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Retired Men’s Association
Cigar Box Bulletin June 2013Volume 16 Issue 6
Inside this Issue
UpcomingMeetings
Thursday, July 11 Thursday, Aug 8Friday, Sep 13Friday, Oct 11
June Minutes
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June Speaker
Reporter: Bill Johnson
continued on page 3
Ships Bells rang at 10:00 AM
Reporter:
Anniversaries 8 Birthdays 10
Chiru 11
Abner Salant
Jeremy Harrison is an artist and a teacher at the Rivers School. One of his outside interests is canoe expeditions. His presen-tation dealt with a trek in the Northwest Territory, Canada to Hudson’s Bay with a team of five
men less than half his age. They included his twin sons and three other men three ranged in age from 18 to 22.He began his account in mid-journey, describing five days of portage in order to meet his goal of get-ting to a navigable river. They could not find water deep enough to float a canoe in the rocky and hilly
Bill Ely called the meeting to order at 10 am:
Rey Graunas lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, after which we sang the Star Spangled Banner.
Terry Thoman prepared the coffee, and John Iberg brought the donuts from Stop & Shop.
Rick Dugan took care of the badges.
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The Cigar Box BulletinP. O. Box 261
Wayland, MA 01778
Board of Directors
Bill Ely PresidentAl Persson First Vice PresidentRay Atkins Second Vice PresidentMerrill Mack Treasurer Mort Brond Program ChairmanAl Persson Editor of Bulletin Karl Geiger Ron RiggertWally Hart Wayne ClemensFrank Lyons John Kassabian
Proof ReadersYutaka Kobayashi, Bob Curtiss,
Karl Geiger, Abner Salant, John Heckscher, Harry Webber,
Felix Bossard, Bob Diefenbacher
The RMA is a not-for-profit corporation
Published monthly by the Retired Men’s Association
of Weston, Wayland, Sudbury and surrounding communities.
Romeo Report :
Rick Dugan
Annual Dinner October 16thBar opens at 5:00 PM
Fifteen people attended the RMA ROMEO luncheon at the Lotus Blossom restaurant in Sudbury. Fourteen RMA members and today's guest speaker, Jeremy Harrison. Ten opted for the buffet and five ordered from the menu - with excellent service and good food. The only downside to this gathering was our guest speaker having to choose to sit at only one of the two tables set up for our group. I am currently planning to reserve space at the Bistro-20 restaurant for our July 11th ROMEO luncheon.
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terrain that offered opportunities to see for miles in all directions. They began at Pikes Portage in the tundra of the Northwest Territory, going from lakes to rivers to lakes before starting the five day portage. Little has changed in the region since the time of Alex Hall, who extensively explored the area and was the inspiration for Harrison’s expedition.He traces his interest back to his days as a child vacationing at the Adirondack lakes and the canoe trips as a teen ager when he first heard about trips in the Canadian Arctic. He began inquiring reading and talking to people who could help he understanding of the Nothwest. Through Alex Hall he found the World Wildlife Fund of Canada, which is devoted to protecting wildlife in Canada, and who helped him raise 22 thousand dollars.The team started at Yellow Knife on the Great Slave Lake and flew to Pikes Portage. Artillery Lake was his first destination. Some of the portages were difficult because of the terrain, and even when they encountered lakes they were covered with ice too thin to allow them to cross safely. During the trek they suffered from illusions similar to mirages experienced in the desert. After dragging the canoes over 80 miles they reached Artillery Lake,where they found it completely frozen. Lockhart River was at the end of Artillery Lake. There they were able to fish for trout. They paddled upstream through rapids. Wherever they encountered frozen lakes they found thawing occurred unequally with melting in the form of holes called “candling,” and still too soft to support their weight. En route, they saw a variety of wildlife, including grizzlies, wolverines, a white wolf, and caribou.They next crossed the Hamburg Portage to the Hamburg River which they padleded downstream. The water was still cold, and they continued to encounter portages and rapids. The landscape here was also beautiful marked with rocks, waterfalls, and eskers. However, the portages were physically demanding as they had to traverse rocks, hillocks, and snow. The team reached the Ceylon River on the sixteenth day, a place that had been frequented by Indians apparently for centuries. One can still find stone tools used to hunt caribou as well as remnants of tent frames. They spent seven days on the Ceylon without encountering rapids or the need to portage. This provided an opportunity to rest and recover from the rigors of their journey and to develop a routine that allowed them free time to do other things.They spent three days on the Morse with problems paddling against the wind and finding the lower end choked with sand. When they reached Gary Lake the wind finally died. They found navigating on the lake for the three days difficult causing them to sometimes lose course .They reached the Back River on July 21 ahead of schedule and were able to take a few days off.The Back River had several rapids to shoot before reaching Macdougal Lake. The landscape along the way was strange with mists, large rocks, and huge boulders. They began seeing caribou migrating to their winter quarters as well as large
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numbers of musk oxen. The wind held them up again until day 41 when the river opened up into Franklin Lake. There was great fishing on the lake as must have been recognized by others who left behind an abandoned fishing camp.When they arrived at the pickup point on Hudson’s Bay, Harrison realized that they had been through a life changing experience difficult to define but nonetheless real.Jeremy showed a great many beautiful slides that he took during trip, as he related his adventure.
Speaker from Page 3
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Soars 55
SOAR 55 offers a professional and personalized volunteer matching service that connects adults age 55 and over with multiple and varied opportuni-ties to contribute their skills and experience in meaningful service activity that helps strengthen and expand the capacity of local nonprofit and public organizations. SOAR 55 has over 300 volunteers serving at 80 sites in assign-ments that range from tutoring children to working alongside nonprofit staff in leadership roles to providing nonprofit management consulting assistance. Service opportunities include but are not limited to the following: coordinate and facilitate meetings engaging teens and seniors for an intergenerational program; assist a local nonprofit in developing or expanding their volunteer program; mentor a vulnerable teen who needs extra support; plan commu-nity events for a cultural arts museum; manage a drop-in computer help lab that provides the general public with computer-related assistance; help in a variety of ways with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve as it as-sists military service members find employment and support employers who hire them; work with culturally diverse families in early childhood literacy training; and much more. All assignments offer a chance for volunteers to meet new people, learn new skills, share experience and connect with the community. Many assign-ments include orientation, training and support, are flexible and require ap-proximately two hours (average) a week. For more information, contact Lois Levick at 508-532-5570, ext. 4353 or at [email protected]. For a complete listing of service opportunities or for more information about SOAR 55, visit the web at www.ncscweb.org/programs/soar55 and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/soar55volunteer.
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280 Eliot St. (Rt. 16), Natick, MAMonday, June 24, 2013
Meet 10:00 AM at BWS Parking Lot(Audubon members: free, non-members $4.00 each)
BWS is owned and operated by the Massachusetts Audubon SocietyWe plan a 1 to 1-½ hour walk looping back to the origin.
Those who prefer a shorter walk can easily return at any time. Maps provided.
“Visitors can follow more than nine miles of hiking trails along open fields, through upland mixed oak-pine woodland, or along the marshes bordering Indian Brook to vernal pools or along the Charles River. Sign of beaver activity, Pileated Woodpeckers, Andesite bedrock outcrops, and, in summer, lady-slipper orchids, are some of the highlights.”
Directions:BWS is located on Rt. 16 between South Natick and Sherborn, approximately 10 miles south of Wayland Center.
The following is a suggested route from Wayland Center using numbered roads: Go south on Rt. 27 through Natick Center to Route 16 in Sherborn. At the traffic light, turn left (East) onto Rt. 16 about 1.4 miles to Broadmoor on the right.
Optional lunch:At the Sherborn Inn “Tavern-room” located on Rt. 27 (Southbound), on the right immediately after the traffic light at junction of Rt.16 & 27. Watch your Email for last minute details and any weather related changes.
Questions:Rick Dugan-- home-tel. 508-877-1363, email [email protected], cell 508-208-2772
Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary
Page 7Minutes continued from page 1Reporters: Bill Johnson, minutes and Abner Salant, speaker.
Two special guests from the Parmenter Foundation, Stuart Hamilton and Jane Purser, presented a certificate to the RMA for our support of their organization.
Member Committee announcements – new members and travel by Wally Hart, visitors by Nick Veeder:Travel:Bill Ely reported on his trip to FloridaJim Stoddard visited the Netherlands and Belgium on a riverboat trip among the tulips and greenhouses.Don Sherman, with his wife & daughter visited Australia and New Zealand Dave Stallard visited Denver Colorado to present a paper about “gravity near a black hole”.
Visitors:Bert Sellier introduced John Ollquist, a neighbor in Sudbury coming from Brooklyn, Long Island and Providence College.Frank Irish brought Ed Greenberg from Notre Dame and Lehman Brothers. Ed had visited the RMA earlier.Bob Cooke’s friend John Fraize (another Sudbury Methodist Church Candidate) was introduced.Al Persson sponsered Sam Brody,who was born in Tennessee, a chemistry major and an Air Force radar technician. He retired from Kodak and now lives in Framingham.John Iberg introduced Harry Ball, a neighbor fro’m Florida via Framingham.
The newest members were introduced: Paul Cavereo, Jim Macavy, David Maclin, Bob Hyatt
Al Persson mentioned a need for more proofreaders for the RMA bulletin.
Rick Dugan described the next hiking expedition to BWSJune 24th at 10am. He will need some help with the hiking trip logistics.(see page 6)
Chris Hammer reviewed the planned special events: Boston Library June 10th (delayed due to the Marathon events) Pawsox Game July 29th (need relatively firm reservations) IRobot company tour ( time to be determined)Gerry Brody gave the RMA health updates:Charlie Raskin was out with glaucoma issuesBert Fowler was having pulmonary difficultiesRick Dugan presented some humor:Rick Dugan announced lunch would be at Lotus Blossom restaurant
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Anniversariesin
June
Day Year Years
Paul Sturgis Diane 16 1990 23David Calder Danielle 12 1987 26Keith Sims Patricia 5 1983 30Terrance Keeney Debbie 17 1972 41Nick Veeder, Jr. Chay 13 1970 43James Sweeny Nancy 28 1969 44Aldo Rossini Ann 1 1968 45Tom Robinson Joan 19 1965 48Michael R. Garfield M.C. 15 1963 50Tom Swank Betsy 29 1963 50William Cooper Martha 22 1963 50Raymond Middleton Kathy 17 1961 52Robert Greenberg Suzanne 21 1959 54Irwin Silver Lois 7 1959 54William Tafuri Karen 6 1959 54Morton L. Brond Lorraine 29 1958 55Robert McKown Lois 14 1958 55H. Ronald Riggert Karen 1 1958 55Ken Taylor Marie 21 1958 55Barry David Elizabeth 23 1957 56Harold A. Wilkinson Alice 22 1957 56Raymond Fryer Jill 9 1956 57John Velie Helen 23 1956 57Robert J. Boyd Sanda 25 1955 58Davis Bates Nancy 12 1954 59Wayne Clemens Barbara 18 1954 59Harry Webber Claire 5 1954 59Roy Paro Beverly 12 1953 60Arthur Phipps Lee 3 1953 60Ed K. Thomas Loretta 30 1951 62John Finlay Barbara 23 1951 62Anthony Martinelli Dorothy 9 1951 62
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Pawtucket vs Scranton
August 15, 2012
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JuneBirthdays
Day Year AgeEdward C. Mendler 5 1926 87George Brawerman 12 1927 86John P. Finlay 3 1928 85Anthony Martinelli 25 1929 84Arnold Barnes 10 1930 83Martin S. Nichols 29 1931 82Richard Stewart 19 1931 82Donald Burrer 9 1932 81John Beeler 22 1934 79Ed Najjar 21 1934 79Donald Sackman 29 1934 79George Ives 1 1935 78Stanley R. Sakowitz 20 1935 78Harold A. Wilkinson 17 1935 78Donald Sherman 1 1936 77Lloyd W. David 4 1937 76Sy Sackler 16 1937 76Merle Dence 24 1938 75Paul Murphy 12 1938 75Frederick Pryor 9 1939 74William Cooper 24 1941 72William Beebee 13 1942 71John A. Dolan 29 1942 71James Sweeny 2 1943 70
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“Home, home on the range. Where the deer and the antelope play.” This is the familiar line to the classic American song; Home on the Range. When most people think of antelopes they think of the northern Great Plains or Rift Valley in Kenya or Kruger National park in South Africa.
The picture is of a Chiru. They are antelopes living on the mountain plateaus of Tibet. They live from 5,500 feet and up to 18,000 feet. They stand about a meter high and have a thick pinkish-brown coat. The males have two slender horns that that extend up to 28 inches straight up from their heads. The horns do not bifurcate like deer. They also differ from deer, in that they do not lose their horns and regrow them every year. They go up to the upper plateaus in the summer to feed and
bear their young. In the winter they migrate south into the lower valleys in large herds similar in habits to the Caribou.Like most antelope their major form of defense is their speed in running. They are some of the fastest animals in the world. The Chiru have an additional form of defense; it is their choice of habitué. Few other animals can live in the cold of highland of Tibet. Today their major enemy is poachers who hunt them for their valuable wool. The wool, called “shahtoosh”, is made into scarvs and shawls sold in fancy, expensive stores worldwide. It is the “diamond” of lady’s apparel. $500.00 will get you a small one done in a unpopular pattern.The Chiru are considered a rare but not an endangered species. It is estimated there are 75,000 living in several herds today.
by Al Persson
Chiru
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