07/09/2020 Weirs Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

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Ashland R.R. Station Museum Open For Summer

Summer Camp In The 1940's & 50's —An Old Man Remembers— by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

“Would you like to go to camp this summer?” That was the question that was suddenly sprung on me one winter’s evening, the date being one I didn’t make note of, so don’t recall. I do remember the question and my immediate reaction and my not so immediate answer. Camp? Why should I go to summer camp? I am content to spend my summer here

at home. I’m out here in the country where there are fields and woods to roam and explore, and family and friends to make me feel secure, so what is there about summer camp that should make me want to go? I didn’t really think that coherently, but that was probably what was behind my initial feeling after being asked if I wanted to attend summer camp- just for a week. I was told that I didn’t have to go, that it was up to me to decide, but I felt that I

did have to go, because boys were supposed to want to go to camp, and I shouldn’t be afraid that I would be homesick because that wasn’t a good excuse, and would be an embarrassing one. So from my shrinking position from behind the small space between the kitchen wood stove and the wall, I said “yes” I would go. The camp was a 4-H Camp at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. My parents, one or both, I don’t See SMITH on 22

The Ashland Railroad Station Museum, one of the best preserved railroad stations in the state, opened for its summer season on July 4. The station was built in 1869 for the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad, then moved and renovated in 1891 for the Concord & Montreal Railroad. It was an active passenger station for nine decades though 1959, when passenger service to Ashland ended. The station was purchased from the Boston & Maine Railroad the following year by Joseph Curley, a rail- See MUSEUM on 15

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Supporting Testerman To The Editor: I have known Karen Testerman for well over 10 years. In all those years I have found her to be the most consistent person I have ever come across in politics, in her principles, in her values, in her steadfastness, it has never changed or waivered. She is rock solid and doesn’t change her principles based on polling data. She is a strong conservative candidate for Governor and I hope you will join me in voting for her come September 8, 2020. Hon. Kathleen Lauer-Rago Franklin, NH

Net Metering To The Editor: COVID-19 slashed household and town income in NH and across the country. Senator Martha Fuller Clark’s 6/24 “My Turn” highlights a bipartisan solution to save money for towns and citizens: expand net metering (renewable energy sharing). Make it more accessible in our state. Last year net metering bill HB365 passed the Senate and House with bipartisan support. Governor Sununu vetoed this bill; the vote to override failed. A similar fate met net metering SB446 in 2018. HB365 would have saved NH businesses and communities $2-$2.5 million annually, just on electricity generated with hy-

dropower. Tax- and rate-payers would have saved hundreds of dollars. This year a new net metering bill, SB159 led by Republican Jeb Bradley and Senator Fuller Clark, passed both chambers–to be vetoed (again) by the Governor. The Senate overrode the veto by a bipartisan 17-7 vote. Now it’s up to the House to override Sununu’s veto. Three times, our bipartisan lawmakers supported an important net metering energy bill, until Sununu brow-beat them, to let his three vetoes stand. This keeps the Governor’s fossil fuel donors happy, but what of the people of NH? Twelve of NH’s 13 mayors petitioned Sununu to support net metering. If this third veto is allowed to stand, we continue fossil fuel dependence, lose good new energy jobs, keep rates and property taxes high, and fail to create an energy plan for the future. I call on the House to concur with the Senate veto override immediately. Let the projects-and jobs--begin. Susan Richman Durham, NH.

values, in her steadfastness, it has never changed or waivered. She is rock solid and doesn’t change her principles based on polling data. She is a strong conservative candidate for Governor and I hope you will join me in voting for her come September 8, 2020. Hon. Kathleen Lauer-Rago Franklin, NH

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Our Story

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was reestablished in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication. Locally owned for over 20 years, this publication is devoted to printing the stories

of the people and places that make New Hampshire the best place in the world to live. No, none of the daily grind news will be found in these pages, just the good stuff. Published year round on Thursdays, we distribute 30,000 copies of the Weirs Times every week to the Lakes Region/Concord/ Seacoast area and the mountains and have an estimated 66,000 people reading this newspaper. To find out how your business or service can benefit from advertising with us please call 1-888-308-8463.

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Yours truly, Bria and Danielle on the wooded summit of Terrace Mountain, elevation 3,654 feet. Terrace is reached from a spur path off the Kilkenny Ridge Trail. Terrace is on the New Hampshire Highest 100 list and a place where redliners go to collect trails.

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Open-Air Trolley Tours Offer Family Fun for Everyone

Downtown Dave & The Deep Pockets At Pitman’s Freight Room On Saturday, July 11th at 8pm, Downtown Dave and The Deep Pockets will be at Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street Laconia, NH. Downtown Dave and The Deep Pockets are impassioned in Blues and R & B. They have been playing their hearts and souls out throughout New Hampshire for over ten years. They play honest, fun, real and up-tempo music. A mix of powerful, infectiously grooved originals and one-off covers, done in their own style. The Pockets thrive on a solid rhythm section, passionate guitar, inspiring harmonica and heart-felt vocals. Energetic and fun, with great respect for room volume and dynamics. Downton Dave And The Deep Pockets continue to connect with many great new fans and friends at every show. Band members are Dave Glannon, Don Boucher, John Wright and Erik Thomas. Tickets are $20 and Pitman’s Freight Room is a BYOB establishment. Seating is limited. For tickets calln524-0043.

Wolfeboro – Molly the Trolley is pleased to be “On the Road Again” continuing her tradition as Wolfeboro’s favorite ambassador. “I may not travel as far or see as many places as Willie Nelson does, but I sure do enjoy seeing my friends here in Wolfeboro whether they’re familiar faces who’ve been riding and smiling with me for the last 33 years, or they’re brand new folks here to discover our town for the first time,” she said. Molly’s 45-minute historic tours feature views of Lakes Winnipesaukee, beautiful waterfront homes, and include information about Wolfeboro’s attractions, museums, shops and restaurants. “There’s always something new to share, but this year with the Covid-19 pandemic, more than ever,” she added. “I must say when I made my first trip around town I was heartened to see how everyone is adapting to keep our community safe, open and welcoming to both residents and guests.” Picnic tables have been added in most town parks and outdoor restaurant seating has been added or expanded where possible. New, larger public restrooms at Dockside were already under construction by the Town of Wolfeboro last Fall but turned out to be an especially helpful improvement this season. More information about trolley tours, private charters and excursions is available at wolfeborotrolley.com or call 603-569-1080.

Craft Gallery Highlights Becky Sawyer MEREDITH - The League of NH Craftsmen - Meredith Fine Craft Gallery would like to recognize one of our talented jewelry artists, Becky Sawyer, who is being featured for the month of July. Largely self-taught, Becky Sawyer creates jewelry from shrink plastic using colored pencils and sterling silver. All of her work is penned by hand and completely original. She finds her spiritual balance through art and draws on inspiration from within. Constantly changing depending on her current focus, Sawyer’s jewelry consists of anything from nature and its inhabitants to abstract ideas. She is continually perfecting her craft with new techniques and tools through experience and guidance from the internet. Her exquisite work will be featured at the League of NH Craftsmen – Meredith Fine Craft Gallery through the month of July. Come on in and see her hand-drawn jewelry inspired directly from nature itself. Sawyer will also be demonstrating how she makes her jewelry at the gallery on July 18th, 2020, from 11 am - 2 pm. To inquire about the artist’s work, call us at (603) 279-7920, visit our website at http://meredith.nhcrafts.org/, or stop into the gallery at 279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, NH.

On The Green 1- Arts & Crafts Festival Don’t miss the On The Green Craft Fair on July 10-12 formerly held at Brewster Academy & held this year at The Nick, 10 Trotting Track Rd,. Route 28, Wolfeboro. Fair Hours are Friday & Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. ocial distance and masks are required. A special feature will be amazing chainsaw wood artist, Terry McKendree, who will demonstrate his talents on Saturday afternoon. Some of the exhibits will include chainsaw furniture & decor, soy candles, handpoured soaps, glass garden decor, jewelry, garlic graters, jams & jellies, cedar wood furniture, marketry inlaid wood, stained glass, CBD oils, lights, wildlife photography, amazing nuts & bolts metal art, dog leashes & collars, fabulous balsamic vinegars & infused olive oils, wooden creations, and more. Live Music - Food - Rain or Shine - www.joycescraftshows.com - Friendly, Leashed Pets Welcome! - Free Adm & Free Parking.

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Bringing Us Together Brendan is off this week so we are reprinting this column from July 16, 2015. As the selfproclaimed leading expert by Brendan Smith on Flatlander/ Weirs Times Editor Native relations in New Hampshire, it always gives me great pleasure to see the progress that has been made in this area over the years. I feel I have a lot to do with that and I would give myself a well-deserved pat on the back if I could only reach that far. (Of course, as I approach sixty, even attempting it can be a morning’s work.) Back in 1995, I wrote my first column on the subject. I used the term “Flatlander” for one of the first times as the subject of an article. This was a social slur that had, for generations, always existed but rarely uttered in public. It drew a lot of heat. I was condemned by some Flatlanders and threatened with physical harm by others. They felt that by me writing it I was giving it an unwelcome validation. Many natives were not happy either. Here I was, a Flatlander who had only lived here for a few years and I was using the word to stir up trouble in their peaceful oasis. Still, I stuck to my guns and my principles and kept writing about the subject with no regard for my own safety. I came to recognize this as my calling and I never backed down. Someone had to keep the uncomfortable conversation going. It was not an easy struggle, but I persevered. Today, twenty years later, Flatlander/Native relations have improved tremendously and the term “Flatlander”, though still used with great

contempt by some old-time natives in the privacy of their own homes has, for the most part, lost its negative connotations. My work has made it easier for more and more Flatlanders to move to Central New Ha mp sh ire a nd a ssimilate more easily. In fact, the ratio of Flatlander to Native has increased dramatically with all living together in peace for the most part. Yet, as is the way of human nature, things can never be that easy. As the permanent Flatlander population has increased, a new dynamic has taken it root. It is called the Native Flatlander/Visiting Flatlander problem and people are turning to me for the solution. This is never more apparent than this summer season. For years here in Central New Hampshire, the short nine hot weeks in July and August have always been when any significant Native Flatlander/ Visiting Flatlander confrontations occur. In the summer it is the rush of the Visiting Flatlander to “h urry u p and relax” that causes them to irritate the Native Flatlanders and real natives alike. Though they are merely acting as they do the rest of the year, actions that are prompted by the simple instinct of human survival that have become ingrained by their city and suburban lives, in their minds they are doing nothing wrong. Taking up two spots with their cars in the supermarket and restaurant parking lots, elbowing through the crowd with nary an “excuse me” to get that last few ears of corn, their guilt-free look when taking thirty items to the less crowded fourteen items or less checkout and, of course, the leaving of the empty shopping cart at the spot it was emptied. There are way too many sce-

narios and space prohibits me from listing them all here, but I’m sure you get the picture. The new problem lies not so much with the Visiting Flatlanders but with the Native Flatlanders, of which I am one. We were them once and we forget. As we have graciously (and gratefully) assimilated we have forgotten our own roots and how we at one time acted the same but time and watching some natives helped us overcome our angst. So, as the voice of “all” Flatlanders, I do mot think we should get angry at the Visiting Flatlander’s actions, but to use them as reminders to ourselves. So, the next time you are tempted to try and squeeze your car into that tiny spot next to the two-space parked car making sure they don’t have enough room to open their door, take a breath. If you get the urge throw a body block into the oncoming figure, dressed all in pink, who is trying to beat you to the corn section or if you want to loudly count the dozens of items in the basket in front of you at the fourteen items or less checkout, take a step back and count to ten in your head instead. Remember, that was us not so long ago. We had to learn, and we should be gracious enough to allow for their assimilation as well. As native Flatlanders we have to try and respect those who we were once like. Even that loudmouth jerk yesterday who left his shopping cart right in the middle of the parking lot. I hope this helps. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” available at BrendanTSmith.com. His latest book “I Only Did It For The Socks and Other Tales of Aging” will be published later this year.

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What’s the Matter with Kansas State University?

Kansas hasn’t voted for a Democrat in presidential elections since 1964. From 1995 to 2002 and from 2011 to 2017, Republicans in Topeka held the iron trifecta of the governor’s mansion, the state House and the state Senate. In 2016, Donald Trump walloped Hillary Clinton in this quintessential red state by a 57-36 margin. by Michelle Malkin So why is it that, in 2020, a mainSyndicated Columnist stream conservative Christian college student under fire by a violence-inciting campus mob can’t find a single prominent Republican in the Sunflower State to uphold and defend his free speech rights? Jaden McNeil is a 21-year-old Kansas State University undergrad, former Turning Point USA chapter leader, and founder of America First Students. Since quitting TPUSA last year over its shocking embrace of drag queens, open borders and a “culture of censorship,” McNeil has been attacked by left-wing journalists and tarred through guilt by association. Local reporters such as Judy Thomas at the Kansas City Star have regurgitated baseless lies that McNeil (who I’ve known since last year and consider a friend and rising conservative star) is connected to “white nationalism” for advocating traditional social conservatism and an end to mass migration. McNeil also refuses to bend his knee to Black Lives Matter, unlike so many swamp conservatives folding like cheap origami these days. On June 25, the young KSU student tweeted an edgy joke about BLM hero George Floyd: “Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for an entire month!” The snarky line is a variation on a common internet commemoration of the deaths of drug-addicted celebrities. You may think it’s bad humor or brilliant humor but newsflash: It’s humor. No matter. In end-stage America, where we are now governed by the wokest of the insane and indignant, there is no bigger human rights violation than a George Floyd joke. A manufactured outrage backlash by KSU College Democrats, athletes and bloodthirsty Black Lives Matter extremists ensued. K-State See MALKIN on 28

The Problem of ‘Anti-Racism’ Today, the nostrum goes, it is not enough for Americans to be not racist. They must be “anti-racist.” This woke terminology has infused our lexicon. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., recently declared from by Ben Shapiro the well of the Senate: Syndicated Columnist “Being race-conscious is not enough. It never was. We must be anti-racists.” What, pray tell, is the difference between being against racism and being anti-racist? Ibram X. Kendi, author of “How to Be An Antiracist,” provides an answer: Racism is no longer to be defined as the belief that someone is inferior based on race. Instead, racism is to be defined as the belief that any group differences can be attributed to anything other than racism. Thus, any system that ends with different outcomes must be racist. Indeed, Kendi contends, “Racism itself is institutional, structural, and systemic.” To be anti-racist means to tear down these systems. Any obstacle in the pursuit of equality of outcome must be torn down, assumed to be a product of discrimination. Basic decency, then, means that we must oppose even institutions that have been considered hallmarks of freedom. Those institutions, after all, have exacerbated inequalities, or at least failed to rectify those inequalities. This means that America’s culture of rights -- a culture that suggests an obligation on the part of individuals to respect the rights of others, even if they disagree -- must come under fire. That culture reinforces hierarchies and inequalities, after all. The classical liberal says that rights fall equally on the just and the unjust alike; the anti-racist suggests that rights are merely tools of power. Anti-racism, in its essence, is merely reworked neoMarxism from the 1960s: Herbert Marcuse would have been ecstatic to see his concept of “repressive tolerance” -- “intoler-

ance against movements from the Right and toleration of movements from the Left” -- revived under the banner of race rather than class. The self-proclaimed “anti-racist” left -- a left that sees all of human relations reduced to a rudimentary correlation of skin color and inequality, an analysis we used to call racist -- has decided that the culture must be cleansed of all of those who will not be drafted into its woke army. Its march through the institutions began with college campuses, where cowardly administrators quickly caved to the bizarre notion that campuses were unsafe, cruel bastions of bigotry requiring speech codes and training in microaggressions. Next, the woke army moved on to the halls of institutional media, where editors were forced to announce their own white privileges along with their resignations, turning over the instruments of informational dissemination to radical racialists. Now the woke army has targeted corporations. Corporations are, by nature, risk-averse; they seek merely profit and lack of controversy. The hard left has targeted them as the weakest link in the chain of free speech: If corporations can be bullied into pulling their money from social media networks, those social media networks can be bullied into restricting their free-speech cultures. Remove advertising bucks from Instagram and watch as Instagram censors those the woke want censored. Indeed, such a campaign is now front and center in the culture wars: Major corporations from Coca-Cola to Target have stopped advertising on social media networks, citing the need for more “hate speech” regulation on those platforms. Obviously, those who target corporations will not be satisfied until all non-woke speech is limited or banned; corporations will be unpleasantly surprised when those they have been seeking to appease turn on them as remnants of the evil system. But corporations have neither the principle nor the will to See SHAPIRO on 26

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A Reason To Protest Protesters say America’s criminal justice system is unfair. It is. Courts are so jammed that innocent people plead guilty to by John Stossel avoid waiting Syndicated Columnist years for a trial. Lawyers help rich people get special treatment. A jail stay is just as likely to teach you crime as it is to help you get a new start. Overcrowded prisons cost a fortune and increase suffering for both prisoners and guards.

There’s one simple solution to most of these problems: End the war on drugs. Our government has spent trillions of dollars trying to stop drug use. It hasn’t worked. More people now use more drugs than before the “war” began. What drug prohibition did do is exactly what alcohol prohibition did a hundred years ago: increase conflict between police and citizens. “It pitted police against the communities that they serve,” says neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart in my new video. Hart, former chair

of Columbia University’s Psychology department, grew up in a tough Miami neighborhood where he watched crack cocaine wreck lives. When he started researching drugs, he assumed that research would confirm the damage drugs did. But “one problem kept cropping up,” he says in his soon-tobe-released book, “Drug Use For Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear,” “the evidence did not support the hypothesis. No one else’s evidence did either.” After 20 years of research, he concluded, “I was wrong.” Now, he says, our drug laws do more harm

than drugs. Because drug sales are illegal, profits from selling drugs are huge. Since sellers can’t rely on law enforcement to protect their property, they buy guns and form gangs. Cigarettes harm people, too, but there are no violent cigarette gangs -- no cigarette shootings -- even though nicotine is more addictive than heroin, says our government. That’s because tobacco is legal. Likewise, there are no longer violent liquor gangs. They vanished when prohibition ended. But what about the opioid epidemic? Lots of Americans die from See STOSSEL on 29

Hong Kong’s Weathervane Beijing’s tightening noose on Hong Kong foretells many things both in the successful city state as much as throughout the by John J. Metzler opaque vastness Syndicated Columnist o f C h i n a i t s e l f . Clearly, the widening communist political crackdown on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms was expected given the successful city-state’s thriving democracy. Despite large prodemocracy demonstrations against China’s actions, effective Western political and economic pushback will serve as a weathervane determining Beijing’s next moves.

Though there’s been selective global outrage when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed a draconian national security statute on Hong Kong, in direct breach of the Anglo/Chinese agreements, Beijing calculates that the West preoccupied and distracted by the COVID-19 pandemic may react only with measured rhetoric but not tough actions. The U.S. Senate approved a bill authorizing further sanctions on Chinese officials involved in implementing the draconian moves in Hong Kong. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moreover stated, “Free Hong Kong was one of the world’s most stable, prosperous, and dynamic cities. Now it will be just another communist-run city, where its people will be subject to

the party elite’s whims.” Hong Kong’s brash lack of deference to the monolithic People’s Republic has long irked Beijing’s Marxist mandarins. But now that Shanghai and other Mainland cities have economically surpassed Hong Kong, the primary socio/ political threat from the 7.5 million city on the China coast stems from Hong’s Kong’s relatively robust political freedoms and civil rights, somewhat free media, not to mention its financial clout. That’s changing fast though. The new crackdown ironically coincides with the anniversary of the former British Crown Colony’s reversion to Chinese rule in 1997, a time when outside observers including this writer felt nervously optimistic about

Hong Kong’s future. Though Beijing largely honored the accords for twenty years, during the past three years it has dramatically eroded the rule of law thus creating the crisis. Christopher Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, said: “This decision, which rides roughshod over Hong Kong’s elected legislature, marks the end of ‘one country, two systems.’ It is a flagrant breach of the Sino-British joint declaration, a treaty lodged at the United Nations, and Hong Kong’s mini constitution, the “Basic Law.” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson moreover described China’s actions a “serious breach” of the terms under which B r i t a i n See METZLER on 29

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took advantage of the snack bar. Actually we ate the goodies in our packs and sat in the

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I took a hard right into the woods to bushwhack to the large open scree field. Bria had never visited Cabot’s Spring and Danielle had enough bushwhacking earlier in the week so she decided to go to the spring too. I was walking in ferns through a mixed forest and in five minutes I could see light ahead of me. I popped out lower than I thought I would so I walked up and east over the rocks. The view was amazing over Terrace to the Weeks and as I headed more east I could see the Mahoosucs and the Jericho’s wind turbines. I decided to go straight up to hit Cabot’s ridge and I ended up right behind the Cabot Cabin’s privy. I met up with Bria and Danille on the spur trail down to the spring. I knew they were still there because Daniell tied her bandana on See PATENAUDE on 20

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22 SMITH from 1 remember which, many years ago, drove me to Allenstown and the camp entrance where we went from a paved road to a dirt one lined with pine trees which led to the entrance sign and the small registration building. My little bit of spending money I could use at the camp store was taken from me and put in an envelope and I think we were given cards where the amount we spent at the little store was punched out on the card. We took the things to the cabin I was assigned to and found that it housed half a dozen boys, more or less, with acceptable cots and mattresses to sleep on and were given directions to the din-

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The Craft house at Bear Hill Pond Camp in Allenstown, NH., where Robert Hanaford Smith attended 4-H camp. ing hall, craft building, etc., all of which were of the rustic construction one would expect in a summer camp. We

and fun things to do, and my family was off for home. I will just mention the things that I remember the clearest, or at least think I do. My apprehension about being at camp for the most part did not curb my appetite and there was usually a crowd of hungry children waiting at the closed door of the dining room before each meal waiting to be fed. And someone would start singing “Here we are like birds in the wilderness, waiting to be fed,” and everyone else would join in and it would be repeated

over and over until we were fed. We were served cafeteria style and would pick up our silverware (no plastic ware back then) before we arrived at the food tables. One day as I was waiting in line for my lunch I observed one of the kitchen helpers pick up a fork with which he proceeded to clean underneath his fingernails and then placed the fork back in the utensil tray. I was careful about where I took my fork and wondered whether I should be taking one at all. Probably the favorite time of day for most of

were given a schedule of events for the days ahead, which were a combination of classes involving 4-H activities

The pond with dock at the Bear Brook Camp which is referenced as a raft in the article.

Bear Brook Pond today.

the campers was the swimming classes in the morning. If I remember correctly, we had classes in the morning and an hour in the afternoon for swimming without instruction. I went to camp as a non-swimmer, so swimming classes were something I needed, though there were limited results. I’ve never forgotten the first lesson was to learn to do the deadSee SMITH on 23

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 9, 2020 — SMITH from 22 man’s float. It has always seemed a little ironic to me that laying head down in the water with my arms stretched out in front of me like a dead man was the first lesson in a class that was supposed to help me avoid that fate. The first, however, was probably the easiest, and I went on to learn to do the dog paddle, which is swimming like a dog does, then to float on by back, and to swim like a frog, whatever that’s called. There was a floating raft in Bear Pond that was set up so the non-swimmers could be separated from the swimmers, and only swimmers who had passed a test on their swimming ability could go on the outer side of the raft into deeper water. It was the goal for those of us who were beginner swimmers to receive our initial

There have always been many summer camps in New Hampshire over the years on its many lakes. Here is a vintage photo showing Camp Winaukee campers being picked up at the Meredith, NH. train station by Sprague’s Bus Charter. swimming certificate by doing the things we were taught during the week, including swim-

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had to find our buddy and hold up our hands to show that we were safe. On the beach

there was a board with tags with each of our names on one of them. We were asked to turn them over so our names faced the board when we began swimming and to turn them back when we finished. One evening after the evening meal when announcements were given in the dining hall a short list of names was read and mine was one of them. The camp director then asked those whose names were read to stand and informed us that our tags on the beach, which were to be turned around so the camp leaders would know we weren’t still in the pond, hadn’t been turned around and we were to go to the beach and correct our error. More irony, seeing the swimming period had ended some time earlier. I liked the craft sessions but became frusSee SMITH on 24

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SMITH from 23 trated because my products didn’t come out as good as some of the others. I think I pounded and pounded my flat piece of tin with a wood mallet over a mold trying to make it look like an appealing ash tray. Yes, we made ash trays back then for smokers. My ash tray was probably the best product I made in those few days, though. One day we had an unusual afternoon treat served in our area of the camp. One of the boys must have had a birthday and cake was served to those in our unit. It was one of those times when, for some reason, I didn’t feel like eating cake, but the in charge people wouldn’t believe that I didn’t want to eat cake, so I was persuaded to take a piece. I don’t think I refused

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Immediately a familiar woman’s voice came from outside the cabin admonishing us to be quiet. The voice was that of the camp director. The evening vespers were a meaningful time for me, though that time of day is apt to bring on some melancholy. We would gather on a ledge over-looking the pond and sing 4-H songs and other camp songs, and some of the

campers would show off their talents as the sun was setting and darkness began to set in. At the conclusion we sang taps and then sang a song with the words something like these: “Now run along home and jump into bed, say your prayers and cover your head. The very same thing I’ll say unto you, You dream of me, and I’ll dream of you.”

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of social injustice.” KSU vice president for student life Thomas Lane attacked McNeil for lacking “basic decency.” The school has launched an “immediate review” of its “options.” The adults in charge poured virtue-signaling fuel on a riotous fire, resulting in an avalanche of violent death threats and doxxing of McNeil’s family: “KICK JADEN MCNEIL OUT OR WE WILL HANDLE HIM OURSELVES. This is not a threat, it’s a promise!!” a Twitter user exclaimed. “I swear to God you better never show your face in public in the state of Kansas. F-kin dead man.” Another user named Billy threatened: “I don’t know who you are but I hope your

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sas Republican has risen to condemn the threats against McNeil, nor defended his rights to free speech and free association. The academic liberty champions of FIRE, however, sent off a letter to KSU President Myers on Monday firmly reminding the school that “the First Amendment bars KSU from punishing or investigating McNeil for his tweets.” Robert Shibley, FIRE’s executive director, told me: “Kansas State may say that it is reviewing its ‘options’ in response to a demand that a student be kicked out for an unpopular tweet, but it knows those options don’t include meeting that demand -- at least not legally. The free speech guaran-

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stratagem, “Make Noise in the East, and attack in the West.” Consider for a moment while the Corona virus obsessed world watches Hong Kong, China has carried out deadly military skirmishes along the sensitive Indian/ Chinese frontier, continued to probe the disputed waters of the South China Sea, and ominously shadowed Taiwan. Will Chairman Xi Jinping use Hong Kong’s crisis as a feint to to draw foreign attention while other strategic plans could be afoot? Conversely Beijing’s actions to suffocate tiny Hong Kong do not signal a strong confident Chinese government but rather nervous People’s Republic which is increasingly wracked by internal discord stemming from the monumentally mishandled Wuhan Corona virus pandemic, the ensuing economic downturn, and shadows of corruption and illegitimacy which traditionally plague the regime. Secretary Pompeo stressed, “This isn’t a U.S-China challenge. This is a challenge that is between freedom and authoritarianism. And so long as we keep that foremost in our minds, I’m confident that the freedom-loving peoples of the world will prevail.” John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent overing diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism the Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

STOSSEL from 7 overdoses! Hart blames the drug war for that, too. Yes, opioids are legal, but their sale is tightly restricted. “If drugs were over the counter, there would be fewer deaths?” I asked. “Of course,” he responds. “People die from opioids because they get tainted opioids. ... That would go away if we didn’t have this war on drugs. Imagine if the only subject of any conversation about driving automobiles was fatal car crashes. ... So it is with the opioid epidemic.” Drugs do harm many people, but in real life, replies Hart, “I know tons of people who do drugs; they are public officials, captains of industry, and they’re doing well. Drugs, including nicotine and heroin, make people feel better. That’s why they are used.” President Eisenhower warned about the military-industrial complex. America’s drug war funds a prison-industrial complex. Hart says his years inside the well-funded research side of that complex showed him that any research not in support of the “tough-on-drugs” ideology is routinely dismissed to “keep outrage stoked” and funds coming in. America locks up more than 2 million Americans. That’s a higher percentage of our citizens, disproportionately black citizens, than any other country in the world. “In every country with a more permissive drug regime, all outcomes are better,” says Hart. Countries like Switzerland and Portugal, where drugs are decriminal-

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Trying to hide as a dunce, Kevin kept a safe, recommended distance from his admirers. -Joe Vitali, Sanbornton, NH.

Runners Up : Johnny said that he believed in segregation, so the Teacher gave him what he wanted! - David Doyon,Moultonborough, NH. That hat doesn’t look to bad. - Lois Moran, Meredith, NH. The very first Conehead Exhibit was a big hit at the Indiana Zoo in 1933.-Robert Ferlito, Woburn,Mass.

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The Winklman Aeffect

by John Whitlock

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 9, 2020 —