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Colebrook coach Buddy Trask, in his 38th season, was given the game ball by his son Kevinand wife, Mary after the Groveton Holiday Hoop Tournament opener that was the 500thvarsity basketball coaching win. (Photo by Arlene Allin)

To kick off the New Year, thelibrary is offering Let’s PaintSomething. This is a five-weekprogram on Mondays beginningJanuary 7 at 3 p.m. The pro-gram will be an opportunity for

children to paint with differentmediums and explore art. Thisprogram is for children agesGrade 2 and up. Pre-registra-tion is required.

Every other Tuesday begin-

ning January 8 at 3 p.m. is BIN-GO for Books. The dates of BIN-GO will be January 8, January

Weeks Memorial Library Children’s Room Activities

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New winter wheels for The Molar Express van, thanks to agenerous donation from Berlin City Auto Group in Gorham!The four new studded tires will allow The Molar Express, theNorth Country Health Consortium’s public health mobiledental clinic, to safely travel from Pittsburg to Plymouth thiswinter, caring for underserved children’s teeth in their school-based program. The folks who made it happen from left toright are: Phil Cloutier, Parts Manager; Randall Grondin,Toyota Service; Ed Watson, General Manager; Annette Cole,The Molar Express Dental Hygienist; and George Malloy,Certified Sales Consultant. For more information about TheMolar Express go to www.nchcnh.org and click on the “truck”logo.

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ObituariesLANCASTER — Harriet

Connary Allin, 91, died verypeacefully on December 28,2012 at the Harris Hill Centerin Concord, where she had beena resident and tenderly caredfor, for nearly two years. Hergranddaughter, Christine Quig-ley, was immediately by herside.

Harriet was born at home at59 Bunker Hill Street inLancaster on September 4, 1921the youngest of six children ofHarlan T. and Hattie (Stone)C o n n a r y . Harriet lost herfather when she was only fouryears old, but lovingly cared forher mother who passed away in1980 at the age of 101. Her threebrothers: Mervin Connary,Merlin Connary, MasonConnary, and two sisters,Harleen Connary Wilkinson andHenryetta Connary Kay, prede-ceased her. Harriett was hermother’s namesake and contin-ued to live in the homestead

where she was born, most of herlife.

Harriet graduated valedicto-rian of Lancaster Academy classof 1939. For a year she attend-ed business school inConnecticut.

Harriet Connary Allin

Town of Lancaster Public OfficialsNotice of Public Meeting

There will be a public meeting of the Town ofLancasterʼs Selectboard, Planning Board and ZoningBoard on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 6:00 PM atthe Lancaster Town Hall to collect input for theTownʼs Land Use Regulations and Ordinance Audit. Ifyou need assistance to attend this meeting contact thePlanning/Zoning Coordinator, Benjamin S. Gaetjens-Oleson, at the Town Office at (603) 788-3391.

Harriet Connary Allin

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GUILDHALL, Vt. — Ever-dene Ann Hodgdon, 84, ofGuildhall Village, Guildhall,Vt., died on Christmas morning,December 25, 2012, at Dart-mouth-Hitchcock MedicalCenter, surrounded by her fami-ly. She had been a resident ofGuildhall since 1988.

Everdene was born on July19, 1928, in Canaan, Vt., adaughter of George and Hattie(Ellingwood) Brown, on April 2,1948, in Upton, Me., Everdenemarried Charles O. Hodgdon, awoodsman from Granby, Vt.Five children were born toCharles and Everdene. T h efamily moved to Lancaster fromGranby in 1961. Everdene was

a stay-at-home mom until herchildren left home, and afterCharles died in 1988 she washired as a cook at the GuildhallElementary School, where sheworked for 20 years. The schoolchildren referred to her as “AuntEverdene.” They loved her andshe loved them. So good at whatshe did—the school directorsgave her the title of chef. Theschool children were often heardto say at home: “That’s not theway Everdene does it!”Everdene was an avid readerand crossword puzzle addict.She was a kind-hearted and

Everdene Ann Hodgdon

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Roland William “Rolly”Normandeau, 79, formerly ofCentral Avenue in Groveton,died Wednesday, December 26,2012 at Littleton RegionalHealth Care.

Rolly was born on January20, 1933 in Groveton, a son ofLouis and Pauline (Parent)Normandeau. He was a gradu-ate of Groveton High School,class of 1951.

Rolly was a veteran of theU.S. Air Force serving duringthe Korean Conflict. He was amember of the GrovetonAmerican Legion Post #17 andof St. Francis Xavier Church inG r o v e t o n . He retired fromJames River Corp. in 1995.

He is survived by his wife of60 years: Muriel Normandeau of

Franconia; one son, LanceNormandeau of Groveton; onedaughter, Amber May Terrien ofColebrook; two grandchildrenand five great-grandchildrenalong with several cousins.

Funeral service with militaryhonors will be held on Saturday,January 5 at 2 p.m. at theArmstrong-Charron FuneralHome in Groveton with Fr.Daniel Deveau, pastor of St.Francis Xavier Church officiat-ing. Inurnment will be in thespring in the St. FrancisCemetery.

Memorial donations may bemade in Rolly’s name to theGroveton Ambulance Corp., c/o

Roland William “Rolly”Normandeau

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WHITEFIELD — John B.“Jack” Ross, Sr., 79, diedDecember 27, 2012 at his home.He was born in Littleton, June4, 1933, the son of Harold “Bill”and Isabel (Nute) Ross.

Mr. Ross worked most of hisadult life for the NewHampshire Department ofTransportation, beginning in1951 as a member of a surveycrew. He was called to militaryservice in 1953.

After serving with the U.S.Army in Korea, he earned adegree in civil engineering atUniversity of New Hampshirebefore returning to work withthe D.O.T.

In 1968 he moved his familyto Whitefield and assumed theduties of District Engineer,District One, with headquartersat Lancaster. He held that posi-tion until retirement in 1997.

He was a Master Mason, amember of the Veterans ofForeign Wars, The AmericanLegion, The National RifleAssociation and several conser-vative organizations. As amember and past commander ofthe American Legion, he and hiswife operated the WhitfieldLegion’s youth baseball programfor many years.

He enjoyed his family, hisfriends, people, his dog Piper,his piece of “God’s green garden”and his John Deere tractor. Healso took pleasure in drivingfolks as a volunteer for theCaleb Interfaith Caregivers.

He was predeceased by hiswife of 48 years, Barbara(Richardson) Ross in 2006.

Mr. Ross is survived by hiscompanion, Diane Barber ofBradford, Vt.; three sons:Matthew S. Ross of Concord,

Mark S. Ross of Mt. Juliet,Tenn., and John B. Ross, Jr. ofWhitefield; a daughter BrendaJ. Ross of Lancaster; a brotherRalph D. Ross of Littleton; foursisters, Nancy J. Stearns ofGilmanton, Mary Ann Foley ofGilford, and Terry Dee Atwoodof Lincoln; seven grandchildren;a great-grandson and numerousnieces, nephews and cousins. Asister Judith Bagley of Alton,predeceased her.

Services will be private at theconvenience of the family.

Flowers and donations arediscouraged.

Bailey Funeral Home ofLancaster is assisting the familywith arrangements.

Please go towww.baileyfh.net for more infor-mation or to send an online con-dolence.

John B.“Jack”Ross, Sr.

COLEBROOK — EmmageneMartha “Jean” (Laythe)Shatney, 74, of Main Street,Colebrook died peacefully at herhome, with her children by herside on December 24, 2012.

She was born in Wheelock,Vt., on October 6, 1938 a daugh-ter of Frank A. and Geneva M.(Sanborn) Laythe, and has beena resident of Colebrook since1968.

Jean had worked for sevenyears until October 14, 2012 atthe Family Dollar in Colebrook,when she became too ill to workanymore. Jean loved to work

and spend time with her family.Jean is survived by her three

children: Janis Riley and hus-band Daniel of Laconia; John H.Shatney and wife Tricia ofColebrook; and Janine MacMahan and husband Dan ofGuildhall, Vt.; 11 grandchildrenand seven great-grandchildren.Three siblings also survive her:Maxine Roberts of Keene;Esther Pritchard and husbandDon of Belmont; and Frank“Sonny” Laythe of Boston,Mass., and nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by herhusband of 44 years, John

Urban Shatney in 2001; onegrandson, John James Shatney;and two sisters, Frances Caronand Alberta Gadwah.

At Jean’s request there willbe no public services. In lieu offlowers, memorial donationsmay be made to the charity ofone’s choice. Arrangements areentrusted to the care of theArmstrong-Charron FuneralHome in Groveton.

To send the family your con-dolences via the online registerbook, one may go to, www.arm -strongcharronfuneralhome.com

Emmagene Martha “Jean” (Laythe) Shatney

LANCASTER — BettyWright, 68, beloved wife, moth-er, grandmother and sister,passed away on December 23,2012 at Country Village GenesisEldercare after a short illness.She was born on May 15, 1944in Whitefield, a daughter toCharles Nelson and VirginiaIrene (Pervere) Potter.

Betty was raised inMaidstone, Vt., and was ahousekeeper at the Cabot MotorInn in Lancaster. She enjoyedwalking and visiting withfriends. Betty loved her cat,John Wayne and Westerns.

Her parents and a brother,Robert Potter, predeceased her.She is survived by her husbandof 45 years, Kenneth Wright of

Lancaster; three sons: DonaldWright of Colebrook, JohnWright of Columbia, S.C.,Robert Wright of Elgin, S.C.; abrother Donald Potter ofColebrook; four sisters NancyHughes of Colebrook, SallyFlanders of North Stratford,Elsie Lafoe of North Stratford,and Mary Wheeler ofBloomfield; and three grandchil-dren.

In lieu of flowers, memorialdonations may be made toLancaster CommunityCupboard, 16 Church Street,Lancaster, NH 03584 orLancaster Humane Society, 564Martin Meadow Pond Road,Lancaster, NH 03584.

Bailey Funeral Home inLancaster is assisting witharrangements.

Please go towww.baileyfh.net for more infor-mation or to send an online con-dolence.

Betty Wright

Betty Wright

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New winter programs willbegin shortly after the NewYear. Elementary Wrestling willbe open to all interested youthin grades 1-4. Practices will beheld on Tuesday evenings atWMRHS from 5:30-6:45 begin-ning January 8. For furtherinformation, please contactScott Kleinschrodt at 837-3114.

Experience the Colonel TownSpirit Squad for free onSaturday, Jan. 12, from 10-11a.m. This program is geared forgrades 3-6 and will be held inthe dance studio. Participantswill learn cheering basics andbegin to learn a choreographeddance routine with Spartancheerleaders. All children needto bring a clean pair of sneakersand a water bottle. Once chil-dren have tried this program,they’re sure to love it. The regu-lar program will beginThursday, Jan. 17, from 5-6:00.

Come and experience the funat Safe Haven while enjoyingscheduled arts and crafts forfree! Our first free day will beheld Tuesday, Jan. 29th.Children can ride the school bus

from the Lancaster School toColonel Town. Upon arrival,children will be served a snackbefore participating in arts andcrafts. All children must bepicked up by 6:00. Pre-registra-tion is required (call 788-3321);the deadline is Tuesday, Jan.22nd. The second free day willbe held Tuesday, Feb. 19th andthe registration deadline isFebruary 12th.

Start Smart Kid’s Gym forages 2-4 will be held Wednesdaymornings from 10:30-11:15,beginning January 16th.Children will enjoy a variety ofsports, games, gymnastics, andcoloring.

Yoga Dance is a fusion ofdance and yoga, set to fun con-temporary and world music. Theclass promotes joyful movementand self-expression. It’s a goodworkout for the body, mind, andsoul. These classes are for every-one and will be held Thursdaynights at 6:15 in the dance stu-dio beginning January 3.Classes will not meet January10, February 14 or February 21.The cost is $5 or donation.

Proceeds will go to the nonprofitchoice of the night. TraciWagner, a certified instructor,will be leading these classes.

Our adult fitness classes con-tinue to meet as follows.Lunchtime Lift on Mondays andThursdays from 12:10-12:55,Yoga Strength on Wednesdaysfrom 5:30-6:30, Jazzy BootCamp on Saturday morningsfrom 8:30-9:30, and SeniorAerobics on Monday/Wednes-day/Friday mornings from 8:30-9:30.

This year’s Father/DaughterDance will be held on Sunday,Feb. 10, from 12-3:00. There willbe a yummy buffet, photogra-pher, DJ, dancing, games, andprizes. The gym is transformedinto a wonderful holiday scene.There is a fee to attend thisevent. Space is limited so besure to register for this funevent, by calling 788-3321.

Daily updates are posted onthe Colonel Town Recreationfacebook page. Please check itout.

Col. Town Winter ScheduleFriends-N-Neighbors Thrift

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We are located at 4 MainStreet across from CumberlandFarms in Whitefield. Businesshours are Monday – Saturdayfrom 10 to 5; open until 6 p.m.on Mondays and Thursdays. Formore information, call the shopat 837-9044.

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BANGOR, Me. — There arenot many surprises left in theworld anymore. Technology hasmade it relatively easy to learnabout many things that werepreviously left up to the imagi-nation; infra-red cameras,Google and MRIs are just a fewexamples. But some talentedstudents in Northern NewEngland this December receiveda surprise they were not expect-ing in the least.

S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc.made seven “surprise” presenta-tions across New Hampshireand Maine. Students learnedthey were one of seven winnersof the company’s second annual“Dig Into Science”. Announcedin September, the contest askedstudents in Kindergartenthrough 12th grade in NewHampshire and Maine to createa video in which they explainhow science, engineering andtechnology can be used in newways to make the world a betterplace. The prize for each of theseven winners: a $1,000 stipend,to be used to attend or host a sci-ence-, technology-, engineering-or math- (STEM) related pro-gram. After choosing the win-ning videos from a pool of 79 (asopposed to last year’s 47), S. W.Cole worked with the principalof each school to make theannouncements in front of thewinning class, as well as otherstudents in the school.

This year’s winners are:

• Laura Barone’s seventhgrade science class atPortsmouth Middle School inPortsmouth

• Donna Collins’ seventhgrade science class at VillaAugustina School in Goffstown

• Krystal Smith’s fourthgrade (ninth grade) physical sci-ence class at MonadnockRegional Middle High School inSwanzey

• Leslie Marquis’ sixth peri-od (tenth grade) biology 2 classat Wisdom Middle School in St.Agatha, Me.

• Roberto Borda’s BC calcu-lus class at Yarmouth HighSchool in Yarmouth, Me.

• Sarah Glazier’s fourthgrade class at CorinnaElementary School in Corinna,Me.

• Margaret Pietrak’s 8A(eighth grade) science class atSkowhegan Area Middle Schoolin Skowhegan, Me.

Monadnock Regional MiddleSchool principal Jed Butterfieldsaid that that the “Dig IntoScience” contest is a great exam-ple of the kind of projects theteachers and administratorswant their students to work on.“We are very pleased to receivethis award, as it is representa-tive of our work to provide rigor-ous and relevant assignmentsfor our students as they learncommon core skills,” PrincipalButterfield stated. “We congrat-ulate Ms. Smith and her fourth

Local engineering firm gives away$7,000 to support STEM education

period class for representingMonadnock so well.”

Corinna Elementary SchoolPrincipal Richard Fernald wasvery happy to hear of the awardwon by Miss Glazier and herstudents, and said that partici-pating in programs like “DigInto Science” prepares studentsfor their careers. “The future forour children includes an immer-sion into these fields unparal-leled with past generations,”Principal Fernald said. “Theirfuture work spaces will not onlyhave a computer, but will

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Say, did you hear about the time…

By Ed “Midge” Rosebrook, Jr.

…the second amendment was under attack again?

The Off Your Rocker ClubBy Corinne Comeau

Hi, hello, hurray and HAPPYNEW YEAR, all you wonderfulOff Your Rocker Club members.Natch, I am writing this meet-ing/column (#169) of our Club,at least four days before NewYear’s Day (deadlines, don’tchaknow).

So, although I am early wish-ing you a beautiful and prosper-ous New Year (13 is my luckynumber), YOU have (as youread this) already made whoop-ie. Were you naughty or nice?Now, I know that the words“naughty or nice” usually applyto little children at Christmastime, but they also should applyto grownups at New Year’s Evecelebrations. I, personally, haveto be “nice” when it comes totoasting (imbibing) in the NewYear because, although I getdelightfully goofy, happy, smileyand carefree (lots of dancing andsinging and laughing) on thatfirst glass of “bubbly,” watch outfor poor me if I have a second(sometimes I can down three,but not really). I turn a vivid,nasty green and have to go insearch of “sour stomach reme-dies” and a handy “restroom.”Nope, bubbly and I disagree, attimes violently. I am not a hap-py reveler, at all. Not a pretty

sight. I cannot yet, of course, tellyou where I spent New Year’s,but I bet it was in front of thetelevision, yawning, downingONE bubbly and munching abunch of goodies. I also bet I didnot make it to the traditional“ball drop” before snoozingmyself right into 2013. PerhapsI am wrong and I did go out intothe whacky world of silly andhappy stuff (hope I did) and per-haps I was wise enough to onlychug one New Year’s bubbly sothe dancing and singing and big,huge smiles dominated theevening…and, if so, I’ll let youknow next week. Okay?

And NOW…look at all thatbeautiful cold and white stuffout there. Our very own enor-mous mounds of “lure” fortourists and snowmobilers (wel-come, welcome y’all). Love it.Nope, I don’t “play” in the snow,and it’s actually a lot of work …shoveling, sanding, tendingthose six hens and “HandsomeHarry, the Harem Guy” (i.e., therooster), but it’s wonderful forthe Great North Woods (eco-nomically, etc.) and, hey, I needthe exercise. We all need theexercise, for sure, if we want tostay fit and healthy, so bring onmore of that SNOW.

Okay, folks… I have to checkthe chix water (they don’t likeice); feed ‘em and swipe theireggs. The hens are being verygood girls and each cranking outa beautiful new egg a day. I tru-ly do hope you had a fabulousand glorious Christmas, eachand every one of you and see yanext week…and, of course,please God, bless us all.

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Letters to the Editor

On our computer recently, Ityped in “The second” and itimmediately popped up “Thesecond amendment.” It is a pop-ular site no doubt, lately. Hereis the meat of the second amend-ment to the constitution. “A wellregulated militia being neces-sary for a free state, the right ofthe people to keep and beararms, shall not be infringed.”

Pretty clear message for mostclear thinking Americans stilltrying to hold onto the values ofour founding fathers. Values allAmericans lived by for the first180 years or so, until we wereinfiltrated by the far left around50 years ago, who are extremelyworried about the strict adhe-sion concerning the separationof church and state, but grasp asmuch gray area as possiblewhen it comes to the “secondamendment’s” interpretation.

These “intellects” see the sec-ond amendment as only for awell-regulated militia, wherecertain individuals tied to themilitary can have weapons intheir homes in case of trouble.But then there is that pesky lit-tle comma, and after the commacomes “the right of the people tokeep and bear arms.”

For the first time in humanhistory, a government entrustedits people enough to possesstheir own firearms, by writing itinto their Constitution!

But if it was only meant formilitias, then why didn’t thecivilian population turn in theirweapons after the last Britishwar ship sailed out of Bostonharbor? Or if the newly-formed

government didn’t want non-military personnel to be armed,why then was there no declara-tion instructing such aturnover?

The left leaning news mediaand the anti-gun lobbyists justcouldn’t let the terrible tragedyin Connecticut go to waste. Newlegislation is being written up,to ban the so-called “assaultweapon” as used during thathorrible nightmare. Calling theAR15 Bushmaster an assaultweapon, is like painting num-bers on the doors of your car andcalling it a racecar.

Let me explain for the folkswho have been informed by themisinformed. The AR15 is asemi-automatic rifle firing eachtime the trigger is pulled. Itfires roughly from 45 to 60rounds a minute. Exactly thesame as any semi-automatichunting rifle, except it looks likethe rifle used by the U.S. mili-tary. The big difference is, theM16 fires 850 rounds perminute! This is an assaultweapon. Your car can be madeto look like a race car, but thetop speed is only 80 to 100 mph.Stock cars built for racing, aregood for 220+ mph. Now as faras banning those 30 round clipsare concerned, does anybodyreally believe this would pre-vent a “nut case” from possess-ing one? Dudes, seriously?!

Here comes the next ques-tion. Why does anyone need a 30round clip? Why does anyoneneed a 650-hp Shelby Mustang,where the speed limit is only 65mph? Look, if the “bleeding

heart” liberal judges spent asmuch time prosecuting crimi-nals who use guns and puttingthem away without plea bar-gaining their sentences to littleor nothing, instead of legislatingnew gun laws by the dozens, wewould be much safer.

Which brings me to the lastfour really important words inthe second amendment “shallnot be infringed.”

When your President, yourcongressmen and your senatorsplace their right hand on theBible, (I’m surprised they stilluse it in a federal building) holdup the other hand and swear touphold the Constitution of theUnited States, you have to won-der, if they can’t abide by all of itas it is written; then what otherparts can they change on awhim some time in the future?

So far for many of ’em, asthey begin to tackle a right giv-en to us by the most brilliantassembly of patriots this nationever had; have become the crim-inals best friend. Someonewrote, “If the liberals read thesecond amendment, like they dothe rest of the Constitution, gunownership would be mandato-ry.”

I’ll leave it at that.

—Comments may be sharedby writing to Midge Rosebrookat 25 Hill Street, Lancaster, NH03584 or c/o Great NorthwoodsJournal, 98-B Main Street,Lancaster, NH 03584 or byemail to greatnorthwoodsjournal@myfairpoint.net

Read ‘Evil Soup’ with much interestTo the Editor,

We read with interest, Mr.Rosebrook’s “Evil Soup” columnwhich appeared in the Decem-ber 22, Great NorthwoodsJournal. We agree with almosteverything he wrote, except per-haps his reference to “HappyHolidays” which is a greetingAmericans of faiths other thanChristianity, prefer. But there isno question that manyAmerican are disrespectful, self-ish and less tolerant of others.

Like Mr. Rosebrook, I grewup in the 40s and 50s havingbeen born in 1938. I went hunt-ing with my dad down aroundChester. We both carried shot-guns. Late in life, I became thecommanding officer of CharlieCompany, 1st Cavalry Divisionon the Demilitarized Zone inKorea where we faced hostilefire every day. So I know a littlebit about guns. It is terrifying tosee the firepower on our streetstoday, high-powered assaultweapons in the hands of anyone.To those affected by Mr.Rosebrook’s “evil soup” we canadd members of the middle classworking two jobs a day, with nohealth insurance falling off theirown financial cliff and picking

up a gun to solve their problems,as was done in the Depression.

America has a nightmare.We are averaging 85 gun deathseach day. This is where Mr.Rosebrook’s column doesn’t gofar enough. What are we to doabout all these “evil soup” typesin a country saturated withguns? Twenty, sweet, innocentchildren were murdered inNewtown, Conn. Before theywere buried, gun dealers were“soldout” of weapons and ammu-nition. Gun manufacturersmade millions of dollars in prof-its at the cost of little kids!

The NRA’s answer to this ter-rible situation is to sell moreguns. But an armed “good guy”at every school won’t do it. “Badguys” aren’t going to come in thefront door. Even if they did, bul-lets from an assault weapon willscatter and kill innocents. A badguy can do a lot of damage inless than 60 seconds with a pow-erful weapon that, as in Aurora,can penetrate two walls and hitsomeone in a neighboring the-ater. Mr. Rosebrook has done agood job stating the problem.Now what can we do about it?

John GoyetteLancaster

To the Editor,On that fateful Friday, I was

shocked and horrified by thesenseless slaughter of innocentsin Newtown, Conn., as was thenation. I have listened to thepontificating of the politiciansand the so-called experts’ ideasexpressed via the media. Itseems that all of the solutions sofar expressed, are singe sourcesolutions to a complex issue. No

one thing will prevent a recur-rence of this tragedy and nocombination of solutions willcompletely prevent it.

Banning the sale of the so-called assault rifles, magazinesand ammunition, will do noth-ing to prevent a criminal fromobtaining a weapon, as there are

Thoughts on December 14 shooting

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