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1. 1. Granite State News

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   Published on: 9/27/2002   Last Visited: 9/27/2002

   Campbell is Democratic candidate for District 7 House Seat
   
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   WOLFEBORO - Susan Campbell of Wolfeboro is the only Democrat running for one of four seats from the newly-created House District 7.
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   She decided to run, she said, because she believes she can do better in providing an adequate education to the students in New Hampshire's towns and cities. She believes the tax system is unfair, resulting in undue burden on those least able to pay, and she believes in bipartisanship and a better-balanced House of Representatives. There will be no resolution of the issue of adequate education, she said, until tax reform takes place. "We have an over-reliance on the property tax. My ideas are different from my opponents' and I want to give voters a choice." Only 35 percent of House members are Democrats, she said. "I'm looking for more balance. She said she believes the state-set figure of $4,300 for an "adequate" education is too low. "It's substantially lower than the state average spending of $7, 000. Further, the formula for distribution is not ideal. Some towns with an adequate tax base get funding, while others still struggling do not. There is a wide range of tax rates, and some communities are still not able to raise enough to provide an adequate education for their children." Campbell is not distressed over the fact that some communities have used the funds given them from the statewide property tax for other purposes. "If communities can save money on the municipal side, it allows them to do other things for education," she said. "New Hampshire has the heaviest reliance on a single tax. Two–thirds of the revenue is from the property tax. That creates a system where those least able to pay are spending the highest percentage of their income. It's a regressive tax. Because of our reliance on the property tax, town's that aren't property rich can't provide necessary services. "The state's founders believed that ability to pay should be an arm of taxation.
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   Campbell says she hopes the House will look at social services. She is a strong supporter of the Healthy Kids Program, but points out that there are 70,000 to 100,000 adults in the state who are uninsured. "Most of them are working. Many are working more than one job, but small businesses here cannot afford to insure their employees. Rising health care costs and prescription drug costs make it impossible for people who cannot afford health insurance to get proper medical care. "I'd like to see the state use some of the tobacco settlement money for more social services. There's a good pot of money there this year, $47 million. The state spends about $3 million on treatment programs for drug and tobacco addiction," she noted. While education funding is a problem, Campbell says education is generally good. She has two children in the Governor Wentworth School System and says she is "happy…They have wonderful teachers." They are Scott, 13, a 7th grader at Kingswood Regional Middle School, and Christopher, 9, a third grader. Her husband, Brooks, is employed by the Department of Employment Security in Concord. Campbell earned a master's degree in environmental education from Plymouth State College. She is credentialed to teach elementary education and did teach second grade at Ossipee Central School before the birth of her first child. She earned her undergraduate degree from California State College at Sacramento. She is a former director of Christian Education at First Congregational Church in Wolfeboro. She co-authored a successful grant application to the New Hampshire Humanities Council, resulting in a six-part series, "Understanding Religious Tensions: a Primer for Our Time." The public lectures series opened to a packed hall in Wolfeboro last spring with a program called "A Short Course on Islam for Non-Muslims." Campbell remains an active member of First Congregational Church. Susan Campbell has lived in the area for the past 15 years, but her roots in the Tuftonboro area date back to her maternal grandmother, who bought property on Melvin Bay in the 1920s.
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   Campbell spent summers there for most of her childhood and teen years. She has ties also to Moultonborough, where she is a board member at the Geneva Point Center. While Campbell is currently not working outside the home, she is no stranger to the workplace, and she has been a volunteer with many local groups. In the early 1990s, she was a member of the Wolfeboro Recycling Committee that got the transfer station up and running. What motivated the group, she said, was the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. She was a part-time program director for the Y Without Walls, the group that started the Active Older Adults group. She said with some pride, "It's still going strong." She has been involved with the CROP Walk since the mid-1990s when it began. It provides food for both the LIFE Ministries Food Pantry and for Meals on Wheels. She has chaired the coordinating committee for two years. Campbell says she has the time to devote to being a member of the N.H. House. Her free time has been spent volunteering locally, and a membership in one of the state's governing bodies seems the next logical step. In addition, she would bring a youthful perspective to a body that has historically been heavily peopled by retirees. She was encouraged to run, she said, by her cousin Betty Hall, who represents Brookline in the House.

2. 2. The Granite State News - Online Edition

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   Published on: 1/3/2002   Last Visited: 1/3/2002

   "We wanted to do something concrete to show our concern for the Afghan people," said Susan Campbell of Wolfeboro, a member of Wolfeboro Peace Response. Volunteers will pack the blankets starting at 2:30 p.m., Friday, at All Saints Church on Main Street in Wolfeboro. Campbell will leave with her family early Saturday morning in a rented truck to drive the blankets to the AFSC's office in Philadelphia. The AFSC has already shipped a 40-foot container, containing approximately 9,000 blankets, to Tajikistan for delivery to displaced civilians in northern Afghanistan. The AFSC is a Quaker organization supported by people of many faiths who believe in peace, social justice, and humanitarian service.
   
   Senior Citizens hold annual holiday luncheon
   
   WOLFEBORO - It was a double holiday for members of Wolfeboro Senior Citizens Club as they gathered at the Barn at the Lakeview Inn Dec. 19.

3. 3. The Granite State News - Online Edition

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   Published on: 12/27/2001   Last Visited: 12/27/2001

   "We wanted to do something concrete to show our concern for the Afghan people," said Susan Campbell of Wolfeboro, a member of Wolfeboro Peace Response. Volunteers will pack the blankets starting at 2:30 p.m., Friday, at All Saints Church on Main Street in Wolfeboro. Campbell will leave with her family early Saturday morning in a rented truck to drive the blankets to the AFSC's office in Philadelphia. The AFSC has already shipped a 40-foot container, containing approximately 9,000 blankets, to Tajikistan for delivery to displaced civilians in northern Afghanistan. The AFSC is a Quaker organization supported by people of many faiths who believe in peace, social justice, and humanitarian service.
   
   Senior Citizens hold annual holiday luncheon
   
   WOLFEBORO - It was a double holiday for members of Wolfeboro Senior Citizens Club as they gathered at the Barn at the Lakeview Inn Dec. 19.