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VOLUME 29, NO. 33

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020

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NH Women & The Suffrage Movement 100 Years Of The Right To Vote by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

If the laws on the books before women’s suffrage concerning the right to vote were followed today in New Hampshire’s elections a great many people who are now allowed to vote would no longer be afforded that privilege. First, one had to be a male inhabitant of the town in which he voted. Note that the requirement was that he had to be male, thus excluding all females. The 1843 town resident was required to have lived in

the state for six months and in the town he was dwelling in for three months before he could vote. He couldn’t vote if he had been excused, at his request, of paying taxes, or if he was a pauper, a pauper being someone who had received town assistance within 90 days of the election at which he desired to vote. No alien was entitled to vote, nor was any person attending any college, academy, or other literary institution when their permanent residence was in another town in which they would be See VOTE on 22

Walkway Completed For Remembrance Garden

Wolfeboro, the Remembrance Garden is framed by the exterior wall of the museum upon which hundreds of memorial bricks are affixed. Previous to the walkway, Culver said some visitors found it difficult to navigate See GARDEN on 24 C h is

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Sallie Hovey of Portsmouth, NH. In June of 1920 she picketed the Republican National Convention because she felt that the Republican Party was not working fast enough to get the 19th Amendment passed which would give women the right to vote. The Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920.

WOLFEBORO — W i t h a g i f t from Sandown, NH resident Dan Marrone, the Wright Museum of WWII now has a walkway that leads to its Remembrance Garden, a public space with plantings, granite benches and flag poles. “Everyone can now walk around the front of the museum and take advantage of this spectacular setting and spend some thoughtful time remembering those who have served,” said Executive Director Mike Culver. Facing Center Street in

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Supporting Mowers

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To The Editor: I support the platform of Matthew Mowers to represent NH citizens of District 1. As our elected congressman, Matt Mowers will support legislation that follows the New Hampshire and US Constitution and all the amendments. Matthew Mowers has a clear understanding of the important issues, as opposed to petty and peripheral issues, that our Congress should be addressing in 2021 and 2022. Candidate Matthew Mowers will vote for and support the following: 1. National Security – Complete the Wall, and maintain a strong military. 2. Domestic Security – Honor and support our local police – eliminate domestic anarchy. 3. Economic recovery – He will pass low taxation to stimulate private sector jobs. 4. National Debt – Will work to stop the rise of our national debt 5. Reduce federal payrolls – Will reverse unreasonable growth of federal employees. 6. America is number one – He will only work for interests of United States citizens. 7. Our Second amendment – he will vigorously defend your 2nd amendment rights. David Scott Dover, NH.

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Cultured Meat Research To The Editor: With coronavirus sweeping the globe, now is the time for Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan to support federal funding for cultured-meat research. For those who aren’t familiar with the term, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering animals. Besides the obvious benefits to nonhuman welfare, this emerging technology would help prevent pandemics. We’re living through a worldwide crisis caused by a zoonotic virus known as COVID-19. In recent years, we’ve seen a number of diseases make the leap from animals to humans. You might know some of them as bird flu or swine flu. Cultured meat removes such risk from food production. We need federal funding to assist its development. This is too urgent to leave to the private sector. Jon Hochschartner Granby, CT.

Supporting Giuda To The Editor: Our Founders, writers of the NH Constitution were wise enough to put Article 8 in writing. Why because it gives every person the right to know what their government is doing. For as every person knows if they don’t know what their government is doing for

them, they also don’t know what their government is doing to them. Senator Bob Giuda is running again to represent the people and to serve. He three times sponsored a bill to give them the right of government transparency, thus upholding his oath to uphold the constitution.The Right to know by creating an office of ombudsman where citizens could complain when governmental officials violate their Right to Know (RSA 91-A and Article 8 of the NH Constitution) inexpensively and puts citizens in a position where they would not have to pay expensive court costs to enforce the law and constitution. In Senator Giudas position he has time after time introduced bills to give citizens the right to hold governmental officials accountable. Something more legislators need to do in the State House. Please select Giuda to represent you district and to give all NH Citizens the right to know what their elected officials are doing to their rights. Harriet E. Cady Founder of NH Right to Know Deerfield, NH.

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Isaias No Match For These Birds by Chris Bosak Contributing Writer

A female ruby-throated hummingbird hovers near a flower in a backyard in New England last week. CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO

few more days as trees and power lines are down all throughout the neighborhood. We are hardly alone. More than a million households lost power throughout New England, including more than 700,000 in

Connecticut alone. It’s safe to say Isaias was a major event. I won’t soon forget the sights and sounds of the beast roaring through the woods and leaving a wake of destruction as it headed north. Through it all,

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believe it or not, my hummingbirds visited the feeder as if nothing was happening. I have three hummingbirds that visit daily: two females and one male. One of the females rules the roost and is constantly chasing the others away. She sat contentedly on the feeder as those 50 mph winds violently swayed the clothesline on which it hangs. The boys and I looked at the feeder every few minutes between marveling at the storm’s power. “Yup. She’s still there.” Then the wind tangled the clothesline and sent the plastic feeder crashing to the ground. The top popped off and the remaining sugar water spilled onto the ground. Against my better judgment, I rushed See BOSAK on 26

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On The Green Craft Fair in Wolfeboro Come and join in the fun at the On The Green Craft Fair on August 14-16 formerly held at Brewster Academy & held this year at The Nick, 10 Trotting Track Rd,. Route 28, Wolfeboro. Fair Hours are Friday & Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. Please social distance and masks are required. There is always a variety of different exhibits including amazing chainsaw wood carvings of bears/eagles/dogs/benches, handsome pottery, soy candles, handpoured soaps, glass garden decor, jewelry, garlic graters, beautiful sweater bags, cedar wood furniture, marketry inlaid wood, alpaca items, stained glass, CBD oils, women’s designer clothing, unique antique boat walllhangings, amazing nuts & bolts metal art, NH maple syrups, amazing toys, fabric creations, fabulous balsamic vinegars & infused olive oils, wooden creations, and lots more. There will be a chainsaw wood demo on Saturday afternoon! Live Music - Food - Rain or Shine - Info Joyce (603) 528-4014 www.joycescraftshows.com - Friendly, Leashed Pets Welcome! - Free Adm & Free Parking!

Aviation Museum To Hold Volunteer Open House LONDONDERRY - Would you like to be part of a community of people who enjoy aviation? Would you like to make a difference, help a good cause and have fun doing it? Then you’re invited to attend the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire’s upcoming volunteer open house, scheduled for Monday, Aug. 17 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. You’ll meet several of their current volunteers, and learn about the many ways volunteers help the Aviation Museum carry out its mission. The open house will take place at the museum, which is located at 27 Navigator Road, Londonderry. Face coverings will be required; the facility is compliant with all local and CDC Covid-19 guidelines. For more information about volunteering at the Aviation Museum, visit www.aviationmuseumofnh.org or call (603) 669-4820.

Meredith Sculpture Walk Installs New Work Sponsored by the Greater Meredith Program, the Meredith Sculpture Walk Ground Team has installed two new sculptures so far of the thirteen that were jury selected for this year. The sculptures are positioned throughout town in high visibility areas along Main Street, on the grounds of the Mill Falls complex and in the Hesky and Scenic lakeside parks. While some of the current sculptures will remain, those that have been part of the project for two years will be retired and thirteen new ones are being installed.\Two of the most recently installed are “The Treat” by Jeffery Briggs of Newburyport, MA. in front of the Innisfree Bookstore and “Center of Gravity” by David Skora from New Hartford, CT placed in Community Park on Main Street.

NH Boat Museum Offers Free Day Admission To Healthcare Workers & Teachers On Saturday, August 15, the New Hampshire Boat Museum in Wolfeboro (NHBM) will offer free admission for health-care workers and teachers. This year, the museum features “Locally Produced”, an exhibit presented by Eastern Propane and Oil that highlights local boat manufacturing companies. NHBM’s 2020 exhibit season is also sponsored by Meredith Village Savings Bank, Goodhue Boat Company, Stark Creative and Bank of New Hampshire. If you are a health-care worker or teacher in New Hampshire, come visit us on Saturday,10 am to 4 pm and no charge, and just bring your employer ID,” added Cummings. To learn more, visit nhbm.org.

“Noir Hamlet” In Sandwich Advice To The Players, Sandwich’s own Shakespeare c o m p a n y, i s proud to present their Summer Second Stage Production of Noir Hamlet , a play by John Minigan, August 21st and 22nd, on the lawn at the Ar ts Center at 12 Main Street. Performances are available by RSVP and have a viewing capacity of 35 distanced audience members per performance. You can RSVP online at www.advicetotheplayers.org or by calling 603-284-7115. Instead of charging admission for the remaining 2020 programs, online and in person, ATTP will direct supporters to donate to their Bard’s Birthday Campaign. This will allow for contact free admission to programs and ensure there is no paywall barrier to anyone wishing to attend. Social distancing makers will guide audiences to choose ample space in the park for their pod. ATTP is asking all patrons to wear a mask or facial covering. All performances will be on the lawn at the Arts Center at 12 Main Street at 5:30pm. If there’s inclement weather Friday or Saturday causing a cancellation, there will be a performance on the 23rd.

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Whaddya Call It? to press, the Hammer of Thor has not yet been found to be politically incorrect or culturally insensitive, if that has changed by the time this is printed, I apologize now, just in case.) Much more than the common cold, it is a virus of epidemic proportions that is spreading faster than Covid-19 ever will and there will never be a cure, mainly because no one wants there to be one. The perfect conditions exist in America today to keep this virus alive and deadly for years to come. With the insanity of the Covid-19 virus continuing to intensify (at least until Election Day) people who are obsessed with changing every aspect of our culture and are trapped in their homes during the day waiting for that night’s riot…uh…protest are looking for things to be upset about. With the tens of thousands of names and products and alike, a once boring afternoon can now be put to good use coming up with reasons why something needs to be called something different or be eliminated altogether. Of course, nutty people have been doing this for years, but for the first time, all ideas, no matter how ridiculous, are being considered. I had an idea on how to capitalize to make a few bucks off of the folks who are bored during the day while waiting for the sun to go down so they can take to the streets with their latest indignation. A new board game called “Whaddya Call It?” would take players on a journey of cancel culture as well as learning about our history (or at least the latest version of it.) There would be different versions of “Whaddya Call It?” A sports version, a consumer products version, a city, states and towns names version and a special version about what a famous person may have done

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Every day it gets harder and harder. When I leave the house, I have to be careful and do my part to make sure I am not inflicting by Brendan Smith a n y d a m a g e Weirs Times Editor on anyone else with this crazy virus that is going around. It was only a few months ago that one could go about their business and not even think twice about what the day would bring. We carried on like we did every day, not thinking that suddenly everything would change and we would have to totally readjust our lifestyles. Today we need to be very cognizant about everything, it is a new and dangerous world. And on top of that, there’s also Covid-19 to deal with. Of course, the crazy virus that I am talking about is this new world of out of control political correctness. Sure this virus has been around for a while, but it was in a much smaller form, more like the common cold with the occasional sneeze in public which would get you a dirty look for a second that would soon pass. Today a politically incorrect “sneeze” will bring the masses upon you who want nothing less than your life and reputation. Statues are being torn down, businesses are changing the names of products or eliminating them all together and people are publicly apologizing for something they might have said or done decades ago. People are even losing their jobs because someone they know said something once. It is hard to keep up. If you disagree with anything about this new virus, you can be sure that the Hammer of Thor will come down upon your head. (As this issue goes

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or said once years ago. Players roll the dice and move their androgynous game figure around the board. In the sports version, for example, a player may land on “New York Mets” and read from the card: “Mets is short for Metropolitans, which was also a group of wealthy businessmen who once ruled New York City in the late 19th and early 20th century, so they must have opressed someone at some point even though we’re not sure who. What new inoffensive name can now be used for this team to right those probable wrongs from so long ago?” Players have thirty seconds to either defend the name or come up with a new one. (If the defense of the name offends more than one other player, the defender must squat in the corner, facing the wall, for two minutes.) If the player chooses a new name, then the group discusses its merits or if it possibly may be offensive itself. Names that are accepted are then entered online to the “Whaddya Call It?” website for further consideration by a team of experts who majored in “Things That Were Once Not Bad But Now Are Very Much So.” The one who comes up with the most acceptable names wins and gets to wear the colorful “Whaddya Call It? Social Justice Warrior Badge” for the remainder of the day. (It also works as a great conversation starter later in the day at the local riot…uh… protest. Of course, it is highly flammable, so it is suggested the wearer keep away from accelerants.) Of course, updated versions of “Whaddya Call It? Will be released every month as new indignations are found. Glad to help. BrendanTSmith.com

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Fact Check: Yes, the Mob Is Coming For You

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. - In June, America’s mass media propaganda machine endangered the public by spreading insidious “disinformation” -- while purporting to debunk “disinformation.” The New York Times, NBC News, CNN and the Associated Press converged nine weeks ago to persuade readers and viewers that neither antifa rioters nor Black Lives by Michelle Malkin Matter militants were fanning out from Syndicated Columnist major urban areas into flyover country. Law enforcement bulletins and citizen alerts about the metastasis of violent demonstrations all amount to “misinformation,” “bad information,” “false information,” “unfounded rumors” and “conspiratorial content,” the Gray Lady scoffed. NBC News and CNN exploited a single fake antifa Twitter account to dismiss nationwide concerns of domestic terrorism as “viral misinformation.” The AP blasted “baseless theories” about encroaching violence and castigated “conservative news outlets and proTrump social media accounts” for reporting on them. In short: Don’t worry. Be happy. Blame Righty. The “progressive” Anti-Defamation League -- headed by Jonathan Greenblatt, a Clinton/Obama official and former George Soros-funded operative -- amplified the fraudulent media campaign. “There has been no evidence of antifa or Black Lives Matter organizing or carrying out attacks on suburban or white communities,” the ADL declared, and the “large-scale protests following the murder of George Floyd” were “overwhelmingly peaceful.” Fact check: ADL = All Damned Lies. AP = Anarchist Propaganda. CNN = Chaos-Nurturing Network. Since this agitprop campaign two months ago, armed extremists allied with antifa and BLM have indeed staged escalating incursions into the heartland. Yes, the mob is on the move. Yes, the mob is targeting “suburban neighborhoods and white communities.” Yes, the mob could turn up at your home at any time. And no, in the age of American anarchotyranny, you cannot rely on the police, nor elected officials (Democratic or Republican), nor even mainstream Second Amendment organizations in Washington, D.C., like the National Rifle Association to stand with you in your time See MALKIN on 28

When the Counterculture Becomes The Culture In November 2015, three years after taking the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl, quarterback Colin Kaepernick was benched in favor of Blaine Gabbert, a career journeyman most recently unsucby Ben Shapiro cessful with the JackSyndicated Columnist sonville Jaguars. The following preseason, Kaepernick began donning garb designed to mock police officers, including socks with cops dressed as pigs. He also remained seated for the national anthem during a preseason game, claiming, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” At the time, multiple NFL players spoke out in opposition to Kaepernick’s symbolic move: New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz said, “You’ve got to respect the flag, and you’ve got to stand up with your teammates. It’s bigger than just you, in my opinion. You go up there; you’re with a team; and you go and pledge your allegiance to the flag, and sing the national anthem with your team, and then you go about your business.” At the time, this was a majority proposition: Seventy-two percent of Americans thought the gesture unpatriotic, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Kaepernick never regained a starting role in the NFL ... but his career took off again. He signed a lucrative endorsement deal with Nike to cash in on his supposed bravery; he cut a content deal with Disney. When he was offered a private tryout with NFL teams, he promptly violated all protocols and blew up the process. In June 2020, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell urged NFL teams to sign Kaepernick anyway. On July 4, Kaepernick tweeted: “Black ppl have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized by Amer-

ica for centuries, & are expected to join your commemoration of ‘independence,’ while you enslaved our ancestors. We reject your celebration of white supremacy & look forward to liberation for all.” Today, Kaepernick’s symbolism has become the new normal, morphed into a rote ritual of wokeness thanks to the ugly sight of then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, who would later die. Democratic elected officials knelt in the halls of Congress. Major League Baseball players knelt before the national anthem to protest supposed systemic American racism. NBA players knelt as well, wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts And players who refused to comply were publicly cudgeled. When San Francisco Giants pitcher Sam Coonrod refused to kneel, stating that he would not kneel for anything but God, he was castigated as benighted at best, racist at worst. When black Orlando Magic basketball player Jonathan Isaacs stood for the national anthem, again citing the unifying antiracism of Christianity, he was ripped as “dangerous.” Only Gregg Popovich, coach of the San Antonio Spurs, who has spent years utilizing purple progressive language about President Donald Trump, was exonerated for standing for the anthem -- and that was because he wore a Black Lives Matter T-shirt. So, what changed? Certainly not the data. Despite the presence of individual racism in American life in all walks of life, America’s police are not systemically racist. Until the pandemic wrecked the economy across the board, black Americans were experiencing historic lows in unemployment and historic highs in median income. What changed is that Americans surrendered to the narrative promulgated for so long by those who seek to undermine American comity: that American history is not the story of moving toward the fulfillment See SHAPIRO on 28

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More Juice! Was the power on in your house this morning? If so, thank fossil fuels! A few parts of America do get energy from other sources. Washby John Stossel ington state has Syndicated Columnist fast-flowing rivers that allow Washingtonians to get most of their electricity from hydroelectric power. Iowa now gets about 40% of its electricity from wind. But most of us get power from the much-hated fossil fuels, primarily natural gas and coal.

Burning them does pollute, although government-mandated (Yes, government has done some useful things.) controls like scrubbers in smokestacks have nearly eliminated the dangerous pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide. But fossil fuels do still emit greenhouse gasses, and that probably increases global warming. Yes, I know some scientists doubt that man’s activities contribute much, but I’ll go with the large group that says we do. Now, Black Lives Matter protesters say fossil fuels create “environmental racism” because black neighborhoods are often located in

low-lying floodplains or are close to refineries and other energy infrastructure. Activist Jane Fonda recently joined them to say, “The fossil fuel industry will have to pay!” But I suspect Fonda and other anti-fossil fuel protesters have no clue about where the electricity that powers their electric cars comes from. Today, Americans still get 81% of our energy and 62.7% of our electricity from fossil fuels. Oil fuels about 91% of all transportation. Without fossil fuels, much of the world would freeze in the dark. We just don’t yet have enough alterna-

tives. One country almost does: Iceland. Iceland has hot springs, so geothermal power provides 25% of its juice, and hydropower provides most of the rest. But even in Iceland, that’s not enough. Iceland still burns oil. The protesters ought to watch the new documentary, “Juice: How Electricity Explains the World.” My new video this week is a short (4 minute) version of it. “Electricity doesn’t guarantee wealth,” says energy journalist Robert Bryce, “but not having it See STOSSEL on 29

Tears For Lebanon The massive double blast which rocked Beirut harbor brought near cataclysmic damage to the Lebanese capital. by John J. Metzler Yet as the dust Syndicated Columnist s e t t l e d o n t h i s tragedy, with 200 dead and 5,000 injured, the political and economic reverberations of the explosion have shaken Lebanon to the core and threatened to turn the former oasis of relative stability into yet another Middle Eastern morass. Though a myriad of macabre conspiracy theories understandably swirl around this catastrophe, it appears that the double blast,

one of which produced a sinister mushroom cloud, came from a massive cache of improperly stored ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Some 2,750 tons of the stuff was off-loaded six years ago from an impounded Moldovan merchant ship the “Rhosus” and was then carelessly forgotten about. The least you can say is that frightful incompetence and slipshod security led to a mega blast devastating the port shattering windows and buildings around the city and displacing 300,000 people from their homes. But there’s more. Lebanon was in the final stages of a controversial trial over the Syrian- implicated assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri by a massive bomb blast on Beirut’s fashionable

waterfront in 2005. A U.N. backed tribunal trying four suspects from the Shi’ite Hezbollah movement was due to issue a verdict just days after the blast. Lebanon is plagued by a crisis of endemic political corruption, a financial meltdown from debt and currency devaluation, and a massive refugee spillover from neighboring Syria’s conflict. Let’s be blunt, the roots of many of Lebanon’s troubles go back to Syria’s occupation of Lebanon between 1975-2005 under the nationalist rubric Greater Syria. Equally the Hezbollah terrorist movement, a political cat’s paw of Iran has been entrenched in south Lebanon for a generation threatening neighboring Israel. Now Hezbollah militants share

political power in the Beirut government. Curiously Hezbollah controls sectors of the port of Beirut and border crossings Since October 2019 massive political demonstrations have rocked the small country protesting corruption and incompetence and demanding the resignation of the entire political class. Many media outlets now sadly say Lebanon risks becoming a “failed state.” Reality may be reasserting itself through the churning strife characterizing the region. Beirut was once known as the Paris of the Middle East owing to its French architecture, language and lifestyle. Lebanon became a cosmopolitan moderate middle class land i n t h e See METZLER on 29

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—OBITUARY— Calvin Hahn, Jr. 86 On Friday, July 31, 2020 Calvin Vancelan Hahn Jr of Meredith, NH passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 86. Calvin was born on July 29, 1934 in Stewartsville, New Jersey to Calvin Emery and Mabel Catherine (Zacharias) Hahn. Calvin was passionate about many things including fishing, hunting and road trips adventures throughout New England. He especially enjoyed time with friends and family. He was widowed in 2011 when his wife Sally of 54 years passed on. He worked a multitude of jobs throughout his life earning a considerable amount of knowledge on different topics including farming, carpentry

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The Great American Cross Country Run by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

They’re called “Hallmark Events.” The Kentucky Derby. The Masters. The Rose Bowl. The Indy 500. And so many other classic competitions that are part of our annual sports cycle. And each one of them was the brainchild of some visionary sports person—like Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator and historian who was the prime mover behind establishing the modern Olympics, the ultimate Hallmark Event. So in the spirit of de Coubertin, I’ve come up with a proposed sports Hallmark event: “The Great American Cross Country Run,” or GACCR. It’s like a marathon, only longer. A marathon is a little over 26 miles. The GACCR will be a little over 2600 miles—from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. The GACCR would be run in stages, of course, with the first one being 52 miles from Portland to Portsmouth, N.H. Yes, this event is for ultra-marathoners, the folks who sometimes run 100 mile races. But most legs would be less than that first 52 mile leg as the route takes shape. If you think about it, a 30 mile leg isn’t that daunting. If a walker goes three miles an

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Movement. hour they can do 30 miles in ten hours—or two five hour increments. An ultra-marathoner could easily do 30 miles in six hours with plenty of time left over for a swim, dinner, interviews and a libation. The GACCR would be a bit like Alaska’s 1000 mile Iditarod sled dog competition, with racers being timed between check points, with staggered starts for each leg. It would also resemble the 2156 mile Tour de France bicycle race where cyclists travel all over France. The GACCR also calls to mind the Olympic torch runs which features the Olympic flame carried by runners all over a country. Runners would presumably have race teams, supporters who would meet them at

checkpoints with extra socks, etc. as is the case with the Tour de France. Legs would range from 25-50 miles a day, with Sundays being days of rest. Depending upon how things are structured, the race would take around 13 weeks. The beauty of the GACCR is that it would be a competition in which women could compete alongside men. Some marvelous ultra-marathoners are females, and the joints on a 125 pound competitor take less of a beating than the joints on a 200 pound runner. The GACCR would be televised, of course. Not yet sure which network. The winner would split $1 million with a favorite charity. Nike or Adidas or some shoe company would be a natural sponsor. Thirteen weekly network shows would give view-

ers time to identify with and bond with their favorite runners while also enjoying numerous local color features as the protagonists made their way west. The field would be diverse and capped at 16 runners. It would resemble the popular “Survivor” TV show in some ways, except that the venue would change each week, as opposed to everyone remaining on the same old island. Romantic possibilities? Maybe. Especially if the runners were bachelors or bachelorettes. Cross country travelers know how the American landscape changes from east to west, and every stop would create opportunities for local stories to augment the human interest stories of the 16 runners. Recall Charles Kuralt and his popular “On the Road” features on See MOFFETT on 26

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Which Type Of Fishing Line Should I Use? by Tim Moore Contributing Writer

“What type of fishing line do you recommend?” Is a question I am asked at every seminar I give, and during about a third of my guide trips. There are so many fishing line choices out there that choosing one can be downright confusing. One walk down the line isle at your local fishing retailer is enough to make your head spin. “Is braid better than monofilament?” or “Why would you use a fluorocarbon leader?” are just a couple importa nt questions that deserve answering. For most anglers, which type of line is best depends on how they fish, where they fish, and what they fish for. Here is a little insight into some of my thinking about various line types, and why I choose them. The most common lines used are monofilament, copolymer, fluorocarbon, and braided line. Monofilament line is a single strand of nylon which is extruded into specific diameters. It is undoubtedly the most common line used and is a great all-purpose line due to its strength, flexibility, and abrasion resistance. Monofilament line absorbs water and becomes slightly softer and stronger as you

Monofilament acts like a shock absorber and is a great choice for spring or fall crappie fishing. use it, making it a great option for trolling and casting lures in shallow water. One disadvantage of monofilament, however, is how much it stretches. Increased stretch means decreased sensitivity and hook sets, especially when fishing in deep water. Copolymer line is monofilament coated with another material, usually fluorocarbon. It is more abrasion resistant, has less stretch, better knot strength, and is usually thinner than monofilament. Copolymer also sinks, more so than monofilament,

making it a great line to use if you are jigging around rocks or when using deep diving crank baits, but not so good for fishing top water lures because will pull your lure under the water making it less effective. Fluorocarbon is highly desired because it has almost the same refractive index as water and therefor almost completely disappears underwater. It also (usually) has thinner diameter and lower stretch than monofilament. Fluorocarbon is a great line to use when fish are line-

shy or when fishing in very clear water. While most fluorocarbon is very abrasion resistant, if it does get nicked it is almost guaranteed to break at the nick when put under the maximum amount of strain it can handle. That said, it is the clear choice (pun intended) for lakes such as Lake Winnipesaukee or Squam Lake. Braided line is my preferred line in almost every situation. Braided line is much thinner, but much stronger than nylon line. Its thin diameter increases castability. Braid also has zero stretch which increases sensitivity and hook sets, especially when fishing in deep See MOORE on 17

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many were), but I find it puzzling that a woman who worked and gave of her wealth to give women the freedom to vote also promoted the idea of setting women free from religion. The ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was indeed a big deal and a huge gamechanger. Imagine what things would be like in 2020 if we approached the upcoming elections with only men being eligible to vote. The women who spent time, energy, and money over the period of many years to gain the right to vote were not all of the same opinion when it came to other issues. Most

Marilla Ricker is credited with being the first woman lawyer in New Hampshire and the first woman to try to vote in the state. for being an advocate for prisoners, and like many others who were involved with women’s rights were also abolitionists, campaigning for the end of slavery in the United States. Though other women suffragists were involved with churches, Ricker was an atheist who spoke out against religion, and did not approve of the manner in which suffrage meetings were run, as

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fecklessness: “We have a ‘law and order’ Mayor In Colorado Springs, right? So why is John Suthers letting thugs get away with this kind of dangerous/ threatening nonsense in residential areas?” Twitter user Sandi K. responded to the CSPD police posts: “Announcements? Reminders? How about arrests? Pathetic response by law enforcement. Unbelievable!” Another enraged citizen asked CSPD: “(H)ow are the masked protestors who are in full tactical gear and standing down vehicles with their hands on the stocks of their rifles not menacing?” I asked Lt. James Sokolik, CSPD public information officer, why no one was arrested. “We monitored” the protest “extensively,” he told me, and made an “ultimate decision not to intervene” because “it took care of itself.” That passive language echoes the Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen’s diffident downplaying of the riot at the “Back the Blue” rally as having “devolved” on its own, with no one and no entity actually accountable. “But I don’t want to give the impression that this was some sort of blase thing,” Sokolik warbled. Oh, no. Who would ever get that impression? After all, the situation was being monitored. Colorado Springs native and Benghazi Marine hero John “Tig” Tiegen, who works with the nonprofit Faith Education Commerce United, rejects such abject passivity in the face of extreme aggression. “You shouldn’t have to hide in your own house and be held against your will for fear of bodily harm or

death,” he told me. He issued a call to action when he heard of the mob hijacking of Pulpit Rock. A large group of his friends joined him to defend and protect the homeowners from direct assault: “We were definitely a force and the neighbors were glad we were there.” “It’s time to stop living in utopia instead of reality,” Tiegen counsels. Amen. Reject the lies. Ignore the smears. Lock, load and lean on each other. Domestic tranquility, like anarchotyranny, doesn’t just happen on its own. 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.

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, August 13, 2020 — METZLER from 7 midst of mayhem. That was long ago. Sectarian faultiness crisscross this multireligious land. The historic power sharing accord between Christians and Muslims continues but with Hezbollah’s hand on the scales of power. According to the independent Statistics Lebanon, estimates are 68 percent of the population is Muslim (32 percent Sunni, 31 percent Shia, and Alawites). Approximately 32 percent of the population remains Christian, (Orthodox, Maronite, Catholic). Indeed over the past generation, Lebanon has sadly reflected the region; a civil war from 1975-1990, the gaggle of lethal ethnic militias, endemic kidnappings, car bombs and the 1983 suicide bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks. By 2005, the peaceful “Cedar Revolution” strove to regain Lebanon’s impinged sovereignty, calling for general elections free from Syrian interference. The Syrian army later withdrew its troops from Lebanon in April after 30 years of illegal occupation. To a degree things stabilized politically for the better and the country revitalized for renewed tourism and commerce. But the Syrian war saw more than a million refugees pouring into a small country, and the COVID-19 pandemic, has sadly reset the recovery back to start. Though Lebanon’s total population stands at 5.8 million, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates this includes

4.5 million citizens and approximately 1.3 million refugees fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. So what must be done? France, the former colonial power, dispatched emergency aid not to mention a lightning visit by President Emmanuel Macron who said a “new political order” was needed in Lebanon. T h e U n i t e d Nations and France co-sponsored an unprecedented pledging conference for Lebanon’s relief and renewal raising $300 million. The UN ramped up humanitarian aid bringing its funding for this crisis to $15 million, European Union $70 million and Qatar $50 million. The USA initiated a humanitarian airlift in from the Persian Gulf. President Donald Trump has underscored the importance of Lebanese h u m a n i t a r i a n assistance pledging $15 million in aid. Significantly, both Presidents Macron and Trump called for “an impartial, credible and independent inquiry,” into what happened in Beirut. Transparency is so important. Macron warned, “It is the future of Lebanon, its people and the region which are in play.” We must not let Lebanon die. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

STOSSEL from 7 almost always means poverty. The defining inequality in the world today is the disparity between the electricity-rich and the electricity-poor. Three billion people in the world today use less electricity than what’s used by my kitchen refrigerator. To empower the low-watt world, we’re going to need a lot more juice.” Hate coal all you want, but it still accounts for about 38% of global electricity production. Even Japan, home to the Kyoto Protocol, plans to build 22 new coal-fired power plants. Pitiful and expensive American “green” mandates won’t dent the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Americans take electric light for granted, but Bryce’s film reminds us: “Electricity allowed us to conquer our oldest foe: dark-

ness. For millennia, the cost of having welllit spaces at night was so high, only the very rich could afford it.” That’s still true in much of the world. About 300 million people in India have no access to electricity. Many cook and heat their homes by burning cow dung. It’s why about 1.3 million Indians die from indoor air pollution each year. Cooking with cow dung, Bryce says, “is akin to burning 400 cigarettes an hour in your kitchen.” Pollution like that is a much bigger threat to disadvantaged people than greenhouse gasses American activists complain about. “Darkness kills human potential. Electricity nourishes it,” says Bryce. But what about climate change? I’m told that’s why we must move to renewable energy.

Renewables, Bryce replies, simply cannot supply “the enormous amount of electricity the world needs at prices consumers can afford.” Environmental activist Michael Shellenberger points out that he hears environmentalists say: “People must reduce energy consumption! (But) the only people in the world who say that are rich people.” “Energy poverty vs climate change. There is no easy, one-sizefits-all solution,” concludes Bryce. “But

there are about three billion people in the world without adequate access to electricity... and they will do whatever they have to do to get the electricity they need.” 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.

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