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2 The Blackstone Valley Xpress • www.blackstonevalleyxpress.com • May 13, 2022 TURNER Continued from page 1 tinent. Fifty-five countries have French as their official language. Spanish is definitely spoken more domestically, but Quebec is only five hours away!” Ms. Turner said being Massachusetts Teacher of the Year “opened a lot of doors for me,” one of which led to her being selected to receive the Order of Academic Palms. Nothing Ms. Turner does surprises her parents, neither of whom speak French. She and her brother Eric, a Boston College grad, have both done well. Eric Turner works for KPMG, a prestigious accounting firm. Addressing their daughter’s achievements during a conversation in their home on April 21, the Turners said she is totally immersed in the life of the chevalier, or knight, that she now is. She has friends in Germany who she has known since high school. She organizes adult trips for teachers in Northbridge. Her command of the French language has been Kathleen Turner with her parents Don and Jean Turner. Her knowledge of the French language and culture has helped them immeasurably on trips to France that have made with her. helpful more than once when her parents have accompanied her on trips to France. She typically spends summers in Europe, after school is out. “In her class, from Day One, no English, only French,” Mr. Turner says. In her speech on April 18th, Ms. Turner said the idea of being a teacher “has always been a fundamental part of my identity. From the first day of preschool, I have felt comfortable in classrooms. They were like a home away from home. I was the nerdy kid who cried on snow days and on the last day of school before summer vacation. I pretended that my stuffed animals were my students. I brought home extra worksheets to teach my friends math when we were six. I tutored my classmates before tests in high school, and I even taught a Latin class to middle school students when I was a senior. So I never really ‘decided’ to become a teacher. It was just in me.” She credited her teachers in Northbridge, Monsieur (Phil) Cormier, Mademoiselle (Nancy) Sweeney and Madame (Elaine) Macomber, for bringing her to Paris for the first time when she was a junior. “The trip was magical, and, as with my experiences in classrooms, I felt strangely at home. I had barely unpacked my bags when I started to beg my poor parents to let me go back to France the following year. They said yes. They are still saying that they didn’t know how they could possibly say no! I majored in French in college (Harvard), I spent a semester studying and teaching English in Nantes, France, I got my degree in the spring of 1994, and I came to Sharon High school three months later.” Ms. Turner says her passion for French culture has only blossomed through the years. “Culturally, the love at first sight that I felt when I arrived in Paris has turned into a lifetime love affair with cities, villages, gardens, history, architecture, literature, traditions, lifestyle, food—ah the food—and above all, the people. The ability to speak French has allowed me to create some of the strongest relationships in my life.” Not surprisingly, the message on Ms. Turner’s answering machine at home is delivered in French. 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The Blackstone Valley Xpress • www.blackstonevalleyxpress.com • May 13, 2022 3 Xpressly Yours ... Where some ancients gather at ten minutes to eight o’clock What a curious sight the six or so of us must make, standing at the doorstep of the Dollar Tree in Whitinsville every morning just before the store opens. People unfamiliar with the scene who are driving past on their way to Shaw’s or Koopman’s (or maybe McDonald’s, for their morning coffee and a breakfast sandwich) must do a double take, or say to themselves “what are all those old guys up to? What are they waiting for?” The newspaper, for one American greenback—a third of its regular price—that’s what. The composition of the group has not changed much over the Blackstone Valley Boat Rentals years. Near as I can determine, on two-family houses “and we all of us are in our seventies, or were supposed to get something older. out of it, but haven’t.” Buzzy is usually the first to Frank can be counted on to Stand Up Boards for rent arrive, always pulling into the keep the dialogue going. On a ways trying to grow my own $45 daily, $40 ½ day (up to 3 hrs) or $79 for the weekend same parking spot, like a parishioner claiming the pew Daily, he weekend, is ac-weekling or onsite a man rates flying Includes a Paddle kite-like and Life con- jacket - like A Deposit Thomas required Jefferson did. recent Kayaks Monday & Canoe morning, Rentals notic- ever-expanding personal library, customed to occupying Sundays Pedal traption Boats powered and Row by a Boat gasoline Rentals I do not know much about in church. All of us do the same. Visit engine us online across for more information the sky and west current to rates Mr. Whittaker but at Ms. Buzzy wears sunglasses Group Rates to east, ~ Scouts toward ~ Mendon Families and ~Birthday Milford, Horan’s parties store I typically gravi- protect his eyes when there is a he said “look at that! Retate to the back room, where glare because he recently had member, Romasco used to do the biographies and classics and cataract surgery. Possessed of that!” There were nods of affirmation historical fiction are shelved. I an agreeable disposition, he from those who recalled know I will probably find a book is prone to saying, when the just such a sight. previously owned by Richard weatherman’s forecast is off the “Yeah, and once he ran into Whittaker, whose taste matched mark, “how would you like to some high-tension wires and mine. I latched onto two more of make six figures and be wrong half the time?” John is the “elder statesman” in his light vinyl jacket and Harvey Industries cap. He is ninety-one going on ninety-two. He touches a stanchion in the parking lot as he walks toward the store from his truck, presumably for good luck. Frank’s thick white hair is combed straight back. He became the talker of the group after Butch suffered a mishap, underwent rehabilitation, and decided not to come around anymore. Frank drops names of people he knows, wondering if we know them too. Or he will complain about such things as Uxbridge raising property taxes www.finandfeathersports.com zap!” John said. “Dead?” “No, not dead,” John replied. Pablo is still masking up although the rest of stopped wearing them as soon as the sign that they were required for entrance to the store was removed. Pablo is typically in a cheerful mood and liable to break into a rendition of “You Are My Sunshine” or “Good Morning, Vietnam.” Dick wears brown cotton garden gloves even on a forty-degree spring day with the sun flooding the stoop and warming our creaking bones. His car brakes mysteriously started giving out on him a month or so ago. He would have to pull off the road for fear of hitting something. He subsequently traded up to a new vehicle. Jack is an off-and-on presence. He worked for National Grid, I think, and so pays close attention to construction projects and road work and detours. He will say in amazement “have you noticed how many trees they’re taking down around here?” As for myself, I am unofficial co-captain of this strange band of brothers, with Buzzy, as two founding members of the group. When I am not engaged in the innocuous but often entertaining chit chat that develops between us I am probably thinking about the books from Richard Whittaker’s private collection that I purchase on a regular basis from Deb Horan at Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster. I am al- Mr. Whittaker’s books recently. Blackstone Valley Boat Rentals The first was Gerald Clarke’s Blackstone Valley Boat Rentals Stand Up Boards for rent $45 daily, $40 ½ day (up to 3 hrs) or $79 for the weekend Kayaks & Canoe Rentals Daily, weekend, weekly or onsite rates Includes Paddle and Life jacket - A Deposit required Pedal Boats and Row Boat Rentals Visit us online for more information and current rates Group Rates ~ Scouts ~ Families ~Birthday parties account of the life of Truman Capote. A week or so later I discovered a hardcover copy of In Cold Blood—Mr. Capote’s most famous work. Both books, as usual, contained Richard Whittaker’s signature just inside the cover, in a flowing, graceful script. I consider any book owned by Richard Whittaker to be worth the price. In Cold Blood cost me Single Item to Complete clean-outs CHAIN LINK Galvanized and Vinyl Coated more than I am used to paying but on the copyright page I saw what I look for as a pre-condition of purchase whenever possible: FIRST PRINTING. That the book and its dust jacket are in near-perfect condition clinched the deal. I don’t mention my visits to Booklovers’ Gourmet to the others as we wait for the newspaper. There is more pressing subject “Made You Look!” matter to discuss: the weather; the Red Sox; presidential politics; the war in Ukraine; and of course our aches and pains and medical appointments. We don’t contribute much of significance to the public discourse. But, as Buzzy likes to say, “at least we have fun.” Contact Rod Lee at rodlee.1963@gmail.com. YOU POINT. WE REMOVE. 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