Holliston August 2018

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The flowers would be planted
in a 250’ x 5’ planting bed on
the side of Holliston Town Hall
where the central burial ground
is located. “It’s where some of
the founders of the town are buried,”
says Ahronian.
Lucas organized a crew, and
the Downtown Marigold Project
Fund financed the blue hydrangea.
Holliston in Bloom also
got involved, donating funds for
complementary white hydrangeas,
and Ahronian Landscaping
chipped in to donate bark mulch
Working together to make
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Eagle Scout candidate Lucas
Pocher, with his Dad, Joe.
and a few more hydrangeas. To
cap it off, the Holliston Highway
Department, directed by Sean
Reese, donated 10 years of composted
soil for the project, and
Frank Chamberlain, who works
with Community Preservation in
town, got involved as well.
“It was all about collaboration,”
says Ahronian. “I thought
it was a great project. No one
organization could afford to do
this. It’s a good story, for people
to realize that although it takes
longer to organize a collaborative
effort, you get things done
you wouldn’t normally be able to
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The area, says Ahronian,
“shows respect for our central
burying ground, and it makes
the town look welcoming and
beautiful.”
Ahronian, who owns Ahronian
Landscape, acted as an advisor
on the project. “This is the
3rd or 4th time I’ve been an advisor
for an Eagle Scout project,”
he says. “They really do a lot
for the community. They show
up with 15-20 scouts and get a
lot of work done. They’ve done
a lot of things all over town, including
the rail trail, helping out
building raised vegetable garden
beds at the senior center ad at
the police station working on the
grounds there.” In this case, Ahronian
helped with equipment by
demonstrating to the boys how
to properly plant the perennial
plant, explaining mudholing and
how to massage the roots so they
don’t get rootbound.”
Lucas explains that the Eagle
Scout project is actually just
part of a pretty large process
in attaining the rank. Since he
joined Cub Scouts at age 6 in
Troop 73, Lucas has worked his
way through a number of merit
badges, camping trips and leadership
positions up to this point.
“Not everything you do in
scouts is recreation. I’ve been actively
working toward my Eagle
for six years. Now that I’ve completed
the project, I’m going to
have to finish my writeup for it
and send it to council.” If he attains
Eagle Scout, Pocher will be
among only 4% of Boy Scouts
who do so. A Scout must earn
21 merit badges, demonstrate
that he has lived by the principles
August at the Holliston Public Library
The Holliston Public Library is located
at 752 Washington Street, Holliston.
There’s plenty going on at
the Holliston Public Library this
summer. On Monday, Aug 6 at
11 a.m. the Morning Book Club
will discuss Marie Benedict’s
The Other Einstein, a novel about
Albert Einstein’s spouse and her
efforts to place a place for herself
in the world of science dominated
by men.
The History Book club participants
will choose a title they
recently read and share it with
the group on Tuesday, Aug 14 at
6:30 p.m. New members are always
warmly welcomed to either
group at any time. Readers may
contribute their own ideas or sit
and listen. Books are available
Scouts pitch in together.
of Scout Oath and Scout Law,
show leadership in Scouting and
his community, and complete an
Eagle Scout service project
“I’ve always been on the
path,” says Pocher. “Some of
my best friends I’ve met in scouting.
It’s a worthwhile experience
to go to meetings and trips and
rewarding to get badges to advance,
and it was just the natural
progression.” Lucas has been on
a number of trips with the group,
including a trip to St. Croix in
the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2016.
Lucas’ father, Joe, was a family
mentor to Lucas in the project.
about a month before the discussions.
The film selection for Movie
Monday on Monday, Aug 13 at
12:30 p.m. is The Post starring
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. It
relates the true story of Washington
Post owner Katherine Graham
and editor Ben Bradlee and
their exposure of government
secrets in 1971. The film is rated
PG-13 and runs for 116 minutes.
Popcorn and beverages are
served and everyone is welcome.
A telescope can now be borrowed
from the library to watch
the night sky at home. It is a gift
of the Aldrich Astronomical Society,
Inc. and can be borrowed
free of charge with a valid library
card for 2 weeks. Instructions
and guide to the sky are included.
Ahronian landscaping
foreman Ryan Facendola
helps the scouts with a
sod cutting machine.
“My father was great. He was
a huge help. I had to do the planning,
and he was always great for
advice. He worked in landscaping
in the past. He and Mr. Ahronian,
of course, was a huge help,
and he helped me greatly on the
actual work date.”
The first work day, Lucas,
who’ll be a senior in high school
this coming fall, organized a team
of about eight scouts and leaders
from Troop 73 on two different
days to get the work done. “That
was really more than enough for
the type of work we were doing,”
he says. Although the work took
longer than the boys expected,
Lucas was satisfied with the way
the project turned out.
“We planted (the hydrangeas)
at the start of a huge heat wave
– it took longer than expected.
It was like 95 degrees working
out and the sun was brutal. The
plants took some damage, but it
already looks better than it did,”
says Pocher, who, with his group
of scout volunteers will have to
keep the plants watered all summer.
“I think it came together
nicely.”
The telescope can be reserved
in advance and weighs only 14
pounds. It is powerful enough
to view the Rings of Saturn, the
Galilean moons and nearby star
clusters.
The library is looking for
someone who is fluent in French
to volunteer to lead a conversation
group at the library. The
group will allow patrons to build
their knowledge of the language
by speaking to others in French.
To volunteer, call Leslie McDonnell
at (508) 429-0617 or email at
mailto:lmcdonnell@minlib.net
lmcdonnell@minlib.net.
For more information on library
programs and activities,
visit http://www.hollistonlibrary.org
www.hollistonlibrary.
org.