(L-R)  Finalists Jeff Kingsley & Bob Blais Champions   Ron St. Pierre and Don Fagan

The team of Ron St. Pierre and Don Fagan were crowned Champions of the 2010 Attleboro Recreation Department’s annual Doubles Horseshoe Tournament held at the pits in the S.A. Veterans Memorial Playground on Wednesday September 1st.  The tournament was 21 points, best of 3 and touch.

St. Pierre and Fagan were undefeated as they marched through the winners bracket to face Bob Blais and Jeff Kingsley in the finals.  St. Pierre and Fagan won the championship match by going 2-1 with the final game being 21-14. 

In the semis St. Pierre and Fagan defeated the team of Bill Morse and Fred Blais while Kingsley and Bob Blais knocked off the team of Larry Kiff and Karl Wolfsberger. 

Other teams that made the final eight were: Steve Stack and Fred Lebeau, Neal Anderson and Dave Gifford, Steve Towner and Wayne Vaslet, Brian Vaslet and George Alamo.

(l-r): Dennis Kelly, Chairman, BCSCF and President, BCSB; Lou Ricciardi, Board Member, BCSCF; Rita Celia, Executive Communications Assistant, Triumph, Inc.; Norma Barbour, Board of Director, Triumph, Inc.; Kelley Medeiros-Tucker, Assistant Director, Triumph, Inc.; Patrick Murray, President of the BCSCF and EVP, COO & Treasurer, BCSB; Jann Alden, Taunton Branch Manager, BCSB; Marge Largey, Board Member, BCSCF; Dennis Leahy, Treasurer, BCSCF and SVP, BCSB

TAUNTON, MA, September 2, 2010 — Bristol County Savings Bank (BCSB), through its charitable foundation, awarded grants totaling $35,261 to eleven Taunton/Raynham, Massachusetts area non-profit organizations at its Main Office in Taunton recently. The Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation (BCSCF) presented grants to the following organizations: Associates for Human Services ($1,700); Boys & Girls Club of Taunton ($2,100); Heart of Taunton ($1,200); Jared C. Monti Memorial Park Fund ($5,000); Morton Hospital & Medical Center ($4,500); Old Colony Historical Society ($5,000); Open Shelves Food Pantry ($366); Our Daily Bread ($1,371); Taunton Public Schools ($4,750); Taunton Youth Football & Cheerleading ($1,774); and Triumph, Inc. ($7,500).

Dennis Kelly, Chairman of the BCSCF and President of BCSB, and Patrick Murray, President of the BCSCF and Executive Vice President/Treasurer & COO of BCSB, awarded the grants along with Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Board members: Marge Largey; Russ Martorana, President of Farrell Backlund Insurance Agency; Lou Ricciardi of Ricciardi Financial Group; and Charles Terry.  Members of the Bank’s Taunton banking office staff also participated in the presentation, including: George Mendros, Regional Branch Administrator and Jann Alden, Branch Manager. Julie Chapman, Senior Vice President of Retail/Compliance at BCSB, and Brian Hunter, Vice President of Anawon Trust, a division of BCSB, were also in attendance.

Bristol County Savings Bank is an active supporter in the communities in which it serves. The Foundation was established in 1996 as part of the Bank’s 150^th Anniversary celebration.  Its purpose is to fund needs that contribute to the economy and the social well-being of the people and institutions located in greater Attleboro/Taunton and greater New Bedford/Dartmouth, Massachusetts as well as the Pawtucket, Rhode Island area.  Since the Foundation began, more than $5.8 million in grants to over 400 different 501©(3) organizations have been awarded.  In 2009, the Foundation awarded a record $822,472 to 129 different organizations.

 Ryan Leverone as Charlie Brown and Kimberly Simone as Lucy in The Community Players’ production of the musical, ”You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”

The Community Players open their 90th Anniversary Season with You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. This delightful musical comedy invites audiences of all ages to take a trip down memory lane and spend a day in the life of their favorite Peanuts’ characters, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Schroeder, Linus, Sally and, of course, Snoopy as they tackle kite-eating trees, book reports, glee club, baseball and a host of misunderstandings.

This family-friendly musical will be presented September 10-12 and 17-19 at Jenks Auditorium, Division Street, Pawtucket (across from McCoy Stadium) as part of the 2010 Pawtucket Arts Festival. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm (*note special time) and Sundays at 2 pm, with an additional matinee Saturday, September 18 at 2 pm. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for youth through high school. Admission for Community Players members is $12 (members must show their 2010/2011 membership card at the door to receive the reduced rate). Season memberships entitling members to admission to the 4-show season may be purchased at the door.

Directed by Andrew g. Bobola, with musical direction by Ron Procopio, the production features the talents of Derek Capobianco, Greg Gillis, Ryan Leverone, Joseph Nicastro, Erika Pastel and Kimberly Simone.

Reserve online at www.thecommunityplayers.org or call (401) 726-6860.

Hello,

                                I’m with the Big Brother Big Sister Foundation. We are a local non profit who collects donations of lightly used clothing and small household items curbside; we also recycle electronics for a small fee to help support Big Brother Big Sister mentoring programs. Is it possible to submit the below PSA to your upcoming issue?

Big Brother Big Sister Foundation needs your help! Please donate your lightly used clothing, small household items, jeans, books, and shoes. The Foundation will be picking up donations door to door in Attleboro on Saturday September 18th. They also offer electronics recycling for a small fee and car donations. To schedule a free at home pick up please call 1.800.483.5503 or schedule online at www.bbbsfoundation.org. Your donations help support the children involved in your local Big Brother Big Sister mentoring organization. Donations are tax-deductible. Thank you for your help!

Thank You!

-Maria Sullivan
Marketing Coordinator

Congratulations to Principal Matthew Joseph and the teachers and staff at Hill Roberts Elementary school in South Attleboro.  As we remember, this is the fifth annual ice cream social sponsored by the Hill-Roberts PTO.

Yes it was hot. Somewhere in the nineties. And, of course,  it was the afternoon before the first day of school, but everyone knows the date. It is a tradition.

Moms and dads, sisters and brothers and babies everywhere.  I think the tradition has legs.

See you next year.

Sunday, September 12^th (10-3)

 South Attleboro Knights of Columbus Hall, 304 Highland Avenue (rte.123).

Come join us if you’re hungry. The kitchen will be serving lunch and for dessert the Bake Table will satisfy your cravings. Don’t forget the Penny Social where you get the chance to win an assortment of items. There will also be an hourly raffle for those that make a 50 cent admission donation.

Looking for Seasonal crafts, we have Snowmen, Santas, and ornaments. In need of gifts, come see Gift Baskets, Cards, Baby Items, and Diaper Cakes. For the home, there will be Floral, Wood, Knitted, Crocheted, Sewn and Painted Items. Other items include Hanging Tin Men; Jewelry; Real Mums; Birds in a Bottle, Tote Bags; Rosaries; and Sugar-Free Jams. Vendors include Scentsy Candles; Arbonne; Scensaria; Tastefully Simple; and Children’s Book Author – Jean E. Sousa.

With 43 Crafters and Vendors, there will be something for everyone.

For More Information call Marge Caouette at (508) 761-5646.

The Hall is Air-Conditioned and Handicapped Accessible. 

Pat will tell us how the zoo started, the changes that it has undergone and why it was, is, and always will be a treasure to the Attleboro area.

The meeting takes place in the Little Red Schoolhouse next door to the Woodcock Garrison House at 362 North Washington Street in North Attleborough.  Refreshments will be served following the presentation and a plant donated by Brigg’s Nursery will be raffled.  This meeting is free and open to the public.

In Lincoln, one of the two 5th grade teams started off strong, but fell short to the Seekonk Warriors in the end. Quarterback Shane Joubert looked strong, completing passes to Drew Pagano and Nick Hood for big gains, while running backs Aidan McKenna, Corey McKenna and Tyler Abraham all had solid gains on the ground. Defensively, the big linemen Ty Scurry, Matt Jimenez and Ed Noel disrupted the Warriors backfield, allowing Corey McKenna to intercept a ball and run it back 50 yards and John Candiales to rackup the tackles.

In North Providence, the 8th grade team battled strong against the New Bedford Whalers, but just ran out of steam at the end. Nick Desmarais led the White Hawks out to a strong start, with some crisp passing and the effective running of Michael Lee, who scored on an 8 yard rumble after setting it up with a 45 yard run, and Evan Sheehan, behind the blocking of Tim Christensen, James Potter, George Downing, Jeff Toomey, Charlie Culhane and Jordan Scurry. Desmarais connected on the White Hawks’ first score to Jaston Robinson, with Scurry kicking the conversion through the uprights.

Playing in Darlington against the Braves, the rest of the White Hawks’ teams were as formidable opponents as you could ask for. The Flag team started out the day, running the ball well, with great blocking up front. The offensive line came up big, allowing Blake Garzaro to score once and Parker Sackett to tally up two touchdowns of his own.

The next game featured the White Hawks’ Junior Mite Team. Bryant Ciccio, Jameson Allessandro, Anthony Cascio and Josh Joubert started the day on defense and kept the Braves pinned back in their own zone. The Junior Mites ran two seperate offenses against the Braves, both with tremendous success. The Red Offense, with quarterback David Albert taking snaps from James Moffet had huge gains by backs Ciccio, Cameron McKenna and Zachary Green, while linemen Chris Gordon, Luke Vallaincourt, Danny Marguerite and Devon Birch made holes for them to run through. The White Offense was next, powered by the center/quarterback combo of Dominic Ingemi snapping to Isa Siddiq. The offensive line of Caleb Murphy, Zane Gariepy, Jack Handy, Brian DeFlaminio, Austin Proulx, Alec Eaton, Aaron Dumont and Brian Moore held the Braves’ defense at bay and Anthony Hoyt. Kendrick Santos and John Connolly all had strong performances on the field.

Next came the White Hawks’ 4th and 5th grade Black team who got off to a great start against Darlington. In the first quarter, the White Hawks defense held the Braves to just 7 yards and the Whie Hawks’ offense capped off an 8 play, 42 yard drive with a 5 yards touchdown run by Trevor Koppy on the first play of the second quarter. Unfortunately, the lead was short lived as the injury bug bit the White Hawks hard im the 2nd quarter. Koppy finished the game with 31 yards, while Justin cote had 49 of his own. Quarterback Billy Reynolds, behind the blocking of Desmond Woodson, Jonathan Leon and Kyle Walsh moved the ball effectively connecting twice to Walsh for 32 yards. Defensively, the White Hawks were anchored by Eddie Porreca who had 6 tackles and 3 assists.. Woodson, Walsh and Matt corrado all contributed with 4 tackles and cote and Koppy added 2 each to the total, but it just was not enough to stem the tide.

The 6th grade team followed and, while the final score was 19-6, the White Hawks carried the play most of the day. Offensive linemen, Chris Coutoulakis, Sam Haven, Zach Sousa and Will McPherson came up big, pushing the Darlington defense around the field and leading the way to 160 rushing yards. Touchdown runs by Sam Corrado (3 yards) and Jacob Vieira (a HUGE 55 yarder!), and a 35 yard touchdown completion from Steve Hamerski to Corrado provided the offense, with Tyler McGovern passing to Josh Gravel for a conversion on one of the scores. Not to be outdone, the White Hawks’ defense was immense, with Jason Mota racking up 12 solo tackles, 8 in the backfield and Ryan Neuendorf, Ethan Hardy and McGovern all making touchdown saving tackles at various times, limiting the Braves to one score for the day.

By Cherie Felos

My how rumors do swirl in my small neighborhood!  My neighbor, Mr. Gover, came up to me today and asked me if I had heard that my sweet, four year old Aussie Shepherd had been arrested on Saturday night!  I replied that I had heard something like that from the children but didn’t  know the particulars as she had seemed, by all accounts, innocently reposed on our front porch at our return. 

Mr. Grover claimed that our sweet, fat little Wolfey, had been discovered at a party a few houses away, when a guest went to get in a car.  Wolfey jumped in and wouldn’t get out!  She was there in a stranger’s car for about two hours, according to Mr. Grover, till my friend and neighbor, Ms. P, had exhausted the numbers in her phone and could contact no one. 

The tragedy of the situation was that Ms. P was terrified of dogs herself.  So, even though she knew our dog and knew us, she could not bring herself to the point where she could get close to Wolfey and call her out or bring her back home.  So, she did the only thing left that there was to do, she called the police!

Thankfully, three cruisers arrived and sweet, fat little Wolfey was coaxed from the stranger’s car and taken away….50 yards away in fact, and deposited back on her little porch, unharmed but perhaps wishing she could have had a longer ride with the police in the cruiser!  After all, how many other dogs could have that tail to tell? 

And the neighborhood gossip swirls around…. “Wolfey got arrested!!  Did you hear??”  “No! Not that sweet, fat little dog!!  She wouldn’t do anything like that!” 

Oh, yes she would.  Wolfey, in fact, would stand up on her hind legs and eat the dinner that is left on the table or any extra that was left on the stove.  She would chase chickens.  She would eat her food AND her friend Dutchess’s food. 

That’s the secret to Wolfey.  She likes food.  When she was much younger, I used to take her running with me and to keep her going I would give her little treats.  She would have gotten out of the car had she only known there was a treat on the other end.

But I would like to publicly thank our Attleboro Police and offer an apology on her behalf.  Thank you for bringing her back.  I promise I will put that shock collar on her to remind her of where the electric fence boundaries are.   Imagine that, Wolfey, getting arrested!

  Pastor Jeffrey Nichols, right, addresses high school students in a Bible class Tuesday during the first day of classes for the 2010-11 school year at Grace Baptist Christian Academy of Attleboro

        ATTLEBORO – Grace Baptist Christian Academy of Attleboro opened its doors to Tuesday for students in kindergarten through Grade 12 for the start of its tenth school year at its facility located at 1000 Oak Hill Avenue.

            Pastor Jeffrey Nichols, GBCA’s principal, reported no major disruptions or snafus during the first day of classes on a warm and sunny day. Pastor Nichols has assumed the principal’s position this year, succeeding Pastor Jeffrey Bailey, who remains as the school’s superintendent.

 Second-grader David Peterson works hard on an English assignment Tuesday during the first day of classes.

            In addition to several academic, program and physical changes this year at GBCA, the school has launched a new Web site at www.gracebaptistacademy.tk. The school is also maintaining a page on Facebook at gracebaptistattleboro@hotmail.com.

Second-grader Rachel Jones works on an English assignment Tuesday during the first day of classes for the 2010-11 school year.

Grace Baptist Christian Academy is a coeducational school servicing students from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The school boasts a rigorous classical Christian education; a low teacher-to-student ratio; a safe, nurturing and disciplined learning environment; reasonable tuition rates; and several extracurricular and interscholastic athletic programs.

Further information about Grace Baptist Christian Academy is available by calling 508-222-8675 or by accessing its Web site at www.gracebaptistacademy.tk.