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The ocean beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge will be closed to all public access on April 1st in order to provide undisturbed nesting habitat for the piping plover, a small shorebird that is listed as threatened on the federal endangered species list. A small section of beach, accessible via the parking lot 1 boardwalk, will remain open to the public. Sections of the beach may be reopened in July if it is determined that such action will not be detrimental to the plovers’ nesting success. Generally, the entire beach is reopened by mid-late August after the last plover chick fledges. Refuge beach closures, initiated in 1991, have proven very beneficial for the birds as the number of nesting pairs and fledglings (young which have reached the flying stage) has significantly increased. In 1987, for example, only a single pair of piping plovers was recorded at the refuge and none of their young fledged. During 2014, the refuge beach supported 31 nesting pairs and fledged 60 young. Visitors are reminded that other areas of the refuge will remain open including the Salt Pannes Wildlife Observation Area, North Pool Overlook, Hellcat Wildlife Observation Area and associated interpretive trail, Pines Trail, Stage Island Pool Observation Continued on page 2 Tower and
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By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– NEWBURYPORT – Ten years ago Vicki Hendrickson deliberately scheduled the Saturday morning Coffee with the Poets at a smaller downtown cafe hoping it would not look so bad if only a few people showed up for the first Newburyport Literary Festival. To her surprise the Middle Street Foods bakery and cafe was packed with people excited to break bread, drink coffee and talk about literature with those who produce it. That year, Hendrickson believes about 2,500 people attended the festival. Most were local residents. This month, the Newburyport Literary Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary and Hendrickson predicts that about 5,000 book lovers will come from around the commonwealth to meet authors like Michael Blanding, author of The Map Thief, and honor local teacher and Photo provided by the Newburyport Literary Festival historian Jean Foley Doyle. Michael Blanding will be honored at this year’s festival. Continued on page 3
Triton Students Qualify for International Business Competition By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––
think they know how to do it. Advertise more to women, who compose only 11 percent of all truck buyers, but make more consumer buying decisions than men. Based on their research, the students proposed that Ford adopt a new slogan, “Built Ford Friendly” rather than the more male-oriented, “Built Ford Tough.” For the merchandising competition, Triton juniors Olivia Lees and Nicole Mailhoit of Rowley offered a series of ideas on how American Apparel could turn around its declining store sales. The Los Angeles-based clothing giant, which reported a $28 million lost in Photo by Stewart Lytle the last quarter of 2014, should fire its From left, Nicole Mailhoit, Olivia Lees, Eden Gurlitz, Sarah Collins chief executive Dov Charney and stop and Megan O’Neill marketing such risque clothing, the TRITON – It would take only a 5 to first ahead of Toyota Motor Corp. students said in their presentations. percent increase in buyers of Ford’s F- and General Motors Corp. And Triton The state judges of the Distributive 150 truck to push Ford Motor Co. from seniors Sarah Collins from Newbury Education Clubs of America (DECA) Continued on page 3 the third largest manufacturers of trucks and Megan O’Neill from Salisbury
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Overlook and the Lot 5 boardwalk (which provides views of, but no access to, the beach). Due to the popularity of the refuge, vehicle capacity is periodically reached with a subsequent temporary closure. An early arrival helps visitors avoid this inconvenience. A daily fee of $5/vehicle, $2 walk-on
or bicycle, remains in effect, with a $20 annual pass also available. Also, other beaches are available in the area including those in Newbury and Newburyport on the northern end of Plum Island, Salisbury Beach State Reservation in Salisbury, and the beach at Crane Memorial Reservation in Ipswich.
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competition in Boston last month were impressed and awarded both the Collins/ O’Neill team and the Lees/Mailhoit team first place in the advertising and merchandising competition. Another Triton senior Eden Gurlitz of Newbury won third prize in the financial competition for her presentation on how companies can control inventories better, cut costs and be more profitable. The future University of South Carolina student also wowed the judges with her presentation on how to evaluate companies as future investment. All five, out of a total of 2,400 students from 65 Massachusetts high schools, won the right to compete later this month in the international DECA competitions in Orlando, Fl. Three of the five plan on competing. The Lees/ Mailhoit team, which also won $1,500 college scholarships each, have opted not to compete in Florida. “I think they (the three students competing) have a chance to win (the international competitions) and walk across that stage,� said Frank D’Aloisio, who teaches marketing and entrepreneurship and heads Triton’s DECA extracurricular program. About 250 Massachusetts students, including five from Georgetown High School, qualified for the international competition.
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of the DECA programs for Triton students is that they get to compete on an intellectual basis. For the competitions, the students go through extensive preparation, much of it on their own time in addition to their school work. They practiced solving problems through role playing. They took three practice exams. They produced power point presentations and made posters on their topics. And they wrote and designed the complex research papers. John Wall of Wall Ford in Amesbury was so impressed with the marketing program the Collins/O’Neill team did on women truck buyers that he is having their presentation lamented for the international competitions. O’Neill and Collins, who plan to major in business in college, said the F-150 truck already has several features that appeal to women, including USB ports and an option to have shorter beds/larger cabs for women buyers who haul less lumber and more groceries. They think women will love the leather and wood interiors and will gravitate to silver as an exterior color. They also proposed a pink exterior in honor of the war against breast cancer. The Lees/Mailhoit team’s conclusions were recently validated by the board of American Apparel, which fired Charney.
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Anticipating a much larger crowd than the first Coffee with the Poets, this year’s Saturday morning coffee will be held at the Congregational Church Social Hall. Skeptics question if the festival really attracts that many people, Hendrickson said. Except for the paid dinner on Friday night, other events are free and thus hard to know how many people attend. Last year, it rained heavily during the event. “It couldn’t have been worse weather,� she said. “But every event was packed.� This year, entitled A Page in Time, the festival will be held April 25 and 26, celebrating the non-fiction genre, particularly biography and history. Events where authors read and discuss their works are held mostly in churches downtown. Hendrickson, who co-chairs the festival with Jennifer Entwistle, has even developed a special drink for this year’s festival. Working with the staff of the Grog, she has created the Book Lovers Bourbon. For each of these drinks sold during the festival, the Grog will make a donation to the event. The festival was born from a trip by Hendrickson, a southerner who grew up loving to read, to visit her nephew in Oxford, MS. She discovered in the small, remote, university town an annual literary festival, produced by Richard Howorth, who has owned and
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April 1 - 7, 2015 Public Library, the beginning of each new year reminds us to think ahead to the planning of a successful and enjoyable Membership Month, that time of year when we celebrate our members and create a new board.“This May, our board will have vacancies,” Friends president Jane Ward said. Persons wishing to explore taking on a board role with the Friends this May, may email Ward at amesburylibraryfriends@gmail.com. “I’m happy to answer any questions,” she said. Amesbury residents are invited to attend the Monday, April 6, meeting of the Friends of the Amesbury Public Library, whose mission is to support the library and its staff, and to enhance the resources and services of the library. Scheduled 2015 Friends meetings include Mondays, April 6, May 4, June 1, Sept. 14, Oct. 5, Nov. 2, and Dec. 7, in the Amesbury History Room at the Amesbury Library from 7 to 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8th
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ROUNDTABLE MEETING The Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack will meet at 7:30 PM on Wednesday April 8th at the East Parish Methodist Church, Salisbury Square (route 1), Salisbury, MA. President Liz Hallett will present “Civil War Jeopardy.” We will have a night of trivia with fun and prizes. Admission is free and anyone with an interest in America’s Civil War is invited to attend. For more CELLO PRESENTATION Wednesday, April 8. Brown bag lunch information visit our web page www. at noon followed by the presentation cwrtm.org or call Tom at (978) 462at the Lower meetinghouse of The First 8518.
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Newburyport - The Greater Newburyport Mothers and Families Club (GNFC) announced today that it has donated $5,000 to support the renovation of the historic Inn Street fountain and pedestrian mall. The project, a joint effort between the City of Newburyport and the volunteer Newburyport Downtown Enhancement Team, includes many enhancements to Inn Street including: renovation of the historic fountain, the addition of a spray park feature for children, resetting of brick pavers along the walkway, interpretive signage about the fountain and preservation efforts, new benches and cafe seating, landscaping and utility improvements. “Inn Street is at the heart of Downtown Newburyport,” said Andy Port, Director of Planning and Development for the City of Newburyport. “As the City now reinvests in downtown infrastructure and public amenities, the Inn Street Fountain will be restored and reactivated as both a play area for children visiting the Inn Street Playground and as a symbol of the original urban renewal and preservation efforts that made Newburyport what it is today.” The donation comes from proceeds from the club’s consignment sale. The bi-annual sale will be on Saturday, March 21st from 8am-1pm at the Salisbury Boys & Girls Club, 18 Maple Street. This Spring/Summer Consignment Sale is an organized, store-like environment where individuals sell and purchase gently used baby and kids clothing, toys, and baby gear. Seventy percent of the sale proceeds go back to the seller and thirty percent goes toward a community gift, such as the Inn Street Project. “Giving back to the local community is of great importance to our club,” said Heather Jones, President, Greater Newburyport Mothers and Families Club. “Our dedicated consignment sale team and volunteers have worked tirelessly to raise these funds. We are delighted to support a project which will be a wonderful gathering spot for families for years to come.” Past donations from the GNFC consignment sales have been made to the Anna Jaques Hospital Gerrish Breast Care Center, Amesbury Town Park Renovation Committee, the Newburyport Rail Trail Project and the renovation of the Kids’ Lounge at the Turning Point Shelter. Greater Newburyport Mothers and Families Club Founded in 1999, the Greater Newburyport Mothers and Families Club (GNFC) is a member-led organization that provides support, information and friendship for families with young children in the Greater Newburyport area - including Amesbury, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury and the Seacoast of New Hampshire. For more information, please visit www.greaternewburyportfamilies.org.
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The Rock Garden • Sports • Sports Sports Linda began to notice loose rocks former practicing attorney and critical strewn in and around the flower and vegetable gardens. Linda found grains of sand in her father’s jacket and pants pockets when she did the laundry. The pockets appeared to have been stretched from heavy wear. Every day when Mark and Linda came home from work the rocks would be arranged in bizarre designs in the back yard and the gardens were becoming ruined. Mark would wait until Dan had gone to sleep and he would painstakingly gather up the rocks and return them by the wheel barrel fulls to the beach. Over the months Dan became more withdrawn and his trips back and forth to the beach numbered close to sixty times a day. The neighbors all watched for him as did the health care aide who stayed with him during the day when Mark and Linda worked and the boys were in school. Linda had left specific instructions that Dan was to have as much freedom as possible. The trips to the beach continued but by now everyone knew where those rocks were coming from. They were always arranged in a strange pattern the significance of which remained locked inside Dan’s world. Dan continued to fill his pockets with rocks in countless trips back and forth to the beach. He would carefully arrange the rocks in the same patterns as if he were doing so for the first time. Perhaps he was. Just as Mark and Linda were deciding to let Dan take over the gardens, a squirrel had begun to rip the shingles off of the roof. A crazed squirrel can all but destroy a roof and cost thousands in repairs. Instead of removing the rocks as he had planned to do, Mark carried his ladder from the garage and placed it up against the roof. He climbed to the top of the ladder to examine the latest damage. As he looked down from his elevated position, his eyes fixed on the rocks. The pattern that had been so baffling to all who saw it had never been baffling to Dan. He understood all along who loved him. He recognized who cooked his favorite meals. He knew whose arms folded around him every day and who kissed his forehead every night. He was crystal clear on which of his children safeguarded his dignity. He was spelling L I N D A all along. Broker/REALTOR® Janet Hilton is a
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