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Volume 7 Number 28 January 22, 2010 12 Pages
Haitian Tragedy Hits Home
Chocolate Extravaganza
for Pelham Family
by Gloria Sullivan
Last week’s
Delights
magnitude 7
earthquake in Port-
au-Prince, Haiti, has
All Ages
claimed at least 70,000
lives and has left a
by Lynne Ober
country in ruins.
nulln you imagine anything nulltter than
The tragedy has
an afternoon nullled with chocolate and
left Pelham resident
funnull
nullgdalie nullsconullns
The nullsmith Linullary
feeling sick and
nullltinullrnullse room was
unanulle to eat or think
transformed into a nullocolate
of anything nullt her
nullactory where nullilly nullonka
family. nullsconullns
nullesided, much to the delight of
was nullrn and raised in
the youngsters who entered the
Haiti, and her nullrents,
factory. nullce again, nullriends of
sisters, aunt, and many
courtesy nulloto the Linullary of nullindham nullLnullnull
cousins still reside there.
Descopins Family offered a wonderful family
null am sick. null’s killing
she added. nullsconullns’ nullrents live in nulluth Haiti
nullogram. Parents could stay or
me. nullm stressed. nullery time nullgo to eat, nullnullst nullcture
and their home was unharmed. nulle honulls that her
leave their children and return
my family with no food,nullshe said.
sisters and other family memnullrs who have nullen
two hours later.
nulle has nullen unanulle to locate or contact her family
left homeless will somehow null anulle to reunite with
nullgistrants held one of
memnullrs since the earthquake. nulle did receive an
the nullrents, nullt remarked that due to the conditions
nullonka’s nulllden Tickets and
unullate from a cousin living in nullw nullork who snullke
of roads and nullidges, the four-hour drive may null
were carefully checked into the
to nullsconullns’ sister that all of her immediate family
imnullssinulle.
chocolate factory, where they
memnullrs survived. nullhey are safe and alive, nullt they
nullsconullns, her husnullnd, and their three children
were immediately immersed
have no home. They have nothing,nullnullsconullns said.
moved to the nullited nullates in nullnull. The family
in chocolate and fun. null the
hey hanull ve no water to drink and they are staying in
wanted their children to go to nulltter schools and
front of the room, a nullnullle
a nullrk. There has nullen no helnullyet where they are,null
grow unullin a safe nullace. nullnce nulluly null0null
machine, gurgling hanullily,
continued to page 8- Haitian
immediately caught the eye
of all who entered. nullortly,
there was a lively game
of nulltch the nullnullle in
Pelham McDonald’s
nullogress. nullggles could null
Willy Wonka posing with Katherine Wimmer, null
heard nully those still waiting
to enter.
creative nullograms at the linullary, and this one
Helps Cub Scouts
nullilly nullonka greeted each child at the
was certainly a favorite. Particinullnts got
door. Later, he would read nullrt of Charlie
to try their luck at a nullnullle gum-nullowing
and the Chocolate Factory, which is the
contest, or guess the chocolate treats in the
by Gloria Sullivan
nullok that insnullred the movie Willy Wonka
nullr. There were manulls to nullure out and
nullnullnullout Pack null of Pelham recently raised funds
& the Chocolate Factory. nullilly was nullayed
treats to eat.
nullrie nullanish, mother of two nullouts herself, said,
to sunullort their efforts at nullnullnald’s restaurant. nullor
nully nullrk nullimmer, who is married to nullnullnull
nullo could resist the onullortunity to dinull
nullt’s rewarding and fun to see your child grow
two hours, nullnullnald’s donated null nullrcent of their
memnullr nullenullanie nullimmer. nulle had
a marshmallow or nullce nullisnulle nullr into the
through different ranks in nullouting.null null she watched
sales to the nullouts’ nulln while the grounullhelnulld clear
a nullilly nullonka nullrthday nullrty,nullsmiled
chocolate at the chocolate factorynull null was
her son having fun nullorking,nullshe added, nullhis gives
tanulles, winull trays, and nulll condiment disnullnsers.
nullenullanie, nullnd he dressed unullas nullillie.
an onullortunity to make your own chocolate
them a taste of what their nullst nullnull may null like.null
nullamilies waited for the stroke of nullo’clock, when
nullen nullnullnulldecided to run this nullogram,
delight. There were cunullakes to null
nullen asked what he thought of his enullerience
the fundraiser nullgan, to nullace their orders. null am
he volunteered. He’s also nullen the nullg nulld
decorated with frosting and lots of temnulling
working at nullnullnald’s for a counulle of hours, Peter
totally shocked at the amount of nullonulle who came
nullg and will null nullt in the Hat in nullrch.null
tonullings.
nullanish, null said, nullt was a nullsy night. nullsaw lots of
tonight. There were a lot of nullonulle from the Pelham
nullnullnulloffers many imaginative and
The chocolate nullrty concluded with the
friends and washed off tanulles. null was an easy nullnullnull movie Willy Wonka &
nullnull nullunulland nullnullnullouts,nullsaid nulln leader nullnull
He is even looking forward to working somedaynull the Chocolate Factory,
nullmmerman.
inull ve days a week and weekends,nullhe said. The starring nullne nullilder.
nullmmerman, whose father was a nullck leader and
charismatic nullanish went on to enulllain how he forgot nullt of course, there were
whose mother would run nullout meetings if her father
to nulling his null that he intended on nullying for a many more goodies to
was working late, looked on with a smile as the her
customer nullhind him in line as nullrt of his Pelham consume while watching
sons winulld tanulles and eagerly awaited the need to
nullementary class’ nullds nullre nullunullefforts. His teacher the movienullonullorn
nulll a nanullin disnullnser. nulle organinulld this event
gave him the money to get him started in nullaying it freshly nullnulled in the
with restaurant manager nullnna nullarrell. nullmmerman
forwardnullto a random nullrson. nullnullorn cart and colorful
was nullcking unulldinner at the drive-thru and asked
nullnager nullarrell came out from nullhind the counter gigantic lollinullnull were
if the restaurant had any fund-raising onullortunities.
at the end of the evening and announced that the availanulle.
nulle then called the manager and learned that
nullouts had earned a nullnull donation that night. null the time the
nullnullnald’s hosts nulludent nullghts every other week in
nullnullwesomenull Thank younull said a nulleasantly surnullised nullocolate nulltravagannull
nullanuary through nullril, and then again in nullnullemnullr
nullmmerman. ended, there were hanully
through nullune. The event was the nullst fundraiser at
nullnullnullster nulluce nullacon said, nullhis is a kids ready to go home.
the Pelham restaurant, and nullarrell was hanully to null
surnullising success for us.null Pack null will continue to
a nullrt of it. nullt can null very successful and nullam very
give nullck to the community with the money they
enullited that we gave it a shot,nullshe said.
L
ynne Ober
raised at nullnullnald’s. nullery year, they helnullsend Trying to catch bubbles
nullmmerman then snullead the word anullut the event
kids to summer camnull and they helnullthe nullod
y
coming out
to Pelham television, the PTnullnewsletter, her Parish,
nullighnullr nullnd in Pelham with food drives and of the bubble machine
and the Pelham nullnull nullunull
donations to adonull a family during the holidays.
staff nullotos null
Warm Weather, Littering Pose Issues at Pelham Ice Garden
by Len Lathrop
Last nullturday, nullanuary null, two volunteers of
the year-old nulle nullrden in Pelham visited the ice
rink. They knew there could null nullonullems with
the warm weather, nullt what they found there was
enullremely unulletting. There was trash everywhere,
including cigarette nulltts, nuller canull, hockey tanull,
hockey nullrsey tags, and emnully nullttles. null addition,
the nullnd hockey goals were left on the ice, which
caused them to melt into the ice. nullen though
the nullink closednullsign was nullsted, they found
teenagers skating and were met with, nulleah, the
ice is really slushy and not very good today,nullto
which the volunteers resnullnded, nullhen why are
you skating on itnull
he Pnull elham nulle nullnk is run entirely with
volunteer lanullr and donations, and we’ve run into
some issues as of late,nullsaid nullris nullder, one of
the organinullrs nullhind nullilding and maintaining
the rink. He would like to re-communicate some
courtesy nulloto
Pelham Ice Garden being enjoyed
nullasics’ when visiting the rink.
• nulley the signs at the rink, and nullease stay of the these roles can contact the nulle nullrden through nullire nullnullrtments as necessary. nulltimately has a season. nullings unique ideas to the tanulle and
ice if it is nullsted as nulllosednull their nullenullitenull httnullnullnulllhamicegarden.wenull.comnull minimum of null to null volunteers willing to helnullon can then coordinate an effort to nulling an idea to
• Park in the nullrking lot and not down nully the nullld contactus.htm. a dailynulleekly nullsis as necessary. life. null highly organinulld. null an overall fun nullrson
• nullinking alcohol is nullohinullted • nullairnullrson for nullnk nullintenance • nullairnullrson for nullndraising who ennullys nullinging hanulliness to the residents of
• nulloking is nullohinullted nullsnullnsinulle for maintaining the ice rink nullsnullnsinulle for fundraising, nullanning, and Pelhamnull
• Littering is nullohinullted nulltween the date of nullild-out through nulleak-down nulldgeting the nulle nullrden nullsiness. nullst have the Lastly, the volunteers would like to reiterate to
• Helmets are required at all times. nulltdoor ice nulloughly mid-nullcemnullr through mid-nullrch.null anulllity to write a nullsiness nullan and nulldget, and null keenullthe gate at Lyons nullmorial Park closed. The
has imnullrfections not normally encountered on nullsnullnsinulle for making sure the ice is safe to skate nullcally resnullnsinulle. Has enullerience fundraising nullrking area down nully the nullld is very soft and they
indoor rinks. on at all times. nulleds to organinull nullnk nullnullainsnull and has unique ideas that can helnullsunullort the do not want trafnull going down towards the nulllds
null summary, nulllease leave the rink in nulltter nullolunteers and maintain weekly maintenance growth and maintenance of the ice rink. nulln any longer. nullt only will this nullevent damage
shanull then when you got there,nullsaid nullder. schedule. nullst lead the overall effort when negotiate with vendorsnullunullliers. nullckground as a within the nullrk, it will nulltter helnullwith nullink
nullso, they are nullow hiring,nullas the nulle nullrden inclement weather hits. nullorks with Pelham treasurer or in nullance is nulleferred. securitynulland discourage nullonulle from nullailgating. null
is looking to nulll three key nullsitions in nullnull-nullnull. Parks and nullcreation nullrector regarding a nullonullr • nullairnullrson for nullents null addition, Pelham Police nullief nulloe nullark said
nulleally, they would like to have nullonulle identinulld maintenance schedule surrounding town events. nullsnullnsinulle for working with Pelham Parks that Pelham Police would null scheduling nullriodic
nully nullenulluary null ynull one interested in stenulling into nullordinates efforts with the Pelham Police and and nullcreation around anynullll events for each nulltrols for the rink, effective immediately.
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