LOVE IS HERE

Here is a great new worship band . Check out Tenth Avenue North when you get a minute. I have a tendency to say things when I should just think on them for awhile, but this is a great song.
We sing this song in the OASIS PRAISE Service at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Las Cruces. Have a great weekend, and let me see if I can get a picture of Gage for you. I think he's growing like a weed.

City Planning

Here is the official seal of the city of Manchester. I am sorry it has been so long between posts, but summer just sort of disappeared. This post is about the setup of Manchester, because Las Cruces, where I live, is set up so badly that the public bus system will never be able to stay on time, no matter how the routes are changed, and I wondered if Manchester had the same problems.
Here is an excerpt from an article about a coming new mall in Manchester. Wonder if it will cause traffic problems.
Outlet mall on its way

By JIM KOZUBEK
New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008

Merrimack – Shoppers just got a step closer to getting an outlet mall in the southern end of the state.

The planning board last night unanimously approved a conditional-use permit for a 135-store Chelsea Property Group outlet mall on 170 forested acres on Industrial Drive, near Exit 10 of the Everett Turnpike.

The $100 million project is expected to take 18 months to build.

CHEERS TO "THE AVENGERS"

That's right, folks, I will never post the discouraging news of Manchester in my blog. That's a promise. Here is a picture of my favorite radio Series being recorded.., the Avengers, for South african radio, and remember, NO ONE IN THE WORLD looks like what they sound like. In Manchester, NH, weathermen are warning of severe thunderstorms. Quite good news if you are from New Mexico and the current temperature is 105 degrees....

BINGO

Greetings from Manchester, New Hampshire, where it is getting warmer and more sunny,
and the young uns are playing SCRABBLE!!!!



The word is: Scrabble

By SUZANNE BATES
Union Leader Correspondent

For the first move in a Scrabble game against fellow fifth-graders Troy Miller and Evan McCarthy, Bradley Robbins got a Bingo.

For all the non-Scrabble fanatics out there, that's when a player uses all seven tiles in one turn.

"That's not a word," Miller said, looking at his partner for reassurance.

"I don't think it's a word," McCarthy said.

They eyed Robbins nervously. He was known for occasionally putting down fake words, assuming other players won't know when he's making one up.

Bradley Robbins, 11, of Windham, counts a Scrabble score as his father, Phil, looks up a word. (DAVID LANE)

"We're challenging you," Miller said, calling in the judge, Robbins' mom, Jill Robbins, who checked the official Scrabble dictionary to make her final ruling.

The word was "taenias," and it is a headband worn in ancient Greece.

Good News For Bikers and Walkers

Efforts to pave trails are paying off, one step at a time

MANCHESTER – Gisele Sevigny Fontaine drove from her home on the east side to meet her friend Orianna Dolbec on the West Side.

The two senior citizens crossed the newly opened pedestrian bridge over the Merrimack River, strolled along the riverwalk and ended up at a late-morning Fisher Cats game next to the paved pathway.

"It was like killing two birds with one stone," Sevigny Fontaine said. "You got your exercise and you got to see a good game, even though they did lose."

Piece by piece, the city is expanding and paving existing or over-grown natural trails to make it easier for people, such as Dolbec and Sevigny Fontaine to walk and bike around the city.

"The whole point is for this to connect into the neighborhoods, so people don't use their cars," said Chuck DePrima, the acting director for the city's Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries Department.

GOOD NEWS IN THE NEWS...FINALLY

Outpouring of help

By GARRY RAYNO
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff
17 hours, 23 minutes ago

MANCHESTER – Deb Gaudette of Goffstown knows what it is like to be without a home because she and her family twice were flooded out by the Piscataquog River.

Yesterday, she called the Salvation Army Manchester Corps to say she wants to donate some of the things she was given to help the victims of Tuesday's Pearl Street apartment house fire.

"It's not a big deal; it's just the right thing to do," Gaudette said yesterday.

So there you have it; some good news for your weekend, and it's 49 degrees currently in Manchester. (It's hot in New Mexico....)

TONY HAWK'S DOWNHILL JAM--REVIEW!

Also number 8 in the series, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (THDJ) is the exclusive version for Nintendo & feature on the GameBoy Advance, DS & the upcoming Nintendo Wii.

THDJ takes a completely different approach from earlier Tony Hawk's games with the ultimate goal to each the end of the course, grinding & jumping down interactive environments against other opponents. A step back from traditional skating, THDJ is a great title for younger players and offers a fantastic multiplayer experience.

THDJ offers the choice of 8 skaters, including Tony Hawk & over 90 events in 8 environments & different gaming modes such as race, trick attack & slalom. Available also on the Nintendo DS is the local wireless play and online gameplay using the Nintendo WI-FI connection for up to 4 players

Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam delivers an innovative and unique skateboard experience focused on head-to-head racing. The game allows players to feel the breakneck speed of downhill competition as they tear up the world's steepest terrains while performing tricks and outmaneuvering opponents in such locations as San Francisco, Machu Picchu and Hong Kong. Taking on the role of Tony Hawk or one of nine characters, players compete in time-based challenges in one of three gameplay modes including race, trick and slalom.
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