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Medway Schools Partners with BU Professor to

Develop Virtual COVID-19 Stress Education Course

Course to be Available Free

to Schools across the Country

Medway Public Schools has

partnered with Dr. Jennifer

Greif Green of the Boston University

Wheelock College of Education

& Human Development

to develop an online COVID-19

stress and anxiety educational

course for students.

The course, launched on

May 11th, helps students in

grades 5-12 understand the difference

between stress and anxiety,

learn about different ways

to manage their stress and determine

who they can reach out

to if they feel they need support.

After the course is implemented

for Medway students,

Medway Public Schools partnered with Dr. Jennifer Greif Green of the Boston University Wheelock

College of Education & Human Development to develop an online COVID-19 stress and anxiety

educational course for students. (Photo courtesy Medway Public Schools)

STRESS

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Need for Mental

Health Care, and

Barriers to It, Rise

during Covid-19

By J.D. O’Gara

Mental health issues are important

community concerns in

normal times, and they certainly

don’t go away during times of a

pandemic. If anything, struggles

are amplified.

“Families are not normally all

under one roof,” says Sen. Karen

Spilka, “People are fighting isolation,

loneliness and depression.”

The Massachusetts Senate President

worked with the Secretary

of Health and Human Services

to use a portion of $10 million

earmarked for innovation in

mental health programs to create

a PSA, released May 15th,

aimed at reducing stigma of

mental health issues during the

pandemic.

“Ask, Listen, Encourage, and

Check-in – ALEC,” says Spilka,

of the campaign aimed at helping

communities care for each

other.

Locally, repercussions from

the pandemic are being felt. The

number of overdoses is up, according

to S.A.F.E. Coalition

President Jen Knight, who is

alerted to overdose statistics town

by town, as S.A.F.E. provides

support and grief counseling.

“We’ve seen a huge spike in

overdoses, and alcohol use is the

highest I’ve seen in my professional

career,” says Knight, who

gets information from local police

to provide grief counseling.

Knight explains that many who

already have a mental health

component use alcohol to self-

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The course offers several tips and techniques for students to cope with stress.

(Photo courtesy Medway Public Schools)

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The course was developed in

collaboration with Dr. Green,

Boston University Associate Professor

in Special Education, and

researchers from the Wheelock

College of Education & Human

Development.

“Medway Public Schools

reached out to us because of

their commitment to supporting

the health and well-being of students,"

said Dr. Green. "We are

thankful for the opportunity to

partner in developing this module

and hope that it will be helpful

to students in Medway, as well

as other school districts.”

The lessons were created using

a number of resources from different

sources, including the

American Academy of Pediatrics

and the National Association of

School Psychologists, to address

key questions and concerns that

teens may have about stress during

the COVID-19 pandemic.

The course begins with an explanation

of stress as a normal

reaction to many situations in

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that teens may be feeling stress in

relation to COVID-19, such as

being stuck inside or missing time

with friends.

The course goes on to explain

strategies for coping with

stress and how strategies can be

healthy or unhealthy. Along with

several ideas and tips of healthy

strategies, the course discusses the

importance of creating a routine

by eating healthy, exercising regularly

and getting enough sleep.

The course concludes with

signs to help the student determine

whether they or a friend

may need additional help or support

in coping with stress. Students

are encouraged to reach out

to teachers, school counselors, assistant

principals or principals at

any time if they need support or

resources. Resources and contact

information are provided for students

and parents.

"The COVID-19 pandemic

has disrupted everyone's daily

lives, and it can be especially

hard on our students who aren't

in school and can't see their

friends or participate in their

usual activities," Dr. Sherman

said. "We hope this course helps

our students learn techniques to

not only help them deal with the

stress they may be experiencing

during these uncertain times, but

techniques that they can continue

to use in the future."

"We were pleased to collaborate

with Dr. Green and the

Wheelock College of Education

& Human Development and

we thank them for their work

on this course," Superintendent

Pires said. "We are excited that

a course started here in Medway

will go on to benefit students

across Massachusetts and the

country."

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soothe, and what she’s seeing

now that she hadn’t before is a

rise in calls on behalf of their

students, who are binge drinking

at home.

Those who rely on AA or NA

are seeing a higher relapse rate,

too, as Knight says, “While all

the Zoom and phone calls are

wonderful, there’s a whole host

of folks who don’t have access

to a smart phone or a laptop, or

the Internet. Without any recovery

support network, relapse is so

much more imminent.”

“It is absolutely accurate

that the pandemic has caused a

ripple effect in the systems put

in place to support those with

addiction and recovery,” agrees

Jackie Winer, Director of Holliston

Youth & Family Services,

who co-chairs the Holliston Drug

and Alcohol Awareness Coalition

(HDAAC) with Melissa Stacy.

“We have seen an increase in

overdoses as a result,” says Winer.

Winer says caregivers are

now needing support for family

members who suddenly end up

at their doorsteps. These family

members need support in helping

navigate recovery for their

loved ones home from a rehab or

who’ve been estranged.

As for S.A.F.E., Knight says,

“Covid has drastically changed

how this coalition functions from

a very basic level. We had opened

up (our new location) with plans

to open a support group, but due

to Covid, all of that has been put

on hold.”

The pandemic forced S.A.F.E.

to confront how it can provide

electronically the same services to

the community while at the same

time maintaining a high level of

privacy. “Even 10 people was not

something we wanted to risk,”

says Knight.

All the S.A.F.E. services,

which are free of charge, then,

have moved to telephone or online

formats. Support groups,

which have seen a rise in demand,

include a Learn to Cope

group for families of those dealing

with substance use disorder

on Mondays, a Grandparents

Raising Grandchildren group on

the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, a

12-step program for parents on

Wednesdays, and another general

support group for parents

on Saturday. They also provide

peer mentorship, a grief counselor

and chaplain, information

on Section 35 and direct clinical

counseling in partnership with

Wayside Youth and Family Support

Systems.

To maintain anonymity,

Knight says, S.A.F.E. requires a

call first.

“If someone calls and wants

to join, we’ll have someone talk

with them about the group and

whether it will be a good fit, and

then we’ll share the (login) information,

to honor that privacy.”

The S.A.F.E. support line is (508)

488-8105.

COVID-19

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Mental Health Resources*

Helplines

• Call 2 Talk, a statewide service of United Way

of Tri-County. A mental health, emotional

support, and suicide prevention program run

by Mass211. Call 2-1-1 or (508) 532-2255.

• Crisis Text Line, a nationwide service. Text

from anywhere in the USA to text with a

trained Crisis Counselor. Text TALK to

741741. https://www.crisistextline.org/

• National Parent Helpline. Call 800-4A-PAR-

ENT to talk to an operator or go to the website

for a roundup of resources including health

and mental health, personal safety, parenting,

child development. https://www.nationalparenthelpline.org

• LGBTQ Parent & Caregiver Helpline, from

Greater Boston PFLAG. Call (866) 427-3524.

https://gbpflag.org/contact-us/

• Parental Stress Line, from Parents Helping

Parents. Trained volunteer counselors offer

non-judgemental ways to relieve stress relating

to their children and parenting. Multiple languages

spoken. Call (800) 632-8188. https://

www.parentshelpingparents.org/parentalstress-line

• Veteran's Crisis Line, from the US Department

of Veterans Affairs. Call 800-273-8255.

https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Community Resources & Referrals

• Network of Care Massachusetts: Comprehensive

statewide online resource to help anyone

find information on mental health and

substance use supports and services in their

community. https://massachusetts.networkofcare.org

• Holliston Youth & Family Services: Taking referrals

and supporting Holliston residents seeking

services. 508-429-0620.

• Resources to Promote Resilience and Well-

Being, from SPARK Kindness. https://

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Regional Direct Services

• SMOC Behavioral Healthcare Outpatient

services. Substance abuse and mental health

outpatient services to individuals, children and

families. https://www.smoc.org/behavioralhealth-services.php

• Psychiatric Emergency Services, from Advocates,

Inc. Crisis team provides assessment

and intervention, via telephone and video, for

people of all ages who are experiencing a mental

health and/or substance use emergency. 24

hours each day, call (800) 640-5432. https://

advocates.org/services/counseling-psychiatry

Online Guide

• Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope

with the Coronavirus from the National

Child Traumatic Stress Network. PDF at

https://www.framingham.k12.ma.us/cms/

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Church of Christ, Millis

Active though Apart

The Church of Christ, Congregational

in Millis has experienced

two big changes over the

past few months, including temporarily

moving all of its services

and activities to an online format;

but one of the changes is not due

to COVID-19. On May 17, the

Church of Christ said good-bye

to Senior Pastor, the Reverend

Jennifer Munroe-Nathans, who

has moved to a new assignment

as Senior Pastor of the Congregational

Church of Littleton (Littleton,

MA). Rev. Jen was pastor

of the Church of Christ in Millis

for 13 years and she provided

spiritual leadership, guidance

and pastoral care to members,

friends, visitors and the community.

In addition to her role as

faith-leader of the congregation,

Rev. Jen organized numerous

services, events, activities, ministries

and outreach programs,

and through a combination of

humor and deep compassion,

was focused on making it known

that everyone is welcome at the

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Church of Christ. Rev. Jen also

had an active role in the community

as Chaplain for the Millis

Fire and Police Departments.

To fill the role of Interim Pastor

at the Church of Christ, a

Search Committee conducted a

detailed application and interview

process and was pleased

to offer the call to the Reverend

Jennifer Geary. Rev. Geary, who

began her Interim Ministry at

the Church of Christ on May 18,

holds a Master of Divinity from

Lancaster Theological Seminary

and was ordained in the United

Church of Christ (UCC) in

1995. Rev. Geary has 25 years

of ministry experience, serving

in various locations as a settled

Pastor, Interim Pastor, and as Director

of an outdoor ministry site

for the Rhode Island UCC. The

Church of Christ welcomes Rev.

Geary and appreciates the continuity

of pastoral leadership that

she will bring to the congregation

and the community.

Despite the big change in the

Pastor position, the Church of

Christ has been full steam (or

should we say full-stream) ahead,

moving all of its activities on-line

in mid-March, when Gov. Charlie

Baker issued stay-at-home orders.

Since that time, the church

has offered weekly check-ins on

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7

p.m., as well as Sunday morning

worship services at 10 a.m.

All of these events have been

live-streamed on the Church

of Christ’s Facebook page, MillisUCCChurch,

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The Church of Christ in Millis had a socially-distant goodbye with Rev.

Jen Munroe-Nathans, shown here with her family, on Sunday,

May 17th, with a farewell parade. Here are some of the photos.

Photos by J.D. O’Gara

available to view after the event

has ended. Those without Facebook

accounts can still access the

church’s Facebook page at: facebook.com/MillisUCCChurch,

or by clicking on the Facebook

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The Church of Christ has

also continued to stay connected

through a variety of outreach activities,

including communicating

regularly with church members

and friends, holding virtual meetings

with the youth group and

church leadership, helping to

support Millis Food Pantry operations,

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was organized by St. Thomas’

youth group.

The leadership council at

the Church of Christ has been

following the guidance of Gov.

Baker, as well as the national and

local leadership of the United

Church of Christ, and will continue

to delay the re-opening of

the church building until it is

determined to be safe to gather

in person. In the meantime, the

Church of Christ continues to

offer its vibrant, virtual version

of faith formation, social interaction

and outreach to anyone who

wants to participate. For more

information about services, activities

and updates, visit the church

website at: www.millisucc.org.

Or leave a message on voicemail:

(508) 376-5034 or email: millisucc@msn.com,

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COVID-19


S.A.F.E. Narcan training has

gone online as well.

“We’ve made a Narcan training

video,” says Knight. “If someone

wants to be trained in Narcan,

they can watch the video, sign the

electronic form, and we can drop

off Narcan in their mailbox.”

HDAAC, the Holliston Drug

and Alcohol Awareness Coalition

stakeholders, also provides Narcan,

and stakeholders are still virtually

meeting weekly, says Winer.

One issue she’s seeing during

this pandemic is the normalization

of drinking, which HDAAC

is looking at combating with educational

social media. Also, those

in methadone or similar treatment

are dealing with less flexibility in

obtaining treatment.

Isolation can also take a toll

on families, says Winer. “There

are some families that just don’t

have the resources they need to be

able to get through this in a way

that’s adaptive,” she says. “The

challenge is reaching them, and

getting them to connect to us. We

think of ourselves as an access

point to which individuals can receive

support in the community,

(bridging) that divide if individuals

are having barriers to getting

mental health care, whether it’s

insurance, a transportation issue,

or sometimes families sometimes

just don’t know how to navigate

the system.”

Outside of Holliston, Winer

says, “If you’re confused and

don’t know where to turn, just

reach out to your town department

of social services, or if your

town doesn’t have one, perhaps

turn to an outreach coordinator at

your local senior center.” Another

option is to reach out to a community

member like a guidance

counselor, social worker or doctor

you trust.

Winer encourages folks to embrace

the new telehealth format

of mental health care, pointing to

a study by McLean Hospital that

showed it to be just as effective as

face-to-face therapy.

“We want to encourage families

who are reluctant to try it,”

says Winer.

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SUPPORT:

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Helpline for treatment information and support.

Online intergroup for AA meetings: http://

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Online and remote resources for substance

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Other Local Resources:

• SAFE Coalition, www.safecoalitionma.org,

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• Turning Point Recovery Center, Walpole (508)

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• Wayside Youth and Family Support, www.

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• Riverside Community Care, www.riversidecc.

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Local Senior Centers Remote, but Active

By J.D. O’Gara

Serving a population that’s at

the highest risk for complications

from Covid-19, local senior centers,

including Franklin, Medway

and Millis, have been working to

adapt its services to the current

“new normal.”

“What we’re finding is people

are in the exact same spot as us,”

says Courtney Riley, Director

of the Medway Senior Center.

“Many are trying to make do,

and many of the seniors are almost

better equipped to handle

this than we were at the beginning.

For many, they already

have been retired or have been

living on their own. Our seniors

are great; They can adapt to

anything. They’ve been through

so much else in their lives, they

can adapt. It’s the unknown now

that’s the hardest part for everyone,

and for the seniors as well.”

Riley says, “we slowly come

back to whatever the new normal

is going to be.” Senior centers

have been shut down since

March 16th, and it will likely be

one of the slower types of facility

to open, since it serves a population

vulnerable to Covid-19 complications.

“The challenges are many,”

says Karen Alves, Director of

the Franklin Senior Center. “I

do agree with Courtney. Folks,

for the most part, are keeping a

very positive attitude and trying

to be upbeat about it and doing

the best with what they’ve got.

These folks have been through

a lot, and are used to something

adverse.”

Franklin, Medway and Millis

Senior Centers are reaching out

on at least a weekly basis to the

most vulnerable of their seniors,

and all of them have employed

and are working to ramp up their

virtual programming.

“Staff has been doing cold

calls to reach out to our older

residents,” says Patty Kayo, Director

of the Millis Senior Center

and we are still working on what

other programs we can offer.”

By Local Town Pages deadline, the

Millis senior center had posted a

few video classes online. “Seniors

may access either our Facebook

page (Millis Council on Aging) or

the town’s website for the on-line

exercises,” says Kayo.

Riley, too, says, “We also are

putting our stuff online on the

Facebook page and cable, but

we have really partnered with all

the departments in town (to help

seniors). It’s not a one-person or

one-department job. It’s a small

town, and everyone knows everyone,

and we all work together.”

Riley worked with the Town to

create a system whereby someone

with compromised health

can call the DPW and place an

order for trash bags, which are

then delivered, without a handhand

cash transaction. She’s also

worked with both the Medway

Village and Mahan Circle food

pantries, placing flyers in the

food pantry bags.

“We want everyone, not just

the seniors, to know we’re doing

everything we can to support

them. We’re still (helping people)

fill out fuel assistance and snap

forms.”

Riley particularly extolls the

virtues of Julie Harrington, Medway’s

Parks & Recreation Director,

in creating engaging activities

for town residents during this

pandemic.

Riley says the challenge is how

to make people feel independent

and not isolated while in isolation,

but that “my team has been

unbelievable.”

Virtual programs Medway

has posted include a balance

video by Connections Physical

Therapy. “We put things up a

week at a time,” says Riley. “Little

things you can do at home to

make sure you’re still moving.”

Riley says she’s found many

seniors to be quite connected to

their neighbors. Some also show

up and tap on the Medway Senior

Center window, or just come

to sit in the gazebo, six feet apart.

“They just go for walks out in

their neighborhood, just to talk

to the neighbors. It’s hard, but I

have to say the seniors, at least in

Medway, have been so resilient

and incredible. It’s been amazing

the outreach of people who

want to help, and who are helping.”

Many, she says, have been

dropping off masks and asking

if other seniors need anything.

Riley says she steers would-be

volunteers to donate to the food

pantry and to contact Tri-Valley

Elder Services in helping to deliver

meals-on-wheels.

“As much as they’re appreciating

the stuff we’re doing online or

on cable, what people miss most

is interaction,” says Riley. “In the

past, they’ve been through hard

times and found solace in each

other, but now they can’t do that.

We don’t want his to be the new

normal. We don’t know what

that looks like exactly but we do

hope to have the building open

and people socializing again, in

some manner, but we will do it

safely, but we are looking forward

to when our doors open again.”

At the Franklin Senior Center,

Director Karen Alves says

that in addition to calling those

they know are socially isolated,

the center has been adding more

activities to a Zoom format.

“We’re exploring virtual activities,

meeting only by doing with

Zoom. We’re doing a coffee hour,

and our discussion group is working

with Zoom.” There’s also a

cardio exercise class through

Zoom on Tuesday and Thursday

at 11 a.m. with fitness instructor,

Judith. If you are interested in

joining that, contact adoggett@

franklinma.gov.

Alves adds, “Our nurse is

going to be doing her balance

class on a video, and we have

another staff person looking into

programming with Zoom, and

she’ll be working with Franklin

TV.”

The Franklin Senior Center

has been able to keep its low vision

support group and hearingimpaired

support groups going

virtually as well, says Alves. “The

coordinator for those programs

has been doing virtual meetings

and also conference calling,” she

says. “It’s nice to be able to talk

to more than one person, especially

if you’ve been isolated for

a while. It’s challenging to be

able to meet the needs of people

who aren’t online, but they’re,

thankfully, for the most part,

all online.” To take part, email

mgundersen@franklinma.gov.

For its Zoom meetings, Franklin

Senior Center is asking people

to call or email to take part.

At the press time, The Franklin

Senior Center was looking

into doing curbside meals outside

the senior center. “We’ve

gotten some funding from the

Metrowest Health Foundation to

help us for the meals. We’re trying

to offer them at a subsidized

rate, and we’ll be doing a simple

meal, probably a choice of three

or four sandwiches, some fruit

a dessert and either a soda or a

milk. We’ll start with cold meals,

and they’ll drive by. They’ll call

us to sign up.”

Alves stresses that the senior

center will NOT take cash for

the meals. “We’re asking people

to send checks and are in the process

of getting an online banking

system and being able to take

credit cards. If someone can’t

afford the meal at all, we will help

with that, and if someone wants

to pay more for than their meal,

we’ll be happy to take that.” Alves

says she anticipates this program

running about six months. “It’s a

way to get fresh prepared meals,

and you don’t have to go to the

grocery store as often.”

The population of patron to

the Franklin Senior Center does

vary, says Alves. “Some of our

folks go to the grocery store all

the time, and others are bopping

around town taking walks. People

have been great about donating

masks, and we have gotten several

calls from seniors looking

for them. We also take cards and

letters from students through the

food pantry and neighbor brigade

and distribute them to folks.

Franklin Senior Center’s 50+

Job Seeker’s program has also

gone virtual through Zoom.

“That’s still going great with

Zoom,” says Alves. “We’re having

terrific attendance, and people

can still sign up by emailing

Erogers@franklinma.gov.”

Alves adds that isolation due

to Covid-19 is also hard on caregivers.

Supportive Day was very

useful for caregivers, and so

the Franklin Senior Center has

begun a caregiver support group

through Zoom.

To reach the Millis Senior Center,

call (508) 376-7051; for the Medway

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Life, Health & Estate Planning, Peace of Mind in

Uncertain Times

Dennis Sullivan,

Esq CPA LLM

These are challenging times. We are

being called upon as a community to

help one another. We want to educate

people on steps you can take now that

will protect you and those you love.

Having critical documents in place

should something happen to you or a

loved one is more important than ever.

It can feel intimidating, overwhelming

or even scary to plan for the possibility

that you may not be able to make your

own decisions, but please keep in mind

that planning for these scenarios does

not make them more likely to happen.

Taking this time to plan ahead gives

you control and reduces the stress that

comes with health concerns.

Let’s review what you can do to

achieve peace of mind while at home.

• Review any current health, financial,

estate and asset protection documents.

You must make sure they are up to

date. You’ll be surprised to read that

a great percentage of such documents

are obsolete (studies show some 86%

fall into this category due to changes

in personal circumstances, laws, and

events).

Might your documents be outdated?

Are your goals and objectives you had

back then? Have any beneficiaries or

designations changed? Are the trustees

named still who you want? If you’ve

designated a power-of-attorney (health

and/or proxy), is this still a viable selection?

If you’ve stated a guardian

or guardians for your children, is the

person or persons still desired? Has

anyone’s health deteriorated so that

he or she is now unable to act on your

behalf as you originally intended?

• If you haven’t taken steps to put

a will, trust documents, a powerof-attorney,

or such documents in

place. Now is the time to get them

done

• It’s also important that you keep a

list handy in case you are unable

to act on your own behalf, and let

designated individuals know where

it is located. Things to include:

Estate planning attorney and financial

professionals you rely on,

bank account/safety deposit box

information, titles to vehicles, home

mortgage or title details, credit card

information, passwords to any digital/on-line

accounts, passports,

birth certificate, Social Security

card, etc. This will prevent the

state, a court, medical institution or

a funeral home to step in and take

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have access to their healthcare agents

when admitted to a hospital or emergency

room. Basic life, health, and

emergency plans need to be accessible

to you and your family prior to an

emergency. For example, we provide

clients with a wallet card with all of this

information for anyone 18 and over.

You can get these documents prepared

by contacting an estate planning

attorney. Many attorneys, including

Dennis Sullivan & Associates are using

teleconferencing to meet with clients.

Massachusetts has also recently passed

an emergency bill to allow remote signings,

including witnessing and notarizing

documents. This allows people to

put protections in place now while social

distancing. Stay healthy, stay safe and be

prepared.

We’re All In This Together!

Because of what is going on in our small corner of the world, please know that

MO&P is taking all the necessary precautions to keep you the customer, and the

special employees who make up the team at MO&P, safe. Whether it is a delivery of

oil or propane or an in home service call or a trip to the office for any of the quality

products we sell, we are making sure we maintain the minimum distance of 6’,

entering homes through basements when available and offering “no touch” billing.

We are also wearing gloves and facial protection as well. We have both offices

disinfected twice a week and provide every vehicle and employee with anti-bacterial

wipes that are specific to this war on the virus.

THANK YOU for your support of our small business. We are your neighbor, your

friend, and are just as concerned as you are to get this virus under control and

hopefully eradicated.

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Millis Senior DI Team Has Year Cut Short

Will Participate in Virtual Global Finals in July

By J.D. O’Gara

“They had an amazing solution,

with hopes of going to

global for the last time,” says

Michelle Jones, who has coached

the Millis senior Engineering

Challenge Destination Imagination

(DI) team for the past 13

years, taking the team to Globals

three times, and participating at

the State level all but one year. As

with many other activities, 2020

DI got cut short, right when some

of the Millis upperclassmen were

experiencing familiar success.

“The seniors on the engineering

team got the DaVinci Award,

competing in Medfield for the

regional tournament in March.

They came in first,” says Jones,

“and a couple kids (Colby Jones

and Ella Borst) on the team got

scholarships from the DI program.”

The DaVinci award goes

to the team with outstanding creativity

and risk in the team's solution;

every element had brilliant

engineering design, excellent reuse

of materials and beautiful

visual appeal.

There were two senior DI

teams this year, one the engineering

team, including Colby

Jones (Worcester Polytechnic

Institute), Ella Borst (Stonehill

College), Mia Coutts, (Belmont

University), Will Bouret (Dynamy),

and Jess Catalano (Salem

State University); and the other

Millis’ Senior Improv Challenge DI team took second place at their regionals.

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the improvisation team, including

Abby Messias (Salve Regina

University), Mallory Doyle (College

of the Holy Cross), Casey

Doherty (UMass Amherst), and

Mia Coutts (Belmont University).

For their winning Engineering

challenge “In the Cards,”the

engineering team needed to

design and build a bridge that

was assembled during the presentation.

Weights needed to be

moved across the bridge to test

its strength. The story needed to

be about an unexpected connection

and its outcome. A set-piece

needed to be designed and created

that transitioned between

settings.

The team created a story

about social class discrimination

as portrayed through the

unexpected connection between

an arrogant bird and a humble

giant of the swamp, the alligator.

A technically automated and

artistically-designed Mother Nature

caused a series of storms,

sending the bird to a lower class

where she meets the full-size,

human-operated alligator, constructed

out of recycled material,

with an automated mouth.

The set-piece transitioned from

the sky to a swamp by a trigger

device. The effort took home a

regional first prize and a ticket to

the state-level competition.

Millis’ Senior Engineering Challenge DI team won first place this

year at the regional competition, earning the DI DaVinci Award for

outstanding creativity and risk in their solution. They would have

headed to the state competition.

For their regional-level second-place

winning Improvisational

Challenge, Millis senior

DI team had to receive a topic

and produce a skit on the spot.

For this year's challenge, “To

The Rescue,” the team had to

research superpowers and how

they are portrayed in media.

Their presentation was about

a villain with invisibility and a

super hero who could detect traffic

jams with porcupines driving

cars. The skit was enhanced with

sound effects using bottled rice

and a musical beat with plastic

cups.

Freya Messia, Coach of the

Millis senior Improv DI team,

says, “Their laughter is a total

joy. The goal of this team was

to have fun and make memories,

and that they did! The Improv

team placed second at the Regional

tournament.

Unfortunately, for the Engineering

team, the state-level

tournament, which was to be

held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute,

was cancelled, along with,

of course, any potential global

tournament. DI has, however,

planned a virtual global competition

in which the Millis senior

team will participate, along with

two members of the Nashoba DI

team, Charlotte and Else Snoonian.

“It’s basically virtual, so you

have to commit a video representation

of your performance. The

deadline is in June,” says Jones.

Jones can’t say enough about

the empowerment DI provides,

and her team.

“I am so proud of each one

of these kids for their effort and

creative and technical solution

year after year.I have seen what

this program can do for kids. It

empowers them to take risks and

learn from failure. It allows kids

to step out of their comfort zone

and build life-long skills of selfconfidence,

creative and critical

thinking, team building, problem-solving,

risk-taking, project

management, and how to work

hard for a goal. The program

bonds the team and they will

all have life long memories and

friends.”

Members of this year’s senior

team also describe a bond and

learning experience.

“My team has always been

like my brothers and sisters.

Four of us have been on this

team from kindergarten,” says

Colby Jones, who says members

remained friends despite attending

separate schools. “There is

no other activity that has given

us this consistent time together

to form these relationships. This

time has also created the foundation

for my skills in communication,

collaboration, leadership,

and interpersonal relationship

building.”

Mia Coutts adds, “I've grown

a lot through DI. It's taught me

that every idea is worth exploring,

and teamwork is an incredibly

valuable asset. But most of

all, DI has shown me how to

have fun and keep an open mind

when given a task or when facing

a challenge. Additionally, DI has

given me some amazing friends

and memories."

Ella Borst and Abby Messias

chimed in on how thankful they

were for the friendship, confidence

and lessons DI has provided

them.


Medway Students Receive Innovation Award in Mass STEM

Hub Industry Challenge for Principles of Biomedical Science

Principal Dr. John Murray is

pleased to announce that four

Medway High School students

received an Innovation Award

for their submission to a Mass

STEM Hub challenge.

Sophomores Mather Williamson,

Olivia Killman and Hallie

Nisbet and freshman Courtney

Barefoot worked together to produce

a blood pressure detector

bracelet that was selected as the

winner of the Innovation Award

in the Principles of Biomedical

Science challenge.

The group designed a bracelet

that would vibrate when an

individual's blood pressure is out

of the normal range, indicating

that the individual needs to

check their insulin level rather

than waiting until the next meal

or when dealing with a pump.

The bracelet the team designed

would resemble popular rubber

bracelets so that it would be discreet

and fashionable.

Medway's Principles of Biomedical

Science class participated

in the Mass STEM Hub

As award winners, Williamson,

Killman, Nisbet and Barefoot each

received a certificate, ribbon and

a Rocketbook Everlast notebook.

Industry Challenge for Principles

of Biomedical Science and

competed against students from

across the state. The projects

were done as part of the class

curriculum and students worked

on it as teams during class time

for about a week and a half in

December.

Three out of the five groups

in the class submitted their projects

to the challenge in February

Medway sophomores Mather Williamson, Olivia Killman and Hallie Nisbet and freshmen Courtney Barefoot

received an Innovation Award for their submission to the Mass STEM Hub's Principles of Biomedical Science

challenge. (Photos Courtesy Medway Public Schools)

for consideration. Students' projects

were reviewed by industry

professionals and they received

valuable feedback. The award

winners were announced in

March.

"The students in our classes

today are the people who will be

creating life-changing technology

in the future," said science

teacher Marcelle Foucre. "It's

amazing to see our students participate

in the Mass STEM Hub

challenge and take what they

learned in the classroom to create

an innovative piece of technology.

I'm incredibly proud of

all of our students' hard work."

As the challenge winners,

Williamson, Killman, Nisbet and

Barefoot each received a certificate,

ribbon and a Rocketbook

Everlast notebook.

Williamson, Killman, Nisbet

and Barefoot were recognized

for their achievement on a virtual

call due to the school closure.

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Eye health and examinations

are important. Eye conditions

and diseases like glaucoma,

macular degeneration, cataracts

and infections will not stop progressing

if there is an epidemic.

Practices are adhering to the recommended

coronavirus safety

measures to protect their patients,

staff and physicians. It is with these considerations in

important to communicate these mind:

protocols to our patients.

Here is how our practice is

The CDC has developed a meeting the CDC guidelines:

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standard protocols for healthcare paying special attention to:

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You might notice some

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• Your eye doctor uses a special

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between patient and doctor.

• Your ophthalmologist will also

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Eye doctors recommend the

following precautions:

• If you have a cough or a fever,

it’s essential to call your doctor’s

office ahead of time and

let them know. If your visit is

not an emergency, they may

ask you to stay home.

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Opens Select Trails

Great news! After careful analysis and discussions with local

officials, we have determined that we can safely open trails on

many of our wildlife sanctuaries for local visitation.

These sanctuaries were selected based on a variety of conditions

including being able to manage capacity for expected

level of use (on the trails and in the parking areas) as well as

support from the communities where they are located.

Visit https://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/trails

to see:

• The list of sanctuaries that are open for local visitors

• Guidelines on how to visit safely

• Answers to any questions you may have

We are so grateful to our members and supporters for sticking

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• If you arrive sick, your doctor

will ask you to wear a protective

covering or mask, and to

wait in a special room, so that

you won’t expose other patients.

• Your physician may wait until

after your slit-lamp eye exam

to talk with you or answer

questions.

• If you anticipate a cough or

sneeze during your exam,

move back from the microscope

and cover your face

with a tissue. Wash your hands

with soap.

At Milford-Franklin Eye Center,

we use state-of-the-art laser

technology to treat a variety of

eye problems and we continue to

support our communities during

this crisis. We sterilize equipment

between patients and screen patients

before they enter the building

and before they register. It is

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fruit share, pick your own flower

shares and pick your own vegetable

shares. The Farm enables

you to experience the farm on

many different levels. They offer

different size shares to try to include

families of different sizes as

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another share offered through

the Farm. There are different

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morning with freshly ground

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can combine that with an egg

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The Farm has pick your own

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either vegetables or flowers and

experience some of what the

farmers do, great for those who

want to get their “hands dirty”

and enjoy getting out in the fields.

All in all, a great way to support

local farming, get the best fresh

vegetables, meat, eggs, fruit, coffee

and flowers. You don’t need

to go to the grocery store for everything

when your local Farm is

there to help.

Medway Community Farm

is also part of the Medway Trail

system. You can park at the

Farm Store where you will find

a posted map of the trail that

loops around the Farm. Members

have been working at clearing

the trails and making sure

they are marked for the public

to take a lovely walk through

the environs. Even with mask requirements

and social distancing

the trail is a great place to be. It’s

a great place for the kids. They

can be on the lookout for bird’s

nests (don’t touch though) newly

sprouting plants and try to identify

bird sounds. Fallen trees are

being cleared and brush cut back

so that the trail is easy to traverse.

The Farm with the help of the

Master Gardeners Program has

a dedicated garden plot for supplies

to the food pantry, another

way the Farm is really a part of

the community. This enables the

pantry to be able to offer fresh,

local produce to the public and in

this difficult time it is even more

important for people to have

access to healthy whole foods.

People can also donate a share to

the food pantry in order to reach

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Millis Voting Time!

Get Your Absentee Ballot Applications NOW to Request an

Absentee Ballot for the 6/22/20 Town Election

Millis Town Election Day is June 22nd, and residents are

strongly encouraged to vote via Absentee Ballot in advance of

Election Day.

For Absentee Ballot Applications please email a request including

name, phone, and home address to TownClerk@MillaisMA.gov

OR pick up a hard copy of the application request in the

plastic bin marked Election Box directly outside the main doors

at Town Hall. Bring a pen to complete the form, include your

phone number, SIGN, and leave it back in the Election Box. The

actual Election Ballot will be mailed once the request is received.

Absentee Ballot Application requests MUST be received

no later than NOON on Friday June 19, 2020. Please allow

adequate time to both request and return the application via

mail if you are not planning to drop it off by hand in the Election

Box at Town Hall.

For additional absentee ballot or election information, please

contact the Millis Town Clerk’s Office at (508) 376-7046.

Candidates for this election include:

Moderator (one-year term)

• Donna Cabibbo

Town Clerk (3-year term)

• Lisa Jane Hardin (candidate for re-election)

• Nicole MacDougall Riley

Select Board (3-year term)

• Bodha B. Raut Chhetry

• Erin T. Underhill

Board of Health (3-year term)

• Jaikaur LeBlanc (candidate for re-election)

• Carol Hayes

School Committee (3-year term)

• Denise D. Gibbons (candidate for re-election)

• Kerriann Roche (candidate for re-election)

Planning Board (5-year term)

• Alan J. Handel

Taewan Kim

Constable (3-year term)

• Helen R. Kubacki (candidate for re-election)

• Nathan R. Maltinsky (candidate for re-election)

There are no candidates listed for a five-year open postion on

the Housing Authority. The town ballot will also include a vote

on gender neutral language regarding the town’s Select Board.

More information regarding both Election Day and Town

Meeting are being will be forthcoming once details have been

solidified.

Millis Town Meeting is slated to take place on June 29th, 2020, at

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This election’s candidates include:

Board of Selectmen (3-year term)

Glenn Trindade

Board of Health (3-year term)

Michael Heavey

Ralph Caton

School Committee (3-year term)

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On Saturday, May 2nd, community

members turned out

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parade showing support for the

Millis Fire and Police Departments.

The event was organized

by The Saint Thomas Leadership

Team, led by Erin LeBlanc.

“They had a planned on supporting

B.A.S.K for their spring

service event, but of course,

their original plans have been

interrupted because of Covid-

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great way to still support B.A.S.K

while showing important support/gratitude

for our incredible

first responders.”

Donations for B.A.S.K. were

accepted at parade lineup by

carefully distant and masked volunteers.

The parade first passed

the fire station, where members

of the Millis Fire Department

lined up in acknowledgment

of the event, and then looped

around the corner past the Millis

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Scam Alert! (Again)

Millis Amvets Does NOT Solicit Donations

by Phone

By J.D. O’Gara

If you receive a call looking

for a donation to the Millis

Amvets Post 495 – it’s a scam.

Through local social media

group sites, Karen Tilburg,

a member of Millis Amvets’

women’s auxiliary, thought,

“Whoa! We definitely don’t do

that! We certainly don’t want

people giving money to whoever

it might be, and we want

to get the word out that we

never, ever solicit donations by

phone. We would feel horrible

if people were being scammed

in our name.”

That’s not to say Amvets

doesn’t ever raise money, but

Tilburg says when they do, it’s

for a purpose.

“We partnered with the

Medfield Gun Club early in

the year soliciting donations

from people in the club and

bought few thousand dollars

worth of socks, underwear,

and toiletries for the VA,” says

Tilburg. “We accept donations

but we would never solicit.”

She advises to contact the

police department in the case

of a phone solicitation

If you have been contacted

by this scammer and have any

details, please contact your

local police department.

Medway Police Chief

Allen Tingley says, “Obviously,

there’s probably all kinds

of scams, and we encourage

people not to donate over the

telephone or give out any personal

information like Social

Security numbers, credit cards,

bank numbers or any other

personal information, nothing

that’s going to allow people to

gain access to various accounts

to steal that money.”

Chief Tingley adds that is

a resident feels strongly they

want to donate to a cause,

he’d encourage them to “make

some calls to make sure it’s legitimately

for that cause and

funds are going to be going to

that cause.”

“Make sure you’re 100 percent

sure when you donate that

money,” says Tingley, “because

99% of the time money going

out of the country is gone, and

it can’t be gotten back. Unfortunately,

so many people try to

take advantage when there’s

so many people out there that

can’t afford it and need help to

survive during these times.”

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2020, she was 76 years

old. Mildred was born

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Boston, Massachusetts to

the late David & Veronica

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late Charles Tashjian who

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sons; Charles Tashjian

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Millis Library Offers Virtual Programming

The Millis Public Library is

gearing up to resume some additional

services, including contactless

hold pickup in early June.

More information, including the

specific date that this service will

start, will be announced soon

and can be found at Visit millislibrary.org/updates.

Although the Millis Public Library

may be closed, it’s far from

inactive! Check out its virtual

programs and online help!

It's now easier than ever to access

our eLibrary and apply for a

digital library card. Just click on

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Need help downloading eBooks

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Overdrive and Hoopla while the

library building is closed? Want

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stay in touch with family and

friends?

Esther is available Monday

through Friday from 10 a.m.-2

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Millis Reads 2020:

Beartown Discussion

We’ve taken Millis Reads and

our Beartown book discussions

online!

Discussions will take place 24

hours a day through a private

Facebook group–search Millis

Public Library Beartown Book

Group and request to join. If

you don’t have Facebook, enter

the discussion on private Zoom

sessions Friday mornings.

Email us at edavis@minlib.

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Virtual Book Club

There are hundreds of classic

stories out there, and we’ve

decided to take a closer look at

some of them! Join us for our

virtual book club where each

week, we’ll look at a different,

easily accessible short story and

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on our event calendar for each

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Virtual Millis Memory Café

A memory café is a welcoming

place for individuals and

families living with memory

changes. Each Café event will

feature a guest artist or performer,

time for conversation, as

well as coffee and refreshments.

While a Virtual Memory Cafe

cannot provide refreshments, we

stand by the rest. We still strive

to create a welcoming place for

individuals and families, time

for conversation, and a featured

guest artist or performer.

Please email Kim Tolson at

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Cookbook Club

Making food is something we

do because both we need to eat

and because it brings us pleasure.

It can become a passion and a

shared hobby or something to

connect us with family, friends,

and strangers.

Because we love cooking and

sharing this passion just as much

as you do, we’re starting a cookbook

club! Our first meeting will

be on Wednesday, May 20th at

2pm, where we ask that everyone

brings a favorite recipe to

share and we can decide which

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Cliquot Book Club

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Held virtually on the first

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Even if you are the sole surviving

family member, you will need to

prove that you have legal standing

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Check the will to see if you have

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2. Get multiple copies of the

death certificate—While not a financial

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10–20 copies of the death

certificate will make so many

other steps easier, such as dealing

with financial institutions. In

many cases, the funeral home

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Also, you may be able to order

them online via downloadable

forms, or you may have to visit

the county clerk’s office in the

deceased’s locale.

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or former employers—Check to

see if your loved one was owed

any back pay or bonuses, deferred

any income, or had accrued

any unused vacation or

sick time. Also, find out about

any pensions, group life insurance,

or health benefits that may

have been in force.

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agencies, and financial

institutions—To help prevent

unnecessary complications or

fraud, be sure to notify the Social

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U.S. Postal Service about your

loved one’s passing. Also, contact

any banks, credit card companies,

or utility companies the deceased

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Alone we can do so little; together

we can do so much

These simple words spoken

by Helen Keller exemplify Lions

across Massachusetts. This saying

was evident just recently when

four Lions Clubs from across

two Districts and their District

Governors got together to make

a difference at Milford Regional

Medical Center (MRMC). We

addressed a need which no single

club could have handled on their

own.

Combining Efforts

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In late April, several Lions

Clubs in the Metrowest area

were contacted by an RN at

MRMC. There was a need for

the facility to provide opportunities

for those who were hospitalized

during this challenging time

for everyone. Patients have been

unable to see their loved ones due

to the current restrictions placed

on visitors and the facility had a

shortage of tablets to aid in facilitating

communication.

Rather than wait for individual

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and Holliston Lions Clubs

banded together and conducted

Essential workers, from left to right, Chris Lague RN, Cheryl Hamel RN,

Rosemary Cerqueira RN, John Beaton RN, will use these tablets, gifts

from the Milford, Medway, Mendon and Holliston Lions Clubs, to help

patients communicate with loved ones.

a conference call to see what they

could do. Thanks to their efforts,

and the additional donations of

the District Governors from their

respective Districts, the clubs

were able to fund the purchase

of eight Samsung tablets.

Setup and Delivery

Lion Steve Apesos, from the

Holliston Lions Club, picked up

the tablets over the course of a

few days at Best Buy in Milford.

The store was extremely helpful

in providing us with creative

ways to overcome the “two tablet

maximum” restrictions in their

ordering system. Thanks to Lion

Steve, we were able to set each

tablet up so that users could easily

access Zoom and Facebook

Messenger to communicate with

their loved ones and family members.

Steve also designed a great

welcoming screen.

These Lions, representing Holliston, Medway, Mendon and Milford,

met virtually to come up with a solution to help Milford Regional

Medical Center patients stay in touch with loved ones. Top left to

right: Keith Gattozzi - Milford Lions, Doreen Martel - Holliston Lions.

Linda Reynolds - Medway Lions, Bottom left to right: Mark Bucchino

- Mendon Lions, Colleen Oncay - District Governor 33A, Dawn Rice-

Norton - District Governor 33K

Delivery and Use of

Tablets

The real heroes of this story

are the dedicated healthcare

workers who helped make this

possible and will be using these

tablets to assist patients keep in

contact with their loved ones.

The Lions of Districts 33K

and District 33A, as well as the

Lions of Massachusetts wish to

extend their thanks to the staff

members at Milford Regional

Medical Center: Thank you for

allowing us to continue to fulfill

our mission “We Serve” during

these difficult times and thank

you for your unselfish service to

your patients.

Holliston Lion Steve Apesos

designed a welcome page for

patients using the tablets.

Senior Classic Lacrosse Tournament Tentatively

Scheduled for July

By Christopher Tremblay

On Friday April 24, the Massachusetts

Interscholastic Athletic

Association announced that all

high school sports for the spring

season would be called off following

the announcement of Governor

Charlie Baker closing schools

in the state for the remainder of

the year.

While the high school spring

sport seasons came to a sudden

end due to the Coronavirus, the

Eastern Massachusetts Lacrosse

Coaches Association (EMLCA)

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set to be hosted at three

sites across the state and is slated

to begin on July 19. The goal

of the tournament is to keep

the numbers low while allowing

coaches across the state to

make decisions for other possible

tournaments in the future for the

programs, boys and girls. The

two-day tournament would be

held in three divisions based on

school size and MIAA divisions.

Each team would be composed

of 10 or more players, and if a

school can not reach that number

within its own school, it may

pair up with another school in

the same situation.

Although this tournament is

not what anyone was hoping for,

but it not only would allow some

senior athletes to come together

one last time, it’s better than not

having anything at all. Hope of

having a spring season was taken

away from the schools with Governor

Baker’s announcement,

and at this point, this is an idea

that will allow some senior lacrosse

players some hope.

The EMLCA has put the

wheels in motion, and these senior

lacrosse players now have a

glimmer of hope that they will

get to play in one last tournament

before they move on from

high school.

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Sports

Millis Baseball, the Season that Almost Was

By Christopher Tremblay.

Staff Sports Writer

Last spring, the Millis baseball

team was only able to muster

two victories, while losing seven

games by a single run, including

three walk-offs by their opponents.

And although it weas a

frustrating year for the Mohawks

and Coach Mike Carter, the majority

of the players were returning

to the diamond this year; or

at least they were supposed to.

“The team was psyched about

coming back this year to show

that not only was last year a fluke,

but what they could actually accomplish

this spring,” Carter

said. “Together, this year’s squad

would have been the best team

that I have ever coached.”

Millis would have only had

three seniors on this year’s roster,

but the trio was looking forward

to the season and turning

around last year’s luckless season.

Playing in what would have been

their final year at Millis would

have been captain Thomas Hill,

who had surgery last fall and was

slated to be a workhorse for the

Mohawks; pitcher/ outfielder JD

Hart and TJ Hourigan. Hourigan

was the team’s first baseman

who happened to be injured

and the only time he got to play

last year was as a pinch runner in

the tournament.

While the entire team prepared

for the start of the season,

the Coronavirus pandemic hit

and the season was put on hold

for the time being. Only three

days before things were supposed

to get underway, the MIAA announced

the suspension of all

spring sports.

“It was frustrating to hear that

the season was going to be suspended

for the time being,” the

Millis Coach said. “The kids took

it in stride, as they knew it was for

the best. They continued to work

hard, so that they were ready

when the time came; at that

point, we were all still hopeful.”

Despite not being able to

work out in gyms or with the

rest of their teammates, the Millis

baseball players continued to

find ways to work on their skills

so they’d be ready to go when

the season eventually happened.

Unfortunately, when Governor

Millis Baseball was hoping to turn things around this year after a rough patch last year, but Covid-19 brought

the 2020 season to an end.

Charlie Baker made his announcement

that the rest of the

school year would be completed

at home, everyone knew that

there would no longer be a season.

The cancelling of the season

left a sour taste in the mouths of

the seniors as the last time that

they walked off the field it was

due to a loss in the Division 4

South Tournament; a 6-5 loss to

Bourne in 11 innings.

“I have been playing baseball

my whole life, and this will be the

first spring without it. You wait

forever to get to your senior year,

and to not have baseball is disappointing,

especially after working

so hard during the off-season,”

Hill said. “We were looking forward

to such a great season, and

now all we have is our loss last

year to Bourne in the playoffs as

our final high school game. We

really were looking forward to

avenging that loss. It’s tough.”

Thomas is hoping that he will

get to play club baseball at the

University of Rhode Island next

year, but he’ll still have the remembrance

of an 11-inning loss

in the playoffs as his final game

for Millis.

Although Hill got to play

his junior campaign, Hourigan

watched from the bench with a

broken thumb.

“Having not played last year,

I was looking heavily toward

this season, but the Corona was

a bummer. My memories of my

final season will be sitting on the

bench,” Hourigan said. “I had

worked really hard to get ready

for this season. A lot of us started

hitting in January since we didn’t

have that much snow, and we

were really psyched about this

year. Then the Corona struck,

and we were hit with a forever

blizzard.”

Not only was Hourigan going

to see action at first base but he

was hoping to get involved in the

rotation a little more this season.

He also believed that the

younger talent was going to rise

to the occasion this year, and the

Mohawks were going to have an

unforgettable year. Years down

the road, Millis will look back

and see that 2020 was a year to

remember, but just not in the way

they had hoped.

Much like his fellow seniors,

Hart was expecting Millis to

make a run into the playoffs this

year, and with the Tri-Valley

League up in the air thought

they may be able to grab a league

championship as well.

“This was going to be the year.

As a senior I believe that you are

at the top of your game and your

body is at it’s peak. I continued

to work during the suspension by

lifting weights and throwing the

ball around with my brothers,”

Hart said. “It’s a shame that we

couldn’t get back on the field. It’s

disappointing to work so hard

and look forward to your last

year of high school baseball only

to have it cancelled.”

In addition to the three seniors

losing out on their final

baseball season with Millis, the

Mohawks also have a handful of

juniors in Charlie Korsak, Brian

Nichols and Michael Govoni,

who may have the opportunity

to go onto play baseball on the

collegiate level.

Korsak, the team’s shortstop

who has been clocked at 90 mph,

is looking at Division 3 schools

but Carter believes that he has

the capabilities to play Division

2 ball. Carter was looking

to move Nichols, Millis’s second

best pitcher last year who was inserted

into a lot of high pressure

situations, out of the infield and

into the outfield so that he could

use him more on the mound this

spring. Govoni, played catcher

last year for the first time and

picked up the position rather

quickly and would have been a

huge asset behind the plate this

season.

“With everything lost, I’m expecting

colleges to be lenient and

open to seeing kids to see what

they have since they missed out

watching them play this season,

Carter said. “This really was a

special group of guys that truly

loved the sport of baseball. It

would have been interesting to

see what they actually could have

accomplished this year.”

Hopefully before the summer

comes to an end the athletes get

to take to the field one last time in

some sort of a mini tournament,

but that will all depend on the epidemic

at hand and the MIAA’s

decision to do something.

“It would be nice to see them

play one last time as a high school

team,” the Millis coach said.


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Two Medway Public Schools

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COVID-19 pandemic by 3D

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Jon Jasinski, a physics, engineering

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Two Medway teachers have been using the district's 3D printers to

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