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VOLUME 23, NO. 31
THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, July 31, 2014
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Still Lots Of Summer Fun To Be Had The sun might be setting just a little bit earlier each evening but there is still a lot of great summer fun and adventure to be had in New Hampshire. This week our special Summer S Fun pull- inUNeMwMHaE R F U N mpshire! out section will give you a lot of great I N S I D E : FU to Go ... ideas on N &PlaFUcesN Thi ngs to Do! w h e r e to find the best places to have that fun. From golfing to boating to great entertainment and fairs this 12-page pull-out will lead you down the road often taken towards area businesses and attractions who are here to help you enjoy your summer to its fullest. Our advertisers provide the best in recreation and relaxation. So grab your copy, pull out the Summer Fun section and get out there and have some.
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Bethlehem Pool Committee members (L to R) Phil Bell, Clare Brown and Dick Robie in front of the newly renovated Bath House which is part of the new Bethlehem Pool, opened in July after years of hard work, thousands of hours of work and community participation that is a rarity in this day and age. brendan smith Photo
Bethlehem Opens What Is Truly A “Community” Pool by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
though it took more than a few hours, it took years and, from time to time it looked as though another obstacle would get in the way and the dream would never be fulfilled. But it was and today, a new public swimming pool, 100’x60’, brought back to life on the backs
of volunteers and donations of materials is open for business and the children of Bethlehem and surrounding towns couldn’t be happier. A Short History Sunset Lake was the name given to the origi-
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Annual Book and Bake Sale
Thursday 31st Wolfeboro Area Farmers Market
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Floating Classroom – 90 Min Lake Ecology Tour
Tours depart from the Weirs Public Docks at 10am and 1pm. Cruises must be booked two days in advance as seating is limited. Children under 6 need to have their own life jacket (all others will be provided). The Floating Classroom is a fun and informative hands-on program designed to teach adults, children, students and summer campers the issues threatening the lake. The goal of the Floating Classroom is to increase awareness of issues affecting the health of Lake Winnipesaukee in order that people may become better stewards of the lake. $20/adult, $15/child under 16. www.winnipesaukee.org or 581-6632. Weather permitting.
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Art ‘Round Town Gallery Walk
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Holocaust Researcher Geoffrey Brahmer
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, 39 Strawberry Hill, Bethlehem. 5pm. Brahmer will present the story of Avrom Sutzkever, Poet of the Vilna Ghetto. Open to the community. 8237711
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Peter Ferber Art Unveiling and Artist Reception
The Art Place, downtown Wolfeboro. 9:30am. 569-6159 or www.theartplace. com
Annual Book and Bake Sale
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Eugene Durkee
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Tea and Treasures Sale
Main Street at Brewster Field, Wolfeboro. 10am-10pm. Amusement rides, refreshments, books, clothing
St. Marks Episcopal Church, Highland Street, Ashland. 2-6pm. 968-7640
Laconia Farmers Market
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Brenda Sturgis – Book Singing Event
Innisfree Bookshop, 312 DW Highway, Meredith. 2-4pm. Brenda will be singing her new picture book, “The Lake Where the Loons Live”. 2793905
Campton Old Home Day
Campton Historical Society, Rt. 175, Campton. 11am-3pm. Live music, 5k Walk/Race, demonstrations, 3 covered bridges history tour, Bean Hole Beans and ice cream social, pie eating contest and much more! 7263223 ext 102. www.camptonnh.org
Motorcycle Run to Benefit Lungs for Life
Depart from Rochester Harley Davidson at 10am. Line up begins at 9am. Advance tickets $15 per bike, $10 each additional person or $20 the day of. Includes coffee, donuts and a cookout after. 960-0481 or 556-2979
Lake Wentworth Sailing Regatta
Albee Beach, Wolfeboro. Registration begins at noon with the first class of boats sailing at 2pm. Races will be held throughout the afternoon. All participants are encouraged to bring a snack or beverage to share with the group. 630-3724 or 569-4554
Annual Seabee’s Picnic
Tilton Veterans Home, Tilton. 12pm. Hot dogs, hamburgers and more will be free to Seabee’s and their guests! 786-9842 or 524-3667
Leon Russell
The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 www. flyingmonkeynh.com
Sunday 3rd LakeFest 2014: Raft-a-Palooza
Endicott Rock Park, Laconia. Raft-aPalooza is an attempt to capture the Guinness World Record for largest free floating raft of canoes and kayaks: organizers have their sight set on more than 2,100 boats. $10 per boat registration fee. www.nhlakefest.org 226-0299
Eric Paslay and The Band Perry
Bank of NH Pavilion at Meadowbrook, Gilford. 7pm. Tickets range from $25$65. www.meadowbrook.net
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Guided Kayak or Canoe Tour of Rollinsford, Berwick and Somersworth
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Leon Russell At Flying Monkey The Flying Monkey Performance Center in Plymouth presents a true American music legend, Leon Russell on Saturday, August 2nd at 7:30pm. “Rock and Roll Renaissance Man”, best describes this multi-faceted Singer-Songwriter. Leon Russell’s long and storied career includes collaborations with a virtual who’s who of music icons spanning from Jerry Lee Lewis to Phil Spector to the Rolling Stones. A similar eclecticism and scope also surfaced in his solo work, which couched his charmingly gravelly voice in a rustic yet rich swamp pop fusion of country, blues, and gospel. Tickets for this concert start at $39.
Occidental Gypsy To Perform in Dover The Cochecho Arts Festival Headliner Series presents Occidental Gypsy with Coral Coronis on Friday, August 1st in Henry Law Park in Dover from 6-9pm. The Friday Night Headliner Concerts are the signature Series of the Festival, with average crowds ranging from 750 to 1,500 people per night. Music lovers of all ages flock to Henry Law Park with picnic blankets, lawn chairs, friends and family to enjoy music in a setting that truly epitomizes the charm and sense of community found only in New England cities as vibrant and historic as Dover. On the banks of the winding Cochecho River, and surrounded by 18th and 19th century mill structures of brick and granite, Henry Law Park boasts a gently rolling lawn, gigantic shade trees, pristinely manicured gardens and walkways, and the beloved Rotary Arts Pavilion.
KidSTYLE Tour And Fashion Camp Tanger Outlets Tilton is kicking off the back to school shopping season in style with Tanger’s first ever KidSTYLE Tour and Fashion Camp in partnership with Binnie Media on Saturday, August 9th, where children of all ages can participate in a variety of entertaining onsite activities to get them excited about going back to school. The KidSTYLE Tour and Fashion Camp will also feature activities such as fingerprinting by the Tilton Police Department, meet and greet with Miss New Hampshire 2014, Megan Cooley and Miss New Hampshire’s Outstanding Teen 2014, Caroline Carter, performances by Judy Pancoast, Singer and Songwriter and Fran Flynn Magician Extraordinaire, a high heel cupcake Creation Station and phototainment provided by TapSnap. The camp will also offer interactive opportunities with Empire Beauty School on topics such as Hair, Nail and Skin Care. As part of the KidSTYLE Tour and Fashion Camp, all Tanger shoppers are eligible to win a 5-day, 4-night vacation to either Walt Disney World Resort in Florida or Disneyland Resort in California. Vacation includes travel, hotel, Disney Theme Park tickets, a $500 Disney Gift Card and a Tanger Back to School Gift Pack. Entries for the sweepstakes can be submitted from August 1- August 31 at any Tanger Outlet Center. In addition, shoppers at all Tanger Outlet centers who spend $75.00 will receive a free pair of Tanger KidSTYLE ear buds while supplies last. For more information on Tanger Outlet Centers, call 1-800-4TANGER or visit the company’s web site at www. tangeroutlet.com.
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Cartoon Myth To The Editor: Has anyone seen this recent political cartoon? It posited the question: “Which is worse� - A. GAZA using human shields or B. Israel hitting them. Let’s peruse the facts shall we? Israel accepted the Egyptian proposed cease fire while Hamas keeps firing away. Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians while Israel takes every precaution to avoid them. Israeli prime minister says, “We’re using missile defense to protect our civilians and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles�. Apologists from America to Europe and the despicable UN’s Human Rights Council all blame Israeli occupation for this latest attack from Hamas. The idea of supporting terrorists is apparently lost on all these Israeli hating, far leftists. Remember less than ten years ago when Israel pulled up all it’s roots from GAZA and turned it all over to the Palestinians? Israel was hopeful of having a peaceful Palestinian neighbor and gave them 3,000 greenhouses with which to export fruit and flowers. The GAZA Palestinians proceeded to destroy the greenhouses and elected HAMAS. So rather than building an economy, schools and hospitals, they built underground tunnels and spent mil-
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lions on rockets and other weapons. The Palestinians know that the Israeli “Iron Dome� defense shield will destroy most of their missiles. Their goal is to produce photo ops of dead civilians with which to promote the endlessly false narrative of those “ruthless Israelis� because they loathe Jewish people and have no desire to make peace. This cartoon is pure rubbish and perpetuates a terrible myth. Russ Wiles Tilton, NH.
Can A Nation? To The Editor: A friend sent me a chain letter concerning the phrase “one nation under God�, in the Pledge of Allegiance and polling data showing that only 14 percent of Americans polled were against including “under God� in the Pledge. Where as we are like minded spirits I am sympathetic to my friends longing for America to return to God. However, I feel that the matter of having the phrase under God in the Pledge is only symptomatic of a much larger problem which the polling results given do not express. Which begs the question what does it mean to be a nation under God, beyond claiming to be one in the Pledge. It brings to mind a similar phenomenon, in which
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.
everyone wants to go to heaven, but few are willing to obey God in order to do so. So what does it mean to be a nation under God. Can a nation that encourages it’s mothers to abort their unborn babies be a nation under God? Can a nation who forbids prayer in it schools be so? Can a nation in which it is unlawful to teach of the Creation, in its schools be so? Can a nation that will not acknowledge marriage as an institution ordained by God or His design in the creation be so? Can a nation that will not acknowledge that the proper place for a sexual union is between a husband and wife be so? Can a nation that will not honor the Sabbath or the Lords Day be so? Can a nation that will not acknowledge that there is such a thing as natural law (immutable laws ordained by God) be so? Can a nation in which you can not pray publicly in Jesus name be so? So yes I would like the words “under God� included in the Pledge. But more than that, I would like to see America return to the God by whose providence we became a free nation and by whose blessing we became a great and prosperous nation. John Demakowski Franklin, NH.
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You have to admit that there is a lot to do here in New Hampshire in the summer. The New Hampshire Department of Travel and Tourism spent a boatload of money to show people some of that. Unfortunately, once the summer folks arrive it doesn’t take them long to realize that to “Live Free and Splash and Giggle” is only good for a couple of hours. People today have short attention spans and need to find a lot more things to do to keep them busy while they are on vacation to relax. There was one publication I came across recently that listed the top 60 things to do in the area in the summer. It was a pretty comprehensive list that contains most of the attractions in the area as well as some good local restaurants. It was a pretty good idea and would help keep a lot of summer Flatlanders busy. You don’t want to them to become restless or hungry as those can make them very dangerous. I used to be one myself, so I know this first hand. Still, there is a group under served by all of this in the summer – the locals. Sure we know what are the major attractions in the area already and we do our best to stay away from them form the Fourth of July until Labor Day. But we get bored too. So, I have compiled a small list of things and activities that locals can
engage in during the summer months to help keep us busy as well. Some of these things you may already be doing but didn’t know they were fun. For instance. You can run the shopping cart obstacle course at any supermarket parking lot at about 7pm on a summer Friday evening. Visitors to the area are usually kind enough to take the time to set these up before they rush off to their summer homes. Another supermarket game can be played earlier on Friday evening when you and a friend can have a contest to see who can spot the most “I Love New Hampshire” and “Lake Winnipesaukee” articles of clothing in a fifteen minute period. Try to find a way to work, using back and side roads, without coming across a single construction project, a tree cutting project or utility work. You can allow yourself up to five tries, Monday through Friday. (This isn’t as easy as it might seem.) As a Laconia resident I play another maze game where I try to walk from point A to point B somewhere downtown without having someone ask me for change or a cigarette. Every once in awhile I actually win and begin to feel confident, but that is usually short lived by the next time I play the game. Still, this can be played year-round so maybe it shouldn’t be included here. You can go to a local restaurant at 7:30pm on a Saturday evening and bet which party waiting for a table will be the first to complain to the host or
hostess that they were told their table would be ready in fifteen minutes and it has now been seventeen. While at the same restaurant, you can hang out at the bar and takes bets to see which summer Flatlander will be the first one to utter the words “My Lake House.” Being a political year, you can go to a function, meet a candidate for office, shake his/her hand, tell them your name, listen as they pretend to be interested in you and then follow them to the next function, find same candidate, shake his/her hand and see if they can remember your name. As it gets closer to election time, you can do this six or seven times a day. Get mad at visiting Flatlanders who tailgate you because they feel you are going too slow. Get mad at visiting Flatlanders while tailgating them because they are going to slow. I’m sure I have left out a few of things there are for locals to do to keep occupied during the summer season. Still, we are allowed to do some of those touristy things as well. Just make sure you have on your “I Love New Hampshire” sweatshirt so you don’t stick out in the crowd. ******** A few readers have recognized me lately and asked me if I am really running for governor or am I just making the whole thing up. So, as to clear up any misunderstanding about this I am telling you here today that the answer to this is yes.
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The Vynnart Gallery in Meredith hosted a unique opening this month that featured four unique artists – all from the same family. This show boasted a wide range of talent ranging from traditional to contemporary and from technical to edgy. Something for everyone! The patriarch, John Sr., creates traditional watercolor paintings of
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color decisions). Not a stranger to mixed media, John sometimes adds a layer of acrylic paint to his watercolors to give that pop of color. Lucky are a group of elderly folk who live near John and receive free art lessons. John’s “glass half full� personality comes through and one can’t miss his enthusiasm. Christine J. Ferreira is the daughter and another painter, but of a different sort. Christine enjoys organic shapes and a rich, bold color palette. Each painting is an invitation
to see the beauty of the world through her eyes. Unlike her father, Christine employs a spontaneous method, resulting in acts of “serendipity.� Christine has her father’s infectious passion for life and also teaches. Christine teaches art at the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut. Christine is also deaf and consequently understands the communication needs of her Pre-K through High School students. In addition to Christine’s many successes as an artist, she also has a number of degrees – in art and education. John Ferreira is the son but not a Jr., having a different middle name. He creates exquisite landscape photography. His images insist that you see all the beauty of the scene and not take one bit of it for granted. John’s color sense is stunning and all of his works are fine art as opposed to photo journalism. His artistic goal is to help the viewer escape the fast paced world and be transported to the place that has been created by each photograph. John is an excellent example of the quality that is possible in a self-taught artist. He See smith on 42
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Union Drama at the Metropolitan Opera
by Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist
The fat lady will sing -- but only in strict keeping with the work rules set out by the American Guild of Musical
Artists. The Metropolitan Opera has a labor problem. Personnel expenses account for $200 million of the financially struggling Met’s $327 million budget. In the interest of survival in an era more attuned to “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” than “Le Nozze di Figaro,” the Met wants to reduce its labor costs by 16 percent by getting the unions to accept common-sensical work rules and less-generous pension and health benefits. The unions say no and accuse the Met of waging war on their families. The storied but precarious institution could see its next
season disrupted in the labor discord. The Met’s general manager, Peter Gelb, warns that without union flexibility, the very existence of the world-famous, 130-year-old opera is at risk. Well, if worst came to worst, at least the Met’s singers and musicians could make a go of it at the New York City Opera. No, wait, it shut its doors last year. It doesn’t take an opera aficionado to realize that the 21st century isn’t the 19th, and opera is an embattled art form. Unfortunately, the Met is locking horns with a force, the unions, that has proven adept at helping to drive struggling industries into the ground. A New York Times editorial recently noted that orchestra members, who on average make $200,000 a year, get 16 weeks off with pay. The American Federation of Musicians Local 802 shot back that it is really only 10 weeks of guaranteed time off See lowry on 34
The Left’s Dark Money Managers: Meet Philip Gara LaMarche Philip Gara LaMarche is a secretive political operative who funnels billions of dollars from undisclosed donors to nonprofits and asby Michelle Malkin troturf groups. Syndicated Columnist But you won’t hear unhinged Harry Reid railing Queegishly about him on the Senate floor. Why? Here’s why: LaMarche is a militant leftist philanthropist. He’s a protected elite -- Columbia University grad, former ACLU leader and Human Rights Watch official -- with ready access to the White House. He and the left’s other dark money managers preach transparency and openness, while plotting behind closed doors to secure power at every level of government. LaMarche currently heads the shadowy Democracy Alliance (DA). In internal documents obtained and published this month by John Hinderaker of the Power Line blog, the group currently describes itself as the “center of gravity” for the progressive funding world. DA enrolls wealthy liberal “members” who coordinate and finance a web of at least 132 left-wing groups. Though some of their members’ and partners’ identities have been exposed, DA takes great care to promise a cloak of donor secrecy “to provide a comfortable environment for our partners to collectively make a real impact.” While they bash Wall Street publicly, DA leaders have quietly recruited venture capitalists,
bankers and hedge fund moguls -- along with union bosses and red-diaper trust fund babies -- to fund their takeover goals. Public school educators who belong to the American Federation of Teachers, headed by $500,000-plus yearly salaried President Randi Weingarten, should know that $230,000 of their hard-earned union dues go to DA, as Lachlan Markay of the Washington Free Beacon has reported. While they bemoan “income inequality,” DA brass have wined, dined and wooed 1-percenter plutocrats with swanky get-togethers featuring New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Kentucky Secretary of State and Democratic Senate candidate Alison Grimes, and popular “comediennes” Stephanie Miller and Lizz Winstead. “Over the past nine years,” the organization brags to potential contributors, DA has “aligned leaders in the progressive movement and political infrastructure” to “achieve victories at the ballot box and in policy fights.” Their agenda spans “social justice,” “climate change,” “voting rights,” gun control, illegal alien amnesty, campaign finance and sustained “strategic investment” to turn red states blue. That’s exactly what DA members Jared Polis and Tim Gill succeeded in doing in once-GOPdominated Colorado in 2008. LaMarche previously served as president and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies. As I first reported five years ago, that entity was a Bermuda-based political front stocked with acolytes of progressive billionaire George Soros. The “charity” run by LaMarche dumped some $40 million to help fund the
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Ukraine Airliner Tragedy Not End of Gathering Crisis UNITED NATIONS
- Truth is often stranger than fiction. The horrific events over eastern Ukraine, that of a civilian airliner being by John J. Metzler shot out of the Syndicated Columnist skies by a high altitude Sam 11 missile, seem almost the improbable grist of a thriller novel or a pilot episode of the TV series 24 . Add the fact the Malaysian commercial flight and 298 innocent passengers and crew killed in this tragedy had no connection to the ongoing crisis churning seven miles below in the disputed eastern Ukraine and you see an ironic and horrible turn to the crisis. The international community reacted with predictable shock and anguish. Foreign Ministries issued stern condemnations and the UN Security Council went into urgent session. The Russians, assumed predictable cover-up mode, not for their direct actions, but the likely deeds of their locally created separatist Ukrainian militias which have turned into a political Frankenstein. On a day when Russian-backed Ukrainian rebels shot a civilian airliner from the skies over Europe and on a day when Israel troops crossed into Gaza to pursue Hamas terrorists, history will record that the American president was not in the Situation Room in
Washington monitoring the pulse of the dual crises but at two lavish New York city political fundraisers. Yet, days later the UN Security Council to its credit, unanimously passed a resolution condemning “in the strongest terms” the airliner downing and called for “ a full, thorough, and independent international investigation” into the tragic incident in accordance with international civil aviation guidelines.” The Council also called for “unfettered access to the crash site” to ensure its integrity is maintained. Russia, despite its veto power, nervously supported the draft resolution. Had Moscow blocked the inquiry, more attention would have fallen not on the separatist thugs in eastern Ukraine, but their political puppeteers in the Kremlin. By backing the resolution, Putin can claim he is working towards a solution to the atrocity and still have time to spread the black arts of disinformation about the incident. Given the largest loss of life affected almost 200 Dutch civilians on the ill-fated Malaysian MH-17 airliner, The Netherlands Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans addressed the Council, “The demise of almost 200 of my compatriots has left a hole in the heart of the Dutch nation. It has caused grief, anger and despair.” Equally Australia who lost 28 of its citizens used the UN rostrum to call for humanitarian access to the crash site. Foreign Minister Julie
Bishop called the shoot down a “utterly deplorable act,” declaring, “Our resolution also demands a full, thorough and independent international investigation into this act. We must have answers. We must have justice.”
While world opinion has swung against Moscow, the economic reality remains that producing tough West European policy actions to follow political rhetoric remains problematic given Europe’s
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Bordering on Madness In a recent confrontation between protesters against the illegal flood of unaccompanied children into the United States and counterby Thomas Sowell p r o t e s t s b y Syndicated Columnist some Hispanic group, one man from the latter group said angrily, “We are as good as you are!” One of the things that make the history of clashes over race or ethnicity such a history of tragedies around the world is that -- regardless of whatever particular issue sets off these clashes -- many people see the ultimate stakes as their worth as human beings. On that, there is no room for compromise, but only polarization. That is why playing “the race card” is such an irresponsible and dangerous political game. The real issue when it comes to immigration is not simply what particular immigration policy America should have, but whether America can have any immigration policy at all. A country that does not control its own borders does not have any immigration policy. There may be laws on the books, but such laws are just meaningless words if people from other countries can cross the borders whenever they choose. One of the reasons why many Americans are reluctant to keep out illegal immigrants -- or even to call them “illegal immigrants,” instead of using the mealymouthed word “undocumented” -- is that most Hispanics they encounter seem to be decent, hard-working people. This column has pointed out,
more than once, that I have never seen Mexicans standing on a street corner begging, though I have seen both whites and blacks doing so. But such impressions are no basis for deciding serious issues about immigration and citizenship. When we do not control our own borders, we have no way of knowing how many of those coming across those borders are criminals or even terrorists. We have no way of knowing how many of those children are carrying what diseases that will spread to our children. And we already know, from studies of American children, that those who are raised without fathers in the home have a high probability of becoming huge, expensive problems for taxpayers in the years ahead, and a mortal danger to others. A hundred years ago, when there was a huge influx of immigrants from Europe, there were extensive government studies of what those immigrants did in the United States. There were data on how many, from what countries, ended up in jail, diseased or on the dole. There were data on how well their children did in school. As with most things, some immigrant groups did very well and others did not do nearly as well. But today, even to ask such questions is to be considered mean-spirited. Such information as we have today shows that immigrants from some countries have far more education than immigrants from some other countries, and do not end up being supported by the taxpayers nearly as often as immigrants from other countries. But such information is seldom mentioned in discussions of immigrants, as if they were See Sowell on 35
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WOLFEBORO - f you love to look at antique and classic motorboats then the New Hampshire Boat Museum’s 38th Annual Alton Bay Boat Show is the place for you. Held on Saturday, August 9, 9am to 12noon, the show is located at the Alton Bay Public Docks on Lake Winnipesaukee. For those wishing to place their boats in the show, this is an informal, non-judged vintage boat show open to all antique and classic boats. No advance registration is necessary. There is no cost to enter your boat or to attend the show as a spectator. For spectators, this is a great opportunity to view some of the most beautiful boats on Lake Winnipesaukee. Attendees can vote for the People’s Choice Awards, given to the top three entries. The boat show is part of a number of activities taking place in Alton on August 10, Alton Old Home Day. Typically seen at the Alton Bay Boat Show are iconic brands such as Chris-Craft, Lyman, Garwood, Hackercraft, and Century. The boats range in style from Runabouts, Cruisers, to Triple cockpits. The Alton Bay Boat Show is supported by the following businesses and families in Alton Bay: Andrews Marine Service, an anonymous family, Bay Side Inn, Gillan Marine, Sandy Point Beach Resort and Restaurant, Shibley’s At the Pier, Gary and Marianne Smith, Gilford Home Center, J. P. China Restaurant, Stanley Elevator Company, Dean and Teresa Puzzo, Dorothye S. and Reuben Wentworth, and West Alton Marina. To learn more about the Show visit the Museum’s website at www.nhbm.org or call the Museum at 569-4554. The New Hampshire Boat Museum is open for the 2014 season through Monday, October 13, 10am-4pm Monday through Saturday, and Sunday 12noon-4pm. The Museum which is a not-for-profit institution focusing on New Hampshire’s boating heritage is located at 399 Center Street, Wolfeboro Falls, 2 miles from downtown Wolfeboro in the former Allen “A” Resort dance hall/theater building. For further information contact the Museum at 603-569-4554, museum@nhbm.org, www.nhbm.org or via Facebook. .
Ice Cream Train Rides at Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum Join in for Family Friday Nights at the museum August 1st, and August 8th. The museum will be open from 5pm-8pm with train rides on the hour at 5pm, 6pm & 7pm. Visitors can enjoy an ice cream treat, ride the train and explore the museum for a special rate of only $5/person. This is a great way to experience the beauty of summer along Casco Bay while enjoying all that the railroad museum has to offer! Founded in 1992, the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company & Museum is a non-profit museum with a mission to educate the public and preserve historic equipment related to Maine’s two-foot gauge railways. Five two-foot gauge railroads operated in the state from the 1870’s through the 1940’s, serving as an important part of the economic development of the interior of Maine. The museum has become an important visitor attraction for the greater Portland area drawing over 32,500 visitors annually to experience this remarkable piece of history unique to the state of Maine. The museum is open from May 10th through October 19th, Saturdays through Thursdays, and seasonally for events. The museum is closed on Fridays. The railroad is located at 58 Fore Street in Portland, on the waterfront, just a short walk from the Old Port. Directions and more information about the museum can be found at www.mainenarrowgauge.org or by calling 207-828-0814.
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Welcome back! When I left you last time we’d just launched the new Mount. A few days earlier, a dredge dug a hole in the bottom of Paugus Bay so her stern wouldn’t get stuck in the mud. Turns out it wasn’t needed. Just prior to launch, hundreds of private boats were warned to keep back or risk being swamped by a possible tidal wave. However, as Jack Irwin commented, when she went in “she made barely a ripple�. But all was not well. In fact, the designers and builders must have been horrified at what they saw. The Mount was floating almost 4 feet too high! But worse yet, she was in a “dangerous tipping condition�, meaning she might possibly capsize. If you’ve ever tried to balance on a floating log, you know why. She was riding so high, only the rounded portion of her hull was submerged and her center of gravity was dangerously elevated. What went wrong? Before we answer that question, let’s see what happened next. The Lakeport fireboat was immediately called in to pump enough water into her hull to lower her 2 feet. Now we must remember that the Mount was unfinished. Items like the stack, davits and mast could not be installed until she cleared the Weirs
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considerable time editing the book, which was eventually entitled FAHIM SPEAKS: A WarriorActor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back. “It’s a war story, an adventure story, a love story and a Hollywood story,” said Moffett. “Here’s a guy who volunteered to go to a dangerous place, where he was so successful at bringing together Americans and Afghans that the Taliban put a price on his head.” A California book launching was held on May 30, 2012, which happened to be Moffett’s birthday—and Fazli’s. “We thought it would be nice to have an event on the traditional Memorial Day, which coincided with our birthdays,” said Moffett, who added that funds from the project have been donated to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation to support children of Marines killed in the line of duty, as well as to Wounded Warriors. FAHIM SPEAKS went on to receive critical acclaim and rave reviews, as well as a Gold Medal for “Top Biography” from the Military Writers Society of America. The book See moffett on 18
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was nominated for other honors as well, including “Book-of-the-Year” with the Oral History Association. Movie? Fazli has stayed busy since the publication of his biography. Among other projects, he had a small speaking role in ARGO, the Ben Affleck film which won the Academy Award for “Best Picture.” He can be seen in FORT BLISS, starring Michelle Monaghan, scheduled for a September release. He’ll also appear in Clint Eastwood’s AMERICAN SNIPER, with Brad Cooper, tentatively slated for a November release. More recently, Fazli just returned from Morocco, where he had a role in ROCK THE KASBAH, directed by Barry Levinson, and starring Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Kate Hudson, and Zooey Deschanel. And now, finally, Fazli will pay his first visit to New Hampshire, the home of his co-author. “Well, I’ve been to Afghanistan,” said Moffett. “And I’ve been to California many times. It’s time for Fahim to experience the beauty of the Granite
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journey does translate to a movie project that might move forward. “There is so much to Fahim’s story,” explained Moffett. “A California writer is now adapting the book to a serious movie treatment/script proposal.” Would a studio or a bigname director give the proposal a serious look? “That’s the challenge,” Moffett said. “And I think a New Hampshire connection could help.” The notion of Hindu Kush mountain scenes being filmed in the White Mountains struck a chord with many. Matt Newton of the N.H. Film Bureau and Senators Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen all signed off on letters extolling the virtues of the Granite State as a film venue, letters that were included in the project’s pitch package. “I absolutely believe that we need role models like Fahim,” said Moffett. “Illegal immigration is the top issue in our country now. We should celebrate people like Fahim, who fought the Communists, who escaped to become a refugee, who waited in line to come to America, who learned English, who studied our history, who learned to love the USA to become a citizen, and who put on a uniform and risked his life for his adopted country.” Both Moffett and Fazli believe in their project. “I always say to follow your dreams,” said Fazli. “Anything is possible in America. I know firsthand.” Moffett said they’re all taking things one step at a time. “We’re hoping for a good book-signing event on August 7,” said the NHTI professor. “And a nice hike up Mt. Washington. Hopefully there will be good weather. But we’re going to keep climbing, keep moving forward, no matter what!”
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OUR Marine? Hondurans First! KG is Back -Brenda of CWFA It has been 19 weeks that our Marine has been held prisoner in Mexico. What did by Niel Young he do? Advocates Columnist Westward on his way to a clinic in California one night took a wrong turn and ended up over the Mexico border. Our Marine has three guns with him, which he immediately told the Mexican Police. If this was your son or grandson would you think that soon after this arrest that some important person from America would have made a call to request the immediate release of Marine Sgt. Tahmooressi. Here is a suggestion that I made, after OUR Marine has sat in their jail for the past 7 months. During Hussein Obama’s fundraising (several times) events in and around California it would have been good if Barack could have called and alerted the U.S. Ambassador in Mexico to bring OUR Marine to the closest airport within 3 hours. Our Commander In Chief will be picking up Sgt. Tahmooressi and ALL of his property, truck and guns, to the airport as well. Here is what is more important to Obama. ******** NY Times: “U.S. Considering Refugee Status for Hondurans. Hoping to stem the recent surge of migrants at the Southwest border, the Obama administration is considering whether to allow hundreds of minors and young adults from Honduras into the United States without making the dangerous
trek through Mexico, according to a draft of the proposal. If approved, the plan would direct the government to screen thousands of children and youths in Honduras to see if they can enter the United States as refugees or on emergency humanitarian grounds. It would be the first American refugee effort in a nation reachable by land to the United States, the White House said, putting the violence in Honduras on the level of humanitarian emergencies in Haiti and Vietnam, where such programs have been conducted in the past amid war and major crises. Continue reading the main story Critics of the plan were quick to pounce, saying it appeared to redefine the legal definition of a refugee and would only increase the flow of migration to the United States. Administration officials said they believed the plan could be enacted through executive action, without congressional approval, as long as it did not increase the total number of refugees coming into the country.” Wow. I wish Obama would treat us the way he does INVADERS, and other lawbreakers. For “their” safety he is sending planes to pick them up. Perhaps one of those planes could handle one more passenger, an American Hero by the name of Sgt.Tahmooressi. ******** “Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval. Each result is based on a threeday rolling average.” This is good news. How low can he go before he says for the good of the country and my party, I have done my best to ruin
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checked that John Alden is now out of business (I was interested to learn that all of their plans were purchased by a ship modeler)! Also be assured that the Mount is now perfectly safe. Many inclination tests have shown this to be so. The Mount had a very short season in 1940 and GS & E spent the following winter working on the boat. One of the pleasures of ship modeling is the appreciation you gain for the beauty of the vessel youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re reconstructing. Or not. At the risk of offending some, I would simply state that the contrast between the Chateaugay and SS Mt. Washington II is jarring. The builders must have noticed this as well. Changes made to mitigate the ugliness factor included moving the lifeboats up to the hurricane deck, adding curved inserts to all the windows, and building a canopy over the aft portion of the boat deck. This is all very interesting, as the original artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concept was actually quite pleasing. It included design elements that were incorporated only after the Mount was converted to diesel power. Unfortunately, all this work was for naught. By 1941, oil was in short supply and travel restrictions had begun. The decline in tourism, followed by the declaration of war on Dec. 8 doomed the Mount, and the company was forced into bankruptcy on April See warren on 27
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10, 1942. The assessed value of the boat was $64,000 and bids were invited. It’s interesting to read newspaper accounts from the time, as a bidding war was expected. Turns out that GS & E was the only bidder, and they got the Mount for it’s salvage value; $30,000. The sale also conveyed real estate holdings at various ports around the lake along with mail carrying rights. After expenses were paid, secured creditors got approximately $25,000 back on their $108,000 investment, and the remaining creditors lost their entire investment of $27,000. The Mount was then laid up in Center Harbor, and suffered a further indignity when the Coast Guard contracted GS & E to remove her engines for use in coastal mine sweepers. There is no evidence that the engines were ever used, and one account says they were lost at sea. The age of commercial steam boating on Winnipesaukee came to an end in 1945 when the Uncle Sam mail boat was converted to diesel, and Leander Lavallee died shortly thereafter in Feb. 1947. With the war winding down in 1945, GS & E decided to make use of their investment. So they built the Sophie C. and restarted passenger and limited mail service on the lake. (Note that the Uncle Sam and its successors held the official floating post office title until the Sophie C. took that over in 1969.) 1 wondered why they did that, given that they had the Mount, so I asked Doug, and here’s what he said. “The war had ended, and General Ship was left with an empty ship on it’s hands on the lake. The government had made many oral promises to the Boss and Byron that they would replace the steam engines when the war ended. The war had ended, and nobody in Washington knew, or cared to know, of the promise, and it was a dead end for General Ship to get help in this major financial obligation. So the Boss and Byron decided they would not venture
Engine and Foundry Co. of San Francisco, CA. for a high end yacht. The Yacht owner went bankrupt and was forced to sell. And so the MV Mount Washington was born. She was lengthened during the winter of 1982/3 to become the MS Mount, and the old Enterprise DMG I-8’s were replaced during the winter of 2010/11 with new Caterpiller V-12’s . Believe it
The age of commercial steam boating on Winnipesaukee came to an end in 1945 when the Uncle Sam mail boat was converted to diesel, more capital in the Mount, and it was a dead issue. Another aspect was that the Mount would need a marine railway in the future, and that would be another great expense.” Permit me to stop here for a minute to let that sink in. This was the end of the line for the Mount, and it would be scrapped at Center Harbor! It appears that may have been the plan all along (remember they paid the scrap value) and that what they really wanted was the real estate and mail rights, which the Sophie C. could exercise at much lower cost. THANK GOODNESS the next word in Doug’s narrative is “BUT”! He continues. “But General Ship had made a fair profit that year and that becomes part of the story. The Boss asked Vincent Bennet, our machinery superintendent, to look around casually and see if any diesels of the size needed for the Mount might be available in the country. Bennet was well known in the diesel circuit, and he found two perfect engines available immediately, if acted upon. As I recall the Enterprises cost $80,000. The Boss said ‘Buy them’! When Byron heard the news he was very upset - maybe furious - and asked his father why he’d changed their plans. The Boss said something like ‘We had a little profit and it always seems to evaporate - now I know where the money is!’ Carl Roessler and I stayed at the Boss’s summer cottage in Wolfeboro, and worked on the Mount during the summer and
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Bethlehem for a new pool and one was built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps). The pool continued in operation until 2003 when a state report claimed that there were deficiencies with the pool, including upgrades needed for the filter and circulatory system. The water was drained and the pool sat empty for the ensuing years. “The pool deteriorated a lot after it closed,” said Phil Bell, one of the members of the Pool Committee who helped spearhead the renovations. “Every winter we would go to a slide show at the
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One of the best examples of the community being involved in this project was in the painting of the pool. “We had to use an epoxy primer first so that meant that the paint had
to be applied the next day,” said Bell. The weekend that seemed perfect for the job started with a rainy Saturday so the job had to wait until Sunday. Over thirty people showed up for the priming and they
The bath house had a new roof put on and was completely repainted. Plumber Bud Miller donated his time and materials to bring the bath house up to date and it was dedicated to him on opening day. worked all day. “The next day was Monday and we knew a lot of people had to work,” said Bell. “We called everyone we knew asking them if they could help.
Without the hard work of the many volunteers, the pool never could have been completed this year.
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On painting day, thirty people showed up and by the end of that day, the pool was glistening with its new beautiful blue color. “One of the gentleman at the Odd Fellows Hall
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day and watched as the children from town came to use the pool and we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but tear up,â&#x20AC;? said Bell, eyes filling with tears as he remembered the moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope this will show the rest of the state what a community can do.â&#x20AC;? In the movies, the c r e d i t w o u l d roll, the l i g h t s w o u l d come up and the audience would go home. In the town of Bethlehem, this real -life movie is just beginning.
The Bethlehem Pool is a beautiful blue and now open, once again and the kids are happy.
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the pool turn blue, he knew we were close.â&#x20AC;? Besides the work on the pool, the bath house was completely renovated including a new roof and paint and the addition of the wooden bathing beauty figure on the roof that used to adorn the roof of the Baker Brook Barefoot Boy Restaurant in the 50s and 60. (The condition of the inside of the Bath House was found suitable to be used mostly as is.) Bud Miller, a local plumber, supplied all of the labor and parts for the plumbing in the renovated Bath House and it was dedicated in his name upon opening. The pump room was also a shining example of community involvement,
with 119 individual volunteers who gave their time along with many businesses that supplied excavators, bobcats, cement saws, cement forms, trucks, painting supplies, wood, ladders, circular saws and on and on. Who were the volunteers on the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would name them all, if I could,â&#x20AC;? said Dick Robie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were so many individuals and businesses involved that I would be amiss in trying to name them all. I would hate to leave anyone unmentioned so I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try.â&#x20AC;? The town did appropriate $60,000 for the project and the committee raised $10,000 more with fundraising. Still,
the volunteers and donations of supplies made the project workable because without them, the financial burden would have been impossible to meet. Dick Robie pointed out that the very day we were there to do this story, an article appeared in the Union Leader telling of the town of Claremontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to scrap the renovation of their own town pool because of the cost - $400,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even put a value on the effort the community put into this project,â&#x20AC;? said Robie. Reading the Union Leader article you would have to guess that the cost foe the Bethlehem project would have been around the same, if not for the volunteers and donations of materials and equipment. Once the pool was thought ready to open, the state inspector was called in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He gave us an A+ rating and me a hug,â&#x20AC;? laughed Bell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even he knew what a great thing this was for the town.â&#x20AC;? On Monday, July 14th, the Bethlehem Pool was open again for a new generation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all stood there that
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Attic Treasures Show
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Mon.4th – Sat. 9th Paula Vinzi Dance Instruction! She’s Back!
Sandwich Town Hall, Sandwich. Beginning (All Level) 10am-11:30am and Intermediate/Advanced (ages 13 and over) from 11:30am-1pm. Paula Vinzi (now with Johnson added to her last name) is back after a 15 year physical disability absence, and she’s ready to roll! For more information about the classes, please call Paula Vinzi Johnson 726-4205 or BJ Vinzi 253-7466
Tuesday 5th Floating Classroom – 90 Min Lake Ecology Tour
Tours depart from the Weirs Public Docks at 10am and 1pm. Cruises must be booked two days in advance as seating is limited. Children under 6 need to have their own life jacket (all others will be provided). The Floating Classroom is a fun and informative hands-on program designed to teach adults, children, students and summer campers the issues threatening the lake. The goal of the Floating Classroom is to increase awareness of issues affecting the health of Lake Winnipesaukee in order that people may become better stewards of the lake. $20/adult, $15/child under 16. www.winnipesaukee.org or 581-6632. Weather permitting.
Art Night
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D-Day Film Festival
The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 10:30am-4:05pm. In honor of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, the Wright will show in succession five Tim Gray films dealing with the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy. Films to be shown are: D-Day, The Price of Freedom, 10:30am; Eagles of Mercy, 11:40am; Navy Heroes of Normandy, 12:50pm; Days of Days, 2pm; and A Company of Heroes, 3:10pm. Admission to the film festival is free with regular admission to the Museum.
Evening of Poetry
Moultonborough Public Library, Moultonborough. 7:30pm. Featuring dramatic poems by Alton author Barbara Bald. Free and open to the public. 476-8895
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River Run Deli, 32 Suncook Valley Road, Alton. $20pp includes: boat rental and picnic. Call to reserve 8751000
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might recognize a spot on the Kingswood course. Stretching boundaries (if an artist really has any) another image uses a bit of a time warp in its message. Continuing two series I’ve been doing, there will be a painting from Ossipee Lake again–a wonderful evening beach scene showing Chocorua and Mount Washington. And there will be one more installment in my “white on white” themed work.” Peter goes on to explain, “I’m sure there will even be a surprise or two between now and the day the brushes get put down and the doors open. That’s the nature of the meandering path an artist is fortunate to take.” Owner of The Art Place gallery, Barbara Gibbs discusses the show, “In looking at some of the new pieces that Peter has painted for the Summer Gallery show, my immediate thought was “well there is something for everyone.” Then, I thought about our area and the lakeside living that Wolfeboro, Alton Bay, Meredith, and surrounding towns provide, and that same thing can be said for our lovely Lakes Region as well—there is indeed something for everyone.
As shown in Peter’s watercolor painting, “Dockside Gathering,” people are shopping, eating ice cream, boating, picnicking at the park, walking the dog, or simply relaxing in a lawn chair.” She continues, “then there are people who enjoy the simplicity and beauty of nature as seen in a watercolor painting that Peter did of a hummingbird at a feeder. The warmth of the day can be felt just by looking at this painting, and the detail of the hummingbird is again expertly painted by Peter’s trained hand.” As Barbara continues to discuss the new artwork for this upcoming show, she adds, “another ‘something for everyone’ moment occurred to me when I saw for the first time a painting showing a single wooden boat heading out on a foggy morning. I could almost hear the low rumble sound of the engine and almost feel the misty air as I viewed the boat gliding across the water. Also there is an oil that Peter painted that is both a still life and a lake scene in one. It is totally unique and is both formal and informal, delicate and massive, light and dark, colorful and neutral. The viewer is bound to find something of interest
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in this piece.” She continues, “but the most interesting painting that Peter crafted for this show is a scene of a lady in a period bathing costume looking out to the water and seeing…...well, you will just have to come take a look for yourself.” Since 1994, Peter Ferber has painted the official poster for the New England Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society’s annual show, which also come as highly collectible artist proofs. Peter has exhibited in over 50 shows in New England and the Midwest. Well over 100 reproductions of his work have been made, including over 70 limited edition prints. His illustrations have appeared in national magazines, including Yankee, Antiques and Connoisseur, and a number of books including a retrospective of the poetry and prose of Doris Peel, entitled Journey to a New Day, and a children’s book written by his wife, Jeannie Ferber, entitled The Tails of Quince and Flute in Semer Wood. The artwork will continue to be displayed through August 16 or as long as available. The Art Place is the exclusive gallery for Peter Ferber’s original artwork, and produces many of his limited edition prints. The Art Place is located at 9 North Main Street, downtown Wolfeboro, NH and is open year round and daily all summer. For more information, please call 603 569-6159. or toll free 866 569-6159.
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eye lead him into visual associations and compositions. These collages are initially done by hand but prints are created from the originals. Collage is a wonderful medium but much more difficult (to create a worthy result) than one would e x p e c t . What Stephen brings to the mix is an opportunity for the viewer to be intellectually and visually challenged. For more information on any of these artists, visit Vynnart in Meredith, adjacent to Mills Falls Marketplace. Conta c t Vyn n a rt a t 2790557 or gallery@vynnart. com. Kimberly J. B. Smith is an artist and art educator who contributes occasional articles concerning all avenues of art. Her email is artgirl@weirs.com.
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Peter Ferber Gallery Show Summer 2014 At The Art Place In Wolfeboro On Saturday, August 2, The Art Place in downtown Wolfeboro will hold its semi-annual Peter Ferber Gallery Show featuring local well-known artist Peter Ferber’s collection of new original paintings. The unveiling and artist’s reception will commence at 9:30 a.m. and all are welcome to come and meet the artist. In describing the subject matter and feelings that Peter Ferber has for the new collection of original artwork for his upcoming show, Peter states, “though I always look to the same subjects for inspiration, it’s exciting to see the variety of images that end up coming together in a show. While I’m more often drawn to the tranquil character of the area, I finally took on a busy summer scene looking out over docks full of boats from Cate Park in Wolfeboro. It’s a favorite spot, but hard to pull to-
“Morning Wake” by Peter Ferber. The New Hampshire artist will be unveiling his new works on Saturday, August 2nd at The Art Place in downtown Wolfeboro beginning at 9:30am. gether in one painting, with so much going on. The afternoon light sparkling on the water and leaving a dappled pattern across
the grass somehow served to unify it in my eye. By melding three slightly different perspectives, I was able to incorporate the
bandstand, Dockside Restaurant, and the view out past the Barndoor Islands to the Belknap Mountains. In between there’s the
Mount, the Millie B, cars with kayaks, dogs, ducks, and ice cream cones!” Peter continues, “this new collection reaches beyond summer into the fall and winter seasons. Color schemes range from the vivid, crisp ones inspired by those “perfect New Hampshire days”, to the soft subtly of a fogged-shrouded morning, to warm earth tones that deviate from the literal and add richness to an otherwise ordinary view. For the first time since art class, I’ve done a still life with roses (while still managing to work in boats and a lake view!) Continuing in the floral vein, another painting uses a hanging petunia as the context for a hummingbird I wanted to render. For the wooden boat enthusiast, there’s an “outtake” image from my work on this year’s antique boat poster. And golfers See FERBER on 42
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