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Volume 5, Issue 9 March 1, 2012

The roof on the Chapel of St. Gabriel at Highland Cemetery has undergone temporary repair work, butthe town is looking into a more permanent repair job done.

PHOTO BY VINAYA SAKSENA

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After over a week withoutweb connectivity, town employ-ees appear to be getting emailservice back, while the officialtown website was still down asof press time.

Norwood’s official townwebsite (www.norwoodma.gov)ceased functioning sometimelast week. Since approximately

the same time, town hall andpublic safety employees havealso been unable to use theiremail accounts, due to problemswith the equipment that keeps itup and running.

In the last few days, visitorsto the town’s web address wouldfind that the only tasks that itcould help with were paymentof excise tax bills and online

registration for the town’s rec-reation center. The only otherinformation to be found was thefollowing statement:

“Thank you for your under-standing while we bring theTown’s WEB Page back online.It will be back shortly.”

On Friday, Town ManagerJohn Carroll said the town’sComputer Department was

working on restoring both thewebsite and employees’ emailservice. He said he hoped foremail service to be restored bythe end of that day, and the fullwebsite sometime this week.

Carroll said the problemswith the town’s website andemail system appeared to havebeen caused by a hard drive fail-ure.

On Monday, a police spokes-man said the Norwood PoliceDepartment was able to sendemails, but not receive them. Henoted that emails sent after Feb.13 were most likely not re-ceived, and asked that those whosent emails to the departmentduring that period re-send themif possible.

As of this writing, the townweb ite had still not been re-stored to normal operation.

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The roof of a chapel build-ing damaged by wind lastmonth has undergone tempo-rary repairs, with estimatesbeing sought for more perma-nent repair work, according to

Assistant Town ManagerBernie Cooper.

The roof of the Chapel of St.Gabriel at Highland Cemeteryunderwent temporary repairs,shortly after it was damaged bywind getting under the roof andblowing it up into the air aroundFriday, Jan. 13 and Saturday,Jan. 14. Now, Cooper, who has

been overseeing the project,is looking into how more per-manent repairs on the build-ing will be completed andpaid for.

Cooper said temporary re-pairs were made to the roof,which, unusually, is made

Selectmen wishPlasko a quick recovery

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Members of the Board ofSelectmen asked for prayersTuesday night for the oneBoard member who could notbe there, after learning that hehad been involved in a medi-cal emergency on a planeflight.

A day earlier, it had beenlearned that Selectman Will-iam Plasko Sr. had been hos-pitalized in Connecticut, ap-parently after suffering a heartattack. While Plasko’s currentcondition was uncertain atpress time, Board ChairmanMichael Lyons said he hadheard it had improved some-what after hospitalization.

“He is resting comfortablyin Connecticut right now,”Lyons said Monday. “He’s do-ing much better.”

The airline flight Plaskohad been a passenger on re-portedly conducted an emer-gency landing after he hadcomplained of not feelingwell. Lyons said he had beentold Plasko suffered a heart

attack shortly after the land-ing, while being transportedto a nearby hospital.

The other selectmenwished Plasko a quick recov-ery Tuesday night, noting thathis tireless work ethic hadmade him invaluable to thetown.

“He’s a good man,” saidSelectman Paul Bishop. “He’salways given 110 percent.”

Selectman A.D. Howardsaid he also hoped for Plaskoto recover quickly. Donohuenoted that Plasko’s hard workfor the town had started at asurprisingly early age, with a

Selectman William Plasko Sr.

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Frank Reflections/Frank Sullivan

THERE COMES A TIME

Time-consuming stepsmust be taken when decidingto permanently leave yourresidence in order to transi-tion into an assisted living orextended care facility.

Questions run from thesublime to the serious?Where is the Tupperware go-ing to be stored? What aboutthe increased costs?

The emotional and finan-cial considerations of movinginto such a facility can be in-timidating. Like any life-changing moment, all worksout well, with proper plan-ning. Where to begin is im-portant.

Often, considering an as-sisted living facility is the re-sult of a health and welfareconcern. In many instances,a serious fall or the death ofone’s spouse begins the as-sisted-living journey for thesurviving spouse.

Contemplating a depar-ture from your family home,where so many memorieswere created and shared, ismost difficult, on an emo-tional and financial level.Absent moving to a morecomfortable, i.e. downsized,

single-family, or condo-minium property, assistedliving is often a great option.

Individuals, couples, andtheir children and others in-volved in the transition areempowered when such a de-parture is a healthy choice,not a nerve-wracking, last-ditch alternative.

According to the Centersfor Disease Control and Pre-vention, “each year, one inevery three adults age 65 andolder falls.” We all know thatfalls in the elderly often leadto hip fractures.

Five years ago, my mother,now 84, and my six siblingsand I grieved my dad’s deathand celebrated his life.Shortly, thereafter, mymother, a nurse for 32 years,fell and fractured her hip.

During her rehabilitation,we all discussed our mother’snext best step. I recall mymother smiling and saying, “Ifany of you are thinking ofadding on to your homes, it isnot an option. I don’t want toruin anyone’s marriage.”

My oldest sister is a nurseand had a second home nearbyto hers in Florida that pro-vided one-floor living space.My mother moved south.However, eventually, shelonged for a return to Boston.

That is when my siblingsand I undertook the task offinding an assisted-livinghome. In addition to costs andgeography (proximity to chil-dren) we learned about medi-cal and personal care andother services, and facilities,extracurricular activities, din-ing and transportation ser-vices.

It was an education. Wevisited a few facilities andplaced put our trust in the staffat Edelweiss Village in WestRoxbury. As a unique combi-nation of housing and person-alized care, it became the nextplace our mom called “home.”

From the moment one isgreeted at the front desk, tak-ing note of the warmth andcleanliness, to the time a tourof its grand, inviting resi-dences is complete, confi-dence is the word.

The skilled and compas-sionate staff - the nurses andaides, the administrationteam, the housekeepers, hair-

dresser, exercise staff and thedining room and activitiesstaff and slew of young andolder volunteers - everyone iscaring and professional. Eachis a valued participant in thisphase of our mother’s digni-fied and enjoyable life.

According to its website,“Edelweiss Village is part ofthe Deutsches Altenheimcommunity, founded in 1914by the German Ladies AidSociety of Boston... Once en-tirely of German heritage, to-day the Deutsches Altenheim,offering skilled nursing, post-acute rehabilitation,Alzheimer’s care, outpatientrehabilitation, as well as re-spite and hospice services toindividuals of all nationali-ties, races and religions.

“For time immemorial, theEdelweiss flower has beenvalued as medicine against theailments of man and as the ul-timate love charm of themountains. The EdelweissVillage name reflects not onlyDeutsches Altenheim’s Ger-man ethnicity but also its en-during source of kindness andcare. Edelweiss Village pro-vides just the right balance oflove, respect and compas-sion...”

It is of great comfort toknow that our mother, like thebeautiful Edelweiss flower acharming and enduringwoman, is surrounded by aproverbial garden of nurturingmen and women, residentsand staff, young and old,alike.

I admit I am biased. Thereare plenty of terrific assistedliving facilities. Ours worksgreat for our mother; as sheinsisted, nobody’s marriagegot ruined!

There comes a time whena fall or other traumatic inci-dent may cause you to hur-riedly seek a new home. Withproper planning, a positiveperspective and the guidanceof professionals like those ata facility such as EdelweissVillage, the next step can andshould be a change for thebetter!

There comes a time, it can’t be denied,the decisions made on your own.So many questions first put aside,answers need not be given alone.

So long to a home where once your heart,always brought such fashion and style.

It was right there from a hard-earned start,your positive light made others smile.

There comes a time, when life’s obstacle coursepresents challenges about your protection.

Surrounded by friends you are absent remorse,now content in your assisted direction.

By J. Keith Motley, PhD, UMass Boston Chancellor

Earlier this month the University of Massachusetts

Boston received national recognition for something

we know we’ve been doing from the start: providing

students from our Commonwealth and beyond with

a high-value education. Our university was named by

the Princeton Review as one of the “Best Value Col-

leges” in the United States.

To qualify for the list, schools must offer excellent

academics coupled with generous financial aid and/

or relatively low costs of attendance. UMass Boston

has always operated on the principle that these two

qualities – excellence and value – can coexist, which

is why this award is especially meaningful.

The Princeton Review’s 2012 list of “Best Value Col-

leges” includes 75 public and 75 private colleges and

universities across the country. Eleven are in Massachu-

setts; UMass Boston has the distinction of being the only

public university or college in the state named to the list.

This is the season when students and parents are

considering options for higher education and profes-

sionals are looking for opportunities to advance their

careers. If that describes you, I encourage you to check

out the list, along with profiles of the schools featured,

in the new Princeton Review book Best Value Colleges:

2012 Edition or online at www.princetonreview.com.

The education services company selected UMass

Boston as a “Best Value” school based on analyses of

data collected from 650 institutions identified as hav-

ing excellent academics. Its statisticians reviewed

data on academics, cost of attendance, and financial

aid, and also incorporated student feedback on pro-

fessors and financial support.

It doesn’t surprise me that our students are happy

with their education and with the support they receive

to pursue it. Our faculty take care to make sure our

students are learning to the best of their potential, and

they develop extramural research funding – including

$54 million in sponsored awards last year alone – so

that our students can work with them on cutting-edge

studies and projects with real-world implications.

And every year, we award more than $132 million in

financial aid to our students, much of it in the form of

grants and scholarships that do not have to be repaid.

I am proud that UMass Boston has been singled out

for excellence in our classrooms, and for providing the

financial assistance that helps get deserving students

into those classrooms. It’s wonderful to have been rec-

ognized by the Princeton Review for what we already

knew – that we are making good on our commitment

to provide access to first-rate higher education, and

that we continue to be Boston’s public research univer-

sity with a teaching soul.

For more information about the Princeton Review

ranking, and opportunities at UMass Boston, visit

www.umb.edu/bestvalue or call 617.287.6000.

UMass Boston: A ‘Best Value’ Proposition

www.umb.edu

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St. Jude’s NovenaMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout theworld, now and forever. Sa-cred Heart of Jesus pray for us.St. Jude, worker of miracles,pray for us. St. Jude, helper ofthe hopeless, pray for us. Saythis prayer 9 times a day. Bythe 9th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publicationmust be promised. Thank youSt. Jude. My Prayers were an-swered.

In gratitude for helping me.—J.R.G.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail!)

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

Grateful thanks. —J.R.G.

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Selectmen approveDPW contract


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The Board of Selectmenvoted unanimously Tuesdaynight to approve a memorandumof understanding between thetown and the union representingDepartment of Public Works(DPW) employees.

In a letter dated Feb. 27,Doug Wigandt, President of theAmerican Federation of State,County and Municipal Employ-ees (AFCSME) Local 1451, saidthe union had voted in favor ofratifying the contract it had re-cently agreed to during media-tion procedures with the town.In a letter to the selectmen, TownManager John Carroll informedthe Board of the union’s deci-sion and recommended that theselectmen “do the same.”

At their meeting Tuesdaynight, the selectmen quicklyvoted to approve the memoran-

dum of understanding, whichwas originally scheduled fortheir executive session later thatnight. Since no Board membershad unresolved questions aboutthe agreement, A.D. Howardmade a motion to approve it,which was seconded by HelenAbdallah Donohue.

Full details of the agreementcould not be obtained in time forpublication in this issue. How-ever, the details available in-cluded changes in compensationand conference attendancepolicy for union employees.

The memorandum said thatemployees covered by the agree-ment would not receive an in-crease to their base salaries inFiscal Year 2012. The agree-ment, which is effective “fromJuly 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014,”includes a 1.5 percent salary in-crease for all employees cov-ered, effective July 1, 2012- thebeginning of Fiscal Year 2013.

Contract language regarding“night differential” pay forevening and nighttime hours setthe differential for those shiftsat $1.50 per hour. Evening hourswere defined as being from 3:00p.m. until 11:00 p.m., whilenight hours were defined as be-ing from 11:00 p.m. until 7:00a.m.

Union delegates, meanwhile,would be allowed six days onwhich to attend state and na-tional conferences “without lossof pay,” with these days to bedivided among union membersat their discretion. Under thenew language, the union is re-quired to give their departmenthead no less than ten days’ no-tice of conferences they wish toattend.

In the works at PublicWorks…

The Selectmen also heard amonthly report from Mark Ryan,Director of Public Works andEngineering, regarding theDepartment’s recent activities.In addition to the DPW’s usualmaintenance-related activities,Ryan noted that the Departmenthad issued 41 trash and recy-cling violations, with offensesincluding leaves in trash cans,trash in recycling bins and “ex-cessive trash” outside of trashcontainers.

Ryan noted that the Depart-ment had recently been workingwith a consultant on concept

Special registrationfor election

The Board of Registrarswishes to inform the residentsof the Town of Norwood that aspecial registration session hasbeen set for the April 2, 2012Annual Town Election.

An evening special registra-tion session will be held at theMunicipal Building, Room 32on Tuesday, March 13, 2012from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.This is the FINAL REGIS-TRATION SESSION prior tothe Annual Town Election.

Daily registration of voters

will be conducted at the TownClerk’s office, Mondaythrough Friday from 8:00 a.m.to 4:00 p.m.

A mail-in registration formis now available at NorwoodMorrill Memorial Library andthe Norwood Post Office.

Qualifications to register tovote are that applicants mustbe 18 years old on or beforeelection day and must either beborn in the United States or bea Naturalized Citizen.


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Library EventsAUTHOR OFAPPALACHIAN TRAILHIKE TO SPEAKAT LIBRARY

Come to the Morrill Memo-rial Library on Tuesday, March6 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon tohear author Charme Burns tellthe story of how one group ofwomen hiked the AppalachianTrail, section by section, overthe course of 20 years.

While many AppalachianTrail hikers judge their successby whether or not they completethe 2,180 miles in six months orless, the Mountain MarchingMamas took a different ap-proach. In the late 1970s, thisgroup of intrepid women com-mitted to leave work and familyfor one week a year to tackle the“five million steps” of the A.T.

The author of It’s AlwaysUp: Memories of the Appala-chian Trail, Charme Burns, willtell the Mamas’ story, recount-ing their history on the trail andpresenting readings from thebook and photos from their ad-venture. It’s Always Up high-lights their wilderness experi-ences, both thrilling and humor-ous, as they went from naïveenthusiasts to seasoned hikers.Their stories reveal the joyfulspirit of these five friends andthe life lessons they broughthome from their annual reunionon the trail.

Ms. Burns is a retired edu-cator from Gainesville, FL. Cop-ies of her book will be availablefor purchase after the program,and complimentary trail mix andbottled water will be provided.Please sign up at the library Ref-erence or Information Desk orcall 781-769-0200, x110 or 222.The library is accessible topeople with physical disabilities.

BETH GOLDMAN TOPORTRAY GRACEFAIRBANKE AT THE LIBRARY

Would you l ike to meetGrace Fairbanke, who lived inthe earliest surviving timber-frame house in North America,now known as the historicFairbanks House in Dedham?Actress Beth Goldman, asGrace, will return to the MorrillMemorial Library on Thursday,March 8 at 7 p.m. to tell us thestory of the Fairbanke familyand their life in early Colonialtimes right up the highway.

Beth is currently directingThe 39 Steps at the Black BoxTheater in Mansfield and willappear there onstage in The GinGame in June. She has numer-

ous acting and directing creditsto her name, and delighted heraudience at the Norwood Li-brary last year with her portrayalof a Donut Dollie during WorldWar II. The former Outreach,Reference and Technology Li-brarian at the Morrill MemorialLibrary, Beth is now the librar-ian at Norwood High School andworks as an acting coach as well.

Don’t miss another terrificperformance by this talented lo-cal favorite. Funding for thisfree program is provided by theFriends of the Library and a par-tial grant from the Norwood Cul-tural Council. Space is limited,so sign up early at the Referenceor Information Desk or call 781-769-0200, x110 or 222. The li-brary is accessible to those withphysical disabilities.

FRIENDSWELCOME CANALE

Welcome local author andguest speaker Suzie Canale onWednesday, March 21, at 7:30p.m. Ms. Canale is the authorof the children’s book The Landof Chocolate Cosmos and, mostrecently, The Popcorn Hydran-gea of Poppingtom, publishedearlier this year! She is currentlyat work on further books which,like the originals, elegantly meshfun and exciting stories withvaluable messages about the im-portance of protecting the envi-ronment. We hope you will beable to join us for this fun andinformative night. For more in-formation and to register, pleasecall the library at 781-769-0200.Ms. Canale will be speaking inthe Library’s Simoni Room.

WHAT ARE WEEATING? FOOD TALKAT THE LIBRARY

Join Health Coach CharissaSharkey when she returns to theMorrill Memorial Library onTuesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. totalk about a subject close toeveryone’s hearts: food!

Over the last 50 years, foodin America and the way we eathas changed dramatically. Homecooking was the norm a genera-tion or two ago, and restaurantdining and take-out were the ex-ception. In today’s busy world,access to affordable restaurantsand the abundance of processedand fast foods have made a bal-anced meal made from scratchsomewhat of a luxury. In thisworkshop we will explore whatwe’re really eating, how it maybe affecting our health, and whatwe can do about it.

Some of the topics beingcovered will include the differ-ence between organic and con-ventional food and when tosplurge; gluten, dairy, nut andother food sensitivities; and fac-tory farms, processed foods andother dietary concerns. Pleasesign up for this free and infor-mative program at the libraryReference or Information Deskor call 781-769-0200, x110 or222. The library is accessibleto the physically disabled.

“WHY I LOVE MYLIBRARY” ESSAYCONTEST ATTHE LIBRARY

Put your writers’ caps on!This March, the Morrill Memo-rial Library in Norwood will besponsoring an essay contest for

students and adults. The topic is“Why I Love My Library.” Thecontest has two categories. Thefirst is open to any student whois a resident of Norwood. Theother category is open to adults,age 18 and over, who are resi-dents of the town.

Anyone interested in enter-ing the contest may stop by theNorwood Library for details andthe entry form or find themonline atwww.norwoodlibrary.org. Eachsubmission MUST include theentry form and may not exceed1,000 words. To qualify, essaysmust be submitted betweenMarch 1-31 by email [email protected] or to thelibrary’s Outreach Department.Three prizes will be awarded ineach category, student and adult.The first, second and third prizesare $50, $30 and $20 gift cardsto Barnes & Noble. Winners willbe announced on Monday, April30, 2012.

The library wishes to expressits appreciation to the Andrewand Ernest J. Boch MemorialFund for its generous donationto this contest. We encourageour library users to give it a try.

DRUM AWAY THEBLUES AT THE LIBRARY

Get in the spiri t of St .Patrick’s Day with drummer/per-cussionist Craig Harris at theMorrill Memorial Library onThursday, March 15 at 7 p.m.Using hand drums, assorted per-cussion instruments, puppets,stories and songs, Mr. Harriswill give a presentation suitablefor all age,s entitled “DrumAway the Blues: the Music andRhythms of the Emerald Isles.”

Mr. Harris has performed inconcert and recorded with manyinternationally known artists. Ahighly respected music journal-ist and photographer as well, hisarticles, reviews and photo-graphs have appeared in publi-cations around the globe. He isalso the author of three books onworld and folk music. With aMaster’s degree in educationand a Massachusetts teachingcertificate in music, Harristaught in public schools for 26years before launching DrumAway the Blues! in 2009.

Sign up for this enjoyableevening of Irish music, fundedby the Friends of the Library, atthe Reference or InformationDesk or call 781-769-0200,x110 or 222. The library is ac-cessible to the physically chal-lenged.

SIGN-UP FORWINTER STORYTIMES

Registration has begun forthe Children’s Winter Storytimes at the Morrill MemorialLibrary. There are weeklystorytimes for children, ages in-fant thru 5 years, as well as amonthly evening pajamastorytime. Older children mayjoin the Scrabble Club, OrigamiClub, Duct Tape Club, or theNYRA Book Club, or enjoy theYoga Program or Valentine’sCrafts and Cards. Lucy theR.E.A.D. Dog will be visiting,and we will be celebrating herbirthday. Stop by the library formore information and to regis-ter for these exciting programs.You may also view the programsonline at norwoodlibrary.org.

How feverish the last few days must have been prior to thedeadline for filing papers seeking election to the Norwood SchoolCommittee. Three incumbents choosing to run for the open twoyear seat on the board versus seeking the three year seat as mostwould have assumed is odd enough. Then discovering SueMcQuaid is the only candidate seeking the three-year seat seemsdownright bizarre, until one stops to think about it.

As most are aware, there was a covert operation at the last TownMeeting to reduce Norwood’s School Committee to five membersfrom its current seven. Covert in the sense that some school com-mittee members were in on the planning of the article for the reor-ganization without other members of the committee being awareof it. As written here before, this newspaper found the underhand-edness odious. We support the reduction of the board from sevenmembers to five, just not the way it was orchestrated.

So, how does the reorganization efforts explain the oddities ofwho is running for what seat? Well, it became obvious that twocurrent members of the school committee, Dick Kief and JimGormley, were part of the gang seeking the board’s reduction. Itshould also be noted that Sue McQuaid spoke strongly in favor ofthe board’s reduction during the discussion of the article at TownMeeting.

Given the above, it doesn’t take a Mensa member to assumethat Kief and McQuaid, and perhaps Gormley, have formed analliance to continue the board’s restructuring. What can also bereasonably assumed is that Paul Samargedlis has not been invitedto the dance, given he was left out in the cold during Town Meet-ing. Therefore, is it a stretch to assume that Kief made a pact toseek a two-year seat so that McQuaid could go head to head withSamargedlis?

“I don’t make decisions based on other people,” Kief said whenasked. “I make my own decisions- although I’m very happy she’sin the race. I think she’ll be an excellent addition to the SchoolCommittee.” McQuaid declined to comment on the other candi-dates’ decisions not to run in the same race as her. However, shedid express surprise that Samargedlis in particular had opted to runfor the two-year seat. “I was surprised, because I was still underthe impression that he was running for a three-year seat,” McQuaidsaid. “I haven’t spoken to him, so I don’t know what his rationalewas.”

Ok, reading between the lines, why was McQuaid surprised atSamargedlis’s decision to seek the two-year seat and not surprisedthat Kief made the same decision? And does anyone really believethat Kief opted to seek the two-year seat without prior knowledgeof McQuaid’s intentions? And finally, no one should be surprisedwhen McQuaid said she hadn’t spoken to Samargedlis prior to herfiling papers. That’s the only part of all this that is consistent andmakes sense.

At least Samargedlis was honest and open about everything.“Having someone like Susan McQuaid express interest is verypowerful,” Samargedlis said of learning that McQuaid had joinedthe race. “So I made the choice to go out and get my papers thatday for the two-year seat.” In other words, he was aware of thedynamics going on behind the scenes and made the move he feltbest to preserve his presence on the board. We appreciate his can-dor.

Given past criticisms of the School Committee by this newspa-per, it should be no surprise when we state that most any changeswould be welcome ones. Even discounting the past arrests andresignations, it really has been a dysfunctional group the past fewyears. However, what shouldn’t be forgotten is that at least a por-tion of the dysfunction can be attributed to the fractured nature ofits members. We can only hope that the recent behind the scenesmaneuverings of a few to direct the outcome of the next election isnot a harbinger of actions to come by the Norwood School Com-mittee. Residents and school kids deserve a fully functioning, co-hesive board.


Boch Honda facesunion-busting allegations


The allegations keep com-ing in a labor dispute betweena prominent local auto busi-ness and the union that itsworkers recently joined.

Technicians employed byBoch Honda joined the Inter-national Association of Ma-chinists and Aerospace Work-ers in November of 2010, andhave since begun contract ne-gotiations with the business’smanagement. Since negotia-tions began, however, theunion claims that Boch Hondamanagement has deliberatelydrawn the process out and en-gaged in various union-bustingtactics, while the company in-sists it has been negotiating ingood faith.

Last month, the unionstaged a protest in response tothe company’s actions, joinedby members of several otherlabor unions, including theAFL-CIO, the InternationalBrotherhood of ElectricalWorkers (IBEW), the Massa-chusetts Nurse’s Associationand the Greater Boston LaborCouncil. There, union repre-sentatives took Boch Honda totask for what they said was afailure to reach a contractagreement after a whole year,which they further alleged wasthe result of a company effortto stall negotiations until theunion’s presence at the shopcould be weakened, and even-tually eliminated.

“We’ve probably doneabout 25 or 30 of them, withvery minimal progress,” saidE. Michael Vartabedian, busi-ness representative for the In-ternational Association of Ma-chinists and Aerospace Work-ers.

In a written statement is-sued the day of the protest,Boch Honda management saidit had negotiated “in goodfaith” with the union, reachingagreement on “many issues,”and meeting with the union asrecently as Feb. 9. The state-ment noted that a group ofemployees had filed a decerti-fication petition with the Na-tional Labor Relations Board(NLRB), which would effec-

tively end the shop’s union sta-tus if successful.

“Recently, a Decertifica-tion Petition [sic] has beenfiled by a group of employeeswith the National Labor Rela-tions Board, requesting that theNLRB conduct an election atBoch Honda to determine ifthe Machinists currently rep-resent a majority of the Tech-nicians [sic],” the Boch Hondastatement said. “Unfortu-nately, that Petition and Elec-tion [sic] are being held inabeyance pending Charges[sic] filed against the Com-pany by the MachinistsUnion.”

Vartabedian said the com-bination of stalled negotiationsand a request for a decertifica-tion vote added up to a com-mon union-busting tactic:slowing negotiations downlong enough so that workerswould be without a contractlong enough to make decerti-fication a viable option. An-other common tactic, he said,was to hire several new em-ployees who would not sup-port the union in order to skewthe vote.

Vartabedian and the Asso-ciation of Machinists andAerospace Workers have filednumerous charges against thecompany, including allega-tions of efforts to intimidate ordiscourage union supporters,which Vartabedian alleged hadresulted in one shop stewardquitting his job. Most recently,on Feb. 23, the union filed acharge of changing terms andconditions of employment.

Thomas McAndrew, an at-torney who has been represent-ing Boch Honda in the dispute,declined to comment on thenewest charge, saying he wasnot familiar with the nature ofthe allegations. However,Boch Honda’s statement said

the company intended to con-tinue to uphold its end of thebargain in the negotiation pro-cess.

“I’m unaware of it and Iknow nothing about it,”McAndrew said of the latestcharge against the company.

“It is the Company’s hopeand expectation that all Tech-nicians [sic] will have an op-portunity to vote in a secretballot election conducted bythe National Labor RelationsBoard in the near future,” theBoch Honda statement said.“In the meantime, the Com-pany remains committed tofulfilling its obligation to ne-gotiate in good faith with theMachinists Union.”

Boch Honda.


Chapel continued from page 1

Selectmen continued from page 3

from copper. He said the contractor who per-formed the repairs had been paid well under$10,000 for the temporary repair work.

“The roof is water-tight at the moment,”Cooper said late last week. “So that’s not aproblem.”

Cooper said one side of the roof had beenstripped as a result of the weather damage. Andwhile the status of the other side of the roofwas not known for sure, Cooper said it ap-peared likely that the entire roof would haveto be replaced.

Cooper said the town has requested a costestimate for all of the work needed to com-plete permanent roof repairs on the Chapel, anda report from an architectural firm on whatwork will be needed. Once the estimate is re-ceived, Cooper said, town officials will deter-mine whether or not the project needs to beput out to bid.

The temporary repairs had been funded outof the Cemetery’s operating budget, Cooper

said. However, the source of funding for the per-manent repairs was less certain, and may be thesubject of a Town Meeting article later this year,he said.

“Later in the year, we’ll see how big a [finan-cial] impact it makes,” Cooper said.

Cooper said the town had been in contact withthe insurance company that covers the Chapel tosee how much of the damage would be coveredby the town’s policy. He said the policy had a$10,000 deductible, with any balance over thatamount to be covered by the insurance company.Cooper previously told the Board of Selectmenthat he believed the total cost of the repairs wouldexceed $10,000.

Making the project unique was the fact thatthe Chapel’s roof was made of copper, Coopersaid. He said efforts were being made to find outif a copper replacement roof could be procuredand installed, noting that town officials wantedthe new roof to be similar to the old one to what-ever extent possible.

plans for a proposed PublicWorks yard, which would ex-pand their existing facilities. Headded that Highway and ParksDepartment employees hadbeen cleaning and weather-proofing a property on LenoxStreet that had recently beenpurchased for Department use.He said the work included re-placement of broken windows,installation of a concrete floorand new interior lights, and theaddition of a “Public Works”sign on the outside of the build-ing.

Let there be light… andbroadband

Also giving their report tothe Board that evening were rep-resentatives of Norwood Lightand Broadband. DepartmentSuperintendent Malcolm

McDonald began by thankingState Representative JohnRogers for seeking changes tolegislation that he said otherwisewould have had adverse effectson their department, includingprobable fee increases.

Norwood Light Electric As-sistant Superintendent JamesCollins Jr. gave a brief report ona project the department hopedto undertake in the near future,making improvements to trans-mitter poles in the area stretch-ing from Dean Street to thenearby town of Sharon. He saidthe work was not in urgent needof being completed, but wouldhave to be addressed before toolong.

Collins said sixty-eight ofthe poles were wooden units,which were about forty years old

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There are a small number oftown meeting member posi-tions with no candidates seek-ing them, but there may be away to take care of that, TownHall staffers said.

Of the 252 total memberseats, thirty-five do not haveany potential takers at the mo-ment, according to staff in theTown Clerk’s office. However,that is nothing that at leastthirty-five write-in campaignscan’t solve. Although the dead-line for filing nomination pa-pers for this year’s election haslong since passed, it is not too

late to conduct a write-in cam-paign.

Of those thirty-five vacan-cies without candidates, themost- ten of them- are in Dis-trict Six, followed by DistrictSeven with nine. There arethree vacancies each in Dis-tricts One and Two, four in Dis-trict Five, and six in DistrictEight. There are candidates forall vacancies in Districts Three,Four and Nine.

Town Moderator DavidHern Jr. said the ability to holda town meeting was not threat-ened unless there were notenough members for a quorum.He said a quorum required thatfifty percent of all available

member seats plus one be filled.“We may operate without a

full complement of town meet-ing members,” Hern said. “Aslong as we have a quorum,” itis allowable.

Hern noted that a re-districting following the 2010census caused all town meetingmembers to have to run forelection again, even if theirterms had not expired.

Those interested in conduct-ing a write-in campaign are en-couraged to contact the TownClerk’s office for more infor-mation on the proper way to dothis. The general number forTown Hall is (781) 762-1240.

and probably the most likely toneed replacing. A mile of linepurchased from NSTAR in-cluded units that were in bettercondition, Collins said.

One factor that would haveto be looked into before workon the poles could begin, Collinssaid, was permitting. He notedthat some of the poles might beon wetlands, and that accessingsome of them was tricky.

“It’s not that accessible,”Collins said. “Some of it’s inpretty rough terrain.”

term as town moderator,and many positions sincethen.

“He works, and works,and works and works,”Donohue said. “Maybethat’s why he got sick.”

“We really need him,”Lyons agreed. “He’s al-ways been the [hardest-working] man in showbusiness.”

Plasko Sr.continued from page 1


The head of the town’s Rec-reation Department is lookingfor people who can prove them-selves the biggest losers intown.

Recreation Director JerryMiller said he was looking toresurrect the town’s “BiggestLoser” contest, in which localscompete to see who can lose themost weight. Although he hasnot officially announced it yet,Miller recently told the Boardof Selectmen of his intention tore-launch the contest.

“We’re trying to get it back

online again,” Miller said.Miller said the town first put

on the contest about eight yearsago. It ran for about four years,but eventually came to an enddue to lack of interest. How-ever, Miller said he had recentlybeen contacted by several resi-dents asking if the contest couldbe brought back to life.

According to Miller, contes-tants have typically been di-vided into teams of six or eightmembers, with a weigh-in tak-ing place before the start of thecontest. Teams in past contests

have been formed to representtown departments, local busi-nesses, neighborhoods or othergroups of residents. In one pastcontest, Miller said, one policeofficer lost thirty pounds overthe course of the contest.

The entry fees in past con-tests have been in the $5.00range, Miller said. Details ofthe upcoming contest were stillbeing finalized at press time,but Miller said they would beannounced on the town’s website (www.norwoodma.gov) inthe coming weeks.

Are you a Big Loser?

Brown setting sightson Boston Marathon


Left: Matt Brown and his father, Michael Brown, with Matt's prized hockey Jerseys from Bobby Orr, PatriceBergeron and Wayne Gretsky. Right: The customized wheelchair Matt rode in the Hyannis Marathon.

PHOTOS BY VINAYA SAKENA

If you find it surprising thatsomeone who has been para-lyzed from the chest downwould be found anywhere neara 26.2-mile marathon route, con-sider this: for Matt Brown, thatwas just the first step towards alarger goal.

On Sunday, the NorwoodHigh School senior, who wasparalyzed in a hockey-relatedaccident just over two years ago,completed the entire HyannisMarathon. He was pushed- lit-erally and otherwise, he says- byfamily friend Lucas Carr, androde in a customized wheelchairmade by the Adaptive Star com-pany.

Brown said the idea camepartly from the famous father-son athletic team of Dick andRick Hoyt- the latter being aHolland, Massachusetts manwho has cerebral palsy- forwhom Carr had performedfundraising work. After learningthat the two had participated inthe Boston Marathon multipletimes, Carr mentioned the ideato Brown, and the two got towork.

According to Brown, he andCarr did a couple of practiceruns before last weekend’smarathon- a three-mile track runat Norwood High School lastThursday, followed by a two-mile run the following day. OnSunday, Matt and his father,Michael Brown traveled to thesite of the Hyannis Marathon,joined by several family mem-bers and friends.

For the final stretch of themarathon, Carr unfurled anAmerican flag, eliciting cheersfrom the audience. However,Brown said, the two of them hadalready been in high spirits forsome time by that point, despitethe challenges presented by therun.

“The emotions were flying,”Brown said. “We did the firstfour or five minutes with greattime. I think I underestimatedthe cold a little bit. It was prettychallenging, but it turned out tobe a good day.”

“I didn’t actually [run], but Iwas drained,” he said of finish-ing the marathon. “I can’t imag-ine how Lucas felt, but I wasexhausted.”

That experience, however, isjust the beginning for Brownand Carr, and was actually a sortof stepping stone towards thelarger goal of running the Bos-ton Marathon. They decided totry the Hyannis marathon first,Brown said, because the orga-nizers of the Boston Marathonrecommended that they attempta similar event before runningin the Boston event.

Despite having been para-lyzed during a varsity hockeygame, Brown still loves thesport, and has remained activewith the team. These days, how-ever, he plays more of a coach-like role, evaluating the team’splaying and helping to devisestrategies.

“Me and the coach talk al-most daily,” Brown said. “I tellhim what I see, he tells me whathe sees, and we go back andforth on that.”

Michael Brown said Matthas always been a positive per-son, and gives his son a lot ofcredit for doing so, noting thathe likes to see that positivityavailable as a source of inspira-tion to others. On the day of theNorwood Record’s visit to theBrown household, Matt con-ducts a chat via Skype with twoyoung men who are patients atthe Shepherd Center in Atlanta,Georgia, one of whom recentlysuffered an injury similar to theone for which Brown wastreated there two years ago.

During the chat session,Brown asks the two young pa-tients questions about their ex-periences, and offers plenty ofencouragement, as well asthoughts on how he has dealtwith the challenges they are fac-ing for the first time. He tellsthem a simply philosophy thathas become central to his life:“Don’t quit.”

“He’s an upbeat, positivekid,” Michael Brown said of hisson. “It’s good for [other] kidsto see that you don’t have to losethat personality.”

As for life after graduationfrom Norwood High School,Matt Brown said he has appliedto several colleges, and is think-ing of studying business. How-ever, he said he would like to dosomething sports-related if pos-sible, noting that sports manage-ment or a similar field was start-ing to appeal to him.

“I’d really like to continuewith it and do something withsports, because sports are mylife,” Brown said.



Norwood Fire Department Fire Logs2/20/2012}and {2/26/2012}Tuesday, Feb. 2009:39:26 WASHINGTON ST 321

EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

11:39:28 NAHATAN STREET321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

12:59:10 EDGEHILL ROAD 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

13:01:55 HILL STREET 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

13:28:57 EAST CROSS STREET444 Power line down

16:27:01 PROVIDENCE HIGH-WAY 611 Dispatched & can-celled en route

18:16:47 WALPOLE STREET321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

21:16:43 MORNINGSIDEDRIVE 321 EMS call, exclud-ing vehicle accident with injury

21:36:18 PLIMPTON AVENUE424 Carbon monoxide incident

23:27:52 ADAMS STREET 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

23:57:29 EAST CROSS STREET321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

Wednesday Feb. 2100:16:41 NEPONSET STREET

321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

02:30:20 EAST CROSS STREET321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

04:44:30 RAILROAD AVENUE321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

09:15:25 STURTEVANT AV-ENUE 321 EMS call, exclud-ing vehicle accident with injury

09:38:53 WINTER STREET 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

10:06:48 OLDE DERBY ROAD321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

10:27:02 WINDSOR RD 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

10:42:58 VANDERBILT AV-ENUE 324 Motor Vehicle Ac-cident with no injuries

12:49:29 WASHINGTONSTREET 511 Lock-out

13:48:30 EVERGREEN CIRCLE321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

14:16:14 WINTER STREET 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

14:36:10 PROVIDENCE HWY745 Alarm system activation,no fire - unintentional

14:52:11 CLAPBOARDTREEST 321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

16:14:19 WALPOLE STREET600 Good intent call, Other


19:18:49 HILLCREST ROAD321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

19:39:28 THIRD STREET 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

20:48:32 HILLCREST ROAD321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

22:09:5095 322 Motor vehicle ac-cident with injuries

Thursday, Feb. 2202:28:15 HILL STREET 321


07:16:14 CLAPBOARDTREESTREET 321 EMS call, ex-cluding vehicle accident with

injury08:46:32 HOYLE STREET 321


10:32:43 WASHINGTONSTREET 321 EMS call, ex-cluding vehicle accident withinjury

15:12:14 OLDE DERBY ROAD321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury


17:16:58 EISENHOWER ROAD321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury


19:31:27 BEACON PARKROAD 321 EMS call, exclud-ing vehicle accident with injury

20:14:07 WICKHAM WAY 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

22:22:18 LONGWOOD TER-RACE 550 Public service assis-tance, Other

03:57:49 WINSLOW AVENUE151 Outside rubbish, trash orwaste fire

Friday, Feb. 2305:35:35 ENDICOTT STREET

321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

08:23:39 FAIRVIEW ROAD 511Lock-out

02/23/2012 09:11:59 PROVI-DENCE HIGHWAY 735 Alarmsystem sounded due to malfunc-tion

11:41:23 NICHOLS STREET511 Lock-out


11:58:00 GLACIER DR 611 Dis-patched & cancelled en route

13:02:04 RIVER RIDGE DRIVE321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

13:14:45 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE700 False alarm or false call,Other

13:20:50 PENDERGASTCIRCLE 324 Motor VehicleAccident with no injuries


16:30:51 SAUNDERS ROAD745 Alarm system activation,no fire - unintentional

17:35:50 BREWSTER DRIVE561 Unauthorized burning

17:43:05 PROVIDENCE HIGH-WAY 321 EMS call, excludingvehicle accident with injury

21:37:51 BAHAMA DRIVE 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

22:32:01 JEFFERSON DRIVE412 Gas leak (natural gas orLPG)

23:09:02 NORWEST DRIVE 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

Saturday Feb. 2402:21:04 WASHINGTON

STREET 321 EMS call, ex-cluding vehicle accident withinjury

07:11:59 NAHATAN STREET600 Good intent call, Other

09:45:32 RIVER RIDGE DRIVE321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

10:16:02 WASHINGTONSTREET 611 Dispatched &cancelled en route

11:33:25 EISENHOWER ROAD444 Power line down


14:57:58 RAILROAD AVENUE321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

15:02:53 ELLIS AVENUE 412Gas leak (natural gas or LPG)

15:37:28 PROVIDENCE HIGH-WAY 324 Motor Vehicle Acci-dent with no injuries

15:58:27 VILLAGE ROADWEST 321 EMS call, exclud-ing vehicle accident with injury

16:04:43 NAHATAN STREET324 Motor Vehicle Accidentwith no injuries

17:01:52 HARTFORD STREET321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

17:27:58 ORLEANS ROAD 451Biological hazard, confirmed orsuspected

17:40:32 PROVIDENCE HIGH-WAY 324 Motor Vehicle Acci-dent with no injuries


21:42:57 PLEASANT STREET324 Motor Vehicle Accidentwith no injuries

23:19:44 MINIHAN LANE 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

Sunday Feb.2500:49:35 FISHER STREET 321


02:45:56 ELLIS AVENUE 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

11:48:57 VANDERBILT AV-ENUE 440 Electrical wiring/equipment problem, Other

02/25/2012 12:10:59 NAHATANSTREET 321 EMS call, ex-cluding vehicle accident withinjury

12:36:09 WASHINGTON ST 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

02/25/2012 14:12:02 PLEAS-ANT STREET 322 Motor ve-hicle accident with injuries

15:58:30 PENDERGASTCIRCLE 324 Motor VehicleAccident with no injuries

02/25/2012 20:58:19 HILLSIDEAVENUE 321 EMS call, ex-cluding vehicle accident withinjury

21:28:42 OLDE DERBY ROAD735 Alarm system sounded dueto malfunction

Monday Feb. 2600:20:29 LENOX STREET 324

Motor Vehicle Accident with noinjuries

07:04:01 BAHAMA DRIVE 745Alarm system activation, no fire- unintentional

07:05:16 ENDICOTT STREET321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury


09:38:52 JACOBS ROAD 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

13:34:25 ROCK STREET 113Cooking fire, confined to con-tainer


17:56:02 WASHINGTONSTREET 743 Smoke detectoractivation, no fire - uninten-tional

18:04:23 CUSHING ROAD 321EMS call, excluding vehicle ac-cident with injury

19:16:50 MAPLE STREET 600Good intent call, Other

19:50:37 BEACON AVENUE321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

20:02:54 WOODLAND ROAD321 EMS call, excluding ve-hicle accident with injury

Total Incident Count 96


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Girls' Hockey readies fortourney as number four seed

Emily Kelly and the girls' hockey team will head into the state tournament as the number four overall seed,with a first round game on Friday night.

PHOTO BY ZALINA MCGUIRE

KKKKKeeeeevin Stvin Stvin Stvin Stvin StoneoneoneoneoneStaff Reporter

And so it begins.Last year, a much older

girls’ hockey team than theone taking the ice now camewithin one goal of a statechampionship appearance.

Now, a young squad willenter the Division 2 Southtournament this weekend asa number four seed with oneof four byes in the f i rs tround.

Before the seeding wasannounced, the Mustangshad to complete their seniorday last week. They did, andin the process had some nicemoments as well.

Norwood beat BishopFenwick 6-0. SydneyMacQuilken had a hat trickwith goals and also one as-sist. Molly Newman had agoal and one assist, SammyHayes also had a goal and ahelper, whi le Bel laAspinwall scored too.

Just two seniors were

playing their final regularseason game for the gold andblue. Hayley O’Rourke gotan assist while Nicole Casey,who started as goalie andearned the shutout with anumber of nice saves, hadthe finest moments of theday.

Casey was the team man-ager from last year’s teamwho as a senior stepped in tobe the back up goalie thisyear.

“Hayley played on a teamin her freshman year that losta number of games. In thelast 3 years the Mustangshave had a lot of on-ice suc-cess and Hayley is one of thereasons why,” said headcoach Bill O’Donnell “Ittook a lot of courage forNicole as a senior to not onlyplay hockey but be a goalie.Nicole made our team betterwith her hard work andspirit. Nicole is a great team-mate.”

As for the tournament, theMustangs will face off against

Martha's Vineyard in theiropener.

They will start their questfor a state title at home thisFriday night at 5 p.m.

They have a toughbracket that includes 18-0Duxbury, which is also thedefending state champion.The bye could be key, as thegirls now sit just three winsa way from a trip to the titlegame.

“The players on the teamare excited about the upcom-ing tournament. These play-ers have worked hard, com-peted, played as a team andmade it a fun season,” said ahopeful O’Donnell.

The team hopes that theiryouth won't be a deterrent asthey work to make a run in thepostseason.

Seniors O'Rourke andCasey will be relied upon fortheir expereince during the run.

The team was more cel-ebrated last season, but thisyear's squad is excited tomake their own imprint.

Boys' Hockeyreadies forBarnstable

This past Saturday, theNorwood boys’ hockeyteam was up for discussionwhen it came to the teamsbeing selected for the pres-t ig ious Super 8 hockeytournament.

While the tournament isusual ly dominated byCatholic schools, a fewpublic schools around thestate, like Burlington andHingham, have made somenoise over the years andgiven the private schoolssome scares, and even se-cured a state title in 2010,when the Habormenshocked everyone.

The problem with beingvoted in is that strength ofschedule often plays a big-ger role than it should, withsome key victories oftenbeing over looked.

Needham ended up be-ing one of the teams to bevoted into a “play in” game,a game in which they ulti-mately lost, dropping themdown into the Division 1

South tournament as thenumber one seed.

Norwood, who beatNeedham 4-3 on their ice,ended up with the 4 seed inthe tournament, somethingthat head coach Bi l lClifford was prepared forprior to the meeting.

“I think we have a goodshot (at the Super 8),” hesaid prior to the decisionmaking process this pastweekend. “I think we cancompete with anyone inthis state when we’re play-ing r ight , so no mat terwhere we get in we’re go-ing to play hard and thekids will be ready.”

The boys will now playBarnstable in Bourne thisSaturday night (time is stillunknown). They enter thegame at 14-3-4, whi leNeedham has six losses at14-6-1 - a difference thatdemonstrates some of thepoliticking that goes on be-hind the doors of that all-important Super 8 selectionmeeting.

BoBoBoBoBoys' Hockys' Hockys' Hockys' Hockys' HockeeeeeyyyyyContinued on page 11

The boys' hockey team wull also head into the state tournamentas the number four seed. They will square off against Barnstablethis Saturday.




Boys' Basketball knocks offMedfield in tourney opener

Coach Rich Cormier rallies the troops during a recent game. Cormier and the Mustangs are set for a secondround game against Stoughton on Thursday.

PHOTO BY KEVIN STONE


The Mustangs knocked off Medfield on Tuesday night in a game thatmany expected the Mustangs to lose.

PHOTO BY KEVIN STONE

There is a first time for ev-erything. Sometimes thosefirsts have some bumpy roads.

For first-year girls’ basket-ball coach Alex DaLuz, thiswas definitely one of thoseyears.

“Considering this was myfirst year and the first varsityexperience for 10 of the 12players, I think it was a niceseason,” he said. “The kidsworked hard, did what wasasked of them and were com-petitive for the most part allseason.”

Experience will be key nextyear, with 11 returning varsityplayers that have all contributedat times this year; the expecta-tions will certainly be elevated.

“We won’t have that lack ofexperience excuse to justifylosses. I am challenging all ofthe girls to work on their gamein the off-season so we can getbetter as a team,” explainedDaLuz.

As far as handing out praisefor the season, DaLuz pointedout some of the key contribu-tors to his squad over the win-ter.

“Amy Duggan was our lonefirst team all-star. She deservedit. She was a stat stuffer all year,averaging 13 points, 8 re-bounds, 3 steals and 1.5 blocksper game.”

“We realized how valuableMakenna Lane is to the successof our team once she got in-jured. She sat out the last fourgames of the season due to vari-ous leg and knee injuries. Ouroffense didn't run the same, andwe scored far less points. If itwere up to her, she would goout there and play on one leg.She is a warrior,” said the headcoach.

Senior leadership is key, andone of the problems forNorwood this season was thatthey had just one.

“Our lone senior, MeghanO’Connor, has also sat out thepast four games with an ankleinjury. She has been our bestattacker all season. We reallymissed her scoring punch down

Girls' B-Ball looksat DaLuz's first year


the stretch,” said DaLuz of hisone upperclassman.

Rounding out the startingline-up, Kelly Duggan hadsome standout performancesthis season. She was the bestlow post finisher, according toDaLuz, all season.

As far as role players areconcerned, off the bench,DaLuz said the “6th man” allseason has been Shannon Reen.

“She gets a lot of minutesbecause of sheer heart andhustle. She is often asked toplay multiple positions andguard the other team’s bestplayer,” explained DaLuz.

Liz Whitney emerged as the“go-to” post player off thebench. She improved her lowpost moves and even added adecent three-point shot to herbag of tricks during the season.

Kaileen Spaulding andGianna Pugliano also got somecredit from DaLuz for havingadded depth all season and hav-ing “played solidly when calledupon,” said the head coach.

Moving forward, there weresome young players who alsogained some invaluable expe-rience at the big level.

Olivia Philbrook, ErinGarczynski and Julia Copponihave all split time with juniorvarsity, but because of injuriesand their improvement through-out the year, have gotten valu-able minutes on varsity duringthe second half of the year.

DaLuz knew coming in thatthings would not be all roses inhis first campaign, somethinghe was fully aware of when tak-ing the job.

“Overall, this has been asuccessful season. Upon ac-cepting the position, I waswarned that this had the poten-tial to be rough season,” he said.“I think we have exceeded ex-pectations in the win columnand with our spirit. We gavesome of the top teams in ourleague a run for their money.We have a lot of talent comingback and a lot of talent comingup in the youth levels. I amhopeful that next year will bethe start of a state tournamentstreak.”

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I t turns out there wasmore than a chance asNorwood pulled off the up-set 62-50 and will now playthe number four seedStoughton tonight for thechance to head to thequarterfinals.

“We came out shootingthe ball really, really well,but I still don’t think weplayed an overa l l g rea t

game,” said a cautiously op-t imis t ic and happy headcoach Rich Cormier. “Wehad two of our captains outwith foul trouble for fiveand seven minutes a piece inthe first half, that can’t con-tinue to happen or we won’tbe around very long in thistournament. With that be-ing said guys really steppedup with some big shots.”

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Boys' Hockey continued from page 9

Head Coach Bill Clifford is confident that his squad can make a run in the postseason thanks to the play ofTyler Gover (above) and others.


“The kids have workedhard and deserve a good endto thei r season,” sa idClifford. “They’ve competedhard all season, done whatthey’ve been asked to do.We had a few lapses here andthere at some points on theice this season but overall I

feel like we’re ready for thepostseason.”

With just 10 teams in theDivision 1 South bracket, atrip to the semi-finals is justone win away. However, thedream of a state title is stilla long ways off, as Norwoodwill have to in all likelihood

go through Needham again,as well as Bay State rivalsMilton (3 seed), Natick (9seed) and Braintree (7 seed).Marshfield enters as the twoseed with 18 wins and is alsothe defending state cham-pion.

Girls' Trackreflects on season


Over the course of anyathletic season, there arebound to be some expecta-tions that are met, and boundto be some that are ex-ceeded.

For the Norwood HighSchool girls’ track team andtheir head coach , Mat tCurran, there was a little bitof both.

The squad finished at 0-6, but showed improvementas the season wound down.

“The last two dual meetscame down to the relay. Intrack, you can quantify im-provement, and times anddistances showed that,” ex-plained Curran.

Norwood was led duringthe season by their sprintsand jumps , according toCurran.

Senior Danielle Ringlerand sophomore Jess Murphyled the way, followed byTessa Pet i t and All isonRyan.

Courtney Ferndandes ledthe hurdlers. Ringler wastied for the best jump in theleague in the high jump at 5-3.

The of ten-underratedshotput was actually a bigevent for the Lady 'Stangsthis year.

That was a solid event forus,” explained Curran. “Thatalso showed great improve-ment. Senior Jackie Sobchukled the way there, improvingby three feet over last year,with junior Ashley Felix, jun-ior Sarah Lussier, and fresh-man Adaze Izeko behindher.”

The sayings “you play towin the games” and “just apaper team” are often ex-tremely relevant in sports.Upsets are possible at anyt ime, and whi le th isNorwood squad was oftenoverlooked this season forlack of experience, theyshould be a force in the fol-lowing seasons to come.

“While on paper we wereweakest in the distance, theBay State Conference is oneof the best leagues in thestate in the distance eventsand that's where we reliedheavily on sophomores andfreshmen for depth, and theyshowed the greates t im-provement over the season,”said Curran.

Seniors Caroline O’Dayand Rebecca Dyckes led theway, yet sophomore AlannaKeady, and freshman SabrinaCubelli, Kelsie Doherty, andAshley Conley pushed them,a key experience that Curranis fully aware can help in thefuture for this young team.

“They form a core we canbuild on for the future,” hesaid.Boys' Basketball continued from page 10

With a huge and very vo-cal Norwood fan base pack-ing the gymnas ium andseemingly tak ing overhome cour t advantageThose big shots were fallingearly and often for Norwoodas they came out smoking,taking a quick 13-4 leadwith 4:25 to play in the firstquarter thanks in large partto sweltering shooting fromSean O’Nei l l be foreMedfield was forced to takea time out.

It was 19-10 after thefirst thanks to a deep buzzerbeating three pointer fromTroy Sousa-Semper.

A li t t le over half waythrough the second quarterNorwood had extended it’slead to 15 at 31-16 when PatO’Rourke and TommyBartucca had back to backbuckets after Medfield turn-overs.

From the 3 :54 markNorwood went ice cold, get-ting just three more pointsbefore ha l f t ime whi le

Medfield was allowed tostick around and make it 34-25 at the break.

The all important thirdquar te r cou ldn’t haves ta r ted any be t te r fo rNorwood. Needing to comeout and extend the lead asquickly as poss ib le , theMustangs did so to keep thecrowd out of it. Daron En-glish buried a three ball onthe Stangs’ second posses-sion of the half. Norwoodcontinued to keep their footon the gas, going up 43-30with 2:03 remaining in thethird quarter and closed itout at 45-35 when SteveMartinez buried a jumper atthe buzzer to go up 10 andleave them eight minutesaway from the upset.

The fourth quarter hasplagued Norwood all sea-son, holding leads has beena problem all year, and thiswas not the time for thattrend to continue.

After Medfield openedthe final frame with a jump

shot, it was apparent thiswas going to be a differentou t come as O’Rourkenailed a three-pointer to an-swer the jumper and keepthe Mustangs momentumrolling.

Norwood was not com-pletely out of the woods yet,as Medfield went on a seri-ous run, something that wasexpected by everyone in at-tendance, and cut the Mus-tang lead to 48-42 wi 5:34to play, forcing Cormier tocall time out and calm histroops down.

Quick ly, Norwoodpushed it back to 51-42 withfoul shots from Sousa-Sem-per. Senior capta in TomMunro, who was fairly quietas far as points are con-cerned, made his presencefelt on the glass and defen-sively all night. His biggestmoment came with 3:20 toplay with a huge block thatended up resulting in Sousa-Semper getting to the line toexpand the lead.

“Defense is always ourkey, and I’ve been saying itall season,” said Cormier.“It proved to be the caseagain tonight I thought ourguys were very active andwe got stops when we abso-lutely needed to.”

With just about a minuteto play and the Medfieldteam down 10 it was clearthat this was going to beNorwood’s night as bothcoaches started pulling theirstarters for some deservedstanding ovations.

Now that the proverbialmonkey is off their back,moments fo l lowing thegame Cormier was informedthat Stoughton had beatenDuxbury, and he was al-ready looking forward.

“It’s a quick turn around,

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but that shouldn’t be an is-sue at this point in the sea-son,” he said. “We’ll getready for Stoughton and seewhat happens. Hopefully wecan bring this intensity backto the floor on (Thursday).”


SENIOR NEWS

DeathsCARR

Barry, suddenly, on Feb 21. LateDirector of the Addiction Program forBillings Human Services, Norwood.Beloved father of Daniel E. Carr andfriend and former husband of LindaCarr both of Fall River. Brother ofWilliam Carr of Boxford and nephewof Walter Carr, Collette Fitzpatrick, Sr.Patricia Smith and Sr. Marie PatriceCarr. Also survived by 4 nieces anephew and many cousins. Son of thelate Edward and Margaret Carr. Fu-neral arrangements by the Eaton Fu-neral Home, Needham. IntermentNeedham Cemetery. In lieu of flow-ers memorials may be made to the Po-laris Project, P.O. Box 53315, Wash-ington, DC 20009 (polarisproject.org/give) or the Sisters of St. Joseph 637Cambridge St. Brighton, MA 02135(bostoncsj.org/donate).

DeFORGEStephen Guy of Norwood, on Feb.

21. Beloved husband of Julie(Stellmach) of 22 years. He is also sur-vived by his adoring sons Jesse P. ofWest Roxbury, Geoffrey G. ofDorchester and Stephen J. ofNorwood, his brothers Michael and hiswife Kathleen of Norwood and Kevinand his wife Cheryl of Jamaica Plain.Steve is predeceased by his parentsLouis and Rosemary (Sullivan) of Ja-maica Plain and Marstons Mills. Hewas the son-in-law of Joseph Stellmachof Hampton, NH and his late wifeRegina and was brother-in-law to theStellmach and O’Brien families. Hewill be missed by his Aunts, Uncles,Nieces, Nephews, Cousins and friends.Funeral arrangements by the Brady &

Fallon Funeral Home. Interment willbe private. In lieu of flowers, pleaseconsider a donation to Boston CollegeHigh School through the Stephen G.DeForge Scholarship Fund, 150Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA, 02125.Steve and his family request that friendsconsider making a difference in hismemory by becoming an organ donorand making an appointment with theRed Cross to donate blood products(http://www.redcrossblood.org).

GRAHAMEileen A. (Pineau) of Norwood,

on Feb. 20. Beloved wife of the lateRichard H. Graham. Loving motherof Richard Graham of Norton, EdwardGraham and his wife Jacquelyn ofNorfolk, Patricia Healy of Norwood,Joanne Welch and her husband Ed-ward of Barnstead, NH. Dear sister ofthe late Robert Pineau of Brockton.Also survived by seven grandchildrenand three great grandchildren. Funeralservice and interment private. Funeralarrangements by the Gillooly FuneralHome Norwood.

McDONOUGHAnne Leger, 82, on Feb. 23. A

longtime employee of New EnglandTelephone, Anne served as Presidentof the Southwest chapter of the Pio-neers, the phone company’s charitablevolunteer board. She also found timeto volunteer with SHARE, a local food

pantry. A longtime and proudNorwood resident, there was no otherplace Anne wanted to live and raiseher family. Beloved wife to the latePatrick McDonough and is survivedby her children: Katie, Kevin and hiswife Maureen of Norwood, Brian andhis wife Julie of Walpole, Stephen andhis fiancee Julie Dearnley ofPleasanton, CA, Joe and his wife KathyRyan, Barry, Tim and his wife Diane,and Colleen DiBlasi and her husbandJoe DiBlasi, all of Norwood. She isalso survived by seventeen lovinggrandchildren and her dear “siblings”,Elaine, Margaret, and David. Funeralarrangements by the Gillooly FuneralHome, Norwood. Interment will fol-low the Mass in Highland Cemetery,Norwood. In lieu of flowers, memo-rial contributions in memory of AnneMcDonough may be made to Heartsfor Hope Foundation, c/o Jayne Davis,18 Bragg Road, Foxboro, MA 02035,a Cystic Fibrosis charity, in honor ofthe Ryan-Palermo family.

NABRESKIPasqualinaS. (Tedesco), 92, for-

merly of Norwood, on Feb. 26. Be-loved wife of the late Joseph J.Nabreski. Devoted mother of AlbertT. Nabreski and dear friend DianeBouthillette of N. Attleboro, Joseph J.Nabreski Jr. and his wife Mary Jane ofWalpole and Anne M. Fellini and herhusband Joseph F. of Norwood. Lov-ing sister of Mary DeVasto ofWestwood, Beatrice Mancino of AZ,Gloria Adkisson of CA. and the lateAngelo Tedesco. Also survived by herlifelong friend Nicky Prevetti of N.Easton. Cherished grandmother of 6grandchildren & 5 great grandchildren.Daughter of the late Albert andJosephine (Cappobianco) Tedesco. Atthe request of the family all services

will be private. In lieu of flowers do-nations may be made in her name tothe Madonna Manor 85 North Wash-ington St., N. Attleboro, MA 02760.

ROSSJoseph S. of Norwood, on Feb. 23.

Dear brother of Wilfred of Nova Scotiaand Tena Penney of SC. Also survivedby many nieces and nephews. Funeralarrangements by the May FuneralHome, Norwood. Funeral services andburial will be private. In lieu of flow-ers donations in his memory may bemade to the charity of your choice.

SHEEHANKathleen G., 63, (Gallagher) of

Norwood, on Feb. 23. Member of theLocal #369 Electrical Union at NstarCo. in Westwood. Beloved mother ofMegan Summers, Deirdre Gallagherand Francis Sheehan all of Norwood.Loving sister of Susan MacDougall ofTaunton, Meg Bradbury of Attleboroand the late J. Stephen Gallagher. Cher-ished grandmother of RichardGallagher, Luca Pellegrine, ElizabethSummers and Helena Summers.Daughter of the late Charles E. andHelen J. (Hennigan) Gallagher.Motherin-law of Richard Pellegrine ofNewton. Also survived by her lovingFamily. Funeral arrangements by theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home,Norwood. Interment will be private.In lieu of flowers, donations may bemade in her name to the Italian Homefor Children, 1125 Centre St., JamaicaPlain, MA 02130.

TOWNERichard J., 102, on Feb. 25. Vet-

eran of World War II serving in theArmy of the United States. He was theoldest member of the first graduatingclass of the old Norwood High School.

He was a former police officer for theTown of Norwood and ownedTowne’s Express Trucking Company.Beloved son to the late Harry Towneand Adelaide (Clarke), he grew up inNorwood. Beloved husband for 62years of the late Dorothy E.(MacDougall) and loving father ofJudith Miller and her husband JohnMacDonald and Jeanne Lawson all ofNorwood. He is survived by his sister,Mary Cushing of Rhode Island and isalso survived by his grandchildrenWendy Risko and her husband Chris,Jessica Lawson, Elizabeth Wachterand her husband Matt and great grand-children Ezra, Brody, SailorMae andAtticus. He was predeceased by hisbrothers Merrill, Lee and WarrenTowne. Relatives and friends are in-vited to attend his funeral service onSaturday, March 3, 2012 at 10a.m. atthe May Funeral Home, 85 NicholsSt., Norwood. Interment will be inHighland Cemetery, Norwood. Visit-ing hours are on Friday from 6-8 p.m.In lieu of flowers donations in hismemory may be made to the NorwoodPolice Association, P.O. Box 802,Norwood, MA 02062.

WENZELMary Alice “Mame” of Norwood,

on Feb. 19. Late clerk, Stone andWebster. Beloved daughter of the lateEdward Wenzel and Helen (Coakley)Wenzel. Loving niece of Helen(Wenzel) Wedge of Walpole, JosephRobert Wenzel of Norwood and Wil-liam F. O’Donnell of East Walpole.Also survived by many cousins. Fu-neral arrangements by the GilloolyFuneral Home, Norwood. IntermentHighland Cemetery, Norwood. Dona-tions in memory of Mary Alice maybe made to the MSPCA, 350 SouthHuntington Ave., Boston, MA 02130.

Condolences Extended To:Nancy Dyke, on the loss of her

brother, Mark P. Farrell, ofFoxborough, on Feb.20.

ALTERATIONSAND MENDING

Bring your alterations to theSenior Center on the first Mondayof each month between 1:00 and3:00 p.m. Please attach your nameand telephone number to each gar-ment.

BASICCOMPUTER COURSE

A six-part basic computercourse is frequently offered tothose who wish to learn how to usea computer. Sign up at the frontdesk.

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINICHellenic Health Care will be

available for blood pressurescreening on the first Wednesdayof each month at noon.

COMPUTER CLUBThe Computer Club meets each

Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in the li-brary/computer room. Computerusers at all levels are invited to at-tend.

COUNCIL ON AGING Next meeting will be held on

Thursday, March 1, at 1:00 p.m.

CRIBBAGEOur seniors meet every Mon-

day at 12:45 p.m. to play cribbage.

GLEE CLUBThe Glee Club meets on Tues-

day mornings at 11:15 a.m.

INDOOR WALKINGMonday through Friday 9:00 to

11:00 a.m. in the School Gym.

MINI FIX-IT SHOPThe workshop will be open

from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on the 2ndand 4th Monday of each month.Please, no televisions.

PING PONGOur ping-pong table is avail-

able every afternoon in the craftroom. If you would like to play, justask at the front desk, and we’ll setit up for you.

SCRABBLEOur Scrabble players meet in

the library every Thursday after-noon at 1:00 p.m. Come and jointhem for a game.

SHINEOur SHINE Counselor, Carol,

continues to assist you on Tuesdaysfrom 10:00-2:00. Please call 781-762-1201 for an appointment.

TAX PREPARATIONHave your 2011 Tax prepara-

tion handled for you. Call 781-762-1201 now for your appointment.

WHISTWhist players meet to play

Whist on Tuesdays at 12:45 p.m.,in the library.

WHIST PARTYPlease note whist parties will

be held on the 4th Friday of eachmonth from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

WII GAMESWe have a Wii Game Console

available for anyone that wouldlike to try it. It has bowling, ten-nis, golf, and other games. Just askat the front desk.SAVE THE DATEFOR FRIENDS OF COA

March 26, from 5:00 p.m. to6:30 p.m. Westbury Farms AnnualDinner for the Friends. Cost, $10.Choice of Turkey or ChickenParmesan. Tickets go on sale onFeb. 21 at the Senior Center.

The next meeting of the Friendswill take place on March 2. Thenext Friends’ dance will be Feb. 17,with the D.B Band providing themusic. 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. atthe Senior Center.

TRIPSMay 15, 2012, Broadway

Tonite - Luncheon and Show,Luciano’s Wrentham, drive onyour own. $41.00 per person. June4-6, 2012, Cape Cod & Nantucket- Three day/two night trip. $399.00per person/Double.

INCLEMENTWEATHER REMINDER

The Norwood Senior Centerfollows the school schedule forsnow days. If school is cancelledbecause of snow, the Center willnot be open.

LUNCH SERVEDLunch is served every day here

at the center from 11:30 a.m.-1:00p.m. A different entrée is servedevery day, with a variety of sand-wiches always available. Turkeydinner is also available every day.The cost is only $5.00. You can seethe month’s menus on the SeniorCenter website, or pick one up atthe front desk when you are here.

CALL (781)769-1725

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The Record BookTOUCH A TRUCK

On Saturday, March 24, from 10a.m. - 12 p.m. Municipal Lot. Here isyour chance to climb on, check out andact like you drive big trucks! NorwoodPolice, Fire, Airport and DPW vehicleswill be on hand for your enjoyment.

SUMMER CAMP FAIROn Saturday, March 24, 10 a.m.

to 12 p.m. Meet our terrific summerstaff. Learn about the programs andclinics that are happening in theNorwood Recreation Deparment thissummer. The event will be held out-doors, unless there is inclementweather. Come by and try some crafts!

QUAKE AND BAKEVOLCANO PARTY

On Saturday, March 24, from 2 to4 p.m., Civic Gymnasium. Come andcreate everything volcano! Lava cake,volcano hat, and make a Mentos vol-cano eruption. Ages 4-10. Childrenunder 6 must be accompanied by anadult. $15 per person.

LAST MIDDLE SCHOOLDANCE OF THE YEAR

On Friday, March 16, from 7-9:40p.m. $5 per person. Must bringNorwood School ID.

BULLYPROOFINGOn Thursday, March 15. Be pre-

ventative and proactive so children canavoid being bullied and learn how tostop it. Ages 7-10. $38 per person.

BLASTOn Thursday, March 15, from 3-

6:00 p.m. Learn basics of infant andchild care, how to react to medicalemergencies and run your ownbabysitting service. Bring a snack anda drink. Ages 11-13. $48 per person.

PARENTS NIGHT OUTOn Friday, March 30, from 6:15-

9:15 p.m.Drop off your child at theCivic for an evening of arts/crafts andgroup games. Pizza Dinner included.Must be ages 7-11. Pre-registration re-quired to attend this program. $7 perperson.

CPR CERTIFICATIONOn Tuesday, March 20, from 6-

9:30 p.m. $45 per person

SPRING EGG HUNTSearch for candy and toy filled

eggs. A special visit from our guestof honor. Tots to Grade 2 welcome.$3 per person and 5 sealed, filled eggs.Saturday, April 2nd 10 a.m., WillettSchool field.

NEW! FLASHLIGHTEGG HUNT

A new event for our older friends.Grades 3-5. Saturday, April 7 8 p.m.$5 per person.

EARTH DAYCELEBRATION

Start your spring-cleaning at theHawes Pool conservation area to helpNorwood Go Green! After, enjoy aBBQ lunch. Great opportunity to getyour PINS points! Youth, Grades 4-8,on Saturday, April 7 from 9:30-11:30a.m.

SUMMER PLAYGROUNDSTAFF AND SUBS

Applications are now being ac-cepted at the Norwood RecreationDepartment front desk and will beaccepted through March 24. SummerEmployment is eight weeks, June 25-August 17. To register for any of theprograms above, please contact theNorwood Recreation Department at781-762-0466.

EYE CARESPECIALISTS - GIVING KIDSIN NEEDTHE CHANCE TO READ

Beginning March 1st throughMarch 30, 2012, Eye Care Specialistswill hold its first annual Book Drive.Seeking donations for new or gentlyused books, geared towards childrenof school age; Eye Care Specialists ishoping to promote awareness of thebenefits from reading, while helpinga school in need. If you would like tohelp by donating books, Eye CareSpecialists will be accepting donationsMonday - Friday from 8 a.m. -5 p.m.in their Norwood Office, located at825 Washington Street, Suite #230 (di-rectly across from Norwood Hospitalin the Guild Building).

FOXWOODS TRIPOn March 12, the bus will leaves

from the Norwood Elks parking lot at8 a.m. Those interested should callFran Macaulay at 781-686-4346 forinformation. The cost will be $24.00per person. The proceeds will benefitthe Norwood American Legion Base-ball.

NORFOLK ADULT DAYHEALTH CENTER MONTHLYSUPPORT GROUP FORCAREGIVERS

On the Last Tuesday of eachmonth at 10:00 a.m. Located at theNorfolk Adult Day Health Center, 595Pleasant St., Norwood. Are you acaregiver? Feeling the stress? Worriedabout how to pay for everything?Don’t know what to do next? Allcaregiver support meetings are freeand open to the public. For more in-formation or to RSVP, please call 781-769-4495. To learn more about caregiving resources, visitwww.communityvna.com or call 800-220-0110. Norfolk Adult Day HealthCenter is a program of CommunityVNA in Attleboro.

A PASSION FOR FASHIONThe Norwood Senior Prom Elev-

enth Annual Fashion Show will takethe stage at the Norwood High Schoolon Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.Senior students and faculty ofNorwood High School will be mod-eling prom fashions by David’s Bridal,Richard Lewis Formal Wear and MWTux of Norwood. Before and after theshow there will be tables showcasingeven more fashions, accessories, flo-

rists, hair and nail salons. A partial listof business participants includes ABella Mia, Yelanna’s Beehive Florist,Beaumont Photography, Salon Rouge,and On the Edge Hair Design. The costof the event is $5.00 for students/Se-niors and $7.00 for adults in advanceor $8.00 for students/seniors and$10.00 for adults at the door. Proceedsfrom the Fashion show benefit the PostProm Party. Come one, come all for afabulous evening of glamour! For ad-ditional information please contactJessica Kaplan at 781-769-2333, ext.6334.

SCHOLARSHIPAPPLICATIONS OPENTO NORWOOD STUDENTS

South Norfolk County Arc(SNCARC) is pleased to announcethat it will once again award up to fivescholarships of $500 each to collegestudents who are studying SpecialEducation or a closely related field andwho will be college juniors, seniorsor graduate students in the 2012-2013school year. Students from the townsserved by SNCARC are encouragedto apply. The deadline for applicationsis Friday, April 13.

SNCARC awards scholarships inhonor of founders and donors whowished to encourage women and mento enter this important field. Scholar-ships will be presented at the AnnualMeeting of South Norfolk County Arcon Wednesday, May 16, in Westwood,MA. In reviewing applications, thecommittee will give preference to ap-plicants who have not previously re-ceived a SNCARC scholarship.

You can pick up an application atthe reception desk at SNCARC (lo-cated at 789 Clapboardtree St.,Westwood) or leave your name, ad-dress and phone number at: 781-762-4001, ext. 331 or [email protected] for an applicationor more information. Applications arealso available online atwww.sncarc.org/scholarship.html.

ALLIANCE FOR MEN-TALLY ILL MEETING

South Norfolk affiliate will holdits monthly meeting in Cafeteria B ofthe Lorusso Building at NorwoodHospital at

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