Monday, August 18, 2014

Franklin Library: Whalemobile and Liquid Nitrogen

What do you get when you mix a whalemobile and liquid nitrogen?

Not sure that I would like to find out. Fortunately, the combination won't occur at the library as the whalemobile is scheduled for Friday afternoon and the liquid nitrogen demonstrations are scheduled for Friday morning.

Additional details can be found in the flyers for each event shown here

liquid nitrogen demonstrations

http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2014/08/liquid-nitrogen-demonstrations.html

whalemobile

http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2014/08/whalemobile.html

Sunday, August 17, 2014

FHS to open with more students

The new Franklin High School is slated to open with about 1,719 students as of the enrollment at the end of July. You may recall that the school year ended with a student population in the old school building of only 1,624.

community entrance to the new FHS for gym and auditorium access

The school population across the district has dropped again to 5,628 down from 5,778 at the end of June.

You can view the full enrollment details by grade by school across the district comparing June 2014 to July 2014 here

The major drop in the district population is found in the elementary levels. Recall that the major recession started in late 2008. The decline in students now is likely due to a decline in births given the uncertain economy.

Franklin Sculpture Park (video)

A recent sunny summer Saturday I talk a walk through the Franklin Sculpture Park to record this video.

The formal ribbon cutting ceremony to open the park will be held Wednesday, Aug 27th at 5:00 PM

(Note: I did say the ribbon cutting is at 4:00 the second time I mention it as the video comes to a close. That is an error.

8/18/14 - someone else with sharp ears caught me saying it is next to the 'fire' station instead of the police station. How that happens, I have no idea! Thanks for the catch!)

A posting from July with links to earlier posts on the Sculpture Park
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/07/more-art-at-sculpture-park.html

Fallen Heroes Series - Remembering

When I shared the picture from the Boston Sports Club to Facebook earlier this week, I realized that it was 'only' last year that I had posted the Fallen Heroes Series. Rhode Island, where I happen to be working, remains the only state to celebrate VJ Day or Victory Day, marking the end of World War II.

Post by Franklin Matters.

I also realized that there have been so many new subscribers in the past year that it would be worthwhile to re-share the link. So without further ado:

From wikipedia:

Although September 2 is the designated V-J Day in the entire United States, the event is recognized as an official holiday only in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, where the holiday's official name is "Victory Day",^[20] and it is observed on the second Monday of August. There have been several attempts in the 1980s and 1990s to eliminate or rename the holiday on the grounds that it is discriminatory. While those all failed, the Rhode Island General Assembly did pass a resolution in 1990 "stating that Victory Day is not a day to express satisfaction in the destruction and death caused by nuclear bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki."^[21] It is instead commemorative of those who fought, as Rhode Island sent a significantly above-average percentage of its population into the Pacific theater.

To recognize the Franklin Fallen heroes from World War II, I'll be sharing their information this week.

Thanks to Rose Turco for putting it together to recognize them and for allowing me to share this with you.

What is the Fallen Heroes Series?
A description of each of the street signs that are found around Franklin to acknowledge the individual who lived near there and gave his life in either World War II or the Vietnam War.

Cpl John J Kell - Raymond St

Note: There have been some additions to the signs to recognize those individuals from Afghanistan and Iraq but their info is not included in here at this time.

You can find the complete listing here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/08/franklin-fallen-heroes-series.html

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Franklin Library: Book Sale - Sat/Sun

Friendly reminder: the August edition of the monthly Library Book Sale happens this weekend.

Saturday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Sunday the bag sale occurs from 9:00 AM to noon.

Library Book Sale - Aug 16-17

This was re-shared from the Franklin Library page here
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2014/08/library-book-sale.html

Pour Richard’s: A Very Special 'Farmer's Market' - Aug 23

Connecting good friends with great wine!

Never Drink Ordinary!

'Farm to Table, Farm to Glass'

Saturday, August 23

1-4 PM

Mark your calendars, because it doesn't get any better than this. How do we love this event? Let us count the ways...

1) It all starts with an Akin Bak Farm farmstand, set up in our parking lot for the day. All that gorgeous fresh produce, and honey, too!

2) Corey Bunnewith creating fabulous Farm to Glass cocktails melding his delicious liquors and liqueurs with Akin Bak's fresh produce. He'll be making Smashes, Sours, and a whole lot more. Demonstration and tasting samples, with recipes to take home! He may also have some exclusive news/presells for his new distillery....hint, hint.

3) George Schwarz pouring wonderful Italian wines from his company, Kimera Imports. Nero d'Avola, Lacrima Christi Bianco and Rosso, a Valpolicella Ripasso. What is Capel del Prete? Have you ever had a Susumaniello? Come and taste for yourself.

4) As if all that were not enough, La Campania Ristorante of Waltham is bring a mobile wood-fired Neapolitan brick pizza oven. They'll use Akin Bak's produce, plus meats and cheeses, to create flatbread-style pizzas in the image of Napoli. That's the oven in the picture above...you can almost taste the chewy goodness!

Help us celebrate the end-of-summer bounty. Bring your appetite and sense of adventure. (Leave any preconceptions about veggies at home.)

Never Drink Ordinary! -Ann and John

Please share this email with friends who are enthusiastic about great wine, beer, and spirits. (Keeping all the good stuff for yourself is bad karma.)