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1THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, December 6, 2012

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On Saturday, December 8th, The Lake Winnipesau-kee Historical Society will be hosting a special High Stakes Bingo game fund-raiser at the Funspot Bingo Hall on Rte 3 in The Weirs.

There will be two sessions that day, you can play both or just one. Over $10,000 in prizes is expected to be given away including three big winner-take-all games and over $2,000 on the carryover coverall. There will also be pull-tab ticket games available all evening with jackpots separate from Bingo.

Bingo package prices start at $13 for the early session and $25 for the evening session. There will also be a limited number of Bingo computers available and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors will open at 2pm. The early session gets un-derway at 4:30pm and the evening session at 6:45.

Teresa Paradis of Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester, never knows when the call will come to help an animal in need.

Even when it was sixteen horses in trouble and her farm was working beyond its financial capacity. They

were also holding a very well-attended series of 3-day clinics in natural horsemanship, Teresa and her crew of volunteers still rose to the daunting task.

“We were in the mid-dle of the clinics held by Mark Rashid from Colo-rado,” said Paradis. “He is a master at fixing horse

bad habits and helping their owners get along with them.”

Horse owners from all over the Northeast and as far away as Switzerland came to participate in the clinics at the Farm, an event that was a long time in the planning.

“We decided we were

not going to take in any horses during the clinic,” said Paradis. “We already had fifty-five horses on the grounds. We have room for more but we find, as a non-profit depending on donations, that we are at our financial limit at fifty, plus we also had to

by Brendan SmithWeirs Times Editor

Live and Let Live Farm

Comes to the resCue again

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Lisa Healy, a volunteer at Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester, tends to Baby Clyde, one of eighteen neglected horses rescued the day before Thanksgiving from a farm in Littleton. A non-profit rescue farm, Live and Let Live relies solely on donations and volunteers. courtesy Photo

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Snitch the Fraccoon at Annie’s Book Stop

LACoNIA-Meet the author, John Shelley who grew up in Keene, NH. This is the first book in a series entitled, “The Adventures of Snitch the Fraccoon.” Early in life, John had an active imagination: building unusual toys and amusing himself for hours. As a teen, he wrote songs and advertise-ments for local radio stations. In his adult life and working as a computer programmer, he developed software feeding his vivid imagination. Shelley is also the inventor of the popular, local card game “Bag-O-Loot” but writing the book occurred by accident.

John had an illustrator, Stefan Wollmar, and a young writer lined up to finish the book during the summer of 2012. However, as calamity or “luck” would have it, the writer was unable to write. Stefan had finished the graphic design, so refusing to give up both John and Stefan decided to continue using existing artwork. John, being a lover of Dr. Suess books as a child, wrote the entire text using a similar rhym-ing technique of the famous author Theodor Seuss Geisel and voila… “The Adventures of Snitch the Fraccoon: In Search of the Magic Crystals” was born.

In 2011, Snitch the Fraccoon was brought to life. Shelley hired local artist Larry Frates (who had drawn the original sketches of Snitch) to build a life-sized head so Snitch could show up at stores and be in parades. Shelley’s wife Linda designed the suit and Snitch was born.

You can purchase the classic edition or the junior edition card game, the plush Snitch toy, the book or a combination. Please come to Annie’s Book Stop on Saturday, December 15th from 2:00-4:00 pm and meet the author. John will sign copies of his book and talk about his creative and thriving business. You will also have a chance to meet Snitch –in person! Light snacks will be available.

Second Annual Winter Giftopolis In Concord

Winter Giftopolis, a rich bounty of handmade winter gifts, returns to downtown Concord’s Midnight Merriment fes-tivities the evening of December 7, 2012, from 6:30pm until midnight. This 2nd annual Winter Giftopolis features an eclectic selection of over two dozen local and regional artisans and fine artists, in the atrium at 7 Eagle Square, next door to the Museum of New Hampshire History. Admission is free – Santa will join in the fun and be available for photos. The atrium is wheelchair accessible. For more information about Winter Giftopolis, visit the event website granitestatearts-market.com.

Find out more about the 2nd Annual Winter Giftopolis, Concord Arts Market and their producer, Granite State Arts Market, at granitestateartmarket.com. Email [email protected] with any questions, or call (603) 229-2157.

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Gentleman’s Evening clough tavern, 23 clough tavern road, canterbury. 6-9pm. Ladies, fill out a wish list and gentleman come to a special after hours shopping. 731-5574

Story Telling Dinnerthe corner house Inn, center sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95 pp plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219

The Brad Myrick Quartet Pitman’s Freight room, 94 New salem street, Laconia. 8pm. $10pp. ByoB. www.pitmansfreightroom.com

Friday 7Th Huggins Hospital Aid Salecollection center Barn, 109A. at Beck Drive, Wolfeboro. 10-2. Items include antiques, books, art, toys and much more.

A Visit From SantaeM heath supermarket, 12c Main street, senter’s Marketplace, center harbor. santa arrives by Fire truck at 5pm -7pm to have pictures taken with the children. there will be cookies, milk and a small gift for each child. 253-4312

Winter Giftopolis In the atrium at 7 eagle square, next door to the Museum of New hampshire history. 6:30pm-Midnight. Features an eclectic selection of over two dozen local and regional artisans and fine artists. www.granitestateartsmarket.com

Fri. 7Th – sun. 9Th International Nativity DisplayMeredith Bay colony club, 21 upper Mile Point Drive, Meredith. Fri. 12-5, sat. 9-5 and sun. 12-3. experience the miracle of Jesus’ birth as interpreted by artisans from over 30 nations. New this year: egypt and Jordan. Nearly 100 creches on display. Free

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saTurday 8Th Behold the Lamb of Godcapitol center for the Arts, Main street, concord.7:30pm. 225-1111. www.ccanh.com

SheddlaneBridgewater Inn, 367 Mayhew turnpike, Bridgewater. 9pm.

The Clearlakes Chorale Winter Concertst. Katharine Drexel church, Alton. 2pm. $15/adult, $10/student. www.clearlakeschorale.org

Huggins Hospital Aid Salecollection center Barn, 109A. at Beck Drive, Wolfeboro. 10-2. Items include antiques, books, art, toys and much more.

Watkins Glen Reevisitedthe Flying Monkey, Main street, Plymouth. 536-2551 www.flyingmonkeynh.com

Mr. Poppers Penguins rochester opera house, 31 Wakefield street, rochester. 335-1992

Hanukkah Candle Lighting CeremonyLawn of the Bethlehem town hall. 6pm. Members and friends of the community are invited to attend this joyful event that opens the eight day holiday.

Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra Holiday ConcertInter-Lakes high school community Auditorium. 7:30pm. tickets are $15/adult, $8/kids and students and are available at Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith, Greenlaw’s Music in Laconia and Bayswater Books in center harbor or at www.lrso.org

Tree Decorating and Lightingcommunity Park, Main street, Mer-edith. 3:30pm for decorating and 4:30pm for the lighting. everyone is encouraged to bring an ornament or a can of food for the food pantry in exchange for a ticket to win holiday prizes. 279-9015

Super BingoFunspot Bingo hall, rt. 3 Weirs Beach. Doors open at 2pm. Pull tabs on sale at 3pm. come early for best seats. $10,000 in prizes. 366-4377

“A Santamental Christmas Spectacular”Pitman’s Freight room, 94 New sa-lem street, Laconia. 7:30pm. comedy skits, music and more! $15pp. ByoB. www.pitmansfreightroom.com

Inter- Lakes Holiday FaireInter-Lakes high school, Meredith. 10-2pm. crafts, a santa sale(so bring quarters), and a visit from santa for kids. For adults there is a silent auc-tion and a craft fair. Free

Sharon Jones in ConcertMaple suites, 30 holiday Drive, Dover. Free, first come, first served. 742-8820.

Holiday Craft Faircenter harbor christian church, 80 Bean road, center harbor. 9-3pm. Great gift ideas for the holidays as well as delicious treats for yourself. 968-9608

sunday 9Th The Clearlakes Chorale Winter Concertst. Katharine Drexel church, Alton. 2pm. $15/adult, $10/student. www.clearlakeschorale.org

Mr. Poppers Penguins rochester opera house, 31 Wakefield street, rochester. 335-1992

‘Christmas in Song”Bristol Baptist church, 30 summer street, Bristol. 7pm. Features area musical talent and audience participation. 744-8804

Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra Holiday ConcertInter-Lakes high school community Auditorium. 3pm. tickets are $15/adult, $8/kids and students and are available at Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith, Greenlaw’s Music in Laconia and Bayswater Books in center harbor or at www.lrso.org

Tuesday 11Th Pasquaney Garden Club Last Meeting for 2012Bristol Baptist church, Bristol. 11am. All members and guests are asked to bring something for the potluck luncheon that will follow the meeting. 744-6526

Red Hat Society Meet & Greettilton senior center, tilton. 10am. come join us for fun, friendship refreshments. 527-8291

Wednesday 12Th Lakes Region Tea Party MeetingMoultonborough Life safety Building. 7pm. Potluck christmas party. Bring a food or non-alcoholic beverage item.

Thursday 13Th “Food for the Soul” Christmas Art Walkthe Galleries of Meredith. 4-7pm. complete with horse drawn wagon, live music, raffle and much more. this year’s event promises to be bigger than last years. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Nh humane society. 279-0557 or 279-3123.

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Time to get excited, hon-est! Even though there may not be snow in your backyard, believe me the trails are covered with snow. The snowmakers are truly awesome. We had a fun time skiing on Thanksgiving Day at Bret-ton Woods and at Loon the following day.

I confess that I was jeal-ous; my friends went to Sunday River and Okemo the previous weekend. I really wanted to go ski-ing. But I had an impor-tant event to attend at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area: the New England Ski Museum’s 35th Annual Meeting and dinner. We honored Bernie Weichsel, this year’s recipient of the Spirit of Skiing Award.

I am a member of the Museum’s board and our meeting was held in a slope side room. We met for four hours while outside a group of snowboarders and free skiers played on a big patch of snow. Why are meeting always held on the nicest days?

There was an hour break between the end of the meeting and the begin-ning of the dinner party. The sensible members used this opportunity to get dressed for dinner. Not me. Since I couldn’t ski on snow, I rollerbladed with ski poles up the Mount Wachusett auto road.

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BaCk on skis again

From Loon Mountain’s trails the pointy peaks seen in the distance are Franconia Ridge’s Liberty and Flume mountains.

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The Weirs Times was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert. The newspaper, then named Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette, was published until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. One of the most remarkable features of the publication was a map of Lake Winnipesaukee which occupied the center spread of the paper. Readers will find the same map reprinted on the center pages of this, and every issue. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain

the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times.Locally owned for over 20 years, this publication is devoted to printing the stories of the people and places that make New Hampshire the best place in the world to live. No, none of the daily grind news will be found in these pages, just the good stuff.30,000 copies are distributed every week in the Lakes

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Don’t Try to Censor Political DiscussionTo the Editor:

As a college student in the 1960’s, I thought that growing up in backward Maine had been a dis-advantage. Now, I realize that I was blessed to have witnessed what may have been the last experience of America as the found-ers envisioned it -- before political correctness. Most memorable were the fer-vent political discussions between regulars at the combination post office and general store in our town. Vim and vinegar characterized these ex-changes. Often, the banter would end with a resigned sigh and the wry lament, “The only certainty is death and taxes.”

Such vigorous open de-bate came to mind recently when an older woman ap-proached three of us who were sharing our concern about the ramifications of the recent elections. “La-dies,” she interrupted,” laying a leaden hand on my back. “This (a Wolfeboro thrift shop) is no place to

be discussing politics.” Since politics increasingly intrudes into our mattress-es, light bulbs, toilets and even physicians’ examin-ing rooms, anyplace should be a platform for debating what is the rightful role of government in our lives.

One of the women, who’d earlier remarked that she respected the office of pres-ident, even if she did not think highly of its current occupant, tried to assert our right to free speech. Our critic huffed, “I heard every word you said and I don’t agree with any of it!” So, tell us why. Don’t just try to shut conversation down.

I was shocked by her smug assurance that she had the right to repress free speech. My inclination was to shake off her unwelcome hand and snap, “How Dare You!” But I resisted out of respect for the others. They were selflessly volunteering to sort clothing and staff the store, and deserved better than to be placed at the center of a scene.

I ask all the smug cen-sors who feel empowered to stop free expression -- even to demanding that theater owners not show films whose messages don’t please them --what’s next? The thought police? And do we vote them in? Or are they just appointed?

Sylvia SmithLittleton, NH

Gov’s New Rules Mean That Kids Lose To the Editor:

John Lynch has been handing out favors. The beneficiary is our teachers’

union. Under his direction this fall, the Board of Edu-cation promoted rules that make it harder for parents to choose an alternative to the public school for their children.

The first rule (and please don’t forget rules have the full effect of law) created a moratorium on new char-ter school applications. The second rule will make it much harder and more expensive to open a private school in NH. Both new rules make it much more likely that kids will be rel-egated to their assigned public school even though their parents might believe their child would do bet-ter in another educational facility.

The kids lose. And who wins? The teachers unions, who have been very concerned by the out-flow of students to charter schools. Significant out-flows recently have ex-ceeded available seats at charter schools. They have waiting lists.

Rather than asking for answers to just why so many parents want o-u-t, they simply eliminate the competition by having John Lynch create oner-ous expensive rules and moratoriums.

Never mind that students in our alternative schools perform very well on tests. Never mind that parents report very high satisfac-tion with the alternative schools. Never mind that charter schools achieve significant results while costing us less than 1/2 the dollars spent in tradi-tional public schools.

For a Governor that pro-fesses his love for education and the students in NH, it appears he means “as long as they stay in their assigned public schools”. You know, where the teach-ers pay union dues.

Rep. Greg Hill; Rep. Kathleen Lauer-Rago; Rep. Ralph BoehmHouse Education Committee members

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In our Thanksgiving is-sue I wrote about things I was thankful for. Not everyone liked the things I chose, and they let me know it. I’ll try to be more careful in the future and make sure that I am only thankful for things that everyone can agree on.

If I offended anyone by having a different point of view, I apologize.

Just kidding!I’m looking forward to

Christmas this year for many reasons.

The first is that it is a time for peace and joy throughout the world and, more importantly, you get presents.

I love to get presents- the only problem is, as I get older, the choices are limited. Not because there are less things you’d like, it’s because you have to pretend that you really don’t need them and they aren’t important.

When your significant other asks “What would you like for Christmas?” You are always supposed to say things like: “I don’t need anything, I have ev-erything I need” and smile as you look around you.

In reality, you really have something on your mind but you won’t come right out and ask for it. But there are still ways around that.

Let’s say, for example, that you’d really like a 64-inch HD TV. This is what I would do.

Sometimes I will be misleading by asking for

something bigger first, hoping to come back and settle on the smaller thing.

“I’ve always dreamed of having my own boat, but I think the closest I’ll ever get is with a screen door and a couple of cans of Flex-Seal. But I won’t dream that big, I’d be happy with nothing more than just a simple 64-inch HD TV.”

I hear that the percent-ages for success with this method are small, but always worth a shot. After all, someone, somewhere, really did win Powerball.

It can also be helpful if you left a few hints around.

“You know how you wanted me to learn how to fix that leaky faucet? Well, they had a great show on HGTV about it but it was hard for me to see every-thing the guy was doing, guess my eyes aren’t as good as they used to be.”

Of course, I did try this once and ended up with a Do-It-Yourself book in large print. But you haven’t tried it yet. So who knows?

There’s always the aes-thetic angle. For instance, when you are shopping together you have to get her over to the electron-ics section. Once you are there you can make a comment like: “Isn’t it uncanny how well that 64-inch HD TV goes with the coffee table?”

This is one I’ve thought of but never actually got the chance to try. Mostly because I can’t find a way to get her to the electron-ics department once we are in the store.

I do a lot of reading; occasionally something interesting. So, I use this as a method to distill false information in order to influence someone’s deci-sions. Sort of like what most of the major TV net-works do around election

time. I do it for Christmas presents.

“Honey, I was reading a magazine article claim-ing that the larger the HD TV, the more the TV rays will dissipate and the less chance men over fifty will develop high blood pres-sure.”

If that doesn’t get much reaction, I counter with: “It went on to say that the more the rays dissipate the less harm they will do to the atmosphere and helping diminish glob-al warming.” (Of course you must do this without snickering.)

Of course, the most ef-fective method is to pre-tend that you really don’t want a 64-inch HD TV; especially if you have pro-fessed a desire before to have one.

I call this playing the guilt card.

“I know I said I’d like one, but I was just dreaming. I know they are expensive and it is really too big for the living room. This 32-inch TV we have had since Bush was President is working just fine.”

Right about now, I know there are some of you, at least one, who think that I am writing this column as a backhanded attempt to actually plant the seed that I’d like a 64-inch HD TV for Christmas. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have a 32-inch TV that I’ve had since Bush was president and it works just fine. Besides, I really do have everything I need.

Still, I would like to do something about global warming as I believe it to be a very serious issue.

Just kidding!

Brendan Smith wel-comes your comments at b r e n d a n @ w e i r s .com. You can also fol-low him on Twitter at @weirsbrendan.

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I repeat not -- an Onion parody. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House released a big fat policy turkey: its final critical habitat rule for the endangered northern spotted owl. The Obama plan will lock up 9.6 million acres of land (mostly, but not all, fed-eral) in Oregon, Washington and northern California. This is nearly double the acreage set aside by the Bush administration. Thousands of timber workers (along with un-told thousands of related support jobs) will be threatened in the name of sparing a few thousand spotted owls from extinction. As House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hast-ings, R-Wash., pointed out ear-lier this year, timber-dependent counties hit hard by the federal land grab and unending environ-mental litigation remain racked by high unemployment. “The loss in economic activity caused by the original spotted owl plan caused an astounding decrease in federal tax receipts of nearly $700 million per year -- all from rural North-west communities.” Despite two decades of massive government intervention and the near-destruction of the northwest timber industry, the furry bird is vanishing faster than ever. Accord-ing to the Smithsonian Magazine, “(t)imber harvest on 24 million acres of federal land had dropped

90 percent from its heyday” by the year 2000. Yet, northern spotted owls are now “disappearing three times faster than biologists had feared.” Indeed, spotted owl popu-lations in key parts of Washington State “are half what they were in the 1980s.” And overall, the bird has seen a 40 percent decline over the past 25 years, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Punishing loggers and bringing the timber industry to its knees have made vengeful environmen-tal groups fat and happy. But the northern spotted owl they claim to care so much about is cata-strophically worse off thanks to green zealotry. One root cause: habitat loss (thanks in part to rag-ing wildfires resulting from poor forest management and green opposition to thinning/controlled burns). The other major, nonhuman culprit: the barred owl. These barred owls began migrat-ing from the East Coast in the 1950s, and the USFWS reports that the larger, more aggressive and more adaptable birds “are known to displace spotted owls, disrupt their nesting and com-pete with them for food.” Barred owls are more prolific breeders, less finicky about their food and less picky about where they live. They also don’t bow down before the Endangered Species Act or the hallowed “threatened” status of its weaker brethren. They are brutal predators known to slam into spotted owls, slicing them with their talons and decapitating them in their nests. Conservation groups whine that barred owls are victims of “scape-goating.” But USFWS Director Dan Ashe spoke the truth earlier this year: “We can’t ignore the mounting evidence that competi-

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SAN ANToNIo -- One of the great upsides to a na-tional book tour is the chance to break out of television’s co-coon and inter-act directly with the American people. Don’t get me wrong; I love what I do

at Fox News. My “beat” is keeping company with soldiers, sailors, air-men, guardsmen, Marines, special operators and others who protect us from harm. Though I live with these American heroes for weeks at a time overseas, I rarely have the opportunity to look their loved ones in the eye without visiting our wounded at a military hospital. A book tour completely alters that dynamic. All of the encounters are memorable. Some are humorous. Others are raw with emotion

Since we began this 33-city od-yssey on Nov. 20, thousands of our fellow citizens have walked up

and asked me to sign their cop-ies of “Heroes Proved.” They have made my latest book a New York Times bestseller and it’s at once gratifying, humbling and, often, emotional experience. At every book signing, people produce pho-tographs of me standing beside them or their loved ones. In nearly every picture, we are wearing cam-ouflage clothing, flak jackets and helmets.

There are faded photos taken de-cades ago during a faraway, long-ago war called Vietnam. Others were shot in dusty encampments in Central America and Mesopota-mia. Many are from the margins of gunfights in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines and Somalia. A good number are from vessels large and small in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. Some of these pictures were taken just weeks ago by the young Americans I was accompanying in the shadows of the Hindu Kush -- and emailed to the parent, sibling, relative or friend standing before

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an overdue BookIf everyone in

America had read Stephen Moore ’s new book, “Who’s The Fairest of Them All?”, Ba-rack Obama would have lost the election in a

landslide.The po int

here is not to say, “Where was Stephen Moore when we needed him?” A more apt question might be, “Where was the whole economics profession when we needed them?” Where were the media? For that matter, where were the Republicans?

Since “Who’s The Fairest of Them All?” was published in October, there was little chance that it would affect this year’s election. But this little gem of a book exposes, in plain language and with easily un-derstood facts, the whole house of cards of assumptions, fallacies and falsehoods which constitute the liberal vision of the economy.

Yet that vision triumphed on elec-tion day, thanks to misinformation that was artfully presented and seldom challenged.

The title “Who’s The Fairest of Them All?” is an obvious response to liberals’ claim that their policies are aimed at creating “fairness” by, among other things, making sure that “the rich” pay their “fair share” of taxes. If you want a brief but thorough education on that, just read chapter 4, which by itself is well worth the price of the book.

A couple of graphs on pages 104 and 108 are enough to annihilate the argument about “tax cuts for the rich.” These graphs show that, under both Republican President Calvin Coolidge and Democratic President John F. Kennedy, high-income people paid more tax rev-enues into the federal treasury after tax rates went down than they did before.

There is nothing mysterious about this. At high tax rates, vast sums of money disappear into tax shelters at home or is shipped overseas. At lower tax rates, that money comes out of hiding and goes into the American economy, creating jobs, rising output and rising incomes. Under these con-ditions, higher tax revenues can be collected by the government, even though tax rates are lower. Indeed,

UNITED NA-T IONS—Tis ’ the season in the General Assembly for some serious if generally over-looked work and reports. An Assembly c o m m i t t e e has soundly

condemned the continuing hu-man and political rights abuses in three global transgressors; Syria, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the quaintly titled Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, aka North Korea.

The censure was clear and unequivocal in condemning the abuses in each of the countries. The Syria rights draft resolu-tion, sponsored by Saudi Arabia and the United Stares, received 132 votes in favor, 12 against, and 35 abstentions. This year’s ballot saw ten additional states support censure, reflecting the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria in the midst of the civil war which has taken at least 30,000 lives.

Beyond the block of Western states condemning the Damas-cus regime, the resolution saw a surge of support by Arab and developing countries. Predict-ably opposition come from Chi-na, Cuba, Bolivia, Iran, Russia and Zimbabwe among the few. Abstentions included India, Pakistan and South Africa.

The resolution “strongly con-demns the continued wide-spread and systematic gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities and the Gov-ernment-controlled ‘shabiha’ militia.” Equally it condemned, “any human rights abuses by armed opposit ion groups,” which in fact applies to both the Assad forces and the rebels which include Islamic jihadi fundamentalists.

Syrian U.N. envoy Bashar Ja’afari dismissed the resolu-tion against his government as a ploy by “Western states to inter-fere, and we condemn this.”

The rights resolution adopted on the Islamic Republic of Iran

un Committee sLams syria, iran, and north korea For rights aBuses

was drafted by Canada, the Czech Republic , France, the U.S. among others and none-theless saw a bumpier ballot in the committee. While 83 countries supported censure of Tehran, 31 were against and 68 states abstained.

The resolution expresses “deep concern at serious ongoing and recurring human rights viola-tions in the Islamic Republic of Iran. torture and cruel, inhu-man or degrading treatment or punishment including flogging and amputations…alarming high frequency of carrying out the death penalty…the fail-ure to abolish the execution of minors…severe limitations and restrictions on the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief”

Equally the resolution chas-tised “pervasive gender inequali-ty and violence against women…including the limiting access to higher education, including the closure of seventy-seven fields of study to women by thirty-six universities.” The list of shame continues.

Despite heinous civil politi-cal and religious abuses in the Islamic Republic, the Tehran rulers are able to marshal diplo-matic support from their usual base such as China, Russia, and Venezuela. Recall that as Chair of the 120 member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Iran has enhanced political clout in the developing world.

Looking at the Iran vote we see that while the U.S. and Eu-ropean Union states, and many South American states sup-ported censure, those opposing it included the usual suspects as well as Afghanistan, Egypt, Kazakhstan and Pakistan. No-tably the abstentions included such heavy hitters as Brazil, In-donesia, and South Africa. Thus while the resolution passed in the 193 member committee, the block of abstentions was note-worthy and reflected a politi-cal acquiescence, although not support, of the Tehran regime.

Significantly this year resolu-tion on North Korea offered a sordid litany of the Pyongyang’s human and civil rights trans-

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by John J. MetzlerSyndicated Columnist

by thomas SowellSyndicated Columnist

gressions; the draft sponsored by Japan, South Korea, and the USA among others was passed by consensus, not a formal

vote. The document “expresses its

very serious concern at the per-


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Though the human rights censures may be stinging, these rogue re-gimes could care less.

S t i l l i n t e rna t i ona l shame remains vital, lest the culprits think they act only in the shadows.

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ChuCk CLose – art, adversity & the human sPirit

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by kimberly B. SeveranceContributing Writer

Chuck Close is an ac-complished artist. He has worked diligently to make his unique mark on the art world and will be remembered in the an-nals of art history. Chuck Close makes monumental portraits.

As a child, Chuck Close recalls being an uncoor-dinated student whose teachers didn’t think he would amount to much, let alone become famous. Close struggled with Dys-lexia – a learning disorder marked by an impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words.

In addition to Dyslexia, Close suffers from face blindness – a rare occur-rence in which a person cannot recognize faces. The clinical term for this is Prosopagnosia. Imagine not being able to recognize your friend or colleague or your own child! Painting extra-large portraits of people seemed to Close, to be a unique way to deal with this. Chuck Close’s paintings are done in a photo realistic style.

Dealing with two dis-abilities is enough to in-spire anyone who is going through a rough patch. Amazingly enough, Chuck Close suffered yet an-other challenge at the age of 48. While giving a speech to a group of local artists in New York City, Close began to ex-perience a strange pain in his chest. He managed to get through his speech and somehow made his way across the street to a hospital where he suffered a seizure. This “event” – as Close calls it, left him paralyzed from the neck down. The medical diag-nosis was a catastrophic spinal artery collapse.

I am reminded at this point, of the book Man’s Search for Meaning by

Viktor E. Frankl. Frankl experienced the most hor-rific atrocities in Nazi con-centration camps. As a psychiatrist, Frankl viewed his experience through that lens and what he discovered was truly profound. Frankl re-alized that no matter the suffering, the one thing nobody can take from you is your power to choose how you react to your ex-perience. Chuck Close is an example of this power of the human spirit.

Although he was told he was finished as an artist, Close put all his energy into physical therapy and regained some movement in his arms. Now in a wheelchair, Close works with a brush strapped to his wrist and continues to paint his large portraits on grids that are set up for him by an assistant.

Perhaps Chuck Close would be dismayed to know that his challenges are featured as much as his body of art. I think both art and spirit are worthy of note here.

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The call was from the New Hampshire Agricul-tural Department.

“They asked us how full we were,” said Paradis.

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The phone call was a mix of emotions for Paradis.

“There were twenty-three horses and they asked me if I could take eighteen,” said Paradis. “My heart sunk.”

Though her heart was aching for the mistreated animals, the thoughts of the extra expenses that would be needed were on her mind.

“Then they told me some were mini-horses which made me feel a little bet-ter,” said Paradis. “But then they told me that four of the horses were stal-lions and my heart sunk again.”

There are many, many expenses that come with running Live and Let Let Live Farm. They are the

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only registered 501(c) 3 all volunteer Agricultural Animal Rescue in New Hampshire.

“Last year we spent $60,000 on hay and $30,000 on grain,” said Paradis.

That is just a drop in the bucket when you start to add on the massive costs of veterinarian and medical costs associated with taking in abused and abandoned animals.

Volunteers Dave Petrangelo and Tianna Evans getting ready to load some of the horses for the trip to Live and Let Live Farm.

Many of the horses were caked in mud and muck.

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“Four stallions, along with three from other res-cues, means seven geld-ings at $500 each,” said Paradis. “We are looking at $3500 just for that and that too is only if there are no complications…and there are usually compli-cations.”

Not all animals at Live and Let Live are abused (there are goats, macaws and other animals as well, but mostly horses). Many horses are brought there by people who have lost their jobs and even their homes and can no longer care for them.

“I asked them when they needed the animals picked up by,” said Paradis of the Littleton situation. “They told me before Thanksgiv-

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placas and a llama on the property.

The neglect of the ani-mals is a strange story.

A woman from Nevada was to buy property in the Littleton area and had five horses with her. Once the deal for the property fell through, she found a local man who said he would watch the horses for her until she found a place. The man was not fully able to care for all the horses on a long-term basis.

Soon, the woman was showing up with more horses and, after about two or three trips, there were now twenty-three horses on the man’s prop-erty.

It wasn’t long until the

Littleton police started get-ting calls about the horses and their deteriorating condition.

Soon, the grounds were quarantined and a veteri-narian was called in.

Under New Hampshire state law, the owner or keeper is responsible for the animals and the owner of the property was to be arrested and charged with twenty-three counts of animal cruelty if he didn’t find a suitable home for the animals.

That is when the call went out to Live and Let

Two of the mini-horses that were rescued by volunteers from Live and Let Live Farm.

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“We got three volunteers on Thanksgiving Eve to help and go pick up the animals,” said Paradis.

Volunteers are essential to the Farm’s success. Not having a pickup truck that is reliable, the volunteers provided four trailers and took days off from work.

“It’s so much more than just the expense for the care of the animals,” said Paradis. “Our wish list, be-sides money, is things like a reliable pickup truck. The list is endless.”

The crew made the trip to Littleton and ended up with sixteen of the horses as some local folk took the others as well as the alpacas and llama.

“I really thank the neigh-bors and passerbys who didn’t turn a blind eye to this situation,” said Par-adis. “They became the voices for these animals that were truly in need.”

Now that the horses are back at Live and Let Live Farm, the work is only beginning.

“These horses are in ter-rible condition,” said Par-adis. “They are full of bad parasites and need lots of extensive hoof and dental work.”

Some of them were cov-ered so thick with mud and muck that they could hardly stand as it also af-fected the heating of their bodies.

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looking to add up to an additional $50,000 to their costs this year.

“We truly need donations to help us fix these ani-mals,” said Paradis. “It will probably be ongoing for up to six months to get many of them healthy enough to be adopted.”

Those interested can also sponsor a horse and be able to adopt it once it gets that clean bill of health.

“We have an Open House every Sunday at 2:30 in the afternoon for people to take a tour of the farm,” said Paradis.

All are encouraged to take the tour and see the great work that Live and Let Live Farm is doing and maybe even become a vol-unteer.

“We really are dependent on our volunteers and we don’t know where we would be without them,” said Paradis.

Besides monetary dona-tions other items needed are: A Pickup truck in good, dependable running condition to be able to haul horses; Large horse trailer to be able to haul multiple horses at a time, hay and grain.

$60,500 is still needed for materials to build a highly needed rehabilita-tion barn.

D o n a t i o n s i n a n y amount are accepted and can be sent to: Live and Let Live Farm, 20 Par-adise Lane, Chichester, NH. 03258. You can visit them online and donate at www.liveandletlivefarm.org. Their phone number is 603-798-5615.

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nOrth from 6 When I say, “It really is a novel. I started writing it more than a year before Benghazi. I don’t have the gift of prophecy.” The re-sponse is usually skepti-cal.

Our book signings at Fort Campbell and Fort Benning were packed with family members of deployed Sol-diers. At Benning, a seven-year old girl handed me a drawing she had made of her father, a U.S. Army sergeant now in Afghani-stan. Her carefully penned caption: “My Daddy is my hero.” She asked me to inscribe a copy of “Heroes Proved:” “Merry Christmas. Lauren misses you.”

At the Eglin Air Force Base Exchange, a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant hand-ed me a pair of mangled sunglasses and said, “I think you dropped these on the “ex-fil” (exfiltration) during a DEA-SEAL Team raid in Afghanistan. I was the JTAC (Joint Tactical Air Controller) on that op-eration. I’ll trade you these for an autograph.” The lenses were scratched and the frames bent beyond repair.

“Where did you find them?” I asked.“Well, sir,” he replied, “I was the last one off the LZ after we blew up that opium lab. I guess they fell off your flak jacket when you were running for the helo.” It’s embarrass-ingly true. He got the au-tograph. I told him to keep

the glasses. In Orlando, the father

of U.S. Marine hero Sgt. Ken Conde, Jr. met us at a Barnes & Noble. In 2004, our Fox News team was em-bedded with Sgt. Conde’s unit when he was wounded in Ramadi, Iraq. A little over two months after he told our audience that he refused medical evacuation because “that’s what Ma-rine sergeants are supposed to do,” he was killed leading another patrol through the deadly city.

In Panama City, a DEA special agent, with whom I spent some very exciting days in Afghanistan, came to a bookstore with his wife and two young daughters. I told them, “Your daddy is a hero.” The youngest girl smiled, snuggled up against him and said, “Yes. And he’s going to be home for Christmas.”

Reviewers constantly ask where I get the inspira-tion for books like “Heroes Proved.” It’s easy when you keep company with real heroes like these.

Oliver North is the host of “War Stories” on Fox News, the founder and honorary chairman of Freedom Alliance, and the author of “Heroes Proved.” Join Oliver North in Israel by going to http://www.olivernorthis-rael.com. To find out more about Oliver North and read features by other Cre-ators Syndicate writers and cartoon-ists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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things book buyers bring to these events. Writers are storytellers. So are readers. They ask questions, share their concerns and offer brief narratives on what’s important in their lives. Herewith a brief summary of some I have heard:

Eight days of Israeli air-strikes, in response to Ira-nian-built rockets killing Jewish civilians, finally pushed the Petraeus sex scandal off the front pages. By the time we arrived in Dayton and Cincinna-ti - not far from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base - people asked about the Obama administration and Egypt’s Muslim Brother-hood-dominated govern-ment in bringing about a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas-Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza. Some wanted to know if it would endanger our up-coming Holy Land trip. My response: “Americans are safer in Israel than Wash-ington, D.C.!”

As we head to San An-tonio, my birthplace, I’m increasingly asked about eerie parallels in the “He-roes Proved” and current events, a deadly terror at-tack and a White House cover-up aimed at deceiv-ing the American people.

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Salome’s Stars HoroscopeARIES (March 21 to April 19) Start preparing now to make sure you get the credit you’re due for all that effort you put in to get that project off the ground. A new challenge emerges after the 15th.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re still charging full steam ahead on the job -- and that’s fine. But take time to share the joy of preparing for the up-coming holidays with folks you love.

gEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A former detractor resists joining your ranks just yet. Give him or her time to learn more about what you’re do-ing. Meanwhile, devote more time to friends and family.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be careful not to be goaded into a tiff by someone who might be looking for a fight. Remain cool as you make your exit. Be assured that others will rally to your support.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Kudos on getting the well-deserved Lion’s

share of the rewards for a job well-done. Now you can take a breather from your workaday duties and spend time with your family.

VIRgO (August 23 to September 22) You enjoy a quick spurt of renewed energy just in time to meet that upcom-ing deadline. A potentially romantic situation looms. How it develops will be up to you.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Watch out for distractions that could cause delays and leave you running twice as fast to finish your work by the 15th. Then go ahead and have fun.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You might prefer to work on cur-rent tasks on your own. But be open to a potentially useful suggestion from someone who admires you and wants to help.

SAgITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Avoid rushing full gal-lop into that volunteer project without knowing what’s expected of you. Take

things a step at a time as you begin to find your way.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Good news: You should begin to feel more comfort-able expressing your emotions. This will go a long way in helping you with that personal situation.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to Feb-ruary 18) An old friend gives con-fusing signals. Best advice: Don’t assume that things will necessarily work themselves out. Ask questions and demand straight answers.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A new relationship needs time to develop. Be careful not to let your emotions flood your natural sense of caution. Meanwhile, check out that new job offer.

BORN THIS WEEk: Your sense of right and wrong sometimes causes you to come into conflict with oth-ers. But you invariably come out ahead.

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was just standing there taking off my ski pole and then the next thing I knew I was on the ground. I landed hard on my elbow and wrist. I managed to change into my sneakers and in the fast fading light I ran down a ski trail to the lodge.

While changing into my nice clothes. I realized I had really done a number on my wrist. I iced it dur-ing the dinner. I couldn’t clap my hands for Bernie but I did cheer.

I didn’t go skiing the next day either because I couldn’t hold a ski pole or anything else in my left hand.

Later in the week on Thanksgiving Day we got up early and we were among the first to ride Bretton Woods’ Bethle-hem Express high-speed quad to the top. Mount Washington and the Presi-dential Mountains weren’t sporting much white, but below us the Big Ben Trail was covered with snow. The skiing was fantastic while the crowds were home baking their turkeys.

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On top of Bretton Woods skiers and snowboarders head down the mountain. Cold temperatures have allowed snowmakers to make magic on the ski trails. Check out SkiNH.com for the latest snow conditions.

Oh the snow is so fine at Bretton Woods! Enjoying the early season snow, Kris Eschbach of Newbury, NH, makes sweet turns on the Range View Trail.

The Zephyr high-speed quad was turning too and the Range View Trail was heavily blanketed with snow too. The mountain vista was stunning!

My wrist was still hurt-ing, I lightly held my left ski pole at the top near the grip and I just held it for balance. Making turns on my skis was exciting and it’s great to be back on snow.

The sun was out and it was a perfect day. We

skied continuously until noon and then it was time for us to go home to put the bird in the oven.

On Friday morning we decided to jump over to Loon Mountain. The weather was super and the mountain views were inspiring. The pointed peaks of Flume and Lib-erty stuck out and way off we could even see Mount Washington. Our first lift ride was up the Gondola and I didn’t notice that I

had left my ski poles in the rack until I was riding up the lift. Funny thing was that the other skier riding in the gondola with us didn’t have poles. He wasn’t injured, he said he just didn’t like to ski with poles.

Skiing down Picked Rock was great and then we headed over to Loon’s North Peak to make big turns on Walking Boss. There were a lot of people skiing and snowboarding but the trails didn’t feel crowded. The skiing was

really wonderful!Many more ski resorts in

New Hampshire are open now and every cold night the snowmakers are out there opening up more terrain. Don’t miss out on the fun, grab your skis or snowboard and go skiing! We’re so lucky we don’t have to wait for Mother Nature to deliver snow as long as she dishes up cold dry weather.

All I want for Christmas is a big snowstorm and world peace.

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Two Downtown busi-nesses are planning a “Creative Christmas Paint Along and Lunch” for the Downtown Open House on Saturday, December 8 from Noon to 2:30pm that is sure to satisfy your palettes.

Drew and Elisa Seneca owners of the Downtown Deli and Larry Frates of Frates Creative Arts Center will once again be blending their culinary and creative talents to present a unique Open House event that is sure to brighten up your Holi-day afternoon in Down-town Laconia.

Imagine starting out with a hot soup or salad and tasty half sandwich of your choice. Now, top that of with one of the Deli’s freshly baked cook-ies and of course you’ll have a choice of bever-age included. Next on the menu is the paint along session with Larry, who

two Businesses hosting Paint aLong and LunCh For downtown Christmas oPen house

can be seen drawing and painting daily on LRPA, Channel 25.

The Deli will be trans-formed into a Holiday art studio and you will be transformed into an artist no matter what your skill level. All of the supplies, paper, watercolor paints, brushes, palettes, and matting will be provided as part of the complete package, which is priced at $25.

Everyone will take home a completed seasonal watercolor painting of a Lakes Region location. Participants will leave knowing their creative and taste palettes have been satisfied at this unique Christmas Open House event. Join us for a truly fun filled experience and create a unique Christ-mas gift.

Reservations are needed and will be taken on a first come first serve basis. Call Larry at 528-7651.

Larry Frates (L) of Frates Creative Arts Center with Drew and Elisa Seneca of the Downtown Deli. Both Laconia businesses will be part of the Creative Christmas Paint Along and Lunch as part of the Downtown Open House on Saturday, December 8th.

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