Norwood February 2013

The Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce heldtheir 119th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner onJanuary 10, at Showcase Live-Patriot Place to honor2012’s outstanding members and retiring boardmembers. One of those members was NorwoodTown ManagerJohn Carroll.

“With over 30years as Nor-wood’s TownManager, he is re-sponsible for Nor-wood’s reputationas a business-friendly commu-nity," TomO’Rourke, Presi-dent of the NVCCsaid. "He under-stands the impor-tance of a vibrantbusiness commu-nity to provide acommercial taxbase that relievesthe burden onh ome own e r s .More importantlyand less known isthe work he does

behind the scenes to help out those in need in town,often by connecting them to local businesses thatcan provide needed goods and services during a cri-sis.”

To read about other award winners, turn to page 4.

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Lady Mustangs Working into their Second YearIn September of 2011, the

Lady Mustangs launched theirfirst event on Norwood Day.Norwood Day is when the entiretown gets together and lines thestreets with booths of vendorsselling their products and repre-senting their local organiza-tions. It has evolved into a hugeevent in which there is facepainting and rides for the kids.

The Lady Mustangs is a sub-sidiary of the Norwood BoosterClubs, primarily with their en-

ergies focusing on the femaleathlete.

“We knew that there was aneed for money and athletescouldn’t always pay for theirfees,” Lady Mustang PresidentKevin Shaughnessy said. “Wewanted to see what we could doto help so we created the LadyMustangs, supporting femaleathletes, while encouragingthem to participate in Norwood

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The awards night also featureddynamic guest speaker, inves-tigative reporter and radio host,Michele McPhee.

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Awards: Ambassador of the Year –Sharon Fradkin, Wizard of Adz,Inc. – Canton

This year’s Ambassador of theYear has welcomed scores ofnew members to the organiza-tion and is responsible for se-curing their involvement. Sheis a past board member andBoard Chair and has served oncountless committees throughthe years.

Large Business of the Year-Central Motors – NorwoodIf you have driven downRoute One near the Nor-wood/Westwood line recentlyyou may have noticed that theCentral Motors dealershipshave all undergone a faceliftimproving the overall appear-ance of an otherwise non-de-script portion of the Auto-mile.They have even added a new

dealership where there wasonce a vacant eyesore of abuilding. As part of their up-grades to the Central Jeepbuilding they added a café, TheJeep Grill, which recently re-ceived a Gold Plate review fromthe TVDiner. They also addeda retail store, Just for Jeeps.

Central Motors is owned byPeter Catanese II who boughtCentral Motors in 1986 and hasalmost 40 years in the automo-tive industry.

Small Business of the Year –Doc Shredding Corporation

– WrenthamThe Small Business of theYear is Doc Shredding Corpwho is being recognized fortheir support of local organiza-tions, assisting in communityshredding events and outstand-ing support of the Chamber.

Last year, he helped HesscoElder Services organize theirfirst-ever St. Patrick’s DayRoad Race, which was a hugesuccess. Brian is always thefirst to raise his hand when helpis needed within the Chamberor for any of its non-profitmembers.

Paul Smith Volunteer of theYear – Rebecca Schofield –

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She is a member of the NVCCBoard of Directors and serveson the Golf Committee, Am-bassadors, Flavors Committee,and Annual Meeting Commit-tee. She is also an active mem-ber of the Westwood RotaryClub.


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The freeze is on. And membersof the Board of Trustees of theKehillah Schechter Academy(KSA), a Jewish day school inNorwood, are not talking aboutthe weather.

In a dramatic move designed tomake Jewish day school educa-tion more affordable to youngfamilies, KSA President Dr.Michael Agus announced thisweek that tuition for the 2013-14academic year will be frozen atcurrent levels.

KSA draws some 168 boys andgirls from 30 communities inMassachusetts and Rhode Island,with families traveling from as farsouth as Cranston, RI, and NewBedford, MA, as far north as Lex-ington, and as far west as Welles-ley. A focus on three GuidingPrinciples helps to set the schoolapart: personalized learning, col-laborative partnerships, and Jew-ish identity and heritage.

“This important news related tofreezing tuition is part of a new,strong and disciplined financialplan designed to ensure KSA’sfuture fiscal health and strength.This dramatic step also reflectsthe commitment we have made toour school and its students,” Dr.Agus said. “Our ability to holdthe line on tuition is a direct resultof the support and engagement ofsupporters both from within ourschool community and fromthroughout Greater Boston. OurBoard is especially grateful to theleadership of Combined JewishPhilanthropies (CJP) of whichKSA is a beneficiary agency.” Dr.Agus noted that, on average, tu-ition and fees at other area dayschools have risen over 13% inthe last three years: “The patternappears to be continuing whichmakes our tuition freeze thatmuch more significant.”

He noted that additional tuitionaid may be available to young

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In a pioneering approach, KSAis now led by Co-Heads: RabbiDavid Paskin, Spiritual Leader ofTemple Beth Abraham in Canton;and scientist Dr. Nitzan Resnick,a former faculty member at theTechnion, Israel Institute of Tech-nology, and visiting Professor atHarvard Medical School, whohelped develop and now directs anew initiative in STEM educa-tion. Several years ago she estab-lished KSA’s pioneering NewScience and Math Initiative(NSMI).

“This is a very exciting time forour school. Holding the line ontuition to retain current familiesand attract new ones is integral tothe optimism and enthusiasm wefeel as we begin our second 25

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Families areattracted toKSA because ofits uniquely in-tegrated secularand Jewish stud-

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Norwood residents cannot helpbut notice a particular police of-ficer’s name being mentionedrepeatedly over the last year inarticles and, if one is so inclinedto peruse it, in the police log.That officer is David Eysie.

Eysie is a graduate of MassBay Community College andWestern New England College.He also received extensive train-ing and worked on the Middle-sex Drug Task Force where heparticipated in undercover drugbuys. He says he “became fas-cinated with the whole drugarea. It sticks with you.”

Having served with the Nor-wood Police Department since1983, he served as a member ofthe Honor Guard for 20 years,was a former South Norwoodbeat officer, a member of the bi-cycle unit but has spent much ofhis career as a patrolman. Thatchanged last April shortly afteranother local newspaper re-ferred to Norwood as “Needle-wood.” That did not sit wellwith then Officer Eysie. So,being anything but complacent,he approached now former Po-lice Chief Bartley King aboutthe use of the term and offeredsuggestions. In so doing, Offi-cer Eysie was temporarily as-signed to plainclothes patrol.

In the midst of the originalthree-month assignment, ChiefWilliam Brooks took over forChief King. He assessed theprogress of the assignment andrepeatedly extended it onemonth at a time. According toChief Brooks, “It was all driven

by Dave being very effective.”Though promotions normallyoccur due to retirement, ChiefBrooks realized Officer Eysiehad earned the title “detective”and discussed it with TownManager John Carroll. Withsome budget wrangling, theyapproved the promotion in earlyJanuary, named David EysieDetective, and added him to theNorwood Police DepartmentBureau of Criminal Investiga-tions – a team he had alreadybeen working with as is oftennoted in the many articles aboutthe drug raids and arrests inNorwood over the last year.

According to Chief Brooks, allthe detectives and Sergeant Rinnhave drug training necessarysince drug investigations are dif-ferent from others. They are“backwards.” Instead of start-ing with a theft, rape, murder,etc. where they do not know theidentity of the offender, drug in-vestigations often start with a tipor inside information and theidentity of the drug dealer ortrafficker. They then work to-wards the crime with ongoingintelligence, use of informantsand sometimes, undercover offi-cers – such as Detective Eysie.

According to Eysie, heroin isthe “biggest problem.” It usu-ally starts with prescriptiondrugs, which may become tooexpensive to maintain a habit ormay not be strong enough tomaintain the same high. We arecurrently seeing an increase inbreaking and entering incidentsin Norwood and surroundingtowns. In addition to the house-breaks, we are seeing an in-

crease in shoplifting. Accordingto Chief Brooks, these kinds ofincidents are usually drug re-lated – in order to fund addic-tions. He says, “Generally,people who steal do so to buydrugs” and they steal items thatare “easily fenced,” includingrazors and baby formula anditems stolen in housebreaks.

Detective Eysie feels, “If wecan help the people who are ad-dicted, there will be a trickle-down effect. It even affects theirfamilies – for example, stealingjewelry.” He feels very passion-ately about getting addicts intotreatment and says he “nevertreats them like they’re justjunkies.”

Though Chief Brooks has saidit is difficult to measure the suc-cess of the Department’s workagainst the abuse of heroin andprescription painkillers, he doesfeel they are being effective be-cause, “We’re hearing fromsources that dealers don’t wantto come to Norwood.” DavidEysie’s message to dealers issimple – “Don’t come to Nor-wood to sell drugs!”

Finally, both Chief Brooks andDetective Eysie want to remindresidents that tips and inside in-formation are key to investiga-tions. If you see an incident inprogress, please call 911. How-ever, if you want to report ananonymous tip you may do soby email at [email protected] or on the tip line at781-440-5181. For more infor-mation, go to the website athttp://www.norwoodpolice.com/drugcontrol/reportatip.html.

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Spend a few hours with the Nor-wood Police Dispatchers and youwill have a new appreciation fortheir relevance and their impor-tance. They are not just the folkswho sit behind the bulletproofglass as you walk into the policestation. There are six dispatchersled by Dispatch Supervisor JimMaroney. The others in-clude Kathleen Martin,Joseph Sampson, SheilaCondrin, Lisa Rinn, andDan Leavitt.

These professionals arethe first line of defense toresidents who need emer-gency assistance (police orfire/medical). To accom-plish the task, they concur-rently use a variety ofcommunication and com-puter systems and monitoran even larger variety ofradio exchanges among thesix towns in our region (West-wood, Dedham, Sharon, Walpole,and Canton) known as “Area Wide3” and there are usually only one

or two people staffing the dispatchcenter! Overnight, there is usuallyonly one person.

So, what skills does a dispatcherneed? According to Chief Brooks,they need to be “very organized,technologically savvy, and on theball” since “mishandling a call canbe huge.” In addition, because (forexample) they also take hearing

impaired calls through a commu-nication method known as TTY,patience are also definitely re-quired. The TTY system is essen-tially a teletype, which means it

types out words for the dispatcherto read in order to determine thecaller’s needs. According Dis-patch Supervisor Maroney, “Thereis a delay before it kicks in.”Therefore, dispatchers must beaware of the delay and wait to en-sure the call is not a mistake, sothey can correctly verify there is,or is not someone on the other end

of the phone who needsassistance.

In addition to the ra-dios, some of the sys-tems the dispatchershave at their fingersand/or need to monitor,are: the 911 system,multiple non-emergencyphone lines, a GPS sys-tem showing all policevehicles and their currentlocation, a registry com-puter, multiple camerasin the police station in-cluding those on the

garage doors where incoming“guests” (as Chief Brooks refers toprisoners), the cells, etc. There arefeatures such as immediate 911playback – in case a caller was dif-

ficult to hear, quick dials to otheragencies such as the DPW, electriccompany, etc. and a direct transferof calls to the fire department.

There are three redundant sets ofsystems. All of the activity in thedispatch center is tracked andlogged into an electronic system.The output results in the police logavailable for residents to view inlocal newspapers and online.

Jim Maroney has been with theDepartment for 23 years and waspromoted to Supervisor in spring2012. He has worked on all shiftsover the years and currently worksweekdays. He previously workedin the mortgage departments, col-lections, and real estate. He sayshe got into the field because he“had an interest in it, it’s busy andyou leave your work here.” Henoted some of the biggest changesover the years are going fromusing typewriters to using instantmessaging, cell phones and amouse. He says “cell phones havechanged how things are reported”and that there are “very few placesyou’re going to get a human 24/7,365 days a year.”

Scariest moments, Maroneynoted, are anything in progress andrecalled a woman calling in themidst of a house fire. Unfortu-

nately, he later learned both sheand her husband died in the fire.He tries to comfort callers, reas-sure them in the three or four min-utes they are on the phone withhim. He enjoys helping people butdoes find it difficult when “thereare repeat issues that never get re-solved” even with the Depart-ment’s help.

Dan Leavitt, SupervisorMaroney’s partner on this particu-lar day, has been with the Depart-ment for five years. He attendedschool for criminal justice and hasworked in eight other towns. Helikes getting to know the commu-nity, since he says he is “inquisitiveand curious.” “There are a lot ofback-stories that come through,”and it has enabled him to “get toknow the personality of the com-munity.”

The next time you walk into thepolice station look behind theglass. Note the plethora of moni-tors and phones just one or twopeople respond to in order to servethe town and direct emergencyservices to a town of almost29,000 residents. And, please, re-member to say “thank you” for thetheir efforts, as they truly are ourunsung heroes.


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Jennifer Kuzmeskas is takingon the key position of StageManager for the production.

She appeared onstage in“Urinetown” with Footlighterslast fall. Previous appearances onstage for Kuzmeskas include“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” withthe Milton Players, “Pippin” and”Nunsense” with Hingham CivicMusic Theatre, “Footloose” withCohasset Dramatic Club and“Christmas House” with Ply-mouth Community Theatre.

Serving as co-producer of theshow is long-time Norwood res-ident, Ninette Pantano Cum-mings. She is a veteranFootlighter, both on the stageand as a backstage contributor.Cummings recently appearedthere in “Urinetown”, “King ofHearts” and “Dixie Swim Club”.She currently serves as secretaryfor the organization.

“Laughter on the 23rd Floor”was inspired by Neil Simon’s

early career experience as a jun-ior jokesmith (along with hisbrother Danny) for “Your Showof Shows”. The play focuses onSid Caesar/Jackie Gleason-likeMax Prince, the star of a weeklycomedy variety show circa 1953,and his staff, including Simon’salter-ego Lucas Brickman, whomaintains a running commentaryon the writing, fighting, and an-tics that take place in the writers’room. At the plot ‘s core isMax’s ongoing battles with NBCexecutives who fear his humor istoo sophisticated for MiddleAmerica.

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As part of our program to intro-duce high school students to the artof journalism, Police Chief Brooksmet with two students over Christ-mas break. They were treated to atour of the police station (includingthe dispatch and intake areas) andspent part of the afternoon inter-viewing Chief Brooks. We wish tothank Chief Brooks and DispatchSupervisor Jim Maroney for theirtime.

Chief William Brooks, who wasborn and raised in the Boston area,attended Stonehill College initiallymajoring in accounting but ulti-mately switching to criminal justice.After college, Chief Brooks workedfor the Westwood Police Depart-ment for five years followed by Nor-

wood for 18 years wherehe was promoted to De-tective Sergeant. He was

Deputy Chief in Wellesley for 12years.

When asked why he chose crimi-nal justice Brooks said, “There werepeople that needed to be stuck up forwho couldn’t stick up for them-selves” and “always thought it wasan exciting field.” He explainedhow his friend’s father told storiesabout his career in criminal justiceand said that he comes to work everyday because he knows “there areopportunities out there to get in-volved and step in.”

Chief Brooks rose through theranks quickly and when the Nor-wood Police Chief position opened,he expressed interest in the positionand secured a place in the interviewprocess. During the process, hefaced a panel consisting of the re-

tired police chief, the current chief,the town manager, and the state’sformer public safety secretary. Townmanager, John Carroll, gave the finalapproval for and named BrooksNorwood’s new Police Chief inspring 2012.

Chief Brooks graduated from theFBI National Academy in Virginia.He also worked with the Massachu-setts Bankers Association to set upmassmostwanted.org, which cele-brate its tenth anniversary in June.The website helps police identifysuspects they don’t know and in-cludes surveillance photos. Brooksalso works with the Innocence onways police use eyewitness evi-dence. Brooks has spoken on thetopic in Connecticut, Vermont, andother states.

After the shooting in Newtown,Connecticut, there was a heightenedsense of fear in the schools. Chief

Brooks explained how that sort ofthing “could happen anywhere.”

He understands the importance ofofficers getting to the scene quicklyand has talked with the superintend-ent and principals about their crisisplans. He also noted that the reasonthat the shooter in Newtown stoppedshooting and killed himself was be-cause of the arrival of the police.

The Norwood Police Departmentis in the process of ordering new ve-hicles. Since Ford stopped manufac-turing the Crown Victoria, the NPDbegan looking at a new model calledthe “Police Interceptor” which re-sembles a Taurus. Brooks explainedthe Department needs to order newvehicles annually to replace old onesbecause they are in use 24/7 and of-ficers need reliable vehicles to serveNorwood. NPTV will be producinga segment on how the new cars dif-fer from the old model.

Chief Brooks has a clear vision forthe future of the Norwood PoliceDepartment and the community. Tomake the town safer he said, “I wantthe department to be more visibleand engaged in the community.” Hebelieves that people need to feelmore comfortable with the police.He quoted Sir Robert Peel, the Fa-ther of Modern Policing, who said“The police are the people and thepeople are the police” meaning theDepartment can’t function withoutthe acceptance of the community.Brooks also has a message to Nor-wood High School students. Hesays, “Kids have to think clearly andmake good decisions” by not ration-alizing why it’s okay to drink. Heconcludes, “If kids make smart de-cisions and use good judgment, thenthey will turn out fine.”

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of these retailers and select a wishlist item from the tree. Purchase itand return it to the participating re-tailer unwrapped. I then set a datewith the activities director and theresidents of New Pond Village in-dependent and assisted living inWalpole and we had a gift wrap-ping party. The seniors truly en-joyed the activity especiallyknowing they were helping otherseniors who might be less fortu-nate. I then took all the wrappedgifts to The Ellis Nursing Homeand Rehabilitation in Norwoodand with their activities director wecoordinated a Christmas party forall of the residents of The Ellis .The Ellis purchased the gifts forthe residents who did not fit thecriteria and we kept the privacy ofthose who did by having a partyfor everyone. I have a daughterwho is in student council at KingPhilip High School in Wrentham.I went to a meeting and requestedstudent volunteers to be elves onChristmas Eve and help with de-livering gifts to the seniors at theEllis. I was hoping for 6-10 volun-teers and received an overwhelm-

ing 22. I unfortunately had to cutthe list to 14. The 14 studentsdressed as elves and arrived at TheEllis Nursing Home at 1:30 onChristmas Eve and joined Santasmiling and excited to take part ingift giving. The joy on the seniorsfaces as they watched the elvesmarching around in disbelief asthey unwrapped their wish list itemwas extremely heartwarming toheartwarming to everyone in-volved. This is a program thatHome Instead Senior Care hasbeen doing for a number of yearsbut my first year with the companyand being involved. I knew thatthe true meaning of Christmascame shining through when myown 3 children who were elves

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King Philip student HenryCarr and resident EllenWhalen who is his grand-mother and happens to bea resident at the Ellis Nurs-ing home.

Sonny Luciano, Taylor Blake, Jackie Blake, and SeanBlake lining up with presents to give away.

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It’s estimated that more than 40million Americans go on somekind of diet each year. Most giveup within a few weeks. And manytry again next year, ever hopefulthat “this time” it will be different.

The fact is, crash dieting and yo-yo dieting as it’s called is not onlyineffective, it can actually make itharder to achieve your goal of los-ing weight.

It’s true. The reason diets seem toget harder or less effective theolder we get and the more we dothem is because the thing we losemost on a diet too often is muscle.Less muscle means your metabo-lism slows. So when you go offyour diet, and go back to eating“normally”, there’s now an evenwider gap between how much you

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It’s focused on burning caloriesfirst, rather than cutting calories.Here’s how it works—and why itworks so well:

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Any successful weight manage-ment program needs to start on theinside: your body’s lean musclelevel. While your metabolism ispartly set by genetics, which youcan’t do anything about, you canhowever make significant changesto your lean muscle level with aconsistent program of strengthtraining 2-3x/week. Increasinglean muscle in your body increasesyour basal metabolic rate, which inturn means you’ll burn calories ata higher level 24/7. Whether youare on a diet or not!

STEP 2: INCREASE THE BURNWhile strength training is the firstand most important thing to do,layering in a complementary pro-gram of interval-based cardio ex-ercise is next in line.

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STEP 3: FUEL YOURSELF,DON’T STARVE YOURSELFOnce you have the “burn” part ofthe fat loss equation down, now it’stime to look at your diet.

With all those extra calories yourbody is now burning up from in-creasing your metabolic furnace,you’ll find your “diet” can bemuch less restrictive, and sustain-able. Which means that you are farmore likely to reach your goal.

Simple changes like cuttingdown (or out) sugar, reduc-ing highly refined carbslike white bread, and reduc-ing fatty fast food meals and

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According to the World HealthOrganization, ischaemic heart dis-ease, which is characterized by areduced blood supply to the heart,is the leading cause of death acrossthe globe. Though many condi-tions are characterized as is-chaemic heart disease, manyothers are not, and the WHO notesthat other heart conditions, includ-ing stroke, are also among the top10 most deadly diseases in theworld. The following is a rundownof some of the more common heartconditions, many of which can be

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AnginaAngina occurs when a person has

chest pain or discomfort aroundtheir heart because the muscle isnot getting enough oxygen-richblood. Angina can be a byproductof elevated levels of stress oroverexertion and may even becaused by clogged arteries. Allcases of angina are not the same.Stable angina is the most commonform, and usually follows a patternthat is common among patients.Unstable angina is less predictable,while variant angina, the rarestform of the condition, occurs whilea person is at rest. Rest and medi-cine are at the root of treatingangina, which is more easilytreated once its cause has been de-

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several heart conditions, includingangina and atherosclerosis. Alsoknown as a heart attack, cardiac ar-rest occurs when blood and oxy-gen are unable to reach the heart.Chest discomfort; discomfort inother areas of the upper body, in-cluding the arms, back, neck orjaw; shortness of breath with orwithout chest discomfort; and nau-sea or lightheadedness may all beindicators that a person is goinginto cardiac arrest.

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Getting your child involved insports is an excellent way to en-courage exercise and preventchildhood obesity. This is aproud feeling for every parent,and the expectation is that thechild will have fun, gain confi-dence and interact with other

children in the process.

To determine what your childwill enjoy participating in, helphim / her decide by accompany-ing the child to different gamesand a variety of sports. The moresports and environments thechild is made aware of, thehigher the probability that thechild will be able to pick a sportand enjoy it.

It is important to make sure thatthe child's sporting activity is ageappropriate. In general, toddlers(aged 2-5) are too young to com-prehend most organized activi-ties and the importance of 'rules'.They need unstructured play todevelop movement skills, atten-tion span and social maturity.From the age of 8 and above,children can participate in teamsports and group exercise.

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Although physical therapy canhelp children in the recoveryprocess following an injury,there is a lot more that the thera-pist can do. As a parent, you canexpect the physical therapist touse a variety of techniques tostrengthen muscles and improvejoint mobility. The therapist willmake the exercises fun and inter-esting, and your child won't real-ize that he or she is 'being

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In addition to the president,the Lady Mustang committee ismade of Marie Reen, KristenEysie, Mark and NancySpaulding (who secured thefirst big donation for the organ-ization), Chris Folan and PaulChamberlain (whose DJ skillscome in handy). The committeeis also made up of one or twoparent representatives fromeach of the girls sports.

Through the first full year inoperation, the Lady Mustangsheld trivia nights, bowlingfundraisers and a shopping

event for the women with allproceeds going to help improvefemale athletic programs at theNorwood High School. LadyMustangs have also raisedmoney through Mustang Stam-pede, where numerous Mus-tangs are placed on local lawns.To date. the Lady Mustangshave donated close to $7,000 tothe female athletic programs.The girls have also helped outwith the Food Pantry as well asthe Fisher House in West Rox-bury. The Fisher House pro-vides a home away from homefor military families so thatthey can be close to loved onesduring a hospitalization, illness,disease or injury.

One of Shaghnessy's biggoals this year is to connectwith the junior high school ath-letes.

“We’re hoping to get to thejunior high school and find outwhat kids want to play sports inthe high school,” Shaghnessysaid. “Then when they actually

get to the high school we wantto check to see if they are play-ing the sports they had hopedto, if not we’re going to lookinto why not. Money could bethe difference of playing or notplaying athletics and we’rehoping to help.”

The Lady Mustangs will beholding an 80’s trivia night onFriday, February 15. at the Nor-wood Elks. Participants areasked to come dressed from the80’s to answer trivia questions.

If you want to help supportthe Lady Mustangs, visit lady-mustangs.org for more infor-mation.

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The Norwood Youth Soccer deadline to register for the Spring2013 Intramural program U5 to U9 is February 17, 2013. A $10late fee becomes effective after this date. All players who registerlate will be placed on a wait list, and will not be guaranteed a spot

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If you registered and need to complete payment, please be sureto do so prior to the deadline, or you will be wait listed.

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Senior Patrick O'Rourke of theNorwood High School Basket-ball team is Athletic Republics"Athlete of the Month". His allaround athletic ability has leadhim to be an exceptional leaderon and off the court. Patrick is oneof the co-captain this season withRich Saad. Patrick is currently av-eraging 10 points and 3 reboundsa game. Patrick had his best gameagainst Milton scoring 12 pointsand had 6 rebounds including 2free throws to win the game withunder 30 seconds to play. Headcoach Rich Cormier says ofPatrick "he is a very versatile

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Three years ago, RussellBooth took the reins of the Nor-wood track team from thencoach Jim Forest. Things werenot as good as they had been inthe past for the Mustang team,but Booth was looking to bringNorwood back to the top of theBay State Conference.

“Near the end of Jim’s tenurehe just didn’t have the athletes(only 35 came out for the team3 years ago) and the commit-ment level was not alwaysthere,” Booth said. “Norwoodtrack had always been a suc-cessful program throughout the90’s and into the early 2000’s,but they took a beating duringthe rebuilding of the school.”

As Norwood was updating thehigh school, track seemed totake a second seat and the teamdidn’t really have a place to calltheir own. In addition, lacrossewas starting to gain popularityand a lot of athletes who wouldhave gone out for track weregravitating toward the up andcoming sport. However, overthe past two years Booth hasbeen lobbying for athletes topick up the sport to improvetheir skills for other sports.

“Athletes were finding outthat track was a lot of hardwork and many of them justdidn’t want to deal with it," theNorwood coach said. "We did

get a lot of support from base-ball coach Kevin Igoe, who rec-ommended his players fill theoff-season void with track toimprove themselves. I myselfhave been trying to convincethe kids that if you want to besuccessful in your other sports,then track is the way to go.Slowly, they are starting to buyinto that philosophy.”

A good example is AlisonRyan, a standout field hockeyand lacrosse player for Nor-wood who has already secureda scholarship to college.

“Alison had no incentivewhatsoever to come out and runtrack,” Booth said. “But herdoing so optimizes the sport inhelping her with her othersports. That speaks volumesabout the preparation of track.”

Other females that havehelped this team return to itsglory days are Jessica Murphy,a junior sprinter who acts as arecruiter continually trying toget athletes to join the team,and Alanna Keady, a runningjunkie. Keady runs track in thewinter and spring while partic-ipating in cross country duringthe fall.

For the boys. Jason Matovuhas come a long way for thesquad during his three years onthe team. The senior partici-pates in the hurdles, the 55-

meter dash, the long jump andhigh jump for Norwood. Cap-tain Ryan Igoe competes in the300 and 4 x 400 relay and willoccasionally run the 600 whenthe team is in need of points.

Another athlete that has con-tributed to bringing Norwoodback to the top of the mountainis shot-put thrower Dan Dito-massso.

“Throwers never get a lot ofattention, especially in the win-ter when they only have oneevent,” Booth said. “Dan hasbeen a phenomenal four-year

thrower for us; he’s not only agifted athlete, but a great leaderas well. He’s the one that getsthe team to do the work thatthey need to do to be success-ful.”

Booth, along with his squad,is hoping that the third year isthe charm and Norwood trackonce again becomes synony-mous with winning.


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Coach Booth training runners outside Norwood High School.

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Looking to stay activate duringthe football off-season, Nor-wood’s Jason Matovu thoughtthat basketball was going to bethe sport. Unfortunately, the Nor-wood senior didn’t have what ittook to be a star on the court andwhen he was cut from the teamhe gravitated toward track. It washere that he found his secondcalling outside of football.

Matovu participates in fourevents every meet for Coach

Russ Booth giving the Mustangsa better chance of capturing awin. The senior participates inthe hurdles, the 55-meter dash,the long jump and the high jump.While he may be a pro at theevents his coach has chosen forhim now, that wasn’t always thecase.

“When I joined the track teammy sophomore year, I was notvery good, in fact, I was awful,”Matovu said. “So I worked hardat improving myself, especiallyduring the summer when I did

more running and lifting. I didn’twant to quit just because I wasbad, so I used my will and deter-mination to go out and get it.”

Coach Booth remembers howbad his now star was his first sea-son.

“He can flat out run now, but asa sophomore he was terrible,” thecoach recalled. “Give him credit,he worked hard and stuck with itand dropped his time down to6.96 from 7.6 seconds. It may notseem like a lot to a normal per-son, but to a runner that’s an ex-treme improvement.”

Of his four events, Matovulikes the 55-meter dash the best,but believes his best event is thelong jump, where he has alreadyleaped 20 feet-9 inches and qual-ified for the states. When he stepsonto the track to run the dash/ thesenior is somewhat of a trashtalker to his teammates.

“I don’t do it during meets, justto my teammates during prac-tice," he laughed "It’s just some-thing I do. I want to let themknow what they’re up against. Itmakes me work harder. Whenyou go out and say that you’rethe best, you have to be able toprove it.”

Coach Booth chuckles at Ma-tovu’s brashness on the track, butdisagrees with his ability.

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Although still early in the sea-son, Matovu is having himself abanners season and hopes ittranslates into a state champi-onship.

“I’m having my best year todate," Matovu said. "I feel that Ican compete on a higher leveland that I have more confidencein my ability. This is my senioryear and everything is falling intoplace. My ultimate goal for theseason would to become a statechampion in any event.”


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The selection of the site uponwhich to build a state-fundedhockey rink came down to sevencommittee members voting basedon committee-established criteriaand committee-established ratingpoints. Each committee yelled outthe points for each criterion; thepoints were entered into an addingmachine (with no apparent methodof individual recordkeeping for res-idents to view), written on a flip-chart pad, and averaged uponcompletion of the vote. What wasbehind the numbers that decidedthe fate of the hockey rink and,likely, the residents of South Nor-wood? What is transparent? Wereresidents’ concerns seriously con-sidered? Was South Norwoodgoing to be the chosen site, as manybelieved, regardless of what resi-dents wanted, regardless of its suit-ability or non-suitability?

The process began with the ap-pointment of a Rink Committee ata meeting of the Board of Select-man in early November. Select-woman Abdullah-Donahuerecommended that a resident ofSouth Norwood be included (sinceit was the choice of the RINC) inthe committee but she was denied.Former South Norwood residentand current Selectman, AllanHoward was chosen. In addition,other members were NorwoodNuggets President - Bill Naumann,School Committee Vice Chairman- John Badger, Recreation Director- Gerry Miller, Town Engineer -Mary Ryan and Assistant TownEngineer - Andy Murphy. Thoughnot a resident of Norwood, TownManager, John Carroll, volunteeredto chair the committee and Select-man agreed.

The first public meeting was heldNovember 28, 2012 at the CivicCenter. A spreadsheet of twentypossible sites was distributed andan initial elimination conducted.The room was nearly full and resi-dents actively and enthusiasticallyparticipated in the process withmany opposing opinions. All buttwo privately-owned sites (Vander-bilt Ave and Endicott Street – re-quested by Allan Howard) wereeliminated.

The Elks ball field was addedwhen a resident indicated theymight be willing to work with thetown (to enable its use) as was thetown-owned Willett School site

when brought up by Ann Haley ofNichols Street. Andy Murphy said,“It has sloping issues but I will takea look at it.” More than once theconcept of leasing or gifting of pri-vately-owned property was sug-gested by residents (though nofollow-up was mentioned in latermeetings).

Other topics included amount ofspace needed (according to AndyMurphy, 32,000 square feet and100 parking spaces), wetlands andconservation land requirements toreplicate any space taken, speakingto the Bird Foundation about avail-able land in that area, the timeline,cost to build just the rink (accordingto Bill Naumann approximately $5million) and selection criteria.

The end of the first meeting sawthe following sites remaining: EllisAve, Savage Center, HennesseyField, Vanderbilt Ave., CoakleyMiddle School, Endicott Street, Fa-ther Mac’s, Elks ball field, WillettSchool and Access Road (acrossfrom the airport).

The second meeting was held De-cember 12, with a draft criteriaspreadsheet distributed to commit-tee members and residents. MarkRyan explained the sheet would beused to “objectively” rate each siteand the one with the most pointswill have the highest ranking. JohnCarroll explained the committeewould receive a detailed packagewith plans, comments and a factsheet and that it would be madeavailable to residents prior to thenext meeting.

The conversation in meeting twofocused on adding additional crite-rion, verifying the existing criteria,and creating a numeric ranking.Mr. Badger noted that most of thelist was objective (not subjective)and, therefore, rankings should notchange between committee mem-bers. John Carroll commented,“That will be noted in the pack-age.”

Other conversations included traf-fic studies (existing and upcoming)as well as the criterion focused ontraffic impact. Mark Barry ofWashington Street asked who wasmaking the decision on traffic im-pact. Mr. Carroll said, the trafficimpact information available forvoting would be “provided by en-gineering not a study.” Patty Baileyasked about vegetation, fencing andlandscaping which is expected to“screen” a building that according

to Rick Morrison willbe approximately 30feet high though thereare no architecturaldrawings to depict thevisual impact. Irene

Bonovich asked if it would be pos-sible to have something drawn upto which Mr. Carroll responded thathere is no time or money for a ren-dering.

Ms. Bailey also asked aboutneighborhood impact and how therink would affect the “quality oflife” of neighbors. “Would it neg-atively affect the neighborhood?”She requested that the topic beadded to the list of criteria but wasdenied. However, a gas line acces-sibility criterion was added.

There was also conversationabout “weighting” the criteria.David Hajjar pointed out, “Not allcriteria should be valued the same.”and, as Ann Haley put it, “Some ofthese things are more important.”Although John Carroll said, it wasa “valid point,” the committeeopted not to weight items of lessoror more importance.

As an example of the often heatedand frustrating discussion, the sec-ond meeting ended when residentBill Rogers yelled, “I am sick ofhearing about South Norwood.”The committee then voted to ap-prove the criteria and chose the datefor the third and final public meet-ing.

The final meeting was held Janu-ary 9, 2013. A letter to interestedresidents, a time line, and a bookletcontaining site maps, fact sheets,and annotated Google maps of theproposed sites, as well as a final cri-teria-rating spreadsheet were pro-vided to all. There was no mentionin the booklet (as promised inmeeting two by John Carroll) thatrankings of many of the criterionshould not change between com-mittee members.

It was made clear that only pro-

cedural discussion would be had atthe final meeting, so, any concernsresidents had were not addressed.Several residents became frus-trated, with one walking out aftervoting of just a few criteria saying,“I can’t keep my mouth shut, soI’m leaving.”

The first two questions shouldhave been fairly objective (#1 - isproperty privately owned or townowned and #2 - is location on an ar-terial road, collector road or sec-ondary road). The ratings,however, were frequently not con-sistent with each other. In addition,Endicott Street, was poorly ratedwith just 2 points even though it isright off Rte 1A. The Coakley mid-dle school was given 6.2 pointseven though Washington Street isnot a federal or state highway. En-dicott Street was also given only 2points since it is privately-owned,even though sources have it, prop-erty management was considering“gifting” it to the town, if they hadasked. However, other sources saidsome committee member(s)“didn’t want it there.”

If individual scores were kept andmade publically available, residentscould view for themselves the in-consistencies that continued withthe questions, “Is electricity readilyavailable. Is water readily avail-able? Is gas readily available? Isthere public transportation adjacent,nearby or not available?” If the an-swer was “yes” to those questions(clearly denoted in the Fact Sheets),all ratings for those questions, foreach site, should have been thesame, yet they were not.

Another criterion, neighborhoodaesthetics had a choice of no abut-ters, one side of abutters with ade-quate area for screening,multiple-sides with adequate areafor screening. The real questionshould have been, how do youscreen a thirty-foot plus highhockey rink in a residential area?

Therefore, with no criteriaweighting and inconsistent andpossibly questionable rating, SouthNorwood residents’ predictioncame true – the Coakley MiddleSchool was named the “only” suit-able location with 89.7 points.


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February 2Neil Simon's 'Laughter on the23rd Floor'Walpole Footlighters, 2 Scout Rd.,Walpole, 8 p.m.Inspired by Simon's early career ex-perience as a junior jokesmith (alongwith his brother Danny) for YourShow of Shows, the play focuses onSid Caesar/Jackie Gleason-like MaxPrince, the star of a weekly comedy-variety show circa 1953, and his staff,including Simon's alter ego LucasBrickman. For more information orto order tickets, call 508-668-8446 orvisit www.footlighters.com.

February 4Fiction 2 Film: 'An Ideal Hus-band'Morrill Memorial Library6:30-9 p.m.The Fiction 2 Film series continueswith Oscar Wilde's play An IdealHusband. A brief discussion willbegin or follow the screening of thefilm. Your viewing will be enhancedby reading the fiction before wewatch the film. Please call the libraryif you need help reserving a copy ofthe book. Register by calling 781-769-0200, x110 or 222.

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February 7First Thursday Book DiscussionMorrill Memorial Library10-11:30 a.m.The Adult Book Discussion Groupmeets on the first Thursday of themonth from October through May.The selected book for February isThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lenoxby Maggie O'Farrell. No registrationis necessary. Please contact MargotSullivan at 781-769-0200, x110 formore information.

First Thursday Book Discus-sion, Morrill Memorial Li-brary, 7:30-9 p.m.The Adult Book Discussion Groupmeets on the first Thursday of themonth from October through May.The selected book for February isThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lenoxby Maggie O'Farrell. No registrationis necessary. Please contact MargotSullivan at 781-769-0200, x110 formore information.

February 8Middle School DanceNorwood Civic Center, 7-9:30 p.m.Dance the night away with friendsto the latest music. $5 per person. ANorwood School Id is required toenter.

Neil Simon's 'Laughter on the23rd Floor'Walpole Footlighters, 2 Scout Rd.,Walpole, 8 p.m.Inspired by Simon's early career ex-perience as a junior jokesmith (alongwith his brother Danny) for YourShow of Shows, the play focuses onSid Caesar/Jackie Gleason-like MaxPrince, the star of a weekly comedy-variety show circa 1953, and his staff,including Simon's alter ego LucasBrickman. For more information orto order tickets, call 508-668-8446 orvisit www.footlighters.com.

February 93rd Annual Father Daughter DanceNorwood Civic Center, 6:30-8 p.m.Calling all dads, uncles, grandpasand more... bring your special one forthis magical evening. Pictures willbe captured in our photo booth. $10per couple (adult/child) and $5 eachadditional child. Contact the CivicCenter for tickets at 781-762-0466.

The Godfather of Boston Comedy:Don GavinNorwood Theatre, 109 Central St.8 p.m.If you have ever been embarrassedabout the contents of your recyclingbin or tried to kill a flying bat in yourhouse you will find Jim’s comedy hi-larious. Tickets are $22 for seniors,$25 for adults. The box office is openweekdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. & 3-5p.m. Tickets can be purchased at thebox office, or call 781-551-9000, orvisit www.norwoodstage.com.


February 10Musical Sundays ConcertMorrill Memorial Library3-5 p.m.Roger Bruno and Ellen Schwartz of"Too Human" will perform a repeatperformance of romantic jazz andstandards. Sign up for this free con-cert at the Reference or InformationDesk or call 781-769-0200, x110 or222.

Children's Hospital Blood DriveSt. Timothy's Church8 a.m.-2 p.m.Each donation can help up to fouryoung patients. For an appointment,call 781-769-2522, x34 or www.half-pints.childrenshopital.org.


February 11Registration for Spring/SummerProgramsRegistration officially begins for theNorwood Recreation Center'sspring/summer programstoday. Don't miss out on our play-ground programs, swim lessons, andSpring session programs. For moreinformation, visit www.nor-woodma.gov.

February 12Press Conference with AbrahamLincolnMorrill Memorial Library7-9 p.m.Join the Friends of the Library fortheir annual meeting as they hostPhillip A. Chetwynd who will pres-ent "A Press Conference with Abra-ham Lincoln." President Lincoln willdetail the difficulties of his adminis-tration during the Civil War. He willthen be pleased to entertain questionsfrom the audience. Sign up for thisfree event at the library Reference orInformation Desk of call 781-769-0200, x110 or 222.

Norwood Retired Men's ClubValentine's PartyTo attend the party, call Joe Cattafeat 781-762-4995 or George Wallaceat 781-326-9273. The cost is $25 permember and member’s guest.

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Film Showing: CasablancaNorwood Theatre, 109 Central St.7:30 p.m.Come see this classic love story onthe big screen, starring HumphreyBogart and Ingrid Bergman. This isthe perfect way to celebrate Valen-tine’s Day! Tickets are $10 for adultsand $7 for students and seniors. Tick-ets can be purchased at the door onthe day of the showing. The box of-fice will open at 6:30 pm.

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Film Showing: CasablancaNorwood Theatre, 109 Central St.7:30 p.m.Come see this classic love story onthe big screen, starring HumphreyBogart and Ingrid Bergman. This isthe perfect way to celebrate Valen-tine’s Day! Tickets are $10 for adultsand $7 for students and seniors. Tick-ets can be purchased at the door onthe day of the showing. The box of-fice will open at 6:30 pm.

February 15Film Showing: CasablancaNorwood Theatre, 109 Central St.7:30 p.m.Come see this classic love story onthe big screen, starring HumphreyBogart and Ingrid Bergman. This isthe perfect way to celebrate Valen-tine’s Day! Tickets are $10 for adultsand $7 for students and seniors. Tick-ets can be purchased at the door onthe day of the showing. The box of-fice will open at 6:30 pm.


February 16Sewstainability Sewing WorkshopMorrill Memorial Library9-11 a.m.Another series of "Sewstainability"sewing workshops, held from Febru-ary through April, is being facilitatedby the organization Together Yes andSew-Easy of Norwood. Email SusanClare, [email protected], for moreinformation.


Beatlemania AgainNorwood Theatre, 109 Central St.8 p.m.This outstanding performance fea-tures three versions of The Beatles allin one show. The show starts with“Meet The Beatles," then transformsinto the “Sergeant Pepper” era andfinishes with the “Get Back” era anda great encore. Beatlemania Againfeatures Broadway cast members aswell as former members of the Hall& Oates Band! Tickets are $24 forseniors, $28 for adults. The box of-fice is open weekdays, 10 a.m.-12p.m. & 3-5 p.m. Tickets can be pur-chased at the box office, or call 781-551-9000, or visitwww.norwoodstage.com.

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Mister G.Norwood Theatre, 109 Central St.2 p.m.Parents’ Choice Gold Award-win-ning international children’s musicartist, Mister G performs songs fromhis new bilingual album Choco-lalala, named one of the best CDs ofthe year by The Washington Post.Sing and dance away the mid-winterchill! Tickets are $7 for kids and $9for adults. The box office is openweekdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. & 3-5p.m. Tickets can be purchased at thebox office, or call 781-551-9000, orvisit www.norwoodstage.com.

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Winter Wonderings

When I was a kid, snow trulymade the winter months wonder-ful. A bit of the white fluffy stuffon a cold gray day was alwayswelcome. There was sledding todo and snowmen to make.

Some of my fondest wintermemories were watching thenews-with fingers, toes, and eveneyes crossed- waiting to hear thatyes, in fact, “Boston schools werecancelled."

Back then school cancellationswere read aloud, by a newscaster-one who actually talked about thenews-and not what Chanel snow-suit a Kardashian clan memberwas sighted recently sporting.

Today’s cancellations flash soquickly across the screen that ifyou blink an eye and miss your

school’s official cancellation youare now forced to read (throughbleary bespectacled eyes) a com-plete cancellation list of towns andprograms that up until right nowwere completely nonexistent ordistant foreign places you reallydidn’t (and probably still don’t)give a care about –because youonly really want to know aboutyour own town and whether or notyou have to head out and shovel.

But I digress.

Once the magical words weremade official, I’d head back to bedand snuggle under the coversknowing when I awoke there’d stillbe a winter wonderland awaiting.

Being a kid during a true NewEngland snowstorm was just mag-ical. But now that I’m an adult thatsnowy scenario does not conjurethe same winter wonderment.

First there is the shoveling situa-tion. Is the snow fluffy or frozen?Fluffy is fine but if it’s the slushystuff well, should I make a chiro-practor appointment now? Or willAdvil and an ice pack do the trickthis time.

Let’s not forget the two teens thatlive in my house that can (and will,despite their whining and loudprotests) help with the shoveling-post shower, mascara, perfect snowshoveling outfit complete withmatching hat choice. After I finishnagging them, I pry the cell phonesout of their hands only to be re-placed with shovels and looks oftheir utter confusion. Together wewill finish the driveway before thesnowy stuff melts. This is after I in-form them both that, “No,” there isNOT an App for that.

After the driveway has beenshoveled the next snowy inducedsituation presents itself: the kidcare issue. Who will watch my lit-tlest one? Do I have to call intowork? Or can the older two keepher alive until either the hubby or Icome home? Will they stop textinglong enough to provide her withlunch? Maybe even a snack? If Iam really stuck can I bring her withme to the germ infested, sicknesssurrounded place of my employ-ment?

What’s a working mom to do?

If I do stay home then I am theentertainment committee to theyoungest child. After all the twoolder children have their phones tokeep them company.

The last of the snow has finallybeen shoveled and the car cleanedoff. I am now forced to go to oneof two places -either to the grocerystore or sledding. With either placethere is danger lurking aroundevery slushy snow covered corner.

Crazy people head to the super-markets when the last flake of asnowstorm falls. There they pur-chase twelve gallons of milk and atlease fifteen loaves of bread –manystill suffering Blizzard of ’78 poststress disorder.

I go there merely to buy bakingsupplies-flour, chocolate chips.There’s nothing better than bakingon a cold wintery day.

If we have no milk so be it. Thereis no way I’m risking my life tohead into that aisle. Let the stormhoarders have their milk- we’rehaving cocoa with our cookies.

Instead of baking, we could gosledding. Although last time I didthis, the sled went airborne withme on it. I landed on my back verygrateful then, and now, that nothingwas broken or bruised except myego.

I wish I were still a kid with snowdays-instead of an adult withshovel days. Hopefully, someday Iwill once again appreciate our win-ter wonderlands. But right now,I’m waiting for the next snowstormand potential emergency roomvisit.

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February 19Music with Miss Tina

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Learn some songs and dances thatcelebrate the holiday of hugs andkisses. To register, contact ChristineTomasello,[email protected] orcall 781-440-5983.

February 22Joe Jam Puppet Band

Norwood Civic Center, 11 a.m.

Put some music and fun into Feb-ruary vacation with the Toe Jam Pup-pet Band. Kids and even grown-upswill enjoy the sounds this duo deliv-ers. Big kids, Tom and Vinny, bringsmiles with their combination ofgames and songs. Great for all ages!Cost is $5 per person.

February 2485th Academy Awards

Airing live on ABC, 7 p.m.

February 25American Red Cross Blood Drive

Caritas Norwood Hospital

12-5 p.m.

February 26Together Yes Film Series: 'The

Story of Stuff'

Morrill Memorial Library

7-8 p.m.

This will include 8 short films fromAnnie Leonard's The Story of Stuffproject, documenting what happensto the stuff we buy, where it comesfrom, what it costs, and what we cando about it, followed by refreshmentsand a brief discussion. Sign up at theLibrary Reference or InformationDesk or call 781-769-0200, x110 or222.

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Happy this Valentines Day!

Surrender and Rescue RealitiesFACT: Irresponsible pet owners can create un-wanted cat colonies in and around their homes ifthey do not spay and neuter their pets. Community cats are all of our problems and should be ad-

dressed by everyone.

Meet Mama, Precious, Murphy, Rocky and Cassidy:

Mama was rescued by a nice manwho found her tied to a tree to die.The rope around her neck was sotight it started to grow into her skin.He released her from this tortureand took her home. Her tail wasalso badly injured and later fell off.The cat lived as an indoor/outdoorcat with the man and his sickly wife.They also had an un-neutered malecat. Soon the litters started to beproduced, meet Precious and manyothers. As with all litters of “cute”kittens they are initially welcomedand homes are found easily (thoughin this case, more irresponsible newhomes). Now Precious, who wasnot adopted becomes pregnant tooand more kittens; meet Murphy,Rocky and Cassidy. To make thislong story short…over 35 unwantedcats/kittens were brought into thisalready cat ridden neighborhoodfrom this one family. Good News;remaining 3 adults were altered andvaccinated. The male cat remainedwith the family and Mama, Pre-cious and 4 kittens were surren-

dered to Bay State Animal Cooper-ative. You can see Mama, Precious,Rocky and Cassidy at the PetsMartadoption center in Walpole.

MamaPrecious

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No Cat Left BehindWe wish that was the case. Catsare left outside when ownersmove or are put outside to providefor themselves when people aresick of them oh too often.

Meet Felix:This beautiful, patient, kind or-ange tiger kitty was left behind ashis owners just moved away. Whatkind of a person does that? Felixwas taken in by a resident whoheard about this but the familywas not prepared to take on an-other pet at this time. Bay StateAnimal Cooperative was con-tacted and we were able to take

Felix into our system. He is esti-mated to be about 4-5 years oldand is ready for adoption at ourPetco adoption center in Nor-wood.

Outdoor Felines are susceptible to Contagious Virus’Like humans, there are felineviruses that are contagious and catsallowed to live outdoors can trans-fer these to one another.

Meet Eric andPatrick:Both of thesecats were re-cently rescuedand diagnosedwith FelineLeukemia. Thisdisease in mostcases will be ter-minal thoughmany live 5-8years. These catsexisted outdoorsin neighborhoods where felineleukemia and feline AIDS seem tobe present. As a 100% no-kill or-ganization it is our mission to finda safe place for each of these kittiesto live out the rest of their lives.

Since the cats here are again theoff spring of cats owned by irre-sponsible pet owners the diseaseswill continue to spread as moreowned and un-owned cats areroaming outdoors. Eric is ex-tremely friendly and appears to be

a “cat left behind” but now thoughhe appears extremely healthy isburdened with this terrible disease.Eric can live a life in a home with-out other cats or with cats vacci-nated against the disease. He isvibrant, loving, extra gentle andvery affectionate. Please find it in

your heart to be thatindoor home for him.Ask us for details.

Patrick appears to beolder and is not ashealthy as Eric but hetoo deserves a place to

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mainder of his life, safe, loved andcared for. We will provide medicalcare for Patrick through the remain-der of his life in your home! Pleaseconsider this rewarding opportu-nity.

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The most efficient and quick procedure to applyfor any of our adoptable cats is to visit our

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Don’t forget to get your official spay/neuterlicense plate this year to support grants to

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It's another long New Englandwinter....so any excuse for aparty. Why not try somethingdifferent this year? Send outsome formal invitations, invitefriends to get dressed up andhave an Oscar party!!

The 85th Academy Awardswill be held on Sunday, Feb. 24,at the Dolby Theatre, Los Ange-les, CA, and will be aired live onABC, beginning at 7 p.m. Thisyear's host will be Seth MacFar-lane.

Lincoln leads the pack with 12nominations, followed by Lifeof Pi with 11, but many peoplehave their own personal fa-vorites. Organize your own vot-ing procedure and even hand outprizes to those who win the mostcategories.

This year's major categoriesare listed below. To obtain a fulllist of nominees, visit www.os-cars.org.

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Django Unchained

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

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Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

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Helen Hunt, The Sessions

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David O. Russell, Silver Linings

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How to Survive a Plague

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