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Thousands of families were af-fected by the recent earthquake,tsunami and resulting nucleardevastation in Japan, including anumber of families across thecontinents. Living a long distancefrom a family member in themidst of such a dangerous situa-tion can be nerve-wracking, tosay the least. One text message orphone call can quell a world ofworry.

A Medway couple experiencedjust such a call after this recentevents except this time, they wereable to surprise their son on radioairwaves. On March 16, after theearthquake and tsunami in Japan,Jeff Katz, TALK 1200-Boston in-terviewed 24-year-old Medwaynative and Japanese ExchangeTeacher (JET) Greg Hachenburg,who lives in Hachinohe, Japan.Hachenburg, who has been teach-ing English in Japan for aboutthree years, was pleasantly sur-prised to find out that his parents,Gail and Pete Hachenburg werelive on the line to talk to him from

Medway.

After the interview, Jeff Katzsaid, “With all the devastation anduncertainty in Japan, it gave megoose bumps to hear the excite-ment in Greg’s voice and the pureemotion with his parents whenthey were able to talk to eachother live on the show. It’s whatradio is all about.”

“We placed the call 6:05 a.m.eastern time, and I was fortunateenough when I placed the call thatGreg’s mother, Gail, answered,”said Eric Coldwell, Senior Exec-utive Producer for Jeff Katz’sshow, who had quickly thought ofcalling the parents as a surprisefor Greg. “As a parent, to have ason reach out and be able to talkto him and hear him – I was just

so happy for the family that theywere able to communicate on theair. I’ve been producing in Bostonfor 20 years, and this is absolutelyone of my highlights.”

Gail Hachenburg, a speech lan-guage pathologist who has livedin Medway with her husband,Pete, an attorney, for 24 years, atfirst only received a text messagefrom Greg saying, “Don’t worry.I’m safe.” Then, for the first day,the Hachenburgs, who also havea 21-year-old daughter, heardnothing.

“It was a grueling 24 hours,”says Hachenburg, who says thefamily got to speak to him later at4 a.m. The radio telephone calladded to their relief, and was an-other surprise.

“It was great to hear from him,”says Hachenburg, who says thatGreg, a graduate of GeorgeWashington University whospoke little Japanese before mov-ing there, plans to remain in

TALK 1200-Boston Connects Medway Native in Japan to Parents at Home

Medway Radio To Japancontinued to page 6

Greg Hachenburg, a Medway native who teaches English in Hachinohe,Japan, was surprised with an on-air connection with his parents, Gailand Pete on Jeff Katz TALK 1200-Boston on March 16, after the devastation from the earthquake. Despite dangers, Hachenburg plansto remain in Japan.

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“Let’s do this.”

That’s what Nancy Sitta, Presi-dent of the Millis Garden Club,and Mike Flaherty, of the MillisLions Club agreed to do back in2004, when they started talkingabout doing a project with a civicelement. They came up withname Millis Beautification Day— what they expected would bea one-time opportunity wherevolunteers could come forth andhelp spruce up the town. Andthey’ve been doing it on the sec-ond Saturday in April ever since.This year’s cleanup is scheduledfor April 9, from 8 a.m. to Noon,rain or shine.

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Franklin, MA –James Roosevelt,Jr., President and CEO of TuftsHealth Plan will be the featuredspeaker at the fifth annual DeanLeadership Institute (DLI) Execu-tive Lecture on April 6. He willspeak about Social Security andMedicare. The program begins at5:30 p.m. with a reception at theDean College Campus CenterMulti Purpose Room. Roosevelt’spresentation will begin at 6:30p.m. The program is open to thepublic, but reservations are re-quested. For more information andto reserve a space, please call (508)541-1612.

Roosevelt is the grandson ofFranklin and Eleanor Rooseveltand has served as co-chair of theDemocratic Rules Committee, andas co-chair of President Obama’stransition team on Social Securityand Medicare.

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DPW. We knew this would helpthem, and they didn’t have enoughstaff to go around and clean up allthe sites,” says Sitta. “(MillisBeautification Day) was the MillisLions and the Millis GardenClub’s “first project together, and Igot to hang out with the Lions, andit was such a blast. They bring inthe male aspect of it. We can get 60guys to do some pretty hard labor.It was a great match.”

At least half of the Millis Lionsturn out for this event, says BrooksCorl, the Millis Lions Chair forMillis Beautification Day, whopoints out that “on the Lions side,we really name it after a deceasedLion named Don Reynolds whowas very active and planted a lot oftrees in Millis.

More hands make light work, soboth groups are looking for townresidents to come out and jointhem for the day. “The most im-portant part of it is for town resi-dents to get out and come help onthe ninth,” urges Corl. “This is agreat opportunity to make the town

look nice, which we do every year,and it’s an opportunity for citizensto participate that doesn’t cost taxmoney. It costs four hours of theirtime on a Saturday.”

Corl says the event not onlybeautifies the town, but it relievesa burden on the public works de-

partment. “The selectman alwaysapprove the project with twothumbs up, he says, and (theDPW) always has one or twotrucks going around, bringing bagsof trash to the transfer station. JimMcKay, Assistant Director of Pub-lic works, is very much involved,and he’s very supportive. It’s a waywe can partner with the town andthe citizens,” says Corl.

Sitta says that the sites to beworked on are usually decided acouple of weeks in advance, butboth she and Corl agree that certainareas always get spiffed up. The

areas around the schools, town halland Richardson’s field are stand-bys, but the Lions and GardenClub will also be asking local busi-nesses to get into the mix by put-ting posters up and encouragingemployees to clean up their areas.

“It’s really heartwarming to see

how a group can work together,”says Sitta, who in that first year didnot know what to expect from vol-unteers. She says, “I think thesetypes of projects bring a commu-nity together like nothing else, pos-sibly who’ve never met before.There’s connections being made;there’s networking going on. Plus,it looks picture perfect all sprucedup. The town is really transformedon that day.”

“Working with the Lions is ab-solutely wonderful,” adds Sitta.“All of them have hearts of gold.”

Brooks Corl hopes to see a greatturnout of volunteers this year.

“What I really want to discuss ishow important it is to get thegroups and the troops involved, be-cause they have family membersand they have friends that they canalso invite. This creates a huge net-work.”

Registration on Millis Beautifica-tion Day begins at 8 a.m. at St.Paul’s Church, next to the policeand fire station, which will beopened specifically for the event.Coffee and donuts will be pro-vided. All workers must weargloves, and they are encouraged tobring their own rakes as well. Ad-vance registration is recom-mended, but not mandatory. Formore information, call Debbie at(508) 520-3623 [email protected].

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Millis Lions and friends are shown here last year on Millis BeautificationDay, jointly sponsored by the Lions and Millis Garden Club. This year, theyhope to have a great turnout on April 9. Photo by George Trumbour, III

Shown are daffodils planted by the Millis Garden Club outside the chil-dren’s garden at Oak Grove Farm in Millis. Millis Garden Club co-sponsorsMillis Beautification Day, April 9, with the Millis Lions Club.

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The Millis Cultural Council ispleased to announce the grant re-cipients for 2011. We received atotal of 31 applications and 15were approved for 2011. Fundinggoes to: (1) Davis Bates, "Cele-brating New England: A Concertfor Families, to be performed atthe Millis Summer Carnival inJune.

(2) Paul Bouchard, "Big Band-Bennie Goodman's 1938 CarnegieHall Concert, to be performed at aMillis Spring Event scheduled forThursday, May 12, at our townhall.

(3) Church of Christ, Preserva-tion and Display of HistoricalTown Documents.

(4) Irene Corvini, The Corvairs,2 hour concert to be performed atthe Millis Summer Carnival inJune.

(5) David Fallon, "LowellMills: Workers on the Line", fieldtrip for Middle School students.

(6) The Friends of the MillisPublic Library, Passes to the Museum of Science, available toall Millis citizens.

(7) Henry Lappen, "Henry theJuggler Performance" to be per-

formed at the Millis Summer Car-nival in June.

(8) Jay Manika, "The LeanGreen Cleanup Machine" forClyde Brown students.

(9) Millis COA, "Holiday Victo-rian Carolers."

(10) Millis Public Library, Tan-glewood Marionettes-SleepingBeauty.

(11) "Deborah Sampson" Bi-ography Project, for Millis Mid-dle School students.

(12) John Porcino, "To Life!:Celebrations in Story and Song."

(13) John Crowley, Southeast-ern MA Community ConcertBand, to perform at the MillisSummer Carnival in June.

(14) Shane Wood Jazz Trio, toperform at our upcoming2011 Fall Art Show to be spon-sored by the Millis Cultural Coun-cil.

(15) Ed Cope, Jr. "Ed the Wiz-ard: Reading is Magical."

The Millis Cultural Councillooks forward to serving our com-munity and promoting the arts andhumanities to be enjoyed by all ofour residents.

Millis Cultural CouncilAnnounces 2011Grant Recipients

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BY: KEN HAMWEY

Don Grimes was a triple threat inbasketball.

The former Medway High starwas an exceptional player and latera dedicated coach. Now he’s in his12th year officiating.

When Grimes played in the late1970s, the 6-foot-5 center was aprolific scorer and top-notch re-bounder. He averaged 31 pointsand 11 rebounds a game his senioryear in 1980, scored a career1,067 points, and was selectedMVP in the Tri Valley League.

A finesse player, Grimes couldshoot an 18-foot jumper with easeor drive to the hoop, powering hisway into the paint for a high-per-centage shot. His single-game highwas a 42-point effort but a game onthe road in Holliston holds specialsignificance.

“I took a no-look pass fromMarty O’Sullivan and scored on alayup for my 1,000th point,’’Grimes recalled. “The game wasstopped and Holliston’s coach,Tom Keough, presented me withthe game ball. I gave it to my par-ents. We won the game and thatnight was very memorable.’’

Grimes’ 25-point outing in ahome game against powerhouseMedfield his senior year alsostands out.

“All our players came up with asolid effort and we pulled out atwo-point win,’’ Grimes noted.“We had quality kids like O’Sulli-van at the point and talented guyslike Jim Marsh, Dave McSweeney,Mike Lewis and Bill Boul-tenhouse.’’

Grimes never got to display hisoffensive skills in tourney play be-cause Medway always seemed tofall a game short of qualifying.When Grimes played, a winningpercentage of 75 was needed toqualify.

“I had a good career as a player,although I spent my sophomoreyear at Marian High then returnedto Medway,’’ Grimes said. “I likedplaying for (coach) Bill Phipps. Hewas a players’ coach who madethe game fun.’’

Never one to boast about statis-tics or keep detailed numbers,Grimes was honored when he waschosen the league’s MVP.

“I was humbled by that honorthen and still am,’’ he said. “Therewere some great players in theleague from 1977 to 1980.’’

Grimes also played football and

baseball. A tight end, he caught sixtouchdown passes in his senioryear. Baseball wasn’t his strongsuit but he started for two yearsand played centerfield and firstbase.

After graduation in 1980, Grimeswent to Mass. Bay CommunityCollege for a year, playing forwardand averaging 12 points a gamecoming off the bench. While hewas at Mass. Bay, he was trainingas a police officer. He became afulltime Medway officer in 1981,working in dispatch first. Today,he’s the school resource officer atMedway High and the depart-ment’s juvenile officer.

His coaching career started firstat the jayvee level and after sevenyears there he took the varsity reinsand directed the Mustangs to onetourney berth in his eight-yearstint.

“We went 11-9 in 2004, quali-fied, then lost in the first round toCardinal Spellman,’’ Grimes re-called. “We missed the tourneythree times by one game. My stylewas to run and keep defenses offguard. I wasn’t the best coach butI was someone who had greatpeers and respected opposingcoaches. My thrills as a coachwere being around good peopleand seeing the kids on the tourneyteam jell and achieve their goal ofgetting to the post-season.’’

Grimes remembers players likeRoy Dickerson, Chris O’Byrne,Paul Moore and Tom Pallotta inhis early coaching days.

“They were good leaders and setthe tone for the type of players Iwanted,’’ Grimes said. “We al-ways had to compete with othersports at Medway for players but Ialways enjoyed the great relation-ships I built with my former kids.’’

Grimes, who has served as thecommissioner of TVL girls bas-ketball the last three years, assignsofficials for all girls games. He’sbeen a referee for 12 years, work-ing in the Dual Valley League,Dual County League and Mid-Wach Conference. He also offici-ates college games, in the ECACand NCAA Division Three.

Grimes, 48, is married and heand his wife Bonny have threechildren — Matt, 23; Krystal, 22;and Kristopher, 20. Matt repre-sented the United States at the Spe-cial Olympics in China in 2008,competing in track and field.

Calling his parents (Don andKay) role models for their supportand encouragement, Grimes reliedon an athletic philosophy that fo-cused on winning and striving tobe the best.

“I wanted to win as a player andearly on in my career as a coach,’’Grimes said. “But, later, what wasimportant was developing goodpeople and helping kids realizewhat to expect in real life.’’

A phenomenal basketball playerwho also coached and still is offi-ciating the game he loves, DonGrimes is a terrific role model andbasketball ambassador.


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Boston, MA -- State Representa-tive David P. Linsky’s (D-Natick)constituent office hours for Natick,Sherborn and Millis for April willbe held on Monday, April 4.Samantha Washburn-Baronie, hislegislative aide, will be accompa-nying him. Representative AlicePeisch (D-Wellesley) or a memberof her staff will be in attendanceduring Natick hours. Venues andtimes are as follows:

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The Medway Lions will conductits monthly bottles and cans col-lection on Saturday, April 2, 2011starting at 9 a.m. Proceeds are usedto support community services.Redeemables should be placed atcurbside by 9 a.m., or brought di-rectly to Medway Oil on BroadStreet by 11 a.m. the morning ofthe drive. Residents may also, attheir convenience, place re-deemables in the Lions Bottles andCans shed in front of West Med-way Liquors on Main Street. TheLions thank residents for theircontinued support.

Lions Bottle/Can DriveApril 2

The exciting rockin’ musical,Footloose, that features such pop-ular hits as “Footloose,” “StillRockin,” “Almost Paradise,”“Let’s Hear It For The Boy,”“He’s A Hero,” among others willbe performed in Millis.

Performance dates are FridayApril 1 and 8, and Saturday, April

2 and 9 at the Millis High SchoolAuditorium, 245 Plain Street (Rt.115), Millis, at 7:30 p.m. Ticketswill be available in March and arepriced at $13 for adults and $10forstudents and seniors.

The play is presented by theMillis Theatre Group, a non-profitcommunity theater organization

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SPREADING THE LOVE:Residents from Willow Brook Manor in Millis enjoyed an afternoon offood and music at the annual Valentine’s Day Party at St. Joseph ParishCenter in Medway. This event is sponsored each year by the Knights ofColumbus, Reverend Joseph H. Cassidy Council 5231, comprised ofmembers from St. Thomas Parish in Millis, St. Joseph Parish in Medway,and St. Edward Parish in Medfield.

By J.D. O’Gara

Little bunnies hankering forsome chocolate should spring onover to Millis for the AnnualEaster Egg Hunt at Oak GroveFarm, sponsored by the MillisRecreation Department. The eventwill be held on Saturday, April 23,at 1 p.m., rain or shine. Childrenwill be divided into several agegroups, and the Easter Bunny willbe hopping in, so parents are en-couraged to bring their cameras tosnap some photos. Bring your ownbasket! For more information, callKris Fogarty, Director of the MillisRecreation Department, at (508)376-7050 or email [email protected].

The Easter Bunny, sadly, will notbe heading over to Choate Park inMedway, this year. The AnnualEaster Egg Hunt, arranged by theFriends of Choate Park, was can-celled due to lack of volunteersthis year. The group explained, onits Facebook page www.face-book.com/ChoatePark, why theevent was cancelled:

“We are a small group that is get-ting smaller each year. We just donot have the number of people inour group it takes to organize sucha labor-intensive event anymore.Even with volunteers from thecommunity the day of the event,we do not have the number of peo-ple in our group to oversee a large

number of volunteers. We havebeen advertising for new membersfor 6 years on our flyers, at ourevents, on Facebook and in thepaper. If another group would liketo take this on we have some eggswe could donate. Otherwise all ofour supplies will be donated tocharity.”

For questions or to volunteer forthe Friends of Choate Park, visitc/o Medway Parks Department155 Village Street Medway, MA02053 (508) 533 3275. Informa-tion is also available online athttp://focpmedway.wordpress.comor on Facebook athttp://www.facebook.com/ChoatePark.

Easter Egg Hunt at Millis OakGrove April 23: Medway EasterEgg Hunt Cancelled

The Medway Lions Club will behosting its Annual “All You CanEat” Pancake Breakfast on Sun-day, April 17th from 8 a.m -12Noon. The event will be held atMedway High School on 88 Sum-mer Street. The cafeteria-stylepresentation will include pan-cakes, scrambled eggs, bacon,ham, baked beans, fruit, and Joe’s“famous quiche,” as well as a va-riety of beverages. A professionalphotographer will be available for

pictures taken with the EasterBunny. Coloring contest and raf-fle prizes of Red Sox tickets and a50/50 cash prize will be included.This annual, very successful eventsupports a variety of town andcommunity efforts as well as eyeresearch. Cost is $7 for adults and$5 for Senior Citizens and childrenage 10 and under payable at thedoor.

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The long winter season producedover 70 inches of snow and ice andwas one of the stormiest in recentmemory. This year was extremelyrough on trees and shrubs, and theresult is an assortment of brancheson the ground throughout the re-gion.

A snowy winter does have ad-vantages. Cold stretches of nosnow cover can cause “winterburn,” and snow is excellent insu-lation for your lawn andgarden. On those very cold nights,the snow serves as a blanket andprotects the ground from the harshwinds. The soil is wet and thegroundwater is higher due to all of

the snowmelt, which will help spuron greening as the weather warmsup.

Unfortunately, salt and othertypes of snowmelt can have a neg-ative impact on most plants. Thesalt, not insects or disease, likelyimpacted the dead shrubs or grassnear heavily treated areas.

Spring landscaping begins withthe removal of debris that hasfallen to the ground during thewinter. Whether you choose toburn yard waste or leave it to de-compose, it could have a positiveimpact on the residential land-scape. Either way, this brush con-tains a lot of nutrition that could berecycled back into your lawn andgarden.

While opened burning is allowedin most towns in Massachusetts,wood and brush smoke is a breath-ing hazard that could impact youand your neighbors. The State hasrules for opened burning, and mostTowns require a permit or notifica-tion. Contact your Town office oryour local fire department for moreinformation.

Burning of grass, hay, and leavesis not permitted, as these causeacrid smoke. Also, leaves canblow around if the wind kicks up,causing a fire hazard. Permittedburning can only occur throughMay 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., andat least 75 feet from a structure.Always have a garden hose or fireextinguisher nearby in case yourfire gets out of control.

If you choose to burn yard waste,the pile of ash created is valuable.Although the type of wood andbrush that is burned influences thecomposition of this ash, it is a goodsource of nutrition for your lawnand garden. Wood ash containsmany of the basic nutrients in traceamounts that plants need to sur-vive.

In addition, approximately tenpercent of wood and brush ash ispotash, which is a form of potas-sium. Potassium is essential for allhealthy plants. Plants and lawnsthat lack potassium are often dis-colored, appear dry, and have weakroot systems. Potassium keepsplants healthy and protects them

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“As the kids get older,” saysRuth Irr, President of the MedwaySecondary Home and School As-sociation, “the parents are steppingback.” In fact, this year, parentshave stepped so far back that theAfter-Prom party, an event de-signed to keep students in a safebut fun environment on promnight, has been cancelled.

The After-Prom party has seendwindling numbers, says Irr. Lastyear, however, 150 students did at-tend, with a Hollywood theme anda version of the amazing race. Irrsays that she is hearing that a num-ber of parents are hosting parties intheir homes for the students.

“This would have been our fifthyear of having after prom,” saysIrr. “We found out that over the lastfour years, the number of studentsactually attending the after promhas decreased, and the amount ofparents has decreased. It’s likepulling teeth trying to get anyoneto volunteer,” she says. “Betweenmyself and another woman wegave the emails to, we got three re-sponses.”

Irr notes that volunteers are cru-cial to the after prom effort, be-cause the event, a lock-in forstudents at the school, needs to bestaffed at all times. Most volun-teers do not want to stay the entireevening, so many are needed totake different shifts. What’s more,she said, no one stepped up tochair the event.

“It takes a lot,” she points out.“You need a base committee of 10people, and after that you needvolunteers.” In addition to the vol-

unteers for shifts, Irr explains,“you have food and decorationsand security,” which add to thelabor and cost.

Fundraising this year is alsodown, says Irr.

“Last year, we got a large dona-tion from the Alex Handy founda-tion,” she says, “but I think theywere going to sponsor somethingelse this year, so their fundsweren’t available to help us.”

The Medway Secondary Homeand School Association also fundsa number of extracurricular activ-ities and school enhancements.Last year, they provided theschools with over $7,000, accord-ing to Irr, and $2,000 of that wenttoward field trips. Every year, thesixth graders take an environmen-tal field trip, also paid for by theMSHSA, and the PTO pays forscholastic awards each year for the5th to eighth graders, with a bigsendoff for the junior high-school-ers heading to high school.

“We have several major booster

organizations that provide substan-tial funding,” says SuperintendentJudith Evans. “They provide addi-tional resources to the school de-partment, generally in the form offield trips and enrichment. Theysupport individual teachers aswell.”

The MSHSA also gives out five$500 scholarships each year toMedway seniors in an essay con-test relating to their communityservice.

As for the after-prom party, Irrdoes have a few volunteers, andshe’s keeping their names on a listfor a possible revival of the eventnext year. This year, she says, it’sreally too late.

“This is the type of event youhave to start at least in February toplan it,” she says.

She says she understands thatparents are spread very thin. Shesees a dearth of not just parent vol-unteers at the junior and senior lev-els, but at the whole high schoollevel.

“I think what it is, is our kids areinvolved in so many activities,”she say, “that every organization islooking for volunteers or lookingfor donations.”

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At about 8:30 a.m. Saturdaymorning, April 2, a combined teamof members of Lions Clubs' fromMedway. Millis, Franklin and Hol-liston will board a bus on a mis-sion. Their destination? TheNational Braille Press (NBP) onSaint Stephen Street in Boston.The group of about 20 will be pro-viding a needed service, putting to-gether a Braille book.

Dawn Rice-Norton, a physicaltherapist and Lion from Medwaywho organized this trip, explainsthat for this activity, the Lions willbe creating a “sort of assemblyline,” actually putting Braillepieces into books that already havepictures and words. “Everyone hasa piece to put on,” she says, “soyou have the picture and the textand the Braille.”

“We always appreciate the help,”says Jefferson Lyons, VP of Oper-ations for the 84-year-old NationalBraille Press. “We often have vol-unteers working on our book-of-the-month club for children,”which, he explains, are “labor in-tensive and time sensitive. Theybasically involve taking a printbook and chopping it up into sep-arate pages, and then we add pages

of our own with Braille on them,and then we put them togetheragain – So what you wind up withis a print book that also has clearplastic pages inserted with thebook.”

Lyons explains that thanks to thiswork, sighted parents can readwith their blind children and blindparents can read with their sightedchildren. Even though there areembossers, which Lyons says arelike computer printers, they oper-ate too slowly to be practical. Inaddition, he says, the “machinesthat most companies use to collateand bind a book involve pressure,and … that pressure on the bookwould crush the Braille.”

About 15 or 20 volunteer groupscome in per year, says Lyons, forboth book of the month and specialprojects. The NBP’s claim tofame, in fact, was a volunteer as-sembly line that was able to pulloff the Braille release of the lastfew books of the Harry Potter se-ries at the same time as the releaseof the sighted version.

“We were given the files 2 weeksin advance,” says Lyons. “We hadtwo weeks to create over a millionpages of Braille. A lot of work wasdone by volunteers,” says Lyons,

who adds that the NBP also em-ploys about 45 people.

At the NBP, the Braille is putonto metal plates, which then gointo one of the NBP’s three Hei-delberg printing presses that wereconverted from printing to Brailledecades ago, says Lyons. Despitetheir age (the newest one is from1964), the presses run 8-10 hoursfive days a week.

Working with the NBP falls inline for the cause most associated

with the Lions Club – eye re-search. In 2010, the Lions Clubs ofMassachusetts gave $169,644 ingrant awards to Massachusetts eyeresearch. Over the years, theamount Lions have given has to-taled $27,406,508.30.

Still, eye research is not all theLions support.

“With Lions, everyone says vi-sion, but now they do measles in-oculations, diabetes, and we dohearing aides as well,” says Rice-Norton. In fact, she explains thatvery recently, Lions Clubs Interna-tional Foundation provided over$1.25 million in U.S. dollars, or100 million Japanese Yen, to helpthe Japanese people following re-cent catastrophic events.

Just as the support the Lions givespans a variety of causes, so doesthe involvement of each individualLion. Some are able to put in morevolunteer time, such as workingtoward the annual District 33KLions' PRIDE (Performance,Recognition, Involvement, Districtand Club Excellence) program,which takes Lions work beyondtheir own Club and expands it to adistrict level. In fact, a specialPRIDE pin is awarded to thoseLions who participated in theseextra efforts, and assembling aBraille book counts toward earn-ing a PRIDE pin.

Rice-Norton explains, however,that Lions work together as aTEAM (together everyone accom-plishes more), and that involve-ment varies according to whateach Lion can do.

“One thing they require is treesales, but you could do bottles andcans, come to a dinner meeting, goon visitation. It’s hard not to dosomething, because there are somany fun things to do,” says Nor-ton-Rice, who says the nature ofthe Lions’ work had always ap-pealed to her, as she’d worked as ateen with children who had physi-cal disabilities. That appeal grewgreater after her brother lost his vi-sion. Rice-Norton’s own involve-ment varies per week, with someweeks requiring four hours andother requiring 10 or more.

“A Lion can pick and choosehow much and at what level theywish to get involved at,” she says.

Claudia Demillo, agrees. She’s aMedway real estate agent who be-came a Lion about three years agoand says her involvement is high-est in spring and fall.

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Stackhouse’s son, Noah, who at-tends Happy Hours had a chanceto participate using their voice tomake different musical sounds.

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viated “FOCS”). On Saturday,April 16, the band, which hastoured the United States and Japan,among other accomplishments,will welcome back many of itspast members for their FOCS20Reunion Concert at the RegentTheatre in Arlington, MA.

Millis resident David Stackhousehas been a member of Five O’-Clock Shadow since the summerof 1998, and now manages theband from home. Known to FOCSfans as “Stack”, he is the band’sbeatboxer; that is, he mimics drumbeats with his mouth. However,Stack also sings the bass lines at

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They just want their sign back.

Residents of Curtis Lane weredismayed this past February to seethat someone had run away withtheir sign, a finely carved, paintedwooden nameplate that pro-claimed “Curtis Landing.” Yearsago, residents pitched in to pur-chase the sign for their 9-homecul-de-sac.

“It’s probably in someone’sbasement with the last name or thefirst name “Curtis,” says DaveBalardini, who is married and haslived on Curtis Lane for eightyears. “They (whoever took thesign) probably think that that’sfunny.”

Residents weren’t laughing,however, to see that someone hadtaken the time to carefully removethe sign from its posts, says Balar-dini.

“It could be kids. It could beadults,” he says, but whoever stolethe sign “had to physically take itoff of the post. I don’t think it’sanything where the kids were fool-ing around and they just damagedit. Someone actually took the timeto take it off the post. It seems tobe deliberate rather than just a ran-dom act of violence,” says Balar-dini, who adds that the perpetratorhad to climb over snowbanks toget to where the sign was.

The sign belongs to the residents,not the town. In addition to “Curtis

Landing,” are the names of thepeople who contributed money forthe sign.

“We’re very close,” says Balar-dini, of his little community. “Tothe residents of the street, it’s morethan just a piece of property. Theytook pride in designing the signand working together. You don’tsee signs like that in most neigh-borhoods.”

Anyone with information on themissing Curtis Landing sign cancall the Medway Police Depart-ment, or, as Balardini says, “If peo-ple want to drop it off in its originallocation, that would be fine.Wewant the sign back in good condi-tion and to be able to put it back.” Residents of Curtis Lane Hope to See This Sign Returned to Their

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Preschool Story Time, Med-way Public Library, 10:30-11:15a.m., Story time for ages 3.5-5.Registration required. ContactLorie Brownell for more infor-mation at [email protected] (508) 533-3217.

Footloose, Performed by theMillis Theatre Group, 7:30 p.m.,Millis High School Auditorium,245 Plain Street (Rt. 115), Mil-lis, $13 for adults and $10for stu-dents and seniors. For furtherinformation, call (508) 376-5404.

April 2

Jammin’ for Jesus

The Church of Christ Perform-ance Series and Beth Dowdellpresent the annual Jammin’ forJesus Concert to be held in Fel-lowship Hall at the UnitedChurch of Christ Congrega-tional, 142 Exchange St. Millis,on April 2 from 3:00 to 5:00.Millis favorites Ronda Matsonand Mike Tarara will be per-forming with Joe Merrick.Adults $10., under 12, $5.00.Myrna Rybczyk, Music Director

Rabies Clinic, Millis DPWGarage, Dogs 9-10:30 a.m., Cats10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., $10 per an-imal. Dogs must be leashed.Cats must be in carrier, pillowcase or other secure container.For 3 year vaccine, you mustbring current rabies certificate.Call (508) 533-3251 for more in-formation.

Medway Lions Bottles &Cans Drive

Monthly bottles and cansfundraiser with proceeds used tosupport community services.Redeemables should be placedat curbside by 9 a.m. or broughtdirectly to Medway Oil onBroad Street by 11 a.m. Resi-dents may also, at their conven-ience, place redeemables in theshed in front of West MedwayLiquors on Main Street. TheLions thank residents for theircontinued support.


Bethany House Auction, St.Thomas Hall, Rte. 109, Millis,Preview at 8 a.m., Live auctionat 10 a.m. For more informationcall Sr. Kathleen or Ruth at 508-

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April 4

Rep. David P. Linsky officehours, 11 a.m., Millis SeniorCenter, (VMB) 900 Main Street,Millis. He also invites all con-stituents to call him at his StateHouse office at (617) 722-2575,at his Natick office at (508) 647-5600, or stop by Room 146 inthe State House.

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April 9


Clyde F. Brown ElementaryHome and School AssociationAuction, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Pri-mavera Restaurant, 20 PleasantStreet, Millis, DJ, silent and liveauction, buffet dinner, $30 pp.Visit www.millisps.org and clickthe link to CFB Home andSchool for information and anorder form, or contact: JanelPudelka at [email protected]

Medway Lions Bottles &Cans Drive, 9 a.m.

The Medway Lions will con-duct its monthly fundraiser withproceeds used to support com-munity services. Redeemablesshould be placed at curbside by9 a.m., brought directly to Med-way Oil on Broad Street by 11a.m., or placed in the Lions Bot-tles and Cans shed in front ofWest Medway Liquors on MainStreet at residents’ conven-ience. The Lions thank resi-dents for their continued support.

Preschool Story Time, Med-

way Public Library, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Story time for ages3.5-5. Registration required.Contact Lorie Brownell for moreinformation at [email protected] or (508) 533-3217.

Millis Beautification Day, 8-noon with registration beginningat 7:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s Church.Co-sponsors: Millis GardenClub and Millis Lions Club.

April 13

Friends of the Millis PublicLibrary will be hosting a visitfrom local author, LauraSpinella at 7 p.m. at Church ofChrist, 142 Exchange Street.Spinella is the author of Beauti-ful Disaster. Free. Light refresh-ments.

April 15

Free Dinner and MovieNight, Dinner at 6:30 p.m., fol-lowed by a family-friendlymovie. Church of Christ Con-gregational, 142 ExchangeStreet, Millis. Call (508) 376-5034 or visit the Church web-site-www.millisucc.org.


April 16

Senator Scott Brown will ap-pear to sign Against All Odds:My Life of Hardship, FastBreaks and Second Chances,from 2-4 p.m. at the Millis Pub-lic Library, 25 Auburn Road,Millis, (508) 376-8282

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Medway Lions PancakeBreakfast, 8 a.m.-12 NoonMedway High School, SummerSt. $7 adults, $5 Senior Citizensand children 10 and underpayable at the door. Photos withthe Easter Bunny, coloring con-test for the kids and raffle prizesincluding 50/50 and Red Soxtickets. All proceeds go to localefforts and eye research.

April 19

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April 20

Millis Garden Club. 7-8 p.m.Room 130, Veterans MemorialBuilding, 900 Main St. (Rte109), Millis. "The A, B, C's ofBees" by David Shaner, NorfolkCounty Beekeepers Association,Public welcome. FREE. Hospi-tality begins at 6:30pm. Formore information, contact Bev-erly Temple at (508) 376-1014or [email protected].

April 22


Purr-fect Cat Shelter BakeSale, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wal-Martin Bellingham, fundraiser tobenefit cat shelter in Millis, serv-ing Millis and surroundingtowns. For more information,call (508) 533-5855 or visitwww.purrfectcatshelter.org.

April 23

Annual Easter Egg Hunt, 1p.m., rain or shine, Oak GroveFarm, Millis, sponsored by theMillis Recreation Department.Children will be divided intoseveral age groups. Bring yourown basket and camera for a pic-ture with the Easter Bunny. Call(508) 376-7050 for more infor-mation.

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April 25

Candidates Night, 7 p.m.,Church of Christ, 142 ExchangeSt. in Millis. For more informa-tion call (508) 376-5034 or visitthe Church website: www.mil-lisucc.org.

April 29

Relay for Life Cut-a-thonFundraiser 5-7 p.m., PhillipDePalma Hair Salon on MainStreet, Medfield. Pamper your-self while supporting the RelayFor Life ofMillis/Medway/Medfield/Nor-folk. Wet cuts will be $25 each,and waxes $10.

May 1, 2011

Spring 5K Run/Walk forMedway Community OrganicFarm, 8 a.m. Check-in / 9 a.m.race, Medway High School, 88Summer St. Register for the raceonline at: Active.com or Sign-meup.com.

April Calendar

The Medway Public Library willoffer Friday morning story timefor Medway children ages 3 1/2 -5 years old from 10:30 - 11:15a.m. running through April 22,2011. This six-week program in-troduces young children to booksand reading with engaging stories,songs and activities built around aSpringtime theme. Our interactivestory times encourage learning,socialization and fun! Childrenshould be comfortable beingleft with the group butparents/caregivers must remain inthe building. Space is limited.Contact Lorie Brownell at the li-brary for more [email protected] (508) 533-3217.

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The Missions Committee of theChurch of Christ in Millis willsponsor a Candidates Night onMonday, April 25, at 7 p.m. Allcandidates for local office will beinvited to attend. The only con-tested race is for School Commit-tee. Each candidate will make astatement and there will be an op-portunity for those attending to askquestions. There may be somediscussion about the proposedoverride. Refreshments will beserved. The Church of Christ is on142 Exchange St. in Millis. Formore information call the churchat (508) 376-5034 or visit thechurch website,www.millisucc.org

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Millis High School senior, AmyWalsh, along with the Millis Mid-dle and High School Art Depart-ment, recently raised $1,400 for thelocal Millis Food Pantry! Studentscreated 148 handcrafted ceramicbowls for an event called The

Empty Bowls Project, an interna-tional grassroots effort dedicated tofighting hunger and food insecu-rity.

The premise of the event is sim-ple: Guests were invited to the Feb-ruary 9th event to enjoy a simplemeal of soup and bread. In ex-change for a $10 donation theykept their bowls as a reminder ofthe empty bowls through out theworld.

Chartwell's generously donatedthe soup for this event (which waslovingly made by Laurie Payneand her staff) and Roche Bros. gen-erously donated the bread.

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Bob Mullaney, Amy Walsh and Carol Haggerty are shown here with some ofthe 148 bowls created by Millis Middle and High School students. Thebowls were exchanged for a $10 donation to the Millis Ecumenical FoodPantry on February 9 at a soup and bread dinner. The Empty Bowls Project,an international effort, raised over $1,400 for the food pantry.

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The Church of Christ Perform-ance Series and Beth Dowdellpresent the annual “Jammin’ forJesus” Concert to be held in Fel-lowship Hall at the UnitedChurch of Christ Congrega-tional, 142 Exchange St. Millis,on April 2 from 3-5 p.m. Millisfavorites Ronda Matson andMike Tarara will be performingwith Joe Merrick. Adults $10,under 12 $5.

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Over the last year and a half,many homeowners have beenforced to scale back their homeimprovement projects. Though theeconomy appears to be creepingback, the nation’s homeowners arestill somewhat reticent to commitbig dollars to any one project.

In spite of the country’s eco-nomic woes, homeowners are em-bracing more cost-effectiveprojects that don’t sacrifice qualityfor the sake of saving money. Rec-ognizing the importance of main-taining a home’s value, thesecost-conscious homeowners arefinding that traditionally bigbudget projects are not the solemeans to retaining a home’s value.

Good Things Comein Small PackagesWhile the “bigger is better”

mantra proved hurtful to the homeimprovement industry at the onsetof the economic downturn, evi-dence is beginning to suggest thatsmall-budget projects might beleading the way to recovery. Infact, in their annual “Cost vs.Value” report, Remodeling maga-zine noted that 9 of 12 upscale re-modeling projects didn’t evenappear among the top half of all re-models, proving that in the currenteconomy bigger isn’t better, or atleast bigger isn’t more popular.

Perhaps no area of the home ismore routinely targeted for refur-bishing than the kitchen. In manyhouseholds, the kitchen is the mostpopular room in the house, andtherefore it makes sense that it’sthe kitchen most homeowners

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Faux painting techniques are aneconomical and innovative way totransform any surface and cancomplement any decorating style.Dull concrete floors, both indoorsand out, can be brought dramati-cally to life with a latex paint suchas DRYLOK® Latex ConcreteFloor Paint.

Planning and PreparationBefore choosing a design, look

carefully at your surface andspace. Some designs are useful fordisguising flaws in a floor. Forother designs you may need topatch and smooth flawed surfacesfirst.

You will also need to think aboutthe traffic in the area you are paint-ing. Is it worth doing an elaborate,time-consuming pattern in a hightraffic area? Large, bold patternsmay be out of scale for a smallroom. Equally, small, detailed pat-terns may get lost in large spaces.

Inspirations for FauxPainted FloorsBrick and StoneBrick and stone finishes can add

texture and/or color and can be ef-fective indoors and outdoors.

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Rising costs at the supermarketand worries about unhealthy pesti-cides or preservatives on foods hasled many people to start a veg-etable garden at home.

Growing vegetables is easier thanone would think. Plus, you don'tneed an expansive plot of land togrow a garden. Many popular va-rieties can be grown right in con-tainers or in compact spaces.

Perhaps you're wondering whatvegetables are the easiest to growif this is your first attempt at a food-based garden. There are several totry.

1. TomaToes: While com-monly considered vegetables,tomatoes are actually fruits. Buttomatoes can be an integral part ofa vegetable garden. Tomatoes arehigh in lycopene and other antiox-idants. There are also myriad vari-eties to tempt your palate.

Tomatoes can be planted afterthe soil has thawed and thereis no other chance for frost.They'll require plenty ofsunlight. Fruit will be avail-able to harvest toward thelatter part of the summer.

2. Zucchini: Zucchini are anItalian squash variety that appearsimilar to a cucumber. They can begreen or yellow in coloring.

This vegetable is full of potas-sium, folate and manganese, mak-ing it a great addition to yourmenu. Zucchini take about a monthto mature and be ready to harvest.They grow on vines and producelarge flowers before bearing fruit.

3. BeeTs: Root vegetables likebeets and radishes work well in thegarden as well. The bright purplecolor of beets indicates they are fullof many essential vitamins andminerals. Toss beets in salads oruse them in the traditional soup,borscht.

4. carroTs: Another subter-ranean-growing veggie, carrots re-quire moist soil as they germinate,but as the plants mature need lesswater. Carrots can be enjoyed in anumber of ways and are a staple ofcooking year-round.

5. Peas: Peas grow inside thepods of legumes. These plants like moist soil that drains well.Water frequently but make sure thesoil doesn't become flooded if

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Pepperscome inso manyvarieties it'seasy to findones that ap-peal to your tastein cooking. Gen-erally peppers thrive in soil high inmagnesium. Using compost andEpsom salt in the soil can helpachieve the environment peppersdesire.

7. LeTTuce: Lettuce is anotherstaple and the basis for many saladdishes. Lettuce also tops sand-wiches and can be filled andwrapped for other recipe ideas.Seeds should be planted between 8and 16 inches apart. Water in themorning instead of at night to pre-vent disease from developing.

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A comfortable home is a placewhere everyone feels at home.You can “let your hair down” andtruly be yourself; plunk down onthe sofa, put your feet up on thecoffee table. Your home is whereyour thoughts and dreams cometogether in a comfortable atmos-phere.

The style that you select shouldreflect who you are. Any style canbe molded to fit the personalities,activities, and tastes of those wholive in the home.

Comfort is in the details. Mostfamilies have traditions and mem-ories that are unique. These dif-ferences can be celebrated withsubtle reminders around yourhouse. Just remember not to gooverboard. A little here, a littlethere can go a long way to creatinga warm inviting atmosphere. Toomuch will look cluttered andchaotic.

Find a shelf or side table thatcould use a personal touch andthen add a few family photos. Theframes don’t need to match, butthey should coordinate and have

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Lighting is one of the easiest andmost inexpensive ways to set themood in any room. Try adding afew floor lamps, small table lampsand even wall sconces for softer,more indirect lighting. Use lowerwattage bulbs in your lights for amore relaxed feel.

Don’t forget candles. There areso many ways to display them: seta single candle on a table; create agrouping on a mantle or placethem in front of a mirror toheighten the impact.

Another way to establish a moodis by adding color and texture toyour living space. Draperies andpillow can do magic and don’toverlook the power of simplydraping a warm-colored throwover a chair.

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As temperatures begin to climb,thoughts turn to the backyard: is itready for spring? If your outdoorliving space needs some seriousTLC before the flowers bloom,here are some great ideas for cre-ating a natural, authentic backyardoasis.

Get decked out. The heart of anybackyard is a solid wooden deck.It's the perfect spot for grilling,sharing family meals, relaxingwith friends, playing with the dog,and enjoying nature. Whether youhave a deck that needs a little up-dating or you're thinking of build-ing a new wood deck, downloadthe free Authentic Deck Guide atwww.realoutdoorliving.com forinformation on upkeep, construc-tion and building material selec-tion.

Add an outdoor room. Alreadyhave a wood deck? Great! Sowhat's next for your yard? BradStaggs, HGTV and DIY show hostand producer, and a licensed con-tractor, offers a few ideas: "Thinkoutside the box and create a lovelylittle outdoor living room for yourfamily and friends. Start with anice, quiet spot under a tree or offin a corner. Add a garden benchand a couple of wooden chairs,plus a fire pit or chiminea, and topit off with a deep arbor covered ina climbing vine. Involve the entirefamily by building a simple benchand chairs, and let Mom pick outthe perfect flower for the arbor.Then, sit back, toast some s'moresand enjoy the fruits of your labor!"

Keep it real. Your deck and otheroutdoor living projects shouldmesh with your backyard and be aseamless partner with nature. Un-less you have plastic flowers andtrees in your yard, why choosefake decking? Truth is, pressure-treated wood is the best option fordecks and outdoor projects. It'sbeautiful, strong, durable and af-fordable. Wood doesn't conductheat like other decking materialscan, meaning no burned feet in theheat of summer. When treatedproperly, wood is impervious to rotand pests. And treated wood isproven to be people- and pet-safe.Sure there's a little bit of upkeep --

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Concerned about our forests?Choosing wood for any home im-provement project is a very wiseenvironmental decision. Thriving,sustainably managed forests createa healthier environment for all ofus. Choosing forest products --wood -- encourages US landown-ers to keep replanting trees. Theforest industry plants more treesthan they harvest every single year,ensuring wood will be around forgenerations to come. Wood is oneof the only naturally renewablebuilding products available, andthe only energy it requires to man-ufacture it comes from the sun.You can't get much more greenthan that.

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First-time homeowners can beoverwhelmed at the responsibilitythat comes with home ownership.While some of those responsibili-ties can be stressful, others canprove therapeutic.

Many homeowners find caringfor their lawns to be an enjoyablehobby that helps relieve stress.Time spent outdoors in the warmsun helps improve mood, and alush lawn and garden can instill asense of pride in homeowners.First-time homeowners with nohistory of caring for a lawn can stillturn their lawn into a lush oasis tobe proud of.

Start With the SoilSoil is the foundation for any

good lawn or garden. Healthy soilwill result in healthy plants andvegetables. Unfortunately, not allhomeowners are lawncare enthu-siasts, and first-time homeownersmight discover their lawn sand

gardens need lots of work. Thatwork should begin with a soil test.Do-it-yourself soil kits are avail-able at most major home improve-ment and lawn and garden centers.For those who prefer to trust a pro-fessional, the United States De-partment of Agriculture hasCooperative Extension System of-fices in every state and U.S. terri-tory. Such offices provide valuableinformation to homeowners, andmany even provide free or low-cost soil tests. These tests can helphomeowners learn more abouttheir soil and what, if anything,they need to do improve its health.

Find the Right GrassSome lawns might be an eyesore

because the grass is not the righttype of grass for that particular re-gion. If a grass is not a good fit forthe region and local climate, itlikely won't thrive or will requireconsiderable and often costlymaintenance to stay lush.

Bermuda and tall fescue grassesare popular options in many areasof North America, but it's still bestto consult a lawncare professionalto determine which grass is best fora given region. Learn the ins andouts of caring for the grass, includ-ing which types of seed and fertil-izer are the best fit, as well as therecommended watering guide-lines.

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is a problem for many homeown-ers. Heavy usage often compactsthe soil, making it very difficult forthe lawn to hold oxygen and waterthat roots need to grow and absorbvaluable nutrients. Aerating in-creases nutrient, oxygen and watermovement into the soil, improvingrooting and controlling thatchbuildup. Hand aerators mightprove effective on smaller lawns,but most lawns would benefit froma core aeration machine. For first-time homeowners, it might be bestto enlist the services of a profes-sional the first time aeration isdone to learn the process.

* Spread seed evenly. Grass seedshould be spread evenly over alltilled areas. Spreading can be doneby hand or by using a seed

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* Add a light layer of soil over theseed. Once the seed has beenspread, cover the seeded areas witha light layer of soil. Some soils aretreated, and these treated soils pro-vide nutrients that encouragegrowth.

* Water well but don't overdo it.The soil around the seed should bemoist until the grass has grown into its desired height. However,avoid overwatering, which candrown the seed and make newgrass growth impossible.

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viding the nutrients a lawn needsto grow in thick. When fertilizing,use a spreader. The type ofspreader is up to the homeowners,but know that drop spreaders,which drop the fertilizer directlybelow the spreader, tend to bemore accurate but take more time,while broadcast spreaders, whichdrop fertilizer in a pattern awayfrom the spreader, are less accuratebut cover large areas in a muchshorter period of time. Avoid fer-tilizing the same area twice, and bepatient. Fertilizing might seem likea tedious process, but if done cor-rectly, it should lead to a lush lawn.

When fertilizing, it's best to do soduring the fall and spring. Theexact time to fertilize depends onthe region, but it's generally best tofertilize between April and earlyJune, and then in the fall betweenlate September and early Novem-ber.

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If your home was built before1978 and you still have the originalwindows, it's time to seriouslyconsider replacing your windows-- especially if you have youngchildren or a pregnant person liv-ing in the home.

According to the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA), the rou-tine opening and closing of win-dows in homes built prior to 1978can disturb lead-based paintaround the windows, causing paintdust and chips to be released intothe air. These lead particles are sodangerous that the EPA now re-quires contractors to be trained andcertified before they can performany renovation, repair or paintingprojects that may have previouslyapplied lead-based paint.

"Research indicates that theeveryday activity of opening andclosing windows creates frictionthat then allows lead dust to enterthe air," says Rick Nevin, a con-sultant to the National Center forHealthy Housing (NCHH). "Thisdust is invisible to the naked eye,yet it can contaminate the homeand expose residents to this harm-ful substance.

"Young children, whose develop-mental skills and brain functionsare subjected to the lead dust, canbe especially negatively impacted.Children can absorb the lead dustfrom crawling on the floor wherethe dust settles. Toddlers put theirhands in their mouths ... and afterplaying on the floor near a win-dow, they can easily transfer thelead dust into their mouths. The in-gested lead travels through thebloodstream to a child's develop-ing brain, causing many types ofneurobehavioral damage."

Nevin relates that the most com-mon problem with lead in paint isnot that a child is eating paint chips-- it's that the child may be exposedevery day to unseen contaminatedlead dust particles that have settledin household dust. The lead-cont-aminated dust is often connectedwith the operation of the window.

According to Nevin, one of themost important long-term invest-ments a homeowner can make forthe overall safety of a family is toreplace older windows, using theEPA-approved lead safe renova-tion guidelines. "If you live in ahome built before 1978, and youhave single-pane windows, replace

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Few things are anticipated morein spring than the arrival of newleaves on the trees and buddingflowers in the garden. A landscapeawash with fresh colors canbrighten the spirit and make any-one want to head outdoors.

There are many different plantsthat begin to show their colors inthe spring. A number of perennials,annuals and trees begin to floweror show new sprouts come thespringtime. Here are some plantsthat can be planted for springtimeenjoyment.

AnnualsLooking for first signs of color?Look no further than these won-derful annuals.

* Alyssum: Starting in April, thiscascading bounty of tiny flowersoffers a sweet aroma that attractsbutterflies.

* Dianthus: These vivid flowersalso attract butterflies and are oftena cottage garden staple.

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Got temperatures below freez-ing? Then it must be time to breakout that tent and sleep outside!Winter camping might sound ex-treme, but two young ladies fromMillis Girl Scout Cadette Troop74920, added it to a growing list ofnew experiences this last Febru-ary. Seventh graders Katy Goldenand Olivia Lynch participated inOperation Snowflake at CampGreenbrier in Acushnet, MA.

Operation Snowflake, hosted byTroop 80117 of Dartmouth, Mass.,is the premiere winter campingcompetition in the northeast forGirl Scouts in seventh grade orhigher. Scouts from ME, NH,MA, RI and CT participated in thisyear’s event.

“This competition dates back to1974, and as far as I know, Katyand Olivia are the first MillisScouts to have come and partici-pate. I am really proud of thesegirls and what they accomplished,”says Michelle Schofield, ServiceUnit Coordinator of the Millis GirlScouts.

Although the competition re-quired teams of three girls in orderto officially compete, Katy andOlivia participated in a variety ofevents that required skill and team-work. These included FlagpoleLashing, String burning, Compass,Baking, Wood Sawing, Constella-tion, Biathlon (snowshoe and“snowball target”) and an A-FrameTravois Race. The latter includedlashing two 10-foot poles and one

6-foot pole to create an A frame.Then they had to carry a memberof their team across the field to thefinish line. Katy and Olivia wereshort one girl, so many of the othertroops participated jumped in tohelp.

“When they started this, (thegirls) were given the option of notparticipating in some things, butthe only thing they didn’t do wasthe sled race,” says SherriceGolden, Troop 74920 Leader, whopoints out that had the girls beenable to compete, they would haveplaced in the fire-building and out-door baking competitions.

The girls were also judged on

their campsite and personal gear.They had to show that they packedand were dressed appropriately,that they could set up camp meet-ing the judging requirements.Their gear was loaded on a dogsled that was loaned to them by theMillis Boy Scouts, and they hauledtheir own gear from the car to theircampsite.

“It was good to know that we ac-complished something like that,that other girls might not want todo because it was cold,” says KatyGolden. Although Schofield, whojoined the girls at the event, notedthat temperatures were indeed“frigid,” Olivia adds that, “It

wasn’t that bad.” Both girls agreedthat the coldest part of the eventwas waking up and having tochange into the clothes they hadtucked into their sleeping bags.

“That was freezing,” says Katy.

Schofield also touts the girls’“extremely supportive” TroopLeader, Sherrice Golden. “It takesa lot of gusto to sleep outdoors inthe dead of winter, and this cer-tainly was a lot of work. It speaksvolumes of your dedication to yourgirls.”

“It was a great experience,” saysGolden. “I’m so glad we went, be-cause (the girls) felt just such asense of accomplishment.” Thefun events that were planned, saysGolden, helped all of the girls tofocus and kept the cold night inter-esting.

Katy and Olivia encourage othergirl scouts to try the competition,“but before they come,” saysOlivia, “make sure you look at allthe contests – and practice.”


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The goal to raise $3.8 million fornew athletic facilities is lofty, butMillis always seems to excel whenit comes to achievement.

Just look at its station in the TriValley League. The school is thesmallest in the conference, yetsince 1999 the Mohawks havewon nine state championships in13 attempts. And, during thoseyears and dating back to 1960when the first football game wasplayed at Welch Field, athletic fa-cilities at the high school have re-mained outdated.

What’s on tap for the athletes area new artificial turf football field, anew baseball field with an artificialturf infield, a six-lane track aroundthe football field, new stands, anew press box, new lights and newpractice fields.

“The new football field will bemoved and be about 20 yardscloser to the back of the highschool,” said Chuck Grant, theMillis athletic director. “The base-ball field will be about 20 yardscloser to the school and our park-ing lot will expand with morespaces along the roadway to theschool. The baseball field will nolonger be a homer dome becausethe distances to fences that will be10-feet high are 330 and 340 feet.’’

Grant indicated that barriers

would be installed between thetwo fields, so games can be playedsimultaneously.

“Our practice fields now are glo-rified cow pastures,’’ Grant said.“We’ll build two fields and they’llbe available for track, football,baseball and other sports.’’

The concept is not only needed,but also extremely expensive, andGrant is acutely aware that to breakground in 2012 will take an all-out,aggressive effort.

The formal announcement of thefund-raising effort was made at adinner-dance at Glen Ellen Coun-try Club last October.

Grant said private fund-raisingwill be geared toward corpora-tions, businesses and individuals,and that sponsorships and naming

rights will be offered.

“It’s going to involve working ata national level,’’ he said. “We’llgo to firms like Reebok and Nike.The Red Sox and Patriots offergrants for projects like ours. We’llhave to roll up our sleeves butwe’re confident we can do it. It’s awin-win situation for students andthe entire community. So far, theinitial response has been positive.’’

A major force in the mix is MariaMelchionda, who serves on the

school committee. She’s the chair-man of the Athletic Field Projectand the liaison with the schoolboard.

“My role is to go to meetings, getthe word out and oversee the tech-nical aspects, like our websitewww.millisfields.org,’’ Mel-

chionda said. “We know that rais-ing $3.8 million in a down econ-omy isn’t going to be easy. But, it’snot easy raising that kind of moneyin good times. But, we’ll go out-side Millis and leave no stone un-turned. People are good andusually contribute when kids’ wel-fare is involved. We raised $3,400at the dinner-dance.’’

Melchionda, who works full timeas the executive director of theMass. Association for Health,Physical Education, Recreationand Dance, said she’s contactingthe top 100 companies in the stateand even hopes to get a meetingwith Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft.

“I sent Mr. Kraft a letter, buthaven’t heard back,’’ she said.“I’m not going to ask him for a do-nation. I just want to learn how tobest generate contributions.’’

Melchionda praised the work ofsenior Sarah McAuliffe who hasworked diligently to get the con-cept publicized through her seniorservice project.

“Sarah has promoted the projectand she’s set up everything on ourFacebook page,’’ Melchiondasaid. “She held a bake sale atRoche Brothers and raised $326and collected $300 in a bottle andcan drive.’’

Although the task of raising $3.8million is daunting, Melchionda

isn’t overwhelmed. She’s fullyaware that the majority of moneymust come from companies.

“In mid-January, I got a check for$5,000 from Roche Brothers andlater got a $500 check from Mil-ford National Bank,’’ she said.“Dunkin Donuts is the latest con-tributor, giving us $250. If we canget to about $2 million, it’s possi-ble people may donate gravel,loam, fences and carpentry skillsto help us. The $3.8 million figurecould turn out to be less.’’

Melchionda recently spoke at ameeting for all businesses in Millisand stressed the benefit of con-tributing to the project.

There are eight members on thefield committee and new peopleare volunteering, according toMelchionda.

If and when the project becomesa reality, youth teams in Millis(soccer, baseball, lacrosse and PopWarner football) will be able to usethe facilities.

“It’ll be revenue-generating,’’Grant said. “The community willhave access to the fields and withartificial turf, weather won’t al-ways be a factor in calling offgames.’’

The cost of the project is high,but Millis has always been willingto pay the price.

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Answer: Whether or not you getyour body fat checked depends onhow meticulous you are when itcomes to your own health andwellness. Some people are per-fectly content to just workout andwatch what happens. Others wantto track and analyze everythingand, as a result, like to have a start-ing point for body fat, amongstother things. If you’re in this lattergroup, then go ahead and get a testdone. There are numerous ways toanalyze your body fat percentage,from the very expensive to theridiculously inexpensive, and thevery accurate to the incredibly in-accurate. Some of the best meth-ods include getting a DEXA scan,a Bod Pod measurement, or get-ting underwater weighed. How-

ever, these are the more expensiveoptions, and require sophisticatedequipment and skilled technicians.You could also try stepping on aTanita scale, which uses somethingcalled bioelectrical impedance todetermine your body fat percent-age. Unfortunately, the accuracy issomewhat questionable with thismethod. When it comes to cost, ac-curacy, and practicality, you reallycan’t go wrong with a skinfoldcaliper test. It takes about 5 min-utes, it might cost you $10-$50(depending on whether a consult isincluded or not), and it’s reason-ably accurate. You just need to finda personal trainer, or other healthprofessional, that has done hun-dreds or even thousands of tests.

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Answer: Absolutely! If you de-cide to consume alcohol (and I as-sume you have since you’re askingthe question), the current recom-mendations would be no morethan 2 drinks per day for men and1 drink per day for women. This isdefined as “moderate consump-tion,” though this certainly isn’t thenorm for college-aged folks. Asyou’re probably aware, excessivealcohol intake can lead to a wholeheap of problems including alco-

holism, high blood pressure, ele-vated triglycerides (blood fats),obesity, stroke, heart failure, andeven some cancers. But here’s thegood news. Moderate alcohol con-sumption does have its health ben-efits as well, though this list isn’tnearly as long. The potential ben-efits include a slight increase inHDL (good cholesterol) and someanti-clotting properties, which mayhave an effect on heart attack andstroke risk. Several studies havelinked alcohol to reduced mortalityfrom heart disease, though wecan’t be sure that other lifestylefactors weren’t the primary cause.Bottom line—only you can decidehow much of a role alcohol playsin your life. Just be responsible,drink moderately (if at all), anddon’t drink and drive!

Chris Charron is the club ownerat Anytime Fitness in Medway. Tosubmit a question for future arti-cles, please contact the author [email protected]


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Carsten Shaw enjoys her job. The17-year-old Tri-County senior,from Medway, smiles broadly asshe gives a hug to Sean McEntee,one of the adults with develop-mental disabilities. Shaw workswith in a new cooperative educa-tion program her vocational schoolis running with Horace Mann Ed-ucational Associates (HMEA).

“It’s a lot of fun everyday,” saysthe medical careers student, whowill study nursing at FitchburgState next fall. Shaw says thatworking with people with develop-mental disabilities had nevercrossed her mind until she cameacross the opportunity at a schooljob fair last year. “You never havethe same schedule.”

“The students work in the dayhabilitation programs, directlywith people who have develop-mental disabilities,” says MichaelMoloney, President and CEO ofHMEA. “They might take peopleout into the community to bowl orto volunteer … or directly help todo physical therapy. Some individ-uals may have autism, Down’sSyndrome, Cerebral Palsy, or they

might be people with intellectualdisabilities. The only differencebetween people with disabilitiesand (people without) is that theymay need a little more help.”

HMEA is a Franklin-based non-profit organization that supports2,500 individuals, aged 1-94, withdevelopmental disabilities in 110Massachusetts communities acrosscentral and southeastern Massa-chusetts. These individuals, manyof whom in an earlier time wouldhave lived in state institutions, areable to enjoy life in the communitybecause of the support they getfrom HMEA.

HMEA embarked on the initia-tive with Tri-County Regional Vo-cational High School in Franklinto draw students to careers work-ing with this population. The pro-gram, run by Tri-County allowsseniors who are preparing for ca-reers in the medical field to workat an HMEA Day Habilitation (or“Day Hab”) program. These stu-dents alternate their academic andvocational instruction with theirjobs at HMEA. HMEA's Day Habis designed to increase independ-ent living and to enable individuals

to become more involved in com-munity activities.

Shaw, who works at thePlainville HMEA five days a

week, every other week, says thather job responsibilities run thegamut, from helping individuals inthe program work at volunteer jobswith such organizations such asMeals on Wheels, the local seniorcenter, the Pawtucket Red Sox, tohelping people with disabilitiesgrocery shop, to doing exercise,physical therapy and discussingcurrent events to help keep partic-ipants’ minds active.

Mary-Ellen MacLeod, Directorof Cooperative Education at Tri-County, says the program is a win-win for the school and for HMEA.“HMEA is a very nurturing organ-ization that allows our students to

get oriented towards their futurecareers, to use their vocationalskills, and to create a portfolio of‘on the job’ experience, thus gain-ing an edge in the toughest job

market since the Great Depres-sion.”

“People think you’re helpingsomeone with a disability, you’regiving to them, but if you have theright relationship, working withpeople with disabilities make yourlife so much richer, says Moloney,who sees the partnership as amodel. “The Tri-County studentsare getting the chance to see up-close the rewards of working in thehuman services field.”

Moloney who also chairs aprovider’s council, a statewidetrade organization made up of over200 nonprofits, anticipates a short-

age of care providers in the nextcouple of decades.

“There will be a 25% increase independent population in Massa-chusetts. Moloney points to an in-crease in seniors as baby boomersage, more children and a highernumber of people with disabilities.With an increase in autism, morepeople are living with medical is-sues. All this, and “the workingpopulation is going to remain flat.We’re anticipating we’re going toneed more warm bodies.”

“This year we have 4 internsworking directly with people inday habilitation programs, and wehave about 10 juniors who volun-teer in a part-time program…theseare 17-year-olds being exposed toa field they didn’t know existed,”says Moloney. The President ofHMEA, which will celebrate its50th anniversary this year, being inFranklin for about 18 years of thattime, says that he hopes studentswill consider coming back to workin the field after college.

Moloney also notes that HMEAhas an arrangement with ClarkUniversity and Simmons College,to help its workers further their ed-ucation, and while Tri-County stu-dents do their internships there,they can also participate in an on-line program to earn their creden-tial in human services. HMEA alsopartners with other organizations,like EMC, in mutually beneficialrelationships.

“We have a lot of professionalpositions that require masters de-grees,” says Moloney. “Those arethe jobs that need filling.”


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Medway will once again offer itsSummer Playground Program,thanks to the help of a neighboringtown of Franklin, starting July 5and running for eight weeksthrough August 26.

“Medway doesn’t have its ownrecreation department, so Franklinhas offered to team up with us. Inaddition to (Medway residents)going to any of the Franklin pro-grams, we are doing the same inMedway,” says Judi LaPan.

At Choate Park, says LaPan,children can have their choice of

going to any or all of the eight one-week camps that are offered. Thenumber of children is not limited,she says, as more staff is simplyhired for more popular programs.

“Last year, some weeks we had30 kids, some 14,” she says. LaPantouts all sorts of fun activities thatare planned, including a rock-climbing wall and waterslide aswell as traditional camp activitiesof crafts and sports. Although thesummer program begins at 8:30am each day and finishes at 3:30pm, “We do have extended drop-off and late pick-up” for workingparents for $10 more per day.

Although the Franklin Recre-ation Department will be handlingsignups, LaPan does note that allof the camp staff in the Medwaycamp last year “were all Medwaykids.” She wants to note that resi-dents of Medway and Franklin“get first dibs” on open space inthe program.

Following is the program schedule:

• Week 1: 6/27/11- 7/1/11Olympics week

• Week 2: 7/4/11- 7/8/11 WildWest Week

• Week 3: 7/11/11- 7/15/11 SuperHero Week

• Week 4: 7/18/11- 7/22/11 HarryPotter Week

• Week 5: 7/25/11- 7/29/11Olympics week

• Week 6: 8/1/11- 8/5/11 QuestWeek

• Week 7: 8/8/11- 8/12/11 HarryPotter Week

• Week 8: 8/15/11- 8/19/11 MixAnd Match

In addition to the themed weeks,certain days of the week will marka special activity. Tuesdays are tie-dye days. Wednesdays are water-slide days. Thursdays are open forthe rock-climbing wall and Fridaysfeature a pizza lunch.

For more information on theChoate Park Camp, contact theFranklin Recreation Department,150 Emmons Street, Franklin at(508) 520-4909 orwww.franklin.ma.us/recreation.

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It is with great pride that I an-nounce that Millis Middle Schoolhas been awarded the "School ofthe Year" Award for our SpanishImmersion Program. This compe-tition is organized by the Educa-tion Office of the Embassy ofSpain in the United States andsponsored by Banco SantanderShareholders in the United Statesof America in collaboration withSantillana, Editorial Anaya, the In-stituto Cervantes and the ComillasFoundation. The award is given toschools in the USA that show ex-cellence in language educationprograms, specifically CLIL(Content and Language IntegratedLearning) programs in Englishand Spanish. This is a true testa-ment to the dedication and hardwork of the students, teachers andPrincipal Andy Zitoli, as well asthe wonderful support of our fam-ilies, the School Committee, andcommunity.

The attached announcement, re-ceived today, states:

Washington, DC, March 18,2011.

- Today the selection board metand was formed by: Diego Fer-nandez Alberdi, Counselor of Ed-ucation of United States andCanada; William D. Sullivan, Sen-ior Vice President/Manager ofSantander Shareholders, Carmende Pablos, Asesora TÈcnica andRosa MarÌa LÛpez BoullÛn, As-esora TÈcnica. 7 winners werechosen (see Attachment) repre-senting the three school levels, El-ementary, Middle and High

School. This award ceremony willbe held at the Embassy of Spain inWashington next May 2011.

Millis Middle School (5-8) inMassachusetts belongs to a districtwith three schools (Elementary,Middle and High) that is in lovewith Hispanic Cultures. All threeschools share a total immersionprogram in Spanish. In MillisMiddle there is a great team ofteachers who has the responsibil-ity of taking what students havelearnt in their starting steps (Ele-mentary) and improve theirknowledge and skills so they canshine (and

they do!) in the High school. Theprogram is supported by an enthu-siastic team of teachers, an excitedPrincipal and a passionate Super-intendent who supports the pro-gram all over the district.

Both the Middle and HighSchools placed in the top threesemi-finalists from across theUnited States. No other districthad two schools as finalists. Weare incredibly proud of our ISAprogram at all three schools. Con-gratulations to our Middle School!-Nancy Gustafson

Nancy Gustafson, SuperintendentMillis Public Schools245 Plain St.Millis, MA 02054

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Medway Pride Day will be heldon Saturday, May 21, 2011 from10a.m. to 4 p.m. at the MedwayMiddle School’s Edmund Char-land Field. In the event of rain,Medway Pride Day will move in-doors to the Middle School.

Local businesses and communityorganizations are encouraged toshow their community spirit by

renting booth space ($50 for 10’ x12’ space) to distribute informa-tion and meet new people, offerfun activities, or sell interestingitems and crafts. A limited num-ber of food booths are available($75 for 10’ x 14’ space with ac-cess to electricity).

Businesses also have the oppor-tunity to sponsor a major children'sgame or activity ($300 to $500).Sponsors will have their companyname printed on a large sign nextto the game they have chosen tosupport. Sponsorships of a majorentertainment act ($500- $700) arealso available. Smaller donationsare also welcome to help offsetcosts not covered by major spon-sorships. Businesses may also do-nate raffle items or gift certificatesfor the Button Raffle. Donors will

be recognized in the MedwayPride Day flyer and announcedthroughout the day as Button Raf-fle prizewinners are chosen.

The Medway Pride Day Com-mittee is a dedicated group of vol-unteers from the MedwayBusiness Council as well as Med-way residents. The Committee’sactivities are supported solely bydonations and the sale of rafflebuttons, T-shirts, etc. All fundsraised at Medway Pride Day aredonated directly back to the com-munity.

If you are interested in making adonation, registering for a booth,volunteering to help the Commit-tee, or for more information,please visit the Medway Pride DayWebsite atwww.medwaypride.org.

Medway Pride Day Saturday, May 21st

We are now accepting registra-tions for an in-town instructionalSoftball league for K-2nd grade.The practices/games will be onTuesdays and Thursdays 6 pm-7:30 pm beginning on April 19thand ending on June 12th (addi-tional practices may be scheduledby coaches). The fee is $70.

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pitch to the girls, but we will use aT to move things along if need be.We will not count outs till mid-sea-son. Every girl will bat each in-ning. We can play 3-4 innings...total time 1 hour or a bit over. Wewill generally have 7-9 players ona team depending on numbers.Girls will play at every field posi-tion. The Girls will not walk orstrike out at this level. The idea isto teach the basic skills; throwing,fielding and batting - trying to putthe ball in play.

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Millis residents and friends areinvited to a night out in town tobenefit the Clyde F. Brown Homeand School Association on April 9,from 6:30-10:30 p.m., at Primav-era Restaurant on 20 PleasantStreet. The event, run this year byCheri Mullally and Janel Pudelka,is the largest fundraising event forthe elementary school PTO eachyear. The night will include enter-tainment by a live DJ, a full buffetdinner and both a live and silentauction.

“Our big thing is the auction,”says Mary Kazis, Co-Chair of theHome and School Association.“The money gets raised, and all thecurriculum enhancements are paidfor by the HSA.” These includeauthors and illustrators, MissElaine and the Museum of Sci-ence, among others, she adds.

“The (HSA) provides the schoolwith different programs and cur-riculum enhancements and events-- also teacher requests,” says Jef-frey Wolff, Principal of Clyde F.Brown Elementary. “If a teacherwants to provide a program, andwe don’t have the funds, they stepin and help out.”

As this year’s President of theHome and School, in addition tothe auction and Meadow Farmsfundraiser, Kazis tried to promotea number of fundraising options

that wouldn’t cost parents evenmore money.

The PTO was already collectingGeneral Millis Box Tops for Edu-

cation (http://www.boxtops4edu-cation.com/). Consumers mightthink that saving the box topcutout, worth 10 cents apiece,might not add up to much, butKazis says it really adds up to quitea bit. In fact, General Mills boaststhat over $3 million has been do-nated to schools nationwide in theprogram.

“Box Tops is huge. Last time wesent it in, it was a little over $700.That’s a SMART board,” she says.

What Kazis refers to are interac-

tive whiteboards developed bySMART Technologies that allowteachers to present information ina multimedia format, where stu-dents can work with the boards. Atthe start of this school year, theClyde Brown Home and SchoolAssociation purchased fiveSMART boards for the school.“There was money left over from

the technology money and theteacher request money,” saysKazis. “Mr. Wolff came to us, andwe bought five SMART boards,one for each grade.”

Another fundraiser that the CFBHSA is doing this year is with Ter-raCycle (www.terracycle.net). Thecompany, TerraCycle, takes nor-mally discarded items, such as chipbags, cookie wrappers, candywrappers, Ziploc-type bags,Elmers-type glue bottles, tape dis-pensers and the packaging forpaper towels and napkins and turnsit into resalable products. ClydeBrown’s PTO earns two cents perwrapper. Again, it might not seemlike much, but Kazis says, “We’reup to $400.”

“One of our big things we’re try-ing to promote now is calledOneCause,” says Kazis. Anyonecan support the school by joiningwww.onecause.com, choosing theClyde F. Brown ElementarySchool as their cause, and shop-ping online through this portal.“When you shop online, ClydeBrown gets a percentage of it,”says Kazis, “If we can get it goingand get people used to (onlineshopping) through that portal, theschool can make money off thatwithout parents having to spendmore money.” The HSA also sup-ports technology in the school bygetting a percentage of recycledink cartridges, and by having local

consumers register their Stop &Shop cards atwww.stopandshop/aplus and enterthe ID number 06885.

In addition to buying materialsthat support school curriculum, theClyde Brown HSA also puts onnumerous events throughout theyear, promoting a sense of com-munity. Earlier this year, theyhosted a both a Kindergarten and afall social, Wingmasters and Bingonight, among others, and they arecurrently planning “Are YouSmarter than a Fourth Grader?” onApril 1 and a cultural night featur-ing Caribbean musical group Tainofrom 7-8 p.m. on April 29.

Although the April 9 auction isthe biggest fundraiser, says Kazis,she adds that, “There are so manyfamilies that can help, even in littleways.”

Tickets for the upcoming auctionare $30 per person, and those in-terested may visit the Millis PublicSchools website ( www.millisps.org) and click onthe link to CFB Home and SchoolAssociation for more informationand an order form. Please note thattickets must be purchased in ad-vance. They may also view videosand pictures of some of the cur-riculum enhancements that havetaken place at Clyde Brown at thewebsite.

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Jeffery Wolff, Principal of theClyde F. Brown ElementarySchool in Millis, MA, was one of120 early childhood educators inthe state of Massachusetts to be se-lected as a Fellow for the Early Ed-ucators Fellowship Initiativethrough a joint effort between TheCAYL Institute and The Massa-chusetts Department of Early Ed-ucation and Care.

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The first of the three Fellowshipsessions is taking place this com-ing Saturday, March 26th inLeominster, MA. Jeffery Wolffmentions, “The Early EducatorFellowship is important to me onmany levels. First, I can connectwith fellow elementary school

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“To have an override is not a fail-ure, it’s part of the system,” saidCharles Vecchi, Chairman ofBoard of Selectman for Millis saidon Monday, March 14, at a two-hour public meeting in which theBoard of Selectman ultimately de-cided to add an operational over-ride of $1,125,583 to the May 2election ballot. At the meeting,most who spoke did so in favor ofan override.

The three Selectmen, CharlesVecchi, Chairman, Andrea Wag-ner, Vice Chairman and Don Hen-don, Clerk did not make thedecision to add the override ques-tion without some reluctance.Chris Smith, Chairman of the Fi-nance Committee, presented a listof four possible financial modelsfor the town, which faces a struc-tural budget deficit of $535,183.

Coupled with an anticipated 5%cut to Chapter 70 (Schools) andLocal Aid, that amount would riseto $789,828.

The first model presented solvedfor this year’s deficit alone($535,183), while the secondlooked at solving the currentdeficit over five years ($796,390).Model three ($867,683) looked atsolving the current deficit and put-ting $332,500 this year toward thecapital plan, while model four($1,125,583) covered the deficit,plus $332,500 for five years to-ward the capital plan. Both modelsthree and four offered options of$175,000 toward needed staff, butthis option was rejected.

Chris Smith noted that adoptingthe first models would solve a veryshort-term problem, but that mostlikely the town would be facing ashortfall revisiting the override op-tion each year. Looking to avoidthis situation, the Selectmen choseModel 4.

Most supporters of the overridetalked of already making do withless. Dave Baker, Chair of theSchool Committee, stood up andsaid, “ I personally believe a localoverride is the best, because forevery dollar raised, the moneygoes back to the town.” Baker

added that he supported the five-year plan, because “I personallywould like to solve the problemfor more than five years.” Bakerinsisted that any more cuts to theschool system, which consistentlydoes well using the leanest possi-ble budget, would be seen in testscores.

Library Director Tricia Perry,whose hiring of a new children’slibrarian has been put on hold dueto budget concerns, spoke that“without an override, we’d be hardpressed to continue with the hoursand staff we have now.” WendyBarry rose to encourage the townto leave itself the option to manag-ing something rather than to reactin crisis mode every year.

Patty Kayo, Director of theCouncil on Aging, spoke of con-cerns the impact of an overridewould have on lower-income sen-iors, to which Charles Vecchinoted that tax relief is available forthat demographic.

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Residents of the small town ofMillis have a real-life Hollywoodactor in their midst. Local folks al-ready may have heard that a newHollywood film, Ted, directed by“Family Guy” creator Seth McFar-lane and starring Boston-bred

movie star Mark Wahlberg, wasbeing filmed in nearby Norwood.What they might not have knownis that a 9-year-old local boy, T.J.Hourigan, was one of the fewyoung people from the area to geta chance to work in a paid, speak-ing role in the $65 million filmowned by Universal Pictures.

“I always dreamed of doing this,especially when I was a kid,” saysT.J., a third-grader at the Clyde F.Brown Elementary School, whosays his “friends were actually re-ally excited, but at first they didn’treally believe me” when he toldthem he was going to act in thefilm.

“All the kids they chose or castare very typical of T.J.’s look –

darker-haired, lighter-eyed,” sayshis mother Donna Hourigan, whohad brought her son down after afriend had alerted her to the castingcall. Hourigan estimates that about1,000 people came to audition atBoston Casting Company.

“I felt like my heart was gonnacome out of my chest,” says T.J.,although his Mom noted that shethought her son seemed very coolat the time. About 40 or 50 audi-tioned at the second call, she says,while the third and final time, eightpeople, including five children,vied for four different roles.

T.J.’s first paid employment tooktwo eight-hour days, February22nd and 23rd, during school va-cation time. T.J. played “Kid #2,”

a speaking role that required himto be less than nice to the maincharacter, “Ted.” The protagonistof the story is a little boy whogrows up without friends and laterwishes his Teddy Bear could be hisbest friend. T.J., therefore, ad-libbed his role as one of the chil-dren who bullies “Ted.”

“We realized it was an opportu-nity to be in a Hollywood movie,”says Mom Donna, who allowedher young actor to go along withsome of the bad behavior and lan-guage for the sake of the movie.

T.J., however, is not at all like thecharacter he plays in the movie. “Ithought he was mean, rude anddisgusting,” he announces.

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and John Hourigan to sign a con-tract, says Donna, and if T.J. wereto get another movie gig, he wouldhave to join the Screen ActorsGuild. For the film, the motion pic-ture company rented two houses inNorwood, and the four boys in thefilm had one house to themselves.T.J. says he and the other boys en-joyed a lot of freedom, as well asthe great “chocolate cake.” In fact,T.J., who has two older sisters,Meaghan and Bridgit, had suchfun working on the film that he’snow taking acting classes everySaturday.

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Leading the Pack – The Millis girls and boys indoor track teammembers qualified for the state track meet at the Reggie Lewis Cen-ter and performed in their events in Boston on February 6th. Pic-tured are from left to right are Jordan MacAskill, shot put, KatrinaPeros, shot put, Sarah McAuliffe, 1000m, Zach Maltinsky, 300m,Colin McPoland 800m and Chris Hines, 50m. Zach Maltinskybroke the school record in the 300m.

How many times have you driventhrough a neighborhood and bestruck by the realization that thereare no children outside playing.You might begin to think you arein an old Twilight Zone episodewhere aliens have come downfrom outer space and abduct all ofour children. They have been ab-ducted, not by aliens from outerspace, but instead by the TV, com-puters and other electronics wehave brought into our homes. In-stead of playing outside in the freshair with their friends they are in-side ”playing" and "socializing" ontheir computers.

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Computers (Salty Pilgrim Press).This book provides activities andgames, which are divided into 22categories. The book is designedto be used as a source of ideas onhelping kids enjoy the unpluggedworld around them.

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Paul G. Yorkis, President of Pa-triot Real Estate in Medway hasbeen appointed chairman of theboard of trustees of the Massachu-setts Association of REAL-TORS® Charitable Foundationfor 2011.

Created in 1992, the Massachu-setts Association of REAL-TORS® Charitable Foundationperforms a variety of communityoutreach initiatives that provideassistance to needy individualsand the community at-large underthe direction of its nine-memberBoard of Trustees.

Yorkis has been a member of the

foundation board of trustees forthe past four years. He indicatedthat the trustees will be involved ina number of fund raising effortsthis year to increase the numberand amount of grants awarded bythe foundation and to increase thefoundation endowment so thework of the foundation may con-tinue many years into the future.

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Scott Brown, US Senator fromMassachusetts, will be making aspecial appearance at the MillisPublic Library, 25 Auburn Road inMillis on Saturday, April 16 to signcopies of his new book: Against

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Fast Breaks, and Second Chances.Senator Scott Brown will make afew brief introductory remarks andthen will be available to autographcopies of his book.

Senator Scott Brown was electedby the people of Massachusetts onJanuary 19, 2010, to fill the termof the late Senator Ted Kennedy.He lives in Wrentham, Massachu-setts, with his wife, Gail, and theirtwo daughters, Ayla and Arianna.

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Senator Scott Brown to Appear at MillisPublic LibrarySaturday April 16th 2-4 p.m.

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