My friends hold NH Open House for Obama

We've known Tish and Arthur for close to 30 years.
They're both naturalized U.S. citizens.
Tish is a Brit, with Irish ancestors and Arthur was born and raised in Tanganyika until he was shipped off for 'proper schooling' in England. His dad was a District Commissioner.

For some reason I can't reproduce the photos here.
You'll have to go to the website.

"The Lothrops had two weeks to plan, but retired Drs. Arthur and Patricia Ansdell of Merrimack had far less time to work with.
The campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., called the Ansdells on a Thursday in October, requesting a gathering five days later."

"They're all kids running the campaign," Patricia Ansdell marveled. "I asked, 'What are we supposed to do?' (They said) 'What do you want to do?' I said, 'Aren't you supposed to tell me?' "

Some campaigns appear to offer more direction than others.

The Ansdells cleared out nearly every lamp, table and piece of bulky furniture from their living area to make room for 100 guests. En route to the shed, where the furniture was stored, Arthur Ansdell broke a bone in his foot – "his fifth metatarsal," his wife added.

Michael Ansdell, the couple's son who runs his own construction business, built a riser for the press and a dais for the senator."
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071202/NEWS08/312020116/0/news

BTW, the campaign folks were so impressed with Mike's riser and dais they asked if they could have them.
Mike said "Sure".