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NOVEMBER 18, 2021
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I’d like to thank everyone who
participated in our Veterans Day
celebration on Thursday, Nov.
11. Thank you to Lynnfield’s
town administrator, Rob Dolan,
members of the Select Board, especially
Chairman Dick Dalton,
and guest speaker retired Colonel
Joe Connell, State Representative
Brad Jones, State Senator
Brendan Crighton, Lynnfield’s
American Legion Post 131 Firing
Squad, and Rev. Rob Bacon of St.
to the editor
Mr. Ogren’s letter of 10-21-21
expressed genuine concern by
the threat to our individual liberties
by those on the left by the
current administration. Our freedoms
continue to be eroded as
the critical race theory supporters,
along with organizations such as
ANTIFA and BLM, aim to reduce
our liberties with their own
insistence on how we should live
our lives. This threat includes not
For the Weekly NeWs
The Lynnfield Senior Center
is open and offers the following
programs: Come grocery shopping
on our van every Tuesday
and Friday morning. Space is
limited. Masks are required on
the van. Call Debby at 781-598-
1078 for more information and
to schedule your ride.
Our Veterans Group will
meet on Thursday, Dec. 2 at
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Veterans Day through
the eyes of a veteran
Seniors
Thank you to the town of
Lynnfield for a very respectful
veteran day ceremony. The ceremony
was held on the historic
Lynnfield Common and was conducted
by the Veterans Services
Officer Bruce Siegel. In addition
to the political figures that attended,
the young Girl Scouts,
Boy Scouts, and their families
were there. The preceding week,
spearheaded by Kate DePrizio, a
member of the Lynnfield School
Committee, the 3rd-grade Girl
Scout Troop #67136 and 1st-grade
Girl Scout Troop #83618, in addition
to Boy Scouts, troop leaders,
parents and caring Lynnfield residents
hand delivered to each veteran
a beautiful poem and a $25
gift card. It was very important for
veterans and their families to see
this response from the Lynnfield
community.
We are all raised as young
people by our parents and our
teachers to care about each other
and to avoid conflict.
Unfortunately, we still do have
conflict in the world and American
men and women are asked to
defend the country they love.
Children should be aware that
Paul’s Episcopal Church. Thank
you to the high school and middle
school bands, Lynnfield’s first responders,
and the Lynnfield Boy
Scouts and Cub Scouts.
Thanks to the DPW for the presentation
of the Town Common,
and thank you to the Lynnfield
Girl Scout Daisy Troop, along
with their sister Girl Scout Troop
for their singing of God Bless
America. A special thanks to my
wife, Candy, for helping to set
up the luncheon, for taking some
great photographs, and for her
being able to make our own medical
decisions. What should be of
particular concern to us on both
sides of the political aisle is the
response by Mr. Ellerin’s letter of
10-28-21 claiming that Mr. Ogren
“is a little too concerned about his
own freedom of choice” and his
“age-old, tired argument about
the articles of the constitution.”
Shouldn’t we always be concerned
about our freedoms? Our
US Constitution was based on
protecting our individual liberties
Senior Center programs
12:30. All members of the military
and their spouses are welcome.
Our Parkinson’s Fitness
class meets every Friday at 10
am. Come and strengthen your
body, balance, and movement.
Please join us. For questions
and to sign up, call Elaine at
781-598-1078. Masks are required
for all programs at the
Senior Center.
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these men and women through
the ages are the reason we are a
free country today. The memorials
on the common to veterans from
many wars and the small historic
cemetery across the street tell the
whole story.
“The soldier above all others
prays for peace, for it is the soldier
who must suffer and bear the
Douglas MacArthur
Respectfully
Robert Stewart, 173rd airborne,
Vietnam Purple Heart recipient
Mary Stewart
VSO says “Thank you”
support. Thank you to my good
friend Lou Trapasso, who helped
with the setup of the lunch and the
Common. And finally, thanks to
the many veterans and residents
of our great town who attended.
Your participation and support
helped make this year’s Veterans
Day a tremendous success. God
bless you all, and God bless our
veterans.
Bruce Siegel
Veterans Services officer/director
of Veterans Services
Liberty comes first
and we are foolish if we take them
for granted. Ask those in so many
other countries who don’t have the
rights we enjoy. These comments
should be a wake-up call and we
need to speak out against any effort
toward supporting infringements
to our individual liberties.
Thomas W. Martin
SOLD
Lynnfield Library
on the hunt for
a new director
By haNNah ChadWiCk
The Library Director Search
Committee is still on the hunt
for a long-term director to replace
interim Director Jennifer
Inglis.
The committee is currently
deliberating between two library-staffing
agencies; once
a contract is secured with one
of them, the real search will
begin.
On Nov. 3 the committee
spoke with Amanda Fauver,
a manager with Bibliotemps,
an employment service of the
Massachusetts Library System
that recruits library workers
for short- to long-term placements.
Fauver informed the
committee how the hiring process
would work and what the
job market currently looks like
in the midst of the pandemic.
“We are looking for the best
candidate we can get to fit this
library and the functions on
what we can do and where we
are going in the long term.”
said Committee Co-Chair
Richard Mazzola. “It is not a
matter of filling the job… we
are looking for someone who
fits us as a culture, and understands
division, and knows
how to get us from point A to
point C.”
A library director is a chief
administrator of the library
under the direction of the
Town Manager and Board of
Trustees. The responsibility of
a director is seen in all aspects
of the library’s operations, including
maintenance of the facility
and staff supervision.
According to the
Massachusetts Municipal
Association (MMA), “Primary
responsibilities involve the
overall direction of the library
(are) staff supervision,
budget and report preparation,
collection development and
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materials selection, program
development, management,
marketing, and effective interfacing
with community groups
and boards.”
The Lynnfield Board of
Trustees learned a lot from
Fauver, who covered everything
from the current job atmosphere
to the director-selection
process that would ensue.
Fauver also explained how
the demand for library directors
is extremely high since
the onset of the COVID-19
pandemic.
According to Fauver, there
are five other nearby communities
also looking for a
director.
Fauver shared with the
committee her beliefs on why
Biblotemps would be the best
agency to help the Lynnfield
Library through this process.
“The fees that you are going
to pay and have us help with
the search goes back in services
that your library is already
using,” Fauver said. “So
that money we are collecting
from you is going to support
statewide delivery, help pay for
e-books for kids and schools,
so those are all good reasons to
use bibliotemps.”
Community Paradigm
Associates, LLC. is the next
contender for the library’s
contract. Bernard Lynch represented
Community Paradigm
at a Library Director Search
Committee Meeting Tuesday
night.
Lynch, the founder of
Community Paradigm
Associates, has helped guide
cities and towns toward success
and efficacy for over 30 years.
As the meeting with Lynch
was postponed from its original
date, the Weekly News
was not able to cover it before
press time.
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