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THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018

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WAITING IN WONDERMENT: A NH July 4TH Story by Brenda Olsen Contributing Writer

18th Annual Vintage Boat & Car Auction At NH Boat Museum Penn Yan and more. The fiberglass motorboat assortment is fantastic and there are lots of sailboats of all sizes for beginners and experts. We also have canoes, kayaks and dinghies. More than half of the boats are being sold with no reserve!” For the third year the museum has beautiful vintage cars that will be auctioned including a 1948 Mercury Woodie, a beautiful 1951 Chevy Truck and 2007 Maserati Quattro. Once again, three original paintings by Peter Ferber, created for the New England Antique & Clas-

sic Boat Society’s yearly boat shows, will be available to the public at the auction. Peter Ferber is an artist well known for his lake and boat scene paintings. These one-of-the kind paintings are magnificent. Collectible lake décor will also be auctioned with a jam-packed line up of offerings. Auctioneer Peter Coccoluto (NH License No. 3080) will start the bidding at 10 am, Pre-registration is recommended and available at www.nhbm.org or by calling the Museum at 603.569.4554 before the 14th. You can also regisSee AUCTION on 34

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WOLFEBORO -Love antique boats? Covet vintage cars? Need a family fiberglass bow rider? Always looking for classic lake memorabilia? Then your weekend plans should include the 18th annual New England Vintage Boat & Car Auction at the New Hampshire Boat Museum in Wolfeboro on Saturday, July 14. The auction begins at 10am. with previews on Friday, July 13 noon-5pm. and Sat., 8-10am. Hunt Leavitt, auction co-chair, says, “We have a great line-up of classic wooden boats from Chris Craft to Lyman to

They just waited, talked, laughed and entertained themselves with their own private thoughts of the holiday. My thoughts shifted to my dad and I wondered how many military service men and service women were waiting in the crowd with me. My dad was a WWII veteran and a survivor. He passed away over 20 years ago from war related injuries and I think of him each July 4th. He was one of many veterans who gave up his youth to fight in a war to protect our freedoms. He, and many like him, were the pure and innocent of the white stripes in our flag. Many of his service

A 1930 Chris Craft Upswept. One of the many beautiful classic boats and autos which will be auctioned off on Saturday, July 14 to benefit the NH Boat Museum.

I celebrated the July 4th holiday in the little Town of Meredith, New Hampshire. I arrived about 7p.m. and found a sp ot on th e to wn docks to set up our folding chairs and wait the two and a half hours for the event. The crowd was basically quiet. I watched couples holding hands, teenagers sitting on the edge of the dock laughing and many families of all ages taking a break from their vacations to celebrate the birth of our country. By 8p.m. the town docks were getting full and people scurried to find their own little spots along the water. I smiled as I watched groups of people meander along the dock with an ice cream cone in their hand peacefully enjoying the warm summer night along the water. At one point the line of customers waiting to order expanded all the way down one side of the dock. I asked one customer how long he waited in line and he replied “40 minutes” with a smile. I guesstimated there were over 140 customers in line waiting in anticipation of the cold and creamy treat. No complaints from anyone.

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Tuesday, July 24, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Screening of the 2016 Film Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro Note: Because the documentary is 77 minutes long, this program starts at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, August 21, 7 - 8 p.m. Once Adrift on the Wind: World War I Poison Gas and Its Legacy - A lecture by Marion Girard Dorsey

Tuesday, September 4, 7 - 8 p.m. Documentary film Survivors of Tuesday, July 31, 7 – 8 p.m. Malmedy: December 1944 - By The Seoul Exception: The United filmmaker Tim Gray; narrated States’ Decision to Fight in Korea - by Jason Beghe, star of NBC’s Lecture by Professor Kurk Dorsey Chicago P.D. Tuesday, August 7, 7 - 8 p.m. Tues., September 11, 7 - 8 p.m. The Longest Winter - Lecture and The Portsmouth Naval Prison book signing by author Alex Kershaw Author lecture and book signing by Katy Kramer Tuesday, August 14, 7 - 8 p.m. Top Secret Rosies, The Female Tues., September 18, 7 - 8 p.m. “Computers” of WWII - A 2010 Conflicts in the Middle East, and documentary film presented International Security - Lecture by Producer/Director LeAnn by Mohamed Defaa

Admission $8 per person; $3 for Wright Museum members. Reservations recommended, call 603-569-1212 for more info. Doors open 1 hour before the program begins. www.wrightmuseum.org.

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Kathy Eaton will draw on her own family’s experience in carrying on the legacy of a Winnipesaukee island camp built in 1893. Sharing anecdotes from seven generations, Kathy will share the story of the camp’s evolution from a simple family retreat to a property now shared by a still-growing family with over 100 descendants. She will also offer her perspective on challenges and solutions in transferring family property to subsequent generations. Writer Kathy Eaton lives

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Navy Must Right Itself

Response To Donovan Letter

To The Editor: According to an oped by Pat Buchanan, starting around 2009 the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) lowered its enrollment standards for incoming freshmen so the Navy could increase its racial diversity. The USNA is on a campaign to increase minority naval officers to approximate the nonwhite enlisted percentage of the Fleet, which is 40% minority personnel. Unfortunately, the USNA turns away applicants with SAT scores above 600 and As and Bs in their high school courses in favor of students with SAT scores in the 500s and C grades. Minority students with SATs in the 300s and 400s and C and D grades are admitted after attending a one year preparatory school. These future officers will be in charge of operating complex naval weapons systems and making critical decisions impacting the security of our country. Don’t we want the most intelligent and able naval officers filling these highly responsible positions in the Fleet? As a former Navy enlisted man and naval officer, I am concerned about our ` Navy’s ability to conduct operations which project U.S. sea power in the world. Our Navy must right itself.

To The Editor: In the 28 June edition was a letter to the editor entitled “Upset With Advertisement.” The advertisement in question was “Pray To Mary?.” which appeared in the June 14 edition of the paper. May I make several observations about the letter to the editor. First, I thank Mr. Donovan for reading our ad. Second, I thank the Weirs Times for publishing it. Third, Mr. Donovan asserts that the first half of the Hail Mary prayer “is word for word, from Luke’s gospel.” After consulting several versions, including the Douay-Rheims (a Catholic version), I failed to find any version that gives the first part of the Hail Mary prayer word for word. Furthermore, in the gospel account in Luke no one is praying to Mary. Jesus instructed us to pray to the Father (Matthew 6:9), not to Mary. No one ever prayed to Mary in the Bible. Praying to Mary is not a Bible doctrine but an invention of men. Fourth, Mr. Donovan states, “The overall implication is that Catholics worship Mary. In fact, they do not.” However, Bishop Alphones de Ligouri, a Roman Catholic saint, wrote the book The Glories Of Mary, which presents Catholic doctrine on Mary and states, “The Holy Church commands a worship peculiar to Mary” (p.130 of the 1931

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Our Story

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.

edition)> I was born and raised a Catholic. I was a member of the Church of Assumption, in Tilton, which church was dedicated to the Assumption of Mary in which Catholics believe that shortly after Mary’s death she “was ‘assumed’ or taken into heaven, body and soul, and crowned as its Queen” (A Catechism for Inquirers (NY: Paulist Press, 1965, P.83). In that church I was taught to pray to Mary, bow before her statue, and see her as a way to heaven. When I was a Catholic, I did worship Mary. When I received Christ as my Saviour, however, I repented of such things. I encourage Mr. Donovan not to look to Mary, but to Jesus. He is the only One Who died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. A person must put all his faith and trust in Jesus to be saved. “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). Dr. Chester Kulus Pastor of Calvary Independent Baptist Churches of Tilton & Plymouth.

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*A FLATLANDER’S OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE

Join The Resistance

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

I admit I was a little surprised when I got one in the mail. I hadn’t seen one in quite a while and to get one was just a subtle reminder of what was to come. Soon there would be more and more, multiplying like rabbits over the next weeks and months. It wouldn’t be long till I’d be hoping for the day when they will stop arriving. The horror! Oversized postcard political mailer season is upon us once again. Oversized postcards in my mailbox have always been part of my life. I often come home and find one that explains to me that if I scratch the lottery ticket type pixie dust off the postcard and my number matches one of the numbers listed (which it always does) I might possibly win a car at a local dealership. At worst, I might go home with another one of many small “tote” bags that I have won over the years or been rewarded with for becoming a member of something. I usually just throw these mailers away, not that I wouldn’t mind winning a car, but I can’t afford to take on the responsibility of yet another “tote” bag that will just gather dust somewhere in my house. In fact, oversized postcard mailers as advertisements have become more commonplace over the years but not everyone

has adapted. We have a rather ancient mailbox next to the porch door at our house. It was designed back in the day when simple envelopes containing letters and bills were the norm. The postman could quickly lift the lid, deposit a few bills and letters, and be on his way. Somewhere along the way, someone got the idea that it would be a good idea to promote a political candidate or, more likely, condemn another one, by increasing the size of the mailers. To make them so big that their message couldn’t be missed even as they were being thrown into the garbage. These giant political mailers (as well as the other advertisers using this obnoxious device to get our attention) don’t easily fit into our quaint mailbox. Yet, it is the duty of the mailman to deliver them nonetheless Not quite folded, but bent and stuffed uncomfortably, along with old-fashioned cards and letters, into our tiny receptacle. What was once a five second visit to deposit the mail has now turned into a struggle. It was supposed to be rain nor snow nor gloom of night that would keep them from their swift completion of their appointed rounds. Obviously no one envisioned these monstrosities back in the day. As campaign seasons progress, the quantity of these mailings becomes overbearing. I can almost feel the pain of our little mailbox when I arrive home from work and see the load it must bear with these unwelcome visitors. Throw in a catalogue or two from a national retailer somewhere and it is almost at a breaking point. I could succumb to the times and go and get a bigger mailbox, maybe

helping out our postal carrier’s efforts, but then what’s next? As the size of mailboxes increase then what is to stop the size of the mailers from getting even bigger? Some of us must just resist. (If you are on Twitter you can use #resistthemailers to show your support.) As a candidate for governor running under The Flatlander Ticket, I have already vowed not to use these oversized political mailers; to have some respect for those with tiny mailboxes since no one is speaking for them. In fact, I will make it my mission to get big mailers out of politics once and for all. If my opponents feel that using oversized mailers is the only way they can slander each other without actually telling voters what they themselves might do, then they will soon have to rethink their strategies. I’d like to bring back the days when false political promises and gathering dirt on opponents was done the old-fashioned way, whatever that was. I always hear that change is good, but I don’t feel that is always the case. Sometimes the old ways are the best and that is the way I feel about oversized political mailers. Of course, if someone wants to throw a big chunk of money into my campaign so I can have my own oversized mailers created, then I might rethink all of this. It is politics after all. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “The Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” which are available on his website BrendanTSmith.com

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Jahi’s Life Mattered Amid all the raging political headlines and hyperventilating tweets of the Summer of Resistance, a searing ember of news by Michelle Malkin stopped me Syndicated Columnist in my tracks this week. Jahi McMath has passed away. I never had a chance to meet the young California teen, but her fight for life gripped me three years ago and was never far from my mind or heart -- especially as my own daughter, the same age as Jahi, battled her own health crisis. Do you remember Jahi? Medical experts declared her “brain dead” after a routine tonsillectomy gone wrong. Children’s Hospital Oakland pushed to have all life-sustaining medical treatment terminated; the professionals predicted quick deterioration. California declared Jahi legally “brain dead.” But Jahi’s mother, professional nurse Latasha “Nailah” Winkfield, refused to accept their verdict. As a parent, caregiver and believer in Christ, Winkfield was compelled to protect her child. With the help of the pro-life Schiavo Foundation, Winkfield moved with her daughter to a long-term care facility in New Jersey. Medical ethics scholar Wesley Smith visited Jahi with the Schiavo Foundation’s Bobby Schindler 10 months ago and reported: “At the time of the tragedy, I believed ... that Jahi was, indeed, dead. But I now have strong doubts. It’s nearly four years later, and Jahi’s body still has not broken down...She has experienced no visible bodily decline ... Disabled is not dead.”

Dr. Alan Shewmon, professor emeritus of pediatrics and neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles, reviewed nearly 50 videos of Jahi moving her fingers on command last year and wrote in a court declaration that Jahi was “a living, severely disabled young lady, who currently fulfills neither the standard diagnostic guidelines for brain death nor California’s statutory definition of death.” And a team of Harvard researchers recently reported that over the past five years, Jahi was indeed growing, digested food, had menstrual cycles, healed wounds and fought off infections. “We would say that Jahi’s parents were far from crazy in believing their daughter to still be biologically alive,” Dr. Robert Truog, director of the Harvard Center for Bioethics, concluded. The changed tune of many “experts” came too late for Jahi’s family, which had been fighting in court to bring her back to California. After undergoing several surgeries for intestinal problems, Jahi succumbed to excessive bleeding and liver failure after an operation. Jahi will finally head home to Oakland this week, where the family’s lawyer says her brain will be preserved for further study. With all the roar these days of keeping families together, why is there so little media attention to the plight of American families of brain-injured children who’ve been forced to separate by medical elites making brightline mortality judgments based on murky diagnostic criteria for what constitutes life? Also suffering out of the selective media spotlight: Children with rare illnesses ripped from their homes in medical kidnappings by arrogant medical professionals and child welfare

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What The Courts Are For

Democrats are in a state of sheer panic. They’re panicking because last week, Justice Anthony Kennedy -- a reliable vote in favor of certain by Ben Shapiro leftist priorities Syndicated Columnist including abortion and same-sex marriage -- announced that he will step down from the Supreme Court, leaving President Trump a second selection. This apparently will lead to the end of a free America. According to Jeffrey Toobin of CNN, the remade Supreme Court will spell doom: “Abortion illegal; doctors prosecuted; gay people barred from restaurants, hotels, stores; African-Americans out of elite schools; gun control banned in 50 states; the end of regulatory state.” None of this is true, of course. It simply demonstrates the wild overreach to which the left has subjected the judicial branch to date.

The judicial branch was never meant to act as a superlegislature, using the verbiage of the Constitution in order to implement preferred policy prescriptions. In Federalist No. 78, Alexander Hamilton expressed the idea well: “The courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise WILL instead of JUDGMENT, the consequence would equally be the substitution of their pleasure to that of the legislative body.” Substituting will for judgment would make the case for utterly dissolving the judicial branch. Yet according to the Democrats, the Supreme Court should exercise will instead of judgment. The role of the court, according to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, is to help expedite change in our society: “Our society would be strait-jacketed were not the courts, with the able assistance of the lawyers, constantly overhauling the law and adapting it to the realities of everchanging social, industrial and po-

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Europe’s Woes Go Far Beyond the Donald PARIS - The American mainstream media template, dutifully reflected and jaded by most of the European press, by John J. Metzler paints a temSyndicated Columnist pestuous picture of the relationship between our European partners and what is presented as a capricious and domineering Trump Administration. Rifts over NATO defense spending, the Iran nuclear deal, and trade and tariffs are magnified out of all context and proportion. Yet it’s Europe’s own domestic contentious debate over illegal migration, the dangerous aftermath of the Turkish election, and the ramifications of Britain’s BREXIT decision, which buffets most discussions. Fortunately, the month long World Cup of football/soccer has temporarily tempered concerns on these looming political challenges. First and foremost the European Union is facing the aftershocks of the 2015 massive migration movement from the Middle East, mostly from Syria and Iraq. Germany, the epicenter of the crisis, evolved from its goodwill afterglow of accepting over a million migrants and now has the social, economic and political bill to pay. The legacy of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s heartfelt compassion

since morphed into moralizing politics but has nonetheless failed to create coherent policies to handle the challenge. The ensuing political rancor has created a deep political crisis within her own coalition government. Merkel faces a rebellion from her conservative coalition partner, the Christian Social Union (CSU) the Bavarian sister party to the CDU on which her leadership is balanced. The storm has been brewing since the summer of 2015 when a million migrants surged through Europe’s southern tier via Greece and through Hungary and Austria. The issues are twofold; how to “evenly and fairly” distribute this large number of migrants throughout the EU member states, a plan opposed by most sovereign governments. Secondly, concede the humanitarian crisis has triggered a rising tide of populism and nationalism which firmly oppose the ongoing influx of illegal migration. Italy and Austria have joined Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia in pushing back the Euroclass quotas. Though migrant numbers are down steeply in the last two years, the fact remains that Italy’s Mediterranean borders are awash with economic migrants pouring in from lawless Libya. Once legally settled in France or Germany the social benefits for migrants are amazing. A cartoon in the French daily Le Monde shows Angela Merkel on a

migrant lifeboat being pulled back on to the European Union’s Ship of state with the caption,”We’ll start by saving Angela.” Germany’s once popular four-time Chancellor, who has to her credit presided

over a booming economy, seems to have weathered a serious political tempest. Following yet another breathless Brussels Summit to find an See METZLER on 40

Right To Try “Thousands of terminally ill Americans will finally have hope, and the fighting chance...that they will be helped...,” Trump said while signing the “Right by Ken Gorrell to Try” bill givContributing Columnist ing terminally ill patients access to experimental treatments not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (May, 2018) “Millions of young Americans will finally have hope, and the fighting chance...that they will be educated...,” Trump said while signing the “Education Right to Try” bill giving students in terminallyunderperforming school districts access to education programs not yet approved by the Department of Education (DoED). (May, 2019) I can’t predict the future, but if I could write it, I would have President Trump signing an education “Right to Try” bill next year. Just as terminally-ill patients should have access to unconventional treatments that might improve their lives, so too should parents, school districts, and states be able to try unconventional education methods to improve lives. Every year millions of American students either don’t graduate from high school or graduate functionally-illiterate and innumerate. These young adults suffer, society suffers, and taxpayers suffer when public funds are spent without generating a reasonable return on investment. Yet each school year we continue down the same path, usually with the same excuse for not getting where we expected to be: If only we had spent more... The drama in Franklin over the past few weeks provides a perfect local example. Franklin has a tax cap that limits spending. It also has

a failing school system. To allocate additional funding requested by the school district, the city council voted to override the tax cap. The mayor vetoed to measure. The council overrode the veto, but days later reconsidered the override, deciding to live within tax-cap spending limits. How bad is the education situation in Franklin? According to the state Department of Education website, district enrollment has been trending down for more than a decade. Barely half of the city’s 11th-graders were proficient in reading; only a quarter were proficient in mathematics; and Franklin students qualify for free/reduced lunch at twice the state average. Franklin’s per-pupil spending is $2,300 below state average, but at $13,003 it is above the average in 34 states. From media reports and social media postings, it seems that many Franklin residents firmly believe that more money – from breaking the tax-cap and increasing state aid – will fix what ails them. Of course, “more” has never fixed any school system anywhere. Franklin has been on a typical 19th-century-mill-town trajectory for a very long time. Unless Jeff Bezos builds an Amazon facility on Industrial Park Drive or gold is discovered at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers, that trajectory isn’t changing. What can change – what must change – is how the people of Franklin (and similar towns across the state) deal with their reality. The irony is that the same factory model that failed Franklin’s economy decades ago is being defended even as it fails its schools. Franklin is trying to save an education factory that produces damaged goods at high cost. No amount of subsidy can save it. This is why an education “Right

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“Propaganda Posters of the First World War” – On Display The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Mon. thru Sat. 10am to 4pm, and Sunday from 12pm to 4pm. The exhibit features 17 original WWI posters that are in remarkable condition, especially considering they are all at least 100 years old! The exhibit also features some unique artifacts from both the home front and the war front that help portray what life was like during the period. www.wrightmuseum.org or 569-1212 Through the Month

Off the Hook….a Fish Perspective – Gallery Display League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. Stop in to see a wonderful collection of fish by several juried craftspeople. Beautiful carved stone fish heads for your garden, tall ceramic fish tails, fish platters, prints and other works created exclusively for this exhibit can be seen through June 30 th during regular gallery hours. 279-7920 or www.meredith.

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League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. If you love the color Blue, this exhibit is for you! This collection of pottery, glass, fiber, jewelry, and more, concentrates on the color blue. www.Meredith. NHCrafts,org or 279-7920 Through July 15th

“Wild Horses, Wolves and Waves” – Gallery Showing for Brenda Goodearl Lakes Region Art Gallery, Tanger Outlets, Laconia Road, Tilton. New Hampton artist Brenda Goodearl will be exhibiting her oil paintings and several terracotta sculptures. Goodearl’s paintings are unique in that she paints in oils on various surfaces such as marble, wood panels and aluminum. There will be an Artist Reception on Saturday, June 16th from 1pm-6pm. In homage to one of her favorite subjects, the Chocolate Factory will be giving out “chocolate horses” to the first 50 adults who visit the exhibit reception and register in the guest book. Through August 12th

“The Forgotten War: Korea 1950” – Photo Exhibit Wright Museum, 77 Center Street,

Wolfeboro. The exhibit, 35 remarkable photos by Max Desfor, originally opened in Seoul in 2014 and traveled throughout Korea where more than 250,000 people saw it. Desfor was an AP photographer who covered WWII and other events in troubled parts of the world. , who actually CHOSE to cover the Korean War, over an AP Florida Staff Photographer position. Exhibit can be viewed during regular Museum hours. www. WrightMuseum.org or 569-1212 Through August 18th

could encounter in our forests, fields, or wetlands. Discover what makes them suited for life in NH. Summer Nature Talks are held every Thursday at 7pm during the months of July and August. All programs are free admission. www.Loon.org or 4765666 Friday 13th

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Ernie Haase & Signature Sound – Live Performance Alton Bay Christian Conference Center, 5 Broadway Blvd., Alton Bay. 7pm. From it’s formation in 2003, Ernie Haase has built Signature Sound into one of the most popular and beloved quartets in all of Southern Gospel Music. Tickets are available at the door for $30pp. www.AltonBay.org or 875-6161

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Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, 39 Strawberry Hill, Bethlehem. 5pm. Pianist Bernard Rose and violinist Anna Lim return to Sounds of the Sanctuary to perform a program of J.S. Bach’s Sonata for violin and piano in E Major, BWV 1016, and Schubert’s Fantasy for piano and violin in C Major, Opus Posthumous 159, D 934. A light reception to meet and greet the artists follows the concert. Tickets are available at the door: $17 BHC members, $20 non-member.

Saturday 14th 2018 NickFest Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro. 11am4pm. Bring your family and friends for a day of fun, games, and a variety of food and entertainment. There will be; bungee trampolines, climbing wall, obstacle course, jumbo slide, bounce house, boot camp challenge, photo booth, face painting, little kids play area, face painting and much more! Pre-purchase your tickets at Black’s Paper Store in Wolfeboro for $12pp, or purchase at the gate for $14pp. Free for kids under 2. www.TheNick.org

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Prescott Park, Route 3, Meredith. 10am-3pm. Come watch local players compete for the title “Best Amateur Softball Team in Town”, with the Winnipesaukee Muskrats announcer calling the play by plays, batting lessons for the kids by Winnipesaukee Muskrats players, and free ticket

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A Week’s Stay at the Mt Washington Observatory On Monday, July 16th at 7pm, the Campton Historical Society will present the program “A Week’s Stay at the Mt Washington Observatory” The Mt. Washington Observatory is a nonprofit organization whose members can volunteer to cook and clean for the staff in exchange for living atop the mountain for a week. Brenda & Preston Conklin spent two separate weeks volunteering atop Mt Washington in spring and in winter. Their presentation and pictures will cover history and weather, as well as life at the summit. From the Mount Washington web site: Living on top of a mountain in a real, working weather station is an incredibly unique experience. In addition to learning about our operations and getting to know the crew, volunteers are encouraged to sample all that Mount Washington has to offer. From hiking and skiing, to experiencing hurricane-force winds, white-out fog, breathtaking vistas, and everything in between, spending a week atop the Northeast’s tallest peak is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. This presentation will be at the Old Town Hall in Campton, which is handicap accessible, and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For information about the Society, check our web site at www.camptonhistorical.org

Comedian Orlando Baxter At Pitman’s Freight Room Comedy returns to Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia (94 New Salem St.) Saturday July 14 at 9pm with a double headliner event featuring international star Orlando Baxter, who will be making his first appearance at Pitman’s, along with Larry Myles who is back home in the New England area after touring the south. Tickets are $20 and Pitman’s is a bring your own food and drinks venue. For tickets call Pitman’s at (603) 527-0043 or (603) 494-3334. For additional information on the show email msmith7892002@yahoo.com . Baxter’s television appearances include Comedy Central, Conan O’Brien, Gotham TV Live, Comedy Up Late, NBC’s Stand Up, WBET, and more. He is a regular in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and has been a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival. Myles has been a long time regular at the top Boston and New England clubs and will be making his first appearance at Pitman’s since 2014.

Contemporary Dance Performance at Canterbury Shaker Meetinghouse

A one-of-a-kind dance performance takes place at Canterbury Shaker Village on Saturday, July 21 at 5:30 pm. The Zealous Laborers Act II, to be performed in the iconic 18th century Shaker Meetinghouse, is an imaginative contemporary interpretation of the Shakers’ historic dancing worship. The effort is a noteworthy choreographic collaboration between New York City’s David Parker, a Guggenheim fellow, and Bostonbased Lorraine Chapman, a classically trained dancer who now heads one of the City’s leading contemporary dance companies. The newly-created performance piece is a continuation of the dance created and performed at the Village two years ago, and this year will include the live Shaker music of The Canterbury Singers. Tickets are $25 and should be purchased in advance. Seating is limited, guaranteeing viewers an intimate experience. Preceding the performance, starting at 4:30, ticketholders are invited to a wine and cheese reception where the choreographers will talk about their creative process. Sarah Stewart, New Hampshire’s new Commissioner of Natural and Cultural Resources, will be on hand to make brief remarks and introduce the piece. For a full listing of Arts Weeks events, visit Shakers.org/ arts-week. The Pontine Theater, Advice to the Players’ teen company, Go Ninja aerialists, Symphony New Hampshire and others are all slated to perform.

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Hot, humid and hazy on top of Mount Hale, Bryan Cuddihee stands on top of Hale’s summit cairn. Rain hammered down most of the night and by morning it was clear. I had no doubt that the heat and humidity would slow us down but we’d deal with it. I had done six hours of trail work with the Randolph Mountain Club the day before and it certainly could not be any hotter! Bryan and I met just before 7 am at the North Twin Trail at the end of Haystack Road. I wore my lightweight hiking pants to keep me from scratching my legs up, but I was envious of Bryan’s cooler shorts. Before we hit the trail I drank heartily and guzzled a liter of water. I had three more liters in my pack and I think Bryan carried the same. At the first Little River crossing on the North Twin Trail we followed the herd path that continues straight ahead on the east bank of the

River. The left hand turn for the abandoned Fire Warden’s Trail to Mount Hale is easy to recognize because the path’s foot bed is well worn. After hiking uphill only a few minutes I was wet from head to toe. I was drenched in sweat as my body tried to keep cool. On Hale’s foggy summit there was a man and his dog hanging out. Even if the fire tower still stood here there would be no views. We stood on the summit cairn and marveled how tall the trees have grown. Down the Lend-a-Hand Trail we went. The first half of this trail is nice and then it turns into rock hop and bog bridge dance to keep from walking in water and mud. The forest was pretty and it was quiet. At the intersection of the Twinway we topped off our water bottles at the crossing of Whitewall

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NO DESIGNATED HITTER My favorite Red Sox moment during this momentous season occurred on July 2 in Washington, D.C. when Rick Porcello cleared the bases with a three-run double during a 4-3 Boston victory over the Nationals. I loved the delightful imagery of Porcello smiling and laughing on second base after his big hit off of ace pitcher Max Scherzer. What made the moment so special was that Porcello is a pitcher. Pitchers don’t bat in the American League due to the stupid designated hitter gimmick that was foisted upon the junior circuit in 1973. Porcello was batting because the game was at a National League Park. The NL never adopted the foolish DH rule—the only major baseball rule change in a century. The rationale for the DH rule change was that baseball needed more scoring. Pitchers supposedly were weak hitters and giving a good hitter the pitchers’ atbats would result in more runs and attract more fans. So “progressive” owners like Oakland’s Charlie Finley foisted the DH on a resistant establishment. Purists and traditionalists were appalled. The DH significantly changed the (American League) game. No longer was there a need to pinch hit for pitchers when behind, which took away at-bats for some (non-DH) hitters as well as pitching opportunities for relievers. But many of us LIKE to

This baseball player, who once played for the Manchester Yankees in the AA Eastern League, is the answer to this week’s sports trivia question. watch pitchers try to hit. And most pitchers love to try to hit. Pitcher Rick Wise once pitched a no-hitter but claimed that he was even more proud of the fact that he hit two home runs in the same game. Imagine if the AL had the DH rule a century ago. Boston’s best pitcher was Babe Ruth—who may never have gotten a chance to show what he could do at the plate. The DH has sadly been emulated in lower leagues and youth leagues, where it’s often the lowly right fielder who doesn’t get a chance to bat, as top young athletes are often pitchers. Consider Pedro Martinez and another unintended DH consequence. In 2004, his last season pitching for Boston, Pedro hit 16 batters, after plunking 15 and 14 in earlier years. In 2005 he pitched for the NL’ New York Mets, where he pitched the same 217 innings as he did a year earlier. But in 2005 he only hit four batters. Did

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As we approach all of our summer activities, some of the planning must go into what refreshments are coming along with picnic food, fun and frolic. Whether boating, hiking, sailing or swimming, good friends, food and awesome beer are sure to make great memories. So with that in mind, we look at one of the best offerings from our friends up at Baxter Brewing Company in Lewiston, Maine. Baxter Brewing is located in the Bates Mill building which is part of the up and coming Lewiston / Auburn area of Maine. Luke Livingston homebrewed during his stint at Clark University. In preparing for his future, he presented a business plan in 2009 which was excepted in Lewiston to begin his brewing career. Along with fellow brewer Ben Low, the two set off to change Maine’s brewing industry with their award winning beers. 2011 put them on Maine’s IPA map with Stowaway. Their assortment of beers shines a light on why craft beer is so popular… because taste matters! The term double-dry hopped is not something to take lightly. Close to 500 pounds of hops are used in each batch to accomplish the flavor Baxter wanted to put into this awesome IPA. Hops are used to balance the sweetness of malt so you can imagine how big the flavor profile is in this beer. Copper in hue, this IPA pours mightily into a glass with brilliant white and frothy head, lingering for a while with glass lac-

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he suffered several injuries, including broken ankles. Spending months on the run in Nazi-occupied territory, he was captured twice by the Gestapo, but escaped both times— and a Jewish doctor helped heal his injuries for three m o n t h s while in hiding. During that time, Katsaros helped the French Underground and was given the name “Code Burgundy.” “‘The Long Escape’ is one of those true WWII stories that captures our imagination and

makes us marvel at the men and women who served during that conflict,” said Michael Culver, executive director of the Wright Museum. “It is a rip-roaring tale that has all the aspects of a Hollywood movie.”

Much of the information Katsaros gathered was classified until recently when he was finally able to tell his wife details about his time with the French resistance. He received France’s Legion of Honor for his service to the Underground during his recovery. The Wright Museum’s Lecture Series, sponsored by Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney, takes place every Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. through the end of the museum’s season, which concludes Oct. 31. A dm i s s i o n i s $3 f o r members and $8 for nonmembers. Seating is limited, and reservations can be made by calling 603-569-1212. For more information about the lecture, or the entire series, visit www. wrightmuseum.org.

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giveaways for Muskrat games. Free popcorn, food and drink available for sale. Free and open to the public; guests are asked to bring a nonperishable food item for the Meredith Food Pantry. 677-6652

American Festival

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American Independence Museum, 1 Governors Lane, Exeter. Every July, the town celebrates the history of American Independence with this festival which features militia encampments, battle re-enactments, costumed re-enactors, nationallyrecognized traditional artisans, colonial inspired beer, music, children’s activities, local craft and food vendors and much more! Tickets to the festival are $10/adults, $5/kids age 6 to 18, and free for kids under 6. All activities held on Water Street and Swasey Parkway are free and open to the public. www.

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Open Air Market Townhouse Road, New Hampton. 9am-noon. You will find a great variety of local goods including organic veggies, berries, jams, maple syrup, farm fresh eggs, cheeses, handmade jewelry, yarns, tie dye and much more.

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Patio Garden Restaurant Outdoor Marketplace, 21 Weeks Street, Weirs Beach. 7pm-10pm. www.

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Peter Gross – Live Comedy Village Players Theatre, Glendon Street, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. Laugh and be entertained by Peter Gross who has 25 years of experience performing magic and comedy around the world! Tickets can be purchased at Black’s Paper Store in Wolfeboro, or on line at

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the Gilford Community Church, Potter Hill Road, Gilford. Tour runs from 9am-3pm. Tickets are $25pp and include lunch.

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Land & Lake Poker Run On and around Lake Winnipesaukee with your boat, personal watercraft, car, truck or motorcycle! Registration begins at 9am at all checkpoints. Poker Run officially starts at 10:30am. After you’ve visited all checkpoints, return to the NASWA on Weirs Blvd from 1pm-3pm for the event party and buffet! Deadline for turning in hands is 2pm, and awards will be given out at 3pm. Tickets are $10 for 2 tickets, $20 for 5 tickets. www.EasterSeals.

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Creating an Herbal First Aid Kit – Class led by Melissa Morrison

Prescott Farm, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10am-12pm. Scrapes and bites and stings.. Oh my! Using plants around you and food items from your kitchen, you can create a multipurpose, well rounded first aid kit to heal yourself and prevent suffering too! In this class you will make items to go into your basic herbal first aid kit, learn how to put a kit together for specific needs, and alternative therapies for healing. $40/non-members, $36/members. Sunday 15th

Paddle Board Yoga Center Harbor Bay. 9:30am11:30am. Class presented by Wild Meadow Paddlesports. Call 253-7536 or email info@

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Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Weirs Jazz Series – Boardwalk Jazz Quartet feat. Rob Ames

The tour features six gardens located in Laconia and Gilford, ranging from well established to more recently designed and planted. Tickets can be purchased the day of the tour at

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EVENTSfrom 21 w/ Guest Speaker Craig Pursley

Lakes Region Art Association Gallery, Suite 132, Tanger Outlets, Laconia Road, Tilton. 7pm. Craig Pursley will be speaking on his 60+ years in art, from beginning with drawing when he was three,

to doing an 8 by 24 foot mural in high school, to the frustration of being a realist in college art classes in the 70s, as well as covering various other artistic experiences. Free and open to the public.

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The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 7pm. John Katsaro’s daring and perilous experiences during WWII are chronicled in his book “Code Burgundy: The Long Escape. Much of the information Katsaros gathered was classified until recently when he was able to tell his wife details about his time with the French Resistance. He received France’s Legion of Honor for his service in the underground during his recovery, after being shot down in his B-17. $8/non“Code Burgundy: The Long member, $3/member. www. Escape” – Author’s Lecture WrightMuseum.org or 569-

Class w/ Tekla Frates

Frates Dance Studio,171 Fair Street, Laconia. 10:30am. This class is for persons of all levels of experience. Yoga Practice is considered a moving meditation; sequenced to cleanse and rebalance our Energy Bodies; Amplified with guided Energy Medicine techniques throughout and a Nidra Savasana. This is a powerful cleanse and realignment of each energy system. Classes are $15pp. Join the YOurGA Facebook page to sign in to class ahead of time for a $5 discount!

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“Old Camps on Lake Wentworth and Winnipesaukee” – Lecture by Kathy Eaton

Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, 503 Endicott Street North, Weirs Beach. 7pm. Writer Kathy Eaton draws on her own family’s experience in carrying on the legacy of their Winnipesaukee island home established in 1893. Sharing anecdotes crossing seven generations, the program will prove both amusing and informative as she shares the story of the camp’s evolution. Free admission. 366-5950

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. “Forum” tells the bawdy story of a cunning slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. This hilarious vaudeville romp features every funny thing you can imagine! www.

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Outdoor Marketplace, 21 Weeks Street, Weirs Beach. 7pm-10pm. www.

weirsbeach.com/weirs-jazzseries or 366-5800

Fireworks Show!

Weirs Beach, Weirs. 10pm. Enjoy Fireworks every Friday night through August 17th on Weirs Beach compliments of The Weirs Action Committee.

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

2pm. Come see crafts and balloons for the kids, wildlife exhibits, dunk tank, food and beverages, storytelling, face painting and more! Free admission and the public is welcomed! Event held rain or shine. www.Loon.org or 4765666

Sat. 21st & Sunday 29th 2-Day Dichroic Glass Pendant Class with Lynn Haust League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. Sat. 21st from 10:30am-12:30pm, Sun. 29th from 1pm-4pm. In this 2-day class you will be using Bullseye glass to create several glass pendants. After the 2nd class, your pendants will be fired and annealed, and you will be notified when they are available for pick0up. Beginners and advanced students from age 12 and up are welcomed. Tuition is

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Sunday 22nd Paddle Board Yoga Center Harbor Bay. 9:30am11:30am. Class presented by Wild Meadow Paddlesports. Call 253-7536 or email info@

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Weirs Jazz Series – Boardwalk Jazz Quartet feat. Rob Ames Patio Garden Restaurant Outdoor Marketplace, 21 Weeks Street, Weirs Beach. 7pm-10pm. www.weirsbeach. com/weirs-jazz-series or 3665800

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Tuesday 24th

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hope to begin restoration work on the façade as soon as we can, to prevent potential water damage to the interior of the Library” explained Museum Curator Robin Sherman. See CASTLE on 29

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Classic “Show Boat” at Interlakes Summer Theatre The Interlakes Summer Theatre will Present the Jerome Kern/Hammerstein musical “Show Boat” starting July 18th thru July 29th. Shows are Wednesday thru Saturday 7:30, Sundays at 5:00 and matinees on Thursdays at 2:00. This classic score features songs like “Can’t Help Lovin Dat Man”, “Bill”, Make Believe”, “Old Man River”. The cast will be lead by

director/choreographer Brian Feehan and Music Director Alexander Tom. ILST Company favorites Julia Suriano(Maria, Eliza Doolitle), Mikey Lo-

Balsamo (too many to name), Victoria Benkowski (Bloody Mary), Austin Carroll and Kristine Palka (returning from 2018 Co.) with newcomers Ryan Bloom as Gaylord Ravenal and Earl Hazell as Joe. For tickets call 603 7076035 or visit our website at interlakestheatre.com. Interlaks Summer Theatre is located at InterLakes High School in Merdith, 1 Laker Lane.

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buddies shed their blood and died in battle with true valour signifying the red. The blue exemplified their perseverance to continue fighting for the freedoms of our country. Think about it. We are free to get into our cars, drive to Meredith, sit on the dock and wait to watch fireworks and celebrate the birth of our country. So many others do not have that simple freedom of choice. We are privileged. I heard a little boy sitting on the dock become so excited to see the amateur fireworks around the lake, he squealed with delight. He obviously was vacationing in the area

Spectators gather in anticipation of fireworks over Meredith Bay on Independence Day. and was mesmerized by the beauty of the exploding colors in the sky. I heard the father tell him they were not the “real” fireworks and to wait another hour. The delightful sounds he made watching the “fake” fireworks obviously meant they were real to him. There was an extremely loud boom around 9:30 p.m., which confirmed the beginning of the “real” fireworks show. The crowd broke out with applause and the little boy sat still in wonderment as his head swiveled to the sky above in search of the “real” fireworks. For the first few minutes, the sky burst with colors of red, white and blue and continued with multiple explosions for approximately 25 minutes. It honestly was one of the best display of fireworks I have ever seen in New Hampshire. For one night in the small Town of Meredith, New Hampshire, hundreds of family, friends, vacationers and service men and women joined together as one big family on a dock on Lake Winnipesaukee with pride, wonderment and a little ahh.

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The fundraising event is open to the public and guests are encouraged to wear dressy rock ‘n’ roll attire or whatever is comfortable for the fun night ahead. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to have cocktails and hors d’oeuvres out on the Castle lawn, enjoy a buffet dinner and dancing in The Carriage House – Annie and the Orphans are going to be playing this year - and a live auction, with proceeds supporting the restoration and educational work that we do.” says Deputy Director Michelle Landry. This year’s auction includes five unique Castle experiences: a private dinner for eight on the terrace or by the grand fireplace of the Carriage House Restaurant; a trail ride or carriage ride for four and dinner at the restaurant during one of their award-winning music nights; fishing in Shannon Pond for the opportunity to catch one of the giant trout and lunch for four in the restaurant; a private cocktail party for twenty on the Castle lawn; and a ride on Lake Winnipesaukee for three people in the “Keen Kutter”, a sleek, 1912 wooden boat once owned by Tom Plant, the Lucknow mansion’s original owner. “We really wanted to include experiences this year that are above and beyond every day offerings.” explained Executive Director Charles Clark. “People always express that when they visit the Castle and grounds, they feel like they could live here. Providing ways for guests to experience more private moments at Castle in the Clouds is great because they can get a taste of what it was like living here and the lifestyle that Tom and Olive Plant enjoyed.” Reservations for the event are required by

July 10th and may be made over the phone at 603-476-5415 or on the Castle in the Clouds website. For more information call 603-476-5900 or visit www.castleintheclouds.org.

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League of Our Own Makes Plans for First “Away” Game The informal Ladies Golf League played another round of golf at Ridgewood Country Club in Moultonborough on Monday, June 25th. After their round, the group met for dinner and drinks at Buckeys where they welcomed several new members and welcom ed b a ck a f or m er member, Pamela Ambrose, who cannot play this year due to injury. After handing out a prize for Closest to the Pin to Margie King, and another prize for Best

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teams tied for third place with each lady earning a season point: Anne McDonough, Diane Hellmuth, Patti Belliveau, and Trish Conley and Louise O’Donald, Beth Urda, and Kelly Dobens. The three players who exceeded their individual quotas by the most points were Sharon Hilson (+7), Patti Belliveau (+6), and Margie King (+6), each earning a bonus season point. The season long competition is heating up with Joanie in first place, and Louise and Janet tied for second place. The group decided to play a Scramble on Monday, July 2nd at Ridgewood CC, then another Quota round on Monday, July 9th at Ridgewood when three other new members plan to join the League! After another round at Ridgewood on July 16th, the group has plans for an “Away Game” on July 23rd. The group will play at Indian Mound Golf Club in Ossipee that day, with Tee Times beginning at 3 PM. Our total count of Ladies is now up to 38 Members! But since this flexible format does not require subs, and it is pay as you play, there are generally about 2024 Ladies who play each week. For those not familiar with Quota, it is based on points earned for each player. A Par earns you 3 Points, a Bogey is worth 2 Points, a Double Bogey is worth 1 Point, a Birdie is worth 4 points and an Eagle is worth 5 Points! High Handicap Golfers and Low Handicap Golfers alike have a

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chance at beating their individual quota targets each week. There is no requirement to have a formal handicap to join this League and there is no season long commitment. For more information, or to join the League, contact Janet White at Janet223@roadrunner.com . A League of Our Own is an independent League and is not affiliated with Ridgewood CC or any other local course.

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to Try” approach is crucial. And the political planets have aligned perfectly to support change: At the state and federal levels, we may never again have leaders more open to new ideas, more willing to find new paths. Here are a few things Franklin could try to solve its education expenditure and return-on-investment dilemma: - Disband the SAU. Reduce overhead by empowering principals, the school board, or outside vendors to meet requirements the superintendent’s office fulfilled. Work with the state to adjust mandates as needed. - Focus more resources on elementary education, ensuring that all capable students are at grade-level in reading and math before starting middle school. This will save money in later years. Students entering middle school behind in

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reading ability fall behind in other subject areas, necessitating costly interventions. - Replace intermural sports with intramural teams that include all students. - Shift to a district-wide charter model. Charters cost much less and deliver more. We already have VLACS, a free online charter school that meets all requirements for middle and high school. VLACS could provide most Franklin students with all classes needed for graduation. Encourage home schooling and other school choice options to reduce student population and the fixed costs associated with operating a school district. Offer unused facility space to start-up public charter or private schools. Turning Franklin into a district charter would provide financial and educational advantages. Salary

and benefit costs could be cut dramatically by changing the faculty model to having a few on-site “master teachers” supported by classroom managers, with most instruction provided by online educators. It would also support truly individualized education plans, replacing grade level advancement by allowing students to proceed at their own pace in each class even when in the same classroom. Thinking outside the proverbial box is relatively easy. What’s hard is implementing ideas that chafe status quo minds. Curing what ails school districts like Franklin requires courage and the right to try something new. Ken can be reached at kengorrell@gmail.com

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litical conditions.” Justice Elena Kagan believes the same thing, which is why she constantly describes the Constitution as “abstract,” leaving her room to interpret it as poetry rather than statute. This is why Democrats celebrate obviously superlegal decisions like Roe v. Wade: There is no right to abortion in the Constitution, but they would prefer not to battle that issue out at the electoral level. The Supreme Court allows them to hand down their policy from the mountaintop without having to subject those policies to public scrutiny. And that means that any reversal of such policy by a Supreme Court that actually reads the Constitution as it was written is a threat to Democratic hegemony. Were President Trump to appoint an originalist to the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade would surely die, but that wouldn’t make abortion illegal -- the issue would have to be put before the American public. Affirmative action from state schools would end, but African-Americans wouldn’t be barred from attending elite institutions -- such a bar would remain illegal. Gays across the coun-

try would not suddenly find themselves barred from public restaurants -it’s unlikely the Supreme Court would rule such action legal, and even if it were to do so, virtually no establishments across the country would start asking about sexual orientation at the door. In the end, the Democrats’ obsession with the Supreme Court says more about them than about the role of the court. It says that they don’t believe their policies are popular enough to win the country over at the electoral level. If the judiciary should be returned to its role of ruling by judgment rather than will, the will of the people might be heard once again -- and it wouldn’t be friendly to Democrats. Democrats know it. Hence the panic. Ben Shapiro, 34, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire. com. He is The New York Times best-selling author of “Bullies.” He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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a 501(c)3 not-for-profit educational organization that focuses on the social history of life on New Hampshire’s lakes and the state’s important freshwater boating traditions. The New Hampshire Boat Museum is open to the public through Monday, October 9, 10 am-4 pm, Monday through Saturday, and Sunday, noon-4

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posing batter, he himself would have to face “chin music” from an opposing pitcher. That’s baseball. Or at least NL baseball. AL pitchers don’t face those consequences. So the countless American Leaguers who’ve ducked beanballs from the likes of Pedro Martinez can thank “progressives” like Finley for their trouble. Sometimes bad laws get repealed. How about bad baseball rules? Sports Quiz Who was the historic, first-ever American League designated hitter? (Answer follows) Born Today ... That is to say, sports standouts born on July 12 include NBA great and one-time Celtic Paul Silas (1943) and Pittsburgh

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was no breeze we soaked in our perspiration. The 2 miles between Guyot and South Twin was more pleasant in the shade and offered nice views into the Pemigewasset Wilderness. We didn’t meet any more people until we arrived at South Twin’s summit. A gentle breeze greeted us on top of South Twin. We lingered here in the sun and watched the Franconia Ridge come

into to view through the hazy clouds. Mount Washington still was cloaked and never made an appearance. Bryan gave directions when asked. A man wanted to know which trail led to the Bonds. Another women asked which peak was North Twin. I think she was hopeful that a closer bump on the ridge to North Twin was it. I like the North Twin spur from South Twin. The 1.3 miles always

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The Turkish election caused another jolt for Europe who was betting with its usual optimism that bad events can be wished away. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodgan won reelection and reasserts his domination through expanding authoritarianism. Though “Sultan” Erdogan has publicly insulted many European states, his expanding Islamic/ nationalist rule poses a threat to secular Turkey itself. Interestingly, the majority of Turks resident in the EU voted to support Erdogan.

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dent. With her husband of 35 years, Vince, she and their three boys have lived and travelled extensively in and around various regions in the US and Europe, as well as some parts of the Orient and the Middle East. Given her North Eastern perspective, Dale has entertained many with her insights and stories from her experiences living and travelling abroad.

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Gordon Ramsay suggests keeping them in a vented jar with carrots and wait until they start to ‘poop’ orange- which is about two days. You will then need to transfer them to an air-tight jar and put it in the fridge. Once they have stopped moving, they are ready to cook. There are lots of delicious recipes available on-line that will surprise and delight most. So, next time you are out in your garden, instead of getting frustrated at the apparent damage to your crop, consider that you are feeding your ‘livestock’.

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ing that they do so. In his plea to Grange members in support of a woman’s right to vote Metcalf wrote this: This question of equal suffrage, or of equal rights and duties, privileges and

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Henry Harrison Metcalf. upon the public welfare.” Mr. Metcalf not only used many arguments to urge that the Granite State allow women to vote, but commented on the failure of men to fulfill their responsibilities to their families,implying that their wives were perhaps more qualified to vote. He felt that the women would not

be as easily influenced by the pressure put on them by others when they entered the voting booth. Claiming that “The woman suffrage cause is based on the eternal principles of justice Mr. Metcalf noted that many notable women and men approved the idea,including Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Clara Barton, John Quincy Adams, Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, and poets Emerson, Whittier, Longfellow and Lowell.” He concluded in that 1909 speech by saying “Why, then, should not the old Granite State…be the first New England state to do justice to woman, and give her the same rights and duties under the law as man, as well as the same burdens and restraints?” At the risk of some negative feedback,I,as one who supports the vote for women and men who understand who and what they are voting for or against, still have to wonder if the woman of 1910 was a more content person than the woman of 2018.

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