THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, February 11, 2010
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VOLUME 19, NO. 6 THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, FEbRUARY 11, 2010 COMPLIMENTARY
Concord
Coop’s
Annual
“Best Buy”
Red Wine
Tasting
Gear up for a swanky eve-
ning of live Frank Sinatra-
inspired music, delicious
hors d’ourves provided by
the Celery Stick Cafe, and,
of course, more than 50
lip-smacking red wines.
The Concord Cooperative
Market is pulling out all
the stops for yet another
free tasting event. Their
Second Annual “Best Buy”
Red Wine Tasting takes
place on Thursday, Febru-
It was 50 degrees below zero when Team Tsuga got ready to leave the starting line in last
ary 18 from 6 to 8 pm.
year’s Copper Basin 300. Musher Mike Ellis, right, with ice-encrusted beard, holds Wilson, “Last year’s tasting was
one of his Siberian Huskies.
courtesy Photos
wildly successful! We antic-
ipate a crowd.” said Paula
Call of the Wild
Harris, the Co-op’s General
Manager. “Our Cafe is one
of the best kept secrets of
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Concord, and Chefs Mike
u k o n Qu e s t Ra c e ta k e s
and John serve up the
most delicious food.”
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The Cafe will offer sam-
u s H e R no R t H t o al a s k a
ples of lobster fritters, os-
trich sliders, and Mediter-
by Roger Amsden
Whitehorse in Yukon Ter- 14 dogs was down to eight of his original 14 dogs ranean feta tarts, just to
News Correspondent ritory in Canada. dogs with more than 300 still running, placing 11th name a few. The Co-op’s
Now in its 27th year the miles to go, still holds the overall. famous “50 Wines for Un-
Former New Hampshire Yukon Quest is ranked Quest record for the fast- Last summer, Ellis and
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musher Mike Ellis and only behind the famed est time ever posted for a his wife, Sue, moved to
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