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The Franklin Food Pantry isalive, well and active. It isbustling with activity and pro-grams for families who may needa little extra assistance whetherit's for a short or long term.

It is run by a staff of people whoare devoted to serving the needsof families. Local Town Pages re-cently caught up with it's newchairman on the board of direc-tors, Steve Sherlock. Mr. Sher-lock said he took on the job thisspring. When Mr. Sherlock is notbusy writing, “Franklin Matters”or working his regular day job, heis busy on the board of directorsfor the Food Pantry. He discussedthe food pantry's mission andgoals.

"Considering the Food Pantryalmost closed its doors during2009, we have recovered well,"reports Sherlock. "While we areseeing increased needs from thecommunity, we are also seeing anincrease in support. I think we aredoing more than holding our own

during tough times. We have a lotof work to do but we are ex-tremely grateful for the supportthe whole Franklin communityhas been giving us".

The Food Pantry's vision is "thepower of community". Theirmission is to connect the re-sources needed to sustain a

healthy life.

Among the many items on itsambitious agenda, it would like tobecome even more than a foodpantry. They would like it to be acommunity center; a place wherepeople to find a variety of re-sources, education, camaraderie.They want to have resources fora healthy life and to maintain a"healthy family." It could be any-thing from non-food items suchas toothpaste, toilet paper andother personal care items to freshbread or vegetables.

Sherlock explains that the foodpantry should be like any otherplace you'd look to in town for re-sources. He illustrates: you go toa library to read, you go tochurch to pray.

"We want to change the foodpantry image to be somethingwhere you can go. Kind of like asenior center, kind of like a li-brary. It's going to be just forfood."

Franklin Food Pantry Aspires toOffer More, Build Healthy Families

Steve Sherlock, newly namedChairman of the Board of Directors for the Franklin FoodPantry, hopes to expand healthand nutrition-related services thepantry offers to residents.

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Our suburban lifestyle has pro-duced a population that is not onlyoverweight, but is also out ofshape. Even if we think of walk-ing somewhere, our ready excuseis, “It’s not safe,” or “I’ll get runover if I tried to walk there.” Carsseem to be our only option.

Concerned community mem-bers have begun to work together,hoping to make walking a morereasonable option in Franklin.Franklin Town Planner, BethDahlstrom, Franklin DowntownPartnership, Lauren Maciszyn,Director of Youth and Commu-nity Wellness at the BernonBranch, Franklin, HockomockYMCA, and other communitygroups have been meeting to ob-tain the data needed to createwalking maps of Franklin. Walk-Boston, after receiving a grantfrom the MetroWest Foundation,will use the data collected to cre-ate the maps.

The first step, after decidingwhere these maps would be mosthelpful, has been to conduct“walking audits.” Marcizyn ex-plained, “We’re looking at thecondition of the sidewalks aroundFranklin Schools, and checking tosee what other barriers may existthat prevent or make walking dif-ficult.” She continued, “WalkBoston will provide the maps, andlocal partners in this effort willprovide ‘boots on the ground,’ asit were, to provide accurate anduseful information for the maps.”

Marciszyn noted that Walk-Boston has created maps for nu-

merous other communities, avail-able at WalkBoston.org as down-loadable PDF’s. She said,“Somerville created a map thatbreaks down destinations intofive, ten minute intervals, so, in-stead of you saying, ‘that’s too farto walk,’ you could look at themap and say, ‘Oh, it’s only tenminutes from here, let’s walkrather than drive.’ It scales desti-nations into more walkable trips.”

Dahlstrom, said, “We’ve beenworking with the DowntownPartnership, which gave us feed-back for the downtown area. Ourgoal is mid-November to collectdata and create the maps. We’restill working on different areas—schools and the downtown area.We’re also adding informationabout the SNETT [Southern NewEngland Trunkline Trail]. Thesewill be identification maps as wellas walking maps. They’ll showsuch things as the Town Com-mon, the Red Brick SchoolHouse, and other historic points ofinterest.

Dahlstrom continued, “This issomething we [the Town PlanningOffice] have wanted to do for along time. This initiative throughWalkBoston has helped us getgroups in town together thatmight not have talked to eachother otherwise, to discuss things.And they’re finding that they havea lot of interests in common.”

Walking maps, when com-pleted, will be available on theFranklin Town web site(www.franklin. ma.us) at theHockomock YMCA in Franklinand the Franklin Town Hall.

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In addition to the tree lightingand Santa’s annual visit, the Part-nership and the charitable commu-nity service group Franklin FoodElves will be collecting items forthe Franklin Food Pantry.

Organizers expect about 1,000people will come downtown for anevening of holiday fun. A holidaytree lighting ceremony at DeanCollege will kick off the festivities,complete with carolers, cookiesand hot chocolate.

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stroll throughout the downtown toenjoy special promotions and en-tertainment at participating busi-nesses.

Santa will be on hand from 5p.m. to 7 p.m. to hear children’swish lists at Simon’s Furniture,and radio station 103.3 WODS-FM will be at the Berry Insuranceparking lot handing out prizes. TheHistorical Museum will be openfor tours that evening too.

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At some point the future, theymay look into offering cooking orgardening classes to be more of aneducational resource and commu-nity center and not just a place topick up food. Another futurethought would be to have a localdentist visit and teach good dentalhygiene, or a yoga instructor orkarate class in a non-threateningenvironment. "It's all related togood health," he said.

The food pantry has a variety ofcurrent programs:

• Produce points is their newestendeavor that was initiated oneyear ago. Through a grant from theMetrowest Health Foundation,they can double the dollar forSNAP recipients when they pur-chase at the weekly Farmer’s Mar-ket. Many Food Pantry clientsreceive SNAP benefits. This issimilar to food stamps. SNAP is anan acronym for Supplemental Nu-trition Assistance Program. It's ona debit/credit card that's refilledelectronically each month. Thegovernment refills every month. Atthe Franklin Farmers Market a per-son can swipe $10 on their card,then go and purchase $20 at vendorspots.

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help. "They double the value ofhealthy fresh food. This first seasonwasn't as successful as we thought.We're not sure why. MetroWestFoundation gave us an extension.They understand it's new." Moreabout produce points http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/07/franklin-farmers-market-doubles-food.html

• Clients can also pick up freshproduce on Saturdays from 8-9 amat the Food Pantry. Clients gener-ally come once every 30 days fortheir canned and boxed goods.They can come once a week forfresh bread and fresh produce.They have used some of their foodbudget to purchase the CSAshares.

They buy shares from GratefulFarm. CSA is “Community Sup-ported Agriculture” . "With sharespurchased from Grateful Farms,we help them sell their produceand distribute it to our clients. It isa win-win situation. GratefulFarms is based here in Franklin andour clients get to enjoy some localand fresh produce," said Sherlock.

• Plant a Row. This is a nationalprogram the food pantry hastapped into. The idea is that forthose who have a garden in theiryard, they can plant a row of pro-duce and deliver it to the FoodPantry. The gardeners effort tend-

ing and caring for their crops in-cludes the “additional” row andagain the Food Pantry client benefitfrom fresh local produce.

• Community Garden. The seedsfor this started in 2010 with adozen raised garden beds aroundFranklin. For those who want togarden but don’t have the appropri-ate land where they live, the com-munity garden was a good option.This is the first year of the collabo-rative program with the Town.They provided space on the KingStreet Memorial Park. They pro-vided water, assisted with equip-ment to fill the garden beds, andmuch more. 46 garden plots werebuilt. The plots were awarded vialottery.

The Food Pantry had four beds.Volunteers worked on a scheduleto water and weed the produce forus. Amy Acevedo, Chris Clay,Lauren Marciszyn, and a bunch ofothers formed the Town Commit-tee and a non-profit to help providefinancial support. Jeff Nutting,Town Administrator; Burtus Can-toreggi DPW Director were criticalin helping this garden grow, saidSherlock.

The Food Pantry also would liketo expand on its fundraising in thefuture. "We have quite a few skillson the board. Maureen Roy is ourlead fundraiser," he said. Theywould like to build relationshipswith corporations who might offerfinancial support. "We want to cre-ate fundraising kits for scouts orschool. We can send informationwith ideas on what to do and howto do it such as raise goods, collectdonations, or use our websites. Wecan help them to help our clients."

Another idea is to eventually havethe Franklin Area Bus stop near theFood Pantry, said Sherlock. A stopcould in front of Rick's restaurant,then people could walk to the foodpantry. The food pantry is locatedat 43 West Central Street (in theRockland Trust parking lot).


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FOOD PANTRYcontinued from page 1 Thanksgiving at Franklin Food Pantry:

A Community Effortby Anne Parker

Thanksgiving at the Food Pantry is quite a team effort. Last year theFood Pantry worked with the Franklin Interfaith Council and offereda full Thanksgiving dinner to more than 200 families.

The Franklin Interfaith Council is open to all houses of worship.There are currently seven houses of worship part of the council, saidthis year's president Rabbi David Widzer of Temple Etz Chaim.

The council has had a longstanding relationship with Franklin FoodPantry for all faiths, stated a very enthusiastic Rabbi Widzer. "It's awonderful way for all churches to work together," he said. Each con-gregation helps in a variety of ways all year long. They have teams ofvolunteers who donate their time at the food pantry. They have fooddrives. High School students who help get a great experience becauseit helps them to understand the issue of hunger, said Widzer.

Initiated last year, the Food Pantry came to the Interfaith Councilwith a list of things for their Thanksgiving food basket needs. Theycollected 250 boxes of muffin mixes, potatoes, stuffing, green beans,carrots. The Interfaith Council divided the list congregation by con-gregation, Widzer explained.

Last year was very successful, he reports. "The various congrega-tions responded wonderfully. They were all part of one grand project.It shows what a community can do when they work together. It's away for all communities of different faiths to come together to helpmany families in need," said Widzer.

This year, each church in the Interfaith Council will collect 250 itemsfrom their congregants. For instance, St. John's Episcopal church's as-signment is to collect 250 boxes of brownie mix and 250 packages ofpeas. Coordinated by Mike Lobo, church members will bring itemsto church service, or just drop off at the office during the week.

The First Universalist Society's assignment is to collect 250 packagesof rice and cranberry sauce. Coordinator Sue Bencuya will collectitems and when she has a box full, she will bring it to the food pantry.

The Franklin United Methodist church was assigned dry stuffingmix, gravy and turkey broth. Again, church members bring items toservice or during the week. At the end of October, volunteers at theFood Pantry will package all the items for 250 families. The foodpantry will also have a turkey for each family.

The Franklin Federated Church's assignment is to collect 250 cansof carrots and 250 packages of corn. "The congregation is overwhelm-ingly generous as we recognize the need for food contributions inFranklin," said Phyllis Gibson. The need is greater than ever, as moreand more families struggle with job losses and challenges to providefor basic nutrition, she added.

Other members of the Franklin Interfaith Council include: St.Mary's Catholic Church, Temple Etz Chaim, and The Church of JesusChrist of Latter-Day Saints. The Franklin Food Pantry says that it can-not stress enough how thankful it is for all of the community support.


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Sports Related Concussions(SRC) have become an epidemicproblem effecting athletes of allage groups. Massachusetts Sen-ate and House of Representativesin 2010 passed law indicatingany school subjected to Massa-chusetts Interscholastic AthleticAssociation rules providecoaches, trainers, parent volun-teers, physicians, nurses, athleticdirectors and directors responsi-ble for school marching band beproperly trained in recognizingthe symptoms of potentially cat-astrophic head injuries, i.e. SRC.

Although legislative actionshould be applauded, failure torequire all coaches involved inyouth sports organizations to un-dergo appropriate training is neg-lectful. According to a 2006CNN report, there is an estimated41 million American childrenplaying competitive youth sports.This includes but is not limited toPop Warner football, LittleLeague baseball, travel and clubsoccer, Park and RecreationLeagues, Babe Ruth League,AAU basketball, etc. The Cen-ters for Disease Control (CDC)has estimated that young peopleparticipating in sports or recre-

ational activities sustain between1.6 million and 3.8 million con-cussions each year, most ofwhich are not diagnosed.

Researchers at Boston Univer-sity Center for the Study of Trau-matic Encephalopathy arebeginning to understand moreabout the complex metabolic andpathophysiologic cascade, whichoccurs in the brain secondary toa concussion. Post traumatic en-cephalopathy, the end result ofmultiple brain traumas or con-cussions, is now being studiedthanks to the generosity ofdonors at the current BU BrainBank. Unfortunately these brainsare typically adult males withvery little research associatedwith female athletes or the devel-oping brain of a child.

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Letter to the Editor:Did Current Massachusetts Legislation Go Far Enough?

The Franklin Cultural Council ispart of a network of 329 LocalCultural Councils serving all 351cities and towns in the Common-wealth. The Local Cultural Coun-cil Program is the largestgrassroots cultural funding net-work in the nation, supportingthousands of community-basedprojects in the arts, sciences andhumanities every year. The state

legislature provides an annual ap-propriation to the MassachusettsCultural Council, a state agency,which then allocates funds to eachcommunity.

As a volunteer committee, FCCmembers believe that enrichmentthrough the arts, sciences, and hu-manities contributes to a healthierand more vital community in

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Got turkeys? If you live in Mas-sachusetts, now you do. Thesenonmigratory birds were prettymuch nowhere to be seen in thestate back in the mid 1970s, ac-cording to the MassachusettsAudubon Society. According todata collected between 1975 and1979, wild turkeys were spotted inonly 1.6% of the state. In a recentsurvey, the birds inhabited 78.2%of the regions in Massachusetts.

“Turkeys disappeared in the firstplace, because turkeys are birds ofhardwood forest,” says DougWilliams, Director of the MassAudubon Stony Brook WildlifeSanctuary and Nature Center inNorfolk, Mass. “Their primaryfood source is mast, which in-cludes nuts from hickories andacorns and beech nuts.” Williamsexplains that turkey scarcity beganin the 1800s, when forests werecleared across the state. In fact, hesays, 90% of stone walls were builtbetween 1810 and 1840, and theywere put around open fields. Treesin our area, he says, were cut downto service the glass industry onCape Cod, to make way for farms,to heat homes, make iron and heat

food.

Humans might have contributedto the apparent extinction ofturkeys, but they also took steps toremedy the situation.

According to Mass Audubon, 37wild-trapped turkeys from NewYork were released in BerkshireCounty from 1972 to 1973. Thispopulation reproduced, and trans-plants from this group havestretched turkey residence acrossthe state. Although turkeys thrivein hardwood forests, in Massachu-setts, the birds have been found todo well in the young forests thathave regrown. Stony Brook Sanc-tuary, in fact, is one such location,says Williams, which has regrownafter once being cleared.

“The reason there are a lot ofturkeys is because they’ve proventhey’re very adaptable to living inour parks and wild and openspaces,” says Williams, “and theyreproduce like crazy. You’ve gottwo birds replacing themselveswith four birds annually, and not alot of things have turkey on themenu.” In fact, turkeys are soabundant in Massachusetts thatthey can again be hunted for food

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Turkey nesting produces young55% of the time, and poults can flyto roost at about two weeks old.

Turkeys may be visible moreoften in the winter, however, as

they tend to flock more, with win-ter flocks sometimes reaching 100birds. Snow cover often moves thebirds to forage for mast in roadsoverhung by trees.

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Williams, “males lose their aggres-siveness. They will loosely associ-ate with big flocks, and you’ll getall these flocks coalescing into bigunits. The more there are, the saferthey are.”

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Residents of Franklin may havenoticed some roadwork going onnear the downtown area. But if youget Franklin’s Director of Planningand Community Development,Bryan Taberner, talking, you’llsoon realize that there are a lot ofchanges in the works. Officiallycalled the “Downtown Roadwayand Streetscape ImprovementProject,” the changes are the resultof Franklin’s having received twodifferent grants. The first, a $1 mil-lion Public Works Economic De-velopment (PWED) grant from thestate, is nearly finished, and hasimproved a small section of thedowntown with bike racks, someperiod-style lighting and repaving,including Depot Street, the townparking lot above the commuterparking in downtown Franklin aswell as Ray, Emmons and DeanStreets, around Dean College. Ac-cording to Taberner, “Final pavingshould be done by the end of theconstruction season.”

The second, larger project, nowundergoing design, is an HPP grant(High Priority Project.) It is a $5million Federal grant, with an ad-ditional $1.1 million from Stateand local sources, for a total of $6.1million. Taberner explained,“Where Rt. 140 is one-way, thetraffic proposal is to make traffic 2-way. We’re trying to allow people

who want to go through to theother side of town to go throughquickly, and for those who want togo through the downtown, it willfeel more like a downtown.” Hecontinued, “We’re removing thetraffic island at Emmons Street andplacing a light there, near the cor-ner of the old Municipal Building.There will be improved lights atMain and E. Central Street. Road-ways will be improved on E. Cen-tral Street to Ruggles Street as wellon Main Street down to the RedBrick School.”

Taberner noted, “There was aproblem with one-way circulationin the downtown. We have the fire-house there. And with one-waytraffic, the fire trucks that need togo west, first have to go all aroundthe one-way triangle of the down-town. It’s a safety issue.”

Besides safety concerns and traf-fic flow issues, the StreetscapesProject will provide wider side-walks to make the downtown morepedestrian friendly. Improveddowntown lighting, and improvedroad surfaces throughout much ofthe downtown area are intended tomake the overall appearance ofDowntown Franklin more attrac-tive, and stimulate private sector in-vestment.

According to Taberner,“Franklin’s part has been to hire an

engineering design firm. The de-sign is now under review with theMassachusetts Department ofTransportation (Mass DOT).We’ve submitted the 25% design,but we expect the design to movequickly to 75%. As soon as thestate decides the design is ready,we will have public meetings forpublic comment. Input is neededfrom the general public, govern-ment officials, Downtown businessowners, property owners, and otherindividuals and organizations.”

For more information, visit thetown’s web site. To express inter-est, or to get on a mailing list fornotification of updates, email:[email protected]

Streetscapes Project MakingGetting Around Franklin Easier

St. John’s Annual Christmas Fairwill take place on Saturday, De-cember 3rd from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.at 237 Pleasant Street in Franklin.Shop for Christmas gifts at ourcraft tables offering beautifulitems, many handmade by theparishioners. A wide variety ofthemed gift baskets will be avail-able, wrapped and ready to go!Save yourself some baking timeby taking advantage of our cookiewalk. Select a box size and fill itwith a wide variety of homemadeChristmas cookies. Or choosebakery items from our “freeze to

go” area. Sit and relax while youenjoy hot soups and stews avail-able at our snack bar and try asweet from our fancy pastry table.Early Shoppers can enjoy break-fast items, such as quiche and cin-namon rolls. We’ll have manyraffles items as well as an amazingsilent auction, featuring a quilt bythe Yankee Quilters! The Chil-dren’s area will feature games,make & take ornaments, facepainting, special snacks and more!Santa will be available for picturesfrom 11-1. Don’t miss this greatchurch fair!

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The National Shrine of Our Ladyof La Salette, located at 947 ParkSt.,on Route 118 in Attleboro,MA, announces the 2011 Christ-mas Festival of Lights beginningThanksgiving evening November24, 2011 to January 1, 2012 withdaily Illuminations from 5 to 9p.m. depicting the new theme,“Light of Life.” Admission andparking are free to the public! Do-nations are always welcome! Fa-ther Pat’s concerts are heldTuesdays thru Sundays, in theShrine Church (for completeschedule see below). Other visitingguest artist’s concerts are held inthe Welcome Center Concert Hall.For more information go to

www.lasaletteshrine.org/ser-vices/Christmas_schedule.html orcall (508) 222-5410.

A new feature this year is a spe-cial international mailart exhibit,“The Faces of Jesus,” which com-bines the talents of contemporaryartists from 42 countries and 41 ofthe United States in depicting theface and life of Jesus. Other high-lights include: the traditional andpopular International Display ofNativity Sets Museum; the AnnualChristmas Bazaar with new ven-dor’s room in the Welcome Center(Fri. – Sun., Nov. 25, 26, 27); dailymasses, confessions; lights bless-ing ceremonies; Bookstore/Gift-shop; Bistro/Cafeteria; Trolley &

New Hayride Tractor-Pull Tours;Children’s’ Carousel; and theFamily/Children’s’ Room featur-ing Birthday Cards for Jesus andother activities. To Children’s de-light, live donkey “Clopper” willbe returning this year to keepwatch over the manger at the out-door life-size nativity. La SaletteShrine recommends that allgroups, (e.g., bus groups or car-pools, organizations, etc.) registerearly so that we can better serveyou: log onto our new special busgroup’s link on the home page tofind out more: http://www.lasaletteshrine.org/B_Group_Info.html or call (508) 222-5410 toregister now!

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The Sylvan Learning Center ofFranklin, recently awarded theMiller School Playground Com-mittee of Holliston with a $1,000donation toward a platinum spon-sorship for the Miller Play-ground’s flagship fundraiser, theHarlem Wizards game. This fun,family event was held on Tuesday,October 18 at Holliston High

School.

In addition to platinum sponsor-ship, Sylvan Learning Center do-nated a generous tutoring packageas a raffle prize to be drawn theevening of the Wizards game. Thetutoring package offered up to 40hours of tutoring, valued at ap-proximately $1,600.

Sylvan Learning Center Donates Funds

The Friends of the Franklin Li-brary (FOFL) will hold itsmonthly meeting on Wednesday,November 2, 2011 at 7 p.m. in theCommunity Room of the library,lower level. Members and the pub-lic are welcome to attend the meet-ings. FOFL is always looking fornew ideas, opinions and com-ments to help make its effortsmore successful. The Friends of

the Franklin Library is a non-profitorganization dedicated to the sup-port and enhancement of the na-tion’s first public library. Meetingsare held the first Wednesday ofeach month, September throughJune. Membership is open toeveryone.

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October was Breast CancerAwareness Month and Bambi’svive le chic of Wrentham enlistedthe support of Wrentham’s localbusinesses to “Get Your Pink On”.Bambi’s October 3, 2011 eventraised funds for the ESSCO-MGHBreast Cancer Fund. There were“Game Set Cure” shirts, Pinkchocolate Ta-Ta lollipops andBracelets for the cure and they raf-fled off an original Bailey Creationnecklace, an Amy Leiner pinkcrystal ribbon necklace, and twofun Bambi’s gift baskets and pro-vided pink refreshments.

Magic Shears of Wrentham putin pink feathers and pink hair ex-

tensions and Janet Moreshead ofMorrill Insurance did glitter tat-toos and their neighbors’ openedtheir doors as well. Tootsie’s IceCream sold Pink frappes and NailSensations painted Pink ribbonsand they each donated 100% ofthose sales to this important cause.So far this month they have raised$1700---ALL of those dollars willgo directly to research for the cure.

The ESSCO-MGH Breast Can-cer Research Fund was estab-lished by Albert Cohen, Bambi’sfather, in 1994 shortly her sister,Lynn, had been diagnosed andtreated for breast cancer at theMassachusetts General Hospital.

Every penny raised by the fundgoes directly to ground-breakingbreast cancer research.

Owners, Bambi Cohen-Rosen-quist and Jane Zafarana Bailey arepassionate about giving back tothe community. Their small bou-tique features the handmade tal-ents of local artists from the ducttape designs of their youngest ar-tisans to exquisite silver jewelryand they also carry uniquewomen’s clothing, baby items andgifts to uplift your soul.

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The MOMs Club of Franklin in-vites the public to attend a pre-school fair on ThursdayNovember 10th from 6:30 - 8:30p.m. in the Benjamin FranklinClassical Charter Public Schoolauditorium at 110 Main Street inFranklin. This year 19 areapreschools will be in attendance to

answer questions and provide in-formation to parents seekingpreschools for the 2012-2013school year. For additional infor-mation about the fair please con-tact Nicole Fiorillo (617)892-5013 or Kelly Boucher (508)530-3183.

MOMs Club to HoldPreschool Fair November 10th

The Town of Franklin is lookingfor a few volunteers. Committeemembers are needed for theFranklin Community GardenCommittee, the Franklin Disabil-ity Commission, the MunicipalAffordable Housing Trust Fundand the Public Land Use Commit-tee.

For more information on theFranklin Community Garden,contact Amy Acevedo at [email protected].

For more information on theFranklin Disability Commission,contact Donald Netto at (508)

528-5610.

For more information on theMunicipal Affordable HousingTrust Fund, contact Maxine Kin-hart at (508) 520-4949.

For more information on thePublic Land Use Committee, con-tact Beth Dahlstrom at (508) 520-4907.

If you are interested in becominga member of a committee, pleasego to www.franklin.ma.us web-site for a form, and send it to theTown Clerk’s Office, 355 EastCentral Street.

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Recipes from Franklin landmark, Pipinelle’s Restaurant, will be showcasedThe Cake Bar opened its doors

to the public on October 8th. Bak-ery owner’s Tracie Turinese andAngie McMillan now offer cakes,cupcakes, and dessert bars, withfurther menu expansion planneddown the road.

Included in the menu are threecupcake and cake recipes adaptedfrom the staple recipes used atPipinelle’s restaurant. Ginger-bread pumpkin cupcakes, choco-late white out cake, andPipinelle’s carrot cake will be reg-ulars on The Cake Bar menu. Therecipes were given to Turinese andMcMillan by Ron Bucchannio,owner of Pipinelle’s , and MargieDamelio, Pastry Chef from therestaurant. Turinese’s family wasinvolved in the restaurant early on.

“My family was very involvedwith Pipinelle’s growing up, andmy late mom continued workingthere for 25 years, until it closedits doors in 2005. I have a specialplace in my heart for Pipinelle’s,”Turinese said.

Turinese is a repeat cast memberof the national TV program, the

Food Network Challenge, Turi-nese states that the $10,000 shewon on her last Food Network ap-pearance assisted with the start upof the bakery.

“The show opened new oppor-tunities for me. The local responseand support has been wonderful.”

McMillan has relocated her fam-ily here from Spokane Washing-ton to open the bakery withTracie.

“ My family and I are so excitedabout re-locating to the Franklinarea, and starting our new venture.After many years in the corporateworld, I’m thrilled to finally beable to follow my dream of start-ing my own business.”

The two have been pre-paringfor their grand opening for monthsin order to perfect their recipes,create unique branding, and final-ize their business structure.

The Cake Bar sold out of cup-cakes their first day open, and hada line out the door for most of theday.

Food Network Winner Opens Bakeryin Franklin Each year, on November 11,

America observes Veterans Dayand honors the men and womenwho have served in our nation’sArmed Forces. Many of our Viet-nam era veterans are now nearingretirement age, or already there. Itis important that they — and otherAmerican service personnel —know just what retirement benefitsthey can count on from Social Se-curity as they make their future fi-nancial plans.

Like most of the civilian work-force, all current military person-nel pay Social Security taxes andearn Social Security coverage.Earnings for active duty militaryservice or active duty training havebeen covered under Social Secu-rity since 1957. Also, earnings forinactive duty service in the re-serves (such as weekend drills)have had Social Security coveragesince 1988.

In addition to regular militarypay, Social Security adds specialearnings credits to an individual’sSocial Security record when he orshe serves in the military. Theextra earnings are for periods ofactive duty or active duty training.If, for example, a person served inthe military between 1957 and1977, he or she has been creditedwith $300 in additional earnings

for each calendar quarter in whichactive duty basic pay was earned.These extra earnings may helpsomeone qualify for Social Secu-rity or increase the amount of theSocial Security benefit.

The number of credits an indi-vidual needs to qualify for SocialSecurity depends on his or her ageand the type of benefit. Any futureSocial Security benefit paymentdepends on a person’s earnings,averaged over a working lifetime.Generally, the higher a person’searnings, the higher his or her So-cial Security benefit will be.

And remember that Social Secu-rity is more than retirement. If aworker becomes disabled beforereaching retirement age, he or shemay be eligible for Social Securitydisability benefits. A disabledworker’s spouse and dependentchildren also may be eligible for

benefits. If a worker dies, thewidow or widower and dependentchildren may be eligible for SocialSecurity survivor’s benefits.

If you, or someone you know,were wounded while on activeduty in the military, find out moreabout what Social Security can doby visiting our website designedspecifically for wounded warriors:www.socialsecurity.gov/wound-edwarriors. There, you will findanswers to a number of commonlyasked questions, as well as otheruseful information about disabilitybenefits and Supplemental Secu-rity Income (SSI).

Veterans and others who arewithin 10 years of retirement ageshould begin planning for retire-ment. A good place to start is withSocial Security’s Retirement Esti-mator at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator.

For more information, you canread our fact sheet, Military Serv-ice and Social Security, which isavailable on our website atwww.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10017.html.

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Veterans Day Reminder: MilitaryService and Social Security

regulations will be out in the nextyear. The cost to Franklin could be$100 million. The town would haveto move forward to follow the sug-gestions, once the final recommen-dations are published. The town willhave to look into how to pay and forhow long. They need to find the bestway to approach if they follow theproposed regulations. Bellinghamwould have to pay $232,000 andMilford would pay $546,000.

The MS4 permit is a regulationthat all 35 towns along the CharlesRiver must follow. It stands forSmall Municipal Separate StormSystem Permit. The MS4 permit isissued every 5 years to all munici-palities. It is part of the EPA CleanWater Act to reduce phosphorus andother pollutants to safe levels inwater sources.

The Charles River is not currentlymeeting Massachusetts' surfacewater quality standards for severalparameters, most notably, phospho-rus. It is a permit that all communi-ties must have in order to dischargewater from sewers, homes, munici-palities, street runoff into lake orrivers.

The other study that Franklin isbeing asked to respond to is a spe-cific pilot program issued as a resultof an EPA study of reducing phos-phorus levels in our water sources.The pilot program focused on threetowns in the Upper Charles Water-shed: Franklin, Milford andBellingham, and private businessesin these 3 towns that have 2 or moreacres of land.

Towns that are following similarregulations now must address sixcontrol measures:

1. public education and outreach

2. public participation/involvement

3. illicit discharge detection andelimination

4. construction site runoff control

5. post construction runoff control

6. pollution prevention/good housekeeping

The EPA wants to reduce phos-phorus by 57% in Milford, 52% inBellingham and 52% in Franklin.

According to the EPA, phospho-rus is a natural nutrient plant and an-imal growth, maintenance andreproduction. Too much phospho-rus, however, speeds up algaegrowth through a process called eu-trophication. The overgrowth ofalgae is called algal bloom, whichcan drastically reduce oxygen levelsin the water. The algae blocks sun-light to the aquatic vegetation whichproduces oxygen. Also, when algaedies, it sinks to the bottom, whereoxygen-consuming bacteria break itdown. In addition to the reduction(hypoxia) or elimination (anoxia) ofoxygen in the water, algal bloomscan also produce toxins and othernegative effects, which in turn affectfish and shellfish. Humans may beharmed from recreational contactwith such water or by consumptionof the water or fish or shellfish.

Town Administrator, Jeff Nuttingsaid, "The regulation from the studywill be coming out in about a year.When the regulations are finalized,then we'll decide what to do."

The regulations may ask for a re-sponse that could take anywherefrom 10-15 years. If the timeline isextended, it would cost less for thetown of Franklin, said Nutting. Ac-cording to a schedule, a time frameof five years to implement wouldcost much more than a time line of10 -20 years.

There are 35 towns that theCharles River flows through on its80-mile course to Boston Harbor.Towns that touch the Charles areconsidered part of the Charles RiverWatershed. Franklin, Bellinghamand Milford are large parts of theUpper Charles River Watershed andare the most recent object of theEPA's research.

"Certainly we can't afford $100million," said Nutting. "We willhave to find less expensive ways toreduce phosphorus in the next 10-15 years." The report suggests waysfor municipalities to cut back onphosphorus.

Less expensive options exist. InMass. there has been a proposal toban phosphorus use altogether inproducts. Banning phosphorus usewould be a less expensive alterna-tive to the EPA plan. Some states

such as Vermont, Pennsylvania,New Jersey, and New York havedone this already.

Banning phosphorus use is one ofthe first, easiest ways. Phosphoruscan be found in fertilizers. Manypeople use fertilizer for their lawns.Departments of Public Works usefertilizer containing phosphoruswhen caring for fields and play-grounds. When it washes into theground it eventually leaks into thewater table.

Runoff is one the biggest pollu-tants, according to the EPA report.It is water that flows from streets,yards, parking lots into rivers andlakes. It comes from street sweep-ers, homes, businesses, oil from carsdriving on the road. It also occursnaturally from air, dirt when stormsstrike and water flows into catchbasins.

The town would also educate thepublic about how to change theirhabits. The town would have tochange the way it does "housekeep-ing" tasks such as leaf collectionand street sweeping.

There's no decision yet on thetimelines, said Nutting. Whenchanges would be implemented isstill very uncertain. The town willhave to do a study and an inventory,he said. Ultimately, the town ofFranklin will have the permit andresponsibility.

"We have to study how do we in-clude business and the community.It will affect everybody. Every-body's driveway drains into thestreet," he said. Another idea is forbuilders to build under new guide-lines when they are formally issued."When new properties are devel-oped, we can ask developers to doit under new standards," said Nut-ting.

The bottom line is the town, andall towns, will eventually have tocomply with this regulation once itis put into effect.

Jeff Nutting comments, "Eventu-ally, the town will have to pay. If thetimeline can be extended, even a half million over 5 years is a littlemore reasonable," said Nutting on different options and ways toclean up.


Dean College Welcomes World-Class Faculty This YearThis year, Dean welcomed Gre-

gory King to its Joan Phelps Pal-ladino School of Dance as afull-time faculty member. King’sperformance background includes,most recently, Disney’s The LionKing on Broadway; his choreog-raphy has been performed nation-ally at venues such as Aaron DavisHall and Youth America GrandPrix. King received his MFA inChoreographic Practice and The-ory from Southern Methodist Uni-versity.

Other new hires at Dean includeCherrie Sciro, Professor and Pro-gram Director of Arts and Enter-tainment Management. Mostrecently, Ms. Sciro held the Lal-lage Wall Endowed Professorshipof Arts and Entertainment Man-agement at Louisiana TechnicalUniversity and served as programdirector. She has been recognizedas a Distinguished Alumna of theJohn F. Kennedy Center for thePerforming Arts and has regularlyserved as an adjudicator for theKennedy Center American Col-lege Theater Festival on the Re-gional and National levels. Ms.Sciro’s professional entertainmentmanagement experiences are ex-tensive and include serving as Pro-duction Manager for America’sOpening Ceremonies presentationat the 1992 Barcelona Olympicsand as Stage Manager of NewYork’s, New Year’s Eve TimesSquare Celebration in 2000 and2001. She has served as Produc-tion Director for numerous inde-pendent films and Broadwayproductions.

Dean College has also welcomedseveral Guest Artists, includingLaura Young, former Principal Di-rector and Dancer for the BostonBallet School who will teach ballettechnique courses; Ricardo Foster,Jr. who has worked with many oftoday's popular artists rangingfrom Jay-Z, En Vogue, UncleCracker, and Destiny's Child willbe teaching dance techniquecourses; Kathleen Nasti who hasworked with numerous New Yorkcity performing companies as wellas with the Radio City ChristmasSpectacular, American Dance Ma-chine, and Swing Dance Americawill teach modern jazz classes;Matthew Greene, former castmember of the acclaimed BlueMan Group, will be directing theFreshman Foundation theatre pro-duction.

The only college in New Eng-land to offer both associate andbaccalaureate degree programs inthe performing arts, Dean Collegeis a leader in integrating dance,theatre and arts & entertainmentdisciplines with a solid liberal artsexperience.

“Dean College strives to bring inthe most highly qualified facultyfor our students and we are thrilledwith the wonderful new additionsthat have joined our School of theArts and School of Dance thisyear,” says Dr. Linda M. Ragosta,Vice President, Academic Affairsand Planning.

For more information on Dean’sdance and theatre schools, pleasevisit www.dean.edu/academics orcall (877) Try-Dean.

WATER CLEAN UPcontinued from page 1 Dean College

News & EventsVisit www.dean.edu for more news & events

On Friday, September 30, DeanCollege presented its state-of-the-art Campus Center, at 135 Em-mons Street, to trustees, faculty,students and the Franklin commu-nity. In attendance were Paula M.

Rooney, Ed.D., Dean CollegePresident; The Honorable Timo-thy P. Murray, Lieutenant Gover-nor; State Senator Karen Spilka;State Representatives James Valleeand Tom Sannicandro; District Di-

rector for Representative JamesMcGovern Kathleen Polanowicz,Massachusetts Education Legisla-tive Assistant for Scott Brown,Erika Paulhus.

The Dean College Campus Cen-

ter incorporates state-of-the-artdining, performance venues, fit-ness center, the Center for Advis-ing and Career Planning,classrooms and office space. TheCampus Center represents a $16M

investment in the future of the Col-lege, the Town of Franklin, and theCommonwealth of Massachu-setts.

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(www.dean.edu/musketeers). Withfast-paced action, cutting sword-play and witty dialog, this produc-tion is sure to offer something foreveryone. The Three Musketeers iscertain to be the “don’t miss” showof the season and with only eightopportunities to see this produc-tion, advance purchase is stronglyrecommended.

Directed by Jim Beauregard,Dean’s assistant professor of the-atre and dance, who also choreo-graphed the fight scenes, The

Three Musketeers will involveover 30 Dean Students in all as-

pects of the production includingstage managing, house managing,lighting and sound operations, cos-tume and back stage help.

Set in the 17th century and basedon the original novel, Les Trios

Mousquetaires by AlexandreDumas, this is the timeless, swash-buckling tale of heroism, treachery,close escapes and honor. The showstars:

Tyler Hubbard, of Tewksbury,MA, as D’Artagnan, the hero andcentral character

Christopher O'Reilly, of Hopkin-ton, MA, as Athos, quiet leader ofthe Musketeers

Jacob Zentis, of FraminghamMA, as Porthos, the vain but big-hearted Musketeer

Nick Wakely, of Walpole, MA,

as Aramis, the devout, hot-tem-pered Musketeer

Daniel B. Kozar, faculty mem-ber, as Cardinal Richelieu, the dan-gerous antagonist

Julia Neveu, of Manchester, NH,as Milday DeWinter, a cunningand cruel woman

Lily Kelly, of Manchester, VT, asConstance, the Queen’s Lady inWaiting

All performances are reservedseating. General admission pric-ing is $15; Dean alumni, $10; Sen-iors/children 10 and under, $5.Show times are Tuesday – Thurs-day, November 8-10 at 6:30 p.m.;Friday and Saturday, November11-12 at 7:30 p.m.; and matineeperformances on Saturday andSunday, November 12-13 at 2 p.m.

For tickets and information, call(508) 541-1605, visit www.dean.edu/musketeers or email [email protected]. Main Stage the-atre is located in the recently

renovated Campus Center.

Free parking is available on cam-pus at 109 West CentralStreet/Route 140.

Exciting Sword Fights, Comedyand Action in FranklinDean College Presents The Three Musketeers, November 8 – 13

Thanksgiving holds differentmeanings to different people.Some feel it is a day for being gen-erous or giving thanks through un-selfish deeds. Others feel it is atime to sit around with familysharing stories of the year. Stillmany others simply look forwardto the day for football. No matterhow you view Thanksgiving, onething is for sure, filling up onturkey is an integral part of the hol-iday.

If turkey is the centerpiece ofyour celebration -- as it should be-- then be sure to have enoughturkey on hand to adequately feedall of your guests. Although theywill be filling up on trimmings andside dishes as well, the first thingthey will spear with a fork is a niceslice of juicy turkey.

There is some conventional wis-dom with regards to how big aturkey to buy. Most chefs or homecooks say that having a pound toone-and-a-half pounds for eachadult at the holiday table is ade-quate. Children will likely eat ahalf or quarter of that amount. Ifyou want to ensure leftovers, thenyou can increase the size of theturkey slightly.

Therefore, if 10 adults and 5 chil-dren will be at Thanksgiving din-ner, multiply 10 by 1.5. Thatequals 15. Multiply 5 x .5, whichequals 2.5. Add the two totals to-gether, and you're left with 17.5pounds. A turkey in that rangeshould be adequate to feed guests.If your guests are known to behearty eaters or if leftovers are es-sential, round up to a 20-pound bird. Keep in mind it will be nec-

essary to check the size of youroven prior to purchasing the turkeyto ensure the bird will fit insidewith a roasting pan. Otherwise,you may have to downsize on theturkey and cook more side dishes.

Once the size of the turkey is de-termined, it all comes down to the

cooking. Naturally, the larger thebird the longer the cooking time.Instead of leaving cooking to

chance, or to the unpredictablepop-up plug included with theturkey, take the time to select a re-liable meat thermometer. There arestandard and digital models avail-able. Some digital thermometersenable you to insert the prong inthe turkey and then stretch a heat-proof wire to the digital unit,which remains outside of the oven.This way you can set a timer or seta cooking temperature. The ther-mometer will beep when the

turkey is done. The USDA recom-mends poultry be cooked to 165 F.Be sure to check the temperatureat the wing and the thickest part ofthe breast.

After cooking, let the turkey restaround 10 minutes after removingit from the oven. This will enablethe juices to stay within the meatand keep it moist. And isn't a moistturkey the ultimate goal? Thenslice and serve to guests.


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The Franklin Performing ArtsCompany (FPAC) is excited towelcome renowned stars of theBoston Ballet, Erica Cornejo andPaulo Arrais, to dance the principalroles of Sugar Plum Fairy and TheCavalier in its 2011 production ofThe Nutcracker. This annual holi-day classic will be performed witha live orchestra on December 10 at7:30 p.m. and December 11 at2:00 p.m. at the Thomas D. MercerAuditorium in Franklin. Ticketsare currently on sale at The Spot-light Shop, 34 Main Street inFranklin. The performances areexpected to sell out.

Born in Argentina, Erica Cornejotrained at the Superior Institute ofArt of the Colon Theater inBuenos Aires. At age 14 she wona gold medal at the Second Inter-national Ballet Competition in Ar-gentina, and was immediatelyinvited to join Julio Bocca’s Ballet

Argentino. Cornejo joined Ameri-can Ballet Theater’s Studio Com-pany, a training program in 1998and became a member of ABT’sCorps de Ballet. She was pro-moted to soloist in 2002. In 2005,she danced for President GeorgeBush at the White House.

In 2006, Cornejo joined theBoston Ballet as a PrincipalDancer, performing a diverserepertoire. Corejo has performedwith Corella Ballet in Spain andhas been honored as a Messengerof Peace by Unesco. She also re-ceived a medal of honor from theU.S. Chapter of Institute Belgrani-ano as one of Argentina’s leadingdancers.

Born in Brazil, Paulo Arrais hasstudied at the Center Cultural Gus-tav Ritter in Brazil, the Paris OperaBallet School in France, the Eng-lish National Ballet School and the

Royal Ballet School both in Eng-land. Upon graduating from theRoyal Ballet School, Arrais wasawarded the Ninette de Valois Bur-sary. He was also a finalist of 9thNew York International Competi-tion 2007 and The Youth AmericaGrand Prix 2003, where he re-ceived a Scholarship from theNureyev Foundation to The ParisOpera Ballet School.

In 2006, Arrais joined the Nor-wegian National Ballet, where heworked with renowned choreogra-phers. Arrais later moved to SanFrancisco to work with AlonzoKing and his company, Lines Bal-let, and, in 2010 Arrais joinedBoston Ballet as a Corps de Balletmember, where he performed innumerous productions. Paulo waspromoted to First Soloist in 2011.

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There are some people who getthe ultimate rush by waking upearly and waiting in line for someamazing doorbuster deals at thestores. Although Black Friday isone of the hotly anticipated shop-ping events for shoppers to scoremomentous deals, it has alsoproven a recipe for disaster.

Stampeding masses of eagershoppers has been all too commonon Black Friday through the years.Coupled with anticipation of im-pending sales and the sheer vol-ume of shoppers waiting outsideof stores, mob mentality often pre-vails. It's survival of the fittest assome shoppers push, shove andrun inside of doors to nab themust-have products on sale.

In 2008, a sales clerk was tram-pled to death by a crowd of 2,000people who knocked the man tothe ground at a Wal-Mart store inValley Stream, NY. Later the sameday, two people were shot dead ata Toys 'R' Us store in SouthernCalifornia after an argument.Many store employees have talesof picking up trampled peoplewho have been run over at variousretailers on Black Friday.

Although "Black Friday" refersto a store's profit margin and theirability to be "in the black" whentallying end-of-year sales, themoniker does seem to have an

ominous feel to it. "Black Friday"seems to conjure up images ofsomething bad happening. Whenunruly mobs race into stores,something bad just may happen.

Last year, Dr. David Michaels,the Assistant Secretary for the Oc-cupational Safety and Health Ad-ministration, was quoted as saying,"Crowd-related injuries duringspecial retail sales and promo-tional events have increased duringrecent years. Many of these inci-dents can be prevented by adopt-ing a crowd management plan."

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accidents and mayhem. The Na-tional Retail Federation also issuedguidelines for similar promotionalevents that draw crowds. Contin-gency plans for larger-than-ex-pected crowds should be put intoplace, as should thorough commu-nication plans.

Some stores have implementedtheir own policies, including re-quiring wrist bands to control theamount of people in the store atany given time. Other stores haveformed lines in separate areas toavoid crowds at the front of thestores.

Individuals shopping can also dotheir part. While Black Fridayshopping has become a traditionfor many, oftentimes better dealscan be had at different points in theholiday season. Some argue thatshopping on Thanksgiving Dayyields better sales and that thosedoorbusters are only ways to drawyou into the store for other prod-ucts that don't have the same wowfactor. Keep in mind that many on-line retailers also offer Black Fri-day sales that are comparable andyou don't have to wait outside inthe cold to get them.

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November 1Mother Goose story time, ages0-2, Franklin Public Library, 10:30a.m.

November 2Story times, Franklin Public Li-brary, Terrific Twos 10 a.m., Threeto get Ready 10:30 a.m.

Friends of Franklin Library

Meeting, 7 p.m., CommunityRoom of Franklin Public Library.For more information, call (508)528-6624.

November 3Story & Craft. Ages 4 & 5,Franklin Public Library, 10:30a.m. Registration required. Lim-ited to 20 children.

Bereavement Support Group,St. Mary’s Church, Franklin, 7-9p.m., open to anyone who has ex-perienced a recnt loss. To register,call Nan Rafter, Parish Nurse (508)528-0020. Free

Mother Goose story time, ages0-2, Franklin Public Library, 10:30a.m.

November 5Fourth Annual Comedy Night

to Benefit SSG Robert Ryan PirelliScholarship Fund, 7 – 11:30 p.m.,Milford Doubletree, 11 Beaver St.,Features No. Shore AcapellaGroup, Johnny Pizzi, MC, Come-dians Frank Santorelli, Paul D’An-gelo and Rocky Laporte. Tickets$30 in advance. Call Rick/AudreyAlberts (508) 520-3942.

“Colorful Images” Art Show

and Sale, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.,Restaurant 3, 461 West Central St.,Franklin. Celebrate fall andFranklin Art Association mem-bers’ most recent work. Art forsale, small works silent auction,scholarship art raffle and more.Free to public, with appetizers

served by Restaurant 3. ContactKathy Kirchmeyer, [email protected], (508) 528-3497.

November 8Biennial Town Election

Mother Goose story time, ages0-2, Franklin Public Library, 10:30a.m.

November 8-13, The Three Mus-

keteers, Dean College, $15 Gen-eral admission, $10 Dean faculty,staff and alumni, $5 Dean stu-dents, seniors and children under10. Tuesday – Thursday, 6:30p.m., Friday and Saturday 7:30p.m. and matinee performancesSaturday and Sunday 2 p.m., Visitwww.dean.edu.


The Bridge to Kindergarten -A parent forum on kindergartenexpectations for entering kinder-garten in September 2012 from 7-8pm at the Horace Mann MiddleSchool Audiotorium, 224 Oak St.

November 10MOMs Club of Franklin pre-

school fair, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Ben-jamin Franklin Classical CharterPublic School auditorium, 110Main Street, Franklin. 19 areapreschools will be in attendance.For more information, call NicoleFiorillo (617) 892-5013 or KellyBoucher (508) 530-3183.

Story & Craft. Ages 4 & 5,Franklin Public Library, 10:30a.m. Registration required. Lim-ited to 20 children.

Bereavement Support Group,St. Mary’s Church, Franklin, 7-9

p.m., open to anyone who has ex-perienced a recnt loss. To register,call Nan Rafter, Parish Nurse (508)528-0020. Free

November 11Electric Youth fundraiser, JennyBoston Boutique, 479 Main St.,Medfield, 7-9 p.m., discountedboutique shopping, raffles, refresh-ments and trade in your gold tojewelers Santisi & Bove for cash,FPAC’s Electric Youth to receive10% of all proceeds. Contact theFranklin School for the Perform-ing Arts at (508) 528-8668 orwww.electricyouth.com

November 12Franklin Newcomers Craft Fair,9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Tri-County Re-gional Technical Vocational HighSchool, 147 Pond Street. In addi-tion to fair, Franklin Food Pantrywill be accepting donations.

November 12&13First Annual Holiday Craft Fair,VFW Hall, 1034 Pond Street, Sat-urday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sunday 9a.m. – 1 p.m., Variety of items forsale and refreshments benefitingVFW Auxiliary; raffle to benefitFranklin VFW Post 3402

November 15Mother Goose story time, ages 0-2, Franklin Public Library, 10:30a.m.


November 17Bereavement Support Group,St. Mary’s Church, Franklin, 7-9p.m., open to anyone who has ex-perienced a recnt loss. To register,call Nan Rafter, Parish Nurse (508)

528-0020. Free


Franklin Downtown Partner-

ship General Meeting, 8:30 a.m.,Dean College Campus Center, Allinterested businesses and residentswelcome. Visit franklindowntown-partnership.org.

November 19Buddy Bowl, Fundraiser flagfootball game, Clyde Brownfields, All proceeds will go to-wards injured veterans, first re-sponders. Visit www.buddybowl.org

FHS Boys Hockey Booster

Club Annual Comedy Night, 7p.m., Franklin Elks, 1077 Pond St.Featuring Jim Spinnato, a stagehypnotist and magician and DaveGarrity, magician/illusionist. Tick-ets $25, Appetizers will be served.Order tickets at [email protected]. Proceedsbenefit Franklin High School BoysHockey Booster Club

Jonathan Edwards, with spe-

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Friends Coffeehouse, 8 p.m.,First Universalist Society Meet-inghouse, 262 Chestnut St,Franklin. Tickets $30. Visithttp://www.jonathanedwards.net/or http://www.circlefolk.org/



November 24Bereavement Support Group,St. Mary’s Church, Franklin, 7-9p.m., open to anyone who has ex-perienced a recnt loss. To register,call Nan Rafter, Parish Nurse (508)528-0020. Free




Society of St. Vincent DePaul

of St. Mary’s food collection,Items may be may be left in thedonation boxes at both entrancesto the church before the 4 p.m. and5 p.m. Masses on Saturday and be-fore the 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30a.m., 12 p.m. Masses on Sunday.The Society’s food pantry needseverything, especially tea bags,baked beans, tuna fish, laundry de-tergent and soup.

December 13rd Annual Holiday Stroll, 4-7p.m., a night of holiday festivitiesbeginning at Dean College offer-ing special promotions, entertain-ment, snacks, etc. by downtownbusinesses and organizations.

December 3St. John’s Episcopal Church

Christmas Fair, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.,237 Pleasant St., Franklin. Giftbaskets, baked goods, crafts, chil-dren’s activities and raffles. Santawill be available for pictures from11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

November Calendar of Events

Submitted by Shawn Strok

Interior Decorator/Owner

of the Decorating Den, Franklin

Most homeowners like their din-ing room to be a showpiece. Morethan just a place to sit and eat, thedining room is a place to entertain,and most of us want to create an at-mosphere conducive to conversa-tion, and creating an unforgettableevening for our guests.

Creating multiple layers of light-ing from several sources is key tocreating the desired mood and feelof the room. Certain aspects of the

room can be highlighted, and ad-justed for time of day and the com-pany present.

Dining Room LightingA dining room chandelier, notsurprisingly, is the focal point ofthe dining room, and establishesthe mood and energy of the space.Chandelier lighting should be care-fully sized to both the room andtable dimensions. Chandeliersshould be 30 inches above the tablefor an 8 foot ceiling, and raised 3inches for every foot in heightabove that. The chandelier shouldbe 6 inches narrower than the

smallest width of the table; a 48inch wide table should have a 36inch chandelier. Installing lowvoltage halogen recessed lightingon either side of the chandelier willallow you to dim the chandelierwhile accenting the place settingswith "jewelry store sparkle."

Crossing the recessed fixtures tocover the entire width of the table,and providing dimmer controls forall the task lighting will give youcomplete control of the mood ofthe dining room.

While this will provide amplelight for dining, a single chandelier

can never achieve all the depth andcharacter of the room and furnish-ings. To add more drama, anotherlayer of ambient light can be addedto highlight a buffet or wall art-work. Adding wall sconces or acove lighting application washeslight on the walls and creates a softglow, accenting architectural high-lights and making the ceiling seemhigher.

When selecting a rug for yourdining room, it is important to con-sider the size of the table, and yarntype of the rug. The size of the rugshould exceed the size of the table

by at least 30 inches on all sides, sothe chairs can be pushed awayfrom the table, and remain on therug surface. It is preferable thatrugs do not extend under the frontedges of sideboards or buffets. Ei-ther wool or synthetic yarns are ac-ceptable, but synthetic yarn is oftenpreferable because chairs slide eas-ier and it is easier to spot clean.

Tip: Energy efficient compact flu-

orescent light bulbs are now avail-

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Company Is Coming...It’s the Perfect Time to Get Your Dining Room Guest Ready


The Franklin Performing ArtsCompany (FPAC) will presentHumbug! on Saturday, December17th at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and onSunday, December 18th at 2 p.m.at the Thomas D. Mercer Audito-rium in Franklin. Last performedin 2009, Humbug! returns to

FPAC’s 2011-2012 slate of pro-ductions by popular demand.

Based on Charles Dickens’ clas-sic tale A Christmas Carol, Hum-

bug! portrays Ebenezer Scrooge’sencounters with spirits and hismoral awakening during the holi-days, complemented by music

from every genre. The show fea-tures Franklin’s Nick Paone in therole of Scrooge and a pit band ofBoston’s best jazz and theater mu-sicians. With a clever script writtenby Paone, the production includesBroadway and contemporarypop music with hits from the lastfifty years.

Tickets for Humbug! are now onsale at The Spotlight Shop, 34Main Street, or by phone at (508)528-8668. Regular box officehours are Mon. – Fri., 10 a.m. – 6p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Ticketsfor each show are $24/$26/$28,and are reserved seating only.Group sales are available for civicgroups and organizations.

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Electric Youth, the internationaltouring ensemble trained at theFranklin School for the Perform-ing Arts (FSPA), will hold afundraising event at the newestJenny Boston Boutique at 479Main Street in Medfield on Friday,November 11th from 7 – 9 p.m.

Shoppers can get a head start onall their holiday shopping, includ-ing jewelry, handbags, accessories,and many more items, all at a dis-counted rate of 30-60% off retailprices. Guests can enjoy refresh-ments while shopping, and alsoenter raffles to win prizes onsite,including a Jenny Boston handbagand $25 store gift certificate.

A collaboration between theFranklin Performing Arts Com-pany (FPAC) and Jenny Boston,this event enables Electric Youth toreceive up to 25% of the proceedsearned during the party. The fundswill support EY’s European con-cert tour 2012.

At the event, there will also be arepresentative from the jewelerSantisi & Bove, who will tradecustomers’ old gold for cash. Tenpercent of the night’s cash pro-ceeds will be donated to FPAC forElectric Youth.

Electric Youth (EY) is a talentedensemble of young singer-dancersbacked by an eight-piece band ofBoston-based musicians that per-forms throughout the local com-munity as well as internationally.On June 15, 2012, Electric Youthwill depart for their 10th European

tour, where they will perform theirdiverse repertoire of pop andBroadway music to large crowdsat a variety of venues throughoutAustria and Italy.

Past EY tours have included per-formances in Vienna’s major con-cert halls, outdoor concert series inmany Austrian towns, and in Italyat Ligano and Bibione on the Adri-atic, at Todi in Umbria, VillaManin, the Ariston Theater in SanRemo and Lake Como. ElectricYouth’s tours typically include ashow headlining the Fourth of Julyentertainment at one of the U.S.military installations in Italy in-cluding Camp Ederle, CampDarby and in 2010 at Aviano AirForce Base.

Jenny Boston Boutique providesa unique experience in boutiqueshopping. The stores not only fea-ture all the details you expect of ahigh-end boutique with beautifuldecor and finishes but also offer ashopping experience with off-retailpricing - 30-60% less than tradi-tional boutiques! In addition to itsnew store in Medfield, JennyBoston has boutiques in Belmont,Hingham, and Westborough, MA,as well as Fairfield, CT.

Further information regardingElectric Youth and the JennyBoston Boutique event are avail-able by contacting the FranklinSchool for the Performing Arts at(508) 528-8668 or by visitingwww.electricyouth.com.

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As I wandered through TheStray Cat, the antiques and treas-ures shop in Medway, with co-owner Marie Crisci, I quicklyfound things that brought me rightback to my childhood. My fin-gers lingered over the glass coast-ers, then I clanked the metal piepans of the type in which I bakedmy first pies. I alluded to thesememories as I spoke with Marie,and she nodded knowingly, thensmiled. “Everything in here has astory,” she said.

The new shop, at 73 HollistonStreet, directly across from one ofthe entrances to the Star Marketon Main Street, must have been ahome at one time. The front porchis inviting, the rooms warm, andtastefully decorated. There’s lotsto look at, to be sure, but nicelyarranged so you can easily seewhat is there. “I keep an eye onthe big picture of what’s in thestore,” Marie said. There are built-in bookshelves in the hallway, androom after room filled with tables,chairs, chests, glassware, classicchildren’s books, vintage clothingdraped about and more. Thebright, sunny windows add to thehomey feel, as do the humorous,down to earth signs posted about,like, “Life is full of choices: Re-move your shoes or scrub thefloor!”

Marie noted, “We decorate theporch seasonally—we keep it asporch-like as possible so peoplecan envision the setup in their ownhomes.” Betsy Padula, co-ownerwith Marie, said, “I’ve had peoplecome in here and spend two tothree hours. I check to make surethey’re all right and they just say,‘No, I’m fine, this is wonderful.’Others come in here and they

laugh. They say, ‘I needed to getaway for a few minutes. It’s an es-cape.’”

The owners, both Franklin resi-dents, are well experienced in thefield, Betsy having worked formore than twenty-five years withantiques and collectibles, whileMarie has ten years of experience.“I learn something new everyday,” Marie commented. “Whenwe put something out for sale I doresearch on it first. Our jewelry isa combination of antique, fine,and costume jewelry, all withhonest labels. If it’s sterling, it’slabeled as such; if we are able toconfirm the type stone, we labelit.” Betsy stressed, “Honesty isour policy.” Marie continued, “Ilearned in college that if you don’tgive someone an honest opinion,their friends will. And if I’m nothonest, I’ve lost a customer. I alsostress to people, ‘Please don’t set-tle for something you don’t reallywant—if you can’t sleep tonight,give me a call about the item to-morrow.’ Betsy and I share thesame business philosophy.”

There are twelve different deal-ers with items on display at theshop. Each dealer has differenttastes and inclinations. “We haveDepression era, cute, whimsystuff, cottage, and coastal-lookitems,” Marie observed. “Betsy’sstuff is more traditional, veryeclectic, Victorian, while I havemore quirky things, but they’realso eclectic.” Betsy walked intoa dealer’s room in the store,pointed to the items in the roomand said, “This dealer sews. Shealso makes chalk boards from oldframes—very creative repurpos-ing. Another dealer goes to lots ofauctions for old tools, walkingsticks, and depression glass.”Marie held up some lovely linen

pieces, then pulled yet another hu-morous country sign from a bas-ket, chuckled at the saying, thensaid, “We have some new mer-chandise such as country signs,candles, table linens, table run-ners, and napkins. It’s a place tolook for holiday gifts.” She thensmiled, “We’ll help people comeup with ideas, then the customercan take the credit!”

I asked about the notebook onthe front desk and Marie replied,“Oh, that’s our ‘wish list’ note-book. People come in here andtell us what they’ve been lookingfor, and all our dealers stop by andcheck the list before they go out.We also send out emails to ourdealers to be on the lookout forcertain items. We’re a repurpos-ing, creating, reconstructing,multi-dealer shop. We clean andfix things, and reuse them in newways. The dealers who presentlyshow here are very creative.”

While the two women have only

been in business in Medway sincethis spring, they’ve been friendsfor years. And it was on one oftheir antiques “outings” togetherthat the origin the name of theirstore came about. Marie told methe story. “Betsy and I were at anestate sale last year and there wasa wall hanging of a cat that I wasdrawn to, but because it wasn'twhat I usually buy, I repeatedlytalked myself out of buying it. Aswe were walking out the door, Isaid to Betsy, ‘I have to buy thatcat, I don't know why, but I do’and so I bought it. Months later aswere trying to agree on a name forthe store, Betsy was talking to afriend who referred to someone asa stray cat and Betsy thought thename would work for the shop.When she told me, I rememberedhow I was drawn to the cat at theestate sale and said that it was anomen. The cat from the estatesale is the model for our sign.”

I picked up a Danish Christmas

plate of the type my mother col-lected years ago, and recalled howthe plates had always been abeloved part of her kitchen. Marielistened, then said, “Everyonewho walks in here is a story; andwe love to hear those stories!”

The Stray Cat, Antiques andTreasures . . . olde and new, 73Holliston Street in Medway isopen daily from 10-5.

Phone (508) 533-4400 Estateservice and cleanouts are avail-able. Inquire for details. Look forthe sign with the stray cat on it,(created by Missy Colbert,Graphic Designer, of “Bear YourIdea” in Bellingham.) New itemsare posted regularly on their web-site, Thestraycatmedway.com.

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Marie Crisci and Betsy Padula, co-owners of The Stray Cat in Medway, agree that stories are among the treasures they prize in their antiques and collectibles shop on Holliston Street.

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Tuesday, November 8: Low Vi-sion Group meets at 1 p.m. All arewelcome.

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23:Blood Sugar Testing from 8:30to 10 a.m.

Wednesday, November 9: Re-gional Director of the SHINE Pro-gram, Ed Roth will offer an updateon changes to Medicare, MedicareDrug Plans and Medicare Advan-tage Plans for the 2012 Plan year.Please call (508) 528-4945 to signup for this informative program.

Monday, November 14: Matterof Balance classes start at 10 a.m.at Central Park Terrace with ourHealth & Wellness Nurse, LindaHastings. If you are concernedabout falls, have fallen in the past,or have restricted your activitiesdue to fear of falling, this evi-dence-based program can help.Participants will learn to view fallsas controllable, set goals for in-creasing activity, make changes toreduce fall risks at home, and ex-ercise to increase strength and bal-ance. The weekly classes run forthe next five Mondays through De-cember 12. Call (508) 528-4945to sign up.

Wednesday, November 16:

Caregivers Support Group meetsat 4 p.m. Respite for loved onescan be provided by calling to signup. All caregivers are welcome!

Friday, November 18: Help uscelebrate four years in our newbuilding at our Anniversary Partyat 10:30 a.m. with the always en-tertaining Dixieland Band featur-ing Paul Gookin and a luncheon ofpork chops, with squash and wildrice. Raffle prizes too! Please pur-chase your tickets ($6) by Novem-ber 14.

Monday, November 28: A funJewelry Class will be offered at 10a.m. with Paula Devine. You canchoose to make a bracelet or neck-lace. Our instructor will provideglass and some gemstone beads(quartz, howlite, jadeite, and jasperto name a few.) and provide stringing materials, clasps andpendants. The cost is $30 per person. Please call (508) 528-4945to sign up.

Wednesday, November 30: Di-abetes Support Group with Dia-betes Educator, Jo Fleming whowill review healthy holiday foodoptions for diabetics. All are wel-come; please call to sign

Odds & Ends:

• Senior Pool players are needed!Join us in the mornings for in-formal, non-league play.

• Computer Assistance is availableif you need help with hardwareor software problems; call forinfo.

• Volunteers wanted for AARPTax Assistance Program to helplow-income seniors with

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preparation. No accounting or fi-nancial experience necessary;training supplied. Internet accessand basic computer skills re-quired. Training starts December 3on Saturdays. Contact Peter Vilesat (508) 753-7905 or [email protected]. For more informa-tion, go to (aarp.org/money/taxes/aarp_taxaide).

The Yellow Dot Program pro-vides emergency first respondersat automobile accidents with vitalmedical information of crash vic-tims. Please call for more infor-mation.

Monday Movies are shown at1:15 p.m. on the following dates inNovember:

November 7: Everything Must Go (R)

November 14: Soul Surfer (PG-13)

November 21: Bridesmaids (PG-13)

November 28: Horrible Bosses (R)

Supportive Day Program: TheFranklin Senior Center offers aSupportive Day Program, TheSunshine Club to provide a super-vised, structured, and sociallystimulating environment for elderswith mild to moderate dementia,physical frailty or other chronicconditions. To learn more aboutthis program please call Support-ive Day Program Coordinator at(508) 520-4945.

Manicures with Rona are of-fered on Tuesday mornings for $8;call for an appointment.

The Common Grounds Cafe

serves breakfast every day from8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Full breakfastfor just $2. Affordable lunch is served every day from 11:30 to1 p.m.

Computer Classes (Individual

Instruction) is offer for $15 for 6weeks of class. Beginners and ad-vanced classes are available.

Hairdresser/Barber Services

offered on Monday mornings andWednesday afternoons by appoint-ment only; please call for an ap-pointment.

Pool Players needed: join us toplay in the mornings.

Zumba Aerobics class is offeredon Mondays at noon and Fridaysat 11 a.m. Zumba is a fun, aero-bic dance class. The class offerschair modification for those whomay need it. Call to sign up.

Knitting Classes are held onWednesdays at 10 a.m. Call to signup.

Mexican Train Dominoes isplayed on Mondays at 10 a.m. In-struction provided.

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ance issues? Make an appoint-ment with our SHINE counselor.Call (508) 520-4945 for an ap-pointment.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sen-

sibly) can help you loose weight.New members are welcome to sitin on their meetings on Fridays at1 p.m.

Tai Chi for Seniors withMichelle Cote is offered on Thurs-days at noon. Come check it out!

Weekly Blood Pressure Clinics

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Ben’s Bounty Gift Shop is openMonday through Friday from 10

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UPCOMING TRIPS:

Old Deerfield Village & Yan-

kee Candle Factory on Wednes-day, November 2; $9 per person,not including lunch.

Twin River on Wednesday, No-vember 9; $5 per person, trans-portation only.

Patriots Place on Wednesday,November 16; $5 per person,transportation only.

Mohegan Sun & Radio City

Music Hall on November 27 &28; $299.95 ppto or $379.95 ppso.

Peabody Essex Museum onWednesday, November 30; $17per person, not including lunch.

Christmas at the Newport

Mansions on Wednesday, Decem-ber 3; $66 per person, all inclusive.

The Enchanted Village at Jor-

dan’s Furniture on Wednesday,December 7; $5 per person, trans-portation only.

Bill & Bo Winniker Holiday

Show at the Sherborn Inn onWednesday, December 14; $27 perperson; all inclusive.

Museum of Russian Icons onWednesday, January 11; $5 perperson, transportation only.

Payment is due upon sign up atthe Senior Center. Seventy-twohours notice (3 business days) isrequired to receive a full refund forday trips. Conditions vary forovernight trips.

The Franklin Council on Agingis located at 10 Daniel McCahillStreet, Franklin. You may reach thecenter at (508) 520-4945.

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Taking care of your skin is an im-portant part of good overall health.Qualified medical professionalsshould perform your cosmeticlaser surgery and medical derma-tological procedures. That’s justwhat the Skin & Laser SurgeryCenter of New England, now openat 233 West Central Street, right inFranklin, has to offer.

With over 28 years of experienceas a medical doctor. Dr. KhalilKhatri has literally written thebook on laser technology. Highlyrespected and Harvard trained inthe area of laser technology, Dr.Khatri has published and lecturesextensively throughout the worldon the subject. He not only re-searches laser technology, but he

also teaches seminars on its use,and he has helped pioneer tech-niques such as Erbium: YAG laserskin resurfacing. Dr. Khatri is con-tinually developing and perfectingnew lasers. In November, he’lltravel to Italy for his 17th year totrain other physicians how to usethe latest laser techniques.

“I was always fascinated with theuse of lasers in skin, to not onlyhelp with non-cosmetic skin prob-lems, but also to correct cosmeticskin problems,” says Dr. Khatri,

With three other offices, Dr. Kha-tri has expanded his practice toFranklin to offer area residents theoption of the latest in cosmetic der-matology from someone they cantrust. Between his offices, Khatriowns and has perfected the use of30 different lasers to offer a varietyof skin care options to his patients.

One of the latest such techniquesis the use of Pellevé™ radiofre-quency machine to tighten the

skin. This painless treatment usesradiofrequency to heat the skin,which produces more collagen.The effect is to help tighten theskin. Unlike other laser proce-dures, Pellevé™ has the addedbenefit of no recovery time and nopain. Most patients who opt for theprocedure do so for the neck andjowl area, requiring just three treat-ments at once a month. The end re-sult lasts for years. Such atreatment comes at an affordableprice of $500 for the face or neckor $600 for both.

The Skin & Laser Surgery Cen-ter of New England offers fullservice Dermatology and Cos-metic Laser Surgery. Proceduresoffered include cosmetic laser sur-gery, which can quickly improve anumber of skin imperfections withlittle to no downtime. Laser proce-dures are available for eyelid sur-gery, liposuction, Cellulite hairremoval, skin resurfacing, tattooremoval, leg and facial vein treat-

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In addition to laser treatments,Dr. Khatri also provides other skintherapies, including Botox®,Restylane®, and Collagen ®, aswell as Sclerotherapy for varicoseand spider veins and a variety ofchemical peels with little to no re-

covery time. Despite his lofty cre-dentials, Dr. Khalil Khatri is aneasygoing presence. The atmos-phere of his office is warm andfriendly, with relaxing décor incor-porating natural elements andearth tones.

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Dr. Khatri’s typical patient is awoman between the ages of 30and 60, who is worried about dif-ferent signs of aging and scarringon her skin. The doctor lends akind ear and gentle voice to thesepatients, and he finds reward in of-fering them a solution.

“As a doctor, when (patients)come back and they feel more selfconfident,” says Dr. Khatri, is agreat reward, “because whateverwas on their skin making themself conscious and avoidingthings…that thing is gone.”

About Dr. Khatri

Dr. Khatri is the Director of theSkin & Laser Surgery Center ofNew England and the Director ofthe New England Institute ofLaser Research. He has served asMedical Director of the LaserCenter in Chestnut Hill. Dr. Khatrihas practiced Dermatology atMassachusetts General Hospital,completing residencies at the Uni-versity of California, Davis andCarney Hospital. The doctor hascompleted fellowships at Massa-chusetts General Hospital, Har-vard Medical School. Dr. Khatri isalso a fellow of the American So-ciety of Laser Medicine and Sur-gery and the Royal Society ofMedicine in England, a foundingmember of the International

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BYDEVIN GRAY, TEAMFITNESS FRANKLIN

To be clear, a compound exerciseis one that involves multiple jointsand one or more large musclegroup, such as the legs or chest,with the help of a smaller musclegroup, such as the biceps or triceps.Examples of these include thebench press, the deadlift, and theking of all exercises, the squat. Acompound exercise may also be astructural exercise if it loads theaxial spine. Squats, deadlifts, powerexercises (cleans and snatches), andoverhead pressing movements(standing military press, push press)fit the bill for structural exercises.Compound exercises should makeup the bulk of your exercise selec-tions and I’ll explain why shortly.

In comparison, an assistance exer-cise is one that involves a singlejoint and a smaller muscle group.These often include isolation exer-cises. The chest fly, biceps curl, tri-ceps pushdown, and leg extensionmachine are all examples of isola-tion exercises. Isolation exercisesare typically not structural exercises.Isolation exercises can be useful forrehabilitation or advanced develop-ment, but may not be as advanta-geous for beginner lifters. They dohave their uses, but for the averageor beginner lifter can take up pre-cious time and energy while deliv-ering less.

WHY you’re better off doingcompound exercises.

• They use more muscle in lesstime. If you only have 30 minutes at

the gym, why waste your timedoing 3 sets of 10 chest flies, thenshoulder work, then tricep work?Do it all at once. The bench pressuses your chest, shoulders, and tri-ceps. In comparison, the chest flyuses your chest and your shoulders.The leg extension uses your quadri-ceps. The back squat uses thequadriceps, hamstrings, and thegluteals. Save time and build moremuscle.

• They often mimic the body’s nat-ural movements. Functional train-ing is the “new” big thing. What ismore functional than a squat or apullup? How many CrossFit work-outs do you see where people aredoing endless sets of bicep curls?

• They burn more calories. SeePoint #1. More muscles = Morecalories. Your leg muscles are thelargest in your body and take themost energy to use. Why do an ex-ercise that only recruits one part ofyour leg if you’re trying to burn fat?Swap out those boring leg exten-sions and leg curls for good, old-fashioned bodyweight squats andlunges.

• They increase the body’s produc-tion of hormones. Growth hormoneand testosterone are two of thebiggest precursors for growth in thehuman body. They’re the bulk of

the artificial steroids that peopleshoot themselves up with in orderto gain strength and mass. Researchand anecdotal evidence shows thatin order to boost the body’s naturalproduction of these mass-buildingand calorie burning hormones, peo-ple should do multiple-joint exer-cises. In other words? Docompound exercises to boost yournatural production of growth hor-mone and testosterone.(Ladies,don’t let that scare you. You needgrowth hormone and testosterone aswell, and lifting weights won’tmake you bulky.)

• They can increase bone mass. Ifyou’re a woman over the age of 30or a man over the age of 40, listenup. And ladies, that means youdon’t have much time to build yourown bones. It’s no secret that pastthose ages bone mass declines an-nually. Curb it with resistance train-ing. Structural exercises (squats,dead lifts, power cleans, overheadmovements) load the spine and mayincrease bone density.

• They build more muscle. See rea-son #1 and #3. To drive the pointhome, you’re using more musclefibers and stimulating a greater hor-monal response from the body.You’re providing your body with agreater stimulus to grow, as well as

the hormones needed to do so.

• You can use more weight. Whodoesn’t want to lift more? Again,you use more muscle and there isgreater neural recruitment. Com-bined, this adds up to greater forceproduction. Using heavier weightsalso stimulates greater hormonal re-lease as well as the amount of re-ceptors for hormones.

• They can build your core strengthwithout doing endless sit-ups orplanks. Many exercises require ab-dominal contraction for stabilityand proper force transfer. Squatsand dead lifts are a great example ofthis. Without a strong core, you arevulnerable to injury because yourtorso cannot support the load. Con-sider the overhead press. You aretaking a heavy load and moving itin an arc over your head. Thischanges your entire center of grav-ity and forces your muscles to adaptto a changing load! As a result, greatcore strength is built. Quit doingpresses on the chair and stand up toreap the benefits. I rarely do sit-ups,but my frequent chin up work hasgiven me an excellent midsection.Tip: Forcefully brace your abs dur-ing your overhead presses. Manybeginners add 5-10 lbs onto their5RM with that trick alone.

• They have great cross overstrength. To be honest, my least fa-vorite exercise of all time is the bi-ceps curl. I dread them. They boreme to tears. So instead, I doweighted chin-ups and plenty ofrows to strengthen my biceps. Aftera few months of weighted chins asa beginner, I tried some curls forlaughs. I was surprised to find thatI’d more than doubled my armstrength without doing a single curl.Why? Because chin-ups are notonly great for your back, but also foryour biceps.

• They’re tough! This is one of myfavorite reasons. You can keep your“Judgment Free Zone” withoutyour dead lifts and squats. Keepyour Smith machine, too. I’ll keepmy results, thank you. Compoundexercises are tough. A heavy set ofsquats can make you dizzy and see-ing stars.

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Each year, the International HerbAssociation picks an herb onwhich to focus attention. The Herbof the Year ™ for 2011 is Horse-radish, which many find an oddchoice, either not believing it is anherb, or not quite clear on what dodo with it, other than make aBloody Mary or shrimp cocktailsauce.

Horseradish has been grown andused for over 2000 years. It wasknown to the Egyptians as far backas 1500 BC. The Oracle at Delphiclaimed that while the radish wasworth its weight in lead, and thebeet was worth its weight in silver,it was the horseradish that wasworth its weight in gold. It is be-lieved to be a native of Eastern Eu-rope, and its name Armoraciarusticana, refers to the fact that itgrows naturally near the sea. Upuntil the late 1600’s, it was thoughtto be acceptable for country peopleand common laborers, but toostrong for the stomachs of theupper class.

The first mention of the root as“horseradish” was in Gerard’sHerbal in 1597, its use was medic-inal and extolled for many ailmentssuch as sore throats and digestiveupsets. One of its components, theenzyme peroxidase (HRP) hasbeen found to be a useful tool in

detecting antibodies in molecularbiology. Today, research is beingconducted on its compounds as apossible cancer preventative. His-torically it has been used as a pes-ticide, to ease back pain, to repelevil in the home, and as an aphro-disiac. Jewish people use it atPassover as one of the five bitterherbs.

Today, we use it mainly as acondiment, with six million gal-lons being produced each year inthis country. Over half of thehorseradish grown in the U.S. isgrown in southern Illinois, and theUniversity of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign is a famous center forhorseradish research. They haveover 130 cultivars of horseradish intheir collection.

To grow it in our area (Zone 5),you need to have root cuttings, ora crown division. It is best sownearly in the spring, in well-drainedsoil, full sun preferred. Some con-sider it invasive, since it will prop-agate from a small section of rootleft in the ground. I have not foundit to travel very far, but even if youfeel you have harvested the wholeroot, you usually miss that onesmall section that will grow nextyear. You can harvest it the firstyear, or wait until the second year,but do not leave it any longer, as

old roots are pithy and not as fla-vorful. It is best to wait for a killingfrost before digging up the coarse,brown root. It can store for sometime in a cool, dark location.

When preparing horseradish foruse, understand that the fumes arequite potent when the root isground, so take care in allowing forgood air circulation. Either grind-ing or chopping the root outside isadvised, or with a fan blowing thefumes away. Most people addvinegar to the ground root, whichhelps preserve it as well as mel-lowing it slightly.

The following recipe is from theHorseradish – Herb of the Year

2011 book published by IHA (andavailable at their websitewww.iherb.org). It combines threewonderful fall favorites – beets,horseradish, and apples.

FALL HARVEST SALAD withHORSERADISH DRESSING

Nancy Momsen

5 cups cooked and prepared beets(diced or julienned)

1 tbsp. whole-seed prepared mustard

1 tart green apple

2+ tbsp. horseradish

1/8 to ¼ cup sliced green onions

¼ cup wine vinegar

Salt and pepper

¾ cup olive oil

In a blender, combine mustard,horseradish, and red wine vinegar.Gradually add olive oil whileblender is on. Add salt and pepperto taste.

Mix beets, apples and onions to-gether in a bowl. Drizzle withdressing. Toss and chill.

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It’s amazing what can happenwhen a group of friends gets to-gether. In 1977, a group of footballbuddies started an annual reunionin San Diego to play flag football.Twenty-two years later, in 1999,headed up by Marine Nico Marco-longo, the annual football playerspassed a hat around to help victimsof 1999 local helicopter crash. Ofthe six Marines and Navy corps-men who were lost in the crash,four were from Marcolongo’s unit.

Thus began Buddy Bowl, an an-nual flag football tournament thatraises money for Operation Re-bound, a program of the ChallengeAthletes Foundation, which bene-fits wounded soldiers and first re-sponders by helping them tobecome active after their injuries.Three years ago, Millis Flag Foot-ball brought Buddy Bowl to theeast coast, playing the inauguralgame right on the fields around theClyde Brown School in Millis.This year’s event, which will takeplace on November 19th, startingat about 8 a.m., will honor AirForce Tech. Sgt. Joseph Deslauri-ers, of Bellingham, who waswounded by a bomb inAfghanistan.

“I did it the first year, and it wasa lot of fun,” says eighth-graderCameron Piorkowski, who haschosen to promote Buddy Bowl ashis 8th-grade capstone project atthe Benjamin Franklin ClassicalCharter Public School in Franklin.Piorkowski, who also playshockey and regularly plays flagfootball, is running a concessionstand at all Millis Flag Footballpractices and games to raisemoney for Buddy Bowl. On No-vember 10, he’ll be selling badges

for the Marines’ Birthday at hisschool to raise money for thecause.

After being contacted and invitedto join in on the west coast BuddyBowl, Millis Flag Football “de-cided we would do a local versionof Buddy bowl,” says Chip Fagan,who was one of the founders ofMillis Flag Football five years ago.“This year it looks like we’regoing to be able to help out a guywho’s a local hero, whose familyby all accounts has given back,”says Fagan.

Buddy Bowl is broken down byage categories, 7-8 year-olds, 9-11year-olds and 12-14 as well asadult, as well as by ability. Anyoneinterested in participating can visithttp://buddybowl.org to register.Children can register for a team for$20, and adult player registrationis $40, although registration dona-tions range up to $500.

“It’s the only annual footballevent in the U.S. where we havethe physically challenged andable-bodied athletes on the samefield,” says Marcolongo, nowPresident of Buddy Bowl and Op-eration Rebound Program Man-ager for the Challenged AthletesFoundation. “The whole idea is in-tegration.” In fact, Operation Re-bound athlete Sam Cila will bejoining the Millis Buddy Bowl onNovember 19.

“It usually starts about 8 a.m.,”says Fagan. “We have an openingceremony, and the Blackstone Val-ley Young Marines will provideflag detail. We usually wrap upsometime early to mid-afternoon,with an awards ceremony. Kidswill all get a t-shirt; adults will geta hat and t-shirt and some sort ofsponsorship gift. Jim Smith, The

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Tri-County RVTHS Superin-tendent-Director Stephen Dockrayhas announced that the school’sCareer Technical Program studentsare now offering a full comple-ment of services to the public fornominal fees.

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Like many young boys, TylerKaufman gravitated toward organ-ized football at the first opportu-nity he got. Growing up inFranklin, Kaufman first suited upat 8-years old for the Pop Warnerprogram. A decade later, theFranklin resident is still playing asport he loves, now only on thehigh school level for Tri County.

“I basically began playing foot-ball because of family pressure.My older brother had played,”Kaufman said. “Once I startedplaying, I just loved it. The physi-cality of the game, hitting peoplewith no one yelling at you –there’s just nothing like it.”

While football is his number onesport and the one he excels in atTri County, he also plays pointguard for the Cougar basketballteam and shortstop for the base-ball team.

As Kaufman grew and learnedthe game of football, he soonbegan to realize that he was spe-cial once he stepped onto the foot-ball field, and the Tri Countycoaching staff did as well.

“In his very first year I saw a dy-namic player, one with a solidwork ethic,” TC Coach TonyMazzola said. “He was alwaysthere trying to make himself bet-ter. He also had great vision, read-ing the defense and making hiscuts on a dime, and that type ofskill cannot be taught.”

At a mere 5’8” and 165 poundsMazzola believes Kaufman pos-sess the skills that not only makehim an amazing player, but one inwhich he can run his team around.According to the coach, Kauf-man’s a great offensive weapon,one in which they can line him upanywhere and try to get the ball inhis hands.

During his freshman year at TriCounty Kaufman found himselfplaying running back with theCougar’s junior varsity squad andevery so often found himself join-ing the varsity team to play specialteams. Being called up on a regu-lar basis opened Kaufman’s eyesto how good he really was.

The following season Kaufman

made the varsity team as a utilityplayer, where he mostly saw timeon the defensive line, but did getsome reps on the offense as a run-ning back and slot receiver. TriCounty made the tournament thatseason but unfortunately fell toBrighton 8-6 in the Division IVAfirst round contest.

Last fall, Kaufman saw himselfplaying on both sides of the ballon a regular basis and his confi-dence grew with his ability to playfootball on a higher level.

“That year was definitely a con-fidence booster for myself. Mynumbers that year mostly cameout of the backfield in terms of re-ceiving yards,” Kaufman said. “Idon’t believe that the offense re-volves around me. We’re a teamthat spreads the ball around tokeep teams honest. Coach’s gameplan all depends on who we areplaying any given week.”

Entering his senior season Kauf-man and his teammates would likenothing more than to win theMayflower League Champi-onship and moving onto the SuperBowl. Individually, Kaufman ishaving one of his best years run-

ning the ball, but numbers are notof concern to him.

“I’m not concerned with mynumbers,” the senior back said. “Ijust want to go out and win, and ifwe continue to do that then weshould have a shot at winning theleague and making the tourna-ment. Once there, I want to win acouple of playoff games.”

Although still early in the sea-son, the Cougars find themselvesin the hunt for the championshipwith a 3-1 record and in despitewhat he believes Kaufman willplay a main role if Tri County is toget to climb that mountain.

“As a Mayflower League AllStar last year, he has shown whathe can do,” Mazzola said. “He’s aquiet kid, a selfless player wholoves the game and lets his actionson the field speak for him.”

Following his senior year at TriCounty, Kaufman will make hisway to college, but at this writinghe has yet to decide where hewants to go to college, nor knowswhat he wants to study. He doesknow he would like to still playfootball where ever he goes.

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As a youngster growing upFranklin’s Katie Cronin continu-ally found herself hanging aroundher sister. Although many oldersiblings would consider the close-ness to be intrusive, Jill Cronin inall certainly is glad that she al-lowed her younger sister to hangaround her friends on the fieldhockey field.

“She probably thinks that I wasannoying, but she was always verysupportive of me trying to learn thesport,” the younger Cronin said.“It was a bonding experience thatI had with my sister and will al-ways remember.”

At the time Jill was obviously thebetter player having played thesport three years longer than herlittle sister, but that little sister wasout to prove that she could notonly play the sport of field hockey,but could do so with expertise.

Since she first started playingfield hockey for the blue and whiteof Franklin, Cronin has shown in-credible talent that has continuedto improve on a yearly basis –something her older sister would(enviously) applaud. Having madethe varsity squad as a freshmanCronin has not only been namedto the Hockomock League All Starteam all three years, but also beenthe league scoring champion thepast two years.

As a first year player Cronin leadall Panthers with seven goals. Shegrabbed the Hock scoring titlewith 6 goals and 12 assists in hersophomore year and 10 goals and10 assists in her junior season.Thus far this year, the senior for-ward has netted a remarkable 21goals and 11 assists to lead thestate.

She attributes the jump in herscoring to her club team.

“This past off-season I’ve joined

a club team (Indoor Action Soccerout of Greenfield MA) and in-vested myself,” she said. “Byplaying on the club team I’ve im-proved my skills and brought mygame to the next level. My coachLynn Hottiner is great at gettinggirls ready for the next level.”

While the scoring aspect of thesport may be intriguing to others,seeing her name on the score sheetis an unbelievable accomplish-ment, but Cronin is much happierto win the game than score.

“Scoring is obviously exciting,”Cronin said. “But it really doesn’tmatter to me who’s scoring as longas someone on our team is. Goalsare just a number and it doesn’tmatter who it’s assigned to.”

Outside of the fact that her oldersister was playing field hockeyfirst, Cronin believes that the sportwas one that was made for her.

“After watching my sister play Ifound myself attracted to thesport,” she said. “Being of smallstature (5’ 1”) I fit in, unlike manyother sports. Making the team myfreshman year was great, espe-cially since I got to play with mysister.”

Last fall Franklin Coach LisaCropper named Cronin a captainas a junior, something that shedoesn’t do all that often. Cronin isa quad –captain this year as a sen-ior.

“She is that good of an athlete aswell as a leader,” Cropper said.

With the Panthers sitting at 10-2all eyes are on the HockomockLeague Championship, somethingFranklin hasn’t done since 1979.Once the Panthers are able to se-cure the title, their next goal is toone up their performance in thestate tournament from a year ago.Franklin fell 2-0 to Mansfield intheir opening contest.

“Winning the HockomockLeague Championship is impor-tant to the team,” Cronin said.“But more importantly is makingthe tournament and winning agame. I don’t think that Franklinhas ever won a first round statetournament game in field hockey.We really want to accomplishthat.”

As a three-time All Star Croninis surely poised to be awarded afourth on with her play this fall onthe field. However, much likeeverything else she is very humbleabout her individual achievementsand would rather do things as ateam.

“When I received my first Hock-

omock League All Star recogni-tion I didn’t know how to react toit,” Cronin said. “I was totally sur-prised. It was exciting, but shock-ing as I was being awardedsomething that had come from mycoaches and the rest of the teamthat surrounded me.”

As shocking as her illustrioushigh school career has been forFranklin, Cronin will take thosetalents to the next level after shegraduates next June. The senior iscurrently committed to attend TheCollege of the Holy Cross inWorcester where she will playfield hockey.

“There is no doubt in my mind,she has an intensity that goesabove and beyond the usual,”Coach Cropper said.

While the Coach sees Cronin asan important piece to the cog inFranklin’s drive to school history,the athlete herself does not believethat she is all that important. Dur-ing the 2-1 Canton loss, Cropperillustrated just how importantCronin was to the team. Croninhad scored the game’s only goalbefore stepping on a ball andtwisting her ankle. Canton went onto win the contest 2-1 with Croninsitting on the sideline.

Cronin disagrees. "Even if I hadbeen on the field they still wouldhave scored.”

Cronin alongside her Pantherteammates are primed to etch theirnames into the Franklin historybooks and whether she believes itor not she would have played amajor part in doing so.

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Michelle Hess and field hockeyare like stars and stripes or applepie and ice cream. They just go to-gether. Hess, who coachedFranklin High’s field hockey teamfor 15 years, stepped down as thePanthers head coach two years agobut not because she wanted to. Shehad to.

“My husband’s work scheduledchanged and he was no longer ableto babysit our three children whileI devoted time to coaching,’’ saidHess, who was an all-star in fieldhockey at Medway High andWestfield State. “I’ve told myplayers in the past that familycomes first. The time had finallycome when I needed to be therefor my kids.’’

Hess remains on the FranklinHigh faculty as a health and phys-ical education instructor and she’sstill the field hockey team’s No. 1fan. But, she’s still so passionateabout that sport that she’s confi-dent she will return to coaching inthe future.

“When I left, it felt like a forcedretirement,’’ she said. “But, I hadno choice. I know I’ll be a headcoach again, either at Franklin orpossibly at another school. I’d loveto coach my daughters whenthey’re in high school. Field

hockey has been such a huge partof my life for the last 25 years.’’

During the last 2½ decades,Hess’ field hockey career took herfrom Medway to Westfield then toFranklin. A center forward, shewas Medway High’s MVP hersenior year when she scored 12goals and assisted on nine others.At Westfield State, she wasswitched to center fullback andwas a MASCAC all-star as a jun-ior and senior.

“I played three years on the var-sity at Medway and my top thrillwas finishing as co-champs withBellingham in the Tri ValleyLeague my junior year (1987),’’Hess said. “We had talent but whatwas significant was that Medwayhadn’t won a championship infield hockey for 20 years. We sur-prised everyone because weweren’t viewed as the team tobeat.’’

Hess, whose name before shemarried was Michelle Downing,had her most memorable game asa sophomore when she scoredboth goals in the Mustangs’ 2-0victory over a strong Hollistonsquad.

“Both goals came on rebounds infront of the net,’’ Hess recalled. “Iwas a young player and that gameshowed older kids on the team thatI could really compete. I gained

the respect of teammates in thatouting. I relied on stick skills, fieldsense and I kind of had a nose forthe goal.’’

Medway qualified for tourneyplay all three of Hess’ seasons butnever advanced deep into post-sea-son play. A versatile athlete, Hessalso was a capable small forwardin basketball and a solid pitcher insoftball.

“I could hit a mid-range jumpshot,’’ Hess said. “I averagedabout 10 points and 10 rebounds agame.’’

Hess led the Mustangs into tour-ney play in softball for the firsttime in 20 years in 1989. She wasa hard-throwing right-hander whorelied on control and a good break-ing ball.

At Westfield State, the always-in-tense and always-prepared Hesswas a field hockey standout on de-fense at fullback. A two-timeleague all-star, she helped theOwls win the MASCAC title inher sophomore year.

“My top thrill in college wasbeating Bridgewater State for thetitle,’’ Hess said.

A phys-ed major who minored insports medicine, Hess was hired inFranklin in 1995, taking the coach-ing reins in field hockey that yearand later directing the Panthers to

eight tournament berths. Her win-ning percentage at Franklin was65.

As a player, Hess’ philosophywas to compete hard, reach one’spotential and win. As a coach, itchanged slightly.

“I don’t take losing well,’’ shesaid, “but, as time passed, Istressed to my players that fieldhockey can teach real-life lessons.Winning was important but Iwanted my kids to understand thevaluable lessons that athleticsteach.’’

Hess and her husband, Matt have

three children — Neilee, 8; De-laney, 6; and Shane, 5 — and livein Blackstone. Her leisure time isstill devoted to her family and alsocoaching youth sports (basketball,field hockey and softball) inFranklin. Her role models remainher parents (Patty and Doug) andMary Ellen Hasenfuss, her coachat Medway.

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The Wadsworth Training Center’sevolution during the last 11 years isa testament to its popularity.

What started strictly as a wrestlingclub now deals with baseball, soft-ball and cheerleading instruction.And, its current site, at 40 KenworthCircle in Franklin, is a far cry fromits initial setting at the home of co-owner Carmen Colace.

“The training facility started at anoutside pavilion at my home wherewe had 600 square feet,’’ said Co-lace, who’s not only part-owner ofthe Rome Restaurant, but alsowrestling coach at Franklin High.“Then we moved to the Mill Storeon Union Street doubling our size.We later moved to a building oppo-site Garelick Farms where we had3,000 square feet. Now we’ve gotabout 15,000 square feet and ampleroom for instruction and competi-tion in four sports.’’

The programs offered to youthsfrom 5-18 years of age include ele-mentary beginners wrestling, ele-mentary in-house wrestling, middleschool beginners, middle schoolwrestling team, club wrestling,baseball and softball hitting clinics,cheerleading from beginners to all-star level and a hybrid strength andconditioning program that incorpo-rates wrestling skill drills.

“The emphasis at the facility is onwrestling, and it’s all about provid-ing opportunities for kids to com-pete,’’ Colace said. “We want togive youths quality instruction andat the same time expose the sport tothe area, especially beyondFranklin.’’

Ten tournaments are hosted at the

center, but youths who train atWadsworth get a chance to competeout of state at a national level.Wadsworth trainees have competedsuccessfully in Orlando, Fla., at theDisney Duals.

“What’s important is applyingwhat’s learned in class,’’ said GregSheck, the other co-owner. “Wetrain kids with an eye toward com-peting, enrolling kids in tourna-ments at the regional and nationallevel. And, it’s all about competingwith no politics. We strictly go totourneys with youths from our cen-ter. No outsiders are involved, be-cause we’re stressing wrestling, notwinning at all costs.’’

Colace notes that in 2009 a teamfrom Wadsworth finished fifth outof 125 teams at the Disney Dualsand last year his contingent man-aged an eight-place finish.

“We offer two $800 scholarshipsfor kids to go to the tourney inFlorida,’’ Colace said. “And, if aparent wants their son or daughter

to train with us and there’s a hard-ship with expenses, we offer a pay-ment plan that eases any burden.’’

Avelina Kelley of Foxboro hasbeen bringing her twin sons (Mattand Brian) to the center for fouryears and is delighted with the re-sults.

“It’s been a worthwhile experi-ence,’’ Kelley said. “The twins havereceived good coaching, they’vebeen involved with quality compe-tition and they’ve learned to be dis-ciplined and focused. And, this typeof training helps them with academ-ics, too.’’

Another major asset at the trainingfacility is the mentoring programColace offers free to young coaches

just starting their careers.

“Young coaches know they don’thave all the answers,’’ Colace said.“The more practice they get in theprofession the better they’ll be. Wehelp them develop technique, teachthem how to structure practice andbuild a program and we teach themhow to build relationships with theirplayers. We’re helping them de-velop a philosophy of competi-tion.’’

Colace is the right man for that jobsince he’s coached varsity wrestlingat Franklin High for the last 30years. His Panther squads have won19 Hockomock League champi-onships, 15 sectional titles and ninestate crowns.

Other staff members include MarkHealey and Matt Bakalars, who are

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Gail Colace, Christine Sheck andLinda Kelly are usually very visibleat the facility, taking care of conces-sions and program registrations.

“Right now, we’re developingwrestlers for the middle school andhigh school level,’’ Colace said.“As our baseball, softball andcheerleading programs move for-ward, we’ll get involved in tourna-ments with those sports.

The training center, which is openyear-round, operates most of its pro-grams from 5-9 p.m.

“We’ve moved three times so farand as baseball, softball and cheer-leading develop into larger pro-grams, we may need even morespace than we have now,’’ Colacesaid. “And, we may even have toexpand our staff.’’

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Though the housing marketmight not be booming, there arestill buyers out there looking for aplace to call their own. Some po-tential sellers might prefer a patientapproach to selling their homes,choosing to do so when the marketrebounds and homes regain someof their lost value. Other sellersmight not have a choice and mustmake due with selling in a lacklus-ter market.

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* Work on the yard. An appeal-ing lawn is still a great way tocatch a prospective buyer's eye.When a home boasts a lush lawnand well-manicured trees, it's hardto ignore that For Sale sign outfront. If landscaping has proven anAchilles' heel in the past, make aneffort to take better care of yourproperty in the months ahead. It

doesn't take long for even the mostneglected lawn to rebound fromdisrepair. By the time you feel con-fident to put that for sale sign outfront, you might just be putting itup in a lush lawn no buyer can re-sist.

* Upgrade appliances. Prospec-tive buyers won't be thrilled if theywalk into a home and see outdatedappliances. Some might even feelolder appliances indicate a home-owner who cared little about ap-pearances and might begin towonder if there are any additionalareas that might have been neg-lected around the house. Stainlesssteel appliances in the kitchen andeven new fixtures in the bathroomare aesthetically appealing andtend to excite buyers. Homeown-ers who aren't immediately puttingtheir property up for sale can grad-ually upgrade their appliances tolessen some of the financial tollsuch purchases take.

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BYSUSANWESTCOTTALESSANDRI

By this point in the semester,you’re probably looking ahead toyour final requirements, whichmight just include a dreadedgroup project. I promise you thatprofessors do not assign these totorture you, but instead, to teachyou valuable lessons. Let me en-lighten you.

The ability to work as a memberof a productive team will serveany student well later in life. Ifyou are majoring in one of the“applied” disciplines, though,such as business, communicationsor education, the ability to workproductively as part of a team isintegral to your success. In manyindustries, there are very few tasksaccomplished by individuals, sothe overall success of the organi-zation is dependent on functionalteams. That’s the real reason pro-fessors assign group projects.

In all of my classes over the pastdecade – from freshmen to grad-uate students – I have assigned agroup project, so I have gleanedsome “best practices” from boththe professor and student perspec-tives. If you are looking ahead toa group project, some of thesemight work for you.

If you have a choice, limit thesize of your team to four people.The larger the group, the moredifficult it is to coordinate evensimple meeting times.

Not every professor will allowyou to choose your team, but ifyou can, choose wisely. Too often,I see students form their teamssimply by recruiting the studentsto their left or right. Think aboutit this way: if you were being paidby a client for this project, would-n’t you want to hire the best teamfor the job? Why would you letyour course grade matter less?

As soon as your team is set, ex-change contact information im-mediately. At a minimum, youshould have each other’s phonenumbers and e-mail addresses.The most productive teams I’veseen also use a designated Face-book page or group where mem-bers can communicate and postmaterial and updates relevant tothe project.

The single most important thingyou can do once the actual workbegins is to set clear expectationsfor each team member to com-plete by specific deadlines. To

make sure the project stays ontrack, it’s useful to have a pointperson (a team captain, of sorts).Once you start writing the project,Google Docs is a good way to en-sure everyone is working from thesame draft.

The strength of a team lies in itsresults being greater than the sumof its parts, and that means a teammust have synergy to be success-ful, which happens when peoplerespect each other enough to com-plete their share of the work ontime and to the best of their ability.That inevitably leaves the ques-tion of handling a team memberwho hasn’t performed to the bestof his ability – or maybe hasn’tdone anything at all.

In my classes, I have a seldom-invoked rule that teams may “fire”members who don’t do their fairshare. I require advance notice ofthis, and the team must commu-nicate a warning to the teammember directly, but it gives pro-ductive members of the team asense of empowerment. If fired,the team member must completethe project by himself. I believejust having the rule on my syl-labus makes students aware oftheir responsibilities as a teammember.

Not all teams are perfect, butthose who make an effort to trulywork as a team will always dobetter than those who approachthe project as four individuals.The most successful student teamI’ve ever witnessed came duringmy first year of teaching: four for-mer strangers became a team anddecided to meet at each other’sapartments every Thursday towork over dinner. They becamegood friends, and perhaps not sur-prisingly, they got a pretty goodgrade.

Dr. Alessandri is a native

Bostonian and lives in Medway.

She is an assistant professor in the

Department of Communication

and Journalism at Suffolk Univer-

sity. Previously, she taught for six

years at the S.I. Newhouse School

of Public Communications at

Syracuse University, before earn-

ing her Ph.D. in mass communi-

cation from the University of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill. If

you have a question about college

– from application to graduation

– please drop her a line at sa-

[email protected].

The College Column

By J.D. O’Gara

Physics has gotten a lot more funfor seventh graders at Franklin’sAnnie Sullivan Middle School. Inthe early a.m. of Friday, October 7,the RE/MAX hot air balloon ar-rived in the field behind the middleschool for the fourth year. The jun-ior high scholars had been study-ing physics and hot air ballooningin anticipation of the event, part ofRE/MAX’s Challenge the Windprogram, which brings ballooningto schools throughout New Eng-land.

“The event was delayed severaldays due to wind, but it was worththe wait, because the weather wasperfect … a crisp, cool New Eng-land morning. The cooler, the bet-ter, according to the pilot.” saysCarol Recchino, Marketing Serv-ices Coordinator for RE/MAX.

The RE/MAX balloon pilot,Chris Mooney, always sends up atrial balloon to check the wind upto 50 feet in air.

All seventh graders, on balloonday, get to take thermometers, tapemeasures and notebooks outside tolearn firsthand about ballooning.Sixteen lucky students, however,wrote winning essays – their tick-ets to ride. For the last 2 years, stu-dents have written essays in hopesof earning the opportunity to helpset up and maybe even ride in theballoon. Five additional studentsearned the opportunity to help setup and take down the balloon.

One winning student wrote “thescience behind the hot air balloonitself is a magnificent work of art,”while another wrote he felt theevent “will make me more excitedabout school.” Another has “al-ways been a fan of air traveling,”and similarly, another winningclassmate has always been a fan of“military avionics.” All winningstudents’ essays conveyed a strongwork ethic toward school, a love ofheights, a curiosity for how the bal-loon works and an eagerness to see

the world from the perspective ofa hot air balloon.

The RE/MAX Balloon is one ofthe most recognized corporatesymbols in the world. According toRecchino, there are 72 of these bal-loons in the United States andmore than 100 throughout theworld. The first year the ballooncame to Franklin, teachers and ad-ministrators go to fly, sayRecchino, and the next year, theyworked the event into the curricu-lum. Last year was the first timeessay contest winners got the ex-perience of a lifetime. Accordingto Recchino, the goal of the bal-loon visit is to help make the edu-

cational experience a fun and en-riching one.

Following the balloon flight, pilotMooney, the primary RE/MAXpilot for New England, who hadcome from Connecticut, stood byto answer students’ questions.Recchino notes Mooney was im-pressed by how polite, thoughtfuland insightful the students hespoke with were, students like theessay winning girl who wrote:

“Every day, my goal is to climbhigher than the day before, until Ieventually make it to the top. Theheight inspires me to work harder,reach for higher goals, and sethigher expectations for myself.”

Annie Sullivan Students Soar to New Heights in ScienceRE/MAX Hot Air Balloon Returns for 4th Year

The advent of the RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon has been incorporated into anexciting science curriculum for seventh graders at the Annie Sullivan Mid-dle School. Sixteen lucky essay contest winners got the chance to ride onOctober 7, while five got to help set up and take down the balloon.

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