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Autumn Scenes In NH -1849 by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

A blue jay in a central New Hampshire back yard. There was a 75 percent decline in their numbers in 2019 as well as other species, but a rebound is on the way. PHOTO BY CHRIS BOSAK

Squirrels & Birds & Bears -

Where They Were & Why They’re Coming Back If you’ve noticed a change in the mix of backyard animals this year, you’re not alone. There are far fewer squirrels. There haven’t been as many bear meddling with bird feeders, and some birds – especially blue jays and juncos – have been noticeably absent from the New Hampshire scene in the past nine by Dan Seufert

Weirs Times Correspondent

months, wildlife experts say. But the changes are explainable, and in many cases, they were predicted. And there is good news for fans of the traditional habitat: the birds, the bears, and the squirrels are on the plus side of a natural rebound. There were some startling drops in backyard animal counts in the past year, including a 75 percent decline in the number of blue jays

observed statewide in the winter, spring, and fall, and a huge drop in the number of squirrels observed this summer from the summer of 2018. But the experts say there is no catastrophic event to blame, and there is no long-term decline seen in the populations of these animals. Rather, Mother Nature is making corrections. See BIRDS on 28

It was the same world that we live in back in the year 1849 and the autumn leaves were the same color and did their thing the same as today, but, though we try to hold on to some historic New Hampshire scenery,it was different back then. The 26th annual Fair and Show of the Merrimack County Agricultural Society “was holden” on October 24th and 25th of 1849 at Contoocookville. If you could have been there you would have found some similarities but more differences with the 2019 Hopkinton Fair. The 1849 Fair began at 9 o’clock on a Wednesday at the meeting house, “and filled all vacancies in the several committees, who

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immediately attended to the duties assigned them in the examination of stock, & c., presented for premiums. After the several committees had completed their examinations, the society formed a procession and marched, escorted by the Band, to the hotel of W.A. Blodgett, and partook of an excellent dinner.” So reported the New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette. After the dinner, at 2:00 p.m. the society marched back to the meeting house for the following exercises: “Voluntary by the Band; Prayer, by Rev. E. Worth of Fisherville; Original Hymn; Address, by Asa P. Cate, Esq., of Northfield; Original Hymn; Report of Committee on Farms, by H.E. Perkins of Contoocookville; Music by the Band; See 1849 on 30

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To The Editor: Mr. Gorrell wrote such a timely--and sad--column last week (9/26 issue) about the state of our schools and the regression of our students. To me this is a truly important matter for all of America. Perhaps it’s time to scrap all the politically correct social engineering and get back to basics that will serve our students for a lifetime. We should stop understanding why students are doing poorly and instead expect each to do well. Lowering standards and eliminating “hard” subjects serves no one. Our businesses are crying for employees with good fundamental skills. We should be producing plenty and we’re not. Is it time for teachers’ unions to go? Maybe. At any rate, the shift should be from money to quality of outcome. Mary Weston Dover, NH.

School Funding To The Editor: I watched on TV Gov. Sununu signing the budget at Franklin Middle School Library. This one time favor to the City of Franklin and other communities fixes nothing. The school funding problem is a STATE problem and placating communities with a token one- time payment will not fix anything. We’ll be back with the same issues next year, which also

happens to be an election year for the Governor. Please take the time to read David Corson’s excellent My Turn of September 27th which clearly lays out the recent budgeting process which has brought us to where we are in this budget cycle. School funding must be solved on the State level. We cannot continue to put the burden for educating all of the state’s children on individual communities. Until we alter our system to be an umbrella funding mechanism for all communities, we will never be free of this battle. To those who use the words “local control”, there is no such thing. We are continually at the mercy of the State’s lack of support for public education. The State of NH has over 80 administrative units (SAUs) with many serving communities with as few as 1,000 students. This is extremely inefficient. It is time for a serious study and discussion on how we can restructure our educational funding system in the State of NH. I, for one, have not been placated by Governor Sununu’s actions. Judith Ackerson Franklin, NH.

Disappointed In Defeat To The Editor: Last week the New Hampshire Legislature voted to let stand 52 of Governor Chris Sununu’s record number of 53 vetoes. Among those bills thrown

into the trash was HB 706 that would create an electoral redistricting advisory commission to update New Hampshire’s electoral maps in 2021 and prevent partisan gerrymandering. During the regular legislative session, both the House and Senate Election Law Committees unanimously recommended passage of this bill; it easily passed in the House (218/123, 64%) and by a voice vote in the Senate. In May the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice had praised HB 706 as a model for bipartisan redistricting reform. Commenting on Governor Sununu’s August veto of this bill, the Brennan Center pointed out that his act was throwing out a plan that would ensure fair treatment of Republicans in the 2021 redistricting even if Democrats do well in the 2020 elections. All but seven Republican House members voted to sustain the Governor’s shortsighted veto of HB 706. New Hampshire voters want an end to the gerrymandering that frustrates a core principle of democracy: Voters should select their politicians, not the other way around. Please join me in expressing to Governor Sununu and your representatives in the legislature your disappointment in the defeat of HB 706 and urge passage of similar legislation in 2020. Margaret Merritt Center Sandwich, NH

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What Happens Next? years. Our intention was never to harm but to help. Our membership, which started at 20 in 1995 has grown to over 6,000 across the Granite State. Today, before we even officially start our 2019/20 season, that number has dwindled to about 1,800 as many members feel pressured to drop out or face the wrath of their politically correct friends and neighbors. I have received emails and texts from some, apologizing for having to leave. Some are concerned that the pressures of Thanksgiving conversation with family and friends will already be a heavy burden without the weight of admitting they are members of F.A.T.S.O. added to the mix. Some say, it’s only temporary, they’ll be back; but I won’t hold my breath and I don’t blame them. I might do the same things if I were in their shoes. This comes on the heels of our new marketing campaign designed to not only attract new transplants, but to get other visitors to consider a move to New Hampshire year-round. Our road side billboards proclaiming “Tired Of City Living? Become a FATSO This Winter” have been forced to be removed to avoid further controversy. The remaining officers of F.A.T.S.O. have been trying to decide our next move. We realize that if we give up on F.A.T.S.O. we’ve given up on the promise of a better life we have made to those who are sticking by us through thick and thin (or at least until they succumb to the pressure to leave). We’d be letting down all of those folks who have depended on us and who we really did help, though our benevolence will go unnoticed, covered by the dark shadow of our perceived inconsideration by a certain group of people. It was suggested by one officer, that maybe we could just continue by changing our name, a new acronym that would still relay the message but would not be considered hurtful to anyone.

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Just when we were ready for the new season, someone has to come along and pull the rug out from under our feet. It has been a long sumby Brendan Smith mer preparing Weirs Times Editor and now that the early cold nights of autumn have taken some by surprise, we were glad we did the work early. Unfortunately, the phones haven’t been ringing as in past years. Yes, F.A.T.S.O. is not a sure thing for this year. If you don’t know, F.A.T.S.O. stands for Flatlanders Adjusting To Solitary Oblivion, a winter support group I started twentyfive years to help new transplants to New Hampshire adjust to their first few winters here in New Hampshire. To date, we have thousands of members and more were joining every year. But the future now is precarious. If you have been following the news, you know that F.A.T.S.O. has come under attack by certain groups who find the acronym insensitive and politically incorrect. I have been personally discredited for starting the group and this paper is being pressured to remove me from its ranks. As I write this, a constant stream of protesters block the street in front of my house chanting slogans and holding signs. Some of my videos about F.A.T.S.O., all well intentioned to do nothing more than to help others with their winter adjustments, have been mysteriously removed from You Tube. Even New Hampshire’s own contingency of government representatives have chastised me in public, refusing to even say FATSO so as to avoid seeming insensitive themselves as they condemn me. I am very proud of the work F.A.T.S.O. has done over the

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After an evening of new acronym suggestions, too many to list here, we couldn’t come up with a single one that, if one thought long and hard enough, wouldn’t prove offensive to someone, somewhere. Of course, we had to look at it in practical and financial terms as well. We still have a rather large inventory of F.A.T.S.O. sweatshirts, T-shirts, coffee mugs and hats that we have invested thousands into. We can’t just eat that and start fresh. Our treasury would take too great of a hit. So, where do we go from here? Should we give up on our dream? Do we throw away years of hard work in helping others adjust? Do we throw thousands of dollars in investment down the drain to keep some overly sensitive people happy (If they ever can be) and let them win? Only time will tell. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” available at BrendanTSmith.com. His latest book “I Only Did It For The Socks and Other Tales of Aging” will be published in early 2020.

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ADL, Antifa and Koch: Toxic Anti-Trump League The Anti-Defamation League is a joke. Once a respected civil rights organization dedicated to fighting extremism and hate against Jews, the ADL lies in bed with violent antifa extremists and perpetuates hate against political opponents. The “progressive” group is now a brazenly partisan character assassination outfit headed by Jonathan Greenblatt, a Clinton/Obama by Michelle Malkin operative and former George Soros-funded Syndicated Columnist operative, whose contempt for President Donald Trump trumps all. The ADL also partners with the corporate cheap labor lobby funded by Trump-hating billionaire Republican Charles Koch to stifle patriotic critics of open borders. In June, the Charles Koch Institute joined left-wing Silicon Valley companies and ADL’s speech police to exploit the riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a means of demonizing all Trump supporters and nationalist activists while giving cover to antifa online. In 2017, left-wing antifa protesters had provoked and engaged in violent encounters at the Unite the Right rally. A man drove his car into a crowd there, killing one woman. New York Times reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg tweeted on-scene that she “saw club-wielding ‘antifa’ beating white nationalists being led out of the park” (a candid observation that she later deleted after blowback from her narrative-enforcing colleagues). Live video footage showed left-wing protesters hurling objects at the white nationalists. An independent review of the clashes by Timothy J. Heaphy of the Virginia law firm Hunton & Williams, commissioned by the Charlottesville city government, found that the Charlottesville police and Virginia State Patrol “failed to intervene,” “did not respond to requests for assistance,” were “insufficiently equipped to respond to mass unrest,” “failed to protect the points of egress, instead pushing the conflicting groups directly into each other,” and “failed to ‘stand up’ to protect human life.” Police supervisors told Heaphy they were ordered out of their protection zones,” one CPD lieutenant reported. “We were sitting there with our thumbs up our asses.” Another described how “we were prevented from doing police work” and a third officer stated plainly that “we failed this community.” No matter. Charlottesville fueled efforts by the ADL, the Charles Koch Institute, the Center for American Progress, National Immigration Forum See MALKIN on 34

Impeachment Isn’t Merited President Trump is a bull in a china shop. He says inadvisable things to inadvisable people, mainly because he is inadvisable -- literally no one can advise him. The vast majority of things Trump says are by Ben Shapiro ignored or brushed off Syndicated Columnist by those who understand the difference between bloviation and manipulation. Still, Trump’s constant stream of noise can make it difficult to tell the difference between the two. So when an intelligence community whistleblower came forward with an allegation that, on a call with the Ukrainian president, Trump proposed a quid pro quo with the Ukrainian government -- release of military aid in exchange for a Ukrainian investigation into Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden -- the allegation didn’t appear absurd on its face. The timeline, after all, seemed to match up: Trump allegedly suspended military aid to Ukraine personally a week before talking with the Ukrainian president, only to release the aid after the holdup was met with public scrutiny. Then, the Trump administration released a transcript of the call, in which Trump used the typical New York real estate wheeler-dealer language of favors: favors related to investigations surrounding CrowdStrike, the firm tasked with analyzing the hack of the Democratic National Committee in 2016, an investigation that concluded with allegations of Russian interference; favors related to helping Rudy Giuliani investigate the origins of the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation; favors related to investigating the Bidens. The theory seemed to be gaining credibility. Then it seemed to fall apart. It turned out that the Ukrainian government apparently had no clue that Trump was even withholding military aid -- and without such a quid, there couldn’t be a pro quo. The Ukrainian president publicly pro-

claimed that Trump hadn’t pressured him. The whistleblower report turned out to be third-hand gossip rather than first-hand information. And allegations of a cover-up imploded as the Trump administration released information ranging from the transcript to the whistleblower report itself. And so, Democrats have begun to move the goalposts. Now Democrats are claiming that the State Department is engaged in obstruction, just minutes after claiming that Trump’s Department of Justice had engaged in obstruction. Democrats allege that Trump’s behavior -- without allegations of criminal conduct -- is enough to justify impeachment. Now, after Trump predictably took to Twitter to rail against the whistleblower and the Democrats, Democrats claim his behavior amounts to “witness intimidation.” As the grounds for the impeachment inquiry broaden, it’s becoming clear that the Democrats’ enthusiasm for impeachment outweighed their supporting evidence. They leapt before they looked -- and now they’re trying to backfill an impeachment inquiry that must end with an impeachment vote or lay bare the emptiness of the original attacks themselves. Perhaps Democrats will come up with something. That’s always possible, given the amount of leaking and loose talk around the White House. But barring some sort of cataclysmic revelation, the impeachment effort seems to be stalling out. And based on the current evidence, it should. Ben Shapiro, 35, 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 author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “The Right Side Of History.” 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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Recycled Perspective Those offering their op-ed perspectives should occasionally review what they’ve written to see how well it comports with reality. While basking in the glow of a weekend trifecta – gridiron wins by by Ken Gorrell my nephew’s prep Contributing Columnist school team, my wife’s beloved Georgia Bulldogs, and the Patriots – I looked back at some of my Weirs Times essays to see how I’ve been handling the ball. I wish the Impending-Climate-Catastrophe-YouMust-Stop-Eating-Meat crowd would do the same, given that their team has been fumbling the ball for decades.

I’ll let you decide how I’ve been doing, based on a few clips from 2015. School-to-Prison Pipeline? (March): Displaying the childlike quality of being simultaneously simplistic, self-aggrandizing, and just plain wrong, the author adds to the long list of essays claiming that our schools are throwing kids into the maw of the prison system. {She claimed that] funding cuts, high-stakes tests, and stressedout teachers moved little Johnny from middle school to Cell Block 3. Never mind the well-documented breakdown of families and the declining roles of civic and religious institutions in children’s lives; today’s education establishment would rather claim complicity – and then ask for more funding. We’re to believe that with more mon-

ey public schools could solve so many of our social problems. One wonders when they have time for the Three R’s these days, with all the counseling, child-rearing, and instruction in social justice going on. Data Mining with Minors (August): Now imagine a future where information on how you run your home and raise your children is added to a government database for sale to anyone with the cash… using information provided by your child in a school survey. In March, middle school students in Fulton, MO, were led by teachers in an activity called “Claim It.” In this live-action survey, students were told to step forward when a statement applied to them. It started innocently enough [but quickly escalated to] statements such

as “You or someone in your family has been raped or sexually assaulted” and “You have ever been physically abused by someone who said they love you.” This was an activity conducted in open class, with a teacher requiring young teens to “claim” incredibly personal details of family life. Recent events have shown us that even highly classified data can end up in strange, unprotected places. What privacy expectations can we have about our personal information collected, analyzed, and permanently stored by government and private agencies? Opt-in should be the only option for schools collecting personal data from children. Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe…(September): If we are our choices as Sartre See GORRELL on 34

Hungary Helps Persecuted Christian Minorities UNITED NATIONS

- Sustained and increasing attacks on Christian minorities from the Middle East to West Africa are often tragically overby John J. Metzler l o o k e d b y t h e Syndicated Columnist mainstream media, underscoring an aura of hypocrisy and double standards towards the free practice of religion. Yet, some are pushing back to this indifference and demanding that the systematic harassment and persecution of Christian minorities by terrorist forces be addressed and remedied at the highest levels. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has proudly and almost

single handedly confronted the unmistakable ambivalence and wall of silence towards Christian persecution. In an exclusive interview with this correspondent, Foreign Minister Szijjarto stated “Unfortunately, there is a global ignorance to the fact that the most persecuted religion all over the world is Christianity. The fact that four of five persons killed for belief are Christians is totally ignored.” He added emphatically, “What we see is that the international global media and political elite suggest that Christian phobia would be the last acceptable form of discrimination and that is totally unacceptable.” Ancient Christian communities in the Middle East are still being persecuted even after the fall of socalled Islamic State. As Minister

Szijjarto states, “What we see is that the Christian communities are still badly suffering in the Middle East… even as ISIS is being pushed out of certain territories, nobody really helps with the return of the people.” He stresses, “There’s the utmost importance to defeat ISIS, but it is similarly important to help those communities to return who had to leave because of the actions of ISIS. This is a responsibility of the global community.” The Budapest government has initiated the landmark Hungary Helps program which focuses on socio/ economic development in rebuilding destroyed Christian communities. “Through the Hungary Helps program we have assisted 50,000 people to return to their homes by rebuilding thousands of houses, by rebuild-

ing many churches, by covering medical expenses, and by rebuilding schools,” the Minister advises, while emphasizing, “Because our position is that we should not encourage the Christian communities of the Middle East to leave. We help them to return and to stay. This is what they want too” Catholic hospitals in Damascus and Aleppo, Syria have received aid for example. Minister Szijjarto continued, “Whenever their Bishops come to Hungary they always ask us to give them resources to be able to stay and be stronger on the spot instead of encouraging their people to leave. If we encourage them to leave we are contributing to the goal of the terrorist organizations, namely, eliminating the See METZLER on 35

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NOT SO GOLDEN STATE NEWS ITEM: California governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill giving student-athletes the right to be by Mike Moffett p a i d b y t h i r d Contributing Writer parties for use of their likenesses. The so-called “Fair Pay to Play Act” would take effect in 2023 and was likely inspired by the O’Bannon legal case, where former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon brought forth a lawsuit after seeing a company use his image and likeness in a video game. O’Bannon initially prevailed but the NCAA appealed and the question of college athletes being paid to play remains unresolved. The NCAA is opposed to any effort to professionalize college student-athletes and reportedly has threatened to keep California universities out of Division I tournament action. Imagine the Rose Bowl or March Madness without the likes of UCLA, USC, Stanford, et al! So while the NCAA tries to figure out the “Fair Pay Act” the rest of the country needs to figure out what to do about California. The above sports bill is but one of many California legislative actions indicating that the state’s gone rogue. The Golden State is irretriev-

in California, which hurts the poor the most. But no matter. High taxes allow for the creation of public sector jobs and programs creating government dependency. The influx of millions of illegals to access benefits has created a seemingly permanent and dependent underclass sure to vote Democrat. And “Progressive” control in Sacramento means a 7% state sales tax, to go along with local/ county sales taxes, as well as an 11% corpoQuarterback Phil Rivers has paid many rate income tax. But ponder the millions of dollars in California state sports implications income taxes only to see his money spent of California’s 13% on policies he opposes. personal income tax. Professional athletes ably blue, with a big Democrat really get penalized for playing legislative majority working with in California. Consider Charger a radical governor to impose quarterback Phil Rivers, who’s a frightening (to many of us) been an NFL signal-caller in “progressive” agenda. To wit: San Diego and Los Angeles since Declaring a sanctuary state with 2004, making many millions of taxpayer supported benefits for dollars along the way. But for illegal aliens. Outlawing plastic every million he earns, he has straws. Passing a $15 minimum to give almost $130,000 to the wage. Requiring colleges to pro- state of California. If he played vide abortion “services.” Requir- in Florida—which has no state ing cops to drive electric cars income tax—then his “take which can’t catch criminals. In home” pay would be hugely some communities omnipresent more. Playing in the Golden human feces ruin public areas. State instead of the Sunshine And so it goes. State costs the likes of Rivers A gallon of gas costs around $5 See MOFFETT on 35

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It may be hard to believe, but we’re getting close to wrapping up 2019. And if you have a year-end to-do list, here’s one more item you might want to add: Lower your investment-related taxes. To help meet this goal, consider these moves you could make before year-end: • Increase your 401(k) contributions. If your employer allows it, add some money to your 401(k) before the year is out. (You can put up to $19,000 in your 401(k) or similar plan for 2019, or $25,000 if you’re 50 or older.) If you fund your 401(k) with pre-tax dollars, the more you put in, the lower your taxable income. After-tax contributions, such as those for a Roth 401(k), won’t result in tax savings for 2019 (but should reduce taxes in future years). • Add to your IRA. You’ve got until the April tax filing deadline to contribute to your IRA for 2019, but why wait until the last minute? You can put up to $6,000 in your IRA for the year, or $7,000 if you’re 50 or older. With a traditional IRA, your contributions may be deductible, depending on your income; with a Roth IRA, contributions aren’t deductible, but your earnings can grow tax-free, provided you meet certain conditions. • Donate some investments. Recent tax law changes have resulted in far fewer people itemizing their deductions. However, if itemizing still makes sense in your situation, you might want to consider donating an investment that has gained value since you purchased it to one of the charitable groups you support. You will generally be able to deduct the fair market value of the investment, and you can avoid paying capital gains taxes on the appreciation. • Consider selling investments to realize capital losses. You may have taxable capital gains, either from selling investments that have increased in value or simply from owning mutual funds (mutual fund managers constantly buy and sell individual investments within the funds). These capital gains could increase the amount of taxes you owe. If you own some investments that have lost value since you purchased them, selling them would generate capital losses that could be used to offset capital gains. Further, if you have more losses than gains, you can use up to $3,000 of your losses to offset ordinary income. Keep in mind that selling an investment may change the allocation and performance of your portfolio. Also, just because an investment is down in value is not necessarily a reason to sell. And once you sell an investment to generate a capital loss, you need to wait at least 31 days to repurchase it to avoid incurring what’s known as a

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New England isn’t one of the first places most northern pike anglers think of when planning their next destination fishing trip. In fact, most anglers (even local ones) are surprised to learn that there are northern pike within a two-hour drive of central New England. They are even more surprised to learn that there are several trophy pike fisheries where an angler can target fish in the 40” range. Here are three New England pike hotspots that you might want to add to your list of future fishing destinations: Connecticut River, New Hampshire/Vermont The Connecticut River forms the border between New Hampshire and Vermont. The six southernmost dams of the river create numerous setbacks, most of which hold northern pike. The

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OCTOBER Through October Free Hospice Volunteer Training – Once a Week Cornerstone VNA, 178 Farmington Road, Rochester. 10am-12pm. Cornerstone VNA is offering a free comprehensive 8-week Hospice Volunteer Training program for anyone interested. This program focuses on how to provide comfort, support and a reassuring presence to Hospice patients and their families. No medical or volunteer experience is necessary to make a positive difference. To register for the program call 994-7041 or email NNicolazzo@

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Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. The corn maze is open 7 days a week starting at 8am, and last admission is one hour before the Farm closes. This year’s maze features the MS Mount Washington, the iconic ship on Lake Winnipesaukee. Admission is $7/ adult, $5/kids age 6 to 3, kids 3 and under are free. 279-3915

Trail Walks at The Church in the Woods Church of the Woods, 92 Foster Road, Canterbury. The trails at Church of the Woods in Canterbury are open at all times for people who come in peace; and the woods are never more glorious than in October! The trails twist and turn around the contours of the land in a network designed by a former Olympian. Trail maps and a checklist for birds and other creatures that you may encounter are available at the barn. For more information visit

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League of NH Craftsmen’s Annual “Glass Pumpkin Patch” League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. With the onset of fall, the Meredith Gallery will feature the work of several League juried glass blowers with their fabulous glass pumpkins. All pumpkins will be for sale. www.Meredith.NHCrafts.org or 279-7920

Through Wed. 23rd Lakes Region Mental Health Center’s Annual Online Auction Fundraising Event Lakes Region Mental Health Center launches it’s 8th Annual fundraising and mental health awareness auction. The auction runs online 24/7 and ends on October 23 rd at 12pm.

Auction items will also be on display at LRMHC’s Annual Meeting on October 22nd at Contigiani’s Event and Conference Center in Gilford. Visit www.LRMHC.org to view items, make a bid, or make a cash donation.

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Moulton Farm’s “Pick-your-Own Pumpkin Patch”

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Moulton farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. Moulton Farm will be offering free tractor rides to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturdays and Sundays between 10am and 3pm. The Farm’s Corn Maze is also open, and they provide pumpkin decorating stations for use after you have found your perfect pumpkin! www.MoultonFarm.com or 279-3915

Thursday 10th One Night, One Talent Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 5362551

Annual Harvest Supper

Hotchkiss C o m m o n s, 7 1 M a i n Street, Union. There will be two settings to choose from; 5:30pm and 6:15pm. Delicious homecooked menu includes: corned beef, cabbage, carrots, turnip, potatoes, beets, squash, Indian pudding, rolls, and homemade pies! $10/adults, $5/kids. 473-2727

Beer for History Program with Throwback Brewery American Independence Museum’s Folsom Tavern, Exeter. Learn a little bit about local history and enjoy yourselves in a family-friendly colonial tavern! Tickets are $15/members, $20/non-members, youth (under 21) are $3. Ticket prices include beer tastings and light snacks. www.

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Thurs. 10th – Sun. 13th David Foley’s “Deadly Murder” – Live Production Winnipesaukee Play hous e, 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith. Secrets drive suspense, and there are plenty of both in David Foley’s taut thriller “Deadly Murder”. An Edgar Award nominee frequently perfor med throughout Europe, Deadly Murder will introduce regional audiences to a layers and taut play full of twists and turns and the unexpected. www. WinnipesaukeePlayhouse.com or 279-0333 Friday 11th

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Robert Cray Band with Bonnie Bishop Opening Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 5362551

36th Annual Apple Pie Festival

Tapply-Thompson Community Center, 30 North Main Street, Bristol. 9am2pm. This year’s event will also feature a craft fair in the TTCC gym, as well as apple pie and food sales including pies, apple crisp, fresh breads, home baked beans, apple brownies, fresh applesauce and more! Pies will sell for $12 each and can be reserved by calling 744-2713 before October 11th.

Dave Andrews, Sean Sullivan & Kyle Crawford – Live Comedy Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $20pp. BYOB venue. www.PitmansFreightRoom.

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Learn the Art of Soldering with Jeweler Joy Raskin

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 10:30am-4:30pm. Have you ever wanted to lear n soldering or improve your existing skills? This class will cover the basics of how to set up your work area and will include a review of safety issues. We will be using acetylene/ air torches, but a propane torch and a butane torch will be on hand for students to try out. This is a great class for those who have been taking jewelry classes but want to improve. Tuition is $75pp with an additional materials fee of $25. Students are encouraged to bring a bag lunch and any copper, brass, silver or bronze that they have on hand and would like to use for soldering. Pre-registration is required. 279-7920

Harvest Time Barn Dinner

NH Far m Museum, 1305 White Mountain Highway, Milton. 5pm-7pm. Held in historic Plummer Barn this idyllic dinner will bring you back to country farm life. It showcases food from a variety of local restaurants and live music. Admission is limited to 50 guests. BYOB. $45pp. 652-7840

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Rochester Main Street Halloween Spooktacular Creatures, characters, and zombies will fill downtown on Friday, October 25th during Rochester Main Street’s annual downtown Trick-or-Treat and Zombie Walk events. The Trick-or-Treat event is a fun, popular event for costumed children aged 10 and younger. It begins at 4:00pm in the Union Street parking lot where families can get goodie bags and lists of participating businesses. Bags and lists are available until 5:00pm or until they are gone. Trick-or-treating ends at 6:00pm. Families are encouraged to visit the many downtown restaurants and businesses before the popular and ghoulishly delightful Zombie Walk parade begins at 7:00pm. The annual parade for teens and adults features dancers from Studio 109, Corinne’s School of Dance, and Dance N Motion 2. Enjoy their choreographed performance as they tread from Union Street parking lot to the Rochester Common. The teen and adult public is welcome to participate in the parade by dressing in zombie costumes and following the dancers. Interested participates should gather in the Rochester Common by 5:45pm. For more information about this event, visit http://bit.ly/ DowntownSpooktacular.

Extra Night Added For Haunted Tours Molly the Trolley’s new Thursday night “haunted” tours have proven so popular the Wolfeboro Tolley Company has added an eighth trip to its fall schedule. With three of the original seven nights sold out, the ninetyminute evening tour that combines Wolfeboro’s history with unsolved mysteries is now also available on Friday, October 11 as well as October 24 and 31. Maude Taylor, a Wolfeboro Falls school teacher from the 1800s (portrayed by Kathy Fairman Eaton) leads the tours as the trolley travels to several locations where travelers get off and step into a piece of the town’s 260-year-old history. Spirits from the past have been known to appear as well. “We’re having a lot of fun with this,” said Kathy. “I very much appreciate help from local businesses and organizations, especially Bobbi Boudmann of the Village Players, Mark Lush of the Wolfeboro Historical Society, Wolfeboro Historian Dave Bowers, Shelley Burch of the Wolfeboro Inn and others I can’t mention, yet.” The 90-minute “Haunted History Tours” start at 7:00 pm (arrive by 6:50) at the Wolfeboro Inn, which is offering a ten percent Wolfe’s Tavern discount good for the evening of the tour, or any day through April, 2020. Please note, this event is only appropriate for those over twelve years old. Tickets are $25 per person and may be purchased by calling 603-569-1080. Tickets are still available For October 11, 24, and 31. Reservations required. MasterCard, VISA, and Discover accepted. A “Haunted Trolley Tour” ticket includes entry in a drawing to win a signed copy of the 1976 book Remember When…A Collection of Old Photographs of Wolfeboro, NH. A book will be given away at the end of each tour.

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Thom Starkey – Live Music Pa t r i ck ’s P u b & E a t e r y, Gilford. 8pm-11pm. www. PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Book Signing with Author Brooklyn Raney

Bayswater Books, Center Harbor. 1pm-3pm. Brooklyn will be signing her new book “One Trusted Adult: How to Build Strong Connections and Healthy Boundaries with Young People”, a download of her head and heart after ten years of working with youth, and it aims to empower all adults choosing to have a role in a young person’s life with skills for building trust, establishing boundaries, and creating a positive culture.

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23rd Annual Lincoln Fall Craft Festival Village Shops and Town Green, Main Street, Lincoln. Sat. and Sun. 10am-5pm, Mon. 10am-4pm. Over 150 booths of American made Arts, Crafts, Food and live music! There is no charge for admission or parking. Event is held rain or shine. www.

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Sunday 13th Colin Mochrie Presents Hyprov F l y i n g M o n k e y, M a i n Street, Plymouth. www. FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 536-2551

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Pop Whalen Ice & Ar t Arena, Wolfeboro. 5pm6:30pm. Experienced curlers will offer instruction in the basics of the sport, as well as instruction in the art of stone delivery and sweeping. All equipment will be provided. Participants are asked to bring a pair of clean-soled athletic shoes to put on at the rink. www.

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Ham and Bean Supper

First Congregational Church, 400 Main Street, Fa r m i n g t o n . 4 : 3 0 p m 6:30pm. The menu will include your choice of homemade beans, potato salad, cole slaw, cornbread and biscuits, beverage and homemade dessert table. $10/adult, children under 8 are $5. Whole pies will also be available for $10 each while they last!

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Center Harbor Congregational Church, 52 Main Street, Center Harbor. 5pm – 6pm. Join the Soup Kitchen, located in the rear of the Church, every Tuesday night at 5:30pm, to meet new friends and enjoy a meal together at no cost. D o n a t i o n s a r e gra t e f u l l y accepted and will be used to fund future dinners.

Blood Pressure Clinic

Tilton Senior Center, 11 Grange Road, Tilton. 10:30am11:30am. Clinic offered by Franklin VNA & Hospice.

NH Abolitionist Nathaniel Peabody Rogers – by Rebecca R. Noel Gordon-Nash Library, New Hampton. 7pm. PSU historian Rebecca R. Noel tells the story of this feisty Granite State native, one of the so-called New Hampshire radicals. The program is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.

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Wednesday 16th Silent Film Series “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” F l y i n g M o n k e y, M a i n S t r e e t , P l y m o u t h . www. FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 536-2551

Watercolor Workshop with Pat Edsall

Lakes Region Ar t Gallery, Tanger Outlets, 120 Laconia Road, Suite 132, Tilton. 1pm3 p m . W h e t h e r yo u h ave painted before or never picked up a brush, Pat Edsall will lead you through the process with easy instr uction. All supplies are included. Subject is sketched and ready for you to paint. Pre-registration is required. 472-3733

Understanding Bobcats in New Hampshire

Ashland Booster Clubhouse, 99 Main Street, Ashland. 6:30pm. NH Fish and Game W i l d l i fe S t e w a r d s D o u g Whitfield and Dennis Walsh present this illustrated program that will focus on the natural history of our bobcats, their habitat needs, and the status of the state’s bobcat population.

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NH’s One-Room Schools: The Romance and Reality

Hill Public Library, Hill. 7pm. Steve Taylor presents the lecture about one-room schools: how they were the backbone of primary education for generations of children a century ago. Explore the realities and the lasting legacies of these schools and how they echo today. Free and open to the public. 934-2531

Geoffrey Brahmer Presents Life and Writings of Primo Levi

Bethlehem Public Librar y, Bethlehem. 7pm. Brahmer will deliver a PowerPoint presentation of the life and writings of Holocaust survivor Primo Levi and the extent of the Holocaust in Italy. Through the lens of Levi’s own Holocaust experiences and reflections, one may learn some of the lessons of the Holocaust for our own times.

NH Audubon’s Program on The Motus Wildlife Tracking System

The Loon Center, Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 7pm. Dr. Carol Foss, Senior Advisor for Science and Policy at NH Audubon will present the program on the system, an array of radio telemetry stations that track the movements of birds and other small flying animals fitted with small radio transmitters. Program is free and open to the public. 476-5666

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Matt Langley – Live Music Pa t r i ck ’s P u b & E a t e r y, Gilford. 7pm-10pm. www. PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Falls Woodlands, Milton Mills. 9:30am-12pm. For this workshop, Moreno will lead participants on a walk along the trails through the Salmon Falls Woodlands and will invite you to take a simultaneous stroll through time. His goal is to share a long-range perspective of New England forests, offering a narrative of how the forest, wildlife and land have changed over millennia. The workshop is free and open to the public; however, pre-registration is required by calling 978-7125. Participants are asked to leave pets at home.

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Beatles for Sale – Beatles Tribute Band Fr a n k l i n O p e r a H o u s e, downtown Franklin. 7:30pm.

The music of the Beatles will fill the air via Beatles for Sale! The show includes music that spans their entire career, from pre-Beatlemania to the closing chapter of Abbey Road. There are no “sampling” or “midi tricks”; everything you hear is performed completely live. Tickets are $18/adults, $16/ seniors and students. www. FranklinOperaHouse.org or 934-1901 Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 6pm-8:30pm. An eerily entertaining 40-minute guided tour around the grounds in the evening. Trail walks feature live skits with a seasonal theme and depart every 10 minutes from 6pm-7:30pm. Visitors are encouraged to come in costume and to dress for outdoor weather. After, warm up with Halloween games and tasty treats! $9pp/member, $12pp/non-member. www. NHNature.org or 968-7194 603-524-1700

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The 109th Sandwich Fair held annually on Columbus Day weekend, October 12, 13 & 14th in Center Sandwich NH. There will be a midway sneak preview Friday night ride preview from 4-9pm for a $20 admission. Admission for Saturday through Monday is $12 for adults,. Seniors 60 and over $6. Children under 12 are admitted free, This is a 3 ½ day event with something for everyone. We also have a few new events we are featuring on certain days. Saturday is Children’s Day. The Children’s Pedal Tractor Pull is sponsored by Meredith Village Savings Bank

which is celebrating its 26th year at The Sandwich Fair. The competition begins at 9am and again on Sunday at 9am. Stop by and cheer on your children or grandchildren. Children can also try pig handling in the Show Ring at 3pm. Saturday also brings the Antique Auto Show and Parade beginning at 9am. Sunday is Family Day at the Sandwich Fair. The Woodsmen’s Field Day featuring students from the Lakes Region Technology Center will be competing in a number of events using the skills they have learned in the classroom.

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your home’s look from the experts at the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. Swap Out Your Front Door As one of the first things a guest, passerby or potential homebuyer may notice, the front door is the gateway to your home and a likely opening impression. Upgrading to a heavier, bolder door or simply repainting the existing threshold can capture positive attention. Al-

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CURB from 24 outdoors, a small zone ideal for conversation and camaraderie can help create an at-home appearance. Plant Shrubbery Billowing trees and blooming flowers are certainly eye-catching accessories outside a home, but many varieties require intense care to grow the way you envision and may adhere to seasonal weather patterns for optimal appearance. For a quicker result, shop around for fully mature shrubs and plants that can withstand elements throughout the year. Rethink The Mailbox It may not be as exciting of a project to undertake, however, giving your mailbox a fresh look helps it stand out and – especially if it’s directly in front of your home – may turn an ordinary object into a worthy attractant. Your work may be as simple as updating to a newer model or as thought-out as constructing a small rock wall around the base. Add Stonework For a project that can give your house a new look altogether, consider incorporating stonework or a stone veneer for a natural appearance. If changing your facade isn’t in the plans, less complicated ideas like pavers, brick sidewalks and landscape rings are ways to introduce a classic touch. Paint (or Repaint) the Exterior

Changing the exterior paint color of a home is one of the most popular renovation projects, and one of the first that comes to mind for many homeowners. Simply altering the colors of trim, gutters and other accent pieces may be enough for some homes, and

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BIRDS from 1 “There is no sign of a general population decline,” said Rebecca Suomala, a biologist with New Hampshire Audubon and the organization’s Backyard Winter Bird Survey coordinator. “There have just been a lot of natural fluctuations.” Wildlife experts say changes started happening two years ago, when the fall brought an enormous crop of “mast” food – acorns and nuts from trees that smaller animals depend on to live. In the fall of 2017, there was an abundant crop of acorns, seeds, and nuts, and the animals, especially squirrels and chipmunks, ate very well. Andy Timmins, a wildlife biologist with New Hampshire Fish and Game who leads the agency’s Bear Project, recalls that a year ago, there were seemingly

The number of bear interactions with people has also dropped this year,though the number of bears does not appear to have dropped significantly, but their feeding habits changed somewhat due to the changes in their food supply. NH FISH & GAME PHOTO

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warm weather trends, left the state with an unusually low amount of mast food last year at this time. That left squirrels and other animals scrambling, often across roads, to find enough food for the winter, he said. Nature took its course, and there was a “massive” amount of squirrels that did not survive, despite their population boom in months previous. And though it’s difficult to count the squirrel population, there aren’t nearly as many

around as usual now, he said. The number of bear interactions with people has also dropped this year, Timmins said. The number of bears does not appear to have dropped significantly, but their feeding habits changed somewhat due to the changes in their food supply. “The number of bear interactions and conflicts with people have been far fewer this year,” he said. State residents found See BIRDS on 29

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A junco sits in a local backyard tree. BIRDS from 28 far fewer of their normal birds at their feeders last fall and winter, and many called New Hampshire Audubon noting the changes, particularly in jays and juncos. Wildlife experts knew there might be a big drop in reports of backyard birds because the fall food supply had been so poor. Biologists explained, though, that the birds had not really left the state. “Birds will move south or to another area in response to food supplies or weather, and in 2017 the exceptional natural food crop of berries, seeds, nuts, and cones, provided birds and squirrels with plenty of natural food,” Suomala said. “In the fall of 2018, natural food crops were very poor. Some birds left for the winter, but they are not gone.” Data from New Hampshire Audubon’s annual Backyard Winter Birds Survey, a count taken with the help of volunteers, proved the point. In 2018 a total of 5,701 blue jays were counted, which is about average, she said. But this year’s count showed

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a record low of 1,411. The count of darkeyed juncos in 2018 was a record high of 22,303, four times the average. Last winter’s count was 2,753, which was not a record low but was still

disappointing, she said. Still, there is no sign of a population decline of either species when you look at the long term data,” she said. Timmins and Suomala said the outlook for the

small animals is promising, as this fall there has been an abundant supply of mast food to the state. That should bring normal levels of backyard birds and animals, they said. New Hampshire Audubon could use help in counting wildlife this year. Anyone can participate in the Backyard Winter Birds Survey by going to https://nhbirdrecords.org/backyardwinter-bird-survey. To receive a participation packet, email your mailing address to bwbs@nhaudubon.org. You can also report your results on-line. http://www.nhaudubon.org/get-outside/ birding/data-forminstruction,and the 2018 summary can be found at: https://nhbirdrecords.org/prioryears-bwbs-survey-results.

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1849 from 1 Anthem.” On the second day of the Fair, after the reports of several committees were made,“The society then repaired to the ploughing ground, and after witnessing a well executed and well contested ploughing match, the society again returned to the hotel for dinner.” The afternoon meeting consisted of “an excellent Dissertation by Dr. Wm. Prescott of Concord, on Geology as connected with Agriculture.” Then premiums were awarded in numerous categories such as best farm, best crops, best ploughing, best ploughman, best driver, best steers of varying ages, best milch cow, best bull, etc. Also best cheese, best butter, best needlework, best flannel, and other best products. Thirty-seven new members were added to the society. A Fair in Keene was visited by a gang of pickpockets who relieved Charles Carpenter of his pocket book containing $50 and Josiah Sawyer of his wallet with $5 in it. Another fair-goer caught a pickpocket with his hand in his pocket and tried unsuccessfully to arrest him.

State Highway Marker at Ashland Railroad Station about Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad. The Sullivan County Cattle Show was held at Claremont and was attended by a group of farmers from the town of Croydon. They travelled from Croydon, fifteen miles away, on a huge wagon pulled by a team of eighty yoke of oxen. The wagon contained “a fine band of music and filled to overflowing with the sturdy farmers of Croydon.” In the Fall of 1849 a Moses A. Cartland of Lee, NH, was advocating for free mail. He insisted that others who were asking for a reduction in postal rates were being too

month in summer can be more agreeably spent than at Wolfborough.” The much improved Farmer’s Almanac of “Old Dudley Leavitt ” for 1850 was issued, being the fifty-fourth edition of the publication that enjoyed great popularity. A number of New Hampshire farms were advertised as being for sale as reports emerged of ships leaving New England ports bound for California as the rush to find gold was underway. Since gold was discovered in California 573 ships were said to have left Bos-

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ton for that western State and 30 more were preparing to do the same, along with seventy others leaving from other ports. Another event was taking place in those days 170 years ago that was changing the mode of transportation in New Hampshire and adjoining states. That was the

building of railroads which was happening at full steam in the autumn of 1849. The Concord based newspaper reported that “The Cocheco was chartered in July, 1847; the first ground was broken in May, 1848. The original estimated cost from Dover to Farmington was $321,752. The actual cost will not exceed the estimate.” The October 1st railroad announcements included one that started in bold print, saying, Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad opened to Fogg’s Road, New Hampton, eight miles from Plymouth, N.H. Trains were to leave Boston for the Fogg’s Road Station twice a day where they were to meet stages bound for Plymouth, Franconia Notch, and the White Mountains, as well as Haverhill. Stages were said to be able to transport passengers “into all the principal towns in Northern New Hampshire, Vermont, and the Canada.” Stages were to run from other train stops, as from Sanbornton Bridge for New Hampton Seminary and from Union Bridge for Gilmanton Corner. The train also stopped at Steamboat Landing at the Weirs where passengers could board a steamboat for other ports on the big lake. Railroads were expanding their reach, but the stage and the steamboat were also still important means of travel. Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr., welcomes your comments at danahillsmiths@yahoo.com

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, October 10, 2019 — BREW from 11 areas to be a part of the festivities. Generally, an Oktoberfest beer is a golden lager called Marzen, which is German for the month of March in which the beer is created. Refrigeration was not yet available so much of the beer created in March spent the summer in cool caves until September rolled around. This Bavarian tradition embraced a medium to fuller body brew and ranged in hue from pale yellow thru amber and even dark brown. Back in 1516, Germany came up with the Reinheitsgrebot Purity Law which controlled how all beer was to be produced so that imbibers could trust the contents not to make them ill. Purified water was not

a commonplace element so beer became a way of staying hydrated. Beer production includes boiling which usually kills most infectious enemies. So, to keep things traditional here on this subject, we will briefly look at four German breweries and their Oktoberfest editions. Hacker-Pschore’s Oktoberfest Marzen is a honey-colored beer with brilliant white foamy head yielding a generously smooth and enjoyable fall lager. As with the style, there are caramel and bready notes that arrive on your first taste. This old world brewer has been making this 5.8% treat for centuries. Erdinger’s Oktoberfest is a seasonal that blends the traditional lager style with a bit of wheat to make it more

of a weissbeir (German for wheat beer). With a slight haze, mild yellow hue and white foamy head, this 5.7% Oktoberfest goes well with roasted chicken, beef, bread, strong cheeses. Ayinger’s Oktober Fest-Marzen is a rich golden-amber, supporting a malty nose and bready body and semidry finish. This 5.8% beer matches well with chicken, beef or pork and should be poured into a tall flouted glass or ceramic mug to truly enjoy to the fullest. And rounding out on my personal favorite of the four is Paulaner’s Oktoberfest Marzen. With a coppery hue and brilliant white creamy head, this 5.8% boasts of pilsner malt and a touch of Munich malt to give it that flavor that yells “Proast!”. Very bal-

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GORRELL from 7 taught, then we can be shaped by those seeking to limit our range of choices. Beyond the “Thou shalt nots” and the laws that protect our human rights, we are constantly challenged by rules and regulations imposed on us by those who want to substitute their choices for ours. People who try to dominate others through restrictions on choice rarely put it that bluntly. Usually they cloak it as helping the less fortunate or fighting for some common good. But regardless of the smiley-faced emoji they use to punctuate their edicts, the result is reducing choices for others to some “acceptable” range. Just as our choices show us what we really are, using the regulatory state to limit other people’s choices shows them for what they truly are. Where Have All the

Adults Gone? (November): It took less than a year for these college students (adults by some measures, but too childlike in their actions to be taken seriously as grown-ups) to go from protesting the “epidemic” of sexual assaults on campus to the purported use of feces as instruments of oppression. At least the feces were real. The sexual assault “epidemic” turns out to be less real, more scripted reality show. In the most notorious case, the script-writer was outed eventually, but not before officials at the University of Virginia were made to look like fools and the men of a fraternity maligned. Despite its culpability, Rolling Stone rolls on, though without a certain managing editor. Who Elected Emma Lazarus? (December): The liberal-progressive Slate magazine’s recent article, “Obama:

The Statue of Liberty Lays Out Some Pretty Clear Guidelines on the Whole Refugees Thing” provides a window into the President’s mixed-up thinking. The idea that a poem, written more than a century ago and affixed to the base of a statue presented as a gift to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, should have any sway over current immigration law boggles the imagination. We are a nation of laws, not poems. We are also a nation that has seen significant changes since Emma Lazarus penned “A New Colossus.” Sadly, it does seem that our federal government’s policymakers have been guided by poets these past seven years. In addition to Emma Lazarus, they seem to be drawing inspiration from Lewis Carroll and Dr. Seuss. I think those held up rather well. But that’s just my opinion.

MALKIN from 6 and Hope Not Hate (all Soros-funded satellites, as I report in my new book, “Open Borders, Inc.”) to conduct an internet witch hunt against conservatives and Trump supporters under the guise of eradicating “hate” and “extremism.” That’s the backdrop you need to know for the ADL’s unveiling this week of a compendium of coded gestures it deems “hate symbols.” The database includes the “OK” hand sign (initially a joke on the 4Chan internet troll forum), bowl haircuts (because crazed church shooter Dylan Roof had one, all white men with bad hairdos like his must be massacreminded white supremacists), and the numbers 1-11, 100%, 9%, 12, 13, 14, 18, 28, 38, 43, 83, 88, 311, 318, 511 and 737 (because somewhere someone

purportedly associated with something remotely racist had some tattoo or slogan or hand sign using the Dastardly Digits of Evil). It’s all beyond parody, but the most astonishing entries in the ADL’s kooky cookbook of code symbols are anti-antifa emblems. Drawing a slash mark through the antifa anarchists’ red and black flag is now tantamount to endorsing white nationalism. Opposing left-wing violence by a menacing network of black-masked bullies that has doxxed ICE agents, harassed elderly citizens and bloodied independent journalists, is inciting violence. Resisting defamation of immigration enforcement patriots standing up to smears by Abolish ICE and antifa is defamation. Last weekend, I helped organize a Stand With ICE rally in Taco-

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that we have been a Christian country for more than one thousand years! Christian faith and Christian culture helped us to stay strong.” He added, that we must be brave enough to use these words; Christian and Catholic. He reflects; “I respect my colleagues who are Foreign Ministers from Muslim countries. They speak of the persecuted Muslim communities in such an enthusiastic way and yet, it is only us (Hungary) and the U.S. government and Poland who will speak up in favor of the Christians. ” Significantly, the U.S. State Department has launched a major initiative defending religious freedom globally. President Donald Trump joined other world leaders in attending a Religious Freedom Summit at the UN where he stated it was an “urgent moral duty” for governments

to stop crimes against faith and repeal laws restricting religious liberty. Hungary’s Minister opined, “We are very happy with the approach of the U.S. Administration because the fact that the number one superpower in the world takes the lead, the initiative.” Minister Szijjarto stressed, “It is very important that your Administration is taking this issue seriously. We need one big power which bears the flag; You always need a Flagship. The Flagship will be followed by the boats. We are a boat in this regard and we are happy to follow a Flagship!” 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.

MOFFETT from 9 countless millions of dollars. New Hampshire Democrats, of course, seek to have the Granite State emulate the Golden State. Thank heavens for Governor Chris Sununu’s veto pen! So while the NCAA and California are on a collision course over the “Fair Pay Act,” the scary truth is that California and the rest of the country are similarly on a collision course as the Golden State pursues policies incompatible with our current federalism. Some see secession and civil conflict on the horizon. It’s scary. While Republicans have lost most of their California power, don’t underestimate the power of sports fans. If the NCAA bans California universities from MARCH MADNESS, maybe Californians will

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