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AUGUST 12, 2021
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Frances R. Söderberg Scholarship
STAR OF
THE WEEK
Keeping history
alive in Lynnfield
FOR THE WEEKLY NEWS
Soderberg Insurance Services
Inc. is offering an educational
scholarship dedicated in memory
of the agency’s co-founder
Frances Soderberg. Frances was
an active member of the North
Shore community for over 50
years.
Her youngest daughter Karen
was born with Down’s Syndrome.
Mrs. Soderberg was
instrumental in the integration
of recreational and educational
programs for children and
young adults who are mentally
disabled.
The Frances R. Soderberg
Memorial Scholarship will be
awarded to an individual who
shares her same passion to help
those with special needs. Any
current college student, or college-bound
student, who shares
her commitment to the education
of individuals with disabilities
and improving their overall
quality of life is invited to apply.
The candidate would be a
student pursuing a degree or other
higher education/vocational
career that will help those with
disabilities. The selection committee
would also like to see evidence
of the student’s involvement
with the special-needs
community.
Please visit our website
where you will find the Scholarship
Application. Feel free to
include a personal statement, including
personal and professional
goals to info@soderbergins.
com. Applications will be accepted
through November 30th.
The award will be made in 2021.
Tree committee seeking photo
contest entries
PHOTO | ANNE MARIE TOBIN
Kirk Mansfield addresses a question during the August 9
meeting of the town’s Historical Commision, of which he is
chairman.
BY SAM MINTON
Preserving history is no easy
task, but it’s something Kirk
Mansfield has been tasked with
nonetheless.
Mansfield has been a part of
Lynnfield’s Historical Commission
for two years and has been
chairman for about a year.
According to the Lynnfield
resident, his family has a deep
connection to the town. His
great-grandparents moved to
Lynnfield over 100 years ago
after living in Western Massachusetts.
“They bought this little dirt
road with four or five cottages
on it on Pillings Pond. My
great-grandfather, he named the
road after himself and he restored
the cottages,” said Mansfield.
“They stayed in the family
until the 70s and then they all got
sold off except for one — which
is the one I’m living in now.”
Mansfield added that he has
always lived in Lynnfield and
loves its history. As chairman
of the Historical Commission,
he enjoys getting to learn about
elements of the town’s story that
can’t exactly be found in any
historical documents.
“(Meeting) older people that
are still in Lynnfield that can tell
you a story, is truly my favorite
part because there’s not a lot of
them left,” he said. “But they
can sit down and tell you stories
about the town that we don’t
have in our history books. It’s
just great to hear them talk about
what life was like in Lynnfield
70 or 80 years ago, and that’s
really my favorite part, meeting
the people.”
Being a part of the Historical
Commission, Mansfield believes
that it’s important to keep
history alive and pass it on to the
next generations.
“You don’t learn from erasing
history, you learn from understanding
it,” he said. “If you just
bought a brand-new house in a
beautiful neighborhood, don’t
you wonder where that came
from, where that land came from
and the people that developed
it way before your house was
built? We should always learn
from the past.”
FOR THE WEEKLY NEWS
The Lynnfield Tree Committee
is once again presenting
a photo contest, Lynnfield
Through The Lens, for residents
to show us your best view of
Lynnfield’s trees.
All ages are invited to participate,
with six categories to
choose from and three chances
to win. A winning photo can be
submitted starting on August 15
until September 25, 2021, and
should be in digital format, preferably
jpeg, with a high enough
resolution to be reproduced as a
quality print.
Winning photos from each
category will be matted and
prominently displayed at the library
in October. Please remember:
This needs to be a tree in
Lynnfield, and the person submitting
should be the photographer.
The award ceremony and
presentation of prizes will be at
the 1714 Meeting House on Saturday,
October 2, at 10 a.m. The
grand prize for the winning photo
from each category will be a
native tree.
Northrup Associates
Helen Bolino
REALTOR ®, CBR
Chairman Circle Gold
2020 Boston Magazine Top Producer
26 Main Street
Lynnfield, MA 01940
Cell: 617-797-2222
WHAT IS YOUR
HOME REALLY
WORTH?
MORE THAN YOU
THINK!
Age 12 to 18? Under age 12?
Enter to win a tree with three
photos of your choice subject
matter.
Take a closer look at the trees
we have around us and capture
them in a photograph. Do you
have a tree that is Most Magnificent?
It can be mighty, majestic,
unusual or simply distinctive
to you. At this time of year,
trees have food for both wildlife
and humans on their mission to
spread seeds for future tree generations.
Forest Food comes in
many forms; fruit and cones are
the most common. Trees provide
Habitat for many, be it for nesting,
shelter, food or cover from
prey. Living Together, trees
support life in different ways. A
vine that needs light uses a tree
to reach the upper canopy. Fungi
and lichen live happily together
on living trees, but also on decomposing
dead trees.
To help applicants prepare
to enter this town-wide photo
contest, the Tree Committee is
presenting a special program, A
Photo Walk on the Trail to Partridge
Island, with local photographer
Greg Pronevitz. On Saturday,
August 28, we will meet at
the trailhead for a nature-themed
photo walk through one of our
conservation areas — Partridge
Island. Greg will highlight how
to effectively capture our relationship
with trees and nature
by taking cues from the photo
contest categories. This is appropriate
for photographers of all
ages; under 12 must be accompanied
by an adult. This is open
to Lynnfield residents only. For
the best experience for all of us,
there will be two groups with a
limit of 12 people per group (including
children) with pre-registration
required. Join us!
To pre-register for the photo
walk or submit contest photos,
you can directly access a link
from the town website (www.
town.lynnfield.ma.us) or from
www.lynnfieldtreecommittee.
org. Questions? Contact the
Conservation Commission office
at 781-334-9495 or email
the Tree Committee at lynnfieldtreecommittee@gmail.com.
Call for information on current market conditions!
Cell: 617-797-2222