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A group photo of the first official New Hampshire State Police in front of the State House in Concord in 1937. The American Police Motorcycle Museum in Meredith will be commemorating their 75th anniversary in July. Family members of the original officers are welcome to attend the event as well as bring along and share photos, memorabilia and family history. Visit www.americanpolicemotorcyclemuseum.com. (A listing of all the officers names appears on page 15.)

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memorabilia of those first troopers to help in the commemoration as well as any troopers that rode motorcycles from 1937 forward. “We will also have commemorative coins to recognize the event,” said Douglas Frederick. “Right now, we are finishing work on building a full operational 1937 Harley

to look exactly like the New Hampshire State Police bike from that year.” Frederick, a retired Hartford, Connecticut, police officer, also noted that the focus of the commemoration is to highlight the troopers that rode back them the families and the hardships they endured. “This is about the people were are commemorating,

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Moultonborough. 7:30pm. “Chile: From Desert to Tundra; From Flamingos to Penguins”. Bob and Diana Fox will share their adventures while birding in three regions of Chile. 476-5666

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Flying Monkey, Plymouth. 536-2551 or www.flyingmonkeyNH.com

“Metropolis” – Silent Film Series

Flying Monkey, Plymouth. 6:30pm. With score performed live by Jeff Rapsis. $10 admission. 536-2551 or www.flyingmonkeyNH.com

Lizzie Borden Took an Axe, Or Did She?

Bristol Old Town Hall, 45 Summer Street, Bristol. 7pm. This presentation is designed to review the facts and explore the evidence that some suggest points to Lizzie’s guilt and others say exonerate her. Free. 7443352

The Old Man of the Mountain: Substance and Symbol Newton Town Hall, 2 Town Hall Road, Newton. 7pm. Presentation will include images of paintings, literary passages, souvenirs and film clips of interviews with those closest to the Old Man, and conclude with a discussion of current efforts to memorialize the state symbol. 382-7574

Downloadable Books Class

Meredith Public Library, 91 Main Street, Meredith. 4-5pm. Learn about downloadable books and how to put them on your device. Registration is required. 279-4303

Storytelling Dinner – Cora Jo Ciampi

Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95 per person, plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219

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Moulton Farm, Meredith. People can purchase a “Moulton Farm UP Card” for $20 with 100% of the proceeds going directly to the “UP” Syndrome Fund, holders will then receive a 1020% discount on tasty treats and spring gardening supplies at the Farm on the above listed dates!. 279-3915

Friday 20th Super Stellar Friday – “Catching Cosmic Rays in a Jar”

McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center, Concord. 7pm. Elusive, yet speedy subatomic particles fill outer space. These cosmic rays are born in the most explosive locations in then universe, yet we can see their effects in a jar. Join UNH research scientist Dr. Andrew Jordan and discover how these particles have revolutionized physics, enhanced historical research, bugged computer scientists and kept astronauts awake. www.starhop.com

The Amoskeag Fishways Learning Center, 6 Fletcher Street, Manchester. 7-8pm. Create your own beautiful art with recycled and natural materials. Families will also brainstorm ways to celebrate Earth Day everyday. $5/family. Advance registration with payment required. 626-3474

Merle Haggard & the Strangers

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Church Landing, D.W Highway, Meredith. 6:30-11pm. Must be 21+ to attend. Tickets are $100 for 2 people. One lucky person will win $10,000! Limited number of tickets sold. 2868008

Noel Coward’s “Hay Fever”

Village Players Theater, 51 Glendon Street, Wolfeboro. 8pm. Inspired by his weekend at the house of actor Laurette Taylor, Noel Coward wrote this comedy of manners. Tickets available at www.village-players.com at Black’s in downtown Wolfeboro or at the box office before show.

Spring Fashion Gala

Dressers Unlimited, 77 Main Street, Plymouth. 5-7pm. Hors d’oeuvres, live music, raffles and more, all to benefit Friends of the Arts. 536-3066

“Estate & Asset Protection and Retirement Income Planning Strategies”

The Beane Conference Center, Laconia. 10am-noon. Reservations can be made by calling 345-6755

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“Always, Patsy Cline”

Concord Audi, 3 Prince Street, Concord. 7:30pm. This show is funny and charming and moves at a breakneck pace and showcases 25 Patsy Cline songs. $18/advance or $20/door. 1-888-245-6374 or interlakestheatre@ gmail.com

The Bucky Lewis Show – Comedy for a Cause

Blackstones at the Margate, 76 Lake Street, Laconia. 8pm. Fundraiser for the WLNH Children’s Auction. $25 per person. 524-7185

Noel Coward’s “Hay Fever”

North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra Concert

Kingswood Art Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. $25. 5692151

Rabies Clinic

Danbury Grange, Danbury. 1-2pm. $12

Best of New Hampshire Party

Verizon Wireless Arena, 555 Elm Street, Manchester. $67 pp. 868-7300 or www.bestofnh.com

Lakes Region Spring Craft Fair Don’t miss the Lakes Region Spring Craft Fair at the Opechee Conference Center, 62 Doris Ray Court (off Elm St.), Laconia on Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22 Sat 10-4 & Sun 10-3. There will be over 70 fabulous arts & crafts exhibitors with many different media! Free Admission, a raffle for the NH Humane Society in Laconia, the music of Tim Janis, lunch & snacks and free parking. Some of the arts and crafts will include seasonal wood crafts of Kay and Dick Leith of Old Quarry Farm, beautiful wood turned bowls, garden art by Lisa, scroll saw art, handpainted wine glasses and decor, tole painting by Alice, Ben’s NH maple syrups, Sharon’s glass art, hot & cold packs, Bling-Bling Artwear, fabulous jewelry designs, Lorraine’s Petals & florals, homemade fudge, bird/bat houses, American Girl, quilts, pet treats, beautiful gift baskets, handpoured soaps, wooden puzzles, & lots more!!! Preview online at www.joycescraftshows.com or Call Joyce 528-4014 Directions: I-93 Exit 20 & Bear Left - Follow Signs to Laconia.

Workshop On Decoy/ Powder Horn Making The Association for Rollinsford Culture and History (ARCH) is excited to announce a five week workshop on Decoy/Powder Horn making. The class will be taught by board member, author and craftsman Denis Hambucken, and will be held at the historic Colonel Paul Wentworth House on Water St. in Rollinsford. The first session will be a presentation providing historic perspectives and an overview of construction techniques. Over the following four weeks, participants will be guided through all the steps necessary to build either a functional scrimshawed powder horn or a painted pine bird decoy. The cost is $35 per person, and this includes the necessary materials, but does not include tools. Students should bring their own, or purchase them, at cost thru the Col. Paul Wentworth House. All proceeds will benefit ARCH. The first class is Wed. May 2, and will continue for the next four Wednesdays. Please reserve your spot by email to : kpdamtoft@hotmail.com or by leaving a detailed message at the office: 603-742-4747.

“Getting Started with Your Historic Building” For those who wish to learn more about preserving and reviving historic buildings, the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance is offering “Getting Started with Your Historic Building” on Tuesday, April 24 from 1:30 – 4:30pm at the Plymouth Town Hall, co-sponsored by the Plymouth Historical Society. Workshop participants will learn about the process of researching a historic building, determining the style and identifying character defining features, and what resources and funding might be available to help their preservation efforts. The workshop is designed for owners of residential and commercial properties, as well as for advocates and stewards of publicly owned buildings such as town halls, historical societies or meetinghouses, chapels and churches. The cost to attend the workshop is $12 for members of the Preservation Alliance and the Plymouth Historical Society, and $15 for others. To register, contact Beverly Thomas at the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, (603) 224-2281 or email bt@nhpreservation.org. The work of the NH Preservation Alliance is supported by Public Service of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Neil & Louise Tillotson Fund and many other donors.

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Small Equipment Demonstrations for Vegetable Farms

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Fire Escape Demonstration At Park View Hotel In Bethlehem -1912 The Littleton Courier Thursday, August 8. 1912. H.F. Hardy, proprietor of the Park View House in Bethlehem, has installed a fire escape in his hotel which is attracting much attention, especially among the proprietors of other hotels. On Friday last, by invitation of the directors of the fire escape company which makes the device, a demonstration was given at the Park View house and a good-sized crowd of people watched the delivery of dozens of people from the fourth floor of the hotel to the ground almost quicker that it takes to say it. It was a remarkable exhibition and cannot fail to give the guests of this hotel a feeling of greater safety on account of the installation of the fire escape there. Some who came were somewhat skeptical of the value of the device went away loud in its praises, and it would not be surprising if the escape was in general use in Bethlehem before the snow flies. The device is made by the Universal Fire Escape Company of New England, whose headquarters are in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. It was patented two years ago and has been promoted by a Canadian corporation, no efforts having hitherto been made to put them in this country. In fact, the escape just placed on the Park View is the first that has been installed in the United States. The device is extremely simple, which makes it more valuable. It is installed on the fourth floor of the structure in a window at the end of the corridor. It is contained

An early photo of the Park View Hotel in Bethlehem. The Park View was the site for the maiden demonstration of a rather unique fire escape system in 1912.

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Our Story The Weirs Times was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert. The newspaper, then named Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette, was published until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. One of the most remarkable features of the publication was a map of Lake Winnipesaukee which occupied the center spread of the paper. Readers will find the same map reprinted on the center pages of this, and every issue. 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 vicinity.

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Joining ALEC To The Editor: Given the recent partisan attacks on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and legislators who are members of ALEC, I have elected to become a member. These attacks are being played out in newspaper articles and letters to the editor here and throughout the country. ALEC is the target of a special interest intimidation campaign. This type of intimidation did not begin with ALEC nor will it end here. It is essential to shed light on the motives and affiliations of these political and financial opportunists. This campaign is being brought to us by the same people who continually advocate for biggovernment policies that will keep us mired in slow growth. Opponents’ attacks are happening because ALEC members support free market healthcare, tax fairness, tort reform and a limited, more transparent government. This entire campaign is an attempt to silence conservatives and it has been going on for more than a year. Free market, open government legislators who are members of ALEC are tired of it and fighting back. Fostering the exchange of pro-growth, solutionsoriented ideas is precisely why I ran for election,

William O’Brien Speaker NH House of Representative Mont Vernon, NH

Taste Of The Lakes To The Editor: Just as the Lakes Region has an abundance of watercraft in the summer, it also has a huge list of noteworthy events taking place year round – the majority of which are hosted by civic organizations as fun filled fundraisers. One of the most highly anticipated of these parties is the Laconia Altrusa “A Taste of the Lakes Region,” being held this year on Sunday, May 6th, from 3:00-5:30pm. at the Conference Center at the Lake Opechee Inn & Spa. The Laconia Chapter of Altrusa International has available for sale right now “The Hottest Ticket in Town.”

Monies raised from this event and others go to fund the work Altrusa does locally with libraries, nursery schools, the Belknap County Nursing Home, The Veterans Home, foster care and the awarding of scholarships. Tickets for this adult only affair, featuring tasting of foods and beverages from at least 24 local restaurants and beverage vendors, may be purchased for $25 each from Patrick’s, Hector’s, Hart’s Turkey Farm and Coldwell Banker residential Brokerage, as well as from all Altrusa members. Jane A. Bergeron Laconia, NH.

Pettiness To The Editor: I would like to express how saddened I am to know that the New Hampshire Youth Football and Spirit Conference, an organization which claims there mission “is to provide an opportunity for the children to participate in a safe, structured environment that supports sportsmanship, healthy competition and academic achievement,” has decided to disallow a child of the Laconia Chiefs Program to participate in their 7th Annual Academic Achievement Award Reception, due to an “illegible photo copy of the child’s grades!” What

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a tragic display of pettiness! Especially, where there was no follow up on the part of the committee to resolve the situation. Imagine a youth sports organization sidelining a child’s accomplishments because they are not willing to pick up a phone or send an e-mail. Imagine an organization that is not willing to put forth the same effort that they are trying to supposedly encourage children to display. As a parent, I am concerned about the message that is being sent to this child. As a board member for several youth sports programs, a coach and official, I am extremely disappointed that a youth organization would penalize a child for something that is of no fault of the child. It seems that the “safe, structured environment that supports sportsmanship, healthy competition and academic achievement” has really let this child down. I strongly encourage members of the New Hampshire community, especially those who support the organization to reach out to them and let them know how you feel. Information can be found on their website at www.nhyfsc.org. Eric Petell Laconia, NH

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In the summer of 2010, the NH Office of Travel and Tourism anted up two hundred thousand tax dollars to pay a company in Portsmouth to give money to a Florida firm to come up with a “Brand” for New Hampshire. It seemed that other states had “things” that identified it. Vermont has maple syrup and Maine had crabs, um, lobsters. It was determined that New Hampshire needed a “thing” as well to get more visitors to the state. I felt that two hundred thousand was a lot to spend in this tough economy for something like this. Maybe we do need a brand, but I felt it could be done less expensively. So, I came up with my own contest, “Branding With Brendan.” Readers were encouraged to send in their suggestions and I would post them online for people to vote on. The winner would receive ten dollars and also be the New Hampshire brand. I wanted it to be a level playing field, so I followed the Office of Travel and Tourism’s specific guidelines they put out when they first came up with the idea. First: it obviously had to be a thing. Second: The New Hampshire motto “Live Free Or Die” should not be considered. So I followed the rules; I wanted to play fair. A strong majority had suggested “Live Free or Die” and it most likely would have won, but I had to eliminate them from the running. I had about twenty solid entries over the course of a month, they were posted online and the voting went on for a few weeks. The winner, decided by you, the readers, and the

people of New Hampshire was “Mount Washington” (the mountain, not the boat). So, we had our winner in the fall of 2010. I was out ten bucks but we had what I thought was as good a “thing” as anything else; just doing my part to help the New Hampshire economy. I suggested my brand winner to the Office of Travel and Tourism, but they declined. They were waiting for their highquality, very expensive branding campaign. It was sure to knock our socks off. We waited, and waited some more and waited even longer. In fact, after about a year, I forgot about it. It slipped into the back of my brain. This week it happened. The Department Of Travel and Tourism finally unveiled the new program. Nearly two years after it started and, of course, two hundred thousand dollars, the day had finally come for them to unveil their “branding’ solution. Was it Mount Washington? No. In fact, it isn’t even a “thing.” It is, believe it or not, a slogan and not just any slogan it is….are you

ready? Here it comes. TA Da Da Da!!! “Live Free and……!” Huh? The idea is that they will fill in the blank with… whatever… hike, camp, fish, shop tax free, purchase liquor at our state liquor stores, etc. I can hear the spin now: “Well, it isn’t exactly our state motto.” I’m guessing that in their expensive research “Live Free or Die” most likely won the brand recognition contest. I could have told them that, and it only would have cost ten bucks. Still, they must have panicked a bit and then decided to not exactly use it, but to trivialize it. I imagine General John Stark is rolling over in his grave. Certainly does diminish the power and strength of our powerful motto. Two hundred thousand dollars for this? I’m not saying it’s awful, but it’s close and I’m certainly not impressed considering how long it has been since the start of this idea. Not really even very original. If General Stark was alive he might just sue for copyright infringement; But I think he’d be too

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depressed. I can’t imagine that such an idea took more than a whole day to come up with, forget about almost two years. After all, I’ve seen “Mad Men.” Taking more time makes sense, makes it look like it might actually be worth two hundred thousand dollars (NOT!) But, it is what it is and we are now stuck with it and, hopefully, now that we’ve modified a famous General’s sick bed salutation in 1809 to the brave men who fought under him in the crucial Battle of Bennington during the Revolutionary War into a plea for tourists, we will see thousands of new visi-

tors come to New Hampshire to “Live Free and Whatever.” After all, that’s the idea. So, I may not like it, but being a good citizen and having already kicked in money for this idea, like we all have, I’ll wait and see what happens. Do I have a choice? I’m not against boosting the economy, but I’m not convinced that this whole thing was worth it. We may have tarnished and made frivolous the one thing that really has been bringing people from around the country and parts of the world to New Hampshire in the first place. “Live Free Or Die.”

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Real Moms of the GOP vs. White House SOP

What Goes Around... WASHINGTON -- Nine years ago this week, our Fox News team accompanied U.S. Marines as they swept into Baghdad and then north up by Oliver North the Tigris River Syndicated Columnist to seize Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. It took less than three weeks to drive the tyrant from power in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and it appeared then that the force of American arms could ensure a new era of tranquility in a part of the world where brutality and anti-American despots had ruled for too long. But it was not so. The Dec. 13, 2003, capture of the deposed dictator, dragged filthy and bedraggled from a “spider hole” within sight of his palace in Tikrit, failed to quell a rising insurgency. During the

following spring and through the autumn of 2004, the U.S. Marines and soldiers we lived with in Anbar province were in daily gun battles with wellarmed Sunni insurgents waging jihad against the “invaders.” To the east and in Baghdad, Shiite militias launched a campaign of terror against their Sunni countrymen and coalition troops. At home, critics of the war and the Bush administration prognosticated that the fights for Fallujah and Ramadi were prelude to all-out civil war. But that didn’t happen, either. In the spring of 2005, we were embedded with the Marines when they launched Operation Matador in Qaim, where the Euphrates River enters Iraq from Syria. Their mission: stanch the flow of weapons, munitions and suicidal Islamist militants flooding into Anbar province from Syria. Interdicting the Damascus-supported ratlines turned See north on 28

The authenticity of conservative women has always been under attack by radical orthodox feminists, but perhaps not as by Michelle Malkin brazenly as by Syndicated Columnist someone with su c h d irect and frequent access to the corridors of the White House message machine as Hilary B. Rosen. The D.C. career lobbyist and Democratic media strategist took to CNN’s airwaves this week to craft a left-wing “War on Women” attack on the real moms of the GOP. Ostensibly aiming at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his “old-fashioned” views of women, Rosen’s mouth instead shot off in the direction of wife, stay-at-home mother of five, grandmother of 16, and cancer and multiple sclerosis survivor Ann Romney. Mrs. Romney, sneered Rosen, “never worked a day in her life” outside of the home and should have no voice on women’s issues. President Obama never met a payroll in his life, but that hasn’t stopped him from dictating what business owners across the country should and shouldn’t be doing. But I digress. This was no accidental rhetorical drive-by. “Progressives” from Gloria Steinem to Patricia Ireland to Naomi Wolf have derided their conservative counterparts as female impersonators, fake women and men with breasts from time immemorial. It’s SOP: standard operating procedure. In 1992, Hillary Clinton mocked women who stayed at home and “baked cookies and had teas.” In 2004, blue-

blood Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, sniffed that first lady Laura Bush (a former teacher and librarian before becoming a homemaker) never “had a real job -- I mean, since she’s been grown up.” Alas, if you’re a conservative mom, you’re damned if you do stay home and damned if you don’t. In 2008, Howard Gutman, a member of the Obama campaign’s national finance committee, attacked GOP vice presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s ability to be a good parent and have a high-powered public life at the same time. “Your responsibility is to put your family first,” Gutman lectured as he singled out Palin’s Down syndrome baby and then-pregnant teenage daughter. “The proper attack is not that a woman shouldn’t run for vice president with five kids; it’s that a parent, when they have a family in need...” should get out of the public sphere and stay home. What’s striking about Rosen’s latest ideological sniper attack is that she is not some lone-wolf operative on the fringes of Beltway influence. She works with former White House communications director Anita Dunn at the D.C.based strategic communications consulting firm SKDKnickerbocker. That’s the same company that promoted the anti-Palin smear movie “Game Change” and that represented liberal Georgetown law school student activist and manufactured War on Women poster woman Sandra Fluke. Smack dab at the intersection of progressive agitation and Democratic Party campaign-season maneuvering. White House visitor logs (which nonpartisan watchdogs point

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ica’s political standing has dipped so low in Egypt, that in a recent Gallup poll, more than eighty percent by John J. Metzler of respondents Syndicated Columnist said they neither want military aid nor economic assistance from the United States. Moreover as many shades of Islamic political parties dominate the landscape, many people in this once close U.S. Mid-East ally would rather receive assistance from either Turkey or Iran. Thus almost inexplicitly in a policy waiver, the Obama Administration quietly decided to bypass bipartisan Congressional concerns, and provide $1.5 billion in American economic and military aid to the Cairo government. For the record, Egypt has been a major U.S. foreign assistance recipient. Since the Americanbrokered Camp David accords solidified peace treaty between antagonists Israel and Egypt, U.S. policy has offered major dollops of economic and military assistance to Cairo as an incentive to renounce the habitual conflict which characterized the Middle East with three major wars in thirty years. When last year’s Arab Spring revolt toppled the longtime rule of President Hosni Mubarak, the once predictable political paradigm of U.S./Egyptian ties soon became clouded. Though the revolution against’ Mubarak’s secular but authoritarian rule was not anti-American in itself, the forces unleashed soon included the oncebanned Muslim Brotherhood as well as even more hard line Islamic Salafist parties. Now current Gallup polls are showing eight in ten Egyptians want to shun American aid. Egypt’s current constituent assembly is dominated by Islamic parties as is the new parliament. And with presidential elections slated for the near future, antiWest parties are expected to widen control. Conversely the ancient Coptic Christian communities are under assault and Egypt’s friendship or at least acceptance of the peace treaty with Israel may be questioned. Without doubt, the State De-

partment sees the renewed aid as a continuation of a successful if costly, and now highly controversial policy which was one of the pillars of the U.S./Egypt relationship. But in the light of souring ties between Washington and Cairo in the wake of Egypt’s heavy handed crackdown on American pro-democracy NGO’s why are we delivering $1.3 billion in military aid and $200 million in economic assistance? “The U.S./Egypt relationship is on the rocks,” warns James Zogby of the Arab/American institute. The Zogby polling organization moreover states that Egyptian views of the U.S. have soured; “ In mid-summer 2011, only 5 percent held a favorable view of the U.S.” It’s little wonder that with deteriorating relations and perceptions between Washington and Cairo, that the U.S. Congress is justifiably concerned about releasing the purse strings on continued American assistance. In December, a law passed by Congress forbids the funding unless the State Department certifies that Egypt is making progress on democratic freedoms. Nonetheless Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has waived the restrictions on “national security grounds.” More surprising is the Obama Administration’s plan to turn over the whole $1.5 billion sum and not stagger payments based on conditions and performance by the Cairo government. “I am disappointed by this decision,” stated Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), “Waiving the new conditions on democracy and human rights is regrettable, and handing over the entire $1.3 billion at once to the Egyptian military compounds the mistake by dissipating our future leverage… Using this waiver authority, at this time, sends a contradictory message.” Sen. Leahy wrote last year’s legislation imposing conditions on the aid. Naturally there’s a political rationalization in the Obama Administration that giving Egypt the aid that it apparently does not want, will somehow bind a dwindling band of democrats to the U.S. or at least soften the widening Islamic opposition, and perhaps most importantly, keep the quiet allegiance of Egypt’s powerful and respected military establishment. Is that why

a squadron of sophisticated F-16 fighters are part of the deal? While Washington would not be comfortable supporting a Muslim Brotherhood regime, are we inadvertently enabling one? Perhaps President Obama re-

calls his deferential speech at Cairo University in 2009; presumably signaling “A New Beginning” in the Arab world. Alas, there has been a new beginning with the Arab Spring, which has now, a

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Random Thoughts R a n d o m thoughts on the passing scene: How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people by Thomas Sowell catch on, and Syndicated Columnist stop getting swept away by rhetoric? Why should being in a professional sport exempt anyone from prosecution for advocating deliberate violence? Recent revelations of such advocacy of violence by an NFL coach should lead to his banishment for life by the NFL, and criminal prosecution by the authorities. If you are serious about reducing violence, you have to be serious about punishing those who advocate it. Have you noticed that what modest economic improvements we have seen occurred during the much-lamented “gridlock” in Washington? Nor is this unusual. If you check back through history, doing nothing has a far better track record than that of politicians intervening in the economy. With all the talk about people paying their “fair share” of income taxes, why do nearly half the people in this country pay no income taxes at all? Is that their “fair share”? Or is creating more recipients of government handouts, at no cost to themselves, simply a strategy to gain more votes? Some people are puzzled by the fact that so much that is said and done by politicians seems remote from reality. But reality is not what gets politicians elected. Appearances, rhetoric and emotions are what get them elected. Reality is what the voters and taxpayers

are left to deal with, as a result of electing them. Instead of following the tired old formula of having politicians and bureaucrats give college commencement speeches, in which they say how superior it is to follow a career as politicians and bureaucrats -- “public service” -why not invite someone like John Stossel to tell the graduates how much better it is to go into the private sector, supplying what people want, instead of imposing the government’s will on them? In politics, few talents are as richly rewarded as the ability to convince parasites that they are victims. Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce their hostility to society, but only increases it. Far from producing gratitude, generosity is seen as an admission of guilt, and the reparations as inadequate compensations for injustices -- leading to worsening behavior by the recipients. Some people say that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. But the runaway taxes of our time are the price we pay for being gullible. Whatever the ideology or rhetoric of the political left, their agenda around the world has been preempting other people’s decisions and regimenting their lives. People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and all the creatures in it could have evolved spontaneously, but that the economy is too complicated to operate without being directed by politicians. The United States now has the dubious distinction of having the highest corporate tax rate in the world. And people wonder why See Sowell on 17

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Uniformed branch of the New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Department in 1936. The next year they would become the New Hampshire State Police. As mentioned previously, many roads in New Hampshire were just wagon trails and cars couldn’t maneuver them as well as motorcycles, so that was the primary vehicle in use In New Hampshire, motorcycles were used yearround. That meant winter

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a problem of law enforcement and criminal apprehension has been created for which the established system of local protection had proved inadequate.” A bill was once again introduced to create a “Department of State Police.” Once again, it was a hard battle in the legislature over some years with many amendments and voting sessions. Eventually, the bill passed New Hampshire State Police came into being on July 1, 1937. The first members of the New Hampshire State Police, forty-eight in total, were comprised of the uniformed branch of

the New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Department and criminal investigators who were employed by the State Attorney General’s office at the time. Their first headquarters were in the State House in Concord. Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a few Chevy sedans were the primary modes of transportation for those first troopers. Despite the Commission’s claim of “improved highways,” road conditions were far from good in relation to what we are used to today and it was still a good fifteen years until President Eisenhower’s massive Interstate Highway program began.

as well. “Back then they would just find a wagon wheel rut and just ride along on that,” said Frederick. There was a lot of ground to cover as well. “Sometimes an office would maybe have to go from Laconia to Conway for a call,” said Frederick.

“Sometimes it would take them hours to get to their destination.” Unfortunately, with such conditions to deal with, fatalities were inevitable. Before 1940, most New Hampshire on-duty officer fatalities were related to motorcycles. It was a nation-wide occurrence as well, For instance, in Los Angeles, one in fourteen police officers lost their lives on motorcycles before 1940. “There were so many perils in those early days of motorcycle officers,” said Frederick. “Those perils are also one of the things we like to display here at the museum as well so people have a better understanding of what they went through.” In the early 50s, with the inception of the Interstate Highway program, motorcycles were eliminated from the New Hampshire State Police. In 1962, the New Hampshire State Police became a division of the, then new, Department of Safety. In 1977, the motorcycle division was brought back. Harold Knowlton, a former State Police Colonel, who was instrumental in bringing back the motorcycles, has been a visitor See police on 14

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Oh, The Words They Use – Flintstone Nails It! NH is not a large state, but, when a member of law enforcement is killed in the line of duty – we by Niel Young come toAdvocates Columnist gether in a hurry! We do that for our fallen firefighters, and members of our military who are killed in action, doing as the Commander in Chief says we will do. Today I speak of Greenland Police Chief Mike Maloney. One week from retirement – this Friday would have been his final day, but no, Chief Maloney was at the site where a lawbreaker who obviously did not value life, shot and killed “the Chief.” As one in thousands of Americans to send our sympathies to Chief Maloney’s family, friends, and

the residents of Greenland, we share in your loss. Am I angry? Yes I am. ******** Loyal readers of The Weirs Times will recall the excellent story of “the animals” two weeks ago. Teresa Paradis Founder/ Executive Director: “It was really great chatting with you today, and I’m looking forward to being on your radio show. “I know, with your help we will be able to not only help the animals presently here at Live and Let Live Farm Rescue but will also help build awareness for those that may need our help in the future. “To learn more about our volunteer, animal rehabilitation rescue, what we do and the animals that come to us in need of help, please visit our website at www.liveandletlivefarm.org.” ******** This Saturday we have

several guests scheduled for the fastest 4 hours in radio. Among those will be Katie Pavlich author of “Fast and Furious- Barack Obama’s Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up.” It reads like a crime novel—guns, drug lords, corrupt officials, secret meetings, hidden agendas, and murder—but the story isn’t fiction. It is the story of Fast and Furious, the government program supposedly designed to “win the drug war” with Mexico. “Fast and Furious is anything but about winning the drug war,” says Katie Pavlich. “Fast and Furious was about advancing President Obama’s rabid, radical anti-gun agenda and when there was blood, those involved—and there are more than you know— had to be protected.” ******** What is this war on women that the Liberals

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are engaged in? Attacking Ann Romney for not having to work? Is that the best you have Barack? Any woman who has not chosen a career, and has a husband who has a good paying job might be happy being a housewife, and eventually, a mother, who is a stay-at-home Mom. For this type of campaigning is not going to play with common sense folks. As my wife Betty asked of me: If Mrs. Romney had taken a position in the private sector long ago, would the Liberal ladies be accusing her of taking a job from someone else, when she doesn’t need the money? Democratic strategist and DNC adviser Hilary Rosen: “Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life.” This, my friends, is a Liberal Loon. Please keep sharp objects away from them! Meanwhile (dailycaller): State Rep. Chuck Kruger, the Democratic chairman of the Maine Legislature’s Moderate Caucus, tweeted in August, “Cheney deserves same final end as he gave Saddam. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/12/ maine-legislatortweet-seemingly-callsfor-cheneys-execution/#ixzz1rxgQ7R1Z “This is a profoundly disturbing thing for an elected official who represents the good people of Maine to say about another former or current elected official,” Jason Savage, executive director of Maine People Before Politics, told The Maine Wire. Some poster named “Flintstone”: The ironic part is that Obama has done everything Bush and Cheney did. Obama has dropped bombs on

civilians. Obama sends people to Guantanamo Bay. Obama even started two new wars. It’s hysterical that the same people who said horrible things about Bush and Cheney have absolutely no problem with Obama doing the exact same things.” Fred, if I may call you Fred, you have nailed it! As a bonus Obama wants to control health care, speech, what we eat, what we drive, how much one is rewarded for their personal success, and many more rules, as we now enter the final phase of government dependency during a second term. ******** Milton Friedman: “A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.” ******** Beltway Confidential: President Obama, who famously called for tax increases on the wealthy to ‘spread the wealth around,’ denied today that his tax increases on the rich are an attempt to “redistribute wealth.” “So these investments - in things like education and research and health care - they haven’t been made as some grand scheme to redistribute wealth from one group to another, the president said today at Florida Atlantic University. “This is not some socialist dream,” Obama added, as he called for tax increases on millionaires today to pay for those investments.” Me thinks Barack Hussein Obama denies too See advocates on 23

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by Mal Fuller Contributing Writer

Well, enough of the Chrysler Turbine, enough of Froggy the Gremlin (for now). That’s because Malzy’s coming home for a few days for the first time this year. And it’s unlikely that his days will be cut short as they were the last time Diablo and I saw him. He actually arrived home on April 4th and will have been here all day on the 5th, 6th & 7th of April. He is returning to Keene on the 8th (Easter). I’ve started writing this segment of Rambling Through History a bit early because I don’t want to divide my time with anything else while Malzy’s at home. Diablo is beside himself with excitement. He’s a good kitty and never complains, but his life with me must be pretty dull from a cat’s perspective. Diablo and I play and schmooze every day, but sleeping each night is what we do the very best! An old friend of mine is going to ride with me to Keene when I pick Malzy up. I’m kind of excited about the trip, which will allow me my first glimpse of Malzy’s living quarters. It will also allow for a good test of my driving stamina during the 198 mile round

Here’s Malzy and Diablo playing on the living room floor. Their “toy” is Hooky Long-Tail, a Chinese cat’s toy the head of which is stuffed with catnip. Diablo has had other Hooky Long-Tails before. Eventually, he brains them into oblivion! It must be the catnip. trip. Seeing Malzy’s apartment will allow me to better envision him in his surroundings during our twice daily iChat conversations. (iChat is an Internet enabled, hands free connection that allows us to speak to one another as if we are in the same room.) I’m sure that my images of his apartment that I’ve conjured up in

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my mind will not prove to have been very accurate. Hopefully during our time together, Wolfeboro’s Municipal Electric Department can avoid a rerun of the 11 ½ hour power outage Malzy and I endured during a long cold and dark night last Thanksgiving Eve. Instead, we’re hoping for an uninterrupted supply of electricity during Malzy’s Easter visit. Today, I journeyed into town to Judy Osgood’s Oh-So-Good combination barbershop and ladies’ hair salon, for my semi annual hair cut! I thought it was time as I didn’t want to frighten Malzy when he arrived home. Judy’s been attending to folks’ hair for over 30 years here in Wolfeboro. I learned that Judy had only returned to work as of April 2nd, following a vacation in Florida. It’s uncharacteristically good luck See rambling on 19

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Lakes Region Community College Student Opens New Restaurant January 16, changed Shaun Broers’ life. Broers opened the Pasta Patio Restaurant on Route 3, Daniel Webster Highway, Belmont. The place was packed, business was non-stop for the first night, and first month, and the rest is history. Broers seems to have the “tiger by the tail” in his 35-employee restaurant that Shaun Broers, owner of the Pasta Patio restaurant, with specializes in high quality Italian cuisine. In spite of his 100-hour work weeks, Broers employee and fellow LRCC student, Mae Baker. makes time for another pursuit, earning his Business Management Associate Degree at Lakes Region Community College (LRCC). Broers started as a pre-Nursing student at LRCC and realized that his calling was elsewhere. “I love the medical profession and have been a Licensed Nursing Assistant for a long time but I found my calling in business,” says Broers as he is about to open for another 11 to 11 business day at the Pasta Patio; that’s 7 days a week. “I find it a little more exciting, a little more intense in my own business. I like to be constantly thinking about the next step, about what I can do better. That’s where I find enjoyment. Stress . . . if I don’t have stress, then I’m not operating well.” “LRCC Business Management Professor, Carlene Rose was great when I took Introduction to Business,” continues Broers. “I have tried to learn as much as I can in all of my classes. LRCC’s teachers are so personable and I’ll be back in college next semester as well.” When asked about entrepreneurship, Broers felt strongly that anyone can be in business for him/ herself. “I’m 24 years old and if I can do it, anyone can; all it takes is determination, drive, and ambition,” Broers continues. “Anyone can accomplish anything he/she looks to do, especially in business. There are just so many opportunities and if a person is willing to take the risk, then that person can benefit. Seeing the benefits of hard work materialize in front of one’s face is incredibly rewarding.”

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A BIG Sports Idea The Four-Point Shot Who among us doesn’t dream of coming up with a cool idea? In other words, “The Next Big Thing.” Something that could yield fame and fortune. A concept or innovation that can make a difference and change the world. SOMEONE thought of the Rose Bowl, the Boston Marathon, the Kentucky Derby, the World Series, and the Masters Golf Tournament. James Naismith invented basketball. Pierre de Coubertin conceived the modern Olympics. Roone Arledge gave us Monday Night Football. “Keep thinking,” I tell my students. “You might come up with the Next Big Thing.” Earlier this year, while pondering a Next Big Thing, I devoted a SportThoughts column to the notion of reprising America’s first-ever intercollegiate sports competition, the August 3, 1852, crew race on Lake Winnipesaukee between Harvard and Yale. I subsequently exchanged messages in February with representatives of both those august Ivy League institutions about moving forward with a 160th Anniversary alumni crew race this August. I’m still waiting for responses to my latest follow-ups. Maybe (gulp) they’re going to develop this Next Big Thing without me! Oh well. I’ll just have to keep thinking about another Next Big Thing. The late Ed Steitz had a Big Thing. The Springfield College Director of Athletics tried for years to bring a three-point shot to college basketball. He per-

severed, overcame all the inherent resistance and bureaucratic inertia, and in 1986 the NCAA adopted the three point field goal. It was such a spectacular success that high schools implemented it the next year and it’s been with us ever since. So here’s my latest Next Big Thing. The four-point shot, from behind midcourt. Go ahead and laugh, but I know it’s a good idea. It would usually be used when time is running out, especially at the end of a hoop contest, when a team is down by four. An eight-point deficit would suddenly become a two-possession game. After a time-out, the ball could legally be passed into the backcourt for a crowd-pleasing desperation heave. Teams could develop four-point specialists for such a moment, and they wouldn’t even have to be six-feet tall. To prove the efficaciousness of this exciting concept, the NBA could test it in pre-season next year. With a bit of practice, the Lebrons of the world could probably shoot it at something better than 20%. The same purists who op-

posed Steitz’ three-point shot would complain, but most fans would love it and basketball would be better for it. Definitely a Next Big Thing. NHTI/Delta Dental Road Race Speaking of sports ideas, the 8th Annual NHTI/Delta Dental 5K Road Race goes Friday evening, April 20th at 6 p.m. on NHTI’s Concord campus. The first annual NHTI/Delta Dental race was born in a conversation I had with Andy Tabor, a continuing education student of mine, as we walked to class one evening. Andy mentioned that his boss at Delta Dental, the estimable Tom Raffio, was getting into running, and somehow we came up with the idea of a new local 5K road race. The event has gotten bigger every year, and it helped spawn CARS (the Concord Area Race Series) which includes multiple road races for both serious and fun runners. With over 400 runners expected, the NHTI/Delta Dental 5K Road Race may not yet be as big as the Boston Marathon, but remember that the first

Boston Marathon in 1897 had only 18 runners! Same day race registrants are welcome to sign up on the NHTI campus before 5:45 p.m. Fahim Speaks “Thank you” to the good folks at the Weirs Times for finding room in the March 8 edition for Brendan Smith’s very nice front page story on the book for which I’m a coauthor – “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines). The book is available via Amazon.com. Early sales have been encouraging and early reviews have been wonderful. Maybe this literary project will turn into a Next Big Thing. Muchos gracias, Brendan and Company! Born Today ... That is to say, sports greats born on April 19 include NFL star Troy Polamalu (1981) and Russian tennis player Maria

Sharapova (1987). Sportsquiz Who spent an all-time NHL career record of 3966 minutes (over 66 hours) in the penalty box? (answer follows). Sportsquote “All my life I’ve wanted to play golf like Jack Nicklaus – and now I do!” – the late Paul Harvey, after Nicklaus shot an 83 at the first round of the 1981 British Open. Sportsquiz Answer Tiger Williams spent over 66 hours in the penalty box. He played in the NHL from 1974/75 until 1987/88 with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, and finally the Hartford Whalers. Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management at NHTI, Concord’s Community College. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net .

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Beside the 1937 Harley, there will also be displayed a modern day trooper motorcycle as well as a modern day uniform. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are hoping to find a 1937 uniform to display as well,â&#x20AC;? said Frederick. They are hoping that, and much more memorabilia will be found through family members once the word is out about the commemoration. They are also going to be dedication the lobby to the New Hampshire State Police throughout the summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t asking for donations of artifacts,â&#x20AC;? said Frederick, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know these things have a very personal value.â&#x20AC;?

we opened last year we had a gentleman come in and he walked around and stopped at a a picture and said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my dad.â&#x20AC;? The Fredericks are hoping to reach out to as many as the descendants of the first State Troopers as possible for their July commemoration, which will really be a celebration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are hoping to have representatives from the State Troopers there as well as many family members who want to attend,â&#x20AC;? said Frederick. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be a ceremony and food and gifts for family members and much more.â&#x20AC;?

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First Row (L to R): Archie Brown, John Lockwood, James Hayes, Colonel Colbath, Governor Murphy, Major Caswell, Dwight Comstock, Ernest Swift, Henry Parent. Second Row: Fred Burleigh, Arthur Bergerson, John Conti, Fletcher Forsyth, Fred Lee, Clifton Hildreth, Louis Clements, Edwin Waters, Fred Bouchard, Herbert Gray, Andrew Ferguson. Third Row: James Brown, John Marchand, Donald Carr, Norman They are hoping that some will come forward with the artifacts to be displayed for the event and for the summer display as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also encourage people to bring old photos and family history about the New Hampshire State Police,â&#x20AC;? said Frederick. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will use it as a per-

Savage, Delwin Philbrick, Lawrence Carpenter, Sherman Wilkins, William Smith, Homer Johnson, Stuart Currier, Chester Hartwell, James Humphrey, Boyd Mercer. Fourth Row: Joseph Demasky, Lewis Watson, Kenneth Woods, Wilfred Boisvert, Roger Perkins, Leslie Manzies, John Joyal, Lloyd Sherman, John Scannell, Gale French, Edward Clayton, Harold Johnson, Frank Manning. Fifth Row: Ivan Hayes, Walter Clark, Daniel Ahern.

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moths, tent caterpillars and webworms. They also feed on mulberries, blackberries, wild cherries, and wild plums. These striking birds can be readily attracted to orange halves held in place on a nail or tree branch. Orange suet served in standard suet cages can be useful to keeping your orioles interested in your backyard all summer long. For the best results, consider the offering of grape jelly in a cup or saucer. The sweet taste will also attract mockingbirds, warblers, and catbirds. The Baltimore Oriole was named after Lord Baltimore

regions of southern United States. Enjoy your birds! Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at major conventions in Atlanta and St. Louis as well as the host of WEZS 1350AM radio show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bird Callsâ&#x20AC;? with Lakes Region Newsday @ 8:30AM. Wild Bird Depot has donated over $5,000 to local rehabilitators and local nature centers since 1996. Be sure to check out our blog â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bird Droppingsâ&#x20AC;? via our website www.wildbirddepot.com. Like us on Facebook for great contests and prizes.

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things boil over). Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changed in 2012 is the Internet revenge of thousands of conservative female activists who have played a larger role than ever in controlling political narratives. These include tea party leaders such as Breitbart.com editor Dana Loesch, national grassroots groups such as Smart Girl Politics, the proliferation of conservative female bloggers and podcasters, and the critical mass of stayat-home moms, work-athome moms and young conservative women flocking to Twitter. As weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve documented at my new Twitter curation/ aggregation site, Twitchy. com, GOP moms, grandmothers and daughters have besieged White House social media efforts to paint conservatives as antiwomen. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve torn apart hypocritical White House rhetoric about equal pay from an administration that has failed to practice what it preaches. And as Ann Romney is now experiencing on Twitter, the women of the right are fighting their way through a hostile cesspool of misogyny that has been SOP for the feminist left.

Rosen and her media defenders dismissed â&#x20AC;&#x153;faux outrageâ&#x20AC;? about her attack. But the real moms of the GOP have launched their own Occupy movement in the social media space once dominated by Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s army. And theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re winning. Michelle Malkin is the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Croniesâ&#x20AC;? (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is malkinblog@gmail.com.

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crowds are armed -- and no one speaks of an “Arab Spring” anymore. This week’s “ceasefire,” brokered by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, hasn’t stopped Syrian refugees from trekking through the Syrian Desert and across the border into Qaim. Deterred by harsh conditions, lack of fuel and inadequate food and water and banned by the Iraqi government of Nouri al-Maliki from going any farther, they have become unwelcome squatters in the border town that once served as a refuge for terrorists The brutal irony in all this is that many of those who once passed through Qaim to threaten the government in Baghdad are now among the armed rebels menacing the regime in Damascus. For six years, Bashar Assad was deaf to U.S. pleas to cut the terror ratlines from Syria into Iraq. Instead, he did the opposite -- facilitating the movement of thousands of Islamist fighters into Anbar province to kill and maim. Now those same Islamists have turned on him, and he is learning one of the harsh realities of war: What goes around comes around. Oliver North is the host of “War Stories” on Fox News Channel, the founder and honorary chairman of Freedom Alliance, and the author of “American Heroes in Special Operations.”

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General John Stark Day Will See Start of Restoration Of NH Patriot’s Grave Site General John Stark Day, the annual celebration of Manchester’s most famous Revolutionary War hero, will also mark the beginning of the latest effort by the Friends of Stark Park to restore the city’s North End park to its original beauty. Ceremonies will commence at 10am on Monday, April 23, and will pay tribute to the pivotal role that Stark played in the colonies’ victory some 235 years ago. The Friends of Stark Park (FSP), a nonprofit organization of concerned citizens who have worked at restoring and protecting the park for the past 8 years, will also take this occasion to announce plans for their latest cause: the restoration of Stark’s gravesite, at the geographical center of the 30-acre park. The restoration project will involve repairing a hand-forged iron fence, cement curbing, and corner pillars that were placed around the gravesite in 1911 by the City of Manchester to prevent vandalism, a concern then and now. A missing urn from the top of the Stark family monument that was lost to vandalism decades ago will be replicated and replaced. Complementary landscaping will also be added as part of the project.

When completed, the restored gravesite will look exactly as it did 100 years ago, with no change in design. No graves will be disturbed during the project. Costs of the project are estimated at $150,000. “We are well aware of the economic challenges this project presents, and will be applying for grants and donations from any and all sources available,” said FSP President Patricia Howard. Also present at the ceremonies will be the NH Society, Sons of the American Revolution (NHSSAR), including Don Wood, its president. “This physical deterioration of the gravesite is an affront to all patrioticminded Americans,” said Wood. “General Stark’s legacy is everlasting, since his role--leading the NH militia and the Green Mountain Boys in the victory of the New England forces at the Battle of Bennington in 1777--was pivotal. It led to Gen. Burgoyne’s surrender after the Battle of Saratoga.” The John Stark Day events are free and open to the public. The ceremony alongside the gravesite will include a march by the NHSSAR color guard accompanied by bagpipes and a musket salute.

Statue of General John in Stark Park in Manchester, named after New Hampshire General John Stark who wrote our state motto “Live Free Or Die.” Friends of Stark Park will be celebrating John Stark Day on Monday, April 23. It will also be the start of fundraising efforts to restore Stark’s grave site to look as it did 100 years ago.

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