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The annual Mendon Country Fairsponsored by The Mendon LionsClub will be held on Saturday,October 9th begining at 10 a.m. Theevent will now be held on the fieldbehind The Mendon Country GiftBarn on Route 16. Features includecountry music with "DurangoMango, many crafters, non-profitand business booths and lots of freeevents for the whole family.

Features at the Fair will includedairy cattle and other animals fromlocal 4-H groups as well as a pettingzoo. This year "Kids Fair" will also

include races and contests withprizes for the younger fairgoers, andpony rides will be available.Appearing during the day will beMiss Teen Massachusetts and"Paws" the Pawtucket Red Sox mas-cot. Relax at the Lions Club foodcourt serving up grilled hot dogs andhamburgers along with french friesand fried dough, coffee, doughnuts,soda and water. Admission is freeand parking will be available to ben-efit the Mendon Boy Scouts andMass. Lions Eye Research. The raindate is Sunday, October 10th.

The Uxbridge Elementary PTO’splayground committee is verypleased to announce that the newplay structure for the Taft Schoolplayground has been purchased andinstalled; thanksto the generousdonations (mone-tary, labor andheavy equipmentuse) of many localbusinesses, doz-ens of familiesand a few non-profit organiza-tions.

The large playstructure at Taft that was deemedunsafe a year ago was removed inJune and the new structure andswings were installed the last weekof August – just in time for the newschool year! The speed of which thishuge task was accomplished high-lights what a community can dowhen they come together to support acommon goal. This playground iscalled the Taft School playground butits use reaches far beyond the stu-dents at Taft School. This is animportant playground for the schoolas well as for the community at large

and we hope that kids will enjoy itfor years to come as well as berespectful of the new equipment andnot utilize it in ways that could causedamage. Surveillance cameras have

also been installedon the playgroundto increase thelevel of securityafter hours.

With the biggestphase of the play-ground renovationcomplete, thecommittee nowmoves on to rais-ing more funds to

top off the safety surfacing, renovatethe large dirt area next to the play-ground and install the bricks from the“Buy a Brick Build a Playground”fundraiser. Bricks can still be pur-chased throughout the school year tocontinue to support the playgroundrenovation project. Order forms canbe downloaded from the playgroundrenovation page on the Taft SchoolPTO page located by following thelinks from the school’s websitewww.uxbridgeschools.com; pickedup at Taft School or by contactingKim DeMers at 278-5435.

New Playground enjoyed at Taft School

GRand OpEninG - Children enjoying the playground at the Taft School in Uxbridge.See related Story on page 39

Mendon Country Fair relocates

The public is invited to join the fightagainst hunger by walking in theBlackstone Valley Crop Hunger Walk onSaturday, October 16th.

Walkers will seek sponsors from theirchurches, neighborhoods and workplacesand then register on October 16th start-ing at 8:30 a.m. at the Trinity EpiscopalChurch, next to the Whitinsville TownCommon. The walk ends at the FirstEvangelical Congregational Church,next to the Uxbridge Town Common.The walk begins at 9:00 a.m. and the dis-tance is three miles.

The walkers will follow Linwood Ave.to Providence Rd. and on to Uxbridge.Strollers, wagons and wheelchairs maybe used. Sandwiches, fruit and beverageswill be served to the walkers in theCommunity Hall when they complete thewalk. Adults, youth and children are wel-come.

Walkers from the Blackstone Valleywill join 2.3 million people in 2,000towns nationwide to support self-helpprograms in 80 countries organized byChurch World Service. In addition, theCrop Hunger Walk provides $4 million a

year to 3,200 food pantries in the U.S.,including food pantries in Douglas,Northbridge and Uxbridge.

The Northbridge Association ofChurches has been the local sponsor forthe Blackstone Valley Crop Hunger Walkfor 36 years. During that time, localwalkers have raised $231,579 for ChurchWorld Service's fight against hunger.

For information, contact Carolyn Mit-chell, coordinator, at 508-234-3544 orMike Tatarek, treasurer, at 508-234-5768.

Blackstone Valley Crop Hunger Walk

STEVE HEBERT

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to tHe editor:

This is a letter to the Editor with arequest for the School BuildingCommittee to respond.

I read with interest the article on thefront page of the September 2010 issueof the "New Uxbridge Times" titled"MSBA Board approves High SchoolProject". There is no byline so I assumethat the article is a press release. Whomight the responsible party be? Iwould like to offer some facts about thefinancials associated with the newproject.

There is no question that members ofa Special Town Meeting overwhelm-ingly approved an article on theWarrant for $43,050,000 to build a newHigh School and the voters at a Special

Election by more than 59% of the voteagreed to do so as well.

$43,000,000 is a cap imposed on theTown of Uxbridge for the funding of anew High School project. This is notenough money to build and complete awhole facility. There is about $4 to 5million dollars required to complete avariety of athletic venues. At an infor-mation meeting the Owner ProjectManager commented, "The Town canfund that later."

The article states that "The MSBAwill be funding 57.53% of the project."57.53% of $43,000,000 is $24,737,900not the $22,362,327 shown in the subheadline.

The article states that "the MSBA isprepared to reimburse up to $22.3 mil-

lion for the construction of the newHigh School." This is about 51.86% of$43,000,000

The Director of the MSBA has beenquoted as saying, "The MSBA does notwant to associate with a shoddy proj-ect." I have not heard any words aboutincomplete projects.

Would you please publish in your

next issue a listing of those elementsthat are not included in the $43,000,000 and to be fair a listing of those ele-ments that are included. I would askthat the lists be clear and concise.

Best Wishes,Howard Fortner

Uxbridge

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School yearopening bringschallengesto tHe editor:

As newly configured school bus routesappear in area publications and familiesacross the Commonwealth gear up forthe return to school, this school openingholds a particularly unique blend of chal-lenges and triumphs. We commence anew school year in the midst of an econ-omy that is improving at a painfully slowrate. Fear of a burgeoning national debtand the end of one-time stimulus fundinghas resulted in dire predictions aboutfuture state and national educationalspending. Limited local dollars driveincreased scrutiny of every spendingrequest and often pit municipal serviceproviders against each other and localschools against their regional partners.Yet each new listing of bus stops remindsus of the individual students who wait toembark upon the next phase of their edu-cational journey and harkens us back tothe heart of the educational mission.

Massachusetts is among ten states justawarded coveted Race to the Top funds.This influx of $250 million in federalfunding for education comes on the heelsof the extension by Congress ofenhanced Federal Medical AssistancePercentages funding, which is expectedto bring an additional $600 million to thestate treasury this fiscal year. In my roleas president of the MassachusettsAssociation of School Superintendents, Iam privileged to have a front row seat atstate deliberations on how best to spendthis money. The good news is that, whilethe national reform agenda may not bemoving forward as swiftly as somewould like, our state has led the nation ineducation reform and has not waited forfederal mandates to do what is best forour students. As the Race to the Topaward confirms, Massachusetts is firmlyentrenched in a culture of continuousimprovement that need not wait formarching orders from afar. The dialognow must breach polarized politicalagendas to maximize this infusion offunding to continue true educationreform that will benefit all students inclassrooms across the Commonwealth.

Economic challenges demand newstrategies and creative engagement. Weneed to draw upon the diverse skills thatindustry now requires to forge new part-nerships and engage the entire communi-ty. I invite all school stakeholders to cel-ebrate the vast potential of our studentcustomers and to join educators and statepolicymakers in embracing the possibili-ty of turning challenges into opportunity.

- Dr. Michael F. Fitzpatrick

Superintendent-Director

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Questions concerning Uxbridge High School Project

nOTE: The article from the September issue of newUxbridge Times that mr. Fortner is refering to was a pressrelease submitted to the publication by the State House. We respectfully suggest mr. Fortner contact them for thelisting of included elements. Contact the Office of StateTreasurer Timothy Cahill @ (617) 720-4466.

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The town of Douglas will welcomefamily and friends to its annual streetfestival celebrating the Fall season onSaturday, October 2ndfrom 9:00 a.m. to 4:00p.m. An unbeatableensemble of talent willcome together on twostages and over 50 ven-dors offer food, servicesand craft and specialtyitems for sale. Musicians and enter-tainers include: Doghouse Flowers,

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The Uxbridge Historical SocietyMonthly Meeting will be held onTuesday, October 5th at 7:00 pm at theCornet John Farnum House, Route 16,Uxbridge. The guest speaker will beVeterinarian, Dr. Jay Merriam. Afterthe earthquake in Haiti, Dr. Merriambrought care to Haitian pack animals.A veterinarian with the MassachusettsEquine Clinic in Uxbridge, he was

asked by Humane Society Internal tolead a team of veterinary volunteers toassess the needs of donkeys, mules andhorses, and create a long term planwith HSI to meet those needs.

Dr. Merriam will discuss his experi-ence caring for the Haitian pack ani-mals. All are welcome. Refreshmentswill be served.

Fall Into Books at the WhitinsvilleSocial Library will take place onSaturday, October 2nd from 10:00 a.m.to 2:00 p.m.

Dedicate a book and become a Friendof the Whitinsville Social Library.Donate $20.00 and we will put a book-plate inside the book you select withyour name or in memory of someone.

Appletree Arts, a music and movementprogram, will be at 10:30. Registrationis required. There will be a kids zonefor face painting and crafts. A book andbake sale will also be going on, and aquilt raffle, too. Pizza will be providedby Dominoes in Whitinsville. Pleasejoin us. For information, please call thelibrary at 508-234-2151 ext.4.

New coatdonationsneeded

The Rotary Club of Uxbridge is gath-ering community support to providenew winter coats to children supportedby the Worcester Food Bank PartnerFood Pantries in Uxbridge, Douglas,and Northbridge. Recipients must beeligible clients of one of those Pantries.

Children registered in the FoodPantries who are 13 and under will beeligible to sign up for the programbetween now and September 30th.Coats will be distributed the week ofOctober 23rd.

Businesses, Clubs and individuals arewelcomed and encouraged to join us inproviding coats. Any organization pro-viding funding for ten or more coatswill be acknowledged in all publicityfollowing their contribution. Providersof 50 or more coats will receive specialvisibility in program materials and inour press announcements.

The Rotary Club of Uxbridge is com-mitted to raising funds for a minimumof 100 Coats. Coats will be sourcedfrom Operation Warm which is a non-profit started by the PA based Long-wood Rotary Club.

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The American Red Cross will beholding a blood drive at The UxbridgeVFW on Monday, October 25 between2 - 7 p.m. Please spread the word bytelling family, friends, co-workers oranyone you know who may be interest-ed in donating life-saving blood. AllRed Cross Blood Donors throughoutthe month of October will receive avoucher for a Free Subway Sandwich.

To ensure the quickest possibleprocess, please schedule your appoint-ment by calling 800-RED CROSS or

visit RedCrossBlood.org. Walk-Indonors are always welcome, howeverappointments are preferred. Blooddonors must be at least 17 years of age(16 with parental permission) and be ingood general health.

Each pint of blood collected can savethe lives of up to three hospitalpatients, as it is separated into RedCells, Platelets & Plasma. There is nosubstitute for human blood. Moreinformation can be found online atRedCrossBlood.org

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dear editor:

The People First Food Pantry’sAnnual Backpack/School Supply drivewas a huge success! Due to the gen-erosity of the local public, the UxbridgeWoman’s Club and Fallon CommunityHealth Plan, we were able to provide 71children with the necessary tools for

school. A special thank you to Jen,Hannah & Alyssa Clark, SueBaghdasarian, Amie, Emily & SophiaHyman, Fiona & Kelsey Lyons, Lynn &Emily Brochu, Adam Karagosian &Alicia Morales for all of the time andefforts it took to organize, collect andpack for this event. We applaud yourefforts!!

Thank you to all of those who sup-ported us with backpacks, school sup-plies and monetary donations. Weappreciate your support and commit-ment to helping our kids to start theschool year off right!!

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The UEPTO’s playground committee thanks the following businesses for their support of the “Buy a Brick—Build a Playground” fundraiser for the Taft School playground renovation project:

UniBank • UGL UniccoLynch’s Riverview Wine & Spirits

BJ’s • VFW Post 1385Lenze Americas (AC Tech)

Thank you also to the DPW for helping to move mulch and to the playground

committee Amanda Ayers, Debbie Stark,Mary Jo Murray, Kris Holt and CherylHamel for their dedication to see this

project through.Bricks can still be purchased by contacting Kim DeMers at 278-5435 or following theplayground link at www.teacherweb.com/MA/TaftElementarySchool/UxbridgeElemen-taryPTO .

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This year, 94 New York City childrenfound out once again just how specialsummer is in Southern Massachusetts.Fresh Air Fund hosts, volunteers andlocal supporters dedicated their timeand efforts to help these inner-cityyoungsters experience simple summer-time pleasures, including afternoons ofswimming, fishing at sunset and roast-ing s’mores over a campfire.

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Debra Youngrecognized forOutstandingService

Debra Young, Assistant Director andHead of Children’s Services at theUxbridge Public Library, was recentlypresented with an official citation forher outstanding service to the commu-nity of Uxbridge by RepresentativeJennifer Callahan (D-Sutton) at theAugust meeting of the Board ofTrustees.

“Deb Young has worked for overthree decades with the library and com-munity at large and her tireless effortsare an example for all of us. She ishighly deserving of being recognizedfor extensive years of service to theTown of Uxbridge as well as for herdedication to promote literacy andyouth reading programs,” saidCallahan. Young is best known for herwork at the Uxbridge Public Library,but has also assisted in countless volun-teer efforts on behalf the People FirstFood Pantry, Blackstone Valley YouthCoalition and Toys for Tots.

“my feeling is that deb is ahard and steady worker andshe is a good person. Shehas always done whatneeds to be done toenhance our library’s out-reach into the communityregardless of the economy.”

- thomas “tim” riceformer Uxbridge Library Trustee

Deb Young has been a strong advo-cate for local and state funding of theCommonwealth’s libraries. She is high-ly respected by library professionalsacross the region. Callahan furthercommented, “For 33 years Deb hasbeen connected to the communitythrough her many responsibilities at thelibrary, but she has clearly demonstrat-ed time and again that she will goabove and beyond what is expected.We recognize and commend her forserving as a true public service rolemodel for others to embrace.”

Tim Rice, debyoung (center)and Rep. Jen-nifer Callahan

NBC’s popular primetime programWho Do You Think You Are? and thecontinuing advertisements by theshow’s sponsor, Ancestry.com, haveawakened in many people an interest ingenealogy and family history. The newinterest in genealogy and family histo-ry sparked by the program is promptingmany people in the towns of theBlackstone Valley to go through theirshoe boxes of family papers and oldphoto albums in search of their ownroots. Assistance is freely available atworkshops held every other Saturdaywhich began September 18th from 10a.m. - noon at the Uxbridge Free PublicLibrary, led by Mike Potaski.

These workshops provide knowledgeresources and guidance to assist parti-cipants in acquiring the knowledge andskills to conduct their own research.Individuals and families are the prod-uct of a myriad of social, economic,and political factors that influences thedecisions of previous generations.Participants in the workshops will seekto answer the who, what, when, andwhere questions that will illuminatetheir family stories. For more informa-tion or to sign up, call the library at508-278-8624 or just drop in! Whetheryou are a novice or more experiencedresearcher, newcomers are always wel-come.

Search for your rootsat Uxbridge Library

Rabies Clinicplanned forOctober 16th

The Blackstone Valley VeterinaryHospital, in co-operation with RegionalAnimal Control will be having a rabiesclinic for dogs, cats and ferrets.It will be held at the Blackstone Valley

Vet Clinic on Douglas Street inUxbridge on October 16th for UX-BRIDGE, DOUGLAS and MENDONresidents.

Animals must be leashed or caged. Ifyou bring your current certificate ofrabies the shot can be good for 3years. Rabies shots - $10.00; MicroChip $20.00; Heartworm Check -$15.00.

SWiERZUxbridge - Jennie (Novack) Swierz, 95,formerly of Granite St. died September11th after an illness. Her husband of 50years Mitchell M. "Mike" Swierz diedDecember 14, 1989.

She is survived by a son Mitchell M.Swierz Jr. of E. Sandwich; 2 daughtersMargaret Kennedy of NY and ElizabethHavens of Millbury with whom shelived; 5 grandchildren Michael,Eugene, Timothy, Barry, and Jessica; 4great-grandchildren Ashley, Abagail,Matthew, and Nolan; a brother EdwardJ. Novack of Uxbridge; 2 sisters EvelynGreene of Mt. Home, AK, and Olive B.Godin of Uxbridge; and severalnephews and nieces. She was sister ofthe late Frank Novack, MatthewNovack, and Benjamin Novack. Bornin Mapleville RI on March 31, 1915 shewas the daughter of John and Jadiwga(Budzyn) Nowak and lived in Uxbridgemost of her life.

Mrs. Swierz worked as a dental assis-tant for Dr. James Horan in Whitins-ville for 20 years, retiring in 1989. Shewas educated in the Uxbridge publicschool system. She enjoyed Scrabble,reading and playing cards. Jennie was atalented artist, working in pastels, oils,and watercolors. One of her paintingsappeared on the cover of House

Beautiful Magazine. Her greatest pleas-ure however was spending time withher family

SUlliVanUxbridge – Delores M. (Thibault)Sullivan, 60, of Aldrich St. diedSeptember 19th in the Radius Health-care Center, Southbridge. She was thewife of John H. Sullivan.

A resident of Uxbridge for 15 years,Mrs. Sullivan was employed as anoffice manager for 10 years at Time-savers, formerly in Milford and Hope-dale. She was previously employed atthe former Medway Savings Bank,Medway for several years.

She was born and raised inCambridge, daughter of the lateThomas and Eileen (Teves) Thibault.

Mrs. Sullivan loved scrapbooking andenjoyed photography, swimming andtraveling, especially trips to Florida.

In addition to her husband John of 24years, she is survived by one sonThomas J. Griffin Jr. of Framingham,one daughter Kristen L. and her hus-band James Fairhurst of Uxbridge, onebrother Thomas Thibault of Saugus,one sister Susan Kelly of Warwick, RIand 2 grandchildren; Hailey andKatelyn. She was predeceased by onebrother Reginald Thibault.

miKUlSKyUxbridge - Doris C. (Leduc) Mikulsky,86, of Uxbridge, died peacefullySeptember 18th. She was the wife ofBenjamin A. Mikulsky.

A longtime resident of Uxbridge, sheloved her family dearly and enjoyedchildren, music, and nature. She wasborn and raised in Woonsocket, RI, thedaughter of the late Pierre and Vitaline(Bergeron) Leduc.

In addition to her husband Benjaminof 63 years, she is survived by twodaughters Priscilla Mikulsky Gray ofArnold, MD and Tammy A. and herhusband David Helstrom of Douglas; asister Irene Gelinas of Charlestown, RI;7 grandchildren including Danny Gray,Michael Gray, Brian Gray, PatrickGray, Karl Helstrom, Karissa Fuller,and Mark Helstrom; 7 great-grandchil-dren and several nieces and nephews.She was predeceased by a son, MarcMikulsky.

OlSOn Shrewsbury – Beatrice J. (Bosma)Olson, 75, of Eaton Place died Sep-tember 19th, at her residence. She wasthe wife of the late Robert J. Olson whodied in 1968.

A resident of Shrewsbury for over 50years, Mrs. Olson had been employedas a Registered Nurse at HahnemannHospital and later with several Wor-cester area nursing homes.

She was born March 20, 1935 inWhitinsville, daughter of the lateGilbert and Winnie (Frieswyk) Bosmaand was a graduate of WhitinsvilleChristian School, Douglas HighSchool, and the former HahnemannHospital School of Nursing.

She was a loving grandmother whotook great pride in her grandchildren.She attended their various activities insports, music concerts and any otheractivities they enjoyed. Mrs. Olsonwas a longtime member of the FirstCongregational Church of Shrewsbury.

She was also an avid fan of the BostonRed Sox and Boston Celtics.

She is survived by her longtime com-panion Stephen Repka of Northbor-ough, her three sons; David T. and hiswife Lori Olson of Upton, Steven G.Olson of Shrewsbury and Mark K. andhis wife Cathy Olson of Merrimack,NH, one daughter Lisa M. and her hus-band Kevin Lloyd of Whitinsville, onebrother Henry Bosma of Douglas and 6grandchildren; Aidan Olson, MicailaOlson, Randy Lloyd, Chloe Olson,Amber Olson and Cameron Olson andseveral nieces and nephews. She waspredeceased by three sisters; DorothyEbbeling, Anna Mae Davidson andLinda Stefanov.

GORmanUxbridge - James J. Gorman, 78, diedon September 6th at home after acourageous battle with cancer, sur-rounded by his loving family andfriends.He is survived by his sister, Eileen

Gorman of N. Uxbridge, a daughterPatricia Hamelin and her husband Mikeof Uxbridge, a son John Gorman andhis wife Elaine of Whitinsville, adaughter Kathleen Szerlag and her hus-band Martin of Northbridge, a daughterBetsy Salmonsen and her husbandLance of Uxbridge, a son DenisGorman and his wife Maria of Douglas;a brother-in-law and sister-in-lawRoger and Theresa Charest of Halls,TN. 15 grandchildren, 14 great-grand-children, and many nieces andnephews. Jim was predeceased by hiswife of 50 years, Jackie CharestGorman, in 2002 and by his sisterEvelyn and his brother Edward.

Jim was born on September 17, 1931.He was the son of the late John andDaria (Boyer) Gorman. Jim proudlyserved as a marine in the KoreanWar and reached the rank of StaffSergeant. Jim worked for 36 years atMass Electric starting as a lineman andadvancing to area supervisor. Jim

enjoyed traveling with his wife andfamily throughout the USA. He espe-cially enjoyed visiting relatives inHalls, TN. Most of all, Jim lovedspending time with his family andfriends at holiday gatherings, birthdays,and special occasions. His familywould like to thank Dr. Kaddis andthe oncology dept. staff at Dana Farber,Milford, his home healthcare providers, and his VNA nurse SueBurgess for the excellent, kind, andcompassionate care that was given toJim throughout his illness.

madydaUxbridge - Michael J. Madyda, 63, ofUxbridge and formerly of Douglas,passed away September 14th in Oak-wood Rehab and Nursing Center,Webster. He was the husband ofEleanor G. (Bacon) Madyda.

Mr. Madyda was a senior test engi-neer at Waters Corporation in Milfordwhere he had been employed for thepast 45 years.

He was born in 1947 the son of thelate Theodore and Antoinette (Rizzo)Madyda and was raised in Waltham. Heenjoyed the outdoors and races at theNH Speedway.

In addition to his wife Eleanor of 37years, he is survived by a daughterMeredith Madyda; a son Mathew J.Madyda; a sister Stephanie Roberts ofNarragansett, RI and several nieces andnephews.

nappaUxbridge – Marie (Davis) Nappa, 83,formerly of Mendon and Milford,passed away peacefully after a longbattle with cancer on September 15th.She was the beloved wife of the lateVincent Nappa who died in 2002.

Mrs. Nappa was a longtime devotedteacher in the Milford School Systemfor 25 years. Previously, she was anaccountant at E.G.& G in Bedford andhad set up the business office at theNevada nuclear test sites during the1950’s.

She was born in Boston, the daughterof the late Michael and Anna Marie(Walsh) Davis, formerly of CountyCork and Killarney, and was a graduateof Mount St. Joseph’s Academy inBrighton and Regis College in Westonin 1949.

Mrs. Nappa was a longtime memberof St. Mary’s Church, Milford and theMendon Council on Aging. She hadserved as a coordinator for many yearsat the Mendon Food Pantry and servedas travel coordinator at the MendonSenior Center. Marie was an avid read-er who belonged to numerous bookclubs throughout the area. She enjoyedgolfing and traveling.

She was the devoted mother ofVincent D. Nappa of Framingham,Steven M. Nappa and his wife, Sara, ofProvidence, Rosemarie A. (Nappa)Bradley and her husband, Joseph, ofStow, and Michele M. (Nappa) Ellicksand her husband , Kristopher, of Acton.She was the loving “Nana” of Nina andIsabella Nappa of Providence, RI,Allison Bradley of Stow, and Susanneand Kevin Ellicks of Acton.

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The Greater Milford Visiting NurseAssociation and Hospice has joinedwith the Milford Senior Center todevelop a bereavement support pro-gram for people who have lost a lovedone. The five-session program isdesigned to provide help to people asthey learn to cope with grief, face theholidays without their loved one anddevelop strengths that can assist themin moving forward with life. Each ses-sion will be lead by a social worker anda bereavement support person.Additionally, a grief specialist will bebrought in to teach coping skills in

cases of complicated bereavement. The program will meet from 10:00

a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Milford SeniorCenter, located at 60 North Bow Streetin Milford. It begins on Wednesday,October 6th and will meet weekly forfive weeks, ending on November 3rd.The program is open to everyone andthere is no charge to attend, howeverpre-registration is required, as space islimited.

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The holidays seem so far away, but they’rejust around the corner, and Uxbridge SupportsOur Troops has been busy organizing a com-munity effort to reach out to the troops in timefor the holidays.

The Shoebox Campaign is a way for you toshow your support for these brave men andwomen. All you need to do is fill a shoeboxwith any of the items listed below and drop offthe unsealed shoebox to the Whitin MiddleSchool or the Uxbridge Town Hall betweenNovember 1 and 23, 2010. Your shoeboxdonation will go a long way in making thetroops feel a little more comfortable over theholidays. If you prefer to put your donations

in a bag instead of a shoebox, that’s fine, too!If you wish to make a mon-

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If you wish to include a personal note orcard, USOT will make sure it travels with yourpackage!

If you have any questions regarding thiscampaign, or would like to add a name toUSOT’s list, please call either Diane at 508-278-5131 or Linda at 508-278-9425. Or visitus on the web at www.uxbridgesupport-sourtroops.com.POSSIBLE ITEMS FOR SHOEBOX: AA or AAA batteries, lip balm, holiday deco-rations, greeting cards, CDs and DVDs, pensand pencils, small games, hard candy, gum,cookies, AT&T phone cards, socks, T-Shirtsand Red Sox or Patriots memorabilia.

Troops’ Holiday in a Shoebox CampaignWorld Smile Dayto be celebrated

October 1stPlease join us in celebrating World Smile Day, Friday,

October 1st. The first World Smile Day was introduced in1999, when Harvey Ball, creator of the Smiley, dedicat-ed the first Friday of October to random acts of kindness.The theme of the day is simple, "Do an act of kindness,help one person smile". This will be the tenth year thatUxbridge joins in celebrating. Once again we will have afood drive for the People's First Food Pantry.

Donations may be dropped offin front of the Uxbridge FireStation. Please join us in cele-brating and go the extra mileand wear the colors of the smile(yellow and black).

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMSSTORY & CRAFT TIME: Ages 2 andup - Wed & Thurs at 10:00 A.M.APPLETREE ARTS: Music andMusic Program for Tots. First Sat ofeach month, Oct.-May at 10:30Registration required. Funded byBeginning Bridges.FALL INTO BOOKS: Sat. Oct. 2nd,10 – 2. Dedicate a book, Face Painting& Crafts for children. Book & BakeSale, Quilt Raffle, too.HALLOWEEN FOR WEE FOLKSwith local singer and performer, Deb

Hudgins. Dress in costume. Sat., Oct.30th, 11:00 A.M. Registration required.Funded by Beginning Bridges.ADULT PROGRAMSESL & Literacy: One on one tutoringfor adults needing help in learningEnglish or improving reading skills.Call library for further information.ESL CONVERSATION:Monday evenings - 6:30 -8:00 P.M. Allare welcome.KNITTING & NEEDLEWORK:Wed. 6-8P.M. Informal gathering,improve your skills. All are welcome.

MONTHLY BOOK CLUB: Oct. 6that 6:30 P.M. Thousands Autumns ofJacob de Zoet by David MitchellNORTHBRIDGE HISTORICALSOCIETY PRESENTATION: Nov.1st 6:30 P.M.: Mr. George Hamil-

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Mushroom Hunt at Cormier WoodsReservation, Visitor Parking Lot, 217Chapin Street, Uxbridge on Saturday,October 9th from 10am – Noon and isfree. Rain or Shine

Have you ever been curious aboutfungus, lichen, and other stuff growingaround your yard or in the woods?Then join members of the BostonMycological Club (BMC) for aMushroom Hunt at Cormier WoodsReservation, hosted by The Trustees ofReservations. Participants will foragefor specimens from about 10 a.m. tonoon. The collections will then be sort-ed on tables by type, family, and genusto help in identification. “It is usuallyvery interactive” according to DougBrown of the BMC. Participantsshould plan to dress for the weather andbe prepared to be out of doors for a fewhours. It is also suggested that youbring a lunch.

Cormier Woods was opened to thepublic in October of 2008 as theTrustees’ 100th reservation. Weencourage you to spend more time out-doors with family and friends by visit-ing Cormier Woods and other Trusteesproperties that preserve the character ofMassachusetts communities and theflora and fauna found there. Hike orsnowshoe the fields and trails, picksome blueberries, observe wildlife, orlearn about the rich cultural history;there’s something for everyone.Admission to Cormier Woods is free.

The Trustees are 100,000 people likeyou, from every corner of Massa-chusetts, who share a deep set of simi-lar values: a love of the land, of the out-doors and of the distinctive charms ofNew England, as well as a shared visionof celebrating and protecting them foreveryone, forever. For more informa-tion on The Trustees or to learn moreabout volunteering or membership, visitwww.thetrustees.org or call TheTrustees’ Southeast Regional office at781-784-0567.

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Whitinsville Social Library posts Fall Programs

It's that time again! As you transitionfrom your summer wardrobe to yourfall one, pull out those things that don'tfit anymore or aren't really you. TheBlackstone Valley UnitedMethodist Church will host afall clothing swap onSaturday, October 2nd from9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.Bring any gently used arti-cles of clothing (no rips orstains please). We will take men's,women's and kid's items as well asaccessories (jewelry, shoes etc.)

Unfortunately, we cannot accepttoys, electronics or furniture; clothingand accessories only. You can drop

them off the night before between 6and 7:00 p.m. or that morning.Although it's a "swap" you don't haveto bring something to take something

home and you don't have to takesomething home in order to

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On Tuesday, October 5th, theMohegan Council, BSA is hosting its28th annual Golf Outing for Scouting.This event will take place at MountPleasant Country Club, Boylston andwill include use of the driving range, abarbecue lunch, buffet dinner and theopportunity to win big prizes through-out the day. Registration begins at11:00 a.m. with a shotgun start at12:30 p.m. and a scramble format. Thefee per golfer is $175 or $700 per four-some. Sponsorship opportunities areavailable.

The mission of the Mohegan Coun-cil, BSA is to prepare the youth of cen-tral Massachusetts for future leader-ship by delivering fun and effective

experiences through the Scouting pro-gram.

All proceeds from this event willbenefit the scouts served by theMohegan Council, which is currentlyranked #10 in the nation for member-ship growth. For more informationplease visit www.MoheganCouncilBSA.org or call Alison Specter at 508-752-3769.

Annual Golf Outing to benefit Scouting

Pvt. DeQuattro completes Basic Training

Pvt. Anthony A. DeQuattro of Uxbridgecompleted his 9 weeks of Army BasicTraining on June 4th at Fort Knox, KY wherehe went on to complete his 7 weeks of A.I.T.(Advanced Individual Training) as a CalvaryScout and graduated in July from Fort Knox.

After a short leave, Pvt. DeQuattro is nowstationed in El Paso, TX at Fort Bliss. His isattached to the 2-1 Armored Brigade in the 1-1 Calvary Squadron as a Calvary Scout. Heis the son of Andrew and Barbara DeQuattro.

NHS Class of1960 Reunion

The Northbridge High School Classof 1960 will celebrate a 50th anniver-sary reunion on Saturday, October 16that the Whitinsville Golf Club.

A cocktail hour at 6 p.m. will be fol-lowed by a buffet style dinner at 7 p.m.A photo session is set for 6:30 p.m.

Invitations were mailed out on orabout August 1st. Tickets are $35. perperson. It’s not too late.

For more information, classmatesmay contact Henry Haggerty at 508-234-2876 or email: [email protected]

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Since Superintendent Theodore “Ted”Friend reported to work on July 1 at thehelm of Sutton’s four public schools—Simonian Center, elementary, middle,and high - he has felt that this new job“fits my personality.” He is a firmbeliever in organizational structure andis already clarifying who reports to

whom in the school system; his man-agement style is, as his name indicates‘friendly.’ He says he is “people orient-ed” and that is evident when you inter-act with him. He has direct eye contact,a posture of self-confidence, a smilingface, and an attentive ear.

During the interview in his office, hedemonstrated a commitment to thosewho hired him, “I plan to be here for a

while.” Asked if he had a particularperspective on how the Sutton schoolsshould develop, especially in light of anew middle school and high schoolplant, he quickly responded, “One ofthe first mistakes administrators makeis to put their stamp on school sys-tems…every school is different andyou need at least a year to understandthe system.”

Although not a fan of MCAS he doesvalue its role as a resource “for data toimprove instruction.” The reason hedownplays it as a tool in the Suttonschool system is because he discovered“students here do exceedingly well andin 10th grade 96% are proficient, with a91% score in math and with 73% of thestudents being at the advanced level.”He gave an example of a teacher whocame to his office to say his 8-year oldson didn’t want to go to school one daywhen he found out he had to take theMCAS test. “Why should this kind ofpressure be exerted on teachers? Whyare we putting so much emphasis onresults in the 3rd grade? I don’t get it,unless MCAS is necessary because aschool is doing terrible. MCAS is not tobe an end-all in education.”

He finds students in Sutton love com-ing to school and as he makes a specialeffort to get in every classroom in eachof the schools every week, he hearskids say to him, “I love it here.” Hesays, “The educational piece here is onsolid ground.”

What is not as stable in Sutton—as inother area schools—is the budget. “Wehave some serious budget concerns andwe need to understand where we canmake cuts that will have a minimalaffect on student services. We will haveto make some hard decisions this year.”He alluded to “next March” when thebuilding will begin for the new middleschool and high school. “This will takea tremendous amount of my time.”

However, because of the already goodrelationship built with Town Admini-strator James “Jim” Smith with whomhe communicates “on a regular basis,”Ted believes that he’ll be able to workout solutions during these tough eco-nomic times for the town of Sutton. Heis aware of the financial stability of thetown because of the amounts in boththe Stabilization Fund and Free Cashaccount, but even with these resources,he cautioned how important it is to befiscally conservative.

Ted brought up that the Suttonschools have already faced cuts. Thereis no Assistant Principal at the MiddleSchool, no Curriculum Director, a mathposition has been lost, the art teacherhas been reduced to part time and thereis no longer a media person at the mid-dle school level. “We are very lean”and despite the cuts, he said, “My phi-losophy is to protect teachers.”

Recognizing that there will be a $2.5billion deficit next year in stateresources and an uncertainty in Chapter70 monies, he stressed that “we have toreview everything from top to bottomand account for every penny.” Theother difficulty he is well aware of as apast special education teacher is “howvolatile special education funds aresince you never know from year to yearwhat the costs will be.” He said that his

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“top goal will be making the mostsound decision in where to cut.” Hewants to have a level-service budget.He said that you have to understandthat “you build your budget in the falland winter of the prior year before youknow your actual reserves and rev-enues.”

To make sure he has all the properinformation to weigh in on this type ofproblem solving, he meets regularlywith the principals and business man-ager. Through this collaborative effort,he says “we will identify what needs tobe cut.”

The Sutton Superintendent could notspeak highly enough of the teachersand their commitment to the schoolsystem, noting that “the teachers incontract negotiations decided to take noincrease in COLA, and no stipend, andthis spoke volumes to me about thisfaculty.”

As a new administrator, he doesreceive a lot of e-mails but because hebelieves “my job is a people job,” heleaves his desk and goes to personallyanswer any questions. “I don’t want tobe known as a Superintendent who justsits in his office,” he said, adding witha smile, that “everyone is nice to mebut, of course, I’m still new.” HisAdministrative Assistant, Linda Blair,confirmed all of this, saying, “I loveworking with him.”

To make sure that he is as knowledge-able as possible in finding solutions tothe various needs at the schools, thisSuperintendent has become a studentagain in pursuing his doctorate. He isin his third year at the University of

Massachusetts-Amherst where he iscurrently taking a law course. “I enjoytaking classes because the professorsthere write the books and I can askpointed questions about what I’mdoing.” He holds a Master’s in educa-tion (1998) from Cambridge Collegeand a Bachelor’s in elementary educa-tion from Worcester State (1985).

His professional experience includeshaving taught special education his firsttwo years out of college for CentralMassachusetts Education Collaborativeand then leaving the education field towork in sales for four years. In 1992,Mr. Friend returned to education as an

elementary teacher in Worcester wherehe remained until 2002 when he washired as principal of HollandElementary School. In 2005 he becameprincipal at Tantasqua Junior HighSchool and in 2008 was appointed theAssociate Superintendent of Schoolsfor the Tantasqua Union 61 RegionalSchool District where he remained untilcoming to Sutton this July.

A native of Leicester, he and his wife,Amy, are the parents of three children:Nicholas, 22, Katelyn, 20 and Rebecca,15. Also included in their family life arehis parents, Tom and Noreen Friend,who literally returned ‘home.’ They

sold their home to their son and daugh-ter-in-law and moved to the Cape.However, due to health difficulties,they were invited to come back toLeicester to the old homestead. Ted’sDad is well known in Worcester havingbeen an educator himself working inthe Worcester public schools for over40 years as a teacher, principal and thenas the Deputy Superintendent for 13years.

In between arriving to work by 7:25am and leaving “when job is done forthe day,” going to school nights, andraising his family, some of Ted’s out-side interests include exercising daily,and hiking. He used to be an avid run-ner as well. He also enjoys reading andsports but, most of all, the SuttonSuperintendent strives for “balancewhich is important in my work life andmy family life.”


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design to honor their unselfish gen-erosity. There will be NO raffles sold,NO shirts for sale, and NO profitmade, this one is for pure enjoyment.Riders return to the VFW at approxi-mately 3:00 p.m. Non-riders are alsowelcome to come and enjoy the after-noon. Tickets are available for $5.00 inadvance at the VFW Post. Call 508-278-7540 for additional information.

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Assistanceoffered toflood victims

Riverside Community Care has beentapped to provide outreach to thoseaffected by last spring’s flooding as partof a Federal Emergency ManagementAgency (FEMA) and MassachusettsDepartment of Mental Health (DMH)funded crisis counseling grant. River-side is one of the three non-profitorganizations that comprise MassSup-port, the initiative covering the sevencounties most devastated by the heavyrains. Riverside will be providing coun-seling services and guidance in access-ing appropriate resources to people inEssex, Norfolk and Worcester counties.In an effort to help the communitiesaffected better prepare for future disas-ters, Riverside trauma response expertswill also be available to make presenta-tions on managing reactions to highlystressful situations to civic groups andcommunity-based organizations.

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The American Cancer Society pres-ents the 2010 holiday card designs,available to individuals and corpora-tions beginning September 15, 2010.Donations garnered from the cardorders help fund the organizations mis-sion to help cancer patients get well,stay well, find cures and fight backagainst cancer.

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Need to get rid of that old computermonitor? Have a broken air conditionerin the closet or an old hot water heaterin the basement? For a nominal fee youcan drop off various electronic items

and appliances at Uxbridge HighSchool parking lot on Saturday,October 16th from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00p.m. The funds raised goes directly tothe Uxbridge Yearbook for 2011. Thisopportunity is open to anyone in theBlackstone Valley area and there is nolimit to the number of items you candrop off. Sample pricing: ComputerMonitor $5, Washing Machine $5, TV$12, Stove $10, AC $15, Refrigerator$25, Fax Machine $5, Keyboard $1,Microwave $5, cell phones free.

Recycling Collection Day is a jointpartnership between the Uxbridge HighSchool and the Uxbridge Board ofHealth. If you have any questionsplease feel free to contact Karin Knapikat 508-278-0553.

Scouting for food drive scheduled for October 30th

Electronic Recycling Day

Saturday, October 30th, the localscouts will be working together to makesure you have a food bag placed onyour door. Please take the time to fillthis bag with non perishable items.Place the bag outside your door for thescouts to come and pick that up onSaturday, November 6th. All food col-lected in November goes directly to the

Uxbridge Peoples 1st Food Pantry onDouglas Street in Uxbridge. All thefood collected stays in town and helpsyour friends and neighbors. If you donot get a bag, please feel free to fill anyplastic bag you have in your house, orfeel free to contact Lisa Ahern at 508278 3221. Thank you so much for allyour support.

"Blackstone Valley Heritage Quilters'Guild recently held its first meeting ofthe year at St. Patrick's Church, 1 CrossSt., Whitinsville. The guild's activitiesinclude guest speakers, teaching work-shops, fabric raffles, block-of-the-month, sharing of patterns and know-how, show and tell, community serviceprojects, and many laughs and sweets.A planned highlight this year will be anauction. Annual dues are $20. First-time visitors are free. New membersare welcome. Meetings are held on thelast Wednesday of the month.Returning members are reminded tosend in their dues before the first meet-ing." For more information you may

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The George L. Wood Post #5594,Veteran’s of Foreign Wars, will hold aflea market and crafts sale on the postgrounds, Route 140, Upton, on Satur-day, October 9th from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00p.m. A rain date is set for Sunday,October 10th, same time and location.

Dealer spaces cost $8 each. Reserva-tions are required ONLY for dealersneeding to reserve tables. To reservetables, call the chairman, Donald(Doug) Keniston at (508) 529-6247.

Flea Market and Crafts: Severaltables will feature homemade/hand-made crafts. Many tables will offernew and used items at low prices.

Refreshments will be on sale from 8a.m. Proceeds will be used for thepost’s improvements.

This is the Holiday Flea Market andmany dealers will have handmadecrafts and items for Holiday gift giving.This is the last flea market of the year. There is NO admission charge.

letter to the editor

Candidatecommitted to communityDEAR EDITOR,

I would like to take a minute toapplaud the efforts of RepresentativeJennifer Callahan for her strong com-mitment to the Uxbridge Community.

As a life long resident of Uxbridge,graduate of Uxbridge High School,wife and parent of three young chil-dren, I was recently impressed with herloyalty to the children of Uxbridge.During the process which led the com-munity to approve the construction ofa new Uxbridge High School,Representative Callahan was the fore-most politician that spoke out in sup-port of the needs of our school district.Her dedication to this issue wasunprecedented, and for that my familyis grateful.

Jennifer Callahan represents theindependent voice our communityneeds. She has a level headedapproach to all issues on the table andreally understands the communities inher district.

I hope the people of Uxbridge willjoin me on November 2nd to show oursupport for her in her bid for re-elec-tion.

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Veterans Inc., the largest provider ofservices to veterans and their families inNew England, has launched a new web-site with a new address. The non-profitorganization also has a new presence onsocial media sites Facebook, Twitter andYouTube.

The website features videos, “SuccessStories” or case studies on formerlyhomeless veterans helped by VeteransInc., and statistics on the organization andhomelessness among veterans. The “Roadto Recovery” page details the process vet-erans follow from the day they come toVeterans Inc. to the day they return toindependent living.

Male and female veterans seeking emer-gency or transitional housing can down-load the housing application from thewebsite, at their library or other computer

access point. People wishing to volunteeror organize donation drives can downloadapplication forms, and people can donateto Veterans Inc. via a direct link to PayPal.

The site provides detailed informationon Veterans Inc.’s case management,housing, employment and training, healthand wellness, and outreach services. TheNews page has news releases, news arti-cles, special event information, and thenew Veterans Inc. newsletter, calledVeterans Ink.

“We’re very excited about these newresources. We hope the new websitebecomes a valuable tool for all our audi-ences, including homeless veterans, otherveterans in need, donors, volunteers,agencies and the media, as well as stu-dents, teachers and the general publiclooking for information on Veterans Inc.

or homeless veterans,” said President andCEO Vincent J. Perrone.

The new website address is www.veter-ansinc.org. The old address, www.massveterans.org, takes visitors to thenew site for now.

Social Media; “You have to reach out topeople the way they want to be reached.These days, that means Facebook, Twitterand YouTube,” said Perrone. Social mediafollowers of Veterans Inc. will haveaccess to company and industry news,event updates, special promotions andmore.To become a follower of Veterans Inc.:• via Facebook, visit www.facebook.com/veteransinc and click on the Likebutton• via Twitter, go to www.twitter.com, signin, search on veteransinc1, and click on

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Veterans Inc. has helped more than40,000 veterans with housing, employ-ment and training, health and wellness,and outreach services since being foundedin 1990. The organization is a nationalleader in ending homelessness among vet-erans, with one of the highest rates in thenation – 85% - for transitioning veteransout of homelessness. Its clinical casemanagement approach earned VeteransInc. a “Best Practice” citation from theU.S. Department of Labor and theNational Coalition for HomelessVeterans, and two national awards foroutstanding performance.

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New England's economic downturnis proving to be deeper and more per-sistent than expected, but the regioncan rebound through a green economy,one of Maine's leading economists,told state officials gathered at a con-ference in Portland, Maine recently.Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge,who was a featured panelist discussinghealth care quality and cost, alsoattended the plenary session on NewEngland's economic prospects to gainideas to promote economic growthand jobs in Massachusetts in the nextlegislative session.

“The green economy is in its infan-cy, as information technology wasmore than 40 years ago,” said CharlesColgan, professor of public policy andmanagement at the University ofSouthern Maine. “State and local gov-ernments can encourage clean-energybusinesses that can drive the recoverythrough public policies that influencethe price of oil. Only by making oil

more expensive will we unleash themarket forces," he said.

That is where the clean-energy econ-omy can create a new foundation forgrowth. But it is still unclear to whatdegree Northeast states and theirCanadian counterparts can agree onregional strategies to develop renew-able energy sources and transmissioncorridors to connect them to where thepower is needed.

Colgan made his comments at thestart of a three-day Council of StateGovernments/Eastern Regional Con-ference. The nonpartisan group pro-motes multi-state and regional part-nerships to address issues includingenergy, health care and transportation.It represents states from Maine toMaryland, Puerto Rico and the U.S.Virgin Islands, and six easternCanadian provinces. Sen. Moore, whois President of the NationalConference of State Legislatures,serves on the national Executive

Committee on the Council of StateGovernments. Moore attended theconference at his own expense in aneffort to gain ideas from regional lead-ers on how to promote economicrecovery.

However, the regional economicnews at the conference was mixed.The latest economic recovery may bestalling, Professor Colgan said.Earlier this year, economic forecastersthought New England's job marketwould begin growing this year and getback to pre-recession levels by 2013.That outlook may be extended whenforecasters meet again this fall, hesaid. With consumer spending down,state and local governments are cop-ing with an unprecedented plunge intax revenue. Government can be moreefficient, Colgan said, but it can't pro-vide past levels of service. Sen.Moore agreed with Professor Colganthat state revenues are not expected toshow improvement much before thebudget for Fiscal Year 2014.

Later in the conference, attendeesdiscussed health reform. Sen. Moore,who is considered a principal architectof the Massachusetts Health CareReform effort, discussed howMassachusetts has been working toimprove health care quality while con-taining costs. After detailing the workof the Group Insurance Commission,which administers health insurance forstate, and some municipal, employees,retirees and their dependents to pro-mote health quality, Sen. Moore iden-tified the steps taken by theLegislature to prepare the foundationfor dealing with rising health costs."The top health priority for the nextlegislative term," Moore explained,"will be payment reform aimed atimproving patient outcomes whileensuring that care is delivered withgreater efficiency and less waste orduplication."

"The current fee-for-service systemfor health care payments is no longeran effective way to pay for healthcare," said Sen. Moore. He added thatMassachusetts is attempting to findways to move away from the currentsystem.

Under a fee-for-service system, doc-tors and hospitals are typically paidfor each service, such as an office visitor medical test. The system can add tothe high price for health care and canhit patients hard in out-of-pocketcosts, critics say. More states areattempting to move away from thesystem.

"I think, to some degree, the federalreform helps to set the framework forus," Moore said. "I think it's a move-ment that has to come."

For more information on Sen.Moore's efforts to stimulate economicrecovery through his work in theLegislature, visit www.senator-moore.com.


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Taylor C. Leon Dimmick was recent-ly recognized for earning the highestadvancement award the Boy Scouts ofAmerica offers, the Eagle Scout Awardin a ceremony held at St. Marks Churchin Sutton.

Dimmick began his scouting career asa Cub Scout in Troup 143 in 2000 andbecame a member of Troop 131 whenhe crossed into Boy Scouting. He heldmany leadership positions in the Troopand is a member of the Order of theArrow. As part of the requirements toreach this rank, Dimmick completed acommunity service project in the townof Sutton. He organized a troop-wide

effort to clear and re-mark trails at theShaw Farm property used for exerciseand recreation by residents of thetown.

Dimmick is a 2010 graduate of SuttonHigh School and a National MeritScholar. He played soccer and ran forthe track team and was named theschool’s Top Scholar Athlete in his sen-ior year. He also played flute in theschool band. Dimmick is currently afreshman at Assumption College inWorcester, MA.

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Heroes honored for bravery

Representative Jennifer Callahan(Sutton) attended the Ninth AnnualMassachusetts Commemorative Cere-monies on the Anniversary ofSeptember 11, 2001 at the Massa-chusetts State House September 11,2010 to pay tribute to 9/11 families.Ceremonies also included the presen-tation of the Madeline Amy SweeneyAward for Civilian Bravery. TheSweeney Award honors individualswho demonstrate extraordinary brav-ery in an effort to save the life ofanother in danger. Uxbridge residentsPeter Chenevert, Michael Genest,Jessica Genest and David Bianco wererecognized for saving a womantrapped in a burning SUV this pastJanuary.

The Madeline Amy Sweeney Awardwas created in the spirit of the heroismand bravery shown by Sweeney and somany other victims on 9/11. Sweeney,known as Amy, was a flight attendanton American Airlines Flight 11 thatwas hijacked and crashed into theNorth Tower of the World TradeCenter. Before the crash, Sweeneyconveyed critical information aboutthe plane’s hijackers. “I was honoredto meet these real heroes in person andthank them for their bravery. To beselected for this distinguished awardamong all Commonwealth residentswas humbling for these heroes andtheir families, especially as they metmembers of Amy Sweeney’s survivingfamily,” said Callahan.

On January 26, 2010, a SUV crashedon North Main Street in Uxbridge,trapping the single occupant in thevehicle as it caught fire. PeterChenevert heard the accident andcalled 911 before rushing to the sceneto help. The driver was unresponsivewith her seat belt still on. AsChenevert used a fire extinguisherfrom his house to put out the flames,Michael and Jessica Genest and DavidBianco were passing by. Bianco andMichael Genest assisted by keepingthe vehicle from turning over asJessica cut the seat belt loose to pullthe driver free. Uxbridge police offi-cers who responded to the scene creditthe assistance of these selfless individ-uals with playing a large part in savingthe driver’s life. “With total disregardfor their own personal safety, all ofthese heroes made a difference insomeone’s life. A true tragedy wasaverted by these quick thinking indi-viduals,” said Callahan.

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Like the one-arm-paper hanger,Marcia Tognazzi of Uxbridge is tack-ling the clean-up of Pout Pond because,in her words, “I want it to be like it waswhen I learned how to swim here as akid.” Coming from a large family, sheadded she’s used to “working hard for agood cause.” With her grandson, ReeceTognazzi, 5, of Whitinsville by herside, Marcia explained how she spentalmost eight weeks cleaning the waterwith a grass rake and pool skimmer andclearing the weeds off the “wholebeach” with a pitchfork and rake. Shewas also grateful to people stopping byand gladly lending a hand.

She was about to speak about howpeople like to fish as well as swim atthe pond when Uxbridge resident StevePowers, along with his son, Jacob, 13,were about to leave the pond, said thathe enjoys fishing for “freshwater bass”here. He added that he was pleased tosee how the pond is looking cleaner.Marcia said that it’s important that the

vegetation in the water be treated “butwe don’t want to kill the fish.Treatment is to be a control measure,not a genocide.”

While walking along the edge of thepond, there was a front-end loader inoperation on the level above the beach.She went to see the driver, GaryLaVallee of Uxbridge, who was alsodonating his time to clear and reseedthe adjacent beach-front land. Marciadiscovered that Gary and she grew upin the same neighborhood and bothloved coming to Pout Pond as kids.“Coming to Pout Pond makes kids losetheir cares here and if you keep kidsbusy at the pond, they don’t get intotrouble, just like our time growing up,”Marcia stressed. Gary added, “I learnedhow to swim here and want other kidsto learn here, too.” Marcia sponta-neously added, “Gary and I wanttoday’s young people to be able to buildfond memories here at the pond. Marciaalso credited David LaVallee ofUxbridge, another volunteer, who start-ed the excavating and then returnedlater to complete it.

Come next spring, she hopes the newlawn and the repainted bath house willadd to the beauty of the place. “I wantto see the kids building sandcastlesagain, having fun swimming at PoutPond, returning here for family picnicsand creating memories like we didyears ago. Pout Pond is Uxbridge’s hid-den jewel.”

Pout Pond is open all year but thegate to the parking lot will only occa-sionally be opened. During this quieterseason it is hopeful that the new lawnwill take and improvements will beenjoyed next spring. If there is a specialrequest, contacting the ConservationCommission is recommended. Thetown hall is open Monday throughThursday.

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marcia Tognazzi of Uxbridgeand her grandson Reecehave volunteered manyhours at pout pond.

Grants benefitlocal culturalcommunity

Representative Kujawski (D-Web-ster) announced that grants totaling$21,980 have been awarded to culturalorganizations, schools, and communi-ties in his district by the MassachusettsCultural Council (MCC). These grantssupport a variety of cultural activitiesthat benefit local residents. Theannouncement was made as part of astatewide funding program by theMCC.

“I’m proud to support these culturalorganizations and community groups intheir work to enrich our lives andimprove our communities through thearts, humanities, and sciences, “saidRepresentative Kujawski.

Recipients awarded grants include:Douglas Cultural Council: $3,870,Dudley Cultural Council: $3,870,Oxford Cultural Council: $4,770,Uxbridge Cultural Council: $3,870 andWebster Cultural Council: $5,600.

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Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, joined thisweek with other legislators who are members ofthe National Legislative Association forPrescription Drug Pricing (NLARx), to preparefor changes to prescription drug policy resultingfrom the Affordable Care Act; to discuss success-es and innovation in the past legislative session; toget briefed on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals decision upholding Maine’s data-mininglaw; and to brainstorm policy options for 2011.

Lawmakers who participated in the session hailfrom states and jurisdictions including Georgia,Connecticut, Iowa, the District of Columbia, WestVirginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusettsand Vermont. “The meeting provided valuableinformation that will help me to forge our legisla-tive agenda for the 2011 - 2012 legislative sessionto protect consumers, especially senior citizens,who need help to afford the medications they needto stay out of hospitals or nursing homes,” Sen.Moore explained.

Sen. Moore reported on several successfulefforts during the legislative session to defendagainst efforts by drug companies and expensiverestaurants. who sought to repeal or weaken thestate’s prescription drug gift ban and ethics rules.Massachusetts enacted one of the nation’s tough-est pharmaceutical ethics laws in 2008 under Sen.Moore’s leadership. The law is helping to makesure that physicians are not improperly influencedby drug company marketers seeking to sell expen-sive new drugs by influencing prescribers withexpensive meals and other gifts. “If we want tokeep health costs from rising even faster, the giftban is an essential tool,” Sen. Moore explained.

Nancy B. Kelliher, Maine State Director ofAARP spoke to the legislators about how federalhealth reform affects Medicare Part D - the pre-scription drug assistance program for seniors. Shesaid that if Medicare helps pay for prescriptiondrugs for elders or disabled, they may wonderwhether they’ll fall into the so-called “Part DDonut Hole,” that leads to expensive out-of-pock-et drug costs. She said, “AARP has a new on-line“Donut Hole Calculator” that does the math andtells consumers when and whether they may useup some of their drug benefits.“ The calculatoralso offers suggestions for reducing drug costs topostpone reaching the donut hole gap or even

avoid it entirely. “It could save money for thosewho need prescription drugs,” she explained.

By going to www.aarp.org/doughnuthole andtyping in the individual’s zip code, then selectingthe relevant Part D plan, the individual lists themedication they take routinely. The calculatorwill advise if, and when, the person might fall intothe doughnut hole during the year. The calculatoralso identifies up to three different medicationsthat have similar medical effect as the drugs cur-rently prescribed, but are less expensive. If thedrugs are just as effective, but less expensive, thecalculator prints out a letter that the person cantake to their doctor to ask about the less expensivedrugs.

The legislators also discussed steps that statesneed to take to deal with federal rules that couldreduce funds currently being received by stateMedicaid programs because of changes in the drugrebate program. Drug companies provide rebatesin the millions of dollars to Medicaid in return forbeing included in drug formularies. States willneed to take action to minimize the loss of some ofthese rebate funds.

Sen. Moore said that he plans to introduce legis-lation this fall as a result of several lessons that helearned at the NLARx regional meeting. “I defi-nitely will ask our staff to study how the federalhealth reforms provisions, known as the‘Physician Payments Sunshine Act,’ will work inconjunction with our own Prescription Drug GiftBan,” he explained. “I also want to make sure thatour Medicaid Program is on top of changes in thefederal drug rebate rules to make sure that we’regetting all that we’re entitled to receive,” headded.

Moore stated that he plans to file legislation toobtain the “best price” data from pharmaceuticalcompanies dealing with the state’s Medicaid pro-gram similar to one adopted in Maine. Such a lawwill give the state the information needed to com-ply with the drug rebate provisions of the federalhealth reform law. “It is exactly this sort of infor-mation that legislators gain from attending confer-ences with other legislators. We can learn fromeach other and stay on top of needed changes inlaw to protect our taxpayers,” the veteran legisla-tor concluded.

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The Friends of Historic Hopedalewill host its second annual Oktoberfestevent on the shores of Hopedale Pondon Saturday, October 2nd (rain date isSaturday, October 9th). The family-funevent runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00p.m., with extended hours from 4:00p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for the food courtand beer garden areas located on thegrounds of the Little Red ShopMuseum at the corner of Hopedale andFreedom Streets.

The event features family fun activi-ties, street vendors selling German andAmerican foods, a beer and wine gar-den, a wide variety of live music, haywagon rides, a petting zoo, artists andcrafters, a community yard sale, teth-ered hot air balloon rides, a golf balldrop for $1000, live radio broadcast,dance demonstrations and more.Performers for the day will showcasetheir talents at the Hopedale TownPark Bandstand, and include The JerrySeeco Band, folk singer Charlie B.,and the Fantasy Big Band. For thoseseeking traditional “oom pah” Okto-berfest music, the famed Double EagleOktoberfest Band from Canton,Mass., will perform at the Beer Gardenfrom 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

“Last year’s Oktoberfest was a mag-ical celebration of the spirit of theBlackstone Valley and people havebeen asking us all year to repeat theevent,” said Tom McGovern, eventmanager and member of the sponsor-ing organization, the Friends ofHistoric Hopedale. “But for 2010,we’re going to exceed the magic.”

“ With dozens of additional food,craft and other vendors; live musicincluding an oom pah band; extendedhours and an unmatched variety offamily-fun activities, Oktoberfest ’10will be the biggest event Hopedale hasseen in years,” McGovern said. “Wehave increased the event’s footprint toinclude the Hopedale Town Park aswell as Hopedale Street betweenFreedom and Dutcher Streets, and partof the Hopedale Parklands.”

Very reasonably-priced 12x12 ven-dor spaces are still available as well as10x10 Community Yard Sale slots.Call Tom McGovern at 508-634-3460for more information. Spaces are lim-ited and will be sold on a first-come,first-reserved basis.

Volunteers wishing to help with theday’s activities should contact SuzanCiaramicoli at 508-473-2192.

Hopedale’s Little Red Shop is thetown’s oldest surviving industrialbuilding. It has undergone substantialexterior and interior renovations dur-ing the last several years. TheOktoberfest helps fund its continuingoperations.

“Team Moore,” the running teamsponsored by Sen. Richard T. Moore,D-Uxbridge, made a strong showingin the 2010 Ronny’s Fun Run inWhitinsville this past Saturday.Team Moore’s seven runners cap-tured five spots in the top twentyplaces in a field of 84 participants.

The annual four mile event is spon-sored by the Uxbridge Rotary Club.Timing for the road race will be pro-vided by Central Mass. Striders, andawards and prizes were given to firstoverall division winners in all races.Stephanie Reilly of Northbridge, aformer Providence College standoutwho now coaches at Bryant Univer-sity, was the overall race winner witha time of 21:43.

“I’ve sponsored my running teamin this race nearly every year since itbegan,” Sen. Moore explained. “RonSafer was a gifted educator, dedicat-ed to his students, and I am happy tohelp keep his memory alive by sup-porting scholarships for more area

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If you’re a dedicated yard sale fanat-ic, then you would LOVE Plaka! Of allthe cities of the world that Peg and Ihave visited, the one that stands outabove all the rest for the availability ofbargains and being able to negotiate for

them besides, is Athens, Greece.Especially that area in the shadow ofthe Acropolis called Plaka.

Somehow, on our very first trip tothat land of ancient wonders, brightsunshine and magnificent island beach-es, we wound up discovering and stay-ing in a small hotel in Theseion square,directly across from the Agora andwithin walking distance from the worldfamous Acropolis. In fact, we even hada small balcony from which we wereable to witness the sound and lightshow presented each evening. It didn’t

take us long in our wandering to “stum-ble” onto one of the oldest part of thatancient city, and the adjacent marketplace. We even discovered a short cutthrough the archeological site adjacentto the Acropolis where every eveningbackpackers spent the night campingout.

I recall that after crossing the busymain street near the hotel, it was a shorthike down hill to the railroad bridge,turn right and there the streets began tonarrow, and in a short time we wereentering a shoppers paradise. It didn’ttake us more than a couple of trips torealize that the cubicles were arrangedby product, and thus made comparingitems and prices much simpler. Forexample there would be vendor aftervendor displaying swords and cutleryand then perhaps a group selling hats,jackets and other apparel, then perhapsseveral displaying leather goods. Ithink our favorites were clusters offer-ing all sorts of small souvenirs that wecould bring home as gifts. Cast modelsof different Greek buildings, keychains, pottery, and such were easy tohandle, and for the first few trips, it wasno holds barred: anything that appealedto us went home with us. It also didn’ttake us long to realize that the dis-played price was only the “suggested”price. We became experts at bargainingfor items we wanted.

Looking back we can’t believe someof the items we lugged, and not onlybrought them home, but got them herein one piece. And of course our shop-ping sprees weren’t just confined toPlaka. It wasn’t unusual to find minia-ture “treasure troves” out on theislands. A couple of special prizescome to mind, if for no other reasonthan at least one of them is still in onepiece, after years and years of “abuse”.Talk about luck.

The first item is a hand made (inGreece of course) clay pitcher that hasbeen on our kitchen counter for ever,stuffed full of all the miscellaneous cut-lery items that get occasionally used,and then conveniently stored in a cor-ner. Looking at it we often remark onhow it has survived in one piece for solong.

The other was an extremely fragileitem which unfortunately disappearedlong ago. Just thinking about it now Imust have been crazy to even dreamthat I could get it home in one piece:but I did. I recall clearly how I came bythat masterpiece of nature on one of ourearly trips. Peg and I were sunning andswimming off a rocky shore on theisland of Kea. I had lugged my facemask and fins along that trip as I did

several times to enjoy the views in theunbelievably crystal clear water sur-rounding much of Greece, especiallythe islands. I recall jumping off a rockyoutcrop, and discovering to my dismaythat the bottom of the shallow lagoonwas covered with a mass of black seaurchins, some of which were almost aslarge as base balls. I immediately sur-faced and shouted to Peg not to walkinto the water, as the spiny crustationswere not something that would be funto step on.

As I swam around on the surface, Ibegan spotting shells of dead urchinsminus the lethal spines, and thoughtone would make a nice souvenir. Ispotted two or three that looked likenice specimens, and dove down andcarefully picked them up and swamback to shore. Once back on the rocks,I noticed that the ground around us waslittered with empty shells that had beencooked and eaten by party goers. Seaurchins are considered a delicacy butwe never got to try any. Somehow, Imanaged to keep those delicate shells,which weren’t much stronger than eggshells, in perfect condition not only forthe remainder of our island hopping,but all the way home.

We kept up our active “export busi-ness” for several years, until we just gottired of lugging all the stuff, especiallyas we traveled so light as you read inone of our previous articles. However,we never tired of just strolling throughthe market place, and admiring all theitems offered for sale. It was on one ofthese casual days of exploring that wecame across the real jewel of the area.

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We had climbed the Alfama to theCastle of St. George in Lisbon severalyears previously, and recalled how thestreets there were so narrow and crowd-ed due to the fact that that section of thecity was the oldest to survive. Based onthat knowledge we believed that wewere treading in what was most likelythe oldest preserved neighborhood in

city of Athens. It wasn’t until muchlater that I discovered that the area onlydates back to the early eighteen hun-dreds. As it was in the Alfama, it wasinteresting to peek into the open doorsand windows and get a glimpse of howthe inhabitants lived. Close to the topof an antique stairway we came to aroadway that was a bit wider, and moretavernas and dining places that we justknew we would return to.

After a few trips to Greece, we rarelystayed in Athens any more than one ortwo nights after arriving. We were anx-ious to get out of the hot city and go toour island paradises. Usually on theday after arriving we would pick a des-tination, board a bus and head for thecoastal port where we would pick aferry and begin our annual sabbatical.

It’s been many years now since welast traveled to the land of the origin of

Democracy, and most likely will neverreturn. Some folks might say that’ssad, but we are happy just to have expe-rienced such a magnificent place, andhave enough photos and memories ofthose irreplaceable adventures to last usforever.Comments/questions: [email protected] many places…so little time.

There will be a craft and vendor fairalong with a family farm day atUxbridge Farm and Fairgrounds onSaturday, October 9thfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.There will be many dif-ferent crafters there dis-playing their crafts suchas jewelry, flowerarrangements, chocolatesand candies, ornaments,decorative items, beadeditems, artwork, photogra-phy, hand painted signs,candle making kits and much more.There will also be vendors there repre-senting Usbourne books, Miche bags,

Creative Memories, Dove ChocolateDiscoveries and Madison Handbags. P& W Sweets will be there too providing

lunch type foods, snacks,drinks and desserts forpurchase.

This event will be runalong with a family farmday which will include afresh fruit and vegetablestand, fall flowers, andactivities for the kidsincluding pumpkin paint-ing, a bouncy house,

archery, a children’s play area, hayrides and a hay maze. Hope to see youthere!

Craft Fair at UxbridgeFarm & Fairgrounds

Come one, come all to Fall FamilyFun at the North Uxbridge BaptistChurch on Saturday, October 23rdfrom 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Therewill be fun and games for all agesincluding sack races, pumpkin paint-ing, bobbing for apples, silly song time,festive food, and even a moonwalk

bounce house! The church is located onthe corner of Hartford Avenue andRoute 122 in North Uxbridge.

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ST. GElaiSKelly (Keegan) and Robert St. GelaisJr. of Millville announce the birth oftheir son, Maximilian Aiden on April29th. Becky and James Keegan ofUxbridge are the maternal grandpar-ents. Donna and Robert St. Gelais ofBellingham are the paternal grandpar-ents. Great grandparents are JoenCarpentier and Margaret Keegan ofBlackstone. Andrew, Benjamin, Zofia,Nathan, and Julia welcome their broth-er at home.

lEVEillESara (Morven) and John Leveille ofWhitinsville announce the birth of theirdaughter, Emma Rose on April 30th.George and Diane Rayner ofWhitinsville are the maternal grandpar-ents. Michael and Ann Leveille ofNorthbridge are the paternal grandpar-ents. John Jr. age 8 and Abigail age 11/2 welcome their sister at home.

da SilVaBethany Turcotte and Claudio da Silvaof Blackstone announce the birth oftheir daughter, Abigail Hercilia on May8th. Maternal grandparents are GailMitchell of Pascoag and DanielTurcotte of Blackstone. Paternalgrandparents are Hercilia & Jose’ daSilva of Pancas, Es, Brasil. Benjaminand Nikolas welcome their sister athome.

laWESAmie (L’Etoile) and Dereck Lawes ofBlackstone announce the birth of theirson, Daniel Charles on May 11th.Maternal grandparents are Patricia andDaniel L’Etoile of Woonsocket, RI.Paternal grandparents are Laurie Lawesof North Attleboro and Wilfred Lawesof Blackstone. Great grandparents areBarbara Wilson of Franklin, ClaireL’Etoile-Angelini of Woonsocket andDoris & Charles Legg of NorthAttleboro.

KOREnCSiKHeather (Mercure) and KristianKorencsik of Blackstone announce thebirth of their daughter Sarah Aislinn onMay 11th. Maternal grandparents areNorma & Walter Armstrong ofBlackstone and Michael Mercure &Joyce Marquis of Woonsocket.Paternal grandparent is SheilaKorencsik of Woonsocket. Greatgrandparents are Normand & MarieGirard of Blackstone and Marie &Lionel Mercure of Franklin. Sarah iswelcomed at home by her sister Julia.

HaRRiSJulie (McBroom) and Anthony Harrisof Uxbridge announce the birth of theirson, Logan Brian on May 27th.Maternal grandparents are ClaudeMcBroom of Clairmont, NH andRoberta McBroom of Northbridge.Paternal grandparents are Brian Harrisof Milford and Linda Bailargeon ofUxbridge. Logan joins his brother AJage 16 and sister Mullaney age 5.

dUClOSJennifer (Richard) and Scott Duclos ofDouglas announce the birth of theirdaughter Ava Brooke on May 27th.Maternal grandparents are Joyce andRoger Martinsen of Douglas andSteven Richard of Worcester. Paternalgrandparents are Brian and BeverlyDuclos of Sutton. Great grandparents

are Joan Richard and Lillian Duclosboth of Sutton.

FlORESKristen Greene and Emmanuel Floresof Douglas announce the birth of theirson Emmanuel William on May 28th.Maternal grandparents are William andPatricia Greene of Douglas. Paternalgrandparents are Orlando Flores andLuz Robles of Providence, RI.Nathaniel age 10, Thomas age 8,Christopher age 5 and Alyssa age 1welcome their brother.

BUlliSBeth Bergstrom and Harry Bullis, V ofWhitinsville announce the births oftheir twins, Faith Anne and EthanSpencer on June 3rd. Maternal grand-parents are Bernadette Guertin ofDouglas & the late Bruce R.Bergstrom. Paternal grandparents areHarry S. Bullis, IV of Mendon and LisaBateman of Tappahannock, VA. Greatgrandparent is Harry Spencer Bullis, IIIof Virginia. Faith and Ethan join theirsister, Jessica age 4 at home.

KampERSalAmanda (Ackerman) and PaulKampersal of Whitinsville announcethe birth of their son, Kyle Edward onJune 6th. Maternal grandparents areEdward Ackerman of Milford andElizabeth Capuzziello of Sutton.Paternal grandparent is Ann Kampersalof Millville. Great grandparents areEdward & Elizabeth Beecher andFlorence Ackerman of Milford, HelenJohnson of Hopedale and MarionKampersal of Holliston. Christian wel-comes his brother at home.

FORTEBrandi (Kauker) and Vincent Forte, IIIof Uxbridge announce the birth of theirdaughter, Carlie Rose on June 9th.Maternal grandparents are Sherri andJoseph Kauker of Bellingham. Paternal

grandparents are Sue and VincentForte, Jr. of Bellingham. Great grand-parent is Jeanette Barrie ofWoonsocket.

HaynESMaribeth (Davis) and Gregg Haynes ofMillville announce the birth of theirson, Jake Thomas on June 9th.Maternal grandparents are Paula &Perry Davis of Holliston. Paternalgrandparents are Pamela & MichaelHaynes of Holliston. Jake is welcomedat home by his brother, Shaun age 3.

lOpESCorrine Smith of Millville and StevenLopes of Cranston, RI announce thebirth of their daughter, MackenzieNicole on June 9th. Maternal grand-parents are Robert and Melissa Smithof Millville. Paternal grandparents areJacqueline Kirkconnell of Cranston andRonald Lopes of Central Falls.

GOTTliEBBrandy Kohler-Gottlieb and StanleyGottlieb of Douglas announce the birthof their daughter, Lillian Kim on June17th. Maternal grandparents are RayGifford, Sr. of Webster and the late KimKohler of Milford. Paternal grandpar-ents are Marty and Gregory Bearer ofMilford. Lillian joins her siblingsCrystal, Cody, Caitlyn and Jonathan.

WiGGinCassandra Ann (Moore) and ChadRobert Wiggin of Blackstone announcethe birth of their son, Benjamin Roberton June 24th. Maternal grandparentsare James Moore of Blackstone andDebbie Moore of Plainville. Paternalgrandparents are Robert & DonnaWiggin of Franklin. Great grandparentis Mona Timmons of Kingston, SC.Benjamin is welcomed by his sisterBrittany age 14.



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GREniERErin (Shugrue) and Carlin Grenier ofUxbridge announce the birth of theirdaughter, Sari Jacqueline on July 16th.Maternal grandparents are Sharyn andGerald Shugrue of Northbridge.Paternal grandparents are Jacquelineand John Grenier of Shrewsbury.Jordan age 13 welcomes Sari.

millERAngel (Adair) and James Miller ofUxbridge announce the birth of theirdaughter, Madalyn Mollie on July 16th.Maternal grandparents are Paula Lyonsand Reginald Adair of Springfield.Paternal grandparents are Mollie andRobert Miller of West Yarmouth.Madalyn’s siblings Marcus age 16 andXavier age 9 welcome her.

COnWaySherry (Mercure) Roe and StephenConway, Jr. of Northbridge announcethe birth of their daughter, Taryn Anne-Marie on August 2nd. The maternalgrandparents are Stephen & ShirleyMercure of Uxbridge. The paternalgrandparents are Joan Conway and thelate Stephen Conway, Sr. of Milford.Marie Conway of Whitinsville andAnne Lane of Allston are the greatgrandparents. Taryn’s siblings RowanConway age 6 and Jacqueline Roe age5 1/2 welcome her.

lanaGanJennifer (Tynes) and Keith Lanagan ofMillville announce the birth of theirson, Cayden James on August 17th.Maternal grandparents are Gwen Tynesof Marlboro and David Tynes ofDennisport. Paternal grandparents areGary Lanagan of Burriville, RI andMarion Anderson of Chepachet, RI.Miah, age 5 welcomes her brother athome.

maddEnJessica Levenson and Mark Madden ofUxbridge announce the birth of theirdaughter, Margaret Anne on August17th. Maternal grandparents areJohanna Mancuso of Milford andDavid G. Levenson of Framingham.Paternal grandparents are Debbie Longof Grafton and Peter E. Madden ofNewport, RI. Margaret’s great grand-mother is Anne G. Levenson ofFramingham. Sullivan age 4 welcomeshis sister at home.

HOlmESJohn and Jennifer (McKernan) Holmesof Uxbridge announce the birth of theirdaughter Aaralyn Debra on August20th. Grandparents are GeraldineJerome of Bellingham and Jay McKernan of Groton, CT. Aaralyn joinsher siblings Maeve, age 3 and Attilio,age 1.

JOHnSOnErika (Anderson) and Bryan Johnsonof Whitinsville announce the birth oftheir son, Samuel Curtis on August 25.Maternal grandparents are Mark andMarilyn Anderson of Uxbridge.Paternal grandparents are Peter andAudrey Johnson of Ashland. Jim andJean Nydam and Helen Anderson ofUxbridge are the great grandparents.Samuel joins his siblings Benjamin andMargaret.

BOUTiETTEKatherine Leenhouts and Leo NormanBoutiette III of Northbridge announcethe birth of their daughter LeighanaMay on September 1st. ElizabethRalston of Northbridge and RichardLeenhouts of Bellingham are thematernal grandparents. Paternal grand-parents are Gail Boutiette of North-bridge and Leo N. Boutiette, Jr. ofSkowhegan, ME. Great grandparentsare Gus & Shirley Schultzberg ofUxbridge, Arthur & Mabel Ferreria ofWorcester, Ann & Bill O’Brien ofHomosasa, FL and Mary Leenhouts ofNeedham.

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What promises to be a most entertain-ing and memorable comedy showcomes to the Stadium Theatre in Woon-socket, RI on Friday, October 1st at 8PM. The hilarious Natasha Leggero, ajudge on Last Comic Standing, current-ly airing on NBC 10 and as seen on thehit E! television show Chelsea Lately,Comedy Central and the Tonight Showwith Jay Leno headlines this sensation-al comedy event featuring four of thefunniest female comedians in America.

Popular Boston club headliners PattyRoss, Kelly MacFarland and CarolynPlummer join Natasha on the bill “Anytwo of these talented women in oneshow would make for a terrific event,"says the show’s producer, Joe Rocco."To have all four together in one nightis extraordinary.”

Tickets can be purchased at: www.StadiumTheatre.com or by calling theTheater Box Office 401-762-4545

A limited number of VIP front rowtickets that include a meet and greetwith all the performers. You must be atleast 16 years of age to attend.

The JourneyShow

Captured is as close as it gets to see-ing Journey in concert. State of the artsound and lighting and the band’scommitment to accurately recreate themusic of Journey combine to makeCaptured one of the Country's mostsought after Journey Acts. If you can’tget around to seeing the real thing thisyear, or if you just can’t get enoughJourney in your life, come and experi-ence Captured at the beautiful StadiumTheatre in Woonsocket!

Captured will be performing Sat-urday, October 2nd at 8 PM. The con-cert will be held at The StadiumTheatre in Woonsocket. Tickets areavailable at the Theatre Box Office orby calling 401-762-4545 and online atwww.stadiumtheatre. com.

The Stadium Theatre PerformingArts Centre offers outstanding local,regional, nationally and internationallyrenowned live entertainment inWoonsocket, RI. For more informationon upcoming events visit www.stadi-umtheatre.com.

On Wednesday, October 6th at 7:00p.m., author Vincent Cannato, 2010Massachusetts Book Award winner willtalk about the research behind hisaward-winning book, American Pas-sage: a history of Ellis Island. Using avariety of primary sources, Cannatodescribes Ellis Island as a place and asan experience for the approximately 12million immigrants who passedthrough it from 1892 to 1924. He fol-lows its reincarnation as a detentioncenter for wartime aliens to its presentpurpose as a monument and museumdedicated to immigration history.Copies of his book will be available forpurchase and book signing courtesy ofBarnes & Noble.

Are you or someone you know amember of the sandwich generation,caring for both your parents and yourchildren? In collaboration with Tri-Valley, Inc, The Uxbridge Council onAging and the Uxbridge Free PublicLibrary, we present a forum onThursday, October 14th at 7 p.m. enti-tled "Who’s Taking Care of Mom andDad? An Overview of CaregivingServices." This program will be held at

the Uxbridge Senior Center, 36 So.Main St. Uxbridge and is open to all.Please RSVP the Library at 508-278-8624 for seating.

Mike Tougias, an award-winningauthor of eighteen books, will presentOverboard! A True Bluewater Odysseyof Disaster and Survival and other talesof adventure on Monday, October 18that 7 p.m., a retelling of the dramaticattempt to rescue the yachts Almeisanand At Ease during a vast storm off theEast Coast in spring 2005. The twoexperienced sailors aboard Almeisanwere washed overboard. The captaindied, but his first mate survived, thanksto a Filipino merchant ship, and theAlmeisan’s three working passengersfast-learned enough seamanship to last until the Coast Guard arrived. Thisprogram is generously sponsored by theLibrary Board of Trustees and is opento all. Please RSVP for seating. Copiesof several of Mike Tougias' books willbe available for purchase and booksigning courtesy of Barnes & Noble.

For those who prefer cozier read-ing, we welcome Marie Bostwick, NewYork Times bestselling author of A

Thread So Thin and other quilting sto-ries on October 28th at 6:30 p.m."Marie Bostwick beautifully capturesthe very essence of women's friend-ships-- the love, the pain, the trust, theforgiveness-- and crafts a seamless andheartfelt novel from them" (KristyKiernan, author of Catching Geniusand Matters of Faith). This program isgenerously sponsored by the LibraryBoard of Trustees and is open to all.Please RSVP for seating. Copies ofseveral of Marie Bostwick's' books willbe available for purchase and booksigning courtesy of Barnes & Noble.

New England towns such as Uxbridgeare dotted with historic cemeteries, dat-ing back centuries. Exploring them canbe a snapshot of history as you discov-er instances of a smallpox epidemic, atragedy at sea or a loved one lost in bat-tle. On Monday, November 15th at 7p.m. we welcome The Gravestone Girlswho have researched Uxbridge Ceme-teries and will talk about their art, his-tory and symbolism. This program isgenerously sponsored by the LibraryBoard of Trustees. Please RSVP forseating.

We may add more programs as the sea-son progresses. Check the library fornew events!ONGOING PROGRAMSSearching for Roots Genealogy Work-shop with Mike Potaski, meeting everyother Saturday 10 a.m. - Noon. Fornovices as well as experiencedresearchers!Library Knitting Circle ~ Saturdays 10a.m. - NoonPageTurners for Seniors ~ Meets everysecond Thursday from 1-2 p.m,Uxbridge Senior Center, 36 So. MainSt., UxbridgeSPECIAL FUNDRAISING EVENT: An Evening With National Geographicphotojournalist Brian Skerry, Friday,November 19th at 7:30 p.m. Details tofollow.

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Miss Saigonpresented by Encore

The Encore Repertory Company pres-ents the Broadway classic Miss Saigon atthe Stadium Theatre.

In the turmoil of the Vietnam War, anAmerican soldier and a Vietnamese girlfall in love, only to be separated duringthe fall of Saigon. Their struggles to findeach other over the ensuing years ends intragedy for her and a fighting chance forthe child he never knew he had.

Raw and uncompromising, “MissSaigon” is an intensely personal story ofthe losses we suffer and the sacrifices wemake in a world gone mad.

Miss Saigon will be performed Friday& Saturday, Oct. 15th & 16th at 7:30PM, and Sunday Oct. 17th at 2:00 PM.

The performance will be held at TheStadium Theatre in Woonsocket. Ticketsare available at the Stadium Theatre BoxOffice or by calling 401-762-4545 andonline at www.stadiumtheatre.com.

The Rotary Clubof Uxbridge ispleased to providea helping hand tothe People FirstFood Pantry inUxbridge. RotaryPresident, MarciaDavis, visited theFood Pantry at theend of August andpresented a checkin the amount of$500.00 to NoreenLandry, Presidentof the Peoples FirstFood Pantry Inc. ofUxbridge and AreaAdministrator inthe BlackstoneValley and Greater Milford Area forCatholic Charities of WorcesterCounty. “It is the mission of thePeople First Food Pantry to provide abridge to the members of the commu-nity in need of food assistance. Thepresent state of the economy has aneven larger number of people in needof the services provided and donationsare greatly needed.” Rotary Clubmembers are always on hand to helpwherever we see a need, and with thecurrent demand so great, the clubunanimously supported the decision tomake a donation to this worthwhilecause.

During the year,the Rotary Club ofUxbridge sponsorsmany fundraisingevents, including aWine & ChocolateTasting, AnnualGolf Tournamentand Fun Run RoadRace. With fundsraised by thesecharitable endeav-ors, there havebeen many liveschanged for thebetter. It is ourgoal to continue tomake a differencehere in the Black-stone Valley and

also around the world, through ouraffiliation with Rotary International.

Chartered in 1926, The Rotary Clubof Uxbridge is a club that trulybelieves in “Service Above Self”. Ourmembership encompasses all towns inthe Blackstone Valley, includingUxbridge, Northbridge, Douglas andMillville. If you would like to learnmore about Rotary and give some ofyour time to help your community,please join us for lunch in the TrusteesRoom at Unibank, 49 Church Street,Whitinsville, MA 01588 any Tuesdayat noon.


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Savers Bank has joined efforts withCheney Orchards and the CommunityHarvest Project to help them exceedtheir goals for collecting food for theirdonations to the Worcester CountyFood Bank.

Savers Bank has made another dona-tion of $1000 to aid the CommunityHarvest Project in their efforts to allevi-ate hunger problems in the Worcesterand surrounding areas. David L.Cheney, owner of Cheney Orchards inBrimfield closed his doors to the publicover 10 years ago. After reading an arti-cle in the paper on the CommunityHarvest Project he felt his orchardwould be a great contribution in help-ing them with their efforts. Employeesfrom Savers Bank volunteered theirtime to help with this worthy cause.Together with the Community HarvestProject they have picked over 6,000 lbsof apples this year and plan to continuethrough the fall. Mr. Cheney is excitedto be a part of this project and plans tocontinue this partnership each year bydonating apples from over 1,500 trees.The Community Harvest Project willaid him in reviving the orchard andkeeping up with the care and mainte-nance of the trees.

The Community Harvest Project,located in North Grafton, is an all-vol-unteer farm program, whose mission isto grow produce to help alleviatehunger in Central Massachusetts. Allof the fresh produce grown byCommunity Harvest is donated to the

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Benjamin Chanthanouvong, Customer Service Repre-sentative, Savers Bank, Heather Wilson, Head Teller,Savers Bank.

SuttonWoman’s Clubhost play

The Sutton Woman’s Club proudlypresents “They Called Me Lizzy…from Slavery to the White House.”The true life story of Elizabeth Keckly,her rise from slavery to entrepreneur-ial freedom then scandal and decline.

Join us for actress StephanieJackson’s 1 hour presentation as thestory of Lizzy unfolds, full of twistsand turns, bravery and remarkableresilience; 30 years as a slave and fouryears in the White House as MaryTodd Lincoln’s dressmaker.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at theDudley-Gendron Hall, 156 BostonRd., Sutton, MA. Seating is limited,please RSVP to Cynde Balazs (508)865- 2301 or email suttonwoman-sclub@gmail. com. Doors open at6:30 p.m., presentation starts at 7:00p.m. A $10.00 donation is appreciated,but not re-quired.

The Sutton Woman’s Club is a non-profit club dedicated to serving thecommunity and is open to all womenfrom Sutton and surrounding commu-nities. Newcomers are welcome –come see what we are all about.

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Daniels FarmCivil WarEncampmentBy CHRiSTinE WHipplE

The Daniels family would have beenpleased and proud from the top of theirhill on 286 Mendon Street, Blackstoneon June 19th and 20th. Daniels Farm-stead Foundation hosted a Civil WarEncampment, complete with Union andConfederate Armies and the town ofUnity between the two camps. Each ofthe two days, a battle took place, draw-ing a crowd of over 1,500 spectatorsfrom each state in New England andbeyond.

Hundred's of re-enactor's from theNew England Brigade including (butnot limited to) the 12th and the 25thMassachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the9th Massachusetts Battery, the 32ndMassachusetts field hospital, cavalryand other units, the Town of Unity andsutlers and others who “fell in” partici-pated in the re-enactment. Visitors

heard Generals discuss and debate bat-tles and tactics, see infantry andartillery drills and experience a varietyof period scenarios. Each day, northernand southern re-enactors engaged inbattles, drawing hundreds of spectators.

Many of the re-enactors participatedwith spouses and children. When askedwhy they spent every weekend dressingup in period clothes and living life as if

it were the 1800's, the unanimousanswer was a love of history. PaulMello from Leominster, who has beenre-enacting for 15 years voiced a com-mon sentiment, “We need to get youngpeople involved. They don't knowenough about history. A lot of whatthey think they know is incorrect.”

Suzanne Toomey, from Foxboro, is anurse during the week and has been re-

enacting for 9 years. She explained,“I'm a civilian; we all are here in Unity.This is a town similar to whatWinchester, VA would have lookedlike. We are neither Union nor South-ern. Because our borders are on bothwarring sides, folks in town did notclaim an allegiance (or kept it a secret ifthey did). The town of Winchester,



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Audrina in the town of Unity cookedalmost non-stop during the encampment,she creates her own era recipes. She wasthere with her 3 & 4 year olds (also re-enactors), this has been part of her lifesince she was 8 years old (almost 20years). She is currently a full time studentat CCRI.

Down the path in Unity I found AdamsExpress. By the outbreak of the Civil War,Adams was one of the major packagedeliverers in the country. When the warbroke out, divisions of Adams Expresswere sold to southern agents. Many ques-tion whether this was a legal transactionor if Adams did it as a smokescreen to notlose business or favor from the North. Atthe Adams Express post I met GeorgeScheck who has been re-enacting foralmost 30 years and Wayne Rowe whobecame a re-enactor because of George'sinfluence. Scheck lives in Narragansettand is a retired librarian from the NavalWar College in Newport, RI. Rowe retiredfrom the Navy 10 years ago and currentlyworks in the Naval War College Libraryas the Head of Reference. Both mentalked about how fun it was to meet newpeople and talk to them about history.They remarked that it was nice to talkabout what happened in the setting of avillage and to leave politics out of theconversation.

Re-enactors were present from all overMass and RI, CT as well as from VA, PA,NH, VT & Maine. Their weekly occupa-tions included Registered Nurses, sub-stance abuse counselor, manufacturingengineer, liquor store managers, collegestudents, engineers, attorneys, doctors,security officers, couriers, even a FerrariMechanic.

There were many re-enactors who mod-eled themselves after ancestors or whocited that as the reason that they chose tobe a part of what all called a “family”.When asked how they got involved, manyof them said because of family. The sec-ond most common answer was that theyalways wanted to get involved, but neverknew how. These folks were invited to re-encampment, saw one advertised or de-

cided to research the possibility on theirown. There were 10-15 young men (ages19-25) who adamantly said, “To meetgirls.”

Bob Burbank, from Uxbridge was oneof the founding fathers of the NewEngland Brigade. He has been re-enact-ing for 23 years and said, “Re-enactinghas come a long way. It is more preciseand regimented.” His wife has relativeswho fought in the civil war. Burbank is“supposed to be retired”, he currentlyshoes horses with his son (which he's beendoing for 45 years). His daughter, CarrieBergman, 27 years old, has been re-enact-ing with her father since she was 4 yearsold. She currently lives in No. Oxfordand is a registered nurse.

Flapjack, or Captain LaFluer, is aTopographical Engineer. He makes mapsof the grounds for the troops before theygo into battle (distinguishing walls,stones, etc.). He has been re-enacting for15 years. When he is not on the battle-field, Flapjack is a woodworker in FallRiver. This occupation started with onechair on the 135th Anniversary on the bat-tle of Gettysburg. On his birthday in1988, his brother (also a re-enactor) pre-sented it to him during a re-enactment.The products he hand crafts and sells aremilitary field camp chairs and other furni-ture. These are pieces that can be takenfrom site to site with no tools needed totake them apart.

I found Jimmy Dunn at the 32nd Mass.Field Hospital where the soldier sittingbeside him said, “This man is a friend,mentor and rock of sterling commonsense in a sea of confusion.” Dunn is aretired Army man who has been re-enact-ing since 1996. He lives in Dudley withhis wife, Mary, also a re-enactor in theMass. Field Hospital.

Paul Lacroix, from Richmond, RI hasbeen re-enacting from almost a year. Hissister moved to Franklin, Tennesseewhere she lives on part of the battlefield.While visiting her, he decided he wantedto do Civil War re-enactments. When hegot home he did a computer search and isnow a member of the “Second RI, FifthTennessee” unit.

Craig Cunningham is with the 7thTennessee Company. He's been re-enact-ing for 5 years. What drew him in wasthat his grandfather six generations back

was killed in the battle of Shiloh. Hiswife is also a re-enactor. When he is notat battle, he is a Certified Phlebotomist.He is from Taunton, MA

At the 85th Virginia Company B, I foundtwo young soldiers cooking breakfast,Kevin Thornton and James Darkin. Theare both Juniors at Dracut High Schooland involved because of Thornton's Uncle(also a re-enactor). Each of them are sea-soned athletes and remarked at how muchthey are learning about history. Darkinmade an astute observation, “This willteach you things. Stuff you won't easilyforget.”

Tom Summer is a re-enactor with the35th Virginia, his role is the cook.Summer has been re-enacting for 10 yearsand is also a WWII re-enactor which hesaid is “a very different kind of re-enact-ment”. He lives in Groton, MA and is anEngineer (military, high tech) when not onthe battlefield. He remarked, “This helpsyou to understand what a soldier does andwhy. Being in a different time and differ-ent places takes you away from the stressof your week. It is very therapeutic.”This was another very common sentimentvoiced by folks.

Adjutant Taylor has been a re-enactorsince 2000 because he wants to “bring aman's voice back to life. I studied himand decided he deserved to be heardagain.” Lt. Colonel Walter Heron TaylorJr. was the Chief of Staff for GeneralRobert E. Lee. From Athol, MA, he saidof re-enacting, “This is a place where menwith PhD's, laborers, the wealthy andthose from financially distressed circum-stances can come together because of alove of history. We are all on the sameground.”

Ron Goldman runs a Living Historyprogram for high school students out ofRI. We teach students about the Civil Warand we get them out in the field, reenact-ing as a soldier. Based in RI, we work asthe 14th RI, a colored regiment in theCivil War. Being a colored regiment, wework with mostly inner-city kids, who arenot usually exposed to this type of pro-grams. Everything is period correct, fromthe clothes that they wear, to the food thatthey eat. They get trained in safely using1863 musket rifles and marching. Wetravel to Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania,and many other places. Not only do stu-

dents re-enact battles, but they also put onhistorical presentations for a variety ofaudiences. These presentations, range ona variety of subjects pertaining to theCivil War, but focus on the black soldiersof the 14th RI.

Rich Howarth and his family are allmembers of the Union Side 13th Massa-chusetts. Rich's wife got him involved inre-enacting 13 years ago. She was preg-nant for their son, Paul, a the time. Theirdaughter, Colby, was 2 years old. Thefamily lives in Grafton. During the week,Rich works in the Accounting Dept. forthe Town of Framingham. When askedabout he and his families experience as re-enactors he replied, It's almost a way oflife. We've brought the kids to all over thecountry. The most memorable trip was toAndersonville Prison Camp in Georgiawhere my great grandfather going wayback was killed. I've done the research,but to physically be there was an experi-ence.”

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The Blackstone Valley Women’s Club willhave on display several Tiffany lamps froma Bolton shop, “Reflections”, at its Octoberl4 (Thursday) meeting at 6:30 pm at theDudley-Gendron American Legion, 156Boston Road, Sutton. Owner of the shop,Mary Ann Fitzgerald, will speak about thedifferent meanings of each ‘Reflection’ lampwhether it be for a baby, birthday, wedding,new home, or in memory of a loved one.One of the Tiffany lamps will be raffled dur-ing the meeting and the lucky winner will beable to take home this special lamp that will‘Touch the Heart With a Gift of Light’ foryears to come. Readers may remember‘Reflections of Marlborough’ when MaryAnn ran her shop there for three years

before her move to Bolton.A social will take place from 6:30-7 p.m,

followed by the speaker and concluding witha short business meeting. Meetings general-ly end by 8:30 p.m.

Since calendars fill quickly, the recentlyformed GFWC (General Federation ofWomen’s Clubs) Blackstone ValleyWomen’s Club wishes to let readers knowthat the group will have its 2nd Annual WineTasting by Friendly’s Liquors ofWhitinsville on Friday, March 4 - just beforethe Lenten season. Tickets will be $25 if pur-chased ahead and $30 at the door.

Coordinators of the wine tasting are Boardmembers Marie Bastone, Treasurer, ofNorthbridge and Barbara Berry, RecordingSecretary, of Grafton who will provide moredetails in the next issue. Proceeds will bene-fit the food pantry at the Sutton SeniorCenter. This is the major fundraiser for thegroup.

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All trusts have certain things in common. They alsohave important differences. The goals and needs ofthose people that decide they want to employ the use ofa trust in their estate plan will determine what kind oftrust they need. Therefore, it is important that a trusttake into account the specific details of an individual’ssituation and specifically provide for that individual’sneeds and goals.

Although purchasing a generic, one-size fits-all trustmay save money initially; such a trust does not typical-ly provide for specific circumstances. A generic, one-size fits-all trust is little more than a kit that you buy.They come with questionnaires and simple instructionsthat are the same for every senior. Access to legal adviceis oftentimes limited or even non-existent. This kind ofliving trust can expose the senior relying on it to enor-mous financial losses in the future by not meeting theirspecific planning needs.

Most people want to avoid probate. Many peoplewant to avoid the exorbitant costs associated with long-term health care. Some want to protect their child’sinheritance if that child gets divorced. Some want toprevent assets from an inheritance from passing to yourchild's spouse at your child's death. Yet others are inter-ested in lawsuit and creditor protection. SuccessfulMedicaid or Estate planning requires the legal advice ofan expert who considers the client's specific needs andgoals. Once you have identified your goals, wants andneeds, a living trust (either revocable or irrevocable) canbe an effective way to control the disposition of yourassets.

In a properly drafted trust, one that takes into consid-eration your goals, wants and needs, critical considera-tions such as incompetency, divorce, children from priormarriages, avoiding probate, and limiting Medicaidestate recovery can be addressed. A properly draftedtrust will take these issues into account and include spe-cific provisions that accomplish your specific objec-tives. As is oftentimes said…Caveat Emptor (or BuyerBeware!) of purchasing a generic, one-size fits-all trust.

To decide on the trust you want and need, whether itis a Revocable or Irrevocable Trust - or an Inter Vivos orTestamentary Trust, will all depend on your specificobjectives. When it comes to Medicaid and EstatePlanning (as with any complex financial or legal issue),there is just no substitute for expert advice. If you orsomeone you know has questions about trusts, you areurged to call our office or contact another qualified elderlaw attorney.

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Free ClothingExtravaganaza

The North Uxbridge Baptist Church is hold-ing their fall free clothing extravaganza onSaturday, October 16th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m. inside their fellowship hall. "Shop" foryour entire family's warm weather clothes freeof charge or drop off donations.

There will also be a "kid’s corner" to enter-tain children while parents "shop". The churchis located on the corner of Hartford Avenue andRoute 122 in North Uxbridge. For more infor-mation, call 508-278-5505 or visit www.northuxbridgebaptist.com.

Cape Cod Bandperforms at TheCongo Bongo Cafe

The First Congregational Church of Douglas will behosting Seth and the Intervention Band at the CongoBongo Cafe on Friday, October 22nd.

Hailing from Cape Cod, this group is said to have oneof the finest CDs out there by a local band! Arock/acoustic group, Seth and the Intervention Band focuson tough issues like addiction, recovery, overcomingobstacles in our lives, and so much more. You just have tocome and hear them for yourself!

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets are $3.00the night of the show.

First Church is located across from the Douglas TownCommon, just off of Rt.16. Hope to see you there!

St. Denis’Holiday Fair

On Saturday, November 6th, the St. Denis CatholicWomen’s Council will host their annual Holiday Fair from10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. St. Denis is located on Manchaug St.in Douglas and is now handicap accessible. This year will bebigger and better in the expanded hall. They will have morespace to display hand crafted holiday crafts, a new andimproved menu, lottery tree raffles, fancy works table, bakedgoods, and activities for children including the balloon manand a teddy bear punch game. They will also have vendorsselling doll clothes, jewelry, chocolates and rosary bracelets.

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The Young at Heart group of Faith Fellowship willbe taking a bus trip to White's of Westport onWednesday, November 17th for $52.00. BobbyJustin who has a regular spot as the featured per-former on the Bay Queen Cruises will be the enter-tainment for the day. He is a vibrant, exceptionaland very entertaining performer. There will be achoice of baked scrod or boneless breast of chicken

along with soup, potato, vegetable, dessert and cof-fee.

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KeepingSeniors Savvy

Do you have a talent that you would like to share?We are looking for volunteers to teach one class atthe Senior Center.

Your talent may be anything from taking pictureswith your cell phone, texting, doing simple repairsaround the house, sewing, cooking for 1 or 2, etc.Anything that you are interested in, other people willalso be interested in. Please contact Marsha Petrilloat the Uxbridge Senior Center if you would be will-ing to do a class for the seniors.

panCaKE BREaKFaST - The First night Commit-tee and the Uxbridge Elderly Connection recentlysponsored a pancake breakfast at the SeniorCenter. The community event was a huge suc-cess and the proceeds will help defray the costs ofour upcoming First Holiday night celebra-tion scheduled for december 4th. Special thanks toall the volunteers who helped support and organizethe breakfast. pictured: William B. albin, formerUFd Chief and marie potter, COa member.

Mendon Car Wash to benefit Van Fund

The members of National Honor Society and othervolunteers will be having a Car Wash on Saturday,October 2nd from 9am to 12 pm at the MendonSenior Center, 62 Providence Road. The price of thecar wash is $10 with all proceeds going to theMendon Senior Center Senior Van Fund. For moreinformation call Bobby Darian at 508-494-0331.

HOLIDAY CLOSINGThe Northbridge Senior center and

Tri-Valley nutrition site will be closedon Monday, October 11th in obser-vance of Columbus Day.NUTRITION PRESENTATION

There will be a Nutrition presenta-tion at the Northbridge Senior Centeron Wednesday, October 6th 11:00 a.m.Come join us for education and funwith Tri-Valley, Inc, Nutritionist LouPlilczak, RD, LDN to discuss the vita-mins in our food and the science be-hind vitamin supplements. There willbe food samples, recipes and prizes.SHINE

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The VNA of Greater Milford/Northbridge area in conjunction withthe Board of Health will hold a FluShot Clinic in October on Monday,October 25th 1:30–3:00 p.m. Lastname A-L. Tuesday, October 26th 1:30– 3:00 p.m. Last name M-Z.MONTHLY BIRTHDAY DINNER

The monthly birthday dinner forOctober will be at 11:45.A.M. onTuesday, October 26th. Anyone cele-

brating a birthday this month is invitedto attend and bring a guest. Reserva-tions are needed no later than 11:00a.m. Thursday, October 21st.CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP

The Caregivers support Group meetson the fourth Friday of the month from11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. The next meet-ing is Friday, October 29th.NEW PROGRAM SENIORS ONLY

The NAC Food Pantry located at 20Highland St, Whitinsville will have a“Senior Day” on the 3rd Wednesday ofthe month 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Thisprogram is available to NorthbridgeSenior residents 60 years or over.Referral needed, contact Gail Ander-son; Sr. Center Director for moreinformation 508-234-2002.FALL PROGRAMS

The Senior Center’s Fall Programsincluding Leagues have resumed.

Following are the current Leagues:Shuffleboard League - Tuesday morn-ing 9:00 A.M. Billiards on Wednesdaymorning 9:00 A.M., Cribbage onThursday afternoon at 1:00 P.M. WiiBowling (Video Game) began duringthe summer on Friday morning willstart 9:30A.M.

ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ONGOINGCoEd exercise on Monday, Tuesday,Thursday and Friday at 9:00-9:35A.M. Bingo on Monday afternoonat 1:00P.M. Scrabble on Tuesdayafternoon at 1:00P.M., FrenchSpeaking Class, Tuesday 1:00P.M.Starting September 14th, Genealogy,(Researching Family history),Painting Class - Wednesday 1:00P.M.– 3:00 P.M. (new program, began ear-lier this year was very well received).Call the center to sign up for this cre-ative class. All programs take place atthe Senior Center, with the exceptionof Aqua Aerobics held at theWhitinsville Community CenterMonday 1:00 -2:00 P.M.

Substitute players are sometimesneeded for Cribbage, call Jim Carse508-234-5279. Billiards, call KenGuhman 508-839-9484. OtherPrograms available, Quilting Bee orNeedlework, on Monday mornings10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. Tai Chi,Zumba, Pitch, Chair Yoga, will beavailable if there are ten or more peo-ple interested, for more information,or to sign up for various programs,contact Gail Anderson COA Director.

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Lunch pick up begins at 10:30 a.m.each day and lunch is at 11:30 a.m.Call Bev to reserve your lunch 48hours in advance @ 278-7609Call the Center for transportation toand from lunch and for medical ridesat 278-8622.

1st / FridayLunch: Shepherd’s PieMusical luncheon with Richard on key-board! We will celebrate WORLDSMILE DAY today with a bingo bash atLydia Taft at 2 p.m. Cash prizes, smi-ley refreshments, and Fun, fun, fun.Transportation will be provided.

Call us at 278-8622 to register forbingo. Random acts of kindness helpbenefit those in need throughout ourcommunity. We are accepting lightweight paper goods and toiletries forthe People First Food Pantry. Bringyour gifts of paper towels, Kleenex,TP, baby wipes, Diapers, toothpaste,etc., to the Senior Center and we willmake sure your items are delivered tothe Pantry. 3-4 p.m. Computer Classes today. All are welcome! Call to register.

4th / MondayLunch: Cheese Lasagna

5th / tuesday8:30 a.m. Grocery Shopping @ Hannafords Lunch: Spanish Meatballs1:30 pm – card games – All welcome

6th / WednesdayLunch: Turkey Dinner

7th / thursday8:30 a.m. Walmart Shopping Today!Lunch: Beef BourguignonMusical Luncheon with RichardColohan on keyboard!3-4 p.m. FREE! Yoga with Marilyn

Jones, Instructor. All are welcome tojoin in at anytime! Bring a friend!

8th / FridayLunch: Chicken CantoneseJoin us for this musical luncheon withour friend, Richard Colohan, on key-board today!

11th / MondayColumbus Day HolidayCenter Closed - No Meals Served

12th / tuesday8:30 a.m .Grocery Shopping @ Hannaford’s Lunch: Sweet n Sour pork1:30 p.m. – card games – dealer’schoice - Bring a friend!4:00 p.m. COA Board Meeting

13th / WednesdayLunch: Macaroni & Cheese1:30 PM – Senior Club Today! Bingoto follow meeting. Senior Club is open to interested individuals 55 yrs+. Call Shirley at508-266-0659 to learn more. 6-8 p.m. FIRE DEPT. Annual OpenHouse! Join us at The Senior Centerfor hot dogs and refreshments.Offered by First Holiday Night. Allare welcome to attend this fun familynight out! See you there!

14th / thursdayLunch: Buttermilk ChickenMusical Luncheon today with ourfaithful volunteer, Richard Colohan onthe keyboard! Join us!1-2 p.m. Page Turners Book discus-sion Group with Jane Granatino,Uxbridge Library Director. If you loveto talk about books, good and bad,please join us! 3-4 p.m. – FREE Yoga Classesw/Marilyn Jones Instructor 7-8 p.m. “Who’s Taking Care of Mom

& Dad?” This special care giving dis-cussion is sponsored by Tri-Valley,Inc., the Uxbridge Council on Agingand the Uxbridge Free Public Library.Join us for this informational event.Bring your questions, life experience,and personal care giving suggestions.We welcome you!

15th / Friday9:00 a.m. van pick up – Trip to OldSturbridge Village $15 SeniorAdmission fee. Average lunch at OSVruns from $8 -$15. Eat at The BullardTavern on the green, the Oliver WrightTavern or the Taproom Restaurant.You decide! Limited van seatingavailable. First Come First Served.Call today to register for this fun daytrip! 508-278-8622. Lunch: Turkey Divan - Join us withour friend, Richard, on keyboard!

18th / MondayLunch: Spaghetti & Meatballs11:30-12:30 FREE! Bloodpressure/vital signs clinic 1-3 p.m. FREE! Flu Shot Clinic forUxbridge senior citizens, persons withchronic illness, and pregnant mothers.First come first served. We invite youto join us for lunch today and partici-pate in our free preventative care clin-ics offered by the Uxbridge Board ofHealth in conjunction with the MilfordVNA. Please bring your insurancecards and your Medicare Card.

19th / tuesday8:30 a.m. Grocery Shopping @ Hannaford’s

Lunch: Hearty Beef Stew1:30 p.m. Card games. All welcome!4-6 p.m. FREE Uxbridge Community-Wide Flu Shot Clinic @ Senior Center.Sponsored by The Uxbridge Board ofHealth and the Milford VNA. FirstCome, First Served. Vaccine may belimited. Bring your insurance cards.

20th / WednesdayWe welcome our community partnersfrom Hannaford Supermarket to a spe-cial Lunch n Learn session today withspecial guest speaker, Mike Richard-son, Store Manager. Mike will discussHannaford’s “Healthy Choices for LifeMade Simple” stars program followedby a fun-filled, complimentary IceCream Social. We thank all theemployees of Hannaford for hostingthis special event for our seniors.Hannaford’s dedication to our commu-nity truly makes a difference! Lunch: Chicken Supreme2:00 p.m. – Gail Trubow, Fallon Rep.will be available to answer your healthinsurance questions. By appointmentonly. Please call 278-8622 to makeyour appointment.

21st / thursdayNew Offering! Walmart ShoppingToday - Pickup begins at 8:30 AM.Please call the Center @ 508-278-8622 to reserve your seat. First ComeFirst Served. We are now Offeringtwo trips to Walmart each month on Thursdays. Please call the Sr. Centerto check The Walmart Shopping Datesat 508-278-8622. Lunch: Vegetable PrimaveraMusical Luncheon with RichardColahan on keyboard!3:00-4:00 p.m. Yoga Classes Today –Join us at any time, enrollment inYoga is open year round.

22nd / Friday11:30 AM Attention! Medicare recipi-

ents, you won’t want to miss thisinformational Lunch n Learn presenta-tion with special guest speaker, Mr. EdRoth, local SHINE Director. This talkis geared to give seniors and theircaregivers the latest information aboutthe Affordable Care Act (Health CareReform), and how it will affect theirMedicare benefits. Some of the issuesdiscussed will be how the AffordableCare Act will continue to close theMEDICARE Part D “Donut Hole”.Mr. Roth will also explain how theAffordable Care Act has provided afree annual wellness visit for allSeniors who receive Medicare as wellas talk about how the Act has eliminat-ed co-pays for most Part B preventa-tive care tests. Mr. Roth will discusschanges to the various MedicareAdvantage Plans, HMO’s, PPO’s andPFFS plans available in WorcesterCounty. Finally, he will discusschanges to the MEDICARE Part DPlans and how these changes mayimpact beneficiaries, and outline thevarious programs that will help lowincome beneficiaries with their premi-ums and co-pays.Lunch: Potato Crunch Fish 3-4 FREE! Computer Classes today!Classes are geared to your needs. Call to register. All are welcome!

25th / MondayLunch: Chicken Stew

26th / tuesday8:30 Grocery Shopping today atHannafords!Lunch: Turkey and gravy1:30 p.m. – Card Games Today –Dealer’s Choice all are welcome tojoin in at any time. Bring a Friend!

27th / WednesdayLunch: Fish Victor1:30 Senior club – bingo to follow.Senior club is open to interested indi-viduals 55 yrs++. Call Shirley at 508-266-0659 to learn more.

28th / thursdayOktoberfest!Lunch: Bratwurst on a rollMusical Luncheon with RichardColahan on keyboard! Join us for thisfun-filled luncheon. 3:00-4:00 p.m. Yoga Classes Today

29th / FridayLunch: American Chop Suey3-4 p.m. FREE! Computer Classes!Classes are geared to your needs. Call to register. All are welcome!


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Sutton Seniors schedule events1ST • FRIDAY8 AM - French Toast/Sausage breakfast $3.00 pp5-7 PM - Free Oldies Music & Dance all ages welcome

4TH • MONDAY 10 AM - Chatterbox Discussion

Group. All welcome11 AM - Seminar “Dental Care ForSeniors” W/Blackstone Family Dental

5TH • TUESDAY 11 AM - “Eye Care For Seniors” w/Dr. Antoinette Parvis

12TH • TUESDAY10:45 AM - Musical Entertainment w/The Trinity Orchestra

21ST • THURSDAY 1 PM - Snacks & Movie “Play TheGame” Comedy W/Andy GriffithRated PG13

22ND • FRIDAY1 PM - Seminar “Affordable HealthCare Reform Act & Medicare”

26TH • TUESDAY 10:45 AM - Nutritionist Lu PilczakDiscussion on Vitamins in our Food

29TH • FRIDAY 10:45 AM - Octoberfest CelebrationW/Maurice the Accordion Man

WEEKLY FEATURESMondays -10 AM WII Video gamesTuesdays - 10 AM “The Hookers” knitting groupTuesdays - 12:45 PM SuttonSerenaders Chorus Tuesdays - 1 PM Cribbage

Wednesdays - 10 AM Free Beginners Computer ClassThursdays - 10 AM PitchThursdays 9 & 10 AM FreeComputer Classes W/ Paul HolzwarthFREE EXERCISE CLASSESMondays & WednesdaysFREE YOGA CLASSES Tuesdays & Fridays

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Whitney Place Assisted Living Residences and Adult Day Health Center are pleased to offer the following FREE workshops to the community.

CAREGIVERS WORKSHOP SERIES Care partners for people with Alzheimer’s disease or memory loss are welcome*

Thursday, October 28, 2010 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM

CAREGIVER STRESS & COMMUNITY RESOURCES with LAURA BLACK-SILVER, LICSW, Caregiver Program, Tri-Valley, Inc.

Caring for others creates special pressures on caregivers; finding respite and relaxation is essential to maintaining better-balanced lives,

improving our ability to respond.

Thursday, November 4, 2010 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM RXS FOR ALZHEIMER’S

with DR. SCOTT GONZALEZ, Geriatric Psychiatrist, Community Healthlink, Inc. Careful use of medication can lessen anxiety, providing a better sense

of well-being; this can be of particular benefit to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.

Thursday, November 18, 2010 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM

DEMENTIA CARE with GARY DAVIS, LSW, CDP, Director of the Tapestry Program

SALMON Health and Retirement Daily life with individuals suffering from memory loss is challenging;

learning some specific approaches to take helps create greater comfort for everyone.

Handicapped accessible Light refreshments Followed by a question and answer period *Respite care for those with memory loss is available during these workshops;

please make reservations for this service (see below).

The Main Dining Room Beaumont Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center

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ninETy ninE and COUnTinG! - Uxbridge Senior Centersends their very best wishes to our beloved friend, mrs.leda phoenix, on the occasion of her 99th birthday.pictured from left, marsha petrillo, Senior Center director,leda phoenix, and Susan White, administrative assistantat the Senior Center.

Let’s Connect! In order to get information about services, programs and classes out to

as many Uxbridge seniors as possible, we are compiling an email list. Ifyou would like get information about the Uxbridge Senior Center sentdirectly to you each month, please send an email to Donna Oncay [email protected] and we will gladly add you to our monthly list.

Mendon Senior CenterOctober eventsMEDICARE & MEDICAID BASICSAttorney Paula Nedder of Heaney &Small, LLP of Milford will offer aworkshop to address Medicare &Medicaid Basics in relation to LongTerm Care (LTC) on Tuesday, October5th at 11:00 a.m. Please stop by orphone the Senior Center at 508-478-6175 to register for this program.

T’AI CHI & YOGA UPDATES Take time to do something good foryourself! A six week T’ai Chi sessionwill be starting Wednesday, October20th at 10:15 a.m. There are also limit-ed openings in both of our ongoingYoga programs—either Wednesdaymornings at 9 a.m. or Thursdayevenings at 5:45 p.m. All classes areunder the instruction of Faith Kennedyof Hummingbird Holistic Center ofUxbridge. Please call the Mendon

Senior Center at 508-478-6175 foravailability and fees.

FALL DAY TRIP FOSTERSYork, Maine ~ Wednesday, October13th Last call! There are limited open-ings for this “Authentic Down EastLobster Bake” which departs MendonSenior Center 8:30AM on a luxurySilver Fox Motor Coach and includesfabulous food featuring lobster orchicken (please designate) and enter-tainment at Bill Foster’s as well assightseeing in York, Maine & HamptonBeach, NH. The cost is $62.00 per per-son including gratuity. Please call orstop by the Mendon Senior Center toregister. Reminder ~ File of Life cardsare required for all participants.

SQUARE DANCING Join us for another round or actuallyanother square. A four-week session ofSquare Dancing taught by Lori Morinis beginning Monday evenings October18th from 6:30-8pm. All ages and sin-gles welcome! Call the Mendon SeniorCenter at 508-478-6175 to register.

The fee for this program is $20 per per-son. At least sixteen participants (twosquares) are needed to make this pro-gram a success. So invite a friend ortwo!

ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST October 23rd 9 a.m. - 2 p.m .Make plans to join your friends and ourFriends for our annual OKTOBER-FEST on Saturday, October 23rd from9am-2pm, sponsored by the Friends ofMendon Elders. This wonderful eventis open to the public and features a tra-ditional white elephant table, home-made baked goods, beautiful hand-knititems and crafts, jewelry, holiday deco-rations and a delicious soup and sand-wich lunch counter. Your attendancewill help to support the Senior Centerprograms and services!

Help is needed the day prior as wellas the day of the event. Please contactTom Irons at (508) 473-9050 or stop bythe Mendon Senior Center to sign up ifyou’re interested in volunteering for anhour or two. Please note ~ we’ve beenoverwhelmed with donations and hopeyou can hold your donations until nextspring. Thank you. Also, feel free toattend the Friends monthly meeting onMonday, October 4th at 11:00am.

Invite a friend to join you and comelearn how the Friends put FUN infundraising!

KNOW THE 10 SIGNS As we age, there can be changes to ourmemory. Yet, memory loss and behav-ior changes severe enough to disruptdaily life are not a typical part of aging.This workshop ‘Know the 10 WarningSigns’ presented by Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation representative Julie McMurraycan help determine if it’s important tospeak to your doctor and get a diagno-sis for yourself or someone you careabout. Join us Tuesday, October 26th at10:30am to learn the “10 Signs”because early detection matters.Contact the Mendon Senior Center at508-478-6175 to register.

SENIOR LUNCH & MUSIC AT THE SHERBORN INN Join us on Wednesday, October 27th fora good meal, good music and greatvalue featuring swing music by Bill andBo Winiker at the Sherborn Inn. Lunchwill be served beginning at 11:30am.Music will be enjoyed from noon until2:00pm. Admission is $22.00 andincludes lunch, music, tax and gratiuity.Carpool leaves at 10:15am from the

Mendon Senior Center or meet us there.Please call or stop by the MendonSenior Center to register for this pro-gram.

MEDICARE UPDATES 2011 & HEALTHINSURANCE COUNSELING Make sure you’re covered in 2011!Starting on October 1st, MedicareHealth plans will be able to announcetheir changes for 2011. On Thursday,October 14th at 1:00pm Blue CrossBlue Shield representative SueFlanagan will be at the Mendon SeniorCenter to address some of thosechanges in her presentation Health PlanOptions for People with Medicare. Thepresentation includes an explanation ofMedicare, including the Medicare drugbenefit. It also shows how Medigapplans and Medicare Advantage planswork with Medicare. Ms. Flanagan willbe able to answer questions on the 2011Blue Cross Blue Shield ofMassachusetts Medicare products. Allare welcome regardless of insurancecoverage.

Also, plan to join us on Thursday,October 21st at 10:00am when localSHINE (Serving Health InformationNeeds of Elders) counselors Judy &Lee Katz and Mr. Robin Fletcher pres-ent us will the overall 2011 insuranceupdates for Medicare as well as all sup-plemental health insurance and pre-scription plans. Make sure your cover-age will continue to meet your needs inthe New Year. Call 508-478-6175 orstop by the Mendon Senior Center toregister for either or both programs.

FRIENDS VAN FUND UPDATEThank you everyone for your numerousmemorial donations honoring our dearfriend Clarence Phipps. As a result ofyour generosity the van fund balancenow stands at $12,180.00! By the way,have you seen our larger than life vanThermometer in front of the center?Thank you to volunteers JohnVandersluis for his sturdy constructionand installation and to Megan Mattoxfor her excellent artwork and painting.


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The SHINE Program will be speakingat a special lunch n learn at theUxbridge Senior Center on Friday,October 22nd at 11:30 a.m. - 12:30p.m. Mr. Ed Roth, SHINE Director,will discuss the New Health CareReform Law (Affordable CareAct), and changes to Medicare andMedicare Plans for 2011. This discus-sion is offered free of charge andall persons on Medicare are urged toattend.

Call the Senior Center at 508-278-8622 to reserve your seat and/or callBeverly Clark at 278-7609, 48 hours inadvance of the 14th to reserve yourlunch. You may also call the SHINERegional Office at 508-422-9931 foradditional information.


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Representative Jennifer Callahan rec-ognized Uxbridge resident and commu-nity volunteer Kimberly DeMers with aHouse of Representatives Citation forOutstanding Service to School andCommunity at therecent grand openingof the new Taft Ele-mentary Playground.“So many parents havetold me that Kim’sservice to the school,students and staff hasbeen exemplary. Afterlearning of the structur-al defects in the oldplayground Kim, alongwith her PlaygroundCommittee, succeededin obtaining privatedonations during amost difficult econom-ic time, so that children have a safeplace to play and enjoy recess,” saidCallahan.

Numerous fundraisers and local busi-ness support aided in making the proj-ect a reality. Boot camps, a painted deskauction, a town-wide yard sale, FlipFlop Fridays and the enormously suc-cessful Spare Change fundraiser hadCommittee members literally countingchange to meet their goal of $60,000.

Playground Committee memberAmanda Ayers reflected, “Besides serv-ing as our committee chair, Kim hasdone everything from rake safety mulchand dig trenches to spearhead multiple

fundraisers to promotethis project. She hasgiven countless hoursof her time, whileinspiring all of us towork to make this proj-ect a reality.”

Across the District,Callahan has maderehabbing and buildingplaygrounds a priorityand has been instru-mental in garneringresources and support-ing a number of play-ground recreation pro-jects across the district,

including the Wheelocksville Play-ground in Uxbridge and KasperPlayground at Silver Lake Park inBellingham. “I am so impressed withthis community effort and was proud toadd my name to the list of supporterswho purchased bricks last spring,” saidCallahan, “Volunteers like Kim and hercommittee members make Uxbridge atruly wonderful place to live and raise afamily.”

DeMers honored forOutstanding Service

Representative Jennifer Callahan (left) presents Kim demerswith a House of Representatives Citation for OutstandingService to School and Community.

“Besides serving asour committee chair,Kim has done every-thing from rake safe-ty mulch and digtrenches to spear-head multiple fund-raisers to promotethis project.”

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UEPTOplans FallFestivalJoin the Uxbridge Elementary PTO

at its First Annual Fall Festival onSaturday, October 16th from 10:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This fun filled dayis open to everyone and will featureplenty of games, a costume parade,pumpkin carving contest, and much,much more! The Fall Festival is afundraiser for the PTO and fun forthe whole family. Proceeds fromthis event benefit the LiteracyProgram. For more informationabout the Fall Festival and all of theUEPTO’s events, please visit ourwebpage at www.uxbridgeschools.com, click Taft School and followthe PTO Links.

The next UEPTO general meetingwill be held on Tuesday, October12th at 7:00 p.m. in the Taft SchoolCafeteria. We welcome all parentsof children who attend Pre-Schooland Kindergarten at ELC andWhitin Pre-school Annex andgrades one through four at TaftSchool.

Arts in the Afternoon at B&G Club

The 2nd annual Arts in the After-noon event will be held Sunday,October 17th, from 1 to 4 p.m. atThe Boys & Girls Club of Worces-ter’s Main South Clubhouse, locat-ed at 65 Tainter Street. Admission isfree and the public is welcome.Featuring the artwork of Club kidsand professional artists from allover New England, as well as a giftshop, hands-on art activities, craftdemonstrations, and a wide range ofartistic performances, Arts in theAfternoon is truly all things art.

Last year’s event boasted contri-butions from 50 local artists, withperformances by dance teams,youth choirs, and The ChromaticSwing Trio featuring ChetWilliamson. A crowd of 600 atten-dees braved the unseasonable snowand made Arts in the Afternoon themost successful new event in thehistory of the Boys & Girls Club.

This year, the event will be biggerand better....more artists, more per-formances, a shop featuring one-of-a-kind, handmade holiday gifts forevery budget. Local museums andorganizations will provide hands-onactivities. A weaving demonstrationand a chance to try out the loomalong with a “chocolate art” demon-stration.

Ninety dancers from the McKeon Dance &Gymnastics Center in Hopedale took top Nationalawards at the Beyond the Stars Dance Nationalsthis summer. The McKeon Mini Dance Companyperformed a tap routine to “Ready for a Miracle”in the Jr. Division and was awarded the prestigious“Stellar” award scoring higher than any other

small group, large group, line or production in the12 and under age division. In the senior divisionMcKeon’s senior team was again honored with the“Stellar” award scoring higher than any other com-peting group in the 13 and older division. Theyperformed a contemporary routine to “Plane”.Casey LeBlanc from Milford took the “Miss

Beyond The Stars” Title in the seniordivision. Morgan Dzicek was 1st runnerup in the Teen division, EmilyDiAntonio was 1st runner up in the jun-ior division and Hannah Smith was 1strunner up in the Petite division.

The McKeon Dance & Gymnasticsteam has accumulated numerous HighPoint awards throughout the yearincluding the coveted “Xcalibur” awardat “Dance Xplosion” for their acro rou-tine “Junk Yard”; the routine also tookthe top honors at the “Starbound” com-petition. At “On Stage America” the stu-dents accumulated the highest numberof points for their routines in all agedivisions and for the second year in arow the director was presented with aCaribbean Cruise which will sail thisDecember. It was at this competitionthat McKeon students were discoveredfor their technical skills and then invitedto perform in Shanghai, China thismonth. The McKeon School is proud tobe celebrating its 70th anniversary thisyear. For more information on theschool please visit our websitewww.mckeondanceandgym.com or call508-473-8166.


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Constantly seeking to improve its academic andvocational technical instruction, as well as explor-ing alternative funding sources, Blackstone ValleyRegional Vocational Technical High School hasbeen awarded a grant in excess of $140,000 fromthe Mass Insight Education & Research Institute.

The grant, given through MassInsight’s Mass Math & ScienceInitiative, aims for schools,through Advanced Placementcourses, to attain a level of excel-lence in math, science andEnglish Language Arts, as wellas improve school culture. Thisschool year, Valley Tech is ableto offer Advanced Placementcourses in all four core disci-plines – ELA, science, math, andhistory.

“We are pleased to add a vocational technical sys-tem and what it comes down to is your ability todiscipline yourself to do the work,” JohnSmolenski, Director of Advising and EnrollmentServices, told the Valley Tech students enrolled inAP courses this year during a kickoff event recent-ly at the school. “Studies have shown that math andscience are where the workforce opportunities willbe in the future. And being able to read, write andcommunicate well is a solid foundation that willbenefit you greatly.”

The National Math & Science Initiative draws itsfunding from multiple private donors led byExxonMobil. The main goal of NMSI and MMSIis to increase the number of students who are ableto score a 3 or higher (4-point scale) on the APexams and increase student enrollment in the APcourses.

“This is the next venture in Valley Tech respond-

ing to rigor by providing students the opportunity toobtain the skill sets necessary for multiple careerpaths,” Superintendent-Director Dr. MichaelFitzpatrick said. “Valley Tech students have consis-tently responded to the challenge and we are hon-ored to be among the first vocational technical

schools in the country to beinvolved in such a partnership.”

This summer, several ValleyTech staff were given the oppor-tunity for formal and informaltraining.

“At Valley Tech, the studentshave answered the call, andchange has not occurred justbecause of the administration andstaff and their vision of careertechnical education, studentsmade it happen because of their

intense desire to learn,” said Anthony Steele,Assistant Principal/Curriculum Coordinator.

Valley Tech has been honored at the state andnational level for its high levels of student achieve-ment, including a nine-year trend of markedimprovement on the Massachusetts Comprehen-sive Assessment System tests, a graduation require-ment in the Commonwealth.

“This is about you, the students who are challeng-ing themselves,” Principal Christopher Cummingssaid. “Students at Blackstone Valley Tech havenever settled for being standard, but rising above itand striving for greater heights.”

This past summer, Valley Tech received recogni-tion as a 2010-2012 High Schools That WorkPacesetter School, one of only 30 schools across thecountry to be so honored by the Southern RegionalEducation Board’s HSTW network. Valley Techwas also a 2007-2010 Pacesetter School.

Blackstone Valley Tech student and Uxbridge resident, Connor Walsh (farleft) works on a mock transformer with other students at a recent week-long engineering program run by national Grid in millbury, ma. Walshjoined more than a dozen high school students from acrossmassachusetts chosen to participate in national Grid’s “Engineeringpipeline program” at the company’s millbury Training Center. The programwas just launched across three training sites in national Grid’s service ter-ritory to provide instruction and guidance to future engineers and to

address the projected future shortage of engineers in the workforce.

Valley Tech AwardedAdvanced Placement Grant

McKeon Dancers win National Awards

The October meeting of the MassachusettsSociety of Genealogists, Inc Worcester Chapterwill be held on the second TUESDAY (evening) ofthe month, October 12th in the Merriam Room atthe Auburn Public Library which is located at 369Southbridge Street (Rte 12) in Auburn. Come andjoin us for a fun and informative evening!

The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m., with themeeting room opening at 6:30 p.m. We’ll openwith a short business meeting. Then we will hearfrom our speaker for the evening, SandraGoodwin. Her topic is “Dear Genealogy Santa, I’dReally Like an iPod for Christmas.”

Have you ever met a potential cousin and wishedyou had your research with you so that you couldcheck? Have you ever seen genealogists at confer-ences or libraries whip out a small hand-helddevice, rattle off their ancestry, and wish that youcould do the same without lugging a laptop orheavy notebooks with you? This lecture willexplain some of the different choices available togenealogists. Find out if this device is for you. . .

The public is invited to attend and refreshmentswill be provided. For information visit our web-site: www.massachusettssocietyofgenealogists.org (or: www.massog.org).

Genealogists plan October meeting

“Students at Black-stone Valley Techhave never settled forbeing standard, butrising above it andstriving for greaterheights.”

- Christopher CummingsBVt prinCipal

Manguitoto performat WMS

On October 15th, the Whitin MiddleSchool will provide a unique educa-tional performing arts event withManguito. This program is presentedunder the auspices of Young Aud-iences of Massachusetts. Funding forthis program comes through a grantfrom the Uxbridge EducationFoundation (UEF) and a donation fromthe Whitin Middle School PTO.

In this engaging program, Whitin stu-dents will experience the joyous musicof Latin America such as the rumba,bomba, plena, and Dominicanmerengue. Manguito will take studentson an interactive musical tour of theCaribbean as they play the rhythms ofPuerto Rico, Cuba, and the DominicanRepublic on a variety of musical instru-ments. Students will participatethroughout the presentation via sing-alongs, clapping rhythms, playinginstruments, and dancing. In addition,this program will provide students withan appreciation of the unique fusion ofSpanish, African, and Native Americancultures in Latino culture.

Manguito is Alex Alvear, ErnestoDiaz, Angel Wagner, Yuriana Sobrino,and Gonzalo Grau. The group also per-forms out of school as the criticallyacclaimed and internationallyrenowned Afro-Latin band MangoBlue.

Young Audiences of Massachusetts(YAMA) has been serving as a linkbetween teaching artists and theregion’s school children since 1962.YAMA is America’s largest arts ineducation nonprofit and aims to trans-form the lives and education of ouryouth through the arts. The organiza-tion connects professional artists withschools, libraries, community organi-zations, and hospitals to provide artis-tically excellent assembly programsthat further develop Creative Learningand Life Skills.


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In honor of Constitution Day, NHSsocial studies classes hosted a guestspeaker: local attorney, Mr. TimothyWickstrom, an expert on civil law. Mr.Wickstrom was kind enough to sharehis expertise on the Constitution andthen field student questions on thetopic of the day: “How does theConstitution affect your life?”

Mr. Wickstrom outlined the ways inwhich the Constitution affects his job,noting that Amendment 7 protects acitizen’s right to a trial by jury. And,without this right, his job, and manyAmerican lives, would be vastly dif-ferent.

Student questions ranged from:What’s the most important right in theConstitution and why? What wouldyou add to the document? What wouldlife be like without the Constitution?To this last question, he responded:“Chaos.” The students seemed toagree.

Representative Jennifer Callahan(Sutton) is pleased to announce theCitizenship in Action Student ContestCelebrating the 90th Anniversary ofSuffrage for Women in conjunctionwith the Massachusetts Women’sPolitical Caucus and the Women’sSuffrage Celebration Committee(WSCC). In observance of the 19thAmendment granting women the rightto vote, junior and senior high schoolstudents from across Massachusetts arebeing invited compete in theCitizenship in Action contest by sub-mitting either a 400-600 word essay, adigital video under 3 minutes in lengthor a poster up to 22”x28” in size.

“I strongly encourage students frommy district to participate. I have con-sistently believed in the principle of

one person, one vote, for democracy, asI have demonstrated in my votes tosupport an election, rather than anappointment, for the United StatesSenate seat vacancies in both 2004 and2009,” said Callahan.

Suggested contest themes include:honoring the contributions andachievements of women in U.S. poli-tics and/or civic life, the right to vote:past, present and future, the story of the19th amendment and the importance ofresponsible and active citizenship.Applications must be postmarked nolater than October 20th, 2010.Interested applicants may contactCallahan’s office at (617) 722-2130 or(508) 779-0410 and by e-mail at [email protected] foran application.

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attorney Timothy Wickstromspeaks to nHS students.

This October, more than 100 historicsites, experiences and cultural attrac-tions will welcome visitors to exploreand enjoy the Blackstone Valley inMassachusetts and Rhode Island duringthe month long Footsteps in Historycelebration.

A schedule of the fifth annual Foot-steps in History events is availableonline at www.footstepsinhistory.com.A variety of special events kicks off theseason the first weekend in October:

On October 1st, the Blackstone ValleyHeritage Homecoming Committeehosts its 24th annual Rev. WilliamBlackstone Ecumenical Breakfast, thisyear honoring educator and preserva-tionist Margaret Carroll, at St.Augustine’s Church in Millville, Mass.

Games, food, crafts and family enter-tainment will be on tap on October 2ndat both Oktoberfest in Hopedale andOctoberfest in Douglas, Mass.

Experience life on a 19th-centuryfarm during Waters Farm Days,October 2nd and 3rd, in Sutton. Thefarm recreates the region’s agriculturalheritage with hearth cooking and lum-berjack demonstrations, a tractor pull,animal exhibits, and Waters Farm’smouthwatering apple crisp.

In Rhode Island, Wilderness Tours onthe River, aboard the Blackstone ValleyExplorer in Central Falls, offer a close-up look at the waterway that poweredthe birthplace of the American industri-al revolution. Tours run every Sunday

through October 11th.The Blackstone River Theatre in

Cumberland, R.I., hosts Irish fiddle vir-tuoso Martin Hayes and American gui-tarist Dennis Cahill on October 3rd fora high-energy performance of Celticmusic. Weekly Irish step dance classesbegin October 2nd at the theater.

Watch for upcoming events includingAutumnfest in Woonsocket, R.I. onOctober 9th, 10th and 11th, WorcesterHistorical Museum’s Harvey Ball onOctober 15th, and much more.

And all season long, explore theBlackstone River by bicycle, along the11.5 miles of paved, off-road Black-stone River Bikeway between Woon-socket and Pawtucket, R.I., and 2.5miles in Millbury and Worcester.

“I think we forget that there is somuch to see and do right here in theBlackstone Valley,” said Footsteps inHistory Program Coordinator MarthaWetzel. “I encourage everyone to taketime this October to enjoy visitingmany of the areas historic sites and cul-tural events. They will delight, educateand maybe even surprise you!”

Footsteps in History is presented bythe Blackstone Valley Tourism Colla-borative, including the BlackstoneValley Chamber of Commerce, Black-stone Valley Tourism Council and theJohn H. Chafee Blackstone RiverValley National Heritage CorridorCommission.

Footsteps In History

The members of National HonorSociety and other volunteers will behaving a Car Wash on Saturday,October 2nd from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.at the Mendon Senior Center, 62

Providence Road. The price of the carwash is $10 with all proceeds going tothe Mendon Senior Center Senior VanFund. For more information call BobbyDarian at 508-494-0331.

Honor Society host Car Wash in Mendon

NHS Class of 1960Reunion

The Northbridge High SchoolClass of 1960 will celebrate a 50thanniversary reunion on Saturday,October 16th at the Whitinsville GolfClub in Whitinsville.

A cocktail hour at 6 p.m. will befollowed by a buffet style dinner at7:00 p.m. A photo session is sched-uled for 6:30 p.m.

Invitations were mailed out on orabout August 1st. Tickets are $35.per person. It’s not too late.

For more information, classmatesmay contact Henry Haggerty at 508-234-2876 or email: [email protected]

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State Representative Paul Kujawski(D-Webster) is pleased to announce thatMassachusetts has been awarded $250million in federal “Race to the Top”funds to support schools and the educa-tion of children across the state. TheCommonwealth’s “Race to the Top”application received the highest scoreamong the states winning the federalfunds. Preliminary funds for the 8thWorcester District are as follows:Webster- $254,440, Dudley-Charlton-$154,913, Douglas- $68,199, Oxford-$230,184, and Uxbridge- $99,858.

The award follows legislation passedby the House earlier this year thatfocused on eliminating the achievementgap in schools across the Common-wealth and positioned Massachusetts tocapitalize on these federal funds. Thebill gave the state stronger authority tointervene in underperforming districts,lifted the cap on charter schools in thelowest-performing school districts andhelped to facilitate innovation andexcellence in schools throughoutMassachusetts.

“As we seek to ensure that every childin Massachusetts receives a world classeducation, this $250 million in ‘Race tothe Top’ funds will be instrumental inproviding each and every studentacross the Commonwealth with theeducation they deserve,” HouseSpeaker Robert A. DeLeo said. “Backin January, the legislature passed legis-

lation that addressed our unacceptableachievement gap and promotedaccountability and innovation in ourschools. Thanks to our passage of thisvital reform legislation, we have posi-tioned our state to not only receivethese much-needed federal dollars butalso rank first among the states thatwere awarded with funding.”

“The additional funding to educationcertainly is essential for our school sys-tems to provide those extra servicesthat distinguish our state from all oth-ers,” said Representative Kujawski.“I’ve always said that our children areour greatest natural resource, and youcan never invest enough in our youthand education”

“Following approval of the educationreform law earlier this year, over 30underperforming schools are beginningthe turnaround process, two InnovationSchools have been established, andmore charter school operators with atrack record of success are applying toopen schools in the lowest-performingschool districts," said RepresentativeMarty Walz, co-chair of the JointCommittee on Education. "This vote ofconfidence and the funding that comeswith it will strengthen our effortsto ensure that all children in the statereceive the high quality education theydeserve.”

Massachusetts will use the funding torecruit, develop, reward and retain

effective, academically accomplished,diverse teachers by developing a newstatewide framework for teacher andprincipal evaluation.

To help improve instruction across thestate, the Commonwealth will use the

funding to provide curricular andinstructional resources to equip everyeducator with the tools necessary topromote and support student achieve-ment.

In an effort to turn around the state’s

lowest-performing schools, the fundingwill expand supports and instruction forteachers, students and families in thelowest-performing schools and dis-tricts. The funding will also help devel-op a specialized corps of educators pre-pared to tackle the challenges of thelowest-performing schools to create theconditions needed for improved studentachievement.

In order to ensure that all studentshave access to a quality education, thestate will use this funding to implementstrategies designed to increase the num-ber of students who graduate highschool prepared for college and acareer. These strategies include expos-ing more students to rigorous curriculaand college-level work, and aligninghigh school curricula with collegeentrance requirements.

A total of 276 districts across theCommonwealth signed on toMassachusetts’ “Race to the Top” pro-posal and will now receive fundingthrough the “Race to the Top” award.These districts represent 1,375 schools,which enroll 74 percent of Mass-achusetts K-12 students and 88 percentof all low-income students in theCommonwealth.

Massachusetts wins “Race to the Top” Education Funds

Officials expand regulatedarea for Longhorned Beetle

The Massachusetts Department ofConservation and Recreation (DCR)and the U.S. Department ofAgriculture’s Animal and Plant HealthInspection Service (APHIS) todayannounced the expansion of the Asianlonghorned beetle regulated area inWorcester County after the discovery ofadditional trees infested with the beetlein the towns of Boylston and Holden.

The current central Massachusettsregulated area has been expanded by 18square miles, creating a federal andstate quarantine zone for the area that isnow 94 square miles.

Inspectors working on the Massa-chusetts ALB cooperative eradicationprogram found additional infested treesin the town of Boylston and the town ofHolden last month, forcing expansionof the regulated area boundary.Eradication program activities includeinspection of every host tree within theregulated area to evaluate ALB pres-

ence. In Worcester County, ground sur-vey crews and tree climbers are contin-uing their inspections within the city ofWorcester and the towns of Holden,West Boylston, Boylston, and Shrews-bury.

“All those involved in the ALB erad-ication effort appreciate the patienceand understanding of property ownersin the Worcester area who are affectedby this destructive insect,” said DCRCommissioner Richard K. Sullivan Jr.“It is unfortunate that the regulated areamust be expanded, and we thank every-one for your cooperation.”

“Surveys are continuing in centralMassachusetts, and while we will notknow the full extent of the WorcesterCounty infestation until the surveys arecomplete, we do appreciate everyone’spatience with this process,” saidChristine Markham, national programdirector of the APHIS ALB eradicationprogram.

Regulated boundaries are establishedto help prevent the movement of hostmaterial to areas not known to beinfested with the pest. APHIS will con-tinue to work with state and local part-ners to survey for ALB and restrict themovement of regulated material to pre-vent the spread of the insect.

ALB was first discovered in Mass-achusetts in 2008, and the regulatedarea includes the city of Worcester, thetown of West Boylston and Boylston, aswell as portions of the towns of Holdenand Shrewsbury. More than 18,000infested trees have been removed aspart of ALB eradication efforts.

To report signs or symptoms of ALB,or for information about program activ-ities, call the Mass. ALB cooperativeeradication program at 508-799-8330or toll-free at 866-702-9938. Reports inMassachusetts also can be madethrough: www. beetlebusters.info orwww.massnrc.org/ pests/alb.

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Scouting for food drive October 30th

Saturday, October 30th, the localscouts will be working together tomake sure you have a food bag placedon your door. Please take the time to fillthis bag with non perishable items.Place the bag outside your door for thescouts to come and pick that up onSaturday, November 6th. All food col-lected in November goes directly to theUxbridge Peoples 1st Food Pantry onDouglas Street in Uxbridge.

All the food collected stays in townand helps your friends and neighbors. Ifyou do not get a bag, please feel free tofill any plastic bag you have in yourhouse, or feel free to contact LisaAhern at 508-278-3221. Thank you somuch for all your support.

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Whitinsville residents, Steve and SueHebert, owners of Varky’s Cleaners aredoing well despite a 15% decline,nationally, in the dry cleaning business.In an interview at his well-organizedand squeaky-clean operation, Steveshared a little bit of history; “We’ll be55 years old in November.” Pointing toa framed original newspaper ad ofVarky’s opening on November 16,1955, he noted that his wife’s parents,the late ‘Varky,’ (who passed away inMarch at age 90) and his wife Mary ranthe cleaners for over 30 years.” He saidhis mother-in-law still lives in the samehouse, adjacent to the cleaners.

Although Steve worked in CustomerService for over 20 years at an electron-ics company, he felt continuing thefamily tradition of managing Varky’sCleaners with his wife was the rightchoice. Since he and his wife, Sue, tookover the business five years ago thispast June, his “full-service business” isgoing well. He invested over $200,000to replace equipment; for example, hisshirt finishing machine cost $75,000,but, now, he can do all the shirts insideinstead of sending them out. His son,Chris, runs the machine and takes greatpride when a neatly-pressed shirt isready for the customer to pick up. “Itonly cost a little more to go first class”,he said.

Besides the usual dry cleaning tasks,Steve said that his employees also takean extra step by using a lint-brushremover over shirts and pants to makesure they’re perfect. He said customersespecially appreciate his ability toremove 95% of most stains and this isdue to Steve’s own professional stainremoval classes “taught by one of thebest who became my friend and issomeone I can even call today.”

Besides dry cleaning, including suedeand leather, Varky’s offers alterationsand repairs, box storage, wedding gowncleaning and heirlooming, as well asshoe repair; “Shoe repair is very popu-lar since we started it a year ago.”

Steve at 6’ 8”, a graduate of HolyName School, can command attentionwith his height, but he is humble andmakes customers feel at ease. He says,“I believe in hands-on cleaning to keepthe quality there and that’s why I’malways around to make sure my cus-tomers are happy.” A couple of cus-

tomers came by duringthe interview and offeredtheir own positiveremarks: “The service isgreat and everyone is sofriendly and willing towork around your sched-ule to get your things thenext day,” commentedSheila Moore of Ux-bridge. Larry DiGregorioof Whitinsville, a realtorwith ERA Key ofWhitinsville, couldn’t sayenough good things;“They do a great job andthe staff is always friend-ly and that’s why I keepcoming back. They do a

good job in everything I bring and hereI am today picking up a scarf for a nurs-ing home resident, and where can yougo to have a scarf cleaned like this?”

“Our customer’s are very loyal andfriendly. Our customer base is continu-ally growing,” added Steve, “Theyknow they can trust us to make the rightdecisions in caring for their clothing.”

Besides his son, Chris, who workswith him, employees on the job duringthe interview were Alison Goldenbergof Uxbridge and Jean Taylor ofNorthbridge. Steve and Sue also want-ed to remember the other employeeswho are part of his team as well: ElaineSmall of Manchaug, his other son, MattHebert, and Lauren Kender ofShrewsbury. “All of us work hard toachieve our goal of customer serviceand satisfaction. Advertising pays off,but our best advertisement is word-of-mouth by a satisfied customer.”

Steve also tries to use as few chemi-cals as possible in the cleaning busi-ness. He is aware of keeping his busi-ness ‘green’ and to that end, he offersreusable garment bags to eliminate useof plastic bags and has had a hangerrecycling program that has been inplace for years. He invites customers toreturn reusable hangers.

Hours at Varky’s Cleaners, located at690 Church Street, Whitinsville, are:Monday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesday &Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday,7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and formore information call (508) 234-3691.


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The Commerce Bank Frenzy Extra

TV Show will be hosted by CharterTV3’s Andy Lacombe and Kevin Shea.

“Building on the popularity of theFriday Night Football Frenzy, we areproud to partner with Commerce Bankto bring the best-of-the-best of localhigh school sports,” said Mike Marcy,Director of Local Programming CharterTV3.

At their meeting, September 13th, theNorthbridge Board of Selectmen rec-ognized the Carr Funeral Home of 24Hill Street, Whitinsville, as the oldestcontinuous family owned and operatedbusiness in Northbridge.

Selectmen presented a plaque, honor-ing the Carr Funeral Home and theCarr family for the more than 160years of service they have provided thecommunity.

Family members present to receivethe honor included Doug and Jo-AnneCarr, and daughters, Heather Carr

Reiter and Meagan Carr Washington,representing the 5th and 6th genera-tions of Carr family funeral serviceproviders. Jeff Koopman, long timeassociate and member of the firm, wasunable to attend the presentation.

The funeral home, the former Taftresidence, which is now included in theNational Register of Historic Places,has evolved from a family owned liv-ery stable, located on Carr’s Lane inWhitinsville, and a storefront in theformer Odd Fellows Hall on CottageStreet, to its present location, in 1947.

The New England Concrete MasonryAssociation (NECMA) announces thelaunch of our NECMA AnnualEducation Day & Tradeshow takingplace on October 14th, 2010 at theHoliday Inn, Taunton, MA. This eventwill offer attendees up to 4 ContinuingEducation (AIA) credits. Certificatesof continuing education credit will beprovided to attendees upon request.Attendees will also have the opportuni-ty to learn about the latest concretemasonry and hardscape products andaccessories from vendors on thetradeshow floor. This is the first andonly New England area masonry andhardscape specific event and is intend-ed for architects, landscape architects& designers, contractors, developers,builders, engineers, specifiers andbuilding & municipal officials.

The following education sessions areincluded in the agenda: Lowe’s and theNew Energy & LEED Requirements -Dave Mayer, AIA, Senior, EngineeringManager, Lowe’s Corporation; Multi-

Wythe Masonry Wall Construction –The Ultimate Wall Solution - BrianTrimble, Sr. Dir. Engineering Services& Architectural Outreach, BrickIndustry Assn.; Masonry Construction& Energy Performance in Current &Emerging Building Codes - MaribethBradfield, P.E., National ConcreteMasonry Association consultant;Architectural Design Considerationsfor Segmental Retaining Walls; LEEDPoints & Achieving Effective Storm-water Management with PermeablePavers; Panel Discussion - MasonryRestoration, Cleaning & FinalInspection

NECMA is a regional organizationrepresenting manufacturers of concreteblock, pavers, segmental retainingwalls and related products.Membership in the Association is opento any organization or individualinvolved in the manufacture and / ordistribution of concrete masonry andlandscaping products and those thatsupport that production effort.

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made craftSubmitted by: Steve Butler

The Blackstone Valley School of Crafts

Please allow us to introduce our-selves. Steve Butler, Richard Chirosand Jeff Hollis are three professionalwoodworkers, artist and educators. Webelieve that preserving craft is preserv-ing something that is inherent to us all.We all love to make things. We lovewhat craft has done for our lives andwe want to share our passion with you.We want too make sure that craftremains a part of our community. Sowe invite you to the beginning of ournext creation, “The Blackstone ValleySchool of Crafts.”

The Blackstone Valley School ofCrafts is in its very early stage but wefeel it is very important to be a part ofthe community. We will put theemphasis in woodworking and wood-turning workshops, offering generalinterest night and day classes andweekend workshop intensives, as wellas offering classes in other mediumssuch as stained glass, jewelry making,ceramics and others. We are located inan historic theatre in South Grafton, offof Rte 122, easily accessible fromProvidence, RI, Worcester, and Boston.

Steve Butler is a studio furnituremaker who maintains a studio practicein Mendon. His work has been fea-tured in various magazines and bookssuch as Lark Books 500 Chairs and500 Tables. He has taught and devel-oped woodworking programs at theWorcester Center for Crafts and atPeters Valley Craft Center in Layton,NJ

Richards Chiros brings years of expe-rience as a contemporary commercialcabinetmaker, owner and operator ofWoodhaus, a commercial cabinet busi-ness in South Grafton.

Jeff Hollis is owner, operator ofEagle Eye Antiques. Jeff is a furniturefinisher, restorer and woodworker andhas years of experience in the antiquebusiness. All of us are passionate crafteducators and want your support.

If you have any questions pleaseemail [email protected]

pictured at Commerce Bank for a Friday nightFootball Frenzy kick-off meet and greet, (l to R), BrianThompson, president and CEO of Commerce Bank;Kevin Shea, Charter TV3; david G. “duddie“ massad,Chairman of Commerce Bank & Trust and andylacombe, Charter TV3.

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Senator Moore studiesideas to stimulate economic recovery

New England's economic downturnis proving to be deeper and more per-sistent than expected, but the regioncan rebound through a green economy,one of Maine's leading economists,told state officials gathered at a confer-ence in Portland, Maine recently. Sen.Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, whowas a featured panelist discussinghealth care quality and cost, alsoattended the plenary session on NewEngland's economic prospects to gainideas to promote economic growth andjobs in Massachusetts in the next leg-islative session.

The green economy is in its infancy,as information technology was morethan 40 years ago, said Charles Colgan,professor of public policy and manage-ment at the University of SouthernMaine. State and local governmentscan encourage clean-energy businessesthat can drive the recovery, he said,through public policies that influencethe price of oil. "Only by making oilmore expensive will we unleash themarket forces," he said.

That is where the clean-energy econ-omy can create a new foundation forgrowth. But it is still unclear to whatdegree Northeast states and theirCanadian counterparts can agree onregional strategies to develop renew-able energy sources and transmissioncorridors to connect them to where thepower is needed.

Colgan made his comments at thestart of a three-day Council of StateGovernments/Eastern Regional Con-ference. The nonpartisan group pro-motes multi-state and regional partner-ships to address issues including ener-gy, health care and transportation. Itrepresents states from Maine toMaryland, Puerto Rico and the U.S.Virgin Islands, and six easternCanadian provinces. Sen. Moore, whois President of the National Conferenceof State Legislatures, serves on thenational Executive Committee on theCouncil of State Governments. Mooreattended the conference at his ownexpense in an effort to gain ideas fromregional leaders on how to promoteeconomic recovery.

However, the regional economicnews at the conference was mixed.The latest economic recovery may bestalling, Professor Colgan said. Earlierthis year, economic forecasters thoughtNew England's job market wouldbegin growing this year and get back topre-recession levels by 2013. Thatoutlook may be extended when fore-casters meet again this fall, he said.With consumer spending down, stateand local governments are coping withan unprecedented plunge in tax rev-enue. Government can be more effi-cient, Colgan said, but it can't providepast levels of service. Sen. Mooreagreed with Professor Colgan that staterevenues are not expected to showimprovement much before the budgetfor Fiscal Year 2014.

Later in the conference, attendeesdiscussed health reform. Sen. Moore,who is considered a principal architectof the Massachusetts Health CareReform effort, discussed howMassachusetts has been working toimprove health care quality while con-taining costs. After detailing the workof the Group Insurance Commission,which administers health insurance forstate, and some municipal, employees,retirees and their dependents to pro-mote health quality, Sen. Moore identi-fied the steps taken by the Legislatureto prepare the foundation for dealingwith rising health costs. "The tophealth priority for the next legislativeterm," Moore explained, "will be pay-ment reform aimed at improvingpatient outcomes while ensuring thatcare is delivered with greater efficien-cy and less waste or duplication."

"The current fee-for-service system

for health care payments is no longeran effective way to pay for healthcare," said Sen. Moore. He added thatMassachusetts is attempting to findways to move away from the currentsystem.

Under a fee-for-service system, doc-tors and hospitals are typically paid foreach service, such as an office visit ormedical test. The system can add tothe high price for health care and canhit patients hard in out-of-pocket costs,critics say. More states are attemptingto move away from the system.

"I think, to some degree, the federalreform helps to set the framework forus," Moore said. "I think it's a move-ment that has to come."

For more information on Sen.Moore's efforts to stimulate economicrecovery through his work in theLegislature, visit www.senatormoore.com.

In these economic times, one wondershow existing companies are managingto stay afloat and how new companiesare able to be formed. First Call Safetyand Much Ado Marketing, two localwomen-owned businesses, dared todefy economic odds and began a jour-ney in their respective industries.

First Call Safety was born out of asummertime conversation at a backyard barbeque. Developed by Directorof Sales and Marketing, MichelleCampanelli, FCS introduces the latesttechnological advancement in fire safe-ty, a fire extinguisher alarm system.Additionally, FCS offers a full range offire suppression services in MA and sur-rounding states.

Much Ado Marketing began in a sim-ilar fashion, when high school class-mates Kate Bromley and Jodie Boduchreconnected years later on Facebookand realized their skill sets created aformidable marketing and public rela-tions team. Armed with years of expe-rience and a Rolodex of contacts, theyset out to conquer central Massa-chusetts (and then the world, possibly).

What do these companies have incommon and why will you hear moreabout them in the future?

As big businesses are cutting back andidentifying where they can save on thebottom line, young entrepreneurs aretaking the lead and making their ownluck, essentially creating companies towhich their old jobs can be outsourced.

Fire safety systems may not be your“typical” business a woman to pursue,but Campanelli has found that it worksto her advantage. Clients are impressedwith her expertise and professionalism.

And Bromley and Boduch, both Ivy-Leaguers with four degrees betweenthem, have found that the advertisingand marketing industry can be the “MadMen” world or just what you make of it.“It’s better to wake up each day andknow that you’ve worked four times ashard for each dollar in your pocket, butthat no one can take this away fromyou,” says Bromley. “You are responsi-ble for your own fate.”

Learn more about First Call Safetyand Much Ado Marketing at www.FirstCallSafety.com and www.MuchAdoMarketing.com


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Breast lumps can be either benign ormalignant. In either case, breast carerequires input from many specialtiesand may involve radiologists, patholo-gists, surgeons as well as medical andradiation oncologists. At the BreastCenter at Milford Regional, thesephysicians meet routinely to coordi-nate each patient’s individual care. Atthis panel discussion, a physician fromeach field will discuss the detection,evaluation and treatment of breastmasses using actual cases to demon-strate the step-by-step decision making

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What Does That Lump in Your BreastMean? will be presented on Monday,October 4th at 7:00 p.m. in thePhysicians Conference Center, locatedadjacent to the main lobby of theMedical Center. There is no cost toattend, but pre-registration is requestedas seating is limited. To register, pleasego to Milford Regional’s Web site atmilfordregional.org or call (508) 422-2206.

Electronic RecyclingCollection Day

Need to get rid of that old computermonitor? Have a broken air conditionerin the closet or an old hot water heater inthe basement? For a nominal fee you candrop off various electronic items andappliances at Uxbridge High Schoolparking lot on Saturday, October 16thfrom 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. The funds raisedgoes directly to the Uxbridge Yearbookfor 2011. This opportunity is open toanyone in the Blackstone Valley area andthere is no limit to the number of itemsyou can drop off. Sample pricing:Computer Monitor $5, Washing Machine$5, TV $12, Stove $10, AC $15, Refri-gerator $25, Fax Machine $5, Keyboard$1, Microwave $5, cell phones free.

Recycling Collection Day is a jointpartnership between the Uxbridge H.S.and the Uxbridge Board of Health. Ifyou have any questions to contact KarinKnapik at 508-278-0553.

Veterans Inc., the largest provider ofservices to veterans and their familiesin New England, has launched a newwebsite with a new address. The non-profit organization also has a new pres-ence on social media sites Facebook,Twitter and YouTube.

The website features videos, “SuccessStories” or case studies on formerlyhomeless veterans helped by VeteransInc., and statistics on the organizationand homelessness among veterans. The“Road to Recovery” page details theprocess veterans follow from the daythey come to Veterans Inc. to the daythey return to independent living.

Male and female veterans seekingemergency or transitional housing candownload the housing application fromthe website, at their library or othercomputer access point. People wishingto volunteer or organize donationdrives can download application forms,and people can donate to Veterans Inc.via a direct link to PayPal.

The site provides detailed informationon Veterans Inc.’s case management,housing, employment and training,health and wellness, and outreach serv-ices. The News page has news releases,news articles, special event informa-tion, and the new Veterans Inc. newslet-ter, called Veterans Ink.

“We’re very excited about these new

resources. We hope the new websitebecomes a valuable tool for all ouraudiences, including homeless veter-ans, other veterans in need, donors, vol-unteers, agencies and the media, as wellas students, teachers and the generalpublic looking for information onVeterans Inc. or homeless veterans,”said President and CEO Vincent J.Perrone.

The new website address is www.vet-eransinc.org. The old address,www.massveterans.org, takes visitorsto the new site for now.

Social Media -- “You have to reachout to people the way they want to bereached. These days, that meansFacebook, Twitter and YouTube,” saidPerrone. Social media followers ofVeterans Inc. will have access to com-pany and industry news, event updates,special promotions and more.To become a follower of Veterans Inc.:• via Facebook, visit www.facebook.com/veteransinc and click on the Likebutton• via Twitter, go to www.twitter.com,sign in, search on veteransinc1, andclick on follow.

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The Patrick-Murray Administrationalong with Representative PaulKujawski (D-Webster) are pleased toannounce another online conveniencethat will make it easier forMassachusetts drivers to go online forMassDOT RMV services and avoidwaiting in line at branches.

Online customers at www.mass.gov/rmv can now pay by electroniccheck to renew their license, order aduplicate license or MA ID, order adriving record or crash report and payfor a road test exam.

"This newest feature on our websitemeans a sizeable population of our cus-tomers will no longer be forced to visita branch for these registry servicesbecause they don't have a credit card,"said MassDOT Registrar RachelKaprielian. "The new payment optionis secure and as easy as writing acheck."

“This will make it easier for those inthe 8th Worcester District to accessRMV services,” said RepresentativeKujawski. “I encourage everyone touse this system because it certainly pro-vides us with an alternative to drivingto our closet RMV, when we don’t haveto.”

Customers will only need to entertheir checking account and bank rout-ing numbers to complete the e-checktransaction online. The feature isexpected to be especially useful fordrivers who often wait until theirlicense has expired and believe theyhave to go to a branch to renew. E-mailconfirmations of online payments canalso serve as proof they have renewedtheir license in case they are stoppedfor a motor vehicle violation.

Go Online Instead of Waiting in Line-Electronic checks is just one of morethan a dozen new services added to theMassDOT RMV website in the last twoyears increasing customer transactiontraffic by 40%. In addition to renewinga license or registration, customers canalso complete all license paperworkonline and make an appointment tocomplete the application in a branch aswell as register to be an organ tissuedonor, book a road test and sign up fora free reminder service.

RMV announces new E-Checks Customer Service

Veterans Inc. launches new website

Continuing with her pledge to keepgovernment open and accessible,Representative Jen Callahan hasannounced the launch of a new web sitewww.repcallahan.com and socialmedia page www.facebook.com/RepJen Callahan. Callahan said, “I amexcited to further share legislative anddistrict news and host an interactivesite for people of all ages. The site haslinks to legislation I have sponsored,local and state issues, recent media andlinks to many videos of House debatesin which I address governmentaccountability and transparency. Thereis also a ‘Kidz Zone’ link to state gov-ernment and history sites tailored justfor children.”

Callahan has also added a page on thepopular social media site Facebook for“happenings” in the District. “I consid-er this a positive forum to share infor-mation about the many facets of the

communities I represent. I am proud torepresent the 18th Worcester Districtand view the new sites as ways to high-light its unique people, places andevents,” said Callahan.

Since taking office, Callahan hasestablished a variety of outreach oppor-tunities to stay connected constituentsincluding establishing a DistrictMunicipal Team comprised of volun-teer liaisons, holding “Java with Jen”evening office hours in all five towns,publishing the Callahan Chroniclenewsletter and conducting district-wideConstituent Opinion Surveys.“Keeping a pulse on local issues, get-ting feedback and communicating reg-ularly with constituents is vital to goodpublic service. Web-based media is yetanother form of outreach that allowsmore real time communication ofevents, announcements and constituentwork in the District,” said Callahan.

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Jill Gaines, an American Cancer Society DetermiNationathlete, helped to raise nearly $8,500 to help fight cancer andbring hope to those facing the disease. DetermiNation is apowerful and inspiring movement, which enables athletes todedicate their training and participation in marathons,triathlons, cycling races, and other endurance events in honoror in memory of a loved one with cancer, while raising fundsto support the American Cancer Society's unique mission tosave lives and create a world with less cancer and more birth-days by helping people stay well and get well, by findingcures, and by fighting back. There are severalDetermiNation events throughout New England. For moreinformation, or to participate in Determi-Nation, contactyour American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 or visitcancer.org /meaningfulmiles.

The US Equestrian Federation announced that BobKoopman of Northbridge represented the USA in Italy atthe Single Horse World Championship. He was one of 5drivers selected from the US to attend the games in Italy.His team consisted of his eleven year old Morgan horse,Whippoorwill Keep Dancing and his two daughters, Anna

Koopman of Middleburg VA and Paige Ela of WashingtonDC. The USA team placed 11th out of 20 countries withBob’s score in the marathon being the 10th fastest in theworld. They were proud to be chosen to carry the Americanflag for the USA team during the opening and closing cer-emonies.

Jill Gaines (center) of Uxbridge recently par-ticipated in the Cranberry Trifest Triathlon atTed Williams Camp in lakeville, massa-chusetts. She was joined at the event by herdaughter maya (left) and her son Kevin.

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The Whitin Community Center is presenting adebut fundraising event, the RUN 4 YOUTHOUTREACH trail run on October 9th at 8 a.m. atthe Upton State Forest.

This fundraising event will benefit the WCC’sYouth Outreach Program, which is comprised of 4unique components offered throughout the yearthat are free to youth ages 5-17, including an afterschool center, mentoring, summer theater, and aweekly family recreational program. The YouthOutreach program is funded entirely by grants,donations and community fundraising efforts.

The trail run registration and starting point islocated at 205 Westborough Road in Upton. This6-mile trail run is an exciting opportunity that willgive runners of all abilities the chance to testthemselves on a challenging but fair course duringa beautifully picturesque time in New England.There will be two water stops on the course, racepackets for all registrants and high-tech shirts forthe first 100 entries. There will also be awards pre-sented to the first 3 male and first 3 female finish-ers.

The pre-registration fee for this event is $25.00and registration the day of the event is $30.00.Mailed registrant entries must be postmarked bySeptember 30, 2010. Number and packet pick-uptimes and locations are Friday, October 8th at theRockdale Youth Center, located at 2219Providence Road in Northbridge from 5 pm until 7pm, and also the morning of the trail run at UptonState Forest from 7 am until 7:50 am. Forms areavailable at the Whitin Community Center or byvisiting www.WhitinCommunityCenter.com.

For more information, please contact MoniqueBoucher, Director of Outreach, at (508) 234-8184ext. 121 or via email at [email protected].

The Whitin Community Center initiated theYouth Outreach Program in 1996 in an effort toopen the doors to all children, independent of feeor membership, to enjoy the benefits of a weeklyrecreational program on Saturdays. That programhas since been expanded to include a SummerYouth Theatre Program, an after school YouthCenter in the Rockdale section of Northbridge,MA, and the Northbridge Mentoring Partnership.The goals of the Youth Outreach Program are toencourage children, ages 5-17, from all socio-eco-nomic backgrounds to enjoy and respect eachother by developing friendships, individual self-worth, and a sense of fair play, team spirit andcooperation in a safe and supervised environment.

The Whitin Community Center is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) community-based organizationserving the Blackstone Valley since 1922. TheWhitin Community Center is committed toenhancing the health and well-being of individualsand families and building a strong community inthe Blackstone Valley. We offer social, recreation-al, educational, and outreach programs that bringcommunity members of all ages and backgroundstogether. The Whitin Community Center is theBlackstone Valley’s most complete family andrecreation center with two swimming pools, agym, a spinning studio, a fitness center, child careand after school programs, summer camps and aseven-acre park.


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Very recent studies prove undisputedly the neg-ative effects of stretching before an event. To getright into the meat of it, runners and sprinters per-formed their stretches before their events andthen did their event. Then others engaged in theirevent without stretching. And then of coursecross-overs were done with all athletes.

Note, there was a lot more scrutiny and analy-sis done, I'm just giving you the results!

The stretching group performed poorly com-pared to the non stretching group. It seems thatthe reason is stretching blunts your muscle poweroutput considerably and for an extended time,even up to an hour.

Now here's a startling fact discovered by the cli-nicians. That is, the stretchers had to work muchharder to run the same distance. Now that iscounter to our thinking that stretching would infact help to increase overall performance. Youdon't want to work harder to do your event or

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These tests were done over and over with thesame results - always. So, as a result, accordingto the experts, you should never do static stretch-ing before an event!

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22nd Annual Thanksgiving Race & Healthwalk

The 22nd Annual Thanksgiving Whitin FiveMile Race and Two Mile Healthwalk will takeplace on Thursday, November 25th at 8:10 am atthe Whitin Community Center, 60 Main Street,Whitinsville.

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Susan, age 32, resides inHarrisville, RI and started in realestate sales in 2000. At the time, shewas a stay-at-home mom lookingfor a way to have a career as well asbalance the demands of a family. In2005, she opened RE/MAXAmerican Dream in Uxbridge. In2007, her office, which was locatedin the Bernat Mill, burned to theground and then reopened inWhitinsville. In June 2010, sheopened the second office inWoonsocket, R.I.

Susan’s biggest success profes-sionally has been finding balance.She is a mom of three, ages 12, 8and 6. When she opened her firstoffice they were 7, 3 and 1. She hassince stayed on her professionalpath while bringing her children toand from school every day, doinghomework, being home for dinnerand NEVER missing a hockeygame!

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Karen Mercure, Broker/Owner of The Mercure Group,Inc, a virtual office real estate Brokerage firm based inDouglas welcomes the addition of Dayle D’Amico, anassociate Broker formerly of D’Amico Realty of Auburnand Blackstone Valley Realty of Sutton. Dayle has been aRealtor in 1992, and her Broker’s license in 2003. She iscurrently the chair of the Grievance Committee of theWorcester Regional Board of Realtors and holds the ABRAccredited Buyer’s Agent designation. Dayle will be work-

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Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, aPrudential Financial, Inc. [NYSE: PRU] company, andPrudential Prime Properties announced that Prudential RealEstate ranks “Highest Overall Satisfaction for HomeSellers Among National Full Service Real Estate Firms” inJ.D. Power and Associates’ 2010 Home Buyer/SellerStudySM.

The study measures customersatisfaction of home sellers andbuyers with major national realestate companies. Overall satis-faction is determined by exam-ining four factors for the home-selling experience: agent (44%);marketing (30%); office (15%);and services (11%).

Among home sellers,Prudential Real Estate scoredhighest on a 1,000-point scaleand received particularly highratings from customers in themarketing and agent factors.This is the second time in threeyears the Prudential Real EstateNetwork ranked highest in sell-er satisfaction. The Networkalso ranked highest in 2008.

“This distinction underscoresthe satisfaction level and consis-tency of our network throughchallenging times in our indus-try,” said Jim Mallozzi, chairman and CEO, PrudentialReal Estate and Relocation Services. “Affiliate to affiliate,our sales professionals are the local-market experts whomarket and price homes right, while providing attentiveservice. The more you know us, the more you love us.”

Added Earl Lee, president, PrudentialReal Estate and Relocation Services:“The Prudential Real Estate Networkalready enjoys one of the highest averageselling prices in the industry. And, thisprestigious J.D. Power and Associatesdesignation demonstrates that our salesprofessionals are representing their cus-tomers with distinction.”

The team at Prudential PrimeProperties works hard to exceed theexpectations of its clients – sellers andbuyers alike, explained Randy DeVries,Vice President, Prudential PrimeProperties. “In today’s market, ourclients require all the expertise and serv-ice we can offer – and by leveragingPrudential’s brand strength, its broadproduct and service offerings and itseffective Internet marketing programs,we provide sellers with the exposure theyneed for their homes.” The study finds that despite the popular-ity of home selling and buying resourceson the Internet, the real estate sales pro-fessional remains key to customer satis-faction with real estate companies. Alarge proportion of both home sellers andbuyers rely on the Internet to facilitate

the buying or selling process, with 79 percent of buyerssaying that they used Internet tools to help them in the pur-chase process, and 82 percent of sellers reporting that theyused a website listing to market their home. In addition,among home sellers, online methods are the most importantaspect of marketing.

However, the sales profession-al carries the greatest impor-tance among the factors thatcomprise overall satisfactionamong both home sellers andbuyers.

According to J.D. Power andAssociates, although the Internetprovides real estate consumerswith the ability to perform someessential tasks – such as listing ahome for sale or researching aneighborhood in which to pur-chase a home – it still does notreplace the importance of a goodsales professional. The knowl-edge and expertise provided byexperienced sales professionalsare important benefits of using afull-service real estate company.

Satisfaction averages 768among those customers whosehomes sold within five monthsor less, but declines consider-ably to an average of 702 among

customers whose homes took seven months or longer tosell, the study showed.

Nearly one-half of respondents in the study (46%) report-ed using recommendations from family or friends to findtheir real estate sales professional. Approximately 32 per-cent used a sales professional they had used previously, 22percent used the internet and 12 percent used a listing agentfor property.

The study reports that home buyers were shown an aver-age of 17 homes before they made a purchase. Home sell-ers reported that, on average, their home was shown 12times, and about two open houses were conducted before asale occurred.

The 2010 Home Buyer/Seller Study includes 3,096 eval-uations from 2,817 respondents who bought or sold a homebetween March 2009 and April 2010.

Based in Westlake Village, Calif., J.D. Power andAssociates is a global marketing information services com-pany operating in key business sectors including marketresearch, forecasting, performance improvement, trainingand customer satisfaction. The company’s quality and sat-isfaction measurements are based on responses from mil-lions of consumers annually. For more information on cellphone ratings, car reviews and ratings, car insurance, healthinsurance and more, visit JDPower.com. J.D. Power andAssc. is a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Prudential Real Estate provides franchises with businessstrategies using Operation Reviews as well as numerousbenefits, including access to Prudential Real Estate’sOnline Seller AdvantageSM program designed to providereal-time information to sellers with the touch of a key-stroke. For more information, please visit www.news.pru-dential.com.

Prudential ranked Highest for Seller Satisfaction

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