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Turkeys at the Birdbath. S. Basile
October 18, 2015

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Congratulations,
William Johnson

William won an Ultimate Hair conditioning treatment with a haircut & style ($70) from Revolutions Styling Salon & Spa, Rte 106, 
East Bridgewater

You should play
our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom of this column.

You could win a martial arts birthday party for 10 children at South Shore Martial Arts, Rt 106, Halifax, MA
Historical Tidbit:

PART 5
CHASE WILD ANIMAL FARM
(CROCODILE ON ROUTE 106)


"The farm operated well within the town with no problems until one night when someone reported to the police a crocodile crossing Route 106, down where King's is now (the plaza near the Fire Station is where King's Super Market was). It was not public outcry against loose animals which brought an end to the farm., however. The reason was purely financial," Sturtevant said.
"The cost of heat, hay and food to maintain the animals in this climate was excessive. There was an 150 x 40 foot building to be kept at a draft-free 70 degrees. The use of hay in the winter went up to 10 to 20 bales a day.
To help offset cost, the farm would open for about three weeks around Christmas with lights strung around animal pens. Unfortunately, if was not enough and the cost of operation eventually forced the closure of the farm. The owner now runs a similar operation in Miami."

Respectfully submitted, Sue Basile

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Upcoming Schedule of Events
Monday, October 19
Church - 9a - Council on Aging (COA)
Cribbage - 10a - COA
Computer Class - 10a - COA
Lunch - noon - COA
Crochet/knitting - 1p - COA
Joy of Writing - 2p - COA
Tuesday, October 20
Men's Coffee - 9a - COA
SHINE Counsel - 9a - COA
Drop-in Knitting - 10a - Library
Council on Aging - 10a - COA
Lunch - noon - COA
Afternoon Book Club - 1p - Library
Line Dance - 2:30p - COA
Wage & Personnel Bd - 6:30p - Town Hall
Conservation Comm - 7p - Town Hall
Municipal & School Bldg Needs - 7p - Town Hall
Wednesday, October 21

Exercise - 9:30a - COA

Quilting - 10a - COA

Wii Games - 10:30a - COA

Chair Yoga - 11a - COA

Line Dancing - 6:30p - All Seasons

Board of Health - 7p - Town Hall

 Thursday, October 22

Early Release Day - Grades K-6

Men's Coffee - 9a - COA

Oil Painting - 10a - COA

Lunch - noon - COA

Shopping Van - 12:30p - COA

Monponsett Watershed - 7p - Town Hall

Friday, October 23

Our Lady of The Lake Church Mass - 9a  

PTO Meeting - 9a - Halifax Elementary School

Errand Van - 9a - COA

Ballroom Dance - 11a - COA

Lunch - noon - COA
Saturday, October 24

Trunk or Treat - 4p - Halifax Congregational Church

Our Lady of The Lake Mass - 4p

International Dinner - 5p - Halifax Congregational Church

 Sunday, October 25
Our Lady of The Lake Church Masses - 7:30a & 10:30a
Halifax Congregational Church Service - 10a  

*Information compiled from the Town & Library Websites, Council on Aging Newsletter, and individual submissions. If you'd like something listed, email us.
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Halifax Girls' Basketball In-Town Recreational Basketball
Registrations are now open

Halifax Girls' Travel Tryouts

4th Grade Girls
Thursday - October 22nd at 5 PM at Halifax Elementary School

5th Grade Girls
Monday, October 19th at 5 PM at Halifax Elementary School

6th Grade Girls
Monday, October 19th at 6 PM at Halifax Elementary School

7th Grade Girls
Monday, October 19th at 7 PM at Halifax Elementary School

8th Grade Girls
Monday, October 19th at 8 PM at Halifax Elementary School

For more information, visit www.halifaxgirlsbasketball.com or email Ken Boudreau @ kfboudreau@gmail.com
Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Celebrating America!
Brockton Symphony Orchestra
James M. Orent, conductor
www.brocktonsymphony.org
Buckley Performing Arts Center, 
Massasoit Community College, Brockton


Join the Symphony as we celebrate the vivid musical traditions of the United States, along with our principal cellist, Kevin Crudder:

Chadwick Jubilee from Symphonic Sketches
Anderson First Day of Spring
Herbert Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major Gould American Salute (based on When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
Dvořák American Suite in A major Bernstein/Mason - West Side Story Medley
Sousa El Capitan March

Under the direction of Maestro James M. Orent, the Brockton Symphony brings together many of the most talented musicians in the Brockton/South Shore area to perform world-class symphonic music for our community.

Tickets are $20; $15 seniors/students with ID. FREE for 18 and under!

For more information, please visit www.brocktonsymphony.org or call the Symphony line at 508.588.3841.
West Monponsett Pond is Unsafe to Use for Recreational Purposes 
Hi Folks,

  Jersey barriers have been placed at the Route 58 boat ramp and the Lingan Street/4th Avenue boat ramp in order to prevent easy access to the ramps. This is being done because, despite having signage up indicating that West Monponsett Pond is unsafe to use for recreational purposes (swimming, boating, fishing), many people have continued to use the Ponds. The barriers will be removed if two consecutive weekly samples show algae counts of less than 70,000 per milliliter. The counts this year have been significantly less than last year but still above this limit, so the advisory has been in place since the middle of July.

While the Town is putting up barriers at these two locations, there are
other locations for which the Town does not have jurisdiction and there
are a number of residents with docks or other ways of obtaining access
to West Monponsett Pond. The Town will not be patrolling West Monponsett Pond, ticketing or fining anyone, but wanted to discourage residents and non-residents from using the Pond due to health concerns.

East Monponsett Pond will continue to be open for all uses.

If you (or anyone else) has questions, please contact me.

Thanks,

Charlie Seelig
Halifax Town Administrator
781-294-1316


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You're cordially invited to
The Taunton River Watershed Alliance, Inc.
2015 Annual Meeting
Saturday, October 24, 2015, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Bristol County Agricultural High School, Dighton, MA

Featuring a special presentation:
"The Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area: Past, Present and Future Restoration"

Guest speaker: Joan Pierce, Land Agent for the
Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game,
Southeast District


The Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Halifax and Hanson is one of the irreplaceable open space gems in the Taunton River watershed. Our featured speaker, Joan Pierce of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, will talk about the past, present and future of this remarkable area: its acquisition history, outstanding natural resource values, what to see and where, management issues and future plans.

Refreshments will be served. The 2016 Taunton River Tide Calendar will be available for purchase at a discounted price.
 
Please join us for TRWA's 2015 Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will be held in the auditorium of Bristol County Agricultural High School, located at 135 Center Street in Dighton. The program will include reports on TRWA's activities during the past year, election of Board members and officers and a display of award-winning photos from TRWA's 2016 Taunton River Tide Calendar.

The Annual Meeting is open to the public. Admission is free and all are welcome. Please bring family and friends as well! You can contact TRWA at 508-828-1101 or e-mail us at: director@savethetaunton.org. You can also visit our website: www.savethetaunton.org.


Fun with Mysteries

Monday evening, September 28th, 2015, the Friends of the Library at the Halifax Holmes Public Library funded a dynamic duo introduced by Director Laurie Cavanaugh, known as award-winning authors, creative mystery writers, and one -- a local investigative reporter for WHDH-TV Channel 7 News in Boston. The other -- a book review critic for the Boston Globe.  If you haven't already guessed their identities, they are Hallie Ephron author of NEVER TELL A LIE, THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN and COME AND FIND ME. along with Hank Phillippi Ryan, Investigative Reporter, Author of the CHARLOTTE MCNALLY SERIES, and THE OTHER WOMAN, WRONG GIRL, TRUTH BE TOLD, and soon to be released, WHAT YOU SEE.

These two interesting, informative, funny ladies entertained all in the Community Room of the Holmes Public Library with their stories of how they decided to write mystery stories and tricks for keeping characters straight and believable. Hank uses an outline and, of course, research, and as an investigative reporter of 40 years, has many experiences and memories that might help in the research of her past and future novels.

Hallie, on the other hand, explained she has an IN and OUT box for her writing as she plods along, she rereads what she has written...,.,.some stays in the "in" box and other sections get put into the "out" box to be discarded. Hallie spoke of how some of her story lines come from her own experiences or areas of her life, along with many, many hours of research.

Both Hallie and Hank have been friends for many years, and do a lot of creative writing workshops. Both belong to the Mystery Writers of America, as well as the National Sisters of Crime. Hank is also a founding teacher at the Mystery Writers of America University.



These two outgoing ladies shared parts of where they grew up, where they get ideas for their novels, mistakes made and accomplishments. The audience of both women and men, could be heard laughing right along with their guests as they literally "bounced and shared" their thoughts, reminiscences, and stories of success.



Photo credit: Maureen Rogers

















I could go on and on about these two ladies, as I have met them before last night. Hallie Ephron was in attendance at our monthly adult book club a few years ago when she wrote "Never Tell a Lie," which was our chosen novel for that month. I also attended a writer's program at another local library with both present. I could go on and on, but if you like to read, if you think you would enjoy meeting these two outstanding authors, then go to their web sites, and follow where they might be next. It might be local; grab a friend and attend..........believe me, you won't be sorry you did...

Respectfully submitted, Maureen Rogers, Friends of the Holmes Public Library, Halifax
A tangerine and russet cascade of kaleidoscopic leaves, creates a tapestry of autumn magic upon the emerald carpet of fading summer.
 ~ Judith A. Lindberg

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all."   ~ Stanley Horowitz

  Delicious autumn, the mosaic of them all. 
~ Jacquie
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499 Plymouth St.
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Holmes Public Library
470 Plymouth Street
 781-293-2271 
Mon & Wed 12noon-8p
Tues, Thurs, Fri  10a-5p
Saturday 10a-2p


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Harlem Wizards Play at SLRHS
Monday, October 19, at 6:30pm

Silver Lake High School

 

Tickets $10/student $12/adults

Children under 3 free, if sitting on a lap.  K-6 students MUST be accompanied by an adult.

Doors open at 5:30pm

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 "The Haunted History of New England"
Monday, October 19th
At 7:00 pm
Albert E. Kiernan Schoolhouse

 
Christopher Daley, historian, author and lecturer, will present his "Haunted History of New England" in a slide and video presentation of melded historical facts, legends and myths of events that really happened. Come learn of the "Vampire" of Exeter, Rhode Island, the cursed Freetown State Forest, spirits of Burial Hill in Plymouth and other ghostly happenings.

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Fall Concert

Tuesday, October 20, 7pm

Silver Lake High School

 

Join us for our annual fall concert.  The high school students have been working very hard. 
Come enjoy their talents!

All are welcome!

Afternoon Book Club
Tuesday, October 20, at 1pm
Holmes Public Library

This month's selection is:
 
The Sweet Potato Queens'
1st Big-Ass Novel 
by Jill Conner Browne with Karin Gillespie.
  
Copies are available at the Circulation Desk.

New members are always welcome!
Halifax in Lights Committee
While the 2016 edition of Halifax in Lights, the Town's summer 
celebration, is nine months away, the Halifax in Lights Committee is 
looking for residents and others to serve on the Committee. Halifax in 
Lights is one of the Town's largest events and the planning and 
fundraising for the event must start months in advance so volunteers are needed now. Anyone interested on serving on the Committee can contact the Halifax Board of Selectmen's office at 781-294-1316.
Reminder:
Thursday, October 22, is
Halifax Congregational Church  TRUNK OR TREAT
Saturday, October 24, 4-6pm

Join us in the parking lot behind the church located at 503 Plymouth Street.
Come dressed in costume ready to have a fun time!
Cider and donuts will be served! For more info, please contact Janice on Halifax Locals or snowcabincollection@comcast.net
PSATs at Silver Lake

Attention all Juniors... The PSATs are being offered here at Silver Lake on Wednesday, October 28th. The cost of the exam is $15 dollars and must be paid in the form of cash or check in the guidance office. Please remember to sign up as soon as possible, as space is limited!
  
Be sure to see your counselor if you have any questions or concerns about this important exam.
 
Lions Club: Sharing the Vision
Monday, Oct. 26, at 2pm
Holmes Public Library
470 Plymouth St.

Sharing the Vision -- October is World Blindness Month -- Please join library staff and the Lions Club for this brief presentation by members of the local Lions Club to raise awareness about services and assistance they provide to residents with vision (or hearing) loss throughout the community, and how you might be able to help with donations of old eyeglasses and hearing aids. Light refreshments will be served.
Overnight Parking Ban for the Winter Months
The Halifax Board of Selectmen has sent out the Town's annual notice 
concerning the overnight parking ban in Halifax from November 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016. In addition, the Board has reiterated that the Halifax Highway Department is not responsible for damage to property placed on Town property or within the rights-of-way for streets plowed by the Town.

This includes, but is not limited to, mailboxes, sprinkler systems, trees, shrubs or landscaping, fences, lightpoles, etc. In most cases, the Town owns 10 feet beyond the asphalt surface for roads accepted by the Town. Mailboxes should be installed at least four feet from the edge of the asphalt to the front of the mailbox. Many of the plows that are used have a wing that extends two feet or more beyond the cutting edge. This, combined with the snow coming off the plow, is what causes most of the damage. It is impossible for the driver to see the edge of the asphalt under the snow; therefore, the plow may be off the edge of the road at times. In heavy snow conditions, the Department tries to push the snow at least a foot off the road.
 

The movie Jaws was all about  Martha' s Vineyard.
So it is with some hometown pride that the movie that never really died is such a big part of the "Day Marty McFly lands in the Future" Celebration this week. Oct 21, 2015 displayed on the Delorean time machine 
Just for hoots and giggles, here is the clip: 
Marty McFly Lands Oct 21, 2015
Marty McFly Lands Oct 21, 2015


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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME 

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a martial arts birthday party for 10 children at South Shore Martial Arts, Rt 106, Halifax, MA
 
Historical Tidbit Question:
What was the animal that escaped and was seen on route 106?
Email us your answer at: 
Please include your name, 
phone number & town
with your answer.
By entering, you give us
permission to announce 
your name in next week's 
Buzz Around Halifax.
  
On October 20, 2015, we 
will randomly pick a winner
from the correct answers.

The Buzz was compiled

this week by Theresa McNulty, Marla  Prince, Stacy Rancourt, 
Jacquelyn Rose, Jill Silvia & Betty Stirling.

 

 

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