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1 THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 18, 2013 COMPLIMENTARY THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013 VOLUME 22, NO. 16 T h i s C o m p le te E d itio n A v a ila b le O n l i n e ! w w w . T h e W e ir s T i m e s . c o m Presorted Standard U.S. Postage PAID CONCORD, NH 03301 Permit No. 177 Not everyone realizes that the 4th Monday of April was designated General John Stark Day in 2003. A bill sponsored by David Lawton, managing editor of the Weirs Times and then a state representative, was passed to honor General John Stark who led the Battle of Bennington during the Revolutionary War and gave us our state motto: “Live Free Or Die.” What follows is a history of General Stark reprinted from the Granite Monthly of 1904. —ed. From the lives of many of the prominent men of past generations, we of this progressive age can profit much. While their forms are unseen by the human eye, their deeds of valor are monuments in modern civilization. Em- pires of the old world have been born and destroyed by the children of men. In the new world a republic has been formed, as a home for the oppressed of all races and creeds; and in that home the Decla- ration of Independence WHO IS JOHN STARK? April 22 nd Marks 10 th Anniversary of Official Day To Remember NH Hero The Lakes Region Singer will hold two spring con- certs, one on Friday, May 3, at 7:30pm, and one on Sunday, May 5, at 2pm. These concerts are open to the public, with a suggested donation to help cover ex- penses. They will take place at the First United Method- ist Church on Route 11-A in Gilford. Each performance will feature memorable songs by Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, and George Gershwin, including swing/big band favorites like “It’s De-Lovely,” “The Lady Is a Tramp,” and “Flip, Flop, and Fly,” plus dramatic medleys from the blockbuster Broadway mu- sicals Wicked and Les Mi - sérables. In addition, the Youth Chorus will perform. As the finale, the youth will join with the adults in a stirring arrangement of “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” For more information, call the director at 524-0835 or 998-8545. Celebrate Spring With The Lakes Region Singers See STARK on 20 This statue of New Hampshire Revolutionary War Hero John Stark stands in Stark Park in Manchester. General John Stark, who gave us our powerful state motto: “Live Free or Die” is celebrated the fourth Monday of every April which has been designated “General John Stark Day.”

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1THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 18, 2013

COMPLIMENTARYTHE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013VOLUME 22, NO. 16

This C

omplete Edition Available Online!

www.TheWeirsTimes.com

Presorted StandardU.S. Postage

PAIDCONCORD, NH 03301

Permit No. 177

Not everyone realizes that the 4th Monday of April was designated General John Stark Day in 2003. A bill sponsored by David Lawton, managing editor of the Weirs Times and then a state representative, was passed to honor General John Stark who led the Battle of Bennington during the Revolutionary War and gave us our state motto: “Live Free Or Die.”

What follows is a history of General Stark reprinted from the Granite Monthly of 1904.

—ed.

From the lives of many of the prominent men of past generations, we of this progressive age can profit much. While their forms are unseen by the human eye, their deeds of valor are monuments in modern civilization. Em-pires of the old world have been born and destroyed by the children of men. In the new world a republic has been formed, as a home for the oppressed of all races and creeds; and in that home the Decla-ration of Independence

Who Is John stark?

April 22nd Marks 10th Anniversary of Official Day To Remember NH Hero

The Lakes Region Singer will hold two spring con-certs, one on Friday, May 3, at 7:30pm, and one on Sunday, May 5, at 2pm. These concerts are open to the public, with a suggested donation to help cover ex-penses. They will take place at the First United Method-ist Church on Route 11-A in Gilford.

Each performance will feature memorable songs by Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, and George Gershwin, including swing/big band favorites like “It’s De-Lovely,” “The Lady Is a Tramp,” and “Flip, Flop, and Fly,” plus

dramatic medleys from the blockbuster Broadway mu-sicals Wicked and Les Mi-sérables. In addition, the Youth Chorus will perform. As the finale, the youth will join with the adults in a stirring arrangement of “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” For more information, call the director at 524-0835 or 998-8545.

Celebrate Spring With The Lakes Region Singers

See stark on 20

This statue of New Hampshire Revolutionary War Hero John Stark stands in Stark Park in Manchester. General John Stark, who gave us our powerful state motto: “Live Free or Die” is celebrated the fourth Monday of every April which has been designated “General John Stark Day.”

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List your community events FREE online at www.weirs.com, email to [email protected]

or mail to PO Box 5458, Weirs, NH 03247

Electronic Waste Collection DayBring your electronic

junk over to the Laco-nia-Gilford Lions Club during their Electronic Waste Collection Day (EWCD) and, for a small disposal fee, not only will they take it off your hands, they will recycle your old elec-tronic items. The small fee charged is less than

the local transfer station’s prices. Cash or checks will be ac-cepted but not debit or credit cards.

If you bring your electronics to Lowe’s Parking Lot, 1407 Lakeshore Road in Gilford, on Saturday, April 20, between the hours of 9am. and 1pm., members will help you unload them. Computer monitors, laptops, CPUs, Servers, CD/DVD players, camcorders, AV equipment, VCRs, speakers, mice or keyboards, copiers, faxes, scanners, printers, phones (land and cell), phone systems, UPS systems, humidifiers, dehu-midifiers, cords, cables and computer accessories.

They will also take microwaves, air conditioners, refrigera-tors, freezers, water heaters, washing machines, dryers, gas or electric stoves, dishwashers, dumb terminals, and TVs. Anything with a cord not listed will also be accepted.You cannot drop off: oils, paints, thinners, batteries, tires, items containing mercury such as fluorescent and CFL light bulbs or thermometers, capacitors, ballasts, or any other hazard-ous waste.

Guitarist Ed Gerhard At Spotlight Cafe

Grammy Award-winning Guitarist Ed Gerhard will perform on Sunday, April 21 at the Spotlight Cafe at the Capitol Cen-ter For The Arts, 44 S Main St., Concord.

Showtime is 7:30pm. From Tokyo to Rome and venues across the US, Ed Gerhard’s music has touched concert au-diences all over the world.

Gerhard returns to the Spotlight Cafe celebrating the highly anticipated release of his new CD “There and Gone,”

a collection of original compositions and covers including a stunning arrangement of “Imagine/Across the Universe,” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and a concert favorite on Weissenborn, “Killing the Blues.”

Call (603) 225-1111 or visit ccanh.com for info.

WildQuest Spring Camp In LaconiaStarting April 22nd Prescott Farm Environmental Educa-

tion Center (PFEEC) will be offering five days of WildQuest Spring Camp for children in grades K-7/ages 6-12 from 9am-3pm.. Extended care is available!

WildQuest Spring Camp will enhance your child’s ecologi-cal awareness and provide fun learning opportunities in a community-minded and non-competitive atmosphere. Camp includes nature activities, animal and plant identification, arts and crafts, quests, and hands-on learning. Most of the day is spent outdoors. Please dress children appropriately for the weather and time of year. Extended care provides supervised playtime before and after regular camp hours. You can register by the day or for the full week.

Please register well in advance, since space is limited. Cost is $35 for Prescott Farm members and $45 for non-members per day; $175 for Prescott Farm members and $225 for nonmembers for the week. Pre-registration is required, call 366-5695 or e-mail [email protected]. Also, visit our website at www.prescottfarm.org to learn more about Wild-Quest Spring Camp and registration details.

AprilThursday 18Th

Hugh MasekelaCapitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

Business After Hours Baron’s Major Brands, 225 Daniel Webster Highway, Belmont. 5-7pm. Free and open to the public. RSVP by visiting http://baronsmajorbrands.eventbrite.com

The Brad Myrick Jazz QuintetPitman’s Freight Room, Laconia. $12pp. 527-0043

Gerald Auten – Artist ReceptionThe Studio, 50 Canal Street, Laconia. 5-7pm. “Gerald Auten: Reckless” will be on view at The Studio through May 31st. 455-8008

Newfound Lake Region Association – Watershed Project UpdateAlexandria Town Hall. 7-9pm. 744-8689

Friday 19Th Bruce HornsbyCapitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 225-1111

NH Boat Museum’s Annual Spring Fling FundraiserClub 59, Kingswood Golf Course, South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 6pm. $42/members, $45/non-members.569-4554

VishtenFranklin Opera House, 316 Central Street, Franklin. 7:30pm. 934-1901

Spring Rummage SaleSt. John’s Methodist Church, 28 Cataract Ave., Dover. 8am-Noon. 742-3046

saTurday 20Th Corvettes Doo Wop RevueRochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992

Porcupine Ball WorkshopLeague of NH Craftsmen Meredith Gallery, 279 D.W. Highway, Meredith. 1-4pm. Class taught by Kristine Lingle. $25pp. Pre-registration is required. 279-7920

Free Class on Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & RepurposeSunflower Natural Foods, 390 South Main Street, Laconia. 10am-Noon. Registration required. 524-6334

Phoenix Marionette Theatre’s “Aladdin and the Lamp of Dreams”Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center, 26 Main Street, Peterborough. 11am and 1pm. $7/adult, $5/child. 924-4555

Spiritual Discussion with Harold KlempHampton Inn, 195 Laconia Road, Tilton. 10:30am. Klemp is the Spiritual Leader of Eckankar. 800-713-8944

“Fred Marple of Frost Heaves, NH”Andover Elementary/Middle School, 20 School Street, Andover. 7pm. $10/adult or $5/students. [email protected]

Boys and Girls Club Annual Spring FlingGilford youth Center, Gilford. 6-11pm. Cocktails, dinner, auctions and dancing with the Wicked Smart Horn Band. 528-0197. [email protected]

Joyce Anderson in ConcertNottingham Community Church, 106 Church Street, Nottingham. 7:30pm. $20 at the door, $15 advance. 207-351-1985.

3rd Annual Lyme Disease ConferenceBeane Conference Center, Laconia. 10am-4:30pm. The general public is encouraged to attend. $5 donation at the door. www.lyme411.org

Clean Up DaySquam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 9:30am-1pm. Public invited to help with various projects on the grounds to prepare for opening day on May 1st. 968-7194 x 22.

Indoor Flea MarketBelknap Mill, 25 Beacon Street East, Laconia. 8:30am-Noon. www.belknapmill.org 524-8813

Cake Decorating ClassMeredith Public Library, Meredith. 10:30am-Noon. Everyone will get

a chance to practice on a cupcake. Class intended for adults, but teens and children are welcome with adult supervision. 279-4303

AVRA Spring Model Railroad ShowHaverhill Cooperative Middle School, North Haverhill. 10am-3pm. $3/adult, children admitted free. 747-3492

Varieties and Techniques for a Victorious HarvestMoulton Farm, 18 Quarry Road, Meredith. 10am-Noon. 279-3915

DIY Graphic Design Series for Small BusinessPlymouth State University, Plymouth. 9am-Noon. Attendees will learn how to create their own logos in the first workshop. Next two workshops are April 27th and May 4th. $25pp for each workshop. 535-3222

Belknap Range Trail Tenders Volunteer WorkshopThe lower gate on Carriage Road, just off Belknap Mountain Road, Gilford. 8:30am. Participants should bring gloves, lunch and stable footwear. 286-3506

sunday 21sT Brunch To Benefit Habitat For HumanityThe First Congregational Church in Meredith is hosting a brunch at 11:00AM, after the worship service. Part of the proceeds will benefit “Habitat for Humanity”. Adults $7, ages 6-10 $4, under 6 free. All are welcome to attend at 4 Highland St, Meredith. Home baked goods and craft will also be available to purchase.

The Keller QuartetUNH, 330 Huddelston Hall, 73 Main Street, Durham. 7pm. 862-7222

Beadweaving: Star Bright EarringsLeague of NH Craftsmen Meredith Gallery, 279 D.W. Highway, Meredith. 12:30-3:30pm. Class taught by Deb Fairchild. $30pp with a $12 additional material fee. Pre-registration is required. 279-7920

Phoenix Marionette Theatre’s “Aladdin and the Lamp of Dreams”Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center, 26 Main Street, Peterborough. 11am and 1pm. $7/adult, $5/child. 924-4555

18th Annual Model Train ShowCawley Middle School, 89 Whitehall Road, Hooksett. 10am-3pm. $4/adult, $1/kids or $10/family rate. 315-0084

Earth Day Celebration with West African DrummingSanbornton Congregational Church-UCC, Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sanbornton. Community welcome. 10am. 934-5717

Ed GerhardThe Spotlight Café at the Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 7:30pm. 225-1111

Monday 22nd Fundraiser for Ray BurtonWoodstock Inn, Main Street, North Woodstock. 7pm. Buffet dinner. $25pp. Email reservation to [email protected]

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Electronic Waste Collection DayFundraising Event To Benefit

Laconia/Gilford Lions Club

Saturday, April 20thLowe’s Parking Lot

1407 Lakeshore Road, Gilford9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Recycle electronic items of all sizes from phones and comput-ers to dryers and refrigerators for a small disposal fee. No paints, batteries, tires, items containing mercury, or hazardous wastes.

Don’t Throw It Out...

R e c y c l e I t !

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Books, Women’s Basketball, And Men

Coaching Girls

Let’s get the shameless self-promotion out of the way first.

Did I mention I wrote a book?

Alert Weirs Times read-ers may recall that I re-cently co-authored “FA-HIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Af-ghanistan to Hollywood and Back.” Brendan Smith wrote a wonderful Weirs Times story about the project last year.

(So what does that have to do with a sports column? Please keep reading.)

A couple weeks ago I got a call from a friend in southern California, who explained that she knew a radio personality at KTLK-AM Talk Radio in Los Angeles who’d had a cancellation for her show, leaving an opening in the second hour. Was I interested in calling in to the show to talk about the book?

“Of course!”But it meant calling

L.A. at 1:30 p.m. EDT on a Wednesday, when I’m in the middle of a three hour “Sports and Society” class. I’d have to bow out.

“My class meets at that time. Sorry. Maybe if it was about sports I could have taken a bit of class time. Too bad.”

Then I was told that the host, Teal March-ande, had a daughter who played basketball for Cal-Berkeley, which was headed for the NCAA Women’s Final Four in

New Orleans.“OK.” I rep l ied . “ I f

there’s a sports com-ponent I can try to call during class, if we can make it interactive with my students.”

So I explained to my students that we were going to be on a major L.A. talk radio station, and that the scheduled quiz would be delayed a bit. While we waited for our assigned call time, Jessica--an NHTI Lynx women’s college basket-ball standout--got her

computer out and looked up Teal’s daughter’s in-formation.

“ T a l i a C a l d w e l l i s 6-foot-3,” said Jess. “She has over 1000 career rebounds and shoots 62 percent from the floor. And her father, Ravin Caldwell, was a l ine-backer with the NFL’s Washington Redskins from 1987 to 1992, win-ning Super Bowl rings in 1987 and 1991.”

Sports component? I THINK!

by Mike MoffettContributing Writer

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Sept 29 Gazpacho Dance Party

Oct 6 The Super Secret Project ROH & Rochester Main Street Co-Production

Oct 13 James Montgomery Hometown Heroes Blues Festival Mainstage

Oct 13 & 14 RockinÕ Schoolhouse Weekend Family Theatre Series

Oct 18 - Nov. 3 Annie Theatre/Family/A&E

Oct 20 Comedian Bob Marley Two shows!

Nov 3 & 4 Alexander WhoÕs Not, Not, Not Going to Move Weekend Family Theatre Series

Nov 10 King Michael (Tribute to the King of Pop) Mainstage

Nov 10 & 11 Mr. PopperÔs Penguins Weekend Family Theatre Series

Nov 16 Kashmir (Led Zeppelin Tribute) Mainstage

Nov 17 & 18 RockinÕ Schoolhouse Weekend Family Theatre Series

Nov 24 Makem & Spain Brothers Mainstage

Dec 1 Celebrity Waiter Holiday Dinner Theatre Fundraiser

Dec 1 & 2 Alexander WhoÕs Not, Not, Not Going to Move Weekend Family Theatre Series

Dec 8 & 9 Mr. PopperÕs Penguins Weekend Family Theatre Series

Dec 14 & 15 The Nutcracker Produced by Sole City Dance

Dec 19 - 23 A Christmas Carol Theatre/Family/A&E

Jan 17 - Feb 2 All Shook Up (Elvis Musical) Theatre/Mainstage

Feb 8 Strafford Wind Symphony Family

Feb 9 Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre Mainstage

Feb 16 R-rated Hypnotist/Comedian Frank Santos, Jr. Mainstage

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Mar 15 The Spirit of Johnny Cash Mainstage

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Free Staters Good For New HampshireTo the Editor:

“Free State Project”, “they’re not welcome”, “compromising our way of life”…and so on. I have read these words in the news recently regarding “free staters” as well as listen to a discussion on NHPR last week.

It’s odd to encounter individuals speaking on behalf of the whole state. I don’t buy it and neither should you. Notice how I didn’t write, NH doesn’t buy it? The folks who have a problem, should own the problem and reference individuals.

Perhaps folks who have employment because of free staters bringing their businesses here would disagree, as well as those who benefit from the char-itable work done through a charity organization started by a free stater. Free staters live through-out the state and work on many different projects to live and maintain the NH way of life. It is baffling to come across comments not welcoming people who are voting with their feet. One would think NH folks would be happy their state was chosen since that is the “way of life”, essential-ly, according to the state motto, and embrace folks who want to work to make it even freer. Maybe some folks have freedom mixed up with free stuff.

I find it further odd that most of the folks that have a problem with “free staters” are from other states themselves, like

Cynthia Chase, the state rep originally from RI who said Free Staters are the greatest threat to the state.

Please, live and let oth-ers live free or die!

Kay ParkerPlaistow, NH.

Gun RightsTo The Editor:Gun lovers are like pro-

aborts. Pro-aborts won’t accept any restrictions on abortion because they don’t trust pro-lifers to stop. They know that pro-lifers think abortion is murder and that a true pro-lifer won’t stop until abortion is illegal every-where.

Similarly, pro-gun folks don’t trust anti-gun poli-ticians one inch. Gov. Cuomo has spoken of confiscating guns. Mayor Bloomberg, while standing in the midst of Uzi-toting bodyguards whom we pay for, has said guns are un-necessary and dangerous. Pres. Obama, while sur-rounded by gun-toting se-cret service people whom we pay for, has said that guns don’t keep us safe and that we shouldn’t have them.

Gun rights have nothing to do with hunting. They have everything to do with fighting tyranny.

Why should a pro-gun person trust ANY politi-cian?

Bill TaylorNew Hampton, NH.

Desperate Need For Volunteers

To The Editor:For the last several years

I have enjoyed coaching soccer to kids who are 5, 6 and 7 years old. The parent(s) of these kids typically pay for their reg-istration, then extra for a soccer jersey and often they are outfitted to look like a miniature version of a professional soccer play-er. What really warms my heart though is when the children’s “entourage” comes to cheer them on. The wild cheering is un-conditionally positive and occurs regardless of their abilities. Armed with lawn chairs; the parents, grand-parents, aunts, uncles and friends are scream-ing encouraging words to support these little ath-letes. Although I adore these kids, they probably aren’t the kids I’m writing about today.

Today I am writing about children who desperately need someone to get to know them and look out for their best interests. I am writing about the kids I probably won’t get to meet on the soccer field with a slew of doting adults sup-porting them. The kids I am writing about today are the victims of abuse and / or neglect. These kids’ parents might have had the really good in-tentions to sign them up for soccer and had the money set aside for reg-istration (along with the car payment and money for groceries) but they

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I arrived in the little New Hampshire town on a foggy mid-March morning.

I’d gotten a call from an old friend’s wife, Marge Brewster.

M a r g e w a s M i k e Brewster’s wife. They had moved to this sleepy ham-let after retirement. They didn’t care for the action and noise of New York City any longer.

Being a city junkie, I was already unsettled by the quietness and obvious lack of entertainment this rural community exuded. Sure it was a beautiful landscape. Some kind of snow covered mountain in the distance and a cool clear lake nearby. But where were the shows; the bright lights, the constant traffic? Those were the things that made my blood run daily. I felt like a prize fighter at a bridal shower. I’d have to get out of here as soon as possible.

Mark and I were old friends. We met playing one-on-one basketball at the Y on the Upper West Side of Manhattan years back. I was invited to a few parties at his brownstone. Nice digs. They had the money, but I had the know how.

Making a living finding people takes something and I had it.

Their retirement to a house on Lake Winni-something or other was more Marge’s idea than Mark’s, but he went along like cattle to slaughter.

“I’d follow her anywhere,”

he once told me.I never felt that way about

a dame. I guess I was a bit jealous. I never had much luck with the ladies, in settling down anyway, but that was the kind of work I was in, dropping every-thing for a case, for weeks sometimes.

It just happened that I was sharing a bottle of high test champagne at the Plaza with a lady friend after solving the case of a missing heiress and things were just starting to get spicy when the call came from Marge. Damn cell phones. Who said technol-ogy was a good thing?

“Nick, Mark has gone missing. Two days now. He went for a walk and never came back.”

I knew right then I’d have to drop everything and go. After all the blood of friendship was stronger than any champagne or woman, even one at 36-22-36.

I kissed her on the cheek and took off. No time to explain.

Five hours later I was driving some dark, windy road in the middle of no-where. Signs screaming “Frost Heaves” every few yards. Some kind of intes-tinal virus run rampant? I kept my windows closed.

I was ready to give my-self up for lost when I saw their mailbox.

People had funny names for streets around here. Give me a good old num-ber and a direction on a street sign and I’ll find you; name it after some kind of farm animal and all bets are off.

Their driveway was about as long as the off ramp on Exit 22 of the Long Island Expressway.

I got out of the car. It was quiet; so quiet you could hear a name drop.

I stepped out of the car and walked to the front door. I kept my hand on

my piece. I’d heard there were bears running around in places like this and I wanted to make sure old Yogi knew who was boss if push came to shove.

I rang the bell and the door opened before the last notes of “Home Sweet Home” finished echoing through the place.

Marge was at the door, trembling like she had a bad case of St. Vitus Dance.

She threw her arms around me, crying on my shoulder. Her perfume had a sweet scent that slowly dripped over my brain like cinnamon on a bun.

I had to keep my head straight, this was my best friend’s wife and I was here to do a job.

She calmed down and led me inside. She fixed me a drink. I thought she’d never ask.

She told me how Mark had left to take a walk up the road to the General Store, whatever the heck that is, and she hadn’t heard from him since.

Seems the local flatfeet were too busy helping little old ladies across the street or pulling cats out of trees or whatever they do. They didn’t think Mark was gone long enough to war-rant any concern.

It took me about two sec-onds to realize that Mark was in trouble. I saw the first clue right in the den and it hit me in the face like a jealous husband who got out of work early.

........To Be Continued.

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The jihad-is ts ’ favor -ite American lawyer, Lynne Stewart, re-portedly has stage-4 breast cancer. Her radical friends - - r a n g i n g from the “Par-ty for Social-ism and Lib-

eration” and “Workers World” to Pete Seeger, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal -- want her freed from jail. There’s only one de-cent response to the Lynne Stew-art Fan Club’s criminal-coddling demand:

No, hell, no.The way the bleeding hearts

tell it, this harmless grandma got thrown in the slammer by Big Bad Bush merely because she was “distributing press releases on behalf of her jailed client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman.” Oh, the outrageous inhumanity! How could America the Cruel do this to an innocent little old lady serving the cause of “social justice”? How can they just let her suffer and perish behind bars? All she did was “distribute press releases.”

1960s leftover agitator Dick Gregory is now on a hunger strike until the feds order the “compas-sionate release” of the left’s sweet-heart “political prisoner” and she “receives medical treatment in the care of her family and with physicians of her choice.” He and Stewart’s apologists claim she was prosecuted “to intimidate the entire legal community so that few would dare to defend political clients whom the state demonizes and none would provide a vigorous defense.”

Spare me the proglodyte pathos.

Allow me to smash the world’s smallest violin to bits. Stewart is no martyr, no heroine. She’s a menace to peace-loving society who illegally conspired with kill-ers. And there’s a very good reason why her client was demonized. He is a demon.

Refresher course for the clue-less: Stewart was convicted in 2005 of helping terrorist Rahman -- the bloodstained Blind Sheik -- smuggle coded messages of Is-lamic violence to outside followers in violation of an explicit pledge to abide by her client’s court-ordered isolation.

Rahman, Stewart’s “political client,” had called on Muslims to “destroy” the West, “burn their companies, eliminate their inter-ests, sink their ships, shoot down their planes, kill them on the sea, air or land.” He issued bloody fatwas against U.S. “infidels” that inspired the 1993 WTC bombing, the 1997 massacre of Western tourists in Luxor, Egypt, and the 9/11 attacks.

Defying a judge’s communica-tions ban, Stewart ferreted mes-sages to the Blind Sheik from fellow jihadist Rifa’l Ahman Tara urging him to support a new wave of Islamic violence in Egypt -- and then smuggled out a coded order to his followers lifting a ceasefire between his terrorist group and the Egyptian government. Stewart personally delivered one of the messages to a Reuters reporter.

The Middle East Quarterly also described how Stewart created “covering noises” for the Blind Sheik’s translator to evade the communications ban: “On some surveillance videos, Stewart could be seen shaking a water jar or tap-ping on the table while (the trans-lator) and the sheikh exchanged communications that were then

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From The State House Common Core Is truLy

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Hampshire De-partment o f Education has been very busy of late getting the word out about the new FEDERALIZED c u r r i c u l u m called Common Core. Chances

are your community signed on to this “rigorous” program and you didn’t even know it. The “Powers That Be” like that – they can get this structure in place, believing parents will just cave. After all, what are they going to do? Pull their kids from school? Interest-ing idea - if not very practical.

Basically, Common Core is a national school standard curricu-lum backed by Bill and Melinda Gates (of Microsoft fame) along with other extremely progressive educational groups. It started

with “Race to the Top” which lured cash hungry schools into this program by promising over 4.3 billion dollars for schools who applied for grants. The catch is, after your state gets the money, you must adopt Common Core into your community. In essence, FEDERAL GRANTS USURP LO-CAL CONTROL. What a great deal! The “collective” knows better than parents how to educate their child anyway, so what’s the problem? UGH. Where do I begin…?

1. Assessment drives this pro-gram and assessments are all computerized – (Microsoft, any-one?) This EXPENSIVE undertak-ing will come to our communities to foot the bill via taxes.

2. While officials will tell you it is a “rigorous” program, many in the teaching field, at all levels, say the Math and English compo-nents are significantly lower than today’s educational standards.

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tests and tIger momsN e w Y o r k

City’s Stuyve-s a n t H i g h School is one of those all too rare public schools for intellectual-ly outstanding students. Such students are

often bored to death in schools where

the work is geared to the lowest common denominator, and it is by no means uncommon for very bright students to become behav-ior problems.

Recent statistics on the students who passed the examination to get into Stuyvesant High School raise troubling questions that are unlikely to receive the kind of seri-ous answers they deserve.

These successful applicants included 9 black students, 24 La-tino students, 177 white students and 620 Asian Americans.

Since this is definitely not the ethnic makeup of the general population of New York City, we can expect to hear the usual sort

of comments from those who are in the business of being indignant and offended.

The most common of these com-ments is that the tests are “un-fair.” That is of course possible, but it is also possible that the groups themselves are different. Yet only the first possibility is al-lowed to be mentioned, in an age when race can be discussed only with pious hypocrisy and obliga-tory lies.

However shocked some people may be by the ethnic breakdown among students who passed the test to get into Stuyvesant High School, similar disparities can be found among students from different ethnic backgrounds in other countries around the world. Back in the decade of the 1960s, students from the Chinese minor-ity in Malaysia earned 20 times as many Bachelor of Science de-grees as students from the Malay majority.

In Sri Lanka, children from the Tamil minority consistently outperformed members of the Sinhalese majority on university

U N I T E D NATIONS—Mar-garet Thatch-er, the British Conservative Prime Minis-ter, between 1 9 7 9 - 1 9 9 0 , was a Revo-lutionary. As the first fe-male Pr ime

Minister she emerged as a truly transformational figure both on the domestic and foreign front and soon challenged the entrenched interests with a stance that promoted freedom and economic liberty. She stood on principle and thus became a lighting rod for the continuing scorn of the collectivist left and the former Soviet Union who dubbed her “The Iron Lady.” She died at 87 in London.

In 1979 when her Conserva-tive Party was voted into office in an electoral landslide, Britain was the “Sick Man of Europe.” Thatcher inherited a Britain in decline; economically, militarily and psychologically, not unlike the USA at the time. She would soon turn the tide through a resolute belief not only in her philosophical values but the courage and conviction to pur-sue them. She stood for some-thing, and would righteously and often controversially push forward to achieve the free-dom agenda whether it would be against Britain’s paralyzing trade union powers, standing up to the Soviet Union, or defend-ing the remote Falkland Islands from an Argentine invasion.

Not unlike today, the world was mired in moral relativism and a political log-jam.

Nicholas Jones, longtime BBC labor correspondent opined, “Margaret Thatcher’s demolition job on the industrial might of the British trade union move-ment helped generate an eco-nomic revolution.” During the 1970’s, strikes paralyzed the country. By the end of her pre-miership in 1990, stoppages had dwindled to a fraction.

Later her “popular capitalism” movement saw the sale of lum-bering state-owned industries and the shift of 900,000 jobs to the private sector. A million often run-down

the reaL thatCher revoLutIon“Council Housing” units were

sold to their inhabitants who became homeowners and thus had a personal stake in the survival of their neighborhoods. Her policies fostered Entrepre-neurialism and the opportunity it creates versus socialist stag-nation.

Gerry Grimstone, formerly in charge of privatization told the BBC, that firms like British Airways, British Telecom and Jaguar were taken from the government sector as a start. He recalls, “Britain was a very, very socialist country.”

Nothing was stronger than the revived special transatlan-tic relationship with the U.S. and President Ronald Reagan, her philosophical soul mate. As committed disciples of economic freedom and global liberty, both Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan challenged the lurking dragons of entrenched interests and then thawed the permafrost of the Cold War.

In 1979 the geopolitical chess-board in Central Europe ap-peared locked. But a Polish Pope John Paul II had been elected, and would soon unex-pectedly challenge the Soviet bloc and their local rulers with a philosophical and religious challenge which would emerge as a political movement for free-dom throughout the East Bloc.

Radek Sikorski, Poland’s For-eign Minister who himself lived in Britain during Warsaw’s com-munist rule opined, “For those behind the Iron Curtain, she was a member of the anti-com-munist ‘Holy Trinity’ consisting of John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and herself,” who changed the fate of the West.

Her role in opposing the Soviet imperium in Eastern Europe earned her a nickname from the Russians, “The Iron Lady.” Mrs. Thatcher wore the title proudly.

Half a world away in the depths of the South Atlantic, she was confronted by another challenge; the unprovoked Ar-gentine invasion of the British Falkland Islands in 1982.

The unfolding of the Falk-land Conflict was a diplomatic and military showdown in slow motion. Against most advice, Thatcher decided to fight back

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and send a Royal Navy task force 8,000 miles away to con-front the Argentines. I recall the UN deliberations at the time where diplomacy ticked on while the Task Force plowed the waves into the South Atlantic.

Britain retook the islands; my column headlined, “The Empire Strikes Back.”

The deal over the fate and fu-ture of Hong Kong was another matter. Deng Xiaoping’s re-

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“Journeys Outward, Journeys Inward” – 2 Lakes Region Poets Share Their WorksWolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 6:30pm. Featuring Barbra Bald and Charlotte Cox. Free and open to the public. Includes some open mic time. 569-2428

Earth Day CelebrationThe Children’s Museum of New Hampshire, Dover. All activities included in admission price. 742-2002. www.childrens-museum.org

How to Grow Asparagus, Blueberries and StrawberriesMoulton Farm, 18 Quarry Road,

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Tuesday 23rd Poetry Walk FundraiserThe Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. 5-6:30pm. www.remickmuseum.org 323-7591

Thursday 25Th Kris AllenThe Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Pat Benatar & Neil GiraldoHampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach. 8pm. 929-4100

Earth Week Climate Change PicnicFront lawn of the NH State

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Vegan Italian Cooking Class & DinnerPines Community Center, 61 Summer Street, Northfield. $30. 286-8653

The Zeke Martin ProjectPitman’s Freight Room, Laconia. $10pp. 527-0043

Laser Tag EventRaider Laser Tag, Newington. 6pm. Rochester Republican City Committee takes on the Strafford County Republican Committee. Kids are welcome and competitive people are encouraged to join! 335-2509

Free Marketing Workshop for Small Farm OwnersPease Public Library, Plymouth. 1-2:30pm. Space is limited. 535-3222

Thurs. 25Th – May 4Th Glengarry Glen RossRochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992

Friday 26Th Paula PoundstoneThe Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

English Manor Murder Mystery DinnerSt. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, 678 Whittier Road, Tamworth. 6pm sharp. Serving a four course English dinner and beverages while a mystery unfolds. $20pp. 323-8515

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Fri. 26Th – sun. 28Th The Streetcar Company Presents “Oliver”Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium, Meredith. Fri. and Sat. 7pm and Sun. 2pm. $15/adult, $12/student. www.streetcarcompany.com

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Roast Beef SupperTrinity Episcopal Church, 93 NH Rt. 25, Meredith. 5-7pm. $12pp or $30 per family. 279-6689

Corned Beef and Cabbage DinnerSt. John’s Methodist Church, 28 Cataract Ave., Dover. 4:40-6pm. $8/adults, $7/seniors and $4/children. 742-3046

Ham and Bean SupperCampton Historical Society, 529 NH Rt. 175, Campton. 5-6:30pm. $6pp, children under 12 free. 536-5140

Sara Evans & Ayla BrownHampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach. 929-4100

Lakes Region Humane Society BenefitMain Street Café, 83 Main Street, Alton. The Café will be donating profits from this day and hope that patrons will be able to donate funds or items that will help the Humane Society. 875-4745

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Painting Your Historic HomeLane Tavern, Sanbornton. 1-4pm. Presented by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. Reservations required. $15/members, $25/non-members. 224-2281.

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Scotty McCreery & Sarah DarlingHampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach. 929-4100

Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn ColvinCapitol Center for the Arts, Concord. 225-1111

Karen Morgan & Jim CollitonThe Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

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pliances will host the Lakes Region Chamber of Com-merce Business After Hours event on Thursday, April 18th from 5-7pm.

Meredith Vil-lage Savings Bank (MVSB) is pleased to an-nounce a $4,140 donation to New Hampshire Hu-mane Society of Laconia. As part of MVSB’s commitment to assisting non-profit agencies in the commu-nities it serves, the Bank agreed to match all 2013 employee contributions to the Lakes Re-gion United Way. The $41,400 in matched funds were distribut-ed evenly to 10 deserving non-profit agencies selected by MVSB employee vote.

“I cannot tell you how much this donation means to the 1,300 animals we care for each year and the many pro-grams we offer back to those in the communities we serve,”

said Mary Di Maria, Executive Director for New Hampshire Humane Society. “We plan to allocate these funds to our new ‘No Cost Spay and Neuter Program’, designed to provide free sterilization services for animals whose owners experience financial

hardship. Since its inception earlier this year, 14 pet owners have been assisted by the program in addition to the many pet owners offered discounted spay and neuter services through our Spay/Neuter Assistance Program (SNAP).”

New Hampshire Humane Society has long been a forward thinking agency in terms of communi-ty outreach initia-tives. Pet Therapy, Internships, Pet Food Pantry and a vibrant volunteer service program have been mission accomplish-ments since the new building was unveiled

in 2006. As a private stand alone non profit charitable organization, NHHS relies on the support of individuals and businesses aligned with the Society’s basic tenets, speak-ing for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Meredith Village Savings Bank Donates $4,000 to New Hampshire Humane Society

Builders and Remodelers Association members, who plan to hold their monthly meeting at Baron’s earlier that afternoon, joining the Business After Hours fes-tivities as they begin at 5PM. Baron’s Major Brands is an active Builder’s Association member and a major spon-sor of the annual Columbus Day Weekend NH Parade of Homes.

Free and open to the pub-lic, RSVP for the event by visiting http://baronsmajor-brands.eventbrite.com and tickets will be conveniently delivered to your email box.

Bank of NH Supports Prescott Farm’s WildQuest

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Bank of New Hampshire is proud to support the Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center (PFEEC) of Laconia, with a $500 donation towards Wild-Quest camp scholarships.

WildQuest Camps enhance ecological awareness, provide fun learning opportunities, build a sense of community and foster a non-competitive atmo-sphere. Camp includes nature activities, animal and plant identification, arts and crafts, quests, and hands-on learn-ing. Bank of New Hampshire believes that providing children with these opportunities not only creates a better future for our youth but also for our com-munities.

Located at 225 Daniel Webster Highway (Route 3) in Belmont, Baron’s Ma-jor Brands Appliances is the Lakes Region’s premier family-owned appliance, TV and mattress store.

O Steaks and Seafood will provide a full complement of delicious catered selections, all courtesy of Baron’s Major Brands. A selection of bev-

erages including beer and wine will be served, and local winery Stone Gate Vineyards will be sampling some of their most popular wines. An incredible set of door prizes being given away during the event.

An added bonus for this particular Chamber of Com-merce event will be the at-tendance of Lakes Region

Meredith Village Savings Bank employees, Steven Tucker, Charleen Hughes and Holly Andrews, Retirement and CD Services Manager present a $4,140 check to New Hampshire Humane Society’s Mary Di Maria, Executive Director, Marylee Gorham-Waterman, Development/PR/Volunteer Director and service dog “Daisy”.

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Summer is coming. Trust me. It will be here before you know it! This time of year many people start to think about buying a place on the water so they can enjoy everything the Lakes Region has to offer from their own home base. We often have buyers that aren’t quite up to speed on how much homes really cost on the lakes and are looking for that “little cab-in for around a hundred thousand or so…” Well, those don’t exist anymore around here (no, not even on the small lakes) and if I found one I would own it myself. As real estate agents, we often get these buyers to look at water access or water view prop-erties as alternatives. The fact that they are more af-fordable and the property taxes are a whole lot less expensive are pretty com-pelling reasons to consider these options. The savings gained by having a prop-erty off the water can then

a great BoatIng optIon

be applied to purchasing or leasing a slip for your boat so you can enjoy those spur of the moment cruises when the spirit moves you. Hey, with the money saved, you might even be able to talk the wife into buying a little bit bigger boat!

An intriguing option for summer boating fun is be-ing offered by The Akwa Marina Yacht Club in La-

large 12’ x 14’ Beach Suite Cabanas that have a glass sliders with a deck over-looking the lake and are complete with a wet-bar, mini-fridge, and cable TV. The Club also has a beau-tiful sandy beach, swim raft, deep water pool with a poolside HDTV, tanning deck with lounge chairs, hot tub, a barbecue and picnic area, volley ball and Bocci courts, two fire pits, and pool table.

The really great thing they offer is that if you don’t own a boat and you don’t want to, you can join the American Boat Club and take a lot of the hassle and cost out of owing your own! Based at Akwa Ma-rina, the American Boat Club offers several differ-ent size boats either on a half day or full day reser-vation basis that can also be strung consecutively. Reservations can be made online and you can have up to four different times slots reserved at any one time. When you arrive for your cruise on the lake

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conia. It is just up past the Boardwalk in the Weirs at 95 Centenary Ave. It is owned and operated by the Mailloux family. They have 76 boat slips that they rent and can accommodate just about any size boat. The slips have modern shore power, water connection, four way ties, 24 hour video surveillance, WiFi Internet, and some pretty stunning

views. But this marina is a whole lot more than just a space to keep your boat.

Akwa Marina has three different cabanas that can be rented for the season to store all the gear you need to enjoy your summer on the lake but don’t want to lug around with you. Some even have electrical out-lets for that all important mini fridge. There are also

The docks at the Akwa Marine Yacht Club in Laconia is a great place to keep your boat.

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Poetry Walk Fundraiser At Remick Museum--The Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm is

excited to partner with Richard and Marion Posner to create a Poetry Walk along our Binsack Trail.

Come to the musuem on Tuesday, April 23rd,(appropriately the 449th anniversary of Wil-liam Shakespeare’s birth) to learn about their newest venture. An already beautiful stroll through a typically gorgeous New Hampshire country landscape will be transformed into a passage of words, emotions and geologic time as you experience Richard’s poem: The Tamworth Path of History,

Carved onto 23 rocks, some with only one word on them, a story will unfold along the path from Great Hill, around through the pastures to pass by the farm buildings and the house, and across the road to end at the river. The tale is a grand one, told in just 278 words: the history of the universe, this world, and of Tamworth itself.

The Remick Museum and Farm’s mission is to educate a broad and diverse public to the value and significance of the medical practice and agricultural way of life of the country doctor and to preserve and interpret the Remick property and collections for the benefit of the public.

The Museum is located at 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth, NH. Please call (603) 323-7591 for more information or look us up on our website: www.remickmuseum.org

New Hampshire Boat Museum FundraiserCome celebrate spring at the New Hampshire Boat Museum’s kick-off event of the 2013

season, the annual Spring Fling. This fundraising event, sponsored by People’s United Bank, will take place on Friday,

April 19 at Club 59, Kingswood Golf Club in Wolfeboro beginning at 6pm. Reserve your tickets ($42 per person for museum members/$45 for not-yet-members)

by calling 603-569-4554 or on-line at www.nhbm.org.

Ham and Bean SupperThe Campton Historical Society will hold a Ham and Bean Supper on Saturday, April

27th from 5-6:30pm.The supper will be held at the Old Town Hall, which is handicap accessible.Cost for the supper is $6 per person with children under 12 admitted free.Check out their website at www,camptonhistorical.org for more info and future events.

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********In The Ultimate Obama

Survival Guide, you will learn: How Obama is “Boiling the Frog” by over-whelming the country with deficit, debt, entitle-ments, onerous regula-tions, and tax hikes de-signed to slowly collapse the U.S. economy without a fight. Why Obama’s real goal is to destroy the middle class and create just two classes of Amer-icans—the super-rich who are rewarded with bribes, stimulus and gov-ernment contracts; and the poor who loyally vote for Obama in return for the handouts they need to survive. Why Texas should be the gold stan-dard for saving America and why Detroit is the model for Obama’s Amer-ica. Author WAYNE AL-LYN ROOT is a scheduled guest for this Saturday.

********AMERICA, time to look

into the mirror and ask the person staring back, what has become of me? Do I really hate what

America stands for? Or have my years in the Government Indoctrina-tion Centers, government schools, and some Luna-tic Leftist university like Columbia taken over my mind? This is where the problem began; after in-doctrination. You might ask yourself; is that the person who has rallied to support the murder of pre-born or already born babies, why did my moth-er give me birth – gave me life- so I could support the deaths of friends and family who I may never know now?

********Last week there was a

car with legislative plates parked in downtown La-conia with an Obamacare bumper sticker, and one that read: “ Unapolo-getically Pro-choice”. I have researched to learn whose plate carries num-ber 5-14. Well, it is REP. CHRISTY BARTLETT D-Concord. I know that in Concord it is near impos-sible to defeat a Demo-crat at the polls. Perhaps some will not accept your in-your-face- murder- the- babies approach will get you the attention you so deserve. And as a bo-nus, my 6 days a week radio program comes in loud and clear in Merri-mack County.

Perhaps Christy would like to address this prob-lem that she has with the readers of The Weirs Times or during an up-coming show.

Quick question: Do Cin-dy Chase from Keene and Christy hang out together?

********Always making sure he

does not let a good crisis be wasted Obama has been as phony as they come. Using the parents of the murdered children at Sandy Hook Elementa-ry in New Town Connecti-cut Barack Hussein has

uttered some interesting comments.

“We’ve cried enough. We’ve known enough heartbreak. ... It’s some-thing that if we are se-rious, we will do. Now is the time to turn that heartbreak into some-thing real.” And this: “Shame on us if we’ve forgotten. I haven’t forgotten those kids. Shame on us if we’ve forgotten.”

This, from the Illinois State Senator who fought for “born alive infanti-cide” legislation. This, from the President who said he would not “pun-ish my daughter with a baby.” Do you care?

******** As we travel along the

Obama Road to Socialism: “Obama Budget Proposes Cap on Retirement Sav-ings-White House claims some people are saving ‘MORE THAN IS NEEDED’ for their post-employment future.” Who is he to tell us what we can keep in the bank during our retirement years? Who made that money? Who paid income taxes on that money? What will Obama do with YOUR money that is not needed in his eyes? Will it go to the ILLEGAL aliens from Mexico? Or is it for those Americans who have chosen not to enter the workforce, or starting a legal business? How much more will you tolerate?

********One of my learned col-

leagues: “The Hollande of America. America’s thief and the American people love him and think that his immorality is appro-priate for leadership. We are the most western of the European welfare states. We are flat broke.

“We have a negative birth rate, for the first time in our history. We

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3. Informational texts will overtake literature in the English component – stu-dents will be instructed/taught as cogs in a govern-ment managed machine. This is not a good thing for developing our chil-dren’s independent think-ing skills.

4. Assessments and teaching will include “data collection” which has some real problems. Collecting personalized information on both behavioral and academic criteria on our children and making that data available to federal, state and outside contrac-tors is a serious breach of expectations of privacy and the law. This is clearly way outside the realm of “edu-cation”.

We recently got to hear from the new Chief of Staff at the NH Dept. of Educa-tion, Heather Gage. Heath-er is from “Education First”, part of the UN Global First Initiative which declares itself the “World Leader in International Education”. In my mind, ANYTHING with the UN attached is a BIG BAD SIGN saying STAY AWAY! Heather had lots to say which came right off the Education First website. You can check them out on the web. It all sounds good until you think about personal rights and liberty. Common Core is about the “collective”. PERIOD.

While Common Core pretends to put children’s learning first, it is really an attempt to nationalize education placing each child into a GOVERNMENT backed education system. Everything in Common Core is geared toward build-ing and serving a progres-sive society and identifying the individual within that society. Individualism is not the catch phrase here, folks!

We need to fight this in-sidious beast for our chil-dren’s future and our own personal, private liberties. Please check out: www.youtube.com/ Stop the Common Core in Georgia and www.TruthinAmeri-canEducation.com. There are also a number of New Hampshire groups fight-ing to stop Common Core. Join the fight today.

CorMier from 6used this money instead to go on a bender to numb some of their own pain. Maybe Mom really loves her three young kids so she leaves the 6 year old in charge of the younger two so they won’t see her go to her friend’s house to shoot up. Perhaps Dad loses his temper a lot and is ashamed that this recently lead to him beat-ing his child and he really wants to stop but in the meantime he can’t risk his child exposing this dirty little secret to the soccer coach. These are the kids that I am trying to find volunteers for; volunteers who will fight for and pro-tect a child’s right to be safe, to be treated with dignity and respect and to learn and grow in the safe embrace of a loving family.

We have a desperate need for volunteer ad-vocates throughout the statewide at this time along with some upcom-ing trainings in different locations. If you are in-terested in more informa-tion about being trained as a volunteer advocate or in the variety of other ways you can help CASA of NH to help these chil-dren, please call me at 752-9670 or email me at [email protected]

Jen ButeauNorth Country Training & Recruitment Coordina-

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Mail boat from 4 Metzler from 7formist China was press-ing for a return of the British Crown Colony to Chinese sovereignty. A 1984 agreement saw Mrs. Thatcher agree to the formal end of British rule in 1997 but with the important legal caveat for the preservation of the former Colony’s free-doms and way of life for another fifty years.

Her UN speeches had an uplifting and mag-isterial tone not unlike Ronald Reagan’s. Her eleven year tenure at 10 Downing Street left an extraordinary legacy.

In an age where states-manship and leadership is so sadly lacking. In a period where principle

is bent on the anvil of moral relativism. And, in a time of unexceptional popular culture, her saga is inspiring.

Lady Thatcher, the gro-cer’s daughter, will have an unprecedented state funeral not seen since the passing of Sir Win-ston Churchill. This is most fitting.

Margaret Thatcher put the Great back in Brit-ain.

John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspon-dent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Transatlan-tic Divide; USA/Euroland Rift (University Press, 2010).

as a people are no longer capable of correcting our mistakes, we are too stu-pid to recognize error.”

“Just like the Romans, we march around the globe telling others how to act and protecting them from......I know not what. Yet we no longer know right from wrong ourselves. The fact that we can’t see the naked er-ror in this raiding of our savings proves the points above.

“You think we do see the naked error? Well why did we reelect this feeble minded socialist clown?! Read the Consti-tution and explain that to me.”

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When we finally went live I explained I was sitting in the middle of class with my cell phone on speaker, and we first wanted to know how it felt to be the mom of a hoopster bound for the FINAL FOUR! Teal seemed delighted by the question and spoke at length of her excitement and anticipation. As the parent of a couple of daughters who enjoyed some sports successes, I could relate. I thought of Concord’s Dave and Pau-la Bonnor, whose daugh-

Moffett from 3

Boston Celtics great Nate Archibald celebrates a birthday this week.

ter Becky enjoyed some high level women’s bas-ketball success at Stan-ford University (Cal’s big rival) over ten years ago. Becky’s brother Luke played big-time basket-ball at West Virginia and UMass. And older broth-er Matt is still making his parents proud, play-ing for the San Antonio Spurs and almost win-ning the NBA three-point shooting contest during All-Star weekend.

Teal and I did eventual-ly talk about the “FAHIM SPEAKS” book and mov-ie projects, of course, but

we came back to sports.“I’m in a room filled with

Celtic fans who want to know what’s wrong with the Lakers,” I explained. Teal laughed and put in a plug for the Clippers before her producer and engineer weighed in on

the Lakers. “Horrible coach.”I thanked Teal for the

air time, and explained that the pending quiz could be delayed, but not avoided, and our class went back to business.

But we now had a per-sonal interest in the wom-en’s Final Four. I went to ESPN the next Sunday and saw the Louisville Cardinals overcome a big Cal lead to knock off the Bears and advance to the Finals against UConn, where the Hus-kies easily triumphed. I loved watching Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb, and noted that she was once a basketball assistant at the University of New Hampshire, under Sue Johnson. Small world!

I was disappointed that Gottlieb didn’t get a chance to face UConn and its coaching legend Luigi “Geno” Auriemma. In our “Sports and Soci-ety” class, we sometimes discuss the concerns of folks who feel that women should be coached by women, folks who espe-cially chafe at Auriemma’s success, and who look for a great female hope to put him in his place. Maybe Lindsay will someday get the chance that she just missed out on in 2013. But that’s a different story for another day.

Go Bears!

Bear Fact …Cal-Berkeley and Stan-

ford played one of the first-ever women’s col-lege basketball games in 1896. Stanford won, 2-1. Men were excluded, as women guarded the gym-nasium windows and doors to keep out curi-ous male students.

And …Did I mention that I

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standouts born on April 18 include Red Sox star outfielder Duffy Lewis (1888) and former Celtic point guard “Tiny” Nate Archibald (1948).

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In 1493 the Duchess of Burgundy, widow of Charles the Bold, sent under Gen. Martin Swart a distinguished body of German grenadiers to take part in the invasion of England, in support of the claim of a pretender to the throne of Henry VII. The invading forces were defeated, and those whose good fortune it was to survive fled to Scotland, where they had the protec-tion of the Scottish king. Among that large body

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1720 they, together with other Scotch-Irish fami-lies, came to the new world and settled in the old town

of Nutfield, among the for-ests of the New Hampshire colony.

The warlike hand of the red man seemed to cause a cloud of gloom to hang over that part of the coun-try, and giant Archibald Stark at once took up arms in defense of the king against the natives.

The inhabitants of Lon-donderry were in some in-stances protected from the savages through the influ-ence of Father Rallee, the Catholic friar of Norridge-wock, who informed the Indians that they would surely go to hell if they meddled with the Irish.

John Stark, his son, was born in Nutfield (now Londonderry), New Hamp-shire, August 28, 1726. He received but little edu-cation, yet the best the town at that time could afford. But like Frank-

lin “improved himself in books,” so when arriving at manhood the hunt-er boy of Londonderry possessed the rudiments of an ordinary English education. He, together with his brothers, Wil-liam, Samuel, and Archi-bald, held commissions in the king’s service during the “Seven Years,” or so, often called the “French War,” of 1754 to 1760. On August 20, 1758, he married Miss Elizabeth Page of old Dunbarton, N. H. She was of sweet manners, of rare beauty, and of Norman and Celt extraction. The following children were the fruit of that marriage: Caleb, Archibald, John, Jr., El-eanor, Eleanor 2d, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Charles, Benjamin Franklin, and Sophia. The emigrant is buried in the beauteous city of Manchester, N.H., where a rude stone is seen, bearing the following epitaph:

“Here lies he body of Mr. Archibald Stark. He De-parted this life June 25th, 1758, Aged 61 years.

Although the Starks had served the crown faithfully in colonial times, when the dark cloud of the war of the Revolution came, no family in all New England took a more firm stand against the British longer ruling the American colo-nies than this one family. Excitement ran through-out that town, and they were foremost in the new and most vital issue. After the battle of Lexington (1775) John Stark was appointed colonel in the “ Massachusetts’ Line,” and on the following month was appointed by the gen-eral court of New Hamp-shire, colonel to command the First New Hampshire regiment, which body, with Colonel Stark at its head, was in the thickest of the fray at the battle

of soldiers were several men, mighty in stature and intellect, bearing the name of Stark. From one of those men of Germany’s best blood the subject of this memoir descended. In the books of heraldry we find mention as to one of this distinguished name having saved the life of the king of Scotland. Archibald Stark was born at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1697, and was gradu-ated from the university of that city. While he was young, the family moved to Londonderry, Ireland, at which place he married Miss Eleanor Nichols. In

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In 1776 he served in the Canada campaign under Maj.-Gen. John Sullivan, LL. D. In the battles of Trenton and Princeton his regiment played a most conspicuous part. He be-ing of modest disposition, therefore, claimed but little credit for his vast achievements, and was superseded by congress. This grieved the great-hearted patriot, who at once resigned his commis-sion and quietly retired to his farm at old Merrimack, where he “ patiently bided his time.”

Much grieved were the New Hampshire people, as they had seen the mistake made by their honorable and patriotic body in fail-ing at a very early date to appoint the hunter boy of wild Londonderry a colo-nel, thus permitting the Massachusetts colony to commission him. In 1777 he again left his loving wife and family amid the gran-ite hills and took up the sword of human justice and fought at Benning-ton where he decisively defeated a detachment of General John Burgoyne’s army led by Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum, and supported by addi-tional men under Lieuten-ant Colonel Heinrich von Breymann. As a volunteer he had joined General Gates and had fought with distinction and bravery at the Battle of Sarato-ga. After having been or-dered by General Gates to send away his troops (and somewhat doubting the patriotism of Gates) he wrote the following letter:

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Your our compliance will

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humble servant,JOHN STARK.

General Gates had not acted in a friendly manner to General Stark, as he well knew the New Hampshire veteran to be an honest man, and Gates was not

so. General Stark, like the majority of those foremost in the patriot cause, was a member of the Masonic institution. It had been his wish for many years to be a Mason (some of his dearest friends were members of army lodg-es). In the busy and then much troubled town of Al-bany, N. Y., was old “ Mas-ters’ lodge, No. 2”. Among whose rolls of membership were the names of many men distinguished in co-lonial and Revolutionary life. The name of “John Stark, Brigadier-General,” was proposed by a fellow-officer to “ Masters’ lodge,” and on January 9, 1778, he was initiated into the ancient craft. There gath-ered upon that occasion at this fraternal shrine many of his military com-peers. And after his being there entered, crafted, and raised to the degree of a Master Mason, no prouder member of the fraternity could be found in all the Continental army than the volunteer of Saratoga. In 1780 he served with marked bravery in the New Jersey campaign and in 1781 had command of

the Northern department.On October 4., 1777,

the continental congress passed the following act:

“Resolved, That the thanks of congress be pre-sented to General Stark of the New Hampshire militia, and to the officers and troops under his com-mand, for their brave and successful attack upon and signal victory over the enemy in their lines at Bennington, and that Brigadier-General Stark be appointed a Brigadier-General in the army of the United States.”

From the above date he bore a commission of a regular brigadier-general and served to the close of the war, when he was brevetted a major-gener-al September 30, 1783. General Stark was noted for his unique phrases. Just before the battle of Bennington things looked critical to the Americans; he there addressed his soldiers in a most fitting manner. His words gave them fresh courage, and in concluding, he said : “We must conquer, my boys, or tonight Molly Stark sleeps

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John Stark’s grave marker at Stark Park in Manchester. The Friends of Stark Park are constantly working to fix some of the structural issue with the entire Stark Family gravesite.

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Clement also suggests considering fiberglass door options instead of solid wood front entry doors. “The technologies available today are amaz-ing,” he says. “One door manufacturer, Therma-Tru, has an AccuGrain technology that gives their Classic-Craft line of fiberglass entry doors a completely authentic woodgrain look.”

The company starts by building a wood door using specific pieces of wood that have the char-acteristics they wish to replicate. They use their own technology to en-hance the natural grain-

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• Clean duct grills: An-nually, clean the vents and grills at the opening of each duct in every room by lifting the grill out of the floor, wiping with a rag or vacuuming to remove dust and debris.

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In his official account of the battle of Bennington, General Stark thus writes: “ It lasted two hours, the hottest I ever saw in my life; it presented one con-tinued clap of thunder; however, the enemy were obliged to give way and leave their field pieces and all their baggage be-hind them; they were all environed within two breastworks with artil-lery but our martial cour-age proved too strong for them. I then gave orders to rally again, in order to secure the victory, but in a few minutes was informed

that there was a large re-inforcement on its march within two miles. Colonel Warner’s regiment, luck-ily coming up at the mo-ment, renewed the attack with fresh vigor. I pushed forward as many of the men as I could to their as-sistance. The battle con-tinued obstinate on both sides until sunset and the enemy was obliged to retreat. We pursued them till dark, and had the day lasted an hour longer should have taken the whole body of them.”

Since the death of Gen-eral Montgomery, this vic-tory was the first event that had proved encour-aging in the Northern de-partment, and the name of Stark was upon the lips of all patriots.

At the end of the war he retired to his farm in New Hampshire. He was popular only as a soldier. By his youthful training he had become well skilled in the art of warfare. As a farmer he was unsuccess-ful, and in politics he took no part.

Upon the reunion of his troops remembering the Battle of Bennigton on July 31, 1809, poor health forced Stark to decline an invitation. Instead, he sent

his toast by letter:Live free or die: Death is

not the worst of evils. He died May 8, 1822. In

Manchester, New Hamp-shire, upon the banks of the Merrimack, on a high bluff of land, stands a monument to the “ Hero of Bennington.” The inscrip-tion is simply:

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This painting depicts John Stark leading the charge at the pivotal Battle of Bennington.

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will be added as the club grows to maintain an ad-equate ratio of members to boats so you can enjoy the lake when you want. The cost for this program right now is $3,600 for the season and looks to me like a really affordable way to enjoy boat-ing on Winnipesaukee. The only other cost is that you have to fuel up before you bring the boat back.

The big news at the Ma-rina this year is the large covered pavilion that will house a new bar and grill providing a great place to hang out, have lunch, and enjoy the views. It will be open to the public starting in mid-May. The Akwa Marina Beach Bar will specialize in seafood and offer fish and chips, lobster rolls, seafood plat-ters, haddock sandwiches

cruise. How great is that? The center piece of the pa-vilion is the bar which is made from a 1904, 28 foot wooden sloop named the “Anona.” In the early days this boat plied the waters of the Great Lakes. There are sure to be a bunch of landlubbers congregated around it, especially on rainy days when there will be drink specials offered. Kurt Mailloux says it is “always sunny at the Akwa Bar even when it is rain-ing.” The views from the pavilion are just amazing and I suspect that visi-tors and locals alike will find this watering hole to be just the ticket on a lazy summer afternoon. It re-ally is pretty cool. I think I found my new lunch spot!

Please feel free to visit

www.lakesregionhome.com to learn more about the Lakes Region real estate market and comment on this article and others. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® at Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty and can be reached at 603-455-0335.

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as well as standard pub fair such as burgers and dogs. There will be healthy choices, salads, and a kids’ menu. You will be able to get there by foot, car, or by boat with transient docks available so you can come for lunch by water. You will even be able to call ahead and pick up baskets of food delivered right to the docks for you to enjoy on your

This large covered pavilion that will soon house a new bar and grill.

Swimming Pool at the Akwa Marine Yacht Club.

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50 Euclid’s lake51 Edible tubes52 Abu -56 Toon unit57 Stripper Lili58 U.K.’s home60 Oyster, e.g.64 Idiot box65 Less crazy68 Pitcher Ryan70 WWII female71 “... or - thought!”73 Part of NNW74 Waistband76 Riverbed buildup79 Gazillions81 Curved bit82 - canto83 It’s bee-built85 Irving of film86 Litchi, e.g.89 ACLU focus: Abbr.90 Sounds of surprise94 Bumps off95 Suffix with refer or exist96 Unit of corn97 Basic cell division99 Decides one will100 Explorer Vasco -101 Dealt leniently with102 First family of the 1840s103 “- porridge hot ...”104 Singer Sherman105 Fuse, as ore106 Lop off107 Krispy -109 Pour - troubled waters110 Divest of weapons111 Snaky letter112 Label anew114 Kauai feast115 Large vases120 CBS hit121 To this point

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Back in the days of the Ottoman Empire, Arme-nian students did better than Turkish students when it came to writing in the Turkish language.

What does all this mean? That people are different. Would ordinary observa-tion and ordinary common sense not tell you that? Or dare you not even think that, in the suffocating atmosphere of political correctness?

These differences are not set in stone. Back during the First World War, low mental test scores among Jewish soldiers in the U.S. Army led one mental test expert to declare that this tended to “disprove the popular belief that the Jew is highly intelligent.”

But many of the men taking the Army’s men-tal tests during the First World War were the chil-dren of immigrants, and had grown up in homes where English was not the language used. Mental tests in later years showed Jews scoring above the national average.

Every study I know of that compares the amount of time that black stu-

later disseminated to the sheikh’s followers...”

After receiving a paltry ini-tial sentence of 28 months for abetting terrorism, the disbarred civil rights at-torney was re-sentenced to 10 years in the slammer. A federal panel of judges excoriated her for her sick-ening arrogance. “From the moment she committed the first act for which she was convicted, through

Malkin from 6 her trial, sentencing and appeals,” Judge Robert Sack of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals wrote, “Stewart has persisted in exhibiting what seems to be a stark inability to un-derstand the seriousness of her crimes.”

Stewart failed to under-stand “the breadth and depth of the danger in which” her crimes had “placed the lives and safety of unknown innocents, and

the extent to which they constituted an abuse of her trust and privilege as a member of the bar,” the panel found.

This case remains a shin-ing example of just how dangerous it is for America to give foreign-born jiha-dists the full panoply of American constitutional rights and all the attendant benefits of a civilian trial. Stewart’s treacherous col-laboration with the Blind Sheik endangered -- and cost -- innocent lives.

Stewart remains unre-pentant. She called 9/11 an “armed struggle.” Upon her initial sentencing, she boasted that she could serve the term “standing on her head.” After she was convicted of aiding and abetting Rahman, she told an interviewer she “would do it again.”

Now she wants mercy, medical comforts and free-dom? No, hell, no. This messenger gal for murder-ous barbarians made her prison bed. Die in it.

Michelle Malkin is the au-thor of “Culture of Corrup-tion: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is [email protected].

dents and Asian American students spend watching television, and how much time they spend on school work, shows disparities as great as the disparities in their academic outcomes.

When teaching at UCLA, years ago, I once went into a library on a Satur-day night, noticed how many Asian students were studying -- and looked around in vain for any black students. How sur-prised should I have been when Asian students did better in the courses I taught?

A few years ago, Pro-fessor Amy Chua of Yale caused a controversy when she wrote a book about Asian “Tiger Moms” who put heavy pressure on their children to succeed in school. But a more re-cent book (“Gifted Hands”) by black neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson shows that his mother was as much of a Tiger Mom as the Asians.

Not only did Dr. Carson rise from the ghetto to become an internationally recognized neurosurgeon, his brother became an en-gineer -- both of them chil-dren of a poverty-stricken mother with only three years of education. But Tiger Moms get results.

Unfortunately, we are at a stage where the interests of race hustlers is to cry “unfair” at the tests -- and they have a lot more politi-cal clout than black Tiger Moms have. So long as the rest of us are silenced by political correctness, racial progress on that front is unlikely.

Put differently, whole generations of black young people can continue to go down the drain be-cause their fate carries less weight than fashion-able racial rhetoric.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institu-tion, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Cre-ators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.1 Orchard Street, Downtown Dover, NH

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On Friday, May 10th, it’s game on at the Historic Belknap Mill’s Private Collections’ Event. Wheth-er rooting for the home team or just rooting for a good time, the community is invited to enjoy an evening of Sports Spectacular, while supporting the efforts to pre-serve and enhance ongoing pro-gramming at the Historic Belknap Mill.

Now in its eighth year, the Pri-vate Collections’ Event is present-ed by Eptam Plastics and held at the Lake Opechee Inn & Confer-ence Center. This year’s theme, a “Sports Spectacular,” will show-case a collection of vintage race-cars, classic sports cars, and rare sports memorabilia from notable collectors in the Lakes Region.

In keeping with the theme, the event starts with a warm-up cock-tail and hors d’oeuvre reception sponsored by Bank of New Hamp-shire. The reception area will be decorated as an all-American “sports bar,” including big-screen TVs, sports memorabilia and a collection of vintage and classic sports cars. Cars featured include a fully restored 1962 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Roadster and a 1963

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FrIday, may 10th plete with a 360º racetrack sta-dium backdrop, will have guests in the middle of all the action. Circling the room will be a prized collection of vintage racecars. Highlighting this collection are the 1940, #75 Langley Championship Offy, driven by Norm Houser and the 1954, #55 Sam Traylor Offy 220 Sprint Car.

A “Sports Spectacular” would not be complete without great half-time entertainment.

This year, teams of local “good sports” are ready to battle it out in the 2013 Private Collections’ “Sports Trivia Bowl.” A live auction is also planned, followed by danc-ing to the sounds of Annie & the Orphans. Attending guests will be encouraged to show their enthu-siasm by wearing their team’s col-ors, jersey, sports t-shirt or hat.

As one of the Mill’s largest fund-raising efforts, the event proceeds support educational programming and the historic preservation of the Historic Belknap Mill. Tickets are $100 per person or $575 for a table of six. For more information and tickets, please contact the Historic Belknap Mill at (603) 524-8813 or visit www.belknapmill.org.

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