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Ben Gloddy, 14, of Northfield, made his debut as a professional motorcycle racer in 2019 with three MARTIN HANLON PHOTO championships as well as setting the 400cc lap record at Loudon.

Northfield Teen Making Noise As Professional Motorcycle Racer by Dan Seufert

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Ben Gloddy of Northfield has won a lot of motorcycle racing honors in his career and is considered to be one of the top talents in the business. He’s regularly seen at the nation’s top racing venues looping tracks at more than 100

miles per hour, taking home top honors while doing so. He’s so well-regarded, in fact, that last year he began teaching people how to ride, professionally and for fun. Two weeks ago he showed a 10-year-old how to ride his first motorcycle. But Ben doesn’t have a driver’s license. Though he drives at a very

high level and very high speeds on a motorcycle track, he has one problem when it comes to cars. He’s only 14. He looks forward to getting his license in a few years. “Yeah, that will be cool,” he said. “Then I can drive myself to my races.” See GLODDY on 24

The Lakes Region Detachment of the Marine Corps League will celebrate the 21st Annual “Gathering of Marines” on Saturday, November 9th at the Laconia Country Club, 607 Elm Street, Laconia, NH. The annual event will commemorate the 244th birthday of the founding of the United States Marine Corps at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 10th, 1775. Each year Marines, old and new, from WW11 to those now on active duty throughout the world celebrate the occasion which is unique among all the branches of the military services at 7pm, a presentation of the Colors occurs, the National Anthem, and a salute to ALL branches of the services are conducted. The “Commandant’s Birthday Letter” is read and the traditional “cake cutting” ceremony in which the first and second pieces are given to the youngest and the oldest Marines in attendance. Recognition is also rendered to any special attendee who has been awarded honors for his or her service to the Marine Corps. This year’s special guest of honor will be General David G. Perkins, U.S., Army (retired). RE ONLINE FOR & SHA F RE D A E RE

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BELMONT - Dr. Charles Russell Fink, III, D.C., vine-ripe tomatoes to sky-high sunflowers, chick64, of Belmont, passed away suddenly but peace- ens to honeybees (and the occasional bear!), fully Oct. 15, 2019, surrounded by his family and Chuck grew it all and then some. You would friends at Massachusetts Genoften find him taking walks eral Hospital, Boston. in the woods with his wife, Chuck was born in NorBetty, and his dogs, Rusty and folk, Virginia on November Delilah. And he was always 13, 1954, to Charles Rusready to share his knowledge sell, II, and Margaret Ann of a particular tree or wild (Howard) Fink. At age 11, berry with the grandchildren he moved to Nashua, New that joined them on occasion. Hampshire, graduating from In his younger years, Chuck Bishop Guertin High School in liked to go ice fishing and was 1972. “Chuckie” was the oldan avid golfer in the Pheasant est of eight children and was Ridge Men’s Golf League. remembered fondly as a great Whether we knew him as big brother, helping to take Chuck, Chuckie, Charles, Dr. care of his siblings, especially Fink, Dad, or Grampie, Chuck after the passing of his mother made an impression wherever at the age of 9. he went and will be sorely In 1982, Chuck became missed. He is survived by his known as Dr. Fink when he wife, Betty Pike-Fink; his fagraduated from Palmer College Dr. Charles Russell Fink, III, D.C. ther and step-mother Charles 1954-2019 of Chiropractic in Davenport, and Bina Fink; brothers Mike Iowa. After moving back to New Hampshire and and his wife Donna, Dan and his wife Edie, and being an associate of Dr. Stephen Guild, DC, he George and his wife Tammy; sisters Laura and opened his own practice, Fink Chiropractic & her husband Bill, Julie and her husband Pat, Natural Health Improvement Center in Laconia in Sabrina and her husband Jeff, and Theresa and 1989. Chuck was always the academic and ahead her husband Mike, and all their families; his chilof the curve when it came to research-based di- dren, Lorienne (Fink) Valovanie and her husband agnostics and treatments and you may have read Sean, Matthew Fink, and Maleia (Fink) Raymond some of his Healthy Living Tips in the Weirs Times and her husband Thomas; step-children Jerry or Cocheco Times newspapers. Compassionately Waldron and his wife Deb, Jessica Martin and devoted to the health of his patients, Chuck prac- her husband Don, Charles Waldron and his wife ticed chiropractic in Laconia for more than 35 Laura, and Amanda Ainsworth, as well as nine years, making his impact on the well-being of the grandchildren with the tenth on the way. He was community immeasurable. predeceased by his mother, Margaret. A CelebraIn addition to his dedication to the welfare of tion of Life reception was held on Sunday, October others, Chuck always felt driven to be civically 20th at Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem involved. As a result, he decided to run for public St., Laconia. office and was elected to the New Hampshire State Calling Hours were also held on Monday, Oct. Legislature in 2012. He represented Belknap 6 21st at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette and served until 2014. Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia NH. Chuck enjoyed the natural world around him. A Memorial Service followed at 6:00 p.m. also at No matter where he lived, he loved to create, the Funeral Home. maintain, and graciously share the bounty of a To view an online memorial go to www.wilkinhome-farm. From fruit trees to berry bushes, sonbeane.com.

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Tired Just Thinking About It It is getting down to crunch time for me. I have to decide within the next few weeks whether or not I will run once again for governor of New by Brendan Smith Hampshire on Weirs Times Editor the Flatlander Party ticket. There is so much to consider as I ponder this decision. Am I totally committed to bringing all of my energy into doing what is best for the people of New Hampshire? Can I just walk away from the hundreds of dollars in inventory I have left over from bumper stickers I never used during my 2018 campaign? Of course, the biggest factor in my decision to run will be my age. When I first ran for governor in 2000, I was a young and vibrant guy of just about forty-five. Going from event to event, day after day for months on end was easy. Shaking hands, pretending to be listening to what potential voters were saying to me and spewing out a plethora of promises I know I could never keep, all without losing that smile on my face was simpler back then. I’ll admit that nowadays, heading towards the midway point of my sixties, I’m not as energetic and a bit more cynical. I’d probably only be good for about two or three events a day, as long as the first one is by 9am. Also each one has to have some kind of food offering or I’m out. At my age my blood sugar can get a little low and I don’t want to embarrass myself like I did one day last campaign season. I was at a local diner, bothering folks as they were trying to eat. I hadn’t eaten myself for a good hour and a half and was feeling a bit light-headed and

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an inappropriate time can derail an entire campaign. (Especially if that smart-ass kid is nearby.) There are some benefits to campaigning at an older age, but not many. For example. It would be easier to pretend to be listening, as my hearing isn’t as good as it used to be. I can look right at people and not have to actually shut out the noise of their complaining about this and that and how something or other needs to change and blah, blah, blah. People sure do a lot of whining to me when I’m running for office. I guess they must think that I’m going to be able to change things or something. Lots of voters really don’t care about age, especially young, idealistic ones who are still many years away from experiencing their first sore back just getting out of bed. You can fool them easily enough if you can promise them some sort of unobtainable utopia. It’s the older folks, the ones with more life experiences, the ones who have the aches and pains and the prescriptions who need more convincing you are up for the job. And I have to convince myself as well. After all, there I am one morning looking up how much I’d earn if I starting collecting Social Security now and then, the next morning, thinking about campaigning to be in charge of an entire state, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for at least two years. I am not sure why the decision would be this hard. I guess it’s just all them damn bumper stickers I have left. 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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Beltway Bidenspawn-Ship Has Its Privileges I wrote the book on the Obama administration’s “Culture of Corruption” 10 years ago, including a thick and sordid chapter on the Beltway swamp creatures of the Biden family. See-no-evil liberals scoffed at my catalogue of back-scratching, shady Delaware deals and Wall Street funny money: What nepotism? What ethical lapses? What corruption? by Michelle Malkin Now, Hunter Biden himself, the youngSyndicated Columnist est son of former Vice President and Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, finally admitted this week what Daddy’s pooh-poohing pals have long (publicly) denied: “I don’t think that there’s a lot of things that would have happened in my life if my last name wasn’t Biden,” Hunter confessed on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Tuesday. Well, knock me over with a feather and plaster-cast my shocked face. On cue, the Dems’ favorite “GOP strategist,” swamp lobbyist wife and anti-Trump loudmouth Ana Navarro Cardenas, cooed over Hunter’s “self-awareness” and “humility.” But even as the theatrically humbled Hunter admitted his privilege (staged the morning before Biden the Senior faced off for the fourth high-stakes Democratic presidential debate), he insisted he was as “qualified” as “anybody else” for his $50k-a-month gig at Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings. After all, Hunter puffed: “I was vice chairman of the board of Amtrak for five years. I was the chairman of the board of the U.N. World Food Program. I was a lawyer for Boies Schiller Flexner, one of the most prestigious law firms in the world.” Hold up, Sonny Boy. Reciting a litany of your unqualified domestic appointments to bolster the qualifications of your foreign gigs lacks -- what’s the word? -- self-awareness. “GMA” hostess Amy Robach, who had promised a “no holds barred” grilling, whiffed on fully informing viewers about Hunter’s lifelong biography of conflicts of interest and cashing in. The Burisma “mistake” is a feature, not a bug, in the bubble-protected life and times of Delaware’s dirty Democrat dynasty. I repeat: --Hunter’s first job, acquired after Joe Biden won his 1996 Senate reelection bid in Delaware, was with MBNA. The credit card conglomerate and top campaign finance donor forked over nearly $63,000 in See MALKIN on 29

Beto O’Rourke Says The Quiet Part Out Loud Failing Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is raging against the dying of his political light. Desperate and alone, his campaign on the precipice of collapse, Beto has banked on by Ben Shapiro one policy: radical Syndicated Columnist honesty. And that means he is now saying the quiet part of the progressive agenda out loud. This is a candidate who openly claims he’ll come take Americans’ guns (though he then pretends this won’t involve the police acting as an enforcement arm in removing those weapons). This is a candidate who suggests that abortion one day before full term is a constitutional right. And now this is a candidate who admits that he will seek to bankrupt virtually every traditional religious institution in America. When asked at a CNN Democratic town hall regarding LGBTQ issues about whether nonprofit status should be removed from churches that refuse to honor same-sex marriages, O’Rourke simply said, “Yes.” He then explained in detail: “There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone, or any institution, any organization in America that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us. ... And so as president we are going to make that a priority, and we are going to stop those who are infringing upon the rights of our fellow Americans.” This statement is insanely radical. It suggests that the mere presence of religious institutions that dissent from the social left’s political orthodoxy cannot be tolerated. It is not an infringement on rights for free associations of religious people to deny the validity of marriages based on both historic natural law and traditionally religious precepts. But

according to O’Rourke, the existence of such institutions amounts to an infringement. This move by O’Rourke was utterly foreseeable. In expectation of precisely this sort of logic, I endorsed the libertarian position on same-sex marriage -- get government out of the entire business of marriage -- in March 2013, two years before Obergefell v. Hodges. I wrote at the time that any federal cramdown of same-sex marriage would result in states being “forced to recognize samesex marriages,” public schools being forced to teach its morality and religious institutions losing tax-exempt status. “Religious Americans,” I predicted, “will be forced into violating their beliefs or facing legal consequences by the government. The First Amendment guarantee of religious liberty will largely become obsolete.” At the time, this was considered overthe-top. Now it’s a mainstream Democratic position. And the Democrats will go further than merely removing nonprofit status. They will use anti-discrimination law as a baton to destroy the existence of “discriminatory” religious institutions, from churches to synagogues to religious schools. They will refuse to accredit home-schooling programs that do not teach the left’s preferred social values -- after all, anything less would be benefitting organizations that, in O’Rourke’s view, deny “the full human rights” of LGBTQ people. This tyrannical thinking was expressly prohibited by the founders, who saw the threat of government toward religion as paramount -- not the other way around. And for years, Democrats have understood that O’Rourke’s agenda had to be kept under wraps -- most Americans aren’t interested in his full-scale culture war. But now See SHAPIRO on 28

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It would probably get a student suspended nowadays, but back when I was in middle school we used the term “mental” as an epithet for people or things we thought were by Ken Gorrell stupid. “What are Contributing Columnist you, mental?” or “That’s so mental!” Being 13-year-olds, we found lots of things “mental.” In today’s age of political correctness, I’m sure using that word in that way is considered a heinous

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the epitome of “mental.” As daylight hours shorten and daily high temperatures drop, count me among those who are happy that we benefit from a strong, reliable power grid fueled for the most part by fossil fuels – the only fuels other than nuclear capable of sustaining a modern power distribution system. The protesters’ stated goal was to shut down the coal-fired power plant, one of the last such plants in New England. As reported by WMUR, Sam Tardiff of 350 NH Action/NH Youth Movement put forth what might pass for wisdom or received knowledge in his circle, but

to anyone who values logic and reason it’s a non sequitur: “The time has come. It’s 2019. We shouldn’t be burning coal anymore.” It’s 2019; we shouldn’t be graduating functional illiterates and innumerates from our high schools and then sending some of them off to college. It’s 2019, the United States shouldn’t be the 12th most obese nation in the world. It’s 2019; we shouldn’t be dealing with the return of medieval diseases in the feces-strewn homeless encampments of our major Democrat-led cities. See how that works? The calendar year is just a date; it has See GORRELL on 29

Venezuelan Regime Wins Seat on UN Human Rights Council UNITED NATIONS— You can’t make this up. Venezuela, a state marred by widespread human rights abuses, one whose government has creby John J. Metzler ated humanitarSyndicated Columnist ian violations and then callously blocked international humanitarian aid, has won a contested seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council in a three way race for two seats. Nicolas Maduro’s Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, a regime which has turned Venezuela’s former prosperity and democracy into a sleazy socialist quagmire will join the 47 member Geneva-based

Council. No matter that Venezuela has been censured just months ago in a searing indictment by the very same Council for a litany of human and civil rights abuses. Hillel Neuer of the Geneva based UN Watch rights monitor, called the election of the Maduro regime, “absurd, immoral and offensive.” In the contest in the full 193 member General Assembly, in a three way race for two seats for Latin America, Brazil handily won reelection (153 votes) but Costa Rica at 96 votes was edged out by Venezuela with 105 votes. Costa Rica, a country with genuine human rights credentials, though a late contender for the election, was supported by the USA and most of Latin America. Venezuela mobilized the Non-Aligned Movement, Russia,

and China to win the coveted place. Ambassador Kelly Craft, the new U.S. envoy to the UN remarked “That one of the world’s worst human-rights abusers would be granted a seat on a body that is supposed to defend human rights is utterly appalling.” Philippe Bolopion of Human Rights Watch commented, “Venezuela’s undeserved and narrow election to the UN Human Rights Council is a slap the face to the country’s countless victims who’ve been tortured and murdered by government forces, as well as the millions who have fled largely because of a humanitarian emergency the government unleashed.” Human Rights Council seats are focused on geographic regional representation; in many cases the

seats were filled uncontested. Let’s look beyond Latin American and see the other new Council members. Africa. Four countries were selected unopposed; Libya, Mauritania, Namibia and Sudan. The best one can say about Libya is that it remains a chaotic maze of various militias and armed factions. The country serves as a conduit for human smuggling and inhumane treatment of transiting migrants. Sudan, had been ruled by an indicted war criminal Omar Al Bashir (remember Darfur?) until earlier this year when the military toppled the regime. Even with any slow change for the better, its appallingly preposterous that the K h a r t o u m See METZLER on 28

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We are approaching that time of year again where more is better; flavor and bigness that is. With colder months by Jim MacMillan heading our Contributing Writer way, our winter coat needs to be built up. Many of you who frequent this column know that this is the time of year I bring up this same topic so it shouldn’t come as a surprise. A few extra pounds just may help in staying warmer this winter. With holidays not far off, desserts will abound. This is the first of three articles highlighting a particular brewery and two father incredible beers. So, with our focus beers in hand, we will concentrate on two wonderful Stone Stouts. Stone Brewing, first located in Escondido, CA, now also in Richmond, VA and Berlin, Germany, have pioneered an amazing journey of quality beers that have always been produced while “thinking outside the box” since 1996. With over 1,100 employees worldwide, Stone has an unwavering commitment to sustainability, ethics, and the art of brewing. Stone was founded by Greg Koch and Steve Wagner in San Diego. They have been named “All-Time Top Brewery on the planet” 11 times and are the 9th largest craft brewery in the US. Find out more at StoneBrewing.com These two stouts look like very close cousins but are worlds apart in flavor profiles. Xocoveza (pronounced chokov-a-sa) is an imperial stout at

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rately for their attributes. Stone are brilliant brewers and have the rest of the industry always trying to catch up. You can find Stone WootStout and Xocovesa and WootStout at Case-n-Keg in Meredith as well as other fine beer providers. Cheers!

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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 Corn Maze Open!

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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Through Sun. 27th “Dracula” at The Strand The Strand, Dover. No Halloween is complete until you’ve experienced the fun, thrills and terror of Dracula! This Dover tradition in it’s third year comes live to the stage at The Strand complete with pyrotechnics. Adapted from Bram Stoker’s novel by Bill Brooks, the show features chilling moments in what is a fun family (ages 10+) show. www.BreakaLegLegally.

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Through Wed. 30th 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.

Thursday 24th Lakes Region Uncorked – Charity Gala Church Landing, Meredith. 5pm-8pm. Lakes Region Uncorked returns for it’s 7th year, as the premiere Charity Gala, where you will gather together to enjoy locally made craft beverages, gourmet foods and so much more! Guests enjoy an assortment of fine foods and beverages of all kinds throughout the evening. There is a silent auction, a Celebrity Chef seating and live music. Tickets are $100/admits 2 or $60pp.

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“The Life of Jonathan Cook” by Shirley White

Center Harbor School House Museum, 94 Dane Road, Center Harbor. 7pm. Learn about Jonathan Cook, patriarch of the Cook Family, Revolutionary Soldier, and his wife Charlotte who with many members of the family showed great hospitality to their guests. Learn of and see the many names of guests that made the trek annually up to “The Red Mountain”. Shirley White has spent over a year putting this program together. Light refreshments will be served. Program is free and open to the public, but donations are accepted. 968-3902

Beer for History feat. Sea Dog Brewing American Independence Museum’s Folsom Tavern, Exeter. In addition to craft brew and beer, the event features live colonial-inspired music and entertainment in the very tavern that once hosted George Washington! $15/members, $20/non-members. Ticket includes beer, entertainment and light snacks. There is also a “driver” ticket available for $10. www.

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Friday 25th The Gibson Brothers Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH.com or 5362551

Harvest Music Festival at Canterbury Shaker Village

Once an Outlaw feat. Chris Anderson of The Outlaws

Canterbury Shaker Village is building a reputation as a great venue for music, and their second annual Harvest Music Festival promises to be bigger and better than last year. It takes place on Saturday, October 26 from 3 – 8 pm, and includes beverages from Canterbury Aleworks and food from the Creamery Café--soups, sandwiches and baked goods—in a historic building in the heart of Shaker Village. Six groups of talented traditional musicians will perform on two different stages at staggered times. If you like bluegrass, Celtic, folk and lively traditional fiddle playing, this is an event you won’t want to miss. The music and setting combine to create a memorable experience. Canterbury Shaker Village’s 25 historic buildings, fields and gardens make it one of the most picturesque and extensive historic sites in the state. Support for the festival has been provided by the NH State Council on the Arts. Admission to the Music Festival is $12 for adults and $6 for children (6-17). Members of Canterbury Shaker Village pay half price. Under 5 free. Book online at shakers.org until 48 hours before the event. Tickets will also be sold over the phone (603-783-9511 x285), and at the door. Library passes will not be honored for this event. Enjoy the fall season and make some great memories with the festivities and friendship at Canterbury Shaker Village in October, a premier NH historic site. Canterbury Shaker Village is open daily from 10 – 4 through October 27 (closed Monday, Oct. 21), then weekends in November. Christmas events begin in early December. Call the Village for group rates and to learn about year-round opportunities for private rentals and meetings. Canterbury Shaker Village is located at 288 Shaker Road in Canterbury, New Hampshire, just off Route 106 south of Laconia and north of Concord, NH. More info at www. shakers.org.

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $20pp. BYOB venue. www.PitmansFreightRoom.

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“CEO Live” – Professional Development Event Belknap Mill, Laconia. The Lakes Region’s only one-day professional development event is tailored to business owners, entrepreneurs and business leaders who are looking to take their business to the next level. CEO Live promises to be high energy and fun and will include presentations and workshops covering the topics of money and your business; your business and life goals; marketing and sales strategy; taking the fear out of social media and more. To register for CEO Live visit www.JMG-

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Jim Tyrrell – Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, Gilford. 7pm10pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Rochester Main Street’s Annual Halloween Spooktacular

Downtown Rochester. The Trick-orTreat event is a fun event for costumed children aged 10 or younger that begins at 4pm in the Union Street parking lot, where families can get goodie bags and lists of participating business. Bags and lists are available until 5pm, or until gone. Trick-orTreating ends at 6pm, and then make way for the Zombie Parade that begins at 7pm! This annual parade for teens and adults will feature the dancers from three dance studios who will lead the parade. Interested participants should gather in the Rochester Common by 5:45pm. 3323208

NHSaves- Button Up Workshop Campton Public Library, 1110 NH Route 175, Campton. 6:30pm. The NHSaves Button Up Workshop is a 1.5-hour presentation about how to improve the efficiency of your home. NH residents wishing to use energy more efficiently, conserve energy and save money on their heating and cooling bills, will find this workshop very helpful. Free and open to the public. www.NHSaves.com/events

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The Rochester Opera House presents The Garcia Project The Rochester Opera House is welcoming back The Garcia Project on Saturday, November 9th at 8pm. Performing full, classic Jerry Garcia Band set lists from 1976-1995. The Garcia Project’s performances are based on actual set lists performed by The Jerry Garcia Band. All of their shows are classic recreations of a Jerry Garcia Band set list from the 1970’s all the way up to the 1990’s. Tickets start at $20. Reserve tickets online or call the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5pm and 2-hours before the show. he Rochester Opera House is located above City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. Visit www.RochesterOperaHouse.com for more information.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Live Performance

Steele Hill Resort, Sanbornton. Doors open at 4pm. The meal will be homemade by Steele Hill Resorts (Farm Bureau member) with a cash bar in the Carriage House. The menu will include steak tips, bbq chicken, fresh salad, veggies and more. The event is open to the public. Farm Bureau members are $40pp, nonmembers are $50pp. 499-6060

Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith. 7:30pm. Washington Irving’s spooky tale of the Yankee schoolmaster and the headless Hessian, set in a sleepy valley along the Hudson River, is one of a collection of his stories published in 1819-20. The imaginative characters come to life in this entertaining adaptation by John Heimbuch

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Fri. 25th & Sat. 26th The 13th Black New England Conference Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester. The theme of this year’s conference is “Black Ink: African American News from Slave Songs to Social Media”. The BNEC is an annual 2-day gathering where academics, artists, activists and community members share insight and research on Black experiences, past and present in New England and beyond. Space is limited, preregistration is recommended at

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Laconia High School, Union Ave., Laconia. 9am-3pm. This free event will have over 60 vendors, bake sale, raffle table and a drawing for a $200 gift card to Tanger Outlets. Plenty of free parking. Annie’s Catering will also offer food.

Fall Music Festival at Canterbury Shaker Village Canterbury Shaker Village, Shaker Road, Canterbury. 3pm-8pm. Guests will be treated to traditional music performed by a variety of artists and groups and plenty of food from local Canterbury food and drink vendors! This is a wonderful event, marked by beautiful fall foliage and a perfect event for the whole family. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.

Shakers.org

Ghosts of Folsom Tavern & Winter Street Cemetery - Tours American Independence Museum’s Folsom Tavern, Exeter. Tours begin at 3pm, with cemetery tours every half

hour from 4-5:30pm. Meet the “Folsom Family”, tour the historic tavern and hear how they once hosted George Washington, while enjoying seasonal refreshments. Afterwards, guests will make their way to Winter Street Cemetery to meet their colonial tour guide and see the Folsoms’ final resting place and gravesites of many of Exeter’s (in)famous and revolutionary residents. www.

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Phil & Janet – 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

Haunted Barn and Wagon Rides

NH Farm Museum, 1305 White Mountain Highway, Milton. 5pm-9pm. Early youngster fun gets a little spooky at dark! Walk the seriously haunted barn, ride a wagon through the spooky woods and enjoy donuts on strings, bobbing for apples and hot chocolate around the fire. Free for members, $25/family, $10/ adult, $5/kids, kids under 4 are free. 652-7840

TBINH Benefit Concert feat. Doo-Wop DeVille Inter Lakes Community Auditorium, 1 Laker Lane, Meredith. Doors open at 7pm. Doo-Wop DeVille, one of New England’s premier show bands will be performing the most memorable music of the 50’s and 60’s to raise money for Interlakes Community Care Givers, Inc. Tickets are $27.50pp and are available on line at www.tbinh.org

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Live Performance Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith. 2pm & 7:30pm. Washington Irving’s spooky tale of the Yankee schoolmaster and the headless Hessian, set in a sleepy valley along the Hudson River, is one of a collection of his stories published in 181920. The imaginative characters come to life in this entertaining adaptation by John Heimbuch and Jon Ferguson. Their

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Tilton Masons Public Breakfast and Bake Sale

Masonic Lodge, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 7am-9:30am. Socialize with friends and enjoy a full breakfast including eggs cooked to order. $8pp. Proceeds benefit the various charities the Lodge supports. 524-8268 Sunday 27th

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Live Performance Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith. 2pm. Washington Ir ving’s spooky tale of the Yankee schoolmaster and the headless Hessian, set in a sleepy valley along the Hudson River, is one of a collection of his stories published in 181920. The imaginative characters come to life in this entertaining adaptation by John Heimbuch and Jon Ferguson. Their ensemble-driven script tells the stor y of the hapless schoolmaster and headless horseman with humor, wit and mystery intact. www.

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Tuesday 29th Center Harbor Soup Kitchen – Free Community Meal

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.

The Three Stooges Take on the Axis Power by Dan Schroeder The Wright Museum, Center Street, Wolfeboro. 7pm-8pm. Wright Museum docent Dan Schroeder presents the sixth and final part of his popular

l e c t u r e s e r i e s. D a n h a s traveled many long miles since 2009 when he presented the first of his lectures, but the end is in sight! Join Schroeder as he brings his popular and entertaining lecturer series t o i t s c o m i c e n d . www. WrightMuseum.org or 5691212

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1st Annual Christmas in New England Craft Fair

Leavitt Park Club House, 334 Elm Street, Laconia. 9am3pm. Free admission, but attendees are asked to bring non-perishable food items to benefit the local food pantry.

Chris O’Leary Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $25pp. BYOB venue.

Friday 1st Winter Faire- Beef Stew Supper

First Church Congregational, 63 South Main Street, Rochester. 4:30-6:30pm 3321121

Saturday 2nd St. Gabriel Holiday “Angel Fair”

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Six-year old Ben Gloddy at the at Wachusett Valley Riders PHOTO COURTESY CHRISTINA DAY Club in Massachusetts. GLODDY from 1 Gloddy started racing early in life, at age 4, in part because he was raised around motorcycles. Born during Motorcycle Week of 2005, his grandfather, realtor John Ganong (whom Ben still refers to as “Papa”) is an avid motorcyclist who has attended every Bike Week since Ganong

was a teenager. Ben first started driving on a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle, and then progressed to a small motorcycle. His friends and family friends were regular summer and winter motorcycle riders and racers, and once he began racing, he was hooked. “The speed is fun,

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to me and said he wanted to race motorcycles, I said ‘no way, I won’t allow it,’” Day said. “Three months later he was racing his little motorcycle around, and I realized I was going to support him in any way possible.” “When he started,” said Ganong, “I wasn’t sure whether it was a good idea, and when

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for Quarterley Racing OnTrack Development, finishing once in the top three and three more times in the top five. MotoAmerica hosts races throughout the United States, but due to his age at the start of the season, Ben was only able to compete in 11 out of the 17 races. He finished his 2019 race season with three championships. He was the Loudon Road Race Series 500 Supersport champion, the 500 Superbike Champion and the New England Sport Bike Championship undefeated Lightweight Champion. He also set See GLODDY on 25

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Grandfather John Ganong, Ben Gloddy and mom, Christina Day stand outside of Roche Realty in Meredith, where Ganong is a Realtor. GLODDY from 24 the 400 cc lap record aboard his Freedom Cycle Kawasaki Ninja 400 at the Loudon Road Race Series. He finished his 2019 season with 22 topthree finishes, 16 of which were wins. “It’s amazing to see what he can do out there now,” Ganong said. Eric Wood, president of the Penguin Racing School, agreed. “He is one of the most gifted young racers in the nation,” Wood said. “He has a unique combination of talent, drive and personality that will lead him to success both on and off the racetrack.” Gloddy is now seen as one of the top young

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racers in the nation. “Working with Ben over the last two seasons has helped me reenergize my passion for road racing,” said John Grush, Operations Manager of the Penguin Racing School. “It has also given me hope that we have young generation of riders like Ben that can help elevate the sport.” “Ben is an inspiration to all that are fortunate enough to be around him,” Grush said. A home-school student, Gloddy has kept up with his learning via virtual classrooms, and has made many friends of various ages in his sport. He recently lost one of his closest friends, Jamison Minor of Barrington, who died

at the age of 21 in April of 2017 after a crash at a race in Charlotte, N.C. Gloddy still gets emotional when asked about Minor. He wears highly protective gear, like a motorcycle suit with an airbag built in, to make sure he’s riding as safely as possible. “It’s scary for us, but he says (racing) doesn’t scare him, and he loves doing it. As long as he’s happy doing it, I will support him the best I can,” Day said. “I think it’s just awesome to see how far he’s gotten and how he handles all of it, even the loss of his friend. He’s so graceful,” Ganong said. Ben is already looking

forward to next season, when he plans to ride in a big race in Daytona Beach, Fla., among other races, thanks to help from local businesses who sponsor him. His sponsors and some of his races can be viewed at his website, bengloddyracing. com, and he can also be found on Facebook or Instagram @BenGloddyRacing. He needs more sponsors as he continues

his career as a professional motorcycle racer. He hopes to reach the highest levels of motorcycle racing, but to do that he will have to move his racing to Europe, where professional motorcycle racers make the same yearly salary as some players in the National Football League. He won’t lose sight of the family and friends who have helped him become a pro at age 14.

And he has dedicated his career to Jamison Minor. He has the full support of his family, Ganong said. “He’s really something,” he said. “The way I look at it, he could be doing a whole lot worse things than he’s doing right now in today’s day and age. And he’s still excelling,” he said. “A lot of kids his age aren’t.”

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METZLER from 7 government should sit in judgement on human rights. The human rights monitor Freedom House rates Sudan’s political and human rights as 7 out of 100. Mauritania stands in a class by itself. Here’s a retrograde regime at its worst who rates among the world’s Least Free states according to Freedom House. Mauritania’s dismal numbers reflect the country’s perpetuation of human slavery. Though the scourge of slavery has been officially abolished, some 500,000 people remain in bondage. UN Watch dubs Mauritania “Slavery’s Last Stronghold.” Namibia to its credit has largely preserved political rights and press

freedoms and ranks well in human rights rankings. Asia/Pacific. Here five countries were competing for four seats. Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, the Marshall Islands and Republic of Korea ran for the seats; only Iraq failed to gain a place. Indonesia clearly faces some human right hurdles though Freedom House rates them 62 out of 100. Japan ranks 96 one of the highest in the world, and South Korea stands at 83. The Marshall Islands ranks at 93. Eastern Europe. Armenia, Moldova and Poland were in the running and Moldova lost in the ballot. Armenia ranks fairly poorly at

51 out of 100 though Poland stands at 84. Western Europe. Another non-competitive election, saw both Germany and the Netherlands winning the two seats reserved for their region. Both countries adhere to high human rights standards; the Netherlands 99 and Germany at 94. All states are elected to three year terms starting in January. UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer later tweeted, “Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro devastated his country, starved his own people and crushed pro-democracy dissidents. Four million have fled. Electing his regime to the U.N. human rights council was obscene.” The U.S. withdrew

from the Council in 2018 precisely over this rank political hypocrisy. The election of Venezuela and Mauritania to the Human Rights Council reflects shameful choices. The enduring danger remains that it allows a remarkable level of legitimacy to regimes whose record on political and human rights presents a mockery of those very rights. 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.

SHAPIRO from 6 he’s saying the quiet part out loud. It will be fascinating -- and frightening -- to see how many Democrats echo him in the coming months. Ben Shapiro, 35, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editorin-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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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, October 24, 2019 — GORRELL from 7 nothing to do with the reality of our situation. What is our reality when it comes to generating and distributing the power required to live an advanced economy? To start, we need electricity, preferably plentiful, reliable, and cheap. We want it to be produced as cleanly and unobtrusively as possible, and from domestic resources. Energy independence is important to those of us old enough to remember the lines and skyrocketing prices for gasoline in the early 1970s. We don’t want to be held hostage ever again to the whims of foreign governments for a foundational piece of our economy. Young Sam Tardiff, a UNH undergrad, didn’t live through those times and probably knows little about it. (Protesting is easy when you don’t have context.) And oh-by-theway: It’s 2019 and CO2 emissions from electric power generation are at the lowest point since 1984, while we consume nearly a third more electricity. Over this time, so-called “renewables” have been a tiny, unreliable part of the grid. Until – or if – there’s a technologic breakthrough, “renewables” will never be more than marginal players on our electric grid. While coal may soon go the way of the dodo, it will do so because of market forces, not mindless protests. As professor Mark Perry wrote at his American Enterprise Institute blog, “So at the same time that climate alarmists like Greta Thunberg and Alexandria Ocasio Cor-

tez lecture us about reducing our carbon footprint to prevent a pending environmental collapse, carbon emissions in the US have fallen to a level not seen since before AOC was born in 1989. And that reduction in CO2 is largely due to free-market capitalism that brought us the advanced technologies of fracking and horizontal drilling that accessed oceans of affordable shale gas.” The irony is that fossil fuels – so hated by modern “environmentalists” – provide reliable, affordable energy, and market capitalism – so hated by modern “environmentalists” – has reduced our CO2 footprint without subsuming our national autonomy to international treaties and foreign bureaucrats. Meanwhile, the environmental movement continues to beclown itself. A few weeks ago, Campus Reform reported that Bates college in Maine is looking for applicants for an Environmental Studies professorship. Qualified applicants should be prepared to conduct research in areas such as “ecocriticism and nature writing,” “queer ecologies,” “indigenous and post-colonial/decolonial/decolonizing environmentalisms,” “ecofeminism/feminist environmentalism,” and “posthumanism and animal studies.” Sure, let’s trust the direction of our lifesustaining power grid to mentals like that. Ken Gorrell welcomes your comments at kengorrell@gmail.com

MALKIN from 6 bundled primary and general contributions from its employees to then-Sen. Biden -- who secured his custombuilt, multimillion-dollar house in Delaware’s ritziest Chateau Country neighborhood with the help of a leading MBNA corporate executive. Average Joe went on to carry legislative water for MBNA in the Senate for years. --Hunter quickly ascended to senior vice president at MBNA by early 1998 and then scored a plum position in the Clinton administration’s Commerce Department, specializing in “electronic commerce” before returning to MBNA three years later as a high-priced “consultant.” While he collected those “consulting” (translation: nepotistic access-trading) fees, Hunter became a “founding partner” in the lobbying firm of Oldaker, Biden and Belair in 2002. --William Oldaker was Papa Biden’s former fundraiser, campaign treasurer and general counsel -- a Beltway barnacle whose Democratic machine days dated back to Teddy Kennedy’s 1980 presidential bid. Under Oldaker’s mentorship, Hunter lobbied for drug companies, universities and other deep-pocketed clients to the tune of nearly $4 million billed to the company by 2007. Then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama personally requested and secured cozy taxpayer-subsidized earmarks for several of Hunter’s clients. --Hunter also was a top official at Paradigm Global Advisors, a hedge fund holding company founded with Joe Biden’s brother, James, and marketed by convicted

finance fraudster Allen Stanford. As Paradigm chairman, Hunter oversaw half a billion dollars of client money invested in hedge funds while remaining a lobbyist at Oldaker, Biden and Belair. The ill-fated venture went bust amid nasty fraud lawsuits. --The Biden Bro received a $500,000 loan from the family’s longtime donor, “friend” and UkrainianAmerican businessman John Hynansky, which helped bail Uncle James Biden out of debt he racked up while renovating a massive, south Florida beachfront estate. Hynansky was also entangled in a messy Delaware real estate deal with Biden pal and convicted campaign finance and tax fraudster Chris Tigani, who spent two years

in prison for laundering political donations through straw donors to Biden’s presidential campaign committee. --Hunter then snagged a seat on the board of directors of taxpayer-subsidized, stimulus-inflated Amtrak, where he pretended not to be a lobbyist, but rather an “effective advocate” for the government railroad system serving the 1-percenters’ D.C.-NYC corridor. And all of this was before Qualified-AsAnybody-Else Hunter snagged his lucrative foreign gigs in Ukraine and China (not to mention the humiliating interlude when he was booted from the Navy Reserve in 2014 for cocaine use while “working” as a public affairs officer -- a

cushy, part-time job he secured only after finagling waivers for his age and a previous drug offense). The law license Hunter is so proud of earning was conveniently protected from review and revocation. Bidenspawn-ship has its privileges -- lavishly underwritten by “Average Joe’s” half centurylong career on the public teat. Michelle Malkin’s email address is MichelleMalkinInvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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Railroad Station at Meredith - from postcard, date unknown.

At the Annual Meeting of the Wilton Railroad “some gentlemen from Amherst tendered a subscription of $40,000 to construct the road from Danforth’s Corner to Amherst Plain,” but action on the proposal was postponed. The Concord and Claremont Railroad boasted that its line from Concord to Warner would be one of the best paying roads in New Hampshire and that their freight and passenger business had increased since opening the line. The Portsmouth and Concord Railroad had contracts in place for building a railroad of 17 miles from Concord to Candia. They planned to

teams, ready to rush us over the road up the valley of the Contoocook to Hillsborough, all safe, right side up, with care.” The history of small railroads in New Hampshire was followed by consolidation into bigger railroad lines with the Boston and Maine becoming the dominant one. The quotes in this article are primarily from the New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette newspaper.

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SMITH from 3 that their resolutions were “too stringent” and referred the matter to the newly elected set of Directors. Their annual report stated that the number of passengers carried in their cars was 128,544 and 1/2. There was no explanation as to how they managed to provide a ride for half a person. The Directors Report also declared “…we have built, completed for use, and equipped with suitable furniture, eighty-two miles of Railroad, through the rugged soil of New Hampshire, by the outlay of about $ 2,766,500. In September, 1847, we commenced running to the town of Grafton.” The Cochecho Railroad advertised that they were running daily passenger trains (except Sunday) in connection with the Boston and Maine Railroad, The New Hampshire Central Railroad, also in the process of being built, had its Annual Meeting in October of 1849 at Henniker, “and the best feeling prevailed throughout.” The work was progress-

agent of the Concord and Claremont Railroad for running “ an extra train of cars over his road from Concord to Contoocookville at an unusually late hour on the night of 3d. inst. At about half past 9 o’clock we found the cars gently moving from the Concord depot. By the skillful management of their engineer, Russell T. Noyes, and others, we found ourselves safely landed at Contoocookville in 25 minutes, where we found our worthy friend, Robert Moore, with his fine

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