New Hampshire News Archives for 2001 Page 3

Boys Just Want Violent Toys - Mark Patinkin 12.23.2001- As a responsible parent, I should be agreeing with The Lion and Lamb Project. It just made news with a list of the "dirty dozen" toys supposedly too violent for children. But I looked at the list. And my main reaction was: "I have to get these for my sons."

Mother in Early, Iowa Kills Intruder - 12/16/01- Authorities are seeking a second man who fled the scene. The woman's three children were not hurt in the incident.

Why I Love Her (America) -12/16/01 - My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for. May we nurture her strengths and strengthen her weaknesses so that she will always be "The Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave." Sincerely, John Wayne

Bill would create ‘guilty but insane’ law -12/10/01 - the Legislature will be considering a bill that would replace a state law that allows "not guilty by reason of insanity" pleas with one allowing defendants to plead "guilty but insane." Rep. Marshall Quandt, R-Exeter, sponsored the bill at the request of a constituent, Ken Goodall, who said he believes the current plea is "a complete lie." "That plea is an admission of guilt, in my opinion," Goodall said in a recent interview. "Whether you understood what you did or not, you are guilty."

Just to Let you now (Charlie Daniels) -12/9/01- One of our Club Members and Newton resident found this and forwarded it to me: There are probably some of you folks out there who are wondering why we didn’t appear on the CMT Country Freedom Concert for the Salvation Army to benefit the victims of the September 11th Attack on America. We were announced and scheduled and had every intention of doing the show, until we gave the CMT folks the lyrics to a new song I had written and wanted to perform on the show. After receiving the words they informed us that we could not do the song on the show and when we asked them why they said that the show was a healing type show and they were afraid that the song would offend someone.

Berkeley CA Supports Conscientious Objectors! 12/8/01-BERKELEY IS TRYING TO DO IT AGAIN! On the agenda for the December 11, 2001 City Council meeting is a item titled "Conscientious Objection to War". Berkeley is now affirmatively trying to thwart the American military!

John Harrigan:Deer Letter Gets My Goat -12/2/01- This incredible letter ran in Monday's Union Leader, and I cut it out and kept it so I could enjoy getting mad all over again every time I read it. It was from a sensitive, concerned, shocked, offended, appalled (add your own words here) father, and the headline said, "Keep deer corpses out of view of children."

Repatriating Wolves is No Drain on Federal Dollars - 11/27/01- Ken Goodall opines that the government and animal rights groups "have wasted a ton of money on re-introducing wolves where they are not wanted." If Mr. Goodall is concerned about the fiscal impact of government programs, he should study the balance sheet. Accounting for the entire 20—year span of design and implementation of America’s wolf reintroduction programs, taxpayers have taken less than a $25 million hit. Compare that figure to amount of money Congress doles out to the livestock industry every single year — the results will astound you.

Germans Salute U.S. Navy - 11/25/01- I just received this from a club member. After checking it out, I found it to be a true story: If you haven't served aboard ship -- "manning the rail" is a shipboard ceremony reserved for only high ranking dignitaries, such as Heads of State. This is an e-mail from an Ensign stationed aboard the USS WINSTON CHURCHILL.

PETA Supports Terrorism - 11/25/01- Listen to Bruce Friedrich Call for Violence. In a recent article, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' Ingrid Newkirk claimed that her group does not condone violence. Really? Then why did Bruce Friedrich tell a group at the Animal Rights 2001 Conference that while he doesn't "blow up stuff, ...I do advocate it, and I think it's a great way to bring about animal liberation."

The Deer Wars Part II- Mad Science - 11/22/01- Bio-Bullets and darts filled with an experimental drug are being used to sterilize deer. Then there are the other options, such as splicing a sterilization agent onto a virus and setting it loose. An update on deer birth control.

The Myth of Wildlife Management - 11/22/01 - if the USFWS and its state counterparts can't legitimately manage $400 million a year, what hope is there that they will act with any greater integrity once they get their hands on $3 billion a year? CARA is clearly one pork-pie the Congress must not be allowed to bake.

Some Gave All -11/20/01 - I just watched "Doc" with Billy Ray Cyruss. It was a show on Veterans. First off yes I liked Achy Breaky Heart, but it wasn't until 1993 when I heard "Some Gave All" that I bought the CD!

A Black Eye to Hunters Everywhere - Saturday, November 10, 2001- R.I. hunter charged with assault- THORNDIKE — A Thorndike landowner was assaulted this week after confronting several Rhode Island deer hunters who were hunting on his property without permission, according to law enforcement officials.

Who We Are-The USCG- The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, multi-mission, maritime service. Operating within the Department of Transportation during peacetime, the Service falls under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy upon declaration of war or when the President directs. The Coast Guard is a unique federal agency.

State Listening to Anglers -As Printed in The Exeter News-Letter on Tuesday, November 13th, 2001. A group of fishermen started a discussion on an Internet message board. The discussion started as a comment on the quality of the warm water fishery in Lake Winnipesaukee. Warm Water species include bass, pickerel and perch. The idea of bringing some of the points in the discussion to the attention of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHF&G) prompted the first Warm Water Fisheries Meeting, which was held on Thursday, January 11th of this year.

Animal Rights Terrorists! - Bombs going off in our own Country! "Radical Animal Rights Groups Step Up Protests" PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 8 — The incidents have not tailed off, even since Sept. 11: a firebombing at a federal corral for wild horses in northeastern California; a fire at a primate research center in New Mexico, and back-to-back break-ins in Iowa, one at a fur farm to release more than 1,000 mink, the other to free pigeons raised for research.

USS Cole Floats A Day Ahead of Schedule - As Printed in The Exeter News-Letter on Tuesday November 6th, 2001. On Friday, September 14th, The USS Cole was set afloat again and it was done a day ahead of schedule. The shipyard in Pascagoula Mississippi worked diligently to get the USS Cole back on the water. Congratulations to all for their valiant effort. The USS Cole had been the victim of a terrorist attack while refueling in Yemen last October.

The Dream or A Visitor From the Past- AUTHOR UNKNOWN - I had a dream the other night that I, well, did not understand, A figure rushing through the mist with a flintlock in his hand. His clothes were torn and dirty as he stood there by my bed, He took off his three cornered hat and speaking low to me he said, We fought a revolution to secure our liberty, and created a Constitution as a shield from tyranny, for future generations to cherish and save, In this, the land of the free and home of the brave.

HSUS's Annual Anti-Hunting Film! - The Humane Society of the United States has re-released their Annual
Anti-Hunting Film! Well I can re-run the same propaganda too! In Her Eyes: A Short Film by Gorman Bechard- Filmmaker Gorman Bechard captures the transformation of a hunter, as he realizes just how "unnecessary" hunting is.

Country Pond Fish and Game Club Acquires Additional Land - 11/4/2001- The Country Pond Fish and Game Club, Inc. (CPF&G), located at 82 Pond Street in Newton, New Hampshire, has recently purchased approximately 40 acres of land adjacent to the Club's existing property on its north and west side. There are two primary reasons the Club purchased this land.

Sportsmen Spoke Out in Salem, NH - 10/27/2001 - On Wednesday September 5th there was standing room only in the Knightly Meeting Room of the Salem New Hampshire Town Hall. The Salem Conservation Commission held a public hearing to discuss their decision to ban all hunting in the Salem Town Forest.

Mark Patinkin 12.23.2001

As a responsible parent, I should be agreeing with The Lion and Lamb Project. It just made news with a list of the "dirty dozen" toys supposedly too violent for children.

But I looked at the list. And my main reaction was: "I have to get these for my sons."

For example, The Commandobot3. Horrified, Lion and Lamb put this at the top of their don't-buy list. It is described this way: "A foot-high robot that shoots up to 10 missiles at family members and friends while defending a child's room."

I can't imagine a toy my sons would like more. They are now 10 and 8. Most parents with boys that age would understand.

Years ago, I kind of shared the outlook of the Lion and Lamb Project. I figured parents could shape children any way they chose. If you taught them to like coloring instead of fighting, they would.

The reality is this: You could give my sons long-stemmed pink roses, and they would imagine them as Uzi machine guns and attempt to mow each other down. When they were younger, we watched Bambi 50 times. It didn't take. They like war movies now. If the bombing scenes are followed by a kissing scene, it makes them sick, and they ask why such offensive images are allowed on screen.

To read the Full Column from the Providence Journal:
http://www.projo.com/cgi-bin/story.pl/news/06748461.htm

Love to see COMMON SENSE from the Providence Journal!

Way to go Mr. Patinkin!

E-Mail Mr. Patinkin: mpatinkin@projo.com

Mr. Patinkin,

Great column on toys for boys! It is wonderful to see common sense columns written in the ProJo!

Hiding kids from violence and sex will only peak their curiosity. Let kids be kids and monitor them appropriately. Yes, some video games are extremely violent, but that's why parents need to monitor what their kids are doing and playing with. Whether it's the Internet, video games, or building things in the garage, a parent needs to monitor them.

Yes, certain ages shouldn't play real life violent video games, but going outside and playing Army or Cowboys and Indians (Oh Oh, the P.C. Police will be after me for that comment) is just kids being kids.

Good Parents don't need the Government or some agency telling them what their kids should and shouldn't be doing! Good Parents already know that!

Thanks Again for a great column!

Ken Goodall
Exeter, NH

Authorities are seeking a second man who fled the scene. The woman's three children were not hurt in the incident.

By FRANCES STARKEY Register Staff Writer 12/15/2001

A mother of three in Early shot and killed an intruder Thursday night after two men entered her home and assaulted her, authorities said.

Tracey Roberts was home with her three children, ages 1, 3 and 11, when two men entered the home, according to the Sac County Sheriff's Department. Roberts' husband, Mike Roberts, was reportedly out of town on business.

The two intruders assaulted Roberts before she got away from them and grabbed a gun, authorities said. Roberts fired several times and fatally wounded Dustin Wehde, 20, of Early, according to the sheriff's office. It wasn't clear who owned the gun.

Preliminary results from the state medical examiner show that Wehde died of multiple gunshot wounds.

From The Des Moines Register:
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788993/16773682.html

Thankfully, this Woman believed in Gun Control!

Folks,

All my life I've felt priviledged to have good friends around me, priviledged to do the kind of work I know and love the best, and to have been born in a country whose immense beauty and grandeur are matched only by the greatness of her people.

For a number of years I have tried to express a deep and profound love for these things; to be able to say what I've felt in my heart. And now, in this album, I've had a chance to do so.

I know most of you feel the same way about our country. Now and then we gripe about some of her imperfections, but sometimes that's good. Especially if it gets us working together to make things better. It seems to me we often take too much for granted, and have a tendency to forget "The Good Things About America."

My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for. May we nurture her strengths and strengthen her weaknesses so that she will always be "The Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave."

Sincerely,

John Wayne

"WHY I LOVE HER" (America)

You ask me Why I Love Her?
Well, give me time and I'll explain.
Have you seen a Kansas sunset
Or an Arizona rain?
Have you drifted on a bayou
Down Louisiana way?
Have you watched a cold fog drifting
Over San Francisco Bay?
Have you heard a bobwhite calling
In the Carolina pines,

Or heard the bellow of a diesel
At the Appalachia mines?
Does the call of Niagara thrill you
When you hear her waters roar?
Do you look with awe and wonder
At her Massachusetts shore,
Where men who braved a hard new world
First stepped on Plymouth's rock?
And do you think of them when you stroll
Along a New York City dock?
Have you seen a snowflake drifting
In the Rockies, way up high?

Have you seen the sun come blazing down
From a bright Nevada sky?
Do you hail to the Columbia
As she rushes to the sea,
Or bow your head at Gettysburg
At our struggle to be free?
Have you seen the mighty Tetons?
Have you watched an eagle soar?
Have you seen the Mississippi
Roll along Missouri's shore?

Have you felt a chill at Michigan
When on a winter's day
Her waters rage along the shore
In thunderous display?
Does the word "Aloha" make you warm?
Do you stare in disbelief
When you see the surf
Come roaring in at Waimea Reef?
From Alaska's cold to the Everglades,

From the Rio Grande to Maine,
My heart cries out, my pulse runs fast
At the might of her domain.
You ask me Why I Love Her?
I've a million reasons why:
My Beautiful America,
Beneath God's wide, wide sky.

~ John Mitchum ~
Narrated by John Wayne

Here is a site with a Real Audio Link to listen to:
http://www.bigjohnrecords.org/WhyILoveHer.htm

Here is a site with the words and pictures while listeninig to John Wayne:
http://www.mamarocks.com/why_i_love_her.htm

Here is a site with a slideshow presentation with John Waynes recital:
http://www.jvanders.com/Whyiloveher.swf

By HOLLY RAMER

Associated Press Writer

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A teen-ager charged with killing two Dartmouth College professors would be one of the last defendants to plead innocent by reason of insanity in New Hampshire if an Exeter man gets his way.

Lawyers for Robert Tulloch said last month the Vermont teen-ager will use an insanity defense when he goes to trial this spring.

By then, the Legislature will be considering a bill that would replace a state law that allows "not guilty by reason of insanity" pleas with one allowing defendants to plead "guilty but insane."

Rep. Marshall Quandt, R-Exeter, sponsored the bill at the request of a constituent, Ken Goodall, who said he believes the current plea is "a complete lie."

"That plea is an admission of guilt, in my opinion," Goodall said in a recent interview. "Whether you understood what you did or not, you are guilty."

Goodall’s inspiration for the bill was the case of Michael McDermott, who is charged with killing seven co-workers in Wakefield, Mass., last December. McDermott’s lawyers have said they will use an insanity defense.

"What we’ve lost in our society is personal responsibility," said Goodall, a security technician from Exeter. "People are always looking to blame other things."

To read the full article in Foster's Daily Democrat:
http://www.fosters.com/news2001e/dec/10/nh1210n.htm

One of our Club Members and Newton resident found this and forwarded it to me:

Just to let you know (From Charlie Daniels)

There are probably some of you folks out there who are wondering why we didn’t appear on the CMT Country Freedom Concert for the Salvation Army to benefit the victims of the September 11th Attack on America. We were announced and scheduled and had every intention of doing the show, until we gave the CMT folks the lyrics to a new song I had written and wanted to perform on the show. After receiving the words they informed us that we could not do the song on the show and when we asked them why they said that the show was a healing type show and they were afraid that the song would offend someone.

I would never do anything to hurt the show but I knew that they had the very epitome of country stars and didn’t particularly need us to sell tickets. With this in mind, I decided to pull off the show for personal reasons which I would like to share with you. Let me preface my remarks by saying that I respect CMT’s right to not allow anything they don’t agree with to go out over their airwaves. And in all fairness, I guess they were taking the sensibilities of the victim’s families into account. But I respectfully and vehemently disagree with their stand.

First of all, I don’t feel that this is the time for healing. I feel that this is the time to rub salt in the wounds and keep America focused on the job at hand. We lost almost seven thousand people in the Trade Towers and Pentagon and we’re worrying about offending somebody? We have seven month old babies infected with Anthrax and we’re afraid we’ll hurt someone’s feelings?

Brave Americans forced a plane down in a field in Pennsylvania and we’re worried about ruffling someone’s feathers? We’re sending our sons and daughters off to fight and perhaps die in a war we had nothing to do with starting and we’re concerned about insulting somebody? I felt to give into this political correctness would be to turn my back on the people who lost their lives on 9 -11 and on the brave men and women who defend this country.

The title of the song is “This Ain’t No Rag It’s A Flag”, and I don’t apologize for a word in I’ll let you all decide for yourselves:

"This Ain't No Rag It's A Flag"

This ain't no rag it's a flag
And we don't wear it on our heads
It's a symbol of the land where the good guys live
Are you listening to what I said
You're a coward and a fool
And you broke all of the rules
And you wounded our American pride

And now we're coming with a gun
And we know you're gonna run
But you can't find no place to hide
We're gonna hunt you down like a mad dog hound
Make you pay for the live you stole
We're all through talking and a messing around
And now it's time to rock and roll

These colors don't run and we're speaking as one
When we say united we stand
When you mess with one, you mess with us all
Every boy, girl, woman and man
You've been acting mighty rash
And talking that trash
Let me give you some advice
You can crawl back in your hole
Like a dirty little mole

But now you're gonna pay the price
You might of shot us in the back
Now you have to face the fact
That the big boys' in the game
And the lighening's been flashing
And the thunder's been crashing
And now it's getting ready to rain

Chorus:
This is the United States of America
The land of the brave and the free
We believe in God and we believe in justice
We believe in liberty
You've been pulling our chain
We should've done something 'bout you a long time ago
But now the flag's flying high and the fur's gonna fly
And soon the whole world's gonna know

This ain't no rag, it's a flag
Old Glory red, white and blue
The stars and the stripes when it comes to a fight
We can do what we have to do
Our people stand proud
The American crowd is faithful, loyal and tough
We're good as the best and better than the rest
And you're gonna find out soon enough
When you look up in the sky
And you see the eagle fly
You better know he's a heading your way
Cause this ain't no rag it's a flag
And it stands for the USA

What do you think?

God Bless America
Charlie Daniels

From Charlie Daniels Official Website: http://www.charliedaniels.com/

Click on the "Soapbox" Section and then in the drop down menu choose "Just To Let You Know"!

Drop him a note of support on the Message Board!

BERKELEY IS TRYING TO DO IT AGAIN!

On the agenda for the December 11, 2001 City Council meeting is a item titled "Conscientious Objection to War". Berkeley is now affirmatively trying to thwart the American military!

For more information on this outrage, please click the page link below:
http://www.berkeleyboycott.com/treason.htm

From Boycott Berkeley:
http://www.berkeleyboycott.com

ITEM NUMBER 26 on the Berkeley City Council Agenda:

Conscientious Objection to War

From: Peace & Justice Commission

Recommendation: Establish a policy that all City staff who answer the City’s general information lines will be provided with written information from the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors about conscientious objection to war in order to advise people who call asking about issues of conscientious objection to war.

Contact: Manuel Hector, Secretary, 981-5110

Berkeley City Council Agenda:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/2001citycouncil/agenda/121101A.html

The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors

Urgent Help Needed!

The tragic events of September 11 and beyond have pushed CCCO to the breaking point. Our telephones are ringing off their hooks at both offices. Staff has been coming in earlier than usual, working even later than usual and spending even more weekends in the offices.

The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors: http://www.objector.org/

Leave it to the KOOKS in Kaliforinia! I have never attacked anti-war groups for any politically motivated conflict or "Police Action". I have never supported any of our country's military actions in my lifetime, UNTIL NOW!

They attacked our homeland and killed thousands of innocent civilians and this city wants to support and assist people to avoid serving our country!

Freedom, Liberty, and Security come with a price, and ocassionally we have to pay the price! It appears that these liberals in Kalifornia don't believe in supporting the only method to retain our rights and freedoms! They use our rights to spout their political beliefs every chance they get, but when it comes time to defend those rights, where are they now?

Maybe it's time to reconsider what we did when we took Kalifornia from Mexico! I THINK IT'S TIME TO PAY REPARATIONS!

GIVE KALIFORNIA BACK TO MEXICO NOW!

I REALLY WANTED to write something kind of fun for this week's issue, because I know a lot of far-flung families and friends get together for Thanksgiving and stay over for the weekend. Something about people so over-stuffed with turkey that they can't get off the couch, or grizzled hunters who go out for that traditional Thanksgiving hunt only to discover that the hills have grown a lot steeper.

But this incredible letter ran in Monday's Union Leader, and I cut it out and kept it so I could enjoy getting mad all over again every time I read it. It was from a sensitive, concerned, shocked, offended, appalled (add your own words here) father, and the headline said, "Keep deer corpses out of view of children."

Link to the Full Article "Deer letter gets my goat": http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=6933

Keeping kids shielded from reality is no way to bring up kids!

Like these P.C. Idiots who don't want kids to keep score in sports!

"Oh, if someone has to lose, it will hurt their feelings!"

That's Life! Get Used to It!

Mr. Harrigan's column this week deals with the mail that he received on his previous column "Mail call madness" (follow up on Dad who didn't want his kids to see dead deer): http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=7079

"Believe it or not, this turkey once had a LIFE."

I LOVE IT! Like that lady, what a hot ticket!

"Not only that, she actually throws them out to play in rain and mud puddles, and encourages them to get dirty. What a woman."

Glad to hear that there are still some normal people out there!

Thanks Mr. Harrigan!

John Harrigan's E-mail: hooligan@ncia.net

My Wolf Column ran in Foster's Daily Democrat and the following is a letter to the editor in response to it:

To the editor:

Ken Goodall opines that the government and animal rights groups "have wasted a ton of money on re-introducing wolves where they are not wanted."

He then goes on to rant about the supposedly huge cost of the three wolf reintroduction programs initiated thus far. He concludes that, "If [wolves] are meant to re-inhabit New Hampshire, they will do it on their own."

If Mr. Goodall is concerned about the fiscal impact of government programs, he should study the balance sheet. Accounting for the entire 20—year span of design and implementation of America’s wolf reintroduction programs, taxpayers have taken less than a $25 million hit. Compare that figure to amount of money Congress doles out to the livestock industry every single year — the results will astound you.

Consider, for example, the $40 million (plus) annual appropriation to USDA’s Wildlife Services program, money used to kill hundreds of thousands of native carnivores each year on behalf of a handful of ranchers.

Worse yet, this covert little war takes place in the face of scientific evidence indicating that killing certain carnivores such as coyotes simply creates more coyotes! This war on wildlife takes a huge toll on the environment and is but a small fraction of the subsidies given to the livestock industry.

American taxpayers have spent less than the cost of a cup of coffee each on restoring wolves to less than 4 percent of their former range. The job of repatriating these important carnivores to the hunting grounds of their ancestors has farther to go. In many instances reintroduction is the only practical means to ensure that wolves get a chance to thrive. If fiscal conservatives want to tighten the nation’s belt, they’d get much more bang for their buck moving the livestock industry off of the welfare rolls.

Rob Edward, director

Carnivore Restoration Program

Boulder, Colo.

I just received this from a club member. After checking it out, I found it to be a true story:

If you haven't served aboard ship -- "manning the rail" is a shipboard ceremony reserved for only high ranking dignitaries, such as Heads of State.

This is an e-mail from an Ensign stationed aboard the USS WINSTON CHURCHILL:

Dear Dad,

Well, we are still out at sea, with little direction as to what our next priority is. The remainder of our port visits, which were to be centered around max liberty and goodwill to the United Kingdom, have all but been cancelled. We have spent every day since the attacks going back and forth within imaginary boxes drawn in the ocean, standing high-security watches, and trying to make the best of our time. It hasn't been that fun I must confess, and to be even more honest, a lot of people are frustrated at the fact that they either can't be home, or we don't have more direction right now. We have seen the articles and the photographs, and they are sickening. Being isolated as we are, I don't think we appreciate the full scope of what is happening back home, but we are definitely feeling the effects.

About two hours ago the junior officers were called to the bridge to conduct Shiphandling drills. We were about to do a man overboard when we got a call from the LUTJENS(D185), a German warship that was moored ahead of us on the pier in Plymouth, England. While in port, the WINSTON S CHURCHILL and the LUTJENS got together for a sports day/cookout on our fantail, and we made some pretty good friends. Now at sea they called over on bridge-to-bridge, requesting to pass us close up on our port side, to say good-bye. We prepared to render them honors on the bridgewing, and the Captain told the crew to come topside to wish them farewell.

As they were making their approach, our Conning Officer announced through her binoculars that they were flying an American flag. As they came even closer, we saw that it was flying at half-mast. The bridgewing was crowded with people as the Boatswain's Mate blew two whistles- Attention to Port- the ship came up alongside and we saw that the entire crew of the German ship were manning the rails, in their dress blues. They had made up a sign that was displayed on the side that read "We Stand By You." Needless to say there was not a dry eye on the bridge as they stayed alongside us for a few minutes and we cut our salutes.

It was probably the most powerful thing I have seen in my entire life and more than a few of us fought to retain our composure. It was a beautiful day outside today. We are no longer at liberty to divulge over unsecure e-mail our location, but we could not have asked for a finer day at sea. The German Navy did an incredible thing for this crew, and it has truly been the highest point in the days since the attacks. It's amazing to think that only a half-century ago things were quite different, and to see the unity that is being demonstrated throughout Europe and the world makes us all feel proud to be out here doing our job.

After the ship pulled away and we prepared to begin our man overboard drills the Officer of the Deck turned to me and said "I'm staying Navy."

I'll write you when I know more about when I'll be home, but for now, this is probably the best news that I could send you.

Love you guys.

To see pictures of this great salute check out the Navy website, German destroyer renders more than honors:
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/news/news_stories/pentstruck19.html

Listen to Bruce Friedrich Call for Violence

In a recent article, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' Ingrid Newkirk claimed that her group does not condone violence. Really? Then why did Bruce Friedrich tell a group at the Animal Rights 2001 Conference that while he doesn't "blow up stuff,"

...I do advocate it, and I think it's a great way to bring about animal liberation.

Thanks to the folks at the Guest Choice Network you can hear Friedrich in his own words. They have a 1 megabyte WAV file of Friedrich going on at lenghth about the glories of animal rights terrorism.

You can download it at http://www.guestchoice.com/downloads/peta_quote.wav

Friedrick said that He "thought it would be a great thing if all these fast food outlets, slaughterhouses, laboratories, and banks that fund them exploded tomorrow"!

This certainly sounds like supporting terrorism to me!

His voice sounded awful familiar, then it hit me! Bruce Freidrick is the Guy that Howie Carr has on his show on WRKO in Boston from time to time!

It's about time we start treating domestic terrorists the same way that we have treated the Taliban!

In a recent op-ed article, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals president Ingrid Newkirk defended her organization by claiming that "PETA does not condone . . . violent acts."

But in fact, PETA or its representatives have often rationalized or celebrated violence. Consider just a few examples:

* In the December/January 2000 issue of 'Genre', PETA's Dan Mathews was asked to name men of the 20th century he admired. Mathews told the magazine he admired serial killer Andrew Cunanan, "because he got Versace to stop doing fur."

* In 1999, an animal rights terrorist group calling itself the Justice Department sent letters booby-trapped with razor blades to medical researchers and fur farms in the United States and Canada. When asked about the letters, Newkirk said, "I hope it frightens them [the researchers] out of their careers. If experimenters feel afraid now, that's nothing compared with the fear, harm and death they have inflicted on their victims."

* In a new author's note in her book about the Animal Liberation Front, 'Free the Animals', Newkirk writes, "Determined to cause economic injury to the exploiters, ALF members burn down their emptied buildings and smash their vehicles to smithereens. Perhaps, after reading this book, you will find that you cannot blame them."

* In 1994, PETA donated $42,500 to the Rodney Coronado Support Committee. Coronado is an animal rights terrorist who in 1995 pleaded guilty to firebombing a medical research facility at Michigan State University.

* In fact, Newkirk herself has expressed a wish to carry out arson. At a 1997 animal rights convention she said, "I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down." In 1999 she expanded on that sentiment, telling the 'Chronicle of Higher Education', "I find it small wonder that the laboratories aren't all burning to the ground. If I had more guts, I'd light a match."

From PETA and Animal Rights Violence:
http://www.animalrights.net/articles/2001/000229.html

One of these days one of these idiots is going to screw up and burn a building with someone in it! Then this Politically Correct country may wake up and do something about this kind of domestic terrorism and those that support it!

Bio-Bullets and darts filled with an experimental drug are being used to sterilize deer. Then there are the other options, such as splicing a sterilization agent onto a virus and setting it loose. An update on deer birth control.

EXCERPT:
The experiment is bold and groundbreaking. Years have already been invested and budgets stretch well into six figures. Half a dozen scientists are taking part along with dozens of volunteers. But it's all going to be worth it, says the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), because in the end the research will prove to the world that it doesn't take hunters to control deer populations.

The Humane Society is a national organization with a staff of 250 and a membership of about 7 million. Its literature describes lethal controls for deer as "irresponsible," so the group's agenda is clear. But can this wealthy nonprofit organization find a way to control deer without using hunters?

To achieve this goal, HSUS needs to prove it can control a wild, free-roaming deer population with immunocontraception (birth control). So its first step was to find a test area it could control. It settled on Fire Island, a 32-mile-long and half-mile-wide barrier island near the south shore of Long Island, New York. Fire Island has more than 200 deer per square mile‹so many whitetails that the bird life is nearly gone due to overbrowsing. It's a test model where most of the island's 4,000 homeowners are affluent New Yorkers who use their homes as getaways. The National Park Service, which owns one third of the island, is even letting the scientists use parklands‹HSUS couldn't have asked for more.

Now it needed to prove that its sterilization drug could handle the job.

The Miracle Drug The Humane Society is using a drug called Porcine Zona Pellucida (PZP), a natural protein that allows boar sperm to attach to a sow's ova. When injected into females of other mammal species, PZP elicits antibodies against that animal's sperm-recognition protein, thereby stopping sperm from entering the egg.

The Humane Society got control of the drug when Dr. J.F. Kirkpatrick, a scientist at ZooMontana's Science and Conservation Center in Billings, Mont. (the center is partially funded by HSUS), signed his Investigational New Animal Drug Document (INAD) for PZP over to HSUS. This document, which is issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is important, because without it, no person or organization can use the drug‹unless, of course, HSUS signs on.

Dr. Kirkpatrick's employer, Zoo-Montana, is the only major producer of PZP. Its freezers are stuffed with pig ovaries from Iowa's slaughterhouses, and its technicians work year-round drawing PZP from sows' eggs.

But PZP is not perfect. It seemed like a miracle drug at first, because it will sterilize any mammal‹human, goat, you name it‹but PZP's equal-opportunity nature makes it dangerous. You can't put it on baits so that deer will ingest it orally, because other animals might also ingest the drug. Scientists are not even sure whether humans would be affected if they were to consume the flesh of a PZP-treated deer. Because of this, Dr. J. Russell Mason, a biologist with the USDA's National Wildlife Research Center in Logan, Utah, argues, "What pharmaceutical company would make such a lawsuit-luring monster?" This is the main reason why PZP continues to be listed by the FDA as an "experimental" drug.

Still, Dr. Allen Rutburg, a professor at Tufts University and a member of HSUS's technical staff, says, "We do plan to gain FDA approval for the drug. One day we hope the drug will be used widely across the country instead of hunting."

FOR THE FULL STORY:
http://www.fieldandstream.com/sportsmansissues/ol/wars2.html

Using experimental drugs when they don't even know what the effects may be on humans and other animals!

The HSUS also wants to try attaching a sterilization agent onto a virus and letting it lose? This group is OUT OF CONTROL!

There are problems with Anthrax and Gulf War syndrome and these idiots want to start spreading a virus to control the birth rate of deer?

Does anyone need more proof that these Animal Rights Activists are idiots?

EXCERPT
In this two-part article, I'll describe first how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is no longer meeting its wildlife management obligations to sportsmen under the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson (P-R and D-J, a.k.a. Wallop-Breaux) acts; and second how, in particular, the USFWS has failed to live up to its responsibilities under our migratory bird treaties with Canada and Mexico.

EXCERPT
For example, prior to the 1980s, every USFWS employee responsible for the disbursement of P-R and D-J funds had worked three or more years for a state conservation agency. They were all biologists, proud of the fund, and determined to see that it remain dedicated to fish and game management. Their familiarity with state policies and procedures also made them savvy about almost every trick that politicians used to try to divert the money to other purposes.

Then several things happened to corrupt the system. First, the USFWS began replacing older biologists with less well trained and‹in some cases‹clearly unqualified personnel, some of whom seemed to believe that hunting was an outmoded facet of American life. Inevitably, morale among traditional wildlife managers took a nosedive from which it still hasn't recovered.

As experienced oversight workers were replaced by people who didn't care about‹or were even downright hostile to‹hunting, state and federal conservation administrators found that they could use, with increasing impunity, P-R funds for purposes other than game management. A few years ago, the General Accounting Office found that the USFWS had diverted between $40 million and $50 million of these earmarked monies to other agencies with little or no stake in wildlife management. Most scandalous of all, the people in charge had paid themselves substantial "bonuses" for doing so. But because accountability is increasingly rare in public service, no one was punished.

EXCERPT
Brace Yourself for Pork Power Why is there a conspiracy of silence in the conservation community about these events?

Jim Beers, a 30-year veteran of the USFWS, who worked for eight years as a P-R/D-J fund administrator, believes the answer lies in the proposed Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA), which nearly made it through Congress last year and has an even better chance this year.

In a nutshell, CARA will provide $3 billion annually for 15 years to state resource agencies. The states are understandably thrilled. So is the USFWS, which will get to administer the money‹"just like it already does the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson fund," say the bill's supporters. And with so much money flowing to the states for nongame purposes, antihunters know they'll soon control those last few conservation agencies not yet dominated by preservationist policies.

But if the USFWS and its state counterparts can't legitimately manage $400 million a year, what hope is there that they will act with any greater integrity once they get their hands on $3 billion a year? CARA is clearly one pork-pie the Congress must not be allowed to bake.

FOR THE FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.outdoorlife.com/sportsmansissues/fs/money.html

I just watched "Doc" with Billy Ray Cyruss. It was a show on Veterans.
First off yes I liked Achy Breaky Heart, but it wasn't until 1993
when I heard "Some Gave All" that I bought the CD!

Well I had to share the words with you:

I knew a man called him Sam 'the Cane'
Few folks even knew his name
But a hero yes was he

He left a boy, came back a man
Still many just don't understand
About the reasons we are free

I can't forget the look in his eyes
Or the tears he cried
As he said these words to me

All gave some, some gave all
Some stood through for the red, white and blue
. . and some had to fall

And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all

Now Sam 'the Cane' is no longer here
But his words are oh so clear
As they echo throughout our land

For all his friends who gave us all
Who stood the ground and took the fall
To help their fellow man

Love your country, live with pride
And don't forget those who died
America can't you see?

All gave some, some gave all
Some stood through for the red, white and blue
. . and some had to fall

And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all

Love your country, live with pride
And don't forget those who died
America can't you see?

All gave some, some gave all
Some stood through for the red, white and blue
. . and some had to fall

And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all

SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT BILLY RAY, BUT HE AND HIS WIFE WROTE ONE HECK OF A SONG!

Saturday, November 10, 2001

R.I. hunter charged with assault

THORNDIKE — A Thorndike landowner was assaulted this week after confronting several Rhode Island deer hunters who were hunting on his property without permission, according to law enforcement officials.

On Thursday, law enforcement officials from the Maine State Police, Waldo County Sheriff's Department and the Maine Warden Service gather at a residence in Albion.

One hunter has been charged in the alleged assault.

Richard Johnson, 58, of the Knowles Road, was treated at Thayer Unit, MaineGeneral Medical Center in Waterville for head and facial lacerations and later released, according to police.

From Maine Today.com:
http://www.centralmaine.com/news/stories/011110huntinga.shtml

Hunt Rhode Island: http://www.huntri.com/

I read about this on the HuntRI.com bulletin board. In the Chat Forum under a post titled "Land Owner Rights".

As one poster said "Rhode Island hunters have some fence mending to do", as we all do!

The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, multi-mission, maritime service. Operating within the Department of Transportation during peacetime, the Service falls under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy upon declaration of war or when the President directs. The Coast Guard is a unique federal agency. In addition to its non-redundant yet compelling national defense role as one of the five U.S. Armed Services, the Coast Guard is charged with a broad scope of regulatory, law-enforcement, humanitarian, and emergency-response duties. The Coast Guard operates in a complex and dangerous maritime environment characterized by rapidly changing security threats at home and abroad.

The Essence of the Coast Guard: America’s Maritime Guardians
http://www.uscg.mil/overview/essence_of_the_coast_guard.htm

The USCG Department of Transportation Page: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/cgind.htm

The United States Coast Guard homepage: http://www.uscg.mil/

WOW, I knew the USCG Served a dual pupose, but never knew that they actually served under two different departments! I knew they enforced maritime law but I had no idea that they were actually part of the Department of Transportation during peacetime!

They risk their lives in times of peace to save and rescue those in trouble and then in times of war can be called upon by our President to serve under the Department of Defense.

I would like to say to those that serve or have ever served in our Coast Guard, "Thank You for Your Service to Our Country"!

As Printed in The Exeter News-Letter on Tuesday, November 13th, 2001:

A group of fishermen started a discussion on an Internet message board. The discussion started as a comment on the quality of the warm water fishery in Lake Winnipesaukee. Warm Water species include bass, pickerel and perch. The idea of bringing some of the points in the discussion to the attention of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHF&G) prompted the first Warm Water Fisheries Meeting, which was held on Thursday, January 11th of this year. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the meeting.

New Hampshire has always been known as a Trout and Salmon fishermen's haven, but since the introduction of Bass around the turn of the century, Bass fishing has been on the increase ever since. Not so long ago one of the best-kept secrets in NH was the quality of Bass being caught in Lake Winnipesaukee. Now we have come full circle and questions on the stability of Bass and other warm water species in Lake Winnipesaukee were one of the topics at the meeting.

One point of discussion was the effect of tournaments on fisheries like Lake Winnipesaukee. According to Steve Perry, chief of the New Hampshire Fish and Game's inland fisheries division, there were 471 Fishing Tournaments held in NH last year and 431, or 91%, of those were Bass tournaments. Many anglers defend tournaments by stating that Bass tournaments are catch and release only and all the fish that are weighed in are released back into the lakes.

The practice of catch and release brings up a subject that most anglers agree is in need of a study of some kind and that is delayed mortality. Delayed Mortality is when a fish dies long after being released. The only way to study this possible problem is to revisit the site of a tournament and look for dead fish and possibly interview other fishermen to see if dead fish have been seen. A lot of different studies are going to involve the everyday angler and getting input from them in the course of their normal time spent fishing.

Tournament anglers and well-run tournaments spend a lot of money to insure the health of the fish. Live wells with aerators (injects oxygen into the water of a live well) are required at most tournaments, and chemicals to calm the fish and preserve their protective coatings of slime are used by many tournament anglers. To tournament fishermen the health of the fish is of the utmost importance, since bringing in a dead fish results in a penalty and loss of pounds of their total fish weight.

Cold Water species have been stocked for years but to this date no warm water species have been stocked by NHF&G. Cold water species like Trout and Salmon do not breed the same as warm water species. Since the introduction of Bass into NH lakes, Bass have gotten to where they are on their own. Whether to devote the same amount of money to a Warm Water fishery is another subject altogether. I do not believe that this was discussed at the meeting, but I am sure it will come up in future meetings.

Cold Water Fisheries and Warm Water Fisheries should not get the same amount of funding because they are two different types of fishing. The methods used for cold water species do not lend themselves to Catch and Release as well as warm water species. Cold water species are also much more sought after as a food source and I believe you will find a much larger percentage of cold water anglers keep their catch.

Let's face it, and I am sure some cooks will tell me how to prepare a delicious Bass, but Trout and Salmon are a more tasty fish then warm water species. Don't get me wrong, I am not much of a freshwater fish eater at all. I usually release every fish that I catch, including Trout and Salmon. If I catch a wounded or gut hooked fish, then I keep them and usually give them to my Mom or my Mother-in-law since they both love fish of all kinds.

Bass are a prolific species and the majority of Bass fishermen do practice Catch and Release. Also Trout and Salmon, although heavily stocked now, are a native species and Bass are an introduced species to the northeast. Look at the population of Bass now and they have only been in New Hampshire for about one hundred years.

I am not denying the need for Warm Water Species management and a warm water fishery study. We also need to monitor tournaments, basically because they can be; you can't monitor every Non-Tournament fisherman out there fishing. Tournaments already take counts and weights that can be used as a measure of the fishery.

Tournaments also need to be held to some sort of standards to assure that fish are handled correctly and released in a proper manner to prevent as much delayed mortality as possible. Short of education through pamphlets when licenses are bought, we can only hope that the average angler acts as sportsman-like as possible, like the majority of Tournament fishermen already do.

There is no question that Warm Water fisheries deserve more funding than they are receiving now, but to suggest that they receive the same amount of funding as Cold Water fisheries is comparing Apples and Oranges.

This first meeting was just the beginning of a new era of communication between fishermen and the NH Fish and Game Department. Hopefully the NH Fish and Game Department will continue to hear fishermen's opinions on the Warm Water Fishery here in New Hampshire.

Bombs going off in our own Country! "Radical Animal Rights Groups Step Up Protests" PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 8 — The incidents have not tailed off, even since Sept. 11: a firebombing at a federal corral for wild horses in northeastern California; a fire at a primate research center in New Mexico, and back-to-back break-ins in Iowa, one at a fur farm to release more than 1,000 mink, the other to free pigeons raised for research. All the incidents occurred in the last several weeks, and loose-knit groups like the Animal Liberation Front or the Earth Liberation Front have claimed responsibility. While many mainstream protest groups have scaled back their activism since the terrorist attacks, radical animal rights groups have not. State and federal law enforcement officials say they are frustrated and angered by the recent acts of sabotage. Some investigators said they were worried that such vandalism could escalate because the groups involved knew that agents were already overwhelmed with reports of anthrax and terrorism. Between them, the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front have claimed responsibility for at least six actions since Sept. 11, and for many others in recent years, including fires at a Vail, Colo., ski resort, which they said impinged on lynx habitat, and a Long Island housing-construction site. Eco-saboteurs, as they are called, are also suspected in a Sept. 8 fire at a McDonald's in Tucson, that caused extensive damage. The initials "A.L.F." and "E.L.F." were spray- painted at the scene. To Read the Full Article From the New York Times: "Radical Animal Rights Groups Step Up Protests"http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/national/11SABO.html(Story still available, but may require registration) Bombs, Fires, and Vandalism around the country! These jerks are taking advantage of the current situation that has agents busy protecting our country from outside terrorists, while these so-called citizens, are terrorizing our country from with-in! I Hope the President goes after these Terrorists with the same tenacity as Bin Laden!

The Humane Society of the United States has re-released their Annual Anti-Hunting Film! Well I can re-run the same propaganda too! In Her Eyes: A Short Film by Gorman Bechard- Filmmaker Gorman Bechard captures the transformation of a hunter, as he realizes just how "unnecessary" hunting is. They have renamed their mailing, but the film is the same one. "The Eyes Have It - In this original film about hunting, a clear line of sight can be obstructed by glimpses from the unlikeliest places." An anti-hunting film called "In Her Eyes":http://www.gormanbechard.com/eyes/A touching film and it tugs your heart strings! I do not enjoy killing, but I could not stop eating meat, I could not live on vegetables, so how could I be a hypocrite and only eat meat that comes wrapped in plastic and styrofoam? Is eating meat OK, when the blood is on someone else's hands? I eat vegetables because I have to, not because they taste good! (Actually the only way vegetables taste good is when smothered in butter!) The movie shows a wife that says to her husband that hunting is senseless, but he goes anyway. Then the movie says that their dog used to go also, but apparently lost interest and doesn't go anymore! A dog lost interest in running in the woods? I DON'T THINK SO! Just remember that this movie comes from the Humane Society of the United States, which is responsible for the murder of 6 million pets each year! Their bodies are not used for medical testing, their meat is not used for food, their hides are not used for clothing, their deaths are senseless! Their lives are wasted completely! NOW WHO REALLY IS THE HYPOCRITE?In Her Eyes: A Short Film by Gorman Bechard- Filmmaker Gorman Bechard captures the transformation of a hunter, as he realizes just how "unnecessary" hunting is. Check out my Humane Society of the United States page with their letter to me requesting that I "cease publishing false and damaging communications regarding the HSUS"!http://NHNews.freeservers.com/Saab_humane_society.htmDAMAGING YES, but FALSE, ........ NO!

The Country Pond Fish and Game Club, Inc. (CPF&G), located at 82 Pond Street in Newton, New Hampshire, has recently purchased approximately 40 acres of land adjacent to the Club’s existing property on its north and west side. There are two primary reasons the Club purchased this land.

First, and foremost, is the fact that with the increased residential development in the area it was determined that establishing a buffer around our facilities would be in our best interest. CPF&G wishes to be a good neighbor within the community and the acquisition of a sizeable amount of land around our existing property would help eliminate potential issues with bordering neighbors.

Second, CPF&G does have a need for a modest expansion of our existing facilities. It is anticipated that we will construct a parking area, an outdoor archery range and other recreational areas on some of the land which was recently purchased. The majority of the land which was purchased, however, will remain undeveloped, in its natural state, and will provide a substantial portion of the buffer referred to above.

In order to accommodate the site plans which we envision, a certain amount of clearing and excavation are necessary, specifically on the small portion of land directly north of our facility on Pond Street. This land, which is less than ten acres, is bordered by Pond Street on the east, the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks on the north and west, and our own land on the south. We have obtained the necessary permit for the clearing of trees on this portion of the acquired property, and are in the process of applying for the necessary permits for excavation and site development. To a large degree the economic value of the entire transaction depends on our ability to excavate and reconfigure some of the land which was purchased and which is zoned Light Industrial/Commercial. There are no plans to significantly expand the scope of our Club’s activities nor to develop any of the purchased land which is zoned Residential..

We are fully aware that CPF&G must be a responsible neighbor. We are diligently working with the Newton Planning Board and the Newton Board of Selectmen to address our needs as well as the needs of the community.

Country Pond Fish and Game Club

Board of Directors

As printed in the Exeter News-Letter on Friday October 26th, 2001 (Items in Parenthesis were edited out by the Newspaper):

On Wednesday September 5th there was standing room only in the Knightly Meeting Room of the Salem New Hampshire Town Hall. The Salem Conservation Commission held a public hearing to discuss their decision to ban all hunting in the Salem Town Forest.

Hunters from around the State and some from out of state came to show their dissatisfaction with the Commission’s decision to ban hunting on over 200 acres of land that make up the Salem Town Forest. This was a familiar scene to many since last year the Commission made a recommendation to the Salem Selectmen to ban the use of firearms in the Town Forest. After a public hearing the Selectmen decided to continue to allow muzzleloader and archery hunting in the Forest.

Mr. Andrew Santo who had sold 10 acres of land to the Town of Salem to be added to the existing Town Forest for $10,000, stated that He had mentioned allowing hunting on several occasions but that it had never been added to the deed. Everett McBride, who served as a Selectmen last year, stated that He believed that their decision to amend the deed to the Town Forest to include hunting as an accepted activity was never carried out. Conservation Commissioner George Jones questioned whether a deed could legally be amended in that manner.

A lawyer advising the Conservation Commission told them that they had the control of the Town Forest over the power of the Selectmen. Due to increased activity in the forest and the use of a new parking area, the Commission felt that safety was now a factor and used their power to institute the ban on all hunting.

Mike Edwards of Kingston, NH, said that His Dad, who he considers an "Old Yankee", told him to never give land to the town, to the state, or to the Government, because they would change the rules. (Mr. Edwards who is the NH Webmaster for New England Sportsman Network (http://www.nesportsman.com) also attended last years meeting.)

Several people came to the meeting after seeing the issue being discussed on a live broadcast on the local cable channel. Most were supporters who came to echo the hunter’s position to request that the Commission reverse their decision and allow hunters to use the Town Forest. (Stephanie Micklon, a NH State Representative from Salem, also saw the broadcast and came down to voice her opinion. Ms. Micklon who enjoys walking and taking pictures in the Town Forest, came down to say that she considers herself a "Bambi Lover", but would never deny hunters the right to use the land. She also stated that she "feels safer with hunters then with the dirt bikes" using the forest.)

(Another woman who saw the live broadcast came down to say "I don’t like guns" and that she was nervous about walking with her child in the Town Forest. She was upset that no one had spoken out for the everyday user of the forest and she felt that she had to come down to support the Conservation Commission’s decision.)

Doug Ross, A NH Fish and Game Commissioner, Dave Walsh, a NHF&G Officer, and another officer attended the meeting. Officer Walsh stated that he saw more danger with All Terrain Vehicles then with hunters. When questioned on the enforcement of Muzzleloader and Archery Only in the Town Forest, he said that he covers several towns and responds when called, but that it was the Commission’s responsibility to put up signs and mark the boundaries.

The question of marking the boundaries has come up before and is on the Commission’s agenda at a future date. The problem is that signs fade and get destroyed and tags marking the boundaries seem to disappear. Even with marking boundaries some people may miss the signs and still cross into or out of the Town Forest. At this point Commissioner Linda Harvey suggested recommending to the Salem Selectmen to extend the ban to all of Salem, due to the difficulty of enforcement in the Town Forest.

Mike Edwards approached the Commission and questioned Linda Harvey on her comment of extending the Ban to all of Salem and she stated that what she meant was to extend the limitation of Muzzleloader and Archery Hunting Only to all of Salem. Mr. Edwards proceeded to question her on the subject, but the Chairman of the Conservation Commission stopped Mr. Edwards since this was not the subject of the meeting.

After a short break the Commission brought the meeting back into order. Conservation Commissioner George Jones who had proposed the original motion that brought about the ban on hunting, now made a motion to allow hunting by Muzzleloader and Archery Only in the Town Forest. The motion would allow hunting by Muzzleloader and Archery during the Regular firearms season and for Archery to continue to the end of the State Archery season. The motion also mentioned that the permit process, whereby hunters had to register at the Salem Police Station to hunt in the Forest, was being purposely left out of the new motion. The Salem Conservation Commission voted unanimously to allow hunting in the Town Forest.

After a discussion with NHF&G Commissioner Doug Ross, He agreed to inform the NHF&G headquarters of the decision and to include in the NH State Hunting Booklet that the Town Forest of Salem would be Muzzleloader and Archery Only.

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