FHS girls basketball continue win streak, boys hockey top Mansfield 7-1

From HockomockSports.com we share the FHS sports results:

** Boys Basketball = Mansfield, 51 @ Franklin, 44 – Final 

– Mansfield set the tone defensively in the first quarter and then held off a late surge from Franklin to earn a season sweep over the Panthers. The Hornets limited the hosts to four points in the first quarter and carried a 25-14 lead into halftime. Mansfield’s advantage grew to 37-25 going into the final frame before the Panthers got going and clawed back into it, cutting the lead down to 47-42 with under two minutes to go but Mansfield held on for the win. Senior Matt Boen had a team-high 16 points, seven rebounds, and four steals, Jack Colby added 11 points and nine rebounds, Matt Hyland had nine points and six boards, and Brendan Foley chipped in with eight points and 10 rebounds.

** Girls Basketball = Franklin, 63 @ Mansfield, 47 – Final 

– Franklin jumped out to a 15-3 lead after one quarter and never allowed the Hornets to climb back into the game to stay perfect on the season. Olivia Quinn was the leading scorer for the Panthers for the eighth time in eight games, finishing with 20 points. Elizabeth Wilson had a season-high 16 in the win. Ashley Santos (14 points) and Kayla Vine (11) both hit double digits for the Hornets.

** Boys Hockey = Mansfield, 1 @ Franklin, 7 – Final 

– Franklin exploded for six goals in the second half to skate away with a big win over Mansfield. The Hornets opened the scoring but Justin Abely leveled the scoring on a power play chance with Dylan Marchand and Declan Lovett recording assists. In the second half, Dom Lampasona scored a pair of goals while JT Dwyer, Ben Jarosz, Adam Quinn, and Marchand scored once. Lovett, Marchand, Ryan Sicchio, and Joe LeBlanc all finished with two assists in the win while Gary Mandia made 15 saves in net. 

For other results around the Hockomock League 

https://hockomocksports.com/thursdays-schedule-scoreboard-01-28-21/

 

Hard Hat tonight to #8 Dominic Lampasona 2 goals and an assist in tonight’s 7-1 win.   100% all night!  Great game Dom!

Do you drink bottled water?

"For years, the debate has raged on: which is better, bottled water, or tap?

Despite its ever-growing popularity in the US, bottled water is atrocious for the environment. To quote Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability, “The entire life cycle of bottled water uses fossil fuels, contributes to global warming, and causes pollution.”

Although water bottles are recyclable, Americans throw away about 80% of the bottles they use – and, by some estimates, Americans use 1,500 plastic bottles of water every second. Plastic bottles contribute immensely to global environmental crises, in part due to the fact that they disintegrate into microplastics, the presence of which are so ubiquitous researchers recently discovered them in the placentas of unborn babies. Bottled water takes 2,000 times the energy to produce and ship than its tap equivalent. The extraction and manufacturing processes used by bottled water corporations can also have negative environmental and economic effects, and amount to the privatization and commodification of a limited and invaluable resource to which all should have a universal right."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/28/do-you-drink-bottled-water-read-this

Franklin Cultural District Meeting - Monday February 1 - 7:00 PM

Dear Cultural District Partners,

On Monday evening, February 1st the Franklin Cultural District Committee will be meeting. The focus of this meeting will be the "Recovery and Rebuilding Grant" for the Massachusetts Cultural Districts. 

This grant is a wonderful opportunity for the Franklin's Cultural District (FCD) Partners to work together to encourage interest and engagement in culture and the arts as well as economic development in the FCD. 

Below you will find the Zoom link for this meeting. 

____________________________________________________________________________

The Cultural District Committee is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Cultural District Partners Meeting

February 1, 2021 7:00 PM

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82286340536

Meeting ID: 822 8634 0536

One tap mobile

+19292056099,,82286340536# US (New York)

Dial by your location

        +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)

Meeting ID: 822 8634 0536

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcM9DGAxS

________________________________________________________________________________________

We hope that you will all join us for this discussion.  

Regards,

Nancy Schoen

Chair, Franklin Cultural District Committee

nschoenfranklinculture@gmail.com

Franklin Cultural District Meeting - Monday February 1 - 7:00 PM

Watch "Life Is A Walking || Native American Wisdom" on YouTube

"Life is a walking. At any time in your life you have the power to turn forward." -Good Buffalo Eagle, THE SEVEN PATHS

Anasazi Foundation is a nonprofit 501©(3) wilderness therapy program headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. Anasazi Foundation gives young people an opportunity, through a primitive living experience and a philosophy that invites healing at the hands of nature, to effect a change of heart--a change in one's whole way of walking in the world."

 

Direct YouTube link: https://youtu.be/ZQYPlEoU9ko

 

CommonWealth Magazine: "State’s COVID-19 numbers trending down" and so goes Franklin - trending down!

 

"THE NUMBER of communities at high-risk for COVID-19 dropped 13.5 percent on Thursday and the state as a whole saw its numbers take a dive, according to the state’s weekly report.

The number of high-risk communities, identified as red on the state’s color-coded map, fell from 222 last week to 192 this week. The number of communities with more than 100 cases per 100,000 people over the last two weeks plunged from 29 to 9."

Continue reading the article online

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/health/states-covid-19-numbers-trending-down/

 

Franklin's COVID-19 dashboard  https://www.canva.com/design/DAERJvYx-CA/RDnuYIFlWB8rUKQrGQlX0Q/view

 

Weekly case count report (not updated since 1/12/21)

 https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/uploads/covid-19_case_counts_22.pdf

 

We are making progress; from a high positivity of 7.7, down to 6.7 last week and 5.5 this week. That is good! 

 

down to 6.7 last week and to 5.5 this week. That is good!

 

Vaccine call center to be set up; Gov Baker press conf link on small grant awards

 

"AMID GROWING frustration with the state’s process for arranging COVID-19 vaccination appointments, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday that his administration intends to set up a call center next week for those who need additional help.

On Wednesday, people 75 and over who are not living in nursing homes or assisted living facilities started making appointments for vaccinations. Baker said 45,000 appointments were made over the last two days but the demand far outpaced supply. An estimated 500,000 people over 75 are eligible to obtain the two-dose vaccination, but he said the state has been receiving only 80,000 doses a week, a number bumping up to 100,000 next week."

Continue reading the article online

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/health/baker-setting-up-vaccine-call-center/

Maura Healey (@MassAGO):

"First, it was unemployment. The Department of Unemployment had no live call center.
Then, it was workplace safety.
After that, evictions. No system.
We've tried to help those frustrated constituents all year. The vaccine call center should have happened yesterday. "

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/MassAGO/status/1354882824109752329

Gov Baker Press Conf Link - https://youtu.be/z0IpZCRvFME

Press Release on Small Business Grants

https://www.mass.gov/news/baker-polito-administration-awards-over-45-million-in-grants-to-1100-new-small-businesses

"highlighted cuts in youth jobs programs, at-risk youth programs, and adult basic education"

 

"When Gov. Charlie Baker made his $45.6 billion budget proposal Wednesday, he highlighted the things he is funding: education, economic recovery, mental health services, and local aid.

Left unsaid was the other story the numbers tell: With non-MassHealth spending increasing by just 1 percent – and an increase in education spending and COVID-recovery-related expenses – most line items will be level funded or cut. According to an analysis by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Baker’s budget cuts or eliminates 243 items, level funds 399, and increases funding for 126."

Continue reading the article online

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/state-government/here-is-what-bakers-budget-cut-2/

 

MA Taxpayers Foundation report

https://www.masstaxpayers.org/governor-bakers-fy-2022-budget-plan?term_node_tid_depth=All