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editorial .TOWN CRIER. NOVEMBER 9,1994 We have better things to do than this! by Stu Neilson What is going on? Why does an argument at the senior center jget front page coverage in one paper and no mention in the other. (Let's look at the numbers. There are over 3,000 seniors in ■Wilmington. Several people were involved in a heated discussion •that spiraled down into personalities. Then two people argued labout a trivial matter. Now one is (allegedly) suing the other over !a paper cut. Is this news? Is this front page news? No. The Wilmington Senior Center has been running for many 'years. They have an appointed commission to set policy. They ihave a paid director who works for the commission and ultimately for the town manager. It is part of our town government. This is America. We have set ways of administering our government. If a person or group of persons has a problem, the proper channels to follow are to approach the director, the commission or the town manager. Starting a new group to replace the appointed commission is not right. One cannot just take over the job of an appointed commission. Someone has decided to sling mud while the people jn charge are not around to answer questions. This is back room, flirty, rotten politics. The losers of this mock battle will be the quiet, unassuming seniors who would like to receive the services they are used to. The director of the senior center has just returned •from a stay in the hospital. The town manager has just returned from vacation. Isn't it just a little more than a coincidence that all ihis occurred while they were unavailable? Let's just stop this show and let the town manager sort it out. He is a very capable man, a no-nonsense administrator. If some- lone is out of line the town manager will act appropriately, Eg: the library director. That's his job. Not mine, not yours - it's his. / Veterans TDav 1994 byMikeKelley On Friday, November 11, most Americans can sleep late or sip coffee at leisure. Veterans' Day is a national holiday. A day off from work. A long weekend to enjoy family, friends, hobbies.or sports. Ther Volunteer opportunities... letters to the editor The holidays are fast approaching and this is the time of year people feel that they want to help those in need.Here is a local opportunity to do just that. Mission of Deeds, a non-profit charitable organization based in Wilmington is looking for help. They are in need of volunteers to work in all aspects of their operation. The Mission of Deeds purpose is a Mission of caring and sharing, to help those in need. Those in need of both physical and spiritual support. The Mission of Deeds delivers furniture, new and used, to families in this area that are sponsored by any one of a number of social service agencies. Deliveries in October included a woman and her two infant children in a battered women's shelter. Fire victims who had a tough, time getting a nc,w Stofl in life, beds to homeless .shelters, sheets and blankets to a family who needed help. The Mission of Deeds often delivers cribs to get babies off the floor, single beds, bureaus, new mattresses, lamps, rugs and sofas. These items arc warehoused locally. Some arc donated and some are purchased with monies contributed by local, concerned people and businesses. Pickup of donations and deliveries are constantly being scheduled. We need warehouse help, truck drivers and people to help deliver the furniture. We also need help in our office, typing letters, putting together mailings, someone to man the phones and in many other areas. To see how you can help or to learn more about the Mission of Deeds, please drop by the Volunteer Night being held November 15 at 7 in the Wilmington office. Coffee and pastries will be served and there will be people on hand to answer questions and tell about the Mission of Deeds. Call for details and directions: 1-508-657-5135. ... and for the Red Cross You read about it in the papers or see it on tv, every day. People's lives are shattered by fires, hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes. Disaster has many faces and in the face of them all, the Red Cross is the face of hope. Your heart goes out to these people, and you wish you could help. You can! You can be a Red Cross disaster volunteer. As a Red Cross volunteer you'll be part of a team that helps a family left homeless by fire...a heart attack victim who needs CPR...a child who needs emergency first aid. You can be part of the community. You can meet other people who care. You can be ready when disaster strikes. Red Cross volunteers help their neighbors prevent, prepare for, and cope with emergencies in a variety of ways. If you're one of these special people who would like to help someone when they are most needy, please call Gary Whitten at 508-372-6871. It will be the best job you never got paid to do. Wilmington Library notes The library will be closed all day Friday, November 11 in observance of Veterans' Day. New books Among the new fiction titles recently acquired by the library arc: What I Lived For by Joyce Carol Oates; Sanctuary by Fay Kellerman; The Afterlife and Other Stories by John Updike; Star Trek Federation by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens; and Closing Time, Joseph Heller's sequel to Catch-22. Interesting new non-fiction titles include: How to Maximize Your Unemployment Benefits by Raymond Avrutis; Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 1995; Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success by Napoleon Hill; Skin Deep; Natural Recipes for Healthy Skin and Hair by Margaret Dinsdale; The Working Parents Help Book by Susan Crites Price; and What to do When a Loved One Dies by Eva Shaw. Story hours The last session of the Wednesday group of Story Hours will be held November 9. Because of the November 11 library closing for Veterans' Day, the last day for the Friday morning group will be November 18. Registration for Spring Story Hours will be held in January. Time for twos The last fall session of "Time for Twos" will be held on Monday morning, November 21 from 10:30 to 11. For information about this one adult, one child drop-in program for two-year-olds and their adults, please call the children's room at 658-2967. American Girls Exhibit During Children's Book Week (Nov 14-19), the Memorial Library will have on display a set of the five dolls which comprise the American Girls Collection. Addy, Felicity, Kirstcn, Molly and Samantha will be featured in the case in the library's front hall along with the first books about each of the girls in this popular historical fiction series. During the week, children visiting the Children's Room will receive a variety of American girls souvenirs as long as supplies last. Buttons, balloons, bookmarks, magazines, and author pamphlets are among the items available in limited quantities. Dear Lieutenant McMahon: The boys and girls of the Woburn Street School are your biggest fans. Each year you explain the dangers of fire Explaining how to avoid them you never tire. You represent our wonderful fire department each year With that warm smile and friendly cheer. We look forward each year to your arrival Dear Larz: On behalf of the Wilmington High School Varsity Golf Team, I would like to express our sincere' appreciation to the Friends of Wilmington High School Golf for making this varsity golf season become a reality. Faced with having our sport cut from the school department's athletic budget with only a few weeks from the start of the MVC Golf League, this group stepped forward with a pledge not to allow the high school golfers to be denied an important part of their school years. In particular, I would like to thank 10 years ago More than 30 union carpenters installed a new roof on the Buzzell School, being converted to serve as the town's new the Senior Center. The carpenters of Local 41 donated the materials and their time. Michelle Cahill of King Street and Michele Woodland of High Street, both students at Shawsheen Tech v And the very important message ' you deliver on survival. So thank you for those life saving tips Which you give to us on your annual trips. We hope we will never have to usd them And we know J-t. McMahon, that you say, amen! Richard DeRosa Asst. Principal Woburn Street School the parents who spearheaded the raffle drive - Bob Torrani, Bill Dincen, Mike WoUey, and Charlie Southmayd, for their willingness fa take on such a task which financially enabled the team to complete this year. They certainly set a fine example of support and encouragement for our golfers as well as to the athletic program. Again, everyone associated with the Friends of Wilmington High School Golf are to be commended for their support, inspiration, and being there when it counted. For the WHS Varsity Golf Team, Alan Fessendcn Varsity Coach were entrants in the Miss Mass. Teen USA Pageant to be held in Worcester November 23 and 24. School Food Service Department personnel were pictured attending a state conference in Hyannis: Maria Mauriello, Mary Schultz, Effie Efraimson, Jean Jacobus, Fern Boudreau and Anna Giannotti. (tattlKErier Crtob.kmt - IMIai.atM Publication No. 635-340 An Independently-owned newspaper published every Wedneaday by: Tha Wilmington Nawo Company, Inc. 104 Lowell St., P.O. Pox 031, Wilmington, MA 0U67-O93B (SOI) 661-2346 PAX (MO) 666-22M Tawksbury addrese: P.O. Box M, Tewksbury, MA 01878 Publisher Capt. Larz Neilson Managing Editor C Stuart Nail son Sports Editor James Pote Reporters BHIConton JeflNazzaro Subscription Prices: Payable in advance. In Wilmington and Tewksbury $18 a year. Elsewhere $22 a year. The Town Crier offers a $1 discount to subscribers who renew during January without receiving a renewal notice. On Feb. 1, renewal notices are mailed at tie fci price C*cuWkw Managed Treasurer Cathy Padrt Bttt a Place* Editor Elizabeth Down* Production Coordinator Jean Purtell Advertising Dlractor JohnD.ONall Advertising tales MkhaalBumo Jama* T. Murray No financial reeponefatty is accepted by the Wilmington New* Company, Inc. for errors in advertisements. A reprint wM be made of any part of an advertisement in which tha error affects tie value of the advertieed item. Second dees postage paid at VWmington, MA 01887 Postmaster pie*)**) send Form 3579 to: Town Crier, P.O. Box 460, Wilmington, MA 01887-0*39 MEMBER f«"i ~\\ ,Aw /*y NATIONAL NEWSPAPER & ASSOCIATION jam
«? •■WSj??-?~-sr3iX3rjt ■HPQniwv* i inw'u I'H'fiPlfJU'tW t ■ M l»W*WfWWW" ■VPI . . . ■--' - ' • The Interrupters, from left (standing) Diana Miladin and Betsy Woods, (seated on original Wilmington Methodist Church benches) Jane Ceres and Mai-jaret "Maggie" Imbimbo (photo by Jeff Nazzaro). Artsy, brainy, funky, sometimes crazy Townies by Jeff Nazzaro The we Interrupters have a group ■ef conversations in Wilmington is acting debate like artsy-crazy for _lhe love of wit, word, poetry and "prose. If the above sounds a trifle incoherent, it is. It is also a fair sampling of the type of multi-layered conversation held routinely by The - excuse me, I'm sorry, no, you go ahead - Interrupters. The Interrupters is a self-described "loose affiliation of artsy, brainy, funky, and sometimes crazy Townies and their friends" who get together to "write, make art, discuss issues, dine, be entertained and just explore/share/enjoy a lifestyle alternative to today's pop culture." If the above sounds a little like an ad in the personal columns, it sort of is and it also helps explain why The Interrupters got started in the first place. You-know the ads: tall, thin, ittractive, friendly, outgoing, loving, affectionate, Jmotipnally/financitjUy secure Wffck^m'6kor who'likes Ion* h'oo : definite common interests, arc currently looking for more of the same. They also happen to be practitioners of various fine arts, ranging from painting to poetry. As a forum for showcasing their creative work, they have published a newsletter, "The Interrupters News & Review," an eclectic mix of poetry, prose, commentary and interviews and a neat way of avoiding the slush pile of so many editors of literary magazines. Magazines with circulations of 250 looking for a short story or poem that is tall, thin, attractive ... you may get the idea. The Interrupters was founded by longtime Silver Lake area resident Margaret "Maggie" Imbimbo and her daughters, Betsy Woods and Diana Miladin and, according to the "News & Review" "serves as a vehicle for creative, intellectual and social expression for like-minded individuals from, or in some way connected to the Town of Wilmington." "What we hope to do is to celebrate the intelligence, creativity, and the idiosyncrasy and the individuality of this community, rt-Kit"wa'lks, fragrant meadows', which I just love," Miladin said on a torses, 3-D art and Debbie Boone recent edition of Teri LaBclla's •ecords looking for like-minded local cable TV program ndividual between the ages of "Wilmington Within." ?8-32 for fun-loving, serious And everything from new riendship leading to more ... please romance to old friendship, stunning fend photo. natural scenes and graduation party 'The Interrupters, a group of debacles is chronicled in the first ike-minded individuals with Shop flow for gest Selection! .Department 1994 issues of Heritage Village Collection including the North Fo\e, JBitktnti' tillage, New England Village & Christmas in thtf City Snowbabtes OAKDALE MAIL RT 38 TEWKSBURY 851-7790 edition of the "News & Review." The issue begins, after a front page introduction, with a scathing, pseudonymously written commentary "Regarding the Matter of Dorothy Wiberg" in the screaming headline tradition of Mark Twain. From there, a page is given to two poems by Wilmington resident Dan Murphy, whose work has been collected in a volume entitled "The Fractured Emerald." Other poetic Interrupters include Miladin, Imbimbo, Jane (Woods) Ceres, Michele Pregcnt, Hinda-Jonathan, Anne Buzzcll, Daniel Woodbury and Peter Lepore. For over 50 years now, the Jackson Fuel Company has kept our community humming. But it hasn't al- ways been easy. It's helped a lot to have a bank right here in the neigborhood that under- stands the ebb and flow of local business needs. And can respond accordingly. At Medford Savings we , offer competitive rates, and a full range of accounts geared to businesses in this specific area. Plus a level of personalized service out of town banks just can't com- pete with. Dean Jackson's discov- ered what a lot of other local businesses have learned over the years: do- ing your commercial banking right here at Medford Savings is not only more con- venient it's good for the local economy, too. Why not find out what happens when you operate from strength? Call our commercial loan department at 1-800-698-7701 Medford Maiden. Belmont. Arimgton. Burlington. Wilmington. North Reading Member FDICIDIF All deposits insured m full. ii Prose work was published in the "News & Review" by Woods, Larry Jones, Don Boudrcau and Eileen Lepore. The Interrupters expect a bigger and better successor to volume one sometime around Thanksgiving and are currently hard at work preparing it in Woods' basement - The Interrupters clubhouse. To call it anything but a clubhouse would be unfair. But this cozy room is lacking the Do Not Enter, Slop, and Dangerous Curves street signs and Cyndi Crawford shrine punctuating your average suburban hideaway. This is a literary lair, and is accommodated accordingly, with original, hand-crafted art deco works from Woods that include a button-disguised fuse box, creative paint storage and lots of strategically placed spray paint. With the people involved - a core group of between six and 12 - the setting creates the "playful, non-structured atmosphere," Miladin likes to interact in and glides rclaxcdly into the "kind of free-floating salon," Woods calls The Interrupters. Interested artists, art enthusiasts, conversationalists and people who just like to sit around, smoke cigarettes, drink coffee and relate can call The Interrupters clubhouse hot line - complete with call waiting - at (508) 657-7098. Original poetry or prose can be submitted care of The Interrupters to 166 Main St, Wilmington, MA 01887. "£ r ea&i' 1111 Main St. Tewksbury, MA 658-9333 SO FAR WE'VE HELPED SEE DEAN ACKS0N THROUGH EVERAL BLIZZARDS AND A COUPLE OF OIL EMBARGOES. TOWN CRIER, NOVEMBER 9,1994 5 Brookside Nursery School 403 Woburn St., Wilmington \ WE ARE AccEpTiNq REGISTRATIONS fOR This yEAR 94-95. For information call 658-9024 The Sewing Bird Alterations Mrs. Brown 658-6780 Member: Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Robert P. Flaherty J50> '^^Jeweler 657.833S 420 Main Street, Wilmington EARLY BIRD HOLIDAY SHOPPER? Come in, make your choice and Put it on LAYAWAY! New Solid Gold Inventory Coming in Every Week Possible 9n-JCc*w! $204,900 Wilmington!!! In this 10 room 5 bdrm. 2 bath Embankment Ranch! 2 kitchens, 2 fireplaces, 2 living rms. Walk to trains, shopping and schools. 200 Jefferson Rd. #108 No. Wilmington ANNE MAHONEY REALTY 658-2598
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