by Chris Bosak Contributing Writer
Summer heatwaves are nothing new to New England. It seems as if every year we go through two or three stretches of enduring hot and humid weather. Summer heatwaves are as much a New Eng-
On July 22nd, New Hampshire’s Richard Marsh will walk from the NH State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen to the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton, a total of 13 Miles to raise money for Veterans with PTSD as part of the Boston Red Sox Run to Home Base event.
The 14th Annual Run to Home Base presented by Raytheon Technologies will take place that same Saturday at Fenway Park and other “Virtual” locations.
The Run to Home Base a very most critical, annual fundraiser providing vital funds for the clinical care and support for our Veterans and their Families who are impacted by the invisible wounds of war.
Like many people and organizations over the past two years, Home Base suffered financially, and they need your help now more than ever.
Their revenue goal for this year’s event is $2.5 million. Your support will help ensure they can continue to deliver care nationally, to include Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) programs for their Special Operations Community, their intensive clinical program for families who have lost their loved one due to service or suicide, and their regional outpatient care, which now serves even more Massachusetts Veterans and their
land thing as bitter cold stretches in the winter.
It seems as if the winter weather is what most people associate with New England, however. Skiing, shoveling and sitting around the fireplace are the images often depicted when describing New England. I’m guilty of that
myself as every winter it seems I write a column about how birds survive bitter cold stretches.
In this column, I’ll look at how birds survive the other temperature extreme. Birds can’t exactly turn on air conditioners or take a dip in the pool or lake (not in the way that
humans do anyway). They do have several mechanisms for dealing with the heat and have survived these heatwaves for centuries.
CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO See BASE on 30Some of the coping mechanisms are similar to those employed by humans. Birds will
To The Editor:
The evil pandering Democratic Party (EPDP) vs. make America great again (MAGA). Are you kidding me? The decision should be clear.
I grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Between college attempts I filleted fish to buy a car with my own efforts. After a couple of years filleting fish I realized I wanted to be an electrical engineer (instead of a fish cutter). I enrolled at the local state college known then as Southeastern Massachusetts University (now known as UMass Dartmouth) in the early 80s. I had some wonderful teachers. Tuition was $600 per semester. I could afford that cost. But when school was on break, I was back to cutting fish to pay off my student loan debt. My goal was to graduate without debt, which I accomplished. My second goal was to work in a state without an income tax. I accomplished that as well. I worked for Sanders Associates (which eventually became British Aerospace Engineering (BAE) Systems) for 30 years in the State of New Hampshire.
Fast forward to 2023. Students go to elite colleges and graduate with huge debt. Some with degrees that are not worth the paper printed on them. And now Panderer in Chief Creepy Sleepy Joe Biden promises to erase up to $20K per student. The total cost is said to be $420 billion. He and the EPDP get
votes and I get a higher tax bill, what a bargain.
Wake up folks. The choice is clear.
Scott Theg New Boston, NH.To The Editor;
I write today as a concerned citizen and a former NH Army National Guard Sergeant, deeply troubled by the alarming rate of suicides among our military personnel. Every day, it seems another comrade-in-arms is lost, further emphasizing the urgent need for action.
In 2019, while waiting for a fire mission in my HIMARS, I stumbled upon the “Drone Papers,” revealing the disturbing truth that 90 percent of those killed by drone strikes were unintended targets, often innocent civilians classified as ‘enemies killed in action.’ This revelation shook me to the core. I joined the military to protect the innocent, not to participate in misguided operations.
Some veterans were part of door-knocking raids in Iraq, where we forcibly disrupted the lives of impoverished Iraqis, who had no connection to our conflict. The guilt and weight of our actions haunt us to this day.
The Afghanistan Papers, published by The Washington Post in 2019, unveiled that highranking officials privately acknowledged the war in Afghanistan to be unwinnable while
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 30 years, this publication is devoted to printing the stories of the people
withholding this information from the public. Such deception is a betrayal of the trust placed in our leaders.
It is not only active-duty personnel who face these challenges; approximately 45% of all deployed units are from the National Guard. Back in 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana National Guard was absent, as they were deployed in Iraq. This discrepancy exposed the need for change and prompted the establishment of BringOurTroopsHome.us by Sgt Dan McKnight.
Our solution is the “Defend The Guard Act”. This legislation would prevent the NH National Guard from being activated for overseas combat unless Congress fulfills its constitutional duty and declares war.
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 of the US Constitution states that only Congress has the power to declare war.
It is disheartening that we have not constitutionally declared war since 1942, straying far from the principles upon which our Republic was founded. Our inconsistent stance on enemies, considering AlQaeda our adversaries in some countries but allies in others, highlights the consequences of deviating from constitutional principles.
The Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) cannot replace a formal war declaration. It flips the constitutional process, granting the President immense power to engage in
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by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr.
Contributing Writer
The year was 1813 and the State of New Hampshire had two separate courts which each claimed to be the legitimate one to make final decisions on disputed matters in the state. One was called the Supreme Judicial Court and the other was called the Superior Court of Judicature.
The Supreme Court was the new one established by the legislature and the old one, which the majority party in the legislature had voted to eliminate, was the Superior Court. This 1813 controversy involved the desire of both the Federalist and Democrat parties to control the selection of judges with perhaps the new name being given with the feeling that the superior court could not be higher than the supreme court. Because the old court would not disband and two separate courts existed to try the same cases it had to somehow be de-
John Taylor Gilman, NH Governor in 1813 (Federalist) .cided which one was in keeping with the state constitution, and the question of precedence also became a factor in the discussion. Which court was the legitimate one to try the case?
According to a Manchester publication of July 21, 1852, The Union Democrat , discussing the earlier controversy, it was a time of “high political excitement.”
New Hampshire’s governor in 1813 was John Taylor Gilman who belonged to the Federalist Party which was also in that year in control of the state legislature. Being de-
sirous of putting judges on the court who would be sympathetic to their political views, the legislature in June of 1813 voted to disband the Superior Court and to establish in its place a Supreme Judicial Court and Circuit Courts of Common Pleas. This meant that the justices of the Superior Court would also lose their jobs and new justices would be appointed by the Governor to serve in the new Supreme Judicial Court, an act that he proceeded to perform. The political party that was in the minority, the Democratic-Republican Par-
ty, which would later become known as just the Democratic Party, objected to this action by the legislature, calling it unconstitutional. Furthermore, two of the justices of the old Superior Court, refused to close their court because they also felt that the actions of the Federalist Party in establishing a new court were unconstitutional.
Back in those days the court would assemble in different counties on certain months of the year to try their cases, and in the 1813, when the court was scheduled to open in Dover, one
Ever heard of a hurdy-gurdy? You may know it by many other names - vielle a roue, zanfona, or organistrum - as there is a version of this medieval instrument in just about every European country.
But did you know that this instrument has been making a popular comeback? It’s unique sound is now heard in everything from popular film scores to rock bands to folk music and back again to its traditional medieval dance music heritage.
Now, there is a local effort underway to bring more interest and education to this instrument in the USA, and it’s starting with the first-ever Workshop and Retreat to be held at Geneva Point Center in Moultonborough, NH from August 20-24th.
This workshop and retreat is offered for the very beginner all the way to the most advanced player. If you’re interested in learning and don’t have an instrument, there will be rentals available.
The roster of teachers for this workshop will also be impressive as Sergio González, a hurdygurdy player and teacher hailing from Barcelona, Spain and Alison Gowan, a Quebec-based hurdygurdy player and vocalist, will be leading the majority of the classes. Locally, Noelle Beaudin, a hurdy-gurdy player and composer from Sandwich, NH, will also be teaching at the Workshop. Together, she and Max Enloe, a player and instrument technical expert from Dallas,Texas have created the Workshop program and have started, what they hope, will be the first of many educational outreach efforts for this instrument in the Northeast.
If you are interested in learning more about this Workshop and Retreat, visit www.GurdyWorld. com for more information, or you can email: info@gurdyworld.com or ring 603-677-6537.
The Community Garden Club of Meredith will host “Unusual Weathervanes of the Granite State” on Thursday, July 20th at the Meredith Community Center, One Circle Drive, Meredith. Doors open at 6:00. Program begins at 6:30.
Light refreshments will be offered. This program is funded by a grant from the NH Humanities Council and is FREE and OPEN to the public.
The keynote speaker, Glenn Knoblock, has explored unusual aspects of New Hampshire history. Recently he was featured on NH Chronicle. “It’s all about recovering our lost history, and documenting the achievements and contributions of notable individuals whose stories would otherwise be lost”.
Glenn’s other interests include New Hampshire cemeteries and gravestone carvers, as well as historic bridges, both covered bridges and early iron and steel bridges, and maritime history. Recent books: Historic Weathervanes of New England and their makers past and present, and Historic Meetinghouses and Churches of New Hampshire, a study of these historic structures, which date as far back as 1712, and includes over 400 pictures in towns and cities all over the state.
For more information on the Community Garden Club of Meredith please visit: www.meredithgardenclb.org.
Join the Squam Lakes Association Lakes Region Conservation Corps (LRCC), on Friday, July 17th, 2023 from 9am to 11am, for a walk around Belknap Woods! During this walk, you will learn about wetland ecology and how the streams and wetland of Belknap contribute to the Squam Lakes watershed. This program includes a relaxed, low-intensity walk of the Belknap wetland loop (approximately 1 mile), and is aimed at ages 8-13 years old. All children must be accompanied by an adult! Be sure to bring plenty of bug repellent, sunscreen, and shoes that can handle some mud/water. We will learn about the difference between dragonflies and damselflies, green frogs and American bullfrogs, how wetlands affect nutrients, and tips for how to protect these beautiful ecosystems! Our younger participants will be the stars of our discussions, but adult supervision should also be ready to learn!
For more information, or to sign up for this Adventure Ecology program, visit the SLA website (squamlakes.org) or contact the SLA directly (603-968-7336). The SLA also offers other Adventure Ecology programs throughout the year. These free programs are open to the public and cover a variety of nature and conservation related topics. The Adventure Ecology programs are presented by the LRCC AmeriCorps members at the SLA, who perform important conservation work in support of the Association’s mission.
The Squam Lakes Association is dedicated to conserving for public benefit the natural beauty, peaceful character, and resources of the watershed. In collaboration with local and state partners, the SLA promotes the protection, careful use, and shared enjoyment of the lakes, mountains, forests, open spaces, and wildlife of the Squam Lakes Region.
The Art Center, located in Dover, NH, is pleased to present “Oshibana – The Botanical Collection,” featuring the artworks of local artist Roberta Garrison. On display in the Jim Reagan Gallery through August 31.
Oshibana, an art form originating in 16th-century Japan, involves arranging pressed flowers and botanical elements into stunning works of art. Roberta Garrison has dedicated herself to mastering this art form and brings her passion to life through her captivating creations. Inspired by the ever-changing weather and diverse flora of New England’s four seasons, Garrison focuses her attention on the beauty of birds. She meticulously recreates bird species using dried botanicals, drawing inspiration from photographs. Her subjects range from Herons, Eagles, Swans, and Egrets to Hummingbirds, Ducks, and Exotic Birds, capturing the organic movement of their wings and feathers. Roberta Garrison’s artistic journey with Oshibana has recently gained international recognition. She submitted several pieces to Japan’s prestigious international Oshibana art competition, judged by “The International Pressed Art Society.” One of Garrison’s Herons was selected to participate in the esteemed ceremony in Tokyo. After a rigorous evaluation of submissions from nine countries and regions, Garrison was honored with the highly coveted “Grand Prix” award.
Visit The Art Center, located at 1 Washington Street, Dover, NH or online at www.theartcenteronlinegallery.com to experience the beauty of “Oshibana – The Botanical Collection” by Roberta Garrison. The exhibit runs through August 31. The public is invited to an Artist Reception on Saturday, August 5, from 6-9pm. Meet the artist and gain insight into her creative process.
Brendan is off this week. This column was originally published in our Sept. 12,2019 issue. Brendan will be back next week with a new column.
Is it me, or does it seem like there is some kind of new protest going on every week?
Apparently, most everyone in the country is either offended about something or offended by the people who are offended about something.
Of course, as Newton, the inventor of that fabulous fig snack said, “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” That is why every protest must be met with a counter protest so as to keep his law relevant.
I do acknowledge that some of these protests really are very serious, For instance, just last week in Toronto, Canada, dozens of people unselfishly gave up an entire day so they could have their voices heard in protesting a restaurant that sells chicken sandwiches.
I was never a big protester, it always seemed like too much work. But I have been paying attention, so I think I have a good idea how to protest, even though I’ll probably never go to one.
Hopefully the protest you are going to has a particular subject you are protesting for or against (like a chicken sandwich restaurant). Without some kind of theme a protest really won’t gain much traction.
For the sake of argument, and to not raise the ire of certain protesters so they plan their next protest around me since I offended them, I will just randomly make up an idea for a protest (which is usually the case anyway).
Let’s pretend your protest
has something to do with cucumbers. (I think that’s a safe bet since I have not seen too many protests for or against any vegetable. But, in all fairness, I haven’t watched the news yet today.)
First you have to wake up early and make some kind of sign to hold.
Your sign should read something like “Save The Cucumber” if you are for or “Down With Cucumbers” if you are against. If you are really, really angry and against you should have a sign that reads something like “All Cucumbers Should Be Pickled” which will probably get you at least two seconds on the local news as part of their daily “Here’s Our Coverage Of The Latest Protest” segment.
After all, getting on the news is what protests are all about. If no one else knows about your protest it is a complete waste of time. You might as well have been home watching a different protest on the news. It is good to have many things to be offended by so you can go to more protests and try to stay relevant.
If you watch the newscast about a protest it will usually go something like this.
“The Pro Cucumber Coalition came out in full force on the lawn of the state capitol here in Concord to voice their concerns over the latest bill to try and restrict people’s access to cucumbers bigger than five inches. The notorious vegetable has been linked by cucumber scientists to an excess of flatulence over the years and some lawmakers want their sale regulated. They were met by a crowd of anticucumber activists who want even more regulations regarding ownership of cucumbers who believe no one should be allowed to buy a cucumber over three inches long since it is harming the environment. Some protesters believe cucumbers should be banned entirely.’
Then the reporter will go and
pick out some protesters to interview and later they will edit that down for the newscast. They will most likely end up with two angry interviewees like this on that night’s newscast.
“I have a right as an American to buy any size cucumber I want.”
“No one needs a five inch cucumber for any reason.”
This helps give people watching the news an idea of why people are protesting, as well as to fill in space for the newscast. (Of course, if there is a major hurricane or other natural disaster, the interview segment may get cut for time purposes.)
In the crowd you will see signs like “My Salad, My Choice” and “Cucumbers Don’t Cause Gas, Celery and Carrots Do” and “Nuke The Cuke But Use Windmills.”
If you want to have a good chance of making it on the evening news as one of the protesters, bring a megaphone with you. A good protest is nothing without at least one person with a megaphone and they are usually guaranteed to get at least a second of air time. (Make sure to wear a clean shirt as well.)
At the end of the day people will start forgetting about the protest and by the next morning a new protest will be happening and everyone will focusing on that one.
Then you can go into town and finally have a chicken sandwich at that new place now that the annoying crowds are gone.
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.
The series of decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in its latest session are so consequential that I would call it “a new birth of freedom.”
These are, of course, the words of Abraham Lincoln at the bloody battlefield at Gettysburg.
What, precisely, is it about America you love?
by Ben Shapiro Syndicated Columnist
There is a deep and meaningful connection between Lincoln’s words then, in 1863, and the words of our Supreme Court now in 2023.
by Star Parker Syndicated ColumnistThe 14th Amendment was added to the Bill of Rights after the Civil War to assure that all citizens receive equal protection under the law. This after the horrible history of slavery and the earlier Supreme Court decision, Dred Scott, which denied exactly that equal protection to African Americans.
The 14th Amendment was ratified to fix the blemish on this nation regarding its treatment of one large segment of humanity. And it is the 14th Amendment to which Chief Justice John Roberts turned, in writing the decision on Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, to negate the use of race in college admissions.
The use of race in admissions “cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the equal protection clause” of the 14th Amendment, wrote Roberts.
The decision also captures the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous words in 1963 that “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Those words, and King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in general, captured the spirit of what the Civil Rights Movement was supposedly about.
The complaint was not about American ideals but the failure to live up to the American ideal of a free nation under God.
King famously concluded that great speech, dreaming of the day “when all of God’s children, Black men and White men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, we are free at last.”
But soon, the inspiration
That’s the question this July 4 as just 29% of Democrats say they’re extremely proud of the country, accompanied by just 33% of Independents and 60% of Republicans. In fact, Democratic love of country has always fallen far behind that of Republicans, even during the Obama era, when it hit a temporary high of just over 50% (Republicans at the time said they were extremely proud of the country at a rate of approximately 70%).
Why is it that liberals in the United States are so much less proud of America than conservatives? These days, the answer typically given is America’s inherent sinfulness; there is nothing in the American founding worth conserving. On Independence Day, Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., tweeted, “The Declaration of Independence was written by enslavers and didn’t recognize Black people as human. Today is a great day to demand Reparations Now.” Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., similarly tweeted, “This July 4th, we must remember that we stand on stolen land toiled by enslaved Africans and recommit ourselves to the fight for freedom, equality, & justice so that these ideals are accessible to everyone, not just a privileged few. We are not free until everyone is truly free.”
America, to these types, is a platform for utopianism rather than a set of ideals worthy of emulation. The Declaration of Independence was a lie; the Constitution was merely a guise for power. And the quest for a perfect world must begin in tearing down such institutions with whatever means are at our disposal. The ends justify the means.
Thus, while Democrats fulminate over supposed threats to democracy, a federal judge this week ruled that the Biden
administration violated the First Amendment in pressuring social media companies to restrict free speech regarding COVID-19 and the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, among others; the Supreme Court ruled that the Biden White House had violated its constitutional boundaries in waiving student loan debt. Biden’s response: He pledged to utilize the executive branch to work around the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Respect for the founding means respect for founding principles. Biden and his ilk have used a misinterpretation of one founding principle -- “equality” -- to vitiate the natural rights for which the founders originally fought. When the founders said that “all men are created equal,” they meant specifically that human beings had been “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” They did not mean, as Biden suggests, that all human beings ought to be made equal in result, or that indeed, all human beings are equal in all capacities. Biden’s idea is utopian nonsense; the founders’ idea was grounded in millennia of evidence and Judeo-Christian tradition.
Patriots celebrate the founding for what it was: a breakthrough in the nature of human governance, a ringing statement in favor of liberty from the heavy hand of tyranny. Today, too many celebrate the founding only as a platform for future change -- change that would annihilate the ideals of the founding along the road to a “higher good.” This, presumably, is why Republicans are far more patriotic than Democrats even while saying that America is in the midst of a moral crisis; meanwhile, Democrats are far less patriotic while suggesting pride in America’s current moral state. Conservatives are disappointed with man’s sinfulness, but proud of the founders’ ideals; many liberals are disappointed with the founders’ ideals, and proud of man’s sinfulness.
“My mother was (imprisoned) in a labor camp,” he recalls. “We were just 5 or 6 and managing ourselves without an adult in the household. When I was 8 and 9, I worked in the railway station carrying people’s baggage.”
He got a job in a sweatshop. “We had to wake up before 7 and worked until 10 p.m. But it was a very happy time ... a time that I know I had a future.”
The chance to have a future makes such a difference.
ey to start a clothing business. “I started a very small factory. Eventually we became one of the biggest sweater factories in Hong Kong.” Gradually, his clothing business, Giordano, made him rich.
by John Stossel Syndicated Columnist
This week, while we celebrate the work of America’s founders, I honor a living freedom fighter: billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai. When Communist China crushed freedom in Hong Kong, Lai could have gone anywhere in the world and lived a life of luxury. But he chose to stay in Hong Kong and go to jail. A new documentary, “The Hong Konger,” tells his story.
Lai grew up in poverty in China.
There he learned about a little British-controlled island near China called Hong Kong, where people were less poor. So he went there “in the bottom of a fishing junk, together with maybe 100, maybe 80, people, and everybody vomiting.”
Once in Hong Kong, he was amazed at how plentiful food was. “I never saw so many things for breakfast. I was so moved. I was crying.”
At the time, Hong Kong was an unusually free country. Police enforced law and order, but otherwise, the British rulers left people alone. That allowed people to prosper.
“The British gave us the institutions of freedom,” says Lai. “Rule of law, free speech, the free market ... That created the best in the world. That was very enlightening for me.”
Lai eventually saved enough mon-
Lai assumed that the Communist Chinese, seeing the prosperity in Hong Kong, would leave the island alone. After all, even the Communists were embracing some capitalism.
“I thought China is going to be changed,” says Lai. “China is going to be like Western country that I’ve been to. I was very excited.”
But then came the Tiananmen
UNESCO is one of those United Nations agencies that most people feel pretty comfortable with.
The group’s designated World Heritage Sites form a growing global roster of iconic natural, cultural and historic locations ranging from the Grand Canyon and Independence Hall in the USA to places ranging from the city center of Rome or Florence, to India’s Taj Mahal and the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
by John J. Metzler Syndicated Columnist
Nonetheless the United States has long had a tumultuous relationship with UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization. The bone of political contention centers on what’s seen as inherent anti-Israel bias in the Paris based organization. That’s why even the Obama Administration withheld American funding in 2011 when the group extended membership to Palestine. Donald Trump formally withdrew from UNESCO in 2017.
fluence” in the consultative body. By the way, the USA owes considerable contributions in arrears, back dues if you will, amounting to $619 million!
The U.S. State Department “welcomed the way in which UNESCO had addressed in recent years emerging challenges, modernized its management and reduced political tensions.” UNESCO
among them Belarus, China, Indonesia, Iran, North Korea, Nicaragua, Palestine, Russia and Syria.
UNESCO has equally designated unique foods as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage; Ukrainian Borsht soup, the delicious French Baguette and Korean Kimchi. All Good.
At that time Nikki Haley, who was the American UN Ambassador lauded UNESCO’s purpose but charged the organization’s “extreme politicization has become a chronic embarrassment.”
America is now back among UNESCO’s 193 member states; thanks to a curious initiative by the Biden Administration to “counter China’s in-
Director-General Audrey Azoulay told Member states, “It’s a great day for UNESCO and for multilateralism. Building upon the momentum achieved in recent years, our Organization is once again moving towards universalism with this return of the United States.”
Following a two-day special session held at the body’s Paris headquarters, UNESCO’s members overwhelmingly voted to readmit the USA; but ten countries voted against Washington
The US. is assessed to pay 22 percent of UNESCO’s annual operating budget of $534 million dollars; that’s an approximately $150 million annual contribution also counting towards toward budget arrears. The United States remains UNESCO’s largest financial contributor, yet following Washington’s withdrawal under President Trump, China became the biggest donor state.
The United States previously pulled out of UNESCO in 1984 during the Reagan administration because it viewed the agency as mismanaged, corrupt and used to advance Soviet interests. The U.S. rejoined in 2003.
Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated, “If we are not engaged in in-
WOLFEBORO - On Tuesday, July 18th, the Wright Museum will welcome Mathew F. Delmont to present “Half American: The Epic Story Of African Americans Fighting World War II At Home and Abroad.” This is the sixth program of the Wright Museum’s 2023 Education Series.
Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home. Without their crucial contributions to the war effort, the United States could not have won the war. And yet the stories of these Black veterans
have long been ignored, cast aside in favor of the myth of the “Good War” fought by the “Greatest Generation.”
Half American is American history as you’ve likely never read it before. In these pages are stories of Black heroes such as Thurgood Marshall, the chief lawyer for the NAACP, who investigated and publicized violence against Black troops and veterans; Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., leader of the Tuskegee Airmen, who was at the forefront of the years-long fight to open the Air Force to Black pilots; Ella Baker, the civil rights leader who advocated on the home front for Black soldiers, veterans, and their families; James Thompson, the 26-yearold whose letter to a newspaper laying bare the hypocrisy of fighting
against fascism abroad when racism still reigned at home set in motion the Double Victory campaign; and poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a war correspondent for the Black press. Their bravery and patriotism in the face of unfathomable racism is both inspiring and galvanizing. In a time when the questions World War II raised regarding race and democracy in America remain troublingly relevant and still unanswered, this meticulously researched retelling makes for urgently necessary reading.
Dr. Matthew Delmont is the Frank J. Guarini Associate Dean of International Studies and Interdisciplinary Programs and the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History. An expert on
African-American History and the history of Civil Rights, his book, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, was published by Viking Books in October 2022. He is the author four previous books: Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African American Newspapers (Stanford University Press, 2019); Making Roots: A Nation Captivated (University of California Press, 2016); Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation (UC Press, 2016); and The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia (UC Press, 2012). He was awarded
From God is an attempt to put the thoughts of God as revealed in the Scriptures.
What Are The Consequences Of So Many “Christians” Not Living Godly Lives?
In my last letter, I reviewed my son’s, Jesus the Messiah, sermon describing what you must understand and practice in order to please me, your creator God, so that you receive my blessings in time and for eternity (Matthew 5:3-12) Please notice they are radically different from what you would think and what is valued in your world, which is in rebellion to me. If you don’t know these or have neglected them, I urge you to go back and learn them, for without them you will miss all my temporal and eternal blessings.
In my letter today, I want to address the question above and discuss the tragic consequences of believers, Christians, or pseudo Christians who bear the name but have no relationship with me or my Son, who fail to live godly lives (Matthew 5:13-16). I highlight the importance of them needing to live godly lives by calling them “the salt of the earth,” (:13) and “the light of the world.” (:14-16).
Salt , particularly in the time these words were spoken and written, was the primary preservative of foods. Without it no one would live well or long. The decay pro-
cess of essential foods would lead to sickness at best and early death at worst. When I created the world, I created it without decay or death. Since all of you have chosen to disobey me, you have all been separated from the life without death, that I enjoy.
Your world is dying just as you are dying. The decay is seen in every aspect of life but is accelerated by the absence of salt in believer or pseudo Christians who carry the name but fail to live by my power. As a result, they fail to mitigate their own decay and that of the world they live in. They are salty only as they draw on my power and live godly lives.
Notice in the text, that if they have lost their salt, which is godly character, they are good for nothing. As a result the non-believing world will walk all over them, despite the fact they were the only potential source of preservation. Once this occurs the decent into hell will be swift and sure.
Sadly, you have so many who are or claim to be mine and who bear the name of my Son, “Christian,” who have a form of godliness but who deny my power (2 Timothy 3:5). This includes your government leaders at the highest levels, your clergy, your parents and your children. The rot around you is so bad and yet most, being immersed in the sewage, can’t smell the decay that threatens your very existence.
Light, the other characteristic of genuine and faithful believers, is also essential for life (Matthew 5:14-16). I have often used your Sun, which I created, to illustrate your need for me as your Creator God. The Sun is your source of physical life, without it you will perish. If it were to be extinguished, it would take time for the effects to be felt but you must understand, it will be fatal unless you appropriate another genuine light source. In the same way I, your creator God, have life in myself, with no sin and no death. When you sinned against me, my life stopped flowing into you.
You continue to exist but what you call life is a mere shadow of that which I have and desire to give to you. When a person recognizes my son, Jesus the Messiah, came to earth to die to pay the penalty for their sins and accepts his payment and returns to me and walks with me, I once again begin to infuse them with life now and will give them perfect eternal life when they die. Sadly however, when true believers or pseudo believers fail to walk with me, their light is out and instead of bringing more light and life into the world they only increase the darkness of sin. Since sin always leads to some form of death (Romans 6:23), the only ones who can restore light and life, are useless to help others and alter the course of sin, decay and death in the
world. That is why my son spoke to believers saying, “let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds.” (5:16)
Good deeds are only possible coming from a good heart. Only as my son’s work of paying for your sins and my Spirit’s work of empowering you, will you receive a new heart and be able to do “good deeds,” so you have my light that alone can reverse the curse of sin and darkness.
Unfortunately, so many of your leaders, most of whom call themselves believers, instead of showing my good deeds, live according to the deeds of the Devil, and guide you not toward reversing the curse of sin and death but accelerating the inevitable carnage to come.
If you are to ever prosper you must not look to them but to me, my word, my son, Jesus, and my Spirit. Trust us, to deliver you from the penalty of sin and then the power of sin, so that you become the “Salt” and “Light” that alone can deliver you and those around you from increasing decay and intensifying darkness of sin and death.
Don’t miss my offer. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
I love you, God
These letters are written by Rev. Dr. Samuel Hollo, pastor at the Community Church of Alton, NH.
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LONDONDERRY - On July 31, 1973, a flight carrying 83 passengers and six crew members departed Manchester, N.H. for Boston’s Logan airport, where it crashed into a seawall while attempting to land in dense fog.
Of those on board, all but two died instantly. One survivor perished within the hour among the wreckage. Another, 20-year-old Air Force Sgt. Leopold Chouinard, would live for several months, his story of survival receiving national news coverage.
With the approach of the accident’s 50th anniversary, the crash of Delta Flight 723 remains the deadliest air disaster in New Eng -
The wreckage of Delta Flight 723 at Boston’s Logan Airport as seen in a Boston Globe news photo. The July 31, 1973 crash, in which 89 people died, remains the deadliest air disaster in New England history. Paul Houle, author of ‘The Crash of Delta Flight 723,’ will examine the accident during a program and book-signing on Thursday, July 27 at 7 p.m. at the Aviation Museum of N.H., 27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, N.H. The program is $10 per person.
land history. Today, looking back at the crash, questions arise anew. What caused it?
What changes resulted from it? How was the investigation into the crash impeded by the
Watergate scandal, just then unfolding? And there’s the human element. Who was on the plane? What were their stories?
Paul Houle, author of ‘The Crash of Delta Flight 723,’ will examine these questions and more during a program and booksigning on Thursday, July 27 at 7 p.m. at the Aviation Museum of N.H., 27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, N.H.
Houle, a former U.S. Army traffic accident investigator, will speak about the many errors that compounded to cause this tragic accident, from the mechanical to the bureaucratic. Houle, who holds a B.A. in History from the University of North Florida and a Master’s in Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, will also sign copies of his 2021 book.
Join author Paul
Houle at the Aviation Museum of N.H. on Thursday, July 27, at 7 p.m. for the presentation and book signing. The museum is located at 27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, N.H. The program is $10 per person; free to Aviation Museum members. Books retail at $35. Tickets available at the door or can be reserved in advance by calling (603) 6694877.
All proceeds support the non-profit museum’s youth aviation education outreach, including its ‘Flights of Discovery’ summer camp and its high school student planebuilding program.
One feels sorry for Oakland sports fans. They long ago lost their NHL team, the Golden Seals. They later lost the NFL Raiders. Twice. The NBA’s Golden State Warriors recently moved from Oakland to San Francisco. And now MLB’s Oakland A’s appear headed to Las Vegas to join the Raiders there in 2025.
No wonder some Oakland Coliseum home games draw less than 3000 baseball fans. Why invest time, emotion, and money into the worst team in baseball when that team’s abandoning its home there after 55 years?
One is reminded of the last couple years the Expos spent in Montreal.
Baseball’s Athletics actually first abandoned Philadelphia. Before they abandoned Kansas City. Before they abandoned Oakland. Baseball is a business—with more of a focus on cash than community.
“Show me the money!”
Major League Baseball has “only” 30 teams—two less than the magic number of 32 that the NFL and the NHL each claim. So expansion is coming. But expansion to where?
Las Vegas looks to get Oakland’s A’s.
There is talk about a return to Montreal. Or maybe Vancouver.
More likely candidates
are growing southern metropolises like Charlotte or Nashville.
Then there is Portland (Oregon). As I now have kinfolk in the Pacific Northwest, I’m especially intrigued by that option.
Baseball writer Jim Bowden took the initiative to devise a new 32 team MLB structure, with eight four team divisions. His Eastern Conference’s East Division would include the Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, and Phillies.
So much for the traditional National and American Leagues.
But tradition matters. Historical appreciation is important. But the value of such intangibles is harder to measure than corporate bottom lines.
Might big league baseball return to Oakland as it did in places like Kansas City and Milwaukee?
C’est possible.
But Oakland sports
fans must first suffer with the reality that their community is no longer a Major League city. It must be cringeworthy for them to see cities like Columbus, San Jose, Portland, or Jacksonville with big league franchises.
Even little Green Bay, Wisconsin, has an NFL team.
Maybe someday, somehow, a big-league franchise will again relocate to Oakland.
Yes, I’m looking at you, Miami Marlins!
What happened to the Oakland Golden Seals after those skaters left Oakland in 1976? (Answer follows)
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That is to say, sports standouts born on July 13 include former Buffalo Bill quarterback, Republican Congressman, and 1996 vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp (1935).
“There’s no longer any there there.” – famed American writer Gertrude Stein re: the fact that her childhood home in Oakland disappeared.
The Seals moved to Ohio where they became the NHL’s Cleveland Barons. In 1978 the Barons merged with the Minnesota North Stars, who later moved to Dallas.
State Representative Mike Moffett was a Sports Management Professor for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He co-authored the award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” which is available on Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@ comcast.net.
After spending decades in the workforce, you might look forward to the day you retire. But if you decide, for one reason or another, that you’d like to redefine “retirement” to include part-time work or consulting, you could enjoy exercising your skills and meeting new people. But you can also receive some key financial benefits.
Specifically, bringing in some paychecks in your retirement can help you in these areas:
• You could contribute more to your IRA. During your working years, you may have contributed regularly to an IRA, but once you retired, you might have thought those days were over. But there’s no age limit –if you have any earned income, you can contribute to an IRA and boost the financial resources you have available for retirement.
• You could potentially lower your withdrawal rate. Once you’re retired, you will likely need to rely on your investment portfolio to provide you with some – or maybe most – of your income. Consequently, you’ll need to establish an appropriate withdrawal rate – a percentage of your portfolio that you can take out each year without running the risk of potentially outliving your money. Income from parttime work or consulting may lower your dependency on investment income, thereby reducing your annual withdrawal rate and extending the overall longevity of your investment portfolio.
• You could add to your grandchildren’s 529 plans. When you invest in a 529 education savings plan, the earnings and withdrawals are federally tax-free, provided the money is used for qualified education expenses. As a grandparent, you can contribute to
a 529 plan with your grandchildren as beneficiaries. And a 529 plan can be used for more than college – it can fund some programs at trade schools and K-12 expenses in some states. So, by putting some of your earned income to work in a 529 plan, you can help improve your grandchildren’s prospects.
• You could reduce your debts. By the time you reach retirement, you may or may not have retired your mortgage, but you might have other debts on your books. If you can apply some of your earned income to these debts, you can improve your cash flow and possibly avoid dipping into your retirement accounts for shortterm needs.
Of course, you’ll also have to consider some issues if you end up working in retirement, particularly if you bring in a sizable amount of money. For example, if you’re earning income and collecting Social Security before you reach your “full” retirement age – which is likely between 66 and 67 – your monthly benefits will be reduced. (However, these “lost” benefits will be restored once you do reach your full retirement age.) Also, the added income could push you into a higher tax bracket or even cause you to pay the Medicare premium surcharge or the 3.8% surtax on net investment income if your income reaches certain levels. So, before embarking on any employment that may yield a large additional income, consult with your tax advisor.
Overall, though, the financial benefits of part-time employment income during your retirement years may be worth it – so give some thought to “unretiring.”
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It’s July and the lake trout are moving into deep water in numbers I haven’t seen in several years. It normally takes until August before I see good numbers of lake trout in water over 100-feet. This year, they began moving deep in June. Right now, there are lake trout scattered in water from 45-feet to 125-feet deep, making for easy picking and your choice of trolling or jigging. Lately we have been starting out with an hour of jigging before setting the downriggers and finishing out my guide trips trolling. Being that the lakers are prime for jigging, I thought I would revisit some info about jigging.
For many lake trout angler, trolling is synonymous with lake trout fishing. Trolling spoons and streamer flies as high as 25feet off bottom is effective, but nothing gets my blood pumping like vertical jigging them. I like trolling for salmon, rainbows, and lake trout, but there is something about feeling a lake trout bite on a vertical presentation. The thump, the hook set, and the fight are a blast.
When lake water temperatures reach their highest, usually in August, lake trout will head deep. As the days grow shorter, the lakers
Tim recommends vertical jigging for kids over trolling dude to the increased action.
begin to school up in greater numbers and feed aggressively. The shorter days tell the trout that it’s almost time for them to spawn. For that they will need energy in the form of fat reserves, which they usually get from feeding on rainbow smelt, and sometimes they feed all day.
Summer lake trout are typically found in some of the deepest areas of a lake. On Lake Winnipesaukee they often suspend 100’ down over 150’ of water. This makes them somewhat easier to locate, but not always easy to catch. They typically see a
ored Nervous Minnow Jointed Jig from Daddy Mac Lures. It is my signature series lure, but I wouldn’t even mention it if it didn’t work. It works better than any other lure I have ever used for lake trout. The Daddy Mac 1/2-ounce Albie jig in blue is a blade-style spoon that also closely resembles the size and profile of the rainbow smelt that lake trout are often feeding on, and is one of my favorites, especially on Lake Winnipesaukee. These lures are compliant with the New Hampshire lead ban, as they are considered a spoon by definition. As for a particular jigging cadence, the fish pick the winners. Vary your cadence until you figure out what best triggers bites and, pay
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fair amount of fishing pressure and there are usually so many smelt in the same area that dropping your jig into them is like throwing a needle into a haystack. Using a lure that they haven’t seen before is sometimes the key to a more productive trip.
My favorite lures are metal jigs designed with sizes and profiles which closely resemble that ofac small baitfish and are designed specifically for vertical jigging. If you look inside my tackle box, there are two lures that will always be there. My ultimate favorite is the 1.4 ounce smelt-col -
Whoopie Pies are decidedly New England while their popularity has garnered them international fame. After nearly one hundred years of commercial production there is nary a soul, certainly within this readership, in this country, let alone the civilized world, who is not at least passingly familiar with the Whoopie Pie. But, just as a review, here is the basic composition: two small chocolate cake rounds, dome-like in structure, typically small enough to hold in one hand (the other hand holds the ice cold glass of milk). In between the two cakes is typically found a generous amount of white frosting or filling (recipes vary). Resembling a giant sandwich cookie, that is the quintessential classic Whoopie Pie.
So where did “Gob,” “Bobs,” and other names come from? Your guess is as good as anyones. And where did the Whoopie Pie originate from? Some say it’s a Maine thing. (Did you know that in 2011 Maine passed legislation to make the Whoopie Pie the offi -
cial state treat?) Others claim these delectable confections origins are from Massachusetts while some say Pennsylvania. Regardless of where they hail from, I am glad someone got the idea to put two pieces of chocolate sponge together and hold them in place with a generous amount of sweet sugary cream filling. Afterall, only the most fastidious among us wouldn’t like cake on the go.
One of my nieces and I decided that after school let out for the summer we would get together and work on improving our baking and cooking skills. While sitting on the
What we ended up with was, well, in a word… goop! Lots and lots of creamy white goop. Oh it looked good, and it tasted sweet and delicious. But, it had very little body. “So, what do we do Uncle Eric?”
Well, I admit, while not exactly crestfallen, I was at a loss. After all, I was supposed to be the mentor in this exchange. Looking at our bowl of “kerfuffl”¨ the frugal Scotsman in me was determined not to throw it out. So I said, “Add more sugar.” So we added more sugar. And more sugar. And more sugar. The results were the same: sweet, white, goop. Time for Plan B or “WWMD.”
deck one afternoon brainstorming some ideas for our get togethers, Whoopie Pies came to mind. After some homework, grubbing about some recipe boxes and “surfing the net,” thoughts turned to reality and behold! Whoopie Pies! The cakes were good. They had that moist, rich, deep, dark, decadent appearance, signature domes, and a definitive chocolate taste. But the filling, while tasty, lacked the ability to keep its form.
So here we are on one of the hottest days in June, trying to make a fluffy Gob filling out of butter, fluff, confectioners sugar, and vanilla.
Now, while WWMD has been employed for generations, it is not to be trifled with, it is not for just any occasion. WWMD is for use only under extreme conditions, when all other reasonable avenues have failed. And because WWMD can have potentially damaging effects to one’s ego with repeated or prolonged use, WWMD is for those times when thoughts turn to ¨surely this culinary masterpiece has gone off the rails and is careaning headlong at an unstoppable speed over the precipice¨. WWMD is the kitchen dwellers ¨panic button¨ when just inches left between you and imminent catastrophic disaster. WWMD is that branch, that solid anchor seemingly sprouted from nowhere
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On Saturday, July 15th from 6-8pm join historian Steve Taylor for the program “NH’s One Room SchoolsThe Romance and The Reality” at the Dana Meeting House, Dana Hill Road, New Hampton, NH.
Hundreds of oneroom school houses dotted the landscape of New Hampshire a century ago and they were the backbone of primary education for generations of children. Revere in literature and lore, they actually were beset with problem, some of which are little changed today.
Learn more of this fascinating history from Steve Taylor, writer and longtime scholar of New Hamp-
shire’s rural history and culture.
Free and open to the public. Sponsored by New Hampshire Humanities.
by JoAnn Deerson Syndicated Columnist
* When baking, you can slow the rising time of dough by placing it in a cool place to rise. You can even let it rise in the refrigerator! Basically, it’s done rising when it’s doubled in size, so use that as your guide.
* Place individual fabric softener sheets into sneakers to keep them fresh between wearings. You can use
this for other shoes, too. Just be aware that the softener sheet should stay inside the shoe; it could discolor certain fabrics on the outside.
* “I have long hair, and it always jams up the shower drain. I tried one of those hair catcher things, but the drain doesn’t recess enough. What I did was to cut a piece of stiff screen to fit the drain hole, and I
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secured it with a hair pin that dangles down. It catches everything. Nothing slips under it, and I can clean it off easily.” -- I.R. in Massachusetts
* “It used to be that my kids would do something cute and I’d scramble to dig out the camera, only for the moment to be passed. Now I keep two cameras (digital photos and video camera) charged up and ready to go in a bowl on a high shelf. I grab it and turn it on -- that’s it.” -- T.F. in Idaho
* When baking savory bread, try substituting vegetable broth for the water in your recipe. It adds a deeper element of flavor to the bread. Just try to use low-sodium broth so you don’t add too much salt to your bread.
* “If you have a little one who is afraid of the bedroom because of ‘monsters,’ try getting your hands on some ‘Monster Away Spray.’ I used a can of air freshener that I decorated with paper to make a new label. Fooled the kids and eased their fears quickly.” -- W.L. in Arkansas
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ACKERLY’S
Grill & Galley
83 Main Street, Alton 603.875.3383
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TAVERN
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Henniker - Working Man’s Porter
Concord Craft - Safe Space
Stoneface - IPA
Moat Mtn - Blueberry 603 - Winni Amber Ale +6 More On Tap
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At Funspot 579 Endicott St N., Weirs 603.366.4377 funspotnh.com
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Jack’s Abby - Bella Lago
Zero Gravity - Frankie
Unseen Creatures - Agama
Mast Landing - Jonah Austin St. - Patina Pale Ale
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FOSTER’S TAVERN
403 Main Street Alton Bay, NH 603-875-1234 fosterstavernbythebay.com
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Tuckerman - Pale Ale
Aqua Vue Haze -Muddy Road Brewery
Sam - Seasonal
Allagash - White
Maine - Lunch IPA
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JOHNSON’S TAPHOUSE
At Johnson’s Seafood & Steak 69 Rt 11, New Durham 603.859.7500 eatatjohnsons.com/ newdurham
Lone Pine -Brightside
Widowmaker -Blue Comet
Shipyard -Smashed
Pumpkin
Jack Abby -Red Tape
Muddy Road -1762 Porter
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286 S. Main St., Wolfeboro 603.569-3662 Morrisseysfrontporch.com
Morrisseys’ 20 Year Lager by Great North Smithwick’s
Guinness
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1253 Upper City Rd., Pittsfield overthemoonfarmstead.com
Oatmeal Stout
London Porter
Pitt Stop Pils
Coffee Porter
No Need To ArgueCranberry Mead
Maple Apple Cider
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18 Weirs Rd., Gilford 603.293.0841 Patrickspub.com
Patrick’s Slainte House Ale
Great North - Moose Juice
Guinness
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Maine Beer – Lunch IPA
Dogfish Head – 120 Minute
Kilkenny – Irish Red Ale
Foundation – Tropical Jam
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Founders – Imperial Breakfast Stout
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TAMWORTH - The Barnstormers Theatre presents Joseph Kesselring’s hilarious classic satire Arsenic and Old Lace, July 13 – July 22nd.
Mortimer Brewster is living a happy life: he has a steady job at a prominent New York newspaper, he’s just become engaged, and he gets to visit his sweet spinster aunts (Vinette Cotter and Jean Mar Brown) to announce the engagement. Mortimer always knew that his family had a bit of a mad gene — one brother believes himself to be Teddy Roosevelt and the other strangely now resembles Boris Karloff — but his world is turned upside down when he realizes that his dear aunts have been poisoning lonely old men for years! When Mortimer’s ma-
niacal brother, Jonathan returns on the night that the aunts
bury the
sanity as well.
Perhaps best known through the 1944 film adaptation starring Cary Grant, directed by Frank Capra, The Barnstormers also has a long history with the Brewster Family, first performing Arsenic and Old Lace in 1950! This farcical comedy is sure to continue to delight The Barnstormer audience.
Directed by Clayton Phillips, the production stars Vinette Cotter and Jean Mar Brown as the Brewster sisters, Jordan Ahnquist and Dale Place as Mortimer and Teddy Brewster, David Sitler as Jonathan Brewster, along with Andrew Sellon, Amahri Edwards-Jones, C. Mingo Long, Craig Capone, Bob Bates, Kevin Herrera, Jorge Barranco and Dustin Teuber.
“How exciting is it
to have the Brewster Family back on stage at The Barnstormers Theatre, and with such a tremendous cast! This show holds such a special place in not just American Theatre, but in the hearts of The Barnstormers actors and audiences as well. We can’t wait to share it with you! ” - Sarah Rozene, Artistic Director
Arsenic and Old Lace is presented at the Barnstormers Theatre, 104 Main Street, Tamworth, NH. This production is sponsored by the Grappone Automotive Group. Tickets are $20-$39.50. Discounted same-day tickets for Carroll County residents, and budgetfriendly Family Packages available. Intermission refreshments sponsored by Whippletree Winery and Tuckerman Brewing Co. For more information and tickets, visit barnstormerstheatre.org or call 603-323-8500.
The Barnstormers Theatre has been in operation for over 93 years and has produced a wide variety of plays and musicals. The Barnstormers is committed to providing high-quality entertainment for audiences of all ages.
In the spirit of the Shakers, who were known for building furniture characterized by its simplicity, clean lines, and fine craftsmanship, Canterbury Shaker Village will host Woodwright’s Apprentice Workshop on Saturday, July 15.
The workshop begins with teaching participants how to identify the trees commonly used by woodwrights and how they were turned into lumber. The workshop will also examine the properties of different species of wood and safe use of basic hand tools.
The workshop concludes with each team assembling and finishing a stool, without any glue or fasteners, that they get to take home. “This workshop is wonderful for parents, or grandparents, with a child,” said Les-
lie Nolan, executive director of the Village. “The simplicity and timeless design of Shaker furniture is the inspiration behind this workshop.”
Woodwright’s Apprentice Workshop takes place on Sat -
urday, July 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The cost is $250 for an adult and child.
To register for the workshop, purchase tour tickets, or learn more about the Village, which interprets Shaker life through
tours, exhibits, buildings, gardens, and programs, visit shakers.org.
Canterbury Shaker Village is a member of the NH Heritage Museum Trail, which connects the public with culturally rich heritage institutions in New Hampshire. For more information, visit nhmuseumtrail.org.
TUFTONBORO – Located in the former general store in the heart of Melvin Village, this new shop with a vintage vibe opened in May to a huge welcome. Anchored in a community that values time-honored traditions and still looks for a place to connect with others - as the general store would have done 100+ years ago - the shop offers an eclectic collection of household items, time-tested belongings, antique and vintage furniture and home decor. Punctuated by some modern touches by local artisans, it is an ever-changing array of ideas and inspiration to add to your own home and garden.
Shop owners Sharon
Anderson and Paige Nicholl, both long-time local residents, recognized the need for something like this in Tuftonboro and were looking for a change after years in the real estate industry. Even with no prior experience in retail, they jumped in and have created something pretty special that blends in with and complements surrounding businesses. With only a few weeks
under their belts, the overwhelmingly positive response from customers – many saying simply, “Thank you for opening this!”
– has been gratifying. The shop is also a nod to the hugely popular Geez Louise, which was in the same location several years ago.
“The items for sale change every single day, so that’s part of the fun of it for us,” Anderson says. “Every day is a new adventure!” With multiple sources for inventory, the landscape of the shop varies even from hour to hour. With turnover like this, shopping turns into a bit of a treasure hunt because you never know what you’ll find. Looking for an ice bucket? A Packard hood ornament? Wedgewood china or Pyrex? Antique pine furniture? It’s all here … at some point!
The motto here is to reuse, restore, repurpose, repeat ... to give new purpose to what we already have and find homes for the
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white elephants. The main entrance to the shop features an old breadboard hung by the door and enjoying a new life as a shop sign. You are invited to come take a look and be prepared to leave with some treasures. And if for some reason you don’t, try again tomorrow. That perfect gem just might be here!
Melvin Village Mercantile is open Wednesday through Sunday, 9:00AM –4:30 PM.
out of the side of the cliff, there to catch you as you fall headlong into the Grand Canyon. WWMD is the answer when asking, “What Would Mom Do?”
Funny how the voice of wisdom calling from the far dark recesses of my mind is always Mom’s voice. This time it said, “Cream of Tartar.” Cream of Tartar has a multitude of uses, my mom used it as a stabilizer and a leavening agent in certain baking applications. Used properly, it has the ability to hold, but one must be judicious in the amount employed because it can impart a bitter or tangy taste if too much is used. In the case of this filling, the Cream of Tartar had very little to no effect for a thickening hold. Too little? Not sure. But, not wanting to botch the batch I used very little. We tried a little bit of cornstarch slurry as this too could be used as a thickener. But this too had little effect. So we decided to take a break, have some lunch, and tackle the issue anew after our brief respite.
Chilling in the fridge for an hour or so helped. But, being such a hot day, the effects were short lived. We made fast work of filling and capping the Whoopie Pies and put the finished product into the fridge to firm up… again. In talking with a friend, a pastry chef, she suggested that it was the butter, the heat of the day, and the added heat of mixing at high speeds, in essence ¨the perfect storm¨ that led to the lack of “body” for our filling. On hot summer days shorting at slow speeds may offer better results.
Two great tastes that
Yield: About 26 Time: Approx 1.5 hours
1 2/3 Cups AP Flour
2/3 Cup Cocoa Powder
1 ½ tsp. Baking Soda
½ tsp. Salt
1 Stick Butter Unsalted
1 Cup Brown Sugar (lightly
packed)
1 Lg. Egg (room temp.)
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
1 ¼ Cups Milk
1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. Cider Vinegar
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Combine the Cider Vinegar and the Milk and set aside.
- In a bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt and whisk together.
- In a mixing bowl beat on low to begin, sugar and butter, scrape down the sides of the bowl and then beat on med/high to make fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and continue to mix.
- Add half the dry ingredients to the wet and continue to mix, then alternate adding the milk and remaining dry ingredients until all are incorporated. Batter should be scoopable, moist, holding its basic form when deposited.
- deposit evenly spaced scoops, 12 per parchment lined cookie sheet, and bake for 11 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for about 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.
¾ Cup Fluff
4-Tbsp. Solid Shortening
2 ¼ Cups Confectioners Sugar
1 ½ tsp. Vanilla Extract
TT Salt
3 Tbsp. Milk (Makes More Than Neeeded. Store Refrigerated For Cakes/Brownie Frosting)
- Cream together on LOW speed peanut butter, fluff, and shortening. Add the vanilla and blend well on low.
- Add the confectioners sugar by the ¼ cup and allow to fully incorporate before adding the next ¼ cup. Continue to blend on low, increasing to low/medium if the mixer sounds sluggish. Add milk as needed a little at a time alternating between the sugar and the milk. Filling should be the consistency of light frosting. Add more confectioners sugar if needed.
- Pipe onto one cake (flat side up) and cap with another cake to make the Whoopie Pie.
- Store Whoopie Pies in a air tight container.
- Refrigerate extra filling for up to five days.
go great together, peanut butter and chocolate have a long history of being co-conspirators, so it should come as no surprise that Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies are delicious. With my bruised ego healing from the previous day’s foray into Whoopie Pies I decided to employ what I learned. Now, I will say that at first
I had my doubts, the flavors were subtle, almost too mellow. I wanted a real strong “POP!¨ And given their initial lack of flavor, I truly thought I was going to be stuck with over two dozen mildly peanut butter flavored Whoopie Pies. Yes, I know, there probably are worse dilemmas in this world. But, like Jack and his “magic
beans.” I retired for the evening, chagrined, my spirits downcast. The next day dawned bright, a translucent plastic cover was the only thing between me and temptation. Lifting the lid, that familiar scent of peanut butter mixed with notes of chocolate wafted forth beckoning. Imagine my surprise when the flavor I was expecting
the day before finally revealed itself. And by day three and four the flavor only gained in its intensity. It truly was a taste worth the wait. Now, anything looking like a Whoopie Pie residing on the counter for more than a day in this house is remote at best, but the last one I just finished for breakfast while writing this article. And I was not the only one to indulge in such a ritual. And
to the sanctimonious, the priggish of such things as Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies for breakfast, I say stop and ask yourself this question before you let fly the chastisement. What is the difference between a breakfast of chocolate donuts bedecked with all manner of gloppy frosting and this Simple Feast?
Enjoy!
of the newly appointed judges to the new court made an appearance and officially opened the new court with the clerk of the old court serving as the clerk of the new court. A couple of judges from the old court, however, were not ready to surrender their positions and convened the old court with a newly appointed clerk present.
In September the court was scheduled to meet in Exeter but neither was able to accomplish anything because the clerk of the new court had in his possession the paper relating to the old court and the county officials would not cooperate with the old court so they both adjourned without transacting business.
Because of the confusion caused by the action of New Hampshire’s legislature in trying to change the makeup of the court by changing the court itself, and the inability of both the old court and the newly ap -
pointed court to function, Governor Gilman called for a special session of the legislature to meet in October to
rule on the matter. Apparently the two remaining judges of the old court had issued rulings concerning the
constitutionality of the new court and a committee of the citizens asked them for a copy of such to present to the legislature.
The committee expressed that the act of the legislature in changing courts left the state in a “peculiar and embarrassed situation.” Judges Clifton Clagett and Richard Evans replied that “...The late novel and alarming innovation on the principles of the constitution is calculated to excite a ferment in the minds of the people...” There was concern that the insistence of both courts that they were the legitimate one might lead to violence among the people, so Judges Clagett and Evans stated that all measures should be avoided that might tend to promote civil commotion. In his opinion, though, Judge Clagett wrote that any act affecting the terms of office of the judges was “unconstitutional, unreasonable, inoperative, and void.”
According to the constitution the term for judges was to be for life or with a mandatory retirement age of 70, as long as their behavior was good. Abolishing the court would deny the judges of that term of office. The judge also used precedence as an argument for keeping his job in the court. He argued that the Superior Court had been the high court of New Hampshire for nearly two centuries, some of that going back to William III of Great Britain when New Hampshire was a colony. He said that under the laws of England, once the king had appointed judges he had no power to remove them, indicat-
ing, that as a colony and then a state, New Hampshire’s governor nor the legislature had the authority to remove appointed judges. So, this judge on the old court, on his opinion of the legislature’s act to abolish and replace it with a new one, wrote,
other free country!”
Judge Evans agreed, saying, “The act entitled ‘ An act establishing a Supreme Judicial Court and Circuit Courts of Common Pleas,’is unconstitutional and not law.”
The New Hampshire legislature, meeting in special session, however, disagreed, and on a party line vote upheld their previous action in abolishing the old Court and establishing the new. The rational for this was that the Court was originally established by the legislature and not by the State Constitution, thereby making it legal for the legislature to change it’s own laws. The new Chief Justice, appointed by the Governor was Jeremiah Smith.
At the next election the political party that was opposed to the new Court won the majority of seats in the legisla-
ture and the act that established the new Court was repealed and the old Court was reestablished. Judge Clagett was elected to Congress, and Judge Evans died at the age of 39, so they didn’t return to the Court. Several times
in the 19th century the make-up of the Superior or Supreme Court was changed by similar tactics, and it wasn’t until 1966 that an amendment to the State Constitution prevented the possibility of such a political move, designed to re-
place New Hampshire judges on its highest Court with those that would be sympathetic to the political preferences of majority party in control of the executive and legislative branches, from happening again.
Concerning precedence, Judge Clagett wrote: “Can a precedent be found in support of the act intended to abolish this Court?
No, not a solitary instance in this or any
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your efforts on other critters such as butterflies, dragonflies, snakes, frogs or anything else active during the day.
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Birds will also seek out water sources such as streams, lakes and birdbaths when the temperature soars. They may not plunge themselves into the water like a human would do, but they splash around or take sips of water to keep cool. It’s important to keep your birdbaths clean and filled with fresh water during the summer. During extremely hot and dry weather, birdbaths
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Shorebirds in particular utilize water during hot days as shade is rare or nonexistent on beaches. They will wade in with both feet or even dip down to soak their feathers. If they have nestlings, shorebirds will return
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Square massacre. That inspired Lai to start a media company. Media are important, he said, because they deliver information, “which is choice, and choice is freedom.”
Lai’s media business thrived. He covered Chinese government abuses when other Hong Kong media wouldn’t. “Everybody was so chickened out, so scared. They went into self-censorship to avoid offending the Communists.”
Even foreign investors kept quiet to protect their investments in China.
Then, in 2020, China passed a “national security” law that de-
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“It became impossible for media to survive!” complained Lai. “Whatever we say can be sedition.”
A conviction for sedition would mean jail time, three years to life.
But Lai kept his paper open.
“If we just surrender,” he said, “We will lose the rule of law. Lose the freedom. We will lose everything.”
Hong Kong did lose its freedom, but Lai still refused to leave. “I came here without anything. ... I owe freedom my life. ... Don’t think about the consequences. Do what is right.”
For publishing the
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Lai was arrested and sentenced to five years in jail. Chinese officials say they may add more years.
Still, Lai says he doesn’t regret his decision to stay.
“It would be so boring just being a businessman. I want to make my life more meaningful and interesting. That’s why I got into the trouble I got into today. And I’m happy to have it.”
Happy?
Jimmy Lai is a remarkable man, and a hero of freedom.
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war without congressional approval. This unconstitutional power shift must be rectified. Let us pass the “Defend The Guard Act”(HB229), ensuring that Congress fulfills its obligations before our friends and fellow Granite Staters in uniform are sent into harm’s way. It is time to uphold our Constitution, protect our troops, and restore the principles that define our great nation.
Derek Proulx Derry, NH.To The Editor: Anyone following the news is well aware our country is faced with many serious problems: high Inflation, immigration issues, abortion rights, climate change, and the large and increasing national debt just to name a few. However, I would argue the most pressing current problems we face are related to the growing divisions within our country.
I’m a retired senior citizen who has followed politics closely all my life and I have voted for both major parties at one time or another. However, I cannot believe how ugly things have gotten over the last few years. Every issue, large and small,
seems to devolve into “Left vs. Right”, “us vs, them” confrontations. I’m old enough to remember when members of the opposing political parties addressed each other with respect, compromised, and worked together to get things done. No more. Now, it’s criticize and investigate, on virtually everything. Our country is being torn apart by viciousness and anger stoked by hardliners on both sides.
We have a critical election coming up in 2024 and I believe the first question that should be posed to every political candidate for every national office regardless of party, should be: “What are you going to do to help bring the country back together?” If they don’t have a good, sincere answer, don’t vote for them, because, it seems to me, if we don’t solve this problem, nothing else much matters.
And, in my opinion, if there was ever an argument for term limits, it’s the current situation in congress. We badly need new faces with fresh ideas.
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of God Almighty and freedom floated into the sky to be displaced on the ground with the cynicism and ambition of politics and political power.
The ideal of individual freedom and equal treatment under the law was displaced by the idea that justice is achieved through government power and social engineering.
A federal bureaucracy grew out of the 1964 Civil Rights Act -- the Civil Rights Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the Office of Minority Business Enterprise, etc. -- all empowered with understanding that discrimination in favor of certain racial groups was lawful and constitutional.
Then, in the early 1970s, it went beyond correcting the historic evil of slavery and the legacy of racism against African Ameri-
cans to become in general about race and ethnicity.
In 1973, the Federal Interagency Committee on Education was directed to produce rules classifying Americans by race and ethnicity and it responded with five racial/ethnic categories: American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, White and Hispanic.
In polling done by Pew several months ago, 50% said they disapprove of colleges using race and ethnicity in their admission policy and 33% said they approve. However, among Blacks, 29% said they disapprove and 47% said they approve.
Unfortunately, King’s great dream of freedom, which inspired the Civil Rights Movement, has been lost in the hearts and minds of many Black Americans and eclipsed by social engineering.
What the Supreme Court has done is show
that our Constitution embodies and codifies that dream.
We’ll all be better off for the court’s courageous decision against social engineering and for a nation of free citizens, treated equally under the law.
Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and host of the weekly television show “Cure America with Star Parker.” To find out more about Star Parker and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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ternational institutions, we leave a void and we lose an opportunity to advance American values and interests on the global stage. Wherever and whenever new rules are being debated, Americans need to be at the table.”
France’s left-leaning Le Monde newspaper opines that the UNESCO deal opens the “return of American financial resources.” This editorial adds that the breakthrough will enable Washington to “settle a debt of $600 million and is bound to revitalize the institution.” It’s noted that Frenchwoman Audrey Azoulay heads UNESCO “with an uncontested mastery.” Clearly this is a done deal and Antony Blinken’s State Department is celebrating. But what about some measures and metrics to test whether the American investment in a renewed UNESCO is worth our millions?
First; Form a bipar-
tisan Congressional Committee to oversee UNESCO to make certain they are keeping to their promise of transparency and reform. Demand Accountability.
Second; Begin serious renegotiation of Washington’s onerous 22 percent financial assessment. These numbers are based on outdated contribution assessments which don’t take into account the economic rise of many of the G-20 countries, especially China.
Third; given that China has become UNESCO’s largest donor, thus holding widening political clout, let’s also reduce Beijing’s annual contributions so we don’t fall victim to the “He Who pays the Piper Syndrome” but rather equably spread the financial responsibility.
Fourth; Let’s carefully assess and monitor what we actually gain from UNESCO and how it helps or hinder America’s global soft power agenda.
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World Heritage Sites and unique Cuisines are laudable but does this cost $543 million annually? Admittedly UNESCO notably works with girls education projects in developing countries. And I’m particularly happy they’re coordinating the reconstruction of Iraq’s historic city of Mosul which was under barbaric ISIL control for three years.
One rationalization Biden Administration used for rejoining UNESCO is countering China’s growing influence and diplomatic footprint in the UN. Fair point. But let’s see if our wider investment is really warranted or wasted.
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