4th Local Leadership Lunch with Ndoumbe Ndoye - Mar 22 - 1:00 PM

Denise Spencer (she/her) (@DSpencerFSC) tweeted on Fri, Mar 19, 2021:

Very excited to attend @BeccaRauschMA 4th Local Leadership Lunch with Ndoumbe Ndoye, Franklin High School class of 2021, President of Diversity Awareness Club, youth mentor, and local social justice advocate.

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/DSpencerFSC/status/1372976940311838720

4th Local Leadership Lunch with Ndoumbe Ndoye - Mar 26 - 1:00 PM

FHS football and Unified Basketball teams post wins on Friday

From HockomockSports.com and Twitter we share the FHS sports results: 

Foorball =  Franklin, 28 @ Taunton, 25 – Final

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/category/schedule-scoreboard/

 

Way to go @FranklinUnified !!! Nice win against Milford 👏🏼. Check out our fabulous cheering 📣 squad!!! We even had a visit from a former FHS athlete/current DEAN bulldog! Whoop 🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/i6YYoVarv8

— Kate Lynch (@kateluvs2laugh) March 19, 2021

 

Video link for Unified Basketball game = https://youtu.be/LXXjMcga5vw

 

Franklin High School: DECA News

"Congrats to all of our competitors for rocking the state conference! 25 students qualified for Nationals, and 23 more placed in the Top 10!"

Shared from Twitter:  https://twitter.com/FranklinMA_DECA/status/1372938664775454725

Franklin High School: DECA News

Franklin Senior Center: Email Blast - Mar 19, 2021

Hello Everyone!

Email Blast - Mar 19, 2021

On March 24th it will be a full year of me sending out Email Blasts.  A year of the Senior Center being closed. A year of no hugs, face masks, social distancing and isolation.  A year of lockdown and zoom and an entirely new way of life for people around the world.  It has also been a year filled with kindness and new ways to connect people.  What is your most memorable moment of the past year?  What are you grateful for?  What are you hoping for in the months to come?

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 

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

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

Link to Mass.Gov COVID - https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-updates-and-information 

Tips

Ballet Based Movements - increase balance, strength and flexibility - gentle exercise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0177DYK-8o 

10 minute mindful meditation for letting go - guided meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syx3a1_LeFo 

Paul Eugene - Full body seated chair exercise and strength training - WOO this is a workout!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhQH84KkCZI 

Music

BBC Howard Goodall's Story of Music The age of discovery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Y6NPahlDE 

American Percussion - The Travolette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_54_o4rQ8Jg 

Boogie Woogie impromptu piano concert in the Tube

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

Just for Fun

Clog Dancers 1959 - BFI National archive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGRn1XDYIVc 

Creative people on a whole other level of amazing!

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

4 ways to paint landscapes - acrylic for beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWO77Bm64g 

Humor

Andy Griffith and Don Knotts - Gettysburg Address

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAwhowRGVg8 

Jeanne Robertson - don't bungee jump naked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1_W0LCHwK4 

Kindness Matters

Inspirational Video - Be a Mr. Jensen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p5286T_kn0 

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

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

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

*Tuesday at 1pm - Audio Book club- email mgunderson@franklinma.gov 

*Wed. At 1pm - Writers Group 

*Wed. At 4pm - Alzheimer's Support Group for Caregivers - email elaine.owens@verizon.net

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

*Friday at 11am - Sunshine Zoom - for members with memory loss - 1 hour of socialization,

 games and activities.

 

Attached you will find: Donna's Fun filled activity Pages https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NYbJtNCmuHNJk6x2AbLbTxF5IaOvNrld/view?usp=sharing

Love, virtual hugs and good health to you all!  Stay safe, we are in the home stretch!

Ariel

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

--

Ariel Doggett

Virtual Program Coordinator

Respite Coordinator

"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll

There is no act of kindness too small

MA State News: climate change bill likely to get signed; Remote work likely here to stay

 

"WITH BOTH BRANCHES of the Legislature approving climate change legislation by veto-proof majorities, the Baker administration on Thursday declared victory and signaled that the governor will sign the bill into law.

“The governor and I are very pleased the Legislature adopted the vast majority of our amendments,” said Katie Theoharides, the governor’s secretary of energy and environmental affairs.

She said she couldn’t definitively say the governor will sign the bill until it actually reaches his desk and he can see it in its final form, but she signaled that was likely. “We are very pleased by the inclusion of key amendments as well as technical changes,” she said."

Continue reading the article online

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/environment/baker-administration-very-pleased-with-climate-change-bill/

 

The MA Legislature's press release on the passage of the climate change bill

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/03/ma-legislature-passes-landmark-climate.html

The link to the legislation itself  https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S9

Remote work looks like it’s here to stay

"EASTERN BANK USED to be a typical employer. Be in the office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an hour break for lunch. Its employees in Lynn, Boston, and elsewhere fought the traffic with other rush hour commuters.

No more. That model, says CEO Bob Rivers, is likely gone for good.

Once the pandemic eases, Eastern Bank plans to implement for the first time a widely available work-from-home policy, which will give employers more options for whether they want to come into the office or not.

“Being able to work in this way with greater flexibility we think will make us a better employer, and certainly a more competitive employer,” Rivers said."

Continue reading the article online  https://commonwealthmagazine.org/economy/remote-work-looks-like-its-here-to-stay/

WHO on Long COVID in children - "A better comprehension of Long COVID is urgently needed"

Background

"The World Health Organization has recently recognized Long COVID, calling the
international medical community to strengthen research and comprehensive care of patients with this condition. However, if Long COVID pertains to children as well is not yet clear. "

Results

"510 children were included (56.3% females) infected between January 2020 and January 2021. At their initial COVID-19 infection, 22 (4.3%) children were hospitalized. Overall, children had persisting COVID-19 for a mean of 8.2 months (SD 3.9). Most frequent symptoms were: Tiredness and weakness (444 patients, 87.1% of sample), Fatigue (410, 80.4%), Headache (401, 78.6%), Abdominal pain (387, 75.9%), Muscle and joint pain (309, 60.6%), Post-exertional malaise (274, 53.7%), rash (267, 52.4%). 484 (94.9%) children had had at least four symptoms. 129 (25.3%) children have suffered constant COVID-19 infection symptoms, 252 (49.4%) have had periods of apparent recovery and then symptoms returning, and 97 (19.0%) had a prolonged period of wellness followed by symptoms. Only 51 (10.0%) children have returned to previous levels of physical activity. Parents reported a significant prevalence of Neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Conclusions 

Our study provides further evidence on Long COVID in children. Symptoms like fatigue, headache, muscle and joint pain, rashes and heart palpitations, and mental health issues like lack of concentration and short memory problems, were particularly frequent and confirm previous observations, suggesting that they may characterize this condition. A better comprehension of Long COVID is urgently needed."

Source: https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202103.0271/v1/download

LiveARTS: Two Pianos, Four Hands, all Rachmaninov! - Mar 21

LiveARTS presents Duo Pianists Cynthia Raim and David Allen Wehr on Sunday, March 21st at 3:00pm via zoom!

LiveARTS presents  Duo Pianists CYNTHIA RAIM & DAVID ALLEN WEHR An all-Rachmaninov re-stream on Zoom in collaboration with the  Philadelphia Chamber Music Society!   Sunday, March 21   at   3:00 PM   Pianist CYNTHIA RAIM is acclaimed for her concerto, recital, and chamber music performances throughout the United States and abroad and has recorded for Gall, Pantheon, and Connoisseur Society, including solo albums of Ravel, Schumann, Brahms, and Schubert and two-piano recordings of Rachmaninoff, Brahms, and Dvořák with David Allen Wehr. She is a native of Detroit, where she studied with Mischa Kottler, Ms. Raim studied with Rudolf Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she earned bachelors and masters degrees.   DAVID ALLEN WEHR's performance career has taken him on tour to over 30 countries in Europe, North and South America, and the Far East, including performances in the world musical capitals of New York, London, Paris, Vienna, Washington, Madrid, and Buenos Aires. Wehr has been soloist with the London Symphony, National Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, Houston Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, and all the major Spanish and Latin American orchestras. PROGRAM All Rachmaninov program! Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5 Fantaisie tableaux Rachmaninov: Duets, Op. 11 [Sel.] Rachmaninov: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 LiveARTS and PCMS favorite Cynthia Raim is joined by her longtime piano partner, David Allen Wehr, for a rarely-heard, two-piano, four-hands, all-Rachmaninov program. Lauding the duo's recording of the Suites for Two Pianos, a Pianoforte critic raved: "Here are two fine artists who sound as if they might have stepped right out of a Russian academy. They allow the composer's melodies and phrases a natural shape without ever imposing technique on them, with a great feeling of contrast, light and shade." Join us for the fourth concert of our current season,  a donation-based concert! To take advantage of this opportunity, go to our website, liveartsma.org, and order a free ticket. The Zoom link will be emailed to you 24 hours before the concert. Tickets are free, but donations are always welcome! Watch your email for more information. The all-Beethoven program featuring Nicholas Kitchen, Yeesun Kim, and Ann Sears will return for the start of next season, in person! (Restrictions permitting) This concert is a special re-stream of a concert that was originally streamed on December 4, 2020, by Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. LiveARTS is very grateful to PCMS for generously granting permission to re-stream this extraordinary event! You can download Zoom using this link:  Download Zoom

Our mailing address is: LiveARTS P.O. Box 678 Franklin, MA 02038