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Hopedale XC State Champs Again<br />
By Christopher Tremblay<br />
Having to go against some<br />
300 schools, a majority of them<br />
from Eastern Massachusetts,<br />
to get to the point of actual<br />
competing in the State Finals<br />
the little town of Hopedale<br />
proved that bigger is not always<br />
better. The Blue Raiders<br />
captured their fourth Division<br />
2 State Championship in boys<br />
cross country with a 19 point<br />
win over second place finisher<br />
Wakefield. Hopedale scored<br />
89 points with a total time of<br />
1:25.55 where as Wakefield<br />
gathered 108 points with a<br />
time of 1:26.50; Newburyport<br />
and Melrose finished third and<br />
fourth respectively.<br />
“Those schools (talking<br />
about the three that finished<br />
behind Hopedale) are much<br />
bigger in terms of athletes,”<br />
Hopedale Coach Joe Dugan<br />
said. “You can’t compare<br />
Hopedale to those schools in<br />
terms of numbers, they have<br />
over a 1000 male athletes<br />
where we have about 240.”<br />
Hopedale, which had previously<br />
won state titles in<br />
2005, 2007 and 2014 before<br />
this year’s win, was paced by<br />
Brandon Hall. Hall, who had<br />
crossed the finish line first in<br />
the Division 2 Central Mass<br />
STATE CHAMPS<br />
continued on page 2<br />
Hopedale Senior<br />
Named Commended<br />
Student For 2017<br />
Principal, Derek Atherton, of<br />
Hopedale Junior-Senior High<br />
School announced recently that<br />
Senior, Catherine Clement has<br />
been named a Commended Student<br />
in the 2017 National Merit<br />
Scholarship Program for her outstanding<br />
academic success. A letter<br />
of Commendation from the<br />
school and National Merit Scholarship<br />
Corporation (NMSC),<br />
which conducts the program, was<br />
presented by the principal to this<br />
scholastically talented senior.<br />
About 34,000 Commended<br />
Students throughout the nation<br />
were recognized for their<br />
exceptional academic promise.<br />
Although they will not continue<br />
in the 2017 competition for National<br />
Merit Scholarship awards,<br />
Commended Students placed<br />
among the top five percent of<br />
more than 1.6 million students<br />
who entered the 2017 competition<br />
by taking the 2015 Preliminary<br />
SAT/National Merit<br />
Scholarship Qualifying Test<br />
(PSAT/NMSQT).<br />
“The young men and women<br />
being named Commended Students<br />
have demonstrated potential<br />
for academic success,”<br />
commented a spokesperson for<br />
NMSC. “We hope that this recognition<br />
will help broaden their<br />
educational opportunities and<br />
encourage them as they continue<br />
their pursuit of academic success.”<br />
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Hopedale High Students Push<br />
Financial Fitness<br />
Stop by this Hopedale Jr. Sr.<br />
High School classroom and what<br />
you find may surprise you. A<br />
student posting financial literacy<br />
tips and information on Twitter<br />
and writing press releases for the<br />
paper. One student revamping a<br />
whole fair to accommodate twice<br />
the students. Another student creating<br />
a website and surveying staff<br />
members on financial advice for<br />
today’s teens. And a fourth covering<br />
the high school in advertisements.<br />
And the list goes on.<br />
Hopedale Jr. Sr. High School<br />
business teacher and DECA advisor,<br />
Talitha Oliveri, encourages<br />
innovative efforts that get<br />
students involved in the learning<br />
process. The driving force for this<br />
teacher is to enhance the financial<br />
literacy knowledge of the entire<br />
school so they are better equipped<br />
to sustain their adult lives. When<br />
the opportunity to apply for a<br />
Credit for Life Fair grant arose,<br />
she immediately applied. Receiving<br />
a $2,500 grant has helped to<br />
renew the potential for another<br />
great fair after the success of last<br />
year.<br />
The Hopedale Jr. Sr. High<br />
School DECA program, a student<br />
organization that prepares emerging<br />
leaders and entrepreneurs in<br />
marketing, finance, hospitality and<br />
management, is organizing a Financial<br />
Literacy Fair. The mission<br />
of Hopedale’s “Financial Fitness<br />
Fair” is to educate the teens and<br />
community about the importance<br />
of financial literacy and money<br />
management. The “FinFit4life”<br />
Fair is being held on December<br />
15th at the Draper Gymnasium<br />
in Hopedale from 8am to <strong>12</strong>pm.<br />
About 160 Hopedale Jr.- Sr. High<br />
seniors and juniors will participate<br />
in the event with over 30 volunteers<br />
manning booths and offering<br />
financial advice.<br />
For the Financial Fitness Fair,<br />
students will apply their knowledge<br />
in a fun, interactive, and<br />
educational environment in an<br />
effort to maintain and manage<br />
their funds. At the fair, students<br />
will visit human resources, choose<br />
their bank account, create and<br />
balance a budget, receive and<br />
utilize credit scores, and make all<br />
major expenditure decisions that<br />
an adult in their mid-20’s will face.<br />
Prior to the fair a training managed<br />
by seniors Cameron Smith,<br />
Gerry Crepeau, and Mitchell<br />
Siefring will be held for all members<br />
of both the senior and junior<br />
classes to review the purpose and<br />
logistics of the fair, proper business<br />
attire and interpersonal skills<br />
necessary for successful employment.<br />
Students will take a survey<br />
for preferred career choices, fill<br />
out job applications, and submit<br />
resumes to prepare for the career<br />
they will be assigned at the fair.<br />
“I truly believe that if students<br />
are financially literate, they can<br />
change their lives. With the help<br />
of four dedicated seniors (Cameron<br />
Smith, Gerry Crepeau,<br />
Katherine Pino and Mitchell Siefring),<br />
the training and event are<br />
going to be a fantastic hands-on<br />
learning event for both the Class<br />
of 2017 and 2018,” stated Mrs.<br />
Oliveri. “The FinFit4life Fair is<br />
an event that will shape their future<br />
views on finances and money<br />
management. I can’t think of a<br />
better way to inspire future generations.”<br />
STATE CHAMPS<br />
continued from page 1<br />
Championship, finished 13 th<br />
with a time of 16:55 and David<br />
Wollensak was right behind him<br />
at 16:57 good enough for 15 th<br />
place. As in the past the Blue<br />
Raiders ran in a pack mentality<br />
and was able to have three<br />
consecutive runners cross the<br />
line; this time it was Jake Murray<br />
(17:20 for 31 st place), Bryce<br />
Brown (17:21for 32 nd ) and Andrew<br />
Doran (17:22 for 33 rd ).<br />
About a minute behind the<br />
Hopedale pack was Colin Black<br />
with a time of 18:10 and Christian<br />
De Boer at 18:23.<br />
The Blue Raiders went<br />
14-1 to capture the Dual Valley<br />
Championship for the tenth<br />
time in the last <strong>12</strong> years. The<br />
squad then went on to win its<br />
seventh straight and 10 of the<br />
last 11, Division 2 Central Mass<br />
Titles.<br />
“It’s half coaching and half<br />
their involvement; starting<br />
them at a younger age by the<br />
time they get to this level the<br />
athletes have already bought<br />
into the program and are ready<br />
to go. A lot of them will go<br />
onto run in college,” Drugan<br />
said. “It’s a great feeling when<br />
a small school can take on the<br />
bigger schools and win. I am<br />
very proud of these boys, as is<br />
the school and the community.<br />
Their parents did a great job<br />
with them.”<br />
In the Division 2 Central<br />
Mass Cross Country<br />
Championship Hall took first<br />
place with a time of 16:34,<br />
13 seconds ahead of Narragansett’s<br />
Michael Capps. Wollensak(17:05),<br />
Doran(17:08)<br />
and Murray(17:16) ran the<br />
pack formation taking 8 th , 9 th<br />
and 10 th , while De Boer (17:28)<br />
finished 14 th , Brown(17:38) 16 th<br />
and Black(17:44) 19 th . Hopedale<br />
accumulated 49 points, 59<br />
points better than second place<br />
finisher Oakmont, who had 108<br />
points.<br />
While the Hopedale boy’s<br />
cross country success has been<br />
impressive over the last decade,<br />
the future looks even brighter<br />
for the Blue Raiders. In addition<br />
to the varsity team capturing<br />
the DVC, the Division 2<br />
Central Mass and the the State<br />
Championships, the schools junior<br />
varsity sqaud was also able<br />
to capture the DVC Title while<br />
the the middle school team<br />
went undefeated on the year.<br />
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Hopedale HS Mock Election Partially Indicitive of the<br />
November 8th Results<br />
By Lori J. Koller<br />
Since most high school students<br />
are not eligible to vote, and<br />
to make sure that the voices of<br />
those not eligible to vote do not go<br />
unheard, on Tuesday, November<br />
1st, the Hopedale High School<br />
Political Club hosted a “mock<br />
election” for all students and faculty.<br />
Similar to what you see on voting<br />
day, there were pollsters outside<br />
the polls greeting the students<br />
as they walked into the cafeteria<br />
to sign up to vote. These pollsters<br />
were carrying signs promoting<br />
individual candidates in the race.<br />
Once the students entered the<br />
cafeteria, they were led to a table<br />
where they had to give their name<br />
and were handed a ballot. The<br />
ballots were made to look just like<br />
ballots for the real election. On<br />
the ballots were Candidates for<br />
President: Hillary Clinton, Donald<br />
Trump, Gary Johnson and Jill<br />
Stein. Representative to Congress:<br />
Joseph Kennedy and David Rosa,<br />
and State Representative: Brian<br />
Murray and Sandra Biagetti.<br />
Once the students were handed a<br />
ballot, they were sent to the real<br />
ballot booths that were borrowed<br />
from the town of Hopedale to cast<br />
their votes. When they were done<br />
voting, the students then checkedout<br />
and had the opportunity to<br />
participate in Exit Polls which<br />
were run by schools DECA and<br />
the Gay Straight Alliance clubs.<br />
Throughout the voting, ballots<br />
were consistently being brought<br />
to the poll counting station, which<br />
was managed by Bryce Brown<br />
and Christian Deboer. At this station,<br />
they were manually tallying<br />
the results and then transferring<br />
the data to an excel spreadsheet<br />
created by Hopedale HS teacher<br />
Talitha Oliveri,<br />
To tie up the day of voting,<br />
Junior and Senior classes were<br />
invited to hear State Representative<br />
Candidate, Brian Murray<br />
speak to his ideas and beliefs on<br />
local issues. Mr. Murray stressed<br />
the importance to the students of<br />
having the mindset of what can<br />
they do to make their community<br />
better and how can they take<br />
care of their own hometown. He<br />
suggested volunteering at senior<br />
centers, shelters and food pantries<br />
as ways that they can give back to<br />
the community.<br />
Before closing out the session,<br />
Murray invited the students to<br />
ask him any questions. Several<br />
students asked how he voted on<br />
questions #2, #3 and #4. Murray<br />
was extremely candid in his<br />
response, and told the students<br />
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gave an in-depth explanation of<br />
why he voted the way he did. The<br />
students did a great job with participating<br />
in this session.<br />
The results of the “mock election”<br />
were as follows: President,<br />
Donald Trump, Representative<br />
to Congress, Joseph Kennedy<br />
and State Representative, Brian<br />
Murray.<br />
The learning experience from<br />
this “mock election” is priceless.<br />
Seeing how the whole student<br />
body conducted themselves<br />
and took part in this process was<br />
something we should all be proud<br />
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great school system, faculty and<br />
administration as well as a tight<br />
knit community to share it with!<br />
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Local Veteran<br />
Speaks To HHS 8th<br />
Grade Students<br />
By Lori J. Koller<br />
On Tuesday, November<br />
10th, Patrick D. Morris, Veterans’<br />
Agent for the town<br />
of Hopedale, spoke to the<br />
Hopedale 8th grade class<br />
about what it means to be a<br />
Veteran and what Veteran’s<br />
Day is honoring. He started<br />
by explaining that it is about<br />
recognizing people who have<br />
served in the military and<br />
showing respect for their<br />
time served. Morris grew<br />
up in New Mexico and after<br />
graduating from High school<br />
attended the University of<br />
New Mexico majoring in History.<br />
Prior to his sophomore<br />
year he decided to leave the<br />
university to explore other<br />
options and was drafted into<br />
the Army in 1967 to the 101st<br />
Airborne Division where he<br />
held the position of Helicopter<br />
Crew Chief. He spent 1<br />
year in Vietnam. Morris attended<br />
Harvard University<br />
which was paid for by the GI<br />
Bill after serving 2 years in the<br />
Army. After his speech, Morris<br />
opened up the floor to the<br />
students for a question and answer<br />
session at which time the<br />
students spent the next half<br />
hour asking questions about<br />
his time in Vietnam, what was<br />
difficult about it, what he liked<br />
about it and also mentioning<br />
their own family and Veterans<br />
in their lives. The interest<br />
that the students showed during<br />
the hour long session was<br />
very refreshing and a fantastic<br />
learning experience.<br />
Alumni Association Offers<br />
Free Basketball<br />
By Lori J. Koller<br />
With Blue Raider basketball<br />
starting soon, Life Members<br />
of the Hopedale High School<br />
Alumni Association can look<br />
forward to free admission at all<br />
boys’ and girls’ home games for<br />
the <strong>2016</strong>-2017 season. Alumni<br />
Membership Chairman Geri<br />
Cyr said: “This is our way of<br />
thanking Alumni members and<br />
showing support for all our teams<br />
as they begin another exciting<br />
season.” Alumni Life Members<br />
need only to show their member<br />
card at the door for free admission<br />
to all home games, with<br />
the Association covering the<br />
cost. Mrs. Cyr noted that not all<br />
Hopedale High graduates are<br />
members of the Association and<br />
Hopedale HS Students<br />
Initiated Into The National<br />
Business Honor Society<br />
We are excited to announce<br />
that three new<br />
members, Gerard Crepeau,<br />
Mitchell Siefring,<br />
and Cameron Smith,<br />
were initiated into the 3rd<br />
chapter of the Hopedale<br />
National Business Honor<br />
Society on Tuesday November<br />
15, <strong>2016</strong> in the Draper<br />
Library at Hopedale Jr.-Sr.<br />
High School. These students<br />
have completed at<br />
least 3 business courses, have<br />
entitled to free admission to the<br />
basketball games, adding that “a<br />
one-time payment of only $20<br />
brings Life Membership in the<br />
group. Contact us at Post Office<br />
Box 25 in Hopedale, at our<br />
website <strong>hopedale</strong>-alumni.org, or<br />
by e-mail at <strong>hopedale</strong>alumni@<br />
gmail.com for information about<br />
becoming a member.”<br />
a minimum GPA<br />
of 3.5, and have<br />
demonstrated outstanding<br />
scholarship,<br />
character, and<br />
leadership. These<br />
students will participate<br />
in a business<br />
service project as<br />
part of the chapter<br />
mission of the<br />
Hopedale Business<br />
Honor Society.<br />
Happy Holidays<br />
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Saturday, December 24th<br />
Monday, December 26th<br />
Saturday, December 31st<br />
Monday, January 2nd<br />
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Lobby<br />
8:30 am - Noon<br />
Closed<br />
8:30 am - Noon<br />
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Living Healthy<br />
Glaucoma: What It Is and How to Treat It<br />
By Roger M. Kaldawy, M.D.,<br />
Milford Franklin Eye Center<br />
Glaucoma is a progressive<br />
disease of the optic nerve which<br />
works like a cable, connecting<br />
the eye and the brain. Glaucoma<br />
happens when the pressure inside<br />
the eye is higher than the optic<br />
nerve can withstand. The most<br />
common form of glaucoma is<br />
silent in the beginning, but can<br />
cause a patient to slowly lose the<br />
vision if left untreated, starting<br />
with the peripheral vision. The<br />
most frustrating characteristic of<br />
glaucoma is that for many years,<br />
the loss of vision will go unnoticed<br />
by a patient.<br />
Although anyone can get<br />
glaucoma, some people are at<br />
higher risk than others. Some<br />
of the most common risk factors<br />
include: African Americans, over<br />
age 40, people with a family history<br />
of glaucoma and patients<br />
with diabetes.<br />
Almost 2% of Americans<br />
have been diagnosed with glaucoma.<br />
Approximately 1/4th of<br />
those diagnosed with glaucoma<br />
are African Americans. Worldwide,<br />
2.4 million people per year<br />
are diagnosed with glaucoma.<br />
The prevalence of glaucoma<br />
increases with age. By the year<br />
2020, it is estimated that the<br />
number of patients diagnosed<br />
with glaucoma will increase by<br />
50% to 3.6 million patients.<br />
Glaucoma accounts for approximately<br />
<strong>12</strong>% of all new cases of<br />
legal blindness each year.<br />
The optic nerve is like a cable<br />
made up of over 1 million nerve<br />
fibers that carry the information<br />
collected by your eye (retina) to<br />
the visual cortex of the brain for<br />
processing. Glaucoma slowly decreases<br />
the ability of your optic<br />
nerve to carry this information to<br />
your brain.<br />
The buildup of pressure,<br />
in your eye, causes glaucoma.<br />
There are currently two basic<br />
theories as to why excessive ocular<br />
pressure causes glaucoma.<br />
Either high intra-ocular pressure<br />
decreases blood flow to the optic<br />
nerve, or high pressure, over<br />
time, physically crushes and kills<br />
the individual nerve fibers.<br />
At first, open-angle glaucoma<br />
has no symptoms. Vision stays<br />
normal, and there is no pain.<br />
As glaucoma remains untreated,<br />
people may notice that although<br />
they see things clearly in front of<br />
them, they miss objects to the side<br />
and out of the corner of their<br />
eye. It may seem as though they<br />
are looking through a tunnel.<br />
Over time, the remaining vision<br />
may decrease until there is no<br />
vision left. Optic nerve damage<br />
caused by glaucoma is permanent;<br />
therefore, it is important to<br />
seek treatment in the early stages<br />
of the disease. Most people think<br />
that they have glaucoma if the<br />
pressure in their eye is high. This<br />
is not always true. High pressure<br />
puts you at a higher risk for glaucoma;<br />
however, an elevated pressure<br />
by itself does not make the<br />
diagnosis of glaucoma. Whether<br />
or not you get glaucoma depends<br />
on the level of pressure that your<br />
optic nerve can tolerate without<br />
being damaged. This level is different<br />
for each person. Although<br />
normal pressure is usually said to<br />
be between <strong>12</strong>-21 mm Hg, a person<br />
might have glaucoma even if<br />
the pressure is in this range. That<br />
is why an eye examination is very<br />
important.<br />
A patient being evaluated for<br />
glaucoma will typically have a<br />
dilated eye exam to look at the<br />
shape of the optic disk; gonioscopy:<br />
in which a lens is used to<br />
evaluate the trabecular meshwork<br />
where the fluid in the eye<br />
exits the eye; tonometry: which<br />
measures the pressure in the eye;<br />
pachymetry: which measures the<br />
thickness of the cornea; fundus<br />
photos; pictures of the eye are<br />
helpful to look for changes in the<br />
appearance of the optic nerve<br />
over time; visual field testing:<br />
which measures the peripheral<br />
vision and optical coherence tomography<br />
(OCT): to measure<br />
the thickness of the nerve layer<br />
transmitting the image to the<br />
brain. Recently, more advanced<br />
technology like Visual-Evoked<br />
Potential (VEP) and electroretinograms<br />
(ERG) have been found<br />
to be useful in making the diagnosis<br />
of glaucoma in more challenging<br />
cases.<br />
Glaucoma is a lifelong disease<br />
that will always require treatment.<br />
Glaucoma is much like hypertension<br />
and diabetes. We can<br />
control these diseases, however<br />
we cannot, as of yet, cure them.<br />
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I Can See Clearly Now,<br />
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To successfully drop those<br />
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sons, a clear plan was the<br />
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In July, he and his wife joined<br />
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McAullife made the right<br />
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McAullife admits shedding<br />
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Before joining NEFL,<br />
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Since his success with New<br />
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Community Brief:<br />
Alzheimer’s Support Group<br />
Golden Pond Assisted Living and Memory Care (50 West<br />
Main St., Hopkinton) is hosting an Alzheimer’s and Dementia<br />
Support Group every third Thursday of the month from<br />
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in The Lodge. The group is free, open to<br />
the public, and focuses on individuals who care for people in<br />
the mid to late stages of Alzheimer’s and related Dementias.<br />
This support group is an Alzheimer’s Association Approved<br />
Support Group in New England. Light refreshments will be<br />
served. Please call Liz Kemp, LCSW at (508) 435-<strong>12</strong>5- ext.<br />
29 to register.<br />
Friends & Family Day<br />
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December <strong>2016</strong> Local Town Pages www.<strong>hopedale</strong>townnews.com Page 9<br />
Mass Audubon Stony Brook Announces Its December<br />
Programming Winter’s a Blast at Stony Brook<br />
Quality Custom Picture Framing,<br />
Photo, Art, Giclee Printing<br />
Fine Art & Decorative Items<br />
Handmade by Local Artisans<br />
Table Runners, Clocks, Fabric Wall Hangings,<br />
Cards, Bracelets, Gifts, & More<br />
Tiny Trekkers: Saturdays, December<br />
3 and 17, from 10:30 a.m.<br />
to noon. Start your weekend off<br />
right with a fun and knowledgeable<br />
Stony Brook teacher on the<br />
trails learning about nature. Each<br />
day will have a special topic created<br />
to excite your child about<br />
the natural world. There will be<br />
crafts, activities and lots of laughter.<br />
So come and join the fun. This<br />
month’s themes: Hibernation/<br />
Nature’s Detectives. Ages 2.9 to<br />
6 with a parent. Fee: $5m/$6nm<br />
per person per session<br />
Space Invaders: Saturday, December<br />
10, from 6 to 9 p.m. Each<br />
December thousands of meteors<br />
collide with our atmosphere,<br />
usually unseen or unappreciated<br />
by Earthly inhabitants. Those<br />
who choose to get up before sunrise,<br />
however, and who are lucky<br />
enough to have a clear night sky,<br />
can witness a phenomenon that<br />
has continued for centuries. The<br />
Geminids Meteor Shower is considered<br />
by many to be the best<br />
show in the winter night sky. The<br />
Geminids are known for producing<br />
up to 60 multi-colored meteors<br />
per hour at their peak. Bring<br />
your sleeping bag (if the weather<br />
is cold) and lawn chairs, hats,<br />
scarves and gloves. We’ll supply<br />
the hot drinks and snacks. Minimum<br />
age 8. Fee: $17m/$20nm<br />
per person<br />
Birds of a Feather Flock Together:<br />
Sunday, December 18,<br />
from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Introduce<br />
your family to the variety of wintering<br />
birds at Stony Brook. Learn<br />
just how these creatures survive<br />
the harsh New England winters.<br />
Together we’ll look for golden<br />
and ruby crowned kinglets, rusty<br />
blackbirds, juncos, ruffed grouse,<br />
wild turkeys, and many more.<br />
Of course we will be sure to talk<br />
about any other wildlife we may<br />
encounter along the way. Minimum<br />
age 6. Fee: $6m - $8nm per<br />
person<br />
Spontaneous Explorations<br />
(on snowshoes or not): call to be<br />
put on our list. We will invite you<br />
when it snows. Come on an exciting<br />
walk through the woods using<br />
this unique Native American invention.<br />
Beginners and experts<br />
welcome. If you have snowshoes,<br />
bring them; several pairs will be<br />
available for those who don’t.<br />
Other times we just get an itch to<br />
go birding. If the weather looks<br />
Cosmetic & Family Dentistry<br />
Relaxed Friendly Atmosphere<br />
Welcoming New Patients!<br />
v Cleaning & Exams<br />
v Periodontal Care<br />
v Root Canals<br />
v Crown & Bridge<br />
v Implants<br />
v Dentures<br />
v Oral Surgery<br />
great, or if there is a rare bird<br />
nearby and you want to join us,<br />
call 508-528-3140 to be put on<br />
the spontaneous explorations list,<br />
and we will let you know when we<br />
are going out. Fee: $6m/$9nm<br />
per person<br />
Pre-registration is required for<br />
all programs (except as noted).<br />
For more details, visit the Mass<br />
Audubon webpage at www.massaudubon.org<br />
or contact us at<br />
508-528-3140. Register by phone,<br />
email (stonybrook@massaudubon.org),<br />
fax (508-553-3864) or in<br />
person. Stony Brook is located at<br />
108 North Street in Norfolk.<br />
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Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm closed Sunday<br />
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Bancroft Memorial Library - December <strong>2016</strong> Update<br />
Thank you!<br />
Thank you to everyone who<br />
participated in Food for Fines.<br />
We brought all of your donations<br />
to the Milford Food Pantry.<br />
Holiday Hours<br />
Please note that the Library<br />
will be closed for the following:<br />
The Library will be closed Saturday<br />
December 24th through<br />
Monday December 26th.<br />
The Library will be closed<br />
Saturday December 31st through<br />
Monday January 2nd.<br />
Ongoing Monthly<br />
Library Events<br />
Helen Symonds Book Group<br />
The Helen Symonds Book<br />
Group meets in the Library Program<br />
Room at 1:00 PM on the<br />
first Wednesday of every month.<br />
Everyone is welcome to join the<br />
group. Please call the library at<br />
(508) 634-2209 to request a copy<br />
of the book and come join the<br />
discussion.<br />
This month’s meeting will be<br />
Wednesday, December 7th at<br />
1:00 PM. The discussion book<br />
will be The Sun Also Rises by<br />
Earnest Hemmingway.<br />
The next meeting will be on<br />
Wednesday, January 4th at 1:00<br />
PM. The discussion book will<br />
be Our Souls at Night by Kent<br />
Haruf. CW/Mars Catalog Summary:<br />
“A senior-aged widow<br />
and widower forge a loving<br />
bond over shared loneliness and<br />
respective histories, provoking<br />
local gossip and the disapproval<br />
of their grown children in ways<br />
that are further complicated by<br />
an extended visit by a sad young<br />
grandchild.”<br />
Come and meet Abbas Kazerooni, author of On Two Feet and Wings and The Boy with Two Lives.<br />
He will be available to sign books and will answer any questions you may have. Abbas's rst book<br />
On Two Feet and Wings is an amazing true story of a boy eeing Tehran on his own during the Iran-<br />
Iraq War. It provides a powerful child's-eye view of political tumult, separation, survival, dreams and<br />
triumphs in a moving memoir that chronicles extraordinary times in an ordinary boy's life. His second<br />
book The Boy with Two Lives chronicles his double life as a refugee in England: elite schoolboy<br />
by day, homeless by night.<br />
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 11:00 A.M. - 2 P.M.<br />
HOPEDALE COMMUNITY HOUSE<br />
43 HOPE STREET, HOPEDALE, MA<br />
Coloring Tuesday<br />
Tuesday is a blue, green, orange<br />
or whatever your favorite<br />
color is day! Join us for a relaxing<br />
time coloring in the Reference<br />
Area of the Library on Tuesday,<br />
December 13th and Tuesday, December<br />
27th from 10-11 AM. We<br />
will provide colored pencils and<br />
coloring sheets or you may bring<br />
your own.<br />
CookBook Club:<br />
Cookie Swap<br />
You are missing out on an outstanding<br />
evening of eating if you<br />
haven’t tried this club. In December<br />
the CookBook Club will be<br />
celebrating the holidays by having<br />
a cookie swap. Each person<br />
will bring 4 dozen of their favorite<br />
cookie along with the recipe<br />
to share with the club. Please remember<br />
to bring a container for<br />
you to bring your cookies home.<br />
Coffee or tea will be provided just<br />
in case any sampling needs to be<br />
.........................................................................................................<br />
We STRONGLY encourage you to purchase the books ahead of time<br />
on Amazon.com or bookdepository.com or barnesandnobel.com<br />
done! We will also be creating<br />
a handmade holiday ornament.<br />
Materials will be provided.<br />
We hope that you will join us<br />
on Monday, December <strong>12</strong>th at<br />
6:30 PM for this fun and tasty<br />
event. Call the Library at (508)<br />
634-2209 if you would like to join<br />
us for the festivities!<br />
Wednesday Knitting &<br />
Crocheting Group<br />
Do you want to learn how to<br />
knit or crochet? Have you been<br />
knitting for a while but want<br />
to spend time with other crafters?<br />
Do you have a project that<br />
has been waiting for you to “get<br />
around to it? “Join the Knovel<br />
Knitters for an evening of knitting<br />
& crocheting every Wednesday<br />
night from 6:00 until 7:45<br />
PM.<br />
Museum Pass of the<br />
Month: Isabella Stewart<br />
Gardener Museum<br />
There are so many wonderful<br />
places to go to in this area and we<br />
offer museum passes for many<br />
of them! This month’s recommendation<br />
is for the book lover<br />
in all of us. Not only is the Isabella<br />
Stewart Gardener Museum<br />
a fascinating place to visit, but<br />
they are now hosting an interesting<br />
temporary exhibit called “Beyond<br />
Words: Italian Renaissance<br />
Books”. Here is an overview<br />
from their website: “In this exhibition,<br />
we will visit the studies of<br />
scholars, princely libraries, places<br />
of worship, and printing presses<br />
of Renaissance Italy to explore<br />
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how the ancestor of the modern<br />
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Don’t forget to call the<br />
Library to reserve a pass for a discount<br />
for your visit. Are you interested<br />
in other area attractions?<br />
Please visit our website at http://<br />
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museum-passes-available for a<br />
full list of the museum passes that<br />
we have.<br />
The Friends of the Hopedale<br />
Library<br />
Thank you!<br />
We would like to thank everyone<br />
who made the Fall Book,<br />
Bake and Raffle Sales such a success!<br />
The money raised goes to<br />
support the programs offered by<br />
the Library for adults and children.<br />
Holiday Stroll<br />
Welcome the Holiday Season<br />
and join us on Saturday, December<br />
3rd from 10 AM to 2 PM as<br />
we participate in the Town of<br />
Hopedale Holiday Stroll. The<br />
Friends of the Hopedale Library<br />
will be serving hot spiced cider<br />
and cookies. Please see the Children’s<br />
Room news below for a<br />
INTERIOR ICE<br />
DAM REPAIRS
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summary of the activities that<br />
we have planned for the children,<br />
and be sure to come visit us and<br />
enjoy some refreshments.<br />
Friends of the Hopedale Library<br />
Meeting<br />
The Friends of the Hopedale<br />
Library meetings are held<br />
on the first Tuesday morning of<br />
each month. Their next meeting<br />
will be in the Library Reference<br />
Room on Tuesday, December 6th<br />
at 10:00 AM. The January meeting<br />
will be on Tuesday January<br />
3rd. Anyone interested in helping<br />
the Library and planning our<br />
adult programming is welcome<br />
and encouraged to join them.<br />
Holiday Tea and<br />
Entertainment<br />
The Friends of the Hopedale<br />
Library are pleased to present a<br />
special holiday concert event on<br />
Sunday, December 11th from<br />
2-3 PM. Join us for an afternoon<br />
tea and concert with the local<br />
acapella quartet All 4WoN. This<br />
event will take place in the upstairs<br />
Reading Room. Refreshments<br />
will be served and the program<br />
will last approximately an hour.<br />
To reserve your spot please call<br />
the Library at (508) 634-2209 or<br />
stop in at the upstairs registration<br />
desk during regular hours. There<br />
is no charge for this program. You<br />
do not need to be a Friend of the<br />
Library to attend!<br />
The Friends of the Hopedale<br />
Library was founded in 1983.<br />
They work with the Library<br />
staff and Trustees to support the<br />
Library by providing funds for<br />
equipment, materials and programs<br />
not covered by the regular<br />
operating budget. They offer<br />
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and for other programs. New<br />
members are always welcome!<br />
More information can be found<br />
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Check it Out!<br />
We had over 226 K-3 grade<br />
children visit the Library in October<br />
for Check it Out! We want<br />
to send out a big congratulations<br />
to Mrs. Walker’s first grade class<br />
for being our Check it Out! winners.<br />
Mrs. Walker’s class came to<br />
the Library and a special evening<br />
of pizza and fun with storyteller<br />
Cindy Marshall. Special this<br />
year: parents who attended the<br />
program were able to have dessert<br />
and coffee while the children<br />
were enjoying the event. Special<br />
thanks to Mrs. Verdolino,<br />
Mr. Miller and Mrs. Walker for<br />
joining the winning class for the<br />
evening. Thank you to all of the<br />
kids that came to the Library and<br />
participated in this fun event.<br />
Holiday Stroll<br />
Join us on Saturday December<br />
3rd from 10 AM to 2 PM<br />
as we participate in the Town of<br />
Hopedale Holiday Stroll. The<br />
Friends of the Hopedale Library<br />
will be serving hot cider and<br />
cookies. Children ages pre-school<br />
and older are invited to join Mrs.<br />
Kraimer in the Library Program<br />
Room at 1 PM for Holiday stories.<br />
Throughout the morning<br />
young children are welcome to do<br />
a make-and-take craft. Parents<br />
are asked to remain with their<br />
children while they are enjoying<br />
the craft.<br />
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We’re delighted to have a special<br />
guest joining us on Thursday,<br />
December 8th at <strong>12</strong>:15 PM.<br />
Santa Claus himself will be here<br />
to visit with children ages 2 to<br />
5 years! Join us for lunch (bag<br />
lunches will be provided), music<br />
and song -- and then meet Santa.<br />
He’d love to chat and learn what<br />
youngsters want for Christmas.<br />
Parents are welcome to take pictures<br />
of their children with Santa.<br />
Registration is required for this<br />
event. Please call the Library at<br />
(508) 634-2209 to register.<br />
Cookie Decorating<br />
Come decorate holiday cookies<br />
and enjoy a holiday story on<br />
Saturday, December 10th at<br />
<strong>12</strong>:30. Children age 5 and older<br />
can show their creativity by decorating<br />
sweet treats -- one to take<br />
home and one to enjoy here at<br />
the Library. Because of space<br />
limitations and the need to prepare<br />
materials, please call Mrs.<br />
Kraimer at (508) 634-2209 to<br />
register.<br />
Holiday Crafts<br />
On Tuesday, December 13th,<br />
there will be a Make & Take Holiday<br />
Craft Program for children<br />
in Grade K and older, beginning<br />
at 3 PM. We’ll have a variety of<br />
items to decorate your home or<br />
to give as small gifts. Come join<br />
us for this fun event. Please call<br />
Mrs. Kraimer at (508) 634-2209<br />
to register.<br />
Annual Mitten Tree<br />
Help us decorate our tree with<br />
new mittens, gloves, hats and<br />
scarves. From Monday November<br />
28th through Tuesday December<br />
21st the Children’s Room<br />
will be showcasing our annual donation<br />
tree for mittens and hats<br />
of all sizes. The items will be donated<br />
to the Milford Food Pantry.<br />
Story Times<br />
Story Times will continue<br />
through the week of December<br />
<strong>12</strong>thth. Please call Mrs. Kraimer<br />
Brought to you by Hopedale Community House &<br />
Friends of Historic Hopedale<br />
Fun for the whole family with<br />
activities from 10am – 7pm<br />
Santa arrives by fire truck!<br />
Christmas tree sales at the gym!<br />
Story time at the library!<br />
at (508) 634-2209 for further information<br />
or to sign up.<br />
Tell Me a Story: for children ages<br />
3-6 years, will be on Tuesdays at<br />
3:15 PM. This 45 minute program<br />
will include stories, music,<br />
puppets and crafts. Registration<br />
is requested. Parents are welcome<br />
to attend.<br />
Tot Time: for children 18<br />
months through 3 years, will be<br />
on Thursdays from 11 to 11:30<br />
AM. Children will enjoy music,<br />
stories, puppets, nursery rhymes<br />
and finger plays. Registration is<br />
requested. Parents are expected<br />
to remain with their child.<br />
For information regarding all<br />
children’s programs please call<br />
Mrs. Kraimer at (508) 634-2209<br />
or e-mail her at ekraimer@cwmars.org.<br />
The Bancroft Memorial Library<br />
is located at 50 Hopedale<br />
Street, Hopedale, MA 01747.<br />
Call the Library at (508) 634-<br />
2209 for program information.<br />
www.<strong>hopedale</strong>-ma.gov<br />
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local vendors at the Little Red Shop<br />
Museum!<br />
Many local businesses participating!<br />
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Sports<br />
Hall Brings Competitive Edge<br />
to HHS XC Team<br />
By Christopher Tremblay<br />
It wasn’t something that he<br />
had initially intended on doing,<br />
but after a friends older brother<br />
encouraged him to do so Hopedale’s<br />
Brandon Hall took up his<br />
offer and has been running cross<br />
country at a high level for the<br />
Blue Raiders for five years now.<br />
At the urging Hall tried out<br />
for the school team when he was<br />
in seventh grade and originally<br />
found himself on the middle<br />
school squad before moving up<br />
to the high school junior varsity<br />
team later that year. The following<br />
year he won his first race participating<br />
in the Ocean State 2.5<br />
mile Race at Boyden State Park<br />
in Rhode Island.<br />
“Going into the race I was<br />
ranked 17 th and wasn’t expecting<br />
anything so there was no real<br />
strategy on my part. At the mile<br />
and a half marker I was feeling<br />
real good with no tiredness<br />
so I just started running faster<br />
and began passing people,” the<br />
Hopedale runner said. “When I<br />
eventually got to the front of the<br />
pack running by myself it was<br />
foreign to me. When I won it<br />
was very exciting and a pleasant<br />
surprise but it was not expected.”<br />
After picking up his first ever<br />
high school victory Hall was<br />
quickly elevated to the varsity<br />
team where while he was now<br />
participating in longer, faster<br />
runs with the older athletes he<br />
eventually eased into it.<br />
Prior to actually entering the<br />
high school he participated in the<br />
teams ramped up running schedule<br />
during the summer with the<br />
rest of the team.<br />
“I went to every one of the<br />
practices that year building myself<br />
up,” he said. “I didn’t set expectations<br />
for myself, but I knew<br />
what I was capable of doing. I<br />
feel expectations set limits that<br />
could set you up for failure, thus<br />
setting yourself back and discouraging<br />
you.”<br />
Hopedale Boys Cross Country<br />
Coach Joe Drugan knew that<br />
he had something special in the<br />
young runner.<br />
“I’ve been coaching for 24<br />
years and I could tell right off<br />
the bat that Brandon had talent,”<br />
Drugan said. “He bought<br />
into my program, does a lot of<br />
right things, is very competitive<br />
and pushes his teammates and<br />
they do the same for him.”<br />
As a freshman Hall was the<br />
fourth best runner on the Hopedale<br />
team that went to the State<br />
Tournament, where the Blue<br />
Raiders were able to capture the<br />
Championship via a tiebreaker<br />
over Newburyport and he was<br />
able to finish in the top 25.<br />
“Individually I finished 23 rd ;<br />
I was happy as I was running<br />
against some 200-300 other runners,”<br />
Hall said. “I didn’t know<br />
what I was up against individually,<br />
but as a team we knew what<br />
we were capable of doing.”<br />
According to Coach Drugan<br />
Hopedale has captured the last<br />
five Division 2 Central Mass<br />
Championships and 10 of the<br />
last 11 Central Mass and Dual<br />
Valley Championships, so needless<br />
to say Hopedale does know<br />
what they are capable of and<br />
their coach knows how to get the<br />
very best out of them.<br />
Last fall Hopedale once again<br />
went to the Division 2 Central<br />
Mass Championships, but unfortunately<br />
Hall was kept up out of<br />
the race due to an injury.<br />
“Last year I kept Brandon out<br />
of the State Championship Final<br />
as I didn’t want to sacrifice his<br />
career because of an injury,” the<br />
Blue Raider Coach said. “That’s<br />
just not my style of coaching; this<br />
year he has been injury free and<br />
having one hell of a season.”<br />
Although upset to sit out the<br />
race he was glad the coach did<br />
so.<br />
“I had torn my groin in the<br />
Districts so I wasn’t able to take<br />
part in the States – it was devastating,”<br />
the junior runner said.<br />
“I was in pain and probably<br />
wouldn’t have been able to run<br />
like myself – so it was an intelligent<br />
choice on the Coaches<br />
part.”<br />
As this year is winding down,<br />
Hall has already found himself<br />
crossing the finish line first<br />
at three invitational’s as well as<br />
setting personal times at Barnstable<br />
(15:55 down 6 seconds)<br />
and Wachusett (15:18 down a<br />
full 30 seconds from a year ago).<br />
At the Dual Valley Conference<br />
held at Whitinsville Christian in<br />
late October Hall took first place<br />
with a course shattering run. The<br />
Hopedale runner finished with a<br />
time of 16:25, eclispsing the old<br />
17 plus minute record while his<br />
teammates followed him in second,<br />
third, fourth and fifth to<br />
sweep the race.<br />
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By John Ke ley<br />
editor<br />
As with most stories, there are<br />
two sides. Some would s e the new<br />
snowfa l as (cold) beauty, while<br />
other s e a nuisance to b endured.<br />
Sch ol children s e a unique opportunity<br />
for play, or a day off from<br />
sch ol. The pragmatist s es the<br />
cycle of water that includes evaporation<br />
in one season, and condensation<br />
in another. At some point,<br />
many people understand it as a fact<br />
of life, sometimes mild, at other<br />
times dangerous.<br />
Certainly, we ar experiencing<br />
a harsh winter by most standards.<br />
From October through most of January,<br />
we did not s e this coming.<br />
Over a thr e w ek period through<br />
the mi dle of February, Ashland<br />
has received about six feet of snow.<br />
Fortunately, the town has the capability<br />
to deal e fectively with the<br />
e fects of the storms, and the sta f<br />
a the Department of Public Works<br />
(DPW) has demonstrated superb<br />
fortitude in executing one of their<br />
Snow Story<br />
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Hundreds Expected<br />
to Attend Second<br />
Annual Metrowest<br />
Co lege Fair and<br />
Career Day<br />
Event wi l be held on Saturday,<br />
March 21 at Ashland High School<br />
By liz taurasi<br />
Students and families<br />
from more than 15 local high<br />
sch ols acro s the area wi l<br />
have the chance to be armed<br />
with a l the information they<br />
n ed as they begin the college<br />
search proce s thanks to<br />
the second a nual Metrowest<br />
Co lege Fair and Car er Day<br />
set for Saturday, March 21.<br />
Co-sponsored by the<br />
Ashland PTO and Ashland<br />
Education Foundation, the<br />
event began in 2014 with the<br />
goal of providing valuable<br />
information to families with<br />
children in high sch ol navigating<br />
the path to the right<br />
co lege or car er upon graduation.<br />
Last year more than<br />
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the event which included<br />
representatives from 150 colleges<br />
and profe sionals from<br />
more 1 0 di ferent car ers.<br />
The 2015 Metrowest College<br />
Fair and Car er Day<br />
takes place on Saturday,<br />
March 21 from 9 - 1 a.m. at<br />
Ashland High Sch ol, 65 E.<br />
Union St. in Ashland.<br />
Organizers say they expec<br />
to s e an increase in attend<br />
es a this year’s event,<br />
and expec to have the same<br />
Co lege Fair<br />
continued on page 4<br />
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By MarJorie turner ho lMan<br />
The night was bi ter cold, but<br />
for the 20+ folks who showed up<br />
a the Franklin Public Library for<br />
the first m eting of the Genealogy<br />
Club, it was a time to talk<br />
about family co nections and<br />
countries of origin. Many participants<br />
were from Franklin, with a<br />
few from Milford, Norfolk and<br />
Be lingham. The theme of connections<br />
was consistent as each<br />
person explained their interest in<br />
participating in the group.<br />
Linda Batchelder of Franklin<br />
noted that she got interested in<br />
genealogy because of a relative’s<br />
ashes that remain in her a tic.<br />
“His name was Bertul—he died<br />
during the 1918 flu epidemic—<br />
a friend of my grandfather’s,”<br />
Batchelder began. “When my<br />
grandfather was able to return to<br />
Latvia, he wa su posed to take<br />
the ashes wit him, but wasn’t<br />
a lowed to. They’re sti l in our<br />
a tic. We learned that Bertul had<br />
b en our grandfather’s best man<br />
in his we ding and ma ried a<br />
relative of ours.”<br />
Each person had stories to<br />
share of wha they had already<br />
learned in their family research,<br />
and a l had mysteries they hoped<br />
to solve in the future. Vicki Buchanio,<br />
Head of Reference and<br />
Public Services a the Franklin<br />
Public Library told the group, “I<br />
have lots of relations who must<br />
sti l be alive—I’ve never found<br />
the death certificates for them,<br />
even though some of them were<br />
born in 1802, so they must sti l<br />
be alive!”<br />
Among those who a tended<br />
were people with r ots in Finland,<br />
Poland, Germany, and<br />
England, besides several of<br />
Scots-Irish descent. Buchanio<br />
was pleased with the turnout—<br />
she had b en afraid n one would<br />
show up. Buchanio has had a<br />
long-time pa sion for genealogy<br />
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How many co lege students<br />
can even recognize the President<br />
of their institution, much<br />
le s are on a first-name basis?<br />
Dean Co lege jus turned 150<br />
years old on February 19, what<br />
it refers to as “Founders Day,”<br />
and today, its students are<br />
guided as persona ly as they<br />
were a century and a half ago.<br />
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A times, we hear news reports<br />
of a beloved parent with<br />
Alzheimer’s disease or dementia,<br />
who has wandered ou the<br />
front d or and into the w ods,<br />
or other situations where a child<br />
or t en with Autism or a mental<br />
health i sue has an unfortunate<br />
encounter with police officers<br />
who weren’t aware of the child’s<br />
special circumstances and fears.<br />
In these cases, a li tle knowledge<br />
can go a long way.<br />
The Ho liston Police Department<br />
aims to arm itself with<br />
that knowledge and ge to be ter<br />
know and strengthen its relationship<br />
with the community it<br />
serves and protects – and it n eds<br />
community response to make it<br />
ha pen.<br />
In January, The Ho liston<br />
Police Department launched<br />
the C.A.R.E. (Children and<br />
Residents Encounter) program,<br />
aimed at helping police gather<br />
information about member of<br />
the community with special<br />
n eds, to help foster a relationship<br />
with the community.<br />
Lt. Craig Denman is overs e-<br />
ing the program, which was officia<br />
ly launched in January.<br />
“Basica ly, it’ something we<br />
became aware of and thought<br />
would be beneficial for people<br />
in our community, and so we decided<br />
to develop and adopt it and<br />
get it ou there.”<br />
Examples of residents who<br />
might benefit from this program<br />
include, but are not limited to:<br />
• Children or adults with autism<br />
• Adults with dementia or Alzheimer’s<br />
Disease<br />
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Is It Spring, Yet?<br />
Second Annual Ho liston AgCom Family Event<br />
March 22 at Breezy Hi l<br />
By J.d. o’Gara<br />
It’s b en a rea ly long winter.<br />
Members of Ho liston’s Agricultural<br />
Commi t e, or AgCom,<br />
are asking a very logical question<br />
– “Is It Spring, Yet?” with<br />
their Second A nual Family<br />
Event welcoming the season on<br />
Sunday, March 2, from <strong>12</strong>-4<br />
p.m., to take place at Br ezy<br />
Hi l Farm, 583 Adams Str et,<br />
Ho liston. As it did last year,<br />
th event wi l feature baby animals<br />
and farm-related fun for<br />
the whole family, and the suggested<br />
family donation, which<br />
wi l su port Ho liston AgCom,<br />
is just $5.<br />
“This is just a fun event for<br />
families in town, because the<br />
town i so su portive of agriculture,”<br />
says Paula Mark, member<br />
of the Agricultural Commi sion<br />
who has lived in Ho liston for<br />
<strong>12</strong> years on land, she says, that’s<br />
b en in her husband’s family<br />
for generations. “When we got<br />
this property, it was inevitable<br />
that I was going to turn it into<br />
a farm,” she says, explaining,<br />
with a smile, that her sma l farm<br />
has grown from just chickens to<br />
now, b es, alpacas, a horse and<br />
ra bit. The 4H leader hopes her<br />
place can someday be a place<br />
for “ kids to come to reco nect<br />
to nature and learn how to act<br />
around animals.”<br />
Animals – in fact, animal<br />
families, are sure to be what<br />
Ho liston kids and their own<br />
families are going to s e a the<br />
“Is It Spring Yet?” event. As it<br />
did last year the day i sure to be<br />
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By J.d. o’Gara<br />
Chuck Tashjian Publisher of<br />
Local Town Pages, along with<br />
Lori Ko ler, Advertising Sales<br />
Manager for the company, aim<br />
to o fer Hopedale residents a lot<br />
more than the premiere i sue of<br />
the paper in their mailboxes this<br />
month; they hope to foster a new<br />
co nection to their community.<br />
“I have b en with Local<br />
Town Pages for over 6 years,<br />
and starting a Hopedale paper,<br />
as a resident of the town for the<br />
past 19 years has always b en a<br />
dream of mine! With the help<br />
of 2014 Hopedale High Sch ol<br />
Alumni, Kyle Ko ler, who has<br />
b en working for Local Town<br />
Pages for the past year -anda-half<br />
as our Advertising Sales<br />
A sistant, and is cu rently attending<br />
UNH, and Tyler D’Urso,<br />
cla s of 2013, who we contracted<br />
during his winter break from NC<br />
State, we were able to make the<br />
dream a reality,” says Ko ler.<br />
Kyle and Tyler canva sed the<br />
area of Hopedale, Milford, Mendon<br />
and Upton to spread the word<br />
to area busine ses that we were<br />
starting the Hopedale paper. They<br />
a cumulated contact information<br />
and then made a pointments<br />
for Lori Ko ler to m et with the<br />
prospective advertisers. Within a<br />
two-w ek time frame, this team<br />
knew tha the paper was going to<br />
be a su ce s.<br />
“I couldn’t be more proud<br />
of these two young men for the<br />
hard work tha they put forth to<br />
make this ha pen,” says Ko ler.<br />
“Also with the help of Susa ne<br />
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and several existing advertisers,<br />
the su ce s for the first edition<br />
was even more than we had expected.”<br />
Twenty-five hundred copies of<br />
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these wi l be direct mailed fr e<br />
of charge to households and busine<br />
ses in Hopedale. The paper<br />
wi l also be available in its fu l<br />
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starting in April.<br />
“This paper is to let residents<br />
of each town know what’s going<br />
on in their local communities,”<br />
says Tashjian, who envisions his<br />
publication as a way fo readers<br />
to stay abreast of a l tha their<br />
towns have t o fer, including<br />
tow news, nonprofit organiza-<br />
No One Can Do it Like She Can<br />
The Li tle White Market Wi l Be Back Be ter than Ever at End of Month<br />
By J.d. o’Gara<br />
Just over six years ago,<br />
Tracey Liberatore had a<br />
vision for the property she<br />
drove by at 5 Depot Str et<br />
in Hopedale just over six<br />
years ago.<br />
“I thought it would<br />
make a cute li tle market,<br />
and we didn’t have anything<br />
like that in Hopedale,”<br />
says the Hopedale<br />
Mom and 21-year-resident<br />
of the town. And if anyone<br />
could turn that li tle<br />
shop into the kitchen of<br />
the community, Tracey<br />
could. She’d worked in<br />
the f od industry since she<br />
was a t en, later partnering<br />
t open a pub in Milford<br />
ca led “One Flight Down,”<br />
through which Liberatore<br />
began her pa sion for f od<br />
and catering. The Courtyard in<br />
Milford a preciated her talents<br />
so much they asked her to run<br />
its restaurant, and she later came<br />
back to lead the kitchen, wi ning<br />
the Ma rio t Diamond A sociate<br />
and Make a Di ference Awards.<br />
Busy wit her two boys, Liberatore<br />
started slo wit her<br />
new li tle market. Pre ty s on,<br />
she built a su ce sfu luncheon<br />
busine s.<br />
“I think we have a real home<br />
f eling,” says Tracey. “It’s very<br />
comfy, like you’re walking into<br />
your grandmother’s<br />
kitchen. It’s cozy, and<br />
there are sme ls (o f od<br />
c oking).”<br />
Liberatore and her<br />
sta f c ok a l of the<br />
dishes right on the premises.<br />
“We do a lot of<br />
homemade soups and<br />
salads, everything from<br />
scratch,” says Liberatore.<br />
“We even roast<br />
our turkeys here, make<br />
meatba ls, and we o fer<br />
dinners, including<br />
chicken Marsala and<br />
b ef stew,” she says.<br />
In fact, Hopedale<br />
residents and local busine<br />
ses have begun to<br />
take advantage of the<br />
catering options, an area<br />
Liberatore is excited to<br />
grow.<br />
“We do a lot of catering,”<br />
says Liberatore, who can provide<br />
everything from a simple lasa-<br />
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Last year, the volunt er<br />
members of the Mi lis Cultural<br />
Council were brainstorming for<br />
an artistic, cultural event that<br />
could draw people from a l different<br />
areas of the community<br />
together, something that was not<br />
just sch ol, or senior citizen or<br />
music-related, something that<br />
drew people from a l di ferent<br />
ages and backgrounds. The result?<br />
The Mi lis Film Festival.<br />
This year, it’s back, and the<br />
Second A nual Mi lis Film Festival’s<br />
got more su port than<br />
ever from local busine ses and<br />
organizations. This year’s event,<br />
which wi l take place on Saturday<br />
March 7, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. wi l<br />
feature 16 films, nine in the adult<br />
category and seven from Mi dle<br />
Sch ol filmmakers, The Film<br />
Festival wi l be held in the Roche<br />
Brothers Community r om a the<br />
Mi lis Public Library, 961 Main<br />
Str et, Mi lis.<br />
Garzon a ds, “Through Carol<br />
(Ha gerty), an ar teacher at Millis<br />
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to partner with Danie le Manion<br />
a the sch ol, and that’s where a<br />
lot of these films are coming out<br />
of.<br />
The festival is ge ting it out<br />
of the sch ols and into the community.”<br />
The adult category encompa<br />
ses more than high sch ol<br />
films, however. Some came from<br />
adults outside of Mi lis, and this<br />
year, prizes reflect a growing interest<br />
from the community in the<br />
endeavor.<br />
“We’ve had 16 local busine<br />
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Millis rolls Out the red Carpet<br />
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By J.D. O’Gara<br />
Over 1 0 Medway High Sch ol<br />
students from grades 9-<strong>12</strong> wi l “go<br />
together” as cast members, dance<br />
ensemble, production crew and<br />
pit band for the musical, Grease<br />
this month, to be presented from<br />
March <strong>12</strong>-14, at 7:30 p.m.<br />
The musical features an a ray<br />
of characters, singing an dancing<br />
their way through their senior year<br />
at Ri de l High Sch ol. The show,<br />
with music and lyrics wri ten by<br />
Jim Jacobs and Wa ren Casey, is<br />
fu l of energy and includes comedy,<br />
romance, and the great sounds<br />
of the 1950’s. The popula rockn-ro<br />
l musical numbers, including<br />
“Greased Lightning,” “We Go Together”<br />
and “Shaken’ a the High<br />
Sch ol Hop” wi l have the audience<br />
moving to the beat.<br />
“I’m rea ly excited to put on<br />
this production. It wa something<br />
the students had b en angling for<br />
a number of years,” says director<br />
and MHS English teacher Spencer<br />
Christie. “When the music director<br />
(Kendra Nu ting) and I sat down<br />
over the summer, we thought it<br />
was the perfect fit, the perfect<br />
score.”<br />
Each spring the MHS Musical<br />
presents a fu l-scale musical comprising<br />
of Medway High Sch ol<br />
students. The MHS Musical a lows<br />
students to be directly involved in<br />
acting, singing an dancing onstage,<br />
playing in our pit band, and<br />
various o portunities o f-stage as<br />
we l.<br />
The cast alone for this productio<br />
numbers 50, says Christie,<br />
with another 50 students working<br />
backstage as crew. Two students<br />
wi l play in the orchestra pit, although<br />
due to the complexity of<br />
the music, “we have hired some<br />
profe sional musicians as we l,”<br />
says Christie.<br />
Lead roles were chosen by audition,<br />
and these cast members include<br />
both experienced and novice<br />
players.<br />
“I’ve only ever done acting at<br />
Medway High Sch ol,” says Cam<br />
Swan, cast in the role as “Da ny.”<br />
“I’ve never taken any voice le sons<br />
or anything like that.”<br />
The role, says Swan, is di ferent<br />
from anything he’s done in<br />
the past. Da ny is “kind of complicated,<br />
he puts on thi show for<br />
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The United States is embarking<br />
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or MCAS test.<br />
Norfolk resident Patrick<br />
Touhey would like to put the<br />
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force discu sion of the new standards<br />
and whether or not the<br />
Norfolk and King Philip sch ols<br />
should implemen them. Touhey<br />
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Norfolk Town M eting wa rant<br />
to remove Common Core and<br />
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in a non-binding vote. He is also<br />
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spring.<br />
Touhey hopes these actions<br />
wi l send a me sage to local sch ol<br />
commi t es and the State Department<br />
of Education: “We don’t<br />
agr e with the PAR C testing and<br />
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state standards.<br />
Touhey is part of a group<br />
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Education Standards<br />
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After a tough winter, the<br />
community can l ok forward to<br />
a w ek of nature immersion that<br />
doesn’t involve snow. The King<br />
Philip Science National Honor<br />
Society wi l be hosting naturalist<br />
Brent Nixon during the w ek of<br />
March 17 to 24. Several events<br />
are pla ned for the sch ols and<br />
the tri-town area.<br />
Nixon, a renowned science<br />
educator, has dedicated his life<br />
to endangered species research.<br />
Known for his high energy, interpretive<br />
science shows, Nixon<br />
travels extensively to promote<br />
environmental education. In<br />
a dition to his research work<br />
and publications, Nixon has appeared<br />
on TV, radio, and in print<br />
media.<br />
The Naturalist-in-Residence<br />
w ek was the idea of A n Lambert,<br />
a science teacher at KP<br />
High Sch ol and the advisor for<br />
the sch ol’s Science National<br />
Honor Society. Lambert had<br />
traveled to Alaska on a cruise<br />
and Nixon was the naturalist on<br />
board.<br />
“His pa sion for his work,<br />
knowledge about his topics,<br />
and vivacious, entertaining,<br />
and informational presentation<br />
style was what made me think it<br />
would be a great o portunity for<br />
the KP students and community<br />
if we could bring him here,” said<br />
Lambert.<br />
Lambert believes that when<br />
students actua ly m et scientists<br />
and interact with them, science<br />
becomes interesting and fun.<br />
Nixon’s expertise on wildlife and<br />
field research should prov eyeopening<br />
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Over 16, 0 copies of<br />
the tabloid-sized newspaper<br />
wi l be produced each month,<br />
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and busine ses in the town. The<br />
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“This paper is to let residents<br />
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A companying the news resource<br />
wi l be an easy-to use online<br />
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west area. Online visitors wi l be<br />
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as we l as a ce s community<br />
links, coupons for localbusine ses<br />
and cla sified ads.<br />
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t o fset printing in 2 04.<br />
He then expanded his busine s<br />
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It’s b en years in the making,<br />
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opening for busine s in March.<br />
And with it come some big<br />
name stores the area has b en<br />
waiting for, including Target (set<br />
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of which wi l anchor the complex.<br />
University Station, when<br />
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square f et of retail and restaurant<br />
space, along with residential<br />
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University Station officia ly<br />
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PetSmart, Michaels, ULTA<br />
Beauty, Kay Jewelers, Starbucks,<br />
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Fidelity Investments, Dre s Barn,<br />
David’s Bridal, Panera Bread,<br />
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housing. The initial residential<br />
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wi l feature 350 luxury apartment<br />
units, as we l as Bridges<br />
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both also expected t open<br />
this year. Gables Residential is<br />
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A ditiona ly, University Station<br />
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The project has b en a long<br />
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In 2 08, Wegmans was held up<br />
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This ha pened just as the<br />
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Boys Hoop Squad at Hopedale Aiming for 3 Titles<br />
By KEN HAMWEY<br />
Staff Sports Writer<br />
Four starters from last year’s<br />
18-5 team that finished as Dual<br />
Valley Conference champions<br />
have graduated but Hopedale<br />
High boys basketball coach<br />
Tony Cordani still has some<br />
lofty goals for his <strong>2016</strong>-17 contingent.<br />
The 50-year-old Cordani,<br />
who now is in his 17th season<br />
as the Blue Raiders’ coach, believes<br />
his squad can repeat as<br />
DVC champs, win the Clark<br />
Tournament and also capture<br />
a district crown. During his tenure<br />
at Hopedale, Cordani has<br />
guided Hopedale to four league<br />
titles, <strong>12</strong> tourney berths and two<br />
district crowns.<br />
“We can achieve all three<br />
goals but a lot has to happen,’’<br />
he said. “Our kids have to buy<br />
into playing strong defense<br />
and rebound consistently. We<br />
also have to be unselfish on offense<br />
but score enough to win.<br />
Good things will happen if we<br />
do those things. Winning the<br />
league, the Clark Tournament<br />
and the districts are reachable<br />
and realistic.’’<br />
The Blue Raiders have some<br />
strengths — like frontcourt size,<br />
athleticism, a high basketball<br />
IQ, speed, quickness and several<br />
experienced players. Cordani,<br />
however, knows that losing 80<br />
percent of his starting five puts a<br />
dent in depth and overall experience.<br />
“There are kids who lack<br />
game experience but will have<br />
to develop as the schedule moves<br />
along,’’ Cordani noted. “We also<br />
need to improve our depth but<br />
that will happen when underclassmen<br />
get playing time.’’<br />
Steve Stuppiello, Trevor<br />
Kovac, Jame D’Urso and Chris<br />
Carron have graduated but<br />
Cordani can turn to a pair of<br />
6-foot-3 frontcourt players who<br />
not only will start, but also be<br />
major contributors. Both seniors,<br />
Brian Espanet and Tyler<br />
Miller will set the tone up front.<br />
Espanet was Player of<br />
the Year in the DVC, the MVP<br />
of the Hutchinson Tournament<br />
and a Worcester Telegram and<br />
Metrowest News all-star. He<br />
averaged 10 rebounds and 16.9<br />
points a game while Miller came<br />
off the bench and consistently<br />
Brian Espanet was Player of the Year in the DVC, the MVP of the<br />
Hutchinson Tournament and a Worcester Telegram and Metrowest<br />
News all-star.<br />
Coach Tony Cordani has guided Hopedale to four league titles, <strong>12</strong><br />
tourney berths and two district crowns.<br />
scored six points and pulled<br />
down seven rebounds a game.<br />
“Brian will play forward or<br />
center and Tyler is a forward,’’<br />
Cordani said. “Brian is athletic,<br />
a great competitor who<br />
gets good position for rebounds<br />
and knows how to box out.<br />
He jumps well and is a good<br />
shooter who can score inside or<br />
outside. He led us last year in<br />
three-pointers with 34. Tyler is<br />
a great leaper who can rebound<br />
and also slash to the basket. He<br />
had a career-high 17 rebounds<br />
against Douglas last year. His<br />
shot is developing.’’<br />
Seniors Mitch Siefring (5-<br />
11) and Matt Luchini (6-2) and<br />
sophomore Robbie Siefring<br />
(5-9) all have the potential to<br />
be starters. Mitch Seifring is an<br />
off-guard, his brother plays the<br />
point and Luchini is a center.<br />
“Mitch got minutes last year<br />
and showed he can defend and<br />
pass,’’ Cordani said. “He’s a<br />
good role player and we’re hoping<br />
he can provide some offense.<br />
Robbie is a good athlete<br />
who sees the court well and can<br />
pass and play defense. His game<br />
is still developing. Matt was a<br />
reserve last year who’s physical,<br />
has good hands, a big frame and<br />
can score inside.’’<br />
Four juniors — Isaac Moore<br />
(5-9), Brendan DaFonte (6-3),<br />
John Rice (5-9) and Jake Kracinovich<br />
(5-8) — and freshman<br />
Tyler Miller has excellent leaping ability, he can rebound and also<br />
slash to the basket.<br />
Dan Liberatore (6-1) all played<br />
on the jayvees but now will be<br />
counted on to provide depth.<br />
All play guard except DaFonte,<br />
who’ll compete at center.<br />
“Isaac plays gritty defense, is<br />
fast and quick,’’ Cordani noted.<br />
“Brendan can rebound and has<br />
good post moves. John is very<br />
quick, athletic and a capable<br />
defender whose hands and feet<br />
are quick. Jake is a good ballhandler<br />
whose court vision<br />
makes him a good passer. Dan is<br />
an outstanding shooter who can<br />
hit threes, rebound and play defense.<br />
He’s an all-around player<br />
with a high hoop IQ.’’<br />
Hopedale knows it will have<br />
to deal with Sutton if it wants<br />
to repeat at DVC champ. The<br />
teams have lots of tourney history.<br />
The Blue Raiders defeated<br />
them in 2014 for the district title,<br />
but bowed out the last two years<br />
to Sutton in the finals and semifinals.<br />
“Sutton has talent, tradition<br />
and they’re well-coached,’’<br />
Cordani emphasized. “And,<br />
Whitinsville Christian and Nipmuc<br />
can’t be taken lightly. Beating<br />
them is never easy.’’<br />
Cordani’s coaching philosophy<br />
is predicated on building<br />
teams with players who work<br />
hard and strive to reach their<br />
potential. “Winning will take<br />
care of itself if our players reach<br />
their potential and give their<br />
best effort every game,’’ he said.<br />
“I also want our players to learn<br />
life lessons through basketball.<br />
Overcoming adversity, being accountable,<br />
setting goals and becoming<br />
good leaders are aspects<br />
that will help them later on.’’<br />
Cordani, who has a winning<br />
percentage of 65, has been on<br />
Hopedale’s faculty for 17 years<br />
as a physical education instructor.<br />
Following a coaching legend<br />
like Don Klocek makes him<br />
acutely aware of how much he<br />
enjoys guiding a program with<br />
such rich tradition.<br />
“I’m fortunate to be part of<br />
a program with great tradition,’’<br />
he said. “Don set high standards<br />
as a coach, and working with<br />
our jayvee coach, Tom D’Urso,<br />
is a pleasure. Our players understand<br />
the school’s tradition and<br />
no doubt dreamed as younger<br />
kids about the chance to play in<br />
the Clark and district tourneys.<br />
For a small town, we’ve had success.’’<br />
And, even though there’s<br />
some challenges ahead, Tony<br />
Cordani is optimistic that his<br />
Blue Raiders will be in the mix<br />
to win the DVC, Clark and district<br />
championships. The journey<br />
begins when Hopedale hosts<br />
Ashland on Dec. 9.
December <strong>2016</strong> Local Town Pages www.<strong>hopedale</strong>townnews.com Page 15<br />
The Dean College men’s<br />
soccer team ended their season<br />
with an outstanding 17-2 record.<br />
In its first year as a fouryear<br />
program, the team earned<br />
an at-large bid as the number<br />
four seed in the United States<br />
Collegiate Athletic Association’s<br />
(USCAA) National Tournament<br />
held in Virginia Beach, Virginia<br />
November 10-14, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
The Bulldogs were placed in<br />
Dean Men’s Soccer Season Ends at<br />
USCAA National Tournament<br />
Pool D of the preliminary round<br />
with Florida National University,<br />
the fifth seed, and Berkeley<br />
College of New Jersey, the ninth<br />
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Justin Freitas scored with fifteen<br />
minutes to go in the contest.<br />
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November 11 th and Berkeley<br />
(NJ) had to defeat FNU on Saturday,<br />
November <strong>12</strong> th .<br />
The Bulldogs soundly defeated<br />
Berkeley (NJ), 6-0. Pepe<br />
Vieira scored two goals to lead<br />
all Dean scorers as the Bulldogs<br />
raced to a 4-0 halftime lead.<br />
However, the outcome was not<br />
favorable for Berkeley (NJ), who<br />
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FNU 6-0, ending Dean’s tournament<br />
journey.<br />
Besides their 16-1 record, the<br />
Dean Bulldogs were first in the<br />
USCAA in goals (99), assists (77)<br />
and goals against average (0.18),<br />
giving up only three goals all<br />
year.<br />
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Isaac DeSouza, Justin Freitas<br />
and Murilo Zanette) were recognized<br />
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banquet for making<br />
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Academic Team.<br />
For more information on<br />
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To learn more about the Dean<br />
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