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Our Annual Christmas Wishbook!

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Shop Local With Our Wishbook! This week we bring you our annual Shop Local Holiday Wishbook to help you with the often daunting task of Christmas shopSHOP LOCAL ping. hristmas W ishbook Inside you Our Annual Sh opping Gu will find ide Full of GREAT some creGIFT IDEAS ative and For Your Christmas unique gift Wishlist! ideas from local businesses that you might not have on your shopping lists…yet. Our center Wishbook pull out section offers great ideas in books, prints, collectibles, puzzles, candles, cigars, unique calendars, New Hampshire Keepsakes and tools, just to name a few. Over the years our Wishbook has become the “go to” guide to help you surprise your friends and loved ones with gifts that they weren’t expecting but will cherish. Best yet, it all can be purchased close to home and help to support our local economy. So, open up to our center section or see the Wishbook online at www.weirs.com and start your Christmas shopping right in your own neighborhood. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Thanksgiving Proclamations by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

feast of thanksgiving and in 1923 Governor Bradford issued the first New England Proclamation of Thanksgiving. In New Hampshire it is customary for our Governors to issue State proclamations to observe the holiday. The President of New Hampshire (the title of the state’s CEO before it was Governor), Meshech Weare, who served during the Revolutionary War, issued a hand-written statement on November 19, 1778,

which he titled Proclamation for a Public Thanksgiving. Declaring an obligation to “Almighty God”, he appointed December 10th as both a Day of Thanksgiving and of “humble and fervent Prayers…hereby calling upon Ministers and People of all Denominations to meet for religious Worship on said day and Devoutly to offer up their unfeigned Praises to Almighty God, the Source and Benevolent bestower See smith on 20

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November is one of the three best months of the year according to The Farm Journal Magazine of November, 1921. What makes it a favorite? Ripe pumpkins for pumpkin pie is the reason given by the magazine along with the assertion that “ November weather suits every taste. There’s something for everybody.” Thanksgiving Day, portrayed as

a day of indulgence, is also given as a reason to proclaim November as “a good month.” To add my own thought about the month of November, it is an important month to me because my Dad was born right in the middle of it, Nov. 15th, and was 15 years old on that date in 1921. Three hundred years earlier in 1621 the Pilgrim colony in Massachusetts met with American Indians for a harvest

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Annual Mae Hart Thanksgiving Dinner

Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. Thanks to the generosity of Hart’s Turkey Farm, the annual Mae Hart Thanksgiving Dinner will be served beginning at Noon. Doors open at 11:30am and deliveries will be made to shut-ins between 10:45am-11:30am. This meal is intended for those in Meredith and surrounding towns who are alone or simply wish to celebrate this meaningful day with new friends. Anyone wishing to receive a meal delivered, or would like to volunteer to help should contact Terri Thompson at the Meredith Parks and Recreation Department at 279-8197

Friday 25th 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

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

Warren Miller’s Here, There and Everywhere Flying Monkey Theatre, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyinhmonkeynh. com or 536-2551

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@

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Annual Black Friday Adopt-AThon by NH Humane Society Belknap Mall, 96 Daniel Webster Highway, Belmont. There will be two “flights” this year; 9am-11am and then again Noon-2pm. 524-8236 or www.

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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

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Fri. 25th – December 11th A Country Time Christmas Clough Tavern Farm, 23 Clough Tavern Road, Canterbury. Weekends 9am-5pm and Weekdays 11am-4pm or by appointment. 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@

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Saturday 26th An Evening with Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com or 3351992

Holiday Open House at Heritage Park Railroad Museum

Heritage Park Railroad Museum, Union. 9am-4pm. This is a special event to be enjoyed by “children” of all ages. Tour the restored 1911 Union Railroad Station housing railroad artifacts and photos depicting the railroad history of Wakefield and the many families who worked with the railroad. Admission is free.

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

Juston McKinney Flying Monkey Theatre, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyinhmonkeynh. com or 536-2551

Toy Drive to Benefit Toys for Tots

First City Cars and Trucks; 2 locations; 16 Milton Road, Rochester and 4 Flagg Road, Gonic. 11am-2pm. Any individual who donates a new, unwrapped toy of any size between the hours of 11am-2pm are welcome to join the First City Family for food and beverages at both locations. 3320540

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! 528-4014

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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! 745-2135 or

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TD Bank and Intown Concord Hold a “Stuff A Truck” Event to Benefit Homeless Families In front of The State House, downtown Concord. 9am-3pm. Items being collected include; brand new twin size sheets, comforters, pillows, pillow cases, towels, dishes, pots, pans, utensils and much more! The community is invited to help fill the truck with new and gently used home essential items that will be donated to Families in Transition, a homeless services provider and OutFITters Thrift Store Boutique. 226-2150 Sunday 27th

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Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair Don’t miss the Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair at the Belknap Mall, 96 Daniel Webster Hwy., Belmont, on Saturday and Sunday, November 26th & 27th from 10am to 4pm. This fair was formerly held at the Opechee Conference Center in Laconia. Many of the same exhibitors will be displaying their beautiful arts & crafts at the Belknap Mall. The above photo features beautiful lighted wine bottles with tissue collage by Joanne Cordero and Ellen Nunes who will be exhibiting in the fair. Some of the other exhibits will include holiday decor, soy candles, gorgeous quilts and table decor, goat milk soaps, delicious gourmet dips, gift baskets, American girl doll clothing, wood turned items, wood burned items and demonstration, Ben’s NH maple syrups, alpaca clothing, knits and crocheted items, jewelry, wool sweater mittens, unique lights, gourmet coffees, and lots more. Music of Tim Janis. Find unique and quality holiday gifts. See you there. Info Joyce (603) 528-4014 www.joycescraftshows.com

Concord Midnight Merriment Come celebrate the 24th Annual Midnight Merriment, Friday, December 2, 2016, from 5:30 pm until midnight, in downtown Concord, NH. Midnight Merriment is a Concord tradition hosted by Intown Concord. •Revel in the stunning new streetscape on North and South Main Street – featuring sparkling new wreaths for a magical holiday environment •Dine with friends and family at a variety of tasty downtown restaurants •Fill in a Win the Window passport for a chance to win one of 3 fabulous downtown prize packages •Listen for the many strolling caroling groups throughout the night •Shop Winter Giftopolis with Concord Arts Market on two levels in Eagle Square Atrium – more than 20 fine art and craft vendors, one night only (6:30 to 11:00pm) •S’mores Station – Warm up and enjoy some yummy treats on City Plaza with 2 “BumDrums” fire pits and S’mores kits courtesy of NH Federal Credit Union and Granite State Candy Shoppe (6:00 to 9:00pm, while supplies last) •Bring your camera and your wish list for a visit with Santa in Eagle Square Atrium (6:30 to 8:00) •Enjoy the Christmas tree, Nativity scene, and Menorah on City Plaza & State House Plaza •Pop-up entertainment, Elfie-selfie stations and instant raffles to win Downtown Dollars •Participate or just come and watch the Midnight Merriment Beard Contest at City Plaza (6:30pm) –A display of festive facial foliage to rival Santa’s! •Midnight Merriment is sponsored by NH Federal Credit Union (47 N. Main) – Stop by their office to visit with Santa and enjoy cookies and hot chocolate Free and convenient parking is available after 5:00 pm on North and South Main streets, side streets and the School St., Storrs St., and State St. garages. Please note that downtown streets will remain open to vehicle traffic during Midnight Merriment.

First City Cars Toys For Tots November 26th from 11-2pm, First City Cars and Trucks will be holding a toy drive to benefit Toys for Tots at two locations: 16 Milton Road, Rochester and 4 Flagg Road, Gonic. Any individual who donates a new, unwrapped toy of any size between the hours of 11-2 are welcome to join the First City family for food and beverages at both of our locations This is First City’s very first year as a Toys for Tots drop site and we are making it our goal to have it be a successful one. Donations have been very scarce nationwide this season, in an attempt to receive as many donations as possible,

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Clarifying A Veteran’s Honorable Record To the Editor: While 93-year-old veteran Ed Krolikowski may have told the writer of a Weirs Times story that ran on Nov. 10 that he had received a “dishonorable” discharge from the National Guard before enlisting in the Navy for the balance of World War II, it probably wasn’t the right word to describe the situation. Here’s some clarification. The U.S. military issues dishonorable discharges only after a court-martial proceeding, and they’re given for high-level military or criminal offenses, such as murder, rape, desertion or treason. That was hardly the case with Ed, who with two of his buddies had fibbed and forged their fathers’ names on enlistment papers to get into the National Guard in 1938 at the age of 16. The three had already served a couple of years when the war broke out. They were supposed to ship out, but when their fathers revealed the forgeries to commanders, they just got unceremoniously booted from the Guard. That didn’t stop Ed, who by that time was old enough to go back on his own and enlist in the Navy in 1942. He served for the remainder of the war and stayed in the service until 1952. So while the description of the National Guard incident may have been muddied by a poor choice of words, Ed’s record of devoted and honorable service to his country should be crystal clear. Leonard Stuart Program Information Officer New Hampshire Veterans Home, Tilton, NH. So here is my suggestion - know who you are treating. This habit of making regulations “across the board, carte blanche is ignorant, crass and unfair! Yes pain medications misused lead to the most devastating of diseases; heroin addicts, alcoholics,depression, anxiety, suicide. These are amongst the most difficult illnesses to treat. DON’T PUNISH THE REST OF US! I am one of the lucky

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ones. The kind of pain I had been experiencing certainly would have shortened my life and possibly by my own hand. I could not get my legs off the bed after a night of sleep without screaming, crying out and pleading for God to help me. I slept so-to-speak in my recliner for 8 months. I was taking pain medications. ! can’t imagine trying to live while being misdiagnosed and mistreated. Doctors See mail boat on 33

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It was twenty-one years ago that this column was born. I can remember when it was just a baby, when it took those first few steps. It seems like it was just yesterday. When I got home from work last night I decided that a celebration was in order and took it down to the local watering hole for a few beers now that it was of legal age. We have a close connection, but still we only see each other once a week. It was a bit emotional for me. After all, I can remember teaching it its first words, mostly about my experiences as a Flatlander adjusting to life in New Hampshire. As it got older, it developed its own personality, tried some things that were different. I think we both kind of took each other for granted over the years. It knew I would always show up on Friday (or Saturday morning at the latest) to spend an hour or two with it. I knew that, no matter how dry the well of my imagination might be that week, it would somehow come through for me. As it got older, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always listen to what I had to say, but it often just went off in its own direction and the end results were often very surprising and not at all what I was expect-

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The Slacker Mandate & The Safety Pin Generation News flash, kids: Things aren’t free. Things cost money. And “free” things provided to you by the government cost other by Michelle Malkin people’s monSyndicated Columnist ey. D o n a l d Trump gets it -- somewhat. He vows to repeal Obamacare’s most burdensome federal mandates that are jacking up the price of private health insurance. But he also plans to preserve the most politically popular provisions of the Orwellian-titled Affordable Care Act, including the so-called “slacker mandate.” It’s the requirement that employer-based health plans cover employees’ children until they turn 26 years old. That’s right: Twenty-freakingsix. Is it any wonder why we have a nation of dependent drool-stained crybabies on college campuses who are still bawling about the election results one week later? Trump briefly mentioned during a “60 Minutes” interview on CBS this weekend that the slacker mandate “adds cost, but it’s very much something we’re going to try and keep.” That’s because most establishment Republicans in Washington, D.C., are resigned to keeping it. Once the feds hand out a sugary piece of cradle-to-grave entitlement candy, it’s almost impossible to snatch it back. Who pays for this unfunded government mandate? As usual, it’s responsible working people who bear the burden. Earlier this year, the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the No Slacker Left

Behind provision resulted in wage reductions of about $1,200 a year for workers with employer-based insurance coverage -- whether or not they had adult children on their plans. In effect, childless working people are subsidizing workers with adult children who would rather stay on their parents than get their own. Moreover, according to company surveys and other economic analysis, the slacker mandate has resulted in overall increased health care costs of between 1 and 3 percent. The nonpartisan American Health Policy Institute reported one firm’s estimate of millennial coverage mandate costs at a whopping $69 million over 10 years. At the time the federal slacker mandate was adopted in 2010, some 20 states had already adopted legislation requiring insurers to cover Big Kids -- some up to age 31! Yes, thirty-freaking-one. In Wisconsin, the slacker mandate covered not only adult children, but also the children of those “children” if they lived in single-parent homes. In New Jersey, champions of the provision claimed it would help cover 100,000 uninsured young adults. But health policy researcher Nathan Benefield of the Commonwealth Foundation reported that “only 6 percent of that estimate has been realized” in its first two years. “The primary reason -- health insurance is still too expensive.” That has only gotten worse, of course, as Obamacare’s other expensive mandates -- especially guaranteed issue for those with pre-existing conditions -- sabotage the private individual market for health insurance, leaving young and healthy people with

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UN Slams North Korean Human Rights Situation U N I T E D NATIONS - A powerful UN committee has scathingly criticized the systematic human rights abuses in communist by John J. Metzler North Korea. Syndicated Columnist In a damning ten page resolution, the Third Committee has offered a detailed and precise indictment of a deteriorating human rights situation in the quaintly titled Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, (DPRK) aka North Korea. The annual resolution was sponsored by the USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea and members of the European Union. The resolution decried reports of “Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including inhuman conditions of detention; rape; public executions; extrajudicial and arbitrary detention.” Significantly it added, “The ex-

istence of an extensive system of political prison camps, where a vast number of persons are deprived of their liberty and subjected to deplorable conditions, including forced labour, and where alarming violations of human rights are perpetrated.” Regarding severe restrictions on freedom of thought and belief, the resolution added, “All-pervasive and severe restrictions, offline and online, on the freedoms of thought, conscience, religion or belief, opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association, the right to privacy and equal access to information.” It underscored the “unlawful and arbitrary surveillance, persecution, torture, imprisonment and, in some instances, summary executions of individuals exercising their freedom of opinion and expression.” Some of the toughest scrutiny concerned the North Korean communist regime’s degrading treatment of women, “Violations of the See Metzler on 33

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Divided We Stand If the 2016 presidential campaign taught us anything, it’s that there are dozens of ways of dividing Amerby Ken Gorrell icans into Northfield, NH. groups. We also learned there are forces working feverishly to set those groups upon each other, as if in a modern Coliseum fight, gladiator against beasts. One group of “beasts” was “non-college-educated whites.” The media explained Donald Trump’s candidacy in terms of his ability to channel their beastly anger at being left behind while their betters marched toward Progressive nirvana. Few in the media recognized the depth of the divide, much less the reasons behind it. They were shocked when their champion fell to the man many thought of as “a demagogue playing to the nation’s worst racist and nationalistic tendencies.” Pew Research found that “Twothirds (67%) of non-college whites backed Trump, compared with just 28% who supported Clinton.” College graduates backed Clinton 52%-43%, while those without a college degree backed Trump 52%-44%, the largest margin since 1980. Economist Greg Mankiw noted this divide

existed in both our presidential campaign and the UK’s Brexit vote. Clearly, something is going on. In a way, I stand athwart this divide. I’m a white, collegeeducated man who worked in a number of suit-and-tie defense industry jobs after serving as a Navy officer. But when my team was consolidated and moved to DC, rather than move I chose to buy a “trade-skill” franchise and run my own business in NH. I went from comfortably earning a six-figure salary to uncomfortably working long hours to get a new business off the ground. The ibuprofen I used to take for the occasional headache I now take for muscle aches and pains, and I’ve had to learn to live without the security of a salary and a 401(k). I voted for Trump. I enjoy what I do and the change was my choice, but when I read news articles like this one, I understand exactly what motivated so many “non-college-educated whites” to support Trump: The University of Michigan’s new chief diversity officer will collect $385,000 a year under his various job titles, including a new one created by a recently revealed $85 million, five-year U-M diversity plan. [His] appointment to a new position called “vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer” (VPEI-CDO) was approved…by the university’s governing board. [He] previously

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a public institution. Workingclass parents turn to it to help give their kids a leg up in life. But these parents are also going into debt to pay the salary of an See gorrell on 33

What Now? As the postelection shock of some, and the euphoria of others, both begin to wear off, the country and the new administration will have some by Thomas Sowell very serious Syndicated Columnist problems to face, at home and abroad. How those problems are faced -- or evaded -- will tell us a lot about the next four years, and about the longer-run future as well. As the multiple disasters of ObamaCare become ever more painfully visible with the passage of time, the big question is whether to repeal it or to start tinkering with it, in hopes of being able to “save” it. This dilemma is not accidental. ObamaCare was clearly so structured that it would be hard to get rid of politically. In that sense, it was a political masterpiece, even though a social disaster. One big test of the new Republican administration that takes office in January will be whether it falls into the trap of trying to rescue this monstrosity created by the Democrats, and succumbs to the siren song of bipartisanship that is sure to be heard from the media. Whatever the new administration hopes to accomplish, on this issue and many others, it needs to accomplish early on, if it expects to get things done and establish its credibility. For that it needs unity within a party that has fragmented too often in the past. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has been preparing various policy positions, so that there will be a program already in place that Republicans can

unite behind and hit the ground running when they take control in January. But there is one other thing that they will need, and which they have seldom had in the past. That is some well thought out, and clearly articulated, explanation to the American public as to what they are doing and why. What was called “the Reagan revolution” of the 1980s took place without President Reagan’s ever having had Republican control of both Houses of Congress, and despite a hostile media. What Reagan had instead was a rare ability to persuasively articulate to the public what he was doing and why. When President Reagan got the voters on his side, even Congressional Democrats knew that it was politically risky to try to block what he had convinced the public needed to be done. Without effective articulation to the public, control of both Houses of Congress can lead to futility and the collapse of political support by frustrated voters who feel betrayed. That has been the recent history of Republicans. Articulation is not just a gift of nature. It takes hard work, work that Ronald Reagan had done for years before he ever got to Washington. More fundamentally, effective articulation requires a recognition of the great importance of articulation, so that it gets all the time and effort it requires. Another very high priority for the new administration should be trying to fill the great void on the Supreme Court left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. It is not just a quantitative void but, above all, a qualitative void. See Sowell on 28

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always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they’ve tried everything else. https:// www.brainyquote.com/ quotes/authors/w/winston_churchill.html Churchill wrote: “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” www.brainyquote.com/ quotes/authors/w/winston_churchill.html: “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow issued high praise for Donald Trump’s “inspired” decision to tap Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as his Attorney General. “Senator Sessions is a good man and a great man. He has done more to protect the jobs and enhance the wages of black workers than anyone in either house of Congress over the last 10 years,” Kirsanow told Breitbart. Indeed, arguably no U.S. lawmaker has worked more tirelessly than Jeff Sessions to uphold the legacy of Civil Rights leader and late-Democratic Congresswoman Barbara

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I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lie and say that I was ready for the holiday season. It snuck up on me with remarkable speed. Time really does fly! Does this mean Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting old? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t answer. No matter our levels of preparedness (or lack thereof), Thanksgiving is here and Christmas is just around the corner. It seriously feels weird just typing that sentence. So what are you doing to get ready to celebrate and focus on the holidays? Gifts, food prep, travel plans, etc., plus a million other things that will contribute to your stress and general feeling of being overwhelmed. If I may offer you a humble holiday suggestion that may prove to be a better option: gratitude. We all know this word, and have probably been grateful at some point in our lives. Yet, having gratitude can be more than an emotion or feeling. It can be more than a response to a gift. Gratitude can be a practice, an act, a daily ritual. My challenge to you and myself, as well, is to, this Thanksgiving, to start living a life of gratitude. Gratitude, as a daily practice becomes a powerful tool, to not only benefit those around us, but to improve ourselves and our quality of life as well. Besides, what better time to have more gratitude than Thanksgiving! A leader in this field is Robert Emmons, Ph.D a professor of psychology at the University of

California, Berkeley. He has studied the effects of gratitude in depth and has published research and written books on the topic. Emmons attributes the following improvements with practicing gratitude: â&#x20AC;˘ Stronger immune systems â&#x20AC;˘ Less bothered by aches and pains â&#x20AC;˘ Lower blood pressure â&#x20AC;˘ Exercise more and take better care of their health â&#x20AC;˘ Sleep longer and feel more refreshed upon waking â&#x20AC;˘ Higher levels of positive emotions â&#x20AC;˘ More alert, alive, and awake â&#x20AC;˘ More joy and pleasure â&#x20AC;˘ More optimism and happiness â&#x20AC;˘ More helpful, generous, and compassionate â&#x20AC;˘ More forgiving â&#x20AC;˘ More outgoing â&#x20AC;˘ Feel less lonely and isolated. http://greatergood. berkeley.edu/article/ item/why_gratitude_is_ good Look at your life and your health. Could you use some of those listed improvements? I know I could! We spend billions on pharmaceuticals, chasing these qualities. Yet, if we listen to Dr. Emmons, these traits could be ours just by practicing gratitude. So how can we do this? There are obviously many ways such as surrounding yourself with good people, etc. However, Emmonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most common recommendation, is a tool he uses in his research: keeping a gratitude journal. He states, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Establish a daily practice in which you remind yourself of the gifts, grace, benefits, and good things you enjoy. Setting aside time on a daily basis to recall moments of gratitude associated with ordinary events, your personal attributes, or valued people in your life gives you the potential to interweave a sustainable

life theme of gratefulness.â&#x20AC;? Essentially, stop and recognize the good in your life, everyday and be grateful. Everyday create this focus and write down what you are makes you thankful. It almost seems too simple. Yet, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the beauty. If we could reap any of the aforementioned benefits for such a simple practice, why wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you make the time to make a gratitude journal a priority? I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! I hope itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your best, happiest yet. Further, I hope it will be a time of great gratitude for you and in turn great health and happiness!

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The Regal Cardinal by Steve White Contributing Writer

As one of the most recognized songbirds in North America, the cardinals are also known for many virtues. They are one of the few wild birds that are monogamous throughout the year. They assist in pest control by feeding on destructive insects such as potato beetles, cotton boil weevils and cucumber beetles.Their natural diet consists of over 100 different weed seeds so this brilliant bird could also be considered economically valuable to many gardeners. Have you ever noticed a cardinal eating at your feeder? These unique songbirds prefer black oil sunflower and safflower seeds. They roll the seed around with their tongue until it is sideways in their strong, cone-shaped beaks. Then they crack it open along the seam and ditch the hull before swallowing the meat of each seed. Cardinals enjoy approaching each feeder with a royal attitude. They do not join in the chatter other species create in gatherings, such as sparrows or finches. Cardinals simply dine with their mate in a sort of majestic splendor. The word “cardinal” originally meant important and was applied to the official rank in the Catholic Church. Cardinal became associated with the bright red robes and the pointed red hat

of that impressive office. Upon seeing this red bird with the pointed crest for the first time, early American naturalists were reminded of the church officials and began to name this regal bird, the cardinal. During the cold months, the male cardinal will dominate the feeders. His mate will usually ignore him and simply do her own feeding. Come springtime, however, the male turns into a doting partner. The cardinal courtship ritual involves mate feeding. The male hops over to her, tilts his head sideways and places the morsel in her bill. Her acceptance of this offering completes their unique ritual. Cardinals breed from March to August, with up to four broods in a season. Two broods, however, are the accepted norm. While the female begins the next nest, the male takes on the feeding responsibilities for the last brood. This species of songbirds truly compliment each other in the rearing of the young. The cardinal is the official State bird for seven states. Rarely seen as far north as Pennsylvania in the early 20th century, its year round range now includes the Canadian border. They live generally in areas where both trees and berry producing shrubs exist. This habitat closely resembles the average home owner’s backyard, hence the success of the expansion of the cardinals realm. So, kudos to all backyard birders. Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve is a contrib-

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of all good…” The prayers were to include deliverance from their enemies and recovering of rights and properties, plus “That he would keep all sin out of our camps, as well as from the whole Community, and make us a penitent and reformed people. That he would Inspire our officers with conduct and resolution, and our soldiers with faithfulness and courage; and that as the Captain of our Salvation, he would lead them on to Success and Victory…”. Furthermore, President Weare asked for prayer “…that the divine Promises and predictions of the universal and Spiritual Reign of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the prince of Peace, may be speedily accomplished.” Governor Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, signed a Proclamation for a Public Thanksgiving to be held on November 21, 1793. Bartlett exhorted the people of this State “…to dedicate said day to the duties of thanksgiving and praise …with grateful hearts and united voices in returning our most humble and hearty thanks to Almighty God for the

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unmerited favors He has been graciously pleased to confer upon us in the course of the present year now drawing to a close.” Governor Bartlett made special note that God “was graciously pleased to appear for us in the course of the summer past” when “plentiful showers of rain” saved crops from failing to produce because of a severe drought early in the summer. He also expressed thankfulness for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and asked the people of New Hampshire to pray for God’s continued blessing upon the United States and for Him to “…overrule the tumults and confusions among the nations, in such a manner as shall subserve His own Glory and the best good and happiness of mankind…”. A few years later in 1805 the then Governor John Langdon, a signer of the United States Constitution, issued what was simply labeled A Proclamation, setting November 28, 1805, as a day of “PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER”. He indicated that he did this “… in conformity to this laudable and long established practice…”. He also exhorted people to assemble with their religious leaders at their places of worship, and to thank God for the fruits of the field, escape from contagious diseases, the health of the President of the United States, and our liberties. “But above all,” the proclamation reads, “for the inestimable blessings of the gospel of peace and salvation, the means of grace and hopes of future glory, through the merits of a crucified Savior.” Langdon asked for prayer for this state, particularly seeking God’s blessings on its agriculture, commerce, fisheries, schools and courts, and that our civil government would “ … sub serve the best interests of the people.” He concluded by writing “That He would bless the means used for the promulgation of his word, and make pure religion and morality more and more

abound. And it is hereby earnestly recommended that all persons abstain from labor and recreation unbecoming the solemnities of the day.” Not all Thanksgiving Proclamations call for the day to give thanks to be in November, but many of them do, going back to Governor Bradford’s in our neighboring State of Massachusetts in 1623: “Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as He has protected us from the ravages of the savages, has spared us from pestilence and disease, has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience. “Now, I, your magistrate, do proclaim that all ye Pilgrims, with your wives and ye little ones, do gather at ye meeting house, on ye hill, between the hours of 9 and 12 in the daytime, on Thursday, November 29th, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty three and the third year since ye Pilgrims landed on ye Pilgrim Rock, there to listen to ye pastor and render thanksgiving to ye Almighty God for all His blessings.” William Bradford Ye Governor of ye Colony And, so I won’t leave you wondering, the Farm Journal’s choice for the other best months of the year are “ …September ( because oysters can be eaten again ) and March ( because we change our President then, every four years or so ).” Of course, the month for changing Presidents is no longer March, and the Thanksgiving Proclamations from today’s governors are apt to make reference to the early ones while having limited resemblance to them.

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Rapporteur, including by granting him full, free and unimpeded access to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.” As would be imagined the communist authorities have blocked access into North Korea by human rights observers and have systematically sealed off the reclusive country from its prosperous cousins in South Korea. So shall yet another harsh condemnation of the DPRK regime really change very much? No and yes. No because Kim Jong-un and his followers know exactly how to use terror and intimidation against their citizens. Yes, because a growing awareness in the international community realizes the depth and magnitude of this human rights “black hole” in North Korea. Accountability remains crucial. When the change finally comes, and it will, nobody wants to be called either complicit or condoning of this glaring humanitarian outrage.

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classes their professors canceled in order to give them time to grieve, and the Progressive grievance industry will shift focus from street-level action to strategically impeding the election’s mandate from We the People. It’s not just Trump, of course. The GOP made historic gains in governorships and state legislatures during the Obama years. So, divided we stand. The New York Times published two election maps of the USA, one with just the counties won by Trump, the other just those won by Clinton (“The Two Americas of 2016”). Trump’s map is recognizably our nation, containing 80% of the counties and 85% of the land mass. Clinton’s map looks like an archipelago. In those maps I see the wisdom of the Founders. They couldn’t have predicted the Trump v. Clinton circus, but they understood the need to balance state and federal power and the need to rein in popular passions. Thank God for the Electoral College. Ken can be reached at kengorrell@gmail.com

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