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A beautiful picture of a female Pine Grosbeak. The Pine Grosbeak is a large member of the truefinch family, Fringillidae. It is found in coniferous woods across Alaska, the western mountainsof the United States, Canada, and in subarctic Fennoscandia and Siberia.- Duane Cross Photo (www.duanecrosspics.com)

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2013 NH Moose Lottery Opens__________It's time to try your luck onthe adventure of a lifetime-- hunting moose in NewHampshire. The state's2013 moose huntlottery is nowopen. Enteringcosts $15 forN e wHampshireres identsand $25 fornonresidents.

It's easy to enterthe moose hunt lot-tery. Visithttp://www.huntnh.comto enter online or print out amail-in application. You canalso get an application from anyFish and Game license agent.Moose hunt lottery applicationsfor 2013 must be postmarked orsubmitted online by midnightEastern Time on May 31, 2013,or delivered to the Licensing of-fice at N.H. Fish and Gameheadquarters in Concord before4:00 p.m. that day. Winners willbe selected through a computer-ized random drawing on June 21. Last year (2012), over 13,400people entered the lottery for the

chance to win one of 275 per-mits. Another 1,200 people

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moose hunting! About 85% ofthe permits go to New Hamp-shire residents; the number ofpermits available to nonresidentsis capped, based on the prioryear's sales of nonresident hunt-ing licenses.

Each applicant can enter themoose hunt lottery once a year.A bonus point system improvesthe chances for unsuccessful ap-plicants who apply each consec-utive year. For example, last yearresident applicants who had atotal of 9 points had a 1 in 17chance of being drawn, and anonresident with 9 points had a1 in 58 chance.

You do not need a current hunt-ing license to enter the lottery,but hunters who are offered andaccept a permit must buy a $150resident or $500 nonresidentmoose hunt permit, as well as aNew Hampshire hunting license.

New Hampshire's nine-daymoose hunt starts the third Sat-urday in October. This year'shunt runs from October 19-27,2013.

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state's current moose populationis estimated at about 4,500 ani-mals. The availability of moosehunting permits, with some is-sued for every area of the state,is made possible by careful man-agement of moose populations.

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Book Group will be meeting onFebruary 19th, 6:00 PM. TheEmperor of All Maladies: A Bi-ography of Cancer by SiddharthaMukherjee

Don't be daunted by the subjectmatter here! Mukherjee's book isdescribed as reading like a liter-ary thriller. "The story of canceris a story of human ingenuity, re-silience, and perseverance, butalso of hubris, paternalism, andmisperception. Mukherjee re-counts centuries of discoveries,setbacks, victories, and deaths,told through the eyes of his pred-ecessors and peers, training theirwits against an infinitely re-sourceful adversary that, justthree decades ago, was thoughtto be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.”

"From the Persian Queen Atossa,whose Greek slave cut off hermalignant breast, to the nine-teenth-century recipients ofprimitive radiation andchemotherapy to Mukherjee’sown leukemia patient, Carla, TheEmperor of All Maladies isabout the people who have sol-diered through fiercely demand-ing regimens in order tosurvive—and to increase our un-derstanding of this iconic dis-ease." - Amazon

Books will be available at the li-brary by Wednesday, January 30.If you'd like the title in CD audioformat, please send an email so Ican order enough for everyone.See you there!

The Bath Library Book Clubwill be discussing “DesertQueen” by Janet Wallach onThursday, February 14th at 6 pmat the Bath Library.

Desert Queen is the story ofGertrude Bell. (1868-1926) Ms.Bell explored, mapped and exca-vated the world of the Arabs. Re-cruited by British intelligenceduring WWI, she played a cru-cial role in obtaining the loyaltyof the Arab leaders. After the warshe played a major role in creat-ing the modern Middle East andwas, at that time, considered themost powerful woman in theBritish Empire.

Books may be picked up at theBath Library; hours are Tues-days and Thursdays 9:00am tonoon and 1:00pm to 6:00pm andSaturdays 9:00am to noon.

Anyone with an interest in read-ing and conversing about booksis welcome to attend. For infor-mation please contact the libraryat 603 747-3372 or email [email protected].

February 23rd.The Rocks EstateBethlehem, NH8:30 a.m. - Noon

Are you a hobby or backyardmaple producer and thinkingabout upgrading or expandingyour operation? Or are you newto this traditional New Englandpastime and want to dive rightin? Come to this hands-onworkshop where the followingtopics will be covered: Sugar-house design and safety; “Pro-fessional” evaporator designsand sizing; Tubing fundamen-tals; Filtering and canning op-tions; Small/medium sizedvacuum systems; Sugarbushmanagement and On-line re-

sources and equipment suppliers.

This class will be in the sugar-house and outside in the woods,so please dress accordingly.Weather permitting there mighteven be some sap to boil!

Registration is limited to 50 par-ticipants and the cost is $15 perperson. Online registration athttp://bit.ly/MapleSugaring isencouraged as space is limited.Registering online will hold yourspace until payment is received.(You may register online andthen forward a paper check orpay online by credit card or elec-tronic check.) For registrationquestions, contact Debbie An-derson.

([email protected]) at862-1028.

For questions about the pro-gram contact Dave Falkenham([email protected]) at787-6944 or Steve Roberge([email protected]) at352-4550.

No person shall be denied theopportunity to participate in thisprogram because of inability topay. If you have special needs inorder to participate in this pro-gram, please contact us 2 weeksin advance of the program dateinforming us of your need, toallow us time to make the neces-sary arrangements. Thank you.

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The North Country Chorus,under the leadership of MusicalDirector Alan Rowe, is a com-munity chorus of about 80 mem-bers serving the UpperConnecticut River Valley ofNew Hampshire and Vermont.

The Chorus typically presentstwo series of concerts each year

as well as three nights of Madri-gal Dinners in January.

Performances during the Christ-mas season and in the spring fea-ture mostly sacred works.

The chorus welcomes all singerswho are willing to commit to itsstandards of attendance and mu-sical excellence. New membersare invited to join the groupthrough February 12.

Anyone interested in joiningshould contact Alan Rowe, Mu-sical Director, at 802-748-5027.

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N.H. Audubon Needs Your Helpon Statewide Bird Survey!

Stock up those bird feeders anddig out your binoculars for NewHampshire Audubon’s BackyardWinter Bird Survey. This annualstatewide survey will take placeon Saturday, February 9, andSunday, February 10. Biologistsneed assistance from citizens allover the Granite State to get aclear picture of what’s reallyhappening with our winter birds.

Anyone can participate in theBackyard Winter Bird Survey bycounting the birds in their ownbackyard on the survey weekendand reporting on-line or sendingthe results on a special reportingform to NH Audubon. To receivea copy of the reporting form andcomplete instructions on how toparticipate, send a self-ad-dressed, stamped, long envelopeto:

New Hampshire Audubon, Win-ter Bird Survey- 84 Silk FarmRoad, Concord, NH 03301

Forms are also available at NHAudubon centers in Auburn,Concord and Manchester, andon-line. Find more informationabout the survey atwww.nhaudubon.org under theBirding page.

Data from the Backyard WinterBird Survey is used to trackchanges in the distribution andabundance of many species.

Each year about 1,300 observersacross the state count the birdscoming to their feeders. “Thestrength of the survey is that wecan look at trends over the longterm,” says Survey Coordinator,Rebecca Suomala. “We nowhave more than 25 years of dataand we can see the patterns ofups and downs in different birdspecies.”

Last year, there were recordnumbers of Red-bellied Wood-peckers and near record CarolinaWrens, both southern speciesthat have expanded their rangesnorthward and are now commonon the Survey. Eastern Bluebirdsand American Robins were alsotallied in record numbers. “TheSurvey numbers show these twospecies increasing since 1997.They used to be harbingers ofspring but are now increasinglyfound all winter, feeding onfruit” says Suomala. There were74 species were recorded overallin 2012. “This year we are ex-pecting high numbers of Com-mon Redpolls, a northern finchthat tends to invade New Hamp-shire every other winter,” ac-cording to Dr. Pamela Hunt,Senior Biologist at NHAudubon. Hunt also suggestspeople watch for Pine Gros-beaks, another periodic wintervisitor that feeds on fruit and hasbeen reported in many areas ofthe state this fall and early win-ter

Reports of a lack of birds are just

as valuable as reports of manybirds. “If everyone reported onlywhen they have a lot of birds, wewouldn’t be able to see the de-clines,” says Suomala. The mostimportant thing is to participateeach year regardless of howmany or how few birds youhave. This provides a consistentlong-term set of data that showsboth the ups and downs.

All New Hampshire residentsare encouraged to take part. Re-sults from past years are on theNH Audubon web site. For moreinformation about the BackyardWinter Bird Survey, please callNH Audubon at 224-9909 or goto the web site atwww.nhaudubon.org and clickon Birding.

Note: There are two bird surveysin February. NH Audubon’sBackyard Winter Bird Surveythat takes place in New Hamp-shire only, and the Great Back-yard Bird Count, a nation-wideweb-based survey on February17-20, 2012;www.birdcount.org.

For information on New Hamp-shire Audubon, including mem-bership, volunteering, programs,sanctuaries, and publications,call 224-9909, or visitwww.nhaudubon.org.

The Campton Historical SocietyPresents:Pot Luck, Popcorn, anda Free Flick, showing…DIRTYROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, star-ring Steve Martin and MichaelCaine; 1988, PG, 110 min.

Friday, February 8th. 5:30 willbe the Pot Luck Dinner, 6:30Movie at the Campton HistoricalSociety in The Old Town Hall inCampton , 529 NH Route 175 inCampton. (Old Town Hall, Rt.175, North of Blair Bridge Rd.)

www.camptonhistorical.org.

For the Pot Luck Dinner, pleasebring one of the following- soup,bread, salad, main dish, dessert,or non-alcoholic drinks.

In case of inclement weather orfor more info, call 726-3081.

The Old Town Hall is handicapaccessible, and open to the pub-lic.

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“Berman’s Bits”by Dave Berman

Northcountry News Picture Of The Week

Taken this past fall, this little chippy was already thinking about the cold winter months ahead.CHipmunks will fill their cheeks as full as possible with seeds and transport them back to theirwinter hangout to store for the winter months.. - Marsha Downs Photo

If you have a photo which you think could make it as our picture of the week, let us know. Emailit to [email protected]. Your picture could become our next Picture Of The Week!

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Greetings, and thanks for join-ing me for another week. First,little turds grow up to be bigturds! Three girls were chargedwith gang assault after they al-legedly attacked a mom as sheput her young child on a schoolbus. The girls — two 13-year-olds and a 12-year-old — calledwhat they did “mobbing” or“popping” on someone, and toldpolice they did it for fun andchose their victim at random.According to police, the threegirls attacked the mom as herchild was getting on the bus.They repeatedly punched andkicked her and pulled her by herhair. The 34-year-old victim suf-fered head and internal injuries,and had cuts and bruises all over

her body. Police said one of thethree suspects was on suspensionfrom school, and the others hadnot gone to school. Sounds likethey should be in jail.

Next, from “Bonehead Of TheDay Award athttp://Bonehead.Oddballs.com”:A dangerous and historic discov-ery was made in Central Parkwhen park workers came upon alive cannon ball, loaded in a can-non that is getting refurbished,CBS 2’s Lou Young reported ex-clusively. The loaded artillerypiece was one of two Revolu-tionary War-era cannons beingstored at the park’s Ramble shednear the 79th Street transverse.Preservation workers for theCentral Park Conservancy calledpolice about mid-day after open-ing up the capped cannon forcleaning.

Finally, manly men. The man accused of killing a 4-year-oldwho was found dead in an Ami-tyville home told detectives hepunched the boy for refusing totake a nap. Jonathan Thompson,31, who was babysitting youngAdonis Reed on the day the boydied, pleaded not guilty to sec-ond degree murder. Furious fam-ily members waited outside thecourthouse to see Thompsonbeing led away by police. Whenasked about Thompson, onewoman would only say, “Youdon’t want to know my thoughts;you don’t want to know mythoughts.” Thompson admittedto punching Adonis, known tothe family as ‘Don Don’, twicein the abdomen because hedidn’t want to take a nap..[pix11.com]

So, in case you are still havinginauguration withdrawal, Daveis wearing a patterned Chapsshirt and blue jeans from Kohl’sand New Balance sneakers(409s) also from Kohl’s. Fruit ofthe Loom undergarments andwhite socks are from multi-packs from Wal-Mart.

I love how Channel 9 often says

something about how what theviewer is about to see or hearmay be “disturbing.” After whathappens in society on a regularbasis, is there anything they canoffer anymore that can still bedisturbing (or is it just me)? Allone has to do is follow the news.

I am not sure why, but I thoughtI needed to tell you that I justread the back of a package ofGreat ValueTM Mountain TrailMix. While distributed by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., it is actually aproduct of “Argentina, Brazil,Chile, India, Indonesia, Kenya,Mexico, Mozambique, SouthAfrica, Tanzania, United States,Vietnam.”

I am tempted to ask some of myFaceBook people if they’d talkthat way to my face (no pun in-tended). What they don’t realizeis that they already are, andwhile I don’t appreciate it, theyare telling the viewing worldwho they are and what’s impor-tant to them (themselves).

Something you never knewabout me: my first concert wasthe Mamas and the Papas (orThe Association – I can’t re-member which came first).Along the way I also saw Led

Zeppelin, The Doors, Three DogNight, The Grateful Dead, Fleet-wood Mac, The Velvet Under-ground, B. B. King, Phil Ochs,etc., etc. I even once road-man-aged the J. Geils Band! Workingat a place called The Boston TeaParty certainly helped....

Harold Goode’s most recent visitto a Casey County church wasmore modest than his first.WLEX-TV reported Goode stoodbefore the congregation of Ellis-burg Baptist Church to ask forforgiveness. In 2010, Gooderode into the church on horse-back in the middle of a sermon,drunk and armed with a gun. Thepastor called police and Goodewas arrested. Last week, Goodetold church members he askedthe Lord for forgiveness andpleaded for theirs as well. Thepastor said church members ac-cepted Goode’s apology and hebelieves Goode might join thecongregation.

Finally, a quote I found thatmakes more and more sense as Igrow older: “Man says, ‘Showme and I’ll trust You.’ G-d says,‘Trust me and I’ll show you.’”

Later

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Eight years ago Atticus and Iclimbed our first four thousand-footer. From the summit ofMount Garfield we looked outover the Pemigewasset Wilder-ness and the bowl of mountainssurrounding much of it that givesthat vantage point a feeling ofbeing on one end of an am-phitheater. At that instant some-thing was born within me,something so different, fresh,and exhilarating that I knew thenand there our lives were about tochange.

At the time I owned and ran asmall town newspaper in New-buryport, Massachusetts and itwas more than just my job, it hadbeen my life for the previousdecade. And yet standing uponthat precipice I knew, withoutwarning and quite suddenly, thatit was time to move on. Withina couple of years we’ done justthat and have moved north to themountains we were climbingduring all four seasons.

During those first years of hikingI was consumed with all thingsmost hikers get into when theyare struck by the “bug”. We did

the peak-bagging thing to the ex-treme climbing more than 200four-thousand foot peaks in twoyears; including 122 in winter;and I bought every book, map,and piece of gear imaginable.And when the time came to packup my Ford Focus for the lasttime and leave behind my littlenewspaper and the little citywhich felt like home it all feltright.

In those days I relied on mapsand guidebooks and hiking web-sites and I longed to go whereothers had gone, do what othershad done, and see what they hadseen. But sitting here writingthis at my little kitchen table allthese years later I realize thatthose maps that I kept with me atall times (and rarely do any-more) are great for pointing theway, but where you go after thatis up to you.

All those years ago we set out toclimb a bunch of mountains andin the end what we discoveredwas not the view from a moun-taintop, but an entirely new lifefilled with wonder, its own set ofchallenges, and rules. No longerdo I chase down dirty cops orlying politicians and I avoiddrama I used to surround myselfwith like the plague. I lead asimpler, quiet life which is all themore meaningful and what Ishare with Atticus seems to de-fine much more than whatever Iwrote in my newspaper that usedto seem so very important.

In making this leap together atight bond has grown even moresteadfast. And as you knowfrom following this column overthe years Atticus has led methrough thick and thin, been bothteacher and friend. He has ledby example, been the inspirationto grasp at this simpler life andto be a better man. It’s amazingwhat one little dog can do to aman’s life when we allow it.

But there are times during ourlife when the tables are turnedand it’s time for Atticus to followTom. Such was the case recently

when as we approached the trail-head for a hike up Starr King andWaumbek, we encountered abeagle standing in the little road.We’ve met the dog before and allwent well, but on this day, in aflash the beagle attacked Atticus,going for his throat, his eyes, andears. It happened so quickly,was so shocking and vicious thatby the time I reached the two ofthem Atticus was bloodied andin a bit of shock. You see…he’snot much of a fighter and henever understands why anotherdog would be aggressive to him.

Fortunately for Atti the beaglejust missed his targets and whilethere was blood to clean up andwounds to sanitize, stitches werenot needed and there was no last-ing damage. But being a friendto Atticus, I was not worriedabout what the outside lookedlike; I was more concerned aboutthe scars under the surface, theones we all know too well –those heartaches that never goaway.

So I did what any friend woulddo to see to it that Atticus contin-ued to be the way he’s alwaysbeen, I drove him back to thatsame trailhead a week later andthe two of us set out to climbStarr King and Waumbek again.When we walked past the housethe beagle lives in, Atticus wasapprehensive and gave a bit of awhine but he didn’t stop andwhen we were beyond it hewalked onto the trail, through thecorridor of trees, and up thosemountains as if nothing had hap-pened.

Unlike the day we had plannedto hike it, there was no one elsethere and we had the forest toourselves. Other than the pat-pat-pat of his Muttluks and thebite of my snowshoes into crustysnow there was not anothersound to be heard. Once on topof Starr King we stopped for ashort break and when I looked atAtticus closely for the first timethat day, I saw the hole in hisface just below his eye where thebeagle had bitten him. I pulled

him close and felt the roughareas of his ear where teeth hadpunctured it. And when I lookedinto his eyes I realized that myfriend had returned and therewere no more scars to be seen.He was self-assured, care-free,and happy to be back on a moun-tain.

That mile-long stretch betweenStarr King and Waumbek is oneof my favorite pieces of trails inthe Whites. It’s a tangle of griz-zled old evergreens whipped andworn by the wind standingamong the carcasses of manyfallen comrades while sprinkledover the forest floor new lifepushes up towards the sun inclusters of tiny pines. It is a mi-crocosm of life. We are born, wegrow, we get beaten up by theyears, and ultimately we fallleaving room for new life. Andin that microcosm in each of ourlives there are chapters to thestory we write as we move for-ward, our pen being the actionswe take, the pages filled withmemories.

Watching Atticus march matter-of-factly through those frozentrees he seemed to float over thepath and walk among the land-scape as though he were part ofit, but unfazed by any of it, as ifhis life not about what is takenaway from him through therough times, but about whatpresently awaits us.

Eventually we reached the sum-mit of Waumbek, walked a bitpast it to the viewpoint of thePresidentials, and took our lunchas we’ve done more than a dozentimes on that same mountain. Isat in the snow and Atticus sat inmy lap and we ate quietly, look-ing out from our little perch inreverential silence.

Sitting with him, watching himstudy the world as he does fromeach mountaintop we havereached, I thought about how hehad been attacked not long be-fore and how when we startedthat morning’s hike he was a bitagitated when we walked by

where the attack had taken placebut as soon as he was beyond ithe was truly beyond it. I knewthere would never be an issue atthat house again and he was be-yond his fear and beyond anyscars you or I would tend to har-bor if we suffered the same fate.And sure enough on the waydown the mountain we walkedeasily in silence and when wewere at the very end of our trekand walking by where the attacktook place there was no agitationon his part, no whimper, norwhine, or growl. He had left thepast behind – where it belonged.

We had come to the mountainsyears ago to climb as manypeaks as we could but what I re-alize now is that the numbers ofpeaks don’t really matter. Whathas mattered though are the ex-periences we glean from themand how they change our life.

The map to Waumbek tells meit’s just shy of an eight mileround trip. What it doesn’t showis that along the way we reachtrue places where lessons aretaught and learned by each other,we renew the bond of friendship,and we find a way to cataloguethe chapters of our lives, andleave the past where it belongs.The map to Waumbek is flat andpolished with clean lines. Butwhat it doesn’t show are the trueplaces we reach along the way.

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Looking for something to do thatthe whole family can enjoy thiswinter and won't break the bank?Join instructors from the NewHampshire Fish and Game De-partment’s “Let’s Go Fishing”Program and the HaverhillRecreation Department for athree-part ice fishing class onWednesdays, January 30 andFebruary 6 from 5:30 p.m. to7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Febru-ary 9, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00p.m.

Reserve your spot by contactingthe recreation department at 603-787-6096. The class is free, andregistration is first-come, first-served. The class is open to any-one, however, those 16 andunder must be accompanied byan adult. All equipment and ma-terials will be provided. You donot need to have a fishing licenseto participate.

The January 30 and February 6classes will be spent at theRobert E. Clifford MemorialBuilding, 65 Court Street,Woodsville, N.H., learning aboutice fishing equipment, safety andpractices, as well as some winterecology of lakes and ponds. OnSaturday, February 9, you willhead out to a local pond and putyour newly learned skills to thetest!

New Hampshire Fish andGame’s “Let's Go Fishing” pro-gram has taught thousands ofchildren and adults to be safe,ethical and successful anglers.Find out more athttp://www.fishnh.com/Fishing/lets_go_fishing_class_schedule.htm. The program is federallyfunded through the Sport FishRestoration Program.

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Due to the large amount of inter-est in its free indoor winter

archery leagues, the New Hamp-shire Fish and Game Departmentwill run two additional leaguesin February. There will be a newarchery league for beginners, aswell as an added league for ex-perienced archers who want tolearn new skills or improve theircurrent skills. Both leagues willbe held at Fish and Game's OwlBrook Hunter Education Center,located at 387 Perch Pond Roadin Holderness, N.H. Registrationis now open.

The two separate archeryleagues will each meet one nighta week, from 6:30-8:00 p.m., forfour consecutive weeks:

* A competitive evening adultarchery league will meet onWednesdays (starting Feb 6).

* A beginner-level instructionalleague, designed for youth andadults who want to learn the ba-sics of archery in a fun, noncom-petitive atmosphere, will meeton Thursdays (starting Feb 7).

To register, call Tom Flynn orEric Geib at the Owl BrookHunter Education Center at 603-536-3954. Registration is first-

come, first-served, so if you areinterested, call soon. Participa-tion will be limited to 12 peoplein each league. You must be ableto commit to attending all fourweeks in order to register.

Participants in the adult leaguemust bring their own equipmentin good working condition. Onlyfield tips or target points will bepermitted; NO BROADHEADS.All equipment will be providedfor the participants in the begin-ner league. For more info, visithttp://www.huntnh.com/Hunt-ing/hunter_ed_center.htm.

Activities at the Owl BrookHunter Education Center arefunded by federal WildlifeRestoration Funds, supported byyour purchase of firearms, am-munition and archery equipment.Learn more athttp://www.wildnh.com/SFWR_program/sfwr_program.htm.

Thank you for joining us thisweek. Until the next time, as al-ways, please take time to enjoy thenatural world around you. Ques-tions, comments and suggestionscan be emailed to:[email protected].


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As the economy continues toweaken and gas prices remainwell over $3.25 per gallon, andmore Americans are out of workthan ever before, I have to won-der, just how much does it costto have the Obama’s in the WhiteHouse each year?

Well, any President for that mat-ter, but seeing Obama and hisfamily are in there now, that’swhat we’ll go with.

Wondering minds had to dosome research over the pastweek, and I for one am not onlystunned, upset, angered andcompletely disappointed, but to-tally disgusted! I should not haveresearched this - period!

It does not matter who is in of-fice, it costs the taxpayers of theUnited States a substantialamount, but the Obama familyhas hit some startling newrecords, so we’ll pick on them!

I must warn you, the followingshould be rated R! For reallyRidiculous!

Okay, most of us know or haveheard that it costs a whopping$181,757.00 per hour to operate

Air Force One these days. No,not a mistake, you read it rightand these figures are from mili-tary resources.

So every time you see the Presi-dent or his family in the air, it’scosting you almost $200k perhour. Yes, including vacations!President Obama’s recent vaca-tion to Hawaii cost taxpayers anestimated $4 million, but who’scounting!

People might give me a hardtime saying that hey, everyoneneeds a vacation - well folks,even if I went to New Zealand, itwouldn’t cost me $4 million. Soyes, I do agree, everyone de-serves a vacation, but a $4 mil-lion dollar one - come on. I can’tafford my own vacation at thispoint, why should I pay fortheirs?

So how much was the ObamaPresidential Inauguration thistime around? I’m not sure youreally want to know, but yes, I’lltell you anyway! Just the inaugu-ration alone cost taxpayers over$170 million dollars accordingto several sources in the know!Oh, that includes a $700,000Bruce Springsteen concert

though! Seriously?

Okay, so here we go - just whatdoes it cost to maintain theObama’s in the White House forone single year?

Before I give you the answer, I’dlike to just tell you that it costs amere $57.8 million per year inEngland, to maintain the RoyalFamily. Keep that in mind, only$57.8 million for the Queen andher entourage.

Okay, to maintain the First Fam-ily in the White House, are youready for this? How does $1.4billion dollars every single yearsound?

That’s right, $1.4 billion - notmillion per year! Think there issomething wrong with our gov-ernment? I do?

If you remember nothing elsefrom this, remember this onething - George Washington, ourfirst President of these UnitedStates declined to take a pay-check, because it would burdenthe taxpayers too much! Do youthink he is rolling in his gravetoday? I have no doubts!

Nobody Asked, Just My Opinion!~BEF

How Naïve Are You?

Since the first of the year, manypeople have opened their pay-checks and been shocked to dis-cover that there has been asignificant increase in theamount of taxes they pay. Manyof these people were naïveenough to believe that, becauseObama and the Democrats weresuccessful in causing the “BushTax Cuts” to expire for the so-called rich that their own taxeswould not go up. Never mindthat this tax increase will ulti-mately generate less money thenit takes to run the Federal behe-moth for a week.

The simple fact is that nationaldebt is our debt and, the larger itbecomes the more we (meaningall of us who pay taxes) will beexpected to pay on it. Now thatMr. Obama has been re-elected,most taxes are likely to continuethe upward trajectory. “Oba-macare” contains a wealth ofhidden taxes and fees that were

not scheduled to go into effectuntil after the election.

President Obama has repeatedlysucceeded in frightening theAmerican people and Congressinto agreeing to go further intodebt without making meaningfulcuts in government spending.He has done this by predictingthat an economic catastrophewill befall us and that he willneed to suspend social securitypayments, veteran’s benefits,payments to our troops, etc. ifthe debt ceiling is not raised.

I believe that Mr. Obama covetsboth your wealth and your lib-erty and will stop at nothing torelieve you of both. He wantsgovernment to be the most im-portant and powerful thing inour lives and seeks to have themaximum number of people de-pendent upon the government fortheir safety and security.

Russell T. CumbeeFranconia, NH

Respecting the "Office of thePresident." Had a difficult timein typing in a "subject" for myeditorial today. Rememberingwhat the President said, speak-ing on gun violence, and thedeath of so many children, tryingto understand why this happenand what we as a country cando, not, to let this ever happenagain.

Having a Great Granddaughterjust starting school this year, andhaving a bus stop for "all" of thechildren, ranging from 5 and up,right at our driveway. For JoeMcQuaid to belittle the signifi-cance of what happened at

Sandy Hook Elem. in NewtownCT. To joke about children's feel-ings when writing the President,is shameful. When I read the ed-itorial, I thought the writer wasnone other than "Rush Lim-baugh!" or "John Sununu Sr!"

To see it was the Publisher of theUnion Leader, Joe McQuaid, ac-tually made me ill. Maybe itstime for him to take a "time out"with Kelly Ayotte, John McCainand Lindsay Graham or betteryet, resign.

Nancy LeclercNorth Woodstock, NH

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Needs work done: Brake work, steering work and rust

All offers must be received no later than

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Offers can be mailed or hand delivered to the

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Town of Wentworth, Selectmen’s Office,

7 Atwell Hill Rd, PO Box 2, Wentworth NH 03282.

The Board of Selectmen reserves the right to

approve or reject any offer.

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1. Who wrote and released "Sun-shine Superman"? Name theother superhero mentioned in thesong.2. Name the group that wroteand released "Walk This Way."3. Who sang "Roses Are Red(My Love)"?4. Which group wrote and re-leased "I'm Not in Love"?5. Identify the song that containsthis lyric: "There is so much atstake, Seems our freedom's upagainst the ropes."

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stein," the Mel Brooks film.Run-DMC picked up the song in1986 for their "Raising Hell"album. 3. Bobby Vinton, in 1962. Aswith a number of similar lovesongs of the era, an answer songwas written called "Long As theRose Is Red," sung by FlorraineDarlin.4. 10cc, in 1975. As written, thesong had a bossa nova rhythm.Instead, they slowed the tempoand used voices in multi-trackoverdubs, repeated for all 16tracks.5. "Burning Heart" by Survivorin 1985. Jimi Jamison performedthe song in the "Rocky IV" filmstarring Sylvester Stallone.

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Dear EarthTalk: What aresome tips for keeping my dogsand cats healthy?

-- Kim Newfield, via e-mail

Believe it or not, our pets may beexposed to more harsh chemicalsthrough the course of their daythan we are. Researchers at thenon-profit Environmental Work-ing Group (EWG) found that petdogs and cats were contaminatedwith 48 of 70 industrial chemi-cals tested, including 43 chemi-cals at levels higher than thosetypically found in people.

“Just as children ingest pollu-tants in tap water, play on lawnswith pesticide residues orbreathe in an array of indoor aircontaminants, so do their pets,”reports EWG. Since they de-velop and age seven or moretimes faster than children, petsalso develop health problemsfrom exposures much faster,EWG adds.

“Average levels of many chemi-cals were substantially higher inpets than is typical for people,with 2.4 times higher levels ofstain- and grease-proof coatings(perfluorochemicals) in dogs, 23times more fire retardants(PBDEs) in cats, and more thanfive times the amounts of mer-cury, compared to average levelsin people,” reports the group.Their 2008 study looked at plas-tics and food packaging chemi-cals, heavy metals, fireretardants and stain-proofingchemicals in pooled samples ofblood and urine from 20 dogsand 37 cats tested at a Virginiaveterinary clinic.

“For dogs, blood and urine sam-ples were contaminated with 35chemicals altogether, including11 carcinogens, 31 chemicalstoxic to the reproductive system,and 24 neurotoxins,” adds EWG.This is particularly alarminggiven that man’s best friend isknown to have much higher can-cer rates than humans. A 2008Texas A&M Veterinary MedicalCenter study found that dogshave 35 times more skin cancer,four times more breast tumors,eight times more bone cancer,and two times more leukemiaper capita as humans. And ac-

cording to researchers from Pur-due University, cancer is the sec-ond leading cause of death fordogs, with about one in four ca-nines succumbing to some formof the disease. Meanwhile, hy-perthyroidism—a conditionwhich many think is on the risein felines due to chemical expo-sures—is already a leading causeof illness for older cats.

In its Pets for the Environmentwebsite, EWG lists dozens ofways for pet owners to ensurethat dogs and cats are as safe aspossible in this dangerous worldwe inhabit. Among other tips,EWG recommends choosing petfood without chemical preserva-tives such as BHA, BHT orethoxyquin, and looking for or-ganic or free-range ingredientsrather than by-products. As fordrinking water, EWG suggestsrunning tap water through a re-verse osmosis filter—eitherfaucet-mounted or pitcher-based—before it goes into apet’s bowl to remove commoncontaminants. Also, replacingold bedding or furniture, espe-cially if it has exposed foam, canprevent pets from ingesting fireretardants. From avoiding non-

stick pans and garden pesticidesto choosing greener kitty litterand decking material, the list oftips goes on.

Taking steps to ensure a safer en-vironment for pets—some 63percent of U.S. homes have atleast one—will mean a saferworld for humans, too. EWGconcludes that our pets “wellmay be serving as sentinels forour own health, as they breathein, ingest or absorb the samechemicals that are in our envi-ronments.”

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Many ladies of the Town of Warren have sewed quilt blocks for the 250th Anniverary of the Townof Warren commerative quilt project. Several recently met at the Patch Library to lay out theblocks and begin sewing them together. Pictured above left to right are, Nancy Chandler, SheilaFoote, Luane Clark and Sarah Lester.

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The Cholesterol StingAbout ‘Bad’ and

‘Good’A few years ago I received a callfrom a clinic technician tellingme that my cholesterol level washigh, over 200. She advised me tomake a follow-up appointment. Iasked, “What’s over 200, myLDL or HDL?” The technicianreplied that they only tested fortotal cholesterol.

A red flag went up and I decidedto find a provider who lookedmore astutely at the big picture.There, I learned that my “high”cholesterol came from an HDL(High Density Lipoprotein) thatwas even higher than my LDL(Low Density Lipoprotein) count.Of course, this meant another ap-pointment and blood test at myexpense to learn that, cholesterol-wise, I was pretty healthy. So,what’s all this banter about cho-lesterol?

Cholesterol is a vital ingredient inevery cell in our bodies, includingour brains. We can’t make estro-gen, testosterone, cortisone andother hormones, Vitamin D, andbile enzymes to digest fat, with-out cholesterol. It’s vital for nervefunction and more.

The ‘good’ and ‘bad’ myth gotcreated when health professionalslearned how to measure choles-terol levels in the blood. In 2004,the National Cholesterol Educa-tion Program Panel came up withguidelines on cholesterol man-agement. At the time, USA Todayreported that eight of the ninedoctors on the panel who devel-oped the guidelines had beenmaking money from the drugcompanies that manufacturestatin cholesterol-lowering drugs.The ten page report is availableon line through NIH. The follow-ing year, the Annals of InternalMedicine published a 10 page re-view that found insufficient re-search evidence to support thetreatment outlined in the panel’sreport. Today, nine years later,there is still no evidence to sup-port keeping cholesterol levelslow.

Here’s what happens when cho-lesterol levels are too low. Wearen’t able to use the sun to gen-erate needed levels of Vitamin D.Statin drugs work by inhibitingan enzyme that our liver needs toproduce cholesterol for body re-

pairs. Cholesterol has the abilityto heal scar tissue that may haveformed in our arteries or else-where. Statins also deplete us ofCoQ10 (Coenzyme Q10), whichsupports heart health and musclesgenerally. Without enoughCoQ10, we’re subject to fatigue,muscle weakness, and possibleheart failure.

As far back as 1985, when the fatscare began, institutions begancutting down on nutritious fats(cattle were fed corn instead ofgrass; farmed fish were fed graininstead of marine diet). Storesbegan offering fat-free crackers,dips, frozen dinners and you-name-it. People began eatingtwice as much grain, vegetableoils and high-fructose corn syrupto satisfy their appetites with theautomatic rise in obesity and dia-betes. The sedentary lifestyle thatfollowed caused more general in-flammation and cell breakdownwith not enough cholesterol to re-pair the damage caused by scartissue.

It has taken us all the years inbetween to finally get to thepoint of realizing that a naturaldiet, free of processed foods andsugared drinks, when coupledwith plenty of exercise is a sim-ple, affordable road to robusthealth. Cholesterol does notcause heart problems.

Cholesterol levels may rise whenthere is already damage becauseit has a job to do, like repairingscar tissue in existing vessels andmuscles that could result in heartdisease. Reports that promotestatin drugs and preoccupationwith cholesterol levels withoutexplaining cholesterol’s benefi-cial effects are suspect. Theircharts and numbers serve to con-fuse the issue and keep pharma-ceutical companies happy.

A simpler route is to be surewe’re getting enough high-qual-ity, nutritious fat from grass-fedanimals and wild fish, enoughraw fruits and vegetables, organicdairy products, raw nuts andseeds, and eggs from hens thatwalk the earth, to keep up ahealthy supply of cholesterol. Wecan simply drink plenty of tapwater for easy transport of what-ever we eat through our digestivetracts. And we can be sure we’regetting plenty of exercise to keepall these nutrients circulating torepair and energize us.

A fringe benefit in taking smallsteps to find quality foods is thatwe can get to know the farmersand grocers right here in NH whoare making such foods possiblefor us. We can support them inour communities, grateful for theprivilege.

Elizabeth Terp draws on her ex-periences as a School Nurse-Teacher, Psychiatric NursePractitioner, Yoga Instructor andHome Health Nurse. Commentswelcome atwww.elizabethterp.com or [email protected].

Walking Home

The short, dark says of wintermake our walk home more sig-inificant. Arriving home fromwork or other engagement is notaccomplished as quickly as dur-ing the summer months. Theclass VI road on which we live isnot maintained, and while wecan maneuver a truck down toour property line when theground is bare, snow cover ofcourse negates such ease. So wepark by the cemetery for whichour road is named, then snap onskis or buckle on snowshoes, andhead for home. From the ceme-tery it’s a third of a mile to ourcabin.

And this time of year, the walkoften happens in the dark.Sometimes we walk by head-lamp, sometimes by memory,sometimes by moonlight. Thewalk offers wonderful momentsof transition between the de-mands of the outside world andHome. I say walk – you under-stand that I’m the snowshoer ofthe two of us. Regardless of ourmode of movement, Ryan and Iboth agree. The walk has a cer-tain beauty to it, even in the dark.Sometimes it’s cold, sometimesit’s frustrating when there’s lotsto carry, sometimes it’s demand-ing when our tiredness is great.But it ensures a few minutes ofreflection, a time for our mindsto slow down and release theconcerns of the day. It is bothcalming and awakening, and al-lows us to recognize our own de-sire to be home. Despite cold,wind, snow, and storms, there is

nothing harsh about these min-utes on foot. If anything it is in-tensely personal. Thoughtscrystallize, concerns fade, andour mental pace moderates. Theweather, the sky, the stars, thetemperature, the creak of thetrees and the lean of theirboughs: each of these detailscomprise the background for ourpedestrian commute.

As the old road bends to the leftthen leads downhill ever soslightly, the road becomes a foot-path. The forest closes in, andthe long arms of elderberry andblackberry bushes narrow thepath to a mere few feet. It is atthe twisted maple, before the se-ries of seeps and springs, that thelight from the cabin is first visi-ble (if, of course, one of us is al-ready at home to greet the other).It beckons: dim, patient, promis-ing.

On the nights that my eyes dis-cern this little light, a smile cus-tomarily touches the corners ofmy lips. As forest gives way tofield, the path rounds the cornerpast the garden and reaches thefront door. Sometimes thesqueak of snow announces myarrival, other times the headlampon my forehead is a clear give-away. Sometimes the powderedsnow silences my footsteps –only to be heard by Mica, whoannounces my arrival with awelcoming bark..

I swing open the door, make useof the stump that is our doorstep,and enter. I am home at last.

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