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VOLUME 24, NO. 6
THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, february 5, 2015
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NH Fish & Game Celebrates 150 Years Managing State’s Wild Side by Jack Noon Contributing Writer
mack at Amoskeag Falls and speared lake trout from Winnipesaukee, Squam and Newfound. Woodland caribou, the Sunapee golden trout and the Dublin Lake silver trout would persist into the 20th century. By the mid-19th century, water-powered in-
dustrialism, along with overfishing, market hunting and over-trapping, in all but the wildest regions of the state, had reduced much of the former abundance of these natural resources to insignificance. In response, the legislature in 1865 created the See Fish&Game on 18
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On Saturday, February 7th, the Campton Historical Society and Campton Town Library will present a silent movie and a pot luck dinner. The potluck dinner begins at 5pm and it is open to the public. Please bring one of the following. Soup, Bread, Salad, Main Dish, Dessert, or non-alcoholic drinks. At 6:15 it is movie time. Silent film legends Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton demonstrate markedly different approaches of how to woo the ladies in classic comedies “Shy Girl” and “Seven Chances” from Hollywood’s silent era. The movie are accompanied with music by Jeff Rapsis will have no sheet music on his keyboard. He’ll be making up the music right there on the spot. Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based musician and composer, will use a digital synthesizer to recreate the texture of the full orchestra. Read more at www. camptonhistorical.org.
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Winter Hopscotch: Jumping with Joy from Place to Place – Art Exhibit
The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 Main Street, Rochester. The exhibit will feature the unorthodox and playful art of Ross Bachelder. Hours are Tuesday through Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-2pm, or by appointment. 8121488 Thursday 5th
Andy Davis – Storytelling Dinner
Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. Dinner begins at 6:30pm, and the stories begin when dessert dishes have been cleared. $19.95pp. 2846219 Friday 6th
15th Annual Snowfest – CASA Benefit
Loon Mountain, 60 Loon Mountain Road, Lincoln. Snowfest is a collision of summer and winter where participants strap on skis or snowboards and hit the slopes for a round of 9-hole, mountainside golf! Apres Ski Party, complete with a live auction, raffles and giveaways. $105/single or $400/ foursome. 626-4600 or www.casanh. org/snowfest
Motor Booty Affair
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992 or www. rochesteroperahouse.com
Ham & Bean Supper
Bow Lake Grange Hall. 569 Province Road, Strafford. 5-7pm. $8pp at the door, children 5 and under eat for free.
James Harman with Matt Stubbs and Mr. Nick David
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $20/advance, $25/door. 527-0043
Ed Kowalczyk- Throwing Copper Unplugged 2
Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551
Saturday 7th Tilton Winter Farmers’ Market
67 East Main Street, Tilton. 10am2pm. Over 50 local farmers and producers in an indoor venue. Sampling, music, friends and fun! Handicap accessible. 496-1718 www. tiltonwinterfarmersmarket.com
Snowshoe Adventure Hike
Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. One hour hike 10am-11am. Two hour hike 1pm-3pm. $7pp or $5/ members, includes snowshoe rental. For all ages, beginners welcome. 3665695
Blueberry Pancake Breakfast
First Church Congregational, UCC, 63 South Main Street. Rochester. 7:3010am. Pancakes, scrambled eggs, ham, beverage. $6pp. Half price for kids. 332-1121
Mr. Davis, A Night with Sammy – Solomon Kee
Interlakes Summer Theatre, InterLakes High School, Meredith. 2pm and 7:30pm. $25pp. 707-6035 or www.interlakestheatre.com
Draw the Line – Aerosmith Tribute
Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992 or www. rochesteroperahouse.com
Free Ice Fishing Clinic for Kids
Meredith Bay, near the Meredith Rotary HQ Trailer for the Fishing Derby. Session will run hourly at 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. All equipment will be provided. 279-7600
Ice Harvest and Winter Carnival
Remick Museum and Farm, Tamworth. A historic NH tradition: the Ice Harvest. Visitors may try marking, cutting, floating, lifting and stacking ice blocks from the farm pond and see them stored in the ice house. Outdoor cooking demonstrations, live music, winter games, activities and more. $10/adults, $5/kids ages 5-10, 4 and under are free. 800-686-6117
“Wind Power and Wildlife: A New England Perspective”
Hopkinton Town Library, 61 Houston Drive, Contoocook. 1:30-2:30pm. Carol Foss, PhD, Senior Advisor for Science and Policy for the NH Audubon Society, will discuss from a positive and negative perspective, the current state of knowledge about the impacts of onshore wind energy development on native wildlife. Free but donations are accepted. 746-6121
National “Take Your Child to the Library” Day
Meredith Public Library, Main Street, Meredith. 9am-1:30pm. Stop by the children’s room to enter raffles, check out books and movies, play with Legos, enjoy a fun craft and have a little snack.
Minter Farmers Market
Danbury Grange Hall, Danbury. Two floors, breakfast and lunch available. 768-5579
Sat. 7th – Sun. 8th Meredith Rotary Club Ice Fishing Derby
Meredith Rotary HQ Trailer, Meredith Bay, Meredith. Derby tickets are $30pp and can be purchased on line or at a variety of shops. www.meredithrotary. org for list. Everyone who purchases a Derby ticket will have the opportunity to win hundreds of dollars in cash prizes throughout the weekend. 2797600 Sunday 8th
Mr. Davis, A Night with Sammy – Solomon Kee
Interlakes Summer Theatre, InterLakes High School, Meredith. 3pm. $25pp. 707-6035 or www. interlakestheatre.com
Lakes Region Girls Softball League Registration & Winter Warm Up
Laconia Middle School, Laconia. Times are; 2-3pm for first year players, 3-4:30pm for players ages 7-10 years old and 4:30-6pm for players 11+ years old. LRGS offers very low registration fees, free warm up clinics and several months of afterschool/weekend activity for the girls to participate in. 455-6572 or www.lakesregiongirlssoftball.com
Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Live Animal Trail
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, 23 Science Center Road, Holderness. 1-3pm. Participants can see the animals as they are led by a staff naturalist who will guide the walk and discuss how native animals are well adapted for winter in New Hampshire. Snowshoes are available at no extra cost, or attendees can bring their own. Reservations required. $8/members, $10/non-members. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 968-7194
Tuesday 10th Dorian Wind Quartet
Paul Creative Arts Center’s Johnson Theatre, Durham. 7pm. Tickets are $30pp, $10/UNH Student I.D. and youth under 18. www.unharts.com or 862-7222
2015 N.H. Moose Hunt Lottery Open New Hampshire’s 2015 moose hunt lottery is now open. Enter today to try your luck on the adventure of a lifetime -- hunting moose in the rugged woods of the Granite State. Entering the lottery costs $15 for New Hampshire residents and $25 for nonresidents. To enter the N.H. moose hunt lottery, visit http://www. huntnh.com/Hunting/Hunt_species/hunt_moose.htm, where you can enter online or print out a mail-in application, or buy one in person from any Fish and Game license agent or at Fish and Game headquarters in Concord. Moose hunt lottery applications for 2015 must be postmarked or submitted online by midnight Eastern Time on May 29, 2015, or delivered to the Licensing office at Fish and Game headquarters in Concord before 4:00 p.m. that day. Winners will be selected through a computerized random drawing on June 19, 2015, at the NH Fish and Game Department in Concord.
Ed Kowalczyk at The Flying Monkey The Flying Monkey is excited to present Ed Kowalczyk of LIVE performing the 20th anniversary of Throwing Copper on Friday, February 6th at 7:30 pm. Kowalczyk is the founding member, songwriter and former lead singer of LIVE. With over 20 million albums sold worldwide and fresh off a sold-out tour in Australia, Kowalczyk will be returning home to extend the tour in the United States. Tickets start at $29. Ed Kowalczyk’s 20th anniversary of Throwing Copper will be an electrifying stage performance with his powerful vocals and world class production. Lightning has struck twice for Kowalczyk, making this intimate celebration a memorable one for any New Hampshire Fan. Tickets to Ed Kowalczyk are $29, and $39 for premier seating. For more information on upcoming shows or to purchase tickets call the box office at 603-536-2551 or go online at www.flyingmonkeyNH.com.
Peter Ferber Art Show in Wolfeboro On Saturday, February 14, The Art Place in downtown Wolfeboro will hold its semi-annual Peter Ferber Gallery Show featuring local well-known artist Peter Ferber’s collection of new original paintings. The unveiling and artist’s reception will commence at 9:30 a.m. and all are welcome to attend and meet the artist.. The artwork will continue to be displayed through February 28 or as long as available. The Art Place is the exclusive gallery for Peter Ferber’s original artwork, and produces many of his limited edition prints. The Art Place is located at 9 North Main Street, downtown Wolfeboro, NH and is open year round and daily all summer. For more information, please call 603 569-6159. or toll free 866 569-6159. Check us out on facebook at the art place Wolfeboro. (See a more detailed review of this upcoming show in next week’s issue.)
Wednesday 11th Women’s Empowerment Support Group
Whole Village Family Resource Center, 258 Highland Street, Plymouth. 6-8pm. This drop-in group explores the many
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BRUINS MANIA! I really enjoyed Ken Cail’s reminiscences of the late Boston Bruins radio announcer Bob Wilson in last week’s Weirs Times. Ken’s mention of the 1971 Boston Braves ice hockey team brought back memories. Young fans today can’t imagine how professional hockey dominated New England sports headlines in the early seventies. The notion of the Braves, an American Hockey League franchise, sharing the Boston Garden with the Bruins and the Bobby Orr Celtics—and outdrawing unheard-of 76 goals. Orr the Celtics—is mind-bog- led the league in scoring gling. But such was Bos- twice, the only defenseman ton in those days—the ever to do so. Boston won ultimate American hockey another title in 1972, besttown. ing the New York Rangers The “Mayor” of that hock- in the finals. ey town was none other Bruins tickets were prize than Robert Gordon “Bob- possessions—hence the by” Orr—#4. The wunder- success of the Braves. kind from Parry Sound, WSBK-Channel 38 carOntario, thrilled Boston ried Bruins games, with fans with his skating and Fred Cusick doing the TV stick-handling. The Bruins play-by-play, while Wilson finished last, as usual, in did the radio calls. The TV Orr’s first year, 1966-67. ratings were stratospheric But thereafter the B’s were and made Channel 38 perennial Stanley Cup one of the most successcontenders, winning it all ful UHF stations in the in 1970 when Orr scored country. the clincher in overtime The Bruins didn’t wear
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Where Was The Media To the Editor: This Sunday, Fr Jason Jalbert, Private Secretary to His Excellency The Bishop of Manchester, celebrated Mass at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Ossipee. In an inspiring homily he mentioned that he had just returned from the March for Life in Washington where over half a million people showed their opposition to Roe V Wade by peacefully marching and protesting . He said that young people , born since 1973 , were heavily represented and commented that this group consider themselves “survivors�, alive only because their mothers chose life instead of abortion: fifty six and a half million of their innocent brothers, sisters, aunts , uncles, and cousins, were eradicated in utero by abortionists since Roe v Wade. The March for Life , though heavily supported by enthusiastic people of all age groups and religions, received scant coverage in the media. In fact unless you tuned into EWTN you probably would have been unaware of it. This sobering reality is in stark contrast to recent massive demonstrations in Paris attended by world leaders, following the murders of eleven journalists by a group of radical Islamists. Paris was totally paralyzed, and angry people marched in protest all over the world The news media carried little else for days. I am wondering where is the logic when more than
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fifty six million unborn children are killed in the lawful extermination of inconvenient pregnancies, and an event commemorating their deaths is largely ignored . Eleven adults are killed and this event is apparently considered worthy of massive concern and protests. One teenager in Ferguson was shot and rioting went on for weeks, while in New York city more than 60 % of preborn black babies are killed. Ann McGarity Tamworth NH.
Three Questions To The Editor: With every endeavor, there has to be a first: The first person to stand atop the highest mountain, the first person to fly, the first person land on the moon and soon the first person on Mars. For our NH Governor’s Office it first started ten years ago with the misspending of dedicated tax funds from our Renewable Energy Fund. It’s time the news media followed the money on this paper trail. The word “dedicated�, in this context, should mean “the money can only be used for the reason it was collected for�. Yet, it’s not. So, what are they spending it on? A year after the blades at the Groton turbines began turning, the verdict over its initial operations has been rocky and downright shameful. What do we know - if anything - about how successful or unsuccessful this project has
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become? We know nothing and yet the state continues to collect millions in yearly tax revenues. The state has yet to even supply us with a map outlining current or future wind plant projects. While both keep us clueless, many are now asking how many turbines are destined for New Hampshire. There are rumors stating turbine projects will follow the Northern Pass project the length of the state, while others are saying the bulk of them are destined for Central New Hampshire. One thing holds true: When wind energy companies move into a community they instantly take the upper hand. They wreak havoc in our communities - without fear of the state. Developers know if you have a turbine in your community you can’t get away from it, so, it’s only right that they share some of that income with you. So, why aren’t they sharing their data with us? I leave you with three questions: 1) Do you feel more empowered by having Iberdrola as a neighbor? 2) and should the Governor’s Office be sued for mis-spending another $46 million dollars from NH Renewable Dedicated Funds? (That’s our money.) 3) How much of our Renewable Energy Tax money actually goes toward energy efficiency retrofits? Demand answers or start pounding the table until you get them. Ray Cunningham Bridgewater, NH
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People younger than myself are fortunate in many ways, especially when it comes to technology, Having grown up in the era of tinfoil on the antenna rabbit ears to get a better picture from the television and 8-track cassette tapes that eventually would get caught and ripped to shreds in the player, I could never completely feel confident that the latest technological invention would ever truly work as promised and I still don’t. As technology has advanced and components have become smaller and smaller, the thought, to anyone younger than thirty, that something can go wrong with the latest and greatest creation is almost non-existent. But us older folks will never completely trust them. Some my age will deny that this is true. That’s okay. I’ll take the heat for all of us. But it is okay, It was the time we grew up in and those experiences will always be embedded in our psyches and affect the way we look at technology today. We will always be waiting for something to go wrong. One of the latest and greatest of technological inventions is the 3-D printer. For someone growing up in the 1960s, these make no sense at all. How is it possible, not even two decades since I was using a rotary phone, that these
could even exist? At first, people were somehow making perfect 3D reproductions of things like pencils on a printer. Reading about it, it seemed like harmless fun. How much further could it possibly go? I’ve never seen one of these3D printers, but in my mind I am picturing the nearly ancient printer we have at work (ancient, in technological terms means more than two years old). Watching a news show the other day, I saw how rapidly these once unimaginable things had progressed. It seems that today they are almost ready to reproduce whole human organs‌on a 3D printer!!! Suddenly I was a bit more interested, and excited, about this technological advance. You see, I have a condition called CKD. It stands for Chronic Kidney Disease but I like to call it Can’t Keep me Down. (Is it A HIPPA violation if I talk about it?) Millions of people in the country have it and it can go on for years and years, or maybe just a few months, before it might be a big problem. The ultimate progression is that one day you might need a new, compatible kidney. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough to go around for many people who need one. The fact that these 3D printers are on the verge of making it possible that if I one day need a kidney, maybe I can just print one, intrigues me. But I also have my concerns. Basing my most likely misguided assumptions on my growing up with copiers and printers that caused their share of problems, usually at the most inopportune moments, I can only imagine the issues that might develop if the time ever comes that I am getting a new kidney made on a printer.
How do they get the DNA into the kidney? Is there a toner type cartridge that they use? Has someone checked to see if there is enough DNA in the cartridge before the make the kidney and, if not, if they need to take the cartridge out, shake it up a little bit and then put it back in, will that disrupt the whole process? I have often been frustrated when I forget to choose the right paper tray when I am printing something. Can that happen with the 3D printer? Did the technician pick the liver tray by mistake when he (or she) was printing my new kidney? Did they choose the black and white button instead of the color one? Did they have a rough night and forget to pick even the correct printer sending my new kidney to the front office instead where it prints in one dimension on a plain piece of 8 x 10 paper? If the printer breaks, will the technician tell them it will be ten days until they can get the kidney part since its on back order? I’m sure that my concerns are unfounded and this is not even close to the way a 3D printer works. But in the back of my mind I will always have concerns that the technology just might not work that day like it is supposed to. That’s just the age I am at and there isn’t much I can do about that. Of course, I am very happy to be living in such a time where all of these new and exciting advances are occurring at such a rapid pace. I realize that I’ll never understand it all. I just know I am happy and grateful when it works. Brendan’s new book “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire� will be available in early spring 2015.
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Say “No” to PARCC/ SBAC Testing This is National School Choice Week, but I want to talk about parents’ school testing choice. Moms and dads, you have the inby Michelle Malkin herent right Syndicated Columnist and responsibility to protect your children. You can choose to refuse the top-down Common Core racket of costly standardized tests of dubious academic value, reliability and validity. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. I’m reminding you of your right to choose because the spring season of testing tyranny is about to hit the fan. Do you object to the time being taken away from your kids’ classroom learning? Are you alarmed by the intrusive datasharing and data-mining enabled by assessment-driven special interests? Are you opposed to the usurpation of local control by corporate testing giants and federal lobbyists? You are not alone, although the testing racketeers are doing everything they can to marginalize you. __In Maryland, a mom of a 9-year-old special needs student is suing her Frederick County school district to assert her parental prerogative. Cindy Rose writes that her school district “says the law requires our children be tested, but could not point to a specific law or regulation” forcing her child to take Common Core-tied tests. Rose’s pre-trial conference is scheduled for Feb. 4. The vigilant mom warns parents nationwide: “While we are being
treated like serfs of the State, Pearson publishing is raking in billions off our children.” And she is not just going to lie down and surrender because some bloviating suits told her “it’s the law.” Pearson, as I’ve reported extensively, is the multibillion-dollar educational publishing and testing conglomerate -- not to mention a chief corporate sponsor of Jeb Bush’s Fed Ed ventures -- that snagged $23 million in contracts to design the first wave of so-called “PARCC” tests. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers raked in $186 million through the federal Race to the Top program to develop the nationalized tests “aligned” to the Common Core standards developed in Beltway backrooms. As more families, administrators and teachers realized the classroom and cost burdens the guinea-pig field-testing scheme would impose, they pressured their states to withdraw. Between 2011 and 2014, the number of states actively signed up for PARCC dropped from 24 (plus the District of Columbia) to 10 (plus D.C.). Education researcher Mercedes Schneider reports that the remaining 10 are Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio and Rhode Island. State legislators and state education boards in Utah, Kansas, Alaska, Iowa, South Carolina and Alabama have withdrawn from the other federally funded testing consortium, the $180-million tax-subsidized Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, which administered field tests last spring to three million students in 23 states. In New Jersey, the
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Balancing NH State Budget On The Backs Of Our Elderly On Friday, January 23, Health and Human Services Commissioner, Nick Toumpas told reporters after a Legislative Fiscal by Jane Cormier Committee meetHooksett, NH. ing, there was a need to reduce NH nursing homes Medicaid reimbursement by $7 million dollars. That is right. $7,000,000 dollars. As Hassan and Co. promote this “fiscally responsible” cut because of a $54 million dollar budget shortfall, one needs to question just what ARE our leaders’ priorities. Some stated reasons for the budget shortfall include, startup costs for Medicaid Expansion (I thought Medicaid Expansion was going to be paid by the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?), a legal settlement over the state’s mental health system and federal changes which make many more low income children eligible for
Medicaid. I am sure we can find other reasons, but the fact is, we have a budget with a hole you can drive a truck through. And part of the answer, apparently, is to put this shortfall on the backs of our elderly, our taxpayers, and those most in need. Governor Hassan tells us taking money away from caring for seniors and the disabled in nursing homes is “fiscally responsible”. I totally disagree. It is most extraordinary that this administration will go far and wide to fund abortion clinics, but will take money away from seniors who are in our New Hampshire nursing homes. We should be fulfilling our promise to take care of our seniors in need. These nursing homes have already built their budgets on this promised state funding. These cuts could seriously undermine the care of those in our nursing homes. How can this be called “responsible”? When NH Health and Human Services submitted its budget See cormier on 28
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This is tough for a curmudgeon like me to admit, but I got mistyeyed last week. I tried to remain dryeyed and dispassionate – by Ken Gorrell they weren’t Northfield, NH. talking about my kids, after all – but as I listened to parents tell of their struggles and sacrifices as they worked to find the right educational opportunity for their children, emotions began to overwhelm. I was one of 150 or so participants in one of the 60 events in the state supporting National School Choice Week (January 25th – 31st). Across the nation there were more than 11,000 such events, bringing together parents, students, teachers,
Pro-Choice – For Education politicians, and choice supporters in the common cause of helping to make a good education possible for all children, one child at time. This event was sponsored by the Network for Educational Opportunity, a 501c3 non-profit scholarship organization. (Full disclosure: I am a member of NEO’s advisory board, though I had no part in organizing this event.) Too often we hear the phrase, “For the children,” as if kids were just some homogeneous mass with common needs, interests, and goals. It’s a phrase that dehumanizes the most vulnerable members of our society, members who depend upon adults to give them a voice in the political process. While some adults choose to subsume a child’s interests to the needs of a well-organized, politically-connected machine, what I saw and heard last Friday were the stories of children being elevated to the
Ukraine Crisis Overlooked Amid Mid-East Flurry UNITED NATIONS While America seems transfixed on a spate of six separate Mid- East crises, there’s been far less attention paid by John J. Metzler on the brewing storm in EuSyndicated Columnist rope. Thus as politico/military efforts are focused on trying to sort out Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Lebanon and Iran, Washington policymakers have been blindsided by fast unraveling events in Ukraine. We had better take notice of a very dangerous situation. Though there’s been some reporting on the seesaw struggle between Russian-backed separatists and the Kiev government over territory in eastern Ukraine, the UN Security Council has remained laser focused on this dangerous situation where more than 5,000 people have been killed and over a million people have been displaced from their homes. France’s UN Ambassador Francois Delattre warns the country is slipping into a “spiral of violence,” with the renewed rebel attacks.
Ukraine’s current political fault line between East and West is historic. The eastern parts of Ukraine tend to be Russian speaking, Orthodox, and tend to look to Moscow as their political mentor. The western part of Ukraine, tilts to Western Europe, especially Poland, and is Catholic. The Kiev government and the majority of the population want closer ties with the European Union, not Moscow. At the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine, formerly a constituent republic of the old USSR, became an independent country but with this built-in ethnic divide. Last year, events unraveled, first with the Ukrainian majority ousting a corrupt Moscow-centric government, and then bidding to join the European Union. This was a line too far for Russia. Vladimir Putin mobilized his military proxies. Just a week after the successful Sochi Winter Olympics, Putin went for a geopolitical encore and took back the disputed Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. During the spring and summer of 2014, Moscow-backed separatists seized large swaths of Ukrainian territory which bordered Russia and proclaimed “independent People’s See Metzler on 14
status of individual. These parents and advocates weren’t acting “for the children”; they were acting on behalf of the best interests of this child and that child. Their stories were moving. A single mother told of the difficulties her daughter faced in the school assigned to them by Zip Code. The tyranny of geography dictated which public school she had to attend, but that school wasn’t able to meet her needs. A father – formerly a public school educator – related how his son became
demoralized at his assigned school and how his daughter’s dyslexia drove them to find a charter school for both children. Another mother told of her family’s sacrifice for their children’s education – they sold their house and became renters to afford a private school. We viewed the Cato Institute-produced video Live Free and Learn, Scholarship Tax Credits in New Hampshire (available on YouTube) where other parents told the stories of their children, of individual sacSee gorrell on 15
Random Thoughts R a n d o m thoughts on the passing scene: Who says President Obama doesn’t promote bipartisanship? His complicity in by Thomas Sowell Iran’s moving Syndicated Columnist toward nuclear bombs has alarmed some top Senate Democrats enough to get them to join Republicans in opposition to the Obama administration’s potentially suicidal foreign policy. Before the current measles outbreak, measles was once almost wiped out in the United States. But an article in a medical journal more than a decade ago had many parents afraid to have their children vaccinated, for fear that the vaccine causes autism. After scientific studies refuted that claim, the medical journal repudiated the article, and the doctor who wrote it had his license revoked. If not a single policeman killed a single black individual anywhere in the United States for this entire year, that would not reduce the number of black homicide victims by one percent. When the mobs of protesters declare “Black lives matter,” does that mean ALL black lives matter -- or only the less than one percent of black lives lost in conflicts with police? In politics, never assume that because something is insane, it will not be done. The Holocaust was as insane as it was a moral horror. But it was done. Even after the tide of war turned against Germany and
it faced invasion and devastation, Hitler continued to pour scarce resources into the mass killing of people who were no threat. When someone tries to lay a guilt trip on you for being successful, remember that your guilt is some politician’s license to take what you worked for and give it to someone else who is more likely to vote for the politician who plays Santa Claus with your money. So long as public schools are treated as places that exist to provide guaranteed jobs to members of the teachers’ unions, do not be surprised to see American students continuing to score lower on international tests than students in countries that spend a lot less per pupil than we do. Would you go to a funeral if you knew that your presence would be unwelcome and would just add to the pain of the mourners? Probably not. But New York’s mayor Bill de Blasio went to both funerals for the two New York City policemen recently murdered -- and gave speeches. That epitomized what a truly despicable human being he is, even by the low standards of politicians. Demographic “diversity” is a notion often defended with fervor but seldom with facts. Few things are more irritating, or more phony, than statements from various organizations about their “privacy policy.” What that really means is their invasion of privacy policies -- how much information about you that your bank, hospital or Internet service is going to pass on to other people without your permission. See Sowell on 30
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showing that children do better when properly matched to a particular educational program. Objectors (can we call them “deniers”?) also ignore the growing body of evidence that public schools benefit from competition. Some opponents of school choice and our education tax credit program would deny to lower-income parents something they did for their own children. I consider such people the worst of citizens not currently behind bars. Ah, there’s the curmudgeon coming out. But looking back on National School Choice Week it’s hard not to be inspired and uplifted. The sacrifices of parents, the triumphs of individual children, the foresight and generosity of donors, the tireless work of advocates who make possible the scholarship program – it’s enough to bring tears to your eyes. Ken can be reached at kengorrell@gmail. com
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Northern New Hampshire had become a favored territory for market hunters and sportsmen, reached with comparative ease, thanks to the railroads. There was no limit to the number of deer a hunter might legally kill, and lumber camps, which had been springing up faster and faster since the middle of the [19th] century, were fed largely on venison. Photos from nh fish and game archives
In the Province of New the numerous sawmills abesic had been blocked Hampshire, the first leg- in operation there and on by mill dams, and local islative effort to protect the poisonous effects of fishermen complained. At either fisheries or wildlife waterlogged sawdust. The the time, alewives made came on March 17, 1741, blame, however, more up only a small part of with an act that banned likely rests on overfish- the commercial fisheries deer hunting from Janu- ing and on the mill dams that hundreds of fisherary through July. That across the Salmon Falls men pursued each spring measure, along with oth- River and other Pisnear Amoskeag ers in the following deFalls. With cades, required dip nets and towns to apscoop nets in point “deer the three river r e e v e s , ” channels at who had lethe falls, and gal authorwith ocean ity to enter seines downand inspect river in more any property open water, for evidence they took of deer taken many tons of out of season. fish, includDuring the i ng salmts onresiden n open season, o n, shad, r o f d e rst requir 9. fi e there were no l a mpreys, r e w s 190 license restrictions on striped bass Hunting d for residents in the number of deer in 1903 an and Atlantic sturthat a hunter could geon. A catch at the Nutt kill, either for percataqua tributaries. seine in Bedford in 1762 sonal use or to sell. In 1754, New Hamp- drew the claim that “at James Birket, writing shire enacted its first pro- one haul of the net 2500 in 1750, blamed the com- tective law on fisheries. shad were taken.” plete disappearance of The alewife runs up CoThe dilemma the legAtlantic salmon from the has Brook from the Merri- islature faced in 1754 See fish&GAME on 19 Piscataqua watershed on mack River to Lake Mass-
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Atlantic salmon hatchery was built just below Livermore Falls on the Pemigewasset River. Until 1893, Commissioner Elliott Hodge oversaw that hatchery during a period of some highly successful salmon returns and got legislative funding for an additional ten hatcheries. In the 20th century as cars became common, roads improved, and the
population grew, the demand for good fishing and hunting steadily increased. The hatcheries raised both native and imported species of trout and salmon. By 1909, daily bag limits had been set on several species of fish, and hunting licenses were required both for residents and non-residents. In 1913, an annual limit of two deer applied to northern New Hamp-
shire and one for the rest of the state. The limit would be reduced statewide in 1925 to a single deer, along with the provision that logging camps could no longer serve venison. Fishing licenses were added in 1917. License revenues were used in 1918 to hire eight Fish and Game Wardens and 39 Deputy Wardens, and in 1926 provided the warSee fish&GAME on 20
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was how best to preserve the jobs both of commercial fishermen and of mill dam owners. Their compromise legislation threatened mill dam owners with a fine of forty shillings if they failed to keep passageways open in their dams for the alewife runs from April 5 to the end of May, but limited the law’s power to five years. No thought whatever was given to restricting the numbers of fish that might be caught. The enforcement mechanism for the Cohas Brook law relied on private citizens to turn in violators for a reward of half the fine collected. Because this method cost the Province and then the State of New Hampshire nothing, it would be the model for years to come. A series of later approaches set fines for any towns failing to appoint wardens to enforce the fish and game laws. Not until 1890 would anyone be paid for the work; New Hampshire’s lone “Fish and Game Detective� B.P. Chadwick was hired that year. The low point of the legislature’s treatment of fish and wildlife resources came in 1831. On June 28, the legislators abolished every protective fishery law then on the books and, on the first of July, repealed the law that had banned deer hunting during late winter, spring and early
summer. On those same two days, the legislators incorporated the Winnipisseogee Lake Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company and the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. A New Commission The legislature in 1865, with great optimism for the emerging technologies of “fish culture,� authorized the Governor to appoint two Commissioners on Fisheries, who quickly set to work introducing landlocked salmon and smallmouth bass to the state and attempting to restore the salmon and shad runs. The state’s wildlife by 1877 had been decimated by market hunting, absence of bag limits and bounties on many creatures that damaged a farmer’s crops or livestock. A Governor-appointed committee met that year with the Commissioners on Fisheries to discuss any changes that might be needed in the fish and game laws. The published laws of 1878 declared, “The board of fish commissioners . . . is hereby . . . charged with all the duties of fish and game commissioners.� The same published laws responded to the scarcity of deer by banning deer hunting statewide for three years in all but Coos County. In 1877, in a joint effort with a cooperative Massachusetts legislature, an
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an excise tax on angling equipment. Fish and Gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Education Division began in 1948 under Ralph Carpenter, who served as Executive Director for a quarter century (19401965). During his tenure, fishing and hunting demand expanded tremendously, Fish and Game moved from the State House Annex to new quarters in Concord on Bridge Street, and the complexities of managing natural resources began to assert themselves as fish and wildlife habitat was continually lost to housing developments and business growth. Legislators required Fish and Game to finance its operations through license sales and fines collected from lawbreakers. Additional state or federal support was at best sporadic. In 1950, some 98.5% of the Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funding reportedly came from license sales. It was a rare biennial report that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include a request from Fish and Game for additional funding. See fish&GAME on 21
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Expanding Responsibilities The 1954 biennial report recorded the recently added duties “for locating lost persons and covering drowning cases” and “the inauguration of a Hunter Safety Program,” adding to the Department’s workload and expenses. The 1960s brought passage of the federal Clean Waters Act, Clean Air Act, Wilderness Act and Anadromous Fish Act; each involved Fish and Game and required attention from Department personnel. In 1965, the legislature added management of New Hampshire’s recreational and commercial saltwater fisheries to Fish and Game’s duties. With the rise of offhighway motorized recreation, the Department soon became responsible for enforcing snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle laws (1971) and related safety education (1975), still more tasks that had little to do with fish or wildlife. The 1970s also saw
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1984 – Fire destroys Fish and Game’s Bridge Street headquarters.
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The Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire was established in 2006 to seek out funding for Fish and Game projects. The founding Board of Directors included (L-R) State Representative David Smith, Joseph Bellavance IV, Charles Barry, Donna Cote and Dr. Donald Normandeau. Photo from nh fish and game archives fish&GAME from 21
Expanded programs to educate schoolchildren and the general public about conservation became a priority in the mid-1980s. Project WILD was introduced into New Hampshire public schools, and Barry Con-
servation Camp offered summer programs for youngsters. In 1984, federal matching funds were authorized for buying public access sites to lakes, ponds and rivers, leading to establishment of the Statewide Public Boat Access
Program in 1992. Radio collars were put onto twenty moose in 1986, with speculation about a future moose hunt (which came to pass in 1988). Of particular importance, the legislature at long last gave Fish and Game the authority to set hunting
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seasons and bag limits for deer and bear. Another milestone came in 1988, when, after 123 years, the legislature acknowledged that the Department should have responsibility for all the state’s fish and wildlife. That year, the Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program was established, with a single employee. The Funding Dilemma For the past quarter century, successive Fish and Game Directors have been forced into highly creative improvisations in their efforts to continue the Department’s mission in the face of increasingly uncertain finances. Higher license fees have discouraged some sportsmen from fishing or hunting. Fish and Game personnel have scrounged for grants from wide-ranging sources. Hatchery efforts have been streamlined. Countless volunteers are enlisted each year to teach hunter safety, snowmobile education and more. Ongoing land acquisition helps preserve fish and wildlife habitat and provide access to waters and woodlands. Traditional interest in hunting and fishing remains strong. More fishing licenses were sold in N.H. in 2013 than in 1994. Hunting license sales have stabilized over the past decade, thanks to outreach efforts and opportunities such as youth hunts and an Apprentice Hunting License. These trends, while posi-
tive, are not enough to fund Fish and Game’s broad responsibilities. Three decades ago, New Hampshire’s elected officials, organizations and many dedicated private citizens all came together after the fire had destroyed Fish and Game’s headquarters. In a tremendous cooperative effort, they reinvigorated both the Department’s facilities and its mission. This same spirit of cooperation and dedication is our best hope for the future. In current Director Glenn Normandeau’s words, “I honestly believe that most people who enjoy New Hampshire’s outdoors and value our quality of life are willing to do their part. Let’s focus our energies on finding a solution together.” Jack Noon of Sutton is currently writing a book on New Hampshire’s fishing and hunting history and the Fish and Game Department’s role for the past 150 years. If you’d like to see a timeline of the NH Fish and Game’s 150 years you can go to http://wildnh. com/150/timeline.html. Our sincere thanks to Pamela M. Reil, Publications Manager for New Hampshire Wildlife Journal for her swift responses in getting us the materials for this article.
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How Many Birds in Your Backyard? N.H. Audubon Needs Your Help on Statewide Bird Survey Fill up those bird feeders and dig out your binoculars for New Hampshire Audubon’s Backyard Winter Bird Survey. This annual statewide survey will take place on Saturday, February 14, and Sunday, February 15. Biologists need assistance from citizens all over the Granite State to get a clear picture of what’s really happening with our winter birds. Anyone can participate in the Backyard Winter Bird Survey by counting the birds in their own backyard on the survey weekend and reporting on-line or sending the results on a special reporting form to NH Audubon. To receive a copy of the reporting form and complete instructions on how to participate, send a self-addressed, stamped, long envelope to: New Hampshire Audubon, Winter Bird Survey 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH 03301 Forms are also available at NH Audubon centers in Auburn, Concord and Manchester, and on-line. Find more information about the survey at www. nhaudubon.org under Birding. Data from the Backyard Winter Bird Survey is used to track changes in the distribution and abundance of many species. Each year about 1,300 observ-
ers across the state count the birds coming to their feeders. “The strength of the survey is that we can look at trends over the long term,” says Survey Coordinator, Rebecca Suomala. “We now have more than 25 years of data and we can see the patterns of ups and downs in different bird species.” Reports of a lack of birds are just as valuable as reports of many birds. “If everyone reported only when they have a lot of birds, we wouldn’t be able to see the declines,” says Suomala. The most important thing is to participate each year regardless of how many or how few birds you have. This provides a consistent long-term set of data that shows both the ups and downs. All New Hampshire residents are encouraged to take part. Results from past years are on the NH Audubon web site. For more information about the Backyard Winter Bird Survey, please call NH Audubon at 224-9909 or go to the web site at www.nhaudubon.org and click on Birding. Note: There are two bird surveys in February. NH Audubon’s Backyard Winter Bird Survey that takes place in New Hampshire only, and the Great Backyard Bird Count, a nation-wide web-based survey; www.birdcount.org.
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competition was getting better. A new league, the World Hockey Association, drew players and energy away from the NHL. But as long as #4, Bobby Orr, kept skating, the team would be beloved. ENTER EAGLESON Orr was always hampered by bad knees. One can only imagine how good he would have been had current arthroscopic procedures been available then. But he gamely played on. Until that horrific day in 1976 when he left Boston for the Chicago Black Hawks. Bruins fans were devastated. How could this happen? There was a two-word answer: ALAN EAGLESON. Eagleson was Orrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agent, but was also a close friend of Black Hawk owner Bill Wirz, who wanted Orr in Chicago. Wirz made an offer that was hard for Boston to match, and Eagleson encouraged Orr to accept it, implying that the Bruins apparently werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that invested in Orr anymore, due to his knees. In truth, the Bruin management desperately wanted to keep Orr in Boston. Team salary structure dynamics didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow Boston to match Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offer,
but the team told Eagleson they could offer a percentage of team ownership to Orrâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an incredible deal. Wanted to direct Orr into Wirzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arms, Eagleson never told Bobby about the ownership offer. Trusting his agentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counsel, Orr went to Chicago, where he played two injury-plagued seasons before retiring in 1978. Bruins hockey mania was never the same. Other stars retired. Esposito went to the Rangers. And while the Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s would remain competitive, they could never beat Montreal in the playoffsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;until 2011, when Boston won its first Stanley Cup in almost four decades. Several years after Orr retired, he was back in Boston, chatting with some former Bruins. He was asked why he never accepted the ownership offer, as it would have been worth many, many millions of dollars over time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What ownership offer?â&#x20AC;? Orr responded. And so Orrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s devious agent, Alan Eagleson, was outed as a crook. Other malfeasance resulted in Eagleson being booted out of hockeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall of Fame and into prison. While the swashbuckling Bruins of the early seventies have all hung up their
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For years, birders have enjoyed the pleasure of actually witnessing, up close, the multiple stages of baby birds through the use of a nest box that attaches itself to a glass window. What makes this bird house so unique is the ability to view the parenting birds by watching from inside your home. These window houses are built without a back panel or through the use of a clear Plexiglas panel, so that when you use suction cups to attach the nest box to the glass, you can â&#x20AC;&#x153;peek-a-booâ&#x20AC;? inside the bird house. There are many species of wild birds that will take advantage of these special window bird houses. Sparrows, chickadees, nuthatches, swallow and titmice have been known to take advantage of this free housing offered by humans. Location is the key to attracting these species. Entrance holes for any nest box must face away from the prevailing winds and rains. In the upper regions of the USA, the optimum directions
for placement are south, east and west. No matter which direction you choose, it is most helpful if shrubs, bushes or small trees are nearby for protective cover. Place the window bird house at least 5-6 feet off the ground, away from leaping cats, squirrels and other nest box predators. Choose an outside location away from constant human activity or a busy street. Bird feeders should never be placed near any bird house. The feeding frenzy that occurs at bird feeders is stressful to active parenting birds and some wild bird species will prey upon the eggs. The use of perches is not recommended for wild bird nest boxes. The clinging birds that will use your bird house prefer to cling to the edge of entrance holes, just as they would in the natural world. There are no perches in the wild and successful backyard birders know that any success in attracting wild birds to their backyard is directly attributed to mimicking nature in any way possible. Perches simply provide an easy resting place for chipmunks and squirrels so they can raid the nests. After choosing your best outside location for your window bird house, it is
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Somewhere Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes says that the purpose of an education should be to produce a mind that cannot be humbugged. But today our educational system, from kindergarten to the universities, is en-
gaged in the mass production of fashionable humbug -- propaganda rather than education. Some people see discrimination when schools punish black students more often than white students. But schools punish white
students more often than Asian students. Lenders turn down black applicants for loans more often than white applicants -- but they turn down whites more often than Asians. Most statistics on such things omit Asians, rather than spoil a
politically correct story. President Obama may have gained something politically or ideologically by recognizing Cuba, but just what did the United States gain? Like so much that has been done by this administration, the diplomatic recognition of Cuba demonstrates how safe it is to be our enemy, while our policies toward Ukraine and Israel demonstrate how risky it is to be our ally. Despite radical feminist organizations’ frequent bursts of outrage, these same radical feminists’ response to the mass capture of school girls by Islamic terrorists in Nigeria, and turning those girls into sex slaves, has been strangely muted. Is this because there is no political mileage or lawsuit settlements to be achieved by expressing outrage at such unconscionable raw savagery in Nigeria? Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell. com.
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Elsa Children’s Parties At The Bodywork Cafe “Frozen” Themed Spa/Pool Party For Kids!
The spa inside The Margate Resort may be the venue for your next private children’s party. Each party features a live, in-costume “Elsa” and “Anna” to meet and greet, sign autographs and interact with young visitors. This is already a hit with kids in the community. “The children are just giddy with excitement as they wait to meet the characters,” says one grandparent, “Its wonderful.” Kalina, age 5, is one of the first to have the party. “I am so excited to meet Elsa and Anna. This is a great birthday party,” says Molly. Nestled inside The Margate Resort, is The Bodywork Café Sap and Salon. It is a cozy, intimate boutique style spa and is open to all. The menu offers many types of basic and specialty massages, hair services for men and women as well as nails and facials. Each
Elsa and Anna with guests, Kalina, Kendra and Molly. private Elsa Party will feature mini versions of the spa services, use of the hotel’s heated indoor pool and a healthy snack for kids. “We included relaxation time for the parents too. While their kids enjoy the party, they can enjoy the hot tub, sauna, complimentary towels and locker room. Or they
can sit poolside and enjoy the complimentary food platter and wifi”, says Simone Maglio, the Spa Manager. Each party is about 2 hours long, depending on the number of attendees. “We can accommodate groups of 5-20,” says Maglio. As each child receives make-up, hair
Make-up by Anna. curling, manicures or pedicures, the others in the group enjoy snacks, play on an Elsa board game, read the book version of Frozen, sing along with the movie’s soundtrack or use the
pool. “It was fun to meet Elsa and I love my snowflake nails”, says Kalina, age 5. A young girl named Kendra felt TV ready after a make-up session and having her hair braided with snowflakes. “Everything looks just like Elsa’s does,” she says. The Bodywork Café needs one week notice to book a party and is based on availability. For more information, contact Simone by calling 603524-5210 Ext. 498 or email her at simone@ thebodyworkcafe.com. The spa is open 7 days a week from 9-7.
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