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Rockapella Comes To The Flying Monkey

At 7:30pm on Friday, May 3rd The Flying Monkey in Plymouth is excited

The Alton Bay Speedboat Rides - Part 1 by David Warren Contributing Writer

visit our old friend Ruth Allen. To my mind, Ruth was the grand duchess of Alton Bay. She summered at her wonderful old lake house up there to Loon Cove, and always sported a deep tan from her winters in Florida. But what really caught my eye was the gleaming triple cockpit Chris Craft runabout she kept in her classic two bay boat house. What a magnificent vessel. Bye and bye she’d take us out for a ride, and I’d marvel

at how we’d slice through the water at tremendous speed, leaving hardly a wake. The combination of power and elegance was breathtaking. Back in those days, very few people could afford a boat like that. And this gave rise to one of the most interesting and popular attractions ever on Lake Winnipesaukee: the public speedboat rides. Their heyday was in the ‘30s and ‘40s with boats like See speedboat on 22

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When I was knee high to a grasshopper, my dad and granddad built a 14’ wooden skiff from plans published in Popular Mechanix magazine. When it was finished, they painted the deck, seats and removable floorboards a beautiful forest green, and varnished the white oak trim. The following spring, they hoisted it up onto the roof

of our ‘49 Oldsmobile and drove up Route 28 from our home in Waltham, MA., to my grandparent’s cottage in Alton Bay. I adored that boat! It had a beautiful jet black Martin outboard motor, and my grandfather would let me sit on his lap and steer. Sunday mornings, we’d motor up to Loon Cove, and walk the short distance to the Mount Major store for the Boston papers. On the way back, we’d often stop by and

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Cram’s Speed Boats in the 1940s, the Minute Man and The Yankee Flyer out of Alton Bay. They were part of the history postcard courtesy Jonathan downing of the start of public speedboat rides on Lake Winnipesaukee.

to present the unique vocal pop group Rockapella. Regarded as being at the forefront of a new flavor of contemporary pop music with their blend of soul, rock and R&B merged with a cappella performance, Rockapella’s full-band sound comes from just five guys with microphones. No instruments, no tracks, no mirrors. Often imitated, but never duplicated, this certifiably unique pop musical group has taken the previously stodgy music genre of a cappella and brought it fullforce into the 21st century. Tickets start at $35. For more information: 603-536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

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Mother’s Day Craft Fair

Laconia High School gymnasium, 345 Union Ave., Laconia. 10-4. Over 60 exhibitors, live music and free admission. 528-4014. www. joycescraftshows.com

Thursday 2nd Rummage Sale

Holderness Community Church, 923 US Route 3, Holderness. 9-6pm. 9687643

Steve Earle and the Dukes

Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 225-1111

Art Festival and Open House

Cornerstone Christian Academy, Ossipeee. 5pm. Open House goes until 6:30pm. Art Festival until 8:30pm. 539-8636

Grazing for Birds

NH Audubon’s McLane Center, 84 Silk Road, Concord. Learn about the partnership with St. Paul’s School and NH Audubon pasturing cattle to benefit bird habitat. 224-9909

Huggins Hospital Aid Sale

Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. Art, collectibles, household, toys, 1800’s sleigh and more. Friday 3rd

Rummage Sale

Holderness Community Church, 923 US Route 3, Holderness. 9-2pm. 9687643

Tuckermans At 9 – Live A Cappella

Garrison Players Arts Center, 650 Portland Ave., Rollinsford. 8pm. $18/ adult, $15/under 18. 750-4ART

Open International Footy Regatta

Back Bay in Wolfeboro. Onsite registration begins at 9am. $15 per sailor. Racing gets underway at 10am. 569-4554

Variety Basket Weaving with Ray Lagasse

League of NH Craftsmen, Meredith. 9am-5pm. Bring a lunch. $95 per student. Space is limited. Preregistration is required. 279-7920

Rummage & Flea Market Sale

United Methodist Church, Tower Street, Weirs Beach. 8am-1pm.

“Bowls For Mom”

Woodcraft, Inc., 25 Fox Run Road, Newington. 10am-5pm. Seacoast Woodturners Club will be custom turning “Bowls for Mom” for a Mother’s Day charity sale with proceeds to benefit the NH Food Bank. Cash or checks only.

Open House

Rockapella

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Mooulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. Welcome spring and enjoy food, flowers and more. 279-3915

Lakes Region Singers Concert

New Hampshire Day

First United Methodist Church, Rt. 11-A, Gilford. 7:30pm. Open to the public. Donations at the door suggested. 524-0835

Rummage & Flea Market Sale

United Methodist Church, Tower Street, Weirs Beach. 8am-1pm.

Huggins Hospital Aid Sale

Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. Art, collectibles, household, toys, 1800’s sleigh and more.

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Holderness Community Church, 923 US Route 3, Holderness. 9-2pm. 9687643

Painting Your Historic Home

Lane Tavern, Sanbornton. 1-4pm. Presented by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. Reservations required. $15/members, $25/nonmembers. 224-2281.

Phil Vassar

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Spring Family Day

The Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. 10am-2pm. 323-7591 or www.remickmuseum.org Franklin Opera House, 7:30pm. 934-1901

Spring Fling Craft Fair

Flea Market

Masonic Hall, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 8am-2pm. 524-0733

Aerospacefest

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord. Special planetarium shows, a ham-radio station, rocket launches, and lots of hands-on activities. 2717827. www.starhop.com

Sunday 5th

Rummage Sale

The Shaw Brothers

Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. New Hampshire residents pay only $3 for Trail admission. 9687194

Beach to Bar 5K

Starts at Sandwich Town Beach. 10am. Pre-registration required by calling 476-2476. $20/adults, $10/ students, kids 5 and under are free.

Victorian Style Tea Party – Ages 5-12

The Colonel Paul Wentworth House, Water Street, Rollinsford. 2-4pm. Young guests must be accompanied by an adult. RSVP 742-4747

Mother’s Day Craft Fair

Laconia High School gymnasium, 345 Union Ave., Laconia. 10-3. Over 60 exhibitors, live music and free admission. 528-4014. www. joycescraftshows.com

Lakes Region Singers Concert Franklin.

Harriman-Hale American Legion Hall, 142 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 9am-

First United Methodist Church, Rt. 11-A, Gilford. 2pm. Open to the public. Donations at the door suggested. 5240835 Monday 6th

Free Skin Cancer Screening

Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester. Pre-registration is required. 332-3100 ext. 4120.

Opechee Garden Club Meeting

Gilford Community Church, Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 1pm. 387-5350

Responsible Lawn Care Workshop

Boacawen Municipal Complex, 116 North Main Street, 4th Floor, Boscawen. 6:30pm. Cindy Saka will discuss soil testing, different types of grass blends, seeding, fertilizing and the integrated pest management for a healthy lawn. 753-9188 ext. 301

Tuesday 7th Author Peter Miller

The Meredith Public Library, Meredith. Miller will read his original retelling of Geoffrey Chaucer’s famous “Wife of Bath’s Tale” from his book, “Seven Canterbury Tales Retold”. Free. For mature adolescents and adults of all ages. 279-4303

Wed. 8th - Sun. 12th The Taming of the Shrew

The Village Players Theatre, 51 Glendon Street, Wolfeboro. 323-8991 for tickets and show times.

Thursday 9th Free Skin Cancer Screening

Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester. Pre-registration is required. 332-3100 ext. 4120.

Pemigewasset Choral Society Performs

Gilford Community Church, Gilford. 7:30pm. Admission by donation. 7645851

“The Foreigner”

Franklin Opera House, 7:30pm. $14. 934-1901

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Mother’s Day Plant Sale

Moultonborough Central School, Moultonborough. 8am-4pm. A variety of flowering plants, vegetable plants and herbs will be available for sale at reasonable prices.

Spies – Silent Film Thriller

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 Thurs. 9th – Mon. 13th

“MISTI-Con” – Harry Potter Fan Convention

The Margate, Laconia. Please visit www.misti-con.org for more information.

Friday 10th Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Pemigewasset Choral Society Performs

St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Franklin. 7:30pm. Admission by donation. 764-5851

“The Foreigner”

Franklin Opera House, 7:30pm. $14. 934-1901

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Mother’s Day Plant Sale

Moultonborough Central School, Moultonborough. 8am-4pm. A variety of flowering plants, vegetable plants and herbs will be available for sale at

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The Second Annual Music Fun Fest At Mame’s The Second Annual Music Fun Fest To Benefit the Career Partnership Program will be held at Mame’s Restaurant in Meredith, Thursday, May 2nd starting at 6pm. Musicians include Kyle Nickerson, Phil and Jan, Julia Velie, Chris Kelly, Chris Mega and Dr, Steven Kelley, Principal of Interlakes Elementray School. Held in the upstairs lounge and function room, it will be a great night of music and fun and half the proceeds from meals sold that evening will go to benefit this important program. The Career Partnership Program is a public/private partnership between the Greater Meredith Program and The Interlakes School District. It provides internships, job shadows, volunteer opportunities and job fairs for summer employment. Mame’s is located at 8 Plymouth Street in Meredith. They can be reached at 279-4631 or visit them on the web at www.mamesrestaurant.com. For more information on the Greater Meredith Career Partnership Program at www.greatermeredithprogram.org.

Mother’s Day Craft Fair Fabulous handcrafted scarves by Heather Cohen who will be among the exhibitors on May 4-5 at the Mother’s Day Craft Fair at Laconia High School Gymnasium, 345 Union Ave., Laconia on Sat 10-4 & Sun 10-3. Don’t miss this wonderful fair with over 60 exhibitors with great arts & crafts including beautiful quilts/quilted jackets/table runners, 3-D glass globes, beautiful handcrafted scarves, fine jewelry, bat/bird houses, gourmet pickles/dips/jellies, handpoured soaps, unique wax room fresheners, American girl doll clothing & accessories, wall plaques, clothing and more. Music by Tim Janis and free admissio. For info Joyce (603)528-4014 www.joycescraftshows.com.

Taming Of The Shrew in Wolfeboro The six-time award winning Perform It! Young People’s Stage Company will be performing The Taming of the Shrew, May 8 through May 12 at The Village Players Theater, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. One of Will Shakespeare’s funniest comedies about lunatic lovers and the economics behind matrimony, this production of The Taming of the Shrew is set in modern day, with rap narration and lively songs and dance. The audience will find themselves in the city of Padua where a mother has two daughters in need of wooing and wedding. Performances are Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11 at 7:30; and Sunday, May 12 at 2:00 at The Village Players Theater, 51 Glendon St., Wolfeboro. Tickets are available at The Country Bookseller in Wolfeboro, by phone 3238991, or by mailing tickets@performitstagecompany.org. Prices for tickets reserved and paid in advance: adult/$12, kids 12 & under/$7. Paid at the door: adults/$14, kids 12 & under/$8. There is also a performance Wednesday, May 8 at 10:00 am; those tickets are $8.00, reservation only, and must be paid for in advance.

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Tim Carter aka “Ask The Builder” the country’s leading home improvement expert for twenty years will be giving a free Q & A advice presentation at the Funspot Bingo Hall in the Weirs on Saturday, May 11th from 9:30 to 11am. Everyone is invited to this free event and Tim will do his best to answer all questions. Are you getting ready for that home remodeling project or just have a DIY problem that you can’t seem to figure out? On Saturday, May 11th, the country’s leading home improvement expert, Tim Carter, will be giving free advice to anyone with a home project question at a special event at the Funspot Bingo Hall on Rte 3 in Weirs Beach from 9:30-11am. Tim’s popular “Ask The Builder” column is syndicated in dozens of newspapers around the country and his website, www.askthebuilder.com is loaded with thousands of written home improvement solutions and hundreds of DIY videos. Tim’s videos have been viewed over 30,522,246 times! “I’m really looking forward to this event,” said Tim, who is a resident of Meredith, NH. “It’s the first of a just a few we will be doing in the coming months. I have done this all over the country but it will be nice to finally meet with my New Hampshire friends and help them with solutions and answer any questions they have about their home projects. I’ve discovered that people

really want personalized answers, and I specialize in just that.” Originally from Ohio, Tim is a master carpenter, a licensed master plumber and a master roof cutter. He was selected as one of the top 50 remodelers in the United States in 1993 by Remodeling Magazine. “Back then I wanted to write a book about the homeowner and contractor relationship,” said Tim. “My wife, Kathy, suggested that I turn that idea into a syndicated column.” The column was immediately bought by the Cincinnati Enquirer and a month later it was appearing in the Chicago Tribune and within nine months it was carried in thirty newspapers around the country. Today over 60 newspapers carry the “Ask The Builder” column. Once he set his sights on the newspaper column, Tim knew it needed to be his sole focus and he gave up his home remodeling business to help people focus on their individual problems by providing smart and efficient solutions through his weekly home improvement tips. It didn’t take Tim long to

realize that he wanted to be his own publisher as well. In 1995, he started his now world famous website www.askthebuilder.com. “It was really the wild, wild west,” said Tim about those very early days of the Internet. “Most people were doing web sites with five pages. I launched

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To The Editor: Newfound Lake residents are outraged over New Hampshire’s decision, which goes against popular vote, to move forward with these next three wind project developments. One hundred and twenty plus wind turbines in this area will surely have a negative impact on our tourism. Outsiders, looking in, can clearly see that residents are against these next three wind projects. Voters showed they clearly oppose them, surveys identify that residents oppose them and “the talk of the town� clearly shows opposition to these projects. Many New Hampshire officials have also stated that they are overwhelmed by the sheer number of letters they’ve received from residents opposing wind farm expansion plans around Newfound Lake. Residents are also starting to raise concerns that the wind farm developers are offering so-called community benefits (also known as bribes and kick backs) to local institutions, business owners and residents. It’s being seen as an inducement not to object. Residents are shocked that developers are pursuing their plans in this manner, especially since they clearly stated upfront in multiple public presentations “we will not build here if the people do not want us to�. Contrary to what many believe - many residents here believe in “green energy� and we have proof of that. Look at how many

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biomass plants we have in our community already. Many residents also believe that wind farms should be limited - limited by how many turbines can or should be proposed for one community. Newfound Lake should not bare sole responsibility for the majority of New Hampshire’s renewable wind energy policy. That’s just not a fair green energy policy, it should be spread out. The current plan clearly marks Newfound Lake as “New England’s largest concentration of wind turbines.� As developers and politicians continue to push hard for these additional wind farms - I think it’s time for politicians to start thinking about and talking “common sense�. Have some common sense on spreading your green energy policy evenly across the state. Wear our shoes for a day, stop looking at maps and come visit our beautiful lake. It’s time you came to us... we have much to show you both during the day and at night. Raymond Cunningham Bridgewater, NH.

Senate Bill 126 Will Destroy Auto Dealers To The Editor: New Hampshire has always been governed by the “Live Free or Die� mentality: protect the state’s competitive business climate while keeping the needs and interests of consumers of

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.

paramount importance. A Nanny State legislative initiative now moving through state chambers, however, undermines such notions and negatively impacts the Granite State’s economy and consumer confidence. While it might not be a household name now, if Senate Bill 126 passes it could soon affect you. The legislation seeks to assert greater government involvement in the relationship between automobile manufacturers and New Hampshire dealers, and will broaden regulations so that lawn tractors, farm, construction and forestry equipment are treated as automobiles. Up until now, the relationship between automobile manufacturers and New Hampshire dealers has been governed by fair, balanced and strict franchise agreements that protect each selling partner and help keep prices low for consumers. While proponents claim S.B. 126 is designed to help New Hampshire auto dealers, the reality is that the legislation simply allows dealers to ignore the contracts they’ve signed with automakers, which includes things like periodical show room renovations. Those contracts, however, play a valuable role in the marketplace, as they ensure both parties can be counted on to fulfill corporate commitments. In saying auto dealers no longer are required to hold See mail boat on 19

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Oh man! Have you heard the latest? In Washington State, the governor recently passed a ban on gender specific words. No longer will words like freshman and fisherman be allowed. They will now be called, by law, first year students and fishers. The word penmanship will even be outlawed and now only the word handwriting will be allowed. If you live in Washington State you can only use words like this in hushed tones in the privacy of your own homes so not to be subject to arrest. Well, I’m not sure if it is that bad…yet. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets to that point. When I hear stories like this I can’t help but think that this would have been a great scenario for one of those classic science fiction fantasy novels like “Fahrenheit 451” I loved it when I was younger. It told the story of a world where books were burnt and having smarts was considered a crime. It was basically against the law for people to think for themselves. All your thinking was done for you by the government. “Wow!” I thought as a young man reading this tale. “What a crazy story. Thank goodness it’s only fiction. Nothing like this could ever happen for real.” In the 1930s and 40s,

Flash Gordon’s trips to the moon were also looked at as something that could never happen. But if the rest of the country follows in Washington State’s footsteps, and more already are, then be prepared for a real world where a lot of what you had learned will now, by political mandate, be changed. Of course, it won’t even be allowed to be called a mandate. Going through the dictionary you can find a whole list of words that may one day be obsolete so as not to be considered insensitive. Some of them you may be able to one day tell your grandchildren about in a small closet in your house while the television blares in the other room so as not to be accidentally overheard. Of course that’s silly; things like that only happen in books. For example, in the not too distant future, we may no longer be going to the airport in Manchester but instead will be travelling to “The Place Where The Airport Is” or, more simply, “Peoplechester.” What about Manhattan? It won’t be quite the same when a father sits down with his young son who is reaching a certain point of maturity, looks him in the eye and says: “It won’t be long now, my son, until you become a person.” Maybe it’s me, but it doesn’t seem to have the same impact. Is it possible that it may

one day be illegal to have a “man to man” talk? If the Washington State example spreads, even simple things like asking for a manila envelope at work might turn into the more complicated “Do we have any of those yellowish rectangular envelopes anywhere? I need to mail a manuscript….opps…I mean these many pages of text.” One of the great racehorses of all time may be referred to in history books as “Person O’ War.” And while we are on the subject of horses, I really have no idea what we will have to refer to manure as since this in itself was designed as a word to keep from using a more insensitive one in the first place. The recent events on Boston have seen the word manhunt used a lot on television. In the future we may not be able to use this word, even if the hunt is actually for a man. Now, that would be weird. No longer will people be known to live in mansions instead they will be referred to as “ridiculously large homes too big for the number of people that actually live there.” Will the mandolin become just a musical instrument that once existed? Is the manatee now on the endangered species list? Will people ever be able to get a manicure again? Today people might say I’m a maniac for managing to mangle the manner in which mankind might manufacture and manipulate many new manifestations of words, Tomorrow, maybe they won’t. Man, oh man!! Brendan welcomes your comments at brendan@ weirs.com.

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My family and I have weathered a very expensive winter! Never before have we paid so much for our winter fuel (propane/oil) and as we look at by Rep. Jane Cormier our household Belknap District 8 expenses, almost everything has gone up – groceries, utilities, taxes, medical expenses. I could go on and on. There are those who believe we are “coming out” of the financial doldrums. I am not so sure, so I did some research and will share some findings with you. Consumer confidence in the United States decreased to 59.70 in March of 2013 from 68 in February of 2013. Consumer confidence in the United States is reported by the The Conference Board. Historically, from 1967

until 2013, the United States Consumer Confidence averaged 92.84 reaching an all-time high of 144.70 in January of 2000 and a record low of 25.30 in February of 2009. In the United States, The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is a barometer of the health of the U.S. economy from the perspective of the consumer. The index is based on completed questionnaires reflecting consumers’ perceptions of current business and employment conditions, as well as their expectations for six months hence regarding business conditions, employment, and income. So, all in all, this is a well-respected economic indicator and in March 2013, our nation suffered a decline in consumer confidence. How about jobs? The general consensus in the media is employment is heading in the right direction. Let’s look at this data. Job unemployment went down See cormier on 19

America’s Insane Asylum for Jihadists, Hustlers and Frauds In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon killing spree by foreign-born jihadists, seeno-evil bureaucrats in Washington by Michelle Malkin are stubbornSyndicated Columnist ly defending America’s lax asylum policies. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Senate Tuesday that the screening process is rigorous, effective and extensive. These people can’t handle the truth. Or tell it. The Tsarnaev brothers reportedly were granted asylum by “derivative” status through their parents. After entering on shortterm tourist visas, the mother and father (an ethnic Chechen Muslim) won asylum and acquired U.S. citizenship. Next, younger son Dzhokhar obtained U.S. citizenship. Older son Tamerlan, whose naturalization application was pending, traveled freely between the U.S. and the jihad recruitment zone of Dagestan, Russia, last year before the bombers’ gunfight in Watertown, Mass., last week left the Muslim terrorist dead. Though they had convinced the U.S. that they faced deadly persecution, the Tsarnaevs’ parents both returned to their native land and were there when their sons launched last week’s terror rampage. Authorities will not reveal any details of the sob stories the Tsarnaevs originally spun to win asylum benefits for the entire family. The whole thing stinks. And it’s an old, familiar stench. Immigration lawyers have been working the system on behalf of asylum con artists for decades. The rack-

eteers coach applicants with phony stories and documents from “chop shops” and game their way through “refugee roulette.” Asylum and refugee claimants are being rubber-stamped at alltime-high rates. Government data analyzed by the nonpartisan TRAC website show that “the odds of an asylum claim being denied in Immigration Court reached an historic low in FY 2012, with only 44.5 percent being turned down. Ten years ago, almost two out of three (62.6 percent) individuals seeking asylum lost their cases in similar actions. Twenty years ago, fewer than one out of four (24 percent) asylum applicants won their cases, while three out of four (76 percent) lost.” The game is rigged in favor of identity-group hustlers, who maumau adjudicators whose approval rates don’t meet their approval. Soft-on-enforcement lobbying groups argue that it’s better to err on the side of allowing bogus asylum-seekers and refugees to stay than to get serious about cracking down on fraud and send undeserving foreigners home. It’s not “practical” or worth it, they say. But what about the “if it saves just one life” standard set by President Obama? Why does it only apply to gun control? Why won’t Washington err on the side of public safety by reexamining and overhauling our fraud-riddled asylum, detention, deportation and visa issuance policies after the Boston jihad? In case you’d forgotten, the Tsarnaevs were not the first murderminded jihadists to benefit from ineffective policing of our asylum and refugee policies. As I’ve reported previously: --Ramzi Yousef landed at New York City’s JFK airport from Pakistan and flashed an Iraqi passport

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Global Economic Doldrums Subdue Asia-Pacific Growth U N I T E D NATIONS— “Asia Pacific economic economies will see subdued growth in 2013 after last year’s by John J. Metzler sharp slowSyndicated Columnist down caused by external factors,” is the prognosis from a recent UN survey. “Economic growth in the developing countries of Asia and the Pacific slowed to 5.5 percent in 2012 as a result of the double-dip recession in the Euro zone and the tepid recovery of the U.S. economy,” the report advises. The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific/2013 outlines a cautious survey for the current year, “although growth is expected to inch up to 6 percent in 2013, this rate is still below the average of 7.8 percent achieved in 2010-2011 and the average of 8.6 percent observed during the pre-crisis period of 2002-2007.” The annual report is a product of the UN’s Bangkok-based Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). China’s economy has lost its much of its luster. While Beijing’s official growth rate for 2012, stood at 7.8 percent, this year the GDP is expected to grow slightly to 8 percent. Importantly India whose growth dipped dangerously to 5 percent in 2012 should climb back to 6.4 percent this year. Export oriented economies have seen significant drops in demand especially from the USA. Much of the improvements rests on “improvement in global demand arising from steady, although sub-par, growth in the United States, and a limited rebound in the performance of major emerging economies.” But beyond the numbers, Pingfan Hong Chief of the Global Monitoring unit at the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) stressed, “although global financial markets had seen improvements in terms of equity prices, the ‘real economy’ lacked robust improvement.” China has slowed down, and “sluggish growth” was ex-

pected in South Korea. Seoul’s growth is expected to go from 2 percent in 2012 to only 2.3 percent this year. Hong stated that “developing countries in Asia had suffered a loss of 3.7 percent in GDP over the last four or five years since the crisis had struck.” The Survey suggests, “much lower growth compared to recent years could became a new normal for many regional economies if present economic trends were to continue.” Equally despite years of past progress, the Survey concedes that the Asia-Pacific region is still home to more than 800 million poor; in fact two-thirds of the word’s poor. The survey advises, “‘the model of grow first, distribute and clean up later” was no longer acceptable. That’s so very true. Just view the environmental damage from China’s fast and polluting growth which seems blurred by a grey and choking haze enveloping most Mainland cities. Nonetheless there still much impressive news from the region as the Survey illustrates. Southeast Asia is expected to gain from “improved, although still tepid global trade.” Indonesia is a regional powerhouse with growth expected to come in at 6.6 percent this year along with the Philippines at 6.2 percent and Thailand at 5.3 percent. The Survey suggests a number of measures which would help regional economies expand. For example, China should reduce its reliance on exports and expand its domestic consumption. The Survey states this would spur interregional trade. Significantly boosting China’s domestic consumption would help American exporters too. Despite all the feel good statistics we see regarding the China trade, the facts remains that while American exports to the Mainland are at an all time high at $110 billion, what is not said is that Chinese exports to the USA are all the much higher. In 2012, the USA hit a $315 billion deficit with the People’s Republic and that’s in a recession. The year before the U.S. trade deficit with Beijing stood at an unacceptable $295 billion. Though the USA’s economic recovery and job creation remains

tepid, expanding truly free trade with global partners can boost both American exports and the still underperforming U.S. economy. It’s about time we do so.

John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Transatlantic Divide; USA/Euroland Rift? (University Press, 2010).

Immigration Gambles Britain’s late Prime Minis ter Margaret Thatcher said it all when she wrote that the world has “never ceased to be dangerous,” but the West by Thomas Sowell has “ceased to Syndicated Columnist be vigilant.” Nothing better illustrates her point than the fact that the West has imported vast numbers of people who hate our guts and would love to slit our throats. Political correctness has replaced self-preservation. The Boston Marathon killer who set a bomb down right next to an eight-year-old child is only the latest in an on-going series of such people. Senator Patrick Leahy has warned us not to use the Boston Marathon terrorists as an argument against the immigration

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Panic as people tried to find friends and family, and help the injured. I learned how local people used Google to offer help, putting names and addresses out, offering rooms, food and transportation – giving up anonymity to reach out to people who might need them. I read a quote from one person – “There are more good than bad people in the world.” – and knew that God was walking with us through it all in the form of caring people. The night of the bombing, I fielded calls from people who had been in contact with doctors in the hospitals in Boston and from people who were upset and concerned. I called my brother to make sure he was safe. As in so many major events, we are all involved. All of us carry psychic bruises, and we care about those who are much more damaged. Since that day, there has been an earthquake in China that took hundreds of lives, an earthquake in Pakistan, the factory explosion in Weeks, Texas and another in Bangladesh. We lost one of the young people in Laconia, struck by a car. There have been tragedies all over the world, and every person lost was important to their friends, families, society and to God. How do we deal; with living in difficult times without becoming insular, bitter, or afraid? Long ago I read an article about a policeman working with inner city crime. He was asked how he managed to go forward when he saw so much pain, crime, and death. His response was ”I believe that good will

win because good people work together and bad people end up fighting among themselves.” When we maintain hope, we can survive more than we think. Hope is looking beyond the grim reality of the day to a future that can be better. Hope is looking for the good in people and trusting that good will connect to good. Hope is believing that God truly does walk with us through it all and will not abandon us. Hope rejects the belief that evil is stronger than good. Hope stands up to hatred and says “Hate cannot destroy me, because my life with God is eternal.” Hope can be hard to maintain in the face of all that happens in life, but I learned early that most good things take a lot of work to achieve and keep alive, and in the end all that work is worth it. Hope is worth it because it is forward looking and positive. Remember, God is walking with us. God is inspiring people to help. God will welcome home those who will not be returning to their earthly homes. God is with us. R ev. Victoria Wood Parrish is the pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Gilford, NH, located on Route 11-A. It is a congregation of open hearts, open minds, and open doors. Worship is at 10:30 am on Sundays.Children’s activities and nursery are available during the 10:30 morning worship. We also invite you to the United Methodist Church in the Weirs, 35 Tower St., which worships at 10:00 AM. There are also many other local congregations who would welcome you to worship.

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Cameron Lyle: Bone Marrow Donor Chooses Life over Career W h a t makes a person special? What is the measure of selflessness? What is that about for one by Niel Young who would Advocates Columnist lay down their life for another? That is easy. Our military, men and women, law enforcement and fire fighters. Who would have guessed that it would be a young man from Plaistow, NH – a track and field star Senior at UNH? CAMERON LYLE, according to the NH Union Leader, will not compete in the final two Championship meets of his career. Cameron: “I did think about what I was giving up. But the kid who has leukemia has it a lot worse than me. This kid is dying.� Cameron is a much better man than Barack Hussein Obama re: LIFE. ******** “Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.� RICHARD L. EVANS is best known for his inspirational messages given in the long-running weekly radio program “Music and the Spoken Word� with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. One cannot say that about Barack Hussein Obama! ******** At the end of an email a listener/caller from San Francisco who is not related to me or someone I know personally: “P.S. I thoroughly appreciate that you are a talk show host who leads discussions with grace. I guess she hasn’t heard me with Ray, Liberal Lady, or Terri Donovan of NH AFT.� They make it difficult to be a

calm host. ******** QUICK HIT: Who is Zubeidat Tsarnaeva? She is the shoplifting mother of the two mass murderers. In addition her boys caused so many good people to suffer through the loss of arms and legs being exploded from their bodies while murdering two young women, one man in his twenties, and an 8 year old little boy on Patriots Day in Boston. She is also the lunatic who states that “America Took My Kids Away From Me�. There are millions of Americans who are hurting, and still asking why? And none of us give a bleep about YOUR kids�. Commenter Jaygee at boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/25/ mother-of-bombing-suspects-america-took-mykids-away-from-me/ : “I think that this devout Muslim woman who is also a shoplifter has it a bit backwards. It was her & her husband who brought them to America under the guise of “political asylum� and then took advantage of all of the freebies in the “Sanctuary City of Cambridge. Housing, food stamps, medical, and help with schooling, not bad for political refugees, while Americans are looking for jobs and going to food pantries. Then, she and her hubby go back, yes, go back to the very area they fled because it was a ‘threat to their lives’. I think it’s time we stop allowing so many so-called ‘refugees’ into the country who do nothing for it but get everything.� You better tell Obama how you feel. ******** Unfortunately Mother’s Day is a week away for what I am about to bring to your attention. Don’t send the children out of the room. The Obama girls

already know how their father feels about unborn babies – sometimes partially born babies. They are still open game. With help from washingtonexaminer.com with the headline: Obama: ‘Planned Parenthood isn’t going anywhere’. During a speech this morning at the Planned Parenthood gala, President Obama vowed he would never allow Republicans to cut taxpayer funds for the abortion provider. “If there’s one thing the past few years have shown is that Planned Parenthood isn’t going anywhere,� Obama said as the crowd cheered. “It’s not going anywhere today - it’s not going anywhere tomorrow.� Obama was wildly received by the audience when he entered the room - the first sitting president to address the nation’s largest abortion provider. “Everybody sit down,� Obama said sheepishly. “You’re making me blush.� From Weekly Standard: “As long as we’ve got to fight to make sure women have access to quality, affordable health care, and as long as we’ve got to fight to protect a woman’s right to make her own choices about her own health, I want you to know that you’ve also got a president who’s going to be right there with you, fighting every step of the way,� said Obama. “Thank you, Planned Parenthood. God bless.� Did he say God? Bless who, the baby killers? Recall how he used the massacre at Sandy Hook school to talk about “the children�? How can you support the murder of 53 MILLION babies and say what you said to Planned Parenthood and even utter the name GOD? See advocates on 36

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Carl Cram’s first boat was “The Yankee Flyer.” Above is the “Yankee Flyer IV.” courtesy Nh boat museum Originally W.P. Emerson’s, McGrath’s burned to the ground in 1971 and is now the site of Gillian Marine. McGrath’s abutted the channel that led to the Merrymeeting River (Rt. 11) bridge, and it was here that Carl built his speedboat ride operation. (Note that Carl apparently first operated out of the Alton Bay Pavilion. Photos from the early 30s show a large Yankee Flyer sign on it’s roof, and no evidence of anything in

the channel.) Carl purchased his first boat in 1930, and named it the “Yankee Flyer”. He soon replaced it with the “Yankee Flyer II”. Little is known about these first two boats. “Yankee Flyer III” was a Chris Craft with a cantankerous engine that melted pistons. Apparently it too proved unsatisfactory. “Yankee Flyer IV”, purchased in 1940, was the charm. It was a 28’ Dodge with a See speedboat on 23

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The Minute Man up on the rocks in Loon Cove.

Richard Cram, Bob Wood and an unidentified man aboard the Minute Man. courtesy Nh boat museum speedboat from 22

350 HP Lycoming V-12 marine engine. It carried 9 passengers and could do 55 MPH while guzzling one gallon of high test gas per mile (this improved to 1.25 MPG at cruising speed!). In addition, Carl also bought the “Minuteman” from a Dr. Webster in 1937 for $480. It was a 29’ Hacker with a 225 HP Sterling Petrol, dual ignition inline 8. It could go 48 MPH, and could do 1.5 MPG at cruising speed,

a considerable improvement over the “Yankee Flyer”! Like “Yankee Flyer IV”, the “Minuteman” had no flame arrestor on the carburetor and no bilge blower, which ultimately doomed it. Carl hawked tickets up by the bridge, under a large sign that advertised the rides. Passengers walked down the path from the bridge, past the canoe rental area, and gathered under a giant canopy that said Yankee

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23 Flyer on the roof. The Downing’s Legionnaires were directly across the water on the other side of the channel. There was a juke box under the canopy, and Carl’s nephew Sheldon figured out a way to bypass the coin mechanism with a wire, so there was music all day! In the early years, passengers could ride out to Little Mark Island and back for $0.35. In the 40’s, the ride was shortened to Loon Cove and the fare increased to $l. A special round trip of the lake was also available for $10 (approximately $150 in today’s money). Carl’s son Richard was one of the drivers. His 1942 general license certificate states that he was qualified as a master, pilot and engineer and was authorized to operate any gasoline boat 50 ft. or under. Carl kept the “Yankee Flyer” in a boathouse up in Rand Cove (formerly called Back Bay), and the “Minuteman’s” boathouse was over by the Oak Birch Inn. In the summer of’42, See speedboat on 25

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he hired Sheldon to bring the boats down for the day and join the crew of drivers. Sheldon was entering his senior year of high school and was the youngest person in the lakes region at the time with a general boat license. He lived in the back of the Atlantic gas station and also worked there pumping gas and doing oil changes. “It was the best job a kid could have and get paid for it”, he said. Sheldon’s friend, and local legend, Bob Wood had a 16’ stepped

hydroplane powered by a 180 Hp. Hispano Suisa (Hisso) aircraft engine with direct drive to the propeller (fire up and go!). It could blow right past the fastest of the Legionnaires, which bothered the Downings no end. The boat leaked badly and had to be kept out of the water when it wasn’t running. Bob also had a 1935 Ford Fordor that Sheldon put away every night in the gas station. One night the garage door wouldn’t close, so Sheldon reached down to remove the length of rope

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Richard was driving the “Minuteman�. The rudder was turned by a yoke attached to it by a ball and socket joint. That joint carne apart at speed, and the “Minuteman� ran up on the rocks in Loon Cove. Nobody was hurt, and “Yankee Flyer IV� came up to retrieve the stranded passengers. But the boys weren’t the only fast drivers. One day a group of bikers up for the Gypsy Tour (now known as Laconia bike week) pulled into Downings for a ride. Nobody came over to Crams. Carl was absolutely furious - competition with Downings was intense - and he somehow enticed some of them to go out on the “Yankee Flyer�. Still angry, he went to

Edra Cram aboard the Yankee Flyer III.

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in 1929. (This story was adapted from a series of articles that originally appeared in the New Hampshire Boat Museum’s house publication, “The Boathouse News�. I’m grateful to Sheldon Cram for making this story possible. During a recent interview, he said “You know, all those people we talked about are dead. I’m the only one left.� I said “I know, that’s why I’m talking to you!� Sheldon and his lovely wife, Barbara, now live in Tuftonboro.)

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If you’ve ever looked around your house and gotten the urge to purge, you might consider pausing and first thinking about how you could transform that old, damaged piece of furniture or outdated light fixture into a fresh-faced showpiece for your home. Not only are you doing something good for the environment - and likely your pocketbook - by restoring something, you’re embracing your inner creativity. You can make a truly oneof-a-kind decor piece, tailored to your personality and style. This notion of restoring and reusing items that would otherwise be cast aside to the junkyard or thrift store is called “upcycling,” and it’s a trend that has caught on quickly, especially in home design. With a little inspiration, creativity and the right tools, you can tackle countless decorating projects

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DEAR TIM: Spring is here, and so are the incessant heavy rains. I have several places near my house where water ponds. This can’t be a good thing for my house, as I constantly am battling water in my basement and part of the house that has a crawlspace under it. My lot isn’t really that flat, so I’m at a loss as to what’s going on. Do I have to call a professional to solve this issue, or can I just add soil to fill in the low spots? What are my options? --Marion R., Evansville, Ind. DEAR MARION: You’re not alone. Many, perhaps most, homeowners have varying degrees of poor drainage on their land or near their homes. You’re correct in assuming that ponding water is not a good thing for houses. My college degree was

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at a topographic map of your lot before it was developed -- and in many locations these old maps are available -- you’d see that your lot was shaped differently than it is now.

Your builder, or possibly the subdivision developer, undoubtedly moved dirt on your lot to prepare it for building your home. This process disturbed the natural slope of your lot, as virtually no undisturbed land is perfectly flat. Almost all land has some natural fall to it that’s caused by natural erosion. When you do encounter marshy land, it’s because of some temporary geomorphological process. Lakes are a great example. You can find marshes next to lakes. Realize that lakes are temporary geological features. Mother Nature is constantly trying to fill lakes in. Adding soil to the low spots is usually not a good method to fix poor drainage problems. Ponding water on your lot tells me that you don’t have low-slope culverts surrounding your house like a moat surrounds a castle. These depres-

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in geology. I gravitated to two disciplines within geology: geomorphology and hydrogeology. Geomorph, as we students affectionately called it, is the study of Earth’s surface features. Hydrogeology is the study of ground or subsurface water, or at least that’s what we focused on the three years I was a geology student. If you think about our planet on a very large scale and take into consideration gravity, you quickly discover that Mother Nature is doing her best to constantly carry all soil, rock, your house, your car, your possessions and you down and into the oceans. She’s a very patient woman, but she’s also got a split personality as her evil twin is constantly building mountains where two crustal plates crash into one another. This is why the Earth has dry land that we build upon. What does all this have to do with the water at and around your home? Simple. If you could look

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sions, or culverts, should have been created by the builder so surface water always flows around your house toward the lowest spot of land on your lot. To provide great drainage around your home, you should always have the ground slope away from your home. The building code used to require that the ground have 6 inches of fall in the first 10 feet of horizontal run away from your home. That can be confusing to some. All it means is that within 10 feet of your foundation, the ground should slope at least 6 inches. This change in elevation could happen within a foot, meaning it would be a very visible slope very close to your foundation walls. The builder should have then created an artificial channel around and away from your home that also has a slope to it. The See builder on 38

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Saturday 11th Rummage Sale

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Castle in the Clouds, 455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough. All Moultonborough residents will get free entry and a free tour of the Castle. 476-5900.

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Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. Art, collectibles, household, toys, 1800’s sleigh and more.

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Lakes Region Tea Party Meeting

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

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Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10-2pm. Art, collectibles, household, toys, 1800’s sleigh and more. Saturday 18th

Mickey Hart Band

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March for Meals

Delta Dental, 1 Dental Drive, Concord. 10am. Walkathon to benefit Meals on Wheels. Advance registration preferred. 225-3295

Sunday 19 Gary Allen Hampton Ballroom, 929-4100

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3RD Annual Autism Center Walk-A-Thon

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Animal Tracking (Becoming a Wildlife Detective)

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A Spiritual Discussion

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Mezer, a Palestinian bombbuilder, entered the U.S. illegally through Canada in 1996-97. He claimed political asylum based on phony persecution by Israelis, was released on a reduced $5,000 bond posted by a man who was himself an illegal alien and then skipped his asylum hearing. In June 1997, a federal immigration judge ordered Mezer to leave on

a “voluntary departure order.” Mezer ignored him. He joined the New York City bombing plot before being arrested in July 1997 after a roommate tipped off local police. --Mir Aimal Kansi, convicted in 1997 of capital murder and nine other charges stemming from his January 1993 shooting spree outside the CIA headquarters in McLean,

Va., also exploited our insane asylum laxity. Despite his history as a known Pakistani militant who had participated in anti-American protests abroad, Kansi received a business visa in 1991. After arrival, he claimed political asylum based on his ethnic minority status in Pakistan. While his asylum application was pending, he obtained a driver’s license and an

AK-47, murdered two CIA agents and wounded three others. --Somali national Nuradin Abdi, the al-Qaida shopping mall bomb plotter convicted in 2007, first entered the U.S. in 1995 using a false passport. He entered again illegally from Canada in 1997 and secured asylum on false grounds. Abdi then was able to fraudulently obtain a refugee travel document, which he used to fly to Ethiopia and, yes, Chechnya for jihad training. --Among the convicted Fort Dix (N.J.) jihad plotters were three ethnic Albanian illegal alien brothers, Dritan, Shain and Eljvir Duka, who snuck into the country through Mexico with their parents. In 1984, the father applied for asylum, but the feds ignored them for two decades. In the meantime, as America showed the Dukas’ refugee community unmatched compassion and generosity, the Muslim trio returned the favor by planning to massacre U.S. soldiers. As always, political correctness and political pandering are the handmaidens of terrorism. Michelle Malkin is the author of “Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is malkinblog@gmail.com. advocates from 15

Hey Barack, I know you are busy with your golf game, and your obvious crusade to protect the killing of babies, BUT could you tell us what you are doing about the slaughter of Americans at Benghazi last September? What is your perception of what is happening in Syria, Afghanistan, standing by our friend Israel? We know you are working hard to free all ILLEGALS and have them get into the welfare line – hey, it means votes for your plan, correct? If readers wish to respond to this column please use “Mail Boat” or advocates@weirs.com.

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Salome’s Stars Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’ve set a fast pace for yourself. But as you approach your goal, you might want to slow down a bit in order to take time to reassess your situation and make changes while you can. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Patience continues to be a virtue for the Divine Bovine. So as eager as you might be to get things moving, remember that time is on your side. Make good use of it. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) There’s a wee bit of uncertainty in the early part of the week. But things clear up as more facts come to light. Spend quality time this weekend with family and friends. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) An old friend’s return could open new possibilities for both of you. But don’t let yourself be rushed into anything. There could be some factors you haven’t yet explored. LEO (July 23 to August 22) This week offers a challenge you’re raring to take on.

ACROSS 1 Requests at bar doors 8 Liquid-filled vessel in which to clean things 15 Map source 20 Smears with animal fat 21 Dish of soybeans boiled in their pods 22 Horse sound 23 Most valuable Scrabble square, reduced? 25 Fish store favorite 26 Peter of film 27 Dress edge 28 To that place 30 Impersonal little kiss, enlarged? 36 Celebs’ rides 41 Summer, in QuŽbec 42 Military order 43 Very quickly, enlarged? 46 “Casino” co-star Joe 51 Williams of tennis 52 Dog, often 53 Time-stamps anew 55 Jails 57 NHL trophy, enlarged? 62 Flight part 63 Airport transport 66 Tiny tot 67 ROTC grads 68 Alternate title of this puzzle 73 Exec’s deg. 75 Food court pizza chain 76 With 44-Down, Kenobi of sci-fi 77 Cloverleaf components 80 Failure to act

And while eager to get started, do so slowly so that you can focus those sharp Cat’s Eyes on every detail. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Put your skepticism aside and listen to advice from colleagues who’ve been where you are now. What they say could be helpful as you get closer to a decision. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A family matter might again require your reassuring touch. Handle it, as always, with kindness and fairness, even if some of your kin prove to be especially difficult. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your ability to tackle even the most intricate details of a project is likely to impress some very important people. A relative shares news later this week. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) The Archer’s aim might be focused on the big picture this week, but don’t overlook checking for those details you might have

promptly, enlarged? 84 Now-rare skill 86 Frequent downhiller’s purchase 87 Role-play 90 - Butter (Nabisco cookie) 91 Razz 92 Harvard or Yale, reduced? 97 Post-failure comment 99 “- you ready?” 100 Writer with morals 101 Walk around looking for work, reduced? 108 In proportion 109 Thumbs-downs 110 See 101-Down 116 White wader 117 Skeptically, enlarged? 123 “The Cloister and the Hearth” novelist Charles 124 “Free Your Mind” R&B group 125 Nation next to Georgia 126 Earnestness 127 Wanted 128 It has threepointed antlers DOWN 1 “Tell - the judge!” 2 Flit 3 Ad biz award 4 Fido’s food 5 Drum effect 6 Uncool sort 7 Dallas-to-Laredo dir. 8 Visitors’ first words 9 “- to the list” 10 Blue

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CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) You might feel awkward asking for assistance, but who would refuse the charming Goat’s request? Do it, then go ahead and enjoy a musical weekend.

“When I told my husband that I wanted a “boa” for the new outfit I just bought, this is not what I had in mind.” -Gregory Moyer, Gilford, NH.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Pour some cold water on that simmering misunderstanding before it boils over. The sooner things settle, the sooner you can move ahead with your plans.

“Hey guys, haven’t I got a nice asp?” -John Barrett, Dover, NH.

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PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You’re in a highly productive period, which you feel can go on forever. But you could be courting exhaustion. Take time out to relax and restore your energies. BORN THIS WEEK: You can combine a sense of adventure with a penchant for practicality. Have you considered a travel-related field?

11 Dr. provider 12 La - (city in Bolivia) 13 “Follow Me -” (Kipling poem) 14 Final bowling frames 15 Bit of hijinks 16 Zipper parts 17 Limber 18 Feel similarly 19 “Jaws” peril 24 “All right, I get it!” 29 Snicker bit 31 One-eighty 32 “- -di-dah!” 33 Western Amerind 34 Opposite of old, in Bonn 35 La Brea stuff 36 Talks like the cat Sylvester 37 Not reactive 38 2000 #1 hit for Santana 39 Infant’s bodysuit 40 Spanish lady 44 See 76-Across 45 Some chess pcs. 46 “At once!” 47 - de vie 48 Deadlocks 49 Official doc. 50 Cause adherents 53 Fix, as a loose board 54 They blink 56 Swims with the fishes, maybe 58 A couple of runners at the corners, in baseball 59 - Lingus 60 Sci-fi skipper 61 Singer Lisa 64 Limp as 65 Icy hazard

69 Lith. and Ukr., once 70 Workweek ender: Abbr. 71 Andress of “Dr. No” 72 Infant’s toy 73 Hit 1990s computer game 74 Scorch 78 Spaghetti sauce brand 79 Bug causing a sore throat 81 They result in two outs: Abbr. 82 “Lost” actor Daniel - Kim 83 Moo goo - pan 85 Artist Yoko 88 Raised a din 89 “Mother” of Calcutta 92 Mad feeling 93 Big name 94 “Truly” 95 Cato’s 1,505 96 100-yr. span 97 Hairy sitcom cousin 98 Liquefied 101 With 110-Across, where divas deliver 102 Prodding person 103 Santa-tracking org. 104 Belief set 105 One feeding 106 Provide, as with a quality 107 Extensive, for short 111 “How stupid -!” 112 Not new 113 Lucid 114 Author Wiesel 115 Macy’s logo 118 Suffix with Carol 119 Tellies 120 - polloi 121 Farming sci. 122 Taint

Martin, despite his best efforts, was unable to get Betty’s father’s approval for matrimony. “Eve, feel like stopping for a bite?” -Robert Patrick, Moultonborough, NH. -Robert Acciani, Meredith, NH.

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eating, splashing, and any other duck-like activity you could think of. Their contented waddling about the muddy paddock occasionally makes me stop to wonder if maybe I simply can’t see the forest for the trees….or is it the pond for the puddle? In any case, the next time one of us complains about mud season, perhaps we should try seeing it from a duck’s perspective instead…..there just might be a lesson in there for all of us…..And remember, it could be worse…..it could be black fly season. © DAWN C .THOMSON

quicksand-like muck that lurkingly awaits the opportunity to suck these boots right off of me again. The ducks on the other hand, have these conveniently webbed feet that aren’t just good for swimming, but also seem to “walk on water” (and mud)….and I mean this literally. Nothing is quite so humbling as a pair of ducks gliding effortlessly toward me in hysterical laughter (that’s right….I said laughter….. have you ever listened to ducks quacking?), while I balance on one foot, feeling around in the mud for my missing boot. This, I’m sure, is a regular source of amusement for my ducks during mud season. I don’t think it’s mere coincidence that their little duck faces seem to be

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fixed with a perpetual grin during the months of March and April, as opposed to other times of the year. Mud season at the farm also finds me spending far too much time with shovel in hand, digging trenches and building culverts to drain murky water out of the paddock and away from our barn. But while I am diligently digging, and diverting, my ducks are using my freshly-dug trenches as slipperyslides, making a ruckus of gleeful noises, like preschoolers at a summer birthday party. And just

for added effect, while I strategically try to avoid any and all skin contact with this sludgy mess, my feathered friends continually splash and submerge themselves….ON PURPOSE….in this very same substance, happily dipping their tail feathers and bills in it, as if it’s soap bubbles in a bathtub. While I attempt to create dry spots for feeding hay to the rest of my livestock, the ducks look at me like I’m a complete idiot for overlooking these wondrous swamp-like puddles as the perfect spot for

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artificial channel around your home. This channel should be about 2 feet deep and 6 inches wide. The bottom of the trench should be parallel with the top of the artificial channel until it gets around your home. The trench extends past your home towards the lowest point of your lot. Once the trench passes your house, the slope can be reduced so the pipe eventually pops out of the ground. You install a 1 inch layer of rounded gravel that’s the size of large acorns into the bottom of the trench. Perforated drain pipe is laid on this gravel. The entire trench is then

water flowing away from your foundation would enter this channel and then flow, by gravity, completely around your home. There should never be any ponding in this shallow channel. A slope of at least 1/8 inch per foot is required. More slope is better if you can tolerate it on your lot. Surface water is but one challenge around your home. You also need to deal with subsurface water that flows through the soil toward your foundation and crawlspace walls. You can capture and divert this subsurface water by digging a narrow trench in the center of the

Dawn Thomson is an independent columnist who, with the help of her husband and two children, runs a private sanctuary for animals in need, called Reuben’s Rescue Ranch, located at 161 Route 104, Danbury, NH. Their farm is open to the public on Saturdays from 9am-5pm, from early May through late October. Visitors are welcome to come by and meet their many farm residents. Who hasn’t always wanted to pet a donkey, meet a llama, or see a horse take a bow? The farm is free for all, but donations are gratefully accepted....or you may purchase something from the farm thrift shop to help support the animals. For more information, call 7683779 or check out their Facebook page. filled with the rounded gravel. This system readily collects subsurface water before it attacks your home. Water will flow from the end of the drainpipe, where it eventually breaks through the surface of the ground. Want free home-improvement information? Go to www.AsktheBuilder.com and sign up for Tim’s free newsletter. Have a question for Tim? Just click the Ask Tim link on any page of the website. ©2013, TIM CARTER DISTRIBUTED BY Tribune Media Services

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1928 Silent Classic ‘Spies” To Screen With Live Music PLYMOUTH - It was the movie that pioneered the espionage genre, complete with secret documents, hi-tech gadgets, an evil mastermind, and a beautiful but dangerous woman. It was ‘Spies’ (1928), an action-packed silent thiller, and will be shown with live music for one screening only on Thursday, May 9 at 6:30pm. at the Flying Monkey Moviehouse and Performance Center, 39 South Main St., Plymouth. Live music will be provided by silent film accompanist Jeff Rapsis. Admission is $10 per person. ‘Spies,’ made by German director Fritz Lang at the end of the silent era, served as a blueprint for all espionage story-telling to come in movies and, later, on television. It is especially notable for the many ways it anticipated the James Bond films, in which a government’s secret agent matches wits with a criminal mastermind. Newly restored to its original length, ‘Spies’ has emerged as a flawlessly constructed spy thriller from the peak of the silent film era. Hugely influential, Lang’s passion for meticulous detail combines

An original poster for ‘Spies’ (1928), to be screened with live music on Thursday, May 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Flying Monkey Moviehouse and Performance Center, 39 South Main St., Plymouth, N.H. Admission is $10 per person. For more information, visit www.flyingmonkeynh.com or call (603) 536-2551. with masterful storytelling and editing skills to form a relentless story of intrigue, espionage, and

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in the 1920s, and showed firstrun Hollywood films to generations of area residents until closing several years ago. The theater has since been renovated by Alex Ray, owner of the Common Man restaurants, who created a performance space that hosts a wide variety of music acts. Movies of all types, however, are still a big part of the Flying Monkey’s offerings, and the silent film series is a way for the theater to remain connected to its roots. The screening of ‘Spies’ is part of the Flying Monkey’s monthly silent film series, which gives today’s audiences a chance to experience the great films of Hollywood’s early years as they were intended: in restored prints, in a theater on the big screen, and with live music and an audience. “If you’ve never seen a silent film in a theater with live music and an audience, this is a great way to experience the medium at its best,” Rapsis said. . For more information about the music, visit www.jeffrapsis.com.

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