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39th NH Sheep & Wool Festival
A Meredith Landmark Celebrates 200 Years - A Historic & Spiritual Journey by Kimberly J.B. Smith Contributing Writer
always carry it in my mind. The church history begins on February 20, 1815 when six ministers and thirteen men and women, Meredith residents in collaboration with like-minded Christians from Center
Harbor, met at the home of Moses Morse in Center Harbor to form the “Congregational Church of Christ in Center Harbor and Meredith – 3rd Division.” Moses Morse was selected as Deacon. It is believed that the See church on 20
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Imagine driving into Meredith, traveling down the Rte. 25 hill, past the Interlakes High School. It’s a snowy evening and in the picturesque town, a stunning image is re-
vealed before you. Set in the midst of this perfect New England tableau is the First Congregational Church of Meredith, an integral part of this area of New Hampshire for 200 years now. It is one of my favorite images of the church and I will
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The First Congregational Church of Meredith, whose steeple is a beacon as one approaches the town from Rte 25, is celebrating its 200th year. This undated photograph shows the church before its two front entrances were made into one.
The 39th Annual New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival will take place on May 9th and 10th at the Deerfield Fairgrounds, 34 Stage Road. This family event is open to the public, and runs from 9-5 on Saturday and 9-4 and Sunday. Admission is $7 adults, $5 seniors and youth 13-18 years, and children under 12 are free. This year the Festival features over 100 vendors offering fiber, spinning wheels and equipment, tools for fiber enthusiasts, as well as delicious food and beverages. A variety of hands-on classes, demonstrations, educational lectures, competitions and workshops are held throughout the weekend. Highlights include sheep shearing and sheep dog herding demonstrations, a sheep show featuring youth, a fleece show and sale, hands-on activities for children and barns filled with different breeds of sheep, as well as alpacas, llamas, goats and rabbits. More information about the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Growers Association and the 2015 Festival may be found on the Association’s website, www.nhswga.org.
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May Thursday 7th Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting
Trinity Episcopal Church, Route 25, Meredith. 7-9pm. National Geographic Course Part 2. Persons of any experience level are welcomed. www. lrcameraclub.com
Pemi Choral Spring Concert – “American Tapestry”
Gilford Community Church, Gilford. 7:30pm. Concert honors the immigrant experience. The program will include personal immigration stories of the family of the choral society members, and readings from relevant PBS broadcasts from the book “97 Orchard Street”. Admission by donation. 5361572
Irish Storyteller Lynne Cullen – Storytelling Dinner
Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. Dinner begins at 6:30pm. Join Lynne for an evening of storytelling magic. $19.95pp, plus tax and gratuity. 2846219
Fusion’s Community Impact Awards
Laconia Country Club’s Clubhouse, Laconia. 5:30pm-7:30pm.Come interact with the nominees and show your support for your community. $15/ at the door, includes fun activities, hors d’ oeuvres and a cash bar. www. fusionnh.org
Laconia Rotary’s 90th Anniversary Celebration
Beane Conference Center, Laconia. 6-8pm. The celebration includes presentations by local non-profits and community organizations who have received funding over the years, raffles, wine tasting, food and more! Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the door or in advance by calling Kristen Welch at 524-1100 ext. 445
Thurs. 7th – Sun. 10th “Baby” – Live Performance of the Broadway Musical
Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road, Meredith. “Baby” is about the painful, rewarding and agonizingly funny consequences of the universal experience of pregnancy and upcoming parenthood. 279-0333 or www.winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org
Much Ado About Nothing
Village Players Theatre, 51 Glendon Street, Wolfeboro. Tickets available at The Country Bookseller and at Black’s in Wolfeboro, or can be purchased online at www.performitstagecompany. org Friday 8th
Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach. www. casinoballroom.com 929-4100
The Garcia Project
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 or www. flyingmonkeynh.com
Pemi Choral Spring Concert – “American Tapestry”
St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church,
Franklin. 7:30pm. Concert honors the immigrant experience. The program will include personal immigration stories of the family of the choral society members, and readings from relevant PBS broadcasts from the book “97 Orchard Street”. Admission by donation. 536-1572
The Ervin Dhimo Jazz Trio
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. Call 527-0043 for dinner reservations.
Rummage Sale & Flea Market United Methodist Beach. 8am-1pm.
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Fri. 8th – Sun. 10th You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992 or www. rochesteroperahouse.com
Saturday 9th Rummage Sale
Holderness Community Church, 923 US Route 3, Holderness. 9am-2pm. 968-7643
The Magic of Mozart – Piccola Opera
Concord City Auditorium, Concord. 7:30pm. This family-friendly event will offer some sparkling selections from Mozart operas. $15pp General Admission.Tickets available at Gibsons Book Store, www.piccolaopera.net or at the door.
The Used & Chevelle
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach. www. casinoballroom.com 929-4100
4th Annual Komen NH Race for the Cure
Race starts and finishes at Strawbery Banke Museum. 5K run or walk race. $35/ runners and walkers, $30/ Survivors and $20/children under 12. www.komenvtnh.org/nhrace or 802362-2733
Walk MS Laconia
Opechee Park, 867 Main Street, Laconia. Check-in at 9am, walk begins at 10am. Participants will walk a five-mile fully accessible route. www. walkmsgne.org or call 1-800-3444867
11th Annual Choose Franklin Community Day
Odell Park, Memorial Street, Franklin. The fun begins with a parade at 10am and continues at the park with food, vendors, crafts, entertainment and fun! Free event! 934-3108 ext. 4420
Todd Rundgren
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 or www. flyingmonkeynh.com
“Things My Mother Taught Me” – An Evening of Stories and Songs Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium, Meredith. Nancy Barry performs her one-woman show. 1-888-245-6374
Paul Smith Elementary School Hero Hustle Fun Run/Walk
Starts at the River Street Extension in Franklin. 8am. Prizes will be awarded for best Super Hero costume. $10/ children 10 yrs and under, $20/ all others. 934-4144 ext 211
New Horizons Band – Live Concert
Taylor Community’s Woodside Building, 435 Union Ave, Laconia. 2pm. Free and open to the public, a free-will donation will be accepted for the band. 524-5600
Rummage Sale & Flea Market United Methodist Beach. 8am-1pm.
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The Racky Thomas Blues Band
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. Call 527-0043 for dinner reservations.
Predators of the Sky
Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 11am and 1pm. Each program lasts 90 minutes with limited seating. Presenter Tom Ricardi is a licensed rehabilitator and wildlife biologist, and has spent more than 35 years as a Fish and Wildlife Game Warden in Massachusetts. $12/ members, $14/non-members, $25/ combo of program and trail pass. 9687194
Lidded Basket Class – Class Continues the Following Saturday
League of NH Craftsmen, 279 D.W. Highway, Meredith. 9am-5pm. Class taught by Ray Lagasse. Bring a lunch as the workshop runs a full 8 hours. The second half of the class will be held Saturday the 16th. Tuition rages from $130 - $145 per student, depending on the basket you choose to make. Pre-registration is required. 279-7920
Benefit for Joshua Preston
American Legion Post 49, Tilton. 4-9pm. Joshua was hospitalized in November with a serious head injury and broken arm after a motorcycle accident. He was cleared to return to work in April, but two days after returning to work he was hospitalized again, this time for kidney failure. Josh and his wife, Danielle are expecting a baby in August. Please help celebrate and support his recovery. Live music; DJ Todd Small, Last Shot and Triple Creek. There will be an auction and raffles. 286-3090
5th Annual Spring Bird-Watching Walk
Gilford Public Library invites everyone to join birdwatcher, Mike Coskren and the Library staff on this special walk. Meet at Ellacoya State Park at 7:30am. Walk through various habitats, listening and watching for birds that are migrating north. Trail conditions may be muddy, so wear appropriate footware. Bring your binoculars and bug spray. Rain date will be Saturday, May 16th. 524-6042
Sunday 10th Pemi Choral Spring Concert – “American Tapestry”
Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth. 3pm. Concert honors the immigrant experience. The program will include personal immigration stories of the family of the choral society members, and readings from relevant PBS broadcasts from the book “97 Orchard Street”. Tickets can be purchased at the door. 536-1572
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Fusion’s First Annual Impact Awards Saturday, May 7th, 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Laconia Country Club cluchouse.Fusion will hold its first annual awards ceremony to acknowledge community members who support the future development of the Lakes Region. The nominees have been narrowed down to 7 finalists: Krysten S. Adel, Allison Ambrose, Laura L. Brusseau, Amy Nutter Burke, Ashley Halsey, Don Morrissey and John Walker. The 3 winners will be announced the evening of the event. The event judges, Allan Beetle, Carmen Lorentz, Scott Myers and Michael Seymour, will present the awards to the winners. Fusion’s Impact Awards were created to recognize members of the community that personify the Fusion mission to cultivate a network of individuals that are committed to supporting the Lakes Region. Award nominees are leading the way to a brighter future for the Lakes Region and supporting the next generation of leaders. Tickets are only $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite. The evening will include fun activities, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Contact us via email at FusionNH603@gmail.com or visit FusionNH.org.
Perennial Plant Sale On Saturday, May 9th, there will be a Perennial Plant Sale – 10am to 2pm at the Hamilton House in South Berwick. The sale takes place at the Hamilton House garden cottage, rain or shine. Gardeners Mimi Demers and Kathy Gray will be on hand to assist shoppers with their plant and gardening questions. Spend at least $20 on merchandise or plant material and receive a voucher for a free house tour that is valid until the end of June. Historic New England members receive a 10% discount off plant and shop purchases. For more information, please call the Southern Maine office of Historic New England at 207-384-2454.
Bird House Auction Fundraiser For The Dogs At Patrick’s Pub The Happy Tails Dog Park will be holding a Bird House Auction fundraiser Patrick’s Pub in Gilford on Thursday, May 28th from 5 – 10pm. Patrick’s is donating a portion of the proceeds from the meals sold that evening to the Happy Tails Dog Park. Just remember to tell your server that you are there to support the group. At the same time you are enjoying that wonderful meal from Patrick’s, a Silent Auction will be held which will feature bird houses decorated by a number of local artists. Included are Larry Frates, Maureen Bieniarz-Pond, Donna Manning, Cari Ordway (Bead Divine), Melissa McCarthy (The Studio), Jason Twombly, Jeanne Cox (Art Escape), Gail Brunt (All Fabric Arts), Marlene Witham, Mona Smith, and Jean Foote. The Happy Tails Dog Park of the Lakes Region is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization founded in 2008 by a group of private citizens who wish to create an off- leash dog park in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. The group does not receive any private tax payer funds from any NH municipality and are not associated as a division of, nor are we a sister organization to, any other Lakes Region animal related organization.
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Not since the Hatfields and the McCoys. Not since the Yankees and the Red Sox. Not since gluten versus gluten free has there been such a rivalry brewing. Of course I am talking about Laconia versus Keene. Being a resident of Laconia, I have to tiptoe carefully around this subject, not only for my own safety, but for the safety of my loved ones; not to mention my own legacy here in the Lake City. For those of you who have either been living in a cave (or maybe just doing something constructive) you may have missed the news that has shaken the foundations of tradition to its very core. The Keene Pumpkin Festival, which has been in that town for twentyfour years, is now about to move to Laconia. Yes, no need to pinch yourself, you heard me correctly, the Keene Pumpkin Festival will now be in Laconia. It was decided to move it from Keene after a bunch of college kids went a little too far in their sociology class experiment to see if riots can affect the outcome of events in a community. Those who didn’t go to jail got an A+. This will be a great boon for business in Laconia and many merchants are excited about it; the merchants in Keene, not so much. Of course, it won’t be
called the Keene Pumpkin Festival because that would make no sense and would confuse people who want to come to the pumpkin festival. Extensive marketing has proven that more people will attend events if they know exactly where it is. In fact, the name of the event is in question since some in Keene are adamant that it can’t be called the 25th Annual New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival. So adamant, in fact, that one Keene man registered the names “New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival” and “Annual Pumpkin Festival” to keep Laconia from using them. Now the Laconia city fathers and mothers will have to put their collective heads together to come up with a new name so as not to incur any lawsuits. (Maybe something like “The Laconia Pumpkin Festival” or “The Granite State Pumpkin Festival” but that is just an uneducated suggestion from a simple man. I’ll leave the heavy mental lifting to them.) If that were the end to this tragedy, it might not seem so bad; but there is more to this story of tradition gone wild. Not only have these names, so familiar to attendees of pumpkin festivals in the past, been eliminated from consideration and sure to cause pure chaos on the highways and byways once the time comes to travel to this yearly tradition, but now a spite pumpkin festival is being planned in Swanzey to further add to the confusion. As if this isn’t enough to make our pumpkin festival forefathers turn over in their beds, the city of Claremont is jumping on board with their own pumpkin festival the same day as Laconia and the town of Milford is having
one a couple of weeks earlier. (Who knows what city or town might be next to jump on the bandwagon. After all, when it comes to festivals celebrating the state fruit, there are no laws...yet.) The state will now be saturated with pumpkin festivals and this magical time for adults and kids will no longer have that mystical appeal since deciding on which one to attend will now be no more exciting than deciding which number meal you want at the fast food restaurant. Who will have the best attendance at their pumpkin festival will now have to come down to more than how many pumpkins there are, but what other attractions might be offered to satisfy the public’s needs. As a resident of Laconia I am only suggesting that we will need to go much further than face-painting and balloon tying to bring in the crowds. There will have to be contests and giveaways (who doesn’t like free stuff) as well as top notch entertainment and maybe a few surprise celebrities (not counting presidential candidates, they’d show up for anything.) Maybe even get rid of the pumpkins, they’ll just get in the way. Whatever is decided, you know that there is going to be some tough competition. It’s gonna be a real dogfight and the scars might not ever heal. Then again, it could just be easier to have the “First Annual Squash Festival.” Brendan’s new book “The Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” will be published soon. Hear some of the stories at www.foolinnh.com
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Guest Editorial Welcome to New Hampshire Presidential Candidates by Tom Thomson Orford, NH.
I would like to welcome all 2016 Presidential Candidates of both parties and those who are still considering running for President of the United States. New Hampshire hosts the “First in the Nation Primary” which will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this primary election. We may be a small state both in popu-
lation and geography, but for most Presidential Candidates, it’s a “Big Deal,” as our experienced voters level the playing field for all who seek to run for President. To be successful here, you need to plan early, to be prepared to work hard, to assemble a better grass roots team than anyone else (my suggestion: consider New Hampshire folks who know the lay of the land), to not be afraid to come
My Pledge to the American People As a candidate for the President of the United States, I pledge to you, that if elected to serve the people of this great nation, I will work tirelessly to:
1. Cut Taxes, Fees, and Regulations that are destroying our Small Businesses and Jobs. 2. Cut Spending and Reduce the National Debt. 3. Cut the size of Government at all levels. 4. Secure our borders by using whatever means are necessary. 5. Become Energy Independent within 4 years. 6. Repeal and Replace ObamaCare. 7. Faithfully and forcefully uphold, follow, and protect the United States Constitution.
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back to New Hampshire often, like every other week or more frequently and not to be afraid to campaign north of Concord. Yes, there are voters in the North Country and on Election Day they remember and reward those who have visited them. New Hampshire voters take Presidential Campaigning seriously. We want to see and meet each of you two to three times before we decide. It’s kind of like buying a car; we check you out, kick the tires, ask tough questions to see which of you performs the best and who will reduce big government within our daily lives, lower taxes and reduce regulations, etc. Above all, don’t get impatient with us as it takes us time. This is a big decision for our family, our state and our nation. That’s how it works in New Hampshire - the
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“First in the Nation Primary”. New Hampshire also has a long history of what we refer to as “The Pledge.” Nearly fifty years ago my father, the late New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson (1973-1979), decided to run for office (1968) and he pledged to the voters that he would “Ax the Tax,” which simply meant that he promised to the people if elected to serve he would veto a sales or income tax and today, New Hampshire continues to have neither tax. From that first Pledge, the voters made clear in New Hampshire that we expect those running for office to Pledge what they stand for and that they would be willing to sign “The Pledge” before asking for our support and our vote. After my father’s passing in 2001, I decided it
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.
was important to continue “The Pledge” and I know Dad would approve. First the Pledge has been every two years for county and state elected officials as well as state Congressional and Senatorial elections, which has been very successful in protecting our voters. In 2010, I decided it was time that we should have a Presidential Pledge, which was ready in 2011 for the “First in the Nation Primary.” Candidates from both parties were asked to sign and on August 12, 2011 Governor Mitt Romney was the first of eight to sign “The Presidential Pledge”. The 2016 Presidential Pledge will be ready to sign within the week and I encourage all Presidential Candidates to sign the “First in the Nation Primary Pledge,” which is attached. I plan to reach out to each Presidential Candidate and ask them to sign “The Pledge”. I also encourage each Presidential Candidate to spend as much time as you can in New Hampshire and don’t you, your staff and the media forget to take a few extra minutes before leaving our great state to do some shopping for your families and loved ones; it’s TAX FREE. Happy campaigning in New Hampshire, the “First in the Nation’s Primary” with its proud motto “Live Free or Die.” Hope to see you on the campaign trail!
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Yours truly demonstrates just one of many double post-holes we made during our outing. Moving was slow and difficult without snowshoes but since we were just skiing and snowboarding we didn’t bring them along. Believe it or not it was a wicked fun adventure. Yes, I know it is May. Technically the season of spring, according to my calendar, began on Friday March 20th but Mother Nature is still allowing winter to beat spring up. There is snow in the mountains. Heck it snowed last weekend and caused grave concern over serious avalanche danger in Tuckerman Ravine. The majority of us stayed away for safety reasons. The spring rituals of skiing on soft corn snow in the famous bowl will hopefully return this weekend. South of the White Mountains, thankfully, spring has finally made a strong appearance. Monadnock, Sunapee and Kearsarge trails are finally clear of snow and ice. Now we just have to wait for the black flies to appear. OK, I know that isn’t funny, but it seems
fair that since we had to wait so long for spring that maybe we could skip black fly season please. Since we didn’t want to tempt fate during high avalanche danger we went back to enjoy another Saturday morning of just terrific mid-winter like conditions at Wildcat. The skiing and the snowboarding were terrific! I was bundled up just like it was February. In the mid-afternoon Becca and I decided we needed to get out hiking. We decided it would be fun to find our way to the summit of Little Attitash via skinning up the mountain. Attitash ski area is closed for the season but there was still a lot of snow on their ski trails. There are a quite a few of us that like to climb up closed ski areas for a few last runs of the
year. We hit Pats Peak and Crotched. Becca also skinned up Ragged and Waterville Valley last week. I have friends that have been up Cannon too. We’re sure to stay far away from buildings and anything that looks like a construction project. We hope we’re allowed back next year and the year after, so if you go to a closed resort, behave. We started from Bear Peak skinned up and followed trails that connected over to the summit of Attitash. All the way up the bounty of man made snow we noticed that there was very little snow in the woods. But on the summit of the ski area, elevation 2,350 feet, there was lots of snow still in the trees. Since this was a spur of the moment adventure, we did not consider the fact that we should have See patenaude on 23
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Debunking Obama’s Bilious Baltimore Babble It’s never enough. American taxpayers have surrendered billions and billions and billions of dollars to the social-justiceby Michelle Malkin s p e n d e r - i n chief. But it’s Syndicated Columnist never, ever enough. The latest paroxysm of urban violence, looting, and recriminations in Baltimore prompted President Obama on Tuesday to trot out his frayed Blame The Callous, Tight-Fisted Republicans card. After dispensing with an obligatory wrist-slap of toilet paper-and Oreo-filching “protesters” who are burning Charm City to the ground (he hurriedly changed it to “criminals and thugs” mid-word), the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner got down to his usual business: hectoring his political opponents and grousing that America hasn’t forked over enough money for him to make the “massive investments” needed to “make a difference right now.” If we are “serious” about preventing more riots, the president declared, then “the rest of us” (translation: all of us stingy conservatives) have to make sure “we are providing early education” and “making investments” so that inner-city youths are “getting the training they need to find jobs.” Narcissus on the Potomac wheedled that “there’s a bunch of my agenda that would make a difference right now.” Me, me, me! His laundry list of the supposedly underfunded cures that he can’t get through Congress includes “school reform,” “job training” and “some investments in infrastructure” to “attract new busi-
nesses.” I’ll give POTUS credit: He can lay it on thicker than a John Deere manure spreader. Let’s talk “massive investments,” shall we? In 2009, Obama and the Democrats rammed the $840 billion federal stimulus package through Capitol Hill under the guise of immediate job creation and economic recovery. An estimated $64 billion went to public school districts; another nearly $50 billion went for other education spending. This included $13 billion for low-income public school kids; $4.1 billion for Head Start and childcare services; $650 million for educational technology; $200 million for working college students; and $70 million for homeless children. How’s that all working out? Last week, economists from the St. Louis Federal Reserve surveyed more than 6,700 education stimulus recipients and concluded that for every $1 million of stimulus grants to a district, a measly 1.5 jobs were created. “Moreover, all of this increase came in the form of nonteaching staff,” the report found, and the “jobs effect was also not statistically different from zero.” More than three-quarters of the jobs “created or saved” in the first year of the stimulus were government jobs, while roughly 1 million private sector jobs were forestalled or destroyed, according to Ohio State University. President Obama later admitted “there was no such thing” as “shovel-ready projects.” But there were plenty of pork-ready recipients, from green energy billionaires to union bosses to Democratic campaign finance bundlers. About $230 billion in porkulus funds was set aside for infrastructure projects,
Fact or Fiction – The World According to Sen. Ted Cruz
As many of you know, I am big supporter of Sen. Ted Cruz. After reading some alarming statements here in New Hampshire by Jane Cormier r e g a r d i n g h i s Hooksett, NH. political record, I decided to do some digging! Here are the fruits of my labor… FICTION: “Essentially, Cruz’s wife Heidi once worked for Merrill Lynch and is a Goldman Sachs Regional Manager, which is a little concerning, given, you know, the massive bailouts and their involvement with the Federal Reserve in deflating our currency and killing our economy.” FACT: Heidi Cruz is a wealth manager in the Houston office helping families and foundations and is not connected with the company’s Washington operations. She has always been located in Houston while employed See malkin on 27 at Goldman Sachs. And, the
division Heidi worked in was not connected to the portion of the bank that received bailout money. Her division would not have been affected even if Goldman had not received the bailout! Heidi has taken a leave of absence from her work to focus full-time on the campaign with her husband. Sen. Cruz unequivocally opposes bailouts that reward big banks and corporations at the expense of American taxpayers. There has also been some rumblings regarding Heidi supposedly working for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Heidi never “worked” for the CFR, but she was a “term member” of the CFR (one of 4,500 members, I might add). She is NO LONGER involved with CFR but she did participate in a Task Force on the topic of free trade under the Bush administration. However, as a member of this task force, she vigorously defended and called for free-market prinSee cormier on 26
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Killings, Censorship, Control, Define New Media Landscape UNITED NATIONS—The targeted killings of journalists, the suffocating censorship in many countries, and the widening governmental conby John J. Metzler trols on meSyndicated Columnist dia activities, characterize the contemporary media landscape in large parts of the world. Add the ghastly shock effect of beheadings of journalists in the Middle East by Islamic State or the barbaric attacks in the heart of Paris against the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, or the pervasive intimidation against the investigative press in Mexico by drug lords, and the picture becomes more alarming. To this backdrop comes the heavy hand of state censorship, internet interference and intimidation which remains widespread. A recent report also warns of the widening danger in such countries as Turkey where the “media has fallen into full compliance with the structures of power, most notably those of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.” In its annual survey “Attacks on the Press, Journalism on the World’s Front Lines,“ the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a respected media watchdog group, presents a disturbing account of the continuing deterioration of press freedoms globally. Yet in a special focus on the world’s ten most censored countries, the sec-
tion investigates and charts the censorship policies by a number of regimes ranging from Azerbaijan to Mainland China and Vietnam. Leading the list in the Top Ten of censorship include Eritrea, North Korea and Saudi Arabia. The East African land of Eritrea, a one party dictatorship, allows only tightly controlled state run media and boasts the largest number of journalists in prison. Internet is available to only one percent of the population. What makes the situation worse is that Eritrea is largely unknown, isolated (it was once an Italian colony and part of Ethiopia) and thus almost totally airbrushed from mainstream human rights coverage. North Korea needs no introduction. The retro-communist state promotes a cult- like adulation of the Kim regime through state run media. The Korean Central News Agency controls all media and there are no known dissident publications. In its breadth of control and surveillance North Korea would best be described as an Orwellian state. Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Azerbaijan are the classic mix of authoritarianism and predictable media censorship. The Saudi authorities, fearing political spillover from the Arab Spring have according to the CPJ, “Punished the publication of any material deemed to contravene Sharia law” or impinge on state interests. Vietnam also makes the sordid list. “Vietnam’s Communist Party run government allows no privately held print or broadcast outlets,” states CPJ adding, “The Central
Propaganda Department holds mandatory weekly meetings with local newspaper, radio and TV editors to hand down directives. “ The Hanoi government is one of the world’s worst jailers of journalists. The Islamic Republic of Iran comes in seventh as CPJ advises,
“The government uses mass and arbitrary detention as a means of silencing dissent and forcing journalists into exile.” It’s no surprise that Iran has become one of the worst regimes when it comes to arresting and jailing the press.
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Anti-Trust Law And Lawlessness We all make mistakes and some of us learn from them. What is even better is to learn from other people’s mistakes, where they pay by Thomas Sowell for those misSyndicated Columnist takes while we learn free of charge. Many Americans who say that we should learn from other people, especially Europeans, mean that we should imitate what they did. That may make those who talk this way feel superior to other Americans. But let us never forget that the most disastrous ideologies of the 20th century -- Communism, Fascism and Nazism -- all originated in Europe. So did both World Wars. More recently, Europe has been belatedly discovering how unbelievably stupid it was to import millions of people from cultures that despise Western values, and which often promote hatred toward Western people. Maybe that is a mistake that we can think about when Congress finally decides to do something about our open borders and our immigration laws that we refuse to enforce. European anti-trust regulators are giving us another free lesson in confused thinking by filing antitrust charges against Google, on grounds that its searching facilities give preferential treatment to Google’s own searching services over other competing searching services. The European Union’s commissioner for competition explained the basis for the complaint against Google: “We have a focus on a cer-
tain conduct, a certain behavior which, if our doubts are going to be proven, we would like to change because we believe that it hampers competition.” Some of us think laws should be clear-cut statements of what you can and cannot do. Indicting people under laws that can lead to fines in the billions of dollars over what “we believe” or what international bureaucrats have “doubts” about is not really law. It is an exercise of arbitrary power, based on whatever subjective notions are in vogue among government bureaucrats. The history of American antitrust law shows too many similar vague and confused notions masquerading as law. The idea that the accused must prove their innocence, under the “rebuttable presumptions” of the RobinsonPatman Act of 1936, was a forerunner of the same mindset under later “disparate impact” theories in civil rights law. What such fancy words boil down to is that very little evidence is required to shift the burden of proof to the accused, in defiance of centuries-old legal traditions that the accuser has the burden of proof in criminal cases and the plaintiffs have the burden of proof in civil cases. Otherwise, any fact or theory that sounds plausible to legal authorities is enough to force the accused to prove a negative or lose the case. Such violations of the legal standards used in most other cases are usually inflicted on those who have already been demonized and whose guilt has been assumed and punishment is fervently desired, such as big business, employers accused of discrimination or men accused of rape. See Sowell on 26
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Sharpton: DOJ Take Over Policing In USA – We Told You! Next Lakes Region TEA Party Meeting Wednesday, May 20 at the Moultonboro Life S a f e t y by Niel Young Advocates Columnist Building, behind the Library, at 7:00 p.m. The group will make available lists of issues for members to follow up on and report back at meetings. The “powers that be� are overwhelming in numbers. It’s time to learn all the ways that they are taking away our rights. We will also be learning about “Prepping�. Are you prepared in case of emergencies or catastrophes? Let’s find out! And, we’ll be continuing with our series of the Constitution by video with Rick Green. All are welcome to join us and be involved in the political process. For more information, contact Hal or Peggy Graham at halpeg76@metrocast.net In addition to these good people my radio program is the place to speak to all of America via AM 1350 and live stream wezs.com 9 hours a week. Monday through Friday 9 EST and Saturday 8-Noon EST. The Saturday show is available via podcast using same wezs.com – hour by hour! We cannot wait for the 2016 elections, NOW is the time to take on the politicians, the bureaucrats. Tell all politicians WE want to see some action on the issues within the next 3-6 months, NOT November 2016 because we cannot trust them and we will begin lining up primary challengers in BOTH parties. Got it? There has to be Tea Party folks who are from Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians. We love our country, and Obama, Republicans in Name Only, and those who
just don’t care what happens to OUR United States who like redistribution of other peoples’ money to those who will not work, and believe the National Debt is just numbers. ******** A Kentucky court ruled that a Lexington printer is free to decline to print messages that conflict with his religious beliefs and that the government cannot force him to do otherwise. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission ruled last year that Blaine Adamson of Hands On Originals must print messages that conflict with his faith on shirts that customers order from him. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Adamson appealed the ruling to the Fayette Circuit Court, which has now reversed the commission’s decision. “The government can’t force citizens to surrender free-speech rights or religious freedom in order to run a small business, and this decision affirms that,� said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jim Campbell, who argued before the court in Hands On Originals v. LexingtonFayette Urban County Human Rights Commission. “The court rightly recognized that the law protects Blaine’s decision not to print shirts with messages that conflict with his beliefs, and that no sufficient reason exists for the government to coerce Blaine to act against his conscience in this way.� The court concluded that Adamson did not violate the law when he declined to print expressive shirts promoting the Lexington Pride Festival, hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization. Adamson regularly does business with and employs people who iden-
tify as homosexual, so his decision was based solely on his constitutionally protected freedom to decline to convey a message with which he disagrees, not on any characteristic of the customer. http://www. alliancedefendingfreedom. org/News/PRDetail/9254 ******** h t t p : / / w w w . bloomberg.com/politics/ articles/2015-04-30/ obama-says-he-might-goback-to-community-organizing: One day when he’s done wrangling with the Iranians and congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama plans to get back to where he once belonged. The most powerful man in the world wants to return to community organizing after he hands over the keys to the White House in 2017, he told middle-school students at a public library in Washington’s Anacostia neighborhood today “I’ll be done being president in a couple of years and I’ll still be a pretty young man,� he said. “And so I’ll go back to doing the kinds of work I was doing before, just trying to find ways to help people.� First, this president and Nobel Peace prize recipient, cannot be the most powerful man with the number of wars around the world, and the lack of respect from other world leaders. He has never stopped being a community organizer. Barack is a thug. Do think that the timely arrival of Al Sharpton and his comments about Al “we need the justice department to stop in and take over the policing in this country� is preparing OUR country for the National Police Force Hussein Obama has in mind?
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ly strong will to live, and he continually triumphed over the challenges he faced. Sadly, last Spring, at almost 14 years old, Benny would encounter his final challenge. He developed what, at first glance, seemed like a simple abscess. Unfortunately, it turned out that the abscess was being caused by an inoperable growth. Once again, our strong boy wouldn’t quit and we were able to manage his condition for several months….. but we knew our time with Ben Ben was limited. This past Thanksgiving eve, Benjamin had trouble getting up on his feet. After several days of failed treatment, it was obvious he was nearing the end. Not wanting him to suffer, we were forced to make a heartbreaking decision. It was a cold December morning as I sat on the floor of Benny’s stall, handfeeding him breakfast and talking to him softly, while awaiting our veterinarian’s arrival. I told Benjamin that because he was too weak to get up and walk, and we didn’t want him to suffer in the cold, we were going to help him cross over to the other side. I explained that Daisy would be there to greet him, and he would again be able
An older Ben Ben, aka: ‘One-Horned Wonder’ on his last day with us on the farm. to frolic and graze in the warmth of the sun, with all his animal friends who had passed before him. I assured him that he would be restored to the regalness of his youth, and that he would even have both his horns once again. I also told him how much we were going to miss him. Benny’s initial response was a desperate attempt to get to his feet, as if to tell me he really didn’t want to go. It was agonizing for me to watch him struggle, and I doubted whether I was making the right decision. Then, as I wiped tears from my eyes, Benny let out a slow sigh, lifted his face to
gently place his lips against mine, and held them there for a long moment, in what would be his final kiss to me. When our vet arrived, I was a mess. He gently examined Ben, confirming our suspicion that Benny’s body was shutting down and that it was indeed time to help our friend cross over. As our vet compassionately spoke to me, Benjamin laid his head in the palms of my hands and stared into my eyes. Then Benny placed his forehead against mine, while our vet guided him to heaven, and I bid my dear friend farewell.
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Through sobs of grief, I recalled an endearing Christmas Eve memory to my vet, of Benjamin unbolting all the stall doors, so the animals could consume their Christmas tree that stood in the middle aisle of the barn. My vet chuckled and told me that Benny’s exceptionally long life was a tribute to his love for us and us for him. Shortly after my vet left, my husband arrived home from work, and went to say his final goodbye to Benjamin. As he approached the barn, he thought he heard Benjamin’s distinctive bleating coming from inside. In disbelief, he shook it off as wishful thinking. But as he moved through the tack room, he was certain he heard it again. Not knowing what to expect, he swiftly approached Benjamin’s stall. Of course, there Benny remained at peace, in his final sleep. Unbeknown to my husband, at that exact moment, I was in the house praying for a sign that Benjamin was ok, and that he had forgiven us for the decision we had made. When my husband came inside and swore he had heard Benjamin, I rushed out to the barn myself, hoping to experience the same miracle. But, all I heard was silence. Devastated, I walked around the barn, recalling Benny’s presence, as if he was still with me. All the other animals were outside in the paddock, so it was just me with my memories. Then, as I glanced around
at the empty stalls, I got my sign. The door to the run-in stall stood ajar, its interior latch mysteriously slid open, as if in tribute to the Christmas story I had just told my vet. Recalling my morning barn chores, I remembered deliberately locking all the stall doors, and double-checking the run-in latch, so none of the other animals could come inside during our ordeal. I also remembered thinking how much I was going to miss my lock-master’s antics. Staring at the unlocked door, I felt a grateful shiver run through me as I received this confirmation that Benjamin was indeed ok, and that his spirit would always be with us. I walked back over to Benny’s stall, as a smile spread across my face. But this time….as I again bid farewell to my friend…. I added the words: “until we meet again…” Dawn Thomson is an independent columnist who, with the help of her husband and two children, runs a private animal sanctuary, called Reuben’s Rescue Ranch, located at 161 Route 104, Danbury, NH. Their mission is to provide a permanent safe haven for animals in need, as well as offering educational opportunities for the public to share hands-on experiences with these beloved creatures. Reuben’s Rescue Ranch is open to the public for visitors every Saturday from 10am-4pm, beginning Mid-Late May. Watch for official opening date on their Facebook page or website. Group outings are available at other times by appointment. Farm-fresh eggs are available for sale, plus check out their on-site thrift shop, with all proceeds going directly to support the animals. Donations can be made directly to the farm, or to the Reuben’s Rescue account at Osborne’s Agway in Belmont. For more information, call 6302239, or email ReubensRescueRanch@myfairpoint.net. Be sure to check out their website at www.reubensrescueranch. weebly.com and/or like them on Facebook. Thank you for your support!
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family/home. My Aunt Heather and Gram (Teresa Paradis) are the two people who influence me the most, and Aunt Heather is the one who encouraged me to have a project horse to rehabilitate and work with. We were reviewing the list of horses on the farm in need of one on one work, and came across Prince. I took him on as my project horse. Because there was already a horse at the farm named Prince, we renamed him Princeton. He’s the best little mustang pony, until it comes to riding, when he’d get very headstrong. We kept working together and eventually became “BFFL’s (best friends for life). Once, he challenged me in the spring Pony Games (a half day event held at the farm, for people to have fun competing in events with their rescue ponies). I tried to forget about it, and we kept working together. Later, at the fall Pony Games, he reared a little. I had someone lead me, and things got better. After growing closer in our
Tianna with her Auntie Heather in Concord’s Christmas Day Parade. work together, I begged my grandpa for Princeton, and just this year he was my Christmas gift. Princeton and I have made a lot of progress together. We’ve been in local parades, the Chichester Old Home Days, started riding lessons, and a fifteen mile group trail ride. I’ve even taught him how
to give kisses and Spanish Walk. I hope to eventually teach him how to wait in one spot, and then on command, come to me. There’s always a new challenge, and a new reward, at Live and Let Live Farm! Tianna. With kids like Tianna, and Rachel (whom we featured in our March column)
we think the future of Live and Let Live Farm, and this home we call Earth, might just be in pretty good hands. Care to join us?! ******** Kids want to show they care and can help make a real difference. The Kids CARE program is in need of a facility to hold a fundraiser helping their precious
feathered and fur-baby friends. If you can help or have any ideas, please contact Teresa at tehorse@ aol.com. Please consider contacting Live and Let Live if you’re considering adopting a loving family companion. Financial contributions are desperately needed and greatly appreciated, as the costs to operate such a facility are staggering. Contributions are fully tax deductible, and 100% allocated to the care and healing of these animals. Contact Teresa by email, at: tehorse@aol.com, or send donations to: Live and Let Live Farm Rescue, 20 Paradise Lane, Chichester NH 03258. Donations can also be made with credit or debit cards, at: www. liveandletlivefarm.org. We welcome you for our weekly tours, held Sundays at 2:30 pm, to meet the animals of Live and Let Live Farm. If you’re looking to adopt or become part of the working hands and caring hearts of our volunteer family, the tour is where it all begins.
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What Do I Do Now? by Steve White Contributing Writer
You have witnessed the fledging stage of your backyard birds. The babies have left the nest box on your property. You listened to our advice and placed it at the correct location, at the proper height. More importantly, the hole was facing in the right direction so that the prevailing New England winds didn’t create havoc with the eggs. Did you know that most cavity nesting birds have more than one brood each year? Would you like to see the same birds reuse your nest box immediately after the baby birds have “flown the coup?” Should you remove the old nest or leave it so that the adults do not waste energy building another one? What if the birds do not like you touching their home? If you do remove the nest, how can you be sure when to take action? What if the birds return and see an empty nest box? These are the most common questions our customers have in regards to bird houses or nest boxes, as we prefer to call them. Birds only use a box to lay eggs and raise the young. After baby birds leave the nest for the first time, they do not return. The nest box has accomplished its task. It is time for this box to assist the adults in another brood immediately after the fledgling stage has been completed.
First, how do you know if the babies have left? If you have ever witnessed a nest in action, the activity of the parents raising and feeding the young is a constant, daily commotion. Every ten minutes or so, birds will be leaving and entering the hole. When the babies are big enough, the tiny heads will always be sticking out of the entrance. After the birds fledge, all activity around this nest box ceases to exist. The difference is very noticeable. You will know the day the nest is no longer being used. At this time, you should remove the old nest and properly dispose of it. Do not simply brush it to the ground as the birds will use the old material to build a second nest. Old nesting materials such as grasses contain mites and other harmful microbes that will harm newborn hatchlings. Farme r s w h o store hay in barns have to be careful to rotate old stock with new to ensure that contamination does not occur for the same reason. Usually, most people can remove the first nest around the end of June. Birds that started the first nesting at the beginning of spring are usually ready for the second nest building stage at that time. So, give your birds a helpin g h a n d now so you can relive the moment when new life emerges from your backyard. Enjoy your birds! Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve White is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at major conven-
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first meeting took place in a non-denominational house of worship about one mile west of Center Harbor. The first pastor was Rev. David Smith in 1818, He died of consumption in 1824 and church membership was then at 41. In 1831 the name was changed to the First Congregational Church of Meredith. The present church was previously located on Meredith Bay (near the intersection of Pleasant Street and Rte. 25), but was moved up to its current location in 1842 when then Deacon Furber and his wife, who lived immediately north of the present Fellowship Hall, donated land and requested the church be moved to Highland Street (its present location) for “his wife’s convenience.” No photographs documented this move. Congregation members today assume it was moved using basic physics – oxen pulling the building along a log progression. One church member, Wayne Bredvik, imagines that the process might have occurred dur-
(L) Pastor Russell Rowland of First Congregational Church (FCC) of Meredith and Rev. Gary Schulte, United Church of Christ Conference Minister at FCC’s 200th celebration. Kimberly j.B.Smith Photo
ing the winter when the ice provided a flat surface. Two hundred years ago, technology was not available to
capture this event. Considering the lack of machinery, moving the church up the hill takes on a new level
of amazement. Other changes along the way include the addition of the bell tower and spire in 1871. Previously, there existed a square roof line with four small spires around the edge. Originally there was a chandelier of oil lamps which now finds its home at the local Farm Museum. In 1878, the Fellowship Hall and offices were added. The four sided clock was given by Virginia Ladd in 1903 and electric lights were installed at the same time. Around 1920, the front of the church was remodeled, changing two single doors to make a central entrance. A fire above the sanctuary in 1938 not only required extensive repairs but also forced a complete overhaul of the Robinson Pipe Organ which had been installed in 1868. Other improvements were required due to a kitchen fire in 1951 and the parsonage furnace blowing up during the same decade. An organ replaced the former one in 1955. Pew cushions were added in 1990.
March 2000, saw the restoration of the church steeple and the steeple bell was silent for many years. Damage was found above the clock in 2010 and more repairs were needed. The life of the church is documented through these physical events – some planned but some entirely by surprise. The aforementioned four sided clock is now a local treasure whose hourly ringing reminds us that we are in a town where a special spiritual place exists. Just cast your eyes up Highland Street, a place where you are indeed welcome. As the years have passed, a caring board of Trustees have facilitated the repairs and upgrades to the physical building that include upgrades to stained glass detailing in 1988, and upgrades that make worship available to the elderly – relating to hearing and seating, to name just a few. Beyond the physical campus, there is a history of humanity that is heartwarming. Beginning in 1841 with a vow to never hire a minister who supSee church on 21
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In 1976 the Women’s Fellowship crafted a stunning and exquisite quilt, depicting Meredith historical sites. Kimberly j.B.Smith Photo church from 20
ports slavery. In an upcoming presentation (May 23, 2015), authored by Pastor Russell Rowland and Sexton Peter Ayers, comes the following quote: “Resolved, that slave-holding is a sin
against God and Man and should be abolished, and we will not knowingly commune with a slaveholder or have one as a minister.” Continuing this philosophy is a membership of welcoming individuals who
reach out, no matter their youth or age to a public of the same. Contributions from church members are many and varied. In 1976 the Women’s Fellowship crafted a stunning and exquisite
The workings of the church clock which tolls every Kimberly j.B.Smith Photo hour. quilt, depicting Meredith historical sites. It is safely guarded under Plexiglas in the Fellowship Hall to this very day. Additionally, photos of various contributors to the church youth
include the late Barbara Clymer whose heart is still felt in the church nursery. Other examples of a church that thrives are a Mission Board which See church on 22
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supports local (including Habitat for Humanity) and worldwide needs (including scholarships to students in India), all vetted by the wider church. The Mission Board includes such members as Helen Robinson whose efforts “walk the talk.” A church school that has adapted to the needs of the congregation throughout the years - led by Deb McNeisch, Toni Brown, Wanda Miller & Sheri Collis to name a few. Fellowship coffee hours lead by
Don Lewis and a group of caring participants working behind the scenes. A choir led by Colette Fand and a very dedicated choir including soloist Sue Anderson. A Diaconate of caring and welcoming individuals including Dot Hartson – all whom are ready to welcome you. The church is led by a great humanitarian - Pastor Russell Rowland. In addition to what one might envision a pastor to be, Pastor Russ is a talented writer, amazing orator and
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a humorist whose comic timing is experienced during worship at just the right times. His talent is utilized weekly in personally crafted sermons. On any given week, one can walk in to worship and receive a salient nugget to take in and incorporate. This happens each and every week. There is no large entry fee to receive this gift. Life is, in my view, designed to find inspiration for improvement and
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A banner across the front of the First Congregational Church of Meredith proclaims their 200th anniversary. Pastor Russ’ weekly messages are just the ticket. Did I mention that Pastor Rowland has a number of published collections of poems too? A person to know, and to know him well is to have the best kind of guide. Pastor Rowland also has a mysterious side – only a few folks know why he exited out a side window on Christmas eve a few years ago… Now that is a great
story but the answer won’t be revealed here! Please join us in celebration of 200 great years in Meredith! May 16 Community Yard Sale May 23 Historical Church Pageant August 29 Church Auction Fundraiser www.fccmeredith.org
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rides, mountain biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, hiking and even mini golf are all activities that are offered by New Hampshire ski resorts come Memorial Day. I can’t wait.
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brought along snowshoes. The woods were too thick to ski or snowboard so we just had to bare boot it and suffer the consequences. We ducked into the woods right behind the ski patrol shack and we headed southwest. We went down into a col and the snow was deep. As we climbed out of the col we hoped the snow would be less but it wasn’t. We moved along carefully and slowly. It felt like the slowest bushwhack ever since nearly every step produced a deep posthole. We only had to go half a mile and another 150 feet of elevation to climb. When we hit the open ledges it was delightful. There was no snow on this southern exposure. Plus, we were rewarded
with splendid views of North Conway, Mount Cranmore’s still snowy slopes and North Moat was right next to us. We found the high point, an interesting high boxy ledge with a little cairn sitting on the middle of its highest point. We walked all around the area and continued west along the ledges that might have been part of the abandoned Humphrey’s Ledge Trail. For our return trip we followed our tracks and we moved along a bit faster since we weren’t sinking but just stepping into holes we had made on the way up. Back at the top of the ski area we were excited to click into our equipment. The snow was soft and it was easy to made big turns. We felt like
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Massabesic Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn. 7-8:30pm. Help improve water quality by soaking up rain water to keep driveway and roof runoff from reaching nearby water bodies. Learn the beneficial factors of a rain garden at your home and how to make one yourself. 668-2045
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Friends of the Meredith Library Book Sale
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Massabesic Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn. 9am-11am. Get help with garden design and learn how to provide food and cover for native species. Registration required. 668-2045
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to undermine U.S. sovereignty – something Sen. Cruz has spent years fighting to defend. Indeed, Sen. Cruz has a proven record of fighting to defend U.S. sovereignty. In Medellin v. Texas, Ted stood up to the World Court, the United Nations, 90 foreign nations, and fellow Texan George W. Bush, then President of the United States. He argued the case twice before the U.S. Supreme Court and won both times – successfully defending U.S. sovereignty from those who would seek to undermine it. FICTION: Senator Cruz “voted to extend the Patriot Act”. FACTS: Senator Cruz is a co-sponsor of the USA Freedom Act along
with Senator Mike Lee and others. The legislation would end the NSA’s bulk collection of private data under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Indeed, a part of the compromise legislation would extend other sections of the Patriot Act through 2017. (Surprisingly enough, Sen. Rand Paul did not support the USA Freedom Act even though it was reforming portions of the Patriot Act he has been most vocal about defeating.) You can read more on the legislative history: http://hotair.com/ archives/2014/11/19/ nsa-reform-bill-goesdown-to-defeat/ FICTION: Ted Cruz “sponsored a bill called the Expatriate Terrorist Act which would have given sweeping new pow-
ers to Obama to revoke the citizenship of anyone suspected of aiding a terrorist. Considering that no government report we have seen to date lists anyone such as ISIS or radical Islamists as “terrorists”…this bill was troublesome.” FACTS: The Expatriate Terrorist Act does not give “sweeping new powers” to the president. The three-page bill expanded the definition for people subject to the provisions of the already-existing Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S. Code § 1481) concerning loss of nationality by native-born or naturalized citizens. The legislation amends the definition of coverage that already includes nations and political subdivisions to include designated terrorist organizations. It does not grant the president any additional powers nor does it alter the burden of proof for guilt. The author of this quote speculates wildly about who qualifies as “terrorists” while ignoring the fact that the State Department’s foreign terrorist organizations list is clearly defined. http:// www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/ other/des/123085.htm. Since his overwhelmingly successful campaign launch at Liberty University (and NO, students were NOT forced to attend Cruz’s speech – they are required to attend every weekly “Convocation” no matter WHO is speaking), the Leftists, Establishment Moderates, and other pundits have ratcheted up the false rhetoric. It will be up to us to actively inform and educate our public and vet the “Fact vs Fiction”. Sen. Cruz will be at many events here in NH and you can ask him questions yourself. (Yes, he DOES answer them!) NH politics can be very exciting, indeed. Come on out and join the fun!
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Google is accused of running its Internet search programs in such a way that they are more accessible to the public than other search programs available through Google. Since people can search through other sources besides Google, it is not at all clear why Google cannot run its own operation for its own benefit, while others run their operations for their own benefit. The whole point of competition in the market is to create economic efficiency which, by its very nature, means eliminating the less efficient producers. Confusion about the difference between maintaining competition and maintaining competitors has long plagued anti-trust law on both sides of the Atlantic. But Americans seem in recent years to be recognizing the difference. In Europe, there still seems to be a notion that big companies with many customers should help their smaller competitors survive -- especially if the big companies are American and the smaller companies are European. In other words, Google should be run in such a way that competing search programs are as prominently featured as Google’s own search program. Whatever the case that could be made for this argument, as a matter of manners, noblesse oblige or whatever, people in charge of anti-trust law are not in charge of manners or noblesse oblige. Law is too serious to be subordinated to fashionable notions or political expediency. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators. com.
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yet less than a year later, Obama was back asking for another $50 billion to pour down the infrastructure black hole. In 2010, President Obama signed the socalled Edujobs bill into law -- a $26 billion political wealth redistribution scheme paying back Big Labor for funding Democratic congressional campaigns. A year later, several were spending the money to plug budget shortfalls instead of hiring teachers. Other recipients received billions despite having full educational payrolls and not knowing what to do with the big bucks. In 2012, with bipartisan support, Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act â&#x20AC;&#x153;to encourage startups and support our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small businesses.â&#x20AC;? In July 2014, with bipartisan support, Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to â&#x20AC;&#x153;help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy.â&#x20AC;? (Never mind that a GAO review of the fedsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; existing 47 job-training programs run by nine different agencies â&#x20AC;&#x153;generally found the effects of participation were not consistent across programs, with only some demonstrating positive impacts that tended to be small, inconclusive or restricted to short-term impacts.â&#x20AC;?) In December 2014, the White House unveiled nearly $1 billion in new â&#x20AC;&#x153;investmentsâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;expand access to high-quality early childhood education to every child in Americaâ&#x20AC;? from â&#x20AC;&#x153;birth and continuing to age 5.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all on top of the $6 billion government-funded national service and education initiative known as the SERVE America Act, which was enacted less than a month after the nearly $1 trillion stimulus with the help of a majority of Big Government Senate Republicans. The SERVE America Act included $1.1
billion to increase the investment in national service opportunities; $97 million for Learn and Serve America Youth Engagement Zones; and nearly $400 million for the Social Innovation Fund and Volunteer Generation Fund. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;social innovationâ&#x20AC;? slush fund was intended to â&#x20AC;&#x153;create new knowledge about how to solve social challenges in the areas of economic opportunity, youth development and school support, and healthy futures, and to improve our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problem-solving infrastructure in low-income communities.â&#x20AC;? The biggest beneficiaries? Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progressive cronies. Apparently, the richly funded â&#x20AC;&#x153;social innovatorsâ&#x20AC;? havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reached the looter-prone neighborhoods of Baltimore yet. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not ideologically bankrupt Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fault. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ours. Michelle Malkin is the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Croniesâ&#x20AC;? (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is malkinblog@gmail.com.
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Significantly the Islamic Republic has one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toughest internet censorship programs as a way to stifle dissent and block information. CPJ stresses that since the election of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;reformistâ&#x20AC;? President Hassan Rouhani â&#x20AC;&#x153;the situation has not improvedâ&#x20AC;? for the media. The Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republic of China continues as one of the three leading jailers of journalists according to CPJ. Just last year a secret memo on censorship outlined tactics to â&#x20AC;&#x153;combat seven political perils,â&#x20AC;? and to make certain the role of the media is to support the Communist Partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;unilateral rule.â&#x20AC;? Beijing is particularly concerned over monitoring Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 642 million internet users, one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest online communities. Dissident journalist Gao Yu has been arrested on trumped up charges. Burma and Cuba round out the list of top ten media
oppressors. Despite some political liberalization in recent years, Burmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s media remains tightly controlled, according to CPJ. Cuba, despite some superficial political changes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;continues to have the most restricted climate for press freedom in the Americas.â&#x20AC;? Still CPJ adds that though the internet has opened â&#x20AC;&#x153;some space for critical reporting,â&#x20AC;? such blogs and websites are not available to the average Cuban. CPJ adds that while the government has for the most part done away with long term detentions of journalists, harassment and intimidation persist.
As the 18th century French playwright and satirist Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais once wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t write anything about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.â&#x20AC;? Such satirical sentiments sum up media rights and growing perils in much of the world. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism: The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China (2014).
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The Hobo & Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroads Prepare To Open For The 2015 Season LINCOLN - The Hobo and Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad is advising the public that the rail line between Lincoln and Tilton is now active for the 2015 season. Various train operations will take place from now through late December, including excursion trains, special tourist trains and other equipment moves. As a result, the railroad would like to remind the public that caution should be exercised at all times around moving trains and to always expect a train. Other safety considerations to keep in mind include grade crossing signals, which should always be obeyed. Drivers should stop when they hear whistle signals at grade crossings and never try to beat a train at a crossing or park on or near a railroad crossing. In an effort to promote the message of railroad safety,
A Hobo Railroad excursion train is shown safely crossing Route 112, the Kancamagus Highway, in Lincoln, NH on its one hour and twenty minute round-trip journey to Woodstock, NH and back along the banks of the Pemigewasset River. the Hobo and Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroads works closely with Operation Lifesaver, a nationally recognized non-profit organization that works diligently to improve railroad safety through engineering, education and enforcement. For the Hobo Railroad, scenic tourist excursion trains will depart from
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