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“Ask The Beasts, And They Will Show You The Beauty Of This Earth.” by Scott Philbrick

Live and Let Live Farm & Sanctuary

To the regular readers of these Live and Let Live Farm Rescue & Sanctuary (LLLF) updates, you know that I’ve been writing these for quite some time. In fact, I’m well into my eighth year, and while I love telling you folks about the goings-on at our little 70+ acres of paradise, my proverbial well is starting to run dry. I mean, how many different ways can you describe an ema-

ciated horse, whose silent gaze shouts death? Or a dog so terrified of being beaten he’ll literally try climbing a wall to get away from your loving hand? How many different ways can you describe an indescribable pain, tears streaming down as you tap away at the late night keyboard? You may have noticed that recently I’ve been quoting some of the greats; building off of those quotes— Hemingway and Nietzsche most recently. But now I’d like to quote See PHILBRICK on 29

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port our local merchants as they recover from the effects of COVID-19.” The Meredith Music Series is a free event open to the public. In the event of a rain, cancellation will be posted on the Meredith Town Crier Facebook page. For more information, contact John Irish at jdirish54@ gmail.com. h

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To The Editor: New Hampshire was the only state in America to flip both houses to Republican this past election. Our reward? The Republican majority in just a short seven months created and passed what Governor Sununu has called “The best Budget New Hampshire has ever had!” Importantly, this budget increases our children’s educational freedom, and delivers a voluntary paid family medical leave program — voluntary: no income tax! Our new budget: •Fully eliminates interest and dividends taxes over the next five years, helping Seniors & Retirees. •Reduces the rooms and meals tax, promoting tourism. •Reduces the Business Profits Tax and the Business Enterprise Tax, helping NH’s small businesses. •Exempts many NH small businesses from even filing taxes by raising minimum thresholds. •Sends back $100 million in direct property tax relief to municipalities. •Returns $50 million more to cities and towns from Rooms & Meals tax. •Invests $30 million in school districts for school building aid. •Creates Education Freedom Accounts helping increase low income families’ educational opportunities. •Provides more money per

pupil for public education than ever before. • Increases our Rainy Day Fund. •Initiates voluntary private sector administrated paid family medical leave. Governor Sununu’s message accompanying his historic veto of the Democrat wrongheaded “Family & Medical Leave Act” of last session summed it up nicely “Whether one chooses to characterize this as a “premium on wages“ or a “payroll deduction,“ the reality remains that if it looks like an income tax, functions like an income tax, and takes more money out of the paychecks of hard working taxpayers like an income tax, then it is an income tax!” Yes, common sense NH Republicans to the rescue. Republicans got it done; right! Let’s continue this roll and vote for conservative Republican candidates again! You’ll be glad you did. David Rivers Thornton NH.

Response To Bowers Letter

To The Editor: I would like to respond to Kenneth L. Bowers July 22nd Letter to the Editor. Yes it is your imagination that our United States Senators have been wrong on every major issue facing us as United States Citizens. Regarding immigration, those that have not been sent back to their Country

of origin, are most likely filling jobs that United States Citizens feel are beneath them. If you have questions that demand a clear answer for Senator Hassan.. I find that if contact her office with those questions she or someone from her office will respond to them. I may not always agree with the answer, but that is why we have elections and as you say she will soon be up for reelection. P.S. With all that is going on in this country and the world, do you really believe that the majority of voters across this country view immigration as the most important issue facing this nation? John Brennick Rochester, NH.

Southwest Drought Causing Water Shortage To The Editor: Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam is at 37% capacity, which is the lowest level since the 1930s. It provides water to about 40 million people in Nevada, Arizona and California, but a severe drought and diminished snowfall in the Rocky Mountains have significantly reduced the supply of water. Other lakes in the region are at historically low levels. It appears current water conservation measures will have to continue and probably See MAILBOAT on 34

Our Story

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

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The Year Two NH Men Competed For President Of The United States made as well as for his habit of opposing party policy. John Hale was born in Rochester, New Hampshire on March 31, 1806 and died at Dover, NH on November 19, 1873 where he had set up a legal practice after graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy and Bowdoin College. He is best known, however, for his colorful and nonconformist political career. He married Lucy Lambert and they were the parents of two daughters. The youngest of these, Lucy Lambert Hale, is remembered in the history books as the young lady who reportedly became engaged See SMITH on 33

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As a United States Representative from New Hampshire he voted against his party’s position on the annexation of Texas, and he was severely criticized for not being loyal, thus losing the support of the party. As a United States Senator for the Free Soil Party he was the first Senator to openly take a stand in calling for the end of slavery. He was nominated for President of the United States by two different political parties. In the presidential campaign of 1852 he was on the ballot as a third party candidate for President, running against a former friend and mentor at Bowdoin College in Maine and a fellow citizen of New Hampshire. He was again elected to the Senate as a Republican and later appointed by President Lincoln as the United States Ambassador to Spain. His name is John Parker Hale. Most New Hampshire residents are probably

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES Catherine Ladnier Presents “Dear Sis” At Wright Museum In Wolfeboro

On Tuesday, August 10, Catherine Ladnier will perform her one woman play, Dear Sis, as part of the Wright Museum’s 2021 Lecture Series, presented by Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney. “Dear Sis is based on the letters my Uncle Bill sent to my mother, Eva Lee, his beloved older sister, during World War II,” according to Ladnier. In deciding to turn the letters into a play, she said, “I am a theatre junkie—I see a play in so many stories.” Ladnier’s mother, Eva Lee Brown, kept things running on their family farm in South Carolina while her brother Bill Brown served in the China Burma India Theater of the war. In their letters to each other, (Eva Lee) Brown told of the day-to-day life in their small town, while her brother (Bill) wrote of his duties abroad and his longing to return home. According to Wright Museum Executive Director Mike Culver, Dear Sis is the type of story “that makes WWII come alive.” Dear Sis begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 10 at the Wright Museum, 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro on the first floor of the new DuQuoin Education Center. Admission is $3 for members and $8 for non-members. Masks are optional for all fully vaccinated audience members. Reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made by calling 603-569-1212. For more information about the 2021 Lecture Series, or museum, visit wrightmuseum.org.

Comedian Bob Marley At Colonial Theatre Comedian Bob Marley will be at the Colonial Theatre of Laconia next week for 7 shows! Tickets for July 29-August 1 are $36.50 and are on sale now at www.ColonialLaconia.com or by calling 1-800-657-8774. Bob loves being a comedian. He’s wicked good at it! He lives in Maine which is the best state in the world, maybe even the universe. He’s featured regularly on Sirius XM radio and he even won their Superbowl of Comedy! He has put out over 20 comedy CDs and DVDs! He was inducted into The Guinness Book of World’s Records for “the longest stand up comedy show by an individual ‘’ at 40 hours of straight stand up! He’s been on over 100 TV shows including Leno, Letterman, Conan, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson and Comedy Central to name just a few. He co¬starred in “Boondock Saints” I and II “All Saints Day” playing Detective Greenly. He has toured the U.S., Europe, Canada, Kuwait and Iraq. BOB MARLEY AT THE COLONIAL THEATRE SHOW SCHEDULE Thursday, July 29 at 7:30pm; Friday, July 30 at 6pm;Friday, July 30 at 8:30pm; Saturday, July 31 at 6pm; Saturday, July 31 at 8:30pm; Sunday, August 1 at 5pm; Sunday, August 1 at 7:30pm . Tickets for Bob Marley at the Colonial Theatre of Laconia are $36.50 and are available at www.ColonialLaconia.com or by calling 1-800-657-8774.

Advice To The Players Presents Comedy Of Errors

Free Comic Book Day In Rochester Jetpack Comics & Games will be hosting Free Comic Book Day, in downtown Rochester, on Saturday, August 14th, starting at 10am. Guest of honor Daniel Warren Johnson will be in attendance. DWJ, as he’s come to be known as, works include Marvel Comics: Beta Ray Bill, DC Comics: Wonder Woman, Dead Earth, and his creator-owned Image Properties Murder Falcon 7 Extremity. Other guests as well. Rochester Free Comic Book Day is officially organized and hosted by Jetpack Comics & Games, however, the event includes a number of neighboring businesses and organizations. The Event Hall (at The Governor’s Inn) and a Comic Book Scavenger Hunt will run from 10am to 4pm, followed by a costume contest at 4:30pm, on stage at the Garage at The Governor’s Inn. Visit www.jetpackcomics.com/fcbd to learn more about Free Comic Book Day and to see more information as it’s added.

Advice To The Players, Sandwich’s own Shakespeare company, is excited to continue their 2021 summer season with Comedy of Errors, a hilarious comedy full of the silliest mix ups and comedic confusion galore. This production will run August 6th-15th (the performance on the 6th will be a preview.) All performances are at 5:30pm. Tickets to this production are available online at advicetotheplayers.org or by calling 603-284-7115. In this absurd play, after being separated in a shipwreck, Antiphonus searches for his long lost identical twin brother, also named Antipholus. At the same time, his servant, Dromio, searches for his long lost identical twin brother, also named Dromio. Hilarity and confusion ensues, as they grapple with mistaken identity. 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 in the Lakes and White Mountains Regions of New Hampshire since 1999. Based in Sandwich, ATTP has spent the last 22 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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Always Changing I heard a lot of people last year yell “Climate Change” when we had hardly any rain. This year they are yelling it again as we have an unby Brendan Smith usual amount Weirs Times Editor of rain. It brings to mind this column for 2012. I’ve added a few additional comments. I am reading something that I’d like to share with you It’s a story in a magazine. The story is called “Are Our Seasons Changing?” and it was written a few years back. With all the doom and gloom scenarios about supposed climate change, I couldn’t resist. The article states: “Statisticians tell us that the American Summer is growing warmer every year and that in a very few years a ‘hot wave’ will be with us. Not for a few days at a time, but for many weeks. If this is true, American Citizens must learn to endure heat with more fortitude and self-restraint than they have displayed during the recent hot wave.” The article was based on the temperature readings of the past 150 years. That is the past 150 years beginning in the mid-1800s. You see, the article I was reading was written in 1901…120 years ago in a magazine called The Granite Monthly. It also noted that…”The winter of 1754-55 was unusually mild. Navigation on the Hudson was not closed, and troops sailed from New York to Albany during January and February. “In 1841 the first fall of snow for the year was on April 29th. The winter of 1852-53 is reported as one of the warmest on record.” “In 1850 rain fell every day from July 14th to August 9th.” “Twelve days in July the mer-

cury stood at ninety-five and over in the shade and during eighteen days of the month it was over ninety degrees. In the article no one was panicking; in fact, they took it all with a grain of salt since they stopped and looked at the whole picture. No one was gathering groups to protest at the local candle factory or to stop people from riding horses because horse manure was a big pollution problem back then. Instead they approached it in a reasonable manner. “The short and defective memories of people who recall a few seasons and exaggerate the frequency of some special event… Do you not remember a number of years ago the disastrous storm that stopped traffic for days….but can you not clear the cobwebs from the memory and recall how even and almost tame were the remaining eighty-six days of the season?” Back then people were blaming the cycles of the moon, there were no aerosol cans or SUVs around to take the blame. Still, when the science presented itself, it seems they accepted it. “Years of study have acquitted the moon of the charge. Our climate comes to us readymade.” Today, we are under what I call the “Goldilocks and The Three Bears” syndrome where some folks feel that climate would remain beautiful and “just right”, every day, if people would just stop driving cars. There would be no more hurricanes or floods or wildfires. Unfortunately, we will always be at Mother Nature’s mercy, and it isn’t necessarily our own fault. “The severity of the type depends upon our position in regard to the centre of disturbance,” the article continued. Today, this author may just be burned at the stake, if they weren’t worried about the smoke affecting the atmosphere. The article ends: “A hundred years is not sufficient time in

which to discern a persistent variation….There is every reason to believe that the earth, during its early history, was warmer and that a continuous change in the climate has been effected….There is no one who has observed anything with which to further his belief in a changing climate except as the fluctuations of a type or types that have been misinterpreted.” In all fairness, I didn’t search out any opposing articles written at the time. Maybe there was someone who was railing against horse manure as causing warm winters or the smoke from candles causing drastic changes to the atmosphere. Maybe someone was becoming suspicious of cow flatulence as I’m sure there was plenty of that around. As you can tell, I am a bit of a skeptic when it comes to climate change caused by man to be an open and shut case. Lately, I have been looking into the number of sunspots as a determining factor of temperature changes. It makes a lot of sense to me, but I’m just one guy. Still, articles like this one reinforce my skepticism to not just accept what is being yelled about the loudest. I have friends on both sides of the issue, and no one ever wins an argument. But that’s just human nature. So, once in a while I just like to put things like this out there to poke the bear. I’m sure for many of you, none of this will make any difference . You know what you want to know, and nothing will change your mind. Thanks for reading. Brendan is also the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” available at BrendanTSmith.com. Hie news book “I Really Only Did It For The Socks Stories & Thoughts On Aging” will be released this summer.

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Return Of The FleeBagger Democrats Cut-and-run Democrats are making headlines this month for bailing on their state legislative duties in order to sabotage election integrity efforts in Texas. After jetting off on a private plane to Washington, D.C., in hopes of meeting with President Joe Biden last week, six of the high-flying fugitives came down with COVID-19. On Monday, aides to House by Michelle Malkin Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White Syndicated Columnist House who had hosted the runaways also tested positive for COVID-19. Every one of them claims to have been fully vaccinated. All germs aside, we’ve seen these politically toxic Democrats before. In 2011, I gave a handy nickname to an entourage of liberal Wisconsin and Indiana state legislators who went AWOL to stop their GOP counterparts from passing public employee union reforms: “Fleebaggers.” (I used the term as a rejoinder to leftist elites and their media shills like CNN’s Anderson Cooper who referred derogatorily to tea party conservatives as “teabaggers,” which has an offensive connotation.) As I reported at the time, those tail-tucking Democrats paralyzed Republican fiscal reform efforts by crossing state borders and seeking refuge in neighboring Illinois, the nation’s sanctuary for political crooks and corruptocrats. A prominent Wisconsin political activist summed up the cowardice of elected truants in 2011, and her words still resonate today: “As the daughter of former Wisconsin Senate Minority Floor Leader William R. Moser, D-Milwaukee, Dist. 6,” Mary Magdalen Moser told me, “I am ashamed of the actions taken by the minority party to subvert our system of government by boycotting its legitimate processes. Anarchy is undemocratic, and I know that my dad is spinning in his grave right now. ... I do not support refusing to participate, because that will not solve any of the issues facing our state.” Eight years before that episode, more than 50 Texas Democratic state lawmakers holed up in Oklahoma and New Mexico for weeks to stymie a vote on Republican-sponsored redistricting plans they opposed. Oregon Democrats pulled the same stunt in 2001 to stop votes on redistricting legislation. More recently, in 2019, Republicans in Oregon emulated their colleagues on the other side of the aisle and decamped to Idaho to protest cap-and-trade legislation and stymie a quorum. See MALKIN on 36

Lying About ‘Misinformation’ To Justify Tyranny This week, President Joe Biden was asked whether he had any message for social media amidst a dramatic rise in the number of diagnosed COVID-19 cases thanks to the delta variant. Biden by Ben Shapiro immediately responded Syndicated Columnist that companies like Facebook were responsible for murder: “They’re killing people -- I mean, they’re really, look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people.” Meanwhile, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said that Facebook had not stopped misinformation thoroughly enough on its platform, calling misinformation a “serious threat to public health.” None of this is accurate. Facebook is, first of all, a platform; it is not a publication with the same responsibilities of editorial oversight as a publisher. To treat Facebook as such would be to transform its purpose. Furthermore, on a purely factual level, it is simply untrue that Facebook users are disproportionately likely to avoid vaccination -- in fact, according to Facebook’s statistics, vaccine acceptance in the United States among their users now stands between 80% and 85%, and 3.3 million Americans have used their vaccine finder tool to seek a location for a vaccine. So, what’s driving the Biden administration’s finger pointing? Its broader agenda to utilize the massive market dominance of the social media platforms to squeeze alternative media sources out of existence. Before the rise of social media, most Americans who used the internet for news bookmarked a variety of pages and then visited them individually. Over time, as social media grew and as people began to access stories they liked through an algorithmically controlled newsfeed,

Americans used social media for news. This centralized the mechanism for information dissemination. Now, the left sees an opportunity: If all the news is accessed in one place, by restricting access in that place, the news monopoly once held by legacy media can be reestablished. All that will be required is labeling everyone they don’t like “misinformation.” Kara Swisher of The New York Times, who has spent the past several years attempting to pressure Facebook into exactly such censorship, says as much openly. According to Swisher, Biden wasn’t wrong to say Facebook was killing people. Actually, writes Swisher, the problem is that Biden restricted his analysis to the coronavirus: “Attempting to stop falsehoods by claiming to offer good information is like using a single sandbag to hold back an impossibly fetid ocean. It’s like that when it comes to a range of once-anodyne, now divisive issues, from election integrity to critical race theory to whatever.” “Whatever.” Literally any topic on which Swisher disagrees is now dangerous misinformation that must be curbed. This week, NPR went so far as to pressure Facebook to suppress traffic to my website, Daily Wire, on precisely this basis. NPR admitted that we don’t print falsehoods, that we don’t spread conspiracy theories and that we are honest and open about our conservative perspective. So, why should we be suppressed? Because, according to NPR, we cover “specific stories that bolster the conservative agenda.” And, quoting an expert, NPR reports, “If you’ve stripped enough context away, any piece of truth can become a piece of misinformation.” There it is: even truth can be misinformation. And misinformation kills. The authoritarianism of the left is in full swing. Americans must spot it and fight it before it destroys our ability to see anything other than that which the left wants us to see.

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Have you noticed how our language is changing? At a congressional hearing on “Birthing While Black,” nearly every politician used by John Stossel the words “birthSyndicated Columnist ing people” instead of “women” or “mothers.” Asked why, Shalanda Young, President Joe Biden’s budget director, said, “Our language needs to be more inclusive.” Activists have also changed “equality” to “equity” and “affirmative ac-

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tion” to “diversity.” The Associated Press no longer uses “mistress.” It tells reporters to use “companion, friend or lover.” Worse, certain speech is now labeled “violence.” Calling a transgender woman a man is “an act of violence,” says transgender actress Laverne Cox. Last week, the American Booksellers Association apologized for promoting a book on gender dysphoria after activists called it “anti-trans.” The book is hardly “anti-trans.” The Economist and the Times of London called it one of the best books of the year. But the Booksellers Association actually groveled, calling pro-

moting the book “violent.” Tim Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute says it’s dangerous to call words violence. “The only way human beings can deal with one another is through language, discussion, debate,” he says in my new video. “If we say that that’s violence, then the only way for us to relate to one another is through power.” I push back. “You’re white. Why should anybody listen to you about this?” “Because what I say has, or doesn’t have, merit on its own,” he replies. “A big problem with the social justice movement is the idea that people’s

mindset is controlled by their skin color. That may be called ‘antiracism’ today, but it’s just plain oldfashioned racism.” Linguist John McWhorter, author of the forthcoming book “Woke Racism,” adds, “It can be really hard for us to talk to each other, because we don’t know what the words we’re using mean.” “The idea is, wherever there are white and black disparities, we’re supposed to call that phenomenon ‘racism,’” says McWhorter. “It never fully holds together.” “Latinx” is another new term created by activists. See STOSSEL on 34

Cuban Crisis Root Causes Cuba’s ongoing political and social upheaval has shocked many observers as a sudden and in-tense summer storm. Across by John J. Metzler t h e i s l a n d i n Syndicated Columnist small towns and provincial centers protests erupted like a squall line until reaching the capital Havana. Tropical storm “Liberdad” was lashing the Island of Cuba while its winds of freedom were blowing across the Florida Straits triggering major pro-democracy demonstrations in Miami, Tampa and elsewhere. Not surprisingly the Biden Administration was caught off guard

by the fast moving events only to attempt political damage control later in the week replacing awkward silence with equivocal platitudes. Curiously the uprising started while Cubans were watching Euro Cup soccer Finals between England and Italy; at half time during the game, a news flash interrupted the broadcast with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel urgently calling on government supporters, ‘all the revolutionaries, all the communists’ to protect the country against protestors. Brutal crackdowns followed. It’s become popular these days to hear we must go back to the root causes on any crisis. Vice President Kamala Harris regularly repeats this refrain when speaking

about the expanding crisis on the U.S. southern border. We must address root causes! So let’s do so with Cuba. The Roots of Cuba’s malaise rests in the Marxist system grafted upon the island since 1959 and forced upon the Cuban people. This remains a crisis of systemic socialist stupidity which has turned a once pretty prosperous place into an economic basket case. The Roots of the Cuban Revolution were woven with envy, hate and false utopianism. But now without the Castro brothers in direct control, (Fidel is dead and brother Raul is 90) the cult of power and control by the classic Latin American Caudillo is replaced by a bland regime functionary. The Roots of Economic misman-

agement are nothing new to Cuba since the 1960’s; the longtime subsidies and support from the former Soviet Union are gone, the regime must now fend for itself. Slogans and Socialism don’t work. GDP fell by 11 percent last year. Tourism, which generates quite a lot of cash from Canadian and European visitors, has dried up since the Corona pandemic. Moreover the lack of vaccines has triggered a health crisis. Ironically many Cuban doctors serving abroad in “internationalist missions” can’t help at home. The Roots of endemic shortages are not that Cubans don’t work hard but for what? People’s labor and toil are wasted for handfuls of worthless Pesos while necessities See METZLER on 35

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Healthier Skin, From The Inside Out

by Braelynne Jurius, RDN, LD Meredith Whole Living Center

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A, D, and E are imperative for skin health. Vitamin A is converted to retinol in the body, which is needed to produce new skin cells and help skin maintain its moisture. We can get vitamin A from animal foods such as salmon, eggs, dairy, shrimp, and liver (but don’t overdo it!), as well as plant foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, winter squash, and dark leafy greens. Vitamin D has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that may help prevent and/or treat acne. The best source of vitamin D is absorption from sunshine, but we can obtain it from fatty fish, eggs, and a small amount in mushrooms. Vitamin E is an essential antioxidant that helps maintain healthy skin. It can be found in sunflower seeds, almonds, leafy greens, avocados, asparagus, and peanuts. Vitamins, or micronutrients, are important for skin health, but so are macronutrients: essential fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. Essential fats (omega-3s and omega6s) are called essential because the body does not make them on its own, therefore, we must obtain them from the diet. Without them, our skin would become dry as these fats are vital for all healthy cell membranes, helping the skin stay hydrated and younger looking.

These fats can be found in fish, nuts, seeds, and oils. Carbohydrates ultimately get broken down into glucose in the body, which is the primary fuel for skin cells and aids proteins and fats, which in turn provides structure to the epidermis, or outer layer of skin. What we want though is whole food carbohydrates like fruits, vegetables (nonstarchy and starchy), and whole grains. When we eat too many refined carbohydrates like white flour and sugar, or products made with these ingredients, this can actually worsen skin health and promote acne due to increased blood sugar and inflammation. Protein, as mentioned above, provides structure to our skin cells. Protein can be obtained from animal products like fish, eggs, dairy, meat, and poultry, as well as plant sources like beans and legumes. In short, if we aim to eat a variety of whole foods including vegetables, fruits, proteins, beans, whole grains (if you choose), nuts, and seeds, we will also obtain a variety of nutrients, including those that are essential for healthy skin. Braelynne Jurius is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and Licensed Dietitian (LD) at Meredith Whole Living Center.

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then, do so many people seem to lack common sense? Let’s break this down a bit. To think about things in a practical way is to purposefully ponder, consider, contemplate…mull over. In other words, it is done intentionally. It is accomplished by utilizing our cognitive abilities housed in the prefrontal cortex which include decision making, impulse control, emotion regulation, long and short-term planning, judgment, and reasoning. These skills allow us access to higher thinking and is primarily what separates us from animals. Making sensible decisions relates to doing what seems reasonable, or morally and socially responsible. It is about see-

ing the bigger picture beyond the seeming immediacy of the moment. Once you have weighed the options, considered the possible outcomes, tested your theory against similar situations (as well as your own moral compass), a conclusion can be reached with some degree of confidence. These are all skills and abilities that are learned over time innately through handson experiences and through observing others who model these skills by example. When children are given choices and caretakers provide reasonable, age-appropriate information, children develop the ability to think critically about things. As early as 18 months, children are capable of thinking for themselves. Caretakers can further encourage independent thought by acknowledging and praising their accomplishments, thereby encouraging their sense of agency, purpose, and self-confidence. There are some factors that can impede the development of or access to skills necessary for common sense. Drug and alcohol misuse and abuse impairs the development and function of the prefrontal cortex making it difficult if not impossible to access these important brain functions. Recent research indicates

that the pre-frontal cortex does not fully mature in humans until they reach their late 20’s. If substance abuse occurs during those crucial developmental years prior to full maturation, it can impede the brain’s ability to fully develop, even to the point of no repair. Drug and alcohol abuse even in adulthood can greatly impact brain function during and in-between episodes of intoxication. These effects can be permanent, resulting in dementia-like symptoms. Further impeding the presence of common sense is the speed at which society moves. Again, common sense requires thought. Thought requires time. It also requires patience, curiosity, and motivation. If someone has a low tolerance for frustration, they might make impulsive decisions without thinking it through. Ever hear that excuse? “Sorry, I wasn’t thinking.” It might appear as a lack of common sense but may actually have more to do with seeking instant gratification. Speaking of instant gratification, ‘smart technology’ is having an undeniable impact on our ability to think for ourselves as it constantly attempts (and largely fails) to think for us. This interferes with the natural curiosity that humans possess that encourSee GRAY on 11

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GRAY from 10 ages the desire to continuously learn, create, solve problems, etc. (Ever drive past your destination because GPS told you it was ahead on the right…?) And the signs… don’t even get me started on the signs. The next time you pull up to an intersection, just notice how many signs there are instructing drivers and pedestrians to do this, don’t do that, and so on. Again, depleting humans of opportunities to think for themselves. Laws and rules in our society largely exist because people failed to apply common sense (and integrity). What’s worse, many laws and rules lack common sense of their own, making it difficult to know that you are even breaking them. Children feel accomplished when they solve a problem. How many times have you heard a little one shout, “I did it!” This sense of accomplishment fuels their internal drive to keep trying. It gives them a sense of agency, purpose, and value. They feel inclined to figure things out. The hope is that this carries through into adulthood, encouraging them to be productive members of society who are thoughtful, self-aware, and have integrity in the things they do. Starting today, slow it down. Take your time. Think things through. Pay attention to what you are doing

while you are doing it. And breathe. Encourage your children to do the same. There may be intelligent life out there after all. We have far too much collective knowledge available to us as a society to accept anything less from ourselves… and one another. 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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human has ever been perfect, without any sin or act of disobedience. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23). What is glorious about me is that I have never sinned. I am holy and perfect. My standard, therefore, that I set for you is this, “you must be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48). I created the first man and woman without sin and as a result they had a relationship with me and I with them. But when they sinned, even once, they were separated from me and their death march began. So has yours. This begs the question, how can you, a sinful and disobedient man or woman, be able to stand in judgement, if my standard is perfection or having never disobeyed me? First, you must understand you can’t. You have already missed perfection, not only once but thousands of times. Second, I love you and made a way for you to be made perfect, so that you can stand in judgment and be welcomed into my eternal life-giving kingdom. I saw you could not become perfect on your own and that the sentence of judgment stood against you. So, what I did to enable you to become my child and live with me forever, was to send my Son, Jesus, your Messiah from heaven to earth, to pay the

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QUESTION: What preparations do I have to make in order to be accepted when I stand before you? What a great question and what a vital question. As you know there are many future events that require advance preparation. Your education leading to your life work, retirement, making a will to secure your family estate and ensure it goes to your family and others you deem important, marriage & family growth, health and success, insurance to secure yourself against disasters and of course your own funeral and burial. If you fail to prepare, and many do, when the time comes to enjoy the benefits you will miss any benefits and suffer the sad consequences of failing to plan. There is an area of your life, however, that makes every other aspect of planning seem insignificant and unimportant in comparison. That is, the day you die and stand before me and begin eternity. I, your Creator, have made it clear that “it is appointed for men to die once and then comes judgement.” (Hebrews 9:27). There is no one who is born who doesn’t

penalty for ALL your sins. You see, as God, my Son was not only sinless, but he was and is eternal. He was able therefore to pay your eternal debt. When he died on that cross, he wasn’t dying for his sins but for yours and the sins of the world. If you recognize your sin problem and are willing to admit your sins and desire to return to me and make me your God and if you ask my Son, Jesus, to forgive ALL your sins, when you stand before me in judgement, I will see no sin. I will look at you as though you have never sinned. I will receive you as my son, daughter and you will enter my eternal kingdom of life forever. Please remember that this is a gift to you that you can’t earn, but must receive, only by humbling yourself and receiving the gift of forgiveness of sins. Please remember as well, that this offer expires when you expire. I will see you one day. I’ve done everything to make it a day of life not death. It is your move! I love you, God These letters are written by a New Hampshire pastor.

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Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery

Lecture and book signing by author Rick Byers *Admission: $12 for Museum members and $15 for non-members In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with truckloads of inflatable tanks, a massive collection of Tuesday, August 10, from 7-8 PM sound-effects records, and more than a Dear Sis few tricks up their sleeves, they created a traveling road show of deception on the A One-Woman Play by Catherine battlefields of Europe, with the German Ladnier. Journey through the Army as their audience. The Ghost Army is a tumultuous years of World War II riveting tale told through personal accounts through the letters of one American and sketches. And yes, there will be an soldier to his sister on the home front. inflatable tank on display. 6:00-7:00 p.m. Eva Lee Brown kept the home fires Pre-lecture coffee and cookie gathering burning on the family farm in South Meet Rick Byers before the lecture and see Carolina while her brother, Bill, served in the China Burma India theatre of war. one of the Ghost Army vehicles. Historian Rick Byers is a best-selling author, Eva Lee’s letters to Bill chronicled the award-winning filmmaker, and popular day to-day-life of their little town. Bill’s speaker. He wrote and directed the letters to Eva were homilies about his duties and his longing to return home to acclaimed documentary film The Ghost Army, which premiered on PBS in 2013. the good ol’ USA.

Admission $8 per person; $3 for Wright Museum members. Reservations strongly recommended, call 603-569-1212 for more info. Doors open 1 hour before the program begins.

ON EXHIBIT JUNE 16TH - AUG. 11TH WW1 America explores vitally important stories of a transformational and divisive era during the years 1914 to 1919. Entire swaths of U.S. cities engulfed in racial conflagrations; workers striking by the millions; women demonstrating in the streets demanding the right to vote; immigrants harassed and deported; dissenters and “hyphenated” Americans pursued, surveilled, jailed, or lynched; and violent disagreements about the nature of civil liberties. The exhibition is visually dynamic, with large-scale photographs, moving images, multimedia environments, and re-created settings such as a movie theater. It is also a socially interactive forum, with stories and many period artifacts supported by authentic voices expressing competing views.

Visit www.wrightmuseum.org for the entire series schedule

ut ADMISSION RATES: Ask Abonual n A r u Museum Members - Free | Adults $12.00 O ships & s Children (5-17) $8.00 / (4 and under) Free r e b m e p M bershi All Military and Seniors (60 and over) $10.00 Gift Mem

Masks are optional for Museum visitors who are fully vaccinated. MUSEUM OPEN DAILY Show AAA card for 10% discount on adult admission fees.

May 1st thru Oct. 31st

Monday – Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday, Noon-4pm

603-569-1212 • www.WrightMuseum.org • 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH

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New England’s Wild Birds & Their Habitats

COUNTER HELP • COOKS

On The Lookout For Diseases by Chris Bosak Contributing Writer

I’ve been keeping an eye on the news regarding the mysterious disease that has been killing birds in some Midwest and mid-Atlantic states. It appears that the disease has not reached New England, although nearby states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania have been impacted. Researchers still do not know what is causing the deaths, but they have ruled out several diseases that commonly afflict birds, such as West Nile, Salmonella and avian conjunctivitis. I did read a report that suggests the situation may be waning, which would be great news. I’d be more than happy if the disease never makes it to New England. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, my go-to source for information about birds, does not directly recommend taking down feeders, like so many other organizations do. Rather, it recommends following the guidelines put forth by an individual’s state fish and game commission. To recap from last week’s column, most of the birds that have been impacted are young grackles, starlings, blue jays and robins. Symptoms in-

A blue jay perches on a branch in New England. Blue jays are one of the species being impacted by a mysterious disease killing birds in the Midwest CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO and mid-Atlantic states. clude discharge from eyes, seizures and disorientation. If you do find a dead bird showing any of the symptoms mentioned earlier or find multiple dead birds in one area, contact the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s wildlife division at (603) 2712461. Regardless of whether the disease comes to New England, I highly recommend taking the time and effort to clean your bird feeders with a 10 percent bleach solution. This should be done several times a year anyway, but it is particularly important in the summer. Hot, humid weather can re-

ally make those feeders nasty breeding grounds for all sorts of things potentially harmful to birds. If you decide to take down your feeders for the summer, be assured that the birds will find plenty of food in the wild and will return to your yard when the feeders are out there again in fall or winter. While we’re on the subject, be sure to change the sugar water and clean hummingbird feeders frequently as well. The solution can become rancid quickly during hot weather. Birdbaths should be changed and cleaned

frequently during the summer as well. Not only is it better for the birds, but it lessens the likelihood of the bath becoming a breeding area for mosquitoes. In other bird news, it was nice to the Milwaukee Bucks win their first NBA championship in 50 years. I haven’t followed professional basketball since I was a kid, but I started passively rooting for the Bucks a few years ago. What does this have to do with birds? In 2018, the Bucks opened their new arena, called Fiserv Forum. It is the first certified bird-friendly professional sports complex. It is located in downtown Milwaukee and earned the Bird Collision Deterrence Credit from the U.S. Green Building Council. It minimizes see-through glass and bird-disorienting lighting. When you consider that upwards of a billion birds die in North America each year from building collisions, this type of construction is worthy of high praise. Hopefully, it’s a trend that other cities will follow. Chris Bosak may be reached at chrisbosak26@gmail.com or through his website www.birdsofnewengland.com

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Strong Start To Season In Lakes Region On The New Hampshire Heritage Museum Trail Last year, museums on the New Hampshire Heritage Museum Trail were either closed or curtailed their operations due to the pandemic, which serves as stark contrast to the 2021 season. “It’s been an incredible start to the season for many of us on The Trail,” remarked President Jeff Barraclough, who also serves as executive director of new member MoffattLadd House & Garden in Portsmouth. Mike Culver, executive director of the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, agreed and said the July 4th weekend broke records. On Friday, July 2, the museum had 290 visitors, followed by 458 on Saturday, July 3 with

624 on Sunday, July 4. “This kind of attendance is unforgettable,” he noted. “Docents remained organized, separating groups into manageable units that made visitors feel individually welcomed. At the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum in Laconia, Director Cristina Ashjian said they are busy with visitors after a year’s hiatus. She noted how visitors will be able to enjoy a special installation of paintings of the Big Lake and its environs this season. The exhibition, Smile of the Great Spirit, includes views of Winnipesaukee from Red Hill, Center Harbor, and Meredith as well as sites such as Endicott Rock at The Weirs.

Visitors in festive attire at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro on July 4th. COURTESY PHOTO

In August, the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum will restart the popular ‘Winnipesaukee Wednesdays’ lecture series. Events in the series include Michael Bruno (‘Cruising NH History’ on August 4), Ron Guilmette (‘Islands of Winnipesaukee and Squam’ on August 11), and Hans Hug (‘Wrecks of Winnipesaukee’ on August 18). To learn more, visit lakewinnimuseum.org. At The Wright, Curator Justin Gamache expressed enthusiasm for Shaped by Conflict: Mementoes of the WWII Era, which opens August 17. Made possible by Taylor Community and The Weirs Times with additional support by John and Evelyn

Frank, the exhibit gives visitors an in-depth look at common mementos and personal items of the WWII era. “The exhibit features handmade trench art, postcards, sweetheart pillows, and much more,” he said. “The exhibit is a terrific illustration of how Americans sought to commemorate a critical moment in our nation’s history.” To learn more about The Wright, visit wrightmuseum.org. Formed in 2014 as a way to share resources and better promote their respective collections,programs and events, The NH Heritage Museum Trail is divided into the Seacoast, Merrimack Valley and Lakes Region.

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Wicked BREW Review

The

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603 Hard Seltzers

WHAT’S ON TAP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?? A listing of some of the area’s beercentric watering holes where you can find old favorites on tap as well as some cutting edge seasonals.

ACKERLY’S JOHNSON’S GRILL & GALLEY TAPHOUSE 83 Main Street, Alton 603.875.3383 Akerlysgrillandgalleyrestaurant.com Moat Mtn. -Blueberry Smuttynose - Old Brown Dog 603 - Amber Ale Tuckerman’s - Pale Ale Great Rhythm - Tropical Haze

by Jim MacMillan Contributing Writer

Summer in New England is full of fun and opportunities to explore what the Lakes Region has to offer. Whether you want to hike the mountains, bike a trail or take family or friends out in the boat to ride the lakes, NH is awaiting your journey. It is an excursion that beckons you to experience what we have come to love about our home life here. And when it’s time, beat the summer heat at the end of your work or activity day with cool hard seltzer from 603. 603 Brewery, located in Londonderry, NH, offers year-round beers as well as seasonal beers matched to the changing climates. 603 was founded in early 2012 and has made a momentous mark in the NH craft beer scene. Starting as brewing friends from college (Dan, Geoff and Tamsin), these folks decided to jump into the emerging craft brew niche with gusto, creativity and a keen angle on NH beer styles employing names and places around NH as their beer name varieties. They are today a 30

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barrel brewhouse with 60 barrel brew capacity exclusively sold in NH and MA, distributed widely throughout the state in cans and growlers (half gallon bottles) and kegs for restaurants and taverns. They coined a derivative name for a secondary line called E09 (603 upside down) and used it to make brews to test market values in 2017. They completed work on a new venture Brew Hall eatery, tasting room and beer garden in 2019. Visit them on their website at 603brewery.com Since seltzers have become so popular, it is no wonder that local brewers have expanded their market niche to include these summery drinks. Less carbs than

beer, seltzers are equally refreshing and flavorful. 603 Brewery saw this emerging market and got involved producing what has become a gigantic part of their strategy. Flavors of Tangerine, Black Cherry, Pomegranate and Lemon Limeade are what is offered in the 12 pack. All are equally refreshing and full of flavor, outselling many of the popular other seltzers competing for market share locally. According to Monty at Case-and-Keg in Meredith, 603 hard seltzers tend to outsell more than White Claw, Truly and others in this sales arena. The fact that the 603 brand has a lot to like stands for its sales. All are 100 calories, 5% ABV, one

gram of carbs and are gluten-free. Since 603’s Hard Seltzers have been wildly successful, you’ll be able to find them in 16 oz twelve pack cans as well as the rest of the 603 line-up at Case-nKeg in Meredith and other fine craft beer providers. Well done again 603 Brewery!

At Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant 233 D.W. Hwy, Meredith 603.279.6212 hartsturkeyfarm.com Henniker - Working Man’s Porter Concord Craft - Safe Space Stoneface - IPA Moat Mtn - Blueberry 603 - Winni Amber Ale ...+6 More On Tap

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At Funspot Family Entertainment Ctr. 579 Endicott St N., Weirs 603.366.4377 funspotnh.com Allagash - Tripel Southern Tier - S’Mores Stout Nitro Toppling Goliath - Hot Dog Time Machine Gneiss - Sonnenschein Mast Landing - Windbreaker Hobbs - River Drifter ...+6 More On Tap ** Tap listings subject to change!

At Johnson’s Seafood & Steak 69 Rt 11, New Durham 603.859.7500 eatatjohnsons.com/ newdurham Citizens Cider - Dirty Mayor Southern Tier - S’mores Stout Lone Pine -Saphire Unicorn Concord Craft -Tropical Anna Peak - Summer Session IPA Three Floyds - Gumballhead ...+30 More On Tap

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18 Weirs Rd., Gilford 603.293.0841 Patrickspub.com Patrick’s Slainte House Ale Great North - Moose Juice Guinness Tuckerman - Pale Ale 603 - Winni Amber Ale Harpoon - IPA Woodstock - Papaya Pale Ale ...+8 More On Tap

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At The Craft Beer Xchange 59 Doe Ave., Weirs Beach 603.409.9344 FB @craftbeerxchange Hidden Moon – Little Apples Cider Peak – Blueberry Sour Night Shift - Nite Light Lager Cisco – Summer Rays Ale Jack’s Abby – Blood Orange Wheat Southern Tier – S’Mores Stout ...+30 More On Tap

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Enjoy old fashioned train rides along the western shore of Lake Winnipesaukee and Paugus Bay. Now open daily! Meredith Station: (2-hour train rides) 154 Main Street, Meredith, NH Weirs Beach: (1-hour train rides) 211 Lakeside Ave., Weirs Beach, NH

Explore the rails on our 4-passenger rail bikes! Guided rail bike tours at 10am, 12pm & 2pm Tuesday through Sunday. (closed Mondays) Advance reservations required. Rail Bike Adventures: Laconia Railroad Station 15 Veterans Square, Laconia, NH

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Summer Fun! The Best Summer Ever Starts Right Here!

The Hebron Fair Returns on Saturday, July 31 On Saturday, July 31, the Hebron Fair will return to the picturesque Hebron Common on the north end of Newfound Lake. The last Saturday in July will once again see the town dotted with the colorful canopies of craft, art, and food vendors. The fair runs from 9 to 3, rain or shine, and admission is free. In addition to many returning vendors and nonprofit organizations, several new purveyors will be joining the festivities, including some local food trucks. There will be some church-run tents at the fair as well: Hebron Fair commemorative t-shirts; a “modified midway” featuring the “dunking booth” and some old-fashioned kids’ games, plus home-made goodies for sale.

You’ll also want to save the date for the Hebron Yard Sale Day on September 4, from 9 to 3. Since some of the usual church-run booths will not be at the fair this year, many of the items that would have been sold at the

church’s white elephant, auction, and book tents will be for sale outside on the church grounds. Plus, there will be other yard sales at various locations throughout town that day. Check hebronchurchfair.org for a list of participating

addresses the week before the yard sale. As always, the fair is sponsored by the Union Congregational Church of Hebron. Please visit hebronchurchfair.org for more info and updates.

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Summer Fun! The Best Summer Ever Starts Right Here!

Castle in the Clouds Hosts A Roaring 1920s Gala MOULTONBOROUGH On Wednesday, August 25th, Castle in the Clouds is traveling back in time 100 years to the 1920s for a night of Gatsby-era music, dancing and fun to support restoration of the historic Lucknow estate. Anyone can purchase tickets to “A Roaring 1920s Gala” and guests are encouraged to wear flapper dresses and dapper attire or whatever is comfortable for the fun night ahead. “This event is one of few that include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres on the Castle lawn in the evening, which is a really special experience,” says Program Coordinator and Interpretive Manager, Mackenzie Padula. “Guests will also enjoy a buffet dinner, live music by the band Clandestine, and a live auction, with proceeds supporting the restoration and educational work that we do.” This year’s auction includes eight unique Castle experiences: a cocktail party on the Lucknow lawn, dinner in the mansion’s dining room, Carriage House dinner party, Carriage House holiday party, Director’s Tour and cocktails, Curator’s Tour and lunch, a sunset picnic on the lawns of Lucknow, and fishing for trout in Shannon Pond. “We aim to include experiences that are above and beyond every day offerings,” explains Executive Di-

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rector Charles Clark. “People often express that when they visit the Castle and grounds, they feel like they could live here. Offering opportunities to experience more private moments at Castle in the Clouds gives auction winners a taste of what it was like living here and the lifestyle that Tom and Olive Plant enjoyed in the earlyto-mid 1900s.” Reservations for the event are required by August 14th and may be made over the phone at 603476-5410 or on the Castle’s website. Castle in the Clouds would like to thank some of its corporate supporters for helping to make this fundraiser possible: Premier YearRound Sponsor, Miracle Farms, Presenting Year-Round Sponsor, Eastern Propane & Oil, and Special Business

Partners, Bank of New Hampshire and Maxfield Real Estate. Castle in the Clouds is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is operated by the Castle Preservation Society, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, whose mission is to preserve, interpret,

and share the buildings and landscape of Castle in the Clouds as a cultural resource for the benefit of the public. For more information or to learn more about upcoming programs and events, call 603-476-5900 or visit castleintheclouds.org.

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The Best Summer Ever Starts Right Here!

“Cruising New Hampshire History” At Lake Winnipesaukee Museum On Wednesday, August 4th at 7 PM, the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum will host author Michael Bruno with “Cruising New Hampshire History,” his talk on highway historical markers. This event is free for Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society members; for non-members there is a $5 fee. Since seating is limited this season, advance reservations are requested, by e-mail to lakewinnipesaukeemuseum@ gmail.com or by phone 603-366-5950 (WedSat, 10-4). Bruno will present and discuss his guide Cruising New Hampshire History, which has been recently featured both by NH PBS and on Chronicle. As a young adult out riding his motorcycle, Bruno stopped to read the historical markers that are installed along Granite State highways. Finding the markers intriguing with their unique stories, he embarked on a project to visit and provide expanded information regarding each of the 267 the state’s historical markers. The idea of “Cruising New Hampshire History: A Guide to New Hampshire’s Roadside Historical Markers” began in the fall of 2015 while discussing the lack of a user-friendly, interactive state website, or a previously published book on

markers. The guide is the result of Bruno’s efforts to visit, photograph, collect GPS coordinates, and research historical markers; copies will be available for purchase and signing by the author at the upcoming event. The Lake Winnipesaukee Historical So-

ciety 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 through mid-October.

The Loon Center

& Markus Wildlife Sanctuary The Loon’s Feather Gift Shop Selling “all things loon” & more!

• Free Admission • Award-winning videos, exhibits & trails! Lee’s Mill Rd, Moultonborough, NH

603-476-LOON (5666) • www.Loon.org

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OUT on the TOWN Great Food, Libations & Good Times!

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FRESH SEAFOOD • GRILL FAVORITES • SUBS • ROLLS Best Whole Clams on the Lake Kids meals served! fries, drink & a fris with bee! Open Mon, Thur, Fri & Sat 11:30-8; Sun 11:30-7

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The highly-anticipated Woods, Water & Wildlife Festival returns this summer on Saturday, August 14th from 10am to 3pm at Branch Hill Farm in Milton Mills, NH. Hosted by Moose Mountains Regional Greenways (MMRG) and Branch Hill Farm, this day-long festival is a popular local favorite, and offers captivating activities for all ages to celebrate and learn about the natural world! After taking a short

break due to COVID last year, the WWW Festival is coming back with many beloved activities from previous years. As always, the festival will include many opportunities for both children and adults to get up close and personal with a variety of living creatures, including farm animals, insects, and rescued wildlife. The ever-popular Squam Lakes Science Center will be back with two presentations, one for See MMRG on 27

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OUT on the TOWN Great Food, Libations & Good Times!

MMRG from 26 the morning and afternoon session. Adults will enjoy activities and educational opportunities, too, from groups like UNH Cooperative Extension and more. We will also be celebrating and sharing information about our recent merger and expansion into Ossipee and Tuftonboro! Everyone will find something to spark their interests! MMRG will follow recommended COVID safety guidelines to keep everyone safe and healthy. All attendees must register for the festival online (visit rebrand.ly/WWWFestival21) and will select a morning or afternoon arrival window. There will not be any food or drinks sold at the event - water stations will be available for refilling water bottles and a picnic area will be available for those who choose to pack a lunch. Although masks are not required, attendees should bring masks either for their own comfort or for instances when social distancing is not possible. Please also leave pets at home. The festival will take place rain or shine. Restrooms and most events are wheelchair accessible. Tickets for the festival are only $5 per person or $10 per family for non-members, and are FREE for MOOSEie Members! Register at rebrand.ly/WWWFestival21. MMRG is seeking volunteers to help with the festival email Executive Director Jill Eldredge at jill@

mmrgnh.org if you are interested in helping out. All volunteers receive FREE admission! All festival proceeds and business sponsorships go towards MMRG’s non-profit land conservation and

educational outreach mission. MMRG, a non-profit land trust, works to conserve and connect important water resources, farm and forest lands, wildlife habitats, and recreational land.

Throughout the year, both BHF and MMRG offer many educational opportunities. For more information and a calendar of upcoming events, visit www.mmrgnh.org

Come By Boat or Car & Relax By The Lakeside at AKWA MARINA’S BEACH BAR & GRILLE DIBLE INCRE EWS! VI LAKE

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ACAM

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A sampling of the many goats that have been surrendered to Live and Let Live Farm when owners could no longer care for them due to loss of home personal illness.

Mama Blondie gave birth to fourteen precious puppies while in foster care in Bow NH for Live and Let Live Farm PHILBRICK from 1 another great- a true great when it comes to animals, St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis is the patron saint of animals. And there are hundreds, if not thousands, of poignant quotes from him that are worthy of being framed and hung on your wall. But the quote I have for you is brief, just thirteen words: “Ask the beasts, and they will show you the beauty of this Earth.” Think about it. Have you ever been shown the beauty of this Earth, by the beasts? Have animals ever shown you some beauty within the world around you, in a way no person ever had? Have you ever been shown absolute unconditional love from an animal,

right when you needed it most, when people had predictably let you down? When I last wrote about our goings on at LLLF, I introduced you to our plans for a new building, a rehabilitation and adoption center for small animals. Since that time, the numbers, and thus the need, have been in constant increase. We’ve had three primary categories of animals that have the farm nearly bursting at the seams. The first is pregnant dogs that have been coming in at a rapid pace, and have inexplicably been having huge litters, which adds significant weight to the adoption burden. With the covid recovery not quite back to normal and people still skit-

One of the dozen plus bunnies surrendered to Live and Let Live Farm thus far in 2021. tish about it, coordinating adoption events are still somewhat cumbersome. The second is goats. For some reason we’ve been taking in far more goats than usual, even after a year and a half of dealing with the myriad complications of covid. But they’re here, they’re relatively healthy and improving in health where they need to be, and we look forward to adopting them into loving homes. And the third is rabbits. The town of Conway recently handled a sad, tragic hoarding situation in which a large number of rabbits were seized, and the Humane Society approached us asking if we could take in ten of them. We did. Clearly the need for adoptions is great, and as we begin to phase back into a normal post-covid life here on the farm, it is our hope that we can not only inspire people to consider adopting companion pets when the masks are fully off, but in the mean time as well, as NH transitions back into a life of normalcy. People might be able to put things on hold due to a pandemic, but the urgency of animals in dire need— emaciated, abused, neglected, found heartlessly aban-

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a bit different from what you might be used to seeing, and offer up a first hand account from one of our rescuers, a young lady who started working with a horse here at LLLF more than two decades ago. It’s the story of Rocky, and his path upon this Earth that crossed with the path of a young lady named Jade. Below is Jade’s account, telling her story of two lives twirled together in time, the totality of which, in beauty, is greater than See PHILBRICK on 30

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This photo of Jade and Rocky was taken at Live and Let Live Farm years many years after Rocky’s accident when he was dragged behind a trailer. PHILBRICK from 29 the sum of the parts. She calls it “Rocky’s Life Journey”: Rocky has been in my life for the last 22 years. It was love at first sight. He was four years old and a year into his recovery from a horrific trailer accident when I met him at Live and Let live Farm Rescue. He had fallen out of the back of a stock trailer with his head still tied in and dragged down the road when the latch came undone. Nearly his entire side was covered in road

Jade with family in Concord’s 2020 Christmas Parade. (L to R) Clinton, Sparrow on mini horse Cali, Hazen, and Jade riding Rocky. rash with open wounds, and this is how he came to be rescued by Live And Let Live Farm. I was only 11 years old at the time and worked day after day to gain his trust until he would let me ride him. I spent nearly every day at LLLF, sometimes even spending the night in a stall with Rocky, formerly known as Rocco - short for Macaroco. He has been my best friend since. I adopted him from LLLF in August 2001 and he now lives at home with me. When I was 14 he got very sick, catching a disease he was already

vaccinated against, at a clinic we had gone to. The vets told me that he would die and that if by some chance he survived he would never be able to be ridden again. I was absolutely devastated but I refused to give up on him. We took him down to Tufts University twice where he received the best care possible, he needed to also stay in quarantine during this time. He had a spinal tap that came back with very poor results, he could barely stand (sometimes he was too weak to stand at all), was extremely

neurological, needed a urinary catheter, and round the clock care. My parents didn’t have the money for this but he meant the absolute world to me and they ended up using my entire college fund to pay for the medical expenses. Long story short, on that part he made a 100% recovery. It was truly a miracle. Four horses had gotten sick at that clinic and the other three died. Rocky was the only one to survive and not only to survive but make a miraculous recovery. Since his illness he has jumped, worked cattle and ridden miles and miles of trails. He’s done every single thing I’ve asked of him, and to this day I’m still amazed at his strength. He has overcome two unbelievable near death situations and far surpassed anyone’s expectations. Believe it or not he will even walk right on to a trailer for me. My husband knew when he met me that not only would he be in a relationship with me but with Rocky as well. He was part of our wedding, I rode him down the aisle. He has been there for me through all my ups and downs, I have always been able to just go out and spend time with him, free of judgment, always feeling better after being together. Especially through teenage years when sometimes life seemed not to make sense and in raising a family when the chaos gets too great, he has always been my center. He is my “heart horse,” the one true horse love of your life. Also my very first horse. My youngest child, Sparrow (2) is forming her own bond with a mini horse that we also adopted from LLLF. From what I understand, See PHILBRICK on 31

credible thing to bond with a larger than life animal. ~Jade Place~

Sparrow and Cali. PHILBRICK from 30 Cali had never been ridden (it certainly seemed that way, too). She was very skeptical at first and I could only put sparrow on her back for maybe, or not even, one second at a time. Now the two of them have a beautiful friendship. Sparrow can run up and hug her and kiss her, brush her and ride her. Cali will stand stock still for her and always complies when Sparrow runs out into the paddock just wanting to sit on her while she grazes. This past winter she even rode her in the Concord Christmas parade, and I on Rocky. I believe that caring for a farm animal is extremely beneficial for children. To care for any animal in general they need to learn to be gentle and responsible. And when it comes to farm work I believe it instills a great work ethic into a child that lasts a lifetime. Being a horse woman has changed my life. Mucking stalls and hauling water buckets through the hottest

days and the coldest nights builds character. Riding is good fun, but there is so much more to responsible upkeep and care involved. The very first time my mom took me for a riding lesson, age 7, it took me most of the hour to brush and tack up the horse and that hardly left any time to ride. My mom thought for sure it wasn’t something I would pursue. But when I got off that horse and she said “OK we’re going to think about this” and I promptly answered “no, I want to do this.” The riding instructor looked at her and said “that’s a horse girl.” Farm chores showed me the meaning of a hard day’s work. I learned that you always take care of your horse before you take care of yourself. I also gained self-confidence and learned the true meaning of partnership in working with animals many times my size. It was the best way to grow up and I am thrilled that my daughter shares my passion for horses. It’s an in-

Can there be a better example? “Ask the beasts, and they will show you the beauty of this Earth.” And now, a difficult topic to close on. A cruel tragedy has struck one of our own here at LLLF, and I’d like to publicly express our collective sorrow and condolences to one of the brightest stars in our LLLF sky, Dot McCully. A tireless, knowledgeable, ever-cheerful worker who has gone through colossal personal struggles in recent years, Dot suddenly lost her beloved Paul, husband of nearly forty years, a few weeks ago. Your Farm Family stands with you, Dot… hundreds strong, some closer to you than others, but all locked arm in arm, surrounding you in a supportive ring of friendship and love. Let us shade you where there are no trees, steady you when knees falter; cry alongside you when you cry in sole darkness. You are not alone in this storm. It seems a most tragic curse that in times when we most need tenderness, the warmth found in a familiar embrace, or to find simple beauty when it seems all beauty has been snuffed out, that is when words fail most. It’s also perhaps the time when the words of St. Francis of Assisi ring truest of all: “Ask the beasts, and they will show you the beauty of this Earth.” PLEASE CONSIDER contacting Live and Let Live if you’re considering adopting a loving family companion. Financial contributions are desperately needed and greatly appreciated, as the costs to operate such

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MOORE from 14 you are fishing for the same fish. Once they decide they aren’t going to bite what you have, it’s better to move on. I picked a handful of 5 to 6-pound fish before they went cold. I had a choice to either try another spot in hopes that fresh fish

would react to my offering, or pack it in for the day. I didn’t drive all that way to pack it in, so off another three miles to another known area. They say that fishing is 10% skill and 90% luck. I don’t know if I always believe that, but it was a convenient statement to

get behind this day, as the new spot produced a 32-inch lake trout on the first drop, and a few smaller fish after that. Hunger and a desire to see the beautiful face of my smiling girlfriend Samantha eventually drove me off the lake. I sit writing this at the end of day one of

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 29, 2021 — SMITH from 3 to John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s assassin, and later married another New Hampshire senator, John Chandler. Some may cite Senator Hale’s biggest accomplishment as that of being the man behind a law being passed in 1850 to end the practice of flogging in the Navy and Merchant Marine. He should be remembered, not only for that accomplishment, but perhaps even more so, for the fact that before others in the government were willing to call for abolishing slavery throughout the United States, he did so Others, were afraid to do so because they feared the consequence. The perceived consequence they feared was the breakup of the Union. In a speech to the Senate concerning a bill on the abolition of slavery in the District of Colombia, John Hale argued that Senators were more concerned about the consequences of the bill than they were with doing what was right. He said that the most insidious form of skepticism “is that which suggests that it is unsafe to perform plain and simple duty for fear that disastrous consequences may result therefrom.” He claimed that the question of emancipation “...has rarely been argued upon the great and fundamental principles of right...what is right, what is just, what is due to the individuals that are to be affected by the measure....? ” John Hale was nominated for the office of President by two political parties. The Liberty Party, an anti-slavery group, met in the Fall of 1847 in Buffalo, New York and nominated John Hale as their candidate for president and

Democrat Campaign Poster from 1852. Leicester King of Ohio was their vice-presidential choice. However, before the election a group of anti-slavery Democrats and Whigs, joined by many Liberty Party members, met to form the Free-Soil Party. Hale and King withdrew their nominations and joined the Free-Soilers who nominated former President Martin VanBuren as their candidate in 1848. It must be admitted that Hale was not everybody’s favorite person. He was called “a born critic”, “a mass of corruption,” malignant to the Lincoln administration, and one who “never learned the importance of team play.” But also he was said to be “For sixteen years a defender of a minority faith,” and someone who fought for “the rights of the down trodden minority.” Hale reportedly had a good sense of humor even when talking with his adversaries, a trait that may have offset some of the resentment raised by his unrelent-

ing opposition to the policies of the people in power In the election of 1852 Franklin Pierce won 27 of 31 states, with Winfield Scott winning the other 4, leaving Hale with none, though he ran on the Free-Soil slogan of “Free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men.” The Democrat’s slogan was “We Polked you in ‘44, We shall Pierce you in ‘52.” And so they did. The New Hampshire natives and Bowdoin College classmates had become political enemies and that situation continued into Pierce’s administration. Historians, I think, may be too hard in their judgment of Pierce’s presidency in light of the fact that he was a reluctant candidate for the job, had suffered from family tragedies, and perhaps was hindered by party loyalty and uncertain times. But I am not qualified to be his judge, be it for better or worse. I do have to wonder, though, what

would have happened if the American people had agreed with John Hale of New Hampshire with his free the slaves policies and elected him, instead of Pierce (or Scott) as president of these United States. Would the historians of today be writing about the President from New Hampshire who freed the slaves? Or,about the cantankerous national leader who destroyed the Union? As it was, Hale was re-elected to the Senate in 1855 as a Republican and served there until 1865 when President Lincoln, refusing to let Hale’s criticism of parts of his administration influence his decisions, appointed Hale as our Ambassador to Spain. John Hale was said to have visited every city and town in the state in what was called the “Hale Storm of 1845” when he tried to persuade New Hampshire

residents to support the anti-slavery cause. And remember that he was the first United States Senator who dared to openly and fervently support setting all slaves free when many other leaders were will-

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34 STOSSEL from 7 And yet, says Sandefur, “’Latino’ originated as a reaction led by Hispanic people! They chose the word Latino or Latina. And now here’s a largely white, middle-class movement of social justice activists telling other people, ‘No, no, you can’t make distinctions in gender that way.’”

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 29, 2021 — “Largely white?” I ask. “The social justice movement in general is a largely white, uppermiddle-class, collegeeducated movement,” he replies. “You hardly find anybody in the Hispanic community who prefers the term ‘Latinx.’” He’s right. Only 4% of Hispanics prefer the

term. It’s hard to keep up with what’s OK and what’s forbidden. Students at the University of Illinois-Chicago recently became upset because law professor Jason Kilborn included the N word, with only the first letter shown, in an exam on employment discrimination. He’d used the

same word in exams for 10 years. But this year, one student said she “had to seek counsel immediately after the exam to calm myself.” McWhorter says those students are lying. Why? “Claiming that kind of victimhood gives them a sense of belonging, of togetherness, a

sense that they’re contributing to a struggle that their ancestors dealt with in a more concrete way.” The students demanded the professor be punished. He was. The law school suspended him in the name of “social justice.” “Social justice seeks to redistribute wealth and power between groups to suit what some political authority thinks is the right outcome,” says Sandefur. I push back. “Social justice just means it’s time to pay attention to the minorities who never got justice.” “No,” he responds. “Social justice (says), ‘We’re going to reorganize how people live their lives, silence some groups that have been heard more often.’” It’s as if America is moving toward “1984,” George Orwell’s novel, in which government controls people’s thoughts by creating a new language, Newspeak. The only way to stop it, says McWhorter, is to push back. “Enlightened America needs to develop a backbone and start getting used to being called racist on Twitter. Just withstand it. Keep their voices out there. Make us understand what (SET ITAL) true(END ITAL) justice is.” John Stossel is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

MAILBOAT from 2 be expanded in the Southwest along with the reuse of treated wastewater for agriculture. Although sea water desalination plants are costly, typically about $4 billion, the people in the Southwest need drinking and agricultural water to survive. There are about 20,000 plants in the world, including a plant near San Diego providing 50 million gallons of water per day to 10% of residents. Another 10 plants operate in California and 10 more are proposed. Drawbacks of desalination plants include construction costs, high cost to produce the water, disposal of briny residue water and impacts on sea life, but the cost of running out of water far exceeds the costs associated with desalination plants. Although desalination plants might only provide 10% to 20% of water consumption, the plants and pipeline delivery systems in the Southwest region are needed to help replace the lower supply from the Colorado River. Donald Moskowitz Londonderry NH.

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 29, 2021 — MOFFETT from 13 athletes wearing their country’s uniform. So let us circle back to that NASCAR’s Foxwoods 301 to which my clicker returned me after I watched that Stanley Cup celebration in Tampa. Everyone stood for the anthem in Loudon. There were no political protests. Aric Almirola eventually triumphed in the Granite State dusk. His gracious and humble post-race remarks inspired. He paid homage to the New Hampshire venue and all race fans. It was a joy to watch. Americans flags waved freely. Kind of like the NBA, the NFL and USA Women’s Soccer used to be before they allowed progressive activists to brand their products with divisive political imagery. Maybe someday the above organizations will return to less political approaches. At which time fans might return to support them as well. Sports Quiz What Boston Bruin legend was a longtime Tampa Bay Lightning executive? (Answer follows) Born Today That is to say, sports standouts born on July 29 include NHL hall-of-Fame left winger Ted Lindsey (1925) and Dallas Cowboy quarterback Dak Prescott (1993). Sports Quote “I stayed up late last night and watched the Republican Convention all night long. I watched and listened and decided I’m not interested in politics. If you watch and listen you can find out why you’re not too.” – Casey Stengel

Sports Quiz Answer Phil Esposito (#7) State Representative Mike Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He co-authored the critically acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” which is available on Amazon.com. His email address is mimoffett@comcast.net.

METZLER from 7 can be purchased in special shops but using the American dollar! Cuban Americans, on the other hand, are not only hard working but have brought enterprise and entrepreneurialism to new heights. The Roots of condemning the U.S. trade embargo on the island, yet the embargo doesn’t affect Cuba’s commerce with Europe, Canada, China nor Latin America. The reason for the embargo, a policy of fourteen American presidents, deals with the regime’s seizing and expropriation of American owned property after the Cuban revolution in 1959. In other words the embargo doesn’t isolate Cuba from the world but from direct U.S. commerce. The Roots of Cuba’s censorship and surveillance of its population remains a bed-

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society.” Fine, but the root cause remains Cuba’s authoritarian regime. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), son of Cuban refugees, stated succinctly, “The first lesson we need to take away from it is that Marxism, socialism, doesn’t work.” He added, “We don’t just condemn this tyranny; we condemn this communism, this Marxist, this socialist tyranny. Call it for what it is.” He cited a powerful new protest song called, ‘Patria y Vida.’ “Now, the slogan of the Cuban re-gime is ‘Patria o Muerte,’ meaning ‘fatherland or death.’ This song played on that, ‘Patria y Vida,’ which means fatherland and life,

instead of fatherland or death.” Representative Maria Salazar, (R-FL) herself the daughter of Cuban exiles stated, “Socialism is socialism… It is a sickness that crushes the soul. Cuba is the best example of this.” Liberdad! The winds of freedom are blowing throughout Cuba! 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.

36 MALKIN from 6 The Fleebagger virus is contagious, but of course, only Democrats are immune from establishment criticism. Throughout the entirety of the Trump presidency, Democrat obstructionists and their propagandists accused political adversaries of “subverting the democratic process.” When President Donald Trump asserted his plenary powers over immigration, he

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 29, 2021 — was accused of having “zero tolerance” for democracy. When he appointed conservative judges, he was accused of “subverting democracy.” When he challenged the deep state, he was attacked for “subverting Democratic norms.” And, of course, when he challenged the legitimacy of the 2020 election results, it was tantamount to a “coup.” Everything their political enemies do subverts and sabotages

“democracy,” but when cut-and-run Democrats evade their own basic duties of representative government, resistance is patriotic again. Rachel Maddow and Vice President Kamala Harris compared the yellowbellies to civil rights heroes. The fleebaggers will undoubtedly be nominated for NAACP awards and the Nobel Peace Prize. It’s enough to make you superspreader sick. The solution?

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Magic Maze THEME THIS WEEK: MADE OF PLASTIC

Caption Contest OUR PICK FOR BEST CAPTION

PHOTO #868

Harry demonstrates his “Holistic Hirsute Hairbrush”guaranteed to bring a polished pate to a new level -Nancy Sweeney, Lincoln, NH..

Runners Up : “Sir, your hat size is 71/4- Bill Elwell, Rochester, NH. The Mentalist thought hard to come up with a measured response. - Gary Toczko, Center Harbor, NH.

CAPTION THIS PHOTO!!

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PHOTO #870

Qualifications for holding Send your best brief caption to us with your name and location political office are now within 2 weeks of publication so relaxed that having date... Caption Contest, The half a brain is acceptable. Weirs Times, P.O. Box 5458, . -Roger Dolan, Milford, Weirs, NH 03247 Mass.

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by John Whitlock

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