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Front Porch Chat
Posted on July 1, 2023 6:57 AM by Patti Vaticano
 
TO ARMS! TO ARMS!    Repeating our desperate plea! If little things like knowing what your HOA is doing with your money; what landscaping projects are being launched, cancelled, or rescheduled; what new homeowner challenges are being experienced by your neighbors; what fun activities are being planned; what developments are coming, then perhaps you see the need for a healthy and active Communications Committee for your community.  Knowledge is power.  Without a Communications Committee, we are all blinded to what is happening around us. It is very much like exercising your right to vote.  If you care about who is in authority and in what way your life is being managed, you get out and vote.  Same deal, here.  
 
If you want to be informed and made knowledgeable about your New Town residency, then you need to volunteer and support the Communications Committee to be able to see what’s coming and what needs to be addressed. Yes. It will take a small sacrifice of your time.  But what is that compared to knowing and making known what is happening next with your money?  Perhaps you are new to our community and have some basic questions or need some background you think other owners would like to understand too.  Maybe you love Social Media and would like to see more engagement and news from residents. Please consider joining us in making New Town a community of informed and happy residents who are knowledgeable about life in their neighborhood--and beyond. Reach out today by clicking the link below and joining the NTRA’s Communications Committee:  The Few, The Proud, The Necessary.
 
 
Fourth of July Riddle:   What do you get when you cross a patriot with a curly-haired dog?
 
13 Fourth of July Fun Facts:   
  1. The Liberty Bell is struck 13 times, every July Fourth (It no longer is rung due to its crack, of course.);
  2. Massachusetts was the first state to celebrate the Fourth of July;
  3. There have been 27 versions of the American flag;
  4. Apple pie has been the “go to” dessert for Americans since the 1700’s;
  5. Bristol, Rhode Island, has the longest standing tradition of a Fourth of July parade;
  6. Three US presidents have died on the Fourth of July--James Monroe, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson—and President Zachary Taylor fell fatally ill on the day after attending Fourth of July orations.  He died on July 9th;
  7. Hawaii’s fiftieth star was added to the Flag on July 4, 1960;
  8. Americans consume 150 million hot dogs on the Fourth of July;
  9. Only John Hancock and Charles Thompson signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776;
  10. 16,000 fireworks displays take place every Fourth;
  11. The Fourth of July was first celebrated 100 years AFTER the signing of the Declaration of Independence;
  12. The Star-Spangled Banner was not adopted as our national anthem until 1931; and
  13. It was once considered disrespectful to keep your business open on the Fourth of July.
 
Concord Hymn—by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1837)
 
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
   Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
    And fired the shot heard round the world.
 
The foe long since in silence slept;
   Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
   Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
 
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
   We set today a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
   When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
 
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
   To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
   The shaft we raise to them and thee. 
 
Fourth-of-July Fun Craft:  Using food coloring, beach sand, and baby food or Mason jars, the kids can create patriotic sand art for your Fourth of July picnic table.
 
 
 
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A Yummy Fourth of July Hack! With a plain, iced sheet cake from your local grocery store and fresh blue berries and strawberries, you can serve up the American flag!
 
 
 
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Pets and Fireworks, Some Pet Care Suggestions:  A repeat—but an incredibly important reminder. House pets suffer greatly on the Fourth of July. The local fireworks display we all enjoy to commemorate the day is prolonged terror for a house companion.  Here are ten safety tips that might help you and them:
 
1.    Desensitize your pet by playing YouTube fireworks postings in your TV;
2.    Ready a safe place or bedding crate for him or her before the day arrives;
3.    Update licenses and tags;
4.    Have plenty of toys on hand to distract your pet;
5.    Use a thunder shirt (available on Amazon, of course) on your pet;
6.    Tire your pet out with a long walk before the fireworks begin,
7.    Shut curtains and blinds;
8.    Put the radio on or play CDs;
9.    Consider medications recommend by your vet; and
10.  Stay home with them, if at all possible.
 
Riddle Answer:  A Yankee Poodle
 
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