Holliston January 2013

BY ELIZABETH RICKETSON

“Think Fiske’s First” as statedby John Paltrineri

On how many occasions havewe, as parents, learned that ourchild has a major project due thenext day and are thrown into apanic “ I have to get some posterboard, paint, colored pencils,glue stick”…all that goes intocreating a successful schoolproject. More often than I careto remember I have jumped intomy car and headed to Fiske’sknowing all we would needwould be at our fingertips. Todate, I have never been disap-pointed or had to go elsewhere.I am not merely speaking ofposter board since my requestshave been varied and numerous.Whether it was one of my chil-dren’s school projects, a birth-day, a friend’s birthday,graduation, running club jinglebell’s for a festive December runand most noteworthy my daugh-ter’s wedding at our home;Fiske’s is always a shoppingdestination.

Driving around Holliston youoften see balloons signifying thearrival of a new baby, a birthdayparty, bridal shower, a wedding,college graduation, and that fab-ulous display of red and blackballoons each June marking

graduation from Holliston HighSchool. I asked John how manyballoons sold annually atFiske’s? To which he replied:

He employs 4 tanks of heliumand each tank will fill 450 bal-loons bringing us to roughly1800 balloons filled per month.Calculate it out even further toapproximately 20,000 per yeartimes 38 years in business andwell, my math might be off butthat is an unbelievable amount ofballoons! There are 40 colors to

choose from and least we forgetthe 200 Mylar balloons avail-able. Graduation alone averagesaround 500 balloons andthrough some trial and errorJohn has skillfully developed theperfect system for balloon pick-up. Alphabetically, by last name,the bouquets of balloons line theceiling at Fiske’s. A greeter willcordially ask for your name andretrieve your balloons for you.Yes, this is again quintessentiallyFiske’s customer service but italso is a lesson learned of previ-

ous challenges with tangling ofstrings and balloons. I was un-aware of the helium shortagethat was in full swing within re-cent months but you wouldn’tknow about based on Fiske’ssince John didn’t skip a beat dueto smart business practices and agreat relationship with his sup-plier all orders were filled! Whenlifting your eyes upon enteringthe store you see this magnifi-

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“Goal was to have a place where thecommunity could gather; neighborscould meet and would be a fun place toshop. Among my greatest joys is all thewonderful people I have met.” LouiePaltrineri (December 2012).

“Louie was a great role model alwaysstressing customer service and backingup products,” John told me during ourinterview (December 2012)

1989 Louie retired from Fiske’s andresides in Holliston with his wife Treva.Louie and Treva have six children andfive live locally. In addition, there aremany grandchildren, great grandchil-dren and even great great grandchil-dren!

My own father was a WWll veteranwho landed on Omaha Beach, thefourth wave, and marched across Eu-rope. I grew up learning, loving, appre-ciating and respecting what I believejournalist Tom Brokaw coined “thegreatest generation.” Growing up I hadmany primer’s on WWll but also ob-served a great man and father who wastroubled by what he saw during battleand he called “the spoils of war” but thatsame man loved the country he proudlyserved. My siblings and I grew up grate-ful for the many sacrifices our militarymembers make and hold sacred all ofthe rights and privileges we hold dear

Louie & John Paltrineri

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cent display of balloons and Iwould challenge anyone to find anoccasion that Fiske’s isn’t preparedto celebrate!

Middlesex News SaturdayJune 3, 1995“Connecting with the commu-

nity is a key to the stores success.You have to love people,” saysLouis Paltrineri

“You don’t watch TV to find outwhat’s going on, you talk to yourcustomers”, said John Paltrineri

The quotes written in the Middle-sex News in 1995 still hold trueand continue to be the philosophyat Fiske’s in 2013. A philosophythat has served the Paltrineri’s wellfor many years and one that willserve Fiske’s for many years tocome.

John and I talked about the busi-ness of Fiske’s. Friday, Saturdayand Sunday are the busiest days.Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdayare typically ordering and ship-ments are received. After a 10 to 12

hour workday and at 11:22 p.m.,after the weather forecast for thefollowing day, it is off to bed forthe Paltrineri’s. John can even an-ticipate business for the next daybased on the weather prediction i.e.a gray drizzly day makes for agood shopping day. This is a well-oiled machine!

Each time I walk around the storeI am amazed at the volume and in-credible variety of the store’s in-ventory. Often asking myself “howdoes he buy for this store?” and“how does he anticipate trends?”All 4000 square feet of Fiske’sserves a very important roll sincethere is not an empty shelf or barewall space. Cluttered? No, notcluttered it is imaginative, colorful,skillfully selected items strategi-cally placed and extremely invit-ing. Easy to be inspired whilestanding in any aisle at Fiske’s andletting your eyes and mind wander.Don’t worry if you become in-spired yet may not have the knowhow to begin that project they canhelp you with that too!

“Unique product that is not avail-able at a box store and new to themarket” one of the first sentencesJohn said to me when starting ourconversation about buying for thestore. In this age of technology,which has decidedly dictatedtrends, John has continued to pur-chase with the “thinking kid” inmind. With very fond memories offamily night in the Paltrinerihousehold “connections with fam-ily and community” are extremelyimportant. Whether it is “one onone” or the “social interaction ofgames” John has hit the mark spoton. For a very small investment inmoney, under ten dollars, John hasstocked his shelves with a great

game called “Spot It”, developedand sold by a French companyJohn has unearthed, with ten dif-ferent versions including French,Spanish and even one for MajorLeague Baseball! Always thinkingand envisioning the needs of hiscustomers John has items for salefor children transitioning frommiddle school and high school bystocking items for the older years.A favorite discovery of mine is thatyou can still buy Pokémon cards atFiske’s – I believe we still have asizeable collection at my housefrom the many Pokémon pur-chases my son made several yearsago.

Since 1973 John buys forFiske’s based on:FamilyCommunityStaplesToysHome and Holiday Decorating

Working virtually 7 days perweek and averaging 70 to 80 hoursduring the week I was compelledto ask John how he actually doesthe buying? John has a Manufac-turer Representative, Brian Hick-man, who advises John aboutsome of the new products on themarket with consideration specifi-cally for Fiske’s clientele. The repsare able to attend the biggest tradeshows making it possible for Johnto remain current in his purchas-ing. Requests from kids and momsplay an integral part in the processsince always in tune with his cus-tomers John is keenly interested inwhat parents and children haveseen of interest to them. The Inter-net has become a very useful andtime efficient way to research newproducts and discover trends. GiftBeat is a publication John sub-scribes to which covers trends na-

tionwide. Some tried and truemeasures for John are thinkingoutside the box, gut feelings andsometimes it can be a total gamblebut always keeping his finger onthe pulse of his clientele has keptFiske’s in very good stead. Fiske’swill always keep staples in stock aswell as meeting the needs for sea-sonal items.

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because they were not easily wonand cannot be taken for granted. Itis in this vain that I acknowledgeand thank Louie Paltrineri for hisservice to our country duringWWll. John proudly displays anarticle written about Louie, his mis-sions in a B-17 bomber as a radio /gunner. During a mission when hisB-17 had sustained a hit, the crewbailed out over Ludwiglust, Ger-many, landed in the trees near aGerman troop and was captured.Louie became a POW, sustainedobvious hardships but thankfullythe camp was liberated by GeneralGeorge Patton in April of 1945.Louie returned safely home toTreva and Wellesley, MA.

January 1, 1973 John partneredwith his dad, Louie, in purchasingFiske’s General Store from GeneHartnett who owned both the busi-ness and building since the 1960’s.Louie had been managing Fiske’sfor Gene starting in 1964 but Genemade a decision to sell Fiske’s tothe Paltrineri’s in the early 70’s.

John has always worked in a cus-tomer service position. Simply putJohn is a” people person.” John at-tended the University of Massachu-setts in Amherst MA and whileliving in western MA John workedat the Lord Jeffery Inn washingdishes, night cleaning and held theposition of auditor. John was alsoemployed at the Colonial Hiltonand Zeeks where he was a managerfor lunch and dinner.

In 1972 John knew he would bemoving to Holliston, joining Louie

as his business partner and wouldpurchase Fiske’s from Gene Har-nett. In 1973 John moved to Hol-liston taking up residency in anapartment close to the store wherehe would continue to live untilmoving to Adams Street in 1978where he currently resides.

While planning his move to Hol-liston and his exciting new businessventure, with his dad, I don’t thinkJohn anticipated he would fall inlove and marry a beautiful highschool senior named Carol Baxter.John was immediately “smitten”when Carol walked into Fiske’sGeneral Store asking to pick-up theBoston Globe newspaper, Fiske’swas a Globe distributor, for a localHolliston pharmacy where Carolwas a part-time employee. Johnwas more than happy to assistCarol by bringing the newspapersout to her 1946 Dodge Coop. Johnwas quick to react and later that daydrove to the pharmacy Carol wasworking at and slipped a note under

the wiper of Carol’s Dodge whichsaid:

“I’d like to get to know you andyour car better. Call me” and shedid…

Carol and John were married in1980. Carol was a Holliston schoolteacher during the early years oftheir marriage and son Adam wasborn in 1985. Carol made the deci-sion to devote her time to be athome with Adam and work atFiske’s on a part-time basis. It is al-ways a pleasure to catch up withCarol at Fiske’s where she is oftenworking and is one of the threebuyers for Fiske’s.

Fiske’s General Store is the heartand soul of a father and son and be-cause of the strength of their bondthe their commitment to one an-other we have all benefited by thelarger commitment they made totheir customers.

Thank you Louie and John Paltrineri!


Annie L. Fiske, daughter ofJames F. Fiske, was the proprietorof A. L. Fiske’s Newstore formany years. Annie lived at theFiske homestead, on Hollis Street,until her death on May 11, 1953.Reading Annie’s obituary on Ge-neologyBank.com and noting thatthe name of the dry goods storehad changed to her name, fromJames F. Fiske’s, brought to minda fun anecdotal story told to me byHolliston town historian JoanneHulbert. We were chatting abouthow you can tell a long time Hol-liston resident versus a newcomerand one test was to see what some-one calls Fiske’s. A key inJoanne’s opinion was someone re-ferring to the dry goods store as“Annie Fiske’s” which would betruly indicative of the long timestatus of Holliston residency.Many of us simply say Fiske’s andthat is fairly average but using thetitle of Fiske’s General Store well,you might as well be from a sur-rounding town since that is a glar-ing sign of someone new to town.

In the many treasures I found inJohn Paltrineri’s office, at Fiske’s,one particularly special find wasAnnie’s senior year high school

“autograph book” she received forChristmas in 1879. Filled withbeautiful handwriting, heartfeltsentiment it transports you back toa time where communication wasmore formal but beautifully con-veyed through the written word.The book is filled with many fa-miliar Holliston surnames. Whilelooking through the autographbook and observing the portrait ofAnnie displayed at Fiske’s onewonders what her life was like,what was her experience likebeing a woman in business in Hol-liston? A question I hope to ex-plore further.

My favorite signature in thismarvelous piece of history was anautograph signed by a Mr. FredGay on September 24th, 1883,The Class of 1884 and he wrote:

“Yours without a struggle”

Fred Gay – Holliston

To which I infer Annie was quitepossibly an amazing woman.

Both the language and sentimentare fantastic and reminiscent of atime long passed. Just another ex-ample of a town so rich in historybut more to the point interestingpeople doing and saying interest-ing things.

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John contacts all teachers at theelementary and middle schoollevel during the summer prior tothe academic year.

He develops a list of exactlywhat the teacher requests for theacademic year vs. a generic listother retail locations might have.The list is very specific to the localHolliston student’s needs andshould the teacher change the listin September Fiske’s respondsvery quickly to insure all items areavailable. Each package can be as-sembled in as little as ten minutes.Plus membership affords you adiscount on the purchase.

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The economic turn four yearsago translated into people wonder-ing how they can save money as-suming the big box stores arecheaper but research shows that isnot always the case. Consider thetime spent, free parking, gas, rep-utable business practices and mostimportantly you are almost alwaysdealing with the owner! An inde-pendent local business offers asafe and comfortable environmentresulting in a very positive shop-ping experience. Recently bothJohn and I had seen a news itemon Channel 5 WCVB about com-petitive prices of local independ-ent businesses vs. the larger chainstores:

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In a recent survey, News Centerfound:

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• A Cuisinart mini-prep foodprocessor was $49.99 at themall and $49.99 in a smallerstore, too.

• The Kauri Special edition was$149.99 everywhere wechecked

• A Black & Decker Classic ironwas also the same price at thestores News Center 5 checked.

Even books were competitive.On the day News Center 5 looked,a smaller, local bookstore was sell-ing several best sellers 10 percentless than the biggest chain.

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"Knowing who you're buyingfrom and who you can go back toif you have a problem."

One industry analyst estimatesmore than $400,000 would comeback to Massachusetts communi-ties, if people shifted even just 10percent of their shopping fromchains to small businesses.

As one consumer said, it's aboutbasic loyalty, "Small businessesbuilt this country and I think that'sa good reason enough to supportlocal businesses."

Agreed!A message from John Paltrineriand the future of Fiske’s:

Educationally based and sociallyinteractive games will continue tobe a focus. Encouraging familiesto interact together and parents toplay with their children.

Expansion of gift section – itemsavailable for mom’s friend’s fam-ily members, sisters.

From jewelry and scarves tohome decorative items.

Think about the downtown busi-nesses!

Holliston has a quaint downtownarea making for a very invitingcenter. Doesn’t require one totravel far…free parking!

There is a healthy competitionamongst local Holliston busi-nesses and proprietors respectfullytry not to cross over with inven-tory.

Keep Holliston alive and vibrant!Support local businesses!

Well-said John Paltrineri!

Thank you very much for themany years of extraordinary cus-tomer service, working tirelesslyto meet the needs of our commu-nity and those that surround us. Itdoes not go unnoticed that withevery Holliston fundraising eventFiske’s is often a first stop becausethere is a confidence and comfortin approaching you for help – ex-traordinary!

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In 1863 the Civil War was raging,the Emancipation Proclamationwas proclaimed, President Lincolnwas in office and James F. Fiskeopened his dry goods store in An-drews’ Block in Holliston. Cus-tomers were possibly paying fortheir newspapers with Civil War to-kens.

I was thinking about PresidentLincoln being in office as James F.Fiske opened his dry goods store inHolliston as I am looking aroundFiske’s General Store in 2012!Imagine this while the prices havedramatically changed, inventory isvastly different, advertising doesn’teven slightly resemble what wewould have seen in newspaperswhen James was doing business inHolliston but the amazing part isthat Fiske’s General Store is as rel-evant in 2013 as it was in 1863!

150 Years! Really drink that in,revel in it and appreciate the amaz-ing owners, of which there are few,that have kept this dry goods storegoing strong and with the futurelooking extremely bright!

“The store of James F. Fiske, lo-cated in the building which re-placed the Andrews Block, had thefirst plate-glass window installed inHolliston in1899. The Fiske Gen-eral Store of the present day carrieson the legacy.

James F. Fiske, shopkeeper andthe Holliston town treasurer in the1890’s, lived on Hollis Street andran one of the first telephone linesin Holliston between his store andhome in 1880.”

Quote from Images of America: HollistonHolliston Historical Society

If James was alive today I wonderwhat would stand out most for himwhen he walked through the frontdoor of Fiske’s 150 years later?Would he understand about theHolliston Happy Facebook PageChristmas Ornaments at the frontregister? How about HollistonSpirit Wear? Spirit Wear???? Whatis that? Beaded bracelets, balloons,and Pokémon cards. What wouldhe think? All of this is a very longway from a telegraph machine,polishers for the enamel and rub-bers for our shoes, but I am certainhe would walk through the doorwith the same wide childlike eyesas we do just waiting and anticipat-ing what Is waiting for us all to dis-cover in the shelves at Fiske’s. Wecan all be certain that John Pal-trineri, current proprietor ofFiske’s, has done his research,know his customers, and that downeach isle there is something newand delightful to discover atFiske’s!

James F. Fiske circa 1863

John and Carol Patrineri


Yes, the temperature is gettingcold in Holliston, MA but thespirit and the generosity of theresidents remains very warm. Iheard on the weather last monththat the month of November av-eraged much colder daily tempsthan normal. As we throw on ourwinter apparel remember thereare children and adults in need ofwarm coats. The NewcomersClub has for many years spon-sored a coat drive and for the pastfour years Barb Daly has been or-ganizing this program in conjunc-tion with the Holliston PantryShelf.

I spoke with Barb to obtain de-tails about the program and theyare as follows:

The coats are designated for theHolliston Pantry Shelf memberswho fill out a coat request, at thePantry Shelf, for specific familymembers. Remembering a requestmay be for a child, an adult and asBarb indicated there is also a needfor larger sized coats – both maleand female. Coat donations are forgently worn, clean and / or newwinter coats. We discussed thatthere are area stores that havewarm coats for sale at greatly re-duced prices so it is possible topurchase a new adult coat at a very

reasonable price.

To sign up to donate a coat pleasego to the Newcomers Club web-site http://www.hollistonnewcom-ers.org/home

Coat Drive 2012 -2013Once you have completed the

donation information Barb will bein contact to advise all who areparticipating on the drop off in-structions. Requests remain open

until Barb receives the actual do-nated coat. Donations have begun,within the past few weeks, and willcontinue until all requests arefilled. Potentially and quite proba-bly there will be additional re-quests coming in from the sign-upat the Pantry so please continue tocheck for additional needed coats.

The following link will take youdirectly to the sign up documentand you will notice that all details

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There were so many wonderfulmoments and discoveries whilespeaking with John Paltrineri,owner of Fiske’s General Store,but I must admit this is one of myfavorite stories.

Beginning in the 1970’s Louie,co-owner and John’s dad, decidedto make Holiday Bows. Louiewould set up a table, at Fiske’s, be-fore Thanksgiving looking for-ward to chatting with thecustomers while making and tak-ing orders for Holiday Bows.Every year from Thanksgiving tillthe third week in December elvesare making beautiful bows atFiske’s!

John initially wasn’t terribly ex-cited about learning how to makea bow from his dad but Louie hadother ideas. One Thanksgivingyears ago Louie had developed aheart issue which led to a stay inthe hospital. Louie recognizinghow particularly unfortunate thetiming was decided to call Johnand request he come to his hospitalroom bearing “a roll of ribbon,scissors and wire”. Dutifully Johnobliged. So from Louie’s hospitalbed a father teaches a son how to

make a Holiday Bow but theywere not alone since some of theon duty nurses jumped at the op-portunity to learn this art whileskillfully attending to the needs oftheir patients. Imagine how funand wonderful!

With true to form generosityJohn invited me to learn how tomake a bow myself. Well, onecould immediately see it was notJohn’s first time making a beauti-ful craft bow. While surrounded byseveral hanging Holiday Bows,lining the ceiling and walls, I justwatched in fascination as John ma-nipulated the ribbon with quickfingers and unbelievable precision.Before my eyes and within sec-onds a yard of simple ribbon wastransformed into a beautiful bowwith wire. I reminded myself againabout how there simply is no otherplace like Fiske’s. With all thathappens in a day and needs to bedone there is always time to teacha customer how to make a bow ortake a special order for the bowthat will display to specification ina customers home. As with every-thing else at Fiske’s there is thisamazing attention to detail with afocus and center on the customerwhich is simply unparalleled.


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Again this month I have had boththe honor and pleasure to talk withsome of the people that make Hol-liston what it is today and those thathave played an enormous role increating the fabric of this town. In-creasingly, I am in awe of the peo-ple of Holliston and what they doto keep our town vibrant, activeand the giving community that it is.I go from person to person andstory to story just reveling in all thatI see and hear. I know many peopleare proud of the town they live inbut I truly believe that we have justsomething a little extra here.

I have always believed in the ex-pression the eyes are the windowto your soul. Sitting across fromJohn Paltrineri, owner of Fiske’sGeneral Store, I felt this expressioncome alive. I watched his warmand heartfelt facial expressions as Ilistened to each word he spoke de-scribing the bond he has with hisfather, Louie, from working side byside with him for many years atFiske’s. The love and pride he feelsfor his lovely wife Carol and theirson Adam. John bursts with pridewhen speaking about all of hisfamily. I witnessed and clearly un-derstood the depth of caring anddedication John has for the friendsand customers that walk throughthe front door at Fiske’s. John Pal-trineri is an extraordinary business-man and clearly understands the

definition of what it means to dobusiness in a community like Hol-liston. I spoke with a parent of oneof the many Holliston High Schoolstudents that John has employedover the years. As she stated to me“people have no idea how goodJohn is to the students he em-ploys.” Precisely, we know bits andpieces of how good John is to thetown of Holliston and I had manyteachable moments when I listenedand observed during the interviewsbut I am quite certain his generosityto our town happens daily andwithout question.

Many of us know, since we fre-quently drive by Fiske’s, that onany given day there will be a bakesale on the sidewalk in front of thestore, brightly colored balloons fly-ing high, bold colored poster boardon the front door announcing achild’s birthday, a placard alertingcustomers to a new toy arrival…thestore is filled with energy. I re-ceived a call from John, on the dayof my daughter’s wedding, offer-ing to provide additional balloonssince he was concerned that theones we had already picked up, tomark the directions to our home,would not last long enough or lookas perfect as they should. Reflect-ing on the many beautiful memo-ries from that day I am includingthis gesture too. A great majority ofHolliston residents and customersfrom surrounding towns all havetheir own Fiske’s stories and I am

quite certain they are as rich andmeaningful as the many I holddear. Fiske’s is our town treasure,one to support and frequent to in-sure that many generations will beable to walk in the front too, in-dulge their senses in the sights andsounds, hear that welcoming voicefrom any given employee and findthat item that you know certainlywill be there for you. Go in, walkaround and I promise you therewill be something totally unex-pected, perhaps a have to have orjust simply enjoy the Fiske experi-ence.

When I went in for my first inter-view with John, in preparation forthis edition, I walked through thefront door, felt immediately wel-come, happily started chatting witha neighbor of mine that I adore andsoon we all realized that a fair per-centage of Adams Street wasstanding in the front of Fiske’s sim-ply enjoying one another’s com-pany and sharing stories. What isnot to like? I feel pretty confidentin saying that this particular morn-ing was not very different frommany other days at Fiske’s.

Louie said it best and it is worthrepeating:

“My goal was to have a placewhere the community couldgather”

Well done Louie and John –thank you!

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Thanks to the town’s enthusiasticyouth, birthday bags are a new tra-dition for the Holliston PantryShelf. Birthday bags are filled withparty supplies, which are given tofamilies in need. The bags allowthese families to celebrate birth-days. They are colorful and gen-der-neutral, patterned withcupcakes, sparkles, and squiggles.Plus, they have the necessary partyitems: napkins, cups, crêpe paper,forks, balloons, knives, table cov-ers, wrapping paper, frosting, cakemix, cake pan, and invitations.

Nina Doonan, then a HollistonHigh sophomore, came up withthe birthday bags idea in spring of2010 for her National Honor Soci-ety (NHS) service project. Afterhosting a bake sale to raise fundsfor the birthday items, she starteddelivering two bags per month herjunior year, starting in September.She continued to host bake sales tofund the bags and provided thePantry Shelf 24 bags per year.

Doonan explains what inspiredher to begin the project.

“Birthday parties were always ahappy memory from my child-hood and I wanted to share thatwith as many kids as possible,”says Doonan.

When Doonan graduated lastMay, she looked for a youngerNHS member to take over herproject.

“Our Pantry families have en-joyed the birthday bags tremen-dously, and there was concern thatthe project would not be continuedif another student didn’t step up,”says Amy Porter, Pantry publicist.

The student who continued theNHS project was Holliston Highjunior Daphne Rong.

“I think that celebrating birthdaysis a really important thing to giveback to the community,” saysRong.

She followed the instructionsDoonan left on how to preparebags and raise money.

This October, Rong held her firstbake sale at Holliston Superette, adeli. To prepare, she and herfriends baked cookies, cupcakes,bread, and muffins. Because Hur-ricane Sandy (nicknamed the“Frankenstorm”) was due to hitaround the time she held the sale,she encouraged people to stock upwith baked goods to get ready.

. In addition to raisingmoney, she has begun buying thebag items and then delivering twobirthday bags monthly.

But Rong is not the only onecontributing these bags to thepantry. Josh Taylor, 13, contributed24 bags for his Bar Mitzvah proj-ect in mid-October. He worked allday with his mother and grandpar-ents in his home to assemble thebags. Instead of hosting a bakesale, Taylor and his family paid for

the supplies.

“I had a lot of fun buying the sup-plies and putting it together,” saysTaylor.

At his Bar Mitzvah, the celebra-tion of Jewish adulthood, he ex-plained in his Dvar why he madethe birthday bags and how it fit intothe Torah section on hospitality.The bags served as table center-pieces during his congregationalluncheon.

Taylor has also contributed to thefood pantry on his previous birth-days. For his 11th birthday, insteadof getting presents from hisfriends, he asked them to give himcanned goods. He then donatedthese to the Pantry. Taylor hopes tointern at the Pantry Shelf once inhigh school.

While the three students havefound the project fun, they havealso learned about project-man-agement. For instance, Taylorlearned how to organize the sup-plies into the bags. While assem-bling the bags, Taylor miscountedthe forks and knives and had tocheck which bags had more uten-sils.

“I had to take them out, and thenput them back in,” says Taylor.

Rong and Doonan learned howto manage their time.

“Everything is time sensitive, soI learned how to manage my timewith an important project,” saysRong.

Despite these efforts, occasion-ally the food pantry will run out ofbags.

“There is no way of predictinghow many might be needed eachmonth,” says Peggy Robertson,Pantry volunteer coordinator,Pantry board secretary, and Rong’sproject supervisor.

If this happens, pantry volunteerswill then make a trip to the store tobuy the birthday bag items them-selves. However, Robertson saysthat the Pantry is currently in goodshape with Josh’s and Daphne’scontributions.

Robertson says that if there arenumber of bags on the shelf, thepantry volunteers will encouragethem to peek inside and choosetheir favorite. Birthday bag recipi-ents will often also receive a Targetgift card, a program coordinatedby Porter, provided for children 18and under who are registered toparticipate.


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January 0711:00 AM - 12:00 PM –MORNING BOOK CLUB,Gilman Room-lower level. Con-tact: Leslie McDonnell 508-429-0617, [email protected]

Discuss Moloka'i by Alan Bren-nert. Books are available to bor-row with a valid library card aboutone month before the discussion.Attend as many sessions as youchoose. Add your thoughts or justsit and listen.

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Learn how to make soups andextras that will warm up your win-ter. This program is limited to 35participants. PLEASE REGIS-TER IN ADVANCE BYPHONE, EMAIL OR IN PER-SON BEGINNING DEC 20.Free. Sponsored by the Friends ofthe Libary.

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HOW THE CLUB WORKS.Attend as many meetings as youlike. Read the selected book andattend the discussion led by MaryMiley. Bring your ideas, questionsand comments or simply listen.Multiple copies of the books areavailable for borrowing from thelibrary about a month in advanceor can be purchased on your own.NEW MEMBERS ARE AL-WAYS WARMLY WELCOME.

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The postings are focused onthinking locally when shopping,playing, and job-hunting. Schmidtsays, “In order for a communitylike Holliston to survive and thrive,it needs to keep its money locally.It needs to support the entrepre-neurs that exist.” The group alsoencourages residents to use theirimagination to improve the townwith new businesses or programs.Her posts also have an emphasis onhappiness and thankfulness.

Residents post about many topicsin the Facebook group. They postabout concert tickets, bikes, andcars for sale. People also encourageothers on the group to send pack-ages and gifts to troops and fami-lies in need. Residents post

information about small pets thatare looking for a home. Memberseven post pictures of food fromlocal places. Citizens often post athank-you to those who havehelped with a community project.

Schmidt says the group is suc-cessful. She notes that the grouphas over 1,000 members for a14,000 population town, a numberthat she finds impressive. She alsonotes the impact on the commu-nity. “There have been tons offriendships and there have beentons of people who have been suc-cessful in what they do becausethey have a voice,” she says. Be-cause she spends so many hours onthe group, her goal is to spend lesstime on it and let the discussiongrow organically. However, sheviews her contribution and leader-ship in the group as her communityservice to the town.

“It’s really about making thetown an even better place to livethan it already is,” says Schmidt.

The name “I’m HollistonHappy!!” is also being used forother good causes. Fiske’s sells“I’m Holliston Happy” ornamentsto raise money for the Pantry Shelf.

Schmidt also has another internetproject online named Butterfly-Moms.com, which focuses on howmoms can realign with what makethem happy. She puts her energyand optimism into both websites.She always updates the sites inways that conveys positive energyand love. Schmidt says, “I have in-tention in everything I post.”

Those interested in joining “I’mHolliston Happy!!” just need aFacebook account. She says to beaccepted, members do not have tolive in Holliston, but just need tohave a love of the town.

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All are welcome and encour-aged to attend the Relay for Lifeof Ashland / Holliston kickoff cel-ebration that is scheduled for Jan-uary 8, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at St.Mary’s Parish Center Lower Hall,Holliston. A snow date of January15, 2013 meeting at the same timeand same location. This is anevent for those interested in learn-ing more about the Relay for Lifeof Ashland / Holliston but it isalso a time to meet, gather infor-mation and get excited about June15, 2013!

The Relay for Life Ashland /Holliston in 2012 saw an increasein participation with roughly 600to 700 hundred participants, butlooking towards 2013 the hope isfor even more. The Relay for Lifewelcomes all and encourages par-ticipation in any way that is pos-sible. This inspirational event iscelebrating its 16th year and hasimpressively raised over a milliondollars.

The American Cancer Society’sRelay for Life began in 1985 inTacoma Washington. www.relay-forlife.org

“In May 1985, Dr. Gordy Klattwalked and ran for 24 hoursaround a track in Tacoma, Wash-ington, ultimately raising $27,000to help the American Cancer So-ciety fight the nation’s biggesthealth concern – cancer. A yearlater, 340 supporters joined theovernight event. Since those firststeps, the Relay For Life move-ment has grown into a worldwidephenomenon, raising more than$4 billion to fight cancer.”

Fundraising is made simple for2013! This year there will be 13member relay teams with a$113.00 dollar minimum to beraised by each participant. Regis-ter online at the Relay for LifeAshland / Holliston web sitewww.relayforlife.org or contactDenise Landry Horowitz with anyquestions.

Dollars raised help support andcontribute to:

Help pay for lodging at anAmerican Cancer Society HopeLodge®. Last year, nearly 38,000patients and caregivers stayed at aHope Lodge facility.

Help cancer patients get to treat-ment and back home againthrough the Road To Recovery®program. The American CancerSociety helped more than 15,000patients to and from treatment lastyear.

Support Reach To Recoveryvolunteers as they visit newly di-agnosed breast cancer patients.

Cover the cost of providing in-formation to those facing cancer.Every day, more than 2,200 peo-ple call the American Cancer So-ciety for help and information.

Help guide patients throughtheir cancer journey through theAmerican Cancer Society PatientNavigator Program.

Fund groundbreaking researchand new clinical trials.

College Scholarships for stu-dents with a history of cancer es-tablished in 2000.

Volunteers and more volunteersare needed because while it takes

a village to raise a child, it alsotakes many volunteers to supportan amazing event such as theRelay for Life Ashland / Hollis-ton. One hour of your time canmake a huge difference in thelives of others. Twenty hours ofwalking and, if so inclined, somerunning around the track at theAshland Middle School requiresstamina from the participants butit also requires support from vol-unteers. The Relay for Life Ash-land / Holliston is a very moving,inspirational event but is also fes-tive in nature. There are themelaps (Prom laps, Halloween Laps,and even Teddy Bear Laps...),Holliston’s own Tall Boys Bandwill be providing some entertain-ment, karaoke, yoga, Zumba.Teams set up tents and /or tablesdisplaying raffle baskets, facepainting etc...so come be a part ofa worthwhile event working hardto make a difference in the fightagainst cancer.

Rain or Shine The Relay forLife Ashland / Holliston takesplace!

The opening ceremony is whensurvivors take to the track,dressed in purple tee shirts mak-ing their way to meet their care-givers. A powerful andinspirational moment indeed.

Denise explained to me what thedefinition of a “survivor” is:“from the moment of diagnosis.”I thought about that for some timesince I had previously thought ofsurvivorship in terms of landmarkyears but her definition was muchmore compelling to me and one Ichoose to add to my vocabulary.

12:00 Luncheon for survivors5:00 Fight Back Ceremony

9:00 p.m. Luminaria Ceremonyis a magnificent exhibit honoringa friend or loved one that has beenaffected by cancer. White bagssurrounding the track displayingthe names of a person are illumi-nated after dark making for a verymoving tribute.

11:00 p.m. quiet time, movies,and scavenger hunt...

As you can see this is just a sam-pling of what takes place at the

Relay for Life Ashland / Hollis-ton but it is important to know thatwhile a team member is alwayson the track there is so muchgoing on peripherally too. Incred-ible efforts being made by all par-ticipants, survivors, care givers,

volunteers and Team Captains.People are actively working yearround to make this event a successand as Denise so succinctly toldme

Until there is a cure we are notdone!

Contact information:Denise Landry-HorowitzRelay For Life of Ashland andHolliston Event Chairperson(508)954-0508


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Holliston High School’s Kamit-ian Field was named after Bedros“Jid” Kamitian who was a princi-pal of Holliston High School fromSeptember 1971 until his retire-ment in July 1987. Mr.Kamitian isa resident of Holliston.

Recently, on a very early Decem-ber weekday morning I arrived atthe Holliston High School. Typi-cally, the parking lot was filledwith evidence of school being insession as indicated by a nearly fullparking lot. Preparing to do a trackworkout I looked at the KamitianField differently that morning. Ihave approached Kamitian Fieldfrom many different perspectives– as a track and field parent, a sum-mer running camp parent, footballgame attendee, lacrosse gamesspectator, even a foray into volun-teer assistant high school runningcoach and lastly as an athlete. Formany years this destination hasheld great meaning to me. On thismorning in particular I had moredetailed information about the“Build It” program and had previ-ously seen the architectural plansfor the new concession stand onlydays before. I could imagine thenew structure as I approached theentrance to the track. I was envi-sioning the new concession standbustling with athletes, siblings,fans, parents, grandparents…Hol-liston athletics comes alive atKamitian Field.

Holliston Athletic Booster Asso-ciation (HABA) President PattyOsten and I sat down at Pajamajo’sto discuss the “Build It” Cam-paign.

https://sites.google.com/site/habaholliston/ HABA plays a sup-portive roll for our 28 sports rep-resented by 28 team liaisons. If theHolliston High School AthleticDepartment budget cannot sup-port certain expenses, then HABAsteps in but a unanimous vote isrequired for the general good of allHolliston High School sports.“Decisions are not sport specific -it is the merit of the request that isdebated.” Patty Osten.

The new multi-purpose buildingwill serve as the entrance to theKamitian Field, and will provide afull-service concession stand,ticket booth, a spirit wear saleswindow, storage, and (upon com-pletion of Phase ll) both men’sand women’s handicap-accessiblerestrooms. A concession stand isalready present at all home Hollis-ton High School sporting events.Moving the concession stand tothe entrance of Kamitian Filedwill be more convenient for thefans. The new entrance will sup-port a no re-entry policy, discour-aging students and other fans fromcoming and going.

The existing concession build-ing, at the far end of KamitianField, will be used for muchneeded additional storage. To date,some athletic equipment has beenstored in portable structures oroutside which is neither ideal orgood for the equipment. Exposureto the elements compromises theintegrity of the equipment requir-ing it to be replaced sooner thanlater.

Pop Warner football has a strongpresence on Kamitian Field duringthe late summer months and au-tumn each year. Pop Warner willbe occupying some of the storagespace, in the new concessionbuilding, but they are independ-ently paying for their storage area.

Additional details about the“Build It” project can be found onthe HABA website:

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Team Liason’s, of which there isa liason for every Holliston HighSchool sport, will be sellingbrochures at every sport’s homeevents at the concession stand.

Fiske’s is selling the brochurestoo.

“Buy Holliston and Build ItBrochures” $10.00 each which isa tremendous value since thecoupons, which support local Hol-liston businesses, offer significantsavings.

Direct donations are acceptedusing PayPal on the HABA web-site with denominations beginningat $25.00, 50.00, 100.00, Other.

100% of the actual physicalconstruction of the building has

been generously donated bylocal contractors. Volunteeringtheir time, energy and skills ournew building will be erected dur-ing 2013. Patty reviewed the ar-chitectural plans with me, whichwere also generously donated, forthe new concession building atKamitian Field. All currentfundraising efforts are to raise thenecessary dollars to cover thecosts of building materials. Thirtyseven thousand dollars has al-ready been raised through dona-tion and grants from the HollistonLion’s Club. A substantial dona-tion of $5000.00 was made by thegraduating Class of 2011. Fiftythousand dollars remains to beraised prior to ground breakingMay 1st.

Watch for a special groundbreaking celebration event in earlyMay! The event will include fieldday competitions for High Schoolstudents and an adult party in theevening. Details soon!!

For more information, pleasecontact the Holliston AthleticBoosters Association President,Patty Osten at [email protected]. 508-429-4653


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I recently stopped in at the Hol-liston Senior Center, which is cel-ebrating its 25th anniversary thisyear, and chatted with senior vol-unteers and the Council of AgingChair Robert (Bob) Malone asthey were finishing their breakfastin the dining room. They spokeabout Senior Center needs for ex-panding programs and space.

The Holliston Senior Center, lo-cated on 150 Goulding St., serv-ices the mental and physical heathof those 55 and older and has agrowing number of users. Accord-ing to Malone, one in every fivepeople in Holliston is a senior. Thelatest newsletter provides the sta-tistic that since 2005 there hasbeen a 58 percent increase of sen-iors living in Holliston and a 390percent increase of seniors usingthe Senior Center. Additionally,about 1,700 seniors used the facil-ities in 2012.

With the rise in seniors attending,Malone noted the Holliston SeniorCenter needs additional space. Forinstance, parking is limited, andduring big events seniors have topark in the street. The size of thebuilding is about 8,500 sq. ft., andMalone says they need 11,500 sq.ft. to accommodate seniors. Be-cause of this need, the Senior Cen-ter is considering becoming a wingin a community center task force.This move would bring downcosts; however, Malone notes thatthey would still need 8,500 sq. ft.as part of a community center.Holliston Council on Aging andSenior Center staff are not surewhether becoming part of a com-

munity center is the right directionyet.

Malone says people are workinglater in life. Hence, the Centerwould like to offer programs from6-8 p.m. to accommodate workingseniors. To enable this, the Councilon Aging Board will request fundsfrom the town for another half-time receptionist. Currently, theSenior Center’s paid staff is Direc-tor Lina Arena-DeRosa, OutreachCoordinator Linda Marshall, Of-fice Manager Ginger Moody, andVan Drivers Greg Doherty, MikeWesterman, and Connie McGaffi-gan. Many volunteers also help torun the Senior Center.

Another problem the SeniorCenter faces is limitations ontransportation funding. The stateagency they contract with only re-imburses for travel within the serv-ice area. That service area coversFramingham, but does not coverMilford. Many seniors need orwant to go to Milford. Malonesays, “I’m not going to tell some-one they can or can’t go to thishospital or doctor.” Because of thisproblem, the Senior Center is notreimbursed for trips outside theservice area, which is another cost.

Despite these challenges, theSenior Center provides many pro-grams that seniors enjoy, whichare all paid for through fundraisingefforts, donations, and grants. Forinstance, there are exercise classeslike zumba, Pilates, chi gong, linedancing, and yoga. Each instructorallows seniors to go at his or herown pace. There are also clubs forphotography, writing, billiards,walking, bingo, chess, cribbage,

golf, and choir. A monthly break-fast called the “Old Guy’s Break-fast” (open to all seniors) occurson the second Tuesday of eachmonth. Health programs such asthe podiatry clinic, blood pressureclinic, flu clinic, outreach clinic,and SHINE are other parts of thecenter. There is also a book shop(25-50 cents a book) and a Goodas New Shop (anyone can shop atthese). Classes are offered at theSenior Center in topics like com-puters, crafts, knitting, quilting,and painting.

Special events are another part ofthe Senior Center programming.Upcoming on Feb. 13 is a Valen-tine’s Day lunch of baked stuffedshrimp, rice pilaf, and chocolatecake (sign-up required). Some daytrips at the center this year are aTwin Rivers outing on Feb. 5 for$22, a Women of Ireland trip onMarch 15 for $79, a GloucesterWhale Watch on June 28 for $82,and a Martha’s Vineyard trip onAug. 16 for $78. There are alsomany overnight trips scheduledthis year. In the past, seniors havegone on events to Foxwoods, Ire-land, and Washington D.C. TheSenior Center staff hopes to estab-lish more connections with peoplein Holliston to create new pro-grams.

Here are the upcoming Jan.events and programs:

• Legal hour: Jan. 8. 10 a.m. $2donation requested. Sign-up inadvance.

• The Old Guy’s Breakfast: Jan.8. 8 a.m. $2 donation requested.Sign-up in advance.

• Writers group: Jan. 8 from 10a.m-12 p.m. No cost.

• Pizza and a Movie: Jan 10. 12p.m. $4 donation requested.Sign-up in advance.

• Knitting: Jan. 11 and 18. 9:30-11:30 a.m. $2 donation re-quested.

• Quilting: Jan. 11 and 25. 9:30-11:30 a.m. $2 donation re-quested.

• Happy Birthday Lunch: Jan.14. No cost for seniors with Jan.birthdays. Call in advance.

vCraft: Jan. 15. 10 a.m. $5 dona-tion. Sign-up in advance.

• The Podiatry Clinic: Jan. 23. 9-11 a.m. $30 check to Dr.Cooper. Appointments re-quired.

• Hollis-Tones: Mondays. 10:30a.m.-12 p.m. $3 donation re-quested.

• Apple iPad 101 ~ For Begin-ners: Mondays. 10-11:30 a.m.$40 donation requested. Sign-up in advance.

• Yoga: Mondays and Wednes-days 11 a.m.-12 p.m. $3 dona-tion requested.

• Zumba: Tuesdays. 12:30 p.m.$3 donation requested.

• Blood Pressure Clinic: Tues-days. 9-10 a.m. No cost. Drop-in.

• Computers for the EverydayUser (PC users): Tuesdays.9:30-11 a.m. $40 donation re-

quested. Sign-up in advance.

• Bingo: Wednesdays. 1 p.m.(Check calendar for specificdates). No cost.

• Chi gong: Tuesdays. 1:30-2:30p.m. $3 donation requested.

• Exercise with Linda: Tuesdaysand Thursdays. 10:30-11:30a.m. $3 donation requested.

• Photo club: Thursdays. 12:30p.m. No cost.

• Pilates: Thursdays. 1-2 p.m. $3donation requested.

• Watercolor Painting: Thurs-days. 9:30-11:30 a.m. and12:30-2:30 p.m. $3 donationsrequested.

• Line Dancing: Fridays. 10 a.m.$3 donation requested.

• Senior Center Band: Fridays. 1-4 p.m. No cost.


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(Holliston, MA) – The AmericanCancer Society Relay For Life®of Ashland /Holliston will offi-cially get underway as event vol-unteers and participants gather fora Kickoff rally to launch theirfundraising efforts for the year.Save the Date for our specialDream Big, Hope Big, RelayBig…Why Not??? Kickoff Cele-bration on Tuesday, January 8,2013, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’sParish Center Lower Hall, Hollis-ton. Snow Date is January 15,2013 - same time same place. Besure to come by for a specialevening of entertainment, informa-tion, refreshments and seeing oldfriends.

The world’s largest grassrootsfundraising movement, Relay ForLife mobilizes communitiesthroughout the country to celebratepeople who have battled cancer,remember loved ones lost, andprovide participants with an op-

portunity to fight back against thedisease. Relay brings togetherfriends, families, businesses, hos-pitals, schools, faith-based groups. . . people from all walks of life –all aimed at furthering the Ameri-can Cancer Society’s vision of cre-ating a world with less cancer andmore birthdays.

The Relay For Life of Ashland/Holliston is currently seekinglocal residents from Ashland, Hol-liston and the surrounding com-munities to serve as planningcommittee members, team cap-tains, and volunteers for the Satur-day, June 15th through Sunday,June 16th event. Anyone inter-ested in joining the planning com-mittee, becoming a team captain,volunteering or just finding outmore about Relay For Life is en-couraged to attend the kickoff. Formore information please contactDenise Landry-Horowitz at (508)954-0508 or visit www.relayfor-life.org/ashlandhollistonma

“Relay For Life gives the Ash-land and Holliston communitiesa unique opportunity to con-tribute to the American CancerSociety’s mission of saving lives,by helping people stay well, byhelping them get well, by findingcures, and by fighting back,” saidGillian Baudreau, CommunityExecutive, Development for theAmerican Cancer Society. “Res-idents who give their time, en-ergy and financial commitmentto this exciting event are reallystanding up for our communityand its pledge to join the fight.”

In 2013, there are more than 90Relay For Life events happeningaround Massachusetts. For moreinformation about Relay For Lifein your community call 1-800-227-2345 or visit relayforlife.org.

The American Cancer Societycombines an unyielding passionwith nearly a century of experi-ence to save lives and end suffer-

ing from cancer. As a globalgrassroots force of more thanthree million volunteers, we fightfor every birthday threatened byevery cancer in every community.We save lives by helping peoplestay well by preventing cancer ordetecting it early; helping peopleget well by being there for themduring and after a cancer diagno-sis; by finding cures through in-vestment in groundbreakingdiscovery; and by fighting backby rallying lawmakers to passlaws to defeat cancer and by ral-

lying communities worldwide tojoin the fight. As the nation’slargest non-governmental in-vestor in cancer research, con-tributing about $3.4 billion, weturn what we know about cancerinto what we do. As a result,more than 11 million people inAmerica who have had cancerand countless more who haveavoided it will be celebratingbirthdays this year. To learn moreabout us or to get help, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.


American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Ashland /HollistonPlans Kickoff Celebration –Tuesday, January 8, 2013

JESSICA POLNY, STAFFWRITER

On WHHB 99.9 FM, HollistonHigh School students are able toexpress their music and their voice.The radio station has been aroundsince the 1970’s (founded by thenow-retired Mr. William Curboy),and has certainly evolved over theyears in both technology andmembership. Technology affectsthe station in sound and in man-agement, while the membersthemselves - though few - have in-troduced a variety of music andpersonalities.

The technology for the membersis “nothing too complicated,” saidrecent HHS graduate BobbyGlasier, who was a part of the sta-tion all four years of his highschool career. “You can plug inyour iPod, and hit play.”

Glasier has been co-host for aradio show - known under a vari-ety of names - since his freshmanyear. When asked what kind ofshow they put on, Glasier said that“we just talk about anything.”They play a variety of music, acornucopia of sound from the 70’s,to the 80’s, to the contemporaryunderground/independent genre.

New members have joined theteam as well. Junior Iza Bushkosaid she joined at the beginning of

last year because “I was interested,and I felt like I wanted to experi-ence something you usually don’tget to... it’s a responsibility, and …interesting.” Her show playsmainly korean-pop, foreign music,and other “weird stuff,” as she putit.

For Bushko, the basic technolo-gies were easy to learn, such aspowering on, the soundboard,plugging in, volume control, andother such tasks. When asked whatthe hardest thing to master in thestation was, Bushko said “it’s thetechnique - turning on music at theright time, switching songs - youhave to get used to it.”

For the students, their time spentin the WHHB station is one filledwith music, friends, and uniqueexperience. Behind the students, ofcourse, are the adults who try tokeep the show running smoothly.And the technology either makestheir job smoother, or a lot morefrustrating.

Mr. Timothy Bailey is the currentradio advisor, and was involvedwith radio communications in col-lege taking roles in “writing, pro-duction, and [being] the voice.” Interms of how the station hasevolved, Mr. Bailey said the “qual-ity of professionalism has suffered

because of the limitations of tech-nology.”

He explained that the recent useof digital music players has madeit more difficult to transition songs,as opposed to fading vinyls andCDs. For him, the iPod is “notideal.”

“Students are going to use tech-nology the way they want to useit,” said Mr. Bailey.

Students running the station tendto forget about technicalities suchas Public Service Announcements(PSAs), smoothly transitioningsongs, how they approach goingon the air... And it becomes veryfrustrating for the advisor.

However, Mr. Bailey also said“shows that aren’t technically per-fect are still entertaining.” He wel-comes and encourages a variety ofstudent shows, from miscellaneousmusic, to dubstep composers, tosports commentaries. For him,“the best shows on air are reallythe talk-based.”

When asked about the imple-mentation of new technology, Mr.Bailey said he was “already over-whelmed by the technology inthere!” While the soundboard andmusic players are simple, it’s withthe larger components where

things get complicated. For in-stance, last year the WHHB an-tenna malfunctioned. Not only wasthe physical labor of accessing themachinery a lot of work, but a lotof effort was needed to acquire anengineer. WHHB does not have afull-time engineer on hand, andhunting one down and paying oneis both time-consuming for Mr.Bailey and a financial setback forWHHB’s funds (the station’s mainsource of money is the fee studentspay to run their show each season).

During the time that Mr. ChrisMurphy served as WHHB advisorfrom 2003-2009, the station imple-mented a lot of new technology.The “Big Bro” program recordedand condensed anything that wenton air over a live microphone. The

use of digital show logs (studentslegally have to catalogue everysong, PSA, and talking segmentthat go on air) were also imple-mented. There were also upgradesin security for both entering andexiting the station, as well as avideo monitor for the outside door.And near the end of his advise-ment, WHHB members were be-ginning the “widespread use ofMP3 players and personal digitalcatalogues.”

The membership itself has alsochanged significantly over theyears, recently declining in num-bers. Mr. Murphy talked aboutwhen there used to be a “seriouscompetition for show slots.” Over

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aged to sing and dance along withToe Jam as they entertain with aunique combination of originalsongs and interactive story-telling. Get ready for a Car Wash,watch out for the Flying Laundryand be prepared to laugh withglee, Toe Jam style! Toe Jam willbe performing songs from theirWinter Variety Show, including aPenguin Line Dance and an ex-traordinary indoor snow storm!

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Students from WoodsideMontessori Academy in Milliswere awarded the first place Inspi-ration Award in the Core Valuescategory at the FIRST (For Inspi-ration and Recognition of Scienceand Technology) LEGO League(FLL) robotics competition held atBlackstone Valley Technical HighSchool in November. The FIRSTLEGO League Robotics Compe-tition has several judging compo-nents including programming andbuilding robots, a research compo-nent, a presentation and core val-ues.

Every year, FIRST works withexperts in the field of science, en-gineering and technology to createa challenge that relates to a signif-icant real-world issue. The end re-sult is a three-part challenge thatrequires research to complete TheProject, science and engineering tomaster the complex missionsof The Robot Game and the devel-opment of teamwork and “Gra-cious Professionalism” in CoreValues. It’s a fun and exciting wayto encourage young minds. The

2012 Challenge was called SeniorSolutions, where teams exploredways to improve the quality of lifefor seniors by helping them con-tinue to be independent, engaged,and connected in their communi-ties.

The Project has three parts; iden-tify a problem, create a solution,and share that solution. TheWoodside Montessori Academyrobotics team, The Lego Eaters,focused on researching theMontessori approach and the eld-erly. The team partnered with theMillis Council on Aging to learnmore about reaching seniors whohave Alzheimer’s. The team de-veloped an innovative solutioncalled Montessori-in-a-Box thatcontained Montessori materials, tobe easily utilized by group leaderswho don’t know much aboutMontessori.

“Woodside has had robotics a ro-botics team for five years, but thisis the first time the team has beenable to personalize their solution,”said Head of School, KathleenGasbarro. “The students worked

very hard, and receiving thisaward is wonderful.” Young peo-ple involved in FLL learn; the funof science and technology, learnreal-world applications of scienceand math concepts, hands-onproblem solving, teamwork skillsand increase self-esteem and con-fidence.

The Woodside team, the LegoEaters, consists of six studentsages 9-13; Sophia McEvoy fromFranklin, Daniel Young and MaxLeussler from Millis, Jason Brov-elli and Max Day from Medwayand Max Arnone from Sherborn.Woodside Montessori also has aJunior FIRST LEGO League ro-botics team for children kinder-garten through 3rd grade. Thejunior team, the Lego Ninja’s, wasrepresented at the competition anddisplayed their project.

To learn more about FIRSTLEGO League, visit www.us-first.org and to learn more aboutWoodside Montessori Academy,please visit www.woodsideacad-emy.com.


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Toe Jam Puppet Bandthe course of one year, therewould be upwards of a hundredmembers. “There were 25 showseach week, plus sometimes Sun-days, with anywhere from one tothree people on each show,” ex-plained Mr. Murphy.

“My favorite part was the shownames and show signs peoplecame up with,” said Mr. Murphy,who still has a folder of all of hisfavorites stored away. Show gen-res and themes ranged “from total70’s vinyl, to classic rock, to clas-sical, to jazz brunch, to bubblepop, to boy band, and everythingin between.”

The current number of studentsin WHHB is approximately afourth of what it has been in pre-vious years. This fluctuation ofmembership, while slightly dis-heartening, hasn’t stopped the stu-dents and faculty from movingforward with this unique club.

“It’s a more than rare, or veryrare, luxury for the students of thistown to have a radio station in theschool,” said Mr. Murphy. “We’revery lucky to have it and have thesupport of the community over theyears to keep it running.”

Anybody who is interested injoining the WHHB team can con-tact Mr. Bailey at any time.“We’re at a unique time in the sta-tion’s history - competition for en-tertainment in this society at anall-time high,” said Mr. Bailey.

For this reason, it is important todelve into the experience whilethe age of radio is still hangingon. Pandora, satellite radio,YouTube channels - these are allwonderful new innovations in theworld of music. But nothing canwin over the excitement you getfrom turning on the radio andfinding your favorite song, dis-covering a new favorite, or laugh-ing as you and your friends singalong to a classic hit.

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BY KEN HAMWEYSTAFF SPORTSWRITER

The 2012-13 edition of the boysbasketball team at Holliston Highshould provide lots of excitementand maybe even some surprises.

Coach Daniel Santos, who’s nowin his fifth year at the helm, likeshis starting five and he’s hoping tobuild some depth off the bench. Ifboth of those areas mesh, then thePanthers could realistically be inthe mix to qualify for the playoffs.

“Our main goal this year is toplay hard and improve every day,’’said Santos, who previously wasan assistant coach at Framingham.“We obviously want to better lastyear’s 4-16 record. We’ll be moreexperienced than last year and Ilike our athleticism and unselfishattitudes. The key for us is to de-velop new depth and get comfort-able with an 8-9 man rotation.’’

Santos most likely will start fourseniors and one junior, all of whomare returning veterans. Senior co-

captains Brian Barone and Bren-dan Hayden will play point guardand power forward, respectively.

“Brian is a second-year varsityplayer who can shoot and alsoquarterback the offense,’’ Santossaid. “He makes good decisionsdistributing the ball and he’s also athreat from three-point range.Brendan at 6-foot-1 is strong andtough, someone who should re-bound well for us. He’s workedhard and he’s improved hisgame.’’

Six-foot-three senior Chris Millerwas the Panthers No. 1 rebounder(8 per game) and No. 2 scorer (10-point average) last year. He’sticked for duty at center.

“Chris has good hands and fin-ishes strong,’’ Santos noted.“We’re counting on Chris to re-bound and be effective around thebasket.’’

The fourth senior, Ryan Colon-tonio, has height (6-3) and canshoot from three-point range.

“Ryan is a quality player on of-fense and he can play above therim,’’ Santos said. “He averaged10 points a game last year and he’sa terrific on-the-ball defender.’’

Matt Jeye, who was Holliston’sstarter at quarterback in football,brings a variety of skills to the tableas an off-guard. The 5-foot-11 jun-ior can shoot, handle the ball andrebound. “Matt got minutes as asophomore last year,’’ Santos said.“He’s a smart player.’’

Building depth is a top priorityfor Santos and he’s optimistic thathis six players on the bench willbe contributors. His guards in-clude juniors Troy Waddell andLiam Vanesian and senior AustinBrumber. Juniors Ryan Snow (6-2) and Ryan Phillips (6-1) providehelp at forward and junior NickPatterson (6-5) will see action atcenter.

“Waddell is fast and smart,’’Santos noted. “He’s got a nose for

the ball. Vanesian can shoot andBrumber can handle the ball andgive us some offense. Snow is fluidat forward and he moves wellwithout the ball. Phillips is a hard-worker who’s strong and tough.Patterson has size and should helpus on the boards.’’

Santos views the Tri ValleyLeague pennant race as a battlebetween Medway, Hopkinton andMedfield.

“They’re the top teams,’’ Santosemphasized. “Medway has depthand skilled returnees. Hopkintonis traditionally strong and Med-field has some all-stars in itslineup. As far as Holliston goes,we won’t be viewed as a con-tender. We’ve got some unknownsand we don’t have any returningall-stars. However, we could sur-prise.’’

Santos, who also was a fresh-man coach at Needham High fortwo years before joining the staff

at Framingham, will be expectinghis assistants — Jenna Galsterwith the jayvees and Marc Ben-der with the frosh — to again de-velop the Panthers youngerplayers.

“Jenna is in her fourth year, thefirst two being at the freshmanlevel,’’ he said. “She’s smart anda tough taskmaster, somethingthe kids respond to. Marc is avice principal at the high schoolwho’s energetic and provides astrong presence.’’

If Holliston’s bench contributesand the veteran starters keep im-proving, then TVL contenderslikely will have some company.Santos is acutely aware that lastyear’s squad lacked the properchemistry and was thin on depth.

Those two intangibles could bethe difference this season and justmight make watching Pantherbasketball a very pleasant winterexperience.


Sports

Boys Hoop Squad Could Provide Some Surprises

Douglas Schmidt508.320.6494 cell508.429.7200 office783 Washington St. Holliston Ma [email protected]

GRACE PECCI, STAFFWRITER

The winter sports season has fi-nally arrived at HHS. Athleteshave been viciously preparing andgetting in shape for the new sea-son.One group of athletes, femalehockey players are entering whatwill be only their second season ona new team. A girl’s hockey teamwas created last winter combininghigh school aged girls from Ash-land, Medway, Millis and Hollis-ton.

Former hockey player, and juniorErin Johnston started playing

hockey when she was six, whereshe first started to play in a pro-gram called “Learn to playHockey.” Her parents started herskating on ponds and she loved toskate so she decided to try hockey.She didn’t join an official teamuntil she was eight.

“Whenever people found out thatI played hockey they were reallyshocked,” Johnston said. Her kindpersonality would not give awayher ferociously competitive gameface on the ice.

Her opponents had mixed reac-

tions when she was the only girlout on the ice. She said that peoplewould wonder why she wasn’tplaying field hockey instead.

“Technically the teams were sup-posed to be mixed.” She explainedthat it “was a mixed kind of reac-tion. For the most part it wasn’t abig deal.”

Playing on a girl’s high schoolteam was different from when sheplayed before. She explained thatit is more intense.

“For me at least, the team part ofit [is different]. It’s easier for me tobuild relationships with my team-mates,” Johnston said. “You get toan age where [being on a team

with boys] is too difficult.” She ex-plained that she had a differentmindset than many of the boys onher team.

Johnston said that the pace of thegame isn’t much different; how-ever, strategy can be. She ex-plained that many of the gamesthat the boys play are about beingstrong and powerful, while girlshave a more technical approach.Her team acts strategically whenthey are out on the ice. Their strate-gies and hard work paid off be-cause they made it to the stateplayoffs unfortunately ending theseason in a controversial loss toWinthrop. Sadly, Johnston will notbe returning to the rink this sports

season, she will be working in-stead.

Sophomore Ellen Strang, a de-fenseman on the team, has playedhockey since she was five. Beforeshe played for the high schoolteam she played on a girl’s hockeyteam in Natick.

Strang said that playing on ateam with girls from other townsthat she didn’t know well was agood experience because she “meta lot of people.”

“It’s more intense and it mattersmore, it’s not as laid back,” Strangsaid when asked about playing atthe high school level. “It’s not justabout fun anymore.”


Sports

Experience, Depth Major Assets For Hockey TeamBY KEN HAMWEY

STAFF SPORTSWRITER

Coach Rich LeBlanc expectsHolliston’s hockey team to bemore experienced and he’s hopingthat added depth can propel thePanthers into post-season play.

“We’ve got four quality captains,our speed and quickness are goodand I like the team’s chemistry,’’LeBlanc said. “How far we go willdepend on how well our second-year players perform.’’

Seniors Jamie Losanno, MikeNesbitt and Max Turcotte, and jun-ior Tyler Perry are captains who’llprovide the necessary leadershipfor Holliston to contend with Med-way, Medfield and Westwood.Losanno will play goal, Nesbitt isa defenseman and Turcotte will bethe first-line center.

“Jamie worked hard in the off-season,’’ LeBlanc said. “Hestarted on last year’s 6-9-5 teamand had a goals-against average of3.20. His technique is very good.Mike is a big defenseman who’saggressive, powerful and able tocarry the puck. Max needs 35points to set the school record formost points in a career. He’s got aquick release, he’s accurate andsimply a natural scorer. Tyler is anoffensive defenseman who’s con-sistent and smart. He’s our quar-terback on the power play.’’

Two sophomores who shouldbolster the Panthers are rightwinger Preston Trudeau and de-fenseman Derek Bedard.

“Preston is gritty and aggres-sive,’’ said LeBlanc, who played

junior hockey in New Brunswick.“He’s got a lot of natural talent andhe likely will be on the first line.Derek is a hard-worker, like Pre-ston, a stay-at-home defensemanwho plays very smart. He playedon the varsity last year as a fresh-man.’’

LeBlanc Medway to once againbe prominent in the Tri ValleyLeague. Last year, the Mustangsadvanced to the state final beforebowing to Hudson. Medfield willbe aiming to retain its league titleand Westwood continues to bestrong contender.

“Our goal is to finish 1-2 in theleague,’’ LeBlanc said. “We cancontend because our team chem-istry is good and we’ve got sevenseniors. Our power play can beone of our prime strengths.’’

Track Teams AimingFor Quality SeasonsCoach Jenn Moreau is optimistic

her Holliston High boys and girlstrack teams will enjoy winningseasons and match last year’s plus-.500 records. The girls posted a 6-3 mark last year and the boysmanaged a 5-4 campaign.

“The boys squad will be youngbut we do have some experiencedtrackmen,’’ Moreau said. “Thegirls have more depth and they’restarting to jell. I think it’s realisticfor our teams to be over .500. Hop-kinton likely will be dominantonce again in both the girls andboys competition.’’

Moreau greeted 60 boys whenpractice opened and about 50 girls

were on hand. The second-yearcoach expects both squads to bestrong in all running events.

The boys squad will be led by itsfour captains — juniors LoganCotto, Ryan Leonard, Cole Ostenand senior Isaac Fadden. Cottoruns the dash and also is a hurdler;Leonard and Osten will handlemiddle distance events and Faddenis ticketed for duty in the sprints.

“Logan has speed and quick-ness,’’ Moreau said. “He’s a goodtechnical runner who relies ondedication. Ryan is a hard-workerwho runs with endurance and Coleis another hard-worker who’s verycoachable. Isaac has excellentspeed.’’

The girls also have four captainswho will form Holliston’s nucleus.They include seniors Nicole Ker-rigan, Chelsea Dubin and DianaWaterman and junior ShaunaRockett. Kerrigan is a sprinter whoalso can run the 300; Rockett willrun the sprints and likely competein the 600; Dubin is a distance run-ner, most likely slated for the 1,000and the mile; and Waterman willrun sprints and also hurdle.

“Nicole has explosive speed,’’Moreau said. “Shauna is an intenserunner and Chelsea is a terrific mo-tivator who competes hard. Dianais a take-charge type who has agreat drive to excel.’’

Wrestlers CouldContend For TitleA repeat of last year’s season

probably would suit Holliston’swrestling team just fine. The Pan-

thers finished their regular seasonwith a 19-3 record, placed third inthe Division 3 Central Sectionaland managed a second-place finishin the states.

This season, coach Paul Capo-bianco is acutely aware that half ofhis 36-member squad will be tast-ing varsity competition for the firsttime. Capobianco, who’s coachedat Holliston for 11 years, still likeshis team’s chances to be in the mixfor the Tri Valley League title.

“We’ll be rebuilding early butwe’ve got a talented group,’’ hesaid. “They’re eager and they workhard. I see us in contention for thetitle with Norton (defendingchamps), Keefe-Ashland andHopkinton.’’

Senior captains Bob Evans (138)and Donny Murphy (heavyweight)are two key cogs in the Panthers’lineup.

“Evans worked hard at summercamps, is technically sound andhe’s determined,’’ Capobiancosaid. “Murphy is very strong andhis work ethic is solid. He wassidelined last year because of afractured elbow.’’

Junior Jordan Paecht will wrestlein the 120-pound class. Last year,competing at 106 pounds, he col-lected 40 victories. “Jordan issmart, learns quickly and he’scrafty,’’ Capobianco said.

Three other juniors will becounted on for points. They in-clude Jon Nash (126 or 132),Kevin Tomasetti (106 or 113) andRobert Mejia (145 or 152).

“Nash is talented and smart,’’Capobianco said. “Tomasetti isstrong and quick, and Mejia isfearless, always giving 100 per-cent.’’

Girl's Hockey Team

Adkin, Bruce 10 Principal's ListAhronian, Amber 12 Principal's ListAmeli, Bijan 12 Principal's ListBallenger, Grace 12 Principal's ListBanak, Carolyn 12 Principal's ListBarry, Daniel 9 Principal's ListBattersby, Brooke 11 Principal's ListBelyea, Abigail 11 Principal's ListBiundo, Simona 9 Principal's ListBubello, Alyssa 10 Principal's ListCabot, Sean 9 Principal's ListCampbell, Benjamin 12 Principal's ListCampbell, Theodore 9 Principal's ListCapello, Ashleigh 12 Principal's ListCarchidi, Kathleen 10 Principal's ListCatanzaro, Michaela 11 Principal's ListCerulli, John 9 Principal's ListCiavarra, Hannah 12 Principal's ListColantonio, Ryan 12 Principal's ListCole, Katrina 12 Principal's ListCurry, John 11 Principal's ListDenker, Mackenzie 12 Principal's ListDrebing, Benjamin 12 Principal's ListDriscoll, Meghan 12 Principal's ListDurkee, Benjamin 9 Principal's ListDurkee, Emma 11 Principal's ListEmmons, Colin 11 Principal's ListEnos, Stephen 12 Principal's ListFadden, Isaac 12 Principal's ListFarrell, Abigail 11 Principal's ListFerguson, Matthew 12 Principal's ListGoldberg, Holly 12 Principal's ListGowda, Prateek 11 Principal's ListHagen, Emily 11 Principal's ListHammond, Madelyn 10 Principal's ListHamre, Margaret 10 Principal's ListHebert, Emily 12 Principal's ListHein, Elizabeth 9 Principal's ListHiggins, Daniel 10 Principal's ListJacobson, Rhys 10 Principal's ListJohnston, Erin 11 Principal's ListKampersal, Rachel 12 Principal's ListKaplan, Benjamin 10 Principal's ListKatz, Simonne 11 Principal's ListKogan, Leah 11 Principal's ListKriegsman, Rachel 11 Principal's ListKubatin, Victor 9 Principal's ListKyger, Lindy 12 Principal's ListLabb, Andrea 10 Principal's ListLabb, Laura 9 Principal's ListLougee, Maura 12 Principal's ListMayo, Olivia 11 Principal's ListMcEwen, Isobel 9 Principal's ListMcIsaac, Haley 12 Principal's ListMcKenna, Kelly 11 Principal's ListMeltzer, Abby 9 Principal's ListMeninno, Chaz 9 Principal's ListMiller, Christopher 12 Principal's ListMooney, Adam 12 Principal's ListMurphy, Madeline 11 Principal's ListMurphy, Ryan 11 Principal's ListNesbitt, Michael 12 Principal's ListNunes, Tayler 12 Principal's ListOsterweil, George 11 Principal's ListPapulis, Jacob 11 Principal's ListParadie, Jeremy 11 Principal's ListParnell, Alex 12 Principal's ListPayne, Rachel 11 Principal's ListPecci, Grace 11 Principal's ListPennypacker, Cody 11 Principal's ListPerkins, Daniel 11 Principal's ListPerlmutter, Joshua 9 Principal's ListPlunkett, Molly 11 Principal's ListPocher, Calvin 11 Principal's ListPolny, Joseph 9 Principal's ListPond, Samuel 11 Principal's ListPralat, Trevor 10 Principal's ListQuinan, Emily 9 Principal's List

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Adams, Courtney 12 High HonorsAlberta, Alison 12 High HonorsAldrich, Theresa 10 High HonorsAltobelli, Luke 9 High HonorsAmeli, Ariana 9 High HonorsAthy, Maxwell 12 High HonorsAubuchon, Colin 12 High HonorsBagley, Eve 9 High HonorsBagley, Paige 9 High HonorsBailey, Meghan 10 High HonorsBaler, Samuel 11 High HonorsBard, Meghan 12 High HonorsBarry, Colleen 9 High HonorsBaxter, Clinton 12 High HonorsBello, Ian 9 High HonorsBenco, Kayla 11 High HonorsBerard, Stephanie 12 High HonorsBergman, Lindsey 9 High HonorsBergstrom, Olivia 9 High HonorsBishop, Erin 11 High HonorsBoice, Avery 9 High HonorsBonaparte, Elizabeth 9 High HonorsBonfatti, Dominic 9 High HonorsBouley, Katelyn 11 High HonorsBowles, Marc 12 High HonorsBradley, Robert 12 High HonorsBrady, Emma 11 High HonorsBrown, Meaghan 11 High HonorsBubello, Nathaniel 12 High HonorsBushko, Isabella 11 High HonorsBushko, Justina 11 High HonorsBynoe, Jordan 11 High HonorsCahill, Ryan 9 High HonorsCappello, Emily 12 High HonorsCarey, Anya 9 High HonorsCastellanos, Bryan 12 High HonorsCheever, Shelby 11 High HonorsChemini, Eliza 12 High HonorsChristi, Demetrius 12 High HonorsClancy, Erin 11 High HonorsClapper, Benjamin 11 High HonorsClark, Anna 10 High HonorsCoburn, Mitchell 10 High HonorsConnors, Caroline 12 High Honors

Conroy, Reilly 10 High HonorsCotto, Logan 11 High HonorsCousseillant, Kathryn 12 High HonorsCox, Miranda 10 High HonorsCroke, Anne 9 High HonorsCroke, Peter 12 High HonorsCronin, Sophie 9 High HonorsCrowley, Briana 12 High HonorsCuevas, Devin 10 High HonorsCunningham, Anna 9 High HonorsD'Angelo, Leandra 11 High HonorsDaigle, Julia 9 High HonorsDatz, Allan 11 High HonorsDavis, Heidi 9 High HonorsDelaney, Liam 12 High HonorsDellicker, Anna 12 High HonorsDeMarkey, Julia 9 High HonorsDesRochers, Katelyn 9 High HonorsDevane, Maren 9 High HonorsDevens, Christine 12 High HonorsDoherty, Jacqueline 12 High HonorsDonlan, Allison 10 High HonorsDonnelly, Paul 9 High HonorsDooley, Margaret 11 High HonorsDoonan, Isabel 9 High HonorsDoyle, Charles 11 High HonorsDunham, Taylor 12 High HonorsDupont, Bailey 10 High HonorsDurfee, Emily 10 High HonorsEdwards, Nicholas 12 High HonorsEnzer, Nicholas 9 High HonorsEteng, Jessie 12 High HonorsEvans, Meghan 9 High HonorsFeloni, Emma 12 High HonorsFerland, Jenna 10 High HonorsFierro, Alaina 10 High HonorsFlynn, Douglas 9 High HonorsFlynn, Edward 12 High HonorsFoster, William 12 High HonorsFowler, Abigail 10 High HonorsGabriel, Mugisha 12 High HonorsGaleaz, Michael 10 High HonorsGallivan, Molly 9 High HonorsGetman, Benjamin 12 High HonorsGiacalone, Benjamin 10 High HonorsGillespie, Caroline 11 High HonorsGillman, Samuel 9 High HonorsGlazebrook, Edward 10 High HonorsGoldfarb, Noah 11 High HonorsGreenberg, Adam 12 High HonorsGrinder, Adrianna 9 High HonorsGross, Hana 9 High HonorsHamilton, Rebecca 10 High HonorsHamilton, Samuel 9 High HonorsHancock, Jacob 10 High HonorsHanlon, Kiara 11 High HonorsHanstad, Virginia 11 High HonorsHarris, Rachel 12 High HonorsHartwich, Mai 9 High HonorsHealy, Kate 9 High HonorsHendrickson, Daniel 10 High HonorsHendrickson, Emily 12 High HonorsHoney, Cort 11 High HonorsHoward, Drew 11 High HonorsHunter, Kathryn 11 High HonorsIarussi, Brooke 9 High HonorsInman, Nicholas 10 High HonorsJacobson, Reuben 9 High HonorsJenkins, Megan 11 High HonorsJeye, Matthew 11 High HonorsJohnson, Katherine 10 High HonorsKadarisman, Jessica 10 High HonorsKeim, Andrew 9 High HonorsKelley, Michayla 12 High HonorsKelly, Cassandra 10 High HonorsKelly, Leighann 12 High HonorsKennedy, Brian 10 High HonorsKerrigan, Nicole 12 High Honors


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Holliston High School Honor Roll


Kerstgens, Christopher 11 High HonorsKinkead, Laura 12 High HonorsKnapp, Sara 10 High HonorsKokidko, Emily 11 High HonorsKoshivas, Matthew 12 High HonorsKrasnoff, Katherine 10 High HonorsKubatin, Nadezhda 9 High HonorsLamkin, Katrina 9 High HonorsLamoureux, Haley 11 High HonorsLarosiliere, Deborah 10 High HonorsLeger, Heather 10 High HonorsLeger, Marissa 9 High HonorsLeonard, Ryan 11 High HonorsLezama, Priscila 12 High HonorsLockwood, Reilly 9 High HonorsLorenzen, Kylie 10 High HonorsLucy, Caroline 11 High HonorsLuo, Julia 10 High HonorsLussier, Mitchell 11 High HonorsMacDonald, Aubrey 11 High HonorsMartin, Robert 11 High HonorsMason, Erica 12 High HonorsMcCormick, Brian 9 High HonorsMcCredie, Jenna 11 High HonorsMcGee, Ryan 12 High HonorsMcLinden, Jacob 12 High HonorsMejia, Robert 11 High HonorsMeltzer, Adam 12 High HonorsMesser, Courtney 11 High HonorsMeyers, Lanie 9 High HonorsMilbocker, Katrina 12 High HonorsMiller, Nathan 9 High HonorsMiller, Tracey 9 High HonorsMitchell, Amber 9 High HonorsMitchell, Meghan 12 High HonorsMitri, Roy 10 High HonorsMoore, Catherine 11 High HonorsMorant, Ricardo 11 High HonorsMorganelli, Ryan 12 High HonorsMulvaney, Emma 11 High HonorsMurphy, Eric 12 High HonorsMurphy, Patrick 12 High HonorsNash, Jonathan 11 High HonorsNaughton, Margaret 11 High HonorsNavarro, Marla 12 High HonorsNaya, Olivia 11 High HonorsNewkirk, Anastasia 9 High HonorsNoe, Olivia 12 High HonorsO'Brien, Margaret 10 High HonorsO'Bryant, Jasmine 12 High HonorsOlson, Cameron 10 High HonorsOstapovicz, Anya 9 High HonorsOsterweil, Byron 9 High HonorsOttenstein, Emily 11 High HonorsPaecht, Jordan 11 High HonorsPagano, Anthony 11 High HonorsPaletsky, Chandler 12 High HonorsPalmatier, Owen 10 High HonorsPandolfino, Vincent 11 High HonorsParnell, Torrey 9 High HonorsPatry, Sarah 12 High HonorsPatterson, Benjamin 11 High HonorsPeck, Molly 12 High HonorsPhillips, Ryan 11 High HonorsPinto, Samuel 12 High HonorsPolny, Jessica 12 High HonorsPoole, Emily 9 High HonorsPoole, Luke 11 High HonorsPotemri, Danielle 12 High HonorsPowell, Leah 11 High HonorsPracher, Olivia 9 High HonorsPrendergast, Peri 12 High HonorsRacine, Elizabeth 12 High HonorsRadcliffe, Patrick 11 High HonorsRahim, Sophia 9 High HonorsRamrath, Bethany 12 High HonorsRegan, Colman 11 High HonorsRegan, Elizabeth 10 High HonorsRistaino, Matthew 10 High Honors

Rockett, Shauna 11 High HonorsRosati, Allyson 10 High HonorsRossini, Julia 10 High HonorsRostcheck, Noah 9 High HonorsRyan, Emma 10 High HonorsSacco, Allegra 11 High HonorsSaied, Beshoy 9 High HonorsSalhaney, Adam 10 High HonorsSalkind, Jamie 10 High HonorsSaxton, Andrew 9 High HonorsSchaney, Emilee 10 High HonorsSchaney, Matthew 11 High HonorsSchefter, Zoe 11 High HonorsScheib, Caroline 12 High HonorsSchneeloch, Andrew 10 High HonorsScott, Samuel 11 High HonorsShaughnessy, Lauren 12 High HonorsSkerry, Alycia 11 High HonorsSkerry, Stefani 11 High HonorsSnow, Ryan 11 High HonorsSpitzer, Rose 9 High HonorsSt. George, Benjamin 9 High HonorsSt. George, Jessica 12 High HonorsStebbins, Hannah 9 High HonorsSteeves, Tanner 11 High HonorsStering, Andrew 11 High HonorsStevens, Daniel 12 High HonorsSthalekar, Medha 9 High HonorsStopa, Miranda 11 High HonorsTajik, Sara 11 High HonorsTate, Madeline 11 High HonorsTehan, Catherine 12 High HonorsThai, Danielle 11 High HonorsTherrien, Jessica 11 High HonorsTierney, Rebecca 11 High HonorsToronto, Stephanie 12 High HonorsTotman, Madeline 9 High HonorsTrudeau, Preston 10 High HonorsTrue, Andrea 10 High HonorsTurner, Caitlin 11 High HonorsTyman, Cullen 12 High HonorsUlfelder, Emily 12 High HonorsVanesian, Liam 11 High HonorsWaddell, Troy 11 High HonorsWang, Yuxiao 10 High HonorsWarren, Matthew 9 High HonorsWashek, Matthew 9 High HonorsWehmhoefer, Cara 11 High HonorsWexler, Nicole 12 High HonorsWheeler, Katherine 9 High HonorsWhite, Emily 11 High HonorsWhitney, Thomas 10 High HonorsWillis, Kaitlyn 11 High HonorsWolpert, Hannah 11 High HonorsYap-Dubois, Asia 10 High HonorsYarashus, Sarah 12 High HonorsZaki, Justine 9 High Honors

Ahearn, Alejandro 11 HonorsAnnese, Kelly 11 HonorsApesos, Marc 12 HonorsArgir, Brianna 12 HonorsBarber, Timothy 9 HonorsBellomo, Joseph 10 HonorsBerg, Carl 11 HonorsBerg, Catherine 9 HonorsBonfatti, Samuel 9 HonorsBrumber, Austin 12 HonorsCahill, Alexandra 11 HonorsCahill, Megan 11 HonorsCappello, Michael 10 HonorsChin, Andrew 10 HonorsChisholm, Maxwell 11 HonorsChristi, Stephan 12 HonorsCollopy, Ryan 12 HonorsConley, Jaclyn 10 HonorsCorin, Joshua 11 HonorsCrampton, Nicholas 11 HonorsCristofori, Anna 12 Honors

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BY BILL NEWELL

Some call it retirement but I like“Financial Independence.” In myopinion, retirement should beviewed as a goal to achieve financialindependence; a future point in timewhen financial preparedness has lefta person or household in a positionwhich affords “Freedom of Choice.”

For much of the 20th century, re-tirement in America was tradition-ally defined in terms of itsrelationship to participation in theactive work force. An individualwould work full-time until a certainage, and then leave employment tospend a few years quietly rocking onthe front porch. Declining healthoften made retirement short and un-pleasant. Retirement planning, assuch, typically focused on saving

enough to guarantee minimal sur-vival for a relatively brief period oftime.

Today, the traditional view of re-tirement is no longer accurate.Some individuals, for example, arevoluntarily choosing to retire early,in their 40’s and 50’s. Others, be-cause they enjoy working, choose toremain employed well past the tra-ditional retirement age of 65. Re-tirement is now often defined byactivities such as travel, returning toschool, volunteer work, or the pur-suit of favorite hobbies or sports.

With all of its possibilities, finan-cial independence does not comeeasy; achieving financial independ-ence requires organization, planningand discipline. Issues such as illhealth and longevity must be consid-

ered. The single most challengingissue is the fact that we now livemuch longer than before. A childborn in 1900, for example, had anaverage life expectancy of 47.3years. For a child born in 2010,however, average life expectancyhas increased to 78.7 years. Plan-ning for a much longer life span in-volves addressing problems notfaced by earlier generations. Key is-sues which must be considered in-clude how to pay for retirement,health care, housing and lifestyle.

Developing a successful retirementplan involves carefully consideringa wide range of issues and potentialproblems. Finding solutions to thesequestions often requires both per-sonal education and the guidance ofknowledgeable professionals.

The key to success is to begin plan-ning as early as possible. Youwouldn't take a long road trip with-out a map. In the same way, youneed a road map for your financialfuture. Strategic financial planninglooks at where you are today andwhere you want to go. Then it setsout all the steps you need to take toget there.

However you choose to do it, onyour own or with the assistance of aprofessional, you owe it to yourselfand family to make a commitmentto start now if you haven’t already.

If you choose to do it yourself youwill need to evaluate your personaland financial circumstances: Assets,Liabilities, Income and Expenses.You need to clarify your goals with“SMART” goals, Specific, Measur-able, Attainable, Realistic and Timedto completion. Analyze your re-sources to be applied to your goals.Develop and consider alternativestrategies. Write down the strategieswhich are attainable and realistic.Then measure your progress towardmeeting the goals over time by re-viewing your plan at least yearly.

Reaching financial independenceand truly putting your self and fam-ily in a position which offers “free-dom of choice” takes work. It takesa long term commitment to yourgoals.

Remember: No plan, no progress.Strategic financial planning is notabout getting rich, and you don’thave to be rich to have one. It'sabout doing more with what youhave and making sure you have pro-vided a level of independence whichoffers freedom of choice. Take con-trol of your financial destiny andbegin planning for financial inde-pendence today.

William C. Newell, Certified Fi-nancial Planner (CFP), is presidentof Atlantic Capital Management,Inc. a registered investment advisorlocated Holliston, Mass. With WallStreet access and main street valuesAtlantic Capital Management hasbeen providing strategic financialplanning and investment manage-ment for over 25 years. On theWeb at www.atlanticcapitalmanage-ment.com.

Paying for retirement: Longer lifespans raise the issue of the impact of

inflation on fixed dollar payments,as well as the possibility of outlivingaccumulated personal savings. So-cial Security retirement benefits andincome from employer-sponsoredretirement plans typically provideonly a portion of the total income re-quired. Globalization and marketvolatility threaten savings and in-vestments. If savings and invest-ments are insufficient, a retiree maybe forced to either continue working,or face a reduced standard of living.

Health care: the health benefitsprovided through the federal govern-ment’s Medicare program are gen-erally considered to be only afoundation. Often a supplementalMedigap policy is needed, as is along-term care policy, to provideneeded benefits not availablethrough Medicare. Health care plan-ning should also consider a healthcare proxy, allowing someone elseto make medical decisions when anindividual is temporarily incapaci-tated, as well as a living will that ex-presses an individual’s wishes whenno hope of recovery is possible.

Estate planning: Retirement plan-ning inevitably must consider whathappens to an individual’s assetsafter retirement is over. Estate plan-ning should ensure not only that as-sets are transferred to the individualsor organizations chosen by theowner, but also that the transfer isdone with in the least amount oftime with the least amount of tax.

Housing: This question involvesnot only the size and type of home(condo, house, shared housing, as-sisted living), but also its location.Such factors as climate and proxim-ity to close family members andmedical care are often important.Completely paying off a home loancan reduce monthly income needs.A reverse mortgage may provide ad-ditional monthly income.

Lifestyle: Some individuals accus-tomed to a busy work life, find it dif-ficult to enjoy the freedom offeredby retirement. Planning ahead canmake this transition easier.

Developing a successful retirementplan involves carefully consideringa wide range of issues and potentialproblems. Finding solutions to thesequestions often requires both per-sonal education and the guidance ofknowledgeable individuals, frommany professional disciplines.

The key to success is to begin plan-ning as early as possible. Youwouldn't take a long road trip with-out a map. In the same way, youneed a road map for your financialfuture. Strategic financial planninglooks at where you are today andwhere you want to go. Then it setsout all the steps you need to take toget there. Without a plan

• You may take a short-term viewof an opportunity and make hastydecisions, even becoming a vic-tim of a scam. Worst of all, youmay end up doing nothing andnever reach your goals.

• You may not see the big picture.Example: You may grow yoursavings, but then pay more tax on

your money than you need to.

• If you have a partner but no plan,you could end up making verydifferent choices about spendingand saving. Then neither of youwill get where you want to go.

• You'll likely have more worriesabout money. You may not knowwhere you are today or how toplan ahead. You could even losecontrol of your spending and fallbehind on your bills.

Either way, you owe it to yourselfand family to make a commitmentto start now if you haven’t already.You can do the planning yourself orto get assistance from a professional.

If you choose to do it yourself youwill need to evaluate your personaland financial circumstances: Assets,Liabilities, Income and Expenses.You need to clarify your goals with“SMART” goals, Specific, Mea-sureable, Attainable, Realistic andTime of completion. Analyse yourspecific resources, for example howmuch can you save to meet thosegoals given your income and ex-penses. Consider feasible alternativestrategies. Write down the strategieswhich are the most realistic. Thenlastly, measure your progress towardmeeting the goals over time.

In any event reaching financial in-dependence and truly putting yourself and family in a position whichoffers “freedom of choice” takeswork.

Remember: No plan, no progress.A financial plan is not about gettingrich, and you don?t have to be richto have one. It's about doing morewith what you have and making sureyou have provided a level of inde-pendence which offer freedom ofchoice and keeps you in control.

Step 1 – Choose Your FinancialPlanning Team: In our complex,ever-changing world, expert help isneeded. Trained specialists such asyour attorney, CPA, IRS enrolledagent, life insurance professional,health insurance agent, securitiesbroker, and financial planner aregenerally members of your team.

Step 2 – Develop Your Plan: de-velopment of a systematic, inte-grated plan for dealing with each ofthese issues. This is called develop-ing a financial plan.

Individuals and households sel-dom plan to fail – they simply fail toplan. Make a New Years resolutionto be financially independent. Donot wait, be proactive start planningtoday. Give yourself the gift of fi-nancial independence and freedomof choice.

ignore these problems until it istoo late. Or, you can take steps toput the puzzle together and achieveyour financial security. The mostimportant step is the first one.1 With proper planning, however,these needs can be met.

Its often said that our lives are acompelation of the choices we make

A financial position to control yourdestiny and lifestyle choices.


A New Year’s ResolutionBegin with the end in mind - plan for Financial Independence

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Charlene asks, “My husband Rick,and I are debating whether to buy anexisting home or have a new one built.(I do not want to build). What is youropinion?”

Well Charlene the answer is alreadywithin your question. “you do notwant to build”.

Any couple planning to build hadbetter have a very strong marriage.The process can put a tremendousstrain on any relationship. Many peo-ple think that they simply meet withan architect, decide what they want,meet with the builder, and approve theplans, and then “Walah”, come back 3to 6 months later and there is yourdream house, done!

The reality is that many hours mustbe spent pre- planning before the ini-tial meeting with the architect. Thenthe meeting itself must be repeated

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Needless to say, a budget and a time-line must be established beforehandand signed by all parties. Of course,there are the contracts which you mustget your lawyer to review and ap-prove. Also a reserve fund of say 10%should be setup to cover unforeseenevents. Please do not forget to set up acontingency plan in the event thatthere is a delay, and you need a placeto live should the house not be readyfor occupancy on time.

Please agree beforehand whetheryou or Rick, (or both) will be the on-going contact person during theprocess. Again you must realize thatthere will be hundreds of small deci-sions along the way. (I would reallylike to be there when the phone callcomes in during dinnertime and oneof you has to decide which stylefaucets are to be installed in the down-stairs bathroom, and the plumber willbe on site at 6 AM). If your marriagesurvives the process you are, indeed, alucky couple.

Call me if you need a timelinespread sheet to begin the process.

Mr. Capozzoli has been a Massa-chusetts real estate broker for 35years. You are invited to submit yourreal estate questions by [email protected] or by phone 508-596-2600.


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