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Jordan’s Ice Cream Opens Second Location At Funspot
Grand Opening Mother’s Day Weekend With Free Cones For Moms regular size ice cream cone. Jordan’s Ice Cream has become a New Hampshire favorite over the years, winning WMUR’s best ice cream in New Hampshire five years in a row as well as being noted for the same for several years by
the readers of New Hampshire Magazine. Now in its 23rd year, Jordan’s was started by Eric and Gail Jordan as a way to make some additional income to help support their family of four children. Eric was a middle school teacher
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This weekend marks the grand opening of Jordan’s Ice Cream on the grounds of the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in the Weirs. It will be Jordan’s second physical location. In celebration, and also to recognize Mother’s Day, all moms will get a free
“20th Century New Hampton Characters” will be presented by Bob Smith at the Gordon-Nash Library on Main Street, New Hampton on Tuesday, May 16th at 7pm. Bob is author of the “Not So Long Ago” columns for The Weirs Times. Bob is a native of New Hampton and he will recount memories of the men and women who were central in the town’s everyday activities in the middle of the twentieth century, or fifty to seventy-five years ago. Who were some of the selectmen? How large was the Police Department? What was happening at the Post Office and more You’ll see what many of them looked like and hear about serious and amusing events associated with their lives. This programs is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. T
Jordan’s Ice Cream has opened their second New Hampshire location on the grounds of the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in the Weirs. They will be giving away free ice cream cones to moms on Mother’s Day while Monkey Trunks, celebrating their 7th year at Funspot will be offering mothers free admission to the Adventure Park. Funspot will be giving free $20 token cards to all moms.
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Rochester Historical Society Museum, Hanson Street, Rochester. 8pm. This program explores Celia Thaxter’s life as the wild and free child of the Isle of Shoals who became a famous poet, painter and folklorist. Using archival photography and performing extended passages from the artist’s prose and poetry, Stephanie Voss Nugent will explore the forces that shaped Thaxter’s work, and introduce some of the writers, musicians, and artists who followed Thaxter to her beloved island home each summer. The hour long presentation is perfect for audiences 8 to 108! Free and open to the public. 330-3099
Dane Anderson & John Irish Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. Dane plays at 7pm, John starts at 8:30pm. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841
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Rochester Community Center, 150 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 5pm7pm. Businesses are provided the opportunity to meet, discuss and showcase their products and services to the local business community and to the general public in a trade show format. www.rochesternh.org for more information or to rent a booth or table. 332-5080
Pemi Choral Society Concert
Gilford Community Church, Gilford. 7:30pm. Come hear the 75-singer adult community chorus perform Gabriel Faure’s Requiem with orchestra. Admission by donation. 581-4187
4-Day Building New Ways with Clay Class with Karen SobinJonash
The Arts Collaborative, 5 Winona Road, Meredith. 6pm-8pm. Class will resume on May 18, 25 and June 1st. The workshop series will empower students, ages 12 and up, to explore the fundamentals of 3D art and personal creativity through different methods of working with clay during self-directed projects. Tuition is $135 per student and all materials are included. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Call the League of NH Craftsmen to register 279-7920
Friday 12th Stephen Kellogg The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh. com or 536-2551.
Dueling Pianos – Jim Tyrrell & Gardner Berry Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford 9pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841
The Best of Barbershop The Great Hall, Wolfeboro Town Hall, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. Tickets are $20pp and can be purchased in advance at www.greatwaters.org. Use code wt517 when ordering and receive 10% off! 569-7710
St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church, Franklin. 7:30pm. Come hear the 75-singer adult community chorus perform Gabriel Faure’s Requiem with orchestra. Admission by donation. 581-4187
Saturday 13th Rummage Sale
Holderness Community Church, 923 US Route 3, Holderness. 9am-2pm.
Bob Marley The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh. com or 536-2551.
Grand Opening of Plummers Ridge Forests and Farms Hiking Trail
master stone mason, Kevin Fife, Twin Elms Landscape. After a 30 minute break for lunch, Fife will discuss the history and preservation of New England Stone Walls. Workshop takes place rain or shine. Registration required at www.nhpreservation. org or 224-2281. $25/non-members, $20/members.
Lakes region Symphony Orchestra Presents “Sinatra” Inter-Lakes Auditorium, Meredith. 7:30pm. Crooner Michael Gallagan performs some of Frank Sinatra’s classic hits with the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra. $15/adults, $8/ students. www.LRSO.org for tickets.
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Plummers Ridge, Milton. Almost seven miles of newly-signed and blazed trails on Plummers Ridge will be open for the public to explore in a guided walk. The trails, which meander through 400 conserved acres of woodlands and fields and along streambanks, connect the adjacent farms of Branch Hill Farm, McKenzie’s Farm and the New Hampshire Farm Museum. The Grand Opening from 10am to 2pm will celebrate the connecting trails project with a guided hike, complimentary refreshments and lunch, and a tour of the Farm Museum. Event is free and families are welcome, but preregistration is required by Wednesday, May 10th. 978-7125
“Patriots Day”
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Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com or 3351992
M/S Mount Washington, Weirs Beach. Two cruise times are offered for the first cruise of the season and the Mount Washington’s “famous” Mother’s Day Brunch Cruise. 10am or 2pm. Fares are $47 for adults, $23 for children 5-12, children 5 and under are free. Price includes a two and a half hour scenic cruise, a complete champagne brunch buffet and entertainment. 3665531
Tribute to the Grateful Dead – Jared Steer Trio
Mother’s Receive Free Admission for Mother’s Day
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach. www.
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The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue
Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841
The Bel Airs – Vintage Rock and Doo Wop
Wakefield Opera House, 2 High Street, Sanbornville. 7pm. Tickets are $15/at the door, $12/advance. 522-0126
NH Old Grave Yard Association Meeting
Doris L. Benz Center, 18 Herd Road, Center Sandwich. 9:30am-2pm. Community members are invited to join in this annual meeting and program, which will be Geoff Burrows speaking on “A Cemetery as an Open Air Museum”. Bring your own lunch. After lunch, Geoff will lead the group on a tour of a few local burial sites. 284-6269
Barn Preservation Workshop Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. 9am-noon. This workshop, presented by the NH Preservation Alliance, will be on “Repair and Restoration of Stone Foundations and Stone Walls”. Barn specialist, Ian Blackman of Blackman Restoration, will discuss the drylaid stone foundation restoration, drainage improvements, and cribbing techniques of this barn project with
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh. com or 536-2551.
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Dover Elks Hall, 282 Durham Road, Dover. 9am-11:30am. Breakfast, cooked to order will be served from 9am-10:30am, with the service beginning at 11am.$5/adults, multiple children pricing; 1-$5, 2-$7.50, 3-$10.50, 4-$12.50, Mom’s eat free!
Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet Cruise aboard the Mount Washington
Wright Museum of WWII History, Center Street, Wolfeboro. Noon-4pm. The museum offers Mother’s free admission today when accompanied by a paying family member. 569-1212 or www.wrightmuseum.org
Pemi Choral Society Concert
Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre, Plymouth State University, Plymouth. 3pm. Come hear the 75-singer adult community chorus perform Gabriel Faure’s Requiem with orchestra. Tickets can be purchased by calling 535-ARTS
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Wright Museum of WWII History, Center Street, Wolfeboro. 7pm-8pm. This program will be presented by Retired Colonel Dana Robertson. Robertson will tell the story of US Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, who led an air raid on the Japanese island of Honshu on April 18th, 1942. Reservations are recommended, as seating is limited. Admission is $8pp, free for members. 569-1212
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Ken Gloss on the Value of Old and Rare Books Kenneth Gloss, proprietor of the internationally known Brattle Book Shop in Boston’s Downtown Crossing section, will give a free and open talk Thursday, May 11 at 6:30pm at Laconia Public Library, 695 Main Street, Laconia, NH. Ken will discuss the value of old and rare books. Ken, who is also a frequent guest appraiser on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, will talk in part about the history of his historic bookshop (www.brattlebookshop.com), which goes back to circa 1825. He is a second-generation owner. Ken will talk about and show some of his favorite finds and describe some of the joys of the “hunt,” as well as explain what makes a book go up in value. He has many fascinating anecdotes to share as well as guidelines for what to look for when starting a collection. There is also a Q&A session before the conclusion of his talk. Following the talk and question-and-answer session, he will give free verbal appraisals of all books that attendees have brought with them or will do so at his shop in Boston. For further information about this talk and more about book-collecting, appraisals, and future free and open talks, call the store toll-free at 800-447-9595, or visit their website, www.brattlebookshop.com.
The Doolittle Raid: The 75th Anniversary The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, will host the 4th lecture in its “Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney 2017 Educational Program Series on Tuesday, May 16th, from 7-8pm. Doors open at 6pm, On Saturday, April 18, 1942, US Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle led an air raid on the Japanese island of Honshu The Sixteen B-25B Mitchell bombers and 80 courageous men led by Doolittle was the first air raid during World War II to strike the Japanese Home Islands . It demonstrated that Japan itself was vulnerable to American air attack, served as retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941, and provided an important boost to American morale. Colonel Dana Robertson, (US Army retired), is a former United States Army officer. During his 27 years of active service he commanded everything from a platoon to brigade size units as well as serving as a speech writer to the Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations, United States Army at the Pentagon. He commanded the 23d Engineer Battalion, 3d Armored Division during Operation Desert Storm. He is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pa. His last assignment prior to his retirement was as Commander of the Huntington District US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington, WV. Admission is $8.00 per person, by cash or check. Wright Museum members are admitted for free. Space is limited, Reservations are strongly recommended to ensure sufficient seating for all. Call 603-569-1212 to reserve your seat today.
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My mom is turning ninety-three in a few days. It hasn’t been an easy ninety-second year. A couple of untimely falls have put her out of action and also forced here to change her place of residence. All for the best though. As a writer I often read about other writers. Mostly famous authors, which makes sense since the not so famous ones don’t usually have books or articles written about them since they weren’t famous. Then again, maybe the not so famous ones aren’t famous because no one ever wrote books or articles about them to draw people’s attention to them. These are the kinds of thoughts that keep me up at night until it’s time to go to bed. Anyway, so many stories of famous writers tell tales of tortured childhoods. There is a lot of abandonment, abuse, poverty, alcoholism and more that seems to run through so many of their stories. These environmental situations always seems to play a big part in their writing as they get older, at least according to the books about their lives I have read. In fact, the prevalence of some sort of dysfunctional childhood seems to be a prerequisite to being a novelist whose works will be remembered. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, but they seem to be few and
My dad died in 1981. He was 60 at the time. My mom was 57. As far as I know, my mom never even went out on a date over the next thirty-five years. She still talks about my dad. He’s still hanging around helping her when things get tough. As my brothers and sisters and I got older we scattered about and developed our own lives. We don’t see each other much. My mom never focused on much else except her family over those years. Even after she fell for the second time, cracking her head, while already dealing with mobility issues, she was still more concerned with some small ailment one of us might have. I still talk to my mom at least once a week. I still have a lot of minutes to catch up on to even the score for all the minutes she gave me. I get the feeling there will never be enough time to do that. Today, as I watch the news and see some of the horrible things that are going on in this world, none of them confuse me as much as hearing of children who are subjected to awful lives through no fault of their own. Childhoods filled with fear and void of love should never happen and something I will never be able to wrap my brain around. Maybe I will never be one of those famous writers whose tortured childhoods led them to write great works that will be studied for decades, but I’ll happily take that tradeoff for the great hand I was dealt in life. I appreciate it more every day. Thanks Mom. Happy Mother’s Day!
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To the Editor: I have just returned home from a 35 day vacation and I must say it’s great to be home. Some of the the countries I had visited were Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Austria, Slovakia and also had a chance to spend Easter in Tangier Morocco. Though I did not spend time watching TV, most people I talked with voiced their concerns about what was happening between North Korea and the United States, the Trump, NATO and Putin triangle and were pleased with the United States response to Syrian gas attack. Most did not seem to be concerned about the Millions of Muslim Refugees. I had a chance to speak with people from countries that have excepted the Refugees and they were aware of the difference in population growth, but felt their paying into the system would make up the difference in their decrease in population. I do not want to imply that all people and countries welcome the Refugees. They do not. But those that have, see them as people with skills and an asset to the development and growth of their country. If it is Shari’a Law that frighens you... Remember that Muslims have been in this country since before the Revolutionary War. As a side note I remember when John F Kennedy was running for president. One of the concerns was his Catholic upbringing and the Pope would be running
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Recent News To the Editor: Some interesting recent news: Teachers prevented mass casualties by suspending five-year-old Caitlin Miller for making shooting motions with a crooked stick and four-year-old pre-school student Hunter Crowe for having a “shotgun bullet” (aka a fired 22 bullet shell casing) he got from his police officer grandfather. Note that while children can’t be taught “The Ten Commandments” or “Love your neighbor as yourself” for fear of establishing a state religion, their schools will soon teach them about Islam which directs the killing of gays, non-believers, adulterers, and wives and sisters who bring dishonor on a family. The Rockville Maryland School Superintendent calls people racists for objecting to the rape of a 14year-old girl by 17 and 18 year old illegal alien classmates. Apparently it’s only OK to complain about white rapists. Rachel Dolezal, who claims to be “transblack”, claims that race is just a social construct. Coming soon: “trans-smart”, “trans-disabled”, and “trans-senior-citizen”…. University student and “Social justice warrior” Yvonne Nguyen feels op-
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pressed because friends say she looks better with long hair when she wants to shave her head “to show solidarity for cancer patients”. “Liberals/Progressives” obsess about killing their political opponents, e.g., Madonna, Adam Pally, and CalState Professor Lars Maischak allegedly want Trump dead, and Maischak allegedly tweeted “Justice = The execution of two Republicans for each deported immigrant”. Abundant evidence supports Michael Savage’s claim that “Liberalism is a mental disorder”; but let’s not overlook liberal/ progressive hypocrisy, incompetence, deviousness, and criminality. Women’s rights champion Senator Elizabeth Warren reportedly only paid her female staffers 71% of what she paid her male staffers in 2016. HUD Inspector General Montoya reports many HUD failures including the inability to “maintain an effective financial management governance”, failures complying with 27 and 37 year old laws, and that financial statements for 2015 and 2016 included errors in over half the statement notes totaling $557 million and $278.5 billion. There’s growing evidence that Obama’s administration surveilled Trump’s campaign and transition team and others, apparently for political purposes. Two weeks ago Susan Rice said she knew nothing about the “unmasking” See mailboat on 34
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Jerry Jones. the last 20 years have much to do with it, but some Texans will never forgive Jones for dumping legendary Cowboy
Don’t mess with Texas!” Stadium. Owner Jerry Jones spends heavily on the team—which had the best record in the NFL last season. But the Cowboys lost their first playoff game to the Packers, and football unrest continues in Dallas. The team has won only two playoff games in two decades and Jones is reviled in Texas, despite all he’s spent on the Cowboys. “I go to at least one home game a year,” said Jose. “But it costs a small fortune now. Only rich people can afford it.” Whereas Patriot owner Bob Kraft is beloved by New England fans, Jones is hated by many Cowboy fans. The frustrations of
coach Tom Landry after purchasing the team in 1988. Or for parting ways with Jimmy Johnson, after Johnson coached the team to two Super Bowl titled in the early 1990s. Money can’t buy you love, even in Texas. We also drove by Deion Sander’s estate, which was awesome. Money CAN buy you a backyard football field. Then there was the practice facility for the NHL’s Dallas Stars. I’ll never understand why the North Stars left hockey-mad Minnesota for hot, humid Texas, but money CAN buy you a hockey team. Jose brought me to a Sports Bar called The
Wild Pitch, which was an experience. Not only was it a great place to watch a Celtics playoff game, but we got to see some pro baseball players. Not Texas Rangers, but members of their Triple-A Round Rock Express. It occurred to me that even if a baseball player never gets out of the minors, his professional experience is still pretty cool. Finally, Jose took me golfing. The beautiful, uncrowded Texas course we played on had wide, forgiving fairways and See moffett on 17
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A Thinking Mom’s Message for Jimmy Kimmel I feel your pain. But please use your brain. On Monday, late-night TV comedian Jimmy Kimmel delivered an emotional by Michelle Malkin m o n o l o g u e Syndicated Columnist about his newborn son. His baby was born with a congenital heart defect that required emergency open-heart surgery. Millions of American parents, myself included, have walked in Kimmel’s shoes. We’ve experienced the terrifying roller coaster of emotions -- panic, helplessness, anger, anxiety, relief, grief and unconditional love -- that comes with raising chronically ill kids. But Kimmel didn’t use his highprofile platform to educate the public about coping with rare diseases. Or to champion the nation’s best and brightest pediatric specialists and medical innovators. The Tinseltown celebrity turned his personal plight into a political weapon, which his liberal friends were all too happy to wield. Top Democrats tweeted their praise for Kimmel’s advocacy of expanded government health care regulations: “Well said, Jimmy,” Barack Obama gushed. “Thanks @jimmykimmel for sharing your story & reminding us what’s at stake w/health care,” Hillary Clinton effused The Huffington Post piled on: “Jimmy Kimmel’s Humanity Underscores Heartlessness Of GOP’s Approach To The Poor.” I don’t need lectures from Huffington Post and Hollywood elites about having a heart. Neither
do the rest of America’s parents, whatever their political affiliations, who know what it’s like to stay up night after endless night with suffering children, wondering whether they would ever be able to breathe normally again or see the light of the next day. Kimmel doesn’t need more maudlin Twitter suck-uppery. He needs a healthy fact-check. “Before 2014,” he claimed, “if you were born with congenital heart disease like my son was, there was a good chance you’d never be able to get health insurance because you had a pre-existing condition, you were born with a pre-existing condition.” This is false. If parents had health insurance, the child would have been covered under the parents’ policy whether or not the child had a health problem. Kimmel continued: “And if your parents didn’t have medical insurance, you might not live long enough to even get denied because of a pre-existing condition.” The term “pre-existing condition” is used to describe uninsured chronically ill people who apply for insurance coverage, not for a child in need of immediate care. Moreover, in the U.S., virtually all hospitals are legally obligated to provide emergency treatment to every patient who urgently requires emergency medical care regardless of the patient’s insurance status. This would include a newborn with an urgent heart condition. This requirement does not apply only to patients who enter an emergency room. It applies to all patients who set fooy on a hospital’s property. Kimmel then dramatically asserted: “If your baby is going to die, and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much
Repealing Obamacare Easier Said Than Done
Republicans have put on a clinic on overpromising during the past several years. Even if you by Rich Lowry w e r e p a y i n g Contributing Writer only very little attention, you would have gotten the distinct impression over the past four election cycles that the GOP was unalterably committed to repealing and replacing Obamacare. It didn’t matter what year the Republicans were running (2010, 2012, 2014 or 2016) or what presidential candidate (earnest, establishment-friendly Mitt Romney or bombastic outsider Donald Trump), repeal of Obamacare remained the consistent theme. The party didn’t leave anything in doubt. It didn’t rely on weasel words or escape hatches. Republicans pledged to, as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz put it, repeal “every See malkin on 34 blasted word of Obamacare.” And
not in phases, not slowly over time, but ASAP. With the House on the verge perhaps of getting a repeal-andreplace bill through, it is worth recalling the years of sweeping promises. The House bill will roll back Obamacare taxes and introduce a significant reform of Medicaid, but when it comes to the heart of Obamacare -- the regulations -- the bill only makes it possible for states to get waivers, based on certain conditions. This is a bill probably worth having, even if it would have earned the derision of Republicans back in the days when they were winning elections with Churchillian statements of resolve on Obamacare. Now, when Republicans actually have power, everything looks different. First, there are the cold feet. As soon as Republicans were confronted with the possibility of writing law rather than making symbolic gestures, they lost much of their enthusiasm for the See lowry on 37
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Korean peninsula have shifted the focus over the simmering maritime dispute in the South China Sea. Though the People’s Republic of China is flexing its geopolitical reach in both occupying and creating islets in the midst of inter-
national sea lanes of communication, there was lukewarm political pushback to Beijing’s actions at the recent meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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Break The Chains My head spins. Before President Trump was elected, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai came on my TV show, upset because Presiby John Stossell Syndicated Columnist dent Obama ordered his agency to regulate the internet. For the first time, “Decisions about how the internet works are going to be made by bureaucrats and politicians instead of engineers and innovators,” he complained. Pai was outvoted by Democrats who supported Obama’s “net neutrality” rule. “Neutrality” sounds good, but the rule actually meant the end of the permissionless innovation that allowed American companies to lead the world in cyberinnovation. Now they would have to get government permission before trying anything new. They would not be allowed to charge big users like Netflix more, or create “fast lanes” for customers who pay extra. Such experiments do discriminate, but they also bring innovation like free-data plans. They create incentives for building better fiber-optic networks, meaning faster speeds and lower prices for most everyone. Under Obama’s rules, said Pai, we would have “slower speeds, fewer competitive choices. This is a massive shift in favor of government control.” That was then. Now Pai chairs the FCC, and he’s dismantling the burdensome rules. Victory! President Trump appointed other sensible deregulators: Betsy DeVos, Elaine Chao, Tom Price, Scott Pruitt, Shirley Ybarra. Many of them criticized the same agen-
cies they will now run. They are in a position to say, “Stop! This endless red tape kills opportunity. Let the free market work!” Bob Poole’s fine research on reducing flight delays by replacing the bureaucratic FAA with private air traffic control might actually come to fruition. His ideas on reducing traffic jams by allowing congestion pricing are getting a hearing. Victory! Wiser people are in charge. But deregulation still won’t be easy. That becomes clear reading Matt Welch’s article “The Deregulator?” in the new issue of Reason. Welch points out that not only did the president appoint deregulators, “Trump put taxpayer money where his mouth is, unveiling a budget blueprint that cut spending at every non-military/ security-related agency ... 31.4 percent from the EPA, 28.7 percent from the State Department, and 20.7 percent each from the departments of Agriculture and Labor.” The bad news is that proposing cuts doesn’t mean they will happen. It’s Congress that writes budgets. “The president is asking the most politically sensitive branch of government to approve the deepest funding and staffing cuts the EPA has ever seen,” writes Welch, “all while surviving an onslaught of headlines such as the San Francisco Chronicle’s ‘Trump budget would make America dirty and sick again.’” Trump’s EPA cuts won’t make America “dirty and sick,” but try un-scaring voters who read headlines like that, along with New York Times diatribes like “Leashes Come Off Wall Street, Gun Sellers, Polluters and More.” See stossell on 34
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- Two significant geopolitical issues dominate East Asia; the North Korean nuclear showdown and China’s mariby John J. Metzler time claims Syndicated Columnist and expansion in the disputed South China Sea. Given the dangerous brinksmanship on the Korean peninsula, the UN Security Council held a landmark meeting to refocus global attention on Pyongyang’s provocative moves. Yet, half a world away in Manila, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) failed to forge a common policy towards Beijing’s bellicosity in islands claimed by six different states. As to tie the theme of Pacific security, back in New York President Donald Trump met with his Australian counterpart Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at an historic venue which evoked the strong ties and unequivocal solidarity between the USA and Australia. The meeting on the WWII U.S. Navy carrier Intrepid, recalling the epic Battle of the Coral Sea whose 75th anniversary is being commemorated, served as a searingly poignant reminder of the price and cost of freedom and the continued importance of strong military ties among partners. The 1942 battle, the first major action in which aircraft carriers were deployed, successfully thwarted an Impe-
rial Japanese Navy thrust towards Australia. Just last week, the UN Security Council held yet another urgent meeting on North Korea. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stated clearly that, in response to North Korea’s accelerated “nuclear and ballistic missile activities, the Security Council has adopted two sanctions resolutions and met eleven times in emergency consultations since January 2016.” He added that during this period the Pyongyang regime had “conducted two nuclear tests, more than 30 launches using ballistic missile technology, and various other activities relating to its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.” U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stressed emphatically, “With each successive detonation and missile test, North Korea pushes Northeast Asia and the world closer to instability and broader conflict.” He added ominously, “The threat of a North Korean nuclear attack on Seoul, or Tokyo, is real.” Tillerson advised, “It is likely only a matter of time before North Korea develops the capability to strike the U.S, mainland.” He warned, “We must be willing to face the hard truths and make hard choices right now to prevent disastrous outcomes in the future. Business as usual is not an option.” The recent, albeit cyclical, Korean crisis seems to be cooling. Storm clouds over the divided
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23 years to 18 days. Her instructions concerning her burial included the request that the six oldest witness the burial while the seven youngest not be allowed to see her after her death. The baby was to be trusted to the temporary care of Mrs. Henry Morrill, one who had the experience needed and had promised to do so. Hulda’s obituary concerning her read, “Every wish was granted, everything was done that loving hands and a devoted family could do…As her life went out, she thought of all each day and night, and had the care of home and family until ten minutes before death, when she said to her husband, ‘ I am resting ’, and closed her eyes in sleep.” That is a sad story but See smith on 9
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when we spoke them fifty years ago and her attention to being a good wife and mother has never wavered. So as we honor the mothers of today, let us also remember those of yesteryear, whether it be Hulda who died young or the mother who lived to be a hundred years old and saw her great and maybe even great-great grandchildren. It is interesting when looking back, and considering the demands involved with being a mother, to discover
that the main question facing the New Hampshire state legislature 94 years ago (1923) was whether or not to reduce the number of hours that women and children could be required to work to 48 hours a week. That’s a whole separate story but perhaps reminds us that being a mother is a full-time position of huge responsibility and reward, and that the word “just� should never precede that of a “ Mother.�
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one that illustrates a mother’s love and sacrifice for her children and a mother’s role in the home. In April of 1906 the Laconia Democrat newspaper reported that Portland had attracted attention because it had a female police officer, but also stated that a magazine writer stated that there were 879 women employed as policewomen or watchmen in the United States, 1370 as miners or quarry workers, 7 as conductors, 196 as blacksmiths, 113 as woodchoppers and 100 as lumbermen. The newspaper added : “Still a vast majority of the fair sex evidently prefer to stay at home and take care of the babies.� Actually, the demands of the work-place and the demands of motherhood, as well as the opinions of one hundred or so years ago, didn’t make it very likely that many mothers would be working outside of the home, although that didn’t prevent some women from finding a way to contribute to the family income. About 77 years ago my Mother, Dorothea Gage Smith,who had taught school before marrying my Father, was elected to the New Hampton School Board. At that time my parents had four of their eventual six children ( I was the fourth), and the Laconia Democrat said: “Busy as Mrs. Smith has been with
the care of her home and family she has found time for outside activities, being prominent in the Junior Women’s Club. For the past year and a half she has also carried on a Sunday School for the children of Dana Hill. So her new position is just one more job to be done and she approaches it with courage and an earnest desire to prove to the people that their confidence has not been misplaced.� My Mother was an only child who became the mother of six. My Dad had six siblings, three reaching adulthood, but only one living long enough for me to meet them, and his mother died of tuberculosis when
he was but three and onehalf years old. The passing of my Dad’s sister left her five children without their mother and the death of his older brother at the age of 26 added to his loss. Though others step in to be mothers to those who have lost theirs, those of us who have benefited from the love and care and nuture of our biological mothers should be grateful, recognizing the huge responsibility and influence they have had upon our lives. Despite the hardships that sometimes come, children are the joy and pride of their mothers, a fact I observe in my wife, Donna, every day. She experienced the trauma of a miscarriage and grief involved in carrying our firstborn for nine months only to have him die a few hours after birth, but has also successfully and happily mothered our three living children who have blessed us with twelve grandchildren, all whom are the recipients of her love. Donna and I took our wedding vows seriously
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LRVNA Executive Director, Cheryl Gonzalo and Board Member, Harry Veins kickoff the fundraiser and ask lakes region residents to participate. the LRVNA, which serves Lakes Region residents who are unable to pay for services,” comments Cheryl Gonzalo, Executive Director, “When there is need, the LRVNA nurses care!” Donations can be made at the LRVNA office in Meredith, or online at www.LRVNA.org/need. The Common Man teamed up with the LRVNA in 2016 in support of the program which raised over $14,000. Gonzalo reports, “More people are aware of the program this year, and with about two weeks left to go, we hope to do even better in 2017. Working together we can make such a difference in our communities.” The LRVNA suggests that businesses can donate and then give the bonus dining cards to either their employees or customers as a special and meaningful thank you gift. The agency was founded in 1923 and is proud to be designated by the
HHCAHPS (Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) as a 4 star agency, and was awarded Top 500 Agency by Home Care Elite. LRVNA serves Center Harbor, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, Tuftonboro, Melvin Village, Ossipee, Sandwich and Wolfeboro. Home health care isn’t just for the elderly, visiting nurses often help those recovering from sports injuries get back to work quicker, and they even offer specialized care for newborns. To receive special health tips and notices about flu clinics and health screenings, you are invited to sign-up for the free LRVNA “Nurses Care” email newsletter program by visiting www.LRVNA.org. The Lakes Region Visiting Nurse Association is located at 186 Waukewan Street in Meredith, NH, phone 603-279-6611.
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And by spreading your contributions over a period of who can run various tests to measure changes in decades, you don’t have to come up with large sums at cholesterol, blood pressure, heart function and other areas. To help ensure your portfolio is healthy, you also any one time. need to chart its progress over time. And that doesn’t Another element important to exercise is the need just mean determining if you’re getting the growth you to avoid injury. That’s why all sorts of athletes, both competitive and casual, stretch before they swing into need, though that’s obviously of great interest to you. You also need to evaluate whether your portfolio has action. Many of them also take other injury-avoidance steps, such as strengthening their “core” through gotten out of balance, which can occur without your doing anything at all. To illustrate: If you start out with abdominal work and increasing their flexibility through yoga. When you invest, you can be “injured” a certain percentage of one type of investment, such And to help maintain a healthy portfolio, you as stocks, and these stocks grow to a point where they if your portfolio takes a hit during a market downcan draw on some of the same principles that apply turn. However, this type of injury will likely be much now take up a bigger share of your portfolio, you may be taking on more risk than you had intended. to keeping your body in good shape. more severe if your portfolio is over-concentrated
Consider, for example, one of the things that happen when you exercise – namely, your body uses more oxygen. As an investor, you may need your portfolio to get “oxygen” in the form of infusions of new investment dollars. If you stop putting money into your portfolio, you’ll need to rely on your existing investments to grow enough to help you meet your long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement. Could that happen? Maybe, but you will likely be better off by investing consistently, year after year.
in just one asset class and the downturn primarily affects those exact assets. But if you own many different types of assets – stocks, bonds, government securities, and so on – you may reduce the impact of a downturn on your portfolio. Keep in mind, though, that this type of diversification can’t guarantee profits or help you avoid all losses. While exercise is essential to maintaining good health, it isn’t the only factor involved. You should also get regular checkups with a medical professional,
Consequently, you should review your portfolio at least once a year to evaluate both its performance and its balance. Once you’ve compared where you are today with where you were a year ago, you’ll be in a better position to make appropriate changes if needed.
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Do what it takes to keep yourself physically fit – but also take steps to ensure your investment portfolio is in good shape. It’s vitally important to your future – and you can do the work without even breaking a sweat.
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By the late 1800s, wild turkeys were extinct from New Hampshire. Thanks to hunting license revenue and federal matching funds, and the efforts of the NH Fish & Game Department, wild turkeys are once again plentiful in New Hampshire. The spring turkey hunting season runs from May 3-31 each year. I normally spend most days of the season helping others get their turkeys. With my only turkey hunting “clients” this year being friends, I decided to do something I haven’t been able to do for several years, which was relax and just enjoy being in the turkey woods with no pressure. What I thought would be a long season filled with excitement and more
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and hope to call one of those big toms to within shooting distance. The alarm went off at 3AM, and by 4AM I was sitting in my ground blind. My strategy was to sit tight and make minimal calls in hopes of getting the attention of at least one of those three toms. I sat as the sun rose and listened to the three toms in the distance gobbling from the roost. I heard a few more gobbles from the ground, followed by hours of silence. Just before 9am, as boredom was setting in from sitting in the blind for five hours, I began thinking about leaving and trying a new area. I decided to take a look out the back windows of the blind in case a turkey had snuck in behind me. As I turned back around I noticed a hen sneaking along the far edge of the field, but heading in my general direction. Then I spotted a tom, in full strut, about 60 yards behind the hen. It was the three toms and they were following the hen. I began calling with a series of purrs and a few See moore on 17
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D.A. LONG TAVERN and is being well received. But we come to expect greatness from owner / brewer / distributor John Glidden. This honey golden colored ale with creamy antique white head is a site to behold. According to John, each bottle contains two tablespoons of real NH maple syrup which adds to its attractive color and taste. The well-matched hop bittering to the sweetness of the maple syrup sit just right on your senses during your initial sips. With just a bit of late bite, this beer beckons for more sampling as you begin to categorize its many flavors. Coming in at 7% ABV, it’s a great beer to share with friends or just sit back with it at the end of the day and reflect. Since this beer was just
released May 1, 2017, there are no official Beer Advocate ratings thus far. You will come away from this beer knowing two things: Squam brews great beer with great consistency and that you will want more of this and all of their other offerings. John self-distributes his creations, which means you will always find it at Case-n-Keg in Meredith as well as Golden Pond Country Store in Holderness. Keep ‘em coming Squam Brewing; you are well loved! Jim MacMillan is the owner of WonByOne Design of Meredith, NH, and is an avid imbiber of craft brews and a home brewer as well. Send him your recommendations and brew news to wickedbrews@weirs.com
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New Hampshire has a rich tradition of small entrepreneurial leadership. Whether it was building the first snowmobile in a small garage in Ossipee during the winter of 1917, creating the first mountain-climbing train in 1866 to scale Mt Washington called the Peppersass, or being the first to make Tupperware a household item in the 1960’s courtesy of Earl Tupper in Berlin, us NH folk enjoy new creations to make our lives feel more complete. The same is true in creating small, locally brewed beer by enthusiasts / business owners that want to share their craft with others because it is local and because it is about New Hampshire. So today, we look at the true entrepreneurial spirit of a single man making his mark in the craft brew industry. Squam Brewing Company is located in Holderness, NH. Owner John Glidden started Squam in 2010 and knows the personal satisfaction of solely producing a fine product. Being a 3 barrel nano brewery, John has full control of his concoctions and is known for his superior consistency. Each of his 14 different beer styles match the season perfectly. They are sold in 22 oz “bomber� bottles with gorgeous labels designed from paintings by relative, Deb Samia. You can find out more at their website: www. squambrewing.com. “Sugar Cabin IPA� is the newest addition to the Squam Brewing line-up
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Get your New Hampshire Safe Boater Education Certificate! New Hampshire has a mandatory boating education law. Everyone 16 years of age and older who operates a motorboat over 25 horsepower on New Hampshire waters must have a boating education certificate. The New Hampshire boater education course covers a range of topics from safety instructions to boat handling to reading the weather and prepares you for a variety of situations you could find yourself in while on the water. To search/register for a Boating Education Class visit our website at www.boatingeducation.nh.gov or for information regarding boating laws and regulations visit www.marinepatrol.nh.gov
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T h i s Sunday is the day America honors its Mothers. So Happy Mothers Day to all of the great by Niel Young M o t h Advocates Columnist ers in the w o r l d . If they live a distance away, give them a call! Google: “Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or May.” When my mother lost her husband – my father – in WWII she still by today’s values could have aborted me. Obviously, she did not. I thank and praise her for that. Other than that we had very little time as mother and son. My father’s mother became my guardian, thank God for that. Gilda Radner: “Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary—it’s an act of infinite optimism.” My mother gave me life. I am the extremely proud father of three children. And when there was a decision to be made; and though the female has the final yes or no – this young couple together said yes to life through adoption! The families did not know of this decision for two decades. Once again a “Mom” did the right thing. God was watching over our granddaughter just a few miles down Rt. 121 from Hampstead, NH
where my daughter and her husband live! But wait – there is more. ALL grandparents have been told that Shan and husband who have Brea are expecting another child later this year. I am from the right to LIVE believers. We fight – yes I said fight – for our rights every day. If you give up OUR children and grandchildren will not have a chance re: freedom and rights. Mom, come on – they will listen to you. No whacky ideas, please. Phil Chapman is a retired geophysicist and concerned Republican who lives in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was once a NASA astronaut and is still involved in spacerelated research: “It will take decades to reverse the ratchet to the left that WEAK Republicans have permitted for to long. As one of the most important examples, the systematic brainwashing of students from kindergarten to college is a problem whose roots run all the way back to the Wilson administration, a century ago. A nationwide school voucher program would help but is insufficient because many if not most parents are themselves victims of the pervasive ideological indoctrination and therefore do not realize how the schools are injuring their children. Even if we could eliminate the entirely unprofessional teacher unions and privatize all schools, it would still take many years to staff them with unbiased teachers. Breaking the politically correct socialist stranglehold on college faculties will take even longer. We can,
however, hope that Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos, will at least start the reform process, and that is more than any previous Republican administration has done.” Gov. Chris Sununu says he is for choice in education by the parents and supports “hire more teachers, strengthen unions, begin the indoctrination, with all day kindergarten; waste of taxpayer dollars.” It’s just republicans, being republicans. ******** Perhaps I or we should be talking to NH GOP Chairman Jeanie Forrester.
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Tim Moore is a full time licensed NH guide and owner of Tim Moore Outdoors. LLC. He is a member of the New England Outdoor Writer’s Association and the producer of Tim Moore Outdoors TV. Visit www.TimMooreOutdoors.com for more information.
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fast greens. But I didn’t score well and realized some of my clubs were older than the Dallas Cowboy franchise. They need to be replaced. And while I don’t have Jerry Jones’ wealth, I want to believe that money CAN buy me a better golf score!
Born Today ... That is to say, sports standouts born on May 11 include former Texas Ranger pitcher Bobby Witt (1964).
RUNNERS ‌ JUNE 3rd RACE On Saturday, June 3, at 9 a.m., NHTI-Concord will host the “EhlersDanlos Syndrome Awareness for a Cure 5K Run.â€? The event will include awards, a raffle, and special surprises for Physical Therapy employees. Proceeds go to educating healthcare providers, materials for support groups, and other activities that raise awareness about EDS. See you there!
Sportsquiz Answer Washington Senators manager Ted Williams went to Texas with the team when it moved there after the 1971 season. Their inaugural 1972 season saw the Rangers finish last in the American League West with a 54-100 record. State Representative Michael Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He coauthored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hol-
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Tuesday, May 16, 7 – 8 p.m. The Tuesday, June 20, 7 - 8 p.m. Doolittle Raid: 75th Anniversary. Women Soldiers of the American Lecture by Dana Robertson Civil War. Lecture by Professor Sarah Batterson Tuesday, May 23, 7 - 8 p.m. The US Carbine caliber .30 M1, Why? Tuesday, June 27, 7 - 8 p.m. Lecture by George R. Gurick, Jr. Veterans’ Reections: History Preserved. Lecture and book Tuesday, May 30, 7 - 8 p.m. signing by author William Graser Three Stooges and the Axis. Presented by Daniel Schroeder Monday, July 17, 7 - 8 p.m. The Bedford Boys. Lecture and book Tuesday, June 6, 7 - 8 p.m. signing by author Alex Kershaw. Songs for Soldiers, Veterans and Note: This program will take place in the Patriots Presented by “Ramblin’ Wolfeboro Town Hall’s Great Hall. Doors Richardâ€? (Richard Kruppa) open at 6 pm. Tuesday, June 13, 7 - 8 p.m. The New Hampshire Heritage Museum Trail. The Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, The American Independence Museum, and The Millyard Museum
Tuesday, July 25, 7 - 8 p.m. Give Me Tomorrow. Lecture and book signing by author Patrick O’Donnell Note: This is a free program
and will take place in the Wolfeboro Town Hall’s Great Hall. Doors open at 6:00 pm.
Admission $8. per person; free for Wright Museum members. Reservations recommended, call 603-569-1212 for more info. Doors open 1 hour before the program begins. www.wrightmuseum.org.
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soft yelps, which seemed to be working when all of a sudden, the wind picked up and the blind started moving. Before I knew it the three toms were spooked and hiding just inside the tree line. My last chance was to change tactics and call to the hen. Hens don’t like competition. Knowing this I ramped up the n u m b e r of purrs and yelps I made to annoy her. I thought it was over when suddenly, the hen broke loose and started walking straight toward my decoys. When she was about halfway the three toms followed as if nothing had happened. As the toms got to within my comfortable shooting distance a new problem presented itself. They were too close together to shoot only the one bearded turkey that is allowed. I waited, hoping they wouldn’t spook when they figured out my
decoys were well, decoys. Every time the dominant tom was just far enough away from the others for me to shoot, they would regroup. It was a few minutes that felt like a few hours. Finally, they separated and I sealed the deal. He turned out to be my biggest to date weighing 22 pounds with a 10 1/2� beard and 1� spurs, but the best part were the turkey tenderloins my wife and I enjoyed for dinner that night.
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Wednesday 17th Pierce the Veil & Sum 41 Hampton Ballroom,
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Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 6pm start. Walk a 2+ mile course to Meadowbrook and back to Patrick’s. All proceeds to benefit Pub Mania and the Lakes Region Children’s Auction. $10 entry fee includes a complimentary beverage and entry into the post-shuffle raffle. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841
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Free Spa Event - Dover
Skin Health Medi-Spa, 784 Central Ave, Dover. 5:30pm7:30pm. The event will include product demonstrations, informal discussions regarding skin care, product giveaways, and meet-and-greet opportunities with the practice’s physicians and core staff members. Highlighted services demonstrated during the event will be subject to significant
discounts if appointment is booked at any point during the evening, for example, 10 free units of Botox will be provided during scheduled treatment sessions if booked the night of the 18th. Event is free and the public is invited. Reservations can be made by calling 7425556 Thurs. 18th – Sat. 20th
Book Sale – Friends of the Meredith Public Library
Meredith Public Library, 91 Main Street, Meredith. Thurs. noon-8pm, Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-1pm. All sales are by donation.
Friday 19th The Airplane Family and Friends with Live Dead 69 The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. www. flyingmonkeynh.com or 5362551.
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Dueling Pianos – Matt Langley & Lorentz Music Services
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Saturday 20th The Mersey Beatles The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. www. flyingmonkeynh.com or 5362551.
Annual WOW! Sweepstakes Ball Gunstock Mountain Resort, Gilford. 6:30pm-11pm. Support the expansion of the WOW! Trail. Tickets are $100 and admits 2 people to a fun night of dinner, dancing and entertainment and a chance to win a cash prize. $10,000 Grand Prize, only 300 tickets being sold. Tickets are available online at www. banknhpavilion.com or at Patrick’s Pub & Eatery. 6304468
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Tribute to Smokey Robinson & Marvin Gaye – Pete Peterson Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. www. patrickspub.com or 293-0841
Armed Forces Day Blueberry Pancake Breakfast First Church Congregational, 63 South Main Street, Rochester. 7:30am-10am. 1, 2, or 3 pancakes, ham, scrambled eggs, and beverages. Veterans receive ½ off the regular price of $6pp. www.first-ucc.net or 332-1121
Roast Pork Supper
Danbury Grange Hall, Danbury. Homemade & delicious full meal including dessert. $9/ adults, $4/kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under are free. Eat in or take out. 252-4440
Basket Weaving Workshop with Ray Lagasse League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 9am4pm. For this class you will choose one basket design, full descriptions, dimensions and pictures of baskets are available to look at www.
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Annie and the Orphans
Sunday 21st
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia.
David Crosby The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. www. flyingmonkeynh.com or 5362551.
Soul Fueled Summit 3S ArtSpace, Portsmouth. The purpose of this oneday “immersive experience� is to help entrepreneurs, business owners, and aspiring entrepreneurs move past any obstacle to create a more fulfilling life while aligning with their purpose driven mission. Event is hosted by Amber Lilyestrom, who is a branding strategist. For more information or to register visit
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Wednesday 24th Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 6pm start. Walk a 2+ mile course to Meadowbrook and back to Patrick’s. All proceeds to benefit Pub Mania and the Lakes Region Children’s Auction. $10 entry fee includes a complimentary beverage and entry into the post-shuffle raffle. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841
Thursday 25th Cocker Rocks The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. www. flyingmonkeynh.com or 5362551.
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Benefit Concert for Wounded Veterans – Jay Gates Impersonates Rod Stewart and Barry Manilow
Serving Dinner Thu-Fri-Sat Nights Lunch & Breakfast Served Daily
Meredith Community Auditorium, Inter-Lakes High School, Meredith. Doors open at 7pm, concert starts at 7:45pm. Tickets are $27.50pp and can be purchased at www.
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Sat. 27th – Mon. 29TH 26TH Annual Memorial Day Weekend Craft Fair Mill Falls Marketplace, DW Highway, Meredith. Saturday 10am-7pm, Sunday 10am5pm, Monday 10am-4pm. Over 100 juried artists from all over New England will display their American Made works of all kinds. Specialty foods and live music, Free admission, rain or shine, and friendly pets on leashes are welcomed. www.castleberryfairs.com or 332-2616
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Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. Audrey plays at 7pm, Peter starts at 8:30pm. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841
The Castle, 19 Charles Street, Rochester. 6pm-9pm. The wine tasting will feature four tables of wine to sample as well as delicious food including shrimp cocktail, smoked salmon, a chef’s carving station, and many fine desserts. There will be live music and a silent auction as well. Tickets are $45pp and can be purchased online at www.
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For those who appreciate the quality and craftsmanship of an era gone by‌
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apply the solution and let it soak into the wood. Keep the wood wet with the solution for 15 minutes, lightly scrub with a stiff brush and rinse. The natural wood color will return and the bench will look marvelous. You’ll probably have to sand the wood to remove wood fuzz. Brush off all the dust and then apply any recommended primer that the finish coat paint manufacturer says to use on bare wood. Be sure to work in the shade. Before priming, fill all cracks with exterior spackling compound and caulk all cracks where water could enter the wood. Pay close attention to the recoat time on the primer label. You want to apply the finish coats of paint as soon as possible after the primer allows. Doing this creates both a mechanical and chemical bond between the primer and finish coat of paint. If you prime the bench and then wait days or a week to finish paint it, you don’t get as good a bond between the coats of paint. Paint all the surfaces of the bench, especially the underside and the bottom of the legs. You want to completely seal out all water. The end grain of the lumber is where water loves to get in, so those parts may require three or more coats of paint. Please let me know what brand of paint the local sign painters say to use. Be sure to talk to no fewer than three sign painters! Need an answer? All of Tim’s past columns are archived for free at www.AsktheBuilder.com. You can also watch hundreds of videos, download Quick Start Guides and more, all for free.
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a charity bingo hall, to name a few, I am very proud of what has been accomplished. We are all very happy to have Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Cream and Monkey Trunks onboard and look forward to a long and successful relationship between the three businesses.â&#x20AC;? For now Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Cream and Monkey Trunks are open weekends and then seven days and nights a week once summer crowds arrive.
Adventure Park, another great attraction on the property now in its seventh season, Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Cream is the perfect complement to these other two great businesses. One of the well thought out additions to the new building are two spacious public rest rooms for the added comfort of visitors to both Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Monkey Trunks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really is a huge addition,â&#x20AC;? said Monkey Trunks owner Kris Gagnon, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having them here will really round out the experience, especially at night.â&#x20AC;?
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Monkey Trunks added lights to their adventure course in recent years and last year finished adding lights to each of the tree platforms as part of their new Zipline Adventure into the trees. In helping celebrate Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, along with Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s giving free ice cream cones to all moms, Monkey Trunks will be giving free admission to the Adventure Park to mothers. (The usual cost is twenty-nine dollars.)
Funspot will also be giving free $20 token cards to all moms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I started this business in 1952 with my brother John on Lakeside Avenue in Weirs Beach, I always had my eye on bigger and better things going forward,â&#x20AC;? said Bob Lawton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today, with our 75,000 square-foot facility, designated as the largest arcade in the world with over 600 games, a 20-lane bowling center, a full-service tavern and
Funspot is open every day and night of the year except Christmas. For more information on Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Cream visit www.facebook.com/ jordansic For more on Monkey Trunks visit www.monkeytrunks.com For more on Funspot visit www.funspotnh.com
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Though six neighboring states have sea and island claims in the volatile region, the ten-member ASEAN group under Philippine chairmanship, chose not to poke the Chinese dragon, nor to even gently remind China of last year’s World Court ruling favoring Philippine sovereignty over some of the islands. In July 2016, the tribunal rejected Beijing’s argument that it enjoys, “historic rights” over most of the disputed South China Sea. The matter was clear, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen to bend his country’s sovereignty claims to the East wind from the China Mainland. A 25 page ASEAN Chairman’s statement failed to even fleetingly mention Beijing’s policies in the contentious regional dispute. Surprisingly at the end of the Manila summit seven Chinese Navy ships made a goodwill visit to the Philippines. The message was clear. A momentous week for Asia ended on the Hudson River in New York where U.S. President Donald Trump met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to reinforce the close ties between the USA and Australia.
Commemorating the anniversary of the decisive Battle of the Coral Sea in which the Imperial Japanese Navy came perilously close to Australian shores, Trump said he and Turnbull had “reaffirmed ties” after an brief spat earlier in the year. Australia and the U.S. have remained steadfast allies through two Word Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet despite the close political links with Washington, Australia maintains a very cosy commercial relationship with China. Due to a recent Free Trade Agreement, China has become Australia’s largest trading market with two way trade in 2016 standing at $105 billion. Raw materials and agricultural exports dominate the business. Given the complex geopolitical situation in East Asia there’s an overdue demand for focused and clear U.S. foreign policy in the Pacific. And not a moment too soon. 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.
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money you make.” I repeat: It does not matter if you are rich are poor or if you are uninsured. If your baby is in the hospital, he or she will receive emergency care no matter what. “This isn’t football,” Kimmel implored. “There are no teams. We are the team, it’s the United States. Don’t let their partisan squabbles divide us on something every decent person wants.” Kimmel implies that opposition to Obamacarestyle insurance mandates is both un-American and indecent. Had he been less hysterical, he would have acknowledged that different health care systems have pros and cons -- and decent Americans can have legitimate differences of opinion on such matters. In the land of makebelieve, it would be wonderful if everyone had free access to the same highquality care Kimmel and his family did at CedarsSinai and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. In the real world, Obamacare plans have severely curtailed the number of doctors and hospitals that customers can use. Command-and-control regulations on guaranteed issue,
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