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Summer Fun! The Best Summer Ever Starts Right Here!

Turtletown Pond is a 159 acre pond in Concord and the NH Fish & Game provides access to its waters for boating and fishing. The New Hampshire Fish & Game owns and maintains 142 public boat access sites around the state. Visit fishnh.com/access for a list or to find Fish and Game boat ramps by town. For more information, call Fish BECCA MUNROE PHOTO and Game Boat Access Coordinator Garret Graaskamp at (603) 271-1748.

Paddling & Hiking Fun

At Turtletown Pond & Oak Hill by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Columnist

The used kayaks we bought earlier this summer are proving to be a ton of fun. We use the

New Hampshire Fish & Game’s Boating and Fishing Public Access maps on their website: www.wildlife.state.nh.us/maps/. Using the website I have discovered many places

not far from home to paddle. Boat ramps aren’t for swimming they are for launching boats only. Becca and I met at Turtletown Pond in Concord. Becca has a cool kayak

that she bought years ago from L.L. Bean. It fits right inside her Subaru SUV. The kayak is made up of three pieces that fit together and then snap See PATENAUDE on 18

COMPLIMENTARY

The NH Jewish Food Festival For the last 23 years, the New Hampshire Jewish Food Festival at Temple B’nai Israel (TBI) in Laconia has brought people together from all over New Hampshire and beyond to dine “under the tent”. But this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jewish Food Festival will be a takeout event only. Orders can be placed online at www.tbinh.org, from July 27 to August 10 and picked up curbside, by appointment, at the temple, 210 Court Street in Laconia. A drive through system will be used for everyone’s safety and masks are required. Behind the scenes in the TBI kitchen, talented cooking crews of women and men had begun the preparations for the Festival by participating in cooking and baking sessions in expectation of the hundreds of hungry customers looking for their annual taste of traditional Jewish foods. As the pandemic emerged and forced the state to close, so did the TBI kitchen. The Food Festival committee members agreed they didn’t want to disappoint their faithful fol- See JEWISH on 14

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Remembering Niel Young To The Editor: After enjoying his weekly column in the Weirs Times for some time, I became one of Niel Young’s loyal listeners upon first hearing his Saturday morning program on WEZS shortly after we moved to the Lakes Region in 1996. I and many of his other listeners called his program to tell him that 1 hour was not enough. He expanded to 2 hours, then 3 hours, and finally 4 hours on Saturday mornings plus a 1-hour daily program when all things political were discussed by a variety of people, some of whom are now online friends. He was so passionate about his pro-America message that he found his own sponsors for the program which was open to many callers who also became loyal listeners. Niel was a God-loving fierce advocate for and defender of America. Even though there were angry exchanges with callers at times (don’t you dare attack the US Constitution) there was also plenty of laughter as Niel surrounded himself with other patriots. Everyone who listened to his program learned about Niel’s great love for his wife Betty, his children, and grandchildren. His pride in their accomplishments was mentioned often. It would be an understatement to say that Niel will be missed by many of us who loved the outspoken patriotic man whose mission was

to help save the United States Constitution for the future generations. Well done, dear friend. Denise Crompton Nashua NH.

Grateful for Governor Sununu’s Leadership

To The Editor: When one looks at all available data, recognizes the unique position New Hampshire has been in since March, and looks at how other states have fared under the impact of COVID – 19, one thing becomes increasingly clear: Governor Chris Sununu kept New Hampshire safe, and has masterfully navigated this current crisis. Governor Sununu, from day one, took a significant leadership role. No New Hampshire Governor has ever had to have such a day-to-day, hands-on approach to governing and management. Clearly, Governor Sununu’s experience managing his businesses before he became Governor gave him the exact tool set needed to handle the crisis effectively. There will be those on the fringes who believe Governor Sununu did too much or didn’t do enough; clearly based on public polls those two groups are solidly in the minority in our state. I’m grateful for the leadership delivered by Governor Chris Sununu, and I look forward to electing him to a third term this November with

an overwhelming majority of Granite Staters. Nick De Mayo Sugar Hill, NH.

Consequence Of Resistance

To the Editor: The saddest thing about someone who loses his/her life at the hands of the police is that the death is almost always the consequence of the deceased’s resistance to being arrested. The likelihood of someone dying when he/ she fully complies with police orders is nearly, and should be, zero. To protect the public, police are charged to complete an arrest even if there’s resistance. Having watched as 4-6 police struggled to control a medium sized, violently resisting man, I am sure no police want to engage in such struggles; they result in too many police injuries and deaths. Peaceful exchanges can turn violent and dangerous instantly. (Violence warnings: https://tinyurl.com/y7qfglbx https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=s_Ppgh) People are not innocent victims if they are injured in the struggle to arrest them. There is no easy, safe way to control someone who resists arrest. If it comes down to it, the police deserve to go home safely, not a person who resists arrest. What saddens me more than the deaths of people who resist ar- See MAILBOAT on 24

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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When Rum Ruled NH Had A Drinking Problem

by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

century into the 20th, there can be found the reason for so much rum.

In the first half of the 1800’s New Hampshire had a drinking problem.

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Almost everybody drank alcoholic beverages, and many of the inhabitants drank a lot. Though rum was one of the most available of beverages it was not the only one used by New Hampshire citizens. Barrels of hard cider were stored in the cellars of rural homes, being the product of very productive apple trees in some areas of the state, and in places like Littleton, potato whiskey was available. The story of New Hampshire’s drinking problem is probably found somewhere in the middle of a history book of your town with the explanation that the customs were different back then, as they were. See SMITH on 22

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Eight cents for a pint of rum, sixteen cents for a quart, 29 cents for two quarts, and 54 cents for a gallon of the alcoholic beverage. A New Hampton merchant who, as was customary in those days, sold a good amount of rum on July 3, 1930 from the store he ran out of his home. According to the store ledger one man purchased six gallons of rum for three dollars. It wasn’t just the amount of that beverage that was purchased that Saturday of old, the day before the fourth of July, that was a surprise to me. It was the percentage of sales of rum compared to other items that continued to be sold when there was no holiday that got my attention and aroused my curiosity. A good amount of tobacco also seemed to be among the best sellers of 1830. Then I discovered that within the history books of some New Hampshire towns written about the turn of the

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Franklin Opera House Fundraiser

Summer Vacation Craft Fair In Wolfeboro

The Franklin Opera House will hold an online auction this year starting on July 19th and going to July 31st called “Lights, Camera, AUCTION!” It’s final hour, at 7pm on July 31 will be streamed on YouTube with entertainment and last-minute fervent bidding. This final hour will be hosted by Opera House Board Member and Emcee Leigh Webb, with musical entertainment provided by fiddler Audrey Budington and guitarist and singer Bob Rutherford. Over 75 items are listed in the auction, which can be found at www.32auctions.com/FOH. There’s something for everyone, and items may be added at any time, so you’ll want to visit more than once. This event is made possible with a grant from AutoServ of Tilton, annual sponsor of the Celebrity Waiter Dinner and Auction.

Come and join in the fun at the Summer Vacation Craft Fair on July 24-26 formerly held at Brewster Academy & held this year at The Nick, 10 Trotting Track Rd,. Route 28, Wolfeboro. Fair Hours are Friday & Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm. Please social distance and masks are required. Always a variety of different exhibits including framed wooden silhouettes of the Lakes Region lakes, handsome pottery, soy candles, handpoured soaps, glass garden decor, jewelry, garlic graters, jams & jellies, cedar wood furniture, marketry inlaid wood, alpaca items, stained glass, CBD oils, lights, wildlife photography, amazing nuts & bolts metal art, NH maple syrups, amazing toys, fabric creations, fabulous balsamic vinegars & infused olive oils, wooden creations, and more. Live Music & Food. Held rain or shine. Friendly, Leashed Pets Welcome. Free Admission & Free Parking. www.joycescraftshows.com -

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History Of NH Agriculture As Told By Barns On Tuesday evening, July 28th, the Gilmanton Historical Society offers its July program featuring a tour of a vintage Gilmanton barn and a presentation by John Porter on how barns tell us about the history of New Hampshire agriculture. Rain date, July 29. If you have a question call 267-6098. Join the program at 6pm at the former Twigg barn, 245 Meetinghouse Road. The barn and surrounding property are now owned by the Town (subject to a conservation easement held by Five Rivers Conservation Trust) thanks to the efforts of the Gilmanton Land Trust . There will be an opportunity to tour the barn and see the agricultural items that the Historical Society has placed there. Visit the nearby flax retting pond, a remnant of much earlier agricultural use of the property. Don’t know about retting flax? - come and find out. Following the tour, and outside on the conservation land, John Porter will tell us about The History of NH Agriculture As told By Barns. John Porter has written a wonderful book on barns and is an expert on the topic. The entire program will take place on the conservation property. (There will be no meeting at Old Town Hall.) Bring a folding chair.

“As You Like It” at Quimby Park In Sandwich Sandwich’s own Shakespeare company, is proud to present their Summer Mainstage Production of William Shakespeare’s As you Like It, August 7-16, in Quimby Park. Performances are available by RSVP and have a viewing capacity of 35 distanced audience members per performance. You can RSVP online at www.advicetotheplayers.org or by calling 603-284-7115. Instead of charging admission for the remaining 2020 programs, online and in person, ATTP will direct supporters to donate to their Bard’s Birthday Campaign. This will allow for contact-free admission to programs and ensure there is no paywall barrier to anyone wishing to attend. Social distancing makers will guide audiences to choose ample space in the park for their pod. The audience will be at an increased distance from the performers. ATTP is asking all patrons to wear a mask or facial covering. All performances will be in Quimby Park at 5:30pm, the performance on August 7th is a preview. If there’s inclement weather, the performance on that day will be cancelled.

Thursday, July 30th at 8pm, The Craig Jaster Quartet will be performing at Pitma’s Freight Romm, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia, Pianist, singer & songwriter Craig Jaster is no stranger to the Freight Room, having gained attention perfor ming with jazz ar tists including Delfeayo Marsalis, Philip Hamilton and New Hampshire’s Tall Granite Big Band, though he is best known for his work with Americana band The Buskers, with whom he has recorded four albums and perfor med here several times, as well as throughout New England. He leads his new trio (Brendan Dowd on bass and longtime collaborator Tim Gilmore on drums) with an unpretentious, contagious sense of fun. The group ranges freely from rollicking blues and funky, New Orleans-influenced jazz to Jaster’s inventive, emotion-

ally honest, often funny original material, as well as offering unique interpretations of songs from the American songbook and artists like The Beatles and Stevie Wonder. Tickets are $20 and Pitman’s Freight Room is a BYOB establishment. Seating is limited. For tickets call 524-0043.

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Helping Out I have been called on again to help New Hampshire. Since the late 1990s, the decade of no social media or coronavirus by Brendan Smith -fondly remembered as the Weirs Times Editor good old days - I have been occasionally called upon by those in charge in the State of New Hampshire to step in and help. This year the clarion call (whatever that is) has once again rung out in my direction. Yes, it is time for me to, once again, come up with some new ideas for lottery scratch tickets. Sales of lottery tickets have been fine since the onslaught of the virus. The state in its infinite wisdom went to an online lottery ticket program a couple of years back. At first, some at the Lottery Commission thought that this was not a good idea, it might just make it too easy and convenient for people to “play responsibly”. But one commission employee with insight stood up and said: “What if there happens to be an overblown pandemic? People might not feel safe going to the convenience store any longer. How will they buy their scratch tickets then?” So today, thanks to this wise employee’s intuitive insight, people can now easily dispose of any “extra” money they have on lottery tickets without ever leaving their homes. Even Covid-19 couldn’t defeat this. Today, many in the convenience store industry are complaining. They have remained open during the pandemic, risking their lives on the so-called “front lines” so people can gas up their cars and buy their morning coffee. But one group of folks have been found to be avoiding the convenience stores all together since the virus has taken hold

– the scratch ticket buyer. With the easy option of avoiding buying tickets in public places, they are staying home, and with that has been a decrease in ancillary sales of other items as well. This may not seem like much, but in the end it all adds up to their bottom line. So, the Lottery Commission is asking me to come up with some new, creative tickets that can’t be played online, but will be enticing enough to those hardcore players to get them to overcome their fears and once again make that trip to the convenience store to buy tickets, as well as other items. Some of my ideas so far. Mask Or No Mask – With this ticket players will approach the cashier with the option of wearing a mask or not. After they buy the ticket, they will be required to scratch the ticket in the store at a special table that has been completely sanitized by a store employee every thirty minutes (if it’s not too busy and there are enough employees on duty). Each ticket will show either three masks or three bare faces and all will win a monetary prize but only if the player’s ticket matches their own choice to wear a mask or not when purchasing the ticket. There will also need to be an armed security guard stationed at each store to prevent potential violence if a player chooses to come in unmasked and is confronted by a crazed masked wearing fanatic. Keep Your Distance & Strike It Rich – These tickets are specially made at three feet long. It is the hope that those extremely fearful players may be enticed to leave their homes to purchase this one. The jackpot will be huge at $1,000,000 (1 in 6,325,945 are guaranteed the grand prize). The ticket can be purchased safely without ever having to get near the cashier. Simply flash your cash then place it in a sanitized lock box

near the front door. The cashier will then slide you the giant ticket. Scratching this ticket in the store will be discouraged as the amount of ticket dust that would be created could cause another potential health hazard. Antibody Or Nobody – This is a “Two Birds With One Stone” ticket. Buy a ticket and scratch three “Antibodies” and win not only some money, but also a free test on site by a store clerk/phlebotomist to see if you have the antibody and no longer have to worry. Scratch three Dr. Faucis and you win nothing and have to go back home and worry some more. I have suggested that some stores should try to add DriveThru Scratch ticket windows as well as curbside pick-up and possibly home delivery. Maybe have an early bird hour where those over 60 can come in and buy their scratch tickets before the crowds, maybe even have an “Early To Rise, Early To Scratch” special ticket only for them. I am also suggesting that each ticket sale over five dollars includes a 2-ounce bottle of hand sanitizer. Hope this helps get these businesses back on their feet. 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 Stories and Thoughts On Aging” will be published later this year.

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Mask Mandates Are a Public Health Menace Jared Polis, the Democratic governor of Colorado, thinks those of us who oppose scientifically dubious, constitutionally suspect and dangerously overbroad face mask mandates are “selfish bastards.” I think Polis is a pandering pandemic control freak endangering public health, safety, and sanity. There. Now that the name-calling is out by Michelle Malkin of the way, let’s talk facts. Syndicated Columnist Contracting COVID can be fatal or debilitating for the elderly, immune-compromised and physically challenged. But there is no catastrophic public health emergency justifying sweeping government orders and ordinances that would force healthy citizens to wear masks in an increasingly oppressive climate of manufactured fear -- completely untethered from pragmatic realities and risk assessments. According to the federal government’s own COVID-19 data, 120,675 deaths in America have been tied to the virus. Tracked weekly by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, fatalities peaked on April 18, 2020, with 16,897 succumbing to the disease. (Keep in mind that many medical whistleblowers have reported that these statistics are inflated by including “COVID”-related deaths uncorroborated by lab results and also by including patients who died with COVID infections, but not necessarily from the virus itself.) In the 12 weeks since April 18, as states have reopened and protests (or riots) of all kinds have brought tens of thousands of people in close contact, deaths have fallen precipitously. For the week of July 11, 2020, guess how many deaths were attributed to the virus? 181. The total number of deaths for school-age children between February-July 2020 are 9 (under 1 year of age); 7 (ages 1-4); 14 (age 5-14); and 149 (ages 15-24). All deaths are tragic, of course. But we haven’t banned cars, bikes, swimming pools, aspirin, plastic bags or matches to prevent the tens of thousands of school-age deaths that occur each year due to unintentional accidents involving these items. We don’t mandate that all kids wear life vests at bath time because nearly 100 children die in a tub yearly. We don’t mandate that all pet owners muzzle their dogs at all times because someone, somewhere, might be attacked upon exposure to Fido. In a CNN interview this week, infection disease bureaucrat Dr. Anthony Fauci asserted that “I think you can trust me” and other “experts” as nationwide See MALKIN on 28

Safety Lies Only in Surrender ... Or Resistance This week, gadfly New York Times columnist Bari Weiss resigned her position at the so-called newspaper of record. She did so after years of fielding slings and arrows from her own colleagues and editors, who by Ben Shapiro treated her as an ultraSyndicated Columnist conservative enemy -this despite the fact that her perspective on the world is an eclectic mix of social progressivism, skepticism toward regulation and foreign policy hawkishness. (Personal disclosure: I, along with many people right, left and center consider Bari a friend.) The pressure on Weiss from within the newspaper had reached extraordinary proportions: Excerpts of staff Slack chats revealed colleagues openly discussing why Weiss ought to lose her job, maligning her as a bigot and suggesting publicly that she is a liar. So Weiss quit, and she burned the bridge behind her. “The lessons that ought to have followed the election -- lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society -- have not been learned,” Weiss wrote in her resignation letter. “Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.” This is the nature of the game: Mirror the perspectives of de facto Times editor Nikole Hannah-Jones and her woke colleagues, or find yourself ostracized, publicly shamed and pressured to leave. And the actual editors of The Times have caved to this nonsense time and again. As Weiss raged: “If a person’s ideology is in keeping with the new orthodoxy, they and their work remain

unscrutinized. Everyone else lives in fear of the digital thunderdome.” Weiss is hardly the exception inside the bastions of leftist groupthink. At Vox.com, co-founder Matthew Yglesias was shamed into silence for suggesting -- sin of sins! -that cancel culture is wrong. His co-founder, Ezra Klein, subtweeted Yglesias, even as Yglesias remained quiet. At Princeton University, professor Joshua Katz wrote an open letter decrying demands from fellow Princeton faculty that the university engage in open racial discrimination in favor of minorities. He was quickly labeled a threat to decency, with fellow professor Eddie Glaude complaining, “Professor Katz, at times in this letter, seems to not regard people like me as essential features, or persons, of Princeton.” The list goes on. And on and on. In fact, there is only one way to avoid the blacklist: to surrender, utterly and completely. Any sign of remaining dissent must be purged. Bow before Zod, or pay the price. Thus, Ben Howe (again -- personal disclosure -- a friend), an anti-Trump Republican who edited videos for the pro-Joe Biden Lincoln Project, found himself fired from the project for two- and four-year-old tweets. Thus, Gary Garrels, senior curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, was forced to resign his position after he insisted that the museum continue to acquire the odd piece from white artists. The mildest sign of unwillingness to become an “ally” in the Great Culture Purge of 2020 ends with your neck in the guillotine. Have we finally reached the glorious age in which Absolute Truth is known with such fulsome certainty that our cultural betters should be trusted to wish dissenters away into the cornfield? Of course not. We’re just watching the latest cultural revolution in real time. Which leaves those who wish to not be purged with two simple choices: Stand up together against this round of Maoist purification, or hang separately.

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Too Much Faith in Models Between 2 million and 3 million Americans will die! That was the prediction from “experts” at London’s Imperial College when COVID-19 began. by John Stossel They did also say Syndicated Columnist if there was “social distancing of the whole population,” the death toll could be cut in half, but 1.1 million to 1.46 million Americans would still die by this summer. Our actual death toll has been about one-tenth of that. Nevertheless, Imperial College’s

model was extremely influential. Politicians issued stay-at-home orders. They said we must trust the “experts.” “Follow the science. Listen to the experts. Do what they tell you,” said Joe Biden, laughing at what he considered an obvious truth. But “there is no such thing as “the science!” replies science reporter Matt Ridley in my new video about “expert” predictions. “Science consists of people disagreeing with each other!” The lockdowns, he adds, were “quite dangerously wrong.” Because Imperial’s model predicted that COVID-19 would overwhelm

hospitals, patients were moved to nursing homes. The coronavirus then spread in nursing homes. Ordering almost every worker to stay home led to an economic collapse that may have killed people, too. “The main interventions that helped prevent people dying were stopping large gatherings, people washing their hands and wearing face masks, general social distancing -- not forcing people to stay home,” says Ridley. Even New York Governor Andrew Cuomo now admits: “We all failed at that business. All the early national experts: ‘Here’s my projection

model.’ They were all wrong.” If he and other politicians had just done just a little research, then they would have known that Imperial College researchers repeatedly predict great disasters that don’t happen. Their model predicted 65,000 deaths from swine flu, 136,000 from mad cow disease and 200 million from bird flu. The real numbers were in the hundreds. After such predictions were repeatedly wrong, why did politicians boss us around based on those same “experts” models? “If you say something really pessiSee STOSSEL on 29

AG Barr Sweeps Back Curtain on China’s Communists In a sweeping, scathing and searingly poignant speech, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr swept back the curtain on China’s communist by John J. Metzler regime in a tour Syndicated Columnist d e f o r c e r a r e l y seen. His focus centered not only on China’s rulers menacing their own people and those of East Asia, but also specifically underscored the clear and present danger the People’s Republic of China poses to the United States in the economic, educational, technological and strategic sectors. This needed to be said. Speaking at the Gerald Ford

Presidential Museum in Michigan, Attorney General Barr stated, “The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) rules with an iron fist over one of the great ancient civilizations of the world. It seeks to leverage the immense power, productivity, and ingenuity of the Chinese people to overthrow the rules-based international system and to make the world safe for dictatorship.” China’s economic reform process began in 1978, precisely to save the Chinese Mainland from the economic catastrophe of Mao Tsetung’s state socialism. Barr stated, “Deng Xiaoping, whose economic reforms launched China’s remarkable rise, had a famous motto: ‘hide your strength and bide your time.’ That is precisely what China has done. China’s economy has quietly

grown from about 2 percent of the world’s GDP in 1980 to nearly 20 percent today.” Fast forward a generation. As the Attorney General stated, “The People’s Republic of China is now engaged in an economic blitzkrieg, an aggressive, orchestrated, whole-ofgovernment campaign to seize the commanding heights of the global economy and to surpass the United States as the world’s preeminent superpower.” He cited, “the Made in China 2025 initiative, a plan for PRC domination of high-tech industries like robotics, advanced information technology, aviation, and electric vehicles. Backed by hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies, this initiative poses a real threat to U.S. technological leadership.”

Bill Barr added, “Made in China 2025 is the latest iteration of the PRC’s state-led, mercantilist economic model. For American companies in the global marketplace, free and fair competition with China has long been a fantasy.” He advised, “Although Americans hoped that trade and investment would liberalize China’s political system, the fundamental character of the regime has never changed. As its ruthless crackdown of Hong Kong demonstrates once again, China is no closer to democracy today than it was in 1989 when tanks confronted pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square.” “But instead of America changing China, China is leveraging its economic p o w e r t o See METZLER on 29

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Don’t Let This Be The New Normal —Reflections From The Director Of The Wright Museum—

by Mike Culver

Exec. Director, Wright Museum

The reality of opening the Wright Museum has never been as surreal as it has in 2020. Instead of opening on May 1 as has been traditional, the pandemic has forced us to wait until June 22. In addition, all of our special events such as Family Day, our Antique Car Show, our participation in Wolfeboro’s July 4th parade, and our popular Goodgame/Canney education series have all been cancelled. We are here and we are operating as usual, but there is a bizarre sense of somehow being less than we are. I believe all of my NH museum colleagues feel this way. Most of the Wright’s wonderful docents and

other volunteers have returned to help the Museum staff, but with the required masks we look more like a convention of bank robbers than the friendly smiling faces visitors expect to see. We still interact with visitors and share stories and information, but we limit the time we spend with them so that we can maintain the important social distancing that might be compromised by a build-up of individuals. Museum staff and volunteers are here to engage, so not spending quality time with visitors is strange indeed for all of us. Yellow arrows on the Museum floors direct visitors to a “one way flow”; Plexiglas shields separate the entering visitor from our people that take their admis-

sion; social distancing has forced us to close the newly renovated Museum theater and our brand new beautiful DuQuoin Education Center; in additional to our usual “please do not touch Collection items”, there are signs that remind staff and visitors not to touch their own faces and to use the sanitizing stations that are placed throughout the Museum. Again, sur-

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once again unite to battle a lethal force. Yes, like 75 years ago, we can only hope that today we realize that we are in this together. One Thousand Two Hundred and Three New Hampshire servicemen never returned from WWII. To provide visitors with a visceral image of that awful fact, rather than a number on a wall display, 1,203 dog tags hang in the lobby of the Wright Museum to honor them. The dog tags have no names on them and you can’t discern what race they were, or whether they were democrats or republicans, or Jews, Muslims, Protestants or Catholics – another suggestions that we were (and are now) in this together. So, as the Wright Museum of WWII has in-

vited its visitors for 26 years, “Experience the past and be inspired by a nation united”. Don’t let the pandemic, or the assorted features that would divide us as Americans, become the new normal, the new reality. When you feel comfortable to visit a museum, GO. Museums like the Wright remind us that our shared history is the thread that binds every American generation together. Our history is not perfect. It is filled with altruism and selfishness; soaring successes and deepest failures; self-centeredness and compassion; intellectual awareness and fervent stupidity. We see all of that and more at a good museum. We learn not only about our history, but about ourselves.

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Hail to the Redskins! Hail Victory! Braves on the Warpath! Fight for old D.C.! Run or pass and score—We want a lot more! Beat ‘em, Swamp ‘em, Touchdown! -- Let the points soar! Fight on, fight on ‘Til you have won Sons of Wash-ington. Rah!, Rah!, Rah! Hail to the Redskins! Hail Victory! Braves on the Warpath! Fight for old D.C.! The NFL’s best fight song is now sadly passé as the Washington Redskins are no more—victims to politically correct activism. We’ve written about all this a number of times and earlier pointed out that a Sports Illustrated survey found that almost 80% of Native Americans embraced the notion of teams honoring them by taking on Indian nicknames. But activists draw energy from their “feelgood” activism which allows them to “virtual signal” their superior moral enlightenment. So they must really be flummoxed by the notion of a Navajo Indian high school with the nickname “Red-

skins.” Arizona’s Red Mesa High School serves a mostly Indian population who embraced the nickname. Go figure. One is struck by preening liberals, mostly white, who emotionalize the issue on their terms and then bully everyone until they get their way—to include the Native Americans they purport to support. To be sure, some Indian caricatures were “over the top” in the past, such as the Atlanta Brave “mascot” Chief Noc-a-homa. So Chief Noc-a-homa went away and compromises were offered, but the activists are bullies uninterested in compromise. They jam their perspectives down everyone’s throats. It’s “their way or the highway.” Those who think differently are labeled as racists. It all contributes to a growing “victim mentality” syndrome. But poisonous identity politics sadly proves effective at times. At least until there’s righteous backlash from people who finally get tired of it as they wonder where it will all lead. Now activists are targeting many other

nicknames, including the Seminoles of Florida State University. The Seminole Tribe happens to embrace the association with FSU, partnering with the institution on tribal imagery and apparel sales. So again we have white, non-Indian liberal activists telling Native Americans what’s best for them. To culturally appropriate from that D.C. fight song, “It makes one want to go on the warpath!” Sports Quiz What was the origin of the Washington Redskin nickname? (Answer follows) Born Today That is to say sports standouts born on July 23 include Brooklyn Dodger infielder Pee Wee Reese (1918) and Dodger pitching great Don Drysdale (1936). Sports Quote “Nicknames are usually signs of affection. We do not give them to people we dislike.” –Edna Ferber Sports Quiz Answer The Redskins originally played in Boston, at Fenway Park, and the team wanted a name similar to

Mike Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@ comcast.net.

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—OBITUARY— DONALD LAWRENCE GRANT, 87 BELMONT – Donald Lawrence Grant, 87, of Hoadley Road, peacefully passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020, at his home. Donald was born in Meredith, NH, on May 2, 1933, son to the late Leland Harvey and Leona (Downs) Grant. He grew up in Lakeport and graduated from Laconia High School in 1952. Donald enlisted in the United States Navy in 1952 and served until 1956. After attending basic training, he was stationed at Patuxent River, Naval Air Station in MD, VR1 Squadron. In 1957, Donald began working for The Scott & Williams Company in the printing and photography department where early highspeed photography was being used. Donald also worked numerous second jobs including cooking fried clams at The Double Decker restaurant and creating moldings at Arwoods in Tilton. His printing experience led him to the NH State Prison, not by counterfeiting, but because he could work with anyone and was a good teacher. Donald retired, as he liked to joke, “after doing twenty years at the Prison.” During those years, he provided many men a new opportunity by learning a valuable trade. He retired in 1987 as the Prison Print Shop Manager. While working for the Prison, Donald helped start Chapter 1 of the State Employee Association and was elected its first President. Donald loved creating and was a wonderful craftsman. Many who knew him, no doubt, have one of his sun-catchers, wooden helicopters, puzzles, or one of his magnificent stained-glass lamps. He loved creating these objects, but truly relished seeing the smiles on people’s faces when he gave them away. Donald was also a gifted athlete. He grew up next to the tennis courts at Leavitt Park in Lakeport, where his slogan was, “If you wanted to play, you had to win.” He won many of those early games and eventually lettered in both basketball and tennis for Laconia High School. Donald also loved the game and challenges of golf, and became a frequent ball chaser at his favorite course, Den Brae in Sanbornton, where he was fortunate to play with his kids, son and daughter-in-law, grandkids, and many wonderful friends. Donald loved the outdoors. He enjoyed caring for his property, cutting wood, and a fresh mowed lawn. In earlier days, Donald panned for gold on the Baker River in Warren, and camped with friends and family at White Lake Campground in Ossipee. Additionally, Donald loved pets, music, embraced technology, could repair anything, was always tinkering, loved gardening, managing his wood lot, and was independent and self-sufficient. Mostly Donald loved being with others. He will be missed. Surviving are his four children, Mark (Nancy) of Port Townsend, WA, Jason of Denver, CO, Laura (Tom) Wiggans of Seaford, VA, and Julia (Catherine Dumont) Chase of Northfield, NH; and nine grandchildren, Brittany and Amelia Grant, Emily, Ethan and Owen Wiggans, Teddy Grant, Wyleigh and Forrest Chase, and Caitlin Dumont. Donald had the great fortune of becoming part of another family later in life with his dear friend, Barbara McLoud and her children, James (Carey) of Bedford, NH, Dale (Norma) of Leander, TX, Allie Sneirson (Richard) of Rye, NH, and Cathy McLoud of Laconia, NH. In addition to his parents, Donald was preceded in death by Nellie Mooney Grant, Barbara McLoud, his brother, Joseph, and sisters, Eleanor and Edna. A Graveside Service will be held at Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, NH, at a later date. For those who wish, the family suggests memorial gift donations may be made in Donald’s honor to: American Legion Post 1 PO Box 494, Laconia, NH 03247. Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services and 603Cremations.com, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH 03246, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, please go to www. wilkinsonbeane.com.

—OBITUARY— Arthur D. Stickney, 74 GILFORD — Arthur D. Stickney, 74, of Intervale Road, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at his home surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer. Arthur was born on July 10, 1945, in Sikeston, Missouri, the son of Everett and Virgie (Williams) Stickney. He spent his career as a cableman for New England Telephone Co. He was also a longtime call firefighter for both the Gilford and Laconia fire departments. Arthur will be remembered for his love of family, fishing, and his beautiful vegetable gardens. Arthur is survived by his wife of 36 years, Dianne (Brown) Stickney; his son, Timothy Stickney and his wife, Sandra; his daughter, Pamela Stickney-Nason; and his granddaughters, Grace and Jillian Nason and Sofia Stickney. He also leaves behind his sisters, Betty Ann Sipple and her husband, Henry, and Carolyn Bond; his brothers-in-law, Donald Brown and his wife, Jane, and Michael Brown; along with many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased

by his sister, Debra; and his brother, Richard. Adhering to the guidelines of the State of New Hampshire and the CDC, calling hours will be held on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at WilkinsonBeane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH, using the Carriage House entrance, with 40 guests permitted in the Funeral Home at a time. Social Distancing is strongly encouraged, and face coverings will be required. A Graveside Service will be held Wednesday, August 5 at 10am at Pine Grove Cemetery in Gilford. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations in Arthur’s name be made to Central VNA and Hospice, 780 North Main St., Laconia, NH 03426. Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

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Look up “wood duck” in a cheap field guide and you’ll likely see a beautiful duck with green, pewter, tan, white and even some blue plumage. That is, indeed, a wood duck — a male wood duck in its breeding plumage. If you saw a female wood duck, immature wood duck or male wood duck in its nonbreeding plumage, you’d never find it in that field guide and you’d have a hard time believing someone who told you it was a wood duck because it looks nothing like the beautiful bird in the field guide. Sometimes field guides lie. Well, they leave out a lot of the truth at least. There are top-quality field guides out there and even they can’t portray every bird in every possible plumage. Between the breeding, non-breeding and transitional plumages, it’s impossible to fit every variation of every bird into a book. That’s not even to mention all the other plumage oddities, such as leucism, albinoism and other conditions. The same can be said for bird sounds as well. There are dozens of apps and websites out there now that feature bird sounds, but as terrific and helpful as they are, they can’t get every

A gray catbird sings from a perch in New England CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO last week. song, call and alarm note of every bird. I was thinking about this the other day when I was watching a gray catbird in my backyard. I was listening to about nine unique bird sounds that day and at least three were coming from that catbird. Two were coming from a male and female cardinal and a small gang of titmice were making at least two different sounds. Gray catbirds are so named because of their cat-like calls. It is a very appropriate name for that bird as they indeed sound just like a cat. Sometimes you question whether a cat is lurking in the thick brush or a catbird. Catbirds also have a warbling, squeaky song, as well as doz-

ens of various other sounds. I can always tell it’s a catbird, though. There is an overall feeling to it that I can recognize because of years of listening to catbirds. It’s kind of like how an American robin makes several different sounds, but they are all “robin-like.” A few years ago, a different approach to birdwatching emerged. It is one in which birders consider all the aspects of the bird — including size, shape and habits — in order to make an identification. It is called by some the “Whole Bird and More” approach and birdwatchers do not merely rely on the color and general appearance of the bird, which as mentioned before, can be deceptive.

The same principles may be applied to identifying birds by sound as well. Take the aforementioned robin for example. We all know its “cheerup, cheerily, cheerily” song. By knowing the overall feeling and sound of that song, you can identify the robin’s other sounds — such as their “tut, tut, tut” calls — when you hear them. Robins have other songs and calls as well, which can be traced back to the robin using the same principles. That said, I’m certainly not an expert at identifying birds by sounds. The warblers that fill our treetops in the spring certainly pose a challenge. But when you get to know a certain bird sound well See BOSAK on 28

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When you discuss the business end of a gun, you probably are referring to the barrel. A rifle stock is the opposite end and is rested against your shoulder. To newbies in the weapons world, many times they refer to a magazine (where the bullets are loaded) as a clip. Most likely, movies are to blame for this w r o n g terminology. Anyway our focus beer today uses the word clip in a few of their beers to get the point across that they mean business when it comes to hop-laden beers… fully loaded! Stoneface Brewing, located in Newington, NH, has captured the attention of IPA lovers with their refreshingly hoppy beer. Starting out as a 3 barrel brew system, they quickly found the need to expand and are now a 15 barrel system.

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High up on the Oak Hill Fire Tower we enjoyed a big vista and a cool breeze. The actual hilltop rests in Loudon not far from its townline with Concord. There is an extensive hiking trail system managed by the Concord Conservation Commission, Oak Hill Trails, map available online at concordnh.gov PATENAUDE from 18 water but we couldn’t spy the fire tower. We hadn’t planned on it, but after talking about the fire tower we decided we should hike up to it after we were done paddling since we were nearby. As we came around we could see the other couple were out on their boats and one of them had their dog standing on top at the front of their kayak. We continued to paddle along the edge and look for turtles but we didn’t see any. The sun was bright and it was hot. I wore my wide brimmed hat and an oversized old white oxford shirt. Becca wore a visor and of course we both had sunglasses to protect our eyes. By the time we made

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it felt good. We were the only boats on the pond. After we stowed our boats we drove a couple of miles further up Oak Hill Road to the fire tower road. The City of Concord has many nice trails and maps can be found on the city’s website. The fire tower road is on the Loudon side of the hill. On the north side of the road there is a sign for Oak Hill at the beginning of a gated road. Right next to the road is a brand new driveway and a new beautiful stonewall. There is room for a couple of cars to park off the edge of pavement. The sign reads 2.1 miles but that is the distance for a round trip not one way. It is just over a mile up hill to reach the fire tower. There is active logging on private land See PATENAUDE on 20

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during haying time a special drink was made called switchel which contained vinegar and water and additional flavorings but no alcohol. In the first part of the 1800’s it was rum that was an indispensable drink in the hay field, but became switchel when mixed with other ingredients. Metcalf, in his history of Bristol, wrote: “During the first quarter of the nineteenth century, the freedom with which liquors were sold and used caused Bristol to be called “Sodom’ and ‘Hell’s Half-acre.’”

James R. Jackson told a similar story about Littleton, pointing out that life three generations before he wrote of its history was not the same as that in his day. “Then no man lost caste by reason of overindulgence in drink, for the reason that it was a universal custom, indulged by priest and people.” There were but few exceptions to the custom and what were called “domestic spirits” in Littleton were mainly New England Rum and the before-mentioned potato whiskey. Again, See SMITH on 23

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Wooden barrel like those used to store rum. a man to shovel manure with the man’s pay being his meals and a drink of cider for every wagon load he filled. The hired man filled the wagon twenty times, receiving a drink of cider after each load and being given a bonus of an additional quart of cider at the end of the day. I found that the drinking habits of preachers seemed to be a favorite topic of the history writers around 1900. Some declared that it was the custom for those whom

the preacher visited to provide him with a drink of an alcoholic beverage, but Eastman said that the pastor when making a call on parishioners would, upon entering a house, refresh himself with a little “toddy” that he usually had mixed himself, “...and on leaving his hospitable hosts he frequently took another ‘bracer’ to protect himself from the cold or heat of our whimsical climate.” It was also claimed that preachers would

partake of a little “toddy” in preparation for marriages and funerals. One must wonder what it was like to live in a culture where rum and cider flowed so freely and were regularly consumed by so many. The percentage of alcohol in their drinks is said to have been less than that of today, but the almost universal and frequent use was not without consequences that demanded some change, but it will take another article to tell what changes our ancestors made and how they made them. I should add that the popularity and universality of drinking rum, etc. was not limited to New Hampshire or New England. One hundred years ago our country entered into a Prohibition period. The drinking problem that was prevalent in the first half of the 1800’s, however, couldn’t wait until the 1900’s to be dealt with. Next week: A Prelude to Prohibition. Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr., welcomes your comments at danahillsmiths@yahoo.com

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 23, 2020 — METZLER from 7 change America,” the Attorney General admonished. After illustrating America’s dangerous dependance on Chinese manufactured medical gear,and pharmaceuticals, especially during the global Coronavirus pandemic, Bill Barr widened his lens to include the role Hollywood is playing to appease Beijing as to profit in the Chinese entertainment market. “Hollywood actors, producers, and directors pride themselves on celebrating freedom and the human spirit. And every year at the Academy Awards, Americans are lectured about how this country falls short of Hollywood’s ideals of social justice,” Barr stated before admonishing, “But Hollywood now regularly censors its own movies to appease the Chinese Communist Party, the world’s most powerful violator of human rights.” He stressed, “This censorship infects not only versions of movies that are released in China, but also many that are shown in American theaters to American audiences.” Topics considered politically sensitive, such as Tibet and human rights, must be censored from American films for screening in the Mainland market. “Hollywood is far from alone in kowtowing to the PRC,” Barr said while adding, “America’s big tech companies have also allowed themselves to become pawns of Chinese influence.” The Attorney General stated scathingly, “Over the years, corporations such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Apple have shown

themselves all too willing to collaborate with the CCP.” As the Attorney General concedes, “The CCP has long used public threats of retaliation and barred market access to exert influence.” That’s a chilling prospect which American business rarely considers or blithely rationalizes. Concluding, Attorney General Barr warned, “Globalization does not always point in the direction of greater freedom. A world marching to the beat of Communist China’s drums will not be a hospitable one for institutions that depend on free markets, free trade, or the free exchange of ideas.” After many U.S. Administrations sat by the sidelines while China reaped the benefits of unfair trade, now at long last the Trump Administration has pushed back to Beijing. America is challenging Chairman Xi Jinping’s China in the global arena. It’s long overdue that the USA and Canada awaken to communist China’s challenge. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

STOSSEL from 7 mistic about how many people are going to die,” explains Ridley, “the media want to believe you. The politicians daren’t not believe you.” This bias towards pessimism applies to fear of climate change, too. Thirty-two years ago, climate “experts” said rising seas would “completely cover” the islands of the Maldives “in the next 30 years.” But now, 32 years later, the islands are not only still there, they’re doing better than ever. They’re even building new airports. “Climate change is real,” says Ridley, “but it’s not happening nearly as fast as models predicted.” Models repeatedly overpredict disaster because that’s “a very good way of attracting attention to your science and getting rewarded for it,” says Ridley. One more example: For years, “experts” predicted an oil shortage. President Jimmy Carter warned, “The oil and natural gas we rely on for 75% of our energy are simply running out.” All the “experts” agreed. But as the demand for oil grew, oil prices rose. That inspired entrepreneurs to invent new ways of getting more oil and gas out of the same rocks. They succeeded so well that America now has so much oil and gas that we sell some to other countries. Ridley’s new book, “How Innovation Works,” shows how innovators prove “experts” wrong all the time. He points out that the founder of Digital Equipment Corporation once said: “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in

their home.” Microsoft’s CEO confidently said: “There’s no chance the iPhone is going to get significant market share.” New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote that because “most people have nothing to say to each other... the Internet’s impact on the economy (will be) no greater than the fax machine’s.” Of course, not all experts are wrong. Useful experts do exist. I want a trained civil engineer to design any bridge I cross. But Ridley points out: “There is no such thing as expertise on the future. It’s dangerous to rely too much on models (which lead politicians to) lock down society and destroy people’s livelihood. Danger lies both ways.” John Stossel is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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