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Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils.

— General John Stark

Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11th, 2014 • Honoring America’s Heroes VOLUME 23, NO. 45

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1,100 Veterans Served Through Honor Flight New England by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

It wasn’t until 2009 that New England had its own chapter in the Honor Flight network, thanks to Joe Byron. Today, over 1,100 World War II veterans in New England have taken part in the experience. For them, it has been possibly the greatest moments of their lives. Byron, the founder of

Honor Flight New England, was at the Wright Museum of World War II in Wolfeboro for recent gathering of World War II veterans, some who had See honor on 16

Medal of Honor Recipient At NH Veterans Home

of reinforcements even as his brothers were dying around him. Nine died that day, and 27 were wounded. The award makes Pitts the ninth living recipient of the 16 honorees since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. The New Hampshire Veterans Home is located at 139 Winter Street, Tilton. The event is free and open to the public. C h is

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A WWII veteran takes in a quote by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of New England veterans of that war are getting an opportunity to visit the memorial that remembers their sacrifice through the Honor Flight New England program. courtesy HONOR FLIGHT NEW ENGLAND

Former Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts of Nashua, who earlier this year received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, for his actions in a 2008 battle in Afghanistan, will be the main speaker at the New Hampshire Veterans Home’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Monday, Nov. 10 at 11am. Sgt. Pitts was nearing the end of his second tour in Afghanistan at the time of the battle of Wanat in July, 2008. Wounded by shrapnel after his company was attacked by nearly 200 enemy fighters, he fought on to hold the position for the arrival

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Nov Thursday 6th Jewelry Lecture

Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth. 6pm. Associate Curator, Laura Johnson presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mementos: An Introduction to Jewelry of Life and Loveâ&#x20AC;?, which illustrates some of Historic New Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive jewelry collection. $5pp, free to Historic New England members. Registration required at www.historicnewengland.org or 4363205

Shaping Sound

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

Chinook Dog Program

Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 7pm. Bob Cottrell presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harnessing History: On the Trail of New Hampshireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s State Dogâ&#x20AC;?. Refreshments will be served. 5692428

The Eric Mintel Jazz Quartet Tribute to Dave Bruebeck

Pitmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. BYOB. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. 527-0043

2nd Annual Fusion Networking Event

Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub & Eatery, Gilford. 5:307:30pm. The evening will include passed & buffet style delicious food from Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and a beer and wine tasting thanks to Woodstock Inn Brewery and Hermit Woods Winery. $10pp/advance or $15pp/door. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this incredible opportunity to expand your social and business circles. Reservations are requested in advance as space is limited. Facebook. com/NHFusion for more details.

Friday 7th The Machine Performs Pink Floyd

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www.

rochesteroperahouse.com 335-1992

Capitol Steps

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www. flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

Steven Wright

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

7:30pm. Featuring Sally Pinkas, piano; Steve Larson, viola and Thomas Gallant, oboe. $18pp. www. concordcommunityconcerts.org

Saturday 8th â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inspired by Botanicalsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trunk Show

VynnArt Gallery, 30 Main Street, Meredith. 5-8pm. See the new works by and meet the artist. 934-2712 or 279-0557. www.vynnart.com

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. 11am4pm. Juried artists Kristine Lane and Paulette Werger bring to you their collaborative collection of jewelry along with home dĂŠcor pieces all inspired by nature. They will also be personalizing the 2014 Limited Edition League Ornament, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whispers of Springâ&#x20AC;? throughout the day. 279-7920

8 Misbehavinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Live Concert

Vocal Trash

Teresa Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Esopo Spinner Art Showing and Champagne Reception

First Parish Church, 218 Central Ave, Dover. 7pm. This is a program for all ages. 8 Misbehavinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a group of eight singers who regularly sing in various choral groups in the Seacoast area. They will be presenting a program of music which influenced the development of early American music, some whimsical and humorous, including Revolutionary War songs such as The Toast by signer of the Declaration of Independence, Francis Hopkins and songs by William Billings. $10/adults, $5/children, $25/families. 742-5664

The John Funkhouser Jazz Quartet

Pitmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $12pp. BYOB. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. 527-0043

Winter Faire

First Congregational Church, 63 South Main Street, Rochester. 3pm-7pm. Unique gift baskets, crafts, baked goods, books, take-home meals and more! 332-1121

Pot Luck Dinner

The American Legion Post 33, Plymouth Street, Meredith. 5pm. This event is sponsored by the SAL and Owen Price. Public invited, $5pp. Benefit to raise funds to help feed needy families this Thanksgiving.

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Concord City Auditorium, Concord.

VETERAN MEET UP All Veterans are welcome to join this newly forming Veteran Meet Up Group. This Meet Up is a great place to connect with like-minded veterans that share similar backgrounds and experiences. All Veterans are welcome. All eras. All wars.

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Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com 335-1992

Tuftonboro Holiday Festival

19 event locations to shop. Maps available in advance at Pine Cone Country Store, Geez Louise! and Spider Web Gardens.

St. Charles Holiday Fair

St. Charles Church, Rte. 25, Meredith. 9am-3pm. Many vendors with handmade crafts/gifts. Bake sale. Silent auction. Food. 279-4403.

American Idol Finalist Alex Preston

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

6th Annual Holiday Craft Fair

Bessie Rowell Community Center, 12 Rowell Drive, Franklin. 9am-3pm. Hosted by Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary. Featuring a bake sale, a penny sale and a silent auction. Admission and parking are free. 9342060 ext. 8780

Life Bridge Inc. Banquet â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Celebrate 10 Years of Mentoring

Hobbs Restaurant, Route 16, West Ossipee. 5:30pm. Life Bridge strives to give students in this area hope and lead them away from risky behaviors by bringing a trained mentor into their lives. The evening will start with cheese and crackers, followed by an abundant buffet dinner and dessert. $25pp. 522-6713

41st Annual Ski and Skate Sale

Kingswood Regional High School, 395 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 9am2pm. Wide array of new and used winter sports equipment and clothing for both children and adults. 569-1027

Joe Deleault and the Reel Tuckermans

Franklin Opera House, 316 Central Street, Franklin. 7:30pm. Tickets available on line at www. franklinoperahouse.org or 934-1901

Military/Veterans Appreciation Day

Funspot, Route 3, Weirs Beach. 11am-4pm. The event will be kicked off by local performer, Krystal Boyton singing the National Anthem. All invited. Show your Military/Veterans ID to receive a free â&#x20AC;&#x153;all Americanâ&#x20AC;? buffet donated by local businesses (free buffet limited to the first 500 Military/ Veterans and their immediate family). Free tokens, coupons and mini-golf. Military/Veterans will be entered into two Grand Prize drawings. The NH National Guard will have an armored

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Military Appreciation Day At Funspot Military Appreciation Day will be held at the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in the Weirs on Saturday, November 8th from 11am to 4pm for all active military, veterans and their families. Among the events planned are a hamburger and hot dog and salad buffet for the first five hundred attendees as well as a free raffle with two grand prizes of overnight stays at the Inns At Mills Falls, one which includes a couples massage at Cascade Spa and the other with dinner at Giuseppeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all of who have donated the prizes. By showing a military ID or Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ID you will receive for you and your family Funspot tokens to use in any of the over 500 games as well as coupons to come back and use at their new 5,500 square foot indoor mini golf course which is nearing completion. Also on hand will be the New Hampshire National Guard with an armored personnel carrier and the Wright Museum of World War II will be bringing some of their World War II vehicles to display. Mix 94.1 will be on hand to broadcast live from the event. Belknap Subaru, a major sponsor of the events, will be offering ten dollar oil changes for active military members. Sponsors for Military Appreciation Day include Hannafordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who donated five hundred hamburgers and rolls, SmokeShack Southern BBQ who donated hot dogs and buns for five hundred as well as doing the cooking and setting up the buffet. Fred Fuller Oil and Propane who donated the propane for the buffet barbeque. The Looney Bin who donated plates and the Union Diner who donated knives and forks. Other sponsors for Military Appreciation Day are Lakes Region Coca-Cola, Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Candy Kitchen, Hartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Turkey Farm Restaurant, Sysco, WSCY 106.9 and Planet 100.1 FM.

South Pacific In Pittsfield The Pittsfield Players present South Pacific at the Scenic Theatre, 6 Depot Street, Pittsfield on two weekends. November 7, 8, 14 & 15 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 9 at 2PM. Doors will be open one hour prior to performances for refreshments and raffles. Tickets, $17, will be available at www.pittsfieldplayers. com, by calling (603) 435-8852 to reserve or at the box office the afternoon, evening of performances. Come be inspired by us.

Three Beloved Performers Come Together For Folk Summit At 7:30pm on Saturday, November 15th The Flying Monkey Performance Center is excited to present their first Folk Summit. Three of the Northeastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most notable artists in folk/Americana will share the same stage. Don Campbell will warm up the crowd, then Lucy Kaplansky, followed by Jonathan Edwards et all. Tickets for The Folk Summit are on sale now for $29, and $34 for Premier seats. For tickets and more information on concerts and the Flying Monkey Performance Center, visit www.flyingmonkeynh.com or call 603-536-2551.

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Charleston Peak, elevation 11,918 feet, Spring Mountain Range near Las Vegas, Nevada. Out and back on the North Loop Trail we hiked 21 miles and more than 5,000 feet of vertical climbing to reach the summit. Due to a late start our 9 hour adventure required the use of headlamps and the glow of Las Vegas to finish our hike. The Star Trek slot machine wasn’t very nice and I gambled away a whole dollar. I guess most people end up in Vegas for business and then gamble and then go to out for late night entertainment between their conference or trade shows. But there is much more to see and do around Las Vegas that I’d rather do! While walking down the Vegas strip, bus trips and or a helicopter fly-over to see the Hoover Dam and the

Grand Canyon are actively advertised (among other things) by people pushing cards into your hands. We rented a car and had bigger plans for sight seeing and fun. Less than thirty minutes away is Red Rock National Conservation Area, a place of grand beauty. The Scenic Drive is 13 miles long, oneway direction only loop follows along the colorful mountains in the park. The Loop is a favorite of cyclists to ride in the morning’s cooler weath-

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Lost in the Woods

David is lost in the woods right now. He’s here in the office, but it being late fall, his spirit is off in a tree stand. It’s amazing to me to witness the passion he has for the outdoors. I mean, if you’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you know he’s passionate about a lot of things, but this is different. This is a way of life, at least for a few weeks. I have to give him a lot of credit. He’s spent the better part of 2014 preparing me for this. I am well versed in the way our clients need to be serviced. I have great contacts at all of our companies and I’ve even been given the super secret code to get in touch with David, if need be. Yes, our clients are just as safe and sound as if he were here, but he is for certain, self lost in the woods.

On Purpose David made a conscious choice to get lost in the woods. He prepared for it both by keeping himself in the physical shape he needs to be in to endure it, by making sure his wife and family are properly cared for while he is “lost” and by making sure that I’ve been trained to take care of his clients in his absence. All of that preparation has also left us ready for a not on purpose absence. If you read this, you know that catastrophe almost struck last month when David lost his footing in a tree stand. His preparation would have left us ready to carry on had he fallen that 18 feet and taken out a few ribs. We could have nursed him back to health and kept his mind calm because he was prepared and so were we.

Are You Prepared What if you got lost in the woods? Did you see the news story about the guy who got lost for a week and a half after wandering away from a football game? He got lost in the woods. Thank goodness he was found safe and sound. But what about you? If you got lost in the woods, what would your family do? What would your children do? If you’re significant other got lost in the woods what would YOU do? One of the things I see so very often is that in a couple’s relationship, one person handles the finances. That’s okay. Sometimes it makes things easier, but you should make sure that you both know where your accounts are and how they are accessed and also, a little known fact, how they are held makes a difference. An account held in the name of John and Marie Smith might be frozen should Marie die, while an account in the name of John or Marie Smith more than likely wouldn’t be. Check with your bank to be sure. Little things like that can make a huge difference. Then, of course, you have the obvious. Make sure you have enough insurance to take care of your family and/or spouse should something happen to you. Also, check out your VA benefits. Those can considerably cut your final expenses should you qualify.

Out Well, we do have a few more appointments before David goes off and gets lost in the woods, body and soul. I’m going to go try and bring him back to town. Pinch hitting for the Captain this week, this is Hillary Seeger from the edge of the blind. Have a great weekend. Dave Kutcher is a featured contributor on FOX Business News! Certified in Long-Term Care Planning (CLTC), he owns and operates DAK Financial Group LLC. Dave has almost 25 years experience working with retirees, and previously served as a Captain in the Marine Corps for 15 years. Call or write to be on his mailing list for quality newsletters, it’s free!

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To The Editor: It is indeed a sad sight to see the Hathaway House on Union Avenue in Laconia demolished. However, the time for public outcry is not when the demolition crew arrives, and in reality, the time has long passed. Cookie cutter stores may be offensive, but those represent the trend in modern architecture and are what gain approval from local municipalities. My family and I will not be boycotting the Dunkin Donut stores owned by Cafua Management. The company is highly successful and pays large amounts of tax dollars to the city of Laconia. Those tax dollars are needed to fund city departments such as fire, police, and public works. Deed research shows that Cafua Management took possession of the Hathaway House and the surrounding land on August 16, 2000. Almost immediately, plans for the proposed use of the property were prepared by a local company and then presented to the city of Laconia. The plans show an adaptive use of the Hathaway House, which would have kept the outward appearance of the house and utilized the inside and a new addition as a Dunkin Donuts store. This proposal from Cafua Management reveals that the company was not planning on demolishing the historic structure but

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in fact wanted very much to use it. Up until several years ago, the company utilized the building as office space for their employees. What happened since this property was purchased and the arrival of a demolition crew at the parking lot of the Hathaway House? Research could be done to discover what transpired between the time those initial plans were submitted until present day. It would be time well spent – we might learn from what happened with this property and hopefully be able to prevent this kind of result from being repeated in the future. The decision to demolish the Hathaway House didn’t just happen, and there have been attempts to save it. My daughter, Sarah, began an effort to preserve the Hathaway House about a year ago. She was eighteen years old at the time and was determined to save the building. She researched the full history of the property and came up with a viable plan to save it, which she presented to Cafua Management. Officials from the company took her seriously and consistently made time for conversations via phone and at no time told her to stop working on her plan. The plan outlined the transportation of the house to another site as well as its proposed uses after its move. She formed a new organization called Historic

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.

Lakes Region, gathered interested individuals who were willing to sit on its board of directors, and obtained permission from a non-profit in Laconia to have that organization act as a fiscal agent until the new organization could gain its 501(c)3 status. Quotes from Public Service of New Hampshire and FairPoint were obtained for the price of dropping power and cable lines during the transportation, and a company that specializes in moving large structures had also submitted a quote. There had been conversations with property owners who had vacant lots or building lots for sale – all within the vicinity of the Hathaway House. It was a plan that could have worked and had the support of many. The discovery of a demolition crew at the Hathaway House did not surprise my daughter; the clock had simply run out. She emailed Cafua Management, told them that she had hoped for a different outcome, but respected their decision. She remains respectful of the company and has since notified all the individuals who had been involved in this great effort and has thanked them for their support. The ideal time for planning for the preservation and restoration of a historic property can hopefully begin before there is a threat of demolition. Historic preservation is a specialized field, but it is See mail boat on 28

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Learning With Age

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

This week I am turning another year older. I will be fifty-nine. To some younger than me, that is ancient. To those older, they wish they could be my age again. To me, I think it is just about the right age. I guess I am supposed to freak out like some people, now that I am one year away from sixty, but the fact of aging doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t (always) really bother me like it bothers some. The way my mind works now is much more intriguing than it was when I was, say, twenty-five. There is a lot of hormone thinking that goes on when you are that age. A lot of things you do are driven by ego more than rationality. It is all part of the learning experience. Yes, when you are older there is a lot of ego as well, but you really pick and choose your battles more carefully with it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not out to prove myself physically anymore. In fact, I can use my advancing age as an excuse to be less physical at times. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face it, there are still plenty of things we can still do when we are older but we have learned to relax a bit, feign a little helplessness when there is really nothing wrong at all. Take a break and leave some of those things to younger kids. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll figure it out over time. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m also not out to win every argument I happen to fall into. Gone are

the days when I could go on for hours about something I believed in. Nowadays, after about ten minutes, I realize that no one is going to change their mind, so why waste anybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time, especially my own. (Still, no matter how old I get, throwing out an â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told you soâ&#x20AC;? still feels good.) What I like is how my mind has advanced over the years. My way of thinking has blossomed. I guess it is just from life experiences and putting a lot of information and experiences into the brain bank. I was reading recently that even if you learned a new fact very second, it would take three million years for your brain to fill up and that everything you have ever read, seen or experienced is still accessible. Of course, you can never remember everything at the snap of a finger, but somewhere in the brain that information exists and will often appear and at times even surprise you. So, it means that there is that much more stored experience at fifty-nine than there was at twentyfive or even fifty-eight. There has already been more experience stored between the time I first wrote this paragraph and the time that you read it. People say y o u t h i s wasted on the young, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree. That is the time you need to be most mobile and active. Your younger years are the prime ones for gathering those experiences of which you will need to survive when you are older. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make more than your share of mistakes and often youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to move fast. Agility and swiftness are key in helping you get out of bad situations. Your body wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as agile, wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move as fast,

as you age, but you are likely to make better decisions based on years of learning that will, hopefully, keep you from getting in those bad situations in the first place. Of course, some keep making those bad decisions all through our lives. Almost becomes habit. Not being able to move as fast as those younger days, those people have learned the art of making excuses, of blaming it all on the other guy, of wanting everyone else to move faster for them while they reap the benefits. There are a lot of anomalies out there; people who continue to accomplish physical feats that are supposed to be way beyond the capacity for most people their age. I truly enjoy reading about their exploits over a cold beverage while sitting in my easy chair. When you are older you stay home more and go to bed earlier, at least I do. These two things alone will help you stay away from some of lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more complicated situations, help you live longer and give you great excuses for leaving a boring party early. So, as I approach sixty, I look forward to the journey, to what new experiences I can put in the brain bank. I also like the idea that I am at the age that I can write a column like this and some people might just take me seriously since I am at the age where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m allowed to write things like this. If you know what I mean. Brendan Smith is the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Flatlander Chroniclesâ&#x20AC;? and the upcomg â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Of A FOOLâ&#x20AC;?.

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Hope Springs Eternal The elections will be over by the time this article hits the press. Hopefully, we have some good Conservatives ready to serve us in the NH House of by Jane RepresentaCormier Hooksett, NH. tives and NH State Senate. I am a believer that strong state government is the only way to hold off the federal machine which has had plenty of time since 2008 to steam roll our liberties here in America. I recently went on a rant with someone very close to me who just happens to be an avid, and life-long democrat. This person is smart, but delivers the leftwing talking points on cue. We were discussing the debacle that was the Dodd-Frank mortgage disaster. Her response to our discussion was that it was the “greedy banks” which causes all the problems. Really?

Here was my response: “Greed may very well be the problem. It’s a human flaw. But, Progressives have gone overboard in using greed as the carrot leading to the end of the stick. Entitlements are absolutely out of control, as is the single payer healthcare end game delivered by Obamacare. You know, the gutting of Medicare to the tune of 600 million dollars to pay for expanded Medicaid? Progressives will not be happy until we all become good little sheep. Make no mistake about it. The “collective” is what progressivism is all about. And, it is the antithesis of what our Republic was founded on. Remember individual liberty? Greedy banks, indeed… I understand that both political parties are to blame. But, when the money is gone, and the middle class no longer exists because we “didn’t build that”... (we just paid for it)...well, you and I will probably be gone by then. But, our kids won’t. The mortgage collapse was but one debacle of many since 2008. Your philosophy of the See cormier on 30

The Self-Immolation Of Wendy R. Davis Wendy Russell Davis is on fire. And I don’t mean that in a good way. I mean it in a five-alarm, set-her-ownskirt-aflame, by Michelle Malkin b i l l o w i n g Syndicated Columnist human-torch kind of way. To say that Davis is smokin’ hot is not a compliment. It’s a campaign incineration status update. The Democratic darling of the Hollywood Left and glamour gal of abortion thought her path to the Texas governor’s mansion would be a pink-sneakered walk in the park. Instead, her singleissue campaign has combusted. The high point of Davis’ career came last year when she flamboyantly opposed state restrictions on late-term abortions in the wake of Philadelphia deathdoc abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s baby-killing spree. Gosnell’s conviction provoked national revulsion at abortion gone wild. But Davis’ radical supporters at the Texas Capitol donned tampon earrings and waved uterus flags in solidarity with abortion rights at any cost. Planned Parenthood ghouls and celebrity femmes latched on to La Davis. Militant gender identity politics, however, can only get you so far. Davis’ gubernatorial bid the past month has been a series of unfortunate, cringe-inducing events exposing her empty soul. Last week, she insanely accused her opponent, Republican State Attorney General Greg Abbott, of wanting to ban “interracial marriage.” Abbott’s wife, Cecilia, is the Hispanic granddaughter of Mexican immigrants.

The week before, Davis ridiculed Abbott’s physical disability with a vulgar TV ad featuring an empty wheelchair. Abbott was paralyzed in 1984 when a tree fell on top of him while he was jogging. In response to a bipartisan backlash against her crass campaign insensitivity, Davis doubled down by attacking Abbott for lacking “empathy” -- while she cynically surrounded herself at a damagecontrol press event with disabled human shields (one of whom had to be dragged away from the podium by a Davis staffer while the crowd waited in awkward silence for the next speaker). To bolster her Girl Power bona fides, the Davis campaign disseminated a photo of young female “friends” posing on Twitter last week after voting for the Democratic candidate. The tweet carried the hashtag “#GenWendy.” Like, you know, “Generation Wendy.” The photo, however, turned out to be a pilfered image of young Virginia College Republicans getting out the vote for GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie. “All out of support, Wendy?” a Virginia CR spokeswoman jibed. The “imaginary friends” of Wendy became a social media mockfest. Desperate for positive press, Wendy welcomed New York City liberal Jon Stewart to Austin, Texas, for a last-ditch appeal on his comedy show Wednesday night. Quel appropriate: a professional clown propping up a miserable joke of a candidacy. Trailing in all the major polls, bleeding cash and abandoned by women voters by double-digits, Davis turned to Stewart to get out the vote and pump up anemic sales of her book, “Forgetting to Be Afraid.” Stewart forgot to mention the

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Human Rights Erode in Iran Despite “Reformist” President U N I T E D NATIONS— Despite what many observers see as a politically reformist presidency of Hassan Rouby John J. Metzler hani, the human rights sitSyndicated Columnist uation in the Islamic Republic of Iran remains dire. A recently released UN report paints a grim picture of widespread executions, a tarnished judicial system, systematic religious persecution, and widespread discrimination against women. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Iran stated his case succinctly; “the main concerns in my report deal with issues of right to life” thus responding to the “surge in executions in the past 12 to 15 months.” Some of these include execution of juvenile offenders. The report states that at least 852 individuals were executed between July 2013 and June 2014, representing an “alarming” increase over previous years. Addressing the press, Dr. Shaheed cited, “widening range of offenses” for which people are put to death, including economic crimes and for political activities. Shaheed, a former diplomat from the Maldives islands, has been given the thankless task of monitoring the human rights situation in Iran. He has been the UN’s investigator since 2011. Not surprisingly, he and his team have been barred from entry into the Islamic

Republic. Clearly, while many in the West wish to rationalize that Iran’s reformist President Hassan Rouhani is presiding over a rapidly changing country, the stark reality remains that the Islamic Republic rests under the grip of the hardline guardians of the Revolution. Rouhani, despite aspirations for change since being elected last year, has only limited political maneuver room in a repressive theocratic society. The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kahmeini has been in power since 1989 and holds the levers of both religious and political power. There are some superficial changes to be sure. The country’s new penal code has omitted references to apostasy, witchcraft and heresy as crimes but even in Islamic Iran the calendar shows 2014. In other cases, people can be executed for economic crimes and, not surprisingly, political offenses. Religious persecution continues as the mainstream Shiite branch of Islam opposes the ancient Baha’i faith as well as Christian communities. Shaheed stresses, “Of increasing concern to me is the worsening situation of women in the country.” The number of women enrolled in University has dropped from 62% to 48 % over a two-year period. Gender discrimination is built into the Islamic Republic’s way of life. Forced and underage marriages are commonplace. In 2011, the report cites over 48,000 girls aged between 10 and 14 getting married. On the official side, only three percent of seats in Parliament are

held by women. Recently, the Rapporteur raised opposition to the regime’s execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a young woman hanged for allegedly killing a man who was trying to sexually abuse her. There were serious legal concerns over the accused woman’s Tehran trial. Naturally, freedom of the press and the free flow of information is curtailed. At least 35 journalists are in detention. Severe content

restrictions hamper websites and 500 sites are blocked according to the survey. Specifically, 190 sites deal with arts, another 164 with social issues, and 107 with news content. Budgets for the Ministry of Intelligence and Security have jumped by 87 percent in the past year, leading observers to voice concerns over more effective online censorship and web control. See Metzler on 28

Random Thoughts R a n d o m thoughts on the passing scene: The great boxing champion Joe Louis once said about one of his opponents, who by Thomas Sowell w a s k n o w n Syndicated Columnist for his speed: “He can run but he can’t hide.” In the Congressional elections this year, many Democrats are running away from Barack Obama, but they can’t hide their record of voting for Obama’s agenda more than 90 percent of the time. Now that the Western democracies have learned the hard way what the consequences are when you admit all sorts of people into your country -- including people who hate both the principles and the people of your society -- will that cause zealots for open borders and amnesty to have some second thoughts, or perhaps first thoughts? I hope Yankees manager Joe Girardi was watching the World Series when Madison Bumgarner was allowed to come out and pitch the 9th inning, even though he had already made 107 pitches. Time and again, Girardi has taken out a pitcher who was pitching a great game, and brought in a reliever who lost it. Baseball statistics provide good rules of thumb, but bad dogmas on a given day. There seem to be a lot of comic-book-level movies, with human beings playing the role

of cartoons. Never take other people for granted. There is a point of no return in all relationships. Back in 1947, J.A. Schumpeter said, “effective political reasoning consists mainly in trying to exalt certain propositions into axioms and to put others out of court.” That is still the game being played by “global warming” zealots. Some people question Barack Obama’s competence, because he appointed a man with no medical background to be the Ebola czar. But Obama is not trying to solve a medical problem. He is trying to solve a political problem, on the eve of an election -- and a political partisan is the way to do that. Expecting Obama to be concerned about a medical threat to the American people is unrealistic, in view of the man’s whole history. When I see some of the bonehead plays by professional football players, I cannot understand why guys getting paid millions of dollars cannot stay alert for two hours, once a week. Too many intellectuals are too impressed with the fact that they know more than other people. Even if an intellectual knows more than anybody else, that is not the same as saying that he knows more than everybody else put together -- which is what would be needed to justify substituting his judgment for that expressed by millions of others through the market or through the ballot box. See Sowell on 30

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tireless work of rescuing animals, many of them horses, into her family and home. She eventually moved to Chichester, and in 1997 met Jerry Paradis, who then owned a concrete foundation company. It was an ideal match, and they eventually married in 2000. Jerry’s house was situated on a large parcel of land in Chichester, and in the summer of 1997, they began clearing land for a paddock and a barn for the five horses Teresa had at the time. They started taking in horses in need of rescue, then more land clearing, more paddocks, more out buildings, and it’s been an ever increasing whirlwind cycle ever since. Today, Teresa, Jerry, her daughter Heather & boyfriend Jahsun, granddaughter Tianna, along with hundreds of volunteers and thousands of supporters, LLLF has become the largest volunteer rehabilitation rescue/ sanctuary in NH and the greater New England area, See paradis on 21

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Have you ever looked at a bird’s foot? Better still, have you ever really looked at your own foot? It is a marvel of human development. Humans, usually, have five toes on each foot. This number is important for maintaining balance, but not critical enough to carry out daily survival activities. Birds, for the most part, have four toes on each foot, three are fanned forward and a single toe oriented to the rear. While our feet are pretty much the same from one person to the next, birds’ feet are very specialized, such as webbed feet for swimming. In case you didn’t notice, birds stand on their toes, not on the flat of their feet as humans do. The feet of perching birds, such as sparrows, wrens, warblers, thrushes, etc., can do almost anything, from walking to hopping, and nimbly holding onto any nearby object. When a bird lands on a perch, a tendon in the back of its leg tightens so that the toes “lock.” This involuntary reflex keeps a sleeping bird from falling off its perch. The bird simply stands up and straightens its legs to “unlock” the tendon.

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Trump Not Happy, Ginsburg; “Population Growth”? Headlinepolitics.com: “A 55-year old Muslim in India’s northern city of Jaipur took an 11year-old girl, molested by Niel Young Advocates Columnist her, covered her body in kerosene and then lit her on fire. What was his reason? She was wearing lipstick. Apparently, this neighbor is a friend of the family. Clearly, radical Islamists are not tolerant of those living in a free society. The young girl did nothing wrong, yet will be suffering from the after effects of serious burns on 90% of her body for the rest of her life. Shameful and appalling!” ******** Think about one time friend of Hitler, Rev. Martin Niemoller’s words: “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.” How do you feel about Sharia Law being part of the American Fabric? ******** THEY DID WHAT? Thanks to Paul Feely of NH Union Leader we now know that the Andrew Hosmer glossy attacking Kathy Rago the other candidate for Senate District 7 had a picture of Donald Trump.Whoa, what is this, Is it an endorsement from Mr. Trump? Feely: Each contained an attachment of a mailer sent by the New Hampshire Democratic Party, featuring a photo of “The Donald” and his signature phrase, “You’re Fired,” imploring voters to “say no” to Repub-

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been part of an Honor Flight and others who were considering taking the trip. The Honor Flight idea began in 2004 by Earl Morse, a physician’s assistant and retired Air Force Captain. While working in a small clinic for veterans in Ohio, he had listened as many WWII veteran patients were discussing the then newly completed WWII Memorial in Washington, DC. But to visit it seemed financially and physically impossible for many. Morse, also a pilot, asked one of his WWII patients if he could personally fly him out to see the memorial, free of charge. The veteran broke down in tears. Eventually Morse had persuaded eleven other pilots to take on the cost to not only fly veterans to

Joe Byron, founder of Honor Flight New England, stands behind World War II veterans who have made the trip to their memorial in Washington, D.C. (L to R) Ed Schurette, Dick Calvert, Win Wood, Bob Jones, Warren Pond, Lincoln Sinclair and Charlie Stone. Washington, D.C. but to also escort them around the memorials. In May of 2005, six small planes left from Ohio, filled with veterans, to see the memorials. In 2006, Commercial flights began to be used

gether for the trip. Last fall they submitted nine names of local WWII veterans, including Anne’s father and they were selected for a September flight. “Seven veterans left the museum parking lot on 3am that morning on the busses donated by C & J Travel of Dover,” Anne recalled. “My dad was supposed to be on that flight with me as his guardian but he had passed away on August 24th. My heart was filled with such joy, in a bittersweet way. Dad was there in spirit and Joe dedicated the

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now a retired law enforcement office who investigated crimes against seniors, was touched by a story he had heard from a WWII veteran who was also a POW and was suffering from survivor’s guilt. In 2009, Byron witnessed an Honor Flight disembarking and inquired how he could help bring the program to New England veterans. Thirty-five flights and 1,100 veterans later, Byron is still working at bringing as many veterans to see the memorials as he can. Anne Blodget, President of the Board of Directors at the Wright Museum, has heard about the Honor Flights years ago, met Joe Byron and introduced him to the museum with the idea of getting an area group to-

flight to Marine Captain Blodget.” Joe was there that day at the Wright Museum to video the stories of seven of the New Hampshire veterans who had made the Honor Flight. Each told of a few of their war experiences. Among the Honor Flight alumni who were there to share their experience were Dick Calvert, a veteran of the 10th Mountain Division who fought in mountainous and arctic conditions with skis and 90-lb rucksacks. Today Dick still skis sixty to seventy days a year and is a four time national champ in the USSA Masters Program. Also present was Warren Pond who served on a Liberty Ship that he had to abandon after it was torpedoed. Charlie See honor on 17

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Anne Blodgett of the Wright Museum (R) looks over an Honor Flight New England scrapbook with an Honor Flight escort. Blodgett’s father, a WWII vet, was scheduled to take the flight this past September but passed away a few weeks before the journey. courtesy Photo

a family member or a volunteer. Each escort has to pay their own four-hundred dollar expense and all do very willingly. One of those volunteers escorts is John Camire, a member of the Londonderry Fire Department, who was at the Wright Museum event. “This was a unique opportunity for me and an honor to share that moment with our veterans,” Camire said. See honor on 18

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Stone was a gunner who recounted an episode of an encounter with a German soldier who was captured from a submarine. When asked by Charlie why they didn’t invade the United States, the solider, in perfect English said “We know your Constitution and know that there is a bullet behind every bush.” Others Honor Flight alumni were Ed Shurette (’14), Win Wood (’09), Bob Jones (’14) and Lincoln Sinclair (’14) who also shared stories of their time in the service. Still, it was the retelling of their experience on the Honor Flight that seemed to affect all of them the most. Ed Shurette: “It was the most profound thing that has ever happened to me. It made me even prouder of my service.” Bob Jones: “I couldn’t believe the number of people who were lined up to see us off at five o’clock in the morning at Logan Airport. Then when we arrived at Baltimore there was another huge crowd to welcome

us. It was wonderful.” Warren Pond: “The reception is mind-boggling. Sidewalks lined with people, Honor Guard, Color Guard, Bagpipes everywhere we went. If you aren’t shedding a tear once in awhile you just aren’t human.” David Haskell of South Tamworth, otherwise known as “Wiskers” was also at the event. Haskell is the Honor Flight New England Coordinator for the Patriot Guard Riders. The Guard Riders are volunteer veterans who ride escort, when asked by the family, and present a flag line at services for fallen soldiers. Haskell had met Joe Byron in 2009 through the Blue Star Mothers of New Hampshire and now escort the Honor Flight busses to their departure. This past Father’s Day, 105 motorcycles of the Patriot Guard Riders were part of that escort. Though all of the veterans’ trips are paid for through private donations, it is required that each veteran have their own escort. It can be

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John Camire (L), a member of the Londonderry Fire Department with Charlie Stone. Camire has served as an escort, at his own expense, in helping veterans realize their dream of seeing their memorial. ington we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop once,â&#x20AC;? said Charlie Stone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone made way for us. It was very precise.â&#x20AC;? Besides the World War II Memorial, the trip also

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includes a visit to the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier, The Raising Of The Flag on Iwo Jima statue and a trip to the Vietnam Memorial. As stated earlier, all of the funding is from private entities. Jim Jalbert, the owner of C & J Travel who donated the busses, was at the Wright Museum to show his support and encourage other WWII veterans to participate. Even those who are hesitant due to certain physical limitations are encouraged to participate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope we can send off

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drive much faster than the posted limit! Zion National Park is such a busy park that people are encouraged to park in town and take the shuttle bus to the visitor center because its parking lots fill up quickly. We took our chances and we were extremely lucky to find an open space immediately-that is the kind of jackpot I like winning. The mountains and majestic rock walls of the canyon are stunningly beautiful. Charlie and I enjoyed playing tourist and we

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Artisan and Craft Fair

Rochester American Legion Post 7, 94 Eastern Ave, Rochester. 9am-3pm. Great gift items made by local artisans and crafters. 332-2024

2nd Annual “Farm Fun Run” Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. Registration opens at 8:30am, run starts at 10am. Free event offers a unique 5k course that takes runners around the farm, through the fields and part of the corn

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19 event locations to shop. Maps available in advance at Pine Cone Country Store, Geez Louise! and Spider Web Gardens.

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Veterans Day Ceremony

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United Baptist Church of Lakeport, 23 Park Street, Lakeport. 9am-1pm. White elephant sale, jewelry, cookbooks, cutlery, cookie and fudge walks, bakery table and more. 524-8775

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Sean Hannity recently pointed out an essential parallel between Islamic extremists and Nazis. One believed that they were the “master race” and the other that they are the only true religion. Both believed that this entitled them to kill others, just for not being part of their group. Unless the Secret Service is given unambiguous authority to shoot anyone who climbs over the White House fence, malkin from 6

trail of discredited autobiographical details Davis exploited to gain a national platform. The Dallas Morning News reported earlier this year that she “blurred” several “key facts” of her rags-to-riches story. As feminists hailed the single mother for putting herself through Harvard University while caring for two young daughters, it emerged that a second husband had taken custody of Wendy’s girls,

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political pendulum “swinging” one way then the other is intrinsically lazy and in this case, not appropriate. Our government has been so inept and overbearing,

without being secondguessed by people who will say “he shot an unarmed man,” any president is needlessly at risk -- and millions of American voters’ choice for that office can be nullified by any crackpot. You don’t know who is armed or unarmed until it is too late. Attorney General Eric Holder hit a new low, even for him, when he acted indignant about the leak of evidence supporting the police officer

in the Ferguson, Missouri shooting -- on grounds that this was an attempt to influence public opinion before the grand jury makes its ruling. What was Holder doing from day one, other than trying to influence public opinion in the opposite direction? In going through my mail, I am always amazed at how many people seem to think that a series of unsubstantiated pronouncements constitutes an argument.

Except for Congressional elections, the most important election this year is the close race for governor of Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker has shown that he has substance and guts, rather than image and rhetoric, by opposing the government employee unions that have been bleeding the taxpayers. He would make a far better Republican presidential candidate in 2016 than Congressional phrase-makers or a

retreaded candidate who lost in 2012.

cashed in his 401(k) and secured a loan to support her higher ambitions. Which-Way Wendy tried to pivot from her biography botch by becoming a born-again Second Amendment rights advocate (after working to ban gun shows while serving on the Fort Worth city council). Me-Too Wendy attempted to burnish her border-control credentials by supporting Republican calls for an Ebola travel

ban from West African countries (after earlier attacking Abbott over his “’stop the invasion’ rhetoric” and accusing him of disliking “people who don’t look like him.” And in the ghastliest turnaround since Linda Blair’s head spin in “The Exorcist,” No-Shame Wendy claimed she would support legislation banning abortions after 20 weeks -- after vaulting into the national spotlight with her 13-hour back-

brace-and-comfy-shoesaided filibuster on the Texas Senate floor last year against the very bill that would have outlawed late-term abortions and cracked down on filthy, dangerous abortion clinics like the one serial babykiller Gosnell operated for 15 years thanks to shoddy government oversight and abortion-rights apathy. Callous evil is as callous evil does. The lady parts-obsessed liberal bet all her feminist

marbles on her chromosomes. After Election Day, all Wendy Davis will have to show for it are wellcoifed selfies and the ashes of her Vogue magazine fashion photo spread.

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