Before I forget.

I work for Granite State Lumberjack Shows and since about 1993 I have been trimming and preparing wood for the Stihl Timbersports Competition. This includes driving a truck loaded with equipment all over the US and once in Alaska . We even did a show in Munich in 2001.

As far as I know, the 2014 Stihl Timbersports Finals we taped earlier this year at the Scope Arena in Norfolk Va. will be on ABC Sports:

Sunday, Sept. 21 at 5 pm

Sunday, Sept. 28 at 5 pm

Sunday, Oct. 5 also at 5 pm

Who knows, you may spot these old bones on the deck in one of the shots they couldn’t air brush me out of.

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Steve has the complete audio here.  Yesterday, GrokTALK! had:

• Segment 1 – News of the Day and the Week
• Segment 2 – Ambassador Francis Rooney, author of the new book, “The Global Vatican“
• Segment 3 – Keith Ammon, running for NH House in Hillsborough County District 40
• Segment 4 – Jim Lawrence, running for US Congress in NH’s CD -1

Segment 1:

Segment 2:

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…wrote one of the gentlemen who captured a drunk and belligerent David Boutin on video December 6, 2012.  Union Leader, August 13, 2014:

Boutin said he has no idea who might be behind the recent videos, but said it might be people who don’t want to see him reelected to the state Senate and are trying to discourage him.”

Seems this may not be true.   Turns out, on December 7, 2012, the day after Boutin’s video performance, two separate people called the gentleman in what are described as attempts to intervene on Boutin’s behalf.  One blamed Boutin’s performance on his “sugar”, which we can only presume is a reference to some form of diabetes (we have no knowledge of Boutin suffering from it but are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt);  the second pleaded  for him not to harm Boutin’s “good name and reputation” (we are paraphrasing here).  In fact, the gentleman had written this earlier:

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Yes, I have been absent for a bit – hey, life intrudes on the blogging from time to time and it must be attended to.  One of the things on which I am late on is finishing up the posting of the Seacoast GOP (Exeter, Rockingham County, and Seacoast Republican Women) Candidate debate – as in the Senatorial one.  Thus, without further ado, here are the last three Parts:

• Lightning Round
• Formal Questions Round 2
• Candidate Closing Remarks

Also, keep coming back as we will be announcing our endorsements starting tomorrow – these are the few folks that we consider to be Champions.  They talk the talk and then hew to it (with very few departures) – we won’t have to worry about their votes from a Constitutional or Platform basis.

Lightning Round:

Formal Questions Round 2:

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And finally, the third section of the Seacoast GOP Candidate Debate at the Exeter Town Hall, produced by the Exeter Town GOP, Rockingham County GOP, and the Seacoast Republican Women and most ably moderated by Master of Ceremonies Extraordinaire, Jeff Chidester.  However, the “players” changed to those running for the US Senate seat now held by Democrat Jeanne Shaheen:  Bob Smith, Jim Rubens, and Scott Brown.  Same format as for the Gubernatorial and Congressional Debates:

• Opening Remarks
• Formal Questions Round 1
• Lightning Round
• Formal Questions Round 2
• Closing Remarks

Here are the candidates’ Opening Remarks (and as previously mentioned, headphones are suggested to compensate for our new livestreaming technology that needs tweaking):

And then we get started with the good stuff: Formal Questions Round 1: 

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Then it was time to swap one set of candidates out and bring in a brand new set – those running for US Congress in NH’s First Congressional District:  Brendan Kelly, Dan Innus, & Frank Guinta.  Continuing on with the format set in the Gubernatorial Debate, here are the Lightning Round and Formal Questions Round 2:

Lightning Round (where candidates can only answer Yes or No to the pointed questions):

Formal Questions Round 2:

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Then it was time to swap one set of candidates out and bring in a brand new set – those running for US Congress in NH’s First Congressional District:

• Brendan Kelly
• Dan Innus
• Frank Guinta

Same format as before: Opening Remarks, Formal Questions Round 1, Lightning Round, Formal Questions Round 2, and Closing Remarks.  Here are their Opening Remarks to the crowd assembled at the Exeter Town Hall, with the event put on by the Exeter GOP, Rockingham County GOP, and the Seacoast Republican Women:

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Yesterday was the Seacoast GOP Candidate Debates (Exeter, Rockingham County, and Seacoast Republican Women) Candidate Debates – Gubernatorial, US Congressional, and US Senate) held at the Exeter Town Hall.  Being under the weather, Grokster Mike filled in for the livestreaming – new way for GraniteGrok in using some new technology.  Yes, not able to zoom in and the audio is not what we normally present – but that’s what happens when our dedicated equipment wasn’t available.  Adapt, innovate – overcome.  Solutions to those problems are now known and we’ll be trying to implement them as soon as we can.  In the mean time – if you have headphones, use them (better than your PC speakers).  In the mean time, here is the first video – candidates for the NH GOP nomination for NH Governor – Andrew Hemingway and Walt Havenstein:

For each debate sequence, the format is the same:

• Opening remarks (above)
• Formal Questions
• Lightning Round
• Formal Questions
• Closing Remarks

…except here, we also have the opening ceremonies. Jeff Chidester served admirably as Master of Ceremonies in keeping on time and the candidates on point! After the jump, the Formal Questions for these two:

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Second installment of the Seacoast GOP Debate showcasing the candidates running for the NH GOP nominations for NH Governor, US Congress, and US Senate.  This is the Gubernatorial Lightning Round / Formal Questions Round 2 between  Andrew Hemingway & Walt Havenstein with Jeff Chidester acting as Master of Ceremonies and “Interrogator of Candidates”:

Lightning Round (only Yes or No answers, headphones are suggested):

Formal Questions Round 2

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