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Allison Schmitt poses with the founders of IAM Strong (left to right: Carrol MorrisonDeutsch, Cheryl Morrison Deutsch, Allison Schmitt, Emily Medina, Antonia Nedder, andKaren Jordanides), a local non-profit dedicated to shattering the stigma of mental healthproblems in adolescents. Schmitt drew a large crowd of teenagers and parents, who camewith many thoughtful questions for her.

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Recreation Department finances were reviewed at the Oct. 17 Finance Commissionmeeting. In an effort to reduce tax payer funding for the Department, a gradual in-crease in fees was proposed. COURTESY PHOTO

Recreation Department’sfees likely to be increased


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On Wednesday evening, Oct. 18, theIAM Strong Foundation presented “AnEvening With Allison Schmitt” featur-ing a conversation with the three-timeOlympic swimmer and eight-timeOlympic medalist. The free event washeld at the Norwood Theatre..

The IAM Strong Foundation, estab-lished in 2015, was created to raiseawareness of mental health struggles inadolescents while also removing thestigma so often associated with it.

The 26-year-old Schmitt, who hasstruggled with her own depression sinceshe was 22 years old, spoke to a crowdthat looked to be made up mainly ofadolescents, with some parents mixed

in.The evening was divided into three

parts: welcoming remarks by IAMStrong co-founder Emily Medina, a con-versation between Schmitt and IAMStrong co-founder Cheryl MorrisonDeutsch, and a question and answer ses-sion between Schmitt and the audience.

The conversation, in which Schmittand Deutsch sat next to each other onhigh stools holding microphones,touched on most of the swimmer’s life,from her first experiences with competi-tive swimming as a 9-year-old in Michi-gan, to her present situation as a gradu-ate student in Arizona.

Centered in all of this was her expe-

The Finance Commission met onTuesday afternoon, Oct. 17 at TownHall.

On its agenda were a review ofRecreation Department finances anda review of a number of Special TownMeeting Articles. Anne Marie Haleywas away.

The main item of interest was thefinancial review of the Recreation De-partment. Initiated by Joseph Greeleywhen he was still a member of theCommission, David Hajjar took overthe review, working together with Rec-reation Superintendent Travis Farleyand Selectman William Plasko. Allthree went before the Commission toexplain the review’s findings and toanswer questions.

Chairman Alan Slater started the re-

view off by asking three questions ofthe greatest interest to the Commission:the percentage of the Recreation De-partment that is funded by the Town,how Norwood rates against comparabletowns regarding fees, and whether thereis any additional outside money avail-able that might be used to alleviate thebudget.

As described by Hajjar, the budgetfor the Recreation Department is di-vided into two parts: the operating ac-count – of which 81 percent is fundedby taxpayers – and the revolving fund,operating at around a 7 percent surplusover the last four years, which is usedto fund programs.

Overall, about 61 percent of theRecreation Department budget isfunded by taxpayer money, with Hajjar

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Selectmen addressalcohol sting, parking


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The Board of Selectmenmet on Tuesday evening,Oct. 24 in Rm. 34 of TownHall . Four appointmentswere scheduled, includingthree show cause hearings inrela t ion to a Sept . 7Norwood Police Departmentsting regarding establish-ments serving alcohol to mi-nors.

The three hearings – alls imilar in their c i rcum-stances and in way theyplayed out – involved, in or-der of appearance, NorwoodWines & Liquor (140Nahatan St.), the HibachiSteakhouse (315 Morse St.),and the Outback Steakhouse(1210 Boston ProvidenceTurnpike).

Each es tabl ishment –caught in the same way sell-ing alcohol to a 19 year oldoperative with a vertical, un-der 21 driver ’s license –made no denial of guilt, al-though the record for eachbusiness regarding this vio-lation was found to be cleanover the prior 10 years.

Additionally, each estab-lishment offered strategies –

including updat ing theirTIPS (Training for Interven-tion Procedures) AlcoholCertifications – to avoid arepeat appearance before theBoard.

Allan Howard – who wasvery much in favor of bring-ing in all nine of the 18 es-tablishments caught in thesting – commenting on thethree cases, could have beenspeaking of all nine.

“The thing about all theseviolations that evening thatdisturbs me is that all thebusinesses were warned awhile before.” He broughtthat home with a remark thatdrew a stifled chuckle fromone colleague. “It’s kind oflike having the answers tothe test and flunking thetest.”

Despite that, he acknowl-edged their longstandingclean records before ex-plaining to the principals ofNorwood Wines & Liquorwhy he was so adamantabout bringing them – andthe others – before theBoard.

“The reason I asked for


Selectmen continued from page 3everyone to come in was toshow you how serious we areabout this stuff.” Howardfinished simply, “Hopefullywe’ve made our point.”

Paul Bishop encouragedusing the experience as a

learning tool going forward,and taking advantage of anytraining available.

Chairman William Plasko– following Bishop – took ameasured, cautionary tone.

“The only thing that I

want to add and point out isthat it’s great to get the train-ing – we’re pushing that, wewant that – but the trainingis only as good as the job youdo that day.” He made him-self c lear, “If you don’timplement it into your prac-tice, these kinds of occur-rences are going to happenagain, and the next time youwon’t have as easy a time be-fore us.”

In all three cases , thevote came down 4-0 (HelenDonohue abstained) in fa-vor of a written warningbeing issued.

I n o t h e r b u s i n e s s o fnote, Oak Road parking is-sues came up as both NewB u s i n e s s a n d o n t h eManager’s Late Agenda. Ati ssue was the purpor tedtrouble with Norwood HighSchool students parking onthat road. Initially, AllanHoward p roposed a banmuch like the one recentlypu t in to e ffec t on RockStreet: a ban from 8 a.m. to10 a.m. Paul Bishop – hav-

ing spoken with a numberof Oak Road residents andre fe r r i ng t o a pe t i t i onsigned by most of the resi-dents there – took a differ-ent view.

“They’ve never had aproblem, as far as parking.”On the rare occasion that aNHS student would parkthere, residents would sim-ply call the High Schooland the ca r wou ld bemoved.

“As it stands right now,there is no particular prob-lem on Oak Road with stu-dents from the High Schoolparking there, and the peopleare adamant that they reallydon’t want this (a parking re-striction) to happen.”

As motioned by Bishop,the parking restrictions onOak Road (there had been anunobserved, unsigned 8a.m.-3 p.m. restriction in ef-fect) were reversed was ap-proved unanimously.

The Board of Selectmenwill not meet next week onTuesday, Oct, 31.


Schmitt continued from page 1rience dealing with depression,which manifested itself shortlyafter her return from the 2012London Olympics in which shehad won five medals and be-came something of a celebrityin the process.

Having taken a year offfrom her studies at the Univer-sity of Georgia to prepare forLondon, Schmitt found her re-turn to Georgia to be com-pletely different than what shehad known. The experience –which was “really cool, at first”– soon became overwhelming.

“If I could have done any-thing to give those medals backand feel happy and feel myselfagain, that’s what I would havedone,” Schmitt said.

Relocating to train in Balti-more after graduation,Schmitt’s condition – exacer-bated by psychological andphysical isolation – grewworse.

Responding to a questionfrom Deutsch about when herdepression actually hit, Schmittresponded, “I don’t know if Ican pinpoint the exact moment,but I know that it was a ripplingeffect.”

It wasn’t until January 2015,when she gave up in a race thatshe was doing well in, thatthings began to change. Afterthe race, Michael Phelps toldher that he knew something wasgoing on, and to let him knowwhen she was ready to talkabout it.

Two and a half hours later,she calmed down enough tostop sobbing.

“To this day, I honestlydon’t know what I said, andsome of it I probably wish Ididn’t say, but I’m very grate-ful that I did say it,” Schmittsaid.

She went into therapy im-mediately afterwards, but stillkept quiet about it, letting onlyher parents know and makingthem promise to keep it tothemselves.

It wasn’t until her 17-year-old cousin committed suicidethat spring that Schmitt beganto open up, while also ac-knowledging that asking forhelp “is the hardest thing todo. It makes training for theOlympics easy.”

The question and answersession was friendly and sup-portive while maintaining itsseriousness. Schmitt fieldedquestions from adolescents,college students, and adults ofdifferent ages, many of whomrelated their own experiencesand problems – or the experi-ences and problems of a familymember – sometimes to askSchmitt for her thoughts andother times just to share withher.

It was an adolescent boynamed Ian, however, whoSchmitt invited onstage after hehad asked her what she learnedabout herself climbing out fromher lowest point. As she stood

there, she answered.“I was always Allison

Schmitt the swimmer,” shesaid. “I learned more about whoI was, what was important tome, and that the road to recov-ery allowed me to be more vul-nerable.”

IAM Strong is the direct re-sult of Emily Medina’s 13-year-old daughter Isabelle AlexandraMedina’s suicide on Sept. 6,2014. In the days, weeks, andmonths after, she and a groupof friends made it real.

In May 2015, 500 peopleturned out at the IAM Strong5K fundraiser.

“We realized we hadtouched a nerve in the commu-nity, and that people believedin this message,” CherylMorrison Deutsch said.

Resilience was spokentheme in Emily Medina’sopening remarks, referred to inrelation to others, her familyand herself.

“To be able to see peoplecome through some of the mostdifficult situations of their livesand to keep going... That issomething that... That’s why I’mdoing this,” Medina said.

To contact IAM Strong, visit:www.iamstrongfoundation.org.

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stating that the goal was to bringthat number down to 40 percentin the long term.

In his report, he also deter-mined that the Recreation De-partment would have to increaseits net revenue by $310,000 inorder to reach this lower per-centage of taxpayer subsidy.

Much of this proposed rev-enue increase would beachieved by increasing fees torates comparable to surroundingtowns. The sample base used forthe report was taken from agroup of 21 Metro West recre-ation departments of whichNorwood is a member. Becauseof their proximity, Canton andDedham were also added, bring-ing the total number of compa-rable towns to 23.

When asked by Slater howthe Town’s fees rank with thesecomparable towns, Hajjar re-sponded, “Very low.”

“I think we saw a constantevery time we made a compari-son that, if we weren’t at thebottom, we were pretty close tothe bottom,” he said.

Hajjar added that most feeshadn’t been raised in five toeight years, and that the goal ofany increase would be to put feesinto the 50 percent range in rela-tion to comparable towns.

As an example, Hajjar usedthe adult seasonal pool pass,which at $22 is much lower thanthe comparable town average of$71. He recommended that the feebe gradually brought up to $60over three years.

“Part of that recommendationon most of these (fee increases) isto spread it out over a two, three,or four year period… so thatpeople don’t feel it right away,”Hajjar said.

Farley got at the touchiness of

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“That’s the balance that Davidand I both struggle with,” Farleysaid. “We both agree that we needto raise these rates, but you kindof have to weigh both sides.”

Farley went on to say that hedidn’t want to have empty swim-ming pools and summer camps,as participation is the ultimategoal.

As Judith Langone clarified atone point, any recommended feeincrease is just that: a recommen-dation that will go before theBoard of Selectmen for their fi-nal vote.

An additional recommendedrevenue idea put forward byHajjar was to add a fee onto thecost of classes offered by the Rec-reation Department in order tohelp defray building maintenancecosts.

“I don’t think that residentswould mind this one so much,”Farley added in support. “Wewould try to stay between $6 and$8 per class, just to keep it veryaffordable for classes that we havein the Civic, like art classes, en-richment classes, whatever theymight be.”

In conclusion, Langonegot at the reason for the fi-nancial review.

“One of the reasons wewanted to do this… is we allknow there’s a cry for moremoney, more revenue,” shesaid. “And it looks like therecould be an override coming.And some people will saythat there’s a lot of fat on theTown side. Part of our pur-pose as a Finance Commis-sion is to put this out earlyso that people can see thetransparency of where themoney’s going.”

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Senior Center Glee Club: where anyone can join inMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonald

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On Tuesday mornings at11:15 a.m. at the Norwood Se-nior Center (275 Prospect St.),the Glee Club gets together forits weekly sing-a-long. It’s oneof many activities happeningthere throughout the day andweek for senior citizens to par-ticipate in and have fun.

At around 11 a.m., partici-pants begin to trickle in to the

nearly empty function room to-ward the stage, lined with tworows of padded, straight backedchairs in front of a large bingoboard. Except for the sound ofpianist Jerry Cardinal lightlytouching on the upright pianoin the back left corner of thestage, it’s relatively quiet nowas people find their usual seatsand begin to settle in for thehour to come.

By the time Glee Club Di-rector Joan Geist appears,

around half of the two rows ofseats have filled up with sing-ers. After a short stop at the pi-ano to briefly go over somesongs and their keys with Jerry,Geist steps before the group asthe pianist makes a practice runthrough the first, familiarstrains of “Hark! The HeraldAngels Sing.”

Soon, the Glee Club is ten-tatively joining in and singingalong, slowly warming up tothe music. Even though it’s still

only October, the theme isChristmas. In December, therewill be a Christmas Celebrationshow and the group makes itsway through its repertoire offifteen carols or so, with Geistoften conducting, reaching forhigh notes with her free handwhile holding the music in herleft, occasionally stopping asong long enough to go throughsome instructions and giveguidance.

Geist – who used to have amusical variety show onNorwood Public Access – hasbeen Glee Club Director fortwo years. The Christmas Cel-ebration is one of three that theClub puts on over the year – theother two being the St. Patrick’sDay show and the SummerConcert at around Indepen-dence Day.

After working out a few car-

ols, Jerry steps away from thepiano to let Margret Loughnanetake the chair to play two in-strumental, vaguely familiarpieces (“Rachmaninoff’s 2ndPiano Concerto” and Brahm’s“Waltz in Ab,” she informs melater) that draw the attention ofthe group, and then – when shehas finished the pieces – its ap-plause.

Today was her first timeplaying after four years comingfrom Westwood to sing in theGlee Club.

“The Director asked if Iwanted to sing a solo and I said,‘No, piano’s my thing.’”

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ing out old favorites. JimmyMcHugh’s version of “MyWay” is one of them. A regularat the Senior Center, the GleeClub is a particular favorite ofhis.

“This is one of my bigthings, taking advantage ofthese songs that we all havebeen singing for years.”

Standing nearby on thestage – packing her things afterthe rehearsal is over – is JoanMeears. Earlier, she sang“From Starry Skies ThouComest” in Italian. She took a

moment to talk before headingout.

“I’ve been with it (the GleeClub) for almost five yearsnow. I’m of Italian background,so the song I sing is in Italian.”

Through the years, she hadalways sung in different choralgroups and became aware ofthis one.

“I had been singing at homeand I said, ‘Oh, there’s a gleeclub at the Senior Center. I haveto join that.”

As the rehearsal had beendrawing to its conclusion, ac-

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tivity steadily began to build inthe function room as the soundsand smells of lunch being pre-pared in the adjoining kitchen,and the growing flow of theNoon crowd coming in beganto accompany and competewith the action onstage.

By the time they called it awrap, most of the group headeddirectly over to the tables andthen to the serving window totake advantage of the $5 hotlunches prepared by the TechPhoenix Academy.

Barbara Hayden – who hadbeen sitting next to Loughnanein the front row – has been com-ing to the Senior Center fromDedham for years. “Dedhamhas nothing, so that’s why I doeverything here.”

Geist, listening from theopposite side of the table,builds on that comment.

“After they built this build-ing – I don’t know how manyyears now it has been up – thepeople from Westwood cameover here because they liked theauditorium for dining.”

A kitchen worker pushes acartful of desserts by. Lunchwill be over soon and line danc-ing will be starting up.

Loughnane – recalling herdays as a music teacher andmusic therapist for the devel-opmentally disabled – spoke ofher newfound experience play-ing piano in the group aftersuch a long time in it.

“What good is music if no-body hears it?”

Glee Club Director Joan Geist leads members of the Norwood Senior Center’s Glee Club. The group is inrehearsal for its annual Christmas Celebration show, to be held at the Center in early December.

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD


portsSGirls soccer secures first win of season over

Stoughton, hopes to finish strong

Consolation bracketbegins for Norwood

Volleyball stops skid,punches postseason ticket

JakJakJakJakJake Lee Lee Lee Lee LevinvinvinvinvinStaff Reporter



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The Mustangs will have an opportunity to finish the season at exactly.500, if they can win their final three matches of the regular season.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Behind four goals from Megan Giambanco, the Norwood High girls soccer team earned its first win of theseason and the first win of head coach Rebecca Newman's career. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

From a five-game losingstreak came back-to-back winsfor the Norwood High girls vol-leyball team, the latter of whichhas the Mustangs postseasonbound.

Norwood (7-10) is in via theSullivan rule, but can still fin-ish with a .500 record by win-ning its final three matches ofthe season.

The Mustangs knocked offthe Sharon Eagles, 3-1, on Fri-day to get back on track beforea clean sweep of the DedhamMarauders, 3-0, late Monday af-ternoon to clinch.

The set scores were 25-13,25-17 and 25-17 in favor ofNorwood, which completed aseason sweep of Dedham inwhat is likely to be the only yearthe schools will compete innonleague play. The Mustangsalso swept the Marauders intheir season opener on Sept. 5.

In addition to being thematch that punched Norwood’s

ticket to the Division 2 Southtournament, the Mustangs andMarauders teamed up to hold afundraiser with all proceeds go-ing to relief from HurricaneMaria in Puerto Rico.

More specifically, the moneyraised will go directly to theschool that Norwood freshmanAndrea Zapata used to attend onthe island. Zapata, one of the topplayers on the volleyball team,is originally from Puerto Rico.

“The saying/theme theycame up with is “Together, We

Can Make a Difference,” Mus-tangs head coach Paul Nimblettsaid. “The girls will be sellingkey chains/bracelets duringschool this week and also had abake sale today after school andduring the games. We also hadshirts made up that the playersand coaches wore today.”

Zapata led Norwood with 10kills in the match. GretchenSandstrum had 10 assists andfive kills for the Mustangs and

Norwood High’s regular sea-son in football has come to an end.

The Mustangs were unable toavoid a winless regular seasonwith their seventh straight loss onSaturday afternoon at NorwoodHigh School, as the visitingMilton Wildcats rolled to a 35-0win.

Dating back to Week Four oflast season, the Mustangs havelost 15 straight games.

William Crowley provided anearly jolt for Milton with a 61-yard interception return for atouchdown, providing the Wild-cats with all of the points they’dneed. Milton took a 28-0 lead intothe locker room and tacked onseven more in the second half tobecome the fifth team to blank theMustangs in 2017.

Norwood finishes the regularseason with 33 points over itsseven games, 27 of which camein a heartbreaking 29-27 overtimeloss vs. the Norton Lancers inWeek Five.

It was in all likelihood the fi-

nal football game for the Mus-tangs as a member of the BayState Conference, as its move tothe Tri-Valley League should befinalized in the coming weeks.Aside from Dedham – which isalready in the TVL – Norwoodhasn’t won a game against aHerget Division opponent on thegridiron since Nov. 5, 2011.

Norwood’s 0-7 campaign isits second winless regular seasonof the decade, following up2013’s 0-7 record. The 2013 teamfinished 1-10 overall with a winin consolation play.

These Mustangs will stillhave four chances to remove thegoose egg in the win column, be-ginning this weekend against theSharon Eagles. The Eagles (1-6)have lost six in a row followinga season-opening 32-14 win overthe Randolph Blue Devils.

Sharon, which competes inthe Hockomock League, wentwinless against Davenport Divi-sion competition while scoringjust 10 points over the fivegames. After a 21-14 loss vs. the

Megan Giambanco decided toshare her birthday present with theentire Norwood High girls soccerteam.

The Stonehill College-commitunleashed not one, not two, notthree, but four goals on theStoughton Black Knights on her18th birthday to ensure the Mus-tangs would secure at least one winin the 2017 season. The final scorecould simply read Giambanco 4,Stoughton 3.

“It was Megan’s birthday so shewas definitely pumped up,”Norwood head coach RebeccaNewman said after picking up thefirst win of her head coaching ca-reer, too. “All of the girls werepumped up for the game but Meganhad the commitment with that.”

After initially trailing 1-nil vs.Stoughton, Giambanco tacked oneach of the next two goals forNorwood. The Black Knights, re-sponded to tie the game at 2-apiece,but Giambanco put the Mustangson top for good in the 24th minuteof the first half.

The senior midfielder added her

fourth goal of the game in the sec-ond half to make it 4-2 Norwood,which wound up providing valu-able insurance after Stoughtonsliced the lead to 4-3. But thanks tosome big saves from goalkeeperDelia Bartucca down the stretch,the Mustangs didn’t have to settlefor a draw with the Black Knightsthis time around.

“You could tell all of the girlswere pumped up for the game,”Newman said. “They could tellwhen it was getting close, and theyall were trying to preserve the winand get the win on the board.”

Norwood and Stoughtonplayed to a 1-1 draw on Sept. 29 atStoughton High School, the onlyother match this season in whichthe Mustangs have come away witha point.

“After the game, it almost feltlike a loss to us,” Newman said ofthe teams’ first meeting. “So wewere definitely looking to see if wecould improve upon that. It was defi-nitely great to get them the secondtime around.”

For the season, Giambanco is upto nine goals and two assists for ateam-best 11 points.

Newman is obviously ecstatic

that the Mustangs were able to avoidgoing winless in her debut cam-paign, not necessarily for herself butfor the general well-being of every-one involved in the program. Know-ing that the match vs. Stoughton wasperhaps one of the last chances tomake it happen, there was an evengreater sense of urgency and prepa-ration in the days leading up to it.

“It was huge,” Newman said.“We were working that whole weektowards it in practice. Even that dayin school, I had kids coming up to

me on the team being ‘Ms.Newman, we’re ready for this.’ I hadteachers coming up. So they werereally kind of prepared for it. Hope-fully we can try and end the seasonon a good note too with picking upanother win.”

The Mustangs lost their encoreto the Black Knights victory, 3-1 vs.Ursuline Academy on Friday after-noon. Giambanco again providedthe only offense for Norwood.

The Mustangs played in all like-lihood their last match as a mem-

ber of the Bay State Conference onTuesday afternoon at BrooklineHigh School, in an event held af-ter the Record’s deadline.Norwood has not won a leaguegame in girls soccer since the fallof 2011.

The Mustangs have one matchleft in the regular season, this af-ternoon against Sharon at 3:45p.m. Norwood lost its firstmatchup with the Eagles this sea-son, 6-nil, at Sharon High in itsseason opener on Sept. 5.


Cardinal Spellman Cardinals inWeek Two, the Eagles went on tolose 42-8 at North Attleboro, 33-0 vs. Stoughton, 35-0 vs. Milford,31-2 vs. Canton and most recently,31-0 at Foxboro.

Sharon is aligned in Division3 South for postseason purposes,while Norwood is aligned in Di-vision 4 South. But since eachgrouping has an odd number ofteams, the consolation match wasformed due to the likelihood of acompetitive game and favorablegeography.

Plymouth South (2-5) andWestwood (1-6, its lone win com-

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ing against Norwood) are the othernon-playoff teams in Division 4South. Westwood is unlikely to ap-pear on the consolation slate forthe Mustangs given that the teamshave already played, althoughNorwood did play Dedham twicea season in both 2015 and 2016.

Canton (2-5, Division 5South), Medway (2-5, Division 6South), Tri-County (1-6, Division8 South) and Quincy (0-7, Divi-sion 2 South) would appear to beother candidates to fill out the con-solation slate for the Mustangs.

As for the other teams in theHerget Division, Natick (6-0) is

the No. 2 seed in the Division 2South region while Wellesley (3-4) failed to qualify for the Divi-sion 2 South postseason. Walpole,despite its 2-5 record, is the No.8 seed in the Division 3 Southbracket and Milton (5-1) is theNo. 2 seed in the Division 4South bracket.

Dedham, meanwhile, went 4-3 in its first season as a memberof the TVL and earned the No. 7seed in the Division 6 Southbracket.

The Mustangs will face theMarauders on Thanksgiving Dayat 10 a.m. at Dedham High School.

SECTION ARequest for Proposals

Town of NorwoodTel: (781) 762-1240, Extension 107 / Fax: (781) 278-3015

Sealed proposals shall be received up to 11:00 A.M. (Verizon time), November 9,2017, in the Purchasing Department, Norwood Town Hall, 566 Washington Street, 3rd

Floor, Norwood MA 02062 for the following service:

“Engineering/architectural services for the design and construction administrationservices for interior renovations to Norwood Town Hall, 566 Washington Street,Norwood, MA”

The renovations include modernization of various offices on the ground floor and thesecond floor, modernization of restrooms, modernize the NPATV Room within theSelectmen’s Chambers, removal of interior walls and partitions, installation of foldingpartitions within enlarged meeting spaces, significant improvement to the electricalsystem and IT wiring within the building, and associated activities throughout thespaces cited.

The Town of Norwood is currently seeking proposals from qualified firms forprofessional services for the following scope of work:

Design services through design development, construction contract documents,bidding, award of construction contract(s), construction administration, final closeoutand warranty period of the referenced Project.

Responsibilities and duties shall be as outlined in the Scope of Service and otherwisecomply with the Massachusetts Construction Reform Legislation, Chapter 193 of theActs of 2004.

The selected Architect/Engineer is to be involved in, but not limited to, these activities.

Designer’s Duties: The designer’s duties will consist of reviewing existingconditions and existing preliminary design documents, and developing therefroma successful design; the preparation of a complete set of construction documentsand specifications; and culminate with the pre-determination of contractorqualifications, bid submission and bonding reviews. This project also involvesproject management once construction begins.

A Scope of Designers Services and information packets shall be available at theNorwood Town Hall, in the Purchasing Department, 566 Washington Street, 3rd Floor,Norwood, MA 02062. Contact Catherine Carney at (781) 762-1240, ext 107. Officehours are 8:15 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. Documents can also beobtained electronically by registering and downloading at: https://bids.norwoodma.gov.A pre-proposal conference will be held in Room 24 of the Norwood Town Hall, 566Washington Street, Norwood, MA 02062 on October 30, 2017, at 11:00 A.M.

The proposal must be filled out and signed as directed therein, sealed in an opaqueenvelope addressed as follows: Purchasing Department, Norwood Town Hall, 566Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Norwood, MA 02062, endorsed with the name and addressof the offer, and marked “Proposal for Architect Design Services Renovation ofNorwood Town Hall – CONTRACT #PBC-18-03”. Proposers shall submit an originaland five (5) copies of their proposal and one (1) electronic version. The fee is to benegotiated. The estimated construction cost is $900,000 - $1 million.

Proposals shall be prepared, considered, and the contract awarded in accordance withMassachusetts General Law (MGL) Chapter 7C.

The Town of Norwood shall have the right to reject any and all proposals or partsthereof, or items therein, and to waive any defect of irregularities as to form, thereinin accordance with MGL.

The Town of Norwood notifies all participants that minority business enterprises willbe afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this invitation and willnot be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, creed, sex or nationalorigin or handicapped status in consideration for an award.

BY: Permanent Building Construction CommitteeTown of Norwood

Norwood Record, 10/26/17


Historic season for Norwoodgolf team nearing 19th hole

Volleyball continued from page 11

Norwood won't match last season's 15-5 record, but newcomers suchas Jasmine James, pictured above, have kept the team competitive.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Shaniya Seney had seven ser-vice points and five aces.

“There were contributionsfrom everyone in the win,”Nimblett said.

Norwood faced theBrookline Warriors on Tuesdayafternoon and travel to Walpoleto take on the Rebels this after-noon at 5 p.m. at the Elm StreetSchool.

The Mustangs will have theirfinal match of the regular seasonat home on Monday afternoon at5 p.m., which will double as arematch with Sharon. ShouldNorwood win out, it will bypassthe Sullivan rule for postseasonentry for a second consecutiveseason.

Even with the five straightlosses before Dedham andSharon, Nimblett believes theteam learned a lot about itself andthat the younger players were able

to gain valuable experience.“We will need that as the rest

of the season winds down,”Nimblett said.

Senior co-captain Kiki Ryanmissed several of the matches dueto injury before returning againstMilton, the final game of the los-ing skid. She didn’t miss a beatupon her return, recording fivestraight kills to open the match andfinished with 10 overall, as wellas two blocks in an 18-25, 15-25, 19-25 loss vs. the Wildcats.

Zapata had 10 digs and fivekills in the match, Seney had 10digs and eight service points andDanielle Currivan also had 10digs in the Milton match.

One of the most successfulseasons in recent memory forthe Norwood High golf teamis winding down, but one itemof business remains unsettled.

By finishing with a winningrecord as a team (7-5), theMustangs were able to sendtheir top six golfers to the Di-vision 2 South Shore Sectionalon Monday morning at EastonCountry Club. It’s there thatNorwood co-captain MattHennessey shot a 5-over-par76 and qualified for the Divi-sion 2 State Tournament nextweek, which will be held atHighlands Golf & CountryClub in Grafton.

The Mustangs finished sev-enth out of 15 teams at the sec-tional tournament, where P.J.Hennessey narrowly missedthe cuts for states with a 6-over-par 77 (76 was the cut-off).

In addition to theHennesseys, the other fourgolfers who took to the coursein Easton were co-captainDeclan Tolman, CharlieHanoian, Michael Curley and

Chris Martin. Oliver AmesHigh won the tournament,playing on its home course,with an aggregate 305.Hopkinton High finished justone stroke back with a 306,while Bishop Feehan Highplaced third with a 312. Teamscores were comprised bycompiling the best four indi-vidual scores from each par-ticipating team.

Norwood head coachChuck Allen, in his first sea-son in charge of the golf pro-gram – which is on top of hisboys hockey and girls lacrosseduties – said that the teamplayed Easton Country Clubon Sunday prior to the tourna-ment to get a feel for thecourse. Whenever the Mus-tangs were playing a publiccourse on the road, it wouldn’tbe uncommon to see the play-ers scouting the course outdays in advance of a match,Allen said.

“It was a great successstory for the kids,” Allen saidof the team qualifying for thepostseason for the first timesince 2014. “They workedhard, they practiced a lot. Itwas a great bunch of kids.

They tried to change the cul-ture, believing we can win.And now they think they be-long. That’s what’s great aboutit. Winning is contagious. Win-ning is not the whole thing, butit is part of it. You want to winwhen you play.”

At the Bay State Confer-ence Championships held onOct. 17 at Wellesley CountryClub, P.J. Hennessey finishedin seventh place out of the 33golfers in attendance, enoughto earn a BSC All-Star nod.Matt Hennessey finished in11th place, good enough foran honorable mention.

Over the course of theseason, which is likely thefinal one for Norwood inthe Bay State Conference,t he Mus tangs wen t 4 -2against the larger schoolsof the Carey Divis ion –beating Weymouth, NewtonNor th , B rook l ine andFramingham.

Allen confirmed that atthe team’s banquet held onMonday n igh t tha t nex tyear’s captains will be MattHennessey, who served inthe role this year as a junior,as well as Charlie Hanoian.



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DEATHSBYRNE

John Nelson Jr. (Nelson) ofNorwood, Mass., passed awaypeacefully on Sept. 29, 2017 atthe Ellis Rehabilitation Facilityin Norwood at age 87. He is sur-vived by his loving wife, MaryC. Byrne, and his sons Paul C.Byrne of Bedford, N.H.; MarkN. Byrne of Norwood; and JohnN. Byrne III of North Attleboro,Mass.; his brother, Donald G.Byrne of Arlington, Va.; and fourgrandchildren. Born and raisedin Belmont, Mass., Mr. Byrnegraduated from Belmont HighSchool in 1947 and he receiveda Bachelor’s degree in Historyfrom Boston University in 1951.Addit ionally he received aMaster’s degree in Mathematics,also from Boston University, in1958. He taught mathematics formany years at several junior highschools, most notably at WarrenJunior High School in Newton,Mass. before retiring in 1985.Mr. Byrne was memorialized ina private ceremony at Gillooly

Funeral Home in Norwood onWednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Inlieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to St.Timothy’s Church in Norwood.

LORINGHarold E., Jr. Of Norwood,

Oct. 14. Beloved father of Ed-ward R. Loring, and his wifePatricia A. (Gore) Loring, ofNorwood, and Jeffrey A. Loringof Norton; and loving grandfa-ther of Madison, Colin and Me-lissa Loring. Brother of the lateKenneth R. Loring, and son ofthe late Thelma I. (Russell) andHarold E. Loring, Sr. Also sur-vived by his former wives,Donna (Robinson) Metcalf ofTaunton, and Joanne (Flynn)Menice of Florida. Visitinghours were at the Folsom & MayFuneral Home, 85 Nichols St.,

NORWOOD. Funeral was at thefuneral home followed by inter-ment in Knollwood MemorialPark, Canton.

MACDOUGALL

John C “Collie” of Norwood,age 67, passed on Wednesday,Oct. 18, 2017. Formerly of Ja-maica Plain, John was prede-ceased by his parents John An-gus MacDougall & CatherineSmith MacDougall, sisters MaryGuardabascio, Theresa Dennett

and brother James MacDougall.He is survived by his wife,Denice MacDougall (Comeau),his daughter Cayla MacDougalland son Alexander MacDougallof Norwood. His sisters AgnesHaalbloom of California, DanielMacDougall of Arlington, Va.,Dorothy “Dottie” East of Cali-fornia, Joan Louise of Taunton,John Warren MacDougall ofMiddleboro, Margaret “Peggy”Kelly of Connecticut as well asmany nieces and nephews. Col-lie was a proud Vietnam AirForce Veteran, a ret iredpipefitter for Amtrak, SouthBoston. He also worked at IssacBlair as a Rigger and Shorer.Visiting hours will be held in theP.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins,George F. Doherty & Sons Fu-neral Home 2000 Centre St.WEST ROXBURY on Thursday,Oct. 26 from 4-8 p.m. A privateVeteran’s Burial Ceremony willbe held at Massachusetts Na-tional Cemetery at a later dateTBD.

MARTINAnn T. (Molloy) Of

Norwood, Oct. 18. Beloved wifeof the late Edward J. Mother ofEileen Frawley and her husbandGerard of Quincy, Maureen Mar-tin Brown and her husband Kenof Montana, Thomas Martin ofW. Roxbury, Nancy Bagley andher husband Brian of Rhode Is-land, Theresa Aloisio and herhusband Stephen of Plymouthand Edward J. Martin Jr. and hiswife Patti of Mansfield. Sister of

the late Catherine Bagley, RitaOlson, Margaret McLatchey,John, James, Phillip, Williamand Rev. Francis Molloy. Alsosurvived by 14 grandchildrenand five great-grandchildren.Visi t ing hours were at theDockray & Thomas FuneralHome, 455 Washington St. ,CANTON. Funeral Mass was atSt. Catherine of Siena Church,Norwood. Burial was at High-land Cemetery, Norwood. Dona-tions may be made in hermemory to a charity of yourchoice.

OSOJNICKILorraine J. (Dickson) 81, of

New Bedford and formerly ofDedham, Thursday, Oct. 19. Be-loved mother of Lance Osojnickiand his wife Jen of Portsmouth,R.I., Beth White and her hus-band Bill of Milford, BrendaSouza of Scottsdale, Ariz., andDerek Osojnicki and his wife Jenof Cumberland, R.I. Loving grand-mother of Adam and JamesOsojnicki, Matt, Nick, and JoeWhite, Ashley Moran, and AlyssaDonovan, and great grandmotherof Chase, Elijah, Milan, and Owen.Sister of Jim Dickson of Florida,Jackie Hergt of Connecticut, andHelen Fahey of Dedham. Also sur-vived by many nieces and neph-ews. Lorraine was the former wifeof Frank Osojnicki of Norwood,and the long-time companion of thelate William Clark. A Memorialservice was held on Wednesday,Oct. 25 in the Gillooly FuneralHome, 126 Walpole St. (Rt. 1A),NORWOOD. Interment private. Inlieu of flowers, expressions of sym-pathy may be made in Lorraine’smemory to the American CancerSociety, 30 Speen St.,Framingham, MA 01701.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail!)

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

Grateful thanks. —J.M.

St. Jude’s NovenaMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout theworld, now and forever. Sa-cred Heart of Jesus pray for us.St. Jude, worker of miracles,pray for us. St. Jude, helper ofthe hopeless, pray for us. Saythis prayer 9 times a day. Bythe 9th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publicationmust be promised. Thank youSt. Jude. My Prayers were an-swered.

In gratitude for helping me.—M.M.N.

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