08/05/2021 Weirs Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

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VOLUME 30, NO. 31

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021

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Boat Museum Annual Boat Show At Alton Bay

Becca paddling her packraft on Wachipauka Pond, 2.3 miles up the Appalachian Trail from NH Route 25 in Warren, NH. Webster Slide Mountain, elevation 2,130 feet, rises straight up from the water’s edge. Wachipauka is an Abenaki word that means “mountain pond.”

SUMMER FUN! Berry Picking, Paddling & Hiking

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Columnist

Right now all I can think about is there is too much summer fun out there for me to be focused on writing my column. The sun is finally out and there are more blackberries and blueberries in the backyard

waiting for me to pick.. In the last two weeks I have been paddling, hiking and out doing trailwork. I have 40 quarts of blueberries in my freezer. I like berry picking a lot. I like blueberry pie more. Becca and I hiked into Wachipauka Pond with our packrafts in

our backpacks. It was an off and on rainy type of day. You know the kind of day we had the entire month of July. The Wachipauka Pond Trail is a 4.9 mile segment of the Appalachian Trail between NH Routes 25 & 25C and the Pond is just about in the middle (2.3 miles from Route See PATENAUDE on 28

WOLFEBORO-On Saturday, August 14 from 9am to noon the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) will host the 44th annual Alton Bay Boat Show at the Alton Town Docks. The event highlights the Lakes Region’s passion for vintage and classic boats. “If you have a wooden or early fiberglass boat up to 1975 you want to show off, please come join us,” said NHBM Executive Director Martha Cummings, who said pre-registration is not required. Docking is first-come, firstserved, and spectators are encourage to attend and vote for their favorite boat. Votes decide first, second, and third place for the People’s Choice Awards. Founded in 1992 by antique and classic boating enthusiasts, NHBM is committed to inspire people of all ages with an understanding of, and appreciation for, the boating heritage of New Hampshire’s fresh waterways. To learn more about NHBM, its virtual lecture series, boating programs, or special events, visit nhbm.org.

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Giving Away Our Freedom To The Editor: On motorcycle helmets, seat belts, masks and the “vaccine”... They all have something in common. Can you guess? ‘Way back in 1962 I bought a 1957 Volvo 444. I had no idea what a Volvo was but it was in my very limited price range because the Ford dealer didn’t know what it was either and they didn’t want it. It came with a three point seat belt which was very unusual in those days, but very cool. So I started using it because it made me feel more secure and a little bit safer. I have owned many Volvo’s since then and later I gave them to my kids because they were one of the safest cars on the road. During one of those years the State of Massachusetts decided seat belts were necessary and told us we had to wear them or get a ticket. Since I had been using them for a long time I just shrugged and thought “no big deal”. I also drove an old BMW motorcycle to work most of the year. I like old machines and I joined the Vintage BMW motorcycle club. I had a helmet but often didn’t put it on because I loved the wind in my face. But pretty soon Massachusetts said I had to wear one. For my own good. They didn’t want me to get hurt. Now I wondered how the government had the right to take care of me against my will. Yes, a helmet is a good idea, and I did wear one when touring on the interstates. A grasshop-

per hitting your face at 70 mph is messy and it hurts. But it seemed to me that it should be my choice if I wanted to take that risk. There are tons of ways to be irresponsible, and most of them are still legal. Why pick one item to force me to be responsible? (Well OK, two...seat belts and helmets.) But wait....pretty soon you had to wear a helmet for bicycling, and little kids had to be in a car seat, and then the car seat had to meet requirements. Now parents were being told what they have to do in order to raise their kids. These days a child can have a parent or a teacher arrested for disciplining them. Do we see where I’m going with this? We have been giving away our freedoms little by little and no one complained because it all sounded like it made sense. We were staying safe weren’t we? This past year we were told we had to wear masks everywhere, but this time it was to keep not just ourselves, but other people safe. Excuse me? If you are afraid of getting sick you are free to wear a protective mask or a full oxygen tent if you choose, but those things are like a helmet... they are supposed to protect the wearer only. If I am breathing into the environment and you don’t like it, doesn’t it make sense that you can protect yourself by wearing a mask or staying home? So here we are in the “vaccine era”. When I was a grade schooler we got the polio vaccine and were happy to do so because we were protecting ourselves. Same

with other shots. All of them we took in order to get immunity from something. I had rabies shots one time and I was protecting myself after being bitten by a cat. I never dreamed that I was helping anyone else when I received a shot in the arm (or in the tummy in the case of rabies). We are now told that we must get the shot in order to protect the world from the virus. What? Ourselves, sure but everyone else? Really? Does anyone else besides me see anything peculiar here? If I get the virus because I didn’t get the shot, are you not protected anyway because you were a good doobie and got it? Whether you believe the shot will save the world or not, you should be asking some questions. Like “Why are we being forced to get it?” The answer you come up with should scare you more than the virus. Freedom is never free, and we’re losing it fast. Bill Klemme Alton Bay, NH.

Freeze on Missiles To The Editor: I’m not sure if hypersonic missiles or Iran’s drones have a chance of first strike capability. If so, or if some countries will think so, and/or don’t fear a second strike, then we need to take preventative steps. The same applies to nuclear weapons (with or without these,) and perhaps likewise even poison gas. If there is a chance of conquest by China, Iran, or North See MAILBOAT on 32

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Everyone loves summer. Beaches, barbecues, beer festivals. Birds? Not so much. At least not when compared to spring and fall migration periods, or the busy feeder activity ahead of a New England snowstorm. Summer is a fun time to watch young birds being raised if you are lucky enough to witness that spectacle. Along with that, however, comes the fact that many birds are trying to stay hidden as much as possible until the young are ready to venture into the world. The waterfront - with its waders and shorebirds - is usually the best place to be during the summer if you want to see birds. That was true the other day when Katie and I took a walk and heard yellowlegs in the distance and spotted a great blue heron on the top of a pine tree. The dusk sun gave the heron an orange glow. But this summer is also hopping away from the water. Catbirds, blue jays, cardinals, mourning doves, nuthatches and Carolina wrens are constant companions in my yard. Goldfinches are coming around in force now as well. Speaking of backyard birds, Stephen from Keene offered a

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES Comedian Steve Sweeney At Lakeport Opera House

Center Sandwich Gallery Offering Drawing And Needle-Felting Classes

Well-known New England comedian, Steve Sweeney, guarantees laughs on August 5 at 8 p.m. at the Lakeport Opera House. Known as the undisputed king of Boston comedy, Sweeney is a master of dialects and character voices. “Doing shows in my backyard are the best,” Sweeney says. “I’ve performed all over the country but there’s no better feeling than being home. I can’t wait to make everyone laugh at the Lakeport Opera House.” With over 50 years in the business, every Sweeney show is different because, as the 71-yearold says, “I never know what I’m going to remember from one show to the next.” The Opera House is a 200-seat venue built for comfort, style and mobility. Every seat in the house has unobstructed views, cocktail service and the best sounds system for an experience unlike anything else in the area. Over $1 million was invested in the Opera House renovation which opened in June after being closed for 60 years. Originally built in 1882, this venue mixes modern design elements with historic charm for a unique cultural experience. The Opera House is once again home to live musical performances, theatre productions, comedians, magicians as well as being host to community-focused events, weddings, and private and corporate gatherings. Once a mainstay of Laconia’s Lakeport community, the Opera House is on center stage in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region.

The Center Sandwich Fine Craft Gallery is now offering online registration for two craft classes in August. On Tuesday, August 17, local artist Kathryn Field returns to teach her Drawing Animals and Nature class. The day begins in the gallery with an introduction to drawing animals, geometric shapes, exploring line, shape and form. Then, the class will travel to a local farm where participants will be able to draw goats, alpacas and chickens. This class is always a lot of fun with both adults and children (accompanied by adults) welcome to attend. Diane Johnson, owner of Soft Touch Farm, will be leading a Needle-felting class on Thursday, August 19 during which participants will be able to re-create a favorite photo of a beloved pet or a beautiful landscape on a 12” x 12” wool square. This is a great opportunity to learn a new craft and to create a personal memento that can be turned into a pillow or framed for display. More class details including tuition and materials costs and registration information can be found on the gallery’s website (centersandwich.nhcrafts.org), by calling 603-284-6831 or by visiting The League of NH Craftsmen Gallery at 32 Main Street in the historic village of Center Sandwich. The Gallery will be open through Mid-October from 10-5 on Monday through Saturday and 12-5 on Sunday.

Silent Film Epic “Ben Hur” At The Flying Monkey In Plymouth

The Blues Project At The Inn On Main In Wolfeboro The Blues Project featuring Grammy nominated guitarist Jon Butcher along with Deric Dyer of the Tina Turner and Joe Cocker Band return to the Barn at the Inn on Main, 200 N. Main St. in Wolfeboro on Sunday, August 15. Dinner seating is at 5:30 and general admission at 6:30 with showtime at 7pm. Wakefield resident Johnathan Sarty will entertain with a light dinner set for guests then the Blues Project hits at 7pm. Expect to hear everything from rock and roll to blues to R&B, nothing is off limits to this A list of musicians. The band also includes members of the Peter Wolfe Band, Jessica Ramsay of Wolfeboro’s Carolyn Ramsay Band and Tuftonboro guitarist Chuck Farrell of Once an Outlaw/James Montgomery. Tickets are $65 for the dinner/show which includes a seated BBQ style buffet. Show only are $40 and are available locally at Blacks in Wolfeboro or by calling the Inn at 603-569-1335. tions-362261307977861

One of early Hollywood’s greatest epics returns to the big screen with a showing of ‘Ben Hur, A Tale of The Christ’ (1925) on Thursday, Aug. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Flying Monkey Moviehouse and Performance Center, 39 South Main St., Plymouth. The screening, the latest in the Flying Monkey’s silent film series, will feature live accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based composer who specializes in creating music for silent films. Admission is $10 per person, general admission. Tickets are available online at flyinghmonkeynh.org or at the door. The silent version of ‘Ben Hur’ was originally slated for a screening earlier this year at the Flying Monkey, but was postponed to Thursday, Aug. 5. Set in the Holy Land at the time of Christ’s birth, ‘Ben Hur’ tells the story of a Jewish family in Jerusalem whose fortune is confiscated by the Romans and its members jailed. The enslaved family heir, Judah Ben Hur (played by Novarro, a leading silent-era heartthrob) is inspired by encounters with Christ to pursue justice. This leads him to a series of epic adventures in his quest to find his mother and sister and restore his family fortune.

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Take A Step Back As the selfproclaimed leading expert on Flatlander/ Native relations in New Hampshire, it always gives me great pleasure to see the by Brendan Smith progress that Weirs Times Editor has been made in this area over the years. I feel I have a lot to do with that and I would give myself a well-deserved pat on the back, if I could only reach that far. (Of course, as I approach sixtysix, even attempting it can be a morning’s work.) Back in 1995, I wrote my first column in the Weirs Times on the subject. I used the term “Flatlander” for one of the first times as the subject of an article. This was a social slur that had, for generations, always existed but rarely uttered in public. I crossed a line. It drew a lot of heat. I was condemned by some Flatlanders and threatened with physical harm by others. They felt that by me writing it, I was giving it an unwelcome validation. Many natives weren’t happy either. Here I was, a Flatlander who had only lived here for a few years and I was using the word to stir up trouble in their peaceful oasis. Still, I stuck to my guns and my principles and kept writing about the subject with no regard for my own safety. I came to recognize this as my calling and I never backed down. Someone had to keep the uncomfortable conversation going. It wasn’t an easy struggle, but I persevered. Today, twenty-six years later, Flatlander/Native relations have improved tremendously and the term “Flatlander”, though still used with great contempt by some old-time natives in the privacy of their own homes has,

for the most part, lost its negative connotations. My work has made it easier for more and more Flatlanders to move to Central New Hampshire and assimilate more easily. In fact, the ratio of Flatlander to Native has increased dramatically with all living together in peace for the most part. Yet, as is the way of human nature, things can never be that easy. As the permanent Flatlander population has increased, a new dynamic has taken it root. It is called the Native Flatlander/Visiting Flatlander problem and people are turning to me for the solution. This is never more apparent than this summer season. For years here in Central New Hampshire, the short nine hot weeks in July and August have always been when any significant Native Flatlander/Visiting Flatlander confrontations occur. In the summer it is the rush of the Visiting Flatlander to “hurry up and relax” that causes them to irritate the Native Flatlanders and real natives alike. Though they are merely acting as they do the rest of the year, actions that are prompted by the simple instinct of human survival that have become ingrained by their city and suburban lives (as well as running from recent peaceful riots) in their minds they are doing nothing wrong. Taking up two spots with their cars in the supermarket and restaurant parking lots, elbowing through the crowd with nary an “excuse me” to get that last few ears of corn in the produce section, their guilt-free look when taking thirty items to the less crowded fourteen items or less checkout and, of course, the leaving of the empty shopping cart at the spot it was emptied. There are way too many scenarios and space prohibits me from listing them all here, but I’m sure you get the picture.

The new problem lies not so much with the Visiting Flatlanders but with the Native Flatlanders, of which I am one. We were them once and we forget. As we have gratefully assimilated, we have forgotten our own roots and how we at one time acted the same but time and watching some natives helped us overcome our angst. So, as the voice of “all” Flatlanders, I don’t think we should get angry at the Visiting Flatlander’s actions, but to use them as reminders to ourselves. So, the next time you are tempted to try and squeeze your car into that tiny spot next to the two-space parked car making sure they don’t have enough room to open their door, take a breath. If you get the urge throw a body block into the oncoming figure, dressed all in pink wearing an “I Love NH” T-shirt who is trying to beat you to that last corn ear, or if you want to loudly count the dozens of items in the basket in front of you at the fourteen items or less checkout, take a step back and count to ten in your head instead. Remember, that was us not so long ago. It took us a while to learn as well and we should be gracious enough to allow for their assimilation. As native Flatlanders we have to try and respect those who we were once like. Even that loudmouth jerk yesterday who left his shopping cart right in the middle of the parking lot. I hope this helps. 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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COVID-19, Catholics and Illegal Alien Charities

It seems there’s no sanctuary from draconian mask and vaccine mandates. You can’t get on a plane, go to school, work at a hospital, perform onstage, compete in sports, exercise at a gym, worship in church or walk outside without the long shadows of Big Pharma and the COVID-19 control freaks looming over every aspect of your lives. Every breath, every movement, every by Michelle Malkin tweet, every Facebook post, every Instagram Syndicated Columnist meme is being monitored for compliance. There is one escape hatch, however. If you’re an illegal alien, congratulations! Privileged border trespassers have been handed special “Get out of COVID Tyranny” cards, while the Biden administration is poised to send vaccine squads door to door to harass law-abiding citizens. Immigration rules don’t apply to illegals, and neither do the invasive pandemic rules imposed on our citizenry. Fox News reporter Bill Melugin reported on Tuesday that “after an incident at a Whataburger, police in La Joya, (Texas,) say they’ve learned illegal immigrants who test positive for COVID-19 are being released from federal custody to a local Catholic charity in the (Rio Grande Valley,) which then places them in local hotels without notice.” Border Report, a publication of Nexstar Media Group, also discovered that Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, or CCRGV, had placed illegal aliens at a local hotel that “reportedly did not contain them inside their rooms. The La Joya Police Department issued a public health warning citing reports that visibly sick migrants had been at a burger joint not wearing masks.” Border Report spoke to CCRGV executive director Sister Norma Pimentel, who told the outlet that the situation “has been corrected” and “a security guard was hired at the hotel to keep the migrants inside.” It is unknown how many COVID-19-positive illegals have been housed at hotels in Texas, but the federal government’s outsourcing arrangement with Catholic Charities has been in place in the Rio Grande Valley since at least May 2014. I interviewed former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent Victor Avila in April about illegal alien-coddling activities at the CCRGV he observed, including routing untold numbers of border trespassers onto buses or planes without IDs (try doing that, my fellow Americans!). Avila also told me he saw envelopes being handed to See MALKIN on 36

Our Empathetic Authoritarians America has a crisis of empathy. That crisis isn’t expressed as lack of charitable giving: Americans give approximately seven times what Europeans do to charity per capita. And it isn’t by Ben Shapiro expressed as an unSyndicated Columnist willingness to spend on a governmental level: The United States currently spends more money than any nation in the history of the world. The crisis of empathy isn’t even about an inability to walk in other people’s shoes: America is one of the most racially and religiously tolerant nations on earth. The American crisis of empathy rests in a simple fact: America is now divided over two mutually exclusive definitions of empathy. That divide is unbridgeable, and it’s tearing the country down the middle. One group of Americans -- call them Neutrality-Driven Empaths -- defines empathy as treating people as individuals capable of free choice and deserving of equality under the law. In this view, empathy manifests in respect for the capacity of other human beings, and in understanding that they make different decisions than you would. This version of empathy doesn’t require that we agree with anyone’s decisions, but that we understand that it is not our job, absent significant externalities, to rule them. The other group of Americans -- call them Emotion-Centered Empaths -- believes that empathy means mirroring solidarity with subjective feelings in policy. In this view, empathy means expressing agreement with someone else’s specific feelings, refusing to assess whether those feelings are merited or justified and then shaping policy around assuaging those feelings. Neutrality-Driven Empaths believe that politics ought to be about solutions geared toward equality of individuals before the law. Policy and emotional empathy may come into conflict in this view. Emotion-

Centered Empaths believe the opposite: They believe that politics ought to be about emotional solidarity rather than finding solutions. Policy must follow emotional empathy in this view. To take a rather stark example, consider the question of black student test performance. Neutrality-Driven Empaths will suggest that meritocratic standards are in fact the only neutral rules that can be applied to education, and that such standards have acted as a ladder for a wide variety of human beings of various races; that if a disproportionate number of black students underperform on such tests, that may merit empathy, but it doesn’t merit discarding the standards. Emotion-Centered Empaths will, in direct opposition, suggest that the mere fact of black student underperformance requires discarding testing regimes -- to do otherwise would be to abandon solidarity with those who underperform, to ignore the myriad factors that undoubtedly led to the underperformance in the first place. The battle between Neutrality-Driven Empaths and Emotion-Driven Empaths creates a massive political asymmetry. That’s because Neutrality-Driven Empaths acknowledge that while people may disagree over policy, that does not mean they are uncaring or cruel. But for EmotionDriven Empaths, the opposite is again true: If policy is directly correlated with empathy, failure to agree represents emotional brutality and cruelty. Not only that: There can be no agreeing to disagree, because to suggest that people bear consequences for their actions is in and of itself uncaring and unempathetic. It lacks solidarity. The empathy gap is a crisis. If you believe that empathy means treating people as individuals capable of reasoning and acting under neutral rules, we can have a society. If you believe that empathy means shaping policy around solidarity with subjective feelings, rules become kaleidoscopic, variable and fluid -- and compulsion is generally necessary in order to effectuate such rules. See SHAPIRO on 36

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Endless Rules

by John Stossel

Syndicated Columnist

Politicians just don’t learn. People die as police fight drug dealers. Marijuana dealers form gangs and fight among themselves. It’s so stupid. Especially because marijuana is rela-

tively harmless. Finally, some states legalized it, hoping to put an end to the black market. But legalization hasn’t ended the violence. Why? Because many states impose so many unnecessary rules.

California is one of the worst. “The illicit market is approximately two to three times the size of the legal market,” says cannabis industry lawyer Tom Howard in my new video. Illegal sales thrive in California because politicians make distribution pointlessly difficult. Howard advises clients who want to open a dispensary, “You have to have a $50,000 safe, a $200,000 security system and a $100,000 consultant help you make an 800-page application.” Every single plant must be weighed, tagged and tracked from seed to sale. This information is “not being used to benefit anybody,” complains grow-

er Jason Downs. “It’s just a waste of everybody’s time, money.” While legal sellers struggle, clueless California Gov. Gavin Newsom complains: “Illegal cannabis grows! They’re getting worse, not better.” His solution: California taxpayers now will spend $100 million to bail them out! Much of what government does is tax people to try to fix problems that government caused. Politicians are so arrogant and ignorant that they even lose money when they take over profitable illegal industries. Bookies once let people bet on horse racing without going to the

track. Politicians called them criminals and said government would put an end to the “crime” of off-track betting by running that business themselves. New York claimed they’d use their profits to “promote the public welfare.” But the state’s rules were so bureaucratic that New York lost millions on its off-track betting parlors. Other states manage to lose taxpayer money running liquor stores (Alabama, certain counties in Maryland), and even on sports betting (Oregon). Only governments can mismanage so badly. See STOSSEL on 32

Biden’s Baleful Border Betrayal Is there anything the left won’t blame on their fantastical scapegoat, climate change? Don’t bet on it. Their latest dodge is blaming the border crisis, by David Limbaugh which they creatSyndicated Columnist ed, on the climate crisis, which they invented. A Politico article is headlined, “It’s Not a Border Crisis. It’s a Climate Crisis.” That’s a convenient twofer. Never let an opportunity to blame a crisis on climate change go to waste. Well played. But to the left, I guess the border catastrophe isn’t a crisis. How could you support open borders and think that the invasion by invitation is a crisis? How could America-resenting

leftists regard the influx of millions of new Democrat voters a crisis? It would be like the Democrats being apoplectic over federal spending. Nope. Not gonna happen. If only these migrants knew that leftist policies are on the way to turning this country into a socialist state — you know, the kind they’re escaping from. But let’s quit playing games. This is very serious and getting more so every day. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that June border apprehension numbers reached a 21year high, with more than 188,000 arrests and more than 1.1 million this year to date. Even more troubling: This is not a seasonal spike as Democrats have been saying. The numbers of crossings usually rise in the spring and then recede in the summer, but the

numbers are still increasing. At this rate, we’ll break the 2006 record. President Joe Biden and his faithful party continue to deny, obfuscate and deceive, but none of their rationalizations hold water — and they know it. This is a crisis purely of their making; reversing President Donald Trump’s border policies, emasculating Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and rolling out the red carpet for illegals is hardly going to deter attempted crossings. Indeed, we can trace these endless crossing spikes directly to these and Biden’s other wanton policies of scrapping the “Remain in Mexico” policy, ending border wall construction and supporting the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Not that you would expect the left

to be consistent, but they sure are fair-weather opponents of COVID-19. Just as they never objected to maskless left-wing rioters or fleeing Texas Democrat lawmakers, they seem wholly indifferent to the hazards of COVID-19-infected migrants. No, actually, they are worse than indifferent. Here, they are COVID-19 enablers, given their plan to end Title 42, the law Trump invoked to refuse entry to immigrants with the virus. This, despite knowing and even admitting that this action will cause a new influx of migrants and possibly result in Homeland Security having to process up to 1,200 family units a day. COVID-19 infection rates in emergency shelters for migrant youth are reportedly between 15% and 20%. You don’t See LIMBAUGH on 33

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Timothy Dwight wrote that in the year 1774 he was so involved in studying and thus living a sedentary life style that he nearly lost his life, but a period of exercise restored his health. Dwight became the president of Yale College in 1795 and the next year started a routine of taking vacations during which he traveled through New England and New York. These vacations usually began in the month of September and lasted for six weeks. During that time he rode by horseback or sometimes in a chaise or sulky or on foot. What began as a vacation for health reasons turned into much more. As he traveled Dwight thought that it would be good to write down some of his adventures for the amusement of his family. Then he began wondering what things were like in New England eighty or a hundred years previous to his journeys. Being

“Travels In New-England And New-York” by Timothy Dwight, published in 1823. unable to find the information he desired, Dr. Dwight reasoned that people who would be living eighty to one hundred years in the future would want to know what it was like in New England and New York in his days, so he decided to keep a journal. That journal was eventually published in a four volume set as Travels in New England and New York. An additional motivation for the Yale President’s description of New England and New York was what he perceived as

inaccurate and unflattering stories about the area that were being published in England. Riding by horseback Dr. Timothy Dwight, a Connecticut native, probably was able to observe much more than today’s vacationers do in their fast moving automobiles. He kept track of his mileage from one place to another and they accumulated to 18,000 miles over a ten year period. He wrote that, “No country abounds more with small lakes and ponds than New England.

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Volunteers Help Make ‘The Wright’ Experience WOLFEBORO - When people visit the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, NH, one of the highlights for many is the chance to interact with knowledgeable volunteers, many of whom served the nation. “I began serving in 1968 and served for 34 years as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, earning the rank of First Sergeant,” said Marty Chabot, who has been a volunteer at The Wright for 8 years. “I loved working in the army because I was able to help young soldiers that were enlisting to channel their careers.” After retiring from his position as a U.S. Passport Specialist, he moved to Wolfeboro at which time he became a volunteer at The Wright. “I love working at the museum, especially with school groups,” said Chabot, who won ‘Volunteer of the Year’ two years ago. He said he likes working with school groups because he enjoys meeting new people and teaching students. He particularly enjoys working with students because “more and more of them are interested in World War II.”

Marty Chabot has been a volunteer at The Wright for 8 years.

“When the school groups come in, the other docents and I split them up into groups and point out things of interest,” he said. Chabot’s favorite place in the museum to take students is the Home Front Gallery, because it teaches them about more than the war, but also the home front and what life was like during it. “Kids today don’t even know what a typewriter is because of computers,” he said. Chabot also expressed enthusiasm for the museum’s display of fully functional World War II era tanks. “All the vehicles run, and we have volunteers come in once a month to work on the vehicles that need a tune-up,” he said. One of his other favorite exhibits at the museum is the Time Tunnel, which is a series of rooms that each represent a different year. “You can see what effects the war had on the economy,” said Chabot, who said the museum’s Remembrance Garden is also

“special.” “People can buy a brick to remember their loved ones,” he said. “People like to sit on the benches there and simply reflect.” For Chabot, his biggest hope is that people will learn from their visit. “I want them to experience the knowledge we have to share with them,” he said. “We change the exhibits often, so there is always a reason to come back.” Expressing appreciation for the contributions of volunteers like Chabot, museum Executive Director Mike Culver said the best part of the experience at The Wright might be with the volunteers. “Their first-hand knowledge, enthusiasm and passion breathes life into every visit here,” he said. “Visitors come for our displays, of course, but if you see written comments about their visits to the Wright, many always comment about the friendly and knowledgeable volunteer guides.”

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with the root problem. You must come back to me. You must come back and seek forgiveness and restoration through my Son, Jesus, so that my Spirit might dwell in you. When He does, He will give you both the will and the ability to obey me and my will (Philippians 2:13). Once this becomes predominant in your leaders and people, you will once again return to your Constitution and laws, that once made you great, because they were based on my Word and inspired by my Spirit. You can live again, but not unless your spiritual life inspires and empowers your political life. May I close by reminding you of what one of your founding Fathers, a President, whose leadership greatly contributed to your Constitution stated? John Adams once said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” He understood the relationship of your spiritual dependence on me and your National prosperity. You must as well, before it is too late. I love you, God These letters are written by a New Hampshire pastor.

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In honor of the 75th anniversary of NH Conservation Districts, Picnic Rock Farm in Meredith has been selected to receive a Conservation Legacy Award. This award honors sustained commitment to stewardship of natural resources across the state. For 75 years the County Conservation Districts have worked tirelessly with landowners and communities to promote the conservation and responsible use of natural and agricultural resources. This Legacy Award spotlights on those who embody this mission. Picnic Rock Farm, farmed since 1801 by the Hodsdon and Bird Family demonstrates a commitment to innovative conservation practices across generations. In 1946, Marshall Hodsdon worked with other farmers state-wide to create County Conservation Districts. In Belknap County, 70 farmers met to request for- Ward Bird of Picnic Rock Farm. The farm, in Meredith, has been selected to receive mation of a Conservation a Conservation Legacy award. District and Hodsdon served on the original locally-led leader until the end of his life. His the farm into a conservation easeBoard. Marshall Hodsdon con- son, John Hodsdon followed his ment and promoting conservation tinued to serve as a conservation example by placing 120 acres of locally and statewide.

Today, the Picnic Rock tradition continues with nephew Ward Bird and wife Ginny who manage the farm and the first licensed farm stand in New Hampshire. Award recipients in other counties include: •Blair Folts in Carroll County; The Monadnock Conservancy in Cheshire County;David & Andrea Craxton of Roots & Fruits Farm in Coos County;Ann & Dick Fabrizio of Windy Ridge Orchard in Grafton County; Brookdale Fruit Farm in Hillsborough County;The Rye Conservation Commission in Rockingham County;Robin Aikman in Strafford County;John Luther & Family in Sullivan County. Awardees will be honored later this year at the NH Association of Conservation Districts Annual Meeting in November. For further information on 75th anniversary activities such as the Legacy Awards visit: https://nhconservationhistory.com/

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A great sports movie is 1981’s “Chariots of Fire” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Its story centers around British runner Eric Liddell, who was a favorite to win the Gold Medal in the 100 meter dash at the 1924 Paris Olympics. But the qualifying heats were on a Sunday and being a devout Christian, Liddell refused to compete on the Sabbath. Not even the future King of England could convince him to compromise his principles. While Liddell’s commitment to his Christian convictions was maddening to many, it was inspiring to many others. Still, the movie had a fairly happy ending. Then there was Dodger pitching Hallof-Famer Sandy Koufax. He was slated to start Game #1 in the 1965 World Series against the Minnesota Twins. But October 6 was Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. Besides being baseball’s best pitcher, Koufax was also a practicing Jew, and he refused to pitch that day. The Dodgers lost. While Koufax’s commitment to his Jewish convictions was maddening to many, it was inspiring to many others. Still, the World

Series had a fairly happy ending—for the Dodgers. Koufax won Game 7 after only two days of rest. Which brings us to the many current NFL players who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In a recent memo to teams shared by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the league spelled out what the consequences will be for teams that suffer coronavirus breakouts associated with unvaccinated players. The NFL will no longer postpone or reschedule games if a breakout occurs. Offending teams will forfeit if a game is cancelled and

players on both teams won’t be paid. Ouch. The situation raises medical, ethical, and religious issues. A recent Yahoo Sports piece highlighted the concerns of several NFL stars, including those of Las Vegas Raider running back Jalen Richard. who said two years ago that he wouldn’t be vaccinating any of his children due to his own “research” and “religious beliefs.” Richard did lament that the issue has become so divisive. “I’m not anti vax lol that’s y’all choice - I got love in my heart and act as such . The

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Lecture & book signing by Jane Healey. Jane’s book is set in the final months of World War II in Europe. A literary critic said of the novel: “Through the eyes of Fiona Denning, a Red Cross Clubmobile worker, and her colleagues, we witness firsthand not only acts of courage and sacrifice, but also the romantic bonds that grow even during the horrors of war. Healey’s superb research lets us see the decimated cities, smell the doughnuts and coffee handed out at great risk on the front lines, and hear the big band music—as well as the approach of the next bomb.”

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Catherine Ladnier, who is Eva Lee’s daughter, uses these letters to tell one family’s story during World War II.

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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.

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Summertime is notably not the time you think of drinking hearty stout beers. In fact, it is the least time of the year you would think you want a heavy oneand-done beer. There is so much to accomplish in summer fun times, but that being said, there are those moments when, late in the evening, a big drink is appropriate. Big beers dominate winter hours but for those not afraid of darker beers in warmer months, a stout or hearty porter is optimal. This week’s focus beer is exactly that and brings with it tons of flavor and delicious goodness. So, let us once again visit this year’s amazing accomplishment by Stone. Stone Brewing, first located in Escondido, CA, now also in Richmond, VA and Berlin, Germany, have pioneered an amazing journey of quality beers that have always been produced while “thinking outside the box” since 1996. With over 1,100 employees world-wide, Stone has an unwavering commitment to sustainability, ethics, and the art

of brewing. Stone was founded by Greg Koch and Steve Wagner in San Diego. They have been named the “AllTime Top Brewery on the planet” 11 times and are the 9th largest craft brewery in the US. Find out more at StoneBrewing.com WootStout is a collaboration in brewing between owners and friends. It is a massive imperial stout at 11.5% ABV but drinks like a 6%… and was conceived in 2013. With pecans, wheat,

and flaked rye, this beer was then stored in bourbon barrels for months. The result is a silky delicious, slightly boozy, generous beer with complexity that may defy words. Cellaring this beer for 2-4 years at 55 degrees would only improve its enjoyability. Sold in 12 oz six packs, it is one of the most coveted beers in the nation. Enjoy this beer is a snifter glass which allows you to experience the fullness of pecan, coffee and chocolate

notes with late bourbon additions. The black hue and khaki thin head with medium mouthfeel are just the beginning of the overwhelming experience. Bourbon and vanilla blend nicely with dark fruit, nut and slight hoppy bittering which are expected at the finish. Known as Farking Wheaton Wootstout, the label art is courtesy of Tom Raney who has drawn for Marvel and DC Comics, X-Men and Batman comics in his past. Superpowers abound as this beer empires a world of flavor for the imbiber. BeerAdvocate.com has officially awarded WootStout which enjoys a rating of 92, ‘Outstanding’ from adoring fans. One fan described Woot as “oily” which I thought was a little assertive and unkind. Stone are brilliant brewers and have the rest of the industry always trying to catch up. You can find Stone’s WootStout at Case-nKeg in Meredith as well as other fine beer providers. Yes, stouts are for winter months but try this one soon as it disappears quickly. Cheers!

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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.” “It really brings to life the horror of war, the

family connections kept and broken, the unfathomable contrasts between the battlefield and the home front, and the longing for what had been a peaceful life lived in a familiar environment,” he said. “This is a tale of one family, but it stands accurately for all the American families who were caught in the web of world war.” 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 See WRIGHT on 19

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Little Shop of Horrors at Interlakes Theatre, Meredith, August 4 - August 15th A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, and Aladdin) are the creative geniuses behind what has become one of the most popular shows in the world. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names “Audrey II” - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&Bsinging carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over

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‘The Islands of Winnipesaukee & Squam’ At Lake Winnipesaukee Museum On Wednesday, August 11th at 7 PM, the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum will host author and photographer Ron Guilmette with his presentation on ‘The Islands of Winnipesaukee and Squam.’ This program 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. Based on the success of his 2014 book ‘The Islands of Winnipesaukee,’ Guilmette embarked on another grand kayak adventure to visit the more than 30 islands on Squam Lake, documenting his journey with photographs of unique locations in and around the lake. His new book ‘The Islands of Squam Lake’

captures the flora and fauna native to the islands, and the natural serenity that can be found while paddling its waters. Both books will be available for signing and purchase at the event by this socalled Island Guy, who will describe many his many adventures kayaking on both lakes. Ron is a retired state trooper who enjoys kayaking, golf, and most of all, beach days with his children and grandchildren. 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, through mid-October.

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Author Arshay Cooper to speak at NHBM’s Online Lecture Series In partnership with NH Humanities, the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) in Wolfeboro will welcome Benjamin Franklin award-winning author Arshay Cooper to its 2021 Virtual Lecture Series on Thursday, August 12 at 7 p.m. Motivational speaker, activist, and Golden Oar recipient for his contributions to the sport of rowing, Cooper became captain of the nation’s first All-Black high school rowing team at Manley High School in Chicago in the late 90’s. “Joining Manley’s rowing team was by far one of the most life altering choices I have made,” he said. “Rowing activated my resilience, ambition, and work ethic.” In rowing, he said rowers work toward personal growth to achieve a mutual goal. “The whole team has to be invested in you and you have to be invested in the whole team,” he said. The lessons he gleaned in the boathouse translated to everyday life. “I turned my grades around, invested in professional relationships, and started pursuing new opportunities, because rowing taught me to set goals, invest in process, and work hard for results,” Cooper said. “Rowing changed my worldview, approach to life,

Award-winning author Arshay Cooper will give a virtual lecture at the NH Boat Museum on Thursday, August 12th at 7pm. and introduced me to some of my best friends.” The friendships he made during his time at Manley exist to this day, as he noted they “get together every few

months.” “The guys and I are still close friends, and we support each other unconditionally,” he said. “Professionally, they’re all entrepreSee COOPER on 26

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to help promote Cooper’s book, ‘A Most Beautiful Thing,’ which tells their story as the nation’s first all-black high school rowing team, one Cooper will share at the lecture. “I always hope my audience is empowered by my story to work hard, try something new, and contribute to their communities,” he said. “It’s important that each day we all wake up and make the conscious choice to do our work well, get uncomfortable, and leave every institution better

than we found it.” A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of American’s First All-Black High School Rowing Team takes place on Thursday, August 12 at 7 p.m. Access to the free virtual lecture will be available at nhbm.org. This project was made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at nhhumanities.org.

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Juston McKinney & Carolyn Plummer At Castle In The Clouds women look in the mirror and complain that they aren’t pretty enough, not rich enough, not young enough. Carolyn gives her reflection the finger. Tickets are $25 to $65 and can be purchased at greatwaters.org. For more information call 603569-7716.

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August 14 • 9:00 am-12:00 noon This informal, non-judged vintage boat show is held at the Alton Bay town docks as part of Alton Old Home Day. No advance registration necessary. All “woodies” and “classic” boats welcome. FREE.

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Yours truly and Becca on Webster Slide Mountain’s ledges with a view down to Wachipauka Pond and across to Mount Mist. Many Northbound Appalachian Trail hikers are passing through New Hampshire right now. PATENAUDE from 1 25). We were lucky it wasn’t raining when we arrived and we used our battery operated fan-in-the-box to blow up our rafts. We paddled around and there was a lone Loon that didn’t seem interested in us as he went about his fishing business.

The view of Webster Slide Mountain from the water was indeed grand. The ledge faced mountain rises straight up from the water’s edge. Since it wasn’t raining at that moment, we decided to hike up to the top of Webster Slide, it’s less than a mile and a good 600 vertical feet of climb-

ing! We took the Pond spur path up to the AT at the four corner intersection-the AT, the Webster Slide Trail & the spur path to the pond. Near the summit we followed a couple of herd paths to the top of the open ledges. It was wet and slippery so we didn’t climb down lower for the best views. We felt lucky we could see down to the pond and the clouds were floating just above nearby Mount Mist. We met a couple AT northbound thru hikers. They too were wet. We told them about the pretty pond and the Loon just below but they elected to stick to the See PATENAUDE on 29

Danielle and Bria on Emerald Bluff and a big view into Castle Ravine! They’re smiling because they’ve completed their Randolph Mountain Club trail work for the day. Also because they’re in a beautiful wild place and it wasn’t raining.

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, August 5, 2021 — we looked deep into Castle Ravine. We had a good day of work and play. Yesterday after work Charlie and I took our Kayaks down to the River Road boat launch in Henniker for a good hour of paddling on the Contoocook River. The water was pretty high but this long flat section of the River is much like a long skinny lake. We’re going to keep trying to get out after work more. Summer, just like winter, is too short! I haven’t even been to Clark’s Trading Post yet to see their new sweet bear cubs! Have fun.

My husband Charlie on the Contoocook River in Henniker enjoying a late afternoon paddle. Getting out for just an hour is well worth the effort for the experience and relaxation. Get out now, summer is too short.

It’s blueberry picking time! There are many U-Pick farms in New Hampshire. The berries are sweet, fat and ripe. Support your local farms and go picking! Blueberries are superfoods! PATENAUDE from 28 AT and kept hiking fast to reach the Hikers Welcome Hostel in Glencliff. Back in our boats we were having a good time just as the rain decided to come down hard. We packed up and hiked back down the wet slippery and sometimes muddy trail. Still it was a fun morning to hike and paddle.

Danielle, Bria and I went to the Randolph Mountain Club’s trails to do more trail work. We are RMC volunteers and where we do trail work is coordinated with the Club. We headed up Lowe’s Path and then onto The Link. When we did our traverse of The Link we had discovered that the lower section was blocked by a wall of Spruce between Castle Brook

and the Castle Trail. We hiked 4.5 miles to reach Castle Brook and we were happy that this time it wasn’t raining. We pulled our loppers out of our packs and we cut and snipped away like maniacs for 1.5 hours. It is rewarding work to clear a trail knowing that other hikers will enjoy our work so they don’t have to push through brush and tree limbs. Since we were near the Emerald Path we decided to go up and visit Emerald Bluff and then go down the Israel Ridge Path to The Link. The distance wasn’t too much longer than taking The Link all the way back but it did add a lot of elevation. We huffed and puffed up the steep path and then we took a long break on top of Emerald Bluff. We enjoyed watching the clouds lift above the Castellated Ridge and

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The town’s population increased from 450 in 1775 to 2,884 in 1810. Crossing the Aquedochton at Union Bridge, Dwight entered the town of Gilmanton where he found the farms to be “rich and beautiful.” Gilmanton was then the second most populous town in the state with Portsmouth being the most populous. With 4,388 people in 1810, Gilmanton had grown from 775 inhabitants in 1775. The court of pleas met there once a year and it housed an academy with a good reputation. On this particular trip, Dr. Dwight left Meredith Bridge in the morning and traveled the 13 miles to Center Harbor, arriving in time for dinner. He found Center Harbor to be home to about forty houses, “many of them neatly built,” which surrounded a handsome church. This was found to be a pleasant village with several stores and a number of mills built along a stream that entered the Lake. Dwight said that Center Harbor was within the township of Guilford and was taken partly from Gilmanton and partly from Meredith. Concerning this area the vacationing Yale president wrote: “The soil is rich; the pastures, meadows and orchards are luxuriant; and the groves thrifty and vigorous. The views are also fine, and very extensive.” Things were different in those days when Dwight visited the shores of the Lake that was then known as Winipiscogee. He mentioned, “the want of curiosity of the NewEngland people concerning things, which are their own, particularly concerning the fine objects of their own See SMITH on 31

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Sanbornton, he said, “...is the best in this part of the state, and inhabited by the best body of farmers.” The town was described as being bordered by a beautiful lake of ten miles length, which he called Sanbornton Bay. SMITH from 30 country. The fact, that New-England abounds with elegant pieces of water, has not even made its appearance in the books either of geographers or travellers. At least, I know not where it has appeared.” He recalls hearing a little about the lake from his father, but nothing else until this visit while on his onehorsepower travels. He notes that the navigation of the big lake was at that time of no great importance, but predicted that it would become so in the future. He added that its waters abounded with fish. Traveling through Meredith and Holderness to Plymouth, Dwight became acquainted with Squam Lake and found it to be a splendid sheet of water with beautiful coves and romantic islands. He described the water as being pure and cheerful, but he didn’t like the name of the lake. They passed over the Pemigewasset River by boat to get to Plym-

outh which he called a half-shire town in the county of Grafton. This Connecticut college president who became not only a vacationer in New Hampshire, but also, it seems, one of the first to promote the benefits of the state, was involved in much more than that of college president and traveling writer. Timothy Dwight IV graduated from Yale when he was only 17 years old, became a rector of the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, Connecticut, a tutor at Yale College from 1771-7, chaplain of a Connecticut Continental Brigade, minister of a Congregational Church in Fairfield, Conn., president of Yale College from 1795 -1817, leader of the evangelical movement known as the Second Great Awakening, founder of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science and Andover Theological Seminary, and a member of other organizations. He is also known as an

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Back to marijuana: Illinois’ rules are probably the worst. “Only ‘social equity veterans’ in Illinois can get a license,” explains Howard. In other words, new licenses are supposed to go to prior “victims of the drug war.” But the bureaucrats’ rules are so complex that a full year after legalization, zero new licenses have been issued. Meanwhile, politically connected people grabbed every existing license. One billionaire from the Wrigley gum family “paid $155 million for six dispensary licenses,” says Howard. Illinois is “creating a cartel.” Vice News confronted Illinois bureaucrat Toi Hutchinson, the governor’s cannabis adviser. She denied that her licensing program is a failure. “It’s delayed, but it’s not done yet,” she said. “The fixes that we’ve been able to do almost in real time ... another thing that is not normal for government. I don’t know how to solve for racism and capitalism and structures that have existed for 100 years.” She blames capitalism for her failure to allow capitalism to work? Arrogant government workers have little knowledge and no shame. Howard says Illinois is “like (old) Russia, where

they had the state pick and choose winners and losers.” Other states have bad rules, too. “Florida and Arizona are millionaires’ clubs,” says Howard. “You have to not only grow it; you have to be able to produce it and process it. You have to own your own dispensary. If you have $40 or $50 million, it’s great.” Massachusetts requires all dispensaries to black out windows lest anyone see the marijuana. Stores must also check everyone’s IDs multiple times. Legalization doesn’t have to be stupid. Oregon and Colorado have reasonable rules, and in Oklahoma, “anyone can get a cannabis license,” says Howard, “provided you’ve lived in Oklahoma for two years.” The result? “You get a lot more innovation -- more entrepreneurs coming into market. Some go out of business, and some do very well ... It’s free market capitalism.” That works! If only politicians would let people try it. 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 Korea—or a chance of destruction by any of those countries or by Russia, we need a freeze on new missiles and/ or weapons of those sorts; there should be immediate inspection of any suspicious sites in order to verify this. (If they don’t fear a second strike, or would furnish to terrorists, we need to have them dismantle what they already have—again with immediate inspection.) Perhaps the way to do this is by offering and/or establishing increased trade while threatening increased sanctions, with the spread wide enough so that they won’t want to chance our missing any of the sites. (For Russia, we might also try diplomacy like a NATO invitation. Alternatvely, increased economic ties might forestall destruction. For North Korea, perhaps we might also give them a choice between denuclearizing the Korean peninsula or putting enough arms in South Korea and nearby to destroy them.) Perhaps we can bring about human rights, such as freedom of religion; and perhaps we can get China to stop supporting North Korea if nothing else works with the latter. Alvin Blake Laconia, NH.

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, August 5, 2021 — LIMBAUGH from 7 have to be a cynic to know that Democrats are pushing amnesty for reasons other than human compassion. And their methods are brazen and obscene. They are trying to sneak a “pathway to citizenship” into their reckless $3.5 trillion budget plan ostensibly to support families and generate job growth. Never mind their audacity in pretending to be pro-jobs when their endless government handouts are keeping people from seeking employment and exacerbating the plight of businesses starved for workers. Never mind that amnesty will encourage even more migrants to stampede toward our border. But to include amnesty provisions in an infrastructure bill is insultingly deceitful. Could an unintended consequence of Biden’s border disaster be a reconciliation between the Bushes and Trumps? Don’t be silly. Let’s not get carried away. But it is noteworthy that George P. Bush, Texas land commissioner and nephew of former President George W. Bush (no immigration hawk by anyone’s estimation), has sued the Biden administration for ending border wall construction in his state. “Farmers and ranchers are long accustomed to illegal activity, but it’s reached a point where it’s not sustainable, and

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we need help from the federal government,” said Bush. Well, what do you know! Isn’t it interesting, by the way, that in opposing the wall, Democrats claimed it was cruel and ineffective. How can it be cruel if it is ineffective? Why go to the trouble of tearing it down if it wasn’t working? Oh, that’s right. It was working. Kudos to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his initiative to build a wall, and bravo to all those cruel people who donated $400,000 to the project in the first week. I wonder if they think it will be ineffective. As the left and Democratic elected officials continue their scorched-earth assault on reasonable and sane public policies, hopefully more states and private individuals and entities will exercise self-help to combat this lunacy. David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is “Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win.” Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and his website at www. davidlimbaugh.com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

BOSAK from 3 of the water. Then I noticed a male wood duck sitting on the grass just beyond the goose. Wood ducks are notoriously wary, but this guy seemed fairly comfortable in close proximity to the parking lot. Most wood duck sightings are from great distances or of the back end of one flying away with the duck’s “oo-week, ooweek” call tauntingly fading away. I was grateful for the close and long view of this beautiful duck, which was still (or already) in its gaudy breeding plumage. It also seems to be a good year for eastern kingbirds. I’ve gone entire summers when I’ve seen one or two of the handsome, fierce birds. This summer, it seems, I’ve seen dozens of them in different locations. I think of kingbirds as a rural bird, but several of the sightings have been in very suburban - even bordering urban -locations. I’ll take the sightings where I can get them. Here’s hoping summer keeps it up. If nothing else, August is a great time to wander into New England’s fields and meadows. The bobolinks are much quieter, but the butterflies, dragonflies and other insects are fun to observe and photograph.

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MALKIN from 6 the illegal aliens at the Catholic Charities facility, which he believed to be cash. Catholic Charities certainly has money to burn. As I reported in my 2019 book, “Open Borders, Inc.,” Catholic Charities raked in an annual revenue of nearly $4 billion in 2016, $1.2 billion of which came from government sources. Taxpayer funding is the largest single source of funding for Catholic Charities, comprising more than onethird of its total funding. Operating under the umbrella of the illegal alien amnesty-promoting U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities employs an estimated 65,000 employees engaged in affordable housing, health, welfare, employment, and im-

migration and refugee resettlement. In 2016 alone, Catholic Charities’ members served 413,050 immigrant and refugee clients. Immigrants (no distinction is made between legal and illegal) received help with “Dreamer” applications, detention and removal hearings, visa applications and citizenship services. Refugees received “interpreter services, job placement, employment training, outreach, counseling, legal services, and matched savings programs.” As I warned in my book, what every Catholic who believes in a sovereign America needs to understand is that the radicalized leaders of Catholic Charities are using your collectionplate contributions to implement Marxist-inspired liberation theol-

ogy principles; think of it as faith-based socialism for a borderless planet. What every taxpayer needs to know is how much of this Catholic largesse for open borders has actually been subsidized by you. By one Washington Times estimate, some 57 government agencies now contract with the Catholic Church. From the federal Corporation for National and Community Service in 2016, for example, Catholic Charities agencies scooped up $14 million. That year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provided the largest infusion of tax dollars, followed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture and other major agencies. The federal funding includes

both direct government grants as well as “passthrough” money funneled through to Catholic agencies from federal grants to other state and local entities or nonprofit groups (including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops). Catholic Charities has also reaped unknown financial and in-kind contributions from governmental and intergovernmental agencies ranging from the European Union to the United Nations to the governments of Austria, Australia, Canada, Columbia, El Salvador, Germany, Honduras, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the World Bank. It’s bad enough the multibillion-dollar illegal alien racket run by Catholic Charities puts “welcoming the (border-jumping) stranger”

above America’s own homeless, jobless, veterans, Native Americans and poor. But for federally funded Catholic Charities and Biden officials to work together to undermine our borders and open our doors to hordes of maskless COVID-19-carrying trespassers flouting our laws -- as we citizens suffer under unceasing pandemic oppression -is unholy treachery. Michelle Malkin’s email address is MichelleMalkinInvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

SHAPIRO from 6 Empathy for people as full human beings means recognizing their agency, understanding their differences and holding fast to equality before the law. If we reject those principles in favor of a high-handed and paternalistic approach to power politics, freedom will not survive. Ben Shapiro, 37, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and editor-inchief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “How To Destroy America In Three Easy Steps,” “The Right Side Of History,” and “Bullies.”

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, August 5, 2021 — MOFFETT from 13 cal procedures, private and public enterprises still have the right to require certain actions (like physical exams) as conditions of employment. Ergo, the Jalen Richards and Matt Judons of the world will have to decide if they want to play pro football or refuse vaccinations. For most, it’s an easy choice. Bring on the vaccinations. But the Eric Liddells and Sandy Koufaxes of the world also had clear, if not easy decisions to make as well. Their principles kept them off the playing fields. Time will tell how much the vaccination issue will impact the coming NFL season. Hopefully, as in “Chariots of Fire,” there will be a fairly happy ending.

Sports Quiz What Dodger teammate of Sandy Koufax, also a Hall-of-Famer, pitched that 1965 World Series Game 1 against the Twins, losing 8-2? (Answer follows) Born Today That is to say, sports standouts born on August 5 include ice hockey coach Herb Brooks (1937) and NBA great Patrick Ewing (1962).

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