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Don McLean To Perform In Plymouth
Two Farms With A Phyllis by Roberta Baker Contributing Writer
boyant, outgoing and outspoken, Phyllis is a 38pound snow white broadbreasted turkey, originally raised for Thanksgiving dinner but possessing so much poise, panache and personality that she became the Carluccis’ pet instead. With a crimson gobble and a pastel-blue neck and head, and enough brilliant white feathers to
stuff an ottoman, Phyllis could be a model for Gobbler Week. But at Kindred Spirit Farm she free-ranges in the manner of her ancestors, wandering into the woods to lay infertile eggs, taking constitutionals to the top of the driveway to patrol the farm’s perimeter, and surpassing everyone’s expectations of how a Thanksgiving turSee baker on 22
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lis. “She’s really quite the diva, isn’t she?” a farm visitor commented recently. “I like to think of her as our ambassador,” says Donna Carlucci, who runs the North Sandwich hobby farm with her husband, Ken. “I named her after Phyllis Diller, well, because she’s kind of ugly.” Striking-looking, flam-
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The Flying Monkey Performance Center in Plymouth is honored to present American icon and music legend Don McLean on Saturday, June 9th. Don McLean is known as one of America’s most enduring singer-songwriters and is forever associated with his classic hits “American Pie” and “Vincent (Starry Starry Night).” Local Singer-Songwriter Jim Tyrrell will open the evening. Tickets for this concert start at $65. Many of us can remember growing up with and singing along to his hits, and any aspiring singer songwriter can attest to learning how to play his songs on guitar and being influenced by his moving lyrics. T ick ets for th e Don McLean concert are $65 and $75 for premium seats. For tickets and more information on concerts and the Flying Monkey Performance Center, visit www.flyingmonkeynh.com or call 603-536-2551.
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JUNE Thursday 7th Rummage Sale
Holderness Community Church, 923 US Rt. 3. 9am-6pm. 968-7643
Thurs. 7th – Sun. 10th Restaurant Week in Ogunquit
More than a dozen restaurants participate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Visit www.visitogunquit.org for more info
Friday 8th Rummage Sale
Holderness Community Church, 923 US Rt. 3. 9am-2pm. 968-7643
“I Hate Hamlet”
Garrison Players Art Center, Rt. 4, Rollinsford. 8pm. $18/adult or $12/ student. 750-4ART
Dan Lawson - Live Music
The NazBar & Grill, Weirs Beach. 6:30-11pm. No cover charge.
Saturday 9th Don McLean
The Flying Monkey, Plymouth. 5362551. www.flyingmonkeynh.com
American Legion Breakfast
164 Wolfeboro Highway, Alton. Sorry no time or contact phone number provided. $8
Walking Tour
Scramble Golf Tournament
Rockingham country Club, Newmarket. Shot gun start at 8am. 431-7224
Open House
The Hill Historical Society, Town Meeting House, Hill. Noon-4pm. Also includes a Fish & Game Program called “Bear Happenings in NH” at 2:30pm.
6th Annual Peter Makris Memorial Ride & Run
DELTA GENERATORS
A unique blend of Delta and North Mississippi blues, with elements of rock, funk and soul Tickets $15 in advance/ $20 at the door
SATURDAY JUNE 16TH
BRUCE MARSHALL GROUP Great Melody, intelligent lyrics and a first rate delivery.
Tickets $15 in advance/ $20 at the door
UPCOMING EVENTS... • Thu 7/5: Adam Ezra Group • Thu 7/12: Lost Bayou Ramblers • Fri 7/13: Ryan Montbleau Band Doors at 6 PM for Dinner ~ Shows start at 8 PM Buy tickets online at
www.innnewhampshire.com/events or stop by The Inn on Main, The Folk Cellar, or Sandy Martin Gallery.
Located at the Inn on Main 200 N. Main Street, Wolfeboro
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Sunday 10th Beadwork & Quillwork Demonstration
Bikes & Boats meet at the NASWA Resort, 1086 Weirs Blvd., Laconia at 9am. 366-4341
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum 18 Highlawn Road, Warner. 1-3pm. Class led by Navajo artist, Debbie Dostie. www.indianmuseum.org or 456-2600
Rummage Sale
Train Time!
Holderness Community Church, 923 US Rt. 3. 9am-2pm. 968-7643
Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover. Noon – 2pm. 742-2002
“I Hate Hamlet”
“I Hate Hamlet”
Garrison Players Art Center, Rt. 4, Rollinsford. 8pm. $18/adult or $12/ student. 750-4ART
Garrison Players Art Center, Rt. 4, Rollinsford. 3pm. $18/adult or $12/ student. 750-4ART
Free Felting Demonstration
Benefits of Summer”
League of NH Craftsmen, 279 D.W Highway, Meredith. 11am-2pm. Demonstration given by Kathleen Peters. 279-7920
White Mountain Quilt Show
Littleton Senior Center. $3 pp or 2 pp for $5. 444-7760
“Articulture- Where Local Art Meets Local Agriculture”
Old Meeting House, Rt. 127 and Long Street in Webster. Rekindle community spirit at the Old Meeting House where 6 local artists will display their work based on 16 local farms. Free local wine tasting, farmers market and more. All welcome. 393-0335. www. theyardproject.com
Aviation Museum of NH’S Monthly Program
THURSDAY JUNE 14TH
For additional information about the walking tour and directions to the meeting location, please visit www. lrct.org. This walking tour is free to all. Please let us know if you plan to attend: lrct@lrct.org; 603-253-3301.
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“Unplugged
Center Harbor Congregational Church, 52 Main Street, Center Harbor. 2:30pm. Jean Rogers, Author of “Kids Under Fire- Seven Simple Steps to Combat the Media Attack on Your Children” will conduct an interactive presentation giving concrete ideas on how to keep kids safe and the family close by limiting media over the summer months. $5 donation. 253-7698
Dan Lawson - Live Music
The NazBar & Grill, Weirs Beach. 2-7pm. No cover charge.
Vintage Motorcycle Show
American Police Motorcycle Museum, 194 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. Noon-3pm. Ride a pre1970 motorcycle to the museum and receive a free gift.
27 Navigator Road, Londonderry. 11am-Noon. This month’s speaker will be Gail Jarrow, a multiple award winning author. She will be speaking out herr latest book “Lincoln’s Flying Spies”. 669-4877
Biker Breakfast & Blessing
Dan Lawson - Live Music
Motorcycle Show
The NazBar & Grill, Weirs Beach. 1:30-5:30pm. No cover charge.
2nd Annual Scramble
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Golf
Pheasant Ridge, Gilford. 8:30am shot gun start. $110pp/$440 a team. Price includes; 18 holes, cart, BBQ lunch, welcome bag and prizes. 520-4680. www.rvysef.org
Battle of the Bands
Laconia Harley-Davidson, 239 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. All day competition to kick off Bike Week!.
Joel Cage – Live Music
The Back Room at The Mill Fudge Factory, 2 Central Street, Bristol. 7:309:30pm. 744-0405
Basket Weaving Workshop
Ramblin’ Vewe Sheep Farm, 637 Morrill Street, Gilford. 10-2pm. $8pp. 527-1873
Meredith Walks! A Historic Walking Tour of Meredith
Community Park on Main Street at 10am. Copies of the Meredith Village Historic Walking Map will be given to participants. 279-0142
Lee Settlement Homestead Sites
Tilton-Northfield United Methodist Church, 400 West Main Street, Tilton. 8:30am. 286-4443
“Bye, Bye Birdie” Auditions In Franklin On Monday and Wednesday, June 11 and 13, both nights at 7pm, Franklin Footlight Theatre will hold open auditions for actors, singers, and dancers of all ages at the Franklin High School. This summer’s show will be the smash family musical comedy arguably made famous by the 1963 movie starring Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret, “Bye Bye Birdie.” As in the movie, the theatrical version features thespians comfortable with the disciplines of song and dance, running the full spectrum of ages, from pre-teens to life-educated seniors, with the list of needs which even includes a barbershop quartet! Please bring shoes appropriate for dancing, and if you wish to sing a song of your choice, you may sing a cappella or bring a device on which to play your music. The only requirements to be eligible for selection are a schedule which allows for rehearsal time during the summer and performances August 23-25, and August 30-September 1, membership in Footlight, and a burning desire to have fun, showcase a talent, or discover a new one. For additional information or updates on all activities of Franklin Footlight Theatre, visit www.franklintheatre.org.
Bucky Lewis Headlines Fundraiser The Rich Velasquez Youth Sports Equipment Foundation is hosting an adult comedy night at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club in Gilford on Friday, June 22nd. There will be raffles to go with the dinner and adult comedy show that evening. “Wicked funny” northern comedian Bucky Lewis is scheduled to perform his one-man adult comedy show at 8pm. Tickets may be purchased at All My Life Jewelers on Main Street, Downtown Laconia, and at Napa Auto Parts on Union Ave, Laconia. Tickets are $40 per person, $70 for a couple, and $260 for table of 8, Doors open at 6pm, Social Hour with Hors d’oeuvres util 7pm then dinner and show starts at 8pm. For more info on the event and tickets, call Jack Batchelder at 520-4680 or email at rvysef@gmail.org. Every one that purchases a ticket and attends this show will be entered into a drawing for chance to win $50 gift certificate to the Flying Monkey in Plymouth, and other great local certificates.
Tuesday 12th Funspot, 579 Endicott Street North, Laconia 10am-4pm. Check out the latest and greatest in motorcycles at the world’s largest arcade! 366-4377
Summer Lecture Series
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. Doors open at 6pm. Lecture starts at 7pm. Mike Hashem presents “American Military Firearms from the Revolution to World War II”. RSVPs are encouraged. $5. 569-1212
Wed. 13th – Sat. 16th East Coast Tattour
Lake Opechee Inn, 62 Doris Court, Laconia. Featuring celebrity tattoo artist Amy Nicoletto and other renowned artists. Live entertainment and contests.
Friday 13th Fireworks
“Just Love To Sing” Fundraiser Just Love to Sing! will hold a fundraising event “An Evening at the Opera” on Saturday, June 30 at 7pm to kick off their 2012 Summer Season. At this special event, the Franklin Opera House will come alive with light opera entertainment, dancing, refreshments, and a silent auction. “We invite everyone to come and enjoy the party. As we launch our summer season in July, “ this fundraiser will assist all our 2012 productions of “Dido and Aeneas” in July, “Amahl and the Night Visitors” in December, and of course our 2012 Sixth Annual Opera Competition held in the fall”, says Carlos Martinez, Music Director of Just Love to Sing!. “This production features many of the finalist winners of our 2011 vocal competition, and we will offer many of the top ten hits in the operatic repertoire.”, says Martinez. Martinez and his wife soprano, Jane Cormier will also perform at the event. Tickets for this event are available through the Franklin Opera Box Office or by calling (603)934-1901. For more information, visit www.justlovetosing.com.
Weirs Beach. 10pm. (Rain date is Friday June 14th)
Thursday 14th “Wings” – Silent Film Series
The Flying Monkey, Plymouth. 6:30pm. Score performed by Jeff Rapsis. $10 per person. 536-2551. www.
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WWI Epic ‘Wings’ (1927) Showing At Flying Monkey — Flag Day, June 14th —
Silent film with live music returns to the Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center in Plymouth, N.H. on Thursday, June 14, bringing to life classic films made before Hollywood learned to talk. ‘Wings’ (1927), a World War I epic that won ‘Best Picture’ honors at the very first Academy Awards, will be revived for one showing only on Thursday, June 14 in honor of Flag Day. The film, a blockbuster hit in its original release, recounts adventures of U.S. pilots flying combat missions behind enemy lines at the height of World War I in Europe. ‘Wings’ stunned audiences with its aerial dogfight footage, vivid and realistic battle scenes, and dramatic love-triangle plot. ‘Wings’ stars Clara Bow, Charles ‘Buddy’ R ogers, and Richard Arlen. The rarely-seen film also marked one of the first screen appearances of Gary Cooper, who plays a supporting role. Directed by William Wellman, ‘Wings’ was lauded by critics for its gripping story, superb photography, and technical innovations. In honor of Flag Day, ‘Wings’ will be screened with live music on Thursday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, 39 South Main St., Plymouth, N.H. Admission is $10 per person. For more information, call (603) 536-2551 or visit www.flyingmonkeynh. com. “Seeing ‘Wings’ on the big screen is a great chance for everyone to appreciate what our servicemen and women endured in World War I,” said Jeff Rapsis, who will perform original music to accompany the film. “It’s a war that has faded from our collective consciousness, but it defined life in the United States for a big chunk of
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A vintage poster promoting ‘Wings’ (1927), the silent World War I drama that won Best Picture at the first-ever Academy Awards. In honor of Flag Day, the epic film will be screened with live music on Thursday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, 39 South Main St., Plymouth, N.H. Admission is $10 per person. For more information, call (603) 536-2551 or visit www.flyingmonkeynh.com. the 20th century. This film captures how World War I affected the nation, and also shows in graphic detail what it was like to serve one’s country a century ago.” Aviation buffs will also enjoy ‘Wings’ as the film is loaded with scenes of vintage aircraft from the early days of flight. The Flying Monkey, re-
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Our Story The Weirs Times was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert. The newspaper, then named Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette, was published until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. One of the most remarkable features of the publication was a map of Lake Winnipesaukee which occupied the center spread of the paper. Readers will find the same map reprinted on the center pages of this, and every issue. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and vicinity.
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To The Editor: For the past two days, I have been pondering how to express my thoughts of how to express my thanks to you & your staff for one of the kindest gestures that 1 have received by any organizations such as yours or any other. On Monday morning, I received a telephone call from a staff member who asked me if it would be OK. to post a lost cat item which I ran in the Laconia Daily News. 1 was so surprised when she told me that it would be inserted in your paper at no cost to me. She explained that you folks try to help out people who have lost a pet. 1 am 68 years old, disabled, and wheelchair bound, and my pet “MITTENS” was my only companion. There is a possibility that a resident of Lakeport may have seen her but so far, 1 have had nothing firm to go on. The one thing that stands out with me, is your offering to run the ad to greatly help me out. 1 know people help others in a time of need or grief, but never expected that this kind of help would be offered by a newspaper. May 1 very emphatically thank you folks at the Weirs Times for doing what you did. 1 hope you will say thanks to your staff & you are welcome to include this letter in your publication or display it as you see fit. Again, thanks for what you so generously
Thomas Sowell To The Editor: Thomas Sowell wrote a piece about how the “Occupy” mobs. His thesis was the mob rule was inappropriate and is the “antithesis of democracy.” I will point out that many groups work on the mob rule principle. One of them is the mobs that form outside of abortion clinics. When a woman becomes pregnant and realizes that she cannot provide for that child in an appropriate way and wants a legal abortion, the mobs often stand in her way although the procedure is legal. Those anti-abortion mobs are also anti-democracy. Some of those protesters are there because of their religious convictions and religion is not a bad thing. However, when people want to impose their religion on others, then there is a problem. Our country stands up for freedom of speech and freedom of religion. We have to realize that that means everyone has a right to their own religion and their own ideas. Mr. Sowell talks about equal protection of the laws to all citizens. This means that all people have rights, not just people with your own point of view. Peter Goodwin Wolfeboro, NH.
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To The Editor: It is disturbing that Dover’s City Manager did not present a budget that meets Dover’s tax cap. Dover residents are fortunate to have city councilors who understand and honor the Dover Charter. My compliments go to Ward 5 councilor Catherine Cheney, Ward 3 Councilor Mike Crago and Ward 6 councilor Mike Weeden. They put forth a council resolution instructing the City Manager to present a budget that meets the requirements of our tax cap. Ward One councilor Eric Spuler and Councilor at Large Karen Weston also honored our City Charter and voted yes. What could be the reasoning of those who voted “no” to a resolution instructing the City Manager to simply apply the tax cap? I hope that Mayor Trefethan, Councilor Hooper, Councilor Carrier, Councilor Garrison who voted no will explain their reasoning to us and their constituents. Of all the municipalities in New Hampshire why should Dover be the only one that is unable or unwilling to present a budget within the tax cap? Dover residents are very concerned with their rising tax bills and will remember which of our elected officials share their concern.
To the Editor: Over the past week, as American’s went to barbecues and watched fireworks, it is (as always) good to remember what it is we are celebrating; namely, the bravery and sacrifice of our men and women in the armed forces. As a nation, we owe a great debt to those who have put themselves in harms way that our nation might be free. Yet, all too often, we as a nation fail to convert our words into deeds and our veteran’s suffering is compounded. Unfortunately, this is even true in New Hampshire, where access to healthcare for veterans is among the worst in the nation. This problem is particularly egregious in the middle and northern parts of state, where the closest veteran’s hospital is over an hour away in Boston. It is unacceptable to me that New Hampshire’s veterans, particularly those who are elderly, or those who sustained injuries during their service, should have so little access to healthcare close to home. As your Senator in Concord, I will fight as tirelessly to get veterans the care they deserve after they fought tirelessly for our freedoms. By allocating a fraction of what we save by eliminating wasteful spending and increasing government efficiency, we could conceivably build a new veteran’s hospital in Merrimack or
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Marketing Campaign I’ve discussed on these pages the New H a m p shire Department of Travel by Brendan Smith and TourWeirs Times Editor ism’s very e x p e n sive pursuits in attracting more visitors to our state. Hundreds of thousands of dollars and years were spent doing research, interviewing people, conducting test groups and on and on. As you know, all they could come up with was a commercialized knock-off of our proud state motto. But, I’m not here to talk about that again. I’m here to explain to them how much simpler it could have been. They explained, at one of their “Live Free And Whatever” pep rallies (though I didn’t hear a lot of cheering) that one of their prime market groups is tourists from New York. Well, as far as New York goes, I’m kind of an expert having lived there until I moved to New Hampshire about a quarter century ago. Back then, all I would have suggested was combining a picture of an aerial view of traffic on the Long Island Expressway (or the big LIE as we called it) on a holiday Friday - or any Friday for that matter - with a picture of a couple of boats cruising on Lake Winnipesaukee. The tag line over the top would simply read: “Get Out!” Of course, I wouldn’t show a picture of boats cruising along the Weirs Channel on a holiday weekend because, as far as traffic goes, it’s kind of like the LIE. Today, the powers that
be in New York, are making it easier and easier to attract tourists by their own hubris; especially New York City. You may have read that in New York it is illegal now to sell food with a lot of trans fat, or salt. Now they are proposing that people not be allowed to sell large sugary drinks as well. What marketing idea could be simpler than that? Forget about telling people from New York that they can come to New Hampshire and “Live Free and Splash, Giggle and Whatever.” That’s not what they are concerned about. They don’t need to see people swimming and hiking and sitting on rocking chairs, that’s so twenty-five years ago. I think we should show people sitting in movie theatres in New Hampshire, a big, wheel barrow sized container of buttery and salty popcorn in one hand and a oil-drum shaped cup of soda in the other; big and satisfying smile on their faces. Then you could show a family sitting in a local restaurant. They’ve just been served by their obnoxiously happy waitress. Mom and Dad have giant plates with big juicy burgers and French Fries soaked in gobs of ketchup and the kids with hot dogs the size of drone missiles. Of course, everyone has a giant tub of soda in front of them. Both of these ad posters would have the tag line: “New Hampshire, We Won’t Tell You What To Do.” I’m sure people in New York would relate to this a lot faster than a picture of a kid running in the woods by the lake with an inner tube. This marketing campaign idea would need to
be acted on quickly, so as to stay effective. It’s not because I think that things in New York are going to change anytime soon. In fact, I think they are yet to get even worse. My concern is that, we have a lot of people here in New Hampshire who would love to see these same kinds of “nanny state” laws become a part the Granite State as well. They lie in wait, hoping for that opportunity to get elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives and Senate. In fact, a few of them are already there, waiting and hoping that their legions will soon increase. Maybe even this November, if we are not careful. And, if that happens, this whole mark eting campaign will be worthless. Forget about “Live Free and Whatever” we can just change it to “New Hampshire –Not So Free Anymore.” Now, you’ll have to excuse me. I usually don’t drink soda, but I’m going to get myself a 64-ounce cola for breakfast, just because I can. “Live Free Or Die.” Brendan Smith welcomes your comments at brendan@weirs.com
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Michelle Obama’s “Civilian” Act Is Hard To Swallow
Arab Summer 2012 WASHINGTON — The once highly touted Arab Spring has become the Arab Summer — scorching hot, unbearably dry and very brutal and bloody. by Oliver North Last weekend, Syndicated Columnist as Americans prepared to celebrate Memorial Day and commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, Bashar Assad unleashed tanks, artillery and his Quds forcetrained shabiha militia to kill more than 100 Syrian civilians — most of them women and children. Though the atrocities and carnage in Syria continue, little but bluff and bluster is produced by the United Nations and the Obama administration. In the aftermath of the May 25 massacre, 11 nations — the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and
Turkey — expelled Syrian diplomats from their capitals. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon — on a visit to Turkey, Syria’s neighbor and former ally — told the Alliance of Civilizations in Istanbul, “The U.N. did not deploy in Syria just to bear witness to the slaughter of innocents. ... We are not there to play the role of passive observer to unspeakable atrocities.” But that’s exactly what the 300 U.N. “observers” in Syria have become in the six weeks since they were deployed in support of Kofi Annan’s so-called Syrian peace plan. Worse, the vicious Assad regime and its principal backers in Russia and Iran know that this is all hollow rhetoric. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — vying for the title of “The Most Traveled U.S. Secretary of State in History” — ought to know it, too. In Copenhagen, on “a weeklong diplomatic trip to Europe’s capitals,” she said the Obama administration is “committed to preventing a civil war in Syria” and See north on 20
The first lady of the United States is on a whirlwind publicity tour for her hefty new food and gardening book ($30), which by Michelle Malkin t h e W h i t e Syndicated Columnist House hopes will bolster Team Obama’s favorability ratings. I’d say it’s a classic recipe for rank campaign hypocrisy and media double standards. While journalists savor chummy chitchats with Mrs. Obama about beets and Beyonce, FLOTUS is once again escaping hard questions about her cronyism, junk science and generous junkets at taxpayer expense. Mrs. Obama’s 2012 campaign media blitz has already brought her to daytime airwaves (“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”), primetime reality TV (“The Biggest Loser”) and children’s programming (“iCarly”). This week, she’s hitting up “Good Morning America,” “The View,” Rachael Ray’s cooking show, “LIVE! with Kelly (Ripa)” and Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Out: Let’s Move! In: Let’s Move ... in front of the TV cameras! My prediction? As soon as the fawning media frenzy dies down and Mrs. Obama’s book rises to the top of The New York Times best-seller list, POTUS will go back to claiming that FLOTUS is a “private citizen” who should be left alone. The Obamas’ Chicago strategists have long enjoyed invoking selective immunity for the first lady without challenge. Lapdog reporters have assisted in creating an impenetrable bubble of political protection around the profligate, policy-meddling first
lady. We’ve seen it before. When conservatives challenged Mrs. O’s caustic 2008 campaign trail statements disparaging America and fear-mongering for votes, her hubby invoked the “civilian” shield. He threatened Republicans to “lay off his wife,” arguing that political spouses should not be subject to public scrutiny because they didn’t choose public life. When Mrs. O’s lavish vacation in Spain — accompanied by an entourage of 70 Secret Service agents and 250 Spanish law enforcement officers — provoked a massive public backlash in 2010, then-White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs argued that the first lady was a “private citizen” who should be off-limits to tough questions about her behavior. Horse-hockey. Obama’s outspoken bitter half conscientiously and deliberately inserted herself into the public square long before the family moved to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — whether it was organizing a Woods Fund panel with her husband and Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers, taking a publicly subsidized government job with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, or parlaying her relationship with political mentor Valerie Jarrett into a cushy public job at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she oversaw a patient-dumping scheme that benefited her political cronies. As I reported earlier this month, Mrs.Obama’s signature program (now run by Obama’s best golfing buddy Dr. Eric Whitaker) just received a $6 million grant from an Obamacare agency with zero independent oversight. Taste the boodle. Just a humble private mom
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Global Censorship The Usual Suspects and a Few Surprises UNITED NATIONS—When
it comes to media censorship we think of the usual pantheon of dictators and autocrats who by John J. Metzler unashamedSyndicated Columnist ly shut down news outlets, stifle the free flow of information, and throw journalists in jail. And it’s in countries like North Korea, Cuba, and Islamic Republic of Iran where print and broadcast media as well as the internet are blatantly suppressed and controlled the old fashioned way. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York based media monitor has released its latest list of global transgressors; varied and sundry regimes who harass and suffocate the press in places both familiar but equally obscure. In its Ten Most Censored Countries, the CPJ cites Eritrea, North Korea, Syria, and Iran as the worst of the worst. Eritrea, a tiny African land of just over five million wedged between Ethiopia, Sudan and the Red Sea is the Number One Culprit. Though few people can find the place, lest heard of it, Eritrea, had fought a long and bloody war against Ethiopia before breaking free. It’s capital Asmara used to be a pleasant place with Italianate architecture and optimism. Today Eritrea is a forgotten land; there no freedom of expression, association or the press. Only State sanctioned media is permitted Foreign journalists are banned. In such places newspapers often resemble poorly printed pennysaver-type publications with ubiquitous pictures of the local dictator greeting farmers, schoolchildren, or soldiers. The second culprit is communist North Korea, the quaintly titled Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. There’s more than a dozen newspapers and twenty magazines, but all information comes from the regime-run Korean Central News Agency. Needless to say, North Korea follows the propaganda script of the Kim Dynasty. The media promotes the Cult of the deceased Leaders Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and the new
leader Kim Jong-un and follows the party line in lockstep lest they disappear into the country’s vast prison system. The North Korean case is pure Orwellian where everything is seen through the proletarian prism of a bizarre communist regime. Few foreign reporters gain access to this hermetically sealed socialist state except on special occasions. Syria comes in as number three. Given the country’s civil unrest, the ruling Assad Family dictatorship has cracked down the old fashioned way; killing and jailing journalists, intimidating others, and making others simply disappear. The Damascus rulers control a fairly wide and sophisticated media ranging from print to broadcast and TV. Now that the foreign press are operating in parts of the country, the official story is challenged, and the violence and carnage against civilians is witnessed by the world. Iran ranks fourth. The Islamic Republic is known for stifling the press and opinion but within the context of a fairly sophisticated media. According to CPJ, “The government used mass imprisonment of journalists ad a means of silencing dissent and quashing critical news coverage. Since 2009, the once-robust reformist media has been battered by a government onslaught that has included the banning of publications and the mass arrests and imprisonments of journalists on anti-state charges.” In 2009 a mass protest movement arose in response to the regime’s blatantly rigged presidential elections. Importantly the Internet plays a vital role in Iran but the Tehran rulers “maintain one of the world’s toughest Internet censorship regimes, blocking millions of websites, including news and social networking sites.” The regime also “frequently jams satellite signals, particularly that of the BBC Persian-language service.” Equatorial Guinea and Uzbekistan come in next with the usual heavy-handed restrictions on how to cover and adulate the local dictator. While both countries have plenty to hide, their advantage of a sort, is that they are off the political radar and thus can get away with murder.
Burma ranks in the top ten, but happily here the trend may be positive after decades of military junta has showed some hopeful signs of change. Saudi Arabia comes in eighth as CPJ argues, “The Saudi kingdom’s media law
is highly restrictive and vaguely worded, with penalties severe and arbitrary.” Cuba naturally makes the list of shame. The CPJ states, “All authorized domestic news me-
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“Meaningful Work” “Education” is a word that covers a lot of very different things, from vital, life-saving medical skills to frivolous courses to absolutely counby Thomas Sowell terproductive Syndicated Columnist courses that fill people with a sense of grievance and entitlement, without giving them either the skills to earn a living or a realistic understanding of the world required for a citizen in a free society. The lack of realism among many highly educated people has been demonstrated in many ways. When I saw signs in Yellowstone National Park warning visitors not to get too close to a buffalo, I realized that this was a warning that no illiterate farmer of a bygone century would have needed. No one would have had to tell him not to mess with a huge animal that literally weighs a ton, and can charge at you at
30 miles an hour. No one would have had to tell that illiterate farmer’s daughter not to stand by the side of a highway, trying to hitch a ride with strangers, as too many college girls have done, sometimes with results that ranged all the way up to their death. The dangers that a lack of realism can bring to many educated people are completely overshadowed by the dangers to a whole society created by the unrealistic views of the world promoted in many educational institutions. It was painful, for example, to see an internationally renowned scholar say that what low-income young people needed was “meaningful work.” But this is a notion common among educated elites, regardless of how counterproductive its consequences may be for society at large, and for lowincome youngsters especially. What is “meaningful work”? The underlying notion seems to be that it is work whose performance is satisfying or enjoyable in itself. But if that is the See Sowell on 23
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there are so many other places to hike here. We hadn’t run into anyone the entire day except at the trailhead at the beginning of the day. I thought for sure we’d meet someone on Valley (high)Way, the shortest route to Madison Hut, but we didn’t. Yes, I know it would have been easier and shorter to take the Randolph Path back to the car but the Inlook Trail to Dome Rock was right there in front of us. Thankfully, Rachel See patenaudeon 13
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didn’t consult the map and she just followed me up the steep trail; we scrambled over the ledgy trail. Oh, what wonderful views! We felt like we were on a high ledgy open mountain ridge. This trail is worth it as a stand-alone outing! We saved the best for last! What a grand mountain vista: Madison, J.Q. Adams and Adams all so near above us. Once on top of Dome Rock the view was now open to the north giving us panorama of the Crescent Range. From Dome Rock just a tenth of a mile more up the trail we were back to Upper Inlook, where we had stood several hours before. We retraced our route over Kelton Crag and then down. Once again we enjoyed the cascades and water falls along the Howker Ridge Trail. We stopped at Lowe’s Store and bought ice cream sandwiches to make a sweet day sweeter. Have fun. Amy Patenaude is an avid skier/outdoor enthusiast from Henniker, N.H. Readers are welcome to send comments or suggestions to her at: amy@weirs.com.
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only kind of work that people should have to do, how is garbage to be collected, bed pans emptied in hospitals or jobs with life-threatening dangers to be performed? Does anyone imagine that firemen enjoy going into burning homes and buildings to rescue people trapped by the flames? That soldiers going into combat think it is fun? In the real world, many things are done simply because they have to be done, not because doing them brings immediate pleasure to those who do them. Some people take justifiable pride in working to take care of their families, whether or not the work itself is great. Some of our more Utopian intellectuals lament that many people work “just for the money.” They do not like a society where A produces what B wants, simply in order that B will produce what A wants, with money being an intermediary device facilitating such exchanges. Some would apparently prefer a society where allwise elites would decide what each of us “needs” or “deserves.” The actual history of societies formed on that principle — histories often stained, or even drenched, in blood — is of little interest to those who mistake wishful thinking for idealism. At the very least, many intellectuals do not want the poor or the young ahog from 14
‘This is bad work. This is good work. The man who has been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold.” Clinton also went on to say that Romney’s time at Bain Capital represented a “good business career.” ******** PARENTS, are you aware of this: “DC Comics Green Lantern re-launched as gay superhero” by Dareh Gregorian June 1 NY Post ?http://www.nypost. com/p/news/national/ dc_comics_green_lantern_ to_be_revealed_Yt2uNktu
to have to take “menial” jobs. But people who are paying their own money, as distinguished from the taxpayers’ money, for someone to do a job are unlikely to part with hard cash unless that job actually needs doing, whether or not that job is called “menial” by others. People who lack the skills to take on more prestigious jobs can either remain idle and live as parasites on others or take the jobs for which they are currently qualified, and then move up the ladder as they acquire more experience. People who are flipping hamburgers at McDonald’s on New Year’s Day are seldom flipping hamburgers there when Christmas time comes. Those relatively few statistics that follow actual flesh-and-blood individuals over time show them moving massively from one income bracket to another over time, starting at the bottom and moving up as they acquire skills and experience. Telling young people that some jobs are “menial” is a huge disservice to them and to the whole society. Subsidizing them in idleness while they wait for “meaningful work” is just asking for trouble, both for them and for all those around them. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. zmrrWSbkIRIDbO#ixzz1w atqGOYh ******** Chief Justice Melville Fuller (1888-1910) U.S. Supreme Court: “The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health, good order, and prosperity is a power originally and always belonging to the states, not surrendered to them by the general government, nor directly restrained by the constitution of the United States, and essentially exclusive.”
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raising her two daughters while Dad does all that hardball politics stuff? Pshaw. Let’s not forget that Mrs. Obama leveraged her hubby’s Senate victory to snag a lucrative seat on the corporate board of directors of TreeHouse Foods, Inc. despite having zero experience in the industry. When her garden gloves are off, her political boxing gloves are on. Mrs. O famously has castigated other Americans’ choices in how they earn their money. She used her East Wing power to push Obamacare. She has exploited the bully pulpit to restrict food advertisers’ speech. She has served the SEIU’s legislative agenda of increasing the welfare state and padding membership rolls with more government school workers under the guise of fighting child obesity. And she has relied on questionable science to declare war on so-called “food deserts” in poor neighborhoods where she claims only fast food is available. But according to two major peer-reviewed and published studies: 1) poor neighborhoods had nearly twice the number of supermarkets and largescale grocers per square mile as wealthier neighborhoods, and 2) there is no correlation between what students in a largescale California survey ate, what they weighed and what kinds of foot they ate within the immediate
radius of their homes. While she denies a Nanny State agenda, Mrs. Obama successfully has strong-armed several major restaurant chains into redesigning their menus to her exacting healthful standards. One of those targets is Darden Restaurants, which operates Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants across the country. At a time when most food service providers are struggling under the weight of increased taxes, health care mandates and regulations, Darden Restaurants just happens to be one of the few and fortunate businesses to obtain one of those coveted Obamacare waivers. When Michelle Obama
stops using her public office to push new Big Government power grabs and redistribute wealth to her cronies (flashback: Chicago Obama-lympics), stoke racial grievances, and meddle in Obama administration personnel decisions that lead to whistleblower firings (ask her about former AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin), I’ll leave her alone. Until then, someone’s got to deliver FLOTUS her just deserts.
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Belknap county, giving New Hampshire veterans access to the healthcare they deserve. Additionally, because these servicepeople defended our federal government, demanding federal funds in the form of grants – not loans – could help to make this a reality. As a staunch fiscal conservative, I understand the
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you sure that’s a female?’ Well, it’s laying eggs whatever it is,” Donna says. The June photo for the farm’s photo calendar features Phyllis riding in the front seat of Ken’s pickup next to Ken. Anything but timid, she waddles into conversations with visitors and squawks until someone pets her - and comments on how nice she looks. “She’s just saying ‘Hi, I’m here and I’m something special,’” Carlucci explains. There was never any temptation to eat her. “We got a sled for her and were going to pull her up the driveway this winter. Only the sled was a roasting pan. She wasn’t real excited about getting on it.” Now she’s a star on Facebook, Carlucci says. Phyllis may take center stage, but the entire outdoor theater at Kindred Spirit Farm is stocked with colorful characters – animals with quirky personalities that are simply fun to watch. One of the appeals of hobby farming is that it doesn’t need to turn a profit immediately – or ever. Dyed-in-the-wool animal lovers enjoy populating their backyards with critters they think are interesting, functional and endearing. A love of
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livestock and living close to nature keeps them waking before dawn to do chores before work, assisting their animals when it’s time to give birth, and scrambling for ways to make hobby farming a full-time job. It’s a win-win situation, they explain: people have fun owning and caring for farm animals, and the livestock thrive on fresh air, good food, exercise, and lots of human attention - and provide healthy food (and wool). “They make us laugh all the time. We sit on the porch and have coffee and just watch the lamb races. They go and go for 20 minutes straight, then we say, ‘OK, let’s go in and have breakfast.’ That’s my morning yoga,” Carlucci explains. “It’s very comforting and very relaxing.” Hobby farming is burgeoning in New Hampshire, where people who own houses with acreage are increasingly growing vegetables and fruit trees, and raising chickens, pigs,
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Two spring lambs at Kindred Spirit Farm. goats, sheep and perhaps a milking cow or beef steer to satisfy some of the family’s food needs. State experts attribute this trend to widespread interest in buying and eating locally produced foods, growing interest in organic farming and sustainability, a desire to raise animals in a healthy
and humane way, as well as a desire to have food on hand in case of shortages in an emergency. The movement is further fueled by worries over the economy and questions of food safety. “I call it the CNN effect,” says Dot Perkins, livestock specialist for UNH See baker on 26
Starting off June Adopt-A-Shelter cat promotion we Meet Sherman had to begin with Sherman. Probably the most affectionate cat in the entire shelter, Sherman has one thing that plays against him finding a home: his coat colour is black. NHHS experiences show that black cats simply wait the longest for their forever homes. We don’t like this fact, but are powerless to change the public’s adoption preferences. Look past the black coat, instead gaze into Sherman’s friendly emerald green eyes. Listen to his loud and insistent purring. Enjoy his outgoing, affable personality. He was surrendered in April 2011 by owners who were moving and didn’t want him anymore. Over a year calling New Hampshire Humane Society home and no one saying “I have to adopt him!” has left Sherman stressed and despondent. He’s groomed himself rather over-zealously in places a sure sign he is unhappy and lonely for human attention. We’ve kept him on a fairly strict diet to help him lose weight, which has met with success. He’s a full 2lbs lighter. But how much of that weight loss can be attributed to solitude and dejection, rather than diminished caloric intake? Sherman should be our first June adoption success story. Please come and see him today. Call 524-3252 or check www.nhhumane.org Friday June 8th, Sherman will be appearing at Lakes Region Veterinary Hospital on Union Avenue.
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Anne Thatcher with Phyllis, the friendly Polish chicken, at Bella Luna. roberta baker Photo willing to pay for it,” Perkins adds. Rabbits have become popular because they’re an inexpensive, easy-toraise source of lean meat. Goat, long a staple of ethic cuisine, is becoming more widely accepted as an alternative to chicken or beef. Interest in educational programs has rocketed, too. For two years Perkins’ workshops at the New Hampshire Farm and Forest Expo in February have drawn standing-room-only crowds. Last fall 28 people showed up for a 6-week evening course on how to raise goats; 10 were already raising rabbits for food. Since 2010 Perkins’ e-mail list of people interested in homesteading – raising crops and livestock for their own consumption – has swelled to over 500 names. Sixty people showed up for recent workshop on how to trim goat feet. “They’re coming to classes well read, and looking to identify resources and get their questions answered,” Perkins says.
Just west of Newfound Lake in Hebron, Anne Thatcher, a nurse practitioner, and her son Erik, a college student majoring in environmental science, are building a homestead on five acres, naming it Bella Luna (Italian for “Beautiful Moon”) to honor Thatcher’s Italian mother. Nearly 50 colorful heirloom-breed chickens strut and cluck in outdoor pens and a coop, sharing the territory with a chocolate heirloom-breed turkey, who is nesting in a dog crate, keeping her newborn chicks warm. Here, too, lives another Phyllis - a Polish chicken with marbled plumage and an unruly bouffant of feathers crowning her head like a miniature fireworks display. Eager to interact with people, Phyllis enjoys being carried and held, and is treated like an egg-laying pet. She’ll never be butchered, Thatcher explains, but the older chickens, turkeys, and an occasional rooster will end up in “freezer camp,” their meat consumed by the family, See baker on 27
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manely,” Thatcher says. “Getting toward self-sufficiency is a huge thing. The historical Yankee appreciation for farming and rural living interests me,” says Erik, smiling. “I also really hate mowing the lawn.” Today the Thatchers keep roughly 50 chickens, four turkeys, two pigs, and nine sheep on a single
grassy acre off Groton Road, where any mowing is accomplished by grazing. Poultry and sheep live just west of garage in adjacent pens; young chickens stay in a kennellike enclosure behind the garage. Vegetables sprout in raised beds next to the driveway, where a scarecrow capped with a large moose skull and antlers
serves as “a very effective lawn ornament,” Erik says. Ready to be planted outdoors, tomato plants started from seed wait in containers on the garage floor, next to a small, haylined pen where sheep dry off during rainy weather before shearing. This year’s baby chicks lived in boxes on the dining room
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along with plenty of eggs. Thatcher and her son started raising livestock two years ago. Both are interested in self-sufficiency and sustainability. “I’ve always wanted to do some little bit of farming, and I’ve always gardened.
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DOWN 1 Close as can be 2 Family 3 “The Mod Squad” hairdo 4 “Petrouchka,” for one 5 Decorative vase 6 Like some excuses
7 Mighty mite 8 Medicinal plant 9 Self-esteem 10 Singer Dickey 11 Paul of “American Graffiti” 12 Cochise or Geronimo 13 Washes 14 Fuss and feathers 15 Swahili, e.g. 16 Dwight’s competition 17 Fiddled (with) 24 Desdemona’s enemy 25 Loon lips 27 ‘82 Toto hit 30 Sociable starling 33 Alum 35 Shoestring 36 Bolger/Haley costar 37 Throw in the towel 38 Prepares cherries 39 - committee 40 Tuscan town 41 Pound sound 42 Neeson or O’Flaherty 47 Video game company 49 Exclude 51 Arnaz’s country 52 It grows on you 53 Napoleonic site 55 Sleep in the woods 56 Hurler Hershiser 57 Booze 59 Brink 60 Glue guy 66 Runs around in circles? 67 Grate stuff 69 Vane dir.
70 Emulate Roy Clark 74 Like many bathrooms 75 Coaxed 76 “I’m working -” 77 Nuthatch’s home 78 “Nana” author 79 “Oh, woe!” 80 Act like a chicken 84 Winter mess 85 Ballroom dance 87 Lake sight 89 Birdsong of basketball 91 Lauer or LeBlanc 93 Paper quantity 94 Actor Beery 95 Like a desert 96 Solo of “Star Wars” 97 King of comedy 100 - facto 104 Opens 105 Daze 107 Tripoli native 109 Knitting stitch 110 Little mouse? 111 Sock a shuttlecock 112 “Farewell!” 113 Light beer 114 Alliance 115 Put away a pickle 120 Any 121 Chilly powder? 123 Inventive sort? 124 Neutral tone 125 Stink 127 Mil. address 128 Critic’s god? 129 President Bush was one 130 “The Gold Bug” author
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well respond to audience reactions. He will perform the music on a digital synthesizer, which is capable of producing a wide range of theatre organ and orchestral textures. “Live music was an integral part of the silent film experience,” Rapsis said. “But most films at the time weren’t released with sheet music or scores. Studios left it up to local musicians to come up with an effective score on short notice. The results could vary, but at its best this approach created an
energy and a connection that added a great deal to a film’s impact. That’s what I try to recreate,” Rapsis said. ‘Wings’ is about 2½ hours long and will be shown without intermission. The film is a familyfriendly drama but not suitable for very young children due to its length and intense wartime battle scenes. The public is welcome—especially all veterans.
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Playhouse’s Theatre Summer Camps Include Musical For Teens
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse’s Meredith Campus will be filled with the sound of music this summer. In addition to offering six themed weeks of camp for children entering grades K-6, the Playhouse is offering a new musical theatre program for teens, allowing students entering grades 7-12 the opportunity to stage a fullscale musical. This will be followed by three oneweek offerings of “Summer Theatre Academy” giving teens the opportunity to get in-depth training in the styles of some famous theatre practitioners. This year’s theme for elementary and middle schoolers will be “From the Page to the Stage”. Campers will use the works of famous children’s book authors as the jumping The Winnipesaukee Playhouse will be offering a camp for children at their Meredith campus off point for their creativ- beginning Monday, July 9th. In additions to grades K-6, grades 7-12 will be staging a fullity. Authors include L. scale musical. Frank Baum, Tomie Di- Each week-long program (music, movement and The teen musical theatre Paola, Roald Dahl, Mau- is self-contained and avail- visual arts) or all day for program will give campers rice Sendak, Shel Silver- able in a morning session a fully-rounded arts cur- the opportunity to cast, stein and Lewis Carroll. (drama), afternoon session riculum. produce, design, direct
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