Tax Payers Of Gilmanton
Mandatory, Pay As You Throw Or Status Quo?
Submitted By Lori Baldwin
Did you know that 47% of the Transfer Station budget, is expended to
dispose of solid waste/bagged trash?
We can reduce this amount by adopting, Mandatory, Pay As You Throw
or both at town meeting on March 17th.
Mandatory Recycling
will not create a sizeable reduction of the 47%.
"Most towns that adopt Mandatory Recycling do not experience very
large increases in recycling. Without adopting an additional program
such as PAYT, the recycling rate shouldn’t be expected to increase
by more than 5-10% which is a generous estimate. Some towns feel
they’d like to give residents a friendly challenge and see how they
do before switching to PAYT. While this is the politically safe
thing to do, it is not the most effective way to increase
recycling." (RCAP Solutions Inc.)
Pay As You Throw
(for solid waste only)
If we implement PAYT, we maximize the opportunity to reduce the 47%
while increasing recycling revenues. Revenue, generated from the
cost of bags $1-$2.00 range, will offset the cost to run the
facility. It’s the most equitable way to distribute solid waste
costs because households pay for the waste they generate. Currently
we all pay approximately $250.00 in taxes to run the facility
whether we recycle or not. People who recycle do not want to pay for
their neighbors who don’t.
For more information on the analysis presented by RCAP Solutions
Inc. to the Town of Gilmanton
http://www.gilmantonnh.org/documents/rf/IMG_0006.pdf
GCC Food Pantry And Thrift Shop News
Just a reminder, the $5.00 Bag Sale will continue through
until Saturday March 17th. We still have many wonderful things left
for the entire family and everything in the shop is included in the
$5.00 Bag Sale. So come on in to the GCC Thrift Shop’s
semi-annual Bag Sale and start filling those bags for just
$5.00. What a deal is that!
We will also have a fantastic price on winter coats and jackets
since they are too bulky to fit in a paper bag. All adult winter
coats and jackets will be $2.00 and all kids winter coats and
jackets will be $1.00.
Remember, we always welcome donations. Items can be dropped off at
the GCC Food Pantry And Thrift Shop during our business hours.
Please do not leave donations outside the door or put them in the
big yellow box. We accept clothing and wearable accessories Only.
We have begun collecting food items for the upcoming Easter holiday
food baskets. Some suggested items for donation are: cereal, bottled
juice, breakfast muffin mix, canned sliced pineapple, 1 lb. box of
sugar, pickles, olives, cranberry sauce, stuffing, turkey gravy,
canned peas and canned carrots.
We also are collecting "Bunny" basket items such as: jump ropes,
bubbles, yo-yos, frisbees, play-doh, crayons, colored pencils,
coloring books, and Easter candy. Items for donation can be brought
to the Food Pantry or left in one of our collection boxes. Boxes are
located at the Gilmanton School, Iron Works Market, Academy Building
and Year Round Library. Items must be received no later than March
31st to be included in the Easter food baskets.
The GCC Food Pantry Board wishes to thank everyone who has helped
out in the past with our food basket program and we thank you for
your continued support. If you wish to make a monetary donation you
can mail it to GCC Food Pantry and Thrift Shop, PO Box 6, Gilmanton
IW, NH 03837. Thank you.
We are located on Route 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works, across from the
Iron Works Market. We are open on Monday 9am – 1pm, Wednesday 3pm –
7pm, and Saturday 10am – 2pm. Parking is located in the Gilmanton
Community Church parking lot just west of the shop.
"Read Across America" At Gilmanton Corner Library!
"Read Across America" is an annual reading motivation and awareness
program that called for every child in every community to celebrate
reading on March 2nd, the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr.
Seuss.
Motivating children to read is an important factor in student
achievement and creating lifelong readers. Research has shown that
children who are motivated and spend more time reading do better in
school.
Dr. Seuss’s books have been translated into more than 15 languages.
At the time of his death in 1991 Dr. Seuss had written and
illustrated over 44 children’s books. Over 200 million copies have
found their way into homes and hearts around the world.
The Gilmanton Corner Library has over 25 Dr. Seuss books plus three
new DVDs: The Lorax, The Cat in the Hat and Horton Hears a Who!
Please join us in our celebration of Read Across America with Dr.
Seuss this whole month of March and receive FREE hats, tattoos,
badges and activity pages.
Now is the time to take the family to a museum using the library’s
Free museum passes. The SEE Science Children’s Museum
(Manchester) pass lets the whole family in including the
grandparents! The Currier Museum Pass (Manchester) admits four
people per day. The New Hampshire Historical Museum pass (Concord)
also admits the whole family and is a beautiful museum to see and
learn about New Hampshire’s history.
Our beautiful 100th anniversary glass ornaments (blue, green, amber)
are on sale at the library for $10.00 and make a wonderful gift any
time of the year.
Please call 267-6200 or stop by the library Mondays and Wednesdays 3
- 5, or Saturdays 10 - 12 for more information.
Local Student Named New Hampshire Geographic Bee
Semifinalist
By National Geographic Society
Hayden Peaslee, a 7th grader at Gilmanton School, has been notified
by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the
semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2012 New Hampshire
Geographic Bee, sponsored by Google and Plum Creek. Bees were held
in schools with fourth through eighth grade students throughout the
state to determine each school’s Geographic Bee winner. School-level
winners then took a qualifying test, which they submitted to the
National Geographic Society. In each of the 50 states, as well as
the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Dependents
Schools, and the U.S. Territories, the National Geographic Society
invited the students with the top 100 scores to compete at the state
level.
The 2012 New Hampshire Geographic Bee will be held at the Lloyd
Young Student Center, Keene State College, on Friday, March 30,
2012.
The state winner will receive $100, the "Complete National
Geographic on DVD", and a trip to Washington, D.C., where he/she
will represent New Hampshire in the national finals at the National
Geographic Society headquarters, May 22 - 24, 2012. The first-place
national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship and
lifetime membership in the Society. The national winner will also
travel (along with one parent or guardian), all expenses paid, to
the Galapagos Islands.
The winner will experience geography firsthand through up-close
encounters with the wildlife and landscape of Galapagos. Travel for
the trip is provided by Lindblad Expeditions and National
Geographic.
For additional information on the National Geographic Bee please
visit www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee.
National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild will air the final
round of the 2012 National Geographic Bee, moderated by Alex Trebek,
on Thursday, May 24 (to be followed on public television stations).
Please check the local television listings for date and time in your
area.
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