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He is a storyteller that doesn't use thewritten word. Photographer David LeeBlack tells mythical and romantictales through the images he captureswith his camera. Occasionally hisadopted hometown of Wrenthamplays a key role in his art. "My pho-tography is mostly about storytelling,"Black says. "Wrentham has no short-age of charming and beautiful storytelling locations."

Originally from Missouri, Black hasbeen interested in photography since hewas a young boy. He remembers thePhotography Merit Badge was one ofthe first ones he pursued on his way toearning the Boy Scout rank of Eagle.Over the years, his approach evolvedinto his current distinctive style.

In some of his work, models portrayhistorical characters juxtaposed with aunique setting. In many cases, very fa-miliar Wrentham locations serve as theback drop. It's the beauty and inspira-tion that the town offers that makes himhappy he decided to settle here overtwenty years ago. He also says, Wren-tham not only serves his art, but it's alsobeen a great place to raise his twodaughters.

He connects to the Helen Keller quoteabout her days in town. Keller said,"Always I look back to Wrentham asthe place where I lived most serenely,where I did my work quietly, and en-joyed undisturbed the treasures ofbooks and of nature."

"That always resonated with mestrongly," Black says.

In a series specifically about Wren-tham, all the models were either resi-dents or had a direct connection to thecommunity. Each portrayed charactersin different but well known spots cre-ating a story in each shot. In all the im-ages, the town played a key character.

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Wrentham, Norfolk and Plainville will movethe date of their town elections to April 30th tocoincide with the primary for U.S. Senate specialelection. Wrentham and Plainville normally holdtown elections on the first Monday in April. Nor-folk’s was originally scheduled for May 7th.

The boards for the three towns were able tomove the elections to the new date thanks to re-cent legislation giving towns this power if localvoting occurs within 30 days of the April 30th pri-mary.

The primary reason given for the changes by thetowns was savings. “The Norfolk Selectmen andI all agree this is the best use of resources and willallow for the greatest level of voter participation,”says Shawn Dooley, town administrator for Nor-folk. “This will save the town roughly $4,000. Itwill also move Town Meeting up a week to May7th.”

The Wrentham board debated the savings ofmerging the two elections and what impact theremight be to the actual election results. Since theelection is now 29 days later, the deadline to re-turn nomination papers has been extended giving potential candidates additional time to get on the

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ballot. “You have to extend outthe deadline to turn papers inand by extending that, we openup changing the outcome of anelection,” said selectmanCharles Kennedy. “There aresome cost savings. I see bothsides.”

Selectman Steve Langleyadded, “This board strives tosave costs when it can.”

While an average electioncosts approximately $5,000, thenet savings might be less. Themove won’t result in any sav-

ings on printing ballots butwould save on the expense ofpolice details. The net savingswon't be known until after theprimary.

There was concern that bymoving the election to the endof the month this year, voterswill be confused on the datenext year.

Anyone interested in runningfor positions within their respec-tive towns still has an opportu-nity to pull nomination papers.The deadline to return nomina-tions papers are now March12th. The actual Senate elec-tion is scheduled for June 25th.

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Grant Recipient Not only does he use his art totell stories, Black uses it to helppeople. He is working with spe-cial needs clients in his Wren-tham Special Arts Project. Mostof his clients are diagnosed withAutism and the project involvesthem going out into the field withtheir cameras and taking photo-graphs of themes, concepts andnature. They return to the studioto edit the photographs on thecomputer, have them printed,matted and framed and then se-lect Wrentham businesses andpublic spaces host the photogra-phers in their very own art show.This program is supported in partby a grant awarded from theMassachusetts Cultural Council.

Currently, Black's work is ondisplay at the Looking GlassCafe in Wrentham, the AttleboroArt Museum and the Biltmore inProvidence. He also has an ex-

hibit at the Old Fiske Museumwhich can be seen through a spe-cial arrangement with the Wren-tham Cultural Council. In April,his work will be on display at the

Terrace Cafe.

(This article originally ap-peared in The Wrentham Times,www.wrenthamtimes.com.)

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Vintage Thymes, the amazing,monthly, themed market knownfor its creative dealers and ever-changing treasures, has found anew home. From its originallaunch in a barn in Millis, to its1000 square foot shop in Medfield,the Vintage Thymes journey hastaken another expansive step to itsnew, exciting location in Nor-wood, at the WinSmith Mill Mar-ket. After months of searching,Vintage Thymes proprietors RobinHanlon and her new business part-ner, the talented and creativeNancy Murphy, discovered an oldmill building in Norwood andwere certain this would be the nextantique shopping destination. Al-though charming, it was nothingshort of a dump inside! In additionto junk, the space had also accu-mulated 100 years of dirt!

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rich potential this venue had tooffer. The lease was signed and thepair immediately began dreamingof vintage, chippy, shabby goodsfilling every corner. The workgloves went on, power tools wereplugged in, the power washerrented and the painting began! Theresult is remarkable! The space isnow an open and airy marketplaceboasting terrific natural light, freshpaint, vignettes for over 20 plustalented dealers and a privateworkshop, all in a rustic ware-house, industrial setting.

Vintage Thymes celebrated theirsoft opening in September of2012, drawing crowds old andnew. One customer was overheardsaying, "Wow this is huge, I couldspend a whole day here!" Thegrand re-opening was celebrated inNovember, with raffles, refresh-ments and wonderful entertain-ment led by singer/songwriter Liz

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Vintage Thymes owners' anddealers' greatest passion is comb-ing through basements, attics andgarages in search of those hiddentreasures that makes their heartskip a beat…time-worn goods thattell a story!

Vintage Thymes monthly markethas been on the antique/re-cycle,re-purpose radar for several yearsnow. The shop is not just anotherantique store. With its hip collec-tion of antiques, shabby-chic fur-niture, vintage garden décor, andestate jewelry, Vintage Thymes isbest known for their creative abil-ity to give tarnished and dusty vin-tage items a new purpose in life.

"Recycle, reuse and repurpose,that’s what we're all about," Han-lon explained.

Vintage Thymes is the onlymonthly market within a 60 mileradius of Boston. It is open 3 daysevery month, the second weekendof the month.

"We're like a mini Brimfield butwithout the hassle of long hotdays, and tired feet," Hanlon said.

Its unique approach of presentingfresh goods at each themed marketis a feature that their customerslove and depend on, and is whatkeeps them coming back marketafter market.

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State Senator Richard Rosshas been reappointed to SenateMinority Whip by Bruce E. Tarr,Senate Minority Leader. Ross

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nority Whip,” said Ross.“I am eager to continue torepresent the Norfolk,Bristol and MiddlesexDistrict, while collaborat-ing with my colleagues to

improve the Commonwealth asa whole.”

Ross has also been appointedto nine Legislative Committeesfor the upcoming session, in-cluding: Senate Committee onEthics and Rules, Senate Com-mittee on Ways and Means,Joint Committee on EconomicDevelopment and EmergingTechnologies, Joint Committeeon Education, Joint Committeeon Higher Education, JointCommittee on Judiciary, JointCommittee on Mental Healthand Substance Abuse, JointCommittee on Municipalitiesand Regional Government andJoint Committee on PublicSafety and Homeland Security.

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The King Philip Parents’ Network will be holding aused clothing and household item drive on March18th through March 23rd. Drop off your gentlyused clothing, bedding, toys, and other items at theKing Philip High School main entrance duringmorning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times (7:15a.m. to 7:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.), or onSaturday March 23rd. from 8:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. onthe bus loop. Volunteers will be available to help

collect your items at the curb. In addition, Norfolkresidents can drop off items at the Transfer Stationon March 2nd, March 9th, and March 16th duringregular business hours. For more information, aswell as a list of items we are collecting, visit ourwebsite at www.kpparentnetwork.org/fundraising/.The KP Parents’ Network receives cash for everypound collected, so start your spring cleaning now.

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The Old Fiske Museum will beopen Saturday, March 2, 10 a.m.to 12 p.m. Currently the exhibit"Wrentham Works: Yesterday andToday" has some new artwork anda special display highlighting Authors: Of, From, and AboutWrentham. If you are a writer,please contact the Wrentham Cultural Council at wrentham -culturalcouncil@gmail.com.

Wrentham Cultural Council Seeks MembersIf you have an interest in becom-ing active in promoting the artsand humanities in the town ofWrentham, the Wrentham Cul-tural Council has an opportunityfor you. The council has two openseats to fill. The Cultural Councilis a local branch of the Massachu-setts State Cultural Council and is

responsible for reviewing andawarding grants for cultural pro-grams in the town. The Councilalso holds special events and ex-hibits at the Old Fiske Museumwhere it shares space with the His-torical Commission.

Visit the Cultural Council h t t p : / /w ren thamcu l t u r a l -council.shutterfly.com/ to see thegroup's many activities. If youwould like to become involved andhave some time and energy to con-tribute, please submit an applica-tion to the Selectmen’s Office at79 South Street, Wrentham MA02093. The “Committee/Commission” application formcan be found on Cultural Councilwebsite in the Volunteer section. If you have questions, please contact Andrea Tooker atwrenthamculturalcouncil@gmail.com or call 508-384-8689.

HUDSON, MA – The FranklinSchool for the Performing Arts(FSPA) Dance Department willpresent Dance Equinox on Satur-day, March 23, at 2 and 5 p.m. atFSPA-Hudson in the historic OddFellows Building, 14 Main St., indowntown Hudson. Dance Equi-nox is FSPA’s third annual classi-cal repertoire program, designed toexpand students’ knowledge of theclassics and to explore contempo-rary ballet and choreography.

The production features 36dancers from FSPA’s Ballet Con-servatory Division. Students havethe opportunity to explore differentfacets of their technique in prepa-ration for the versatile demands ofthis diverse program. “They get toexperience what it’s like to dancea mixed bill of varied repertoire,”noted FSPA Ballet MistressCheryl Madeux Abbott. “We felt itwas important to show the connec-tion between classical dance tech-nique and other disciplines and toillustrate the relevance of being aversatile dancer as well."

Dance Equinox begins withClass Concert, originally choreo-graphed in the 1960s for the Bol-shoi Ballet School. The piecefollows the structure of a ballet

class and showcases dancers’ tech-nique and precision. Madeux hastaken the framework of this pieceand restaged it for her Conserva-tory dancers. Madeux’s choreog-raphy provides an opportunity todemonstrate the serious caliber ofFSPA’s Ballet Conservatory train-ing. The opening sections of theballet feature younger dancers andprogress to show the developmentto more difficult steps by the bal-let’s close.

The program continues with amodern piece, Miles of Har-monies, by Jenny Oliver, Instructorof Jazz, Tap and Horton Techniqueat FSPA. Oliver’s new work has itsfoundations in Horton Technique,which stresses long lines and de-manding isolations that buildstrength and flexibility. The chore-ography explores the layers of mu-sical movements and providesFSPA’s Ballet Conservatorydancers with an opportunity topractice the principles of this tech-nique that support the more stren-uous demands of a classical balletdancer.

The program closes with ex-cerpts from Les Patineurs (“TheSkaters”). The ballet, as originallychoreographed by Frederick Ash-

ton in 1937, depicts a Victorianskating party set on a frozen pondone winter’s night. Dance Equinoxwill present parts of the ballet,restaged by Madeux with originalchoreography tailored to FSPA’syoung dancers. Madeux had theopportunity to dance Les Patineursas a company member of the Jof-frey Ballet and Dance Equinoxprovides an opportunity forMadeux to revisit the ballet withher students in a way that is suitedto them and reflects children’schoreography.

The Ballet Conservatory Divi-sion at FSPA provides instructionin classical ballet technique, pre-pointe, pointe, modern and charac-ter dance. The curriculum is basedon the foundations of theVaganova syllabus and incorpo-rates the new American BalletTheatre (ABT) National Trainingcurriculum.

Tickets for Dance Equinox cost$18 for adults and $15 for studentsand seniors. Tickets may be pur-chased in advance at (508) 528-8668 or may be purchased at thedoor. For more information,visit www.FSPAonline.com.

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Participants may choose to run or walk the flat 5K certified course.There is also a 1K race for children and the young at heart. Childrenstart at 9:30 a.m. while runners, followed by walkers start at 10 a.m.

The registration fee is $20 if pre-registered at least 48 hours priorto race day, $25 to register on the day of the race and $5 for childrenunder 12 and active duty military, including guard or reserve mem-bers. The first 200 registrants receive a free event t-shirt!

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Medals and prizes will be awarded to the winners in variousage and specialty categories. Music, raffles and refreshments arealso part of this fun family event. Visit www.NorfolkRuns5k.orgfor more details.

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A Call to Artists!The Wrentham Cultural Council is sponsoring Arts on the Common tobe held June 1, 2013, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration and information forthis juried event is online at www.artsonthecommon.org. This will be afestive, family oriented celebration of the arts featuring juriedhandcrafted fine arts and crafts, performance art, music and interactiveactivities. Any questions may be sent to info@artsonthecommon.org.

The KP DARE SupportGroup's Third Annual CornedBeef and Cabbage Dinner will beheld on Saturday, March 9th at5:30 p.m. (Dine in or Take out).The fundraiser supports theeighth grade DARE program atthe KP Middle School. Dinnerwill be held at Original Congre-gational Church, Wrentham atthe intersection of routes 140 and1A. The menu includes cornedbeef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots,Irish soda bread, dessert and bev-erage. The cost is $10 per person

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Tickets may be purchased atthe KP Middle School and thechurch offices of the OriginalCongregational Church inWrentham and the St. JudeChurch in Norfolk. Ticketsmay also be obtained by emailor phone: Ken Graves at KP-DARE@gmail.com or 508-384-8084. Tickets may bepurchased at the door, but ithelps if you can tell us in ad-vance.

Come join the fun of FUR BOWL 2013, a bowlingfundraiser to benefit the Purr-fect Cat Shelter. TheFUR BOWL will be held Sunday, March 3, 2013 atRyan Family Amusements, 1170 Main St. (Rt. 109)Millis. Bowling begins at 4:30 p.m. Bowler check-in and registration will begin at 4 p.m. Get togetherwith your family, friends and co-workers and enjoyan afternoon of fun and help us raise much neededfunds for the homeless animals cared for by the Purr-fect Cat Shelter.

A registration fee of $20 per bowler will include: 2games of bowling, shoe rental, refreshments, and achance to win one of several raffle prizes. All ages

and skill levels are invited to participate. Prizes willbe awarded in a variety of categories. More informa-tion and registration forms are available on our web-site www.purrfectcatshelter.org or call the messagecenter at (508) 533-5855. All proceeds of the FURBOWL go directly to the care and shelter of home-less cats and kittens.

The Purr-fect Cat Shelter is a non-profit, no-kill, allvolunteer organization providing care and shelter tohomeless cats in the areas of Medway, Millis,Franklin, Walpole, Bellingham, Norfolk and sur-rounding communities.

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Meet "Myles," an older kittenwho is curious, and fun-lovingand a friend to all the volun-teers. He was left on thedoorstep of a local AnimalControl Office and it was dis-covered that this young kittenhad a wound on his paw thatwould require a six monthquarantine. PCS was called be-cause Animal Control did notwant to euthanize this kitten.He has completed his quaran-tine and is now ready to find aloving home. Myles is a verycute black and white, domesticshorthair that loves playtimeand would be a great compan-ion. He would also do well in ahome with another cat. If youare interested in meetingMyles or any of the other catsavailable for adoption at PCSvisit our website www.purr-fectcatshelter.org or call themessage center at (508) 533-5855 for more information andadoption applications.

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“Go out there and break a legtonight. Put on a good show!” Thatis what they say to actors for goodluck before a big performance. Butbreak a foot just before a Nationalgymnastics competition is not suppose to be how you tumble.

That is exactly what happened toone local gymnast who had hersights set on the big prize at a Na-tional gymnastics meet.

Despite the setback, this gymnastand her very competitive team-

mate, were able to travel to Floridaand represent Massachusetts andbring back some National medals.

Alexis Gaulin, 10, of Plainvilleand Maria Fabiano, 12, of Wren-tham, both had won a place on theLevel 7 Massachusetts gymnasticsteam. They had earned their spoton the 6-member team by captur-ing the highest all-around scores atthe Judges Cup Challenge atShrewsbury High School.

At the National Judges Cup

gymnastics event held Jan 5 inDaytona Beach, Florida, Gaulin, a5th grader at the Beatrice H. WoodElementary School in Plainville,hit on all four events during theTeam Challenge.

In particular, her beam per-formance was superior. Herflawless tick-tock backhand-spring on the beam earned her aspot in the top 10 in the compe-tition and a 10th place Nationalmedal. Her all-around score of36.9 earned her a 10th place all-around National medal. This wasan outstanding accomplishmentfor a gymnast at her first everNational event. Gaulin is alsonow ranked in the top 100 inAmerica of Level 7 gymnasts, according towww.mymeetscore.com.

Fabiano, a 6th grader at the Rod-erick Elementary School in Wren-tham, broke her foot at practiceChristmas Eve, just 12 days beforethe competition. She had to pullout of the Team Challenge but stillmanaged to compete in an Individ-ual bars event at the National com-petition.

It might not have been as excitingas when 1996 Olympian KerriStrug vaulted with a broken ankleand had to be carried to thepodium to get her gold medal, butFabiano, broken foot and all, man-aged to do her entire bar routineand stick her fly-a-way dismount.This earned her a third place medalin the Individual bars event at Nationals.

Gaulin heads to New York City

and Texas for her next big compe-titions. In fact, the meet in Texaswill be hosted by WOGA, the gymowned by Valeri Liukin the fatherand coach of 2008 Olympic cham-pion Nastia Liukin. Fabiano will

be on the mend with her brokenfoot and hopes to be back compet-ing in March.

Both girls are teammates at theNew England Sports Academy inWestwood (NESA). They are

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FSPA Slates Performing Arts Programs for Summer 2013This summer the Franklin Schoolfor the Performing Arts (FSPA)will offer a series of workshopsand one-week camps, an eight-week session of voice, instrumen-tal and dance classes, and aSummerStage musical theater pro-gram. The summer session runsfrom June 25 to August 16, andregistration begins March 4.

FSPA’s annual SummerStagemusical theater program features anew one-week format culminatingin an all-student, full-length pro-duction of Shrek, The Musical.SummerStage is open to studentsin grades 3-12 and runs from July8-13, with two performances onSaturday, July 13. SummerStageauditions will be held on May 11or by appointment and are forplacement purposes only; all Sum-merStage students will be cast inthe production.

FSPA’s roster of one-week per-forming arts camps includes CampGLEE, Dance Camp, Contempo-rary Dance Styles Camp, Broad-way Camp and Acting Camp, aswell as Little Gems Ballet Camp,Creative Kids Camp and LittleMusic School Experience foryounger children. Creative work-shops include FlashMob Fun,Rock Out, Up Your Game andVocal Styles.

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For musical theater enthusiasts inGrades 1-6, Broadway Campteaches vocals, choreography andscene work, with a chance toshowcase skills in a final ensembleperformance. Acting Camp, forstudents in Grades 5-9, teachescharacter building and improvisa-tion and culminates in a one-of-a-kind presentation.

For young beginner dancers, Lit-tle Gems Ballet Camp (ages 5-8)teaches basic ballet positions, vo-cabulary, floor exercises and sim-ple steps. Dance Camp (grades1-6) introduces jazz, tap and balletand features engaging choreogra-phy and creative dance games.Teen intermediate and advanceddancers in grades 7-12 will focuson various contemporary genres,including contemporary, lyricaland modern jazz, in ContemporaryDance Styles Camp. FSPA willalso offer two Summer Ballet In-tensives: Summer Session I for thePre-Professional Division fromJuly 15-August 1 and Summer

Session II for the Young DancerDivision from August 12-23.

For younger children, CreativeKids Camp will engage and enter-tain campers ages 5-7 with dramagames, theater activities, singing,dancing and crafts. The youngestcampers ages 3-5 are invited to thesummer Little Music School Ex-perience with FSPA’s Little MusicSchool Director Kim Rezendes.

FSPA will also offer a series of 2-and 3-day workshops. Critically-acclaimed R&B singer April Hall

will conduct a Vocal Styles work-shop for ages 13-18, introducingstudents to jazz phrasing, scattingand improvisation, as well as mi-crophone and performance tech-niques. Rock Out, for musicians ofall levels, provides students withthe opportunity to jam with tal-ented area musicians and learnfrom well-known Boston profes-sionals. FlashMob Fun for stu-dents in grades 5-12 will introducedancers of all levels to trendsettingchoreography and an exciting per-formance experience. A perform-

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Each year the Norfolk Lionswork in the community to raisefunds for worthwhile charities.As part of their charter, Lionscontribute about half of thesefunds to national and interna-tional efforts to eradicate globalproblems such as blindness, theeffects of diabetes and hearingloss. But in addition, half of theirfunds are used within the localcommunity to ease the sufferingof those close to home. Ourmotto is: "We Serve."

The Norfolk Lions is proud toannounce that the club set a newlevel for donations in 2012, withover $45,000.00 being disbursedto local, state and international

charities. All donations wereraised as proceeds from Norfolkcommunity events such as theChili Fest, Field of Flags, Com-munity Day, Haunted Train Ride,Christmas Tree Sales and the an-nual golf tournament. The kindcontributions from the residentsof Norfolk and surrounding com-munities made these donationspossible. The Norfolk Lions wishto thank everyone - individualsand company sponsors for sup-porting us in 2012.

Local recipients of donationsincluded: American Legion Post#335, Boy Scouts, Be SmartWellness, Backpack Fairy Pro-gram, Norfolk Library Children's

Museum Passes, BournedaleScholarships for 6th Graders,HESSCO, Christmas Poinsettiasfor Hillcrest Residents, KingPhilip All Night Party, KPMA,King Philip DECA, King PhilipLeos Club, Norfolk Animal Con-trol, Norfolk Fire Department,Norfolk Food Pantry, Norfolk &Wrentham DARE Programs,Norfolk Recreation, Norfolk To-gether, Random Smile Project,Santa Foundation, YMCA Sum-mer Camp Scholarships andStonybrook, along with dona-tions to individuals and groupsthat had a specific need.

Other state and internationaldonations were made to The

Carroll Center for the Blind,Mass Eye Research, BlindedVeterans, Brain Injury Associa-tion of MA, Lions Eyemobile,Fischer (VA) House, Haiti Re-lief, Hurricane Sandy Relief,Joslin Center for Diabetes Re-search, Perkins School for theBlind, and Lions Internationalfor LCI One Shot One Life(measles), Disaster ReliefFund and Lions Foundation, aswell as other major programsLions International has estab-lished for assisting those inneed.

The Norfolk Lions is an activeclub with over 80 members. Itis one of the 46,000 clubs with

1.35 million members that makeus the world's largest serviceclub organization. We are alsoone of the most effective. Ourmembers do whatever is neededto help their local communities.Everywhere we work, we makefriends - from children whoneed eyeglasses to seniors whodon’t have enough to eat, andwith people we may never meet.

Norfolk Lions membership isopen to anyone interested in serving others. Please contact usat norfolk lionsmembership@gmail.com or visit our web site www.norfolkmalions.orgfor more information.

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This year’s event resurrects theoriginal “Old Tyme Day” themefrom years past when times werea little slower and more affordable.

Community Day 2013 will takeplace on Saturday, June 8, 2013from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Onceagain the Holmes Family has gra-ciously agreed to host the event attheir property at 22 Myrtle Street,Norfolk.

This will be the Lions' 21st year

bringing a day of familyfun and entertainment.The Lions’ goal is to pro-vide a country fair type en-vironment includingmusic, dancing, games,petting animals, hayrides,train rides, pie eating con-test, foam for kids to playin, food and historical dis-plays. This is an event forthe entire Norfolk Com-munity to come out, cele-brate and get to knowneighbors.

The Lions welcome yourparticipation and invite anyNorfolk business, organi-zation, neighborhood orgroup to participate inCommunity Day. Groupsand organizations (includ-ing corporations) can takepart in a number of ways,whether by setting up abooth or tent, sponsoring an activ-ity or entertainment, or simply bybecoming a sponsor.

There is no set fee to participate,but we do ask that you providesomething in return. For example,if your company wants to have a

booth, then you should have some-thing to offer that will add to thefun such as a game or activity, orprovide financial support that willbe used towards other expenses.You can also sponsor an event orentertainment. We are flexible;just tell us what you have in mind.

Help make Norfolk CommunityDay 2013 one of the best and jointhe fun. You may contact the Nor-folk Lions Club at norfolkcommu-nityday@gmail.com or call EdMelanson @ 508-843-1528 orPatti McCarty @ 508-520-0540.

The Inspiration PerformingTroupe is sponsoring comedichypnotist Jim Spinnato on FridayMarch 8th, 6:15 p.m. at theFranklin Country Club, 672 E.Central St. Franklin, MA. Thispromises to be a fun and enter-taining night out that includes aperformance by Inspiration,pizza, cash bar, raffles, silentauction and more!

The Inspiration PerformingTroupe is a local singing/dancingtroupe that performs at commu-nity events. The group consistsof 15 girls ranging from ages 8-17 and is directed by Emily Gar-ven who is a junior at King PhilipHigh School. The majority of thegirls are from Norfolk. They haverecently performed at FaneuilHall, Patriot's Place, Norfolk

Cable, Mansfield Crossing, Nor-folk Community Day, MaplesRehabilitation and the NorfolkSanta Parade. The troupe was se-lected to perform at Disney onApril 16, 2013. In order to raisefunds for this trip the troupe issponsoring this fundraiser. Allproceeds will benefit InspirationPerforming Troupe.

To order tickets or for more infor-mation please contact JonathanGarven @ 508-308-7974 orjonathan.garven@gmail.com. Checks should be made out to Inspira-tion Performing Troupe.

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This past week, King Philip DECA chapter advisorJames Dow received confirmation that the chapter hadqualified for all three national DECA promotions. Thisawards King Philip three spots in the brand new ThriveAcademy at the International Career DevelopmentConference in Anaheim later this year. KP is the onlyschool in Massachusetts to qualify in all three areas.DECA prepares “emerging leaders and entrepreneursfor careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and man-agement” at both the high school and collegiate levels.This year, according to the national DECA ThriveCampaign, there were three main things KP DECA fo-cused on promoting: general promotion of the DECAorganization, entrepreneurship promotion, and commu-nity service.

“I feel honored and humbled to be the advisor for thiswonderful program,” said Dow. “King Philip DECAhas been a successful program at the high school for along time. I feel this is one of our finest achievementsto date.”

King Philip DECA would like to recognize RachelLehman, Alyson Rando, Sheila Connolly, Molly Mall-graf, Audrey Foxx, Madison Poirier, Kellie Mahoney,Katie Paul, Breanna Shaffer, Matthew Capobianco,Nicole Chisholm, Rachel Palumbo, and Megan Connorfor their hard work and dedication to the DECA pro-gram.

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By tory atkinS, ViCe PreSident oF PuBLiC

reLationS For deCaTuesday January 29th was a mo-mentous day for King PhilipDECA. All 96 members of thechapter placed at the District TwoDECA Conference and will bemoving on to the next level ofcompetition. Out of the 46 writtenprojects entered at the district levelby KP DECA, twenty receivedgold, sixteen received silver, six re-ceived bronze, and four were final-ists. Both teams entered into seriesevents received gold.

Winners moving onto the Massa-chusetts DECA state conference atthe Copley Marriott in March areas follows:

1st Place Winners:Victoria Crabtree & StephanieCastro (Business Services Oper-ations Research), Nick Sweeney& Mike Owen (Buying and Mer-chandising Operations Research),McKenna McMorrow & SarahShiels (Finance Operations Re-search), Caroline Roche &Amanda Young (Hospitality andTourism Operations Research),Kellie Mahoney & Camille Gov-oni (Sports and EntertainmentOperations Research), MeganConnor & Rachel Palumbo(Community Service), LibbyPickard & Kailey Andon (Cre-ative Marketing), RachelLehman, Sheila Connolly, & AlyRando (Entrepreneurship Promo-

tion), Kristen Aucoin &McKenna May (Financial Liter-acy), Katherine Genesky &Larissa Grace (Learn and Earn),Sydney Holmes, Analise Sesay,& Stephanie Bickford (PublicRelations), Nicole Lithway &Amy Peterson (EntrepreneurshipWritten), Mike O’Malley & ToriConstantin (Entrepreneurship-Growing Your Existing Business),Tory Atkins & Erica Stavola (In-ternational Business), AliciaCuoco & Haley Keegan (Interna-tional Business), Allison Gately(Entrepreneurship ParticipatingIndependent), Emmy Lambalot(Entrepreneurship ParticipatingFranchise), Dana Roan & SamMcDonald (Advertising Cam-paign), Jason Wholley, ChrisWhite, & Connor Guenthner(Fashion Merchandising), MattLupo & John Dillon (Sports andEntertainment Promotion), PaigeMyatt (Hospitality and TourismProfessional Selling), Chris Woy-cik (Business Services Market-ing), and Emily Harrington &Meghan Garrity (HospitalityServices Team Decision Making).

2nd Place Winners:Carly Lavender & Kayla Tib-betts (Buying and MerchandisingOperations Research), Erin Pierce& Jamie Souls (Finance Opera-tions Research), Molly McGowan& Maddie Poirier (Hospitalityand Tourism Operations Re-search), Nicole Chisholm & MattCapobianco (Community Serv-ice), Lydia Andrews & Jill Hogan(Creative Marketing), Teresa Wolf(Creative Marketing), BreannaShaffer & Katie Paul (Entrepre-neurship Promotion), CaitlinO’Neil & Colleen Ahearn (Learnand Earn), Jessica Beatrice &Shannon Custodio (Public Rela-tions), Emily Bugbee & KaylaMcGhehey (Public Relations),Jessica Daly & Theresa Harvey(Entrepreneurship Written), JustinGammell & Joe Purdue (Entre-preneurship Innovation), EvanCree Gee & Melissa Daigle (In-ternational Business), KatieLukes (Entrepreneurship Partici-pating), Tori Hope (AdvertisingCampaign), Alexis Brais, BrigidMurray, & Ashleigh Jensen(Fashion Merchandising), andShannon Poirier (Hospitality andTourism Professional Selling).

3rd Place Winners:Meg Bentley & Amanda El-Massih (Buying and Merchandis-ing Operations Research), DevenO’Gryzek & Kate McNeilly(Hospitality and Tourism Opera-tions Research), Erin McGuire(Creative Marketing), AudreyFoxx & Molly Mallgraf (Entre-preneurship Promotion), AustinSherman & Owen Mellick (Learnand Earn), and Mike Pergola &Kyle Caragliano (Sports and En-tertainment Promotion).

Finalists also moving on to thestate conference are as follows:

Rachel Sullivan & Ellie Lutes(Sports and Entertainment Oper-ations Research), Sami Kumpe &Maddie MacDonald (AdvertisingCampaign), Dan LaBelle & JonCarter (Advertising Campaign),and Molly Bartlett, Jessica Buck-ley, & Julianne Piatelli (Sportsand Entertainment Promotion).

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Cataract surgery is by far themost common surgery performedin the United States. With ad-vanced technology and highlyskilled surgeons, modern cataractsurgery should be a rather quick,outpatient and minimal risk proce-dure. Your expectations should notonly be to improve your vision, re-duce glare at night, achievebrighter and more vivid colors and

an overall improvement of yourday to day activities, but youshould also have an opportunity toreduce your dependence onglasses or contacts and in manycases eliminate this need. In 2013,how to know you are getting thebest resources, experience, skillsand outcomes? Here is what youshould be asking your surgeonabout:

• What type of anesthesia am Igoing to get? With moderncataract surgery, most surgeries

should be completed undertopical anesthesia and local se-dation. Local sedation meansthat the anesthesiologist willgive you minimal sedation, al-lowing you to recover your ac-tivities after surgery almostimmediately with little or norisk on your health. Topicalanesthesia means that the sur-gery eye becomes numb withdrops. No need for injectionsand shots around the eye. Noshots translates into less risk ofbleeding and side effects fromthe shots. Ask your surgeonabout his techniques and howyour procedure will be per-formed.

• What are the risks? One of themost dreaded risk of cataractsurgery is accidental damage tothe posterior capsule, which isthe back wall of the bag hold-ing your lens. This complica-tion should happen in less than5% of the cases and the sourceof this information should becredible. Ask your surgeonabout his/ her complicationrate.

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less laser assisted surgeryshould be an option if you wantto reduce dependence onglasses at the same time asyour cataract surgery is beingperformed. This technologycan also soften the cataract if itis dense and thick, allowing asafer and better outcome. Askyour Ophthalmologist if he/she is able to offer this technol-ogy.

• What type of implant am Igoing to get? Different lensimplants can be used duringcataract surgery with differentmaterials, quality and ability toreduce your need for glasses.Ask your surgeon what type ofimplants he/ she uses and why.

• Will my need to wear glassesbe reduced? Cataract surgeryis a wonderful opportunity tolimit or eliminate your need forglasses. As the surgeon re-moves the cataract, there is anopportunity to replace thecloudy lens with a special hightech implant able to achievethis goal. The new bladelesslaser assisted surgery offers theopportunity to correct astigma-tism at the same time as thesurgery, allowing the lens im-plants to correct for distance,near and everything in be-tween. Ask your surgeon if he/she is able to achieve this goal.

• What will be my vision on day1 after the surgery? One of themeasurements defining out-comes of cataract surgery is thequality of vision on day 1 afterthe surgery. Surgeons should

strive to make the vision cor-rect to as close to normal aspossible on day 1. Ask yoursurgeon how often is he/ sheachieving that.

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Why I Koko has never beenso clear to me as this morningin Quechee, Vermont. We haveowned a condo here for yearsand come every weekend to skiwith our children, but I hadnever walked into the fitnesscenter before today. Feelingempowered from my KokoSmartraining workouts, andwanting to keep up myprogress while on vacation, Iheaded into the fitness center.

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Cancer is a potentially deadlydisease that does not discriminatebased on a person's age, sex, eth-nicity, or social status. Thoughanyone can get cancer, the Na-tional Institute on Aging notes thata person's risk of getting cancer in-creases with age, even if that per-son has no family history ofcancer. That reality highlights theimportance of routine cancerscreenings for men and womenage 50 and older.

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•Blueberries: Blueberries mayhelp prevent the onset of neckand mouth cancers. That's be-cause blueberries are rich in an-tioxidants, which the AmericanInstitute for Cancer Researchnotes can protect cells frombeing damaged.

•Coffee: Though studies aboutthe efficacy of coffee as a poten-tially preventive agent againstcancer are ongoing, some stud-ies have found that both caf-feinated and decaffeinatedcoffee can lower a person's riskof developing colon, endome-trial and prostate cancer.

•Whole grains: Whole grains canhelp men and women controltheir weight, as they are lowerin calories than more traditionaloptions. But studies have shownthat whole grains, which can befound in whole-grain andwhole-wheat pastas, can also re-duce your risk of colon cancer.

•Tomatoes: Tomatoes areloaded with lycopene, acarotenoid that numerous stud-ies have indicated can reduceincidence of cancer, cardiovas-cular disease and macular de-generation. These studies havebased their findings on tomatoconsumption and not on theuse of lycopene supplements,which may or may not be ef-fective at preventing cancer.Cooked tomatoes can improvethe body's ability to absorb ly-copene, further enhancing itsability to protect the bodyagainst cancer.

•Fatty fish: Fatty fish, includingsalmon, that is full of omega-3fatty acids has been linked to ahost medical benefits, includ-ing lowering a person's risk ofcancer and heart disease.

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• Use sanitizer on items aroundthe house. Surfaces that are fre-quently touched by all membersof the household should bewiped down with a disinfectantproduct. A bleach-and-water so-lution is an effective sanitizer.Surfaces to sanitize includephones, doorknobs, lightswitches, remote controls, com-puter keyboards, faucets, toys,and countertops.

• Avoid sick people.KidsHealth.org states that fluviruses and colds can travel up to12 feet (from a sneeze or cough).Steer clear of anyone exhibitingsymptoms, especially someonewho is frequently sneezing orcoughing. Parents should keepchildren home from school ifthey are sick. Do so until symp-toms subside so as not to infectothers.

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• Skip the buffet lunch. Buffet-style offerings are convenientand offer variety, but they arealso a breeding ground for ill-nesses. These foods may havebeen sneezed or coughed on.Also, the serving spoons havebeen touched by dozens of peo-ple.

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It's a story of friendship. It’s astory about pursuing your dreams,perseverance, and dedication.Simply put, it's a pretty cool story.While sports talk show hosts andcolumnists debate who should bein the Baseball Hall of Fame, forone Wrentham resident, his workis already enshrined for posterity.

The story didn't start in Wren-tham for Jim Lucas. It started inPrinceton, NJ. For as long as hecould remember, he wanted to an-nounce games. Growing up, he ad-mired and aspired to be likeYankees broadcasters Phil Riz-zuto, Bill White and Frank Messeras well as the Mets announcer BobMurphy. Shopping trips with hismother would turn into an oppor-tunity for the young sports fan toprovide play by play of all the ac-tion. "It's interested me since I was8 years old," Lucas says. "I wouldannounce when we go to the gro-cery store and say, 'The peas are onthe left and the corn is on theright.'"

So, eventually when it came timeto go off to Glassboro State Col-lege, he set his sights on a careerin broadcasting. It was there hewould meet Don Wardlow, and to-gether they would make a little his-tory in a sport that loves its history.They would also form a lifelongfriendship. But at the time as twoyoung college students, it wouldbe hard to imagine especially sinceWardlow is blind. While workingat the campus radio station in1983, Lucas saw him enter thebuilding. He recognized him fromclass. Wardlow was there to broad-cast a sports update and Lucasliked what he heard. "He had thisgreat voice and he read well,"Lucas remembers. "When he wasleaving the studio I said, 'Nicejob.'"

The two talked and Wardloweventually asked the question thatwould start it all."Jim, are you upfor a challenge?" Lucas remem-

bers. "Would youbroadcast baseballwith a blind man?"

All Lucas wanted todo was broadcastsports, and it didn't re-ally matter if his on airpartner could see ornot. He jumped at thechance. But, first thetwo would need tofind a way to get intothe radio station's rota-tion of 16 announcers.They needed a plan. Itwas basketball seasonat the time, so the twowould-be broadcastersdecided they wouldapproach the stationabout doing one of theschool's hoop games.The general managerat the time was reluc-tant mainly becauseWardlow was blind.Determined, theymade a simple pro-posal. "We'll do thegame into a tape recorder and we'llalso tape the two guys doing itover the air. If we're not better thanthey are, we will never bother youagain," Lucas said to the GM.

That's all it took.

The new broadcasting duo gotthe green light and started coveringthe school's games. But, it wasbaseball where they found agroove. The pace of the baseballgame, the time between pitches,the importance of statistics to thegame allowed for Lucas to de-scribe the action while Wardlowprovided background informationon the players. For six years theypracticed from the stands at realgames. "From '84 to '90 we spentbuying tickets at Yankee Stadium,Shea Stadium and Veteran's Sta-dium in Philly," Lucas recalls. "Wewould go to the upper deck, withhis seeing eye dog Gizmo, a taperecorder and headphones. Wewould pretend broadcast."

The two did this 150 times work-ing to get better and establishingchemistry. They made a tape oftheir best work and sent it outacross the country. "We had a 5minute demo tape from a game atYankee stadium," Lucas says. "Wesent the tape along with a few arti-cles from The New York Times,and the USA Today that said wewere going to try and get a job."

The mass mailing was to 176teams, and it resulted in 30 formletters and 13 hand written repliesall saying "no." But they did fi-nally get one yes. It was fromMike Veeck, one of the owners ofthe Pompano Beach Miracle, aSingle A minor league team inFlorida. Veeck already had an-nouncers for the season but saw anopportunity to get a little press forhis club by having a blind broad-caster cover a game. When they ar-rived at the park, Veeck confessedto the pair that he was using themfor publicity and ESPN and CNN

were coming to re-port on baseball'sfirst blind announcer.Lucas remembersWardlow replying,"We didn't want totell you this, butwe're using you forpublicity too."

The two hit it offwith Veeck and in ayear they acceptedan offer to work forhim for the season.Together, Lucas andWardlow worked atdifferent levels of theminor leagues in-cluding callinggames for the TwinsSingle A team, RedSox Double A Team,and the Twins Dou-ble A team. Then in1993 they got thecall. "The Marlins in-vited us to do an in-ning and an half,"Lucas says. "Don

became the first blind announcerin the history of major leaguebaseball."

The pair stayed together broad-casting for 11 years when Ward-low decided he needed to retire totake care of his wife who was fac-ing medical issues. Lucas tried tocarry on without his friend. Butafter all the miles together, afterbeing the best man at each other'swedding, it just wasn't the same.When it came to announcing with-out him, Lucas couldn't do it. "Ikept announcing and in the first in-ning of the first game without Don,I knew that I was done," he says.

In their years together they leftbehind a little baseball history andthat history is now enshrined in thesport's Hall of Fame. Jeff Idelson,the president of the Hall of Fame,asked the pair for a copy of twospecific games they called. Onewas when Mariano Rivera, the leg-endary New York Yankee, pitched

a complete game shut out in 1992as a minor leaguer. The other wasin 1998 when former major leaguecatcher Matt Nokes hit a walk offhome run in a deciding 5th gameto send the St. Paul Saints into thefinals. "The Nokes game is proba-bly the best game Don and I evercalled," Lucas says. "It was reallyfast paced...2 to 1...walk offhomer...home crowd. Really fungame."

Now the games can be listened toby anyone visiting the Hall ofFame in Cooperstown, NY. In Au-gust, Lucas was there to watch hisoldest son play in a tournamentwith the U-12 Wrentham WarriorAll Star Team. While he was there,he took his two other sons to theaudio library and was able to hearhis call of the games. "I actuallytook a video of my kids listeningto me doing the game at the Hallof Fame," Lucas says with pride.

While he no longer makes hisliving announcing games, Lucashas come out of retirement, He'sbeen recording and announcinghis boys' baseball games. You cancatch some of his work on Wren-tham Cable 8 or you can hear himannounce King Philip Boy's Bas-ketball games on WDIS-AM1170. His work behind the micro-phone actually earned the stationits first Massachusetts Broad-caster's Association Award. Lucascalled a KP game vs. Sharon lastyear that took 2nd place in theSports Broadcast Division.

Today, what motivates him ispreserving these memories for hischildren. "It is a pleasure to be abledo a game, burn it on a CD andkeep it in my memory box so thatwhen my kids are older and theyhave kids, they can go back,"Lucas says.

The announcing he does nowmight not make into the Hall ofFame but for Lucas it means moreto capture the games for his chil-dren. "That's special for me," hesays.

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Norfolk Lions 2nd Annual Health& Wellness Fair, 10 a.m.– 3 p.m.,Freeman Kennedy School, Board-man St., Norfolk, will provide infor-mation on healthy choices, stressrelief, nutrition, skin care, screen-ings for blood pressure, glaucomaand hearing loss. This year will fea-ture New England Organ Bank andAmerican Red Cross Bloodmobile,which will hold blood drive, as wellas the Avon Breast Cancer Founda-tion. If you would like to participate,please contact Paul Terrio at 508-528-1922 or phterrio@gmail.com,or Al Bozza at 774-571-5170 orabozza@aol.com for more informa-tion.

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March 5Ed Morgan Sing-Along, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Norfolk Public Library,139 Main St., Norfolk, Join Ed for singing, dancing—great for babies, toddlers and pre -schoolers, contact Amy Reimannat (508) 528-3380, x5 or emailareimann@virtualnorfolk.org.

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Wrentham Community Eventswill hold the first annual Dancingwith the Wrentham Stars event onMarch 8, 2013 at Lake Pearl Luciano's. Six local citizens havebeen paired up with six local chari-table organizations to participate ina fun and friendly competition offundraising and dancing.

March 9Lego Club, 2:30-3:45 p.m.,SWEATT Meeting Room, FiskePublic Library, 110 Randall Road,Wrentham.The LegoClub has re-sumed on Saturdays.

The KP DARE Support Group'sThird Annual Corned Beef and Cab-bage Dinner will be held on Satur-day, March 9th at 5:30 pm (dine inor take out). The fundraiser supportsthe eight grade DARE program atKing Philip Middle School. Dinnerwill be held at Original Congrega-tional Church, Wrentham, at the in-tersection of Routes 140 and 1A.The menu includes corned beef,cabbage, potatoes, carrots, Irish sodabread, desert and beverage. The costis $10 per person (children 3 andyounger are free). Tickets may bepurchased at the KP Middle Schooland the church offices of the Origi-nal Congregational Church inWrentham and the St. Jude Church

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March 12Toddler Play N Learn with GinaMcGarrigle, 10:30 a.m., Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Rd.,Wrentham, for ages 12-30 monthswith caregiver, program being of-fered by Self Help Inc., CoordinatedFamily and Community Engage-ment, free, but donations of cannedgoods gratefully accepted for Wren-tham Food Pantry. Sign up at circu-lation desk.

Building Blocks, 4:30-5 p.m., Nor-folk Public Library, 139 Main St.,Norfolk, LEGO creation group forkids in K-5, who must be accompa-nied by an adult, contact AmyReimann at (508) 528-3380, x5 oremail areimann@virtualnorfolk.org

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March 14Wrentham Lions Club Member-ship Night, American Legion Hall,592 South St., Wrentham, 7 pm.

March 15Picnic Playgroup, 11:30 a.m. –12:15 p.m., Norfolk Public Library,139 Main St., Norfolk, storyhour/craft for children up to age 5 withcaregiver, call Amy Reimann at(508) 528-3380, x5 or emailareimann@virtualnorfolk.org

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Hockey has taken Garth Snow tothe highest levels of the sport butdecades later, the Wrentham nativestill remembers the fierce rivalrybetween Lake Pearl and LakeArcher. The General Manager ofthe New York Islanders says thateven though twenty or more yearshave passed, he and his friends stillremember the heated games on thefrozen lakes. “To this day friends Ihave on both lakes still talk aboutthe bragging rights and who hadthe better hockey players on whichlake,” Snow says, a former LakePearl player. “We would alwayskick Lake Archer’s butt.”

These days Snow spends his timetrying to make the New Islandersinto a Stanley Cup caliber teamyear in and year out. “Anyone thatis in this business is in it to win achampionship,” Snow explains.“I’m no different than anyoneelse.”

The change from player to gen-eral manager, while different, stillsatisfies Snow’s competitive na-ture. “The big difference frombeing a player is you’re mostlyconcerned about your own prepa-ration and being prepared for thatnext game,” Snow says. “As amanager now you look out for not

only a team in the NHL but yourAHL team, your prospectswhether they’re in junior hockey,college hockey, Europe, scoutingfor the next wave of Islander. It’s afun challenge and definitely a tran-sition from worrying about myselfto worrying about 100 different as-pects of the organization.”

Snow’s roots are still in town. Hismother calls Wrentham home andhe has family and friends in thearea. He makes it to Wrenthamoften and the recent NHL lockoutgave him extra time to visit hishometown. Whenever he is in thearea scouting local college andAHL teams, he’s able to visit. “Iget back into town several times ayear,” Snow says. “I have lots offamily and friends still living there.It’s always a treat when I can getback and spend time with them.”

Growing up in Wrentham hespent most of his time trying tokeep up with his brothers. Snow isthe youngest of five (4 boys and 1sister). He played youth hockey inFoxboro and went to Mount SaintCharles for high school. He wasjust inducted into the Mount SaintCharles Hall of Fame this pastsummer. He played his collegehockey at the University of Mainewhere he won a National Champi-

onship. Snow also played for theU.S. National team in the 1994Olympics and in the 1998 WorldChampionship. His NHL playingcareer spanned 12 years suiting upfor Quebec Nordiques, Philadel-phia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks,Pittsburgh Penguins and the NewYork Islanders.

He remembers playing at theNorfolk Ice Arena, in Foxboro,and in Franklin. “I have memoriesof my mom carting my brother andme around from rink to rink,”Snow says. “That commitmentwas something appreciated on mybrothers’ part and my part.”

Thinking back to his high schooldays he also remembers the dedi-cation of his parents to get him toMount Saint Charles inWoonsocket and back home toWrentham. “I was very fortunateto have a set of parents that werewilling to make the commitmenttravel wise, commuting every dayto Mount and back to Wrentham,”Snow says. “Mount had an out-standing program.”

While his job is now in the frontoffice, Snow does get out on theice to play in staff games. “It’s notat the same pace as when I wasplaying, but it’s always good to get

out on the ice-- sweat and com-pete,” he says. “It’s still the great-est game on Earth.”

(This article originally appearedin The Wrentham Times,www.wrenthamtimes.com)

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During the past year, there havebeen two proposals which have thepotential to negatively impact Sen-iors and Boomers who have notacted to protect their hard earnedlife savings. Though these propos-als have not been passed, the sig-nificant impact that they carrywarrants their discussion.

3 Year Veteran’s BenefitsLook-BackThe first set of proposed changesintroduced a 3 year look-back pe-riod for Veteran’s Benefits. Theproposal, had it passed, would pre-vent a veteran from obtaining asmuch as $24,648 per year in valu-able benefits. If a plan is imple-mented before a look back period

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Budget Office (CBO) projected$30 billion would be saved on Se-nior’s Medicaid Budget expendi-tures. As part of the proposal, theCBO is also reviewing a reductionin the home equity exemption forMedicaid purposes. Currently, inMassachusetts, a home is excludedfrom one’s countable assets up to$750,000. The legislation aims todrop that exclusion to only$50,000, meaning if the equity inthe home is over $50,000, anyvalue of $50,000 in the home willnot be an exempt asset. This willbe a problem for everyone but es-pecially married couples who havenot acted to protect themselves.

Unfortunately due the state of thebudget, demographics and theeconomy, those in Washington arestill searching for mechanisms tobalance the budget. The AmericanTaxpayer Relief Act, is now thelaw and will affect all citizens.

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Three quarters through the sea-son the King Philip girls basketballteam may only have a handful ofwins, but the team doesn’t seem allthat worried. What they’ve beenable to accomplish on the court interms of development under firstyear coach Sean McInnis is moreimportant to the squad than winsand losses.

“There has been a huge improve-ment this year. He has set a foun-dation for years to come,” EllenWagner, one of KP’s captains said.“The tournament is not somethingthat we are looking at this year, butit definitely is something that weare shooting for next year, espe-cially knowing that we’ve alreadypushed forward this year in termsof improvement.”

On the court the Warriors got offto a slow start, having their ups anddowns, but it looks as though thesquad is jelling together and seemsto be maturing as the season pro-gresses.

“They’re developing each andevery game that we play,” theCoach said. “They know what theyneed to accomplish when they stepon the court and it’s not necessarilya win all the time.”

McInnis has not only had to dealwith a really young team (6 fresh-men, 4 sophomores, 3 juniors and1 senior) he has also had to dealwith the inability to have his entireteam intact at any one given time.King Philip has had a foot injury,

a hand injury and 4 concussions;freshman Maddie Purdue’s camefollowing a 20 and a 15 point per-formance.

“We’ve been getting so manyconcussions this year becausewe’re willing to sacrifice our bod-ies for the better of the team. We’retrying to get the ball back any waywe can,” Co-captain AmandaJohnson said.

Wagner was one of those injurycasualties; during the first game ofthe season she injured her handand had to readjust her thinking onhow to help the team.

“Even when I was out hurt I wasstill a big part of the team,” shesaid. “Coach told me how I couldhelp the other players while I wassitting on the bench. It just goes toshow how this team has not onlycome together, but we built a con-fidence in our game while matur-

ing as players both on and off thecourt.”

Wagner’s co-captain agreed withhow far the team has come sinceMcInnis took control of the reigns.

“As a team we’re gaining confi-dence in everything that we do,”Johnson said. “It’s intense, but thecoach makes it fun and we actuallyenjoy coming to practice. We be-lieve in him and he has faith in usand the program; together we’regoing to get there.”

McInnis noted that while it wasa difficult decision to make thejump from the boys team to thegirls, he’s glad he did.

“These girls are willing to do justabout anything it takes to make thisprogram a success. I was in the halltalking before a practice and by thetime I took the court the girls werealready into the second drill – this

shows their dedication,” McInnissaid. “These girls are not onlygreat student athletes, but theycome ready to play not only ingames, but practice too.”

As the lady Warriors continue topush forward in hopes of eventu-ally reaching the success the boysteam had under their new coach,McInnis continues to state he hasnothing to do with the team’s accomplishments.

“It’s really all the hard work thatthey’re putting in, it has nothing todo with my coaching. I’m just hereto line up all the parts. It’s the par-ents, the youth coaches and theathletes themselves that are mak-ing this program work,” McInnissaid. “The girls are injecting the

life into this program. I’m just hereto set the cornerstones of the futurenothing more. I’m here to sit backin the best seat in the house andwatch some great basketball.”

Mary Allen is the team’s onlysenior, while Wagner, Johnson andAlicia Cuoco are juniors andEmily Sullivan, McKenzieRichardson, Grace Davis, BriannaMiccile and Madison Mittenessare sophomores on the squad. Pur-due, Rylianne Dalzell, SamanthaMadden, Jen Lacroix and CarolineMolla are the incoming freshman.Together they are the future ofWarrior basketball and are buildingthe foundation to become a pow-erhouse in the HockomockLeague.

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By ken hamweyStaFF SPortS writer

The King Philip boys and girlstrack teams have served notice thattheir programs are back in busi-ness.

Both squads finished as 2012-13champions of the HockomockLeague’s Kelley-Rex Division.The girls went unbeaten at 5-0 andthe boys, who posted a 4-1 record,tied for the crown with Mansfieldand North Attleboro.

The two championships may notseem like dynamic achievementsbut they are, considering how longit took the Warriors to climb up theladder. The last time the girls wona league title was 2000 and theboys last won a league crown in2003.

Both squads are coached by JuliNievergelt, a one-time professionaltri-athlete who has coached gym-nastics, adult tri-athletes andequestriennes. Familiar with long-distance running, Nievergelt, nev-ertheless, learned the nuances ofcoaching track by asking aplethora of questions and readingcountless books and manuals.

“Every manual I read said itwould take four years to build awinning program,’’ Nievergeltsaid. “KP won both titles in this,my fourth year as head coach. Ipromised the kids that I wasn’tleaving until they won a leaguechampionship. I tried to be inspir-ing and motivational. The kidsworked hard and were dedicated.Our success also stems from assis-tants like Frank Sorrento (weightevents), Scott Kramer (sprinters,

hurdles and high jump) and co-head coach John Rougeau.’’

The 52-year-old Nievergelt is nostranger to persistence and hardwork. After all, she competed inthe prestigious Hawaiian IronmanTriathlon 15 times and was ninthin the triathlon at the 2000Olympic Trials.

“I’m a hyper-competitive per-son,’’ Nievergelt said. “When thetwo teams clinched the titlesagainst Franklin, I was really ex-cited. I pounded the roof of thebus. Some of the kids were excitedalong with me because they knewthe struggles of the past.’’

The girls, who managed a one-point victory over Mansfield, wereled by a solid nucleus. The keyswere Ashley Avery (55-meters,300, and 4x400 relay); ChristaWagner (300 and relay); GiannaBender (600, 1000 and relay);Olivia Weir (1000); AbigailSeaberg (mile and two-mile); An-drea Olsen (shot put); Ellery Lyon(high jump, long jump and hur-dles); and Katie Lukes (mile andtwo-mile).

“Ashley was a big contributor,usually finishing in the top three,’’said Nievergelt. “Her speed andstrength are major assets. Christahas great form and is strong, Gi-anna relies on hard work and nat-ural ability, and Olivia is fiery andintense. Her 3:06.96 time in the1000 was the best in the league andshe went undefeated in thatevent.’’

Nievergelt also admired the ef-forts of the girls in the distance,field and jumping events.

“Abigail was versatile in the mileand two-mile, with a time of 5:23in the mile and 11:33 in the two-mile,’’ Nievergelt said. “Katie alsowas a consistent scorer in thoseevents. Andrea relied on greattechnique and threw the shot 35-6,a personal best. Ellery always gotus first and seconds in the highjump, long jump and hurdles.’’

The corps of boys, whose two-point win over Mansfield helpedsecure the title, included Matt

Bowers (55, 300, long jump);Owen Gonser (mile, two-mile);Michael Cook (shot put); JohnBerdos (high jump); DaveMachado (600); Austin Gatcomb(mile, two-mile); and Austin Sher-man (hurdles).

“Matt is a well-rounded athletewith great technical skills,’’ Niev-ergelt said. “Owen is the most tal-ented trackman I’ve seen. His4:28.8 time in the mile and 9:52 inthe two-mile were the best in the

league. Michael threw the shot 44-10, his best-ever throw. He’s pas-sionate about his event and paysattention to detail. John is verycoachable. His 6-2 jump was thebest in the league.

“Dave is strong and fast in the600 and his 1:27 was a personalbest. Austin Gatcomb was veryversatile, running the 1000, mileand two-mile, and Austin Shermanran the 55-meter hurdles in 8.55.He’s very sound technically.’’

Kramer, who was KP’s headcoach outdoors for 11 years andindoor coach for three, liked theway both squads meshed.

“They did a nice job of comingtogether as a team,’’ said Kramer,a KP grad who also served as anassistant for 14 seasons. “We hada combination of volleyball play-ers, field hockey kids, soccer play-ers and lacrosse competitors. Theyblended nicely into a unit.’’

The boys and girls ended longdry-spells and the winning effortwas a combination of coaches andcompetitors rolling up their sleevesto reverse a downward trend.

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leaves behind a remarkable legacyof winning. During his tenure theteam won two Division 1 StateChampionships, six consecutiveHockomock League titles, and hada record 149-17. KP Athletic di-rector Steve Schairer has saidLeonard's contribution to theschool as a coach and educationhave been "truly remarkable."

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Lacrosse has taken Norfolk’sRyan Hoffmeister all over theworld. Now, he is getting a chanceto play close to home as part ofthe Boston Rockhoppers, a localprofessional franchise in thenewly formed North AmericanLacrosse League. "I am extremelyexcited for the opportunity to playin the NALL," says Hoffmeister."Moreso the chance to play for ahome town team."

Hoffmeister played collegelacrosse at Hartwick College andover the course of a 10 year pro-fessional career he won champi-onships in Prague (Aleš HerbeskyMemorial) and Adelaide, Aus-tralia with the Glenelg LacrosseClub. Now on the Rockhoppers,he'll be playing closer to homeand there are several familiar andlocal faces on the team.

The head coach is Wrentham'sJack Piatelli and King Philip Ath-letic Director Steve Schairerserves as an assistant coach."King Philip Lacrosse did notexist when I was a kid,"Hoffmeister says. "It wasn't untilmy brother was old enough toplay that my mother, Jack andSteve started up the programwhere I would volunteer coachafter practices and on schoolbreaks"

The relationship between Piatelliand Hoffmeister is one that spans

18 years. He's played with him,coached with him, and evenworked with him professionally."Being coached by Jack will be agreat experience," he says.

He's known Schairer just aslong, but this will be the firstchance to play for him. "I havenever had the privilege of beingcoached by Steve and am reallylooking forward to it," Hoffmeis-ter says. "Steve is a well knownlacrosse coach and player in New

England and I amexcited to be partof his next coach-ing chapter."

There was asecond localplayer set to be onthe team

Wren t h am ' sMatt Schairer wasdrafted and look-ing forward toplaying in his firstprofessional sea-son. He was alsolooking forwardto being coachedby his fatherSteve. But thatdidn’t happen. Hetore his posteriorcruciate ligament

just before the team’s pre-seasoncamp opened. "Hopefully, I'll getanother crack at it next year,"Schairer says.

The Rockhoppers’ season startedin January and through the middleof February were in first place.The team's home games are at theNew England Sports Center, 121Donald Lynch Blvd, Marlboroughand plays teams from Kentucky,Baltimore and Rhode Island.There are three games scheduledfor the month of March. TheNorth American League is setup tobe a family friendly league that fo-cuses on the quality of the sportand features elite local players.Tickets are available now for allhome games. To learn more visitthe team web site www.boston-rockhoppers.com.

(This article originally ap-peared in The Norfolk Times,www.thenorfolktimes.com)

Leonard Named Coach of the Year

Jim Leonard picture with the KP softball team after winning its second State Championship

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For the first time since 2008,contribution limits have risen forone of the most popular retirementsavings vehicles available: theIRA. This means you’ve got agreater opportunity to put moremoney away for your “goldenyears.”

Effective earlier this year, youcan now put in up to $5,500 (upfrom $5,000 in 2012) to a tradi-tional or Roth IRA when youmake your 2013 contribution. Andif you’re 50 or older, you can putin an additional $1,000 above thenew contribution limit.

Over time, the extra sums fromthe higher contribution limits canadd up. Consider this example: Ifyou put in $5,000 per year to anIRA for 30 years, and you earneda hypothetical 7% per year, you’d

wind up with slightly over$505,000. But if you contributed$5,500 per year for those same 30years, and earned that same 7%per year, you’d accumulate almost$556,000 — about $51,000 morethan with the lower contributionlimit.

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Here’s one more point to keep inmind: The earlier in the year you“max out” on your IRA contribu-tions, the more time you’ll giveyour account to potentially grow.By reaching the new, higher con-tribution limits, and by fully fund-ing your IRA as early in each yearas possible, you can help yourselftake full advantage of this power-ful retirement savings tool.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by yourlocal Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Any effective plan to minimizeyour income taxes requires an on-going effort on your part. Thatmeans you have to plan and makeadjustments year-round, not justwhen you fill out your tax forms.Most tax preparers are just score-keepers. They are reactive ratherthan proactive. You should workwith a firm available throughoutthe year, not just one time a year.

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