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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 26, NO. 50

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COMPLIMENTARY

Christmas Day In NH -December 25, 1918

Part One - War News: The Bad And The Sad by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

A couple thousand years or so ago Jesus of Nazareth (though born in Bethlehem) asked people to believe in Him and what He had to say. On one occasion he said that there will be wars and rumors of wars, a statement that is still very true in today’s world. There were a number of misconceptions surrounding World War I, including the opinion that it was the war that would end all wars. Another was that, when the United States entered the war in April of 1917, it would continue

for another five or ten years. Instead an Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918 and a peace treaty signed in the year 1919; however, on December 24th and 25th, 1918, 99 years ago, the war was very much in the news reported by New Hampshire’s The Manchester Union, showing that for many people the war was not yet over. Surely there was much to be glad about during the Christmas season ninety nine years ago, and we will emphasize that next week, but now consider some of the bad and the sad which would have See smith on 32

Holiday Music Past & Present In Dover

Many families suffered hardships during Christmas 1918 as many sons and brothers were either killed, missing in action or unable to be home for the holidays. Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. tells the story of some of NH’s soldiers in the “War To End All Wars.”

Enjoy some holiday piano music at the Dover Public Library on Sunday, December 17 at 2pm. In this special holiday program, Deborrahn Wyndham not only performs her most elaborate arrangements of familiar holiday songs both popular and traditional, but also demonstrates rare holiday pieces including their background and history. Deborrah also plays ragtime, stride and boogie woogie plus a more refined contemporary classical style for an exciting mix of original arrangements of songs such as “Greensleeves”, Sleigh Ride”, “White Christmas”, “Winter Wonderland”, etc. Celebrate the season with one of the Midwest’s most active and acclaimed pianists in a fun and informative

program for all ages! Seen on FOX, NBC and ABC and heard on NPR, pianist and composer Deborrah Wyndham has performed for over 3,000 audiences in the last twelve years in concert halls, libraries, schools, colleges, museums, festivals and more. Wyndham lives in Peterborough, NH and plays all over the country.

Inside This Issue:

CHRISTMAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Your Guide to Holiday Gifts & Celebration!

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December Through Sun. 17th Wolfeboro Festival of Trees Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Featuring 2 levels of more than 65 trees decorated by area organizations and individuals. Visitors will be treated to complimentary refreshments and live music. Festival help Dec. 9, 10, 13, 16 and 17. Admission is $5/adults, $2/children 8 and under or $12/family. For more info and full schedule visit www. wolfeborofestivaloftrees.com or 948-5504

Through Thurs. 21st Recycled Percussion Toy Drive Donate NEW, UNWRAPPED toys, bikes, or kids clothing through December 21st to the following locations; Franklin Savings Bank in Gilford, Laconia Police Department, Belmont Fire Station and Laconia Rod & Gun. Help The Recycled Percussion Foundation and the stars of Chaos and Kindness this holiday season as they prepare to hand deliver toys to more than 4,000 children on Christmas Day with the help of volunteers from all around New Hampshire! To nominate a recipient family or get involved in the Recycled Percussion Foundation email manager@

First United Methodist Church, Route 11-A, Gilford. 7:30pm. The concert, directed by Karen Jordan, will feature new pieces as well as old favorites, for all ages. Suggested donation of $8pp, $15/family will be taken at the door to cover expenses. 524-0835 or 998-8545

Steve Scarfo & Harrison Stebbins – Live Comedy Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

Pemi Choral Performance

St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church, Franklin. 7:30pm. The Pemi Choral Society presents Pinkham’s Christmas Cantana and features the 75-member adult community chorus with the Redline Brass Quintet and organ. Admission by donation. 581-4187

Dueling Pianos: Gardner Berry vs Andre Balazs Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. Bring your friends and join in the show as you pick the music! www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841

The Nutcracker – Presented by Sole City Dance Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 7:30pm. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or call 335-1992 for tickets.

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Through Sat. 23rd Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol” Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Tickets range from $12-$24. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or call 335-1992 for show times and tickets.

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Saturday 16th Winter Faire Encore First Church Congregational, 63 South Main Street, Rochester. 9am-noon. 332-1121 or firstucc@myfairpoint.

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Michael Vincent Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043

Society

Moulton Farm Open House and Santa Visit!

Gilford Community Church, Gilford. 7:30pm. The Pemi Choral Society presents Pinkham’s Christmas Cantana and features the 75-member adult community chorus with the Redline Brass Quintet and organ. Admission by donation. 581-4187

Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. 10am-3pm. Free horse-drawn wagon rides, cookie decorating station, food sampling and more! Santa will arrive at 2pm. 279-3915 or www.

Pemi Choral Performance

Eric Grant – Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841

Lego Club

Concord Public Library, Green Street, Concord. 4pm-5pm. The Lego Club gives Lego fans a chance to create and build with others. Each participant will be given a new building challenge and a chance to make new friends! Designed for grades K-8. 225-8670

The Nutcracker – Presented by Sole City Dance Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 7:30pm. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or call 335-1992 for tickets.

Friday 15th Lakes Region Singers “Joy of Music” Concert

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Pop-Up Gallery Showing Master Weaver Doug Masury

Stocking Stuffer Saturday! Art Works Gallery, 132 White Mountain Highway, Route 16, Chocorua. Find all of those fun, sparkly items that are always fun to open! www. chocoruaartworks.com or 323-8041

2nd Annual Festival

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Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. 4pm-7pm. Celebrate the upcoming Solstice with fun activities to welcome back the light! Events will include a lantern parade, bonfire, crafts, a candlelit story walk, food and drinks, and a cookie walk to raise money for Fledgling nature-based Preschool scholarship fund. $3pp, free for members. www.prescottfarm. org or 366-5695

Pictures with Santa!

Lakes region Art Association at Tanger Outlets, Laconia Road, Tilton. 1pm6pm. $5 a picture; file will be emailed to the parents so they can print them out themselves, or for $15, a 5x7 color photo will be printed out on the spot. Children must be accompanied by an adult. While families wait, they can browse the gallery.

Sunday 17th Lakes Region Singers “Joy of Music” Concert

First United Methodist Church, Route 11-A, Gilford. 3pm. The concert, directed by Karen Jordan, will feature new pieces as well as old favorites, for all ages. Suggested donation of $8pp, $15/family will be taken at the door to cover expenses. 524-0835 or 998-8545

Spinning Generosity – Spin Class for Charity! Spinnaker Point Recreation Center, 30 Spinnaker Way, Portsmouth. 9am. This 45-minute spin class will benefit New Heights. LizFit owner, Liz Forkel will hold Spin Classes all week, beginning on December 11th for a different charity every day. www.

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Pemi Choral Performance

Society

Silver Center for the Arts’ Hanaway Theatre, PSU, Plymouth. 3pm. The Pemi Choral Society presents Pinkham’s Christmas Cantana and features the 75-member adult community chorus with the Redline Brass Quintet and organ. Tickets can be purchased by calling 535-ARTS

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 11am-4pm. Doug is back by popular demand with his impressive cotton scarves and shawls. Treat yourself to a luxurious experience! www.meredith. nhcrafts.org or 279-7920

Stocking Stuffer Craft Fair

Pictures with Santa!

North Conway Community Center, 78 Norcross Circle, Rt. 16, North Conway. 10am-4pm. Perfect last minute shopping with FREE admission and live music from Tim Janis. www. joycescraftshows.com or 528-4014

Tribute to Billy Joel with Jim Tyrrell Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841

North Conway Community Center, 78 Norcross Circle, Rt. 16, North Conway. 10am-3pm. Perfect last minute shopping with FREE admission and live music from Tim Janis. www. joycescraftshows.com or 528-4014 Lakes region Art Association at Tanger Outlets, Laconia Road, Tilton. 1pm6pm. $5 a picture; file will be emailed to the parents so they can print them out themselves, or for $15, a 5x7 color photo will be printed out on the spot. Children must be accompanied by an adult. While families wait, they can browse the gallery.

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2nd Annual Solstice Lantern Festival at Prescott Farm Prescott Farm in Laconia is hosting its 2nd Annual Solstice Lantern Festival on Saturday, December 16 from 4-7pm. Celebrate the upcoming Winter Solstice – the shortest day of the year – with fun activities to welcome back the light! Events will include a lantern launch and parade, bonfire, crafts, a candlelit story walk, food and drinks, and a cookie walk to raise money for Fledgling nature-based Preschool scholarship fund. Parade participants may walk with their own lanterns of any kind, or attend a lanternbuilding workshop at Prescott Farm on Saturday, December 9th (space is limited, register online now). Cost of admission is only $3 per person, which includes a free craft for children while supplies last. Prescott Farm members are FREE. Prescott Farm is located at 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. Learn more at www.prescottfarm.org or find them on Facebook.

Stocking Stuffer Craft Fair Do your last-minute shopping and find quality, unique, American-made gifts at the Stocking Stuffer Craft Fair Saturday and Sunday, December16-17 at the North Conway Community Center, 78 Norcross Circle, Route 16, North Conway next to the Scenic Railway. Hours are , Saturday 10am to 4pm and Sunday 10am to 3pm. Some of the arts and crafts will include beautiful seaglass jewelry, NH photography, feather art, handpainted votives, soy candles, vintage silverware jewelry, custom quilts, NH maple syrups, skincare products, metal art with nuts & bolts, tie dyes, recycled sweater mittens, autographed books, original board games, fairies, kettle corn & lots more. Free Admission and Parking. Held Snow or Shine. For more info call Joyce (603) 528-4014 or visit www. joycescraftshows.com

“Let’s Go Fishing” Looking For Volunteer Ice Fishing Instructors Are you an ice angler who is looking to give back to your community? Do you want to share your love of fishing on the ice? New Hampshire Fish and Game’s “Let’s Go Fishing” Program is currently seeking new volunteer instructors to take part in ice fishing programs around the state. All levels of fishing experience are welcomed. To sign up for a certification training session, print out and return a Let’s Go Fishing Program volunteer application form, which may be found on the Fish and Game website at www.fishnh.com/fishing/documents/lgf-application.pdf. To request a form by mail or email, contact (603) 271-3212 or aquatic-ed@wildlife.nh.gov. Applications must be received by Friday, January 5, 2018, to reserve your spot in the trainings. The Let’s Go Fishing Program will hold the one-day training for new instructors on Saturday, January 13, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at N.H. Fish and Game Headquarters, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, N.H. All materials and lunch will be provided.

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It was inevitable, as it is every winter, yet I was still unprepared. That is why I need to use this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s column space to address the situation. The first snowfall of the season has come and gone and with it the phone calls are mounting. Of course, I am talking about another year of F.A.T.S.O. coming to life. As required by federal and state law, I have to explain what F.A.T.S.O. is to those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know so they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel left out and lost. To those of you who do, I apologize for this redundancy, but I really canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford the fines. F.A.T.S.O. stands for Flatlanders Adjusting To Solitary Oblivion. It is a support group for new transplants to New Hampshire who need assistance and moral support in getting through their first few winters here. We teach all the basic skills of winter survival and only ask for a small membership fee to cover costs. It is this time of year, after the first winter events, that things really kick in. Not many who will eventually need it, care about F.A.T.S.O in the summer. They ignore our mailings and phone calls to try to get them onboard ahead of time, but, nothing could be further from their minds. The soothing sounds of the water lapping about their boats during a picture perfect summer day keeps the

sooner than-you-know it reality of snowstorms and 8 degree (20 below with wind chill) winter days far from their thoughts. Suddenly comes a little snow and a slight drop in temperature and now everyone wants to be helped. After twenty-two years of F.A.T.S.O. we are used to their summer ignorance and sudden winter wailings. We always try our best to make sure everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs are met, but, in all honesty, some will still fall through cracks. As is common in our society nowadays, no one wants to wait; everyone needs to be first. Their needs are always more important than everyone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. (We like to call it the â&#x20AC;&#x153;twenty items at the fourteen item or less checkoutâ&#x20AC;? syndrome.) Since the first snowfall just a few days ago, our phone has been ringing off the hook (actually we only have one cell phone set to vibrate). Having limited volunteers, as we have to recruit new ones each new winter season, we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to get to everyone. Messages left are full of despair, the rest with anger. I am here today to let you know that we are doing our best. We are working as hard as we can to reach out to each and every one of you, even the guy that called me aâ&#x20AC;Ś.wellâ&#x20AC;ŚI canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t repeat it here, but he knows who he is. Right, Jim? Even in this age of technology things arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always as smooth as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like. Our website is full of great advice for getting through those winter months. (For example our mouth-watering â&#x20AC;&#x153;in case of ice stormâ&#x20AC;? recipes youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to use, but you hope you never will.) Unfortunately, few want to navigate the site when that first snowfall arrives,

they want a human connection and they want it yesterday. Our Facebook page worked pretty well for awhile, but too many of the post there somehow denigrated into political rants and arguments that had nothing to do with winter survival techniques, so we gave up on that one. We even have a few low budget YouTube videos that we hope can provide some direction in this troublesome season. (You might not recognize me in the one about raking the roof, it was made in 2006 when I still had hair.) Of course, as in any organization that works hard at doing good for others, nothing can be accomplished without money. Some folks (Jim) are put off, even angry, when we finally take their calls and then explain that there is a membership fee involved. We really cannot survive any other way. Of course, we never turn our back on anyone and will offer help immediately and in good faith hoping that they will honor their promise to pay. Still, we have had our share of deadbeats. Those who desperately need our help and then, once on their feet, forget about us. (I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mention his name.) So, to all of you who have called and are still waiting to hear from us, be assured we will be in touch and understand that we are doing our best. It is going to be a long winter, as usual, and we need to work together. Brendanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Flatlander Chroniclesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshireâ&#x20AC;? are available at his website www.BrendanTSmith.com

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To The Editor: Isn’t it long past time that New Hampshire ended blatant discrimination against Catholics in our state? After the great Irish potato famine in the mid1800’s, America experienced a large wave of Irish immigrants, many of whom were Catholics. Some politicians wanted to prevent any public support of Catholic institutions and thus attempted, unsuccessfully, to amend the US Constitution to prohibit any public money being sent to Catholic institutions, even though they were not specifically named. But everyone knew which group was being targeted for discrimination. Although not all Catholics are Irish, most Irish are Catholics. And I am old enough to remember my father telling me that John Kennedy could never be elected president of the US because he was Catholic. He was also astute enough to opine that Nelson Rockefeller could never be president since he had been divorced. I also remember seeing in antique shops old help wanted signs reading “Help Wanted – No Irish Need Apply” that appeared to be in common use many years ago. Well, times have certainly changed, or have they? After the federal effort failed in 1875, many states

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adopted so-called “Blaine amendments” to accomplish the same insidious purpose, named after the Republican Congressman who had proposed the failed federal constitutional amendment. Two years later, in 1877, NH voters added the following language to Article 83 of Part Second of our state constitution: “Provided, nevertheless, that no money raised by taxation shall ever be granted or applied for the use of the schools of institutions of any religious sect or denomination.” This is, unfortunately, New Hampshire’s version of the Blaine amendment, and is used by many, whether or not openly anti-Catholic, to continue the insidious discrimination against Catholics and their institutions, which often do a better job of educating our children in many cases than do our public schools for which the taxpayers pay so much. I call upon all New Hampshire voters, as well as the NH chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, to work together to eliminate this ugly blot on our state and many of its citizens by amending our state constitution to eliminate this discriminatory language at the earliest possible time.

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.

Norman Silber NH Rep. Belknap County District 2 Gilford & Meredith Gilford, NH

Trump Condones China’s Press Restrictions To The Editor: President Trump refused to take reporters questions during his visit to China. He succumbed to Chinese insistence that no questions be allowed from the press. Communist China, along with other Communist countries, prohibits freedom of the press. The Chinese government controls the press and tells the press what to publish. China is afraid to open up the press to the public because the Communist shortcomings will be exposed, and it could lead to unrest and the pursuit of democratic freedoms. Unfortunately, Trump went along with the Chinese restrictions on the press as a bargaining chip in his quest to have China eliminate all trade with North Korea. Trump’s views about the press fit in with Communist China’s restrictions on their media outlets, because Trump would like to control the U.S. press and its reporting on his presidency. Freedom of the press is a hallmark of a democracy. Donald Moskowitz Londonderry, NH

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Pyongyang on The Prairie, Part I A criminal justice system that operates in the dark is arbitrary, unjust and criminal. In Oklahoma this year, a Kafkaesque by Michelle Malkin set of sealed Syndicated Columnist motions, secret orders and closed-door hearings completely shut out a criminal defendant, his public defenders and the public. A trial judge served as handmaiden for the prosecutors, even failing to notify the defendant and his lawyers of the kangaroo court proceedings until after they had occurred. The defendant, who is appealing his convictions and maintains his complete and actual innocence, was denied an opportunity to challenge the state’s legal arguments for hiding information about a crime lab analyst’s shoddy work on his case that could be exculpatory and key to his exoneration. His public defenders were also denied the opportunity to crossexamine witnesses -- all government employees from Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma City Police Department. Welcome to Pyongyang on the Prairie. The Oklahoma attorney general’s office claims that the trial judge, Timothy Henderson, conducted an “exhaustive” review of the protected materials and “deeply explored” their contents with government witnesses who only represented the government’s side of the story. Don’t worry, be happy, comrades. Here’s the thing: While the defendant was denied representation

at the secret hearings, Oklahoma County Assistant District Attorney Gayland Gieger was allowed to enter the star chamber with an entire “team” of fellow prosecutors. (We only know this after two local TV journalists obtained video footage from a surveillance camera outside the hearing room.) In fact, the state attorney general divulged in one of the few unsealed court filings on the matter, Gieger “facilitated the District Court’s inquiry by thoroughly examining those witnesses in an ex parte proceeding.” Gieger was the original prosecutor in the defendant’s case. The defendant’s appeal argues that Gieger “repeatedly and flagrantly misrepresented” evidence at trial, including the forensic evidence and testimony of the OCPD crime lab analyst, Elaine Taylor. A report by six internationally renowned DNA scientists and experts released this summer highlighted Taylor’s “flawed forensic science, including insufficient serological analysis and improper DNA testimony” in the case at hand. The scientists concluded that the defendant, former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw, who is now serving 263 years for a bandwagon pile-on of sexual assault allegations, “was deprived of his due process right to a fair trial because the State misused DNA evidence” and stated that his “conviction should be overturned and he should be given a new trial.” Taylor’s work on the case, the state was forced to acknowledge, just happened to be the subject of the secret hearings that Assistant District Attorney Gayland Gieger was allowed to “facilitate.” Can you spell “conflict of interest”? Incredibly, the state attorney general pats itself on the back for

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My hometown paper drives me crazy. I read The New York Times because it often has good coverage. The newspaper by John Stossel pays to send Syndicated Columnist reporters to dangerous places all around the world. This weekend, the Times Magazine did a surprisingly fair profile of Sean Hannity, although they chose photos that make him look evil. But mostly I read the Times because my neighbors read it, and I need to understand what they think. Sadly, many think dumb things because most every day the Times runs deceitful, biased stories and headlines that mislead. Opinion columns have license to do that, but these days, Times’ See malkin on 29 smears extend to “news” sto-

ries. A recent headline said that President Trump’s tweets had “united Britain in outrage.” Wow. Really? The whole country? Only if you read the entire story would you learn that the outraged people include “the opposition Labour party,” “several” Conservatives and comedian John Cleese. That’s a whole country “united in Trump outrage”? Please. Another headline said ending President Obama’s net neutrality bureaucracy would be “hastening the Internet’s death.” Ridiculous. I understand that many statists like the regulation, but all the net neutrality repeal really will do is restore some of the permissionless innovation that allowed the internet to blossom in the first place. Yet the continuation of the Times story carried the headline “So long to the Internet.” Give me a break. That’s just irresponsible scaremongering. Now that the Republicans’ tax bill passed the House and Sen-

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O l y m p i c Games should be about sport, sportsmanship and solidarity. Yet they rarely by John J. Metzler a r e . Every Syndicated Columnist four years the athletes of the world, or at least most of them, meet in an exotic locale plagued by political controversy, cost overruns, corruption, and doping concerns. The upcoming Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea bring the Games to a whole new level given the looming threat from nuclear North Korea. For South Korea it’s déjà vu all over again to quote a New York sports legend. Back in 1988, in the nervous countdown to the Seoul Summer Games, South Korea was on edge. Despite meticulous preparations for what would become the last Olympiad during the Cold War, (of course we didn’t know that then), most sporting venues in metro Seoul were dangerously close to North Korea. Needless to say geography has not changed and the PyeongChang Games in the beautiful mountains again is just fifty miles from the DMZ; a little too close for comfort given the political climes.

When I visited the Olympic sites in Seoul on the eve of the 1988 Games, the big political story was how South Korea was wooing its enemies and North Korea’s old comrades in both Moscow and Beijing to send its athletes to participate. The point was that if the Soviets and their East Bloc buddies and China would partake in the Games, North Korea’s mercurial dictator would not dare attack. North Korea was invited too but did not show in a fit of pique. The plan worked. The Soviets, China and the East bloc were all there and would subsequently open commercial and eventually diplomatic ties with The Republic of Korea. Equally on the domestic front, the still authoritarian South Korean government allowed for a political decompression which led to democratization. In my opinion, South Korea’s open democracy was one of the winners in the post-Olympic era. The Seoul Olympiad presented a stunning sporting and indeed political success for South Korea; it put the country on a global stage from where it has excelled ever since. National pride and accomplishment were on the podium for all to see. Many of the players back in Seoul 1988 and PyeongChang 2018 have not changed. Sadly the Korean nation is still divided

South/North and a thaw in the glacial political freeze doesn’t look likely. The communist Kim dynasty now has nuclear weapons, and has threatened to use them. During yet another UN Se-

curity Council meeting on the North Korean missile firings, French Ambassador François Delattre bluntly stated that the North Korean menace has evolved from a regional threat

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Tribal Tribulations E pluribus unum. It’s one of the few Latin phrases kids learn in school – or used to. Given the sorry state of civby Ken Gorrell ics education, Northfield, NH. perhaps the motto of the Great Seal of the United States has been left on the curriculum cutting room floor. The American ideal of a single people forged out of many – the melting pot – has fallen out of favor. In its place we have a strange mélange of micro-tribalism and identity-politics, pitting small groups against each other and the best interests of the nation. Soon we may need to update the Great Seal’s motto to E pluribus chao: Out of many, chaos. The irony of this regression into ever-smaller and more bizarre tribes is that we have never been more “melty.” Race had been the big dividing line, not just for blacks but Asians as well. Even within the “white” label there was a pecking order, with Irish, Italians, Poles, and Jews struggling at times at the bottom of the pile. The lines have blurred in 21st century America. Mixed-race marriages no longer merit notice in most of America. Christian churches ordain and marry homosexuals. More women than men earn advanced degrees. Movement between income quintiles is much more fluid than the “income inequality” protestors acknowledge. Race, sex, and hereditary wealth aren’t the gatekeepers they used to be. It’s hard to tell from the twelveyear-old black & white photo that accompanies these essays, but I am a ruddy-complected red-head; by appearance my ancestry is

clearly “UK mongrel”. A recent DNA test confirmed that, but with a twist. Seventy-five percent of my DNA is from the UK, which Ancestry. com defines as not just England, Wales, and Scotland, but also Normandy and a bit of the Low Countries. The test picked up my St. Lawrence River French settler connection. My great-grandfather’s marriage to a French-Canadian Catholic girl got him kicked out of our Anglo-Protestant family, a banishment that lasted two generations. Times have changed. The only other high-confidence match – meaning there definitely is a DNA connection – was Senegal. Yes, West Africa. It was only 4%, but it’s there. Senegal was a big slave-trading area for centuries. It seems one of my distant relatives did more than sample the native cuisine. Based on the science of DNA, I’m more “African” than Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is “Native American.” Unlike Fauxcahontas, I won’t try to capitalize on a genetic connection (real, in my case) to get preferential treatment at Harvard. The senator’s former employer is being investigated by the Department of Justice for its race-based quota system that limits its Asian student population to about half of what it would be under a policy based on academic performance. Maybe Harvard should follow its Ivy League compatriot Brown University and adopt a process that allows applicants to “self-identify” as a “person of color.” Does that sound crazy? It’s the direction we’re heading, pushed along by Progressives who believe in the daffy notion of “social constructs.” Liberals claim the mantel of science, yet want us to believe that we can create our own realSee gorrell on 31

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Roger Clemens has not yet been voted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame. Like Barry Bonds, his suspected use of performance enhancing drugs has cost him votes. country, as all involved were complicit in undermining Olympic ideals of fair competition. Ideally, there would be no need to drug test athletes, but the screening remains crucial to insuring the integrity of the competition. As Ronald Reagan famously said about dealing with Russians: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doveryai, no proveryaiâ&#x20AC;? (trust, but verify). CLEMENS AND BONDS This brings us to Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, two baseball players who compiled Hallof-Fame numbers during their baseball careers. But neither is enshrined in Cooperstown due to suspected use of steroids and performance enhancers. Election to the Hall requires votes from at least 75% of the members of the Baseball Writers Society of America. Players get ten chances. Clemens and Bonds are each 0-5, but each received over 50% of the vote last year for the first time, indicating some softening attitudes. Bondsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 762 career home run total is the highest ever. And Roger Clemens

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Happy Holidays to all NH veterans, service members, and military families! The holiday season is often filled with joy and warm time with family. For some, the holidays can be a mixed bag: a lot of fun but also a lot of stress with all the extra expenses and the overload of commitments to family and friends. For military families, stressors can be compound d by members of the family being overseas and unable to come home, gaps in pay when returning to civilian jobs after a deployment, and reintegration challenges. NH has many thousands of veterans who have completed their service, but are still struggling with the impact of their military duties. This often affects family finances, and can be particularly tough around the holidays. There are many ways you can support a military family during the holidays. Easter Seals NH Military & Veterans Services provides help to Service Members, Veterans, and their families all year round. But as the holidays approach, we gear up for an increase in needs. It is an honor to be there for those who have served, whether it’s providing emotional support or a little bit of financial help when they need it most. You can help too! If you’d like to show a military family that you appreciate their service and sacrifice, you can help pitch in around the holiday season: Bring some food over to a military spouse who is managing a household alone while the Service Member is deployed. Help a disabled Veteran with snow removal. Offer to babysit so a parent can go gift shopping. Take up a collection at church. Or simply ask “What do you need? How can I help?” Want to donate or request a toy? The US Marine Corp continues to run the Toys

for Tots program. Find out where to donate and to request toys by visiting: www.toysfortots.org/request_toys/toys-city-county.aspx?txtState=NEW%20 HAMPSHIRE www.toysfortots.org/ donate/toys-city-county. aspx?txtState=NEW%20 HAMPSHIRE You can also help us provide support through Veterans Count! Please consider sending a check (made out to Veterans Count, with “holiday gift” in the memo). You can also send us gift cards (Wal-Mart, Target). These will go directly to military/veteran families in need this holiday season. Veterans Count, the philanthropic program of ESNH MVS, provides emergency financial assistance to veterans for critical and unmet needs. Veterans Count raises awareness about the challenges that can result from military service and raises money to help address these needs. To learn more or to make a donation, please visit vetscount.org. Or, mail your donation to Veterans Count, Easterseals NH, 555 Auburn St, Manchester, NH 03103. Together, we can help make the season bright for our bravest and most deserving friends and neighbors. Easterseals NH Military & Veterans Services (MVS) offers Care Coordination to veterans of all eras – from World War II veterans to those who are currently serving. Services are free, confidential, and provided locally – in the veteran’s home or other convenient location. Care Coordinators are community caseworkers with extensive training in military culture.

Their job is to do whatever it takes to help service members, veterans, and their families thrive. Care Coordinators help those in crisis situations, and are also available to help families plan ahead. If you know a service member, veteran, or military family in need, please contact the Intake Coordinator, Easterseals NH Military & Veterans Services, at 603-315-4354.

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Despite working and living in Belgium, like many Americans, once the Thanksgiving dishes are cleaned and put away, we refocus our attention onto the holiday shopping count-down. In the past, while living overseas, we have done the majority of our shopping for the ‘perfect’, unique gifts at the various Kerstmis/Weihnachten/Noël markets held in the larger cities around Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. In my previous December 2016 Weirs Times article, “The Holiday Shopping Experience”, I shared about the prevalent European shopping philosophy. It is different from the American stressful count-down shopping for all the - ‘must-havethe-perfect-gift-at-thebest-price’ gifts. Instead, it is a carefree endeavor enjoyed for the festive celebration; that is truly

one of memorable sights, sounds and tasty treats! Purchasing gifts is secondary. Yet, most certainly, given the selection of wares from around world in the decked-out shops and temporary vendor mini chalets, special gifts will eventually be found for everyone on one’s list. That is why we were shocked when we saw signs, in many of the retail stores, advertising ‘Black Friday’. This is the first time we have seen reference to this in Belgium. We wondered how this would playout, since the Belgians don’t really buy into the commercialism of the winter holiday season, especially, given that as a general rule shops only carry a limited inventory. What you see on the shelves/racks is what they ‘got’. During the holidays and throughout the year, in fact, restocking is handled during regular shopping hours. Thus, a shopper ends up frequently negotiating through the store aisles cluttered with boxes and personnel actively stocking the shelves. So, the concept of kickingoff the shopping season with over-flowing pallets of special-priced items

seems rather foreign. When it was all said and done, reports were that the rush for these bargains was nearly as chaotic as in the US. Fortunately, as recorded in the US news, the Belgian bargain-hunters did not take to fighting. This behavior actually seems the reverse, since the concept of politely and patiently lining-up/ queuing at fast food establishments, movie theaters and in-store cash registers is very different from our American and even the British cultural traditions. So, when See maguire on 16

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quickly. Their faces are a mask. Their eyes are glued on some point in the distance- so that they cannot possibly be aware of any offense as they push their way forward. In Germany, we were confused the first few times ‘little-old-ladies’ walked directly to the register, ignoring the line. We assumed this was a cultural ‘pass’ given the women’s age- one of respect. Then we noticed that some younger women also ‘cut’

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ate, some legislators say they will try to reform entitlements. Yes! Finally! This is a responsible thing to do. But Times reporters hate Republicans so much that they twisted this new effort at reform into a headline that said: “Next objective — cut the safety net.” That is just a smear. Billions in entitlement dollars go to relatively rich people. The Times once applauded entitlement reform. But if Republicans support it, then it’s bad. Apparently, Republicans’ “objective” is not delaying America’s bankruptcy; it’s “cutting the safety net.” No wonder President Trump keeps shouting, “Fake news!” But Trump gets plenty wrong, too. He often talks about “the failing New York Times.” But the Times isn’t failing. In fact, they gained readers since he was elected — 300,000 new subscriptions last quarter. The Times also makes money selling ads. I find it funny that so much of that money comes from glitzy ads directed at the rich people who Times reporters constantly criticize. The newspaper’s magazines are filled with expensive ads for lavish apartments, $2,000 purses and dubious beauty treatments that many people could never afford. This weekend’s fluff included a worshipful feature on Jay-Z by Times’ executive editor Dean Baquet. Baquet didn’t criticize the rapper for living in an $80 million mansion but instead asked him penetrating questions like, “Would you rather be a trend? Or Ralph Lauren?” But this week’s most disgusting feature was a nearly full-page “Style” section profile of blackclad antifa thugs. The Times made them sound fashionable and fun as they punch people who aren’t looking for any physical fight, just spouting their beliefs.

The headline: “What to Wear to Smash the State.” The Times explained what a stylish vandal wears: “Black work or military boots, pants, balaclavas or ski masks, gloves and jackets, North Face brand ... makes it easier for saboteurs to take the offensive against storefronts...” Gee, thanks, New York Times. I doubt that you’d be so enthusiastic about property destruction if the “saboteurs ... take the offensive against” your storefront. Fortunately, Times readership is relatively small — probably less than 1 percent of Americans. Unfortunately, that readership matters because many of those readers work for other media, so what the Times prints gets imitated. Sometimes that’s good. Much of what’s in the “paper of record” is important and fact-checked. Unfortunately, much of it is mean-spirited and absurdly biased. I’ll keep reading it, hoping to separate the good from the bad. John Stossel is author of “No They Can’t! Why Government Fails — But Individuals Succeed.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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Santa Visiting Moulton Farm During Christmas Open House Moulton Farm’s annual Christmas open house on Saturday, December 16, will include a visit with Santa for children and the young at heart. The open house, which runs from 10 am to 3 pm, will also feature free horse-drawn wagon rides, a cookie decorating station for kids, and food sampling. Santa will be arriving at the Meredith farm at 2 pm. Moulton Farm is located at 18 Quarry Road off Route 25 in Meredith and is open seven days a week through December 31st. The farm practices sustainable agriculture and is dedicated to providing the highest quality fruits and vegetables while preserving its rich soil for future generations. The farm offers locally grown Christmas trees, wreaths and other holiday

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Pictures With Santa At Lakes Region Art Assoc. Gallery Santa is coming to the Tanger Outlets and the LRAA Gallery for the Holidays! The Lakes Region Art Association (LRAA) Gallery in cooperation with Tanger Outlets is hosting an appearance by Santa at the LRAA Gallery (located across from the Chocolate Factory) during the third weekend in December. Matthew Fassett, a local professional photographer from the Alton area and LRAA Gallery member, will be available to take family pictures with Santa. The photo session with Santa will be at the LRAA Gallery between 1 and 6 pm on Saturday, December 16th and on Sunday, December 17th. For $5 a

picture file will be e-mailed to the parents that they can print out themselves or, if desired, for $15, a 5” by 7” color photo will be printed out on the spot and provided to the parents. Children must be accompanied by an adult. While families wait to have their photographs taken, they can browse the many pieces of artwork on display at the gallery that include original oil, acrylics, watercolors and photographs as well as numerous cards and prints, or they can take in the December Art Show by local artist James Belcher located in the West Gallery that will feature original oil paintings and reproduc-

tions by the artist. Also going on in December, the LRAA Gallery will have a number of its art pieces on sale for Christmas giving. All of the gallery members are local/area artists or photographers who also staff the gallery during the hours it is open and are available to answer questions about the artwork and the gallery. The gallery is open every week throughout the year on Thursdays thru Sundays from 10 am to 6 pm, with the exception of major holidays.

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Celtic Christmas Concert & Cookie Walk

Aniko Geladze and Noelle Beaudin present A Celtic Christmas, fiddle and piano music from Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales on Sunday, December 17, 4 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 172 Pleasant Street in Laconia. During intermission join the Cookie Walk where you can fill a box by choosing from a delicious assortment of homemade cookies. Light refreshments will be available. Aniko Geladze is a concertmaster and soloist from Russia. She has collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world, including Russia, Europe, and Asia. Noelle Beaudin

ano music. Noelle studied piano performance and composition at the Boston Conservatory of Music and performed frequently in the Boston area before moving to France and the UK. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Advance tickets may be purchased at Greenlaws Music Store in Laconia, by calling 848-2469, or online at www.nhisom.org.

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packing up and heading to work. We ate ski area comfort food at its finest, fries, chicken tenders and hot chocolate! It was yummy. But I will go back later this season and get my hot chocolate in the Hutte. On Saturday, I met Becca Snowboarder at Cannon Mountain. At 7:45am I pulled into the parking lot and ended up parking right next to her, talk about good timing. Becca bought a season pass earlier this season at the best NH resident discounted price. I bet she doesn’t miss any Saturday mornings.

The previous year’s fivemillion dollars investment at Cannon Mountain for snowmaking improvements continues to reap benefits. The mountain is able to make twice as much snow with half the energy and this season an additional 250 thousand dollars were made for snowmaking upgrades. Cannon’s investment and increased efforts to make snow are really obvious and have produced super results! On their opening day the summit was open; Cannon made snow for runs from top to bottom. Cannon and Franconia See patenaude on 28

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Notch had a nice gift of 2 to 5 inches of fluffy white snow earlier in the week. The Notchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nearby peaks had frosted white tops but the floor of the notch had some snow too. While we were at the ski area, my husband Charlie took out his most beat up pair of cross country skis and was able to kick and glide on the bicycle path from the Tram to the Lafayette Place Campground. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ideal but he had fun. Becca and I joined the lift line with all the other excited skiers and snowboarders. Cannon has a well-earned reputation for Mount Lafayette on the other side of Franconia Notch and a Cannon Mountain skier near having one of the larger the top of Avalanche. Snowsports are alive and well in New Hampshire and the season first run seeking crowds. is off to a great start.

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We rode the Peabody Express quad-chair round and round while most zoomed right over to ride the Cannonball to the summit. The dramatic views of Mount Lafayette and the Franconia Range were outstanding while we had By-Pass to Cannon Trails nearly all to ourselves for several runs in a row. You could have fooled me this wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t midwinter. Good snow and lots of trails made for a fun time. Being on the summit of Cannon is always nice and Tramway and Upper Cannon Trails were covered with snow edge to edge. Rocket and Garyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s were open too and snow guns were blasting on other trails. The season is off to a good start and it is just going to keep getting better. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to get your team together for your favorite adult race league! Sign-ups are happening now and if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find a team contact the race program and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll help you find some teammates. I am all set to race Monday nights at Pats Peak. Whoohoo winter! Have fun.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;its strong commitment to transparencyâ&#x20AC;? and argues that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;State was forbidden by law from turning any of the material over to the defendantâ&#x20AC;? because a crime lab review of Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is â&#x20AC;&#x153;an unfinished personnel reviewâ&#x20AC;? protected by the state open records act. Nonsense on a stick. The law specifically states that a public body â&#x20AC;&#x153;may,â&#x20AC;? not must, keep personnel records confidential -- and there is no indication that a review of Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work would invade her privacy. Both the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to know and the defendantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constitutional rights to exculpatory information (as well as information subject to cross-examination) trump the phony â&#x20AC;&#x153;personnel recordsâ&#x20AC;? shield erected by the state attorney generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office and its collaborators. In fact, given the wave of crime lab scandals across the country from Austin, Texas, to Washington, D.C., it is in the national interest to disclose such information about questionable forensic analysis and testimony (which Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve exposed more at length in my CRTV.com work on the Holtzclaw case and other wrongful convictions for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Michelle Malkin Investigatesâ&#x20AC;?). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even more imperative given the Oklahoma City Police Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sordid history of fabricated forensic evidence and misconduct dating back more than 15 years. Fact: Elaine Taylor worked under disgraced former OCPD forensic chemist Joyce Gilchrist, who was fired for systematic fraud, false testimony and planting evidence that led to countless death row and other convictions. Fact: Taylor reportedly told a former supervisor that she destroyed rape kits under Gilchristâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s orders because she â&#x20AC;&#x153;believed the only thing (she) could do was to follow (Gilchristâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) orders or else pay the consequences.â&#x20AC;? Fact: Elaine Taylor is the mother-in-law of Detective Rocky Gregory, the co-lead investigator in the current defendantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case (a relationship that was not

disclosed at trial). Fact: My attempt through a public records request to obtain a list of cases from the DAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office in which Taylor served as an expert witness -- so that the public can learn if she botched other analyses and testimonies -- was flippantly rejected because â&#x20AC;&#x153;our office maintains no list of cases in which Ms. Taylor appeared as a witness to give testimony as an expert or otherwise,â&#x20AC;? and so â&#x20AC;&#x153;this matter (is) now closed.â&#x20AC;? Nearly six months after the cloak-and-dagger confab on Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work held in late June in Judge Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s locked courtroom, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has yet to respond to Holtzclawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motion to unseal the secret proceedings. In fact, the criminal appeals court has yet to issue a ruling on his public defendersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; simple motion for an order to preserve evidence in light of the police departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s admission that it had deleted Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s email account after she retired on Feb. 2, 2017 (a fact not known to the defendant until media public records request forced disclosure). Legal experts left, right and center tell me theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen anything like this. Former ACLU of Okla-

homa president and retired University of Oklahoma law professor Randall Coyne blasted the secrecy circus this summer, and his words bear repeating: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is no way to run a criminal justice system. In 29 years of practicing and teaching criminal law in Oklahoma, I have never seen the level of sealed orders and secret, ex parte courtroom proceedings that has occurred in the Holtzclaw matter. ... The dark cloud of secrecy over the Holtzclaw case gives rise to suspicions that somebody is hiding something. ... The court immediately should unseal all orders and filings so the public -- as well as other convicted defendants whose cases and lives may be impacted -- can see the details.â&#x20AC;? Is this North America or North Korea? Over to you, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Michelle Malkin is host of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Michelle Malkin Investigatesâ&#x20AC;? on CRTV.com. Her email address iswritemalkin@gmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators. com.

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Deniseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battle. The event will feature local bands, a 50/50 raffle, baked goods and more! Event will be emceed by local celebrity Fred Caruso! If you want to donate baked goods, contact Ellen Hurst at ehurst@ outlook.com or auction items, please contact Kathy Pevine at kathypevine@gmail.

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Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia, 172 Pleasant Street, Laconia. 4pm. Aniko Geladze and Noelle Beaudin present A Celtic Christmas, piano and fiddle musicfrom Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. During intermission, join the Cookie Walk where you can fill a box by choosing from a delicious assortment of homemade cookies. Light refreshments will be available. Tickets are $10/advance, $12/ door. Advance tickets can be purchased at Greenlawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Store in Laconia, by calling 848-2469, or online at

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Tuesday 26th Disney Karaoke!

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Thursday 28th Eric Grant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Live Music Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841

Video Game Club

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Friday 29th Dueling Pianos: Jim Tyrrell vs Matt Langley Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. Bring your friends and join in the show as you pick the music! www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841

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Meredith 250th Anniversary Kick Off Dinner & Dance

Hartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Turkey Farm Restaurant, DW Highway, Meredith. 6pm. The evening will include a buffet dinner and a brief program with various entertainment before the dancing begins. Jimmy and the Jesters will provide some great oldies and classic country music beginning at 9pm for dancing until the midnight hour. Dress for the evening is casual and you are encouraged to purchase your tickets asap as seating is limited. Tickets are $25pp and can be purchased by calling Dennis or Cookie Boulanger at 279-1332 or mail a check to Meredith 250th Anniversary Celebration, c/o Wicwas Lake Grange, PO Box 1706, Meredith, NH 03253.

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Line Dancing

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Family Story Time

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Once Read Bookstore â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Open to Benefit Meredith Public Library Hannaford Shopping Center, 38 Whittier Highway, Meredith. Bookstore is open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9am to 1pm. All proceeds fund programs for children and adults at the Meredith Public Library. 520-0434

Newfound Knights â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chess Club Sleeper-Minot Library, Bristol. 5-7pm. Twice a month (Tuesdays). Any and all chess players are welcome, even if you have never played, people will be willing to take time and teach you how to play. Learn a new game, meet new people and have fun! Free and open to all. Tron84nh@gmail.com for dates and more details.

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Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting Trinity Episcopal Church, Route 25, Meredith. 7-9pm. First and third Thursday of the month. Persons of all experience levels are welcome to attend.

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The World War I monument in New Hampton. followed by an updated afternoon list of 1,589 additional names. The updated report included 273 killed in action, 206 who died of wounds, 9 who died of airplane accident, 144 who died of disease, 640 who were wounded, and 299 who were missing in action. Those who were from New England were listed by name. According to historian Hobart Pillsbury the soldiers from New Hampshire served “in all kinds of units”, but “There was no group anywhere that bore the name of New Hampshire.” In a sort of bad-news good- news story Pvt.

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war, there were difficult and complicated times for some as illustrated by the following story condensed from the front page of the Manchester newspaper. Twelve year old Ralph was waiting for a judge to decide where he would spend Christmas in 1918. The New Hampshire boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father and mother were undergoing divorce proceedings and a judge who had previously ruled that neither the father or mother was suitable to control the boy while divorce proceedings continued was to decide who would have temporary custody on Christmas. The attorney for Ralphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father argued that the 12 year old should not be released into the custody of either parent, but the motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney felt that Ralph should be with his mother â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Śon the great childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Christmas Day.â&#x20AC;? The decision was scheduled to be made just before Christmas and it was

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few inhabitants and especially few stores where one could buy things. He continued by saying that the ban on revealing where they were and where they had been had been lifted so he was free to write home and detail their travels throughout the country, though he wrote little of their hospital activities. Wilson did write that on Oct. 14, at one location, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were surrounded wholly by artillery and it was at this place we were shelled to beat the band.â&#x20AC;? He did, by request, write a history of his unit and â&#x20AC;&#x153;refers feelingly of his sense of loss in the death of Daniel J. Callahanâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? and said that â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the boys have the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;going homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bugâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;Śand believe me, we will not be sore when they do send us back.â&#x20AC;? There were over 20,000 New Hampshire men who

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Puzzle Clue: STICKING TO THE GOAL ACROSS 1 Roman god with a bow 5 Knotting craft 12 Move like a kangaroo 15 Overquick 19 Be a wanderer 20 Moral 21 Actress Gasteyer 22 Comical Kett 23 Jack London novel 26 Dumbfound 27 Flynn of films 28 Prone (to) 29 Big name in credit cards 30 Cake coater 31 Writer Verne 33 Easy targets to attack 36 Lacking a musical key 38 Writer Bellow with a Nobel 40 Mystery novelist -Stanley Gardner 41 Relative of soul 46 Infuse with oxygen 50 Sphagnum, e.g. 51 Cookie with a “Thins” line 52 One-masted sailboats 54 Chic, ‘60s-style 55 Really, really quick 59 Drive off 63 Pretty low grades 64 “That is -- ask” 65 “Picnic” playwright William 66 With 13-Down, giant in internet service 69 Sports org. with the eight teams featured in this puzzle 71 Trip to a rain forest,

6 Gazetteer shelfmate 7 Hew 8 Falling-out 9 Masquerade 10 -- -jongg 11 Chosen few 12 Papa Doc’s place 13 See 66-Across 14 Inflate falsely 15 Hero, often 16 Top-floor storage site 17 Reeked 18 With 56-Down, surfs like a pro 24 God, in Islam 25 Clever type 30 Most lazy 32 “St. -- Fire” (1985 film) 33 Hero in a deli 34 Fluish, say 35 Shown with explicit detail 36 It has biceps 37 However, informally 38 Golf’s Sam 39 -- of one’s own medicine 42 Dog cry 43 Naval vessel abbr. 44 Fitzgerald of song 45 Loam, e.g. 47 Key of “Fuer Elise” 48 Mouth organ 49 Lawn care tools 53 Eye creepily 55 -- Baba 56 See 18-Down DOWN 1 Johnson of “Laugh- 57 “... woman who lived in --” In” 58 Evening, casually 2 Comic actor Jay 59 Rear-ending car, 3 Elates e.g. 4 Tells in detail 60 Arise 5 Ex-Giant Ott maybe 73 Vicious 74 Eban of Israel 77 Foreboding 80 Shimon of Israel 81 2011 Jim Carrey comedy 86 Head sweller 87 Tie up again, as shoes 88 Don’t skip, as an event 89 Oaf’s cry 93 Waters off Eritrea 95 2007-13 pickup truck model 99 Clearasil treats it 101 Designer Saarinen 102 Old TV tube 103 Be engulfed in fire 109 Ate 110 Writer Bret Easton -111 Know -- fact 112 Actor’s help 114 The blahs 117 Rake feature 118 Hawaiians and Tongans 122 Tennis’ Lendl 123 TV producer 124 In a very angry way 125 Filmdom’s -- Lund Laszlo 126 Bird setting 127 Sinuous fish 128 Vilify 129 Gambol

61 Natural legume case 62 Cube maker Rubik 67 Peninsula northeast of Boston 68 Brother in Genesis 70 Pre-O trio 72 Mil. missions 75 Bric-a- -76 Yiddish writer Sholem 78 Actress Samantha 79 Italian for “new” 82 Summary 83 16th letter 84 “Don’t make -habit” 85 Nick of “Warrior” 89 Potato chip topping 90 Singer Helen or actor Jerry 91 Univ. award 92 Envision 94 Wise 96 22nd letter 97 “Indubitably” 98 “Grease” actress Eve 100 Erase 103 Gain entry 104 Drab color 105 Forelimb bones 106 Close-by 107 “Exodus” protagonist 108 Don’s group 109 Cuts down, as a tree 112 Refer to 113 Tech support seeker 115 Bear, celestially 116 “By Jove!” 118 Adolescent leader? 119 Taxing org. 120 Beret, e.g. 121 Senate vote

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