Country Club, Gilford. 5:30pm-10pm. Gilford Rotary brings the Caribbean to the Lakes Region with this special “cabin fever reliever” event! The evening features a Car ibbean style buffet and desserts, special island drinks, cash bar, silent auction, 50/50 raffle, photo booth, and dancing to the tunes of The Hot Tamales Band! $50pp. Tickets can be purchased on line at

www.GilfordRotaryEvents. Weebly.com

The

—Dinner Specials—

thu Nights

Yankee Pot roast shepherds Pie

Fri Nights

Prime rib & AYCE Fresh Fried haddock

sAt Nights

PAstA sPECiAls •butternut squash ravioli w/maple cream sauce •Chicken, spinach tomato alfredo • Chicken, broccoli alfredo ... & more!

OPEN Mon-Wed 6am - 3 pm • Thur & Sat 6am - 7:30pm Fri 6am - 8pm • Sunday (breakfast only) 6am to 1pm

1331 Union Ave., Laconia • 603.524.6744

www.theuniondiner.com

Copper Kettle

T A V E R N

Turkey • Steaks • Prime Rib • Seafood WED: Karaoke - 7pm THUR: Trivia - 7pm FRI: Prime Rib & Turkey Buffet Live Music - 6:30pm

OPEN DAILY FOR LUNCH & DINNER

Exit 23 off I-93 • 233 Daniel Webster Hwy • Meredith Connect 603-279-6212 • HartsTurkeyFarm.com With Us!

Earth Day Festival 2019: Be Water Wise NH Audubon-Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn. 10am-3pm. Family oriented event that celebrates the wonders of our great planet and strengthens our appreciation for clean water, air and soil. Live music, games, bonfire, face painting, raffles and more! $10pp or $25/family.

www.NHAdubon.org

Sat. 13th & Sun. 14th Cinderella – Ballet by Sole City Dance Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. This original work captures not just the graceful beauty of ballet, it’s athleticism and charm, but the deeper meanings within the story: that

inner strength, dignity and core values lead to a more fulfilling and beautiful life. www.

RochesterOperaHouse.com

Thursday 18th

Silent Film “Metropolis”

Series

–

F l y i n g M o n k e y, M a i n S t r e e t , P l y m o u t h . www. FlyingMonkeyNH.com 5362551 Friday 19th

House of Hamill – Live Concert A r t s C e n t e r, 1 2 M a i n Street, Sandwich. 7:30pm. Presented by Advice to the Players, this kick off concert promises to be unique and entertaining! Admission is by a $15 suggested donation. Refreshments will also be available by donation. www.

AdvicetothePlayers.org

Friday 26th 1964 The Tribute F l y i n g M o n k e y, M a i n S t r e e t , P l y m o u t h . www. FlyingMonkeyNH.com 5362551

Dark Desert Eagles Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach. www. CasinoBallroom.com 9294100

Saturday 27th Uprooted F l y i n g M o n k e y, M a i n S t r e e t , P l y m o u t h . www. FlyingMonkeyNH.com 5362551

Get The Led Out Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach. www. CasinoBallroom.com 9294100

Sat. 27th – Sun. 28th Lakes Region Bed & Breakfast Annual Muffin & Scone Tour

Make a weekend of it and book a room at any of the participating Inns and receive a 10% discount for a one night stay, or a 20% discount for a 2 night stay. Cost is only $10pp to tour six beautiful B&B’s, visit with the Innkeepers and enjoy some very scrumptious treats along the way. Participating Inns are: Pleasant View in Bristol, Lantern Inn B&B in Laconia, Inn on Golden Pond in Holderness, Lake House at Ferry Point in Sanbornton, Nutmeg Inn in Meredith and Tea Rose Inn in Plymouth. At the end of touring all six Inns, your tour ticket will be entered in a drawing to win the grand prize! For tour tickets and info, contact Kelli at 968-7269

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

OUT on the TOWN Great Food, Libations & Good Times!

“Th e Fin est Sze chuan and Ma nda rin Lakeersving the for 19 Region Cui sine in the Lakes Reg ion” Years!

Now Available!

Special Gluten Free Items & Vegetarian Dishes For Health Conscious People

All-Day Buffet Lunch & Dinner

A H I G N

Lunch: Tues. - Sun. 11:30am-4pm • Dinner: Tues. - Sun. 4pm - 8pm FULL LIQUOR LICENSE GIFT CERTIFICATES HOLIDAY PARTIES 331 SOUTH MAIN STREE T • LACONIA

603-524-4100 • WWW.SHANGHAINH.COM

WE ARE REBRANDING

Candlepin bowling on Funspot’s newly renovated lanes, was one of he fun events that comprised the Savings Animals Indoor Triathlon. Other events were skee-ball, darts, mini-golf and pinball. PHOTO COURTESY ALAN MACRAE

ANIMALS from 1

Funspot competing with each other playing three different games, having their own triathlon. “I thought an Indoor Triathlon would be a fun and unique event that could be used to raise money for charity,” said Lawton. Since then the event has grown from 11 teams and $1,000 raised that first year to the forty-two teams that competed this year and the record funds raised. This year the money raised was divided between four worthy organizations whose work in saving animals has truly made a difference: Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester, Friends of the Feral Cats NH, Franklin Animal Shelter and Rozzie May Animal Alliance in Conway. For the first fourteen years the funds raised went

Announcing Our New Name:

GILFORD JEWELERS & PAWNBROKERS WE BUY, SELL, TRADE AND PAWN ALL JEWELRY COLLECTIONS

In just over one year, we have become strictly to the NH Hu- to raise the money so peting for the high northern New Hampshire’s largest gold mane Society, but it desperately needed score in a series of and precious metals buyers! was decided this year by these essential games at Funspot GOLD - SILVER - PLATINUM to get other animal organizations.” including: candlepin WATCHES & COIN COLLECTIONS groups involved. The Known as the “Tri- bowling, indoor miniAll items weighed and tested NH Humane Soci- athlon For The Rest golf, skee ball, darts while you watch! ety participated as Of Us” the Indoor and pinball with the 1429 Lakeshore Road, Gilford a Big Dog (major) version consists of highest scoring team (across from Walmart) sponsor of this year’s teams of four com603-524-1700 See ANIMALS on 17 event and also fielded Open Monday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm one of the forty-two s teams. ak e t 603.527.8144 • S od The other Big Dog ta afo s myrnascc.com S p o n s o r s , g i v i n g Pa Se $1,000, were Union Diner and Hart’s TurItalian & American Comfort Food key Farm. Formerly known as Nadia’s Trattoria, voted one of the Lawton is now part top ten restaurants in NH by Boston Magazine. THIS WEEKEND SPECIALS of the group FUNdVealSpecials Francese and -Eggplant Rollatini Small Plate Tuesday Thursday from 3-5pm s4paws, which was — Join us Tue-Thurs from 3-5 p.m. for Small Plate Specials — with discount drafts and select house wines started up this year Hours: Tues. Wed. & Located theatcanopy at Plaza Located under the canopy at 131under Lake Street Paugus Bay with the sole purThur 3-9pm 131 Lake Street At Paugus Bay Plaza Hours: Tues. Wed. & Thurs. 3-9pm; Fri. & Sat. 3-9:30pm (603)527-8144 myrnascc.com Fri. & Sat. 3-9:30pm pose of raising money through different fun events to be given to different animal rescue groups. “We will be looking at increasing the number of rescue groups we can help FRI 4/5 @ 8:00PM COMEDY NIGHT! TICKETS- $20 W/KENNY ROGERSON & PAUL KEENAN going forward,” said A LL Lawton. “The TriathVIVA AND THE SH FRI 4/12 @ 8:00PM OWS lon is planned to now TICKETS- $20 REINFORCEMENTS B .Y.O .B . be just one of many 94 New Salem Street, Laconia • 603-527-0043 fun events we will be www.PitmansFreightRoom.com organizing in order

Myrna s Classic Cuisine ’

TMAN’S I P FREIGHT ROOM

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Animal Crackers Sponsored by

What’s Going On Meow?

LOOKING FOR THEIR FOREVER HOME

Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinics

Rozzie May Animal Alliance has Low Cost Spay Neuter Clinics throughout the area for March. They will be in your area sometime this month. Cats cost: Female package $85; Male package $70; Cat Cab Fee $5. Our Cat Spay/Neuter Package Includes: A Brief Exam by Vet/ Spay/Neuter Surgery; Rabies Vaccination (cats over 12 weeks of age); Capstar Flea Treatment; Nail Trimming Ear Cleaning. The calender is at http://rozziemayanimalalliance.org/clinic-registration/ They also spay and neuter dogs. http:// rozziemayanimalalliance.org/clinic-registration/dog-application-form/

Donations Needed For The Franklin Animal Shelter

Franklin Animal Shelter located at 19 Rescue Road, Franklin, NH 03235 can always use donations: Wet Kitten Food (Meow Mix is preferred); Fresh Step Cat Litter (nonscoopable); ADVANTAGE II FOR DOGS 0-22#; ADVANTAGE II FOR DOGS 22-44#; ADVANTAGE II FOR DOGS 45-88#; ADVANTAGE II FOR CATS/KITTENS; CAPSTAR FOR CATS & SMALL DOGS; CAPSTAR FOR DOGS > 25#; 30 Gallon Heavy Duty Trash Bags and Gift Cards: Wal-Mart, Staples, Home Depot, Tractor Supply. These are items they use daily. For a complete list of things they can use, check out their Wish List: https://www.franklinanimalshelter. com/wishlist.htm

State Vouchers for Spay & Neuter

The State of New Hampshire has a program to help people with limited income spay and neuter their pets. It is a simple form and will pay for all but $25 of the spay or neuter as well as a rabies shot. Since the state requires all pets (including ferrets) to have rabies vaccines, this is an awesome service. There is only one employee running the program so it can take some time, but is well worth the wait. You can find the applications at https://www.agriculture.nh.gov/divisions/ animal-industry/animal-population-control.html

REESES

Meet Reeses! This gorgeous gal is an eight-yearold cat that came to CVHS seven weeks ago after her owner passed away. Reeses is looking for a home where she can socialize, but also have her own space. Reeses is an independent cat that loves to play, but she can get easily overwhelmed and overstimulated. She is friendly and affectionate, but only

Drummer is a magnificently sweet and smart 5 year old mixed breed. Incredibly social and sweet playful soul this young man will make a great hiking partner for his humans. Since relocating from the south three months ago, he has learned to sit, give

DRUMMER

on her terms, and she needs a human that respects her boundaries. Reeses prefers to come to you when she wants affection, not the other way around! She will let you know when she’s had enough, and wants some alone time. She needs a patient owner that will let her do her own thing. Reeses would do best in a laidback environment, without children. She could potentially co-exist with a feline friend with a similar demeanor or a cat-savvy dog. Do you have room for an independent lady? Come meet Reeses at Cocheco Valley Humane Society at 262 County Farm Road in Dover, NH! For more information on adopting a pet, visit cvhsonline.org.

paw, and get down when his exuberance overtakes him. He is currently working on learning stay, come, drop it, and going to a mat on cue.He sure is ready to explore his new surroundings, take in the sweet smells of springtime in New England with you. Drummer would do best in an active home with teens or older. He can be a little picky about his dog friends and may be ok with a dog savvy cat, so do take that into account. But know that Drummer will be a devoted friend For adoption information visit NH Humane Society online at nhhumane.org

Saint is a great kitty with a few issues. He is neutered, about 8 months old. He found his own rescuer, had a horrible infection on his genitals, and took several months to get healed up. In the mean time, he decided that any empty box or plate was a litter box. He is learning slowly to

control his bladder, and is totally litter box trained for his poop, but will need a very knowledgeable owner until he understands the rules. He has a lot of Maine Coon traits, and before his tail was amputated, it was large and fluffy. We think he’s going to stay on the small side, but he follows you around to talk with you about your day, sleeps on your pillow, and taps your eyelids to see if you are awake yet. Contact Vera via email at CatRescuePeople@gmail.com

Goat, Goat, 3 Goats, Ducks! Live and Let Live Farm Rescue has farm animals looking for homes. Some are singletons, some are bonded pairs, all are cute as the dickens. Come by Sundays at 2 pm for the farm tour and meet them all. There are horses, ponies, birds, dogs, minia-

ture horses, goats, ducks, and once in a while you will see a cat or two. Due to insurance issues, visitors are only permitted during the weekly tour, but, of course, you could volunteer and then come every day to visit all the animals. Contact Teresa at tehorse@aol.com

SAINT

is a foundation to support organizations or individuals involved in the humane treatment of animals, including those in dire situations. For more information visit funds4paws.org or find them on Facebook.

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Indoor Mini-Golf tested the “athletes” as they vied for best PHOTO COURTESY ALAN MACRAE score in the Triathlon. The Union Diner Dogs were the top fundraising team as well as first place in overall scoring. ANIMALS from 15

winning prizes. Many of the teams are busy doing fundraising for weeks before the Triathlon and that in itself has become a key part of the competition. “We introduced the fundraising portion of the competition into the Triathlon about ten years ago,” said Lawton. “That first year we more than doubled our fundraising because of it and it has grown by leaps and bounds to get to where it is today. The teams take it seriously but have a lot of fun with it and their efforts have gotten us to a point I couldn’t imagine fifteen years ago. What this money does to help these groups and these animals is so important.” Also added this year was a website where participants could watch the fundraising totals of the different teams change, motivating them to ramp up their own fundraising efforts. “It just made the whole fundraising portion that much more fun for the players,” said Lawton. For every five hundred dollars raised, each team member received on entry into the drawing for the “Big Pledge Prize Raffle” which this year was a fiveday cruise for two to the Bahamas or Caribbean. The top fundraising

team for the event, as well as the overall winner, was the Union Diner Dogs who raised an impressive $4,208. “Rose Pucci and the crew at the Union Diner did an amazing job this year in raising money for the Triathlon,” said Lawton. “We can’t thank them enough for their hard work and the animals appreciate it as well.” All together about $38,000 of the total was raised strictly from individual team fundraising.

There were also many area businesses who helped add to the fundraising efforts by selling “I Helped Save Animals” bones. Among the other fundraising done at the Triathlon were the donated auction items: A Larry

Bird autographed picture and a framed montage of famous Boston Team Brawls donated by Kelly Ross and Bruins pucks signed by Patrice Bergeron and Charlie McAvoy as well as a pair of tickets to the opening playoff game of the Bruins donated by Sterling and Allison Cole. The fifty-fifty raffle also brought in another $1,000. Besides the Big Dog Sponsors, other businesses which sponsored the Triathlon were The Franklin Savings Bank, Northeast Communications (Mix 94.1, WSCY 106.9fm, The Planet 100.1fm, Old-

ies 92.9) Funspot and The Weirs Times and Cocheco Times). FUNds4Paws is already looking towards other fun events to raise more funds to help more groups that help save more animals. “We have a lot of ideas in the works,” said Lawton. “For example we are already making some plans to have a Food Truck event. Of course, we are already going to work on making next year’s triathlon bigger and better.” To find out more about FUNds4paws visit FUNDs4paws.org or check out their Facebook page.

SUPER BINGO Saturday, April 20, 2019 With The Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society

Come Early For Best Seats - Doors Open at 2pm Featuring ifi New TED-E W rs te u p m Co o Bing

$ 1 0 , 00 0 IN PRIZES! *prize money based on attendance

Early Session Starts At 4:30 Regular Session Starts At 6:45 Play one or both sessions! Play paper, video or both!

FUNSPOT BINGO HALL Separate Smoking Section • Lucky Seven Pull Tabs Sold at All Games • Serving Deli Sandwiches, Pizza & More!

RT 3, 579 Endicott St. N., Weirs Beach, NH • 603-366-4377 • Open All Year • FunspotNH.com

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Don’t Be Left Behind - 3 Tips To Prep For Spring Warmer weather means not only saying goodbye to the tough winter conditions your car or truck has endured, but also getting your vehicles - and outdoor power equipment - ready for the changing seasons. This is a great opportunity to get outside and tend to the vital cleaning and maintenance that the machines you rely on need to function well year-round. 1. Clean it. Whether we’re talking about your car, truck or outdoor power equipment, like your lawnmower, it could use a thorough cleaning if it endured winter elements or was stuck in your garage. For your vehicles, this means a complete wash, and making sure to thoroughly clean out the accumulated road salt from your undercarriage and the

entire outer surface of your vehicles, plus the interior. If you ran out of time last fall and did not properly store your lawnmower or other outdoor power equipment, you’re going to have to take extra care getting your equipment out of storage for the first time this year. Clean the dirt, grass or other debris from your machinery before the first use. While cleaning, check for damage or needed repairs that can range from wear on the cord to tightening up nuts or getting the blades sharpened. It’s easier to assess the condition of any vehicle or piece of outdoor power equipment once you’ve gotten the basic cleaning finished. To clean the insides of any gasoline engines, including See TIPS on 24

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Fast, Friendly Service From Garden to Bouquet – Growing Your Own Cut Flowers J.W.y FElEctric eet”

NH Master Electrician #4447

by Melinda Myers Keep your flower vases filled all summer long with beautiful blossoms picked right from your own garden and containers. Growing seeds, plants and tender bulbs that can double as cut flowers makes it easy to create casual, fresh-cut bouquets for your dinner table, guest room or to share with family and friends. For early spring flowers, look to spring-blooming bulbs like tulips and daffodils, and cool weather annuals like pansies and snapdragons. Clipping branches from trees and shrubs such as forsythia, quince and daphne is another good way to bring spring into your home. Your perennial garden can provide bleeding heart, iris, hellebores, peonies and much more. If the selection in your own spring garden is limited, strike up a trade with a friend. Pick some of theirs in the spring and share some of yours in the summer. Then make a note to add more spring-blooming bulbs and perennials to your landscape. Gladiolas and dahlias add pizazz to summer and fall bouquets. These spring-planted bulbs combine nicely with other summer flowers and they continue to bloom well after other flowers have faded in the heat of late summer. Get some free help planning your additions with the “How to Design a Cutting Garden” article found at longfield-gardens.com. The flower-packed spikes of gladiolas are available in a rainbow of colors that will inspire your creativity. These inexpensive bulbs are easy to plant and take up very little space. Pop them into containers, flowerbeds or even your vegetable garden. Start planting

“I Wipe M

Serving the Lakes Region area for over 20 years

Residential & Commercial • New Construction • Remodeling Next Day Appointments • Generators Installed Free Estimates • Fully Insured

603-279-6386 • Cell: 603-707-0228 • jwelectric@metrocast.net

Highflow, low impact, brush mower/mulcher, tree line undergrowth removal, pasture/field reclamation, right-of-ways, trail clearing. Machine will cut up to 6” material. The Sugar Plum Mix of dahlias offers hues of honey gold, burnt orange and violet-mauve, providing a colorful, contemporary blend of dahlias late summer. in mid spring and continue every two weeks until midsummer for months of colorful flower spikes. With dahlias, you can choose from dozens of different flower sizes, flower styles and colors. For easy, eye-catching bouquets, plant a color-themed blend such as the Sugar Plum Mix from Longfield Gardens. Another option is to select colors that will harmonize with flowers that are already in your gardens such as phlox, sunflowers, asters and lilies. Hybrid lilies are perennial garden favorites as well as fabulous cut flowers. Plant the bulbs of Asiatic lilies, See FLOWERS on 22

Call 603-435-9970

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

SMITH from 9

some who would stop at the farm on their touring wagons and buy her product. Lucy persuaded her husband to become involved in the business, and because the demand was too great to fill from the amount of sap provided on the Hildreth farm, Wilfred, who became known as “Sugar Bill,” began to purchase product from other farms in New Hampshire and Vermont. Bill eventually began to advertise the sugar cakes. Taking advantage of the advent of the automobile his first advertising adventure was to place “small, neat signs along the roads.” By combining part of their two last names, Hildreth and Dexter, Lucy and Wilfred came up with the brand name “Hildex” for their product. From their comments in the 1922 interview by the cooking magazine it is evident that the married business partners took care to provide the best product that they could and to market it in a manner that would be attractive to their customers. Their business expanded to orders sent out by mail to locations across the United States and even to foreign countries. Though Lucy kept careful jurisdiction over every aspect of the business, they had to hire a number of helpers. They made an

Polly’s Pancake Parlor in Sugar Hill.

American Cookery Magazine from April, 1922. effort to keep the packaging attractive and placed a small card in each box with a picture of their farmhouse on it along with a poem that Lucy’s mother had written. The poem was as follows: “I send thee sweets from the maple tree, A royal gift of forests free, That broadly roam at their wild will, And crown the far-famed Sugar Hill. Imprisoned in each golden cake Is purity of moun-

tain lake, And spice and tang of deepest woods Where hermits nest and partridge broods.” The maple sugar business of the Hildreth’s expanded from plain sugar cakes to nut cakes, bricks, cans of soft sugar, maple sugar spread, dry sugar, and maple syrup. “Sugar Bill” said “…we might do all the advertising in the world, and if we didn’t deliver the goods, it wouldn’t

amount to shucks.” Lucy Hildreth Dexter passed away sometime after the 1922 article about her business was written and “Sugar Bill” Dexter married Pauline “Polly” Taylor. In 1938 Bill and Polly decided to open a tea room where they served pancakes and maple syrup, and that was the beginning of Polly’s Pancake Parlor. The Dexter’s daughter and her husband, Nancy and Roger Aldrich took over the business in 1949, and their daughter, Kathie, took over for them in the 1980’s and continues to manage the business today with her husband, Dennis Cote. Going back to the Hildex Maple Sugar Farm of the early 1920’s,let me pass on to you a recipe from Lucy Dexter for Maple Pe-

noche (fudge). The ingredients are one and one-half cups of white sugar, one cup of maple sugar, one cup of milk, one-fourth a teaspoon of almond flavoring, one tablespoon of butter, a pinch of salt, and three-fourths of a cup of chopped peanuts. “Cook both kinds of sugar, milk, butter, and salt to the soft-ball stage. Set in a dish of cold water without jarring or stirring until thoroughly cool, then add nuts and flavoring and beat until creamy.” And, just so you will know, the maple sugaring season in 1896, according to an April 2nd newspaper report from Bellows Falls, Vermont was late in starting due to cold weather, and, as little syrup had been produced by the first of April, it was predicted that the production would be way below average for that year. Sugar orchards were being tapped but saw little tap flow as the month of April began. Below zero temperatures were recorded on four mornings of the previous week.

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Celebrate Spring By Submitting Your Rabbit Sightings To NH Rabbit Reports

Krampitz Crane Work to 146 feet.

Citizen scientists can report their rabbit sightings to help biologists assess the distribution and status of New Hampshire’s rabbit species, particularly eastern cottontails. Set your sights on real rabbits this spring! It’s nesting season for Granite State rabbits, and that means the time is right to submit your rabbit sightings to NH Rabbit Reports at nhrabbitreports.org. NH Rabbit Reports is a citizen science project sponsored by UNH Cooperative Extension and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, with support from the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire. The project collects sighting information, including data and photos, to help researchers better understand the distribution and potential abundance of rabbit species in New Hampshire. Spring is a good time to look for rabbits. As the snow melts and plants begin greening, rabbits are active. Female rabbits nest in the spring,

and that means you’re more likely to see rabbits in your backyard, around your neighborhood, or during an outdoor adventure. “Submitting rabbit sightings to NH Rabbit Reports is a great way for homeowners, natural resource professionals, and nature lovers to get into the spirit of the season and reconnect with the outdoors after a long winter,” says Haley Andreozzi, Wildlife Outreach Manager for UNH Cooperative Extension and a NH Rabbit Reports team member. “Every submission delivers valuable information.” Welcome the start of spring by using your smartphone or computer to report sightings and help rabbits. Species identification skills aren’t required. All you need to record is the date, time, and location of the sight-

ing and a description of where you saw the rabbit – and, if you’re fast enough, a photo of the rabbit. “Photos aren’t required, but they greatly increase the usefulness of sighting information,” Andreozzi says. New Hampshire is home to two species of rabbits, the eastern cottontail and the New England cottontail, as well as one species of hare, the snowshoe hare. One of the major differences between New England cottontails and eastern cottontails is their habitat requirements. Eastern cottontails are able to survive in humandominated fragmented habitats, including open fields, forest edges, small thickets, and even golf courses and suburban lawns. New England cottontails, however, rely on dense thickets for their See RABBIT on 22

Track Lift to 78 feet. Inside use non-marking tracks. Yard impact very little to none.

• PRUNING • REMOVALS • STUMP GRINDING • CABLING & BRACING

603-968-3848

Lakes Region Tree Service

KINDRED SPIRIT FARM

—FINE FLEECE SHETLAND SHEEP—

103 Upper Rd. • Center Sandwich 284-7277 • Kindredspiritfarmnh.com

Like us!

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Paul C. DuPont & Son BuilDing Installing Harvey Building Products

WindoWs • doors • siding

Visit HarveyBP.com

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE

603-387-0015 —— 603-387-0026

FLOWERS from 19

Oriental lilies and Orientaltrumpet lilies in spring, for color and fragrance that lasts all summer long. To ensure months of flowers, be sure to plant a few bulbs of each type of lily. Annuals play an essential role in any cut flower garden. Extend your budget by starting zinnias, sunflowers, larkspur and cosmos from seed, and supplement with greenhouse-grown transplants of snapdragons, celosia, amaranth and statice. Foliage can elevate an ordinary homegrown bouquet from good to great, and your garden can provide all sorts of interesting options. Incorporate the leaves of perennials such as hosta, baptisia, artemesia and sage as well as flower farmer favorites such as bells of Ireland, bu-

pleurum and dusty miller. Shrubs such as ninebark, boxwood, viburnum and holly are another source of attractive foliage and some offer colorful berries as well. Cutting and arranging flowers is a fun way to exercise your creativity and bring the beauty of your garden indoors. The more you do it, the easier it gets, and you’ll soon be sharing your flowers with friends, neighbors, family, coworkers and everyone who stops by. Melinda Myers has written numerous books, including Small Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything” DVD series and the nationally-syndicated Melinda’s Garden Moment TV & radio program. Her web site is www.MelindaMyers.com.

PEMI TREEWORKS LLC

RABBIT from 21

habitat needs and rarely venture far from protective cover. NH Fish and Game coordinates a comprehensive effort to survey for the presence of the state-endangered New England cottontail, but less is known about where and in what numbers eastern cottontails are found in the state. “Data collected by NH Rabbit Reports provides us with valuable information on the state’s rabbit population and informs our conservation efforts. Every report helps.” said Heidi Holman, a wildlife biologist who coordinates N.H. Fish and Game’s New England cottontail restoration effort. For more information, visit the project website at nhrabbitreports.org or contact Haley Andreozzi at haley.andreozzi@unh. edu or (603) 862-5327.

Tree Removal – Pruning – Planting - Stump Grinding 603-494-6395 • kurt@pemitreeworks.com

— No Messy Demolition ! BEFORE

Dumont Cabinet Refacing T h e A f f o r d a b l e — & Counter Tops A l te r n a ti v e ! — An AffordAble AlternAtive —

Cabinet refacing includes new doors and drawer fronts of your choice

Cabinet refacing starts at only

DOOR SAMPLES BROUGHT TO YOU!

• New Countertops • Countertop Refacing (Save Big!) • New Drawers • Custom Vanities of cabinet replacing. • Closet Storage

35% Cost AFTER

free estimates.... Compare and SAVE BIG! • Meredith, NH 603-279-6555

The photo on top left shows a dark woodgrain kitchen that was refaced with a light cherry woodgrain, plus new doors and drawer fronts to brighten up kitchen. The same kitchen could have been refaced with any woodgrain or solid color you see in the photo of sample doors. Refacing your cabinets is less than half The pRiCe of replacing them, SaViNg you Big moNey.

Call us for your free in-home estimate 603-279-6555

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Pisco Painting

Residential • Commercial Installations & Service Work

ROBERT LYNCH

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

Fully Insured —Serving the Lakes Region— NH Lic.# 11671M All major credit cards accepted 603-707-2236

Cabinet refacing DOOR SAMPLES BROUGHT TO YOU! starts at only • New Countertops

Tree Removal Pruning • Planting

Refacing (Save Big!) 35% Cost •• Countertop New Drawers • Custom Vanities of cabinet • Closet Storage

free estimates.... Compare and SAVE BIG! • Meredith, NH 603-279-6555

603-494-6395 kurt@pemitreeworks.com

Paul C. Dupont & Son Building Installing Harvey Building Products

• Licensed Septic Systems Installer • Rock Walls • Fully Insured

Bruce Thibeault PAINTING Over 30 Yrs. Exp.

• Staining • Urethaning • Res./Comm. • Quality Work • Interior/Exterior • Wallpaper Removal • Pressure Washing • Window Reglazing • Screens • Free Estimates • Fully Insured

364-2435 BruceThibeaultPainting.com

Clean-ups, lawn mowing & maintenance, weeding, pruning & planting, power washing, small patios & walkways, trash removal, other odd jobs. Fully Insured • Free Estimates Chris Jackson 603-393-4708

Colonial Sid

Colonial Siding Since 1976 !

SIDING • WINDOWS • DOORS KITCHENS • BATHS Interior & Exterior Renovations

Old Fashioned StONEWAll

Insured • references • snow PlowIng

PEMI TREEWORKS

— An AffordAble AlternAtive —

Cabinet refacing includes new doors and drawer fronts of your choice

293-2800 excavationnh.com

JACKSON LANDSCAPING

General Carpentry, roofing, vinyl siding, decks & additions. Big jobs and small jobs. Fully Insured Brian James 630-6231

Alton Bay 875-2132

Dumont Cabinet Refacing & Counter Tops

Over Over45 40Years Experience Experience Free Estimates

250-6051

Specializing in Brick and Stone Fireplaces, Chimneys, Walls, Walks, Patios, Gardens 35+ Years Serving the Seacoast and Lakes Region Now Scheduling Spring & Summer • 603-387-2655

385 D Union Ave. Laconia, NH 603-387-6623 • allbrandsmallengines.com

COMPLETE SITE WORK

pisco-painting.business.site

Owens Corning Roofs Service that satisfies ...

BLACK BEAR MASONRY

“We SERVICE What They SELL!”

replacing.

Fully Insured Free Estimates 603-455-2587

LakesRoof.Com

No Mosquitoes. Ask about No Ticks. our All-Natural Treatments! No Kidding.

rEStOrAtiON

WindoWs • doors • siding

Visit HarveyBP.com

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE

603-387-0015 —— 603-387-0026

Pete’s Hardwood Unlimited Floors, Inc. Family / Locally Owned & Operated • Highest Quality Craftsmanship

Installation • Refinishing Recoating • Repairs Dust Containment

FU INSULRLEY D

$100 Take $100 Off on a job of $1,000 or more with this coupon OFF exp. 05/31/19

(603) 875-0032 • hardwoodunlimitedfloorsinc.com

Specializing in Dry Fieldstone or Granite Walls New Wall Built 35 Years Experience Contact Tony Luongo

603-471-1954

Call the Squad for a free estimate 603-380-4541

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Save $10 Off

with this cou

pon

TIPS from 18

$179

Chimne

spection

603-520-7217

o ide

ep y

Sweeps • Stonework Brick Repairs • Liners Caps • Installations Fire Place Makeovers

Chimney Swe

Fully Insured

Pete’s Hardwood Unlimited Floors, Inc.

Family / Locally Owned & Operated • Highest Quality Craftsmanship Installation Refinishing Recoating Repairs Dust Containment

Fully Insured Eco Friendly Affordable Prices

(603) 875-0032

hardwoodunlimitedfloorsinc.com

vehicles and outdoor power equipment, use STA-BIL 360 Protection at each fillup to help keep fuel fresh for up to 12 months and to increase your engine’s power and fuel efficiency. STA-BIL 360 Protection prevents corrosion caused by moisture and today’s ethanol blended fuels. 2. Maintain it. Every vehicle and piece of outdoor power equipment you own needs regular maintenance to keep it running smoothly and to prevent problems down the road. Vehicles require regular maintenance, including oil changes, tire rotations and checking all your fluids from coolant and power steering to transmission and brake fluid. Test your wiper blades and replace them if winter usage has worn them out. Finally, to reduce the chance of being stuck on the roadside, examine your tires to make sure they not only have enough air, but also have the appropriate amount of tread left. As for your lawnmower, it requires much of the same maintenance that your car does, although most forget it until it’s too late. First, review the basics. Start by making sure your oil is full and has been changed

recently. Check your air filter, because it may have become clogged with leaves from fall’s final mowing. Examine the spark plug, which needs to be changed from time to time. While the spark plug is still disconnected, be sure to look at your blade, because a sharp blade not only cuts better but helps promote a healthy lawn by cutting the grass properly and not tearing it. Lastly, there are few additional things to be aware of if your mower has them - items like drive belts, on both riding mowers and self-propelled mowers, and fuel filters on some models - that can experience wear and may need to be changed. 3. Protect it. UV protection is not just for your skin. While one third of respondents in a recent survey believed that vehicles did not experience UV damage, the sun’s rays can in fact damage any of your vehicle’s rubber, vinyl or plastic surfaces. The truth is, protecting surfaces like your vehicle’s dashboard from sun damage on a regular basis can result in a better-looking, longer-lasting vehicle. This is even more crucial for convertibles and jeeps. 303 Automotive Protectant keeps surfaces appearing newer

and prevents cracking and fading. The majority (52 percent) of people surveyed said they waxed or detailed their vehicle only twice per year, while about 29 percent said they waxed their car monthly. Surprisingly, residents of the Midwest where extreme weather and road salt can really take its toll on vehicles - are noticeably less likely than people in other regions to detail or wax their cars, with nearly one third of people claiming to do it less than once a year or never. This may be due to the time it takes to get your vehicle waxed. But now there’s an easier solution - 303 Touchless Sealant lasts up to two times longer than traditional wax, and you simply spray it on and rinse for superior water beading and protection against paint fading in minutes. Spring is all about gearing up for outdoor activities with friends and family. Take a little time to prep your vehicles and outdoor power equipment before warmer weather arrives, and you’ll have a worry-free spring and summer doing all the things you enjoy.

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Improvements That Will Benefit Local Wildlife When it comes to changing the world, your own backyard is a great place to start. As you make home improvements, consider their potential to benefit local wildlife that travel in and around your property. Here are a few important steps you can take. Plant Native Species By planning native species exclusively in your garden and yard, you will be promoting a healthy local ecosystem while providing proper nourishment and a natural habitat for visiting wildlife, whether that be insects, birds or furry creatures. Because native plant species are meant to thrive in your local climate, they will require less maintenance, which means a beautiful yard with less stress. Prevent Bird Strikes You may not realize it, but your home poses a risk to

birds. Window strikes are common among many species of migrating birds, and millions of wild birds are killed annually flying into windows. However, a simple home improvement project can make your home safer for birds. Birds can see certain light frequencies that humans can’t, so by applying UV decals and UV liquid to your home’s windows and sliding glass doors, you can make windows visible to birds in a way that won’t obstruct your own view. “Protecting birds adds beauty to your garden, is good for the environment and most importantly, saves lives,” says Spencer Schock, founder of WindowAlert, a company that offers UV decals and UV Liquid. The UV decals and liquid from WindowAlert have been proven to effectively

alter the flight path of birds to prevent window strikes. The coating will look like etched glass to the human eye, but be very visible to a bird. As UV reflectivity may fade over time, it’s important to replace the decals and liquid every four months. Application techniques can be found by visiting WindowAlert.com. Build a Bird house - Add beauty to your yard with a wooden bird house. Find a design you love or get creative and craft your own, using your own home’s architecture for inspiration. A strategically placed bird house -- either within three feet of a window or over 30 feet away -- will help avoid bird strikes. Be a good neighbor -- not just to the other humans. Make improvements to your home that will help protect both local and migratory wildlife.

Cyr Lumber & Home Center

For All Your Building Needs! —Family Owned & Operated Since 1984 Cyr Lumber & Home Center LoCations:

39 Rockingham Rd., Windham, NH • 603-898-5000 542 W Main Street, Tilton NH • 603-410-5565 717 E. Route 103, Warner NH • 603-746-4477

cyrlumber.com

cyrkitchen.com

THINK AHEAD! GET YOUR SPRING ORDERS IN NOW! New Hampshire’s Best

Finished and Unfinished

Real Wood Furniture Store

SAVE 42% OFF IPE RETAILPRICES

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

SHAPIRO from 6

paw. Former FBI Director James Comey implied that Trump had fired him for nefarious reasons, not because Trump was angry with Comey for failing to announce that Trump wasn’t under investigation. Our intelligence leadership, in other words, humiliated themselves. Meanwhile, in Chicago, Cook County prosecutors agreed to drop charges against alleged hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett, who alleged that he was beaten by two white men in the middle of the night on the streets of Chicago. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the dropped charges a “whitewash.” Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson bashed Smollett’s defense team, explaining, “they chose to hide behind secrecy and broker a deal to circumvent the judicial system.” Why have key institutions betrayed their initial mission? Mission creep.

HEALTH & FITNESS DO YOU HAVE CHRONIC KNEE OR BACK PAIN? If you have insurance, you may qualify for the perfect brace at little to no cost. Get yours today! Call 1-800-2170504 OXYGEN-Anytime. Anywhere. No tanks to

The job of the media is to objectively cover stories, not to drive narratives. The job of the intelligence community is to diligently follow evidence, not to follow its cognitive bias. The job of the state’s attorney is to prosecute crime, not to play politics. Without defined roles, our institutions crumble. Treating institutions as mere tools to be wielded in pursuit of some higher goal leads to the destruction of those institutions; they become little more than weapons, aimed by those in power. That’s dangerous stuff. We should be able to trust our press. If we can’t, then we can no longer base our republican decisionmaking on a common set of facts. We should be able to trust our intelligence community and our prosecutors. If we can’t, then we can’t support granting them the power they require to protect us. But protecting institutions has taken a back seat

refill. No deliveries. Only 2.8 pounds! FAA approved! FREE info kit: Call 1-800-732-0442

MISCELLANEOUS A PLACE FOR MOM. The nation’s largest senior living referral service. Contact our trusted, local experts today! Our service is FREE/ no obligation. CALL 1-855799-4127.

Pay is $10.25/hr.

Please contact Ashley at 603-717-0881 or atruong@gsil.org for more information.

Granite State Independent Living is looking to add caring and compassionate individuals who are interested in making a difference in people’s lives as a Personal Care attendant. Duties include; personal care, housekeeping, lifting, transfers, errand and grocery shopping. We offer a flexible schedule and paid training.

to do-goodism. “Objective” journalists see themselves as crusaders; political members of the intelligence community see themselves as protectors; prosecutors see themselves as emissaries of social justice rather than as part of a broader, more objective system of determining guilt and innocence. Institutions only mean more than the people who comprise them when the people who comprise them value the institutions more than their own politics. That’s being lost. The result is the continued atomization of our society. Ben Shapiro, 35, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is The New York Times best-selling author of “Bullies.” He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.

DEALING WITH WATER DAMAGE requires immediate action. Local professionals that respond immediately. Nationwide and 24/7. No Mold Calls. 1-800-506-3367 INVENTORS-FREE INFORMATION PACKAGE

MOFFETT from 11

he signed a four-year free agent contract with the Houston Astros for one million dollars per season. Mike Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He 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.

Have your product idea developed affordably by the Research & Development pros and presented to manufacturers. Call 1-855380-5976 for a Free Idea Starter Guide. Submit your idea for a free consultation.

— HELP WANTED —

Full & Part Time Positions. Apply in person to: Anthony's Old Style Pizzeria 35 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH. NOW FEATURING:

Metal Detectors, Prospecting Supplies & Equipment!

SELLING & BUYING

Estate Jewelry • Diamonds • Coins Investment Grade Gold & Silver Bars 603-279-0100 • 603-781-3158

31B Main St. • Downtown Meredith, NH

I WILL BUY * Fine Antiques * Art * * Jewelry * Silver *

Judy A. Davis Antiques One Item or Entire Estate ~ Cash Paid For:

All Antiques: American and Continental furniture, paintings, oriental rugs and bronzes. Historical documents, old books and maps, nautical items, barometers and sextants. Old prints, movie and travel posters. Old photography, cameras and musical instruments. Gold and Silver U.S. and foreign coins. Civil war and all military items, guns, swords, medals and old flags. Old advertising, wooden and metal signs, old weathervanes, old pottery, old jugs, crocks and textiles, lamps and lighting, glass and china. Old toys, banks, trains, sports memorabilia and comic books. Over 35 years experience in the antique business. Chinese and Asian arts, jade, ceramics, oriental textiles, furniture and art. Classic cars and motorcycles, gas pumps, oil cans and signs 25 years and older. All estate and contemporary jewelry, diamond rings, brooches, Patek, Rolex, all watches and charm bracelets. All Fine Gold and Silver Jewelry. Sterling silver flatware, tea services, trays and all silver and gold. Certified by Gem School of America Member: New Hampshire Antique Dealers Assn.

603-496-1811

603-934-5545

jlake@metrocast.net

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Caption Contest DO YOU HAVE A CLEVER CAPTION FOR THIS PHOTO?

Sudoku

Magic Maze APRIL FOOLS JOKES

Send your best caption to us within 2 weeks of publication date... (Include your name, and home town). Caption Contest, The Weirs Times, P.O. Box 5458, Weirs, NH 03247, by email to contest@weirs.com or by fax to 603-366-7301. PHOTO #745

— OUR PICK FOR BEST CAPTION ENTRY #742 — Runners Up Captions: When asked why he couldn’t go any faster old John simply replied, “I’m just flat tired”. - Alan Dore, Rochester, NH. The government-issued bicycle is a hit among the geriatric set - Todd S, Hyatt, Laramie, WY. Where the phrase “don’t try to reinvent the wheel” originated. -Gary

J. Grant, Belmont, NH.

This is what I would call a Flatlander.

-Chris Matthews, Gilford, NH.

Crossword Puzzle

Puzzle Clue: ANIMALADAPTATIONS ACROSS 1 Cut, as film 5 “-- I lie?” 10 Grows dim 15 Opera parts 19 Major- -- (butler) 20 Region of old Greece 21 Fictional belle Scarlett 22 Tales of old 23 One stealing a serpent? 25 Houses, to Hernando 26 Came to rest 27 Aid in antiquing 28 Escort a wild canine? 31 Slender, like stags tend to be? 35 Suit jacket 36 35mm camera inits. 37 Wimple wearers 38 King Kong and others 39 Caucus state 42 “Capeesh?” 44 Golf prop 45 Glass rims 46 Grizzly who’s a country music star? 48 Battery part 49 Vital artery 50 Norse deity 51 Of the eyes 54 Verdi opera 56 Vim 58 Terminate 62 Choice between an impish practical joke and an aquarium fish? 66 Boomer’s son, say 68 Sequoia, e.g. 69 Gobbling fowl 70 Show open disdain for

72 Neighbor of Kenya 75 Butyl ender 76 Feline sign 78 Young sheep from an ancient Palestinian region? 80 Varnish stuff 83 Antelope of Africa 85 Went lower 86 French novelist Jules 87 Octa- plus two 89 Belie 92 $5 bills, informally 94 Pinniped pedestrian? 98 Certain Fed 99 K-12 org. 102 Mrs. monster 103 Make at work 104 Singer Andy 105 Outward appearance 106 -- hunch 107 Tiny, to tots 109 Steed native to the Garden State? 112 The absolute best burrowing rodent? 116 “I smell --!” (“This is fishy!”) 117 Thus 118 Gymnast Comaneci 119 Gratitude expressed by a chatty bird? 124 Retail (for) 125 Wicked things 126 Innately know 127 -- Tzu (dog) 128 Sequoia, e.g. 129 Chief belief 130 Trample 131 Totally fill

DOWN 1 Mag staffers 2 Phil who had a talk show 3 Conceive of 4 Coin substitutes 5 Jokester 6 “Nice one!” 7 Octa- minus seven 8 Feudal superiors 9 “Platoon” actor Willem 10 Points where rays meet 11 At the drop of -12 Windshield-attached recorder 13 Muse of hymns 14 Glided down the runway 15 “There oughta be --!” 16 Huge statues 17 Singer doing a vocal quaver 18 Emancipate 24 Time period of interest 29 More twisted, as humor 30 Running shoe brand 31 Blasting material 32 Go by sea 33 Materialize 34 -- Moines, Iowa 40 Granola bar bit 41 End a shoot 43 -- Reader (magazine) 45 “Willard” actress Sondra 46 Moored ship used as lodging 47 Get by 48 Opt for 49 Yemen port 51 Ferret cousin 52 Pare down 53 Car’s four

55 “Let’s do this thing!” 57 Praise highly 59 Seven-Emmy Ed 60 Neighbor of Ethiopia 61 Get by 63 Popeye’s Olive 64 Stephen of “Still Crazy” 65 Amount that can be carried 67 Hairpiece, slangily 71 Help in a bad deed 73 Accepted fact 74 Toby brews 77 The same, to Henri 79 Served in blazing brandy 81 Notion, to Henri 82 Reporter, colloquially 84 -- Major 88 Musical clicker 90 Always, in sonnets 91 Bluegrass instrument 93 Wee toddler 94 Most quickly 95 Cold-shoulder giver 96 Make dirty by trailing through mud 97 Entered, as data 98 Mil. enlistees 99 Nasty fish 100 Diagnostic package 101 Hex- follower 104 Less cheery, to a Brit 105 Boggy tract 108 Barrel slat 110 “Nightmare” film setting: Abbr. 111 “So there!” 113 Part in a play 114 Really peeve 115 Gigantic 120 Rome-to-Vienna dir. 121 Slow -- snail 122 Politico Cruz 123 That vessel

28 METZLER from 7

became “reinventing itself” in the wake of these extraordinary changes. NATO redefined its mission and expanded its membership. By 1999, NATO enlarged its membership eastwards to include the old Soviet client states; Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. By 2004 it welcomed the three Baltic states thus bringing NATO’s military to the doorstep of Russia itself. Currently NATO membership stands at twentynine countries in Europe and North America. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO continues to participate in multinational missions in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and against terrorism in the post September 11 environment. NATO’s mantra increasingly reflects the concept of projecting stability. That stability is challenged by Russian revanchism. The Trump Administration renewed the old rhetorical fusillades between Washington and its European partners. At the annual NATO Summit, feathers flew as President Donald Trump openly chastised many Europeans for not “paying their fair share” and getting the proverbial “free ride” from the USA. For example current U.S. defense outlays stand at 3.3 percent of GDP. In Canada it’s 1.2, Italy, 1.1,

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Germany 1.2 , and France 1.8 percent. Though the Trump Administration has convinced individual NATO members to increase defense spending, only the United Kingdom, Poland and the Baltic states are reaching the agreed 2 percent annual outlay. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenburg advised, “The U.S. is not decreasing its presence in Europe, but the US is actually increasing its presence… We are actually strengthening the transatlantic bond when it comes to security and defense.” The Atlantic Alliance, nurtured through NATO, has been part of the theology of American foreign policy in the post-war era; an immutable defense dogma, a political democratic pole star, and a credo supporting strong Transatlantic Ties. Through its Strength, symbolism and shared values, NATO remains the cornerstone of Transatlantic friendship and security. Happy Birthday! John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism the Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

STOSSEL from 7

MALKIN from 6

Denmark is a market economy.” Not only are Scandinavian countries not socialist, lately they’ve reduced government control of their economies. Denmark privatized the national phone system and the railroads -- and sold the Copenhagen airport to a private company. Swedish economic historian Johan Norberg points out: “We did have a period in the 1970s and 1980s when we had something that resembled socialism, big government that taxed and spent heavily. (But) that’s the period in Swedish history when our economy was going south.” So Sweden reduced government’s role, too. They privatized businesses and even instituted school choice. The progressives are just wrong. Scandinavian countries that they call “socialist successes” are not socialist, and they’re moving toward more capitalism. It’s astounding that the progressives keep winning votes peddling economic nonsense. At least Venezuelans who escaped their country’s socialism understand now that socialism creates poverty. I asked Stossel TV’s Gloria Alvarez to go to Florida to interview recent Venezuelan immigrants about socialism. Most gave answers like “I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone” and “It’s never gonna work!” It never will. Never. As libertarian economist Ludwig von Mises wrote: “The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement... They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office, every man but one a subordinate clerk.” Until progressives learn that, tragedies like Venezuela will happen again and again.

as a top strategist to both Obamas. To minimize Tchen’s role in the Obamas’ political lives as merely an “aide” is journalistic malpractice. As I have previously reported: --Tchen personally shoveled more than $200,000 into the 2008 Obama presidential campaign coffers while a high-powered lawyer at white-shoe Skadden Arps. --Tchen served as special assistant to President Obama, and then took over as chief of staff in the East Wing for Mrs. Obama. --Tchen headed up the Obama White House Office of Public Engagement, spearheaded by longtime Chicago pal and fellow corporate lawyer/ bundler Valerie Jarrett. --Tchen coordinated Hollywood celebrities to promote Obama’s domestic policy agenda through the taxpayer-subsidized National Endowment for the Arts. --Tchen was listed in 2009 White House visitor logs I reviewed as having met there with radical left-wing billionaire George Soros. --As Breitbart’s Joel Pollak noted, Soros donated a total of $408,000 to super PACs supporting Foxx’s successful primary and general campaigns for Cook County state attorney. Given Jurnee Smollett-Bell’s hand-holding friendship with Tchen, Tchen’s intimacy with the Obamas, and Michelle Obama’s chumminess with Jussie Smollett (she hosted him at a musical event at the White House in 2016 and danced with him on stage at a College Signing Day Event in 2018), it is not unreasonable to wonder how much direct knowledge the Obamas themselves may have had about Tchen’s role as Smollett’s fixer. Tchen has made quite the career out of exploiting her Obama connections, including cushy spots on VICE’s Diversity and Inclusion Board,

John Stossel is author of “No They Can’t! Why Government Fails -- But Individuals Succeed.”

Uber’s #MeToo advisory board, and the Grammys’ task force for inclusion and diversity. But those plum jobs and her role in Smollett’s Folly all pale in comparison to her newest gig: playing watchdog over the crumbling Southern Poverty Law Center. After decades of manufacturing “hate” against pe a c e f u l , l a w- a bi di n g conservatives, sharia opponents, Christian activists and immigration enforcement hawks, the junk mail order house that grifter Morris Dees built is in chaos amid long-brewing strife over internal gender and racial discrimination -not to mention a slew of outside defamation lawsuits. Fresh off assisting one celebrity hate crime huckster, Tchen will now be doing damage control for the granddaddy of all racial hoax rackets. Like I said: Minority liberal race-hustling has its privileges. I would advise Americans sick and tired of the crony state and its smear merchants to do all they can to prevent Tchen and the Obama machine from getting their grubby hands on the $PLC’s half-billiondollar endowment. Support the real victims of hate crime conspiracies. Start with DefendGavin. com. The only way to revoke the privilege is to destroy it. Michelle Malkin’s email address is writemalkin@ gmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com.

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

B.C. by Parker & Hart

The Winklman Aeffect

by John Whitlock

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Brenda MacKay

ll N

P O P R O For INT M ME NT S!

My Little Sewing Room

Estab. 1971

“You sow your oats... while I stitch your britchez”

Homestead Place, Alton, NH

(603) 875-5329

Yours truly put that red panel on that gate! I volunteered for the Women’s US Giant Slalom Championships at Waterville Valley Resort--I put panels on the gates, slipped the course and rolled fencing. Being at the top of the start, getting to slip the race course many times and watching the best women racers in the United States was over the top exciting.

who skied them down to the course setter. I followed behind and I put the panels on the gates--the flags between the poles. I had to slide the gate up through a slot and then stretch an elastic piece over the top and adjust the height of the panel. I had to take off my glove off to grab the tabs. I had to ignore that my hand was cold. I confess I was nervous. I have never worked an alpine race of this caliber. I knew everything needed to be done correctly. It was amazing to watch the course come together and to be right in the middle of it. One of the last things was

PATENAUDE from 3

these trails. I had to dash to get to work for the afternoon and said so long to my friends at noon. In the lodge while I was taking off my boots Ted, a friend and also the Chief of Race for the upcoming US Alpine Championships, asked me if I had signed up to volunteer. I hadn’t. He said I better. So I did. On the following Monday I parked my car in the volunteer lot at 5:55am. I carried my skis and boots up to the lodge. I signed in and was handed my volunteer credentials that were placed in an armband that I would wear over my jacket. I ran down to the cafeteria and got in line to get a yummy egg sandwich, a hot cup of coffee and a lunch bag. The lodge was full

There was a great view of the race course from the Waterville Valley’s White Peaks Express high speed quad-chairlift. of volunteers eating and gearing up to get ready for the Women’s Giant Slalom Championship. It was a joy to watch the sunrise over Mount Tripyramid from the top of the ski slopes but there was much work to be done. So many volunteers and coaches working together. So many parts and pieces had to put into place before the start of the race. All the safety netting had to be put into place that mornin g a n d a i r ba gs we r e secured in front of lift towers and snowmaking equipment. Safety is taken seriously. While the fences were going up, bundles of red and blue gates were brought up the lift and then balanced on the shoulders of volunteers

US Ski Team workers setting up the start with sponsors’ banners and a inflatable start house. Next thing I knew I was in line with the other slip crew members inside the fence just below the start. Gatekeepers, course maintenance workers and even the ski patrol and more coaches and officials were all in place before the first forerunner headed down the course. Beep, beep, beep, dooo (that is the electronic sound of the countdown) and one after another, about every minute a racer kicked and poled out of the start. The strength and speed of these elite women racers was a sight to behold. I’ve seen some these top See PATENAUDE on 31

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019

Two members of the slip crew head down the course between racers. To host the US Alpine National Championships it takes many helping hands. Before the sun came up Waterville Valley’s Resort’s employees prepared us breakfast Bria cruises down the Clean Shaven Trail that opened this season at Waterville Valley Resort. and bag lunches, operated the lifts, groomed the slopes Mount Osceola is an eye-filler from the trails on Green Peak. Even though it seems like and the ski patrol stood ready. Officials, coaches and it won’t stop snowing up North it is Spring and the snow conditions are fantastic! Check volunteers set up the safety fences and prepared the race course. Gatekeepers, course maintenance workers, crossing SkiNH.com for current information on NH ski resorts and snow conditions. guards, starters, timers and Peter Graves did the finish line announcing and all the race organizers made this event room a couple of racers It took less time to take wildly successful! I am sorry if I missed a bunch of people. PATENAUDE from 30 women compete on TV in thanked me for volun- down all the pieces and Thank you racers and Thank you Mother Nature for the World Cup races. teering. parts. excellent New Hampshire weather. I could only see them while I was in line to do my job on the slip crew and while on the lift to get back up the mountain. I never stood with the crowd to cheer at the finish but I had to ski through cheering fans as I made my way back to the lift. We were sent out in pairs between racers to slide and snowplow the loose snow off the race course. The loose snow is removed so a racer will not get tangled up and to give each skier a good fair course. We also had to be careful not to get in the line of sight or in the way of the next racer. I was thankful that I teamed up with Russ, he’s a race coach from Ragged Mountain and I followed him slipping the course. He had good timing, kept me out of danger and it was fun to be on the championship GS race course. After the first run the course is torn down and a new course is set. I put the panels on the gates again. Then we had a short break to run into the lodge. I ate the other half of my sandwich, I ate my first half while riding the chairlift. In the ladies

The second run seemed to go by quickly, think because the weather was nice, and then the race was over. I had no idea who had won. We were organized to take down the course and to roll up fencing where the groomers would have to cross the trail later that night.

When we were done there were no more spectators and there were no racers, everyone was gone. The scene reminded me of the morning except volunteers were taking off their gear and instead of waking up we were weary from the day’s work. Some volun-

teers had been working races for weeks straight. Most would be returning the next morning for the men’s GS. On my way out I saw Ted and he thanked me for volunteering. It was an exciting day and I will

GILPATRIC METAL RECYCLING, LLC

likely volunteer again. The following weekend Waterville Valley Resort is hosting the US Junior National Alpine Championships. Wow! Spring skiing is the best. Have Fun!

Bring us your ferrous and non-ferrous metals to recycle!

—Call for pricing

BUSINESS HOURS: Mon. - Fri. 7am to 3pm Closed Sat. & Sun.

Fully Licensed Facility License Number: 18-002J Permit Number: DES-SW-PN-11-006

201 Abel Road Bristol, NH 03222 Office: (603) 744-3453 Fax: (603) 744-6034

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 4, 2019