Mount Holly Newsflash - Thursday, January 13, 2022 The weather today in Mount Holly - A slight chance of snow showers between 8am and 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com
Critically-acclaimed documentary, "Apollo 11", opens FOLA's 2022 Season on January 22 FOLA's opening film screening for 2022 will be the critically-acclaimed documentary, "Apollo 11", at the Heald Auditorium in Ludlow's Town Hall on Saturday, January 22 at 7 PM.
Apollo 11 is a 2019 American documentary film edited, produced and directed by Todd Douglas Miller. It focuses on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, the first spaceflight from which men walked on the Moon. The film consists solely of archival footage, including 70 mm film previously unreleased to the public, and does not feature narration, interviews or modern recreations. The Saturn V rocket, Apollo crew consisting of Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins, and Apollo program Earth-based mission operations engineers are prominently featured in the film.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2019, and was released theatrically in the United States by Neon on March 1, 2019. Apollo 11 received acclaim from critics and grossed $15 million. The film received five nominations at the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program for Aldrin and Collins (Armstrong having died in 2012), and won three.
The conception of the film was centered on a direct cinema approach. The final film contains no voice-over narration or interviews beyond what was available in the contemporary source material. Portions of the mission are illustrated by animated graphics depicting the parts of the Apollo spacecraft as line drawings, the designs of which are based on the cel-animated graphics in Theo Kamecke's 1971 documentary Moonwalk One. In addition, three wordless biographical sequences summarise the lives of Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins up to 1969 by means of family photographs and archive footage.
In a positive review for IndieWire, David Ehrlich complimented Miller's ability to make the Moon landing sequence feel unique and thrilling, and stated that the clarity of the footage "takes your breath away".Glenn Kenny of The New York Times called the film "entirely awe-inspiring" and wrote, "Although we know how the mission turns out, the movie generates and maintains suspense. And it rekindles a crazy sense of wonder at, among other things, what one can do practically with trigonometry." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film four-out-of-four stars, calling the film "an adrenaline shot of wonder and skill…. Films this completely imagined and ecstatically realized are so rare that when one comes along, it makes most other movies, even the good ones, seem underachieving. Any information that you happen to absorb while viewing Apollo 11 is secondary to the visceral experience of looking at it and listening to it."
The film is open to everyone and is free; donations are appreciated. Water is provided thanks to the folks at the United Church of Ludlow. Following town Covid policy, masks are required for all unvaccinated attendees and recommended for the vaccinated. For information, 802-228-7239 and https://fola.us.
Ludlow Rotary Hears Real Estate Market Update
The Jan. 11 luncheon meeting of the Ludlow Rotary Club (LRC) featured Lisa Kelley, President, Crown Point Board of Realtors(CPBR) speaking to Rotarians and guests about current real estate activity in the area and the future of the real estate market.
She stated that home prices were at a peak in June. This is a sellers' market making it hard to buy. There is still very little inventory of homes for sale. On average houses are only on market for 6 days, said Kelley. This makes it tough for local residents to break into the market for a house. In addition, she predicted mortgage rates will increase over the next couple of years.
Buyers with resources purchase land as an alternative, only to find the builders are booking into 2023. She stated the population of buyers working remotely need high speed fiber optics. Because Mount Holly has that, housing there is in great demand.
Of concern to the local economy, Kelley noted that second home owners don't visit local shops daily. This puts local businesses at a disadvantage because of the smaller steady population base. It also makes the community less affordable. Affordable housing is difficult to provide for several reasons including building materials being so expensive.
She cautioned members to expect more foreclosures. Some foreclosures have been sitting for more than 2 years because of the backlog in the business. Rentals are very expensive in the Ludlow Rotary service area as well.
Kelley, a realtor from Mount Holly for the past 16 years and former owner of the Belmont General Store, was urged by her father-in-law, Larry Kelley, to get her license. Larry was a long time Ludlow Rotarian. Rotarian Sharon Bixby remembered when Larry was roasted by the club, he was given an outhouse adorned with a Kelley Real Estate sign because "he could sell anything." Lisa may be on that track after selling 50 homes in 2021. In addition to being President she is a State director of CPBR and active in the Mount Holly community.
Anyone interested in learning more about joining Rotary is invited to contact Kevin Barnes, Membership Chairman at (802) 228-8877, to receive an invitation to a meeting
