Pelham - Windham News 6 - September 17, 2010


PMA Receives Grant from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation


submitted by Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Presentation of Mary Academy (PMA) of Hudson was awarded a grant from the Harvard Pilgrim Community Spirit 9/11 Grant Program. The $500 grant will be used to defray the cost of purchasing a Heart-Start Defibrillator for the school’s students and faculty. The Harvard Pilgrim Community Spirit 9/11


Grant Program was created in commemoration to those lost on September 11, 2001, through a special contribution to the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation. The Program provides Harvard Pilgrim employees with an opportunity to seek Harvard Pilgrim’s assistance in funding community activities that they regularly support


through their own donations of time and/or money. Since its inception in September 2002, the Harvard Pilgrim Community Spirit 9/11 Grant Program has provided hundreds of organizations with financial support and in-kind contributions worth more than $1,398,000. “Harvard Pilgrim is pleased that so many of its staff have chosen to give back to their communities through the Harvard Pilgrim Foundation,” said Karen Voci, Executive Director of the Harvard Pilgrim Foundation. “The grants support the variety of activities and programs that enrich all of our communities and have made a difference in the quality of life in these places.”


A Walk In Their Shoes


submitted by Thalia Bessette “We aspire to positively impact the lives of those supported by New Horizons for New Hampshire. By utilizing new technology, we will document our year-long journey while expressing the influence New Horizons for NH has on our community,” according to our mission statement. We are seven students from Windham High


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School: Maria Bessette, Haley Enos, Madison Enos, Julia Enos, Kate Farrell, Alexa Tsao, and Kara Yennaco. Together, we have begun a year- long project dedicated to the on-going issue of homelessness in America. We call ourselves A Walk In Their Shoes. We are a non-profit organization and for the next 12 months, we will be working with New Horizons for New Hampshire located in Manchester. This facility serves as a homeless shelter, a food pantry, and a soup kitchen to those living without a home or impoverished families and individuals. We will be volunteering at the shelter, holding fundraisers, and culminating with a documentary to present to the community. Over the summer, we have already begun to create a solid foundation for the following year by touring the New Horizons facility, volunteering at a New


Horizons road race, meeting with influential members of the community, and discussing our goals for the following year. The school has given us full use of its video production equipment to create our documentary during the upcoming school year and summer 2011. Because of all the work we will be putting into creating this documentary, we are piloting the Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO) program for our school district. This will allow us to receive academic credit for the work we do outside of school. Recently, with the help of the technology at Windham High School, we were able to accomplish our first task: redesigning a PowerPoint presentation used by New Horizons on a daily basis. Currently, we are meeting with students from Salem High School and Pelham High School to try and generate a joint fundraiser in addition to setting up a meeting with a member of the New Horizons alumni. We are all very excited for the prospect of the upcoming year. If you would like to help us by making a contribution to A Walk In Their Shoes, please refer to our home page for details: www.awalkintheirshoes. com.


National Lifeline Awareness Week


submitted by NH Office of Consumer Advocate During the nationally organized “Lifeline


Awareness Week,” September 12-18, the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (Commission) and the New Hampshire Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) are promoting the telephone programs, Lifeline and Link-Up Assistance, which offer discounts to low-income residents in order to ensure access to basic local telephone service. This discounted phone service makes it easier for New Hampshire customers to have access to local emergency services and community resources. Lifeline and Link-Up are two separate programs that can help income-qualified customers get new phone service and pay their telephone bills. These are federal programs implemented by local telephone companies that provide discounts to eligible households on installation costs for new phone service, as well as for basic monthly service. The Commission and the OCA want all New Hampshire residents to stay connected, including those who need phone service, but can’t afford it. You may be qualified if your household income is no more than 135 percent of the federal poverty income guideline, or if you participate in or qualify for any of the following programs: • Medicaid • Supplemental Security Income (SSI) • Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)


• Electric Assistance Program (EAP) or Natural Gas Bill Assistance


• Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8) • Food Stamps


submitted by Pelham Police Department


On September 1 at approximately 5:11 p.m., members of the Pelham Police and Fire Departments responded to a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Pheasant Lane and Dutton Road. The caller advised that there was a male subject that had been ejected from a Blue 2007 Kawasaki VN 900 and that was unconscious. The male subject was identified as Jose Lima, 52, of Hudson. Upon arrival, Officers Page and Kelly advised that Lima was now conscious, combative, and bleeding heavily from a facial injury. Officers tended to Lima until Pelham fire personnel arrived on scene. There was one other vehicle involved in the crash, a green 2009


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Toyota Camry operated by Meghan Harris, 21, of Pelham. According to a preliminary investigation and an eyewitness statement, Lima had been traveling northbound on Dutton Road. Harris began turning left off of Pheasant Lane onto Dutton Road when Lima came over a hillcrest and struck the Camry as it was pulling out of Pheasant Lane. The motorcycle hit the vehicle, causing Lima to be ejected


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over the hood of the Camry and ultimately land on the pavement. He appeared to suffer from significant facial injuries. Lima was transported to the Saints Memorial Hospital in Lowell, MA, for further medical treatment.


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Harris did not report any injury. Her vehicle sustained heavy damage to the front left corner. Both the motorcycle and the vehicle had to be towed from the scene. There was a helmet found in the vicinity of the crash; however, according to an eyewitness, Lima was not wearing it at the time of the collision. Speed does not appear to be a factor in the crash.


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• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) • National School Lunch Free Lunch Program (NSL)


• Bureau of Indian Affairs Program (Tribal TANF, Head Start Subsidy, NSL)


Lifeline helps qualified customers who already


have telephone service save money on their monthly phone bills, while Link-Up helps eligible customers receive a discount on the installation of telephone service in their homes. Some wireless companies participate in these programs, so customers should check with their wireless carriers.


Consumers can also save money by voluntarily foregoing pre-subscribed long distance telephone service by requesting toll-blocking, a service that prevents toll calls from being made from their phone. Customers using this service can still use pre-paid calling cards or dial-around services to place long-distance calls from their homes. To apply for either Lifeline or Link-Up, contact


your telephone company. More information on the programs is also available on the Commission’s Website: www.puc.nh.gov. The Commission is the state agency charged with regulating the rates and services of utilities operating in New Hampshire. To contact the Commission, call 1-800-852-3793 or 1-800- 735-2964 (TDD Access-Relay NH), e-mail us at puc@puc.nh.gov, or check our Website at www. puc.nh.gov. The OCA is an independent state agency representing the interests of residential utility ratepayers. To contact the OCA, call 271-1172, e-mail us at oca@oca.nh.gov, or check our Website at www.oca.nh.gov.


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