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NH Fisherman Catches Biggest Lake Trout In New England History

by Dan Seufert

Weirs Times Correspondent

Eight years ago, Tom Knight of Center Harbor learned first-hand of the state’s lake trout record when he landed a laker in a pond in the northern part

of the state which was a half an inch longer than the 1958 record-setting catch, but was under the record lake trout weight. Catching big fish is nothing new to Knight, who is 59. In 25 years as a commercial fisherman off of the

Seacoast, Knight caught more than 100 tuna fish, much larger fish than he’d ever pulled from an inland lake as a fishing hobbyist. But he always wanted to catch “the big one” on a lake, and after the 2012 catch, he set his sights

on the state’s lake trout record. On February 25th, fishing with his best friend on a “secret” pond in West Stewartstown, he felt the tug of a lifetime on his ice-fishing line, which was set with his See KNIGHT on 24

Despite the cancellation of the June 7th Meredith/Inter-Lakes Alumni Association banquet,they still plan to give out Alumni scholarships to three Inter-Lakes High School seniors. They will also present the Alumni Loyalty Cup to a member of the 2020 senior class who has been a member of ILHS for at least two full years, academically ranks in the upper half of the class and whose record of loyalty to the school organization, wholesome character and initiative meets the ideals of ILHS. The time and place when awards will be presented has yet to be determined. The ILHS Class of 1970, in the middle of planning their 50-year reunion, would have been the guests of honor. They still plan to have their reunion later this fall. The Class of 1970 has accepted the invitation to join the Class of 1971 as guests of honor during the annual alumni banquet now scheduled for Sunday, June 6, 2021 at Church Landing in Meredith.

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Is there anything more romantic than shoving a few dried mealworms into your mate’s mouth? Not if you’re a bluebird. “My” bluebirds are still coming around daily. For the past few days, I’ve watched the male feeding the female, even though she could easily get her own mealworms a few feet away. What fun would that be? Where’s the romance in that? How would she really know if he was the one? It’s part of the courtship, of course, but it’s also fun to watch. Every time I saw them land on the deck railing together I’d wait a few seconds and, sure enough, the male would jump down to grab a few worms and go right back up to feed his mate. I feel fortunate that the bluebirds are still visiting daily, but they won’t be using the bluebird box I purchased and set up in the backyard. They have checked it out a few times but don’t

A male bluebird, right, feeds a female bluebird some mealworms in New England last week. CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO

seem that interested in it. It’s not proper bluebird habitat, I admit. They prefer flat, open spaces like a meadow and my yard is rather wooded. A chickadee pair has been looking at it pretty seriously lately so I’d love to see them use it. In addition to the bluebirds, I have a cardinal pair that frequents the feeders on the deck. The male has been feeding the female and the female flutters her wings as

she eats. It’s great theater. Better than anything I’ve seen on Netflix. The other day, I noticed a blue jay fly into a nearby tree. It landed next to another blue jay and, you guessed it, started feeding its mate. No social distancing in the bird world, for sure. It’s time to create the next generation of birds. Every source I’ve come across lists three potential reasons why birds feed their mates:

so the female can see if the male is worthy, to strengthen the pair’s bond, or to provide extra nutrition to the female. One source I found reported that scientists debunked the bond theory and said it was all about getting the female extra nutrition. Well, for whatever it’s worth, I’m debunking the scientists’ theory. Here’s why. If the act of the male feeding the female is all about nutrition, then why does this behavior take place at birdfeeding stations? If the female needs nutrition so badly, she can hop a few feet to the left and get all the food she wants. It would probably be easier and require even less energy than craning her neck awkwardly so the male can get the food into her mouth. If the behavior took place exclusively near the nest during a time when the female had to save her energy for raising youngsters, See BOSAK on 27

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“‘The Real Diary of a Real Boy’ was and is one of the funniest books ever published. We never have seen a normal person who was such a nonconductor of humor as to be able to resist its laughter producing current.” Such was the opinion of the Granite Monthly magazine many years ago, and I am prone to agree in these days when much of the humor of past years may not seem so humorous to presentday readers. But let me come back to this particular book after I write about the topic of reading books. “Tell me a story, tell me a story, tell me a story before I go to bed.” Such is the request of a child’s song, and it is not a bad one. Neither is it a bad idea to take advantage of any stay at home time one might be experiencing in these uncertain pandemic days to read some books. Not just any book,

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images were captured by photojournalists from the Saigon bureau of the Associated Press, the largest and most experienced news service covering the war,” explained Curator Justin Gamache. “This is an exhibit that we believe will attract people of all ages. It really tells a powerful story.” For Culver, one of the primary objectives of The Wright is to tell stories that help “to define 21st century America.” “History is not a footnote,” he said. “It guides us and can help provide insight into who we are…If anything, COVID-19 will demonstrate for all of us how America can rally against the face of adversity. I think The Wright can help us all rally--and we will.” The region’s leading resource for educators and learners of all ages on World War II, the Wright Museum will follow all CDC guidelines in determining when it will open for the 2020 season To learn more about the museum or Project25, visit wrightmuseum.org.

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Hampshire Street Trails” is being printed as I write this. It will include all of the great trails from the first edition as well as brand new trail ideas that have been submitted by folks who never liked to hike, even on the street, but have now found it a necessary diversion from yet another day trapped in the house. There will be some new street hikes added for those who want a little more adventure. You know you’ve always been curious about that one street that always seems to be mentioned in the weekly police blotter but never had the courage to actually walk down. Well, this new edition helps you to navigate it in the safest way possible while avoiding eye contact with its residents. It is a stressful hike, but once you are safely (hopefully) done, you will have a story to tell other street hikers for years to come. And its not just streets that you will be guided along, there will also be ways to make the best of hikes around now empty mall parking lots. More than just walking, these mall parking lot hikes can now be more of an adventure. A special section in the book will now help you to identify the different types of motor oil that have leaked from cars over the years. Bring the kids and see if they can tell the difference between 5w30 or 10w30. Not just a hike, but an education experience. Besides street hikes, there will also be a plethora of valuable information to help you hike safely while this pandemic is still going on. For example, what do you do if you are on one of these street hikes and you come across hikers coming down the other side of the street and there is some road construction approaching that will force you to walk in the middle of the road coming closer than the required seventy-two inches to the other hikers? This and other street hiking

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Piercing Illusion Of Trump’s ‘Immigration Ban’ President Donald Trump unleashed his “April surprise” on Monday night, sending shock waves from the Beltway Swamp to Silicon Valley with a long-overdue announcement: “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens,” he declared, “I will be signing an by Michelle Malkin Executive Order to temporarily suspend imSyndicated Columnist migration into the United States!” The usual suspects inveighed against the still-unseen proposal early Tuesday morning. My inbox was flooded with twitching and moaning from Americans for Prosperity, the Koch Foundation-funded outfit, which called a freeze the “wrong approach” and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which ranted (as usual) about “white nationalists” and “racism.” The infuriated Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the “irrational and insidious” plan (that no one had yet seen) and called for “people of all decency” to “denounce this xenophobic agenda.” Lawsuits are already being prepared against an executive order that hasn’t been written or signed. For nonhysterical observers of the Trump administration, however, the outcome was perfectly obvious: initial excitement followed by abject letdown as actual details have trickled out over the last 24 hours. Do not forget: 22 million American workers across the wage scale are out of work as a result of pandemic-induced lockdowns and layoffs. Dire straits demand extreme measures. The well-being of our native workforce and the millions of families dependent upon them must be Washington’s top priority, not big business, big agriculture, Silicon Valley, academia or foreign countries clamoring to send their students and workers here to replace ours. Despite White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany crediting Trump on Tuesday morning for understanding that “(d) ecades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens,” at his Tuesday evening press conference, Trump revealed that the prematurely heralded and scorned immigration suspension will last a mere 60 days and will exempt temporary foreign visa holders. Head. Bang. Desk. This is a cynical betrayal of the burgeoning “America First” movement. It’s all moratorium hat and no cattle: --All new green card applicaSee MALKIN on 26

Every Crisis an Opportunity This week, the price of oil futures collapsed catastrophically. In fact, the prices collapsed into negative territory in the near term. This bizarre situation, prompted by lack of consumer demand and lack of storby Ben Shapiro age facility, led the irSyndicated Columnist repressible Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to tweet: “You absolutely love to see it. This along with record low interest rates means it’s the right time for a worker-led, mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet.” This tweet was too dumb even for her -- an extraordinary bar, given her past commentary -- and she deleted it. But she then reiterated the point in a followup tweet, characterizing the rock-bottom oil prices as a “key opportunity” to “create millions of jobs transitioning to renewable and clean energy.” Needless to say, investing in expensive green energy at a time when oil producers cannot give away oil is peak stupidity. But the Boston University economics major’s faux pas merely underscores an uncomfortable truth regarding this pandemic and its aftermath: For the most partisan, every crisis is an opportunity to push political priors. The most obvious agenda item for those on the political left has been the growth of government. Dan Balz, chief correspondent of The Washington Post, drooled while saying: “For the first time, many Americans are looking to government for their very economic survival. In time, that could make them look at government differently.” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wrote for The New York Times that the “unequal impact of the pandemic and economic collapse are forcing us to rethink the assumptions of our system.” Among those assumptions: the free market economy (Sanders terms the free market “the path of greed and unfettered capitalism”). The New York Times termed the coronavirus a “new frontier in the fight for civil rights” and quoted race hustler

the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who is calling for a government commission to investigate the “racism and discrimination built into public policies” that result in racial health disparities. Precisely this attitude -- that every crisis is a new weapon in the war for more expansive government, and in favor of a complete rethinking of the constitutional bargain -- will lead more and more Americans to view shutdown orders with skepticism. It is one thing to lock down populations on a bipartisan basis with clear goals -- goals like preventing coronavirus patients from swamping the health care system. Most Americans will go along with that, and most Americans are willing to grant policymakers the benefit of the doubt. But when politicians begin to reveal ulterior motives for such shutdowns, Americans begin to ask questions. When politicians simultaneously take measures that obviously do nothing to combat the coronavirus -- measures like locking public parks where people are social distancing, or banning Americans from buying gardening supplies but ensuring access to abortion remains fully available -- Americans begin to wonder whether their politicians are trustworthy. And when politicians meet such questions with hysterical accusations that the questioners simply don’t care about human life, Americans grow even more suspicious. Crises require trust in authority. But authorities must earn our trust with wellfounded, sensible policy. They must be transparent about what they are doing and why they are doing it. When authorities instead suggest openly that their agenda isn’t solely curbing the coronavirus but remaking America along the lines of their own political priors, they lose our trust. And they should. Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “The Right Side of History.”

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Government Goes Too Far I’m “social distancing.” I stay away from people. I do it voluntarily. There’s a big difference between voluntary -- and force. by John Stossel Government is Syndicated Columnist force. The media want more of that. “Ten states have no stay-at-home orders!” complains Don Lemon On CNN. “Some governors are still refusing to take action!” Fox News’ host Steve Hilton agreed. “Shut things down! Everywhere.

That includes Utah, Wyoming...” But wait a second. People in Utah and Wyoming already socially distanced just by living there. Why must Utah and Wyoming have the same stay-at-home rules as New York? I find it creepy how eager some people are for authorities to boss us around. That’s the topic of my new video. In Raleigh, North Carolina, people gathered to protest a “stay-at-home” order. The police arrested a protester and tweeted, “Protesting is a nonessential activity.” I bet they got a chuckle out of that. But our Constitution guarantees

Americans the right to “peaceably assemble” and “petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The coronavirus doesn’t override the Constitution. Protests also erupted in Michigan, where Gov. Gretchen Whitmer imposed some absurd rules. She declared, “All public or private gatherings of any size are prohibited.” Her executive order stopped people from seeing relatives and banned anyone with more than one home to travel between them. Big-box stores are allowed to stay open, but they must not sell things like carpet, flooring, furniture, garden supplies, paint, etc. So, Walmart

stores are open, but some of their shelves have tape blocking certain products. That’s just dumb. Gardening and painting can be done far away from other people. So can exercise. But in California, police chased down and arrested a paddleboarder paddling in the ocean. He was far more than 6 feet away from anyone. In Encinitas, California, police fined people $1,000 just for sitting in cars to watch the sunset at the beach. Yes, inside their cars. The police said, “We want compliance from everybody (because of) lives that See STOSSEL on 26

Next Move for North Korea’s Marxist “Monarchy” North Korea’s Marxist “Monarchy” could be at a critical crossroads as recurring rumors about the death or incapacitation by John J. Metzler of the Supreme Syndicated Columnist Leader Kim Jongun swirl around the nervous Korean peninsula. Despite a wildfire of media speculation, pending the definitive outcome of Kim’s health, the hard reality remains that the self-isolated “hermit Kingdom” may be on the cusp of serious political change. This is not necessarily good news either for neighboring South Korea, or for the United States who is militarily bound to defend the

democratic South. The quaintly titled Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) or North Korea is hardly even a typical communist regime. Founded by Kim Il-sung (under Stalin’s personal guidance) in 1948, the regime is now on the third generation of Kim Family rule; grandfather Kim died in 1994, his son, Dear Leader Kim Jong-il, passed in 2011 and, the grandson Kim Jong-un (36) now controls what is clearly the world’s first Marxist Monarchy. The Kim family rule is based on a strange blend of Marxism/Leninism, hybrid Confucianism, and Korean Shamanism. The regime rules like a political cult which mirrors Mao’s China during the so-called “Cultural Revolution.” The Family blood line goes to births on the

legendary Mount Paekdu, a kind of Korean Mt. Olympus shrouded in double Rainbows. Just weeks ago, on 15 April the annual commemorations for Kim Il-sung’s birthday, the most sacrosanct holiday for the regime went ahead without the dutiful presence of grandson Kim Jong-un. Blame it on Coronavirus which does not “officially” exist in the North but which could be a virulent and silent killer even in a communist land which bans reality. Then came the 25 April Army Day commemorations where the young dictator Kim (who never spent a day even in the Boy Scouts) would play Generalissimo and Leader of the huge DPRK military. No General Kim Jong-un. The rumor mills especially in Japan went into over-

drive and American Twitter sites went apoplectic; South Korea said little as they have seen this movie before and are pretty sanguine about rumors. Caution! But whatever is going on in the mists north of the 38th parallel could be the long-awaited game changer. Remember Kim Jong-un has during a particularity dangerous “March Madness” showdown in 2013, threatened to use his nukes and ballistic missiles on Japan and the USA! In 2017, Kim tried the same intimidation tactic with the new Trump Administration. Kim threatened East Asia and the USA with nuclear attack. President Trump pushed back; Kim blinked. When war looked i n e v i t a b l e See METZLER on 28

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A recent online listing of Meredith Whole Living Online virtual classes. These along with many other classes are available for free to help everyone keep healthy in body and mind while homebound. to be purely supportive of the true healing modality, which is you. Every aspect of you- your mind, body and spiritis designed to heal and grow at all times, and this time is no exception. I believe we each carry our true healing centers within us, and are never beyond our ability to touch this place of peace within ourselves.” Classes on meditation, all levels of yoga, emotional freedom techniques, stress reduction through hypnotherapy and dealing with lower

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Getting Through This Stressful Time

by Dr. Graham Moneysmith, DC. Contributing Writer

Everyday we are inundated with more news, opinions, and hearsay about the coronavirus. The 24/7 news cycle only drives this idea home. Obviously, opinions vary wildly. Ranging from this is a doomsday scenario and social distancing will last till 2022 to some people thinking all of this is nothing. Whatever these opinions are, they are irrelevant to our discussion here. What’s relevant here is that no matter what your opinion is regarding COVID-19, many people are having a very difficult time right now. That could be physically, mentally, or financially. You could be sick yourself or perhaps you’re struggling to get a healthcare appointment with the changes to our healthcare delivery system. Maybe you’ve suffered the loss of a loved one. You could be battling stress, being frustrated with being stuck at home, or just overwhelmed by the state of the world. Money, job loss, income loss, or even the struggles of your business could be weighing on you. Life is…..a lot, right now. Remember you are not alone. We are all in this together.

Throw out the politics, the partisan arguments of our elected officials, as humans we are going to face going forward together. They say smooth seas don’t make skilled sailors. I believe when we get through all of this (and we will get through of all this, remember that) we will all be excellent sailors. In the meantime, it is our job to get through and thrive in a changed world. So the question is, what can we do in the meantime, to get through this stressful period. 1.Limit your consumption: the news is not our friend right now (is it ever?). I am not saying to put your head in the sand or be uninformed, but watching the news and just marinating in it, is not helpful. Check in on the news, take a peek so you know what is going on, but don’t live on the internet or glued to the television. To spend time consuming so much negative information can only add to your stress. Get an update and then move on. 2.Stay connected: not to the news, but to friends and family. If you are stuck in the house, it is easy to get stuck in your head. This isn’t always helpful. Make sure you are keeping a community around

you so that you can combat loneliness and still have human connection. Fortunately, this is easier than ever with FaceTime, Zoom, or email. Let the people who love you, support you (and you them). Do not be scared to ask for help or to offer help. There has never been a better time to be there for each other.

3.Check up on your physical health (aka control what you can control): everyone jokes that people are going to come out of being sheltered in place with an additional 10 pounds and bad livers. I want to encourage you to consider using this time in other ways. Eat a healthy diet, plenty of veggies and fruit. Limit your sugar, remember it lowers your immune function. Exercise daily. Even a 30 minute walk daily has a huge health benefit. Drink plenty of water and get plenty of sleep. Being healthy boosts your immune function, but can also make you feel better and more ready to face all of life’s struggles. I know we all have concerns, stress, and difficulties in life currently. It feels unbelievably frustrating. But we must do our best to practice acceptance and to take back some control. We can only control what we can control. A virus is unpredictable, the state of the world is over-

whelming, our state going back to normal (or whatever our new normal becomes) is all out of our hands. But how we prepare, how we react, and how we make ourselves as healthy as possible is our responsibility. Control what you can, stay safe, and always hold on to hope.

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Mother’s Day Gifts Sure To Please by Melinda Myers Each year we set aside one day to honor mothers. And each year we struggle to find the perfect gift to show them we care. Cut flowers are one of the most popular gifts. No dusting and maintenance required, and they are sure to generate a smile. Behavioral research at Rutgers University

found the gift of flowers had immediate and long-term benefits no matter the age of the study participants. Participants demonstrated true or excited smiles as well as delight and gratitude when they received flowers. They also reported feeling less depressed, anxious and agitated long after receiving the gift of flow-

durable and tough. They can be washed and dried quickly, so mom always has a pair of gloves ready to use. Add some fun to this functional gift by choosing one of the bright colors. Add a hat to further protect mom from the heat and sun when working outdoors. If it’s comfortable and looks good, she is more likely to wear it. Take the pressure off and make mom’s day extra special with one of these Mother’s Day gifts that provide immediate and long-term benefits. She’ll appreciate your thoughtfulness when she opens the package, unwraps the flowers or puts the tools and gloves to use all season long.

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trient-rich vegetables. A gift certificate to her favorite garden center, hobby store or retail location allows mom the freedom to select her own gift. She can enjoy time shopping for something special she wouldn’t normally buy for herself. The gift of time is appreciated by many mothers. Helping mom in her garden, working around her home or assisting her with another hobby is a great way to spend time together doing something mom loves. Update her garden tools if she is an avid gardener. Consider a

tool caddy and fill it with her favorite hand tools such as a weed knife, hand pruner, sunscreen, and gloves. Add elegance and function to your mother’s daily activities with durable and fashionable gloves. Their practical and fashionable nature makes them a popular addon or stand-alone gift item. Elbow length garden gloves, like Foxgloves (foxglovesinc. com), protect forearms and hands from sun, scratches, and plant oils. The ‘cottony soft’ feel of Supplex® nylon makes them comfortable but extremely

Melinda Myers has written numerous books, including Small Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything” DVD series and the nationally-syndicated Melinda’s Garden Moment TV & radio program. Myers is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine and was commissioned by Foxgloves for her expertise to write this article. Her web site is www.MelindaMyers. com.

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Tampa’s Bucs (Got Gronk?) tioned she’d been at a social event the previous day where she’d conversed with some sports guy with a Boston connection. She said his name was Phil something and that he was somehow involved with hockey. “Phil Esposito???” I asked. “Yes, that him,” she responded. “Have you ever heard of him?” “Yes! You met the great Espo!” I replied and then explained that he was a Boston Bruin hockey legend. Esposito helped found the Tampa Bay Lightning for whom he served as both team president and general manager. Small world.

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While a Tampa/Boston matchup may not exactly compare to the historic New York/Boston rivalry, Tampa is suddenly on New England’s sports radar like never before, thanks to Tom Brady signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. TB to TB. While the Tampa Bay Rays and the Tampa Bay Lightning have been baseball and hockey division and conference foils for the Red Sox and Bruins respectively, Tampa just doesn’t stir up New England sports emotions in the same way as NYC or Montreal. Or Philly or L.A. Or even Buffalo! But there’ll be a big New England “BucWatch” all autumn, even by Pats fans who’ve stated that “Tom Brady is dead to me now.” And Bill Belichick’s trading of Rob Gronkowski to TB only amps up the “Buc-Watch” even further. It all serves to enliven the NFL’s 101st season and I wish TB and Gronk the best and hope that neither of these oldsters gets seriously hurt playing against foes a decade younger. Or in TB’s case, two decades younger! TAMPA’S LEE ROY After the 9/11 attacks I was stationed at Central Command Head-

Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski are teammates again in Tampa Bay. quarters at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base from 2001-02 and so became familiar with the Big Guava—as opposed to the Big Apple. I liked Tampa and naturally tuned into its sports culture, despite the absence of any NBA action. The Bucs were good (they’d win the Super Bowl the next season) and I regularly drove by Raymond James Stadium on the way to work. One of its adjacent thoroughfares was the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, named for the former Buc defensive tackle who is enshrined in both the college and pro football Halls of Fame. One day the cops stopped Lee Roy for speeding on the expressway, and in looking at his license and registration, they realized they’d

detained a local celebrity. Lee Roy explained to the officers that he thought that as he was driving on the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway that he—Lee Roy Selmon—was exempt from speed limits. The officers laughed and let him go. TAMPA’S ESPO I’ll always remember watching the Pats win their first Super Bowl in February of 2002 while working in the top secret War Room at the aforementioned MacDill AFB in Tampa. As the only New Englander on duty that particular shift I received congratulations from numerous other personnel working there on that Super Sunday. Thank you. Thank you very much. Later in the shift a female army major men-

Sports Quiz When the Bruins retired Phil Esposito’s #7, what player who was then wearing #7 gave Esposito his jersey and subsequently wore #77 for the rest of his Hall of Fame career? Born Today That is to say sports standouts born on April 30 include baseball manager Phil Garner (1949) Detroit Piston backcourt star Isiah Thomas (1961). Sports Quote “I first discovered Tampa in my 20s when I met my wife, who was living there, and I instantly fell in love with the city. It’s somewhere between a big city and small town, so you get the feeling of both.” – Crime fiction writer Michael Connelly See MOFFETT on 28

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weaves in this awesome beer… a crisp, dry finish while very clean. BeerAdvocate.com hasn’t officially rated Belknap Pilsner as of this writing. Folks that have tried it a posted ratings on Untappd.com of between 3.97 to 4.87. Currently, you can find both Lake Cruiser and Belknap Pilsner in 16 oz four pack cans at Twin Barns Brewing Company and Case-n-Keg, 5 Mill Street in Meredith. With the early success Twin Barns is earning for their food and beer, you should plan to visit them as soon as we are allowed to open up again. Stay clean…

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Tom Knight shows off his ice fishing assembly. KNIGHT from 1 above-ice “tip-up” about 10 yards away from the hole where he caught the first near-record fish. He was using a very small hook and foot-long pile of bait, as usual. As he pulled the line through the hole, he felt an increasing heaviness. And as his friend helped him pull the fish through the ice hole, he knew what was happening. When the fish – a 40inch, 37.65 pounder that was estimated to be 50-70 years old – was out of the water, Knight started pounding his hands on the ice. “We broke it! We broke it!” he said, referring to the state’s lake trout record, which he had just,

indeed, broken. Later, he would learn that his catch also broke the New England lake trout record. As he watched a video of the catch taken by his girlfriend, he got excited again. “I get goosebumps!” he said. “It felt like it was 40 pounds.” Knight started fishing at age 3 on Lake Winnipesaukee, where he learned to fish with his family when they summered in the Lakes Region. Late in his commercial fishing career, two hip injuries forced him to leave the business. He moved to a new life in Center Harbor, though he still fishes most every day. “I love the taste of lake trout, and while we have this virus going on, fishing gives you a

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sure thing for dinner so you don’t have to count on the supermarkets,” he said. He just as easily could have caught the record fish in Lake Winnipesaukee or elsewhere during winter and summer months. In fact, he said, some people say you can’t land huge catches in the winter. That’s one of his secrets. “Fish scanners will tell you where the fish are, but you’re better off trying to fish on the ice because you can pick a spot and stay there, where a boat will drift,” he said. “You can walk to right to where you want to be and then cut a hole.” He is willing to give out a few of his fishing secrets, though not all. He didn’t want state

Cynthia Baker, at left, who is Tom Knight’s girlfriend, celebrates Knight’s record catch with him.

Tom Knight proudly displays the small hook he used to catch the largest lake trout ever caught in New England, a 40-inch, 37.65 pounder that he caught in Northern New Hampshire in late February. officials to release the name of his favorite fishing hole or it’s location, for instance, though state law requires it. “The day after they (publicized) it there were several people down at my holes,” he said. He won’t tell what his secret bait is. But if you want to top his record catch, use a small hook

and bury it inside a foot-long (or longer) wad of bait. “Big bait, little hook,” he said. “When a lot of people fish, it’s overkill in terms of bait. Just be sure to put your hook in so the fish doesn’t see it.” Studies, have shown, Knight said, that a lake trout will circle bait for four hours before taking

it, so patience is important. “They have big eyes. If they see a hook in the bait, they go away,” he said. “I have a feeling this fish looked at my (bait) all morning.” In keeping the rest of his fishing tricks secret, he keeps the competition from topping his record catch. “I can’t say any more,” he said. “The people that don’t know, well, I’d rather keep it that way.” Knight said he plans to keep fishing in state lakes, locally and to the north. “Somebody may catch the next one right on Winnipesaukee,” he said. In fact, he is now fishing to try and top himself. “I’m going to have to,” he said. “People are trying to break my record right now.” To get a close view of Knight’s record-breaking fish, visit George’s Diner in Meredith later this spring. Knight said it will soon be hanging on the restaurant’s wall for public viewing.

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, April 30, 2020 — SMITH from 3 1879. The two books I have mentioned are the two which I have read of many written by Mr. Shute. His stories were published in The Saturday Evening Post for several years. He was the son of George Smith Shute, also a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, and a writer of verse, and one of seven children. Henry A. Shute had an extremely active childhood if we believe all the stories he told about himself, but in adulthood became a lawyer and judge and a prominent citizen of Exeter. These are serious and, certainly to many, trying days, but they can also be learning days with some added reading for the fun of it. In case you can’t find one of Mr. Shute’s books, let me quote a portion or two for your enjoyment. I like to read diaries, so here goes! From “Brite and Fair”, page 3: “ June 4, 186- brite and fair. i went fishing today with Potter Goram in the morning and was going again in the afternoon but i dident get home in time to help them flap flise out of the dining room and mother woodent let me go to pay me for being lait....every day we have to flap flise ot of the dining room. We all grab our flapers and begin to flap from one end of the room to the other flaping them into the kitchen. Then we shet the doors and keep them out. It is fun flaping for most always I can give Keene a good bat in the ear with a flaper when she aint looking. Then she gives me one on the snoot and then we just go at it til mother stops us. She maiks us take turns now. Ferst it is

can still bring clean, decent reading enjoyment to those who are home-bound and have time for activities not available in the past. In my reading I am told of individuals who have worked during the day and spent their evenings studying and reading and thus gaining an education to equip them to live a life with enhanced knowledge and wisdom. This is then used to better their own lives and that of others. Though the word discrimination is often used in a negative sense these days, it is wise to be discriminate in our choice of reading material and maybe even read some of the old classics that we have missed. And if we want amusement, an upright amusing book once in a while might help to maintain a merry heart.

Henry A. Shute. me and Cele and then it is Cele and Keene. It is never me and Keene any more. Mother says we fite enuf without fiting when there is china and crockery and glass round and things to eat two. Ennyway it is tuf on Cele to have to do it all the time because she is good and dont fite.” This account is one I can appreciate because I remember “flaping flies” during my childhood days, except we called it “swatting flies” and we used folded up newspapers to do the swatting with. In his June 2nd diary account Shute had written; “the new minister preeched about not killing flies and buggs and wirms and bumbelbeas and yeller jacket hornits. He sed they had a rite to live jest as mutch as peeple and we hadent

augt to kill them. I spose it is all rite to let a muskeeter or flee or one of them 3 cornered flise that hangs round a swimmin hole bite you terrible and not even yip. How about bedbugs.” Shute later says that his mother “sed that if old mister minister had to fite flies for every mossel of food he et she gessed he woodent say mutch about not killing them.” Another book that I enjoyed as a youngster was The Young Moose Hunters by Maine author C.A. Stephens. It relates the adventures of three young men on a hunting and trapping excursion in the woods of Maine. Stephens wrote other books concerning life in Maine, but there are other not so recent publications that

Henry Shute, who had the nickname “Plupy” wrote a poem based on an encounter of a bulldog and Plupy’s pet sheep. I give you part of the poem: “one day in sumer in August it was so hot we nearly bust my sheep was painting with the heat when a dog came taring down the street and then without delay or pause he gumped on them with teeth and claus P.S. A dog aint got no claus to clau with, only nails and nails woodent rime with pause.” The poem continued telling how his sisters came to rescue the sheep, one with a broom (while he kicked the dog), and the other with some pepper. “...and she throwed in that dogs face and eys peper enuf to make

40 Kyann pepper pyes and that dog let go and began to yell and howl as if he was rite in hell (P.S. 3th we unitarials say there aint no hell but I aint sure).” and he made for home on the clean gump jest as mother came out with a pale from the pump and old Sam Dire clim over the fench with a red hot iron and a munky rench (P.S. again. fench is ment for fence. poits can do this whenever they have to).” Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr., welcomes your comments at danahillsmiths@yahoo. com.

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STOSSEL from 7 we’re trying to save.” But it’s not clear that demanding total compliance is the best way to save lives. Sweden took a nearopposite approach. Yes, they encouraged older people to stay inside and sick people to stay home. They didn’t want hospitals overwhelmed. But otherwise, Sweden is carrying on almost as normal. “Closing schools, stringent measures like that, closing borders, you cannot do that for months or years,” said epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Swedish Health Agency. “What we are doing in Sweden we can continue doing for a very long time. I think that’s going to prove to be very important in the long run.” The long run matters most. Since a vaccine is probably at least a year away, the Swedes reason that the best protection is what epidemiologists call “herd immunity,” a critical mass of people who get the disease and then are resistant to it. The hope is that once enough people get coronavirus, there will be enough immunity to prevent mass outbreaks later. Many of the most vulnerable may then be able to avoid ever getting the virus. The jury is still out on this experiment. More than 1,500 Swedes have died, five times the death rate of neighboring Norway. But if Swedes acquire “herd immunity,” their death rate will be the first to drop. Other European countries agree that lockdowns are not sustainable. Last week, Denmark reopened nursery and elementary schools.

Germany opened retail stores this week. Norway opens schools next week. Austria reopens shops to people who wear masks on May 1. That seems smarter than the “absolute shutdown” promoted by so many American authorities. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has threatened to “shut off water and power” to homes of people who do not shelter in place. Shut off water and power? Politicians rush to limit our choices in the name of “keeping us safe.” They don’t even want to think about places like Sweden or the argument that leaving us alone might make us safer. They just like pushing people around. John Stossel is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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My mother just gave me The Pine Tree Riot by Connie Evans about the true story of NH Colonists who defied the British Rule in the Spring of 1772--it is better than TV. The Scrabble board has made a re-appearance in Charlie’s and my marriage. We didn’t own a TV when we were first married and we often played Scrabble and Backgammon to pass the time. I call Charlie Mr. Scrabble, I am no match forhim. We don’t keep score either but we celebrate each big word score. If you think I am always happy and cheery right now I assure you that I am not. I confess I do get fragile and upset. I don’t like this. I want to be out hiking or skiing in Utah or at Mammoth right now. Thanks to cancelled trips I have credit with Delta Airlines and look forward to better days ahead. I continue to count my blessings and to accept the things I cannot change. I am for-

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METZLER from 7 to some, not surprisingly Donald Trump took the diplomatic path and soon there was the Singapore Summit which thankfully stopped the ticking nuclear clock but did not solve the problem of Pyongyang’s nuclear proliferation. So who’s in line to lead the world’s Marxist Monarchy? Kim’s Jong-un’s younger Sister Yo Jong (31) has been quietly groomed during the past two years. She played a star propaganda role leading a

North Korean delegation and cheerleading contingent to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea and soon became a Pyongyang’s budding star for South Korean and Western media. Then just weeks ago, Yo Jong was reinstated to the Workers party’s elite Politburo. Does Yo Jong, the Evil Sister and Propaganda Department Chief possess the political clout for such an unprecedented role? In the case of her brother’s demise, would Yo Jong a wom-

an be able to marshal military support or would the powerful Generals decide to run the regime? Hereditary rule in such a rogue state depends on ruthlessly controlling the levers of the security police, capital garrisons, and party apparatchiks. DPRK political rumblings won’t usher in a democracy but a sustained period of instability and likely chaos in a nuclear armed state with possible refugee outflows to the prosperous South. But don’t expect

the near fairy tale violence-free outcome of German reunification in 1990. The glaring social-economic gap between South and North Korea favors the democratic South at least 20 to 1. The Seoul government could simply not afford a German-style reunification where the benefits of a successful social state would be seamlessly delivered to the moribund DPRK in a state of collapse. Does this mean Korean Reunification will not happen? Well,

eventually but it won’t be so simple. China who has historically played the Big Brother to the Koreans (like it or not) will weigh in. China borders Korea and wants a controlled buffer state. Beijing may determine what really happens next. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations; Germany, Korea, China.

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TUESDAYS FROM JUNE THRU OCTOBER June 2, 7 pm – 8 pm World War II: African Perspectives - Lecture by Richard A. Lobban, Jr., Ph.D. June 9, 7 pm – 8 pm Collapse of the Nazi Concentration Camp System- Lecture by Dr. C. Paul Vincent. June 23, 7 pm – 8 pm Women of Espionage- Lecture by Linda Matchett. June 30, 7 pm – 8 pm Plants Go To War: A Botanical History of World War II- Lecture & book signing by author Judith Summer. July 7, 7 pm – 8 pm Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam- Lecture & book signing by Gregg Jones. July 21, 7 pm – 8 pm Code Name Lily- Lecture & book signing by author Dr. Julien Ayotte. July 28, 7 pm – 8 pm The Other Resistance: Hitler’s Slaves- Lecture by Dr. Giovanni Frisone.

Admission $8 per person; $3 for Wright Museum members. Reservations recommended, call 603-569-1212 for more info. Doors open 1 hour before the program begins. Visit www. wrightmuseum.org for details on the entire series

THE WRIGHT MUSEUM OF WORLD WAR II WILL DELAY ITS TRADITIONAL MAY 1 OPENING... We will continue to monitor the evolving Coronavirus situation and evaluate operational dates in line with state recommendations. All public and private events to be held at the Museum will not occur during the closure. Some events may be rescheduled to a later date. Please visit our website www.wrightmuseum.org for updates on exhibits and programs. When the Wright Museum does open, the first special 2020 exhibit will be:

VIETNAM: The Real War

Photographs from the Associated Press Organized by the Huntsville Museum of Art and the Associated Press The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that was covered extensively by an extraordinary group of Associated Press photojournalists. This exhibit contains sixty superb AP photographs that both recorded and changed history.

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