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Thursday, January 17, 2019
Venue change for Thursday's (1/17/19) SEPAC presentation
Franklin Historical Museum: "The Cultural Construction of American Medicine" - Feb 10
Our Second Sunday Speaker Series continues on Sunday February 10 with Rob Lawson, Professor of History, Dean College, presenting "The Cultural Construction of American Medicine."
With support from the National Endowment of Humanities and Dean College Department of Humanities, R.A. Lawson, Ph.D. will discuss the history of medicine with a view to understanding differences.
The production of medical knowledge and the practice of medicine, historically, were seen as positive pursuits in which authoritative figures made objective discoveries and applied them dispassionately to their patients. This mirrored widespread beliefs about the sciences in general. Increasingly, however, historians have come to understand medicine as a socially-constructed human behavior that is not purely objective in process or experience. In this lecture, Lawson will explore how the production of, attitudes about, and outcomes from medicine have changed over time.
Professor Lawson, along with Professor David Dennis and Professor Jessica Pisano, are co-project directors on a grant the college earned from the NEH – the Making Humanities Matter initiative. The grant will help develop the History of Science and History of Medicine curriculum at the college. This lecture is derived from their research.
There is still time to purchase your 2019 FHM calendar, full of photos and facts from Franklin’s history. Calendars are available in the museum gift shop for $5.00 each, while they last.
Anyone interested in volunteering at the museum is invited to attend a meeting Sunday, February 3rd at 12 Noon at the museum. Over the course of the year we have need for hosts, researchers, data entry specialists or people to assist in special projects. Join us and share your skill sets.
The Franklin Historical Museum is located at 80 West Central Street in downtown Franklin. We are wheelchair accessible, admission is always free, and donations are always welcome. Visit us and find your history.
With support from the National Endowment of Humanities and Dean College Department of Humanities, R.A. Lawson, Ph.D. will discuss the history of medicine with a view to understanding differences.
The production of medical knowledge and the practice of medicine, historically, were seen as positive pursuits in which authoritative figures made objective discoveries and applied them dispassionately to their patients. This mirrored widespread beliefs about the sciences in general. Increasingly, however, historians have come to understand medicine as a socially-constructed human behavior that is not purely objective in process or experience. In this lecture, Lawson will explore how the production of, attitudes about, and outcomes from medicine have changed over time.
Professor Lawson, along with Professor David Dennis and Professor Jessica Pisano, are co-project directors on a grant the college earned from the NEH – the Making Humanities Matter initiative. The grant will help develop the History of Science and History of Medicine curriculum at the college. This lecture is derived from their research.
There is still time to purchase your 2019 FHM calendar, full of photos and facts from Franklin’s history. Calendars are available in the museum gift shop for $5.00 each, while they last.
Anyone interested in volunteering at the museum is invited to attend a meeting Sunday, February 3rd at 12 Noon at the museum. Over the course of the year we have need for hosts, researchers, data entry specialists or people to assist in special projects. Join us and share your skill sets.
The Franklin Historical Museum is located at 80 West Central Street in downtown Franklin. We are wheelchair accessible, admission is always free, and donations are always welcome. Visit us and find your history.
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| Franklin Historical Museum: "The Cultural Construction of American Medicine" - Feb 10 |
workshop: "My Senses Don’t Make Sense!" - Feb 7
Lifelong Community Learning has scheduled a February 7 childcare education workshop for caregivers. My Senses Don’t Make Sense! with Donna Shea will cover recognizing and supporting children with sensory integration dysfunction.
Participants will talk about strategies that help. They will also discuss how finding the services of, or talking to a school occupational therapist, can make a world of difference for a child who senses don’t make sense.
Caregivers are invited to participate in what will be an informative and interesting evening in a relaxed setting with colleagues and new friends. The workshop fee is $25.
For more information, go to www.FranklinLifelongLearning.com and click on Lifelong Community Learning - Child Care & Parenting. Or call Lifelong Community Learning at 508-613-1480.
Or go direct to this link:
https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0079-0003-a4a543668f8347f4b9da56fe5b043d4e
Participants will talk about strategies that help. They will also discuss how finding the services of, or talking to a school occupational therapist, can make a world of difference for a child who senses don’t make sense.
Caregivers are invited to participate in what will be an informative and interesting evening in a relaxed setting with colleagues and new friends. The workshop fee is $25.
For more information, go to www.FranklinLifelongLearning.com and click on Lifelong Community Learning - Child Care & Parenting. Or call Lifelong Community Learning at 508-613-1480.
Lifelong Community Learning is a program of the Franklin Public Schools Lifelong Learning Institute, dedicated to providing diverse and enriched education and experiences for all area residents and children – a resource for all ages.
Or go direct to this link:
https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0079-0003-a4a543668f8347f4b9da56fe5b043d4e
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| workshop: My Senses Don’t Make Sense! - Feb 7 |
FHS boys hockey tops Stoughton; wrestling drops close match to Mansfield
Via HockomockSports and Twitter, we share the results of the FHS sports action on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2019
Boys Hockey = Stoughton, 1 @ Franklin, 11 – Final
Wrestling = Franklin, 27 @ Mansfield, 30 – Final
Josh Perry, Managing Editor of HockomockSports.com, provides the wrestling match recap:
Continue reading the recap online
https://hockomocksports.com/mansfield-wrestling-edge-franklin-to-move-closer-to-first-hock-title/
Click here for a photo gallery from this game
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2018-2019/Winter-2018-2019/Mansfield-Franklin-Wrestling-1-16-19/
For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/wednesdays-schedule-scoreboard-01-16-19/
Boys Hockey = Stoughton, 1 @ Franklin, 11 – Final
Wrestling = Franklin, 27 @ Mansfield, 30 – Final
Josh Perry, Managing Editor of HockomockSports.com, provides the wrestling match recap:
"Even the parents were out of their seats, creeping closer to the mat, and counting down the final seconds of the night’s final match. Mansfield junior Noah Jellenik laid flat on his stomach, holding off Franklin’s Riley Downing and waiting for the final horn to sound.
As the ref waved his hand to signal the end of the match, Jellenik, who is in his first year as a wrestler, rolled onto his knees and threw his hands in the air in triumph. On three edges of the mat, his teammates, coaches, and Mansfield alumni hugged, cheered, and celebrated, as the Hornets moved one giant step closer to securing the program’s first ever Hockomock dual meet title.
Although Downing won the 285-pound match 6-2, Jellenik had accomplished his only goal, which was to avoid a pin. With the Panthers only earning three points in the final match of the hotly-contested dual meet, Mansfield held on for a 30-27 victory."
Continue reading the recap online
https://hockomocksports.com/mansfield-wrestling-edge-franklin-to-move-closer-to-first-hock-title/
Click here for a photo gallery from this game
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2018-2019/Winter-2018-2019/Mansfield-Franklin-Wrestling-1-16-19/
For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/wednesdays-schedule-scoreboard-01-16-19/
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| Mansfield junior Noah Jellenik lifts his arms to the rafters after his match at 285 pounds, Despite a loss in his individual match, Jellenik sealed a 30-27 win for the team that puts the Hornets on the brink of a first-ever league title. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com) |
Hard fought loss to Mansfield 30-27 tonight. Pin from Jordan Carlucci and tech by Dylan Nawn.— Franklin Wrestling (@FHSWrestle) January 17, 2019
Big win for the panthers. Final score of 11-1 over Stoughton. Goals coming from 9 different goal scorers, including Dennis Will with his 1st varsity goal. Hard hat to Magazu for getting his first 2 and being a big help in the big win. #ontomansfield pic.twitter.com/LkA8pDVWkG— Franklin Hockey (@FHS_Puck) January 17, 2019
Franklin 11 Stoughton 1. 2 gs for Magazu and McCaffrey, others from K Hedvig, Spillane, Will, C Hedvig, Sweeney, Lovett and Demerchant. Hat to Magazu. @MassHSHockey @MyHockeyLive @In_The_Slot @HockomockSports @BGlobeSports @FHSSports— Coach Spillane (@FHS_PuckCoach) January 17, 2019
MA Digital Archives (finally) available
From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190116/state-archives-offers-online-record-collection
I input "Frankln, MA" to see what it would show and among the results that caught my eye:
The death certificate for Sgt. Timothy J Hayes
http://digitalarchives.sec.state.ma.us/uncategorised/digitalFile_1deba876-e40c-4e3f-adf7-27df2cae45a8/
Recall that the effort to better understand the story of Sgt. Timothy J Hayes is still underway
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/12/one-mans-quest-to-find-out-about-sgt.html
The Town Plan by Amos Hawes from 1794
http://digitalarchives.sec.state.ma.us/uncategorised/digitalFile_4bbfca75-cdcd-4408-9157-5eccb3fb4bc4/
I could spend many hours searching among the archives. If you find anything really good, please let me know so we can share it here.
"The Massachusetts Archives has unveiled an online collection of records of state agencies, including a searchable index of Massachusetts casualties in World War II, records of the administration of Governor Deval Patrick and town plans from 1794 through 1830.
Among the records are death certificates of 27 people killed in the Great Molasses Flood in Boston on Jan. 15, 1919.
To see the records, visit digitalarchives.sec.state.ma.us.Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190116/state-archives-offers-online-record-collection
I input "Frankln, MA" to see what it would show and among the results that caught my eye:
The death certificate for Sgt. Timothy J Hayes
http://digitalarchives.sec.state.ma.us/uncategorised/digitalFile_1deba876-e40c-4e3f-adf7-27df2cae45a8/
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| death certificate for Sgt. Timothy J Hayes |
Recall that the effort to better understand the story of Sgt. Timothy J Hayes is still underway
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/12/one-mans-quest-to-find-out-about-sgt.html
The Town Plan by Amos Hawes from 1794
http://digitalarchives.sec.state.ma.us/uncategorised/digitalFile_4bbfca75-cdcd-4408-9157-5eccb3fb4bc4/
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| Town Plan by Amos Hawes from 1794 |
"where the buffer zone is between conservation land and the proposed solar array"
"A new solar array is being proposed in town while conservation concerns loom in the planned area.
A public hearing will be held on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Franklin Municipal Building. The application for the photovoltaic solar was filed by Kearsarge Upper Union LLC of Boston.
George Russell, conservation agent for Franklin, said that this is the third solar array proposal that Franklin has considered in just the last few months. Currently, there’s one solar array in town, located on Union Street.
Russell said they’re working with Industria Engineering in Hopkinton to finalize a potential design"Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190116/large-solar-array-proposed-franklin
The new proposal for this solar array is located not far from the first one on the Mount St Mary's Abbey property which provides Franklin with about 90% of the electricity supply. The existing solar farm is located to the left of the big bend in Upper Union shown on the map. There is also a wind turbine across the street from the 'big bend' on the map.
The public hearing notice just came in for the Conservation Commission meeting scheduled for Thursday, Jan 31, 2019.
"Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Ch. 131, s.40 (The Wetlands Act) a Public Hearing will be held on Thursday, January 31, 2019, at 7:00 PM in the Council Chambers of the Franklin Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street, Franklin, MA on a Notice of Intent filed by Kearsarge Upper Union LLC of Boston, MA for installation of photovoltaic solar array in open farmed field in the buffer zone of bordering vegetated wetlands.
This project is located at 1061 Upper Union Street"https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/agendas/upper_union_street_solar.pdf
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| the solar farm at Mount St Mary's Abbey as it was being installed in Aug 2013 |
Franklin High School DECA sends 45 students to the State Competition in March
Over 100 FHS students participated in the DECA District competition last week with 45 qualifying for the States in March at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.
You can help support the students for the State competition in March by contributing to the cause below.
You can help support the students for the State competition in March by contributing to the cause below.
"Franklin’s DECA team competed in its annual District Competition Tuesday, January 8th and Wednesday, January 9th at the Mansfield Holiday Inn.
DECA is Franklin High School’s “business” club. The organization itself “prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe,” according to DECA’s website. It’s a great way to practice problem-solving and public speaking while having fun about a subject you’re interested in.
At the competition, students are registered under different events, each one specialized to a specific type of business or business plan. If you’re into sports, there are sports marketing events. If you’re into international business, there is an international business event. DECA has something for everyone."
Continue reading the article online at Pantherbook
https://franklinpanthers.us/top-stories/2019/01/09/franklin-deca-takes-on-districts/
Help support a student or two!
https://www.snap-raise.com/fundraisers/franklin-high-school-deca-2019
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| Franklin High School DECA - sends 45 students to the State Competition in March |
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