Milestone Cranberry Bog with Ranger Allen Reinhard Nov 9, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Want to go to a cranberry bog, without leaving the house?

Hello, We are looking forward to 'seeing' you tomorrow, Monday Nov. 9th at 11 AM for our Milestone Cranberry Bog talk with Ranger Allen Reinhard.  

PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO JOIN
https://zoom.us/j/91627507124?pwd=amdFL1JnZVBOS0RnN2lJQlF6a1ZOUT09

Meeting ID: 916 2750 7124
Passcode: 236386

Visit the Milestone Cranberry Bog on the internet

https://www.nantucketconservation.org/properties/milestone-cranberry-bog/

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Ariel Doggett

Virtual Program Coordinator

Respite Coordinator

"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll

There is no act of kindness too small

Milestone Cranberry Bog with Ranger Allen Reinhard

Lyon Landscape and Nursery - Christmas Tree go on sale Nov 27

"The holidays will be here before we know it. Escape the long lines this holiday season and stop by Lyon Landscape Nursery for a fresh cut Christmas tree. We have plenty of Fraser firs to choose from; starting at 5’. We will also be selling fresh wreaths made on site. Sales start on Friday, November 27 and will continue during the weekends in December."

For more info visit the Facebook posting 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551606135109407/permalink/2761443574125651/

 

Visit Lyon Landscape and Nursery on the internet
https://www.lyonlandscapenursery.com/

Lyon Landscape and Nursery - Christmas Tree go on sale Nov 27

"Hockomock League Announces Hockomock Post-Season"

Via the Hockomock League we share the first round playoff assignments.  Specific date/times remain to be determined.

"Championship action is upcoming for Field Hockey, Girls Soccer, Boys Soccer and Cross Country. We are thrilled to be providing these competitions as a culmination of our fall season.

CROSS COUNTRY- On Saturday, November 14, the Hockomock Championship will be held at Highland Park in Attleboro. Each school will enter up to ten boys and ten girls to compete at the event. Health and safety of the participants will be our primary goal as we set the school and team start times with the purpose of minimizing school mixing. Individual and team champions will be recognized. Additional details will be communicated by each school.

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FIELD HOCKEY- We will be holding a Hockomock Cup tournament beginning this upcoming week. The top four teams from each of our divisions will qualify for the Championship Bracket while the remaining teams will participate in our consolation rounds.

In the Championship Bracket, the highest seeded team will host.  Game dates and times are to be set and released by the individual schools but play is expected to begin on Tuesday, November 10th.

Field Hockey Championship Round 1 (expected to be 11/10 or 11/11)
Game 1- Franklin (Kelley-Rex #1 seed) vs North Attleboro (Davenport #4 seed)
Game 2-  Canton (Davenport #2 seed) vs Attleboro HS (Kelley-Rex #3 seed)
Game 3-  KP (Kelley-Rex #2 seed) vs Foxboro (Davenport #3 seed)
Game 4-  OA (Davenport #1 seed) vs Mansfield (Kelley-Rex #4 seed) 

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GIRLS SOCCER- We will be holding a Hockomock Cup tournament beginning this upcoming week. The top four teams from each of our divisions will qualify for the Championship Bracket while the remaining teams will participate in our consolation rounds.

Girls Soccer- Championship Round 1 (expected play on 11/10 or 11/11)

Game 1- Franklin (Kelley-Rex #1 seed) vs North Attleboro (Davenport #4 seed)
Game 2- Foxboro (Davenport #2 seed) vs Mansfield/KP (Kelley-Rex #3 seed)
Game 3- Mansfield/KP (Kelley-Rex #2 seed) vs Oliver Ames (Davenport #3 seed)
Game 4- Canton (Davenport #1 seed) vs Attleboro (Kelley-Rex #4 seed)
*The KR #2 and #3 seed will be determined after the regular season Mansfield vs Milford game.

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BOYS SOCCER- We will be holding a Hockomock Cup tournament beginning this upcoming week. The top four teams from each of our divisions will qualify for the Championship Bracket while the remaining teams will participate in our consolation rounds.

Championship Round 1 (expected play on 11/10 or 11/11)

Game 1- Milford (Kelley-Rex #1 seed) vs Sharon (Davenport #4 seed)
Game 2- Canton (Davenport #2 seed) vs KP (Kelley-Rex #3 seed)
Game 3- Mansfield (Kelley-Rex #2 seed) vs Foxboro (Davenport #3 seed)
Game 4- Oliver Ames (Davenport #1 seed) vs Franklin (Kelley-Rex #4 seed)

For the full schedule, visit the Hockomock League

https://hockomockleague.blogspot.com/2020/11/hockomock-league-announces-hockomock.html

 

"Hockomock League Announces Hockomock Post-Season"

Franklin Interact Club cancels "Monster Dash"

"Due to the new COVID-19 restrictions and to guarantee safety, we have decided to cancel our fundraiser scheduled for next Friday. Thank you for being so understanding of all of these changes and we are disappointed that we won't get to see all of you that planned to come.

https://twitter.com/FranklinIntera1/status/1325498377627447296?s=03

Franklin Interact Monster Dash has been postponed to Nov13 due to the weather. The sign up will remain open until then :)

https://twitter.com/FranklinIntera1/status/1321960710658756610

From Pantherbook we share the following:  

"Looking for a way to help your community while still being able to have fun this Halloween season? Join the Franklin Interacts Club in participating in the Monster Dash being held on October 30th to help raise money for donations to local shelters! 

The Franklin Interacts Club is a group which organizes projects every year to help others in their local communities. According to Saivagmita Kantheti, a member of the organization, the purpose of the club is to “connect with other young people and have fun while serving their communities and learning about the world”. Most of their work revolves around helping the Franklin Food Pantry and other shelters in Massachusetts. "

Continue reading about the Monster Dash:
https://franklinpanthers.us/clubs-activities/2020/10/26/the-franklin-interacts-club-presents-the-monster-dash/

Monster Dash: Fund raising fitness event - Oct 30

Read the sources cited and make your decision

Tracy Novick spent time with the sources cited by Gov Baker and DESE in their encouragement for students to be in schools. While I also agree educationally, kids do belong in the school learning environment, under the pandemic circumstances, only when it is healthy to do so. 

Here are the sources cited with Tracy's summary so you can read along and decide for yourself.

"On Friday, after the latest round of the Governor/Secretary/Commissioner's pounding their fists on tables (metaphorically) about getting students back into buildings, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued updated guidance. As the Governor and Commissioner continue to cite what is known from other countries, I was interested to see what they cited as their sources in urging all students, even those in communities where the virus is surging, to go back into buildings for school.

The Department has four footnotes on their recommendations:

• This August 12 Public Health England study
• This August 4 study looking at Korea
• This Eurosurveillance piece posted in September looking at Germany
• This piece posted August 6 looking at the European Union and United Kingdom

Obviously, I am not a doctor, but I am able to read research and review conclusions, and so I did to the pieces here cited, as the argument here is that these are indicating that students even as the virus surges, should be going back into buildings.

The short answer is that none of these pieces say that."

Continue reading Tracy's article online

http://who-cester.blogspot.com/2020/11/works-cited.html

 

Read the sources cited and make your decision

 

Senior Center: Email Blast - Nov 6, 2020

Staying Connected

Link to the Senior Center - https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc

Link to the Senior Center Calendar -https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/day/2020-07-07

Link to Franklin Matters - https://www.franklinmatters.org/

Link to the Town's webpage - https://www.franklinma.gov/

Tips

Paul Eugene Low impact standing aerobics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u35SwITpax0 

Chair Yoga - 29 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZvmKOPoFVo 

Top 10 balance exercises.  STOP falls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atMJ2opvCvo 

8 hours of underwater whale songs.  This is so relaxing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDqP7kcr-sc 

Music

Songs that got us through WWII

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRtiTwOrif4&list=PLA86C2DA5F0C1DB7E&index=4 

50 countries affected by COVID sing Amazing Grace together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7pdABvpnc 

US Military acapella group on America's got Talent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_rXaDN7gkg 

Just for Fun

Virtual Whale Watch - drone footage of Whales and dolphins.  Beautiful and relaxing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTvRm9CdDVE 

Ingenious Home Design Solutions - Ok these are cool!  The bunk beds are a great idea!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBY5bEreKVM&t=24s 

Harry Gardner sings a son about his Nan - MUST watch this and have a tissue or 2 ready. 

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgxwKjKppztrVJjhpKKwBRWdtVVrL?projector=1 

Humor

Lucy teaches Ethel Merman to sing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu1vAQiYoEU 

Scaredy Cats a short compilation of cats being scared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UTd98iMBok 

What's My Line - best contestant ever. June 1, 1958

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQdZyi6fozY 

Kindness Matters

The Boy On The Beach - A young boy's tribute to the brave men who fought at Normandy.

https://pinearts.smugmug.com/The-Boy-on-the-Beach-Omaha-Beach-2014/i-vPVMh5F/A 

Airport comes to a standstill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbnIITsfzDU 

Upcoming Events email adoggett@franklinma.gov to attend unless noted otherwise.

*Monday Nov. 9th at 11am - The History and growing of the Milestone Cranberry Bogs with Conservation Ranger Allen Reinhard.

*Monday Nov. 9th at 1pm Tele Bingo call the Senior Center to play 508-520-4945

*Monday Nov. 9th at 2pm - Memory Cafe 

*Tuesday Nov. 10th at 5pm - Quarantini Time a virtual, social, cocktail hour.

*Wednesday Nov. 11th - Happy Veterans Day special programming on franklin TV

*Thursday Nov. 12th at 1pm - Tele Bingo call the Senior Center to play 508-520-4945

*Friday Nov. 13th at 11am - "Covid-19 Tips for Alzheimer's Caregivers" Learn strategies for managing the day to day challenges that are unique to Alzheimer's caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include managing a day at home, caregiving from a distance during visitation restrictions, and preparing for an emergency. Open to anyone.  Call 1-800-272-3900 to register for this zoom event.

*Friday Nov. 13th at 1pm Tele Trivia call the Senior Center to play 508-520-4945

Plus Exercise, Yoga, Discussion Groups and more.  Check out our newsletter or online calendar for a full list of all activities available https://www.franklinma.gov/franklin-senior-center/pages/connection-newsletter 

Attached you will find:

• Donna's Activity Pages **Presidents** https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gwxfZnKdj_6tdFeNQpWpPhEIvWg9EbWs/view?usp=sharing

• Paint/color Pages (Salute the Flag and Poppy) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ued-QBGkVVkN0Yw49P5lyX6ZaroANssh/view?usp=sharing and https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KZ1oYMRU-ylPUhkOTFSaxmgBc6dGP9HC/view?usp=sharing

• Veteran's Day Word Search https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvGnZjbycQunrBI3Nq2p4XF14IQAIar4/view?usp=sharing

• Veteran's Day Cryptograms https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T-PiKkwkIaWh9uA8opclHWJAUwiLENV2/view?usp=sharing

Love, virtual hugs and good health to you all!  We are still here for you!  Please feel free to email Donna and I with questions, concerns or just to check in!

Ariel & Donna

Please feel free to share this email with anyone you think might enjoy it.  If you want me to add someone to the email blast list just send me a message with their email in it. 

REMEMBER:

When searching for information about the Coronavirus, COVID-19 please use caution!  Unfortunately there are many false sites that contain viruses and malware that can threaten your computer.  Many look like real sites.  Your best bet is to go directly to the CDC, WHO or your local government page (links below).   

https://www.cdc.gov/ 

https://www.who.int/

https://www.franklinma.gov/home/urgent-alerts/coronavirus-information-portal-updates-here

MEMORY CAFE!

For those of you who attend our Memory Cafe events I invite you to learn more about attending a VIRTUAL Memory Cafe through Zoom!  There are many options to choose from.

https://www.memorycafedirectory.com/cafe-connect/

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Ariel Doggett

Virtual Program Coordinator

Respite Coordinator

"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll

There is no act of kindness too small

 

Senior Center: Email Blast - Nov 6, 2020

 

Navigating a Mess of Unending Challenges Five Questions to Get Us Unstuck And Make Things Better

Now that we can back to our lives... Really looking forward to this free webinar with former IDEO designer and current Olin College prof @ElaBenUr next Monday: https://t.co/gXITrezKzy Some practical strategies to get unstuck and move forward. Register now!

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/willrich45/status/1325556685935702018?s=03

Navigating a Mess of Unending Challenges
Five Questions to Get Us Unstuck And Make Things Better 

– Especially During the Pandemic

With Ela Ben-Ur of Olin College, Formerly of IDEO

Two sessions: November 16, 2020 at 12 PM or 7 PM US ET

 

Register online  https://bigquestions.institute/compass/

 

Navigating a Mess of Unending Challenges