08/24/2023 Weirs Times

sEarching For BigFoot

Join producer, lead investigator and New Jersey native Mike Familant as he shares his experiences researching and tracking down the truth behind North America’s most iconic cryptid, Bigfoot. Mike will present his research and findings in a live presentation on Saturday, September 2 at 11am in the Bradley Room of the Wolfeboro Public Library. The program is free and open to all. Space is limited; seating is on a first-come basis.

Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Grassman, Skunk Ape or Big Red Eye, whatever name you choose to call this large, bipedal hominid, Mike has probably tried to track it down. He has been researching this amazing creature for over 12 years, and has captured some impressive evidence along the way. From the Florida Swamps to the North Country of Maine and everywhere in between, Mike is the full-time, lead investigator and producer of the show, “In the Shadow of Big Red Eye.”

First EvEr LakE WinnipEsaukEE Day

by Bob Letourneau

A couple of weeks back photographer and contributing writer Bob Letourneau took us on his trip upon the Sophie C as it delivered mail to the islands on Lake Winnipesaukee. This week Bob takes us back on the Big Lake, this time on the MS Mount Washington and an evening trip to

Wolfeboro for the first Lake Winnipesaukee Day. We are grateful to Bob for providing us with these fun stories and beautiful photographs to once again share with our readers.

The town of Wolfeboro and The Mount Washington Cruise lines collaborated to bring the “Mount” to the first ever Lake Winnipesaukee Day. This event was celebrated in the

town of Wolfeboro, the oldest summer resort in America. As always it is a great time to cruise with the M/V Mount Washington, and as a bonus we got to visit the beautiful town of Wolfeboro.

It was not a hard decision to book this trip as we are looking for interesting things to do in the Lakes Region.

He will exhibit some extraordinary evidence backed by facts which he and his team have collected throughout his journey, along with some of the unfortunate experiences which come along

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The Mount Washington docks at Wolfeboro on Friday evening, August 11th for the first ever Lake Winnipesaukee Day.

Contributing Writer

BOB LETOURNEAU PHOTO

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Thanks From Arts Board

To The Editor: The Lakes Center for the Arts hosted Arts LIVE!”2023 on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at the Belknap Mill, Laconia. This FREE Family Event was sponsored by a grant from the CDFA. The Lakes Center for the Arts (LCA) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization whose mission is engaging artists and the community to inspire, educate and nurture the arts in the Lakes Region.

Talented artists of the Lakes Region, in mini studio settings, demonstrated their techniques and shared their artistic journey. Featured artists included: the Country Village Quilters’ Guild, Robin Cornwell, Diane Lane, Sharon Nahill, Sue Vachon, Ken Brady, Larry Frates, Alaina Nedeau, Jaylene Bengston, Elaine O’ Donal, Deanna Andree, Joan Butterfield, Andrew Eaton and Suzan Gannett.

The Belknap Mill was the perfect setting for the artist mini studio spaces.

Grateful thanks to: CDFA for the grant to sponsor the event, the Laconia Daily Sun, Meredith News, The Weirs Times, MVSB Meredith and Laconia, the Greater Meredith Program sign program, the Belknap Mill staff and the crew of volunteers who set up and took down the event space and those who assisted at the event.

Thanks to all who attended Arts Live! 2023.

Sincerely,

Lakes Center for the Arts Board, Katheryn Rolfe, Karen and Ron Jonash, Larry Frates, Paul Foote and Carol Gerken

Ranked Choice Voting

To The Editor: NH Representative and Senator excuses are what is keeping New Hampshire from getting started with Ranked Choice Voting. Maine, Utah and Alaska have enacted Ranked Choice Voting, but New Hampshire can’t even get the discussion to the NH House floor. Maine has twice as many districts, more distance and obstacles, and they launched Ranked Choice Voting in 100 days without a dedicated budget.

Everyone of us should know at least one of the 400 State Representatives (1 per every 3,300 residents). Many of us have multiple representatives, so each and everyone of us should be comfortable reaching out to them this week and asking them to join the August 24th 8pm (on Zoom), NH Ranked Choice Voting meeting. They will get to speak directly to Alaska State Senator, Cathy Giessel, about the Alaska implementation.

If you want to have more choices when you vote, candidates who the majority of voters prefer over other choices then make some time this week and tell your NH Representatives to go to www. nhrankedchoice.org/calendar and sign up for the discussion.

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New England’s Wild Birds & Their Habitats

by Chris Bosak Contributing Writer

The hummingbird season got off to a slow start for me this year.

I didn’t see a single hummingbird at my feeder in April or May. I saw a few in the backyard in June, but they zipped by my feeding station like it wasn’t even there. That contrasts with last year when a few hummingbirds visited daily from spring through fall.

This year’s fortunes have changed, thankfully, as hummingbirds became a regular occurrence once August hit. I believe the visits are coming from a combination of a hummingbird family that nested nearby and some southward migrants.

Ruby-throated hummingbirds, the only hummingbird species that regularly occurs in the eastern U.S., start their southward migration out of New England in August (some as early as late July.)

Just like adult males were the first to arrive in the spring, they are the first to leave on the southward journey.

Plenty of adult male hummingbirds remain in New England. My most frequent visitor over the last few weeks has been a male. They will mostly be gone by the end of the month.

Females and first-year birds will mostly be gone by the middle or end of September.

Hummingbird feeders

can remain up into October as the stragglers heading out of New England will need to fuel up too.

Hummingbirds need plenty of fuel as these tiny birds make their way to Central America for the winter. The arduous nonstop flight across the Gulf of Mexico takes a lot out of the birds. Whether a bird’s route takes it directly across the gulf or a more coastal route, it’s still a long, perilous journey. Their typical weight is just over three grams. They bulk up to about six grams for the journey and are between two and three grams when they get to the other side of the

gulf.

Let’s not rush the hummingbirds out of New England, however. We still have about a month left to enjoy their antics. Soon, it will be mostly female and first-year hummingbirds remaining. Unless you have the bird in hand for a close inspection, it is nearly impossible to tell apart the adult females from the first-year birds. (Only males have the namesake ruby throat, or gorget.) Some firstyear males may show some streaking and perhaps a red spot or two on the throat. While the rubythroated hummingbird

A male ruby-throated hummingbird perches on a feeder in New England. Light and angle play a major role in how red a hummingbird’s throat, or gorget, appears.

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

The Story Behind Beantown Girls At Wright Museum

On Tuesday, August 29th, the Wright Museum will welcome author Jane Healey. This is the twelfth program of the Wright Museum’s 2023 Education Series.

Jane Healy will discuss her historical research that went into the #1 Amazon and Washington Post best seller Beantown Girls, highlighting the wide and varied role of the Red Cross during WWII

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., the program begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 29th at the Wright Museum’s DuQuoin Education Center, 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for non-members. Reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made online at www.wrigthmuseum.org/lecture-series or by calling 603-569-1212.

The region’s leading resource for educators and learners of all ages on World War II, the Wright Museum features more than 14,000 items in its collection that are representative of both the home front and battlefield. For more information about the 2023 Lecture Series, or museum, visit wrightmuseum.org.

46th Annual Harvest Of Quilts Show

Members of the Belknap Mill Quilters Guild will present their 46th annual Harvest of Quilts Show, Saturday September 23rd and Sunday September 24th located in downtown Laconia at three locations: Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon St., Laconia Senior Citizen Center, 532 Main St., and the Lakes Region Mental Health Center Conference Center, Main St. (opposite Bootleggers). The guild will showcase more than 170 handmade quilts of all sizes, wall hangings, home decor, quilted clothing and accessories. Styles range from traditional to modern, bed quilts, wall hangings, and embroidered works of art, and many original designs will be on display. Quilt show winners will be determined by the public’s popular vote, ending at 5 pm on Saturday, with ribbons awarded on Sunday. Tickets for the Guild’s 2023 raffle quilt “Warm Stars” (pattern by Scott Flanagan) are being sold and will be available for purchase at the show. Many vendors will be on hand with beautiful fabric, rulers, patterns, and other quilting supplies, along with the latest in sewing machine technology. A food truck will be on site, and several downtown restaurants are within walking distance. The popular Attic Corner will once again be filled with gently used sewing notions and fabric-by-the-pound for the bargain hunters. The Quilted Treasures boutique will be selling beautifully crafted items made by guild members and is a great place to start your holiday shopping. Baskets Galore will be selling tickets for a wide variety of amazing gift baskets to be raffled, including a Pfaff sewing machine, donated by North Country Quilters & Sew ‘n Vac, LLC. The fun begins on Saturday September 23rd, 10 am to 5 pm, and continues on Sunday the 24th, 10 am to 4 pm. Admission includes all locations and is $10 for adults, and free for children under 12 with paid adult admission. Please visit the Belknap Mill Quilters Guild website for more information, www.bmqg.org.

Events At The Slim Baker Conservation Area In Bristol

Grand Opening of the Slim Baker Nature Trail: August 26th -Over the past two years, the Slim Baker Foundation for Outdoor Education, Inc. has been working with environmental experts to create a new outdoor experience. Along the Stephens and Greenan Trails at the Slim Baker Area, 15 stations take an in-depth look at the ecology, hydrology, and geology of the Slim Baker Area. This self-guided experience, which takes about an hour in total, will leave you with a deeper understanding of - and appreciation for - the natural world around you. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the fascinating information you will find!

StoryWalk: August 26th – October 1st -Come all and enjoy a summertime

StoryWalk along the wooded acreage of the Slim Baker Conservation Area in Bristol, NH. The chosen book is Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. Pages of the book will be spaced apart along a path, and participants can read the story while spending quality time outdoors connecting with nature.

The StoryWalk will be in place starting August 26th and will remain up until the beginning of October. This is another self-guided experience with all ages welcomed & encouraged to visit.

The Barnstormers Theatre Presents Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

The Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth presents Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, August 24 – September 2.

The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than forty characters. Does a wild hellhound prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be.

Directed by Blair Hundertmark, and sponsored by Foxfire Property Management, Inc. This production features Bill Mootos, Ryan Halsaver, Gil Brady, Buddy Haardt and Rachel Alexa Norman. Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery is presented at the Barnstormers Theatre, on 104 Main Street in scenic Tamworth, NH. Tickets are $20-$39.50. Discounted same-day tickets for Carroll County residents, and budget-friendly Family Packages available. Intermission refreshments sponsored by Whippletree Winery and Tuckerman Brewing Co. For more information and tickets, visit barnstormerstheatre.org or call 603-323-8500.

hoLD on to your hats

With football season fast approaching, I once again have to be careful.

Most of the year I have a decent camaraderie with my fellow Flatlanders; those of us born in a different state and now living in New Hampshire. It is an unspoken kinship that binds us together. But come football season all of that comes crashing down between some of us.

the Jets would never be able to nudge. (There was some satisfaction in seeing the Patriots lose two Super Bowls to the NY Giants, but that was always a shallow feeling as we depended on an even more hated rival to do our dirty work for us.)

minishes faster than a banana ripening in a hot kitchen.

by Brendan Smith

But this year Jets fans see a glimmer of hope as a close to over the hill quarterback, with a bit of success in his past and working with a decent offense, takes over as the leader of the team.

I can’t help but notice their glance up towards my cap and the blatant logo of the team that is, more likely than not, the arch enemy of their beloved football team. Soon the smile fades.

It is a known fact (because someone once said it after they saw it on the internet) that most of the Flatlanders now in New Hampshire are originally from the state of Massachusetts with a smaller smattering of others from other states here and there.

I am one of those smaller smatterers, being originally from New York. (Long Island to be exact.)

For most of the year I get along fine with my fellow Flatlanders from Massachusetts but come football season friendships can often become strained.

You see, I am a New York Jets football fan just trying to make my way amidst a sea of New England Patriots’ fanatics.

For many Jets fan transplants from New York this isn’t much of a problem. They keep this preference to themselves and cheer quietly for their team, hoping against hope that they may one day be within grasping distance of the Holy Grail of a Super Bowl victory.

It was always best to keep this dark secret within yourself, especially during those dark years in the first part of the Twenty-First Century when it seemed as though the Patriots would remain that immovable force against which

Of course, as a Jets fan, I can’t get too excited. After all, we have been here before with some personnel changes that we were sure would bring us the ultimate victory, only to be tragically disappointed yet again.

I know better than to expect the best possible outcome.

Still, I do feel a little different this year. As I approach sixty-eight years of age, I will no longer hide my allegiance to my team. Time is no longer on my side, so I am not afraid to carry my team allegiance on my shoulders. Or should I say my head.

Plus, my step-daughter recently bought me a really cool Jets cap. (She also gave us a really cool new grandson. I hope he finds better sports team luck in his future.)

I wear my NY Jets cap proudly, realizing at the same time that wearing it out and about will most likely create some animosity from others, Flatlanders and natives alike.

Sort of like putting out political signs on your lawn which might cause some friction in the neighborhood.

I can sense it in others when I go to the supermarket. Wending my way around the fresh produce section I stop to feel the texture of a couple of avocados, saying “excuse me” to another avocado lover already at work. They give a quick look up with a smile, which often di-

Of course, just walking around any store in New Hampshire in any season, one is bound to encounter various forms of Patriots hats, jackets and jerseys heralding their team and the various famous players whose numbers adorn them. For me to walk straight into the middle of them is, if I must pat myself on the back, an act of incredibly bravery.

To stand at the deli counter with number 25 in my hand when only 14 has been called so far, patiently waiting my turn as I am surrounded by more than a few sporting the New England logo, has caused my blood pressure, and theirs, to rise a bit. But I do stick it out. I have already come this far and turning back now would only be a sign of cowardice. (Plus, I need the luncheon meat.)

I won’t be backing down on this. I realize others may be Jets fans like myself, but afraid to come forward. Some may fear that they may lose some friends or even jeopardize their careers and I understand that.

I am happy and proud to stand up for all of us. At this stage in my life, I really have nothing to lose.

And when the seasons change from the cool days of fall to the bitter cold of winter, I will stick to my guns. You see, my stepdaughter also bought me a NY Jets winter cap which I can’t wait to wear proudly.

Unless of course they stink, then I may reconsider.

Weirs Times Editor

aBortion, a sicknEss in our nationaL souL

The resounding defeat of Issue 1 in a statewide vote in Ohio is rightly seen as a repudiation of pro-life forces and cause for soul-searching in the movement.

thE highLy DangErous gEorgia inDictmEnts

by Star Parker Syndicated Columnist

The initiative, which would have raised the threshold vote for amending the state constitution, was understood to be about abortion, because a ballot measure is expected in November to amend the state constitution to secure abortion “rights.”

The measure was defeated 57% to 43% in a state in which Donald Trump defeated Joe Biden in 2020, 53.3% to 45.2%.

One year ago, voters in Kansas, a state in which Trump defeated Biden 56.1% to 41.5%, voted down a ballot measure to amend the state constitution to ban abortion, 59% to 41%.

Unpopularity of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, overturning Roe v. Wade, was one of the explanations given for the underwhelming performance by Republicans in the congressional elections in 2022.

Currently, abortion is legal in 26 states and banned at various levels in the other states.

Per a USA Today/Suffolk University poll, of those who say their view on abortion has changed over the last year, 23% say they have become more supportive of legal abortion and 6% less. And pro-abortion activists plan more initiatives in states with abortion bans.

The Dobbs decision wasn’t about the moral acceptability of abortion. It was about the Constitution. The decision, written by Samuel Alito, rejected the premise of Roe v. Wade that the U.S. constitution protects a right to abortion.

“The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any Constitutional provision,” wrote Alito.

Unless action is taken in Congress to enact federal abortion legislation, the issue is turned over to the states.

Pro-abortion forces, post-Dobbs, seem to have been more energized than pro-life forces.

In response to the question, per Gallup, “Will you only vote for a candidate who shares your views on abortion?” 17% of pro-abortion supporters said “yes,” while 10% of pro-life supporters said “yes.”

Overall, per Gallup polling, public sentiment over time has become more tolerant of abortion.

This week, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis launched a 98-page missile directly into the heart of American politics. That missile was a 41-count indictment charging former President Donald Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators with violation of the Georgia version of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act -- acts in furtherance of a conspiracy to commit a criminal act. In this case, the criminal act, according to the indictment, was “knowingly and willfully (joining) a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump.”

by Ben Shapiro Syndicated Columnist

Whether this amounts to a crime comes down to the question of whether Trump himself knew that he had lost the election; if he believed that he had won, then all the other accusations about him fall away. After all, it is not a crime to pursue a spurious legal strategy in furtherance of a delusion. But by charging RICO, Willis extends the case to people who may have admitted that Trump lost the election. This accomplishes two purposes. First, it puts these alleged co-conspirators in serious legal jeopardy, giving them reason to flip on Trump himself. Second, it may allow Willis to charge Trump as part of a criminal conspiracy even if he personally believed he won the election -- after all, case law suggests that co-conspirators can be charged under RICO even if they didn’t agree on every aspect of the conspiracy, so long as they knew the “general nature of the enterprise.”

The Georgia case also presents unique danger to Trump because it is a state case. The Manhattan case against Trump rooted in campaign finance allegations is incredibly weak and is an obvious stretch; the Florida and D.C. cases against Trump

are federal, which means that if elected president, he could theoretically pardon himself. The Georgia case is both wideranging and state-based: if convicted, Trump would go to state prison, and would have no ability to pardon himself. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp does not have unilateral pardon power, either: In Georgia, pardons work through an appointed board. So, the very real prospect exists that even were Trump elected, he’d start his term from a state prison. But even that discussion is premature: The Georgia case, along with all the other indictments against Trump, are going to lock him into courthouses for the rest of the election cycle. What’s more, every waking moment for the media will be coverage of those court cases. That will make it impossible for Trump -- even if he were so inclined, which has shown no evidence of being -- to talk about President Joe Biden rather than his legal peril. And there has yet to be a single piece of data suggesting that Americans are driven to vote for Trump because of his legal troubles. To pardon yourself, you have to be elected president. But spending your entire presidential race in the dock makes that a radically uphill battle.

All of this is quite terrible for the country. No matter what you think of Trump’s various legal imbroglios -- from mishandling classified documents to paying off porn stars to calling up the Georgia secretary of state in an attempt to “find” votes -- the glass has now been broken over and over and over again: Political opponents can be targeted by legal enemies. It will not be unbroken. If you think that only Democratic district attorneys will play this game, you have another thing coming. Prepare for a future in which running for office carries the legal risk of going to jail -- on all sides. Which means that only the worst and the most shameless will run for office.

by John Stossel Syndicated Columnist

coLLEgE rip-oFF

It’s August. Many young people head off to college. This year, fortunately, fewer will go.

I say “fortunately” because college is now an overpriced scam.

Overpriced, because normal incentives to be frugal and make smart judgements about who should go to college were thrown out when the federal government took over granting student loans. Why?

Because our government basically vomits money at everyone who applies.

If private lenders gave out the loans, they’d look at whether they were likely to be paid back. They’d ask questions like: “What will you study? You really think majoring in dance will lead to a job that will pay you enough to allow you to pay us back?”

Government rarely asks these questions. Bureaucrats throw money at students. Many don’t benefit. Many shouldn’t even be going to college. Today, nearly half of the students given loans don’t graduate even after six years.

Many feel like failures. College is good for people who want to be college professors or who major in fields like engineering and computer science that might lead to good jobs. But that’s not most people. Government loans encourage everyone to go to college, even if they’re not very interested in academics.

Government’s handouts also invite colleges to keep raising tuition. Over the past 50 years, college cost rose at four times the rate of inflation. Four times!

Years ago, I reported how colleges were suddenly wasting money on luxuries like fancy gyms and even day spas. Last week, The Wall Street

Journal reported that it’s gotten worse: The University of Oklahoma bought a monastery in Italy for study abroad students! The University of Kentucky built a theater where students play video games.

“Why not raise tuition?” asks the typical college president. “Uncle Sam pays the bill!”

When I went to Princeton, tuition was $2,000. Now its $60,000. Colleges have little incentive to cut costs or innovate. Princeton still “teaches” by having professors lecture. Super boring. I slept through many.

Although today, I guess I should

shining Light on to north korEa’s human rights vioLations

Most countries politely prefer to look the other way when it comes to confronting widespread reports of North Korean human rights violations. After all what can you do about what goes on in one of the world’s most closed and repressive communist regimes?

(DPRK), aka North Korea.

by John J. Metzler Syndicated Columnist

Well the UN Security Council, under the American presidency for August, ran with the diplomatic ball and scored a major multinational condemnation of ongoing rights violations in the quaintly titled Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Albania, Japan, South Korea, and the United States co-sponsored an open briefing which focused on what the United Kingdom described as “the appalling human rights situation in the DPRK. It is clear that human rights violations remain widespread, systematic and completely lacking in accountability.”

A joint statement supported by fifty-two countries including most European states along with Australia, Canada, and Costa Rica, highlighted, “The DPRK government’s violations and abuses have been well-documented by credible accounts, including numerous UN experts, and have been condemned through many General Assembly

resolutions adopted by consensus over the past years…which include arbitrary killings, harsh and life threatening prison conditions.”

The Joint Statement added, “these human rights violations and abuses demand the Council’s attention. But they are also inextricably linked with the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile advancements in violation of Security Council resolutions.”

Significantly the Statement underscored, “the DPRK’s repressive political climate allows the government to divert resources to weapons development, at the expense of the welfare of the people in the DPRK who suffer from severe economic hardship and malnutrition.”

Such a joint statement, agreed to by consensus by over fifty countries, is in itself a diplomatic achievement especially within the halls of the United Nations.

China was naturally opposed to the meeting which criticized Beijing’s North Korean ally.

Addressing the Council, Volker Turk the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned, “The persistence of severe, widespread and long-standing human rights violations in the DPRK cannot be seen in isolation from peace and security issues on the peninsula and within the wider region.”

Commissioner Turk chided, that along with North Korea’s increasing

homEschooLing is a viaBLE soLution that may savE our nation

by Hal Shurtleff Director, Camp Constitution

Recently, I was listening to the Jeff Kuhner Show which airs on WRKO AM 68 Monday to Friday 6-10am. He was interviewing his wife Grace Vuoto, who calls in every Wednesday for her weekly commentary. Grace, “who puts liberals in their place” as Jeff is fond of saying, was making an excellent case against several proposed bills in Massachusetts that would make school children little more than human pin cushions for Big Pharma ending religious exceptions to those opposing vaccinations and allowing minors to consent to receiving vaccinations without parental approval.

When Jeff referred to homeschooling, if the bills passed, as a solution, Grace emphatically said that it would a be only be a “temporary solution” and said something to the effect that we-conservativesshould not abandon the government schools. Many conservatives like Grace think that the government schools are salvageable. I have to respectfully disagree.

While we should attempt to influence the government schools by running for local school committees, show up at school committee meetings to voice our objections, do what we can to promote a semblance of academic excellence, and openly oppose the agenda of the Leftist

change agents in the government schools, let’s not deceive ourselves.

The Left has had a near monopoly in our government schools for close to one hundred years. From the removal of intensive phonetics and replacing it with the literacy crippling “look-say” method, to the teaching of evolution as fact, to the removal of school prayer, to sex education, to the administering of psychotropic drugs, to the introduction of Outcome Based Education and Common Core, to the teaching of a general hatred of the United States via Howard Zinn’s error-ridden A People’s History of the United States , to the 1619 Project and Critical Race Theory, to the promotion of the Alphabet Mafia’s perverted agenda, children are at risk mentally, morally, physically and spiritually.

Sam Blumenfeld documented all of this in his book Crimes of the Educators co-authored by Alex Newman (A link to a free PDF version: http://blumen -

There are homeschool organizations both national and state based. Some of them are religious like the Massachusetts Homeschool Organization of Parent Educators (MASS HOPE) https:// masshope.org/, Homeschoolers of Maine, and Catholics United for Home Education NH. Others offer support for black homeschoolers like National Black Home Educators https://www.nbhe. net/ .

feld.campconstitution. net/Books/Crimes%20 of%20the%20Educators.pdf

We went from the most highly literate nation in the world to a nation of illiterates and semi-illiterates who do not possess basic reading and math skills while harboring a seething hatred of our country, its history, and its Constitution. I think it is safe to say that those that are rioting, looting, burning, and tearing down statues are not products of the homeschool community.

With all due respect to Grace, whom I greatly admire, homeschooling is both a viable and vital option. She isn’t alone, however, as a regular viewer of Newsmax and up until recently Fox News, I have never seen one guest representing a member of the homeschool organization. I have to admit that we in the homeschool community don’t do the best job when it comes to promoting our mission, but that will have to end if we expect to maintain a free nation.

There are annual homeschool conventions including Mass HOPE’s which is held on the last weekend of April in Sturbridge, MA, and The Homeschoolers of Maine’s held in Augusta in May. These conventions are where veteran homeschoolers and new homeschoolers alike can learn about the legal issues concerning homeschoolers, how to begin homeschooling, how to find local homeschool support groups, and where attendees can find curricula that meets their needs.

Vendors include ABEKA, Bob Jones University, and Liberty University which offer fully accredited K-12 homeschool programs while others supplemental programs like Demme Learning (Math) and New Life Fine Arts (Drama), and of course Camp Constitution. Also included among the vendors are homeschoolers that have their own businesses.

There are homeschool support groups in communities all over the United States where homeschool parents

This series of Letters

From God is an attempt to put the thoughts of God as revealed in the Scriptures.

Letters From God Letters From God

QUESTION: Aren’t There Many Ways To God?

I’m sure you have heard that there are, but you must realize there is only one. My son, Jesus the Messiah, made this clear in his Sermon on The Mount recorded in the book I asked Matthew to write in the New Testament (Matthew 7:13-14). He said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

Remember that when he spoke the words of that Sermon, he spoke them as God. In fact, he along with me and the Spirit of God, joined together to create the world and everything in it (Genesis 1:1-3). Notice in this passage in Genesis that in the beginning, I, God, created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). The Spirit of God hovered over the creation to indicate His work in the process of creating (Genesis 1:2). Finally, Jesus my son, who is also God, spoke the words that brought everything in creation into existence. It for this reason that in the New Testament, in the book I asked John the disciple of Jesus to write, he said of him, “in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. (John

1:1). He would go on to speak of Jesus and say, “through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” (John 1:3). He was the creator God of Genesis 1:2

I hope you can see that my son Jesus, as God, spoke the words about how one can find their way to me, God, and knowing this will give you great assurance that should you follow his counsel you can and will find me. Listen to his words. He spoke of access to me being thorough a narrow gate. By definition this does not include many ways but only one. In fact, the many ways so many erroneously believe can lead you to me and eternal life, was spoken of by Jesus as the “broad way.” Notice however, that it “leads to destruction.” Notice as well that “many enter through it,” because they believe this lie. In contrast, he then confirmed that, “small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life.” Sadly, he concluded by saying, “only a few find it.” Why, you might ask, is it narrow and limited to only some? First you must understand that there is only one God. God by definition refers to the supreme being, the creator, the law giver and the judge before whom all humanity will one day stand. Though there are many who claim to be God, there can only be one.

I have demonstrated that I am God by giving you my book, the Bible, in which I reveal myself to you. In my book, I stated clearly that I created you perfect, so you

could enjoy eternal life with me, but you sinned against me and were cut off from the life I alone can give. I promised you I would send a deliverer who would crush the Devil who held you in bondage to sin and death (Genesis 3:15). I established my chosen people through whom that person, my son Jesus the Messiah, would come. I gave over 300 prophecies about him including his supernatural birth through a virgin (Isaiah 7:14) ; his character as “wonderful counselor, everlasting father, mighty God and prince of peace (Isaiah 9:6) ; His birthplace of Bethlehem (Micah 5:2); His death to pay the penalty for your sins (Psalm 22, Isaiah 53); His resurrection (Psalm 16:811); His exaltation back to me in heaven where he awaits the consummation of history when “every knee should bow” before him (Philippians 2:9-10). This encounter will be for judgement of whether you spend eternity with me or are cast away from me, my Son and the Spirit into the eternal darkness of sin and evil (Matthew 7:2123).

This is why the way is narrow. This is why Jesus said “I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.” (John 14:6). This is why it was said of him, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12). Who else fulfilled all my prophecies? Who else lived a sinless life? Who else was able to pay your eternal debt of sin as a substitute by tak-

ing your place with his eternal and sinless life? Who else was raised from the dead, proving he was God and had the power to deliver you from your sins? No one! He is the only way. That is why, when my Son, Jesus, asked 3 times, to provide another way, other than his sacrificial substitutionary death, I told him there was no other way (Matthew 26:3646). Only his perfect and eternal life can pay the penalty for the sins of mankind.

You must believe that there is only one way to me, God. My son Jesus and I, along with the Holy Spirit, have done all that is necessary for you to be restored to me and to life. It is now up to you. Will you humble yourself, receive our gift of forgiveness and enjoy life or continue on you “broad” way, leading to eternal death?

I love you God

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Reed Smoot, Chick Stahl, and Henry Quinby are probably not names that many readers recognize and only one was directly involved in New Hampshire affairs, but all three were in the news here in the Granite State in the first part of the twentieth century. I have attempted in my articles this summer to convey a sense of what people in the Granite State were doing and thinking about during some summers gone by. Some, at least, had the men named above on their minds, along with thoughts about a new method of spelling English words.

Reed Smoot was a United States Senator from Utah whose presence there ignited a four year controversy over the question of whether he was entitled to be there. You see, Smoot was a leader in the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), and his involvement in that church raised

questions about his eligibility to serve as a United States Senator. He is not the only person who has served in the Congress of the United States whose church affiliation has been brought up as a possible disqualifying factor, but a Senate Committee investigated Smoot and recommended that he be removed from office.

The Laconia Democrat newspaper wrote: “It looks like Reed Smoot would have to give up his seat in the United States senate, but perhaps he can take some consolation in the thought that he is deprived of the seat on account of his

religious convictions instead of convictions of a criminal nature which are depriving other senators of their seats.”

As it turned out the whole Senate did not have enough votes to remove him, so Smoot remained a senator for 30 years, from 1903 until 1933. LDS church members had previously practiced polygamy and Smoot was the son of his father’s fifth wife of six, being one of 27 children in the family. Reed Smoot did not practice polygamy which became illegal in Utah before the time he became senator. Some still felt that his position in

the church disqualified him from serving as a senator and he was accused of taking an oath against the United States, which he denied doing. He was co-sponsor of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act which many have felt contributed to the Great Depression. He also sponsored a Senate bill establishing the National Park Service.

Charles ( Chick ) Stahl was in the news for a different reason. Stahl was one of the best offensive players for the Boston Americans baseball team in the year 1906. The Americans team, which later became the Boston Red Sox, didn’t have their best year, nor was it Stahl’s, but he became the manager of the team before the season was over. Stahl had 51 RBI’s and 4 home runs with a .286 batting average that year and the team finished in last place in the eight-team American League with 49 wins and 105 losses, 45 and 1/2 games behind the league winning Chicago White Sox. The Boston team played at the Huntington Avenue grounds and had a pitcher on the team that is more recognizable than that of Chick Stahl. His name was Cy Young

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(Left photo) Emily Spencer of Bedford is crowned Miss Winnipesaukee 2023 and (Right photo) Kylie Laroche of Manchester is crowned Miss Winnipesaukee Teen 2023. The event took place om Saturday, August 13th at the CAKE Theatre in Laconia.

by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

So it’s now late August and time to take a look at our Boston Red Sox. There’s no subject more popular with readers of New England sports columns than the BoSox. But Boston’s baseball team hasn’t really energized Red Sox Nation this year. The BoSox and the New York Yankees have uncharacteristically been battling each other for last place in the American League East all season.

After a hot start the Tampa Bay Rays cooled and actually fell behind the Baltimore Orioles earlier this month. Maybe long-suffering O’s fans will finally see some extended postseason action at Camden Yards. Yes, I’m talking to you, George Will!

The Sox just don’t seem to have the players. Or at least, the players they have don’t seem to have the stats. Third baseman Rafael Devers leads the team in homers and RBIs but will be lucky to hit many more than 30 dingers or knock in 100 runs before the season ends. A far cry from the days when Boston sluggers would slam team totals of over 200 round-trippers. And Devers’ batting average has been in the .260s most of the year. In fact, the team may

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The current playoff set-up does keep us checking the standings.

end up without a single .300 hitter.

(The 1950 Red Sox had a team batting average of .302.)

The pitching has been mediocre. The Sox will be lucky to have even one 12-game-winner. The oft-injured Chris Sale, who is “earning” $27.3 million this year, has only pitched 63 in 13 games. Kenley Jansen has had some strong performances out of the bullpen, which is fortuitous, as the pitching staff has approximately zero complete games so far this season. Of course, most MLB pitchers tend not to go beyond seven innings nowadays.

With fewer star players to market, Boston’s NESN viewership numbers are down.

Was it only five years ago that the BoSox had that record-breaking, World Series-winning season?

Readers of the column know I’m not a fan of Boston Manager Alex Cora. I just can’t get past his known cheating for which he was suspended for the 2020 season. And principal

owner John Henry’s politics are a turn-off for many of us. In 2018 he changed the name of Yawkey Way to Jersey Street. Somehow, I feel that Boston will never win another World Series so long as Fenway Park is bordered by Jersey Street.

“The Curse of Jersey Street” came a century after “The Curse of the Bambino.”

(Thank you, John Henry and Harry Frazee, respectively. Not.)

But like other fairweather fans I’m capable of jumping back on a Boston bandwagon if the Red Sox rally in September. And while Boston trails Baltimore by around ten games, the Sox are only a couple games out of a playoff spot. Six teams in each league go on to post-season.

And it was only two years ago that the Red Sox beat the Yankees at Fenway in that postseason “play-in” game. They then beat the Rays and almost the Astros—who went on to lose to the Braves in the 2021 World Series.

Consider 1968. Detroit won the ten-team American League by 12 games while St. Louis won then ten-team National League by nine games. There were no pennant races that year! Total 1968 MLB attendance dropped to just over 23 million fans. In 2007, with more teams and the expanded playoff format, attendance hit almost 80 million.

In the old days teams had to finish with the league’s best record to go to post-season— which meant the World Series. That’s why Boston’s 1967 Impossible Dream finish was so sweet. The Red Sox beat the Twins on Oct. 1 to win the American League pennant by one game. Had they lost, they’d have been finished. There were no wild cards back then.

In fact, if six teams went to post-season in 1967 there would have had to have been a playoff between the A.L.’s Washington Senators and Baltimore Orioles, who tied for sixth with losing 76-85 records.

Anyway, we’ll take another look at our “Beloved BoSox” later in September to see if the bandwagon needs to be gassed up or not.

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by Tim Moore Contributing Writer

It’s hard to believe we are closer to the end of August than the beginning. For many, it means summer is close to being over. While that may be true, for me it means we have entered a time of the year when the fishing is at its best. As summer begins to wane, days get shorter. Fewer daylight hours mean fewer feeding hours for most fish. For coldwater species, such as lake trout and landlocked salmon, shorter days are also followed by fall spawning. Spawning takes extra energy and many fish species eat little or nothing while they go through their annual spawning rituals. Females search for the best spot to lay eggs, and males compete with one another for the right to fertilize those eggs. It’s an energy expense that is often paid in advance, in the form of (often) non-stop feeding. For anglers on Lake Winnipesaukee, this often equates to better fishing.

Throughout the summer months, lake trout numbers increase in water over 100-feet deep. Those fish are initially drawn to the cool and stable water temperatures found there, but as summer progresses, large numbers of smelt also move into the same areas and the lake trout begin gorging on them.

While many anglers will troll in this deep water, I prefer to vertical jig for lake trout. That time is now, and that bite is amazing as of late.

Me and my clients have been targeting lake trout with jigs in the mornings and while every day is different, we have been having great success and a ton of fun.

Dropping Jigs to fish in deep water is a blast, but these fish must be caught with care.

Two factors dictate how lake trout must be brought up from water over 100-feet deep, the depth and the surface temperature. Bringing lake trout up from water that deep exposes

them to potential barotrauma. The gases in their swim bladder and blood stream expand as they rise. These gases can break blood vessels or worse, burst their swim bladder, so they must be brought up slow. A burst swim bladder means the fish has all that air trapped inside its body cavity and will not be able to swim back down, ultimately killing the fish. While it’s neat to watch one of the local eagles swoop in for a meal, it becomes irresponsible once you know what you are doing. One unique advantage that lake trout and salmon have is their ability to burp gasses

out of their swim bladder. The key is to bring the fish up slowly and paying attention to the way the fish fight. When the fish stop fighting, giving only the occasional head shake, that is when we stop retrieving them and just hold them in one place. This gives them a chance to acclimate and expel gas from their swim bladder. It also gives them a chance to respirate some of the blood gas out of their blood stream. When the fish does burp air out of its bladder, hang on, because you are in for a fight. It is quite obvious when this happens, as the fish go from barely

Lake trout jigging is in full swim. Pictured are a couple of recent TMO Fishing clients with one of many double catches.

DaniELs ELEctric corp prEsEnts 2023 sWEEpstakEs sociaL

Daniels Electric Corporation returns as the presenting sponsor of the 2023 Sweepstakes Social, a special event on behalf of the

Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction and teams of the 2023 Challenge. The event will be held dockside at the Weirs aboard the M/S Mount Washing -

ton on Friday, September 15 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

“We’re definitely looking forward to this event” said Daniels Electric’s President Tom Milligan. “The opportunity to support kids in need here in our community while throwing an exciting party is right up our alley.”

“This was a really fun party last year and we’re looking forward to seeing our friends and finding out who will be the big winners this year” exclaimed 2023 Challenge Chair Jennifer Beetle. “We’ll be giving away $15,000 in cash prizes with matching amounts going to the Challenge Teams for a total of $30,000 awarded.”

Many of the 30+ Challenge Teams host their own fundraising events during the year. The Sweepstakes Social, along with the Shuffle

and Pub Mania at Patrick’s, are events that support all the Challenge teams in their collective fundraising on behalf of the Children’s Auction. Sponsors include event host M/S Mount Washington, Lakes Region HVAC, Gilford Home Center, US Foods, Meredith Village Savings Bank, NH Trust Financial Advisors and Patrick’s. Only 300 tickets will be sold at $100 each, and includes admission with a guest, one entry into the sweepstakes, light appetizers and entertainment with a cash bar. Tickets are available now at www. ChildrensAuction.org.. Ticketholders do not need to be present to win. For more information, email Challenge@ ChildrensAuction.org.

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by Eric N Gibson

aLmonD Biscotti

The Simple Feast The Simple The Simple

I set out to make Biscotti the other day and discovered I had only one egg. My recipe called for two eggs so do I make a half batch? No, that just wouldn’t do. Do I run to the store for eggs? And then spend an hour grocery shopping and in the process lose all ambition to make Almond Biscotti once I get home and put everything away. Do I run out to the coop and see if anyone laid an egg? I didn´t hear any tell tale squawking yet this morning so chances are no one laid an egg yet.

As an aside, chickens are funny like that, they will quietly go about their day harmoniously talking amongst themselves until one of them lays an egg. Then they have to tell the whole world that they laid an egg, stirring up the entire flock in the process because first she cries out, “I laid an egg! I laid an egg!”

Then one or two reply, “She laid an egg! She laid an egg!”

“I laid an egg! I laid an egg!” she cries, again.

Which in turn sends the entire coop into a ten minute dither,

everyone running pellmell shouting, “She laid an egg! She laid an egg!”

Which gets the Rooster proudly crowing to the entire neighborhood, “SHE LAID AN EGG! SHE LAID AN EGG!” as if he had anything to do with it.

(Which, at this point, without going into the biology of the whole egg laying process, I will just leave it at, he didn’t! And move on.)

So without the prerequisite two eggs I decided to supplement with mayo. Yes, MAYO!

Those who read this feature often may recall a time last year when I wrote of a Chocolate Mayo Cake. In that article I pointed out that mayo, after all, is just eggs and oil so in a

pinch a little dab will do. And stop making those funny faces, it actually does work… to a point. As long as you don’t go crazy trying to make a souffle with just mayo, you should probably be okay substituting a bit of mayo for the one egg you are short for cookies, brownies, and cakes.

Now biscotti does require some patience. Seeming like it is complicated and takes forever to make, biscotti is often shied away from by many amature culinarians, for years myself included. But in reality the dough comes together quite easily and it only takes about an hour or so for a batch of biscotti, start to finish. However, because it re -

quires a double or triple baking process, it just seems like forever. Now compare that with most other cookies and that wait time is about average, perhaps even a bit quicker when you stop to consider a sheet of cookies takes about 12-15 minutes. And a batch yield is often 36 to 48 cookies, add in the cooling time between sets of a dozen per tray and, well, your cookies are too taking at least an hour or so.

Biscotti is a biscuitlike cookie with its origins believed to be in the Roman Empire. It is said that the first biscotti were actually a type of hard tack made with honey and nuts eaten by Roman soldiers. Today, how -

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thE WooDEn roW Boat

by Don Guarino Gilmanton,

My first boat was a row boat. The family wooden row boat was unsinkable.

Well , that’s what I thought!

Our family had an early camp, on Lake Winnipesaukee , built with exposed rafters, no insulation and large single glazed glass . It was used Mermorial day to Columbus Day weekend.

The row boat resided there. In the summer it was tied along side the dock and in the winter it was upside down on a wooden boat ramp built for that purpose .

The story is that my Grandfather and his best friend built the row boat one winter. A board plank boat which measured four feet wide by eight to ten feet long . This boat weighed a ton.

I imagine that getting the boat down the embankment to the lake was a problem, so I think they drove it across the ice from Gil-

In the spring the row boat would sit near the shore , soaking up water to seal the planks . The swelling process worked perfectly year after year. Bailing out the water with a large Maxwell House coffee can, we were good to go . Summer after summer I rowed up and down Dockham Shore, listening to the clunk clunk sound of the oar locks as the oars changed direction. The waters just off the shoreline were rocky and shallow, perfect for snorkeling and fishing. Climbing in and out over the side it was impossible to even tip the row boat enough for it to take on water. It was unsinkable!

In my research I decided to call my cousin Don .

“Hey, do you remember the wooden row boat and did you ever try to sink it?”

Don replied, “Oh yeah I remember that row boat. My brother Rick and I sunk it all the way to the rail. Remember the little beach down the shore?”

Yes,” I said . “

Well, we beached the boat there and had to bail all the water out.”

I got the impression that was the last time they tried to sink the wooden row boat.

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by Lucie Wiborne

* The typewriter was first designed to print page numbers on books.

* Snakes can sense an approaching earthquake from as far as 75 miles away and five days before it occurs.

* “Omphalophobia” is the fear of belly buttons.

* In England, all property of suicide victims was once confiscated and Christian burial rites were denied, while those who attempted the act but failed were charged as felons. The penalties were intended as a deterrent, due to the superstition that anyone who took their own life would wander the streets of their town and haunt their homes.

* “Toy Story’s” character of Woody was originally intended to be a ventriloquist’s dummy.

* When Salvatore Ferragamo was unable to purchase steel for shoe heels due to economic sanctions against Italy in the 1940s, he inadvertently created the wedge design while experimenting with Sardinian cork -- gluing, trimming and fixing it to

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Summer Fun! Summer Fun!

The Best Summer Ever Starts Right Here! The Best Summer Ever Starts Right Here!

music anD art comE togEthEr in mErEDith parks

The Greater Meredith Program’s Meredith Sculpture Walk will offer Sunday Sculpture and Music in the Parks from 11am to 1pm in Heskey and Scenic Parks on August 27th.

Enjoy the Arts and Crafts festival sponsored by the Greater Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce on Main Street and then stroll on down to Meredith’s lakeside parks to enjoy music by local musicians who will play near the sculptures. Musicians will be

stationed at five park locations on the Meredith Sculpture Walk. The sculpture locations and musicians in Heskey Park are # 18 “Loon in Flight”, Paul and Kathy Hubert, and

#20 & 21 “Asteroid” and “Mega Dandelion”, Rocket Rick. In Scenic Park, # 24 “Henry David Thoreau”, John Irish, # 27 “Mother and Child”, Bernie Blaum and #31 “Catching the Wind”, Peter Brunette.

The Meredith Sculpture Walk is proud to

promote its ten-year anniversary. Meredith Village Savings Bank is its anniversary presenting sponsor. A committee of the Greater Meredith Program, the Meredith Sculpture Walk is committed to developing awareness and enjoyment of public art in Meredith, NH for residents and visitors. It is a year-round, outdoor, juried exhibition. This will be the tenth year for the sculpture walk featuring thirtytwo works positioned throughout Meredith in high visibility areas along Main Street, on the grounds of the Mill Falls complex and in the Hesky and Scenic lakeside parks. A record twenty-eight new sculptures have been installed this year. For more information and to download a map visit https://greatermeredith.org/gmp/ sculpture-walk/

Musician John Irish by the sculpture of Henry David Thoreau.

Summer Fun! Summer Fun! historicaL sociEty pLans cruisE arounD

MEREDITH - Over a century and a half ago, a steamship named The Dover docked at the head of Meredith Bay. The road leading from Main Street down to the steamboat landing became known as Dover Street, named after the steamer.

The Meredith Moorings Condominiums were originally planned in the 1960s to be nine stories high, but adoption of a town zoning ordinance succeeded in limiting it to three.

Learn about these and other stories of Meredith Bay during the Meredith Historical Society’s second annual boat cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee planned for this September. Two cruises are planned, one on Wednesday, Sept. 6 (rain date Sept. 7), and the other on Tuesday, Sept. 12 (rain date Sept. 14).

The two-hour cruises will depart from the Meredith Bay pub lic docks at 1:00 PM. This year, the cruises will focus on Meredith Bay, the Weirs, Cum mings Cove, and Pitch wood and Stonedam Islands. Local histori ans will provide a run ning travelogue along the way. Each cruise will be limited to 40 passengers aboard the good ship Bear, courtesy of Camps Lawrence and Nokomis. Don’t delay; seats are going fast. To reserve yours, contact the Meredith Historical

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mErEDith Bay

Society either by email at meredithhistoricalsocietynh@gmail. com or by phone at 603-387-8426. Tickets cost $50 each. Checks may be brought to the museum Wednesday through Saturday, 10am to 3pm. or mailed to the Meredith Historical Society, PO Box 920, Meredith, NH 03253.

Proceeds go toward the society’s mission to preserve, develop and promote the knowledge and awareness of the town’s rich history through educational programs, museum resources, original historical research and publications, and an expanding library of digital and traditional resources.

Learn how Dover Street got its name during the Meredith Historical Society’s second annual Lake Winnipesaukee boat cruise, this year navigating around Meredith Bay. Cruises are planned for September 6 and 12 (rain dates September 7 and 14) from 1-3 p.m.

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vendors, some of whom include Carroll Studio Gallery, Weston Hand Carved Spoons, Erica Walker Jewelry, and Anne Boisvert Pottery.

“The quality of vendors we have lined up for this event is really top-notch,” said Kyle Sandler, education

Labor Day

manager at the Village. “We are thrilled to delight and inspire visitors of all ages.”

The event will also feature live music with Audrey Drake scheduled to perform between 11am and 1pm

“Audrey is known for grabbing the attention of listeners with music that tugs at their heartstrings,” said Leslie Nolan, executive director of the Village. “Her ability to tell stories through her music is a subtle reminder of the story of the Canterbury Shakers, whose legacy we continue to reinterpret and share on a daily basis.”

Admission to the Village’s Artisan Market is $15 for adults (over age 25) and free for members and kids.

Established in 1792, Canterbury Shaker Village represents one of the oldest, most typical, and most completely preserved of the Shaker Villages. To purchase tickets to Artisan Market, become a member, or learn more about The Village, visit shakers. org.

Canterbury Shaker Village is a member of the NH Heritage Museum Trail, which connects the public with culturally rich heritage institutions in New Hampshire. For more information, visit nhmuseumtrail.org.

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people congregated.

without a permit, but that hasn’t stopped organizers for 50 years. The size of the gathering prevents the Forest Service from banning it, which leads to a relationship of confrontation and shaky cooperation between the Rainbows and the Forest Service. The service sometimes deploys advisors to assist Rainbow with setup and cleanup efforts to mitigate damage to natural resources, but also uses a 50 officer incident management team to conduct traffic stops and searches for contraband. This year was no exception, with 116 violations.

Despite the frequent traffic stops, many of those cars, micro-buses and vans arrived at Kilkenny Loop Road, where their occupants made the trek out to the gathering site. Early arrivals were able to park close to the muddy trail that led to the main meadow, while late comers like The Daily Sun had to hike a mile or more before reaching the path to the temporary utopian city of nearly 2,000 inhabitants.

Rainbow’s leaderless and open membership leads to a somewhat organized chaos throughout the event in the form of free kitchens, drum circles, workshops, dances, healing rituals, free expression and light substance use as members of major world religions, hippies, anarchists and other various counter-culture groups converge.

There is no money exchanged for goods and services at Rainbow, at least in the traditional sense. Anyone can go to one of the many kitchens for food, although they may be asked to exchange some labor for their meal, or contribute by laying pipes for water use or digging latrines. There is a “magic hat” passed around at communal meals for monetary donations used to pay for ingredients and other supplies, but tithing — like clothing — is optional at Rainbow.

Instead of fireworks and displays of patriotism, members spent the morning of July 4 in silence, praying and meditating for world peace. Prior to noon, attendees gath-

ered in a dedicated meadow, holding hands, and finished the prayer with “Om,” a chant rooted in Tibetan Buddhism and commonly encountered throughout new-age spiritual movements and yoga studios across modern America. Then the party started.

The center meadow quickly became a dancing sea of rainbows, floral patterns and bare flesh moving to a chaotic cacophony of drums, flutes, penny whistles, xylophones, trumpets and other instruments. Beneath the dancers, dogs and children wandered freely. On the outer edges of the core dance group, attendees strummed guitars, chatted, or sat in the grass. In the forest, food was cooked in the kitchens, workshops were conducted and

All kinds of people could be found among the crowd, including a group of Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn.

“Part of our religious life in Judaism, we strive for a world of unity, we call upon the Messiah,” said Jacob Desser, a member of the group. “Taking a part in this in order to get a microcosm of what Messiah really looks like, when there is unity, peace, tranquility and everyone gets along, and the pure intention.”

This was Desser’s first Rainbow gathering, but he said members of the Orthodox community have been attending the event for over two decades. For those early attendees, Rainbow was a way they could keep their faith, and still find wider acceptance.

“Jews who came to Rainbow initially back then felt like they were lacking a sense of belonging, because many had gone through different journeys, where a lot of them were judged in the way they have conducted their lives within some of the Orthodox communities,” Desser said.

fighting at all, to nearly pulling the rod out of your hand. This process often needs to be repeated two or three times before the fish makes it to the surface.

Throughout the festival, there are few cellphones visible to document the event. Most attendees are immersed in the moment. Alcohol was also notably absent, as its consumption is heavily discouraged.

On the outskirts of the crowd stood New Hampshire’s perennial presidential candidate, Vermin Supreme. He sported a full beard as well as his trademarked rubber-boot hat and gigantic toothbrush.

“I’m happy to see it, and I think the Rainbow Gathering is a beautiful example that people need to experience. They need to see and understand what it is,” Supreme said. “We attract all sorts of people from across the political and socioeconomic spectrum. Sure most of them are hippies, I’ll give you that, but I’m really happy that worlds are colliding, as it were.”

Supreme has participated in Rainbow since 1986,

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Another factor is the surface water temperature. The water where the lake trout are right now is around 50 degrees. The surface water temperature is hovering around 75 degrees. That 25-degree difference can be extremely hazardous to fish, as the gases in their blood

stream can actually become toxic. There is far less oxygen in 75-degree water than there is in 50 degree water. Less oxygen means it is harder for fish to respirate the bad gases out of their blood. The help remedy this, we fight the fish slower until they get to around 45-feet down and then speed up our retrieve slightly to get them through the warmer water and to the surface a little quicker. We also get a quick picture of the fish that are to be released and get them back in the water so they can get back down to a safe depth. It’s a delicate balance of not fighting them too fast or too slow.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention how good the salmon fishing gets this time of year. While smelt move into deep water, young of the year perch move out over deep water closer the surface, making them easy picking for pelagic species, such as landlocked salmon and rainbow trout. Trolling spoons and streamer flies just below the thermocline is a very effective technique this time of year. On a year such as this one, where salmon numbers are low, this advantage is

extremely helpful. Whether you are vertical jigging for lake trout or trolling for salmon and rainbows, it is important to handle fish with care, and that begins the moment the fish is hooked. We use plastic grippers on my boat to reduce the amount we handle these delicate fish. We start by properly fighting fish and end with getting the fish back in the water as quickly as possible. Sometimes with salmon and rainbows, it helps to leave them in the water in my rubber coated net for a few minutes to let them acclimate to the temperature before releasing them. I find that more fish immediately swim back down rather than flop on the surface for a minute or two before swimming down.

Tim Moore is a fulltime licensed professional fishing guide in New Hampshire. He owns and operates Tim Moore Outdoors, LLC. He is a member of the New England Outdoors Writers Association, and the producer of TMO Fishing on YouTube and the Hooked with TMO Fishing Podcast. Visit www. TimMooreOutdoors.com for more information.

Salmon catches are increasing as days get shorter.

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New Hampshire’s perennial presidential candidate Vermin Supreme poses during the Rainbow Family Gathering. Since 1986, Supreme has participated in the weeklong event, and credits Rainbow with shaping his politics, performative style and ideals. (Jon Decker/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)

ALMOND BISCOTTI

Yield: About 12 “Cookies” Time: About 70-75 minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 Stick of Butter

1 Cup Sugar (½ white and ½ packed brown)

1 Egg

1 ½ Tbsp. Mayonnaise

2 tsp. Almond Extract

2 ½ Cups Flour

1 ½ tsp. Baking Powder

Dash Salt

¾ Cup of Almonds Crushed and Toasted

— Preparation —

- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

- In a bowl combine the flour, salt, and baking powder and whisk to mix and set aside.

- In a mixer cream the butter, add the sugar and beat until smooth, and then add the egg and mayonnaise and continue to mix. Add the Almond Extract, and again mix until smooth.

- Add the dry ingredients, a little at a time, to the butter mixture and mix until a dough forms. The dough should be slightly dry. Add in the crushed almonds and mix to incorporate.

- Turn out the dough onto a floured work surface and form into a ¨loaf¨ about 10 to 12 inches long and 4 inches wide. (For smaller biscotti you may divide the dough in two and form two loaves 10¨x2¨.)

- Place the loaf (loaves) on a cookie sheet and bake at 325 degrees for about 30 minutes (25 if two loaves). Let cool for about 5 minutes before gently removing to a cutting board. Cut slices on a one to one and one-quarter inch bias (be consistent) and arrange on a cookie sheet onto their cut sides.

- Return them to the oven for 10 minutes. Remove, flip them over to the other cut side, and return them to the oven for another 10 minutes.

- Remove from the oven and let cool on a cooling rack. Ice with drizzle if desired and store cool Biscotti in an airtight container.

ever, the flavor profiles of biscotti often have greater adult appeal and is a far cry from hard tack. While today’s rendition of biscotti is still typically not overly sweet, it tempts the palette with the addition of fruits, zests, or candied peels, cordials or liqueurs often add flavor, and nuts of all kinds are added for interest and sapor. Some biscotti even have a decidedly savory blend of spices such as sage, anis, cinnamon, clove, and sweet basil, the combinations are truly endless.

A traditional treat for afternoon tea or to be served with a coffee or digestif, biscotti seems to be making a resurgence in popularity. For this particular recipe I looked

no further than The Fanny Farmer Cookbook, twelfth edition, copyright 1990. I find this to be an excellent source filled with timeless classic recipes that I can use as a jumping off point and that is what I ended up doing with this recipe. Using it for a base I added the use of a dash of mayo as stated earlier and to this dough I added toasted almonds.

Toasting almonds is easy work. First pour your measure of whole almonds into a zip lock bag and then press the bag closed to get the air out. Then seal the bag, and using a metal serving spoon or ladle, smash the nuts to break them into smaller pieces. Toss the nut pieces into a dry skillet (no grease) and heat over medium heat. Stir

often so as not to burn. Once you begin to smell the nuts toasting, remove the skillet from the heat, continue to stir so the residual heat from the pan does not burn the nut pieces, and then set aside until needed.

I also made an easy confectioner’s sugar drizzle flavored with Almond extract and once the biscotti cooled on a wire rack set over a sheet of parchment, drizzled the mixture over the cookies with a fork to give them a bit of color and added flavor. The yield for this recipe was 12 large pieces (cookies) because I made one loaf from the dough. You could easily divide this dough in half creating two smaller loaves and end up with smaller cookies perfect for tea, a light

dessert,

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and he had a win/loss statistic in 1906 of 1321 with a 3.19 earned run average. Young pitched a total of 28 complete games during the 1906 season.

Henry B. Quinby was a New Hampshire politician as well as being a physician and businessman. Quinby was a Republican, as was Reed Smoot, but Quinby’s public offices were all held in New Hampshire. He was mentioned in the Laconia Democrat as being a possible candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, though he expressed no desire to run for the office.

The newspaper suggested “that if there proves to be a deadlock in the Republican state convention, the delegates from this section of New Hampshire will present the name of ...Col. Quinby.” They

predicted that in case of a deadlocked convention the end result would be “ that the Laconia man will be a candidate upon whom all wings of the Grand Old Party and the “moral forces” as well can consistently unite.” Quinby was not seeking the governorship in 1906 but

he did become New Hampshire’s Governor in 1909.

Moral issues were part of the political conversations in 1906, particularly as they related to gambling. The race track at Salem for horse racing opened in 1906 with an apparent lack of enthusiasm from New Hampshire residents. “Our New Hampshire clergymen have been so busy with the gubernatorial campaign lately that the Salem Race Track has received but very little free advertising...,” the newspaper noted. The track ran into difficulties because when it opened all gambling was illegal in New Hampshire. The La -

conia Democrat called on the president to give a speech on the problem of gambling at card games, specifically bridge whist, noting that a congressman from another state who became deeply in debt because of gambling had committed suicide.

Then there was the establishing in 1906 of the Simplified Spelling Board. This organization was started as a means of changing the way many words in the English language are spelled. Andrew Carnegie, said to have been a poor speller, felt that English could become a world lan -

Chick (Charles) Stahl.

Postcard of Rockingham Park in Salem, NH

guage, but that the spelling of some words needed to be changed to make it easier to use the language. Carnegie funded the organization and placed 30 influential people on its board. They included a

and United States President Theodore Roosevelt supported the plan. The local paper announced that a newspaper in Connecticut was the first to adopt the new spelling with readers seeing words like fysicians, reacht, knockt, and releast. Other new words to replace the old were wisht, altho, tho, thoro, and surprize. Possessed became possest. The organizations goal was to eventually develop a phonetic alphabet, or maybe I should say alfabet.

dollars a year.”

The Simplified Spelling Board, without Carnegie’s money, went out of business in 1920, but not before publishing a “Handbook of Simplified Spelling.”

The plan may b makin a cumbak in the 2020’s tho.

supreme court justice, the president of Columbia University, the United States Commissioner of Education, publisher Henry Holt, author Mark Twain, professors, and dictionary editors.

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Some newspapers adopted the plan, while others made fun of it. One editorial said, “ This is 2 mutch.” Though President Roosevelt ordered that the new spelling be used in his messages to Congress, the movement was not long lasting. Carnegie became dissatisfied with his board, and was said to have written to its president, “A more useless body of men never came into association, judging from the effects they produce..,” and, “I think I hav been patient long enuf...I hav much better use for twenty thousand

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Cy Young in the final year of his baseball career in a Cleveland Indian uniform. He was with the Boston Americans in their poor 1906 season.

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* Wheat isn’t just a multipurpose food source. It is also used in paper, hair conditioner and even stamps.

* In Michigan and Connecticut, it’s illegal to kiss a woman in public on a Sunday.

* Traffic has become so bad in major American cities that there isn’t even a definitive “rush hour” anymore.

* The HBO comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm” helped save a man from being falsely accused of the murder of 16-year-old Martha Puebla. Larry David’s acclaimed series was filming at Dodger Stadium the night the crime occurred, and its cameras fortunately picked up Juan Catalan, proving the truth of his alibi as well as his innocence.

* In 2018, Nataraj Karate set a new Guinness World Record by stuffing 650 drinking straws in his mouth at once. He had to keep them there for at least 10 seconds to break the previous record.

* Human blood cells have different lifespans.

* Dollar bills weren’t always green. Colonial money, for example, was tan with black or red ink. The Civil War government began using green ink to print paper money because it didn’t fade or easily decompose, which protected against counterfeiting.

* Auto manufacturer Volkswagen makes not just vehicles, but currywurst sausages.

* Following his successful bladder stone surgery, the relieved English diarist Samuel Pepys celebrated the anniversary of the event every year after.

* The first hot-air balloon flight, in 1783, took off with a sheep,

a duck and a rooster on board, as it was unknown how the human body would react to flying at high altitudes. (They landed safely.)

* A company in Poland makes dinnerware out of wheat bran.

* Queen Elizabeth II visited the set of the TV series “Game of Thrones” but couldn’t

be seated on the throne due to an old rule that “the ruling monarch can’t sit on a foreign throne.”

* While it’s not the longest word in the English language, a study of 1.7 million

samples of everyday English found that the longest word you’re likely to encounter on a daily basis is “uncharacteristically.”

The name Lake Winnipesaukee means “beautiful water in a high place” in the Abenaki language, and the lake was a sacred site for Native Americans.

As we left the Dock in the Weirs close to 5pm, the weather was clear and as good as it gets here this time of the year. We had comfortable, scenic ride along the lake and able to view some of New Hampshire’s Mountain ranges. To the north we could see the Presidential Range with Mount Washington often in view. To the northeast was the Sandwich range with Mount Passaconaway and to the South Mount Major which looks over the big lake.

Our Captain for the Lake Winnipesaukee Day Cruise was Bob

Duffy, a long time Captain of the “Mount” who Gave us the mandatory safety speech. He then proceeded to tell us about the evening itinerary.

The cruise would travel across along the lake to Wolfeboro where the “Mount” would remain docked until 9:45. This would allow the passengers to leave the vessel and enjoy the festivities on the docks.

This was not a dinner cruise, so we were able to have enough time to have dinner at “Garwoods” where the staff is friendly and eager to please.

Getting back to the boat we were able to enjoy the music provided by the “Club Soda Band” who played all evening with a variety of sounds for all generations.

Of course, the main event of the evening

was the Laser Light Show which no one was disappointed. Personally, I have never seen as many people on Wolfeboro dock as there were this evening.

The cruise back to Weirs was very comfortable and we listened to the sound provided by the Club Soda Band and reflected on the evening’s event.

We hope you enjoyed our little trip and perhaps you may consider trying it yourself next year. Meanwhile The M/S Mount Washington has a variety of theme cruises throughout the summer.

All photos by Bob Letourneau

MS Mount Washington Captain Bob Duffy oversees his vessel.

The Wolfeboro Docks were busy in anticipation for the festivites.

“All Aboard” At Weirs Beach for the first Lake Winnipesaukee Day.

The Mount docks at Wolfeboro to join in the fun.

Hundreds gathered at the Wolfeboro docks for the laser light show.

and their children get together on a regular basis for classes, listen to guest instructors, take field trips, learn to dance, play sports, and hold graduation ceremonies. Contrary to the myth that homeschooled children are sheltered, there is plenty of interaction with other homeschooled students as well as adults. Indeed, it has been my experience that homeschooled children interact with adults far better than their government school counterparts.

I will mention a few which I recommend with info from their websites:

Freedom Project Academy

Freedom Project Academy offers a fully accredited, Classical education for Kindergarten through High School. FPA is rooted

firmly in the JudeoChristian values as promoted in the Constitution by our Founding Fathers, who strove to guarantee the preservation of our Godgiven liberties. Our live classes are delivered online through interactive classrooms to students in all 50 states and a dozen foreign countries, serving missionary and military families overseas.

Freedom Project Partnership teams up with churches and private schools to stream Judeo-Christian classes into brick-and-mortar classrooms across the country. This allows for the rapid expansion of faith-based schools across the nation as Freedom Project provides all class instruction, assignments, tests, and grading needed to help schools stay on budget. What better way to restore

American values than to bring the worlds of faith and education together again? https:// fpeusa.org/

Ron Paul Academy

A student who goes through this curriculum, kindergarten through high school, will have a mastery of the foundations of liberty. There is no other curriculum on the Web to match it.

It does not assign printed textbooks. This saves families a lot of money. Textbooks cost a great deal of money. Almost all of the materials are free: toner and paper only. Only when the materials are copyrighted and time-sensitive -- modern business and modern literature -- do parents pay for books.

The curriculum is mostly self-taught. If a student gets stuck, he can get help from other students in the course Communities. Students serve as tutors for each other. They learn by teaching, which is a great way to master any new field.

This curriculum teaches students how to write. The teachers in the social sciences and humanities at the high school level have Ph.D. degrees. They are both successful writers. They are both successful businessmen. They will teach your children how to write effectively and fast.

Students start writing in the fourth grade. They do not stop until they finish their final courses. I doubt that they will ever stop.

Every student is asked to set up at least one website. Their weekly papers must be posted on their sites. This is crucial for selfeducation: public visibility. Students can see what the competition is doing. Most stu-

dents hate this aspect of the curriculum, but it forces them to do their best with their writing assignments.

Parents have an obligation to see to it that their children post their weekly papers. This is the #1 educational task for parents.

The curriculum centers around the weekly essays. Parents should read them. If they want to grade them, that’s fine. If they don’t, that’s also fine. But parents had better insist that their children post URL links to their posted weekly essays. These links must be posted on the course forums.

No student who gets through this curriculum will ever need to be nagged to get through college, graduate school, or a career. This curriculum teaches self-discipline. This is a crucial personal habit. It is mostly internal. It develops after years of working in an environment that requires self-discipline.

For students who hustle, they will enter college as juniors. They will quiz out of their first two years of college for about $2,500, total (today’s money, of course). They will get into the work force as college graduates two years before their peers do.

The man who teaches the public speaking course in grade 9 and the history and literature courses for grades 6 through 8 graduated from an accredited college on his 18th birthday. He paid for his own college education by working part time in his own home business. It cost him under $12,000. It can be done. I recommend it.

If you are a parent, this should get your attention. I think students should also be motivated. (I am as -

suming that students want to get out of school fast.) https:// www.ronpaulcurriculum.com

Liberty University Online Academy

Have you always dreamed of sending your child to private school but felt like you didn’t have a flexible and affordable option? At Liberty University Online Academy (LUOA), you can provide your student with the best of a homeschool, private school, and Bible-based education all rolled into one! Our high-quality, K-12 curriculum can be completed from the comfort of your home — so you can work schooling around your life, not the other way around. Additionally, we offer a vast array of resources that are designed to help your student succeed — and to make your job as a homeschooling parent a little easier. https:// www.liberty.edu/lp/ online-academy

Abeka

You want methods and materials that work. That’s what you’ll find with Abeka—comprehensive, quality curriculum and materials written from a Christian perspective. Now more than ever, each child needs a strong foundation in both academics and character.

We’re here to help homeschooling families and Christian schools of all sizes give their students the knowledge and skills they need.

For over forty years, schools and homeschooling families have trusted Abeka to provide materials using the traditional approach proven successful throughout education’s history. Professionally illustrated textbooks and teaching

aids, hands-on activities, challenging exercises, and our Spiral Learning approach with purposeful repetition and reinforcement of concepts from subject to subject give you all the tools you need to make learning interesting and memorable.

You can choose Abeka with confidence; each subject’s content comes from the work of skilled, dedicated scholars who have conducted primary research. See your students achieve the academic excellence and moral character that leave them equipped for life, just like over one million children developing into lifelong learners with Abeka. https://www.abeka. com

The Samuel Blumenfeld Archive

While not an accredited entity, I recommend the Samuel Blumenfeld Archive hosted by Camp Constitution http://blumenfeld. campconstitution.net/ main.htm It contains the works of the late homeschool pioneer Samuel Blumenfeld, who was a dear friend and mentor of mine. It offers, among other things, a free on-line phonics reading course with all 128 lessons available in audio and video, a cursive writing course and a basic arithmetic course. It also contains most of the books, articles, newsletters authored by Sam as well as dozens of Sam’s lectures in audio and video.

It is my earnest prayer that conservative media both local and national help promote and support the flourishing homeschool movement.

militarization there is also “the widespread use of forced labor, including labor in political prison camps; forced use of schoolchildren to collect harvests; the requirement for families to undertake labor” as to provide for government quotas. Equally the regime confiscates wages from overseas workers as a way to collect cash.

Additionally, Volker Turk stated that thousands of North Koreans remain at risk of being repatriated involuntarily, from countries where they have fled. Return to the DPRK could likely mean torture and detention. He urged, “all States to refrain from forcibly repatriating North Koreans.”

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated powerfully, “The modern world has no place for the DPRK government’s brutality. And the international community, and this Council, this Council, must continue to speak out against this injustice and its destabilizing impact on regional and international peace and security.” She stressed, “Reports indicate the DPRK continues to hold more than 80,000 individuals in political prison camps,” where reportedly “they are widely subjected to arbitrary or summary executions, torture, starvation, genderbased violence, forced abortions, and forced labor.”

Naturally the wider issue becomes the Kim Jung-un regime’s profligate missile proliferation and ceaseless nuclear weapons development. Pyongyang’s primary focus remains building a credible and lethal offensive weapons capacity at the expense of its popula -

tion’s well being.

Clearly the DPRK regime stresses neutrons over nutrition for its own impoverished people.

North Korean defector/dissident Kim Ilhyeok told the Council, “The government turns our blood and sweat into luxurious life for the leadership and missiles that blast our hard work into the sky.” Kim added, “the money spent on just one missile could feed us for three months. But the government doesn’t care and is only concerned with maintaining their power.”

Shortly after the UN meeting, the United States separately hosted a Summit at Camp David where President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Kishida and South Korean President Yoon to an historic trilateral meeting. In response to widening North Korean and Chinese communist military muscle flexing, the Summit Communiqué stated, “The United States unequivocally reaffirms that its extended deterrence commitments to both Japan and the ROK are ironclad and backed by the full range of U.S. capabilities.”

A memo added, “We recognize that we are stronger, and the Indo-Pacific is stronger, when Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States stand as one.” Unquestioned.

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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Born Today

That is to say, sports standouts born on August 24 include NFL coach Mike Shanahan (1952) and Baltimore Oriole star Cal Ripken Jr. (1960).

Sports Quote

“What really counts is how many games you win in October.” –Alex

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Sports Quiz Answer

Ron Roenicke.

State Representative Mike Moffett was a Sports Management Professor for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He coauthored the awardwinning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A WarriorActor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” which is available on Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@ comcast.net.

is the only species to regularly occur in New England, different species have been known to visit the region, particularly in the fall and even winter. That’s why some people keep their feeders up well past October. Identifying these species can be tricky because a hummingbird’s appearance is often determined by how light is hitting it. Ruby-throated hummingbirds can sometimes appear almost black and other times the same bird will appear brilliant, metallic green.

Similarly, the gorget of the male rubythroated hummingbird often appears black or dark maroon. It can also appear an electrifying red. One of the species that occasionally is seen in New England is the blackchinned hummingbird. You can’t rule out that species when you see a hummingbird with a dark gorget, but it’s most likely a male ruby-throated in “bad lighting” or from a “bad angle.” This is especially true if the bird is seen in spring, summer or early fall. Keep those humming-

bird feeders filled with fresh sugar water for at least another month. A migrating hummingbird that discovers the feeder will likely remember the location and visit next spring or fall along its migratory journey. Individual hummingbirds are known to travel similar routes on their northand south-bound migrations year after year. I hope you have good luck attracting these fan-favorite birds as their season winds down.

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Thirty-four percent, compared to 21% in 1975, say abortion should be legal under any circumstances.

Broken down by trimester, 69% now say abortion should be legal in the first trimester, compared to 64% in 1996. In second trimester, 37% say abortion should be legal, compared to 26% in 1996. And in the third trimester, 22% now say abortion should be legal, compared to 13% in 1996.

What I find particularly alarming is that among Democrats, 44% say abortion should be legal in the third trimester.

We may have differences of opinion about the key abortion issue: When does life begin?

But in the final trimester, the situation is

crystal-clear.

With proper care, estimates are that survival chances of a prematurely born child at 2526 weeks are 80%. At 32 weeks, it is 95%.

Yet, 44% of Democrats believe abortion in this period should be legal. This means that, for them, destroying a living, feeling baby is OK. I think it is called murder.

For sure, these same Democrats, citizens of the left, that see no problem with abortion are outraged that slavery was once permitted in our country.

But just as slavery showed something sick in our national soul, the same is the case with legal abortion.

And just as slavery damaged the nation, so does abortion.

It shows decline of individual grasp of good and evil and hence per-

sonal responsibility.

The result is more and more turning to government to pay for the damage caused by broken families, decline of marriage, and advancement of a culture of selfishness.

I think our Republican candidates should be more focused and aggressive in discussing abortion as a symptom of a broader cultural crisis in the country.

Our fiscal bankruptcy and our moral bankruptcy go hand in hand.

Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and host of the weekly television show “Cure America with Star Parker.”

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thank Princeton because its tedious lectures inspired me to try to find better ways to present information. That made me successful on TV.

Today, student loan borrowers owe tens of thousands of dollars.

Last year, the president announced he would cancel up to $20,000 of that debt per person.

Indebted students loved that! A group named the Student Debt Crisis Center called that “a major win for many.”

But it would be a major loss for many more! Canceling debt is unfair to the people who work hard and pay off their debts.

Fortunately, Biden’s plan was struck down by the Supreme Court, which said only Congress has the right to

cancel student debt. Congress didn’t.

Now Biden’s trying again. The administration announced they will forgive debt for anyone who’s been making payments for more than 20 years. That’s better, but still bad. Maybe courts will stop this handout, too.

College students take on loans and spend decades in debt because they believe they must get a degree to be hired. But that’s no longer true. IBM, Accenture, Dell, Bank of America, Google and other big companies, recognizing the uselessness of many undergraduate degrees, recently dropped college-degree requirements. So have state governments in Maryland, Utah, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Alaska, North Carolina, New Jersey and Vir -

ginia.

Good jobs in the trades, like welding and plumbing, don’t require a college degree. Trade school programs often take less than two years and cost much less than college.

To have a good life or get a good job, you don’t need fancy dining halls, video game auditoriums or a college degree. College has become a government-subsidized rip-off. It’s good that fewer people go.

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