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VOLUME 23, NO. 47

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, november 20, 2014

COMPLIMENTARY

Ed Gerhard Holiday Concert

Veterans Count, a program of Easter Seals, was developed to aid those veterans who have fallen through the cracks as a result of their service to our country. Started in 2007, it has proven successful in its mission as it has grown from chapters in Manchester, Nashua and the Seacoast to its newest chapter in the Lakes Region and more on the horizon. courtesy Photo

Veterans Count Expands Its Presence in Granite State

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

Veterans Count, a program of Easter Seals, recently launched its fourth New Hampshire chapter in the Lakes Region. The idea for Veterans Count was developed in 2007 by Mike Salter, an

Easter Seals board member. He saw the need in bringing comprehensive emergency aid to active military and their families whose quality of life was significantly impacted by deployment to war zones; veterans and their families who were “falling through the cracks” as a

result of their service. “He wanted to be part of the solution and was cognizant of some of the issue men and women in war were experiencing,” said Harry Miller, Jr., Executive Director of Military and Veterans Services for Easter Seals New Hampshire. “He recruited

about twenty folk in the Greater Manchester/Bedford area. They were the real genesis of this project.” After approaching the New Hampshire Joint Forces Headquarters as well as the New Hampshire Department of Health See veterans on 16

Ed Gerhard returns to Laconia on December 6 for his Twenty-second Annual Christmas Guitar Concert at The Belknap Mill, The Mill Plaza is located at 25 Beacon St E, Laconia. Showtime is 7:30pm. Tickets are $22 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets are available by calling (603) 664-7200, at Greenlaw’s Music in Laconia and the League of NH Craftsmen in Meredith and on the web at www.edgerhard.com. There will be a food drive at the concert. Bring a non-perishable food item to benefit Community Action/ Laconia Area Food Pantry and receive a $1-off coupon for any CD at the CD tables. One donation per CD. Join us for this very special evening with one of the country’s finest acoustic guitarists. Gerhard will perform soulful arrangements of well-loved carols, as well as his own concert favorites.

Inside This Issue:

CHRISTMAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Your Guide to Holiday Gifts & Celebration!

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The Threepenny Opera

Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth. $21/adults, $18/seniors and youth. 535-2787 or www.silver.plymouth.edu

Axis Dance Company

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

Irish Balladeer and Storyteller Brain Hastings – Storytelling Dinner

The Corner House, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95pp (plus tax and gratuity) Join Brain for an evening of storytelling and musical fun with an Irish twist. 284-6219 for reservations.

The Community School – Open House

The Community School, South Tamworth. Noon-3pm. Join for lunch, take a student-led tour, visit classes and speak with the Director of Education. 323-7000

Hiking with Dogs: Best Practices for a Happy & Healthy Experience

Squam Lakes Association Resource Center, 534 Route 3, Holderness. 7-8pm. Join Dr. Susan Sepenoski. DVM of Rumney Animal Hospital, for a discussion about safely hiking with our dogs. From hiking during hunting season to taking care of sensitive paws. Free and open to all. 968-7336

Holly Fair

Center Harbor congregational Church, UCC, 52 Main Street, Center Harbor. 8:30am-2:30pm. Crafts, gift baskets, food, “Trifles & Treasures�. 253-7698

Turkey Raffle

Belknap County Sportsmen’s Association Club House, Lilly Pond Road, Gilford. 6pm. Enjoy pizza and win a turkey! Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Pizza is $5pp all you can eat. . Thurs. 20th – Sun. 23rd

Junie B. Jones

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com 335-1992

Friday 21st An Evening with Michael Feinstein

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

“It’s A Mystery� – Book Discussion Group

Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 10:30am. The chosen book of this discussion is “Reconstructing Amelia� by Kimberly McCreight. 569-2428

Annual Festival of Trees

Sticks and Stones Farm, 107 White Oak Road, Barnstead. 4-8pm. Join in the celebration of the holiday amongst the beautifully decorated trees and lighted displays! Visit with Santa, enjoy hot cocoa, cider and homemade baked goodies, caroling, wagon rides, toasted marshmallows over a bonfire and more! Donation of hats, scarves, mittens, gently worn coats and boots will be collected at The Giving Tree. $5pp or $20 per family. www. sticksandstonesfarm.net

Christmas at the Castle

Castle in the Clouds, 455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough. 10am-3:30pm. Experience a vintage Christmas at Historic Lucknow, while enjoying festive dĂŠcor, special exhibits, live music and the seasonal beauty of this classic country estate. $20/adults, $10/youth, and $15/Friends of the Castle. 476-5900

Roxanne & the Voodoo Rockers

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. BYOB. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. 527-0043

Meat Bingo to Benefit Needy Kids at Christmas

The American Legion Post 33, Plymouth Street, Meredith. 6pm. No smoking.

New England Pot Roast Dinner &

VETERAN MEET UP All Veterans are welcome to join this newly forming Veteran Meet Up Group.

Pie Auction

St. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley, 678 Whittier Highway, Tamworth. 6pm. $10/adults, $4/children under 12. Pie auction begins at 7pm and is free to attend.

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Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. www. rochesteroperahouse.com 335-1992

Jon Butcher Axis - Experienced

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www. flyingmonkeynh.com 536-2551

Annual Festival of Trees

Sticks and Stones Farm, 107 White Oak Road, Barnstead. 1-8pm. Join the celebration of the holiday amongst the beautifully decorated trees and lighted displays! Visit with Santa, enjoy hot cocoa, cider and homemade baked goodies, caroling, wagon rides, toasted marshmallows over a bonfire and more! Donation of hats, scarves, mittens, gently worn coats and boots will be collected at The Giving Tree. $5pp or $20 per family. www. sticksandstonesfarm.net

3rd Annual Community Craft Fair

Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. 9am-2pm. 279-8197

Christmas at the Castle

Castle in the Clouds, 455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough. 10am-3:30pm. Experience a vintage Christmas at Historic Lucknow, while enjoying festive dĂŠcor, special exhibits, live music and the seasonal beauty of this classic country estate. $20/adults, $10/youth, and $15/Friends of the Castle. 476-5900

Fred Moyer’s Jazz Trio

Brewster Academy’s Anderson Hall, 205 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. $20 at the door. 569-2151 or www.wfriendsofmusic.org

28th Annual Children’s Winter Craft Faire

The White Mountain Waldorf School, 2 miles south of Conway Village, Conway. 10am-2pm. Storytelling, artisans and children crafters, cafĂŠ for breakfast and lunch, unique crafts for children, Marionette puppet show, cake walk and more! Free. 662-7823

Holiday Craft/Bake Sale

Union Congregational Church, Union. 9am-1pm.

Christmas Craft and Bake Sale

Andover Congregational Church at the Grange, Andover. 8am-1pm.

Eckankar Spiritual Chat

This Meet Up is a great place to connect with like-minded veterans that share similar backgrounds and experiences. All Veterans are welcome. All eras. All wars.

Vintage CafĂŠ, 626 Main Street, Laconia. 10:30am-Noon. Free and open to the public. Attendees will receive a free booklet, “Spiritual Wisdom on Prayer, Meditation & Contemplationâ€?. 800713-8944 or www.eckankar-nh.org

Meetings held at

The Tilton-Northfield United Methodist Church, 400 West Main Street, Tilton. 9am-3pm. Tables for crafts, food and baked goods, cookie walks, white elephant, jewelry, gift items, wreaths and more! 455-5341

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CMAA Artisan Fair

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Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair On Saturday and Sunday, November 19th and 30th, come to the Lakes Region Holiday Craft Fair will be held at the Opechee Conference Center, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia. Hours are Saturday 10-4 & Sunday10-3. There will be a beautiful variety of handcrafts and art including designer metal art, pillow quilts, wood turned items, Ben’s NH maple syrups, skincare products, glass art, soy candles, primitive and country wood decor, goat milk soap, American Girl doll clothing & accessories, decorative & functional pottery, keepsake boxes, stained glass, seasonal decorative wall hangings, soft sculpture, seasonal floral arrangements, cedar wood furniture, homemade soups, acrylic paintings, photographic notecards, crochet hats/scrarves/ blankets, glass art, fine jewelry, bat & bird houses, Lakes Region photographic calendars, birch wood creations, home made toffee, quilts & quilted table decor, fabric fairies and more. Craft demos include jewelry making, crochet patterns, and quilting. Music of Tim Janis - Free Admission - Huge Raffle NH Humane Society - Info Joyce (603)528-4014 or www.joycescraftshows.com Directions: I-93 Exit 20 & Bear Left onto Rt. 3 - Follow the red signs on Rt. 3 for 10 miles See you there.

Holiday Parade In Rochester The annual Holiday Parade, underwritten by Profile Bank, will be held on Sunday, December 7 beginning at 3pm in downtown Rochester. The Holiday Parade Committee has selected “A Fairy Tale Christmas� as this year’s parade theme. Entries are now being accepted for floats, marching, mobile and equestrian units in the parade. Those entering floats are encouraged to decorate their entry keeping with the theme. Entry forms are available at the Chamber office or by visiting www.rochesternh.org. The Holiday Parade Committee supports the Toy Bank campaign conducted by the Rochester Fire Department which helps hundreds of families in the area. Financial contributions or new toys for infants up through the age of 14 are being collected for both boys and girls. Toys may be dropped off at the Rochester or Gonic Fire Stations or the Rochester Chamber Office until December 19. For more information, contact Cindi Potts at 603-335-7545.

Clifford The Big Red Dog At Children’s Museum of NH The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in downtown Dover will be “going to the dogs� on Saturday, November 22 with a visit from kids’ favorite colossal canine, Clifford the Big Red Dog. Families are invited to come and meet a costumed Clifford character between 10am and 2pm as part of the popular Books Alive Children’s Literacy Series sponsored by Fidelity Investments. At the Books Alive event on November 22, museum staff will be reading a variety of Clifford stories written by Norman Bridwell throughout the day. The big friendly dog himself will be popping in and out to greet children, exchange a hug or high-five, and pose for photos. There will also be a variety of dog-inspired literacy, math and creative activities for children to participate in. All Books Alive activities are included with regular paid admission to the museum: $9 for adults and children over the age of 1 and $8 for seniors. Museum admission is free for Children’s Museum of NH members and children under 1 year old. For more info visit www.childrens-museum.org

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First Military Appreciation Day At Funspot Honored All Veterans, Servicemen & Their Families

Nov 29-30 Sat 10-4 Sun 10-3

Volunteers from the Wright Museum of World War II were on hand at Military Appreciation Day at Funspot dressed in WWII gear and displaying vehicles from that war. Standing in front of this M3A1 Scout Car are (l to R) George Gurick, Jr., Ray Peavey, Randy Cook (on hood), Aileen Kelly, Roch Pouliot (on fender), Matt Mason and Bob Theue. non by Weirs resident Mike Foote to officially open Appreciation Day, the hundreds of participants took advantage of not only the great buffet but also of the over 500 games inside the world’s largest arcade. Outside members of New Hampshire National

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An M1151 armored Humvee supplied by New Hampshire National Guard. On Saturday, November 8th, the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in the Weirs held its First Annual Military Appreciation Day. Over three hundred servicemen, veterans and their families were treated to a day of fun and food courtesy of Funspot and many local businesses pitched in including Hannaford’s Gilford who donated five hundred hamburgers and rolls and Smoke S h a c k Southern BBQ who donated hot dogs and buns as well as doing all the cooking for the giant buffet that was

made available to the servicemen, women, veterans and families, The event was organized by Funspot’s own Starr Lawton who is the manager of the D.A. Long Tavern. She has long been a giant supporter of the military and she saw this as the perfect way to give back. Starr also serves on the Board of Directors for the new Lakes Region Chapter of Veterans Count (see front page article). Starting with a rousing rendition of The Star Spangled Banner by Courtney Carter followed by a firing of the can-

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Israeli/Palestinian Peace Impossible To The Editor: J Street, a national organization, promotes a peace agenda for the Israelis and Palestinians. It believes a final status agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians embodying a two state solution will guarantee peace in the region, but this is sheer naĂŻve folly. Any agreement between Israel and the Arabs will be torn up by the Arabs when they believe they can conquer Israel. Hamas, Hezbollah, AlQaeda ISIS and other Islamic terrorist organizations will continue to promote attacks against Israel. All of the Arab/ Persian countries in the Middle East either overtly or covertly support conflict with Israel or at the very least, condone or tacitly approve military confrontation with Israel. It is all about religion in the Middle East, and the Muslims hate the Jews of Israel. Furthermore, the Arabs are jealous of the successes of Israel in contrast to the ineptitude of their countries. Israel is a democratic country with a highly developed society, while the Arab countries, probably due to the dictatorships and theocracies, have underachieving societies. Israel must have top notch intelligence services and a strong military, be alert to potential Arab attacks, and not allow development of a Pal-

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Gruber’s Comments To The Editor: The infamous ‘If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor�; “We have to pass it to find out what’s in it�, and now the end justifies the means comments by “ACA architect “ Professor Jonathan Gruber on at least three documented occasions about the� stupidity “of the American voter , illustrate how the Administration used lack of transparency and outright deception to take advantage of the electorate’s trust . He spoke about the government’s “exploiting the lack of economic knowledge of the American voter,� It appears , moreover, that the entire ACA bill was based on lies and deception. Gruber’s comments speak for themselves and I am hoping that the entire electorate is outraged by his revelations: “This bill was written in a tortured way to make sure CBO did not score the mandate as taxes. If CBO scored the mandate as taxes, the bill dies. So it was written to do that. In terms of risk-rated subsidies, if you get a law which said healthy people are gonna pay in — you made explicit that healthy people were gonna pay in and

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.

sick people get money — it would not have passed. Just like, people, lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically — you know, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever — but basically that was really, really critical to getting the thing to pass. And you know, it’s the second best argument. Look, I wish Mark was right, we could make it all transparent, but I’d rather have this law than not.� Gruber is now running from his own comments , saying he spoke “off the cuff� at a dinner attended by academics, further emphasizing the contempt he obviously feels for the ignorant masses: what do you really feel about the common folks, Professor? With respect to Gruber, several unflattering adjectives come to mind :condescending , contemptuous, arrogant, elitist, disingenuous, immoral. Fortunately for Gruber he is not an elected official, and unlikely to face consequences, other than being the darling of the liberal elite. The message is clear: the Administration thinks we, the American voters, are really stupid, looks down on us, hires people who think the same way and betrays our trust. Ann McGarity Tamworth, NH.

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Season Of Fear

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

When I was a young boy I enjoyed looking at models. Often they were on the pages of magazines I wasn’t supposed to be looking at in the first place. It didn’t matter to me if the models were American or European, they all were fine with me. Today, as an older and more experienced man, I still look at models, but not with as much enthusiasm. In fact, sometimes I prefer the European models over the American ones or vice versa. It really depends on the day. The models I focus on today aren’t in the pages of forbidden magazines. In fact, I will often gaze at these models intently while my loving wife sits by my side. She will often study them as well. These models are, of course, the different scenarios of weather patterns that may or may not affect our lives over the next few days. My appreciation of either the American or European model truly depends on what the outcome might be. It had been several months since I last paid attention to either of these models. The weather patterns in the summer don’t often cause as much concern. Once the colder weather rolls around it is time to start looking at the models again. Last week was the first time in a long while I thought about the mod-

els. One of them was fast approaching and was, or was not, about to cause possible disruption in our lives. I’m not sure if it was the American Model or the European Model. It really didn’t matter. It was to be the first measurable snowfall of the winter of 2014-15 and that could only mean one thing. The new Season of Fear was upon us! We had just come out of the previous Season of Fear. We spent the last few months watching television ads that were supposed to frighten us about what would happen if certain people were elected to certain positions in government. We read editorials and listened to TV pundits who were warning us of the terrible things that might befall us if certain outcomes were reached. Still, all of that pales in comparison in instilling real fear in our hearts when we see the signs of that first cold front that is about to move in as it takes aim on a front of passing moisture moving in our direction that together may, or may not, drop copious amounts of that snowfall upon our unprepared heads. Much like the previous Season of Fear, we are on opposite sides of what it is that we need to afraid of. Some of us, who have nice, warm inside jobs will study the latest models to see if maybe that European beauty that is on its way might disrupt our morning and evening commutes. Those of us who work in businesses that depend on copious amounts of snowfall wait anxiously, hoping that the American model, predicting more snowfall, will beat down the European model which suggests much less. We watch the weather

reports like they are election night returns; both parties waiting, fearful that things might not go their way. Their reactions will differ dramatically to the results. The anti-snow crowd throwing empty hot cocoa packets at the TV screen when the latest update shows a probable direct hit while the pro-snow crowd puts away the coffee mugs and breaks out the champagne. In rare instances, the anti-snow party will go to bed as the forecast shows little hope, the weatherman calling it a victory for the pro-snow crowd, only to awaken to find that some kind of weird jet stream (or so the weather forecasters will claim) showed up at the last minute and that foot of snow was no more than a dusting. Last week, the emergence of the new Season of Fear was heralded on the TV and in the newspapers. There was something on the way and both parties came to life in hoping for the best for their constituents. This time, the anti-snow group won, they never saw the snow that could have been. But I should remind them not to gloat too much, this Season of Fear is still early and both sides will be claiming their victories. Meanwhile, I will, like most of you, come home, turn on the TV and follow those American and European models as they cross the country. I won’t tell you which side I am on. I’m not here to proselytize (go ahead, look it up, I’ll wait). I’m only here to alert you to the fact that the Season of Fear is here.

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Big Truthy Is Watching (Some of) You This week, President O b a m a launched a prominent social media campaign on behalf of “net neutrality” and urged the by Michelle Malkin FCC to “keep Syndicated Columnist the Internet free and open.” The man has gall. This is the same speechsquelcher in chief whose administration snooped on reporters; vengefully audited tea party pro-life activists and conservative election watchdogs and slow-walked the probe into the IRS witch hunt against them; entertained a government scheme to monitor story selection in TV newsrooms; and forked over $1 million to a researcher building a Twitter-snooping database. On Monday, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, requested that the National Science Foundation send him all information about how and why the taxpayer-subsidized “Truthy” data-mining project came into existence. Its lead researcher is Filippo Menczer -- professor of informatics and computer science and the director of the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing -- who is now on sabbatical at Yahoo! Labs. Menczer and Indiana University vehemently deny that Truthy is a “political watchdog,” a “government probe of social media,” “an attempt to suppress free speech or limit political speech or develop standards for online political

speech,” “a way to define “misinformation,” a partisan political effort, “a system targeting political messages and commentary connected to conservative groups,” “a mechanism to terminate any social media accounts,” or “a database tracking hate speech.” But Menczer himself admits the project arose after he learned about a conservative Twitter bomb campaign against failed Senate Democratic candidate Martha Coakley in 2010. His information-gathering system bears liberal comedian Stephen Colbert’s neologism “truthy.” And the Washington Free Beacon’s Elizabeth Harrington reports that Menczer “proclaims his support for numerous progressive advocacy groups, including President Barack Obama’s Organizing for Action, Moveon.org, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, Amnesty International and True Majority.” In presentations to academic groups, Menczer has specifically highlighted his team’s research on conservative groups, individuals and hashtags. I’ve seen it. At Harvard University’s “Truthiness Conference” in March 2012, for example, he showed his audience the results of monitoring and mapping the hashtag “#obamacare” and singled out the D.C.based Heritage Foundation for using it. His government-funded database mined information on who was retweeting #obamacarelabeled tweets and pinpointed “patterns of propagation.” Menczer and company also policed Twitter users who opined that Obama supported policies that promote Sharia law. Truthy targeted pro-Sarah Palin tweets and tweets using the hashtag “#tcot” -- which stands for “Top Conservatives on Twitter” and which I’ve used since

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Time to Bring the Fight TO the Progressives We are witnessing the divide between Progressivism and Conservatism these days. So much so, your head by Jane just might Cormier be spinning. Hooksett, NH. Many folks are discussing the canard of “Hope and Change” being nothing more than smoke and mirrors. The corpulence of the federal government is becoming clearer to just about everyone, thankfully! But, even the most ardent Progressive must be inwardly cringing at the recent obscenity of Jonathan Gruber, the architect of Obamacare: “This bill was written in a tortured way to make sure CBO did not score the mandate as taxes. If CBO scored the mandate as taxes, the bill dies. Okay, so it’s written to do that. In terms of risk rated subsidies, if . . . you

made explicit healthy people pay in and sick people get money—it would not have passed. . . . Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical for the thing to pass. . . . Look, I wish Mark was right that we could make it all transparent, but I’d rather have this law than not.” So, here we see up close and personal, the truth behind the Progressive agenda. There IS no transparency when GOVERNMENT is deciding what is best for YOU. There IS no transparency when GOVERNMENT thinks its voting populace is ‘stupid’ – there is NO NEED for transparency when GOVERNMENT doesn’t respect what YOU think. This recent election sent out a mandate our government is heading in the wrong direction. We now have a Republican majority in the NH House and NH Senate. We have a chance to See cormier on 28

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Afghanistan’s Tainted Legacy UNITED NATIONS--The time is ticking as American and NATO forces begin the countdown to military withdrawal by John J. Metzler from AfghaniSyndicated Columnist stan by year’s end. But as Taliban militants watch the clock and the calendar, eagerly awaiting the foreign troop pullouts, thus hoping to topple the country’s still teetering government, still another threat as dangerous as the Islamic militants lurks in the shadows. Over the past year, opium production surged 17% to hit a record high according to the United Nations. Despite concerted international efforts to stop illicit narcotics production, the opium production in 2013 reached 6,400 tons compared with the previous year’s total of 5,500 tons. And the scourge is getting worse. Despite serious American antinarco efforts of $7.5 billion since 2001 to stop Afghanistan’s endemic drug trade, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) reports near futile progress. UNODC Director Yury Fedotov warned that Afghanistan’s narcotics problem remains a major global challenge; “The illicit opium economy and related criminality and corruption continue to undermine security, the rule of law, health and development in the region and beyond.”

Besides local warlords involved in narcotics, there’s a direct link to the Taliban Islamic militants opposing the fragile central government in Kabul. According to the UN, “Afghanistan produces some 90 per cent of the world’s illicit opiates. Hilmand province, in the south, remains the country’s major opium cultivating area, followed by Kandahar. “ Helmand province was the site of some of the bloodiest encounters between largely British forces and Taliban fighters. UNDOC’s Fedotov stressed that illicit narcotics had a “disastrous” impact on the already embattled country. The UN agency adds that “Afghanistan suffers one of the world’s highest prevalence rates for opiate use and HIV hepatitis are widespread among injecting drug users. ” More than a million Afghans are drug dependent. Tragically in Afghanistan, drug trafficking is part of a larger web of government corruption, money laundering and terrorism. Both the Taliban terrorists and sectors of the central government are mired in the narcotics trade. Afghanistan accounts for 90 percent of the global heroin supply. Thus the drug scourge has serious implications far beyond this South Asian country. UNODC concedes that the Afghanistan is plagued by “fragmentation, conflict, patronage, corruption and impunity.” Sadly that’s probably an understatement. Washington’s special inspector for Afghan reconstruction can-

didly admits that the “narcotics trade poisons the Afghan financial sector and undermines the Afghan state’s legitimacy by stoking corruption.” UNDOC official Jean-Luc Lemahieu is quoted in the Wall St. Journal as saying that he drug trade is roughly equivalent to

20 percent of the country’s gross domestic product! The narcotics industry indirectly employs over 400,000 people, larger than Afghanistan’s armed forces! Newly elected Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has stressed the importance of anti-drug efforts but See metzler on 26

What Happened? Just what happened last week on election day? And what is going to happen in the years ahead? The most important thing that happened by Thomas Sowell last week was Syndicated Columnist that the country dodged a bullet. Had the Democrats retained control of the Senate, President Obama could have spent his last two years in office loading the federal judiciary with judges who share his contempt for the Constitution of the United States. Such judges -- perhaps including Supreme Court justices -- would have been confirmed by Senate Democrats, and could spend the rest of their lifetime appointments ruling in favor of expansions of federal government power that would make the freedom of “we the people” only a distant memory and a painful mockery. We dodged that bullet. But what about the rest of Barack Obama’s term? Pundits who depict Obama as a weak, lame duck president may be greatly misjudging him, as they have so often in the past. Despite the Republican sweep of elections across the country last week, President Obama has issued an ultimatum to Congress, to either pass the kind of immigration law he wants before the end of this year or he will issue Executive Orders changing the country’s immigration laws unilaterally. Does that sound like a lame duck president? On the contrary, it sounds

more like some banana republic’s dictator. Nor is Obama making an idle bluff. He has already changed other laws unilaterally, including the work requirement in welfare reform laws passed during the Clinton administration. The very idea of Congress rushing a bill into law in less than two months, on a subject as complex, and with such irreversible longrun consequences as immigration, is staggering. But there is already a precedent for such hasty action, without Congressional hearings to bring out facts or air different views. That is how ObamaCare was passed. And we see how that has turned out. People who are increasingly questioning Barack Obama’s competence are continuing to ignore the alternative possibility that his fundamental values and imperatives are different from theirs. You cannot tell whether someone is failing or succeeding without knowing what they are trying to do. When Obama made a brief public statement about Americans being beheaded by terrorists, and then went on out to play golf, that was seen as a sign of political ineptness, rather than a stark revelation of what kind of man he is, underneath the smooth image and lofty rhetoric. The president’s refusal to protect the American people by quarantining people coming from Ebola-infected areas -- as was done by Britain and a number of African nations -- is by no means a sign of incompetence. It is a sacrifice of Americans’ interests for the sake of other people’s interests, as is an assisted invasion of illegal immigrants across our southern borders. See Sowell on 26

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The Final Silence, Stuart Neville, Soho Crime, 2014 “Time bent and cracked around him. Grey turned to green. Civilization faded into the distance, on the rough ground and the sound of the wind through the leaves.” If you like Irish Noir, thrillers, and crime fiction you’ll be very glad that Jack Lennon, anti-hero of two of Stuart Neville’s previous Belfastbased novels is back. When Jack is around the pace is fast and the tone is gritty. Detective Inspector Jack Lennon of the Belfast Police Force never has an easy go of it. He’s had to pair up with a trained assassin. He’s tangled with a serial killer. Now he’s been suspended from the police force and he’s involved in a brutal murder. Troubles with a small “t” follow Jack around. The most important thing to Jack is his daughter, Ellen, and he wants to protect her from all kinds of troubles: the interference of his bigoted in-laws who find him an unsuitable single father and the dreams Ellen has of her dead mother and a ghostly man. Jack has problems with his girlfriend, Susan, who is at her wits’ end with his drinking, his moods, his lying, and Jack has struggles with the pain caused by the near fatal gunshot wound inflicted by a former colleague. Jack’s got big trouble, too. The powers that be on the Belfast Police Force want him off the force

by way of a misconduct charge. Jack just wants a medical pension. And if Jack didn’t harbor secrets about the police either the republi-

cans on the force or the unionists would have seen him long gone by now. The biggest trouble of the moment, however, could make all of Jack’s other predicaments insignificant. Rea Carlisle, daughter of influential Belfast politician Graham Carlisle, finds a book documenting horrible crimes in the locked room of her dead uncle’s house. Rea is admonished by her father to forget the book, not to tell the police, that he’ll take care of it, but she can’t forget the horrors the book documents. She calls her old acquaintance, Jack Lennon, and asks for help. And that’s when the really big trouble starts for Jack. Neville’s The Final Silence has the style that readers of thrillers love. The pace is fast and the twists and turns bleak. The language is clear and

true in its balance and rhythm. The imagery puts the reader in the line of fire and fills him with foreboding. You feel the cold and the gray and the hopeless ness. The story is told from the viewpoint of Jack, the tenacious Rea, her anguished mother, Ida, and the tough investigator Detective Chief Inspector Serena Flanagan. It’s also a book of grief - Jack’s grief at his inability to care for his daughter properly, Ida’s heartache, and Flanagan’s despair with her personal crisis. It is emotions and suspense wrapped up in one good read. The Final Silence is a novel that suits the gray and dank November days. Gray, dark and cold though the story is, it’s good to have Jack back, and I’m looking forward to seeing him again.

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into four equal parts, each one-quarter inch long. The same is true for the next two smaller markings on the tape measure. The next smaller line below the quarter-inch mark is for one-eighth and the shortest line represents the onesixteenth inch mark. I realize this may be confusing, but fractions are the standard we use here in the USA. To make this easy for you, some tape measures along one side of the tape measure have the actual measurement called out by each line. I have a tape measure on my desk that has 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4 and 7/8 fractions right above each line! You may want to invest in this tool. Some tape measures have markings that divide each inch into thirty-seconds of an inch. You’ll discover the markings are so fine and close together that it’s tough to determine where you are. Most tapes that have this only do it for the first few inches on the tool. As you extend the tape measure, you’ll probably see the numbers 16, 32,

48, 64, 80, 96 and so forth in red. The red indicates 16-inch-on-center spacing. This is a common framing spacing for wall studs, floor joists and common roof rafters. If you decide to space framing at 24-inch centers, the red marks will be at every other foot marking on the tape measure. Many people wonder about the mystical small black diamond markings or black triangles found at 19 3/8 intervals on the tape measure. These are handy markings if you want to achieve equal spacing for five framing members per every 8 feet. If you decide to use 16-inch-on center spacing, you’ll end up with six framing members for every 8 feet. If you space things at 24-inch centers, you’ll have four framing members for each 8 feet. Some carpenters like to have five framing members per every 8 feet so the sheathing over the framing is less spongy and stiffer. The hook end of your tape measure is supposed to wiggle a little bit. That’s not a defect. The amount of movement should equal the thickness of the hook end

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Alabama, Sharia, Eid al-Adha in lieu of Veterans Day - Understand? Dear Walt & Scott – I did not vote for you in the primary. Immediately following your primary victories you had by Niel Young my vote Advocates Columnist and support through this column and my radio talk show. Through other people in your campaigns you were invited to do some radio. Frank Guinta always does my program. He won. NH did not shine on Election Day. Liberals still don’t get it. People impersonating Tea Party members didn’t get it. Those whose candidate did not get their through the primary, and still have this idea that if we stay home for Havenstein and Brown, the Tea Party Republicans will win those seats in 2016. All I know is; there are social and fiscal common sense conservatives who knew that this was an election to terminate ALL Democrats in Concord and Washington, D.C. Let’s say that it is Maggie Hassan taking on Kelly Ayotte for that US Senate seat. Is it the will of the “NH Tea Party� (?) to work against Ayotte should she win the primary, thus turning that seat over to a Democrat, again? How many Tea Party groups are there in NH? ******** http://liberty247.net/ state-banned-sharia-lawmuslims-liberals-outraged/ : “Last week’s midterm elections included a proposed amendment to the Alabama State Constitution, preemptively banning Sharia Law. When voters went to the polls, they passed the law, known as Alabama Statewide Amendment 1, by a wide margin. The amendment specifically bans the consideration

of foreign codes of law, particularly Islamic Sharia Law. The provision on the ballot read: Called ‘The American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment,’ Amendment 1 relates to the application of foreign law during the legal process involving an Alabama citizen. Foreign law refers to the laws of other countries or cultures. Currently, judges or other legal authorities discern whether foreign law is applied. Amendment 1 would create constitutional protection that foreign law is not applied if it violates the guaranteed rights of Alabama citizens’.� ******** http://www.billionbibles. org/sharia/america-sharia-law.html : Sharia law in the United States of America (“America�) has reached Spread of Islam Phase 3. As the number of court cases that involve conflicts between civil law and Sharia law rise in America, majority of American states have introduced bills banning courts from accommodating Sharia law. But those bills have been stalled by well-financed challenges in court by Muslim groups that also campaign against politicians who sponsor and/or support such bills. Oklahoma’s law banning Sharia law from courts has been struck down, and only six other conservative states (Louisiana, Arizona, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Kansas) have been able to pass Sharia law-limiting legislation, and only after watering them to not even mention the word, “Sharia.� While defending the status quo in legislatures, Sharia law has been advancing in other American institutions, including the following: An increasing number of public American schools with Muslim students are holding Islamic prayers towards Mecca while public

American universities continue to build Muslim-only washing facilities. In 2013, Skokie School District 68 in Illinois became the first US school district to celebrate Eid al-Adha, a Muslim high day, as a school holiday, in lieu of Veterans Day. In 2014, Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado became the FIRST high school to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic, REPLACING “One nation under God,� with “One nation under Allah.� Do I have your attention? Will you follow this story and be prepared to speak or write regarding Obama’s Plan to Destroy OUR country sooner rather than later? Just before completing this column a new headline at Drudge Report: “ILLEGALS TAUNT AGENTS AS AMNESTY NEARS� In the picture that accompanied the story are several Mexicans looking back at the press. One young lady was exhibiting the two finger salute – the middle finger on each hand. What do you suppose she was trying to tell the U.S.? She did have a grin on her face. I bet she has been told “everything is free in America�! Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) African American political leader, educator): “There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who don’t want the patient to get well.� How did he know back then that one day four men named Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Eric Holder, and Barack Hussein Obama would be part of history?

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Many backyard birders have a favorite song bird. Based on our customer’s inquiries in New Hampshire, the chickadee, cardinal and hummingbird top the list. The average backyard has the ability to attract over 25 different species of wild birds each and every day, no matter what the season. How to attract each species depends on your natural environment, feeder and seed selections. For some birders, socalled nuisance birds can be a concern due to intense flocking and the monopolization of bird feeders created by mobbing activity. Starlings and grackles are the usual culprits of these observations. The blue jay has an interesting following. You either love them or can do without them. The middle ground doesn’t seem to exist when discussing this song bird. It is the most misunderstood backyard visitor. We would like to use today’s column to explain these unique birds. Consider the blue jay as you would an older sibling. An older brother or sister can be protec-

tors or bullies, depending on the situation at hand. If someone is perceived to be a threat to you at sometime during your life, you would expect your older siblings to stand up for you as they offer protection. However, there may be times when these same protectors can push you around or bully you into an unwise activity due to your younger age or diminutive size. Blue jays are the older brother or sister to most birds in the wild. Whenever danger presents itself, the blue jays will be the first to sound the warning call. Have you ever observed a hawk flying around your area looking for prey, only to be mobbed by dozens of blue jays? These protectors of the sky will force birds of prey to change their feeding zones away from the blue jays’ designated territories. In this instance, these birds are accomplishing the same goal as an older sibling aiding a younger family member. In other instances, blue jays will literally bully their way into any backyard and monopolize bird feeders until they have had their fill. Blue jays love to announce their arrival with a raucous, causing all other birds to scatter. Hence, the bully characteristic that so many customers attri-

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and Human Services for assistance, Easter Seals developed a Care Coordination model. It provided one-on-one contact with service members and their families to address critical issues and helping them develop longterm self sufficiency. Immediate needs such as food, housing, transportation, employment, child care, and fuel assistance were addressed and eventually deeper issues such as substance abuse, mental health Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. Former Adjutant General of the NH National Guard Kenneth Clark (ret) observed the formation of Veterans Count while working alongside it on the creation of the Deployment Cycle Support Program. When he retired in 2009, he went to the Department of Defense to see if he could get more funding for the organization to help the service men and women who were coming back to integrate. “A lot of the younger service men and women coming back were reluctant to go to the VA,� said Miller. As Easter Seals Military and Veterans Services began to execute its mis-

sion, it became clear that more assistance and philanthropic support would be needed, Federal grants covered the training of Care Coordinators but additional funding for basic necessities such as food, clothing and housing was apparent. Soon a task force of business leaders was developed and Veterans Count was formed. Miller, who still serves as the Commanding General, 42d Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard, came on board to help in 2009 after coming back from his second tour in Iraq. By then another chapter had taken off in Nashua. “Originally Veterans Count Manchester held a fundraising breakfast and golf outing to raise funds,� said Miller. “Eventually large-scale annual Salute Our Soldier Galas were held in Nashua and the Seacoast to raise funds.� As awareness of Veterans Count continues to grow, so does the need to serve more veterans and their families. So, the fundraising continues. Ken Lull, a member of Veterans Count as well as a board member of the Lakes Region Chapter and a retired Full Colonel in the Army as well See veterans on 17

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Rodriguez, an Airman for the New Hampshire Air National Guard, spoke of the struggles he had reintegrating back into his community after returning from deployment to the Middle East in 2009. Since connecting with Veterans Count he has secured a stable living environment, gotten married, completed his bachelor’s degree in psy-

chology and is working on his Master’s degree. He is also giving back to other veterans in his role as a Care Coordinator for Easter Seals Military and Veterans Services. There are many other Veterans Count stories like this one. It is important to note that the Veterans Count organization works as a whole and the chapters

are really an extension of one growing unit. All monies raised by Veterans Count, no matter which chapter, is all pooled into one fund and distributed as needed across the state to veterans and their families who need assistance. For more information about Veterans Count, please visit vetscount. org.

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as the Army National Guard, explained that there are many service m e n a nd women who may think that Veterans Count doesn’t apply to them. “In legal terms according to the U.S. Code, a veteran is an individual who has served in Title 10 active duty capacity for a minimum of one-hundred and eighty days outside of training or deployed in combat,� said Lull. “What is special about Veterans Count is that it encompasses all of the reserve components as well. You can be a member of these organizations and never have served one-hundred and eighty days or in combat and Veterans Count will not discriminate against you.� New Hampshire has an estimated population of 126,000 veterans who have served in conflicts dating back to World War II. Since the inception of Veterans Count, nearly 8,000 services members and their family members have been served. $1.8 million has been distributed to provide financial support that may include food, home maintenance,

housing, rent, fuel assistance, utilities, vehicle repair, medical bills and more. Since September of 2007, Care Coordinators have intervened in 88 cases of significant suicide risk. Since January of 2011, homelessness was prevented for 500 at risk families and 430 homeless families secured permanent housing. Since January, 2011, over 2,000 individuals were successfully in treatment for mental health or adjustment problems. Since January, 2011, 565 participants gained employment. “Significant fundraising is critical to our ability to serve veterans of all generations,� said Miller. “Our dedicated volunteers and generous individual and corporate donors have made our successes possible.� Miller also points out that Veterans Count is intended to provide a hand up not a hand out to service members and their families so they can be more independent as they move forward. At the initial meeting for Lakes Region Veterans Count, Siddartha Sosa

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Something For All Can Be Found at the Noel Shoppe This year’s Festival of Trees Noel Shoppe which will be held at Waukewan Golf Course, Waukewan Road, Center Harbor will be open to the public Friday, December 5th from 2-6, Saturday, December 6th from 10-6, and Sunday, December 7th from 12-4. Admission will be $3 for adults, and $2 for children 6 and above. Children 5 and under are free. The Festival Silent Auction and Gala evening will be held on Thursday, December 4th from 5:30 to 8pm. Tickets are being sold at Cackleberries Garden and Gift Shop in Meredith, and at Fashion Forward in Moultonborough. Tickets will be sold in advance only and are $25. Don’t wait…this event was sold out last year.

“Magic and Mittens” will especially delight children ages 3-8 Saturday, December 6th with presentations at noon, 1, and 2 PM. Each child will receive a special holiday

treat. (Admission is covered by the “general admission – no further charge). Pre-registration is required as space is limited. For reservations, please call Karen at 253-3167. NEW this year - All visitors to the Festival are invited to bring a donation of new mittens and hats that will be collected and delivered by the ASTRA Club (a teen community service club mentored by the Meredith Altrusa Club) to the Meredith Village Savings for their annual Mitten Tree. Altrusa distributes all donated trees through area Christmas funds and other outreach organizations following the Festival.

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tery by Cornish Hill Pottery. Browse and shop for special holiday gifts, then stay and have dinner at the tavern! You can pick up a free informational Rack Card at any Wolfeboro gallery, the Chamber of Commerce and select locations in town, which lists contact info. and a map of all the ART WALK locations. For more details and questions about the ART WALK, please contact co-chair; Jeannette D’Onofrio 5690078 or j@virgodesignstudio.com. Celebrate the arts the last Friday of the month in Wolfeboro,

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24th Annual Danbury Holiday Craft Fair Have a locally made holiday this year by giving your family and friends a holiday gift purchased from the 24nd annual Danbury Holiday Craft Fair and Winter Farmers Market on Saturday, December 6th. Held in the Danbury Grange Hall across from the firehouse in Danbury, the doors open at 9 am. Downstairs in the Blazing Star Bistro, you can find a hot breakfast of sausage and egg on an English muffin as well as piping hot coffee. Lunch is served from 10:30 am to closing. This year’s fair and market boasts over 20 vendors on two floors of the historic Grange Hall. All products are locally produced. Danbury children’s book author, Mary Lyn Ray, will be on hand to sign her books, as well as having them for sale, including her latest “Go to Sleep, Little Farm”. Farm and local specialty food vendors include Autumn Harvest, Nannie’s Canning Pantry, Nancy’s Chocolates, Cutting Farm, Huntoon Farm, Huckins Farm & Haunting Whisper Vineyards. Making their debut at the Danbury Market will be La Tarte Café & Bakery featuring fine French pastries and their ever popular macaroons. Handcrafted items may be purchased from The Purple Ant, Rocky Meadow Designs, Charlotte McIver, Lorraine Wason, Sally Peters, Louise Huntoon, Andrea’s Quilted Kitchen Necessities, Margie Gorman, Steven’s Homemade, Nancy Abbott, Beth Chamberlain and Rosemary Mcguirk’s prints. Blazing Star Grange #71 supports the idea that buying locally is environmentally sustainable and fiscally responsible. Dollars spent at this event strengthens the local

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Castle in the Clouds, 455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough. 10am-3:30pm. Experience a vintage Christmas at Historic Lucknow, while enjoying festive dĂŠcor, special exhibits, live music and the seasonal beauty of this classic country estate. $20/adults, $10/youth, and $15/Friends of the Castle. 476-5900

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Loon Center’s 22 Annual Open House

Loon Center, 183 Lee’s Mill Road, Moultonborough. 10am-2pm. Free admission, crafts for kids, hayrides, balloon creations by Mr. Phil, face painting, Santa, refreshments and more!476-5666

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country. So what after the Obama Administration’s mandated military pullout by the end of 2014? Ironically Afghanistan’s traditional tribal quilt of warlords and chiefs may become yet more dependent on revenues from the narcotics interests for funding as other foreign assistance support lessens or ends. We must change this metric. So here’s the short term scenario: By 2015 there will be a strategic residual force of at least 10,000

American troops to help avoid the debacle the Obama Administration drifted into in Iraq earlier this year. Psychologically a U.S. military presence stiffens Afghan military spirits and bolsters Afghan government resolve. But as vital to prevent the rise of a Taliban terrorist takeover in the next few years, both the U.S. and the Kabul government must equally focus on sustained opium eradication programs as to lessen Afghanistan’s global threat as a drug haven and exporter. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism the Diplomacy of Separated Nations; Germany, Korea, China (2014).

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Puzzle Clue: MARCH OF IDES ACROSS 1 Keanu of “The Matrix” 7 “- in Calico” (1946 hit) 11 World Cup lover, say 20 Is covetous of 21 Mature nits 22 Greek love goddess 23 It’s not too light or too heavy 25 Practices to compete in 26 Put on, as clothes 27 Friend 28 With 50-Down, “No need to shout!” 30 A couple of 31 Big, diverse collection 36 Gets laryngitic 40 Quarterback Manning 41 Stars’ cars 43 Parcel (out) 44 Lily-family member with long, narrow leaves 48 Dictatorship 51 Greeting statement in Mac ads 53 Stag’s mate 54 Road surface stuff 56 - -Detoo 57 Indexing aid 58 Scoop 63 Indira Gandhi’s maiden name 64 Low-altitude clouds 66 Roman love god 67 Dog pests 69 PDQ 70 Hit into 74 Verdi heroine 78 West Point freshman 80 Wash up 81 Agrees to

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72 Pre-Easter stretch 73 Lemon piece 75 “A House - a Home” 76 With 106-Down, Pepsi One and Coke Zero 77 Hill makers 79 Armed cavalry soldier 82 “Great” czar 83 “One thing - time” 84 Acne bit 85 Ides of March cry 87 Carpentry file 88 Ltr. encloser 89 Rapa - (Easter Island) 95 Like the x- or y-axis, briefly 97 Fancy vase 99 Actress Sommer 100 Levy on real estate 101 Memo-starting abbr. 102 Erfurt article 104 Economizes 106 See 76-Down 107 “I’m on -!” (casino cry) 108 Blot out 110 Harsh light 111 Sanctuary 112 Bolo, e.g. 113 Beethoven’s “FŸr -” 114 More impolite 117 Hang in there 120 Figures out 122 Deep anger 123 Eat dinner 124 Sundial’s 3 126 Crater edge 127 - Alamos 128 - reaction 129 Sporty truck, for short

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Guard’s 237th MP out of Concord brought an M1151 armored Humvee to display. The vehicle is mostly used for training stateside. Volunteers from The Wright Museum of World War II in Wolfeboro were dressed in uniforms of the era and had WWII vehicles for display including a M3A1 Scout Car which proved to be a popular attraction. Service personnel and veterans of all ages came to experience the Military Appreciation Day. Possibly the oldest veteran there was Bob Giugerre of Laconia, now in his late 80s. Giguerre, who was one of the first soldiers to land at Omaha Beach during the Normandy Invasion and also was involved in the invasion of Okinanwa, who brought a list of his many medals he was awarded which he has since donated to the Laconia Public Library among them two Purple Hearts, the Silver Star and the highest military honor the French gov-

World War II Veteran, Bob Giguere. Giguere Servicemen and women, veterans and their was one of the first to land on Omaha families were treated to a free hamburger Beach and also took part in the invasion of and hot do buffet. Okinawa. ernment can award to an American, the French Legion of Honor. Among other spon-

sors who helped make this Military Appreciation Day a reality are Belknap Subaru who

Mike Foote of Laconia manned the cannon that was shot off after the singing of the National Anthem,

offered ten dollar oil changes for active military members, Fred Fuller Oil and Propane, The Looney Bin, Union Din-

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Tubachristmas Is Returning To Wolfeboro

TUBACHRISTMAS is back for its December 13th from 2-3pm. pants. Since then, the popularity of TUBACHRISTMAS has grown among performers and audiences alike, and in 2014, there are over 200 scheduled concerts in cities and towns across America and in several

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The tenth annual TUBACHRISTMAS concert in Wolfeboro will be Saturday, December 13, from 2 to 3pm at All Saint’s Episcopal Church, 258 South Main Street. This concert will feature an ensemble of the large low brass valve instruments, such as tubas and euphoniums which are normally found at the back of the band. The Harvey Phillips Foundation sponsors this popular holiday event, and the concert is free and open to the public. As usual, monetary donations will be gratefully accepted and go directly to the L.I.F.E. Ministries Food Pantry to help provide food and other necessities for area residents experiencing the reality of the current recession. TUBACHRISTMAS was founded in 1974 by Harvey Phillps, renowned tuba virtuoso and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University. The very first TUBACHRISTMAS concert was held on the Ice Rink Stage of New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza in December of 1974, with over 300 partici-

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musicians, both working and retired. According to Cecelia Ewing, the conductor, ”The arrangements are wonderful, very fresh and appealing, for they focus upon the melodic capabilities of the instruments and their rich mellow sound when played together in close harmony. For the audience, it’s very much like listening to familiar music being performed in an interesting new way, quite warm and welcoming.” The public is cordially invited to attend the Wolfeboro TUBACHRISTMAS concert, which will begin at 2pm in the sanctuary of All Saints’ Episcopal Church on Saturday, December 13. If you have never heard a TUBACHRISTMAS performance before, you are in for a musical 10th year in Wolfeboro on Saturday, treat, so mark your calendar, bring your family and invite your friends. foreign countries. For more information about The Wolfeboro TUBACHRIST- this concert, contact the local TUMAS concert will be a regional BACHRISTMAS coordinator, Nanevent with tuba and euphonium cy Donahue, at (603) 247-1703 or players from various commu- the TUBACHRISTMAS website at nity, university, and school www.tubachristmas.com. bands as well as professional

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