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Becky Rule at Gilmanton Historical Society
Sherwood Johnston won the 1953 Mt Washington Hillclimb in his Jaguar in 10 minutes, 47.6 seconds. In the photo below is Travis Pastrana driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Pastrana won the 2010 race in 6 minutes, 20.47 seconds. This June marks the 110th running of the famous Mount Washington Hillclimb.
Largest Field Of Drivers Ever For The 110th Year Of The Mt. Washington Hillclimb L I N C O L N -Officials with the Sports Car Club of New Hampshire and the Mt. Washington Auto Road revealed the competitor list today for the return of the legendary Mt. Washington “Climb to the Clouds” Automobile
Hillclimb which will take place June 27-29th on the 7.6 mile Mt. Washington Auto Road. The Subaru Mt. Washington Hillclimb, also known as the
Climb to the Clouds, the 2014 Subaru was first run in M t . W a s h i n g t o n 1904 as part Hillclimb will be a of the famous 3-day motorsports Glidden Tour festival boasting an and serves as 80-car competition one of North field – the largest in America’s old- the event’s history est motorsports - filled with some of events. Following the best race and See hillclimb on 20 a 3-year hiatus,
Humorist Becky Rule returns to Gilmanton to regale the audience with stories of the rituals, traditions and history of town meeting, including the perennial characters, the literature, the humor and the wisdom of this uniquely New England tradition. The program takes place at Old Town Hall on NH Route 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works, on Tuesday, May 26 at 7:30pm.. Refreshments and social hour begin at 7pm; the program begins promptly at 7:30. The Society’s Museum, in the basement of Old Town Hall, is open at 7pm. The program is free and open to the public; donations to support the work of the Society are gratefully received. The Society’s summer series is presented on the 4th Tuesday of each month, May through September. Go to www.historicalsocietiesnh.org/ gilmanton
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May Thursday 22nd The Monkees
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Free Sit n’ Sew
The Quilted Frog, Weirs Beach. 2-5pm. 366-5600
Water, Weather, Climate and Community Workshop
Massabesic Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn. 6-8pm. What is the connection between NH’s declining moose populations, NH’s skinny shrimp catch and the state’s bird populations? Join conservation planners, wildlife enthusiasts and neighbors in this workshop. Free and open to the public. 668-2045
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Laconia Community Center, Laconia. 6-8pm. Players range in ages from 5-18 years old. Registration fees are $30 per child or $50 per family. 4556572
nightscapes. There will be a reception and a chance to meet the artist on Saturday, May 24th from 4-6pm. 2790557 Saturday 24th
A Walk Back in Time: The Secret of Cellar Holes
Free Sit n’ Sew
Chichester Grange Hall, 54 Main Street, Chichester. 7pm. Presented by the NH Humanities Council. Free and open to the public. 798-5709
Admissions Open House
The Community School, 1164 Bunker Hill Road, South Tamworth. 11am3pm. Student-led tours begin at 11am, followed by lunch. 323-7000
They Sawed Up a Storm: The Women’s Saw Mill at Turkey Pond
The Pierce Brigade at the Pierce Manse, 14 Horseshoe Pond Lane, Concord. 7pm. Presented by Sarah Shea Smith, author and Forest Industry Specialist at the University of NH. Free and open to the public. 2241819 Friday 23rd
Steel Panther
Hampton Beach Casino, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton. www.casinoballroom. com or 929-4100
Huggins Hospital Aid Sale
Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10am-3pm. Books, collectibles, toys, furniture and more.
Personal Privacy in Cyberspace
NH Telephone Museum, 22 East Main Street, Warner. 7pm. Presented by Herman Tavani. Free and open to the public. 456-2234
Scenic Cruises From Weirs Beach daily
Memorial Day Specials Kids cruise free all weekend. Veterans and Active Service Daytime Cruise Fare $10
Rock ’n’ Roll Sat. Night $30 Dinner Cruise May 24 - Weirs Beach - 7 PM In Honor of our Public Servants
Sunday Brunch Sundays ex. June 22
Lisa Marie and all Shook Up Blues
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12pp. BYO venue. 527-0043
Frates Creative Arts Center Dance Recital
Gilford High School Auditorium, Gilford. 7pm. Tickets available at the door.
Fri. 23rd – Sun. 25th Local Photographer Art Exhibit – Jon Secord
VynnArt Gallery, 30 Main Street, Meredith. Jon is a 25 year old photographer from Meredith who specializes in landscapes and
The Quilted Frog, Weirs Beach. 2-5pm. 366-5600
Huggins Hospital Aid Sale
Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10am-3pm. Books, collectibles, toys, furniture and more.
New Legacy Swing Band
Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. $25pp at the door. 569-2151 or www. wfriendsofmusic.org
10th Annual Branch River Paddle
Featuring a 4-1/2 mile scenic trip along the conserved banks of the Branch River. A picnic lunch will be provided at the paddle destination. Paddlers should bring their own kayaks or canoes and wear US Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices. Transportation for participants and their boats will be provided back to the parking/boat put-in site. Children under 10 should be accompanied by an adult. Reservations required. 9787125
Contra Dance
Wakefield Opera House, 2 High Street, Wakefield. 7:30-9:30pm. Dudley Laufman and “Two Fiddles” will lead the fun filled night of dance. $6 suggested donation. 557-6770
The Juke Joint Five – Live Music
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12pp. BYO venue. 527-0043
Flea Market
Church of the Holy Spirit, 263 Highland Street, Plymouth. 8am-Noon. 7443597
Squam Lakes Association Annual Pancake Breakfast
Squam Lakes Association, 534 US Route 3, Holderness. 9-11am. Come down and celebrate the season with some pancakes by the lake! $10pp, kids under 5 eat free. 968-7336
Craft Show
North Conway Community Center, 2628 White Mountain Highway, North Conway. 10am-5pm. Over 75 arts and crafts exhibitors will be displaying their work. Rain or shine, under canopy. 528-
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Metamorphosis: Hatching Understanding At League of NH The League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Gallery is pleased to announce “Metamorphosis: Hatching Understanding”... a collaboration with Lucy Golden and Mother Nature. Beginning June 1st the League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Gallery will host a collection of native moth cocoons in tandem with Lucy’s jewelry. The four local moth species are within the Saturniidae family: Luna, Polyphemus, Cecropia, and Promethea moths. They are also known as the giant silk worm moths. The exhibit will feature a Lucite housing for cocoons in various stages, along with a body of work that celebrates the metamorphosis from cocoon to moth. Golden has focused on creating awareness of the environmental impact from the plight of these species, among others. Customers who purchase a piece from the Moth and Butterfly Collection by Lucy Golden will receive a silk moth cocoon along with care instructions. A portion of the sales from each piece sold from the Moth and Butterfly Collection by Lucy Golden will go to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center to help promote environmental awareness. The League of NH Craftsmen Gallery is located at 279 DW Hwy. Meredith, next to Church Landing.
The Cat in the Hat In Rochester Spend a fun afternoon with the most mischievous cat that you’ve ever met, when Rochester Opera House Productions presents the Dr.Seuss what-might-happen-next adventure The Cat in the Hat on Sunday, June 8 at 2pm. The Cat creates cheerful chaos with wacky tricks, teamed with a resplendence of rhyme. While reveling in the jolly antics, Sally and her brother…and the audience…delight in the wonder of words as The Cat in the Hat turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will their mom find when she gets home? Purchase tickets for $12 online at RochesterOperaHouse. com or call/stop by the box office at (603) 335-1992 on M/W/F from 10-5 or two hours before the show. Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester.
Local Photographer To Exhibit At Vynnart Gallery Local photographer, Jon Secord will exhibit his work at VynnArt Gallery May 23rd through the 25th. Jon is a 25 year old photographer from Meredith who specializes in landscapes and nightscapes. He is constantly inspired by the places photography takes him whether it be classic New England icons like Nubble Lighthouse, or hiking into the deep wilderness to capture the beauty of the unpolluted night sky. “It’s not just about finding the perfect light of sunrise or seeing the Northern Lights dance above the White Mountains, for me it’s the sense of adventure I get chasing that next
amazing moment”. There will be a reception and a chance to meet the Artist on Saturday, May 24th from 4:00 to 6:00 at VynnArt Gallery. VynnArt Gallery is located on 30 Main Street in Meredith, just above Mill Falls Market Place. For further information call 279-0557 or go to www.VynnArt.com.
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I can’t help but be jealous. After all, I’ve been hard at work for close to twenty years now, writing about my adventures as a Flatlander and working tirelessly trying to get Natives and Flatlanders a little bit closer to understanding each other and getting along. I’ve also been giving my sage advice to all Flatlanders who have come after me to help them fit in. (For example: Loud and pompous might work where you were from but it won’t accomplish much here.) Of course, I did all of this, not for my own sake, but for the sake of others. I haven’t been selfish about it, even if I have to say so myself. Still, it does sting a bit, well a lot, to have put in all that time and effort and then, just like that, to have someone else steal my thunder. I am, I have been told, pretty well recognized around New Hampshire as the “Flatlander�. Having started groups like F.A.T.S.O (Flatlanders Adjusting To Solitary Oblivion, a winter support group) and running every two years for governor under the Flatlander Ticket, I have slowly, become a familiar face. Yet, on the national scene, I am not well known at all. It never upset me. I figured I was getting close and I would eventually break
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through. But recently, the rug was pulled out right from under me as another Flatlander who has only lived here for nine months and from New Jersey to boot (sorry, growing up in New York there is that natural animosity) and got himself into the national limelight in a little over two minutes. Maybe you heard about it, maybe not. It was devastating to my psyche. I wasn’t sure how to feel. There I was watching him over and over again on TV ad nauseam and not just on the local news but on the national news as well. Soon it seemed he was being talked about everywhere as well on TV talking about it himself (It was something about a school board meeting and a book or something, I was so devastated, I can’t remember.) It was hard for me to hear that angry New Jersey accent coming from my television speakers in a discussion about something that happened in New Hampshire. He hadn’t even been here for a whole year of weather yet and he was suddenly, unfairly in my eyes, representing every Flatlander who had ever moved to New Hampshire. That should have been me yelling in my waning Long Island accent. It just wasn’t right. It was supposed to be my time. But soon that fifteen minutes of fame went away and the national news went to other stories and so did most of the rest of New Hampshire. Still, I felt betrayed. What had I done wrong that kept me from the national spotlight? Am I too nice of a guy? Do I need
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To The Editor: For those of you who still think the Keystone Pipline will be good for this country try checking out a few of these companies - all associated with the Koch Brothers or their families. First one is Flint Hill Resources and the next is Oxbow Corporation owned by brother William. Flint Hill had a great enviromental record according to one article but another one listed all the fines, penalities and violations of environmental laws. From 1999 to 2003 they have paid over 400 million in fines for illegal dumping of numerous toxic
chemicals. Included were aviation fuel, ammonia into the Mississippi River, benzene, numerous coverups and export violations. Oxbow Corporation uses really dirty oil or tar sands to make Pet Coke which is being used instead of coal in coal burning plants. This might be one major reason that the Keystone is so important to them. It is junk and nobody knows what to do with it. It emits 38% more carbon by weight than coal and Oxbow handles 11 million tons of it per year. William is a big political contributor and might be the worse one of the lot. It is now showing up after being dumped in both Detroit and Chicago. Now we
have formaldehyde from fracking. That was granted waivers from the Federal Clean Air and Water Regulations by, what was called, the Halliburton Loophole” by, guess who, the Bush Cheney administration. One complaint is that we will not get any use from this oil. Most articles I’ve read mention it is just passing through on its way to China or India. It really might be the Pet Coke that is wanted. That along with the tax free profits to the Koch Brothers. Jon Hoyt Plymouth, NH.
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From The State House Bad Bill Blitz! The NH House was treated to a two day session this past week. And what a time it was! There were more than by Rep. Jane a few quesCormier tionable bills Belknap District 8 not to mention some outright BAD bills! Of course, this is only if you believe in First Amendment rights and accountable, small government which is fiscally conservative… SB 415 – transferring surplus revenues to the revenue stabilization reserve account. Simply put, this bill would transfer $15 million of unanticipated surplus funds from the 2012/2013 budget into the “Rainy Day Fund”. This money is not necessary to fund the 2014/15 budget and would boost the paltry $9.3 million currently in the “Rainy Day Fund” to a larger amount. This is important as it would help demonstrate to bond-rating agencies, New Hampshire fiscal conditions were looking more “favorable”. In light of the fact New Hampshire was recently downgraded, in part because of the dismal “Rainy Day Fund”, adding this amount to the fund would have shown some movement in raising this downgrade. Instead, the majority (151-127) voted to Interim Study this bill. (That means it probably will go NO WHERE and New Hampshire will just spend that $15 million. No problem – just move along.)
SB 120 – relative to political contributions and expenditures and relative to reporting by political committees. This bill is a MESS! While the supporters of SB 120 tell us it “increases transparency of our elections…”, it is dangerously broad and vague. By requiring political committee status for individuals and organizations choosing to engage in political speech, it is actually an attack on our First Amendment rights. Everyone knows this bill tries to make an end run around the Citizen’s United decision and is intended to stifle political speech by placing crippling paperwork on two or more people who wish to communicate their views to the public. It has a negative influence on smaller political groups who normally would not be required to file under Federal election law. Other bills such as these have already been litigated at the Supreme Court and found unconstitutional. But, our current majority in the House thought it prudent to pass this bill - knowing full well it will be legally challenged. Taxpayers will then have to pay to litigate SB 120, which like other bills before it, will also likely be found unconstitutional. Progressives love to spend taxpayers’ money – in this case, for absolutely nothing. Roll call was 186/119. You should check to see how your representative voted. SB 319 – relative to access to reproductive health care facilites. Again, the ideologues throw a bill at taxpayers which is destined to be contested in a
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The VA’s Deadly Bureaucratic Drones At least 40 American veterans are dead thanks to bureaucratic delays at Veterans Affairs clinics. But you wouldn’t know it from VA Secretary Gen. by Michelle Malkin Eric Shinseki’s Syndicated Columnist bland and bloodless demeanor at a Senate hearing Thursday. He droned on like an apathetic office manager fielding complaints about the copier being jammed. Shinseki told the Senate panel he “can’t remember” getting warnings from federal watchdogs last fall about ghost clinics and doublescheduling schemes. He said he was “not aware” of explosive bookcooking allegations like the ones at a Fort Collins, Colo., VA facility, where employees were ordered to make their records show that veterans got appointments within 14 days of the day requested, whether or not it was true. In response to bipartisan disgust
with the VA’s serial incompetence and fatally long wait times, oblivious Shinseki blathered about “customer satisfaction surveys.” And when it came time to deliver his calculated sound bite about being “mad as hell” at mounting allegations of criminal fraud and neglect, Shinseki’s perfunctory tone echoed a jaded 411 operator: “City and state, please?” Asked whether VA employees who alter records should be fired, Shinseki’s deputy Robert Petzel said he didn’t know “whether that’s the appropriate level of punishment.” Shinseki interjected that a whopping 3,000 VA workers, including senior managers, had been “involuntarily removed” for misconduct last year -- only to admit that an unknown number of those had simply been reassigned or allowed to retire. In true paper-pusher form, the VA’s top brass have ordered yet another study to assess how and why the VA ignored years of other studies, reports and audits of the department’s waste, fraud and abuse. Showing even more tonedeafness, Shinseki bragged openly See malkin on 7
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about his close friendship with top White House aide Rob Nabors, who is now overseeing the kabuki “review” of his department’s failures. Can you spell crony whitewash? Pressed on why he hadn’t reported illegal data falsification to the FBI, Shinseki demurred that it was the inspector general’s call, not his. In other words: The buck stops somewhere else. Attorney General Eric Holder hid behind the VA inspector general, too. There are no plans for a DoJ probe into the secret waiting lists at the Phoenix VA hospital, where scores of sick vets languished for months before perishing. Question: Why is activist zealot Holder so content to wait for the IG? Given this administration’s shady record of crushing whistleblowers, railroading IGs and replacing them with dirty lapdogs, Shinseki’s vow to “get to the bottom” of this latest deadly scandal while Holder and the FBI sit on the sidelines stinks to high hell. Taking care of the nation’s war veterans is an obligation that has existed since the days of the Continental Congress. But for decades, under both GOP and Democratic administrations, the men and women who served our country have been literally left to die by government caretakers. Fifteen years ago, I reported on VA bureaucrats who took better care of administrative buildings and vacant hospitals than their own patients. Back then, an in-
dependent General Accounting Office found that the agency was spending more than $1 million a day to sustain unneeded hospital buildings. Another $35 million was squandered annually to perform upkeep on empty space, including unused lots and warehouses, while vets were forced to file malpractice suits over substandard care. We “have created the damnedest country club in America,” one VA watchdog activist I quoted said at the time. “Whatever toys they want, they get. Nobody is watching what they spend these millions of dollars on, and obviously, no one cares.” Fifteen years later, it’s the same old, same old. More empty excuses, feckless denials and deadly red tape. The names change, but the game’s the same: “Support the troops” platitudes and photo-ops at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. “Screw the troops” in the bowels of the VA bureaucracy, where book-cookers were busy collecting bonuses instead of saving lives. And everyone at the top refuses to resign. It’s self-serving government as usual. I’d ask how “hope and change” is working out for the affected veterans. But they’re not around to answer. Their chilling silence speaks volumes. Michelle Malkin is the author of “Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is malkinblog@ gmail.com.
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The Height of Utopianism A political battle that is shaping up in San Francisco has implications for other communities across the country. The issue that will be on the by Thomas Sowell June ballot is Syndicated Columnist whether voter approval shall be required to change the height restrictions on buildings along the San Francisco waterfront. Like so many other political issues, this one is being debated in runaway rhetoric bearing no resemblance to reality. Former San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne, for example, says that “the people” own the waterfront and therefore should be “consulted.” Really? Can one of “the people,” who supposedly own the waterfront, decide that he wants to sell his share of it and pocket the money? As for being “consulted,” how many of “the people” -- who have lives to lead, careers to pursue and families to take care of -- are going to study the economic and other complexities created by height restrictions? What we are really talking about are little coteries of selfrighteous busybodies, who have been elected by nobody, wrapping themselves in the mantle of “the people,” in order to oppose elected officials, who have been elected precisely in order to give such issues the professional attention they deserve, in a system of representative government. Height restrictions have serious economic implications that are not immediately obvious to those who do not look beyond rhetoric about “saving” this or “preserving” that. In a place with very high land prices, such as San Francisco, the difference between building a ten-story apartment building and being restricted to building a fivestory apartment building can be a big difference in what rent will have to be charged, when there are only half as many renters to cover the costs of the land. When a city cannot expand upward, its growing population must expand outward. That
means far more commuter traffic, from ever greater distances, to get to work in the city. Anyone who has seen the huge amount of traffic clogging the bridges into San Francisco, as early as 6 o’clock in the morning, will understand that such repercussions exact a price that goes beyond money to time lost in traffic and lives lost in traffic. None of these hidden costs of height restrictions is likely to be noticed, much less weighed, by those who speak or hear selfindulgent rhetoric about how the waterfront is a “treasure” that needs “careful and attentive stewardship” by the voters, as a San Francisco Examiner editorial put it. And just how many of those voters -- “the people” with jobs, homes and families to look after -- are going to have time to carry out this “careful and attentive stewardship”? Does anyone seriously believe that most people have time to be poring over maps, reports and statistics about the San Francisco waterfront? Is not the whole point of representative government that you cannot run a city, much less a state or a nation, as if you were having “town meeting democracy” in some little New England village, where virtually everybody knows everything that is important to that village? Nothing is easier than to rhapsodize about the waterfront as “a public resource beyond compare.” But, however impressive the San Francisco waterfront may be, no resource is “beyond compare.” Comparing -- weighing one thing against another -- is what rational decision-making is all about. Exempting what some segment of the population wants from the process of weighing alternatives is what rhetoricdriven political stampedes are all about. Ms. Renne’s assertion that those who own the waterfront should be the ones to make decisions about it is an argument for a policy the opposite of what she advocates. Constitutionally protected property rights, which have been seriously eroded by judicial “interpretation,” were meant to keep See Sowell on 16
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First Amendment & Right to Life for Veterans! E a c h day in this perpetual chaos of America brought to you by the Obama administration, by Niel Young Advocates Columnist we lose a little more freedom. Our Constitution, our rights, freedom of speech, freedom to own a firearm are being challenged. What is heart breaking is too many Americans have chosen to remain silent. Far too many have chosen to take the easy way and allow government to take care of all needs and decisions. MEMO TO ME:Never assume that your First Amendment is actually in place, even with people you trust. Your Right to Privacy is also in danger. If you are going to be vocal, and an activist, the Liberal Loons have you in their site. Given the opportunity the Loons will identify you Pro-GOD, anti-Obama, Love your country, they want to change it, you believe and love the idea that you can achieve goals set by you, by taking advantage of what an American may have available to them. Of course there are those who will place road blocks in your way. Obama gives you some options: if you are a student of capitalism, that may be acceptable, i f y o u willing to part with 60 or 70% of your earned dollars going to others in the name of “Social Justice”. You have heard of that, right? Not all is lost. Get a job working for the government. Benefits are great, no real expectation you will ever lose your job, in fact in some depart-
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the Brook Trail. They were farming rocks from off the trail and moving them by dragging them in plastic sleds and then expertly stacking them to form each cairn, the iconic trail maker. The middle of the Brook Trail was wet and muddy and there were herd paths in the woods that parallel the trail that were in better condition. Charlie and I tagged along behind our long line of friends. The brook crossings pro-
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Descending Mount Major following the yellow blazes on the Brook Trail. The loop, up Mount Major Trail and down Brook Trail is 3.9 miles long and climbs 1,150 vertical feet to the summit of Mount Major, elevation 1,786 feet. vided us with some good laughs as a good number of us chose different ways to cross the water; some didn’t have an easy time of it. At the trail’s end we gathered in the parking
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Breakfast and Bake Sale
Masonic Building, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 7-9:30am. $7pp. 524-8268
Sayon Camera and Landaya – African Drumming
The Mill Fudge Factory, 2 Central Street, Bristol. 7:309:30pm. 744-0405
Gilford High School Auditorium, Gilford. 2pm & 7pm. Tickets available at the door.
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Freckleface Strawberry the Musical
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. $12pp. 335-1992
Gallery Reception – Kristian Brevik
Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 5:30pm. View the artworks and meet the artist while enjoying complimentary wine and crudités. Free and open to the public. 476-5900
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North Conway Community Center, 2628 White Mountain Highway, North Conway. 10am5pm. Over 75 arts and crafts exhibitors will be displaying their work. Rain or shine, under canopy. 528-4014 www. joycescraftshows.com
Monday 26th Memorial Day Parade
Town of Belmont. 1pm. The parade route runs from the Belmont Middle School parking lot down to Main Street and then along Main Street to the Veterans Memorial by St. Joseph’s Church. Tickets for free ice creams for all children 12 and under who attend the parade will be passed out at the Fire Department after the parade and ceremonies.
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Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.com
Meredith Public Library, Main Street, Meredith. 5-6:30pm.
Moved and Seconded: Town Meeting in NH
Gilmanton Old Town Hall, 1800 NH Route 140. 7:30pm. Presented by the NH Humanities Council. Free and open to the public. 267-6098
Wednesday 28th Dads of Disability – Free Reading/Reception
The Tilton Inn, Tilton. The Dads of Disability Book Project addresses the relative scarcity of stories from and about the perspective of fathers whose children experience a disability. Two essays are written by Lakes Region parents. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Special book prices for teachers with ID. 320-7095
World War II New Hampshire
Weeks Library, 36 Post Road, Greenland. 6:30pm. This documentary tells the story of life in NH during the Second World War. Presented by John Gfroerer. Free and open to the public. 436-8548
A Greener Lakes Region Meeting
Natural Roots & Remedies, 28 Weirs Road, Gilford. 10-11:30am. AGLR is a collaborative initiative between Prescott Farm and Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. The topic of this meeting is local foods. Admission is free but space is limited. 524-5531
Charter Trust Company, Lakes Region Design Group and Lovering Volvo, 251-255 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. 4:30-6:30pm. Delicious refreshments will be served and those attending should bring their business cards as there will be some great door prizes. 279-6121
Friday 30th Rusted Root & the Wailers
Hampton Beach Casino, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton. www. casinoballroom.com or 9294100
James Cotton Blues Band with Jay Geils
The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551
Huggins Hospital Aid Sale
Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10am-3pm. Books, collectibles, toys, furniture and more.
Lear How to Make a Free Lace Scarf
Meredith Community Center, One Circle Drive, Meredith. 10am-3pm. Students taking this class must bring the following: a sewing machine (only basic straight stitch is needed), a collection of fibers, ribbons, yarns, bits of silk or other fabric, thread to compliment your fibers, and two bobbins wound to match, beads for embellishment if desired, needle to sew on beads, and scissors. $70 per student with an additional $15 materials fee. Pre-registration is required. 279-7920
Thursday 29th Free Sit n’ Sew
The Quilted Frog, Weirs Beach. 2-5pm. 366-5600
Handling Kids Who Lie – Educational Program
Whole Village Family Resource Center, 258 Highland Street, Plymouth. 6-8pm. Parents and caregivers will be provided solution driven techniques in handling problem adolescents. Child care is provided at no cost during the free workshop. 536-3720
Retirement Planning Series for Small Business Owners
Enterprise Center, Plymouth. 7:30-9am. Rebecca Lackey, a financial professional with Prudential, will host an informative program designed to help the small business owner prepare for planned and unplanned challenges in retirement. Free but space is limited. 535-3222
Saturday 31st Yard Sale – Craft Fair – Bake Sale
Highland Grange Hall at the Andover Congregational Church, 7 Chase Hill Road, East Andover. 8:30am-2pm.
Free Sit n’ Sew
The Quilted Frog, Weirs Beach. 2-5pm. 366-5600
HOPE Auction to Benefit Lakes Region Food Pantry
Moultonborough Lions Club, Moultonborough. Doors open at 4:30pm. Live auction begins at 6:30pm sharp. More than 250 items will be auctioned in the balloon, silent and live auctions. 476-8409
Huggins Hospital Aid Sale
Collection Center Barn, 109A, Wolfeboro. 10am-3pm. Books, collectibles, toys, furniture and
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Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 332-1992
RC Helicopter Show to Benefit Wounded Warriors
Moultonborough United Methodist Church, 1018Whittier Highway, Moultonborough. 6:30pm. Join for an evening of traditional hymns with a new twist. Coffee and dessert to follow. Free and open to the public. A free will offering will be taken. 476-5152
NH Flying Tigers Air Field, B Street, Derry. 10am-into the night. This event will feature a variety of rotary wing aircraft including helicopters and quadcopters. Admission is free and a donation is requested. Checks should be made out to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wounded Warrior Projectâ&#x20AC;?. 437-2847
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Lakes Region Church of Christ, 1 Mill Street, Tilton. Registration begins at 9am. Guest speaker will be Carla Moore of Dripping Springs, Texas. All women are invited to join. 286-7878
Meat Bingo
American Legion Post 33, 6 Plymouth Street, Meredith. 3pm. No smoking. Proceeds will benefit the Groleau Family.
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Andover Congregational Church, 7 Chase Hill Road, East Andover. 8:30am-2pm.
Genealogy Workshop
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Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 10am-Noon. The first Tuesday of every month. Featuring methods of jump starting genealogical research for both the beginner and the advanced genealogist. Free and open to all. 569-2428
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 9am-10am Every Wednesday. 524-6042
Zentangle Workshop
VynnArt, Main Street, Meredith. Every third Friday. Call 2790557to sign up.
Overeaters Anonymous
Central NH Amateur Radio Club Meeting
Franklin Regional hospital, The Mill Fudge Factory, 2 15 Aiken Avenue, Franklin. Central Street, Bristol. 7:30- Saturdays 11am-noon. 9:30pm. 744-0405
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Gilford Community Church, Gilford. Meets the first Tuesday of each month. Interested in amateur radio? New members welcome! Check website for details www.chnarc.org
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Pirate Festival
Open Door Bible Church, 2324 Rt. 16, next to West Ossipee Post Office. Every Wednesday at 6:30pm. 508-380-0471
Singles Dance
Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall, Rt 4, Nottingham. Fridays from 8pm-12am. Casual dress. BYOB, free light buffet and drink set-ups. Smoking outside on the patio. $12. 942-8525
Acoustic Country Pickin Party
Tilton Senior Center from 7pm9pm every Wednesday.
Senior Ten Pin Bowling NAMI-NH Family Support League Group
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spirit Of Springâ&#x20AC;? Art Exhibit
Pease Public Library, downstairs, Plymouth. 7pm. First and third Mondays of each month. Open to anyone who is dealing with a close friend or family member who has a mental illness. 254-5090 or 536-2699
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Blues Pioneer and Rock Icon Share the Stage At The Flying Monkey
Blues veteran James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Superharpâ&#x20AC;? Cotton and guest guitarist Jay Geils will give a live performance at The Flying Monkey Performance Center in Plymouth on Friday, May 30th. Over the course of his storied career, Cotton has seemingly done it all. As a small boy he learned harmonica directly from Sonny Boy Williams. He toured with Howlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wolf and spent twelve years with Muddy Waters before stepping out on his own. Leading his own band, he rose to the very top of blues and rock scenes, touring the world nonstop and earning his reputation as one of the most powerful live blues performers in the world. Jay Geils needs no introduction to the legions of fans that made the J. Geils Band one of the leading acts in the history of rock and roll. After a 25-year career of selling millions of records, a Grammy nomination, Hall of Fame Nomination, and tours with The Allman Brothers Band and The Rolling Stones, the band decided to quit at the top of their game with the number one single and number one album on the charts.
Blues veterans James Cotton (above) and J. Geils (right) will both be performing live at The Flying Monkey Performance Center in Plymouth on Friday May 30th. Tickets for this great blues show are on sale now for $34 and $39. This left Jay free to pursue his first musical love - the blues(and take the period out of his name!). Jay teamed with J. Geils band mate, Magic Dick, for two successful blues recordings as the band Bluestime. Tours of Europe, Japan and the United States followed, as well
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