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NEWBURYPORT – A dozen years ago the attendants at a senior living facility in northern Scotland handed out to the residents the lyrics to songs in the movie, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Th e seniors had such a good time singing along as the movie showed on the screen that the event was reported in a newspaper article read by Ben Freedman.

F r e e d m a n , who grew up with an actress for a mother and a theater producer for a father, owned movie houses in the United K i n g d o m . When he saw the article, he knew a sing-a-long to popular movies could be a smash hit.

Th e most poplar musical movie at the time was Th e Sound of Music. Freedman secured the right to that classic and created a sing-a-long event, which was a huge success not just in England, but throughout the world. Continued on page 3

AMESBURY – Herb Crooks was the fi rst to arrive last week for the 9 a.m. traditional Yang-style short form course at the Great Bay Tai Chi studio. He went through his warm up positions as a half dozen other class members arrived.

“Th e benefi ts (of Tai Chi) are awesome. I did judo for years. I wish I had discovered Tai Chi fi rst,” said Crooks, who founded the Newburyport Judo Club. “I'm 70 going on 30, thanks to Tai Chi.”

Great Bay, which off ers classes here and in Hamilton-Wenham Community House, is now holding sessions once a week at the Amesbury Senior Center at 9 a.m. on Mondays.

Th e class, taught by instructor Petra Horgan, costs only $3 per class and has attracted as many as 20 participants.

“Th ey really seem to enjoy it,” said Doreen Brothers, the outreach coordinator for the Council on Aging. “It is so great for balance.”

Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese exercise, sometimes called meditation in motion. It is a series of slow, dance-like movements

performed in conjunction with slow, deep breathing and visualization. Although there is a martial arts form of Tai Chi, the techniques being off ered in the class are for health, not self defense.

Th e hour-long classes at the Senior Center are designed for seniors of all ages, but it is targeted at more active seniors, anyone over 50 years old, said director Annmary Connor.

Connor said she and Paul Mahoney, the owner of Great Bay, have tried before to work together to produce a Tai Chi class for seniors.

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Photo by Stewart LytleHerb Crooks leads the warm up for the short form class.

Th at prompted him to seek the rights to what he considers the other great musical movie, Grease.

“Sing-a-long-a Grease is the show that audiences have been asking for since we fi rst presented a sing-along show back in 1999,” Freedman said.

Two years ago, rights in hand, he launched Sing-a-long-a Grease in the United Kingdom and Canada. His fi rst U.S. production was in Seattle late last year.

His second U.S. venue will be at the F i r e h o u s e Center for the Arts in Newburyport at 1p.m. on Feb. 10.

Forty years after the fi rst stage production

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Participants in an earlier Sing-a-long-a grease event.

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Th e YWCA Greater Newburyport is excited to announce that the YWCA’s 2013 Nancy E. Peace award will be presented to Newburyport Learning Enrichment Center Director, Nancy Earls. Over the past 14 years, Nancy has developed programs, rallied volunteers and created collaborations to help families residing in low income housing throughout Newburyport confront and overcome obstacles to education and thereby break a cycle of poverty. At every table, Nancy speaks up for those who have been overlooked or not invited. Nancy deserves to be recognized for her contributions to fi ghting prejudices and celebrating diversity; for knocking on doors and breaking down walls.

Th is year’s MLK Breakfast will be held on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 21st 2013 at Newburyport City Hall. Doors will open at 8:00 AM for registration and continental breakfast. Th e program will begin at 8:30 AM. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the YWCA at 978-465-9922 X10 or by downloading a ticket form from our web site and returning it to the YWCA. Tickets will be available at the door. High School students attend the breakfast at no cost thanks to the generosity of our sponsors.

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AMESBURY – Monday, January 7, 2013 – Energy and Environmental Aff airs Secretary (EEA) Rick Sullivan today announced that the town of Amesbury has been awarded a $400,000 grant to upgrade the Lower Millyard Heritage Park as part of the Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) Program.

“Th is grant will greatly enhance this green space and provide additional recreational opportunities for Amesbury residents,” said Secretary Sullivan. “Projects like these get people outside, contributing to the health and economic wellbeing of communities throughout the Commonwealth.”

Th is project will include the construction of a public access canoe and kayak launch, sitting areas and assembly plaza.

“Heritage Park will be the centerpiece of a redeveloped Lower Millyard. Th is grant will help the City raze the former DPW building and create a welcoming public space,” said Rep. Michael A. Costello. “Under the leadership of Governor Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Murray, the state has time and time again invested money and resources into the Lower Millyard. Th is grant is another example of a plan of comprehensive investment in downtown Amesbury.”

“Th is PARC grant has created an exciting opportunity to realize the Lower Millyard Heritage Park project,” said Sen. Kathleen O'Connor Ives. “I appreciate Governor Patrick’s and Secretary Sullivan’s commitment to expanding and enhancing public parks in the Commonwealth. With improved waterfront access, the public can more easily enjoy the City of Amesbury’s unique history, nature, and recreational assets.”

“With the Patrick-Murray Administration’s investment in the Lower Millyard Heritage Park project through the PARC Grant, they are helping to provide a signifi cant incentive for future economic growth in the Lower Millyard," said Mayor Mayor Th atcher W. Kezer III. "We are excited about being one step closer to transforming this vital area, while creating a beautiful multi-use riverfront park for our residents and visitors to enjoy.”

Since 2007, the Patrick-Murray Administration has made a historic investment of more than $300 million in land conservation focused on three goals: investing in urban parks, preserving working farms and forests, and protecting large natural landscapes for habitat. Th is investment has resulted in the permanent protection of more than 100,000 acres of land and the renovation or creation of more than 150 parks.

Th e PARC Program (formerly the Urban Self-Help Program) was established in 1977 to assist cities and towns in acquiring and developing land for park and outdoor recreation purposes. Financed by Massachusetts’ environmental bond fund, the program was created to support land acquisition and the construction, or renovation of recreation facilities – such as spray parks, community gardens, and playgrounds.

EEA will be awarding a total of 25 PARC grants for a total investment of more than $8 million to help municipalities acquire parkland, renovate existing parks or build new parks and other outdoor recreation facilities.

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'Sing-a-long-a Grease' is Coming to Town“Now is your chance to be the

diva you always wanted to be! Come sing along to the great movie musical, complete with on-screen lyrics and the chance to become a T-Bird or Pink Lady for the night and enter the world famous costume competition,” the Firehouse announcement states.

Tickets are on sale for $24 for adults, $22 for seniors and students and $20 for members.

Grease, which premiered as a movie on Valentine's Day in 1978, was directed by Randal Kleiser and produced by Paramount Pictures. Travolta and Newton-John star as the two lovers in the 1950s-era Rydell High School along with a cast that included Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar and Sha-Na-Na.

Th e fi lm was highly successful both critically and at the box offi ce. Its soundtrack album became the second-best selling album of 1978, behind only the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever, another Travolta fi lm.

Freedman said the challenge of a sing-a-long event is getting the audience comfortable in doing what they have been taught all their lives not to do – make noise

while a movie is playing.Th e diff erence between going

to watch the movie or joining in a sing-a-long is that you are encouraged, maybe required, to sing the lyrics that are printed on the screen and applaud the

characters you like and hiss and boo at the characters you don't.

“It is a little like listening to the best man's speech at a wedding,” Freedman said from his London apartment. Th e audience is laughing and catcalling about a movie they love, he said.

Audiences to the Sing-a-long-a Grease are encouraged to sport a pink wig or sculpt a pompadour or a ducktail while belting out You’re Th e One Th at I Want.

"Sing-a-long-a Grease is much more than just a movie," Freedman said. "It’s an event, an interactive

experience and the most fun you can have with your clothes on.”

Sing-a-long-a Greasers are invited to come decked out in their own versions of 1950s high school clothing worn at Rydell High, including poodle skirts and saddle shoes, black leather jackets over white t-shirts, powder-pink bomber jackets, chiff on scarves and skinny ties.

After the fi lm, there will be a parade for all attending to show off their outfi ts.

Th is performance starts with Firehouse Sing-a-long-a host John Budzyna, who will warm up the audience and give some instruction on the fi ner points on how to do the “hand-jive.” He will hand out contents of a free goodie bags and demonstrate how to heckle at the right moments in the fi lm.

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“Now that we are here (in the new Senior Center), we have more room,” she said.

It helps that the new Senior Center is only a short walk across a footbridge over the Powow River, Mahoney said.

Mahoney is a Tai Chi and Qigong (Chi Kung) master as well as an expert in martial Tai Chi, which includes Pushing Hands and Chin Na.

Th e $3 fee at the Senior Center, may be covered by some health insurance plans, including Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance, Connor said.

Nancy Soward, who takes the short form course at the Great Bay studio, said she has been doing Tai Chi for three years. She said it helps her balance, but she likes it also because it works on her head as well. “It centers you,” she said. In contrast to the busy world outside the studio, “it is nice to be somewhere that is so tranquil,” she said.

Horgan, who also takes classes with Mahoney said the participants at the Senior Center are “very enthusiastic.”

To her surprise, she said they seemed to know already about the

health benefi ts of Tai Chi. Numerous studies have shown

that those who practice Tai Chi have less stress, improved strength, fl exibility and of course, balance. Th e exercise also improves awareness and an overall sense of well-being.

For some, it relieves symptoms of arthritis and fi bromyalgia. It

can improve blood pressure, strengthen the immune system, help stroke patients recover faster and even helps improve one's sleep. Horgan said even once skeptical doctors are encouraging patients with circulation problems and heart disease to take up Tai Chi.

It is not necessary to be in top physical condition to practice Tai Chi. Th e typical class starts with gentle warm-up exercises that focuses on correct alignment of the body. Th is movement gradually strengthens the body and greatly improves balance.

Horgan, who has been practicing Tai Chi for 20 years with a break to raise her children, said the exercise is very helpful in making one aware of one's movements and breathing.

“When you are going down stairs or turning a corner or at

the grocery store, you think, am I really moving correctly, breathing deeply,” she said.

For more information: 978-388-1322 or [email protected] Great Bay Tai Chi & Yoga Center, 21 Water Street, 4th fl oor, Amesbury, MA.

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AMESBURY - Haverhill -West Newbury - The Merrimack Valley School of Missions provides Christ-centered, Bible-based, practical, convenient and affordable teachings for those who want to go deeper with the faith. It is a joint ministry of of three churches: the Market Street Baptist Church (MSBC), 37 Market Street, Amesbury and the Ward Hill Church of Christ (WHC), 34 M Street, Haverhill and the West Newbury Congregational Church (WNCC), 308 Main Street,West Newbury. The program consists of 12 four-week sessions of full-time study. Thirty-six courses are offered over a three-year period and new students may enroll at any stage in that time. Registration Fee is $30 per course, $75 for three. To register contact Pastor, Michael John at 978-388-0930 or [email protected]. Make check payable to Merrimack Valley School of Missions and mail to: Merrimack Valley School of Missions, 37 Market Street, Amesbury, MA 01913.

------------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY -The Market Street Baptist Church, 37 Market Street, Amesbury is hosting an 8-week Junior Church Basketball Program for both girls & boys ages 5-8 in the church gym. This program is a noncompetitive, instructional league designed to teach fundamental basketball skills and basic Bible knowledge in a fun and engaging manner beginning Friday, January 25 until Friday, March 15 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm. A suggested donation of $10 per child is requested to help defray expenses. Please make check payable to: MSBC/Bball. Space is limited. To register in advance contact the church office at 978-388-0930 or [email protected]. All are welcome. Registration is 6:00-630 pm on January 25.

------------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - The Amesbury Council on Aging is in search of volunteers to assist in several different areas. If you are interested please stop by and pick up a volunteer packet. For More information please feel free to call and speak with Jean Marie, Volunteer Coordinator 978 388 8138. Areas of need: 1. Friendly Visitors: The COA is searching for adult volunteers to join us in helping caregivers and people who are frail. Friendly visitors are paired with homebound adults who are older or frail and have scheduled visit with them 1-3 times per week. This is to help with socialization, meeting the individual’s social needs, helping caregivers, and on occasion running local errands to pick up items such as groceries (no transporting of people in your vehicle). 2. Reception area: answer phone, schedule van trips, register clients for events (2-5 hours at a time) – computer skills suggested 3. Greeters- front desk, back up to phones and welcome people into the center. 4. COA Board Members- must be an Amesbury resident, wanting to be involved in making the senior Community Center the best it can be. If you have a skill that you feel may be helpful please call us and/or stop by we may be able to utilize your talent.

------------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - Interactive fun awaits babies 0 – 23 months (and their caregivers) at the Amesbury Public Library Mother Goose of the Loose Babytime with puppets, stories, songs, and music all followed by a playtime for kids and social time for adults. A fun way to start your child’s literacy journey! Our next session runs on Fridays at 9:45am January 15th to February 22nd. Registration is not necessary, but attendance is on a first come basis due to limited space. This program is free. For more information, please contact the children’s room at 978-388-8148 x4 or www.amesburylibrary.org.

------------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - St. James Episcopal Church, Bible Study Group, “The Women of Faith” meets every other Thursday from 7pm – 8:30pm. Check our website for meeting dates. On Saturday Morning, join our Men’s Group for enlightening conversation and readings of the bible. The Men’s Group meets on Saturdays at 9am. Both Bible Study groups are open to the public. For more information check our website at www.stjamesamesbury.org

------------------------------------------------------------BYFIELD – Owl Expert to Speak - Parker River Clean Water Association (PRCWA) is excited to announce that owl expert Norm Smith, of Mass Audubon Blue Hills Trailside Museum, will be the keynote speaker at their annual meeting, Sunday, January 27, 2013 at the Newbury Library in Byfield on Lunt Street (I-95 exit 55, Central Street west 1 block to Lunt Street and turn left). The program is from 1 - 3 PM and refreshments will be served. The public is welcome. Contact PRCWA for more information at 978-462-2551 Norman Smith is a self-taught naturalist who has worked for the Massachusetts Audubon Society since 1974. Norman has studied birds of prey for over 35 years, including rehabilitating the injured and successfully fostering over 1,000 orphaned hawk and owl chicks into adoptive nests. His ongoing long-term projects include trapping and banding migrating hawks and owls in the Blue Hills Reservation, banding nestling hawks and owls, and doing research on snowy owls and other raptors wintering at Boston's Logan International Airport. He has also traveled to Alaska to study snowy owls in their native tundra habitat. His research work has been published in National Geographic, National Wildlife, Ranger Rick, Yankee, Massachusetts Wildlife, Bird Observer, Birding, Sanctuary, Geo, Nature, Grolier Encyclopedia, Owls of the Northern Hemisphere and Owls of the World. His mission is to use the information gathered from his research to stimulate a passion in everyone he meets to help us better understand, appreciate and care for this world in which we live.

------------------------------------------------------------BYFIELD - The Community United Methodist Church of Byfield, 11 Central Street, Byfield, has a community food pantry open to all Newbury/Byfield residents. The pantry is open every Thursday from 4-6:30pm. If you are in need or know of somebody who is, please know that this resource is here for everyone. If you need to make other arrangements please call the church office at 978-465-5946. Every second and fourth Thursday of the month the Community United Methodist Church of Byfield gathers at one of the two elderly housing communities in Byfield for a light supper. The church brings food and we all share in a time of fellowship around the table with the residents and anybody else who comes. These meals are open to everybody. If you would like to come, just show up! The second Thursday finds us at Oak Ridge, 84 Main Street and the fourth Thursday is at Quaker Hill, 115 Main Street. For ore information please call the church at 978-465-5946.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16Th

WEDNESDAY MORNING BIRDING ON CAPE ANN

Join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette and USFWS veteran David Weaver to see the magnifi cent winter seabirds and ducks around Gloucester and Rockport. Appropriate for all birding levels. Wednesday, January 16, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Meet in Gloucester at the Friendly’s restaurant at the fi rst traffi c circle on Route 128. Fee: $17. Preregistration is not required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppafl ats.

CATMOBILECatmobile brings low cost spay

neuter services to Salisbury in January. Reservations are now being taken. Th e Catmobile will be parked in Salisbury at Tom’s Discount Store for 2 more dates only in the month of January. January 16th and 30th at Tom’s Discount Store, 175 Elm St. Route 110, Salisbury. Th e Catmobile is operated by the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society (MRFRS) and is staff ed by a licensed veterinarian and two veterinary technicians. Th e Catmobile off ers low cost spay neuter for cats only. Th e package consists of spay/neuter, rabies vaccinations, exam, nail trim, treatment for fl eas and ear mites. Spay package costs $100 and neuter package costs $75. Th e package is available to anyone and there is no qualifi cation process; however reservations are required and can be made online at www.catmobile.org or by calling 978-465-1940.

ROWLEY YOUTh BASEBALL/SOFTBALL REGISTRATION

Rowley Youth Baseball & Softball League Spring 2013 Baseball/Softball Registration is now open. Registration Period through Jan.31, 2013. **** Season is April 20 - June 22 2013 **** Girls in grades 3-8 are eligible for softball and boys and girls ages 5-12 are eligible for baseball. Age is as of 4/30/13. Register on line at www.rowleyyouthbaseball.com or we will be having a registration night at Sal's Pizza/Whitefarms in Ipswich on Wednesday, January 16th from 5:00-7:00. Come on down, sign up and order dinner. A % from that evening will be donated back to RYBS by owner Rob Bouley! Cost is $100 for the fi rst family member and $75 for each additional member. Registrations received after 1/31/12 will be charged a $25 late fee for each player. If you have any questions or concerns you can call or email Steven Berardino at 978-697-3093 [email protected]

hALF ThE SKYOn Wednesday, January 16

at 7:00pm the Social Action Committee of the First Religious Society will sponsor a presentation of the "Half the Sky" Movement. Women's Stories; Women are not the Problem, Th ey are the Answer. Th is presentation is about gender inequity, one of the major issues of our time. Women comprise 70 percent of the world’s poorest people. Gender inequity is one of the major issues of our times. In so many cases, poor women are the victims, but they are also the ones driving change, from the micro-credit initiatives, to community healthcare, they are empowering their sisters - they have taken successful initiatives. In the book ‘Half the Sky’ Nicholas Kristof and Meg Ryan have made the voyage to meet these women. Th ey have been present with women from all over the world, written their stories in a book, turned these into the subject of a PBS four hour Video. Come and watch selected women’s stories from this PBS Series and discuss the cases with a group including women from the countries and populations featured in the videos. Th e First Religious Society, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, Lower Meetinghouse Free and Open to the Public

WEDNESDAY EvENING LECTURE: LOUISIANA BIRDING – YELLOW RAILS IN CAJUN COUNTY

Joppa Flats Science and Education Coordinator Dave Larson presents an evening of photographs and stories about a recent birding trip to Cajun County. Wednesday, January 16, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. $4. Preregistration is not required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppafl ats.

WEDNESDAY EvENING LECTURE

Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich will host its monthly Wednesday Evening Lecture on January 16 at 7:30 pm. Stephen Kenney, director of the Commonwealth Museum, will present an illustrated PowerPoint describing the great “foundation documents” displayed at the Museum and high tech interactive exhibits that bring Massachusetts history to life. Rare national treasures featured are John Winthrop’s charter for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the 1789 Massachusetts copy of

the Bill of Rights, and Paul Revere’s copper engraving plate depicting the Boston Massacre. First Ipswich Bank generously sponsors the Wednesday Evening Lecture Series. Refreshments served. $10 for non-members; free to members and audience participants.

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ThURSDAY, JANUARY 17Th

IMAGINE, SING, AND LEARN: PAWS & CL AWS IN ThE SNOW

Active play and learning with Joppa Flats School and Youth Education Coordinator Lisa Hutchings for pre-schoolers, ages 3 to 5, with a favorite adult. Choose one of four sessions. Th ursday, January 17, 10:00-11:30 am or 1:00-2:30 pm; Friday, January 18, 10:00-11:30 am or 1:00-2:30 pm Meet at Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. Adult Fee: $8. Child Fee: $7. Preregistration is required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppafl ats.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18th

IMAGINE, SING, AND LEARN: PAWS & CL AWS IN ThE SNOW

Active play and learning with Joppa Flats School and Youth Education Coordinator Lisa Hutchings for pre-schoolers, ages 3 to 5, with a favorite adult. Choose one of four sessions. Th ursday, January 17, 10:00-11:30 am or 1:00-2:30 pm; Friday, January 18, 10:00-11:30 am or 1:00-2:30 pm Meet at Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. Adult Fee: $8. Child Fee: $7. Preregistration is required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppafl ats.

RIvER vALLEY ChARTER SChOOL TO CELEBRATE BUILDING PURChASE

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SINGLES DANCESingles dance every Friday at

Daniels Hall, Route 4, Nottingham, NH., 8 PM to 12. Dance is BYOB, casual dress, $12 admission, includes a free hot buffet and free drink set-ups. Bring your own liquor, Non alcoholic drinks are available. For more info visit: www.singlesdanceparties.com or call 603 942-8525.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19Th

SATURDAY MORNING BIRDING

Join our experienced leaders in a search for avian activity in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. For beginners and birders of all skill levels. Saturday, January 19, 9:00-11:30 am Meet at Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. Fee: Adults $10; Children ages 8 and up $7. No preregistration required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppaflats.

COASTAL TRACKING ON PLUM ISLAND

Join sanctuary naturalist Scott Santino for a tracking program at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport. We’ll meet for an indoor presentation at the Refuge’s visitor center, where we’ll discuss and examine trail patterns created by canines, weasels, rodents, rabbits, and deer. Then we’ll head over to the refuge to search for tracks and signs. The extensive sand beach and meandering boardwalks through shrub thickets offer wonderful tracking opportunities. :Saturday, January 19, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $20 ($17/Mass Audubon members). Advance registration is required; call 978-887-9264.

ThE WONDER AND ThE WOW: RAPTORS OF PLUM ISLAND

Family educator Lisa Hutchings takes adults to look for raptors on Plum Island. Saturday, January 19, 9:30 am-noon Meet at Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. $18. Preregistration is required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppaflats.

BUILD “TITANIC TOYS”

WITh ARTIST NAThAN WALKER

The Children’s Museum of NH is thinking really big for its next Parent-Child Art Workshop. On Saturday, January 19 from 10:30 - noon, the museum’s artist-in-residence, Nathan Walker, is offering “Titantic Toys,” a workshop for kids who want to build a super-sized version of a favorite toy. Nathan Walker is known for his larger-than-life sculptures, including the Giant Blue Crab in front of the Children’s Museum and the Giant Red Ant in Portsmouth’s Market Square. He repurposes all kinds of found objects in his work, and will be taking a similar approach in the Titantic Toys workshop.

Each child is asked to bring in a toy that they’d like to recreate on a bigger scale. Children and their adult partners will use cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, foam containers and other recycled materials to build a colossal size version of their toy to take home. The Titanic Toys Workshop is planned for children ages 5-12, working with a parent or other adult partner. The cost for the 90-minute workshop and all materials is $20 per pair for Children’s Museum of NH members and $25 for non-members. Pre-registration is required. Please call 603-742-2002 to register.

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TAKE A WALK ON ThE WILD SIDE: SNOWY OWLS & hAWKS

Joppa Flats teacher Lisa Hutchings takes families around the Newburyport area to look for raptors. For families with children ages 7 and up. Saturday, January 20, 11:30 am-2:00 pm Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. Adult Fee: $11. Child Fee: $8. Preregistration is required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppaflats.

ALL ABOUT PAPER PhOTO GROUP ShOW

To celebrate and share a year of photo challenges, the All About Paper's Photo Enthusiast Group will present photos from seven active members at a show that will take place Sunday January 20th, 2:00-4:00 pm at the Partridge House, 777 Lafayette Road, Hampton, N.H. All are welcome to view the photographs and learn more about the group that meets every 3rd Sunday, 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the Partridge House. For more information about the show and the group call 603-380-3702. Light refreshments will be served.

PIANIST FREDERICK MOYER OPENS WILSON MUSIC SERIES

Concert pianist Frederick Moyer will perform “Of Old and New: A Grandfather's Tale” on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport, the first of three concerts in the 2013 Jean C. Wilson Music Series. The concert will feature works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Béla Bartok, Alberto Jonás, Ernst von Dohnanyi, Enrique Granados and Sergei Prokofiev. During over 25 years as a full-time concert pianist, Moyer has established a vital musical career that has taken him to 43 countries and to such far-flung venues as Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Sydney Opera House, Windsor Castle, Carnegie Recital Hall, Tanglewood, and the Kennedy Center. He has appeared as piano soloist with most of the major orchestras of the United States as well as many orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and Australia. Moyer's far-reaching interests have allowed him to contribute to classical music in unique ways. An avid computer programmer, he often incorporates technology into his concerts. As a member of the Jazz Arts Trio, he performs note-for-note transcriptions of such jazz pianists as Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and Erroll Garner, bringing this great American music onto classical music stages. In July, 2009, he and Dr. Paul Green unveiled an unfinished piano sonata by Robert Schumann, a find that was widely reported in the national news media. His 24 recordings comprise works by over 30 composers and reflect an affinity for a wide variety of styles. The Jean C. Wilson Music Series is named for one of the founders and the director of the music series for 27 years. Now, under the auspices of the First Religious Society Unitarian Universalist Music Committee, the Music Series typically offers three concerts held during the first three months of the year. Suggested donations are $15, $10 for seniors, children and students free. For more information about the concert go to www.frsuu.org or call 978-465-0602 x401.

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Come see the images of The Lexicon of Sustainability – 24 magnificent photos – each worth more than a thousand words. They illustrate terms we should understand to ensure we have healthy, tasty, local food in our homes, at our farms and in our communities. Terms like: Grass Fed, Pasture-Raised v. Cage-Free, Sustainability, Biodiversity v. Monoculture, The Soil-Food Web, and more. Then stay for the Local Flavor Community Potluck a monthly, zero-waste gathering focused on celebrating local food,

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22ND

SAvINGS & SPENDINGLangley-Adams Library,

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ThE BIONUTRIENT APPROACh TO GROWING DELICIOUS, NUTRITIOUS FOOD

On Tuesday, January 22nd at 7 PM in the Program Room of

the Newburyport Public Library, the Greater Newburyport Edible Garden Group (EGG) will welcome Dan Kittredge to speak about the bionutrient approach to growing delicious, nutritious food. Dan has been an organic farmer since childhood and is the founder of the Real Food Campaign and the Bionutrient Food Association. He is passionate about raising the quality of nutrition in our food supply. Dan will cover key elements of the bionutrient approach including soil biology, minerology and energy dynamics that can be applied to food growing at any scale, from the backyard to a farm. To learn more visit http://bionutrient.org/ Th e Edible Garden Group was formed by community members who are interested in getting together to learn and share information about sustainable food growing – veggies, fruits, nuts. Th e meetings are focused on building community resilience through increasing the availability of safe, nutritious, sustainably-grown local food. For more information contact Deb Carey at [email protected] or 978-388-5629.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23RD

WEDNESDAY MORNING BIRDING

Join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette and USFWS veteran David Weaver for this weekly birding fi eld trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. Appropriate for all birding levels. Wednesday, January 23, 9:30 am-12:30 pm Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. Fee: $17. Preregistration is not required. Call

978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppafl ats.

COMMUNITY PIE MAKING & TASTING CONTEST

Th e Langley-Adams Library in Groveland will be having many programs throughout the winter to keep you active and involved! Please join us by registering for any of the events at www.langleyadamslib.org or by calling 978-372-1732. Wednesday, January 23rd at 2pm in honor of National Pie Day we will celebrate by putting people's baking skills to the test in a Community Pie Making and Tasting Contest! Pies will be judged by librarians, COA, and a few other known members of the community. Th e winner will be appropriately rewarded! Bring your pies and your appetites!

AFTERSChOOL AT JOPPA: GETTING READY FOR WINTER!

Children in grades 1 to 4 are invited to engage in wildlife learning experiences with a diff erent theme each week. Come for one or sign up for the series. Coming up: January 30 – Super Birds! February 6 – Arctic Animal Awareness! February 13 – Tracking Animals in the Snow! Wednesday, January 23, 3:30-5:00 pm Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. Fee per session: $15. Preregistration is required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppafl ats.

SALISBURY YOUTh BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

Th e Salisbury Youth Baseball/Softball League Registration will be held Wednesday, January 23 at Salisbury Elementary School from 5 – 7 pm and Saturday, January 26 at Play Ball (formerly Extra Innings) from 9am – 1pm $95.00 for Coed Instructional Baseball (Age 5-8) $115.00 1st Child (Baseball/Softball) $95.00 for each additional Child in Family

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------------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - Deborah Doucette of Newburyport was the lucky name drawn as the winner of the WNBP annual ‘Shop Local For The Holidays’ shopping spree. Deborah has $1,000 in WNBP ‘Bucks’ that she can spend at any of the 25 local merchants who participated in this year's promotion on WNBP. WNBP will reimburse each merchant for the amount of the bucks that are spent at their stores. This is the fourth year WNBP has hosted this promotion to promote shopping in area stores for the holidays.

------------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - As the Firehouse 11th Annual New Works Festival continues for the second and final weekend on Friday, January 25 and Saturday, January 26; theater-goers are once again invited to participate in the playwriting process. Area playwrights were asked to submit plays that were then judged by an independent panel of theater professionals in blind readings. Presented over two weekends, the festival has become highly respected throughout the theatrical community and writers from all over New England participated this year. The intimacy of the Arakelian Theater’s 195-seat auditorium means that a writer can be ‘up-close and personal’, both with audience members to judge their reactions to the new works first-hand, and with the actors on stage -- making it a perfect venue from which to showcase new works in development. In addition, the Firehouse theater staff handles the production details smoothly and with dispatch; all of which has earned the Firehouse New Works Festival a reputation as one of New England's foremost playwriting festivals. Tickets to the event, which will be held at the Firehouse (Market Square, Newburyport), are $13 per evening and may be purchased in person at the Box Office (Wed-Sun, 12N-5P), by calling 978/462-7336 or online at www.firehouse.org .

------------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - A Mardi Gras Celebration/Dance, featuring Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys, will be held at the Belleville Stage, 300 High Street, Newburyport, MA on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 8:00PM. Tickets are $25 in advance/$30 day of show/$10 children 12 and under. For more information: please email: [email protected] or visit: www.bellevillechurch.org/roots.php

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------------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Rowley Youth Baseball & Softball League Spring 2013 Baseball/Softball Registration is now open. Registration Period through Jan.31, 2013. **** Season is April 20 - June 22 2013 **** Girls in grades 3-8 are eligible for softball and boys and girls ages 5-12 are eligible for baseball. Age is as of 4/30/13. Register on line at www.rowleyyouthbaseball.com or we will be having a registration night at Sal's Pizza/Whitefarms in Ipswich on Wednesday, January 16th from 5:00-7:00. Come on down, sign up and order dinner. A % from that evening will be donated back to RYBS by owner Rob Bouley! Cost is $100 for the first family member and $75 for each additional member. Registrations received after 1/31/12 will be charged a $25 late fee for each player. If you have any questions or concerns you can call or email Steven Berardino at 978-697-3093 [email protected]

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------------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Rowley Library Collecting for Rowley Food Pantry - Donate non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies and paper goods, or personal hygiene products for the Rowley Food Pantry in the basket in the Library lobby. The Rowley Food Pantry is open on Tuesday mornings from 10 am to noon and Thursday evenings from 6 - 7:30 in the parsonage of the Baptist Church at 153 Main St. All Rowley residents are welcome.

------------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Pine Grove student, Mary Ouellette, is collecting tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. Helping is as easy as 1, 2, 3. 1. Pull your aluminum tabs off of soda, vegetable, tennis and pet food cans. 2. Save and Collect tabs. 3. Recycle tabs in the children’s room at the Rowley Public Library. (Pine Grove Students can return tabs to the school.) Tab pick-up is available by calling 978-358-8129. After the collection is complete tabs will be brought to the Ronald McDonald House.

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the same way – rather than finding someone in the phonebook.

If I am choosing a healthcare provider for myself, I want to make sure that I can have a regular conversation with that person and feel comfortable. I also want to know that I am in a place where what I am getting done is going to be done well. It is difficult, if not impossible, for a prospective patient to accurately judge a dentist’s technical competency. And although trust is essential, it has nothing to do with technical skills. If it did, then the most competent doctors would always be the most trusted. A key component is always not what was recommended but the approach and emotion behind how it was presented.

Some patients will call a bunch of offices and ask how much a cleaning or crown is. If the cost of service is the only thing that is your determining factor in choosing a dentist, you will not learn much about the dentist by asking these questions. Although many patients choose their dentist based on whether they take their insurance, for reasons I completely understand, it is definitely not the best way. You have to be the one to decide what your criteria are for the person working on your mouth.

Are you interested in whether the

Tips on Choosing a Dentistdentist is up to date? Ask how much continuing education the dentist takes per year and what his/her focus is on. Do you have concerns about mercury or anything else? Ask what that particular doctor’s philosophy is about whatever you are concerned about. You can ask these questions to the office staff over the phone but I would suggest asking them again to the doctor directly when you go for your appointment.

The bottom line – the decision for who your personal dentist is should be yours. It helps to hear what other people have to say but it takes more than a few opinions to have reliable “reputation” you can use. Your best bet is to have an informal appointment with the doctor. Most dentists will not charge a fee for this. This will allow you to see the office, evaluate how welcoming the staff makes you feel, and meet the doctor. Trusting someone comes from a good solid relationship. You will know when you have found the right office.

Dr. St. Clair maintains a private dental practice in Rowley and newburyport dedicated to health-centered family dentistry. If there are certain topics you would like to see written about or questions you have please email them to him at [email protected]. you can view all previously written columns at www.dentalhealthforlife.com.

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----------------------------------------------------SALISBURY - The Pettengill House is seeking donations of food to help stock the pantry shelves. The holidays are quickly approaching, but the Pettengill House food pantry shelves are bare. As more and more families are in need of assistance, Pettengill relies on the community to help meet the increasing demand. The most needed items arepeanut butter and jelly, canned pasta and stews, spaghetti sauce, tuna and canned chicken, macaroni and cheese, soups, school snacks, and juice boxes. Please visit www.pettengillhouse.org for a complete list of needed items. Beginning in November, the Pettengill House will also be accepting community donations to support the annual Thanksgivings Meals program. Needed items will include turkeys, stuffing, gravy, canned or fresh vegetables, potatoes, canned or fresh fruit, cranberry sauce, rolls, and pies. If you are interested in organizing a food drive for the Pettengill House, please contact Mary Morse, Program Coordinator at

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If you have any questions about this article, real estate in general or are looking to buy or sell a home please contact me, John McCarthy at Rowley Realty, 165 Main St., Rowley, MA 01969, Phone: 978 948-2758, Cell 978 835-2573 or via email at [email protected].

charge of supervising the other salespersons and running the office. There may be only one broker “of record” at each office.

REALTOR® Often times you will hear a Real

Estate Salesperson or Broker will call him or herself a REALTOR®. A person is only qualified to do this when they become members of the National Association of REALTOR®s. The NAR is the world’s largest professional association. In order to be a member of the NAR, and therefore be a REALTOR®. Salespersons and Brokers must agree to follow the NAR’s strict Code of Ethics. This Code of Ethics protects buyers and sellers as they know they are working with someone who must follow strict guidelines. Making a point to work with a REALTOR® instead of an unaffiliated Real Estate Agent or Broker is one small guarantee that a buyer or seller will be treated well.

Seller’s agent, buyer’s agent and dual agent are designations taken by a salesperson, broker or REALTOR® when working with a client. A brief description of each:

SelleR’S AgentThe agent owes the seller

“undivided loyalty, responsible care, disclosure, obedience o lawful instruction, confidentiality and accountability”. The agent puts the seller’s interest first while also disclosing any known “material defects in the real estate”.

BuyeR’S AgentThis agent also owes the buyer

“undivided loyalty, responsible care, disclosure, obedience o lawful instruction, confidentiality and accountability”. A buyer’s agent must put the buyer’s interest first and negotiate the best price and terms for their client, the buyer.

DuAl AgentA real estate agent may act as a

In past articles I have used the term REALTOR® and wondered how many of you know what the difference is between the terms real estate agent, real estate broker and REALTOR®. I didn’t know what the terms meant when I started in real estate so when asked the other day what the difference was between a real estate agent and a REALTOR® I immediately thought ARTICLE!!! I have a topic for an article!

By knowing the right language you are certainly much more informed about who you are dealing with and able to potentially avoid serious problems down the road.

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REAL ESTATE AGENT OR SALESPERSON

Sales people make up a majority of the workforce. They are licensed by the state, have taken hours of real estate courses and passed an extensive exam. They are required to work for a real estate broker. Real Estate Agents earn a percentage of the broker’s commission when they sell a home. They are not allowed to handle any escrow payments, all monies are handled by the Real Estate Broker®.

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