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Them folks to the east of here
From:
Randy Witlicki <[log in to unmask]>
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Vermont Skiing Discussion and Snow Reports <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 30 May 2003 14:54:31 EDT
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  grumble, grumble,  I better refrain from comment.  You know
the saying, "if you can't say anything nice".... (not that this
mailing list pays much attention to that).  Isn't it still 299 ?
Go Detroit !

  - Randy
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http://www.theunionleader.com/Articles_show.html?article=21872&archive=1

  (below has a May 29, 2003 date, reprinted without permission)
Mount Clay to become
Mount Reagan early
By WARREN HASTINGS
Concord Bureau


CONCORD — Mount Clay, a shoulder on the north side of Mount Washington in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, will be known in New Hampshire as Mount Reagan, after former President Ronald Reagan.
Yesterday the state Senate passed by an 18-5 roll call vote House Bill 82, changing the name of the mountain first named after Henry Clay, the influential member of Congress and U.S. secretary of state during the pre-Civil War period.
In passing the bill, the Senate ignored warnings by opponents that the name change won’t be recognized by the federal Board of Geographical Names, which means it won’t appear on federal maps, forest guides or other government-printed wilderness material.

Federal regulations say that such features cannot be named after a person until five years after the person’s death.
But supporters of the bill argued that the state can name its own areas without reference to federal rules. Sen. John Barnes, R-Raymond, urged the Senate to name the mountain before Reagan’s death so that he would know how much he is loved by the public.

Opponents argued that there will be future naming opportunities to honor President Reagan and that to avert confusion, Mount Clay should remain Mount Clay.
In 1913, the Legislature voted to change the name of Mount Clinton to Mount Pierce, but the original name stuck to associated trails and roads. Today that peak, at the southwest end of the Presidential Range east of Crawford Notch, is known by both names.

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