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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, January 21, 2010
GrAsso from 20 all day, you could buy a Landing. The bag from
We did stop but didn’t bag of dirt to sift out. The Kenai Landing was guar-
take any time to do any dirt contained other gems anteed to contain gold,
actual mining. I was sur- of minimal value. which it did.
prised. As we were waiting I have never, to my However, while at the gift
for them to open, cars were knowledge, passed up the shop I purchased two vi-
pulling in & people were opportunity for a practical als of “Alaskan Gold Nug-
arriving with a potpourri of joke and the bags of dirt gets”, which were nothing
mining gear. Sledge ham- reminded me of my trip to more than small pebbles
mers, knee pads, sifters, Alaska. I had picked up a covered with gold leaf. I
iron bars and 2-lb ham- couple of bags of dirt along “salted” the other bags
mers. Guess they were the Kenai River for her to with these, anticipating
More from my woods camera. This backyard bear has been
there for the day. If you pan out and I also bought that this would give the
didn’t want to pound rocks a bag while at the Kenai wife a bit of a jolt when she
raiding too many bird feeders. Nice rug though!
panned these out. prepare the spring flyers &
There is no question that mail them out along with
this caused some excite- any photos I took of my
ment, but not in the way clients during the 2009
If you, or someone you
that I had anticipated. season. That will take a
Gold, being very heavy, couple of weekend. This is
know, cares for a family
will remain on the bottom a good project for a snowy
of the gold pan and easily weekend in January.
member with memory
separates from the dirt.
loss or Alzheimer’s,
However, in this case, all Later…… Capt. Pete
the panning caused the
you know how physically
gold leaf to separate from
the pebbles and instead
and emotionally
of finding the nuggets, the
at gold leaf was floating on
demanding it can be.
the surface. It took a few
days for her to figure out
The Gardens at
what happened but in the
Meredith Bay of_f ers our
end, I got blamed.
My next project will be to
“Helping Hands Program”
sort out my customer list,
for Respite Care.
MAlkin from 6
banks that have soaked up
ing middle-class taxpay- taxpayer bailout money.
ers, employers, investors Gobble, gobble, gobble.
and drugmakers to subsi- Nor will any of the in-
dize expanded government competent or complicit
health care. financial regulators who
The liberal press became practiced self-admittedly
unhinged when former “inadequate” oversight be-
President George W. Bush fore the meltdown and dur-
posed with an artificial tur- ing the government bailout
key on a surprise Thanks- structuring be fined or
giving trip to Baghdad in penalized. (We’re looking at
2003. But on Thursday, you, Tim Geithner).
when Obama served up With Year Two of the
a fake populist turkey of Obama administration
a $90 billion bank tax -- barely under way, even its
dubbed the “financial crisis most loyal subjects are be-
responsibility fee” -- much ginning to realize that Hope
of the press corps dutifully and Change were phony
You can take a break knowing your loved one is living in a comfortable, safe
chewed and swallowed. fruits. He promised new
and homelike environment being cared for by our trained staf_f .
Feigning outrage at the politics. We got the same
• Grants are available for respite care •
very financial sector that old crony capitalism. He
loaded his campaign cof- promised public account-
Emergency respite care can be provided when a caregiver becomes ill or
fers and provided him with ability. We got the back of
unavailable for any reason. crony Treasury appointees, the hand. How ya like them
Obama demanded “our rotten apples now?
For more information contact:
money” back.
The Gardens at Meredith Bay Colony Club
But the tax will not apply Michelle Malkin is the au-
21 Mile Point Road, Meredith, NH 03253
to the Enron-rivaling finan- thor of “Culture of Corrup-
cial black holes of Fannie tion: Obama and his Team
603- 279-1500 Mae and Freddie Mac (it of Tax Cheats, Crooks &
or email Kathie at kthorndike@meredithbaycolonyclub.org
would “not be productive,” Cronies” (Regnery 2010).
says a White House filled Her e-mail address is mal-
Why pay more for less?
with Fannie- and Freddie- kinblog@gmail.com.
enriched advisers). Or to
the bailed-out auto compa-
nies. Or to the bevy of non-
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