Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

The Manchester Public Library Presents: The Beantown Jumpers Double Dutch Team

This demonstration event is a lot of energetic fun for everyone! The team will perform a “Fusion” music presentation and then they will demonstrate the jumping styles necessary for competitions, including speed (2 minutes), compulsory (25 second dance routine) and a free-style (tricks) routine (1 minute).  After the presentation, group participation with the team is encouraged. Audience members will learn how to jump in, turn the ropes and some jump rope tricks!

The competitive team began when Coach Patti Travers devised a way to get girls and boys in Dorchester and Jamaica Plain jumping at the chance to accelerate their heart rates.

“One of the students said, `Could you offer something fun,’ so I began to research, checking out how could I learn to teach double Dutch,” said Travers, who has taught PE for more than 10 years at Young Achievers Science & Mathematics Pilot School in Jamaica Plain. The team members include girls & boys who are in Grade 2 through high school.

The Beantown Jumpers are being sponsored by a Hooper Fund grant to the Children’s Room, with all sponsorship funding more children’s sports with the Red Auerbach Foundation.

At the First Parish Church, next to the library,  behind the Sovereign Bank.

Call to register, or for more information, 978-526-2016 or scollins@mvlc.org

Please register for this athletic spirited event!

When: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Location: Manchester Public Library

Prices: Free

Phone: 978-526-2016

Email: scollins@mvlc.org

Link(s): The BeanTown Jumpers Massachusetts Double Jump Rope

12-step skincare/makeup application, nail care, hair loss and use of wigs and other head coverings for patients experiencing

appearance-related side effects from cancer treatment.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

WHERE: Addison Gilbert Hospital

298 Washington Street, Gloucester

RSVP: Community Relations

978-283-4000, extension 585

First-time participants receive a free make-up kit;

registration is required.

The St.John’s Episcopal Church opens its official celebration of its 150th Anniversary
with a major concert on May 19th at 4:00 pm followed by a reception in Parish Hall.This
concert is open to the public and should be a wonderful experience with a “Festival
Choir” including eighteen singers from the area, accompanied by one of the finest
organs in Gloucester with other wind and percussion instruments.
Music has long been an integral part of St. John’s service since its founding in 1867. In
fact it formed one of the first boys church choirs in Gloucester back in 1892. An other
major component of its music tradition has been the church’s organ which now is an
Opus 97 the last pipe organ designed by Charles Fisk. This has resulted in St John’s
having a big church sound in a small acoustical space.
In the celebration of Gloucester roots the program will include many anthems “““that
deal with the sea including such big coral works as Sumsion’s “They that go down to
the sea in Ships” Psalm 107 ( a key piece of music as it pertains to the maritime
community ) as well as Britten’s “Festival Te Deum” which is associated with
celebrations.
This concert will be followed by a reception where there will be plenty of food and drink
and an opportunity to visit with our new minister Bret Hayes and other members of the
parish.
Throughout the year St. John’s wants to remember and honor those that helped build
the congregation from the early parish days consisting of the fishermen’s families from
Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to the present parish coming from many different
backgrounds.
This concert will help us celebrate the past as St. Johns’ will continue to serve the
community by being a place of welcoming, understanding and hope in facing a
challenging future.

WHAT:    Three Mile walk-a-thon with refreshments, music, and raffles for Huntington’s Disease

WHERE: Back Beach Bandstand 32 Beach St. Rockport, MA (finish-line activity site)

WHEN:    Saturday May 11, 8 am registration   9 am walk begins

HOW:      Register/raise funds online at http://www.hdsa.org/thwrockport

                  or contact vgoolkasian@hdsa.org to have forms sent via email or mail.

Supporters Invited for Huntington’s Disease Walkathon Sat May 11

May is Huntington’s Disease Awareness month and Rockport’s Trish Dunton is helping to bring awareness about the disease to the North Shore. Dunton, whose family friend has the devastating degenerative disorder, organized Saturday’s three-mile walk to raise funds for a cure for HD and to raise awareness of the disease. It is one of the hundreds of Team Hope walks for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America that take place each year.

It is not too late to support the finish-line activities or to sign-up to join Cape Ann’s Walkathon to Benefit Huntington’s Disease (HD). The walk begins at 9:00 am at the Back Beach Bandstand. The first walkers should complete the circular route and cross the Bandstand finish line around 10am. The public is urged to welcome walkers at the finish-line activities, and those who wish to be sponsored walkers are urged to call 978-256-0811, Ext. 13.

There is presently no cure and only one FDA-approved treatment (for symptoms) of HD, which slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to walk, think, talk and reason. Symptoms usually appear in individuals between the ages of 30 and 50 years and progress degenerately.  Cases of juvenile HD have been diagnosed in children as young as two years of age. More than 30,000 people in the United States are currently diagnosed with HD. Each of their siblings and children has a 50 percent risk of developing the disease, therefore 250,000 are at risk. Although medications can relieve some symptoms in certain individuals, research has yet to find a means of conquering or even slowing the deadly progression of HD.  

Please come out and celebrate Spring, get some exercise, and help support an organization that supports many of your neighbors at the same time. Funds Raised will support HDSA Programs of Care, Research and Education to improve the lives of everyone affected by Huntington’s Disease.

Hi Joey, I will be in Gloucester looking for new Tuna Talent see below. I will be in your area from May 18th – 23rd so please feel free to get the word out using the flyer attached.Thanks Rob KellyPilgrim StudiosCasting Producer

Tuna Flyer-2.pdf

Yesterday we decided to use one of our Dinner Dealer coupons and grab lunch before the City Hall Fundraiser. It was 12:30 and we decided upon Cape Ann Brewing. Walked in and it was packed to the gills with runners who had just finished the Twin Lights Half Marathon. We waited a bit as people continued to file into the joint from the race, runners and people who had gone to support runners in their half marathon.
We ended up leaving and heading to Lat 43 which was packed as well.  Nice to see these places doing well.

There is nice economic impact from these races.

Update 5/8 from Phil Scannell:

Hey Joe, I also noticed the town was a buzz last Sunday we stopped into Captain Carlos and it was hopping at 2 pm then we walked down to Latitudes and that was jammed and I got to thinking –I went by stagefort and couldn’t see any visible damage on the grounds and I hope they have not forced the fall bike race off with all the complaining about the damaged grass.

Best Phil

On May 6, as a result of an ongoing drug investigation, members of the Gloucester Police Department arrested Tobias Ward, 34, of Dorchester, and Latrell Ayers, 28, of Gloucester. Both men were charged which possession of class B substance (“crack” cocaine) with intent to distribute. , along with other non drug charges. While conducting surveillance at Grant Circle, police observed Ward and Ayers in the area of Friendly’s Plaza. When Ward observed Police, he began driving erratically, driving up and over sidewalks and scraping against telephone poles, in an attempt to evade. A GPD cruiser was able to safely stop the vehicle a short distance later. A subsequent search ensued, and narcotics were found in the vehicle. Ayers was quickly detained after he exited the vehicle . He was charged with the above drug offenses and resisting arrest, operating to endanger, unlicensed operation, child endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident causing property damage. At the time of the stop, Ward’s vehicle was occupied by the vehicles owner, Charlene Whitt, of Dorchester and her 4 year old daughter. A record check of Ward revealed that he was unlicensed and was wanted by the states of Louisiana and Texas on outstanding arrest warrants. He is currently being held pending extradition proceedings. Gloucester Police was assisted in this investigation and arrest by the Massachusetts State Police and the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms). 
Leonard Campanello
Chief of Police