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Thoroughbreds Find A New Life In Belmont by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

This weekend is the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of Thoroughbred Racing’s Triple Crown. Many of us will gather around our TV’s to watch these magnificent animals compete for one of horse racing’s most prestigious prizes. But what of the numerous other thoroughbreds who do not make it to that big stage? The ones who retire from their unheralded

racing careers and are not heading to the stud farm to pass along their championship genes? Well, one place some of them might end up at is at Lucky Penny Stables in, coincidentally, Belmont, New Hampshire. Abi Walsh, owner of Lucky Penny Stables, purchased the “just under twenty acres” farm last April to fulfill her lifelong dream of training “Off The Track” Thoroughbreds for their new careers. (Off The Track See STABLE on 24

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OBITUARY Cheryl Lynn Lukatch 1950-2021 “SIMPLY UNFORGETTABLE”

After living with Alzheimer’s for 17 years, Cheryl Lynn Lukatch went to be with God on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. She passed peacefully at Hope Hospice House in Ft. Myers, FL, with her loving husband of 30 years, Barry by her side. She was 71 years old. Cheryl was born on February 15, 1950, in Hartford, CT, to the late Dominic John LaMonica and Adrianne (Daigle) LaMonica and grew up in a loving Italian-American family. Cheryl and Barry were true soulmates who shared the deepest of love. To all who knew her, she was a gentle person with a feisty spirit who truly loved people and never met a stranger. She always loved to laugh and her signature saying was “Above all maintain a sense of humor”. She is remembered as an excellent and generous conversationalist who asked insightful questions and deeply cared about the answer given. She loved music, dancing, and all animals. She also enjoyed bowling, boating, RV-ing, biking, hiking and motorcycling. Although she liked to travel, she especially loved being home with her family. A woman of deeply held faith, the mantra that guided her life was, “Nothing happens to me that doesn’t first pass through God’s hands.” Originally from Cromwell, Connecticut, Cheryl resided with Barry in Meredith, NH. In 2001, they bought a home in North Ft. Myers, FL and, in 2010 became full time Florida residents. Cheryl was a graduate of Cromwell High School. She rose to the position of Vice President at a national sales and marketing company. She also had a passion for writing. For over 10 years, she wrote a weekly column entitled WORK (Wealth of Resource and Knowledge), for a New Hampshire newspaper, The Weirs Times. She also published a murder mystery novel titled Picture Perfect. Cheryl is survived by her loving husband, Barry Lukatch; Barry’s son, Heath Lukatch, whom Cheryl absolutely loved as her very own; Heath’s wife Carrie and their children, her beloved grandchildren, Milo and Jasper, of Woodside, CA; brother, Donald LaMonica of Hartford, CT; sister-in-law, Stacy “Sis” Grove of Apex, NC; and brother-in-law, Edward Lukatch and Family of Hamburg, Germany. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dominic and Adrianne LaMonica, and two brothers, David LaMonica and Peter LaMonica. A Celebration of Life will be held for Cheryl and announced at a later date. Donations in her memory may be made to Hope Hospice House or The Dubin Center. www.hopehospice.org/donate www.alzheimersswfl.org/donate-now

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Got an old computer collecting dust in your closet, or a broken air conditioner sitting on the back porch? What do you do with such items when you replace them? Everything from laptops, phones and computers to TVs cost a fortune to haul away. Turn all that junk over to the LaconiaGilford Lions Club during their Electronic Waste Collection Day fundraising event which will be held on Saturday, June 5 in the Cinemas 8 parking lot in Gilford (9 Old Lake Shore Road) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Note: this is a new location as of a couple of years ago. For a small disposal fee (most items are $5), not only will they take your old electronic items off your hands, they will recycle them. The disposal charge is almost always less than the prices at local transfer stations. Cash or checks will be accepted but not debit or credit cards. Items you may want to consider dropping off are laptops, PC towers, PC LCD monitors, servers, CD/DVD players, camcorders, AV equipment, VCRs, speakers, copiers, faxes, scanners, printers, phones (land and cell), phone systems, humidifiers and computer accessories (all $5). In addition, they will also take microwaves, air conditioners, dehumidifiers (all $10), CRT monitors less than 50 lbs and TVs less than 25” ($20), TVs 26” and larger ($30). For TVs needing more than one person to lift or CRT monitors over 50 lbs, the item will be weighed on site and price determined. Anything with a cord not listed will also be accepted. Also now accepting Teflon pots and pans for $1. You CANNOT drop off: smoke detectors, oils, paints, thinners, batteries (except car batteries), tires, items containing mercury such as fluorescent and CFL light bulbs or thermometers, capacitors, ballasts, or any other hazardous waste.

Meet & Greet Fundraiser For Ben Gloddy

In his first full season competing as a professional motorcycle racer in the MotoAmerica Junior Cup, 15-Yearold, Ben Gloddy of Northfield finished the 2020 season in 4th place in the MotoAmerica National Championship with eight podium finishes. After competing in the first four races of the 2021 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Season, Ben is currently leading the Junior Cup National Championship by 16 points! On Saturday, June 5th from 2pm to 6pm for a meet & greet dinner at High Octane Saloon in Laconia as we help Ben Gloddy raise the funds necessary to continue his fight for the MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship. Ben will be signing posters and there will be Ben Gloddy swag for sale, as well as giveaway and autographed sports memorabilia will be auctioned off and more. Dinner tickets will be sold at the event. If you or your business are interested in donating items, please call John Ganong at 603393-5590. Thank you to the Turner Family and High Octane Saloon for hosting this event and to all of the local businesses and individuals who have continued to support Ben Gloddy as he pursues his dream.

Book Sale To Benefit Camp Constitution “Water’s Edge” Art Exhibit In Rochester The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 N. Main Street in Rochester, will host an exhibit during the month of June called Water’s Edge featuring the work of Dover artist Barbara Zolli Albert. There will be no opening reception, but anyone may stop by and see the current exhibit during regular RiverStones Custom Framing and the Franklin Gallery are open Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. For information about this May exhibit and other RiverStones events and services, call Kris or Tom at 603-812-1488 or visit the RiverStones website or Facebook page.

Sportmen’s Association Spring Fishing Derby The Belknap County Sportsmen’s Association is holding their annual spring fishing derby on Sunday, June 6, at the pond at Gunstock Mountain Resort, 9a.m. – noon. The derby is free for all children under 16. Food and beverages, as well as bait, are provided free of charge by the Sportsmen’s Club. The Marine Patrol will be in attendance with the patrol boat and will answer boating questions. New Hampshire Fish and Game will also have an officer there to answer fishing and hunting questions. Trophies will be awarded for first, second and third place finishers, and all participants will receive a gift compliments of the club.

Camp Constitution will hold a book sale and information table on Saturday June 5 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at 129 Main St. Alton. In addition to the books, they will have our 10 quest i o n q u i z o n t h e U. S. C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d o f fe r f r e e p o cke t c o p i e s o f t h e U. S. C o n s t i t u t i o n . All proceeds will help worthy young people attend our annual family camp which runs from Sunday July 18 to Friday July 23 at the Singing Hills Christian Camp in Plainfield, NH. Readers who would like to donate books for our sale, may contact them at 857-498-1309

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Racetrack Memories Writing this week’s front page story brought back memories. One of those memories was the many years I attended the Belmont Stakes by Brendan Smith with my father Weirs Times Editor and brother since we only lived eight miles from the track. (Sadly, the day I graduated from High School, the first year we missed the Belmont, was the year Secretariat won the Triple Crown.) It also brought back memories of my years working with and training standardbred harness horses. I worked with my brother as an assistant trainer. For the younger me it was challenging work, but it had some great perks. Some summers gave me the opportunity to travel around the state of New York in what was known as the Sire Stakes. From racetracks in Buffalo and Batavia then on to Saratoga and the Syracuse Fairgrounds, then back closer to home to Yonkers and finally Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island. I also had the opportunity to escape two years of northern winters and spend a few months at a training facility in West Palm Beach. Florida. My first trip to West Palm I rode in the back of an eighteen-wheeler along with twelve horses who I was responsible for on the twenty-sevenhour journey from Long Island. I made sure they were watered and fed and taken out of the truck for a little stretch a couple of times along the way. During those New York Sire Stakes summers I would spend the nights sleeping on a small cot in the shed row in front of the horses we were traveling with. Joining me were dozens of others who were looking after their horses as well.

These were people from all different backgrounds, races, creeds and educations. There were a few who could barely read or write as well as others, like myself, who had a college education. We all became friends, oblivious to the differences we had from each other. Of course, we could have chosen to judge each other on those differences, instead we embraced them and realized we had a lot we could learn from each other. Things that are not taught in books or classroom theories. I worked with a guy named “Big Dan”. Dan was about six-foot five and weighed and easy three hundred plus pounds. Dan was in his forties. He had dropped out of elementary school decades ago and couldn’t read or write, but he knew a lot about horses and was really a master at training them. Dan was also black. One week, when we were on the road at Syracuse Fairgrounds, our paychecks hadn’t arrived. (Remember this was the late 1970s long before Venmo.) We were literally broke, not a dime to our names and we hadn’t had a decent meal in twenty-four hours. (When you are in your 20s and have worked hard all day, that’s a big deal.) Ironically, our horse raced that day and won at 24-1 and we didn’t have a nickel to bet on him. Our checks did come the next day, but that night before I had come back to the shed row after the race, dreaming of a juicy cheeseburger but willing to accept some peanut butter crackers, and there was Big Dan, sitting on a tack box with a big grin on his face. “I have something for you governor,” he said. Big Dan called me “governor” because the governor of New Jersey at the time was Brendan Byrne and since Dan had trouble pronouncing my name, he just called me “governor” instead. I was hoping it was our paychecks, but instead he put out

his giant hand which held a half of a ham and cheese sandwich. I had no idea where he got that sandwich from. He didn’t even have to tell me he had it. After all, at his size I wouldn’t have blamed if he had eaten it all himself. But he didn’t. He saved half of that sandwich for me. It was a moment in my life I will never forget. In that moment I realized that certain things I thought were important didn’t matter much: Where you lived, how much money you had, how much education you had, what color your skin was. You can either choose to be a good person, or not. There really aren’t any other options. All of this was reinforced with interactions I had with the others I worked and traveled and became good friends with on the racing circuit. Those memories also made me think of these times we live in today. Today people are being fed the lies that those who are different can never get along. The people who are feeding us these lies don’t want us to get along. They want everyone to be separated by race, class and culture. It serves a selfish purpose for them. We are fed these fallacies everyday through the media and way too many of us are accepting it as truth. Some of us are supposed to feel guilty for who we are, not because we act a certain way, but because we look a certain way. I am having none of it. I am glad there wasn’t twentyfour seven news in the 1970s. I am also glad there wasn’t social media. I am glad I was young enough, but old enough, to learn these valuable lessons from people like Big Dan. We should all be so fortunate.

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Shut Down The Jan. 6 Gulag If you listen to Democrats and anti-Trump liberal Republicans like Sen. Mitt Romney and Rep. Liz Cheney, you’d think that nothing was being done about the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Never mind the FBI’s all-out hunts and raids across 44 states. Never mind the continued detention of an unknown number of pro-Trump supporters. by Michelle Malkin Never mind the more than 2,000 criminal Syndicated Columnist charges brought by federal prosecutors against nearly 500 Americans arrested over the past four months. Nope. Absolutely nothing is being done, the gaslighters insist, so these partisan opportunists are pushing forward with their witch-hunt commission to uncover the “facts.” Republicans are right to oppose this charade and the continued weaponization of Jan. 6. It’s not about finding the truth. It’s about foisting the same old false narratives about conservatives on the public. It’s about holding every Republican and Trump supporter accountable for the violent or reckless actions of a few. Patriots should be united in demanding answers about the murder of Jan. 6 protester Ashli Babbitt. GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona is leading the way on that and has called for the feds to “release the tapes” in her case and others. American Greatness editor Julie Kelly reports there are some “14,000 hours of footage” being suppressed by Washington, D.C., prosecutors and judges. Republicans should also be united in raising the alarm over abusive treatment of detained Jan. 6 protesters held in solitary confinement, which even Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Dick Durbin have criticized. Defense attorney Marty Tankleff, who represents two Jan. 6 detainees being held in the Washington jail and is aiding in the defense of a third, has raised the alarm over the un-American conditions of solitary confinement imposed on MAGA rallygoers. “These are individuals who are only accused of crimes,” he told me, “being held in 23-hour lockdown” and denied basic amenities. If there is one lawyer in America who understands what it’s like to endure human rights violations in prison, it’s Tankleff. At age 17, the New York lawyer and adjunct professor at Georgetown University was himself wrongfully accused and convicted of the murder of his own parents. He spent nearly 18 years clearing his name and amassing See MALKIN on 38

China Isn’t Winning. The West Is Forfeiting This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that three researchers from the Chinese Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized in November 2019 with “symptoms consistent with both by Ben Shapiro Covid-19 and common Syndicated Columnist seasonal illness.” That report followed hard on a series of investigative pieces from journalists such as Nicholas Wade and Donald McNeil, formerly of The New York Times, who revived the media-dismissed theory that the institute had generated COVID-19 in a laboratory and then accidentally allowed it to leak. “The argument that it could have leaked out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology or a sister lab in Wuhan has become considerably stronger,” McNeil wrote. “And China’s lack of candor is disturbing.” It now seems highly credible that COVID-19 originated inside a Chinese state laboratory -- and that China knew about it as early as November. In mid-January, the World Health Organization reported, based on Chinese information, that “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus.” China censured its own Dr. Li Wenliang for attempting to spread the news of COVID-19’s danger. It took until the end of January for China to lock down Wuhan. We’ll never know the answers to those questions, because the same WHO that covered for China in the early days of the pandemic is responsible for investigating Chinese malfeasance today. And President Biden’s administration seems happy to keep it that way. Asked about whether America would lead an independent investigation into COVID-19’s

Chinese origins, White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated, “We have repeatedly called for the WHO to support an expert-driven evaluation of the pandemic’s origins that is free from interference and politicization.” Meanwhile, this week, actor John Cena apologized to the Chinese government. Cena, who stars in the upcoming “F9,” was being interviewed by a Taiwanese television station and committed the grave offense of stating that “Taiwan is the first country that can watch” the movie. China, of course, sees Taiwan as an outlying territory of China and denies Taiwanese sovereignty. So, Cena, whose film has already grossed over $100 million in China, quickly issued an apology in Mandarin, saying: “I made a mistake. Now I have to say one thing which is very, very, very important: I love and respect China and the Chinese people.” The common thread here is a Western unwillingness to face down China’s authoritarian regime. For some on the left, challenging China means standing up for Western values like democracy and human rights -- and this, in turn, raises questions about America’s own commitment to those principles. For some in corporate America, capitalism hasn’t opened China but made the West more dependent on mercantilist Beijing. “We’re in competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century,” Biden said in his recent quasi-State of the Union address. “We’re at a great inflection point in history.” China’s possible unwitting release of COVID-19 and its fully documented cover-up is a unique opportunity to recalibrate the West’s relationship with China. But there seems to be little taste for that necessary recalibration from a wavering Europe and United States. Meanwhile, China isn’t wavering. China grows See SHAPIRO on 38

‘Are You On The Take?’ Home prices keep climbing. It’s another reason to let people build housing. But corrupt politicians sometimes prevent that. The little town by John Stossel of Edgewater, New Syndicated Columnist Jersey, sits right across the Hudson River from Manhattan. A developer, Maxal Group, bought a dumpsite there and proposed building more than a thousand new waterfront apartments. The town said no. Why? The development would gen-

erate $12 million a year in taxes for Edgewater. To please the politicians, Maxal even offered to build parks and a school at no cost. But Edgewater Mayor Michael McPartland and his town council rejected the parks, school and extra tax revenue. Instead, they spent tax money on lawyers to try to seize the property using eminent domain law. They claimed they wanted to use site to park garbage trucks. Why would they do this? So garbage could have a beautiful view of Manhattan’s skyline? Reportedly, they did it because they wanted to please a competing

developer, Fred Daibes, says Justin Walder, lawyer for the Maxal Group in my new video. A lawsuit he filed alleged “corrupt transactions” between Daibes and Edgewater politicians. Walder says the politicians received “undervalued rentals, loans for their business purposes through a bank that Mr. Daibes started.” Daibes did once tell a reporter, “You can’t be in Edgewater and not be affiliated with me.” McPartland even lived in a building owned by Daibes and paid belowmarket rent, said Walder. McPartland later denied that. The mayor and city council say they de-

nied the project because it was too big. But “they just approved a larger project!” Walder told me. That larger project, twice as tall as Maxal’s, was controlled by developer Daibes. Daibes declined our requests for an interview. Edgewater’s mayor and city council didn’t even respond to our requests. So, I dropped in on one of their meetings. “Are you on the take?” I asked. “Rejecting one building in favor of the one owned by the guy where you live?” See STOSSEL on 32

Tale Of Three Pipelines Who would imagine that pipeline politics would be a defining feature of the new Administration? Pipelines after all are the by John J. Metzler u l t i m a t e i n f r a Syndicated Columnist structure project; unseen, unsung, underground but exceedingly critical to moving fuel, gas or water. As pipelines are truly just under the surface, they somehow create some rarely seen political hijinks. So let’s start with a tale of three pipelines recently in the news. First the Keystone pipeline, which was slated to bring Canadian crude oil into refineries the United States.

Originally stopped by the Obama Administration in 2015, Keystone had a second chance two years later when President Donald Trump revived the project. But in an unpredictable twist of folly, Keystone’s fortunes changes in an instant when the new Biden Administration, on its first day in office, promptly shut down the uncompleted pipeline thus losing thousands of high paying Union jobs and endangering America’s hard won energy independence. It was equally an insult to close ally Canada. Then there’s the Colonial pipeline, a conduit for gasoline which originates in Texas and stretches to New Jersey. Colonial was shut down by a massive computer hack

and predictable ransom demand. The hack was reportedly from Russia or somewhere in Eastern Europe. Before long there were gasoline shortages in some American states, deja vu of similar scenes during the late 1970’s. But here when the hackers ransom of $5 million was paid by the company in Bitcoin, suddenly the problem disappeared. In Colonial’s case the Administration did not instinctively blame Russia or point the finger at President Vladimir Putin; the expected retort from President Joe Biden, “Come on man, this has Putin’s bloody fingerprints all over it,” was surprisingly missing. The major media’s Pavlovian Russia, Russia, Russia refrain was largely unspo-

ken. The President stated, “There is no evidence Russia is involved.” The FBI said that a shadowy group called “DarkSide” was the culprit in Colonial’s shutdown. Colonial was a wake-up call and a sinister warning that USA pipelines, electric and water supply grids are probably more vulnerable to hacking, state-sponsored or otherwise, than we would like assume. Think of the possible state players; Russia, China, Iran, North Korea. Then there’s Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline which when complete will serve as a natural gas conduit to Germany. Contrary to other Russian pipelines transiting through Ukraine and Poland into See METZLER on 38

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To The Editor: I remember an old Daffy Duck cartoon where Daffy Duck is crawling along the desert sand dying of thirst. All of a sudden a hand appears holding a glass of water at which point Daffy Duck jumps up with joy and gulps the water. A few seconds go by and he falls to the desert sand and continues crawling along. This reminds me of people who get vaccinated for Covid then put on a mask and continue as usual including the President and Vice President of the United States wearing a mask. Where is the reward ? Where is the incentive to get vaccinated? The answer is clear because we all know that no one is setting a good example from the white house down. You might ask yourself as to where this is going and the answer is absolutely nowhere. The American people have worked to do the right thing in this country and are left to wonder while countries like Sweden have schools open with in person learning. People are getting back to normal while we flounder around while President Biden and his administration have nothing more to offer. Our economy is in trouble as the gross domestic product continues to stagnate. People are given so called free money only to be more dependent on the government. Why work if money is being handed to you. All of this will continue to build until the bubble bursts and the blame game will start. Money is not free. Its value is based on what the country produces which is basic economics 101. Not too long ago a south African country simply printed more and more money with no controls. A person stopped at a bar for a drink and left his wheel barrow outside filled with money. When he returned the wheel barrow was gone and the money was lying on the ground.

To The Editor: New Hampshire may be just hours away from achieving an important victory for workers’ rights: Ending private sector forced union dues. Earlier this year, the State Senate passed Senate Bill 61, a Right to Work bill, and the State House is expected to vote on it today or tomorrow. Then all it needs is Governor Sununu’s signature, and he’s signaled his support for Right to Work in the past. It’s time to seize this opportunity to make New Hampshire the first Right to Work state in New England. The fact is, what a Right to Work law does is ensure that every worker has the right to decide to refrain from having to join or support a union just to keep a job. At the same time, a Right to Work law guarantees anyone who wants to form or join a union the right to do so. In the case of government workers, the U.S. Supreme Court fixed the problem of forced unionism with its Janus decision, laying out in black and white that public employees have the right to decide whether a union merits their financial support. But there are still tens of thousands of other workers in New Hampshire who are subject to a union contract that says they must pay up or be fired. That’s profoundly wrong in a state whose motto is “Live Free or Die.” But the Right to Work issue goes beyond individual rights. That’s because Right to Work states outpace non-Right to Work states like New Hampshire in job growth. In fact, according to U.S. government figures, total employment grew from 2009-2019 twice as fast in Right to Work states as it did in New Hampshire. Looking at the states that have passed Right to Work most recently -- Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and

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Kentucky -- the results have been striking. Kentucky passed Right to Work in the first week of 2017, and that year the state added 100,000 new jobs and saw $9.2 billion in new investment, beating the previous record of $5.5 billion. Total employment in West Virginia actually shrank 2,000 jobs from 2010-2016, but after Right to Work passed, it grew 22,000 from 2016-2019. Wisconsin added nearly 50,000 jobs in its first year as a Right to Work state, their best year in a decade. Indiana passed Right to Work in February 2012 and by August, 74 companies had told the Indiana Economic Development Corporation that they were moving to Indiana because of the Right to Work law. And in 2013-2014, Indiana and Michigan were first and second in the whole country in manufacturing job growth. As New Hampshire navigates the return from COVID-19, it should have every advantage to ensure that its economy comes roaring back strong. New Hampshire should have every arrow in its quiver in the hunt for new jobs, and that means passing Right to Work. Ending forced unionism is not only morally right, it’ll also help New Hampshire’s economy. That’s why the State House should send Senate Bill 61 to Governor Sununu’s desk and make New Hampshire America’s 28th Right to Work state. Mark Mix Springfield, VA.

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city that comprise its makeup today. Consider with me how and why each place was named. Belknap County was named in honor of Jeremy Belknap, a Christian minister and New Hampshire historian. New Durham Gore was the name applied to the land that is presently the town of Alton. Though not commonly used today the word “gore” was apparently used to a greater extent in the 1700s. It apparently is used here in reference to a rocky upland area, and I’ve noticed that you don’t have to look up very far from Alton Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee to find rocks galore. As the word gore when See SMITH on 26

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A recent SportThoughts column chronicled a fact-finding, good-will, longweekend trip to Florida that included me and fellow legislators Howard, Reed, and Tim. The southern sojourn included golf at the Trump Doral Country Club and deep sea fishing out of Miami. There was also jogging. By me. Alone. Sans Howard, Reed, and Tim, who loved golfing and fishing, but who happily declined the invitation to run with me. Alert readers will recall that our foursome rented a BnB in Fort Lauderdale in a nice neighborhood. During our first morning there Tim took the rented vehicle out to buy coffee and donuts. He was gone for quite a while and then Reed received a text from Tim asking for the BnB address. Tim was lost, but utilized modern satellite technology to get “unlost” and deliver the donuts. The neighborhood, truth be told, was a vast network of small streets where it was easy to get disoriented. Of course, I still busted on Tim for getting lost. “I should have gone for the donuts,” I said. “I’m a Marine Corps

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Dr. C. Paul Vincent, Interim Co-Director of the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies and History at Keene State College. average person might appreciate,” he said. “The collapse of Nazi Germany’s concentration camp system is inextricably linked with the evacuation of literally hundreds of thousands of prisoners from thousands of camps in the closing 4 to 5 months of the war.” The numerous “death marches” that ensued, he noted, took the lives of roughly a third of those prisoners. “[It indicated] the ferocious and vicious nature of the war’s final phase, even when measured against the genocidal standards of Nazi Germany,” he continued. “If one fundamental truth stands

out, it must be the link between camp collapse and death marches.” According to Mike Culver, executive director of The Wright, Dr. Vincent’s presentation highlights the breadth and scope of the museum’s 2021 Lecture Series, presented by Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney. “These lecture are important, because they provide insight into a period of history that profoundly shaped today’s global landscape,” he said. “Some lectures are fun, while others are sobering. The outcome is that you will learn something you did not know before and have a chance to

interact with interesting, knowledgeable experts in their respective fields.” Dr. Vincent is Interim Co-Director of the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies and History at Keene State College. Collapse of the Nazi Concentration Camp System begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8 at the Wright Museum, 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro on the first floor of the new DuQuoin Education Center. Admission is $3 for members and $8 for non-members. Seating is limited due to CDC guidelines on social distancing. Reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made by calling 603-569-1212. The region’s leading resource for educators and learners of all ages on World War II, the Wright Museum features more than 14,000 items in its collection that are representative of both the homefront and battlefield. For more information about the 2021 Lecture Series, or museum, visit wrightmuseum.org.

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At first glance this may seem to be true. But on closer examination it’s impossible. First of all, because there are not many gods, but only one. God, by definition is the supreme being. How can religions that believe in gods that are not God be the same? How can religions that believe in gods that are not God get you to heaven (John 14:6). Instead of getting you to heaven they will accelerate your descent into hell. I alone am God and I am the author and sustainer of life. If you choose to reject me and do not return to me, on my terms, and instead trust in other so-called gods, you will miss the only means of temporal life and eternal life and your destiny will be death (Romans 10:1-4). The other reason that all other religions aren’t the same nor can they enable you to gain access into my presence and eternal life is because I never established a religion. A religion by definition is a man-made organization dedicated to creating and satisfying their god with works and self-effort in order to become accept-

able to their god. It is a form of appeasement through good works to satisfy the demands of their god in order to earn their favor. I, the Creator God, never established a religion but rather a relationship. This relationship was never based on any self-effort on the part of humanity but on my kindness and grace to create humans and to develop relationships with them. “For it is by grace you have been saved by faith, not of yourselves and this not from yourselves, it is a gift of God, not by works so that no one can boast.”(Ephesians 2:8-9). What I asked of them was only that they would love me and obey me so that they could continue to enjoy a relationship with me. Then I could continue to pass my life into them so that they could know life for time and eternity. I asked this of them because I am without any sin and I can only have relationship with humanity, and pass my life into them, if they are without sin or disobedience to me (Genesis 2:1517). Once they chose sin, our relationship was broken, and I was unable to pass my life into theirs. As a result, they began to die just as I told them they would, when I created them. My passion and desire has always been to enjoy a relationship with my creation in order to bless them with all of my resources, not the least of which was the quality and quan-

tity of life (Acts 17: 2428). So even after they disobeyed me, I took steps to restore them to a relationship with me. Even this work of mine required no effort on their part because it was impossible for them who, once they sinned, to make themselves perfect. It would only be possible if, through my effort, I was able to redeem them (2 Corinthians 5:21). Note carefully, this distinguishes Christianity from any other religion in that, mankind receives my blessing not by their efforts but by my efforts on their behalf. It was for this reason that my plan included visiting the earth and those that I made, in the person of my Son, Jesus, the Messiah, who took on a body and lived among them. Throughout his life as God-man, he was without sin, unlike any other human being. He was also eternal, being in the very nature of God (Philippians 2:611) and as a result, he became the only person to ever walk through life with the ability to be a Savior. A Savior, because he was sinless and eternal. He had the qualifications to pay the penalty for mankind’s sins that would allow me to forgive them and restore them to me by being declared righteous or without sin (Isaiah 53, John 3:16). The only thing that I asked of all humanity is that they would humbly acknowledge their sin and trust me to be their Savior through my Son’s life and death

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As I might have mentioned in an earlier article, 1960’s had its fair share of cocktail parties heading into the weekends. These were times of combining hard spirits (rum, vodka, gin, whiskey, bourbon etc) with mixers such as juices, syrups, carbonated sodas and similar match ups. Glass wear terms started popping up too. Rocks glasses were low with the circumference of a coffee mug and included a weighted bottom. Tumbler or shaker glasses were actually a vessel in the shape of a pint glass that was used to shake a concoction with ice and then serve. Later this same shaped glass would be the norm for pouring a pint of beer into. Highball glasses were taller and more slender. And for those tea totalers out there, who could forget the Shirley Temple, a non-alcoholic beverage, usually ordered in a restaurant for kids who wanted to look cool with their parents. All of these fun facts are to lead up to this week’s focus beverage from our friends at Dogfish Head Brewing and Dis-

tillery. Dogfish Head was one of the early leaders of the craft brewing enterprise. Among their vast offerings of great tasting beers, Dogfish was the front-runner in the making of great brewing skill. Located in their massive brewery in Milton, a suburb of Delaware, Maryland, Dogfish’s owner, Sam Calagione, has over the years, created some of the most interesting and creative beer recipes that have helped shape the craft beer industry since 1995. They were the first to create pumpkin-style beer. They were also the first to innovate continuous hopping of India Pale Ale style beers. The distillery in which they produce rum, gin, whiskey and vodka is really expanding and the canned RTD (ready

to drink) cocktails are a big hit. Their restaurant, Chesapeake & Maine serves delicious food crafted much like their beer… delicious! And if you are in the C Chesapeake area, you can stay over at the Mother Nature Inn. Check them out at dogfish.com We will examine three of Dogfish Head Distillery’s 7% ABV cans in read-to-drink format. Touted as ‘scratchmade’ cocktails, Dogfish has concentrated on the most enterprising concoctions; Blueberry Shrub Vodka Soda, Strawberry & Honeyberry Vodka Lemonade and Cherry Bergamot (a citrus-lime orange fruit) Whiskey Sour. Each is attractive, tasty and thirst quenching. Carbonated similar to seltzer, these 12 oz cans in 4 pack

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STABLE from 1 means they were bred to be racehorses but are now not active.) Lucky Penny Stables also provides riding lessons from kids and adults as well as boarding for other horses. Born in Wilton, New Hampshire, Abi fell in love with horses at the age of four after her mom took her for a pony ride at a pony farm in Temple, NH. “I instantly fell in love with horses at that moment,” said Abi. “After that they signed me up for riding lessons and by nine I was helping out with the lessons doing things like moving the poles and cones. I started working there at 12 mucking stalls and other chores.” Abi is also a big fan of the Belmont Stakes, going every year with her dad after getting tickets from her Uncle Jimmy who has connections with some horse own-

Abi Walsh adjust the bars on one the jumps at Lucky Penny Stables in Belmont, NH. Abi bought the property in April of 2020 to fulfill a lifelong dream of training Off The Track Thoroughbreds and BRENDAN SMITH PHOTO providing riding lessons for all ages. ers. But the fact that she ended up in Belmont, NH, was purely coincidental. “I wasn’t looking for a place in Belmont,” said Abi. “I was just passively looking for the right piece of property anywhere and this property

was on the market for a while, so I just decided to go take a look at it and I fell in love with it. I named it Lucky Penny because my first horse was Penny combined with the fact that I am Irish and I was trying to think of something to incorporate that. It was my best friend who eventually came up with Lucky Penny.” The first horse Abi bought once she owned the farm is a thoroughbred she named “Felix” (His racing name was “Union Wise”.) “Felix looks like the first horse I owned, another thoroughbred called Sam,” said Abi. “Felix is turning six. He wasn’t the fastest horse in his race days, but he’s the sweetest horse I have ever met.” (Coincidentally again, the only race Felix ever won in his racing career was at Belmont Racetrack.) Though Abi plans to See STABLES on 25

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A young rider maneuvers a jump at Lucky Penny Stables. COURTESY PHOTO Though the cost of acquiring a Off The Track Thoroughbred is not usually very expensive, Abi points out that “you need to put in a lot of time and energy into training them for their new purpose.” Abi has made many connections through the years to keep her apprised of thoroughbreds for sale. There are also Facebook groups as well. Abi also tries to make sure that any prospec-

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the thing that seemed to impress him the most about Vermont and New Hampshire was the abundance of rocks. “Rocks, rocks, rocks!” he exclaimed. New Durham Gore was settled in 1770 and renamed Alton in 1796 after Alton in Hampshire, England. The Lake was obviously one attraction that brought people to Alton along with the advent of the steamboat which provided transportation to other points in the state. The Cochecho Railroad provided transportation for those who wished to vacation in Alton and by steamboat to other locations. The Adventist Campground opened in 1863, during the Civil War days, and at the beginning of the 1900’s it is said that there were 25 one room schoolhouses in the town. Upper Gilmanton was the name of one of many communities within the once large tract of land that made up Gilmanton. As with most of the Belknap Country towns water was one of the great-

est attractions for settlers and the Tioga river was used to power the machinery used in mills which were necessary in that era. Upper Gilmanton was chartered in 1727 and incorporated as Upper Gilmanton by the legislature in June of 1859. Ten years later, in 1869, the name of the town was changed to Belmont in honor of August Belmont. He was a wealthy and accomplished politician and my understanding was that the town expected or at least hoped for a generous amount of money to be given to it by the honoree. I do not know if the town received money in appreciation. I have read that he never publicly acknowledged the honor. The story of August Belmont’s life is an interesting one and one worth reading about. He was a horse breeder and the Belmont Stakes, known for being part of the Triple Crown races, is named after him. I suppose Barnstead might have been named Dummer in honor See SMITH on 27

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Old postcard of Laconia, NH.

Steamboat Landing at Center Harbor. SMITH from 26 of Governor William Dummer of the Province of Massachusetts who granted the land to Rev. Joseph Adams and others on May 20, 1727, but another town in Coos County was named Dummer. It might have been called Adamsville after the minister, but it wasn’t. I am told that the first settlers didn’t come until 1865, again, probably delayed by the Indian wars. Barnstead was incorporated as a town by Governor John Wentworth in 1767, and the name of Barnstead is thought to have been chosen because many of its settlers came from Barnstable, Massachusetts and Hempstead, New York. I suppose they could have chosen the name Hempstable, but the chose the barn instead. As is the case with other towns the availability of a water supply for mills, etc. may have attracted settlers to Barnstead; in this location it was the Suncook river. In the 1870’s the coming of the Concord and Rochester Railroad was another asset to the town. I have heard people tell of towns where the number of

cows outnumbered the people. In Barnstead, in the year 1830, it was the sheep that outnumbered the people by a count of 2,500 to 2,047. Center Harbor was once a part of New Hampton, but not for long. New Hampton residents might welcome going back to the boundaries of the original Moultonboro Addition with some of the shoreland of Lake Winnipesaukee, but I guess practical considerations caused the split. It was some distance for people close to Moultonboro to travel nearly to Bristol to at-

tend town meetings. Center Harbor was incorporated in 1797 from parts of New Hampton and Meredith, being in the center ( or between ) the harbors in Meredith and Moultonboro. The fact that the Senter family owned much land in the area may also have contributed to the choice of name. Center Harbor was a popular port for steamers on the Lake in the 1800s as well as a popular stagecoach stop. Let me just mention Laconia briefly as I have to leave the naming of the other Belknap County towns

for another column. Laconia was a part of Meredith, called Meredith Bridge before Laconia was incorporated in 1855, also including Lakeport, the Weirs, and part of Gilmanton. It not only became Belknap County’s only city, but also the coun-

ty seat. The name Laconia, though going back to the name of a portion of Greece, was also the name of a company established by the Masonian Proprietors who were granted much of the land that is now New Hampshire. As was true of other

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