2 - October 28, 2011 | Pelham - Windham News Windham Teens Reach Out to West Virginia’s Poor
submitted by Joanne Vignos This past summer, a group of young
Windham and Salem residents drove down to West Virginia to help repair the homes of less fortunate people. The median home value in the area they visited is roughly $33,600, and 42 percent of its residents live in poverty. Throughout the week, the teens stripped shingles, sheet- rocked, installed siding, dug post holes, painted, began construction of a handicap ramp, shingled roofs, insulated walls, installed a storm door and replaced windows – all during unseasonably high temperatures and humidity (105 heat index). The week-long journey was an annual mission trip of the Windham Presbyterian Church (WPC) Youth Group. Youth Pastor Aaron Stetson said, “When students get out of their everyday surroundings and comforts and realize that with their own hands they can be helpful to someone far less fortunate, they really thrive. That was definitely the case with the students who came on this trip. It was
incredible to see and be a part of that.” Through the labor-intensive days the group bonded with each other and learned what it meant to put other people’s needs first and to put faith into action. Group discussions led to powerful insights and spiritual introspection. The New England group got a taste
of local West Virginia culture, too. One team member shared, “We were fortunate enough to get invited to the ‘Hillbilly Throwdown’ where some of us crooned “American Pie” off-key and others danced with a broom. It was awesome!”
Excerpts from the group’s daily blog: “After 17 hours on the road, a series
of vehicle troubles, traffic and road construction, we are finally here! We left at 4:25 a.m., had three gourmet meals at Subway, McDonalds and Hardees, drove 856 miles and got here at almost 9:30 p.m.” “The bulk of the group was tasked with siding the far end of the house, which required that they set up three stories of scaffolding. No simple task,
Tyler is impressed with Becky’s nail gun skills.
compounded with the abundance of bee nests that we encountered while twenty feet in the air.
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Minesweeper with hornet’s nests.’ one person joked as the group scraped the wall.” “At the ‘Hillbilly Throwdown’ we all learned how to flat foot dance. There was a girls-versus- guys singing competition, and obviously the girls dominated.” “I’ve learned to challenge personal integrity and live each day wondering how I can improve not only my life but others’.” “Tonight we played mafia and
scheduled a 3 a.m. pillow fight.” “As the week progressed we talked about being better lovers of God and that our faith should not be a set of beliefs but rather a lifestyle.”
“I think I can speak for all of
us when I say that if our summer ended today, we’d be satisfied and say it was well spent.”
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Mission trip participants included, front row, left to right: Tyler Proctor, Colby Putnam, Brandon Cole, Marisa Pellerin, Aaron Stetson, Lisa Grant, Rachel Vignos; back row:
Andrew Lewis, Connor Morisseau, Joanne Vignos, Kitty Morton, Jim Morton, Stephen Chau. Missing in photo: Becky Altieri, Barry Hebsch.
web.me.com/aaronstetson/Site/ Welcome.html. Join us! WPC’s high school youth group meets every Sunday 7-8:30 p.m. at the church, and the middle school kids meet on Wednesday nights 6:30-
8. In addition, all year-round we have special events, activities and trips. We welcome all local teens to join us. For more info, call Aaron at 930-2573 or just come by.
Windham Police Department Gets “Ok” to Use Money in Detail Fund
by Barbara O’Brien The money accumulated in the Windham
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Police Department’s Special Detail Fund has risen to in excess of $125,000 and Chief Gerald Lewis has received permission from selectmen to spend a portion of it on a full-size four-wheel drive pickup truck, as well as a repeater system
for portable radios. The special fund was established through a warrant article passed by
voters and includes money earned by the town through private police details needed to ensure public safety, such as directing traffic around construction sites. Chief Lewis emphasized that the money does not come from taxpayers nor does it have any impact on the town’s operating budget.
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Although Lewis said he would prefer to purchase another police cruiser for the department, rather than a pickup truck, he is attempting to stay within the wording of the warrant article approved by voters six years ago that being that any purchases made with the money should be directly related to police details. Any maintenance or repairs done on vehicles used for special details also comes from the special fund. Lewis said a pickup truck would be used solely for conducting police details and would be used to transport traffic cones, barricades and other related equipment. “This would allow the police department to be self-sufficient,” Lewis said, rather than having to depend on someone from the town’s highway department to transport such equipment to construction sites. Being larger than a cruiser, it would also be more visible when parked at a work site. This past year, Windham Police got rid of the oldest cruiser in the fleet, leaving only “the one spare cruiser” to be used on special details. “We do a lot of details in this town,” Assistant Town Administrator and Finance Director Dana Call said, explaining the need for the vehicle, as well as the fairly large amount of money in the special fund. Selectmen gave Lewis permission to move forward with the bid process on acquiring a pickup truck by a vote of 4 to 0. Voting in favor were Chairman Ross McLeod, Vice-Chairman Bruce Breton and Selectmen Roger Hohenberger and Kathleen DiFruscia. Selectman Phil LoChiatto did not attend the October 17 meeting, where the vote was taken. By a vote of 4 to 0, selectmen also approved spend approximately $5,000 from the special police detail fund to purchase a portable radio repeater system intended to enhance communications throughout the area. Chief Lewis said that portable radios are still the primary, and often sole communication method for officers. “Right now, communications between portables are marginal at best, because of the local topography,” Lewis stated.
Lewis explained that the repeater system will be installed on the existing antenna in Windham and will incur a one-time cost. When questioned as to why cell phones couldn’t be substituted for portable radios, Lewis said the police spectrum is different from that emitted by cellular towers.
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