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Meet Veronica Lewis, a Budding Blues and Boogie Woogie Star<br />

By Stewart Lytle, Reporter<br />

REGIONAL – For the third time in three years,<br />

Veronica Lewis is representing the state of New<br />

Hampshire this week at the International Blues<br />

Competition in Memphis’ Beale Street Historic<br />

District.<br />

While in Tennessee, Lewis has been invited to perform<br />

on a webcast with one of her idols, legendary rockabilly<br />

singer Jerry Lee Lewis. During the performance she will<br />

play one of her songs, Ode to Jerry Lee. Having the same<br />

last name as the 82-year star is only a coincidence.<br />

Last year, she used her trip to Memphis to visit<br />

the Mississippi Delta where she studied with awardwinning<br />

blues musician Victor Wainwright and played<br />

at film star Morgan Freeman’s bar, the Ground Zero<br />

Blues Club, in Clarksville.<br />

When the Haverhill resident returns, she plans to<br />

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ROWLEY – Judging from the reaction of the crowd of angry Salem residents who filled the cavernous atrium of the<br />

Peabody Essex Museum last week, Rowley is about to get a very coveted prize – the Phillips Library.<br />

The library, described as one of New England’s major research libraries, traces its origins to artifacts brought back by the<br />

early Salem merchants from around the world. It is a world-class collection of several hundred thousand books, manuscripts,<br />

maps and other documents about the art, culture and history of New England and Essex County.<br />

It is also one of the largest depositories of Salem’s witchcraft history.<br />

PEM, in the midst of a 40,000-square-foot expansion and renovation, is moving the collection from Salem up Route 1 to<br />

the museum’s new state-of-the-art collections center in the former Schylling Toy Co. headquarters at 306 Turnpike Rd.<br />

The move was required because the PEM building, which houses the collection, is out of code and could no longer protect<br />

its precious contents, the museum said in its announcement. “(The building) cannot be retrofitted and must be taken<br />

down.”<br />

Since 2<strong>01</strong>1, the collection has been stored in Peabody.<br />

PEM director and CEO Dan Monroe faced the crowd of about 250 angry Salem history buffs, saying no one at the<br />

museum is happy about moving the Phillips collection to Rowley. But he said the move was necessary to protect and preserve<br />

it, particularly the 30 percent of the collection, which is unique and could not be replaced if damaged.<br />

If the collection remained at the museum and was damaged by flood, fire or theft, Monroe said, “the judgement of history<br />

would not be generous.”<br />

He conceded that the museum had not handled well the disclosure of its plans to move the collection. “In hindsight, we<br />

could have done this better,” he said.<br />

When local researcher Margo Burns held up a tablet PC with the words, I DON’T TRUST YOU written on the screen for<br />

Monroe to see while at the podium, he said, “I’m actually quite confident that I could win the title tonight of least popular<br />

guy in Salem.”<br />

The prize of winning the Phillips Collection will mean much to Rowley, but not as much as Salemites are feeling in the<br />

loss.<br />

When opened next month, the relocation of the collection will fill an empty <strong>12</strong>1,000-square-foot building that the museum<br />

Photo by Stewart Lytle bought and renovated for $15 million. A core of librarians will come to town, And it will bring researchers worldwide to<br />

PEM Director and CEO Dan Monroe at the public forum<br />

The boardwalk isn’t the only thing<br />

expanding in Salisbury<br />

Dr. William Jackson proudly welcomes<br />

Dr. Kenneth McWha to the Salisbury practice.<br />

Now accepting new patients, 978-462-3009<br />

Veronica Lewis<br />

Dr. William Jackson<br />

Dr. Kenneth McWha<br />

Coastal Medical Salisbury, 46 Toll Road, Salisbury, MA <strong>01</strong>952<br />

Photo provided by Nancy Leotta<br />

record her first album of blues and boogie woogie<br />

songs, many of them originals, written and performed<br />

by herself.<br />

So what makes these accomplishments special?<br />

Lewis is a 14-year-old Georgetown High School<br />

student, who loves math and science and the original<br />

Star Trek television series. Mostly self-taught, Veronica<br />

is a budding star in the music world.<br />

Her high-energy performances have been described<br />

as having “the power of a thunder storm in the Delta.”<br />

She performs as a solo artist on the piano and sings in<br />

the style of her idols, Katie Webster, Marcia Ball, Otis<br />

Span and Jerry Lee Lewis.<br />

It has been said of the young woman that “Her original<br />

songs are exuberant, filled with humor, imagery and<br />

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New Poet Laureate for Amesbury<br />

Haverhill Medical Offices of<br />

Anna Jaques Hospital Celebrates<br />

Ribbon Cutting with the<br />

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Lainie Senechal & Stephen R. Wagner<br />

Amesbury resident, Stephen R. Wagner, becomes Amesbury’s<br />

second Poet Laureate. He is expected to capably follow in the footsteps<br />

of Amesbury’s first Poet Laureate, Lainie Senechal. She set a high bar<br />

with all her achievements during her two-year term,<br />

Stephen feels very strongly that “art may be firmly rooted in the<br />

everyday” without compromising the art. He plans to continue<br />

Lainie’s philosophy of making poetry accessible to folks in all walks of<br />

life. Also, to bring poetry to those who do not automatically gravitate<br />

to poetry as well as those that already do. His two volumes of poetry<br />

are examples of his ideas. The poems were originally sent as work<br />

emails, each containing the words “time sheets” to remind coworkers<br />

to submit their weekly time reporting.<br />

Stephen brings a lot of personal excitement and genuine enthusiasm<br />

to the position. His goal is “to draw attention to the city, and to<br />

the poetry within it, through the fulfillment of my role as the poet<br />

laureate”. He will prove to be an asset to both poetry and to Amesbury,<br />

alike.<br />

Stephen will be inaugurated as the second Poet Laureate of<br />

Amesbury in a ceremony to be held at Whittier Home on January<br />

21, 2<strong>01</strong>8. For more information on the Poet Laureate Program,<br />

please refer to the Amesbury Cultural Council’s website at http://<br />

www.amesburyculturalcouncil.org/poet-laureate. He will, also, be<br />

the featured reader at the Amesbury Public Library Poetry Series<br />

on Tuesday January 30th from 6-7:30 PM. The reading includes<br />

an open mic and light refreshments. Free and open to the public.<br />

Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main St., Amesbury. For information:<br />

amesburylibrary.org or 978-388-9771.<br />

The Poet Laureate Program in Amesbury is supported through a<br />

grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to the Amesbury<br />

Cultural Council partnered with the Whitter Home Association.<br />

Clifford Nino Chapman<br />

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Amanda Chapman, of<br />

Salisbury, announces<br />

the birth of her third<br />

child, a son, Clifford<br />

Nino on December<br />

<strong>17</strong>, 2<strong>01</strong>7 at Anna<br />

Jaques Hospital in<br />

Newburyport. The<br />

baby weighed 6<br />

pounds, 13 ounces and<br />

was <strong>17</strong>.75 inches long.<br />

He is welcomed home<br />

by big brother Lars, 8<br />

and big sister Victoria,<br />

3. Proud grandparents<br />

are Richard and Helen<br />

Chapman of Salisbury<br />

and Stacy and Clifford<br />

Sweet of Worcester.<br />

His doting aunts are<br />

Tiffany Chapman of<br />

Boston and Rebecca<br />

Chapman of Amesbury. His uncle and aunt Christopher and<br />

Melanie Chapman of Haverhill. Cousins are Christopher<br />

Chapman 14, and Cody Chapman <strong>12</strong>, also from Haverhill<br />

and Oscar 4, and Gus Carpenter 2 of Amesbury.<br />

The Town Common Courtesy Photo<br />

Beverly Donovan, Haverhill Chamber of Commerce; Dennis Marcello, State Senator<br />

Kathleen O’Connor Ives office; Rep. Linda Dean Campbell; John Sarro, Pentucket<br />

Medical Associates; Jane Sokol, Children’s Health Care; Dr. Beverly Brennan, Pentucket<br />

Medical Associates; Mark Goldstein, Anna Jaques Hospital; Dr. Christine Riccardi,<br />

Children’s Health Care; Judy Bradley, Women’s Health Care; Dr. Tom Fazio and Dr.<br />

Peter Kachavos of Pentucket Medical Associates; and Rose Fallon, Women’s Health Care.<br />

REGIONAL – More than 50 community leaders, local businesses,<br />

Haverhill residents, physicians and employees that work in the building<br />

gathered on January 11th for a Ribbon Cutting in celebration of<br />

Haverhill Medical Offices of Anna Jaques Hospital - a 30,000 square<br />

foot, state-of-the-art medical office building at 600 Primrose Street in<br />

Haverhill, MA.<br />

Haverhill Medical Offices of Anna Jaques Hospital was established<br />

out of a commitment by the hospital to create a medical destination<br />

for health care, right in the City of Haverhill to improve access to key<br />

services. In early 2<strong>01</strong>6, Anna Jaques broke ground on Primrose Street<br />

and today, the building offers vital services to the greater Haverhill<br />

community.<br />

The building now offers: AJH Blood Draw Services; Women’s Health<br />

Care and Children’s Health Care (both practices relocated from the<br />

Market Basket Plaza in Haverhill); and other Anna Jaques specialists<br />

including the Gerrish Breast Care Center, Seacoast Surgery, Atlantic<br />

Vein Institute, and AJH Sleep Lab. Pentucket Medical Associates will<br />

move into the building March.<br />

“We are so proud of this state-of-the-art medical destination,” said<br />

Mark Goldstein, President & CEO of Anna Jaques Hospital. “But<br />

more importantly, the high quality primary and specialty care provided<br />

to the residents of Haverhill and surrounding towns - all under one<br />

roof.”<br />

At the Ribbon Cutting, Representative Linda Dean Campbell<br />

presented a citation on behalf of the Massachusetts House of<br />

Representatives in recognition of creating a space for medical providers<br />

to service the community of Haverhill and the Greater Merrimack<br />

Valley Region.<br />

Murphy McManus was the hospital’s partner and developer of the<br />

new building. Anna Jaques has collaborated with Murphy McManus<br />

before with the Newburyport Medical Center located at One Wallace<br />

Bashaw Jr., Way in Newburyport.<br />

With easy access off exit 51A (Route <strong>12</strong>5), just minutes off I-495,<br />

Haverhill Medical Offices of AJH offers public transportation through<br />

the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (Bus Route 13),<br />

and free and ample parking. Visit www.ajh.org/haverhill for more<br />

information.


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Rowley Wins PEM’s Phillips Collection<br />

Continued from page 1<br />

the Rowley center, where there will<br />

a reading room open for <strong>12</strong> hours<br />

a week to anyone scheduling an<br />

appointment.<br />

Appointments can be made by<br />

emailing research@pem.org.<br />

The center will house several<br />

museum functions, including a<br />

photography lab and a conservation<br />

lab, which encompasses the ongoing<br />

effort to electronically digitize<br />

many of the documents.<br />

The collection will be “readied<br />

for proper archival storage, which<br />

will take an astonishing amount of<br />

space,” according to the museum’s<br />

announcement. The collection<br />

requires more than 42,000 linear<br />

feet, or nearly eight miles of<br />

shelves.<br />

The updated former toy<br />

manufacturing facility will also<br />

have state-of-the-art security and<br />

environment protection systems.<br />

The Salem building was not<br />

only a potential fire hazard, but<br />

an architectural analysis of historic<br />

Plummer Hall and Daland House<br />

confirmed that the space did not<br />

have proper climate control to<br />

protect the collection, the museum<br />

said.<br />

To provide a secure building in<br />

Salem, Monroe said, would require<br />

“monumental, astronomical costs.”<br />

Continued from page 1<br />

the true language of the blues.”<br />

For all the accolades, she prefers<br />

to talk about an impromptu<br />

performance she played on the<br />

grand piano at Faneuil Hall in<br />

Boston. An older, well-dressed<br />

man was also visiting the historic<br />

building at Christmas when she<br />

started to play one of her boogie<br />

woogie tunes. He told her, “I was<br />

having a really bad day. Now I am<br />

smiling.”<br />

“That’s what music is all about,”<br />

Veronica said.<br />

She was first exposed to music and<br />

artists like Jerry Lee Lewis sitting<br />

on her mother’s lap. Her mother,<br />

Nancy Leotta, is a musician herself.<br />

Her father, Charles Lewis, plays the<br />

guitar and occasionally the drums.<br />

By age six, she was playing the<br />

piano. The family bought a used<br />

piano they found on Craig’s List in<br />

a barn in Bradford. Its name was<br />

Margaret, which is emblazoned<br />

in gold letters above the keys.<br />

When the previous owners heard<br />

her play the upright, they gave it<br />

to her, a major milestone in her<br />

development as a performer.<br />

Her mother said she liked to<br />

tell her when she was younger,<br />

“Margaret is lonely. Go play with<br />

her.”<br />

By age eight, Veronica was<br />

performing at the talent contest for<br />

her school, Hill View Montessori<br />

Noting that the collection<br />

center is 35 to 40 minutes from<br />

the museum, Monroe said, “We<br />

weren’t happy with the fact that<br />

it isn’t convenient for us to have<br />

to travel from here to Rowley to<br />

access our collections,” Monroe<br />

said. But “discomforts of having<br />

to travel a little bit in exchange for<br />

the capability to provide the highest<br />

possible standards of protection,<br />

care and use of those collections?<br />

That answer was pretty easy for us<br />

to conclude.”<br />

“Between 2<strong>01</strong>1 and 2<strong>01</strong>8, we will<br />

have raised and expended more than<br />

$13.8 million for Phillips Library<br />

operations, catalog digitization and<br />

endowment for library positions,”<br />

Monroe said. “These numbers don’t<br />

include the approximately $5 million<br />

that we’re spending currently for the<br />

library facility in Rowley.”<br />

The crowd was not mollified.<br />

Some complained that budget<br />

cuts had reduced the number of<br />

staff for the collection. There was<br />

also a concern that the museum,<br />

prominently displaying during the<br />

public forum its current Georgia<br />

O’Keefe exhibit, focuses now more<br />

on art than history.<br />

The Salem residents did not<br />

entirely buy the explanation by<br />

Monroe or Mayor Kimberley<br />

Driscoll, who said she did not like<br />

Meet Veronica Lewis,<br />

a Budding Blues and Boogie Woogie Star<br />

Charter Public School.<br />

Soon she was playing concerts<br />

across New Hampshire, including<br />

performances at the Tupelo Hall<br />

in Londonderry, in Manchester,<br />

at the Barnful of Blues Festival in<br />

New Boston and back home at<br />

the Merrimack Music Festival in<br />

Haverhill.<br />

Veronica recently started taking<br />

piano lessons with Lynda Brown<br />

and voice lessons with Letriah<br />

Masters, both of Haverhill. And<br />

she hopes to begin studying jazz<br />

composition at the Berklee College<br />

of Music.<br />

She already has extensive<br />

knowledge about the music she<br />

plays. She credits her mother with<br />

teaching her the <strong>12</strong>-bar blues<br />

progression. And she loves to tell<br />

audiences about the origins of<br />

boogie woogie.<br />

Musicians riding the trains to<br />

play at the lumberjack camps along<br />

the Mississippi River incorporated<br />

the distinctive sound the wagon<br />

bogie axles made on the rails into<br />

the music, she says. They called<br />

the “ta-da…ta-da” rhythm “bogie<br />

woogie,” which evolved into Boogie<br />

Woogie.<br />

She loves playing the Blues,<br />

she said. But being an inherently<br />

happy child, she prefers the upbeat<br />

Boogie Woogie songs.<br />

In addition to her music, she<br />

is active in the leadership of Girl<br />

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unless you have a Ph.D. after your<br />

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papers, early works by Nathaniel<br />

Hawthorne, extensive ships logs<br />

and artifacts acquired over centuries<br />

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“I fear without these jewels in<br />

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Scouts. She is deeply involved<br />

in the Valor Para Todos, a<br />

community service program that<br />

builds friendships with immigrant<br />

children from Mexico and helps<br />

her to speak Spanish and them<br />

English. At school she is part of the<br />

inventors’ club.<br />

On her last trips to Memphis,<br />

Veronica played in clubs on Beale<br />

Street, where she showcased her<br />

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WEDNESDAY MORNING<br />

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Wednesday field trips. Wed, Jan <strong>17</strong>,<br />

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☆ Books to Read<br />

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☆ Packaged Crackers<br />

☆ Cereal bars<br />

☆ Pop Tarts<br />

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2<strong>01</strong>8 9:30 am - <strong>12</strong>:30 pm. Meet at<br />

Joppa Flats Education Center, One<br />

Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport.<br />

Fee: members, $14; nonmembers, $<strong>17</strong>.<br />

No preregistration required. For more<br />

Main St., Ipswich. Culinary historian<br />

Joe Carlin will discuss the role taverns<br />

played as courtrooms, theaters, and<br />

Revolutionary gathering spots. Details<br />

on popular tavern drinks will be<br />

included. Information: 978-356-2811,<br />

information about additional programs www.ipswichmuseum.org. Museum<br />

and events, or visit the website at www. members free. Non-members $10.<br />

massaudubon.org/joppaflatsprograms. Handicapped accessible.<br />

YOGA FOR KIDS<br />

Preschoolers are welcome to join in<br />

a free yoga class specifically designed<br />

for little people. The focus will be on<br />

traditional yoga poses and exercises<br />

that imitate the movements and sounds<br />

of animals and birds. No sign up is<br />

required, but space may be limited.<br />

Sponsored by the Friends of the<br />

Salisbury Library. Children must be<br />

accompanied by a responsible adult,<br />

but adult participation is optional.<br />

Wednesdays 11:30 AM - <strong>12</strong>:00 PM -<br />

Joan Cox, 978.465.5071 x 106, jcox@<br />

salisburylibrary.org<br />

YOGA<br />

The Rowley Public Library is offering<br />

a new adult yoga class for the new year,<br />

with Elissa Shoreman, founder and<br />

owner of the Buddhaful Souls Yoga<br />

Studio. Class meets every Wednesday<br />

evening from 5:30 to 7 pm starting<br />

January <strong>17</strong>. No registration required, all<br />

fitness levels are welcome. Bring a mat<br />

if you have one and wear comfortable<br />

clothes. Other props such as belts,<br />

bolsters, and blocks are also welcome.<br />

Fee is $<strong>12</strong> per class or $10 for members<br />

of the Friends of the Rowley Library,<br />

and all proceeds benefit the Friends. If<br />

wellness or mindfulness are among your<br />

goals for 2<strong>01</strong>8 join us and give yoga a<br />

try! A regular practice will improve<br />

balance, strength, and flexibility.<br />

The Rowley Library is located at 141<br />

Main St. Call 978-948-2850 for more<br />

information.<br />

TRIVIA IN THE INN AT CASTLE<br />

HILL<br />

Wednesday, January <strong>17</strong> | 7-9:30PM<br />

- Nothing like a midweek mixer to<br />

vanquish the wintertime blahs! Join<br />

us on Wednesday evenings in the Inn<br />

at the Castle Hill to flex your mind’s<br />

muscles and brandish your brainpower<br />

in a rousing game of Trivia! Come<br />

with a group of your smartest friends,<br />

or team up with other singles to win<br />

the prize of the week! We’ll have a<br />

toasty warm fire in the fireplace, bar<br />

snacks, and a cash bar with a selection<br />

of wine and beer. One free drink<br />

included with your registration. A<br />

great way to spice up a dark and chilly<br />

winter Wednesday! Must be 21+.<br />

Register online at www.thetrustees.<br />

org/craneoutdooradventures. Please<br />

note: In the case of inclement weather,<br />

please check Facebook to be sure we<br />

are ON for the evening! Member:<br />

$<strong>12</strong>; Nonmember: $20 Contact<br />

Info: Dorothy Antczak dantczak@<br />

thetrustees.org 978.356.4351 x4052<br />

978.810.5892<br />

WEDNESDAY EVENING<br />

LECTURE<br />

As part of its Wednesday Evening<br />

Lecture series, the Ipswich Museum<br />

will offer a program on the history of<br />

New England taverns at 7:30 p.m. on<br />

January <strong>17</strong> at the Heard House, 54 So.<br />

THURSDAY, JANUARY <strong>18</strong>th<br />

LEGO BUILDERS CLUB<br />

The Merrimac Lego Builders club<br />

will meet on Thursdays in January<br />

(1/11, 1/<strong>18</strong>, & 1/25) from 4-5 PM for<br />

children age 5 & up. We supply the<br />

blocks and you bring your imagination!<br />

Registration is not required to attend.<br />

Merrimac Public Library, 86 West<br />

Main St, Merrimac, (978)346-9441<br />

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19th<br />

IMAGINE, SING, & LEARN: THE<br />

WORLD OF PENGUINS<br />

This parent/child program is<br />

designed for the creative, curious,<br />

and active preschooler who loves<br />

animals. Each 90-minute session<br />

offers a structured series of activities<br />

including original songs, movement,<br />

dramatic play, hands-on science, and a<br />

thematic snack. You’ll receive coloring<br />

pages, song lyrics, vocabulary, a fun<br />

fact sheet, and a suggested reading list<br />

in an electronic goody bag! Fri, Jan<br />

19, 2<strong>01</strong>8 10:00 am - 11:30 am. Meet<br />

at Joppa Flats Education Center, One<br />

Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport.<br />

Fee: member adult, $7; member child<br />

$6; nonmember adult, $9; nonmember<br />

child, $8. Preregistration required.<br />

For more information, call 978-462-<br />

9998 for information about additional<br />

programs and events, or visit the<br />

website at www.massaudubon.org/<br />

joppaflatsprograms.<br />

MSAC MEETING<br />

On January 19th the North Seacoast<br />

affiliate of the Mass Senior Action<br />

Council will have it’s first meeting of<br />

2<strong>01</strong>8. There will be time for coffee,<br />

meeting new friends, a 50/50 raffle,<br />

and an update from our State MSAC<br />

representative. This will be an open<br />

discussion meeting, so come with your<br />

questions and suggestions. Anything<br />

that the over 55 community desires in<br />

order to improve lifestyle and general<br />

well being is up for discussion. We can<br />

then find speakers on your suggested<br />

subjects or help find answers to your<br />

questions. 10 am Friday, January 19th<br />

at the Newburyport Community and<br />

Senior Center, 331 High St. All North<br />

Shore and Seacoast area residents<br />

welcome.<br />

TEEN FOOD FRIDAYS:<br />

PRETZELS<br />

Once a month we’ll be conducting<br />

a taste testing of different food items<br />

or sampling the latest food gimmick.<br />

Bring your appetites! This month’s food<br />

is PRETZELS! January 19th, 3:30 pm<br />

– 4:00 pm Newburyport Public Library<br />

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Community Announcements<br />

AMESBURY - The Market Street Baptist Church is hosting a 4-day Jr Church Sports Camp for both girls &<br />

boys grades K-4 years on Monday - Thursday, Feb 19-22 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm in the Church’s Gym at the back<br />

Community Connections<br />

of the building at 37 Market Street, Amesbury. Open to the public-all are welcome. A non-competitive program<br />

designed to teach basic skills in basketball, baseball, floor hockey and soccer as well as Bible knowledge in a fun<br />

and engaging manner. A different sport to be introduced each day. A suggested donation of $10 per child is<br />

requested to help defray expenses. Please make check payable to: MSBC and note: sports. However, we do not<br />

wish to keep any child away for financial Business reasons, so we will gladly Spotlight<br />

accept whatever you can afford. Registration<br />

is Monday, February 19 from 5:30-6:00 pm at the church. To Pre-Register contact the church office at 978-388-<br />

0930 or email: msbcsec@verizon.net View us at wwwMSBCNews.org, Face Book and Sunday mornings at 9:00<br />

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AUDITIONS - TTS Players will be holding open auditions for Disney’s Mary Poppins Jr. at the Byfield<br />

Community Arts Center 7 Central St. Byfield. Auditions are open to all area youth ages 10-<strong>18</strong> and will be<br />

held on Thursday January <strong>18</strong>th 6pm-7pm (Ages 10-<strong>12</strong>)<br />

Sports • & 7pm-8pm (Ages 13-<strong>18</strong>)<br />

Sports • Sunday, January 21st<br />

<strong>12</strong>pm-1pm (Ages 10-<strong>12</strong>) or 1pm-2pm (Ages 13-<strong>18</strong>). Auditions can also be made by appointment Sports if necessary.<br />

Actors auditioning for leads should prepare a song (16 bars) and will be asked to read from the script learn some<br />

basic choreography so wear comfortable clothing and appropriate footwear. All experience levels welcome! The<br />

production Fee is $<strong>17</strong>5 per actor with $25 off additional family members. Rehearsals will be held Thursdays<br />

6:30pm-8:30pm and Sundays 1pm-3pm Pets, starting January Animals, 28thth. Six Performances Plus<br />

are planned April 27, 28,<br />

29 and May 4, 5, 6. All auditions, rehearsals and performances will be held at the Byfield Community Arts<br />

Center Byfield, Mass., which is conveniently located 1 minute off Interstate 95 (Exit 55) just 7 minutes south<br />

of Newburyport. Please consult our Facebook page TTS Players or visit our web site at www.tts-players.com or<br />

contact Mike Fay at (978) 476-6053 Health or e-mail ttsplayers@gmail.com & Fitness<br />

for more information.<br />

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GEORGETOWN – Led by Library Director Sarah Cognata, the Georgetown COA book club will meet Tuesday<br />

Jan. 30, 2 p.m. at the Georgetown Senior Community Center. Copies of selected books are available at the<br />

Georgetown Peabody Library as regular print, large print and audio books. For more information, please call the<br />

COA at 978-352-5726.<br />

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GROVELAND - The Groveland Activities Committee will be holding its annual Winter Festival at Veasey Park,<br />

2<strong>01</strong> Washington Street, Groveland, MA <strong>01</strong>834 on Sunday, January 28th between 1:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.<br />

Admission is free. A very special live owl program will be presented this year by naturalists Marcia and Mark<br />

Wilson. Both have biology degrees and have a keen interest in birds. Their fascination in nature has been nurtured<br />

since childhood. Through this unique program EYES ON OWLS, Mark and Marcia teach, study, photograph<br />

and share their passion for the natural world. This program is for everyone from Grade K through adults and will<br />

start at 2:00 P.M. Please join us as we explore the world of owls with two talented naturalists and six lively owls.<br />

This program is educational, fun and will include a hooting lesson. The children’s chorus from the Bagnall School<br />

here in Groveland will also join us for its annual performance of music from around the world under the direction<br />

of Music Director, Karen Medley. The Bagnall School Chorus will begin their program at 1:00 P. M. As always,<br />

refreshments will be served. There will be face painting, games, and crafts. Join us for another afternoon of fun at<br />

our annual Winter Festival. Call Claire Walsh at 978-376-6779 with any questions.<br />

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IPSWICH - Please join your progressive friends and neighbors at the Ipswich Democratic Town Committee<br />

Annual Award Breakfast on February 3rd from 10 a.m. - noon at the Ipswich VFW, 110 County Road, Ipswich,<br />

MA <strong>01</strong>938. This year’s IDTC Community Service Award will be presented to the Ipswich High School<br />

Sustainability Scholars. Guest Speaker: Former Congressman, John Tierney, will share some valuable insights<br />

about the state of the Democratic Party, and in his current role as Executive Director for the Council for a<br />

Livable World, will discuss the issue of worldwide nuclear proliferation. Not to be missed! Tickets are $35 ($50<br />

for sponsorships) and will include a hot (gourmet) breakfast. Please contact Sherry Hurley at hurley13@aol.com<br />

for information and tickets.<br />

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IPSWICH - Ipswich is pleased to welcome the Chinese Folk Art Workshop once again to help celebrate Chinese<br />

New Year, the year of the Dog. The Chinese Folks Art Workshop is comprised of students from middle and high<br />

school. They will perform a variety of folk arts including traditional drumming, lion and dragon dances, and the<br />

favorite Chinese yo-yo! All are welcome on stage afterwards to speak with the performers, take photos with the<br />

lion/dragon and try some yo-yoing. All proceeds benefit IMADA (Ipswich Music Arts and Drama Association),<br />

a non-profit that promotes the arts in Ipswich schools. February 3, 2<strong>01</strong>8 at 4pm (snow date Feb 4, same time) at<br />

Dolan Performance Arts Center, 134 High St, Ipswich, MA. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students under<br />

<strong>18</strong>. Tickets available at the door. Please come early as this performance has sold out in the past. Visit imada.<br />

org for snow information.<br />

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MERRIMAC - Landings: A Safe Place to Land - If you are a Catholic who has been away from the Church,<br />

know that we are thinking about you. Holy Redeemer/Immaculate Conception Collaborative Parishes invite<br />

you to be an active part of us again and return to a more active practice of your faith. Landings is a program<br />

that offers “a safe place to land,” a place for listening and for being heard, a place for asking questions, and for<br />

reconnecting with the faith as an adult. For more information, call or email us: Dr. Mag McKinnon, DRE at<br />

IC, 978-462-2724, mmckinnon@newburyportcatholic.org Mrs. Doreen O’Leary, DRE at HR 978-346-8604,<br />

ext. 7, reledhrp@gmail.com. Spring session begins Tuesday, January 30 at Nativity Church Hall, 4 Green Street,<br />

Merrimac. Pre-registration is required.<br />

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NEWBURYPORT – Dave Ramsey Financial Series Begins February 5 - Experience financial freedom through<br />

this 9-session, DVD-based course with radio host Dave Ramsey. The series, Financial Peace University, begins<br />

Monday, February 5 at 7pm at Hope Community Church. Join thousands who have eliminated debt and stress<br />

with workable spending and investment plans that address all the critical issues, including budgeting, house<br />

purchases and medical emergencies. There is a cost for materials per person/couple. Hope Community Church<br />

is located at 11 Hale Street in Newburyport. More info about this group is available at www.hopenewburyport.<br />

com/shorttermgroups or you may call the church office (978) 463-4673.<br />

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SALISBURY - Honeybees & Our Environment, scheduled for January 23rd at 6:00 PM at the Salisbury Public<br />

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A more positive aspect starts to appear by week’s end.<br />

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re torn between your sensible self and<br />

the part of you that enjoys acquiring lovely things. Best advice: Wait for an<br />

(c) 2<strong>01</strong>7 King Features Syndicate, Inc. end-of-month sale, and then buy something wonderful.<br />

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your artistic side has practical applications<br />

this week, such as redecorating your home or redesigning your personal stationery. Whatever you do,<br />

someone special will like it.<br />

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You could be drawn into a problem ‘twixt friends or family members.<br />

Best bet: Ask the questions that go to the heart of the matter, then get them all together for a group<br />

hug.<br />

LEO (July 23 to August 22) As much as you love being the center of attention, your big Lion’s heart<br />

impels you to share the spotlight with a colleague who helped you with that well-praised project.<br />

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your eagerness to act on a challenge is wisely tempered early<br />

in the week by a lack of necessary information. Things begin to clear up during the weekend.<br />

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A relationship you’d hoped would keep going seems to be<br />

going nowhere. Close it out and move on to a brighter romantic aspect just beginning to manifest<br />

itself.<br />

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Things don’t go completely as planned this week. But<br />

enjoy the surprises, even if you have to adjust your schedule. Some of them could be quite delightful.<br />

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Making choices is usually easy for straightshooting<br />

Archers. But a new development could deflect your aim. Try to put off decisions until you<br />

know more.<br />

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) While part of you might prefer taking a more familiar<br />

path, let your more daring and -- admit it -- super-curious self see what the unexplored has to offer.<br />

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February <strong>18</strong>) Those nasty types have slithered back under the rocks and<br />

present no more problems. Now’s the time to move ahead on that promising new relationship.<br />

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A new offer could clear up that lingering money problem. Also,<br />

a more confident attitude on your part might well help get that personal situation back on track.<br />

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a way of turning chaos into order. You’re also generous with your<br />

help for those who seek it.


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Art, and Math) Team, where you will<br />

work together with other creative<br />

and curious students for a weekly<br />

engineering challenge! Under the<br />

guidance of Teacher-Naturalist and<br />

art educator Jan Morris, this program<br />

will challenge your problem-solving<br />

skills, increase your awareness of design<br />

elements in nature, and unleash your<br />

inner scientist! Possible project themes<br />

include exploding sticks, domino<br />

timers, and interactive simple machines<br />

(suitable for children 7 - 13 years). Fri,<br />

Jan 19, 2<strong>01</strong>8 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm. Meet<br />

at Joppa Flats Education Center, One<br />

Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport.<br />

Fee: members, $11; nonmembers,<br />

$14. Preregistration required. For more<br />

information, call 978-462-9998 for<br />

information about additional programs<br />

and events, or visit the website at www.<br />

massaudubon.org/joppaflatsprograms.<br />

JOPPA FLATTS<br />

January 19th from 9 -<strong>12</strong>:30 at the<br />

Breakaway, 221 Newbury St, Danvers<br />

www.joppaflatts.com<br />

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20th<br />

SATURDAY MORNING BIRDING<br />

Our experienced leaders will<br />

take you to birding hot spots in the<br />

Newburyport/Plum Island area in search<br />

of avian activity. Beginners and birders<br />

of all skill levels are welcome. Sat, Jan<br />

20, 2<strong>01</strong>8; 9:00 am - 11:30 am. Meet<br />

at Joppa Flats Education Center, One<br />

Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport.<br />

Fee: member, $10; nonmember, $<strong>12</strong>.<br />

No preregistration required. For more<br />

information, call 978-462-9998 for<br />

information about additional programs<br />

and events, or visit the website at www.<br />

massaudubon.org/joppaflatsprograms.<br />

FRIENDS OF PARKER RIVER<br />

NWR ANNUAL MEETING<br />

January 20, 2<strong>01</strong>7, 10:00AM to<br />

Noon - Members and the public are<br />

invited to learn about the many ways<br />

Friends supported the Refuge in<br />

2<strong>01</strong>7, its plans for 2<strong>01</strong>8 (including its<br />

Engraved Boardwalk Plank fundraising<br />

for Hellcat Trail), and an update on<br />

the Refuge by Bill Peterson, Refuge<br />

Manager. The meeting will also<br />

include election of Board of Directors<br />

by members and Officers by the new<br />

Board. This event will take place in<br />

the refuge’s visitor center auditorium.<br />

NO preregistration for this program.<br />

978-465-5753; https://www.fws.gov/<br />

refuge/parker_river/<br />

ICE IS NICE! WINTER<br />

EXPERIMENTS FOR KIDS<br />

When and how does water form<br />

into ice? When and how does it melt?<br />

And what makes it melt faster or<br />

slower? We will perform fun science<br />

experiments to understand ice and<br />

snow, freezing and melting. They we’ll<br />

put your science knowledge to work to<br />

make ice cream! (suitable for children<br />

6 - 10 years). Sat, Jan 20, 2<strong>01</strong>8 10:00<br />

am - 11:30 am. Meet at Joppa Flats<br />

Education Center, One Plum Island<br />

Turnpike, Newburyport. Fee: adult<br />

member, $7; child member $6/adult<br />

nonmember, $9; child nonmember,<br />

$8. Preregistration required. For more<br />

information, call 978-462-9998 for<br />

information about additional programs<br />

and events, or visit the website at www.<br />

massaudubon.org/joppaflatsprograms.<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASE<br />

Wildlife Photography Showcase on<br />

January 20th at CI Works, 11 Chestnut<br />

St, Amesbury. Exhibit Opens with an<br />

open shopping day on January 20th where<br />

you can meet photographers, while also<br />

purchasing products directly from the<br />

artists at fair-style tables! Exhibit is open<br />

to the public 10 am - 5 pm, Vote for your<br />

favorite image! Winners receive special<br />

prizes, Raffle for wildlife photographs!<br />

Refreshments, Free and Open to the<br />

Public and Free Parking!<br />

BEAN SUPPER<br />

St. James Episcopal Church will be<br />

holding the first Bean Supper of the year<br />

on Saturday, January 20, from 4 pm - 6<br />

pm in the Parish Hall, 119 Washington<br />

St., Groveland, MA. We will be<br />

serving baked beans, hot dogs, potato<br />

salad, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw<br />

and homemade desserts. Adults - $10,<br />

Children under <strong>12</strong> - $5. Credit cards<br />

accepted. For more information about<br />

this event and other events at St. James<br />

Episcopal Church, please visit us online<br />

at www.saintjamesgroveland.org.<br />

SUNDAY, JANUARY 21st<br />

FOCUS ON MERRIMACK RIVER<br />

BIRDS<br />

The Merrimack River is an<br />

extraordinary place for winter birding.<br />

Due to its strong flow and the currents<br />

caused by the changing tides, large<br />

areas of the Merrimack River remain<br />

ice free even during the coldest winters.<br />

As a result, loons, grebes, gulls, and<br />

many species of diving ducks flock<br />

to this area. Sun, Jan 21, 2<strong>01</strong>7 9:00<br />

am - <strong>12</strong>:30 pm. Meet at Joppa Flats<br />

Education Center, One Plum Island<br />

Turnpike, Newburyport. Fee: $26.<br />

No preregistration required. For more<br />

information, call 978-462-9998 for<br />

information about additional programs<br />

and events, or visit the website at www.<br />

massaudubon.org/joppaflatsprograms.<br />

MAKING TRACKS: LEARNING<br />

TO READ WILDLIFE CLUES<br />

If you have ever seen tracks in the<br />

snow, sand, or soil and were curious<br />

about what made them, then this is<br />

the program for you! Refuge staff<br />

will lead you through the basics of<br />

identifying common animals through<br />

the clues that they leave behind. A<br />

brief introduction to animal tracks<br />

and other sign in the visitor center<br />

classroom will be followed by a trip to<br />

the refuge where we will look for tracks<br />

and attempt to determine their owner’s<br />

identity. Sunday, January 21st, 10:00<br />

– 11:30 a.m. This is a program for<br />

beginners, so parents are encouraged<br />

to bring their children 10 and older.<br />

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Please dress appropriately for cold and<br />

damp weather. Meet in the lobby of<br />

the visitor center ten minutes prior to<br />

the program start time. Preregistration<br />

IS required, as the program is limited<br />

to 10 people. 978-465-5753; https://<br />

www.fws.gov/refuge/parker_river/<br />

MEET BACKYARD BIRDS<br />

Drop in at Joppa Flats for an upclose<br />

winter wildlife experience! On<br />

select weekend and school vacation<br />

days, Joppa Flats volunteer Deb La<br />

Roy presents demonstrations on bird<br />

research and banding. After capturing<br />

wild birds in the Joppa backyard, Deb<br />

brings them inside to measure, weigh,<br />

examine, and then release them. The<br />

unique band that Deb places carefully<br />

on each bird’s leg connects other bird<br />

LEGAL NOTICE<br />

Continued on page 8<br />

The Town Comm<br />

Pauline C. White, CRB, CRS<br />

ROWLEY CONSERVATION<br />

COMMISSION<br />

In accordance with the<br />

Wetlands Protection Act,<br />

Mass. G.L. 131, Section 40,<br />

as amended, and the Town of<br />

Rowley Wetlands Protection<br />

Bylaw, a public meeting will be<br />

held on Tuesday, January 23,<br />

2<strong>01</strong>8 at 7:45 pm at the Room<br />

5 of the Town Hall Annex at 39<br />

Central Street to consider a<br />

Request for Determination of<br />

Applicability application filed<br />

by Bruce Tompkins, Trustee of<br />

the Tompkins-Desjardins Trust<br />

for proposed soil evaluations<br />

possibly within the 100’ Buffer<br />

Zone of an Isolated Vegetated<br />

Wetlands at 41 Emily Lane<br />

(Map 9, Parcel 23 Lot 25) in<br />

Rowley, MA.<br />

Arthur Page III, Chair<br />

Rowley Conservation<br />

Commission<br />

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961 Main St, West Newbury 7 room, 3 bed, 1f 1h bath Cape 31 $295,000 $327,500 $295,000<br />

41 Highland St, Hamilton 6 room, 3 bed, 2f 0h bath Cape 33 $310,000 $310,000 $310,000<br />

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GiuseppesFineFood.com<br />

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Italian Deli & Marketplace<br />

Take out<br />

Grab & Go<br />

Party Trays<br />

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257 Low St . Newburyport<br />

RETIRED?<br />

JUST TIRED?<br />

Continued from page 4<br />

Drop-in program, no preregistration<br />

researchers with the data she’s collected. required. For more information, call<br />

You’ll learn about your own backyard 978-462-9998 for information about<br />

birds and why they’re here while additional programs and events, or visit<br />

watching scientific research in action. the website at www.massaudubon.org/<br />

All ages welcome. Since bird safety is joppaflatsprograms.<br />

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weather. If in doubt, please call ahead All About Paper Photo Enthusiasts<br />

to confirm that the program Full is on Bar<br />

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am - 1:30 pm. Meet at Joppa Marketplace Flats “Best of the Best” displays with many<br />

Education Center, One Plum Island<br />

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Turnpike, Newburyport. FREE. January 21, 2<strong>01</strong>8, from 2-4 at The<br />

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Party Trays Hampton, NH. Spend the afternoon<br />

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enjoying light refreshments. This<br />

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MONDAY, JANUARY 22nd<br />

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HOGWARTS HOUSE BANNERS<br />

Are you a brave Gryffindor? A<br />

cunning Slytherin? A loyal Hufflepuff?<br />

Or a wise Ravenclaw? Whichever house<br />

you belong to, we’ll show you how to<br />

create your own House Banner. Snacks<br />

provided. January 22nd, 3:30 am –<br />

4:30 am Newburyport Public Library<br />

978-465-4428 x 242<br />

Or DOG TIRED?<br />

Maintaining a “larger than you now need” home can be<br />

expensive, time-consuming, and exhausting.<br />

If you ever thought of selling this is a good time to consider it.<br />

Inventory is low and prices are high.<br />

CRAFT NIGHT<br />

On Monday, January 22 at 6:30,<br />

Newburyport Public Library’s<br />

bimonthly craft night. This month<br />

we will be making button snowflake<br />

banners, perfect for hanging a little bit<br />

of winter (minus the cold) inside your<br />

home! Registration is required, and the<br />

classes will be limited. Register at the<br />

Reference Desk in person or call us at<br />

978-465-4428 ext. 242.<br />

ACUPUNCTURE TALK<br />

“Introductory Talk on Five Element<br />

Acupuncture” by Ann Federowicz<br />

at Rivers of Wellness Acupuncture,<br />

37 1/2 Forrester St., Newburyport,<br />

MA. Monday, January 22 from 7-<br />

8pm. FREE. Come learn about this<br />

sophisticated system of medicine and<br />

how it can help you with physical,<br />

mental and emotional imbalances.<br />

Contact ann@riversofwellness.com to<br />

reserve a seat, space is limited.<br />

TUESDAY, JANUARY 23rd<br />

LAW CONSULTATIONS<br />

Elder Law Attorney Elaine Dalton<br />

will provide free 15- minute elder<br />

law consultations Tuesday Jan. 23, 10<br />

– 11 a.m. at the Georgetown Senior<br />

Community Center. Appointments are<br />

required. Assistance will be available<br />

regarding Health Care Proxies, Durable<br />

Power of Attorney and other elder law<br />

issues. To schedule an appointment,<br />

please call the COA at 978-352-5726.<br />

QUILT GROUP<br />

Instructor Terry Palardy will lead a<br />

quilting group that creates comfort lap<br />

quilts to be used at emergency scenes<br />

for children experiencing a traumatic<br />

event on Tuesday January 23, noon<br />

-2 p.m. at the Georgetown Senior<br />

Community Center. The quilts will be<br />

donated to the Georgetown Police and<br />

Fire Departments for use at emergency<br />

scenes. All levels of experience and<br />

drop-in visits are welcome. For further<br />

information, please call the COA at<br />

978-352-5726.<br />

COLLEGE PLANNING<br />

A free college financial planning<br />

dinner seminar on Tuesday January<br />

23, 2<strong>01</strong>8 at Andiamo Restaurant, 24<br />

Winter Street, Newburyport, MA from<br />

6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Learn how to qualify<br />

for the most financial aid, reduce your<br />

college tuition bills … and reduce<br />

your stress and anxiety. Reservations<br />

are required. Register at www.<br />

collegeplanningservices.org or call John<br />

DeLorey of College Planning Services<br />

at 978-462-1666.<br />

Your first step is to call Kathryn O’Brien to get<br />

answers to the many questions you have<br />

She will tell you the truth because she knows the truth.<br />

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Health & Wellness<br />

By J. Peter St. Clair, DMD<br />

I recently attended a continuing<br />

education course entitled “Hit<br />

Man or Healer?” The course was<br />

given by a well-known leader in<br />

the dental profession. The basic<br />

premise of the course was the<br />

notion that we have a lot more<br />

science, studies and data available<br />

today to be able to make better<br />

decisions about the treatment that<br />

we dentists recommend to patients.<br />

The concept is called evidencebased<br />

dentistry.<br />

The idea is that if a very structured<br />

examination and diagnosis is done,<br />

treatment recommendations<br />

can be made based on science.<br />

The problem is, often times the<br />

diagnosis leads to suggestions<br />

that without the proper dialogue<br />

can make the dentist look like a<br />

“hit man” (ie. patient perception<br />

of over-treatment) vs. “healer”<br />

(intervention with the intention<br />

to preserve the teeth better for the<br />

long-term).<br />

The lecturer started by putting<br />

an image of a person’s teeth on the<br />

screen and asking the audience to<br />

guess how old the person was. My<br />

father and brother are veterinarians<br />

It’s all over the news now that<br />

eating a salad every day may<br />

help reduce cognitive decline<br />

and dementia in seniors. What’s<br />

worrisome is that the results of<br />

medical research sometimes are<br />

splashed in big headlines and that<br />

too many people automatically<br />

will assume it’s true.<br />

When it comes to understanding<br />

research, we need to dig deeper<br />

than just the headline.<br />

For example, how long did the<br />

study go on? In this case, it was<br />

five years. That’s good.<br />

Brighter Smiles...<br />

so I’m used to seeing them guessing<br />

an animal’s age based on the<br />

appearance of their teeth. Although<br />

it is relatively easy to estimate a<br />

person’s age during transition from<br />

the primary teeth to permanent<br />

teeth, it is apparently a little more<br />

difficult when all the permanent<br />

teeth are in. I guessed the age of the<br />

patient on the screen to be between<br />

50 and 60.<br />

The patient had great looking<br />

teeth. You could tell the person was<br />

a mature adult by the darkening of<br />

the teeth, but there was very little<br />

wear and very minimal dentistry.<br />

The patient ended up being 94<br />

years old and was more evident<br />

when her full face was projected on<br />

the screen…..although she looked<br />

great in general for 94. The lecturer<br />

said, “Is this the way teeth should<br />

look at 94 or is this woman a freak<br />

of nature?”<br />

While there are definitely genetic<br />

factors that may play a role, many<br />

of the problems we see today with<br />

teeth are 100% preventable. Take<br />

decay for example; decay is 100%<br />

preventable. However, it is still not<br />

uncommon today to have a patient<br />

(typically a teenager) come in for a<br />

routine dental hygiene appointment<br />

and be told they have decay, or<br />

multiple areas of decay, which<br />

was not present 6 months ago. In<br />

that scenario the dentist would be<br />

considered the “hit man”.<br />

The “healer” may have taken a<br />

The thinking skills of<br />

participants were tested every<br />

year. That’s also good.<br />

But was the research done in a<br />

controlled environment, such as<br />

how many salads did a participant<br />

actually eat? In this case, the<br />

information was self-reported in<br />

a questionnaire. In other words,<br />

it might not be true.<br />

And then there’s the bottom<br />

line. Did the researchers flatly<br />

state that eating salads helps?<br />

No, they did not. They said there<br />

was an “association,” but they<br />

couldn’t rule out other possible<br />

reasons.<br />

Color me confused because an<br />

article quoting the same study<br />

author, basically saying the same<br />

thing, appeared back in 2<strong>01</strong>5,<br />

and back then it was stated that<br />

Hit Man or Healer?<br />

Senior Scene<br />

A Grain of Salt<br />

different approach and may have<br />

done a more thorough evidencebased<br />

evaluation and made<br />

recommendations based on diet,<br />

homecare habits and maybe even<br />

familial history that may have<br />

prevented the decay in the first<br />

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back a beautiful<br />

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principles are used but there is<br />

continuous new data emerging that<br />

we as health care providers need to<br />

expose ourselves to and decide on<br />

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teeth.<br />

Dr. St. Clair maintains a private<br />

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