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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, September 4, 2014

VOLUME 23, NO. 36

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, September 4, 2014

COMPLIMENTARY

Andrew Hemingway For GOVERNOR

The Rochester Opera House was first opened on Memorial Day weekend in 1908. It has survived hard times over the years and today flourishes as an important cultural venue in New Hampshire, hosting a wide variety of concerts, plays, dance and music performances including Leeann Rimes and the “Rhythm In The Night” dance show this season.

Rochester Opera House: Where The Arts Mean Business by David Colby Contributing Writer

It may be an apt metaphor that a grand old performing arts space is located in the heart of city government. Recent studies show that a thriving arts community is good for the community at large and this is nowhere more evident than at the Rochester Opera House. Rochester opera house occupies most of the second and third floors of Rochester City hall.

Designed by Rochester native George Gilman Adams, and open to the public for the first time on Memorial Day in 1908, Rochester Opera House has a storied history. Its design and construction are a stunning achievement. Architectural details like the horseshoe balcony and grand proscenium arch are accented by intricate stenciling and beguiling murals. Near-perfect acoustics deliver the sound of performances to each of the theaters 950 seats. And

perhaps most remarkable of all is the movable floor, almost certainly the last of its kind in the world. The story of the Rochester Opera House is one of birth, near-death and rebirth. In its first 30 or so years, Rochester Opera House enchanted, with performances of plays, musicals, vaudeville, as well as local governments and high school functions. By the 1940s opera house had fallen on hard times and it was decided to remove the floor levelSee opera on 34

The Weirs Times endorses Andrew Hemingway in the Republican primary for governor of New Hampshire. At 32 years of age, which some look at as a negative, we find that Hemingway has more of a grasp of the real problems in New Hampshire and how they can be fixed within the legislative pro- Andrew Hemingway, cess, than his opponent who a n e n t r e p r e n e u r from Bristol, NH, is our is twice his age. A lifelong resident of New choice for Governor. Hampshire and small business owner within the state, Hemingway has a true grasp of New Hampshire’s unique way of doing things. At 27 years of age he was Chairman of the Bristol Budget Committee which came up with a budget that was agreed upon, to the penny, by the Town Manager, Department Heads, Selectmen and the Committee, no Read former U.S. Senator mean feat. Gordon Humphrey’s Ever since Hemingway’s endorsement of Andrew father brought him to his Hemingway on Page 6. first political event as a young boy, politics and how they help shape our state and our country has been in his blood. In 2010, as chairman of The Republican Liberty Caucus, the ominous LLC Tax was instituted in New Hampshire, Hemingway was a force in helping to have it repealed, to the delight of small business owners who were the ones to be deeply affected. As chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus he also was instrumental in getting over 100 state reps elected and after was an unrelenting watchdog for all bills that were going to be heard and testifying, when necessary, for or against. If elected Hemingway would work to implement a business flat tax that could bring a reduction of up to 42 percent, helping small business owners, who make up about 90 percent of businesses here. He would like to see a repeal of the future burden of Medicaid expansion as well as more Health Insurance choices for See hemingway on 24

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Sept Through the Month Free Admission

The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. The Wright Museum will offer free admission to each individual bringing 3 canned food items. The canned items will be donated to Wolfeboro’s L.I.F.E. Ministries Food Pantry to assist them in their efforts to provide a wonderful Thanksgiving for the less fortunate. *Cannot accept perishable items* 569-1212

Thursday 4th “What Lies Beneath” – Hans Hug Presentation

Franklin Public Library, 310 Central Street, 2nd floor meeting room, Franklin. 7pm. Scuba diver and underwater explorer/historian, Hans Hug will discuss the deep aquatic finds lying at the bottom of Lake Winnipesaukee in an engrossing style that has attracted hundreds of rapt listeners all over NH. Free and open to the public.

Back to Basics – 4 Week Cooking & Nutrition Class for Parents

experience levels are welcome. www. lrcameraclub.com

Friday 5th Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Downtown Portsmouth. Celebrate the 109th anniversary of the signing of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. At 3:47, when the Treaty was signed, bells ring at churches, schools and other historic sites throughout Portsmouth and beyond. www.portsmouthpeacetreaty. org

Brickyard Blues Band

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. BYOB. 527-0043

Saturday 6th Audrey Drake

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

North Shore Acapella

Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. 7:30pm. www.jeansplayhouse. com or 745-2141

Whole Village Family Resource Center, 258 Highland Street, Plymouth. Must attend all 4 classes. Child care is available for the evening classes. To register call Lisa Ford at 536-3720 x 103. Income guidelines apply.

Laconia Farmers Market

Kathie Fife Photography Exhibit and Artist Reception

Jackson House, 76 Northwest Street, Portsmouth. 11am-3pm. Enjoy children’s games and activities, seasonal refreshments and watch artisans demonstrate their crafts. $6/ adult, $3/kids, free for Historic New England members. 436-3205

McLane Audubon Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord. 4:30-6:30pm. The reception will allow visitors to meet the artist and talk with her about her inspirations and artistic process. Complimentary bookmarks showing a panoramic image of Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge will be given to those who attend the reception. 224-9909

Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting

Trinity Episcopal Church, Route 25, Meredith. 7-9pm. Alan MacRae will present a program on “Lighting and Photography”. Persons of all

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

Jackson Hill Cider Day

Wheels 4 Paws – Fundraiser for Monadnock Humane Society

Motorcyclists will gather on the grounds of Monadnock Humane Society. Registration begins at 10am, kickstands up at noon. Ride together on a 100-mile pre-determined route with one stop along the way to refuel. Participants are asked to fundraise in advance, rather than pay a registration fee to benefit the

animals of the shelter. When the ride returns to the shelter, riders will be treated to a BBQ and music! www. monadnockhumanesociety.org 3529011

Laconia Multicultural Festival

Rotary Park, Downtown Laconia. 10am-4pm. Live entertainment, ethnic food, crafts, zoo, children’s corner and more!

Center Harbor Woods Walking Tour

Center Harbor Woods encompasses forests and wetlands providing significant wildlife habitat, where moose, bear and deer are observed and where the four-toed salamander has been documented for the first time in NH. The walk will begin at 9am and end at approx. 11:30pm. To register please call 253-3301.

2014 Carroll County Stamp Show

Moultonborough Lion’s Club, 139 Old Route 109. 9am-3pm. Admission is free. Refreshments will be available. 569-8678

Leavitt Park Carnival

Leavitt Park, Laconia. 3-6pm. Games, dunking booth, bingo, food, 50/50 and more. 998-1418

Charlie Farren with Chuck Farrell and Jill Ducsai

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. BYOB. 527-0043

Sunday 7th A Musical Celebration of Sarah Orne Jewett’s Birthday

Sarah Orne Jewett House, 5 Portland Street, South Berwick, Maine. 4-6pm. Following the musical program, refreshments, including parsnip birthday cake, will be served. $5/ members, $10/non-members. 207384-2454

Winni Players Community Players Auditions

Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road, Meredith. 7pm. Auditions are for Woody Allen’s “Don’t Drink the Water” and a staged radio play called “Donovan’s Brain”. www. winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org or 2790333

Gallery Reception for the Bloom in Art Exhibit

Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 5:30pm. Complimentary wine and crudités. Free and open to the public. Use Ossipee Park Road entrance off Rt 171. 476-5900

Antique and Classic Auto Show

The Woodman Museum, 182 Central Ave, Dover. 12-4pm. Many antique cars and classics from the 50’s-60’s will be available for photos and a chance to talk with the owners. 742-1038

Monday 8th Open Sing Night – Suncook Valley Chorale

Concord High School Music Room, Concord. 6:30pm. Anyone wishing to join the chorale, or just considering it, is invited to join us they explore the next season’s program. 780-4968

Super Duper Alice Cooper

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

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Wright Museum Hosts Antique Cars On Sentimental Journey 100 Antique cars manufactured 1928 thru 1958 are touring New Hampshire and Maine September 8 thru 12, 2014. The tour is sponsored by The Granite Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA). It is to be reminiscent of the era of The Great Depression, World War II and Korean War. The Wright Museum, steeped in WWII memories, concentrates on the middle of this era and makes a most appropriate visit for the Touring Group. Touring cars will be at the Wright Museum on Friday, September 12th from about 9:30am until about 1pm. The public is welcome to view the cars at the Museum and around Wolfeboro on the 12th. The Wright Museum of World War II is located at 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro. For more information call 603-569-1212 or visit www.wrightmuseum.org.

Autumn Craft Show in Tilton On Saturday and Sunday, September 13th-14th come to the Autumn Craft Show at Tanger Outlets, 120 Laconia Rd in Tilotn, Hours for the Craft Show are Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm - Buy American made arts & crafts! Some of the arts & crafts will include functional pottery, glass art, stained glass, metal art, fabulous primitive folk art, soy candles, quilts and quilted table decor, handpoured soaps, kettle corn, puzzle boxes, fabric crafts, American Girl doll clothing & accessories, handcrafted pens/cribbage boards, bottle stoppers, handcrafted jewelry, acrylic paintings, and lots more!!! Classical Music of Tim Janis + Food + Free Admission and Free Parking - Rain or Shine Under Canopies - Info Joyce (603)528-4014 - www.joycescraftshows.com Directions: I-93 Exit 20 & Bear Left - See you there!!!

Great Weekend Coming Up at Pitman’s Freight Room Pitman’s Freight Room at 94 New Salem Street in downtown Laconia is pleased to announce the following events coming up this weekend... Friday September 5 at 8pm $12: Dance Night with the Brickyard Blues Band Since 1997, Brickyard Blues has been evolving its sound and building a following on stages in New England. Brian James on Guitar & vocals, Tom Hoctor on sax, Rachel Green on bass, and Reed Dieffenbach on drums. Catered Dinner Buffet available from 6:30pm to 8:00pm for $10. Saturday September 6 at 8pm, $15: Charlie Farren with Chuck Farrell and Jill Ducsai. Charlie Farren has long been known for great songs, great singing, and for outstanding live solo acoustic performances. Alone onstage with acoustic guitar in hand, Charlie captures an audience with his unique delivery, insightful lyrics, memorable songs, soaring vocal, and subtle yet innovative guitar style. Joining Charlie will be Chuck Farrell and Jill Ducsai. Chuck has 20 years of experience in many diverse styles of music, with roots in rock and roll, R and B to folk music. Jill has been performing around Central NH for several years and her voice and her guitar will complete the Trio. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. Call 494-3334. www.pitmansfreightroom.com

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Since I announced for a run for State Rep a lot has changed. The main reason I decided to run was to help put new leadership in the County Convention. As it turned out my wish was granted before the time to sign up, The two people I hoped would be replaced decided not to run. I hope the new leader-

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ship will run the Convention in a way that respect is giving to all the members, no matter what party they represent. It also would be nice everyone is giving a chance to give their opinion There are many other candidates with more qualifications and experience than me. Even though I will be on the ballot, I plan to support the four candidates that win in the primary. The one thing I learned is how many special interest organizations that send you letters of their interest and questioners. The only one I sent back was the one from the NRA, Of which I am a member. I am a firm supporter of the second amendment. If I was ever elected, my special interest would be the people of Meredith and Gilford. I have not run an active campaign, no fund raising, no handout cards, no signs and no other political events. I want to thank all those people that encouraged me to run and offered to help finance my campaign. If I should ever win in the Primary, then I would run a full active campaign and would need plenty of help. I want to wish all the other candidates good luck. A lot more important than me winning, is the reelection of Jeannie Forrester, our State Senator and Joe Kenney our Executive Councilor.

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.

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Supporting Hemingway To The Editor: Voters have a clear choice when voting for the nomination in the Republican Primary for governor. There is the establishment candidate Walt Havenstein, who seems to have come out of nowhere, and the conservative candidate Andrew Hemingway, who has lived here all of his life. Andrew has built and sold two businesses in our state, Walt has been the CEO of a company who was hired to help implement Obamacare. Walt is endorsed by Governor Chris Christie who helped get Obama reelected with his hugs and praise. You can know a candidate by who their friends are. Andrew is a vibrant young candidate who has clear and well prepared plans to make New Hampshire a business friendly state to attract companies here with jobs. He will attract younger voters to the polls because he knows that education is very important and points out that after students graduate college here they usually leave the state for states that have good job potential. Andrew wants to bring jobs back to N.H. with a tax plan that will attract companies. He is also against the federal government taking control of our schools through Common Core. Walt Havenstein said from day one, that he refused to talk about the See more letters on 28

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I am often asked why I don’t have, like most normal homeowners during the summer season, an outdoor barbecue grill. Now that the summer is over I will tell the painful tale. I did have an outdoor grill once, four years ago. It was a short-lived affair and it wasn’t a pretty one. It has taken me this long to get over it and even admit what happened. It may take just a little longer till I am ready to begin again. I am hoping by sharing this story the questions will cease and the healing can be complete. It started innocently enough. It was late in the summer of 2010 when, after living in my new home for only a couple of years, I had decided to buy a grill. I was ready to spread my wings. I drove to a local store which offered many different grills and after spending a few minutes studying the different features of each one, I picked out the one that I thought fit my specific needs. (It’s funny how specific needs and cost always seem to match up exactly.) I was asked by the salesperson if, for an additional cost, I would like to have someone come to my home and assemble it for me. I defiantly shook my head and with a snort told him that wouldn’t be necessary. In my mind I thought: “It’s just a grill, how hard could it be?�

This, my friends, was my first mistake. When I got the box home, put it in my basement and opened it. At first I was confused. Had they given me the wrong box? Upon further examination I realized that no, this wasn’t a kit for a small two-passenger, do-it-yourself Lear Jet but was, in fact, my new outdoor gas grill. I took a deep breath. It would be okay. I could do this. If we could put men on the moon we surely had the intelligence to put something like this together. If only I had a friend from NASA. I opened up the accordion like, multi-page instruction manual which I realized, once opened could never be closed again properly in my lifetime. I saw the assembly was a 12-step program. I carefully laid out all of the parts separately on the floor, moving my washer and dryer so as to make room for all of them. I felt as if I were reconstructing an airplane crash site. I counted the parts, screws and bolts. They all seemed to be there. I had done enough for one day. I would get back to it in the morning. I had a beer, ate some dinner and went to sleep. I slept uneasily. The next morning, after hours of finding anything else to do but assemble the grill, I finally made the trek into the basement. Even after the constant repetition in my head during the night that the grill would put itself together somehow (Gee‌Wayne Dyer said that is all I would need to do) I was saddened to see that every single part was exactly where it was the night before. I sighed, dropped to my knees and begin to tackle step one. I could go on and on about what happened next. It was four days

of trial and error. Some parts, put on backwards despite what I thought the instructions stated (“Gee it looked like the outside of part G not the inside), needed to be readjusted by disassembling back from step six to step two and starting over again. This happened more than once with various steps. I found that screws I needed to use really did have to be the exact size as shown on the manual. These weren’t, as I assumed, just estimates. It got ugly. But I did finish. Four days later, knees and back feeling ten years older. I stood and looked at my creation. It was good‌ and there were only three unused parts left on the floor. Close enough! I effortlessly got the grill outside, hooked up the propane tank, turned on the gas and pressed the button. Sorry, I know what you were expecting, but there were no surprises. The darned thing actually worked. I used it a handful of times over the next month as the nights were already cooling off. It didn’t matter. Besides all my ineptness in such things I had succeeded in my own way. I now had an outdoor barbecue grill to give me years of summer pleasure. Or, so I thought. That fall my health took an unexpected turn for the worse. I was out of action for a few months and during that time, fall turned to winter. Snow fell, temperatures dropped and my grill, barely used, stood proudly in it place, covered appropriately for the season. My doctor insisted that I do no lifting of any kind for awhile till everything was back in order. In the meantime, snow had piled See smith on 26

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Andrew Hemingway: The Face of A New Generation Of Leadership

The Weirs Times and Cocheco Times endorse Andrew Hemingway as the Republican nominee for governor. The following editorial by former U.S. Senator Gordon Humphrey sums up our own reasons for getting behind this exciting and important candidate. –Ed. Being a good leader isn’t about your age or how many years of business experience you have. It’s about the kind of experience you have and what you can do with it. Andrew Hemingway is a young, hi-tech entrepreneur running for Governor of New Hampshire, and I support him. Republicans have talked about encouraging young people to join with us, to grow our base and By Sen. Gordon help us elect leaders to fight for our conservative ideals. But our words and our actions don’t always Humphrey match. When Andrew Hemingway announced for office, the GOP Establishment stirred from its slumbers. “He is too young. He hasn’t earned his wings in Party politics yet,” they grumped. Instead, self-appointed Party pooh-bahs put forward an older, Establishment candidate to vie for the Republican nomination in the September 9th Primary election. This high-handed approach has failed the GOP over and over. What’s wrong with youth? What’s wrong with fresh idealism? What’s wrong with new ideas? Hugh Gregg was in his thirties when he became Governor. Likewise, the people of New Hampshire elected me to the U.S. Senate when I was in my thirties. Instead of welcoming Andrew See humphrey on 25

Asian-Bashing Dems And Doormat Minorities Who Enable Them Harry Reid is a bigoted Beltway corruptocrat with an interminable case of diarrhea of the mouth. The feeble-minded coot stuck by Michelle Malkin his foot in Syndicated Columnist that mess of a mouth again last week at the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce. But as mortifying as the Senate Majority Leader is, there’s an even worse spectacle: Asian-American liberals who keep giving top Democrats and their partisan operatives blanket passes. Reid clumsily offered his assessment of the success and intelligence of business leaders of Asian descent at the gathering. “I don’t think you’re smarter than anybody else, but you’ve convinced a lot of us you are,” he babbled. You put those uppity Asians in their places, Hater Harry! During a question-and-answer session, Reid followed up his jibe with a crude “joke” about Chinese surnames that would make Archie Bunker cringe: “One problem that I’ve had today is keeping my Wongs straight.” Good thing the pale-faced codger didn’t let a “ching-chong” slip out, too. You know it was ringing around between his ears. Mocking Asian monikers is a hanging offense if you’re a Republican pol or conservative talk-show host. But it’s just a meaningless gaffe by “diversity’s” best friend when you’re Democratic Senate Majority Leader. That’s why Reid’s hosts obliged with subdued tittering. National

news anchors selectively averted their gazes. The Asian American Journalists Association, so quick to issue sanctimonious guidelines for avoiding ethnic stereotypes, maintained radio silence. And the usual left-wing speech police who read racism into every word uttered by conservatives from “angry” to “Chicago” to “Constitution” to “Obamacare” saw and said nothing. One bizarre group, Asian Pacific American Advocates, was only offended because they resent public attention paid to successful Asian Americans. They vented that Reid “falsely assumes that our communities continue to perpetuate the model minority stereotype, when we have been actively working to highlight the vast socioeconomic disparities within our communities.” These confused people have spent way too much time in social justice 101 classes. Back in Washington, D.C., the usually garrulous Democratic chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Rep. Judy Chu, responded by ... not responding at all. CAPAC Executive Director Krystal Ka’ai did not return my email seeking reaction to the race-mocking Senate Majority Leader, who has now apologized for his “extremely poor taste.” Chu and her ethnic grievance caucus -- which pledges to “denounce racial and religious discrimination affecting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders” -- did find time over the past year to: --attack a Seattle theater production of The Mikado for its use of “exaggerated Asian stereotypes.” --”denounce” comedian Jimmy

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UN Issues Sickening Verdict on Syrian Violence U N I T E D NATIONS—In what can only be described as a plague on both your houses, an UN investigative panel has isby John J. Metzler sued a specific Syndicated Columnist and sickening verdict on the ongoing violence in Syria’s civil war. The report blames both sides in the conflict, the Assad family regime, as well as a widening specter of Islamic jihadi rebel groups in carrying out systematic and unparalleled violence against both civilians and combatants in the three year fight. Mass atrocities have become the daily norm according to Paulo Pinheiro, a respected Brazilian diplomat and academic who serves as the chair of the UN’s Independent International Commission who says, “Hundreds of civilians are dying each day as the fighting goes on with no regard to law or to conscience.” In parts of Syria under control of the Islamic State of the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, is marked by amputations, executions and beatings in public squares. Bodies of those killed on put on public display to terrorize onlookers. Women are lashed for wearing clothing against the ISIL’s austere rules.

The Commission specifies that “members of ISIS have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Aleppo and Ar-Raqqah governorates including acts of torture, murder, enforced disappearances and forcible displacement.” Child soldiers are moreover being recruited by the jihadi rebels. Other notorious rebel groups such as the Al- Nusrah are responsible for car bombs in urban areas, usually with indiscriminate targets. Importantly the Independent International Commission of Inquiry has warned that the widening influx of foreign fighters and the success of terrorist groups “risks of the conflict spreading further are palpable.” Indeed hundreds of West Europeans, many of them recent Islamic converts, have flocked to “the cause” in Syria and now Iraq to fight for ISIL. At least one hundred of the terrorists are believed to be American-born jihadis. Two Americans fighting for ISIS have recently been killed in Syria, while a British terrorist was believed to have beheaded American journalist James Foley in a brutal U Tube propaganda killing. Clearly the Syrian regime has blood on its hands too in the conflict which has raged for three and one half years. The Damascus rulers are more than guilty for their arrest, imprisonment, and torture of dissidents and the indiscriminate use of air-dropped barrel

bombs over civilian neighborhoods in rebel held towns. The report cites the use of “horrific torture” and sexual assault in government prisons. Systematic torture has lead to the widespread death of detainees.

Significantly humanitarian aid has been used as a weapon of war despite UN Security Council calls to allow the free flow of aid to besieged towns. The refugee spillover into neigh-

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Facts vs. Visions The political left has been campaigning against the use of force since at least the 18th century. So it is not surprising that they are now arguby Thomas Sowell ing that heavSyndicated Columnist ily armed or aggressive police forces only inflame protesters and thus provoke violence. Statisticians have long warned that correlation is not causation, but they have apparently warned in vain. There is no reason to doubt that heavily armed police in riot gear may be more likely to show up where outbreaks of violence are expected. But when violence then breaks out, does that prove that it was the appearance of the police that caused it? I strongly suspect that people who travel with armed guards are more likely to be murdered than people who do not travel with armed guards. After all, they are not paying to have armed guards for no reason. If so, should we conclude from a higher murder rate among people with armed guards that having armed guards increases your chances of getting murdered? Shall we also conclude from this that we the taxpayers should no longer pay to have Secret Service agents guarding our presidents? Actually, the history of assassinations of American presidents could be cited as evidence that armed guards are correlated with higher murder rates, if we proceed to “reason” the same way the advocates of weaker police presence seem to be reasoning. There have been 43 Presidents of the United States, of whom four -- Lincoln, Garfield, McKin-

ley and Kennedy -- have been murdered. That is a murder rate of 9 percent. If the murder rate in the general population -- most of whom do not have armed guards -- were 9 percent, that would mean more than 27 million Americans murdered today. We haven’t quite gotten up to a murder rate that high, even in Chicago. Does anyone seriously believe that leaving presidents unguarded would reduce assassinations? Probably not. But this is the golden age of talking points, as distinguished from serious thinking about serious issues. These talking points are often based on a prevailing social vision, rather than on hard facts. According to the prevailing vision, ghetto riots are due to racial injustices -- and the way to deal with them is to make concessions in words and deeds, while severely restricting the use of force by the police. Factual evidence cannot make a dent in that vision. But, for those who are still so old-fashioned as to rely on facts, here are a few: Back in the 1960s when ghetto riots broke out in cities across the country, the region with the fewest riots was the South, where racial discrimination was greatest and police forces least likely to show restraint. In Detroit, with a liberal mayor in the city and a liberal governor in the state, where the police were warned against shooting during the 1967 riots, there was the largest death toll of any city during any riot during that whole decade -- 43 people dead, 33 of them black. Both the New York Times and the Washington Post expressed astonishment that such a riot could occur in a city with such See Sowell on 25

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of water to the gallon of paint. I decided to thin a quart of paint, so I added 4 ounces of water and stirred it well. After using the first quart of paint, I decided to test to see if the sprayer would handle the paint unthinned out of the can. It did a marvelous job using the thick paint and I couldn’t see any difference in the final results. It’s really important to know how to adjust the volume of the paint that’s being sprayed. If you apply too much paint too fast, you’ll waste paint and you could end up with runs and sags in the paint. The tool I used had a simple adjustment knob. I’d start with the knob in a position that delivers a minimal amount of paint. You can always turn the knob if you feel too little paint is being broadcast by the nozzle. One of the nice features of the paint sprayer is you don’t have to fret and worry about the paint skinning over and drying if you stop for a few minutes. The only paint exposed to the air is the tiny amount at the tip of the nozzle. If you’re using a water-based paint and want to break for lunch or answer a call from a friend or Mother Nature, you can just drape a wet paper towel over the tip of the nozzle to keep the paint from hardening.

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wasn’t the only thing that stunned Nirvana. The unusual sound effects of farm life were just as horrifying to our new arrival. Random donkey brays and rooster crows would elicit a spring-board reaction out of Nirvana, that rivaled the bouncing of Winnie the Pooh’s “Tiggerâ€?. Her responses were quite humorous to witness, even if Nirvana didn’t always seem amused. Luckily, Nirvana’s dismay was short-lived, for it didn’t take her long to adjust to her new surroundings and accept us as her family‌.both furry and otherwise. She now likes to taunt the dogs, play with the other cats, is respectful of our Cockatoo, and has even grown accustomed to loud cocka-doodle-doos and donkey brays. She’s affectionate and playful toward our whole family, but Nirvana’s favorite is my twelve year old son. Almost from day one, she claimed him as hers and only hers, and she’s slept flopped on his chest each and every night since. One day, not long after joining our family, Nirvana was lying curled up in my lap, purring loudly enough to be heard in the next room. Her contentment

with life was obvious, and I couldn’t help but contemplate the meaning of her name. The American Heritage Dictionary defines the word “Nirvanaâ€? as “the state of absolute blessedness‌..â€? and “freedom from the pain and care of the external world.â€? Googlie definitions, all ba-

sically describe the same thing: “...a state of being that defies all worldly cares and/or worriesâ€? or a â€œâ€Śspiritual state of bliss that is without physical or material concernsâ€?. Observing my kitten’s peacefulness, I was struck by the thought that “Nirvanaâ€? had become the epitome of her name. Here was a living creature that, in her few months of life, had been mistreated, bounced between three different homes, and had endured a chaotic indoctrination into a completely unfamiliar setting. Yet, after such a short time with us, she was completely relaxed in my lap, seemingly without a care in the world. She was indeed in a state of bliss, or “nirvanaâ€? and I admired her ability to overcome her past so completely, by living utterly immersed in the present moment. Animals’ happiness is rooted in the here and now‌‌and that happiness is contagious‌.. if we allow it to touch us. We humans can learn a lot from our animal friends in this regard‌..I know I sure can. So instead of dwelling on things I can’t change from my past, or worrying about things I can’t control in the future, my ultimate goal is

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Hemingway’s candidacy, the GOP big names in Washington and Concord have pushed a candidate who spent the better part of two decades inside the Washington Beltway, working both sides of the aisle to get as much money as he could for the big defense and government services firms he led. Through political contributions, this candidate’s firm added half a million dollars to Democrat coffers in Washington in 2010 alone —including contributions to Jeanne Shaheen and Harry Reid. Did the Party pooh-bahs in Washington and Concord take this sordid matter into account, before anointing their chosen candidate? Evidently not. That once again money had trumped integrity, did not seem to concern them in the least. Andrew Hemingway is a thirty-two year-old entrepreneur who has built and sold two companies and is working on his third. He is a New Hampshire native who has a lovely family, with a third child due weeks before the general election. While the Establishment candidate was hobnobbing with Democrats in Washington and funneling donations to anyone who had influence, regardless of principle, Andrew Hem-

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Wednesday 10th “Loons in NH: Doing Quite Well Thank You”

Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Route 3, Weirs Beach, next door to Funspot. 7pm. Featuring Russell Congalton. Trends in the loon population, loon habitat, nesting habits, hatchling survival and dispersion patterns will be presented. RSVP to 366-5950

Wed. 10th – Sat. 27th Forever Plaid

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Thursday 11th The Lodger – Silent Film Series

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 6:30pm. With live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis. $10pp. www.flyingmonkeynh. com or 536-2551

Blackberry Smoke

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Wild Edible, Medicinal Walk

Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. 11am-12:30pm. Walk the Remick property with herbalist/ educator Carol Felice. Learn to identify and discover the abundance of useful wild plants. $10pp; includes admission to the museum. Preregistration required. 323-7591

Voices from Sanbornton’s Past – Living History Skit

Lane Tavern, 520 Sanborn Road, Sanbornton. A 21st century woman searching through an old attic enters a world of 19th century reality as acted by current Sanbornton people: a tavern keeper, his daughter and a teacher. Free and open to the public. 286-4526

Friday 12th Antique Cars on Sentimental Journey

Wright Museum of World War II, 77 Center St., Wolfeboro. 9:30am – appx 1pm. The Granite Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America is sponsoring a tour with 100 antique automobiles traveling through Maine and New Hampshire. One of the Club’s tour stops is at the Wright Museum where spectators are invited to view the cars. www.WrightMuseum. org 603-569-1212

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Laconia Farmers Market

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Cellist Yehuda Hanani & American Guitar Master Eliot Fisk

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Local Foods Gourmet Dinner to Benefit The Community School’s Scholarship Fund

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Wednesday 24th Black Bear Happenings in NH

Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Route 3, Weirs Beach, next door to Funspot. 7pm. This presentation by NH Fish & Game will explore the natural history of our native black bears, current research being done and how this powerful species is managed in the Granite State. RSVP to 3665950

Friday 26th Season Opener Dance Party Bash

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Puzzle Clue: WHAT THE YALLHAVE ACROSS 1 - dish (biology lab container) 6 French river 11 “Hey, buddy, over here” 15 Bow shapes 19 “Dad” co-star Hawke 20 Building wing 21 Blues singer James 22 It may hit a bull’seye 23 Ringing-up places 26 Kitchen draw 27 High-flying toy 28 Nutrition info 29 Altar promise 30 - stop to 32 With 83-Down, glacial epoch 33 Egyptian beetle 35 Common back-toschool buys 39 Kind of eye surgery 41 University official 42 Arrives 43 Hollywood stars, say 48 La Scala star 51 Jean - (Revlon brand) 52 Lawlessness 53 Slacks with folds 57 Singer Berry 58 City near Phoenix, on an envelope 61 Mendes or Longoria 62 Plant that’s the source of poi 63 Pig sound 64 - Piper 67 Do-nothings 72 Pastiche 73 Family trees show them 76 Telling sign

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DOWN 1 Light kisses 2 Body of moral values 3 Sorority letter 4 Relay runner 5 Ballpoint fluid 6 Acclaim 7 Toronto site 8 Mag for execs 9 Do another lube job on 10 Radiated, as charm 11 House cat, e.g. 12 “Hurry up!” 13 Walk cockily 14 Small sample 15 Rumpus 16 Guy using a CB 17 Davy of the frontier 18 Accents 24 1969 Tony winner Jerry 25 Branching point 31 “Nashville” network 34 “Alas and -!” 36 Kiev’s land: Abbr. 37 Nil 38 Chaplin’s fourth wife 40 Confound 43 Part of SPF 44 Get a lungful 45 One of TV’s Partridges 46 Hip dude 47 Vacation facility 49 Peace sign 50 Counsel 54 Olympic swimmer’s assignment 55 Operatic bass Pinza 56 Dog paw part 59 Relative of -ette or -trix 60 Timetable, for short 63 Humorist Nash and others 65 Frozen waffle brand

66 Turning tuner 68 Comic Jon 69 Political exile 70 Rip again 71 Sounds like an angry dog 74 Blue dye from a plant 75 “... - we speak” 78 Drug magnate Lilly 83 See 32-Across 85 Opposite NNE 86 Verdi’s “- Miller” 87 Mustache named for a Chinese criminal 88 Hostile 89 Native of a Caribbean island nation 90 Weeders’ tools 91 Chips brand 92 Brewery kiln 94 Oomph 98 Mork from 99 Pirates’ guns 101 Crimson, e.g. 103 Per each unit 104 Pageant bands 107 Unglossy 108 Pitchers 109 - Island 111 Mafia boss Frank 112 Fashionable Calvin 113 “- at ‘em!” 114 Slalom turns 119 To be, to Livy 122 “Well, this surprise!” 124 Prefix with skeleton 125 Writer Ana’s 126 Mineo of movies

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for business, but it draws very talented people into the community.� The 2014/2015 season: Another busy year at ROH. Major productions in the new season include The Addams Family, MacBeth, Sousical the Musical, A Christmas Carol and 8-Track, The Sound of the Seventies. “ November rocks� will see tribute bands playing the music of Pink Floyd, Kiss, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. Later in the year the opera house will

resonate with the music of Beatlemania, Motor Booty Affair and Aerosmith. Not-to-miss shows also include tributes to the spirit of Johnny Cash and Corvettes Doo Wop Review. Other audience favorites include magician James Lock, The Strafford Wind Symphony, R-rated hypnotist Frank Santos, Jr. and Irish step dancers Rhythm of the Night. More shows are scheduled and will be announced as details are confirmed. Yes, a busy season indeed!

Rochester Opera House A world-class venue. The world’s only movable floor. A world of programming, for every age, taste and preference. And, it’s good for business.

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