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The Barbershop Quartet “Boston Common” performs in 1976 at the Alton Bay Barbershop Jamboree. As many as 2,000 barbershoppers have attended the event which started in 1949 and ran for over fifty consecutive years before going on hiatus. August 15th the Jamboree is back for its 55th year.

Barbershoppers Return To Alton Bay by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Civil War Reenactment In The Weirs At the N.H. Veterans Association In remembrance of the 151st Anniversary of the Civil War, the NHVA will be hosting a Civil War Memorial Encampment at their Headquarters and Campground on Lakeside Avenue at The Weirs on Saturday and Sunday, August 1st and 2nd from 9am to 8pm. There will be four Civil War Union Regiments demonstrating weaponry and tactics of the era, multiple battery firings, Artillery and Cavalry Display and an Artillery

Forge. The 12th NH Military Serenade Brass Band will perform as well as a presentation by Lew and Ginny Gage from Cornish, NH called “Civilians at Gettysburg” and “Harriet Patience Dame.” This two day event is free and open to the public. For Exact schedule details call The Laconia Historical and Museum Society at (603) 5271278, email at lhmslpl@ metrocast.net or on the web at www.laconiahistorical.org.

It was in the late 1980s when over 2,000 barbershop singers descended on the community of Alton Bay in what was one of the biggest Barbershop Jamborees in Alton Bay’s history with the event. Started in 1949, the Jamboree ran at Alton Bay every summer for over fifty consecutive years until, in what some thought might be its swan song, the last one was held about five years ago. Still, the memories that

were made and the energy created when the barbershoppers came to town was never forgotten and on Saturday, August 15th, the Alton Bay Barbershop Jamboree is back for its fifty-fifth year. Hopefully to stay for many years to come. Jonathan Downing, grandson of Aida and Lester Downing who founded the Jamboree in 1949, is a driving force in getting the Jamboree back on its feet, now as part of Alton Old Home Week celebrations appropriately See barbershop on 28

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Thursday 30th Children’s Theatre – The Emperor’s New Clothes

Silver Center for the Arts on the PSU campus, Plymouth. 2pm. The audience will have a chance to meet their favorite princess, bear, puppet, cat and all other characters from the show in the lobby after the performance every Thursday through August 13th. $7pp (including babes in arms). 535-2787

Paws for a Cause Auction to Benefit NHHS

Church Landing, DW Highway, Meredith. 6pm. Dinner, comical theatre entertainment, live & silent auction. www.nhhumane.org 524-3252

“Kidventures” – Meet the Royal Governor, John Wentworth

Libby Museum, Wolfeboro. 10amnoon. Brand new history and science based program for ages 7-13 offered at the museum by teacher, Sheryll Ross. $15 per class. Class size is limited to 12. Please bring a snack. In this program; Hear the Governor tell stories about colonial life in the 1700’s, learn what he carries in his trunk, cook some food from his time, and make a small trunk of your own. 569-1035

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Kelly Park, Bristol. 6:30-8pm. Families

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Hip and Joint Health and Therapeutic Yoga

Golden View Health Care Center, Route 104, Meredith. 6pm. Dr. Jeremy Hogan from A.O.S. in Gilford will talk about hip and joint health. Attendees will also learn about the cutting edge MAKOplasty technology. Following Dr. Hogan’s presentation, Golden View’s licensed therapists will demonstrate several therapeutic poses and talk about the nervous system, the source of pain and rehab yoga’s ability to reduce stress and anxiety while strengthening muscles in the hips and knees. RSVP to 279-8111

“Passing it On: Strategies for Saving Historic Lakeside Property for the Next Generation”

New Hampshire Boat Museum, 399 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 7pm. A panel of lakeside property owners will share stories of how they have continued multi-generational ownership and preserved the historic character of these traditional camps. Free and open to the public. 569-4554

“Turtles of NH” – Summer Nature Talks

The Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road, Moultonborough. 7:30pm. Free and open to the public. www.loon.org 4765666

The Odd Couple – Neil Simon’s Classic Comedy

The Little Church Theatre, Route 113, Holderness. 8pm. www. littlechurchtheater.com or 968-2250

Friday 31st Glenn Miller Orchestra – Great Waters Music Festival

Kingswood Arts Center, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. 569-7710 or www.

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Weirs Beach Jazz Series – Scott Mullett Trio

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Sounds in the Sanctuary – Soprano Anastasia Robinson and Pianist Francesca Tortorello

Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, Strawberry Hill, Bethlehem. 5pm. Accomplished musicians bring their sparkling virtuosity to the Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation. $15 General Admission. 823-7711

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Meow! A Purrfect Collection of Cats – Collaborative Art Show

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 D.W. Highway, Meredith. A collection of work by various artists inspired by furry felines! A showing any cat lover would not want to miss! 279-7920

More Than Meets the Eye – Art Showing by Local Artist Vandy Leigh

The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 North Main Street, Rochester. Vandy Leigh is a teaching artist and storyteller, whose work has been shown extensively throughout the New Hampshire Seacoast. 812-1488 Saturday 1st

Laconia Farmer’s Market

Laconia City Hall parking lot, Beacon Street East, Laconia. 8am-noon every Saturday through September 26th. The market features a rotating line up of 12-15 vendors, offering the state’s finest farm-fresh, local and organically produced food and artisan crafts. The market now offers EBT?SNAP benefits and will match all EBT purchases with up to $10 free to spend on produce. www.laconiafarmersmarket.com

Weirs Beach Jazz Series – Rich Greenblatt’s Vibes

Patio Garden Restaurant, Weirs Beach. 7-10pm. Free and open to all ages. Full bar and menu available. 366-5800

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Learn About & Experience NH Covered Bridges Many residents and visitors to New Hampshire love the quaint covered bridges that dot our landscape. For those who have ever wondered how they were built and what tales they have to tell, experts will be coming to the Meredith Community Center on Thursday, August 20th at 7pm to tell their stories. Altrusa International Club of Meredith and the Community Garden Club of Meredith will be cosponsoring a presentation by Arnold Graton Associates of Holderness, foremost authority on covered bridges in the country. They will present the history and construction of these treasured symbols of our rural past. Attendees will also enjoy the photographs of John Anderson, a well-known Campton photographer, who will show his gallery of photos of New Hampshire’s covered bridges. This will be an opportunity to enjoy his panoramic views from a unique perspective. Admission to this fascinating event on August 20th is $10.00, which includes refreshments. It is likely to sell out, so reservations may be made by calling 556-7743.

“Discovering New England Stone Walls” The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum presents “Discovering New England Stone Walls” featuring Kevin Gardner on Saturday, August 8th at 11am. Why are we so fascinated with stone walls? Kevin Gardner, author of The Granite Kiss, explains how and why New England came to acquire its thousands of miles of stone walls, the ways in which they and other dry stone structures were built, how their styles emerged and changed over time and their significance to the famous New England landscape. Along the way, Kevin occupies himself building a miniature wall or walls on a tabletop, using tiny stones from a five-gallon bucket. Kevin Gardner is a writer, teacher, tradesman, and a lifelong resident of Hopkinton, NH. He has been a stone wall builder for forty years, and is the author of The Granite Kiss: Traditions and Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls, as well as poetry, songs, and essays. For 25 years, Kevin was an award-winning performance critic, feature writer, and producer for NH Public Radio. He’s also a longtime professional actor, director and teacher of theatre. He is a regular Guest Director at Plymouth State University, and has been a performance evaluator for the NH State Council on the Arts. He has taught at the New Hampton School, the NH Institute of Art, and at St. Paul’s School’s summer Advanced Studies Program. This event is free and is made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council. The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum is located on Route 3 in Laconia, next to Funspot. Please call 366-5950 to RSVP.

Two Greats Shows At Flying Monkey At 7:30pm on Friday, July 31st The Flying Monkey in Plymouth, NH, presents Toad The Wet Sprocket. Toad is known as one of the premier alternative rock bands from its 1990’s heyday. Then on August 1st, the Official Blues Brothers Revue hits the Monkey stage. Sanctioned by Dan Aykroyd and the John Belushi estate, the show is known as the real deal: a rollicking Jake and Elwood rhythm and blues experience. Tickets for these concerts start at $34. For tickets and more information on concerts and the Flying Monkey Performance Center, visit www.flyingmonkeynh. com or call 603-536-2551

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Davis-Oliver Act To the Editor: Two levels of government have the responsibility, authority, and capability to protect the citizens of San Francisco from illegal aliens. Currently these are the Democrat controlled City Government and the Democrat, President Obama, controlled Federal Government. Both governments failed to protect Kathryn Steinle from being murdered by a habitual felon and repeatedly deported illegal alien who was in San Francisco because it’s one of America’s 276 “sanctuary� cities. Kathryn Steinle could have been just another one of thousands of unpublicized illegal alien homicide victims. (More than one daily based on Government reports. For some names, faces, and details see: http:// www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp) Most Americans only know about Kathryn’s murder because Donald Trump created a firestorm by talking about the harm done to our country and to millions of Americans by illegal aliens. Trump’s comments are still being condemned by the politically correct crowd who try to shut down anyone, any talk, or anything that threatens their political objectives, their favored special interests, and the Washington elite. Trump’s comments resonated with the Ameri-

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can people who bear the brunt of illegal aliens. Every-day-Americans are crime victims, suffer lower wages and lost jobs, endure higher living costs, and have long waits in hospital emergency rooms flooded with illegal aliens. Their children are exposed to unhealthy illegal alien children at schools which must divert scarce resources to help unprepared and non-English speaking children of illegal aliens. Every-day-Americans also know the unfairness of rewarding illegal aliens when millions of people wait to immigrate legally, the stupidity of rewarding law-breakers, the repeated false promises of our politicians, and we have trouble comprehending the concept of a “non-criminal illegal alien.� Kathryn Steinle’s father is testifying before Congress for a law named for Kate to try to prevent there being future victims of illegal aliens. But having a Congressional inquiry doesn’t mean Congress will pass meaningful laws to protect Americans nor that President Obama will enforce them; too many politicians and special interests benefit from illegal immigration. To most effectively eliminate the threat from illegal aliens, we must fully enforce our existing immigration laws: close our borders and immediately deport people who violate their visa conditions.

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.

Neither Democrat nor Republican Presidents have enforced our laws, nor is any establishment Democrat or Republican politician likely to do so. The American people mustn’t accept a sham “Kate’s Law�. We must demand a law that at least severely penalizes illegal aliens who commit violent crimes and withholds all Federal taxpayer support for sanctuary cities. Contact Congress and demand that they pass the Davis-Oliver Act, S.1640. Don Ewing Meredith, NH.

Heroin Problem To The Editor: It’s time we started to listen to new theories on the heroin problem we are currently facing. We’ve been waging a war for 45 years that has failed miserably. We incarcerate more people than any other country in the world, including China. Switzerland, an extremely conservative country, has had a very successful program allowing people with drug dependence issues to assimilate into the mainstream without jailing them. Portugal has gone one step further and has successfully implemented a system that includes both treatment and education rather than criminalizing people. The response to positive reinSee mail boat on 36

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As July fades from view I am feeling a little sad. It is definitely one of my favorite months since it is when many people celebrate Christmas, my favorite holiday of the year. “Christmas In July’ sales have changed July for me. I once looked at it as just an oppressively hot month where traffic increased along with body sweat and some people exposed parts of their body that are better left covered for the sake of all mankind and now looked at it as‌.well..a month that has Christmas in it. How could anyone hate that? Marshmallows roasting on an open fire Mosquitoes nipping at your nose Rap Music being loudly blared from car windows And folks dressed up like‌.well..hardly at all. Yes, it’s the most wonderful time to drink beer. I think that having Christmas in July is a great idea and we should consider officially moving it. Just think how convenient it would be for all of us. Even those who protest against having anything to do with Christmas be represented anywhere would have nice weather for their protests. We’d never have to worry about not making it to Grandma’s house because of a snowstorm and once we got to Grandma’s we wouldn’t have to worry about being trapped in the house all day with

boring conversation, we could go outside to play horseshoes just to break things up for a bit. We all know what the real meaning of Christmas is (if you said it is to introduce the newest electronic gadgets you would be incorrect) and the date will probably not change anytime soon. Still, the idea of Christmas in July has me thinking about how things might be if we celebrated other holidays on different days than we are used to now. If our Founding Fathers had declared our independence from Britain on, say, January 13th, we wouldn’t be celebrating the Fourth of July, we’d be celebrating the Thirteenth of January. We wouldn’t be having the traditional barbecue; we might all be going over to the neighbors for a big lasagna or maybe the ubiquitous Independence Day brisket. I doubt we’d be attending many parades, especially here in the Northeast. There might not even be fireworks involved (which would be a huge disappointment to a few knuckleheads in my neighborhood who think every night in July and August is Independence Day). It may sound weird now, but if we were celebrating the Thirteenth of January all along, no one would know any different (not even to the knuckleheads who would, I’m sure, use any excuse to wake me up at 11pm). One holiday that would be easy to change the date of would be Presidents Day. Anyone over the age of twenty-five might remember that this holiday used to be two holidays in February; one for George Washington and the other for Abraham Lincoln. It was decided, by somebody I guess, that we should just lump them in with the rest of the Presidents,

no matter how good or bad, and call it Presidents Day and just celebrate it in February since we were already used to that. It was also a good month for car dealers to have sales. My idea would be to celebrate Presidents Day on a different day every year to honor each President. We could have it one year on March 18th (or the closest Monday) for Grover Cleveland and then the next year on October 5th for Chester A. Arthur and so on. This might encourage people to learn more about our presidents as it will help them plan next year’s long weekend getaways. Speaking of Abraham Lincoln, imagine what Thanksgiving would be like today if he had declared it should be celebrated on the last Thursday in June instead of November. Maybe we wouldn’t be celebrating with turkey, squash and pumpkin pie. Instead it might be cheeseburgers, potato salad and slushies. Would the stores have “Black Friday� sales the next day seeing that it is so close to “Christmas in July�? Your guess is as good as mine on that one. Now that it is August, I will miss having Christmas in July. In all honesty, I’m not much for shopping so I don’t take advantage of the sales. I just enjoy annoying certain people by saying “Merry Christmas� to them in the middle of the summer. It is those small things that feel like tiny holidays to me. Brendan will be at the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum in The Weirs On Wednesday, August 5th at 7pm. To find out more about Brendan’s books and speaking engagements visit his website at www.brendantsmith.com

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Medical Monsters vs. Life-Giving Angels Another week, another money-grubbing Planned Parenthood baby-parts harvester exposed. In the second devasby Michelle Malkin t a t i n g i n stallment of Syndicated Columnist a three-year journalism investigation, the Center for Medical Progress on Monday released undercover video of another top abortion industry doctor haggling over the sale of “intact” unborn baby parts. Last week, the Center for Medical Progress introduced us to wine-swilling Dr. Deborah Nucatola -- a veritable Hannibalina Lecter who gushed about the growing demand for aborted baby hearts and livers as she jibed and imbibed. This week’s clip features stonefaced, bespectacled Dr. Mary Gatter -- an Ice Queen who chillingly negotiated $100-per-specimen price tags for organs she promised would be high quality as a result of “less crunchy” methods of dismembering innocent human life. Gatter, the medical director of the abortion empire’s Pasadena and San Gabriel offices in California, dryly joked that she wanted a “Lamborghini” for her troubles -- after a prolonged session spouting obligatory talking points disclaiming a profit motive. Cecile Richards, president of Planned Butcherhood, issued a feckless apology last week for the “tone” of Nucatola’s grisly business-lunch banter. What will her excuse be for Gatter? Did the tone elves forget to fill her stocking, too? The fundamental problem with

these licensed medical providers, who greedily have turned the “primum non nocere” creed on its head under the guise of “reproductive services,” is not their defective tenor. It’s their defective souls. With more barbaric video of the Planned Butcherhood racket undoubtedly yet to come, it is worth pausing from this avalanche of evil to remind the nation that there are thousands of miracle workers in the health care industry who value life and honor their professional oath to first do no harm. I know this firsthand as the proud daughter of a neonatologist who dedicated his life to using his medical training to save lives, not destroy them. Nowhere is the sanctity of life more vividly illustrated than in a NICU. A father in Texas wrote me with his own personal story and wanted me to share his message: “I read your piece (last week) regarding the monstrous doctor from Planned Parenthood. Though I have tried, I really cannot grasp the horror of the PP abattoirs or the blackness of the souls that labor within. “I want to tell you about my family’s encounter with another place that is the antithesis of the Planned Parenthood slaughterhouse. “My wife and I had the great misfortune three years ago of finding ourselves with two beautiful but tiny children in the Level 3 NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) at the Woman’s Hospital of Texas in Houston. “Our beautiful daughter spent the first five months of her life there, and our brave son spent the entirety of his life there, all 44 days. “I want to tell you this, because

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Obama Kneecaps Congress (Again) If only President Barack Obama were as hard-nosed and clever in undermining our adversaries as he is in by Rich Lowry kneecapping the Syndicated Columnist U.S. Congress, the country’s strategic position might be transformed. The Iran deal just went to the United Nations Security Council, months before Congress will vote on it, and got unanimous approval. The U.N. vote doesn’t bind Congress, but it boxes it in and minimizes it -- with malice aforethought. After the U.N. vote, President Obama urged Congress to get with the program: “There is broad international consensus around this issue,” he said, adding that his “assumption is that Congress will pay attention to that broad-based consensus.” In

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Iraq — ISIL’s Daunting Threat UNITED NATIONS—“Since last summer’s onslaught by terrorists of the so-called ISIL, Iraq has been living through one of the most by John J. Metzler difficult phases Syndicated Columnist of its modern history,” came the sobering assessment of Jan Kubis, the UN’s special representative reviewing the current situation in Iraq. Yet in a Security Council briefing on the embattled Middle Eastern country, Dr. Kubis added, “While problems may seem daunting and persistent, there is hope, opportunities, and notably vision for the way out of this crisis.” Part of the vision is finding a still elusive political solution to solve Iraq’s ethnic and particularly interIslamic division. As Kubis said, “Iraq’s political process is moving forward, but without the needed vigor.” The Slovak diplomat was speaking at a Security Council meeting for the renewal of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Confronting the military situation from the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) remains paramount. “One year after the fall of Mosul, a third of Iraq remains under the control and governance of ISIL,” Dr. Kubis stated adding, “military offensives of the Iraqi security forces, tribal Sunni volunteers, and the International coalition,

have yet to significantly change the situation on the ground.” Stated another way, the still Shiite sectarian government in Baghdad has yet to gain the needed legitimacy to serve as a counterweight to Islamic militants most of whom in this case are from the Sunni minority. Serious setbacks in strategic Anbar province, secured by American blood and heroism after the successful “Iraqi surge” in 2007, have been squandered. U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaking after the stunning fall of Ramadi in May, stated bluntly that the “Iraqi military does not seem to have the will to fight.” Secretary Carter offered a sober assessment to a CNN interview, “What apparently happened was that the Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight.” The Iraqis are preparing for a counteroffensive to retake Ramadi But beyond the military confrontation Iraq faces a staggering human cost of ongoing conflict. Bombings of mosques, markets and government facilities continue to take a large toll of civilians killed and injured. As Dr. Kubis stressed, “The humanitarian situation is of the gravest concern. At least 8.2 million, roughly one in four Iraqis need urgent assistance, of which half need food assistance.” He added, “More than three million people are internally displaced and partners estimate that nearly a million more are likely to be displaced by continuing conflict and violence in the months ahead.”

Some positive news however shows that some internally displaced Iraqis are starting to return to areas the government has freed from terrorist control. “Iraq is a mosaic of different ethnic and religious communities, and

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The Fact Free Left The outrage over another multiple murder of American military personnel on American soil by another Islamic extremist has been exby Thomas Sowell acerbated by Syndicated Columnist the fact that these military people had been ordered to be unarmed -- and therefore sitting ducks. Millions of American civilians have also been forbidden to have guns, and are also sitting ducks -- for criminals, terrorists or psychos. You might think that, before having laws or policies forcing fellow human beings to be defenseless targets, those who support such laws and policies would have some factual basis for believing that these gun restrictions save more lives, on net balance, than allowing more legal access to firearms. But you would be wrong. Most gun control zealots show not the slightest interest in testing empirically their beliefs or assumptions. There have been careful factual studies by various scholars of what happens after gun control laws have been instituted, strengthened or reduced. But those studies are seldom even mentioned by gun control activists. Somehow they just know that gun restrictions reduce gun crime, no matter how many studies show the opposite. How do they know? Because other like-minded people say so -- and say so repeatedly and loudly. A few gun control advocates may cherry-pick examples of countries with stronger gun control laws than ours that have lower murder rates (such as Eng-

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This gravel should extend up five or more feet and then be covered by a foot of straw or felt paper so the gravel is not clogged by silt from the fluffed backfill soil that covers the gravel. The drain tile pipe needs to extend away from the house and it should eventually pop out of the ground because of the sloping ground. In wet weather, water that would normally flow through the soil will drop down the gravel around your home, enter into the drain pipe and then exit the end of the pipe much like a natural spring. This is how you create a bone-dry basement. The concrete pads you see inside the basement area of your house are no doubt interior footers. They are there to spread out the weight of parts of your home that have yet to be built. The long narrow strip of concrete is for an interior load-bearing wall that will support the floor joists on your first floor. Instead of building a load-bearing wall in your basement, a steel I-beam

from your home on the side where the ground is higher than the top of the foundation. The bottom of the retaining wall, where it meets the ground, would be about 18 inches lower than the top of your foundation wall. This would allow you to have 6 inches of foundation showing above the ground and give you the 12 inches of fall from the house toward the base of the retaining wall. Your builder needs to slope the ground one way or the other all along this side of the house so the rain water flows away from the house and doesn’t create a lake along the base of the retaining wall. I would also make sure that you have superb foundation waterproofing installed on the exterior of the foundation. Spraying liquid asphalt is not enough. This is just damp proofing. You need superb perforated foundation drain tile pipe down at the footer covered by lots of washed larger gravel that has no sand in it.

could have been installed and it would have been supported at regular intervals by steel columns. Under each of these columns a concrete footer pad would be poured to support and distribute the weight onto the soil below. The larger pad you saw is probably a footer for a masonry fireplace. You’d be surprised how much these weigh and that

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woods back to my car was pleasant and it was nice to visit these summits once again. A few weeks ago Charlie and I decided to stop by Rattlesnake Mountain on our way north. West and East Rattle is a big hill on Squam Lake. East is the highest peak at elevation 1,289 feet but West has the more impressive ledges high above Squam Lake. Most people ascend from the easiest trail, the Old Bridle Path and on a nice day there can be hundreds of people enjoying the grand view from its wide ledges. Since it was a late Friday afternoon with the sky threatening rain, we didn’t meet anyone on the trail plus we decided to do a loop of using less popular trails. At the gate at the end of Pinehurst Road there is limited room to park in a small area off the dirt road on the right. We went up the East Rattlesnake Trail; there is a nice view ledge just below the summit. There aren’t good views from the top of East. We then followed the Ridge Trail down and then up to West Rattlesnake. There were two people bird watching when we arrived just in time to scare off See patenaude on 19

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Charlie and I hiked Rattlesnake Mountain following lesser used trails to reach its peaks. Here is Charlie at the intersection of Ridge and Col Trails. Tens of thousands of people hike West Rattlesnake using the easiest route, the Old Bridal Path, less than a mile one way to the best views of Squam Lake. Squam is a shorten Abenaki word Asquam that means water. patenaude from 18

a woodpecker they were admiring. The clouds were high enough so we could see Squam’s water and the closest mountains. We returned down the Pasture Trail. These trails are steeper but the foot bed is softer since they are less traveled. All the Rattlesnake paths are lovely and relatively short, just less than a mile one way. From the East Rattlesnake Trailhead there is

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Ronan Tynan At Kingswood Art Center The Great Waters Music Festival will welcome Ronan Tynanto Wolfeboro on Friday, August 7th at 7:30 pm. The performance will be held at the Kingswood Arts Center. Dr. Ronan Tynan is known for his versatile range of repertoire. It includes the operatic, oratorio, concert, and popular music genres. Dr. Tynan first gained international attention in 1994 after having won both Go For It, a televised singing competition in the United Kingdom, and Ireland’s Feis Ceoil Association’s John McCormack Cup for Tenor Voice. A practicing orthopedist at the time, Dr. Tynan continued his music education and voice training at the Leinster School of Music and Drama in Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Tynan has appeared in concert halls across the United States and internationally. He is a Sony

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Attic Treasures Roadshow At Castle In The Clouds Find out what your treasures are worth at the Castle In The Clouds in Moultonborough with appraiser Bruce Buxton, at Attic Treasures Roadshow and/or Private Appraisal with Bruce Buxton on Sunday, August 2. Private Appraisals are from 3-5pm, and Attic Treasures Roadshow runs from 5:30-7:3pm. Limit two items per person. Doors open for the event at 5:30pm and complimentary wine and crudités will be available. Admission to Attic Treasures Roadshow is $20 per person. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.castleintheclouds.org, or by calling 603.476.5414. If you’re interested in a

more personal experience with Bruce, the doors will be open early for Private Appraisals. In addition to attending the Attic Treasures Roadshow, you can purchase a private 10 minute appraisal with Bruce for one of your treasured items. The cost for each session is $25 Please note that this is a separate fee in addition to the admission for the Attic Treasures Roadshow. If you’re interested in purchasing a 10 minute Private Appraisal please check out our website, www.castleintheclouds. org. Select the time that you’d like for your Private Appraisal and proceed to check out. You may also call 603-476-5414 to set up a Private Appraisal. If

you’d also like to attend the reception, please remember to also purchase a $20 Attic Treasures Roadshow ticket. Please note that all sales are final once credit card information has been processed, both over the phone, or online. Castle in the Clouds is located off Route 171 (455 Old Mountain Road), Moultonborough, New Hampshire. Take Route 25 into Moultonborough, then south on Route 109 to Route 171 and follow the signs to the Castle entrance. For information about Castle in the Clouds visit the website at www.castleintheclouds. org or call 603-476-5900.

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New Hampshire Furniture Masters Exhibition Join us for an exhibition of superb craftsmanship and reception on Sunday, August 16th at 5:30pm. This program will begin with a reception followed by a presentation of unique pieces by the artisans. Attendees are invited to stay and talk with the craftsmen after the presentation. Tickets are $20 per person and are available online at www.castleintheclouds.com or by calling 603-476-5414.

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ing In America) sang at the Alton Bay dock and it was so popular that it was decided it should be an annual event. The Norwich group became the sponsors of the events and for the next twenty-five years they were responsible for gathering the groups who would attend while Aida and Lester Downing took to organizing the event on the town level. The rest is barbershop history. Each year the event grew and eventually it had to be moved to the Alton Town Hall and then the High School. The next twenty-five years of the event were sponsored by the Nashua, See barbershop on 32

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New Hampshire Wildlife – Squam Lakes Science Center Program

Weirs Community Park Amphitheatre, 49 Lucern Ave, Weirs Beach. 6pm. This program will talk about and show many different types of animals we can find in our amazing state. Attendees will need to bring their own chair for seating. 524-5046

Annual “Lou Black� Memorial Saco River PowWow

Hussey Park, River Road, North Conway. 9am-5pm. Events include Native American drumming, dancing, flute music and storytelling. Grand Entry is at noon. Public welcomed! $5/ adults, $3/seniors and kids under 12. Kids under 6 are free. 630-4757

Peter Ferber Gallery Show of New Original Paintings

The Art Place, 9 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. Unveiling at 9:30am with Artist Reception to follow. Show continues through August 15th. 5696159

“What’s So Great About NH� – Multi-Author signing Event Celebrating NH Bayswater Book, Center 11am-1pm. 253-8858

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5:30pm. Here’s your chance to find out if you should keep some of those things that have been hiding in your attic! Appraiser Bruce Buxton of Portland, Maine will be in the Winnipesaukee Room at Castle in the Clouds to evaluate and discuss your treasures (limit 2 per person). $20pp, wine and cruditÊs reception included. 476-5414 to register.

Lake Wentworth Sailing Regatta

Albee Beach, Wolfeboro. Registration begins at noon, racers are encouraged to come early to register. Races will begin promptly at 2pm and will be held throughout the afternoon. Following the Regatta, awards will be given out for each class of boat and there will be a pot luck celebration with snacks and drinks. 569-1553

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“Seacoast Star� – All Ages Singing Competition Auditions

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The Odd Couple – Neil Simon’s Classic Comedy

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Sunday 2nd Weirs Beach Jazz Series – Boardwalk Jazz Quartet

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Castle in the Clouds, 455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough. 8:15am. Yoga instructor Kelly Libby will lead enthusiasts of all levels in morning yoga on the lawn of Lucknow! Bring your own yoga mat. $15 per class. Space is limited to 25 spots, reserve at 476-5414

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The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 10:30am5pm. Wright executive director, Mike Culver has selected a diverse group of WWIIera Hollywood films for your enjoyment. The movies will be shown in succession, with a 15 minute intermission in between; “The Great Dictator�, “To Be or Not to Be� and “ Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon�. Film festival is free with admission to the museum.

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The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 10:30am5pm. Wright executive director, Mike Culver has selected a diverse group of WWIIera Hollywood films for your enjoyment. The movies will be shown in succession, with a 15 minute intermission in between; “Lifeboat�, “To Have and Have Not� and “ The Best Years of Our Lives�. Film festival is free with admission to the museum.

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DOWN 1 Japanese cartoon style 2 Secure in position again 3 Little Richard’s “Frutti” 4 Character of a culture 5 Most aching 6 Years and years 7 “Holiday” actor Ayres 8 Austin-to-Boston dir. 9 Traveler Polo 10 Apt to gab 11 Drone 12 Actress Maryam d’13 Reno’s st. 14 Mourning people 15 Cheri formerly of “Saturday Night Live” 16 Constellation Cygnus 17 A drug might cure it 18 Left a lasting mark on 20 Napping, say 24 Water, in Lille 29 Election loser, e.g. 31 Texas siege setting 32 Total flop 33 Just dandy 34 Actor’s signal 35 Bursts in suddenly 37 Rate - (be perfect) 40 Hollywood’s Mineo 41 Salon boards 42 Place-marking folds 43 In a little bit 45 Ill-gotten wealth 46 Location 50 A Disney princess 51 Baglike part 53 Roils up 57 French for “father” 58 “Ella” author Geller 60 “Absolutely” 61 Bits of sparkly stuff 62 Atypical

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targeting of communities considered to be ‘undesirable.’ � Yet let’s not underestimate ISIL’s allure and bizarre appeal to Sunnis in large swaths of the troubled

region. Media analyst Mina al-Lami of the BBC Monitoring, writing in Monitor states, “By declaring a caliphate, no matter how illegitimate and deviant, IS successfully capitalized on the symbolism, pride, romanticism and nostalgia for the caliphate drilled into the minds of Muslims since their youth.� Indeed the historic interIslamic rift has been exploited by Sunni ISIL as well as by Iran who has backed the Shiite majority and brought Iraq under the political and religious sway of Tehran. As the Obama Administration hastened to gain a quick and politically expedient military exit from Iraq in 2011, an untested

government in Baghdad soon fell back into its traditional sectarian mode which subsequently led to the rise of Islamic State. Outgoing General Ray Odierno, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, stated that President Obama, backed by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, strongly pushed for the American pullout. Iraq’s UN delegate Mohamed Ali Alhakim said the crisis in his country was part of a wider terrorist onslaught of the “mutually destabilizing impacts of the situations in Syria and Iraq.� Without question, but who will stop it?

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