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General John Stark Grave Site To Undergo Much Needed Renovation
ored site. That is the case today, but it wasn’t so as recently as the early 2000s. It was the Friends of Stark Park who have brought this magnificent park back into the public eye after many years of unwanted behavior and deterioration at the park actually kept people away. Today, they are in the process of raising funds to renovate the Stark Family cemetery that sits within, including the General’s
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
General John Stark, considered New Hampshire’s greatest hero, and author of what later became our state motto “Live Free Or Die (Death Is Not The Worst of Evils),” is buried in Manchester in the park that bears his name. You would think that such an honored hero’s final resting place, which was also the site of his former home, would be a revered and hon-
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This obelisk marks the grave of New Hampshire Revolutionary War Hero, General John Stark, whose written toast “Live Free or Die, Death Is Not The Worst of Evils,” would evolve into New Hampshire’s motto. The grave site in Stark Park in Manchester is waiting to be renovated after 100 years of neglect as the Friends of Stark Park seek funding to undertake the ambitious and much needed renovation. brendan smith Photo
On Monday, May 14, the Moultonborough Public Library and the Moultonborough Historical Society are co-sponsoring a NH Humanities Council musical program by Jeff Warner, entitled “Banjos, Bones, and Ballads” at 7pm. Jeff Warner is among the nation’s foremost performer/ interpreters of traditional music. His songs from the lumber camps, fishing villages and mountain tops of America connect 21st century audiences with the everyday lives–and artistry– of 19th century Americans. Rich in local history and a
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May Thursday 10th The Making of Strawberry Banke
Harvey-Mitchell Memorial Library, 151 Main Street, Epping. 7pm. Presented by author J. Dennis Robinson. Robinson looks candidly at mistakes made and lessons learned in this grassroots success story. 679-6707
Southside Johnny Young Band
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Flying Monkey, Plymouth. 536-2551 or www.flyingmonkeyNH.com
Songs of Gratitude Pemigewasset Choral Society
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Gilford Community Church. 7:30pm. Open to the public with admission by donation. www.pemichoral.org
Tempest Trio Performs
Sant Bani School, Sanbornton. 7pm. Public welcome. $15. Students and children are free. 934-4240
Men’s Grief Discussion Group
Hospice House, Concord. 9-10am. Drop-in grief discussion groups are designed to help men after a significant loss. 224-4096 ext. 2828
Thurs. 10th – Sat. 12th Chicago – The Musical
Oyster River High School Auditorium, Durham. 7pm. 868-7156 for tickets and more info.
Jerry Rubushka’s “Full Frontal Nudity�
Franklin Opera House. .7:30pm. $12$14. Not appropriate for children under the age of 16. 934-1901
Friday 11th
6pm. Show at 8pm. Ages 18+. 9294100
info visit the Facebook page Huggins Hospital Street Fair.
“Made in the USA� – 7th Annual Private Collections’ Event
The Art of Needle Felting League of NH Craftsmen, 279 D.W. Highway, Meredith. Strong!
Lake Opechee Inn & Conference Center, Lakeport. 6-10:30pm. Dinner catered by O’s Steak $ Seafood, music and dancing with Annie &the Orphans. $100 pp or $575 for a table of 6. www. belknapmill.org or 524-8813
Annual Plant Sale
Blue: The Music of Joni Mitchell
Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 8pm. Acoustic performance of Joni Mitchell’s exquisitely crafted words and music by top New York and Nashville musicians. $33-$39. 225-1111
Learning the Internet Part 1
Meredith Public Library, 91 Main Street. 3-4pm. Browsers, navigating, simple searching and bookmarks. Free. 279-4303 Collection Barn Center, Route 109A, Wolfeboro. 10am-2pm. For more info visit the Facebook page Huggins Hospital Street Fair.
Man of La Mancha
Winnipesaukee Playhouse. 7:30pm. 366-7377 for tickets and info
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St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Franklin. . 7:30pm. Open to the public with admission by donation. www. pemichoral.org
Love is in the Air – Suncook Valley Chorale
First Congregational Church, 177 N. Main Street, Concord. 7pm. $15. 7743751
Shakespeare’s “The Tempest�
Village Players Theatre, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. $14/adult, $8/children. www. PerformItStageCompany.org
Rusted Root
Flying Monkey, Plymouth. 536-2551 or www.flyingmonkeyNH.com
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The Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach. Doors open
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2011 Walk MS Laconia
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Songs of Gratitude Pemigewasset Choral Society
Red Rivers Theatre, Concord. 6pm. This movie chronicles the journey of champion weightlifter, Cheryl Hayworth. 224-4600
First Congregational Church, 177 N. Main Street, Concord. 7pm. $15. 7743751
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Odell Park, Memorial Street, downtown Franklin. Live music, laser tag, crafts, vendors, parade and more. 934-3108 ext.420
Victorian Style Doll Tea Party
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Shakespeare’s “The Tempest�
Village Players Theatre, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. $14/adult, $8/children. www. PerformItStageCompany.org
Valerie Sneade in “Who’s THAT
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Moose Lottery Deadline Is May 25th Want to hunt moose in New Hampshire this fall? The deadline for entering the New Hampshire moose hunt lottery is May 25th. It costs just $15 for residents and $25 for nonresidents to enter the lottery for a chance at the adventure of a lifetime. A total of 275 permits will be issued. The state’s moose hunt will run from October 20 – 28th. Last year, the statewide hunter success rate was 71%. Each applicant can enter the lottery once a year. A bonus point system improves the chances for unsuccessful applicants who apply each consecutive year. Don’t miss a year, or you’ll lose your points! Hunters who are drawn and accept a permit are not eligible to enter the lottery or apply for a bonus point for the following three years. Apply now by visiting http://www.huntnh.com/Hunting/ Hunt_species/hunt_moose.htm, where you can apply online or print out a mail-in application. Lottery applications for 2012 must be postmarked or submitted online by midnight Eastern Time, May 25th or delivered to N.H. Fish and Game headquarters in Concord before 4pm that day. For more information on moose hunting in New Hampshire, visit www.huntnh.com/Hunting/Hunt_species/hunt_moose.htm.
“Who’s THAT Girl??� In Wolfeboro Wolfeboro Friends of Music presents Valerie Sneade in concert at Anderson Hall, 205 S. Main St, Wolfeboro, on Saturday, May 12 at 7:30pm. Sponsors for this event are an anonymous donor and Avery Insurance and co-sponsored with Lakes Region Newcomers Club. Tickets are available for $20 at the door, at Black’s Paper Store and Avery Insurance in Wolfeboro or at Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith,by calling (603) 569-2151; or by visiting www.wfriendsofmusic.org. High school students with ID will be admitted free of charge. Middle and elementary school students and their parents or accompanying adults admitted free.
The Bucky Lewis Experience Coming to Rochester New Hampshire’s own “wicked funny� comedian Bucky Lewis presents an adult comedy night at the Rochester Opera House on Saturday, June 2, at 8pm. The zany funnyman sends audiences into hysterics with his oneman cast of dysfunctional characters, outrageously funny stories, music and songs as he mixes physical, stand-up and character comedy with audience banter and participation. The New Hampshire Police, Fire and EMS Foundation play host for this benefit for the First Responders of New Hampshire. Tickets are $20 and can be reserved online at www.rochesteroperahouse.com or call/stop by the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5 and two hours before the show. Beer and wine is available. Age 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester.
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With it being a presidential election year, not many people follow the local political scene too closely. Here, in New Hampshire, as happens every two years, we once again gear up for the campaign season where folks will be running for governor, representatives, senators and all sorts of offices. If you have been following this column over the years, you know that, somehow or other, I end up throwing my hat in the ring for Governor of New Hampshire; this year is no different. Being governor is a big commitment. It means sacrificing at least two years of your life towards doing your best, and using all your energy and resources, on a daily basis to try and make New Hampshire a better place to live. To me it means something different: it’s a guaranteed job for two years at $100,000 a year, you get great benefits and can’t get fired even if you do a lousy job. It gives you a pretty
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Plenty Of Nothing comfortable situation for a couple of years until you figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life. Obviously, I’ve yet to win a term in that big comfy chair on the corner of the state house, but I’m going to try again. If I do win this year, I make the promise that as governor I will try my best to do nothing. Our present governor has been on the job for eight years and he’s done a few things… if you give me a couple of hours I might even be able to remember what… but I am committed to doing even less. My philosophy is that the less government does the better. So, I think, with the platform that I am going to be governor and not try to do much, should actually be a relief. I think vetoing stupid bills would be fun. I’d also be good at going around and giving people awards for stuff; that’s a very important part of being governor and I know I’d be great at it. There was talk this year of a bill that would bring
the New Hampshire legislature back to the old days when they only met once every two years. A lot of legislators didn’t like the idea because they didn’t think it would give them enough time to pass a lot of laws that they thought needed to be passed in order to interfere with people’s lives more. They also thought it important to spend money that we don’t have on things that nobody besides them knows anything about. I was hoping they’d pass that bill. It would obviously be good for people and businesses since they’d have a whole year that they wouldn’t have to worry about what new restriction or tax was going to be bestowed upon them. I was also thinking it would be a pretty cushy year for the governor; $100,000 and you’d hardly even have to show up. I’ll tell you what, If elected, for the first year, I’ll veto every bill that is a new law or spends money. Maybe they’ll override me, but at least I’ll be giving you the chance to breathe
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Udderly Ridiculous To The Editor: Our government is taking over our lives and crushing our liberties at an alarming rate. It actually takes your breath away. The statists are now hell bent on shutting down small family farms with any means available including using our children as pawns in their social justice schemes. This is just the latest example of their unabated mad rush through all our constitutional defenses to create an atmosphere of “fairness.” Arrogantly done with absolutely no concern for our freedoms. Patronizingly done with a total lack of of common sense and a total lack of insight into the unintended consequences. Please check out this link or find it at the Daily Caller. http:// news.yahoo.com/ruralkids-parents-angry-labor-dept-rule-banning054605888.html. This is a bipartisan call to arms for all New Hampshire citizens. If you enjoy purchasing healthy foods from your local farmers’ markets and if you think preserving local family farms for future generations is important, then you might want to scream into the ear of your congressmen and women and demand that they stop this absolute and udderly ridiculous madness and restore some political
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Funding Education To The Editor: Will this be the year the Legislature finally allows NH citizens to vote on how to fund education in our state? After more than 80 attempts to address the Claremont lawsuit rulings, the House approved an education funding constitutional amendment and the Senate passed a version supported by the Governor. Just a few words separate the two, but they are critical to the upcoming Committee of Conference negotiations. If lawmakers refuse to compromise, there will be no education funding constitutional amendment on the November ballot and the best opportunity for eliminating the Statewide Education Property Tax (SWEPT) dies, too – possibly forever. Fears that public schools will lose millions in “State” aid if the SWEPT disappears ignore the reality that it always has been a local education tax paid by local taxpayers that remained locally, except in “Donor Communities.” They also have been allowed to direct SWEPT proceeds toward local education since 2005, but this could change under a future Legislature. Without the SWEPT,
taxpayers would continue to pay that portion of the cost of education but under its true label: a local education tax. The Legislature established a definition and cost for ensuring every schoolchild has an opportunity for an adequate education. A constitutional amendment would let NH join 48 other states that help needy communities, rather than pay the total cost of adequacy for all. This could eliminate the need for a SWEPT in favor of true “State” aid generated by the lottery, etc. Please urge your lawmakers to let NH citizens vote on an education funding constitutional amendment in November. Pat Remick Coalition Communities Coordinator Portsmouth, NH.
Buffet Diversion To the Editor: Hopefully the irrelevant Buffett tax discussion is over. The Buffett tax neither solved nor helped solve any major problem. Despite the hype, the Buffett Tax only annually raised about one day’s worth of borrowing, if it raised 10 times more it would still be irrelevant. The whole Buffett tax “theater” was intended to divert that public’s attention from the lack of any meaningful Obama administration solutions for our country’s problems:
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Rochester’s Parson Main Project Receives 2012 NH Preservation Alliance Award Rochester Main Street and the City of Rochester were recipients of a 2012 NH Preservation Alliance Achievement Award at a ceremony held on Tuesday, May 8, at the Concord City Auditorium. In bestowing the award, Jennifer Goodman, Executive Director of the NH Preservation Alliance said “You join a distinguished group of individuals, businesses and organizations who have made significant contributions to the preservation of New Hampshire’s historic resources. We want to congratulate you for the work that you have done, and highlight your project statewide with the hope that it will inspire others.” On hand to accept the award was Rochester Mayor Thomas (TJ) Jean, Rochester Main Street Board President Heather Tacconi, conservator Rika Smith McNally and Amy Dixon, NH Land and Community Heritage Investment Program. The Parson Main/Central Square project was a complex one in that the statue
of Parson Main required repatination as a restoration/preservation effort. The repatination and subsequent lacquer sealing will help to protect the bronze statue of Rochester’s first founding minister against acid rain and smog effects and reverse the pinkish hue that was a result of an earlier misguided attempt at repairs. This process was undertaken by MCNally & Associates, Conservators of Public Art last May through matching funding from the NH
Moose Plate Conservation Program at the NH Division of Historic Resources and the NH Land & Community Heritage Investment Program. Taking the project further was a result of a community partnership that ended in a complete refurbishment of the surrounding Central Square area. Segments included new Victorian Style seating and waste receptacles more reflective of the downtown architecture and heritage, resetting of See Parson on 8
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“Sacaja-Whiner”: Elizabeth Warren and The Oppression Olympics
Theater Of War WASHINGTON -My old American Heritage Dictionary defines the word “theater,” inter alia, as “a large geographic area in which military operations by Oliver North are coordinatSyndicated Columnist ed.” Throughout World War II, official dispatches and press reports described military action and events in the European, Pacific and China-Burma-India “theaters of war.” We now have a new definition, courtesy of our present commander in chief: a place to remind everyone that Osama bin Laden is still dead. On the anniversary of bin Laden’s demise at the hands of U.S. special operators, the Barack Obama re-election campaign made a “surprise” middle-of-thenight visit to Kabul, Afghanistan. According to White House talking points, the purpose of the trip was twofold: “thank the troops” and sign a “historic” strategic part-
nership agreement with Afghanistan’s erratic president, Hamid Karzai. It was brilliant political theater in a theater of war. Since the end of World War II, few military operations have received as much self-congratulatory acclaim by a commander in chief as the operation to kill the head of al-Qaida. Mention of Osama bin Laden’s death is a constant in every Obama campaign appearance and fundraiser. Bin Laden’s being dead is a staple in Democratic Party direct mail and Internet solicitations and mentioned more often than Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. The topic even creeps into speeches about green energy, health care, the economy and White House meetings with foreign dignitaries. Republicans complain about the O-Team’s hyping bin Laden’s death. They cite Vice President Joe Biden’s chest-thumping comment that “Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive” as proof that Obama is “overplaying his hand” or “taking too much credit,” even “dancing in the end See north on 30
Elizabeth Warren is the Harvard law professor running for Senate in Massachusetts as a Democratic populistprogressive by Michelle Malkin c h a m p i o n . Syndicated Columnist But don’t call her “Elizabeth Warren.” Call her “Pinocchiohontas,” “Chief Full-of-Lies,” “Running Joke” or “Sacaja-whiner.” Warren has claimed questionable Native American minority status for years to reap career “diversity” benefits. Now, Cherokee leaders, campaign rival GOP Sen. Scott Brown and an army of Twitter detractors have called her out for gaming the racial-preference system. Live by identity politics, die by identity politics. The Boston Herald reported last Friday that Harvard administrators “prominently touted Warren’s Native American background ... in an effort to bolster their diversity hiring record in the ‘90s as the school came under heavy fire for a faculty that was then predominantly white and male.” When asked for proof of her tribal heritage, Warren’s campaign first denied that she had ever bragged about it. But from 1986 to 1995, Warren listed herself as a minority professor in a professional law school directory. While the Democrat’s team scrounged for evidence over the weekend, Warren stalled for time by asserting that she didn’t need to provide documentation because family “lore” backed her up. Someone told her a story,
you see, and magically conferred native status upon her. Through narrative, all things are possible! (Notorious “fake Indian” Ward Churchill is wondering why he didn’t think of this alibi first before the University of Colorado at Boulder fired him for academic fraud.) On Tuesday, Warren finally discovered a great-great-greatgrandmother supposedly “certified as Cherokee” and a random cousin somehow involved with a museum that preserves Native American art. There’s also a great-great-grandfather somewhere in Warren’s dusty genealogical records who spent time on a Cherokee reservation. Because walking a mile in someone else’s moccasins is now just as good as being born in them. Native American officials aren’t buying Warren’s 1/10,000th Cherokee claim. Suzan Shown Harjo, a former executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, told the Herald: “If you believe you are these things then that’s fine and dandy, but that doesn’t give you the right to claim yourself as Native American.” When Brown raised the issue, Warren and her progressive strategists traded in the candidate’s Native American blanket for a War on Women victim’s mask -because asking a privileged Harvard prof to verify her minority claims is sexist, of course. “If Scott Brown has questions about Elizabeth Warren’s wellknown qualifications,” her campaign manager railed, “he ought to ask them directly instead of hiding behind the nasty insinuations of his campaign and trying to score political points. Once
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Somali Pirates Scuttled by Navy Counterpunch UNITED NATIONS—There’s
been a significant drop in ship seizures and hijackings by Somali pirates in the troubled waters by John J. Metzler off East Africa. Syndicated Columnist Despite last years spike in piracy with 28 vessels captured in the first half of 2011, there were only three ships seized in the second half of the year according to the Commander of the European Union’s anti-piracy task force. So far this year only four merchant ships have been seized by the latter-day buccaneers. So to what do we owe the good news or perhaps more soberly, the cautious optimism? In a briefing Rear Admiral Duncan Potts of Britain’s Royal Navy, stressed “while the activity level is down, the progress that we made is very definitely reversible.” “After a record year for ransom demands last year, where they got almost $150 million in ransom demands, “ Potts added, “I think it is fair to say at the moment the pirates may be cash rich but they are definitely asset poor; they have very few tradable assets.” A year ago, Somali pirate gangs held 24 ships and 500 sailors; today they are holding seven ships and 200 sailors. He advised that “only three ships have a reasonable market for ransom.” Part of the setbacks for Somali pirates stem from concerted international action to counter this seaborne threat. In 2008 the European Union set up a joint naval task force Operation Atalanta to deter and prevent piracy, to safeguard regional shipping, and to escort vessels carrying humanitarian aid. Pirates were targeting vulnerable but lucrative World Food Program humanitarian aid shipments en route to Somalia for example. Operation Atalanta currently deploys nine surface ships from six EU countries; France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Most are corvettes and frigates. Yet the area of responsibility is huge; from the waters off East Africa and deep into the Indian Ocean, the zone of operations covered is many times the size of
Europe. In parallel NATO maintains an equally needed naval contingent off the Horn of Africa. Operation Ocean Shield provides naval escorts and equally offers deterrence. Under Turkish command, six ships including the U.S. Navy and British navy joined by Denmark and Turkey patrol the still dangerous waters. Other countries such as South Korea, India and Japan maintain a separate presence in the region as well. As naval patrols are successful, the pirates move deeper and deeper into new areas rich with targets of opportunity. Until recently according to Vice Admiral Potts, piracy offered “reward with little risk” and even today pirates “will seek to go where we are not and there are viable targets.” But who are the Somali pirates in the first place? According to most observers, the pirate culture stems from Somali’s fate as a failed state where endemic poverty, warlords, Islamic militants, and despair have led many fishermen and militiamen to follow what has become a very lucrative business. Today coastal clans run small speed boats and larger mother ships which attack with near impunity usually unarmed merchant vessels and yachts, traditional targets of opportunity. Ransom payments have fueled an amazing lifestyle for pirate clans in Puntaland along the Somali coast who can live in pockets of unimaginable luxury in a destitute land. Yet over 1,000 pirates, out of a suspected community of three to five thousand, have been captured and prosecuted in a score of countries. Last year pirates foolishly hijacked a South Korean merchant vessel seeking ransom. South Korean commandos soon stormed the ship, killed eight buccaneers and freed twenty-one crew members. Rear Admiral Duncan Potts concedes the EU operation is conducting a constabulary operations which “restrains what we can do.” He asserts “we can have an impact on the ‘business model’ for piracy but have to change conditions on shore.” Yet, he clearly states, there’s “no intention of to put EU boots on the ground,” in Somalia. Tragically the long running Somali crisis has confronted policy makes for twenty-two years and
hints of stability are sparse. While the international naval operations are protecting vital maritime trade routes, the naval presence treats the symptoms and not the root problem. Transforming Somalia’s socio/ economic and failed state status has eluded the world community
for a quarter century. Any change at best emerges as a very long term endeavor. Thus in the immediate term, given the clear and present danger pirates pose to the free passage of maritime traffic and innocent life, changing the rigid See Metzler on 23
A Cynical Process Labor unions, like the United Nations, are all too often judged by what they are envisioned as being -- not by what they actually are or what they actuby Thomas Sowell ally do. Syndicated Columnist Many people, who do not look beyond the vision or the rhetoric to the reality, still think of labor unions as protectors of working people from their employers. And union bosses still employ that kind of rhetoric. However, someone once said, “When I speak I put on a mask, but when I act I must take it off.” That mask has been coming off, more and more, especially during
the Obama administration, and what is revealed underneath is very ugly, very cynical and very dangerous. First there was the grossly misnamed “Employee Free Choice Act” that the administration tried to push through Congress. What it would have destroyed was precisely what it claimed to be promoting -- a free choice by workers as to whether or not they wanted to join a labor union. Ever since the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, workers have been able to express their free choice of joining or not joining a labor union in a federally conducted election with a secret ballot. As workers in the private sector have, over the years, increasingly voted to reject joining labor unions, union bosses See Sowell on 18
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“Rochester Gardens The First Hundred Years� The “History of Rochester’s Gardens in the First One Hundred Years,� will be presented by Linda Sargent on Thursday, May 10, at 7pm at the Rochester Historical Society Museum on Hanson Street. The first part of this illustrated presentation will be about what the gardens of Rochester’s settlers would have been like. The second part of the presentation will look at some of the plants they were familiar with that are still growing in many Rochester yards today. These plants were used for food, medicine or other household needs in ways that have been largely forgotten in the 21st century. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please call the Rochester Historical Society at 330-3099 or e-mail rochesterhistorical@metrocast.net
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It’s Your Community, Your State, Your Country – Get Involved! You can hear many of the folks at CNSnews. com during the weekday version of The Adby Niel Young Advocates Columnist vocates. Here is a sample of Craig Bannister’s work: “If all unemployed Democrats simply stopped looking for work, they could get Obama’s unemployment rate down to 4.3% by Election Day. Here’s how. They say that no president since FDR has ever won re-election with an unemployment rate over 7.2%, and the April unemployment rate ticked down by 0.1% to 8.1% - with the help of those unemployed people who threw in the towel and gave up looking for work. “Unemployed people who give up looking for work are not counted as ‘unemployed’ by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its calculation of the unemployment rate. So, if all unemployed
Democrats surveyed by the BLS reported that they’d given up for work, they could lower the unemployment rate to 4.3%.” *********** Getting older, time to thin out what some might refer to as “junk.” Came upon some information from 2005. That was the year the people of Laconia took back a portion of their government. A Charter Amendment for a “Tax Cap” for the municipal AND school budgets. The hard work of a few dedicated Laconia residents and my Franklin friends Ken Merrifield and Tony Giunta from the First Tax Cap city led the mission, and the voters did the rest! Along the way we met opposition from the Laconia Mayor and Council, school board members and supporters, bureaucrats and the Press. It was brutal; down and out lies from the opposition, but we did not bend, and we did not break! I was so proud to be part of this crusade. I shall never forget the
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well as other major projects since 2005. And our city council has worked to keep spending within the rules, and not talking about an “over ride.” Good move. And now what moved me to write about this? First, the last sentence of Goliath’s ad. “Don’t experiment with Laconia’s future – our children. Laconia has gotten along quite nicely for 112 years without a tax cap. Tell Niel Young and his council candidates thanks, but no thanks.” The second reason for reliving this example of Americans standing up to government, and proclaiming, call me a trouble maker, a Tea Party for fair taxes, but We the People will not be ignored any longer. And this election year is the MOST important time ever, to let them know; this is still our America. We are not looking for hope and change. We will make change
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Just Call Me “Gimpy� Yesterday Jim leaned over to unplug the cart. When he did, his foot hit the pedal and the cart rolled forward. My foot just happened to be in the way. The good news is that I jumped out of the way fast enough. The bad news is that Jim wasn’t finished with me yet. We got to the grocery store without further incident and I forgot about it which was not a good thing because that’s when I let my guard down. I was talking to Jim and showing him a product I just bought when without warning, he pushed the cart forward. By this time it’ll come as absolutely no surprise when I tell you that my toe was in the ANY B JO SIZE
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felt terrible about it‌as in bouquet of flowers and bag full of pistachio nuts terrible. (Pistachios have potent healing power, but only because they’re good and I like them.) Like I said, it took three days for the limp to go away. It showed up again when I was walking across the kitchen floor and Jim decided to back up out of the pantry. My foot happened to be in the way. “Not AGAIN!â€? I shouted. “Why did you do that?â€? hopping on my left foot. “I didn’t see you there! Do you see eyes growing out of the back of my head?â€? Jim retaliated. “Did you have to back out just THEN?â€? “I’m sorry I don’t come with backup beeps,â€? as if that little piece of information was going to make me feel better. I limped for another three days. Yesterday it started to get better‌until Jim ran over my toe. We run around our community in a golf cart. In fact, we go almost everywhere in our golf cart, even grocery shopping. Every night we plug in the cart to recharge it.
way. Jim ran over it. The cart was full. It was all I could do not to bop him off the head with a roll of paper towels. This time the clerk noticed my limp. She asked about it too. Jim told her it was my fault because I used my toe as a wheel stop. I spent yesterday with my foot wrapped in a cold pack and Jim just can’t seem to do enough for me. Just between you and me, it doesn’t hurt that bad anymore, but this time I’m going for a lot more payback than nuts and flowers. I haven’t decided what yet, but I do know it’s not going to be more dance lessons. My feet just can’t take it.
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by Dr. Debi Warner Contributing Writer
Dear Dr. Debi, Our old homestead has plantings from many years ago but they are getting crowded and I am kind of tired of the same old. We are not sure what direction to go with the landscape. Some sculpted shrubs are tempting to put in. Maybe some paths or statues. Maybe an oriental garden. We just don’t have a vision. Any suggestions? Signed, Ho-Hum Garden Dear Looking for Spice, The whole look of the
house begins at the landscape so your interest makes sense. As you approach the home from the road, you can create a sense of welcome, of excitement, even curiosity with your choices in the yard. Maybe you want to come home to a special pleasant greeting that assists you to leave your cares behind and enjoy your home life. Your tired border garden may be overcrowded. A perennial flower will multiply into an ever-widening bunch, covering more ground. This creates a lovely area of focus for that flower. Perennials are very generous, giving years of enjoyment, but they do like to be divided in order to thrive. Perhaps it is a lesson from nature that we might learn, to share our bounty as we go. As the perennial spreads, it may become weak at the center with smaller flowers and even bald ground. If that has happened, your
root center has become overtaxed and would profit from a dig-up. Different varieties vary, but digging and dividing can be done every 3 to 10 years for various varieties. If your garden has been neglected, it is likely time to dig. Digging – I love a warm but overcast day to get on my knees and root around in the garden. You do this before the leaves are fully up, yet even blooming plants can be dug up if you want. It is easier and more opportune to get into the digging and replanting early in the season. You do this gently, relating to the plants and their roots like handling a baby. You notice the weighty bottoms and feel for the center of gravity and balance from there. You don’t go roughly, but carefully pry and see what moves and what needs attention. You notice the crowded bulbs and can see they have no access to nutritious soil because they are so close.
Now, like separating children to their own chairs at the table, you give each cluster some room. Pulling the roots apart may be easy, but if they begin to tear, you will want to use a knife. You slice vertically, so that long roots remain with the bulbs as you separate little clusters for their own new home. The soil you move to ought to be similar, but can be improved with nutrients, peat, and compost. You can look up your flowers and their needs, and also test your soil to see if it needs adjusting with something like wood ash. Your flowers will thank you for years in their new beds with pleasant comfort for their toes. So, notice the obvious opportunity with your dividing process – giving! You will have much more than you need in your own garden. What can you do? Yes, think of the places you have been that could use the color and
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Community Church Meditations What Is In Your Pocket?
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by Rev. Victoria Wood Parrish Contributing Writer
We all carry around a purse or wallet with the things that seem essential to life. What would we do without our driver’s license, a debit or credit card, some cash, a comb, lipstick, some tissues, a tape measure‌.? I look at some of the purses women carry and wonder what they are carrying – a full change of clothes? Books? I look in my own purse and there are things I really do not need – like the tape measure – but carry “just in caseâ€?. How often do I need wet-wipes or band-aids? Could I get away without a handful of pennies weighing me down? And when did I ever need that tape measure? My father used to say that our checkbook is the way to find out what is really important to us. Each check represents something that we needed or supported. For example – we pay for our housing, heat and food. But what are the extras – eating out? Vacations? Books? Music? Charities? Gambling? When we look at the bank statements, we can see where
our money goes, and by extension, what is most important to us. I also think that what we carry in our purses and pockets may also represent what is important and what we fear. My mother always has a handful of tissues – just in case. I always have cough drops – and only discard them when they start to melt and make a mess. I have seen people with receipts and notes shoved to the bottom and forgotten. Each piece of paper represents something important at the time, but now, not so much. We don’t want to discard those bits and pieces because we are afraid that sometime we might need them. All the stuff we carry weighs us down, creates bad posture, and much of it is unnecessary. Spiritually, we also carry around a lot of baggage that weighs us down. There are old angers and fears. The anger eats away at us and keeps old wounds open. The fears prevent us from meeting our own potentials and from creating new and good relationships. We carry prejudices that prevent us from seeing the gifts others have to offer us – friendships, companionship, support, even
challenges that would help us become stronger. We carry opinions as if they were truths. Sometimes we avoid looking at truths because we are afraid that we will be proved wrong or less worthy. We see ourselves as the center of everything, which puts a great responsibility on us, because if we are the center, then we should be able to control, like a spider in its web. But we can’t control or fix everything. We then become helpless. I would suggest that this week, you look at two things. First, clean out your pockets and straighten up your purses. Then, look at yourselves and ask, “What is keeping me from being happy?� There will be some external causes for unhappiness – a rotten boss, a lack of income, health issues, grief. But if we are honest, there will also be some internal causes – a desire to control or ‘fix’ others, a feeling of unworthiness, a refusal to forgive others or ourselves, a fear of the unknown, a lack of trust. Empty that out of your spiritual wallet. Replace it with the gifts of God – love, forgiveness, second
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League of NH Craftsmen, 279 D.W. Highway, Meredith. 9am5pm. $95 per student includes materials. Bring a lunch. Preregistration required. 279-7970
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First Baptist Church of Sanbornton. 8am-11am. $8 adult and $5 children.
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Franklin Opera House. 7pm. 934-1901
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Campton Historical Society, 525 Route 175, Campton. 6pm. $6 per person. 536-3982
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2nd Annual Deerfield Veterinary Clinic Drag ‘N’ Fly 5K Town Hall, Church Street, Deerfield. 10am start time. Dragnfly5k@yahoo.com
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Danbury North Road Schoolhouse Museum, 440 North Road, Danbury. 1-3pm. Featuring glass expert Michael George& many unique bottle collections
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(Left) The Stark cemetery in 1931. Notice the urn on top of the memorial monument in middle. (Right) The cemetery today. Somewhere between 1976 and 1992 someone stole the urn. Though no grave sites will be disturbed during the renovation, a replica of the urn will be made and placed back on the monument. courtesy photo /brendan smith Photo stark from 1
gravesite. It is an ambitious and much needed project that can hopefully be accomplished by 2014 and will cost in the neighborhood of $160,000. All to be raised through private donations, grants and other avenues. Friends of Stark Park was formed in 2004 after the City of Manchester, in an effort to cut down on illegal activity within the park, placed large boulders at the entrances to the roads. It worked
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at keeping out many but it also angered the local residents. It was then that The Friends of Stark Park was formed and they began to focus on bringing back the glory of this 30-sprawling acre gem, and save it from deterioration. In 2007 they became a 501(C) 3 non-profit. In 2009, one of their first efforts to bring back people to the park again was to build a bandstand, all with private funds. They now host many free outdoor concerts in the summer bringing in hundreds of people. Among one of the original projects was to restore the magnificent John Stark equestrian statue, which is the centerpiece of the park. Built in 1947, after Governor Charles H. Bartlett had gifted the city funds to erect the statue, it had not seen a cleaning in that span up to 2010 See stark on 25
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when its restoration and repair became the second project of the group. It was then they also unveiled a plaque honoring General Stark. The funds for that project were from a trust, the State and much fundraising, Now, possibly their most ambitious project, the gravesite restoration, will be a key piece in making Stark Park, once again, a valuable New Hampshire destination. “It’s amazing how many people in Manchester and elsewhere, don’t even know who Stark Park is named after,” said Richard Duckoff, of The Friends of Stark Park. The Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place on August 16, 1777, in Walloomsac, New York, about 10 miles from its namesake Bennington, Vermont. A rebel force of 2,000 men, primarily composed of New Hampshire and Massachusetts militiamen was led by General John Stark. They succeeded
in stopping the British from capturing Albany and gaining control of the Hudson River Valley, dividing the American colonies in half. This was part of a grand plan to separate the rebellious New England colonies from what they believed to be the more loyal southern colonies. It was a decisive and major victory of the American Revolution. On July 31, 1809, John Stark, in poor health declined an invitation to recognize the anniversary of the battle. Instead, he sent a toast to be read at the event. “Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils.” “Live Free or Die” became the state motto in 1945 and later replaced “Scenic” on the license plates in 1971. Stark also owned a tremendous amount of land in Manchester and he died in Derryfield in 1822 at the age of 94. He was buried in the family cemetery, which is part of Stark Park and his resting place is marked by a See stark on 26
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stone obelisk. Other family members have stone markers and a larger memorial sits in the middle of the gravesite listing all that are buried there. In 1890, his great-great grandchildren, Augustus and Lizzy, gave the cemetery to the city and a few years later the rest of the park. The park was dedicated in 1893. Over the years, curious seekers would come to General Stark’s grave site and would chip away pieces from his headstone for souvenirs. In 1911, the city of Manchester put a hand forged, cast iron fence, with a locking gate, around the gravesite to keep out the souvenir hunters. Somewhere between 1976 and 1992 an urn sculpture, which had been in place on top of
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considerable deterioration over the years due to weather and water damage. Many points along the periphery are collapsing. The corner post of the fencing is also cracking and deteriorating and needs to be restored. The fence and curbing are not particularly ornate, but they are considered of architectural and historic significance and it was agreed upon by consultants from the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources and the Manchester Parks and Recreation Department that the overall design should not be altered. None of the gravesites will be altered or dis-
turbed but the missing urn will replicated and finally replaced. New plantings, an apron in front of the gravesite for ceremonial purposes and a change in the roadway pattern to allow improved wheelchair and pedestrian access, will also be part of the project. They would also like to clear out a lot of the growth behind the gravesite, which includes some huge pine trees. “To date we’ve raised about $25,000 in individual donations towards the project,” said Chase. The Friends of Stark Park, now 200 strong in membership, are actively fundraising for the additional $135,000 needed to finish the job. They have applied for some grants and are hoping to get some funds from the state through programs like the Moose Plate Fund, which is supposed to be earmarked towards conservation and cultural heritage programs including preservation of historical sites. The John Stark burial place would seem likely on the top of such a list when you think of New Hampshire history. “We are thinking that See stark on 28
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most of the funds will eventually come from private donations,” said Duckoff. The group is hoping to accomplish their monetary goals within the year, have the restoration begin in 2013 and be fully completed by 2014. Once the restoration is completed, the work of the Friends of Stark Park will be far from over. “We want to keep things going,” said Duckoff. “We want to make sure that this park and the memory of John Stark is here a hundred years from now and beyond.” As far as the history of New Hampshire goes, there may not be many projects that are more important. advocates from 28
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meet their challenge requirements and log their physical activity online.” “The Entertainment Software Association plans to incorporate the presidential physical fitness challenge (called PALA+) in its marketing of active video games. People who complete the PALA+ can purchase a certificate signed by President Obama.” What a guy!
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zone.” But wait. Every politician running for re-election touts his or her “accomplishments,” deserved or not. And face it; killing bin Laden is one of the few real accomplishments of this administration. Anyone who didn’t see this “we killed bin Laden celebration” coming knows less about American politics than my Boykin spaniel Angst over the O-Team’s use of bin Laden’s death in the president’s re-election campaign is a distraction. Critics -- including Mitt Romney’s advisers -- should focus on issues
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that really are important to protecting the American people. Some recent examples: There are Republicans running around Washington trying to calculate how much this week’s campaign junket to Kabul cost the American taxpayers. But this isn’t just another General Services Administration swindle. Those who want us to hire a new commander in chief need to explain what’s in -- and not in -- the so-called Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement Obama and Karzai signed in the few minutes they spent to-
gether Tuesday morning. The document has glowing words about “shared determination” and “mutual commitments” but is silent on our financial burden. It contains nothing about how many American military personnel will remain in Afghanistan after our “combat forces” are withdrawn in 2014 and fails to describe their mission or capabilities. Unlike a status of forces agreement, it provides no legal protections for U.S. troops. In short, it’s fluff. The Romney team needs to tell us how it would do better. The substance of what
actually transpired in Kabul wasn’t the only missed opportunity for the GOP to hone in on the Obama administration’s destitute national security record. On Monday, John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, told a Washington audience that “targeted strikes” from remotely piloted aircraft (the media incorrectly refer to them as drones) are the most “effective,” “legal,” “proportional,” “ethical” and even “humane” way of protecting us from terrorists. Instead of a GOP response, it took Jose Ro-
driguez, former director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service and author of the new book “Hard Measures,” to ask how death by Hellfire missile is more “humane” than capturing and questioning terror kingpins. Rodriguez points out that Obama’s “take no prisoners” policy means no captured terrorists, no interrogations and no human intelligence. Obama doesn’t talk about our abysmal lack of human intelligence in this long war. He called waterboarding and sleep deprivation for captured terrorists “torture” and banned those enhanced interrogation techniques. Our appalling HUMINT deficit was evident shortly after Air Force One took off from Bagram Air Field early Tuesday morning, when suicide bombers struck “Green Village,” a secure compound outside Kabul. Press accounts incorrectly ascribed the attack -- which killed seven and wounded dozens, including schoolchildren -- to the Taliban. A credible source says that the assault was conducted by the Haqqani network and that NATO officials were alerted more than six hours before the strike about the arrival of the suicide team in Kabul. The intel provided included information on how to precisely locate the terrorists. When I asked why the attack wasn’t prevented, I was told: “It was HUMINT. Nobody pays attention to HUMINT.” Strategists in the “Romney for president” campaign need to identify problems such as these and explain how Romney would fix them -- fast. Bin Laden is still dead. But the war being waged against us isn’t. If Republicans fail to focus on doing better, the O-Team will turn the “theater of war” in Afghanistan into a “theater of the absurd.” Oliver North is the host of “War Stories” on Fox News Channel, the founder and honorary chairman of Freedom Alliance, and the author of “American Heroes in Special Operations.”
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Southside Johnny Brings Asbury Park Rock and R&B Classics to the Flying Monkey Stage
Plymouth - Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools will embark on a stripped down journey through Johnny Lyon’s eclectic version of the Great American Songbook at The Flying Monkey Performance Center on Thursday, May 10th at 7:30pm. Playing a wide range of music pulled from Dylan, Mose Allison, Muddy Waters, NRBQ, Richard Thompson, Emmylou Harris, The Band, George Jones and more, The Poor Fools will also dive into some of the legendary Asbury Jukes material--revisiting the classics as well as the underperformed deep tracks. Reserved tickets are $29, and $39 for premier seating and can be purchased at www.flyingmonkeynh.com or at 603-536-2551. For more than 35 years, Southside Johnny, aka John Lyon, has delivered a soul-searing brand of raucous blues and R&B that has made he and his Juke’s a seminal force as All-American rock n’ roll song-slingers. Now, the affable New Jersey rock icon is setting his sights on a long-desired project that will deliver to music fans some of the singer’s most cherished and under-recognized
Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools will be performing at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth on Thursday, May 10th. Frontman John Lyon will take the stage with Jeff Kazee, John Conte, Tommy Byrnes and Soozie Tyrell. song nuggets; Original gems as well as what Johnny calls ‘those seldom-played and maybe even forgotten rock ‘covers,’ in an intimate, acoustically-mined live stage throwdown billed as Southside Johnny and The Poor Fools. Backed by Juke’s musicians
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is also quick to point out the ebullient singer will be sharing frontman duties as well – “getting everyone out of their comfort zone” - rotating singing, instrumentation, and percussion roles among fellow-Fools, and even strapping on a guitar himself, for the first time in decades. “I lost the feeling in my fingers many years ago,” he says. “But I promised myself one day I was going to accept the challenge of playing guitar on stage in a live setting and that time is here,” he adds, laughing: “With this great, great group of musicians ready to cover up my mistakes.” Southside Johnny says “The Poor Fools tour is a chance for me to try out different material and some Jukes standards in an acousticish form. It will be a loose mix of songs, stories and banter between the musicians and-- hopefully-the audience.” Tickets for the Southside Johnny concert are on sale now for $29, and $39 for Premier seats. For tickets and more information on concerts and the Flying Monkey Performance Center, visit www. flyingmonkeynh.com or call 603536-2551.
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