08/07/14 Weirs Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

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VOLUME 23, NO. 32

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, august 7, 2014

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Meredith Center History At Lake Winni Museum

If you’ve driven Route 25 in Tamworth, you may have noticed a large construction project going on. Welcome to “Club Motorsports” a different kind of country club. courtesy Photo

Club Motorsports A Turn For The Better by David Colby Contributing Writer

Have you wondered about the construction site on Route 25 in Tamworth, just a couple of miles west of Route 16? “Caution: Trucks Entering” the signs say. Just what is going on there, and what about the big

sign that says “Club Motorsports”? According to developers, it will be like a country club, sort of. It will have manicured lawns, beautiful grounds and gorgeous scenery. It will be a fun place for like-minded souls. It will have a swimming pool,

a “grill” and an exercise room. It will be a private club, with all the amenities that a gentlewoman or gentleman’s club provides. Yes, it will be a bit like a country club. But in every sense it will give new meaning to the word “driver”.

Instead of fairways it will have straightaways. Instead of teeing off, members will take off, down a world- class 2.5 mile road course. Think Lime Rock Park or Watkins Glen or Laguna Seca. It is called Club MotorSee colby on 31

On Saturday, August 9th at 11am, The Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society presents the program, “Water Power, Mills, and Life in Meredith Center Village Through the Years- a slide show”, Featuring Dan Heyduk. Ph.D. Daniel Heyduk, Ph.D., resides in Meredith and he will take the audience through a history of Meredith Center, through the years. This program takes place in the new meeting room at the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum on Rte 3 in the Weirs next door to the Funspot Family Entertainment Center. All are welcome to attend. Seating is limited so it is requested that you please RSVP in advance to 603366-5950. For more information on the Historical Society and Museum visit www.lwhs.us.

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7pm. Presented by George Stosur about the building of the Panama Canal. Free and open to all. 569-2428

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Paws for a Cause – Comedy Night & Auction

Thursday 7th 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.

Classic Car Cruise Night

NH Veterans Home, 139 Winter Street, Tilton. 6-8pm. The primary focus will be on pre-1980 cars, though other specialty vehicles will also be welcomed. Live entertainment by the Bel-Airs, a 50’s Doo Wop group, light refreshments and a raffle. Rain date is Thursday, August 14th. 527-4425 or 527-4889

Technology Night

Irwin Automotive Group, Bisson Ave, Laconia. 5pm. The Irwin Group is on hand to answer any questions regarding technology in your vehicle. All owners are welcome regardless of where you purchased your vehicle from. Space is limited. Please RSVP to Alan 581-2935 if you own a Toyota/ Scion/Ford/Lincoln or to Anne 5812994 if you own a Hyundai

Church Landing, Meredith. 6-9pm. The two comedians, Paul Gilligan and Christine Hurley will keep you laughing long after the live auction. All to benefit the New Hampshire Humane Society. $65pp. 524-3252 ext 309 for tickets.

The Nash Gallery, 69 Main Street, New Hampton. 6:30-8pm. Jessica’s paintings are inspired by her surroundings. Growing up in NH she spent many summers camping and hiking with her family. 744-8061

Panama Canal: From Moving Mountains to Killing Mosquitoes”

On the Green 2 Arts and Crafts Festival

Brewster Academy, 80 Academy Drive, Wolfeboro. Fri. and Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4. Over 80 exhibitors. Food, live music and free admission and parking. 528-4014 www.joycescraftshows.com

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Swing a Cat

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton. 929-4100 or www.casinoballroom.com

The Back Room at the Mill Fudge Factory, Bristol. 744-0405 www. themillfudgefactory.com

“Tracking Ospreys from NH to South America”

Kidstyle Fashion Camp

The Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road, Moultonborough. 7:30pm. Iain MacLeod will describe Project Osprey Track, a multi-year project using GPS tracker to follow ospreys from their nests in NH to their wintering grounds in South America. Hear the amazing and sometimes tragic stories of ten ospreys including Art, who traveled 5000 miles to his winter home in Brazil. Free and open to the public. 476-5666

Thurs. 7th – Sun. 10th The Merry Wives of Windsor

Sandwich Fairgrounds Stage, Sandwich. For tickets and info go to www.AdviceToThePlayers.org or call 986-6253

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South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 www. flyingmonkeynh.com

Umphrey’s McGee

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton. 929-4100 or www.casinoballroom.com

Lakes Quilter’s Guild Quilt Sale

All Saints Episcopal Church, South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 10am-4pm. All quilts and quilt-related items are donated by the LLQG with 100% of the proceeds donated to the Children’s Advocacy Center of Carroll County.

Tanger Outlets, Laconia Road, Tilton. 10am-2pm. A fun-filled day of sight, sound and style. Meet Miss New Hampshire 2014, Children’s Writer and Entertainer Judy Pancoast performs, Magician Extraordinaire Fran Flynn performs, fashion parade and more. www.tangeroutlets.com 286-7880

Laconia Farmers Market

In the Laconia City Hall Parking Lot, Laconia. 8am-Noon. Local farmers and producers and unique gifts. www. laconiafarmersmarket.com

Alton Bay Boat Show

Alton Bay Public Docks on Lake Winnipesaukee. 9am-noon. For those wishing to place their boats in the show, this is an informal, non-judged vintage boat show open to all classic and antique boats. No advanced registration is necessary. No cost to enter or attend the show. 569-4554

Old Time Church Fair

Alexandria Village, Alexandria. Silent auction, bake sale, flea market and lots of fun for the whole family. www. alexandriachurch.org

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The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 www. flyingmonkeynh.com

Buddy Guy

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton. 929-4100 or www.casinoballroom.com

Annual Pancake Breakfast

Old Brookfield Town House, 265 Wentworth Road, Wakefield. 7:3010am. All-U-Can-Eat Pancake feast hosted by the Wakefield Brookfield Historical Society. $7.50pp, under 12 years old eat free. 522-5332

Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro.

Church of the Holy Spirit “Family Fun Day”

On the church grounds, 263 Highland Street, Plymouth. 10am-2pm. Magician, face painting, live music, taco bar and much more! Rain or shine! 744-3597

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Belmont Old Home Day

Town of Belmont. Daylong attractions including: arts and crafts, food vendors, 10-mile road race, children’s games and pedal tractor pull, live music and fireworks at 9:30pm. www.belmontnh. org

The Pemi-Baker Valley Republican Committee Meeting The Pemi-Baker Valley Republican Committee (PBVRC) welcomes Jim Rubens, candidate for US Senate, and Marilinda Garcia, candidate for US House from the 2nd Congressional District to its next meeting. The meeting will be on Thursday, August 14, at the Ashland American Legion Hall, 37 Main Street, Ashland at 7pm. Jim Rubens is a small business owner, entrepreneur and two-term Republican State Senator who has lived in New Hampshire for over 40 years. He lives with his wife, Susan, and son, Matthew, in Hanover. Marilinda Garcia, State Representative and candidate for Congress in New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District, is a new generation conservative committed to reducing the size, scope and cost of the federal government by putting power and decision-making into the hands of New Hampshire and her citizens. Come and meet Jim and Marilinda. It will be a good opportunity to talk with them.

Architectural Historian Presentation At Belknap Mill Architectural historian, television commentator and author, Richard Guy Wilson, will present ‘Wild and Colorful: Victorian Architecture in Laconia and New Hampshire’ on Thursday, August 14 at 6pm. The presentation will be held on the 3rd floor of the Belknap Mill in Laconia. Wilson will speak about the architectural heritage of New Hampshire’s Victorian buildings--houses, mills, court houses, rail road stations, libraries, and stores created between the 1830s and early 1900s. This presentation will examine these unique buildings with a focus upon Laconia and the Lakes Region. During the lecture, Wilson will provide a slide show that explores elements of visual literacy and point out how architecture can reflect the cultural and civic values of its time and place. Tickets for the presentation are $5.00 per person. To reserve a space for the presentation, visit www.belknapmill. org or call (603) 524 - 8813.

“Light Up Masks” At Children’s Museum of NH Come to the Children’s Museum of NH in Dover on Monday, August 11th from 10:30am to Noon and find out how to make a “Light Up Mask.” Learn how to sew a simple circuit with conductive thread and LEDs! This mask project can be customized and decorated for your next Halloween, masquerade, or theme party. Explore the world of wearable electronics while creating a crafty piece of costuming with Angela Sheehan of SparkFun Electronics. Adult/child pairs – ages 6 and up; Maximum of 10 partners. This workshop is free with Museum admission; Must pre-register. Call 603-742-2003. or visit www.childrens-museum,org.

Summer Craft Fair

Meredith Congregational Church, Highland Street, Meredith. 9am-2pm. Crafts, handcrafted jewelry, home baked goodies, plants and more. 2796271

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To The Editor: In the last number of months Andrew Timmins, bear biologist for the N.H. Dept. of Fish and Game has put out press release’s on bear feeding across the state and that it is a selfish act, and that intentional feeding puts the bear in harms way. That it is in violation to feed bears with up to a $ 1000. fine. That the citizens are “ loving the animals to death”. A fed bear is a dead bear has been the battle cry with F&G for the last 10 years, pointing the finger at the citizens of the state for habituating our bear population. In 2006 F&G circumvent the legislative process of our government and went to JLCAR ( joint legislative committee on administrative rules ) and regulated the people of the state with F&G regulation FIS:310.01 the intentional feeding of bears. First let me state this, F&G’s responsibility is to safeguard our natural resources with hunting, fishing and trapping regulations, this doesn’t give them the authority to regulate the citizens of the state and that is exactly what they have been doing. Second JLCAR is not the forth form of government. Mr. Timmins wants you to clean up your act by taking down your bird feeders, put up electric fencing around chickens, put grain and garbage in secure containers and just stop luring bears with hand outs. This all seems reasonable for responsible people to do and its not much to ask. Mr Timmins wants you

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to believe that the dept. is concerned about mothers with cubs being killed over all this. What Mr, Timmins has left out in his press release’s is the fact that bear baiting as sport has been going on and on and on. This is the rest of the story. For the 2005-2013 hunting seasons, 8878 free bait permits for bear, 3987 free bait permits for deer (2008-2013 ) and 2181 free bait permits for other species ( 2008-2013 ) have been handed out by the Dept of F&G.That adds up to 15,046 permits issued with two sites per permit, equaling 30,092 bait sites set up in N.H. in the last nine years. This is a low number, a permit is not required to bait on your own land if the intent is to kill the animal. Be rest assured that feeding on your own land is against the law if the intent is observation. Habituating wildlife to bait sites is not a sport, it is not hunting, it is called shopping. Mr. Timmins is right on when he states that habituated to human environments and dependent on human-related foods has severe and often fatal negative effects on the animal. His assessment that a “fed bear is a dead bear” campaign is finger pointing in the wrong direction. From 2005-2013, 2454 bears have been killed with baiting, 409 were cubs, 216 were lactating females. Why is there no concern when so called hunting regulations allow for killing cubs and their mothers? The answer is PAY DAY.

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.

The number of bears killed because of intentional feeding is non-existent in that time frame. The Dept needs a name change, perhaps the Dep. of “ Do As I Say Not As I Do” would be more appropriate. Mr. Timmins before you go on telling the citizens of the state to clean up their act the time has come for the dept to clean up theirs. The Dept. of F&G circumvented the system of government on the people, perhaps it is time for the Governor to execute an executive order to end baiting of bear and deer in this state. The Governor has that power. Eric Rottenecker, Bristol, NH.

Illegals Benefit Special Interests To the Editor: Is illegal immigration good for our nation? No. About 21.5 million (about 9.5 million unemployed and 12 million labor force dropouts who couldn’t find jobs) more Americans could be employed if there were available jobs. Millions of illegal aliens take jobs that unemployed Americans could take. Most illegals are relatively uneducated and unskilled and so they join the labor pool of uneducated and unskilled Americans which already has our highest unemployment rate (almost 10%). Increasing the number of people looking for fewer jobs allows employers to pay lower wages See mail boat on 7

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As I continue on my quest to be the first governor ever in the history of New Hampshire to be elected running under The Flatlander Ticket, I have come to realize the importance of poll numbers and what they tell me. A lot of people think that polls really don’t mean much, what really counts is what people do once they are in the voting booth, as long as it is related to actually voting. Other folks think that polls are the best indicator of how an election will play out or how the country really does feel about an issue. I agree with both sides of the argument. Of course, running for office, you would expect that I would always agree with both sides of an argument depending on which group of voters I am talking with because that’s what we politicians do. That’s our job and most of us do it very well. Still, in this case I really do agree with both sides. I feel that sometimes polls don’t matter and other times they do. It simply depends on the poll itself. Some polls are made up by partisan sympathizers and can be loaded so as to guarantee a result for their candidate while others are done by independent groups that ask honestly worded ques-

tions about important issues that really give a true reading of the pulse of what the voter really feels. I always prefer the former. Let’s face it, without polls worded in a twisted way to make me look good, I’d never really have a shot at winning. However, even twisted, obviously biased poll questions can take a person on the street by surprise and they still might not give the answer that the poll taker is hoping for. The element of surprise can do that. So, this week, so you won’t get caught by surprise, I am providing some of the poll questions my team will be asking to white males, between 5’8’ and 6’2’ tall, weighing between 200250 in order to get a true political reading of what all the people in New Hampshire think about how I would perform as governor. One question we have decided upon is “Which man would you rather see as governor, Brendan Smith or Maggie Hassan?” We do predict that in this poll I should easily win with about a 60/40 majority. We will also be asking: “Brendan Smith would like to give everyone a thousand dollars, Maggie Hassan has bags of pre-printed, worthless casino chips she’d like to give away. Which one do you think has the better idea?” Assuming we do come out on top of this poll we will present it to the public as “Poll shows that more people think Brendan Smith will provide them with better financial opportunities than Hassan.” It really is all about the spin. Before we ask some of these questions we will

warm up people with a few multiple choice ones just to get them in the mood. Research has found that people feel more involved if they are presented with questions where they don’t have to think up the answer on their own and can just pick from a pre-determined list. I guess it makes them feel a bit like politicians themselves. One of our pollsters might stop you and ask you something like: “What do you think is the most pressing issue facing New Hampshire today? Is it A - The economy. B - The environment. C -Taxes D - Gluten. Or maybe “How much education have you had? A -High School. B - College C - Grad School. D - I would have gotten a lot further but I did lousy on the multiple choice questions on my SATs. Please don’t worry about how you answer these questions. It is just done to give you a false illusion that the rest of the questions asked will be completely on the level. We also plan to conduct a few of these polls over the telephone. We do have a complete list of registered voters as well as what time they usually eat dinner so we can call them then. This is new territory this year in my run for governor and my campaign team (thanks Vinnie) and I are looking forward to the results of these polls. We hope to prove that there is really only one candidate in this race who is me.

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‘A Hell Of A Foray’ If an Israeli highlevel official were caught on a hot mic candidly commenting on Secby Rich Lowry retary of Syndicated Columnist State John Kerry’s illfated act of Israel-Hamas peacemaking, he might call it “a hell of a diplomatic foray.” Kerry was caught sarcastically describing the Israeli offensive into Gaza as “a hell of a pinpoint operation” during his round of Sunday-show interviews two weeks ago, before telling his aide over the phone, “We’ve got to get over there,” and “It’s crazy to be sitting around.” Kerry’s belief in himself as the Indispensable Man is touchingly quaint. His conception of the U.S. secretary of state is apparently frozen in a time when it was a position of unparalleled power and respect. Those days are gone. Or as President Barack Obama might quip, to paraphrase his

put-down of Mitt Romney’s foreign-policy views during one of the 2012 presidential debates, “John, the 1980s want their secretary of state back.” After six years of resetting, leading from behind, ending wars, nation building at home and pivoting to Asia, the U.S. has reduced itself to a husk of its former influence. When Kerry showed up in Cairo to meet with the president of Egypt, he was wanded by the guards, as if he had just wandered in from the airport security line. Kerry underlined his dubious relevance by his inability to secure a cease-fire, and his dubious wisdom by making it his overarching goal. At this point, after Israel has committed itself on the ground, the U.S. should be seeking to give it the time it needs to do as much damage as possible to Hamas’ military infrastructure, instead of effectively bailing out the terror group. By the time Kerry returned home, he had been showered with so much criticism by the Israelis that the U.S. government See lowry on 38

Want a Real Anti-Poverty Plan? Stop Amnesty! It is now all the fashionable rage in Washington, D.C., to proclaim solidarity with America’s working poor in front of by Michelle Malkin the cameras Syndicated Columnist -- while stabbing them in the back behind closed doors. Privileged Illinois Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and others have taken to Twitter, posting photos of themselves eating tuna sandwiches and buying Ramen noodles to show how much they empathize with minimum-wage workers. On the other side of the aisle, GOP Rep. Paul Ryan has wrapped himself in a cloak of compassion, putting a cheesy Taylor Swift hand heart around conservatism by proposing government “life coaches” for those in poverty. Message: They care! Reality: They fake. The cognitive dissonance on Capitol Hill is so thick you need a V8-powered chainsaw to slice it. While cynical politicians prattle on about protecting the American Dream, they’re working together to destroy it. If these elected officials care so much about reducing poverty, why are they working so hard to import more of it from around the world? Leaders in both political parties have thrown struggling Americans under the bus to feed the cheap illegal alien labor machine. The working poor are the biggest losers in D.C.’s amnesty game. U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow has been a lonely voice warning about the impact of mass illegal immigration and perpetual amnesty on

low-income black Americans. “The country’s economic woes have disproportionately harmed African-Americans, especially those with little education,” he warned this spring. “The economy has a glut of low-skilled workers, not a shortage,” which is driving wages down. Stagnant wages and depressed economic growth affect working poor Americans of all colors, while illegal alien amnesty beneficiaries cash in. Steve Camarota and Karen Ziegler of the Center for Immigration Studies reported last month that “since 2000, all of the net gain in the number of working-age (16 to 65) people holding a job has gone to immigrants (legal and illegal). This is remarkable given that nativeborn Americans accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the total working-age population. Though there has been some recovery from the Great Recession, there were still fewer working-age natives holding a job in the first quarter of 2014 than in 2000, while the number of immigrants with a job was 5.7 million above the 2000 level.” President Obama has already granted administrative amnesty to an estimated two million illegal aliens and renewed “temporary” work permits for 520,000. The administration is planning an expansion that would grant amnesties to at least six million more lawbreakers. Where is the opposition? Appeasement Republicans refuse to support Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz’s on-target proposal to repeal Obama’s “DREAM” magnet and Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions’ clarion call to block any more executive amnesties as a precondition to border bill negotiations. According to my sources

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Cease the Cease-Fires Many years ago, on my first trip around the world, I was struck by how the children in the Middle East -- Arab and Israeli alike -were among by Thomas Sowell t h e n i c e s t Syndicated Columnist looking little children I had seen anywhere. It was painful to think that they were going to grow up killing each other. But that is exactly what happened. It is understandable that today many people in many lands just want the fighting between the Israelis and the Palestinians to stop. Calls for a cease-fire are ringing out from the United Nations and from Washington, as well as from ordinary people in many places around the world. According to the New York Times, Secretary of State John Kerry is hoping for a cease-fire to “open the door to Israeli and Palestinian negotiations for a long-term solution.” President Obama has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to have an “immediate, unconditional humanitarian cease-fire” -- again, with the idea of pursuing some long-lasting agreement. If this was the first outbreak of violence between the Palestinians and the Israelis, such hopes might make sense. But where have the U.N., Kerry and Obama been during all these decades of endlessly

repeated Middle East carnage? The Middle East must lead the world in cease-fires. If cease-fires were the road to peace, the Middle East would easily be the most peaceful place on the planet. “Cease-fire” and “negotiations” are magic words to “the international community.” But just what do cease-fires actually accomplish? In the short run, they save some lives. But in the long run they cost far more lives, by lowering the cost of aggression. At one time, launching a military attack on another nation risked not only retaliation but annihilation. When Carthage attacked Rome, that was the end of Carthage. But when Hamas or some other terrorist group launches an attack on Israel, they know in advance that whatever Israel does in response will be limited by calls for a cease-fire, backed by political and economic pressures from the United States. It is not at all clear what Israel’s critics can rationally expect the Israelis to do when they are attacked. Suffer in silence? Surrender? Flee the Middle East? Or - most unrealistic of all fight a “nice” war, with no civilian casualties? General William T. Sherman said it all, 150 years ago: “War is hell.” If you want to minimize civilian casualties, then minimize the dangers of war, by no longer coming to the rescue of those who start wars. Israel was attacked, not only by

vast numbers of rockets but was also invaded -- underground -- by mazes of tunnels. There is something grotesque about people living thousands of miles away, in safety and comfort, loftily second-guessing and trying to micro-manage what the Israelis are doing in a matter of life and death. Such self-indulgences are a danger, not simply to Israel, but to the whole Western world, for it betrays a lack of realism that shows in everything from the current disastrous consequences of our policies in Egypt, Libya and Iraq to future catastrophes from a nuclear-armed Iran. Those who say that we can contain a nuclear Iran, as we contained a nuclear Soviet Union, are acting as if they are discussing abstract people in an abstract world. Whatever the Soviets were, they were not suicidal fanatics, ready to see their own cities destroyed in order to destroy ours. mail boat from 4

which makes our working poor even poorer. Does it help a nation to have lots of people on unemployment, welfare, food stamps, etc.? No. Poor people are supported by the people who do earn money. Many taxpayers struggle financially because of low wages, reduced working hours, and high prices (increased by government requirements and demand from taxpayer supported unemployment and welfare recipients). It’s best for a nation, and its people can prosper if everyone has a job that provides goods and services that people and businesses need, want, and can afford. A nation, its leaders, and its laws lose respect when politicians and bureaucrats refuse to enforce our immigration laws that protect our citizens and our sovereignty. Our nation has stringent requirements for immigrating legally, e.g., health, skills, and financial independence, to ensure that immigrants contribute to our country and don’t harm or burden others. Is it fair to the millions of legal immigrants and foreigners trying to come here legally that illegal aliens are rewarded with benefits and allowed to stay? No.

As for the ever-elusive “solution” to the Arab-Israeli conflicts in the Middle East, there is nothing faintly resembling a solution anywhere on the horizon. Nor is it hard to see why. Even if the Israelis were all saints -- and sainthood is not common in any branch of the human race -- the cold fact is that they are far more advanced than their neighbors, and groups that cannot tolerate even subordinate Christian minorities can hardly be expected to tolerate an independent, and more advanced, Jewish state that is a daily rebuke to their egos. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators. com. Illegal aliens may bring diseases that spread to others and require costly treatments. Illegal aliens burden taxpayers by obtaining benefits and services far in excess to the taxes they pay. A disproportionate number of illegal aliens commit crimes and accidents that hurt legal residents, burden our justice system, and increase taxes. If unrestricted immigration were good for our nation, then why is it illegal? Unrestricted immigration is illegal because it is bad for our nation and for our citizens, because the American people know that it is bad, and because politicians know that the American people are already angry at politicians for not enforcing our laws. Nevertheless, Washington politicians tolerate, and even seem to encourage, illegal immigration. Why? Because illegal immigration benefits some powerful special interests which richly reward the politicians who allow it. This November we have the chance to replace New Hampshire’s two Congresswomen and Senator Shaheen who put their own interests and those of special interests and illegal aliens above what is best for the American people. Don Ewing Meredith, NH.

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Covered Bridges Program At Lake Winni Museum On Wednesday, August 13th at 7 p.m. the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society will present the program “Covered Bridges of New Hampshire”, Featuring Glenn Knoblock. Often viewed as quaint relics of a simpler past, they were technological marvels of their day. I It may be native ingenuity and NH’s woodworking tradition that account for the fact that a number of nationallynoted covered bridge truss designers were NH natives. This program takes place in the new meeting room at the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum on Rte 3 in the Weirs next door to the Funspot Family Entertainment Center. Admission is $5 but is free for members of the Historical Society. Seating is limited so it is requested that you RSVP in advance to 603-366-5950. For more information on the Historical Society and Museum visit www.lwhs.us.

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“I was a captain now, and I saw things entirely differently than when I first arrived. I kind of missed the old me.” —Captain Billy Boyle I’ve been spending the summer with Captain Billy Boyle, special investigator for Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, and it’s been time well-spent. I went back to my first meeting with Billy in James R. Benn’s Billy Boyle (Soho 2006) and re-read, so to speak, the entire series via Audible.com leading up to the ninth installment, The Rest Is Silence. It’s been a great summer. In The Rest Is Silence it’s April 1944 and the invasion of Europe is looming. Troops are training in the south of England and Billy is feeling just a bit miffed to be on the sidelines. Colonel Sam Harding of G2 has sent Billy to the southeast coast of England to discover what he can about a body that’s washed ashore. With the invasion imminent the brass is nervous that the body could be that of a German spy. Viewing a waterlogged body is bad, but Billy and his friend, Kaz, Lieutenant Piotr Augustus Kazimierz, are about to experience worse on the Channel shores. The day after Billy inspects

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How’s The Fishing? Reports From NH Fish and Game LAKES REGION Central New Hampshire and the Lakes Region have just experienced near tropical rainstorms! I received 3.5 inches of rain in the last two days! My dock is ready to disappear underwater! What does this mean for our lake and stream habitats? Water temperatures are warm, 75 degrees in the big lakes, and a tad less in streams and rivers with good riparian buffer zones. Obviously, literally tons of food and debris have entered these systems. Water becomes cloudy in streams, less so in lakes. Coldwater species in our big lakes (rainbow trout and salmon) have retreated to an area just below the thermocline, while lake trout, the “denizens of the deep” are near bottom. Rainbow smelt (young-ofthe-year) are growing larger, to the point where they become available forage for the aforementioned species. Smelt migrate up in the water column at dusk, and continue this migration until they begin to enter the upper reaches of the

thermocline, where they stop and feed on the rich abundance of zooplankton, which are, in turn, feeding on smaller plankton. This feeding behavior ends as dawn appears, and clouds of smelt descend to the depths of the lake to wait for the next round of feeding. This means that dawn and dusk time intervals could very well be the peak times for anglers to find salmon and trout in a feeding mode. On a recent trip on Lake Winnisquam with fishing buddies Marc Vigneault and Allen Leighton, we saw a mixed bag of lake trout and a real decent rainbow trout. John Viar had stocked some surplus rainbows, in several lakes, as surplus from our Warren Hatchery. These trout were primarily 3+ years in age, and upwards of 4 pounds. You guessed it, Allen was working a lead core line, with a Maynard’s Marvel when one of these trout hit! The look on his face was priceless! Allen’s trout was a superb female, 4 pounds, 22 inches long. Trout ponds in the White Mountains are holding up very well, as many of these

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should support some great fishing, right through fall. Streams and rivers will take a week at least to drop down and become fishable. Try the upper Pemigewasset River in Woodstock and Campton, and lower reaches of the Mad River, as many fish planted upstream have found their way downstream to new reaches of stream. - Don Miller, Regional Fisheries Biologist SOUTHEAST NH/MERRIMACK VALLEY Despite air temperatures close to 90 degrees and surface water temperature pushing 80 degrees, we were pleasantly surprised with the amount of aggressive smallmouth found in the shallows at all times of the day. Perhaps dropping barometric pressure played a role in this, as a warm air mass was being pushed

out by a cold front, resulting in darkening skies and impending thunderstorms in the evening. Most fish were caught on surface poppers and wacky rigged soft plastics. Fish were most commonly found along expansive rocky outcroppings and within a larger tributary. This emphasizes the need for experimentation while fishing. Our catch rates would not have been nearly as high if we focused on the traditional deeper sections and drop-offs we normally find smallmouth bass in late July. While we anticipate several people are still actively fishing the area and hopefully doing well, we haven’t heard many reports from anglers. This is not out of the ordinary for this time of year. The only recent report I’ve received was regarding some anglers doing well at Pleasant Lake in Deerfield. These folks left the lake very

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happy after catching several yearling rainbow trout and two larger brown trout, both over three pounds. – Ben Nugent, Regional Fisheries Biologist SEACOAST AREA The waters are teaming with baitfish. Atlantic herring are being caught on sabiki rigs in the Piscataqua River; mackerel and pollock were being caught at the mouth of the river this past weekend, while schools of silversides abound. Unfortunately the plentiful baitfish makes it a little more difficult for the striped bass angler to entice his prey. The Piscataqua River and Hampton Harbor and its tributaries are still fairly bountiful with schoolies, but the bigger fish are along the coast. There are reports that some of the mackerel have retreated to deeper waters, so if you aren’t having luck in the river, you may want to double up your efforts and do some groundfishing, as well. We have run into numerous people over the last few weeks that had luck with cod and occasionally a haddock inside the 3-mile line. I’ve gotten conflicting reports on squid; some say “everywhere,” some say “nowhere to be seen.” I would give it another shot before I count them out for the season; it’s early yet! It’s best to find a well-lit spot (bridge or dock) and go at night. The squid may be lurking just beyond the lighted area, so you may need to cast out your squid jig and jig it back in to find the area where the squid are hiding. If you aren’t having any immediate luck, try switching colors or weights of your jig. Changing the weight will alter its position in the water; you can try differing your jigging technique as well, or simply let it hang just off the bottom. Post some pictures on our Facebook page and let us know how you do! - Becky Heuss, Marine Biologist

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Power, Mills and Life in Meredith Center Village through the Years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a Slide Showâ&#x20AC;?

Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Route 3, Weirs Beach, next door to Funspot. This fascinating presentation by local historian Dan Heyduk, will include historical slides showing the village of Meredith Center from days gone by. Free for members, $5pp all others. 366-5950 to RSVP.

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Smith Meeting House grounds, Smith Meeting House Road, Gilmanton. Puppet shows, live music, antique car show, bean hole bean supper and more. 267-7943

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Hartwell Memorial Bandstand, Tilton Island Park, Tilton. 6-8pm. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. Food and refreshments available. 286-3000

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Native American Contribution during WWII

The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. Doors open at 6pm, presentation at 7pm. Dana Benner will highlight contributions made by Native Americans, which hopefully will encourage further investigation and discussion. $7pp, free for members.

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Franklin Opera House, 316 Central Street, Franklin. 7pm-9pm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Run for the Hillsâ&#x20AC;? is a musical comedy written by Franklinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Dr. Barry Taylor and his father William S. Taylor.

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of the elevation change on the site, drivers will have both uphill and downhill approaches to turns and straightaways, with an elevation change of 250 feet from the lowest to highest spots on the course. An additional one-mile of raceway is contemplated to open sometime in the future. The clubhouse, operations center, condominiums and support structures are scheduled to be completed in fall 2014.

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sports and is billed as a members-only country club for performance cars and motorcycles. It is all of that and more. Club Motorsports is the brainchild of Dan Croteau and Dave Mirabassi, exemplars of the sport of performance and classic automobiles. The site occupies 252 acres of granite ridge, pine and hardwood forest and offers some of the best scenery in the foothills of the White Mountains. Scheduled to open officially in mid- 2015, Club Motorsports has been in development since 2003.

A full rendering of the Club Motorsports facility. Ten Years In The Making The original vision for the club was- and remains- to take advantage of the topography of the site to create a unique performance driving facility. Not everyone, however, agrees that development on th i s s c a l e was the right thing for a small town. After federal and state approvals were

secured, a group of concerned Tamworth citizen organized to stop development. Finding ambiguity in local wetlands protection ordinances, the group sued and development stalled. Both sides of the development question hold strong opinions, but in March 2013 a majority of Tamworth residents voted to clear the way and the project moved

forward. In August 2013 construction began in earnest and is expected to take approximately 18 months. Club Motorsports has a scheduled opening date of mid2015. The initial, or phase one plan lays out a 2.5 mile course with 15 turns and two major straightaways, one 2,000 feet and another 1,300 feet long. Taking advantage

Mitigating Environmental Impact Building Club Motorsports means moving earth, lots of it. And while plans call for moving 900,000 cubic yards of granite and other material, the site is designed to make minimal impact on wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas. Because developers seek to use topography to enhance the appeal of the club, what material must be excavated and moved will be ground and re-used for roadbeds and other construction needs. As part of its policy of corporate responsibility, See colby on 32

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the club is in strict compliance with U.S. EPA State DES and other governing bodies’ rules and regulations. Economic Impact The cost to build a facility like Club Motorsports is significant. In addition to direct cost of construction, there are approximately 30 construction workers and allied trades people living in hotels and motels in and

around the Tamworth area. Most enjoy meals in local restaurants and nearly all buy groceries and gas in the local economy. When completed, Club Motorsports is expected to generate not-insignificant dollars in local tax revenue. Who Joins A Club Like This? According to Club Motorsports President Jim Hoenscheid, the founders of Club Motorsports

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to own a car with Gran Turismo DNA they say, it is illegal and reckless to try to flex its muscle on the interstate. Hence, a facility like Club Motorsports. Early on in their membership, drivers will have

to learn or demonstrate the ability to safely manage the course. Once “certified”, members will be free to bring their personal machines to experience all the world-class road track offers. They See colby on 33

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The Garage Mahal. These condominiums as well as the clubhouse, operations center and support structures are scheduled to be completed in 2015. course and instructors is well-suited to further hone these officers’ per-

formance-driving skills. A smaller, though no less competitive, 0.4 mile go-cart course is also being built on site. While mom or dad may be out challenging the road course, sons and daughters can start refining their skills on a slightly smaller scale. Owing to their popularity, the club plans to offer the go-cart track as a fund raising venue for local organizations. The entire facility is designed to be self-sus-

taining. In addition to cameras in use for safety and coaching, there are firefighting and other safety equipment on-site as well. Yes, it’s like a country club, sort of. But leave your clubs, rackets and spandex at home. Club Motorsports exists to challenge, teach and satisfy the inner road course competitor in all of us.

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will also have access to club-owned cars of various lineage. Every member/driver will be evaluated by a professional instructor before being given access to the course. While the adrenaline rush may be part of the allure, driver safety will always be the mantra of the club directors, staff and instructors. Only drivers deemed course-qualified and safety conscious will be allowed to rev their engines and heartbeats at Club Motorsports. From the operation center, on-course performance will be monitored constantly. Cameras will record the entire course and using the familiar green-yellow-red light system, drivers will be kept current on track status. Analysis of the drivers’ performance will allow staff to men-

tor drivers. How a driver performs on-course and alone becomes fodder for after- analysis by trainers and coaches. Sort of like reviewing NFL game film, but- importantlywithout the hitting. With its obvious focus on safety and competence, and with a worldclass facility, future plans include a performance driving academy. Giving Back To The Community Club Motorsports is unique in the northeast. The Board of Directors plans to offer its facility for use by local and state police agencies as a performance-driving training aid. Because it is a “road course”, the turns and straightaways mimic conditions law enforcement faces during pursuit. Though already well-trained, the use of Club Motorsports

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Moultonborough Public Library, Moultonborough. All are welcome. 286-3506

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Magic Maze OUT OF THIS WORLD

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Puzzle Clue: CURDISH LANGUAGE ACROSS 1 Subtly persuasive marketing technique 9 Chemistry class charge 15 On the - of (close to) 20 Mystery writer Agatha 21 Bedside buzzers 22 Filing board 23 MasterCard alternative 25 Calcutta coin 26 Memory unit 27 - Tin Tin (TV pooch) 28 Top serve 29 Home for B-52s and F-14s: Abbr. 31 â&#x20AC;&#x153;- MisĹ˝rablesâ&#x20AC;? 32 Inferior 35 2001 Chris Kattan film 38 Wedding seaters 41 Battery type, for short 43 Big name in gloves 44 Omega or Ebel product 46 Prefix for â&#x20AC;&#x153;outerâ&#x20AC;? 48 French for â&#x20AC;&#x153;betweenâ&#x20AC;? 49 Toping sorts 50 Plants used in first aid 52 Actor Haley Joel 55 Giant bird of legend 56 Looking a whiter shade of pale? 58 - Harum (â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Whiter Shade of Paleâ&#x20AC;? band) 60 Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - Zedong 63 Pitch raisers, musically 65 What many a modem is connected to 69 â&#x20AC;&#x153;My - Amourâ&#x20AC;? (1969 hit) 70 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hogwash!â&#x20AC;?

Crossword Puzzle

71 Igloo dwellers 72 Fred Gwynne sitcom role 74 Small hills 75 Carders check them 76 Johnny Carson character who was â&#x20AC;&#x153;magnificentâ&#x20AC;? 77 New Mexico skiing locale 78 Schlep 80 Shepherd on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Viewâ&#x20AC;? 82 Screenwriter Ben 85 Water main, for one 86 Suffix with land or sea 89 Mag for growing cos. 91 â&#x20AC;&#x153;United States of Taraâ&#x20AC;? actress 94 20-Across was one 97 Burnt - (pigment) 99 - Green (old elopersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; destination) 100 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dynastyâ&#x20AC;? schemer 102 Telly commercial 104 â&#x20AC;&#x153;- favor, Seâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;oritaâ&#x20AC;? 105 Major-leaguer 106 Suffix with planet 107 Degree for a corp. exec 108 Bardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black 112 Museum in Madrid 114 Entered seven answers in this puzzle? 119 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The - Sanctionâ&#x20AC;? 120 Unlike a dead ball 121 Florida tribe 122 â&#x20AC;&#x153;- of robins in her hairâ&#x20AC;? 123 Burglars checking out potential targets, say 124 Attempts to get

DOWN 1 Wound cover 2 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good golly!â&#x20AC;? 3 Be in a stew 4 Indefatigable 5 Fed. stipend 6 Series ender: Abbr. 7 Fibbing folks 8 In a merciful manner 9 Not stringent 10 Mammal like a camel 11 Market scanner input 12 Less fettered 13 Long dashes 14 Elia works 15 Forbidden 16 Kiwiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relative 17 Sow again 18 More grassy 19 Junk pile, say 24 Physicist Fermi 30 Toâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opposite 33 Lifesaving sites, briefly 34 Denver-to-Santa Fe dir. 36 Lowbrow, as art trinkets 37 - Blanc 38 Pre-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;91 superpower 39 Rushed by audibly 40 Folks thumbing rides 42 Rebel Guevara 45 Hot tub sighs 47 Journalist Anderson 51 Liquid smear 53 Bovine noise 54 Odd weather cause 56 Oratorio solo 57 High-profile lawyer Gerry 59 Russo of film 60 Spammerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resource 61 Affects 62 Permits

64 Certain limb 65 Substance in red wine 66 Actress Lanchester 67 1980 TV spinoff 68 Summer mo. 69 Sorority letter 70 Enchilada kin 73 Dent up, e.g. 74 Wife of Wills 77 Like a bronze medal winner 79 Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rowlands 80 X-ray - (sci-fi glasses) 81 Copterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s landing area 83 Tide reflux 84 Pie fillers 85 12-year-olds, e.g. 86 Stir-fry tidbit 87 Use crayons to fill, say 88 Mediocre 90 Semiprivate workspace 92 Size bigger than med. 93 Pt. of ETA 95 Galilee loc. 96 Suffix with micro- or macro98 Sweetheart 101 Nooses, e.g. 103 Darth 109 â&#x20AC;&#x153;How may I service?â&#x20AC;? 110 Main port of Norway 111 - -do-well (idle sort) 113 - Plaines 115 Retrovirus material 116 - admin 117 901, to Livy 118 Zip, old-style

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, August 7, 2014

A Healing Skill

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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, August 7, 2014

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The Winklman Aeffect

by John Whitlock

THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, August 7, 2014

Program and Walk With Black Bear Expert Ben Kilham

The Lakes Region Conservation Trust is proud to present a program by noted black bear expert Ben Kilham on Thursday, August 14, to be held at LRCT’s Conservation Trust’s Castle in the Clouds Conservation Area in Moultonborough. For nearly 20 years, Ben Kilham has taken in orphaned and injured black bear cubs. Through rehabilitation and at times by becoming the surrogate mother bear, he has helped the cubs develop the skills needed to survive in the wild. Mr. Kilham’s work in New Hampshire has been the subject of three National Geographic documentaries and a Discovery Channel show, and he is the author of “Among the Bears – Raising Orphan Cubs in the Wild”. Ben Kilham has been a guest speaker as far away as Russia, China, and throughout the United States. The program on August 14 will include an evening presentation, and it will be preceded by late afternoon walk to observe bear

Black Bear Expert Ben Kilham will be at the Lakes Region Conservation Trust Conservation Area at Castle In The Clouds in Moultonborough on Thursday, August 14th. habitat and signs of behavior in the field. From 6:30-8:30pm, Ben Kilham will present a slideshow titled “The Social Black Bear”, which focuses on how black bears communicate, their social life, and parallels to human behavior.

This presentation will be held in the Castle in the Clouds’ Carriage House. It is open to all, and there is no preregistration required. Please note that for all LRCT presentations and excursions at the Castle in the Clouds Conservation Area, the property is accessed via

Ossipee Park Road, not through the Castle’s front gate. In addition, for those interested in exploring black bear habitat, there will be an opportunity to join Ben Kilham and LRCT Guide and expert tracker, Katie Callahan on a guided walk where you will view evidence of bear activity and learn how to identify bear sign in the field. This 1.5-mile walk will depart promptly at 4:30 p.m. and return at 6:00 p.m. in time for the evening presentation. This walk will be limited to 30 participants; preregistration is required. To register, please contact LRCT at lrct@lrct.org or 603-253-3301. The Lakes Region Conservation Trust offers guided excursions ― hiking, paddling, and snowshoeing trips ― year-round on and to conserved properties throughout the Lakes Region. The excursions provide a great opportunity to learn about and explore LRCT’s conserved lands with knowledgeable guides. A schedule of upcoming excursions is posted on LRCT’s website (www.lrct.org).

WRIGHT SNAPSHOTS OF D-DAY MUSEUM Now On Exhibit from July 27 - Sept. 7th LEB

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Museum Members - Free Adults $10.00 • Children (5-17) $6.00 / (4 and under) Free All Military and Seniors (60 and over) $8.00 There is a 10% AAA discount available on adult admission fees. Please present AAA Card for discount.

Visiting downtown Wolfeboro by boat or car?

Come see this special exhibit honoring the 70th Anniversary of that seminal battle. Developed by the National World War II Museum, New Orleans

Take the Bridge Falls Walking Path from town directly to the museum. It is a short walk, less than 5 minutes right along Back Bay. So nice and scenic!

603-569-1212 • www.WrightMuseum.org • 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH

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