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SUMMER FUN KICKS OFF!! Take A Loon Cruise!

Richardson’s Farm Fresh Ice Cream Comes To Funspot (Largest Arcade In The World) over 300 years and produces some of the finest quality, farm-to-table ice cream in the country. In 1952, the same year Funspot started at Weirs Beach, NH, Ben and Hazen Richardson set out to make “One Perfect Ice Cream.” By the mid-1960s, the Richardson’s ice cream stand had become a local favorite offering over 50 delicious flavors!

Today the farm is run by the 9th generation of the Richardson family, and the ice cream business is booming. The farm has been featured in magazines and on TV shows such as Phantom Gourmet: Hidden Jewel, Great Ate, and Gourmet Greatness. Despite their notoriety, the Richardson’s have never forgotten their humble beginnings

and are always mindful that it all starts with the cows. The ice cream stand at Funspot is proud to bring this farm fresh treat to the Lakes Region. They’re open every day from 10AM-10PM for the summer season serving unbeatable flavors like Blueberry Pie, Campfire S’mores, Maple Walnut, and dozens more.

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Funspot has a rich history in the Lakes Region, and when its ice cream stand opened on Monday, June 17 it brought another New England business with a long history to the area. The stand now proudly serves Richardson’s Farm Fresh ice cream. Richardson’s is a family farm based in Middleton, MA, which has been in continuous operation for

Funspot in the Weirs is now serving Richardson’s Farm Fresh Ice Cream at its ice cream stand. Stop by for a great summer treat. Another great summer attraction, Monkey Trunks Zipline Park, is right next door.

The Loon Center in Moultonborough is joining forces again this summer with the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center to offer special weekly cruises on Squam Lake. The cruises take place Mondays & Fridays, June 24 - August 30, focusing on loon conservation, biology, and monitoring. On each Loon Cruise the Science Center Tour Captain will be joined by a Squam Lake Project Biologist, who will guide the tour and discuss the work LPC is doing across the state and on Squam Lake to protect loons. Member and non-member prices. Adult $23/$27, S e n i o r $21/ $25. F i f teen and under $19/$23 Cruises depart on Route 113 across from the Science Center parking lots. Please call the Science Center at 603-968-7194 for tickets. Reservations are recommended.

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and Patrick K. O’Donnell Wolfeboro Great Hall, 86 S. Main St. Wolfeboro $15 non members and $10 members Tuesday, July 30, from 7 – 8 p.m. My Life as a Marine Retired Marine Major Carol Moore

Tuesday, August 13, from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. See Here Private Hargrove, 1944, 101 minutes Donna Reed Film Festival** Tuesday, July 16, from 7 – 8 p.m. Wolfeboro Great Hall, 86 Main St, Patton’s Way: A Radical Theory Wolfeboro, NH of War A lecture and book signing by the Tuesday, August 20 at 1:00 p.m. author James Morningstar, Army Film Presentation: The Human Comedy, 1944, 117 minutes, Lt. Col. (Retired) directed by Clarence Brown Tuesday, July 23, from 1 – 5 p.m. Wright Museum Movie Theater Wright Museum of WWII Symposium Best-selling Authors Alex Kershaw

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Recently the sports world turned it attention to the Triple Crown in horse racing as it is held each year. Whenever I see a horse race, it brings me back to a time in my life, long before my Flatlander days in New Hampshire, when I was involved in the sport. For a good number of years, I worked with my brother as a caretaker and trainer of Standardbred racehorses. Standardbreds are the ones where the driver sits in the sulky in the back. Not quite as prestigious as the more famous thoroughbreds. I started in the business on a whim fresh out of college with a journalism degree. I was twenty-one and the promise of spending an entire winter in West Palm Beach, Florida was more than my hormone driven mind could stand. I thought it would be for just one winter. Six years later I was still in the business. A slight detour from my initial ambitions in life, but it was a living. A hard-earned, heavy lifting, unpredictable living. Over the years I had some great adventures: I rode for twenty-six hours in the back of an eighteenwheel horse trailer from New York to Florida, a handful of two-year old horses as my traveling companions. I lived in a few different states along the East Coast. I traveled the Stakes circuit, a new racetrack every week, setting up my cot and sleep-

ing in the shed row every night,in front of the horses in my care, staying with them pretty much 24/7. I met people from all over the country with widely varied backgrounds who were, whether I liked it or not, my stablemates for the week. I watched as my horse, a 75-1 shot, won a race by three lengths at the Syracuse Fairgrounds and I didn’t have a cent to my name to bet as my paycheck hadn’t yet arrived. I worked with a guy we all called “Big Dan”. He weighed about three hundred pounds, couldn’t read or write very well, but he knew a lot more about horses than me with my college degree. “Big Dan” also had a heart of gold. Dan didn’t get his paycheck either that week, and neither of us had eaten in about twenty-four hours. I went back to the barn one afternoon in Syracuse and Dan was sitting on a tack box with a big smile on his face. He had somehow gotten his hands on a ham sandwich and he was holding out the half he saved for me. He could have eaten that sandwich (he needed it more than me) and I never would have known. I learned a lot about human kindness that day that day and it has always stayed with. One horse I trained; I will never forget. His name was “Bye Bye Everyone”. He was a tiny horse with bows and curbs on his legs that made it seem as if he would never race, but he sure did love to run. I spent most of my days focusing on his needs. I soaked his feet and put poultice on his legs. I gave him massages and rubbed his coat till it shined. I talked with him for hours on end (no one else was there). I even fell asleep with him in his stall on the hay (we were both ex-

hausted). Despite his size and ailments, he won a mile race at the Meadowland in New Jersey in 1:57 which, at the time in 1981, was pretty darn fast. He was the fastest horse I ever took care of. He taught me a lot about resiliency. I spent a few years living on a farm in New Jersey. Most mornings I was up at dawn, feeding horses and mucking stalls, exercising horses and on most afternoons bringing them to the racetrack and then back home. Many days would end around 1am and then back to it again in a few hours. (Being in my twenties then and in pretty good shape, it was tolerable.) I left the business in the early 1980s and moved the New Hampshire in 1985 and, yadda, yadda, yadda, here I am today. My brother is no longer in the business, he’s actually a banker today. My younger sister, who used to work with us, met her husband at the farm. He is still in the horse business and has had some welldeserved success. I live a pretty soft life now, and I’m not complaining. The calluses on my hands faded decades ago, I really don’t miss all the heavy lifting and endless days now that I am in my sixties. Still, I wouldn’t trade those years for anything. I learned a lot on many levels, things a college education never taught me. Every year around this time I think about all that again. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” available at BrendanTSmith.com. His latest book “I Only Did It For The Socks and Other Tales of Aging” will be published later this year.

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Trump & Mueller To the Editor: Having failed to protect the Washington establishment’s interests by accusing President Trump of collusion or criminality, Robert Mueller tried to redeem himself in his May 29th retirement speech. His excuse for failure contradicted his previous statements and required subsequent “clarification”/correction, and he tried to avoid a Congressional appearance (and its embarrassing questions). Robert Mueller was selected when the Washington establishment needed someone unethical enough to frame an innocent man. Mueller, who kept innocent people in prison and withheld information that should have ended the sale of American uranium to the Russians, met that criteria. An ethical person with Mueller’s conflicts of interest wouldn’t have accepted his assignment. Mueller is too conflicted to sit on a jury considering any matter concerning Trump. Mueller is friends with key witnesses, had a business dispute with Trump, and apparently wanted to replace Comey as FBI Director. With the media endlessly screaming “collusion!”; the Steele dossier; claimed proof by Congressman Schiff, Obama’s intelligence officials, and others; un-

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precedented access to Presidential personnel and records; and a team of 19 anti-Trump prosecutors and 40 FBI investigators, it was considered easy. Mueller and his team aggressively (even threatening, jailing, bribing, bankrupting innocent people) tried to uncover collusion or lawbreaking by Trump, they couldn’t. The Steele dossier was a known fraud, Schiff and others lied, the false charges were politically instigated. Although Mueller says that our judicial system demands that the indicted Russians must be considered innocent until proven guilty, he uses a Stalinist standard for Trump, claiming the need to prove Trump innocent. It’s not a prosecutor’s job to prove someone innocent, that’s essentially impossible. E.g., how could you prove that Robert Mueller isn’t a serial rapist and murderer of young girls? When prosecutors don’t have evidence to charge a crime, it’s un-American to suggest a person is nevertheless guilty. Certainly Mueller’s anti-Trump team would have charged Trump with a crime if they could. So, since their “report cannot conclude that the President committed a crime”, they produced a report with mischaracterizations, half-truths, and without exculpatory evidence to slander the

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.

President and hide that apparently Trump is a very law-abiding Americans. The false collusion, obstruction, and now impeachment charges against Trump were and are driven by one thing: the Washington establishment can’t have someone make government work for the people rather than for the special interests. President Trump shows that, by putting the people first, government can encourage the economy so people get better jobs, higher incomes, and lower taxes; make our communities safer; enable better and less costly health insurance/care; stop subsidizing wealthy countries at the expense of American taxpayers and workers; and make the world safer. Don Ewing Meredith, NH

Much Ado About Budgets To the Editor: Gov. Sununu has pledged to keep us free of an income or sales tax. But does he realize broad-based taxes would be needed if commuter rail is installed? He needs to Veto SB 241 to stop that boondoggle in its tracks. Also, what is he doing about SB 306 which is conveniently hidden in the budget? It’s a provision to set up a 3-person See MAIL BOAT on 33

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The Media/Democrat Complex Strikes Big Tech This week, The New York Times ran a massive piece detailing the s u p p o s e d radicalization of one Caleb Cain. Cain moved from by Ben Shapiro political liberSyndicated Columnist alism toward self-ascribed “tradcon” status from watching YouTube videos. The New York Times charted this nefarious move by following those videos. The suggestion by The Times was simple: If you watch typical conservative content hosted by people like me, you will eventually end up watching material hosted by alt-right figures. The only solution, presumably, would be for YouTube to downgrade material The Times dislikes. This attitude isn’t only springing from The Times. Axios chief technology correspondent Ina Fried grilled Google CEO Sundar Pichai over the weekend, essentially demanding that YouTube do something to marginalize videos Fried dislikes. Vox ran a full-scale propaganda campaign last week to get conservative comedian Steven Crowder kicked off YouTube for the great sin of making offensive jokes about one of Vox’s columnists. Taking their cues from Democratic leaders like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, various media outlets have spent years suggesting that Facebook’s unwillingness to censor political materials led to Hillary Clinton’s unjustifiable 2016 presidential defeat. And it’s not just targeting big tech companies. The far-left organization Media Matters for

America routinely leads boycott attempts against advertisers who deign to sponsor conservative programs -- even if those advertisers sponsor a wide variety of political programming. Pseudojournalists from organizations like Vox and Huffington Post spend their days calling advertisers for comment on various controversial statements by right-wing hosts from Tucker Carlson to Laura Ingraham to Sean Hannity. Their goal isn’t to follow the news but to generate a wave of advertiser-pullout announcements likely to do damage to those conservative hosts. Such censoriousness is rarely, if ever, practiced on the political right. YouTube and Facebook and Twitter are never targeted by conservatives over their unwillingness to shut down opposing points of view; they’re criticized for their willingness to kowtow to the political left and its demands for speech suppression. Advertisers on leftwing programming can speak freely, secure in the knowledge that conservatives won’t be calling them up to rip them for sponsoring shows like Rachel Maddow’s. That’s good. That’s how it should be. But for members of the political left, it isn’t. There are two reasons for that. The first is obvious: Those on the political left long ago abandoned the traditional liberal notion that those who disagree have a right to speak. Instead, they must be deplatformed and their advertisers punished, lest their nefarious ideas spread and metastasize. “Repressive tolerance,” in the parlance of Herbert Marcuse, has become a mainstay of left-wing thinking.

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The Sacrifice To Be Free Last month people across the country celebrated Memorial Day. It is a day often celebrated with cookouts, family get-togethers, games, and by Isaac Hadam just an overall Contributing Writer fun time. Unfortunately, I fear many people are a bit quick to forget the reason this day is set aside. It is set aside, as the name suggests, as a memorial; a day to remember a special group of people. The patriotic hymn states it well. “Oh Beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife; who more than selves their country loved.” On this Memorial Day we were to honor the men in uniform through our nation’s history who have given their lives so that we may be free. America is a truly wonderful place. We are free to say what

we want, worship God how we want, keep and bear arms, etc. We also have the benefit of a justice system that promotes the ideas that we are innocent until proven guilty, have the right to a trial by a jury of our peers, cannot face cruel and inhuman punishments, and so much more. These things that I have mentioned are all things that Americans tend to take for granted as this great freedom is merely what we have been raised by, and taught to expect. However, if we think about the rest of the world, what other place has all this liberty? Many nations like Russia, China, North Korea, and other such socialist/totalitarian governments don’t really allow any of these liberties. Under the guise of cracking down on “hate speech,” many nations in Europe have grown increasingly hostile to free speech and freedom of religion. (And they certainly don’t support the right to keep and

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African Sahel: “Policy Is Failing And Things Are Getting Worse” UNITED NATIONS

- Subsaharan Africa’s vast but impoverished Sahel region has been largely overlooked amidst by John J. Metzler t h e t u r m o i l Syndicated Columnist of Mid-East conflicts and East Asian regional instability. Yet this arid swath of five countries comprising what’s known as the Sahel, remains wracked by poverty, hunger, weak governance, and environmental degradation, offers a breeding ground for terrorism and expanding instability. Mark Lowcock, the UN’s Humanitarian and Relief supremo, went so far as to admit that while policy efforts on the national and international level, are “treating symptoms rather that the causes…policy is failing and things are getting worse.” The Sahel region of 135 million people, hosts some of the world’s poorest people; Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and northeast Nigeria. In blunt and candid comments to the European Council on Foreign Relations in Brussels, Under Secretary-General Lowcock stated “The Jihadist group Islamic State in the Greater Sahara has expanded its footprint over recent years, swallowing smaller extremist groups. In a span of just 10 years, more than

10,000 jihadist fighters have been recruited in the Sahel.” He added that since 2012, “conflict, armed violence and inter communal clashes have displaced more than three million people within their own countries and forced more than a million more to flee to neighboring countries.” In other words, the poor population are uprooted and many of whom later fall victim to human traffickers who put them on a perilous path to Libya and then onwards to Europe. Just this year, more than 350,000 people have been displaced in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger according to Lowcock who added, “The Sahel is now the most used and dangerous transit route for irregular migrants across the Mediterranean.” Take Mali for example, the epicenter of a widening crisis where a UN peacekeeping mission has been hard pressed to stabilize a conflict rooted in poverty and ethnic rifts, but fueled by terrorist movements. In a Security Council meeting renewing the mandate of the current peacekeeping force in Mali, a representative of the SecretaryGeneral conceded that despite, “formation of a new Government and legislation favoring economic development in northern Mali, there can be no lasting peace without improvements in the security situation.” Just last week up to 90 villag-

ers of the Dogon people, most of them Catholics, were killed by terrorists in Mali. French Ambassador Francois Delattre stated clearly, “The escalation

of violence in northern Mali calls for urgent action… especially to prevent more massacres.” South African Ambassador

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Celebrate Xenophobia! Diversity be damned. It’s time to celebrate xenophobia. It’s time to reject the “other” and accept that which is plainly evident: Not by Ken Gorrell all cultures are Contributing Columnist equal. Not all principles of human organization should be given equal respect. Some ways simply are better. Our ways are better. John Cleese, of Monty Python fame, recently riled social-justice jihadis with this Twitter post: “I think it’s legitimate to prefer one culture to another. For example, I prefer cultures that do not tolerate female genital mutilation.” As do I. As I suspect you do, too. Our ways are better than other ways humanity organizes itself outside the world we used to refer to – with common understanding and common reverence – as Western civilization. Can you name one nation founded on different principles that is able to provide the combination of legal protections, personal and community rights and freedoms, economic opportunities, and governmental stability that we take for granted here in the epicenter of modern Western civilization? Merriam-Webster defines xenophobia as “fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign.” It would seem a bad thing to celebrate. “Diversity” and “inclusion” sound so much better. Can’t we all just get along? Fear and hatred are strong emotions, yet they have their place. Without them, humans could not have survived; they are built into our fight-or-flight

response to danger. But in the post-war era, Americans developed a feeling of economic and social security that was both strong and ahistorical. History is coming back to bite us. The foundation of our society is crumbling, undermined by forces from within and without. Though it’s been happening for a while, the 2016 election made the cultural divisions between us impossible to ignore. And the crisis at the border has exposed a weakness in our sense of nation and self-determination. We are letting “the other” decide our fate, and we will not survive as a nation unless we stop it. In embracing “the other” we are losing ourselves. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president of Mexico, recently proved himself to be “the other” we should fear. In a letter to President Trump (reprinted in the Wall Street Journal), López Obrador called for the dissolution of the United States of America. Not directly, of course. Leaders of corrupt, failed, narco-terror states are never direct. They hide their meaning in smiling phrases. But the meaning was clear. He began, “I am aware of your latest position towards Mexico... The peoples and nations we represent deserve that, whenever facing any conflict in our relations, however serious they may be, we resort to dialogue and act with prudence and responsibility.” This from the leader of a nation aiding and abetting the invasion on our shared border that includes citizens of Africa’s Democratic Republic of the Congo, currently in the grips of a major Ebola outbreak. (Hundreds are being settled in San Antonio, TX.) The leader of Mexico described

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when it drifts by. I prefer a drift of about 1MPH. Time of tide is subjective to the time of day as well as time of year, but the flounder numbers have risen to the point that there are always a few fish willing to cooperate through the end of June and sometimes into July, at which time the inshore waters warm and the flounder move to deeper water. Kayaks are easier to get to the water, usually free to launch, and put you in close contact to your quarry. Kayaks also give you access to areas out of reach of shore anglers, and too shallow See MOORE on 38

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JUNE Through Sat. 29th “Flora & Fauna of NH” – Art Exhibit

Lakes Region Art Association’s Art Gallery, Tanger Outlets, Suite 132, Tilton. Gallery is open Thursday through Sunday 10am-6pm. View artwork by LRAA Members that reflect New Hampshire greenery and native wildlife. Exhibit is free and open to the public.

Thurs. 13th – Sat. 22nd On Golden Pond – Directed by Ernest Thompson Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Meredith. As director, Thompson will be revisiting the celebrated play he wrote decades earlier, with the intent of deconstructing it; stripping it down to its original intent this time from the inside out. www. WinnipesaukeePlayhouse.org or 279-0333

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Thursday 20th Plymouth Farmers Market

Plymouth Regional Senior Center Outside Plaza, Garden Street, Plymouth. 3pm-6pm. Rain or shine! 536-5030

Farmington Community Band First Congregational Church, 400 Main Street, Farmington. 6:30pm. The public is invited to bring chairs or blankets to sit on the green. The “Original Farmington Franks” meal will be available along with drinks and ice cream. In case of rain, the show will be moved inside the church. www.

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piece and come with directions and information describing each property. You can visit the houses in any order. Parking is available and there will be volunteers to assist you. Tickets are available at Bayswater Books, 12 Main St., Center Harbor or at the Moultonborough Public Library, 4 Holland Street. 476-8895

Thurs. 20th – Sat. 22nd Intown Concord’s 45th Annual Market Days Festival Main Street, downtown Concord. 10am-10pm each day. Along with the unique downtown shops, there will be over 150 exhibiting vendors, plenty of food and drink, multiple stages of entertainment, an arts market, Kids Zone, Touch-A-Truck, and a variety of performances and activities drawing tens of thousands of attendees to NH’s capital city over the course of three days. For more information visit

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Friday 21st Dueling Pianos – Matt Langley vs Gardner Berry Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

PBVRC Spaghetti Supper feat. Gov. Chris Sununu American Legion Hall, 37 Main Street, Ashland. 5pm-7pm. Join in welcoming General Donald Bolduc and Governor Sununu to the event! Admission to the dinner is $10/adults, $5/children 5-12, special family price of $25. 536-3880

Saturday 22nd Dean Harlem – Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Olde Tyme Tavern Day

NH Far m Museum, 1305 White Mountain Highway, Milton. 10am3pm. Historic role-players will take you through the Museum’s Jones Tavern. Traditional food, olde fashioned games, story-telling, a sing along, and militia muster demonstrations, live music, butter making, horse drawn wagon rides and more! Free for members, $25/family, $10/adult, $5/ kids, free for kids under 4. 652-7840

109th Church Fair – Live Music & BBQ Chicken Dinner First Congregational Church, Farmington. 9am-2pm. The town of Farmington will be swinging with the sounds of live Dixieland Jazz and the sweet taste of BBQ Chicken Dinners and fresh Strawberry Shortcake. There will be historic displays and demonstrations, including a Hall of Yesteryear with items that were used in Farmington 100 years ago. The historic church will also be open for tours. www.FarmingtonNHUCC.org

Farmhouse Pillow Class – Shirley Glines League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 1pm-4:30pm. Teacher/Designer, Shirley Glines of Zoe Jax Gin Designs, will guide you in sewing a unique 16” pillow that looks just like it belongs in today’s farmhouse décor. Tuition is $40 per

student with a $10 materials fee. Preregistration is required. 279-7920 or www.Meredith.NHCrafts.org for a list of materials to bring and register.

Sunday 23rd Cancer Survivor Day Celebration

NHTI’s Sweeny Hall Auditorium, Concord. Registration begins at 12:30pm, program begins at 1pm. Bring your circle of support and join the festivities including guest speaker and cancer survivor, Beverly Cotton. Other activities include educational exhibits, cooking demonstrations, gardening workshop, music, raffle and more! 227-7000 ext. 6937

Shaker Taper Weaving - Woven Footstool Class

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 1pm-4pm. Master the art of Shaker Tape Weaving in this Woven Footstool Class with instructor Jean Reed. Tuition is $120 per student and includes a handcrafted oak footstool and Shaker Taper selection. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. 279-7920.

Tuesday 25th “Only in America” – Concert by Woodwind Quintet, QuintEssential Winds The Great Hall at Wolfeboro Town Hall, Wolfeboro. 7pm-8pm. QuintEssential Winds plays works by American composers, including Aaron Copland, Eric Ewazen, Alec Wilder and others. $8pp/non-members of Wright Museum, $3pp/members.

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Smith Meetinghouse Cemetery Tour

Smith Meetinghouse, Meetinghouse Road, Gilmanton. 6pm. Tour will be led by Fred Bucholz, a long time sexton of the cemetery. The earliest burials in this historic and beautiful cemetery in the center of Gilmanton date to the 1770s. Fred is an excellent storyteller and in addition to leading the pleasant walk, he will have some interesting stories to tell. Wear good walking shoes, and meet at 6pm at the main gate to the cemetery.

Wednesday 26th Austin-Healey Car Show

Funspot, 579 Endicott Street North, Weirs Beach. 1pm-4pm. See these glorious Austin-Healeys all puffed and buffed and visit with the owners. Be sure to vote for your favorite! Car show is open to the public.

Advice to the Players Concert Series – Natalia Shevchuk & Steve Poppel

The Arts Center, 12 Main Street, Sandwich. 7:30pm. Admission is choose-your-own-price and refreshments will be available by donation. 986-7827

The Enemy Within? JapaneseAmerican Internment and its Legacy On Tuesday, July 2nd from 7-8pm, The Wright Museum will present “The Enemy Within? Japanese-American Internment and its Legacy” with Professor Marion Dorsey. This program will be held in the Great Hall at Wolfeboro Town Hall. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1942 Executive Order 9066 relocated Japanese nationals legally residing in the United States and their Japanese-American children and grandchildren to internment camps in inhospitable environments far from their homes. Molly Dorsey discusses the historical and legal factors that inspired and shaped the relocation policy and the policy’s impact on America after the war. Molly Dorsey is an associate professor of history and a core faculty member in Justice Studies at the University of New Hampshire. Admission is $8 per person for non-members and $3 for Wright Museum members, unless otherwise noted. Because of limited seating, we strongly encourage you to make reservations by calling 603-569-1212.

Giant Gilford Rummage Sale Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29 the First United Methodist Church in Gilford will be having a rummage sale from 9am until 2pm each day. The sale will include clothing, linens, household goods, and more. Donations gladly accepted from Sunday, June 23 until Wednesday, June 26. Monday – Wednesday the church will be open from 8:30am – 12 for donations. Clothing, linens, shoes, items in good condition welcomed. No electronics, appliances or computers please. The First United Methodist Church is located at 18 Wesley Way (off Rt. 11A near the 3/11 bypass) in Gilford. For more information, please call (603) 524-3289.

Tour Of The Smith Meetinghouse Cemetery Join the Gilmanton Historical Society on Tuesday evening, June 25th, beginning at 6pm for a walking tour of the historic cemetery at Smith Meetinghouse. The tour will be led by Fred Buchholz, long time sexton of the cemetery. The earliest burials in this historic and beautiful cemetery in the center of Gilmanton date to the 1770s. Fred is an excellent story teller, and in addition to leading us on a pleasant walk, will have some interesting stories to tell. Smith Meetinghouse is on Meetinghouse Road, off Route 140 east of Gilmanton Corners. Wear good walking shoes and meet at 6pm at the main gate to the cemetery. Please park along the edge of Meetinghouse Road. Tour will be held rain or shine. The Society’s 2019 program series continues on the fourth Tuesday of each month, through September, with programs featuring Gilmanton history: Doug Towle’s Antique Gilmanton Homes on July 23rd; The 12th New Hampshire Regiment During the Civil War on August 27th; and A Brief History of Gilmanton’s Churches on September 24th. The Society’s museum in Old Town Hall in Gilmanton Iron Works is open every Saturday morning, 10 am to noon, June, July and August. The programs are free and open to the public. Donations to support the work of the Society are always welcome.

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Falls, NH, a community that later acted as a template for the villages depicted in her stories. Free for members, $25/families, $10/adult, $5/ kids, kids under 4 are free. 652-7840

Craft Fair & Flea Market

Moultonborough United Methodist Church, 1 0 1 8 W h i t t i e r H i g h w ay, Moultonborough. 8am-2pm. Many vendors, baked goods, used books, silent auction, indoor luncheon, and an outdoor bbq and strawberry shortcake will be featured.

Squam Community Rowing Hosts “Learn to Row” Event Squam Lakes Association, Holderness. 8am-12pm. Have you ever wanted to socialize, work out, and enjoy the beauty of our lakes at the same time? The Learn to Row event is perfect for adults who are interested in the sport. You will learn basic stroke technique, safe entry and exit in the water, and get to experience rowing on Squam Lake. The fee is $75 per student and includes three follow-up sessions with experienced rowers. www.

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Summer Reading Kick-Off Concert – Mr. Aaron Meredith Public Library, Main Street, Meredith. 11am-12pm. MPL welcomes back the spirited Mr. Aaron of Rattlebox studio in Concord, who will be there for the second summer in a row to get us moving and grooving with his lively, up-

tempo folk-pop sound! Stick around after the concert for the Ice Cream Buffet! For m o r e i n fo e m a i l John@

MeredithLibrary.org

Sat. 29th – Sun. 30th Traditional Craft Days

Canterbury Shaker Village, C a n t e r b u r y. 1 0 a m - 4 p m . Artisans demonstrating craft, hands-on activities, items for sale and tours of Canterbury Shaker Village. $12/adults, $6/ kids. See ad in paper for a $2 off coupon

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JULY Tuesday 2nd Wildlife Encounters Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Dr ive, Meredith. The Meredith Public Library welcomes Wildlife Encounters

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Fri. 5th – Sun. 7th Arts and Crafts Festival On the Green Brewster Field, Wolfeboro. Fri. 10am-5pm, Sat. 10am5pm, Sun. 10am-4pm. Featuring over 110 Juried New England craftspeople. There will be live music, an Alpaca Exhibit and a c h a i n s aw d e m o ! www. Joycescraftshows.com or 528-4014

Wednesday 10th Ice Cream Social and Pick-a-Prize Raffle

Bow Lake Grange Hall, 569 Province Road, Strafford. 4pm-8pm. Build your own sundae from several flavors and many delicious toppings. $4/large, $3/small. Add a homemade brownie for 50 cents more. Tickets sold at the door. 664-2615

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How To Improve Your Credit Score Before Applying For A Mortgage (BPT) - In today’s world, lenders use many different types of credit scoring models. There are virtually hundreds of different models out there for lenders to choose from. Many lenders continue to use conventional models that don’t provide a score for millions of consumers. That often puts younger borrowers such as millennials at a disadvantage. Millennials are less likely to have long credit histories, and they may only have one or two credit accounts. Because young adults today carry more student loan debt, they are understandably reluctant to assume more debt. While that’s a prudent approach on the part of millennials, it can cause their score to be lower than those with deeper credit histories. Many lenders are adopting new tools that address this problem. One example is VantageScore 4.0, which scores approximately 40 million more consumers than other conventional models. Unfortunately, mortgage lenders are not able to use this model and rely on more conventional credit scoring models. Regardless of the model, there are some common things you as a consumer can do to make it easier to get your next loan.

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Aimee Mann performs with her band at The Flying Monkey in Plymouth on Saturday, July 6th at 7:30pm. Jonathan Coulton opens the evening. Tickets for this concert start at $49. Aimee Mann’s latest album, Mental Illness, returns to a more musically soft-spoken but still lyrically barbed approach. While she hasn’t released new music since 2017’s Mental Illness, she has been busy with her podcast with Ted Leo, The Art of the Process, where they “talk to friends across the creative spectrum to find out how they work.” Mental Illness shows off Mann’s rich, incisive and wry melancholia in an almost all-acoustic format, with a “finger-picky” style inspired by some of her favorite ‘60s and ‘70s folk-rock records, Singer/songwriter Aimee Mann will be performing at the augmented by haunting

Flying Monkey in Plymouth on Saturday, July 6th at 7:30pm strings arranged by her longtime producer, Paul Bryan. Additional players include: Jonathan Coulton on acoustic guitar and backing vocals, Jay Bellerose on drums, Jamie Edwards on piano, John Roderick as a cowriter and Ted Leo (who recently joined her in a joint side project, The Both) as a background singer. On this eleven-track album, the Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning singer remains a student of human behavior, drawing not just on her own experiences to form the characters in the songs but tales told by friends. “I assume the brief on me is that people think that I write these really depressing songs,” Mann says. “I don’t know—people may have a different view-

point—but that’s my own interpretation of the cliché about me. So if they thought that my songs were very down-tempo, very depressing, very sad, and very acoustic, I thought I’d just give myself permission to write the saddest, slowest, most acoustic, ifthey’re-all-waltzes-sobe-it record I could…I mean, calling it Mental Illness makes me laugh, because it is true, but it’s so blunt that it’s funny.” Tickets for Aimee Mann range from $49 - $59. For more information on upcoming shows or to purchase tickets call the box office at 603536-2551 or go online at www.flyingmonkeyNH. com.

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Summer Fun! The Best Summer Ever Starts Right Here!

Austin Healy’s Coming To The Lakes Region Austin Healey’s are a beautiful British sports car produced in the 50’s and 60’s. From Sunday, June 23rd through Thursday the 27st you may see these Healey’s exploring the picturesque backroads around Lake Winnipesaukee. Over hundred Austin Healey enthusiasts from across New England, the Middle Atlantic States, Ontario, and Quebec will call the Margate Resort home, as the headquarters for Healeys@Winnipesaukee. “Summits” are an annual gathering of Healey enthusiasts from across the Northeast, to enjoy the Marque, which hasn’t been produced for sixty years, to explore the region, enjoy the outstanding cuisine,

see great friends, and meet new ones. HEALEY CAR SHOW AT FUNSPOT Wednesday, June 26th, 1-4PM The Austin Healey car show at Funspot is open to the public, where you can vote for your favorite Austin Healey. Please stop by the car show on Wednesday afternoon at FUNSPOT, 579 Endicott Street North, Laconia to see these glorious Austin Healeys all puffed and buffed. Owners love to show off their cars, and many will even allow children to sit inside, for their parents to take pictures. For more information on Summit 2019, look at website www. ahca-newengland. org/summit-2019. html

EXPLORING HERBAL MEDICINES & CRAFTS SERIES

with Master Herbalist Melissa Morrison

Herbal Spa Treatments Saturday, June 22 10-12 pm Herbal First Aid Kits Saturday, July 13 10-12 pm Natural Baskets Saturday, August 10 10-12:30 pm Series Continue s Through Novem ber!

928 White Oaks Road • Laconia, NH 03246 • (603) 366-5695 info@prescottfarm.org • www.prescottfarm.org

The NH Boat Museum is Now Accepting Donations for:

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Vintage Boat & Car July 13 • 10 AM Vintage Boats • Vintage Cars • Fiberglass Boats • Sailboats & Canoes • Memorabilia

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Bow Riders • Deck Boats • Pontoon Boats All Boats equipped with AM/FM Stereos

Weekly Rentals Available 1258 Union Ave (right across from Mc Donalds), Laconia, NH www.anchormarine.net Reservations Encouraged • Major Credit Cards Accepted

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A Season Of “Firsts” At Barnstormers This Summer TAMWORTH - The Barnstormers is enjoying a season of firsts as each of its productions this summer will be performed for the first time ever on its stage.

The season opens with Damn Yankees, June 27 to July 6: Faust meets baseball in this devilishly clever and musically delightful send-up of love and the true American pastime. When Joe Boyd sells his soul to the devil for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory against the New York Yankees, things don’t go quite as planned. Fun, fastpaced, and irreverently witty, this play is a true American classic. Book by George Abbott & Douglass

Wallop, Lyrics & Music by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross. Sponsored by the Mount Washington Cog Railway. Laughter on the 23rd Floor, July 11 to 20: Considered Neil Simon’s funniest play, this love letter to his real-life early career as a TV writer catapults a 1950s writers’ room into a com-

edy fray. Locked in a battle with TV execs who fear the show’s humor is too sophisticated for middle America, the writers wrangle over their craft, hurling snappy one-liners while reflecting political and social issues of the times—then and now. Sponsored by The New Woodshed, and definitely slated for adult audiences. See FIRSTS on 23

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The Man Who Came to Dinner, July 25 to August 3: Life as they know it will never be the same for Mr. and Mrs. Stanley once radio celebrity Sheridan Whiteside arrives for dinner. Who knew there’d be penguins in the library and convicts in the foyer—and a whole lot more? Brilliant and witty, madcap and zany, this timeless classic combines the best of comedic literature with perfectly-crafted characters for one of the wildest romps ever in American theatre. By George Kaufman and Moss Hart Spider’s Web, August 8 to 17: Clarissa sure knows how to tell a story, but when one of her darkest tales comes true in the form of murder in her living room, she finds live drama a lot harder to spin. This never-beforeseen on The Barnstormers stage thriller combines suspense and humor in equal measure, and you’ll think you know who dunnit, but Dame Agatha Christie will keep you guessing ‘til the very end. Sponsored by Chocorua Camping Village KOA & Wabanaki Lodge Things My Mother Taught Me, August 22

to 31: When Olivia and Gabe pack up their belongings and drive halfway across the country to start a new life, things don’t go exactly as planned— especially when their p a r e n t s show up unexpectedly to “help.” Full of love, laughs, worry, and wisdom, this true-to-life, sweet and funny romantic comedy will have you in tears with laughter and lovingly reminded of what matters most in the world. By Katherine DiSavino. Sponsored by Personal Mastery Programs, Inc. & The Other Store Located in New Hampshire’s scenic Tamworth Village, the 282-seat, professional, Equity, Barnstormers Theatre boasts air conditioning, a hearing assist system and is wheelchair accessibility. Tickets cost $15 - $36.50 with group rates and package discounts avail-

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able. Beer, wine and soft drinks will be available during intermission. Friday night is Family Night with special prices. Check the website for other specials, where to dine and stay, and other Tamworth happenings. For more information, tickets, and a good time, visit www. BarnstormersTheatre.org, or call 603-323-8500.

The Loon Center & Markus Wildlife Sanctuary

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Selling “all things loon” & more! Take 10% Off In the Gift Shop • Free Admission • Award-winning videos, exhibits & trails!

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“The Islands of Winnipesaukee” Featured At Lake Winnipesaukee Museum On Wednesday, June 26th at 7pm, the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum is hosting a presentation, “The Islands of Winnipesaukee”, Featuring Ron Guilmette Join author and photographer, Ron Guilmette with his wildly popular book, “The Islands of Winnipesaukee”. Listen to the paddling adventures of Jay and Ron as they paddled to all of the Islands of Winnipesaukee. The “Islands of Winnipesaukee” is a 11 x 9.5” coffee table book with color photos of all 260 islands on Lake Winnipesaukee. Ron and Jay may have been able to solve the long unanswered question of “How many islands are there on Lake Winnipesaukee?” The book also contains many interesting stories about the island and “Fun Facts” about the lake and islands. It makes a great gift and is a must for every coffee ta-

The coffee table book “The Islands Of Winnipesaukee” will be the subject of a program at the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum on Wednesday, June 26th at 7pm. Author and photographer Ron Guilmette will tell how he and Jay Leccese paddled to all the islands on the big lake to gather the photos and material for the book.

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ble at the lake. The books will be available for purchase at this presentation! Ron is a retired state trooper and works as a criminology professor at a local university and at a private college. He also works as a private consultant in the law enforcement community and serves as a volunteer on a number of boards and committees. He enjoys white water rafting and golf and most of all beach days with his children and grandchildren. This event is free for Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society members, for non members there is a $5 fee with all proceeds going to benefit the Historical Society’s ongoing renovations. Located on Route 3 in Weirs Beach, next to Funspot. Please RSVP to 366-5950 or lakewinnipesaukeemuseum@gmail.com (Reservations will be held until 6:45 the night of the program.)

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5th Annual Veterans Count Lakes Region Golf Tournament On Monday, July 15th The Veterans Count Lakes Region Golf Tournament will take place at the Laconia Country Club. Veterans Count is the philanthropic arm of Easterseals NH. Since 2007, MVS has provided services,supports, and resources to more than 13,500 individuals with challenges including suicide risk,unemployment, homelessness, substance misuse, legal concerns, and mental health issues. In addition, emergency financial assistance, provided by Veterans Count, has been distributed for food, utilities, housing,transportation, fuel, vehicle repair and more. In the past 4 years, the Lakes Region Golf Tournament has raised more than $250,000 for veterans, service members and their families. To keep play moving smoothly at this patriotic and inspirational golf tournament, the field is limited. We sell out each year, so please return your payment and registration form quickly to ensure your spot. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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shirt cannon is what they use to fire shirts into the crowd at sporting events utilizing compressed air. Like this device, Lone Pine loads a bunch of hops (Vic Secret, Mosaic, and Idaho 7) into the fermentation process to release floral and aromatic flavors. Hazy mild yellow in tone and aromas of pineapple, peach and orange peel are most apparent with taste that follows the nose. A brilliant and persistent white head stems from the flaked oatmeal used in the boil. Complex fruit will keep your tastebuds from settling on just one place here. Wonderful balanced (like every Lone Pine beer), T-Shirt Cannon aims to please and at 7.7% ABV, there is plenty to appreciate. Next, we have Mango Maiden Milk Shake IPA from Hidden Cove Brewing. This may be the first time I’ve heard the term milk shake and IPA used for a beer description. With copper orange hues and striking white fluffy head, MM has an alluring visual quality even before you get near the glass. Created within the Brewer’s Passion series, 6% Mango Maiden is brewed with lactose

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King Charles II proprietor of the property when in fact his grandfather was only a partner in a venture whose terms were not kept because the land was deserted by Mason and his agents as the result of a slighted undertaking. In May of 1682 Edward Cranfield was sent by the king to be Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire. According to writer Sanborn in a 1902 article Governor Cranfield had difficulties in the New Hampshire assembly with getting his revenue

bills passed and Edward Gove was a leading member. The Governor in writing to his superiors in England said “I have to report one of the late assembly men for Hampton, Edward Gove, has made it his business to stir up the people in the several towns to rebellion. He gave up that he had a sword by his side and would not lay it down till he had the government in his hands. ” Apparently Gove’s rebellious act was not See SMITH on 31

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much different than others that were happening in other provinces, and, according to at least one writer, was commenced while he was under the influence of an alcoholic beverage. One local person labeled him a lunatic. But he was trying to raise a group of men to promote a change of government in the province consisting of four towns near the sea. Sanborn names the offenders, who, after being arrested, were charged with “levying war against his majesty”, as Hampton residents Edward Gove, the leader, his son, John, and his servant, William Healey. They somehow

got away from a marshal and proceeded to Exeter where persuaded eight more men to join them. Their names are Edward Smith, John Sleeper, Mark Baker, Thomas Rawlings, John Young, and three Wadleighs. The men were armed and on horseback and made their way back towards Hampton where they were arrested by soldiers. Gove’s purpose was to change government and to prevent the King of England from imposing Catholicism on New Hampshire, an act he feared and thought possible. At his trial a jury found Edward Gove guilty of high treason and Judge

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The other reason is far more cynical: Many in the media want a regeneration of the monopolistic media control of the past. They long for the days when everyone consumed mainstream product to the exclusion of alternative sources. It’s no coincidence that YouTube and Facebook have been touting their elevation of “authoritative” news in recent years -- they’re looking to appease a ravenous media eager to tear them down. The media and Democrats have picked the right target: The lords of Big Tech are eager to please and frightened of blowback. They’re political liberals who can be intimidated into censorship while being simultaneously assured that they’re making the world a better place. They aren’t. All it would take for this censorious moment to end would be a little backbone: Facebook, YouTube and Twitter announcing that they won’t censor people unless those people violate actual First Amendment principles like incitement and libel; advertisers announcing that they won’t pull their dollars based on astroturfed pressure tactics. But backbone is in short supply. And the glut of intimidation won’t relax anytime soon.

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a future when “Mexicans will not need to migrate into the United States and that migration will become optional, not compulsory.” Do the citizens of the sovereign United States of America have no say in the matter? Is Mexican “migration” into our nation something that foreigners decide, regardless of our wishes and our laws? The national dissolution begins here. It continues with the question: “How do you transform the country of fraternity for the world’s migrants into a ghetto, a closed space, where migrants are stigmatized, mistreated, persecuted, expelled and the right for justice is canceled to those who tirelessly seek to live free of misery?” The answer is that we welcome legal immigrants and have the right to reject illegal aliens. Their status does not give them a right to what we and our forefathers created, and certainly not to the fruits of our welfare system. Their status does not impose on us a responsibility to alleviate their situation. “With all due respect, even though you have

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cemetery. These brave souls are true heroes and their sacrifice must never be forgotten. When I think of the sacrifices that have been made on behalf of this country and our liberties, it only serves as a motivation for me to continue trying to preserve these same liberties the best I can. Having fun and cookouts on Memorial Day is fine and well, but may we do our best to hold those who gave all in our mind from time to time so we are encouraged to ensure that they, as Abraham Lincoln said at Gettysburg, did not died in vain. Isaac Hadam, 18, studies and writes about issues that involve the Constitution. He is the Vice-President of the Constitutional Awareness Pact, which strives to help people read an d understand the U.S. Constitution. For more info please visit constitutionalawarenesspact.webs.com. He lives in Moultonborough, NH and will be contributing editorials on the constitution from time to time.

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