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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, November 17, 2016
VOLUME 25, NO. 46
THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, november 17, 2016
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The Gold Standard In Smart Collecting by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
How much gold is there in the world? Some say enough to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool. Others try to determine the number by figuring out how much each government around the world has. Most likely, no one knows or will even know. The important thing, says Dan Estes, is in understanding how it all works. Estes, who owns Estes Collectible Investments in Meredith, makes it his business to not only buy and sell gold and silver
as well as jewelry and antiques, but to make sure those who come into his store are educated on the real value of what they are investing in. “Some people get a bad rap when they buy jewelry thinking it’s a big investment, so I want to educate them as well as give them a good deal,” said Estes. Dan Estes is originally from Massachusetts and he moved to the Dover area in 1982, graduated from Dover High School and started in the business when he was eighteen. First as a coin collector. See estes on 27
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The Meredith Parks & Recreation Department will be holding their 5th annual Craft Fair on Saturday November 19th from 9am-2pm at the Meredith Community Center. The craft fair will feature homemade/handmade crafts, foods and items, helping local crafters while stimulating the economy and giving back to the community. This craft fair has provided many local, as well as non-local crafters with the opportunity to share their talents with the general public, and it is a wonderful opportunity to
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Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, Gilford. 2 local favorites on stage with $2 drafts and 2-for-1 appetizers after 8pm. 2930841
Sierra Hull Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com or 3351992
Belknap County Sportsmen’s Association’s Annual Turkey Raffle Belknap County Sportsmen’s Club House, Lily Pond Road, Gilford. 6pm. All are welcomed. Come enjoy pizza and win a turkey! Raffle tickets available at the door, $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Pizza is $5pp AYCE, BYOB.
Friday 18th Once on this Island – CalypsoInspired Music and Dancing Concord City Auditorium, Concord. 7:30pm. Family friendly, lively musical by the Tony Award-winning team of Ahrens and Flaherty. Not recommended for small children due to the 90-minute running time without intermission. www. communityplayersofconcord.org or 344-4747
Dueling Pianos
Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, Gilford. Prepare your friends for some serious fun as YOU pick the music and join in the show! 293-0841
Squirrel Nut Zippers Flying Monkey Theatre, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyinhmonkeynh. com or 536-2551
“God’s Not Dead 2” – Free Family Movie Night
Mountain View Church, 322 Upper Bay Road, Sanbornton. 6:30pm. Free popcorn and drinks and a free drawing for a $20 gift certificate.
Saturday 19th Children’s Princess Tea Party
Funspot, Route 3, Weirs Beach. 2-3:30pm. Local Miss New Hampshire title holders Jana El-Sayed and Brooke Mills are hosting this children’s tea party to benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Tea Party guests will enjoy interacting with their favorite princesses in various activities including a sing-a-long, dancing, raffle and light refreshments. This is a free event; however, donations are gratefully accepted. 568-0418
One-Man Star Wars Trilogy Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord. In this hilarious show, one man singlehandedly plays all the characters and condenses the plots of the more than 12 hours of cinematic magic that is the earliest three Star Wars films into one memorable performance. Tickets are $25-$29pp. 225-1111 or www.ccanh.
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An Evening of Native American Food Tastings & Entertainment Gilford Community Church, Gilford.
Hosted by the NH Intertribal Native American Council. Delicious menu offerings and Native American Drumming and flute playing. Raffles and door prizes. $10 Elders and Children, $15 adults. Children under 6 are free. 630-4757
Annual Jingle Bell Fair
Weirs Beach Methodist Church, 35 Tower Street, Weirs Beach. 9am2pm. Crafts, greens, bake sale, silent auction, upscale flea market and more!
Once on this Island – CalypsoInspired Music and Dancing Concord City Auditorium, Concord. 7:30pm. Family friendly, lively musical by the Tony Award-winning team of Ahrens and Flaherty. Not recommended for small children due to the 90-minute running time without intermission. www. communityplayersofconcord.org or 344-4747
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Union Congregational Church Chapel, 80 Main Street, Union. 9am-1pm. Lunch items will be available. 4732727
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5th Annual Craft Fair
Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. 9am-2pm. The premise of this craft fair is homemade/handmade crafts, foods and items. Come enjoy all the crafts and handmade items, enjoy a bowl of soup or a few cookies and coffee, browse the raffle table to see what you would like to try and win! 279-8197
Christmas at the Castle Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 10am-4pm. This family friendly event includes a self-guided tour of the spectacularly-decorated 1914 mountaintop mansion, an artisan fair with a selection of locally made items perfect for gift-giving, children’s craft activities, and cookies and hot chocolate. Tickets are $15/members, $20/adult non-members, $10/youth and may be ordered online at www. castleintheclouds.org or purchased at the door prior to 3pm. 476-5900
Silver Bells Fair
United Baptist Church, 35 Park Street, Lakeport. 9am-1pm. Fudge and cookie walk, Christmas tables, white elephant, jewelry, cookbooks, craft tables and more! 524-8775
Artisan & Craft Fair
American Legion Post 7, 94 Eastern Ave, Rochester. 9am-3pm. Everything offered is hand crafted by local artisans. Snack bar is available. Why wait to start your holiday shopping! 332-2024
Granite State Choral Society’s “A Salute to Veterans” Dover Baptist Church, 151 Washington Street, Dover. 7:30pm. This exciting program will feature patriotic numbers, battle anthems from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras, remembrances of the fallen and songs and prayers for peace. $12/advance, $15/door. www.
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Tab Benoit Flying Monkey Theatre, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyinhmonkeynh. com or 536-2551
Harvest Moon Charity Auction and Dessert Tasting Lake Shore Farm Inn, Northwood. Admission includes an array of appetizers and desserts. Adult only event with a cash bar. $25pp or $40/ couple. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.dcpreschool.com/
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92nd Annual Christmas Fair
Laconia Congregational Church, 18 Veterans Square, downtown Laconia. Doors open at 9am-2pm, lunch served 11:30am-1pm. Silent auction bidding ends at 1pm. Fresh apple pies, crafts, hats and mittens, live wreaths, plants and berry bowls, lots of “nice as new” items and ornaments, a Book Nook, baked goods and several hard-to-find Department 56 Villages. 455-4332
North Shore Acappella New Hampton School’s McEvoy Theatre, New Hampton. Doors open at 7pm. Music begins at 7:30pm. North Shore Acappella’s skillful blend of harmony, rhythm and tempo always delight audience members as they perform from their huge repertoire of songs from the 60s, 70s, as well as from the 40s, doo-wop and Bruno Mars. Refreshments and soft drinks will be available before the performance. Tickets are $27.50 per person and includes the refreshments. www.tbinh.org or info@tbinh.org for questions.
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Once on this Island – CalypsoInspired Music and Dancing Concord City Auditorium, Concord. 2pm. Family friendly, lively musical by the Tony Award-winning team of Ahrens and Flaherty. Not recommended for small children due to the 90-minute running time without intermission.
www.communityplayersofconcord. org or 344-4747 Christmas at the Castle
Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 10am-4pm. This family friendly event includes a self-guided tour of the spectacularly-decorated 1914 mountaintop mansion, an artisan fair with a selection of locally made items perfect for gift-giving, children’s craft activities, and cookies and hot chocolate. Tickets are $15/members, $20/adult non-members, $10/youth and may be ordered online at www. castleintheclouds.org or purchased at the door prior to 3pm. 476-5900
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Super Bingo Game To Benefit Lake Winnipesaukee Museum Join the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society on Saturday, November 19 for Super Bingo, a high stakes bingo game. Doors open at 2:00pm at the Funspot Bingo Hall, Rte. 3, Weirs Beach, NH. The Super Bingo Game offers a $13 9-card package for the afternoon session (4:30-5:30pm) and your choice of a $25 12card package, $30 18-card package, $50 36-card package or $65 54-card package, for the evening session (6:45-9:15pm). You may also rent a Bingo computer for just $6.00 per day, play e-cards, paper cards or both to increase your chances of winning! Players are allowed to buy a maximum of 54 faces on an electronic video bingo device and are limited to one unit per person. Guests may play either the afternoon or the evening session, or may come early and stay late to play both sessions. The one-hour afternoon session will include 10 games paying an estimated $100 each. The evening session will include 12 games paying an estimated $320 each and three “Winner Takes All” games that may award up to $1,600. The “Carryover Coverall” game is guaranteed to pay $2,000. All prizes are based on attendance. Other cash prizes can be won through pull-tab tickets sold at 50 cents each that pay from $10 to $499 as well as bigger jackpots. Food and beverages are also available.
Two Big Comedy Specials At Pitman’s Comedy returns in a big way to Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia with two great shows, the first, Saturday, Nov. 19 stars Mark Scalia, a Boston area favorite who plays around the country including Las Vegas. Scalia has been seen on the Comedy Channel and is a North American headliner. The night’s second headliner is Bill Campbell, who has appeared on A & E’s Evening at the Improv and Comedy on the Road as well as Toronto Comedy Tonight TV. The night’s third comedians is Steve Halligan who is a favorite among New England fans. Tickets are $15. The Dec. 9 show stars legend Lenny Clarke who sells out rooms across New England. Clarke is a favorite among comedy fans and has a devoted following which continues to grow. Seating for the Clarke show will be $30 and $25. All shows are BYOB. Call 603-527-0043 for more info.
Fine Arts and Crafts Holiday Fair On Saturday, November 26 from 9am. till 3pm come to the the Newfound Regional High School, to support the Class of 2018 at this year’s fundraising event, the NRHS Fine Arts and Crafts Holiday Fair. Vendors of all types will be present to share their crafts and sell their fine wares. You can expect to find fine art, photography, artists who hand make all of their pieces, whether it be Christmas decorations, seasonal decor, wood pieces, Native American items, hand painted items, crocheted, knitted, sewn and quilted pieces, blankets, jewelry, syrup, maple products, fudge, jams and jellies, or hand painted stones, just to name a few. They will also have representatives present from Usborne books, Thirty-One, and Origami Owl. Other vendors will be present to share information on cultural awareness, the historical society, and other local clubs. Join in for some holiday shopping. Treat yourself to breakfast or lunch while you’re there. The students from the Class of 2018 will be onsite selling breakfast and lunch items, as well as, baked goods, fruit and drinks. Come and spend an hour or the whole day. Each vendor will be donating an item to our raffle table, stop by and try your luck. You could win a beautiful handmade something! Or stop by for a picture with Santa! The Class of 2018 just hopes to see you there! And when you’re finished, please visit the Festival of Trees, being held at the Old Town Hall in Bristol center, on the same day.
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It might just be the most divisive time in our Nation’s history. Never before have people been so diametrically opposed and there doesn’t seem much hope of the two sides ever meeting. We have seen it all in this country. The great paper or plastic debate which still rages on, yet civilly. The cable versus satellite war where we have all learned to just get along. The designated hitter rule, which reached a compromise agreeable to all sides. It seems that no matter how separated we have been on any issue, we have always, as Americans, found a way to compromise and to get along. But this time it just feels different. Of course, I am talking about a recent event that has been bubbling for the past few weeks and has finally come to head.‌are early Black Friday sales really necessary? Those old school thinkers who believe that the Black Friday sales should be only on the day after Thanksgiving use tradition as their compass. For generations‌well, at least one anyway... enjoying a giant family meal together and then, after dessert, hurrying off to the local department store to wait online for hours with strangers in the hopes of saving a couple hundred dollars on a 60-inch HD TV which you really don’t need since your present 54-inch HD
TV works just fine, has been the tradition and should not be messed with. Those in favor of Early Black Friday sales, stress the need for real change as body counts have continued to mount at local hospitals, especially for those new to Black Friday sales; those who never put in the weeks of training beforehand, going to the department store and mapping out a game plan ahead of time, only to be caught in the rumble on the big day, coming away with nothing but costly medical bills. The traditionalists claim that it is a right of passage where only the strong shoulf survive and the weak will have to suffer with that 54inch HD TV until they learn the way. Those who want change claim that there really is no need for the chaos and unbrotherly love of Black Friday and to stretch it out will make it possible for all to reap the rewards of really great discounts. To the traditionalists dismay, the early Black Friday sales have already begun, but they are not going to take them lying down. Protests have already sprung up in front of participating department stores across the country. Waiting outside for shoppers who have taken advantage of the early sales and hurling insults at them as they leave. “It’s not my Black Friday!!� they scream while those who have taken advantage of the early sales stick out their tongues and wave their brand new, bargain basement price electronics in their face. It’s an ugly scene for sure. In a recent news story, one of the traditionalists was asked why they just don’t try out the new Black Friday sales, give them a chance, maybe they will come away with something they like. “Never!!� “Why?�
“Umm‌well‌uh‌I’m not sure.â€? This time of year, there are even an inordinate amount of long, drawn out thesis length letters to the editor in the local dailies (mostly written by the same four people) either praising or condemning Early Black Friday sales. Of course, these do nothing to change anyone’s mind but just continue to inflame the issue. Family and friends are at each other’s throats on Facebook over Early Black Friday sales. Thanksgiving dinner will be incredibly tense in some households this year. Especially the ones where half will be quickly finishing up dessert to rush to get online at the store and the other half will be gloating that they already have gotten what they need. “Good, now I can have your second piece of Apple Pie.â€? Like I said, it is getting very ugly. I was never a fan of Black Friday, but I tolerated it as I sat back and watched to see what would happen. I’m ambivalent about the early Black Friday sales as well. I’m more of the bent that I will do my shopping about a week before Christmas and not think twice about the whole Black Fridays debacle. I know there are many like me, the invisible Christmas shoppers who have been mostly forgotten by the Black Friday people. We sit back and watch the chaos and relax. We may not like the selection and prices left when it comes our turn to shop, but we are usually satisfied with what we come away with. Maybe we will have our own special shopping day in the future, but in the meantime we are more than happy to sit back and watch the rest of you act foolish. www.BrendanTSmith. com
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Thanks From Silber To The Editor: I am honored and pleased to announce that yesterday I was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, one of 4 reps covering Belknap County District 2 which encompasses the Towns of Gilford & Meredith, NH. All 4 of the R candidates won, defeating 4 D’s. One of the defeated D’s had been in the NH House for one term from 2010-2012 but was voted out of office in 2014. She and her running mates promised to raise taxes and expand government, while I and my 3 R running mates (including 2 incumbents seeking re-election) all promised to cut taxes and shrink government. As Revolutionary War & NH hero General Robert Stark said: “Live Free or Die- there are worse fates than death.” I hope that as the next 12 to 24 hours play out we avoid the worse fate that might be in store for us. Thank you for your encouragement and support. Norman Silber NH House- Elect Belknap County District 2 Gilford & Meredith
No To Flynn To The Editor: We have to support Donald Trump so he can hopefully perform well as President. He won the
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election, and a large segment of the U.S. population has spoken. I agree with many of the policies he wants to implement, and I believe he will stop the nasty rhetoric that he used in the primaries and the general election. I am convinced his rhetoric was contrived to draw attention to himself and away from other candidates. Every time he said something controversial he received extensive and free media coverage and he was in the spotlight. He played the media very well. The next step is for President-Elect Trump to fill Cabinet and advisory positions. Due to his lack of political, government and military experience the appointment of highly qualified people to key positions will be critical in determining the success of his Presidency. Early information on his possible appointees indicates he will surround himself with qualified and competent people. Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, Chris Christie, and others being mentioned are potential viable candidates. One person mentioned for the position of Secretary of Defense, former LT. GEN. Michael Flynn (Ret.), should not be considered for any position. Flynn might be a Jew Hater, or at the very least be biased against Jews. In a CNN report that Clinton’s campaign blamed Russia for leaking DNC emails Flynn tweeted the following: “Not anymore, Jews. Not anymore.”
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.
Flynn is a Trump advisor, and it is amazing to me that Trump has kept Flynn around. What is incredible is a bigot like Flynn could make it to the highest levels of our Army. I was enlisted and an officer in the Navy, and I never encountered a high ranking officer with biased views like Flynn. In addition to his personal bias against Jews, I don’t see how Flynn as Secretary of Defense could interact with Israel. Israel is a key ally in the Middle East who we need to help us contain and thwart the radical Islamic terrorism prevalent in Middle East countries. If Israel goes down, Europe could be next, and then they will come at us. Haters should not be included in the Trump administration. I look forward to a successful Trump Presidency that embodies the unbiased spirit of the American people. Donald Moskowitz Londonderry, NH.
Demonizing Trump Voters To The Editor: Following our recent U.S. Election cycle, several media outlets have concluded that stupid, racist, deplorable, rednecks elected Donald Trump. During this past year I watched, with disgust, the media elite repeatedly state that educated people would vote for Hillary Clinton. This was a See mailboat on 28
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Danielle Normand celebrates the rain stopping and revels in the roar of of the falls! Georgiana Falls is a nice hike in every season. Harvard Brook’s cascading was roaring and looked like a raging river. The walk to Georgiana Falls is an easy 7/10th of a mile and the footing is good. The 30’ foot high falls was loud and the cascading water bright white as it tumbled off the See patenaude on 30
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Identity Politics in America: A Post-Mortem Here is what eight years of President O b a m a ’ s “post-racial” reign have wrought. The weekend before Election Day, by Michelle Malkin Hillary ClinSyndicated Columnist ton grinned from ear to ear at a Cleveland rally while reciting a verse from Jay-Z’s remix of Young Jeezy’s “My President is Black.” As the rapper and his Black Lives Matter-promoting wife, Beyonce, beamed on stage nearby, pandersuit-clad Clinton twanged with a stilted accent: “Remember, Jay memorably said: ‘Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk, and Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run, and Barack Obama ran so all the children could fly.’” This would be comical if not for the noxious cynicism of it all. Clinton may not remember (if she was ever aware in the first place), but the original version of “My President is Black” is a brazen middle finger to nonblack America. Just a few lines after the verse Hillary quoted, the song taunts: Hello Miss America, hey pretty lady Red, white, and blue flag, wave for me baby Never thought I’d say this s---, baby I’m good You can keep your p---, I don’t want no more Bush No more war, no more Iraq No more white lies, the President is black So the poster granny for liberal white privilege, groveling for black votes, kissed the rings
of celebrity Obama BFFs Jay-Z and Beyonce by parroting an inflammatory anthem laced with profanities and radical racialized gloating. Could there have been a more perfect beclownment to cap Clinton’s phony-baloney “Stronger Together” campaign? After denigrating millions of Trump supporters as “deplorable” and “irredeemable” earlier this year, Clinton then unctuously confessed on election eve: “I regret deeply how angry the tone of the campaign became.” Note the classic textbook employment of the passive voice to evade personal responsibility. The good news is that after being blasted as haters by Clinton’s hate-filled minions, after being slapped down as racial “cowards” by Clintonite holdover Eric Holder, after being lambasted as “xenophobes” and “nativists” by immigration expansionists in both parties, after enduring a string of faked hate crimes blamed on conservatives, after ceaseless accusations of “Islamophobia” in the wake of jihad attacks on American soil, after baseless accusations of “homophobia” for protesting the government’s gay wedding cake coercion, and after mourning a growing list of police officers ambushed and targeted by violent thugs seeking racial vengeance, an undeniable movement of citizens in the 2016 election cycle decided to push back. When all is said and done, one of the most important cultural accomplishments of Donald Trump’s bid will be the platform he created for Americans of all colors, ethnicities, political affiliations, and socioeconomic backgrounds to defy soul-draining
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Well, It’s Over WASHINGTON - Well,
it is over! The most poisonous, slanderous, hatefilled American election of all time is by R. Emmett Tyrell now history, Contributing Writer and the pity is that there is no historian living in this great Republic who is capable of doing it justice. At least, Donald Trump was entertaining and usually right. Moreover he has only been a practicing politician for a little over a year and a half. Hillary Clinton has been perpetrating politics for her entire adult life, and in the end we discover that she could not even properly maintain classified documents on her server. (FBI Director James Comey said she was “extremely careless” in handling intelligence.) Her foundation is equally lax, and her housekeeper was regularly imposed upon to
print out her correspondence — including classified documents. It is now clear that she has been a crook for most of her life. She came across as a schoolmarm, with all the grace of a schoolmarm, but unlike most schoolmarms she is a consistent liar. How did America get into such a mess? I would date it from Feb. 12, 1999. That is when the United States Senate failed in its duty to convict President William J. Clinton at the end of his impeachment trial. The impeachment had been initiated by the House of Representatives when it voted for two charges, one of perjury, the other of obstruction of justice. The House sent the charges over to the Senate. The charges stemmed from Clinton’s mendacious testimony before a grand jury regarding Monica Lewinsky, his White House paramour or should I say one of his White House paramours? She was 22 years old when it started. See tyrell on 38
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Trump Aftershocks -A jarring electoral earthquake has rocked America with a stunning upset win by Donald J. Trump, the Republican inby John J. Metzler surgent candiSyndicated Columnist date. The epicenter of the quake was centered in the South as expected, but reverberations and shockwaves went deep into the once industrial heartland of the Midwest. The political aftershocks have jolted his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, and have shattered the smug certainty of most pollsters, the mainstream media, and the Republican establishment. The outcome has created the grist of history. The Donald defied all expectations. After predictably winning his southern and Midwestern strongholds, his political momentum led to win key states such as Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Yet I hesitate to compare Trump’s improbable triumph with Ronald Reagan’s far more decisive win in 1980 or 1984; after all, Hillary won major regions such as the populous Northeast, New England, and the West Coast. Her popular vote tally is slightly higher than Trump’s. In the meantime, the electoral college count gives Trump 290 and Hillary 228; 270 votes are NEW YORK
needed to win. Hillary had the better campaign organization and ground game but Trump’s people possessed the energy and the enthusiasm. She represented the status quo and business as usual. Billionaires and Hedge fund moguls backed her too with 83% of such money going to Clinton. Whereas Donald Trump financed much of the campaign with his own formidable fortune, the fact remains the Democrat party outspent him nearly three to one. Hillary’s hubris and a sense of entitlement became a millstone to her. Donald Trump’s own shortcomings became glaringly obvious during the long campaign. Major media set the template, assuring the electorate Hillary would win. She was endorsed by billionaires, superstars, and the pompous jesters of late night TV. Trump’s forgotten folks differ from the Silent Majority of the 1960’s in that the former Silent Majority were based in the middle class and often had well paying blue-collar jobs. Many of those jobs have left America. The once Silent Majority has morphed into the Forgotten Americans who have largely been bypassed by the economic booms in Manhattan, San Francisco, and Boston. The overriding theme for Trump voters was change. Despite all the feel good talk about the economy, Americans are still hurting. Even former Demo-
crat/socialist candidate Bernie Sanders admitted, “Trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics, and establishment media.”
Both candidates were polarizing and still deeply unpopular even inside their own parties. The president elect inherits a divided nation. Less than a day after his elections, a series of well orga-
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The Left & The Masses II It is never easy to tell what people’s motives are. But, when the political left proclaims their devotion to improving the lives of others in by Thomas Sowell general, and Syndicated Columnist of the poor in particular, we can at least get some clues from the way they go about it. One of the first things the left does is take away the right of other people to make their own choices. For example, under current California law, Hispanic school children cannot be taught in Spanish if their parents want them taught in English. Like parents in other immigrant groups before them, Hispanic parents tend to want their children to learn English, so that those children will have more opportunities when they become adults in an English-speaking country. But the left in general, and Hispanic activists in particular, have fought against leaving Hispanic parents with that choice. At the heart of the left’s vision of the world -- and of themselves -is that they know better what is good for other people. This means that the left sees itself as having both a right and a duty to take away other people’s options. This issue was fought out 18 years ago, in a California referendum on so-called “bilingual education,” which in practice meant largely teaching Hispanic school children in Spanish. All the forces of political correctness, including the media and the educational establishment, argued in favor of teaching those children in Spanish, even when their parents wanted them taught in
English. Despite a barrage of propaganda from the media and other organs of the left, a majority of California voters sided with Hispanic parents, and passed a law forbidding schools from imposing Spanish on children whose parents wanted them taught in English. But the left never gives up on their pet notions. This year there is a new proposition on the California ballot -- Proposition 58, very misleadingly phrased -- that would take that choice away from parents, and let schools impose teaching in Spanish to Hispanic children, whether the parents want it or not. The Spanish language issue in the schools is just one example of the left’s vision, which applies to many other issues. There is the same dogged resistance on the left to allowing black parents to choose to have their children educated in charter schools that are part of the public school system, but are not subject to all the bureaucratic rules that lead to such bad results in other public schools. Many years ago, in a debate on William F. Buckley’s program “Firing Line,” I was told by a left-wing lawyer that black parents without a good education themselves could not make wise choices for their children’s education. But hard evidence says otherwise. There are whole chains of charter schools, such as the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) schools and the Success Academy schools, where ghetto kids have academic achievements equal to those of children in affluent suburbs -- and sometimes higher achievements. Many of these charter schools are located in the very same See Sowell on 32
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to deliver presents and treats). Once the steamboat anchors, Sinterklaas, sporting long flowing white hair, a beard and dressed in his official Bishop red robes and Mitre hat, disembarks and parades through the streets on his white horse. He is welcomed by children cheering and singing festive songs. Meanwhile his Zwarte Pieten, dressed in their traditional colorful page garb complete with lace and a feather cap, throw unwrapped treats; such as mandarins, candy and small, gingerbread-like cookies (pepernoten) into the crowd. Unconcerned with hygiene, the children nevertheless scramble to gather and eat the sweets from the ground. For days after his arrival children might see him on buses, trains, horse-drawn carriages, a bicycle or at their schools, hospitals and shopping centers. During this time, if they are good, they might receive treats in their shoes left neatly by the chimney or front door such as; mandarins, speculaas (gingerbread cookies), chocolate and marzipan figures or a chocolate letter - that is the first letter of their name. Clever boys and girls stuff their shoes with a carrot or hay for the horse, in hopes that their thoughtfulness
might be rewarded by a special gift. But children beware, because Saint Nicholas also keeps a list of naughty children, reported to him by his Zwarte Pieten, in his big red book. So, over the year’s parents have warned that instead of presents and treats, disobedient children might receive a spanking by Zwarte Piet with his birch and willow chimney sweep’s broom or they might be stuffed into a sack to be taken back to Spain for a year as punishment. A bit more incentive to behave, I think, than whether or not they get gifts or coal in their stocking by Santa Claus on the 25th. Dale is a Laconia resident currently living on assignment in Brussels, Belgium. With her husband of 35 years, Vince, she and their three boys have lived and travelled extensively in and around various regions in the US and Europe, as well as some parts of the Orient and the Middle East. Given her North Eastern perspective, Dale has entertained many with her insights and stories from her experiences living and travelling abroad.
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New England kicker Steve Gostkowski to be aware that countless Washington fans (and numerous gamblers) must be cursing her son’s failure. We all deal with various pressures, but the stress on NFL kickers is profound. While they get paid well, imagine having millions of people watch you make a costly mistake on national television! I could relate just a bit to the Nugents, Gostkowskis, and Hopkins of the world, having also made a costly mistake on national television—having once been a contestant on the TV show Jeopardy. As that show unfolded, it occurred to me that it had an audience of many millions of people and I had a panic attack. But I settled down and finally took the lead late in the show. Then I—a sports guy— missed a golf question. It not only cost me the game, but $10,000, which was a lot of money back then. It also cost me a chance to return as defending champion and make a lot MORE money. My mistake still haunts me and I haven’t watched Jeopardy since. It’s just too painful. But the La-Z-Boy recliner I won as a consolation prize still sits in my living room, a reminder of my failure, but also a re-
minder that I at least took a chance and put myself out there—in the arena— even if the “triumph of high achievement� eluded me. I’m sure TR would have approved—along with the likes of Nugent, Gostkowski, and Hopkins. COMMENTATORS I noted with interest that FOX Sports wasn’t afraid to utilize Pete Rose and Alex Rodriguez as commentators during recent World Series telecasts. Due to dubious personal decisions, neither legend is likely to ever be enshrined in Cooperstown’s Hall of Fame. Still, the fact that Rose had over 4000 hits and A-Rod had almost 700 home runs shows that both know something about baseball and certainly had valuable insights to share. And yes, their failures and mistakes can also yield valuable lessons as well. Permanently isolating and ignoring such people forever shows a counterproductive lack of wisdom—not to mention a forgiving spirit. HELMETS As President, Teddy Roosevelt threatened to See moffett on 32
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health insurance. Think Baltimore or New York. Dad has a taxpayer provided health insurance card for all family members still under the age of 26. They are hurt while doing some “after hours” shopping at a store that is closed, and burning. How much will this cost the building owner, the business owner, for the electronic products that begged to be stolen? How many 14 year olds have an understanding of U.S. History, and CIVICS? Are the Government Indoctrination Centers teaching these classes? Is it the parents and grandparents who must teach the children? Our state should offer the parents of a student the choice of a better education where the local school gives the student the cost of that GIC per pupil to follow the student to a better educational facility. ******** Observation: Seen on NH TV News -Young lady at protest with sign that reads “America was never great”. Seen on NH TV News- Did her parents bring her up to insult our military? Has she seen that little man with the third of a moustache and heard some speeches by Adolph Hitler? Wikipedia: Adolf Hitler
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Granite State Choral Society’s “A Salute to Veterans� First United Methodist Church, 34 South Main Street, Rochester. 3pm. This exciting program will feature patriotic numbers, battle anthems from the Revolutionary and Civil War
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Christmas at the Castle Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 10am-4pm. This family friendly event includes a self-guided tour of the spectacularly-decorated 1914 mountaintop mansion, an artisan fair with a selection of locally made items perfect for gift-giving, children’s craft activities, and cookies and hot chocolate. Tickets are $15/members, $20/adult nonmembers, $10/youth and may be ordered online at www. castleintheclouds.org or purchased at the door prior to 3pm. 476-5900
Toys For Tots Toy Drive First City Cars and Trucks. 16 Milton Road, Rochester & 4 Flaff Road, Gonc. 11am to 2pm. Bring in a new, unwrapped toy of any size and join in for food and beverages.
Loon Center’s 24th Annual Open House The Loon Center, 183 Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 10am-2pm. Crafts for kids, hayrides, face painting, balloon sculptures, refreshments, raffles and a special appearance by Santa! Santa arrives at 12pm. Free admission. 476-5666
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Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair
Belknap Mall, 96 Daniel Webster Highway, Belmont. 10am-4pm. Come peruse the 75 fabulous arts & crafts exhibitors, listen to the live the music of Tim Janis and take a chance in the HUGE raffle for the NH Humane Society! 5284014
A Country Time Christmas Clough Tavern Farm, 23 Clough Tavern Road, Canterbury. 9am-5pm. Enjoy a diversified and eclectic collection of 44 local NH artisans’ confections, antiques and much more! There will be classes to make an ornament, a gift or a holiday arrangement. Come alone or with a group (call or email for times and fees). There is also after hours shopping available by rsvp, groups of 4 or more! The house is beautiful after dark! 783-4287 or twosistersgarlic@yahoo.
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Santa Express Trains Hobo Railroad, just off exit 32 in I-93, Lincoln. Train departs at 1pm. Hot chocolate for everyone on the train, complimentary box of holiday cookies for each family and each child receives a gift from Santa on the Train. $20pp/ Coach class, $25pp/First class, ages 2 and under are free! 7452135 or www.hoborr.com Sunday 27th
32 in I-93, Lincoln. Train departs at 1pm. Hot chocolate for everyone on the train, complimentary box of holiday cookies for each family and each child receives a gift from Santa on the Train. $20pp/ Coach class, $25pp/First class, ages 2 and under are free! 7452135 or www.hoborr.com
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Hobo Railroad’s 2016 Santa Express Train Schedule LINCOLN - The Hobo Railroad in Lincoln, NH recently announced the schedule for their Santa Express Trains which kicks off the Friday after Thanksgiving, November 25th, and operates weekends at 1:00pm through Sunday, December 18th, 2016. All passengers aboard the Hobo Railroad’s popular Santa Express Train receive a cup of hot chocolate and each family or group receives a box of Holiday Cookies to enjoy during the 1 hour and 20 minute holiday excursion. Children are given letters to complete for Santa which he and his Elves pick up as they make their way through the train and on the return trip to Hobo Junction Station, Santa and his Elves surprise each child on the train with a special gift. Upon returning to Hobo Junction Station, guests are encouraged to pose for pictures with Santa and his Elves on the Platform. “We look forward to announcing our Santa Express Train schedule every year� stated Paul Giblin, Director of Marketing & Business Development for the Hobo & Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroads. “The Santa Express Trains have been part of our annual schedule since the Hobo Railroad first opened nearly 30 years ago in 1987. For many of our guests, enjoying hot chocolate and holiday cookies with Santa and his Elves aboard the train has become a longstanding family tradition. In fact, in many cases we’re seeing second and third generations returning to create their own family traditions.� Tickets for the Hobo Railroad’s Santa Express
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“I was young and made some mistakes at first,” said Estes. “I needed to get rid of some of the coins I had first purchased, so I decided to rent a section of an antique store and sell those coins. Thinking that coin collectors might not go to an antique store to look for coins I decided to put a few pieces of jewelry in with the coins so that women who came in and saw the jewelry might go home and tell their husbands about the coins and from there it mushroomed and the jewelry took off.” This led to Estes working from the Newington Flea Market to being a wholesale middleman for jewelry stores in the Upper Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont area. “I didn’t have a shop, I mostly worked on the road,” said Estes. In May of 2015, the store on Main Street in Meredith opened as Estes saw the need to work with and educate the buying and
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The one of a kind Lion Ring that Dan Estes created along with some friends. After it was made the mold was broken. collecting public. What exactly does that “education” entail? “I will educate them on the cut and clarity, the brilliance of the diamond and what the true value is so it is not overinflated,” explained Estes “Getting people to understand the purity of 14K gold and how much gold is actually in it and what is the true value of the content of gold, including the workman-
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ship. A lot of people don’t understand that. It’s also the same with the content of silver.” One of the ongoing jobs at the store is watching the price of gold and silver about every three minutes since he buys so much of it and the price fluctuates throughout the day. What collectors know, and this reporter learned, was that the price of gold or silver is known as the
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Put Thanksgiving Lessons to Work In Your Financial Plans
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Invest in your children. If you have young children, and you’d like to see them go to college someday, you may want to start putting money away toward that goal. You can save and invest for college in a variety of ways, but one popular method is through a 529 plan, which offers high contribution limits and potential tax advantages. Plus, a 529 plan gives you significant control and flexibility: – if you establish a plan for one child, but he or she decides not to go to college, you can name another child as the recipient. Be generous. You don’t have to be a millionaire to make meaningful financial gifts to your family. For example, if you have grown children, consider helping
them fund their IRAs. You can’t contribute directly to a child’s IRA, but you can write checks to your children for that purpose – though, of course, they are then free to do whatever they want with the money. It’s not always easy for a young person to “max out” on an IRA, which has an annual contribution limit of $5,500 for workers under 50, so any help you can give your children in this area should be greatly appreciated. Safeguard your own financial independence. Almost certainly, one of the most undesirable outcomes you can imagine is to become financially dependent on your grown children. Even if you save and invest diligently throughout your working years, you could still be vulnerable to financial dependency if you need an extensive period of long-term care, such as a nursing home stay. These costs can be enormous, and Medicare typically pays only a small percentage, and usually for just a limited time. To protect your financial freedom, you should explore ways of addressing long-term care costs. A financial professional can explain those alternatives that may be appropriate for your situation. Communicate your wishes to your family. At some point in your life, you will need to draw up your estate plans, which could include a will, a living trust, a durable power of attorney, a health care directive and other documents. To be fair to your children and other family members, and to avoid hurt feelings, you should clearly communicate your plans and your wishes while you are still around. Thanksgiving means more than turkey and football. And if you can successfully apply the lessons of this holiday to your financial plans, both you and your family will have reason to be thankful.
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tening to a wonderful, intelligent man, with a speech impediment, who was emptying rubbish barrels. His knowledge and comprehension was impressive! Post this election, we now see many young people in our streets inciting violence, and stating that they are fearful. They have not been educated about how our great government functions. The media, some politicians, and paid organizations have incited this violence. Many who have been accused of being racist are also fearful of drugs coming from Mexico and violent extremists coming from other countries. It saddens me that people want working taxpayers to provide free education and other expensive benefits. Oh, my, how our country has changed from the day when I was briefly so poor at age nineteen, that I actually secretly ate out of a restaurant’s rubbish barrels next to my apartment building. While my determination did not lead to college, it did lead to working three very low-paying jobs – one during the day, one three nights per week, and one on weekends, affording me the greatest educational opportunities in my life. It is hateful, divisive and ignorant to demonize tens of millions of people in an attempt to explain why Hillary Clinton wasn’t elected. Most who voted for Trump are are not racist, sexist, or homophobic, but have valid concerns about the economy, illegal immigration, freedom of religion, etc. The media’s rhetoric should be condemned. Instead, respect one another, extend condolences to those who feel loss and fear, and let’s be grateful, and pray for our nation that, I believe, is still the greatest on earth. That is why all those “celebrities” who threatened to leave, didn’t really mean it. Sandra Maida Kingston, NH.
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A recent acquisition at Estes Collectibles is this Sterling Silver Coffee Service once owned by P.T Barnum.
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tes also specializes in key date coins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are always one or two coins in the series of a particular coin that they made the least amount of,â&#x20AC;? said Estes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are the key date coins and are very valuable and sought after.â&#x20AC;? Estes Collectibles Investments isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a big store, but the contents of coins, jewelry and antiques in extensive and impressive. Besides the wide collection of gold and silver coins from around the world as well as the silver bullion, Estes Collectible Investments has many unique jewelry pieces. â&#x20AC;&#x153;About ninety percent of the jewelry is estate jewelry,â&#x20AC;? said Estes. One ring has 4.36 carats of diamonds that would most likely sell elsewhere for around $12,000 and is offered at $7,000. There is another ring that would retail around $10,500 being offered for $4,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do like to educate people on prices like this as well,â&#x20AC;? said Estes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I carry
quite a bit of jewelry that you will get at the wholesale price.â&#x20AC;? A unique piece on display is referred to as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lion Ringâ&#x20AC;? and was created by Estes with the help of two friends. It is 18k gold and is the only one in the world since they broke the mold after they made it. Estes also has a passion for watches, especially wristwatches since they are still practical. His collection includes an 18k gold pocket watch made in Liverpool in the late 1800s which works on a chain instead of a spring as well as a unique racing pigeon clock of which only two in the world are known to exist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing I love about this business is that you never know what you will come across,â&#x20AC;? said Estes. Recently, a sterling silver coffee service set that was once owned by P.T. Barnum happened to find its way to the Meredith shop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to have something for everyone here,â&#x20AC;? said Estes who noted that he also does house calls to
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The signs at the intersection located between the north and southbound lanes of the Franconia Notch State Parkway. Georgiana Falls are to the right and it is just 7/10th of a mile to reach the 30’ high falls. Most people can reach these falls in less than 20 minutes. Past Georgiana Falls the path becomes steep and difficult and in another half mile the adventurous will reach the upper falls, Harvard Falls that are 60’ high. to see what we could see. We got a view between the clouds of the highway down below in Lincoln. In the winter you can see the falls, look for a white stripe of ice up on the ridge. We followed the brook further and the channel was still more than four or five feet deep. Rocks that normally poked above were deep beneath the water.
On the opposite bank there was a chair and behind it the snowmobile trail. If we were able to jump 30 feet to the other side we would have been able to save ourselves hours of hiking effort. Silly us, we continued bushwhacking up stream until we reached the edges of Bog Eddy and it looked See patenaude on 31
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more like a big pond than a bog. We had to go back down. We had bushwhacked across an old logging road and decided to give it a try instead of descending along the rocky steep slippery bank of the brook. At last the weather improved, it was cool and windy and the woods were beginning to dry up. The old logging road swung north around a bump and away from the brook. At times it was quite nice and sometimes it was hard and we had to push through young beech trees that were growing inches apart. We were able to make good time and we ended up near the bottom where we had started. Along the path this old logging road was blocked by a stack of tree branches to keep people from going up the wrong way. We were happy to make a fun loop. Have Fun. Georgian Falls and Harvard Falls are a fabulous little secret. I hope you get to visit them. Please be sure to stick to the blazed path (unless you’re an experienced bushwacker with
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eration with 4,000 laying hens which he hoped to expand. Working day and night, before and after his regular work, Langlois was assisted by his wife and mother-in-law. I do not know if the chickens were New Hampshires or something different, but the bankers were reportedly impressed with what they observed. According to UNH spokesman Richard Warren the poultry business at that time was â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;ŚNew Hampshireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest agricultural enterprise, accounting for over 40% of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agricultural income.â&#x20AC;? A poultry woman, Miss Julia Coolidge from Sandwich, provided a noon meal for the bankers, no less than barbecued chicken. Mr. Warren was the teacher of a team of teen poultry judges from New Hampshire which included my brother, Charles Bradley Smith, which placed second in a judging competition held in Boston between teams from ten states. A little earlier, around 1940, the Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poultry industry was considered close to or equal to dairying among the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agricultural enterprises with five million dollars worth
of poultry products. The New Hampshire Poultry Growers Association had a thousand members. Returning to the importance of the New Hampshire chicken, I want to emphasize that it provided qualities that other breeds, including the Rhode Island Red lacked, qualities that made it popular in other sections of the country such as the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia area. The New Hampshire chicken was considered a multi- purpose bird to be used as both an egg-producer and a meat bird as well as for show. The young chicks are quick to gain feathers, and are known for their quick growth and early maturity. The hens lay large, brown eggs. Incubated eggs produce a large percentage of chicks with a low mortality ratio, and hens that are allowed to raise their own babies are considered to be good mothers. They may not produce as many eggs as some varieties but lay efficiently enough to satisfy the demands of many growers. Though not the largest of meat birds they were used as broilers as far back as the 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when they were not yet officially recognized as a
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buildings in ghetto neighborhoods where children in the regular public schools are failing miserably. Black parents who enroll their children in charter schools have apparently made better choices than the know-italls on the left. Meanwhile, black children by the tens of thousands in New York alone are on waiting lists for charter schools because politicians, beholden to teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; unions for money and votes, fight against the expansion of charter schools. Not all charter schools are successful. But at least unsuccessful charter schools can be shut down, while other failing public schools keep right on failing. When it comes to crime and violence, the political left, including much of the media, are having a great time demonizing the police. Blacks are the biggest victims of the sharp upturn in murders that has followed. But, yet again, hard evidence carries very little weight when the left is feeling good about themselves, while leaving havoc in their wake. The absurdity to which this kind of media frenzy about the police can lead is shown by the fact that a black policeman in Charlotte, North Carolina, shooting a black suspect who had a gun, has been blown up into a racial issue across the nation. Have we become so gullible that we are so easily manipulated and stampeded? Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www. creators.com.
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ban football, due to all the injuries, mayhem and deaths occurring during the early 20th Century. Subsequently the rules were changed, the NCAA was established, and equipment was improved. Still, over a hundred years later, countless gridsters are still being injured by helmet to helmet collisions. So why canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we just somehow soften the outside of football helmets with something more cushiony? If we can put a man on the moon, we should be able to come up with a softer helmet! Sports Quiz Who was the first placekicker selected for induction into pro footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall of Fame? (Answer follows) Born Today ... That is to say, sports standouts born on Nov. 17 include Hall-of-Fame pitcher Tom Seaver (1944), NBA great Elvin Hayes (1945), and mailman/golfer/younger brother Jim Moffett (1967). Sportsquote â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only qualifications to be a football lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you just have to be dumb.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Notre Dame Football Coach Knute Rockne Sportsquiz Answer Jan Stenerudâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who scored 1699 points while playing for three teams (Chiefs, Packers, Vikings) during a 19-year NFL careerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;was the first â&#x20AC;&#x153;pureâ&#x20AC;? placekicker to be selected for the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio (in 1991). Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord, while also teaching on-line for New England College. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning â&#x20AC;&#x153;FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Backâ&#x20AC;? (with the Marines)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.
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You can achieve a dazzling shower by blending marble, granite, border tile and even some regular ceramic tile in the same shower. Subtle color tones that complement one another can draw out the color and texture of adjacent materials. Inset panels surrounded by the border tile within the shower can create a dramatic layered effect on what otherwise might be a flat, plain wall. Don’t forget to incorporate accessory tile for soap dishes, shampoo shelves and any other body care products you want to store within the shower area. Stop and think for a moment about your grandmother’s bathroom tile. If it looks as good as the day it was installed, this didn’t happen by accident. The builder and master tile setter who worked together to create the masterpiece did so using materials that were waterproof. Behind that tile I’m quite certain you’ll discover concrete made from Portland cement and coarse sand. This concrete mix was applied to steel mesh that had been fastened to the wood studs. The waterproof tile was bonded permanently to the concrete with a slurry of Portland cement that may have contained fine pure silica sand. It’s mission critical for the wall surfaces to be perfectly flat and plumb. The master tile setter achieved this goal by installing the wet concrete with straightedges that created the perfectly smooth surfaces. Tile does not tolerate being placed on wavy surfaces. The glossy surface of most tile will telegraph, due to light reflection, the fact that the substrate is not smooth. You can obtain the same results today as the craftsmen of old using modern materials. I’d give serious consideration to using steel studs to frame the shower area. These galvanized framing materials are straight and will not twist or bow over time. Water will not
harm them should a leak develop. Sheets of cement board, or other fully waterproof material, can be screwed to the steel studs to create the perfectly flat substrate tile desires. A cross-laminated vapor barrier can be placed on the steel studs before the substrate boards are applied. This will capture both liquid water and water vapor. The liquid
water will drop down to the shower pan and eventually travel to the sea. Be sure to also incorporate solid blocking that may be required for shower grab bars. Take lots of photographs that show the location of the blocking. Write on the blocking the distance to the centerline from the floor and be sure you can see this in the photos.
Use thinset mortar -it’s waterproof -- to adhere your new tile to the substrate. Mix the grout so it’s the consistency of warm cake icing. Squeeze all water out of the sponges you use to strike the grout joints. If you get the grout too wet during the finishing process, the water dilutes the Portland cement in the grout, making it weak and sus-
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nized anti-Trump protests erupted in a dozen American cities. Trump is first and foremost a populist and nationalist as compared to the traditional Republican or conservative templates. His instincts appear â&#x20AC;&#x153;conservativeâ&#x20AC;? with a small c. He appears to be a pragmatist, not an ideologue, and this will be key to his success and popularity. Donald Trump describes efforts to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make America Great Againâ&#x20AC;? as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not a campaign but a movement.â&#x20AC;? Despite the doom and gloom predictions of the pundits, the Republicans held both houses of Congress. Ironically, working with the Republican Congress may present President Trump with his greatest challenge. The Donald
is used to being a business CEO, not a consensus political CEO. Vice President elect Mike Pence will bring critical balance. The tumultuous election underestimated turnout; not with the tech savvy younger electorate, but the forgotten folks who usually donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vote, feel disenfranchised, and are in many ways out of the system. Pundit Walter Russell Mead opined, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The George W. Bush administration inadvertently revived the American left; President Obama returned the favor for the nationalist right.â&#x20AC;? In a gracious acceptance speech, Donald Trump vowed that â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will be President for all
Americans.â&#x20AC;? He added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is time for us to come together as one united people.â&#x20AC;? Hillary Clinton offered grace and genuine conciliation in defeat. On the Foreign Policy front Donald Trump stressed finding â&#x20AC;&#x153;Common ground not hostility.â&#x20AC;? Yet the president elect needs to fill the void of lacking global American leadership. Significantly one of his first meetings will be with Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to shore up the crucial relationship with Tokyo. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focused on close relations with South Korea, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The Wall Street Journal editorialized, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support is a testament to the democratic power of discontented voters.â&#x20AC;? The president elect pledged to â&#x20AC;&#x153;reclaim our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s destiny,â&#x20AC;? and added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.â&#x20AC;? John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.
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a message that they do not intend to tolerate the views of one half of the country,â&#x20AC;? he observed at the National Press Club last week. He recounted how the gay magazine The Advocate, which had once praised him as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gay innovator,â&#x20AC;? declared he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;not a gay manâ&#x20AC;? anymore because of his libertarian, limited-government politics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The lie behind the buzzword of diversity could not be made more clear,â&#x20AC;? Thiel noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t conform, then you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count as diverse, no matter what your personal background.â&#x20AC;? Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eclectic coalition was bound by that common thread: disaffected individuals tired of being told they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count and discounted because their views do not properly â&#x20AC;&#x153;matchâ&#x20AC;? their gender, chromosomes, skin color or ethnicity. That is exactly why the more they and their nominee were demonized, the stronger their support grew. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No matter what happens in this election,â&#x20AC;? Thiel concluded last week, â&#x20AC;&#x153;what Trump represents isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t crazy and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going away.â&#x20AC;? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right. I too often take for granted my own personal awakening about the entrenched tribalism of identity politics at a crazy liberal arts college in the early 1990s. The liberation from collectivist ideology is profound and lasting. Witnessing so many outspoken newcomers arrive at this enlightenment, however circuitous the route, has been the most encouraging and underappreciated phenomenon of the 2016 campaign. Michelle Malkin is a senior editor at Conservative Review. For more articles and videos from Michelle, visit ConservativeReview. com. Her email address is malkinblog@gmail.com.
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Patrick’s Open Mic Features Paul Luff
Now into their 2nd year of Open Mic Night at Patrick’s, host Jonathan Lorentz is turning the program over to another multi-talented musician, Paul Luff. Patrick’s, located in Gilford, NH, began hosting Open Mic last September under the stewardship of Lorentz. Open Mic Night begins every Tuesday at 7pm with a 45-minute set by the host, followed by a featured act at 8pm and then 15-minute performances by those who show up to play. “Patrick’s has a long history of bringing great live music to the Lakes Region, and adding an Open Mic Night has turned out to be a great fit” explains Lorentz. “We’ve established a new place for up-and-coming musicians, and even those experienced musicians who just want to join in on the fun, to play in a fun and low-key environment. Patrick’s customers have welcomed the music”. New host Paul Luff, originally from Philadelphia, moved to New Hampshire in 1979 after spending many summers at Camp Tecumseh on Lake Winnipesaukee. After learning folk guitar at the age of twelve, Luff has since added banjo, mandolin, 4 and 5 string bass and the piano to his repertoire. “I’m thrilled to continue the tradition that
Jon has set here at Patrick’s” explains Luff. “I see this as a new opportunity to meet and work with musicians throughout New Hampshire and have some fun bringing a variety of new music to Patrick’s. Allan Beetle, co-owner of Patrick’s, has been very pleased with the turnout of new musicians and the interest and support Patrick’s customers have shown. “Jon had done an amazing job bringing in and working with all the new faces here, says Patrick’s coowner Allan Beetle. “And he couldn’t have passed the baton onto a more qualified person. Paul’s a great musician with a passion for music and growing the music scene here in New Hampshire”. Patrick’s also features four other nights with live music, including Cody James every Wednesday and two acoustic acts every Thursday both beginning at 7pm, and Dueling Piano’s every Friday and Tribute Sessions on Saturdays both beginning at 8pm. For more information on Patrick’s schedule, go to www.PatricksPub. com. To contact Paul Luff about playing at Open Mic, email PLuff1@myfairpoint. net.
Paul Luff will be the new host as Patrick begins its 2nd year of Open Mic.
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