09/01/16 Weirs Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

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VOLUME 25, NO. 35

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, September 1, 2016

COMPLIMENTARY

A Country Boy My Story by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

Columnist Robert Hanaford Smith has been a welcome addition to this publication over the past several months presenting interesting articles on New Hampshire history. This week Robert tells us a little bit about his own history from his childhood. It makes for great reading and we are sure will being back memories for some. Enjoy! My wife suggested that I write an article about my

boyhood summer activities and, after dismissing the idea at first, reasoned that it was far enough in the past to be labeled history (maybe ancient history to my grandchildren). So here goes. There are differences from yesterday’s country boy to today’s. I realized that when being informed that my grandchildren were being given baths after visiting the beach. The purpose of my going to the beach on a Saturday evening was to take a bath, along with a bar of See smith on 40

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There’s still some good summer action to take advantage of on the lakes and mountains and in the towns of New Hampshire. These photos come from EKAL Activity Center in Meredith where you can rent stand up paddle boards, kayaks, canoes, bicycles and an Aqua Cycle. There are also SUP Yoga and SUP Barre classes as well as private charters for up to 10 on a 26-foot pontoon boat as well as the popular antique boat rides aboard the Miss Meredith (top photo). Check out our Summer Fun section for EKAL’s advertisement as well as other great summer fun ideas.

A rather remarkable rescue unfolded recently for Teresa Paradis and her team of volunteers at Live and Live Farm Horse Rescue and Sanctuary in Chichester. Each individual rescue operation has its own set of peculiarities that, in retrospect are seen as a bit unforeseen, but there are those more serendipitous times where it’s enormously clear that circumstances aligned for the orchestration of a much needed rescue. This was one of those times. On August 12 three hors-

es, a large draft horse cross, a gray gelding, and B-miniature horse were rescued from situation south of Peterborough, and just north of the Massachusetts border. They were not even given the dignity of names; they were simply “things” to be owned, like a lawnmower or a chair or a shed. Ten days earlier, on August 2, a young woman was driving along a lonely road,

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Sept Through Sat Sept. 3rd “You Can’t Take it With You”

The Barnstormers Theatre, 104 Main Street, Tamworth. Meet the Sycamores: a rule-defying, laughmaking, and lovable family who live only to enjoy themselves. They do whatever they like, weather that means writing melodramas, keeping snakes, or making fireworks in the basement. This Pulitzer Prize winner, written by one of the great comedy teams of the 20th century, is a perfect foil for the Barnstormer’s season ending. And, lots of things blow up. What more could you ask for? 323-8500 or www. barnstormerstheatre.org

Through the Month of September 50% Off Admission to the Wright Museum with Canned Goods

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The Wright Museum of WWII, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Visitors who bring in at least three cans of non-perishable food with them to the admission desk will receive half off their admission price. The food will be donated to L.I.F.E. Ministries Food Pantry, which distributes the food to it’s clients in Wolfeboro, Ossipee and Tuftonboro. www.wrightmuseum.org or 569-1212

Thursday 1st Northern Grafton County Republican Committee Meeting

Topic of the Town, 125 Main Street, Littleton. 5pm social hour, 6pm meeting. Special guest will be Randy Subjeck, Republican candidate for Grafton County Commissioner.

2 Good 2 Be True

Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. Local favorite Paul Warnick on stage with $2 drafts and 2-for-1 apps and ‘tinis after 8pm! 2930841

Three Dog Night

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

Bret Michaels

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

Friday 2nd Dueling Pianos at Patrick’s Pub

Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. Prepare your friends for some serious fun as YOU pick the music and join in the show! 293-0841

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Parrot Head Party Friday, September 2.

Laborday Lobsterfest

Saturday, September 3.

Rock ’n’ Roll Sat. Night Dine, Dance & Cruise From Weirs Beach - 6 PM

Swing to The Oldies

Friday nights in September Adults 60+ get $10 discount. From Weirs Beach, 6–9 PM

Sunday Dinner Cruises

In September and October. Kids cruise free. From Weirs Beach, 5–7 PM Complete schedule on line:

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Three Days Grace

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

Entrain

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfrieghtroom.com or 5270043

Meet Artist-in-Residence Amanda Sisk

Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth. 5-8pm. Sisk’s completed bas-relief sculpture in clay of Governor Langdon will be on view prior to the work being cast in resin and backed in eastern white pine. Amanda Sisk has been researching at the Langdon House and other Portsmouth historic sites, throughout the month of August, as she creates a bas-relief onsite of Governor Langdon with the warship The Raleigh, which was built at Langdon’s shipyard and launched as a Navy warship in 1776. The sculpture will be auctioned later this year to raise funds for the artist-inresidence program. 436-3205

Fri. 2nd – Mon. 5th Lipizzan Stallion Performance

UpReach’s Indoor Arena, 153 Paige Hill Road, Goffstown. Tickets at the door $25/adult, $20/child. Advance ticket purchase $20/adult, $15/child. www.upreachtrc.org or 497-2343

Saturday 3rd Wilmot Farmers Market

The Town Green, 9 Kearsarge Road, Wilmot. 9am-noon. Have breakfast, peruse the vendor tents and become a wedded member of the Wilmot Farmers Market Community. The market runs every Saturday through September.

Saturday Sessions – Acoustic Rock

Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. Acoustic Rock! Rotating styles each week. 293-0841

Labor Day Weekend Craft Fair

Gunstock Mountain Resort, 719 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford. 10am4pm. Arts and crafts, live music, food, family fun at Adventure Park and much more! 528-4014 or www. joycescraftshows.com

7th Annual “Run Your Buns Off” – 4.2 Miler

The start and finish will be at Basic Ingredients Bakery, Route 3A, Bristol. Registration begins at 7:45am and the race will start at 9am. This is a professionally timed run/walk. The reward for the runners and walkers will be a homemade sticky bun at the finish line! The top 3 male and female runners, as well as the fastest team, will be awarded prizes; plus, everyone has a chance to win at the huge raffle with goodies donated by local businesses and beyond! $25pp. 744-6035

Sunday 4th Antique Car Show

Churchill’s Garden Center, Exeter. Show and shine event with the allowance of cars to come and go throughout the day, giving people the flexibility to stay as long as they would like. Each classic car owner will receive a plant in exchange for an entry fee. There will be a raffle for charity and a cook out with a donation bowl at the serving site. 772-2685

Labor Day Weekend Craft Fair

Gunstock Mountain Resort, 719 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford. 10am4pm. Arts and crafts, live music, food, family fun at Adventure Park and much more! 528-4014 or www. joycescraftshows.com

Tuesday 6th Internment of JapaneseAmericans: A Father’s Voice and a Young Boy’s Remembrances

The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 7pm8pm. Presented by third generation Japanese-American (Sansei), David Sakura. By using excerpts from his father’s letters from the Minidoka Relocation Center and 8mm film from his pre-WWII childhood, David will offer a highly personal account of his family’s internment experiences. RSVP recommended. 569-1212

“Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers”

Meredith Historical Society, Meredith. 7-8pm. Special guest Steve Taylor will examine how paupers were treated in NH’s alms houses and poor farms and, later, county institutions. Light refreshments will be served. 2794303 Thursday 8th

Lasagna Dinner

Union Congregational Church, 80 Main Street, Union. 5pm-7pm. Presented

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Labor Day Weekend Craft Fair At Gunstock Don’t miss the Labor Day Weekend Craft Fair at Gunstock Mountain Resort, 719 Cherry Valley Rd., Gilford, NH (Rt. 11A) Sept 3-4 - Sat & Sun 10-4. There will be awesome art & craft exhibitors including the cedar wood furniture as shown above, fine jewelry, wearable art, wooden crafts, quilts and quilted home decor, glass art, stained glass, crystalline pottery, American Girl clothing, fine art, j/New England maple syrups, fabulous inlaid tiles, unique air plants, moss terrariums, clothing & lots more!!! Outside Under Canopies + Inside the Lodge + Outdoor Family Activities with Gunstock’s New Fabulous Coaster - Family Fun for All!! Rain or Shine. Free admission.- Music of Tim Janis. Contact: Joyce Endee (603) 528-4014; email: joyceendee@ gmail.com

Entrain At Pitman’s Freight Room On Friday, September 2nd at 8pm, Entrain will be appearing at Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street in downtown Laconia. Epic in sound and kaleidoscopic in vision, the eclectic Martha’s Vineyard-based six piece Entrain has been thrilling critics and fans alike since its inception. Formed by drummer Tom Major in 1993, Entrain is also lead singer/guitar wiz Brian Alex. Joining them is bassist M’Talewa, saxophonist/keys/percussionist Rob Loyot, saxophonist/percussionist Hilary Noble and Trombone/keys Lennie Peterson Veterans all, their collective resume includes stints with such diverse players as Bo Diddley, Carly Simon, Chuck Berry, Southside Johnny, James Mongomery, Flor De Cana, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Tickets ate $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Advance payment set up on www.pitmansfreightroom.com or call 527-0043. Pitman’s is a BYO venue.

First Friday Gallery Night You are invited to the inaugural, First Friday Gallery Night, and Art BeCAUSE, a fundraiser event that aims to showcase local artists while supporting local art organizations. The onenight-only event at Flight Coffee Co. 478 Central Avenue in Dover will be held on September 2nd from 6-8pm will feature four local artists of the NH Art Community to show support to Northeastern Ballet Theatre (NBT), New Hampshire’s premier ballet company and training school. This event will be free to the public, however donations are highly suggested to show support to NBT and all proceeds from the evening will go to benefit NBT’s scholarship program. Featured artists for this event who will be displaying their works are painter and dancer Courtney Sanborn, potter and painter Sean Ware, Fine Arts Program Coordinator for Lakes Region Community College and painter Liz Wilson, and Monica Nagle, a blues, jazz and folk singer, songwriter, poet and fine artist.

Al Greene To Speak At Camera Club Al Greene of Tilton will speak on the topic of “Mood and Emotion in Photography” to Lakes Region Camera Club members as the club begins its new year on Thursday, September 8th, at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Meredith at 7pm. Greene is a member of NH Society of Photographic Artists, Photographic Society of America and Lakes Region Art Associarion. His work may be seen at the LRAA Art Gallery at the Tanger Mall in Tilton. For more information on Greene’s work, go to his website at www.algreenephotography.com. For more information on LRCC, visit their website at www.lrcameraclub.com or call Phyllis Meinke at 603-340-2359.

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To The Editor: John F. Kennedy, a staunch Democrat from Massachusetts, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.â&#x20AC;? My, how the leaders of that party have changed that tune! For them today, â&#x20AC;&#x153;ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for youâ&#x20AC;? has a far better ring to it. Our forefathers cautioned that a day of political revolution would become necessary to eliminate growing government power. November 8th should be a peaceful revolution at the ballot box throwing out the socialist direction that the Democratic party no longer tries to hide. That partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s direction can and has already started to lead to a totally dependent society in the United States. If another Clinton is elected, it will bring four to eight more years of even more government growth and limitation of citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights under the 1st and 2nd and other Amendments to our Constitution. Hitler rose to power as the head of a socialist party that eventually became totalitarian. Donald Trump has been unfairly compared to Hitler. It is the direction his opponent wants to lead this country in that is heavily invested in socialist type programs (although

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hopefully no despicable end models similar to those of Germany in the mid to late 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s). A totalitarian government is not what the founders of this country envisioned for its residents, nor should it be our vision. Most prefer to preserve the USA (United States of America) over the idea of a Democratic Partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s USA - a United Socialist America - that is on the immediate horizon under a Clinton administration. The government that we must avoid at all cost is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;totalitarianâ&#x20AC;? one and the only way to do so is by voting Republican on November 8th in order â&#x20AC;&#x153;to make America great againâ&#x20AC;? as only one candidate has repeatedly promised he will help us to do. Us. Not her. Or them. Jim Raschilla Alton Bay NH & Chicopee MA

Supporting Edelblut for Governor To The Editor: Currently over 100,000 NH citizens commute to Massachusetts daily for their employment, a frustrating 2 hours in heavy traffic, costing them about $10,000 per year more than if their employment was closer to home in New Hampshire. If we elect a republican governor, one whom we have confidence will sign a RTW bill, more companies will invest in New Hampshire. Accompany-

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weirs Times and Touristsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 newspaperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper which are taken from Calvertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic publication.

ing the new investment there is substantial evidence that following passage of a RTW bill a large increase of good paying private sector jobs would follow. Indiana passed RTW legislation in 2012. Since then private sector employment in Indiana has increased by 48,000. Included in the new companies are Rolls Royce and Subaru. Wisconsin passed RTW in 2015 and since passage there has been an increase of 49,000 new private sector jobs. At the present time New Hampshire registration is 38% Independent, 32% republican and 30% Democrat. Regardless of political party affiliation everyone will benefit from more and better private sector employment in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Republican platform states â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;Śuphold the right to join or avoid labor unions without coercion or intimidationâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? One of the candidates for governor is Chris Sununu, when asked at a recent Republican county meeting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;will your votes follow the republican platformâ&#x20AC;?? Chris Sununu replied â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absolutelyâ&#x20AC;?. However, in 2016 Chris Sununu, as a member of the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Council, has been voting with the Democrats. One of his votes giving the Democrats the majority, was to increase state funding to Planned Parenthood. See mail boat on 42

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The dust is about to settle on another summer tourist season here in Central New Hampshire. Traffic is lighter, restaurants are less busy, the waterways not as frightening to navigate and the shopping carts at the local supermarket are tucked neatly into their corrals. Some businesses which depend strictly on the summer season are already sweeping the floors and getting ready to shut down till next year. Others will stick it out till Columbus Day weekend before turning out the lights. To me, Labor Day Weekend brings a special feeling as I, along with the rest of the staff here, prepare to say our goodbyes to all of those who we helped to enjoy a summer they may have never had the chance to experience; and for that reason we are all very proud. Of course I am talking about the non-profit I head up â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Air Is A Little Bit Better Here Than Where I Come From Fundâ&#x20AC;?. The acronym is of course TAISLBBHTWICFF, which is impossible to pronounce but recognizable all the same. I created the fund over ten years ago now. Its purpose to give the opportunity to those who have been deprived of finding suitable accommodations in the Lakes Region during the summer season. As our brochure explains: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trapped in the confines of the stifling air in upper middle-class, white collar neighborhoods throughout

the Northeast, forced to spend another hot, boring summer smelling salt water day after day along the North Shore of Long Island or the crowded sands of Cape Cod, these underprivileged families, who attempted to make their reservations for a lake front home on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, but were too late, have no recourse for change.â&#x20AC;? I had heard the horror stories; seen the haggard faces of those who had to endure yet another summer vacation at home while those around them embarked on week long trips to rented homes on Nantucket as well as here in the Lakes Region. Of course, as many of you know, the suffering comes not from being denied a vacation but having to later face your peers and neighbors and painfully explain that â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go anywhere this year, we stayed home.â&#x20AC;? There are many who have never experienced this inner pain and will never understand. That is where TAISLBBHTWICFF comes in. We listen, we understand. We have been helping these unfortunate families for years find a place here in the Lakes Region. The work is hard. Finding an acceptable, five bedroom, four bathroom, fully equipped, centrally air-conditioned, lakefront home is no easy task. Sure, anyone can find a waterfront cabin to spend a week, but we understand often that just isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always good enough. We realize the environment these folks will be going back to once their vacation is over so we want to make sure that they will have no shame to face. Now in its tenth years, we have helped a total of eleven families so far. (Yes, appropriate accommodations arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always easy to find.) Being a non-profit, we are always looking for finan-

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Leo DiCaprio’s Dirty Dollars Actor-playboy Leonardo DiCaprio walked away from a fender bender in the Hamptons this weekend without a scratch. by Michelle Malkin But the outSyndicated Columnist spoken liberal should not escape unscathed from his train wreck of high-dollar financial dealings with donors and businessmen in one of world’s most rotten regimes. Forget about the saving the environment, son. Clean up your entourage. Tinseltown’s self-proclaimed “King of the World” is entangled with accused kleptocrats in Malaysia. The activist celebrity ostentatiously condemned the “politics of greed” at the Oscars in February. Yet, he’s been partying it up with some of Kuala Lumpur’s most corruptionstained elites. Recent investigations by The Hollywood Reporter tied donations received by DiCaprio’s charitable foundation to a shady Malaysian government “sovereign wealth fund” known as 1MDB. Instead of being spent on economic development as intended, an estimated $3 billion from the public investment fund allegedly disappeared into offshore companies, shell accounts and the pockets of the prime minister’s cronies. The money-laundering scheme that spans three continents is the subject of a sprawling Justice Department probe and asset recovery case. DiCaprio is not accused of any wrongdoing, but two key players named by DOJ are more than

just passing acquaintances of his. They are Riza Aziz, the stepson of scandal center Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, and Malaysian billionaire businessman Jho Low, who financed Aziz’s film company, Red Granite, which underwrote DiCaprio’s 2013 flick, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” with $100 million. Low -- a frequent party pal of DiCaprio’s, with the aroundthe-world carbon footprint to match -- allegedly used purloined funds to pay for lavish art (including a pricy Roy Lichtenstein sculpture donated for a DiCaprio charity auction); real estate (including a film production office housed in DiCaprio’s Sunset Boulevard complex); and a week-long, 11-million-dollar Las Vegas gambling jaunt with DiCaprio (who had publicly thanked Aziz and Low for their role as movie production “collaborators”). This is not the first time DiCaprio has been enmeshed in funding funny business. In exchange for his equity investment and political advocacy of electric carmaker Fisker Automotive (an infamous beneficiary of President Obama’s crony green energy slush fund loan guarantee program), the company agreed to support his charitable foundation and join him in a “mutual promotional arrangement via his organization dedicated to global sustainability.” Unfortunately for taxpayers who were forced to subsidize unsustainable Fisker to the tune of $529 million in green stimulus bucks, the company’s product was a bust. While DiCaprio proudly touted his ownership of the first Fisker product to roll off the production lines, the

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Slovakia—Central Europe’s Quiet Success Story BRATISLAVA,

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The majestic Danube River connects Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest. Just 40 miles downriver from Viby John J. Metzler enna, the hisSyndicated Columnist toric city of Bratislava rises above the Danubian plain. Still the turrets of Bratislava castle on the hill are more picturesque than forbidding but are usually missed in a journey between Vienna and Budapest. Yet here awaits a positive story, largely overlooked by the major media but very well known to foreign investors. First a bit of history. Once part of the Austro/Hungarian Empire, after the First World War, what is today’s Slovakia formed part of old Czechoslovakia founded in 1918. Following the Second World War, Czechoslovakia fell under communist control and was part of the

East Bloc. Despite its relative proximity to Vienna, during the Cold War, Bratislava was largely forgotten and forsaken until 1989 when this epic year of freedom, bought Eastern Europe and with it Czechoslovakia, out of the cold. In what was called the velvet divorce, Slovakia peacefully separated in 1993 from Czechoslovakia in a move many pundits thought imprudent, but were proven wrong. Bratislava is the capital of this country of five and a half million people (5.5 million). Though certainly in the shadow of opulent Vienna or even Budapest, historically Bratislava, once known by its Hungarian name Pozsnoy, was a city of eleven royal coronations. During the Ottoman/ Turkish occupation of Hungary, this city served as the seat of Royal Hungary. In June 1741, Maria Theresa, one of Austria’s most powerful monarchs, was crowned at St. Martin’s Cathedral. See Metzler on 39

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Saudi Quebec It was in the upper 80s yesterday and the leaves are beginning to show fall colors, so it’s perhaps a by Ken Gorrell strange time Northfield, NH. to be writing about maple syrup production. But economic lessons are eternal, not seasonal. Our neighbors to the north are learning one of those lessons now: Market forces and human nature will eventually crack a cartel. OPEC is perhaps the most famous cartel of the modern era. Those of us who lived through the oil embargo of 1973 and the price shock of 1979 could be forgiven for thinking that the cartel of oil-producing nations is an exception to the economic rule. Controlling most of the production of a commodity essential to modern economies kept the now-14 nation cartel in a powerful position for decades, but even mighty OPEC has been laid low. Thanks to hydraulic fracturing (fracking), greater efficiencies, and energy substitutes, OPEC founding member Saudi Arabia is facing an “existential crisis” according to a report in the UK Telegraph. The shale rebellion caught the Saudis flat-footed and has OPEC playing defense. Cry me a river of oil, as I fill my tank with under-$2 a gallon gasoline.

The world can’t get by without oil at any price. The same can’t be said of maple syrup. While I won’t eat pancakes without the real thing, the Quebec maple cartel – the Federation of Quebec Syrup Producers – doesn’t have the global economic import of OPEC. But it does control 70% of the maple syrup market, though that share has fallen from 80% over the past few years. Recently Bloomberg News reported (“Maple Syrup Cartel Battles a Black Market Rebellion”) that the Federation has decided to raise production 12% next year in a bid not only to regain that lost market share, but also to deal with dissent within its ranks. The Federation is a non-governmental agency that nonetheless has the power to levy significant fines and/or confiscate excess production from wayward members. Even with its nearmonopoly powers it has been in “herding cats” mode for years trying to keep 13,500 Quebec sap farmers in line. Some of these farmers have been selling syrup on the black market, undercutting prices and preventing the Federation from maintaining strict production quotas. It also had to deal with the ignominy of having some of its “strategic reserves” stolen from under its nose. Just as the US has a strategic oil reserve, Quebec has a syrup reserve designed to absorb production that, if sold, would lower prices below the Federation’s target. The reserve also acts as

a buffer to meet demand in bad production years. In 2012 auditors discovered that 6 million gallons of syrup were missing from the reserve; nearly 60% of the stockpile. Three ringleaders

were eventually arrested, but not before they had sold about a third of the liquid gold at market prices in neighboring provinces as well as across the border in New Hampshire and Vermont.

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A Clash of Police Policies Amid the rioting in Milwaukee, there is also a clash between two leading lawmen there -- Milwaukee County Sheriff by Thomas Sowell David Clarke Syndicated Columnist and the city of Milwaukee’s Chief of Police Edward Flynn. They have very different opinions about how law enforcement should be carried out. Chief Edward Flynn expresses the view long prevalent among those who emphasize the social “root causes” of crime, such as income disparities and educational disparities, as well as the larger society’s neglect of black communities. Chief Flynn puts less emphasis on aggressive police action and more on community outreach and gun control. Sheriff David Clarke represents an opposite tradition, in which the job of the police is to enforce the law, as forcefully as necessary, not to make excuses for law-breaking or to ease up on enforcing the law, in hopes that this will mollify rioters. Sheriff Clarke would also like to see law-abiding blacks be armed. Differences of opinion on law enforcement are sharp and unmistakable -- and have been for more than 50 years. However, as the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan used to say, “You’re entitled to your own opinion, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.” Unfortunately, facts seem to play a remarkably small role in clashes over law enforcement policies. And that too has been true for more than 50 years.

In his memoirs, the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Earl Warren declared that “all of us must assume a share of the responsibility” for rising crime rates in the 1960s because “for decades we have swept under the rug” the slum conditions that breed crime. But the hard fact is that the murder rate in the country as a whole was going down during those very decades when social problems in the slums were supposedly being neglected. Homicide rates among black males went down by 18 percent in the 1940s and by 22 percent in the 1950s. It was in the 1960s, when the ideas of Chief Justice Warren and others triumphed, that this long decline in homicide rates among black males reversed and skyrocketed by 89 percent, wiping out all the progress of the previous 20 years. The same reversal in the country at large saw murder rates by 1974 more than twice as high as in 1960. This was after the murder rate had been cut in half from where it had been in the 1930s. Ghetto riots, which erupted in the 1960s, were blamed on poverty and discrimination. But what were the facts? Poverty and discrimination were worse in the South than in the rest of the country. But ghetto riots were not nearly as common in the South. The most deadly ghetto riot of the 1960s occurred in Detroit, where 43 people were killed -- 33 of whom were black. In Detroit at that time, black median family income was 95 percent of white median family income. The unemployment rate among blacks was 3.4 percent and black home See Sowell on 42

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a training video detailing how to accommodate transgender students that privacy issues regarding the student prevent the district from informing parents about such arrangements. “So, many of you might be asking yourselves, ‘So I’m at an overnight field trip, and I have student who’s biologically a male, identifies as a female, and we’ve worked with that student and her family, and that student wants to sleep in the dorms, or whatever sleeping arrangements are, with the females,’” Mr. Mosier says in a video of the training session. “They don’t want to sleep in a room by themselves; they want to sleep with the rest of the females. So what do we do? “And the answer is, they sleep with the females,” he said. “That’s not the easy answer; it’s the right answer. And in some cases, it’s going to cause issues, because … the private information piece doesn’t allow you to share that with parents of all of the other campers. Right? So that’s difficult.” “This gender insanity is not everywhere, yet, but it’s coming,” Mr. Rod Dreher wrote. “Mark that. If you’re a teacher, administrator, or staffer for a public school system anywhere in the United States, you are going to find yourself sitting in a seminar just like this one day, if you haven’t already. And if you object, you’re a bigot.” Mr. Mosier said the field trip policy is aimed at ensuring all students are given a chance to reach their full potential, regardless of their gender identity. Yes, he did say “field”.

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Mother/Daughter Art Exhibit At The Castle Castle in the Clouds is hosting its third and final art exhibition of the season by celebrating Elizabeth Hamilton Thayer Huntington and Betty Huntington, a mother and daughter pair of artists. This exhibit, on view through October 23rd, features superb works of art created by this mother and daughter pair. The exhibition is on view daily from 10am to 5:30pm at the Carriage House and admission is free. Use the Ossipee Park Road entrance for the reception and to visit the exhibit between August 27th and October 23rd.

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homesteads in the area, and milk cans and gallon glass bottles to transport the liquid. There were times when we travelled as far as Crystal Spring in Plymouth to get our water, the spring that never seems to run dry, and now as then seems to have a constant serving of visitors. By the time I came

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Crystal Spring still flows in Plymouth today. Note the date â&#x20AC;&#x153;1881â&#x20AC;? on cement container. unloading and stacking bales in our neighbors barn and I thought I might be overcome by the heat) and with the anticipation of my Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;go aheadâ&#x20AC;? that there was sufficient hay in the hay mow for us to jump into it from the scaffold above, as some other kids, in some other place, might be jumping into a swimming hole. The barn provided a place for play as well as work and the two were s om e t i mes combined. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use the term back then ( 1940s and 50s) , but our hens and roosters were free-ranged (chickens meant baby chicks) and the hens in summer would lay their eggs in secret places, often setting on them

to incubate until baby chicks emerged. If we found a nest full of eggs hidden in the hay we would put them in a pail of water to test for freshness. Eggs that floated were not fresh eggs- they were rotten eggs. Rotten eggs were thrown against a tree or some other hard surface, or maybe towards a brother one was angry towards. Rotten eggs stink. So it was popular to call the person who was last in doing something a rotten egg. An abundance of burdock plants grew in the barnyard. They look a lot like rhubarb, with large leaves and thick stems, but their blossoms turn into burrs which attach themselves to whatever

touches them, and the thought occurred to me that they would make good fasteners. That was before Velcro, which I should have invented. The burdock leaves with stem attached were used for rhubarb fights. Two combatants would select their leaf and try to remove the other personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaf from its stem by hitting them together. The one whose leaf was totally removed first was the winner. Summer was berrypicking time, which meant searching the field in June for wild strawberries that were small and the goal was to pick enough to provide for a strawberry shortcake. After the strawberries it was to a different part of the field for the harvesting of the wild lowbush blueberries, though there were a couple of high bush plants in the pasture that in some years produced some larger berries. In a good

year, in an area of the woods that had been cut over in recent years, we might find raspberries and blackberries that provided food at the expense of some scratched skin caused by the briers of those plants. The warmer months made it possible to enjoy the canvas tent that would hold all eight of us for sleeping purposes, being set up in a mossy spot not far from our house, or, on occasion, out in the woods, maybe a quarter of a mile away, and even a couple times in some farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s field near the seacoast. We had no problem with ticks in those â&#x20AC;&#x153;good old daysâ&#x20AC;?, but there were the occasional bee or hornet stings, some of them received when we issued a challenge to the insects in their paper nests attached to a telephone

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Classic Harold Lloyd Comedy At The Flying Monkey

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