Meetings Week of 9/2/14

Meetings Week of 9/2/14

Tuesday 9/2/14

Town Clerk                  4 Elm St            8:00 am

Ballot testing

Wednesday 9/3/14

Assessors                  2 School St            2:00 pm

Housing Authority      Bridge St            4:00 pm

Sr. Center                  Bridge St            6:00 pm

Adv. Board                  Scout Hall            6;30 pm

Thursday 9/4/14

Sr. Center                  Bridge St            6:30 pm

BOH                        2 School St.            7:00 pm

VOTE ON SEPT. 9^TH!

Labor Day

Labor Day

From Upworthy-

Have You Ever Heard Of The Ludlow Massacre? You Might Be Shocked When You See What Happened.

 A special Upworthy mini-series about labor history, made possible by the AFL-CIO.

The early 1900s were a time of great social upheaval in our country. During the years leading up to the Ludlow Massacre, miners all around the country looking to make a better life for themselves and their families set up picket lines, organized massive parades and rallies, and even took up arms. Some died.

I've always wondered why history like this was never taught in school when I grew up. Could it be that the powers that be would rather keep this kind of thing under wraps?

Here is Woody Guthrie's tribute to the good people who fought in the battles of Ludlow to help make a better tomorrow for everyone — you can just start the video and then start reading, if you wish:

The facts about Templeton Developmental Center

The facts about Templeton Developmental Center
To The Editor: 8/30/2014

To The Editor:

After reading The Gardner News article title, “Closing of center comes with many questions, few answers for officials” that appeared in Wednesday, Aug. 27 edition of the paper, I feel compelled to offer some facts or insight into some of the concerns noted by our community leaders, public safety officials and concerned townspeople.

Firstly, it is very important to distinguish the difference between state operated group homes and private vendors.

State operated homes are by far superior in regards to staffing, training, safety, recruitment, retention of caregivers and in many other ways — as I’ve seen first hand.

I know of two state operated homes in Templeton and would surmise that of the 89 calls for public safety assistance, at least 85 would have come from private vendors located in town.

Why such a disparity?

As I noted, the running of these homes are vastly different with low paid staff, inferior staff training or back ground checks of potential employees, moreover, these staff tend to stay less in these employment settings and ultimately the client care is not as good.