At The People’s Pint, Monday, April 28

GREENFIELD, MA –Monday, April 28, from 4-8pm, The People’s Pint will be offering free appetizers to Greenfield residents that invest in the New England Wind Fund, according to Pam Kelly, co-chair of the Greening Greenfield’s annual fundraising campaign. Thanks to a grant, Greening Greenfield will receive one dollar for every dollar Greenfield residents invest in the Wind Fund.

This is the fourth in a series of articles on child and adolescent mental health and the implications for special education.  This article focuses on an overview of the various conditions, formally referred to as Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence according to the DSM-IV TR, the psychiatric bible.  For those of you unfamiliar with this publication, it is the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4^th edition, Text Revision, 2000  (i.e. some updates after the initial version of DSM-IV was released in 1994).  The release date of a hoped for 5^th edition is unknown.  The DSM is published by the American Psychiatric Association.  An excellent internet resource for the material contained within the DSM-IV TR is http://www.behavenet.com (DSM links are on the right).

The representation was not too shabby for Franklin County in votes for Best of the Valley at the Valley Advocate.

I recently completed reading "The Fair Tax Book" written by Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder, Copyright 2005. Its ISBN number is 978-0-06-087549-7 in case you want to purchase it at World Eye. I thought our readers might like an alternative view on Tax collection, seeing how it is Tax season.

You can also look at the FairTax web site for a brief overview:

http://www.fairtaxplan.org/

Getting Around Without Gasoline

Thursday, May 1st, 7:00 PM
GCC Downtown Center, 270 Main St. 

With gasoline prices escalating, oil production on the decline, and worries over climate change, it's time to look at how we get around in our communities.