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Operation Backpack Continues

By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––

REGIONAL - The Pettengill House’s ninth annual Operation Backpack program is in full swing! The Pettengill House, Inc. is a nonprofit community social service agency providing services to more than 3,100 men, women, and children, 729 of whom are deemed homeless, in Amesbury, Byfield, Groveland, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, and West Newbury. Thanks to the generous donations from the community we have already collected over 250 backpacks. This is a great start; however, we are still in need of backpacks and school supplies for students in Pre-K through grade A motorcycle on Rte. 1. 12. At this time our greatest needs are larger backpacks for high school students, binders, calculators, colored pencils, folders, highlighters, loose leaf paper, markers, pencil cases, rulers, and scissors. Gift Certificates and monetary donations are also gladly accepted. Checks can be made payable to The Pettengill House, Inc. with “Operation Backpack” noted on the memo line. All donations are tax deductible and stay in the community. In addition to our previously listed drop-off sites, there is now a collection bin at Walgreens, 25 Storey Avenue, Newburyport. Collection bins will be available at the drop-off locations through Labor Day weekend so that distribution can continue as needed throughout the school year. Continued on page 2

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REGIONAL – With warm weather, people sleep with their windows open. And too often lately the slumbers of residents along the North Shore are being disrupted by the loud sounds coming from throttled up motorcycles. It is a long-standing and complex problem. Newburyport Marshall Thomas Howard said his department has been fighting motorcycle noise since 2002. When a motorcyclists leaves a downtown bar at 2 a.m. and throttles up his Harley going up State Street, the police department telephones start ringing. Salisbury Police Chief Thomas Fowler hears about the problem of motorcycle noise at every civic Continued on page 3

Is There Life After Death? By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––

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BYFIELD – Sandra Champlain is certain that there is life after death. On random occasions, she thinks she talks with the dead. More importantly she thinks there is life to be lived on Earth after a loved one – a family member, close friend, a beloved pet – dies. In her 280-page book, We Never Die, the Byfield resident outlines how to cope with death and move beyond grief to live life to its fullest. “I don't want to be known as the grief lady,” Champlain said. “I want to be the person who gives people the recipe for life.” This bubbly, enthusiastic person who has owned a chocolate shop and now is the chef to as many as 700 professional race car drivers Continued on page 2

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Is There Life After Death? Continued from page 1

and crews seems like she has found a lot of purpose in her life. But it was, at times is, driven by an allencompassing fear of dying. She has been afraid of dying most of her life. She doesn't know why. But that fear has plagued her for much of her 47 years. Raised in the Catholic faith, Champlain was skeptical of religion. On the cover of her book, she describes it as “A Skeptic's Discovery of Life After Death.” Published in January by Morgan James publisher, the book has sold more than 3,000 copies and was the top-selling grief-counseling book in April. When she did a book signing at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Peabody in July, she sold out two cases of her book. As a result, she has been asked to do a reading from the book at the same store at 7 p.m. on Sept. 5. Writing the book only took her six weeks. Her research and preparation took at least 15 years. As a skeptic, she studied every major religion and the writings of some of the world's

great philosophers, always looking for answers about dying and the after-life. Her conclusion (although there are many in the book) is that humans think of themselves as bodies with souls instead of thinking of themselves as souls with bodies. The soul continues even after the body stops. A story in the book is about a soul who gives up the perfection of Heaven to return to Earth where it can experience all the human emotions. Champlain wrote the book for many reasons. She is convinced and argues persuasively that there is an after life. But she spends even more time helping people in many situations find peace and joy and purpose in the life before death. She writes a lot about what she calls The Voice in one's head, telling each person what they cannot accomplish. She provides strategies for combating The Voice. “If you are a human being, you will find yourself somewhere in this book,” she said. She is now bombarded with emails

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She just returned from Wisconsin where she and her mother and a team cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner for hundreds of race drivers, crews and owners. She hung up a banner advertising the book and found that many hard-bitten, hard-charging race crew members were harboring stories of grief and loss and fear. They bought her book and came back to tell her their stories. One driver told her he was even able to overcome his almost-paralyzing fear of driving passed a particular turn on the course. She closes the book with the advice: “When the moment comes for you to cross the bridge, have no regrets. Know that you have lived, you have loved, and you have traveled courageously in the direction of your dreams.” For more information or to order your autographed copy of the book, visit her web site at wedon'tdie. com.

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and letters from readers who tell her the book has changed their lives. A Texas car dealer buys the books by the case to give out to all his employees and customers, saying the last three chapters are the best motivational message he has read. Champlain has a deep history with cars and food. She graduated from culinary school in 1987 and opened a chocolate shop. Her mother ran a travel agency that book trips for a neighbor who was a race car driver. So Champlain and her mother would go watch the races. At one, they were invited into the VIP tent where she thought the food was not good and overpriced. She told the race team owner she thought she could do better. When she proved she was right, she began cooking for the crews, who had been living on hot dogs and pizzas for the three or four days they kept the cars running for the race. Soon other race teams, including one owned by actor Paul Newman, hired her to cook for them.

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meeting he attends. “It is a common problem,” Fowler said. That problem is that too many motorcyclists are not content to ride on their bikes with mufflers that come from the factory with noise-dampening baffling in place. They often take their bikes to one of several bike shops in the area or do the work themselves, removing the baffling or installing “straight pipes” that have no noisedampening devices. The Massachusetts Motorcycle Association on its web site says: “The issue of excessive noise is certainly not a new issue, but has escalated in recent years with the increase in the number of motorcycles on the road. ...while indeed some of the 'noise' can be attributed to sources other than motorcycles, our biggest enemy, unfortunately, is ourselves!” The association says: “Riders who alter their exhausts by removing baffles and/or using excessively loud pipes, including “straight pipes” (pipes without baffles altogether) are a large part of the problem and are well in excess of the legal sound emissions levels. Riders who throttle-up and/or rev their engines in community or residential settings also contribute heavily.” Fowler, Howard and Amesbury Police Chief Kevin Ouellet have begun meeting to discuss ways they can deal with the growing problem of excessive motorcycle noise in the area. They see it as a regional and even multi-state challenge that often lands in their laps. “We need to do more together,” Fowler said. They are considering sharing manpower as part of directed patrols toward noisy motorcyclists. Mutual aid agreements among the towns and cities allow any officer

to arrest a violator even in other towns. Fowler said he is considering holding an amnesty day to allow motorcyclists to have the police check their bike's mufflers. Howard said he also wants to target businesses that are issuing inspection stickers to motorcycles with altered mufflers, which is a violation of state law. “I can't believe they are risking their businesses doing that,” he said. Working with the MMA to educate motorcyclists that they are violating the law, Salisbury has been running a campaign for the last few weeks urging motorcyclists to “Throttle down in town.” The message, developed by the MMA, has been running on electronic billboards on route to the beach, where bikers like to ride individually and in groups and where bars like the Upper Deck cater to motorcyclists. The management of the Upper Deck is also handing out MMA brochures urging its customers to throttle back. Howard, who admits to being frustrated with the loud motorcycles, said some riders seem to love to throttle up on along Route 1 which runs through several residential areas. “I don't understand why they do it,” the Newburyport top police officer said. He said some motorcyclists do it to intimidate. When they ride up beside a car and rev up their engines, “they scare people,” he said. Fowler, who is finishing his first summer as the police chief of the beach town, said he is not antimotorcycle. Although he does not ride a hog himself, he has several friends who do. “I just want them to play by the rules,” he said. He wants to step up the education

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Mayor Thatcher Kezer announced today that the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission (MVPC) has awarded a $100,000 grant for the environmental remediation at the Lower Millyard Heritage Park. The city was also deemed eligible for a loan under the Merrimack Valley Brownfields Revolving Loan Program. Securing this commitment from MVPC allows the environmental cleanup work of the Heritage Park construction project to move forward. MVPC awarded the grant funding and determined loan eligibility through the Regional Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) program. In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provided MVPC with funding to establish a revolving loan fund for site contamination cleanup. The program provides grants and low interest loans to public and private entities to conduct brownfield remediation work in the region. Loan eligibility under this program provides the city with access to funds as they become available and provides the city with options to repay the loan including utilizing the revenue generated from the sale of the designed development pad in the Lower Millyard Heritage Park project. The properties located in the Lower Millyard bear the signs of their historic urban-industrial background, consistent with the other properties in the area. In order for the construction of the proposed Heritage Park to begin, the properties must be environmentally clean and meet the standard for use as a public park. Soil testing on the Heritage Park site is being conducted to determine the level of remediation that must be conducted. The results of soil tests are being evaluated as part of the design phase in order to determine the depth of remediation activities on the park site. The remediation process involves removing contaminated soil from the site and replacing it with fresh soil. The city’s environmental consultant has projected a high cost of $375,000 for remediation at a single depth across the entire site. However, the actual depth of remediation will fluctuate across the site due to varying levels of contamination and designed infrastructure and would be likely to reduce the actual cost of the cleanup efforts.

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Community Announcements AMESBURY - The Market Street Baptist Church on 37 Market Street, AmesburyÂ is beginning its fall season of programs. Sunday School classesÂ will startÂ on Sunday mornings, September 8th at 9:00 am. Children in the KCommunity Connections 3rd grade class will work through the Apostles Creed with songs, games and stories. The Youth class from grade 4 and above will meet with Pastor Michael JohnÂ to study "Big Truths for Young Hearts, Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God" by Bruce A. WareÂ as baptismal preparation class.Â An adultÂ class meetsÂ for studyÂ on a subject that will be determined later. All are welcome. The Youth Group for grades 5 & up willÂ meet regularly beginning Saturday, September 14th at 6:00 pm. All are welcome. For informationÂ please call the church office at 978.388.0930 or email: msbcsec@verizon.net. Visit us on the web at marketstreetbaptistchurch.org and also facebook. -----------------------------------------------------------â&#x20AC;˘ AMESBURY - Brad Peters and Jan Ross will present a program on the 20th Maine through five battles using battle maps and handouts. They concentrate on the battle of Gettysburg. They bring their entire Civil War collection, all original artifacts, and allow participants to handle all of the items which include two muskets, and a number of â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ is limited. Please register at swords. The program is Saturday, September 14 at 2:00. Registration is required as space www.amesburylibrary.org or contact Margie Walker at 978-388-8148 or mwalker@mvlc.org -----------------------------------------------------------IPSWICH â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Trustees of Reservations, in partnership with New England Barefoot Runners, invite the public to participate in their first annual Piping Plover 5K run at Crane Beach in Ipswich on Saturday, September 7. Runners of all ages are welcome, barefoot or with sneakers, to race along the shoreline at low tide. The pre-registration fee isÂ $25, $30 same day registration with a t-shirt included.Â There will be prizes for top male and female barefoot runners and top male and female traditional runners and refreshments will be provided at the finish.Â The beach gate opens at 6:30am, registration begins at 7am, and the race starts at 8am.Â Â Crane Beach, part of The Trusteesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2,100 acre Crane Estate, is among the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most important nesting sites for the piping plover, a federally protected species that was nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century for its eggs and feathers. Shorebird monitoring is an on-going effort for The Trustees as they manage the beach for both recreation and conservation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; people and ecology.Â All Piping Plover 5k event proceeds will support The Trustees of Reservations Shorebird Monitoring Program. To register for the event visit: www.thetrustees.org/plover5k. For more information about Crane Beach and The Trustees of Reservations follow the beach on twitter: @CraneBeachMass, friend The Trustees on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thetrustees, or visit online:Â www.thetrustees.org/beach. -----------------------------------------------------------IPSWICH - Auditions for the 2013/2014 season for the Honors Youth Choir of Chorus North Shore will be held atÂ 4:00 PM onÂ Thursday, September 12 at the First Baptist Church, 2 High Street, Rockport and atÂ 3:30 PM Thursday, September 19th at Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County Street, Ipswich followed by the first rehearsal. Auditions are open to all youth ages 10 through high school. The Choir is sponsored by Chorus North Shore and is tuition free for youth. For questions please call artistic director Sonja Dahlgren Pryor at 978 356-4713 or associate conductor Mary Sepich at 978 468-2841 or e mail her at mssepich@verizon.net www.chorusnorthshore.org -----------------------------------------------------------IPSWICH - YMCA Preschool Soccer League Registration Open - Register now for fall Preschool Soccer League for ages 3-5 held at Ipswich Family YMCA.Â Choose from Friday mornings at 9:30am or Sunday afternoons, consists of half hour practice followed by half hour game.Â League runs Sept 6-Oct 27.Â Fee is $52 for Y Members, $77 for Community.Â Information and registration forms at www.northshoreymca.org/preschoolleague.cfm or call 978-3569622. -----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURY - Antiques Appraisal Day sponsored by The Sons and Daughters of The First Settlers of Newbury to be held on Saturday, October 5, 2013 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM.Â The event will be held at Protection #1 FireÂ Department, Firemen's Memorial Hall, 3 Morgan Ave, Newbury, Ma.Â The appraiser will be John McInnis

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National Wildlife Refuge. Tour will be conducted via refuge van, with several brief “drive by” stops along the way. The tour will present an “up close and personal” look at the refuge through the multiple lenses of the cultural history of Plum Island and the Great Marsh, native wildlife and their habitats, and the role of refuge management in the conservation of these precious natural resources. Participants may be driven along areas on the refuge otherwise closed to the public. This guided two hour program is most appropriate for older teens and adults. Binoculars and/or a camera are recommended, but not required. Meet the ranger in the lobby of the Headquarters visitor center. Each session is limited to 8 participants; no more than 4 individuals per sign-up. Again, this is a vehicle –based tour, with limited stops on the Refuge. Advance registration is required for this program, as enrollment is limited. Be advised that individual tours may be subject to cancellation. *Please note: Those who call and leave messages after hours, your registration is not confirmed until having received a confirmation call back from a refuge staff member. Please call 978-465-5753; to register for this program.

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application card to ensure entry into the paraplegic hunt lottery. Only one application is permitted per party. For all applications, a selfaddressed stamped envelope should be submitted, one for each hunter, with the application. All applications must be received by COB, Friday October 4, 2013. Please send applications to: Parker River NWR Headquarters 6 Plum Island Turnpike Newburyport, MA 01950 The lottery winners will be charged a $20 permit fee to participate in the Refuge hunt with the fee reduced to $10 for holders of valid Golden Age or Access Passports. All successful applicants must attend a one hour Refuge Hunter Safety & Orientation Program scheduled for the morning of Saturday, November 23 at 9:00 am or the make-up orientation on Monday, November 25 at 6:30 pm. Both sessions will be held at the Refuge Headquarters. In addition, scouting days are available on November 23, 24, and 30. For further information, contact the Refuge Headquarters located at 6 Plum Island Turnpike Newburyport, MA 01950, or phone 978-465-5753. Office hours are Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4:30 pm, excluding federal holidays

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With the fall market just about ready to start we have received a number of calls from prospective buyers asking us to give them an idea as to the worth of their home. The “market analysis” we perform is an estimate of market value based on recent sales of similar homes in the area. We are often asked how this differs from a bank appraisal. Often sellers will reference a recent bank appraisal that gives a different value of their home and the common question is why is your market analysis so different? In the simplest of terms, a home’s “market value” is based on the amount of money the market is willing to pay for property. What a buyer and seller will agree on. The “appraised” value is the value of the property as determined by a bank or mortgage company. Sometimes, most often in a situation with multiple buyers offers made on houses will sometimes be higher than the list price or what your REALTOR® has determined as the “market value”. In other occasions, buyers may fall in love with a house so much that they are willing to risk that it might not appraise at the purchase price. Here are the differences: Appraised Value: An appraisal is an estimate of market value. An appraiser can use many methods for coming up with this estimate. An appraiser is a professional hired by the bank or mortgage company who can tell you what your home is worth but not necessarily what it will sell for. Tricky I know, but bear with me. The appraiser will come to your house and list the number and size of the rooms and any extras, such as a hardwood floors, granite countertops and finished basements or attics. The appraiser will compare your home and property to other homes that have sold recently with similar features. The main way that it differs from

a REALTOR® Market Analysis is that an appraiser is hired by a bank or mortgage company to make sure that the buyer is purchasing a property that is worth at least the value of their loan. Appraisers usually use “comparable sales” when evaluating the market value of a home. In an appraisal that is done by a bank for a buyer who has the home under agreement, the appraisal certifies to the bank and secondary mortgage investors that the buyer is paying fair or less than fair market value for a home. Appraisers look at nearby properties with similar characteristics which have sold in the past 6 months to see at what price they sold and they typically give the most weight to the property they feel is most like the property being appraised. Comparative Market Analysis (CMA): CMA is done by REALTORS® to establish the most likely selling price for a property. To do this they look at the most recent sales of homes similar to yours in your neighborhood. Ideally your neighbor’s home is the exact same style as yours and sold yesterday. If not, they compare it to homes with the same number of bedrooms, living area, land, number of bathrooms, etc. These sales should be within the last year and a good sampling is typically more than 3. If you can’t find more than 3 in the same town, then looking in the surrounding towns is preferable or they can go back farther than 12 months if need be. A REALTOR® that works and has success in your area can give you a good idea as to what your home will be worth on the open market. They may know of homes that sold privately or of good or bad quirks, (flooded basement, seller had bought something and

NEEDED to sell) not mentioned in MLS, etc. Appraised value does not always equal the true market value or more specifically what the home will sell for on the open market. Talk with a REALTOR® who knows the area well and has a history of success in real estate sales in your area. If you have any questions about this article, real estate in general or are looking to buy or sell a home please contact me, John McCarthy at Rowley Realty, 165 Main St., Rowley, MA 01969, Phone: 978 948-2758, Cell 978 835-2573 or via email at john@rowleyrealestate. com.

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