I am quite content with my life right now and cannot complain at all. This year is going to be amazing! Here's why...
First and foremost: I have a boyfriend! I am very happy and excited about being in my first relationship. My boyfriend's name is Sean. I met him last year when I did stage crew for the Apple Tree the most amazing play NEC has ever done nonetheless. We get along awesome and have a lot of stuff in common. I am very happy that I met him. :)
Secondly: My classes are awesome this semester. I decided to stick with my gut feeling and stick with taking Dramatic Theroy. I think I am going to like that class the best. Intro To Symbolic Logic seems like it will be pretty interesting too. Hopefully that class won't be too hard to do well in because I need it in order to fullfill my math credit. The rest of classes are writing classes which is awesome because I will be doing with I love.
Thirdly: Extracurricularwise I am cutting back on clubs this semester. I was in 11 clubs last year and now I have cut that total down to 5 to be able to manage my time better. I eliminated the things that bored me to death and stuck with the things that I like to do.
Finally: My friends are amazing as always. This year will be awesome with them. I plan on embelishing the friendships that I have now and hopefully hanging out with Keri Amanda and Zach a lot more since they are all graduating in December. I also plan on getting to know some of the freshmen that I met at orientation better includng Beth, Jen and TJ. Oh and my floormates are awesome. I've been through the list of the awesome people on my floor already and Jen Harty is my RA. Connor 3rd floors rules face!!!
Time to start heading to bed. I still have a bit of homework to finish before I turn in for the night
~Janine
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Fall 06 Semester begins
So another birthday has come and gone as has another year in this jounrey we call life. I can't beleive I am finally 21. Where has all the time gone? I'm still in shock... just generally speaking!
Last night I went out to Jillian's in Manchester with a bunch of my friends. It was a ton of fun. It was nice to see people I haven't seen in a while or people who I haven't seen very much of this summer. Jillian's is cool becaiuse there is so much to do there. They have pool tables, air hockey and video games. They even had DDR but it was a different version of it than I am used to playing so it was a bit harder. I got a ton of cool presents too which was awesome. Thanks to everyone who came to my party you made my 21st night very memorable. I will never forget it.
Today my family came over for a barbeque. I wish the weather had been a little bit nicer but other than that I was a good time. My aunt just got back from Italy so we got to see pictures from their trip and pictures of my family's house in Italy. It's so pretty I can't wait to go there and visit them.
Good birthday all around! Thanks again to everyone who made it memorable! :)
Well I head back to Henniker on Tuesday for Orientation Leader Stuff Part 2 and helping the freshmen move into their dorms. I seriously can't wait to get back to school. This year is going to be a total blast and the fact that I am 21 adds extra incentive because now I can go out to the bars with my friends on the weekends. Party like a rock star and kick a little ass if you know what I'm saying. :)
This semester is going to be harder than the past two as the intenstiy of my course load gets relativiely harder. In order to achieve my ultimate goal of getting on Deans List this semester I have to take extreme focus and really buckle down on my homework as soon as I start to getting it. Last fall I had a huge and i mean huge problem with time management skills. Balancing homework on top of all the meetings and events I was going to was a bitch and needless to say when the semester ended there were grades for a few classes that I wish had been a lot better than they had essentially turned out. Last semester was better time management wise but I still ended up being disappointed with certain grades for certain classes because I knew I could've done better in them, especially my writing classes. I already know that a few of my classes this semester are going to be really hard and I will have to work harder in those particular classes to get a good grade or just to pass in general. Intro To Symbolic Logic is a key one to do well in since that is counting as my math credit. In order to reach ultimate sucess there are a few things I have to do.
*Find a good balance between doing homework and having fun to reduce stress levels
* CUT BACK ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME I SPEND ON FACEBOOK MYSPACE AND LIVEJOURNAL!!
This doesn't mean I won't be updating livejournal but homework has to take top priority. My mom has already warned me about this and has threatened to take away facebook and myspace. This is mostly due in part to the fact that I spent every waking moment when I wasn't at work on myspace or facebook (or onetruemedia updating my slideshows) and she doesn't like that i spend so much time on both of these websites. This means when school starts I will most likely be updating my livejournal once or twice a week or on the weekends depending on when I have time to get online. As far as myspace and facebook go I'll check both sites every so often during the week but will respond to commments on weekends.
* Cut back on the amount of clubs I am in so i can balance my time more effeciently.
Last year I found myself to be in far too many clubs for my own good. That was bitch for my schedule. Rushing around to meetings and trying to balance that and going to events on top of my homework.. Last year I was in 10 clubs on campus. As of now I currently in about 5 or 6.
The ones I had to drop out of were..
RHA
ISA ( well i haven't decided if i am quitting that yet but i am most likely going to)
Student Senate
Radio ( I'm indecisive about this one too because I am not sure if I am going to be able to to fit doing my radio show in between work and homework so I might end up not doing it just for this semester and pick it up in the spring)
and the ones that get to stay because I can't live without them because awesome people are in them....
TEACH
CAB
Henniker Review (though there reallly aren't any meetings for that.. or at least none that I was aware of last semester)
Volleyball (gotta stay in shape dontcha know? :) )
CTE ( Well, you all know how my decisicon to stay in this club has fluctuated over the past few months but for the most part I'm most likely sticking with it YAY)
New Englander
I am also considering starting up a poetry club. I am not sure how many people will join it or hard it will be to find an advisor for it but I am going to give it a shot and see how things work out. I am also considering joining yearbook because I was involved with that kind of stuff a lot in high school and I loved it. I actually don't really know if they even have a yearbook at our school. Last year I wanted to join but they never put signs up anywhere for meetings. We'll see what happens with that I guess.
I'm peacing out for now
Janine
Last night I went out to Jillian's in Manchester with a bunch of my friends. It was a ton of fun. It was nice to see people I haven't seen in a while or people who I haven't seen very much of this summer. Jillian's is cool becaiuse there is so much to do there. They have pool tables, air hockey and video games. They even had DDR but it was a different version of it than I am used to playing so it was a bit harder. I got a ton of cool presents too which was awesome. Thanks to everyone who came to my party you made my 21st night very memorable. I will never forget it.
Today my family came over for a barbeque. I wish the weather had been a little bit nicer but other than that I was a good time. My aunt just got back from Italy so we got to see pictures from their trip and pictures of my family's house in Italy. It's so pretty I can't wait to go there and visit them.
Good birthday all around! Thanks again to everyone who made it memorable! :)
Well I head back to Henniker on Tuesday for Orientation Leader Stuff Part 2 and helping the freshmen move into their dorms. I seriously can't wait to get back to school. This year is going to be a total blast and the fact that I am 21 adds extra incentive because now I can go out to the bars with my friends on the weekends. Party like a rock star and kick a little ass if you know what I'm saying. :)
This semester is going to be harder than the past two as the intenstiy of my course load gets relativiely harder. In order to achieve my ultimate goal of getting on Deans List this semester I have to take extreme focus and really buckle down on my homework as soon as I start to getting it. Last fall I had a huge and i mean huge problem with time management skills. Balancing homework on top of all the meetings and events I was going to was a bitch and needless to say when the semester ended there were grades for a few classes that I wish had been a lot better than they had essentially turned out. Last semester was better time management wise but I still ended up being disappointed with certain grades for certain classes because I knew I could've done better in them, especially my writing classes. I already know that a few of my classes this semester are going to be really hard and I will have to work harder in those particular classes to get a good grade or just to pass in general. Intro To Symbolic Logic is a key one to do well in since that is counting as my math credit. In order to reach ultimate sucess there are a few things I have to do.
*Find a good balance between doing homework and having fun to reduce stress levels
* CUT BACK ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME I SPEND ON FACEBOOK MYSPACE AND LIVEJOURNAL!!
This doesn't mean I won't be updating livejournal but homework has to take top priority. My mom has already warned me about this and has threatened to take away facebook and myspace. This is mostly due in part to the fact that I spent every waking moment when I wasn't at work on myspace or facebook (or onetruemedia updating my slideshows) and she doesn't like that i spend so much time on both of these websites. This means when school starts I will most likely be updating my livejournal once or twice a week or on the weekends depending on when I have time to get online. As far as myspace and facebook go I'll check both sites every so often during the week but will respond to commments on weekends.
* Cut back on the amount of clubs I am in so i can balance my time more effeciently.
Last year I found myself to be in far too many clubs for my own good. That was bitch for my schedule. Rushing around to meetings and trying to balance that and going to events on top of my homework.. Last year I was in 10 clubs on campus. As of now I currently in about 5 or 6.
The ones I had to drop out of were..
RHA
ISA ( well i haven't decided if i am quitting that yet but i am most likely going to)
Student Senate
Radio ( I'm indecisive about this one too because I am not sure if I am going to be able to to fit doing my radio show in between work and homework so I might end up not doing it just for this semester and pick it up in the spring)
and the ones that get to stay because I can't live without them because awesome people are in them....
TEACH
CAB
Henniker Review (though there reallly aren't any meetings for that.. or at least none that I was aware of last semester)
Volleyball (gotta stay in shape dontcha know? :) )
CTE ( Well, you all know how my decisicon to stay in this club has fluctuated over the past few months but for the most part I'm most likely sticking with it YAY)
New Englander
I am also considering starting up a poetry club. I am not sure how many people will join it or hard it will be to find an advisor for it but I am going to give it a shot and see how things work out. I am also considering joining yearbook because I was involved with that kind of stuff a lot in high school and I loved it. I actually don't really know if they even have a yearbook at our school. Last year I wanted to join but they never put signs up anywhere for meetings. We'll see what happens with that I guess.
I'm peacing out for now
Janine
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Revised Lunch Article
What's In Your Lunch
by Janine Leffler
Summer is almost over. Time to trade swimsuits in for schoolbooks and sunscreen in for sharpened pencils. It’s also time to think about what to pack your children for lunch. Obesity is an epidemic on the rise. According to an internet source about 1.2 million people in the world are overweight and at least 300 million of them are obese. The Food Service Administration estimates that 30 percent of all public high schools currently sell Burger King, Dominos Pizza and other brand name fast food in their cafeterias along with federally subsidized meals and many dispense chips and sodas in vending machines down the hall. (http://motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/01_ma_207_01.html) So what are local schools doing to improve the kinds of food in the lunches that they serve? “All of our lunches are in compliance with the federal government. This year we implemented a wellness policy. Part of the policy is to make sure that food served in our lunch program meets the nutritional requirements of the federal government.” Director of Food Services in Milford Bob Supernant said in an interview. Amherst has a similar wellness policies in place which replaces food that contains a lot of fat and sugar with healthier foods. “Hopefully it will raise awareness of what is healthy. It needs to start at home so the kids can recognize what is healthy and be encouraged to try it.” Janice Bock, from food services at Amherst Middle School said in a recent interview. Recently AMS has made some improvements to make diets for students healthier. Examples include updating what is sold in the vending machines by changing fried snacks to baked snacks and more juice and water as opposed to soda. Janet Johnson head of food services of Wilton Lyndeborough Cooperative School District said in a recent interview that the methods they are taking to improve diets in their school district is “ Adding more whole wheat products, baked potato chips and having a trial process at the elementary school level which encourages young children to eat more fruits and vegetables.” She then went on to say the the implemented changes will improve the lifestyles of children in her school district because “ If they make good choices they will have a healthier diet..”The question of the day: What’s in your child’s lunch? Are their lunches healthier than lunches were 30 years ago?
Carl Anderson who works at the Color Shop on Main Street in Wilton said in an interview that lunches 30 years ago were by far healthier than today’s lunches. “There was a lot less around and a lot less portions as well as less sugary cereals and snacks.” One fact about today’s lunches is that they contain more processed foods. For example children these days are bringing more fruit snacks and things such as Fruit Rollups instead of bringing fresh fruit. Thus you never know what’s going into the food your kids are eating. In an interview with Diane Spofford, a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston she said that her favorite lunch to take to school as a child was cold meatball sandwiches, because the meatballs were homemade. She said when it comes to lunches being healthy “It depends on what kid you are talking about, my kids eat just as healthy as I did, others, I am not so sure.” To her, lunches of convenience such as Lunchables are not the healthiest thing for kids to eat. Lunchables are a pre-made lunches packaged by the KRAFT and Oscar Meyer companies. Through my research I found out that the contents of these lunches are less than appealing. They are filled with preservatives and fats. A recent study has shown that they are also high in salt containing nearly three fourths of the daily-recommended salt allowance. One particular Lunchables meal consists of mystery meat, which sounds kind of eerie because you don’t know what’s in it. There have been some pretty disgusting things served in lunches in the past and that hasn’t changed much today either. Carl Anderson who works at the Color Shop in Wilton said the most disgusting thing he ever had to take for lunch was “Spam, which was a spread able canned meat product.” I’m not one to complain about cafeteria food, basically because when I was in school I took lunch from home and only brought school lunch once or twice a week. It wasn’t till I got to college that I encountered something gut wrenchingly disgusting, so gross it made my stomach turn numerous cartwheels. This delicacy, if you can even refer to it as such, is called Tater Tot Casserole, something that my college’s dining common serves on occasion. It is basically the leftover tater tots from that morning’s breakfast baked up and doused in mushroom gravy. Needless to say, I try to avoid eating this at all counts. In collaboration with the USDA the UNH Cooperative Extension has created a program to help improve student nutrition in local schools called Changing The Scene. This program offers those who participate the following benefits:~ A tool for assessing their own exercise program~Guidelines for identifying, contacting and working with all of the groups that need to be actively involved with the school wellness team~Newsletters schools can send home to parents, with a blank page schools can use to promote their programsFor more information about this check out the following website: http://extension.unh.edu/news/changesC.htmWhen thinking about packing lunch for your child, try to avoid foods that high in fat and sugar, processed foods, fried snacks and any beverages which are high in sugar. It’s all about making healthy choices. Happy Packing and here’s to a great school year!
Carl Anderson who works at the Color Shop on Main Street in Wilton said in an interview that lunches 30 years ago were by far healthier than today’s lunches. “There was a lot less around and a lot less portions as well as less sugary cereals and snacks.” One fact about today’s lunches is that they contain more processed foods. For example children these days are bringing more fruit snacks and things such as Fruit Rollups instead of bringing fresh fruit. Thus you never know what’s going into the food your kids are eating. In an interview with Diane Spofford, a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston she said that her favorite lunch to take to school as a child was cold meatball sandwiches, because the meatballs were homemade. She said when it comes to lunches being healthy “It depends on what kid you are talking about, my kids eat just as healthy as I did, others, I am not so sure.” To her, lunches of convenience such as Lunchables are not the healthiest thing for kids to eat. Lunchables are a pre-made lunches packaged by the KRAFT and Oscar Meyer companies. Through my research I found out that the contents of these lunches are less than appealing. They are filled with preservatives and fats. A recent study has shown that they are also high in salt containing nearly three fourths of the daily-recommended salt allowance. One particular Lunchables meal consists of mystery meat, which sounds kind of eerie because you don’t know what’s in it. There have been some pretty disgusting things served in lunches in the past and that hasn’t changed much today either. Carl Anderson who works at the Color Shop in Wilton said the most disgusting thing he ever had to take for lunch was “Spam, which was a spread able canned meat product.” I’m not one to complain about cafeteria food, basically because when I was in school I took lunch from home and only brought school lunch once or twice a week. It wasn’t till I got to college that I encountered something gut wrenchingly disgusting, so gross it made my stomach turn numerous cartwheels. This delicacy, if you can even refer to it as such, is called Tater Tot Casserole, something that my college’s dining common serves on occasion. It is basically the leftover tater tots from that morning’s breakfast baked up and doused in mushroom gravy. Needless to say, I try to avoid eating this at all counts. In collaboration with the USDA the UNH Cooperative Extension has created a program to help improve student nutrition in local schools called Changing The Scene. This program offers those who participate the following benefits:~ A tool for assessing their own exercise program~Guidelines for identifying, contacting and working with all of the groups that need to be actively involved with the school wellness team~Newsletters schools can send home to parents, with a blank page schools can use to promote their programsFor more information about this check out the following website: http://extension.unh.edu/news/changesC.htmWhen thinking about packing lunch for your child, try to avoid foods that high in fat and sugar, processed foods, fried snacks and any beverages which are high in sugar. It’s all about making healthy choices. Happy Packing and here’s to a great school year!
Friday, August 18, 2006
Wrapping Up
Well the summer is coming to a close and so is this internship. I can't believe how quick the summer has flown by and that I will back at NEC soon to start another year. Last week I was on vacation but this week and the week before I left for vacation were soley devoted to working on my lunch article and getting it primed for publication. Originally my focus for this article was supposed to be a comparison between lunches thirty years ago and lunches today. Since I was having trouble finding enough information I shifted my focus to school nutrition and what local schools are doing to improve the foods that they serve. I found much more information on that topic since that was a hot topic a few years ago. The week before I went on vacation basically consisted of making phone calls to people in various school districts in the local area to see what they are doing to improve school lunches and did some internet research about what is being done nationwide and globally. At first I had a little bit too much information about what was going on globally and nationally and I had trouble deciding what was reallly important but once I reread my information over again a few times it wasn't that hard to determine the information I needed and the information that I didn't need. Before I left for vacation I submitted my article for review to see if it would be publishable. When I got back on Monday I found out that it was nearly perfect I just needed to edit a few things and move a few things around. It is going to be published in the Back To School supplement on next week's Cabinet.
Overall I would most definitley say that this internship was very worth it. It helped to gain experience in my field and I learned a lot about what goes on behind the scenes of a newspaper. I hope to carry some of what I learned as far as ways to improve my writing goes in order to help improve the artilcles that I write for the New Englander even if the improvement is very small
Janine
Hour Log
Week 9 7/24-7/-26
7/24 10-4
7/25 10-4
7/26- 10-2:30
Week 11 8/15-8/17
Tuesday 8/15 10-3
Wednesday 8-16 10-:2:30
Overall I would most definitley say that this internship was very worth it. It helped to gain experience in my field and I learned a lot about what goes on behind the scenes of a newspaper. I hope to carry some of what I learned as far as ways to improve my writing goes in order to help improve the artilcles that I write for the New Englander even if the improvement is very small
Janine
Hour Log
Week 9 7/24-7/-26
7/24 10-4
7/25 10-4
7/26- 10-2:30
Week 11 8/15-8/17
Tuesday 8/15 10-3
Wednesday 8-16 10-:2:30
Friday, August 4, 2006
Lunch Article
What’s in your lunch?Are lunches today healthier than those of yesteryear?By Janine Leffler
Summer is almost over. Time to trade swimsuits in for schoolbooks and sunscreen in for sharpened pencils. It’s also time to think about what to pack your children for lunch. Obesity is an epidemic on the rise. About 1.2 million people in the world are overweight and at least 300 million of them are obese. Carl Anderson who works at the Color Shop on Main Street in Wilton said in an interview that lunches 30 years ago were by far healthier than today’s lunches. “There was a lot less around and a lot less portions as well as less sugary cereals and snacks.” The Food Service Administration estimates that 30 percent of all public high schools currently sell Burger King, Dominos Pizza and other brand name fast food in their cafeterias along with federally subsidized meals and many dispense chips and sodas in vending machines down the hall. (http://motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/01_ma_207_01.html) The question of the day: What’s in your child’s lunch? Are their lunches healthier than lunches were 30 years ago? One fact about today’s lunches is that they contain more processed foods. For example children these days are bringing more fruit snacks and things such as Fruit Rollups instead of bringing fresh fruit. Thus you never know what’s going into the food your kids are eating. In an interview with Diane Spofford, a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston she said that her favorite lunch to take to school as a child was cold meatball sandwiches, because the meatballs were homemade. She said when it comes to lunches being healthy “It depends on what kid you are talking about, my kids eat just as healthy as I did, others, I am not so sure.” To her, lunches of convenience such as Lunchables are not the healthiest thing for kids to eat. Lunchables are a pre-made lunches packaged by the KRAFT and Oscar Meyer companies. Through my research I found out that the contents of these lunches are less than appealing. They are filled with preservatives and fats. A recent study has shown that they are also high in salt containing nearly three fourths of the daily-recommended salt allowance. One particular Lunchables meal consists of mystery meat, which sounds kind of eerie because you don’t know what’s in it. There have been some pretty disgusting things served in lunches in the past and that hasn’t changed much today either. Carl Anderson who works at the Color Shop in Wilton said the most disgusting thing he ever had to take for lunch was “Spam, which was a spread able canned meat product.” I’m not one to complain about cafeteria food, basically because when I was in school I took lunch from home and only brought school lunch once or twice a week. It wasn’t till I got to college that I encountered something gut wrenchingly disgusting, so gross it made my stomach turn numerous cartwheels. This delicacy, if you can even refer to it as such, is called Tater Tot Casserole, something that my college’s dining common serves on occasion. It is basically the leftover tater tots from that morning’s breakfast baked up and doused in mushroom gravy. Needless to say, I try to avoid eating this at all counts.
So what are local schools doing to improve the kinds of food in the lunches that they serve? “All of our lunches are in compliance with the federal government. This year we implemented a wellness policy. Part of the policy is to make sure that food served in our lunch program meets the nutritional requirements of the federal government.” Director of Food Services in Milford Bob Supernant said in an interview. Amherst has a similar wellness policies in place which replaces food that contains a lot of fat and sugar with healthier foods. “Hopefully it will raise awareness of what is healthy. It needs to start at home so the kids can recognize what is healthy and be encouraged to try it.” Janice Bock, from food services at Amherst Middle School said in a recent interview. Recently AMS has made some improvements to make diets for students healthier. Examples include updating what is sold in the vending machines by changing fried snacks to baked snacks and more juice and water as opposed to soda.
In collaboration with the USDA the UNH Cooperative Extension has created a program to help improve student nutrition in local schools called Changing The Scene. This program offers those who participate the following benefits:~ A tool for assessing their own exercise program~Guidelines for identifying, contacting and working with all of the groups that need to be actively involved with the school wellness team~Newsletters schools can send home to parents, with a blank page schools can use to promote their programs For more information about this check out the following website: http://extension.unh.edu/news/changesC.htm
When thinking about packing lunch for your child, try to avoid foods that high in fat and sugar, processed foods, fried snacks and any beverages which are high in sugar. It’s all about making healthy choices. Happy Packing and here’s to a great school year!
Summer is almost over. Time to trade swimsuits in for schoolbooks and sunscreen in for sharpened pencils. It’s also time to think about what to pack your children for lunch. Obesity is an epidemic on the rise. About 1.2 million people in the world are overweight and at least 300 million of them are obese. Carl Anderson who works at the Color Shop on Main Street in Wilton said in an interview that lunches 30 years ago were by far healthier than today’s lunches. “There was a lot less around and a lot less portions as well as less sugary cereals and snacks.” The Food Service Administration estimates that 30 percent of all public high schools currently sell Burger King, Dominos Pizza and other brand name fast food in their cafeterias along with federally subsidized meals and many dispense chips and sodas in vending machines down the hall. (http://motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/01_ma_207_01.html) The question of the day: What’s in your child’s lunch? Are their lunches healthier than lunches were 30 years ago? One fact about today’s lunches is that they contain more processed foods. For example children these days are bringing more fruit snacks and things such as Fruit Rollups instead of bringing fresh fruit. Thus you never know what’s going into the food your kids are eating. In an interview with Diane Spofford, a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston she said that her favorite lunch to take to school as a child was cold meatball sandwiches, because the meatballs were homemade. She said when it comes to lunches being healthy “It depends on what kid you are talking about, my kids eat just as healthy as I did, others, I am not so sure.” To her, lunches of convenience such as Lunchables are not the healthiest thing for kids to eat. Lunchables are a pre-made lunches packaged by the KRAFT and Oscar Meyer companies. Through my research I found out that the contents of these lunches are less than appealing. They are filled with preservatives and fats. A recent study has shown that they are also high in salt containing nearly three fourths of the daily-recommended salt allowance. One particular Lunchables meal consists of mystery meat, which sounds kind of eerie because you don’t know what’s in it. There have been some pretty disgusting things served in lunches in the past and that hasn’t changed much today either. Carl Anderson who works at the Color Shop in Wilton said the most disgusting thing he ever had to take for lunch was “Spam, which was a spread able canned meat product.” I’m not one to complain about cafeteria food, basically because when I was in school I took lunch from home and only brought school lunch once or twice a week. It wasn’t till I got to college that I encountered something gut wrenchingly disgusting, so gross it made my stomach turn numerous cartwheels. This delicacy, if you can even refer to it as such, is called Tater Tot Casserole, something that my college’s dining common serves on occasion. It is basically the leftover tater tots from that morning’s breakfast baked up and doused in mushroom gravy. Needless to say, I try to avoid eating this at all counts.
So what are local schools doing to improve the kinds of food in the lunches that they serve? “All of our lunches are in compliance with the federal government. This year we implemented a wellness policy. Part of the policy is to make sure that food served in our lunch program meets the nutritional requirements of the federal government.” Director of Food Services in Milford Bob Supernant said in an interview. Amherst has a similar wellness policies in place which replaces food that contains a lot of fat and sugar with healthier foods. “Hopefully it will raise awareness of what is healthy. It needs to start at home so the kids can recognize what is healthy and be encouraged to try it.” Janice Bock, from food services at Amherst Middle School said in a recent interview. Recently AMS has made some improvements to make diets for students healthier. Examples include updating what is sold in the vending machines by changing fried snacks to baked snacks and more juice and water as opposed to soda.
In collaboration with the USDA the UNH Cooperative Extension has created a program to help improve student nutrition in local schools called Changing The Scene. This program offers those who participate the following benefits:~ A tool for assessing their own exercise program~Guidelines for identifying, contacting and working with all of the groups that need to be actively involved with the school wellness team~Newsletters schools can send home to parents, with a blank page schools can use to promote their programs For more information about this check out the following website: http://extension.unh.edu/news/changesC.htm
When thinking about packing lunch for your child, try to avoid foods that high in fat and sugar, processed foods, fried snacks and any beverages which are high in sugar. It’s all about making healthy choices. Happy Packing and here’s to a great school year!
Monday, July 31, 2006
Week 8 Summary
Last week was a short week but man was it busy. I've been working on writing an article about what people used to take for lunch 30 years ago and comparing and contrasting it to the kinds of stuff take for lunch today. Based on my research and my own experience with somewhat disgusting college cafeteria food I can defiitley say that the kinds of stuff the people used to take for lunch is much healthier than the lunches they have today. Furthur information will be in my article which I hope will be published in the Back To School supplement of the Cabinet. Last Monday I worked on generating a list of questions to ask people for my What's For Lunch article. I went on assignment for an article on speeding on Mack Hill Rd. On Tuesday I did research on nutrition in schools and how schools are working to improve balancing the meals so the kids get healthier. I also made some phone calls and sent out some e-mails in order to see what kind of interesting things I could drum up. I also took some notes on some of the articles which I found on the internet and complied a list of resources. Wednesday I worked on organzing all the information I have gathered so far for my article. I also went on assignment with one of the photographers to take pictures of a new chuch that is opening in Milford and the speeding on Mack Hill Road. I also worked on updating a list of local officials so it can get posted on the website.
My main goal this week is to get my lunchtime article absolutley perfect so that way it will be in fantastic shape and publishable.
Janine
Week 8 Hour Log
Monday July 24th 10-4
Tuesday July 25th 10- 3
Wednesday July 26h 10-2:45
My main goal this week is to get my lunchtime article absolutley perfect so that way it will be in fantastic shape and publishable.
Janine
Week 8 Hour Log
Monday July 24th 10-4
Tuesday July 25th 10- 3
Wednesday July 26h 10-2:45
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Summer Time 30 yrs ago article
Summer Time and the Living is Easyby Janine Leffler
Before the booming age of technology with cell phones and ipods, summer was a relaxing time for Milford residents. I talked to long time Milford residents Polly Cote and Louise Carey about what summer was like for them sixty years ago. They recalled their childhood summertime memories. For Carey her favorite summer vacation spot as a child was The White Mountains. As school came to a close for the summer, the things Carey looked forward to the most was “not going to school and going barefoot.” For Cote her favorite summer memory as a child was “The year we went to Upstate New York. The whole family went. It was a lot of fun.” When asked to compare childhood then and childhood now Cote went on to comment about how kids nowadays have more fun. “There’s a lot more to do in Milford such as activities at the Boys and Girls Club and Keyes Field. There are more work opportunities as well.” Both women recollected fond memories of spending time with their families on Fourth of July such as fireworks, barbecues and picnics.
While on vacation for the Fourth of July holiday, I talked to my grandparents about what they remember about their childhood summers. One of the things that my grandfather most enjoyed was going to Woods Island in East Boston. Woods Island was a park with a beach which was walking distance from his house. (It is now part of Logan Airport.) My grandmother remembers taking a bus with her cousins to go to Salisbury and Revere Beaches when she was around 10 years old. My grandfather remembers playing handball and baseball as well as swimming. My grandfather noted that one of the main differences between summer then and summer today is that there is less personal contact between kids now. This may be due the fact that that kids communicate through instant messaging and other technologies. My grandfather also noted that another general difference between summer then and now is that back long ago summer was a lot less structured. Kids would round up neighborhood friends and play a game stick ball or football, whereas now, parents send their kids to summer and sports camps where the activities are structured. .
For a 21st century girl like me some of my fondest summer memories are Fourth of July family gatherings in Hull, Massachusetts, playing sports games and relaxing at the beach. A favorite summer pastime of mine is going to local theatrical performances. I always enjoyed going to see a show or two at the American Stage Festival. I still go to the Milford Drive-In to go to see a movie on a hot summer evening. For days when I can’t beat the heat I enjoy going to the local pool club in my town to go for a quick dip.
What I gathered from my interviews is that the spirit of summer has not changed.. Technology may be advancing, but that doesn’t stop kids from getting out, going to the beach, and enjoying the company of family and friends throughout the summer months, just as kids did many years ago.
Two weeks off because of a summer camp job at the Boys and Girls Club. Next full update will be sometime around July 24/25.
Hope everyone had a good 4th of July Holiday
Before the booming age of technology with cell phones and ipods, summer was a relaxing time for Milford residents. I talked to long time Milford residents Polly Cote and Louise Carey about what summer was like for them sixty years ago. They recalled their childhood summertime memories. For Carey her favorite summer vacation spot as a child was The White Mountains. As school came to a close for the summer, the things Carey looked forward to the most was “not going to school and going barefoot.” For Cote her favorite summer memory as a child was “The year we went to Upstate New York. The whole family went. It was a lot of fun.” When asked to compare childhood then and childhood now Cote went on to comment about how kids nowadays have more fun. “There’s a lot more to do in Milford such as activities at the Boys and Girls Club and Keyes Field. There are more work opportunities as well.” Both women recollected fond memories of spending time with their families on Fourth of July such as fireworks, barbecues and picnics.
While on vacation for the Fourth of July holiday, I talked to my grandparents about what they remember about their childhood summers. One of the things that my grandfather most enjoyed was going to Woods Island in East Boston. Woods Island was a park with a beach which was walking distance from his house. (It is now part of Logan Airport.) My grandmother remembers taking a bus with her cousins to go to Salisbury and Revere Beaches when she was around 10 years old. My grandfather remembers playing handball and baseball as well as swimming. My grandfather noted that one of the main differences between summer then and summer today is that there is less personal contact between kids now. This may be due the fact that that kids communicate through instant messaging and other technologies. My grandfather also noted that another general difference between summer then and now is that back long ago summer was a lot less structured. Kids would round up neighborhood friends and play a game stick ball or football, whereas now, parents send their kids to summer and sports camps where the activities are structured. .
For a 21st century girl like me some of my fondest summer memories are Fourth of July family gatherings in Hull, Massachusetts, playing sports games and relaxing at the beach. A favorite summer pastime of mine is going to local theatrical performances. I always enjoyed going to see a show or two at the American Stage Festival. I still go to the Milford Drive-In to go to see a movie on a hot summer evening. For days when I can’t beat the heat I enjoy going to the local pool club in my town to go for a quick dip.
What I gathered from my interviews is that the spirit of summer has not changed.. Technology may be advancing, but that doesn’t stop kids from getting out, going to the beach, and enjoying the company of family and friends throughout the summer months, just as kids did many years ago.
Two weeks off because of a summer camp job at the Boys and Girls Club. Next full update will be sometime around July 24/25.
Hope everyone had a good 4th of July Holiday
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