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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, September 22, 2016
VOLUME 25, NO. 38
THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, september 22, 2016
COMPLIMENTARY
A Tribute to Sarah Josepha Hale
The Laconia Fire Department displayed this American Flag at last year’s Military Appreciation Day at Funspot. On Saturday, October 1st, along with the Appreciation Day, there will also be the first Red, White & Brew Craft Beer and starr lawton Photo Wine Festival where the proceeds will benefit the Veterans Count organization.
First Annual Red, White & Brew Festival At Funspot to Help Support Veterans On Saturday, October 1st, the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in the Weirs will be hosting the Red, White & Brew Craft Beer and Wine Festival and Military Appreciation Day from 2-5pm. All of the proceeds from the Red White & Brew
event will go to benefit the Veterans Count Lakes Region Chapter, the fundraising arm of Easter Seals Military and Veterans Services which provides resources and services to veterans, service members and their families. T h e F estival w i l l b e
held outside under two tents and will feature over 30 craft beer and wine tables for tasting as well as fall themed food offerings from T-Bones catering and live music by The Crush. There will also be various local artisans who will be displaying and
selling their wares, some of the money which will be donated back to Veterans Count. Those who buy tickets for the festival will also have the opportunity to take part in a silent auction featuring some classic sports memorabilia See veterans on 32
At the Gilmanton Historical Society, Tuesday, Sept. 27th at 7:30pm. A native of Newport, New Hampshire, America’s first female editor, Sarah Josepha Hale, made Godey’s Lady’s Book the most influential women’s magazine of its time. She is also known as the author of the poem “Mary’s Lamb” and for her efforts over three decades to have Thanksgiving decreed a national holiday. In this living history set in 1866, Sharon Wood portrays Ann Wyman Blake, a resident of West Cambridge, Massachusetts speaking of her admiration for Hale. As Blake, Wood shares stories of Hale’s many accomplishments while living in Boston, including an editorial career that spanned five decades. The program is sponsored by New Hampshire Humanities. The program, at Old Town Hall in Gilmanton Iron Works. Social hour and refreshments begin at 7pm.
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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, September 22, 2016
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Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 2 local favorites on stage with $2 drafts and 2-for-1 apps after 8pm! 293-0841
Silent Film Series “The Freshman”
Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551
Modern Western Square Dance Lessons
Leavitt Park Clubhouse, 334 Elm Street, Laconia. 7-8:30pm. Weekly lessons Thursdays through May. Singles, couples and families are welcomed. Great exercise! First lesson is free, after that it’s $6pp. Casual attire. Refreshments available. 253-9518 or 279-4548 for more info.
Belknap County Sportsmen’s Chicken BBQ Dinner feat. Guest Speaker Kevin Skarupa
Belknap County Sportsmen’s Club House, Lily Pond Road, Gilford. Doors open at 5pm. Kevin Skarupa, WMUR’s Meteorologist, will be the guest speaker and his topic will be “100 Years of Weather History in New Hampshire”. A maximum of 110 tickets will be available for club members and non-members on a first come basis. The dinner menu will consist of bbq chicken, corn on the cob, homemade potato salad and dessert. BYOB. Tickets are $15pp. 267-6185
after completing the trivia game. The maze will be open seven days a week and the last admission to the maze is one hour before the farm closes. Visit www.moultonfarm.com for more info.
a wedded member of the Wilmot Farmers Market Community. The market runs every Saturday through September.
Thurs. 22nd – October 1st
Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. Rotating styles each week. 293-0841
Steel Magnolias – Live Performance
Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm with 2pm matinee performances on Monday, September 26th, and Wednesday , September 28th. www.jeansplayhouse.com or 745-2141
Friday 23rd 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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Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahly
Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551
Jon Butcher with Bruce Marshall
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm. $20pp. www.rochesteroperahouse.com or 335-1992
Moulton Farm’s Annual Corn Maze Opens
Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. Admission to the corn maze is $7pp with a special rate of $5 per child 6 and under. Included with admission are a maze trivia game and a snack
Saturday 24th Wilmot Farmers Market
The Town Green, 9 Kearsarge Road, Wilmot. 9am-noon. Have breakfast, peruse the vendor tents and become
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12th Annual Harvest Festival
Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. A celbration of agricultural life and accompanying historic crafts, trades, traditions and pastimes. Demonstrations, wagon rides, vendors, farm animals, live music, seasonal games and more! $10/ages 11 and up, $5/ages 5-10 and under 5 are free. 323-7591
Franklin Animal Shelter’s 2nd Annual “Paws in the Park”
Odell Park, Franklin. 8:30am-2pm. Beginning at 8:30am, there will be the “Paws Walk”, after the walk the fun continues with live dog demonstrations, vendors, chowder competition and plenty of fun! Mix 94.1 will be doing a live broadcast from 11am-1pm. www. franklinanimalshelter.com or 9347163
G.A.L.A. Community Contra Dance
Wolfeboro Town Hall’s ‘Great Hall’, Wolfeboro. 7pm-10pm. Dances are a fun and energizing night out for all ages and abilities, even if you prefer to cheer on other dancers from the sideline and just listen to the lively music! $8/adults, $5/kids, free for kids 5 and under. 539-6460 or www. galacommunity.org
1st Annual Kid Stuff Family FunFest!
Whaleback Mountain, Enfield. 10am3pm. Among the highlights; Magician, Andrew Pinard, Vertical Dreams climbing walls, Upper Valley Bounce House, Upper Valley DJ, L.L. Bean demos, free family yoga, King Arthur samplings, CCBA fitness obstacle course, dance demos, a ton of make and take crafts, great shopping, a fast food court and more! Entry to the event will be a donation to The Haven of a toiletry or non-perishable food item, otherwise, entry fee is $5 per car.
“Spirit of the Maker” – Demonstration with Carrie Cahill-Mulligan
League of NH Craftsmen, 279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. 11am2pm. The public is invited to meet and speak with Carrie, ask questions about her craft and see how she creates her beautiful felted hats. Handcrafted with 50 percent llama fiber (which is eight times warmer than sheep’s wool), these hats are not only luxurious but they are also extremely hard-wearing. 279-7920
The Garcia Project
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com or 3351992
Annual Chili Challenge at Waterville Valley
Town Square, Waterville Valley. Noon till 4pm. Sampling fee of $7.50/adult, $5/children. Try each contenders chili and cast a vote for the best of the best! Live music and beer tent. 1-800468-2553
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The History of Manchester’s Theaters The Manchester Historic Association recently unveiled new exhibit at the Millyard Museum entitled, “It’s Showtime: A History of Manchester’s Theaters.” This exhibit showcases the Palace Theater – which is beginning its second century as a cultural fixture in the city – as well as the many iconic theaters that live on in the memories of Manchester residents, such as the State, the Strand, the Lyric, the Modern, the Vitaphone, the Crown and so many others. Extraordinary photos from the MHA’s own collection will be complemented by artifacts, posters, costumes, memorabilia and mementoes from the Vaudeville and Burlesque era right through to the city’s many motion picture palaces. “It’s Showtime: A History of Manchester’s Theaters,” will be on display in the Millyard Museum, which is located at 200 Bedford Street, through December 17. For more information, call 603-622-7531, or contact the MHA via e-mail at history@manchesterhistoric.org
The Norman Magic Experience In Rochester On Saturday October 8th at 7pm The Norman Magic Experience will be at the Rochester Opera House. This is an exciting family friendly fusion of magic, comedy, and audience participation, featuring never before seen magic and laugh out loud comedic situations. With fresh and dynamic energy, nationally renowned magician Norman Ng combines original and amazing magic tricks with a unique style of storytelling. He involves the audience in ways no other performer does. He gets the audience to react in ways they never thought they could. He swings stuff, smashes stuff, and makes hundreds of people suspend their disbelief with every show. Norman Ng has performed throughout North America for over 24 years. His show has been featured on the TV Show, Penn and Teller Fool Us, and various online venues. Tickets are $14-18. Reserve tickets online or call/stop by the box office (603) 335-1992, W/F from 12-5pm and 1-hour before the show. Cash Bar. Under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult. The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse.com for more information.
Belmont Historical Society Hosts Program on: Benedict Arnold On Tuesday, Sept. 20th at 7pm at the Belmont Corner Meeting House located at the intersection of Fuller St & Sargent St in Belmont. George Morrison, a retired history teacher from Bow, NH, takes us along an interesting journey through New England, Québec Province, and New York exploring historic and modern images about Benedict Arnold The program is sponsored by the Belmont Historical Society with funding from the NH Humanities. This program is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served. Funding has been provided through a grant from the NH Humanities, Humanities to Go speakers bureau. Learn more at www.nhhumanities.org
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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, September 22, 2016
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The SAT Factor
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
Now that the primaries are over and I know who my Republican and Democrat opponents for governor of New Hampshire are it is time to get down to business. In case you haven’t been paying attention and constantly looking down at your smartphone, I am running for governor once again under the Flatlander Ticket. I won’t be on the ballot, so if you want to vote for me you will have to write my name in. It certainly isn’t easy to mount a write-in campaign. Write-in candidates hardly ever stand a chance of winning since most voters have been pre-conditioned by the “SAT Factor.� I have written about this in the past and I thought it important to bring it up again since it is very important and I really have no other ideas for a column this week. Most of you have taken SATs when you were in school. It was a test to see how smart you were and how expensive your college education would be. The smarter you are, the better the college, the more it would cost. In the SATs you get a bunch of questions and then, nine times out of ten, you take a wild guess and fill in the corresponding box next to the answer you hope and pray is correct. Those who guess the most correct answers win the privilege of spending
the most for college. We were prepared for the SATs by taking similar guessing tests throughout our school years and by the time you are an adult, it is a preconditioned human trait. Most polling places still work with the SAT model. Voters will be handed a large sheet of thick stock paper with a bunch of names on it. Next to the names will be those little boxes that you have been familiar with since middle school. Often there will be another piece of paper with this one. It will usually be a surprise to the voter since they weren’t expecting this. It will have a lot of words on it that make no sense that will try as ambiguously as possible to explain something or other the town or city or state needs to do or not to do. You will never make heads or tail of it no matter how hard you try and so, on the bottom of the page will be a “Yes� or a “No� and next to them those familiar and comforting boxes to fill in. You could leave them blank, but your SAT conditioning won’t let you, so you choose one and fill it in hoping you made the correct choice. About six months later you will find out what exactly it was you voted for when you get your new tax bill or a road is suddenly being built through your living room. Anyway, back to the ballot with all the names on it.. Usually you will know two names in advance, the Republican or Democrat, and you’ll fill in one of the boxes (something else we have been preconditioned to do). You will vote for familiar things like president and senator and even unfamiliar and vague positions like
Registrar of Deeds that you know nothing about. Still, you fill in one of the boxes anyway and hope your deeds remain safe. After the list of names for each position there will be a box that has no name next to it. This is where you would write in someone’s name. In the case of governor, that would hopefully be me. This is new and unfamiliar territory. When you took those SATs there were no such options. There was always an answer to choose from and you never had to actually know the correct answer and write it in, that wouldn’t have been fair. So, why in the world would anyone ever take the time to fill in that box and write-in a name? It simply isn’t programmed into our DNA. That is why my campaign is a difficult one. I have to convince people to go beyond years of conditioning in filling in that box and voting for either the Republican or Democrat and take a step they are not comfortable with. At this point I’m still not sure how to do that except to simply ask them to do it. Still, if I can figure out a way to have people overcome this preconditioning and actually fill in the box and write-in my name, it might all be for naught anyway. You see, where I live, after you filled out those thick stocked pieces of paper you have to bring them over and gently place them in a machine that looks suspiciously like a shredder. Maybe they’ve already decided who won. Visit Brendan’s website at www.BrendanTSmith. com
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Insulting Our Intelligence To the Editor: It occurred to me to ask my wife if she thought we were among the “basket of deplorables” that Clinton said makes up 50% of Trump’s supporters. “No,” she assured me. Perhaps we are part of the other half that is “frustrated by hard times and merit(s) sympathy” according to Hillary. I think maybe we belong to a third group – a group that is simply paying close attention. When the DNC chair was forced to resign in disgrace after being caught red handed trying to tilt the election in Hillary’s favor, thereby depriving Bernie Sanders supporters of their rights, Hillary named her honorary chairwoman of her campaign instead of admonishing such blatantly unethical behavior. We also recall that months ago, when asked if her server was “wiped”, she responded by asking “... with a cloth or something?” Come to find out that even when using sophisticated file shredding technology it can be difficult to eliminate every trace of those yoga lessons and other interesting tidbits. For example, we now know that if you are an executive with the Clinton Foundation and want to get diplomatic State Department passports under the table, you could just send an email to Madame Secretary’s top aid, Huma Abedin. That’s among a number of emails that we’re pretty sure they hoped would never see the
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light of day. Considering all the smoking guns, perhaps we aren’t quite so racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise deplorable as Hillary suggested. However, we surely are frustrated as are millions of Americans who have grave concerns with the prospect of electing such a blatantly corrupt individual as Hillary Clinton to the most powerful job on earth. Jim Buttolph Rumney, NH.
Support Johnson/ Weld To The Editor: The Libertarian ticket of Johnson for President and Weld for Vice President provides a huge amount of executive experience acquired when they were governors of their states. I believe governors are the most qualified politicians to ascend to the Presidency. With this ticket we have a former governor available to assume the Presidency. Johnson and Weld believe in limited government intrusion while operating within the bounds of the Constitution, which places them in line with current public sentiment. They are fiscal conservatives and social liberals. In comparison, Clinton is untrustworthy and is for big government and the promotion of welfare programs. Trump is an extremist who could ignore the Constitution and get us into deep trouble in the world. He is not qualified to be President.
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.
We need experienced, trustworthy, and normal people leading our country. Support the Johnson/ Weld ticket in the polls so they can participate in the Presidential debates. Donald Moskowitz Londonderry, NH
Death Tax To The Editor: Actually, I can’t tell you who to vote for. But I can tell you who not to vote for: Do not vote for any candidate, at any level, of any party, who supports lowering or doing away the (federal) Estate tax (euphemistically known as the “Death Tax” in certain quarters). Such candidates are usually Republican, but there are a few Democrats sprinkled in. Why not vote for them? Because the Estate Tax only affects the top 2 tenths of the wealthiest people in the country. That is, 80% of the top 1% do not even pay this tax upon death. So, any politician who tells you doing away with the “death tax” will be good for the country, is lying. This is a politician who is not representing his or her constituents, but pandering to the wealthiest campaign donors. Disregard this advice if you and your spouse are leaving an estate over $11,000,000. Otherwise, take it. Michael Frandzel Portsmouth, NH.
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Recently I found a half dozen or so of my grandchildren all sitting on the same swing and, as I began to exhort them about the possible dangers of their action, they informed me that they had set a world record for having the most people on one swing. We live in a day when people seem to take great pleasure in “making history” by accomplishing something that has never been done before. So I made personal history in 1956. I graduated from high school! From Laconia High School, right here in New Hampshire. Let me tell you about that class of sixty years ago. First, let me point out that in writing this I followed the advice of my Journalism teacher, William Morrison, by not starting a story with “the”. “a”, or “an”. Furthermore, I will endeavor to heed the instruction of English teacher, Richard Benshimol and “get away from get” by not using that word again in this account of the class of 1956. I probably wouldn’t remember that if Mr. Benshimol, also Class Sponsor, had not made us write down in a notebook his rules for the use of English . Moreover, because I still have my Chemistry notes, I can tell you that Howard Wagner guided us in beginning experiments he labeled water to wine, making a flash abin R rubber, st yofC light, ucolored ic z fire, and o s
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Mulan vs. The Diversity-Mongers Let’s get down to business. The casting kerfuffle over Disney’s live-action remake of the 1998 animated hit “Mulan” brings honor by Michelle Malkin to none. It’s a Syndicated Columnist politically correct tempest in a Chinese teapot. More than 90,000 angry activists have now signed a petition “to tell Disney that we demand to see them cast an Asian Mulan.” The lead instigator, Michigan children’s librarian Natalie Molnar, vented against the practice of “whitewashing” -- that is, employing “white Caucasian actors and actresses in roles originally meant to be characters of color.” Extreme racial and ethnic beancounting is necessary, even in the remake of a cartoon, the petitioners argue, because “children benefit from finding themselves represented in fiction.” Skin color-based casting entitlements and quotas: “for the children.” Of course. Once again, privileged progressives demonstrate how arbitrary, capricious and ridiculous militant identity politics can be. Last year, Asian-American leftists attacked director Cameron Crowe for casting Emma Stone as a mixed-race character in the romantic comedy “Aloha.” It didn’t matter whether Stone pulled off the role. The protesters were too busy administering racial and ethnic litmus tests for employment in the entertainment industry. This year, grievance-mongers moaned about the casting of mixed-race actress Zoe Saldana as black jazz legend Nina Simone
and white actress Scarlett Johansson as a Japanese Manga cartoon figure. In social justice land, moviemaking isn’t about casting the most talented actors, regardless of race or ethnicity. Movie-making isn’t about entertaining customers or making money. Nope. Movie-making is a never-ending exercise in radical multiculturalism and identity apartheid. The diversity cops maintain that only the right kind of mixed-race stars should play mixed-race characters. Only the right kind of black actresses should win black roles. And only Asians should be cast in “Mulan” to maintain ethnic realism. But there’s no rhyme, reason or logic in their demands for authenticity. Take “Mulan.” The original movie was riddled with historical inaccuracies. Based on the legend of teenage warrior Hua Mulan popularized in an ancient Chinese ballad, the heroine disguises herself as a man to take the place of her elderly father in battle -- “to defeat the Huns,” as the song from the movie goes. But the Huns were thousands of miles away sacking Rome and Western Europe. The “Huns” who attacked the legendary Mulan in 6th-century China were mostly likely related to the central Asian Xiongnu tribe in what became Mongolia, which warred with the Han dynasty in the 3rd century. Movie historian Alex von Tunzelmann notes “that was at least a couple [of] hundred of years before Mulan’s time, and in any case the link between the Xiongnu and the Huns is in dispute.” Unfortunately for social justice warriors, “Let’s get down to business/to defeat the nomadic tribe that was possibly the Xiongnu in
The Clinton Diagnosis
With the Clintons, mistrust always pays. A couple of weeks ago, Hillary was yukking it up by Rich Lowry with Jimmy Syndicated Columnist Kimmel over the absurdity of rumors that she was hiding something about her health. Look, she can open a pickle jar! That feels so long ago now that her campaign has admitted that she was indeed hiding something about her health -- a pneumonia diagnosis. Some of the diagnoses from afar of Hillary’s purported illnesses have been elaborate fantasies, and she might have really been fit as a fiddle when she opened the famous pickle jar. But through her secretive handling of her pneumonia, she has, once again, shown how it See malkin on 34 never pays to trust a Clinton.
Bill and Hillary have a way of treating the credibility of their allies as a disposable commodity, in this case including the credibility of a protective media. The press had worked itself into a lather about the illegitimacy of inquiries into Hillary’s health. They were repaid by Clinton leaving reporters behind without notice at the Sept. 11 memorial; nearly collapsing when she was out of their view (the incident was captured on video by a bystander); giving them a wave and a misleading “feeling great” outside of Chelsea Clinton’s apartment, where she had gone to recover; and leaving them behind yet again to go to her home in Chappaqua and see a doctor. Her campaign initially said Hillary “overheated” (on a gorgeous and mild morning in New York City). Can happen to anyone, right? Well, yes -- and especially someone walking around with a case of pneumonia. See lowry on 34
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idents, Prime Ministers and Kings will convene in New York next week for the opening of the 71st Genby John J. Metzler eral Assembly Syndicated Columnist of the United Nations. The annual Autumn session meets amid trying to solve or at least contain growing conflicts, a surge in refugees, terrorism and a nuclear armed North Korea, also faces the continuing challenge of empowering economic and social development. Yet contrary to many of the past sessions, there’s far less political “buzz” or expectation and indeed there’s a hint of dispirited resignation. Though last year’s celebratory 70th anniversary session presented high profile politicos and even Pope Francis to advance lofty political goals, this Assembly meets in a vaguely melancholic mood, where the undertow of the bloody Syrian war, the entrenched crises in Congo, Libya and Sudan and the looming threat from a nuclear armed North Korean regime remain stubbornly unsolved and elusive. There’s an end of an era mood too, as the ten-year tenure of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, a South Korean, is ending. An election campaign has been going
on for months with ten candidates vying for the position of the Chief executive of the 193 member state organization. Though regional geographical representation has deemed this is the “turn” of an Eastern European and preferably a woman candidate, there’s a furious behind the scenes jockeying for favorites which is equally tinged by frosty relations between Washington and Moscow, two key veto holding power brokers. Syria’s civil war has churned on for five years; over 500,000 people mostly civilians have been killed. Cities have been turned into rubble. Millions of refugees have fled the country. While a tenuous cease fire is finally holding, the crisis begs for a comprehensive political settlement. Though the UN and international humanitarian relief agencies have done an amazing job in alleviating the symptoms of the conflict, solving the root cause of the problem remains remote. Political deadlock in the UN Security Council between the USA and Russia makes a lasting settlement more elusive. Indeed the geopolitical aftershocks of the so -called Arab Spring continue with violence, destabilization and attacks on the ancient Christian communities in Syria, Iraq and even Egypt. Chaos in Libya and Yemen continues. Ethnic conflict in Sudan’s now forsaken Darfur region as well as a flareup in fighting in South Sudan, Congo and the perennial Somali
tragedy continue. The dangerously percolating crisis in Ukraine which has killed 9,600 continues to worsen. On the eve of the Assembly, Ban Ki-moon outlined three key challenges facing the session,
“First, the international community must come together in a spirit of shared responsibility for the world’s refugees and migrants.” He stressed the UN is holding a special Summit on Refugees and
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Election Year Books Election year politics generates much rhetoric and confusion. And the media often adds its spin. But, fortunately, there are some books by Thomas Sowell around that Syndicated Columnist deal with reality and can cut through the nonsense. Most of these books were not written during this election year, but what they presented can be very eye-opening on the issues raised by politicians this year. If you are concerned about issues involved when some people want to expand the welfare state and others want to contract it, then one of the most relevant and insightful books is “Life at the Bottom” by Theodore Dalrymple. It was not written this year and is not even about the United States, much less our current presidential or other candidates. What makes “Life at the Bottom” especially relevant and valuable is that it is about the actual consequences of the welfare state in England -- which are remarkably similar to the consequences in the United States. Many Americans may find it easier to think straight about what happens, when it is in a country where the welfare recipients are overwhelmingly whites, so that their behavior cannot be explained away by “a legacy of slavery” or “institutional racism,” or other such evasions of facts in the United States. As Dr. Dalrymple says: “It will come as a surprise to American readers, perhaps, to learn that the majority of the British underclass is white, and that it demonstrates all the same social pathology as the black underclass
in America -- for very similar reasons, of course.” That reason is the welfare state, and the attitudes and behavior it promotes and subsidizes. Another and very different example of the welfare state’s actual consequences is “The New Trail of Tears” by Naomi Schaefer Riley. It is a painful but eye-opening account of life on American Indian reservations. People on those reservations have been taken care of by the federal government for more than a hundred years. They have lived in a welfare state longer than any other minority in America. What have been the consequences? One consequence is that they have lower incomes than any other minority -- including other American Indians, who do not live on reservations, and who are doing far better on their own. The economic plight of people on the reservations is by no means the worst of it. The social problems are heart-breaking. As just one example, the leading cause of death, among American Indian boys from 10 to 14 years of age, is suicide. As regards black Americans, there is much talk about the role of police. If you want a book that cuts through the rhetoric and confusion, and deals with hard facts, then “The War on Cops” by Heather Mac Donald does precisely that. On racial issues in general, the best economic survey is “Race and Economics” by Professor Walter Williams of George Mason University. Just the table on page 35, showing unemployment rates among black and white teenagers, going all the way back to 1948, should demolish all the rhetoric and spin that tries to conceal the deadly effects of minimum wage laws on unemployment among See Sowell on 34
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Admission $8. per person; free for Wright Museum members. Reservations Strongly Recommended, call 603-569-1212 for more info. Doors open one hour before the program begins. Thanks to Lakes Region Coca-Cola Bottling Company for their Support of the Wright’s 2016 Special Events.
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Laconia High basketball team players include #12 Dean Leighton and # 4 Don Harper. smith from 5
basketball games. Jim Casey and Dean Leighton were co-captains of the basketball team for the 1955-56 season coached by Mr. Watson. Class officers for the LHS class of 1956 were President Richard Perley, Vice-President Lawrence Simoneau, Secretary Beverly Fay, and Treasurer Normand Lacasse. Representing the class on the Student Council were Charlie Clark, Helen King, Artie Perdikis, and Penny Pitou (yes, the Olympic skier). According to the school newspaper, The Lakonian, in its Feb. 29, 1956 issue, three members of the class of 1956
were among those qualifying to participate in the National Speech Tournament in Muskogee, Oklahoma. They were Norma Morin, William Bisson, and Wilburn Sims. The class was well represented by some Future Farmers of America members, including John Hodsdon in State Speaking Contests and Ralph Scribner (1956 FFA President) and Ray Hayes (Vice-President) who were awarded prizes for exhibits at the Eastern States Exhibition. Memories that come back of Laconia High School include the bells ringing to announce the end and beginning of classes, the walks through the halls
Laconia High School class of 1956 member Penny Pitou returning from the 1956 Winter Olympics in Italy. Principal Don Piper and Class President Dick Perley are among the greeters. with the Traffic Squad making sure the proper procedures are kept, going through the tunnel to the cafeteria in the building used by the classes involved with industrial arts, and my mechanical drawing class in that building. I recall the occasional assemblies for the whole student body, a welcome break from a class during that time, the study halls in the cafeteria when lunch was not being served, and the gym or physical educa-
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tion classes, including the tumbling (gymnastics, I guess), along with the outdoor sessions of touch football and the one time I carried the ball on a kickoff and returned it for a number of yards though neglecting to follow the blockers ahead of me. I remember making new friends, even though I was probably the shyest guy in the class, so shy that I was even passed over in the superlatives of 1956 under the shyest members of the class. There was the fellow student who sat beside me in Mr. Crowther’s biology class who talked me into playing some kind of penny flipping game, a game which ended when I realized I was losing all my pennies to him. It has been only a few years since I’ve reconnected with the class and would like to acknowledge the recent leadership of Cecily Ballou, and current Reunion Committee members Bev Robinson, Joyce Olsen. Bruce Papps, Saralee Wheeler, Norm Lacasse, Paula Moore, Bev Francoeur, Charlotte Bagley, Mary Jones, and Bob King. Note: I’ve used last names as they were in 1956. Being a sports enthusiast in high school also allowed one to appreciate the talents shown by the band, directed by Bernard Williams, and the cheerleaders, which during the
1955-6 year included two pairs of twins and winning First Place in the Manchester Union Cheerleading contest. I can almost hear the chants and cheers filling the gymnasium and the yell to “Go Sachems!” School Superintendent Rhoden Eddy wrote in the 1956 Lakon (the yearbook) that “ The interest manifested in ‘school spirit’ by the Laconia High School student body this year stirs me deeply. My feelings are a warm mixture of gratification- of elation – of hope.” The Yearbook was dedicated to Principal Donald F. Piper who was called the “Dad” of the student body. I had great respect for Mr. Piper. In concluding his message to the class of 1956 Mr. Piper quoted the admonition to “Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening.” Class of 1956 President Richard L. Perley wrote, “These good things that we have and are now experiencing will lead us on to better and more interesting things, while the old ones are set aside to look back upon whenever we wish. ” The Class of 1956 is gathering together on Saturday, September 17th , setting aside that day to look back and remember.
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SPORTS STREAKING! “He runs to the 50! He runs to the 40! The guy is drunk, but there he goes. The 20! They’re chasing him ― they’re not going to get him. Waving his arms, bare-chested, somebody stop that man! Oh, they got him. They’re coming from the left. Oh! And they tackle him at the 40-yard line!” – radio announcer Kevin Harlan describing a streaker on the field during a 49er-Seahawk NFL game. More than one person called the streaker incident “the most exciting part of the game.” The contest was indeed one-sided and the crowd loved it. Admit it. We sometimes secretly root for the underdog villain to triumph against the overwhelming establishment power of “The Man.” And alert readers will recall a Sport-Thoughts column from years ago where I expressed my desire to one day leap from the Fenway Park stands and slide into second base. But let’s be clear. Streakers are lawbreakers. Of course. Especially the naked ones. This curious practice had its origins in 1974 and usually featured young people running around nude in public venues. Like most fads, this one largely died out (thankfully) but streakers occasionally do reappear. Such as at Game 4 of the 2016 NBA Finals when a streaker ran onto the court in Cleveland with “Trump Sucks!” painted on his bare chest. Alcohol was presumably involved.
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sizes, adding to the festivities. There are some interesting decorations on the tents and folks attending wear some of the funniest T-shirts you’ll ever see. Club members take part in serv-
ing and playing up the festivities to the willing public. Two years ago, a woman dressed like Vanna White stood next to a wheel with 33 different beer names the club brought (!!!) to help folks pick out which beer they will try. She would spin the wheel and whichever beer the pointer landed on, that’s the beer they got. Others walk around with a cockatiel (large parrot) on their shoulder sharing a whistle or two. If you are worried about people driving after a day of imbibing, there are ‘DD’ bracelets that people wear to help bring the partiers home safely. Strict rules apply here. Anyone seen with a beer and a DD bracelet are asked to leave with their party. This helps ease the local police captain’s worries. As the day dwindles, a huge bonfire is ignited to gather and stay warm by. Songs break out in every direction and competitions soon arise. Ultimately, people straggle back to their campsites, join their brew buddies and continue on long into the night. The following day, people slowly rise from their bleary sleep and begin tear-down and pack-up. Most everyone has departed by 3 pm but the work is not done. A well oiled machine of experienced workers cleans the site to pre-event condition so that they will be invited back the following year. All in all, it’s good fun with friends and acquaintances, old and new, sharing stories about beer and having a jolly laugh about life. Maybe we’ll see you next year at the New England H o m e br e we r s J a m bo ree!
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Have you noticed the daylight hours are waning, nights are cooler, and mornings are turning frosty? Nature has noticed these phenomenons for a number of weeks. Wild birds migrate for a variety of reasons; to escape foul weather, to search for a nesting site, or to locate consistent food sources. The real mystery of migration is not why birds perform this ritual but how. Just exactly how does a hummingbird that weighs less than 3 dimes travel each year for a total of 5,000 miles, including a 500 mile non-stop journey over the Gulf of Mexico, and arrive within a yard of last year’s home territory? How does an artic tern accomplish an annual, roundtrip of over 22,000 miles from Alaska to Antarctic? Did you know that long distance, transoceanic migrants can spend over 1000 miles in the air in a single span without landing? How do they flap their wings so long? Do birds migrate at night, using the stars as navigation or during the day using aerial landmarks? The path during the migration route is fraught with dangers. Some of these natural and unnatural threats are predation, hunting, habitat loss, window collisions, human lighting that confuses navigation, etc. Wild birds can travel at speeds up to 50 miles per hour, depending on wind conditions, the bird species, and the path of the flight. Research has document-
ed homing pigeons covering 1,000 miles in just 36 hours. For example, a shearwater, a European sea bird, was removed from its burrow in Wales, flown over 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to Boston and released. This remarkable bird navigated its way back to the original Wales nesting territory in only 12 days! There has been much research on how birds accomplish these enormous trips using homing pigeons as the basis of their analysis. Pigeons, like most birds, are active during the daytime. They use the sun’s position in the sky as a form of compass. As the sun’s position changes throughout the day, the pigeon automatically compensates for these changes. Migration is a fascinating topic for many people. We will continue with our column to inform you about the many aspects of the exodus of wild birds throughout the world. Enjoy your birds!! Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve White is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at major conventions in Atlanta and St. Louis as well as the host of WEZS 1350AM radio show “Bird Calls” with Lakes Region Newsday @ 8:30AM. Wild Bird Depot has donated over $5,000 to local rehabilitators and local nature centers since 1996. Be sure
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Saturday 1st Red, White and Brew Fest and Military Appreciation Day – To Benefit Veterans Count
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the line connecting the tips of the stair treads. Calculating the angle of the cut for the railings is very simple. Once you have your railing posts in position and secure, you just clamp your bottom rail to the posts with the excess railing extending past the posts. Be sure the bottom railing is at least one inch above the tips of the stair nosings and that the railing is parallel with the sloped line created by the tips of the tread nosings. Use a pencil to carefully mark the line where the vertical posts are touching the railing. These will be your cut lines. Be sure to cut on the correct side of the line with your miter saw. Both the bottom and top railings need to be securely fastened to the vertical posts. Use screws that will not corrode and will penetrate deep into the posts. The last thing you want is a flimsy connection between the post and the railing. Pre-drill pilot holes so you don’t split the wood. One trick some carpenters use to ensure the railings are in the correct position is to use a giant piece of plywood that has been cut to create the parallelogram that the railings and posts create when all the pieces are connected. In other words, if you were to take a piece of plywood and rest the long edge on the stair tread nosing tips, the top long edge would be parallel to the stair nosings, but it would be too tall. Using a 4-foot level resting at the tip of the lower stair tread, you can make a mark up on the wood at the 34-inch level that meets the code requirement. If you make an identical mark using the level sitting on the top tread and then snap a line between those two marks, you’ve now created the top of your handrail. You can also trace where the sheet of wood contacts both posts. Use a saw to cut along the three odd lines and now you should end up with a parallelogram that fits nicely between the two posts. If you did everything right, the top line is also parallel with the bottom edge of the plywood. Your top cut line represents
where you hand will touch the top of the handrail as you go up and down the steps. As you stand back and look at this odd-shaped piece of wood, it should look good and uniform. This template will help you to ensure your angled cuts are right and provide you with guidance as to where you need to place the top and bottom handrails so they’re in the correct positions, allowing you to end up with a safe and sturdy stair railing. Need an answer? All of Tim’s past columns are archived for free at www. AsktheBuilder.com. You can also watch hundreds of videos, download Quick Start Guides and more, all for free.
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How do you say “Huh???” in Chinese? Heidi Yeung, editor for a South China Morning Post-owned website, is pushing for Korean-American Daniel Dae Kim to play the villainous role of Shan Yu -- in part because he has “almost identical cheekbones to the animated character.” Diversity! Additionally, she wants Japanese-American George Takei to play the Chinese Emperor and another Korean American, Margaret Cho, to play the Chinese matchmaker. So because the diversity-mongers’ choices look more vaguely Asian-ish, never mind the vast differences between their nationalities and heritages, they trump other nonAsian actors and actresses who must all step aside and bow down to the gods of ethnic faux-thenticity. If “whitewash” is the problem, why is fake yellow wash the solution? Michelle Malkin is a senior editor at Conservative Review. For more articles and videos from Michelle, visit ConservativeReview. com. Her email address is malkinblog@gmail.com.
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black teenagers. No community is better off for having large numbers of idle young males, hanging around with nothing to do except getting into trouble. Many other issues are covered in Professor Williams’ book, including racial discrimination in general and the effects of various government interventions in the economy which disproportionately create problems for lowincome minorities. Among my own books, “Basic Economics” is probably best for people who want to look up a variety of economic issues, ranging from rent control to tax policies and international trade policies. It is written in plain English and has been translated into 7 foreign languages, so apparently many people find it useful and understandable. For those who are especially interested in issues revolving around income distribution or the concentration of wealth, my “Wealth, Poverty and Politics” covers those issues and cuts through much political rhetoric on that subject. So does another book on that subject: “Who’s the Fairest of Them All?” by Stephen Moore. It was written four years ago, but it has a special relevance this year because Stephen Moore is now one of Donald Trump’s economic advisors. That is one of the very few hopeful signs this election year. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www. creators.com.
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It is a cliche in the press to say that Hillary hurts herself by not being more transparent. But coverups have their advantages. If things had bounced differently, Bill Clinton might have been able to get away with denying his affair with Monica Lewinsky; we might never have learned of Hillary’s private server; and Hillary’s pneumonia diagnosis might have been kept under wraps, too. Surely, the public had a right to know. Millions of people get pneumonia every year, and often it is easily treatable, yet the condition is serious enough that Hillary’s doctor told her to scale back her campaign schedule. The public interest in disclosure took a back seat to Hillary’s interest in not giving any more fodder to critics questioning her vigor. Clinton has now been caught being dishonest about an area where public skepticism is most justified. Politicians lying about or concealing health problems is a common feature of every political system the world over, democratic or totalitarian. Hillary would do well to adopt an uncharacteristic policy of complete transparency about her health records and perform the rest of the way without a disruption more serious than a stray sneeze. Even if she does, the handling of her pneumonia is a preview of how a second Clinton White House would operate. If she’s elected president, inevitably, some outlandish allegation will arise. The Clintons and their defenders will dismiss it as a hateful fantasy, before -when all other options are exhausted -- admitting it’s actually true. This is the Clinton pattern over a couple of decades of stoking, and validating, their critics’ distrust. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
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Migrants to work towards solutions. There are an estimated 65 million refugees in the world today, a larger number than at the end of WWII. His second point was Climate Change, “I am using every opportunity to push for the early entry into force of the Paris Agreement before the end of this year… Last week, the world’s two largest emitters, China and the United States, joined the Agreement. This was a major step forward.” But despite Ban’s bubbly enthusiasm, the Secretary General seems to forget that though the Obama Administration has eagerly signed on to the climate deal, under the U.S. Constitution any treaty MUST be ratified by the U.S. Senate. An inconvenient truth for many. The Third point he added, “while many conflicts are causing enormous pain, none is causing so much death, destruction and widespread instability as the worsening war in Syria.” Reflecting on his two terms as UN Secretary General, Ban conceded, “It has been a decade of progress and setback alike.” Acknowledging the bloody Syrian impasse, Ban again implored all countries “to end this catastrophic conflict.” When viewing a plethora of political violence especially in Africa and the Middle East, there’s the reality that many of the conflicts are not regionally confined, but through refugee flows, are dangerously spilling over into Europe and the USA. It’s long overdue to start solving the problems, and not just continue treating the tragic symptoms. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.
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Jeremy Clark moves fast up the Ragged Mountain Trail. The Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway is a 75-mile loop of hiking trails, the Greenway circles the Lake Sunapee area and connects Mount Sunapee, Ragged Mountain and Mount Kearsarge. To learn more about the all-volunteer Greenway visit their website at srkg.com.
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The Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Section 9, The Ragged Mountain Trail. New Canada Road leaves Route 4 just 1.8 miles north of its intersection of Route 11 in Andover and runs about 4 miles through to the ski area. The Ragged Mountain Trail begins about a mile up the road on the right at a gated logging road.
No snow on top of Ragged Mountain Resort yet but soon! We reached the summit of the ski area via the Ragged Mountain Trail from New Canada Road. That’s Mount Cardigan as spied from beneath Ragged’s six-pack chairlift. the high point of West Top that is reached by a short spur path on the left to a narrow ledge with some survey markings on it. Down again we went until we reached the intersection of the trails to Ragged’s highest peak, Old Top, and the continuation of the SRK Greenway down to the Section 9 southern terminus at Proctor Academy. We had hiked 4 miles at this point. Although Old Top and its fine ledges were just 4/10ths of a mile away daylight was getting short. Two years ago on a cold and windy day Jeremy and I snowshoed from Proctor Academy to Old Top. I know it’s a sweet summit. As much as I would have liked to continue I knew it was more than I should do so we turned back.
my shirt I had carried along. The hike down went quickly and soon we were back at Jeremy’s truck in the parking lot. He dropped me off at my car and I am sure he was headed straight to the Danbury Country Store for some chicken tenders or perhaps a slice of pizza. I was hungry too and I was happy to find some supper waiting for me when I arrived home. The trail from New Canada Road to the ski
There are nice view ledges along the way across Ragged’s ridge. From this south facing ledge there is a good view of Proctor Academy’s Ski Hill and Mount Kearsarge. Jeremy led me up and over West Top and then most of the way back up to the ski area before taking a short bushwhack to a ski trail. We hiked up until we connected to another trail and to the ski area’s work road. We followed the work road down. The sun was low on the horizon and the air was cooler and I was glad to pull on
area’s summit was a first hike up it for us both. The trail is very nice and I can’t believe it took me so long to find it. This trail and the trail up nearby Bog Mountain are described in detail in the AMC Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide. Have Fun.
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Estate Jewelry Diamonds • Coins Paintings • Vintage Comic Books • Pocket Watches Investment Grade Gold And Silver Bars SELLING & BUYING —HOUSE CALLS AVAILABLE —TUES. FREE APPRAISAL DAY!
Full-Time Positions Available for: MNAs , LNAs & Caregivers : (No experience necessary, we will train the right people)
2nd Shift: 2pm – 10pm 3rd Shift: 10pm – 6am
603-279-0100
11A Main Street, (St. James Street side) Meredith
Director of Community Relations Full-Time, Salaried Position Forestview Manor TRS LLC is an Assisted Living Community located in beautiful Meredith, New Hampshire. We have 76 Residents and are currently looking for a Director of Community Relations to complete our Director team. This position reports to our Executive Director and the primary function is to market our Community and all that it has to offer, with the ultimate goal of maintaining full occupancy.
I WILL BUY
This position’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Work with Executive Director to develop and maintain a successful marketing strategy. • Marketing and sales of our suites at all levels of care. • Tours of our Community: Absolute flexibility of time, required to meet with and tour with prospective leads at any time they request. • Follow up of these leads promptly • Develop and nurture community relationships. • Develop and nurture referral sources, for potential leads. • Maintain open communications with our Residents and their families, not only for potential referrals, but as potential references. • Administrative Organization, which includes creating and maintaining Resident files. • Handles marketing, promotional and educational advertising. • Public Relations spokesperson for our Community. • Monthly Newsletter. Our preference is experience in sales, with a successful close ratio, but we would be willing to train the right person. Please contact:
Christy Taylor, Taylor, Executive Eecutive Director Christy Director
Forestview Manor TRS LLC 153 Parade Road, Meredith, NH 03253 • 603-279-3121 • christy@forestviewmanor.com • Fax: 603-279-7300 • Mail
* Fine Antiques * Art * * Jewelry * Silver *
Judy A. Davis Antiques One Item or Entire Estate ~ Cash Paid For:
All Antiques: American and Continental furniture, paintings, oriental rugs and bronzes. Historical documents, old books and maps, nautical items, barometers and sextants. Old prints, movie and travel posters. Old photography, cameras and musical instruments. Gold and Silver U.S. and foreign coins. Civil war and all military items, guns, swords, medals and old flags. Old advertising, wooden and metal signs, old weathervanes, old pottery, old jugs, crocks and textiles, lamps and lighting, glass and china. Old toys, banks, trains, sports memorabilia and comic books. Over 35 years experience in the antique business. Chinese and Asian arts, jade, ceramics, oriental textiles, furniture and art. Classic cars and motorcycles, gas pumps, oil cans and signs 25 years and older. All estate and contemporary jewelry, diamond rings, brooches, Patek, Rolex, all watches and charm bracelets. All Fine Gold and Silver Jewelry. Sterling silver flatware, tea services, trays and all silver and gold. Certified by Gem School of America Member: New Hampshire Antique Dealers Assn.
603-496-1811
603-934-
jlake@metrocast.net
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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, September 22, 2016
B.C.
by Parker & Hart
The Winklman Aeffect
by John Whitlock
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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, September 22, 2016
Septemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ART WALK in Wolfeboro The Governor Wentworth Arts Council presents â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wolfeboroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ART WALK Saturday, Sept. 24th, 5pm to 8pm. This self-guided FREE tour of galleries and arts locations within the downtown corridor of Main Street (Rt.28) includes the following happenings: Doug Blumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery will be open. The Sabol Gallery and The Kalled Gallery will have refreshments and lots of local art works. The Art Place will feature Peter Ferberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new prints as well as providing wine and cheese. Artisans Corner will feature pastels by Polly Cain, have surprises and refreshments too. The Sandy Martin Gallery will present music by Cindy Duchin & Higher Ground plus refreshments as well. Art Council membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; painting and 3 dimensional work will be displayed and ready for sale this month in the open air at the Durgin Green (North Main St) downtown at Durgin Stables, weather permitting.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Island Hearthâ&#x20AC;? by Peter Ferber on display at the Art Place in Wolfeboro. On hand will be artwork by GWAC members plus a display by Maryle & Mike Connolly with hand made jewelry, fine art and sculptural metal works. Plus crafts person J. Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Onofrio will have bold contemporary hand knits for sale (If raining â&#x20AC;&#x201C; artists will not
be displaying.) Acoustic music provided by Tim Hazelton on the Green for your listening and dancing pleasure! Pick up a FREE informational Rack Card at named downtown Wolfeboro galleries and the Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce
which lists contact info. and a map of all the participants. You can easily identify the participating arts locations by a small poster hanging in the windows of the galleries. If you have never been to an art walk before, Wolfeboro ART WALK is a great one
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to visitâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all the Galleries are in a central area of Main Street downtown. The event is free and open to the public. For more details and questions about the ART WALK, please contact either of the co-chairs; Jeannette Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Onofrio 569-0078 or j@virgodesignstudio. com, or Jerome Holden 569-5335, signpro@jcsigns.com. Both can be reached daily at JC Signs, 17 Grove Street, Wolfeboro, NH. This will be the last ART WALK for the fall months â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with just one additional date planned for December 10th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Holiday Special.
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