Wellesley May 2012

BYMIKE STOLLER

The young but seasoned WellesleyHigh baseball team is shooting forits sixth straight state tourney ap-pearance, and with its entire pitch-ing staff and most of its defensivecore back, the Raiders are right in

the thick of things again. With a 5-1record (as of April 19), Wellesleyhas a chance to win the Bay StateConference Herget Division crownafter finishing second to Walpolelast spring.

Walpole defeated the visitingRaiders in April, but Wellesley willget another crack at the Rebels on

the Raiders’ home fieldMay 9.

“Walpole’s still theteam to beat,” saidWellesley head coach

Rob Kane, who’s in his sixth seasonin the Raiders’ dugout, adding thatthe whole BSC is “all good base-ball.”

The season started off with a bangfor Wellesley, as the Raiders won athrilling season-opener on the road

against non-league rival XaverianHigh, 6-3, in eight innings. Juniorslugger and shortstop Kevin Su-perko walloped an inside-the-parkhomer down the right field line togive Wellesley the lead in the eighth,

BY ZACKARY LAMOTHE

The Wellesley Rotary Club isdoing its part to help Peruviansfight illness.

On Tuesday, April 10, the Clubhosted a celebration in commem-oration of its successfulfundraising for a fullyequipped off-road ambu-lance that will be traveling toPeru with Dr. John Wang.Dr. Wang is working tocombat parasitic worm in-festation among children inthe Ancash Province.

Toyota of Nashua gener-ously donated a 2009 ToyotaFJ Cruiser, which was fittedwith appropriate medicalgear by Trinity Ambulanceand C & C Machine. Theback of the SUV was alteredto fit a gurney, a fire extin-guisher, and other emer-gency supplies. The vehiclewas modified with two bat-teries and a superchargedengine to handle the mountainousterrain and elevation of the AndesMountains. The silver FJ Cruiserwas adorned with decals of spon-sors of the project includingUMASS Lowell (where Dr.

Wang is an adjunct professor),Staples, SCOTTRADE, andmany other munificent benefac-tors.

The spare tire on the back of theSUV was sheathed in a cover de-picting the International Rotary

Club symbol. Practically speak-ing, the most important decalswere the large red crosses thatwere placed on the sides of thevehicle. The ambulance-SUV

was on display in front ofthe Wellesley Commu-nity Center, where theRotary Club holds itsweekly meetings.

At the celebration, guests weretreated to a full course dinner anddrinks, along with an abbreviatedweekly meeting and speechesfrom Dr. John Wang and PeterCivitenga, a former club presidentwho was vital in the execution of

the project. The crowd includedRotarians and representativesfrom the companies that donated

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before the Raiderstacked on two in-surance runs.Sophomore right-handed hurlerConor Russell,m e a n w h i l e ,showed good stuffin his 6 2/3 inningsof work. “He wasvery effective,”Kane said.

In the homeopener, the team’sace, senior captainand southpaw TimSuperko had awhopping 14

strikeouts in a 3-2win over Framing-ham. Superko, also a

power-hitting first baseman andBSC All-Star last spring, alreadyhas plans to attend Phillips AndoverAcademy next year, and after thatKane figures the star will be playingfor a Division 1 school.

“He had a fabulous summer in thecircuit he played in,” Kane said.“He’s got good velocity and off-speed stuff.”

Wellesley’s No. 2 hurler, seniorco-leader Avery Brooks, who alsoplays first base, missed the first fewgames with an injury and Kane washoping he’d be back after springbreak. Brooks is also a force in thebatting lineup, and was slated to hitsomewhere high in the order. “He’svery talented,” Kane said.

Around the rest of the horn, theRaiders return mostly with juniorssprinkled in with a few seniors,sophomores, and even a freshmanin centerfielder Peter Stabnick, astrong lefty hitter, who Kane saidhas “all the makings in the world tobe a college baseball player.”

Said the coach, “He’s highly in-telligent not just on defense but withhis approach at the plate, and heruns the bases well. I anticipate re-lying on him in centerfield for along time to come.”

In addition to Kevin Superko, jun-iors include second baseman BrianMcMahon, third baseman andleadoff hitter John Picking, rightfielder Ned Holmes, outfielder WillAdams, and relief pitchers GeorgeDocktor and Matt Lawrence.

Sophomore Jack Porter is thestarting catcher after shining lastspring in his rookie campaign.Porter also returns as the cleanupbatter as one of the stable power hit-ters in the lineup along withMcMahon, the Superko brothers,and senior Drew Buzzell, a soliddesignated hitter and utility player.

Along with Docktor andLawrence, the relief corps is aidedby McMahon, Kevin Superko, andsophomore Nir Liebenthal, who

plays left field when not on themound. Rounding out the seniorcast is backup catcher Matt Pini.

Wellesley’s other victories thisspring included a pair over HergetDivision foe Dedham.

The Raiders’ graduated two starplayers last year in Bay State Con-ference MVP Dan Dymecki, whowas the team’s ace pitcher and a.400 hitter at plate, and fellow BSCAll-Star Kevin O’Brien, whoplayed centerfield and also hit over.400.

Wellesley finished with a 16-6ledger last season, including 1-1 intourney play, when Tim Superkotossed a complete game win in thefirst round.

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In addition to being a professor atUMASS Lowell, Dr. Wang hasbeen a cardiologist, internist, andcreator of the Peruvian Children’sFund (PCF). The PCF began in2007 with the purpose of providingmedical assistance and fighting dis-

ease on the sloping mountainsidesof the Andes. The conditions thatthese villagers live in are appalling;they subsist on what is equal to 66cents a day. Dr. Wang began hismission after a visit to this destitutepart of the country in 2006. His jobwas to evaluate the conditions ofthe medical clinics in the AncashProvince.

Some of the atrocious diseases hesaw were rampant cases of tuber-culosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS.One lesser-known killer that is es-pecially prevalent among the chil-dren in this region is worms.Varieties include whip worm,hookworm, and pinworm. They

are embedded in the bodies of theyoung and feed on the nutrients ofingested food, sacrificing the hostchild’s health for sustenance. Theworms travel from intestines to allother areas of the body, which oftenresults in death. Many children inCentral Peru do not live to see tenyears old. The region lacks micro-scopes; without these seeminglycommonplace tools, correct para-sitic diagnoses cannot be detected.While in Peru, Dr. Wang will trainlocal nurses and other profession-als, as well as research ways tocombat the parasitic worm epi-demic.

During the April 10 meeting, Ro-

tarians, patrons, and other guestswere elated to witness the culmina-tion of an outstanding project, thelargest international project in theWellesley Rotary Club’s history.The generosity of the club and themany other donors to the PeruvianChildren’s Fund will help save thelives of numerous children in Peru.The project was a huge success forthe Club, the PCF, and most impor-tantly, the afflicted children of theAncash Province.

To find out more information onthe Peruvian Children’s Fund or tomake a donation visit their websiteat www.peruvianchildrensfund.org.

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The back seat of the special ambu-lance, designed to help children inrural Peru. Photo by ZackaryLamothe.

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Spring has sprung! On Wednes-day, April 4, Wellesley opened itsReusables Area of the Recyclingand Disposal Facility. The area willbe open through the first weekendin December.

The Reusables Area is essentiallya giant garage sale without any giantprice tags. It is anarea for residentsto drop off un-needed items, aswell as browsethrough a varietyof goods. Thereis no charge or feeto drop off or pickup any items. TheReusables Area isfor Wellesley residents only and aRDF permit is required to enter thearea.

The Reusables Area is run by agroup of volunteers who are mem-bers of Wellesley’s Friends of Re-cycling. The Wellesley Friends ofRecycling group has been active formore than 30 years, when recyclingbegan in Wellesley, and it became anonprofit organization in 1992. In2005, the Wellesley DPW budgetcuts targeted staff who maintainedthe Reusables Area and it had toclose, so a group of volunteers or-ganized themselves to be presentwhenever the RDF is open.

Volunteers work in shifts; there aretwo to six volunteers present at anygiven time. Volunteers monitor thesite and assist residents with drop-ping off and picking up items.Priscilla Messing, a volunteer at theReusables Area, says she volunteersbecause she feels it helps everyonein the community.

“The Reusables Area is a greatidea,” she said. “In our society,everyone is buying new items andthrowing them out every year. Ifsomething can be reused or fixed, itmight as well be recycled.”

None of the items go to the dump-ster or the landfill, Messing said.Messing estimated the RDF seesbetween 3,000 and 5,000 cars comethrough each week. Among themost popular drop-off items on thesite are toys, sports equipment andhousehold goods.

Residents may not drop off cribs,car seats or anything with a safety

label attached, according to a signhanging outside the Reusables Area.The reason is because safety cannotbe guaranteed for an item that wasalready used. Residents are alsodiscouraged from leaving any up-holstered items, large electronics ormattresses at the site. Those whohave items that are not accepted inthe Reusables Area are encouragedto use the “Swap Board”, where

residents can postitems for free or forsale.

Wellesley residentFrank Genovese, theretired GraduateDean Emeritus ofBabson College, wasbrowsing theReusables Area withhis son and grand-

daughter on a Saturday afternoon.

“I’ve done fairly well here,” hesaid. “It’s always a mystery and,sometimes, it’s a treasure. I knowsomeone who picked up a rare bookhere once worth $12,000.”

There is a limit of 30 minutes perday per resident in the ReusablesArea. The Reusables Area is openonly during regular RDF hours:Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,7 a.m. to noon; Thursday and Fri-day, 7 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., and Satur-day, 7 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The RDFis located at 169 Great Plain Avenuein Wellesley. For more information,or to volunteer, call 781-235-7600ext. 3345.

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It wasn't easy but they pulledthrough.

That was how the runners Welles-ley Local Town Pages spoke withcharacterized their journey fromHopkinton to downtown Boston -the 26.2 miles that make up the

Boston Marathon.

"It was rough out there, and it wasprobably the toughest as I was run-ning through Wellesley," Wellesleyresident Brian Lindquist said of themidday sun that prevailed when hereached town.

In fact, 16 percent of the morethan 20,000 registered runners tooka pass on the 116th running of the

Boston Marathon onApril 16, instead ac-cepting the BostonAthletic Association'sunusual offer for a de-

ferment until next year. But mostrunners battled through the intensesunlight and temperatures in the80s, and crowds in Wellesley andother towns did their best to urgethe athletes on.

Wheelchair competitors crossedthe Natick-Wellesley line first, fol-lowed by the leaders in thewomen's field, then the men's lead-ers, who were followed by the restof the pack. The men's race waswon by Kenya's Wesley Korir; fel-low Kenyan Sharon Cherop wastops on the women's side; JoshuaCassidy won the men's wheelchairrace; and the women's wheelchairrace was won by Shirley Reilly.

And then there was the sea ofrunners who made it their missionto run for reasons other thanmedals, many doing so on behalfof charity.

Lindquist and Sara Beggans, alsoof Wellesley, said they made it tothe finish line knowing they had thesupport of family and friends, in-cluding those who were out therewatching them and those who sup-ported them through donations tothe New England Chapter, BayState Branch, of the Juvenile Dia-betes Research Foundation(JDRF), an organization focusedon type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.

"I'm running for my son, Jack,who was diagnosed with T1D at 5years old," Beggans said before therace, adding that her son is now 6."Also, my grandmother passedaway from complications of T1D."

Added Lindquist, "I am runningfor my father and the people whoselives have been cut short by thisdisease. I am running for mymother-in-law and everyone who

is living with T1Dtoday."

Both Lindquistand Beggans re-called the experi-ence of runningthrough Wellesley asa moment that pro-pelled them throughthe rest of the race.Beggans, for one,picked up a co-run-ner along the way:her husband, John,worried about herexperience runningin the heat, started torun alongside herand never stopped.

"He said, 'Let me just run for a lit-tle bit with you,' and then when wegot to the hills he was like, 'Whatam I going to do now? I can't turnback now,'" Beggans said, callingit a first for him. "He'd never run 10miles before, and he did it in khakishorts... It was nice to have him bymy side."

According to Lauren Shields ofthe JDRF, funds raised through theBoston Marathon will be directedby JDRF toward funding researchto find a cure for diabetes and itscomplications and to developtransformative treatments that en-able people with T1D to livehealthier, safer lives until that cureis found. Since its founding in1970, JDRF has awarded morethan $1.6 billion to T1D research.More than 80 percent of JDRF'sexpenditures directly support re-search and research-related educa-tion. Past JDRF research effortshave helped to significantly im-prove the care of people with thisdisease, and have expanded thecritical scientific understanding ofT1D. For more information, call(781) 431-0700 or visitwww.jdrf.org/baystate.

Many of the spectators lining thestreets of Wellesley were there insupport of charitable runners like

Beggans and Lindquist, or thoserunning for organizations such asthe Joslin Diabetes Center.

A group of young Wellesley-itesand their parents, for example,were raising awareness for theJoslin, while also handing outwater and energy food to runners.

"We're setting this up to give toMarathon runners, and to supportTeam Joslin Diabetes," said aWellesley resident at the booth,which was staffed by young fansEllen Tierney, Nora Ambler, Su-darsna Mukund, Isabel Ramsey,and Owen Ramsey.

Among the Team Joslin Diabetesrunners were Boston Celtics guardRay Allen's mother, Flo Allen-Hopson, who ran on behalf of hergrandson, Walker, and Kathy Kayof Natick.

"It's such an amazing hospital,"Kay said of the Joslin DiabetesCenter, "and what goes on there re-ally sets a precedent for the entirecountry, and a lot of people don'trealize how lucky we are to havethat here. They are really support-ive and will do anything for you."

Of her run, Kaye said, "It wasdefinitely hard because of the heat.I knew it was going to be a battle."

Halfway to BostonMarathon Runners Push Through Heat, Wellesley

Halfway to glory: The leaders of the men's race cross the midway point -13.1 miles as of Wellesley Square. Photos by Dave Halperin.

BAA volunteers at the mile 13 mark.

Devin and Megan Griffin of Needham kept cool under the Fire Department'ssprayer.

These wheelchair competitors were in 4th through 7th place as they camethrough Wellesley.

Ellen Tierney, Nora Ambler, Sudarsna Mukund, Isabel Ramsey, and Owen Ramsey sup-ported Team Joslin Diabetes.


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Wellesley resident BrianLindquist battled the heat to finishhis first-ever marathon and, shortlyafter, he wondered if he wouldhave been able to do were it not forthe support he received, includingfrom the anonymous crowds andhis family and friends.

Asked first if he finished the race,

Lindquist replied that evening, "Iwould say just barely."

"It was rough out there," he saidof the heat and sun, "and it wasprobably the toughest as I was run-ning through Wellesley... but I hada lot of reasons to continue and thecrowd was unbelievable."

Lindquist ran the race on behalfof his mother-in-law, who suffersfrom Type 1 Diabetes, and his fa-

ther, who passed away at the ageof 60 due to complications fromthe illness.

"I ran for them and for anyonewho will be afflicted by the T1Din the future," he said.

He credited JDRF for their helpin his fundraising efforts as well asfor their training advice.

"It was my first time running, butit was also my first time fundrais-

ing, and the team wasfantastic on bothfronts," he said. "It's alot of money now toraise [enough money

for a number] for the Marathon,but my friends and family andJDRF were great with support."

Following the race, Lindquistand his fellow JDRF team runnersmet at the Copley Marriot Hotel,and then, a little after 6 p.m., hewas finally on his way home toWellesley.

Describing himself as "ex-hausted" and in need of a good

meal, he was looking forward toseeing his kids. His wife and sis-ter-in-law, he said, had watchedhim cross the finish line, while hiskids had watched the race inWellesley. Now he was eager tosee all of them.

"I'm going to thank them forcheering me on in the heat," hesaid.

And after that?

"The Bruins are on tonight," hesaid, "and hopefully they'll score acouple of early goals so I canrelax."

Hear it From a Runner, Post-Finish LineWellesley's Brian Lindquist Ran on Behalf of JDRF

A group of bikers watched the race in Wellesley Hills.

Team Noah ran on behalf of the Noah's Arc Foundation.

Firefighters from the Central Street station house wereready to help runners in the heat.

The Women's leaders sprint into Wellesley Square. Photos by Dave Halperin.

Jane (seated) and Ronald Row of Lincoln, Mass. were on hand to support theirson, Frank, also known as Winkie, who was running in his 13th marathon.

Boston or bust: runners exit Wellesley for Newton and Boston.

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The Board of Selectmen begandrafting new alcohol licensing reg-ulations in April in preparation foran April 23 meeting with restaurantowners and managers.

The tweaking was necessary fol-lowing passage of a new townbylaw that allows restaurants withmore than 50 seats to apply for li-censes to serve alcohol; the previousbylaw required that a restaurant havethe capacity to seat least 100 pa-trons.

During a Board meeting on April9, the Selectmen were joined byWellesley Police Deputy Chief BillBrooks, who had looked into thepossibility of restricting smallerrestaurants - those seating between50 and 100 people - to beer andwine only. The town did so upon the

request of some of thelarger restaurants in town,which wanted to maintain acompetitive advantage overthe smaller restaurants;Ming Tsai of Blue Ginger,for example, had arguedthat he designed his spaceunder the impression thathe needed to do so in orderto meet the 100-seat re-quirement.

"My view may be differ-ent than my friends over atthe smaller restaurants,"Tsai said in October, em-phasizing that he has "putwell over seven figures" ofmoney into Blue Gingerwith the understanding that

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Brooks said on April 9 that a re-striction to beer and wine would bedifficult to legislate; he also said it'sunnecessary.

"You can't deny [a full liquor li-cense] based on too small or toolarge," he said, adding, "My recom-mendation at the end of it all is tosimply drop the idea... ABCC (Al-cohol Beverages Control Commis-sion) regulation and the law does notallow us to do it."

"The other side of this is that thiswould likely happen anyway," headded. "Smaller restaurants wouldrather not stock a small [liquor] bar,and licenses are cheaper with onlybeer and wine... And in fact that'swhat our smaller restaurants havetold us, that they would rather [sellonly beer and wine]."

Selectmen also discussed how al-cohol will be served in the smallerrestaurants - specifically those withcounter service, as none of therestaurants currently holding li-censes have counter service withouta wait staff. The discussion centeredon who would serve the alcohol in

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Brooks offered the suggestion thatan alcoholic beverage would have tobe served directly to the person whois going to consume it, whether thatis a waiter or an employee at acounter, leaving open the possibilitythat a person order a drink at acounter, and then carry it back to atable by themselves.

Selectmen, however, preferredlegislation that requires that em-ployee at the counter to carry thedrink directly to the customer's tableseat.

Wellesley's Executive DirectorHans Larson said that doing sowould imply "a slightly greater levelof control because you're actuallygoing to where the alcohol is beingconsumed... You eliminate the am-biguity of where the alcohol goeswhen it leaves the counter."

The April 23 meeting with restau-rant owners and managers, wherethese regulations were to be dis-cussed and potentially amended,took place after Local Town Pagespress time.

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BYDAVEHALPERIN

First came the idea, then came themanifesto, then came the ongoingpublication of art in all its forms.The artists and writers, meanwhile,were there at the school all along.

After a long hiatus, WellesleyHigh School arts magazine Red Inkwas recently revived by a group ofstudents who saw the need for aforum of artistic expression withinthe high school. The students, in-cluding Editors Liv Footer (poetryand prose), Hannah Feeney (pho-tography), Andrew Rindlaub (tech-nology), Charlotte Kelley (visualarts), and Caroline Kelly (poetry),took their idea to WHS teacherCourtney Cook.

Cook wasted no time signing onas faculty advisor, but her first orderof business was to encourage thestudents to take their time; beforerushing to publication, she toldthem, you need to create someguiding principles.

"Miss Cook was very much like'you have to create a written vi-sion,'" noted Kelley during a recentRed Ink staff meeting in Cook'sWHS room. The statement of pur-pose, she went on to say, didn'tcome easy - staff members all had"definite ideas of what it would be."

The students, all seniors with theexception of Kelly, a junior, eventu-ally settled on what had driven themto start the magazine in the firstplace: Red Ink would be a placewhere anyone and everyone could

both submit art and feel free tocomment on the work they see andread at WHSRedInk.org.

"One of our slogans is, 'you don'thave to be an artist to make art.' Youmay have a great idea and we wantto see it," Kelly said.

And thus their mission statementwas born. It states, in part: "Red Inkhopes to provide a forum for artistsfrom all walks of life to expressthemselves publicly and be cele-brated by a community built upon,and fostered by, a love and appreci-ation of art."

There are guidelines, of course,even if they are unspoken and un-written. The editors are aware oftheir place within a public highschool, meaning good taste pre-

vails; and, as contrib-utors themselves -and in the work sub-mitted by others -they look for thought-fulness and strive forexcellence.

"The idea is it has tobe intentionallycrafted - it has to bethoughtful," notedCook. "We want peo-ple to find their cre-ative selves."

The website, de-signed by Rinlaub,provides a platformfor art across manymediums. At WH-

SRedInk.org, visitors will findvideos of rock bands featuringWHS students; poems by a nation-ally recognized poet; intense figuredrawings and creative, conceptualmixed-media collages; engagingand thought-provoking photogra-phy; solo piano pieces composedby a WHS student; prose that tack-les the difficulty of romantic rela-

tionships; and much more.

This month Wellesley Local TownPages provides a sampling of thatRed Ink-published work. The proseselections are excerpts of longerworks found at WHSRedInk.org,and more work from these artistsand many others can be found at thewebsite.


Wellesley Local Town Pages presents Red Ink, the Wellesley High School Arts Magazine

"Red Ink" Shows Artists the Way

Reed Walker, Untitled

Hannah Feeney, Untitled

Rebecca Taylor, Untitled

Connor Perry, Self Portrait

A Daisy in the RoadBY KIP CLARK

I drove so quickly overAnd nearly could not catch

The grassy streak beneath me,A daisy in the patchNatural, the avenueAll else an acrid scar

But just this sacred vestigeUntouched by Man or CarReturned to it at dusk

When sunlight ventured outThere it stood, assuring meDispelling any doubt

What had broken through theshadow

Not crisp bouquet or fieldThat white solitary flower

So strong and well-concealedOften traveled over by

Those moving far too fastPlanted there, serenityA seed in dust and past

It filled me with a pleasure,Alone atop the crest

That determined most and beautiful

Are never bound to restStanding there, a beaconWherever time has flowedWhen I leave, remain here

Oh daisy in the road

The Woman with Winter EyesBYMAE BUCKLEY

The woman with winter eyes.

she was that of the moon and theseas;

married in their desires.

she dripped lavender watercolor

from her coattails,

emeralds

from her pockets.

and dancing naked in thestarlight,

she hung from a telephone wire,

begging for one last song.

fading into tickle-me pink.

SparksBY REEDWALKER

I feel new

new in the way of grocery aisles

so small and blossoming against

this painted scene

of trash and gold and gasoline

I feel old

in the way of your tongue

how it speaks “and the deer randown the hill”

and how this chain link fence istrapped

inside this dense pink pill

these shifting things that melt andimplode

with finger tips dipped in oil

this fruit, this fruit spoiled

to draw on paper walls

to scream in bathroom stalls

with the harshness of this exposedscalp

raw and bloody

at the face of this sweater thatsmells like sorrow

tipped with spilt orange juice

and cheerios on the floor

and telemarketers at the door

and midday soap operas withsounds

that wrap me around

so i can save sparks in my toes

and mouth

and press them hard under mytongue

until they burn

until they turn

and burn through my mouth

and set my face on fire

so I can see through the flame

the frozen moment I chased

through those days of animalcrackers

and plastic

and plaster busts

and elephant tusks

as the sparks fall through my skin

as if it’s paper thin

Green FencesBY REBECCA TAYLOR

My fingers are sticky and my lipsitch.

They say an ounce of prevention isworth a pound of cure,

But if I’m the only one giving anounce

It’s not going to cure anything.

So I might as well be part of thedisease.

If not just part, then I am the wholevirus.

A strand that went awry and repli-cated,

because I’m the least original andseem to destroy all the proteins.

Or anything that works together toform something stable.

But it’s not transmitting to anyoneelse.

If it is, everyone’s doing a damngood job of concealing the symp-toms.

Maybe that’s what the masks arefor.

Those hideous white dust masks.

They’ve been painted over

and over

and now I can’t tell the difference

I only know that my fingers aresticky and my lips itch.

If my sticky fingers could dry onthe rims

and if I could muster up thecourage to pull

revealing those thin pink lines,

Then I would seal my admiration

at least.

And I wouldn’t itch, instead mysoul would be set on fire

at best.

Since I have neither cure norcourage

I’ll struggle to prevent all the dam-age I could cause, but no one willknow.

Damage will still wriggle out ofmy itchy lips; sticky fingers willattempt to save it

But it will be in vain

For I will just spew it off to onewho needs it less

Because I’ve never had good handeye coordination. Or head heart forthat matter. And since

Viruses can be transmitted thoughttears, I’ll keep my crying to a min-imum.

If only we could wash one an-other’s hands and instead of re-moving all the specks

we could become stuck together,

then my sticky fingers would bethe happiest fingers.

And if only that mask could be re-moved of its own accord,

I imagine my lips would feelsmooth

I would no longer be a virus, Icould even be a vaccine

JuniorBYMAGED HAMDY

Now here’s a story, but to say itproper, we gotta start at the begin-ning, because a building’s notworth a nickel without its base. Solet’s take it from the top.

Now Junior wasn’t from wherehis parents were from, a land faraway, that wasn’t him. Guys andgals say they never knew it till theylearned it, but could never guess it;that he would never be able to dothe things they did just cause’ ofbirthright, that never crossed theirminds. But as a kid, Junior didn’tcare where he was from. Like abull that found red, he just walkedright through his paces, neverwanted to doubt why. Well, as allgood bulls learn when they figurethat it ain’t the red getting themgoing but the cloth itself beenwaved infront of em’, mockingem’, well, Junior figured it out.

But this story aint’ aboutbirthright, you’ve heard that be-fore, and don’t wanna hear itagain. No, that’s just a detail, all inall, Junior lived his life by what hesaw. He walked up a hill and downa hill every day in his youth, get-ting from his house to an education– his parents hoping someday thehouse he’d come back to would behis own – and he didn’t ask ques-tions about nothing. Except, inschool, he did want to know some-thing, there he asked about every-thing. Why was the sky blue? Whyis water clear? Why is the grassgreen? Yea, he got that it was allabout Nature and how it decidedon things, but what made Naturedecide on that? Normal little Boysnever asked those questions, theyjust accepted that the sky’s blueand there’s not much else too it.

To read on, visit, http://wh-sredink.org/2012/04/01/junior/

"3:00 am Enchantment"BY LIV FOOTER

The covers weighed on her asshe stared up at the ceiling, herbrain unable to slow down riddenby thoughts flying in and out, amile a second. Out of the corner ofher eye, Liv could see the illumi-nated numbers on her digital clockacross the room reading four am;she always hated the small spacesbetween the segments making upeach number, it made her feel ro-botic and brought her awarenessharshly back to the reality of herinsomnia. Four am was a time Livknew all too well—she knew ex-actly how darkness looked at thistime, how the air smelled, how thetrees outside her window swayed,the average number of minutesthat pass before the next car wouldspeed by.

To read on, visit http://wh-sredink.org/2012/01/31/555/

Onee-Chan (1)BY NICHOLAS DUDEK

The envelope was eight incheslong, four inches wide and eightounces, tops and smelt likedust. Don’t let the sound fool you:the sound it made when it slippedunnoticed through my fingers. Itwas the sound of lead, clanking ontile, the sound of a plate breakingon hardwood.

Dead. Killed in a driving acci-dent. A driving accident? She did-n’t even have a car off atcollege. An error, they had thewrong address. The room wasturning, and I realized I was shak-ing my head. No way.

Dead. It was instantaneous. Shedidn’t feel any pain. The corner ofthe envelope had folded over onthe floor, still open where it haddropped limp and empty now, it’sonly sheet of paper, with its neatofficial type and stamp wilted andlifeless in my left hand.

Dead. We offer you our deepestregret and consolation in these dif-ficult times. Some other familymust be missing out. This was forthem after all. It couldn’t be. Theyhad got the address and stampright, an American flag.

To read on, visit http://wh-sredink.org/2012/04/01/onee-chan-1/


Wellesley Local Town Pages presents Red Ink, the Wellesley High School Arts Magazine

Samples from Red Ink, a WHS Arts Publication


Art in Wellesley

The Wellesley Garden Club hasjoined with the Wellesley Societyof Artists to produce our an-nual Mini Art in Bloomonce again. The oldest gar-den club in Wellesley invitesmembers of the communityto attend our joyful and col-orful event on Sunday, May6 from 2-4 p.m. at theWellesley Community Cen-ter, Henderson Hall.

Wellesley Garden Clubmembers are pleased andhonored to join once againwith members of theWellesley Society of Artiststo present this lovely andmuch anticipated program.There is no fee to attend, re-

freshments will be served andDoris Gardner will play the piano.

There will be many works bylocal artists on display. A numberof these works will be enhanced byartistic floral designs created bymembers of the Wellesley GardenClub. Each design will be creativeand unique, establishing a beauti-ful blend of art and floral patterns.Senior floral designers, Roz Au-gustin and Anne Manners, will co-direct the Mini Art in Bloom. Thefloral design portion of the eventwould not be possible without theguidance, direction and expertiseof these two people, two devotedand talented members of theWellesley Garden Club.

The Wellesley Garden Club wasfounded in 1929 to advance the artof gardening and the science ofhorticulture. Its members partici-pate in a number of area horticul-tural events, including theMuseum of Fine Arts “Art inBloom.” This year the club will berepresented by an arrangementdone by Roz Augustin and JoanClepston.

The Wellesley Garden Club cur-rently has 50 members, includingactive members and sustainers.New members, both novice andexperienced gardeners, and those

with a passion for flowers are al-ways welcome to join the club.Whether one's interest is containergardens, sun-loving gardens, shadethriving gardens or patio and deckgardens, new members are sure tofind someone in the Wellesley

Garden Club who shares their in-terests. For additional membershipinformation, please contact JoanSchubert, Wellesley Garden ClubMembership Director, at 781-237-9668.

We hope to see you on May 6.

Return to the Roaring Twenties atthe Wellesley Council on Aging onFriday evening May 11 from 7-9pm. The Dixie Diehards JazzBand provides an evening of music,dances and pop hits of the “JazzAge”. The Diehards title derivesfrom members’ long-running devo-

tion to traditional jazz music in thestyle of early 20th century exempli-fied by such New Orleans bands asthe Original Dixieland Jazz Bandand Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars.Their show includes audience sing-a-longs and spontaneous dance out-bursts (remember the Charlestonand the Black Bottom?). The Coun-cil on Aging welcomes you for afabulous evening of music and de-licious desserts. Tickets are $10.each. So Men, get out your mega-phones and raccoon coats—Ladies,shimmy into your chemises, rolldown your stockings and rougeyour knees. Costumes are encour-aged so put on your feathered head-bands and long beads!!

Please call the Council on Agingto reserve your tickets 781-235-3961.

Art is Blooming atCommunity CenterGarden Club and Society of Artists JoinForces for May 6 Event

An Eveningwith theDixieDiehardsJazz Band

Mary Dummer, Chair, Council on Aging Board; Bill Murphy, Member, Coun-cil on Aging Board; Gayle Thieme, Director, Wellesley Council on Aging.

Wellesley Choral Society con-cludes its 2011- 2012 season with aconcert dedicated to the music ofseveral generations of the Bach fam-ily, in other words the concert is amusical family tree. The most fa-mous member of this extraordinarymusical family is, of course, JohannSebastian Bach (1685 – 1750), butmany of his ancestors, descendantsand other relatives were also notablecomposers and instrumentalists.Wellesley Choral Society, in this con-cert, concentrates on three genera-tions of the Bach family.

Six choral pieces and one instru-mental piece are on the program. Thechorus and several soloists are ac-companied by a chamber ensembleand organ. The centerpiece is CantataBWV 150 – Nach dir, Herr, ver-langet mich (I am Longing for Thee,oh Lord) by Johann Sebastian Bach.This is one of his early church can-tatas, probably composed before1707; it is, however, no longer knownfor which specific occasion in theliturgical year it was written. The textis based mainly on Psalm 25.

From the generation before JohannSebastian, two works by his father-

in-law, JohannMichael Bach(1648 – 1694)will be per-formed. Theseare Ich weiss,dass mein Erloeser lebt (I Know thatmy Redeemer Liveth) and Das BlutJesu Christi (The Blood of JesusChrist). A second cousin, JohannLudwig Bach (1677 -1731) is repre-sented by the very lively piece Dasist meine Freude (This is my Joy).

Johann Sebastian had several sonswho followed in his footsteps and be-came well known composers andnoted instrumentalists. From CarlPhilipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1750)we hear Variationen ueber Lobt Gott,ihr Christen (Variations on PraiseGod, you Christians) and his Bus-slied (Song of Penitence). The con-tribution of his younger brother,Johann Christian Bach (1735 –1782), who was also called “TheLondon Bach,” is a short instrumen-tal overture.

The Wellesley Choral Society con-cert is, of course, only a short surveyof the musical genius of the Bachfamily and how this gift manifested

itself in so many of its members. Itsmost important representative, Jo-hann Sebastian Bach, is universallyconsidered one of the greatest com-posers of all time. His output of hun-dreds of works, in practically allgenres, attests to an extraordinarycompositional fecundity and inven-tiveness. Maybe an apt metaphor forthis talent is to look to the familyname. The word Bach means brookin German. In the person of JohannSebastian the brook of musical in-vention that ran through the Bachfamily became a mighty river.

The concert takes place on Sunday,May 6, at 2 p.m. at St. AndrewsChurch, 79 Denton Rd., Wellesley.The church is handicapped accessi-ble and there is ample free parking.For directions to the church see HY-PERLINK "http://www.wellesley-c h o r a l s o c i e t y . o r g "www.wellesleychoralsociety.org.Tickets at the door: $15 general ad-mission, $12 seniors, $5 students.

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On May 12 from 2:30 – 3:30 atThe Wellesley Free Library at 530Washington Street, The ArielQuintet will perform a fun and“hands-on” free concert for youngchildren and families in honor ofthe Rachel Molly Markoff Foun-dation.

The concert begins with theTeddy Bears’ Picnic, followed byan introduction and demonstrationof each of the wind instruments:the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoonand French horn. The secondpiece -- Peter and the Wolf, writ-ten in 1936 to develop a love ofmusic in children -- is destined todo the same today. And the finalmusical selection, Stars andStripes Forever, will get everyonemoving to the music. Last, thekids will have the chance to actu-ally try each of the instruments be-fore heading home!

“Thanks to the generosity of thefive New England Conservatorygraduates of the Ariel Quintet,First Republic Bank (opening inWellesley in May) and the BelkinFamily Lookout Farm in Natick,we are able to share Rachel’s love

of music with the community, ex-plains Eliane Markoff, Rachel’smother.

The Rachel Molly MarkoffFoundation is named after Rachel,who at age 9 and a student at theUpham School, died of a braintumor. The Foundation raisesmoney for pediatric cancer re-search and family support initia-tives. The Foundation has raisedmore than $700k for research, in-cluding at Johns Hopkins, SloanKettering Memorial, Yale Univer-sity and Stanford University.“None of these accomplishmentswould have been possible withoutthe support of the Markoff Foun-dation,” explains Dr. James Chen,Ph.D, Stanford.

Eliane Markoff who heads theFoundation was recently featuredin the new book, "InspirationalWomen of Boston" and honoredby Women Entrepreneurs in Sci-ence and Technology at Microsoftand the Wellesley Library Foun-dation.

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Signs of spring have been allaround us for some time this year, butone of the surest signs that winter hasfaded are the changes that take placeat White Mountain Creamery onWashington Street every April.

"You know spring is coming whenWhite Mountain is putting on a freshcoat of paint," said store co-ownerGlen Ramos, who has been with thecompany for 25 years, and been co-

owner for 22. For the last 13 years hisbrother, Craig, has shared ownershipduties.

Each year the Ramos brothers andstore employees repaint both the in-side and outside of the Wellesley hot,er, cool spot, timing it for when theweather begins to warm, which they

always hope happens before perhapsthe most epic Boston spring momentof all - Marathon Monday.

"Marathon Monday is really the of-

ficial start of the season in the townof Wellesley," said Craig Ramos.

The warmer weather means WhiteMountain must be ready for a sub-stantial uptick in business. They stayopen year-round, but their staffshrinks in the winter, as do the num-ber of flavors they offer. Then, sud-denly, in April, they're ready to servethe masses.

"It really is a rebirth, because yougo into dormancy, with a third of theemployees and a quarter of the busi-ness... You slim down to reducecosts," Glen Ramos said. "And thenwe come alive... We're busting out theflavors."

The surge in business means theyhire 15-20 extra staff, mostly highschool students or college studentshome on break.

"We're very lucky here because wehire mostly Wellesley kids," CraigRamos said. "They work here duringhigh school, and then they come backand work summers during college...We never have to put out a helpwanted sign."

Glen Ramos said the company re-ceives about 200 applications eachyear, as the word gets out that it's afun place to work.

"It's mostly the kids who come intothe store [as customers], and it'sfriends of the employees," he said. "Ipride myself on how we all workhard down here. It's a great work en-vironment, but it's supposed to befun."

This year the Ramos's may havebeen particularly happy to welcomethe summer staff, because whenwarm weather hit the region early, inMarch, business picked up and theowners had to carry much of the extraload themselves. Not that they'recomplaining, they say, but their ice

cream scooping muscles took a beat-ing.

"You're out of game shape," CraigRamos said of those first days whenthe shop gets busy each spring. "It al-ways happens. You go through winterand you're less active - then, all of asudden, your hands are sore, yourwrists are sore, your feet are sore. It'sgreat for business, but it's tough onthe body."

But with nearly 40 years of scoop-ing experience between them, theRamos brothers' forearms have builtup some strength: "I've yet to meetanyone who can beat me in armwrestling," Glen Ramos said. "It re-ally works your forearms."

In addition to the growth of staffand customers, White Mountain addsto its list of flavors each spring, andall of their ice cream and frozen yo-gurts are made on-site - in fact, theyare one of only three shops state-widethat still make ice cream in-house.Recent springtime flavors includesweet cream brownie, key lime pie,and lemon merengue, all made withcream from Guida's Farm in Con-necticut or Crowley's Farm in NewHampshire. In all, White Mountainnearly doubles their flavors, from 18up to between 30 and 34, while in-creasing store hours to 11 a.m. to 11p.m., up from 12 noon to 10 p.m.during the cooler months.

On a recent Thursday afternoon, theincrease in hours and flavors was allgood news to regular customer HansPetshcaft, who stops by often, notmatter what time of year.

"It's the best ice cream you can getanywhere," he said on a recent Thurs-day while working on a come ofsweet cream brownie. "I come in twoto three times a week."

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May 6Wellesley Garden Club Presents

Mini Art In Bloom at the WellesleyCommunity Center.The WellesleyGarden Club has joined with theWellesley Society of Artists to pro-duce our annual Mini Art in Bloomonce again. The oldest garden clubin Wellesley invites members of thecommunity to attend our joyful andcolorful event on Sunday, May 6,2:00-4:00 pm at the Wellesley Com-munity Center, Henderson Hall.Wellesley Garden Club members arepleased and honored to join onceagain with members of the WellesleySociety of Artists to present thislovely and much anticipated pro-gram. There is no fee to attend, re-freshments will be served and DorisGardner will play the piano.

May 6Wellesley Choral Society con-

cludes its 2011- 2012 season with aconcert dedicated to the music ofseveral generations of the Bach fam-ily, in other words the concert is amusical family tree. The most fa-mous member of this extraordinarymusical family is, of course, JohannSebastian Bach (1685 – 1750), butmany of his ancestors, descendantsand other relatives were also notablecomposers and instrumentalists. Sixchoral pieces and one instrumentalpiece are on the program. The chorusand several soloists are accompaniedby a chamber ensemble and organ.The centerpiece is Cantata BWV150 – Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich(I am Longing for Thee, oh Lord) byJohann Sebastian Bach. The concerttakes place on Sunday, May 6, 2 pmat St. Andrews Church, 79 DentonRd., Wellesley. The church is handi-capped accessible and there is amplefree parking. For directions to thechurch see www.wellesleychoralso-ciety.org. Tickets at the door: $15general admission, $12 seniors, $5students.

May 9Join Wellesley Books and the Uni-

tarian Universalist Society of Welles-ley Hills for a very special bookevent with Grammy® Award-win-ning singer Judy Collins! In honor ofNational Children’s Book Week,Ms. Collins will be talking about

When You Wish Upon a Star andOver the Rainbow, her picture bookand CD sets that are gorgeously il-lustrated by Eric Puybaret. She willbe reading from and signing herbooks, sharing stories, and may evensing a few verses in what promisesto be a magical evening! Tickets cost$5 and may be used as a $5 coupontowards the purchase of When YouWish Upon a Star, Over the Rain-bow, or Judy Blue Eyes. Only onecoupon is applicable per book pur-chase. Seating is limited. To reserveyour ticket(s) please call WellesleyBooks at 781-431-1160.

May 11Return to the Roaring Twenties at

the Wellesley Council on Aging onFriday evening May 11 from 7-9p.m. The Dixie Diehards Jazz Bandprovides an evening of music,dances and pop hits of the “JazzAge”. The Diehards title derivesfrom members’ long-running devo-tion to traditional jazz music in thestyle of early 20th century exempli-fied by such New Orleans bands asthe Original Dixieland Jazz Bandand Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars.Their show includes audience sing-a-longs and spontaneous dance out-bursts (remember the Charleston andthe Black Bottom?). The Council onAging welcomes you for a fabulousevening of music and deliciousdesserts. Tickets are $10. each. SoMen, get out your megaphones andraccoon coats—Ladies, shimmy intoyour chemises, roll down your stock-ings and rouge your knees. Cos-tumes are encouraged so put on yourfeathered headbands and longbeads!!

Please call the Council on Aging toreserve your tickets at 781-235-3961.

May 12On May 12, 2:30 - 3:30 at the

Wellesley Free Library, the ArielQuintet will perform Peter and theWolf, Teddy Bear's Picnic and Star& Stripes Forever and introduce chil-dren to the wind instruments andeven let the try them out. The con-cert is sponsored by First Republicand The Belkin Family Lookout

Farm in honor of the Rachel MollyMarkoff Foundation, a non-profitfunding pediatric cancer research toshare Rachel's love of music with thecommunity. Rachel was a 9 year oldstudent at Upham ElementarySchool when she died of a braintumor.

May 12The Tenacre Fair, Saturday, May

12 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at TenacreCountry Day School. Price: Free.Bring the whole family to theTenacre Fair and enjoy carnival rides,games, pony rides, a farm animalpetting area, face painting, raffle, andother activities. Also includes grilledand baked goods for lunch or snacks.There will be a plant sale – perfectfor a last minute gift for Mother'sDay. The Tenacre Fair, which iswheelchair accessible, will takeplace rain or shine. Free admissionand parking.

May 13Open Wildflower Garden at

Cronk’s Rocky Woodland. Sunday,May 13 from 2- 4 p.m., the WellesleyConservation Council will host anopen house at Cronk’s Rocky Wood-land, a wildflower garden across thestreet from 21 Crown Ridge Road.The sanctuary garden is kept in a nat-ural state to preserve its wildflowers,plants and trees. Lady slippers areoften found with blood root, Virginiabluebells, Jeffersonia, wild ginger,ferns and many native New Englandwildflowers. This high, rocky wood-land was given to the Wellesley Con-servation Council in 1977 by Mrs.Corydon P. Cronk in memory of herhusband. Contact: Wellesley Conser-vation Council (781) 237-2009 orhttp://www.wellesleyconservation-council.org.

May 16St. Jude's Dress for a Cause,

Wednesday, May 16, 6:00 to 9:00p.m. at Wellesley Country Club,Price: $150/ticket, $250/couple.Phone: (617) 965-5262. Age: 21 andup. Tickets now available for May 16Dress for a Cause for St. Jude Chil-dren's Research Hospital, hosted byBoston designer Sara Campbell and

children’s boutiques Kenzie Kidsand K Girl. Susan Wornick ofWCVB-TV MCs the event, featur-ing fashion, whiskey tastings, andsilent auction, and St. Jude's impacton one local family. Thanks to eventchair Dalia Nuwayhid and SaraCampbell, Estelle Colgan, StephanieMillon, and Ellen Gentile-Scelfo,along with wonderful committeemembers listed online.

May 19Build your own Woodland Troll

and Fairy Houses. Wellesley Conser-vation Council Program for Elemen-tary School Children. Saturday, May19, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Meet at Cochi-tuate Aqueduct (Russell Rd./ KendallRd.) We take a walk to Pickle Pointwhere each child will adopt a treeand build a “Woodland Troll andFairy House”. Juice and cookies.Returning to Russell Rd. at 3:00 p.m.Go to: www.wellesleyconservation-council.org Call: (781) 237-6125.

May 19Join local resident and first-time

author Lisa Moore at a book launchparty to celebrate the publication ofEvilution, her captivating first novelabout man’s inherent struggle tocontrol his dark, primal nature.Come hear about her characters'journey, in which love and lies, truthsrevealed, and powerful forces weavea thrilling tale with a surprise ending.The party (with presentation, Q&Aand book-signing) will be at Welles-ley Books, 82 Central Street, Welles-ley on Saturday, May 19 at 6 pm.

May 19Children’s book author Jane Ko-

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The new three-seasonWellesley Farmers’ Marketarrives in town this monthand will take place eachThursday from 2 p.m. to 6p.m. at the Whole Foodsparking lot. Opening on May3, the official Grand OpeningCelebration will be the fol-lowing week, May 10. TheMarket will run through No-vember 15.

There will be at leasttwelve stands from five areafarms, plus an orchard, acreamery, a bakery, and agreenhouse. Offerings will be di-verse, with a variety of healthy foodsand cut flowers, including organicproduce.

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In addition to local produce, thereare cage-free eggs, cheese, specialtycrackers, and nut products.

The Grand Opening Celebrationon May 10 will begin withthe ribbon-cutting cere-mony. Wellesley HighSchool musicians will pro-vide entertainment. Kidswill have an opportunity tomake their own smoothiesby pedaling Land Sake’sFarm’s bike poweredblender. Volunteers and rep-resentatives from all the col-laborating and sponsoringorganizations will be in at-tendance for the celebration.

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those local residents who wouldotherwise not be able to participate.Special arrangements have alsobeen made to include participationby the Wellesley Food Pantry. As theFarmers’ Market develops over thenext several months, sustainablefoods education and outreach serv-ices are anticipated to increase.

Molly Fairchild, Sustainable En-ergy Coordinator from the Town ofWellesley stated, “This is an incred-ible community resource that edu-cates and celebrates seasonal, local,sustainably grown foods.”

The project was originally ap-proved at the 2010 Town Meeting.A broad-based partnership was de-veloped and included a SteeringCommittee comprised of Wellesleyresidents and Whole Foods, with agrant from Wellesley Plaza, man-aged by Gravestar, Inc. Organiza-

tion of the Market and its continuedoperation fall under the sponsorshipof The Massachusetts HorticulturalSociety.

The Wellesley Farmers’ MarketSteering Committee includes: Gre-tel Anspach, Master Gardeners’ As-sociation; April Daley,Massachusetts Horticultural Soci-ety; Molly Fairchild, SustainableEnergy Coordinator, Town ofWellesley; Jason Haberland, WholeFoods Markets; Cheryl Lefman,Health Department, Town ofWellesley; Katherine K. Macdon-ald, President & Executive Director,Massachusetts Horticultural Soci-ety; Carole L. Montgomery,Gravestar, Inc.; Betsy Ridge Mad-sen, Chair of the Board, Massachu-setts Horticultural Society; JohnSpencer, Weston Road Gardens;and Phyllis Theermann, SustainableWellesley and Wellesley GreenSchools Council.

“A great deal of thought and strat-egy has gone into launching this ex-citing community project,” said LeeB. Kane, Eco Czar/Forager ofWhole Foods Market, North At-lantic region.

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Times change, and so do uni-forms, but a display at the newWellesley High School demon-strates the enduring spirit of Raiderfootball.

In trophy cases and other glasscases in a hallway above theschool's main entrance, the AthleticDepartment is taking students andstaff back to the days of rubber nose

guards, canvas football pants andthe heavy cotton sweaters thatpassed for jerseys for America'sgrandfathers of the gridiron.

The crown jewel of the displaymay be the uniform of Horace OberCoolidge, WHS class of 1915, do-nated to the Athletic Department byCoolidge's great grandson. The uni-form is artfully presented in its ownglass case, around a corner from alarger display of items tracingRaider history and down the hallfrom an even larger trophy casechampioning Raider success in allsports.

"It means history, it means we arevery proud of our athletics," saidAthletic Department Secretary

Maryanne Macdonald, who spear-headed the creation of the displays.

Macdonald first heard fromCoolidge's relatives two years agoand she decided then that unveilinghis uniform and other gear the fam-ily donated would be all the morespecial if it were done at the newhigh school.

Now, the stark contrast to today'soutfits is giving people pause.

"When [some of the football play-ers] first saw it they were surprised,"Macdonald explained. "I just said,'Look at this - you're part of thesame football program, and lookhow far you've come... [Coolidge]was so proud to wear that.'"

In the larger case around the cor-ner from the uniform display is onefeaturing other items fromCoolidge's era, as well as more re-cent sports memorabilia. For exam-ple, Coolidge's nose guard - a hard,rubber piece patented in 1896 anddesigned to cover both a player'snose and mouth - is one shelf belowthe water bottle used by formerRaider Jordan Sax, a star on the1992 Raider squad who passedaway in 1993 after a battle with

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The water bottle,which Macdonaldfound in an old

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"The kids have to understandwhat their history is about. It mightseem insignificant at first, but if youconnect the dots, you'll see Raiderpride going through everything,"

Macdonald added,"and if you don'tkeep it going, itwill just die."

Showing that, forthe time being any-way, Raider prideis alive and well,Raider success inall sports is firmlystated in the de-partment's nearbytrophy case. In-deed, it's the largestof all the AthleticDepartment's dis-plays.

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They lined up in six waves at astarting line on Sprague Field, andwith each call of "Go" they brokeinto a sprint.

April 9 marked the 8th annualWellesley Middle School Mini-Marathon, which this year wasrechristened the Hannah RandolphMini-Marathon in honor of the

middle school stu-dent who died in askiing accident inColorado in Febru-ary.

More than 200Middle School stu-dents, broken up into

waves based on year and gender,chose to run the mini-marathon, a2.6-mile jaunt that began and endedat Sprague Field.

The tradition was founded eightyears ago by the schools Phys. Eddepartment, with the purpose ofpromoting fitness and exercise. Thisyear it took on extra meaning.

"This year is very special in that

we have named themini marathon in Han-nah Randolph'shonor," WMS Princi-pal Jamie Chisolmtold students as theyassembled on SpragueField before the racestarted at approxi-mately 10 a.m.

Chisolm remindedstudents that the pur-chase of the t-shirtsthat many of themwere wearing that dayhad provided dollarsfor the fund set up in Randolph'sname.

"We have raised $30K so far, soI'm very proud of all you middleschoolers, and I'm excited to seeyou run," he said.

Another member of the WMSfaculty, Jonathan Rabinowitz, a 6thgrade teacher, also spoke to stu-dents.

"[Hannah Ran-dolph] loved thespirit of competi-tion, she lovedrunning. So as yourun today, I wantyou to carry thespirit of Hannahwith you..." hesaid, adding thatRandolph's mem-ory could inspirerunners to think ofmore than crossingthe finish line first.Randolph, he said,didn't just workhard in school inorder to earn goodgrades - she was

taken with the joy of learning. "Sodon't worry about the "A" - thewin," he told the runners. Instead,"enjoy yourselves."

Hannah Randolph's parents,Karen and Marshall, not only at-tended the mini-marathon, withMarshall running alongside the stu-dents, they also gave medals toevery student who ran the race, in-cluding special medals for the top

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Of Hannah Randolph, her fathersaid the mini-marathon was a spe-cial event for her.

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Now, a group of three sen-iors, Avery Brooks, MarkMulligan, and Brendan Baker, areworking to market Creative Haiti.To promote the art, the seniors willbe giving presentations about theproject around the community,working in online web promotionto develop the website, as well asarticles about Creative Haiti. The

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First of all, it's easy to feel aver-age in overachieving townswhere kids seem multi-talented.As soon as you start comparingyourself to others in everythingyou do, you will be miserable.Try to simply focus on your owninterests and goals and let go ofthe need to compare. It doesn'thappen overnight but eventually,you'll discover what makes youunique. Then you will actuallystart to find yourself genuinelyhappy for others and their suc-cess. When that happens, you get

showered with good news. Peo-ple who can embrace other'sgood fortune and talents havegreat things come their way.

When we wonder and whineabout why others have it better,we waste valuable energy andchannel it negatively. Negativeenergy basically attracts negativeexperiences and people. It dragsyou down and weighs heavy onyour conscience. So eliminate thefocus on what others have andstart counting your blessings. Itmay even help to write a list of 3to 5 things you love about your-self and keep it by your bed sothat you wake up to that positivereminder. All you have to do ischange your energy!

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Sometimes I get in the worst

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“The House of Blue Leaves” —first performed off-Broadway in1971 and then again in a 2011 re-vival starring Ben Stiller, EdieFalco, and Jennifer Jason Leigh —will be Wellesley High School’s in-augural spring play in the newWHS drama classroom’s theaterthis May.

Centered on the Pope’s 1965 visitto New York City, the black com-edy features nuns, a political bomb-ing, a GI headed for Vietnam, azookeeper who dreams of makingit big in Hollywood, his schizo-

phrenic stay-at-home wife Ba-nanas, and his vivacious mistressBunny.

Come see this crazy mix of com-edy and tragedy, truth and absurdity.Performances will be in WellesleyHigh School, Drama Room 165, onThursday-Saturday, May 3-5 withshows at 4 and 7:30 PM each day.

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Wellesley Sports

BY LIZZY SNELL

After last season’s heartbreakingend, the Wellesley boys’ lacrosseteam is determined to go all theway in the post season and bringhome a state championship. Al-ready off to a 4-1 start, 2-0 in con-ference play (as of April 18), theRaiders are proving themselves tobe contenders.

“Overall I think we just want astate championship,” said seniordefenseman Ryan Cassidy.“That’s all I want. That’s the ulti-mate goal. Honestly, I would liketo improve as a player over theseason; communication-wise def-initely, I want to start talking moreat defense, getting on the samepage. But ultimately the statechampionship comes over any-thing personal.”

Last June the Raider’s loss toMedfield, 7-5, in a MIAA Divi-sion 2 East Sectional State Tour-nament quarterfinal game, broughttheir undefeated season to an end.The chance to bounce back fromthat outcome is something that all18 seniors hope to accomplish.

“I just want to see success inpeople getting better every day,”said senior goalie Connor Darcey.“The regular season is a bunch ofscrimmages, as coach says. Thegames in June count more than theregular season. That’s when weneed to show up the most.”

While the Raiders have thechampionship on their radar, they

have no intention of letting up inthe regular season, nor do theyplan on taking it lightly.

Senior Peter Crane specificallymentioned the Coach’s ChallengeCup tournament as a place for theRaiders to get a good idea ofwhere they’re at as a team and tohopefully defend their title fromlast year.

Oliver Saffery agreed, and addedthat the senior-heavy team playsvery well to-gether andknows theimportanceof taking itone day at atime.

“As far asimprovinggoes, we justwant to getafter it everyday,” added thesenior. “We need tokeep working hard andmaking sure we’re setting goodexamples for the younger kids.”

Cole Bouley, a senior defense-man, said he’s enjoyed every dayplaying with his fellow seniors andthat each game is a good chancefor “everyone to go out there andgive it their all.”

Head coach Rocky Batty wasquick to credit new assistantcoach, Adam Pascal, who coachedthe previous seven years at HolyCross, as a key cog in the Raiderslineup.

“He helped me identify that weneed to have an IQ team this year,”Batty said of his new assistant. “Asmart team that doesn’t need towin with any kind of glitz, fashionor glamour. You have to be smart.Use the guys no one knowsabout.”

Batty added that when it comesto players taking leadership roles,each of his seniors has taken hisindividual role seriously.

“These guyscan take usall the waybut they’renot alone,”he said. “Weneed 33p l a y e r sw o r k i n ghard everyday.”

Senior de-fenseman Dan

Elfman said one ofhis goals for the season was

to “make sure we have no regretsafter any game.” Elfman addedthat the feeling the Raiders hadwhen they won the Coach’s Cuplast year was one they wanted torepeat.

“Knowing what it felt like to winthe (Coach’s Cup) last year, youonly want to get after it more andwin it again,” he said. “That greatfeeling; holding it up and every-body’s really happy. Why not? Wewant it again. Why not us?”

Boys Lacrosse Wants States

BY DAVE HALPERIN

The Recreation Department issprucing up Morses Pond in timefor the annual Memorial Dayweekend opening.

Director Jan Kiseta said the men'sbathroom is being redone this year,similar to the way the women'sroom was refurbished last year,with new partitions and new sinksbeing added.

The Department is also consider-ing adding a new fishing pier,which would be similar to thedocks currently stretching into thewater in the swimming area, butwould be on the opposite side ofthe boathouse from the beach area.They may also remove some fenc-ing in order to create a sitting areain that same section on the oppositeside of the boathouse.

Morses Pond Beach will open onSaturday, May 26 and will be openMemorial Day weekend (May 28-30) and the weekend of June 2 and3. It will then open full time for thesummer on Wednesday, June 6.

Beach tags and swim lessons goon sale on May 15 for residentsand May 22 for nonresidents, withSpring prices remaining in effectuntil June 6.

Looking ahead even further, theMopo Miler takes its annualplunge on June 16. The Mopo

Miler is an open swim for ages 16-adult, with a 9:30 a.m. start. 16 and17 year olds must have aparent/guardian sign a waiver.Competitors may sign up to swimthe half-mile or one-mile course.Registration at www.welles-leyma.gov/Pages/WellesleyMA_Recreation/Miler.pdf. Or, for moreinformation, call the Rec. Dept. at781-235-2370.

In other seasonal news, lights atthe Hunnewell tennis courts willbegin to be turned on in May, sevendays a week from 6-9:30 p.m., andresidents may purchase a tag toplay at night.

Tags are sold at the RecreationOffice, Warren Building, 90 Wash-ington St., Monday - Friday, 8:30a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Occasionally, theoffice will be open later in theevening and some Saturdays. Callahead (781-235-2370) to see ifthere is someone available to selltags. Also, tennis tags may be pur-chased online using the online sys-tem. If purchased online, tags willstill need to be picked up at theRecreation office (bring your re-ceipt).

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Wellesley Sports

The Wellesley High School GirlsLacrosse team's early battles in-clude games against Norwell andDedham.

Girls Lacrosse Early-Season Action

Sabina Hartnett against Dedham.

Korinna Garfield against Dedham.

Center midfielder Ashton Chryssicas fakes a charge on Norwell defender.Photo by Maura Wayman.

Annie Valle scoops up the ball in game against Norwell. Photo by Maura Wayman.

Captain Molly McNamara transitioning down the field. Photo by MauraWayman.


(Subject to change - checkwww.wellesleyweekend.com for de-tails.)

Friday, May 183:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.—AnnualHunnewell Fun Fair.* Hunnewell

Elementary School, 28 CameronStreet. Rides, games, crafts. Hun-newell PTO.

7:00 p.m.—Masterworks Concertfeaturing WHS Performing Arts De-partment at Wellesley High School

Katherine L Babson, Jr. Auditorium,50 Rice Street.

Saturday and SundayAll Day—(decamp after parade)—18th Century Military Encampmentat Town Hall Grounds. The RoyalIrish Artillery, Tours all day, CannonFiring on the hour on Saturday.

Saturday, May 197:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.—PancakeFestival* at Wellesley MiddleSchool. Rotary Club of Wellesley.

9:00 a.m.-Noon—Tours of Welles-ley High School, 50 Rice Street. In-cludes green tours showing off thenew green features of the building.

9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.—GuidedWalk of Morses Pond. WellesleyTrails Committee. Meet at gate toTown Beach at end of Turner Road.

9:30 a.m.-Noon—Bike Safety Dayat Tailby Parking Lot (Linden St &Crest Rd.). Kiwanis Club of Welles-ley.

10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.—Dog Con-test*. Natural Resources Commis-sion, Board of Health, and WellesleyAnimal Control. Warren School

Field, 90 Washington Street (Route16). Prizes awarded in various cate-gories including "shaggiest", "bestgrooomed", "best tricks", "wiggli-est", and many more!

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.—OpenHouse at Wellesley Police Station,485 Washington Street.

11:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.—OpenHouse at Wellesley Main Fire Sta-tion #2 — 457 Worcester Street(Route 9).

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.—Build YourOwn Woodland Troll & FairyHouse. Wellesley ConservationCouncil. Cochituate Aqueduct, Rus-sell Road / Kendall Road (for ele-mentary school kids).

4:00 p.m.—Wellesley High SchoolDedication at Wellesley HighSchool. Katherine L Babson, Jr. Au-ditorium, 50 Rice Street. Refresh-ments will be served in theCommons immediately followingthe Dedication. There will also beadditional public tours of the build-ing

4:00 p.m.—Veterans’ EcumenicalMemorial Mass at Saint Paul

Church. Wellesley Veterans’ Coun-cil.

6:30 p.m.—Kids' Movie Night atWellesley High School Gym, 50Rice Street. Featuring a screening ofThe Goonies in the new WHS Gym.

Sunday, May 201:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.—44th AnnualWellesley Veterans’ Parade. Welles-ley Celebrations’ Committee.

4:00 p.m.—5:30 p.m.—GraceKnight Babson Fund for ReligiousEducation, 53rd Annual Program.Knight Auditorium, Babson CollegeCampus, Wellesley Avenue.

5:00 p.m.-DUSK—Picnic in thePark at Hunnewell Field. Food*,drinks*, kids' rides*, crafts, gamesand other fun. Food by Wellesley Ki-wanis, Charles River Rotary, ICAWand others.

6:30 p.m. Main Attraction—Con-cert for Wellesley at HunnewellField. Featuring the Reminisants.

DUSK—Fireworks - the BiggestEver! Hunnewell Field. Sponsors:Roche Brothers/Sudbury Farms andThe Family of G. Drew Conway

*Please note, asterisk indicates asmall fee may be charged.

BYDAVEHALPERIN

Planning and fundraising for the14th Annual Wellesley's WonderfulWeekend is well underway. The fes-tivities will take place May 18, 19and 20, with the parade on the 20th.This year the theme of the Weekendis education in keeping with a year-long celebration of education in townin honor of the opening of the newhigh school.

As usual, the three-day celebrationof all things Wellesley is as diverse asit is exciting. After a slew of eventson Friday, May 18, including the an-nual Hunnewell Fun Fair at Hun-newell Elementary, the annualPancake Festival at the MiddleSchool gets the weekend's festivitiesgoing on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to2:30 p.m.

Other events on Saturday, May 19include tours of the new high school,running from 9:00 a.m. to noon at 50Rice Street. From 9-10 a.m. residentscan join the Wellesley Trails Com-mittee for a Guided Walk at MorsesPond and/or take tours of the policestation and the main fire station from11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Meanwhile, the annual Dog Con-

test, brainchild of the Health Depart-ment and Animal Control, takesplace at Warren Field from 10-11:30a.m.

Also on Saturday, for the first timethe Wellesley Square Merchants As-sociation is running a scavenger hunt:visitors to participating stores willhave the option of searching for itemswhile also having a card punched. Ifshoppers visit at least 10 stores andfind ten scavenger hunt items - all

high school-related - they will be en-tered into a raffle to win $1,000 in giftcertificates and merchandise fromparticipating stores. There will bethree winners.

Furthermore, 10 percent of allproceeds from purchases at par-ticipating stores on Saturday,May 19 will go to a new Welles-ley Square Merchants Associa-tion scholarship fund, to be

awarded to a graduating senior. (Formore information on the scholarship,contact Demian Wendrow of LondonHarness and the Merchants Associa-tion at 781-237-5950.)

On Sunday, May 20 it's time for theVeterans Parade, from 1-3 p.m., start-ing at the intersection of Route 16(Washington Street) and Route 9 andcontinuing westbound along Route16 to Wellesley Square. The review-ing stand is in Wellesley Square.

Celebrations Com-mittee Chair Roy Swit-zler said the parade is achance for everyone toget together and cele-brate the town, regard-less of differences.

"I believe that a pa-rade is the one eventthat everyone in a com-munity can participatein," he said. "It's theone place where every-one can go down thestreet or cheer from the

sidewalk to say, 'This is what we doin the town of Wellesley.'"

One new piece to the parade is theaddition of a food donation truck: pa-rade-goers can help the Wellesley

Food Pantry by donating one non-perishable food item to the World ofWellesley truck. Following the pa-rade, the truck will drive straight tothe Food Pantry with all the food ithas collected.

"Our goal is to fill the truck," saidWorld of Wellesley's MichelleChalmers.

Those interested in helping Worldof Wellesley unload their truck at thePantry, located at Wellesley Congre-gational Church, may contactChalmers at [email protected] or781-591-9435.

After the parade and following theGrace Knight Babson Fund for Reli-gious Education's 53rd Annual Pro-gram at Babson College's KnightAuditorium from 4-5 p.m., the Picnicin the Park takes place on Hunnewell

Field at 5 p.m.

Then, once the sun goes down, thefireworks kick off - and Switzler saidthis year's fireworks will be the town'sbiggest ones yet. They are possibleonly through donations, includingthose provided by major donorsRoche Bros. and the family of G.Drew Conway.

Still, as of press time, the Celebra-tions Committee was still working onraising enough money to pay for thefireworks, the parade, the musicians,and more. Switzler may send a checkto Town of Wellesley, CelebrationsCommittee, 525 Washington St.,Wellesley, MA 02482.

The group is also seeking volun-teers. Those interested can contactRoy Switzler at 781-431-1019, ext.2295.

Wellesley's WonderfulWeekend Coming Soon

The Reminisants will perform on May 20 at 6:30on Hunnewell Field, and on a float in the parade,as they did last year, pictured above.

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During the summer many organ-ized activities are reduced or sus-pended, Wellesley residents areoften travelling, and most collegestudents have left 02482 and 02481for other zip codes; the need forfood and other essentials for low-income Wellesley residents, how-ever, does not go away.

Enter the Wellesley Food Pantry.

Traditionally an institution that,likewise, did not remain open dur-ing the summer months, the Pantryis entering its fifth year of summeroperations - and with demandhigher than ever, organizers want tobe sure they are able to meet thatdemand this year.

"During the school year a lot ofschools have food drives andhouses of worship will do it as well,and people will [donate to the FoodPantry] through the bins at WholeFoods and Roche Bros., but in thesummertime, a lot of groups... aren'tmeeting, and a lot of people are onvacation," said Food Pantry Presi-dent of the Board Cynthia Scott."So what happens is, the shelves getpretty thin."

Scott said the need for food is ashigh as ever - following a trend thatstarted in 2008 with the recession.

"We have approximately 210 reg-istered households in Wellesley,"she said of the Pantry's clients, whomust prove financial need in orderto be registered. "Our numbers re-ally jumped up after the fall of

2008, and we get new people whocome in all the time."

Every Monday morning Boardmembers and volunteers from or-ganizations like the Wellesley Serv-ice League and the Wellesley HillsJr. Women's Club meet at thePantry - located in the basement ofthe Wellesley Hills CongregationalChurch - to sort through donationsand stock the shelves, readyingthem for clients that visit Tuesdaymornings from 9-11 a.m. and thesecond Tuesday evening of eachmonth, from 6-7 p.m.

"I think it's important for peopleto have good food," said PantryTreasurer Jane Tisdale, "and it's aservice and a good way to be in-volved in the community."

"What's more important thanfood?" agreed Food Pantry VicePresident Pam Conover as she un-loaded bags of grocery donationsand organized them on shelves.

Christine Velyvis was on hand asa member of the Wellesley HillsJunior Women's Club and said thatvolunteering at the Pantry is a re-

minder that there are people inneed, noting that when she bringsher daughter to preschool at theWellesley Hills CongregationalChurch on Tuesday mornings, shesees the traffic that the Pantry at-tracts.

"It makes you think," she said, cit-ing the previous weekend's Easterdinner as a time when remember-ing the Pantry's clients gave herpause - "You know you're coming[to the Pantry] the next day," she

noted.

In order to keep goingduring the summer, thePantry generally relies onfinancial donations, be-cause, with donationsdown, volunteers will usethat money to purchasefood at Roche Bros. tostock pantry shelves. ButScott hopes that Welles-ley residents will get inthe habit of continuing todonate groceries duringthe summer. Moreover,the pantry is now in itssecond year of providingfresh produce to clients,so she has a request forany residents with gar-dens.

"If anyone has any left-over vegetables from

their gardens, they can bring themby," she said. "We just want to getthe word out, that if people are intown this summer, the food pantryis in operation, and it does needfood."

For more information on theWellesley Food Pantry, visitWellesleyFoodPantry.org. ThePantry accepts food donations year-round, and also relies on cash do-nations to stay afloat. Moreover,

during the Veterans Parade on May20, World of Wellesley will be col-lecting donations at their float onbehalf of the Food Pantry.


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Food Pantry Vice President Pam Conoverstocks and organizes the shelves. Photo byDave Halperin.

Wellesley FoodPantry Facts andFigures

• All clients must be residents ofWellesley

• Two-thirds of our clients live inpublic housing.

• Clients are allowed to “shop” atthe Food Pantry once a month.

• We have 217 registered Wellesleyhouseholds, for a total of 476 indi-viduals.

• 165 are age 18 and under.

• 125 are age 60 and over.

• Our clients speak a variety of lan-guages: English, Spanish, Russian,Chinese, Portuguese, Creole, So-mali, Farsi, Greek, Korean,Chechen, and Turkish. There ismore diversity in Wellesley thanmost people know!

• The best places to donate food areRoche Bros. or Whole Foods. Theyboth have donation bins near thecheck-out counters of their stores.


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It remains to be seen whether ornot the Babson Park Post Officewill survive the United StatesPostal Service's financial hard-ships, but unless Congress takesaction to stop the bleeding, someof the 3,700 branches studied forpossible closure will be shuttered,USPS Spokesperson DennisTarmey said.

Babson Park was placed in thestudy, which began in July of2011, because it generated lessthan $600,000 in revenue andrecorded less revenue in 2010 thanin 2008 and 2009 combined, andwas within two miles of five ormore other USPS branches.

USPS headquarters "has agreedto not close any post offices untilMay 15," USPS SpokespersonDennis Tarmey said in March."Our headquarters was ap-proached by about 20 congress-men in a letter to ask if we couldwithhold action."

Reached in mid-April via email,Tarmey said he expected Congressto address the subject in the com-ing weeks.

"We expect that now that the'Easter Break' is over for Congress,they will soon focus on legislationrelative to the future of the USPS,"he wrote. "We have nothing to re-port at this time, but that does notmean that an announcement is notforthcoming from our headquar-ters in Washington, DC. relative tothe offices that were under review."

One of the legislative initiatives,the 21st Century Postal ServiceAct, S.1789, was introduced bySen. Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn.,Ranking Member Susan Collins,R-Maine, Federal Financial Man-agement Subcommittee ChairmanTom Carper, D-Del., and SenatorScott Brown, R-Mass.

Supporters of the bill say itwould authorize USPS buyouts ofemployees, giving the organizationthe ability to reduce its workforceby 100,000 employees; develop anew health plan in coordination

with its employee unions; changepre-funding requirements for re-tiree health benefits; and banUSPS from going from its current6-day delivery schedule to a 5-dayone for the next two years.

The Babson Park branch is lo-cated at 231 Forest Street on landowned by Babson College, and itis a retail office only. Closure of theBabson Park Branch Post Officewould not affect household maildelivery service.

In late 2011, a public meetingwas held at Olin Auditorium atBabson, where USPS representa-tives, included James Holland,Postmaster of Greater Boston,fielded questions and commentsregarding the possible closing ofthe branch.

The crowd of approximately 30was made up of Wellesley resi-dents, USPS employees and Bab-son faculty members – all ofwhom opposed the closing of thelocation.

Paul Kilduff, president of Amer-ican Postal Workers Union Local100, was one of the loudest oppo-nents of this proposition.

“The USPS has been voted themost trusted government agencyfor the past eight years, and that’s

going to change,” he said. "I wouldnever close a place that makes aprofit, for one. Secondly, we aregoing to have Babson students,who are the future leaders of ourcountry, be forced to walk morethan a mile to mail something? It’swrong; I’m aggravated by this.”

Kilduff’s disdain was echoed byeveryone in the crowd. Still, whileHolland recognized the postalservice was making a profit, he re-iterated that is did not meet theguidelines of making at least$600,000 in revenue. Part of thereason for this, Kilduff said, is a lotof people are doing business else-

where – buying stamps online, atthe grocery store and so forth.

However, the elderly populationloudly voiced their concerns aboutUSPS, with the trend towards al-ternative purchase points as a de-ciding factor; many in the crowdsaid they were not technologicallysavvy and rely on the post office topurchase stamps.

Elderly residents also said it isnearly impossible for them totravel to the alternate locations,such as the post offices on GroveStreet and Washington Street, be-cause of heavy traffic and a lack ofhandicap spaces.

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