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Getting the beach back in shape If you’re out and about over the next week, take a ride down to Hampton beach. Bulldozers, tractors and dump trucks are working every day to get the beach back in shape after a bad winter. It is Larry Marsolais pretty amazing watching them push the sand from the wall back toward the ocean and reminds me how powerful the ocean is.

It’s been just a little over a year since Portsmouth lost a well-known landmark, State Street Saloon, in a five alarm fire. The pub that’s replacing State Street Saloon, The Statey Bar & Grill, opened on Friday, April 20. The new business is located in the old VFW building on 238 Deer St. Stop in and say hi and welcome them back.

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COMMUNITY

6 Events from around the community

COVER STORY 8 Grow organic

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14 Beaches, restrooms, where to walk your dog and more

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EVENTS TO CHECK OUT APRIL 26 - MAY 2, 2018, AND BEYOND See Hamlet

Seven Stages Shakespeare Company presents Hamlet April 27 through May 5 at the Historic Barn at Wentworth Lear Historic Houses, 50 Mechanic St., Portsmouth. The show is free. Visit 7stagesshakespeare.org.

Teen time

Teens can head to Doverpalooza Spring Fever at Dover Teen Center (30 Saint Thomas St., Dover) on Thursday, April 26, at 5:30 p.m. for a free punk rock show with Powder Keg, The Argon Red, Lipstick Boys, Cook Bag and Harry From Remember Slaves. Visit facebook.com/DoverTeenCenter.

Growing native

Experts from New England Wild Flower Society Mark Richardson and Dan Jaffe will visit The Music Hall Loft in Portsmouth on Tuesday, May 1, at 7 p.m. as part of its Innovation + Leadership series to talk about their essential gardener’s guide to “growing native” in New England: Native Plants for New England Gardens. The book shares the expertise of New England Wild Flower Society and aims to help anyone create lovely, hardy gardens that will tolerate drought, resist disease, and encourage biodiversity. This handy guide to 100 great native perennials, trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, and vines also features practical gardening information accompanied by beautiful color photography. The hour-long event includes a presentation by the authors and Q&A moderated by Jameson French, CEO of Northland Forest Products, a Portsmouth resident and gardener wellknown for his work in plant and forest conservation. Tickets are $36 and include an autographed copy of Native Plants for New England Gardens, bar beverage, author presentation, Q&A and book signing meet-and-greet. Packages can be purchased online at TheMusicHall.org, over the phone at 436-2400 or in person at the B2W Box Office at the Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St.

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Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St. in Dover; childrensmuseum.org, 742-2002), will wrap up its vacation week’s activities with an appearance from Atlantic Gymnastics, who will offer movement and balance challenges from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, April 27.

Admission to the Children’s Museum costs $10 per person over 1 year of age.

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Fairy Gnome Discovery Walk returns to Pettengill Farm Unearth nature’s hidden wonders at the fourth annual Fairy Gnome Discovery Walk at Pettengill Farm, 45 Ferry Road in Salisbury, Massachusetts. On April 28 and April 29, the Salisbury Elementary School PTA will welcome children and adults of all ages to walk through the historic flower farm’s one-mile wooded path to see an abundance of enchanted fairy and gnome homes.

“There are so many wonderful experiences that come from this walk that are just organic, wholesome, and lost from so many childhoods,” says Salisbury PTA President Jennifer Roketenetz.

“Children in galoshes mashing in deep puddles, bubbles and giggles filling the air…. No cars, no devices, just nature and the magic of fairies and gnomes!”

Last year the walk drew more than 6,500 attendees, and Pettengill Farm is gearing up for an even larger turnout this year.

“It is a pleasure for us to work with the Salisbury PTA. They work very hard in promoting this event that benefits our youth in so many different ways.” says owner Jan Pettengill Richenburg.

“The walk will take place on the same horseshoe-shaped trail as previous years. It is quiet and serene with views of Plum Island

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and Salisbury Beach.”

Anyone interested in attending the walk is encouraged to submit a fairy or gnome home of their own.

The homes are typically made with natural or recycled materials, such as leaves, pebbles, sticks, moss and pinecones. A house can represent any theme you wish, but it must be smaller than 8 inches by 5 inches in order to gain entry into the event.

Roketenetz recommends firsttime participants explore the Fairy House series of books by Tracy Kane for whimsical inspiration and fun bedtime reading. Kane will be attending the walk as a special guest for another year, to sign her books and to offer story

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The Salisbury PTA is also excited to welcome Kathy Dunfee this year. Dunfee works with the Massachusetts Audubon Society and Plumfield Academy as a teacher naturalist. She is the author of Nature’s Secrets, a book intended to reveal secret wonders in your backyard through the language of children’s literature, poetry, art and music.

“I love to watch artists of all ages discover the beauty of dried flowers, acorns, pine cones, moss and other treasures they may have considered just ordinary before,” Dunfee said.

“Every time you’re outside you look at nature and begin to think, ‘That would be a good fairy house’ or ‘That leaf would make a nice blanket.’ It’s fun to use your imagination and discover more about nature along the way.”

Dunfee will be managing an arts and crafts table at the event, at which attendees can make their own Flower Fairies, Pinecone Pals, fairy gardens and other crafts.

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activities put on by the Harmony Natural Learning Center, Newburyport Macaroni Kid, and the Greater Newburyport Mother and Families Club. Affordable souvenirs like fairy wings, gnome hats, and wands will be available for sale at the event; most accessories are under $3.

The cost to enter the Fairy Gnome Discovery Walk is $6 per person or $20 per family of four. Any child under 2 gets free admission, and every participant who submits a fairy or gnome home will receive one complimentary ticket. Bug spray and appropriate footwear are advised for the walking portion of the event. Food and drink will be available for purchase at a variety of local vendors, including Montilio’s Wood Fired Pizza and Italian Desserts, Fat Belly BBQ, Noonan’s Concessions, NE Comfort Foods, and Bittersweet Homestead. Blankets and packed picnics are also allowed and encouraged.

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By Rob Levey Winter looks to have finally released its icy grip, which has many on the Seacoast starting to think about their lawns and gardens. For those who want to enhance their property in a sustainable and environmentally conscious manner, this could be the year to go organic.

According to Jenna Kulp of Misty Meadows Herbal Center in Lee, “organic” is our birthright.

“We should all feel empowered to grow our gardens without chemicals that may be harmful to our bodies, insects, our water tables, and so on,” she said. “The accumu-

lative use of chemicals can have a bigger impact than we may like to think about when spraying our lawns with herbicides.”

This impact, noted organic landscaper and soil expert Steve Phillips of Heidelberg Farms, includes the complete breakdown of the integrity of the soil.

“Chemical fertilizers contain sulfuric and hydrochloric acids that slowly kill your soil,” he said. “Chemicals may quickly grow your garden, but it achieves success at the expense of the surrounding environment.”

Rita Wollmering of The Herb Farmacy in Salisbury agrees and said the effects of conventional farming and gardening were underestimated for years.

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“Over time, we’ve learned that synthetic pesticides have had long-term negative effects on essential pollinators like bees and that pesticide residues on food have had negative health effects on humans,” she said.

According to Wollmering, studies have also shown that weed-killers (herbicides), including Roundup, remain in the soil.

“They leach into the water table, which has resulted in long-term damage to plants, animals and people,” she said.

Kulp said that organic gardening techniques, however, are not just about not using chemicals.

“It is about cultivating healthy and

diverse systems,” she said. “The emphasis is on revering the soil as a living system teeming with life and not just a vessel to grow a plant in.”

It is this last point, said Phillips, that distinguishes organic gardening from traditional methods that invariably involve chemicals.

“If we really want a healthy garden, chemical fertilizers are not the answer,” he said. “A healthy garden is one that encourages diversity.” He said the concept of diversity in the soil refers to substantially more than the classic nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium that the ‘big box’ stores imply are all that is required for a 9

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“Recent research is clear that plants require 42 nutrients in the soil so they can perform the different cellular functions necessary for their health,” Phillips said.

“In soil, there is a diverse array of soil food web characters that all play a role in cycling different nutrients from the soil to the plant…. Organic gardening acknowledges and works with this biological and chemical diversity.”

If you currently spray your plants or add chemical fertilizers to your gardens, Kulp said you may want to consider taking a season off from growing your usual crops and instead plant things like buckwheat, oats and alfalfa.

“All of these crops create a lot of nutrient-rich biomass that can then be tilled into the soil, added to the compost pile, or be cut before going to seed and used as mulch,” she said.

If the soil is depleted and you have acquired the habit of feeding the plant, but not the soil, Kulp said you will most likely need to amend your soils.

“This can be done by adding organic matter, compost, planting cover crops and planting native hardy perennials,” she said.

Phillips added, “Getting a good foundation and building that fresh garden soil is essential. Compost or other amendments start to bring the energy that dirt is missing.”

Homeowners can also get their soil tested, although he suggests not purchasing a test kit at a local store.

“Those tests can be very inaccurate,” he said. “I’d recommend working with an organic landscaper or sending in a soil sample to the UNH testing lab. They can run a homeowner test there for you and give you basic information on the biological piece. It’s important to get a good idea of the quality of soil on your property.”

The next step, according to Wollmering, is to be thoughtful about the materials with which you start an organic garden. She suggests checking seed catalogs, such as Johnny’s Seeds or High Mowing, for organic seeds.

“Buy certified organic seedlings from a local farm or nursery,” she said. “Ask for organic potting soil if you’re growing in containers. Look for organic compost to build your soil and provide nutrients for your plants. Use organic sources for any supplemental fertilizing like Neptune’s Harvest Fish/Seaweed fertilizer or Coast of Maine organic fertilizers.”

When choosing plants, she said a good rule of thumb is to start with plants native to this climate — whether you are growing vegetables, herbs or flowers. For vegetables, Wollmering said you want to look for the “days to maturity,” which will tell you if our northern growing season is long enough for them to produce well.

“You can’t go wrong with cherry tomatoes, kale, chard, lettuce, Asian or Italian eggplants, zucchini or cucumbers,” she said.

For herbs, she suggests chives, thyme, oregano and mint, which are hardy and perennial (they return year after year). As for flowers, she likes to recommend perennials and native plants that are not only beautiful but also will attract beneficial pollinators.

“Great choices are yarrow, coneflower, black-eyed susan and lavender — the list goes on and on,” Wollmering said.

According to Kulp, variety is the key to a successful organic garden.

“A variety of plants that are enticing to our pollinator friends is very important,” she said.

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“Tulsi, also referred to as sacred basil, is aromatic and revered for its calming effects on the mind and spirit,” she said. “Tulsi is easy to start from seed indoors and transplant outside and will thrive in most growing conditions but appreciates a rich, well-composted soil.”

Calendula, a hardy self-seeding annual with “glorious orange flowers” that grow the more you pick them, is self-seeding.

“If you let it go to seed in the fall, it will most likely be around in the spring,” she said. “The petals of this plant are a beautiful addition to salads. Calendula flowers are commonly infused in oil and used in preparations to sooth and support the skin.”

When working with his clients, Phillips said he conceptually frames gardens as “living, breathing biological habitats.”

“If you want a vegetable garden, that does not mean you cannot include flowers in it, too,” Phillips said. “Sunflowers attract pollinators and other beneficial insects. They are edible, too.”

He said native wildflowers also make a great border for vegetable gardens.

“They provide habitat for other species to protect the garden,” he said. “The lady bug beetle — their larvae eat aphids. …

The best gardens create checks and balances in the system and a habitat and food resource for many organisms to thrive.”

Wollmering agrees and said you want to avoid a “mono-crop” garden.

“You need to plan for your garden as a whole so you are creating a great environment for the plants you want to grow — sun/shade, water, air circulation — and discourage problems,” she said. “You want to mix different types of plants — vegetables, herbs and flowers — together in a way that discourages pest bugs and diseases.”

When creating an organic garden, Kulp added that it is also really helpful to look at each plant in all of its respective functions.

“Does it supply food, medicine, seed, or nutrients for the soil?” she said. “Is it attractive to pollinators, does it provide shade? What niche can this plant fill? If we look closely, we can see that every plant has many gifts to offer and that each is an integral part of garden ecology.”

At The Herb Farmacy, there are many varieties of heirloom tomatoes from which customers can choose — and there are numerous offerings that work well in patio containers.

According to Wollmering, heirloom tomato varieties provide proven superior flavor, texture and color range. The stories behind them are pretty interesting, too.

“Heirloom tomatoes are varieties that have been kept going by people who have

saved seeds from their favorite tomatoes to plant the next season,” she said. “Over time, the best of the best have been saved and these are the ones we are enjoying now and continuing to grow.”

Noting that these varieties are not commercially hybridized, she said their seeds grow and produce tomatoes with the same characteristics as their parent.

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According to Wollmering of The Herb Farmacy, certified organic is a national standard used to identify farms and products that adhere to strict guidelines verified annually by an independent organic certifier.

“Since 2000, this certification has been under the auspices of the USDA National Organic Program,” she explained.

“It requires that we annually provide a detailed plan documenting all our production and production methods and then participate in an annual inspection of our operation to verify our compliance.”

Acknowledging it may sound a bit bureaucratic, she said the genesis of organic certification was a push from local organizations like the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) and others.

“It was a way to help consumers distinguish which farms were truly using organic practices in their farming,” she said. “While the technical details are quite extensive, the basic principles of organic growing are to use practices as close as possible to the way things happen in nature, which means to manage soil, weeds, pests, animals, and inputs without using synthetic additives.”

At The Herb Farmacy, she said their organic certification (since they opened in 1998) necessitates that they use organic seeds, organic potting soil and soil amendments, organic fertilizers and organic pest control.

“Overall, it means building a healthy soil and a healthy ecosystem in which our plants can thrive,” she said.

Some farms may choose to not be certified organic yet still have chemical-free and natural practices, which is the case at Misty Meadows Herbal Center.

“The labeling of ‘organic’ can be tricky, and one can’t sell something and call it organic unless they are certified organic,” said Kulp, who said a more practical definition of the term is “in relation to or derived from living matter.”

“Organic is just a good idea when we are cultivating and caring for the earth,” she said. “Our gardens are more resilient when they are brimming with diversity. If we use organic matter in our gardens, it will invite an organic and natural process of being broken down by thousands of different bacteria and fungi — the seen and unseen heroes of soil health.”

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According to Kulp, radishes have several useful functions in the garden.

“Their roots can push through compacted soils and help create more pathways in the soil for air, water and nutrients,” she said.

“The root and leaves are both delicious — and if you’re not eating the leaves, they make a fine mulch.”

Her suggestion is to leave a few radishes to go to flower through the summer for the bees and butterflies and then harvest enough radish seed in the fall to do it again next year. She noted that it is “great to have a bag of seeds to plant in both the spring and late summer.”

“They make great interplanting allies,” she said. “If you just put in five plants spaced 10 inches apart, knowing that they will grow into that space, you could plant fast-growing radish seeds in between the plants and harvest them before the others need the space.”

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When gardening organically, Kulp said, it is great to have plants that serve a function in the garden. The hardy perennial comfrey (symphytum spp.) is one plant she suggests you keep in the corner of a garden.

“Comfrey sometimes gets a bad rep because it is quite hard to remove once it is established, but if you choose a spot for your comfrey plant and don’t move it, it won’t give much trouble,” she said.

Once planted, comfrey can provide numerous benefits.

“It is revered for aiding the healing of clean cuts and scrapes,” said Kulp. “Comfrey is also referred to as a dynamic accumulator, which means it has this great ability to pull an array of nutrients from deep within the soil and make them available in the leaves. This makes the nitrogen-filled and nutrient-dense foliage of comfrey great to add to the compost to help get it cooking.”

She said people can make a potent fertilizer tea by filling a bucket with comfrey leaves and weigh them down with a rock or brick and cover them with water.

This plant ‘tea’ sleeps for about two weeks while the water gets mixed, introducing oxygen every day. Acknowledging it is not the “most pleasant-smelling spray, Kulp said this mixture is diluted with half water.

“Plants and soil deeply appreciate the nutrient boost,” she said. “Another attribute

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of comfrey is that it contains allantoin, a chemical that helps stimulate cell regeneration. A strong tea of the root and leaf can be given as a boost to plants that are being transplanted and may have torn roots.”

According to Phillips, compost is the aerobically decomposed remnants of plants and food, which is created through the management of heat, moisture and aeration. The result is a nutrient-rich environment for beneficial bacteria, fungi and protozoa.

“You can then apply it directly to the soil,” he said. “This mixture not only aerates the soil, it controls pests and provides additional opportunities for the roots to develop for a long period of time. ... Compost is an important part of any well-functioning organic garden.”

While there are numerous types of compost, Phillips cited three kinds that are generally used in residential settings. Bacterial mix compost includes hay weeds and herbaceous materials, while fungal mix compost consists of dry leaves, wood chips and shredded newspapers.

“Vermicompost is the other kind and it is very high in available nutrient,” he said. “It is the product of some species of earthworms as they break down organic matter.”

In addition to compost, Phillips said compost teas are another available option for the homeowner, although they are generally “brewed” by experts.

“Compost tea is a liquid form of compost that contains all the soluble nutrients extracted from compost and other microbe foods added to it,” he said. “My batches take up to 36 hours to brew.”

When he brews a compost tea, he uses fish hydrolysate, which contains the proper ratio of nutrients needed by plants.

“It has a slightly fishy odor, but that disappears quickly,” he said. “It replaces conventional fertilizers and is sprayed directly onto your garden.”

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TIM HACKNEY SEACOAST REP SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR Have you found that working with a senior cast limits which plays you can do?

It’s challenging in that whenever you pick for any age group or any play it automatically is going to cut down on the potential things you could do. But I love that challenge.

Being an actor for such a long time, so much of what I hear every day is ‘You don’t look right’ or ‘You’re not the right type.’ And a lot of our seniors aren’t looking to become professional actors, they’re looking to learn how to act. I feel like I’d be remiss in my job if I was typing people and trying to make them look a certain way. So the way we approach it is, if you can tell a story, you can do it.

Tim Hackney is the director of a new senior program at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre. Using his experience in professional theaters across the country, Hackney wants to bring together communities and generations.

When did you fall in love with theater?

My mom was a modern dancer in New York in the ’70s. And my older sister … grew up doing theater. I think I did my first show when I was 5 years old. I did The King and I. I was the kid who ran through the king’s legs. So I’ve always done it. I’ve never even thought about doing anything else, to be honest.

You lived in New York City for nine years.

Did you work in the performing arts? How does that experience inform your theater work today?

New York was a fascinating experience because I worked a lot in the performing arts. And what’s interesting about working in New York is you live in New York and you basically audition to work everywhere else in the country. So I spent nine years doing a couple national tours, worked in regional theaters all across the country. Really what led me up here is my wife and I were ready to start trying to have a family. We moved to New Hampshire last year and I just didn’t know what I was going to do with myself so I auditioned at Seacoast Rep, and it’s just the most exceptional group of artists and people I’ve ever been around. I’ve worked in a lot of theaters around the country and it blows my mind that Seacoast Rep is — within the community nobody really knows about it yet. They’re doing exceptional work and the reason I signed on to Senior Rep in particular is because Miles Burns, our director, asked me and I trust him.

How did the idea come about to have a senior theater group?

There’s been a program that I believe was called Senior Moments, that was before I took over, that was there for a while…. When I came on it became much more of a community-driven project. Something that I’ve been very interested in as I’ve been studying acting is how important I think theater is right now as a meeting place for people to come together in a room and share ideas.

What really appealed to me is the idea of getting different generations together in the same room and seeing how much they actually have in common. ... And I know already from the work that we’ve done in rehearsals how much I’ve learned about the generations older than me and I’m so grateful for that.

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How does working with seniors compare to working with younger actors?

It’s absolutely amazing. For the past couple months or so I was directing a production of Twelfth Night at the Bedford High School at the same time that I was rehearsing Love Letters with the Senior Rep. And it was fascinating because I would go to the high school students and I would encourage them to trust themselves and to not be afraid of failure and to put themselves out there. And the thing that I’ve learned from working with the members of Senior Rep is grace really. They’ve had so many more experiences than me and they have so much to teach me, it settles me in. They offer me perspective in a way that I didn’t even realize I was lacking as an artist.

What plays have you worked on and what can audiences expect in the future?

Our first show that we did was Love Letters by A.R. Gurney. It’s a two-person play and we did it with 14 people. For us, the Rep is thinking of Senior Rep as an artistic home for the senior citizen community on the Seacoast. In my opinion there’s a lot of condescension for age groups, both younger and older than the people creating programs. And I think it’s really interesting to take a program like this and take it very seriously and focus on art and teach them real acting and real singing and what it’s really like to work at a professional theater. What audiences can expect in the future is just expecting what you’d expect at a professional theater. We’re not pulling any punches, they’re people just like anybody else and they are capable of a lot more than people give them credit for and I think it’s going to be very entertaining and very fun to come see.

How does theater cultivate a storytelling shared experience?

It’s funny because a couple years ago vinyl started to come back and it was a whole hipster thing. Theater is ancient. Some of the first religious ceremonies were considered theater. And I think it’s an inherent human experience. For my money, I don’t know much about much but I know a lot about people and I know a lot about communities. And I know from research that my generation isn’t looking toward religion or churches as much and I think with things being live streamed or Netflix, you can experience at home, there’s something that’s lost about getting in a room and sharing an experience with people. I love doing movies, I love making movies but it’s nothing like getting in front of a room full of strangers and then at the end of the night all feeling like you know each other.

When you are not working, what do you like to do for fun?

I write music with my friend sometimes.

Other than that, whenever I have a moment I hang out with my wife. She’s also an artist — she’s a wedding photographer — so nine months out of the year we’re both running around like chickens with our head cut off.

So whenever we have a moment to hang out, it’s the best. That’s all I want to do.

Where do you see yourself in five years?

Wherever I am in five years I hope that I’m combining everything that I’ve been lucky enough to learn about art with how to help people. ... I’m really interested in making communities my art form. ... When we originally had our sign up for the first [Senior Rep] group there were five people ... and in one session we’ve grown to about 20 people registered for this session. It’s just people looking to come together and be positive and to celebrate being a person. — Ethan Hogan

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Where I went: Seacoast Kettlebell, 23 Horne St., Dover, seacoastkettlebell.com, 750-4111 What it is: A membership gym that does daily group and private workouts that focus on kettlebell exercises and team activities. Each day of the week, classes focus on a different type of workout. Any Seacoast resident who wants to try a workout for themselves gets a free first class. The classes range in size from 15 people to more than twice that number depending on the day and time. Membership to the gym is $99 a month for large group classes and $149 a month for small group training, which includes large group classes.

My experience: The day I tried my free class was a dumbbell/cardio day. I lift weights in my free time but I never get the opportunity to push my cardio enough to work up a sweat and get out of breath. This was the perfect opportunity to learn about the gym and get my butt kicked in the process.

Fortunately, it’s up to the individual how hard they want to get their butt kicked. I learned about the gym’s at-your-own-pace mentality from some of the other gym members who started to congregate in the fitness center. The fitness area itself is a large open layout complete with cycling bikes, pull up bars, a lane of turf, climbing ropes and other obstacles used to push oneself.

The gym regulars told me how comfortable they found the gym. Other CrossFit-style gyms had been too physically demanding for their ability and big box gyms were not motivating enough. For them, Seacoast Kettlebell seemed like a goldilocks zone of motivation and perseverance. It might not offer the extreme challenge a CrossFit gym would use to transform your body, but it did seem to get people fit and feeling strong.

Before the class started, I got a tutorial from trainer Sara on how to properly use a kettlebell. Kettlebells are weights that are easier to handle and more versatile than traditional dumbbells. They can be gripped at many different angles, which makes them handy for someone looking to add weight to any type of workout. I learned the most basic kettlebell workouts: the squat, the kettlebell swing and the hang-clean. Sara taught me that squatting like you’re sitting down activates your glutes, legs and core. The kettlebell swing is also a great way to activate your glutes because you

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use them to propel the kettlebell in a swinging motion between your legs. Holding the kettlebell with both arms, you sort of pump it in a swinging motion.

“Squeeze your glutes,” Sara said.

Now that the tutorial was done, everyone had arrived and was ready to start. The class I attended had about 15 other people, mostly women with three or four men. Our instructor for the day, Luke, told us to go grab a medium and a light kettlebell. Weight is relative depending on how experienced you are.

Since I hadn’t ever done a kettlebell workout, I grabbed a 14-pound weight for my medium and a 10-pound for my light.

Each class starts with a warm-up circuit that gets the blood flowing and muscles engaged. The first move had us roll the kettlebell around our heads to warm up our upper body. Next was a series of core and leg workout like a squat and a caterpillar pushup. Before the warmup started, Luke showed us all the moves so we were all on the same page. The warmup started with four of each move and then went down to three, then two, then one.

Now that we’d all warmed up, it was time to start the workout. All 15 people stood in a

large circle in the center of the gym. In the middle of the circle Luke showed us the new set of exercises. This time we had a set number to do in a set amount of time. Instead of going down in reps, the number we had to do went up. Luckily, so did the time we had to

do them.

We had four exercises to do in a given amount of time. Once we completed a round of workouts we had to run a loop in the parking lot. It was one part teamwork and one part race. Since we were all doing the same exercises together in the gym, it felt like a group effort to get them done. But once the timer was up, we could push ourselves to make it around the loop as fast as we could. For some that was a jog and for others it was a sprint.

The four workouts in the timed circuit were a dumbell swing followed by a hang clean.

That counts as one rep. Then a drop-down to a push-up with a second drop-down onto your elbows then back up to a push-up. Then, integrating the lighter kettlebell, we did situps while holding the weights over our heads.

Then Russian twist, where we sat in a sit-up position and twisted our torso from side to side.

The most challenging aspect of a workout like this is that there are no breaks between exercises. It’s easy when you’re working out at home or at the gym to take a long break between moves, but in a group you feel motivated to keep up.

The number of kettlebell swings and hang cleans grew each round until we were doing 10 of each. By the end, the run around the parking lot felt like a break for our muscles. I was dripping sweat and feeling very tired but the rush I got when finishing each run was motivation enough to jump back into it in the next round of workouts.

The other gym-goers told me about workouts done on other days of the week. Some paired people up and challenged teams against each other in relay-style circuits.

Looking around at all the other equipment in the gym, I could only imagine the types of challenges the trainers could come up with.

Who should try it: This gym welcomes any experience level and people at any point in their physical journey. Men and women of different body types were in my small group and there are classes that have even more people in attendance. I think the gym is good for people who need extra motivation and are willing to push themselves. — Ethan Hogan

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By Ray Magliozzi turbos reliable for the long term (120,000-plus miles)? I heard that they require special maintenance, like cool-down periods after a hard drive, but my mechanic says they resolved that issue.

Have they? Are they still expensive to repair?

Would you recommend them? — Doug Yes, yes, yes and yes. A turbocharger is a turbine fan powered by the car’s escaping exhaust gases. When the exhaust gases blow past the turbo, it spins at a ridiculously high speed and forces fresh air into the cylinders. That increases power, but increases fuel consumption only while you’re demanding that power rather than all the time, as a larger engine would.

In the early days of turbos, they tended to last about 75,000 miles before failing in a dramatic cloud of black smoke. That was great for those of us in the repair business, and helped me put my kids through college.

Turbos usually failed, because they ran so hot that oil would get dried up in the small

oil passages and eventually constrict those passages and prevent the turbo from being lubricated. That’s why it was recommended that, after a hard drive, you allow the turbo to cool down before shutting off the engine.

But your mechanic is right that that’s no longer recommended, nor necessary.

Both turbos and oils (particularly synthetic oils) are a lot better now, making turbos infinitely more reliable. We’ve seen very few turbo failures lately. Thank goodness my kids have already graduated. Almost every manufacturer is using turbos now. And they’re doing exactly what they promise to do: They provide more power from a smaller engine, reducing weight and, therefore, increasing fuel economy.

Will a turbo you buy today go 120,000 miles? Probably. It could go 220,000 miles.

But like any mechanical part of an engine, there’s no guarantee. And any major engine component — a cylinder head, a timing chain or a turbo — will be expensive to repair if it does fail. So if you’re uncomfortable with the idea, don’t get one. But I wouldn’t hesitate to buy a car or small SUV with a turbo these days.

Dear Car Talk: My 1998 Lexus ES300 has only about 65,000 miles on it. I inherited it from my

elderly dad a few years ago. It has never had any major engine problems. But starting about a year ago, it occasionally stalls right after I start it, before I put it in gear.

When this happens, it restarts easily and runs smoothly as long as I give it a little gas, but as soon as I take my foot off the accelerator, the tachometer drops to zero and it stalls. I can drive it, as long as I keep the gas pedal slightly depressed all the time, even when I’m braking or stopping. After a short time, the problem corrects itself, and it might not happen again for months. I am assuming that something like a governor is sticking. Do you know what it is? Is this likely to happen when I am already driving (it never has yet)? Is it going to be difficult to diagnose, since it is very intermittent? And how expensive is it going to be to fix? — Bruce I don’t think it’s a governor, Bruce. More likely, it’s a lazy or dirty idle air control valve.

Back in the prehistoric days, when car engines had something called “carburetors,” they also had devices called “chokes.”

Chokes were mechanical flaps that choked off the air supply when the engine was cold, so that the fuel-air mixture contained extra fuel. That kept the engine from stalling until it warmed up. Now everything is fuel-injected, computerized and controlled by electronic

sensors. And the choke has been replaced by something called an “idle air control valve.”

When the engine is cold, the IAC sends air past the air-flow sensor, fooling the computer into thinking you have your foot on the gas.

So the computer sends in more fuel. But if your IAC is dirty, sticking or broken, the cold engine won’t get the extra fuel it needs, and the car will stall ... until it warms up. Once it’s warmed up, the IAC is no longer needed, so the car runs fine.

To answer your questions, it won’t happen when you’re “already driving,” because the IAC is relevant only when you’re idling and the engine is cold. Once the engine is warm, it won’t happen even if you do stop and idle again.

I’d start by asking your mechanic to put his scan tool on your car. If a code was stored, that could confirm that the IAC is at fault. But even if there’s no code, have your mechanic start by cleaning the IAC. That may cost you $150 or so. If that doesn’t fix it, and you need a brand-new IAC, that could be a few hundred bucks more.

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AT ORE NELL’S BARBECUE (2 Badger’s Island West, Kittery, Maine, 207-703-2340) is bringing big flavor to the Seacoast with its Texas-style barbecue. Executive chef and pitmaster Will Myska is a Texas native who has been cooking on the Seacoast for a decade, most recently working alongside Chef David Vargas at Vida Cantina. What started as rib specials on that Mexican menu turned into a budding restaurant idea that’s now bustling on Badger’s Island, walking distance from Kittery and Portsmouth. Ore Nell’s has a retro feel with modern takes on barbecue, including some vegan options. The comfy booths and accommodating bar make this a great place to bring the family or a date, and the friendly service will have you feeling at home in no time. The Scene sat down with Will to learn more about the new spot and why you should come with a big appetite.

How long has Ore Nell’s been around?

About a month. Things came together pretty quickly. We messed around with a lot of barbecue at Vida Cantina, where I was before. Being from Texas, there’s a lot of Mexican food so that influenced me.

Chef Vargas and I teamed up at Vida — he had that traditional Mexican cuisine and I can do the barbecue. Experimenting like that evolved into something more serious, so we went with it and decided to open a barbecue restaurant. We’re named after my grandmother, Ore Nell. She cooked all the time. The banana pudding and all the sides are inspired by her. She makes her own barbecue sauce and her own sweet tea. She was a big influence in my culinary career. She’s 90 years old now and she’s very proud.

What makes Ore Nell’s unique?

The love and warmth that we put into this place as a staff. It’s not just sticking

to the traditional menu; we do more than that. We have specials every night. We’re using our southern ingredients, style and smoke, but also tie in local ingredients here in New England. We have a smoked tofu. We offer all our sides vegan, so we have a vegan mac and cheese sauce. We want to get everybody in here. There are a lot of people that are vegetarian or health-conscious and we want everyone to feel the love. Even if you’re not a big barbecue person, [if] you come in with others who are, there’s something for you too.

What is your personal favorite dish?

The brisket. Especially with the burnt ends.

It’s crunchy, but then it’s soft and you get the fat in there, so it’s a good balance. It’s Texas, it’s beef, it’s where it’s at.

[Also] the mac and cheese. We make a nice Mornay sauce and we use a sharp Vermont

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cheddar, again tying in a little of the New England love in there and we make it to order so it’s really good.

What is a dish everyone should get?

Brisket again! You should always try that.

The ribs are great too. The Maine “MEat” sausage we get here, Texas hot links that they make for us, are amazing. The pulled pork — go with the pulled pork sandwich.

It’s a hearty sandwich with a nice buttered potato roll, with soft pulled pork. We sell a lot of ’em.

What is an essential skill to running a restaurant?

Keeping a calm demeanor I think is very big. We talk about it as being a duck. Something is always going on and you never know what’s going to happen in the kitchen, but like a duck underwater, those feet are just paddling, but above water you’re

calm and cool. Your energy is important, your staff feeds off of that. You have to keep that calm, John Wayne demeanor.

Our smoker is actually called the Duke — you gotta be like the Duke!

What is your favorite part of being on the Seacoast?

All the other great restaurants, all the breweries around here. I love the weather, obviously coming from a place that’s always hot. I love the vibe of this area.

Where I come from you drive everywhere. Here you see people walking, riding their bikes. It feels like a community up here, where everyone is loving their neighbor — not that big city feel where you keep your head down. It seems like everyone gets involved with each other.

There’s that feeling of community here.

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Carrots for breakfast?

I think our country hasn’t quite figured out breakfast. For one thing, cereals just don’t cut it. They lack the necessary protein to keep one full and many are loaded with sugar. That makes for a quick start, sure, but finishes with some seriously low energy.

The ideal breakfast has protein, carbohydrates and even some vegetables. Do you eat vegetables for breakfast?! I don’t often do and it’s really too bad! Our bodies need to eat a ton of vegetables in a day and it’s best if we get started on that as soon as possible — like at breakfast!

Vegetables contain practically everything we need for our bodies to function yet most of us aren’t eating enough of them.

Whether you’re not a fan of vegetables or you just don’t plan out your meals the right way, there are some easy ways to start your day with these important foods. Don’t believe me? Check out these three ideas below that’ll turn your mornings upside down.

— Allison Willson Dudas Blend it! The tastiest way to get vegetables into your morning routine is with a smoothie. Don’t have much time in the morning? Put everything you need in your blender the night before and stick it in the fridge. When morning comes, blend it all up and voila! Try this amazing recipe that even incorporates your morning coffee: ½ cup unsweetened almond milk, ½ cup cold or cold-brew coffee, 1 generous hand-

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If you’re looking to purchase some tequila for Cinco de Mayo, for another occasion or just to have on hand, you’re in luck.

The NHLC and the Mexican government have created a first-of-its-kind partnership, which means some exclusive craft tequilas are now available in New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets.

According to an NHLC-issued press release, they have been working on this partnership for the past year to identify tequilas that are rare, are ultra-premium and have limited or no United States distribution. NH Liquor & Wine Outlets is actually the first retailer in the country to carry these exclusive products. That is pretty cool, when you think about it. In addition to some single-barrel tequila offerings, there are 23 tequila products from eight distilleries that you can’t buy anywhere else.

I had a chance to try some of these tequilas at a recent Tequilas of Mexico tasting event and overall I was quite impressed.

I attended a Herradura tasting last year, which was a good primer, but I never thought I would actually enjoy taking a small sip of just tequila.

The event gave me another chance to learn more about tequilas, too. I used to only know tequila as silver (clear) and gold and something that just goes into margaritas. But through these events I have learned that it can be blanco or plata (clear and typically unaged); reposado (rested and aged for a time period); añejo (extra aged) or even extra añejo (even more aged).

My favorite tequila of the night, hands down, was Tierra Azteca Anejo. A little ice and lime and I could sip that on a hot summer night and be OK with it. I also tried their version of an Old Fashioned. I did not realize you could make that drink with tequila, but it was very good. And the bottle is only $34.99, which seems like a steal for something this delicious.

I learned about organic tequila at the Cobalto table, with the representatives explaining that the tequila is certified organic because it is “completely chemical- and additive-free from the field to the glass.” I was also told that you could drink

half the bottle of this tequila and not get a hangover because it is organic. I don’t think I will test that out anytime soon, but I would enjoy it in a margarita. They had two kinds — blanco and reposado — available to taste in a very simple margarita recipe. I preferred the reposado version, which has notes vanilla, spice, cinnamon and orange blossom.

At the Patrón table I learned about their Roca tequila, a small-batch, high-proof, 100-percent agave tequila. It is made using an ancient “tahona” process. According to some Patrón literature, a tahona is a giant two-ton volcanic stone wheel that is traditionally used to crush cooked agave. This process inspired “roca,” which means rock in Spanish. This tequila is clear and has spiced notes of pepper, cooked agave, citrus, pumpkin and herbs. Each bottle is hand numbered and hand finished. While it is a bit pricier at $89.99, it is made in small batches, so this price tag makes sense.

If the weird weather makes you want tea but also a cocktail, here is a Patrón recipe called Siesta: gently muddle one chamomile tea bag and two ounces Roca Patrón Reposado in a mixing glass. Carefully squeeze all the moisture out of the tea bag glass and discard. In a highball glass filled with ice, add chamomile tequila and remaining ingredients (half teaspoon of lemon juice, three ounces water and half teaspoon of simple syrup). Stir gently and garnish with edible chamomile flowers, if desired.

Though the Tequilas of Mexico event has passed, a full list of the products available is listed at liquorandwineoutlets.com/tequila. To see which products your local store has, search by the product number or name.

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POP CULTURE Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself, by Mark Epstein M.D. (Penguin Press, 192 pages) Mark Epstein is a psychotherapist and a practicing Buddhist. Although he uses many of the Buddhist philosophies in his practice, he does not force them on his patients. In the introduction to Advice Not Given, he recalls an experience he had with one patient. Epstein was tired, stressed, and after listening to the young man during the first session he impulsively gave the patient a medical diagnosis and immediately pointed him to references and medication.

The patient was stunned and clearly caught off guard. He left and never returned. The advice given helped no one.

Epstein said that he learned a big lesson that day, about advice not given. It was an ah-ha moment where he realized that sometimes the most powerful message we can give someone is not to tell them what to do but instead to provide “advice not given”: give them information and let them come to their own conclusions.

Knowing that he was a practicing Buddhist, some of Epstein’s patients over the years have asked him to teach them about meditation and about the Bud-

dhist belief of the eightfold noble path.

Instead of telling (advising) his patients, Epstein wrote this book to give them some thoughts on the matter from which they could then make their own decisions to create their own paths.

Advice Not Given is a slim volume and yet it packs a powerful and lasting punch.

Each chapter covers a step on the path of Buddhism: Right View, Right Motivation, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mind-

fulness and Right Concentration. Using information from his training (both Eastern and Western) along with patient stories, Epstein clearly explains each step on the path, how it affects our lives, and he gives us the tools and insight to proceed on our own journey.

Although the book is clearly about Buddhism, it’s not trying to convince anyone to be a Buddhist. Epstein simply exposes us to this information and it’s up to us to embrace it or not.

In Advice Not Given, Epstein is concerned with identifying and taming the ego and how to recognize that the ego sometimes sabotages our best efforts. He points out that we need our ego and that it serves a purpose. But it would do us well to be able to recognize and be able to control it so that it works for us and not against us.

I’m not sure you could call this a selfhelp book as much as you can call it a contemplation — a meditation of sorts.

The approach Epstein offers is to try it out, see if it fits, and if it does to then consider using it in your life.

There is absolutely no pressure to do anything; there is only the suggestion that you might want to think about your path and your ethics.

Right livelihood asks us to pay attention to the eight worldly concerns and

to try to find a place of balance within them. Do we chase praise, profit, pleasure, and fame as if they were the most important things in the world — as if once we corral them, they will last forever? Do we make our failures the linchpins of our low self-esteem? Do we judge ourselves on whether we can avoid pain and loss? If we allow our identities to rest only on such things, we are destined for disappointment.

Epstein has already written seven books. He’s not new to this. He is clearly a gifted writer and teacher. A story told is a powerful lesson and Epstein is a fantastic storyteller. It’s his anecdotes that breathe life into these eight lessons. It’s one thing for someone to pontificate about his beliefs; it’s another for someone to show how those beliefs can be incorporated and used by way of example.

Advice Not Given is a relatively short read, but it’s the kind of book that as soon as you finish, you’re going to feel like you need to start it all over again. Epstein provides substantial bites for the reader to chew on. The result is a powerful and enlightening discussion that anyone who is interested in a living an ethical, nonjudgmental life would appreciate and learn from. A — Wendy E.N. Thomas

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Eilen Jewell mixes things up with latest project Before moving back to her home state of Idaho in 2012, Eilen Jewell lived in New England for nearly a decade.

During that time she came of age as a musician, beginning with her critically lauded 2005 debut, Boundary County. So returning to the region for a few shows sparks a bit of nostalgia in the rootsy singer-songwriter.

What she remembers, though, may not seem so sweet to residents currently slogging through a seemingly unending cold season.

“I kind of miss the sounds of the plows in the early morning after a big snowstorm,” Jewell said. “I loved living in the city and hearing that old familiar sound ... knowing that people were taking care of snow removal and I was cozy in my apartment.”

Jewell will devote much of her upcoming appearance at Newburyport’s Fire House Center for the Arts to her newest release, Down Hearted Blues. On the album’s dozen tracks, she put her unique stamp on songs by artists both wellknown and lesser so, from Otis Rush and Willie Dixon to Memphis Minnie and Betty James.

It’s her second collection of covers after Butcher Holler, her 2010 tribute to Loretta Lynn. The idea originally came from Jim Olsen, head of her label, Signature Sounds. “There are so many blue notes in your albums, and you’ve never stretched out with the whole blues thing before,” Jewell recalled him telling her.

Initially, she was reluctant.

“I thought, ‘I’m not sure I want to tell the world I’m doing covers now; people might think, ‘Oh, she’s not writing originals any more,’ Jewell said. “I guess it takes me a while to get through my own questions, to get past my own misgivings.

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it ended up being so worthwhile.”

Over the course of eight studio albums, Jewell has remained steadfastly eclectic, following her muse where it takes her. She made a record of gospel songs with ad hoc supergroup Sacred Shakers, rocked it up on 2009’s Sea of Tears, with a preserved-in-amber voice throughout.

“Like they’re being sung by a 65-yearold woman,” fellow fokie Peter Mulvey once remarked.

Lately, Jewell’s thoughts have turned toward current events. “I’ve always approached my own original albums in this very freestyle form, which is really I just listen to myself and ask myself what’s on my mind,” she said. “Lately a lot of my thoughts are political. I think it has to do with becoming mother recently.”

Jewell and husband Jason Beek (also

drummer and band manager) welcomed a daughter, Mavis, in 2012. “I’m wondering what kind of world I brought her into, and being concerned about, well, a lot of different things,” she said. “But one of the things that keeps recurring is what it means to be a woman in today’s society.”

It’s also prompted thoughts about Jewell’s responsibility as an artist in turbulent times. “I’m not going to solve the world’s problems in a couple of songs and I don’t intend to, but I do want to say something,” she said. “Because years from now I don’t want Mavis to say, ‘Well, what did you do when all of this was going on? Did you speak up? You have a platform, it’s called a stage, and you have a microphone. Did you make any use of it?’ I don’t want to have to say no, I was afraid of what people would say in response.”

The only political song in her catalog, 2005’s Hurricane Katrina-inspired ”The Flood,” got a response from just one fan, but it was disturbing enough to haunt her for a while.

“Whoever this person was took the album and scratched with some sharp implement onto the surface of the CD, ‘Politics have no place in folk music,’ and mailed it back to my label,” she said.

Rather than send back a picture of Woody Guthrie’s guitar, the one with “This machine kills fascists” written on it, Jewell was simply unsettled by the experience. “Just the scratching part of it seemed kind of violent to me,” she said; but those days are done. “I’m ready to get over that and say something about it.

I don’t mean to alienate people who disagree with me, but I feel like we should be able to have a conversation as a people.”

After this regional swing, Jewell and her band will head to Australia, followed by a European tour in late summer. Mavis will again join them; Jewell said she’s begun to understand that her life is unlike a lot of preschoolers.

“We started taking her on the road when she was six months old, and I think she just thought this is what people do.

But she’s starting to realize that there are differences between the places we go. She’s learned some Spanish, which I think is adorable … the tradeoff is she has to spend a lot of time in her car seat, which I feel very guilty about. But I hope it evens out with her added knowledge of the world.”

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION In Dorking, England, Chris Hepworth and his partner, Tanisha Prince, both of London, dove across the finish line in one minute and 37 seconds, setting a course record and capturing the coveted U.K. Wife Carrying championship on April 8. Any adult couple can compete in the contest — married or not and regardless of gender — which consists of one team member carrying the other, most using the “Estonian carry,” with the “wife” upside-down, her legs over her partner’s shoulders and gripping him around the waist from behind. About 40 pairs competed over the quarter-mile course strewn with hay bales and mud, Reuters reported. Hepworth and Prince plan to move on to the world finals in Finland. “I think a Finnish guy wins it every year,” Hepworth noted, “so it’ll be good to go there and take them down.”

What’s in a name?

In Ohio in 2004, 6-year-old Alex Malarkey spent two months in a coma after a car accident, awaking as a quadriplegic and telling his family he had visited heaven, seeing angels and meeting Jesus. Alex and his dad, Kevin Malarkey, co-wrote a best-selling book in 2010, “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven,” but in 2015, Alex admitted he had made up the story to get attention.

“I did not die. I did not go to heaven,” Alex told The Guardian. In a recent effort to set the record straight, Alex filed a complaint April 9 in DuPage County, Illinois, against the book’s publisher, Tyndale House, alleging that “any reasonable person would have realized that it was highly unlikely that the content of the book was true.” The Washington Post reported that while Kevin Malarkey is not a party to the suit — which cites several Illinois statutes regarding the right to privacy, defamation, and financial exploitation of a person with a disability, among others — it does allege that Alex’s dad concocted and sold the story to Tyndale. The younger Malarkey did not receive any royalties from book sales.

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Richland Carrousel Park in Mansfield, Ohio, a family-oriented destination, just wanted to provide a seasonal attraction for kids who wanted to pose for a picture with the Easter Bunny. But Ladonna Hughett, 54, had other things in mind on March 24 when she plopped into the bunny’s lap, grabbed him in inappropriate ways and made lewd comments, reported Fox 8 Cleveland. She then moved on to ride a horse on the carousel, also in ways witnesses described as lewd. “As soon as you think you hear all,” said Mansfield Assistant Police Chief Keith Porch, “I’ve never heard of somebody performing those types of acts on the Easter Bunny.” Hughett was arrested for public drunkenness and is no longer welcome at the amusement park.

show an injury to the abdomen. “We continue to find pieces of history in the Dayton’s project as we redevelop the building,” Cailin Rogers, a spokeswoman for the redevelopment team, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

• At Bull City Burger and Brewery in Durham, North Carolina, April is Exotic Meat Month! This year, according to WTVD, the restaurant offered a tarantula challenge. Customers were invited to enter their name in a raffle, and if chosen could claim a $30 tarantula burger, which included a pasture-raised beef patty, gruyere cheese, spicy chili sauce — and an oven-roasted zebra tarantula. Those who finished the burger received a commemorative “tarantula challenge” T-shirt.

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1. An unnamed Chinese man “accidentally” swallowed a plastic and metal lighter 20 years ago. 2. He neglected to seek medical attention until recently, when he began experiencing stomach pains and other symptoms we’d rather not detail here. 3. In early April, using a camera inserted in the man’s body to locate the lighter, doctors at Dujiangyan Medical Center in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, performed not one, but two surgeries to extract the item. The Global Times reported that the lighter had been severely corroded by gastric juices.

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McDonald’s drive-thrus are a chill place to be, if three recent events are any indication. On March 17, police officers called to a McDonald’s restaurant in Okeechobee, Florida, found Derril James Geller of West Palm Beach had passed out in his car while waiting in line. Geller was arrested for driving on a suspended license (a crime for which he had been charged three previous times).

But that’s just the tip of the ice cream cone: The Okeechobee News reported that in January, an Okeechobee woman was charged with DUI after passing out at a different area McDonald’s drive-thru, and in December, a Texas man also received a DUI for nodding off in the line at that same McDonald’s.

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• Workers renovating the old Dayton’s department store in downtown Minneapolis came across an unusual find in early April: the mummified remains of a monkey. The store apparently had a pet department in the 1960s, and The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported that Steven Laboe, who worked in the building in the early 2000s, heard stories of a monkey escaping into an air conditioning duct, where it may have met its fate in the form of an exhaust fan. In fact, the mummy does

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