Hopedale August 2016

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New Superintendent Plans to Use 

History to Guide the Future of Hopedale 

Schools 

Marjorie Turner Hollman 

The new school superintendent 

of the Hopedale 

School system, Karen Crebase, 

(rhymes with crevice) has 

already gotten to work here in 

Hopedale. In fact, before she 

had even officially started, she 

had already begun the work 

she intends to do. Last spring, 

prom goers might have noticed 

the tall, thin blonde with 

a ready smile, and attendees 

at the National Honor Society 

might have wondered about 

that same woman who attended 

their annual induction 

ceremony. 

“I wanted to get a little bit 

of a feel for the district,” Crebase 

said recently, in recalling 

the school-sponsored events 

she had already attended. She 

continued, “To see the way the 

seniors treated the upcoming 

juniors at the induction ceremony 

was gratifying. I saw 

such caring and respect shown 

to those younger students.” 

A native New Englander, 

Crebase grew up in Connecticut, 

and still has family in the 

area. She attended Colby College 

in Maine for her undergraduate 

studies, left the area 

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Growing up in Hopedale 

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watched his older brother’s 

Northbridge Legion baseball 

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more he would take in a Post 

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Three years ago when he was eligible 

to tryout out for a team he 

decided on the team he watched 

growing up. 

Now in his third season with 

Milford he’s hoping to help his 

team capture another Zone 4 

State Championship. Post 59 

won the State Championship in 

both 2013 and 2014, Espanet’s 

first year on the squad. 

“So far it’s been a very exciting 

year and a true honor to be 

able to put that Milford uniform 

on all summer,” the Hopedale 

resident said. “I’m looking to 

help this team win another State 

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Hopedale’s well-known artist, 

Raymond Andreotti will be 

exhibiting his award -winning 

artwork at the Rhode Island Watercolor 

Society located at Slater 

Park in Pawtucket, RI, from August 

20 to September 15, 2016. 

Without stepping outside, visitors 

to the multi-level 

Society’s gallery can 

enjoy views of New 

England landscapes, 

Italy and France trips, 

street life in Shanghai, 

and many scenes 

from his own home 

town of Hopedale, 

MA. Andreotti was 

chosen to show his 

work because of the 

high quality of his 

paintings and his exceptional 

use of color. 

Approximately thirty 

pieces of his artwork 

will be displayed for 

viewing pleasure and 

offered for sale on 

gallery walls, along 

with over seventy-five 

pieces from his floor 

display bins. Ray will 

be part of a 3-person 

group show, all very 

accomplished artists. 

Ray was born and 

raised in Milford, MA and 

graduated from Milford High 

School in 1958. His love of 

painting and drawing started at a 

very early age when his aunt gave 

him his first box of oil paints for 

his birthday. His first award was 

presented to him in the eighth 

grade when he painted an oil 

portrait of President Eisenhower 

and won 1 st Place and a five dollar 

bill. His art teachers mentored 

him during elementary 

and high school years. In his senior 

year he was selected to create 

the illustrations for the class 

yearbook and graduation program. 

Instead of attending art 

school, he opted to apply his scientific 

talents by becoming employed 

at the U.S. Army Natick 

Laboratories, Natick, MA, in the 

science research field involving 

proteins, energy, chemical protection, 

and robotic automation 

testing for soldier systems while 

also using his artistic abilities 

for illustrations. Ray retired in 

1996, now devoting full time to 

art. Ray’s large oil portraits of 

retired principals and superintendents, 

as well as a portrait of 

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the 1990 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 

adorn the hallways at Milford 

High School. 

Ray does not try to duplicate 

a scene with photographic precision 

but seeks to use gradations 

of color and light to share 

a mood with viewers. 

Andreotti believes that 

years of experience 

have taught him to construct 

scenes in ways 

that lead viewers’ eyes 

to the subject, which 

he hopes will prompt 

an emotional response. 

Many individuals have 

commented that Ray’s 

artwork is “so soothing 

to the soul.” He follows 

his intuition and instinct 

to freeze ephemeral moments 

in a delicate wash 

of colors, capturing the 

changing light in shades 

of gradually changing 

colors. After finding a 

scene that catches his 

eye, he first sketches it 

in pencil and adds some 

colors. Ray then returns 

to his studio and 

relives the actual moment 

when he experienced 

the intangible 

force that urged him to stop, look 

and consu;me the wonder of the 

particular moment before him. 

He often photographs the same 

scene in order to manipulate the 

colors to match complementary 

colors and enhance vivid contrasts. 

Everything Ray tries to 

express in his paintings is determined 

by personal insight and 

mood toward the subject. 

“Art has offered me the experience 

to meet and paint with 

many great artists over the years. 

I’ve taken workshops with such 

nationally acclaimed American 

Watercolor Society Signature 

Artists as Carlton Plummer, 

Mario Cooper, Don Getz and 

Don Andrews. Their workshops 

were quite inspiring and 

extremely helpful to my artistic 

progress. Since then my paintings 

have won awards in many 

national, regional and local art 

exhibitions which helped me to 

become certified for Signature 

Memberships in The (AWS) 

American Watercolor Society, 

New York City; (NEWS)New 

England Watercolor Society, Boston, 

MA; (RIWS)Rhode Island 

Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, 

RI; and the (AAA)Academic 

Artists Association, Vernon, CT. 

“ 

Ray ‘s artwork may be seen 

at his home studio at 116 Freedom 

St., Hopedale, MA, and is 

also exhibited at Premier Image 

Gallery in Ledgemere Plaza, 

Ashland, MA . He will be available 

to discuss his artwork at the 

opening reception on Saturday, 

August 20, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

at the Rhode Island Watercolor 

Society in Pawtucket, RI. The 

exhibition is free of charge and 

open to the public with light refreshments 

to be offered.

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to teach in Houston but returned 

to New England for graduate 

studies in Administration, Planning 

and Social Policy at Harvard. 

For the past twenty years Crebase 

has served in the Nashua, 

New Hampshire school district, 

first as a school principal, and for 

the past three years as one of two 

assistant school superintendents. 

“I loved my job of assistant 

superintendent in Nashua,” Crebase 

recalled. “I worked with a 

team of three people. It’s a large 

school system, 18 schools with 

12,000 students. The school 

system had 900 teachers, and I 

knew the names of at least 80% 

of them. But I missed the personal 

touch I’d had as principal. 

When I had that position I 

made sure I knew every student’s 

name, and their families.” 

Hopedale has a total of 1200 

students in the entire school 

system. When Crebase started 

looking for a position where she 

might feel better connected with 

the community, she focused on 

small school districts. “Hopedale 

matched everything I was 

looking for in a school district,” 

Crebase said. “In fact, this is the 

only position I applied for. Since 

this is such a smaller school system, 

I hope to get to know the 

name of every student now that 

I’m here.” 

Part of what attracted Crebase 

to Hopedale was its history. 

She’s learned a lot about the 

town but knows she has much still 

to learn. Crebase wrote a Superintendent 

Entry Plan to provide structure 

and accountability to her 

first year here in town. Rather 

than jump in with preconceived 

notions of what the schools 

need, she intends to spend a 

substantial amount of time listening 

and learning. It is notable 

that among those she specifically 

lists as people she wants to learn 

from, she included not just the 

teachers, school committee, and 

school staff. She also lists specifically 

the school coaches, and 

those responsible for the physical 

plant of the schools, including 

the school custodians. She 

also wants to hear directly from 

the students and parents, and 

many others who have a stake in 

the Hopedale School system as 

well. “There is great history to 

be found in the staff, the buildings, 

the district and the town,” 

Crebase said. “I plan to use that 

history to help guide the future 

of the school system.” 

Crebase sees part of her work 

as bringing a stable direction 

to a school district rocked by 

former Superintendent Dennis 

Breen’s death. She knows that 

many were deeply saddened by 

his passing. “It’s clear he was beloved, 

talking about him bring 

tears to people’s eyes, there was 

so much love and admiration for 

him,” she noted. “His loss was 

felt deeply.” 

Reflecting on what she can 

bring to the Hopedale schools, 

Crebase explained, “I’m looking 

to provide prioritizing, developing 

leadership teams within the 

district.” This is not to say there 

are a lot of problems. In fact, 

Crebase affirmed, “The school 

district is in excellent shape. I 

want to ensure that the district 

curriculum meets state standards 

across the district, as well as vertically—that 

is, say when teaching 

math concepts, you want to 

be sure foundation concepts are 

taught consistently so students 

can build on those concepts in 

the following years. You don’t 

want to develop curriculum in 

isolation.” 

When asked what might surprise 

some people about her, 

Crebase immediately noted 

that she is an avid biker. She explained, 

“Every year I take part 

in a 115 mile overnight bike ride 

for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. 

One of my sisters, Pat, has MS. 

Another sister and I started participating 

in the ride in Connecticut 

20 years ago. For my mom’s 

70 th birthday we persuaded her 

to get a bike and join us for part 

of the ride. She worked up to 

where she rides 25 miles each 

of the days of this ride with us. 

We have about 20 family members 

who all ride together for 

this event. In fact, over the years 

we’ve raised over $100,000 for 

the MS Society. My kids both 

ride in a smaller MS ride, and 

my sister Pat has gotten herself 

a hand crank bike to ride with us 

as well. 

Near the end of our interview 

Crebase noted that in her 

20 years experience in school administration 

she has seen, heard, 

and gotten through just about 

everything you can think of. She 

stated, ”I’ve had major crises, 

children’s deaths, emergencies, 

even live wires across the only 

access road leading to a school 

full of students. It’s difficult to 

rattle me. I tend to remain positive, 

look for the solutions and 

not get rattled. I also try to lead 

by example. There’s nothing I 

would ask someone else to do 

that I would not do myself.” 

So don’t be surprised if you 

spot Hopedale’s new school superintendent 

out on her bike, attending 

athletic events, stopping 

by an ice cream social, or getting 

acquainted with the students at 

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Hopedale Cultural 

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The Hopedale Cultural 

Council is a group of volunteers 

appointed by the Board of 

Selectmen. Our main function 

is to award grants annually 

from state appropriations to 

individuals and organizations 

for community projects and 

events. 

Additionally we organize the 

summer band concerts, the Day 

in the Park (September) and the 

Student Art show (December). 

We also sponsor group theater 

trips to Boston and Providence. 

We are looking for people 

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At this time we are in 

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visiting the various areas of the 

park, Passport holders will learn 

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In addition to providing a brief 

description of the six areas that 

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this Passport Book include space 

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and location of your visits. 

Hopedale is home to two 

cancellation sites: the Little Red 

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Bancroft Memorial Library 

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For Hopedale residents, the 

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story of Hopedale’s history from 

commune to corporate town, 

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loom temples. Up the street, 

the historic Bancroft Library 

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Massachusetts farms are increasingly 

offering locally grown 

and produced foods throughout 

the year. Eating local supports 

family farms, sustainable agriculture 

and a decrease in carbon 

footprint when we produce and 

consume our own fresh produce 

rather than shipping it across the 

country. On Saturday, August 

20, Hopedale Unitarian Parish 

will be hosting a farm to table 

dinner to showcase a bounty 

of locally available foods from 

nearby farms. A full course meal 

featuring Vegan and Vegetarian 

options, as well as locally raised 

meat, will be prepared and 

served at the church by reservation 

only. The menu will be determined 

by what is in season 

and abundant at that time. Email 

HopedaleUnitarian@verizon. 

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Michele and Tony Alves, 

members of the congregation 

and supporters of a local CSA 

with Long Life Farm in Hopkinton, 

are planning and preparing 

the meal with produce from their 

CSA and the Hopkinton Farmer’s 

market where Michele volunteers 

as a farm market manager. 

CSA’s are community supported 

agriculture programs where local 

farms sell shares of the harvest of 

their crops each year; providing 

CSA members with fresh produce 

each week from around 

June through October. 

The Farm to Table dinner 

will give folks an opportunity to 

meet the farmers Laura Davis 

and Don Sutherland of Long 

Life Farm in Hopkinton. Davis 

and Sutherland strive to grow 

nutrient dense food that bursts 

with flavor by utilizing organic, 

biological and mineral balanced 

farming techniques. Long Life 

Farm symbolizes a longer healthier 

life for the land, the farmer, 

their family and the community. 

Long Life Farm utilizes organic 

farming techniques that 

follow the guidelines set out in 

the National Organic Program 

(NOP) overseen by the USDA. 

Organic farming includes the 

use of compost, crop rotation 

and the absence of synthetic 

fertilizers and insecticides. Since 

2013 they have been successful 

in achieving organic certification 

through Baystate Organic 

Certifiers. Long Life Farm offers 

shares in their community supported 

agriculture. 

Davis says, “I am a student 

and supporter of the Real Food 

Campaign now known as the 

Bionutrient Food Association. 

This organization is educating 

farmers on how to make food 

more nutritious. Why? For the 

last 100 years, the USDA has 

been tracking the nutrient level 

of vegetables and has found 

most vegetables’ nutrition content 

have declined 20-40% since 

1920. 350 years of conventional 

farming, weather and land development 

in the US has left our 

soils deplete of the key minerals 

that people and animals need to 

get from their food in order to 

stay healthy. 

“We are striving to go beyond 

organic to grow more nutritious, 

nutrient dense vegetables that 

give people the minerals they 

need to fight disease. Vegetables 

that are nutrient dense also taste 

better and have longer shelf 

life. Plants that are grown have 

healthier immune systems and 

are less prone to insect damage 

and disease.” 

Come and enjoy a healthy, 

environmentally conscious, full 

course meal prepared with local, 

seasonal and organic produce 

grown nearby- and meet the 

farmers who make it possible. 

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Rain dates on Thursdays 

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August 10 - Mahrud 

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Saturday, September 17, 2016 

Where? Hopedale Unitarian 

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Living Healthy 

Summer Eye Safety 

By Roger M. Kaldawy, M.D., 

Milford Franklin Eye Center 

We all use sunscreen to 

protect our skin, but don’t 

forget to protect your eyes as 

well. Summertime means more 

time spent outdoors, and studies 

show that exposure to bright 

sunlight may increase the risk 

of developing cataracts and 

growths on the eye, including 

cancer. The same risk applies 

when using tanning beds, so 

be sure to protect your eyes 

from indoor UV light as well. 

Sunlight reflected off sand and 

water can cause photokeratitis, 

the condition responsible for 

snow blindness, so beach- and 

pool-goers: Take note. 

UV radiation, whether from 

natural sunlight or indoor 

artificial rays, can damage the 

eye’s surface tissues as well as the 

cornea and lens. Unfortunately, 

many people are unaware of the 

dangers UV light can pose. By 

wearing UV-blocking sunglasses, 

you can enjoy the summer safely 

while lowering your risk for 

potentially blinding eye diseases 

and tumors. It is important 

to start wearing proper eye 

protection at an early age to 

protect your eyes from years of 

ultraviolet exposure. 

Everyone of any age and any 

degree of skin pigmentation 

is susceptible to UV damage. 

Children are particularly 

susceptible to UV damage. 

People with light colored eyes 

may have an increased risk of 

certain eye diseases tied to UV 

exposure, including eye cancer. 

Some studies show that people 

with certain eye diseases such 

as retinal dystrophy may be at 

greater risk for UV-related sun 

damage. 

Cataract is a clouding of the 

eye’s lens. The lens must be clear 

in order to focus light properly 

onto the retina. Extensive 

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major reasons why we develop 

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According to a national 

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from the side. 

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occur any time of year, not just 

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afternoon, at higher altitudes, 

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Adin Ballou Peace Picnic To Be Held August 7th 

The Friends of Adin Ballou 

hold their sixth annual Hopedale 

Peace Picnic on August 7 th at 3pm 

at Adin Ballou Memorial Park at 

the corner of Hopedale Street 

and Peace Street. This event is 

free and open to the public. Join 

us as we rally to wage peace, seek 

justice and end war. There is an 

open mike, and we welcome any 

and all attendees to use that open 

mike to recite poems, sing songs 

or just make a statement on furthering 

peace and social justice. 

Also, the winning essays from the 

Adin Ballou Peace Essay Contest 

will be read aloud. Please bring a 

chair or blanket, food and drink, 

and your friends! 

In the 1800’s the Anti-Slavery 

Picnic, commemorating the 

emancipation of slavery in the 

British Empire on August 1, 

1834, was one of the most beloved 

traditions of the Hopedale 

Community. The first was held in 

1842, only four months after the 

Community took up residence 

in Hopedale. The members, still 

living in cramped and uncomfortable 

quarters, set aside a day for 

an event that was part celebration, 

part demonstration against 

social injustice. 

The Community’s newspaper, 

the Practical Christian, reported, “In 

a humble manner a few names 

gathered beneath a rude bower in 

His temple who fills all space, to 

commemorate the glorious First 

of August.” The event grew until, 

by the mid-1850s, it was attracting 

between one and two thousand 

people, with well-known 

speakers such as Sojourner Truth 

and Frederick Douglass. 

Friends of Adin Ballou revived 

the tradition with “Poetry for 

Peace in the Park” in 2010. The 

“Picnic in the Park” is a family 

event with an open mike to speak 

on social issues, play music, share 

poetry or other readings. Like the 

Hopedale pioneers, in August we 

gather “in a humble manner, beneath 

a rude bower” to express 

our visions of peace and our aspirations 

toward justice. 

The Friends of Adin Ballou 

honors the life and legacy of 

Rev. Adin Ballou, founder of the 

utopian community at Hopedale, 

Massachusetts. The goals of 

Friends of Adin Ballou are to research 

and study the words and 

deeds of Adin Ballou and the 

Hopedale Community, and to 

find ways to keep that legacy alive 

in the modern world. 

Friends of Adin Ballou sponsor 

three events per year: 

• Peace Essay Contest for 7 th 

to 12 th graders in April 

• Peace Picnic the first weekend 

of August 

• Fall Lecture in October/ 

November 

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Ballou was a minister and 

theologian, a tireless reformer, 

and a leading nineteenth-century 

exponent of pacifism. 

Adin Ballou (1803-1890), the 

founder of the Hopedale utopian 

community, was an abolitionist 

and pioneering theorist of nonviolence, 

whose teachings influenced 

such peace-giants as Leo Tolstoy, 

Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin 

Luther King. Ballou created the 

theory of “Non-Resistance,” a 

form of nonviolent protest, which 

he and others in the Hopedale 

Community used to effect radical 

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during the Civil War. In later life 

Ballou trusted that his ideas would 

be taken up again, perhaps a century 

or more in the future. Ballou’s 

ideas on how we can effect 

change without harming others 

and thus live together in loving 

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Mass Audubon Stony Brook Announces Its August 

Programming. Don’t let summer slip away. Come visit! 

Tiny Trekkers: Saturdays, 

August 6 and 20, from 10:30 

a.m. to noon. Start your weekend 

off right with a fun and knowledgeable 

Stony Brook teacher 

on the trails learning about nature. 

Each day will have a special 

topic created to excite your child 

about the natural world. There 

will be crafts, activities and lots 

of laughter. So come and join 

the fun. This month’s themes: 

Along Came a Spider/Beavers: 

Dam Builders. Ages 2.9 to 6 

with a parent. Fee: $5m/$6nm 

per person per session 

Who’s Out There-Evening 

Wildlife Prowls: Friday, August 

12, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Explore 

the fascinating world of Stony 

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out on the trail often reinforce 

that notion. You never know 

what you will find on a walk 

around the trails after sunset. 

We’ll be on the lookout for the 

many creatures that roam the 

wetlands, fields and forest in the 

early evening. We might hear, 

or even see, owls, beavers, frogs, 

otters, bats or other nocturnal 

animals. If you’re open to surprises, 

these leisurely walks are 

for you! Minimum age 6. Fee: 

$9adult/$6childm - $11/$7nm 

Totally Turtles: Saturday, 

August 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 

noon. At Stony Brook turtles are 

the main attraction during the 

summer months. Join us as we 

explore the sanctuary in search 

of turtles that may be basking 

on logs or swimming in the 

ponds and marsh. We’ll look for 

the four species of turtles that 

live here and learn about their 

lifestyles including the “:grand 

daddy” snapping turtles. This 

program is designed for children 

ages 3-6, accompanied by 

an adult and will be held rain 

or shine, so please dress accordingly. 

Fee: $9adult/$6childm - 

$11/$7nm 

Twilight Canoe Trip: Saturday, 

August 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. 

Spend a lovely evening gliding 

around the Stony Brook wetlands, 

listening and exploring the 

ponds and marshes as day gives 

way to night. Sunset is a glorious 

time to be out in the wetlands, 

and there is no better way to get 

close to the action than from a 

canoe. We’ll provide the canoes 

and equipment. Participants limited 

to 10 people. Minimum age 

6. Fee: $22m/$27nm 

Raptor Identification 

Primer: Wednesday, August 10, 

from 7 to 9 p.m. There are over 

a dozen birds of prey that migrate 

south for the winter right 

over our heads. With some good 

instruction and a little practice 

we can learn to reliably identify 

these amazing birds. Join master 

naturalist Jack Lash as he covers 

all the important points for raptor 

identification before the onset 

of hawk migration. This is the 

perfect way to prepare for a visit 

to Mount Watatic in September. 

Fee: $11m - $14nm 

Wetland Plants-A Field 

Exploration: Saturday, August 

13, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Wetlands are fascinating places 

with unusual plants adapted to 

living in flooded, wet conditions. 

The compliment of plants living 

in area wetlands is diverse, 

beautiful, and sometimes dangerous. 

Join us on this wetland 

walk while we explore our wetland 

plants and the characteristics 

used to identify them. Fee: 

$17m - $21nm 

Exploring the landscape 

for clues to our past: Sunday, 

August 21, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. 

Have you ever wondered what 

the forests in your neighborhood, 

local park, or your own 

backyard looked like 10, 25, 50, 

or 100 years ago? Every landscape 

holds clues that can be 

used to understand past land 

use. All one has to do is to understand 

how to read the clues. 

Join Doug Williams to learn 

and practice forest investigation 

skills while walking around the 

Stony Brook Sanctuary searching 

for clues to past land use. 

Fee: $6m - $9nm 

Pre-registration is required for 

all programs (except as noted). 

For more details, visit the Mass 

Audubon webpage at www. 

massaudubon.org or contact us 

at 508-528-3140. Register by 

phone, email (stonybrook@massaudubon.org), 

fax (508-553- 

3864) or in person. Stony Brook 

is located at 108 North Street in 

Norfolk.


Encore Students Excel in National Program 

Another round of Royal 

Conservatory Music Development 

Program (RCMDP) assessments 

has come and gone 

at Encore Music Academy and 

Recording Studios. Students 

from all around the New England 

area participated during 

the eleven days of assessments 

held at Encore’s Franklin location. 

Students of all ages and 

musical abilities came to Encore 

throughout the month of May 

and early June to perform their 

exams in front of adjudicators 

who traveled from all across 

Canada in order to administer 

the assessments. In addition to 

academic assessments in music 

theory, harmony, analysis and 

history, students performed 

practical assessments on their instrument 

of choice. Instruments 

represented included piano, 

voice, classical guitar, flute, violin, 

and viola. 

Encore Music Academy 

and Recording Studios, located 

at 3 Bent Street, in Franklin, 

MA, and at 352 Village Street, 

in Millis, Mass., a Royal Conservatory 

Music Development 

Program Founding School and 

Official Assessment Center, is 

very proud to commend the following 

Encore students for their 

outstanding achievement in this 

round of Royal Conservatory 

Music Development Program 

assessments: 

FIRST CLASS HONORS 

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Prem Pendkar — Voice Level 

6, age 12, Franklin 

Timothy Reda — Voice 

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Iain Yarbrough — Piano 

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Christopher Botchis — Piano 

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Shreya Choudhury — Voice 


Samyuktha Chaganti — 

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Olivia Dwyer — Voice Level 

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Kaylee Lukasek — Piano 

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Max Olson — Piano Level 2, 

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Elyza Tuan — Piano Level 2, 

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Charlotte Kunz — Voice 


Danielle D’Errico — Piano 


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participate, and Encore Music 

Academy is proud to offer these 

opportunities at the school and 

through outreach to the surrounding 

communities. 

Levels of achievement are determined 

by the following scale: 

• First Class Honors with Distinction: 

An assessment score 

of 90 to 100. 

• First Class Honors: An assessment 

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• Honors: An assessment score 

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Students are graded on proficiency 

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Performance; technical requirements; 

aural skills; rhythm; and, 

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Alzheimer’s 

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is hosting an Alzheimer’s 

and Dementia 

Support Group every third 

Thursday of the month 

from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm in 

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This support group is an 

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Sports 

Rogers To Coach Hopedale High Field Hockey Team 

By KEN HAMWEY 

Staff Sports Writer 

Jessica Rogers seems like a dynamic 

choice to coach Hopedale 

High’s field hockey squad. 

The 24-year-old Rogers 

played the sport at Uxbridge 

High and Franklin Pierce College, 

was an all-star selection at 

both levels, and she’s got coaching 

experience. Rogers was Nipmuc 

High’s junior-varsity coach 

last year and she’s coached a 

club team (Worcester County 

United Field Hockey Academy) 

for two seasons. She’s also served 

as the director of her club team’s 

elite program. 

Rogers has replaced Caitlin 

McInnis, who relocated to Pennsylvania 

when her husband’s 

work involved a transfer. McInnis 

led the Blue Raiders to three 

straight Dual Valley Conference 

championships. 

“Hopedale has tremendous 

tradition in field hockey,’’ Rogers 

said. “Their teams have left 

lasting legacies, especially in 

qualifying for the playoffs. At 

Uxbridge, I played on a Southern 

Worcester County League 

championship team my sophomore 

year and we went to the 

tourney all three seasons. In my 

senior year, we were eliminated 

from the tourney by Hopedale.’’ 

Rogers, who lives in Uxbridge 

and teaches Grade 1 in 

Serving Needham & 

Surrounding Towns 

Ashburnham, inherits a team 

that’s lost nine players to graduation 

and is very young. Her 

goals, however, are objectives 

that she believes will keep the 

Blue Raiders tourney-bound. 

“We’ll focus on one practice 

at a time, one game at a time, 

and improve our skills and technique 

daily,’’ she noted. “That 

approach should help us to 

reach the tourney. Our league 

is balanced and competitive and 

we’re aware that no opponent 

will be easy.’’ 

Rogers’ coaching style combines 

both old-school and modern-day 

approaches. She’ll be 

an instructor and she’ll stress 

discipline. “It’s important to be 

a teacher of the sport first,’’ she 

emphasized. “I also want my 

players to be disciplined and follow 

the rules. We’ll stick to basics 

but I’ll also be flexible, teaching 

new skills and techniques.’’ 

Rogers met her squad on 

June 20 and she was impressed. 

Her captains — juniors Micayla 

Vail, Cassidy Adams and Jenny 

Holland, and senior Courtney 

Smith — discovered that their 

new mentor prefers her leadership 

group to offer advice to 

younger players, to ensure that 

team bonding occurs quickly 

and to be welcoming role models. 

“I stressed the importance 

of team play, learning new concepts 

at practice, accepting constructive 

criticism and being able 

to overcome adversity,’’ Rogers 

noted. “I also talked about being 

flexible and able to adjust to different 

situations, especially when 

mistakes are made.’’ 

At Nipmuc, where her jayvee 

team enjoyed success, Rogers 

liked the way her players “grew, 

became better-skilled and stayed 

true to their commitment.’’ Her 

philosophy at Hopedale will be 

more of the same. 

“I want our players to compete 

to win,’’ Rogers said. “I 

also want them to develop passion 

for the game and to reach 

their potential. I want us to be 

defensive-oriented and aggressive 

on offense. But, also important 

is a good field-hockey 

IQ. Players must develop field 

awareness and know where the 

ball is going.’’ 

Rogers also expects her players 

to learn quality life lessons 

as they compete. She knows the 

game “will help them become 

leaders and be responsible, help 

them overcome adversity and 

help them develop character.’’ 

A midfield and defender in 

high school and college, Rogers 

helped Franklin Pierce gain 

national ranking in Division 2 

her sophomore year. She was a 

captain in middle school, high 

school and in college. 

“When I was in middle 

school, I got enough girls to sign 

a petition to form a seventhgrade 

team,’’ Rogers recalled. 

“In the eighth grade, our team 

went unbeaten. I was attracted 

to the sport at age seven when 

I saw my first game. I liked the 

sport because it requires speed, 

endurance, passing and motion.’’ 

Rogers liked playing in a 

small-town atmosphere and she 

knows she’ll like coaching in a 

similar environment. 

“Hopedale is a close-knit 

community and I’m familiar 

with that,’’ Rogers said. “And, 

the fan base is so supportive. I’m 

eager to get started.’’ 

The transition to a new coach 

should be smooth. Jessica Rogers 

may be only 24 but her approach 

at Hopedale will be like 

a seasoned veteran.


Sports 

ESPANET 

continued from page 1 

Championship.” 

While at Hopedale this past 

spring Espanet played shortstop 

for the Blue Raiders, but on the 

Milford squad he is back in his 

old stomping grounds of playing 

second base, a place he has not 

only learned but grown over the 

past three years. As Milford was 

streaking toward a State Championship 

in 2014, Espanet was 

taking in legion baseball. 

“My freshman year I was the 

next man up with some talented 

athletes ahead of me so it was 

not a problem to sit and learn,” 

Espanet said. “When I was able 

to get into a game I played hard 

and whatever happened, happened.” 

With legion ball Espanet had 

to quickly adjust to the faster 

pitching and the very competitive 

play on the diamond. He 

also found out that it was a good 

wake up call for the then freshman. 

“Playing legion baseball 

made me realize that I had to 

work as hard as I could and do 

everything in my power to get 

better,” he said. “It showed me 

that no one was entitled to anything; 

you needed to be competitive 

at all times. It kind of put a 

chip on my shoulder to continually 

prove that I belonged and 

could play the game with the 

best of them.” 

As the Milford season rolls 

into the home stretch of the season 

Espanet is not only hoping 

that his team can continue winning, 

but is also looking to improve 

his relations with those on 

and off the field. 

“Obviously winning is enjoyable, 

but baseball is baseball 

no matter who you are playing 

for, “ Espanet said. “I’m just 

looking to be a great teammate, 

while building relationships with 

the athletes on the other legions 

teams.” 

Milford currently sits in third 

place within the Zone 4 standings 

with a 12-4 record at the 

time of this writing, while its 

second baseman is looking to 

turn around his lack of production 

at the plate over the past 

few contests. As Post 59 rumbles 

toward capturing another 

championship, Espanet knows 

that baseball will not always be 

in his future. The incoming high 

school senior has committed to 

the University of Maine to play 

wide receiver on the Black Bears 

football team beginning in the 

fall of 2017. 

Getting the Financial “Junk Drawer” in Order 

with Charles River Bank 

Everyone’s got a junk drawer, 

and although it can be a daunting 

task, it feels good to reorganize 

that drawer once in a while. 

That feeling is twofold when the 

reorganization involves finances. 

Tomas Cern, VP/Director of Financial 

Services at Charles River 

Bank, specializes in helping customers 

take stock of and reevaluate 

all of the different pieces that 

comprise their financial “junk” 

drawers. 

“I think I have more passion 

with helping you – just by having 

a conversation with you on 

finding opportunities to help you 

get better lined up – be a happier 

person in relation to your finances. 

That’s the reward,” says 

Cern. 

Tom Cern, who has been affiliated 

with Cambridge Investments 

since 2013, helps provide 

clients with a “family financial 

office”. 

“There are so many services 

that we provide,” he says. “It entails 

a conversation with clients 

about all of their financial needs 

– not just mortgage, not just savings, 

not just commercial lending 

for businesses, but how are you 

handling all your assets? Where 

are you in relation to retirement 

savings or estate planning, and 

how can you manage your cash 

flow better? The fun part is working 

with the clients and finding 

what works for them,” says Cern. 

The starting point, says Cern, 

is to take an assessment at all of 

a client’s accounts and determine 

what is or is not still working for 

them. 

“It could be a collection of 

life insurance policies, wills, 

trusts that you created five, 10 

years ago, looking at retirement 

accounts through work or an old 

employer 401K that you’ve left 

behind. In most situations, we 

have a simple questionnaire that 

clients can fill out,” he says. 

The second step in the process 

is simply having that conversation, 

says Cern. 

“What do you want to get accomplished? 

What are your biggest 

fears, or your biggest highs? 

Do you want a second house on 

the beach in Florida? Do you 

want to buy that classic Camaro 

that you had your eyes on? Do 

you want to get your kids through 

private instead of public college? 

Do you want to go to Europe? 

This gives us a good idea of the 

type of person you are, and helps 

us figure out how to get that accomplished,” 

says Cern. 

Cern, whose background 

began in engineering, explains 

that his job is to figure out the 

map to get client’s through life’s 

roadblocks. He explains, “The 

investments are the easy part. 

Those are just the bricks. The 

house design is the more important.” 

Registered Representative. 

Securities offered through Cambridge 

Investment Research, 

Inc., a Broker/Dealer, Member 

FINRA/SIPC. Investment Advisor 

Representative, Cambridge 

Investment Research Advisors, 

Inc., a Registered Investment 

Advisor. Charles River Bank and 

Cambridge are not affiliated. 

Not FDIC Insured, Not Bank 

Guaranteed, and may lose value. 

Information contained in this 

email is privileged and confidential. 

Tom Cern’s office is located 

at 70 Main Street, Medway, MA 

02053. (508) 321-3144


AUGUST 2016 - HOPEDALE SR. CENTER ACTIVITIES (508)634-2208 

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 

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2 

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4 

9:00 am Grocery Trip 

9:00 am Yoga 

Market Basket 

9:00 am Yoga 

1:00 pm Bridge 

9:00 am Walking Group 

PANERA BREAD 

9:00 am Walkers 

11:30 am Lunch @ 

Sr.Center 

12:45 pm BINGO 

12:00 pm Meditation 

5 

8:30 am PODIATRY CLINIC 

9:00 am Arthritis Exercise 

Sr. Center closes @ 12:30 pm 

8 

PANERA BREAD 



9:00 am Walmart Trip 

9:00 am Yoga 


9 

10 



1:00 pm Matinee Movie: 

Brooklyn 

11 

9:00am Yoga 

11:30 am Lunch @ 

Hopedale Sr. Center 

12 

8:30 am – 10:30 am 

Wellness Nurse 



PANERA BREAD 



15 

9:00 am Yoga 


12:00 pm Pizza Party 

16 

17 

8:15 am North Shore Trip 


Market Basket 



18 

9:00 am Yoga 

10:00 am Knitters 

1:00 pm COA Board 

Meeting 


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PANERA BREAD 



22 

29 

23 

9:00 am Yoga 

9:30 am Trip to Twin River 

Casino 


30 

24 



1:00 pm Matinee Movie: 

Joy 

31 

9:00 am Yoga 

(last class until 9/13) 

25 

1:00 pm Happy Birthday 

Celebration 

Seniors 80 and older 

26 

8:30 am – 10:30 am 

Wellness Nurse 


(last class until 9/16) 


PANERA BREAD 



9:00 am Yoga 




Market Basket 


The Credit Union Difference 

Norfolk Credit Union Turns 63 This Month 

By Susan J Kenney, Manager/ 

CEO, Norfolk Community 

Federal Credit Union 

When it comes to financial 

institutions, most of us are 

programmed to automatically 

think “bank.” But a bank is not 

your only option. Credit Unions 

offer some of the same services 

as other financial institutions 

but with an added personal 

touch. Many people do not see 

a distinction between these very 

different types of institutions. 

That is unfortunate, because 

while you can get many of the 

same financial products from 

a variety of providers, their 

fundamental approach to doing 

business may eventually have 

an impact on how well you 

sleep at night. Credit Unions 

are cooperative, not-for-profit 

financial institutions organized 

to promote thrift and provide 

credit to its members. We pool 

our money for the benefit of 

all. All profits made by the 

credit union are returned to the 

members in some way. This may 

be offering lower loan rates, fee 

reductions or better rates on 

savings. What this means to 

you is that you are the investor 

in the credit union and you, as 

members, reap the rewards. 

We are member-owned and 

controlled through the election 

of a Board of Directors drawn 

from our membership. Each 

year, a credit union will hold an 

annual meeting to elect a Board 

of Directors and to report to 

the membership the status of 

the credit union. The Board 

of Directors are volunteers 

whose responsibility is to guide 

the credit union, to insure that 

the credit union is operated on 

a sound financial basis and to 

chart a course for implementing 

new services that are requested 

and needed by the membership. 

Board members serve on a 

volunteer basis. Membership in 

federal credit unions is limited to 

persons sharing a common bond 

such as residents of a defined 

area, members of associations, 

and employees of corporations. 

Perhaps the least widely 

known or understood part of 

credit unions is our democratic 

control. Democratic control 

makes the credit union a part of 

the communities it serves rather 

than an engine of profit seeking 

markets where it can reap 

maximum revenue. Individual 

credit union members who 

determine the future of the 

credit union have no better use 

of the capital that the institution 

controls than to continue 

their credit union’s mission of 

service to the community. The 

stockholders who own the bank 

are always on the look out for 

a way to make the bank more 

profitable, including merging 

or sell out of a market. Credit 

unions are the most successful 

and widespread of cooperative 

business in the United States. 

Credit union deposits are 

insured up to $250,000 by the 

National Credit Union Share 

Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), 

which is backed by the full faith 

and credit of the United States 

Government. Each credit union 

approved for NCUSIF insurance 

must meet high standards 

of safety and soundness in 

its operation. Adherence to 

these standards is determined 

regularly through credit union 

examinations by federal and 

state examiners. 

Not one penny of insured 

savings has ever been lost by a 

member of a federally insured 

credit union. 

To join Norfolk Credit 

Union, you can come into our 

office or apply for membership 

online. Upon submittal of the 

membership, a member has full 

voting rights after purchasing 

one share, which is $10. Our 

membership is open to anyone 

living, working, or worshipping 

in Norfolk, Franklin, Wrentham, 

Bellingham, Millis, Medway, 

Foxborough, Medfield, 

Plainville, and Walpole or their 

immediate families. 

We pride ourselves on our 

personal service and our belief 

that people are more important 

than dollars. All of our members 

regardless of their financial or 

social position are equals with 

a voice and a vote in things 

that affect the credit union. We 

don’t exist to provide financial 

services-we provide financial 

services for the purpose of 

improving lives. 

Norfolk Community Federal 

Credit Union will celebrate our 

63rd year of service on 

August 11, 2016. For over a 

100 years, credit unions have put 

people before profit. We share a 

remarkable heritage and history. 

We were chartered in Norfolk 

and have remained in this town 

for over 62 years. Achieving 

over 60 years of service is a 

testament to the credibility and 

stability of our growing financial 

institution. In an environment 

where financial institutions have 

come and gone our credit union 

has grown and prospered.


Kick Off Home Improvement Season 

With Easy Maintenance Projects 

By Scott McGillivray 

As the days get longer and the 

weather improves, this is the time 

to make sure that our homes or 

rental properties are well maintained. 

Here are a few do-ityourself 

projects to keep your 

home in tip-top shape: 

• Top up your attic insulation. 

Many older homes have inadequate 

levels of insulation in the 

attic that wouldn’t meet today’s 

building code. Topping it up will 

help reduce energy consumption 

and keep your house cooler 

in the summer months. A great 

product for this task is Roxul 

ComfortBatt insulation. It’s easy 

to install, cuts simply with a serrated 

blade or bread knife and 

protects against fire, moisture 

and mold. Aim for a depth of 

16 inches or an R-value of 50. 

Insulating properly could also 

provide added benefits, such as 

improving the longevity of your 

air conditioner by reducing stress 

on the unit as temperatures rise. 

• Inspect your roof and make 

minor repairs. Winter can be 

especially hard on a roof. Look 

for ice, hail or water damage. 

Replace any cracked or missing 

shingles and clear any debris. 

• Clean your gutters. It’s 

not glamorous work, but your 

home’s gutters play an essential 

role in moving water away from 

your home and preventing damage. 

Consider installing gutter 

guards to ensure your gutters 

remain functional and free from 

debris. 

• Inspect windows and doors 

and re-caulk where necessary. 

Because a proper seal is essential 

in both heating and cooling 

seasons, this job should be performed 

twice a year to protect 

against drafts and moisture, 

and to keep insects out. Worn 

weatherstripping should also be 

replaced. 

Other simple jobs include fixing 

leaky faucets, repairing and 

resealing decks, inspecting the 

foundation and scheduling a 

checkup for your HVAC system. 

The key is being honest about 

what you can handle and, when 

in doubt, call in the pros. 

Scott McGillivray is the 

award-winning TV host of the 

hit series Income Property, a fulltime 

real estate investor, contractor, 

author, and educator. Follow 

him on Twitter @smcgillivray. 

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Hopedale Bancroft Library News 

Summer Hours 

This is just a reminder that the 

Library is NOT closing for Saturdays 

this summer. We will be 

closed Saturday September 3rd. 

Other than that, we will be open 

for our normal time of 10AM to 

2 PM on Saturdays throughout 

the summer. 

Blackstone River Valley 

National Historical Park 

Passport Program 

The Blackstone River Valley 

National Historical Park now 

has a passport program for valley 

explorers of all ages. Hopedale 

is part of this program and residents 

and visitors are encouraged 

to explore the Blackstone River 

Valley with a free passport book. 

The Little Red Shop and the 

Bancroft Memorial Library now 

have official passport cancellation 

stamps. Please visit us for more 

information, or go to https:// 

www.nps.gov/blrv/planyourvisit/passport.htm. 

Ongoing Library Events 

The Helen Symonds Book 

Group meets in the Library Program 

Room at 1:00 PM on the 

first Wednesday of every month 

from September to June. The 

book group will not be meeting 

in August. The next meeting 

will be Wednesday, September 

7th at 1:00 PM. The discussion 

book will be Beach Music by Pat 

Conroy. Books will be available 

in July. CW/Mars Summary: 

“Jack McCall, a writer who 

moved to Rome to flee his family, 

returns to South Carolina where 

his mother is dying and makes 

peace with them, including Jewish 

in-laws he couldn’t stand and 

who blamed him for his wife’s 

suicide”. If you are new to the 

group, please call the Library at 

(508) 634-2209 to request a copy 

of the book. Everyone is welcome 

to join the group. 

Color for Relaxation 

Adults are coloring for stress 

relief! Drop in and give yourself 

a “time out.” Join us on the 

second (August 9th) and fourth 

(August 23rd) Tuesday mornings 

each month from 10-11 AM to 

relax, de-stress and color. We will 

provide coloring sheets, markers 

and colored pencils or you can 

bring your own. Registration is 

requested, but not required. 

CookBook Club 

Curious about new recipes? 

Bored with the same food each 

week? Join us as we try new 

recipes from some of our many 

cookbooks. Each month we feature 

a cookbook and the Library 

will order extra copies from 

other libraries for you to check 

out. Each member of the group 

will prepare one recipe from the 

cookbook to bring to the meeting 

for everyone to sample. Our 

next meeting of the CookBook 

Club will be Monday, August 

8th at 6:30 PM and will feature 

recipes from The Heart of the 

Plate by Mollie Katzen. CW/ 

Mars Catalog Summary: “Reinventing 

the traditional vegetarian 

repertoire, offers 250 recipes for 

simple and healthful dishes that 

celebrate vegetables in all their 

glory and juxtapose colors and 

textures to make weeknight dinners 

fresh and exciting.” If it is 

your first time, just come sample 

the recipes. The Library will provide 

drinks, plates and utensils. 

Sign up at the Library Circulation 

Desk or call (508) 634-2209 

and come join the fun. 

Wednesday Knitting & 

Crocheting Group 

Do you want to learn how to 

knit or crochet? Have you been 

knitting for a while but want to 

spend time with other crafters? 

Do you have a project that 

has been waiting for you to “get 

around to it? “Join the Knovel 

Knitters for an evening of knitting 

& crocheting every Wednesday 

night from 6:00 until 7:45 

PM. 

Museum Passes 

Looking for fun things to do 

this summer? Don’t forget that 

we have free or discounted passes 

available to some local museums, 

parks or places for Hopedale residents. 

For a list of our passes, 

visit our website at http://www. 

hopedale-ma.gov/bancroft-memorial-library/pages/museumpasses-available. 

Trustee Meeting 

The Library Board of Trustees 

meets monthly in the Trustee 

Room. Their next meeting will 

be Monday, August 15th at 6:45 

PM. Everyone is welcome to attend. 

The Friends of the Hopedale 

Library Meeting 


Library meetings are held 

on the first Tuesday morning of 

each month. They will not meet 

in August. Their next meeting 

will be in the Library Reference 

Room on Tuesday September 

6th, 2016 at 10:00 AM. Anyone 

interested in helping the Library 

and planning our adult programming 

is welcome and encouraged 

to join them. 


Library was founded in 1983. 

They work with the Library staff 

and Trustees to support the Library 

by providing funds for 

equipment, materials and programs 

not covered by the regular 

operating budget. They offer 

adult events September-June, pay 

for the children’s summer reading 

and for other programs. New 

members are always welcome! 

More information can be found 

at http://www.hopedale-ma. 

gov/bancroft-memorial-library/ 

pages/friends-library. 

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