FM #268 Doug MacPherson HMEA Virtual IncredABLE 5K 5/17/20 (audio)

FM #268 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 268 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Doug MacPherson, Vice-President of Development and Public Relations for Horace Mann Education Association (HMEA). We had our conversation via conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.

Doug and I talked about the preparation for the HMEA’s Virtual IncredABLE 5K scheduled for May 17, 2020. Alas, in this pandemic period, the road race, community walk, and family fun field day has been converted to a virtual event. Virtual? Yes, we talk about how you can run your 5K on a certified 5K course and send your results to HEMA for them to count.

Our conversation also covers how HMEA is adjusting to their delivery of service from in person to zoom and other virtual meetings.

Fund raising will continue beyond the virtual event on May 17, The fiscal year for HMEA ends on June 30, so there will be additional opportunities to participate in a virtual event with HMEA.

The recording runs about 18 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Doug https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HXzpzTf7



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For all the information on the Virtual IncredABLE 5K  https://www.hmea.org/incredable-5k/


We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm).

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

• If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
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If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

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FM #268 Doug MacPherson HMEA Virtual IncredABLE 5K 5/17/20 (audio)

HockomockSports.com: Teams of the Decade #13: 2018 Franklin Volleyball

Team: Franklin Volleyball
Year: 2018
Record: 20-1
2018 Kelley-Rex Division Champions
2018 Division 1 Central-West Champions
2018 Division 1 State Semifinalists

"With a strong group of returning players, the Franklin volleyball team entered the season as the top-ranked team in our Hock 5 rankings. But there were few, at least outside of the program, that expected the Panthers to be as good as they were.

While the Panthers graduated a couple of key pieces from the lineup a year before, first-year head coach Kelsey Weymouth inherited a talented, experienced group that looked primed to get back atop the Kelley-Rex division. There were signs very early of just how talented Franklin was, including a 3-0 sweep over non-league foe Bishop Feehan, a 3-0 sweep over defending division champ King Philip, and a 3-1 win on the road over Hockomock power Canton — all in a five-day span.

Senior Lauren McGrath returned for her third year as the team’s starting setter was a key piece in orchestrating the offense as well as an important part of the Panther defense. After dishing out 545 assists her junior year, McGrath crossed the 1,000-assist mark as a senior with 547 assists. McGrath had plenty of choices to work with offensively with four players reaching the 100-kill mark: Ellie Wisniewski (151), Maggie Doyle (135), Allyson Bonnet-Eymard (102), and Hailey Sanders (100)."

Continue reading the article online
https://hockomocksports.com/teams-of-the-decade-13-2018-franklin-volleyball/

 

HockomockSports.com: Teams of the Decade #13: 2018 Franklin Volleyball

Once Upon A Town: The Franklin 500 - Franklin, MA (video)

Join Eamon McCarthy Earls and Joe Landry as they talk about the Franklin 500, a "racetrack" that was the loop that we took as we "rode around" the town of Franklin MA.

https://youtu.be/zY6AdVQcJlg

Hockomock League Class of 2020 Scholar-Athletes - FHS - Sarah Spanek and Rohan Herur

The Hockomock League Principals and Athletic Directors proudly announce the Class of 2020 Scholar-Athletes. The global, national, and local struggle against COVID-19 continues, but our persistence and resilience grows in that fight. The unique social situation in which we find ourselves pushes us to find new ways to publicly recognize and salute our heroes. The Class of 2020 will have much to remember about this unprecedented year, and we salute all of our athletes who lost this Spring season.

This week the League would have celebrated its 30th Annual Hockomock League Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner. Today, we are proud to celebrate each of the twenty-four athletes that have earned this League’s honor. Each scholar-athlete has been selected by the Administration of their respective schools and represent the top student-athletes in the Hockomock League based on academics, athletic participation, sportsmanship, leadership, and citizenship. They have all successfully balanced a demanding academic schedule along with participation in athletics as well as many other extra-curricular activities during their high school career. To be selected for this award represents four years of dedication and commitment, and we are proud of all their accomplishments.

We hope that these student-athletes will put all of their experiences over the past four years to good use and that those experiences will help guide them through the challenges ahead. We congratulate the parents and guardians, too, for your contributions and guidance as you have enabled your child to reach this level of excellence. We are certain that the foundation you have given them will carry them through future endeavors.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2020 SCHOLAR-ATHLETES:

• ATTLEBORO: Jacqueline Lynch-Bartek AND Nicholas McMahon
• CANTON: Caroline Tourgee AND Nathan Quan
• FOXBORO: Jaime Notarangelo AND Ryan Proulx
• FRANKLIN: Sarah Spanek and Rohan Herur
• KING PHILIP: Samantha Robison AND Jack Cannon
• MANSFIELD: Eliz Healy AND Peter Oldow
• MILFORD: Annie Flanagan AND Maxwell Manor
• NORTH ATTLEBORO: Abigail Gallagher AND Owen Harding
• OLIVER AMES: Allison Kemp AND Sam Stevens
• SHARON: Eliana Boxerman AND Cameron Baker
• STOUGHTON: Emma McSweeney AND Joshua McNamara
• TAUNTON: Kamryn Li AND Nolan Melo

Class of 2020 Scholar-Athletes - FHS - Sarah Spanek and Rohan Herur

Shared from
https://hockomocksports.com/hockomock-league-honors-2020-scholar-athletes/

Leaping Into Kindergarten Event - May 20

Our Leaping Into Kindergarten event has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 20th at 6 PM. 

It will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel, which is available here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr0pe33QnCdA2FI045LADwg

Leaping Into Kindergarten Event - May 20

 

In the News: Baker announces $1B budget bill at visit to Ashland biotech firm

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"With the cost of the bill expected to be covered by the federal government through reimbursements and other federal funding sources, Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday filed a $1 billion supplemental budget bill to help cover COVID-19-related expenses.

Baker announced that Tuesday afternoon after touring MatTek Life Sciences, a biotechnology company headquartered in Ashland that has been developing coronavirus testing materials and hand sanitizer.

“We remain, as we said before, one of the hardest hits states by the COVID-19 pandemic, and we still have a lot to do, and a way to go to contain the infection rate and reduce the number of people that need serious hospital care,” Baker said.

As of March 12, the state has conducted 401,496 tests. Of those tested, 79,332 have tested positive and 5,141 people have died, according to the Department of Public Health. On Monday, the state conducted 6,768. Of those tested, approximately 13% tested positive."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200512/baker-announces-1b-budget-bill-at-visit-to-ashland-biotech-firm-working-on-coronavirus-testing-materials

https://youtu.be/KvGAFPIYPP0

HMEA IncredABLE 5K - Time is Running Out!

Do Something incredABLE TODAY!

Having trouble viewing? Open as a webpage. Hurry, Time is Running Out! Do something incredABLE TODAY! GET TICKETS Jukebox Virtual Bingo May 15th @ 7 PM online $15 per player https://www.hmea.org/jukebox-bingo/ Photo Contest 1 vote = $1 donation ENTER OR VOTE ENTER OR VOTE Video Contest 1 vote = $1 donation Hurry, contests end at midnight May 15th!!  https://www.hmea.org/incredable-contests/ REGISTER Virtual Community Walk $10 per person Registration closes at midnight May 14th!! Dream Raffle $5 for a book of 6 tickets Quik Pik 50/50 $25 per ticket GET TICKETS Hurry, tickets sales end at noon May 16th!!  https://www.hmea.org/incredable-raffles/ VIEW AUCTION Virtual Auction May 10 - May 24th one week vacation, electronics, concert tickets, and more! Do Something incredABLE TODAY!  https://www.hmea.org/incredable-5k/ Get Involved   ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌

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Massachusetts RMV sets limited appointment service

"Appointment only reservation system for limited in-person transactions at select RMV sites.

Visit https://t.co/rPSU5Qg3e9, select Online Service Center, then select Make/Cancel a Reservation.

Please visit https://t.co/zDf6FF7VJL for more detailed info."

Shared from Twitter
https://twitter.com/MassRMV/status/1260245897398620160?s=03

Appointment only reservation system for limited in-person transactions at select RMV sites. Visit https://t.co/rPSU5Qg3e9, select Online Service Center, then select Make/Cancel a Reservation. Please visit https://t.co/zDf6FF7VJL for more detailed info.

— Massachusetts RMV (@MassRMV) May 12, 2020

Massachusetts RMV sets limited appt service

FSPA Introduces Broadway Faculty

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) has announced a new roster of FSPA Broadway Faculty. The nine Broadway professionals are available to enrolled students for private coaching via Zoom. Coachings are available for singing, acting, dance, and self-marketing in the theater industry. When classes resume in person, the Broadway faculty will be featured in FSPA’s master class programs in Franklin and New York City.

Ben Cameron from the original Broadway cast of WICKED, Footloose, and Aida will coach students in Voice and Dance. Sara Jean Ford, a former Christine in Phantom of the Opera who also appeared in Finian’s Rainbow, CATS, How to Succeed…, and A Little Night Music will offer Voice and Acting coachings. Tyler Hanes, most recently seen on Broadway as the Rum Tum Tugger in CATS as well as Oklahoma!, Hairspray, The Boy from Oz, and more will coach Voice and Dance students. Jim Hogan of the national tours of Waitress, Phantom of the Opera, and Spring Awakening will offer Voice and Acting Coachings. Emily Koch who starred as Elphaba in WICKED and Jenna in Waitress will also coach Voice and Acting students. FSPA welcomes Kara Lindsay who originated the role of Katherine in Disney’s Newsies and appeared as Glinda in WICKED and Cynthia Weil in Beautiful to coach students in Voice and Acting. Kevin Massey, star of Disney’s Tarzan, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and more will also coach Voice and Acting students. Christopher Rice from the Broadway companies of The Book of Morman and Pretty Woman and of #TAPPY fame will offer coachings in Voice, Dance, and self-marketing in the theater industry. Closing out the roster, Clay Thomson from Disney’s Newsies, Matilda, WICKED, and KING KONG will coach Voice and Dance.

Relationships with the Broadway community have been developed through programs in Franklin including FSPA’s Broadway Boot Camp, the annual Broadway Weekend, and classes offered in conjunction with THE BLACK BOX Broadway Series. “We are thrilled to offer this unique opportunity to our students,” says FSPA Director Raye Lynn Mercer. “It is very exciting that these acclaimed performers have taken a special interest in our students and our school’s curriculum.” Five of the nine teaching artists performed at FSPA’s 35th Anniversary concert at The Green Room 42 in New York City this past January.

To coach with the FSPA Broadway Faculty, students must be enrolled at FSPA in the corresponding disciplines. For more information about the offerings at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts, call 508-528-8668 or visit www.FSPAonline.com.

 

Top Row (L to R): Ben Cameron, Sara Jean Ford. Tyler Hanes. Middle Row: Jim Hogan, Emily Koch, Kara Lindsay. Bottom Row: Kevin Massey, Christopher Rice, Clay Thomson

Gov. Baker outlines a 4-phase reopening strategy

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"Reopening swaths of public life in Massachusetts will play out across four distinct phases and involve new widespread and mandatory safety regulations for all businesses.

The approach, announced by the Baker administration on Monday, could launch as as soon as next week with an initial phase applying to businesses that are best able to limit the type of person-to-person contacts that have fueled the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The broad-stroke framework that Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito outlined would ease forced shutdowns of non-essential businesses gradually over a timeline yet to be determined, building up to a “new normal” once a vaccine or other treatment for the highly infectious disease is available.

Many details about the process are still in the works and will depend on the recommendations an advisory panel will file in one week and on the trajectory of trends in the state’s COVID-19 outbreak. If public health data shows a new spike in cases or increased risks, the administration could order a return to an earlier phase."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200511/updated-gov-baker-outlines-4-phase-reopening-strategy-for-massachusetts-to-move-to-new-normal-with-coronavirus-outbreak

4-phase reopening strategy

The 4 phase overview
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/reopening-four-phase-approach

The mandatory workplace standards for Phase 1
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/reopening-mandatory-safety-standards-for-workplaces


Video link = https://youtu.be/QNIKD9DccVU

FM #267 Joint Budget SubComm Mtg - 5/11/20 (audio)

FM #267 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 267 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares the Joint Budget Subcommittee meeting of May 11, 2020. The subcommittee is composed of members of the Town Council, School Committee, and Finance Committee. The meeting was hosted on the “Zoom” Platform. The ‘normal’ disclaimer per Gov Baker’s Executive Order was not disclosed during the meeting by the Chair.

Each speaker is announced so you can follow along. The show notes include my notes via Twitter for this meeting as well as the agenda document.

The recording runs just about one hour, so let’s listen to the Joint Budget Subcommittee meeting discussing the FY 2021 budget. 

Audio file =  https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HDFJPBT7



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My real-time reported notes
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/05/real-time-reporting-joint-budget.html

Agenda document https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/05/joint-budget-subcommittee-meeting-may-11.html

We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm).

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

• If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
• If you don't like something here, please let me know

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

------------------

You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

FM #267 Joint Budget SubComm Mtg - 5/11/20 (audio)

Once Upon A Town: The "New" Morse Block - Franklin, MA

Join Eamon McCarthy Earls and Joe Landry as they talk about the "New" Morse Block, which is not to be confused with the Morse Opera House Block of Franklin, MA. They were separate blocks that were constructed in the late 1800's

https://youtu.be/73Wt0YCeZTI