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Finding The Thanks In Thanksgiving —Glimpses Of The Past—

by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

The sounds I hear and the words and pictures I see as we approach the last days of November 2019 seem to be more focused upon Black Friday shopping which, now begins on Thursday, and Christmas presents than it is upon Thanksgiving Day. Not that the day set apart as a national holiday of Thanksgiving is totally ignored, but the media emphasis of that day is primarily concerned with the meal of the day

and the shopping to follow. I read an article recently that expressed the opinion that although Thanksgiving Day used to be a religious holiday it is now a secular one. I guess that depends on who is doing the celebrating and who receives our thanks, if anyone, as we enjoy the day. I‘m sure I am not alone in remembering the Pilgrims community Thanksgiving with the Indians, the fact that George Washington issued a thanksgiving proclamation, and President Lincoln established a day of See SMITH on 21

Record Breaking November Cold Takes Its Toll by Dan Seufert

Weirs Times Correspondent

If you think it’s been colder than usual this year, you’re not crazy. According Meteorologist Maura Casey of the National Weather Service, Southern Maine just experienced its coldest first two weeks on November in history, while Concord, New Hampshire, recorded its sixth coldest early November. Ice and snow can’t be far behind, right? Well, the man who declares IceIn and Ice-Out on Lake Winnipesaukee isn’t sure about that. But, flying over the region in his small plane as he often does, Dave Emerson of Emerson

Aviation in Gilford said ice has already been seen on smaller ponds and coves. We’re not near Ice-in on Lake Winnipesaukee yet, meaning that the lake is far from covered with ice. Emerson said he calls Ice-in in mid-January, though “many of the smaller lakes and ponds freeze See COLD on 20

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Closing Of Keepsake Quilting

To The Editor: I received word of the closing of the well-known and beloved Keepsake Quilting shop at Senter’s Market in Centre Harbor. While I do not pretend to know the details of the story behind the owner’s decision to close

the retail shop, I am compelled to express my disappointment and sadness to the owner of the store as well as the owner of the property. The word on the street is that the parties were unable to come to an agreement on the lease. Whether or not that is the real reason, I have no first-hand knowledge; but that is what is being said publicly. The current owner of Keepsake, who came from North Carolina and purchased Keepsake only 18 months ago, has decided to close the retail store and return to North Carolina where they own and operate Pineapple Fabrics. They will continue the Keepsake catalog sales only. In order to understand why there is such sadness and shock in the community around this decision, please know that there is a thriving quilt market in the Lake’s Region. There are at least three quilt guilds that I know of in Moultonborough, Wolfeboro and Laconia that have supported Keepsake through the years. In addition, it has been a draw for quilters all over New England and the country. Many days you will see bus loads of quilters who have spent part of their tours at Keepsake. The area hotels and restaurants have benefited from visitors to the area of quilters drawn in by the proximity to Keepsake. Mill Falls Inn in Meredith, in particular, has benefited for many years from off-season weekends filled with quilters on weekend getaways. These woman (and I have been

one of them) spend a lot of time (and money) at Keepsake and surrounding shops and restaurants during their stay. I have been told by people involved with the shop that the business has been good. In fact, I credit the owners for hiring Mary Hunter and the wonderful sales staff. They have made improvements to the shop and have reached out to the community by holding workshops to make Quilts of Valor for veterans, gatherings to sit and stitch, and hold classes teaching new ideas. They have brought a sense of warmth and community back to the quilt shop that the former owners lost along the way. And now the owners choose to take the name “Keepsake” and run. What a disappointment! They suggested that we shop with them online. As any quilter or crafter knows, it is less than ideal to shop for fabric or thread online when you can’t touch it and see true colors and textures. Shopping online is not the answer and, personally, I felt like it was a bit of kick in the teeth for that to be suggested. It is, after all, the sense of community that we will miss. The meeting place for people to gather who have a love for all things fabric and quilting. The gathering of husbands patiently (or impatiently) waiting outside in the Adirondack chairs on the porch. The excitement of the annual new years sale, summer sale, etc. when women laugh, stand in line for h o u r s , See MAILBOAT on 27

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Grief in the Holidays – Support Group

Central NH VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia. Group will meet on Wednesdays from 5pm6:30pm. Central NH VNA & Hospice hosts the Grief Group, that is open to all adults in the community. This time of year can be full of powerful memories, feelings, and challenges – Navigating through gatherings and traditions- while vividly aware of those that are not with us. Together with others we can acknowledge our grief and anticipate what we may need and learn from how others have navigated these waters. All groups are nonreligious and are offered at no cost. 524-8444 x2390. Through Dec. 18th

Grief in the Holidays – Support Group

First Congregational Church, 115 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. Group will meet on Tuesdays from 6:30pm8pm. Central NH VNA & Hospice hosts the Grief Group, that is open to all adults in the community. This time of year can be full of powerful memories, feelings, and challenges – Navigating through gatherings and traditions- while vividly aware of those that are not with us. Together with others we can acknowledge our grief and anticipate what we may need and learn from how others have navigated these waters. All groups are nonreligious and are offered at no cost. 524-8444 x2390. Through Dec. 1st

Christmas at the Castle Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 1 0 a m - 4 p m . To u r t h e L u ck n ow mansion elegantly decorated for the holidays! Admission includes Castle tour, artisan fair, Children’s holiday crafts, and a visit from Santa, plus complimentary cookies and hot cocoa. $50/non-members, $40/ members. Tickets available at www.

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Thursday 28th Annual Mae Hart Thanksgiving Dinner

Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. Doors open at 11:30am, and the meal will be served at 12pm. 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. Hart’s Turkey Farm has partnered with Meredith Parks and Recreation, and they will offer meal deliveries to residents of Meredith,

Center Harbor, and New Hampton who are housebound and unable to attend the event. Anyone wishing to attend the meal or receive a delivered meal should please contact Terri Thompson at MPRD at 2798197. Pre-registration is required by November 21st. The community wishes to thank the Very generous Hart Family, who has continued this tradition since 1988. Friday 29th

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Ta p p l y - T h o m p s o n C o m m u n i t y Center, Bristol. 4pm-7pm. This is an opportunity for children in preschool through 8 th grade to shop for all family, friends, and teachers in one easy stop! Helpers will be available to assist younger children with their shopping. All gifts will be wrapped and tagged before they leave. There are many items under $1 and most items are under $6. 744-2713

NH Humane Society’s “Thankful for a Home” – Open House

New Hampshire Humane Society, Meredith Center Road, Laconia. 12pm-5pm. The public is invited to come to the Shelter for a bake sale, raffles, NHHS merchandise sales, local vendors, free hot cider, and a chance to meet adorable, adoptable animals! Visitors are also encouraged to bring a donation for the shelter to stuff in their giant stocking. This event will be different than “Black Friday Adoptathons” the shelter has held in previous years, as the adoption process no longer supports same-day adoptions of animals. 524-3252

Saturday 30th Michael Vincent Band Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $20pp. BYOB venue. www.PitmansFreightRoom.

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Artisan Craft Fair & Penny Sale

American Legion Post 7, Rochester. 9am-3pm. Start your holiday shopping early while you help support your local Artisans and Crafters! Fantastic selection of handmade items as well as a penny sale and a cash snack bar. Vendor space still available. 332-2024

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Town Green, Center Harbor. The tree lighting takes place at 5pm and kicks off the Christmas Season in the entire village. This family friendly event features free hot chocolate and cookies as well as a choral performance of traditional Christmas and holiday songs by the Center Harbor Band. The Center Harbor Community Development Association and American Express want to remind everyone to SHOP LOCAL and SHOP SMALL BUSINESS this Holiday Season.

DECEMBER Sunday 1st Natural Decorations Walk for Families

Moose Mountain Regional Greenways, New Durham. Children and their families will take a guided walk in the woods and learn how to select the best trees and sustainable ways to gather holiday greens. Using greens already collected, each family will use their creativity, seasonal spirit, and inspirations from nature to create a decorated evergreen spray to take home. Families are invited to bring natural objects or favorite holiday items to add to their spray. Please call 978-7125 to register.

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The Auction will be LIVE at the Belknap Mall, Belmont, from 9am-3pm & 6pm-9pm. Looking for great holiday gift items? Shop at the Children’s Auction! You can watch live at the Belknap Mall, On Atlantic Broadband channel 12, or watch it streamed live at Facebook.com/ChildrensAuction. Visit the website for more information

The Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road, Moultonborough. 10am-2pm. There will be fun for the whole family including, hayrides, balloon animals, face painting, crafts for the kids, and warm refreshments and treats. Santa arrives at 11am! 476-5666

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Funspot Gift Card Promotion To Benefit Mix Cash & Cans Mix 94.1fm presents its 33rd annual Cash-andCans money and food drive for the holidays December 5-13, 2019. The fundraiser, started by Mix 94.1fm’s Fred Caruso in 1987, raises food and money for a number of central New Hampshire charitable organizations, from food pantries to soup kitchens to toys-forFred Caruso tots programs. There’s a new event this year to benefit Mix Cash & Cans. It’s a Funspot Gift Card Fundraiser Sunday December 8th from Noon-3pm with a live broadcast at Funspot. “We’re very excited to have Funspot and the Lawton Family involved in this year’s Cash & Cans campaign,” Caruso said. “For a minimum ten dollar donation to Cash & Cans, you’ll receive a ten dollar Funspot gift card; donate twenty dollars, get a twenty gift card; donate fifty, get fifty; donate twenty dollars in non-perishable food items, get twenty dollars in gift cards. It’s really is a win-win for everyone. Funspot gift cards make great stocking stuffers.” During the Cash & Cans campaign, Caruso and morning co-host Amy Bates will be accepting monetary and nonperishable food donations with 100% of the proceeds right here in our central New Hampshire community. “We live in a wonderful area, neighbors helping neighbors, friends helping friends, people helping people they’ve never even met. That’s what Cash-and-Cans is all about,” said Caruso. “Through the organizations Cash-and-Cans donates to, literally hundreds of families, kids and the elderly will enjoy the holidays because of the generosity of the people and businesses who donate to Cash-and-Cans.” A complete Cash and Cans broadcast schedule is available at www.mix941fm.com. Donations can also be made through the mail. Please make checks payable to Mix Cashand-Cans and mail to Mix 94.1fm, PO Box 941, Franklin, NH 03235. For more information about the Cash & Cans program email Caruso at fred@mix941fm.com. Mix Cash & Cans is a public service of Mix 94.1fm, a locally owned and operated Northeast Communications radio station.

Rochester Historical Society Christmas Open House The Rochester Historical Society’s annual Christmas Open House, A Festival of Snowmen, will be held on Thursday, December 12, from 1 to 5 PM at the Historical Society Museum on Hanson Street in downtown Rochester. The Museum is decorated for the holidays. The current museum displays focus on Rochester entertainment, recreation and other leisure time activities. All are welcome to attend. Holiday refreshments will be served. Admission is free. For more information please call 3303099 or e-mail rochesterhistorical@metrocast.net.

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Last Minute Shopping I won’t be shopping on Black Friday again this year. It doesn’t make much sense to me to stay up late on Thanksgiving night, after inby Brendan Smith gesting a signifWeirs Times Editor icant amount of tryptophan, and then fight crowds of others similarly affected, just to get a few good deals. Still, the inevitability of having to buy Christmas presents will be forced upon me eventually and I will once again partake of that other famous Christmas present shopping day – Bleak Monday Evening. On some years, this might be called Bleak Tuesday Evening or Bleak Wednesday Evening. It changes every year. It is designated by the night before Christmas Eve when I, as well as so many of my fellow brethren, will find myself forced to shop for Christmas gifts a mere twenty-four hours before that five o’clock Christmas Eve whistle blows. When the stores close early for Christmas Day and we are left with whatever goods we could scrape up from the bare shelves to show our loved ones how much we care. There are some, legend has it, who will even wait past Bleak Monday Evening and, instead, venture out on Very Bleak Tuesday Evening, otherwise known as Christmas Eve, to start their shopping. Some Very Bleak Evening legends starting as late as 4pm, gathering up as many goods as possible while store employees sweep up and start turning off lights. To them I tip my hat in awe and hope that I never have to go through such an experience. I sit here and write about this inevitability weeks ahead and, even though I make a conscious effort to remind myself that I can

avoid it all together if I just get up out of my chair and get my shopping done early, I still, like so many others -and you know who you are - will wake up on Bleak Monday Morning and realize that, yes, time has run out once again. It’s just the way I roll. I have, in past years, tried to force myself to get some Christmas shopping done earlier, but I have found it a fruitless endeavor. Knowing that I have all the time in the world, my attention is easily diverted. Starting in the women’s sweater department, I often become woozy and close to blacking out. Once I regain my balance, I find myself in front of the latest 85inch, 4K televisions. I am told there is a new drug that can help with these symptoms, but the side effects include the possibility of a lifelong fear of electronics. Something I don’t think I could afford to live with. This kind of reaction does not happen on Bleak Monday Evening since my time and focus are very limited. Even though the glare and excellent sound of the 85-inch 4K TV beckons me from afar, my sense of responsibility, along with the thought of what Christmas morning would look like if I fail in the endeavor, keep me on the straight path of finding heartfelt Christmas gifts as quickly as possible. I have had nightmares of failing, and on Christmas Day being banished to the children’s table, even when there are no children present, eating dinner, cramped and uncomfortable. Last year I tried to do some shopping early using the Internet, figuring that would be a safe, less distracting route. Still I, like so many others, was easily distracted by a YouTube video of a dog and a cat seemingly lip-syncing to “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”. My mind quickly drifted to what this would look and sound

like on a 85-inch, 4K television. After a few dozen viewings (how did they get that darn cat to move his lips so perfectly) I had found that I had, as usual, run out of time and needed to do other things, like hydrate myself. Seeing I would get no shopping done this way, I decided to post the video on my Facebook page. If I wasn’t going to accomplish any online shopping, then I was going to make sure none of my so-called “friends” would either. To avoid any of this in the first place, I once considered making homemade Christmas gifts. After all wasn’t this the idea of some of those early Christmases? To spend time carefully constructing unique gifts with your own hands and then presenting them to loved ones and watching their expression as they unwrap them. They would be keepsakes that would last a lifetime and not just shallow commercial gifts that probably wouldn’t even be around next Christmas. But that thought never lasts more than a couple of seconds. Thank goodness. Who really has time for that? So, Bleak Monday seems like it will be the only alternative for me again this year. There is no time for fooling around and I can get myself in that zone and focus without the thought of distraction. It may not be the best way to shop for those I love and care about, but it’s better than nothing. An audio version of this and other columns can be heard at BrendanTSmith,com. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” His latest book “I Only Did It For The Socks & Other Tales Of Aging” will be published in early 2020.

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Cancel Culture Hypocrites on Left and Right

Cancel culture is metastasizing. No one is safe anymore, including yours truly. On Tuesday afternoon, I was informed that Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, had pulled the plug on my book discussion of “Open Borders Inc.” with the Center for Immigration Studies’ Director of Policy Studies Jessica Vaughan. The event had been scheduled by Michelle Malkin for this Friday and co-hosts from BostoSyndicated Columnist nians Against Sanctuary Cities were expecting a crowd of about 300 people. University officials gave pale excuses for the last-minute cancellation, citing local organizers’ request for an audio box to accommodate media outlets. Anti-sanctuary activist Lou Murray condemned the decision as “malarkey,” vowing that “the show must and will go on.” The Bentley University administrators who squelched our open discussion of who’s subsidizing and profiting on the mass migration agenda, Murray said, “are the new politically correct Puritans. I thought ‘Banned in Boston’ died long ago.” Liberal opponents of book burning change their tune when the book topics don’t fit their narratives. This isn’t the first time that immigration enforcement advocates have been targeted in the Bay State. In 2017, Vaughan’s talk on sanctuary policies at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Franklin, Massachusetts, was canceled after a vehement protest by left-wing illegal immigration supporters recycled the Southern Poverty Law Center’s smear that CIS is a “hate group.” Vaughan is scheduled to speak next week at a community center in Sharon, Massachusetts. Protesters are already organizing online to disrupt the event. Marginalizing all champions of secure borders and sovereignty as “haters” is SPLC’s bread and butter. Even after its hate-manufacturing character assassins have been discredited as poverty palace scam artists by liberal journalists, the group succeeds in executing attacks on political opponents through willing and able media surrogates. The New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, CNN, PBS and MSNBC have all regurgitated SPLC’s release of leaked emails between senior White House adviser Stephen Miller and a former editor for the conservative Breitbart website. Miller, who is Jewish, has been attacked repeatedly as a “white nationalist” for recommending immigration See MALKIN on 22

How to Disunite America This week, Chick-filA, the immensely popular Christian-owned chicken sandwich giant, caved to the cultural left. For years, the left targeted Chickfil-A, dating back to the 2012 revelation that by Ben Shapiro Chairman and CEO Syndicated Columnist Dan Cathy supports traditional marriage -- and, horror of horrors, that charities given donations by Chick-fil-A support traditional marriage. This prompted paroxysms of outrage in the media, who quickly demanded that Chick-fil-A tow the Democratic Party line, despite the fact that then-President Barack Obama did not officially endorse same-sex marriage until May 2012. The rage of the cultural left led to unsuccessful boycotts -- Chick-fil-A’s business expanded from $1 billion in 2001 to $5 billion in 2013 to $10.5 billion today -- but successful hijackings of local government. When the cultural left can’t achieve what it wants through public mobilization, it simply uses the power of government to blackmail those it dislikes. So, despite the fact that Chick-fil-A had never discriminated against gay customers -- it would sell a chicken sandwich to anyone -- then-Boston Mayor Thomas Menino promised to ban the franchise from the city. Then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel quickly followed suit, pledging to support an alderman’s plan to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant at Chicago O’Hare Airport. San Antonio recently blocked Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant at its airport, and the airport in Buffalo, New York, followed suit. San Jose, California, pledged not to renew Chick-filA’s lease when it ran out. Chick-fil-A has continued to receive blowback -- and the blowback has widened, helped along by a hostile media. So Chick-fil-A decided to back down and announced publicly that it will no longer donate to traditional Christian charities

such as The Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home. Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos explained, “as we go into new markets, we need to be clear about who we are.” Well, now they’re clear. They’re chickens. Our First Amendment culture is endangered when local governments are given the capacity to block businesses from operating, not on the basis of business discrimination but on the viewpoint of the company’s founders alone. That’s precisely what’s happening here. If giving to Christian charities now bars you from opening a restaurant at the airport, our culture is beyond the point of no return. But there’s something even more troubling going on here. In a free country, of course we get to choose which businesses to patronize. But is it good for the culture for us to segregate our business based on examining the politics of those who own our companies? Do we really want a country where we shop based on political affiliation? Where every decision, every day, is rooted in partisanship? America’s social fabric is already fraying. Politics has invaded everything from education to sports, from movies to fashion. Should politics now determine where we buy a chicken sandwich? A country that punishes restaurants because its founders don’t openly celebrate same-sex marriage is a country destined to bifurcate. And that’s pretty fowl. Ben Shapiro, 35, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “The Right Side of History.” He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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Climate Myths “How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood!” insisted teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations. “We are in by John Stossel the beginning of a Syndicated Columnist mass extinction!” Many people say that we’re destroying the Earth. It all sounds so scary. But I’ve been a consumer reporter for years, and I’ve covered so many scares: plague, famine, overpopulation, SARS, West Nile

virus, bird flu, radiation from cellphones, flesh-eating bacteria, killer bees, etc. The list of terrible things that were going to get us is very long. Yet we live longer than ever. Now I’m told global warming is different. The Earth’s average temperature is rising. It’s risen 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880. The U.N. predicts it will rise another 2 to 5 degrees this century. If that happens, that will create problems. But does that justify what’s being said? “We have 12 years to act!” says Joe Biden.

“The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change!” adds Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Twelve years? That’s the new slogan. The Heartland Institute invited some climate alarmists to explain the “12 years” and other frightening statements they keep making. The alarmists didn’t even show up. They never do. They make speeches and preach to gullible reporters, but they won’t debate anyone who is skeptical. Over the years, I repeatedly invited Al Gore to come on my TV shows. His staff always said he

was “too busy.” At a Heartland Institute event I moderated, climatologist Pat Michaels put the 12-year claim in perspective by saying, “It’s warmed up around 1 degree Celsius since 1900, and life expectancy (SET doubled in the industrialized democracies! Yet that temperature ticks up another half a degree and the entire system crashes? That’s the most absurd belief!” Astrophysicist Willie Soon added, “It’s all about hand-waving, emotion, sending out kids in protest. It has nothing to do with the science.” See STOSSEL on 23

UN Confab Views Global Christian Persecution UNITED NATIONS— The stunning silence of the mainstream media which often overlooks ongoing anti-religious violence has beby John J. Metzler come a sad baSyndicated Columnist r o m e t e r o f o u r secular societies. Clearly, while most of the attacks are “somewhere else” be it the Middle East, Africa or South Asia, the media template seems preset to default to cover other issues. The Holy See Observer Mission to the UN and Aid to the Church in Need co-sponsored a symposium allowing the voices of the persecuted to be heard; Survivors who have personally witnessed recent

carnages in Sri Lanka and the Philippines. According to Aid to the Church in Need Report, Persecuted and Forgotten? “one out of seven Christians lives in a country where they face persecution.” Based on data from the PEW Research center given levels of world harassment, “Christians emerge as the world’s ‘most widely targeted’ faith group .” In 2018, 73 countries with 245 million Christians “showed extreme, very high or high levels of persecution.” The defeat of ISIS or Daesh in 2017 by the USA and its allies dramatically reduced killings and persecution of ancient Christian communities in Iraq and Syria. Nonetheless, as Aid to the Church in Need stresses, “the effects of

genocide continued to play out long after the perpetrators had left.” Christian migration, continuing psychological trauma and of course the economic disaster created by the Islamic State terrorists has dramatically reduced the population. Statistics show that in Iraq the Christian population stood at 1.5 million prior to the U.S./Allied effort which toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime; now fifteen years later the enclave numbers 150,000. Historic Christian communities in Mosul and the Nineveh Plain have been decimated. It’s the same in Syria. Prior to the conflict in 2011, Syria’s Christian community stood at 1.5 million; today it is estimated at below 500,000. In Syria’s storied city of Aleppo, an historic center of

Christian culture, numbers have declined by 80 percent! But it’s not just the Middle East. According to Ed Clancy of Aid to the Church in Need, “Jihadi terror is on the rise in Africa with 3,700 Christians being killed in Nigeria in 2018.” When I look at the calendar I see the year 2019; judging from the hideous anti-religious killings whether at Synagogues, Mosques or Churches, the time could be centuries ago. Responding to the clear and present danger facing embattled Christian communities in the Middle East, the Hungarian government has offered special humanitarian and educational assistance. Hungary’s UN A m b a s s a - See METZLER on 27

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Happy holidays! It feels weird to say that every year, because every year the same thing happens to me. The holidays arrive and I am unprepared and somehow shocked that it is the holiday season again. I think a lot of people feel this way, too. The basic equivalent of being woken unexpectedly, while napping...whoa, where am I and how did I get here. We act like the year doesn’t always fly by or that we expect that this year the holidays are not going to come. Yet, here we sit smack dab in the holiday season. This can obviously lead to all kinds of different stressors ranging from money to health concerns. This shouldn’t be the case, though. This is supposed to be a happy and celebratory time. So with that in mind, please allow me to share with you my holiday health (physical and mental) survival guide. And maybe, just maybe will won’t only survive, but thrive this holiday season. 1) Treats, Not Platters: as far as food goes, don’t deprive yourself. If you’re surrounded by treats that

you want and you completely abstain, generally many people will eventually go nuts and eat more than they would have originally. Simply choose a treat that you want, have one and enjoy it, then be done. Along with this, it’s important to abandon the “all or nothing” attitude that people take with food during the holidays. Meaning, if you eat poorly at one meal, or too much at Thanksgiving, you don’t need to throw in the towel and go nuts till Christmas. One meal is one meal, one treat is one treat. If you make a poor choice, regroup and do better on the next choice. Holiday treats really only lead to issues when we treat from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day as an all you can eat buffet. 2) It’s Positive, To Be Negative, aka the power of no: during the holidays you will be pulled in many directions and we all want to do as much as we can and we want to make everyone happy. This will not always work well for you though. As you’re baking 5 dozen cookies for the bake sale, sending out 100 cards, and running errands all over the world, you may breakdown mentally and physically. So many people I meet in our offices, are not even excited for the holidays, because they just see work and fatigue on the horizon. Seriously, add the word “no” to your vocabulary. We don’t always like to use

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Winter time is the inevitable fate that New Englanders either hate or embrace. I find myself driving to work at 6am in the dark and then driving home from work at 5pm, also in the dark. Mother nature has shut off the light on us as we prepare for the deep freeze in New Hampshire. Shorter, colder days can make it particularly difficult to muster the motivation to get in your daily workout or even try and start a routine for that matter. Here are some strategies that you can do to get in exercise throughout the winter as we head into the new year. One strategy that I personally use is getting my workout done and over with early in the morning. Not only does this let you have the whole day to yourself, but it frees you from the thought of having to get in a workout at the end of a long work day. This also sets the tone for your entire day on the right track. I am a firm believer that one good task will lead to another. Set you day in order by having a good workout in the morning. What about running? Outdoor running can be daunting in the winter months. I ran competitively at Plymouth State, and we would run outside 4 days a week no matter how much snow and

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shorts and a pair of Adidas joggers that I personally believe are the best pants to run in. They hug the calf well, and conform to your body to allow for really good insulation. This is my attire for the whole

winter season, I’m usually a little cold for the first half mile, but by one and half miles I am in a sweet spot where I hit the perfect body temperature. Everyone is different in terms of thermoregulation. Some people will need to wear a couple wind breakers, whereas other people with more body mass might be comfortable in a singular quarter zip when it is below zero. Through my extensive running career I have found icy roads unforgiving on joints and legs. This is where the treadmill comes into great use. Not only does the treadmill take you out of the frigid cold but they are built to help absorb energy in every step you take. Your body absorbs 1.5-2 times your body weight every step you take while running! Now just imagine that force being amplified on hard icy roads. If you don’t have a treadmill at

home there are many gyms offering really good holiday deals. Fit Focus in Laconia is offering a waived joining fee of $0 that is usually $50 if you mention this article! Joining a gym can also give a sense of accountability. Fit Focus isn’t your only option and I encourage everyone to join a health club in the winter months. The people at the front desk are always warm and inviting, these are people that genuinely care for you and want to see you accomplish your goals. In the book Endure by Alex Hutchinson there are a couple chapters that elaborate on the power of exercising in groups or with a training buddy. Groups that have a workout buddy will be more likely to workout longer, harder, and not skip workouts. This is the power of human connection. In college we would always run in groups and it would make a

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did not see there was an impending storm rolling in. For the more tame hikes up to a fire tower or a short 20 minute hike through the woods it is still important to dress in layers. The goal is to manage your sweat rate as much as possible. Once we start sweating and then stop this is going to drop your core body temperature significantly. Always plan ahead no matter what trip you are taking and leave an itinerary with someone as to where you are going. It is a fail-safe insurance policy that will keep you safe if something bad ever happens on your endeavors into the winter wonderland of New England. Stay safe and warm this winter. Warren Bartlett is a personal trainer at Fit Focus in Laconia New Hampshire, as well as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Kingswood Regional high school. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and an All American Miler who has run a 4:09 mile. He is an avid hiker, runner, and outdoor enthusiast. Contact warren @warren@fitfocusgyms.com

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by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

BRADY A CHARGER? That New England quarterback Tom Brady will retire as a Patriot is commonly assumed. But be careful about assuming. Brady could end his career as a Los Angeles Charger. He wouldn’t be the first. The storied NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas, a previous GOAT, ended his career as a Charger. Joe Namath also finished his NFL career on the west coast. Consider how NHL GOAT Wayne Gretzky great left Edmonton for the lights of Los Angeles. Gretzky was married to an actress— Janet Jones. Brady is married to a supermodel—Gisele Bündchen. Ponder that NBA GOAT LeBron James is now playing for the L.A. Lakers, despite the onerous California income taxes. There’s a special energy in L.A., one that’s absent from the Jacksonvilles or Green Bays of the world. The status of current Charger QB Phil Rivers is nebulous. And Brady reportedly could get clear of New England contractually after this season, if he so desired. What does he have left to prove in New England? There has to be some allure in playing in the soon-to-be-completed SoFi Stadium, which

Will Tom Brady finish his career in California? will be the grandest sports edifice every constructed. And to take a Charger team that’s never won a Super Bowl all the way has to have some appeal. Recall how Gretzky took the L.A. Kings to the Stanley Cup Finals, creating wonderful new ice hockey energy in the Golden State along the way, while keeping Janet happy. Brady would still return to Foxboro someday to see old #12 retired and most Patriot fans would certainly forgive Tom for finishing his career in his home state of California, especially considering what he’s done for New England. And moving to California might make Gisele happy. To modify an old saying: “If your supermodel wife ain’t happy, ain’t nobody gonna be happy.”

KAEPERNICK One NFL quarterback who DID finish his career in California was former 49er signal caller Colin Kaepernick,

who famously took a knee during our national anthem to protest American injustice. After leaving San Francisco he couldn’t find work. Surprise surprise. Most fans were revolted by Kaepernick and any franchise that signed him risked alienating big chunks or their fan base. So his career went kaput. Kaepernick claimed that NFL owners colluded to keep him out. (Yet ANOTHER phony “collusion” claim.) And a recent public workout to show he could still play was a farce. Truth be told, if he was as good as Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes, or Tom Brady, then he might have been signed by someone, despite his baggage. But he wasn’t that good. So good riddance. See MOFFETT on 27

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Veronica Fernandez, Omni Hotels & Resorts, collects donations for local food banks as part of their annual “Say Goodnight to Hunger” campaign. Skiers and riders that donated nonperishable food items were rewarded with a lift ticket for opening day at Bretton Woods. next morning. By the time I got to the lift at the gondola I wasn’t first in line. This was the grand opening for skiers and riders and there were others that wanted to be the first to ride the new lift. The Zephyr Quad

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GIFTS FOR EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST !

EXECUTIVE DETAIL

7 Pine Street, Wolfeboro, NH ExecutiveDetailNH.com • 603-941-0123

Junction of Rtes 3 & 104, Meredith • 603-279-6212 • HartsTurkeyFarm.com

STOREWIDE SALE —Starting Friday, Nov. 29th, 2019—

VIP UNLIMITED WASH CLUB

WEATHER TECH PRODUCTS

Basic $23 a month, super $30 a month in the works $34 a month

TRUCK ACCESSORIES

ANNALEE DOLLS

339 DW Highway, Meredith, NH annalee.com • 800-433-6557

Holiday Hours Starting Nov. 29th: Open Daily 9am - 6pm HEARTFELT GIFTS

Add warmth and whimsy to your home this holiday with Annalee Santas, reindeer, elves, mice, ornaments and more! There is sure to be something for everyone on your list!

WHIMSICAL DECORATIONS

Browse displays that will bring back childhood memories of the magic and wonder of Christmas! We’ve be celebrating family traditions since 1934!

ANNALEE EXCLUSIVES

Visit the Annalee Gift Shop and watch these limited edition designs being made! Only 250 of each style are made by workers that were trained by Annalee herself!

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SKIWORKS

Route 16, West Ossipee, NH 603-539-2246 • SkiWorksNH.com

MAKE ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS WISHES COME TRUE

SKIWORKS ** NEW HAMPSHIRE’S ALL SEASON OUTFITTERS

MADE ON EARTH - SPIRITUAL BOUTIQUE 33 North Main Street, Wolfeboro, NH 603-569-9100

EXQUISITE JEWELRY FROM AROUND THE WORLD

BEAUTIFUL IMPORTED SCARVES / PERFECT ACCENT

HONEYPOT LUMINARIES 100% Beeswax/No 2 alike/ Perfect unique gift/Available in 3 sizes

HAPPY JACK’S CIGAR, PIPE & TOBACCO SHOP

71 Church St., Laconia • 528-4092 • www.happyjacksonline.com

CIGAR SAMPLER For the cigar aficionado, select a variety of smokes, and present them as a sampler. Expert help is available from Peter at the “biggest little store in town.”

SAVINELLI PIPES For one of the largest and finest selections of pipes you’ve ever seen, shop for your pipe smoker at Happy Jack’s Cigar, Pipe & Tobacco Shop. Not only does Peter sell pipes, he has one of the few businesses that still does stem repair.

CIGAR HUMIDOR If the cigar smoker in your life treats his smokes better than his car, you’ll score high with a cigar humidor for perfectly humidified storage.

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JOIN US On FRI. NOV. 29th 5pm-7:30pm

FOR OUR ANNUAL

AFTER HOURS EVENT!

LOON’S FEATHER GIFT SHOP 183 Lee’s Mill Rd • Moultonborough, NH www.loon.org • 603-476-5666 (LOON)

Shop For Christmas STRESS-FREE While Enjoying Lite Refreshments With Friends! Special Deals On All Your Winter Needs!!!

SkiWorks • Rt.16 • W. Ossipee, NH • 603-539-2246

Birdbath/Sundial

Cast Aluminum available in Oil-Rubbed Bronze, French Bronze or Verdi Gris 12.25 dia x 9” H Some assembly required, latitude adjustment instructions included, threaded mounting hole provided on underside.

2020 “SPIRITS OF THE NORTH” CALENDAR:

12 Full color photos, 12” x 24”, large day grids for notes, major holidays and moon phases

JOURNEY with the LOON: Written by David Evers, Ph.D. and former LPC Staff biologist Kate Taylor. Takes on a journey through the loon year, starting with their spring migration to the northern lakes and ending with the winter return to the sea.

SQUAM LAKES ARTISANS 23 Main St., Center Harbor, NH 603-252-9525

MAKE 2020 YOUR HEALTHIEST YEAR YET, WE HAVE MEMBERSHIPS & SERVICES FOR YOU.

48 Main Street, Second Floor Meredith, NH 603.279.0007

SQUAM LAKES ARTISANS

A cooperative art gallery offering oil paintings, digital art, fiber art & quilters. Pottery, metal and wood sculpture, butcher block designs, photography, stuffed animals, delicate angels, luminaries, fused glass & unique jewelry.

ANNIE’S BOOK STOP

1330 Union Ave., Laconia, NH anniesbookstop.net • 603-528-4445

BOARD GAMES FOR “REAL” SOCIAL TIME!

Annie’s Book Stop has tabletop games! Provide a refuge from online habits. Gather around the kitchen table for some face-to-face fun!.

READING ALOUD TO YOUR CHILD: A LOVING & PUZZLES FOR YOUR AVID PERSONAL GIFT! “PROBLEM SOLVER”! Books make wonderful gifts! Did

We have a large selection of you know Annie’s Book Stop beautiful White Mountain, Masterpieces, Ravensburger puzzles and offers a 20% discount on most new books? Select a book and more! Assembling a puzzle is a start a special Christmas tradigreat family project. tion this holiday season.

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MOULTON FARM

18 Quarry Rd (off Rt. 25) • Meredith, NH www.moultonfarm.com • 603-279-3915

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BLACK FRIDAY & SATURDAY 2019 SPECIALS

- 6PM FRI. NOV. 29TH SALE HOURS: 9AM 8AM - 4PM SAT. NOV. 30TH

AMMO SPECIALS!

SPEND $250 OR MORE ON A NEW OR USED FIREARM AND…

TAKE A BITE OF OUR LEFTOVERS!

SAVE $25 TO $100 INSTANTLY! CSA FARM SHARE

Unique Gift Idea for that Hard to Buy for Person on your list. How about a CSA 2020 Farm Share from Moulton Farm? PERFECT!

GREAT SELECTION OF FRESH CHRISTMAS TREES, WREATHS, POINSETTIAS....

GIFT BASKETS FOR EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST!

Mill Street Meat Market

Premium Meats & Fresh Seafood 67 Mill Street, Wolfeboro • 603-569-0022

RIFLE AMMO

Pumpkin Pie - $25 Drumstick - $50 Wishbone - $75 Horn of Plenty $100

Hornady AW 270 130gr Item #8053 $18.00 Hornady AW 6.5 Creedmoor 129gr Item #81489 $15.00 Only valid Nov. 29th & 30th Hornady Not valid on special orders, layaways, consignments, 300 Blackout 110gr or Blue Label Glocks. Wheel will be spun by associate Item #80873 $15.00 at time of purchase. See associate for details. Hornady AW 30.06 150gr Item Buy 2, Get a 3rd #8108 $18.00 50% off! Hornady OR Buy 3, Get a 7mm Rem 139gr 4th FREE! Item #80591 $25.00 Discount taken on lowest priced magazine. Applies to in American Eagle 50BMG stock magazines only. See associate for full details. Item #XM33C $45.00

SELECT HANDGUN & LONG GUN

MAGAZINES

SHOTGUN AMMO Brenneke KO 20ga - $5.00 Brenneke KO 12ga - $6.00

HANDGUN AMMO

Ariston 100% Gourmet oils

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niCe seleCtion of Beer & Wines

INTOWN CONCORD

49 S. Main Street #202, Concord, NH www.IntownConcord.org

Hornady American Gunner 9mm+P XTP Item #90224 $15.00 Hornady Critical Defense 38spl FTX Item #90310 $25.00 Hornady Critical Defense 40S&W FTX Item #91340 $18.00

Don’t Forget the

STOCKING STUFFERS!!

DOWNTOWN DOLLARS

The gift for everyone for every occasion! Valid at over 100+ Downtown Concord Businesses. Available in $5, $10 and $25 increments at Merrimack County Savings Bank – 89 North Main St. Concord, NH

GIVE THE GIFT OF WELLNESS

Fitness, Weight Loss, Cancer Wellness, Nutrition, Meditation & Mindfulness, General Wellness, Yoga, Parenting, and More!

SHOP SMALL FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Spread the love to your favorite Downtown Concord Shops! When you shop at a local business you are in essence supporting your community.

**All sales are while supplies last and do not apply to orders, previous purchases, layaways or consignments. See store for details.

PLUS... Many more unadvertised specials both days

Central New Hampshire’s headquarters for great brand name outdoor gear at great prices. 837 Lake Street • Bristol, NH • 603-744-3100 • www.nhskip.com

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Meredith Altrusa Festival of Trees The Lakes Region will welcome the holiday season with the magic of the Meredith Altrusa Festival of Trees. All of the beauty will return to the lovely rustic setting of The Barn at Waukewan Golf Course Friday, December 6th (26), Saturday, December 7th (10 -5) and Sunday, December 8th (Noon-4). Individuals, organizations, and businesses enter decorated trees with themes from traditional to whimsical. Returning this year is the popular “Tis the Season Silent Auction Trees”, for your bidding pleasure! Visitors will be given a pass to return and update their bids during the weekend. Local Cub Scout Pack #55, led by Erica Witcher, will be selling handmade Christmas wreaths to enhance your holiday

Mark your holiday calendars for Dec. 6, 7, and 8 when Altrusa of Meredith’s 24th Annual Festival of Trees will transform the Waukewan Golf Club Barn into a Winter Wonderland.

GIVE WARMTH THIS SEASON!

LAKES REGION’S LARGEST SELECTION OF

MEN, WOMEN & KID GLOVES! Perfect gift for your co-workers, employees, teachers, neighbors & loved ones.

Happy Holidays from Trustworthy! 603.524.1601 1084 UNION AVE, LACONIA OPEN DAILY

decorating. Live musical performances will be featured throughout the weekend. Friday at 3PM, join See TREES on 11

Made on EARTH SPIRITUAL BOUTIQUE

Books for the Soul Jewelry for the Heart Gifts for the Spirit Clothing for the Body 603-569-9100 33 N. Main Street Wolfeboro, NH

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BACK BAY CLOTHING

27 South Main St., Wolfeboro, NH 603-569-0400

MEN’S, WOMEN’S CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES

GILFORD TRUE VALUE HARDWARE 64 Gilford E Dr, Gilford, NH gilfordtruevalue.com • 603-524-5366

HONDA HSS1332ATD SNOW BLOWER

CARHARTT CLOTHING

The Ultimate Solution for Serious Snow Removal. Two-stage; Track drive, with adjustable auger height; Clears 32” wide and Throws snow up to 56 feet. $3199

Stay warm this Winter with Carhartt Flannel Lined Washed Duck Dungaree! Available in Carhartt Brown, Moss, and Black. Spend $100 on Carhartt Clothing and Recieve $20 in Carhartt Bucks. $44.99

CARHARTT ACRYLIC WATCH HAT

This item doesn’t even need a description, you’ve seen them on all of your friends and family. Time to get yourself one. The most classic fashion statement you can make this winter. $11.99

All Santa Express Trains depart at 1pm and include hot chocolate & cookies on the train with Santa! Plus, each child receives a gift from Santa on the train!

www.HoboRR.com

Questions & Tickets: (603) 745-2135 Located just off I-93 at Exit #32 directly across from McDonalds!

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Gilford Cinema 8

CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES FOR MEN & WOMEN

Buy $30 in Gift Cards & Get A FREE Weekday Movie Pass

—FOR MOVIES & SHOWTIMES— CALL 603-528-6600 CLICK yourneighborhoodtheatre.com OR SCAN this code.....>>>>

Airport Commons Plaza • 9 Old Lake Shore Rd. • Gilford

OPEN HOUSE AT THE FARM! COME VISIT THE SHEEP...

Saturday December 7 & 8 th

9am - 4pm

Handcrafted Soaps -Handknit Wool Hats Candles - Handcrafted Ragdolls & Santas 103 Upper Rd. • Center Sandwich 284-7277 • Kindredspiritfarmnh.com

603.569.0400 27 SOUTH MAIN ST. WOLFEBORO, NH

Gift Certificates Make Great Gifts!

HOLIDAY SPECIALS CAR WASH 246 D.W. Hwy, Meredith 1181 Union Ave, Laconia

Buy 5 Basic washes for $30 2 Works for $25 or 3 VIP for $50

May not be combined w/other discounts. Expires 12/31/19

SparkleCleanCarWash.com • 603-279-7114

SETTLERS from 3 a Pop-Up Artisan Marketplace, featuring 20 local artisans at Suite C22. Complimentary food and beverages will be provided. Local school groups will be hosting fire pits with smores, hot chocolate and cookies. Stores and restaurants will be hosting open houses with local specials. A shoppers raffle will take place at Customer Service. Barley & Salt will host an Ugly Sweater Party featuring the Awkward Family Photo Booth. The “most awkward” photo of the night will win a Barley & Salt gift card, voted on by the bartenders of the evening. Holiday props and sweaters will be provided for the photo booth; Patrons are encouraged to wear their own ugly sweaters. DJ Haylstorm will be spinning hits from 4-8 p.m. at Barley & Salt. Additionally, Settlers Green is home to Angels & Elves for the fifth consecutive year. Angels & Elves provides gifts during the holiday season to more than 600 under-

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served children in the Mt. Washington Valley. Elf Headquarters is located at Suite G20 near New Balance. For more information, call 603-356-8710. Settlers Green is currently operating under fall shopping hours: 10am – 7pm MonThurs, 10am – 8pm Fri-Sat, 10am – 6pm Sunday. Special hours during Black Friday weekend and the December holiday vacation week are posted at settlersgreen.com. Settlers Green is located in North Conway, New Hampshire, and includes 70 stores, restaurants and services. The property is managed by OVP Management, Inc., a Newton, Massachusetts based real estate development company that has developed over 500,000 square feet of commercial properties in North Conway. It has an on-site management office at Settlers Green that manages Settlers Green and Settlers Crossing.

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SKIP’S SPORT SHOP

837 Lake Street • Bristol, NH www.NHSkip.com • 603-744-3100

SHOOTING TARGETS For fun and competitive shooting sports.

AIRGUNS & ACCESSORIES... for Kids and Adults; Crossman Youth models, Benjamin and Gamo.

SHOOTING ACCESSORIES

Tri CounTy EquipmEnT, inC 229 Messer Street • Laconia, NH www.tricountype.com • 603-524-4750

TREES from 8 us and enjoy The Sweetbloods, Phil and Janet Sanguedolce. Based in Meredith, they are a local acoustic duo specializing in blending tight vocal arrangements with tasteful guitar accompaniment. Saturday at 11AM the ILES 6th grade chorus will be performing holiday songs under the direction of Brendan Dowd, and at 1pm the Kinder Choir, young musicians from The Imaginarium, will perform Christmas Carols under the direction of Debra Dow. Sunday at 2pm listen to the Clarinet Ensemble comprised of B Flat Clarinetists

Stacey Baston, Sebrena Leclerc, Lisa McHugh and Karen Sticht along with Bass Clarinetist, Ginny Woods. This group met while playing together in the New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region and split into an ensemble four years ago, playing for many local group events, church services and eldercare facilities. Altrusa International of Meredith will be distributing donated trees to families in need through agencies such as the Inter-Lakes Christmas Fund, New Beginnings and the Circle Program, etc. Last

Wishbook 11 year 34 of the 59 decorated trees were given to delighted families and seniors. This is a tradition which Altrusa is happy to continue while supporting its mission to build better communities through service. No matter if the weather outside is frightful, visitors will be assured of a warm welcome in The Barn and enjoy Altrusa’s famous homemade goodies and cider while reviewing many tempting raffle baskets and bidding in the Silent Auction of decorated trees.

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New & Used Books Puzzles, Cards & Games

GIFT CERTIFICATES! SATURDAY - WEDNESDAY 10-5 THUR. & FRI. 10-6 Closed Sundays

anniesbookstop.net anniesbookstoplr@gmail.com 1330 Union Ave., Laconia

603-528-4445

Moulton Farm

Farm Market Open Everyday Through December 31st!

Are You Ready For THANKSGIVING?

We have Side Dishes, Cookies, Pies, Breads, Rolls, and Deserts during November and December for all of your Holiday needs. Open Daily 8am - 5:30pm TAKING HOLIDAY BREAD & PIE ORDERS GIFT BASKETS 18 Quarry Rd (Off Rt. 25) • Meredith, NH

FOR FRIENDS & FAMILY

www.moultonfarm.com

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Winnipesaukee Winery Offering a wide selection of dry to sweet wines

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Wi 458 Center St., Wolfeboro Tastinnges! winniwinery.com

Auto • Marine • Motorcycle • RV

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WINNIPESAUKEE WINERY

7 Pine Street, Wolfeboro, NH ExecutiveDetailNH.com • 603-941-0123

Merry Christmas To All from The Largest Arcade in the World!

FUNSPOT GIFT CARDS Purchase online at FunspotNH.com or at the Bowling Counter Over 600 Games for All Ages

Offering a wide selection of dry Wi to sweet Tastinnges! wines. Open Thur-Sun noon - 5pm 458 Center St., Wolfeboro, NH

winniwinery.com • 603-515-1765

OPEN ALL YEAR

20 Lane Bowling Center • 18 Hole Indoor Mini-Golf D.A. Long Tavern • Restaurant • FREE Party Room Funspot Gi Cards are good for tokens, mini-golf, bowling, food & beverages.CARDS NOT VALID FOR BINGO.

Rt 3, 579 Endico St. North, Weirs Beach, NH • 603-366-4377 • www.FunspotNH.com

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FOR THE BIRDS

PEMI TREEWORKS LLC

by Chris Bosak Contributing Writer

It is the giving season. Not only for presents under the tree but also for charitable giving during the holiday season — not to mention before the year ends for tax purposes. Sorry, had to add in that bit of practicality. It’s also the time of year to be thankful, what with Thanksgiving coming up in a few days and all. Like every year, I am thankful for the joy that birds and nature bring to my life on a daily basis. We are lucky to live in New England where we get to fully experience the intensity of each season. The winters are cold, the summers are hot, the autumns are crisp and breathtaking, and the springs are sometimes slow to arrive, but totally worth the wait as the flowers bloom and birdsong fills the air. Each season also has its bird highlights and there is never a dull moment in the woods or otherwise in the field with binoculars around your neck. Even the dead of winter has its rich rewards for the birdwatcher. My hope, and I would guess yours, too, is that it stays that way. An often-cited study released recently shows that nearly 30 percent of North America’s bird population has disappeared in only the last 50 years. Many nonprofit organizations make it their mission, or at least part of their mission, to save birds. So, since it’s the giving season, here are a few suggestions on where to direct your charitable giving, if you are so inclined to donate to conservation efforts.

TREE REMOVAL - PRUNING - PLANTING - STUMP GRINDING 603-494-6395 • pemitreeworks.com

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$ A wild turkey walks through the woods in New England. There will be no birds — or at least very few — without suitable habitat. Local organizations such as land trusts make it their mission to protect land. They have other conservation and ecological reasons for wanting to protect open space in addition to helping birds, but that is certainly one of their main objectives. Land trusts do not have a political agenda and they don’t support a million programs that you may or may not agree with. They simply want to protect land. Most land trust have a very small budget and many are run entirely by volunteers. You know your money is going to the cause at hand, not to a CEO making triple figures. The other nice thing about land trusts is that the land is saved in perpetuity. It will not be wildlife habitat one year and a condo or a strip mall the next. It will always be habitat. Do an internet search to find the land trust nearest you. Chances are there is one that

serves the town you live in. The Moose Mountains Regional Greenways, for instance, serves the towns of Brookfield, Farmington, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Wakefield and Wolfeboro, and a membership is only $25 a year. There are other state and local conservation organizations, of course, that do great work. Again, a simple internet search will help identify some you may want to support. On the national level, organizations such as the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, American Bird Conservancy, Audubon Society and American Birding Association all have birds at the heart of their mission. Check their websites to see what comes with a membership as many offer newsletters, magazines, course discounts, and other benefits. Hunting organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, National Wild Turkey Federation, and Pheasants Forever also do outstanding work for habitat preservation.

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There are other conservation groups, such as Sierra Club and Nature Conservancy, that are also worthy of a look as you consider your charitable giving this year. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Chris Bosak may be reached at chrisbosak26@gmail.com or through his website at www.birdsofnewengland.com

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Gilford Couple Wins Trip to Ireland It felt like St. Patform a silent “Oh My rick’s Day at Patrick’s God”” said Sawyer. “I Pub & Eatery in Gilthink I went into shock. ford this past SaturEverything became surday at their “Take Me real and I had a total loss to Ireland” Sweepfor words. I do remember stakes Party. Spontelling Megan how fast sored by Penny Pitou my heart was pumping.” Travel, Guinness and The trip, organized by Woodstock Inn BrewPenny Pitou Travel of ery, the event featured Laconia, sets off March live Irish music, dis14th with visits to Dubtinctive Irish food and lin, Killarney and Galway beverage specials, and with many breath-taking a packed crowd full of sights along the way. anticipation hoping to “This is a true Irish adwin a trip of a lifetime. venture and a perfect 10 finalists were seintroductory trip to Irelected from the crowd, land” said Marie Capfollowed by a reverse rario, Marketing Managdrawing with each er of Penny Pitou Travel. finalist receiving a “The trip has sold-out evprize, until the Grand “Take Me to Ireland” Grand Prize winner Jeff Sawyer ery time we’ve partnered Prize winner was se- of Gilford (right), with Megan Page, General Manager with Patrick’s. Visiting lected. Grand Prize of Patrick’s and Kevin Larson, MC of the Sweepstakes Ireland on the week of winner Jeff Sawyer Party. Jeff and his wife Mary Beth Sawyer will be the St. Patrick’s Festival of Gilford, along with accompanying this Penny Pitou sponsored trip to makes it extra special”. his wife Mary Beth, For more informaIreland during the St. Patrick’s Festival in March 2020. tion, were ecstatic about visit www.pennypithe prospects of travtoutravel.com or www. eling to Ireland. “As each finalist’s look at each other with wide eyes patrickspub.com. name got called, she and I would and in unison our mouths would

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WHAT’S ON TAP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?? A listing of some of the area’s beercentric watering holes where you can find old favorites on tap as well as some cutting edge seasonals.

TAPHOUSE ACKERLY’S GRILL & GALLEY At Johnson’s Seafood & 83 Main Street, Alton 603.875.3383 Akerlysgrillandgalleyrestaurant.com 603 - Winni Amber Ale Tuckerman - Pale Ale Smuttynose - Mysterious Haze Moat Mountain - Square Tail Stout Lone Pine - IPA

COPPER KETTLE TAVERN

At Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant 233 D.W. Hwy, Meredith 603.279.6212 hartsturkeyfarm.com Allagash White Tuckerman - Pale Ale 603 Winni Amber Stoneface IPA Moat - Miss Vs Blueberry Henniker - Working/Porter ...+6 More On Tap

D.A. LONG TAVERN

BUSINESS HOURS: Mon. - Fri. 7am to 3pm Closed Sat. & Sun.

Fully Licensed Facility License Number: 18-002J Permit Number: DES-SW-PN-11-006

Office: (603) 744-3453 Fax: (603) 744-6034

201 Abel Road, Bristol, NH 03222

**IF USING GPS, TAKE RIVER RD TO ABEL RD. (DO NOT TAKE PEAKED HILL RD.)

Steak 69 Rt 11, New Durham 603.859.7500 eatatjohnsons.com/ newdurham Bent Water- Sluice Juice SoMe- Whoopie Pie Stout Two Roads- Two Juicy Allagash- Farm to Face Maine Beer Co. - Dinner Muddy Road- Porter the Merrier ...+30 More On Tap

PATRICK’S PUB 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford 603.293.0841 / Patrickspub.com 603 - Winni Amber Ale Woodstock - Autumn Brew Tuckerman - Pale Ale Sam Adams - NE IPA Patrick’s Slainte’ Ale Switchback Ale ...+8 More On Tap

THE UNION DINER

1331 Union Ave., Laconia At Funspot Family 603.524.6744 Entertainment Ctr. 579 Endicott Street N., theuniondiner.com Weirs Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale 603.366.4377 • Kelsen - Paradigm Brown Ale funspotnh.com Hobbs - Saint Benefita Switchback - Slow Fermented Litherman’s - Sunday Brown Matinee Oskar Blues - Death by Moat Mountain - Helles Coconut (2018) Concord Craft - When Rhinos Foundation - Purple Berry Jam Fly Wormtown - Mass Whole RESTAURANT Earth Eagle - Quiet Spirit OR BAR OWNER? Swift Current - Rt. 101A IPA Contact Us Today to Find Out How to Promote ...+6 More On Tap Your Business here!

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** Tap listings subject to change!

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Wicked BREW Review

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Fri. 6th – Sun. 8th Altrusa of Meredith’s 24th Annual Festival of Trees T h e B a r n a t Wa u kew a n Golf Course, Meredith. Fri. 2pm-6pm, Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 12pm-4pm. Individuals, organizations, and businesses enter decorated trees with themes from traditional to whimsical. Returning this year is the popular “Tis the Season Silent Auction Trees”, for your bidding pleasure. Visitors will be given a pass to return and update their bids during the weekend. Local Cub Scout Pack #55 led by Erica Witcher will be selling handmade wreaths to enhance your h o l i d ay d e c o ra t i n g . L i ve musical performances will take place throughout the weekend. There will be homemade goodies and cider for visitors.

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Foote’s Pond in Laconia was one of the first water bodies in the Lakes Region to freeze over, as this photo taken Nov. 18 shows. MIKE FOOTE PHOTO The Loon Preservation Committee’s John Cooley removes a loon from a net after rescuing it on Highland Lake in January 2016. Cooley has been BRIAN REILLY PHOTO busy with loon rescues in the past few weeks. COLD from 1 up just before or after Christmas,” Emerson said. “This season does seem early with recordsetting cold (in early November),” he said. Fish and Game officials are warning that the early cold, which has been balanced by somewhat warmer temps since, has caused some early freezing of water bodies, but people should not

think they can walk on ice surfaces. “The ice is not safe, there’s no doubt of that,” said Maj. David Walsh, who is Fish and Game’s assistant chief of law enforcement. Fish and Game will be issuing a press release soon, Walsh said, with a similar warning, and setting out safety guidelines. There should be a minimum of six inches of hard ice for

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Brad Howe of Derry tests the early ice on Stumpfield Marsh in Hopkinton on Nov. 16. TOM HARWOOD PHOTO

Kyle Redfearn of Rochester likes ice fishing as early as possible, and two weekends ago, he was fishing on a frozen section of the Madbury Reservoir when he pulled a black crappie through the ice. “Fishing early is better, there are more fish biting and not many people to bother you, it’s a blast!” he said. And fish are quicker to bite when only a few ice fishermen are working the ice. “The bite is really good early in the season. It slows down later in the season,” he said. He knows he’s earlier than most to the ice. “I trap my own bait so I go whenever I can because most bait shops aren’t

ready yet, so I have my own supply,” he said. Chris Peck of North Woodstock was on Mirror Lake that weekend, and he caught a few. “I generally catch far more fish early in the season, usually in late November,” he said. Zack Newell of Milton was looking forward to his first ice fishing trip of the season on some frozen spots in Wolfeboro. “There’s not enough ice for a shack yet, and only 2 inches if not 3 inches of ice out there isn’t helping either,” he said. If you see people on ice this early, though, it may be volunteers and staff from the Loon Preservation Committee trying to save loons from

water that is icing up. According to the LPC’s John Cooley, crews have been called almost daily since early November because of loons struggling. Loons migrate to the ocean each winter, but many wait until the last minute. “Some of them are procrastinators, they prefer the fresh water,” Cooley said. LPC officials are asking people for help in identifying birds that get stuck so that rescuers can get to them in time to save them. In 2007, seventeen loons died on the ice of Lake Winnipesaukee. As officials warn of ice dangers, Emerson and others will be watching the lakes and ponds for signs of an early Ice-In. Casey said the low temperatures that began November likely gave a cold-air jumpstart to the natural process of ice forming on ponds and lakes that will continue. For Mike Foote, who likes to fish on Foote’s Pond, a small water body on his family property, the ice seems early. The pond froze, but as of last week, the ice there was soft. “The ice will come,” said Foote, who said he may go farther north in the weeks ahead if he wants to start ice fishing.

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, November 28, 2019 — SMITH from 1 thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November as a national holiday at the request of New Hampshire’s Sarah Josepha Hale who had written several Presidents with the request to do so. Thanksgiving Day in New Hampshire has long been a time for families to gather together and for some to make sure that others are provided with something to be thankful for as they give of their time and energy to feed them. Some churches still have Thanksgiving services. In the autumn of the year 1861, as the Civil War began, the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment was organized as men from all parts of the state were summoned to Keene to prepare to go to war. Companies designated by the letters A to K consisted of volunteers who were promised a state bounty of ten dollars and thirteen dollars a month with rations for their service. They were also promised Springfield rifled muskets with sabre bayonets. The training ground at Keene was called Camp Brooks on the site of the Cheshire Fair Grounds. In his history of the Sixth Regiment Lyman Jackman wrote “ On Thanksgiving Day a sumptuous dinner was given us by the good people of Keene, to whom we were indebted for many other kind attentions during our stay in that fine old Cheshire town.” A newspaper article on November 28, 1970 said “Honors for the largest family Thanksgiving Day gathering probably go to Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Torsey of Bridgewater Hill.”

New Hampshire Governor John Langdon in an official proclamation appointed Thursday, November 28, 1805 “a day of Public Thanksgiving And Prayer throughout the State, The article went on to say of the Bridgewater gathering, “There were 68 people in attendance during the day, 42 of whom were present for the big mid-day dinner. Late arrivals, some of whom journeyed to the Torsey farm after parties at their own homes, enjoyed late afternoon ‘snacks’ or stayed for supper after the farm chores were done. ” Those present for the dinner had their choice of turkey, chicken, venison, ham, and pork along with all the traditional dishes associated with Thanksgiving, including the pies. Names of those who attended the gathering were included in the article which also pointed out that the Torsey family had hosted the family Thanksgiving Day festivities for several years on the large dairy farm they had operated since 1956. My parents, Mr. and

Mrs. Raymond Smith, and some of my siblings and families were among those attending that event in 1970. Going back to the year 1805 we find that New Hampshire Governor John Langdon in an official proclamation appointed Thursday, November 28, 1805 “a day of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER throughout the State .” He listed specific items he asked the people of New Hampshire to express thanks for to Almighty God. These included “That the life and health of the President of the United States has been preserved; that our civil and religious liberties are secure; and that no internal causes have occurred to disturb the peace and harmony of our Land. For the termination of our contest with one of the African powers; the liberation of our fellow-citizens from

bondage, and their restoration to the arms of their country, and the sweets of liberty.For His smiles on our Commerce, Navigation, and Fisheries, and for that prosperity that has generally prevailed. But above all, for the inestimable blessing of the gospel of peace and salvation, the means of grace and hopes of future glory, through the merits of a crucified Saviour.” Governor Langdon, in his proclamation, requested that Granite-Staters “supplicate our Heavenly Benefactor” concerning requests to aid the nation and state. He asked citizens to pray “That He would particularly keep this State under His holy and superintending care, smile upon its Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, and bless

the labours of the labourer in every walk and department of life.” He asked prayer for the educational institutions of the state, the courts, and every branch of government, and ended by adding “That he would bless the means used for the promulgation of His word, and make pure religion and morality more and more abound.” He also “recommended that all persons abstain from labour and recreations unbecoming the solemnities of the day.” Let me point out that the Thanksgiving Day observed by New Hampshire’s Sixth Regiment at Keene in 1861 was before President Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation of a national Thanksgiving Day in 1863, appar-

ently in response to the urging of Sarah Josepha Hale. New Hampshire citizens and others observed Thanksgiving Day prior to that time, and President Lincoln had all national government offices closed in 1861 for a day of thanksgiving. Gov. Langdon’s proclamation in 1805 noted that it was the 30th year of the independence of the United States and Lincoln’s in 1863 added that it came in the 88th year of our independence. Robert Hanaford Smith. Sr. welcomes your comments at danahillsmiths@yahoo. com

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MALKIN from 6 restrictionist books and websites that the powers that be don’t want anyone to read. Miller’s frank discussions of “demographic Armageddon” wrought by mass, uncontrolled migration have been deemed beyond the pale. Unhinged Sen. Mazie Hirono called on Miller to resign. But math doesn’t lie. The unrelenting numbers of amnestied illegal immigrants, guest workers, foreign students and green card holders on a path to citizenship -- who vote overwhelmingly, stubbornly and immutably Democratic -- do indeed spell doom. This week, both The New York Times and Los Angeles Times reported on the obvious electoral

impact of open borders on Virginia and California and the rest of the country, which will be majority-minority by 2045. No one called on the journalists reporting the facts to be fired or smeared them as “conspiracy theorists.” When I delivered the same message on Fox News two months upon my book launch, however, globalist billionaire George Soros’s lying henchmen at Media Matters compared me to the Tree of Life synagogue shooter and hurled “anti-Semite” epithets at me. More recently, when I defended conservative nationalist students who confronted establishment GOP representatives at campus events held by Turning Point USA and

the Young America’s Foundation with serious questions about the detrimental consequences of mass migration, the Keepers of the Gate called on me to be de-platformed and cast out of the conservative “mainstream.” After delivering two speeches at Lock Haven University and UCLA on the important battle between grassroots “America first” activists and big business , open borders Republicans, YAF issued a statement this weekend, asserting: “There is no room in mainstream conservatism or at YAF for holocaust deniers, white nationalists, street brawlers, or racists.” Yes, my friends, they were talking about me. Both the open borders left and right don’t

want to address immigration-induced demographics. They just want to demagogue, while joining together in D.C. to push expanded guest-worker pipelines (S.B. 386), agribusiness amnesties (H.R. 4916), and massive “Dreamer” work permits (H.R. 6). Employing the very witch hunt tactics of the left that so many conservative pundits purport to abhor, YAF and others (including Jonah Goldberg, David French, various snotnosed libertarians from the Washington Examiner and elsewhere) demand that I disavow the young nationalist disrupters who have captured social media attention over the past three weeks. Don’t rely on slanted summaries

of what they’ve said and done. Go to the original sources, as I have done in communicating with many of these earnest students who think for themselves. Because I named their chief strategist and organizer, 21-yearold YouTube show host Nick Fuentes, I was accused of promoting “Holocaust denialism” and “white nationalism” based on brief clips of Fuentes accumulated by anonymous sources culled from 500 of his hours-long shows. I have done no such thing. The rabid reaction pearl-clutching Beltway elites are having to a kid in his basement exposes how desperate they are to protect the “America last” racket. Several of the es-

tablishment conservatives now smearing America-firsters have themselves espoused identitarian ideas and ethnic nationalism of one flavor or another. But because they are controlled opposition, they are safe. The only thing I disavow is the hypocritical disavowal mob on both sides of the aisle. I cancel you. Michelle Malkin ‘s email address is MichelleMalkinInvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, November 28, 2019 — STOSSEL from 7 Is that true? I wish the alarmists would show up and debate. Alarmists say, “Miami will soon be underwater!” Few serious people deny that the Earth has warmed and that sea levels are rising. But Michaels points out that even if the warming increases, humans can adjust. For example, much of Holland is below sea level. “They said,” Michaels recounts, “we’re going to adapt

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pening now? Aren’t hurricanes suddenly far more violent? “No they aren’t!” responded Michaels. “You can take a look at all the hurricanes around the planet. We can see them since 1970, because we’ve got global satellite coverage. We can measure their power... There is no significant increase whatsoever -- no relationship between hurricane activity and the surface temperature of the planet!”

He’s right. That’s what government data shows. Nevertheless, activists and politicians demand the United States move toward zero carbon emissions. That would “put you back in the Stone Age,” says Michaels. Another myth is that carbon dioxide, the prime creator of greenhouse gases, threatens the food supply. But carbon dioxide helps plants grow. “There are places

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, November 28, 2019 — METZLER from 7 dor Katalin Bogyay told the seminar that “through the Hungary Helps program of human development assistance, $35 million has been given to Christian communities in the Middle East and Ethiopia.” An additional $5 million in scholarships has been offered. Ambassador Bogyay added that “Hungary has helped 70,000 internally displaced persons to return to their homes so not to have to leave their countries.” Significantly, the U.S. government has launched a “Genocide Recovery and Persecution” initiative earmarking $300 million to rebuild and provide recovery for Christian and minority religious communities in Iraq’s Nineveh Plain. Few recall that on Easter Sunday this year, ISIS terrorists carried out a series of coordinated attacks on Christian churches in Sri Lanka. More that 300 people were killed and 500 wounded in the bombing rampage on Catholic and Protestant churches and hotels. Father Fernando Neville survived the bloody carnage of the attacks in St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo. “I heard the explosions, I saw the bodies, the parts of the bodies, legs and hands and all… I could not do anything.” Father Fernando conceded this was the largest single attack on Christians in the multi-ethnic Sri Lanka’s entire history. Yet he argues “vindictiveness is not the answer…we must show Love over hatred.” Monsignor Romeo Saniel serves in Jolo in the southern Philippines, a largely Mus-

lim region. In January 2019, ISIS bombed the Catholic Cathedral. Two blasts shattered Sunday Mass and killed twenty-six people and injured many more. This was part of a long litany of anti-Christian violence in Mindanao. Interestingly the Church in Need Report underscores, “Besides Islamist violence, growing nationalist populism and state authoritarianism emerged as main drivers of Christians in South and Southeast Asia.” In Pakistan, for example, threats to the Christians “came from the State and non-state actors.” In January 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined what is known as the Four Freedoms; the freedom of speech, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear. Does this not resonate in much of the world today? On this Thanksgiving holiday Americans should reflect for a moment. 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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