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Tackling Veterans Homelessness In NH

As Regional Administrator of the Department

Dave Tille of Concord, Regional Administrator of HUD. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), you’ve brought a lot of attention to the issue veterans homelessness. Why? Thank you. Yes, as an Army veteran myself, and son of a retired Air Force veteran, homelessness among our veterans is very important to me. It’s also a priority of Secretary Carson and this Administration. Our veterans have given so much of themselves to protect our lives and liberties. No veteran who served our country and is seeking and in need of housing should ever be forced to sleep on the streets.

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The issue of dealing with veterans’ homelessness has seen dramatic improvements over the last decade. Programs such as VASH (Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing) working with HUD (Housing and Urban Development) and the Veterans Administration have significantly brought down the once disproportionate numbers of homeless veterans in the country. Here in New Hampshire, where there is a large number of veterans per capita, the problem of homelessness among those who have served has seen significant improvements with 333 veterans being housed since VASH started in 2008. Dave Tille of Concord, who is the Regional Administrator of HUD, will be at the Laconia VFW on Thursday, October 18th to speak on “Ending Veteran Homelessness” at 5:30pm. Tille has spent more than eight years as a senior advisor to three New Hampshire Members of Congress overseeing veterans issues and housing. Tille is a U.S. Army Veteran and has also served in the New Hampshire Army National Guard. We recently caught up with Tille to talk with him about this important issue.

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Through October 31st “Manufacturing Victory, The Arsenal of Democracy” – Exhibit Wright Museum, Center Street, Wolfeboro. At the beginning of WWII, the US mobilized the entire economy and industrial structure to produce the most powerful “Arsenal of Democracy” the world has ever known. This exhibit will detail these enormous efforts on the home-front during WWII. www.WrightMuseum. org or 569-1212 No Cost Flu Shots Offered from ClearChoiceMD – 2 locations ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care 24 Homestead Place in Alton, and 96 Daniel Webster Highway, Belmont. 8am-8pm. No appointments needed, just walk-in. The No Cost Flu Shot Month allows patients to get vaccinated, regardless of insurance coverage. Vaccinations are available for ages 4 years and older, while supplies last. www.ccmdcenters.

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Fall Grief Support Group

Franklin VNA & Hospice Office, 75 Chestnut Street, Franklin. 2pm-4pm every Wednesday through November 14th. This group is created to provide individuals with a caring environment in which to discuss their loss and grief. Pre-registration is required by calling April at 934-3454

Thursday 11th Yin/Yang Restorative Yoga Class w/ Tekla Frates

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

Union Congregational Church, Union. 5:30pm & 6:15pm. Delicious home cook menu includes: corned beef, cabbage, carrots and other veggies, Indian pudding, rolls, homemade pies, coffee and punch. $10/adults, $5/ children. 473-2727

Lakes Region Community College’s Health, Education and Human Services ProgramsInformation Session Lakes Region Community College, 379 Belmont Road, Laconia. 4:30pm6pm. This program will give perspective students the opportunity to explore degrees in the areas of Nursing, Human Services, and Early Childhood Education. www.LRCC.edu or 3665266

Slavery and Underground Railroad – Program by Michelle Arnosky Sherburne

Ashland Community Church Sanctuary, 57 Main Street, Ashland. 7pm. Sherburne’s illustrated talk will cover slavery, the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad in the state before the Civil War. Program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. 968-7716 Friday 12th

American RUSH Tribute: Lotus Land Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm. The American RUSH Tribute Lotus Land brings the force of live Rush to life on stage. Tickets start at $24pp. 332-1992 or

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Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 5362551

Advice to the Players Hosts Guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto Arts Center, 12 Main Street, Sandwich. 7:30pm. Hiroya Tsukamoto is a Japan born, innovative guitarist and

composer who fuses folk, jazz and world music. Refreshments will be available by donation as well. www. AdvicetothePlayers.org or www.

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Dueling Pianos – Gardner Berry vs Jim Tyrrell Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, Gilford. 8:30pm. Join in the show as you pick the music! www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

The Secret Garden – Live Children’s Theatre Performance Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince Street, Concord. 7pm. The play will be performed by a cast of 29 youth actors under the direction of Karen Braz, The Children’s Theatre Project’s leader since it’s inception 23 years ago. Tickets are available online at www.

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Rummage Sale & Flea Market

Weirs Beach United Methodist Church, 35 Tower Street, Weirs Beach. 8am1pm.

Saturday 13th 1K Endurance Challenge – CASA Fundraiser You can do a 5K or 10K race anywhere, but this event is an opportunity for runners and nonrunners to participate in a FUN 1K Road Race while supporting a great cause. Starting at 3pm, participants will walk .62 miles from Prescott Park in Meredith to their finish line on Main Street, Meredith. Tickets for the event are $40pp and can be purchased at

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First Congregational Church, 400 Main Street, Farmington. 4:30pm6:30pm. Menu includes your choice of home baked pea or kidney beans, potato salad, cole slaw, cornbread and biscuits, beverage and dessert. $10/adults, $5/children under 8 years old. 755-4816

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Leaf Peeper’s Arts & Crafts Show Don’t miss the Leaf Peeper’s Arts & Crafts Show on Oct 13-14 at the North Conway Community Center, 78 Norcross Circle, North Conway, Rt. 16 (next to the Scenic Railroad). There will be over 90 fabulous exhibitors plus the following demonstrations: 1) Alaskan mill demo - Saturday afternoon; 2) pottery wheel demo - ongoing; 3) jewelry demo - ongoing. There will be an array of different arts and crafts including metal art, wildlife photography, quilts and quilted decor, soy candles, pressed floral art, fine jewelry, handpoured soaps, recycled sweater mittens, feather art, alpaca items, walnut wood creations, decorative painting, pottery, etched glass, handknits, books, natural spa products, fabric creations, mermaid sleepers, hooked rugs, American girl doll clothing, holiday decor, chair caning, kettle corn/caramel candy/fudge, wood turned items, pet products, and lots more!!! Food - Rain or Shine in Building & Outside - Friendly Pets Welcome - Free Adm. & Free Parking Info Joyce (603) 528-4014 www.joycescraftshows.com.

Electronic Waste Collection Day Got an old computer collecting dust in your closet, or a broken air conditioner sitting on the back porch? What do you do with such items when you replace them? Everything from laptops, phones and computers to TVs cost a fortune to haul away. Turn all that junk over to the Laconia-Gilford Lions Club during their Electronic Waste Collection Day fundraising event held now on Saturday, October 13 in the Cinemas 8 parking lot in Gilford (9 Old Lake Shore Road) from 8:30AM to 12:30PM - Note: this is a new location! For a small disposal fee (most items are $5), not only will we take your old electronic items off your hands, we will recycle them. The disposal charge is almost always less than the prices at local transfer stations. Cash or checks will be accepted but not debit or credit cards. Items considered are laptops, CPUs, servers, CD/DVD players, camcorders, AV equipment, VCRs, speakers, copiers, faxes, scanners, printers, phones (land and cell), phone systems, UPS systems, humidifiers, cords, cables and computer accessories (all $5). In addition, we will also take microwaves, air conditioners, dehumidifiers (all $10), computer monitors and TVs less than 25” ($20), TVs 26” and larger ($30). For a TV needing more than one person to lift, the price will depend on its weight. Anything with a cord not listed will also be accepted. You CANNOT drop off: smoke detectors, oils, paints, thinners, batteries (except car batteries), tires, items containing mercury such as fluorescent and CFL light bulbs or thermometers, capacitors, ballasts, or any other hazardous waste.

On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook On Tuesday, October 16th at 7pm at the Gordon-Nash Library in New Hampton, The New Hampton Historical Society presents: “Harnessing History: On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook” This program looks at how dog sledding developed in New Hampshire and how the Chinook played a major role in this story. Explaining how man and his relationship with dogs won out over machines on several famous polar expeditions, Bob Cottrell covers the history of Arthur Walden and his Chinooks, the State Dog of New Hampshire. Bob Cottrell holds an MA from the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture in Delaware. The founding director of the Remick Country Doctor Museum in Tamworth, he is now the Curator of the Henney History Room at the Conway Public Library, a Board member at the Conway Historical Society, and President ex-officio of the Tamworth Historical Society. He serves as an independent history and museum consultant. Sponsored by New Hampshire Humanities. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served, along with fundraising items for sale.www.newhamptonhistory. org

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To The Editor: Are you better off than 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. you were two years ago? Recycle electronic items (phones, This election is really about computers, air conditioners, etc.) two contrasting visions for a disposal fee from $5 to $20 ($30 plus for TVs 26” & up). No paints, for where we’re going. The Democrat Party, the Leftbatteries, tires, items containing mercury, or hazardous wastes. ists, continue to take extreme radical ideological positions. Their platform is in direct contrast to that of President Donald Trump. They applaud Colin Kaepernick when he disrespects 1958 - 2018 the flag. They embrace Andrew Cuomo when he says The King family would like to send America was never that a heart-felt thank you to our friends in Wentworth and to all the people great. They cheer on Maxwho have shown us so much kindine Waters when she says ness in the last few months after go out and harass people the sudden loss of Noel. who support the president Noel was the son of John and of the United States. Those Marion (Verrill) King and a lifeare positions the Leftists long resident of Wentworth. He now take. And that is just married Cheryl (Coffin) King and together they raised their three wrong. children, Jared, Jordan and Jamie. Contrast that with the He was a devoted husband, father, record of results for the last son and brother. two years. Taxes have been After graduating from Plymouth cut, regulations reduced, High School, Noel spent his life working in the woods. His the economy is growing at business was excavating and logging. He also did site work. His 4.2%. Neil Gorsuch is on specialty was building logging roads and he was highly respected for his expertise. He was road agent for the Town of Wentworth the Supreme Court. Brett for a couple of years. Kavanaugh it now looks Noel was a big land owner and an avid hunter. He loved all his like, is going to the court. land in New Hampshire and was an excellent steward of the We are out of the Iran deal, land. Family and friends looked to him for advice on questions our embassy in Israel was regarding their land and timber. With other local residents, he moved to Jerusalem, the helped establish the Conservation Commission in the Town of hostages were returned Wentworth. from North Korea. It looks Noel loved working with stone and was good at it. The stone like there will be a new work in his yard displays his talent. He built a beautiful stone wall and a stone sitting area that overlooks the Baker River. You can sit NAFTA equivalent availon stone benches and watch the squirrels and other wildlife run able for ratification. These across the wall and enjoy the water in his stone fountain. Noel are the two very different built a beautiful stone cross on his front lawn, telling his family, he visions. wanted to make sure God knew where he lived. Since the last election, we Noel was a special person. He loved his family. He was honest, are significantly better off loyal and hardworking and was known for his dry sense of humor. by nearly every economic He was slow to judge others and tried to understand the other point of view. When someone needed help, Noel was there quietmeasure. The unemployly doing what he could. Since his passing, many people have told ment rate nationally has us how Noel helped them. Over his lifetime, he helped in many fallen to 3.9 percent and ways. He donated food and firewood. He plowed driveways, gave here in NH it is about 2.9%. money and he gave his time. It has remained below 4%

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In loving memory of Noel and in keeping with his spirit of giving, the King Family Trust is granting a gift of money to set up a perpetual emergency fund to be used to help those in need in our community. Noel is survived by his wife, Cheryl King; his son Jared King and his wife Marie, of Wentworth; his son Jordan King, of Wentworth; his daughter Jamie King, of Campton; his mother Marion King, of Wentworth; his brother John King Jr. and his wife Suanne, of Wentworth; his sister Deborah Emery and her husband Jeff, of Wentworth; three cousins that were like siblings, Paula Davis of Wentworth, Judy Whitcher of Warren, and Larry King of Wentworth; as well as many other loved cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and the extended Coffin family. He was predeceased by his father, John King Sr., of Wentworth. Noel was well loved and will be sorely missed.

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for the longest stretch in 50 years. Virtually any American who wants a job can get one. The hot job market is drawing people who had dropped out of the workforce entirely back to work. We are providing opportunity to the least employable jobseekers on the margin of the labor market. Unemployment insurance claims are at a 50 year low. Wages are growing at their fastest pace in a decade. Household incomes are up. The poverty rate is down. After tax incomes are rising even faster thanks to the tax cuts that took effect this year. Business creation and business investment are booming. New business applications have grown about 10% faster than the long-run trend would have suggested. Business investment reversed its downward trend on Election Day 2016 and has surged ever since. This increased economic activity has increased economic growth, to more than 4% currently and is on pace to exceed 3% annually for the first time since 2005. Better jobs at better wages and a higher quality of life. Blue collar jobs have grown at 3.3% so far this year, the fastest pace in 35 years. Full-time jobs are replacing parttime ones, allowing those with service jobs to work the hours they need. The stock market has grown by 40% since the last election which is boosting 401(k) s and college savings accounts. Consumer sentiment is near a record high.

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.

Republicans have pursued pro-growth policies. The tax cuts let people keep more of their hardearned money. They included a new 20% small business tax deduction, which allows small business job creators to protect one-fifth of their earnings. The Job Creators Network has traveled across the country speaking to hundreds of small business owners over the last year. They are taking advantage of these tax cuts and the booming economy to reinvest in their businesses and employees. Voters face a clear choice this election: They can either vote with their pocketbooks and continue the economic progress they’ve enjoyed over the past two years. Or they can vote for Democrats, the ideologically extreme Leftists who promise to raise taxes and pass job-killing regulations that will return us to the stagnation. It is time we vote for a positive path forward. The question that we should ask ourselves before deciding who to vote for on Election Day is whether the direction we are moving in makes things better for us personally. If the answer is yes, we should ignore the political sideshows, ignore the yellow journalists and vote for the party responsible for our heavier pocketbooks. Marc Abear Meredith, NH.

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*A FLATLANDER’S OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE

Street Side Living

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

As the “season” officially comes to a close with the arrival and departure of Columbus Day weekend, I stop to ponder another wonderful season of enjoying my street house. Similar to those who own lake houses, us street house folks will be preparing our abodes for the oncoming winter season. Covering the plants, installing orange sticks around the perimeter that show us where not to blow snow, taking down the screens and putting up the storm windows, checking the heating system and saying so long to our other street house neighbors who we know we won’t be seeing for a few months. But unlike so many of those lake house folks, many of us street house people won’t be going anywhere for the winter. We will have the off season to reflect on this past summer season. Sitting on our porches, staring at the calmness of the street as the occasional motorist drives by. Unlike the lake tradition of boaters waving to those on shore as they pass by, motorists driving by a street house give a quick glance and then eyes back on the road, as they contemplate in amazement how anyone can afford to live in these way less than one million dollar homes. Sometimes I stand out in front, with my lawn

mower as a prop, and give glance to these jealous gawkers. “Look now and be on your way,” my gaze implies. As I venture out in my own vehicle onto the wider street from the inlet of my street, I know the area well. I don’t need maps or a fancy GPS system. I know each and every bump and pothole by heart. I know which sections to avoid. I know the shortcuts. Out on the wider street I can “open her up a bit”. In the early spring and late fall it is a glorious feeling as the streets are pretty empty. In the summer months one needs to be more careful. Out of state motorists don’t know the street like most of us year-round street house people. They either go way too fast, not paying attention to the buoys and markers, or they go way too slow, completely confused about where to go. I admit that there are advantages to lake front living over street front living, but it is all a matter of attitude. Like lake house folks we can’t just jump in our cars and drive a bit, drop anchor and go fishing. But we can drive down any street and avoid hitting as many squirrels as possible. Each activity is its own special attraction Of course, we street house people can’t just mosey on down to the shore and take a refreshing dip on a hot summer day. But we can….um… uh…okay you’ve got us on that one. One advantage we street house people have over lake house folks is that we can use our street year-round. We can take out our cars pretty much anytime we want. We don’t have to store them away for the

winter. Also, we can walk on the street whenever we want to, we don’t have to wait for the ice to be in. Everyone talks about the wonders of the view living in a lake house, but everything really needs to be put into perspective. Living in a street house in the summer, I love that special time of the evening watching the sun set over a neighbor’s street house, that last ray of light across glimmering across the asphalt and then silently gasp as we watch the LED streetlight slowly come to life. It is a sight to behold. Of course, I can still catch this magical moment in the winter if I rush from work to be home before four-fifteen. There are also unique auditory differences between lake house and street house living. Some say on a quiet summer day you can hear the call of the Loon from a lake house. Here by my street house I can hear the less than calming sounds of fifties music echoing from another house one street over. Each has its own magic. I could go on about the wonders of living in a street house, but I don’t want to give up too much. After all, everyone talks about how great it would be to live lakeside, but not many strive for that street house living. I’d just like to keep it our little secret. Why ruin a good thing. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” which are available at his website www. BrendanTSmith.com.

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Investigate the Senate Democrat Wrecking Machine How did we get here? The Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination circus didn’t happen by accident. The emergence by Michelle Malkin o f i n c r e d Syndicated Columnist ible -- and by “incredible,” I mean the literal MerriamWebster definition of “too extraordinary and improbable to be believed” -- accusers in the 11th hour was no mistake. It is my contention that this grand unearth-and-destroy spectacle was planned, coordinated and facilitated by Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats and their staffers. After the FBI finishes its Freshmen Booze Investigations, Federal Barfight Interrogations and Fraternity Barfing Incidents probe of every last Yale and Holton Arms acquaintance and publicity hound ever photographed with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, every cog in the Resistance Wrecking Machine must be investigated: Protest Orchestration. The hearings were doomed from the very start, when 70 screaming demonstrators (including Women’s March holy warrior Linda Sarsour and actress Piper Perabo) systematically infiltrated the Hart Senate Office Building and disrupted the proceedings in Hour One of Day One. Day Two saw another 72 social justice mobsters arrested, with more than 200 total taken into custody by Capitol Police by the end of Day Three. Taxpayers have a right to know who sponsored the deliberate sabotage and abuse of the gallery pass privilege,

which has been in place since 1890. As the U.S. Senate website notes, “A code of conduct for visitors to the galleries is set by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and is enforced by the doorkeepers ... each gallery pass requires the ‘signature’ of a senator or officer of the Senate.” We’ve seen this partisan-organized circus mayhem before. During the Bush years, Democratic Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Major Owens showered Code Pink radicals with free passes to disrupt speeches and hearings. Last year, Sen. Chuck Schumer handed out passes to protesters for the Obamacare repeal vote. Sen. Dianne Feinstein acknowledged that she invited gun control activist and Parkland father Fred Guttenberg to the manufactured Kavanaugh chaos, where he pulled an awful fake news stunt during a break in the hearings -- a stunt that no major media bothered to verify Who else did Feinstein enable? Which other senators joined the plot? Those who deliberately aid and abet the hijacking of congressional proceedings should be named and shamed. Their ability to sign for passes should be curtailed. When they go low, the taxpaying public has a right to know. Leaky Sneaks. Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt. It’s what fills the Beltway swamp. Feinstein adamantly insists that she “did not leak the contents” or existence of Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s letter, which detailed an alleged sexual assault with more conjecture than actual details. Ford denied during panel questioning that she had leaked the letter. And the left-wing Intercept website,

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Freedom’s Heroes This past week I went to the Wal-Mart in North Conway with my mom. As is often the case, I drifted away from her and went to inby Issac Hadam vestigate the Contributing Writer food section. While there I noticed something that I haven’t seen in a long time; a World War Two veteran doing his grocery shopping. After re-locating my mom we caught up with him right after he checked out. I approached him and asked if it would be alright if my mom took a picture of him and me. He smiled and said that it was alright with him, but he warned me “I’ve broken more cameras then you can shake a stick at.” My mom took a few photos with my phone, I thanked him for his service, and we parted ways. But as we parted he made the statement, “I hope

you never have to do that; it was a nightmare.” That statement should give us all pause to think about the great sacrifices made by “the greatest generation” as they fought to protect our great nation and the freedoms that we all enjoy. They fought through the living hells of places like Normandy, Bastogne, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, and others. Both my grandfathers served in WWII and I was privileged to know them pretty well. Both they, and hundreds of thousands of others just like them, were my age when they put everything on the line, and, in many cases, gave the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this land. All the freedoms we enjoy in this land are because of men like them. The freedom to cast my first ever ballot in this year’s primaries, the freedom to say what I believe, the freedom of this paper to print this column, and many other freedoms don’t come free. The price can’t be counted in gold, silver, dollar

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In a week of speeches which swirled from the sublime to the ridiculous or were simply just boring, by John J. Metzler the recent UN Syndicated Columnist General Assembly debate reached some notable exceptions. Among the sonorous drone of 193 addresses, either restating the obvious or repeating by rote the contemporary global mantra of climate change, the Palestinians, and endemic poverty, some chiefs of state reached rhetorical pinnacles. President Donald Trump’s measured but firm address to the Assembly set the stage for speeches by other Presidents, Prime Ministers and Potentates. I’ve selected three particularly poignant speeches which beyond being oracles of the obvious, also presented delegates with a common sense but often overlooked perspective. Let’s begin with Japan’s long serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a key player on the global stage and a close friend of the U.S. The storied free market disciple Adam Smith must have been smiling when Abe stated, “The Japanese people have eagerly hoped for their national leaders to serve as flag bearers for free trade…after the war Japan itself was a nation that enjoyed remarkable growth, based in the advantages of trade

as the beneficiary of a free and open system.” He added that free trade system “enabled the countries of Asia, one after the other, to achieve takeoff and fostered the middle class in each of these countries.” That’s so very true. “Japan has now taken on the mission of imparting to the word the benefits of trade,” Prime Minister Abe added. For many years, “both Japan and the United States have led the free trade system forward internationally.” He cited Japan’s direct investment in America which “has created in the U.S. employment for 856,000 people nationwide.” Most of these jobs are in the automotive sector. Currently 1.7 million Japanese cars are exported to the USA; significantly the number of Japanese cars manufactured within the United States by American workers is 3.7 million. Prime Minister Abe stressed, “This is a win-win situation at its finest. I intend for Japan and the United States to continue this kind of relationship between us.” India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj imparted some wisdom on the continuing terrorist threat; “The demon of terrorism now stalks the world…in our case terrorism is bred not in some faraway land, but across our border to the West.” Referring of course to Pakistan, Minister Swaraj stated, “Our neighbor’s expertise is not restricted to spawning grounds for terrorism; it is also an expert in trying to mask malevolence with

verbal duplicity.” Focusing on the Bin Laden networks and the aftermath of the September 11th 2001 attacks on America, she added, “Pakistan’s commitment to terrorism as an instrument of official policy has not abated one bit.”

Clearly from an American viewpoint, one hopes Pakistan’s new government will stop supporting militant Taliban factions in neighboring Afghanistan who often in turn target our troops. Still Paki-

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Seriously Mentally Ill They live on the street, often foraging through dumpsters. Some threaten us. Occasionally, they assault people. Thousands by John Stossel of mentally ill Syndicated Columnist people cycle in and out of hospital emergency rooms. They strain our medical system, scare the public and sometimes harm themselves. Most, says DJ Jaffe, are schizophrenic or bipolar and have stopped taking their medication. Jaffe gave up a successful advertising career to try to improve the way America deals with such people. “John Hinckley shot President Reagan because he knew, not thought,knew that was the best way to get a date with Jodie Foster,” Jaffe tells me in my latest internet video collaboration with City Journal. Years ago, such people were locked up in mental hospitals. That protected the public, but the asylums were horrible, overcrowded places, where sick people rarely got good treatment. “We decided we would largely replace that system with mental health care in the community,” says Stephen Eide, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Community treatment made sense. Care would be easier and cheaper in the patients’ own neighborhoods. Patients would be closer to their families, who could visit. But community treatment never really happened. Politicians didn’t fund it. Neighborhood mental health facilities were not popular with their constituents.

Many mentally ill people now end up in prison. “Prison is no place for somebody with schizophrenia,” says Eide. “However, that’s where they’re going to remain” Today, more seriously mentally ill people are locked up in Los Angeles County Jail, Cook County Jail and New York’s Rikers Island jail than in any mental hospital. In jail, they barely get treatment. As a result, they stay in jail longer than other inmates. “They get abused and victimized and thrown in solitary, and they can’t visit their families,” says Jaffe. “It’s a horrific place to be.” America has some high-quality mental hospitals, but they don’t have enough money to give the extended treatment that most seriously ill people need. Jaffe says, “It’s become harder to get into Bellevue (a New York City mental hospital) than Harvard. If you’re well enough to walk into a hospital and ask for care, they’re going to say you’re not sick enough to need it.” Hospitals often practice what Jaffe calls “treating and streeting.” The police call it “catch and release.” Jaffe says that a big part of the problem is that governments, instead of treating the sickest people, often offer “something for everyone.” That’s a line from Chirlane McCray, wife of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. De Blasio named his wife director of the city’s program to combat mental illness. McCray promised to spend “almost a billion dollars” on “54 initiatives.” Unfortunately, most of those initiatives address people who are not very sick. “They wrap anything that makes you sad

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was a time when small farmers found it difficult to make a living in that occupation alone, so many rural households would “live off the land” in the sense that they would grow their own vegetables and meat, but not depend on farming for their total income. And, yes, I do remember those days. The New England Homestead magazine reported in its October 8, 1949 issue that a poverty party was held by the New Hampshire Horticultural Society whose $1,000 a year state subsidy had been eliminated by the legislature. The Society met at Durham and “got rid of most of their woes” See SMITH on 30

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1968.”) I went to my computer and soon found out that Cincinnati pulled out a thrilling 37-36 victory when Dalton hit AJ Green with a last second 15-yard TD pass. “THANK YOU CBS SPORTS! (NOT!)” After tending to Beth and getting her a glass of wine and a yogurt, I returned to the television and found TBS carrying the Yankee-Red Sox season finale from Fenway Park. The BoSox won big to finish at 108-54. We toasted the Red Sox triumph and then I resumed my nursing and cooking duties, while counting my sports blessings. It occurred to me that I’d saved $234 from missing our Saturday trip to Disneyland (two adult Disney passes, not including parking or refreshments) and almost as much from not going to San Diego on Sunday. Of course I’d have happily spent the money if

Beth could have avoided injured reserve. After finishing grilling duties for my injured spouse I got her another glass of wine and she asked me why I yelled at the TV. “Well, let me tell you a story about a little Swiss girl named Heidi who really messed up a Raiders/Jets NFL game back in 1968 …”

minute of play when NBC broke away to show the Heidi movie. Oakland scored two touchdowns in the final minute to win 43–32. In 1997 the contest was voted the most memorable regular season game in NFL history. State Representative Michael Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord and currently teaches on-line for New England College. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines)—which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.

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During this colorful foliage season, one can count on cooler temps, the reality of the end of summer and a time to start getting ready for wood fires to keep you warm. It’s a time of transition, getting out sweaters, eating comfort food and prepping for the inevitability of winter approaching. Yet, we cling to things that still remind us of great summer memories and good times gone by. And we still embrace anything that prolongs the warmer months. With summer beers fading into our rear-view mirror, it’s nice to see that a few still are on the shelves. One that can be included in this short list hail from our friends in Wolfeboro at Lone Wolfe. Graham Combes and The Lone Wolfe Brewing Company make their home in Wolfeboro, NH and know it is important to understand local efforts in making great beer for those who are searching for new brew experiences. Opening in 2014, Lone Wolfe’s nano brewery has added rich flavor concoctions previously wrapped in 22 oz bottles, 16 oz cans and 64 oz growlers which also can be purchased at their tasting room at 36 Mill Street just off Main St. A little more than a year ago, they expanded their brewing capacity to a 10 barrel automated system. They have an amazing 10 tap serving bar, great food from a diverse menu and a family-friendly atmosphere. Since you can never tell what’s next to

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heavier types as winter approaches. Those that lean toward the Coors and Bud world will find this beer to fit into their liking and may actually capture their attention more and more. Graham and Lone Wolfe’s Light can be found in 16 oz four packs, and can always be purchased it at Case-n-Keg, 5 Mill St, Meredith. Many on BeerAdvocate.com has rated this beer officially at 3.74 out of 5 which their mark as ‘Good’. Others have chimed in with 3.75+ to 4.0 out of a score of 5. So, if you have the desire to stay on the lighter side of beer and yet want good taste, give Lone Wolfe’s Light a try. Graham makes really good beers and he appreciates your local business. Jim MacMillan is the owner of WonByOne Design of Meredith, NH, and is an avid imbiber of craft brews and a home brewer as well. Send him your recommendations and brew news to wickedbrews@weirs.com

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Schooling Fall Crappie by Tim Moore Contributing Writer

Cooling water temps have triggered crappie and other panfish to move out of the shallows and school up over deep basins in ponds and smaller lakes. For some anglers, myself included, October is the most productive month of the year to fish for black crappie. Add ultra-light gear to the equation and you’ll not only catch a lot of fish, but you will have a boat load (pun intended) of fun as well. The first task is to locate deep basins. This is where lake maps and charts come in handy. In this age of smart phones there are a myriad of lake map apps to choose from. I use the Navionics app; it not only gives very detailed information about the contours of almost any lake or pond, it will also show your location on the chart. No more lining up objects on shorelines to find the honey hole. Just remember to close the app once you get where you are going or the GPS function will drain your battery in about an hour. The term “deep” is relative because basin depths vary from lake to lake. In many cases it simply means the deepest section of a lake or pond. Some water bodies that hold crappie have very distinct basins that are 20, 30, and even 40 feet deep; these are usually great places to fish. Once you figure out where the basins are and which one you want to fish, head for the upwind side of it and begin your drift. Kayaks make the ultimate attack vessels because of their

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with a bit of garden hackle. These are some of the most widely used techniques across the country to catch fall crappie. If you like crappie fishing then the fall bite is not to be missed. It has already begun and should improve throughout the month. Early morning bites will usually be better with fish often coming one after another. With a little time and effort you can catch a meal’s worth of tasty fillets in no time and still have See MOORE on 21

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stan’s consistent support for the Taliban, albeit it unofficial, represents a weak link in U.S. security and stabilization operations in Afghanistan. Poland’s President Andrzej Duda offered a more nuanced view of multilateralism; “Not everyone who claims to be a proponent of multilateralism thinks of it in terms of the equality of states.” He warned, “One can say that there is a negative multilateralism, which boils down to the concert of powers, a division into spheres of influence.” “Europe and Poland were often victims of this kind of multilateralism starting from the 18th century, throughout the 19th century, during the time of the Cold War. Multilateralism and the rules-based global order are not just for the chosen ones. The same principles must apply to all and to the same extent.” Viewing what he views as “positive multilateralism,” the Polish President underscores, “the Multilateralism of equal states and free nations, not the multilateralism of usurpation and hierarchy.” He was making a thinly veiled reference to the European Union, of which the Warsaw’s populist government is a member facing the blunt power from Brussels which has seemingly undermined Polish sovereignty. He advised, “states which have an advantage in terms of potential and power,

should not deprive others of their equal right to independence.” The Polish President called for “reform of the European Union as returning to its origins.” He clearly added, “It is important that multilateralism serves a certain system of values, instead of being just an element of a political technology and a game of interests.” Free trade, the continuing terrorist threat, and

the core issue of national sovereignty were wisely highlighted in the midst of usually stunning mediocrity. 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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as they “ …feasted on potato chips( insufficient supply ), plenty of sliced tomato, and ice water.” They agreed upon different means to obtain the lost money without relying on state funds. 1949 was a year when much of the state suffered from drought, but Howard S. Russell, writing in The New England Homestead, reminded the people that it had been dry before. He recalled the drought suffered by the Pilgrims in 1623 and the relief brought by the rains coming in response to their prayers, and, again the drought of 1749, two hundred years before the 1949 dryness. Professor Hepler, the bee specialist at the University of New Hampshire reported that the 1949 bee colonies were facing starvation because they hadn’t made any honey since July first. He advised that bee owners could save their honeymakers by providing them with food in the form of 40 pounds of sugar in syrup

Photo from The New England Homestead magazine. form for each colony of bees, the sugar being supplied in pails with holes punched in the cover with the pail inverted in the hive.. The other alternative would be to gas the bees and replace them with three to five pounds of packaged bees from the south for the next season. He explained that the cost of the sugar and that of three pounds of bees would be about the same. In S u lliva n C oun ty , dairy farmers were being

bothered by more than dry weather. Wild boar,the offspring of escapees from a game farm years before, were uprooting their corn crops. Instead of organizing poverty parties, Clarence King of Plainfield “rounded up the boys” into a hunting party in an attempt to eliminate the problem. They spent several days and nights hunting the animals in the corn fields; however, King said about the wild boar, “They are harder to

find than a jack rabbit… and harder to draw a bead on than whitetails. But he got one and ate it too, just to get even.” Though many areas of the State had not seen rain for a long period of time,it came to pass that what was called “the fair promoter’s nightmare”, rain, finally came and “there was plenty at the fairs” in 1949. Canaan, Lancaster, Hopkinton, and Cheshire Fairs were all got a taste of rain, though all had some fair weather to keep the events from being complete washouts. Surprisingly for a drought year the apple crop was said to have been one of the best in years with Professor E.J. Rasmussen estimating a harvest of one million bushels. There were plenty of apple pickers and the orchard workers were paid 15 cents for a wellrounded box or 75 cents an hour. Maybe irrigation had something to do with the good apple crop because the New England Homestead reported in September of the following

year that apple trees at Elton Orchards in Hampton falls were being irrigated with a series of deep water holes. I don’t want readers to interpret my opening remarks in this column to mean that agriculture wasn’t an important part of New Hampshire’s economy at the middle of the past century because it was. Fred E. Beane wrote of over 200 “soil tillers” who toured experimental vegetable plots in Stewartstown in the northern part of Coos County. These plots involved a study by the University of New Hampshire at the County Farm using 75 varieties of early vegetables looking for those that would grow best in the northern climate. I recall the slogan from my 4-H days which, if I remember correctly, said “To Make The Best Better”, and it appears that mid-1900 farmers in the state were trying to produce the best they could for New Hampshire’s agriculture business.

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