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By Dave [email protected]
Now used for a few artclasses, the Avery School
building at 123 High St.maysoon be converted into anarts
space.
The Avery Re-use Com-mittee was asked by select-men to recommend
a newpurpose for the current AverySchool Building, which will
be vacant in April when thenew school on Pottery Laneopens.
Paul Reynolds, a memberof the re-use committee anda selectman,
proposed con-
verting the school into an
arts and community center.
In an interview on Monday,Nov. 28, Reynolds called thearts and
community center aleading candidate for rec-ommendation to
selectmen.
I think this is a conceptthat best reflects what thecommunity
thinks is desir-able with emphasis on com-
By Dave [email protected]
On the reception desk on the second floorof 1145 Washington St.
in Boston sits a
bell. A note beside it reads Ring once for as-sistance.
This first greeting is an apt one for Proj-
By Dave [email protected]
Surrounded by red, whiteand blue curtains at Moseleyson the
Charles, state Rep.Paul McMurtry announced
his candidacy to continuerepresenting the 11th districtof
Norfolk County.
More than 100 McMurtrysupporters filled the spaceon Tuesday,
Nov. 29, gather-ing at round tables, dis-cussing matters of
business,politics and pleasure in Mose-leys spacious ballroom.
ALLIN CHURCH YOUTH GROUP
BUILT BY FAITH
AVERY SCHOOL
A creativereinvention?Selectman pushes arts space for old
school
This is going to
require a lot ofpeople pitching inand locking arms tomake this
happen.Paul Reynolds
Above, for the past 3 years members of the Allin Church Youth
Group on High Street in Dedham have been building acanoe. The small
group completed the task on Saturday, Nov. 26. The canoe will be
raffled off at the Dedham SquareHoliday Stroll on Dec. 2, 2011. The
proceeds from the raffle will benefit an area shelter. Below, Paige
Durham, 16, ofDedham, front, and Lily Girard, 17, of Quincy, paint
the body of the canoe. WICKED LOCAL STAFF PHOTOS BY ANDREA
SALISBURY
BEACON HILL
Hes
readyto runRep. McMurtryto try for athird term
State Rep. Paul McMurtry,D-Dedham, announced hewill run for
re-election, atMosleys on the Charles onTuesday, Nov. 29.
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Teens build canoe to be raffled off for charityBy Andrea
[email protected]
Standing in a row on one side of a ca-
noe, five teenagers grabbed a side and
flipped the vessel upside down.
Three years has gone into building the 15-
foot canoe, and on Saturday, Dedhams Allin
Church Youth Group put on the final
MCMURTRY, PAGE 7
CANOE, PAGE 4
AVERY, PAGE 3
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coat of paint.They said this was a 6
Hour Canoe, said Dedhamresident Michael Jameson,in the basement
of the HighStreet church. He had apaintbrush in hand. I was 15when
I started. Hes now 18and a freshman at Bridge-water State
College.
The project started three
years ago, during World Vi-sions 30 Hour Faminefundraiser, which
was held atthe church. Paige Durham,16, of Dedham said that
forroughly seven years, theyouth group has participatedannually in
a fundraiserwhere the teenagers fast for30 hours straight. To
passthe time, she said, we need alot to do.
To fill the hours, youth ad-viser Adrienne Albanireached out to
the churchcommunity for activity sug-gestions. This is where
Med-field resident, church mem-
ber and boat builder BobCostello stepped in.
Bob is just a member of thechurch who happens to be
anoutdoorsmen, Albani said.He said to me, I have a greatidea. Well
build a boat.
On Dec. 3, 2008, using the6 Hour Canoe design, the
teens started. They boughtthe book, studied the plansand
constructed paper mod-els. Costello said before every
boat-building meeting, theteens had to build a paper 6Hour Canoe
to keep their fo-cus and to remind them ofthe task at hand.
When we first started this,we basically didnt care aboutanything
or anyone, said LilyGirard, 17, of Quincy. We
were 13. We were in middleschool.
So, we were like, OK,whatever, Ill build a boat,Durham said. But
after a
while, the fact that we wereactually able to actually dothis,
brought us closer.
To fund the undertaking,Costello hit the streets ofMedfield with
a flier, askingfor returnables to recycle forthe five cents.
So a mere 8,000 bottlesand cans later you get one ofthese, he
said gesturing tothe green canoe. There has
been wonderful participa-tion, first of all from thesekids. They
are really the
whole backbone of this proj-ect. Then from people inMedfield and
the people fromthe church.
As the project grew andword spread, the help was al-ways there,
Costello said.
The wood is 103-year-old,rock-solid, recycled, old-
growth yellow pine from afactory in Providence, Costel-lo said.
One hour a month forthree years, the group learnedevery aspect of
building a ca-noe.
Yet the canoe lesson goesdeeper.
When you think about Je-sus and the Disciples, they
were out on the water all thetime, Costello said. He
saidChristians are called to share
your experiences, strength
and hope with other people.That is what weve actuallydone by
going to the mis-sions.
Over the past three years,the youth group has visited
and served meals at theBoston Rescue Mission, theShattuck
Shelter and theHopefound Womens House.
We will go and feed themdinner, Girard said. They
will sit there and talk to youabout everything. It is cool
because most places, you
cant just go and have some-one tell you their whole lifestory
and they do. They know
we can help them.
Adrienne Albanis son, 18-year-old John Albani, a fresh-man at
the MassachusettsMaritime Academy, said hecoordinates volunteer
pro-grams on his campus using
what hes learned in youthgroup.
It is stories like this thatmake Adrienne Albani proud.She said
working in the shel-ters builds character.
It develops compassion inthe kids, to realize that noteveryone
else has what youhave, she said. For her, the
boat represents a key lessonof faith.
We decided that the kids
were going to be fishers omen instead of fishermen,and spread
the good newsaround by doing service and
acts of selflessness, she said.The canoe, handmade byJohn
Albani, Paige Durham,Sarah Feeney, Lily Girard,Michael Jameson and
An-thony Primavera will be raf-fled off at the Dedham SquareHoliday
Stroll on Friday, Dec.2, for $1 a ticket. Tickets will
be sold in front of the Ded-ham Community Theatre onHigh Street,
where visitorscan also see the finished ca-noe. Proceeds will
benefitone of the missions the youthgroup has worked with.
Andrea Salisbury can bereached at asalisbury@
wickedlocal.com.
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Above, for the past 3 years members of the Allin ChurchYouth
Group on High Street in Dedham have beenbuilding a canoe. The small
group completed the task onSaturday, Nov. 26. The canoe will be
raffled off at theDedham Square Holiday Stroll on Dec. 2. The
proceedsfrom the raffle will benefit an area shelter. Bob
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