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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, February 11, 2010
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Fe a t u r e s
Hi s t o r y
Historical Society News.... 14
Po l i t i c a l/oP i n i o n
The Mail Boat.... 4
Michelle Malkin .... 8
gration reform they pro- The most important les- pleted less than one-third
Oliver North ....... 8
Learned Our Lesson
Thomas Sowell...... 9
posed in 2007. We knew son we need to take from of the town’s shorefront
John Metzler ........ 9
To The Editor: we had to stop that bad the entire past year is that on the big lake. Addition-
Advocates ....... 12
Anyone raising a family legislation, and we suc- we need to pay attention. al milfoil is found in other
l
during the Carter years ceeded. Since then, many When we hire someone, lakes in town.
i f e s t y l e /Hu m o r
will never forget the term of us – but not enough we need to continuously Left untreated, milfoil
A FOOL in New Hampshire... 5
stagflation, indicating of us – have been paying monitor them to be sure will have disastrous re-
Rambling Through Hisotry... 11
Here There & Everywhere... 15
a stagnant growth rate more attention to the po- they are doing the job sults for businesses and
Renovation Psychology... 26
coupled with hyperin- litical games they play in for which we hired them. property values through-
Church Meditations.... 27
flation. During the Rea- order to stay in power. We It is our money they are out the Lakes Region.
Home Improvement 101.... 31
gan years we became, at learned that they knew spending, and our lives Studies (cited on Moulton-
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first, relieved and then, less about many issues they are trying to control. borough’s web site under
P e c i a l se c t i o n s
complacent. While the than we did. We knew I don’t advocate adopting Milfoil Committee) show
Out On The Town... 6-7
Presidency, House and that the tax code was too the “throw them all out” a significant reduction in
Be My Valentine....... 16-19
Your Money............... 28-29
Senate have changed par- confusing for most people, attitude. Let’s look at tourism and a degrada-
Home Services.... 32
ties through the years, but did we really see the each candidate’s past ac- tion of 10 – 20% of lake-
Real Estate Guide.... 39 we apparently forgot that way in which they were tions before we vote. Then, front values due to milfoil
we hired those people to trying to create some sort let’s watch our represen- infestation. Obviously,
mi s c e l l a n e o u s
represent us. We were at of social equality with that tatives and stay in touch any decrease in tourism
Classifieds ........ 33 fault when we didn’t pay code? with them once they are negatively affects local
Photo Caption Contest... 36
enough attention to the Now we see the dras- elected. Special interest business. Any decrease in
The Puzzler Page .... 35
The Funnies ....... 36-37
many laws they were writ- tic changes they want to groups learned this long lakefront property values
ing or the amount of our make to our healthcare ago. I hope we Ameri- cascades over to increase
Ou r st O r y
money they were spend- system, while they are cans, who have a special the tax burden of off lake
ing. They were at fault for still unwilling to pass tort interest in freedom, have property owners. (i.e.
The Weirs Times was first published
listening only to lobbyists, reform. We should real- learned our lesson. the lower the lakefront
in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert. The creating unnecessary pro- ize that we allowed them values the less taxes are
newspaper, then named Calvert’s
Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette, was
grams, expanding govern- to assume they could do Denise Crompton collected from these own-
published until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. ment, and pushing us it. The election of Sena- Litchfield, NH. ers and the higher the tax
One of the most remarkable features toward socialism. tor Scott Brown in Mas- rate becomes for every-
of the publication was a map of Lake
However, they were quite sachusetts is an example one.) Hence, “we all have
Winnipesaukee which occupied the
center spread of the paper. Readers surprised when we no- of what happens when
Lakes Region … We
a problem.”
will find the same map reprinted on the
ticed the sweeping immi- citizens become involved.
center pages of this, and every issue.
All Have a Problem!
At Moultonborough’s
March 13
th
Town Meet-
The new Weirs Times was re-established
in 1992 and strives to maintain the
patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well
Are you prepared for
To The Editor: ing, a warrant article will
The “problem” is milfoil be discussed and voted
as his devotion to the interests of Lake
Winnipesaukee and vicinity.
the Next Power Failure?
which is overwhelming on requesting $200,000
many of New Hampshire’s be put in a trust fund for
GO O d st u F F
Morin Electric is Factory Trained
lakes. This invasive the express purpose of
and Authorized by
aquatic weed is ruining beginning a multi-year
Generac/Guardian Power Products
ever increasing portions program to control milfoil
Locally owned for over 17 years, this
for Sales, Installation and
of our fresh waters. In infestation. (Other milfoil
publication is devoted to printing the
stories of the people and places that
Service...Our maintenance
Moultonborough, the New warrants will remain on
make New Hampshire the best place
program is designed
Hampshire Department of the agenda, but the ref-
in the world to live. No, none of the
daily grind news will be found in these to maintain your existing
Environmental Services erenced trust is intended
pages, just the good stuff.
Morin Electric LLC Home Standby Generator.
(NH DES) has mapped to cover treatment for the
30,000 copies
Advertise with confidence.
are distributed
Circulation Verified by
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over 200 acres of milfoil entire town.) Because of
on Lake Winnipesaukee the size of the problem
every week
in the Lakes
MorinElectric @Hughes.Net
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alone, and they have com- and the cost of the solu-
Region/Concord
tion it is important for
area. 15,000
Audit Completed 09/30/09
delivered to everyone to give some
communities along the shores of Lake
Winnipesaukee and another 15,000
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