Gloucester DECA Fundraiser

Hello!My name is Danielle Pomeroy, and I am a senior at Gloucester High School. I am the president of our city’s DECA chapter, and was wondering if there was any way in which you could publish an article publicizing our upcoming fundraiser. It is a babysitting night on Valentine’s Day at the Magnolia Library for all ages 2-12. The cost is $5 an hour, $20 for the entire night (5-9). For each additional child from the same family, the cost will be a $10 flat rate. We will include arts & crafts, activities, snacks, and a movie. It will be run by a large group of local students participating in Gloucester DECA, and all proceeds will go towards reducing the cost for our state competing in March (approximate $320 per student, and 15 are eligible to attend). If you have any questions you can contact me, Danielle Pomeroy, atdaniellepomeroy2013@gmail.comThank You!Sincerely, Danielle

Someone Likes Mocking Me

Someone I may or may not be related to through marriage thinks I’m crazy for showering before and after the gym and that I wear several pairs of fresh undies a day.

Is it strange to want to keep my nuts comfy fresh?

Found on Facebook. Cod Fishing

Cod Fishing with the Dunlin and Lady Jane

But how long will the Government let them?

Thanks to Michael Veil

Check out Michaels Facebook Page here: http://www.facebook.com/michael.veil.1

Just two days left until Chelsea Berry’s “Devil and The Deep Blue Sea” CD release party!

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - by Louise Welch

Photo by Louise

SHEA’S RIVERSIDE RESTAURANT AND BAR

Essex, Massachusetts

Tuesday – 7:00pm until 10:00pm

Please join us to celebrate the release of Chelsea Berry’s newest full length album, “Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”.

The new record is “energetic and wild and has its moments of epic orchestration while the lyrics send the message of the story of human struggle and love and loss and all that stuff I love to write about and people can relate to.

I am really excited about this album because it’s going to be a whole new side of the music- and a whole new side of me. Growing and changing and not being afraid to leave it all out there– without losing that familiarity and approachability that’s so central to me as a performer.”

The CD will be available for purchase and there may even be a couple of impromptu performances.

Also, on Friday and Saturday, Febraury 8th and 9th, Chelsea and her spectacular group of players will perform at The Shalin Liu Performance Center. There are still some tickets left for Friday night’s performance. Don’t miss it!

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http://chelseaberry.com/news/

http://sheasriversideessex.com/

Ahem…*Cough* Feb 1st MAC MyZone Challenge Muffy Muffy Muffy- Be Better Than This

Muah Ha Ha (said in my most evil laugh)

You gotta show up to compete girl!

http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Do you get it?

2013 GMG Superbowl Poll With Three Possible Answers

Well the Superbowl is here and with it goes the last game of the best professional sport product on our shores til next year’s NFL season begins.

Although I don’t feel as strongly about favoring the Ravens or the 49ers I am tilting toward rooting for the 49ers for a couple of reasons

A) I like their young quarterback Colin Kapernick’s style.  He seems like a nice kid with some swagger and ability and it will be interesting to see if the  49ers win the Superbowl how many young Hollywood starlets he tears through in the year to come.  Forget laying a bet on who wins between the Niners and the Ravens.  The far easier bet has to be if the Niners win how long it takes for Kapernick to drill Taylor Swift. That has to be a prop bet in Vegas, right?  Just has to be.

B) Not wanting to have to listen to the insufferable Ray Lewis

That’s really all it boils down to for me.

So let’s do like we do and poll it baby-

Tweet of The Day From @InspireYou77

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2/2/13 5:46 PM
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.

http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Do you get it?

Happy- John Lennon

Bill O’Connor Writes-

Hi Joey,

I came across this quote by John Lennon, so I cobbled the image together using Adobe Illustrator and thought it was worth sharing.

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

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4th Annual Mardi Gras Fundraiser to Support YMCA Teens Service Mission to New Orleans

4th Annual Mardi Gras Fundraiser
FAT Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:30am- close
Teen Leaders from across the North Shore YMCA Service area will make their 4th trip to New Orleans, Louisiana to assist in rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina disaster.  Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. and though many years have passed since Katrina destroyed most of New Orleans and its neighboring communities, there’s still work to be done to bring this area back to “normal”.
 
“The devastation is vast, even years later”, explains Rick Doucette, Executive Director of Teen and Camp Services at the Cape Ann YMCA.  “This is a tremendous opportunity for local teens to help make a profound and lasting difference in the lives of people who so desperately need a helping hand.”   Travel, lodging and meal expenses are estimated at $1,100 per youth.  Our hope is to fully fund each teen’s trip through a collaborative effort with local donors and businesses doing events over the next couple months.  The Latitude 43 event is in its 4th year, and, like the trip itself, and has become a high point of our year; kicking off our fundraising efforts in preparation for the trip.”
 
“The event has been a big success for the teens raising travel money in past years. And it’s become a very important part of our connection to the community”, said Zak Sears, General Manager of Latitude 43 and Minglewood Tavern.  “Even our music this year is locally based and totally donated. The guys from The Runaround are my friends and a few are my cousins.  So when I asked them to help out, they agreed without hesitation.  This is Gloucester”.
 
The teen participants are involved in the preparations as much as they are the actual mission.  Dressed in Mardi Gras costumes, handing out beads and selling raffle tickets the night of is only part of their commitment to the success of their trip. Teens are credited for all of the in-kind (raffle item) donations they secure for the event.
 
“We believe this should be a team effort, and that the kids learn as much from having to work for their trip as they do in actually going to New Orleans,” Doucette explains.  “And by soliciting their own raffle items, they are reaching out within their own circles to build awareness for the trip and for the importance of our work in Louisiana.  These teens really get so much throughout the process to the end of the journey; their feedback in our Trip Reflections always show amazing insight and gratitude.”
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Event Details
Special supplemental "Cajun" Menu available throughout both Latitude 43 and Minglewood for both lunch and dinner.
Live Entertainment in Minglewood Tavern from 7:30-10:30PM provided by:
The Runaround – Local Ska sensations
Reservations for dinner in the Latitude 43 Dining Room strongly recommended. Lunch reservations in Lat43 also available. Minglewood Tavern is first-come, first-serve.
Latitude 43 Restaurant & Bar
25 Rogers Street Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930 Phone: 978-281-0223
http://www.latfortythree.com
http://www.minglewoodtavern.com

There will also be Raffles for Goods and Services, a 50/50 Raffle and other events planned throughout the evening.

Want to help MORE? This year, a second Mardi Gras Themed event has been added to raise more funds as the participant list has grown with the inclusion of the other North Shore Y Teen Groups – a concert at the historic Larcom Theater in Beverly featuring Henri Smith and Charles Neville on February 8th , with  50% of ticket sales donated to the trip.

Charles Neville is a Grammy winner and Henri Smith is both an incredible entertainer and a New Orleans native. The theater is a piece of history and the night will be one to remember. Tickets available through http://www.gimmesound.com

As they say in New Orleans, "Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler". Let the good times roll……

 

Mardi Gras 2013

YEAH BABY!!!

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By Scott Stump, TODAY contributor

Let the spring fever commence!

Punxsutawney Phil crawled out early Saturday morning and did not see his shadow, signaling it will be an early spring.

“Spring, bring it on,” said TODAY’s Erica Hill.

“The groundhog has proved me wrong once again,” said TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer, who guessed the Phil would see his shadow. “He messes me up.”

Coming into this year, Phil had seen his shadow 100 times and had not seen it only 16 times since 1886, according to Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s Inner Circle. There are no records for the missing 10 years. The 15 members of the inner circle, clad in tophats and tuxedos, decide in advance whether to announce Phil has seen his shadow or not, even though the groundhog does the symbolic duty.

In Punxsutawney, which is about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, the groundhog annual makes his prediction on a hill known as Gobbler’s Knob. The event annually attracts more than 15,000 people and brought as many as 30,000 in the wake of the 1993 release of the Bill Murray classic movie “Groundhog Day,” according to the Inner Circle. There also are updates on Twitter and Facebook.

The celebration dates to the early Christians in Europe, particularly the Germans, who were some of the earliest settlers of Pennsylvania and believed the groundhog’s intelligence was such that if the sun came out on Feb. 2 it would be smart enough to go back underground for another six weeks of winter. The first written observance of the tradition came in 1886 after it had earlier been conducted privately in wooded areas outside town.

Read more:

Punxsutawney Phil stuffs the competition 
The origins of 13 enduring superstitions
Punxsutawney Phil and 7 other animals who predict the future

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Community Stuff 2/2/13

PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY

(non-denominational)

With inspirational author, video-producer and song-writer "Jayzee" (Jorgelina Zeoli)

Practical spirituality is the incorporation of spiritual values in daily living. In doing so, one learns to remain calm, centered and positive in the midst of life trials.

This class/self-help group will discuss short spiritual readings by different authors, addressing the struggles of our human condition. Simple practices will be taught to support and guide the search for empowerment, meaning, contentment and joy. (This is not a therapy group.)

Thursdays Feb. 14th – March 7th, 1pm – 2pm.

At the Manchester Community Center (by the T station)

Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA

$60/four sessions

For more information or to register, please call 978.768.7371

Dance Party Postponed

DANCE PARTY IS POSTPONED!
Feb 2 Dance Party at The Center on Rocky Neck has been postponed due to construction going on at the site. There are some wonderful improvements being done to the building and the place is just not ready for prime time at this moment. Will keep you posted. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. Will plan another DANCE PARTY for mid – late March. Stay tuned!