08/06/2020 Weirs Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

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Five-year old Grace caught her first fish, a smallmouth bass on Squam Lake, but her prize was short-lived as the slippery critter soon headed back to open water. PHOTOS COURTESY JOSH NICOLAISEN

Teaching Worms To Swim Ed Allard’s popular “Around The Cracker Barrel” appeared in The Weirs Times from 1992 until his passing in 2000. This column was originally published in the Weirs Times on May 2, 1996. by Ed Allard

Zaak Walton never made a believer out of me. I can see going out in a boat on a nice day, tossing the anchor overboard, popping the cold contents of a sixpack and thumbing through the latest Weirs Times as I lean back against the cushions, but I don’t want to be bothered by some dumb fish nib-

bling on an expired mudworm. Oh, sure, when I was a kid I waded barefoot in the Tioga brook many a spring day spearing suckers, but I never considered that fishing and there was no skill involved. The finny creatures hung around almost motionless on the brook bed, pursing their lips stupidly, blowing an occasional bubble past their bulging eyes and seemingly unaware of the spear lunging at them. No matter how hard up we were, Mother would never have fried a sucker and Father would never have eaten it if she had. He encouraged my piscatorial pastime, however, because

he buried a sucker in each hill of corn that he planted, an old Indian trick that he had picked up somewhere; said that it made the corn grow faster. Having experienced a whiff of the defunct fish just before he hoed the dirt over it I could understand the corn sprout’s eagerness to get up out of that smelly dirt into the fresh air. Steve Klum talked me into going fishing with him one day when I was old enough to know better. There were two mistakes made that day; Steve’s suggestion that I come along and my agreeing to do so, but I had the mistaken idea See ALLARD on 18

How wonderful would it be to walk through the Castle In The Clouds with your friends and family and point to specific artifacts in their collection and tell them how you adopted and cared for that piece? “Owning” a piece of the Castle is now possible with the Adopt an Artifact program! The artifacts available for adoption range from some of the Castle’s renowned roundels to the ever-interesting needle showers and even whole rooms are available for adoption. The Adopt an Artifact program is a way to ensure the proper care and preservation of their historic collection in support of their mission. Your adoption of an artifact will also help to mitigate the impact of reduced income due to capacity limitations and program cancellations in response to COVID-19. All adoptions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Adoptions go not only to the maintenance of a specific artifact, but to support the museum mission as a whole. To learn more go to www.castleintheclouds.org/adopt-an-artifact/

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Democrats & Racism To The Editor: Democrats blame white Americans for black Americans’ problems. If you’re white, are you harming black Americans? Or, are Democrats blaming white Americans for the harm to black Americans caused by Democrats? Note: most black Americans live like most other Americans; they study, obey the law, and work to build successful lives for themselves and their families. There are black billionaires, millionaires, and 77% of black Americans live above the poverty level. Unfortunately about 23% of black Americans (vs 13% for all Americans) live in poverty. The worst concentrations of poor blacks are in big cities which Democrats have controlled for decades. If racism is to blame for the poverty and oppression of black Americans, then that racism must exist in government policies and services; and that racism must be permitted by the Democrat, including black Democrat, politicians who control those governments. Democrat controlled governments (Mayors, City Councilors, etc.) deny black children good educations in safe schools. They create taxes and regulations that drive good jobs and affordable goods out of black neighborhoods. They prevent police from protecting black neighborhoods and firing bad officers. They pro-

vide sanctuary to illegal aliens who bring drugs and crime to black neighborhoods and take good jobs from black workers. Democrat Mayors ordered the police to ignore 911 calls for help and to allow the falsely described “peaceful protestors” to attack and kill people, and loot, burn, and destroy black neighborhoods. Democrat politicians are joining the “Defund the Police” movement which will exacerbate violence problems. Democrat leaders, like Nancy Pelosi, attack President Trump for sending Federal law enforcement to protect lives and property. President Johnson’s “Great Society’s” welfare laws made husbands unnecessary for family income; births to unwed black Mothers tripled to 75%. Two-thirds of black families headed by single mothers live in poverty and their children have a much higher chance of dropping out of school and ending up in prison. Democrats have the power to eliminate these things that hurt black Americans; why don’t they do it? Democrats apparently fear that if more black Americans were better educated, wealthier, and lived in peaceful neighborhoods, they might realize that today’s Democrats don’t care about them any more than the Democrats who fought for slavery, created the KKK, segregated governments and schools, and passed and violently enforced the Jim Crow Laws.

Democrats won’t stop harming black Americans because that might jeopardize the Democrats’ power. Apart from exercising government power, racists don’t have the power to legally harm so many black Americans. But, by voting for Democrat politicians, racists and people who ignore black suffering help the politicians who benefit from harming millions of black Americans every single day. Don Ewing Meredith, NH.

A Paradox To The Editor: Some days it seems like everyone south of Portsmouth realized they picked the wrong place to spend the quarantine and have decided to flood into the Granite State to enjoy the best of New England. Normally, this influx of tourists would be welcomed (as it always is)—New Hampshire’s tourism industry generates more than $5 billion and supports over 70,000 jobs annually. This year, however, is not normal by any stretch of the imagination. Like the rest of the country, the COVID-19 pandemic brought New Hampshire’s economy to a sudden halt. Unlike the rest of the country, New Hampshire got its cases under control, and businesses across the state are starting to safely reopen as positive cases continue to trend in the right direction. Rises in case See MAILBOAT on 29

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Yours truly and Ellen celebrate the successful cut of a Birch Tree that was blocking the Red Path in Wonalancet. Trail maintenance is fun and satisfying work. We have been volunteering with the Wonalancet Out Door Club for years and we look forward to our next work day. You can volunteer with a trail club there is work for different skilled workers--from tossing sticks to raking out drainages and painting blazes to clipping brush

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If you hike it is more important than ever to support the organizations that take care of the trails you enjoy. Please join a local trail club, more of your membership fees will go to support trail maintenance. If you’re not sure who maintains the trails you like to hike look it up in the AMC White Mountain Guide. Right after the name of the trail the organization responsible is listed in parentheses followed by the map location. Example: Kate Sleeper Trail (WODC, Map 3,J7-J8). WODC is the Wonalancet Out Door Club. There are dozens of trail clubs in New Hampshire, please help, join today. Hiking and getting outdoors has been a popular activity for many people and their families this summer. Nothing is better than being outside where there is plenty of fresh air and room to spread out. Even though the hiking trails and paths have been and are being heavily used, volunteer trail maintenance efforts were put on hold this past spring and early summer. The Wonalancet Out Door Club’s summer trail days for May and June were not held due to concerns for safety and the emergency order on group

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES Entertainment Back At Jean’s in Lincoln With Covid-era guidelines in hand, the North Country Center for the Arts at Jean’s Playhouse is preparing to welcome audiences beginning Friday, August 14 with weekly performances scheduled into September. On Friday, Aug. 14, the fabulous Acoustic Blues Trio of Chuck Farrell (Toy Caldwell Band), Chris Vitarello (Butch Trucks Band), and Jess Ramsey (Jon Burthers Blues Project) will take the stage. NH’s own Juston McKinney will be on hand Friday, Aug. 21 with TWO shows he’s calling “Comedy at a Distance,” featuring new material and his signature humor that has been getting accolades for decades. And on Friday, August 28, North Country regional favorite “The BarnYard Incident” will deliver the solid rhythms and polished harmonies audiences expect from seasoned musicians. . Every precaution is being taken for the safety of staff, performers, and patrons while offering the live professional entertainment audiences anticipate. Visit www.jeansplayhouse.com for complete information and tickets.

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“Woof II: The Tail Continues” Fine Craft Exhibit From August 1st through the 31st, the League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery will host an exhibit of fine craft titled “Woof II: The Tail Continues” dedicated to man’s best friend. 10% of the proceeds for every dog item sold will be donated to the Franklin Animal Shelter. Their goal is to shelter, care for, and advocate for the abused, neglected and abandoned cats and dogs of the communities we serve by taking steps to control overpopulation and providing healthy animals that will be adopted into loving ‘forever’ homes. To inquire about “Woof II”, call (603) 279-7920, visit our website at http://meredith.nhcrafts. org/, or stop into the gallery at 279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, NH.

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“Once An Outlaw” At Cold Spring Farm Estate Once an Outlaw featuring members of the Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws, Foghat, Southern Rock All Stars and Blues Project will be appear ing for two very special acoustic shows Friday Aug. 21 and Sunday Aug. 23 at the Cold Spring Farm Estate located at 74 Davis Rd. in Alton Bay NH. Tickets are $75 and include dinner, champagne reception, show and after show campfire meet and greet. Dinner seating is at 5. Please take time to enjoy the view. This is an outside show weather permitting so plenty of room for distancing. Masks are encouraged but not mandatory. In case of rain it will be moved into the beautiful barn space. Tickets available locally at Blacks in Wolfeboro or online atureventpromo. ticketleap.com/once-an-outlaw/ 603-556-0321

John Stanley Shelley - Man On The Hill At Pitman’s “Art In The Yard” In Farmington First Congregational Church in Farmington will be welcoming the public to an Outdoor Art Sale on Saturday August 15th from 10am to 1pm. Come and stroll around and view the art on display. The sale will be held under tents outside the church and the proceeds will benefit the construction of the handicap accessible ramp that is currently being added to the church. After months of preparing for this sale The Committee Chairperson Alicia Schuft says “We will have an assortment of landscapes and seascapes, photography, needle point, silk screens and framed prints all at very affordable prices There will be something for every member of your family.

On Friday August 07th at 7:00 PM Pitman’s Freight Room is proud to be one of the first venues to present this unique and heartwarming theatrical performance of ‘Man on the Hill.” This one-man, two-act musical (a fable-opus) will take you on a journey through the life of an old man as he recounts his loves, his struggles, his friendships, his triumphs, and even his dog. Each turning point is reflected in a song and will have you laughing, crying, tapping your feet, and singing along. Come immerse yourself in this very relatable story while letting your ears bathe in a symphony of new music you will remember for a lifetime. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Seating is limited due to Covid-19 and social distancing so for advanced tickets reserve your seats today at Pitmansfreightroom.com. Pitman’s is located at 94 New Salem St, Laconia. Pitman’s is a BYOB establishment.

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Making An Impression Brendan is off this week so we are reprinting this column for June 11, 2015. I n N e w Hampshire it is illegal to by Brendan Smith have pictures Weirs Times Editor of minors on the labels of alcoholic beverages. Some think this encourages children to drink. I’m sure that some of you right now are asking: “Why would pictures of coal workers make kids want to imbibe?” I hate to break the news to you who are in this camp because, even though you did use the word “imbibe” properly, you were thinking of a different spelling and meaning of the word “minor.” For those of you adults who knew what this “minor” meant, you are probably asking: “Is worrying about pictures of kids on beer bottles really a big problem? It seems like we should be focusing on more important things when it comes to our kids, like education, so when they are old enough to actually want to read the part of the newspapers that focuses on things like new laws instead of the Kardashians, they will not be confused with the word “minor” as opposed to “miner.” Okay, I’ll be serious and start again. It has been decided, by adults, that putting images of those under legal age on containers of alcoholic beverages could, in some way, shape or form, encourage those under legal age to want to partake of said alcoholic beverage. (That was me, trying to talk like a responsible and knowing adult… or a lawyer.) Are kids impressionable?

Of course. I should know, I was one once and by seeing advertisements that encouraged me to think that it would be much cooler to be older so I could do things older people did, caused me to age and, every morning when I wake up and see strange hairs growing out of my ears, I rue the day I ever paid attention to that advertising. If I hadn’t had to satisfy that curiosity that was part of being a kid, I might still be one today. Then again, with pictures of kids on beer bottles and other everyday influences into the world of adulthood that is so prevalent, I probably wouldn’t have made it and I’d been an adult today anyway. It is a vicious and confusing circle. Anything we can do to keep kids from wanting to act like adults is a good thing. We already have way too many adults in the world and they really are the only reason that we have so many problems. It’s the adults that keep screwing things up by doing things like starting wars, becoming politicians, inventing new fad diets and putting the pictures of kids on beer bottles. I think eliminating pictures of kid on beer bottles is just a first step. How about putting a ban on kid’s being used in supposedly clever commercials where they act like stressed out adults in an attempt to sell us older folks one product or another? Kids watch these commercials too and could be influenced to want to act like stressed out adults way before their time. How about making it illegal for adults to tell a kid, while twisting their cheek: “You are getting so big” in that condescending tone we all remember. All it made us want to do was hurry and grow up so

we could be as big, or bigger, than the person who did this so they would finally leave us alone. The worst part was that once we grew up, we started doing it ourselves. Talk about impressionable. Of course, I realize the point of the kids on beer cans thing is that we don’t want kids to drink alcohol when they are young and I agree wholeheartedly. Drinking is a thing that should only be done by adults who are already at the age where they’ve embarrassed themselves enough in their lifetime that it doesn’t really matter any longer. I think that if we simply expose kids to a few family parties where Uncle Lou and Cousin Bernie get into one of their sloppy political arguments around the dining room table after a few beers, that would do much more to sway them from ever wanting to have a drink than anything that is on a label would. Will keeping images of kids off of alcoholic beverages keep them from drinking at an early age? It’s hard to say. We as species are very impressionable and in this day and age of the Internet, Social Media and cable television, the temptations to be influenced are everywhere. Still, I guess we, as adults, need to do all we can to keep some of those influences from reaching those who aren’t old enough to make the right choices. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to get my phone. The guy on TV said if I call within the next ten minutes I will get not just one, but two combination potato peelers and toenail clippers for only $9.95. BrendanTSmith.com

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Mike Adams: Doer Of The Word Michael Scott “Mike” Adams was a brilliant professor of criminology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He was an unapologetic conservative who wrote prolifically and fought valiantly against the forces of political correctness and pure evil. He advocated with unbridled passion on behalf of the unborn. He trained his sharp by Michelle Malkin tongue and prolific pen on radical feminists, campus liberals, racial demagogues, domesSyndicated Columnist tic terrorists and tyrants for more than two decades. Adams taught and led by example. In his books, columns and speeches across the country, he spoke truths -- and he embraced The Truth. He died tragically and unexpectedly last weekend. The conservative movement and America the beautiful are worse off without his bright and unrelenting light. News stories revealed that the 55-year-old academic and author was found dead of a reported gunshot wound on July 23 in his home in North Carolina. A worried neighbor had called police after receiving no responses from him for several days, during which he reportedly had been “stressed” and acting in an “erratic” manner. The best way I can honor him is to commemorate how he lived, not how he died. Adams was a convert to Christianity who was a “doer of the word,” as James 1:22 counsels us to be, and not just a “hearer.” As a family obituary put it, “(A)fter seeing the mistreatment of prisoners while doing criminology research in a South American prison, Mike realized that there must be an objective standard of good by which we could make sense of evil and injustice. This helped lead him to Christianity, which dramatically changed his outlook.” For 12 years, he mentored an estimated 15,000 students at Summit Ministries in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In those summer seminars (and elsewhere at universities nationwide as well as on TV), the smiling and boyishly handsome professor taught students about the First Amendment and “fought fiercely to preserve the right to free speech for every American,” Summit leaders wrote last week. “He was a soldier and a friend who was bold, committed to truth, and deeply invested in his students’ success. Because of his stand for human life, untold numbers of babies have been saved. Because of his stand for free speech, many freedoms that were being lost have been strengthened.” Mike was forced to defend his own free speech rights in court and prevailed in a landmark See MALKIN on 28

Left’s Willingness To Tolerate Violence Should Frighten Us All “Mostly peaceful.” So goes the characterization of demonstrations that have routinely turned into looting and rioting for months on end, from Portland to Seattle to New York to Los Angeles. “Protesters by Ben Shapiro in California set fire to Syndicated Columnist a courthouse, damaged a police station and assaulted officers after a peaceful demonstration intensified,” read one recent ABC News tweet. CNN called protests in Portland “mostly peaceful,” adding that “they have at times devolved into violence, vandalism, and arson.” During riots in Los Angeles in June, as the entire county locked down, the Los Angeles Times noted, “The third night of countywide curfews followed days of massive, mostly peaceful protests ... Nearly 1,200 people were arrested Sunday after police officers clashed with demonstrators and looters shattered windows and emptied stores in Santa Monica and Long Beach.” The phrase “mostly peaceful,” then, is rather fungible. Consider that during the tea party protests of 2011, then-Vice President Joe Biden reportedly likened tea partiers to “terrorists” -- and those protests were notable mostly for people cleaning up their own litter. When anti-lockdown protesters descended on the Michigan state capitol, a columnist for The New York Times labeled them “armed rebels,” despite a complete lack of violence. When three white supremacists were arrested for plotting violence at a pro-gun rally, GQ’s Talia Lavin headlined, “That Pro-Gun Rally in Virginia Wasn’t Exactly ‘Peaceful’” -- even though the rally saw no violence. In truth, the category of “mostly peaceful” is a brand-new invention meant to obscure the simple fact that many of our cultural elites are fine with violence so long

as those who engage in such violence have the proper goals. Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the pseudo-historical 1619 Project, celebrated when critics labeled rioting and looting “the 1619 riots”; she added that destruction of property was “not violence.” This week, Democrats grilling Attorney General Bill Barr could not be bothered to condemn violence, prompting Barr to rant, “What makes me concerned for the country is this is the first time in my memory the leaders of one of our great two political parties, the Democratic Party, are not coming out and condemning mob violence and the attack on federal courts.” This should come as little surprise, given that those same cultural elites have cheered on massive protests in a time of a deadly pandemic, explaining that sometimes politics is just too important to stop a raging disease. Our journey back to the 1960s is nearly complete. Too many Americans have rejected some of the key lessons of that time -- that a breakdown in law and order costs lives, that political change does not require violence -- in favor of a newfound sense of purpose. These Americans will pat the violent vanguard of revolution on the head, content that they will not pay the price, all the while maintaining that those who crave law and order stand for regressive autocracy. Thus, Mayor Jenny Durkan of Seattle recently informed MSNBC that federal law enforcement attempting to stop destruction of federal property in Portland actually represented a “dry run for martial law.” With Democrats and those in the media willing to run cover for violent leftists, the thin veneer of civilization disintegrates. When violence is excused as speech and speech by the opposition labeled violence, democracies die. With each passing day of silence by those who should know better -- or worse, those propagandizing on behalf of those who engage in criminal activity -America draws closer to the brink.

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The Private Space Race This week, American astronauts returned to earth. Their trip to the space station was the first manned launch from the U.S. in 10 years. by John Stossel By NASA? No. Syndicated Columnist Of course, not. This space flight happened bec a u s e g o v e r n m e n t w a s not i n charge. An Obama administration committee had concluded that launching such a vehicle would take 12 years and cost $36 billion.

But this rocket was finished in half that time -- for less than $1 billion (1/36th the predicted cost). That’s because it was built by Elon Musk’s private company, Space X. He does things faster and cheaper because he spends his own money. “This is the potential of free enterprise!” explains aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin in my newest video. Of course, years ago, NASA did manage to send astronauts to the moon. That succeeded, says Zubrin, “because it was purpose-driven. (America) wanted to astonish the

world what free people could do.” But in the 50 years since then, as transportation improved and computers got smaller and cheaper, NASA made little progress. Fortunately, President Obama gave private companies permission to compete in space, saying, “We can’t keep doing the same old things as before.” Competition then cut the cost of space travel to a fraction of what it was. Why couldn’t NASA have done that? Because after the moon landing, it became a typical government agency -- overbudget and behind

schedule. Zubrin says NASA’s purpose seemed to be to “supply money to various suppliers.” Suppliers were happy to go along. Zubrin once worked at Lockheed Martin, where he once discovered a way for a rocket to carry twice as much weight. “We went to management, the engineers, and said, ‘Look, we could double the payload capability for 10% extra cost.’ They said, ‘Look, if the Air Force wants us to improve the Titan, they’ll pay us to do it!’” NASA was paying contractor’s development costs and then adding 10% profit. The more things See STOSSEL on 28

Beijing Hackers Target Vatican The story comes right out of a Dan Brown mystery thriller in which Vatican secrets are targeted by State sponsored comby John J. Metzler p u t e r h a c k e r s . Syndicated Columnist Yet according to cyber security sources, the intrusion into sensitive Vatican diplomatic traffic is not fiction, but a cold hard fact of modern espionage The Recorded Future Network, a respected cyber security firm based near Boston, has identified and profiled a “cyber espionage campaign attributed to a suspected Chinese state-sponsored threat activity group, which we are tracking

a RedDelta.” The group states, “From early May 2020, The Vatican and the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong were among several Catholic Church-related organizations that were targeted by RedDelta, a Chinese-state sponsored threat activity group tracked by Insikt Group.” They add that a series of suspected network intrusions also focused on the Hong Kong Study Mission to China. But why target the Vatican? The Holy See is but a European micro state inside Rome, hardly a high tech center, a pharmaceutical research hub, nor a nexus of global military operations. So what’s hidden behind the ancient walls that so interests Beijing’s Marxist mandarins? In September the Vatican and

China resume talks over Beijing’s control and relationship with the Catholic Church in China. In September 2018 Pope Francis made a provisional two-year deal with China allowing the communist regime to have additional control and oversight over the country’s long persecuted church. Recorded Future group asserts, “The suspected intrusion into the Vatican would offer RedDelta insight into the negotiating position of the Holy See ahead of the deal’s September 2020 renewal.” In other words Beijing is allegedly poaching diplomatic intel related to the Vatican’s negotiating positions. Surprise, surprise! Traditionally, the People’s Republic of China has maintained a strained relationship with the Vati-

can. Though the Catholic Church in China numbers only twelve million members, the congregations are effectively split between an “underground church” which is loyal to the Vatican versus the Patriotic Church which is run through the United Front department of the Communist Party of China (CPC). At issue is Beijing’s insistence that it appoint Bishops to the Church which of course remains in direct contravention of Church policy. Moreover the Holy See still maintains diplomatic relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan and not the Beijing communists. This particularly irks the People’s Republic as it underscores the issue of political legitimacy. The September 2018 provisional agreement See METZLER on 29

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surer Leslie Smith, and Secretary Bernice Burrows. The Headmaster of the school was Verne M. Whitman who also taught mathematics. The Yearbook included an editorial by Elizabeth Osgood in which she expressed her opinion that it was about time that the school had a debating society and went on to give praise to the orchestra which had put on two concerts during the year and raised enough money to purchase a melophone, a double bass, and a clarinet. Osgood lamented the fact that the construction of a proposed new high school building had been put on hold. Arguing that the whole city would benefit from a new building, she

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Wright Museum docent Brian Allen served in the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam from 1970-71. in a display within the exhibit, Vietnam: The Real War. Serving within the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam from April 1970 through March 29, 1971, Allen was drafted after he dropped out of college. “Our A.O (area of operation) was huge -the A Shau Valley was ours,” he recalled. Noting he spent his entire year in and around the Valley, Allen referred to it as “the worst duty in all of Vietnam.” “We would spend 30 to 45 days straight in the jungle before going back to our main base at Camp Evans for maybe a week of refitting and training,” he explained. “Our only respite might be a week of firebase guard or rebuilding the fire-

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Noting he lost 2 good friends and his squad leader in the coming days, Allen said they were hit early in the morning on July 7 during which time he took “a little shrapnel.” “We did well but had 19 men wounded and a tracker dog,” he said. Allen was then involved in a friendly fire incident that killed the point man from a unit that was coming to their defense. After that, their company was down to under 20 men. “We were ‘opconned’ to Alpha company because they had also been decimated,” he said. “Shortly after that, we returned to the rear because we were ‘combat inefficient,’ which meant not enough manpower to operate as a company.” According to Allen, the 101st Airborne Division was involved in the last American offensive operation of the war. “It was a battle over Firebase Ripcord, which was way out just north of the A Shau,” he said. “We wanted it and so did North Vietnam because it overlooked their main trails into the lowlands.” The battle, he said, lasted 23 days. “It ended up with our evacuating the base after a loss of 74 men during the operation,” he said. In reflecting on his many years as a volunteer, Allen said his favorite part is talking with other veterans. “For veterans of all wars, the museum, I See ALLEN on 24

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General Archibald Henderson served in the Marine Corps for 53 years and was Commandant from 182059. As senior Marine he resided for those 38 years in a mansion near the Washington, D.C, Marine Corps Barracks. His will left the mansion to his heirs. But there was a problem. The mansion was owned by the government, not the general. Henderson had lived there so comfortably and for so long he forgot that the place wasn’t his. Like the White House, the Commandant’s mansion belonged to the people. Likewise baseball. It belongs to the people. Yes, team owners like Boston’s John Henry can certainly shape many aspects of Major League Baseball, but the National Pastime belongs to the fans. And if the fans give up on the game, that’s the end of MLB. The Red Sox enjoyed some success after Henry and Tom Werner bought the club in 2002, thus endearing their ownership to the Fenway Park faithful. But good will is easily squandered and Henry seems bent on alienating vast numbers of BoSox supporters. Tom Yawkey and then his wife Jean owned the Red Sox from 1933 until 1992. A street ad-

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a little too much. As I was busy leaning over the side of the boat attending to the consequences of my seasickness Steve hauled in a large eel and flipped it into the boat where it writhed and wriggled in a frenzy of activity. Now, I don’t like snakes, nor anything remotely resembling them. Forgetting my regurgitation rhythm, I grabbed an oar and flailed wildly at the eel, causing the boat to rock, the eel to escape, the oar to slip out of my grasp and Steve to surprise me with the power of his vocabulary. Man, he came up with words thatI had never heard of, and him an elder of the church. It must have looked funny to see him trying to use an oar to paddle a cranky rowboat back to shore. The boat wasn’t half as cranky as he was though. For some reason, he never asked me to go fishing with him again, in fact, our relationship seemed to cool quite a bit. Anyhow, if he had asked me, I wouldn’t have gone. My old friend Pickerel Pete was not one to be too concerned over laws that applied to fishing and one afternoon, before the fishing season was officially open, was sitting on the bank of the brook waiting for a nibble. Sensing someone behind him, he looked up and saw someone in uniform and asked, “Be yew the new game warden?” “Yup, I be.”

Without a sign of concern, Pickerel Pete began to move his fishpole slowly back and forth. After a moment, he lifted the line out of the water and pointed to a minnow wriggling on the end. With all the innocence of the guiltless, he explained, “Just teachin’ him how to swim.” And, speaking of worms, have you ever wondered how much fishing Noah could have done with only two worms aboard? Things like that keep me from sleeping well now and then. Jerusha Perkins, who owned a nice little farm out on Wishbone Road, also owned a little shack down in Florida where he and his wife spent the coldest winter months. Looking for a farm loan one year, he was turned down by Hiram Smerd, the bank’s coldeyed loan officer. Jerusha took the refusal calmly and departed for Webb Smith’s grocery store where he bought a

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wreck in the Weirs so they were on it for four hours and had but ten minutes to get on the court when they arrived in Lisbon. One of their basketball games took them to Haver-

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Laconia High School Football Team -1919. writer considered the 1919 season to be successful with Laconia playing such teams as Portsmouth, Brewster, and Proctor Academy, and winning half of their games. Names of players included Ryan, Twombly, Stafford, Gilman, Hawkins, Bagley, Quimby, and Joyce. The basketball team claimed to have the best record in the State and to be the State Champs. That, after the coach, at the beginning of the season,

commenting on his inexperienced players, “considered the material poor.” Most of the young men were not seasoned players and of their first game with Ashland Joseph Bloomfield wrote: “I can remember even now how Stafford and Bloomfield stood with their mouths wide open wondering where all the people came from.” Laconia won the game by a score of 26 -15. They lost their second game to St. Joseph High of Man-

chester and then had a second game with Ashland at Ashland which they won. Bloomfield’s comment about Ashland was that they seemed to have their best time in Ashland. He said “we had warm rooms to sleep in and were undoubtedly well fed. At Ashland everything is very cheap, and twenty cents apiece ought to have been enough to feed a horse on...” They had games with Franklin and Holder-

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its who always greeted each other with warm smiles and hugs when our travels brought us together. Like me, he found respite in music. (He played guitar; I play piano.) His friend Lisa De Pasquale told me: “In our late-night chats, we were more likely to be talking about Rush the band than Rush Limbaugh. I will miss hearing him play guitar into the phone as he sat on his porch in the evenings.” Mike and I were also both enthusiastic climbers of the Manitou Incline, an extreme 2,800-stair trail that gains 2,000 feet of elevation over less than a mile on abandoned railroad tracks in the shadow of Pikes Peak. He likened physical training for the Incline to digging out of spiritual decline. In both cases, he reflected, “I had to step out of my comfort zone.”

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by Parker & Hart

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Magic Maze THEME THIS WEEK: BODY BUILDERS

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PHOTO #817

Runners Up : At Bazooka Joe’s job interview, a ‘bubbly” personality usually gets you a job. - Robert Patrick, Moultonboro, Nh. Nominee Biden tests a prospective V.P. choice for an essential attribute: hot air capacity. - John Barrett, Dover, NH.

A blow-by-blow demonstration of the encapsulated human “Best Bubble Gum breath. Ever” -Barbara Bowman, -Jean Cram, Pittsfield, NH, Franklin. NH.

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The Winklman Aeffect

by John Whitlock

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