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<strong>Franklin</strong> Teens to Hold<br />
Veterans Day Blood Drive<br />
By J.D. O’Gara<br />
Twin Sisters Honored as Gallon Blood Donors<br />
by Boston Children’s Hospital<br />
How long does it take to<br />
donate a whole gallon of<br />
blood? Just ask twin sisters<br />
Giovanna and Olivia Sabini-<br />
Leite, <strong>Franklin</strong> High School<br />
National Honor Society students<br />
who’ve recently reached<br />
that milestone. The two teens<br />
are organizing their first blood<br />
drive, with the help of the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Knights of Columbus,<br />
on <strong>November</strong> 11, from<br />
9 a.m. – 2 p.m., behind the<br />
Benjamin <strong>Franklin</strong> Classical<br />
Charter School, to benefit Boston<br />
Children’s Hospital. They<br />
hope to encourage other local<br />
teens to consider blood donation,<br />
something teens can do<br />
with parents’ permission, at<br />
age 16.<br />
“<strong>Franklin</strong> has a huge population<br />
of kids,” says Olivia,<br />
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two National Honor Society students have recently been honored<br />
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donation. With the help of the <strong>Franklin</strong> Knights of Columbus, they<br />
will host a blood drive in <strong>Franklin</strong> on Veterans Day, <strong>November</strong> 11.<br />
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<strong>Franklin</strong> Garden Club<br />
Grows its Network<br />
By J.D. O’Gara<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Garden Club is<br />
finding it pays to collaborate. On<br />
the first of this month, the group,<br />
along with peer groups Norfolk<br />
and Millis Garden Clubs, will<br />
present public program, “Pots<br />
with Pizzazz” on Tuesday, <strong>November</strong><br />
1, at 7 p.m. at the Remington<br />
Middle School located on<br />
628 Washington Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
Working with other garden<br />
clubs, says Mary Anne Dean,<br />
current <strong>Franklin</strong> Garden Club<br />
co-president with Susan Childers,<br />
has upgraded the level of speakers<br />
and value to the club. “Since<br />
some speakers cost more than<br />
others, sometimes a speaker<br />
for one club would be cost prohibitive,<br />
but for three clubs, you<br />
might be able to afford it when<br />
you cosponsor,” she says.<br />
This month’s presenters will<br />
be Jana Milbocker and Joan<br />
Butler of Holliston-based Enchanted<br />
Gardens, who have presented<br />
programs at the Boston<br />
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She is a former Chairman of the<br />
Massachusetts Landscape Design<br />
Council and is a member of Garden<br />
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Tri-County School Committee<br />
Honors Rappa with Emeritus Title<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> resident Robert<br />
J. Rappa was recently voted<br />
“Chairman Emeritus” by the<br />
Tri-County Regional School<br />
Committee in recognition of his<br />
decades-long commitment to the<br />
district.<br />
Mr. Rappa, a member of<br />
the School Committee since the<br />
building first opened in 1977, announced<br />
plans to step down from<br />
his post this past spring after 40<br />
years of dedicated service to the<br />
students of Tri-County. He was<br />
also a member of the Building<br />
Committee prior to construction<br />
of the school.<br />
In a unanimous vote on September<br />
21, the School Committee<br />
awarded Mr. Rappa the<br />
title of “Chairman Emeritus,”<br />
thereby ensuring that he maintains<br />
his ties to the school in perpetuity.<br />
In October 2015, the School<br />
Committee renamed the high<br />
school’s main office conference<br />
room in honor of Rappa and fellow<br />
founding School Committee<br />
member Louis E. (Ted) Hoegler,<br />
of Walpole. They continue to<br />
support Tri-County graduates<br />
with the Hoegler Rappa Scholarship<br />
Fund.<br />
Mr. Rappa has made countless<br />
contributions to the <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
community. He worked as the<br />
Town of <strong>Franklin</strong>’s Treasurer-<br />
Collector for many years before<br />
moving on to Keefe Insurance<br />
Agency, where he worked for<br />
38 years. Mr. Rappa was also a<br />
member of the Board of Directors<br />
of the Dean Cooperative<br />
Bank.<br />
Founding School Committee members Robert J. Rappa, of <strong>Franklin</strong>,<br />
and Louis E. (Ted) Hoegler, of Walpole, pose for photos at a Dedication<br />
Ceremony for the Louis E. Hoegler and Robert J. Rappa Conference<br />
Room in Fall 2015. The School Committee recently awarded Rappa the<br />
title of “Chairman Emeritus” in recognition of his decades of service to<br />
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place in the <strong>Franklin</strong> Garden<br />
Club last year, when the small<br />
group, which averages about 25<br />
members, joined the Garden<br />
Club Federation of Massachusetts<br />
(GCFM).<br />
“That’s an exciting step for us,<br />
because it allows our members<br />
to participate in many different<br />
types of workshops, and it gives<br />
us an opportunity to learn about<br />
speakers for our own programs,<br />
which is also very helpful.” Dean<br />
explains that the <strong>Franklin</strong> Garden<br />
Club learned of the opportunity<br />
from a speaker they hosted.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Garden Club programs<br />
take place monthly, on the<br />
first Tuesdays, from September<br />
through June, excluding January.<br />
“We try to plan a special<br />
workshop for each month,” says<br />
Dean. In October, for example,<br />
the group hosted Doug Williams,<br />
a botanist from Stony Brook in<br />
Norfolk, Mass., who discussed<br />
what to plant to attract pollinators.<br />
On February 7, the group<br />
will present a “Cooking Demonstration<br />
with Winter Vegetables,”<br />
by Laura Stevens, March<br />
7th’s meeting will discuss “How<br />
to Have a Sustainable Enough<br />
Garden,” April 4th garden club<br />
members will learn about pruning<br />
and on May 2nd will be a<br />
workshop on herb gardening.<br />
June’s meeting will be a field<br />
trip to the Blithewold Mansion,<br />
known for its beautiful gardens,<br />
in Bristol, RI, and June will also<br />
feature a tour of members’ gardens<br />
and a potluck social.<br />
While meetings are usually<br />
open to the public,<br />
December’s program<br />
is the garden<br />
club’s annual auction,<br />
a fundraiser<br />
open to members of<br />
the <strong>Franklin</strong> Garden<br />
Club only. The auction<br />
raises funds for<br />
scholarships the club<br />
gives each year to a<br />
graduating senior<br />
from an area high<br />
school who has an<br />
interest in studying<br />
horticulture or environmental<br />
science. Meetings<br />
usually take place at the <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Senior Center (although this<br />
month’s meeting is at the Remington<br />
High School cafeteria,<br />
because of construction at the<br />
senior center.)<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Garden Club<br />
has two other major civic activities,<br />
says Dean.<br />
“We take care of the main<br />
garden at the <strong>Franklin</strong> Common<br />
where the memorial is to the soldiers<br />
and veterans. We clean it<br />
up in fall and spring and plant<br />
in the spring, and we water it<br />
through September and maintain<br />
it through October. We also<br />
provide pine tree seedlings to<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> first graders to celebrate<br />
Arbor Day in April.”<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Garden Club,<br />
which can be found on Facebook<br />
under “<strong>Franklin</strong> Garden Club<br />
- Massachusetts,” is always welcoming<br />
to new members.<br />
“You don’t have to come to<br />
every meeting,” says Dean, “and<br />
you don’t have to be a master<br />
gardener. We’re all amateurs who<br />
enjoy learning about flowers and<br />
the environment and enjoy doing<br />
what we do. It’s a social group,<br />
but it’s also an educational group.<br />
It’s a good experience.”<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Garden Club annual<br />
dues are just $35. To join, come<br />
to one of the open monthly meetings,<br />
or contact Mary Anne Dean<br />
maryannedean@comcast.net.<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Garden Club has expanded its offerings to members by<br />
joining the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts. On the first of<br />
this month, the group has partnered with the Millis and Norfolk<br />
Garden Clubs to present a program “Pots with Pizzazz.”<br />
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and 5 at 7:30 p.m., with a Sunday<br />
matinee on <strong>November</strong> 6 at<br />
2 p.m. The Odd Couple is an epic<br />
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Thrown out by his wife, the fastidious<br />
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can demystify blood donation.<br />
It’s not scary. It doesn’t hurt as<br />
much as you think it will, and the<br />
reward, giving someone else the<br />
opportunity to live – is just very<br />
powerful, knowing you’re doing<br />
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Olivia and Giovanna thought<br />
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only ones around their age being<br />
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speaking who had a rare disease<br />
where she had to have blood<br />
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“What surprised me and<br />
Giovanna were there were very<br />
few people our age,” says Olivia.<br />
“There were 20- and 30-yearolds,<br />
but nobody as young as us.”<br />
She adds that young, healthy<br />
people have healthy blood to donate.<br />
“We want to foster the idea<br />
of being a lifelong donor,” says<br />
Giovanna.<br />
The two sisters began their<br />
journey as blood donors when<br />
Giovanna, who developed scoliosis<br />
– as had a number of<br />
members of her Mom’s family<br />
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at that time, she found out that<br />
her blood (and her identical twin,<br />
Olivia’s) type was O-negative, the<br />
universal donor.<br />
“Anyone with any type of<br />
blood type can take O-negative,”<br />
says Giovanna, “Although they<br />
always need all kinds of blood.<br />
They prefer to give the same<br />
blood type to the child.”<br />
Once they were both 16, both<br />
twins began donating.<br />
“I guess I just felt like this need<br />
to give back to Children’s Hospital,”<br />
says Olivia. “I just did it as<br />
a way to give back to the hospital<br />
that did so many things for my<br />
family.”<br />
The twins give a whole blood<br />
donation every two months, although<br />
donors can choose different<br />
types of donations, such<br />
as plasma, double red cell and<br />
platelet donation.<br />
When it came to planning a<br />
blood drive of their own, then,<br />
the Sabini-Leite sisters didn’t<br />
hesitate to arrange for Boston<br />
Children’s Hospital’s Blood Mobile<br />
to come to <strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
The two sisters are pros at<br />
blood donation at this point.<br />
They have a few words of wisdom<br />
they’ve amassed over their<br />
couple of years of blood donation<br />
that they would like to give<br />
the young people they’re encouraging<br />
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“You definitely have to<br />
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Giovanna. “We take iron,<br />
which is especially important for<br />
women. For Children’s Hospital,<br />
you have to have more than 12.5<br />
grams of iron. They test you before<br />
you go in, so we eat a lot of<br />
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contain iron.”<br />
“Don’t be afraid,” says Olivia.<br />
“It will hurt when they put<br />
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Santa Foundation Calendars on<br />
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The Santa Foundation, Inc. is currently selling<br />
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As with a raffle, starting <strong>November</strong> first and running<br />
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<strong>November</strong> 8<br />
Election in <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Early Voting<br />
New to Massachusetts, all registered voters may cast early<br />
ballots in biennial state elections beginning with the <strong>November</strong><br />
8, <strong>2016</strong> Presidential Election. Early voting in <strong>Franklin</strong> will run<br />
through <strong>November</strong> 4 at the Town Clerk’s Office at Town Hall.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>November</strong> 1, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>November</strong> 2, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.*<br />
Thursday, <strong>November</strong> 3, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.*<br />
Friday, <strong>November</strong> 4, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.<br />
*Extended hours are for VOTING ONLY.<br />
Election <strong>November</strong> 8th<br />
The Town of <strong>Franklin</strong> has one polling location: <strong>Franklin</strong> High<br />
School Gymnasium, Oak Street – All Precincts. The polling location<br />
is divided into precincts, and voters will appear on the voting<br />
list only in the precinct in which their street is part of. Due to the<br />
crowds expected for this election, voters are strongly encouraged<br />
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<strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> Local Town Pages www.franklintownnews.com Page 7<br />
Encore Music Academy Students<br />
Excel In National Program!!<br />
Another round of Royal Conservatory Music Development Program (RCMDP)<br />
assessments has come and gone at Encore Music Academy and Recording Studios.<br />
Students from all around the New England area participated during the summer<br />
assessments held at Encore’s <strong>Franklin</strong> location. Encore Music Academy and Recording<br />
Studios, located at 3 Bent Street, in <strong>Franklin</strong>, MA, and at 352 Village<br />
Street, in Millis, MA, a Royal Conservatory Music Development Program Founding<br />
School and Official Assessment Center, is very proud to commend the following<br />
Encore students for their outstanding achievement in this round of Royal Conservatory<br />
Music Development Program assessments:<br />
FIRST CLASS HONORS WITH DISTINCTION<br />
Shreya Choudhury -<br />
Theory Basic Rudiments,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>, age 12<br />
Meghan Laurence - Voice Level 4, Mendon, age 12<br />
FIRST CLASS HONORS<br />
Ryan Daesen - Piano Level 1, Wrentham, age 11<br />
Prem Pendkar - Theory Intermediate Rudiments, <strong>Franklin</strong>, age 12<br />
HONORS<br />
Sumit Choudhury - Piano Level 9, <strong>Franklin</strong>, age 16<br />
Abigail George - Voice Level 4, <strong>Franklin</strong>, age 15<br />
Jack Pokorny - Prep Voice, <strong>Franklin</strong>, age 12<br />
Students of all ages and musical abilities came to Encore to perform their exams<br />
in front of adjudicators who traveled from across Canada in order to administer<br />
the assessments. In addition to academic assessments in music theory, harmony,<br />
analysis and history, students performed practical assessments on their instrument<br />
of choice. Instruments represented included piano, voice, classical guitar, violin,<br />
and viola.<br />
The Royal Conservatory Music Development Program provides a recognized<br />
national standard of success in music study from beginner to advanced levels. It inspires<br />
excellence through individual student assessments that are central to the Program,<br />
while also supporting teachers with high-quality and innovative resources.<br />
The RCMDP allows students to measure and celebrate accomplishment and track<br />
their progress throughout the country. All students and teachers across the United<br />
States are invited to participate, and Encore Music Academy is proud to offer these<br />
opportunities at the school and through outreach to the surrounding communities.<br />
Levels of achievement are determined by the following scale:<br />
First Class Honors with Distinction: An assessment score of 90 to 100.<br />
First Class Honors: An assessment score of 80 to 89.<br />
Honors: An assessment score of 70 to 79.<br />
Pass: An assessment score of 60 to 69.<br />
Students are graded on proficiency in the following areas: Performance; technical<br />
requirements; aural skills; rhythm; and, sight-reading ability.<br />
To learn more about Encore Music Academy and Recording Studios and<br />
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Page 8 Local Town Pages www.franklintownnews.com <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Tony Award winner Beth Leavel performs<br />
a one-night-only show at THE<br />
BLACK BOX, downtown <strong>Franklin</strong>’s<br />
theater, music and event venue, on Sunday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 19. Beginning at 8 p.m.,<br />
the event launches THE BLACK BOX<br />
Broadway Series, sponsored by Childs<br />
Engineering. Leavel recently finished<br />
an Atlanta run of the new Broadwaybound<br />
musical The Prom. In <strong>Franklin</strong>,<br />
she will be accompanied by acclaimed<br />
musical director Phil Reno, who is currently<br />
conducting Something Rotten on<br />
Broadway. Seating options for THE<br />
BLACK BOX Broadway Series feature<br />
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and VIP tickets, which include an<br />
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stars.<br />
Beth Leavel’s extensive Broadway<br />
credits include 42nd Street (Anytime<br />
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Annie, original cast; Dorothy Brock, revival),<br />
Crazy for You (Tess), Show Boat (Ellie,<br />
revival), The Civil War (Mrs. Bixby), Young<br />
Frankenstein (Frau Blucher), Mamma Mia!<br />
(Donna), and Elf the Musical (Emily). She<br />
received a Tony Award nomination for<br />
her portrayal of Florence Greenberg in<br />
Baby It’s You! Leavel’s Tony Award-winning<br />
performance in the title role of The<br />
Drowsy Chaperone also earned her Drama<br />
Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.<br />
TV and film credits include ER, Law &<br />
Order: Criminal Intent, and The Unusuals.<br />
Leavel headlined FPAC’s 2012 Gala at<br />
Gillette Stadium, as well as the grandopening<br />
2014 Gala at THE BLACK<br />
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The month’s entertainment also<br />
includes a return performance by the<br />
renowned Kenny Hadley Big Band on<br />
Sunday, <strong>November</strong> 13. Led by drummer<br />
Kenny Hadley, the critically acclaimed,<br />
16-piece ensemble boasts masterful<br />
musicians with performance ties to Big<br />
Band legends Woody Herman, Count<br />
Basie, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson,<br />
Buddy Rich and more. The Kenny<br />
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with such notables at the Count Basie<br />
Orchestra and the Duke Ellington Orchestra<br />
and has hosted guest soloists including<br />
Clark Terry and Louie Bellson.<br />
The BLACK BOX Jazz performance<br />
also features a special brunch beginning<br />
at 11:30 a.m., with music starting<br />
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A suburban hub for great music,<br />
THE BLACK BOX is located at 15<br />
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<strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> Local Town Pages www.franklintownnews.com Page 9<br />
Going Above and Beyond<br />
Former Norfolk Children’s School Director<br />
Opens New Preschool in <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
By Grace Allen<br />
They say that when a door<br />
closes, a window opens. After the<br />
Norfolk Children’s School (NCS)<br />
shut its doors this past June, director<br />
and teacher Deb Holmes<br />
decided it was the perfect opportunity<br />
to start her own preschool.<br />
Above and Beyond Preschool<br />
Center, LLC opened recently in<br />
Holmes’ house in <strong>Franklin</strong>, right<br />
on the Norfolk line. Fully licensed<br />
by the state, the school will build<br />
on the philosophies of the Norfolk<br />
Children’s School, where<br />
Holmes taught for over 20 years.<br />
“It’s always been a dream of<br />
mine to own a business,” said<br />
Holmes, who plans to cater<br />
to the individual needs of the<br />
families and children enrolling<br />
in her school. As a home-based<br />
preschool, flexibility will be the<br />
hallmark of Above and Beyond,<br />
added Holmes.<br />
With both Early Bird and<br />
Night Owl enrollment options,<br />
the school’s extended day will<br />
allow Holmes to offer enrichment<br />
activities beyond her<br />
preschool curriculum. The enrichments<br />
themes will be driven<br />
by the children’s interests, noted<br />
Holmes.<br />
“My objective is to offer ‘opportunities’<br />
for learning so that<br />
the children will be excited about<br />
making discoveries on their own,<br />
and therefore instill a love of<br />
learning.”<br />
In addition to the indoor<br />
classroom, the preschool offers<br />
a large outdoor space for exploration<br />
and nature-based activities.<br />
Holmes also plans to invite<br />
special guests, like storytellers,<br />
nutritionists, and musicians, to<br />
support and augment her curriculum.<br />
Holmes, a classically-trained<br />
musician, opera singer, and piano<br />
teacher, has always enjoyed working<br />
with young children. When<br />
her own child was a student at<br />
the Norfolk Children’s School,<br />
Holmes would often volunteer<br />
in the classroom. Pam Mele, the<br />
owner and director of NCS from<br />
1989 to 1996, suggested Holmes<br />
would make a great preschool<br />
teacher. Holmes eventually returned<br />
to school for certification<br />
saute & GRill<br />
RestauRant<br />
Deb Holmes, owner and director of Above and Beyond Preschool<br />
Center.<br />
in early education.<br />
Mele, currently an adjunct<br />
faculty member in Dean College’s<br />
Department of Early<br />
Childhood Studies and the 2013<br />
recipient of the Dean College<br />
Excellence in Teaching Award,<br />
said Holmes “has put a great<br />
deal of thought and experience<br />
behind her philosophy of teaching<br />
practice, curriculum, and the<br />
physical environment of her preschool.”<br />
She added, “Deb has an intuitive<br />
and educated knowledge of<br />
child development. Her strengths<br />
are her warmth, her non-judgmental<br />
attitude, and a sincere<br />
desire to support children and<br />
families.”<br />
Holmes still hears from former<br />
NCS students, who share<br />
how their preschool experience<br />
shaped the young adults they are<br />
today. The opportunity for children<br />
to explore, experiment, and<br />
create at their own pace is key to<br />
a successful early childhood education,<br />
believes Holmes.<br />
“You can reach them at that<br />
age,” observed Holmes. “You<br />
can make the difference.”<br />
For more information about<br />
Above and Beyond Preschool,<br />
visit www.aboveandbeyondschool.com<br />
or contact Holmes<br />
at (508) 520-1190. The school is<br />
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8 Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid<br />
Estate planning can be complicated,<br />
and it’s not uncommon<br />
for people to make mistakes with<br />
their plans. But financial advisors<br />
make errors, too, so here are the<br />
most common mistakes I have<br />
encountered from other financial<br />
and estate planners.<br />
1. Improper beneficiary<br />
designations<br />
I frequently see advisors improperly<br />
completing beneficiary<br />
designations. Examples: not<br />
changing the beneficiary due to<br />
divorce or a death, or listing a<br />
special needs child or grandchild<br />
directly as a beneficiary, rather<br />
than a trust FBO (for benefit of),<br />
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problems that include having to<br />
pay additional probate costs, losing<br />
the private nature of settling<br />
the estate, etc.<br />
3. Incorrectly assuming<br />
clients’ goals<br />
Many advisors assume a client’s<br />
main goal is to save estate<br />
taxes, for example. However,<br />
when really connecting with a client,<br />
we might find that taxes are<br />
only a small aspect of their objectives.<br />
Sometimes, in listening<br />
to the client, we realize that their<br />
fears are more about their heirs’<br />
ability to manage the inheritance<br />
as well as decisions such as trustees,<br />
etc.<br />
4. Naming minor children<br />
as account beneficiaries<br />
Letting clients name minor<br />
children outright as primary or<br />
contingent beneficiaries of life<br />
insurance or retirement plans.<br />
When minor children inherit, a<br />
court must appoint a guardian<br />
who must be bonded and must<br />
file a laborious annual accounting<br />
with the local court.<br />
5. Wrong choice of executors<br />
and trustees<br />
Naming a financial institution<br />
as successor executor/trustee<br />
after surviving spouse or instead<br />
of surviving spouse. In some<br />
cases, this is to the detriment of<br />
the spouse and other beneficiaries<br />
because large institutions<br />
usually follow their fiduciary<br />
responsibilities with a less personable<br />
approach than another<br />
trustee could provide.<br />
6. Failure to address<br />
medical directives<br />
Many attorneys will draft a<br />
health-care power of attorney<br />
(POA) and living will. If the two<br />
documents co-exist, they may<br />
conflict since the POA allows another<br />
to make decisions while the<br />
living will already states what is<br />
to be done. Absent statutory (or<br />
document) direction, health-care<br />
providers may experience a conflict<br />
in what to do.<br />
7. Ignoring state estate<br />
and inheritance taxes<br />
Many states follow the federal<br />
$5 million-plus exemption<br />
for taxable estates, but the states<br />
do not always exempt this larger<br />
amount. For example, in Massachusetts,<br />
estates over $1,000,000<br />
that are not left to the surviving<br />
spouse are subject to a Massachusetts<br />
estate tax.<br />
8. Failure to address asset<br />
protection<br />
Most couples fear losing their<br />
assets to nursing homes. For couples<br />
nearing retirement, strategies<br />
that protect assets should<br />
be explored. Strategies include<br />
lifetime credit shelter trusts, life<br />
estate deeds, gifting and other<br />
techniques that make assets available<br />
for use but beyond the reach<br />
of creditors. We have a great<br />
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<strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> Local Town Pages www.franklintownnews.com Page 11<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Public School Committee <strong>November</strong>,<br />
December Coffee Hours<br />
In line with the <strong>Franklin</strong> Public<br />
School Committee’s mission<br />
of improving communication<br />
with the citizens of our community,<br />
we will be hosting a series<br />
of meetings over the next few<br />
months:<br />
The Community Relations<br />
Subcommittee will be hosting<br />
two coffee hours at our town’s<br />
state- of- the- art new television<br />
(and radio) studio. We welcome<br />
feedback on the hiring of the<br />
new superintendent, budget and<br />
policy issues. Issues, concerns<br />
brought forth at these meetings<br />
are brought to the attention<br />
of the superintendent and will<br />
often appear as agenda items<br />
on upcoming school committee<br />
meetings. Please join us at<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Public Access Studio, 23<br />
Hutchinson Street, <strong>Franklin</strong> on:<br />
• Wednesday, <strong>November</strong> 9,<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
• Saturday, December 3, 9<br />
a.m.<br />
Dean College Presents:<br />
Into the Woods, <strong>November</strong> 16-20<br />
The School of the Arts at Dean College will<br />
perform Into the Woods, beginning Wednesday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 16, <strong>2016</strong> through Sunday, <strong>November</strong><br />
20, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
One of Sondheim’s most popular works,<br />
Into the Woods is a musically sophisticated show.<br />
James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take<br />
everyone’s favorite storybook characters and<br />
bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant,<br />
piece…and a rare modern classic. The Tony<br />
Award-winning book and score are both enchanting<br />
and touching.<br />
You won’t want to miss our talented students<br />
perform in this show!<br />
The Dean College production of Into the<br />
Woods will take place in the Main Stage in the<br />
Campus Center at Dean College, 99 Main<br />
Street, <strong>Franklin</strong> at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Saturday<br />
and 2:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.<br />
Tickets range from $5-$22 and can be purchased<br />
online.<br />
To learn more and purchase tickets, visit<br />
www.dean.edu/boxoffice.<br />
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Page 12 Local Town Pages www.franklintownnews.com <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Downtown Partnership to Celebrate 15 Years with Gala<br />
Nov 12<br />
What better way to celebrate<br />
15 years of events, accomplishments<br />
and service to <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
residents and businesses than<br />
with a big party? That’s what the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Downtown Partnership<br />
thinks, too!<br />
Join the FDP and friends at its<br />
anniversary fundraiser gala on<br />
Saturday, <strong>November</strong> 12, at THE<br />
BLACK BOX for an evening of<br />
fine food, fundraising and music.<br />
Doors open at 6 p.m. and there<br />
will be a cash bar. Attire is “cocktail<br />
party.”<br />
“With our 15th Anniversary<br />
Gala we are first celebrating the<br />
accomplishment of many of the<br />
goals we started with 15 years<br />
ago. Secondly, we are recognizing<br />
how the FDP has taken on a<br />
new shape through the new vision<br />
created by a growing body<br />
of members who care about the<br />
downtown. Thirdly, we are acknowledging<br />
that no change occurs<br />
without the hard work and<br />
dedication of many volunteers,”<br />
says Jane Curran, owner of Jane’s<br />
Frames, founding member of the<br />
FDP and gala co-organizer.<br />
“Our Gala gives everyone<br />
who has been involved in the<br />
downtown revitalization projects<br />
over the past 15 years a chance<br />
to celebrate together and to look<br />
forward to the next chapter in<br />
our town,” adds Nicole Fortier,<br />
Partnership president.<br />
The party will be about and<br />
The Man in Black<br />
Johnny Cash Tribute<br />
by some of the best <strong>Franklin</strong> has<br />
to offer. Bob Ward, <strong>Franklin</strong> resident<br />
and FOX25 news reporter,<br />
will emcee the festivities. Enjoy<br />
music by local band Ben Gardner’s<br />
Boat, featuring attorney<br />
and state representative Jeff Roy<br />
on guitar. Restaurant 3 will cater<br />
delicious hearty appetizers and a<br />
pasta station, and gala guests will<br />
bid on exciting auction and raffle<br />
items and baskets of goodies donated<br />
by local merchants.<br />
Tickets are on sale now for<br />
$100 each. There are two ways to<br />
purchase tickets: online at www.<br />
fdp15thanniversaryceleb.eventbrite.com<br />
(includes a $5.99/<br />
ticket service fee) or in person at<br />
Jane’s Frames. Tickets are sold<br />
The Corvettes<br />
Doo wop revue<br />
NOV 20<br />
on a first-come/first-serve basis.<br />
Proceeds from ticket sales,<br />
auction and raffle items, and<br />
sponsorships will help financially<br />
support the Partnership’s future<br />
efforts as a voice of downtown<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> and operation of its<br />
events. Dean Bank is a Platinum<br />
sponsor of this event.<br />
Attending the gala gives guests<br />
a good way to connect with the<br />
community at large, along with<br />
business leaders, town staff and<br />
government officials. It’s also<br />
an opportunity to see the FDP’s<br />
impact on the revitalization of<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>’s downtown, according<br />
to co-organizer Beth Wierling.<br />
“Every time I walk and drive<br />
through downtown I see the<br />
results of community involvement.<br />
I live downtown and I<br />
want the area to be the place to<br />
go to shop, eat and do errands.<br />
Being a member of the <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Downtown Partnership enables<br />
me to have a voice and truly help<br />
revitalize <strong>Franklin</strong>’s already great<br />
downtown,” says Wierling.<br />
In 2001, eight business owners<br />
and residents who were interested<br />
in revitalizing the town’s<br />
downtown center created the<br />
non-profit <strong>Franklin</strong> Downtown<br />
Partnership. By 2015 the organization<br />
had grown to nearly 200<br />
member businesses, groups and<br />
residents, many of whom have<br />
been members for more than 10<br />
years.<br />
The Partnership is well known<br />
for creating and running the<br />
popular Harvest Stroll, Holiday<br />
Stroll and Strawberry Stroll<br />
events. It’s also had a hand in at<br />
least 25 projects over the past 15<br />
years, including new buildings<br />
on East Central and Summer<br />
streets, greenspace installations,<br />
downtown gateway signs, and<br />
creation of a statue in front of the<br />
Historical Museum. The group<br />
was heavily involved in planning<br />
the recently completed Downtown<br />
Streetscape and Roadway<br />
Improvement project.<br />
“I’m most proud of the<br />
changes in our downtown as<br />
older buildings have been replaced<br />
or restored, building owners<br />
have taken a new pride in<br />
their property, and many traffic<br />
issues have been solved,” says<br />
Curran. “Our downtown has become<br />
a welcoming, vibrant community<br />
that we can all be proud<br />
of.”<br />
For more information about<br />
the 15th Anniversary Gala, to<br />
donate auction and raffle items,<br />
or to sponsor the event, contact<br />
Jane Curran, janeframe@verizon.net,<br />
or Beth Wierling, wierling.beth@gmail.com.<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Downtown<br />
Partnership welcomes volunteers<br />
and new members. To learn<br />
more about the group, it’s history,<br />
it’s events, and how you can get<br />
involved, contact Executive Director,<br />
Lisa Piana at downtown.<br />
franklin@yahoo.com or visit<br />
www.franklindowntownpartnership.org.<br />
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<strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> Local Town Pages www.franklintownnews.com Page 13<br />
Registration Open for <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Turkey Trot<br />
5K Family Fun Run Benefits <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Food Pantry<br />
It’s a worthwhile price to pay<br />
when you register for the annual<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Turkey Trot 5K Family<br />
Fun Run to be held Thanksgiving<br />
morning, <strong>November</strong> 24, at<br />
8 a.m. The registration fee of<br />
$20, or 20 nonperishables, goes<br />
directly to the <strong>Franklin</strong> Food<br />
Pantry, keeping donations local<br />
to help those in need during this<br />
holiday season.<br />
The event begins and ends<br />
at the Church of Jesus Christ of<br />
Latter Day Saints (LDS Church)<br />
at 91 Jordan Road in <strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
The race, open to runners and<br />
walkers of all ages, is a great opportunity<br />
for the entire family to<br />
get out and exercise together before<br />
their traditional Thanksgiving<br />
feast. And, there’s the added<br />
benefit of helping to relieve hunger<br />
in the community.<br />
“We are inspired by the great<br />
turnout for the <strong>Franklin</strong> race,”<br />
said Erin Lynch, executive director<br />
for the <strong>Franklin</strong> Food Pantry.<br />
“Thanksgiving is a time for everyone<br />
to truly appreciate what<br />
they have, but also an occasion<br />
to think of others who are struggling<br />
to put food on their tables.<br />
The Turkey Trot rallies our community<br />
to give back and help<br />
protect others from the threat of<br />
hunger. We, and the 504 households<br />
we serve, are grateful to<br />
our community for coming out<br />
to support us.”<br />
Registration for the <strong>November</strong><br />
24th race can be made online<br />
at www.franklinturkeytrot.org; at<br />
the LDS Church from 7 – 9 p.m.<br />
the Wednesday before the race;<br />
or the morning of the race from<br />
7 – 8 a.m. The first 150 registered<br />
runners will receive race t-shirts.<br />
While the registration fee of $20<br />
is preferred, individuals have the<br />
option of donating 20 nonperishables<br />
to register. The Pantry has<br />
a shortage of personal hygiene<br />
products, such as toilet paper,<br />
deodorant, shampoo, feminine<br />
products, etc.<br />
For more information,<br />
call (508) 520-9864 or email<br />
franklinturkeytrot@gmail.com.<br />
About the <strong>Franklin</strong> Food<br />
Pantry<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Food Pantry<br />
offers supplemental food assistance<br />
and household necessities<br />
once a month to 504 households,<br />
including more than 300<br />
children. Clients have access to<br />
bread and fresh produce daily<br />
during Pantry hours. As a nonprofit<br />
organization, the Pantry<br />
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depends entirely on donations,<br />
and receives no town or state<br />
funding. Other programs include<br />
a Mobile Pantry, Cooking Matters<br />
classes, a Healthy Futures<br />
Market, emergency food bags<br />
and holiday meal packages. The<br />
Pantry is located at 43 W. Central<br />
St. in <strong>Franklin</strong> on Route 140<br />
across from the <strong>Franklin</strong> Fire Station.<br />
Visit www.franklinfoodpantry.org<br />
for more information.<br />
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Registration is open for the <strong>Franklin</strong> Turkey Trot and 5K Family Fun Run<br />
held on Thanksgiving morning benefiting the <strong>Franklin</strong> Food Pantry.<br />
Erin Lynch (left), <strong>Franklin</strong> Food Pantry executive director, and Krystal<br />
Whitmore, race organizer, meet to discuss plans for the event which<br />
attracted more than 800 participants last year.<br />
More than 800 participants of all ages came out last year to support the <strong>Franklin</strong> Food Pantry in the annual<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Turkey Trot and 5K Family Fun Run.<br />
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Matthew Dao from <strong>Franklin</strong> High<br />
School has been selected as a member<br />
of the <strong>2016</strong> National Association for<br />
Music Education All-National Honor<br />
Ensembles.<br />
Matthew will join more than 670 of<br />
the most musically talented and skilled<br />
high school students in the United<br />
States to perform at a gala concert on<br />
<strong>November</strong> 13th in Grapevine, Texas.,<br />
at the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel.<br />
The young musician will be led<br />
under the baton of Dr. William LaRue<br />
Jones, Director of Orchestral Studies at<br />
the University of Iowa.<br />
Dao, a senior at <strong>Franklin</strong> High<br />
School, will play trumpet in the National<br />
Association for Music Education<br />
(NAfME) Symphony Orchestra. The<br />
talented high school musician is a member<br />
of the <strong>Franklin</strong> High School Wind<br />
Ensemble, Pep Band, Jazz Band and<br />
Symphony Orchestra. Matt is a member<br />
of the Tri-M Music Honors Society.<br />
He has been accepted annually to<br />
perform in the Central District MMEA<br />
Festival and last year was a member<br />
of the All-State Festival. He is also the<br />
principal trumpet of the Rhode Island<br />
Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. In addition<br />
to his musical talents, Matthew is<br />
also the captain of the FHS Golf team.<br />
New England<br />
The NAfME band and orchestra<br />
will have 150 student performers each,<br />
while 350 vocalists will make up the<br />
chorus.<br />
The <strong>2016</strong> NAfME All-National<br />
Honor Ensembles will perform on Sunday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 13th, in the Gaylord<br />
Texan Resort and Convention Center.<br />
For program and ticket information<br />
visit musiced.nafme.org/all-nationalhonor-ensembles/.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> to Honor<br />
Vietnam Era Vets<br />
At Elks Hall<br />
<strong>November</strong> 11<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> will honor all Vietnam Era Veterans in partnership<br />
with the Department of Defense Vietnam War 50th Commemorative<br />
Program. All veterans who served anywhere in the world<br />
from <strong>November</strong> 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975 will be recognized and<br />
honored. All veterans and guests, as well as thankful citizens are<br />
welcome to attend. All veterans from all eras will be recognized.<br />
The celebration will be held at the <strong>Franklin</strong> Elks, 1077 Pond<br />
Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>, MA at 11 a.m. on <strong>November</strong> 11, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
This will be a very special program, and we hope that all veterans<br />
will join us in honoring those who served during a very<br />
tumultuous time in our history. Please call the <strong>Franklin</strong> Senior<br />
Center to register (508) 520-4945.<br />
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Circle of Friends Coffeehouse<br />
<strong>November</strong> Lineup<br />
The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse<br />
in <strong>Franklin</strong> is presenting<br />
two shows in <strong>November</strong>.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 5th – Matt Nakoa,<br />
Rachael Kilgour, and Kirsten<br />
Maxwell, $20, 8 p.m.<br />
The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse<br />
show on <strong>November</strong> 5th<br />
features three rising stars:<br />
MATT NAKOA is an internationally<br />
touring singer/songwriter<br />
recently appearing at The<br />
White House, throughout India,<br />
and regularly with folk icon Tom<br />
Rush. He has won awards at<br />
many prestigious music festivals.<br />
Duluth, MN, singer-songwriter<br />
RACHAEL KILGOUR<br />
has built a devoted following<br />
over the last ten years, captivating<br />
audiences with a balance of<br />
provocative, topical lyrics, passionate<br />
musical delivery, and a<br />
charmingly witty stage presence.<br />
She was chosen as the Grand<br />
Prize Winner of the 2015 New-<br />
Song Music Contest, a win that<br />
earned her a performance Lincoln<br />
Center in NYC.<br />
KIRSTEN MAXWELL is<br />
a versatile 23 year-old vocalist,<br />
guitarist and songwriter who has<br />
quickly become a recognized fixture<br />
on the Long Island singersongwriter<br />
scene. She was the<br />
winner of the <strong>2016</strong> South Florida<br />
Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter<br />
Competition and performed at<br />
the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival<br />
this summer.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 19th - The<br />
Kennedys, $20, 8 p.m.<br />
Even after more than ten<br />
years, over a thousand gigs and<br />
500,000 miles of touring as a<br />
married, music-making couple,<br />
singer-guitarists Pete and Maura<br />
Kennedy still savor each instant<br />
in life and in each others company,<br />
and it shows in their music.<br />
The Kennedys have been charming<br />
audiences, record buyers and<br />
critics for the past decade with<br />
their exuberant mixture of folk,<br />
rock, country, pop and their own<br />
brand of secular gospel, a philosophical<br />
depth in their lyrics, and<br />
joyful, kinetic performances and<br />
recordings. http://www.kennedysmusic.com/<br />
The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse<br />
is a non-profit organization<br />
affiliated with <strong>Franklin</strong>’s First<br />
Universalist Society. Concerts are<br />
presented in a smoke free and<br />
alcohol free environment at the<br />
Society’s handicapped accessible<br />
Meetinghouse, 262 Chestnut St.<br />
in <strong>Franklin</strong>, and begin at 8 p.m.;<br />
doors open at 7:30 p.m. Beverages<br />
and gourmet desserts will<br />
be available. Tickets are $20.<br />
Please call (508) 528-2541 or<br />
visit http://www.circlefolk.org/<br />
to purchase tickets or for more<br />
information.<br />
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Members of the <strong>Franklin</strong> Fire Fighters Local<br />
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raised almost $10,000 in the annual Fill the<br />
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Enjoying a Guilt-Free Holiday Dinner<br />
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He was enthused when he joined<br />
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lost 43 pounds and gratefully<br />
approached the event with<br />
a totally new outlook.<br />
“In the past, every time I’ve<br />
dieted, I’ve dreaded the holidays,”<br />
DeGrandpre said. “The<br />
holidays are about great family,<br />
great food and letting go, but this<br />
year was completely different.<br />
When I woke up on Thanksgiving,<br />
I told myself I was not going<br />
to go overboard, but if I saw<br />
something I wanted, I was going<br />
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Armed with a successful diet<br />
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allowed himself to enjoy a truly<br />
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he had a clear direction for the<br />
day after.<br />
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At press time, DeGrandpre<br />
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In addition to the weight loss he<br />
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<strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> at the <strong>Franklin</strong> Public Library<br />
All events are free and open<br />
to the public. No registration<br />
unless specified.<br />
Library Hours<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Public Library<br />
will be closed Friday, <strong>November</strong><br />
11 for Veteran’s Day. The<br />
library will close at 2 p.m. on<br />
Wednesday, <strong>November</strong> 23, and<br />
closed Thursday, <strong>November</strong> 24<br />
for Thanksgiving. The library’s<br />
hours are Monday through<br />
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday<br />
& Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,<br />
and Sunday, 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Equipped to handle large<br />
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Hours: Mon-Sat 11am to 10pm<br />
Sundays 12-10pm<br />
Mondays<br />
Move Along. 10:30 a.m. For ages<br />
0 – 5 years<br />
Toddler Playgroup. 11 a.m.<br />
Krafty Mondays. 4 p.m. For ages<br />
6 to 12.<br />
• Nov. 7 Cards for Vets<br />
• Nov. 14 Scarecrow Door<br />
Hanger<br />
• Nov. 21 A Really BIG Turkey<br />
• Nov. 28 Snow Measure<br />
Snowman<br />
Tuesdays<br />
Get Ready for Kindergarten.<br />
10:30 a.m. For ages 3 – 5.<br />
Toddler Playgroup. 11:15 a.m.<br />
355 West Central St., <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
508-528-2811<br />
Wednesdays<br />
Terrific Toddlers. 10:30 a.m. For<br />
ages 18 months to 3 years.<br />
Toddler Playgroup. 11 a.m.<br />
Doggie Tales. Third Wednesday of<br />
the Month. Wednesday, <strong>November</strong><br />
16, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Improve your reading skills and<br />
make a new friend by reading<br />
aloud to a therapy dog! Bring<br />
your favorite book or pick out<br />
one of ours to read. The dogs<br />
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Thursdays<br />
Story and Craft. 10:30 a.m. For<br />
ages 3—6 years of age.<br />
Toddler Playgroup. 11:15 a.m.<br />
Lego Club – Third Thursday of the<br />
Month, For Ages 3 to 12, Thursday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 17, 4 p.m.<br />
Student Assistance Center<br />
Homework assistance resumes<br />
from 3 – 4 p.m. for students in<br />
grades 2-8.<br />
Students and volunteers can pick<br />
up application forms at the circulation<br />
desk.<br />
Call Barbara Albright<br />
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Special Programs<br />
Toe Jam Puppet Band, Tuesday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 8, 1 p.m.<br />
The Toe Jam Puppet Band performs<br />
fun interactive songs, stories<br />
and puppets, including a<br />
barn dance, a flying laundry song<br />
and a car wash song where the<br />
kids get sprayed with water! This<br />
program is free and open to the<br />
public.<br />
Adult Programs<br />
Creative Writing Group<br />
Second Wednesday of the<br />
month. Wednesday, <strong>November</strong><br />
9, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Do you enjoy writing, and giving<br />
and receiving feedback with fellow<br />
writers? All genres and levels<br />
of writing ability are welcome.<br />
Pastel Paint Stunning Still Lifes<br />
Like the Masters, Thursday, <strong>November</strong><br />
10, 6-8 p.m., Gregory<br />
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award-winning pastelist, presents<br />
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demonstrating how beginners<br />
to accomplished artists can easily<br />
pastel paint a still life while<br />
applying techniques applied<br />
by masters such as van Gogh,<br />
O’Keeffe, Monet & da Vinci. He<br />
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this fun workshop. He provides<br />
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Greg’s website http://gregorymaichack.com/adult-workshops/<br />
. This program is free<br />
and open to the public.<br />
The Gravestone Girls<br />
Thursday, <strong>November</strong> 17, 6:30<br />
p.m., Join us for a fascinating<br />
presentation by the Gravestone<br />
Girls about New England cemetery<br />
art, history and symbolism.<br />
The ‘virtual tour’, called “Welcome<br />
to The Graveyard”, takes<br />
us from colonial burial grounds,<br />
through the rural cemetery<br />
movement of the 19th century<br />
and into 21st century locations.<br />
It examines why we have cemeteries<br />
and gravestones, why they<br />
look like they do and how styles<br />
and art have evolved over almost<br />
400 years. Prior to the program<br />
date, The Girls will hit the road<br />
and go through <strong>Franklin</strong>’s cemeteries,<br />
taking pictures to discuss<br />
during the presentation. Q&A is<br />
welcome at the end of the show!<br />
For more information, please<br />
visit The Gravestone Girls website<br />
at http://gravestonegirls.<br />
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Scrapbooking – Saturday Nov.<br />
12th 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.<br />
Have you been meaning to work<br />
on your scrapbooks/craft? Is it<br />
hard to find the room to spread<br />
out? Mark your calendars and<br />
join other scrapbookers/crafters<br />
for the day or for whatever<br />
amount of time you have.<br />
There’s plenty of space to spread<br />
out!<br />
Knitting Circle for Adults<br />
Every Friday from 10:30 a.m.-12<br />
p.m. – NEW DAY AND TIME!<br />
Library Book Sale - Buck A Book!<br />
, Saturday, <strong>November</strong> 19, 9 - 3<br />
Bag Sale - $5 A Bag—Sunday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 20, from 9-12.<br />
Minuteman Library App<br />
The Minuteman Library Network<br />
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Search for “Minuteman Library<br />
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From the app, you can search for<br />
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Welcomes All<br />
43rd Annual Craft Fair Nov. 5, General Meeting Nov. 9<br />
CRAFT FAIR<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Newcomers and Friends Club is proud to announce our upcoming 43rd Annual<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Newcomers & Friends Craft Fair is coming up. It will be held on Saturday, <strong>November</strong> 5, from<br />
9 a.m. until 3 p.m., at the Tri-County Regional Vocational High School in <strong>Franklin</strong>. Our craft fair is<br />
a tradition for the Town of <strong>Franklin</strong> and several local charities benefit from the funds raised by this<br />
annual event. Admission is $3, children are free. We are accepting donations of non-perishable items<br />
for the <strong>Franklin</strong> Food Pantry. Donations may be dropped off at the entrance. For more information<br />
visit www.franklinnewcomers.com.<br />
MONTHLY MEETING<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Newcomers & Friends Club welcomes you to our next monthly meeting. On Wednesday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 9th we are hosting Susan Nicholl, Executive Director of the MetroWestVisitors Bureau.<br />
We invite any resident of <strong>Franklin</strong>, or a surrounding town that doesn’t have a Newcomers Club, to<br />
join us at “3” Restaurant, 461 West Central Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>. Complimentary appetizers and beverages<br />
are provided and a cash bar is available. We meet upstairs at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday<br />
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Harvest Stroll a Fine Fall Day<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> Downtown Partnership Harvest Stroll took place on a beautiful fall day.<br />
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Milford Federal Savings & Loan<br />
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Living Healthy<br />
Flashes and Floaters<br />
By: Roger M. Kaldawy, M.D.,<br />
Milford <strong>Franklin</strong> Eye Center<br />
Many patients will be aware<br />
of small flying “black spots” in<br />
the field of vision in one or both<br />
eyes. These are called floaters<br />
and may be associated with<br />
flashes of light. Flashes and floaters<br />
may have serious implications<br />
on the vision.<br />
What are floaters?<br />
Floaters are small black shadows<br />
in the vision of one or both<br />
eyes, especially when looking at a<br />
specific surface like a white page,<br />
a bright sky or perhaps when<br />
walking on the beach. These<br />
black spots are impurities in the<br />
fluid that fills the back cavity of<br />
the eye. This jelly fluid is called<br />
the “vitreous” and has a consistency<br />
similar to “egg white.” This<br />
vitreous fluid is present in the eye<br />
from birth and is not replaced<br />
or exchanged during life. It is<br />
initially attached to the surface<br />
of the retina, which is the light<br />
sensitive nerve tissue layer that<br />
lines the back surface of the<br />
wall of the eye. It is important<br />
to note that it is not necessarily<br />
abnormal to see black spots in<br />
the vision. The size and number<br />
of floaters seen is variable; some<br />
patients (especially short sighted<br />
people) will be aware of numerous<br />
floaters, while others may<br />
never be aware of the symptom<br />
at all. Some floaters can interfere<br />
severely with vision, while others<br />
are barely noticeable. Although<br />
annoying, floaters are usually<br />
harmless and come and go over<br />
the years.<br />
What are flashes?<br />
Flashes are usually caused by<br />
the vitreous body tugging on the<br />
retina. This tugging occurs when<br />
the vitreous body shrinks as a<br />
normal part of the aging process.<br />
Flashes may last for a few<br />
seconds or several minutes and<br />
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Eye migraine can cause<br />
the perception of similar light<br />
flashes, although often these<br />
flashes of light may have numerous<br />
colors. The abnormal light<br />
flashes seen with migraines are<br />
usually very different, appearing<br />
as jagged lines blocking an area<br />
of vision or moving slowly across<br />
the field of vision in one or both<br />
eyes. People who suffer from migraine<br />
headaches will often know<br />
the familiar pattern of these<br />
visual experiences, often occurring<br />
just before the headaches<br />
begin. These migraine flashes<br />
are unrelated to the vitreous<br />
body and its attachment to the<br />
retina.<br />
What causes flashes and<br />
floaters?<br />
The vitreous is composed<br />
of collagen, and this undergoes<br />
structural changes with age, and<br />
will become more liquid like and<br />
watery in later life. At some point,<br />
the chemical bonds that link the<br />
vitreous fluid to the surface of<br />
the retina will become weaker<br />
and the vitreous jelly will separate<br />
from the retina. This<br />
process is called posterior<br />
vitreous detachment or<br />
PVD and is a normal consequence<br />
of aging. Approximately<br />
half of us will have a PVD in one<br />
or both eyes by the age of 60.<br />
PVD will often cause us to notice<br />
the sudden onset of new floaters,<br />
often associated with flashes of<br />
light. Unfortunately, the vitreous<br />
body is sometimes more firmly<br />
attached to the surface of the retina<br />
and may pull away a piece of<br />
the retina or tear the retina as it<br />
separates. This can cause fluid to<br />
escape, pushing the retina off the<br />
inside of the eye. This is known<br />
as retinal detachment, which is a<br />
serious threat to sight. Surgery is<br />
needed to reattach the retina if a<br />
retinal detachment occurs.<br />
When should I seek help?<br />
See your ophthalmologist<br />
if new floaters appear, with or<br />
without sudden light flashes. Any<br />
loss of peripheral (side) vision<br />
EYE<br />
continued on page 23<br />
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Living Healthy<br />
EYE<br />
continued from page 22<br />
should be investigated without a<br />
delay. Your ophthalmologist will<br />
give you a complete eye examination.<br />
Drops are put in the eyes<br />
to enlarge the pupils and determine<br />
whether PVD, retinal tear,<br />
retinal detachment or bleeding is<br />
present. If you have occasional<br />
floaters and flashes, you should<br />
have an annual eye examination.<br />
Symptoms of a PVD most<br />
often occur in one eye at a<br />
time. Even though your ophthalmologist<br />
will check both eyes at<br />
the first visit, it is important to<br />
realize that if similar symptoms<br />
are experienced in the other eye,<br />
you should see your ophthalmologist<br />
again with the onset of new<br />
flashes or floaters as you could be<br />
having a PVD in this eye.<br />
Is there any treatment<br />
for flashes and floaters?<br />
Flashes and floaters are usually<br />
just annoying, not harmful.<br />
However, they can be signs<br />
of serious problems (like a<br />
tear on the retina) and, for this<br />
reason, must not be ignored.<br />
For most people, treatment is not<br />
necessary. Floaters and flashes<br />
usually subside over time, causing<br />
no permanent deterioration<br />
to vision.<br />
At Milford <strong>Franklin</strong> Eye Center,<br />
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eye problems, including retinal<br />
tears, with full evaluation of<br />
flashes and floaters. In case those<br />
are associated with a retinal tear,<br />
we are proud to have a dedicated<br />
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<strong>November</strong> 18<br />
Fundraiser Supports <strong>Franklin</strong> Education Foundation<br />
• WHEN: Friday, <strong>November</strong> 18, <strong>2016</strong> @ 7 p.m.<br />
• WHERE: Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School Gymnasium,<br />
• <strong>Franklin</strong>, Mass.<br />
• WHAT: The Harlem Wizards will bring their team to <strong>Franklin</strong> to compete against “Team FPS”<br />
for a 2-hour tournament. The Harlem Wizards brand of “Trick Hoops & Alley Oops” entertainment<br />
basketball has been packing gyms across the globe for over 50 years! Their show includes<br />
amazing slams, world-class tricks, precision teamwork and humor.<br />
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Community Events<br />
<strong>November</strong> 1<br />
Pots with Pizzazz, 7 p.m.,<br />
presented by the <strong>Franklin</strong>, Norfolk<br />
and Millis Garden Clubs, a<br />
program on designing jazzy, creative,<br />
colorful and unusual plant<br />
containers for all seasons 7 p.m.<br />
at the Remington Middle School<br />
cafeteria, 628 Washington Street,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>. Workshop open to the<br />
public. Presenters will be highly<br />
experienced gardeners Jana Milbocker<br />
and Joan Butler of Holliston-based<br />
Enchanted Gardens,<br />
a landscape design and garden<br />
construction firm.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 2<br />
Let’s Laugh Today, laughter<br />
yoga, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Meetinghouse<br />
of the First Universalist<br />
Society in <strong>Franklin</strong>, 262<br />
Chestnut Street, $5 donation to<br />
the church, $10 maximum per<br />
family. Bring water bottle. Call<br />
(508) 660-2223 or e-mail billandlinda@letslaughtoday.com<br />
with questions.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 4<br />
The Odd Couple, presented by<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Performing Arts Company,<br />
7:30 p.m., THE BLACK<br />
BOX, 15 West Central Street,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>. For more information<br />
or to purchase tickets, call (508)<br />
528-3370 or visit www.FPAConline.com.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 5<br />
43rd Annual <strong>Franklin</strong> Newcomers<br />
& Friends Craft Fair, 9<br />
a.m. – 3 p.m., -County Regional<br />
Vocational High School in<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>. Event benefits several<br />
local charities. Admission is $3,<br />
children are free. We are accepting<br />
donations of non-perishable<br />
items for the <strong>Franklin</strong> Food Pantry.<br />
Donations may be dropped<br />
off at the entrance. Visit www.<br />
franklinnewcomers.com.<br />
The Odd Couple, presented by<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Performing Arts Company,<br />
7:30 p.m., THE BLACK<br />
BOX, 15 West Central Street,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>. For more information<br />
or to purchase tickets, call (508)<br />
528-3370 or visit www.FPAConline.com.<br />
Matt Nakoa, Rachael<br />
Kilgour, and Kirsten Maxwell,<br />
8 p.m., Circle of Friends Coffeehouse,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>’s First Universalist<br />
Society’s Meetinghouse, 262<br />
Chestnut St. in <strong>Franklin</strong>; doors<br />
open at 7:30 p.m. Beverages and<br />
gourmet desserts will be available.<br />
Tickets are $20. Please call<br />
(508)528-2541 or visit http://<br />
www.circlefolk.org/ to purchase<br />
tickets or for more information.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 5<br />
The Claflin Hill Symphony<br />
Orchestra presents “In<br />
the Shadow of Ludwig Van”<br />
– a program featuring music of<br />
Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn<br />
and Johannes Brahms – two great<br />
composers whose life work was<br />
influenced by the memory of the<br />
great Beethoven. 7:30 p.m. Milford<br />
Town Hall, 52 Main Street,<br />
Route 16 in Downtown Milford,<br />
Tickets $25 to $40 for single concert<br />
ticket purchases, and $99 to<br />
$150 for season tickets (508) 478-<br />
5924. Individual concert ticket<br />
purchases can be made online by<br />
visiting www.claflinhill.org<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Vanderbilt, drummer<br />
for Lenny Kravitz, The Drummers’<br />
Studio, 244 East Center St.,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>, workshop suggested donation<br />
$20. Contact: Kriss Russell<br />
626-676-2486 or email thedrummersstudio@gmail.com<br />
<strong>November</strong> 6<br />
The Odd Couple, presented by<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Performing Arts Company,<br />
2 p.m., THE BLACK<br />
BOX, 15 West Central Street,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>. For more information<br />
or to purchase tickets, call (508)<br />
528-3370 or visit www.FPAConline.com.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 8<br />
ELECTION DAY<br />
Toe Jam Puppet Band, 1<br />
p.m., <strong>Franklin</strong> Public Library,<br />
The Toe Jam Puppet Band<br />
performs fun interactive songs,<br />
stories and puppets, including a<br />
barn dance, a flying laundry song<br />
and a car wash song where the<br />
kids get sprayed with water! This<br />
program is free and open to the<br />
public.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 9<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Public School Committee<br />
Coffee Hours, open to<br />
public, 6:30 p.m., <strong>Franklin</strong> Public<br />
Access Studio, 23 Hutchinson<br />
Street, <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Newcomers Meeting,<br />
all welcome, 7: 30 p.m., “3”<br />
Restaurant, 461 West Central<br />
Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>. This meeting<br />
features Susan Nicholl, Executive<br />
Director of the MetroWest-<br />
Visitors Bureau. Complimentary<br />
appetizers and beverages are provided<br />
and a cash bar is available.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 10<br />
Pastel Paint Stunning Still Lifes<br />
Like the Masters, 6-8 p.m., Gregory<br />
Maichack, twice nominated<br />
for the MCC Gold Star Award,<br />
and award-winning pastelist, presents<br />
this workshop: instruction,<br />
demo, and hands-on work by sheer<br />
beginners to advanced who keep<br />
their pastel painting. He provides<br />
hundreds of professional grade<br />
pastels, paper, & pencils. Visit<br />
http://gregorymaichack.com/<br />
adult-workshops/ . This program<br />
is free and open to the public.<br />
CALENDAR<br />
continued on page 25
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CALENDAR<br />
continued from page 24<br />
<strong>November</strong> 11<br />
Thank You Veterans<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Veterans Day Breakfast,<br />
11 a.m., <strong>Franklin</strong> Elks, 1077<br />
Pond Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>, this year<br />
honoring in particular Vietnam<br />
Era Veterans, in partnership with<br />
the Department of Defense Vietnam<br />
War 50th Commemorative<br />
Program. All veterans and guests,<br />
as well as thankful citizens are<br />
welcome to attend. Please call the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Senior Center to register<br />
(508) 520-4945.<br />
Boston Children’s Hospital<br />
Blood Drive, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., behind<br />
the Benjamin <strong>Franklin</strong> Classical<br />
Charter School, 201 Main<br />
Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>. Sign up at www.<br />
halfpints.childrenshospital.org, or<br />
contact Giovanna and Olivia at<br />
(508) 541-1253, or giovannasylvia@hotmail.com,<br />
or oliviasabini@hotmail.com<br />
<strong>November</strong> 12<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Downtown Partnership<br />
Gala, cocktail party fundraiser<br />
at THE BLACK BOX, 15<br />
West Central Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
Doors open at 6 p.m. Event features<br />
music by Ben Gardner’s Boat,<br />
hearty appetizers and pasta by Restaurant<br />
3, and exciting auction and<br />
raffle items and baskets of goodies<br />
donated by local merchants. Tickets<br />
$100 each. There are two ways<br />
to purchase tickets: online at www.<br />
fdp15thanniversaryceleb.eventbrite.com<br />
(includes a $5.99/ticket<br />
service fee) or in person at Jane’s<br />
Frames.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 13<br />
Kenny Hadley Big Band,<br />
11:30 a.m. brunch followed<br />
by 12 p.m. performance, THE<br />
BLACK BOX, 15 West Central<br />
Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>, For tickets and<br />
more information, visit www.<br />
THEBLACKBOXonline.com<br />
or call (508) 528-3370.<br />
LiveARTS presents Ina<br />
Zdorovetchi on harp, Meetinghouse<br />
of the First Universalist<br />
Society in <strong>Franklin</strong> at 262<br />
Chestnut Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>, 3:30<br />
p.m., Tickets, available at the<br />
door, are $20 for adults, $15<br />
seniors 60+, $10 students and<br />
free for children 6-12. www.<br />
liveartsma.org<br />
<strong>November</strong> 16<br />
Dean College presents Into<br />
the Woods, 7:30 p.m., Main Stage<br />
in the Campus Center at Dean<br />
College, 99 Main Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>,<br />
tickets $5-22 can be purchased<br />
online at www.dean.edu/boxoffice.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 17<br />
Dean College presents Into the<br />
Woods, 7:30 p.m., Main Stage in<br />
the Campus Center at Dean College,<br />
99 Main Street, <strong>Franklin</strong>,<br />
tickets $5-22 can be purchased<br />
online at www.dean.edu/boxoffice.<br />
The Gravestone Girls, 6:30<br />
p.m., <strong>Franklin</strong> Public Library, Join<br />
us for a fascinating presentation by<br />
the Gravestone Girls about New<br />
England cemetery art, history and<br />
symbolism. This program is free<br />
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<strong>November</strong> 18<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Harlem Wizards Vs.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Public Schools, fundraiser<br />
for<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Education Foundation,<br />
7 p.m.,Tri-County Regional<br />
Vocational Technical High School<br />
Gymnasium, <strong>Franklin</strong>, Mass. Tickets<br />
online at www.harlemwizards.<br />
com, or see www.franklined.org or<br />
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/franklined.org<br />
for local<br />
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Page 26 Local Town Pages www.franklintownnews.com <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Golf Rises to<br />
Tourney Play this Year<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Sports<br />
By Christopher Tremblay<br />
Under first year Coach Dustin<br />
Picillo, the <strong>Franklin</strong> golf team<br />
struggled last fall going 6-9, but<br />
how has one year made a big difference!<br />
The Panther golfers currently<br />
find themselves at 10-2,<br />
have already secured a tournament<br />
berth and are in second<br />
place in the Hockomock League<br />
behind Oliver Ames.<br />
“The big change this year is<br />
that we have a different guy or<br />
two step up each night,” Picillo<br />
said. “Last year, it was do or die,<br />
but this year, we have that one<br />
consistent player and then a different<br />
combo that shows up.”<br />
Having the depth with talented<br />
golfers throughout has<br />
definitely helped the Panthers<br />
claw their way to the top, but<br />
one of the other big changes is<br />
the team’s focus on the course.<br />
“It’s not just one player, it’s<br />
across the board – everyone has<br />
bought into the mental component<br />
of the game,” the <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Coach said. “It’s one hole at a<br />
time. If they have a bad hole,<br />
they just have to let it go and not<br />
let it take up too much real-estate<br />
in their heads. Just keep grinding.”<br />
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Junior captain Brian Woefel<br />
and senior captain Matt Dao are<br />
the team’s top two golfers this<br />
fall. Woelfel, who was shooting a<br />
41 or 42 last season, has trimmed<br />
a good three strokes off his score<br />
and is currently shooting an average<br />
of 39 on the course. The<br />
junior has shot as low as a 35 and<br />
as high as a 42, and his coach believes<br />
his average has decreased<br />
due to the fact that he’s playing<br />
more this year and playing consistently.<br />
“There is no real pressure on<br />
me this year,” the junior captain<br />
said. “We have 12 golfers all who<br />
can contribute, and it allows me<br />
to be a little more aggressive on<br />
the course.”<br />
Dao is the team’s only senior<br />
on the squad and according to<br />
the coach is the team’s rock.<br />
“Matt is a stoic individual<br />
who doesn’t get too high or too<br />
low,” Picillo said. “He stays cool<br />
under pressure no matter what<br />
and shoots an average of 41.”<br />
Although <strong>Franklin</strong> has earned<br />
a spot in the tournament in the<br />
past Dao found his score not<br />
low enough to compete with his<br />
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“It’s amazing<br />
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the growth of<br />
this team over<br />
the past few<br />
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the team said.<br />
“It’s exciting to<br />
be a part of the<br />
tournament,<br />
especially in<br />
my senior year.<br />
However, we<br />
have to keep in<br />
mind that history<br />
is history,<br />
and we cannot change that – all<br />
we can do is turn the page.”<br />
Following the two captains<br />
on the score board are sophomore<br />
Matt D’Errico (41 average)<br />
and Connor Norton<br />
(42 average). The two golfers<br />
worked extremely hard to move<br />
up on the board this fall. As a<br />
freshman D’Errico shot at 46<br />
last year, but got himself a junior<br />
membership at the country<br />
club and from what the coach<br />
has been told pretty much lived<br />
there last summer looking to<br />
improve his craft. If the sophomore<br />
takes up resident at the<br />
country club once again next<br />
summer the coach can only<br />
suspect that he’ll continue to<br />
get better.<br />
Norton didn’t see much<br />
playing time on the course last<br />
fall, but this year he seems to be<br />
making his mark and opening<br />
eyes.<br />
“Connor is our x-factor this<br />
year,” the Panther Coach said.<br />
“If he shows up, we usually do<br />
well. He can fluctuate, but he’s<br />
usually a lock for that fourth<br />
spot.”<br />
Depth has been <strong>Franklin</strong>’s<br />
key to success this year. Ninety<br />
percent of the time, Junior Tyler<br />
Langevein will post a score of<br />
43, while brothers Jason (a junior)<br />
and Gerard (a sophomore)<br />
Collins are putting up an average<br />
of 45 through nine holes of play.<br />
The ability to draw scores from a<br />
variety of competing athletes has<br />
given Picillo a sense of accomplishment.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> High’s golf team is headed to the tournament this year, with a status as second<br />
in the Hockomock League as of mid-October. Their success, says second-year coach<br />
Dustin Picillo, has a lot to do with three key players and a lot of individual step-up by the<br />
rest of the team.<br />
“Our motto this year has<br />
been, ‘Who’s the guy tonight?”<br />
the Coach said. “We have those<br />
top three guys who are rather<br />
consistent on a regular basis,<br />
and then there’s everyone else.<br />
They’re all in the hunt; there’s<br />
a different name picking up the<br />
slack each match.”<br />
The rest of the Panthers’ team<br />
is made up Eric Civetti, another<br />
golfer who continuously puts up<br />
scores in the low 40’s; freshmen<br />
Jake Blaney and Jonah Griffin;<br />
junior Mike Haynes and sophomore<br />
Jake Macchi.<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> golfers are very<br />
excited and looking forward to<br />
taking part in the state tournament,<br />
having already clinched<br />
their spot. However, Picillo<br />
knows that tournament play<br />
is totally different than regular<br />
season play, and he’s trying to<br />
get his team ready for when<br />
the time comes.<br />
“Tournament play is not<br />
the same. The guys will play<br />
18 holes instead of nine, and<br />
we will only be allowed to play<br />
six golfers compared to eight,”<br />
Picillo said. “Luckily, we have<br />
the Hockomock league Championships<br />
before the Sectionals;<br />
this should give them the<br />
same type of pressure they’ll<br />
see in the tournament.”<br />
Although only a handful<br />
of matches remain on the<br />
docket for the Panthers, one<br />
of those matches is a rematch<br />
with Oliver Ames. The recent<br />
Hockomock League Power<br />
Rankings had OA at number<br />
one followed by the Panthers at<br />
two. Earlier in the season, <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
fell to the Tigers on their<br />
home course, but are looking for<br />
revenge when they host them at<br />
the <strong>Franklin</strong> Country Club.<br />
“We lost to them at their<br />
place, and they still have to come<br />
to <strong>Franklin</strong> before the end of the<br />
season,” the Panther Coach said.<br />
“It will be our course, and we’re<br />
hoping to beat them and snag a<br />
piece of the Hockomock Championship.<br />
It’s going to be tough,<br />
but it will be on our course.”<br />
With only one senior on this<br />
year’s team and a deep bunch of<br />
golfers after that, <strong>Franklin</strong> should<br />
be able to find itself gunning for<br />
the Hock Title in the future as<br />
well.
<strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> Local Town Pages www.franklintownnews.com Page 27<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Sports<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>’s DeLucia to Enter<br />
Hall of Fame at Assumption<br />
By KEN HAMWEY<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>’s Ralph DeLucia<br />
guided Assumption College’s<br />
softball teams to four championships<br />
during his 18-year tenure<br />
as the Greyhounds’ head coach,<br />
and his 412 career victories are<br />
the most ever compiled in the<br />
program’s history.<br />
On Friday night, <strong>November</strong><br />
4th, at the college’s Worcester<br />
campus, the 74-year-old DeLucia<br />
will be inducted into Assumption’s<br />
hall of fame, an honor that<br />
not only is deserving, but also<br />
gives him the distinction of being<br />
a hall of fame coach and player.<br />
DeLucia competed in four<br />
varsity sports at <strong>Franklin</strong> High<br />
and later excelled in football and<br />
baseball at Dean Junior College,<br />
where he became a hall of fame<br />
inductee in 2005. The 5-foot-8,<br />
155-pound DeLucia was a junior<br />
college All-American as a running<br />
back and also was Dean’s<br />
MVP. A pitcher, second baseman<br />
and shortstop, he hit .335 during<br />
his collegiate days.<br />
“I’m very honored to be going<br />
into Assumption’s hall of fame,’’<br />
DeLucia said. “I’m not so sure<br />
what I did was that special, but I<br />
know I was blessed to have excellent<br />
players who were receptive<br />
to my coaching. My speech will<br />
focus on thanking all my players<br />
and also Assumption’s staff and<br />
its administrators.’’<br />
A native of <strong>Franklin</strong>, DeLucia<br />
worked for 31 years on the town’s<br />
police force, serving his final 18<br />
years at a lieutenant. During that<br />
time, he coached two of his three<br />
daughters in <strong>Franklin</strong>’s youth<br />
softball program. He was a coach<br />
at that level for six years, and he<br />
was the program’s president for<br />
three seasons.<br />
“I later became the jayvee<br />
coach at <strong>Franklin</strong> High in 1987,’’<br />
DeLucia recalled. “We went<br />
14-1, suffering our only loss on<br />
the last day of the season. A year<br />
later, I was appointed the varsity<br />
coach at <strong>Franklin</strong>.’’<br />
DeLucia’s 10-year stint as the<br />
Panthers’ coach was dynamic,<br />
compiling a career record of<br />
165-47 and capturing four<br />
Hockomock League titles. His<br />
1992 team went 20-0 but lost in<br />
the third round of tourney play<br />
to Case of Swansea.<br />
Coaching his two daughters<br />
(Danielle and Stephanie) made<br />
DeLucia’s years at <strong>Franklin</strong> delightful.<br />
“We has some fantastic athletes<br />
at <strong>Franklin</strong>,’’ he emphasized.<br />
“Winning the four titles<br />
was a thrill and going undefeated<br />
in 1992 was exciting. But coaching<br />
my daughters and girls like<br />
Heather and Kristen Swanson,<br />
Holly Price and Stacey Taraskawitz<br />
was such a delight. All six<br />
of them ended their careers at<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> with 100 hits or more.’’<br />
DeLucia’s daughters were the<br />
catalysts that led him to coaching.<br />
Danielle was a league all-star<br />
and a two-time Boston Globe allscholastic<br />
while Stephanie was<br />
a league all-star and a Globe and<br />
Boston Herald all-scholastic. Both<br />
of them excelled at Assumption<br />
where DeLucia coached Stephanie<br />
for two years.<br />
Taking the varsity post at<br />
Assumption in 1998, DeLucia<br />
retired from coaching last year<br />
after compiling a career record<br />
of 412-384-6. His teams won<br />
one Northeast-10 regular season<br />
championship and were Northeast-10<br />
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three occasions.<br />
“I considered myself a teacher<br />
first,’’ DeLucia said. “Fundamentals<br />
were important, and I<br />
stressed them. I always tried to be<br />
calm. On the field I resorted to<br />
playing small ball at times and I<br />
also relied on power some years.’’<br />
One of DeLucia’s top memories<br />
includes coaching his daughter<br />
Stephanie and seeing her lead<br />
the nation in hitting (Division<br />
2) with a .566 batting average.<br />
There were other highlights, too.<br />
“In my first year at Assumption<br />
we posted a 34-13-1 record,’’<br />
DeLucia recalled. “That<br />
set a record for a single season.<br />
Then, we won 36 games my second<br />
year and 38 my third season,<br />
which still stands as the school’s<br />
all-time best single season record.<br />
Those were thrilling times but I<br />
also admired coaching pitchers<br />
like Kristen Ladebauche and<br />
Jennifer Lowery. Kristen finished<br />
with 695 career strikeouts and<br />
Jennifer had 705.’’<br />
The titles, the statistics and<br />
the records were all admirable<br />
but DeLucia also enjoyed turning<br />
out players who became good citizens.<br />
“I liked seeing my players<br />
achieve their vocational goals,’’<br />
he said. “Learning life lessons in<br />
softball was important and my<br />
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of real estate professionals<br />
and serving the communities<br />
of <strong>Franklin</strong>, Bellingham, and<br />
Wrentham.<br />
foundation provides<br />
financial and service<br />
based assistance to families<br />
and individuals who<br />
may be in need due to<br />
health, medical or a<br />
catastrophic emergency.<br />
Over $100,000 has been<br />
donated in just less than<br />
10 years since inception,<br />
to help improve the lives<br />
of families and individuals<br />
in need. The foundation<br />
is currently seeking<br />
local business people as<br />
sponsors for the event in<br />
levels of Gold Sponsor<br />
$500.00, Silver Sponsor<br />
$250.00 or Bronze<br />
Sponsor $100.00 as well<br />
as any donation, small or<br />
large, from neighbors and friends<br />
in the business community who<br />
would like to donate with the<br />
promise of being recognized as<br />
a Sponsor or donor in a variety<br />
of ways.<br />
The silent auction is a special<br />
addition to the annual road race<br />
event and will have something for<br />
Real Living Realty Group<br />
specializes in providing real<br />
estate services in Massachusetts<br />
and Rhode Island and<br />
is based in the company’s<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> office, at 55 W.<br />
Central St, <strong>Franklin</strong>, Massachusetts.<br />
“We are pleased<br />
to welcome Kate Maguire to<br />
Real Living Realty Group.<br />
We believe Maguire will be a<br />
great addition to our growing<br />
company,” said Matt Kelly<br />
broker/owner of Real Living<br />
Realty Group.<br />
everyone. Participants can sign<br />
up for the race directly by going<br />
to www.Remax.racewire.com.<br />
The foundation is there to help<br />
the community throughout the<br />
year, and grant requests can be<br />
found on the company website<br />
at http://www.remax-executiverealty-ma.com.
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$769,000<br />
Lorraine Kuney<br />
Free Market Analysis<br />
508-380-9938<br />
HIGH $800’S<br />
$649,000<br />
16 Berkshire Drive<br />
39 Blueberry Lane<br />
430 Partridge Street<br />
$399,900<br />
$649,900<br />
SALE PENDING<br />
88 Stewart Street<br />
Lot 1B Silver Fox<br />
237A Daniels Street<br />
L K<br />
orraine<br />
uney<br />
Lorraine Kuney<br />
lorrainekuney@gmail.com<br />
Most Frequently Hired Agent in <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Top Listing Agent in <strong>Franklin</strong> for<br />
Single Family Homes<br />
#1 Agent at RE/MAX Executive Realty in <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Barbara Todaro<br />
Marketing Agent for Lorraine Kuney
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Nancy Maiorana<br />
508-847-3506<br />
nancy.maiorana@hotmail.com<br />
Susan Morrison<br />
617-686-8178<br />
susan.morrison1@comcast.net<br />
Eileen Mason<br />
508-330-4234<br />
emason4234@gmail.com<br />
Cindy Gleichauf<br />
508-397-5204<br />
cindygleichauf@gmail.com<br />
Leesa Powers<br />
508-878-8288<br />
lp9356@aol.com<br />
Susan Stivaletta<br />
774-571-7217<br />
sstivaletta@comcast.net<br />
NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO SELL!<br />
Call Today for a FREE Market Analysis!<br />
661 Main Street Millis $385,000<br />
5 Harrison Place <strong>Franklin</strong> $590,000<br />
19 Warren Street Plainville $399,900<br />
40 Orchard Street Blackstone $419,900<br />
CONDEX<br />
Eileen Mason<br />
Susan Stivaletta<br />
Leesa Powers<br />
Cindy Gleichauf<br />
47 S. Central Street Bellingham $239,000<br />
7 Brook Meadow Circle Framingham $770,000<br />
9 Lowell Street Mendon $569,900<br />
27 Hayden Lane <strong>Franklin</strong> $899,900<br />
Nancy Maiorana<br />
Eileen Mason<br />
Susan Stivaletta<br />
Susan Morrison<br />
240 Chestnut Street Wrentham $480,000<br />
4 Forest Street <strong>Franklin</strong> $349,900<br />
368 Union Street <strong>Franklin</strong> $194,900<br />
45 George Street Plainville $425,000<br />
MULTIFAMILY<br />
Susan Stivaletta<br />
Nancy Maiorana<br />
Susan Morrison<br />
Leesa Powers<br />
308 WEST CENTRAL STREET, SUITE E, FRANKLIN, MA 02038 • 508-520-9696
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Medfield<br />
(508) 359-5300<br />
Bellingham<br />
(508) 966-3563<br />
Walpole<br />
(508) 668-6300<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong><br />
(508) 520-1600<br />
Celebrating 5 years!<br />
Matt Kelly<br />
Lisa Perrin<br />
2011-<strong>2016</strong><br />
Mike Jensen<br />
Re Gibson<br />
Sheila McMahon<br />
Dick Thurston<br />
Catherine Carrara<br />
Arlene Kelly<br />
Omar Bayona<br />
Mike Colombo<br />
Elaine Federico<br />
Dawn Oliveira<br />
Charles Kenney<br />
Barbara Scardino<br />
Glenn Lavery<br />
Kate Maguire<br />
Myriam Siraco<br />
Joe Gibson<br />
Fawaad Qamar<br />
Dora Brett<br />
Chris Perchard<br />
Eli Norris<br />
Gerri Cassidy<br />
Kathy Dunne<br />
Jamie Hogan<br />
www.RealLivingRealtyGroup.com 508-520-1600<br />
Anthony Crugnale