10/28/2021 Weirs Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

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VOLUME 30, NO. 43

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Culver Hall in Hanover, NH, was the first building of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanics which became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The building was constructed in 1872 and was demolished LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PHOTO in 1929.

1921 At New Hampshire College Of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

Education has long been valued in New Hampshire and that fact is evident in an October 26, 1921 issue of The New Hampshire, the publication of The New

Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, which became The University of New Hampshire in the year 1923. The college was begun as a companion of Dartmouth College, being one of the first land grant colleges and an educational institution

that emphasized agriculture and mechanics. It had its beginnings in 1867 in Hanover and was closely associated with Dartmouth until 1892 when it moved to Durham. The college had an enrollment of 902 students in the month of October of 1921, an increase

of 11 over the total of the previous school year. The main topics of interest on campus at that time from the viewpoint of the college news would appear to have been sports, lectures, parties, music, fraternities, religion, and the military. See COLLEGE on 34

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Animal Cruelty To The Editor: In the 1950s and 1960s, my late father raised and showed AKC Basset Hounds. One of my most pleasant memories from when I was a boy is, about every other summer, we would have a litter of Basset Hound puppies-which was like having Christmas in June or July. I have always loved dogs in general, Basset Hounds in particular, and puppies most especially. Therefore, it was with extreme Horror And Revulsion that I read a recent story (in the first half of October) about Dr. Anthony Fauci: in addition to funding research at the Wuhan Lab in China--and Lying about it before Congress--Fauci was also responsible for one of the most Heinous acts of Animal Cruelty I have ever heard of: he spent $1 Million of taxpayer dollars to fund medical experiments on Beagle puppies--experiments that were so Very cruel that Fauci had their vocal cords cut... so that people could not hear their cries of pain!... I have never heard of anything so perfectly Monstrous in my life! For God’s sake--and for the sake of the puppies who can not speak, or even cry out in pain--Tell Your Representatives To Fire Fauci Now... And Prosecute Him For His Crimes: funding the research that made the China Virus possible; LYING about it before Congress; and, for unspeakable acts of Animal Cruelty. This man is a Monster! Douglass Knight Salem, NH.

Executive Council Meeting To The Editor: October 13th, remember that date the next time you vote. Normally It’s a privilege to attend the meetings of the Executive Council, but not this time. Oh yes the meeting started out good. But the people were crying for help. They were losing their jobs because of President Joe Biden’s mandate for mass government vaccination was forcing their employers to fire them who do not comply. What happened to their sacred right to make their own medical decisions.? For employees working in professions all way from : medical personal , to Policemen, firemen, military and a vast number of businesses, who employ over a hundred : losing ones job is a tuff pill to swallow. Suddenly, the meeting became hazardous to liberty of conscience from the “Orwellian thought police,” and became physical when the State Police responding to orders, arrested 9 citizens, even one lady holding a sleeping toddler in her arms. Apparently, he was snoring too loud. Starting out, this meeting was good, featuring an initial courageous stand by the Executive Counsel voting down a frustrated governor hungry to get his hands on the $27 million DHHS gift to finance and propagandize the unconstitutional vaccine mandates. But then good turned to bad, against the will of the people whom they are too serve. Service became punishing people, by denying them constitutional right to refuse what they believe

to be unsound medical advise. Defying the premise that rights are God given, secured for every American by Jefferson’s challenge to tyranny of his day in the Declaration of Independence with the “purpose of our government to secure rights for the people.” Who will deny that this purpose of government to secure the right to enjoy and defend liberty, the right of conscience and religious beliefs have been turned upside down over the past several years? I have watched Rebuild NH videos carefully. Apparently the half a dozen videos came from concerned people. Comparing these personal views with the videos showed on Channel 9, you see how their spin on the event turned the truth upside down. This is the way I see it. We have a strong unseen force of evil that opposes individual liberty, that thrives on dividing segments of the population. In the past Marxist revolutions have divided Catholic from Protestant, and Jew; divisions of skin color; right to life vs the death culture; union vs management; male vs female; and LBGQT from God, family and country. The Wuhan virus pandemic has been exploited: we now have doctors being divided from patients, I myself was told by a physician in an appointment that I paid for, the comforting news that at 84 years old , “if I didn’t take the vaccine, I’m dead.” Disinformation coming from those we should be able to trust. On October 13th in Concord a new divisions was made. State Policemen arresting innocent bystanders: this divided law See MAILBOAT on 23

Our Story

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Cherry Mountain Rainy Day Traverse Cherry Mountain is a prominent mountain ridge located in the town of Carrol/ Twin Mountain. Cherry Mountain’s highest peak, Mount Martha, is a former fire tower site and on the “52 with a View” hiking list. At the north end of Cherry Mountain’s ridge is the sharp pointy bump named Owl’s Head (not to be confused with the 4,000 footer Owl’s Head in the Pemi Wilderness). These peaks have wonderful outlooks with splendid views to the Franconia Range and the Presidential Peaks but not on a cloudy rainy day. Danielle, Bria and I had hoped for better weather when we planned this hike but we did know the forecast wasn’t looking good. But if you don’t hike in the rain once in a while it will take forever to hike all the trails in the White Mountain Guidebook. They were gathering WMG redlines. I had colored my maplines long ago but I thought it would be fun to return to Cherry Mountain with them. After we grabbed yummy breakfast sandwiches at YaYa’s in Twin Mountain we drove around Cherry Mountain Road to the height-of-the-land to the east Cherry Mountain Trailhead to drop off a car. Then we drove back to Route 115, aka See PATENAUDE on 32

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

The History Of Agriculture At Told By Barns On Tuesday, November 9th at 7pm the New Hampton Historical Society presents “The History of Agriculture as Told by Barn” at the Gordon-Nash Library, 69 Main Street, New Hampton. The evolution of barn architecture tells the story of New Hampshire agriculture. Barns changed from early English style, to Yankee style, to gambrel and then pole barns to accommodate the changing agriculture. Majestic barns represent Yankee ingenuity, hard work and skilled craftsmanship. Learn how barn styles evolved to meet the needs of population growth and changes in society. This presentation will be a chronological walk through time, with photo illustrations of barns around the state that are examples of these eras of agricultural history. “Barn Talk” will be presented by John Porter who was raised on a dairy farm in Lebanon, New Hampshire, graduated from UNH with a B.S. Degree in Animal Science and then went on to get a master’s degree in Animal Nutrition and Farm Management from Cornell University. He served as a Dairy Specialist for the UNH Cooperative Extension from 1974 until his retirement in 2006, and currently operates his own consulting company, Farm Planning Services, LLC. He has edited, published and contributed to books on the NH Dairy Industry and the preservation of old barns. Free and open to the public, Masks will be required at this indoor presentation. www.newhamptonhistory.org

Bridgewater Turkey Trot The Newfound Grocery and Countr y Store, Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot is back! Pre-registration will begin starting on 11/1 via Facebook at w w w. F a c e b o o k . c o m / NewfoundCountryStore, or, runners can register in person at the Newfound Grocery and Country Store starting on 11/1 up to and including the day of the race. Registration fees are $20 for pre-registration (t-shirt guaranteed) & by donation day of the race. The Newfound Grocery and Country Store Turkey Trot is a great opportunity to help the community, have some fun, win some raffle prizes and burn some calories to make room for Thanksgiving dinner. For more information on the event and the COVID-19 precautions being taken, please visit the Newfound Grocery and Country Store Facebook page at www. Facebook.com/NewfoundCountryStore.

“Once An Outlaw” Performs In Wolfeboro Once an Outlaw returns to the Barn @ Inn on Main 200 N. Main St. in Wolfeboro on Saturday October 30 with special guest Harvey Dalton Arnold of the Outlaws (76-80) opening the show. Once an Outlaw is a southern rock dream line up with current and former members of the Outlaws, Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker Band, Dickey Betts Band and Jon Butcher Blues Project. Bass player David Goldflies of the Allman Brothers Band (78-86). Local guitarist Chuck Farrell (Tuftonboro) and drummer AJ Vallee worked together in the James Montgomery Band. The newest addition is of Mike Kach longtime keyboardist and singer for the Dickey Betts Band and Great Southern. In full disclosure the Oct. 30 Inn on Main date is one of those times Chris Hicks won’t be with the band. Please don’t be disappointed as there is PLENTY of material to satisfy any lover of the southern rock genre. Tickets are $75 for dinner/show and $50 show only. Dinner show includes a seated buffet style dinner. Dinner seating is at 5:30 and General Admission is at 6:30 with a 7pm show time. Tickets for this intimate show are very limited and going fast. Tickets available at eventbrite.com or by calling the Inn at 603-569-1335.

Haunted Fun Ride/Walk In Wolfeboro On Sunday, October 31 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Wolfeboro Single Track Alliance (WSA) will host a Haunted Fun Ride/Walk that will begin at Fernald Station parking lot on Route 109 in Wolfeboro. The event, noted WSA Member Eddie Michno, will take people through the newly built Fernald Trails, which will be decorated for Halloween with “ghosts” and “bats” hanging from trees. “It will be very kid-friendly,” said Michno, who noted he and other WSA members may dress up and pass out candy, too. “It’s a great system of trails with about a half mile stretch decorated for the occasion,” he added. Dedicated to the development and care of sustainable, trails designed for mountain biking, WSA recently received approval to create 20 miles of single track trails for the town of Wolfeboro. “This is just the start of making Wolfeboro a premier destination for trail lovers—whether you love biking, hiking, skiing, or running,” said Michno. To learn more about WSA, visit wolfeborosingletrack.org.

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Scary Stuff This Halloween will not be as scary as next year’s. Next year, not only will there be kids dressed up as scary monsters ringing your by Brendan Smith doorbell asking Weirs Times Editor you for candy and threatening tricks if you don’t comply, but there will also be those horrifying volunteers for political candidates who will be asking for your vote and threatening doom and gloom if you don’t. And don’t forget those giant, oversized, heavy cardboard political mailers put out by candidates crammed into your mailbox. Each one explaining to you the horrors of voting for their opponent since they don’t have much good to really say about themselves. But I don’t mean to upset you, all that midterm madness is still a year away, so we really don’t have to even start thinking about it until at least January when the candidates and their minions start oozing out of the woodwork. Still, this Halloween should prove to be frightening all the same...and that’s not counting the costumes. As many folks start to come out of their self-imposed pandemic hibernations and political correctness and cancel culture continue to grow like barnacles on a sinking ship, Halloween will not be spared. For instance. Costumes that are felt to embrace cultural appropriation will be sought out by a new group called Individuals Demanding Immediate Obliteration of Toxic Symbols or I.D.I.O.T.S. I.D.I.O.T.S. mission is to make sure that no ethnic group or culture is vilified by young children. If they see such an indiscretion, it will be their job to stop and educate youngsters about the

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harm they are doing. For example, if your kid dresses up as any white historical figure from U.S History they will be harshly lectured to and given a copy of Howard Zinn’s Book of Fairytales, “A People’s History Of The United States” instead of some M & M’s. I.D.I.O.T.S. range has been widening over the years, far beyond ethnicity. For example, if you daughter dresses like a ballerina she will be hunted down and chastised for being insensitive since she has not gone through the grueling years of training it takes to become a professional ballerina and should be ashamed for appropriating a profession she could not have possibly attained herself since she is only five years old. (Of course, young boys who dress like ballerinas will be exempt from harassment by I.D.I.O.T.S.) These I.D.I.O.T.S. will be out in force this year since they are feeling a little safer from contracting the virus. I suggest you give your kids a photo of Donald Trump to carry with them if approached. If they merely hold it up and come closer than six feet to any I.D.I.O.T.S. they will run in fear. You should also be aware that the traditional Halloween greeting of “Trick of Treat” may not be as prevalent this year, especially by children of more liberal households. “Trick or Treat” has been found to be an expression of whiteness by whoever decides these things, and some white Trick or Treaters will now ring your bell and humbly moan: “Please forgive me for my ancestors. If you choose not to reward me due to their actions I understand as I don’t deserve anything.” It will be easy to spot these children beforehand as they will approach your home without any costumes since their parents are most likely I.D.I.O.T.S. and could not find anything for them to wear that would not of-

fend someone. Of course, just like the prepared trick or treaters mentioned earlier, you can make sure beforehand that none of these children even approach your door by simply having a “Trump 2024” sign displayed on your front lawn. They have been taught to stay far away from such houses as part of their three-day extensive “Halloween Correctness” after school classes put on by I.D.I.O.T.S.) One of the fun things about this Halloween is that will be seeing all of the newer costumes designed to reflect the reality of the pandemic. There will be kids dressed as giant bottles of hand sanitizer and rolls of toilet paper to bring back those memories of the early days of the pandemic. Other costumes reflecting more recent history will be of any one of the many different variants of Covid (though the costumes will look basically the same). One of the hotter costumes is sure to be the Dr. Fauci, complete with jacket, tie and lifelike mask. Kids who wear this will have fun confusing the candy givers as they head towards their door and then, changing their mind, turn around and go to the house next door and then pivot back to the original house again and again.(Be sure to keep your dogs in the house.) Some kids who decide to dress up as a vaccine needle are taking a big risk though. There will be some homes where the doors will be slammed in their faces and other where they will be more than welcome. (There has been talk that all homes will be required by Federal Law to give these kids candy, but we will see what becomes of that.) So, it is shaping up to be an interesting Halloween and I for one can’t wait. I will try to enjoy it as much as possible since I know that the real horrors will be here next year. Happy Halloween!!

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Who’s Choking Off Your Children? COLORADO SPRINGS - The latest horror story involving COVID-19 control freaks erupted right here in my backyard on Friday. It’s breathtaking. Literally. No responsible parent can in good conscience sit by silently while pandemic tyrants choke off our children’s freedom and oxygen supply. Stephanie M. is a work-at-home mother by Michelle Malkin of three young daughters. On Friday, Syndicated Columnist she received a text from her sixth grade daughter, Rylee. It was a selfie photo of the girl taken at Chinook Trail Middle School in Colorado Springs. The school is in District 20, which imposed a blanket indoor mask mandate a month ago for all preschool through 12th grade students. Rylee’s face was covered not only by a black mask but also by three thick strips of blue painter’s tape sealing the top of the mask over the bridge of her nose. Rylee told her that “all teachers” in her learning pod had been toting around rolls of the painter’s tape and began issuing “warnings” to students whose face coverings were deemed noncompliant. The message was clear: Shape up, tape up, or face disciplinary consequences. Sensing danger to her child, Stephanie rushed to the school to demand answers from school officials. In a taped conversation, dean Jennifer Richardson told the mom and daughter that the policy “is not an endorsed thing” and that students had “a choice” on whether to wear the tape or not. Richardson downplayed the blatantly coercive intimidation by authority figures by asserting that “nobody told Rylee she had to put tape on her mask.” But the sixth grader said she felt she had to when she was handed the tape. Stephanie, who told me she is not a confrontational person but was pushed to the edge by Richardson’s rationalizations, immediately took her daughter out of the school. “It’s wrong, and I will be telling every single news channel. And I’m taking her out,” Stephanie told the dean without a moment’s hesitation. “That is child abuse.” An unidentified male on the audio told her he agreed and apologized as Stephanie rebuked them on the way out: “You are supposed to take care of the children.” Stephanie told me Monday that “it was a horrible decision to implement” the mask mandate in the first place without parental input. Compounding it with an oxygen-depleting and punitive tape policy adds See MALKIN on 36

The End Of Risk And The End Of Civilization

Human beings aren’t great at assessing risk. In 1979, psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky posited a new branch of behavioral economics, which they titled prospect theory. One of by Ben Shapiro their key findings was Syndicated Columnist that human beings are naturally loss-averse -- we generally are willing to forego the probability of gains in order to minimize the chance of losses. Because of our loss aversion, human beings are also subject to what Kahneman and Tversky label the “planning fallacy”: our selfserving bias toward believing that we are capable of planning for contingency more successfully than we are. As Kahneman writes, “Exaggerated optimism protects individuals and organizations from the paralyzing effects of loss aversion; loss aversion protects them from the follies of overconfident optimism.” If we feel that we can solve problems, we might be more likely to take risks -- and if we feel that risks are a problem, we might be more cautious with our plans. But what if the problem we are seeking to solve is risk itself? What if our policymakers aren’t concerned with counterbalancing loss aversion on behalf of more productive risk-taking? What if, instead, our policymakers lie to us, and tell us that risk is no longer necessary at all? This is the situation in which we currently find ourselves. As a society, we have become so addicted to the elimination of risk that we are willing to believe any politician who provides us a purported roadmap. A large percentage of the country believes in nearly religious fashion that all risk can be mitigated, so long as we grant the authorities and experts absolute power. We have been

told that we need no longer face health risks, so long as we give the government power to mandate vaccines, mask our children and lock down our businesses -- even without solid evidence that such measures are effective. We have been told that we ought to delegate all of our economic policymaking to unelected centralized bureaucracies, which serve as the source of both our monetary and fiscal policy, and that this will insulate us against the possibility of financial difficulty. We have been told that individually planning for the future, which entails risk -- delayed gratification is always a risk -- should be foregone in favor of a cradle-to-grave government safety net. To mitigate risks to myself, the easiest measure is to create an authority that controls everyone. Risk itself is the enemy: someone else might undertake risks, and those risks might have indirect effects that harm me. Better to live in the warm embrace of control by experts than in the chaotic world of individual decision-makers. This is the road to authoritarianism. A healthy civilization requires risktaking. Innovators are risk-takers. Disincentivizing that risk destroys innovation. Working is risk-taking. Disincentivizing that risk destroys work. Building for the future is risk-taking. Disincentivizing that risk destroys responsibility. The fundamental good of liberty lies in the incentivization of risk. As F.A. Hayek put it, “If there were omniscient men, if we could know not only all that affects the attainment of our present wishes but also our future wants and desires, there would be little case for liberty.” But, Hayek points out, we are not omniscient; we do not know who will provide progress, or how. Progress requires risk; liberty ensures the ability to take risk. We thus See SHAPIRO on 37

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American Optimist There’s so much negative news these days. I was glad to see that a new podcast, “American Optimist,” features good things that are coming. by John Stossel It’s hosted by Syndicated Columnist Palantir founder and venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale. He interviews entrepreneurs like Sal Churi, who funds companies like Icon, which found a way to 3D print homes in just one day. The process is cool to watch. You can see it in my new video.

Fast home-building is such a good thing for poor people who want an affordable house! Unfortunately, Churi has to struggle to get past the government’s rigid zoning and safety regulations. “It’s actually impossible to do 3D printing of homes with modern technology because government regulation is making it impossible,” says Lonsdale. “That infuriates me,” I tell him. “I keep seeing these wonderful new things we can’t have ... because of regulations that don’t matter.” “We’d probably have twice as big of an economy if we didn’t have bad regulations,” he replies.

If innovators finally do get past the regulators, we’ll get lots of cool things. People predicted flying cars for years. Now it may actually happen because Lonsdale’s friend Paul Sciarra (Pinterest’s co-founder) invested in Joby Aviation, which built a small helicopter that looks like a flying car. He hopes it will be used as an air taxi. “It’s about 100 times quieter than a helicopter,” says Lonsdale. “Goes about 200 miles on a charge -- safer, much quieter. The idea is to use this as a commuting vehicle. I’m pretty excited as we start to scale this out.” Another Lonsdale friend is Elon Musk, whose Boring Company hopes

to create faster ways to move traffic by building tunnels. But again, it’s hard to get such new transportation past the bureaucrats’ rules. Digging tunnels today actually often costs more and takes longer -even though construction equipment is much better! “The EPA is going to insist you do these studies that take four or five years,” complains Lonsdale. “It’s almost like they delight in delaying you.” Musk is the rare entrepreneur who triumphs over regulations -- sometimes by ignoring them. Thankfully, in new fields, like See STOSSEL on 37

China’s Rights Abuses In Xinjiang Slammed By UN Committee C h i n a ’ s ongoing human rights abuses against its Muslim minority in Xinjiang have again been chastised by a key UN committee. by John J. Metzler F o r t y - t h r e e Syndicated Columnist countries strongly c o n d e m n e d the Beijing regime’s widespread human rights violations against the Uyghur minority in what has become a systematic state policy in China’s western Xinjiang region. The French delegation coordinated efforts leading to a Joint Statement

on Human Rights in Xinjiang. French UN Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière presented the declaration at the General Assembly’s Third Committee. The document states, “Credible reports indicate the existence of large network of ‘political re-education’ camps where over a million people have been arbitrarily detained.” The statement added, “We have seen an increasing number of reports of widespread and systematic human rights violations, including reports of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, forced sterilization, sexual and gender-based violence, and forced separation of children.”

“There are severe restrictions on freedom of religion and belief and the freedoms of movement, association and expression as well as on Uyghur culture,” the document adds. The statement calls on the UN high commissioner for human rights to present an assessment of the situation in Xinjiang as soon as possible. Significantly the French-led human rights initiative was supported by the United States and many European Union countries such as Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. Australia, Canada, Japan the United Kingdom, and New

Zealand joined among others. Importantly Turkey backed the declaration. One would expect this is only logical given that the oppressed Uighurs are a Turkic ethnic minority; yet in a similar condemnation last year, the Ankara government failed to support the statement. Curiously with the exception of Turkey and Albania, no other Moslem majority country backed the document which calls for religious rights and freedoms in remote Xinjiang. Among key Asian countries, South Korea (confronted by massive human rights abuses in neighboring communist North See METZLER on 37

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Repeat after me… Boundaries are beautiful! In last month’s article, we dove into the topic of setting boundaries. Just seeing those words in print has already made a few of you shudder with discomfort. However, setting boundaries does not have to be painful. As promised, here are some practical steps that can help. If you tend say yes first, you might find that you inadvertently over-extend your promises making it impossible to do it all. This can leave you feeling overwhelmed, wondering how you’ll get it all done. Feelings of resentment toward the ‘asker’ might surface followed by feeling incompetent for letting people down, or guilt for having to go back on your word. It’s a vicious cycle. But, there is a way out. Be honest with your Self first about what you want, need, can, or can’t do. Then, be honest with others. Let’s start with the natural helper/ caretaker within. This is a good and

honorable quality. Just think of the different professions where being a helper/ caretaker is necessary such as nursing, first responders, hospitality, mental health, childcare, and so on. For natural caretakers, the boundary needs to be set not so much on those asking for something but rather on the caretaker/ helper within you that wants to impulsively say yes. Explore ways to honor both the need to set boundaries as well as the desire to be helpful because both are true and deserve to be acknowledged. In part, this involves including your Self in the equation. This can be accomplished with honesty by saying, “I really wish I could help you and it pains me to have to say no.” (Yes, both can be true!) Or through compromise, “Although I can’t do that, here is what I can do.” You might consider the reasonableness of the request in proportionality with what you are truly able to provide. Consider the relationship itself and the appropriateness of what is being asked of you and by whom. Maybe the situation calls for bartering, “I’m so glad you called because I need something, too. I’m so grateful to have each other to rely on,” thereby sending a clear message that this is a two-way street. (This one will quickly nip requests from those

who do not practice reciprocity: a win/win scenario for you.) For those who tend to knee-jerk respond to requests with a yes, buy yourself some time by saying: “Let me think about it and I’ll get back to you.” Just like that, the pressure is off. Now you can answer more genuinely from your true Self rather than from the panic-stricken part of you that is afraid to say no. Take a moment and talk to the panic-stricken one inside gently, like you would a child. Ask that part of your Self what it is afraid would happen if it allowed you to say no… then listen for the answer. This is not the time for Selfpsychoanalysis. You already have the answers inside. You just have to listen, then see if there is room to negotiate with it to help settle its fears and un-sound the alarms. (Yes, I am suggesting that you talk to yourself, and no, it is not abnormal to do so.) Maybe the fear is that saying no will take you out of character and possibly cause you to be rejected but that saying yes will cost you time, energy, and resources you don’t have. An internal conflict is born. And once again, you are stuck between a rock and a hard place and so you choose what you believe will be the lesser of two evils but you will inevitably suffer some degree of consequence either way. Avoid the trap of explaining, defending,

assuming, or taking it personally. You are responsible for you. They are responsible for them. Sometimes ‘no’ is just plain ‘no’. End of story. (You can always change your mind later.) Boundaries are a necessary and natural way of establishing parameters. Look around in your daily life and notice all the different places you see a boundary. The hours listed on the store window are a boundary established by the owner to let you know when they are available to conduct business. On the other hand, the shoreline is a natural boundary created by Mother Nature. The spectrum is broad and once you really start to grasp the concept, you’ll see boundaries everywhere. Without them, the world would be total chaos. In the end, be it a loosely marked property line such as a steel pin, a living fence of shrubbery, or a 6’ tall stockade fence firmly cemented into the earth, in the words of Robert Frost, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Leslie A. Gray is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and operates Gray Matters Counseling & Wellness, PLLC in Laconia NH. Feel free to submit responses or requests for subject content to: askgraymatters@gmail. com.

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Don’t Ignore Your Pain

by Dr. Graham Moneysmith, DC. Contributing Writer

There are few things in life that are as frustrating as being in pain. It is a serious problem in our country. It is a problem for us physically and economically. In April 2021 Brigham and Women’s Hospital analyzed NHIS data and found that 20% of American adults experienced some form of chronic pain. This chronic pain caused an estimated loss of $300 billion annually. $300 BILLION. And moreover, it can ruin a person’s individual quality of life. Not all pain is chronic, obviously. Yet pain, whether minor or severe, can ruin your day, make you feel depressed, and keep you from activities you love. At our offices, we don’t consider chiropractic care to be about pain or any condition for that matter. We adjust (gently move the bones of the spine) with the hope of helping the individual obtain better spinal alignment so that they will function better. It is connected back to a very simple idea: structure dictates function. Our goal is to help the

structure of the body to be as correct as possible, and then let the body heal itself. People tend to have less pain and see a whole host of other positive changes, when this happens. Even though chiropractic is not primarily about pain, it’s for pain concerns that most people seek out chiropractors initially and this is understandable. Back pain can be horrible and it is very common. Of course, not all pain or chronic pain is back pain but WebMD puts it this way, “back pain affects 80% of Americans at some time in their lives”. Whether it’s due to overuse, trauma, or an unknown cause, it’s clear this is something we need to collectively, try to change. When pain does affect us, it’s reach is often broader than physical discomfort. It can be difficult to work

and it can be expensive to attempt to find a fix, as well. In the July 1999 issue of the American Journal of Public Health it is stated that individuals with workrelated low back pain missed 101.8 million work days. In a time where most folks can barely afford to miss a single day of work, you can see the issue. Back pain is damaging physically, but also to your bottom line. It seems the cost of everything is on the rise right now. Most people pay attention to their budgets these days and every cost has to be considered. As far as back pain goes there are many ways to attack it in a cost effective manner: stay active, maintain a healthy weight, or quit smoking (multiple connections demonstrating increased back issues in smokers). These methods can be very helpful, but

sometimes problems can go beyond what self care can manage. One of the most effective ways, in these cases, can be chiropractic care. Chiropractic care is effective, in most cases, physically and financially. There is a very interesting study which was published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics in 2010. This article takes a look at 85,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Tennessee beneficiaries over a See PAIN on 12

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The Health Benefits Of Therapeutic Touch

by Kelly M. Chapman Owner Meredith Whole Living Center

From the early days of research in Romanian orphanages during the 1990’s, to ongoing research today, the physical and mental health benefits of therapeutic touch on human beings and other primates have proven to be profound. The importance of receiving therapeutic touch begins at birth, with babies receiving it gaining more weight and experiencing fewer illnesses. Its health

benefits continue throughout the life cycle, including during dementia care later in life, and can be accomplished in many ways. One of the main ways therapeutic touch is able to affect overall health is through its impact on the vagus nerve, one of the longest and most

important nerves in the body. W h e n stimulated b y therapeutic t o u c h , r e s u l t s include a decrease in heart rate, lower blood pressure, a n d a decrease in stress hormone levels, which has a positive impact on immune function. Stimulation of the vagus nerve also increases serotonin levels, which contributes to a natural decline in depression and pain. Perhaps most fascinatingly, Tiffany Field, Ph.D., director of the Touch

Research Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, shared findings that the therapeutic touch practice of massage therapy actually increases natural killer cells in the body that are responsible for attacking bacterial, viral and cancer cells. When combined with the other known health benefits of massage and other forms of therapeutic touch, See CHAPMAN on 12

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CHAPMAN from 11 such as a decrease in pain, lower incidence of depression, and improved sleep quality, a powerful argument for integrating more touch into our daily lives emerges. Unfortunately, researchers in this field are finding that we’re actually experiencing less natural touch in our lives, even as we learn more about its benefits. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic created additional barriers for many people to physically interact with others, researchers were already studying the ways in which social norms and technology were decreasing the quality and quantity of physical touch in our day to day lives. For instance, when analyzing physical

interactions at airports in 2018, Field noted that regardless of relationship, people were spending much less time hugging and physically interacting with each other than they would have at earlier times in history, and were instead interacting primarily with technology devices. This decrease in physical interaction is also observed elsewhere in American society, including classroom settings, where physical touch is discouraged. Notably, when compared with their peers in cultures that encourage more healthy physical interaction, American students exhibit more aggression toward one another. This aggressive response to limiting touch has also been observed in

monkeys in research settings. The good news is there is a wide variety of ways to receive the health benefits of therapeutic touch, regardless of your current circumstances and comfort level with interactions with others. For some, it may be easy to get this need met through hugging and other forms of physical comfort such as back rubs from trusted loved ones. For others, therapeutic services such as massage therapy or massage components to manicures, pedicures and facials are a preferred avenue. And for others, practicing yoga and other activities that create opportunities for pressure to be applied throughout the body can also stimulate the vagus nerve and produce the physiological and psychologocal benefits of touch. Even activities as mundane as walking, due to the pressure applied to the soles of the feet, has been shown to produce positive results. Regardless of your personal circumstances, and given the range of health benefits that touch can give us, it’s worth exploring and prioritizing ways to increase it in your life. Kelly Chapman, M.A., is the Owner of Meredith Whole Living Center and Certified Authentic Leadership Coach.

PAIN from 9 two year span. These individuals were allowed to initiate care for back pain with a medical doctor (MD) or a doctor of chiropractic (DC) by self-referral and with equal co-pays and no visit limitations. The results were pretty amazing. Financially, the researchers concluded that allowing for DC-initiated care would lead to BCBS saving $2.3 billion dollars annually. Overall the researchers determined that initiating care with a DC would be 40% less expensive and even after risk adjustment, it would still be 20% less expensive to initiate care with a DC. Obviously, results will vary, but if you have back concerns, then physically and financially chiropractic may be a good option for you. You, of course, can find a chiropractor local to you and ask questions and get more information. However, in a time where we all want to feel good and can’t afford to waste a day at work or a buck out of our pockets, chiropractic could be a welcome addition to have as part of your healthcare team. The bottom line is that no pain or symptom should be ignored. Further, no pain or symptom should simply be accepted as normal. Get a check up when necessary! Create the life you want to live and as much as possible, be proactive (not reactive) in your health.

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Letters From God This series of Letters From God is an attempt to put the thoughts of God as revealed in the Scriptures as they relate to individuals and the nation of the USA.

yourselves “gods” requires that you write and read your own book. If you have read it recently, you probably have discarded it as old fashion and needing to be updated by your own standards. Had you read and understood my book you would have known that you were created by me and you did not create yourself. You would have known that you too are being tempted to rebel against me and my standards. You would have known that they were promised that they would become “gods” and live forever but that promise was a lie. As soon as they disobeyed me, just as I said, they and all of humanity began to die (Genesis 3). By neglecting me and my word you are sadly repeating history. It will not end well for you, even as it did not end well for them and every individual and nation who made themselves “god” and lived by their standards, instead of mine. Yes, sin is gone from your eyes, from your standards, from your laws but what you are pursuing is going to be catastrophic. When Moses stood before me, on Mount Sinai, I gave him a summary of the essence of my laws, to preserve and prolong life (Exodus 20). It included, that you must recognize there is only one God, and it is not you nor anyone or anything else. You have no other creator but me. I warned you that if you worship other idols or images

you will worship false “gods” who will lead you far from the mark and you would sin. Your country was once faithful in adhering to this command but today it is being desecrated. I asked you to honor my name because it is the only name by which you will be saved and yet you use it more often as a curse word. I told you it was important to set aside a day, to not only rest but also worship me, but you have made it a day of work, sport and play to the extent that I rarely see you in worship. As parents, you walked away in rebellion for me and now you have failed to teach your children to honor you as well. I promised them that if they did, they would live long, but your children are dying violently and prematurely because of your rebellion and theirs. I commanded you to never murder another person. Yet, from the coldness and hardness of your hearts due to sin, you take a life as easily as you take a meal (Matthew 24:12). I told you that sex was to be practiced only in the committed relationship of one man and one woman in marriage. Yet you have obliterated this command and even legalized behavior that I have called abominable and which always has led to death of individuals and nations. I commanded you to not steal, but corruption, in every realm of life, particularly in government, is stealing away the prosper-

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QUESTION: Is anything a sin anymore? It seems like everything that was once bad in now good. You are correct! There has been a seismic shift in what you believe is right and wrong. But you are unwittingly following the path of so many in the past, who over time, began to redefine my standards to make them more “compatible” with their lifestyles. You must recognize however that I have never changed nor have my standards (Numbers 23:19). I've shared with you before in previous letters that the word sin, which I used in my book to you, the Bible, was a common archery term and it simply means to miss the mark. In archery, the mark is the bullseye. If at any time you miss the bullseye with your arrow, you sin. You sin by degrees depending on how far from that bull's eye your arrow strikes. But everything outside that bullseye is still a sin. I also shared with you and made it very clear that even one sin, of missing the mark of my standard, would lead to death (Ezekiel 18:4). Sadly, you're following the path of your progenitors, Adam and Eve. You probably haven't read my book in a while, since making

ity you once enjoyed. I commanded you not to lie but it seems as though the first words out of anyone's mouth, at the highest or lowest level is to deceive and blame. You are like Adam and Eve, who once they sinned, blamed me and one another instead of taking personal responsibility. I commanded you not to covet with greed, your neighbor’s things or their spouses. Greed was once defined as “good” by one of your popular writers and now is practiced universally. Sin is killing you, just as I told you. I gave you my laws as your God because I loved you and I wanted you to prosper. In making yourselves “god” and creating your own standards, you have missed my mark and made your mark, the mark of death. My patience, to give you time to turn around, will soon end. Perhaps, you will have a change of heart and come back to me and my commands and live before it is too late. In either case, I will see you soon and you will stand before me as judge and my commands as the standards for eternal life or death, not yours. I love you, God. These letters are written by a New Hampshire pastor.

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Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra Concert Features Two Fabulous Soloists MEREDITH - The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra (LRSO) invites you to its season-opening concert “A Triumphant Return” on Saturday November 6, 2021 at 7:00pm at Hanaway Theatre at Plymouth State University. We are delighted to

most famous masterworks “Symphony No. 9 (New World)” by Antonin Dvorak. The LRSO concerto competition has been an exciting journey since its inception 13 years ago. Over the years more than 150 incredibly talented high-school students have audi-

Dr. Adam Mayon, PSU’s recent addition to the Piano faculty and music department, joins LRSO for his performance of the Beethoven “Piano Concerto No. 3”. Dr. Mayon is a multi-faceted talent, not only as a pianist but educator and author as well. He received a

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A praying mantis among the grasses of New England. by Chris Bosak Contributing Writer

I’ve always liked Halloween. It’s kind of a silly holiday if you think about it, but maybe that’s why I like it so much. As a kid, trick-ortreating was the highlight of Halloween, of course. It was fun to find a costume and dress up, but it was mostly about the candy back then. As I got in my late teens and 20s, Halloween parties become the highlight of the season. I’ll don’t think I’ll expand on that one. We’ve all been there. Even as an adult I still like Halloween.

I don’t trick-or-treat, and I don’t party as much, but I still like the imagery and aura associated with the holiday. “It feels like Halloween tonight,” I find myself saying on many walks in the fall. Something about those chilly nights with clouds and a bright moon remind me of being a kid trickor-treating or taking my boys around the neighborhood when they were younger. One such night recently prompted me to dedicate a column to Halloween. I’ve alluded to the holiday in previous years, but I’ve never written an entire column about it.

Birds play a major role in the imagery of Halloween, of course. Haunted scenes always include ghosts, a black cat, jack o’lanterns and a witch, but owls, vultures and crows are regular components as well. Bats are other flying creatures that are an integral part of any spooky scene. Owls make for good Halloween visuals, but any multi-sensory scene should also include the sounds of these nocturnal birds of prey. The typical hoots of a great-horned owl or barred owl are always good but throw in the begging calls See BOSAK on 16

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BOSAK from 15 of young barred owls and you’ve got a real chilling soundtrack. I remember wondering what the heck could possibly make that eerie noise the first few

times I heard that. Now, mix in a fox screaming and that will make anybody’s hair stand on end. New England has plenty of other scary, weird and even bizarre

animals that could easily be associated with Halloween. Opossums fall into the so-ugly-they-arecute category, for me anyway. When they bare their teeth, though, they can fit into any creepy scene. Opossums are harmless (unless they are cornered or otherwise provoked) but I can see them becoming a Halloween scene staple. I remember years ago when my son Will was about 5 years old and was running down a sidewalk to a friend’s house. There was an opossum in the middle of the sidewalk and Will didn’t see it until the last second. He deftly side-stepped the possum and the animal just sat there

like nothing ever happened. I don’t get scared very easily, but there have been a few occasions when raccoons have jumped out of trees at night and got my heart racing. One night I was walking home after working until midnight at a small newspaper in Vermont when three raccoons jumped out of a tree about 10 feet away from me and ran into a nearby parking lot. That was definitely a Halloween moment for me. Perhaps the best candidates for Halloween scene fodder come from the insect world. Spiders (I know they are arachnids, not insects) are already popular subjects for haunted scenes, but how about praying mantises, centipedes, earwigs or katydids? Katydids can also provide a familiar background for the soundtrack. The other day I walked by a coworker’s office and a huge stinkbug was crawling up the door. It looked like a live Halloween decoration. My website, www. birdsofnewengland. com, has a feature called Stranger Things that highlights some of the many odd creatures found in New England. If you look closely enough, there is plenty of weirdness to be found in nature in our region. Feel free to drop me a line and let me know what I’ve left out. Happy Halloween. Have fun and be safe. Chris Bosak may be reached at chrisbosak26@gmail.com or through his website www.birdsofnewengland.com

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Full disclosure. I barely watched any Red Sox baseball this year. As stated earlier in this space, Red Sox owner John Henry soured me on his organization when he tried to erase memories of beloved longtime BoSox owners Tom Yawkey and his wife Jean from greater Fenway Park. Henry renamed Yawkey Way as Jersey Street because the Yawkeys weren’t as morally enlightened or as woke as Henry—who happily politicized greater Fenway Park in support of the Marxist BLM movement. Truth. And it was hard to warm up to a team managed by Alex Cora, a proven cheater who was too good to accompany his players to a White House reception because he didn’t like President Donald Trump. More truth. But then came the Red Sox-Yankee playoff game at Fenway on Oct. 5. A good friend who hadn’t watched a game all year said he was tuning in. And then I knew I had to watch as well. I couldn’t let Henry and Cora rob me of a potentially special sports experience—a Red Sox/ Yankee playoff! Beth and I were in Bangor, Maine, but we found a “lounge” with two perfect seats in

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Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts. front of a big-screen TV with closed-captioning. Some of the baseball energy from olden days (i.e. 1978 Red Sox-Yankee playoff) came back, and yes, it was exciting. Following the 6-2 Red Sox win the players all ran on the field and celebrated as if they’d won a World Series. So I jumped back on the “BoSox Bandwagon.” Call me a front-runner if you must. And we weren’t the only ones watching it on television. That ESPN telecast attracted the most viewers for a baseball game since 1998—before the turn of the century. Then came the upset of Tampa Bay in the ALDS and all the drama—and all the home runs—in the ALCS against Houston. I pulled out a Red Sox tee-shirt that was buried in the back of a dresser drawer. There’s more to the Red Sox than Henry and Cora, and one shouldn’t put one’s sports happiness in their hands. For better or worse, the Red

Sox are woven into our region’s cultural fabric. They’re part of our New England family. And while we all have family disconnects, perpetual estrangement is unhealthy for ALCON (Marine lingo for “All concerned”). Henry and Cora certainly must have their better angels. I must focus on the good they’ve done. So with a little help from Xander Bogaerts and company, and especially with that playoff win over the Yankees, our Red Sox Family Nation has seen some healing—with some new special sports memories for ALCON. Truth. Kumbaya. Sports Quiz What MLB team went an incredible 61-16 at home in 1949 but did not finish first? (Answer follows) Born Today That is to say, sports standouts born on Oct. 28 include NBA star Lenny Wilkens (1937)

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Advance Tickets Now Available For Christmas At The Castle MOULTONBOROUGH – The weekends immediately before and after Thanksgiving, Castle in the Clouds will host its popular annual Christmas at the Castle program – a festive event that brings the community together at this historic mountaintop estate. Working with the theme of “Holiday Carols,” local businesses and designers will showcase their design aesthetic by adopting a room in the mansion or area of the estate grounds and decorating it to the nines. Christmas at the Castle will take place the weekends of November 20th-21st and November 26th-28th between the hours of 10am-4pm, and tickets

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Quick breads; appreciated by the novice baker for their ease and simplicity, yet enjoyed by all for their variety of flavors. I have yet to master the true yeast bread so I cannot begin to tell how life changing Beer Bread has been. My ¨go to¨ bread for a cold winter’s night since I first made it several years ago, Beer Bread is similar to a spoon drop biscuit dough, and with only seven common ingredients found in nearly every pantry or larder, it is no doubt a fitting companion for any simple feast. I can no longer account for the whereabouts of the magazine that first introduced me to Beer Bread. However, I am blessed to have had on hand a bottle of beer that cold winter evening long ago. Having made many loaves since that first, I have nearly committed the recipe to memory. Fortunately for me, on those foggy days of brain cell slumber, Beer Bread is popular enough that a quick internet search yields a plethora of recipes to dust the cobwebs from my attic Regardless which recipe is chosen, once mastered, I guarantee you will want to start experimenting, adding See FEAST on 23

COPPER KETTLE TAVERN Flour, Sugar, Baking Powder, Salt, Beer, Honey, and Butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prep. time is about 10 minutes Cook time is about 50 to 60 minutes Grease a standard size loaf pan or your preferred 9¨ round cooking / casserole dish.

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3 cups All Purpose Flour 3 tsp. Baking Powder ½ tsp or less Salt (I usually omit this and use salted butter) ¼ cup White sugar 2 Tbsp. Honey ( I tend toward the heavy handed side) 1- 12oz. Bottle or can of beer (some say room temperature. I´ve done both warm or cold.) ½ stick Butter melted In a bowl combine dry ingredients and use a whisk to blend completely. (A whisk will work as well as a sifter.) Drizzle the honey onto the dry ingredients and then gently pour in the beer to minimize foaming. Using a rubber spatula, fold all ingredients together until all dry ingredients are wet and blended. Plop the sticky dough into the greased pan and gently even out the loaf for cooking if needed. Pour the melted butter evenly over the top of the dough and place it into the preheated oven. Set your timer for 45 minutes. Cooking times may vary depending on the type of pan used so I often will check at 45 minutes knowing that it may take longer to cook. Using a clean stem thermometer stuck into the center of the loaf, the temperature should be about 180 degrees F. When removed, the stem should be clean or may have just a little sticky film but no gooey dough. The top of the loaf should cook to a pale golden hue with the ridges and bumps turning brown. The result should be a moist, dense (hearty not heavy), flavor filled loaf that is sweet with a hint of yeast.

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FEAST from 19 herbs and seasonings. My only caution is to be judicious. What makes this bread easy yet flavorful is found in simplicity; beer, butter, sugar, and honey. You can use just about any beer; light, regular, stout, pale, whatever your preference. We are not beer snobs here. We tend toward a blue collar domestic that wears a ¨red bow tie” when invited to the party. This recipe can be made in either a loaf pan or high-wall round dish. Ideal when served warm with soup, stew, or toasted by the slice with a hot cup of coffee, the bread itself has everything you would want from both bread or biscuit. The body is moist and crumbly, the bread is held together with a soft, sweet, chewy, flavorful, crust. To use the word delicious would be an understatement. Even the crumbs vanish. Served warm with butter, I am certain that this will become one of your ¨go to¨ quick breads for fall and winter or any cold night where a hearty meal is on the table. Try this quick bread the next time you join with family or friends to enjoy the bounty of the simple feast.

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the nearby peaks. Of course we couldn’t see more than a 100 feet in front of us and we enjoyed laughing at ourselves. Scrambling down the steep ledges was the most difficult part of the hike. We just took our time and used our hiking poles to help keep us from slipping. The rest of the way across Martha’s Miles to Mt. Martha is quite pleasant. Grayish green wispy lichen hangs off the branches of the trees here. I’ve heard it called Old Man’s Beard and it isn’t Spanish Moss but it drapes the trees like it. During a short snack and water break I don’t recall which of one us decided we should have Moss-taches. We all took a piece and dangled the lichen beneath our noses. The silliness helps keep us warm. Danielle pointed out that it had begun sleeting. Thankfully it didn’t sleet long and returned to all light rain. I learned from 1HapSee PATENAUDE on 33

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Oh Look! We can see Mount Washington! In the clouds we had to use our imaginations to see the view from Owl’s Head’s ledges. were pretty wet too. We took the spur path down to the Cherry Mountain Trail and headed down the east side of the mountain to get back to our car spotted on Cherry Mountain Road. The west side of the trail comes up from Route 1115. This side of the trail is lightly used by hikers compared to the other side of the trail. It is longer than to reach the summit of Mt. Martha, 3.6 vs 1.7

State of New Hampshire historical marker, recognizing the Cherry Mountain Slide, located on Route 115, Carrol/Twin Mountain, at the Owl’s Head Trailhead parking area PATENAUDE from 32 pyHiker.blogspot.com that John Compton, who was the trail maintainer of Martha’s Miles for 15 years, shared the history of Martha’s Mile. It was a “lost trail” and a local man, Bill Nichols, reopened it in the mid 1960’s to connect the two peaks. Nichols then cared for the trail for 38 years. I also learned that Mount Martha is named for

George Washington’s wife! When we arrived on top of Mt. Martha, elevation 3.573 feet, we checked out the old fire tower footings. The Cherry Mountain fire tower was first constructed in 1939 and was razed in 1982 and dismantled in 1989 according to FireLookout. org. We didn’t stay long on top. By now we were wearing hats and gloves and our feet

miles and the east side is a wide snowmobile trail that is grassy and often muddy. But it does have more than a dozen nice bridges over small streams. We marched down the mountain just like we went up, we didn’t rest. The hike was short of 7 miles, including our short breaks for silliness and nourishment, and took us just three hours. The cold was a good incentive to keep moving. Back at the car we put on dry clothes and turned the heat up high. Since we really didn’t eat lunch we then went out for

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1921 New Hampshire A. & M. College Football Team. COLLEGE from 1 The New Hampshire football team had recently defeated the favored University of Vermont by a score of 21-7 at Burlington. The star player, “Dutch” Connors, fullback, was described as “the wonder,” and the “best ever,” as he gave

the Vermont fans something to talk about with his punting, passing, and running. Dutch (Stafford Joseph Connor) ran fifty-five yards for the first touchdown and also kicked for the extra-point. He scored one of the remaining two touchdowns by

New Hampshire and kicked for the score on all three of their points after the touchdowns. Dutch Connor went on to play in the National Football League with the Providence Steam Roller in 1925 and the Brooklyn Lions in 1926. He was the head football coach at Norwich University in

the 1930’s and coached basketball at Brooklyn College. Connor also taught at Spaulding High School in Rochester and served in the Navy in World War II. In another football game played by the second team or scrubs of New Hampshire College against Brewster Free Academy in Wolfeboro the teams played to a nothing to nothing tie. In the fourth quarter Pete Doyle of the college team fumbled the ball at the goal line and a

Brewster player picked it up and started to run with it but was tackled behind his own goal line. In the words of the sports reporter, “According to the rules of the game this was a safety and should have given the game to the scrubs by a score of 2 to 0 but the officials did not know this.” The President of New Hampshire college in 1921 was Ralph D. Hetzel and it was he who introduced George L. Kibbee of the

editorial staff of the Manchester Union and Leader as the speaker at a convocation. In talking on the subject of “Our interest in things far away from us,” Mr. Kibbee told the students that many of them “..would do their mature work on every continent in the world.” Mr. Kibbee spoke of some “strange and weird” visions which were prevalent at the time, especially Internationalism. He said that if Germany See COLLEGE on 35

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, October 28, 2021 — COLLEGE from 34 and France “would discover themselves as joint factors in an economic union the great problem of Europe would be solved.” He hoped that the United States and Japan would come to see themselves in the same light. I should add that Ralph Dorn Hetzel, a native of Wisconsin, became the President of New Hampshire College in 1917 and served in that position until 1927. In 1923 the college became the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Hetzel left New Hampshire to become the President of Pennsylvania State University, another land grant school, where he served until his death in 1947. In a lecture to the freshman at the college President Hetzel spoke about its history, acknowledging that it hadn’t always had the support of the state, but that situation had changed. In 1920 the legislature had appropriated $ 635,000 for the maintenance of the college and the federal government had given them $50,000 with an additional $40,000 for extension and $30,00 for research. The Engineering Club held a meeting with a program on Wireless Telegraphy. It was taught that in the year 1876 James Clerk Maxwell, a prominent scientist, prophesied that the time would come when sound would be transmitted from place to place through the air which had proved to be true in the past few years. A Mr. Wassall explained how the sending and receiving equipment to transmit sound through the air worked and then it was

New Hampshire College President Ralph D. Hetzel.

demonstrated. Those who were at the lecture listened to music which came from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and could be heard throughout the lecture room. The music consisted of both vocal and instrumental numbers. The Engineering Club members then moved to the gymnasium where they watched “several films of motion pictures.” Several of those had to do with making

Ford and Studebaker automobiles and another explained the process of steel making by electricity. On the editorial page the efforts of two men who returned to the college in 1919 from serving in the military were credited with greatly improved musical performances. The two who were thus recognized were Frank Ladd and Lieutenant A.E. McKenny, both of the graduating class of 1921 and important leaders in the music club. Of particular note was the orchestra which accompanied the glee clubs at their concerts. Freshman girls entering the school in that Fall of ‘21 who were taking Home Economics classes (not the same as my freshman Economics course at New England College) were given an initiation party at Thompson Hall. Appearing to be much like a Halloween Party the girls were blindfolded and led throughout the building.

The student newspaper described it this way: “Among the ‘stunts’ that the girls were cruelly made to undergo were an aeroplane ride, a trip to see the stars, seeing a ghost, and shaking his hand, eating worms, and eating grapenuts noiselessly...At last the blindfolded victims were given their eyesight, and found themselves in the Cooking laboratory, where delicious fudge and popcorn were being prepared by the junior Home Economic girls.” If the New Hampshire College hadn’t changed it’s name it would still be New Hampshire A. & M. (New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts). So Texas A.& M.was basically the same type of school, being the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, and still goes by Texas A.& M. today. The Texas school was established

in 1876 or ten years after the New Hampshire School. The Granite State college was moved from Hanover to Durham because Durham farmer and businessman Ben-

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MALKIN from 6 even greater injury to accountability insult. Another mom of a Chinook Trail middle schooler, Tori Skeldum, told local news station Fox 21 that her sixth grader had also been subjected to the tape tyranny and that her child described the teachers “wearing the masking tape around their wrists like bracelets.” If that scenario reminds you of prison guards twirling around their keys or batons, you’re not alone. Middle school is the new American Gitmo. Are your children safe from the mask

abusers? Informed Americans will remember that a similar incident took place in a Clark County, Nevada, elementary school last month, when a 9-year-old boy was humiliated in front of the classroom by a substitute teacher who strapped tape across his face when he forgot to pull his mask up after a water break. Whether by direct physical force or indirect inference, the outcome is the same: child abuse Be forewarned, parents, that if you blow the whistle, law enforcement may very well look the other way.

Stephanie contacted the local police department, which she says blew her off. For what it’s worth, the El Paso County Public Health Department told me on Tuesday: “EPCPH has not been consulted about allegedly taping masks to children. EPCPH would not recommend taping masks.” A district public relations official sent me a statement late Monday announcing an “internal investigation” that will involve “interviewing more than 100 students and staff members to better understand this situation.” But who

will be conducting the probe, and what will be done to ensure that parents and children are treated fairly and without the very same implicit threats and pressure imposed by the tape tyrants in the first place? Wisely, Stephanie has refused to participate in any interview of her daughter without a legal representative present. Parental resistance is growing. Town of Monument Board of Trustees member Darcy Schoening, whose elected council represents hundreds of families with children in the school

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eration.” This was the third year in which human rights statements condemned China in the UN’s Third Committee. Realistically despite the growing pushback to Beijing’s human rights abuses by larger numbers of UN members who are willing to publicly condemn the expanding Xinjiang crisis, there’s an equally large and totally acquiescent number of states which either support or condone China’s policies. This is a fact. Louis Charbonneau of HRW stated, “UN member states should establish an international commission of inquiry to formally investigate alleged crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and recommend avenues for holding those responsible to account.” Indeed so and it’s not a moment too soon. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China.

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