Summertime tipS For the FiSherman & Birdwatcher
Binoculars can help birders pick out details in birds, like this Scarlet Tanager, that are not seen with the naked eye.
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by Chris Bosak Contributing Writer
It’s hard to know who or what to believe anymore. One news channel will tell you one thing and the rival channel will tell you the opposite. Sometimes, things you see with your own eyes are denied or distorted by the me -
dia or politicians. I believe that is called gaslighting, but I’m not entirely sure what that recently overused phrase actually means. Again, people seem to have different opinions on how to use the term. It comes down to trusting your own instincts. The internet, the major source of
“news” for so many people these days, is littered with opinions masquerading as facts.
I kept seeing a clickbait ad showing a banana with the text saying something along the lines of “these are the top 10 foods to avoid.” Are bananas bad for you? I asked
Are You using The CorreCT Fishing Line?
by Tim Moore Contributing Writer
Many new anglers struggle to catch fish, thinking that hot new lures are just gimmicks. They see ads or hear stories of people drastically increasing their catch with a new lure or lure system, only to try it and feel duped or at the least, wondering what they are doing wrong. Or maybe they struggle with casting or jigging. Much of the time, their problem largely boils down to inadequate or improper line choice. There are so many fishing line choices out there that choosing one can be downright confusing. One walk down the line isle at your local fishing retailer is enough to make your head spin. “Is braid better than monofilament?” or “Why would you use a fluorocarbon leader?” are just a couple important questions that deserve answering. For most anglers, which type of line is best depends on how they fish, where they fish, and what they fish for. Here is a little insight into some of my
A braided line with fluorocarbon leader is Tim’s line choice for vertical jigging. He says braid gives him the sensitivity he desires and the fluorocarbon leader makes his line less visible to fish.
thinking about various line types, and why I choose them. The most common lines used are monofilament, copolymer, fluorocarbon, and braided line. Monofilament line is a single strand of nylon which is extruded into specific diameters. It is undoubtedly the most
common line used and is a great all-purpose line due to its strength, flexibility, and abrasion resistance. Monofilament line absorbs water and becomes slightly softer and stronger as you use it, making it a great option for trolling and casting lures
CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO
Attempted Assassination, Violent Rhetoric, and Public Policy
To The Editor:
For many years now, Democrat leaders and their sycophants have targeted their political adversaries with an unrelenting deluge of mendacious false contentions and threats. Congressman Goldman has just said that Trump “has to be eliminated” while President Biden recently asserted that Trump was a “threat to this nation” and encouraged others to “Put Trump in a bullseye.” They have relentlessly called President Trump a “Russian agent… the next Hitler… a rapist… a racist,” and an “existential threat to democracy.” After Senator Schumer publicly threatened Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch by name the attempted assassination of Justice Kavanaugh was narrowly avoided. Congressman Scalise, was shot by someone “looking for Republicans.” Will we again search for a disturbed potential assassin’s “motives” absent consideration of this hateful motivating rhetoric that has steadfastly dehumanized President Trump and others not in lockstep with left radical ideology?
Leading Democrats must rediscover rational civility alongside American moral tenets. They must stop (1) substituting repulsive ad hominem attacks (that predictably ignites disturbed potential assassins) for fair minded public policy analysis; (2) the hateful targeting of
their political opposition, and others due to their race, sex, or religious views; (3) weaponizing our government against our citizens; and (4) having Americans killed unnecessarily via preventable inner-city violence, or by unscreened violent criminal aliens. We--those hatefully categorized as “irredeemable deplorables,” not so long ago, are still waiting for the old Democrat party to return to public service.
Michael D. Breen Moultonborough, NH.
Public Schools Don’t Fulfill Their Reason
To The Editor:
Republicans agree, “It is NH’s responsibility to provide for an adequate education.” American students face strong competition in today’s world. Offering each student a good, safe educational opportunity leading to a successful future is Republicans’ top priority. Unfortunately, preparing students for success isn’t Democrats’ top priority. Democrats’ top priority is funding the public school system. Decades of experience show that Democrats don’t care how successful public schools are in preparing American students for successful futures.
Only 53% of New Hampshire public school students test at grade level in language skills and only 42% test at grade level in Math. (https://tinyurl. com/4z9h6ht3) These dismal results don’t bode well for our
students’, or our nation’s, futures.
For more than 50 years taxpayers have responded to the public education establishment’s demands for increased funding, new and improvements to buildings, more staff, computers and other equipment, free meals, etc. Yet US public education still declines compared to other first world countries.
Most Republicans went to public schools, we’d be thrilled if our public schools fulfilled their reason for existing; they don’t.
The public school system doesn’t fulfill its mission. Competition improves cars, TVs, computers, and everything else. Competition should also improve public education.
Republicans support Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs) which offer some competition for public schools. Hopefully EFAs offer enough competition to incentivize public school improvements (maybe more competition is needed).
The financial impact of EFAs on public schools is way overstated. Schools actually get extra funding when students leave public schools using the EFA program compared to leaving outside the EFA program.
Republicans’ priority is getting students prepared for successful futures. Democrats’ priority is funding the public education system; for that they sacrifice our children’s, and our nation’s, future success.
Don Ewing Meredith NH
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 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 24,000 copies of the Weirs Times every week to the Lakes Region/Concord/ Seacoast area and the mountains and have an estimated 60,000 people reading this newspaper.
To find out how your business or service can benefit from advertising with us please call 603-366-8463.
by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer
I returned to my North Country roots on Flag Day, June 14th. I’d been advised to get a motel room near Gorham to be closer to Mt. Washington Valley and the June 15 Delta Dental/Mt. Washington Road Race to which I was committed. (See June 27th Weirs Times.) Why drive for two hours and then race eight miles up a mountain when one can get a good night’s sleep just twenty minutes from the start line?
So before checking into a motel I took a trip down memory lane and tooled around Berlin, “The City that Trees Built.”
Like my hometown of Groveton, Berlin was devastated when its local paper mill went out of business. Once
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the third largest city in the state with around 25,000 residents, Berlin now has less than half the population it used to. C’est la vie.
I’d heard there was a Berlin Museum-Heritage Center on High Street and as a history guy I wanted to check
it out, given I had time to tool around. But on the way there I noticed another historic landmark, also on High Street — “The Moffett House Genealogy and Sports Museum.”
Naturally the Moffett House “called” to me to visit for obvious
reasons.
Once the home of a beloved local doctor— Irving Moffett—the 119 High Street residence was converted into a sports museum to honor local sports history as well as local genealogy and more. I was actually related to the good doctor, Irving being my middle name.
I introduced myself to the curator and explained the pending Mt. Washington thing and added that I was a North Country (Groveton) native as well as a sports fan and columnist. Inevitably, I shared my name. Of course this resonated with the curator, who then gave me a full tour.
The sports history was hockey heavy, which one would expect if one knew anything about Berlin, once known as “Hockey Town, USA.” The ice hockey glories of Ber-
Mike Moffett at Berlin’s Moffett House.
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
“Otter Amazing” At Loon Center
MOULTONBOROUGH - On Thursday, July 25th, Dive into the fascinating world of otters and our lakes with Susie Spikol, Director and Naturalist, Harris Center for Conservation. Join us for a family-friendly talk on the bounding, sliding, and swimming otter! We’ll spend time getting to know this charismatic local mammal and learn how to recognize its tracks and signs. It’s bound to be “otterly” amazing!
Held at The Loon Center in Moultonborough, the Summer Nature Talks are presented every Thursday evening at 7:00 pm during the months of July and August. All programs are free admission. For over 40 years the Loon Preservation Committee has worked to preserve the common loon and its habitat in New Hampshire through monitoring, research, education, and management activities.
Next Thursday, August 1, when Bill Gassman presents “Loon Cam Recap”
Directions to The Loon Center: From Route 25 in Moultonborough, turn onto Blake Road at the Central School. Go one mile to the end and turn right onto Lee’s Mill Road. The Loon Center will be on your left! For more information, call the Loon Center at (603) 476-5666.
To see the full 2024 nature talks schedule, please visit www.loon.org.
Winnisquam Watershed Meeting
The Winnisquam Watershed Network will hold its annual meeting from 10-11a.m. Saturday, July 27 at the Leslie Roberts Town Beach in Belmont.
WWN representatives will provide an update on the group’s work this year including water quality monitoring, aquatic invasive species prevention and management, watershed management, and advocacy work. The guest speaker is Chief Engineer Corey J. Clark of NH Department of Environmental Services Water Division, Dam Bureau.
All are welcome to attend. Coffee and donuts will be provided, participants are encouraged to bring their own folding chair if they have one.
Free Ballroom Dance Class
Free ballroom dance class offered every Friday night at the air-conditioned Gilford Public Library.
For the month of August we cover the Waltz.
Arrive between 5:30pm and 6pm. Beginner Class begins at 6pm and runs about 15-30 minutes. We practice to music for 20 minutes, then we move into an intermediate class with more practice time afterwards.
Doors lock at 6pm, but if you’re unavoidably late we can see you through the window and let you in. We teach with professionally made dance instruction videos, providing in person demonstration and tips.
Singles and couples welcome - no partner necessary! For further info contact Steve at socialdancelaconia@gmail. com.
Program on Exemplary Country Estates In Meredith
Growth of tourism in New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains regions saw a parallel increase in the number of impressive high-end mansions. These country estates will be the subject of a program presented by Cristina Ashjian on August 6, sponsored by the Meredith Historical Society.
The program is made possible through a generous grant from New Hampshire Humanities.
“In the early 20th century, the New Hampshire Board of Agriculture launched a program to boost the rural economy and promote tourism through the sale of abandoned farms to summer residents,” explains Ashjian. Her program will focus attention on some of the great country estates featured in the New Hampshire program between 1902 and 1913.
Which private estates were recognized as exemplary, and who were their owners? Using historic images and texts, Ashjian discusses well-known estates now open to the public such as The Fells on Lake Sunapee, The Rocks in Bethlehem, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, and she includes local examples when possible.
Cristina Ashjian is an art historian and an independent scholar based in Moultonborough, where she is presently the chair of the Moultonborough Heritage Commission. Her current research focuses on late 19th- and early 20th-century country estates. Ashjian holds an MA in the history of art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, and a PhD in modern art and architecture from Northwestern University.
This program will be held Tuesday, August 6, at the Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for light refreshments. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. All programs of the Society are free, and all are welcome.
Commemorating 250 Years: Shakerism in America
In early August, Canterbury Shaker Village will kick off a year-long celebration, Commemorating 250 Years: Shakerism in America, which will include many free special events and exhibits that honor the Shaker legacy. Events include Special Dedication Ceremony: 2024 Shaker Design First-Class stamps (August 3) at the post office in the Village’s 1831 Trustees building; Mother Ann’s Day (August 4) with cake, refreshments, and traditional live music; and talks with Shaker experts Daryl Thompson and June Sprigg Tooley (August 10).
Other events include Special Tour: Building Union: The Early Years at Canterbury Shaker Village (August 7), Member’s Preview: “Keeping Faith” Special Exhibition (August 8), made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities; Commemorating 250 Years: “Keeping Faith” Special Exhibition Opening (August 10); and Commemorating 250 Years: “Seasoned with Grace”: A Conversation with June Sprigg Tooley (August 10).
“esignated as a National Historic Landmark for its architectural integrity and significance, the Village features 25 restored original Shaker buildings, 4 reconstructed Shaker buildings, and 694 acres of forests, fields, gardens, nature trails, and mill ponds under permanent conservation easement. To learn more about the Village, or Commemorating 250 Years: Shakerism in America, 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.
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It wasn’t that long ago that I wrote a column telling of the differences between the professionals and the amateurs when it came to a trip to the hospital for blood work or other minor tests.
Us professionals, whose visits are common experiences, have learned how to get through the process painlessly. We know the routine as well as we know ourselves.
Or do we?
We smugly sit in the chair in the registration office and rapidly fire off the answers to the questions we know are coming. The questions we have heard so many times before.
Date of birth, phone number, primary care physician emergency contact, place of work, etc., are asked and the answers spew from our lips before the question is even finished. If we weren’t such a polite bunch, we’d just regurgitate all the answers before the questions are even asked and let the registration person sort out the details for themselves.
This was my mindset when I went to the hospital recently for blood work. It hadn’t been that long since my last visit, but it was soon apparent that things changed a bit.
I sat at the desk, waiting for the questions, looking down at my fingernails as though bored, which I was. After all, I had a column to write and needed to research some ideas.
The questions came as expected, and I was ready for each one. I answered without a hitch. After all, I am a professional.
Then something happened.
I thought the questions were done. They came at the same rhythm and order I was accustomed to, but the registration
person was silent after what I thought was the final one.
A few seconds passed.
I knew something was not quite right. I could feel it in the air.
“There is one last question I have to ask,” she said.
That got my attention. I was obviously not prepared; not knowing what this final, obviously important question would be. Was there something about my own health that I was unaware of that this question would pertain to?
I inhaled deeply. She had my attention. I looked in her eyes.
“What is the gender on your birth certificate?”
What?
Unlike the pure professionalism I had shown over the years in my hospital visits (of which I have heard whispers of legendary) I was at a loss for just a second. I felt as though all the hard-earned knowledge I had acquired was for naught.
I quickly gathered my thoughts. I knew that what seemed like minutes were only a second or two that had passed. The registration person had barely looked up from her keyboard.
I admit I stumbled at first with my answer; so unprofessional of me. The truth was, I didn’t know, and I realized I would have to be completely honest with my answer.
“In all honesty, I haven’t looked at my birth certificate in years and I can only make a guess here, but I am ninety-nine percent sure that the gender on my birth certificate is male.”
I swallowed hard, my Adam’s Apple bouncing up and down. She seemed satisfied with my answer, but I was not. I felt a bit of guilt and some trepidation.
She tied the ID bracelet around my wrist, stood up to tell me I was all set, and I left her office.
As I left, I saw the others sitting there, waiting for their turn to be registered. I recognized a couple of professionals like myself. They sat there reading their newspapers and looking at their
phones. Did they know what awaited them? Should I give them a heads up?
What were the genders on their birth certificates? Did they know? I thought it best not to. What if they already did know and I didn’t? Then I would look the fool, my legend diminished. I just went on my way towards phlebotomy. What used to be a piece of cake for me was now a restless wait. Instead of spending my time observing those waiting with me, trying to sort the professionals from the rookies, I was instead engrossed in my own thoughts and feelings of guilt.
I really didn’t know what the gender was on my birth certificate, I had simply assumed. Something unlike me and something I was not comfortable with. Who looks at that anyway?
I made it through that hospital visit and went home. I was glad I lived close by as I felt distracted during the drive. I knew I needed the true answer for myself.
I searched frantically through a few drawers in the house until I remembered where we kept our more important papers.
There it was, with its raised seal, my name prominently in the space where my name should be. I gently lifted it from its place, held it up, took a deep breath, closed my eyes and then opened them again and looked.
It read: “Male”.
I was correct after all. I felt a wave of relief rush over my body. All was good again.
An important lesson learned. I only write this today as a warning to those of you who may have a hospital visit soon. You may think you are all set. You may walk in without a care in the world, confident in what you know.
Learn from my lesson. Go check out that birth certificate first before you go to register. You will thank me later.
Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
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by Star Parker Syndicated Columnist
We now have, as we would expect, a tsunami of commentary regarding the horrible assassination attempt on Donald Trump. It is not trivial to observe that at least the good news is that just about everyone agrees what happened is very bad and not an encouraging sign about the state of our nation.
After that point of agreement, we have many different and diverging opinions about who or what is to blame. Republicans, Democrats, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, etc., etc.
This act of violence against Donald Trump is, unfortunately, not a one-off in our nation today.
Rarely do we open the news and not read about murders, too often mass murders, to which we cannot even clearly ascribe a motive except that of a deranged individual looking for the supreme venting of his or her frustrations.
What strikes home about an assassination attempt of a political leader is not just the public position of the individual, but that we know who the victim is. We may be moved by news and statistics. But once a human face is put on a tragedy, once it is no longer just a dry statistic, it takes on a different dimension.
Once the human condition is before us, we start asking serious questions.
I believe Donald Trump was honest and sincere in his Truth Social post saying that “it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.”
The late Claremont Institute scholar Harry V. Jaffa noted the importance of understanding the words in the Constitution’s preamble, that its purpose is to “secure the blessings of liberty.”
“A blessing,” writes Jaffa, is “what is good in the eyes of God. It is a good whose possession -- by the common understanding of mankind -- belongs properly only to those who deserve it.”
And Jaffa continues to remind us that the founders concluded the Declaration of Independence saying, “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”
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by Ben Shapiro Syndicated Columnist
An inch.
One inch, and President Donald J. Trump would be dead.
One slight turn of the head.
One slight turn of the head saved Donald J. Trump’s life. The fact that Donald J. Trump is alive today is a miracle. There is no other way to see it. His assassin had a clear line of sight. He was 135 meters from Trump. He got off multiple rounds.
And Trump was wounded. Barely grazed in the ear, bleeding profusely, Trump rose from the ground, pumped his fist, and shouted, “Fight!”
Whatever the reason -- and who knows the reasons of God? -- God decided that Donald J. Trump would live on Saturday.
And that demands an answer of us: Can we, as Trump has now said, unify? Can we come together as Americans?
Because if that assassin’s bullet had been one inch the other way, our country would have found itself in an unprecedented crisis. The leading candidate for the candidacy, the ex-president of the United States, a man targeted by his political opposition more than any figure our lifetimes, would have been murdered on national television.
What would have come next?
It is almost impossible to imagine. Given the obvious questions about the failures of the Secret Service to secure the roof from which the assassin fired his deadly shots, given the crisis of confidence in our institutions, given the fact that Joe Biden has run an entire campaign on the basis that Trump is an existential threat to the republic -could we ever come together again? Or would the assassination of Trump have ushered in an era of extreme violence in our politics? Would it have presaged the breaking apart of our social bonds, the actual dissolution of our national ties?
God didn’t just save Donald J. Trump on Saturday. He may have saved the United States as well.
What comes next?
What should come next is a realization that Americans are, in fact, compatriots. That we share a country and a future together. The language of dissolution -- the line that “if (INSERT CANDIDATE) wins the presidency, there will never be another election” -- must stop. It is a lie. It was always a lie. Neither candidate on the ballot is Hitler. Neither candidate wishes to end America’s elections or send his opponents to concentration camps. I want Donald Trump to win. I’ve given money to his campaign. I think Joe Biden is the worst president in modern history. But I do not believe that Joe Biden will end America itself if he wins. America will continue to exist, and my political side will continue to fight for its principles.
Joe Biden had the opportunity to deliver such a message in the hours after the Trump assassination attempt -- and he failed signally. He reminded Americans of “the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics” but didn’t say the one phrase that might have given such a statement credibility: “everyone, including me.” And indeed, just the next day, he gave an interview to NBC’s Lester Holt in which he denied any role in ramping up the hysterical tone of America’s political rhetoric. Instead, he suggested, that hysterical tone was all the fault of Donald Trump. In essence, it was Trump’s own fault someone tried to shoot him. This is an absurdity. More than that, it is morally disgraceful.
This week, Trump has the opportunity to do what Biden wouldn’t: unify the country. He says he wants to do just that. And he can do so by reminding us of the better angels of our nature and by decrying the catastrophist rhetoric that has infected our politics. He can point out that while he disagrees with Joe Biden -- while he thinks Biden is
Last week, Donald Trump officially become the Republican nominee.
Soon he is likely to again be president, according to the most accurate predictions, which come from people who put their money where their mouths are -- people who bet. They currently give Trump a 67% chance of winning.
President Joe Biden’s chances have fallen below 20%.
This is good news to those of us
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who fear America is gradually being strangled by ever-increasing regulations.
Trump promises to get rid of bad rules.
“Remove the anchor dragging us down!” he said. “We’re going to cancel every needless job-killing regulation!”
Trump was a developer, so he knew about the thicket of rules that often make it nearly impossible to get things done.
But Republicans routinely talk about deregulation and then add rules. The media called George W. Bush the “anti-regulator.” But once Bush was president, he appointed
thousands of new regulators.
Trump was different.
Once in office, he hired regulation skeptics. He told government agencies: Get rid of two regulations for every new one you add!
But they didn’t. Growth of regulation slowed under Trump, but it still increased.
Still, I think Trump’s anti-regulation attitude was why stock prices rose and unemployment dropped. He sent a message to businesses: Government will no longer crush you! Businesses then started hiring more people.
Of course, the media weren’t happy. Reporters love regulation.
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The New York Times ran the headline, “Donald Trump is Trying to Kill You”!
Regulation advocates don’t understand that regulations’ unintended side effects often outweigh the good the regulation was supposed to do.
Cars built smaller (to comply with Democrats’ rules that require increased gas mileage) kill people. That’s because smaller cars provide less protection.
“Should the government tell you what kind of car to buy?” complained Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform in a video I made about Trump.
AMid seCuriTY And sPeCTACLe
PARIS - France went into full Olympic countdown this week as the long awaited Summer Games will begin in Paris with a spectacular evening parade of 85 boats and barges along the iconic River Seine. This unique creative Opening Ceremony, with over 10,000 athletes and dignitaries from the teams, featured a resplendent Pharaonic spectacle evoking ancient Egypt as much as modern France.
The Summer Olympics are held just 100 years since the 1924 Paris Olympics.
The Games arrived following years of preparations, traffic disruptions bad even by Parisian standards, and a security lockdown in large parts of the city. Not surprisingly many Parisians have deliberately sarcastically left the city to avoid the crowding, traffic jams, and the hype.
The city is quieter than usual, even for Summer.
Though the Games cost nearly $10 billion dollars and have gone not surprisingly over budget, they have not been as costly as recent Olympiads as in London. Moreover construction was integrated into preexisting venues and buildings thus causing a lower “carbon footprint” for construction. Naturally
the Games have not been without their controversy; Anne Hidalgo, the Socialist mayor of Paris barred the Total Energy group as a sponsor. Instead there’s the luxury goods company LVMH. And the risk of swimming in the otherwise polluted River Seine, was challenged when Mayor Hidalgo, took a quick dip while wearing a wetsuit in a publicity staged and paradoxical event.
Security is tight in the week preceding the waterborne opening ceremony; 45,000 police and Gendarmes sealed off both sides of the Seine with metal fencing for over 2 miles in an already dense and historic urban environment. People living in the affected Zone needed special QR codes on their phones to access
their own neighborhoods and homes in chic areas such as Isle St. Louis near Notre Dame. Public transport was highly restricted in large parts of Paris a week before the events.
Significantly threats from Al Qaida terror networks or Russian militants remain very real.
Even pedestrian and bicycle movement was highly restricted as this writer quickly discovered.
When walking though well known streets and haunts near the River, there were various checkpoints needing QR codes for local movement. Municipal Police, National Police, and the Gendarmerie, often with automatic rifles, controlled movement. Such area control evoked
by John J. Metzler Syndicated Columnist
by John Stossel Syndicated Columnist
A breakthrough in Ear-Brain Technology™:
Intrigue AI mimics the cerebral cortex of the human brain to quickly and more accurately ‘fill in’ the gaps produced when our hearing system falters.
• Replicates how our “normal” auditory system works.
• Distinguish words and speech more intuitively and naturally.
• Hear soft sounds without distracting noise.
• Reduce the effort it takes to listen and hear.
This series of Letters From God is an attempt to put the thoughts of God as revealed in the Scriptures as they relate to individuals and the nation of the USA
Letters From God Letters From God
QUESTION
What Are Your Thoughts On The Attempt To Assassinate Our Former President?
Of course, you must know that it grieves me. I am your Creator and I created you to experience life. In fact, it was my desire when I created you that you would live forever without any pain, suffering or death. To watch my magnificent creation decay as it is, to the extent that you are trying to kill one another, brings sorrow. It is important that you know that all of this is because I loved you enough to give you a free will to choose to love me and not demand that you love me. Had your first ancestors chose to love, trust and obey me, this acts of violence against your former President and all others carried out against one another, would have never been experienced. Since your ancestors and you who followed, have chosen to reject me, your hearts have become dark and sinful and the natural byproduct is anger, hatred and murder.
I once asked my servant James to write of this condition of your heart and the malevolent effect it would have on your treatment of one another. I included my thoughts and words penned through him in my book, the Bible. In it he said, “What causes fights and quarrels among
you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. (James 4:1–4). When I made you, I gave you my heart of love. This love not only doesn’t try to hurt and kill others but is willing to die for others. May I remind you, that despite rejecting me and deserving hell I, as a demonstration of my love, sent my son Jesus to live among you and die to take your penalty of sin to save you from the curse of death (John 3:16). When you walked away from me, this love turned into a sick love that loves only if you get what you want. If you don’t receive what you want, as James said, “You kill and covet…” What you witnessed against your former President by one individual in his attempt to kill is being practiced worldwide, in attempts to lash out and hurt or kill anyone who doesn’t give you what you want. In the case of your former President, many voiced publicly that they wished “the shooter was more accurate with his shot.” Myr-
iad numbers of others privately wished for the same thing. Consider that I taught you to, “do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31) Is that what you would want to be done to you? How do you explain this malevolence? James, through my inspiration gave you the answer when he said, “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God?”
vironment of “the world,” when you don’t get what you want, you kill. And let me remind you that my Son Jesus, taught you that even if you only hate another but don’t get to take their life, I consider it equivalent to murder and will hold you accountable (Matthew 5:21-22).
The “world” spoken of by me through James is not the physical sphere that you live on but the spiritual environment you live in. Last week, I wrote about the source of lies that always leads to suffering and some form of death and eventually spiritual and physical death. I reminded you that I created angels before I created humanity. One of them, Lucifer, led a rebellion against me and became malevolent to the point of desiring your death. For all who reject me, he is their god, “the god of this world.” (2 Corinthians 4:4). His spirit and values of evil and death infuse those who reject me and run to him. Your world is running harder and faster away from me, your loving creator and Father and into his arms. You have become, as James spoke, “adulterous people.” Your “friendship with the world is hatred toward God,” and “Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.” As enemies of God you acquire the heart of the Devil, Lucifer. As you live in this malevolent spiritual en-
As long as you continue to reject me, what you have witnessed will continue. In fact, all who are reading this and selfishly desire what you want, arousing anger at anyone who doesn’t give you what you want, have the seed of murder within you. Given the right opportunity you would do the same. My counsel to you is what I gave to James to correct the problem addressed above. I said through him, “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” (James 4:8-10)
Follow this counsel, ask my son Jesus to forgive your sins and I will “lift you up,” out of the “world” and into eternal life with me, your loving heavenly Father.
I Love You, God
These letters are written by Rev. Dr. Sam Hollo of Alton, NH
Seems like there is a lot of talk about parasites lately…..in fact for several months. On my substack blog
Sara M. Woods Kender,
called Living In Circle, (sarawoodskender. substack.com) I wrote a more extensive article with my thoughts about this topic. Many come into the shop telling me they think they have a parasite, and my question is ‘why?”
Parasites come in many forms, so it’s important to ask the right questions to hone in an area of the body, symptoms etc. You can have parasites in your gut like giardia which will give you stomach cramps, bloating, diarrhea and in general a feeling of not being well. If you have a parasite like Lyme, you may have fever, fatigue, and immense joint pain. Flukes, nematodes, and other parasites cause many types of symptoms so it’s important to note those symptoms. What I have noticed in my practice is that people come in with typical symptoms of digestive upset or dysbiosis, and think it’s a parasite. Digestive issues can possibly be confused with a parasite.
I also think the messaging out there is consistent with people thinking they have a parasite, when indeed they don’t. I’m not sure I believe that ‘we all have parasites’, but that seems to be part of the messaging.
Some say cancer is a parasite, which again, I don’t see any compelling evidence of that. While parasites are common, it’s not typical and you know it when you have one. The ill health of so many individuals in our society may also lead one to think it’s parasitical in origin, but the reality is much different. If you are concerned it may be a parasite, it’s important to figure out what type of parasite. I do help with different types of parasites, namely gut parasites and the spirochete organism that causes Lyme, but in general if someone comes into the shop and states they think they have a parasite, I am not always convinced of that until I ask a series of questions.
It may also be a good idea to talk to you doctor about a fecal test or blood test to rule out a parasite, or find one, whichever the case may be.
At any rate, here are some herbs helpful for a parasitic infections: black walnut hull, sweet annie, oregon graperoot, garlic, black seed, slippery elm, and cascara sagrada, as well as non herbal things like activated charcoal. I encapsulate the herbs since some do not taste very good and dose accordingly. Herbs come in beautifully whatever the imbalance and it’s always a good idea to check with the local herbalist who many have some effective and natural approaches to this issue.
Sara Woods Kender is a Clinical Herbalist and Reiki Master, owner of Sacred Tree Herbals in Meredith NH. She sees clients and offered classes in herbal medicine. www. sarasherbs.com
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5 sTrATegies To AChieve LAsTing BehAvior ChAnge
by Rebecca Schubert, MS RDN NBC-HDW Owner One Step Nutrition Coaching
“How often have you said to yourself, ‘Starting tomorrow, I’m going to eat better,’ or ‘This year, I’m going to get back in shape’? And how often have you found yourself failing to follow through? If you’re like most people, these declarations often lead to disappointment. Behavior change is hard. And despite our best intentions, most of us struggle to follow through.
When we set out to change, we often focus on the obvious— our outward behaviors. For example, we decide that we’re going to embark on a weight loss journey, so we cut out certain foods or food groups, we count calories, we put our sneakers by the door to remind ourselves to take that walk. While these are all viable strategies for helping us to achieve the desired outcome, these strategies often fail because they don’t address the root cause of our behaviors.
Human behavior is complex and is influenced by the things we
cannot see including our mindset, our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. The challenges that lie under the surface are our adaptive challenges and they require adaptive solutions. Adaptive solutions may include a need to build an awareness of our thoughts and emotions and change the way we respond to them. It may mean learning to approach challenges and setbacks differently or examining how our beliefs may be holding us back.
Here are five adaptive strategies that just might help you unlock the lasting success you’ve been looking for:
1. Identify the deeper, emotional reasons for change. We often believe that knowledge alone drives change, but if that were true, people wouldn’t smoke, drive without seatbelts, or ride motorcycles without helmets. To un-
cover your deeper reasons for change, use the ‘five whys’ technique: ask yourself why you want to change and continue asking ‘why’ until you uncover your deepest motivation. For example, you might say, “I want to lose weight.” Then you ask yourself why. “So I have less pain in my knees and joints.” Why? “Because I want to move around more easily.” Why? “So I can play with my grandkids and enjoy being with them.” Why? “Because my grandparents died when I was young, and I missed having those relationships. I want my grandkids to look back at the times we spent together and know that I loved them.”
Ah-ha… now we’ve uncovered the real reason for making the change.
2. Make sure you’re ready for change. Often, we embark on change without being
fully committed. This leads to half-hearted efforts, a lack of progress, and eventually quitting. There’s nothing wrong with not being ready. Be honest with yourself. If now isn’t the right time, let it go. Being ready later is perfectly fine.
3. Align the change with your core values. Core values are not things but are ways of being. They serve as the north star guiding us forward toward the kind of person we See CHANGE on 13
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foot in the air at night, constantly jumping and causing many sleepless nights. No one seems to have a solution for him.
-- J.O.
ANSWER: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common condition where people have the urge to move their legs. It’s usually worse at night and associated with an unpleasant sensation that is relieved by movement. People with RLS often have involuntary jerking movements of their legs during sleep, unimaginatively called “periodic limb movements of sleep.”
Your husband may have these periodic limb movements without RLS, which is then considered periodic limb movement disorder. Treatment recommendations require an exact diagnosis. I often see his condition misdiagnosed or continue on for years without a diagnosis. The diagnosis is confirmed by a sleep study where the limb movements are recorded and characterized. Once the diagnosis is made, there are a few important considerations:
The first is that this condition often coincides with iron deficiency, which should be looked for and treated, if necessary. (The underlying cause for iron deficiency also needs to be found.) It may take weeks or even months after iron replacement for the leg movements to get better.
Prior to medication treatment, a review of
any medicines your husband takes is appropriate, as some can cause similar symptoms. Regular exercise, avoidance of caffeine and alcohol, and good sleep (ironically) can all improve symptoms in some people.
If medicine is needed, medications like pregabalin or pramipexole may be the first-line treatment, depending on the results of the sleep study and how intermittent the symptoms are. A new therapy called neurostimulation is a drug-free approach that has been shown to be effective. One device, the tonic motor activation, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for RLS and will hopefully be available shortly.
But there are many experts in this condition. He should see a sleep medicine expert.
DEAR DR. ROACH:
I was wondering if you could give me any information on idiopathic stabbing headaches. I have been having them for three months now. From what I have read, this is a long time to have this condition. I can have them anywhere from 3-50 times a day, and sometimes they go away for a day or two. They are extremely painful.
I was prescribed indomethacin, which gives some relief but doesn’t fix the problem. This is a very strong NSAID, and I am tolerating it with minimal side effects. But I don’t want
to be on this long-term. Do you have any suggestions that might help me? -- L.L.
ANSWER: A stabbing headache is an uncommon headache syndrome. It can be hard to distinguish it from a cluster headache, but a stabbing headache does not have the characteristic eye symptoms (tearing) or nose symptoms (runny nose). Cluster headaches are seldom greater than eight per day. There isn’t a lot published on the long-term prognosis of a stabbing headache. As you found, it goes away in many people after several weeks, but some people have intermittent symptoms that last for months or sometimes years.
One alternative to indomethacin is melatonin, which is much less likely to damage the stomach and kidneys. A neurologist with expertise in headaches may have other options for you.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a healthy 55-yearold woman who eats well and exercises (with both weights and cardio) six to seven times per week. Four years ago, I was diagnosed with Lynch syndrome. (I have the “MLH1” genotype.) My primary care physician suggested testing after my sister died of cancer at the age of 48. (Doctors were never able to determine if she had breast or lung cancer because of the location of the cancer.)
All of my siblings (four of us) have been tested, and each of us has it. Two of my nieces have also tested positive for it.
I have three adult children of my own, and my doctor told me that at least one of them will have it. Of my three children, only one has been tested, and she tested positive for it. Since my diagnosis, I have been receiving regular preventive care such as colonoscopies, endoscopies and mammograms. Other than some polyps that were removed, checked, and free of cancer, all procedures have come back “clear.”
One doctor told me to eat little to no red meat, follow a Mediterraneanstyle diet, and exercise. Another told me: “Live your life and eat what-
ever you want. Lynch Syndrome is hereditary. No matter what you do, you’ll either get cancer, or you won’t!”
I feel like I’m getting mixed messages from my doctors. Could you please tell me more information about Lynch syndrome? Does this mean that I will definitely end up getting cancer? Is there preventive care that I should focus on? -- G.R.
ANSWER: Lynch syndrome is caused by a mutation in a group of DNA repair genes. Without these repair genes, a person’s DNA is more liable to have errors in it when duplicated, which leads to an increased risk of cancers. People with Lynch syndrome are particularly at risk for colon cancer, but also cancers of the stomach, kid -
ney, bladder and other organs. Women are at a higher risk for endometrial and ovarian cancer, but it remains debated whether breast cancer is a Lynch-associated cancer. Men with Lynch syndrome are at a higher risk for prostate cancer.
Among family members, it is expected that half will inherit the Lynch mutation. Your family has been unlucky. I recommend that your other children get tested soon.
Of the four major genotypes in Lynch syndrome, MLH1 tends to have the highest risk of cancer, and approximately 70% to 80% of women with this genotype will get a Lynch-associated cancer, usually colon or endometrial. The goal is to find and remove these cancers before they can spread.
I strongly disagree with the doctor who suggested that diet isn’t important. When you are at a higher risk for cancer, it’s more important to have the healthiest lifestyle you can. A Mediterranean-style diet, which is high in fruits and vegetables and low in processed foods and meat, is likely to reduce your cancer risk, but it is critically important to continue screening.
CHANGE from 11 want to be. Consider how aligning your behavior with your values can help you achieve change. For example, if you value independence, staying strong and fit supports this value, motivating you to go to take that walk or go the gym. If you value kindness, then choosing to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet is a way to show kindness to yourself.
4. Set process or behavioral based goals instead of outcomesbased goals. Contrary to popular belief, we have little control over outcomes, but we do have control over the behaviors leading to them. Instead of setting a goal
to lose ten pounds, focus on the short-term process goals such as limiting your consumption of added sugars or replacing your chips at lunch with fresh cut vegetables. Track your progress by scoring yourself with a letter grade. Forget going for the A. Instead, strive for the B consistently and you’ll be amazed at how far you’ll get.
5. Adopt an attitude of practice. Many of us think in all-or-nothing terms and this can lead to feeling like failures if we don’t meet our goals. When we practice, we have no expectation of the outcome. The purpose of practice is to try, learn, course
correct, try again, et cetera. There is no failing in practice. When we adopt an attitude of practice, we take away the pressure and that makes it much easier for us to stay on course.
Change is simple, but not easy. By connecting to our deepest motivations and core values, focusing on the process instead of the outcome, and adopting an attitude of practice, we can make the process of change much easier and that will increase our likelihood of achieving the lasting success we desire.
A colonoscopy is recommended every one to two years. Many experts perform endometrial biopsies every year, despite ironclad evidence of benefit. Ovarian cancer screening is controversial and of uncertain benefit; some high-risk women have chosen a risk-reducing surgery to remove their ovaries and fallopian tubes. Any symptoms of endometrial or ovarian cancer should be discussed with your physician, who can decide whether to do additional testing.
Not So LoNg Ago ...
Exploring ThE lEgEnd & lorE of our graniTE STaTE
when wATer BeCAMe The eneMY Be AwAre And Be sAFe
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer
The name at the head of some tragic news was Wolfeborough, and the date was April 30, 1900.
Frank Tracy and Henry Archie, two young men whose first and last names could be reversed and still sound sensible, were missing and thought to have drowned in Lake Winnipiseogee. The men had been seen last at about three o’clock on the previous day and did not return home. Their capsized boat was discovered at about 9 o’clock the next morning. Archie was 30 years old, was married, and had a child, and his fishing companion was 25 and unmarried.
Thankfully, we don’t read stories like this in these days as frequently as in the early 1900’s but a recent news headline indicated that drownings have been on the increase in recent years. Tourists are attracted to places where water offers recreational
activities not found elsewhere and New Hampshire has from its colonial days provided that, and gradually benefited from improved safety measures, including the appeal to common sense.
During the first ten days in July of 1906 there were thirty drownings in New England. As I browse through some newspapers of other years in olden days I have noticed the reporting of many drownings. With improved safety methods and warnings it appears that the numbers are less in these days, but maybe, with the
warnings of what has happened in the past, bad days at the beach, lake, river, or other bodies of water can be further reduced.
July days have long been seen as those of engaging in summer fun, particularly here in New Hampshire, where summers seem short, but full of outdoor activities, including water-related ones. In those first ten days of July in 1906 the accidental drowning victims included fourteen boys, fifteen men, and one young woman. The deaths were the result of five of the victims falling into the water, ten being bathers, five while
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by Eric N Gibson Contributing Writer
“Why would anyone write about Tuna Salad?” “He must have gone off the deep end!”
The Simple TunA sALAd
“Must be a slow day at the Times office for this one to slip past the editor.” And a host of similar comments, I am certain, are being uttered by the readership. Why just the title alone can stir thoughts of consternation in the minds of many. Feelings run deep on the subject of Tuna Salad, most of which were probably being repressed until this very moment. And perhaps with good reason? But, I actually enjoy Tuna Salad, especially during the summer months.
To tell the truth, I too initially thought the same thoughts as many of you. In fact, I actually found myself arguing (with myself) the merits of Tuna Salad, “What a perfect topic for a summer article!”
The other half of my brain crying out, “Have you lost me completely? Who in their right mind would ever take you seriously?”
“But,” I countered, “when has not being taken seriously ever
stopped me before?”
As the argument continued I found myself convinced, believe it or not, that Tuna Salad is worth writing about. Why? Because, as I am sure many reading this will agree, Tuna Salad is, when it comes right down to it, a simple summer comfort food. It is cool on a hot summer day. It has an unmistakable flavor that most find appealing. And when mixed with just the right ingredients it is a very satisfying center of the plate soloist or equally appealing as part of a larger summer meal.
Now, I know Tuna Salad is not the first thing people think of when you say the words “Comfort Food”. In fact it probably isn’t even on the list of top 20 favorites for most people. Not because people do not like it,
Tuna Salad just kind of flies under the radar.
Let’s face facts, Tuna Salad has always been taken for granted. Seriously, when people utter the words “comfort food” what immediately comes to mind? Warm, hearty, carb heavy foods that stick to the ribs and offer satiety. Mac and Cheese, Cheesy Beef and Pasta Casseroles, Spaghetti and Meatballs, Shepherds Pie, Fried Chicken and Mashed Potatoes with hot buttered biscuits and gravy. But these are comfort foods best suited to the colder months leading into winter through mid spring.
Summer however, creates, in our minds eye, an entirely different menu. One of cooler, lighter fare that is easy to make, does not heat up the
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Summer Fun! Summer Fun!
inTo The BreeChes! AT The BArnsTorMers TheATre
TAMWORTH - The Barnstormers Theatre presents Into the Breeches!, on stage July 25th through August 3rd.
The Oberon Play House’s director and leading men are off at war with the Axis. Determined to press on, the director’s wife sets out to produce an all-female version of Shakespeare’s Henriad, assembling an increasingly unexpected team united in desire, if not actual theatre experience.
Together they deliver
(L to R) Tsebiyah Mishael Derry and Stephanie Lynne Mason in rehearsal for Into the Breeches!
a delightful celebration of collaboration and persistence when the show must go on!
Playwright George Brant’s concept for the comedy is both clever and creative. Into the Breeches is a gentle, amusing story that sometimes verges on silly or even mildly slapstick. G Rating
Directed by Sarah Rozene, this production features returning Barnstormers Madeleine Maby, Dee Nelson, Bob Bates, Jean Mar Brown and Lisa Kate Joyce. Tsebiyah Mishael Derry and Peyton Pugmire make their Barnstormers debut. Stephanie Lynne Mason, last featured in season opener
Camelot, rounds out the cast. This production is sponsored by Bank of New Hampshire.
“ ‘A League of Their Own’ meets Shakespeare. Who doesn’t love an underdog story? Into The Breeches! is set in Portsmouth during a period of history when our country came together to support men fighting in the War. Will the women of Portsmouth be able to come together to pull off an ambitious Shakespeare production when it seems like everything is against them? I know our audience will enjoy everything that this charming play has to offer ” - Sarah Rozene,
Artistic Director Into the Breeches! is presented at the Barnstormers Theatre, on 104 Main Street in scenic Tamworth, NH. Tickets are $20$39.50. Discounted same-day tickets for Carroll County residents, budget-friendly group tickets and Family Packages available. Intermission refreshments sponsored by Whippletree Winery and Tuckerman Brewing Co. For more information and tickets, visit barnstormerstheatre.org or call 603323-8500.
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Summer Fun! Summer Fun!
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On Saturday and Sunday,July 27-28. come and celebrate summer with American made arts & crafts at the Mount Washington Valley July Arts & Crafts Fair at Schouler Park, 1 Norcross Circle, Rt. 16, North Conway.
Hours are Saturday 10am to 5pm & Sunday 10am to 4pm Located in front of the Scenic Railroad. There will be over 100 awesome exhibitors including handsome cedar wood furniture, amazing metal creations, memory frames, amazing hand painted glass/metal/wood/ mushrooms, beautiful folk art, custom leather belts & beautiful totes/pocketbooks, awesome acrylic and watercolor fine art, NH maple syrups, hand poured soaps, soy candles, several jewelry styles including leather jewelry and crystal jewelry, charcuterie boards, unique macrame furniture, amazing wildlife photography, custom signs, freshsqueezed lemonade & kettle corn, and lots more. Live Music with North River Both Days. Rain or Shine Under Canopies! Free Admission & Free Parking. Friendly, leashed dogs are welcome.
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Summer Fun! Summer Fun!
woods, wATer, And wiLdLiFe FesTivAL in MiLTon
On Saturday, August 10, Moose Mountains Regional Greenways (MMRG) will host its flagship annual event, theWoods, Water, and Wildlife Festival, at scenic Branch Hill Farm in Milton Mills, NH. The Festival is a celebration of New Hampshire’s expansive wild landscapes and the state’s abundant natural resources and wildlife. The Festival grows each year and has become a staple in
the Moose Mountains community, regularly drawing more than 450 attendees from all across New Hampshire and bordering states.
The WWW Festival offers outdoor entertainment for all ages! Youth will enjoy fishing in the Branch Hill Farm pond, educational nature-based play and crafting, and watching a thrilling oxen-pull logging demonstration. Adults will be interested in the local organizations and businesses tabling at the Festival, including a new exhibit from Thrive Outdoors on outdoor survival skills and information from wildlife rehabilitation organization the Center for Wildlife. The Squam Lakes Science Center will once-again host two presentations featuring their spe -
cial animal guests live and up-close! Attendees will also enjoy live music throughout the day and can purchase refreshments from a selection of locallyowned food trucks.
In addition to these activities, the Festival is an opportunity for the community to learn more about MMRG’s work as a local land trust, including its two recently conserved properties!
The Festival is one of MMRG’s most important fundraisers.
All Festival proceeds and business sponsorships directly support MMRG’s non-profit mission of land conservation and educational outreach within the region. As a community-focused organization, MMRG remains affordable to all - tick -
ets for the festival are only $5 per person or $10 per family for non-members, and are FREE for MOOSEie Members (donors who have given $25 or more to MMRG in the past 12 months). Purchase tickets online at https://mmrgnh.org/ mmrg-in-action/festival/ or at the door. MMRG is also seeking volunteers to help with the festival –please reach out to Astrid Wielens at astrid@ mmrgnh.org if you are interested in helping out for a 2 hour shift. As a thank you, all volunteers receive FREE admission and lunch. MMRG is grateful to its Festival Underwriters: the Siemon Company, Branch Hill Farm/Carl Siemon Family Charitable Trust, and the Cynthia Wyatt family.
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Legendary SingerSongwriter Judy Collins will perform on stage as part of the Great Waters Concerts in the Clouds series at the Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough, on Saturday, August 3, at 7:30.
Since the late fifties, Collins has inspired audiences with her sublime vocals and boldly vulnerable songwriting. She is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her poetically poignant original compositions. No one will ever forget her renditions of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” and her dreamy and sweetly intimate version of Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clouds.”
Judy began her impressive music career at 13 as a piano prodigy. Over the years, she has achieved a 55-album body of work, been nominated for several Grammys, authored books, and co-directed an Academy Award-nominated film. She continues to create music of hope and healing that lights up the world and speaks to the heart.
Unfortunately, it is already sold out for those who want to participate in the newly created Ride and Dine Experience that evening.
Each year, Great Waters, a 501c3 non-profit, presents a variety of performances as part of their Concerts in the Clouds series in a 500seat acoustic tent on the
grounds of the Castle in the Clouds. In addition, Great Waters also presents performances as part of the Concerts in Town series at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro. Tickets for all performances are available online at www.greatwaters.org or the Great Waters office at 54 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. Office hours during the summer are Tuesday through Friday from 10 to 4. For additional information regarding the 2024 season, contact the office at 603-5697710.
America’s #1 Zac Brown Tribute Band, 20 RIDE, is American Country/Folk music at its finest. As the first tribute of its kind, they are taking audiences by storm. All shows, unless indicated, are approximately 90 minutes
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The best salmon to choose
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You can find wild salmon in the fresh fish section of many grocery stores, but look in the frozen aisle, too. Often flash frozen shortly after being caught, frozen fish maintain their peak taste more than the defrosted fish displayed on ice. Simply thaw it by refrigerating it overnight uncovered on a paper towel-lined plate. Or, if you’re in a hurry, place the fish in a resealable plastic bag in a bowl of cold water, replacing the water every 30 minutes or so to keep it cold. Resources like Seafood Watch can help discern which salmon is sustainably raised. If the only option available is in the fresh case, choose fillets that are firm, shiny, uniform in color and don’t smell like much of anything.
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The well-known fiddlers, Ellen Carlson, Melissa Caron and Kathy Sommer, will perform a concert at The Old White Church in Center Tuftonboro, on Saturday, August 3 at 7:00 pm. The Church is located at 149 Middle Road (Route 109A), across from the Tuftonboro General Store & Post Office. Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for children under 12. Pay at the door, cash or check.
Fiddlers Three, accompanied by Todd Jones on guitar and Brendan Dowd on bass. feature spectacular high energy and sweet-sounding fiddles along with resonant heartfelt vocals. The trio has been fiddling together for years with a fun approach to many styles of music and to hear them perform is a joy.
Ellen Carlson is a New Hampshire fiddler with
a strong grasp of several genres of music. She grew up playing square dances and then bluegrass, country and rock with her brothers and has explored Celtic and swing. The tunes and styles she perform are varied, and she definitely sings as well as she fiddles! Besides Fiddlers Three, Ellen currently performs with the High Range, the Hot Skillet Club, Sugar Hill and has played with Sweet, Hot & Sassy and The Blue Hill Kickers.
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Melissa Caron is a Maine-based fiddler known for playing and teaching many different styles of music. Classically trained, she has experience teaching string programs and general music in public schools. Melissa has been a member of the Portlandbased bluegrass band, Jerks of Grass, since
2006 and the old-time band, Sugar Hill. She teaches at her studio in Scarborough, Maine and recently recorded the album, “Stuff That Works,” with the Fiddlers Three.
Kathy Sommer is a violinist, fiddler and mandolinist known for her tasteful and polished style, versatility, and energetic stage presence. Her violin study and performance began at age seven at the Eastman School of Music in New York. From classical music training, she eventually branched out to study and play a dizzying variety of styles including folk, swing, bluegrass, Cajun, and jazz. Her violin and mandolin playing is featured on numerous CDs with her long-time band, The Buskers, Fiddlers Three, and the all-women swing band, Sweet,
Red, Hot and Sassy, plus numerous other artists’ recordings. She also performs as a folk and classical artist.
Ellen, Melissa and Kathy are all well known in Northern New England. As if this weren’t enough, they are the directors of the Fiddleheads Jam Camp and of the NH Fiddle Ensemble. Their new album featuring an eclectic variety of sung songs and instrumentals garnered rave reviews in the Fiddler Magazine: “This album is loaded with great musical moments. Each one of the fiddlers is an accomplished musician demonstrating not only extreme discipline in an ensemble but also the ability to take a melody and run with exquisite improvisation. The diversity of the material is stunning.” Included were songs written by Bob Wills, Chuck Berry, and Guy Clark plus all manner of fiddling styles are incorporated. They have fun together and it shows!
The historic Old White Church of Center Tuftonboro located on Route 109A, just across from the Tuftonboro General Store & Post Office, is an intimate, cozy setting that regularly hosts weekly Country & Bluegrass jam sessions and other music concerts. The doors will open at 6:00 pm, and the concert begins at 7pm. Seating is limited to 100, so be sure to come early to avoid disappointment. For more information or to reserve tickets, call Charlie Andrews at 781-864-9040.
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shArk week ends wiTh 2 Movies
Meredith Shark Week concludes with a double dose of shark movie fun on Saturday, July 27. Showing at 9:30 AM will be the original summer blockbuster, the movie that started the “sharksploitation” film subgenre, Jaws! Based on Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel of the same name and one of Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg’s first movies, Jaws (rated PG) tells the story of small New England beach community under at-
tack by a great white shark. At 11:30 AM, the “chomping” continues with a more modern blockbuster shark movie, The Meg (rated PG-13), which stars Jason Statham as a rescue diver who comes face to face with a megalodon – a prehistoric (and largest-ever) shark long thought to be extinct! Both movies will be shown in the library Function Room on the large flat screen TV. Admission for the movies is free and there will also be pop-
corn and movie candy available at no charge, courtesy of the Friends of the Meredith Library. Attendees can enjoy both movies in their entirety or drop in any time to catch a piece of the action. There will be sharktheme souvenirs for the kids as well as a photo op with a shark backdrop to create lasting memories.
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in shallow water. One disadvantage of monofilament, however, is how much it stretches. Increased stretch means decreased sensitivity and hook sets, especially when fishing in deep water. Monofilament also has less castability than a braided line. Monofilmanet isn’t always the best choice when working a finesse type lure that requires a lot of small action.
Copolymer line is monofilament coated with another material, usually fluorocarbon. It is more abrasion resistant, has less stretch, better knot strength, and is usually thinner than monofilament.
Copolymer also sinks, more so than monofilament, making it a great line to use if you are jigging around rocks or when using deep diving crank baits, but not so good for fishing top water lures because will
pull your lure under the water making it less effective.
Fluorocarbon is highly desired because it has almost the same refractive index as water and therefor almost completely disappears underwater. It also (usually) has thinner diameter and lower stretch than monofilament. Fluorocarbon is a great line to use when fish are lineshy or when fishing in very clear water. While most fluorocarbon is very abrasion resistant, if it does get nicked it is almost guaranteed to break at the nick when put under the maximum amount of strain it can handle. That said, it is the clear choice (pun intended) for lakes such as Lake Winnipesaukee or Squam Lake. Most times, I only use fluorocarbon as a leader material when I am fishing with braided line. Regardless of the pound test I am using, I start with a 6-foot leader. As I use it, I am constantly retying lures of cutting out rough sections above my lure as it gets abraded. When the leader gets shorter than 4-feet, I replace it with a new one.
Braided line is my preferred line in almost every situation. Braided
line is much thinner, but much stronger than nylon line. Its thin diameter increases castability. Braid also has zero stretch which increases sensitivity and hook sets, especially when fishing in deep water. You can also add a section of whatever type and length of leader best fits the type and fishing you are doing that day. Braid is susceptible to wind knots though. If you don’t pay attention when casting, lures a loop can form in the spool causing terrible knotting that is daunting, and sometimes impossible, to get out. Braid is a particularly good option for long distance casting, as the thinner diameter allows most lures to cast farther than with monofilament or fluorocarbon. It is also typically the top choice for vertical jigging since its thin diameter reduces drag in the water and the lack of stretch allows the angler to feel bites in deep water. My favorite braided line is Daiwa J Braid X8 Grand. One thing to remember is that braided line is normally manufactured in four strand and eight strand types. X8 Grand is an eight-strand line and is rounder than four
strand and will increase castability. Four strand line is strong and sensitive, but more oblong shaped and doesn’t cast as far as eight strand. At the end of the day, eight strand braid is my go-to line.
Knowing what your line is made of and how it acts in water can make your choice much easier. If you want to go crazy there are choices upon choices, and line manufacturers are more than happy to accommodate. Choosing specific lines for specific types of fishing is just one piece of the puzzle, but it just might be the most important one, as your line is the link between your rod and your lure. Remember that fishing line is extremely hazardous to wildlife. It can cause serious injury or even death so make sure you clean up any used fishing line that you see.
Tim Moore is a full-time licensed professional fishing guide in New Hampshire. He owns and operates Tim Moore Outdoors, LLC. He is a member of the New England Outdoors Writers Association, and the producer of TMO Fishing on YouTube and the Hooked with TMO Fishing Podcast. Visit www.TimMooreOutdoors.com for more information.
Fluorocarbon is never more useful than when trolling in clear lakes, such as Winnipesaukee.
myself. I did an internet search to find the “facts” and was amused with the results. Of the 10 stories that came up on the first page of the search, five said bananas were good for you and five said they were bad for you. (I think the argument against bananas is that they are high in sugars. The banana positive articles highlighted the vitamins and minerals in the fruit.)
I bring this up because the other day my brother asked me for advice on purchasing binoculars. He asked if 7x42 were good for birdwatching. I responded by text immediately saying 7x binoculars are fine, but 8x and 10x are good as well. Afterwards, I was curious what the internet would have to
say about this, so I searched “what are the best binoculars for birdwatching?” As you might have guessed, the answers were inconclusive. Many said it was a matter of preference, similar to the response I had given to my brother. Other sites made definitive statements and, of course, they didn’t all agree.
The headline on one site read, “The Win -
ner is Clear, 10x42.”
Another site wrote, “make sure your binoculars are labeled either 8x42 or 8x32.”
I was pleased to see that the consensus was that the best birdwatching binoculars are somewhere between 7x and 10x. I will admit, however, I was annoyed at the websites that presented as fact what the best magnification is. At the risk of be -
ing guilty of doing the same thing I am condemning, I can say with certainty that there is not a “best” binocular out there. It depends on the individual birdwatcher. It’s like asking what type of apple is best. You could put 10 people in a room and get 10 different answers.
The best binocular power question can be narrowed down to three responses, for the most part. The vast majority of people will say either 7x, 8x or 10x. A few outliers may go down to 5x or 6x and some may go up to 12x or 15x, but they would be in the minority.
Quickly, here’s what the numbers mean. The first number is the magnification. An 8x set of binoculars will make birds appear eight times closer. The second number is the diameter of the
lens and essentially dictates the amount of light being let in, which determines how bright the subject appears.
I’ve used and preferred different binoculars over the years. I used 10x for a long time and then tried 8x. I grew to like 8x and now that is my power of choice. That said, the binoculars that inhabit my glove compartment are 10x. I still use them and enjoy them.
In general, 7x or 8x offer a wider field of view making it easier to find the subject (birds in our case). There is also less vibration due to handshake with smaller magnifications. If you are more skilled at finding birds through binoculars and have steady hands, then 10x may be better as they offer a closer view of the bird.
For most birdwatching scenarios, however, 8x brings you plenty close to the action. It is also easier to follow a bird that doesn’t like to sit still. So, when asked for a recommendation, I say 8x, but that’s a recommendation based on my own personal preference and experience, not fact.
Whichever magnification you choose is based on your own preferences. No one should make the ultimate decision for you. Trust your instincts, believe your own eyes and don’t get gaslighted.
Chris Bosak may be reached at chrisbosak26@gmail.com or through his website www.birdsofnewengland.com
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the remaining five water-related deaths.
One of those drowned was what was called the first of the year of its kind in Concord, and involves a boy who was swimming at the public beach, then called the “public bath,” on the Merrimack River. Ten year old Henry Bishop had left the “bath” area and gone up the river and was floating down the river on a log when he fell off. The young victim was said to not be a good swimmer. Further north in Big Squam Lake an eighteen year old who was said to have been a good swimmer had swum about a mile on those waters when he was afflicted with cramps and was unable to stay afloat. Hamilton McKeown Twombly, Jr. was the only son of Twombly, Sr., a capiltalist of New York and New -
port, Rhode Island. Twonmly, Jr. was on the faculty of the Groton (Mass.) Summer School Camp on the lake and was to enter Harvard College that Fall.
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The Friday July 13th newspaper of 1906 also reported that “Lake Opeeche claimed another victim last Sunday morning.” That person was an immi -
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grant from Greece who had only been in this country a short time. Emanuel Polak, only 18 years of age, had recently been employed in the malleable iron factory of the Laconia Car Company Works. Two fellow Greeks who, with him, had been employed at the Laconia company, went to the Lake near the L.S. Perley farm to the cove near the upper end of Edgewater Avenue to bathe. Young Polak’s two companions could not swim and were on shore when he apparently was afflicted with cramps about 200 feet from the shore and drowned, though City Councilman John Mathes, who lived nearby, City Marshal Guay, Assistant Marshall Bailey, and Edgewater Avenue residents Walter and Carl Kendall were involved in giving the alarm and recovering the body. “Dr Walter H. True,” in the words of the newspaper, “worked over the body for some time, but the spark of life was gone.”
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Postcard view of Hampton Beach many decades ago.
news, released soon after the items noted previously, included a tragic occurrence near the Devonshire mills at Goffs Falls and involved children playing in a row boat that had been moored on the beach of the pond at that location. The boat had previously been padlocked, but for an unreported reason had been unlocked and four children were playing in the boat when two of them fell off and into the water. When John Goff, who was working at the mill, first heard calls for help he didn’t take them seriously, thinking the children were just playing, but in just a few seconds, two of the children, Walter and Emily Thies, came running toward him yelling that other children were drowning. The other two children who had fallen into the water were sisters Dora and Eva Come. Mr. Goff was able to rescue Dora, but could not reach eight year old Eva before she became a victim of the pond. Efforts to re -
suscitate her after she was found were unsuccessful.
Another drowning took place a few days later of the same year in the town of Holderness. Joseph Moulton and Albert Farmer decided to go to a small pond “in the waters of Owl Brook,” to do some fishing. They had two rafts which they pushed into the pond to fish from. Moulton suggested that they stop their fishing and go swimming instead. His companion was said to have been afraid of the water and tried to change his mind, but Moulton removed his clothes and plunged into the water and swam to the raft that Albert Farmer was occupying. When Moulton tried to get on the raft it started to sink, causing Farmer to swim towards the other raft. Moulton, however, sank beneath the water and his companion’s efforts to save him were unsuccessful.
While making note of the fact that there are hazards on dry ground as well as on the wa-
prit in this regards, but as recently as the 1940’s there was a period of around two years when the portion of the Pemigewasset River that flowed along the borders of my home town of New Hampton claimed six lives in those few miles.
ter, I also note that rivers and streams have also taken more lives than we like to remember. My guess is that the Connecticut River has , in past years, been a big cul-
Nevertheless, remember that New Hampshire’s waters have, through the centuries, provided food, transportation, power for mills and electricity, liquid for sustenance and cleansing, multiple recreational activities, and constant beauty. They are mostly our friend but can become our enemy, particularly if we don’t put safety first.
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and unidentifiable pieces. I wanted something that didn’t seem to wag its tongue at me as I brought it to my face. Something that didn’t feel as though it was trying to taste me as I was about to taste it. No siree! Ordinary just wouldn’t do. I was searching for something of substance. Something with flavor. Something cold with a tactile crisp crunch. Now, don’t get me
wrong, I do like deli meat. In fact, I enjoy a rare roast beef with a sharp cheddar and horseradish spread on pumpernickel. Or my personal favorite, a Reuban. When done right, the Reuban is the stuff of dreams. Just imagine having placed before you your favorite tender shredded corned beef piled high on a blanket of lacey swiss and a nice tangy sauerkraut. All of it accented with a
smattering of Thousand Island dressing and tucked perfectly between two grilled slabs of sourdough rye. A sandwich where the bread has a slight butter infused crisp but is still soft enough to not puncture the upper palate. And all this delicious goodness is served up with a crisp mild Kosher dill spear. But I digress…
As I rummaged through the refrigera-
TUNA SALAD
YIELD: 4-6 Servings Time: 15 Minutes INGREDIENTS
3 cans tuna fish (white or light in water)
¾ Cup Mayonnaise
2 Stalks Celery small dice
2 thin slices Red Onion fine dice
1 tsp. Lemon Juice fresh ½ Tbsp. Dill weed ¼ tsp. Ground Black Pepper ⅛ tsp. Cajun seasoning
PREPARATION
- Prepare (dice) celery and onion and place into a mixing bowl.
- Remove the three cans of tuna from the refrigerator, open, drain tuna thoroughly, and then place into the mixing bowl with the celery and onion.
- Add the mayonnaise, seasonings, and lemon juice to the tuna and vegetables.
- Mix completely with a spatula to incorporate.
- Refrigerate until service or serve immediately
tor I hit upon three cans of tuna fish. Doesn’t everyone keep their tuna in the refrigerator? Really? Why not? When I go shopping, and tuna is on the list, I usually buy a few cans. Truth be told, I buy more than a few and then, once home, I rotate the cans on the shelf into the refrigerator and the new cans onto the pantry shelf. This ensures I have cold tuna at the ready and I have properly rotated
the tuna with the oldest ready to be used first, the newest is now on the shelf. And on this day I decided Tuna Salad was what I wanted. Now there are many ways to make Tuna Salad, the add-ins are endless. Everything from sprouted grains to chopped veggies has gone into Tuna Salad and the results vary according to tastes.
Being old school, I prefer just a little bit of onion and celery for crunch, mayo for the “binder”, and a minimum of seasonings; black pepper, a seasoned salt such as cajun seasoning, some dill, and a splash of lemon juice. I find this combination really works well.
Being people of rather provincial palates growing up, mom would make simple meals during the summer. Tuna Salad was about as sophisticated as it got in our house. And the celery really gave this salad that little something extra. Or, if she were to really “step it up a notch” perhaps we would see
Tuna Salad served with a few leaves of Iceberg Lettuce and a tomato wedge or two. But usually, we children were served our Tuna Salad on bread “sandwich style”. Mom knew she could get more mileage from that one lettuce leaf tucked into the sandwich than she could on a bare plate as an underliner for a gob of Tuna Salad.
If you were a naysayer when you started reading this article I would encourage you to rethink Tuna Salad. Try this recipe or perhaps strike out on your own. Regardless of how it is served, as part of an ensemble salad or the solo act between two pieces of bread, most would agree that Tuna Salad is one of the unsung heroes of the summer Simple Feast. Enjoy!
his car keys and a dollar bill to the curator and told him to drive to the store and get the afternoon chemistry class twenty popsicles. (Popsicles cost a nickel in those days. Do the math.) The curator became a hero to his fellow students and my uncle became a hero to the curator, “Naturally we all loved Mr. Wagner.”
Not everyone cares as much as me about history, people, traditions and records. But for those who do care, sports Halls of Fame in places like Cooperstown, Canton, Springfield, or Toronto are shrines. I’ve been to all four and loved each visit. I’d highly recommend that serious fans add these wonderful, hallowed sports venues to their bucket lists. And if Ontario, New York, or Ohio are a bit far to drive, don’t forget: You can visit THE MOFFETT HOUSE in Berlin, N.H. for free!
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When did baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown open? (Answer follows)
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That is to say, sports standouts born on July 25th include Hall of Fame NBA center Nate Thurmond (1941) and Hall of Fame NFL running back Walter Payton (1954).
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“Museums are places of relaxation, inspiration, and authenticity. We live in a world of reproductions, but museum objects are real.”
– Thomas P. Campbell, Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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June 12, 1939
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lin High School, Notre Dame High School, and the fabled Berlin Maroons semi-pro team were all well documented.
Included amongst all the memorabilia were some framed copies of some Berlin Reporter sports columns. These classic columns especially attracted my interest—me being a sports columnist. But they especially called to me because they were authored by my uncle Dick Wagner. He’d married my dad’s
sister (Aunt Evelyn) before heading out to New Guinea to fight the Japanese in 1943.
I pointed out my connection to Mr. Wagner, and asked the curator if he knew Uncle Dick, a Norwich grad who also taught science at Berlin High School. “Yes!” he replied. “Mr. Wagner was my chemistry teacher. I have a story for you.”
In the mid-1960s Uncle Dick sometimes drove a convertible sportscar to school. During a noontime lunch hour, Dick gave
The Berlin Maroons were a legendary semi-pro ice hockey team.
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to line the Seine for the spectacular event.
METZLER from 7 is. Korea House is in the Maison de Chimie, prestigiously situated near the Parliament. Denmark has a great place on the central Champs Elysees! And for those without pricy tickets to see the sporting events, the Hotel de Ville (City Hall) has a spectacular “fan zone” with continuous video and live events.
Paris during the COVID pandemic where local lockdowns reached absurd levels. A further 18,000 military reinforced security against terrorist threats; especially rooftop security along the River and providing anti-drone technology. And on the River itself, special security speedboats were deployed with SWAT teams prepared for any eventuality.
Newly constructed spectator seating lined large swaths of the Seine and many of the historic bridges along the river for the 2.5 by 1.2 miles zone where 10,000 athletes will stage a waterborne parade on 26 July (Friday) ending at the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. About 300,000 spectators are expected
The Summer Games slated between 26 July and 11 August, followed then by the Paris Para-Olympics, will be hosting 24,000 athletes from around the world as well as hundreds of thousands of spectators. Among more than 30 traditional sporting competitions ranging from boxing, sailing, swimming, soccer and judo, the new sport being introduced this Olympiad by the Paris Committee is Break dancing. The athletes will compete for 329 Gold medals.
Venues range from the splendid skatepark in the newly created urban park in the central Place de la Concorde, to Swimming in new aquatic stadiums in St. Denis, to Tae -
kwando in the historic Grand Palais in central Paris home to the 1900 Grand Expo, to Equestrian events in the Gardens of the Palace of Versailles. While most events are in the Paris region, such as Beach Volleyball at the Eiffel Tower in a new 13,000 seat popup stadium, sailing competitions will take place half -way around the world in French Polynesia!
Some 14,000 athletes will stay at the newly built Olympic Village in St. Denis. Following the Games, the Village will become affordable housing in this poorer part of suburban Paris.
In parallel many of the larger teams will host special hospitality Houses; Team USA House is located in the historic Palais Brongniart in central Par -
Bruno Jeudy of the weekly La Tribune Dimanche wrote editorially, “In the end, let’s not forget the last step associated with Olympianism; Excellence.”
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Norquist says that Trump largely kept his deregulation promise, and that was great for America.
For example, Trump repealed the Obamaera plan to classify franchise businesses like McDonald’s as one single business. Why was that good?
“Trial lawyers want to be able to sue all McDonald’s, not just the local McDonald’s, if they spill coffee on themselves,” says Norquist. “Labor unions want to unionize all McDonald’s, not just one store. That would have been a disaster.”
Trump’s FCC repealed Obama’s “net neutrality” rules, which slowed the growth of internet options by limiting providers’ freedom to charge different prices.
Democrats screamed.
Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted that repeal would mean “the end of the internet as we know it.”
Instead, none of the terrible things predicted (they’ll cut you off!) happened. Innovation continued. The internet just got better.
Yet now the Biden administration wants net-neutrality reinstated!
They also want to ban election betting, the useful mechanism that gives us better predictions about the future, and the election odds I quote above.
Regulators give their repression nice names to make their rules sound valuable: today they propose a Data Privacy Protection Act, a Cybersecurity Resilience Act, Fair Lending For All Act, etc. “The names for these
regulations are written by regulators,” laughs Norquist. “They’re advertisements for themselves,”
He jokes that regulators should, like drug companies, list side effects of their rules:
“May cause unemployment, reduce wages, raise the cost of energy ... “
Trump’s deregulation record would be better if he hadn’t added new regulations, like tariffs, at the same time.
“Trump is a protectionist in many ways,” says Norquist, sadly.
“Tariffs are taxes, and regulations on the border are regulations on consumers.”
When Trump took office, he announced, “We have cut 22 regulations for every one new regulation!”
But it’s not true. America’s Deep State is
hard to fight. Many of the 22 million Americans who work for government think they’re not doing their job if they don’t regulate more
Despite Trump’s promises, he left America with more regulations than we had when he took office.
I hope a future President Trump will cut his tariffs and agricultural subsidies, and kill the Export-Import Bank, drug prohibition and thousands
of other rules that do more harm than good. Every repealed regulation is a step toward freedom.
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Most Americans feel there is something very wrong in our nation. It is my great hope that what will come out of all this is a renewed sense that human freedom, the ideal on which our nation is founded, is rooted in the sacred. Each human life is unique so each must be free to live and express and do what no one else can.
And it is my hope that a renewed sense of the sacred will inspire personal humility that comes from appreciation that each of us is part of something greater than ourselves. And that this will inspire respect for others, knowing that each one
is created in the image of God.
This, I hope, will stop the blame game and inspire everyone to double down in taking personal responsibility for a better world.
And that our sense of the sacred will extend to and include that magical moment when life is first conceived in the womb.
Abraham Lincoln gave his second inaugural address just 41 days before he was assassinated.
He spoke to a nation that could not have been more divided. Let’s learn from Lincoln’s great closing words that day.
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him
who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan -- to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”
Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and host of the weekly television show “Cure America with Star Parker.” Her recent book, “What Is the CURE for America?” is available now.
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the worst president in American history -- Joe Biden will not be the end of America. We will continue to live together, to work together and to be a nation
God gave us all another chance on Saturday. We ought to take it.
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