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TOWN CRIER February 19, 2016 UPTON & MENDON, MASSACHUSETTS Vol. 24 No. 3 Est. 1993 • Mailed FREE to all 5,800 addresses in Upton and Mendon. www.TownCrier.us March 1 In the Depths of Winter, Clough Students Sing of Nature is Super Tuesday in Massachusetts By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter/Columnist Mendon and Upton voters should mark March 1 on the calendar; the date of the state’s Presidential Primary, also known as Super Tuesday. Polls, located in Mendon at Miscoe Hill School and Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton, will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in both communities. Candidates on the Democratic ballot are Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley, Hillary Clinton, and Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente. And on the Republican ballot will be Jim Gilmore, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, George Pataki, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, Rick Santorum, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Clough Elementary School held their annual Winter Concert on February 11. The students in grades Pre-K through 4 sang nature-themed John Kasich. Green Party songs “to remind everyone that our plant needs to be treated with kindness, caring, and respect.” Pictured is the 4th grade singing “ candidates include Sedinam Sun and Moon” under the direction of Clough Music Teacher Joshua Pelletier and accompanied by Ann Marie Tremblay and Dave Carchio. Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Melissa Orff photo. Curry, Jill Stein, William Kreml, Kent Mesplay, and Darryl Cherney. A number of the above candidates have already suspended their campaigns for Calling all Town Election Candidates; presidency but will still be listed on the ballot. In addition to presidential Nomination Papers Now Available candidates, Mendon and Upton voters will also cast their vote Nomination papers for the Annual Town Elections in Mendon and Upton are now available at the Town Clerk’s Office in for State Committeeman, State each community’s Town Hall. The deadline for completed nomination papers in Upton is Monday March 14 at 5 p.m. Committeewoman, and Town Committee. The deadline in Mendon is Tuesday March 28 at 5 p.m. The Annual Town Election in Upton is Monday, May 2 while In Upton on the Democratic Mendon votes at its Annual Town Election on Tuesday, May 17. SUPER TUESDAY p 19 March Special Town Meeting to Request Cost of Living Adjustments for Upton Employees PRSRT STD PRSRT PAID US POSTAGE #35 PERMIT MA UPTON, 01568 By Michelle Sanford the employees paid out of the town’s Water and of an intermunicipal agreement. The town Staff Reporter/Columnist Wastewater Enterprise Fund. “The funding accountant would like to keep track of those The Upton Board of Selectmen has called source is retained earnings from those funds wages in a separate line item and town meeting for a Special Town Meeting to take place on rather than free cash, so it was best to separate action is required to do that. “There’s no fiscal Thursday, March 3 at Nipmuc Regional High it out,” said Robinson. As a result, Article impact to this,” said Robinson. School. A total of five articles are currently on 2 is seeking to transfer $2,256 to the Water Article 5 is seeking up to $10,000 for the the draft warrant, which was reviewed during Enterprise Fund and $2,061 to the Wastewater purchase of a hot box paving machine for the the February 2 Selectmen’s meeting and is Enterprise Fund. That adjustment covers five Department of Public Works. Upton received scheduled to be finalized and posted shortly. full-time employees plus half of the increase for a grant from the state for the hot box and the Three of the articles involve a cost of living the DPW Director and a Department Specialist. funding is needed to supplement the grant. increase for employees and another is to help Article 3 also concerns a cost of living Robinson explained the $10,000 figure might be supplement the purchase of a hot box for the adjustment for the Treasurer/Collector. As a on the higher side and that the funding amount Department of Public Works. result, it is requesting to transfer $545 from needed would likely run between $5,000 and Article 1 is seeking to transfer $53,463 from free cash to Treasurer/Collector salaries. $10,000. free cash that will provide an additional one Robinson explained because it concerns an And finally, Article 6 is seeking $2,000 to percent cost of living adjustment to a number elected official’s salary, that a separate article purchase a subscription to Clear-Gov, which POSTAL PATRON POSTAL CAR-RT-SORT WS MA 01568 UPTON, of town employees in order to fulfill union was created because it needs a 2/3 vote to pass. is an online tool that collates, compares, and contract settlements. “We did one percent “Not wanting to subject the rest of the pay analyzes financial information from different in December and doing one percent now,” adjustments to a 2/3 vote instead of a majority, Massachusetts communities that will help explained Town Manager Blythe Robinson. Part we’ve separated it.” Upton to seek and implement fiscal efficiencies. of the $53,000 also includes $20,000 toward Article 4 is a simple transfer of $9,000 from The complete warrant will be posted on Town Counsel expenses. one account to another. Robinson explained the town’s web site at www.uptonma.gov. The The next article also concerns a cost of living that Upton currently sells six hours of the March 3 meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the The Upton & Mendon Town Crier Town Mendon & Upton The Inc. Crier Publications, Town Street 48 Mechanic MA 01568 Upton, adjustment but is separate because it covers town’s nursing services to Blackstone as part auditorium of Nipmuc High School. New Flora in Winter Artistic Talent Spring Class Submitted by Hazel Schoder Greenleaf Garden Club Schedule Greenleaf Garden Club of Milford member Sandra Tosches recently accepted the challenge to do a design for the Worcester Art Museum’s Flora in Winter, something she has been doing for over a decade. Tosches joined 23 other invited designers in the show. Each floral artist made five selections of artwork and was assigned one to interpret. This year Tosches was given a colonial period portrait of Elizabeth Ferne by artist and architect John Smibert. New She started by looking at the colors, shapes Box and Strength and rhythm within the painting. Tosches says Greenleaf Garden Club member that the challenge is “not to copy but to interpret Sandra Tosches stands next to her Intervals!! it so that the floral design best honors the completed design and the portrait which integrity of the work. The size and scale of the she interpreted at the Worcester Art design must fit the mood of the painting.” Museum’s Flora in Winter event. The painting was largely black and white. The rhythm of the whites in the painting formed a vertical curve and so she designed a Hogarth curve using roses, hydrangea and calla lilies to bring out the blush color and line in the painting. Several members of the Greenleaf Garden Club enjoyed visiting the museum and seeing Tosches’ design artistry and the painting from which it was drawn. We are excited to welcome Kerry The Greenleaf Garden Club of Milford is a member of the National Garden Clubs, McCrea to our tness team! Kerry Inc. and the Garden Club Federation of MA, Inc. For information, call membership is an ACE certied Personal Trainer and holds a Masters in chairperson Jean DeLuzio at 508-473-7790. Behavior Analytics. Kerry specializes in working with clients who Garden Club Federations of MA Scholarship Opportunities would like to The Greenleaf Garden Club announces set of requirements, which are described in lose weight that 11scholarships are available from the detail on the GCFM website. All necessary and gain strength, and Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts to forms are available on the GCFM website. is taking new local students who are majoring in one of the Eligibility for the scholarships is determined clients now! ‘green’ sciences- horticulture, environmental by the GCFM Scholarship committee and studies, botany or biology. is determined based on the completed The deadline for applying for these application package. The application forms scholarships is March 1. The basic are available at the GCFM website. 508-614-5877 • 62 Main Street, Upton requirements are that the student has been a For additional information please contact: legal resident of Massachusetts for at least one Deb Taverna at [email protected] . www.corefitnessnutrition.com year, have maintained a minimum “B’ average The Greenleaf Garden club is a member in school, have good character and have of the National Garden Clubs, Inc. and the financial need. Each scholarship has a specific Garden club Federation of MA, Inc. The Irish & Italian Summit Saturday, March 5th at 7:30 p.m. Irish and Italian folk and operatic favorites Music from Lord of the Dance Tchaikovsky’s “Capricio Itallienne” New York based Tenors Matthew Surapine and Jim Russell return to the Grand Ballroom to perform with the CHSO after ten years, to reprise their entertaining, and amazing renditions of Irish and Italian vocal favorites such as “Danny Boy” and “A Nation Once Again” to “Funiculi, Finicula”. The CHSO offers Tchaikovsky’s “Capricio Itallienne” as well as music from Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance! Reserved tickets: $40 ~ Student/ senior: $25.* The Grand Ballroom of The Milford Town Hall, 52 Main Street, Milford, MA Claflin Hill members take off 10% Irish & Italian Summit is Claflin Hill’s Annual Health Night at Symphony Honoring embers of the ilford Area Health Care Community Sponsore in part by: ilfor Regional edical Center, ri-County eical, Atria Draper Place, righam & Women’s Hospital Dana Farber Cancer Center an Milford Regional eical Staff Order tickets online claflinhill.org ~ 508.478.5924 2 UPTON-MENDON TOWN CRIER February 19, 2016 Tony Khoury to Be Honored WMRC-First Class Radio is at heart, Tony is also proud to announce that Tony influential in securing Khoury of Khoury Industries, a monument for a local and Gateway Liquors in soldier in the center of Bellingham has been selected as Bellingham.