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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 />
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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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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 />
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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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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
978-465-4428 x 242<br />
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Join the Joppa Flats STEAM<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 />
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ROWLEY - Student Art in our Display Case - The Pine Grove School Kindergarten students have been designing<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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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 />
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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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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 />
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Are you a brave Gryffindor? A<br />
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provided. January 22nd, 3:30 am –<br />
4:30 am Newburyport Public Library<br />
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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 />
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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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There are very few things I<br />
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Dr. St. Clair maintains a private<br />
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