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BY REBECCA KENSIL, EDITOR

Ashland resident, mom, and real-ity show junkie Patty O’Neil, 46,saw an application for “TheHero” reality show that her son,Alex, had left open on the com-puter one night last November. Shebrowsed through the application,reading about how the show wouldbe hosted by “The Rock” DwayneJohnson, who is known as a pro-fessional wrestler and for severalblockbuster movies. And she readabout epic challenges that wouldbe a part of the show.

Then she thought, “I’m going forthis.”

So she filled out the application,and the next day the phone rang. Itwas the media company.

After two months of what she de-scribed as grueling interviews,which included many Skype ses-sions and a lot of paperwork, sheflew out to Los Angeles as a final-ist. Out of 20 finalists, she made the cut asone of the nine contestants. She was justthe mom they were looking for: hardwork-ing with three jobs: a full-time salon assis-tant at Richard Francis Salon, a realtor at

RE/MAX Executive, and a holiday ringerat Macy’s.

She was sent to Panama, where the showwould be filmed. After a few days in aPanama hotel, the nine contestants were

moved to a $6 million homethat producers dubbed the PentHouse. From there, the contest-ants began challenges filledwith temptations to test theirbravery and integrity.This was all to win the title of“America’s Hero,” whichwould be decided on by the au-dience July 25.

While there, O’Neil testedlimits and overcame fears.

“I used to be afraid to fly. Ican fly like nothing now,” shesaid. “I’m not terrified ofheights anymore, but I can’texplain further other than tosay that fear has been con-quered. I got self-confidencethat I never had before. I lost 22pounds since the show. Andjust again, just with a little bitof confidence anyone’s life canchange. It’s pretty unbeliev-able.”

O’Neil also described work-ing with the Rock, who motivated andmentored contestants along the way.

Vol. 1 No. 1 Free to Every Home and Business Every Month August 1, 2013

BY CYNTHIAWHITTY, WRITER

This summer Ashland Farmers’ Market(AFM), held each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at 125 Front Street on the grass acrossfrom the Ashland library, is drawing Ashlandresidents and groups together.

The sheer numbers are impressive. Accord-ing to steering committee members RobMoolenbeek and Florence Seidell, AFM has16 premier sponsors, 35 food vendors (upfrom 16 last season), 22 participating com-munity organizations, 19 kids’ corner pro-grams, 18 live music programs, 25 artisans,8 theme days, a dozen high school kids vol-unteering for community service credits andover 40 adult volunteers. On opening day,June 15, 1,400 people visited; 600-900 areexpected to visit each Saturday throughoutthe season.

Locals know downtown for its congestedtraffic, due in part to the train dissecting MainStreet. There are businesses, but you rarelysee many people walking, strolling or bicy-cling. Now, on Saturdays downtown bustles

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Ashland Resident Patty O’Neil Might Be “The Hero”

“The Hero” reality show contestant Patty O’Neil and her bossRichard Arminio, owner of Richard Francis Salon in Ashland, posetogether for a photograph. Photo Credit: Photo/Rebecca Kensil

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with walkers, bikers and babystrollers destined for the greengrassy AFM space. The train, ex-perienced while walking on thegrass and not from the confines ofa car, causes no delay and is moreamusing than objectionable.

Helping to set up 7:30 to 8 a.m.each Saturday is volunteer Cather-ine Brudtz. “It’s kind of a kick.Everyone is working together andhaving a good time,” said Brudtz,who also serves on the AFM arti-san and events committee. “Thevendors tell us they like the energyhere.”

Brudtz first got involved in 2012,when the market started, helping toset up and break down.

“This is a community-orientedspace. It’s important that everyonefeels welcome,” she said. Born andraised in Ashland, Brudtz notedthat the market is “a positive forcein town, one that we all can benefitfrom. AFM is providing a way forpeople to connect.”

Because of relationships shemade at last year’s farmers’ mar-ket, Brudtz has gotten involved inother community activities, suchas attending the library’s Docu-mentary Film & Discussion Seriesand participating in TransitionAshland, a movement to developcommunity resilience and self-re-liance through local actions andteam projects.

In addition to residents, businessowners are feeling the impact ofthe farmers’ market.

On AFM’s opening day in Junelast year, Lisa Price was workingin the space she had just purchasedfor her shop, The Red Dress at 54

Front St. “On that day, I saw hun-dreds of people swarm onto FrontStreet. In March, after completingthe renovation of my space andsetting up the shop, I reached outto AFM to help with promotion.I’ve greatly benefited from my as-sociation with AFM; on the firstday of the market this year, 40 newpeople walked into my shop! Iheard them say, ‘Oh my gosh, Ididn’t know you were here. I nevercame down to Front Street before.Thank you for bringing a coolshop to Ashland!’”

Price now plans to create a com-munity patio with music on Fridaynights, offer fitness and healthclasses and possibly, with the co-operation of other Front Streetbusinesses, a series of Front StreetFamily Fun nights in September.She currently offers weekly co-edyoga classes. A writing class isrunning for four sessions in lateJuly/early August.

“I want to make a living, but I amalso interested in giving back to thecommunity,” Price said. “Thenumber of people coming todowntown Ashland now is adream.”

The market will hold severaltheme days this year. One of theparticipants in AFM’s Health andNutrition Day, Sept. 7, is Sharon

Kane from Ashland. Calling her-self “an allergen-friendly cookingteacher, cookbook writer andrecipe developer,” Kane willdemonstrate how to make lacto-fermented vegetables, live foodwith bacteria and enzymes.Through her books and demos, sheshares her own journey in diagnos-ing and treating celiac disease.Kane said she is excited aboutbeing asked to participate in AFM.

“As a consumer,” she said, “Ilove that AFM is a happy place. Igo even though I have my ownvegetable garden. I just want to bethere.”

“I was never drawn to downtownbefore. The AFM gives me hope,”Kane said.

Kane wants to find a commercialkitchen in Ashland soon to make agluten-free sourdough bread mixshe recently perfected, and sell it atAFM next season.

In the meantime, AFM volun-teers are working to complete anambitious season of programs:Dog Day, complete with a dog pa-rade and show, Aug. 3; All Aboutthe Arts, Aug. 24; Health and Nu-

trition Day, Sept. 7; and VintageAshland Day, Oct. 5.

According to AFM coordinatorMoolenbeek, “We are succeedingin building community, enliveningthe downtown and helping localbusinesses thrive. We want Ash-land businesses to ‘play off of’ us.I was thrilled to hear one marketvisitor recently say, ‘I went to Sun-nyside, then to the farmers’ mar-ket, then to The Red Dress, andthen to the library. I never beforewould have made four stops indowntown before the farmers’market began!”

The Ashland Farmers’ Marketopened in 2012 to provide a venuefor local farmers and small busi-nesses to sell their products; pro-vide greater access to fresh, localproduce; increase awareness aboutnutrition and sustainable agricul-ture and build community whilecontributing to a vibrant town cen-ter in downtown Ashland.

The market runs each Saturdaythrough Oct. 19. For a completelist of vendors and programs, tosign up to receive weekly specialsor to volunteer, visit ashland -farmersmarket.org.

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Sharon Kane, allergen-friendlycooking teacher, cookbook writer,and recipe developer, will demon-strate how to make lacto-fer-mented vegetables at AFM’s Healthand Nutrition Day, Sept. 7.

A dozen high school kids volunteer for AFM. Pictured here from left toright: Mikayla Morse, Donald York, Taylor Carson, Kitzia Diaz, Yariana Diaz,and Grace Lee. Photos/Cynthia Whitty

Lisa Price, owner of the downtown shop, The Red Dress, notes that herbusiness has benefited from the AFM.

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Now that she is back from film-ing, she reflects as she watches theshow unfold on television.

“It’s like looking in my own headwith the memories,” O’Neil ex-plained. “I try to explain it to myhusband, but it just got lost in trans-lation. So, when I see it, it’s like,‘See that’s what I was telling you!

That’s what I remember, Bob. Thisis the site I saw.’ So, it’s really cool.It’s also great, because I never gotto see what the other contestantswere saying during their one-on-one interviews. I definitely saw adifferent side of people that I didn’tsee in Panama.”

She explained that the other con-testants initially saw her as theweakest link.

“And I agreed with them,” she re-flected. “And it’s funny to see howat this point of the show, theirminds are changing. That I’m notthe weakest link. So, it’s cool tohear all the nice things that theysay. And I can take their criticismsas well, which makes youstronger.”

One of the parts that O’Neil re-ally enjoyed about filming was thatthe show’s successful missionsearned money for the AmericanRed Cross.

“That’s to me, everything,” shestated. “They are the greatest or-ganization to raise money for. I’mvery proud to have been a part ofthat.”

Now O’Neil waits to find outwho won the title of “The Hero.”The winner is revealed August 1 onTNT at 8 p.m. Tune in to see heron the finale.

She stated, “I hope Ashlandthinks that I represented them in away that they are proud of me.”

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A new bike club in Ashland,which is open to everyone, is allabout bringing neighbors in andout of town together for a bike rideto socialize, exercise, learn, andeven advocate for change.

The bike club, consisting ofabout 45 members, meets almostevery Saturday morning for a so-cial bike ride around 9 a.m. Themembership has grown since thefirst Bike Club ride on April 28when Joel Arbeitman started thegroup and there were just threebikers.

“What we try to do is keep theentire group together on our rides,”Arbeitman stated. “Our emphasisin trying to build community is onsocial riding, not on racing.”

People of all ages, ages 5 to 79,ride together each Saturday, pac-ing, stopping, and cycling throughthe roads. Sometimes the clubrides locally through scenic Ash-land streets, and sometimes theytravel all the way to the UpperCharles Trail in Milford. Althoughthe group rides together, peoplewho want to ride shorter distancescan choose to only ride a mile ortwo, while some may continue fora three hour ride, which often in-cludes stops for ice-cream at picnictables or a snack by a lake. Andwhile the speed is based on theslowest rider, the faster ones can

ride out front and just wait for thegroup to cruise to the next turn.

Arbeitman explained how theclub has brought people together:“What we found is, that numberone, everybody gets to knoweverybody very quickly. Andthat’s a really great thing. Theseare people that you would nevernormally meet just going throughlife in town. I’ve been here foryears and most of these people arebrand new to me.”

In addition to helping neighborsmeet each other, Arbeitmanteaches bicycle safety to groupmembers. First, everyone on rideshas to wear a helmet. He alsolooks for the safest roads for bik-ing, since many riders may not yetbe comfortable biking alongsidecars. Before each ride, he brieflygoes over bike safety such as theproper way to wear a helmet anduse hand signals. In addition, hediscusses how to safely ride on abike path, which is also busy withwalkers, dogs, and skaters.

“One of the real concerns is thatnot enough cyclists have learnedsafe riding technique,” Arbeitmansaid. “When you read the statis-tics nationally, and in Massachu-setts as well, when there are bikecollisions, 50 percent of the timecyclists are at fault. And 50 per-cent of the time, the car drivers areat fault. What I’d really like to see

is Massachusetts do a better jobtraining both drivers and cyclists.”

New bicycle infrastructure isalso a top priority for Arbeitman.He and some group members areadvocating for a bike path in Ash-land that would connect to theUpper Charles Trail. Now that Ar-beitman has a growing group ofmembers, he hopes to use thisbike group as a model for othertowns that could start a club. Hisbig vision is to have a bike path inAshland and surrounding townsthat connects to the UpperCharles Trail, creating a 27 milepath. He hopes that Ashland mainstreets and Massachusetts roadsbecome a safer place for every-one.

In addition, Arbeitman found inhis research that walking and bik-ing helps local businesses andproperty values.

“So I think that beyond wantingmore bicycle infrastructure, forsafety, and just having a fun re-source nearby, there really is avalue to local communities,” hestated.

Arbeitman described why peoplelike to join the club: “While mostpeople cite their primary reasonthat they are looking for exercise,I think what really happens is thatthey soon find they made a lot ofnew friends. And I really think thatis the nicest aspect.”

Ashland residents who are inter-ested in joining the bike club can

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Joel Arbeitman is an avid bike rider. He started the Ashland Bike Club tobring the local community together, teach bike safety, and improve bicycleinfrastructure. Photo/Cynthia Whitty

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Ashland’s new town managerTony Schiavi started fulltime thissummer but has been coming totown regularly for meetings sinceJanuary. “I’m familiar with peopleand departments, which is makingit easy for me to get up to speedfast,” he said in an interview re-cently.

Schiavi is also familiar with thearea. As a boy, he lived in Hollis-ton and used to hay the fields inAshland, Holliston and Sherbornon land that made up his family’sdairy farm.

A US Air Force colonel, Schiavispent his career in the military inleadership positions. He explainedhow he is ready for his new chal-lenge as the Ashland town manger.“I have organizational and teammanagement skills, experience inpublic safety and public works andin bringing people together,” hesaid. Working in municipal gov-ernment was his goal after retiringthis year.

For the past 20 years, he servedin the Air National Guard on CapeCod, the second largest base of itstype in the country. In the last fewyears, after serving as wing com-mander, he was promoted to exec-utive director of the MassachusettsMilitary Reservation, where theAir National Guard is located. “It’slike running a town, with services,finance and contracting,” accord-ing to Schiavi. “The National

Guard is unique in that it is basedin the community. As director, Igot to know local town administra-tors and got broad experienceworking with state and federal of-ficials.”

Top among Schiavi’s ambitiouslist of goals is improving commu-nication among town committeesand between the town and thecommunity. To this end, he willhave an open door policy.

“I will try to be as accessible aspossible to folks in the commu-nity.,” he said. “People can call oremail and get on my calendar. It’sgood to hear about problems. Ican’t fix something if I don’t knowit’s broken. It’s also good to hearwhen we are doing things well.”

In addition, Schiavi wants to starta citizen’s academy where Ash-land residents can be exposed totown government. He explained,“An academy can increase theknowledge base of the communityand help to bring in new folks toserve on committees.”

He also wants to hold commu-nity forums, make financial pre-sentations more clear andunderstandable, revamp the townwebsite to make it easier to find in-formation and use social medialike Facebook and Twitter to betterconnect with the community.“People have busy lives. We needto figure out ways to reach out tothem,” he said.

His other goals include starting acapital improvement planningcommittee, start looking at a newpublic safety facility, get a new po-lice chief on board, and attractbusinesses to Ashland that fit withthe its character.

“What is the vision for Ashland?Creating a broad vision statement– a target – and driving everyonein the same direction is crucial,” hesaid. “How do we go about imple-menting this vision? A compre-hensive plan can help pull it alltogether. Getting buy-in from thecommunity is critical. It’ll take alot of meetings and dialogue, anda good facilitator. Communicationis key.”

Schiavi said, “I’m very excited tobe part of the team, contributing tothe community and making itprosper.”

While other people move to theCape upon retirement, Schiaviplans to live in Ashland “to expe-rience the community.”

In addition to a new town man-ager, Ashland has other new man-agement team members: assistanttown manger and finance director,Michael Herbert; town planner,Nat Strosberg; DPW director,Dave Manugian; and interim po-lice chief, Stephen Doherty.

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ABA Scholarship Awarded to Joe Peine and Amanda AlbertBY REBECCA KENSIL, EDITOR

During June, the Ashland Busi-ness Association (ABA) awardedits two annual $1,000 scholarshipsto Joe Peine and Amanda Albert,recent graduates of Ashland HighSchool (AHS). The ABA awardscholarships are awarded to highschool seniors living in Ashlandwho best demonstrate motivation,

creativity, work ethic, and busi-ness/community interests.

“I feel very honored to beawarded the ABA scholarship,”Peine said. “I am especially appre-ciative of this award because Ihope to own my own business oneday.”

Peine demonstrated motivationthrough his school and community

activities. He founded and servedas president of the AHS ScienceClub, which promotes science andlearning among elementary schoolstudents. In addition, he was amember of the MIT LeadershipTraining Institute and the NationalHonor Society. He also publisheda scientific paper in 2012 that wasaccepted by the BioRob, a bio-medical robotics conference inRome, Italy, where he presentedhis research. He will attend JohnHopkins University in the fall.

“I will be majoring in Mechani-cal Engineering at Johns HopkinsUniversity, and plan on attendinggraduate school after that,” he said.

Albert also showed motivation,constantly giving back to the com-munity and school. Eight yearsago, Albert and her sister startedthe Food For Thought program forher sister’s bat mitzvah project.The girls collected used children'sbooks that were in good conditionand distributed them to local foodpantries and homeless shelters.After her sister graduated fromhigh school, Albert continued torun the program. Although shehasn’t worked on it for two years,the service continues in the town.In addition, Albert worked for the

past four years at Annemarie'sDance Centre as an assistant,working with a classroom instruc-tor to demonstrate dances and helpstudents ages 7 to 14. She hasdanced for 15 years, since age 3.

“I was very honored to beawarded the ABA scholarship,”Albert said. “I was excited to hearmy name called. I didn’t know Ihad won that one. I was really ex-cited and happy to find out I gotthat.”

Albert will attend UMassAmherst this fall undecided buthopes to pursue communicationsor marketing.

ABA Scholarship Committeemembers are Adam Sachs, chair(Centinel Financial Group), BillGath (The Homes Connection ofMetrowest), Leslie Marci (Ash-land Education Foundation, Inc.)and Elizabeth Null (LearningQuest Education).

Amanda Albert, shown here with ABA scholarship chair Adam Sachs, isone of the ABA scholarships winners.

ABA scholarship committee members Beth Null and Adam Sachs congrat-ulate Ashland High School student Joe Peine (center) on being a winner ofthe 2013 ABA scholarship. Photos/Leslie Marci

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Thursday, Aug. 8 The Documentary Film & Dis-

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Family Movie Night, everyThursday night through Aug.All movies are G or PG. Freepopcorn for kids! Rain or shine.Stone Park Pavilion, SummerSt., ashlandday.com.

Saturday, Aug. 10Ashland Farmers’ Market.

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The Ashland library is feeling thesuccess of the summer-long Nutri-tion Film Series, which wasbrought back by popular demand,according to Volunteer Coordina-tor David Whitty. When it debutedin fall of 2012, the series resonatedso well with the community that anumber of people asked for the se-ries to be repeated. The films werereplayed again but with some newrequested ones this time around.

The Nutrition Film Series is justa small part of the DocumentaryFilm and Discussion Series, whichis sponsored by the Friends of theAshland Library and put on twicea month. The film nights areplanned the second Thursday andfourth Tuesday of the month at 7p.m in the Ashland Public LibraryCommunity Room. Two hourslater when the film ends, viewersform a circle to discuss what theysaw. Each person says what theywant about the film, without inter-ruption. Then the group breaksinto general discussion. Everyoneis free to talk to one another, askquestions, and interject. Specialguests also add to the discussion.

About 20 to 40 people have beenattending each nutrition film, arecord high for the documentaryseries. Whitty noted that many at-tendees suffer from health prob-

lems such as cancer, diabetes,weight gain, and heart tremors. Heexplained what people are gettingout of the series.

“Many people feel comfortablesharing their problems in the dis-cussion,” Whitty said. “They eitherare trying a food and nutrition ap-proach to their problem, or they arethinking about trying that ap-proach, and they want informationfrom the film as well as the benefitof the information that takes placeduring discussion.”

Whitty described the informationthat attendees are learning andtalking about:

“It is information that makespeople stop and think about the re-lationship with what’s called thestandard American diet and manyof the health problems that are atepidemic levels,” he said. “Andthat people have, and that if youand I don’t have them, we knowpeople who do. We know peoplewho have cancer or heart condi-tions or diabetes or are battlingoverweight problems and otherkinds of very serious diseases. Andso it gets people thinking aboutand making the connection be-tween the agricultural system, theagri-business system of produc-tion, and the extensive processingof food. The processed foods thatmake up 80 percent or more of

what is in the super market isle.”

Whitty noted that most peopleeat processed foods, ones that arehigh in sugar and high fructosecorn syrup, and low in nutritionalvalue.

“The series relates the commondiseases that people are battling tothe diet in the foods,” Whitty said.“It encourages people to change towhat is called a whole foods diet.That would be the diet that mini-mizes processed foods and maxi-mizes fruits and vegetables andwhole grains.”

During discussion, Whitty saidthat viewers mention local waysthat they are improving their diet.These ways include shopping fororganic vegetables at the AshlandFarmers’ Market and growingfood at the Ashland CommunityGardens. But one thing that view-ers are uncertain of is how to cooknutritious food. This informationwas requested by viewers duringthe last film series, so two filmsabout this topic will be shown inAugust. Some of the commonquestions attendees have are: Howdo you prepare things that don’tuse oil? How do you make a saladdressing without oil?

“People now want how-to infor-mation,” Whitty said.

These showings will be Thurs-

day, Aug. 8 for film “Eating Likea Nutritarian” and Tuesday, Aug.27 for film “Secrets to HealthyCooking.”

Since this second run of films hasbeen successful much like the first,another follow-up series will run inlate 2013 or early 2014.

The Nutrition Series is sponsoredby the Friends of the Ashland Li-brary and presented in cooperation

with the Ashland Board of Health,a first for a board of health in Mas-sachusetts, the Ashland Farmers’Market, Region 4A, the AshlandMedical Reserve Corps and Tran-sition Ashland.

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Better communication with thepublic and other boards and com-mittees is one of the top prioritiesfor the Ashland Board of Select-men (BOS), according to incom-ing chair Yolanda Greaves.

Greaves, who has over a year’sexperience on the BOS and fiveyear’s experience on the schoolcommittee, said that the Selectmenwill visit other committees to getto know them and their needs andwill invite them to their meetings.

“There are many great volunteersin town, and we want to reach outto them, as well as to the public,”Greaves said.

Reaching out to the public mayinclude putting up a tent at theweekly Ashland Farmers’ Market,where BOS members will beavailable to talk, and holding pub-lic meetings at the communitycenter to get public input.

“For example, we want to getinput on what the public wants tosee, if anything, at Warren Woodsand the Weston Nurseries prop-erty,” she said.

In her second year as a BOSmember, Greaves has a better un-derstanding of the needs of thetown.

“Last year was difficult withmany changes in management,”Greaves explained. “Now, withthe new town manager in place,we all plan to move forward.Tony [Schiavi] is a breadth offresh air, a positive force. Wechose the correct person for thejob.”

She lists other BOS priorities asbuilding a “strategic frame-works,” where the BOS will sup-port other town groups like thenew comprehensive planningcommittee in creating a vision;making the town website more

user friendly; beginning theprocess to acquire a new townsafety building; and creatingbudgets that reflect the town’sneeds.

“We want to have our own BOSagenda several days in advance ofmeetings to be better prepared be-fore we sit down at the table. Wealso want to make finances moreunderstandable at town meet-ings,” Greaves said. “One otherpriority is to review the townmanager next March or April, be-fore the next town election.”

“My personal goal is to noticethe positive work that so manyvolunteers in this town are doingand bring that with me to my jobas BOS chair,” Greaves said.

Other members of the BOS areJoe Magnani, vice chair; StevenMitchell, clerk; Paul Monaco andMark Juitt.

BYADELINE ALEX

So many people do yoga,know of yoga or know someone

who practices yoga. A 2012Yoga Journal study indicatedthat “8.7 percent of U.S. adults,

or 20.4 million people, practiceyoga. Of current non-practition-ers, 44.4 percent of Americanscall themselves ‘aspirationalyogis’—people who are inter-ested in trying yoga.” The previ-ous study (2008) showed that15.8 million people practicedyoga. That’s an increase of 29%.

The many benefits of yoga canhelp explain the interest and the29% increase in the number ofpeople practicing yoga. We livein a pressure-cooker environ-ment that contributes to highlevels of stress. There are manyways that stress can show up:back and neck pain, TMJ,headaches, sleeping difficulties,inability to focus, digestive is-sues, to mention a few. Yoga isvery effective in reducing stressand developing portable tech-niques to cope with every daystresses. The practice of yogaalso offers assistance in reach-ing a more positive outlook onlife.

Other benefits include:

• Increased flexibility andrange of movement

• Greater ease in breathing

• Greater ability to focus andconcentrate

• Reduced sense of pressureand stress

• Greater energy and vitality

• Sense of inner ease and well-being

• Increased calmness andpeace

• Greater joy

The many benefits of yoga, in-cluding the above list, are theside effects of yoga. The mainpurpose of yoga is found in itsmeaning. The word “yoga”comes from the ancient Sanskritlanguage meaning to “join oryoke together.” Yoga is a prac-tice and discipline in joiningyour individual sense of selfwith your higher, fully con-scious, infinite Self. Practition-ers of yoga apply themselves toconsciously unify body, mind,emotions and spirit. This leadsto the discovery of one’s fullestpotential.

There are many paths or yogasto discover the infinite or youressential nature. Some of theseother yogas include:

• Jnana yoga – wisdom

• Karma yoga – service

• Raja yoga – meditation

• Bhakti yoga – devotion

• Hatha yoga – harmonizingbody and breath

In the West we are most famil-iar with Hatha yoga where thepractice revolves around yogaposes and the awareness ofbreathing. There are many stylesof Hatha yoga. Some are vigor-ous like a workout; some arehot; some focus more on thebreath; some on the flow ofposes; some are meditative;some are fast or slow. What’simportant is to find a style thatfits you.

With all the media coverage ofyoga it’s easy to think that hav-ing a perfectly strong, healthy,beautiful body that can twistinto a pretzel is the point. Butactually, the body and breath aretools to connect with yourhigher self through being aware.It’s not about how perfectly youcan do a yoga pose. It’s aboutyour inner state of awarenesswhile in the pose.

The purpose of all yoga is toturn inward to discover youinner essence, which is thesource of all joy, love, healing,and wisdom. Stress reliefthrough yoga is wonderful, andyoga offers more.

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Can public art projects helpperk up Ashland’s economy?Some Ashland art enthusiaststhink so.

At several spring meetups,artists from Ashland Creative, agroup of local art enthusiasts,brainstormed ways to “wake up”the town. Mixed media artistand teacher at Starting Line Stu-dio Andrea Green suggested a“Wrap It Up” art project, oftencalled “Yarn Bombing” or“Guerilla Wrapping.”

Green remembered her delightwhen she came across a bright-colored, multi-textured, yarn-wrapped bench in Northampton,Mass., about a year ago. Ash-land Creative artists liked theidea, and Green proceeded to getpermission from town officialsand collect yarn for the project.

Yarn Bombers or GuerillaWrappers, known in citiesthroughout the world, havestruck locally in places likeBoston’s South End, Provi-dence, R.I., and New York City.They have wrapped everythingfrom trees, to buses, to armytanks. According to Wikipedia,yarn bombing was recorded inMay 2004 in Den Helder,Netherlands. Yarn bombing wasabout reclaiming and personal-izing sterile or cold publicplaces and used by groupsworldwide, each with their ownagenda.

Early this summer, at the Ash-land Library, a group of six‘rogue’ artists –Dana Cox, An-drea Green, MR Fletcher, SarahKochanowski, Julie Nardoneand Leah Marshquist – gatheredat dusk to wrap lampposts.

“I wanted something to makepeople smile, to capture theirimagination and get them talk-ing,” Green said. “Responseshave been ones of praise, excite-ment. Something so simpleworked to catch the fancy oftown’s people.”

The group is wrapping whatare otherwise mundane objectsin public places every fewweeks throughout the summer.“It’s a way of bringing art toeveryone, making culture acces-sible,” Green said. “Art is an-other way to build our localeconomy.”

Project participant, Dana Cox,a creative director in the greater

Boston area who has a degree inarchitecture and design, believes“that every single creative, cul-tural activity adds to the wholeand to the perception of the townas a growing place.”

Cox has lived in Ashland forten years and said that this proj-ect helped to get her involved inthe town for the first time. Shenoted, “It is possible to make adifference in Ashland – cre-atively, artistically, economi-cally.”

“People who see us wrappingstop and ask questions. Theylook and wonder. Both theprocess and the product are im-portant,” Cox explained.

“Our project is small, sponta-neous and highly visible andsuggests that people in townwant to do some interestingstuff,” said MR Fletcher, anAshland jewelry designer and

maker, with a background in ge-ology. Fletcher uses naturalstones and quality metals in herwork. “This art installation is away to say, ‘Creativity aboundsin Ashland!’”

Fletcher has many ideas forcreative town projects. “I likefunctional art,” Fletcher stated.“We could have artisticallymade sandwich boards in ourtown center, for example, thatwould really grab people’s at-tention as they drove by. Or,handmade tubs for flowers. Or,we could hold a downtownstreet fair on a Saturday morningthat complements the thrivingAshland Farmers’ Market.”

"Art drives the local economymore than most folks realize,"said Julie Nardone, founder ofthe Off Center for Wild and Dis-obedient Creativity and an artistand writer. “Cities and towns allover the country have revitalized

their downtowns through the ad-dition of art galleries and artcenters. People don't visit adowntown to see apartmentbuildings or parking lots. Theycome to see something beauti-ful, something out of the ordi-nary that piques their curiosity.”

Nardone and others hope tohave an art center in Ashlandsomeday.

With 250 artists on the Ash-land Creative mailing list andendless ideas and energy, onecan expect more surprise wrap-ups and other art projects inAshland this summer and be-yond.

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Baker Returns to Bellingham as Athletic DirectorBY KEN HAMWEYSTAFF SPORTSWRITER

Names like Hugo “Scooch’’ Gi-argiari, Phil “Smokey’’ Moresi,Harold “Grump’’ Walker, ClemSpillane and Bill Cunis resonateloudly in Ashland’s athletic circles.

They played, they coached andthey were immersed in sports ad-ministration at the interscholasticlevel. They excelled in a variety ofvenues and today they’re a Who’sWho among Ashland’s legendarysports figures.

A name that should be includedin the mix is Dennis Baker, a life-long Clocker who graduated fromAshland High in 1966. Bakerstarred as a three-sport athlete, wonhis share of games as a coach andhe worked for 12 of his 36 years atBellingham High as its athletic di-rector.

The 64-year-old Baker madenews in June when he came out ofretirement after six years andagreed to return for a second stintas Bellingham’s athletic director.He was chosen from a pool of 39candidates.

“I’ve always enjoyed workingwith student-athletes,’’ Baker said.“And, although I’ve lived in Ash-land all my life, Bellingham is mysecond home. Taking this positionoffered me a chance to return toeducational athletics. I had offersto work at other schools butBellingham has always been a spe-cial place.’’

Baker, who has coached softballfor the Blackhawks for 15 years,plans to continue in that role nextspring. The forward-thinking ad-ministrator, however, has somespecific goals he wants to achievein the year ahead.

“I want to keep user fees at $125per student and coaches will beevaluated in an on-going process,’’Baker emphasized. “I want toknow what our coaches’ expecta-tions are and how they can increaseparticipation. My primary goal isfor our teams to be competitive.’’

Baker’s one-year contract startedon July 1 and runs until June 30,2014. During his previous 12-yearrun as athletic director, Bellinghamwon four state titles, including twoSuper Bowls, one in boys basket-ball and one in field hockey.

Baker’s 3½ decades working inBellingham has been rewardingand his presence for the 2013-14school year should prove to be aplus. Those from Ashland whoknow the Baker name can attest tohis firm roots and the glorioustimes he provided for Clocker fans.

The 6-foot-2 Baker excelled inbaseball, football and basketballbefore heading off to the Univer-sity of Maryland on a baseballscholarship. He was a two-wayend in football, a center in basket-ball and an outfielder/first basemanin baseball. A Dual County Leagueall-star in football and baseball,Baker was the sixth man on the

1964 Clocker hoop squad that lostto Holliston in the state finals. In1966, he helped Ashland win astate crown in baseball by defeat-ing Norton.

“Although we lost to Holliston atthe old Boston Garden, it still wassuch a big thrill to play on the par-quet floor,’’ Baker said. “Baseballwas my favorite sport and being ona state title team was a major thrill.We had a good core group in MarkIarussi, Jimmy Poole and EarlMcLaughlin. And, Clem Spillanewas a very motivating coach and astrong disciplinarian.’’

The scholarship to play baseballat Maryland was no fluke. Bakerhit .500 in the cleanup slot for theClockers. And, he could also hit forpower. Finding the adjustment a bitoverpowering in the Atlantic CoastConference, Baker played only ayear of freshman baseball, then fo-cused on academics, graduating

from Maryland in 1971 with a de-gree in education.

Baker’s late father (Arnold), whohad been an Ashland Selectmanfor 35 years, encouraged his son inathletics. Arnold Baker coachedthe Ashland-Holliston Legionbaseball team for 18 seasons be-fore giving way to his son for thenext 10 years.

“I also coached Ashland Highvarsity baseball for 14 years (1982-95),’’ Baker noted. “I had a chanceto coach my two sons (Dennis Jr.and Matthew). We won three TriValley League titles and got to theSouth Sectionals once.’’

Baker’s sons aren’t much differ-ent than their father. They’redeeply involved in athletics. Den-nis Jr., who teaches special educa-tion in Hopkinton, is the Hillers’varsity softball coach and an assis-tant in football. He also coachesthe Ashland Legion team.Matthew, who coaches jayveebaseball in Ashland, works in ath-letic administration at Framing-ham State University.

“Since 1971, there has been aBaker coaching the Ashland Le-gion team,’’ Baker said.

Now, Baker has returned toBellingham and will be involvedwith hiring coaches, budgeting,scheduling and facility manage-ment. The good news for Belling-ham is Baker’s learning curve —there won’t be one for the veteranA.D.

“I never thought I’d be replacingLeo (Dalpe), who replaced me sixyears ago,’’ Baker said. “He did agood job and he was greatly re-spected at all levels. I plan to dowhat’s best for Bellingham andalso what’s best for the Tri ValleyLeague.’’

Dennis Baker’s second stint asthe Blackhawks’ A.D. is nowunder way and for the Ashland na-tive who says he bleeds black andwhite, he seems comfortable withhis decision to return to his “sec-ond home.’’

Lifelong Clocker Dennis Baker returns to Bellingham as the athletic direc-tor. Photo/Pauline Hamwey

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BY CHRISTOPHER TREMBLAY, STAFF SPORTSWRITER

After having lost to Medfield twogames to one in the Central MassSr. Babe Ruth League North Divi-sion Finals last summer, Ashlandwas looking to come back this sea-son with a vengeance and put thatheart-breaking loss behind them.Midway through the season, Ash-land is still chasing Medfield in theNorth Division, but by no meansgiving up.

“We’re returning a team that isvery similar to the team that lost toMedfield last year,” AshlandCoach Kyle Wilson said. “Rightnow we’re 9-3 and in second placebehind Medfield, who’s 10-2, butour goal was not to finish in secondplace. We’re here to win the wholething.”

Earlier in the season Ashlandtook to the road and defeated Med-field 4-2, and the two teams willclash one more time before theregular season ends this time inAshland. A win for Ashland couldgive them the North Division asthey head to the post season.

“As the season winds downwe’re looking to finish out strongand pull into the tournament withmomentum,” the coach said.

Ashland has not lost two gamesin a row thus far this season; the

main reason being the pitchingstaff. Nick Cunningham has ledthe team on the mound, posting a5-0 record with a sub 1.0 ERAwhile tossing a no-hitter; ZachBlecher and Thomas Schellinghave the other four wins.

As the trio continues to rack upthe wins for Ashland, each bringsa different style of pitching to themound. Cunningham, the team’sace, is a power pitcher with a goodcurve ball, while Blecher has de-cent velocity and change.Schelling is more of a contactpitcher who lets his defense get theeasy outs behind him. Together thethree are leading the charge atovertaking Medfield atop the divi-sion.

With the pitching staff doingtheir job at keeping opposing bat-ters at bay, the Ashland batters aretrying to do just the opposite whenthey step into the batter’s box.

“We’ve got our self a decent hit-ting lineup, “ Wilson said. “Thereare a few key guys that are consis-tently putting the wood on the ball,while others are doing all right buthaving trouble keeping it goingnight in and night out.”

Leading Ashland at the plate isthird baseman Mike Lichtenstein,who is not only rock solid at thehot corner but is hitting with powerat the plate. Lichtenstein is cur-

rently hitting .375 as the team’scleanup hitter and leads the teamwith 9 RBI.

“This league uses wood bats, soa lot of kids coming from highschool, where they are allowed touse aluminum, struggle, but notMike,” the coach said.

Batting right behind Lichtensteinin the lineup is John Ciampaglia, apower hitting outfielder.Ciampaglia, who sees time in bothleft and center field is hitting justabove .300 with a majority of hishits going for extra bases.

Pitchers Cunningham andBlecher can also swing a big batfor the offense. Blecher is batting.450 from the second slot in theAshland lineup, where he has pro-duced a ton of singles. Accordingto the coach, he’s a smaller athletewith good speed that gives him a

lot of bunt and infield hits.

Behind the plate, Ashland relieson catcher Derek Masionis. Notonly has he been a clutch hitter atthe plate, but he’s rock solid be-hind the plate. Unfortunately,playing hockey he was injured andis just getting back to 100 percent.

His arm strength keeps runnershonest.

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BY J.D. OÍGARA

Chuck Tashjian aims to offer Ashland residents a lotmore than the premiere issue of localtownpages in theirmailboxes this month; he hopes to foster a new connectionto their community. Over 6,800 copies of the tabloid-sizednewspaper will be produced each month, and these willbe direct mailed free of charge to households andbusinesses in the town. The paper will also be available inits full format at www.Ashlandtownnews.com.

“This paper is to let residents of Ashland know what’sgoing on in their local community,” says Tashjian, whoenvisions his publication as a way for readers to stayabreast of all their towns have to offer, including townnews, nonprofit organizations, town sports and localbusinesses.

Accompanying the news resource will be an easy-to-use online directory serving the Metro west area. Online

visitors will be able to access the entire newspaper, aswell as access community links, coupons for localbusinesses and classified ads. A feature of the newwebsite is an online telephone directory. Town residentswill be able to search their own town for individuals andbusinesses, without automatically getting a list ofbusinesses not in their immediate area.

Tashjian began his entrepreneurial career in 1999 asowner of Photosite in Millis, later shifting to offsetprinting in 2004. He then expanded his business toinclude the production of local telephone directories inthe Dover, Sherborn, Uxbridge and surrounding areas.As a small business owner, the publisher is acutely awareof the challenges area businesses face in reaching keyaudiences with their limited

Local Town Pages has also invited local nonprofitgroups to submit monthly news articles and event

listings. The publisher also encourages local merchantsto offer tips from their experience with expert columns,advice articles and even recipes of the month. Tashjianis encouraging students from the high school to find avoice through the new monthly...

We plan on being community focused and com mun -ity based. “We have a proven track record”, we have successfully launched papers in HollistonMedway/Millis, Norfolk/Wrentham, Franklin, andNorwood, with this premier issue of Ashland, LocalTown Pages now has a reach over 55,000 homes andbusiness each month.

Readers are invited to submit Articles, announcementsand story ideas to [email protected]

Or by calling (508) 533-News. The deadline forsubmissions is the 15th of each month.

Localtownpages Seeks to Connect Community

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