LINCOLN, MASS. • VOL. 28, NO. 20 • THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009 • WWW.WICKEDLOCAL.COM/LINCOLN • $1.00

ClippedThe Lincoln-Sudbury boys hockeyteam bows to Newburyport .

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Love that lavaEnjoy a volcanic visit to Hawaii.

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IndexEducation, 13Perspectives, 8-9Public meetings, 3Religion, 16Seniors, 20Wildlife, 4

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By Mike Day

CorrespondentMassport has included two

rehabilitation and mainte-nance projects at HanscomField on its “shovel-ready” listfor possible federal stimulusfunds. Massport submittedtwo separate requests total-ing $9.725 million, both fallingunder the general heading oftaxiway rehabilitation.

Several state legislatorsraised objections to Mass-port’s bid for stimulus fundsfor the airport in a Feb. 23 let-ter to Gov. Deval Patrick’s of-fice signed by Sens. Ken Don-nelly, D-Arlington, and SusanFargo, D-Lincoln, and Reps.Cory Atkins, D-Concord,Thomas Conroy, D-Wayland,Jay Kaufman, D-Lexington,and Thomas Stanley, D-Waltham. In the letter, the leg-

islators questioned the eco-nomic viability of the projects,the potential environmentalimpact of infrastructure ex-pansion on adjacent historicareas, the status of these pro-jects as “shovel ready,” andwhether projects aimed at at-tracting more corporate jetactivity are in step with theObama administration’s em-phasis on “green” initiatives.

Local advisory groups,such as Save Our Heritage,have echoed those concerns.

“It’s just not a sustainablelong-term economic plan for

Massportseeks fundsfor airport

By Ben Aaronson

Staff WriterA pair of citizen petition

articles on the annual TownMeeting warrant could changethe way the town approachesspending on group homes.

Article 32 authorizes theBoard of Selectmen to appointan ad hoc committee to studytown-supported group homesand imposes a moratorium ontown spending for grouphomes until after the 2011 an-nual Town Meeting.

Walter Martin, who signedthe petition for Article 32, saidhe supports creating a moretransparent public processaround how the town spendsmoney on group homes andother forms of affordable

housing.“This article is about

process,” Martin said. “Thetown should have an implicitsay on a project in the futureand not just allocate lumpsums.”

Martin said the moratoriumon further projects would al-low the time to evaluate var-ious options for adding to thetown’s affordable housingstock.

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By David Brooks Andrews

CorrespondentIf you have any doubt that

two is better than one, youhaven’t met Lincoln’s Trydertwins or heard them play Irishjigs and reels on their fiddles.

Nor have you had the plea-sure of talking with them, hear-ing each one pick up where theother leaves off mid-sentence,laughing between themselvesas if they’re sharing a secretjoke, and interweaving a ta-pestry of words as if they havea single voice.

Alanna and Julia Tryder, 27-year-old identical twins, havebeen playing the fiddle togethersince they were 5 years old.

“At a subconscious level, wecan feel where the other wantsto go or if we’re going to repeata section,” said Julia. “Not byreading each other’s minds, butbecause as twins we spend somuch time together.”

Their first foray into Irisharts and culture was not as fid-dlers but as 3-year-old stepdancers.

“It was a short-lived career,”said Julia.

“It was recreational,” addedAlanna. “We competed for the

participants’ ribbon.”“Everyone got one,” said Ju-

lia with a laugh.It was a quick exchange of

sharp, understated wit, danc-ing eyes and grins that tookplace as the girls’ mother, Mau-reen, entered the family livingroom with a large china plat-ter of cheese, crackers, grapesand tea.

“I wanted them to dance inthe worst way,” she said.

But three years was enoughfor the girls.

When Michael and MaureenTryder moved their family fromNorwood to Lincoln, the girlsgot involved in an after-schoolmusic program in which theystudied violin by the Suzukimethod. Developed by Japan-ese violin teacher Dr. ShinichiSuzuki, the method applies theprinciples of language acquisi-tion to music instruction.

“It’s very parent-oriented,”said Alanna. “Our mom wouldsit with us and our teacher andmake sure we had a structureto go home with.”

They started by learningclassical violin, but before longtheir Uncle Al asked if they

Twin fiddlers are two of a kind

Photo by David Brooks AndrewsIdentical twins Alanna and Julia Tryder, 27, fiddle around on their violins in their

Lincoln home. The twins will perform in the Reagle Players’ upcoming production of

‘A little Bit of Ireland.’

‘We push ourselves to make the other better.’

Alanna Tryder

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Staff photos by Ann RingwoodKindergarteners David Peel, Matthew Crosby and Cassidy Underhill sing as they wait to join the hat parade as

part of the ‘Hats Off to Vocabulary’ program at Hanscom Primary School.

Students wore their creativity on theirsleeves, or rather, their heads during HatDay at Hanscom Primary School last Fri-day.

A school-wide community meeting,which included a student hat parade, was the cul-mination of a weeklong celebration of vocabulary,reading and legendary children’s author Dr. Seuss.

In honor of Read Across America week, as wellas Seuss’s birthday, students in grades K-3 and theirparent were invited to create a “vocabulary hat”

illustrating themeaning of anu n f a m i l i a rword. Parentshelped theirchildren definethe word and

brainstorm design ideas for ways to illustrate itsmeaning.

Students brought their hats to school and pre-sented them in the classroom on Dr. Seuss’s birth-day, Monday, March 2. Students donned theirdistinctive headgear once again on Friday, shar-ing their creations with the school community dur-ing a hat parade.

Students take hatsoff to reading

HAT PARADE AT HANSCOM

Seuss on the loose

ConeheadKayden Finkbeiner’s vocabulary hat

illustrates the word “conical.” HanscomPrimary School students and parentswere invited to decorate an old hat orconstruct one from objects, drawings,magazine clippings, paper plates, news-papers, or in Finkbeiner’s case, a brownpaper grocery bag.

Looking for adventure

Third-grader Tawny Stecher, 9, draws while sport-ing her vocabulary hat, which illustrates the word “ad-venturous.” Stecher and other students showed offtheir creations to the community in a hat parade aspart of Hat Day last Friday at Hanscom Primary School.

Under her hatPrincipal Randy Davis displays her vo-

cabulary hat, which illustrates the word“multicultural.” Davis joined in the fes-tivities as the school celebrated ReadAcross America week and the birthday(March 2) of children’s author Dr. Seuss.

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