03/21/13 Cocheco Times

1THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, March 21, 2013

COMPLIMENTARYTHE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013VOLUME 22, NO. 12

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Mike Hashem is consid-ered one of the country’s best banjo players, yet it wasn’t that musical in-strument that first got his attention.

When Hashem was eight

years old he heard his uncle play the fiddle up in Canada and that led to Hashem deciding to take up the violin.

“I had a great ear for music and I could play any song after just listening to it,” said Hashem.

In fifth grade, Hashem

changed gears a bit and taught himself to play the trumpet and for the rest of his school career, that is the instrument he played in the school band while, at the same time, playing violin with a symphony or-chestra where he achieved the rank of All State first

violin.It was after Hashem

graduate high school that he purchased a Vega Little Wonder tenor banjo for $5. A neighbor, who happened to play tenor banjo, gave Hashem instructions on the instrument.

by Brendan SmithWeirs Times Editor

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Mike Hashem is one of the top banjo players in the country. When not picking on his favorite instrument he is busy selling antiques and militaria from his Ossipee, NH, store. In Mike’s right hand is a very rare 1934 Gibson All American Mastertone banjo, of which only four are known to exist. The other banjos pictured are high grade Bacon, Gibson, and Epiphone banjos. courtesy Photo

The New Hampshire Art Association invites art-ists of any media to enter the 27th Annual Omer T. Lassonde Juried Exhibi-tion to be held April 3 – April 26th at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery in Portsmouth.

Wes LaFountain, In-terim Associate Director of Development, College of Liberal Arts at the Uni-versity of New Hampshire Foundation will be the juror for the exhibition.

Previously Mr. LaFoun-tain served as the Inter-im Director of the UNH’s Museum of Art. The prospectus can be down-loaded at www.nhartas-sociation.org or by call-ing 603.431.4230.

Artists may bring one or two works to the gallery on the weekend of Fri-day, March 29 and Sat-urday, March 30, Noon to 4 pm.

Three Omer T. Las-sonde Memorial Prizes will be awarded in the amount $1,000; $500; $250. Prize winners will be announced at the opening reception on Fri-day, April 5.

Entry Call For

Artists in Portsmouth

One Of The COunTry’s BesT BanjO Players sTill enjOying his TwO Careers

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Snowmobile Hill Climb Challenge At Pats Peak

Pats Peak, New Hampshire’s premier snowsports destination, is hosting the fourth annual New Hampshire Snowmobile Hill Climb Challenge in conjunction with the Weare Winter Wander-ers Snowmobile Club on Saturday, April 6th.

This year’s event will feature four events including the Hill Climb Race, Vintage Oval Race, Drag Race and the Vintage Snowmobile Show.

The Hill Climb Race is a timed race to the top on the FIS Race Trail. The Vintage, Fan Cooled and Minis/120cc Race will start at 8am. The rest of the classes will start the Hill Climb Race at 10:30am. Entry fees to the Hill Climb are $20 per class if pre-registered and pre-paid or $25 per class on the day of event. Snowmobile Hillclimb Racers will also have to purchase an event ticket of $12.

The Vintage Oval Race will take place on the Bluster and Gusty slopes. Many classes are available. Entry Fees for the Vintage Oval Race are $35 per sled if pre-registered and $45 per sled on the day of event.

The Drag Race, presented by North East Grass Drags, will start at 11:30am. Entry fee to the Drag Race is $20 for the first class and $15 for each additional class. Registration for the Drag Race will be on-site at the event.

Spectator Admission to this event is only $12 per person and children 6 & under is free.The NH Hill Climb Challenge event is a family event. For more details, check out the Weare Winter Wanderers event website at www.NHHillClimbchallenge.com.

Teens Rock RochesterFive fantastic local bands with

musicians from ages eleven to seventeen get a fifteen minute shot to rock their stuff on stage at the Teens Rock Rochester event at the Rochester Opera House on Sunday, April 14 from 3-8pm. Showcasing their skills are Beat 4 (Strafford), Jam Patrol (Durham), The Poo Poo Platters (Portsmouth), Delight-ful Abode (Portsmouth) and Then There’s Us (Farmington). Your vote determines the winner!

Local music schools and stores donate the prizes and all proceeds benefit Arts for All at the historic Rochester Opera House. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased by call-ing or stopping by the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5 and two hours before the show. This show is sponsored in part by Eastern Propane & Oil and Foster’s Daily Democrat. Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. The season continues with The Corvettes 4/20.

Handtub Era In Fire Fighting At Millyard Museum

Firefighting historian and author Steve Pearson will present an illustrated talk about the early fire engines of the pre-steam era at the Millyard Museum on Saturday, March 23.

Pearson is a firefighter with the Manchester Fire Department and author of the book, Manchester Firefighting – A Pictorial History. His illustrated talk, The Handtub Era: 1840-1862, will start at 10:30 a.m. in the museum’s Discovery Gallery. Admission to the program (including the museum) is $10 for adults, $5 for children 12-18, and free to children under 12 and members of the Manchester Historic Association.

Reservations are requested by calling (603) 622-7531, or by e-mail: [email protected].

MARCHThursday 21sT

Athletic Performance Series – Core Strengthening for the Athletehillside Medical Park, 14 Maple street, Gilford. 6-7:30pm. Pre- registration is required, Free. 527-7120

Family Stories – Why it is Important to Remember Them and Tell ThemGordon Nash Library, 69 Main street, New hampton. 7pm. Presented by Jo radner. 744-9798

Tall Granite Jazz BandPitman’s Freight room, 94 New salem street, Laconia. 8pm. $10pp. Byo. 527-0043

Friday 22nd The Machine Performs Pink Floydthe Flying Monkey, 39 south Main street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Coffee House and Benefit Concert Featuring William Ogmundsonstarr King unitarian universalist Fellowship, 101 Fairgrounds road, Plymouth. 7pm. $15/adult, $10/student. 536-2296

Ton of Blues BandPitman’s Freight room, 94 New salem street, Laconia. 8pm. $10pp. Byo. 527-0043

saTurday 23rd Gaelic Stormthe Flying Monkey, 39 south Main street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Easter Egg HuntMeredith community center, Meredith. 10am-noon. 279-8197

Tilton Winter Farmers MarketLaconia road, tilton, off exit 20. 10-2pm. 496-1718

Lakes Region Symphony OrchestraInter-Lakes Auditorium, rt. 25, Meredith. $15/adult, $8/student. www.lrso.org

The Nutopians – John Lennon Re-Imaginedtheatre in the Wood, 41 observatory Way, Intervale. 7:30pm. $33. 356-9980

Pancake Breakfast Fund RaiserFirst united Methodist church, 18 Wesley Way, Gilford. 8-10am. $7pp. 524-3289

Walkers Sugar Shack Open Housesmith river road, Bristol. 10-4pm. see how maple syrup is made. uncle steve Band will play from 1-4pm. 744-8459

St. Patrick’s Dinnerst. Agnes church, Ashland. $7/adults, $3/under 12 and $18/families. 744-0105

Breakfast and Bake SaleMasonic Building, 410 West Main street, tilton. 7-9:30am. $7. 524-8268

Concord and Lakes Region Home Showeverett Arena, 15 Loudon road, concord. 10-6pm. Largest shoe ever held in concord. www.northernshows.com

Philip HamiltonPitman’s Freight room, 94 New salem street, Laconia. 8pm. $10pp. Byo. 527-0043

sunday 24Th Cabin Fever Lecture Seriesthe Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 2pm. “coastal Defense”. rsVP encouraged. 569-1212

Tilton Winter Farmers MarketLaconia road, tilton, off exit 20. 10-2pm. 496-1718

Concord and Lakes Region Home Showeverett Arena, 15 Loudon road, concord. 10-5 pm. Largest shoe ever held in concord. www.northernshows.com

19th Annual JTG Music Memorial Extravaganza ShowGiuseppe’s, Mill Falls Market Place, Meredith. over 20 musicians from Noon to Midnight. $10pp suggested donation. 279-3313

Monday 25Th “Four More Feet”uNh’s Memorial union Building, theatre II, Durham. 7pm. 862-1566

Thursday 28Th Brit Floydcapitol center for the Arts, Main street, concord. 225-1111

Poets in the Atticthe country Bookseller, Durgin stables, N. Main street, Wolfeboro. 7-9pm. 539-4472

Friday 29Th Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare in Schools)rochester opera house, 31 Wakefield street, rochester. 335-1992

saTurday 30Th Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare in Schools)

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JAMES MONTGOMERY& THE UPTOWN HORNSSat, Apr 6Special Guest CHARLIE FARREN‘Detroit to the Delta’ CD Release Party!

AMAZING KRESKINSat, Apr 13Mentalist • Ghost Sighting Show!

KRIS ALLENThur, Apr 25American Idol Season 8 Winner!

PAULA POUNDSTONEFri, Apr 26Razor-sharp Wit • Spontaneity

PHIL VASSARSat, May 4BIG Country ShowIntimate Theatre

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BANDFri, May 10HEADLINERS COMEDYMORGAN & COLLITONSat, May 11

PLYMOUTH BLUES SUMMITFri, Apr 12

Joe Louis Walker, Popa Chubby & Sugar Ray Norcia

DELBERT McCLINTONFri, May 17Texan Country, Blues, Soul, Rock & Roll!

MICKEY HART BANDSat, May 18Legendary Grateful Dead Drummer

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RALPHIE MAYSat, June 1Too Big to Ignore Tour

RONNIE EARL& THE BROADCASTERSSat, June 22

MOLLY HATCHETW/ CBRSat, June 29


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19Th annual jTg MusiC MeMOrial exTravaganza

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Many local musicians will take the stage from Noon to midnight on Sunday, March 24th for the 19th Annual JTG Music Memorial Extravaganza fund-raiser at Giuseppe’s Pizzeria & Ristorante in Meredith.

G a t h e r round the s t a g e a t Giuseppe’s Pizzeria & Ristorante on Sunday, March 24, 2013 to be part of the 1 9 t h A n -nua l JTG Music Me-morial Ex-travaganza! A 12-hour live music spec tacu-lar benefit s h o w t o benefit the Gnerre Mu-sic Scholar-ship Fund.

M i k e Brien wil l b e k i c k -ing off the s h o w a t Noon, dedi-cating his set of mu-sic to long-time friend and fellow musician Tom Mann fol lowed by 12 consecutive hours of live musical entertainment which will be performed by more than 35 talented

The Musician Line- up of performances beginning at Noon:

Michael Brien • Jeff Lines • Chris Kelly • Dr. Jack •

Paul Hubert • John Theriault • Don Bergeron & Steve

Columbo • Justin Jaymes • “The Sweetbloods” • Ian Pollard • Pocket Change • A special song dedication

to commemorate Joe Droukas and Tom Mann •

Paul Connor & Lou Porrazzo • “The Belly Dancers” • Joel Cage • The Wharf

Rats • The Original Ossipee Mountain Boys • Joey Gnerre • Billy Gnerre • Tyler Gnerre • Michael

Bourgeois • Eric Gagne • Rick Page • Phil “n” The

Blanks • No Limitz • Alivia Aubut • Jennifer Karnan

and Mike Loughlin.

l oca l and out of state musicians. There will a l s o b e a spec i a l song dedi-ca t i on t o f r i e n d s and fellow musicians Joe Drou-k a s a n d Tom Mann a t 5 p m T h e f e a -tured acts throughout the day and evening in-clude solo a r t i s t s , duos, trios, a n d f u l l bands. The vast array of musical genres to be enjoyed i n c l u d e : folk music, r o ck and

roll, blues, Americana, bluegrass, original com-positions, and alterna-tive.

This spectacular musi-cal Extravaganza is held each year at Giuseppe’s


Land Of The GiantsTo The Editor:

Though I do not live around Newfound Lake, I have been there to swim many times over the years. I even hiked up Cardigan Mountain once with my family and almost got blown off the mountain. It is a beauti-ful area that folks have expressed deep appre-hension about scarring with monstrous and ugly wind turbines. To com-mit such a potentially devastating undertaking should be debated long and hard even if there is a clear economic and environmental benefit. Based on the concerns of many letter writers, one has to wonder if that is the case.

I wonder if anyone has checked into the failed wind turbine operations in Australia? Viv Forbes has some interesting facts derived from that expensive and misguided boondoggle down under. (1) unreliable because gentle breezes create no power and high winds necessitate a shutdown to prevent damage; (2) winds start and stop sud-denly creating network instability plus they cre-ate electricity, not when people need it, but when the wind blows; (3) back up gas and coal fired systems must always be idling ready to re-sume full power. A waste of fuel, labor, land and capital; (4) low energy density = large area of land peppered with wind

turbines and networks of roads and transmission lines; (5) so costly that it is highly subsidized with costs passed onto consumers in the form of skyrocketing electric bills; (6) even if reducing CO2 levels is an attain-able or sensible goal, gas is a far cheaper way to achieve it; (7) wind turbines are noisy and dangerous = they kill birds and bats and cause brush fires; (8) they leave behind a huge decom-missioning cost at the end of their short life.

Viv assures us that it wastes community re-sources and did not ben-efit the climate or the environment in Austra-lia. Just wondering how thoroughly the pros and cons have been mea-sured before deciding to destroy the scenic beau-ty of this area? Heck, has anyone bothered to check in with T. Boone Pickens to get his take on how well spent were the millions he poured into wind farms?

As we contemplate placing more of these “giants” throughout this picturesque portion of the state, let’s hope we’re not chasing some Utopian fantasy in the manner of Don Quixote. Yes I know, he chased windmills that he thought were giants while we chase the wind with giant turbines, con-vinced we can harness the fickleness of mother nature. Sancho Panza fi-nally anointed Don Quix-ote as “The Knight of the

Sad Countenance”. Let’s hope that common sense prevails and we don’t i r retr ievably damage our countryside chasing some elusive, far away dream. I’m so glad that so many people are ex-pressing their outrage, unwilling to countenance another sad chapter in the environmental move-ment gone bad in our own little corner of the world.

Russ WilesTilton, NH.

GratefulTo The Editor:

I have just had an op-eration and would like to express my gratitude for the wonderful care I re-ceived from my surgeon, Dr. Jeremy Hogan, and let everyone know how fortunate we are to have access to Lakes Region Hospital. Everyone I en-countered there did there job with such profession-alism and kindness.

I also spent three weeks at Golden View Retreat in Meredith and would recommend their excep-tional care.

Thank you to all, I truly admire the work you do.

But most of all, I owe so much to my husband, Don. It was wonderful to be able to depend on his loving support.

Caroline BaileyMoultonborough, NH.

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About Instructor John Grimes

John was born in Dover, New Hampshire and

began Irish dancing after watching a clip of

"Riverdance” on PBS. Dancing became his

passion which led to him competing at the

World Championship level.

He was a three-time New England Regional

Champion, two-time Eastern Canadian

Regional Champion, and a four-time top 10

medalist in the North American Irish Dance

Championships earning a 4th place and 5th

place, in addition to a recall at the All-Ireland

Championships held in Killarney, Ireland. He

was also a member of several top level teams

which won many regional titles and a 3rd

place finish at the North American

Championships.

However John's biggest dance achievement

was joining "Riverdance" after auditioning in

Dublin, Ireland. After multiple tours, he is

looking forward to the next chapter: teaching

the next generation of Irish dance champions.

He is a fully accredited teacher, T.C.R.G., with

The Irish Dancing Commission in Dublin.

Why Choose MG Irish Dance?

1) You learn from the best, a top level

competitor and a member of the show,

Riverdance. You get the best of both

worlds: the technical know-how of a

dance teacher and the performance

expertise of a Riverdancer.

2) We give the highest quality of

instruction while students enjoy

learning new steps and dancing to

lively Irish music. At the same time,

it’s great exercise!

McDonough GRIMES IRISH DANCE3) The classes build the dancer's

confidence while being honest in

corrections. Mistakes are part of the

learning process, not a brick wall that

diminishes one’s confidence. First and

foremost, we foster a love for Irish

dance which creates dedicated,

hardworking dancers.

4) It’s a welcoming environment. Dancers

embody a three-fold approach to

competing and class time: Humbleness,

Hard work, and Heart. Humbleness is in

our accomplishments and in our talents

no matter our success; it is knowing to

respect fellow classmates and

competitors. Hard work is putting

everything we have into each lesson,

competition, or practice at home. Heart

is pursuing our dreams and never giving

up in the face of obstacles. It is also

pride in dancing for the academy and

rejoicing in every dancer's

accomplishments.

!"#$%$&'(-)*+,-./0*+.(/#1%"-All Classes taught by: John Grimes, TCRG & Member of

WEEKLY UPDATE6/4/12 - 6/10/12

TRAVEL: SUN, 6/3 TRAVEL 552 MLS TO MONTREAL, QCCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-OutBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 7:45A, Departs 8A, Est. Arrival @ 8PThere will be one 1-hour lunch and a 15-min comfort stop*Border Crossing

MONTREAL, QC CANADA EDT -5 hrs BUS 552 MILESSUN 3-Jun TRAVEL Place des Arts Candlewood Suites Local Transport:MON 4-Jun 8:00PM 175 St. Catherine Street West 191 René-Lévesque Blvd East WALK 10 min.TUE 5-Jun 8:00PM Montréal, QC H2X 1Z8 Montréal, QC H2X 3Z9

CANADA CANADAC/O 6/5 Administration: 514-285-4200 Phone: 514-798-5080

TRAVEL: WED, 6/6 TRAVEL 819 KMS TO FREDERICTON, NBCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-OutBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 7:45A, Departs 8A, Est. Arrival @ 7:45PThere will be one 1-hour lunch and a 15-min comfort stop

FREDERICTON, NB CANADA ADT -4 hrs BUS 819 KILOMETERSWED 6-Jun TRAVEL Aitken University Centre Comfort Inn Local Transport:THU 7-Jun 7:30PM 20 Mackay Drive 797 Prospect St. BUS 15 min.

Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3 Fredericton, NB E3B 5Y4C/O 6/7 CANADA CANADA

Administration: 506-453-3586 Phone: 506-453-0800Fax: 506-457-0328

SHUTTLE BUS: 4:45P, 5:30P

TRAVEL: FRI, 6/8 TRAVEL 111 KMS TO ST. JOHN, NBCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-OutBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 11:45A, Departs 12P, Est. Arrival @ 1:30P

ST. JOHN, NB CANADA ADT -4 hrs BUS 111 KILOMETERSFRI 8-Jun 8:00PM Harbour Station Delta Brunswick Local Transport:

99 Station Street 39 King Street WALK 10 minSt. John, NB E2L 4X4 Saint John, NB E2L 4W3CANADA CANADAAdministration: 506-632-6103 Phone: 506-648-1981

Fax: 506-658-0914

CATERING: 5P - 7P at the venue

TRAVEL: SAT, 6/9 TRAVEL 148 KMS TO MONCTON, NBCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-OutBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 11:45A, Departs 12P, Est. Arrival @ 2P

MONCTON, NB CANADA ADT -4 hrs BUS 148 KILOMETERSSAT 9-Jun 8:00PM Moncton Coliseum Complex Crowne Plaza Moncton Local Transport:

377 Killam Drive, Unit 100 1005 Main Street BUS 10 min.Moncton, NB E1C 3T1 Moncton, NB E1C 1G9CANADA CanadaAdministration: 506-389-5989 Phone: 506-854-6340

Fax: 506-857-4176



TRAVEL: SUN, 6/10 TRAVEL 474 KMS TO SYDNEY, NSCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-OutBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 7:15A, Departs 7:30A, Est. Arrival @ 2:45PThere will be one 1-hour lunch

SYDNEY, NS CANADA ADT -4 hrs BUS 474 KILOMETERSSUN 10-Jun 7:00PM Centre 200 Cambridge Suites Hotel Local Transport:

481 George Street 380 Esplanade WALK 5 min.Sydney, NS B1P 6R7 Sydney, NS B1P 1B1 CANADA Phone: 902-562-6500Administration: 902-564-2200 Fax: 902-564-6011


TRAVEL: MON, 6/11 TRAVEL 740 KMS TO WOODSTOCK, NBCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-Out direct to August, MEBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 7:45A, Departs 8A, Est. Arrival @ 6PThere will be one 1-hour lunch and a 15-min comfort stop

Call 603-923-5011 or visit NHIRISHDANCE.COM

Dover and Rochester NH Classes (Riverdance logo used by kind permission of Abhann Productions)

About Instructor John Grimes

John was born in Dover, New Hampshire and

began Irish dancing after watching a clip of

"Riverdance” on PBS. Dancing became his

passion which led to him competing at the

World Championship level.

He was a three-time New England Regional

Champion, two-time Eastern Canadian

Regional Champion, and a four-time top 10

medalist in the North American Irish Dance

Championships earning a 4th place and 5th

place, in addition to a recall at the All-Ireland

Championships held in Killarney, Ireland. He

was also a member of several top level teams

which won many regional titles and a 3rd

place finish at the North American

Championships.

However John's biggest dance achievement

was joining "Riverdance" after auditioning in

Dublin, Ireland. After multiple tours, he is

looking forward to the next chapter: teaching

the next generation of Irish dance champions.

He is a fully accredited teacher, T.C.R.G., with

The Irish Dancing Commission in Dublin.

Why Choose MG Irish Dance?

1) You learn from the best, a top level

competitor and a member of the show,

Riverdance. You get the best of both

worlds: the technical know-how of a

dance teacher and the performance

expertise of a Riverdancer.

2) We give the highest quality of

instruction while students enjoy

learning new steps and dancing to

lively Irish music. At the same time,

it’s great exercise!

McDonough GRIMES IRISH DANCE3) The classes build the dancer's

confidence while being honest in

corrections. Mistakes are part of the

learning process, not a brick wall that

diminishes one’s confidence. First and

foremost, we foster a love for Irish

dance which creates dedicated,

hardworking dancers.

4) It’s a welcoming environment. Dancers

embody a three-fold approach to

competing and class time: Humbleness,

Hard work, and Heart. Humbleness is in

our accomplishments and in our talents

no matter our success; it is knowing to

respect fellow classmates and

competitors. Hard work is putting

everything we have into each lesson,

competition, or practice at home. Heart

is pursuing our dreams and never giving

up in the face of obstacles. It is also

pride in dancing for the academy and

rejoicing in every dancer's

accomplishments.

!"#$%$&'(-)*+,-./0*+.(/#1%"-All Classes taught by: John Grimes, TCRG & Member of

WEEKLY UPDATE6/4/12 - 6/10/12

TRAVEL: SUN, 6/3 TRAVEL 552 MLS TO MONTREAL, QCCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-OutBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 7:45A, Departs 8A, Est. Arrival @ 8PThere will be one 1-hour lunch and a 15-min comfort stop*Border Crossing

MONTREAL, QC CANADA EDT -5 hrs BUS 552 MILESSUN 3-Jun TRAVEL Place des Arts Candlewood Suites Local Transport:MON 4-Jun 8:00PM 175 St. Catherine Street West 191 René-Lévesque Blvd East WALK 10 min.TUE 5-Jun 8:00PM Montréal, QC H2X 1Z8 Montréal, QC H2X 3Z9

CANADA CANADAC/O 6/5 Administration: 514-285-4200 Phone: 514-798-5080

TRAVEL: WED, 6/6 TRAVEL 819 KMS TO FREDERICTON, NBCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-OutBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 7:45A, Departs 8A, Est. Arrival @ 7:45PThere will be one 1-hour lunch and a 15-min comfort stop

FREDERICTON, NB CANADA ADT -4 hrs BUS 819 KILOMETERSWED 6-Jun TRAVEL Aitken University Centre Comfort Inn Local Transport:THU 7-Jun 7:30PM 20 Mackay Drive 797 Prospect St. BUS 15 min.

Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3 Fredericton, NB E3B 5Y4C/O 6/7 CANADA CANADA

Administration: 506-453-3586 Phone: 506-453-0800Fax: 506-457-0328


TRAVEL: FRI, 6/8 TRAVEL 111 KMS TO ST. JOHN, NBCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-OutBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 11:45A, Departs 12P, Est. Arrival @ 1:30P

ST. JOHN, NB CANADA ADT -4 hrs BUS 111 KILOMETERSFRI 8-Jun 8:00PM Harbour Station Delta Brunswick Local Transport:

99 Station Street 39 King Street WALK 10 minSt. John, NB E2L 4X4 Saint John, NB E2L 4W3CANADA CANADAAdministration: 506-632-6103 Phone: 506-648-1981

Fax: 506-658-0914


TRAVEL: SAT, 6/9 TRAVEL 148 KMS TO MONCTON, NBCREW: Sleeper Bus Departs after Load-OutBAND/CAST/MERCH/PHYSIO:Bus Loads 11:45A, Departs 12P, Est. Arrival @ 2P

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I recently read that the New Hampshire State Lot-tery is being allowed to develop an employee in-centive program which in-cludes monetary rewards to promote increased sales of lottery tickets.

Well, this just rubbed me the wrong way.

For years I have been making it my duty, as a good citizen of New Hamp-shire, to come up with original ideas for new scratch tickets to help the state raise money for edu-cation. Free of charge.

Back in 1999, they ac-tually used one – “Frost Heaves and Pot Holes” which someone told me was one of their biggest successes to date - and my mom wouldn’t lie.

Since then I have offered up dozens of great ideas and they have yet to use a single one.

I was always suspicious as to why my fantastic ideas were never used. I was sure that no one was throwing them out.

Now I read that state lot-tery employees are being offered cash to come up with some great ideas of their own.

So it hit me, this was the moment they were waiting for; stockpiling my ideas waiting for this day of mon-etary incentives to arrive.

I’m sure they think that I would have forgotten about the ideas I had sent and now they are ready to dust them off and claim them for their own.

Well, for the record, and to stake my claim to my

own ideas, I am revisiting some of my best ideas for scratch tickets over the years.

I am putting these on the record so that if I see one of these come out for real, I am going to insist on my fair share.

One of my favorites is the Foliage Season scratch tickets. These are brightly colored tickets that will be sold in October. There will be hardly any winners. Still, those who purchase them will be allowed to rip up their losers and throw them at passing tour bus-ses.

Of course, we will need special legislation passed in Concord to make it legal to throw the losing tickets. I’m counting on a few elementary kids from somewhere to present the legislature with the idea, it will pass in a heartbeat. (I always wondered why proponents of a casino didn’t just have a bunch of school kids ask to pass the bill in the first place, would have saved them years of work.)

Town Meeting – With this scratch ticket you are looking for three folding chairs. Then you bring back the ticket to the convenience store and discuss possible payouts from fifteen minutes to an hour and then win a prize. If you get scratch off three old native curmud-geons you can take your chances on bringing the ticket to the store where you will be forced to listen to at least an hour of inco-herent babble and maybe win a prize...or not. After all, this is gambling.

The Flatlander Ticket – This scratch ticket will be a real winner for the state. It will guarantee 300 dif-ferent million dollar prizes but there will actually not be a single winner in the bunch. It will be sold only to visiting Flatlanders as natives and those who live here year-round will be in

on the scam.First In The Nation –

This ticket would only come out every four years during Presidential Prima-ry season. If you scratch off three faces of one of the contenders, you can either cash it in for money or hold onto it until the primary takes place. If your candidate wins the primary you get put in a drawing to win a million. If your candidate loses you get put into a draw-ing for a three-night stay in South Carolina and a chance to play their pri-mary lottery ticket.

Live Free and Win, Win, Win – The New Hampshire Department of Travel and Tourism’s lame market-ing campaign for the state could see some benefits in the form of a scratch ticket. If businesses want to use the phrase “Live Free And….” They need to choose from a predeter-mined list of words to fin-ish the phrase…original thoughts are not allowed.

Scratching this ticket you would reveal three such words like “giggle and splash.” Match three and win a small prize. Get three “Live Free and Win, Win, Win.” Get a bigger prize.

Potato Panic – Now that the white potato is our state vegetable we can honor it with its own tick-et. Just scratch three and win. Of course it will be sold only to those 18 and over but, as I’ve said ear-lier, if we get the right kids to the State House, we might get the age down to ten.

So there you have it.I’ll be watching to see

what new tickets come out now that these state lottery employees are be-ing motivated to do some-thing.

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The Beltway i s b u z z i n g over President Obama’s like-ly nomination of Thomas E. Perez as the next head of the U.S. De-partment of Labor . But when Ameri-cans find out

whom Perez has lobbied for most aggressively over the course of his extremist leftwing social justice career, they’ll be wondering which country Obama’s pick really plans to serve. Press accounts describe Perez, currently the assistant attorney general for the Justice Depart-ment’s civil rights division, as a “tireless advocate of worker and civil rights.” The son of immi-grants from the Dominican Re-public, Perez was a former special counsel for the late illegal alien amnesty champion Sen. Ted Ken-nedy. During the Clinton years, Perez worked at the Justice Department to establish a “Worker Exploita-tion Task Force” to enhance work-ing conditions for ... illegal alien workers. While holding down his government position, Perez volun-teered for Casa de Maryland. This notorious illegal alien advocacy group is funded through a com-bination of taxpayer-subsidized grants (totaling $5 million in 2010 alone from Maryland and local governments) and radical liberal philanthropy, including billion-aire George Soros’ Open Society Institute. That’s in addition to more than $1 million showered on the group by freshly departed Venezuelan thug Hugo Chavez’s regime-owned oil company, CITGO.

As I’ve reported previously, Perez rose from Casa de Mary-land volunteer to president of the group’s board of directors. Under the guise of enhancing the “multi-cultural” experience, he crusaded for an ever-expanding set of il-legal alien benefits, from in-state tuition discounts for illegal alien students to driver’s licenses and tax-subsidized day labor centers. Casa de Maryland opposes en-forcement of deportation orders, has protested post-9/11 coordi-nation of local, state and national criminal databases, and produced a “know your rights” propaganda pamphlet for illegal aliens that de-picted federal immigration agents as armed bullies making babies cry. The group can claim credit for pushing the White House to issue an estimated 800,000 illegal alien deportation waivers by executive fiat. And now, Casa de Maryland is currently leading the charge for an even broader illegal alien “path to citizenship.” Questioned by GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions during his DOJ confir-mation hearing in 2009 about the illegal alien rights guide pro-duced by Casa de Maryland, Perez grudgingly stated that “the civil rights division must not act in contravention to valid enforce-ment actions of our federal im-migration laws.” But “act(ing) in contravention” of the law is at the heart of Perez’s and Casa’s radicalism -- and not just on behalf of illegal aliens. During his tenure with the Obama DOJ, Perez sought to undermine electoral integrity by attacking South Carolina’s voter ID law. His race card antics were rebuked by a unanimous U.S. District Court panel (which in-cluded a Clinton appointee), and

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From The State House sleePless nighTs

It is now 4:45 am. I am wide awake, think-ing about the vast number of things that need to be ac-complished to-day. As a wife, mom, legisla-tor, volunteer, and music edu-

cator, I can tell you there are lots of sleepless nights. I suspect it is a difficult time for most of us as we struggle with the financial, personal, and political challenges of our time. Life is definitely a test these days.

Much of my worry seems to be rooted in the insecurity of what is coming down the pike. What country will our children/grand-children possess as they grow older? Will our children still have all the opportunities our genera-tion enjoyed? Will our grandchil-dren enjoy the personal freedoms we always assumed would be

by rep. Jane CormierBelknap District 8

there for them? All of these ques-tions are overwhelming in scope and stop many of us dead in our tracks. As our country becomes deluged with crushing, liberty-stealing debt and disingenuous politics, people are checking out. Many folks have just become im-mobile under the weight of it all. But, most frightening is the fear this is exactly what those in politi-cal power desire. If “the people” drop out of the process and leave governing to others, (especially those who may not be looking out for our Constitutional Republic) well, let’s just say this is NOT what our Founding Fathers had in mind!

I joined the NH legislature be-cause I could no longer be part of the silent majority. I unequivo-cally believe the majority of our neighbors ARE for conservative principles of smaller government, smaller debt, and broader person-al freedom. But we are hitched to a leviathan of debt and corrup-

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inTelleCTuals and raCeThere are so

many fallacies a b o u t r a c e that it would be hard to say which is the most r id icu-lous. Howev-er, one fallacy behind many

other fallacies is the notion that there is

something unusual about dif-ferent races being unequally represented in various institu-tions, careers or at different in-come or achievement levels.

A hundred years ago, the fact that people from different racial backgrounds had very different rates of success in education, in the economy and in other endeavors, was taken as proof that some races were genetically superior to others.

Some races were considered to be so genetically inferior that eugenics was proposed to reduce their reproduction, and Francis Galton urged “the gradual ex-tinction of an inferior race.”

It was not a bunch of fringe cranks who said things like this. Many held Ph.D.s from the lead-ing universities, taught at the leading universities and were internationally renowned.

Presidents of Stanford Uni-versity and of MIT were among the many academic advocates of theories of racial inferiority -- applied mostly to people from Eastern and Southern Europe, since it was just blithely as-sumed in passing that blacks were inferior.

This was not a left-right issue. The leading crusaders for theo-ries of genetic superiority and inferiority were iconic figures on the left, on both sides of the Atlantic.

John Maynard Keynes helped create the Cambridge Eugenics Society. Fabian socialist intel-lectuals H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw were among many other leftist supporters of eugenics.

It was much the same story on this side of the Atlantic. President Woodrow Wilson, like

U N I T E D N A -TIONS—When the Security Council passed a package of uncharacter-istically tough sanctions on North Korea over the com-mun i s t r e -gime’s

nuclear weapons tests and mis-sile proliferation, the Pyongyang leadership went rhetorically bal-listic. Pyongyang’s pro forma rants and raves towards South Korea and the United States were notched up to include scrapping the 1953 armistice which ended the Korean war. For good mea-sure, North Korea threatened to nuke the USA with its newfound but happily not yet deliverable nuclear bombs.

Significantly the latest Security Council resolution was unani-mously passed and thus included support from the People’s Repub-lic of China, the longtime but in-creasingly wary political mentor of the quaintly titled “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.” .

The resolution stated the ob-vious; “reaffirming that prolif-eration of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as well as their means of delivery, con-stitute a threat to international peace and security.” The lengthy ten page document equally “reaf-firms its decision that the DPRK shall abandon all other existing weapons of mass destruction and ballistic programs in a com-plete, verifiable and irreversible manner.” Specifically the reso-lution calls for tougher financial sanctions to the point of barring suitcases of bulk cash for various weapons deals.

On a lighter note part of the resolution’s Annex includes bar-ring the import of jewelry, yachts and racing cars. This is seen as a method to stifle favors for the small clique around the dictator Kim Jong-un.

Even if the sanctions are selec-tively enforced by regional states such as Mainland China, the fact remains that the latest Security Council resolution underscores the unmistakable trend that the world community, even neighbor-ing China and Russia, are weary and especially wary of North Ko-

nOrTh KOrea’s MarCh Madnessrea upsetting East Asia’s equilib-rium. Japan is genuinely fright-ened, while prosperous South Korea has kept a stoic calm.

South Korea’s new President Park Geun-hye has stated clear-ly, “We must deal strongly with a North Korean provocation.”

Interestingly before the latest sanctions squeeze, in a strange bid of sports diplomacy, former American basketball star Den-nis Rodman visited Pyongyang to meet with Kim Jung-un, an improbable basketball fan. Rod-man’s ill-timed trip while bring-ing a whiff of levity to the DPRK’s dour atmosphere, was ultimately aimed at opening a dialogue be-tween the self-isolated Kim and President Barack Obama, also a basketball fan.

As this column has consis-tently stressed, the North Ko-rean communist dictatorship has chosen neutrons for nuclear weapons over nutrition for their own people. So ironically we see a contradictory situation where the UN Security Council slaps tough sanctions on the North, while at the same time United Nations humanitarian agencies are the major source of food and humanitarian assistance for at least a third of the North’s popu-lation.

Though Kim Jong-un contin-ues political tantrums in his fortified Pyongyang playpen, the reality remains that the land he rules stands as a neo-Stalinist totalitarian hell save for the oc-casional sporting jesters the dic-tator brings into town to amuse him. .

In its latest Report on the “Situ-ation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” documents “grave, sys-tematic and widespread” human rights violations in North Korea.. Interestingly this is the 22nd such report since 2003 and reflects 16 resolutions already passed on the DPRK dictatorship.

As in the past, the report out-lines a terrifying totalitarian bal-ance sheet where human rights and basic freedoms are stifled by a regime which would make Big Brother wince

The DPRK’s communist rulers use widespread torture, gender discrimination and intimidation to control the populace. Those who have fallen afoul of the re-

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gime are part of what the UN hu-man rights Rapporteur cites as many as 200,000 people in labor camps.

Triggering Pyongyang’s latest tirade was the joint annual South Korean/U.S. military exercises.

The force numbers include a laughably small troop contingent of 13, 000. Given that nearly one million troops of both sides facing across the DMZ dividing the pen-insula, this is simply an excuse


SUNDAY, MARCH 24Coastal DefenseGordon Bliss, Preservation Officer of the Coast Defense Study Group, focuses on the Coast Artillery Corps and its installations, structures, weapons, and supporting technologies during World War II.

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Early in the 20th century the US had one of the most extensive collections of fixed coast defenses in the world. Before the start of World War II, construction of more modern defenses had already begun, along with the modernization of some earlier works in what would be the final era of fixed coast defenses in the US.

In addition to the fixed defenses of the Coast Artillery Corps, several other arms of the military helped secure the US coastline. This talk focuses

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Gordon Bliss will be at the Wright Museum to discuss America’s wartime coastal defenses in detail. Bliss is former Chairman and current Preservation Officer of the Coast Defense Study Group, a national organization dedicated to the study, documentation, and preservation of the coast defenses of the United States.

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Murder Below Montpar-nasse, Cara Black, Soho Press, March 2013

Cara Black and her Aimée Leduc se-ries never dis-appoint me. I love following Ai-mée around the arrondissments of Paris, envying her stylish out-fits (which are of-ten impractical for the contretemps in which Aimée finds herself), agonizing with her about the men in her life, and worrying about how she’ll get herself out of her predica-ments.

Aimée’s present troubles are myri-ad. Her friend and partner, René Fri-ant, has taken a job in Silicon Valley, Saj her part-time employ-ee is injured on the current job, and her relationship with her god-father, Police Com-missaire Morbier, is as prickly as ever in spite of her recent assistance on one of his cases. That’s just the business side of things. On the personal side – Morbier is prickly there, too - Aimée’s best friend Martine wants her help with a fashion maga-zine article, Aimée catches her boyfriend Melac in flagrante delicto, and she’s gained too much weight to fit into the Dior she plans to wear to her cousin’s wedding.

This thirteen install-ment of Cara Black’s Ai-mée Leduc Investigations begins with a request from an old Russian who claims to know Aimée’s mother (who left when Aimée was a child and who happens to be on Interpol’s most wanted list). Yuri Volo-

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dya wants Aimée’s help safeguarding a painting that could be a Modigliani, but before she has barely started the case Yuri is murdered and the paint-ing is missing.

I’ve read many mystery series with female pro-tagonists, some playful and some serious, all good reads and good characters, but Aimée is my favorite female gumshoe whether she’s wearing Converse high tops or Louboutin heels.

Aimée is impatient, often inconsiderate of conse-quences, and impetuous when a client or friend is in danger. An accom-plished detective, though in theory computer crimes are her specialty, Aimée is no stranger to gritty crimes including art theft and murder. Trained by her fa-ther, Aimée often reminds herself of his lessons to get through a particular rough spot. For instance Aimée has a gut feeling that Yuri must have had dealings with Leduc Detective in the past since he claims

to know her mother. Her father taught her to “Re-member your first impres-sion. Nail it down or it comes back to nail you later.” So she does. An-

other lesson her father taught her was that a good detective must think on the move. When Aimée needs to find out what a Russian wife knows about the case she takes over for a tour guide. And to solve the crimes you have to be able to put the puzzle togeth-er no matter how many seemingly ill-fitting pieces you have. Aimée always can.

If Aimée is my favorite female de-tective it should be no surprise that Cara Black is my favorite female mystery writer. Not only did she create Aimée, but she knows how to

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LACONIA- Lakes Region Liberty Tax Service and nonprofit Cell Phones for Soldiers Inc. are asking Lakes Region residents to help troops call home by donating gently-used cel-lular phones. With ongo-ing deployments to com-bat areas and elsewhere, as many as 369,000 troops are serving in the U.S. military overseas. By dropping off your used cellular phones at Liberty Tax Service, Lakes Region residents can provide U.S. troops with that precious connection to loved ones back home.

Siblings Robbie and Brittany Bergquist founded Cell Phones for Soldiers at the ages of 12 and 13 in 2004. The charity has since provided more than 181 million minutes of free talk time to U. S. service men and women stationed around the world. Funds raised from the recycling of cellular phones are used to purchase pre-paid international calling cards. On average, Cell Phones for Soldiers distrib-utes 12,000 calling cards each week to bases around the world, care package programs, de-ployment ceremonies and VA hospitals. Since November 2007, Lakes Region Liberty Tax Service has collected and sent in more than 4,600 phones, totaling over 330,000 minutes of talk time for our soldiers. Help them reach

the 5,000 mark! More than 130 million phones are decommissioned each year and only 10 percent are recycled. Phones are in drawers across New Hampshire, waiting to be collected and turned into calling card cash for our troops. Locate yours and bring them to Liberty Tax Service, 702 Union Avenue, Laconia. Each donated phone can provide up to 72 minutes

of talk time for a soldier. Batteries, chargers and accessories are not required to donate but accepted for recycling purposes only. Learn how to erase personal data before donating a phone by going to www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com to access a free cell phone data eraser tool (under ‘Donate a Gently Used Phone’ tab). The website has details for those who would like to make cash donations, request a calling card for a military member or read stories of the soldiers and their families who have received phone cards.

Liberty Tax Service, with more than 4,000 offices throughout the United States and Canada, is a National Premier Partner for Cell Phones for Soldiers. For more information or to drop off your phones at any time, contact Lakes Region Liberty Tax at 524-5222 or visit www.libertytax.com.

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The Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce is pleased to be providing a $500 scholarship to eligible students graduating from high school.

Students eligible for the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce scholarship must be graduating seniors in high school who are ei-ther employed by or have a parent employed by a com-pany that is a member of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce.

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Scholarship guidelines and applications are avail-able at high schools in the region, at the Chamber office located at 18 South Main Street in Rochester or by visiting www.rochesternh.org . The deadline to submit completed scholarship ap-plications is Friday, April 26, 2013.

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and accessories. The BSTA recently selected BootLeg-ger’s Footwear Centers as the “2013 Retailer of the Year”. BootLegger’s Foot-wear Centers are one of New England’s largest full service family footwear centers with headquarters in Rochester N.H. and have eight retail locations in (Rochester NH- Stratham NH- Wolfeboro NH- North Conway NH- Meredith

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K a t h y Rago from F r a n k l i n is a friend and conser-vative col-l eague o f mine. Her son, Aaron Rago, is a student at Lakes Re-

gion Community College.Aaron in a letter to Dis-

trict 7 State Senator An-drew Hosmer: “ As an as-signment for my American Government class, I am writing about an issue that concerns me—the is-sue of School Choice. Last year the New Hampshire Legislature passed a bill (SB372) that allowed low-income families to receive a k-12 scholarship, so they could finance their children’s education at a private school, out-of-district public school, or homeschool. This bill gives STUDENTS the freedom to go to the school of their choice and receive the best education that suites their individual needs. It is my understanding that another bill (HB370) will repeal SB372 if passed by the Senate and signed by the governor. The House already passed the bill, but I ask that you vote “INEXPEDIENT TO LEG-ISLATE” on HB370.

“When I was a student at Franklin High School, I wanted to take classes at Laconia High School that WERE NOT OFFERED at Franklin. After meeting with the principal of Laco-nia High, I discovered that my family couldn’t afford the high tuition costs for an out-of-district student. I was devastated. Right now there are over 400 students that have applied for these scholarships. If HB370 is passed and SB372 is repealed, the children of these families WILL NOT be able to at-tend the schools of their

choice. Without the educa-tion that suits them, they may struggle with school and not be able to achieve their full potential.

“ Fu ture s tuden t s SHOULD NOT miss out on educational opportu-nities like I did. It is my hope for them that they will be able to have access to a better education or a school that is the best fit for them. I ask again that you vote against HB370. Thank you for your time.” If Sen. Hosmer and his wife have made a decision to send their children to a Christian Private School, I think that is wonderful that they have made that choice and can afford the additional expense as in property taxes for the non-government school. Why then do we not do the right thing for those who are not affluent (and you know I admire financial success) have an option to do the same for their children. All state reps and senators should think of all of the children, and stop protect-ing the Teachers’ Unions and other related Lob-byists. Do they have the courage? We shall see.

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when our favorite sports player retires, and we thank the player for all the thrill, doing everything within their power to get a win for us. We remember the big play, his gutsy play, good citizen, and the times that person “played hurt”. Life goes on, and we tell stories of what it was like to have that player on our team. Boston fans cannot tolerate a Red Sox player going to New York Yankees. We don’t for-give! Will we forgive Bill Bellichek for allowing the undisputed “heart of the offense” Wes Welker from accepting an offer to play with another great QB in Peyton Manning? My an-swer is NO.

******** If your community is

considering “Pay-As-You-Throw” rubbish pickup perhaps my guests at 9 a.m. this Saturday morn-ing WEZS 1350AM and wezs.com would peak your interest. Scheduled to join me in studio are Mayor Mike Seymour and some members of the Laconia City Council. It is an op-portunity to ask ques-tions and/or make com-ments re: the plan, the budget, does this save the taxpayers any money, if so, where does that new found revenue go? Laco-nia is a Tax Cap city.

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ICO: President Obama: “I’m no Dick Cheney on drones.”

P O L I T I C O c o n t i n -ues: “President Barack Obama’s defense to Demo-cratic senators complain-ing about how little his administration has told Congress about the legal justifications for his drone policy: Dick Cheney was worse.

“That’s part of what two senators in the room re-counted of Obama’s re-sponse when, near the outset of his closed-door session with the Senate Democratic conference on Tuesday, Sen. Jay Rocke-feller (D-W.Va.) confronted the president over the ad-ministration’s refusal for two years to show congres-sional intelligence com-mittees Justice Depart-ment Office of Legal Coun-sel memos justifying the use of lethal force against American terror suspects abroad.” Since Obama is into bringing up ‘the past’ perhaps BHO can recall that the National Debt was a mere $10 Trillion, and it only took four years for him to increase the debt to $16 Trillion. And, he’s not done yet!

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Former Laconia resi-dent Wayne Stottlar is the publisher of the free monthly The Valley www.thevalleynewspaper.com in Eastern Pennsylvania. We thank him for show-casing The Great Meredith Rotary Ice Fishing Derby Traditional Fun.

Wayne sends this to me: “Looks like some of your recipients checked out the paper online. Along with the story on the derby, which was written by one of Laconia’s own, Jason Lonergan, (football, bas-

ketball). I try to give the folks down here some New England flavor once in a while, everyone seems to love it.

“That derby is a big economic boosts to sev-eral area businesses, and along with giving these people a glimpse of the good life, I am hoping to spark some of the local groups here to start pro-moting our area, with our rich Amish culture here there are many opportu-nities if people would step outside of their comfort zones.”

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DENNIS RODMAN ???Seeing former NBA star

Dennis Rodman hanging out with North Korean dic-tator Kim Jong Un recently in Pyongyang was mind-boggling. The Apocalypse is surely fast approach-ing. Rodman predictably sang the praises of the Communist tyrant, lend-ing credence to the expres-sion “useful idiot.” The term was invented in Soviet Russia to contemptuously describe western liberals who blindly supported the likes of Lenin and Sta-lin while the Communist leaders committed atrocity after atrocity.

Rodman, however, is a great case study in how to attract attention. When he was in the NBA his hair kept changing color. He dated Madonna. He married Carmen Electra. He wore a dress. He later parlayed his notoriety into celebrity and actually was paid to endorse certain products. He “wrote” one of the best-selling sports books of all time.

What made Rodman such a publicity hound? I’m not a psychologist, but people with many sib-lings sometimes act up to get attention. How many brothers and sisters did Dennis have? His father, Philander, acknowledged having at least 29 kids by 16 different women in the Philippines.

That may explain it.

REBOUNDSHis off-court antics aside,

Rodman was a heck of a basketball player. He couldn’t shoot or score, but he was a wondrous

defensive player and won seven straight NBA rebound titles, while playing on championship caliber teams in Detroit, San An-tonio and Chi-cago. His best year was 1991-92 when he averaged 18.7 rebounds per game with the Pistons.

The great Wilt Chamberlain won 11 rebound titles (four in a row twice) while Boston’s Bill Russell was tops in that cat-egory four times. Moses Malone later won six re-bound titles, including five in a row.

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(Chamberlain by the way, was a supporter of Richard Nixon, and probably would never have visited Pyong-yang.)

MUSHER MIKETwenty three years ago

Plymouth State sports peo-ple were excited when for-mer Panther golfer Richie Parker qualified for the U.S. Open in Medinah, Ill. Now another Plymouth grad has made the big time. Mike Ellis, who graduated from Plymouth State College with a geography degree, was one of 67 mushers who qualified for the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The Iditarod is an an-nual long-distance Alaska race run every March from Anchorage to Nome. Mush-ers and a team of 16 dogs, of which at least six must be on the towline at the finish line, cover the 1100+ mile distance in 9–15 days or more.

Mike has been mushing since 1993.

Speaking of mushing, congratulations to the or-ganizers of the 84th Laco-

nia World Championship Sled Dog Derby. Resched-uled for this month due to a lack of February snow, this year’s successful com-petition featured around about 50 race teams.

The event dates back to 1929 when the New Eng-land Sled Dog Club held its first race here.

MORE KUDOS FOR CHUCK LENAHAN

Congrats also go out to Plymouth High football coach Chuck Lenahan on being one of 13 select-ees for induction into the National Federation High School Hall of Fame in In-dianapolis. Other inductees include former Washington Redskins’ all-pro quarter-back Joe Theismann and current Los Angeles Clip-pers’ guard Chauncey Bil-lups (originally drafted by the Celtics).

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“I found that the tenor banjo was similar to the violin, “ said Hashem.

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ing the songs that were the best in a jazz band setting.

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Mike Hashem as a performer for the Delta Steam Boat Company in 1985. He worked three weeks on and six weeks off.

Hashem inside his Ossipee store next to the banjo case that went with him on many trips.

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The cover of the CD “All American Banjo Classics” recorded in 2000 by Hashem and his band. The symbol is from that rare Gibson banjo, Copies of the CD are for sale at Old Post Office Antiques & Collectibles in Ossipee.

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He performed on the Steam Boat for three years.

“I would work for about two to three weeks on the boat and then have six weeks off where I would come back to New Hamp-shire, I always liked to remind them they had a northerner as their banjo player,” laughed Hashem.

Somewhere in Hashem’s impressive resume he also performed at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City.

In 1999, Hashem sold his home in Barrington and moved to Eliot, Maine, where he also owned a home.

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two.“I was working out of

my home but it was hard to make a living in the woods,” Hashem said re-flecting on the semi-iso-lation his move brought with it.

Still, he kept busy with the banjo and was in de-mand to play with other bands and, in 1985, Hash-em won the U.S. Open Banjo Contest. He was now playing the banjo in places as far away as Hawaii. (He also won the Canadian Grand National Banjo Contest in 1981 and was the New York State Champion in 1986.)

Still, being a native of New Hampshire - he was born in Dover in 1948 - Hashem was hard pressed to move, even after he au-ditioned and was hired on the spot to be the banjo players for the Delta Steam Boat Company in 1985.

The Steam Boat cruis-es were first-class trips costing between $2,000 and $10,000 per person and would last from three to seven days with stops along the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. The en-tertainment was top of the line and Hashem got to perform with greats like clarinetist Pete Fountain and Broadway Star Helen

Hayes.“It was called ‘The Heart-

land of America’ tours and you really did get to see some of the great cities and towns along these riv-ers,” said Hashem.

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Mike Hashem at 37 years of age holding his priceless 1934 Gibson All American Mastertone banjo.

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In 2000, Hashem re-corded a CD called “All American Banjo Classics” along with musicians Scott Philbrick, Noel Kaletsky, Chuck Stewart and Mel Deveau. It is a collection of

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old time conventional banjo hits, which are his favorite.

The cover of the CD is a picture of what just might be the most precious of all of Hashem’s antique pos-sessions. It’s a 1934 Gibson All American Mastertone Banjo, one of just 10 ever produced and four in exis-tence today.

“It just might be the rarest Gibson in the world,” said Hashem.

Soon to be celebrating his 65th birthday Hashem doesn’t travel as much with his music as he used to but he still loves to perform. He recently played at the 24th Annual St, Valentines’s Day Massacre and Banjofest at the Allenberry Resort Inn in Boiling Springs, Pennsyl-vania, where he also gave a workshop on turning simple banjo songs into interesting

ones. He plays every year at the Chowderfest in Boston and at the Cham-plain Valley Fair in Essex Junction, Vermont. This year he will also be per-forming at the Raitt Farm in Eliot, Maine.

Hashem has also sup-plemented some of his “free” time with other projects, when his busi-ness isn’t calling him.

Hashem joined the board of the Wright World War II Museum in Wolfeboro where he is the expert in militaria and works in acquiring World War II weaponry for dis-play. (On Sunday, April 7th at 2pm, Hashem will be giving a presentation at the museum on Japa-nese Weapons of WWII.)

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James Montgomerythe Flying Monkey, 39 south Main street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Dance Northeastrochester opera house, 31 Wakefield street, rochester. 335-1992

Winter MarketDanbury Grange hall, across from the Fire station in the center of Danbury. 9am-1pm.

Snowmobile Hill Climb ChallengePat’s Peak ski Area, henniker. registration is from 5:30am-9am. 428-3245

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Preschool StorytimeMeredith Public Library, Main st. Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30am and thursdays, 1-2pm. Ages 3-5. 279-4303.

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3. Paint - Whether you’re updating your col-or scheme or applying a fresh coat, painting is an easy way to update your home’s look from the street in a big way. De-pending on your budget, this project can be big or small. To make the most significant impact, con-sider painting the entire house. This will bring new life to paint that has lost its luster or possibly a new palette of color to incorporate into your yard. Although this proj-ect can call for a larger investment, the result will pay off in the end.

If your budget is more limited, focus on the ar-eas that catch the eye. Give shutters and trim a fresh coat of paint, or paint the front door a bright shade of red or blue.

You don’t have to make a large investment to make a large impact. Focusing on key areas of your home’s exterior will refresh the entire appearance of the home and provide a facelift that’s within your reach.

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Born Today ...That is to say, sports

standouts born on March 21 include former Oakland Raider quarterback and head coach Tom Flores (1937) and superstar NFL running back Adrian Peter-son (1985).

SportsquizWho was the first pro

basketball player to break a backboard? (Answer fol-lows)

Sportsquote “I spent 90% of my money

on booze and broads,” said 1970s soccer star George Best. “The rest I wasted.”

Sportsquiz AnswerChuck Connors broke a

backboard before the first-ever Boston Celtics bas-ketball game at the Boston Arena in 1946. It was not a dunk shot, but a long pregame high-arching set shot that caught the rim the wrong way and cracked the backboard, delaying the start of the game. Con-nors went on the acting fame and starred for many years as “The Rifleman” on ABC-TV.

Michael Moffett is a Pro-fessor of Sports Manage-ment at NHTI, Concord’s Community College. He recently co-authored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines), which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is [email protected].

moffett from 15 Cormier from 6tion. How can we possibly hope to stand under such weight? One answer – we become politically active in the Conservative move-ments in our communi-ties.

Lately, local elections have been the focus of many in our towns and cities – are you paying at-tention to the local issues? Are you speaking your mind on issues which are important to you? Are you taking the time out of your busy day, to see what the NH legislature is voting for you and yours? Make no mistake, taxes and regu-lation are strangling our once great nation. With overwhelming debt comes reduced freedom. We need to stand for conservative principles of smaller gov-ernment, lower taxes and greater personal freedom. Only then can we begin

to unburden the crushing weight which is immobi-lizing our communities, county, and country. It won’t be easy, of that you can be sure. But, the American Dream must be preserved for our children. Now is the time to roll up our sleeves and do some heavy lifting. Time may be running out.

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“Loading up the nation with debt and leaving it for the following generations to pay is morally irrespon-sible. Excessive debt is a means by which govern-ments oppress the people and waste their substance. No nation has a right to contract debt for periods longer than the majority contracting it can expect to live.” Thomas Jefferson

metzler from 7for heightened tensions.

One of the classic North Korean political propa-ganda nostrums focuses on the DPRK being taken seriously as a sovereign state. Yet, part of Pyong-yang’s outreach program includes threats to dev-astate neighboring South Korea and to nuke the USA. And Kim Jong-un wonders why he’s not popular?

Remember how critics laughed when former U.S. President George W Bush rightly labeled North Ko-rea, along with the Islam-ic Republic of Iran, and Saddam’s Iraq as part of an Axis of Evil? Well??

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Salome’s Stars HoroscopeARiES (March 21 to April 19) Congratu-lations, Lamb. This is the week to finish your project and then bask in your well-earned approval. (And if you like, you also can say “bah” to all those detractors.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The bold Bovine could find a new opportunity too intriguing to be ignored. But don’t charge into it. Go slowly so you see how things develop as you get more involved.

GEMiNi (May 21 to June 20) You might try to soften your stand on that important issue. A little more flexibility actually could get you what you’re looking for. A new friend enters the picture midweek.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your inner voice is on the mark when it advises you to tackle that family problem now! The sooner you’re able to come to terms with it, the better it will be for everyone.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Someone reveals important news about a longtime

associate. But before you decide how to deal with this information, make sure it’s reliable, and not simply self-serving.

ViRGO (August 23 to September 22) Some intensive soul-searching early in the week can help you reach a decision by week’s end that should please both you and the other person involved. Good luck.

LiBRA (September 23 to October 22) The possibility of a career change is intriguing. Learn more about what it can offer and what it cannot. Weigh everything carefully. And ask questions.

SCORPiO (October 23 to November 21) Work is your priority this week as you try to make up for lost time. Expect help from someone who cares about you. Things take a welcome turn by the weekend.

SAGiTTARiUS (November 22 to Decem-ber 21) A health problem causes some anx-iety early in the week. But prompt medical attention soon eases everyone’s concerns.

Enjoy an arts-filled weekend.

CAPRiCORN (December 22 to Janu-ary 19) As much as you might resent it, a changing situation could require you to adjust your plans accordingly. The good news: An associate agrees to cooperate.

AQUARiUS (January 20 to February 18) That old problem is finally resolved, just in time for you to take on a new work-related project. This one could be the super door-opener you’ve been looking for.

PiSCES (February 19 to March 20) The early part of the week presents some difficult hurdles. But once you get over them, you can start to focus on matters that are more important to you.

BORN THiS WEEK: You are respected for your honesty and your dedication to doing the right thing, no matter how difficult that might be.

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Sowell from 7 thing as simple as age. The median age in Ger-many and Japan is over 40, while the median age in Afghanistan and Ye-men is under 20. Even if the people in all four of these countries had the same mental poten-tial, the same history, the same culture -- and the countries themselves had the same geographic features -- the fact that people in some countries have 20 years more ex-perience than people in other countries would still be enough to make equal economic and oth-er outcomes virtually impossible.

Add the fact that dif-ferent races evolved in different geographic set-tings, presenting very dif-ferent opportunities and constraints on their de-velopment, and the same conclusion follows.

Yet the idea that dif-ferences in outcomes are odd, if not sinister, has been repeated mind-lessly from street cor-ner demagogues to the august chambers of the Supreme Court.

Thomas Sowell is a se-nior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford Uni-versity, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.

many other Progressives, was solidly behind no-tions of racial superior-ity and inferiority. He showed the movie “Birth of a Nation,” glorifying the Ku Klux Klan, at the White House, and invited various dignitaries to view it with him.

Such views dominated the first two decades of the 20th century. Now fast forward to the last few decades of the 20th century. The political left of this era was now on the opposite end of the spec-

trum on racial issues. Yet they too regarded differences in outcomes among racial and ethnic groups as something un-usual, calling for some single, sweeping expla-nation.

Now, instead of genes being the overriding rea-son for differences in outcomes, racism be-came the one-size-fits-all explanation. But the dog-matism was the same. Those who dared to dis-agree, or even to question the prevailing dogma in either era were dismissed

-- as “sentimentalists” in the Progressive era and as “racists” in the multi-cultural era.

Both the Progressives at the beginning of the 20th century and the liberals at the end started from the same false premise -- namely, that there is something unusual about different racial and ethnic groups having dif-ferent achievements.

Yet some racial or ethnic minorities have owned or directed more than half of whole industries in many nations. These have in-

cluded the Chinese in Malaysia, Lebanese in West Africa, Greeks in the Ottoman Empire, Britons in Argentina, Indians in Fiji, Jews in Poland, and Spaniards in Chile -- among many others.

Not only different racial and ethnic groups, but whole nations and civi-lizations, have had very different achievements for centuries. China in the 15th century was more advanced than any country in Europe. Even-tually Europeans over-took the Chinese -- and there is no evidence of changes in the genes of either of them.

Among the many rea-sons for different levels of achievement is some-


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The show will start at 7:30 pm with Boston based artist, Chris Trapper. Chris’ music can best be described as lyrically driven roots-pop with a knack for telling everyday stories filled with extra-ordinary characters. Chris’s on–stage persona is warm and inclusive, his organic understanding of classic pop melody infectious.

At 8:15 pm, Sarah Jarosz will take the stage. Sarah Jarosz has as rich a skill set as any-body in acoustic music. She plays—not just one instrument, but enough of them to be a one-woman string band: mandolin, octave mandolin, clawhammer banjo and guitar. She sings—in supple tones that transcend the boundaries between folk and pop - and she writes—old-timey ballads and modern

singer-songwriter ruminations alike.

At 9pm, John Prine headlines. One of the most influential songwriters of his generation and one of Bob Dylan’s favorite writers, this Grammy Award winner (Best Contemporary Folk album) is best known for penning Bonnie Raitt’s hit, An-gel from Montgomery, and other signature tunes, Illegal Smile, Sam Stone, Paradise, Hello in There and his personal favorite, Far From Me. A recent tribute album of his songs featured members of the modern folk re-vival including The Avett Broth-ers, Old Crow Medicine Show and Justin Townes Earle.

Tickets for this show are $65 and $70 and can be purchased at the Portsmouth Music Hall Bos office at 28 Chestnut Street or by phone at (603) 436-2400.

Other great shows in the Port-mouth Singer-Songwriter series can be found online at www.themusichall.org.

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Along with Sarah Jarosz and Chris Trapper

John Prine headlines a Portsmouth Singer Songwriter series event at the Portsmouth Music Hall on Saturday, April 20th.

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03/21/13 Cocheco Times