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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 AUGUST 23, 2018
Classifieds ...............................................................................13-16
Obituaries ....................................................................................... 5
Police Log ...................................................................................... 4
Real Estate ..............................................................................13-16
Religious Notes .............................................................................. 8
Seniors ........................................................................................... 6
Sports .......................................................................................9-11
Peabody Rotary
awards $12,000
in scholarships
Peabody Rotary recently
awarded $12,000 in scholarships
to several 2018 Veterans
Memorial High School
(PVMHS) graduates.
Those receiving scholarships
were: Erin Melin, PVMHS,
who will be attending Salem
State University; Colin
Lomasney, St. John’s Prep
and John Najjar, PVMHS,
who will be attending UMass
Amherst; Sarah Buckley,
PVMHS, who will be attending
Boston College; Christopher
Belliveau, PVMHS, who will
be attending Lasell College;
Andeemac Sims, PVMHS, who
will be attending MA College of
Pharmacy; Nicholas Iannuzzi,
Malden Catholic, who will be
attending St. Joseph’s, and Ryan
Cormier, PVMHS, who will be
attending UMass Lowell.
Sam Berns Scholarship recipient
Mikayla Dragicevic,
Bishop Fenwick, will be attending
Stonehill College.
Scholarship financing comes
from Peabody Rotary fundraising
events such as the
Torigian Golf Classic, the Taste
of the North Shore and various
other events throughout the
year.
Peabody Rotary meets every
Thursday morning at 7:30 at
Red’s Kitchen and Tavern.
To learn more about Peabody
Rotary and how it assists the
community, visit rotarypeabody.org.
And for membership
information, please contact
Membership Chair Martha
Holden at marthahealeyholden@gmail.com.
The Animal Hospital of Lynnfield
Vaccination Clinic
Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria called Leptospira.
It can cause serious damage to the kidney and liver and may be fatal in some
cases. The bacteria is passed in the urine of infected animals and can survive
in the environment for long periods of time in warm stagnant water or moist
soil. Dogs can get infected from wild animals including skunks, raccoons,
opossums, rats, coyotes and deer.
Canine influenza or the dog flu, is caused by the canine influenza virus (CIV).
It is highly contagious and easily spread by direct contact with an infected
dog or through barking, coughing, sneezing or contact with contaminated
objects such as kennels, food and water bowls, collars and leashes.
There are vaccines available for both Leptospirosis and Canine Influenza.
They need to be administered twice within 3-4 weeks, then yearly after that.
The Animal Hospital of Lynnfield, will be holding three vaccine clinics at
1 Bay State Road, Lynnfield, MA to administer these vaccines this summer.
The date of the clinic is:
Thursday, August 30 from 4-7 p.m.
The cost of the leptospirosis vaccine is $37.50
and the influenza vaccine is $42.00.
For more information call The Animal Hospital of Lynnfield at
781-344-4161 or email us at reception@animalhospital.com.
PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK
Smith Barn barn hosts 90 to 100 weddings a year between April and November.
Brides and grooms have
Tammy by their sides
By Thor Jourgensen
Editor
Anybody who thinks you
can’t have a country wedding in
Peabody hasn’t taken a ride out
to 38 Felton St.
That’s the address of the
Smith Barn and other historical
properties managed by the
Peabody Historical Society &
Museum. Under the management
of experienced events
planner and coordinator Tammy
Messina, the barn hosts 90 to
100 weddings a year between
April and November.
Wedding receipts are the primary
source of revenue for the
Society and the nine properties
it maintains across Peabody.
With thunder booming in the
distance and catering workers
setting tables covered in white,
Messina prepared last Friday for
the first of a weekend’s worth of
weddings in the barn. Rows of
chairs set up in the Woodland
Garden across Felton Street
and a short walk from the barn
were ready to receive guests attending
the wedding service.
The Felton historic house
next to the garden provided
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space for the bridal party to
dress and assemble after the
ceremony to prepare for photographs
while their guests
crossed the road to the barn
for cocktails and the traditional
round of introductions.
Messina has 25 years experience
with the Society, starting
as a bartender and working
her way up to the supervisory
role. The Lynn native and West
Newbury resident said the
Smith family donated the barn
to the Society in 1904. In the
early 1990s, a request to use
the spacious building for a wedding
spawned word-of-mouth
interest in the barn as a nuptial
site.
“It took off from there,” said
Messina.
Social media has catapulted
interest in the barn as a wedding
venue with bookings required
up to a year and a half
in advance.
“I have six available dates
in 2019 and I am 20 percent
booked for 2020,” Messina
said.
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costs $5,000. The Society’s
caterers for barn weddings and
other events include Peabodybased
Cloverleaf Catering and
Vinwood Caterers in Ipswich
at the bride’s discretion. The
Society has a city liquor license
for the barn and the building is
heated and air conditioned.
“We’re established as a wedding
venue. Look at our ratings,
we’re a solid ‘five,’” Messina
said.
Although she oversaw a
140-guest wedding last Friday,
Messina and her staff can easily
accommodate 180 guests. The
barn is a homegrown venue but
Messina said it is a surprisingly
popular destination wedding
site and one that draws its share
of celebrities, including actor
Peter Gallagher and former U.S.
Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright.
“She loved the barn and told
me she had one just like it in
Virginia,” Messina said.
The barn isn’t just a place
for bridal parties and guests to
dine and dance. Its double doors
overlook the sprawling fields
adjacent to nearby Brooksby
Farms. They open on cue to
provide a grand entrance for
the bride and groom. The lawn
behind the barn has room for
games like cornhole and the gazebo
is a popular wedding cigar
bar venue.
Weather is no worry for
Messina, who has workers at
the ready to wipe down damp
chairs and a reassuring word for
flustered brides and parents.
“I’ll handle it. I’ve shoveled
the parking lot in high heels in
October,” she said.
She caters to the bride’s every
need but Messina has one fast
rule regarding alcohol use,
guest safety, and assuring the
structural integrity of the historical
property she manages.
“My staff and myself put the
Historical Society first,” she
said.