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PUBLISHER'S CORNER
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I was oddly excited to catch Olympic "breaking" last night and I'm here for it. I've seen some people say it shouldn't be in the Olympics. I say, after watching, that it's big fun. If you missed it, I would say it's like if the gymnasts did their floor routines at the same time, going tumbling pass for tumbling pass, challenging one another with in-your-face triple tuck back flips and sort of giving attitude while they were at it. And also, if the gymnasts were Eminem and Kool Moe Dee performing on Wild and Out. Also, they do what they do to music selected randomly, so it's not choreographed.
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It's among the "new" events that, like Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart, makes us smile while scratching our heads because it's a crazy combination that happens to work.
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This got me thinking about other Olympic events that are no more, which I did a little research on and of which I will remind you of over the next few days.
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First up: Olympic club swinging - a gymnastics discipline in which objects not unlike bowling pins would be whirled around the head and body in a specific pattern - think about the way the guys swing their legs around the hobby horse. I think it is similar in spirit but evolved into something more like rhythmic gymnastics.
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Club swinging was included in the Olympics only twice: 1904 and 1932.
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Twenty-seven employers, including 12 in the N.H. Veteran-Friendly Business Network, took part in the recent "Salute Your Service" job fair held at the NH Technical Institute.
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Expect partly to mostly sunny skies, breezy conditions, and warmer temperatures. The humidity will decrease in the afternoon, with a high of 87°, but it will feel more like 89°.
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Story Produced by the Concord Monitor, a Member of Multiple bills to expand New Hampshire’s Therapeutic Cannabis Program weathered a rocky legislative session – and for a group gathering a dispensary in Chichester this weekend, that’s reason to celebrate. GraniteLeaf Cannabis is throwing a party to commemorate its “cannaversary” – eight years of providing medical marijuana to Granite State patients …
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Ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Honoring Our PACT Act this weekend, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) Subcommittee of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), joined New Hampshire veterans, local Veterans Service Organization (VSO) leaders, and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) representatives for a roundtable conversation on PACT Act implementation and veterans experiences since the historic legislation was signed into law. Earlier this year, the VA announced that more than one million PACT Act-related claims had been approved, including for more than 3,300 Granite State veterans.
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Day two of the American Legion Northeast Regional Tournament saw two teams eliminated, including hosts Sweeney Post 2.
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