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The Voice of Your Community<br />
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Meet the<br />
Candidates for<br />
Town Committees<br />
By Cynthia Whitty<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> residents can<br />
learn about the candidates<br />
for town committees before<br />
casting their vote on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 28. Positions to<br />
be voted on are Board of<br />
Selectmen (BOS), School<br />
Committee (SC), Planning<br />
Board, Board of Assessors,<br />
Board of Health, Recreation<br />
and Parks Commissioner<br />
and Constable.<br />
Michael Hickey and<br />
Amy Mistrot are running<br />
to fill two, three-year BOS<br />
seats. John Ciccariello was<br />
planning to run but withdrew<br />
for personal reasons<br />
in late February. Jeffrey Alderson,<br />
Donna McKenzie<br />
and Hayley Sonneborn are<br />
running for two, three-year<br />
SC seats. “<strong>Natick</strong> Local<br />
Town Pages” offered the<br />
five candidates an opportunity<br />
to submit up to 400<br />
words on why they are running.<br />
The candidates are<br />
listed in alphabetical order<br />
by last name along with<br />
their responses.<br />
For voting information<br />
and to see the warrant, visit<br />
www.natickma.gov/1374/<br />
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Out on the Town With<br />
Millennials and Gulp Fiction<br />
By Via Perkins,<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
Libraries serve as resources<br />
for all ages, but there is one demographic<br />
that sometimes slips<br />
under the radar. It is an age group<br />
for which teen rooms are too juvenile,<br />
but activities for parents<br />
and kids are usually not yet relevant.<br />
These are millennials, in<br />
their 20s and 30s, and the Gulp<br />
Fiction book group, which invites<br />
these <strong>Natick</strong> residents to participate<br />
in a unique way.<br />
Reaching Readers<br />
The Gulp Fiction Club was<br />
created by 20-something Caleigh<br />
Ross, the same month she<br />
started her position as a library<br />
assistant at <strong>Natick</strong>’s Bacon Free<br />
Library. Though the library’s typical<br />
patrons are families or older<br />
residents, Ross knows there are<br />
people like her who are living in<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> but are not regularly visiting<br />
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“I was at the <strong>Natick</strong> train station<br />
one day, and all of these<br />
people in their 20s and 30s came<br />
pouring off the train,” Ross remembered.<br />
“I thought, ‘Okay,<br />
you exist, you’re here. Now how<br />
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Candidates<br />
for Selectmen<br />
Mike Hickey<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>’s Town Election is<br />
<strong>March</strong> 28. It’s important to know<br />
who’s on the ballot.<br />
Meet Mike Hickey, candidate<br />
for <strong>Natick</strong> Board of Selectmen.<br />
Mike has served on the Zoning<br />
Board of Appeals for 10 years,<br />
including three as Chairman. His<br />
experience collaborating with<br />
Board members, volunteers, and<br />
the public has inspired Mike to<br />
run for elected office. Mike appreciates<br />
that we share common<br />
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concerns and pride in <strong>Natick</strong>.<br />
On the ZBA, Mike is fair and<br />
treats people with respect. He<br />
speaks out for residents by opposing<br />
proposals that would have a<br />
negative impact on their neighborhoods,<br />
but he makes up his<br />
own mind and seeks results that<br />
are in the Town’s best interests.<br />
If elected to the Board of Selectmen,<br />
Mike will listen, learn and<br />
work toward balanced outcomes.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>’s rapid growth affects<br />
school enrollment, housing, traffic,<br />
and open space. Mike’s professional<br />
skills correspond well to<br />
these issues. Mike’s background<br />
in law and government includes<br />
commercial real estate and housing,<br />
public utilities, land use and<br />
zoning, transportation, economic<br />
development, open space and<br />
preservation.<br />
Mike and his wife, Lisa, have<br />
two teens in <strong>Natick</strong>’s middle<br />
and high schools. Mike supports<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Public Schools, with a<br />
view to identifying resources to<br />
provide students with a great<br />
public education. To protect local<br />
services, Mike cares about fiscal<br />
responsibility, transparency, and<br />
efficiency.<br />
Mike supports local businesses<br />
and the good work taking place<br />
to make <strong>Natick</strong> Center more vibrant.<br />
He also supports creative<br />
zoning and planning tools to<br />
manage the pace of growth and<br />
help preserve <strong>Natick</strong>’s special<br />
character. And Mike looks forward<br />
to working with our state<br />
and federal partners to ensure<br />
that <strong>Natick</strong> gets its fair share. For<br />
more information, please visit<br />
www.mikehickey.org. Thank you!<br />
Amy Mistrot<br />
Serving for eight years as a<br />
member of the School Committee,<br />
the last three years as Chair,<br />
has helped me learn about the<br />
opportunities and challenges<br />
that <strong>Natick</strong> faces as a town,<br />
some of which are intrinsically<br />
connected to the school district<br />
and many of which are unique<br />
and well beyond the scope of<br />
the schools. We are a town that<br />
both enjoys and is challenged by<br />
our proximity to Boston, major<br />
routes, and retail amenities; an<br />
innovative school system; housing<br />
that is relatively affordable;<br />
excellent services; and a strong<br />
sense of community with a<br />
small-town feel.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> needs to actively plan<br />
for our future, and there are<br />
multiple trajectories to evaluate.<br />
What <strong>Natick</strong> becomes in the<br />
next five to fifteen years will be<br />
determined over the next several<br />
years. The priorities that I would<br />
like to address as one member of<br />
the Board of Selectmen are to:<br />
Hire a new town administrator<br />
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and engaged municipal leadership<br />
to both manage and lead<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> forward. The process<br />
developed for that transition,<br />
both before and after the leadership<br />
change, will be critical for<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>.<br />
Focus on both short- and<br />
long-term strategic budgetary<br />
planning by working closely with<br />
town administration, the school<br />
administration, and other town<br />
boards to ensure that <strong>Natick</strong><br />
retains its excellent bond rating<br />
and addresses both the needs<br />
and priorities of the town.<br />
Focus on “responsible stewardship”<br />
for <strong>Natick</strong> by prioritizing<br />
strategic planning; by<br />
collaborating with administrations,<br />
town boards, and citizens;<br />
and by working towards common<br />
ground on issues.<br />
I have developed valuable<br />
municipal experience that I<br />
could now offer as member of<br />
the Board of Selectmen to help<br />
develop and implement creative<br />
solutions and be part of townwide<br />
team that shapes <strong>Natick</strong>’s<br />
future.<br />
Candidates for<br />
School Committee<br />
Jeffrey Alderson<br />
By nearly every measure, the<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Public Schools consistently<br />
provide the best quality education<br />
– at a great financial value - to the<br />
citizens of <strong>Natick</strong>. As the first in<br />
my family to attend college I<br />
know firsthand the impact that a<br />
high quality, public school education<br />
– one that is filled with a<br />
variety of academic, sport and<br />
enrichment opportunities - can<br />
have on a child’s life. The continued<br />
success of <strong>Natick</strong> schools<br />
in preparing our children to be<br />
engaged, knowledgeable citizens<br />
requires renewed attention<br />
to those services, educators, and<br />
facilities that make our schools<br />
great – and in turn make our<br />
town a great place to live.<br />
I recognize that maintaining<br />
the quality of our schools<br />
considering growing enrollments<br />
and limited budget will<br />
be no easy task. In the years<br />
since becoming an engineer,<br />
and the honor of serving our<br />
country as a U.S. Air Force officer,<br />
I have committed my professional<br />
career to ensuring that<br />
students, their families, and the<br />
educators that serve them have<br />
the resources they need to be<br />
successful. I have personally<br />
created technology to help guidance<br />
counselors and teachers do<br />
more with less, and look forward<br />
to finding opportunities to assist<br />
our school administrators to do<br />
the same.<br />
I bring a wealth of experience<br />
working with non-profit boards,<br />
youth mentoring programs, and<br />
persons with disabilities and<br />
an unwavering commitment to<br />
ensuring equal access to education<br />
in an environment where<br />
every student is heard, valued,<br />
and supported. I am passionate<br />
about social justice, support services,<br />
and equality for veterans,<br />
minorities, the economically disadvantaged,<br />
and the LGBTQ<br />
community.<br />
I very much look forward to<br />
serving the people of <strong>Natick</strong>,<br />
particularly students, parents<br />
and educators, and I truly value<br />
your support and your vote on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 28.<br />
Donna M. McKenzie<br />
Experience, outstanding qualifications,<br />
a love for education<br />
and the desire to serve my community<br />
propel my campaign for<br />
school committee. Rising enrollments,<br />
aging buildings, limited<br />
resources, and increased pressures<br />
on our young people will<br />
demand the best of our planning<br />
to bring our schools into<br />
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the future with excellence and<br />
strength. I am the best candidate<br />
to do this.<br />
As the only candidate to have<br />
served as a Town Meeting member,<br />
I understand how the school<br />
budget fits into the town budget<br />
and how best to promote a<br />
budget acceptable to the overall<br />
needs of the town. The schools<br />
belong to all of us and taxpayers<br />
support public schools because<br />
schools prepare students to be<br />
responsible and informed citizens.<br />
Education for citizenship is<br />
important now more than ever. I<br />
will represent everyone to ensure<br />
our schools are a showpiece and<br />
our town a place where education<br />
is our center. We have a<br />
good school system that I think<br />
I can help become even better. I<br />
would like to reconsider the option<br />
of a delayed start for high<br />
school students, bolster reading<br />
and writing curricula, especially<br />
for middle school students,<br />
strengthen emotional and physical<br />
wellness programs, enhance<br />
the ways in which we create<br />
inclusive classrooms for students<br />
with Individual Education<br />
Plans, and expand successful<br />
programs that end bullying and<br />
discrimination in our schools.<br />
I have a Ph.D. in ethics and<br />
have taught at Cornell and Fordham,<br />
as well as Boston College<br />
High School, and other middle<br />
and high school programs. I<br />
have a wealth of administrative<br />
and research experience that<br />
will help us as we analyze how<br />
best to move forward and proactively<br />
plan to address future<br />
needs. I am fiscally prudent,<br />
highly creative, a good listener<br />
and consensus builder and look<br />
forward to working for you.<br />
Hayley Sonneborn<br />
I am excited to be running<br />
for election to the <strong>Natick</strong> School<br />
Committee to ensure that all<br />
students have the support they<br />
need to succeed, and to help<br />
guarantee our schools are part<br />
of a responsibly managed and<br />
thriving community. I look forward<br />
to being an accessible<br />
advocate for academics and a<br />
pragmatic partner in planning<br />
for our community’s future.<br />
I have always had a passion<br />
for education. I worked as a high<br />
school English teacher at a top<br />
Massachusetts school for close to<br />
a decade. I have been a resident<br />
of <strong>Natick</strong> since 2001 and currently<br />
have children enrolled in<br />
3rd grade at Ben-Hem Elementary<br />
School and 6th grade at<br />
Wilson Middle School. At Ben-<br />
Hem, I was elected and served<br />
two terms on School Council.<br />
I will bring a communityoriented<br />
perspective to the committee<br />
to promote high quality<br />
academics across all schools,<br />
and ensure we address all of our<br />
students’ needs while providing<br />
great value for taxpayers. I<br />
have a collaborative approach<br />
to local government and look<br />
forward to working effectively<br />
with other boards, committees,<br />
departments and members of<br />
the community.<br />
Our school population is<br />
surging because of the investment<br />
we have made in education.<br />
I will help the committee<br />
plan strategically and creatively<br />
to get the most value for our<br />
budget, and advocate for the<br />
faculty, programming and facilities<br />
that are essential to our<br />
changing needs.<br />
It is essential that our budget,<br />
planning, achievements and<br />
challenges are well understood.<br />
As a school committee member,<br />
I will promote district transparency,<br />
accountability and understanding,<br />
both among school<br />
families and the wider community.<br />
I value public input, and I<br />
will be available to anyone with<br />
questions, ideas and concerns<br />
about the <strong>Natick</strong> schools.<br />
I am eager to bring my educator<br />
experience and expertise to<br />
the School Committee with the<br />
help of your vote on <strong>March</strong> 28!<br />
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Weekend-Long Event<br />
The Mystery Festival Weekend organizers announced they are<br />
expanding on last year’s mystery event by adding a writers’ workshop<br />
and a mystery feature film. The free event, focusing on the<br />
theme of “New England Crime,” will be held on April 7 and 8<br />
in the Ashland Library, 66 Front St., and is free and open to the<br />
public. For more information, call the library, 508-881-0134 or visit<br />
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Friday, April 7: 7 pm: a full-length feature mystery-themed film<br />
Saturday, April 8:<br />
• 10 am to noon: Mystery Writers’ Workshop led by Leslie<br />
Wheeler, author of the Miranda Lewis “living history” mysteries<br />
• 1 to 4 pm: Author Panel and Book Signing<br />
The panel will consist of the following New England authors:<br />
• Ray Daniel is an award-winning author of Boston-based crime<br />
fiction and is the author of the Tucker Mysteries. His short story<br />
“Give Me a Dollar” won a 2014 Derringer Award for short<br />
fiction and “Driving Miss Rachel” was chosen as a 2013 distinguished<br />
short story by Otto Penzler, editor of The Best American<br />
Mystery Stories 2013.<br />
• Hallie Ephron, “New York Times” bestselling author, is an<br />
Edgar Award finalist and four-time finalist for the Mary Higgins<br />
Clark Award. Ephron writes suspense novels she hopes readers<br />
can’t put down. She teaches writing at workshops and writing<br />
conferences across the country. An award-winning crime fiction<br />
book reviewer, she wrote an ON CRIME column for the “Boston<br />
Globe” for 10 years.<br />
• Leslie Wheeler is an author of books about American history<br />
and biographies. Wheeler now writes the Miranda Lewis “living<br />
history” mystery series. She is a member of Mystery Writers of<br />
America and Sisters in Crime, serving as Speakers Bureau Coordinator<br />
for the New England Chapter.<br />
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TCAN Celebrates Movie Theater Grand Opening<br />
By Via Perkins,<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
On the evening of Saturday,<br />
Jan. 28, a line of patrons nearly<br />
extended out the front door of<br />
The Center for Arts in <strong>Natick</strong><br />
(TCAN). All were waiting patiently<br />
to be seated for “West Side<br />
Story,” the premier film showing<br />
in the center’s new 120-seat<br />
movie theater.<br />
To finance the renovations,<br />
TCAN turned to crowdfunding.<br />
Their Kickstarter campaign<br />
raised $103,420 from 543 backers<br />
interested in helping the<br />
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taverns, where deep discussions<br />
can be held over a hot meal and<br />
a cold beer. The atmosphere is<br />
casual, serving as a place where<br />
members can relax, get to know<br />
one another and engage in good<br />
literature.<br />
The group serves as a bridge<br />
to the library, without stepping<br />
foot in one. “Offering this book<br />
club aimed specifically at this age<br />
group is our way of connecting<br />
and engaging with patrons that<br />
we know exist, but who don’t<br />
necessarily always engage with<br />
the library in traditional ways,”<br />
Ross explained.<br />
Empowering Literature<br />
February marked the oneyear<br />
anniversary of Gulp Fiction.<br />
A core group of around seven<br />
people regularly attend, but they<br />
always welcome “new faces and<br />
new perspectives,” as Ross put it.<br />
As the group grows, participants<br />
have been enjoying a selection<br />
of works, spanning fiction<br />
and nonfiction, and reading authors<br />
across the spectrum, Aziz<br />
Ansari, Jeffery Eugenides, Rainbow<br />
Rowell, David Sedaris.<br />
The pick for January’s meeting<br />
was the new memoir “#GIRL-<br />
BOSS” by Sophia Amoruso,<br />
founder of Nasty Gal Vintage.<br />
Amoruso’s company became<br />
highly successful and was named<br />
the Fastest Growing Retailer in<br />
2012 by INC Magazine. The author<br />
imparts world-wise wisdom<br />
for young professionals, like those<br />
who attend Gulp Fiction.<br />
During the meeting, one<br />
member explained, “Reading<br />
‘#GIRLBOSS’ is really helpful in<br />
encouraging readers to advocate<br />
for themselves. I’ve been out of<br />
school a few years and in entrylevel<br />
positions. Now I’m ready to<br />
move on and have honest conversations,<br />
saying, ‘I deserve a raise,<br />
and here’s why.’”<br />
Calling All <strong>Natick</strong><br />
Restaurants<br />
The next step for Gulp Fiction<br />
is finding a permanent home.<br />
They seek a local restaurant or<br />
bar to build a mutually beneficial<br />
relationship with, where they can<br />
patronize the location on a regular<br />
basis and have a reliable space<br />
to hold and grow their book discussions.<br />
The core group has enjoyed<br />
their time experimenting with<br />
new establishments in <strong>Natick</strong>,<br />
meeting in places they might not<br />
have visited otherwise, but the<br />
traveling creates an instability<br />
that the group hopes to remedy.<br />
“Ideally, we would love to have<br />
a permanent location,” Ross said.<br />
“We are searching for a venue<br />
with an atmosphere, menu and<br />
price point that is conducive to<br />
our monthly meetings.”<br />
This is all part of the growth<br />
process, something both the library<br />
and 20- and 30-somethings<br />
know well. “It’s a testament to the<br />
magic of libraries that we are able<br />
to evolve to fit the needs of our<br />
community and engage with patrons<br />
on their own terms,” Ross<br />
said. “It’s about meeting patrons<br />
where they are—in this case, out<br />
on the town!”<br />
For Gulp Fiction times and<br />
locations, visit www.baconfreelibrary.org/events.<br />
nonprofit add a new feature,<br />
the movie theater, for the <strong>Natick</strong><br />
community to enjoy.<br />
Marketing and Development<br />
Coordinator Kerry Fraser filmed<br />
the ribbon-cutting ceremony and<br />
entry of guests on Facebook Live.<br />
“This theater has been a long time<br />
in the making, and it’s been amazing<br />
to see the community rally to<br />
support the project and watch it<br />
all come together,” she said.<br />
After patrons settled in to<br />
the new space with snacks and<br />
drinks in hand, Executive Director<br />
David Lavalley thanked the<br />
audience and delivered introductory<br />
comments.<br />
“I’m very interested to know<br />
your feedback on the experience,<br />
about any of it – the taste of the<br />
popcorn, the sight lines, the feeling<br />
of the seats, the volume level<br />
– everything,” Lavalley said.<br />
To provide feedback, or to see<br />
the TCAN calendar that lists upcoming<br />
film showings, visit www.<br />
natickarts.org.<br />
Connected Parenting<br />
SPARK (Successful Positive<br />
Authentic Resilient Kids) invites<br />
parents to a free retreat, “Connected<br />
Parenting,” on building<br />
trust and emotional awareness,<br />
Sunday, <strong>March</strong> 5, 12:30 to 4:30<br />
p.m., at the <strong>Natick</strong> Community<br />
Senior Center. Lunch is provided.<br />
The SPARK Kindness team<br />
members leading this workshop<br />
are Catherine Brunell, an author,<br />
trained facilitator, retreat leader<br />
and a mother of five, and Dr.<br />
Amy Pettit, a licensed psychologist<br />
who completed pre- and postdoctoral<br />
training at Yale School<br />
of Medicine and Joslin Diabetes<br />
Center/Harvard Medical School.<br />
Part two of this program will<br />
be offered on April 30. Parents<br />
may attend one session or both.<br />
Parents may register online at<br />
www.sparkkindness.org. For more<br />
information, and to learn about<br />
the SPARK Spring <strong>2017</strong> Resilient<br />
Parent Series, visit www.sparkkindness.org/resilient-parentspring-<strong>2017</strong>.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Dems to Elect Delegates<br />
Registered Democrats in <strong>Natick</strong><br />
will hold a Caucus at the Morse<br />
Institute Library (Lower Level) in<br />
downtown <strong>Natick</strong>, 14 E. Central<br />
Street, on Saturday, <strong>March</strong> 4, 1 to<br />
4 p.m., to elect delegates and alternates<br />
to the <strong>2017</strong> Massachusetts<br />
Democratic State Convention on<br />
June 3. Given its history of strong<br />
Democratic voter turnout, <strong>Natick</strong><br />
has been awarded 22 delegate slots<br />
and 5 alternate seats to represent<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> at the Convention.<br />
The Caucus is open to the public,<br />
but only registered Democrats<br />
or 16 and 17 year olds who have<br />
pre registered to vote in <strong>Natick</strong><br />
may run or vote for delegates. Preregistered<br />
voters must bring proof<br />
of their registration to the Caucus.<br />
Also, same-day registration will be<br />
available at the Caucus.<br />
For more information, contact<br />
Steve Roche, <strong>Natick</strong> Democratic<br />
Town Committee Caucus<br />
Chair, at Attyroche@aol.com,<br />
call 508-653-8637 or visit<br />
http://natickdems.org.<br />
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<strong>Natick</strong>’s Multi-Generational<br />
Choir Feels Like a Family<br />
By Ben Krueger, Teen Member,<br />
Sound and Spirit<br />
Sound and Spirit is a multigenerational<br />
choir for everyone,<br />
whether you like singing, dancing<br />
or playing an instrument, there’s<br />
always fun to be had. Our upcoming<br />
concert, “Rise,” is Sound<br />
and Spirit’s 10th concert since the<br />
group’s premiere in 2012. I am in<br />
the teens’ section for adolescents<br />
from 7th-12th grade. It is a blast<br />
to be in, and I have made many<br />
friends through it. Our Artistic<br />
Director is Kate Leavey, who<br />
founded the program. Not only is<br />
Kate a great singer, but she is also<br />
a great director, teacher and mentor.<br />
If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t<br />
have met a number of my friends,<br />
nor would I have been able or<br />
willing to train my voice as I have.<br />
Claire, her cousin, teaches choreography<br />
and the assistant director<br />
is Cathi Ianno,<br />
The choir started due to<br />
a lack of a “real community<br />
choir,” according to Kate. By<br />
this, she means a choir where<br />
anyone who can carry a tune<br />
can participate in without an<br />
audition. She finds it interesting<br />
how, despite the diversity of professionals,<br />
lifelong choir members<br />
and novices, it still always<br />
works, stating that, “Together,<br />
we create something special that<br />
we could not achieve alone.”<br />
An artistic committee helps<br />
pick the theme, and the upcoming<br />
concert, “Rise,” which is<br />
themed around revolution. Kate<br />
said that she and the other staff<br />
research and gradually dwindle<br />
down the number of songs that<br />
seem right for the concert. A fellow<br />
teen singer, Dylan Lavallee,<br />
said, “There are laid-back tunes,<br />
high-energy jams and everything<br />
in between. There’s something to<br />
fit everyone’s music taste, which<br />
makes ‘Rise’ especially intriguing.”<br />
Choir participants range from<br />
rambunctious and joyful kids, exuberant<br />
and busy teens, and a very<br />
generous group of adults. Kate<br />
enjoys teaching them; there are a<br />
wide variety of roles to fill: writers,<br />
artists, dancers, singers, poets,<br />
program design and program adsellers.<br />
For concerts, Sound and<br />
Spirit hires a professional band<br />
and assembles a production staff,<br />
including a very experienced stage<br />
manager. There are diverse roles<br />
and jobs people can fill, which is<br />
one of the greatest things about<br />
the program.<br />
Dylan said he joined the program<br />
because Kate is a strong<br />
musical mentor for him. For people<br />
who are thinking of joining,<br />
he said, “It has given me wonderful<br />
opportunities to sing and<br />
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I also highly recommend that<br />
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about Sound and Spirit, and see if<br />
they would like to join. I personally<br />
find that the whole program feels<br />
more like a family than an organization,<br />
and everyone is included<br />
no matter what role they choose.<br />
All in all, this is what makes Sound<br />
and Spirit the unique and amazing<br />
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<strong>March</strong> Concert: “Rise” will be<br />
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<strong>Natick</strong> Awarded $400,000<br />
Complete Streets Grant<br />
The Town of <strong>Natick</strong> was one<br />
of 15 communities in the Commonwealth<br />
awarded a Complete<br />
Streets Grant from the Massachusetts<br />
Department of Transportation<br />
(MassDOT), receiving<br />
a grant for nearly $400,000 for its<br />
Complete Streets project.<br />
The town’s Complete Streets<br />
project aims to accommodate<br />
all road users by creating a road<br />
network that meets the needs<br />
of individuals using a variety of<br />
transportation modes. The project<br />
will focus on developing a<br />
connected, integrated network<br />
that serves all road users. <strong>Natick</strong><br />
will use the funds to construct additional<br />
lighted crosswalks – similar<br />
to the one in use between the<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Town Hall and the Morse<br />
Institute Library – at various locations<br />
along Route 135, and on<br />
Speen Street.<br />
“I am pleased that <strong>Natick</strong> was<br />
one of the 15 communities that<br />
met the requirements to receive a<br />
Complete Streets Grant,” Representative<br />
David Linsky (D-<strong>Natick</strong>)<br />
said. “The funds will allow <strong>Natick</strong><br />
to provide roadways that will<br />
be both safe and efficient for all<br />
users.”<br />
Complete Streets are designed<br />
and operated to provide safety<br />
and accessibility for all users of<br />
roadways, trails, and transit systems,<br />
including pedestrians, bicyclists,<br />
transit riders, motorists,<br />
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vehicles, and for people of<br />
all ages and abilities.
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Buz Bragdon is a local guy.<br />
Born and raised in <strong>Natick</strong>, he’s<br />
currently living in the same<br />
North Main Street home where<br />
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said, and that love of the town<br />
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about his work.<br />
Bragdon runs I-Haul, a removal<br />
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<strong>March</strong> Happenings at <strong>Natick</strong> Farm<br />
By Trish Wesley Umbrell,<br />
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frantically running around collecting<br />
sap and boiling it into<br />
precious syrup. We’ll be offering<br />
guided maple sugaring tours of<br />
our sugaring operation through<br />
the end of the month. Tours<br />
last approximately 45 minutes<br />
and run Monday through Friday,<br />
1, 3:30, and 4:15 pm, and<br />
on Saturdays at 9:30 and 11:30<br />
am. You will learn all about the<br />
science, history and craft of<br />
making maple syrup. Advance<br />
registration is required. Since<br />
Mother Nature is in charge,<br />
we cannot guarantee boiling,<br />
though there’s always lots to see<br />
and learn.<br />
Pancakes and Sugaring<br />
at Maple Magic Day,<br />
Saturday, <strong>March</strong> 4<br />
Nothing beats a plate of<br />
warm homemade pancakes<br />
smothered in real maple syrup,<br />
particularly when you don’t have<br />
<br />
<br />
Exceptional Short Term Rehab & Skilled Nursing Care<br />
On Call Physicians<br />
24 Hr Nursing Coverage<br />
to cook the pancakes yourself!<br />
Come on <strong>March</strong> 4, 8 to 11 am<br />
at Memorial School, where we’ll<br />
be more than happy to serve you<br />
up a plate of wheat or glutenfree/dairy-free<br />
hotcakes as you<br />
listen to live Dixieland jazz, tour<br />
our educational exhibits and our<br />
nonprofit fair. Take a chance in<br />
our raffle to win great prizes like<br />
Red Sox tickets courtesy of Fair<br />
& Yeager Insurance or a free<br />
week of NCOF summer program.<br />
Breakfast admission $10<br />
for adults ($8 for members), and<br />
$5 for kids ages 3-6 ($4 members).<br />
You can save $1 by walking<br />
or biking to the event.<br />
Concurrently, over at the<br />
farm, we’ll be running Maple<br />
Sugaring Past & Present Tours,<br />
from 9 am to 2pm every half<br />
hour. These enhanced sugaring<br />
tours feature fascinating reenactments<br />
of Native American<br />
and Colonial sugaring methods,<br />
plus a visit to our modern-day<br />
sugar shack. We’ll be serving<br />
family-friendly food throughout<br />
the day. Tours are $7/person, or<br />
$6 if you attend breakfast first.<br />
No need for reservations.<br />
Seedlings and Babies<br />
<strong>March</strong> is all about new life,<br />
from seedlings growing in the<br />
greenhouses to piglets, lambs,<br />
Riverbend of South <strong>Natick</strong><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Post Surgical Rehab<br />
Respite Stays Welcome<br />
and kids being born weekly in<br />
the barn. Keep an eye on the<br />
Farm’s Facebook page for both<br />
planting and birth announcements.<br />
If you’d like to some of<br />
our beautiful, certified-organic<br />
seedlings for your own garden,<br />
you can do so using our Seedling<br />
Pre-order program. Pick up<br />
an order sheet at the Farm or<br />
download it from our website. If<br />
you’d like to purchase a piglet,<br />
lamb, or kid (goat-kind only),<br />
please contact Jon, the Farm’s<br />
animal manager.<br />
Food and Products<br />
Right now we have certifiedorganic<br />
mesclun mix, potatoes,<br />
leeks, squash, plus our own eggs,<br />
maple syrup, honey, woolen yarn,<br />
pork and beef. Please stop by our<br />
workshop stand Monday Friday,<br />
8:30 am to 4:30 pm, or on weekends<br />
during morning or afternoon<br />
chore time.<br />
Summer Program Registration<br />
Opens <strong>March</strong> 15<br />
Public registration for<br />
NCOF’s popular, week-long<br />
morning- or afternoon programs<br />
for youth ages 3.5 to 14 opens<br />
<strong>March</strong> 15. Participants help to<br />
run the Farm and have a lot of<br />
fun as they learn and get dirty.<br />
For an age-by-age overview of<br />
(508)653-8330<br />
<br />
<br />
Alzheimer’s Residents Welcome<br />
Hospice & Support Services<br />
34 South Lincoln Street, South <strong>Natick</strong>, MA<br />
www.rehabassociates.com/riverbend<br />
(Photo/Trish Wesley Umbrell of NCOF)<br />
our programming, please visit<br />
our website, or watch the family-friendly<br />
July episode of “On<br />
the Farm,” a serial documentary<br />
about NCOF on Vimeo.<br />
The farm offers a number<br />
of programs for adults and children,<br />
from books discussions to<br />
crafts to caring for animals. Descriptions,<br />
fees, and registration<br />
is our and through our website,<br />
www.natickfarm.org.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Community Organic<br />
Farm is a nonprofit, certifiedorganic<br />
farm located at 117<br />
Eliot Street offering productive<br />
open space, farm products, and<br />
hands-on education to people<br />
of all ages, year-round. Our 27<br />
acres are open daily during daylight<br />
hours with no admission<br />
fee for your visits and purchases.<br />
Come on down and see what’s<br />
“growing on!”<br />
Gardening<br />
with Native<br />
Plants and<br />
Why It Matters<br />
The <strong>Natick</strong> Garden Club will<br />
present a program, “Gardening<br />
with Native Plants and Why It<br />
Matters,” on Thursday, <strong>March</strong> 16,<br />
7 p.m., at the Morse Institute, Lebowitz<br />
Room, 14 East Central St.<br />
Native plants are increasingly<br />
recognized as important to our<br />
gardens and landscapes. Claudia<br />
Thompson of Grow Native Massachusetts<br />
will give us an overview<br />
of their essential role in ecosystem<br />
health – starting with the concept<br />
of co-evolution between plants<br />
and animals, and ending with<br />
a tour of her 7,000-square foot<br />
garden in Cambridge. Thompson<br />
will explain the differences<br />
among native, naturalized and invasive<br />
plants and explore the food<br />
web that links plants to insects to<br />
birds, wildlife and humans.<br />
Thompson is the founder and<br />
president of Grow Native Massachusetts,<br />
an organization she<br />
founded in 2010 as the culmination<br />
of an extensive career as an<br />
environmentalist and educator.<br />
She has developed programs for<br />
public schools, and worked for<br />
the Appalachian Mountain Club,<br />
Drumlin Farm, and the New<br />
England Wild Flower Society.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.natickgardenclub.org/<br />
NGCPrograms. Please help support<br />
the <strong>Natick</strong> Service Council<br />
Food Pantry by bringing a few<br />
canned goods to the meeting.
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2017</strong> <strong>Natick</strong> Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com Page 9<br />
Planning <strong>Natick</strong>’s <strong>2017</strong> Green-up<br />
Week and Earth Day Festival<br />
By Pat Conaway,<br />
Keep <strong>Natick</strong> Beautiful<br />
Imagine an entire<br />
town coming<br />
together once<br />
a year in April<br />
to celebrate the<br />
Earth, learn<br />
from each other<br />
and make new<br />
friends. Thanks<br />
to our intrepid<br />
Earth Day Committee<br />
volunteers, that’s<br />
what we’ve been doing here in<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> for the past six years. On<br />
our unique <strong>Natick</strong> Common,<br />
we cobble together an amazing<br />
Earth Day Festival that celebrates<br />
the formidable strengths of our<br />
community and connects them<br />
to the Earth.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> and Sherborn<br />
Awarded S.A.F.E.<br />
Grants<br />
Representative David Linsky<br />
(D-<strong>Natick</strong>) announced that<br />
Governor Charles Baker and<br />
Secretary of Public Safety and<br />
Security Daniel Bennett have<br />
awarded grant funds for the Student<br />
Awareness of Fire Education<br />
(S.A.F.E.) Program and the<br />
Senior S.A.F.E. Program. The<br />
town of <strong>Natick</strong> was awarded<br />
$8,637 and the town of Sherborn<br />
was awarded $5,358 for<br />
FY17.<br />
“S.A.F.E. is a vital program<br />
that has proven its effectivity,”<br />
Representative Linsky said.<br />
“Teaching citizens of the Commonwealth<br />
about fire safety and<br />
prevention is very important, and<br />
I commend the <strong>Natick</strong> and Sherborn<br />
Fire Departments for their<br />
dedication to this program.”<br />
Since the creation of The<br />
S.A.F.E. Program, the average<br />
annual child fire deaths have<br />
been reduced by 70 percent.<br />
The S.A.F.E. Program provides<br />
resources to fire departments<br />
across the Commonwealth to<br />
promote fire safety education for<br />
students in grades K-12, and Senior<br />
S.A.F.E. works with seniors<br />
on fire prevention, general home<br />
safety, and how to be better prepared<br />
in the event of a fire.<br />
Earth Day Festival,<br />
April 23<br />
Earth Day on Saturday,<br />
April 23, 11 am to 3 pm<br />
(rain date: April 30), will<br />
have kids’ activities,<br />
food vendors, artisans,<br />
live music, wildlife<br />
demonstrations, and<br />
displays by municipal<br />
and grassroots initiatives<br />
promoting sustainability.<br />
Visitors will meet<br />
the people who are on<br />
the front lines helping <strong>Natick</strong> improve<br />
its trails, parklands, woodlands<br />
and traffic problems and<br />
learn about the many programs<br />
conducted by several of <strong>Natick</strong>’s<br />
“environmental jewels”—<strong>Natick</strong><br />
Community Organic Farm and<br />
their neighbors along the Charles<br />
River, The Massachusetts Horticultural<br />
Society and <strong>Natick</strong>’s<br />
Broadmoor Audubon Wildlife<br />
Sanctuary.<br />
Green-up <strong>Natick</strong> Week,<br />
April 18-21<br />
Prior to the festival, we’re conducting<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Green-up Week,<br />
April 18-21. Come help us clean<br />
up some beautiful spaces that are<br />
often abused (Dug and Fisk ponds<br />
and the Pegan Cove Park area).<br />
The week is sponsored by Keep<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Beautiful, the <strong>Natick</strong> Department<br />
of Public Works, the<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> High School, the <strong>Natick</strong><br />
Common Spiritual Center and<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Grows.<br />
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I-HAUL<br />
Disposal Service<br />
A small amount to a whole house…<br />
• Rubbish<br />
• Clean Outs<br />
• Waste Ban Items<br />
We Recycle<br />
Contest for<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Students<br />
New this year is a contest,<br />
“The Most Informative and<br />
Engaging Display, Demonstration<br />
or Activity,” for middle and<br />
high school students. We plan<br />
to recruit students and display a<br />
dozen or more student projects<br />
that focus on renewable energy,<br />
water conservation, endangered<br />
species, pollution, climate change<br />
and sustainability. Students will<br />
explain and demonstrate their<br />
messages to the public. A panel<br />
of judges will evaluate the projects<br />
and prizes will be announced<br />
at the end of the festival on Saturday.<br />
For more information, and to<br />
volunteer for Green-up Week,<br />
contact Pat Conaway, Chair,<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Earth Day Committee,<br />
508-740-9949 or bpconaway@gmail.com,<br />
visit us on<br />
Facebook, www.facebook.com/<br />
events/973210126084534, or the<br />
web, natickearthday.org or keepnatickbeautiful.org.<br />
• Appliances & Metal<br />
• Construction Debris<br />
• Brush & Yard Debris<br />
You Call.<br />
I Haul.<br />
That’s All.<br />
Talk With Your Local <strong>Natick</strong> Junk Guy!<br />
Buz Bragdon • 508-655-4968
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Sundays<br />
1 pm: Bingo at the <strong>Natick</strong><br />
Elks Lodge, 95 Speen St. (doors<br />
open at 11 am) and Mondays<br />
(doors open at 4 pm, bingo at<br />
6:45 pm). You must be 18 years<br />
or older to play.<br />
Mondays<br />
3:30 to 4:30 pm: Craftafternoons<br />
at the Bacon Free Library.<br />
Bring your knitting, crocheting,<br />
sewing and scrapbooking. www.<br />
baconfreelibrary.org<br />
Third Monday<br />
7 to 9 pm: Occupy <strong>Natick</strong>,<br />
free movie and discussion. Visit<br />
occupynatick.org.<br />
Tuesdays<br />
12:15 pm: <strong>Natick</strong> Rotary<br />
meets at the Dolphin Seafood<br />
Restaurant, <strong>Natick</strong> Center.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>rotary.org<br />
6:30 to 8pm: Open house/<br />
information session at The<br />
Northeastern Institute of Cannabis<br />
campus, 10 Tech Circle,<br />
for anyone looking to educate<br />
themselves on the expanding<br />
cannabis industry. Guided tours<br />
are offered M-F, 11 am to 5pm<br />
by appointment, 508-655-7420.<br />
instituteofcannabis.com<br />
Second Tuesday<br />
7 pm: <strong>Natick</strong> Education<br />
Foundation meets at <strong>Natick</strong><br />
Town Hall. www.natickedfoundation.org<br />
Wednesdays<br />
5 to 7 pm: Sons of Italy Pasta<br />
Night, 37 Washington Ave.<br />
Pasta, salad, bread and dessert,<br />
all for one low price. 508-653-<br />
5619<br />
Thursdays<br />
11 am to 12 pm: Adult Coloring<br />
Book Club at the Bacon Free<br />
Library. Adult coloring pages<br />
and coloring pencils or markers<br />
supplied or bring your own.<br />
www.baconfreelibrary.org<br />
5 to 7 pm: Open Door-enjoy<br />
a meal, Sherrill Hall, St. Paul’s<br />
Episcopal Church. The program<br />
runs Thursdays from September<br />
through June.<br />
First Thursday<br />
6:30 pm: Relay For Life planning<br />
meetings for the May <strong>2017</strong><br />
event. Meet at the American<br />
Cancer Society, 30 Speen St.<br />
www.relayforlife.org/natickma<br />
Saturdays<br />
9 am to 1 pm: <strong>Natick</strong> Farmers’<br />
Market at the Common Street<br />
Spirituality Center, intersection<br />
of Rt. 27 and 135. Free parking<br />
in lots on weekends. The market<br />
moves outside to the <strong>Natick</strong><br />
Common on May 13. natickcenter.org.<br />
First Saturday<br />
11 am: Morse Institute Library<br />
Stitchers meet for serviceoriented<br />
knitting and crocheting<br />
at the Morse Institute Library.<br />
Drop in and join the fun! www.<br />
morseinstitute.org<br />
Through <strong>March</strong> 5<br />
Online Children’s Illustrators<br />
Auction, ending at 8 pm,<br />
featuring many of today’s most<br />
beloved picture book illustrators,<br />
graphic novelists and chapter<br />
book illustrators. Bacon Free Library,<br />
www.baconfreelibrary.org<br />
End of Season Deals!<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Community Calendar<br />
Thursday, <strong>March</strong> 2<br />
7 pm: Friends of the Fourth<br />
meet at the Cole Center, 179<br />
Boden Lane. www.natick4th.org<br />
7 pm: <strong>Natick</strong> 2030+ Master<br />
Plan Outreach Meeting at the<br />
Common Street Spiritual Center<br />
for property owners, business<br />
owners and merchants to hear<br />
more about the Master Plan<br />
and share ideas and concerns.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>2030.com<br />
Saturday, <strong>March</strong> 4<br />
9 am to 2 pm: Maple Magic<br />
and Pancake Breakfast at the<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Community Organic<br />
Farm. Learn about Native<br />
American and Colonial sugaring<br />
techniques while experiencing<br />
how the farm sugars today.<br />
www.natickfarm.org/Pages/<br />
Maple_Magic.html<br />
7:00 pm: Impulse Dance<br />
Center presents STAGES OF<br />
LOVE, featuring The Connecting<br />
Point Dance Company,<br />
TAProject and Extreme Crew,<br />
at the Wilson Middle School, 22<br />
Rutledge Rd. Admission: $15<br />
at the door. Doors open at 6:00<br />
p.m. 508.653.2171<br />
Wednesday, <strong>March</strong> 8<br />
Last day to register to vote for<br />
the <strong>March</strong> 28 annual town election.<br />
For information, call the<br />
Town Clerk’s Office at 508-647-<br />
6430 x4 or visit www.natickma.<br />
gov.<br />
7 pm: The <strong>Natick</strong> Shakespeare<br />
Club presentation and<br />
discussion of William Shakespeare’s<br />
First Folio. Morse<br />
Institute Library, www.morseinstitute.org<br />
Thursday, <strong>March</strong> 9<br />
7 to 9 pm: Disabilities Transition<br />
Fair and Roundtable on<br />
post-secondary transition options.<br />
Students, parents, guardians<br />
and professionals will have<br />
the opportunity to hear from<br />
local and state adult service providers<br />
regarding services and<br />
supports. Register online: goo.<br />
gl/0X4HKL.<br />
Friday, <strong>March</strong> 10<br />
7:30 pm: An evening of hilarious<br />
fun and laughter with<br />
the improv comedy antics of<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>Improv, a fundraiser to<br />
benefit Family Promise Metrowest.<br />
Common Street Spiritual<br />
Center, 13 Common St. Suggested<br />
donation $10 at the door.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>Improv.com<br />
Monday, <strong>March</strong> 13<br />
6 pm: Film and Discussion:<br />
Healthy Aging presented in<br />
partnership with the Metrowest<br />
Health Foundation. A light<br />
supper will be served before the<br />
screening. Morse Institute Library,<br />
www.morseinstitute.org<br />
7 to 8 pm: WELCOME<br />
to <strong>Natick</strong>! for residents new<br />
to <strong>Natick</strong> at the <strong>Natick</strong> Community-Senior<br />
Center. An interactive<br />
program led by an<br />
experienced and long-standing<br />
resident will show the depth and<br />
breadth of all this vibrant community<br />
has to offer. RSVP by<br />
calling 508-647-6540 or email<br />
skirby@natickma.org.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>March</strong> 15<br />
7 pm: Yes for <strong>Natick</strong> Candidate<br />
Forum at the <strong>Natick</strong><br />
Community-Senior Center. Do<br />
you have questions for the candidates?<br />
If so, let us know! We’ll<br />
share them with the candidates<br />
and ask some of them at the<br />
event! www.facebook.com/Yesfornatick<br />
Sunday, <strong>March</strong> 19<br />
3 pm: Concert with Jacqueline<br />
Schwab and Emily O’Brien,<br />
Flute and Piano. Morse Institute<br />
Library, www.morseinstitute.org<br />
6 pm: <strong>Natick</strong> Center Associates<br />
Annual Fundraiser with<br />
comedian Jimmy Tingle at the<br />
Dolphin Seafood Restaurant.<br />
Silent and online auction. For<br />
information, visit natickcenter.<br />
org or email Athena Pandolf,<br />
Executive Director of the <strong>Natick</strong><br />
Center Cultural District, at info.<br />
natickcenter@gmail.com or call<br />
508-650-8848.<br />
Monday, <strong>March</strong> 20<br />
6:30 to 8 pm: Join a Circle of<br />
Sound for the Spring Equinox<br />
at the Common Street Spiritual<br />
Center. Setting the intentions<br />
of Harmony, Unity, Joy, Acceptance,<br />
Compassion, Peace and<br />
Love. Optional-bring an instrument<br />
to contribute to the sound.<br />
Led by Leslie Githens, 781-733-<br />
8908, leslie.githens@gmail.com.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>March</strong> 29<br />
7 pm: Repair Café-Join Metrowest<br />
Repairs and see what<br />
you can fix! Morse Institute Library,<br />
www.morseinstitute.org<br />
7 pm: Ticks are everywhere!<br />
Sponsored by the <strong>Natick</strong> Board<br />
of Health. Learn how to protect<br />
your family and your pets.<br />
Morse Institute Library, www.<br />
morseinstitute.org<br />
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Young <strong>Natick</strong> Resident Reflects on Women’s <strong>March</strong><br />
By Via Perkins,<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
Erin Catania proves that no<br />
one is too young to stand up for<br />
what they believe in. At 11 years<br />
old, Catania possesses an acute<br />
sense of justice and responsibility.<br />
Though she lives with her family<br />
in <strong>Natick</strong>, she made up her mind<br />
to travel to Washington D.C.<br />
to participate in the Women’s<br />
<strong>March</strong> on Washington on Saturday,<br />
Jan. 21. The experience has<br />
spurred her on to continue fighting<br />
for important causes.<br />
Showing Support<br />
Advocating for the rights<br />
of women and other minority<br />
groups is something Catania<br />
takes seriously. Though she was<br />
intent on marching in the capitol,<br />
she thought about what it would<br />
take to get there and planned accordingly.<br />
She launched a crowdfunding<br />
campaign to help raise<br />
the money to go.<br />
“I decided to use GoFundMe<br />
because I knew the trip would<br />
cost a lot. I have a big family, and<br />
I knew it would help my parents<br />
a lot if I raised half of the cost on<br />
my own,” Catania explained.<br />
The response came in loud<br />
and clear. She reached her $1,200<br />
funding goal thanks to 39 donors,<br />
many of which also encouraged<br />
her through comments on her<br />
GoFundMe page. One contributor<br />
said, “You go girl! Don’t ever<br />
stop letting your voice be heard!”<br />
Another said, “Great story. The<br />
world needs your voice. Can’t<br />
wait to meet you in D.C.”<br />
“It felt really awesome to know<br />
that my family and friends and<br />
some people I don’t know supported<br />
me in going to the Women’s<br />
<strong>March</strong>,” Catania said.<br />
<strong>March</strong>ing Together<br />
On the big day, Catania<br />
marched the streets with her<br />
mother Julie, older sister Caitria,<br />
and friends. Her outfit was complete<br />
with a knitted pink hat that<br />
became a symbol of the march,<br />
as well as a shirt she received from<br />
Dr. Peter Sanchioni, the superintendent<br />
of <strong>Natick</strong> Public Schools.<br />
The group merged with a<br />
crowd that Catania described as<br />
“large, determined and peaceful.”<br />
“I was surprised by how<br />
many people attended, both<br />
young and old,” she said. “There<br />
were moms with baby strollers,<br />
handicapped people, and grandmas<br />
and grandpas.”<br />
Erin getting ready to march. (Photo/Julie Catania)<br />
Erin (right) with her sister Caitria<br />
(left) at the march. (Photo/Julie<br />
Catania)<br />
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“We had an incredible experience,”<br />
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A Big Mission<br />
Catania says the biggest thing<br />
she learned from her experience<br />
in D.C. was about the power she<br />
has to stand up for what is right.<br />
“I learned that it is important<br />
to express my feelings on fair and<br />
equal rights for everyone, and<br />
that my voice can make a difference,<br />
even at age 11,” she said. “I<br />
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“I want to use my voice to<br />
help people know that it doesn’t<br />
matter if you’re a girl or a boy,<br />
what religion, race or ability<br />
you have, or who you love,” she<br />
explained. “Everyone deserves<br />
the same rights, pay and opportunities.<br />
Kindness, compassion<br />
and understanding should be a<br />
human right for everyone.”<br />
With that attitude, there is no<br />
limit to the good she can do in the<br />
world.<br />
Art in <strong>Natick</strong><br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Community-Senior<br />
Center: Photography Show<br />
Through April<br />
New England Light Painters<br />
(NELP) is a group of regional<br />
photographers who<br />
meet in <strong>Natick</strong>. The purpose<br />
of the group is to enable<br />
members to grow as artists by<br />
reviewing each others’ work,<br />
sharing techniques, organizing<br />
group exhibitions and inviting<br />
established fine-art photographers<br />
to make presentations.<br />
NELP’s show will hang at the<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Community Senior<br />
Center during <strong>March</strong> and<br />
April <strong>2017</strong>. Artists include<br />
Photo by David Kahn<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> residents David Kahn<br />
and Nancy Rich, as well as<br />
Alan Kidawski, Virge Lorents<br />
and Elyssa Conley. For more<br />
information on NELP, visit<br />
wordpress.nelightpainters.org.
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Sports<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> High Six Qualifies for Another Tourney Berth<br />
By Ken Hamwey,<br />
Staff Sports Writer<br />
Eric Kaplan is in his third year<br />
as <strong>Natick</strong> High’s hockey coach<br />
and he’s delighted that it’ll be<br />
three straight seasons that he’ll be<br />
calling signals in tournament play.<br />
The Redhawks were 9-6-2 at<br />
the “<strong>Natick</strong> Local Town Pages”<br />
deadline, a record that qualifies<br />
the Redhawks for a playoff<br />
berth. Last year, <strong>Natick</strong> went 15-<br />
4-2, won the Herget Division title,<br />
then advanced to the sectional<br />
semifinals before losing in overtime<br />
to Marshfield.<br />
“Our goals in pre-season were<br />
to repeat as Herget Division<br />
champions and earn another<br />
berth in the sectional tourney,’’<br />
Kaplan said. “Walpole will win<br />
the Herget crown, but we’re<br />
pleased about post-season play.<br />
I’m optimistic about the playoffs<br />
because we’ve got depth, skilled<br />
players and we’re a close-knit<br />
group that has good chemistry.<br />
We lack superstars but we’ve got<br />
solid kids who know their roles.’’<br />
Although the Redhawks lost<br />
all-star goalie Joe Sharib, who<br />
posted nine shutouts last year,<br />
to Cushing Academy (Ashburnham),<br />
they remain a focused<br />
squad with experience, balanced<br />
lines, speed and quickness. “We<br />
can improve going forward by<br />
being more consistent on offense,’’<br />
Kaplan said. “We’re okay<br />
scoring against weaker teams but<br />
we can be much better against<br />
stronger opponents.’’<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>’s four senior captains<br />
are quality leaders, and they all<br />
have specific strengths. They<br />
include forward Sean Harney,<br />
center Robbie Pini and defensemen<br />
Scott Reynolds and Matt<br />
Sullivan.<br />
“Sean is our top scorer (9<br />
goals, 11 assists through 17<br />
games),’’ Kaplan said. “He’s<br />
strong, skilled, quick and solid<br />
around the net. Robbie (9 goals,<br />
Hey NHS . . . How Are You? Depression<br />
Prevention Initiative at <strong>Natick</strong> High<br />
By Abby Blume and<br />
Maddy Wise, Freshmen.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> High School<br />
Five months ago, freshmen<br />
and junior students from <strong>Natick</strong><br />
High School (NHS) participated<br />
in the “Hey NHS” depression<br />
prevention initiative. They met<br />
with staff from the Wellesley<br />
Centers for Women at Wellesley<br />
College, who volunteer with<br />
the Signs of Suicide (SOS) Prevention<br />
Program. The students<br />
were taught about depression<br />
and suicide prevention. This past<br />
month, students met again and<br />
had brief one-on-one discussions<br />
on the topic of depression.<br />
In these meetings, the volunteers<br />
from Wellesley College were trying<br />
to identify students who might<br />
be depressed by asking a series of<br />
questions regarding their home<br />
and social lives.<br />
‘Why go through all this trouble?’<br />
some may wonder. This is<br />
because a lot of people don’t understand<br />
how much depression<br />
plagues teenagers. Approximately<br />
20 percent of young people will<br />
experience depression before<br />
they reach adulthood. That’s one<br />
in every five teens. People also<br />
think depression is not a big deal<br />
because they don’t see it, or they<br />
underestimate it; but depression<br />
is not the same thing as sadness.<br />
Depression is a disorder that<br />
causes people to lose interest in<br />
the things they love and lose sight<br />
of what’s important. Often times,<br />
high school students who are suffering<br />
from depression will try to<br />
hide it because they are ashamed<br />
or embarrassed that they are feeling<br />
this way. More often than not,<br />
teens don’t want to be seen as<br />
outcasts, so they don’t tell anyone<br />
how they are feeling in hopes that<br />
it will go away on its own. This<br />
makes it hard to know just how<br />
many people are affected, which<br />
is why it’s important to do these<br />
screenings.<br />
There are students at <strong>Natick</strong><br />
High who suffer from depression<br />
and hide it because they feel<br />
it would make them less popular<br />
or stand out. They need to know<br />
that it’s more common than they<br />
think and they shouldn’t feel<br />
embarrassed. The <strong>Natick</strong> high<br />
school guidance department does<br />
a great job giving students the<br />
help that they need, while keeping<br />
it confidential so that their<br />
peers don’t find out and start to<br />
tease them--not that this would<br />
happen. Thanks to the SOS program<br />
and the one-on-one screenings,<br />
students at NHS are more<br />
aware of mental health issues<br />
than ever before.<br />
8 assists) is our most consistent<br />
player on offense and defense.<br />
He works hard and he’s used<br />
on penalty-killing and face-offs.<br />
Scott (3 goals, 8 assists) is a great<br />
team leader who’s an all-around<br />
defenseman. He’s strong on<br />
power plays and penalty-killing.<br />
He carries the puck well and we<br />
lean on him heavily. Matt is physical,<br />
a strong defenseman who is<br />
a very effective skater.’’<br />
A pair of twins — juniors Dillon<br />
Arno at center (2 goals, 10<br />
assists) and Al Arno on the wing<br />
(7 goals, 5 assists) — team with<br />
Harney to give the Redhawks a<br />
high-caliber first line. “Dillon is<br />
recovering from an injured shoulder,’’<br />
Kaplan said. “He’s solid<br />
on face-offs, quick, and hard to<br />
defend. Al moves the puck, has<br />
a high hockey IQ and uses his<br />
body to his advantage in spite of<br />
his lack of size. The entire line<br />
can pass and works hard in the<br />
corners.’’<br />
Sophomore goalie James<br />
Herring has filled in admirably<br />
in Sharib’s absence. He’s got a<br />
goals-against average of 2.09,<br />
a save percentage of .917 and<br />
two shutouts. “James is from<br />
Toronto,’’ Kaplan noted. “He<br />
tracks the puck, gets into good<br />
position, has good ice vision and<br />
is instinctive. His technical ability<br />
is very strong.’’<br />
Freshman defenseman David<br />
Mega complements Reynolds<br />
nicely as <strong>Natick</strong>’s top corps on the<br />
backline. “David has good size,<br />
always using it to his advantage,’’<br />
Kaplan emphasized. “His hockey<br />
IQ is high and he’s not timid.’’<br />
Junior wing Charlie Mulholland,<br />
who’s been injured, has<br />
missed most of the season but<br />
his twin brother Tim (another<br />
wing) and sophomore forward<br />
Ryan Haswell have been quality<br />
contributors. “Charlie injured his<br />
shoulder,’’ Kaplan said. “Tim is<br />
quick and can shoot. He’s on the<br />
varsity for his first year, having<br />
been on the jayvees last season.<br />
Ryan is our most physical player.<br />
He works hard in the corners and<br />
gives 100 percent all the time.’’<br />
Assistant coaches have helped<br />
the Redhawks’ development and<br />
Kaplan is quick to credit Mark<br />
Knapp, Pat Prendergast and<br />
Matt Lodi, the jayvee coach.<br />
Kaplan’s sons, Tyler and Trevor,<br />
who were hockey captains at<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>, are helping out as assistants<br />
at the jayvee level.<br />
Focusing on a philosophy of<br />
competing hard, reaching one’s<br />
potential and having fun, Kaplan<br />
said he stresses to his players “the<br />
importance of discipline and accountability<br />
on and off the ice.’’<br />
“We try to develop good<br />
young men whose priorities are<br />
family, school and hockey,’’ Kaplan<br />
said. “And, it’s very important<br />
that our kids learn valuable<br />
life lessons from athletics — like<br />
setting goals, working as a team<br />
and overcoming adversity.”<br />
<strong>Natick</strong>’s hockey team is heading<br />
for tourney play for the third<br />
straight year, and it’s easy to understand<br />
why. The players know<br />
the meaning of discipline and accountability.<br />
And, they’re acutely<br />
aware of their priorities.
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Sports<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Wrestlers Add More Luster to Their Tradition<br />
By Ken Hamwey,<br />
Staff Sports Writer<br />
Coach Bob Anniballi’s wrestling<br />
team at <strong>Natick</strong> High finished<br />
its dual-meet season with a<br />
stunning 26-2 record and an 11-0<br />
mark in the Bay State Conference<br />
(BSC), which gave the Redhawks<br />
their 22 nd BSC championship in<br />
the last 23 years.<br />
During Anniballi’s 24 years<br />
on the job, <strong>Natick</strong> has had 14 unbeaten<br />
seasons, and from 2003 to<br />
2009, the Redhawks managed a<br />
68-match winning streak in conference<br />
competition. There also<br />
have been 13 sectional crowns,<br />
one state title and three individual<br />
New England champions.<br />
Talk about dynasties usually<br />
centers on teams that win three<br />
or four championships over a<br />
five or six-year span. <strong>Natick</strong> High<br />
School’s wrestling program, however,<br />
has taken that definition to a<br />
new level.<br />
“We’re pleased with the tradition<br />
we’ve achieved, but wrestling<br />
is a humbling sport,’’ Anniballi<br />
said. “You can’t get complacent.<br />
I think season to season, and I<br />
have to keep changing because<br />
the sport is always evolving.’’<br />
Anniballi, who wrestled at<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> High in the early 1980s,<br />
was a captain as a junior and senior<br />
and also a BSC all-star. He<br />
became an assistant coach from<br />
1986-1990, then took the reins at<br />
Keefe Tech for two seasons before<br />
returning as head coach at <strong>Natick</strong><br />
in 1993.<br />
What makes the Redhawks’<br />
wrestling program tick is the system<br />
employed by Anniballi. He<br />
labels it “identifiable and consistent.’’<br />
Those words may be understating<br />
the case.<br />
“Our system allows kids to assimilate<br />
quickly and find success<br />
early,’’ Anniballi said. “We’ve<br />
created expectations to win, and<br />
the kids have bought in. They’re<br />
very technically sound and they<br />
wrestle in a similar way.’’<br />
The 2016-17 season has been<br />
another solid campaign. As Annibali<br />
said: “It’s impressive the way<br />
our team bonded and bounced<br />
back after losing a great wrestler<br />
like Gus Ramstrom. I’m proud<br />
of the season we’ve had so far,<br />
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The 4 th Annual Metrowest<br />
College and Career Fair will<br />
take place on Saturday, April 1,<br />
from 9 to 12 p.m., at the Ashland<br />
High School, 65 E. Union<br />
St., Ashland, Mass. The fair is<br />
free and open to the public.<br />
The fair will give students<br />
and parents from Metrowest<br />
area high schools the opportunity<br />
to speak with representatives<br />
from over 100 colleges,<br />
universities and gap-year options,<br />
as well as provide students<br />
with an opportunity to engage<br />
with professionals from over 50<br />
unique careers. In addition,<br />
there will be ongoing speakers<br />
to discuss topics such as the college<br />
application process, financial<br />
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listing of participating colleges,<br />
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winning the BSC, the Division<br />
2 State Dual Meet Tournament<br />
and the Division 2 Metro-Central<br />
Sectional.’’<br />
The Division 2 sectionals<br />
concluded before the deadline<br />
for “Local Town Pages,” but the<br />
State, All-State and New England<br />
tourneys were still on tap.<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> hosted the sectional and<br />
finished first with 248 points. Ten<br />
wrestlers placed to advance to<br />
the States ,and four of them took<br />
home first-place honors. Two<br />
others could compete after qualifying<br />
as alternates.<br />
The 10 who placed are: Jeff<br />
Marsh (second at 113), Jacob<br />
Opela (second at 126), Joe Castellino<br />
(second at 132), Ben<br />
Steenkamp (first at 138), Jeremy<br />
Su (second at 145), Alan Smith<br />
(second at 152), Kyle Bastarache<br />
(first at 160), Tim Ramstrom (second<br />
at 170), Matt Gastaldo (first<br />
at 182), and Josh Atwood (first at<br />
heavyweight). The two alternates<br />
are Anthony Graves (fifth at 106)<br />
and Ramathan Makayu (fifth at<br />
220).<br />
The following is a thumbnail<br />
look at <strong>Natick</strong>’s key contributors<br />
this year, their achievements and<br />
comments from Anniballi:<br />
JACOB OPELA (126-pound<br />
junior) — Returning sectional<br />
finalist. Current record 33-11;<br />
started wrestling as a freshman<br />
and has worked very hard to<br />
make the varsity lineup as a sophomore.<br />
Has been a key the last<br />
two seasons. Won tournaments<br />
at Athol Invitational and Nashua<br />
N.H. Invitational.<br />
JOE CASTELLINO (132-<br />
pound junior) — First year on<br />
varsity. Current record 31-12;<br />
Won the Milford Tournament.<br />
Often finds a way to win matches<br />
when he’s losing. A steady competitor,<br />
he’s quietly had a quality<br />
season.<br />
BEN STEENKAMP (138-<br />
pound senior) — Returning sectional<br />
champion; a captain whose<br />
record is 38-6; Won the Athol<br />
and Nashua Invitational. Fearless<br />
on the mat. Ben has anything but<br />
a conservative style. When Ben is<br />
wrestling, it’s going to be an entertaining<br />
match.<br />
JEREMY SU (145-pound senior)<br />
— A captain, he’s a returning<br />
sectional champ who was<br />
fifth in the D-2 States; current<br />
record 40-4; First in the Athol<br />
and Nashua Tournaments; third<br />
at the prestigious Lowell Holiday<br />
Tournament (largest tournament<br />
in N.E., 77 teams). Was 2016<br />
football captain. He’s solid from<br />
all positions and exceptionally<br />
explosive.<br />
ALAN SMITH (152-pound<br />
senior) — Nashua Invitational<br />
champion; current record 38-9.<br />
Has the ability to score points in<br />
spurts.<br />
KYLE BASTARACHE (160-<br />
pound senior) — Athol and<br />
Milford champ; current season<br />
record is 37-6. Excellent thirdperiod<br />
wrestler who generally<br />
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TIM RAMSTROM (170-<br />
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finalist, <strong>2017</strong> captain-elect<br />
in football; Athol champion;<br />
current record 41-8. Third-year<br />
starter who’s solid in his fundamentals.<br />
Quiet leader. Is able to<br />
keep his composure and stay focused<br />
in compromising situations<br />
during a match.<br />
MATT GASTALDO (182-<br />
pound senior) — A captain, he<br />
was the Athol and Nashua Invitational<br />
champion; Current record<br />
is 37-5. Missed the entire season<br />
last year because of an injury in<br />
football. Still voted captain of<br />
football/wrestling. A starter since<br />
his freshman season; third in sectionals<br />
his sophomore year.<br />
JOSH ATWOOD (285-<br />
pound freshman) — First-year<br />
wrestler has steadily progressed.<br />
First freshman to ever start on<br />
the line for <strong>Natick</strong> football team.<br />
Current record is 28-3. Big, very<br />
athletic and a quick learner.<br />
GUS RAMSTROM (senior)<br />
— A captain, he entered the<br />
season as a returning sectional<br />
finalist. However, he finished the<br />
football season as the team MVP<br />
with a torn labrum and torn rotator<br />
cuff. Courageously wrestled<br />
a few matches to start the season<br />
and helped <strong>Natick</strong> defeat a strong<br />
Walpole squad in his first match<br />
of the year. Walpole is second in<br />
the Herget Division this year and<br />
that match decided the title. He<br />
eventually had surgery and currently<br />
is an assistant coach on the<br />
team.<br />
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Tea and crumpets will be<br />
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<strong>March</strong> 27 at 3 p.m. See will talk<br />
about her most recent book,<br />
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“The Tea Girl of Hummingbird<br />
Lane,” to be released a week prior<br />
to the event.<br />
The novel tells the story of a<br />
Chinese woman who makes an<br />
impossible decision to abandon<br />
her daughter, who is adopted<br />
by an American couple, and explores<br />
the unbreakable bond between<br />
mothers and daughters.<br />
Copies of the book will be available<br />
for signing and purchase.<br />
Call the BFL at 508-653-6730 to<br />
register for this event.<br />
For a full list of events, visit<br />
www.baconfreelibrary.org/<br />
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A man feeds pancakes<br />
to his son at a Bacon<br />
Free Library brunch.<br />
(Photo/Courtesy of the<br />
Bacon Free Library)
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2017</strong> <strong>Natick</strong> Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com Page 15<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> Musicians Celebrate 28 Years of<br />
Historical Performances<br />
<strong>Natick</strong> residents Dan Ryan<br />
and Suzanne Stumpf are founders<br />
and co-artistic directors of the<br />
ensemble, Musicians of the Old<br />
Post Road, which has enriched<br />
Middlesex County since 1989.<br />
Drawing from early music performance<br />
culture in Europe, Ryan<br />
and Stumpf founded the concert<br />
series for their period instrument<br />
ensemble in historical New England<br />
architecture. The name of<br />
the ensemble derives from the<br />
Old Post Road, a late 17 th -18 th<br />
century mail route from Boston<br />
to New York. Along that route<br />
are many well-preserved historical<br />
buildings for which live music<br />
of that era brilliantly resonates<br />
and creates an intimate connection<br />
to the past.<br />
Their upcoming performance<br />
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is in Wayland the first weekend of<br />
<strong>March</strong>. In fact, since the founding<br />
season in 1989, the Musicians<br />
of the Old Post Road have held<br />
an annual concert in Wayland to<br />
highlight the acoustics of the First<br />
Parish in Wayland.<br />
The ensemble is passionate<br />
about performing from manuscripts<br />
that have been lost to audiences<br />
for centuries and creating<br />
innovative programming based<br />
around both modern and historical<br />
themes as relevant today as<br />
they were hundreds of years ago.<br />
The 2016-<strong>2017</strong> season is entitled<br />
“Musical Migrations” and<br />
circumnavigates the way that immigration<br />
has been a catalyst for<br />
information and cultural sharing.<br />
Partnering this season with<br />
the Refugee and Immigrant Assistance<br />
Center, the musicians<br />
The full ensemble of the Musicians of the Old<br />
Post Road. Artistic Directors Daniel Ryan and<br />
Suzanne Stumpf are second and third from left.<br />
(Photo/courtesy of Musicians of the Old Post Road)<br />
highlight positive<br />
aspects of the 18 th<br />
century migrations<br />
to shed light on current<br />
affairs. Representatives<br />
from the<br />
RIAC community<br />
will be on hand<br />
at the concerts to<br />
share information<br />
about the work of<br />
the organization.<br />
Old Post Road is<br />
also accepting donations<br />
of craft<br />
supplies at the <strong>March</strong> concerts to<br />
benefit RIAC’s constituents.<br />
The <strong>March</strong> concert is called<br />
“Destination London,” featuring<br />
soprano Teresa Wakim in a performance<br />
of Baroque composers<br />
drawn to London to make their<br />
mark on this cultural mecca. Performances<br />
are scheduled for Friday,<br />
<strong>March</strong> 3, 7:30 pm, at the First<br />
Parish in Wayland, 50 Cochituate<br />
Rd., Wayland, and a repeat performance<br />
on Saturday, <strong>March</strong> 4,<br />
3 pm, at the Emmanuel Church,<br />
15 Newbury St., Boston. For more<br />
information, visit oldpostroad.org.<br />
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