My Backyard

Three Grey Beards

  at the Court of

King Frederick

 the Great

Music by Johan Joachim Quantz, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Jakob Froberger, and Michel Blavet

Sunday, March 21st

3:00 p.m.

at

The Meeting House

3850 Main Road

Tiverton Four Corners 

Admission:

Day of sale only

$15.00

As part of the Town-wide Read of Year of Wonders, Richards Memorial Library is pleased to present Prof. Jeffrey Bratberg of URI who will talk about the public health issues of infectious disease around the world. His presentation will be on Thursday, March 25 at 7 pm at the library on 118 North Washington St. in North Attleboro. Reservations are encouraged by calling the library at 508-699-0122 or email illna@sailsinc.org.

Bratberg collaborates with physicians on infectious diseases and is involved with infection control. His research interests include expanding pharmacists’ roles in public health, particularly in emergency preparedness and immunization delivery and access, HIV rapid testing, management, and referral in underserved communities. 

Bratberg is both a bioterrorism and emergency preparedness consultant to the Rhode Island Department of Health, and an active member of the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team (RI-1 DMAT), with whom he was deployed to respond to the North Dakota floods, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Since April 2009, he has helped hospitals, schools, pharmacies, universities, and municipalities in Rhode Island plan, implement, and evaluate responses to H1N1, from certifying pharmacists in immunization delivery to antiviral use to actively immunizing hundreds of citizens.

Legislative Breakfast to Help Families with Disabilities

The Arc of Northern Bristol County, Attleboro Enterprises, Inc., Beta Community Partnerships, and HMEA invite you to attend A Legislative Breakfast on Friday, March 12, 2010, 8 – 10am at the Holiday Inn Mansfield, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA. The Moderator: Gary Blumenthal, President of ADDP. 

Concerned that the state’s fiscal 2011 budget could further erode much-needed services for local residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities, 4 area service providers are participating in a major campaign to avert what could be devastating reductions in those services.

The centerpiece of this campaign are statewide forums, dubbed “Stating Our Case – Preserving the Disability Safety Net,” which will deliver to the governor and local legislators a firm message that basic services promised to the disability community cannot be curtailed.

This is an opportunity for families and supporters to sit face to face with legislators and educate them on the importance of the services area citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities receive.

Coffee and light refreshments will be served, admission is free but reservations are required, please phone (508) 226-1445 ext. 3122.

MSBDC Congratulates Tricia White – 2010 Athena Award Recipient

Tricia White has been named the 2010 ATHENA Award recipient through the United Regional Chamber of Commerce. The International ATHENA Award is presented annually to individuals who have achieved a high degree of professional excellence, have assisted women to develop their full potential by opening up leadership opportunities, and whose body of work has made a national or international impact.

Currently a senior business advisor for the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) Network, Tricia has been a very active community volunteer for many years. Among many other activities, Tricia is a board member of the Mansfield Downtown Business Association and a member for more than 10 years of the Financial Operating Committee of Sturdy Memorial Hospital, as well as a volunteer for Together We Can and Relay for Life. She is the former (and first female) executive director of the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce and earned the Tri-Town Chamber Business Person of the Year award in 1999. She is an expert on social media, having developed a series of workshops that teach entrepreneurs how to realize their business marketing potential through non-traditional marketing tools. She recently started her Friends Food Family blog in an effort to learn the ins and outs of marketing through blogging. In the last 12 months, Tricia has helped more than 200 women in workshops and 50 women individually maximize their marketing potential.

White will be honored at The United Regional Chamber of Commerce ATHENA Award Luncheon on Thursday, March 25 at Highland Country Club, 104 Mechanic St., Attleboro.

For more information on the MSBDC and the services they provide, please call 508-673-9783 or on the web at www.msbdc.org/semass.

The MSBDC provides free, high-quality, in-depth business advising, training and capital access which contributes to the entrepreneurial growth of small businesses throughout Massachusetts. Our services are delivered through a network of skilled professional staff supported by a federal, state and higher education consortium as well as several partnerships.

 “Your Success is Our Business”

The First United Methodist Church’s Youth Group in North Attleboro will be holding their popular Tour of Italy Dinner on Saturday, March 20th at 6:00 PM.   The church is located at the intersection of Rte 1 and Rte 120 in N.A. (20 Hoppin Hill Ave)   

The menu will feature all homemade pasta with marinara sauce, lasagna, sweet Italian sausage and meatballs, chicken fettuccini alfredo, salad, assorted breads, and a dessert bar.

Adults are $9.00 and children under 12 are $5.00.  Eat in or take out.

Please call for reservations before March 17^th at 508-695-1928

Join the Arbor Day Foundation in March and Receive 10 Free Trees

There’s no better way to celebrate the arrival of spring than by planting trees, and the Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for people to participate.

Everyone who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in March will receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees.

The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation’s Trees for America campaign.

“White flowering dogwoods will add year-round beauty to your home and neighborhood,” said John Rosenow, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Dogwoods have showy spring flowers, scarlet autumn foliage, and red berries which attract songbirds all winter.”

The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting between March 1 and May 31 with enclosed planting instructions. The six to twelve inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge.

Members also receive a subscription to Arbor Day, the Foundation’s monthly publication, and The Tree Book with information about tree planting and care.

To become a member of the Foundation and receive the free trees, send a $10 contribution to TEN FREE DOGWOOD TREES, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410, by March 31, 2010. Or join online at www.arborday.org/March.

YMCA Summer Camp Memories Will Last a Lifetime

[FOXBORO, MA] – Registration is now open for summer camp at the Invensys Foxboro Branch of the Hockomock Area YMCA. The Foxboro Branch will hold a summer camp information night on Thursday, March 11 and Tuesday, April 27 at 6:30pm. The information session will be a chance for prospective campers to meet camp directors, ask questions, and learn about the variety of summer day camps our YMCA offers. Participants who sign up before March 21 will receive last year’s summer camp rates.

As parents look for opportunities to keep their kids active this summer, the Foxboro YMCA reminds caregivers that camp is among the best options for engaging kids in activities that will help develop their spirit, mind and body, while getting them outdoors in a safe environment.  “Camping is synonymous with personal development.  It provides kids with the opportunity to practice social and decision-making skills through new experiences,” says Jim Downs, executive director of the Invensys Foxboro branch of the Hockomock Area YMCA. “Kids come to camp to develop friendships, learn skills in a new environment, and make memories that will last a lifetime.”

YMCA Camp provides exciting and educational summer camp options for both school-age children and teens. Examples of camps offered are: Camp WAPAWCA (With A Positive Attitude We Can Achieve More), Jr. Camp WAPAWCA, Sports Camp, Teen Leadership Camp, Arts Camp, Integration Camp (for people with special needs), Science Camp, and more!

Visit www.hockymca.org or call Ashli Phillips at 508.543.2523 to learn more about our summer camps offered for youth and teens.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND TEACHER OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS

 Kent Taylor ‘09 Teacher of the Year

Applications are now being accepted for The United Regional Chamber of Commerce’s high school scholarships and for 2010 Teacher of the Year nominations.

Three $1,000 scholarships will be distributed through the Chamber’s Jacqueline C. Stack Scholarship Program, two $500 Metalor Technologies scholarships, one $500 Attleboro Supervisors’ and Foremen’s Club scholarships and one $500 National College Assistance Services scholarship. Applicants for the scholarship must be the son or daughter of an employee of a Chamber-member business, be a high school senior who has applied to an accredited four-year college, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, and perform uncompensated community service. Completed applications must be received by April 30.

The Teacher of the Year program recognizes an outstanding teacher in one of the 16 communities the Chamber serves. The successful candidate will receive a formal plaque and an award of $1,000, sponsored by Bristol County Savings Bank and will be nominated for Massachusetts Teacher of the Year. To nominate a teacher, please call the Chamber for a nomination form. Nominations must be received by April 23.

Scholarship recipients and the 2010 Teacher of the Year will be recognized at a celebratory breakfast. Call the Chamber at 508-222-0801 for Teacher of the Year and Scholarship applications.

The United Regional Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit, business support organization serving the communities of Attleboro, Bellingham, Blackstone, Foxborough, Franklin, Mansfield, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Norton, Plainville, Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Wrentham.

The Rehoboth Minutemen marched in the Pawtucket St Patrick’s Day Parade recently. This was the first of many planned events for the 2010 season.

Join Rory Raven on Wednesday, April 7 at the Seekonk Public Library as he returns to amaze you with his abilities in BRAINSTORMING. 

Minds are read, thoughts are revealed, and spoons bend. To see the show is to become part of it, as not everything is a test of Rory’s abilities, but sometimes yours as well. Audiences from Salem to New York to Istanbul have been entertained by this master mentalist, who offers a fascinating guided tour through the world of the mind and its powers, both real and imagined.       

Fun for the whole family.  This program is free and open to all.  It is sponsored by the Friends of the Seekonk Public Library.  For more information call the Adult Services Department at 508-336-8230, ext. 130.