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Vol. 1 No. 10
Free to Every Home and Business Every Month
September 1. 2011
Middle
School
Students
Take Up
Rachel’s
Challenge
Dean College
Preparing the Community for What’s Next
BY J.D. O’GARA
No one in Massachusetts can doubt
that these days, bullying is being
taken seriously. Following some terrible public examples of the consequences of bullying, in May of
2010, Gov. Deval Patrick signed
landmark legislation delineating
how schools in the state should respond to reports of children being
bullied in school. Schools are required to clearly indicate how they
handle bullying situations in school
handbooks. Many are implementing
anti-bullying programs.
Dean College offers unparalleled support to its 2-year and 4-year students, as well as a number of opportunities to the local communities.
BY J.D. O’GARA
Dean College has come a long
way since it began as an academy
in 1865 with just 44 students.
Named for Dr. Oliver Dean, a native of South Franklin, who offered
9 acres of land and $125,000 for its
construction, the institution, in the
heart of Franklin, has gone from a
- Junior College (in 1957) to a twoyear residential - College (in 1994)
offering Associate-Degrees only, to
Dean College, offering both Associate and Bachelor’s degree programs.
Dean College’s beginnings give
its students a unique advantage
over students who attend other
schools of higher learning. The
original focus of the school was
students “who may need a little
more support,” says Gregory
Chalk, Dean’s Director of Market-
ing and Communications. The
goal, says Chalk, was to “get - confidence under their belt, and - used
to a structured learning environment.” That effort has led to an exceptionally strong advising
One such bullying initiative was implemented at the Annie Sullivan
Middle School, thanks to a grant
through the Norfolk County District
Attorney’s office. A grant was given
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program, which focuses on producing self-reliance and academic success in the first two years of college.
“Our goal is to service the students
and focus on the first two years of
their education. If they’re successful
during these critical years, then, that
buoys them with the confidence
needed to matriculate to - a 4-year
institution where they will continue
to - thrive,” says Chalk. That mission is expanding. Now, Chalk says,
the school and students are finding
there is “no reason (students) would
have to leave if we were able to service them in the last 2 years as well.”
Will O’Leary, 21, a Franklin native, and third year Dean student,
studies business with a concentration of sports management.
O’Leary, who lives at the college
and is in his second year as a campus advisor, had originally considered other schools. Although he had
the grades to attend other schools, he
chose Dean because of its unique
support for students.
“One thing that Dean offered, that
the other schools didn’t, was the academic support services,” says
O’Leary who actually worked on
the campus as a high school senior.
“The faculty is just phenomenal, the
people were just phenomenal,” says
O’Leary. O’Leary is thankful for the
support services, including a personal learning tutor he says helps
keep him organized. “If I didn’t have
that, I don’t think I’d be able to organize myself to be where I am
today,” says O’Leary.
“Students are going to get excellent service their first two years.
That’s what Dean does best, through
our counseling, through our advising. It’s very unique,” notes Chalk.
Each student has their own advisor,
and these full-time advisors work
with students on schedules, course
selection and on time management.
“In some respects,” says Chalk,
“they’re like a personal coach.”
Chalk points out that this advantage really benefits all of the students
at Dean, which, he says, attracts all
levels of students. “We also have an
honors program at Dean for students
who want to take honors classes,”
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“This fall we will have approx
1,050 full time day students,” says
John F. Marcus, VP of Enrollment
Service and Marketing for Dean
College. Students, he says, “come
from 23 different states, and 10% of
our students are international, representing 20 different countries.
Ninety percent of our students live
on the 100-acre campus. We have
about 100 students from surrounding towns, including Franklin,
Wrentham, Milford Walpole, and
Norwood.”
What might not be as well known,
but is growing in popularity, is Dean
College’s school of professional and
continuing studies.
“In the course of a year,” says
Marcus, “another 500 students take
courses part-time, typically in the
evenings. Those are all students
from the local area. Some are pursuing their degrees part time while
they work in the day; some are coming back to school; some are enrolled in a certificate program.”
They are doing so, says Marcus, because “ many of the same programs
we offer during the day are offered
in the evenings – Elementary Education, Liberal Arts and Business –
it’s really across the board.”
In fact, 70% of the students are enrolled in Associate degrees in 15
different majors, a growing number
– 30%, are enrolled in Bachelor degree programs in Arts and Entertainment Management, Business,
Dance, Liberal Art and Studies, and
Theatre , says Chalk.
Chris O’Reilly, 21, a Hopkinton
native and theatre major, is one of
those who are staying at Dean for a
four-year degree. Dean was his
safety school when he first applied.
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O’Reilly found he loved working
with the faculty, who, he says “are
always there to help you and make
sure that you retain the information.”
As for the performing arts,
O’Reilly appreciated that he was
able to become very hands-on from
the moment he walked through the
door at Dean College.
“I was able to take tech classes on
stagecraft and lighting design, and I
was able to stage manage shows as
a freshman,” he says. The opportunities he was given as a freshman
showed O’Reilly that Dean was
“strictly based on who works the
hardest gets rewarded rather than
getting rewarded simply because
you’re older. I like that. I’ve been
here for four years, and I love it.”
“We were really able to draw, especially in our dance and theatre
programs, people who have some
very impressive resumes,” says
Chalk.
The wonderful diversity of theatre
faculty also affords the residents of
Franklin a more rich cultural experienceand for many area residents,
that translates into a fantastic night
out, right in their own backyard. Arts
lovers need not take a trip to Boston
or Providence to see top-quality theatrical performance. This school
year will kick off on a high note with
September 1. 2011
a performance of -! from September
27 through October 2, and October
21 will feature an international inspired Dance Cabaret show. In fact,
dance and theatre are featured
throughout the school year at the recently opened 28,000 sq. ft. performance venue and dining center.
Neighbors of Dean College can
enjoy Sunday brunch to top quality
stage performance at prices affordable to most families. For more information on Dean performances,
visit www.dean.edu/performance or
call (508 541-1605).
Theatre’s not the only added benefit of having Dean College as a
neighbor. Local sports fans might
also want to make a note of Dean’s
robust athletics program.
“Our football team has been nationally ranked, within the NJCAA
(National Junior College Athletic
Association,” says Marcus. “In
2008, we went to the national championship. We’re very competitive
within our division. “ The school
also offers men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer,
men’s baseball, women’s softball,
men’s and women’s lacrosse, and
men’s golf.
“Even though it’s a small school,
we really do have a large number of
events,” says Chalk. “We have a lot
of family friendly and evening out
events that provide a great opportunity for locals to enjoy and support.”
Dean College is as much a great
place to visit, as it is to attend. That
sentiment is echoed by alumni who
return to participate, such as Elizabeth Solomon, current President of
Dean’s Alumni Association, who’s
on the Board of Trustees for the
school. The 1996 graduate and her
husband run an entertainment company on Cape Cod.
“I think the biggest thing that Dean
provided me as a student was the
knowledge that I could actually succeed,” says Solomon, who grew up
in New Bedford. “I went into college not really realizing my potential. They really encourage you to
find who you are and find out what
your strengths are, and then they really cater to those strengths. You
leave with a full skill-set before
walking out the door.”
Solomon describes the faculty as
worthy of respect, nurturing, with a
firm hand.
“What sets Dean above rest of the
institutions is the fact they are so involved with core students. It’s almost as if they stop the problems
before they start. You’re not a number,” says Solomon.
For more information about Dean
College, visit www.dean.edu or call
877-TRY-DEAN (877-879-3326).
September 1. 2011
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New Reverend Comes to St. John’s Franklin Biennial Town
St. John’s Episcopal Church, located at 237 Pleasant Street in
Franklin, is pleased to welcome
our new rector, the Reverend
Canon Robert Edmunds. His first
service at St. John’s will be Sunday, September 18th at 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Edmunds and his wife Deborah join us from Jerusalem, where
they have served for the past three
years. Prior to that position, Rev.
Edmunds was the rector at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in
Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard. He
will be serving the position of corector for St. John’s and Trinity
Episcopal Church in Wrentham.
This collaborative ministry model
is a new and exciting for both
parishes.
St. John’s, part of the Diocese of
Massachusetts, would like to offer
a special thank you to our interim
priest, Father Robert Edson. He
has been with the church since
2008 and has provided strong spiritual leadership for the congrega-
tion. Our Sunday school will begin
at 10:15 a.m. on September 11,
with over 100 children already enrolled. We also offer a youth group
for teens in grades 8-12. Childcare
is offered for those too young for
Sunday school. Coffee hour follows the service, with a chance to
meet with the priest. Our church
is handicap accessible with plenty
of parking.
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internationally.
Wittcoff explains that since her
middle school students were very
young in 1999, they needed background information on Columbine.
to implement Rachel’s Challenge,
a course on bullying prevention in
the spirit of Rachel Scott, the first
teenage victim of the Columbine
massacre.
“They graciously gave it to Franklin
Public Schools and the superintendent because of our best buddies program at the Annie Sullivan,” says
Beth Wittcoff, Principal of the
school. “It’s a natural fit. Best Buddies is an international program
we’ve had at our school since 2004
that pairs special needs students
with general education students.
They are buddies within school and
outside of school. They have mailboxes and they exchange letters
with one another.”
Wittcoff explains that Rachel’s
Challenge was a program started by
Rachel Scott’s father just a few
years after the Columbine tragedy
to bring forth her message of tolerance and acceptance she had written in a school essay before her
death. What she had written and
other materials she left behind indicated Rachel had a hope to spread
a pattern of kindness, one she challenged the world to follow. Now,
the program presents nationally and
“We did a pre-teaching before and
the post-teaching after,” she says.
“It was really just to bring forward
her message.” Wittcoff explains that
Rachel wrote “about tolerance, acceptance and kindness, and positive
attitude and eliminating prejudice.”
Two different versions of Rachel’s
Challenge were presented – a version for the Middle School and a
high school version, which was
shown to the 7th and 8t graders.
Children watched an audiovisual
presentation along with a speaker
during the day, and in the evening,
a joint presentation was given for
parents and students. According to
Wittcoff, many students came back
with their parents to see it.
Following the presentation, says
Wittcoff, “We had over 100 students express an interest to become
and join “Friends of Rachel.” Children formed a number of subcommittees, she said, to try to spread the
message in a variety of ways. One
group formed the Rachel Scott
award committee, where they researched, investigated and pre-
September 1. 2011
sented an award (meant to be annual) to a boy and girl at the end of
the year who most emulates Rachel
Scott’s attributes qualities and
goals. Students nominated other
students for this at gradewide assemblies, then teachers reviewed
the nominations and came up with
two recipients for each grade. The
whole idea, says Wittcoff, was
modeled after the school’s Annie
Grade 6 Rachel’s Challenges:
Treat others the way you want
to be treated.
Dream big and believe in yourself.
Appreciate everyone and
mock no one.
Power of positive gossip
Forgive and be forgiven
Grade 7 & 8 Rachel’s Challenges
Eliminate Prejudice—look for
the best in others
Dare to dream – set goals and
keep a journal
Choose positive influences –
input determines output
Kind words – little acts of kindness
Start a chain reaction
Children at Annie Sullivan started a chain-link initiative, giving a link to
follow students and faculty who made a difference in their lives.
Sullivan award.
Another of the groups set out to
raise money for the Rachel’s Challenge organization.
“Their charge was to sell bracelets
in Rachel’s favorite colors as a
fundraiser,” says Wittcoff. Still another group started a “chainlink initiative.”
“The goal was to get 2011 chain
links,” says Wittcoff, referring to
paper links in a chain that would
run down a hallway in the school.
“In order to do that, someone had to
write someone else why they deserved a chain link, because of a
positive attitude or something like
that.” Wittcoff cherishes a chain
link one student had given her,
praising her for her work in making
the school a positive place to be. In
the end, the students exceeded their
goal of 2011, finding 2,174 reasons
to praise their fellow students and
faculty.
“I think it raised awareness,” says
Wittcoff. “I think it helped build
empathy. I think it made kids really
think about their words making a
difference. Words can hurt, but also
positive words can have such an incredible impact on someone’s day.”
“One of the most important things
we can do is model for our children,
to celebrate the goodness in all of
us and bring that out,” says
Wittcoff, about students’ recognizing each other’s positive qualities.
“It’s not acceptable to be mean or
to say anything that’s unkind. I
think that message gets out loud and
clear by celebrating so much of the
positive.”
September 1. 2011
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Franklin Public Library Launches Tutoring
Program with Help from Volunteers
BY J.D. O’GARA
to see how it evolves.”
Does homework have your child
stumped? Are you struggling to
help them between your busy
schedule and unfamiliar curricula?
Volunteers at the Franklin Public
Library are beginning a new program in October aimed at helping
area students in grades 2-8. Qualified volunteer tutors will be available Monday through Thursday,
from 3-5 p.m., to help students
with their homework needs.
Oti began discussing the issue
with retired teacher Nancy Rappa,
who was eager to start the homework assistance program. According to Oti, many of the retired
teachers who worked with the literacy program through the library,
which ended three years ago due
to lack of funding, were still eager
to use their skills set to help students. This includes the Vice-Chair
of the library and retired teacher
Monique Doyle. “Parents are encouraged to consider their children’s needs in September before
signing up for the program.”
Students will have to register for
the new program, which will provide volunteer tutors in the subjects of Math, Science, Social
Studies, Reading, Language Arts
and Study Skills. Children can
bring their homework or projects
to the center to work with the volunteers.
“We are very lucky to have re-
tired teachers who are willing to
give, who are very happy to do
this,” says Oti.
For those who are interested in
either receiving homework assistance or perhaps volunteering for
the program, brochures will be
available at the library and at town
hall. The brochure contains the
student consent form and the tutor
application form. Although volunteers with teaching backgrounds
are preferred, all volunteer applicants with a dedication to education, an ability to communicate
with children of diverse learning
styles and a positive outlook will
be considered.
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“We knew from talking to parents that there was a need,” says
Felicia Oti, Director of the
Franklin Public Library. “There
are many, many parents who cannot afford tutors,” she says. The
program’s objective is to provide a
supervised, supportive environment, where children can benefit
from the free homework assistance
for two hours each week. “We
want to start small,” says Oti.
“We’re thinking of limiting it in
the beginning to 10 or 15 students,
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“What we’re really
looking for is one-onone assistance, because
our volunteers will be
helping that child at his
point in need,” says Oti.
The Library Board reviewed the program for
three months before its
initiation. For more information on the
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Art Show at Jane’s Frames to Feature Two Women Artists through September 9th
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active in Franklin’s downtown revitalization. “I really like the idea
of two female photographers. I try
to support local artists whenever I
can.”
The town of Franklin took on a
decidedly metropolitan feel for a
little while on August 28, when
Jane Curran, owner of Jane’s
Frames, hosted the opening of a
two-woman art show at her shop at
11 East Central Street. “Nature and
Her Ways: Through the Lenses of
Two Photographers,” which will
run through September 9, features
the captivating photography of
local artists Pamela Ruby Russell,
of Norfolk, and Rebecca Skinner,
a Franklin native.
In addition to the 42 pieces on
display, opening night for the show
also featured the music of guitarist
Kai Olsson, hand massages by a
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“I really thought their art complimented each other,” says Curran,
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A songwriter as well as a photographer, Pamela Ruby Russell has
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music can be heard at www.CDBaby.com/Rubytunes, and she can
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Rebecca Skinner spent her first
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classes at Rhode Island School of
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workout with yoga," she observed.
After Zumba, muscle work or
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way to cross train.
BY ANNE PARKER
Summer is almost over. Come
back from vacation. Time to take
care of yourself and find your
"bliss." September is National
Yoga Month. Initiated by the Dept.
of Health and Human Services,
Take Time for Yoga (www.yogamonth.org) is designed to get the
public more familiar with the
health benefits of yoga.
Escape from your busy dayweek-month. Once you enter the
studio at Franklin Yoga & Wellness
at 1256 West Central Street in
Franklin, you will be greeted by a
welcoming staff. In this intimate
oasis, you can choose from a variety of classes such as Hatha yoga,
vinyasa yoga, gentle yoga, Kundalini yoga, tai chi, reiki, Sadhana
(morning meditation). They will
be offering one free week of yoga
to new students from September 610. Fall registration begins September 11.
If you are new to yoga, gentle
yoga and vinyasa yoga are a good
start. "Vinyasa flow is gentle
which is a wonderful introduction
for people if their a little skittish
about trying yoga," says Betsy
Barry, who teaches this style at
Team Fitness at 100 Franklin Village Drive in Franklin also offers
yoga and pilates classes. Exercise
is their primary business, but they
do offer yoga three times a week
and pilates three times a week, according to Ashley Butler, marketing and sales manager. First-time
customers get the first 30 days free.
This includes yoga and all other
classes.
The staff at Franklin Yoga & Wellness, from left to right: Tony Berg, Betsy Barry, owner Guruatma Khalsa,
Nicki LeMarbre and Steven Sawyer.
Franklin Yoga. "People can take it
at their own pace."
The Baba Siri Chand Yoga Center in Millis is located at 368 Village Street within the Ashram
(community center). This yoga
studio is situated on 18 beautiful
acres. They traditionally have offered Kundalini, but now are opening it up to other styles for the
public. "Now we are going more
mainstream with a variety of
styles. We are adding chi gong, tai
chi, ayengar, and gentle yoga,"
says Victoria Haffer, Director at the
Center. For $5 you can drop in for
a community Hatha yoga class.
The Yoga Center is offering a free
week of yoga classes to new members. Print out a copy of the schedule
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anyone to really come home to
themselves - physically, emotionally, and spiritually. And really get
to know their bodies and mind in
a positive way," Giovangelo explained.
Styles of Yoga
There are a number of names for
yoga, and they work you in different ways.
Hatha yoga is the most commonly practiced style. The word
hatha is derived from the Indian
words for sun (ha) and moon (tha),
which is why this style is often referred to as the yoga of “opposite
pairs.” Low-impact Hatha yoga
combines different asanas, or postures with a deep breathing technique to promote flexibility,
balance and relaxation.
Vinyasa yoga is a gentle flowing
yoga; ideal if you are new, out of
shape, or have health issues.
Vinyasa yoga is diverse. Each instructor's style may be different, so
it's important to find a teacher you
can relate to. If you enjoy having
things a little loose and unpredictable and like to move, Vinyasa
is probably a good choice.
Kundalini is one of the more
spiritual types of yoga. It goes beyond the physical performance of
poses with its emphasis on breathing, meditation, mudras and chanting. The Kundalini sequences can
be very physically intense. The
class ends with a meditation,
which may be accompanied by the
teacher playing a large gong, and
a closing song.
Power yoga is a general term
used to describe a vigorous, fitness-based approach to vinyasastyle to yoga. Most power yoga is
closely modeled on the Ashtanga
style of practice. Unlike Ashtanga,
power yoga does not follow a set
series of poses. Although power
yoga classes can vary widely, what
they have in common is an emphasis on strength and flexibility.
Reiki is a Japanese technique for
stress reduction and relaxation that
also promotes healing. Typically it
used as a complement to other
medical or therapeutic techniques
to relieve side effects and promote
recovery. It focuses on a person's
energy. A reiki practitioner may
use their hands or crystals to promote healing. It is administered by
laying on hands and is based on
the idea that an unseen "life force
energy" flows through us. If one's
life force energy is low, then we
are more likely to get sick or feel
stress, and if it is high, we are more
capable of being happy and
healthy.
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"Energy is in everything. The
world is not all physical; it's really
energy," says Nicki LeMarbre,
program and events coordinator at
Franklin Yoga & Wellness. She is
an energy facilitator and teacher.
She uses stones like selenite and
works with a crystal bowl.
"Crystals are for energy transformation. They help to clear energy
blocks in the body and help you to
feel light and focused," she points
out. Emotions such as anger, fear,
resentment, guilt and jealousy create these blockages.
Yoga for the present and future
"There’s a sense that you get
when things are quiet. Everything
is so loud, busy, and computergenerated. The practice of sitting
quietly with other people is very
peaceful and relaxing," said Guruatma Khalsa, who owns Franklin
Yoga & Wellness. "People are
hungry for something to help them
to go to deeper levels of their psyche and find a sense of peace and
wellness that they're not getting
anywhere else," he observed. Re-
cently Franklin Yoga had a 40-day
"Sadhana," or early morning practice. Each morning from 4 to 6:30
a.m., the studio saw anywhere
from 8 and 13 people.
Victoria Haffer at the Millis Yoga
Center agrees that yoga, meditation and chanting keep your mind
and attention focused on one thing.
"People need to be present. Be in
the moment. Don't miss the gift of
what's in front of you," she said. "I
tell my students: take time for
yourself. You will be a better person for everyone around you," she
explained. “You can't wait until
your kids grow up. Don't wait until
you're retired. The more your cup
is full, the more you can give to
others.”
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September 11, 2001
It was a brilliant Tuesday morning. One of those days that only
happen in early autumn when the
day is warm, the air is dry and the
light from the sun is a sparkling
white that makes all things in view
appear picture postcard perfect.
I was on my way to work, still
clearing the early morning cobwebs out of my mind. Our second
child was five months old, and
sleep was still at a premium. I was
listening, as I usually do, to sports
talk radio and one of the men on
the air read off a news report that a
“plane” had “hit” one of the twin
towers at the World Trade Center in
New York City. My initial reaction
was a mental image of a small
plane attempting to fly past the
twin towers and probably clipping
part of one of the buildings on the
way by. My next thought, not
knowing too much about aviation
and how flights are routed around
major metropolitan areas, was that
I was surprised that something like
that didn’t happen more often. I
hoped no one had been badly injured.
Then a few minutes later the
same man on the radio was speaking to his daughter who was attending college in New York City and
who had a straight line of site to the
tower that the “plane” had “hit.”
She said there was a “gaping hole”
in one of the twin towers, and
smoke was pouring out of the hole.
I knew immediately that the probability of a “plane” flying directly
into one of the towers was remote,
and that in all likelihood this was a
deliberate act. I thought some employee was enraged for one reason
or another and decided to take it out
on his bosses and co-workers.
By this time, thankfully, I arrived
at my office and turned off the
radio, feeling a little down hearing
about another person deciding to
take many lives because they were
having a bad day. I said a prayer
that not too many people would be
hurt by this “kook” and went it to
the stack of work waiting for me in
my office.
I don’t listen to the radio or a television while I work. I generally
work from early in the morning to
late a night, and I’m usually hermetically sealed in my office. My
clients pay me to apply as much
gray matter as I can muster to their
problems, so I owe it to them to
keep distractions to a minimum.
However, this day in early September was unlike any day I can remember. The news that day came
on like an incoming tide; it could
not be stopped. Each update I received was worse than the previous
one.
Then an update I heard sent a
chill down my spine and instantly
made me realize that my life, and
the world as we knew it, would
never be the same again, “Did you
hear that a second plane, another
airliner, was flown into the second
tower?” There was no doubt in my
mind now that our country was
subject to a coordinated and deliberate attack.
Since my day was busy, I caught
only sporadic updates throughout
the rest of the day. “A third airliner
was hijacked and has struck the
Pentagon.”…“Another airliner has
been hijacked and is somewhere
over Pennsylvania. Its destination
is not known.”…“The President
has announced that we have been
the victims of a terrorist attack.”…
“The fourth hijacked airliner has
crashed or has been shot down over
Pennsylvania.”
If, only twelve hours before, you
had asked me to watch a television
show with these story lines, I
would have said, “Forget it. That’s
just way too ‘out there.” That
could never happen.”
It wasn’t until I got home and saw
the images on the television that I
truly started to realize that this horrible day was really happening. I
saw the people in the towers, with
no hope of survival, making the
gruesome choice to end their lives
by jumping instead of staying in
the buildings and burning to death.
Then the full weight of the tragedy
began to settle over my mind.
I went to bed that night a different
person. I held by wife and my two
young children tightly. The world
was now darker and more omi-
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nous. I didn’t sleep much, if at all
that night. Instead I worried about
the kind of world that my children
would grow up in.
Thankfully, the overwhelming response by the people of this great
land over the next weeks and
months, helped to ease the sorrow
we all felt at that time. Worry and
sadness turned to outrage and determination as the country vowed
to make those responsible for such
a terrible day pay for their actions.
You can argue that we shouldn’t
have taken the war to Iraq or that
we shouldn’t have taken the war to
Afghanistan, but this country has
not suffered a major terrorist attack
since that fateful September day.
Freezing suspected terrorist assets
in this country has helped reduce
the funds by which terrorist groups
can fund attacks against the United
States and her allies. Most of all, it
has been the dedication and efforts
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Local Kids Do Good
BY ANNE PARKER
Pantry," she said.
Franklin's high school students
are out there. They are out there
doing good deeds, creating goodwill among residents and the community. Why?
Recently, she helped a family in
Brimfield, who were victims of the
tornado that struck western Mass.
She and a team of people helped
clean up trees and branches that littered the yard. The house was ruined, she said. Piana is also a
member of the Community Service Club which was formed 2 years
ago at the High School. They go to
visit at the Senior Center; they did
a fund raiser for the relief effort
from the tsunami in Japan; they
helped at Earth Day. The club helps
anywhere around town.
Through Franklin High School,
they are putting in a number of
hours each year to serve their community. It is a good way to get
things done around town, and, it
also helps make the resume look
good when applying for college or
a job. It's a way to learn to care
about other people and different
causes in the world.
All Franklin High School students are asked to do their share of
serving the community. Here are a
few students who perform community service in Franklin:
Melissa Piana
Melissa is starting at Franklin
High School as a junior this year.
Even before high school, she was
thinking about doing good for others.
"My brother and I started a food
drive when we were young. We
sent letters to people about a week
before to notify them. Then we got
food and donated to the Food
"It makes you feel good. I'm up
for helping wherever," she said.
Josh Correia
Following his graduation this
summer, Josh is going to Becker
College in Worcester this fall. For
two different years, he served the
community by helping the Franklin
Newcomers and Friends Club during their annual holiday craft fair,
wherever they needed help. He also
taught CCD classes to 3rd and 4th
grade students at St. Mary's Church
for two years. "It was good to help
the kids understand why the church
was celebrating this and that," he
explained.
"I think it's a good idea. It gets
kids involved in the community
and to help the town," he said.
Jillian DiLeo
Jillian is starting her senior year
at Franklin High. She was required
to work 10 hours. She has worked
at the Keller School Fun Fair, helping at the bouncy house and doing
face painting. She has also done the
Walk for Diabetes. Jillian also
worked for the Best Buddies program, which helps children with
special needs. The Challenger
League for Best Buddies is where
volunteers help the kids play basketball or softball. The Walk for
Bob raises money and awareness
for special needs children, and Jillian was a part of that too.
"I loved doing community service. It was a lot of fun. I like working with special needs kids. It's
something to do and I enjoy it,"
said Jillian.
Rob Ward
Rob is starting his senior year at
Franklin High. He went to Forge
Hill Senior Living a lot, he said. He
played games with the residents,
helped decorate for Christmas, did
arts & crafts, talked with the people
and kept them company. He was
also part of the Earth Day Cleanup
picking up litter and trash.
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Like many Franklin students,
Rob was able to combine community service for high school with
service at his church. Some of the
hours were for high school, but
most were for CCD at church for
his Confirmation class, he explained.
wiches, and clean the kitchen. She
also has gone to Louisiana to help
with rebuilding a home following
Hurricane Katrina. Naomi helped
with painting, she has laid down
flooring and even helped to build a
house.
"I actually liked it (community
service), especially Earth Day. I
care about the planet, and, it's good
to help in the town that you live in,"
he said.
A junior this year, Ryan worked
just this past August at St. Rocco's
festival with set up and clean up
through the Youth Service Corps.
He worked with many high school
students who pitch in toward this
large and popular community
event. Because he is on the FHS
Football team, he helped with field
cleanup at the football stadium. It's
open to anyone, but the football
team has to, he explains. Many athletic teams ask for volunteers. They
give credit for the hours you put in
through that sport. John has
worked at the Food Pantry around
Christmas and Thanksgiving Day
and helped deliver food. A group
called the Friends of Franklin delivers food during the holidays to
people who can't get out.
Rob is also in the Peer Leadership
program at school. This body of
students works as a group to collect
money for Christmas gifts for lowincome families. The Light Up a
Life program helps to get gifts for
the Santa Foundation. The foundation helps by sponsoring a family
and purchasing gifts that they may
not be able to afford.
Naomi Laughran
Starting her senior year at
Franklin High, Naomi seeks out
volunteer opportunities, says her
mom, Kathleen. She has been able
to combine service through her
church with her school community
service commitment. In addition to
completing the AIDS walk in July,
Naomi has worked at a soup
kitchen in Providence. She helped
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Church is a big source of community service opportunities that
complement the High School requirement. It is mandatory for
youth who are studying for their
Confirmation. "It's up to you to find
that activity or group you want to
serve. The church has been a big
facilitator," explained Ellen Ryan,
John's mother.
Kelly Luttazi
Kelly, starting her senior year at
Franklin High, has helped with
concessions at cheerleading events
and at Pop Warner football games.
Kelly served her community at the
St. Rocco's festival working at the
Stuffies booth -- also known as the
stuffed clams. She had combined
her service through St. Mary's
Church with her commitment
through the high school. During
holidays she has also helped
arrange flowers at her church.
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FSPA to Host
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Tri-County Students to
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Medway Community Farm
BY MARJORIE TURNER HOLLMAN
Learning opportunities at the
Medway Community Farm don’t
stop with the coming of the school
year this fall. In fact, starting September 8th, students from TriCounty Regional Technical
Vocational High School in
Franklin are scheduled to begin
renovating the old farmhouse on
the property. Farm Manager, Brittany Sidway, explained, “The
Town voted unanimously to use
$50,000 of Community Preservation funds to help pay for the renovation of the house. The
Tri-County students were here a lot
this past spring. They gutted the inside of the house and did some
electrical work. We have the
plumbing supplies for the project,
but hope to find someone who can
donate the plumbing work.”
A true example of a win-win situation, the Tri-County students
will get hands-on experience, and
the Farm will get the benefit of
their (carefully supervised) labor.
Sidway said, “I’m living in a
camper on the property presently.
I hope to be in the renovated house
before winter.” But as anyone
knows who has ever had anything
to do with building or renovating a
house, it always takes longer than
planned. Working with students
adds just another level of uncertainty to the process. And, as Sidway noted with a smile,
“Education has no deadlines.”
The orientation is held to provide
incoming freshman from TriCounty’s eleven-town district with
the opportunity to meet each other,
become familiar with the school
building, and feel at home before
the school year begins.
shop is appropriate for those getting ready for a first audition experience as well as those who are
ready to raise the level of their audition presentation.
Registration for the How To Audition Workshop can be done in
advance at the FSPA Office or by
calling (508) 528-8668. The fee
for the workshop is $15 per person, $25 for student and parent
and $5for each additional family
member.
Check out the Medway Community farm website for upcoming
classes getting lined up for the fall,
and lots of other opportunities for
hands-on learning and volunteering.
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Tri-County RVTHS has scheduled its annual Grade 9 Orientation
for Wednesday, August 31 from 5
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FSPA Director Raye Lynn Mercer will present a How To Audition Workshop on Saturday,
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are invited to learn about the audition process in an entertaining, interactive format with demonstrations and time for questions
from attendees. Included in the
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to fit the needs of any person considering part-time learning.
“We feel that Dean College provides a tremendous value to parttime students, along with offering
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with this audience,” says John
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Have Sunday Brunch
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The town of Franklin, MA is
gaining a new option for Sunday
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September 11, 2011 through December 11, 2011. The dining facility is located in the Campus
Center on Emmons Street.
“Since our renovation, the college has a state of the art facility
and we are eager to show it off to
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With fixed prices at an affordable
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Visit www.dean.edu for more news & events
teaches Musical Theatre Ensemble
at Dean College, Chicago will involve Dean students in all aspects
of the production including stage
managing, house managing, lighting and sound operations, costume
and back stage help. Students who
take advantage of performance opportunities typically are studying
degree programs in Dance, Theatre, Arts and Entertainment Management, and Communications
that encompass Dean College’s
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“We’re excited to bring Chicago
to the Franklin area,” says Daniel
Kozar, director of theatre at Dean
College. “We have a total of about
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and crew who will do a tremendous job in bringing this sharpedged satire to life on the stage.”
Chicago, set in the roaring 20’s,
Show dates September 27 – 30
and October 1-2.
Dean College is pleased to announce its first student production
of the 2011-2012 academic year the Tony Award-winning musical,
Chicago. With affordably priced
tickets, a range of show dates and
times, and backed by the
renowned reputation of Dean’s
theatre program, the public is invited to make plans now to enjoy
a fun evening of song and dance.
Directed by Dori Bryan, who
tells the story of Roxie Hart, who
murders a faithless lover. Convicted and sentenced to death row,
Roxie and another “Merry Murderess,” Velma Kelly, vie for the
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search of the American Dream of
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With music by John Kander and
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Care about is Love and All that
Jazz. All performances are reserved seating and advance ticket
purchase is strongly recommended. Every show will take
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Dean College Campus Center, located on Emmons Street. General
admission pricing is $15; $10 for
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For more information, contact:
Executive Director (774) 571-3109
The Partnership is a Non-Profit 501(c)3 organization.
9th Annual Harvest Festival Oct. 2
With only a month to go, volunteers are finalizing plans for the
2011 Harvest Festival on Sunday,
October 2. The Franklin Downtown Partnership’s 9th annual
event promises crafters, live entertainment, food, kids games and
antique cars spanning the downtown area from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“We expect more than 5,000 visitors this year and we’ve had a
tremendous response from crafters
and groups who want to participate,” says Harvest Festival Chair
Angie Grant. “We especially appreciate our sponsors who have
stepped in to make this work.”
The Gold sponsor of this event is
Rockland Trust Charitable Foun-
dation. Silver sponsors are Middlesex Savings Bank, Digital
Credit Union and Green Mountain
Chocolate Company. Bronze
sponsors are Byrne Financial
Freedom, LLC., Chestnut Dental
Associates, Dean Bank, Michael
Dunsky of Guaranteed Rate and
NHS Print. Friends of the Festival
include Ferguson Enterprises and
Ten Key Inc.
Anyone interested in sponsoring
this event can contact the FDP office at
downtown.franklin@
yahoo.com or (774) 571-3109.
Sponsorship registration forms
and a list of opportunities can be
found at franklindowntownpartnership.org/ under the Sponsorship tab.
Booth space is going fast. If
you’re interested in participating
contact Harvest Festival Chair
Angie Grant at [email protected]. Registration forms
can be found on the website. If
you would like to volunteer for
festival setup or cleanup on the
day of the event please contact
Joel Carrara at [email protected].
The Franklin Downtown Partnership is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization made up of businesses,
community leaders and residents.
For more information please contact Executive Director Lisa Piana
at (774) 571-3109 or down
[email protected].
Friends of Franklin Library to Meet
The Friends of the Franklin Library (FOFL) will hold its
monthly meeting on Wednesday,
September 7, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the
Community Room of the library,
lower level. Members and the public are welcome to attend the meet-
ings. FOFL is always looking for
new ideas, opinions and comments
to help make its efforts more successful.
The Friends of the Franklin Library is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the support and en-
hancement of the nation’s first
public library. Meetings are held
the first Wednesday of each
month, September through June.
Membership is open to everyone.
For information about the
Friends, call (508) 528-6624.
Anglican Church Offers Services
with Nursery Care, Healing Seminars
Sunday worship at the Anglican
Church of the Redeemer, 31 Hayward Street in Franklin, is at 10
a.m. Nursery care for pre-school
children is available.
Father Jack Potter, Youth Pastor
Dan Sylvia and all the members of
the congregation invite everyone
to come, to study and to worship
with us. You don’t have to be a believing Christian; if you are a
“seeker,” please come and seek
God with us. There is ample parking and the church is accessible to
all. The Church of the Redeemer
is a community of Christians of
the Anglican Diocese in New England of the Anglican Church in
North America. Information about
the parish is available by calling
(508) 346-3423 or at www.redeemeranglicanchurch.org.
Saturday, August 20, 2011, 9:30
a.m. – 4 p.m.
Free Healing Seminars with Les
Carroll
For more information, contact
Jim Armitage at [email protected]
9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. – Relation
Shapes This begins with relationships that are destructive and abusive. We will discuss how to
recognize them and help and
counsel people out of them. It will
also discuss good relationships
and how to build them.
12:30-1 p.m. – Lunch (bring
your own bag lunch)
1-2 p.m. – Absence Wounds
This brief seminar examines
wounds and emotional pain that
comes from the things we should
have received but missed when we
were growing up. Our coping
with these can sometimes be
painful and need some attention.
2 – 4 p.m. – Take this Job (Book
of Job) and love it! This is a look
at the Book of Job. It is believed
by scholars that Job was the first
book of the Bible that was written.
Interesting that the first book was
about pain! It shows how not to
counsel. It also shows God’s redemptive power.
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Society of St. Vincent DePaul
of St. Mary’s Church Food Collection, Items may be may be left
in the donation boxes at both entrances to the church before the 4
pm Mass on Saturday and before
the 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m.,
12 p.m. Masses on Sunday. Peanut
butter, juices, crackers, jam or jelly,
canned vegetables, instant mashed
potatoes are needed. Please no
damaged or expired food and original packaging only.
September 7
Friends of Franklin Public Library meeting, 7 p.m., Franklin
Public Library lower level community room, membership open to
all, call (508) 528-6624.
Franklin Art Association
event, 6:30-9 p.m., Artist Maris
Platais will do an acrylic presentation with a marine theme, New
Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel
McCahill St.
September 10
Franklin School of Performing
Arts Open House, 10 a.m. – 3
p.m., 38 Main Street, Franklin,
Community invited to meet faculty, tour facility and learn about
FSPA programs in music, dance
and drama, from beginner on up.
Please call (508) 528-8668 or visit
www.FSPAonline.com.
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September Calendar of Events
tleboro. Early bird registration $25,
includes lunch. Call (508) 2220801, (508) 528-2800 or (508)
695-6011 to reserve your place.
September 15
Franklin Downtown Partnership meeting, 8:30 a.m., Dean
College Campus Center, All interested businesses and residents welcome,
visit
www.franklindowntownpartnership.org.
Franklin Historical Museum
monthly event (related to town
history), 4-8 p.m., 80 West Central
Street, Franklin, museum free to
the public, open year round, Saturdays 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sundays 1-4
p.m. and Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.,
Registration $15 pp or $25 for student and parent with $5 each additional family member. Call (508)
528-8668 to register.
September 16
Last day to obtain nomination
papers for Franklin Biennial
Town Election. Nomination papers available from town clerk for
Town Clerk, Treasurer/Collector,
Board of Health, Constables, Planning Board, Town Council and
by September 19.
September 17
Franklin Art Association
event, Artist Maris Platis will
teach a marine workshop. Plein air
workshop is $40, contact Dot
Downing at ddowning0371@aol.
com to sign up.
Ellis Paul, with special guests
Lori Diamond and Fred
Abatelli, Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, sponsored by the First Universalist Society in Franklin, 8
p.m. acoustic show, 262 Chestnut
Street, Franklin, $25. Visit
www.circlefolk.org.
How to Audition Workshop,
10-11:30 a.m., Franklin School of
Performing Arts Recital Hall, 38
Main Street, Franklin, Workshop
conducted by FSPA Director Raye
Lynn Mercer
September 22
Franklin Cultural Council
meeting, 7 p.m., Members
needed, Complete committee request form, available at town
clerk’s office, or www.franklin.
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SELF Aesthetics and Therapeutic Specialists Open House,
10 a.m. – 5 p.m., 37 East Central
St., Franklin, (508) 541-7353 or
visit www.self-therapeutics.com
2011 Friends of the Poor Walk,
St. Mary’s Conference of Society
of St. Vincent de Paul, Registration
at 9 a.m. in Sacred Heart Hall
(lower level of St. Mary’s Church)
at 1 Church Square and Oak St. 3
mile route. Participants collect
pledges, and 100% of money stays
in Franklin, no administrative
fees. Register online at www.svdp
friendsofthepoorwalk.org or download a paper registration form at
www.stmarysfranklin.org
September 25
Open auditions for The Nutcracker, 11 a.m., Franklin School
of Performing Arts, 38 Main St.,
Franklin. Dancers from all area
dance schools are welcome. Ages
6-9 at 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.; ages 1012 at 12-1:30 p.m., students age
13+ and not currently on Pointe
from 1:30-2:30 p.m.; and students
13+ on Pointe for at least a year at
2:30 p.m. Beginners are welcome
and students must be 6 years old
by September 25 to participate.
Ballet attire and proper hair are required. The Nutcracker will be
performed on December 10 at
7:30 p.m. and on December 11.
Chicago, Main Stage, Dean
College Campus Center, 7:30
p.m., Tickets from $5 - $15. For information, call (508) 541-1605 or
visit www.dean.edu/ chicago.
September 28
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September 13
Charles River Chorale first rehearsal, newcomers welcome, 7
p.m. social and 7:30 p.m. start
time, Millis Church of Christ, Exchange Street, Millis.
September 14
Seminar on Business Sustainability, 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., United
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Bring your friends, family and
well-behaved dog for an approximate 3-mile walk along the
wooded paths of the Aggie campus. Walkers may register anytime
between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. A
shorter paved route is also available for those who choose not to
walk the path. If you can’t join us
the PCS Walk Team will gladly
walk for you. Participants turning
in sponsor money by 1 p.m. will
be eligible for a chance to win a
$100 shopping spree at Especially
for Pets! Participants meeting certain pledge levels will also be eligible for prizes and dogs will
receive a goodie bag from Especially for Pets and a bandana
(while supplies last). After your
walk, join us back on the main
field for booths, raffles, demon-
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9 a.m. Following the race, participants will celebrate their accomplishments at an awards ceremony,
complete with light refreshments.
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Invensys Foxboro Branch will host
its 9th annual 5k and Family Day
at their Mechanic Street location.
The race route features a flat course
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a region-wide initiative to address
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Participants will learn various coping strategies. Meetings will be
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Living Healthy
Local Friends of the Poor® Walk
Ready! Set! Walk! St. Mary’s
Conference of the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul in Franklin will be
conducting a local 2011 Friends of
the Poor® Walk on Saturday, September 24. This is a national
fundraising effort organized nationally and locally to raise significant funds for families who need
assistance.
arch. This contains all the necessary information for the local
Walk. Registration packets are also
available at the front doors of the
church and at the rectory. Also,
people may register on the day of
The Walk. There is no registration
fee and no minimum pledge is required. The Walk will be held rain
or shine.
Registration opens at 9:00 a.m. in
Sacred Heart Hall (lower level of
St. Mary’s Church) at 1 Church
Square. After registering, walkers
may begin The Walk. The starting
line is at the intersection of Church
Square and Oak Street. Walkers
continue on the route down Oak
Street to Iroquois Drive, left onto
Iroquois Drive, to the top of Iroquois, and then turn back and retrace their footsteps to St. Mary’s.
The route is 3 miles, but no minimum distance is required. The
Walk ends at 11:00 a.m.
It is hoped that people will invite
family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, and other members of the
community to lace up their walking shoes and join together for a
pleasant fall walk.
Online registration is recommended at www.svdpfriendsofthepoorwalk.org. A paper registration
form may be downloaded by visiting www.stmarysfranklin.org
and following the link under the
Last year, some 18,000 participants in more than 200 locations
around the country raised more
than $1.4 million. Since the event
began in 2008, participants and
donors have raised more than $3
million to support the mission and
work of the Society. This is the
first year that St. Mary’s is organizing a local walk.
halls, clothing, transportation and
utility costs, care for the elderly
and medicine. Providing more
than $595 million in tangible and
in-kind services, SVdP serves
more than 14 million people in
need each year, performs more
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The SVdP Society of St. Mary’s
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Why Shop Locally?
Be aware of the
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roughly 40% and at times as little
as 20% of the store’s sales back
into the community through employee wages, sales taxes, and
property taxes.
A locally owned independent
business returns approximately
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the community. Local, independent businesses assist the community through a “multiplier effect”:
one dollar spent at a locally owned
business will return five times that
amount within the community
through city taxes, employees’
wages, and purchase of materials
and supplies at other independent
businesses. In addition, these businesses will turn that dollar back
into the community through
school funding, social services,
and contributions to local nonprofit organizations.
Frequently, a chain store's location is owned by the larger non
local company, and the business is
given tax breaks by the city in
order for shareholder profits to remain high.
Chains and franchises contribute
Locally owned independent
businesses do not receive such
benefits and thus contribute a far
greater proportion of revenues to
local taxes.
Choice makes for a
richer community
Local, independent businesses
are located all over. You can grab
an espresso to go, pick up locally
grown produce or freshly baked
bread, shop for unique gifts or
household items, or choose a good
book for a day at the beach. You
can get your hair cut, have your
taxes prepared, or apply for a
mortgage at your friendly community bank or credit union.
These businesses add to the
character of our community, contributing more than just goods and
services. They offer personalized
attention, add diversity to our
shopping options, and bring life to
historic buildings. And they pay
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British Beer Company Welcomed into Chamber of Commerce
BY ANNE PARKER
The British Beer Company was
welcomed into the United Regional Chamber of Commerce on
July 26. They had a ribbon-cutting
ceremony in front of their establishment at 280 Franklin Village
Drive to mark the day.
The event was attended by
Franklin Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting, Jack Lank, president
of the United Regional Chamber
of Commerce and Richard O'Connor, assistant to Rep. James Vallee.
Many of the Chamber of Commerce members also attended the
event to welcome the British Beer
Company.
Franklin Localtownpages caught
up with BBC general manager
Michael LaBlue after the ribboncutting to talk about the restaurant.
Business is good, he reported. "We
call this place a local place. It's
good have to have local businesses
and people get together here."
"After work they come in for a
drink. It's also nice that they can
use this place for after work functions. Franklin's a nice little community and we're happy to be
here."
They have been open since Dec.
27 and it's been a busy restaurant
and pub. LaBlue stated that it's a
challenge to take over a place like
Seminar on Business
Sustainability
The United Regional Chamber
of Commerce is sponsoring a
seminar entitled Business Sustainability for the Real World: Bringing Economic Wellbeing to Our
Business Community on Sept. 14.
The event will be held at Living
Waters Conference Center, 15
John L. Dietsch Blvd., North Attleborough from 8:45 a.m. to 1
p.m. The early bird registration
cost is $25. The price includes
lunch. Call The United Regional
Chamber at (508) 528-2800 or
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place.
BBC ribbon cutting: The British Beer Company was welcomed in July into the United Regional Chamber of Commerce. They also were acknowledged by Jack Lank, president of the United Regional Chamber of Commerce and
Richard O'Connor, assistant to Rep. James Vallee. The BBC staff and chamber members also joined in the ceremony.
Appleby's restaurant that had been
in the location for so long. "We appreciate everything they did. They
left us with a great spot," said
LaBlue.
The place is always bustling with
activity each night and occasional
special events. Recently the BBC
had "Christmas in July."
"Christmas can never come too
early," said LaBlue. "We accepted
toy donations that we brought to
the Franklin Police. We had a couple of raffles. A couple of businesses in the plaza brought some
toys in." The restaurant brought the
toys to the Franklin Police to give
them a head start for their winter
toy drive that they do each year just
before Christmas.
The BBC has entertainment 5
days a week, said LaBlue. They
feature trivia night on Mondays,
karaoke on Tuesdays, acoustic
music on Wednesdays, a disc
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Franklin Sports
Sidwell In 11th Year As Athletic Director
Franklin Sports Outlook Has A Positive Appearance
BY KEN HAMWEY
Staff Sports Writer
boys hockey and baseball) and we
had 16 teams qualify for tournament play,’’ Sidwell said. “We had
813 students participate in athletics, which represented 50 percent
of the student body. Last year was
exciting. We know it’s going to be
difficult to duplicate the success
we had, but we look forward to the
challenge.
It’s safe to say that the athletic
outlook at Franklin High is healthy
as the new school year approaches.
No sports teams have been eliminated, the athletic fees have not increased and the coaching staff
returns intact.
Athletic Director Brad Sidwell,
who’s entering his 11th year as the
Panthers’ sports chief, is acutely
aware that the success of last
year’s sports teams will present a
challenge for the 2011-12 squads.
But, the 41-year-old Sidwell also
realizes that athletics are part of the
learning process and directly
linked to learning real-life lessons.
can inspire and motivate young
people.’’
Sidwell, who’s been Franklin’s
football coach for 16 years, knows
the time constraints athletic directors have to deal with. But, he’s
fully aware and thankful for the
school’s athletic assistant — Sue
Jacobson.
“Sue helps keep the department
organized and running,’’ Sidwell
said.
“The key, though, is watching
kids develop, mature, learn, and
improve. I love the interaction
with students and watching them
strive to achieve goals.’’
Tourney teams generated much
of the excitement the school and
town enjoyed and Sidwell pointed
to three squads that left indelible
memories and cause for admiration.
“We had five sectional champions (girls soccer, golf, wrestling,
Franklin High Athletic Director Brad Sidwell is looking forward to a new
season and building on last year’s success.
“The girls soccer team beat Feehan for the sectional crown and the
crowd that showed up in Weymouth was unbelievable,’’ Sidwell
noted. An afternoon at TD Garden
with the hockey squad was dynamic. It was the Eastern Mass. Finals against Tewksbury. I’ll always
remember listening and watching
Galen Hancock of Franklin sing
the National Anthem. And, to see
our baseball team go from a No. 9
seed to knocking off Walpole (No.
1 seed) and winning the sectional
against Xaverian with a walk-off
home run was terrific.’’
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What’s also terrific is that
Franklin will continue to field 52
teams this year and that number includes freshmen, jayvee and varsity squads.
“We won’t be adding any new
teams, but at some point in the future it would be nice to implement
boys and girls freshmen lacrosse
teams,’’ Sidwell said. “That will
occur only when the economic climate improves.’’
As for the coaching staff, it returns with no changes.
“What I admire about our
coaches is that they’re good people
first,’’ Sidwell emphasized.
“They’ve got experience, know
how to teach and coach and they
Sidwell graduated from Brown
University where he played football and baseball. After graduating,
he spent a year as an assistant football coach at Tulane University before joining the faculty at
Providence Country Day where he
coached football. After two years
at PCD, he came to Franklin as a
teacher and coach, then eventually
succeeded Peter Pasquarosa as the
school’s athletic director.
Sidwell, whose football team
went unbeaten in the Hockomock
League in 2009 during the regular
season, has helped steer Franklin’s
athletic fortunes on many successful paths. His work ethic oozes
passion for the role athletics play
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hears an emphatic refrain —
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Page 21
Franklin Sports
Where Are They Now?
Luccini’s Passion For Hockey Still
Burns Bright
BY KEN HAMWEY
Staff Sports Writer
Ice hockey and Bob Luccini are a
remarkable partnership.
The 62-year-old Franklin native
coached the boys’ varsity team for
24 years at Franklin High, led the
Panthers to a state championship in
1983, then volunteered to direct the
Franklin girls varsity. Now, he’s a
fulltime scout for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey
League.
Ice skates and cold rinks are truly
a way of life for Luccini, a Franklin
native who played basketball and
baseball in high school. Although
his coaching career ended with 400
victories, he considers scouting a
true blessing.
“I loved every minute when I
coached and had great players,’’
Luccini said. I’d never change that,
but professional scouting is the best.
I get paid to do what’s fun. It’s a
labor of love and I look forward to
work every day.’’
selecting quality players is based on
four attributes. Players must be topnotch skaters, have passion and high
character, be skilled and have size
and strength.
“Pro hockey is so fast-paced, and
that makes skating a high priority,’’
he said. “A player has to love the
game and be passionate about it.
He’s got to have good skills and
technique and size and strength are
keys. However, the Bruins’ Brad
Marchand proved little guys can
make it at a high level.’’
Luccini, who rates the Hurricanes’
management as “the best,’’ got his
start in the NHL with the help of
one of his former players at
Franklin. Peter Laviolette, who excelled at Franklin in the 1980s, had
become head coach of Carolina and
notified his former coach the team
was looking for a New England
scout.
“I had been working for Benny’s
Oil as a dispatcher and enjoyed my
role, but I couldn’t pass up the Hur-
Going to work involves a variety
of venues and different levels of
hockey. Luccini, who is the Hurricanes’ chief New England scout,
could be viewing college games or
high school and prep encounters.
Junior league games are often in the
mix and those clashes take him to
lots of Midwestern cities.
When Luccini graduated from
Franklin in 1966, he joined the
Navy, then worked as a
groundskeeper at Franklin County
Club. He later joined Benny’s Oil.
His coaching tenure mixed well
with his work. And, the successful
teams he turned out became legendary. His squads won 12 Hockomock League crowns, one state title
and were runners-up for the state
title twice.
“The 1983 state title team was my
top thrill in coaching,’’ he said.
“There was nothing like it. The
team chemistry was great, and those
kids knew what it took to win. I remember there were 18 buses filled
with Franklin fans at the old Boston
Garden.’’
Luccini’s philosophy of coaching
was simple, and it churned out 400
wins. He demanded hard work and
wanted players who displayed passion for the sport.
“I stressed the importance of
being a difference-maker,’’ Luccini
From Varsity coach to Hurricanes scout, Bob Luccini’s passion for hockey remains steadfast.
emphasized. “And, I know the kids
realized that winning was a byproduct of hard work.’’
Luccini, who still resides in
Franklin, came from solid athletic
bloodlines. His father pitched for
Franklin High and drew interest
from the old Boston Braves. His
brother Nello was a three-sport star
at Franklin and also was a success-
ful baseball coach at Franklin High.
Luccini has made a difference,
too, as a coach and now as a scout.
Like the Bruins, he also has a championship ring (the Hurricanes won
the Stanley Cup in 2006).
Bob Luccini and hockey are like
apple pie and ice cream. They just
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“The United States Hockey
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Dakota), Omaha, Minneapolis,
Chicago and Indianapolis. The
USHL tourney in September is always on my itinerary and that takes
me to Sioux City.’’
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Luccini, who started with Carolina part-time for two years, has
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“We took seven players in this
year’s draft and I saw six of them,’’
Luccini noted. “Our top pick was
Ryan Murphy, an offensive defenseman who skates like the wind.
Our top pick last year was Jeff Skinner, who scored 31 goals this year
and was named Rookie of the
Year.’’
Luccini’s formula for finding and
ricanes,’’ Luccini said. “I just
signed a three-year contract with
them. Working with scouting director Tony MacDonald and general
manager Jim Rutherford is a pleasure. They’re great people.’’
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CrossFit Hits Workouts Hard at
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I killed Fran last night. Today,
I’m planning on crushing Annie
and I have 10 people who will do
it with me. But last week, Cindy
got the best of me. We’re not ladykillers though. So who are we?
We’re Crossfitters.
The only machines in our gym
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and do so by pushing ourselves to
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After years of boring workout
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about this thing called CrossFit. I
had never heard of it before, but
their enthusiasm (and amazing
bodies) persuaded me to give it a
try. My first workout was one of
“the girls,” a scaled version of
Cindy: as many rounds as possible
in 15 minutes of 5 pull-ups, 10
push-ups, 15 squats. About three
minutes in, I was asking myself
why I had agreed to participate. 10
minutes in, I could barely continue
on. Those were the hardest 15
minutes I had experienced up to
that point in my life, but I felt
great. I was hooked. I liked the
idea of constantly varied, high intensity, functional movements, but
what I liked more was that I didn’t
need to be working out for two
hours to get a great workout. The
best part of CrossFit is its universal
scalability; as this allows for anyone to participate, the certified
coach will simply scale the workout of the day according to your
ability. CrossFit creates camaraderie unseen elsewhere; it is
widely known as, “the sport of fitness.” With a recent boom in popularity and talk of it becoming an
Olympic sport, CrossFit has
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Now open, the new CrossFit
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FHS Sports Strong in
Tough Times, Despite
Necessary Fees
They might be a necessary evil, but sports fees don’t prevent Franklin
from producing great athletes like Jared Kuzio.
BY CHRISTOPHER TREMBLAY
In an economic state that has left
many an individuals on the verge
of claiming bankruptcy, high
school sports in Franklin seem to
be thriving despite the downward
spiral of the economy.
Franklin High School will once
again put a total of 52 teams on the
field, court or ice this coming
school season. And although FHS
Athletic Director Brad Sidwell
would eventually like to add both
a boys and girls freshman lacrosse
team, it’s something that is not
going to happen in the near future.
Franklin will however, not be cutting any of its current sports.
“Athletics has become a hardship in some ways to families.
There are all kinds of fees associated with sports and each school
in the state is different,” the FHS
AD said. “While a good part of
the fees are the responsibility of
the individual families we want
the kids to play sports. With that
said, we will do whatever we can
to help them get onto the field.”
According to Sidwell, Franklin
has three tiers of costs for its athletic programs and none of them
will increase this coming year. Ice
Hockey is without a doubt the
heftiest of costs, pulling $450 dollars out of each participant’s
pocket, while track and field will
remain the cheapest at $175 and
all other sports will carry a $200
fee.
The cost of the average bus for a
high school to charter to attend an
away game is $250, thus Athletic
Directors such as Sidwell are trying to schedule two teams in the
same area. Officiating costs have
also gone up, which also adds to
the costs of sporting events, and
thus local Booster Clubs have
taken on a good portion of the burden.
“Fees are a reality that we can’t
avoid. After the parents put up
their part of the fees, we (the
school) have got to go to fundraising,” Sidwell said. “Gate receipts
to the games, advertising and our
summer camps are some of the
things we do, while our Booster
Clubs do a great job for us to earn
the rest of the money.”
One hidden gem that many families don’t realize exists is the
hardship rule. If a student is eligible for reduced lunch due to family income, they can also
participate in sports at a reduced
rate.
Although the costs of athletics
has gone up, the numbers coming
out of Franklin don’t seem to be
affected.
“Although the costs have gone
up I believe numbers are down
only in people’s minds,” the AD
said. “Our numbers don’t seem to
be down at the moment, but who
knows? We may not have as many
three-sport athletes in the future.”
If Franklin teams continue to
thrive (16 teams made the state
tournament last year with five of
them capturing sectional titles) rising costs may not even play a part
of the big picture for Panther athletes and their families.
September 1. 2011
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