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Funspot Begins its 61st Year With riBBon Cutting CeleBration

Owner and general manager, Bob Lawton, cuts the ribbon at the original entrance to the Funspot Family Entertainment Center to celebrate 60 years. In 1952, Bob, along with his late brother John, began what is today, the largest arcade in the world. With Bob are (l to r) Nephews Randy and Steve Lawton, daughter Sandra Lawton, son Dave Lawton, Funspot manager Gary Vincent, grand-nephew Jules Lawton, granddaughter Starr Lawton and daughter Donna Carlucci.

All are invited to come to downtown Rochester for a great evening filled with fine art!

The 1st Saturday Art Stroll will be on Satur-day, July 7th from 5pm to 7pm.

Participating businesses include: artstream, Jenny Wren Gallery, Dos Amigos Gallery, artstream, Fat Tony’s Gallery, The No. 27 Gallery @ Sweet Kup-pin’ Cakes & The Portable Pantry,and BookBumz Java.

The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts has relo-cated to 10 North Main Street on the 2nd floor. This event is always free and open to the public. (Light refreshments will be served.)

Other events coming to Rochester are: Saturday, July 14 - Community Downtown Street Audit Exercise, 8-10 am, Cham-ber Conference Room

Saturday, July 21 - Rochester Blues Festival, Hanson Street, 11-5.

Downtown Art

Stroll in RochesterSaturday, July 7th

As anyone in business knows, starting one is nev-er easy. Being around after ten years is an accom-plishment, twenty years a true milestone, fifty years amazing and sixty years just off the charts.

The Funspot Family En-tertainment Center in the Weirs fits into the “off the

charts” category. Opened as The Weirs Sports Cen-ter in 1952 by Bob Lawton the world famous facility, recently recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest ar-cade in the world, celebrat-ed its 60th anniversary on June 27th. Bob Lawton, surrounded by his chil-dren, grandchildren and nephews, cut the ribbon at the same spot he cut it

in 1964 when he and his brother John, who joined Bob in the business, ex-panded it to its present Route 3 location. John Lawton passed away in 2003.

The ribbon cutting was preceded by a ceremony where Bob took to the po-dium and told the crowd of his journey over the past 60 years. Born in Ohio, Bob and John moved to Lowell,

Mass, after their parents divorced. They lived with their grandparents, Dennis and Mary Long and their mother Doris, who also had a home in the Weirs. They came to love the area and never left. In 1952, at the age of 21 years, Bob borrowed $750 from his grandmother to start an indoor mini-golf with a few games on the second floor

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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

Circus, Circus in GilmantonThe Gilmanton Youth Or-

ganization and Gilmanton Year-Round Library are ex-cited to bring Circus, Circus and More Circus! back to Gil-manton on Wednesday, July 11. There will be two shows, 5:30 and 7:30pm, both at the GYO Park on Allens Mill Road in Gilmanton.

Tickets are $12 in advance for adults; $15 at the box of-fice on the day of the show. Two children under 14 are free with one paid adult; ex-tra children are $5. Take the whole family for 90 minutes of fun & excitement. Ad-vance tickets are available at the Year-Round Library (on

Route 140 opposite the Gilmanton School, 364-2400) or call 267 6593 or 267 7912. Tickets will be available at the Library table during the 4th of July parade.

Green I Arts & Crafts Festival Don’t miss the On The Green I Arts & Crafts Festival

on July 6-8 at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro to be held Friday and Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm. There will be over 125 fabulous arts & crafts exhibitors with the music of Tim Janis.

Some of the exhibits will include fabulous original chain saw wood carvings, stained glass art, quilts & quilted table decor, fine jewelry, cedar/maple/cherry furniture, inlaid cutting boards, plants/floral arrangements, primitive folk art, ribbon belts, clothing, Ben’s maple syrups & candies, gourmet dips & gourmet olive oils & vinegars, photogra-phy, personalized signs, solar lights, decorative painting, leather items, pressed floral art, wooden toys, birdhouses, dolls, books, personalized maps of Lake Winnipesaukee, fresh squeezed lemonade/kettle corn/strawberry short-cake & lots more!!!

Free Admission & Parking - Rain or Shine Under Can-opy. Located on Rte. 28 Near Downtown Wolfeboro! Info Joyce 528-4014

Preview Show online at www.joycescraftshows.com.

Local Roots Food FairThe Children’s Museum of NH, in partnership with

Hannaford Supermarkets, will present Local Roots Food Fair on Wednesday, July 18 from 11:30am-:30pm This indoor event is included with paid admission ($9 adults/children, $8 seniors, free for children under 12 months old).

Visitors can enjoy free food samples featured in Han-naford’s “Close To Home” program, such as fresh fruit, honey, whole grain breads, Cabot cheese and Stonyfield yogurt, and take home recipes for new ways to enjoy these foods at home. Representatives from Seacoast Local’s ReRootEd program will lead sensory activities including edible plant and herb sampling. Visitors can also explore local sources for delicious and nutritious farm foods, and everyone can check out the Museum’s own indoor and outdoor fruit and vegetable garden.

The Children’s Museum of NH is located at 6 Wash-ington Street Dover, NH. Call 603-742-2002 Email [email protected] or visit www.childrens-museum.org,

JULYThursday 5Th

Teslahampton Beach casino Ball room, 169 ocean Blvd. Doors open at 6. Show at 8pm. 18+ only. 929-4100

Adam Ezra Groupthe Inn on main, 200 north main Street, Wolfeboro. 8pm. 569-1335

Dave Mason the Flying monkey, main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 www.fliingmonkeynh.com

Friday 6Th Neil Berg’s 101 Years of BroadwayKingswood arts center,Wolfeboro. 8pm. 569-7710

Peg Johnson & Kat Murphy – Live MusicFactory court, north main Street, rochester. 11:45am-1:30pm. Bring a lawn chair and buy or bring lunch. 330-3208

Hot Tunathe Flying monkey, main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 www.fliingmonkeynh.com

Fri. 6Th – sun. 8Th Arts & Crafts FestivalBrewster academy, rt. 28, Wolfeboro. Fri. & Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4. over 100 exhibitors, free admission, live music. rain or shine under canopy. 528-4014

Fri. 6Th – sun. 22nd Fiddler on the Roofthe Leddy center, Epping. 679-2781 for tickets and showtimes. www.leddycenter.org

Charity Poker RunLaconia harley, 239 D.W. highway, meredith. ride and onsite registration 8:30-10am. Poker hands turned in at 2pm. cook out, live music and raffles to follow. $30 per poker hand or $15 for cookout only. active military eat free! 581-2835

saTurday 7Th Pack Basket Weaving WorkshopLeague of nh craftsmen meredith gallery, 279 D.W. highway. 9am-5pm. $95 per student, materials included. Pre-registration is required. 279-7920

Summer Solstice Craft ShowWells Elementary School, 276 Sanford road, maine. 10am-4pm. 207-646-5172. www.summersolsticecraftshows.com

Flea Market & Craft Fairmain Street, center harbor. 8-2pm. 253-7698

Sugar Hill Old Home DayFanconia main Street and Dow strip. all day family event. 444-6810

Tamworth Fireman’s Club AuctionSouth tamworth Fire Station. rt. 25 South tamworth. new & slightly used items and gift certificates. rain or shine.

HK Powersports Land & Lake Poker Runregister at 9am at any one of the check points and finish this day of fun at the naSWa resort where participants trade in their chips for a poker hand and have a bbq lunch. must be 21+ to play the poker hand. www.eastersealsnh.org/events. 621-3429

Annual Summer Book Salemoultonborough Public Library. 9am-5pm. rain or shine. 476-8895

Annual Strawberry FestivalSt. mary of the assumption church, tilton. 5-6:30pm. $10/adult, $4/children. 286-7166

sunday 8Th Summer Solstice Craft ShowWells Elementary School, 276 Sanford road, maine. 10am-4pm. 207-646-5172. www.summersolsticecraftshows.com

John Mayall & Bob McCarthythe Flying monkey, main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

14th Annual Family Daythe Wright museum, Wolfeboro. ride downtown in restored WWII vehicles, tour exhibitions and watch demonstrations by war re-enactors. $12 non member, $9 member. 569-1212

Annual Summer Book Salemoultonborough Public Library,4 holland Street, moultonborough. 9am-5pm. rain or shine. 476-8895

Miss Winnipesaukee/Miss Weirs Beach Scholarship Programgunstock mountain resort, gilford. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 7pm. Preliminary to miss america Program. 387-0271

Monday 9Th Breast Cancer & Beyond Support MeetingLakes region general hospital, Laconia. In the Women’s Imaging center. 4:30-6pm. this informal meeting will offer women a chance to relax and mingle with others who are experiencing something similar. 527-2940 rSVP is appreciated.

Tuesday 10Th Summer Lecture Seriesthe Wright museum, Wolfeboro. 6pm. “1942 Bomber crash – mt. Waternomee”. Presented by Victoria Bunker, archeologist. $5 per person, free for members. 569-1212 to reserve.

Tues. 10Th – saT. 14Th “Big River”the Barnstormers theatre, 104 main Street, tamworth. 323-8500 for tickets and showtimes.

Wednesday 11Th Lake Street DivePrescott Park arts Festival, Portsmouth. 7pm. www.prescottpark.org 436-2848

Circus, Circus and More Circus!gilmanton year round Park, allen mills road gilmanton. 5:30pm and 7:30pm. $15 at the box office. 364- 2400

Thursday 12Th Rummage Saleholderness community church, 923 US rt.3. 9-6pm. 968-7643

Lost Bayou Ramblersthe Inn on main, 200 north main Street, Wolfeboro. 8pm. 569-1335

NH Boat Museum Lecture Seriesnh Boat museum, 399 center Street, Wolfeboro. 7pm. Free and open to the public. 569-4554

Thurs. 12Th – sun. 15Th Ossipee Valley FairSouth hiram road, South hiram, maine. www.ossipeevalleyfair.com

Friday 13Th Rummage Saleholderness community church, 923 US rt.3. 9-2pm. 968-7643

Just by Chance – Live MusicFactory court, north main Street, rochester. 11:45am-1:30pm. Bring a lawn chair and buy or bring lunch. 330-3208

U.S. Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz BandKingswood arts center, 21 mcmanus

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Located at the Inn on Main 200 N. Main Street, Wolfeboro

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Doors at 6 PM for Dinner ~ Shows start at 8 PMBuy tickets online at

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playing, Adam Ezra gives everything he has to the audience.”Tickets $15 in advance/ $20 at the door

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Whether you are a rock purist, Cajun purist, or looking for

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This Sunday, July 8th, the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro will be holding their annual Family Day.

This annual event goes from 11am to 3pm and includes rides in authen-tic World War II vehicles, uniformed reenactors, Rosie The Riveter, a fam-ily style cook out and live music.

It is also a great oppor-tunity to tour this fasci-nating museum which focuses on both the War Front and the Home Front during World War II.

In fact, even if you’ve been to the Wright Mu-seum before, things are always changing inside and there is always some-thing new to see.

This 33,000 square foot World War II museum will literally take you hours to peruse as each section offers so much and new exhibits are always being developed. The largest and most popular at-traction is the display of World War II vehicles, in-cluding a Sherman Tank,

one of the most ubiq-uitous tanks of the war and the most popular among visitors as many can relate it to a family member who fought in one. The fifteen vehicles in the Wright Museum’s collection, with new ones added over time, are ro-tated every thirty to forty days to keep the display new and interesting even to the visitor who has been there before. Some of these vehicles are used during the Family Day event to give rides to the public.

A new addition to the vehicle room is a 1924 Mode l -T snowmobi le

which is claimed to be the first snowmobile model in the United States.

The Wright Museum fo-cuses on both the Home and War fronts since, as noted by museum board member, John Warner: “You can’t tell one story without the other.”

The Home Front dis-play is the only one of its kind in the United States. Within it you get a true feel of what is was like to be doing your part as a ci-vilian for the war effort. It also just gives a great feel for life in general at the time. There is the dentist office with tools of the day

The new Marine Exhibit at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro features this display of the uniform of Rene Gagnon of Manchester, New Hampshire who was one of the Marines to raise the flag at Iwo Jima. This and other new exhibits are part of the museum’s constant evolution in keeping the important history of World War II alive.

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by Brendan smithWeirs Times Editor Family Day At Wright Museum

Sunday, July 8th • 11am-3pmRide in genuine World War II vehi-

cles. Meet Rosie The Riveter. Watch uniformed reenactors. Enjoy a BBQ

lunch. Live demonstrations.$9 for members / $12 for non members

Free for ages 4 and under.77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH.

603-569-1212www.wrightmuseum.org.

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An Upset VeteranTo The Editor:

First off, I am a disabled veteran.

In regards to the letter in the 6/7 issue of the Weirs Times and Cocheco Times, his first mistake as to Boston being the clos-est VA Hospital is wrong. There in one in Man-chester, NH. There are others across the state such as Littleton Hospital in Littleton. In Vermont there is a good one in White River Junction and another health care in Brattleboro, Vt. You can call 1-866-687-8387 or 1-866-OURVETS toll free for free rides (pick up and bring back home) or cell phone 866-687-8387.

So much for that issue. Any questions call my cell phone at 603-348-3691.

Now for my problem with the veterans system. I do live in NH but I go to the VA in White River since 1985. In my own opinion, it is the best VA Hospital in all of New England. I have been to most of them. My only problem with the VA sys-tem is White River proved me 100% disabled since 1985 and several times since then.

In 1990, I was diagnosed with M.S. and could no longer work. Lucky me? No. Manchester, NH says No! Because I live in nH, Vermont doctors can-not judge my disability. I have appealed all of Man-chester’s decisions from day one. I was told to get a lawyer and none could be found.

Thanks to these idiots in Manchester I lost ev-

eryhting except a 1986 Pontiac that needs re-pairs done. We lost our land, house and items we could not take. I was able to get a storage shed to keep some things in.

I lived in a campground last month and my wife and I got soaked when it rained. My credit was ruined because I helped people who said that they would give it back. But guess what? Sorry suck-er. I still help people who need it, but who will help me? No one!

We are now eat ing canned food only. No more camping. We sleep in the car, wash up in a brook or lake. Who cares? No one! My wife is legally blind and gets no help either. The last two weeks of each month we have to stay where we are. Why? Can’t buy gas or anything else. So as you can see we could use some help to get our life back. For more information call my cell phone at 1-603-348-3691 or write me, Roland Baillargeon, PO Box 70, Woodsville, NH. 03758.

Thank you from one up-set veteran

Roland BaillargeonWoodsville, NH.

Obama’s WarTo the Editor:

Monday the Obama ad-ministration continued its war against the American people and the rule of law. In a petulant response to the Supreme Court’s au-dacity for not declaring a key portion of the Arizona (SB 1070) Immigration

Law unconstitutional, the Obama administra-tion ordered its immigra-tion authorities not to accept inquiries about a person’s immigration status from Arizona un-less the inquiry related to a felony. In addition, attempting to intimidate Arizona law enforcement, the Obama administra-tion set up a hotline for people to report alleged racial profiling by Arizona police asking about their immigration status.

If, unknown to Arizona police, the person legiti-mately stopped has mur-dered someone in another state, the Obama admin-istration will not take the phone call and the person will most likely be released. If unknown to the Arizona police, the person is a known terror-ist on his way to Califor-nia, Washington DC, New Hampshire, or someplace else, the Obama admin-istration will not take the call and the terrorist may be set free to harm Americans.

If unknown to Arizo-na law enforcement, the person is a rapist, child molester, robber, other violent criminal, or has killed someone drunk driving, the Obama ad-ministration will not take the call. If the person is taking a job that one of America’s 25 million un- or under-employed wants, or if the person is taking welfare, food stamps, or other social services provided to help fellow American citizens in need, the Obama ad-ministration won’t take the call.

In his pursuit of His-panic votes, President Obama doesn’t care about the will of the American people which opposes amnesty and the DREAM act, and approves of the Arizona immigration law. He doesn’t care that Con-gress has rejected both

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In a few weeks the Summer O l y m -pics will b e h e l d i n L o n -don and I have been g e t t i n g ready.

It’s not only the athletes who are competing who have to train. We here at home who plan on watch-ing and supporting our competitors have to get ready as well.

It can be a grueling process and many times during the course of get-ting ready you may just find yourself at your wits end, depleted, not ready to go that extra mile. You think to yourself: “I’ll never be ready to watch the Olympics” and give up; surrendering your-self to watching another marathon of “The Matrix” movies on AMC instead.

I know how that is; I have been there myself. But I have also come to realize how important it is to carry on and go that extra mile and finish my training. After all, the athletes do it for us, why can’t we do it for them.

The first step in my training, or any training to watch the Olympics, is to practice sitting in front of the television for hours on end. To some, this is natural and easy, but, unfortunately, these are not usually the ones who like to watch the Olym-pics in the first place. Such a waste of talent.

I, for one, have a hard time sitting in front of the TV for more than a half-hour or so at a time, so training to watch the Olympics can be grueling. I will usually start on a Sunday morning and sit in front of the network talk shows where people from Washington discuss the week’s events. Watch-

ing a couple of hours of this gets me ready for viewing some of my least favorite Olympic events like Fencing and Hand-ball.

Training early on a Sun-day morning for some-thing I will be doing eve-nings can be hard. Espe-cially the consumption of bags of Cheetos and cans of Lite Beer before lunchtime. Still, again, there are people who can do these things every day but, sadly, wasted talent again.

Sitting and watching for hours is the most physi-cal part of this training, but there is a lot of emo-tional training to do as well. As you know, get-ting ready can be more of a mental game than a physical one.

I know that the net-works showing the Olym-pics are going to do their best with the excessive amount of time they have where nothing is actu-ally happening, to give us profiles of the athletes and their stories that will be designed to tug at our heart strings.

If you aren’t prepared for this, especially you men, you may find your-self losing control and blubbering like a newborn all over your Cheetos and Lite Beer.

“Billy Smith was born color blind but he never let that keep him from his dream of winning an Olympic Gold for Bad-minton. Overcoming his

embarrassment at show-ing up at the court wear-ing brown while his team-mates wore red, many believe Billy would never make it.”

Then there will be five or ten minutes of inter-views of Billy’s family and friends talking about his struggles while sappy music plays over videos of Billy first showing up in brown and eventu-ally figuring out the red uniform. Finally, you will have Billy himself, in ex-treme close-up tears in his eyes, telling how he is now so proud to be at the Olympics and represent-ing the “Red, White and Green.”

It will be hard to hold back the tears, but if you prepare yourself men-tally, and a few hours of Hallmark Channel mov-ies, you’ll at least be able to keep your snacks and beverages dry.

There is a lot more to training, but I only have so much space to write.

You can always order my video “Training To Watch The Olympics on TV In Only 30 Minutes A Day.” It is filled with lots of other great techniques that I wouldn’t tell you here anyway, then you wouldn’t buy the DVD.

I hope this has been helpful.

Brendan Smith wel-comes your comments at [email protected].

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Say Hello to DIVER What’s a handsome dog like Diver doing at New Hampshire Humane Society? Diver was acquired per the Last Will and Testament of his owner, now passed away. Sadly, the home he thought he was going to live out the rest of his days in decided he should come to NHHS instead. Diver is then, a li le older than the average dog, a li le sturdier, a li le more world wizened than other canines here. He is wondering what hap-pened to his life but is making the best of the situa on. He hasn’t ever lived with children so we have that proviso for his ideal home, but he seems amenable around other creatures he has met at the shelter. Please come and see Diver, take him for a walk on our trail system, you will fall in love. Call 524-3252 or check www.nhhumane.org.

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Save Your Ass Long Ear RescueNew England’s only 501(c)(3) non-profitDonkey & Mule RescueDo you know of a donkey or mule in need?Would you like to adopt a rescued donkey?

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www.saveyourassrescue.orgKoda is around 12 years

old, an Appaloosa-Arabi-an cross with gorgeous blue eyes, +/- 14.3 hands. He is curious and friendly (and loves having his pic-ture taken--we have a great close-up of his nose, too!), has good ground manners, and is ride-able but would do best with an experienced, confident rider. He had some rid-ing training in the past but with harsh handling. Koda is very social and loves playing with other horses. He is looking for his forever home that can help him become the great partner he is waiting to be.

When Lilly arrived at the farm January 2011, she was so dehydrated, starved and emaciated that she could barely stand up. Her mane and forelock were so full of burrs, they were just one giant mat. Her teeth were worn down from chewing on rocks to get needed minerals. We weren’t sure she was even going to make it. But now she is healthy and happy and enjoys relaxing in the sun. One of our volunteers has been working consistently with Lilly and has discov-ered she is a wonderful pony! She has been rid-

den a few times and is coming along incredibly well with consistent han-dling. Lilly is around 15 years old.

Call 603-798-5615 or email [email protected] for an appoint-ment, or come see our horses and other animals on our tour, every Sunday at 2:30. Currently we have 2 Macaws, 2 gerbils, some bunnies, guinea pigs, a cat, and of course, horses.

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Back in April when Kris found out that Wes and Linda were going to meet our German friends in France to ride bicycles she insisted that we tag along. I was easily persuaded. We would make our Tour de France on some of the actual routes of the Tour de France

I confess I was so busy with work and some proj-ects that I didn’t help one bit to plan this adven-ture.

Kris and I arrived in Marseille three days prior to meeting our friends. Marseille is the second largest city in France and on our first afternoon we walked all over the city and around the Vieux Port. I don’t like cities and this one is especially loud and under construction 24 hours a day. The boats in the port were nice to see and we even checked out the green and white

striped marble Cathedral de la Major.

At the Tourism Office we learned how to get to the Massif de Calanque, mountains that go straight down to the Mediterra-nean’s green-blue water. We were told to take the subway, rather than a bus, and then walk and hike and we would see the mountains and hike to the peaks and then down to the sea. Then the help-ful public servant added “and then you will swim and then you will be tired and then you will cry that you have to hike back up to the top.” We laughed at his seriousness. We had the best hike and we did all he said except of course we didn’t cry; we couldn’t have been happier.

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gunwalking scandal, President Obama’s Justice Department is hiding behind the most despi-cable race-card demagogues on the planet. “Post-racial” America never looked so bitter, clingy and cowardly.

At a Tuesday press conference in Washington, D.C., human shield Al Sharpton condemned the up-coming House vote on a contempt motion against Holder as “reckless” and “morally reprehensible.” Yes, the infamous hate-crimes hoaxer, cop-basher and riot incitement specialist is now the self-appointed sheriff of Capitol Hill morality. A Huffington Post report hyping Sharpton’s protection racket de-cried the contempt citation as an “assault on minority rights.” In typical race-baiting style, Sharpton told the leftwing website: “I’m not saying that this is because Holder is black, and I’m not calling (Re-publicans) racists. I’m saying what they’re doing has a racial effect.”

Of course Sharpton’s accus-ing Republicans of racism -- and by extension, he’s smearing ev-ery American demanding truth and justice in Obama’s bloodiest scandal. That includes the family of murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, whose December 2011 death came at the hands of a Mexican thug wielding a Fast and Furious weapon. What about the Mexican government officials

left in the dark about the deadly operation? And the hundreds of families of Mexican victims of Fast and Furious-enabled bloodshed? Yes, yes, they are all racists and minority vote suppression advo-cates, too.

Sharpton forged ahead, compar-ing the effort to hold Holder ac-countable for his serial delays and deception to racial profiling. The race-hustling reverend invoked driving-while-black imagery in lambasting the Republican over-sight staffers who have “stopped and frisked” Holder, the nation’s first black attorney general, “with-out probable cause” to be “made an example of.”

While he regurgitated DOJ talk-ing points about Holder’s “un-precedented” level of cooperation, Sharpton neglected to mention that the agency has delivered less than 8 percent of the 80,000 documents sought by congressional investiga-tors. He forgot to acknowledge that of the 70 DOJ officials involved in Fast and Furious, 48 have been blocked by DOJ from testifying. He failed to detail the withdrawn Feb. 4, 2011, letter to Congress falsely denying the existence of Fast and Furious, Holder’s flip-flops over what he knew and when, and Holder’s blame-shifting assertion, withdrawn last week, that falsely accused former Bush Attorney General Michael Mukasey of being briefed on a separate gunwalking operation.

Lest we forget, the White House’s racial guardian and MSNBC host is the same bigoted clown who manufactured the Tawana Braw-ley fake hate crime and tried to frame police officers, railed against “Chinamen,” “Greek homos” and “n****rs,” inveighed against Jewish “diamond merchants,” and stoked black mobs at white-owned Fred-

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WASHINGTON -- It’s been a week of big decisions in our nation’s capital. The Su-preme Court’s 5-4 verdict on Obamacare was the biggest story for politicians, pundits and the so-called main-

stream media. That the justices reaffirmed the constitutional au-thority of Congress to levy taxes -- even when the tax is called a “mandate” -- should not have surprised anyone. The second-place decision of the week was the unprecedented 255-67 vote in the U.S. House of Represen-tatives to hold Attorney Gen-eral Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his unwillingness to respond to congressional sub-poenas for information on the Obama administration’s notori-ous “Fast and Furious” gunrun-ning scheme.

Both of those decisions will provide countless hours of de-bate, commentary and fuel for political fundraising over the next four months. Though nei-ther matter will be completely resolved until after Americans go to the polls Nov. 6, at least the Supreme Court and the House of Representatives have proved that they can make decisions -- and we know how they were made. Though the Supremes always debate in private, their deter-mination is explained in depth -- and by reading their decision, we know the thinking of each member of the court. The House debate and vote on holding Hold-er in contempt was conducted in the open for all to see.

The American people now can weigh where they stand on those decisions and decide for them-selves whether they agree and, in the case of Congress, whether they want to return or replace their representatives. But we still don’t know how decisions are

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a politiCal glossarYS i n c e t h i s

is an election year, we can ex-pect to hear a lot of words -- and the mean-ing of those words is not al-ways clear. So it may be helpful

to have a glos-sary of politi-cal terms.

One of the most versatile terms in the political vocabulary is “fair-ness.” It has been used over a vast range of issues, from “fair trade” laws to the Fair Labor Standards Act. And recently we have heard that the rich don’t pay their “fair share” of taxes.

Some of us may want to see a definition of what is “fair.” But a concrete definition would destroy the versatility of the word, which is what makes it so useful politi-cally.

If you said, for example, that 46.7 percent of their income -- or any other number -- is the “fair share” of their income that the rich should have to pay in taxes,

then once they paid that amount, there would be no basis for politi-cians to come back to them for more -- and “more” is what “fair share” means in practice.

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaust-ible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

“Racism” is another term we can expect to hear a lot this elec-tion year, especially if the public opinion polls are going against President Barack Obama.

Former big-time TV journal-ist Sam Donaldson and current fledgling CNN host Don Lemon have already proclaimed racism to be the reason for criticisms of Obama, and we can expect more and more other talking heads to say the same thing as the elec-tion campaign goes on. The word “racism” is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything -- and demanding evidence makes you a “racist.”

A more positive term that is likely to be heard a lot, during

U N I T E D N A -T I O N S — A s the carnage against civil-ians contin-u e s a c r o s s Syria, there’s a compelling humanitarian case for inter-national in-tervention to

stop the violence which has killed more than 10,000 civilians. Yet, what started as a political upris-ing against the authoritarian rule of Bashar Assad sixteen months ago, has morphed into a complex conflict which borders on civil war but now threatens to involve regional states.

Predictably with the conflict at boiling point, there are calls for foreign intervention espe-cially as media images of civilian massacres by the regime fuel a drumbeat of righteous indigna-tion presented alongside the usual tableaux of a “we must do something.” So is there a case for American military involvement?

First, a quick overview. Syria has been ruled by the Assad Family dictatorship since the 1960’s. Under their tenure, the country became one of the former Soviet Union’s staunchest Arab allies, supported the “rejectionist front” Palestinians to oppose any peace deal with Israel, provided a home address for the Abu Nidal terrorist group, and until five years ago, occupied neighboring Lebanon. Because the Assad’s belong to the Allewite sect of Shi-ite Islam, the Damascus rulers have been politically close with their co-religionists in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

But largely because of Syria complex religious and ethnic quilt among its 22 million people, the regime has wisely maintained a secular state. There’s a sizable and prosperous Christian mi-nority. Moreover and ironically, Syria hosts one of the largest refugee populations in the world and provides shelter for one mil-lion Iraqi refugees.

As the political sandstorm of the Arab Spring started last year in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, inev-itably the winds reached Damas-cus. When they did, and protests started, Assad cracked down the old fashioned way; arrests, in-

sYria si, sYria no!timidation, and shootings.

As violence intensified, the “international community” ex-pressed shock and dismay but repeated attempts to censure Syria in the UN Security Council were stopped cold by the dra-matic double-vetoes of Russia and Mainland China.

As this column has oft stated, despite growing international indignation over the violence in Syria, both Moscow and Beijing have provided Damascus with the diplomatic cover fire to get away with murder. What small steps the UN has achieved on the political front, such as the Kofi Annan ceasefire plan with the 300 UN observers across Syria has largely become moribund, suspending operations, as all parties to the conflict refuse to stop.

As former UN Secretary General Annan stated circuitously, “It’s time for countries of influence to raise the level of pressure on the parties on the ground and persuade them to stop the kill-ing and start the talking.” But will another international meet-ing, planned for this weekend, stop the clock on the ongoing violence? Not likely.

So given the ongoing violence inside Syria, should the USA and its allies seek to topple the As-sad dictatorship militarily either through a multinational UN op-eration or acting unilaterally?

Given Russia’s and China’s continuing support for the Syr-ian regime, no remotely serious Security Council action will pass their double veto in the UN. And while a “Coalition of the Willing,” in this case the USA, Britain, France through NATO, could rerun the Libya scenario and in-tervene under the “Responsibility to Protect,” such would be setting a dangerous precedent.

When Syrian air defenses shot down a Turkish F-4 Phantom jet, the crisis took on a danger-ous new dimension. Turkey who shares a 550 mile border with Syria and who has sheltered 35,000 refugees, has played a key role in arming and sup-porting the Free Syrian Army. Yet, Ankara, is wary of taking military action alone. NATO has condemned the Syrian action and has expressed strong solidarity with member state Turkey.

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While the pros of such an op-eration would likely topple As-sad’s family rule and serve as a devastating setback to Iran’s regional interests, the counter-point would be to shatter a fragile secular state, to directly confront

Russia, and to enter another Mid-Eastern political imbroglio. The Obama Administration ac-quiesced to the rise of a radical Islamic government in Egypt. Might we be opening another po-


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ways teased me about waiting to see his name in my column. A gentleman and a great guy!

********Joseph Paul Goebbels

(Nazi Propaganda Minis-ter): “As socialists, we are opponents of the Jews, because we see, in the Hebrews, the incarnation of capitalism, of the mis-use of the nation’s goods.” Quick! What great leader (in his mind) comes to your mind? He does not like Israel. He does not endorse capitalism. He hates the “one-percent”. Last hint: his qualifi-cation to be president is that he was a “Com-munity Organizer”, a.k.a troublemaker.

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7/6/1976: “I’m con-vinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for them-selves and their chil-dren; a minimum of government authority. Very simply, they want to be left alone in peace and safety to take care of the family by earn-ing an honest dollar and putting away some savings. This may not sound too exciting, but there is something mag-nificent about it. On the farm, on the street cor-ner, in the factory and in the kitchen, millions of us ask nothing more, but certainly nothing less than to live our own lives according to our values — at peace with

ourselves, our neigh-bors and the world.”

********Last Thursday, soon

after my talk show I was informed by Laconia Rep. Harry Accornero that Obamacare was to be the law of the land. Once I learned how the vote went, I was extremely angry as was friend and radio colleague Attorney Charlie Gallagher. As Betty and I did our shop-ping (I wait in the car), the thought that perhaps Chief Justice John Rob-erts had saved America, came into my thought process. We now know Obamacare IS A TAX, and definitely not good for us. Now, how many incum-bents and candidates will have the courage to repeal Obamacare as the con job that it is? Now, Roberts has given us the opportunity allowed by the US Constitution, for you and me to do legally, and that is to toss out those who would sup-port BIGGER government Obama style. We have been a part of nearly four years of NO direction, NO financial recovery, and NO protecting the rule of law. From one of the most NON-TRANSPARENT ad-ministrations ever while offering NO HOPE! Ba-rack Hussein Obama is useless, BUT dangerous.

********One thing I wished I

would have done is cross Church Street here in Laconia on the day John F. Kennedy was standing near Busy Corner with Bernie Boutin. My grand-mother and my aunt, the two adults who brought me up, were strong Re-publicans, and since I was not yet the voting age of 21, why cross the street?

As reported, JFK’s daughter, Carolyn Ken-nedy “said that she sees many similarities be-tween President Barack

Obama” and her father. What in the world could those be? JFK was a Catholic; does that mean he was like Ted Kenne-dy and Obama, when it comes to killing unborn or partially born babies, Caroline? Reporter Gail Ober (Laconia Daily Sun) quotes Caroline: “Four years ago I was inspired by Barack Obama and I still am,” she said to applause. “He’s fighting for the America I believe in.”

On that 11/22 day when President Kennedy was murdered, I wept. I am sorry that Caroline believes in the America BHO has planned for all of us. We knew JFK, and, Barack, you are no John Kennedy.

********I will be expanding on

what I see as the new tone of the Liberals in Belknap County as we approach the Novem-ber general election. The party of tolerance does not practice what they preach. As for me; No signatures on “petitions”, and No pledges to remain silent!

Let me introduce Char-lie Smith, candidate for NH House. He is a Demo-crat, who claims to be a former Financial Advi-sor. In mentioning the names of Republicans seeking re-election to the NH House from Laco-nia, Charlie writes “Their radical, non-realty based legislation ‘balanced’ the budget, among other gimmicks.” Hey, Char-lie, where were you and other Liberals in 2006-2010 when John Lynch, Beth Arsenault, and the ruling majority known as Democrats (Sylvia Larson, Terri Norrelli) were stealing $110 Mil-lion from the JUA – mon-ey that belonged to the doctors of NH? Oh yes, Charlie, you do remem-

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The question emerges; is Syria a direct national interest of the USA? Giv-en the wide-ranging U.S. military deployments, the severe cutbacks to mili-tary preparedness, and the Obama Administra-tion’s haphazard policy trajectory, this is clearly not America’s fight.

Seeing the carnage in Syria, surely there are feelings of hopelessness and despair. But beyond emotions, now think re-alistically of the collateral consequences of such an action with a significant American military role thrust into a spiral of events.

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“I got my brother John to help me build the indoor mini-golf and run the busi-ness that first summer,” said Bob. “The next sum-mer John and I joined in a partnership and, because I was in the army in Ala-bama in 1953, John ran the business that year.”

“There was a line out the door that first day at 35 cents a round of mini-golf.” Bob remembered show-ing the crowd the original handwritten ledger book he has kept after all these years.

“We had 104 customers on that first day. We made $42.20. The next day we were even busier so we knew we were on the right

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That took Bob down many roads. Never afraid of change, Lawton spear-headed many different di-

rections for Funspot over the years in order to keep up with the changing times and demands of his cus-tomers.

“John and I never did anything just to do it,” said Bob. “We always made sure that each project was something good to do and would create additional income. Everything always took a lot of planning.”

In 1964, they purchased 21 acres of land on Rte 3, where Funspot sits today. They knew they had to ex-pand due to lack of park-ing on Lakeside Avenue in Weirs Beach. The land was for sale for $16,000. They found someone who wanted two acres of the land for $12,000 so they were in business. (In 1988, needing more parking, they bought that two acres back for $280,000.) Their first attraction, an outdoor mini-golf course, opened

Longtime Funspot employee and American Classic Arcade President, Gary Vincent, was Master of Ceremonies for the 60th Anniversary Celebration.

Bob Lawton tool great delight in telling the crowd the story of how Funspot came to be 60 years ago, where it has been and where it is heading. Sitting left in photo is Sandra Lawton, Bob’s daughter and Assistant to the General Manager at Funspot.

David Lawton told of his father’s political life and his resurrecting The Weirs Times newspaper of which Dave is managing editor.

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satellites were opened in Wolfeboro (1980), Concord (1981), Dover, Amherst and South Portland, Maine (1982) and Port Richey, Florida (1983). All have been sold since with the one in Port Richey to be the last in 1988.

“We had a few slow years starting in 1990 and we knew we had to come up with some new ideas,” said

needs of the new league bowlers who were coming to Funspot after lanes in Gilford closed.

“We certainly had a lot going on that year,” said Bob. “We spent more mon-ey than we had antici-pated.”

Funspot has also donat-ed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tokens to schools and organiza-tions over the years.

dian Village and Storybook Forest came and went as the summer tourist sea-sons shrunk.

“First we had the Indian Trading Post in 1967 to see if there was any interest in Indian history,” said Bob. “There was and it led to In-dian Village in 1971. It was a very popular attraction. John also loved it since he had a huge interest in history. It became costly

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“What really made this business flourish was vid-eo games.” said Bob. “Here at Funspot people flocked to play video games from the mid-70s until 1990. We were in business for twenty-five years before we had a video game. Once we put them in we couldn’t

Bob.In 1988 Funspot built

their 20-lane bowling cen-ter for $850,000 and, in 1996, the 400-seat Bingo Hall was built, which to this point has helped char-ities raise about three mil-lon dollars. Also that year was an unexpected addi-tion, The D.A Long Tav-ern, named after Bob and John’s grandfather. It was built to accommodate the

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Laconia Mayor, Mike Seymour, congratulates Bob Lawton on 60 years in business at the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in the Weirs.

John (L) and Bob Lawton beside a table that was once used as the pair’s first business venture together under the name “Lawton Brothers Amusement.”

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The Party Rooms have also always been a big at-traction at Funspot. At a meeting with Steve Law-ton, business manager, Gary Vincent and Bob, it was decided to do away with paid birthday parties and make them free, This has proven to be so popu-lar that we have had to

day diving he found the da-vit of the Steamship Mount Washington which burned in 1939. He had found other artifacts while diving as well. He said in 1986 he thought it would be a great idea to have a museum for all of this and we regis-tered the name of the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society and today we have a beautiful museum right next door. The davit serves as the museum’s signpost. We wish he was here today and we are all thinking of him.”

Before Bob spoke, his son, David, who is market-ing manager at Funspot as well as President and Man-aging Editor of the Weirs Publishing Company, spoke about Bob’s time as a NH State Representative where, in his first session in 1969, he introduced the bill to have “Live Free Or Die” replace “Scenic” on New Hampshire license plates. Bob was also in-strumental in staving off a five percent income tax that same year. Bob served in the NH House with his mother, Doris Thompson for 12 years and, later, Dave, for four years.

Dave also recounted how Bob resurrected the Weirs Times Newspaper in 1992

which today is one of the most popular newspapers in the state. Bob had a copy of the original news-paper published by Mat-thew Calvert from 1883-1902 and he was excited to publish a new one with the same masthead and center map.

Ron Stevens, who was experienced in newspaper publishing, was hired and the first issues had a dis-tribution of around 1,000.

After a few months Ron left,” recalled David. “So my dad gathered us all together and we asked ‘What are we going to do?’ and he said, ‘We are going to learn to do it ourselves.’ And we did. In three weeks we were doing it all our-selves. Today the Weirs Times and Cocheco Times prints 33,000 copies a week and it is distributed statewide.”

The first ten years of publication, Bob had the time consuming job of cut-ting and pasting each and every page of the Weirs Times before it was sent to the printer. A job that took 8-10 hours every Sunday. Today, computers have taken that job from Bob.

“Bob has sort of retired,” said Vincent at the begin-

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make more space available for parties.The original party room was revamped about six years ago mak-ing more room for games. Today, there are free party rooms available and hun-dreds of parties of all types have been held there. We encourage people to bring in their own cakes and decorations,” said Bob.

In 1998, Funspot manag-er Gary Vincent, a 31-year employee of Funspot and the Master of Ceremonies for the 60th anniversary event, had suggested to Bob that they should keep all the old video games they still had and create a museum. Today, those video games of the 1980s and earlier, make up the 300 game American Clas-sic Arcade Museum on Funspot’s third level. It is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit that is visited by people from around the world and is the site of the an-nual International Classic Video Game Tournament. It was also the setting for the documentary movie “King of King” A Fistful of Quarters.” Vincent is president and curator of the museum.

“The best thing about the Classic games is that they are all operational,” said Bob. “Not an easy task as many parts are hard to find.”

He went on to recog-nize Randy Lawton, Bob Winterson and Gary Vin-cent for their expertise in keeping them in running order.

Another notable event that happened in 2011 was when Funspot’s clas-sic kiddie boat ride “Sea Skate” was featured on the History Channel’s “Ameri-can Restoration.” Bob went down for the filming and appeared in the episode. The restored ride and the video of the show are on display in Funspot’s Kiddie Room.

Last year, Funspot worked with the owners of The Monkey Trunks Zipline and Adventure Course to have them construct one of their popular facilities on Funspot’s grounds. It has so far served as an excel-lent combination as both attractions compliment each other in providing different types of family attractions within walking distance of each other.

Bob also gave a special mention to his son Tim, who owns a tugboat in Louisiana.

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(Top) “David’s Garage” named after Wright Museum founder, David Wright and (below) a recreation of an 1940s era kitchen are just two of the many Home Front displays at the Museum.


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developed in stages with the 1939 room being the original model in 2001. The 1945 room was just completed this year. Each room sponsored by a gen-erous donation.

Videos of the particu-lar year are available for viewing in each room as well as a Times Square type electronic sign that flashes the big news sto-ries of the year. There is the familiar, like the famous kiss in Times Square photo by Alfred Eisenstadt, to some of the untold stories includ-ing a few of New Hamp-shire’s own war story displays.

R o n G o o d g a m e o f Wolfeboro donated a dis-play. His father and three brothers were all in the service in WWII. One day his father flew off an air-craft carrier on a mission and never returned. The display honors his mem-ory and the services of his uncles.

There’s also display of a woman in Farmington who had five sons who served and one of them The Time Tunnel leads visitors though the years 1939 to

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received a Bronze Star years later.

One of the biggest at-tractions in the Time Tunnel rooms is the price lists. Find out the yearly incomes, cost of a new house and a gallon of gas for each year.

“People run back and forth between the rooms and compare the prices all the time,” said War-ner.

The Time Tunnel dis-plays are still considered a work in progress as, they too, will see things rotate in and out as ar-tifacts and other stories become available.

“That is what a museum is all about,” said Warner. “You have to keep on changing things.”

Another new display that was finished over the winter is the Maritime exhibit which chronicles the War at Sea. The Navy, Coast Guard and Mer-chant Marines are all rep-resented. Scratch built models by ship modeler David Warren are dis-played to give the ships the appearance they are

Ron Goodgame’s tribute to his father and uncles is in the Time Tunnel. Goodgame took off from an aircraft carrier and was never heard from again.

A collage in the 1940 room in the Time Tunnel. A Times Square type message board displays the news of the year.

out at sea.Uniforms of the differ-

ent naval groups are rep-resented. The museum is still looking for more artifacts to fill out the Merchant Marine story.

A new and most im-pressive display on the second floor, the “War In The Air in Europe” exhibit was begun in January of this year and completed in May. Through newly donated artifacts the dis-play is laid out to tell the story of this important component of World War

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“We tried to pack as much as we could into

this space to really ex-plain what the America air effort was in their ally with Great Britain,” said Warner.

Similar to the story of Ron Goodgame’s father in the war, a display in this aviation section is dedi-cated to Clayton Hale, a Brewster Academy grad-uate who was the first Wolfeboro resident to be killed in the war. Fighting in the Pacific, his plane took off and never came back.

The Art Gallery, which

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sowell from 9election years especially, is “compassion.” But what does it mean concretely? More often than not, in practice it means a willing-ness to spend the taxpay-ers’ money in ways that will increase the spender’s chances of getting reelect-ed.

If you are skeptical -- or, worse yet, critical -- of this practice, then you qualify for a different political label: “mean-spirited.” A related political label is “greedy.”

In the political language of today, people who want to keep what they have earned are said to be “greedy,” while those who wish to take their earn-ings from them and give it to others (who will vote for them in return) show “compassion.”

A political term that had me baffled for a long time was “the hungry.” Since we all get hungry, it was not obvious to me how you single out some particular segment of the population to refer to as “the hungry.”

Eventually, over the years, it finally dawned on

me what the distinction was. People who make no provision to feed them-selves, but expect others to provide food for them, are those whom politicians and the media refer to as “the hungry.”

Those who meet this definition may have money for alcohol, drugs or even various electronic devices. And many of them are overweight. But, if they look to voluntary dona-tions, or money taken from the taxpayers, to provide them with something to eat, then they are “the hungry.”

I can remember a time, long ago, when I was hun-gry in the old-fashioned sense. I was a young fel-low out of work, couldn’t find work, fell behind in my room rent -- and, when I finally found a job, I had to walk miles to get there, because I couldn’t afford both subway fare and food.

But this was back in those “earlier and simpler times” we hear about. I was so naive that I thought it was up to me to go find a job, and to save some mon-

ey when I did. Even though I knew that Joe DiMaggio was making $100,000 a year -- a staggering sum in the money of that time -- it never occurred to me that it was up to him to see that I got fed.

So, even though I was hungry, I never qualified for the political definition of “the hungry.” Moreover, I never thereafter spent all the money I made, wheth-er that was a little or a lot, because being hungry back then was a lot worse than being one of “the hungry” today.

As a result, I was never of any use to politicians looking for dependents who would vote for them. Nor have I ever had much use for such politicians.

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.

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Will is a charmingly imaginative yet lonely child who finds solace in his myriad of wonderful toys. The most special toy in the nursery ends

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A new arts collaboration between RB Productions and the Capitol Center for the Arts is underway with four productions coming to Concord this summer. RB Productions has, since its founding a decade ago, been pro-ducing high quality the-ater for the Concord area especially through its highly praised summer youth theater camps. These summer produc-tions had been previ-ously staged at Beaver Meadow School, but this year they are all moving to New Hampshire’s pre-mier stage—the Capitol

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2, the Capitol Center will be turned into a home for a stage full of young actors from the Con-cord area. They will use nearly the entire CCA fa-cility, rehearsing on the stage, in the Governors Hall, and the Kimball House. The shows begin on Friday July 6 at 7pm with “Sweeney Todd—School Edition” recom-mended for ages 13 and over because of its ma-ture themes. That will be followed on July 13 by “Godspell Junior”. Both these shows will also

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Before the ribbon was cut, Bob took the time to thank the members of the Lawton Family who have worked at Funspot and those that still do.

“First and foremost, Fun-spot has always been a family business,” said Bob. He also thanked many of his longtime employees who have been with Fun-spot for twenty years or more including Gary Vin-cent, Cal and Bubba Hahn, Tina Gebhard, Nancy and Chris Ferguson, Brian Vin-cent and Tina Gebhard. He also noted the excellent work that both Nancy and Chris have done in main-taining Funspot’s flower gardens throughout the property. He also thanked

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saTurday 14Th 13th Annual Intertribal Powwowmt. Kearsarge Indian museum 18 highlawn road, Warner. 10-5pm. grand entry at noon. 456-2600

Rummage Saleholderness community church, 923 US rt.3. 9-2pm. 968-7643

Christmas in July with Art AndersonLeague of nh craftsmen meredith gallery, 279 D.W. highway. 11am-2pm. come see his christmas collection and designs in the works! 279-7920

The History of Gunstock Recreation AreaLake Winnipesaukee historical Society, rt. 3, Weirs Beach, next to Funspot. 11am. Presented by carol anderson. Donations greatly appreciated. 366-5950

Used book SalePatrick’s Pub gassy area, gilford. 8am-2pm. rain or shine.

Auction & Flea Marketmelvin Village community church, 476 gov. Wentworth highway. 9am-noon. 544-3341

Growing Gardens Family Workshopchildren’s museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover. 742-2002

Summer FairWeirs methodist church, tower Street, Weirs Beach. 9-2pm. ask for free parking.

sunday 15Th 13th Annual Intertribal Powwowmt. Kearsarge Indian museum 18 highlawn road, Warner. 10-5pm. grand entry at noon. 456-2600

Jewish Food Festivaltemple B’nai Israel, 210 court Street, Laconia. 11am-2pm. 267-1935 to place food orders in advance.

Tues. 17Th – saT. 21sT “Painting Churches”the Barnstormers theatre, 104 main Street, tamworth. 323-8500 for tickets and showtimes.

Wednesday 18Th Peter YarrowPrescott Park arts Festival, Portsmouth. 7pm. www.prescottpark.org 436-2848

Local Roots Food Fairchildren’s museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover. 742-2002

Friday 20Th Two for the Road – Live MusicFactory court, north main Street, rochester. 11:45am-1:30pm. Bring

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saTurday 21sT 35th Annual Loon Festivalthe Loon center, Lee’s mills road, moultonborough. 10-2pm. rain or shine. Free admission. 476-5666

Restoring Castle in the Clouds EstateLake Winnipesaukee historical Society, rt. 3, Weirs Beach, next to Funspot. 11am. Presented by michael Desplaines, Executive Director of castle in the clouds. Donations greatly appreciated. 366-5950

Saturday Night Wild! – Live Comedy Show & AuctionSquam Lakes natural Science center, holderness. 6pm. Live music, hors d”oeuvres, dessert and a cash bar. $35pp. 968-7194

Leon Russellthe Flying monkey, main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 www.flyingmonkeynh.com

Songs of Hope – Mark Forrestconcord city auditorium. 7pm. $18/advanced or $20/door. 224-2328

Dido & Aeneas – English Baroque OperaFranklin opera house, 316 central Street, Franklin. 7:30pm. 934-1901

Flea Market, Fair and Foodmelvin Village community church, 476 gov. Wentworth highway. 9am-noon. 544-3341

sunday 22nd Dido & Aeneas – English Baroque OperaFranklin opera house, 316 central Street, Franklin. 2pm. 934-1901

Tues. 24Th – saT. 28Th “Leading Ladies”the Barnstormers theatre, 104 main Street, tamworth. 323-8500 for tickets and showtimes.

Wednesday 25Th Sierra HullPrescott Park arts Festival, Portsmouth. 7pm. www.prescottpark.org 436-2848

Susie Burkerochester opera house, 31 Wakefield Street, rochester. 10am. $5. 335-1992

Friday 27Th Dan Walker Duo – Live MusicFactory court, north main Street, rochester. 11:45am-1:30pm. Bring a lawn chair and buy or bring lunch. 330-3208

Marc Cohnthe Flying monkey, main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551 www.flyingmonkeynh.com

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Dunk Duathlonalbee Beach, Wolfeboro. 8:30am. Fundraiser for the nick. $35pp or $64 per team. must be 14+ to register. www.active.com to register.

Stagecoach & Tavern Daynh Farm museum, rt. 125 milton. 10-4pm. $7/adult, $4/children, members free. 652-7840

39th Annual Lake Winnipesaukee Antique & Class Boat Showmeredith town Docks.

sunday 29Th Lucinda WilliamsPrescott Park arts Festival, Portsmouth. 7pm. www.prescottpark.org 436-2848

OngOingSenior Ten Pin Bowling LeagueFunspot, rt. 3 Weirs Beach. 10am every monday morning. 50 years and older welcomed! call gail 569-1974 or marie 494-8405

Free Admission to Wright Museum for all Active Military & Familythe Wright museum, Wolfeboro. From memorial Day to Labor Day. 569-1212

Boating Education ClassesEvery Saturday starting may 5th in numerous locations throughout the state. $30.00 non-refundable fee per person due to the limited seating per session. www.boatingeducation.nh.gov or 267-7256

Singles DanceDaniel’s hall, rt 4, nottingham. Fridays from 8pm-12am. casual dress. ByoB, free light buffet and drink set-ups. Smoking outside on the patio. $12. 942-8525

Acoustic Country Pickin Partytilton Senior center from 7pm-9pm every Wednesday.

Free Movie MatineeDover Public Library. Every Saturday at 2pm. Free screening of a family movie. Bring your own popcorn!

Village Pizza Cruise NightsVillage Pizza, route 3a, Bristol. Friday nights from may 11th – Sept. 21st. 6-8pm. 744-6886

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Team Obama can no more dissociate itself from Sharpton’s bloody legacy than Sharpton can dissoci-ate himself from his own poisonous tongue. In return for his blind and tireless defense over the past year and a half, Holder has pub-licly embraced Sharpton and endorsed his toxic ra-cial smokescreen. In April, Holder lavished praise on Sharpton “for your part-nership, your friendship and your tireless efforts to speak out for the voiceless, to stand up for the power-less and to shine a light on the problems we must solve and the promises we must fulfill.” Obama himself ad-dressed Sharpton’s spring

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President Clinton had his Sister Souljah moment: a public attempt in 1992 to distance Democrats from radical racial demagoguery. The current White House has turned that centrist maneuver on its head, and American voters of good will shouldn’t forget it. Obama’s Brother Sharpton moment, a calculated deflection from the Fast and Furious scan-dal, is an unrepentant bear hug of racial extremism. Shame, shame, shame.

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Other than with a tidal wave of leaks -- all de-signed to portray a dith-ering administration in disarray as bold and de-cisive -- the White House never has explained the “what, why and how” for the decisions it has made (or has failed to make) on issues affecting our secu-rity. Worse, the damage done by publicly disclos-ing highly classified na-tional security informa-tion has put Americans at risk, jeopardized our

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This week’s domestic policy decisions on Capi-tol Hill obscure the san-guinary consequences of attention-deficit disorder at the White House. In his June 4, 2009, Cairo speech, Obama famously expressed his “commit-ment” to “governments that reflect the will of the people” and specified, “You must maintain your power through consent, not coercion; you must re-spect the rights of minori-ties and participate with a spirit of tolerance and compromise; you must place the interests of your people and the legitimate workings of the political process above your par-ty.”

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all on our own. I slipped out of town a few min-utes ahead while Kris and Linda had some adjust-ments made at the bike shop (they had rented, Wes & I borrowed Dieter’s and Silvi’s old bicycles, nicest bicycle I ever rode). I rode steady; soon Silvi was flying by me. Min-utes later a smiling easy going Dieter came by and said, “Amy, slow down it is steep all the way!” Honest-ly I thought I couldn’t ride any slower. I was jealous of the riders that had an early start and were now

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Wes passed me with the summit in sight and

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For the next week the eight of us rode our bi-cycles over hills, along vineyards, through medi-eval cities and high above on the edges of canyons. But it was our third day of cycling that in the camp-ground we saddled up to ride to the top of Mont Ventoux, elevation 6,273 feet.

The Tour de France vis-its this mountain every two to three years (not this year). Known as the Giant of Provence, Mont Ventoux’s white limestone top is a focal point of the region. In French venteux means windy. There are three roads to its summit; we went up the classic route from Bedoin—13.5 miles average grade 7.5%. The first few miles are relatively easy but quickly changes in the forest in-creasing to 9% and hits as high as 11%. Then pop-ping out at treeline at the Chalet Reynard the 7% grade feels flat but then back to the grind and the last mile is a difficult 10% grade.

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The summit reminds me very much of our own Mount Washington be-cause you can buy nearly everything that boasts this bike rode up… and the view is grand! Along with dozens of bicyclists there were cars, buses, tourists and vendors crowding the summit. We could see east all the way to the snow covered Alps. We were truly on top of the world.

We flew down the road, so very fast. With less than two miles to go we managed to squeeze our brakes tight to stop to cheer Linda on. We re-peated the scene when we met Kris further down. At the 6ks, at the Chalet we took a left and followed the road to Sault. Over 12

Silvi, Dieter, Wes and yours truly on the summit of Mont Ventoux, elevation 6,273 feet. Bicyclists from around the world come to ride this tough Tour de France route. We rode the classic route up from Bedoin, 22 kilometers at an average grade of 7.5% but there are long stretches that are between 9% and 10%! We had perfect weather for our ascent with little wind and clear vistas.

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Les Gorges de la Nesque. We cruised downhill for at least another ten miles and the scenery was stun-ning. Lucky for us only a few motorcycles and a small Mercedes rally zoomed by. Some corners were so tight that tunnels were cut to make the turn. I was in awe all the way through the gorge.

Back to Mazan we rode and we were once again surrounded by roses and vineyards. The first week of June is too early for Provence’s famous lav-ender fields to bloom but

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Pont de Gard: Over 2,000 years ago the Romans built this aqueduct to carry water from Uzes to the City of Nimes. I don’t think we are capable of building such a structure today. The south of France is a wonderful and amazing place to visit.

A lovely view, Gabbi, Linda, Kris, Amy and Silvi standing in a field of poppies lining the perimeter of a vineyard somewhere in Provence.

They didn’t enjoy the high speed descents as much as we did. I am a little jeal-ous they stopped a lot and really discovered a lot of wonderful things we just pedaled by.

Around our campground table we ate local cheeses and drank pink stuff (local rose wine) and celebrated our strong ride. Gabbi and Martin made their own loop and it included rid-ing up the canyon. They skipped the mountain ascent since they believe riding Mont Ventoux once is enough in a lifetime!

We cherished our friend’s company and are very thankful to them for al-lowing us to follow them on their vacation to won-derful places I didn’t even know existed. The entire

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week we rode from one amazing village and by more lovely landscapes than the previous day. Every where we went the French people were kind and happy to see us.

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The Mus i c Lo f t a t t h e P o r t s m o u t M u -s i c H a l l p r e s e n t s “The Sweetback Sisters” on Friday, July 13th at 7pm

Though there are two women in “The Sweetback Sisters,” they aren’t actu-ally sisters, and the boys in the band just as fre-quently sing lead vocals. Their background as a band is as deeply rooted in jazz as it is folk and traditional country music, and they got started when Bode and Miller started singing traditional coun-try songs together in their Brooklyn apartments.

Miller had grown up singing harmonies with her mother, focusing on old country songs. Miller’s mother had been in a San Francisco band called the Any Old Time String Band, and raised Miller with a strong respect for traditional music. She grew up in Lawrence, KS, but grew up traveling from

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Tickets to see “The Sweetback Sisters” are $26 and include one house beverage.

For more information call (603) 436-2400 or visit www.themusichall.org.

the sWeetBaCk sisters CoMing to the portsMouth MusiC hall

Hong Kong to Toronto, to Chicago. Her family had a band together (mother on fiddle, father on banjo,

brother on drums, and Miller fiddlesticks; every-one sang).

Bode grew up in San

Francisco, also the child of performers. Both par-ents were in a Moroc-can band. She and her

“The Sweetback Sisters” make a harmonic appearance at the Portsmouth Music Hall’s Music Loft on Friday, July 13th at 7pm.

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