Date: Fri 05-Feb-1999

By Previous Employees

Published: Aug 11, 1999 12:00 am

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNO

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BRIDES: Questions To Ask Your...

PHOTOGRAPHER

How long have you been in business?

How long have you been photographing weddings?

Are you a member of any professional organizations?

Can I see a portfolio of the photographer that will be shooting my wedding?

Can I meet him/her?

Are the dates I need available? How many months' advance notice is required to

reserve a photographer?

How many photographers will be assigned to my wedding? What time will you be

arriving and departing from the ceremony and reception?

What type of deposit is required, and until what date can it be refunded?

What kind of equipment do you have, and can you shoot in any light available?

Are diffused lighting, soft focus, split framing, multiple exposures, etc

available?

How many portraits and how many candids will you shoot?

Is there a standard wedding package? What types of packages are available? Are

portraits available? What size prints are available? Do you offer mini gift

albums for relatives?

What is the cost for additional prints?

How soon after the wedding will the proofs be ready? Are the proofs included

in a package, or can they be purchased separately?

Do you do negative retouching? Are special mountings available, and at what

cost? What other services do you provide?

How long are negatives retained?

What album styles are available?

What is the approximate cost of the package we have decided upon?

How will the photographer and crew be dressed?

Have you photographed at this church and/or reception site before? Will you be

scouting these sites before the day of my wedding?

VIDEOGRAPHER

How long have you been a videographer?

How long has the company been in business?

Do you have references I can contact?

Are the dates I need available? How many months' advance notice is required to

reserve a photographer?

Which videographer will shoot my wedding? Can I see specific examples of

his/her work?

What kind of equipment do you have? Are diffused lighting, soft focus, split

framing, multiple exposures, etc available?

Can you shoot in any available light? Can you guarantee that any lights you

set up during the ceremony will not be very obtrusive?

Is there a standard wedding package? What types of packages are available? Are

both the ceremony and reception covered? How long will you stay at the

ceremony and reception?

How many total hours will you be shooting? What will be the length of the

video I will receive?

What type of deposit is required, and until what date can it be refunded?

How much will it cost for extra copies of the tape?

How soon after the wedding will the video be ready?

What special effects are available, and what do they cost?

How many cameras will be used?

Will you keep a copy of the master tape? How long will this be kept?

Have you videotaped at this church and/or reception site before? Will you be

scouting these sites before the day of my wedding?

How many camera assistants will be needed that day? How will the be dressed?

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Well that is some spin. The Democrats have a super majority on the LC and passed the Education Budget without serious consideration of if the voters could afford the multi million dollar increase. "Was the request justified?" rather than "is this needed?" and "can the voters shoulder yet another large increase?" The voters rightly sent it back. Then for some reason all the discussion around reductions to the increase seemed to be coming from the classroom, rather than administration and overhead costs. Is this a coercive tactic to manipulate parents into supporting the budget like tacit threat of cutting freshman sports was two years ago? Who believes the Democrats did not caucus privately before the meeting and came in with a number already worked out? This is the Dems budget, they own it.

Education Cuts: Who Voted For What

I think it is important that we do not villainize every black box seen around a home, business, farm, or municipal property. A black exterior station does not always mean rat poison is being used. These stations can hold a number of different products, including monitoring blocks, snap traps, non-toxic bait, anti-tick bait stations, organic salt- or cornmeal-based control products, and newer fertility-control approaches intended to reduce rodent populations without traditional poisons. The better conversation, in my opinion, is not simply “black boxes are bad,” but rather: what is inside them, who is maintaining them, and whether the rodent issue is being managed responsibly. Exclusion, sanitation, trapping, habitat reduction, and careful monitoring should all be part of a responsible IPM strategy. To be fair, on my own property I do use rodenticides, including Bromethalin and Bromadiolone, in secured bait stations. But that is a choice I make for my property, based on my circumstances and the risk I am trying to manage. I also believe property owners should understand the tradeoffs and be encouraged to use the least harmful effective method whenever possible. I support protecting Newtown’s wildlife. I also support giving residents accurate information and not assuming that every black box represents reckless or unsafe pest control. The goal should be responsible rodent management, not fear of the box itself.

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Debora, thank you! I accidentally doubled the project prices by adding the bond to the appropriation. Thank you so much for catching that and pointing it out. With the corrected numbers, the voters approved a combined $1.32 million for a salt shed ($600k) and library pavement ($720k), while rejecting the $1.12 million replacement turf. Regarding the 80s, I truly respect the hurdle of 14% mortgage rates. My point is simply that the math has shifted: in 1980, while the rates were higher, the price of a home relative to earnings was significantly lower. We are facing a different, but equally crushing, financial wall. Ultimately, it is disheartening that voters who recognized safe sidewalks and parking lots as essential, dismissed a playing field in the exact same condition. The turf has passed its life cycle and is just as much of a liability as the library’s pavement, the only difference is that this safety concern affects thousands of children who, coincidentally, cannot vote. These are apples-to-apples needs. I was hopeful our community would agree that all Newtown residents deserve safe conditions, regardless of which facility they utilize. Again, I would be remiss not to mention that when 82% of residents don’t show up, we have to deal with the interests of those who did. Hopefully, the next referendum will have a bigger turnout.

The ‘Me’ Generation

Thanks for the reply. I meant the numbers you presented in your letter. I found one place where other numbers were listed: https://www.newtownbee.com/04232026/get-out-and-vote-on-the-2026-27-proposed-municipal-and-school-budgets/?q=\\\%22advisory%20questions\\\%22. In that article, the numbers were cited as: Treadwell field: $1,125,000 Library: $720,000 Salt Storage: $600,000 As one who started out in the early 80's when inflation was double digits, my 1985 mortgage rate was 14%, and child care costs were comparable (in present value), I shared your grief but never considered the voters ironic or shameful. PS. I agree college tuition is ridiculous. Thankfully, universities are offering (or considering) waiving all or most tuition for middle class families (upwards of $200,000 incomes). Hopefully, they'll also reconsider their need for those funds in the first place.

Sure! Child care costs: https://www.ffyf.org/2022/10/13/data-child-care-prices-continue-to-rise-ahead-of-midterm-elections-outpacing-inflation/ (also from 2021-2025 we had 2 children in a local daycare in Newtown and it cost us $3200 a month, so that's a number I am very familiar with) Home price / median price vs income source: https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/home-price-income-ratios Tuition increase vs inflation: https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/noting-a-decline-in-middle-class-students-colleges-provide-more-aid/ Hope this helps :)

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