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1THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, January 23, 2014

COMPLIMENTARYTHE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014VOLUME 23, NO. 4

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The Fifth Annual New England Pond Hockey Classic returns to Mer-edith, New Hampshire, Friday through Sunday, January 31st – February 2nd.

Starting with seventy-seven teams the first year, 2010, this year there will be 225. There will also be

some exciting improve-ments to the rinks.

The Pond Hockey Clas-sic is the brainchild of Scott Crowder.

Scott grew up in a hockey family. His father, Bruce Crowder, played four seasons in the NHL as a forward for the Bos-ton Bruins and Pitts-burgh Penguins and later a college hockey coach.

Scott graduated from

UMass/Amherst in 2009, where he played hockey and graduated with a Bachelor of Science De-grees in both Sport Man-agement and Marketing.

Scott was determined to play professional hockey and trained all summer, after he graduated from college, to hopefully play in the East Coast Hockey League, After making it through training camp,

he was let go.“After that I said to my-

self, ‘What can I do?’” said Crowder.

Crowder was very fa-miliar with the Lake Win-nipesaukee area, after having spent many of his summers there. He also loved to play Pond Hockey.

Pond hockey was de-signed to be played on

225 Teams To CompeTe InFIFTh new england pond hoCkey ClassIC

The Weirs Beach Lobster Pound hosts the Annual Chili Cook off, on Sunday January 26 to benefit the NH Humane Society.

Admission fee is just $10 per person, children under 12 may sample for free, at this family friendly venue.

The Chi l i Cook Off will kick off promptly at Noon as a number of well known, and newer, area restaurants vie for votes in the People’s Choice Award voted by secret ballot by all who come to taste.

L ive enter ta inment famed Paul Warnick and saxophonist Jonathan Lorentz. There will also be a50/50 raffle. Awards and raffle drawing will be held 4p.m..

For more information about the event call Weirs Beach Lobster Pound at 366-2255 or check either website: www.wblp.com or www.nhhumane.org

Chili Cook Off To Benefit

Humane Society

by Brendan SmithWeirs Times Editor

Twenty-two hockey rinks will encompass the ice on Meredith Bay as a record 225 teams travel to the Lakes Region for the 5th Annual New England Pond Hockey Classic, Friday, January 31st to Sunday, February 2nd.

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Auditions For Northeastern Ballet

Northeastern Ballet The-atre, New Hampshire’s pre-mier ballet company, is pleased to announce that it is holding open audi-tions for their upcoming spring/summer production of “Snow White.”

It is not necessary that you take classes with Northeastern Ballet Theatre

to be in their productions. Auditions will be held in the Wolfeboro studio at 26 Glendon

Street, on Saturday, January 25 and in the Dover Studio, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5 Hale Street, on Sunday, January 26. The following times are the same for both stu-dios: 2-2:30pm for 4-5 year olds, 2:30 - 3pm for 6-8 year olds, 3-3:30pm for 9-11 year-olds (please bring pointe shoes if you have them), 3:30-4pm for 12 years and older (please bring pointe shoes).

Don’t miss this special opportunity to be a part of the magic that is Northeastern Ballet Theatre! For more information please call (603) 834-8834, email [email protected], or visit www.northeasternballet.org.

The Portsmouth Music Hall Presents Guitar Passion

On Thursday, February 6th at 7:30pm in the Portsmouth Music Hall’s Historic Theater, three master guitarists meet to perform an exquisite evening of classical, Latin, Brazilian, and jazz.

Three-time Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist Sha-ron Isbin teams up with jazz guitar master Stanley Jordan and Brazilian jazz guitarist Romero Lubambo for an electrifying experience that’s not to be missed.

This trio of guitar virtuosos, each with a style as unique as the next and each seemingly as versatile as the last, joins forces to perform a diverse repertoire of music. Isbin, Jordan, and Lubambo perform a program rooted in Latin and Brazil-ian classical guitar tradition and featuring pieces from Agustín Barrios, choro composer Pixinguinha, and bossa-nova pioneer Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim.

The evening explores new musical realms and ideas that could only possibly be tapped into by the collaboration of these three accomplished artists. Tickets are on sale now: $46.25; $40.25.

Tickets can be purchased at The Music Hall box office in the Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, over the phone at (603) 436-2400, or on our website www.themusichall.org.

Clash of the Pizzas In GilfordGilford Rotary will be sponsoring it’s 1st ever Pizza Bowl

competition on Sunday, January 26th from 12 noon to 2pm at the Gilford Youth Center.

Local pizza purveyors will be packing their pies with a pletho-ra of pleasing palette poppers. Attendees will vote on their favor-ite pizza (People’s Choice Award) and kids age 8 and under will vote for their favorite (Kids’ Choice Award). There will also be a special panel of pizza professors who will vote on Best Cheese, Best Sauce, Best Crust, and Best Specialty Pizza.

Pizza places participating include Papa Gino’s, Gilford House of Pizza, Pizza Express, Sal’s Pizza, Lakeside Pizza, Weir’s Beach Lobster Pound, and Gilford Village Store. Additional support and beverages provided by Lakes Region Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and Shaw’s Supermarket

Pizza Bowl Pizza Passports are only $8/person. Children age 8 and under are free. Tickets may be purchased from a member of Gilford Rotary or at the door. Proceeds from this event will go to the many non-profit activities supported by Gilford Rotary in Gilford and the Lakes Region area.

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XanaduThe Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover Street, Manchester. 668-5588 or www.palacetheatre.org

Thursday 23rd Lakes Region Camera Club MeetingTrinity Episcopal Church, Meredith. 7pm. Creative Challenge: Show & Tell. Persons of any experience level are welcome. 340-2359

Storytelling Dinner – Rusty LockeThe Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95pp plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219

Meet the Authors – Carole Garibaldi Rogers and Kim TriedmanRiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. Rogers and Triedman will read from and discuss their new books. 431-2100

Bitcoin for Small BusinessThe Enterprise Center, 1 Bridge Street, Plymouth. 4-5:30pm. PSU’s Associate Professor of Economics, L. Michael Couvillion will share his knowledge and usage of Bitcoin to educate small business owners about the currency, it’s advantages and disadvantages and potentials for use in their business. Seating is limited. 535-3222

Friday 24Th Franklin Mayor’s Drug Task Force Hosts “Lunch-n-Learn”Bessie Rowell Center, 12 Rowell Drive, Franklin. 11:30am-1pm. There will be a showing of the documentary film, “Beyond Broken Windows”, a 25 minute presentation of the Vermont Reparative Probation Program. Following the documentary, Jay Apicelli, CADT Restorative Justice Director will lead an engaging discussion about applying Restorative Justice Practices in a variety of settings. Includes lunch. 998-5337

Fri. 24Th – saT. 25Th Democracy SchoolInn on Newfound Lake, Bristol. Fri.

6:30-9:30pm. Sat. 9am-5pm. Learn about the principles behind the Community Rights Based Ordinance that saved Grafton from the Wild Meadows wind project and the history of the degradation of our constitutional rights. $50 tuition, scholarships available. 262-720-7261

saTurday 25Th Plymouth Country ShowcaseThe Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

New England Patriots Alumni Charity Basketball GameSomersworth High School Gymnasium, Somersworth. Doors open at 5pm. Anticipated players representing all 7 Super Bowls include 3 time Super Bowl Champion Patrick Pass, 1986 Super Bowl hero Ronnie Lippett, 1996 Super Bowl Offensive Lineman Max Lane and more. Suggested $10 donation at the door. There will be a chance for autographs and pictures during and after the game. 516-3421

Snowshoe Fitness Walk, Adventure Hike and Sledding PartyPrescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia. Snowshoe Fitness Walk begins at 9am and are faster/fitness paced for adults. Snowshoe Adventure Hike starts at 11am and are slower paced. Sledding party begins at 1pm for all ages. 366-5695

Carnival Felt Necklace - ClassLeague of NH Craftsmen, 279 D.W. Highway, Meredith. 10am-3pm. Learn to wet felt and make this fun necklace with Nancy Evans. Bring to class: an old towel, bar of soap, round elastic cord, a small bowl and a lunch if you wish. $45 per student plus a $5 material fee. Pre-registration required. 279-7920

Meredith 250th Anniversary Committee MeetingWicwas Grange, 150 Meredith Center Road, Meredith. 1-3pm. Brain storming session to get public input and ideas for the celebration that is being planned for 2018. 279-9015

Meat BingoAmerican Legion Post 33, Plymouth Street, Meredith. 3pm. Public welcome. No smoking.

Big Air ContestPats Peak Ski Area, Henniker. Registration from 10am-11:30am and the event begins at 12:30pm. $20 entry fee plus a Valley Lift ticket or Pats Peak Season Pass. For more info contact Joe Valley at 1-888-PATS PEAK, ext. 1113

Affordable Care Act Enrollment FairLakes Region General Hospital, Laconia. 10am-2pm. Certified counselors will be on hand in the lower level conference rooms to assist the public in signing up for insurance in the Health Insurance Marketplace. Individuals should bring their social security number, employer name and income levels for entire household and if currently insured, all information on insurance. Free and open to the public. 524-3211

sunday 26Th Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Live Animal Trail

Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 1pm-3pm. Be ready to snowshoe and see beautiful wild animals in their winter fur. Snowshoes are available. Adults must accompany children. Registration required. $10/non-member, $8/member. 968-7194

Masked Marvels & WondertalesCapitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 1pm and 4pm. 225-1111

The Yale WhiffenpoofsKingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro. 2pm. The nation’s oldest and best-known male collegiate a capella group. $20 at the door. 569-2151

NH Trivia ChampionshipInn on Main Street, Wolfeboro. 5:30pm. $20pp includes a full buffet. Teams can be up to 8 players. Space is limited. Deposit of $100 in advance (pays for 5 players). 866-0989.

Chili Cook-off to Benefit the Humane Society Weirs Beach Lobster Pound, 70 Endicott Street North, Laconia. 12-4pm. 50/50 raffle, live entertainment and more! All proceeds will be gifted to the NH Humane Society. $10pp. 366-2255

Monday 27Th Three Rivers Singers First RehearsalFranklin Opera House lower room, Main Street, Franklin. 7pm. New voices wanted. 934-2543 or 934-1901

Tuesday 28Th Movie Night at the LibraryMeredith Public Library, Main Street, Meredith. 5-6:45pm. “Smurfs 2”.

Wednesday 29Th Team Trivia NightWolfeboro Inn Ballroom, 90 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. 5-8pm. Teams can be any number of people up to 10. The cost for the evening is $15pp and includes soup, salad, bread and coffee. Wine and beer will be available for purchase.569-1027

Meet the Author – K.W. KeithRiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth. 7pm. Keith will read from and discuss her new book “Solstice”. Recommended for mature audiences only. 431-2100

Thursday 30Th “Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead: a Joe Cross Film”Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 6:30pm. This inspiring film chronicles Joe’s personal mission to regain his health. A discussion will follow the film. Free. 569-2428

Friday 31sT Mystery Book Group MeetingWolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 10:30am. The first meeting of “It’s A Mystery”. The first novel that has been selected is “Night Film” by Marisha Passl. 569-2428

Fri. 31sT – sun. 2nd 5th Annual Pond Hockey ClassicLake Winnipesaukee, Meredith Bay, Meredith. Over 200 teams from over 25 states and 5 Canadian provinces take to the ice to battle the elements and play the sport the way it was meant to be played. Games and events happening throughout each day. www.pondhockeyclassic.com

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SUPER BOWL XLVIII – LET IT SNOW!

On Sunday, Feb. 2, MetLife Stadium in New Jersey will be the site of the first-ever cold-weath-er, outdoor Super Bowl. Ever since this venue was announced, there has been speculation as to “What if it snows?”

I’m sure the fat cats who paid big bucks for choice seats don’t want to get cold, much less wet. And I’m sure that halftime performer Bru-no Mars doesn’t want his big moment marred by sleet. But I’m praying to the football Gods to “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!”

Bring on fluffy snow, f reez ing temps , and howling winds. Let the Blizzard of 2014 start around noon and just continue for the next 12 hours. So many Super Bowls have been played in sterile, indoor loca-tions. It’s time for a bit of weather. Earlier this year Philadelphia and Baltimore hosted NFL contests in heavy snow. What fun to watch!

Remember the 1967 Ice Bowl in Green Bay, where the Packers edged the Cowboys on a last minute Bart Starr touch-down? It wasn’t snowing, but 13 below zero tem-peratures made things so interesting. New Jersey is not Green Bay, but bring on sub-freezing temperatures and let the mercury drop as the Su-per evening goes on.

My favorite game of all time was the last con-

test ever played at the old Foxboro Stadium, where the Patriots beat the Oakland Raiders 16-13 in the snow in 2002. Adam Vinitiari put the game into overtime with a clutch 45-yard field goal through the swirling mists—maybe the great-est kick ever, considering the circumstances.

A 28-0 Pats win over Miami on Dec. 30, 2012 was marked by flying snow celebrations after each score. The imag-ery was awesome. Better than fireworks!

Then there was the fa-mous snow game in Fox-boro against Miami in 1982. The snow was six inches deep and neither team could move the ball. With seconds left in a 0-0 game, the Patriots called time-out for a field goal attempt. During the time-out a field mainte-nance man jumped on a John Deere tractor and drove onto the field to clear the spot where the ball would be placed for the field goal attempt. The subsequent kick was good and the Pats won 3-0. Miami coach Don Shula was enraged.

“The guy who drove the tractor on the field should be arrested” fumed Shu-la, who was told that the driver was already on his

way to prison. The field maintenance man, Mark Henderson, was a con-victed burglar on a work release program from the Massachusetts State Penitentiary in Norfolk. He was back in the “big house” before the Dol-phins even left New Eng-land!

The 1958 NFL Champi-onship Game at Yankee Stadium between the Bal-

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Tom Brady scores the winning touchdown against the Oakland Raiders in the famous 2002 playoff game at the old Foxboro Stadium. It was also the game the infamous “Tuck Rule” took center stage.

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Wasted Ink?To The Editor:And our Congressional

DelegationHave heard all the ex-

cuses but do not buy any of them; why is #2 home heating oil 30 cents more than a gallon than gas? And why is it that the minute it gets cold the price gets jacked up when people are against the wall because they have to keep their property from freezing up. I have heard that speculation drives up the price if that is so a bill should be passed to make it a crime at this time of the year.

Off road diesel is ri-diculous and I remember when Kerosene used to be cheaper than gas. Anoth-er thing is; what good is it going to do to raise the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour if millions don’t have a job, maybe if you scrapped most of the reg-ulations that hinder com-panies and Clinton hadn’t dumped NAFTA and WTO on us we wouldn’t have heard that great suck-ing sound of all our jobs going off shore like Ross Perot said.

And foreign aid funds [would] pay for unemploy-ment but we are told it re-ally isn’t that much, that is bull. I think if truth be told Israel gets a lot more than 2 to 3 Billion a year. Sen Sanders Vt. confirmed that a partial audit of the fed 2007 to 2010 found that 16 Tril-lion was passed out by the Fed tax free to the big banks and big Corpora-tions here and overseas,

it even listed who got how much, if I remember right Citi Group got 1.3 Trillion which was the most.

And we have homeless people, veterans that aren’t getting paid, food banks that are running low. I get buried with mail to donate to vets so much it gets on your nerves especially when I am just getting by myself because in this coun-try this shouldn’t be the case.

I have watched this country go to hell in a hand basket for almost 80 years and I have probably just wasted ink, time, and if not for the computer another sheet of paper.

Ronald Barnes,Rochester, NH.

Cut Your Losses

To The Editor:For once, this is not

about debating the eco-nomics, aesthetics, engi-neering or need (or lack thereof) of ridgeline in-dustrial wind in the Lakes Region. This is about the behavior of a company (Iberdrola) that seems to be operating under an in-credible disconnect from the people they claim to want to serve.

From Day 1, the Span-ish multinational has stated, on record, “If you don’t want us, we will leave.” Since then, the company has lost every vote taken. Despite glossy mailers, friendly press coverage, the promise of alleged economic benefit, and a near-unlimited PR

budget, Iberdrola has never mustered much more than 33% support in an open referendum. And every time they lose, they claim “Well, it’s not representative. The silent majority supports us.” That’s a bold statement, especially considering the recent referendum in Danbury, which saw greater than a 2-to-1 re-jection of the Wild Mead-ows Project. That vote actually drew more total voters than did the 2013 General Election (46% vs. 39%). To put those num-bers into perspective, in a non-Presidential election year, the American aver-age voter turnout hovers around 38%.

Recent ly , Iberdro la has incorporated a tac-tic we’re all too famil-iar with from TV talk shows. Rather than ad-dressing the scientific and economic concerns of their opposition, they have taken to simply la-beling those claims “mis-information.” Reason-able people can disagree when examining the same data. If the opposition is wrong, show them where they are wrong, and cite sources that don’t have a vested interest. Simply labeling data you don’t like as “misinformation” is a shortcut of little, if any, use.

Iberdrola’s primary mis-take appears to be this: assuming that the citi-zens of the Lakes Region, an ecologically-minded people, would automati-cally embrace anything

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Now that a new year is upon us (I read in a book on social etiquette that it is still proper to call it a new year until February 5th) many of you are be-ginning to think about tax season and how to avoid sending as much money as possible to the govern-ment.

On the other side of the coin, on both a national and local level, there are many who, while trying to figure out themselves how to give the govern-ment less money are, at the same time, trying to figure out how to get more of your money for the gov-ernment.

These people are called legislators.

Locally, many of these folks are back to work in Concord, dreaming up new ways to get more money to do more stuff that they think needs to be done.

Of course, there is never anything creative about any of this. The simple solution is to find ways to make you pay more for stuff that they had noth-ing to do with creating. This is called a tax.

Some of these legisla-tors work for days on end trying to figure out what things to add a tax to. Once they have reached their decision, they have someone write it down, using incomprehensible legal words on many piec-es of paper.

This is called a bill.It is considered, by many

legislators, a good day’s

work.Still, there is no creativ-

ity in any of this, and that bothers me.

That is why my favorite way to get money from folks is to make them give it to you happily.

That is why I love scratch tickets.

Right now, money that comes in from scratch tickets goes to fund edu-cation, But using some clever ideas, maybe we could fund other things as well using this tried and true method.

For example.Maybe all this brouha-

hah over expanded Med-icaid and the millions it will cost the state once the government bails out on the program down the road could be covered by its own series of scratch tickets.

One idea could be the “If You Like Your Doctor You Can Keep Your Doc-tor” scratch ticket. If you scratch off three periods either up, down or diago-nal you win. Maybe there could be a series of conso-lation winners who all get thrown in for a drawing later where the winner actually gets to keep his or her doctor.

I know if this caught on there would be other great ideas to follow. Maybe a ticket where you need to hold it under an X-Ray machine to find out your prize. Could be fun.

The NH Department of Travel and Tourism could have their own “Live Free and Scratch” ticket. I’m not sure of the details yet, but it would surely gen-erate millions to be used for other ideas to raise more money for even more ideas, down the road, the one less travelled of course.

If marijuana is legalized, maybe the state could come up with a themed scratch ticket where the losing tickets could be used as rolling papers.

I’m sure this money could be used to fund addiction programs. What fun!

Locally, towns could get into the act with their own “Town Meeting” scratch tickets. In this one, you would be trying to scratch and match three folding chairs. Then you bring your ticket back to a con-venience store (located in your town) and then discuss possible payouts with the local clerk for ten minutes to an hour until your prize is decided upon. This would be a big hit for the hundreds of people who can never participate in their town meetings because they have to do unimportant things like work to feed their families.

Another idea for towns and cities would be to have their own “Tax Time” tickets. These would only be available twice a year and would cost between 50 cents and 20 dollars, depending upon what town you live in.

As you can imagine, the list of what you could fund by having scratch tickets that cover more than just education, is limitless.

The incredible fun that could be had just devel-oping these tickets would make for great times at the state house and pos-sibly even get more people involved in state govern-ment than ever before.

The only hurdle will be getting all these different scratch ticket ideas ap-proved with bills created by a group of stodgy old legislators coming up with pages of incomprehensible legalese to get it going.

If we can leap this hur-dle, there might be no looking back.

Brendan Smith wel-

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This made m y h e a r t ache and my blood pres-sure spike: Actress Tam-era Mowry, who is black, wept in an in-terview with Oprah Win-frey over the vi le bigotry

she has encountered because of her marriage to Fox News reporter Adam Housley, who is white. Misogynist haters called Mowry a sellout and a “white man’s whore.” International news outlets labeled the Internet epi-thets she endured “horrific” and “shocking.”

Horrific? Yes. Shocking? Not at all. What Mowry experienced is just a small taste of what the in-tolerance mob dishes out against people “of color” who love, think and live the “wrong” way. I’ve grown so used to it that I often forget how hurtful it can be. Mowry’s candor was moving and admirable. It’s also a valuable teachable moment about how dehumanizing it can be to work in the public eye. Have we really sunk to this?

Young actresses in the 21st century forced to defend their love lives because their marital choices are politically incor-rect? We’re leaning backward in the regressive Age of Hope and Change.

Let’s face it: Mowry’s sin, in the view of her feckless detractors, is not merely that she married out-side her race. It’s also that she is so open about her love for a white man who -- gasp! -- works for reviled Fox News. Neither of them is political, but the mere as-sociation with Bad Things (Fox,

conservatives, capitalism, the tea party, Christian activism, tradi-tional values) is an invitation for unabashed hate.

The dirty open secret is that a certain category of public figures has been routinely mocked, sav-aged and reviled for being part-ners in interracial marriages or part of loving interracial families (for a refresher, see the video clip of MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry and friends cackling at the holiday photo of Mitt Romney holding his black adopted grand-son in his lap).

And the dirty double standard is that selectively compassion-ate journalists and pundits have routinely looked the other way -- or participate directly in heaping on the hate.

Have you forgotten? Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was excoriated by black liberals for being married to wife Virginia, who happens to be white. The critics weren’t anonymous trolls on the Internet. They worked for major media outlets and institu-tions of higher learning. USA To-day columnist Barbara Reynolds slammed Thomas and his wife for their colorblind union: “It may sound bigoted; well, this is a big-oted world and why can’t black people be allowed a little Archie Bunker mentality? ... Here’s a man who’s going to decide crucial issues for the country and he has already said no to blacks; he has already said if he can’t paint him-self white he’ll think white and marry a white woman.”

Howard University’s Afro-Amer-ican Studies Chair Russell Ad-ams accused Thomas of racism against all blacks for falling in love with someone outside his race. “His marrying a white wom-an is a sign of his rejection of the

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From The State House nh house

has a Busy weekJanuary 15

was a day of LONG debate a n d s o m e fairly historic legislation. It was good news that the priva-cy concerns of HB675 – au-thorizing and regulating the use of license

plate scanning devices prevailed. In a vote of 250 – 97, the House banned this controversial issue for the rest of the legislative ses-sion. Basically, this bill would have allowed police to use license plate scanners, which I believe would have been an absolute in-vasion of privacy for NH citizens. The NH Constitution CLEARLY prohibits warrantless searches in Part I, Art. 19: “Every sub-ject hath a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions…” And the 4th

Amendment also gives this same restriction on the federal govern-ment. Hmmm…. Shouldn’t this apply to our emails and other such technology as well? But, that is a discussion for another day!

There was some good debate regarding HB 562, relative to the interest on title loans. The House voted 212 – 129 to limit the interest which title loan companies can charge their customers. The argument here is though title loans require high interest rates, they serve a section of the population who cannot receive, for whatever reason, a bank or credit card loan. While the rate on title loans is extremely high (hence the reason for the bill), there are many in NH that use these loans for short term financial situa-tions. With the lowering of the interest charge, the discussion of putting title loans out of busi-ness was debated. Rep. Tucker, R-Greenland said, “This is an

by Rep. Jane cormierBelknap District 8

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Among the few bright spots in a generally dismal picture of the education of black students are those successful charter schools or voucher schools to which many black parents try

to get their children admitted. Some of these schools have not only reached but exceeded national norms, even when lo-cated in neighborhoods where the regular public schools lag far behind.

Where admission to these schools is by a lottery, the cheers and tears that follow an-nouncements of who has been admitted -- and, by implication, who will be forced to continue in the regular public schools -- tell the story better than words can.

When the state of Louisiana decided to greatly expand the number of schools available to students by parental choice, rather than by the rigidities of the usual public school sys-tem, Attorney General Holder’s Justice Department objected on grounds that this was at cross-purposes with the federal government’s racial integration goals for the schools.

U N I T E D N A T I O N S —There used to be an adver-tising slogan, “ We’re num-ber two but we try hard-er.” Perhaps in the spirit of the times we should now

revive the phrase and proclaim, “We’re number twelve, but it’s somebody else’s fault.”

Thus when viewing the world’s freest economies, the U.S. has slid from number six to twelve in the Index of Economic Freedoms. And that’s since President Barack Obama assumed office in 2009. So who’s to blame? The rising BRICS’s, (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), George W. Bush, or the ever elusive eco-nomic recovery?

The Index of Economic Free-doms jointly sponsored by Wash-ington’s Heritage Foundation in partnership with the Wall Street Journal rates 178 coun-tries worldwide. In fairness since the survey started twenty years, ago, many more economies have been getting freer as the shackles of state socialism have fallen away in Eastern Europe and even much of the Third World. So in one sense, other countries are doing better and good for them. But sadly we in the United States have not been doing nearly as well as we once did; shame on us.

The Index rates countries using a comprehensive formula of Rule of Law, Regulatory Efficiency, Limited Government, and Open Markets. The Index then focuses on issues of property rights, free-dom from corruption, business freedom, labor freedom, financial freedom, regulation efficiency, limited government and open markets. Each country is ranked through this exhaustive but seri-ous template.

So let’s look at the Top Ten to which the USA used to belong to. Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia are in the top three fol-lowed by Switzerland, New Zea-land and Canada. No surprises here. Rounding off the top ten list we see Chile as number seven, then Mauritius, Ireland, and Den-mark.

Estonia, a Baltic state, which

USA Slips Again Globally in Economic Freedoms Surveywas still part of the Soviet Union until 1991, is number eleven fol-lowed by the United States.

So what is pulling down Ameri-ca’s grades? The Heritage survey states that the slip is “primarily due to deteriorations in property rights, fiscal freedom, and busi-ness freedom.” Describing the overall decline in economic free-dom, the report adds there have been “particularly large losses in property rights, freedom from corruption, and control of govern-ment spending.”

Sadly, the United States is the only country to have seen a loss of economic freedom for seven years in a row.

The report adds, “Substantial expansion in the size and scope of government, including through new and costly regulation in ar-eas like finance and health care, has contributed significantly to the erosion of U.S. economic freedom”. Clearly, the American economy needs investment clar-ity and serious incentives so that the spirit of enterprise may thrive. Today, Big government is indeed part of the problem, not the solu-tion.

Canada, scoring sixth interna-tionally, is viewed as the freest economy in North America. The survey offers the accolade, “A transparent and stable business climate makes Canada one of the world’s most attractive invest-ment destinations.”

Going back to the list, we see Taiwan standing at number 17, followed by Germany at 18, and South Korea at 31.

Yet some of the mega economies such as the BRIC’s mentioned at the onset don’t rate so well. Take Brazil at 114, Russia at 140, In-dia 120 , or China at 137. Here we see statistically high growth economies but places mired in corruption, cronyism and dismal levels of transparency.

Though South Africa’s economy rates at 75th and Moderately free,” the other four above BRIC’s rate as “mostly unfree.” Thus, despite high growth rates, Chi-na’s economy is viewed as ham-pered by “The Communist Party’s ultimate authority throughout the economic system undermines the rule of law, and institutionalized cronyism remains pervasive.”

Not so unpredictably at the bottom of the list the Most “re-

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by thomas SowellSyndicated Columnist

pressed” economies we find Zim-babwe, Cuba and North Korea.

The good news remains that more countries are now prosper-ing economically; the sad news is that the USA can and should be doing so much better.

John J. Metzler is a United Na-tions correspondent covering dip-lomatic and defense issues. He is author of Transatlantic Divide; USA/Euroland Rift? (University Press, 2010).


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M a r t i n L u t h e r K ing , J r : “Our lives b e g i n t o e n d t h e day we be-c o m e s i -lent about t h i n g s that mat-ter.”

********This Saturday marks

the beginning of my 18th year hosting and pro-ducing my creation The Advocates radio show. Our first program was 1/25/97. As always, we could not provide the citizens of the world with this type of program without people and spon-sors who see the value in having us around Mon-day through Saturday, 9 hours total.

******** Let’s pick up the con-

versation where we left off last week.

In 1994 after complet-ing a term in the NH House, and ready to move on with my activism, my good friend STAN MUL-LANEY of Rochester who was “OUR GUY” to pri-mary incumbent Sen. LEO FRASER called me. Stan, believing that this was not the time for him, asked me to be the al-ternative conservative candidate.

Following a friendly primary which I lost by 63 votes after a recount, I was asked by Union Leader reporter DONN TIBBETTS if I would be supporting Leo. My quick answer was; it is impera-tive that a Republican hold that senate seat. NH GOP Chairman STEVE DUPREY called to tell me he appreciated my com-ment.

Where did “the party” go so wrong since? May-be since, Nixon, where during the two terms for RONALD REAGAN if

you weren’t doing better and working, you weren’t working at it! Then came “Read my lips, No New Taxes”, and that was the end for George HW Bush, and the republicans.

********February 2, 2009: “I,

ERIC HOLDER, do sol-emnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Unit-ed States against all ene-mies, foreign and domes-tic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to en-ter. So help me God.”

The man lied with his hand on the Bible! Hold-er does not support, nor defend the Constitution. Neither does B. Hussein Obama. And the Repub-licans say nothing.

******** I tire of the actions

of republicans such as Rove, McConnell, Boeh-ner, and McCain. If you are a conservative they make it plain that they don’t want you seeking office as a Republican. This would be the perfect point to use profanity, but I won’t.

During the last elec-tion cycle in our new Senate District 7 I sup-ported a new face in the GOP. With the addition of Franklin to our old District 4 it meant work-ing with several of my friends in what I thought was electing a conserva-tive. The “friends” de-cided on a “moderate”. Nah, their guy did not meet my expectations. After all of those years of being part of my radio program, promoting and assisting in Tax Caps for Laconia, Rochester, and Dover (yes, there was

more than one person), there was a split.

At first it was fine; then the call for me to be care-ful with my candidate, some research on him would be forthcoming. KEN MERRIFIELD once commented on my integ-rity, being comparable to that of his Dad. I do not subscribe to “the 11th commandment” when it comes to issues and votes, but personal life re: a divorce of a fellow republican? My candi-date won the primary, but he was damaged by his own party – the Franklin republicans Karl Rove style!

********R E D S T A T E 1 / 1 6 :

“Something peculiar is happening on the immi-gration front in Washing-ton. With an eerie resem-blance to the drumbeat leading up to Obamac-are, Republican leaders are CREATING A SENSE OF URGENCY that im-migration must be ad-dressed now. And much like Obamacare is doing to our already-broken healthcare system their proposals will exacerbate the very factors that have broken our immigration system over the past few decades.

“However, GOP lead-ers know that their party base is NOT BUYING THEIR SENSE OF UR-GENCY, their under-standing of why our im-migration system is bro-ken, and their solution to “fixing” it. And unlike Democrats who seek to empower and energize their base to fight Repub-licans, GOP leaders are planning to bamboozle the base into support-ing them in 2014, only to drop the hammer on them a year later.”

********Alexis de Tocqueville

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That first Pond Hockey Classic was a huge suc-cess with four hundred and seventy-five players and hundreds of specta-tors.

Since that first year, the Pond Hockey Classic has grown each year with, as mentioned, two hundred and twenty-five teams this year, almost three times as large as that first Classic.

This year’s cold weather has the ice shaping up to be perfect for the Clas-sic. In past years, the weather leading up to the event was of concern. Two years ago, it was moved from Meredith Bay to Lake Waukewan at the last minute due to ice concerns and last year, all eyes were on the ice, which took a nice hold in time.

This year, with 225 teams, there wi l l be twenty-two rinks with approximately fourteen hundred players. Half of those players are be-tween the ages of thirty and fifty. There are seven

subdivisions, including a women’s division.

In years past, the rink borders were made of snow piles. This year, Scott and his crew are surrounding each one of the 22 rinks with Ther-moformed Plastic Boards made by NiceRink.

“This will be one of the only pond hockey tourna-ments in North America with this plastic board system,” said Crowder. “It goes towards our commit-ment of making this one of the best tournaments in the world.”

Over fifteen hundred players, along with family and friends, bring a sig-

nificant amount of people to the area. Coming just before the fishing derby weekend, it has prov-en to be a boon to local businesses spreading far outside the town of Mer-edith.

“The local communi-ty has been great,” said Crowder. “Even the ice fishermen who weren’t used to this in the past have come up to me and told me how much they enjoy it because it gives

them something to look at when they are on the lake. We’re not trying to change the culture of the community but to add to it.”

Scott’s wife, Chelsea, handles a lot of the public relations. He also has an ice operations crew of a

handful of guys.The popularity of the

New England Pond Hock-ey Classic will also be reaching a wider audience as four-part profession-ally produced web series based on footage taken at last year’s tournament

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The Legends Division - 50+The Legends Division is for men and

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Just for Fun Under 35The Just for Fun U-35 Division is for

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Women’s DivisionThe Women’s division is for women

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Scott also has seen sponsorship in the tour-nament grow over the years . Loca l l y M i l l s Falls, HK Powersports, MB Tractor, Sun Valley Cottages, Fred Fuller, Christian Party Rentals, Crosspoint Associates – owners of Meredith Bay Shops with Hannafords, New England Position-ing Systems, Lavalley-Middleton Building Sup-ply,, J. Calnan & Associ-ates from Massachusetts and The Weirs Times and Cocheco Times. Nation-ally Labatts Beer, Old Time Hockey, Manplow, Backyard Hockey, Muscle Milk, NiceRink, Bum-drums.com, Hockey Tape Online and Bauer Hockey have been supporting the tournament.

This year there will also be a raffle to help out the Lakes Region Youth

Hockey Association in raising money for its ef-forts. The Youth Hockey Association will be sell-ing raffle tickets at the Thursday Night Player Check In for VIP Locker Room tents which two lucky teams will win for the weekend.

The success of the New England Pond Hockey Classic has caught on. It was the first in New Hampshire and now there

are four others in the state.

Two years ago Scott started another pond hockey tournament on Lake Champlain in Ver-mont with fifty-two teams. Last year, that tourna-ment grew to over eighty teams and this year will

have over 100 teams. This year the Montana Pond Hockey Classic on February 21-23rd will be the newest addition to Scott’s busy agenda.

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As years passed and countless champions crowned, the tournament went on. Until one year, as the settlers from Eu-rope began to impede on the natives land the tro-phy was hidden. During a battle in what is now the town of Meredith, the settlers attempted to steal this trophy for themselves. Risking his own life, a young warrior tracked down the settlers took back the trophy and buried it somewhere on Bear Island. On his way back across to main land, this young man lost his life when he fell through the ice, taking with him the whereabouts of this coveted trophy. With the trophy lost the tourna-ment was never played

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attempt to improve the education of children is subordinated by Holder to the federal govern-ment’s attempt to mix and match black and white students.

If we have learned noth-ing else after decades of socially divisive and edu-cationally futile racial busing, it should be ob-vious that seating black kids next to white kids is neither necessary nor sufficient to get them a better education.

The truly despicable intervention by Attor-ney General Holder is his warning to schools against discipline poli-cies that result in a high-er proportion of minority students than white stu-dents being punished.

This racial body count method of determining whether there is discrim-ination by the schools might make sense if we were certain that there could be no differences in behavior that would explain the differences in punishment. But does any sane adult really be-lieve that there cannot be any difference between the behavior of black boys and Asian girls, for example?

There is a lot of make-believe when it comes to racial issues, whether out of squeamishness, political correctness or expediency. There is also a lot of deliberate ra-cial polarization, and attempts to promote a sense of grievance and fear among black voters, in order to keep their votes in the Democrats’ column.

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Yet, in the words of the New York Times, “The Obama administration speaks out against zero

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L ike the New York Times, Attorney General Holder has made this an issue of “The Civil Rights of Children.” More impor-tant, the implied threat of federal lawsuits based on racial body count among students who have been disciplined means that hoodlums in the class-room seem to have a friend in Washington.

But even the hoodlums can end up worse off, if lax discipline in the school lets them continue on in a way of life that usually ends up inside prison walls. Nevertheless, if all this means black votes for the Democrats, that may well be the bottom line for Holder and the Obama administration.

Thomas Sowell is a se-nior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford Uni-versity, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syn-dicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Cre-ators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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DEAR TIM: I think my house might be falling down. In the past few weeks, a large crack has formed where the ceiling meets the walls in my home. We’ve had cold weather set in and I seem to recall this happening last year, but can’t re-member. The cracks are worse in the center of my home than on the outside walls. In some areas I have crown molding, but others there is no mold-ing. What’s happening, do I have a serious struc-tural problem and can the cracks be easily repaired? --John M., Crozet, Va.

DEAR JOHN: Guess what? Houses move just like most people do each day. Some houses move more than others for a number of reasons. Hous-es built primarily from wood tend to move the most. Wood is a hygro-scopic building material meaning it changes its size depending on how much water it contains. Your house is moving because the lumber is releasing water from the wood cells.

The good news is that I doubt your home is falling down. The cracks you’re

This crack has opened up once cold weather set in. Now’s the time to caulk the crack.

seeing are seasonal ones that are opening up now that winter’s here. They’ll get much smaller once we approach the baseball All-Star game in July! Right now Mother Nature is sucking out lots of the stored water in the fram-ing lumber in your home. This is creating shrinkage and tension.

This tension exposes it-self in the form of cracks where two structural ele-ments connect. It’s very common for this to hap-pen at the juncture of a wall and a ceiling. I’ve also seen cracks open up in the middle of a ceiling where a hidden beam con-nects to ceiling joists. The crack locations are much like flex points on our skin where wrinkles form and joints where two of your bones connect.

If your home’s roof is built using roofing truss-es, these cracks are al-most a certainty. Almost all trusses react to the

seasonal changes in mois-ture content. Your attic in the summer is like a huge pressure cooker. The hot, humid air is driven into the wood trusses like air into a balloon. In the win-ter months as the air be-comes drier, the trusses release this stored mois-ture and the bottom flat part of the truss devel-ops an upwards crown or bow. It’s referred to as truss uplift.

This truss uplift is worst at the center of the truss. This is exactly what you’re describing with the center walls of your home exhib-iting the worst cracking. Many builders and dry-wall hangers are unaware of this characteristic of wood trusses. If they re-alized what the problem potential was, they could have minimized the crack-ing. All they had to do was not screw or nail the drywall to the bottom of the trusses where it ends

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Lay a Financial Founda-tion -Prior to searching for a home, it’s important to get a handle on your finances. Obtain a copy of your credit report and identify items that may affect your score and repair them.

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The biggest discussion on Wednesday, of course came with HB 492, rela-tive to the legalization and regulation of marijuana. After almost three hours of debate and five differ-ent procedural votes, this bill finally passed the NH House of Representatives 170 – 162 in favor of send-ing the bill to the Ways and Means Committee for review. That panel sends the bill back to the House and if it passes, the Senate will vote on the bill. Spe-cifically, this bill legalizes the personal use of up to one ounce of marijuana by persons 21 years of age or older; authorizes the licensing of marijuana

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Arguments on HB 492 ranged from irresponsible public policy, issues on public health and safety, the impossibility of en-forcement, and resultant issues with our youth hav-ing easier access. Others felt legalization takes care of a “black market” and offers “honest education and regulation”. Others discussed the financial boon to NH with the ac-companying tax revenues for NH. (I thought we didn’t like taxes…?)

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Furthermore, if the car-penters nailed through the trusses at an angle down into the top plates of the walls, that’s con-tributing to the problem. They should have used in-expensive L-shaped steel brackets that connect the truss to the top of the walls. These brackets al-low the trusses to move up and down floating across the top of the walls.

Some people complain of cracks where interior cen-ter walls meet the floor. This happens for the same reason, as the trusses are lifting the entire wall up because the walls are nailed to the trusses! The tension is visible where the wall meets the floor.

You can install the L-shaped brackets in your existing home, but it’s miserable work. Now’s the time to do it while the temperatures in the attic are tolerable. You just have to get up into the attic area and remove nails that are driven down through the trusses into the top plate of the walls. You then install the L-shaped brackets.

The bigger challenge

BUildeR from 23 is cutting through any nails or screws that hold the drywall to the truss near these walls. It can be done using a reciprocat-ing saw outfitted with a blade for metal. The saw blade must be positioned to slide under the truss and on top of the drywall in order to cut the shaft of the fastener near the wall. This job will lead to wailing and the gnashing of teeth.

Caulking the cracks in-side the home is the easi-est job. You just use a water-based caulk that’s paintable. There’s an art to caulking these cracks. In most situations, you want to fill the entire crack with caulk. However, in my opinion, that’s a mis-take in this situation. You want to use a minimum of caulk so that when the lumber expands in the summer, it compresses only a small amount of caulk, making it less likely the caulk will be squeezed out from the crack.

M a n y w a t e r - b a s e d caulks will shrink as the water inside them evap-orates. Some find this shrinkage objectionable. In your case, you want this to happen. You want to have the caulk develop a concave shape where it draws back into the crack. In the summer, when the crack becomes smaller, the caulk should compress and look pretty good.

When you caulk, be sure to use a damp sponge to wipe any and all excess caulk from the ceiling and wall. The best sponge is one used to grout ceramic tile. These sponges have rounded edges. Always squeeze all the water from the sponge before wip-ing the caulk joint. You’ll need to rinse the sponge frequently and change the rinse water, too.

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labeled “green,” without doing a full investigation of the true impact. Oh, they got Groton in, all right. Talk to those who supported it now. Many of those people have be-come the strongest voices of opposition. And those voices, which organized from a humble meeting of seventy-five people now range in the thousands And yet, Iberdrola con-tinues to dismiss the op-position as a minority. Frankly, it seems they weren’t prepared to deal with the informed and educated people who are Granite Staters.

They said if we didn’t want them, they’d leave. They were sent here to win the hearts and minds of the locals. Despite a massive advantage in funding, they’ve failed. Beyond that, the safe-ty of the Groton instal-lation has been called into question. The NH Site Evaluation Commit-tee has deemed the Wild Meadows application “in-complete,” citing numer-ous deficiencies. The list goes on and on.

We have never seen an issue that unifies so strongly across ideologi-cal lines. Republicans, Democrats, Indepen-dents. Conservatives, Liberals, and Moderates. Hikers and hunters. Per-manent residents and summer property own-ers. It doesn’t matter. It’s not about holding out for more money. It’s not about securing a better deal. It’s about protecting a region, a way of life that has attracted people to this area for decades.

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Puzzle Clue: GETTING PREPOSITIONEDACROSS1 Symbol before a key signature5 Neighbor of Kauai9 Actress Fox14 Produces a winter blanket?19 Arriving like fog21 Prefix with anthropology22 Smith’s tool23 Out of character25 Hard up26 Barks in pain27 Suffix with meteor28 Without face value, as stock30 Theologian’s subj.31 Not up on current trends36 Take a whack37 States north of Nebraska40 Bauxite, e.g.41 Pizazz43 Applying to all48 Ones going a-courting51 Reassuring words after an accident52 “... Mac - PC?”53 Suffix with schnozz or Motor55 “Come again?”56 Brief moment57 Past proper limits64 Ending for opal65 Bring forth66 Union topic67 Lower exterior part of a ship’s hull69 L’OrŽal rival72 “Nothing -!”74 Finer in meaning76 Taxing work77 Construction beams with 90-degree angles

79 Buenos -, Argentina80 Gold, to Julio81 Loony85 Drink like Fido88 S-X linkup90 Woodsy, e.g.91 Have unpaid bills92 Washoe County seat93 “So long”95 Irrelevant102 Its capital is Nuku’alofa104 “- for Cookie” (“Sesame Street” tune)105 Awakens106 Oom- -108 Subjected to severe trials113 Golf surprise114 “Ad - per aspera” (Kansas’ motto)115 Co. offering a Buddy List116 “The Family Circus” cartoonist Bil120 Shah, e.g.122 A bit ill127 Shah, e.g.128 Hen’s resting place129 Remove from a computer130 Arranged for131 Spanish for “others”132 Challenge for a lab rat133 “To be,” to Tiberius

DOWN1 Big name in early computers2 Theater area3 Airline to Ben Gurion4 Publication that’s quickly thumbed

5 Add- - (peripherals)6 Bus. rep7 Arrive at, as a solution8 Not masked9 Stat of fuel efficiency10 Gift for music11 One peeking12 Vowel string13 Amateur14 Italian Riviera city15 Dayton-to-Toledo dir.16 Way up there in years17 Broader18 In a foxy way20 Enlarged map details24 D.C. summer hrs.29 Declaration32 Holds33 Suffix with 58-Down34 “Woo- -!”35 Momentous time37 Speech spot38 Peak39 Ray of fast-food fame42 Punch noise44 Give a - (care)45 Suffix with east46 With 62-Down, rotten sort47 Dumbbell49 Extent50 Handle the helm54 Timmy’s TV dog57 yogi of baseball58 Inflated head59 Lemon-hued60 Be snaky61 Sci-fi’s Solo62 See 46-Down63 Tapered off65 Prefix with diversity

68 “- a snap!”69 Coagulates70 Lash of Western films71 Exempt from regulations72 Pol Quayle73 Municipal statute: Abbr.75 Banquet liquid holder78 Onion or lily79 Help in crime82 Beats (up)83 Coal carrier84 Lea lady?85 Luau gifts86 Bancroft of “7 Women”87 Ollas, e.g.89 Ida. neighbor92 Casino game94 Ottawa site96 Quito’s land97 Autograph: Abbr.98 Suffix with child99 Easter eats100 “- tu” (Verdi aria)101 Oktoberfest dances103 Maestro Toscanini106 City of Light107 Lexus rival109 “To be - ...”110 Rat-a- -111 Dull112 Justice Kagan117 Figuring-out shouts118 “Little House on the Prairie” shopkeeper119 - Stanley Gardner121 Otoscope-wielding doc123 That, to Tito124 ACLU issues: Abbr.125 Oz musical, with “The”126 Suffix with propyl

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Moffett from 3timore Colts and the New York Giants has often been called “The Great-est Game Ever Played,” probably because it’s the only NFL Championship Game to go into overtime. Johnny Unitas and the Colts won 23-17.

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