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THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

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Governor Brings “Save Our Summers” Campaign To Lakes Region by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

would reopen for Labor Day weekend because they lacked the staff they needed since so many had already gone back to school. The governor’s visit to Funspot was another stop at a business which depends, to a significant degree, on the tourism industry of New Hampshire.

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The Wednesday before Labor Day weekend, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu visited Funspot in Weirs Beach. Earlier in the week, the governor had signed an executive order creating the Save Our Summers

Study Commission, with a mandate to report back with proposed legislation by November to study whether New Hampshire’s school year should start after Labor Day. The Executive order was signed at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, which, ironically was closed for the week and

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu talks with Bob Lawton, owner and founder of the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in the Weirs. The governor was there to talk about his recent Executive Order to create a commission to study DAVID LAWTON PHOTO whether New Hampshire’s school year should start after Labor Day.

Canterbury Shaker Village’s popular Artisan Festival takes place rain or shine on Saturday, September 15th from 10 am to 5 pm. The family-friendly event features 50 booths of artisan crafts and locally prepared foods for sale, live music, traditional craft demonstrations, and horse-drawn wagon rides. Admission is free to members of Canterbury Shaker Village, or $12 for adults, $6 for children ages 6-17, and under 5 free. Entrance also includes a 90-minute guided tour of the village offered at 11 am, and 1 and 3 pm. Self-guided tours are another option. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at shakers. org/canterbury-artisanfestival. Canterbury Shaker Village is located at 288 Shaker Road in Canterbury, New Hampshire. For more information, visit www.shakers.org or see our posts on Facebook.

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SEPTEMBER Through October 31st “Manufacturing Victory, The Arsenal of Democracy” – Exhibit Wright Museum, Center Street, Wolfeboro. At the beginning of WWII, the US mobilized the entire economy and industrial structure to produce the most powerful “Arsenal of Democracy” the world has ever known. This exhibit will detail these enormous efforts on the home-front during WWII. The Military arsenal and machines of Allied victory depended on a work-force willing to do whatever it took to arm and outfit the U.S. and Allied forces. While soldiers faced the actual fighting around the world, those at home built an unprecedented machine of war in factories all over the United States. www.WrightMuseum.org or 569-1212

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VynnArt, 30 Main Street, Meredith. During regular business hours. NH artists Edna Greenfield and Patricia Sweeny will exhibit their work. Stop by and browse VynnArt’s Gallery. gallery@vynnart.com or 279-0557

Thursday 13th Yin/Yang Restorative Yoga Class w/ Tekla Frates

Frates Dance Studio,171 Fair Street, Laconia. 10:30am. This class is for persons of all levels of experience. The sequence guides us through the most gentle movement and then settles us into deep stillness or propped asana. Just the right combination to rejuvenate and realign! Classes are $15pp. Join the YOurGA Facebook page to sign in to class ahead of time for a $5 discount!

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30-Week Community Bible Study Class New Beginnings Church of the Nazarene, 33 Staniels Road, Loudon. 10am-12pm Thursdays. Community Bible Study (CBS) invites women and children of all ages to attend their 30-week class series. Together you will discover truths to help you live well through the study of the Old Testament book of Isaiah. www.

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Award Winning Living History Artist Presents “Runaway Slave; Oney Judge’s Story”

Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 7pm. Living History Artist and Scholar Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti will portray Oney Judge Staines in her remarkable program “If not for Myself, then Who Will Be for Me?”, which tells the story of George Washington’s Runaway Slave, who walked out the Executive Mansion in Philadelphia and into freedom. With the help of the free black community, she made her way to Portsmouth, NH, where the free black community and white supporters provided refuge. Free and open to the public. 569-2428

Thurs. 13th – Sun. 23rd “Moonmates: Roommates on the Moon” – Original Theatre Comedy Rochester Performance Arts Center, 32 North Main Street, Rochester. Prepare for blastoff! A zany, original theatre comedy written and performed by local goofballs Brian Paul (of Dorks and Dungeons) and Brett Reis, “Moonmates” tells the story of two undistinguished astronauts tasked with the upkeep of a for-profit lunar installation. Two guys, two space geckos, and two years away from earth….what could possibly go wrong? Tickets start at $15pp. www.

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Friday 14th Ziggy Marley – Rebellion Rises 2018 Tour Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Ocean Blvd., Hampton. www. CasinoBallroom.com or 929-4100

Dueling Pianos Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. Serious fun as YOU pick the music and join in the show! www. PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Fri. 14th – Oct. 8th Aubuchon Hardware Supports The Loon Preservation Committee Aubuchon Hardware, Route 25, Moultonborough. Visit Aubuchon Hardware and check out LPC’s educational display, make a donation or maybe even enter a raffle or two! On Saturdays during the fundraiser you can chow down on a delicious hotdog and cold soda for a small donation. Aubuchon will generously match all donations collected at the Moultonborough location up to $5,000. www.Loon.org or 476-5666

Saturday 15th The Funky Divas of Gospel – Seven Piece Ensemble First Congregational Church, UCC, 400 Main Street, Farmington. 7pm. The Funky Divas and their band are talented musicians from New Hampshire who perform a wide variety of musical styles. Admission is by donation. www.FarmingtonnhUcc. org or 755-4816

Grief Support Meeting Navigating Recover y of The Lakes Region, 635 Main Street, Laconia. 3pm-4pm. Grief support meeting for anyone who has lost a loved one to addiction. www.

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“Shadow And Light” Exposition The Art Place in Wolfeboro, NH will be h o s t i n g the exhibit “Shadows and Light.” The Exhibit began on Monday, September 10th and continues through September 27th with an Artists’ Reception on Friday September 14th from 5 to 7 p.m. This a free event and open to the public. Pictured are some of the artists in the “Shadows and Light Show”. From left to right: Peter Abate, Exhibit Curator, Heather MacLeod, Sharon Theiling, Joe Keller, Darlene Bean, Elaine Klement, Steve Brown, Mikel O’Brien.

Mary Baker Eddy In New Hampton On Tuesday, September 18th at 7pm, the New Hampton Historical Society presents Mary Baker Eddy: An Extraordinary Life Told in Ordinary Terms with Linda Salatiello and Evelyn Auger The program takes place at the Gordon-Nash Library on Main Street in New Hampton This is an amazing personal history of a “local girl” who became the founder of the Christian Science Movement. In a re-imagined interview, our presenters are costumed in period appropriate attire as interviewer Boston Herald reporter Sibyl Wilbur(Salatiello) elicits the life story of Mary Baker Eddy(Auger). It is truly a remarkable tale. The presenters are fonts of historical lore, with historical costuming being their particular forte. Both have been actively involved as members and officers for many years at the Sanbornton Historical Society. NHHS programs are free and open to the public. Please join us. Light refreshments will be served, along with fundraising items available for sale.

Beer for History Kick-Off Event The American Independence Museum’s first 2018 Beer for History event takes place on Thursday, September 20 in partnership with Neighborhood Beer Co. At this event, Neighborhood Beer Co. will pour Granite Acorn Autumn Lager and Mow Money Lawnmower IPA. Emma Bray, museum executive director, said she is excited to have Neighborhood Beer Co. kick off this year’s series, which take place at historic Folsom Tavern (c.1775). Other dates in the series include October 4, October 18 and November 1 with Earth Eagle Brewings, Throwback Brewery and von Trapp Brewing. Since its inception in 2016, Beer for History has been sponsored by Hoefle Phoenix Gormley & Roberts, P.A. Attorneys at Law, a fact that Bray added has helped to its continued growth. Tickets for each event are $15 for members and $20 for non members. Series tickets are $50 and $70 for members and nonmembers, respectively, while children (under 21) are $3. Ticket prices include beer (21+), entertainment, light snacks and more. To purchase tickets, or learn more about Beer for History, visit www.independencemuseum.org.

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I did it! I made it through the summer season without picking on my favorite targets. Summer visitors. It wasn’t by accident, but purely intentional. It was “suggested’ to me by a diverse group of local business owners not to ruffle the feathers of our summer birds; our “bread and butter” as they say. But now it’s past Labor Day and I can cut loose. Free to be me. After all, writing about Flatlanders has always been my “Bread and Butter” (gluten free, of course). I’m sure you know that I am a Flatlander myself. A New York transplant who stuck out like a sore thumb the first few years I lived here. I carried a lot of that suburban dwelling angst around for quite a while. I didn’t know it was angst at the time; I just thought that was the way of the world. (Or at least the East Coast.) I had it bad: Honking my horn as soon as the light turned green if the car ahead didn’t move immediately, racing with my shopping cart to beat the other guy to the checkout, looking annoyed while people made small talk with the cashier while I waited in line behind them. There was much more and nothing that I’m proud of. It took a few

years for me to learn my lessons. Now it is amusing to observe some of my fellow Flatlanders up here for a week or two for vacation with their “Hurry up and get out of my way. I don’t have time for this I am trying to enjoy my vacation” frame of mind. My observations have led me to understand that there is a wide variety of visitors in the summer. There’s the “newbies” – the one week wonders who have never been to the area before. It takes them a while to figure out where they are and how to get there. Slowly creeping down roads and making wrong, yet calculated, turns. I’ve been there and I feel their pain. Occasionally I run interference for them, keeping them safe from a few uncompassionate natives as well as the “Part-Time Lifetimers.” The “Part-Time Lifetimers” usually own property up here and come from mainly from Massachusetts. They like to remind you that “I pay taxes here and don’t you forget it.” They know their way around and they drive as quickly as possible to get there. Don’t get in their way. They are determined to get as much relaxing in as they can in the week or two they are here. It’s not always easy to spot a “Part-Time Lifetimer”Flatlander who is only here for a few weeks, especially some of the more seasoned ones. They often seem to fit in seamlessly but often blow their cover with incessant squawking about their Lake Houses. Newbies are very easy to spot. It’s usually after just a day or two you can see them at the local supermarket, rushing

around, wearing their “I Love New Hampshire” or “Lake Winnipesaukee” gear, the rest of their clothing sparkling new. Even though they appear to have big smiles on their faces, it’s best to stand back and get out of their way. They aren’t playing games. They are in full vacation mode and nothing will stand in their way – not even having twenty-seven items and a fourteen-item or less checkout within striking distance. Still, I am sympathetic to their plight as I was once there myself. Even after living here for over thirty years now, I still find myself coming to terms with some of those long ago reactions I developed growing up just outside of New York City. Like a long-time smoker who has quit for many years, the urges get easier to control as time passes. I have fun watching visiting Flatlanders in the summer. True they are the “Bread and Butter” of the summer season inn Central and Northern New Hampshire, but they have also been an integral part of the evolution of these columns over the years. They have helped pay my bills as well and I thank them As the old saying goes: “You can’t live with ‘em and you can’t live without ‘em.” Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L In New Hampshire” which are available at his website www. BrendanTSmith.com. Brendan’s new book “I Really Only Did It For The Socks and Other Tales Of Aging” will be published in 2019.

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Death Be Not Loud Question: What is more cringe-inducing than a celebrity funeral? Answer: Two back-to-back celebrity funerals. The ghoulby Michelle Malkin Syndicated Columnist ish twin spectacles last week memorializing Aretha Franklin and John McCain brought out the worst in family, friends and frenemies. No matter your partisan affiliation, these vulgar exercises in self-indulgence should serve as object lessons on how not to depart with dignity. There was the nation’s most infamous anti-Semite, Louis Farrakhan, smiling like the Cheshire cat onstage with hate crime hoax godfather Al Sharpton and shakedown con artist Jesse Jackson, who exploited his honored platform to threaten funeral attendees: “If you leave here today and don’t register to vote, you’re dishonoring Aretha.” There was lascivious 72-yearold Bill Clinton ogling 25-year-old Ariana Grande, who was wearing slightly more fabric than she normally wears, roughly equivalent to two 12- by 12-inch lace doilies, as she warbled “Natural Woman.” (Clinton’s latest public display of asininity closely rivaled his indecent conduct at his former Commerce Secretary Ron Brown’s funeral, where the master media manipulator fake-cried after news videographers captured him yukking it up after the National Cathedral service.) There was boorish Bishop Charles H. Ellis III copping a sidefeel of Grande’s barely covered bosom in the name of “friendliness.”

There was Atlanta pastor Jasper Williams hijacking the Detroit dais to share his unsolicited views on crime and parenting. And there was Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson taking a somber moment to honor Aretha Franklin’s transcendent talent by wallowing in Trump Derangement Syndrome. Dyson called the president a “lugubrious leech,” “dopey doppleganger of deceit and deviance,” “lethal liar,” “dimwitted dictator” and “foolish fascist.” A-plus for alliterative abomination! Not to be outdone by the disrespectful requiem for the Queen of Soul, the five-day, three-city McCain processional marathon featured a vindictive blacklist (reportedly devised by the decedent himself); passive-aggressive eulogy swipes at President Trump by Meghan McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama and George W. Bush; and a hyperbolic media declaration about how the late Arizona senator’s passing augured “the death of political courage” itself. Spoiler alert: Political courage survived. The fact that President Trump is living rent-free in the heads of so many camera-ready mourners says more about the Hollywood and D.C. swamps than it does about anything else. Outside LaLa Land and the polarized realm of the Resistance, sane Americans live grounded and healthier lives defined primarily and centrally by family, faith, hard work, quiet charity, devotion to community and self-improvement. And you, dear politicians, entertainers and bitterly clinging entourages, are not at the center of it. We’ve seen this graveyard narcissism intertwined with crass partisanship during televised

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Screaming and Whining Aren’t Strategies This week, Democrats pulled out all the stops in their attempts to stop President Trump’s pick, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, from gainby Ben Shapiro ing a seat on Syndicated Columnist the Supreme Court. Now, Democrats have no power to stop Kavanaugh’s ascension; thanks to former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Democrats invoked the so-called nuclear option in order to reduce the burden for approving judicial nominees down to a simple majority. This has left Democrats and their allies with two options and two options only: screaming and whining. First, the screaming. Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., both of whom have already announced they will not

support Kavanaugh’s nomination, attempted to shut down the Senate Judiciary Committee Kavanaugh hearing. Harris immediately called for an adjournment so that she could supposedly review more of Kavanaugh’s documents. Then Booker jumped in. By the end of the first 40 minutes of the hearing, Harris had interrupted eight times; Booker 10 times; Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., 13 times; Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, six times; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, DMinn., three times; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., twice; Se. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. once; and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., once. Apparently, all were acting at the behest of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who was attempting to run out the shot clock ... or something. That was just the beginning. Women’s March activist and terrorist sympathizer Linda Sarsour showed up to scream at

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seven years of bitter fighting, twelve million civilians displaced, and more than a half by John J. Metzler million peoSyndicated Columnist ple killed, Syria’s relentless civil war may be coming to a dramatic conclusion. The final showdown seems set for the north-western province of Idlib, a rebel stronghold, where three million civilians are dangerously mixed and stranded among thirty thousand terrorists. But the cold steel vice of Bashar Assad’s army is closing, massively supported by Russia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. As the United Nations Security Council was making yet another vainglorious bid to stop the fighting in Idlib, half a world away in Tehran, the leaders of Russia, Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran were making final plans for Idlib’s fate. The Turks were pushing for a truce; after all, the ill-fated province borders Turkey and will likely trigger a tsunami of new refugees. But Vladimir Putin and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani were preparing their forces for a final military offensive alongside Assad’s reinvigorated military. The UN’s special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura warned that without a political solution

in Syria, “we will see this war reach new levels of horrors.” Yet the elusive political solution which has confounded the Syrian factions and confronted a deadlocked Security Council appears stillborn. As Nikki Haley, U.S. UN Ambassador told the Council, “An offensive in Idlib will only leave Syria weaker and more broken and create generations of Syrians who will never forget the heinous and senseless brutality of the Assad regime and its allies.” Earlier President Donald Trump warned, “President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy.” Nonetheless with the nearing rumble of Assad’s artillery and punishing Russian airstrikes the noose on Idlib province may be tightening. Interestingly about half of Idlib’s population has already been displaced from elsewhere in Syria, as part of agreed to “de-escalation zones.” The UN says up to 800,000 civilians, many of them children, could flee the enclave. Neighboring Turkey rightly fears another refugee surge. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan twice called for a ceasefire and said of the terrorists, “Let them drop their weapons so that peace would come. We need a method to deal with terrorists. This requires time and

patience.” Though Erdogan’s political authoritarianism remains deeply unsettling, Turkey already hosts three million Syrians. As the UN’s de Mistura warned, “Though most of besieged

Idlib’s three million people were trapped civilians, terrorist organizations, foreign fighters and armed opposition groups have also gathered in the region.” The UN envoy warned Idlib has

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Judging Kavanaugh Some people are very angry about President Trump’s new Supreme Court pick. “Hell no, Kavanaugh! He is a dangerous man!” protestby John Stossel ers shouted Syndicated Columnist on the steps of the Supreme Court. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand yelled, “What is at stake is freedom for LGBTQ Americans, for equal rights, civil rights...” “They are freaking out because they don’t understand,” Ilya Shapiro, editor of the Cato Institute’s Supreme Court Review, tells me. “Those top areas, abortion or gay rights or Citizens United, there’s really not going to be a change.” Every time one party appoints a judge, the other party acts as if the appointment will fundamentally change America. But the Supreme Court is the most cautious of the three branches of government. Today’s Court, headed by Chief Justice John Roberts, is especially respectful of precedent. They almost always base their decisions on decisions made by prior justices, and they often defer to lower courts. That doesn’t lead to many surprising changes. Maybe that’s why, despite activists protesting most every recent appointment, a study finds most Americans can’t name a single Supreme Court justice. We notice the president, and most of us can name at least some members of Congress. Those people might do something surprising. Supreme Court justices, whether Republican or Democratic appointees, are not very

likely to undo existing laws, especially laws that millions of Americans have already acted on. After 45 years of legal abortions, Roe v. Wade isn’t likely to be repealed. Gay marriage is pretty safe too after a quarter-million gay marriages. The court’s unlikely to reverse itself on either issue. Partisans would be smarter to keep their eyes on issues where the Court is closely divided. Private property cases like the Kelo decision might go differently with Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court instead of swing-voter Anthony Kennedy. In that case, Kennedy joined the Court’s four liberals in affirming the government’s right to seize privately owned land and give it to other private landowners who might pay more in taxes. Kennedy voted “for the bad guys,” says Shapiro, adding optimistically, “Kavanaugh could very well be the fifth vote to overturn Kelo.” Also, affirmative action faces challenges. A lawsuit accusing Harvard of discriminating against Asian-Americans may reach the court soon. Shapiro says, “Kavanaugh could provide the fifth vote to overturn that 40-year-old experiment with using racial preferences to promote some kind of nebulous diversity.” Kavanaugh also has a history of reining in government regulators -- “all these alphabet agencies that increasingly intrude in people’s lives,” as Shapiro puts it. “He has written at length that the government keeps doing things that it doesn’t have the power to do.” At the White House, the day he was nominated, Kavanaugh made a point of saying, “The

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TIGER IN THE DELL I positioned myself at the ninth tee early on, standing in the hot sun on a humid, 90 degree day, so as to better see the man many feel is the greatest golfer of all time—Tiger Woods. The venue was the TPC Golf Club in Norton, Mass., which hosted the Dell Technologies Championship, a major FedEx Cup/ PGA Tour event featuring the world’s best golfers. It’s northern New England’s only major golf event and one that will move to New Jersey next year. I was fortunate to have a ticket for the third round and was awestruck by seeing the likes of Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson and so many other golf stars. As good as golf is on television nowadays, there’s no substitute for seeing tournament action in person and watching these players place 320 yard drives exactly where they want them. I longed to move into the shade, but didn’t want to surrender my choice spot to any of the numerous spectators seeking to see Tiger close up. So I ground it out. Paul Casey and Keith Mitchell played through. Then came Rory McIlroy and Kevin Tway, as the crowd behind me swelled. To my left, blocked by trees, was the Par 3 eighth green. I heard a roar from the invisible crowd and I knew what happened, sight unseen. Tiger must have placed his tee-shot on the green, setting up a birdie putt. By now the

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WOLFEBORO - On Tuesday, September 18 from 7 to 8 p.m., The Wright Museum of World War II will present “Conflicts in the Middle East and International Security,” a lecture by Mohamad Defaa. Part of the Wright Museum’s 2018 Lecture Series, sponsored by Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney, this lecture will provide insight into the historical, sociocultural, and religious background of the conflicts in the Middle East. Defaa will also discuss the threat these conflicts pose worldwide. Certified by the International Center for Educational and Cultural Consulting in Lyon, France, Defaa earned a BA in French Language and Literature from the University Ibn Tofail in Kénitra, Morocco. He also possesses an MA in Communication and Expression from the University Mohamed V in Rabat,

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Lecture Series takes place every Tuesday through the end of the museum’s season, which concludes Oct. 31. Admission is $3 for members and $8 for nonmembers. Seating is limited, and reservations can be made by calling 603569-1212. Wright Museum is open daily through Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, visit www. wrightmuseum.org.

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Tribute Night at Patrick’s Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. Every Saturday will feature a tribute to a different band or singer. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Pedaling for Payson – Cycling Fundraiser for Concord Hospital’s Payson Center for Cancer Care Elm Brook Park, 2097 Maple Street, Hopkinton. The event includes a variety

of rides to choose from ranging from 16 to 77 miles, and an adventurous mountain bike ride. The routes will take cyclists through picturesque parts of NH and include rest stops featuring food and beverages. Upon completion of the ride, participants are invited to enjoy a bbq lunch, refreshments, and live entertainment. A Trek FX3 road bike valued at over $600 will be raffled off. Raffle tickets are $5 each or three for $10. Only 750 tickets will be sold. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.PedalingforPayson.org or by calling 227-7162

Nuno Felted Scarf Class with Melinda LaBarge Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. 9:30am-3:30pm. If you have never felted before or are looking to take your skills to the next level, this class is for you! Melinda will meet students at their level and work with them individually. No felting experience is necessary. There will be an abundance of materials to choose from to create your own special scarf. Tuition is $70 per student, with a $35 materials fee. Pre-registration is required by calling 279-7920 or visit www.Meredith.NHCrafts.org/

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Sat. 15th & Sat. 22nd Lake Winnipesaukee Hat- Smile of the Great Spirit – Knit Hat Class League of Nh Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 10am-2pm both days. Create an original knitted hat design dedicated to the beautiful unique 72 square mile glacial lake in NH with instructor Marylyn Matthewman. Workshop is split into two sessions. Class is $75pp plus a $40 materials fee. Pre-registration is required. www.Meredith.NHCrafts.

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Sunday 16th William Jackson – Composer and Celtic Harpist St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5 Hale Street, Dover. 7pm. Hear the beautiful music of Scotland and Ireland. Suggested donation of $10 at the door. For more information call 7423155 or visit www.StDover.org

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The Corner House, Center Sandwich. 7:30pm. Shakespeare on Tap is a reading performed in the bar amongst the dinner guests and the brews. This fall Advice to the Players is excited to be reading through “The Taming of the Shrew”. 986-7827

Eric Mintel Quartet Plays Classic TV Tunes Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. 4pm. The acclaimed Eric Mintel Quartet will offer a program of “jazzed” versions of iconic television themes, along with original music! For tickets call 745-2141 or visit www.

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channeled down the side of the fairway. I went and sat under the shade of a tree and a friend gave me a bottle of water. So it is with Tiger Woods. I pondered that it’s been this way for him for over two decades— living in a bubble with every aspect of his sports and personal life under intense scrutiny. Still, his impact on the golf world over the years can be measured in the billions of dollars. Woods hasn’t won a Major in over ten years, stuck at a total of 14. Jack Nicklaus’ record total of 18—once within easy reach—is now unassailable. Golf fans still marvel at Tiger’s first Major triumph— the 1997 Masters, where he shot a record 270 and won by 12 strokes at the age of 21. As CBS’s Jim Nantz said after Tiger’s final putt: “One for the ages.” But that the 42-year-old Tiger has overcome personal, legal, and physical challenges to again compete at the highest levels is remark-

able, especially considering the bubble in which he lives. He had final round leads in both the British Open and the PGA earlier this year, before fading. Tiger would finish the Dell tied for 24th at seven under par. DeChambeau would win it all at 14 under. Second round leader Simpson (Who?) went from 11 under to three over, finishing in an eight-way tie for 49th. Simpson’s brief time in the bubble proved to be too much for him, further underscoring how remarkable Tiger is to deal with the attention he gets as perhaps the world’s most famous athlete. Woods will be 43 in December. And yet I strongly feel that he will somehow win one more Major to finish with 15. Ideally, it would be in Augusta, Georgia, at the Masters, where he won his first—21 years ago. I already know what CBS’s Jim Nance will say at the end. “This is TRULY one for the ages!”

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Clarke’s farm newspaper returning to Manchester to practice law until 1853 when he began his journalism career at the Daily Mirror. It wasn’t long before he became the owner of several newspapers that were merged to form a daily newspaper, the Mirror and American, and a weekly paper, the Mirror and Farmer. Clarke, though not trained in the publishing business, was determined to make the newspaper one of the best in the country and soon succeeded in raising the circulation from a few hundred to one of the highest in New England.

Likely most of those reading this have never heard of Clarke; nevertheless, his influence in the publishing business and thus on the knowledge and opinions of New Hampshire citizens was far reaching. Moore, in writing about John Clarke indicated that one of the desirable responsibilities the newspapers of that day was to “report the sayings and doings of Christianity”. The implication was that Clarke followed that principle in his publications, and though probably few American newspapers adhere to such a rule today, See SMITH on 23

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it was a common practice in years past, with some newspapers even printing complete sermons of popular Christian preachers. Clarke’s ancestors were Puritans and he personally was a member of the Congregational Church in Manchester with a faithful attendance record and the holder of various offices. He promoted many causes that he felt would improve the city (town then) and state he resided in. He kept the paper from taking political positions until the Civil War broke out when he used it to promote Republican agendas, though he refused to become a candidate for a political office, feeling that such would not be appropriate for a man in his position. However, he did become a delegate to the convention in Baltimore that nominated Abraham Lincoln for a second term as President. He promoted education and put his money where his mouth was by personally contributing prize money for students involved in school reading and speaking competitions and was known for his liberal giving to many deserving causes. His childhood experience in farming was not put completely in the past as John’s interest in agriculture continued throughout his life which was shown by his involvement

ing leader in his own state. He married Susan Greeley Moulton of Gilmanton who was a descendent of John Moulton. His biographer, Moore, said of his journalistic skills that “… his paper seemed to echo

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Governor Sununu with members of the Lawton family of Funspot after their discussion on his “Saving Summers’ program.(L to R) Steve Lawton, Randy Lawton, Governor Sununu, Bob Lawton, David Lawton, Starr Lawton and Brendan Smith from the Weirs Times. ed since the season is already short, sending kids back to school early also affects the ability to bring in the harvest. The biggest concern from those opposed to an after Labor Day start is that with a few snow days the school year will stretch out later and into

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death rituals before. The late Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone’s funeral, after he perished in a plane crash, reeked of electoral opportunism before the 2002 midterms. In front of 21,000 Minnesotans who had gathered to pay tribute to the man, his family and other aides who died in the tragic accident, Democratic leaders gracelessly turned the memorial into a 3.5-hour campaign rally to elect Wellstone’s standin. Campaign treasurer Rick Kahn led a chorus of boos directed at then Sen. Majority Leader Trent Lott, who had traveled from Mississippi to pay his respects, and former GOP Sen. Rod Grams. Then-Governor Jesse Ventura, an independent, condemned the circus and said the Democrats’ grandstanding “drove the first lady (Ventura’s wife, Terry) to tears;” the couple walked out in protest. GOP senatorial candidate Norm Coleman went on to defeat Wellstone’s replacement, the dinosaur Walter Mondale, in what political observers from both sides of the aisle agree was a passionate voter backlash against the funeral fecklessness. But the main reason for self-restraint, of course, is not electoral self-preservation. It’s soul preservation. Sniping about partisan politics on any pulpit or any platform after anyone of any stature has died is just plain petty. Such uAnhinged diatribes diminish the rants more than the targets of the rants. The deeds of the dead should speak for themselves. All else is futile sound and fury, grotesque pomp and theater, meaningless dust in the madefor-TV wind. Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

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Republicans; she was arrested. Several more feminist protesters showed up dressed as cast members of “The Handmaid’s Tale”; other feminists simply screamed at the top of their lungs during the hearing, forcing their ejection. Planned Parenthood Action tweeted, “This is what the resistance looks like, and we’re going to fight like hell to #StopKavanuagh.” The screaming, needless to say, did not work. And so, the Democrats deployed the next prong of their attack: whining. First, a bevy of leftist commentators on Twitter deployed to inform Americans that Zina Bash, a former Kavanaugh law clerk, was secretly utilizing a white supremacy signal while sitting behind Kavanaugh. Amy Siskind of The Weekly List tweeted, “What fresh hell is this!!!??? Kavanaugh’s assistant Zina Bash giving the white power sign right behind him during the hearing? This alone should be disqualify!!!” Eugene Gu, a Twitter celebrity doctor, called the supposed sign a “national outrage and a disgrace to the rule of law.” Video of Bash earned millions of views on Twitter within a few hours. There’s only one problem: Bash is half-Mexican and half-Jewish, and her paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Oops. But more whining was in order. Fred Guttenberg, the father of a Parkland shooting victim, stated that he tried to introduce himself to Kavanaugh but Kavanaugh wouldn’t shake his hand. Again, there was only one problem: That never happened. White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah explained: “As Judge Kavanaugh left for his lunch break, an unidentified individual approached him. Before the Judge was able to shake his hand, security had intervened.” Here’s the truth: Judicial hearings are largely useless at this point. Thanks to the destruction of Reagan nominee Judge

Robert Bork in 1987, judicial nominees know not to answer direct questions about judicial rulings and philosophy, and senators know to only ask questions most likely to land them on television. With that in mind, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., should simply bring up Kavanaugh for a vote and end this circus. But he won’t. The circus will continue. Our politics will continue to degrade. Anybody who thinks President Trump is the sole performer under the big top should realize that the circus has three rings, and Democrats occupy at least one of them. Ben Shapiro, 34, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is The New York Times best-selling author of “Bullies.” He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com.

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Constitution’s separation of powers protects individual liberty.” That was good to hear. As a judge in D.C., Kavanaugh voted to strike down some environmental rules. “I like the idea of clean air and clean water,” says Shapiro, “but the EPA has taken a lot of liberties.” Kavanaugh is also likely to reject new gun control laws. “I think libertarians will like the pushback on government excess,” predicts Shapiro. But conservatives have more reason to be happy than libertarians. As a circuit court judge, Kavanaugh ruled that the NSA was justified in collecting metadata on Americans as part of its surveillance program. Kavanaugh volunteered to write that decision, enthusiastically arguing that preventing terrorist attacks was a “special need.” But the government never could point to an instance where monitoring all of America’s communications has ever prevented an attack. “That’s his worst case,” says Shapiro. “He has

29 a lot of good opinions on... police needing a warrant (and opposing) laws drawn so broadly that prosecutors are convicting people who are not guilty... Clearly, he defers to the government on national security grounds, but most judges and justices do anyway.” Libertarians should be happy, Shapiro says. “The fact that we’re looking around the edges to see what sorts of things (libertarians) can disagree on shows how far we’ve moved in 10, 20 or 30 years.” Right. If a Kavanaugh Court moves even a little in the direction of restraining government, that’s progress. John Stossel is author of “No They Can’t! Why Government Fails -- But Individuals Succeed.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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for regional and foreign militaries; Iran, Russia, Turkey. American Ambassador Nikki Haley warned, “The United States has been very clear, with Russia and with the broader international community: we consider any assault on Idlib to be a dangerous escalation of the conflict in Syria. If Assad, Russia, and Iran continue, the consequences will be dire.” But besides the tragic humanitarian consequences of a renewed offensive, I reiterate there’s the real risk of more refugees fleeing into neighboring Turkey and then in turn towards Western Europe as in the fateful summer of 2015 when more than a million migrants flooded into Germany and Sweden. This is the unspoken outcome; another renewed migrant surge. Syria remains a conflict of bewildering complexity. Will Idlib become another bloody bookmark in the annals of recent humanitarian disasters such as Ghouta or Aleppo? Looking through the wider geopolitical lens, Russia appears to have stabilized the Assad re-

gime, an old Soviet client state since the 1960’s. Islamic Iran has expended huge sums of blood and treasure in supporting Syria’s Shiite Muslim minority. Yet this adventure has weakened Teheran’s regime and has met with widening domestic protests. Turkey has faced the humanitarian consequence of a war next door but has equally played a dangerous and nefarious game in supporting or attacking minority Kurdish factions. American power is focused on fighting Islamic State, offering humanitarian aid and supporting an elusive UN political solution. The French delegate warned, “The situation is alarming; Syria is on the edge of the abyss.” John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Divided Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

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