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“Against All Odds” Author At Wright Museum

“Fish Tales” columnist Tim Moore with a Lake Trout he caught while on a “Lake-cation” on Lake Champlain.

by Tim Moore

“I’m On ‘Lake-Cation’”

Contributing Writer

Being self-employed, I rarely take a real vacation. I travel to Minnesota for work a few times a year and try to fit some fishing in while I’m there and take a few fishing trips around the northeast every year, but those trips are mostly always work-related trips to gather content for my spon-

sors. As fun as those content trips sound (and they are fun), I experience a lot of them through the lens of a camera. I must be aware of cameras and batteries, and many other details that do detract from the experience a bit. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining by any means, but sometimes I like to fish with no constraints, or not fish if the

weather doesn’t cooperate and just be a tourist. Such is the case as I write this. This year I am calling it my “Lake-cation.” I’m currently on vacation on Lake Champlain for a week to celebrate my 50th birthday. The wind is blowing just enough to make a morning of fishing feel like work and with another five days to See MOORE on 32

On Tuesday, August 2nd, the Wright Museum will welcome New York Times best-selling author of “Against All Odds”, Alex Kershaw. This is the eleventh program of the Wright Museum’s 2022 Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney Education Series. Four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice “Footsie” Britt, a former professional football player, became the very first American to receive every award for valor in a single war. Michael Daly was a West Point dropout who risked his neck over and over to keep his men alive. Keith Ware would one day become the first and only draftee in history to attain the rank of general before serving in Vietnam. In the campaign to liberate Europe, each would gain the ultimate accolade, the Congressional Medal of Honor. See WRIGHT on 19 RE ONLINE FOR & SHA F RE D A E RE

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Gunstock To The Editor: The long overdue resignation of Gary Kiedaisch from the Gunstock Area Commission, and the concomitant resignation of the general manager and several members of the management staff at Gunstock is the result of a wellorchestrated and well-financed campaign of disinformation to divert attention from soon to be release reports from the financial and legal auditors engaged by the Gunstock Area Commission, which reports are expected to be very damaging to the reputations of the resigned commissioner, many of the resigned former staff, and the governor himself. The unwarranted interference in this county matter by the governor, without complete accurate information and factual data, is not completely unexpected in light of the longtime strong connections between him and his family with Kiedaisch, which is repeatedly touted by Kiedaisch. It is truly unfortunate that the governor failed to have any contact with the chair of the Gunstock Area Commission or the chair of the Belknap County Delegation or the other two elected State Representatives he called out before inserting himself into a controversy about which he actually knows very little. And it is worthy to note that the principal political consultant to the shadowy group

trying to interfere with proper legal oversight of Gunstock, granted to the Gunstock Area Commission by the General Court in 1959, has ties to organizations believed to be funded in large measure by George Soros. Norm Silber NH House of Representatives Belknap County District 2

Biden’s Trip To The Editor: Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia demonstrates Democrats’ rabid hatred for Americans and exposes their man-made climate change hoax. While shutting down American oil production, Biden begs for overseas production increases. Apparently oil production is OK as long as American workers, American consumers, American businesses, and American investors don’t benefit. The 1970s oil embargos showed the folly of depending on foreign oil. Those embargos caused scarcity, rationing, cold homes, high prices (energy costs impact everything), and risked our ability to respond to military threats or natural disasters. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to make us energy independent. Only President Trump cared enough about the American people to make us energy independent. On his first day as President,

Biden started destroying our energy independence. Biden’s politically-motivated release of about 1/3 of our Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), allegedly to help Americans, is sending millions of barrels overseas, including to China! Although another 1/6th of the SPR is planned to be released, our SPR is already at its lowest level since the mid-1980s. This is dangerous; our ability to respond in a major emergency is in jeopardy. Biden shut down our oil production to “save the environment”, to stop “climate change”. Yet, Biden’s trip shows that it’s OK to get oil from overseas, burn millions of gallons of fuel unnecessarily, spew millions of extra tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, and unnecessarily risk accidents causing enormous pollution. Democrats’ war on American energy harms Americans, especially poorer Americans. It robs American workers of good jobs, causes great price spikes, and jeopardizes our national prosperity and security. Biden’s plea for more Saudi oil exposes that climate change alarmism was created for political, rather than human, benefit. Vote Republican to save our prosperity, freedoms, and national security. Don Ewing Meredith, NH.

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“Martin and Osa Johnson: Adventure’s First Couple” Program At Lake Winnipesaukee Museum On Wednesday, August 3rd at 7 PM, the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum will welcome Jeff Rapsis, executive director of the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire in Londonderry, to speak on “Martin and Osa Johnson: Adventure’s First Couple.” Since seating is limited, advance reservations are requested, by e-mail to lakewinnipesaukeemuseum@gmail.com or by phone 603-366-5950 (Wed-Sat 10-4). This program is free for Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society members; for non-members there is a $5 fee. Rapsis will spotlight the extraordinary career of the Johnsons, a Kansas couple who gained worldwide fame and cult status in the early 20th century for far-flung exploits that combined adventure, aviation and wildlife photography. Often wearing classic safari outfits and topped by pith helmets, the duo journeyed deep into Africa and Asia in the 1920s and 1930s, getting the first motion pictures of exotic wildlife in its native habitat. Back home and in Europe, they achieved great popularity on the lecture circuit by recount-

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Martin and Osa Johnson with the Sikorsky S-39 float plane they flew around Africa in the 1930s to film exotic animals in their natural habitat. Pioneers in airborne wildlife photography, the Johnsons became world famous for their exploits in the early years of both aviation and motion pictures, making them the forerunners of all wildlife filmmakers. ing their adventures in foreign lands. After Martin Johnson learned to fly, the pioneering aviators used Sikorsky float planes painted with zebra and giraffe markings to reach remote regions of Africa and Asia, and to photograph wildlife from the air. As filmmakers, the cou-

ple produced several wildlife documentary films chronicling their adventures, including of ‘Simba: King of the Beasts” (1928), a documentary the Johnsons compiled from film they shot in Africa from 1923 to 1927. These films also proved immensely popular, laying the groundwork for all wil-

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Quilt Show Season Underway

The 45th annual Belknap Mill Quilters Guild Quilt Show and Mysterious Quilt Journey will be taking place on Saturday and Sunday, September 24th & 25th at the Belknap Mill, the Guild’s sponsor, 25 Beacon St., the Laconia Senior Center, 532 Main St., and The Conference Center (opposite the Senior Center) at Lakes Region Mental Health. A crew of volunteers will soon be busy setting up tables and racks, where over a hundred display quilts will be taken in, registered, sorted, and assigned their hanging spot for the show beginning on Saturday morning. There will be vendors coming in with a vast range of merchandise for sale. Anything from sewing machines, to fabric and patterns, to sewing needles can be found! The BMQG will also have their annual quilt and basket raffles, Attic Corner and Quilted Treasures, along with food trucks and many restaurants within walking distance! Whether one enjoys seeing traditional or modern quilt patterns, there is something for everyone. It is a great weekend to come and view the beautiful quilts, take in a demonstration, or find the latest in machines, fabrics, and notions, while having the chance to vote on your favorites. The popular voting ends at noon on Sunday, with ribbons being presented at the end of the day! Show hours are Saturday, September 24th, 10 -5, and Sunday, September 25th, 10 – 4. Admission is $10.00 for adults, free for children under 12 with paid adult admission. For more information, please visit the Guild’s website www.bmqg.org.

B.J Eckardt To Be Featured Artist At The Galleries At 30 Main BJ Eckardt is the featured artist in an upcoming art show at The Galleries At 30 Main in Meredith, NH. An exhibit titled “Yard Works: Inspirations from the Garden” begins on Thursday, August 4th and runs through Sunday, August 14th, 2022. An Artist Reception will be held on Thursday, August 4th, from 4-6pm. The public is welcome to attend and meet the artist. This is an opportunity to see Ms. Eckardt’s newest original works of art inspired by her gardens and nearby woodland areas. Working in oil, she is a contemporary artist known for her vivid and bold works. The show highlights the growing season’s gifts of early blooming crocus and tulips, to summer geraniums and hydrangea, and the splendor of New England fall leaves. BJ Eckardt is a fine art oil painter, who lives and paints at her home on Lake Winnisquam in Belmont, NH. The Galleries At 30 Main represent local artists from the Lakes Region. Artwork includes pieces from emerging as well as established artists in a variety of mediums including oil, watercolor, acrylic, photography and more. Located at 30 Main Street in Meredith NH, the Gallery is free and open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, except for Tuesdays. For more information call 603-279-0057.

Advice To The Players Presents “All’s Well That Ends Well”

Abenaki Tower & Trail Assoc. Meeting The Abenaki Tower in Tuftonboro, NH provides an exquisite panoramic view of Lake Winnipesaukee and surrounding mountains. Some of you may have heard it was built as a fire tower. Some as a lookout tower for enemy planes during the war. These are untrue. It was built by the people of Melvin Village almost 100 years ago, for the enjoyment of everyone, and continues to serve this purpose. This year the Annual meeting of the Abenaki Tower and Trail Association will be held at 6pm, Tuesday, August 9, at one of the cottages on the Wawbeek shore below the tower. We invite anyone who enjoys the tower or wants to learn more about it to join in this meeting, either in person and by Zoom. The Association built, rebuilt and maintains the tower. At this meeting we will be discussing the future needs of the tower, talking about the historic marker application submitted to the state of NH, discussing plans for the tower’s 100th birthday, and talking about the Abenakis for whom the tower is named. We welcome your suggestions and are always appreciative of new volunteers willing to help maintain the tower as an enduring community resource. For more information, go to the Abenaki Tower website. Posted is the meeting notice and instructions for joining on Zoom: https://abenakitower.org . Or send you comments/questions to Info@Abenakitower.org.

Advice To The Players is elated to continue their summer season with All’s Well That Ends Well. This story follows a woman, Helen, hopelessly in unrequited love with a nobleman- with clowns, wayward soldiers, and witty elders- this comedy is not one to miss. All’s Well That Ends Well will open August 6th (with a preview on August 5th) at 5:30pm in Quimby Park. in Center Sandwich. The show will run August 5th-14th. The August 13th show will take place at 7:30pm in the Sandwich Town Hall Theater. Tickets are available at advicetotheplayers.org Advice To The Players is a unique company of theater professionals, enthusiastic community members and energetic teens that have been performing Shakespeare and offering workshops invthe Lakes and White Mountains Regions of New Hampshire since 1999. Based in Sandwich, ATTP has spent the last 23 years bringing award-winning productions of William Shakespeare’s richly passionate plays to life while introducing new generations to live theatre.

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Magical Thinking Just when I thought I had put my worst scandal behind me as I make another run for governor as candidate for the Flatlander by Brendan Smith Party another Weirs Times Editor one has appeared. Last week confessed to having used the Covid excuse with blatant disregard for my fellow New Hampshirites and I apologize. Of course, I wasn’t alone in this abuse, many folks used the excuse. It was really a once in a lifetime thing; to not be blamed for anything you did selfishly by blaming the virus instead. I did some research and found out that more than a couple of my possible gubernatorial opponents have used it as well; so I am sure it will be a non-issue come election day since it will also come back on them. But a new and possibly more serious indiscretion that I have used has somehow made itself known, and it is a big one. It could take down my whole campaign. I do admit to it. I did do what I am accused of, but only for about a week and I thought that no one would notice. So, I thought I would just come clean this week to get ahead of it, to hopefully nip it in the bud before it really takes off. Will it do me any good? I don’t know, but this is all I can do. It started when I mentioned in this very column that I recently had a medical procedure done that put me out of action for about a week. I didn’t get into any details about the procedure, but just the mere fact of mentioning it

was enough to get the wolves to dig deeper. Of course, they were hoping to find something that would put my health front and center; something that would prove to voters that I might not be healthy enough for the rigors of the job. Still, here in 2022, that is a pretty high bar to jump over. At sixty-six years of age, I can still put in a few terms as governor and maybe one or two as senator and then, if the winds blow directly, maybe even be president in my early eighties. So, there would be a lot for them prove. It would have to be something life-threatening that would give people pause to write-in my name in November. Well, what they found out was, at first, not so bad. When all was said and done, it boiled down to was me having some work done on my prostate. Something that tens of thousands of other men in their later years have done every year If that’s all it was, it would be one and done. Case closed. But it was my own paranoia that led me to do what I did. Like Richard Nixon foolishly sending men into spy on another candidate at the Watergate Hotel when he already had the election in the bag, I should have just left it alone and moved forward. Instead, I got a little nervous when I got the diagnosis that I would need to have the procedure and I started to think how it might affect my campaign. So, I jumped the gun. The day after I received the diagnosis I decided that maybe if I identified as a woman, then my prostate issues would simply go away. After all, woman don’t have them - not yet anyway - and if I identified as one then I would become one. At least that is what I hear and read about all the time. It’s like a magic trick. You just say what gender you

want to be and…poof…you become that gender. So, I said the magic words and instantly changed my biology. Or so I thought. About a week and a half later I went to get checked out and was disappointed to find out that I still had a prostate after all, and nothing about it had changed much and I still needed the procedure. So, I said the magic words and became a man again so I wouldn’t have to buy a bunch of new clothes. My only regret was the money I had wasted on wigs. It seems somehow, someone from another campaign found out about my changing my gender back and forth by simply saying it was so. My opponents have accused me of abusing this magic trick for selfish reasons. There are some who applauded me for doing what I did, which was unexpected. Some even urged me to change my gender every other week to show others how simple the magic trick was. (I haven’t ruled it out yet, will have to do some voter research.) Some even called me “A Candidate For Change.” So, I don’t know what the ultimate effect will be on my campaign, but I am writing today to apologize for taking advantage of this and I apologize if you are offended by my actions. For those of you who are still supporting me. Thanks. (Especially that lady who wanted a photo with me next to the “Science Is Real” sign on her front lawn…you know who you are!) Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles”,“Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” and “I Only Did It For The Socks Stories & Thoughts On Aging” All are available at BrendanTSmith.com.

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A Transplant Miracle That Defied COVID Tyranny

DALLAS - Leilani Lutali and Jaimee Fougner are alive, giggling and ready to fight for truth, justice and faith. I visited them this weekend at Baylor University Medical Center’s aptly named post-kidney transplant surgery center called the Twice Blessed House. If not for their stubborn resistance and persistence, Leilani most likely would not have survived COVID tyranny -- and by Michelle Malkin Jaimee would be in mourning for her sisSyndicated Columnist ter in Christ. Instead, we laughed, cried and wolfed down Texas barbecue along with friends and family. Last October, I wrote about how University of Colorado Health officials cruelly and arbitrarily kicked Leilani off its transplant list after both she and Jaimee refused the COVID-19 vaccine on religious and scientific grounds. “UC Health gave me a death sentence,” Leilani reflected on Sunday. “Baylor gave me a chance” at life. Leilani’s kidney function immediately skyrocketed from 5% to 73% just days after surgery. Baylor University doctors told Leilani and Jaimee, who each underwent a three-hour-long procedure, that triathlete and former Air Force medic Jaimee’s kidney was an “overachieving” marvel. The future is bright, and these charismatic women give all glory to their Creator. “Without faith in Christ, we would not be sitting here today. We were either going to listen to men or listen to God, and we chose the path of God,” Leilani told me. The dynamic duo wants the world to know their COVID vaccine defiance and survival story. They are now committed to battling religious and medical discrimination against Christians nationwide. Leilani and Jaimee met at a Bible study group. They learned they had the same blood type and forceful personalities to match. “The two of us are stubborn as all get out,” Leilani effused. “We don’t take no for an answer.” Both objected vehemently to the use of aborted fetal cell lines for production and manufacturing of COVID vaccines. Leilani had COVID two summers ago and possessed long-lasting antibodies, giving her natural immunity right up through surgery. Jaimee, a medical professional, conducted copious research on the legal, scientific, regulatory and ethical issues surrounding the experimental mRNA vaccines. After UC Health kicked them to the curb, they found a surgeon at Medical City Healthcare See MALKIN on 36

The Banner On Boston’s Church Of The Covenant & The Decline Of Christianity Ben Shapiro Is Off This Week. The Following Column Is By Dennis Prager On the front of one of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the country, the Church of by Dennis Prager the Covenant in Boston, Syndicated Columnist hangs a large banner on which is written: “And God said... “Protect Abortion Access 4 All “Ensure Black Lives Matter “Honor Bodily Autonomy “Defend LGBTQ+ Rights “End Voter Suppression “Turn Guns into Plows “Abandon Fossil Fuels “Provide Sanctuary “Abolish Prisons “Disarm Hate “Speak Truth “Breathe “In other words... “Love” If you needed one example of how destructive leftism has been to mainstream Christianity, both Catholic and Protestant, and to non-Orthodox Judaism, this banner would suffice. God says, “Protect Abortion Access For All”? Where? Why? Terminating innocent life, that’s God’s will? Does this include abortions of viable babies undergone by healthy mothers? Is that, too, God’s will? “Ensure black lives matter”? Blacks, like every other racial, ethnic and national grouping of human beings are created in God’s image. But if this banner implies support for the group Black Lives Matter, that is another matter. God abhors groups that affirm racism. Unlike the Left, the Bible knows that anyone, black or white, can be racist. As regards LGBTQ+, the Bible goes out of its way to uphold divine distinctions such as good and evil, God and human, human and animal, and male and female. When God

creates the human being, the Bible asserts this last distinction as clearly as possible: “Male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27). “Turn guns into plows” is, of course, taken from the Prophet Isaiah’s call to “Beat your swords into plows” (Isaiah 2:4). Unfortunately for the Church of the Covenant, another biblical prophet says the very opposite: “Beat your plows into swords... let the weak say, I am strong” (Joel 4:10). Unlike the Left, the Bible understands that while the ultimate dream is that human beings have no need for swords, until that messianic age, the weak must have swords. As for abandoning fossil fuels, these ubiquitous sources of energy have been one of God’s gifts to humanity. Without them, the modern world would not have been possible. No hospitals, no reliable heat in the winter (not to mention cold in the summer), no transportation beyond riding animals. No modern medicine. Nothing in the way of modern technology. Just a primitive life -- and a short and painful one at that. God would say before abandoning these fuels, make sure you have a reliable substitute. (We do: nuclear power.) Until then, thank God for His gift of fossil fuels. As regards sanctuary, if the meaning is sanctuaries for illegal aliens, on the basis of what biblical idea does the Church of the Covenant infer that God wants America -- or any other country -- to have open borders? “Abolishing prisons” alone is an idea that should alienate any rational and moral human being from the Left. Abolishing prisons means allowing an enormous number of innocent people to be murdered and beaten, of women to be raped, of shops to be looted, and of children to be molested. Nothing exemplifies the moral idiocy at the heart of leftism as well as “abolish prisons.” Perhaps some prominent conservative Christian church should put up a banner addressing the same subjects: “God said... “Protect The Life Of Mothers -- And Their See PRAGER on 18

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Where’s The Beef? How can it be that with so much cattle in America, we sometimes can’t buy meat? At the beginning of the pandemic, Costco, Wegmans and Kroger limited by John Stossel purchases of beef. Syndicated Columnist Hundreds of Wendy’s outlets ran out of hamburgers. “How the hell can this be?” says Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., in my new video. “They (Wendy’s) were out of hamburger, yet you could see cattle from the drive-thru!” It happens because of stupid gov-

ernment rules. Massie owns a small farm in Kentucky. “I’d rather deal with cattle than congressmen,” he jokes. “At least (cattle) exhibit learned behavior.” But politicians often don’t. “You’re born with the right to eat what you want,” says Massie. “Why is the government getting in the middle and saying, ‘No, you can’t buy that’?” “To keep you safe,” I push back. “They’re not keeping you safe,” Massie responds. “They’re keeping you away from good, healthy food.” American meat regulation began after activist Upton Sinclair worked

undercover at a meatpacking plant and then wrote the book “The Jungle.” It became a huge bestseller. Sinclair’s goal was to advance socialism. But his book became famous for exposing unsanitary conditions, like rat infestations and rotting meat carcasses, at packing plants. The outcry over that led Congress in 1906 to declare that any meat sold must get a stamp of approval from the United States Department of Agriculture. What did the inspection entail? An absurd technique called “poke and sniff.” To find tainted meat, federal bureaucrats stuck little spikes into carcasses and then smelled the

spikes. If they smelled something spoiled, they ordered that meat discarded. The process was ridiculous. The inspectors used the same spikes over and over, plunging them into multiple animals. Poking and sniffing sometimes made things worse by spreading disease from one carcass to the next. Of course, governments often do ridiculous things, and regulators, once they start doing them, keep doing them. The feds didn’t stop “poke and sniff” until the late 1990s. Today, USDA inspectors do a better job. They test for bacteria. But See STOSSEL on 33

Ukraine’s Food Siege Is Broken; We Hope Visiting a bountiful farmers market on France’s western Brittany coast, you can’t help but be dazzled by the choice and abundance by John J. Metzler of fresh fruits and Syndicated Columnist food. Even in small towns, the sheer choice and selection is daunting. Now let’s metaphysically transport ourselves to Ukraine’s besieged Black Sea coast where for endless months, the bounty of wheat and grains have been blocked by the Russian occupiers from leaving ports and being shipped to the outside world. But now there’s finally been a breakthrough in opening the bottleneck and getting the blocked food to the outside world. At least hopefully.

In what he optimistically called a “beacon of hope” in a world that desperately needs it, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres help broker a complicated diplomatic deal between warring parties Russia and Ukraine. Speaking in Istanbul, Turkey in that great city on the Bosporus, Guterres intoned, “Today there is a beacon on the Black Sea…a beacon of Hope, a beacon of possibility, a beacon of relief in a world that needs it more than ever.” Guterres stressed, “The question has not been what is good for one side or the other…the focus has been what matters most for the people of our world.” The deal was facilitated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan whose country controls the narrow and strategic maritime chokepoints connecting the Black Sea to the Medi-

terranean. Naturally the accord is clearly in Turkey’s interest too as so much shipping transits Turkish waters. Brokering the grain accords helps Erdogan’s tarnished global image too. But while the landmark accord helps Ukraine slowly regain its export markets, a parallel agreement between the UN and Russia allows for reopening markets for Russian grain and fertilizer. Predictably Russia was not willing to unilaterally help Ukraine without gaining something substantial in return. Still the UN was wise to keep this stand-alone agreement out of the deadlocked Security Council where a plethora of competing political interests would have slowed or stopped any progress. Yet at the same time United States diplomacy was largely bypassed by this accord.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now five months ago, global food markets have been buffered by spiraling prices, shortages and bottlenecks. Ukraine’s food production is mostly exported to North African and Middle Eastern countries thus causing new rounds of food security instability and as importantly political reverberations. Look at the numbers; Ukraine supplies 81 percent of wheat to Lebanon, 64 percent to Qatar, and approximately half of supplies to Tunisia, Libya and Pakistan. Fully 80 percent of Egypt’s wheat imports comes from Ukraine and Russia. Following the Istanbul accords, at least 22 million tonnes of wheat from the Ukraine’s breadbasket is due to be shipped to International markets. According to the African Development See METZLER on 35

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vestiges of the sinful behavior that led to my judgment. I also told them that they must never practice those things lest they experience the same consequences. Unfortunately, they chose to do the very things that the Canaanites before them practiced. These practices then became habits and patterns that drew their hearts away from me and made them addicted to them. At that point it became very difficult to change and they chose to reject me instead of giving up their sinful “loves.” (Deuteronomy 32:19-26). Another reason is that they lost sight of me with their eyes of faith. No one can look upon me directly because I am without sin and to look upon me would be devastating and even more destructive than looking into the Sun directly. Not having sight required that they trust me as though they could see me, so that they recognize that I am with them and that I see their behavior and will judge everything they do that is outside my will. Without the eyes of faith, they convinced themselves that I am not present and that they could get away with their sin. A final reason is that they have been deceived. From the beginning of time, one of my creative beings, the Devil, has devoted himself to deceiving my creation into believing that they should run from me and run to him. Consider the

very first temptation in which he convinced Eve, who was living in my perfect environment, that I, their Creator, was malevolent and had withheld from her the pleasures of life. She began to develop malevolent thoughts about me that were all based on lies and decided to abandon me and make herself a “god.” Of course, she was not, and she only sealed her fate along with her husband who joined her, to walk into the lair of the Devil and begin their death march. I am the source of life and by abandoning me, she was cut off from that source and death became inevitable. I documented this fateful decision, that is the scourge of your day as well, when I wrote through Isaiah when he said, “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way;” (Isaiah 53:6). I would also write in the book of Psalms, “For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.” (Psalm 95:10). My people are like sheep and they have little or no defense mechanism for protection. That is why they need a Good Shephard. By rejecting me and by foolishly believing the lie from the Devil, they sealed their fate. The Devil feasted on them until they were decimated and lost everything. Now it is your turn. You have learned nothing from my word and

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QUESTION: Why Are So Many People Turning Away From You? The defection from faith in me has, as you’ve noticed, increase significantly. To answer your question, there are many reasons. Perhaps the first is that you have become so prosperous that you think you no longer need me. I predicted this would be the case for my chosen people of Israel before they entered the promised land that I gave them. When they went into that land and prospered, they turned their back on me and took advantage of my gifts and quickly forgot me, the one who bestowed those gifts(Deuteronomy 32:15-20). Another reason that they have abandoned me is because of their desire to embrace things that I have made clear are wrong and destructive. Before my chosen people entered the promised land, I warned them that the sinful behavior of the people who lived in the land before them had brought my judgment upon them. My punishment of them would enable my people to enter the land and make it their home. In order to protect themselves, I told them that they must remove all

the example of my people. You are repeating the same mistake. Your freedom is killing you because it has left you defenseless against the much more powerful evil, the Devil. Your nation is dying as well and the individuals in it are suffering the same fate. Many of your leaders have willfully abandoned me and my will and exchanged it for license and licentiousness to do whatever evil they desire in order to gain your favor and retain their power. Listen closely, “sheep.” The wolf is on the prowl, and you may think you can defeat him, but you are powerless against him. Only with me, the Good Shephard, will you have any hope. Come and seek forgiveness, which my Son, Jesus the Messiah, made possible when He died to pay your penalty. Follow me and my will and I will guide you to verdant pastures of life now and for eternity. I love you, God These letters are written by a New Hampshire pastor.

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as they take your order, or saying please and thank you. These all have the power to create a tiny ripple effect on the person in front of you which can impact the way they feel and how they then interact with others and so on. And of course, being rude, disrespectful, or generally uncouth can be equally powerful. The beauty of free-will is that humans get to decide hundreds of times throughout every single day of their life what kind of an impact they choose to have on the world around them through the interactions they have with others; be it split-second or longterm; with total strangers or members of their own inner tribe, and everything in between. Let’s use the example of holding the door, which we can easily view as a metaphor for a simple act of being thoughtful and momentarily generous with your time. It may seem like an insignificant gesture since it only takes seconds, but if every human ‘held the door’ for another person today alone, even if each act of kindness only took 5 seconds, collectively all those acts of kindness would add up to 1,267 years. That’s a lot of kindness. I can’t help but wonder what kind of an impact such a thing could have on

the world energetically. Consider the power of an earthquake, felt for miles in all directions and how it makes people ‘feel’; or the energy that is felt from a sonic boom. Energy is powerful and humans might not realize how much of it, good or bad, they exude with their behaviors, attitudes, and choices. And not just on how their energy impacts one another, but the impact on the environment and the earth as well. In the words of Satish Kumar, “In India we always pronounce the word peace three times: shanti, shanti, shanti – peace, peace, peace. Why three times? Because peace has at least three dimensions: inner peace, social peace, and ecological peace – making peace with yourself, making peace with the world, and making peace with nature.” A lively and vibrant man, Satish is a Peace Pilgrim, activist, and educator. Certainly, one of many who are on a mission to save the world; quite possibly from itself. What do you currently infect others with? You are contagious. Be conscientious about your contagion of choice. You have the power to create a better world. Through this collaboration, energetically we can eradicate hate because despite See GRAY on 35

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Fostering Emotional Well-Being During Difficult Times

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For many of us, events of the past several years have presented unusual challenges in our everyday lives. While life throws curve balls in the most mundane of times, what has been learned through the field of Happiness Studies is especially relevant to our collective today, as we navigate through and out of a more unusual time. Rather than focusing on how we can be happy at all times, which is unrealistic, the discoveries in this field instead help us to better understand how we can become more antifragile, or able to develop and practice habits that help us to move through difficult times with hope and emerge with resilience and growth. The five foundational components of cultivating anti-fragility and whole person well-being form the acronym SPIRE, which stands for Spiritual well-being, through which we find meaning and purpose; Physical well-being, through

which we nourish our physical body to enhance our mind-body connection, such as with exercise, rest and a healthy diet; Intellectual well-being, which speaks to how much curiosity and growth we foster for our minds; Relational well-being, which is enhanced through meaningful connections and time spent with those we care about; and finally, our topic today of Emotional well-being, which is influenced by how well we’re able to work through difficult emotions and foster more pleasurable ones, such as gratitude. Based on research, fostering emotional well-being means balancing, accepting and

moving through painful feelings, as well as how we can intentionally cultivate more positive ones. It asks us to accept the full range of human emotions, without judgment or shame, and to allow ourselves to truly feel our emotions as we’re experiencing them. By accepting that we won’t be happy all the time, and that the more deeply we allow ourselves to experience less pleasant emotions, the more satisfying joy will be when it comes, and we can actually move through painful times with more ease. This is because the more we resist our difficult emotions, the more magnified they become, and the more time will be needed to

fully process them. Fortunately, simple practices can help us move painful feelings through us. These include crying, which releases chemicals and hormones that help lead to catharsis, writing about our experiences (to share or not), and talking them through with someone we trust. Another strategy is to mindfully choose to observe difficult emotions rather than identifying with them, a skill that can be enhanced through meditation. On the flip side, we can actively cultivate more positive emotions, even during challenging times, by incorporating a gratitude practice into our lives. While we cerSee CHAPMANon 14

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daily lives, we begin a chain reaction that is capable of buoying us up and shifting our

perspective. Importantly, gratitude and choosing to look for blessings in our past,

present and future also creates a pathway for hope, whose presence alone can prevent

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We are in the midst of summer! Enjoy it while it lasts! Ever wonder what it was like to be a young boy in the countryside of New Hampshire in the summer during the middle of the last century? I don’t claim that my boyhood was typical of every farm boy of 75 years ago in New Hampshire, but let me share some of it. My folks kept at least one, usually one, cow for the milk it produced; but, in order to produce milk a cow has to give birth to a calf, so there was sometimes a calf, or a heifer on the farm, and more before my time. So cows were a part of my early life. Fences needed to be repaired or installed, in the Spring of the year to provide pasture for the cows. One of my fond memories is of standing at the gate at the head of “the lane” waiting for the cows to come home at the end of the day. The lane

Cows were a part of my early life. was a narrow passage, probably no more than twenty feet wide, but maybe an eighth of a mile long that led to the larger pasture. Stone walls, still there today, on each side of the lane served as a fence for much of that part of the pasture. The gate was made of long boards stretching more than half the length of the entrance. At that gate we would sometimes holler to call the cows home, and cows are usually ready to come home, come evening. I also have fond memories of helping to fix or install some of the barbed-wire fencing used to keep the animals in the pasture. I don’t think I was so fond of doing it back then, though, because installing a barbed-wire

fence with only the wire, staples, a hammer, an iron bar, or other hand tools to work with. Pulling on the wire to stretch it tight enough to make it taut enough to keep the cows in was no easy task fora young lad and his Dad. The “meadow,” which at one time produced the most and best and thickest hay on the farm, eventually became a pasture. I enjoyed leading the cow home from that pasture, even uphill, after the downhill walk in the morning, sometimes literally running by her side, with her body brushing against mine at the evening hour. Come to think of it, I had to go both ways morning and evening if I was the one putting her out to pasture. She had

to go one way each time of day. We had a watering tank in the barnyard with fresh water and the cow would fill up before going into the barn for milking. Milking brings back more memories with the cow, which was not without its hazards, including trying to avoid being slapped by a tail meant to brush away flies. Cows also produce manure which was then used to fertilize the fields, but first it had to be removed by a shovel made for that purpose from the tie-up, the section of the barn where the cows were tied up. So I learned to clean up the barn by throwing manure by the shovel full out of a See SMITH on 29

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A chipping sparrow perches in a tree in New CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO England last week. 1/2 to 4 inches long. Chipping sparrows are roughly the same size as a chickadee — about 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 inches long. By comparison, house sparrows and white-throated sparrows are 6 inches long, or slightly more. Even juncos are an inch or so longer than chipping

sparrows. So it’s no wonder I couldn’t find it in the leafed-out maple. Thankfully, it made an appearance on a dead branch and lingered there for several minutes. Chipping sparrows, in my opinion, are one of our more handsome sparrows as well with

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New Hampshire’s biggest annual sports event occurs every third Sunday in July when the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon hosts a NASCAR Cup Series Race— most recently the Ambetter 301 on July 17. It’s one of the Granite State’s few bona fide “Major League” experiences. As a Loudon resident who lives just up the hill from the track, I find N.H. NASCAR weekends to be energizing, entertaining and exciting. There used to be two NASCAR weekends, but the September race moved to Las Vegas in 2018. This latest Cup race was the 51st to be held in Loudon. For whatever combination of reasons, NASCAR just isn’t as popular as it used to be. Twenty years ago, NHMS (then New Hampshire International Speedway) routinely drew over 100,000 spectators for Cup races. The track then had more seats than Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park combined. And Cup races always sold out. While there were always a few local gadflies who’d complain about the traffic and the noise, the races provided a huge economic boost for N.H., in addition to

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Learn How To Build Stone Walls At Canterbury Shaker Village If you have ever walked in the woods anywhere in New England, you have likely stumbled into an old stone wall and wondered at their purpose and how they were built. This wonder can be satiated at one of two upcoming two-day Stone Wall Workshops, August 13/14 and August 27/28, at Canterbury Shaker Village. Led by master stone artisan and mason Kevin Fife, this handson workshop introduces participants to the

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engineering and aesthetics of the Shakers’ stone wall-building skill through the restoration of a wall section at The Village. “You can learn some history of the walls and how to build them correctly—whether you are a homeowner or a novice—and learn how to go about it the right way,” he said. At the upcoming workshops, which include gourmet lunch and drinks, participants will work on a double face stone wall. Regarding the educational component of the workshop, Fife said he will talk about the history of stone walls in New England in addition to showing participants different types of walls throughout The Village. “Most New England settlers came from Europe,” he explained.

“When they cleared the land, they created stump fences and added webs and brush in between so sheep and other animals couldn’t get out. Some walls date back to the mid 1600’s.” Fife will be joined by Brian Erickson, as the two have worked together for “quite a few years.” “I started fulltime with him over a year ago, and I love it,” said Erickson, who said he met Fife 6 or 7 years ago. “[Kevin] was teaching a workshop, and I wanted a stone wall, so he worked with me on that.” According to Fife, his enjoyment in building stone walls stems from a lifelong love of nature and art, the latter of which he pursued in high school in various classes. He then attended the University of New Hampshire where he earned a bachelor’s

degree in environmental conservation in 1985. He said he initially planned to be a landscape architect, but employment at St. Paul’s School in Concord introduced him to his first stone wall experience. “I worked with an old mason who taught me the basics, and I then got a job with landscape hardscape,” he said. “I learned a lot through a lot of masons and by studying old work.” To enroll in The Village’s Stone Wall Workshop, which runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, on August 13/14 or August 27/28, visit shakers.org. The $250 fee for the workshop includes materials, gourmet lunch, and drinks each day. Tuition for returning participants is $150. Designated 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. 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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Weirs Beach Lakeside Craft Show Celebrate the summer at the Weirs Beach Lakeside Craft Show on Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31 to be held at 70 Endicott Street, North, Laconia, next to the Weirs Drive-In and across the street from Weirs Beach. Fair hours are Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm.

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Books, Baked Goods, Music And More Return To Hebron Fair On Saturday, July 30th, the Hebron Church will sponsor the 70th Annual Hebron Fair. As always, the fair is held on the picturesque Hebron Common on the north end of Newfound Lake. It is rain or shine with free admission and runs from 9am to 3pm. This year, in addition to the many art and craft vendors and food purveyors, some old favorites will be reintroduced. Both the book tent and the baked goods and plants booth will be back. Live

music will return to the gazebo. Plus, helicopter rides will be offered again at the Hebron Safety Building. Returning from last year will be Hebron Fair commemorative t-shirts, fun for kids of all ages at the dunking booth and “midway,” and booths by some local nonprofit organizations. New in 2022, the fair committee is happy to announce a vendor showcase raffle, where

you can take a chance on a variety of wares featuring items by fair participants. Please note the rummage, white elephant and auction will not be at this year’s fair but save the date when many of those items will be for sale at the Hebron Yard Sale Day scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 3 from 9 to 3. Lots of great bargains will be available for purchase under the tents on the

Hebron Common as well as other locations throughout town. Union Congregational Church of Hebron thanks everyone for their support. These events are a success because of the generosity of our wonderful community. Thank you! For more info about the fair and yard sales visit hebronchurchfair. org.

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CASTLE from 25 addressing structural damage and eliminating water incursion to protect the interior of the building.” In addition, the project will include the restoration of the historic windows and doors, maintaining the historic character of the building. Once the exterior restoration is complete, the Castle team plans to immediately move on to rehabilitation of the interior. Fundraising for the project has been going well, and Clark points out that the support from the community has been exceptional. “The total project cost is estimated at nearly $800,000. We’ve already raised more than $640,000, and expect that the proceeds from the Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala will help get us even closer to our goal!” Anyone interested in purchasing tickets to the Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala or making a donation in support of the Maple Lodge restoration can do so at the Castle’s website www.castleintheclouds.org. Castle in the Clouds was listed on the Na-

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 28, 2022 — pole held up by two chairs while excess liquid drained into a bucket placed below. The cheesecloth did have to be squeezed occasionally to separate excess liquid. But in due time we would have cottage cheese. Taking care of the cow was not limited to summer, but it is one of my summer memories. I must not forget the cow bell which a cow always had to wear around its neck and helped one to find it if escaped confinement. Many boys on the larger farms probably spent most of their waking hours working, but can’t claim that to be Stoneware churn similar to one we used during Ithe case with me. Still my childhood years. there were chores to be done, divided amongst SMITH from 15 was the liquid left over, my siblings and myself. barn window onto the called buttermilk. But- The cow(s) and other manure pile. termilk pancakes are animals and poultry But, milk being the still a favorite of many had to be fed and wamain product of the cow people, but my Dad tered. The cow had to – butter, cheese, have a specified tripe, beef, leathamount of grain er, and gelatin, morning and evebeing some of ning. One step tothe others- I had wards manhood some involvefor the farm boy ment with dairy was being able to products made carry an one hunat home . At our dred pound sack little farm we had of grain on one’s a machine which shoulder. was called a sepSo summer was arator. This little haying time , and, machine was opthough someone erated by a hanwas hired to help dle which spun with the haying, the milk around, we boys had to somehow sepahelp with the prorating the cream cess. There is from the milk. something about We also had a Cowbells came in different shapes, working in the churn which was and this bell is probably small for field with the hot used to make a cowbell, but is from the farm, sun beating on butter, so there perhaps used for young cattle or you and the sweat were those afcoming out of its other purpose. ternoons of sitpores, and the ting in a chair in chaff from the hay the kitchen and sticking to your moving up and down loved to drink the but- wet arms and shirtless the arm of mine that termilk. torso, that makes a boy I shouldn’t leave out feel like a man. Be it was attached to hand that gripped the shaft the fact that my Moth- raking up the spots of of paddle that went into er also made cottage hay the horse or tracthe stoneware churn. cheese. The milk curds tor pulled rake missed, This was done until the that were separated loading hay with a milk product turned from the whey were put pitchfork onto the hay into butter. A by-prod- into cheese-cloth and wagon, or standing on uct of making butter hung from a wooden the wagon and placing

Old Churn used before my childhood years. the hay pitched up to you in a manner assuring it will stay on the wagon, meanwhile increasing in stature (height) as the hay accumulates, partaking of some switchel (haymakers drink)with the men during a break in the action to replenish the body fluids, gave a sense of accomplishment.

At our home, once enough hay was in the barn, we became boys again, and the winter’s feed for the cow was temporarily there for our fun. Those were the days before the hay was compressed into bales. Salt was spread on it to help prevent spontaneous combustion and fire. We went upover-head in the barn to

the high scaffold, and, when our Dad said the hay was deep enough, we jumped into it. My, what an influence a cow can have upon one’s life. No cow, no hay, no fun. Nor a bunch of other things. I can imagine the farm boys out there thinking, “You didn’t have to go into such detail to explain a little about the life of a country boy in New Hampshire. I will respond with what Cousin Ken might have said. It was at an annual Town Meeting where Cousin Ken asked a question of the moderator. Whatever the question was, the moderator of the meeting answered it, and then added, “You knew that, Ken.” Without hesitating Ken said, “Maybe I did, but there may be others here who didn’t.” So, I expect some of the readers never took care of a cow.

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case. I sent out a news release to the local Boston media outlets and some friends. It was ignored but friend, Lynne Roberts of the Second Amendment Sisters suggested that I contact Liberty Counsel, lp.org . I did and within a few hours, they took the case. Their criteria for taking the case were threefold: is it winnable; would it set a precedent, and is the individual and/or the organization credible. We passed with flying colors. In mid-September, Liberty Counsel send the city a demand letter which said that the city is discriminating against us and that if we are not granted a permit, we will file a lawsuit. This time the media, local, national, and international, took notice. The suit was filed in July of 2018. Here is the timeline of the case’s progression: •SEPT 2017 Liberty Counsel sends Boston demand letter following flag application denial. •JULY 2018 Original suit filed in district court. •AUG 2018 Court denies preliminary injunction. •JUNE 2019 First Circuit affirms the denial. •JULY 2019 LC files motion for summary judgment in district court. •FEB 2020 District court denies LC summary judgment and grants city’s summary judgment. •JAN 2021 First Circuit affirms summary judgment for city. •JUNE 2021 LC files writ of certiorari at SCOTUS. •SEPT 2021 SCOTUS takes the case. •JAN 18, 2022, Oral argument set at SCOTUS. See SHURTLEFF on 31

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 28, 2022 — SHURTLEFF from 30 The U.S. Supreme Court receives about eight hundred a session and takes about one percent of them. This what leads me to believe that God’s Hand was in this all along. We had seventeen “amicus briefs” on our behalf including the ACLO and the U.S. Department of Justice and six against us including the National Council of Churches. Prior to oral argument, Liberty Counsel hosted an evening prayer vigil and a rally in front of the Supreme Court. (A link to the oral argument: https://rumble. com/vt1d7w-shurtleffv-boston-camp-constitutions-christianflag-lawsuit-oral-argument-.html On May 2, 2022, at 10:30 AM, I received a call from one of our attorneys, Roger Gannam

congratulating me on the 9-0 Supreme Court decision. We fought city hall and won. This case was a victory for religious liberty, and an end to the “Lemon” decision which was used to deny free speech to people of faith. From Liberty Counsel’s website: “The Justices commented on the longstanding test known as the “Lemon Test” which has been used to determine if a law violates the First Amendment. Its name comes from Lemon v. Kurtzman, in which the Court ruled that a Rhode Island law that paid some of the salary of some parochial schoolteachers was unconstitutional. This test has proven to be unworkable and has led to inconsistent and contradictory decisions on the constitutionality of 10 Commandment

monuments and cross monuments like the “Peace Cross.” Justice Gorsuch, joined in a concurrence with Justice Thomas, stated, “It’s time to let Lemon lie in its grave.” For several days, we conducted numerous media interviews including an appearance on Fox and Friends, and Newsmax. Friends that I have not heard from in years contacted me to congratulate me. Of course, we did get some negative feedback over the past five years including a threat to

“take me out.” We give God the glory and give Liberty Counsel’s attorneys all the credit for their indefatigable efforts. One reporter asked me what is next. I told him that we are to continue to advance our mission spelled out in our motto: Honoring the Past…Teaching the Present…Preparing the Future. Readers who would like a free pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution may contact me at campconstitution1@ gmail.com

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32 MOORE from 1 fish, I decided to sleep in and write this while I enjoy my morning coffee. My guide business is busier than it has ever been, and I rarely sleep until I wake up, but when we (my girlfriend Renee, her son Owen, and I) arrived yesterday afternoon,

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 28, 2022 — we headed out onto Lake Champlain and had a banner afternoon jigging lake trout, so I somewhat satisfied my urge. Renee and Owen, who have both fished for lake trout on Lake Winnipesaukee, both caught their personal best lake trout. I landed four or five, with a cou-

Thirteen-year-year old Owen with a dandy lake trout. ple pushing 30-inches. Yesterday’s afternoon trip was more of a prospecting trip. I wanted to show Renee and Owen the lake a bit and show them the techniques I use, and maybe get them on a fish. There were no cameras Aon the boat, except our phones, and no content requirements. Just us fishing and the fish must have known it because they were hungry

the 28-inch mark. I love Lake Winnipesaukee. I consider it my home lake, but the giant lakers of Champlain are a different animal. I regularly have fish come unhooked during the fight, only to have them hit again seconds later. They are big and aggressive. This went on throughout the rest of the evening. We were gifted with light winds, nearly flat calm waters, and phenomenal fishing. We watched the sunset behind us as we headed back across the lake to the ramp. I’m hoping that with

and feeding. We headed straight to one of my favorite spots and immediately marked fish. One or two fish on the fish finder is enough for me to stop and jig when I am on Champlain. It usually means the lakers are feeding in that area and there will be more cruising through. So, we stopped and within minutes we had fish chasing our lures. A few minutes later and

It looks like everyone’s kicked a goal this day. Renee with her personal best lake trout. Renee was on, but the fish came unbuttoned. Minutes later I landed a dandy of a lake trout, but I really wanted Renee and Owen to catch, so I kept watch on them out of the corner of my eye. A short time after that and Renee was on again. This time she landed a beauty of a laker at around 28-inches. A quick photo and the fish was released. We continued catching fish and eventually Owen, who is 13 years old, was on. Rod bent over the gunnel, looking almost shocked, he was getting a taste of why I travel to Lake Champlain every year. Minutes later he too had a fish in the net that was pushing

several more days to fish, we will see many more personal best lake trout caught. If you follow me on social media (www.Facebook.com/ TMOFishing) you’ll see many more photos from the trip. Tim Moore is a fulltime 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.

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 28, 2022 — MOFFETT from 21 Legislative Beer Caucus, those being Rep. Tim Lang of Sanbornton, former Rep. Reed Panisiti of Amherst, and Rep. Howard Pearl, also of Loudon. In fact, one can see Howard’s farm from NHMS on a different hill overlooking the track. As Howard’s been a nice neighbor to the track for decades, the good folks at NHMS shared some field passes with him as well as access to the owner’s air-conditioned suite. Nice. Our pre-race tour of the pit area allowed us to see every car up close. We posed for a photo with Bubba Wallace’s #23 car, sponsored by Draft Kings. Rep. Tim Lang earlier developed a relationship with Draft Kings when he successfully sponsored legislation to legalize sports betting in New Hampshire. Tim’s great work enabled N.H. to be the first state in the region to sanction sports gaming, thus creating fun—and legal—sports experiences for countless fans while raising millions of dollars for education and other causes in the Granite State. Thanks Tim! Sitting in the stands can be nice—or a bit rugged—depending upon the weather. But fortunately, we had that suite option. Thanks, Howard! The luxury suite in question was very comfortable and it provided a great (air-conditioned) view of all the track action. The complimentary libations and the shrimp, prime rib, lobster mac and cheese etc. were also mighty fine. And while in that suite we were able to mix and mingle with an eclectic mix of

fans ranging from Governor Chris Sununu to Congressional Medal of Honor winners. I even ran into some long-lost fraternity brothers, one of whom was organizing a suite pool on who would win. Suite invitees were assigned drivers. I got Kyle Busch, a former New Hampshire winner, although I was hoping to get my man Marty and the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Plymouth State grad Todd Angilly sang beautiful renditions of the Canadian and American anthems. (Todd also sings anthems at the Garden in Boston.) N.H. does border on Canada, as opposed to other big tracks at Talladega, Charlotte, or Daytona, so the foreign anthem was a nice touch for our southern visitors. After a brief rain delay, out came the green flag and the roar of engines could be heard for miles. And go figure. My man Marty took the lead for around 200 laps, while Kyle Busch labored in the second ten. But Christopher Bell came on strong late in the race to take the checkered flag. My man Marty dropped to fourth, behind our Draft King favorite, Bubba Wallace, who finished third, and runner-up Chase Elliot. The next Cup race at NHMS is only 50 weeks away, and maybe we somehow enjoy a suite experience one more time. I was hoping that next year the suite pool will give me my man Marty and the #19 car. Then I remembered the #23 Draft King car and that due to Rep. Tim Lang we can legally bet on our favorites. Thanks Tim. “Go Marty!” (And Bubba too!)

Sports Quiz When was the first NASCAR Cup race held in Loudon? (Answer follows) Born Today That is to say, sports standouts born on July 28 include basketball star and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley (1943) and MLB pitching great Vida Blue (1949). Sports Quote “Drive it like you stole it, homie!” said NASCAR crew chief Chad Knaus to NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson during the final race of the 2006 Cup Chase. Sports Quiz Answer Rusty Wallace won the 1993 Slick Fifty 300 in Loudon. State Representative Mike Moffett was a Sports Management Professor for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He coauthored the awardwinning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A WarriorActor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” which is available on Amazon. com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast. net.

STOSSEL from 7 the inspection process is so cumbersome and expensive, many small companies can’t afford it. The result, complained President Joe Biden recently, is too much market concentration: “Four big corporations control more than half the markets in beef, pork and poultry!” His remedy, sadly, is to give your tax money to some smaller meatpackers. Of course, such subsidies and regulations increase market concentration. “The bigger the government, the bigger the corporations,” Massie points out. “People who don’t like big corporations haven’t figured that out.” During the beginning of the pandemic, it was that market concentration that caused meat shortages when a few big meat processing plants shut down due to COVID infections. “We made our food supply brittle,” says Massie. “One small disruption throws the whole thing off.” When the processors shut down, some ranchers who couldn’t get to a federally approved slaughterhouse ended up killing their own animals. If only

they’d been able to go to a local processor. Massie takes his cattle to one. There, he can see the conditions himself. His local slaughterhouse meets state inspection standards. But since it is not USDA-certified, Massie and other ranchers who have their cattle processed there may not sell you a steak. He can, however, give it to you or eat it himself. But he may not sell it. To fix that, Massie proposes a new law: the PRIME Act, which would let farmers sell meat processed by state-approved slaughterhouses, with no federal meddling. “You’re self-dealing,” I tell him. “Just trying to help yourself.” “I’ve got 50 cattle,”

he replies. “This is the most inefficient selfdealing any politician has ever engaged in.” Massie says he’s doing it because Americans ought to have a right to eat whatever we want to buy. “It boggles my mind why Washington, D.C., needs to be involved in a transaction between me ... and a customer who’s my neighbor.” John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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MUSEUM from 3 is worth looking at today because it’s about topics that remain fascinating to us: animals, wildlife, adventure, and exotic places.” He noted, “But now, so many decades later, their work has an added layer because it displays attitudes that prevailed a century ago in topics such as gender roles, treatment of animals, and race.” Rapsis prepared the program with assistance from the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum of Chanute, Kansas—Osa Johnson’s hometown. At the height of their fame, Martin Johnson was killed in 1937 in an airplane crash in California. Osa Johnson later wrote a best-selling book, “I Married Adventure,” which recounted the couple’s exotic and at-times dangerous expeditions. Following her death in 1953, the couple’s fame faded and their achievements were largely forgotten as new wilderness stars emerged in the televi-

A poster for ‘Simba’ (1928), a wildlife documentary produced by Martin and Osa Johnson. sion era, including Marlin Perkins (producer of ‘Wild Kingdom’) and undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau. But one of the aircraft they used in their adventures—the Sikorsky S-39, a single-engine

float plane—captured the imagination of Dick Jackson, a pilot and mechanic from Rochester, N.H. Only 21 such aircraft were built in 1930-31, and by the early 1960s all had been lost or junked. Looking for a project, in 1963 Jackson chose to restore a Sikorsky S-39 to flyable condition. The painstaking effort took more than four decades, but in 2003 Jackson completed the work and the world’s only remaining S-39 made its maiden flight. In honor of the Johnsons, the plane was painted in exactly the same giraffe pattern used by the famous couple during their African adventures. Today the aircraft remains airworthy, and is part of the collection housed at the “Fantasy of Flight” museum in Polk City, Fla. The program will

include recent scenes of the restored Sikorsky in flight—and on the water—in its Florida environs. The Aviation Museum of N.H. is a non-profit 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization dedicated to celebrating New Hampshire’s role in aviation history and inspiring tomorrow’s pioneers, innovators and aerospace professionals (visit www.aviationmuseumofnh.org for more information or follow the Aviation Museum on social media at www. facebook.com/nhahs). Both the Aviation Museum and the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum are members of the expanding New Hampshire Heritage Museum Trail, which offers a Passport admissions program sponsored by the Bank of New Hampshire. Trail passports, which provide admission to 21 member institutions, are now available for $25 (a $150 value) at all participating museums. The Heritage Museum Trail’s mission is to connect the public with culturally rich heritage institutions throughout New Hampshire (see www.nhmuseumtrail. org for more information). The Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society was founded in 1985 with the mission to promote and preserve the history and heritage of the Big Lake and its vicinity. Programs focusing on the Lakes Region and New Hampshire history are held on Wednesdays during the summer season. Located at 503 Endicott Street North, next to Funspot in the Weirs, the museum is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM, July 1st through mid-October.

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 28, 2022 — GRAY from 10 it all, I still believe that there is more good in the world than evil. We just have to be better about owning our part in this journey of life. Radiate love. Speak with kindness. Exude hope. My mother used to say, “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.” She lived by this rule and only spoke with kindness and love. What a world it would be if more humans committed to this. The following is a Metta Meditation which, by design in its Buddhist origin, starts with one person and builds with each verse to become all-inclusive of every living thing: I, You, He, She, They, We. When you recite a Metta Meditation, you can feel the expansiveness of your own words and how it radiates your message energetically into the universe. I choose peace as my topic and like to expand it outward, then bring it all the way back home giving it a sense of completeness. “I deserve peace. You deserve peace. He deserves peace. She deserves peace. They deserve peace. We deserve peace. They deserve peace. She deserves peace. He deserves peace. You deserve peace. I deserve peace.” What will you choose? Leslie A. Gray, LCMHC is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and operates Gray Matters Counseling & Wellness, PLLC in Laconia NH. Feel free to submit requests for subject content of future articles to: askgraymatters@gmail. com.

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METZLER from 7 Bank, both Ukraine and Russia supply nearly 40 percent of Africa’ s wheat. Since the war, such shortages have seen food prices spike forty percent. Prior to the conflict Ukraine exported 7 million tonnes of grain per month; now the number has cascaded to 1.5 million. Ukraine is among the world’s largest grain exporters supplying 45 million tons to global markets according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Since hostilities with Russia, much of the grain has been bottled up and backlogged in grain silos. In other words the food is already produced, but Moscow’s actions are blocking it from entering the open markets. Following the agreement Ukraine’s President Volodmyr Zelinsky stressed the UN was responsible for guaran-

teeing the accord; “We must trust the United Nations. Now it is their responsibility to guarantee the deal.” The Black Sea Grain agreement allows for a complex process of registering cargoes and ships which will be allowed to leave three Ukrainian ports including Odessa. The ports are mined by both belligerents and thus safe passage must transit through narrow channels. Within hours of the humanitarian agreement, Russian missiles

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So shall this work? As it appears that it’s in the mutual interest of both countries, there’s just the chance that humanitarian food corridors may operate. The alternative remains wider instability in places far from Ukraine’s shores. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

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as a living donor. Their unvaccinated status was never an issue. (Contrary to what UC Health told me in October, COVID vaccine mandates are not de rigueur at transplant clinics. In fact, an American Journal of Transplantation survey published in March found that the majority of clinics in the U.S. -60.7% -- did (SET ITAL) not(END ITAL) require vaccination as a condition of surgery.) Fortified by faith, Leilani and Jaimee now sat before me at the Twice Blessed House joking about Jaimee’s super-kidney. Leilani named her life-saving organ “Baby Baylee” in honor of the Baylor team that lives by the

Hippocratic Oath abandoned by UC Health. In March, the law firm of civil rights lawyer and anti-medical mandates hero Aaron Siri sent a devastating 22-page letter to UC Health regarding its violation of Leilani’s First Amendment-protected freedom of religion, violation of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act and arbitrary removal of Leilani from the transplant list despite her long-lasting natural immunity to COVID-19 and despite numerous studies showing that: - Those with natural immunity pose less risk of spreading COVID-19 than the vaccinated; - The risks of the COVID-19 vaccine far outweigh any benefit for

those with natural immunity; - COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective against current variants; - Organ transplant recipients benefit less from COVID-19 vaccines, and - COVID-19 vaccines are novel therapies with known and unknown risks. Siri, who spearheaded successful litigation forcing Pfizer to disclose thousands of pages of COVID-19 licensing data it wanted to hide from the public, noted Pfizer’s admission of 158,893 internally reported adverse events after administration of its COVID-19 vaccine. Of course, he informed UC Health, “the magnitude of underreporting

is unknown.” UC Health, which did not respond to my request for comment, told Siri’s law firm in March that its “position remains the same.” In other words: Comply or die. Leilani and Jaimee refused to be bullied, intimidated or deceived. “The Bible tells us 365 times, ‘Do not fear,’ ‘Do not be afraid,’” Jaimee reminded our gathering. The duo started a Facebook group cheekily titled “Medical mandates: Are you kidney me?” (https://m.facebook.com/ g r o u p s / 597575861374347/) for transplant patients facing vaccine discrimination or adverse outcomes after being co-

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