Truncated Edition of Essex
Happenings
Last week, Marge and I went to a most entertaining and informative
Annual Meeting dinner of The Salem Five Bank at Salem’s Historic Hawthorne
Hotel, listening to noted author American James Bradley speak about the
exploits of this Father and his companions as they were the flag raisers
featured in the famous Joe Rosenthal photos of US Marines raising an American
Flag after victory over the defeated Japanese on the Pacific Island of Iwo
Jima. The dinner, the companionship and
pleasantries with members of the Clarke family, were great and we enjoyed the
evening. After arriving home, I
experienced a speed bump in my recovery process. As I am occasionally impatient and tackle
things that I shouldn’t do, I took a fall in my home reaching for my jacket
which fell on the floor. I did not wait
for help picking it up and suffered a fall to the floor of our bedroom. The fall seemed modest at the time, but I
did some damage that required an eventual trip to the local hospital Emergency
Room and the prescription of drugs for damages done to my back. For this, I apologize and hope you will still
enjoy the shortened presentation.
Essex Heritage Events and
Activities
Featured Partner
Event: Seven Lectures at The Seven Gables: Giles Laroche
June 19, 2013 • The House of the Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street,
Salem, MA, 01970
Salem’s noted children’s author and illustrator will delight the
audience (young and old) with a demo of his art form, discussion and reading of
his latest book “If You Lived Here - Houses of the World."
Salem Maritime
Festival
August 3, 2013 • Salem Maritime National Historic Site, 193 Derby
Street, Salem, MA, 01970
Celebrate Four Centuries of Salem's Maritime Heritage!
Featured Partner
Event: Seven Lectures at The Seven Gables: Seven Lectures at The Seven Gables:
Hank Phillipi Ryan
August 21, 2013 • The House of the Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street,
Salem, MA, 01970
How does an Emmy winning reporter become a best-selling author of
fast-paced murder mysteries? Hank will share how she went from a reporter at
Rolling Stone Magazine to the US Senate and then to under-cover investigations
for NBC to following her dreams.
National Park
Service Replica Sailing Ship Restoration
We in this region and particularly those of us at Essex Heritage
Commission have such a wonderful and longstanding relationship with the
National Park Service sites in Salem and Saugus and remember the creation of
the Heritage Area. The Essex National
Heritage Area and the Commission that manages the region was and still is a
cooperative partnership between the National Park Service and the numerous
founding members of Essex Heritage that saw the creation of Essex Heritage as a
method to include many in the region that could grow together. That premise then as now is as valid in 2013
as it was in the 1990’s.
Clearly at its inception, and even today, the creation of a
replica sailing ship to be used as an icon to represent the region was
essential. In my very brief exposure to
ships and the sea, I have come to fully understand that particularly wooden
ships are a “hole in the water into which money is poured into”. That has been the case with the replica ship
that has been created to serve as both an icon for the National Park Service,
the Salem Maritime Historic Site and their primary partner Essex Heritage. Now we understand that more work will be
required to keep ahead of marine decay and rot.
It is even more likely that our favorite ship may need to move again
shortly to a dry dock facility to complete needed repairs. Theses repairs will keep FRIENDSHIP away from
the site and will more than likely curtail its sailing schedule until
2014. These are repairs that are needed
and must be accomplished. Let’s view a
schedule for all of the work that needs to be done and then we can decide how
to deal with the ships absence. While
this project was being considered and then built, it was the sailing ship that
first brought the positive attention to the project and after repairs will once
again bring the proper attention to the site in the future. The
ship was what sold Senators Kennedy and Kerry on all the projects at Salem
Maritime.
Regional Matters
MBTA ADOPTS NEW
BIKE RULES
The MBTA has authorized changes to allow bicycles to be loaded on
commuter trains along with their owners.
This is very good news for the bicyclists who use the trains to commute
to work in this region. Anything that
can be done in this region to make the daily commutes around this region more
efficient should be considered very positive.
St. John’s Prep
Graduation 2013 and Expansion Plans
Last weekend, the Danvers private school added 300 new members to
their growing list of Alumni and at the same time recognized the Class of 1963
with golden Diplomas for their work a half a century ago.
Until my recent back injury, my wife and I were planning to attend
a session at the school that was to provide more information on the additional
plans concerning all aspects of their expansion plans to include a middle
school. I would have received more
information in some other ways and report same to all of you that have
interests in those plans.
Medical, Seniors and
Disability Matters
News from North
Shore Elder Services
This week we (NSES) submitted a proposal to Massachusetts Elder
Affairs in response to a call for proposal regarding congregate housing
coordination contracting.
We proposed to
provide congregate housing coordination services in three locations. We are presently providing services at two of
the locations. The Peabody Council of
Aging has been providing coordination services at the other and has opted not
to submit a proposal. At the request of
the Peabody Housing Authority, which controls the building, we have included
the site in this response.
Site
Number of Units Building
Owner
4 Broad Street,
Salem 14 Salem Housing Authority
75 Central
Street, Peabody 12 Peabody Housing
Authority
103 Central
Street, Peabody 12 Peabody Housing
Authority
Many thanks to
Diane Fischer, Director of Quality Assurance and Contract Management, who was
the primary author of the proposal. She
was assisted by Cheryl Krisko and Elaine McCormack. Paul
People in the News
Diane Langlais
Named Selectperson for Danvers
My contemporary from the Danvers Finance Committee, Diane Langlais
has been named a selectperson for the Town of Danvers replacing retiring
selectman Michael Powers from the Board.
Congratulations!!!! They have
made a wonderful choice and I am certain that she will do an exemplary job as a
selectperson. If she brings the same
level of preparation to her new role that she did to the FinCom the Town of
Danvers will be extremely well served.
Lt Governor
Murray Resign
In a bit of a political surprise, Lt Governor Tim Murray has
resigned his post effective in June.
He has accepted the post of Executive Director of the Worcester Chamber
of Commerce. The Position of Lt
Governor will remain vacant until the next election when both positions, that
post and the Governor’s seat will be filled in the election.
Personal Observations
New recently read
book about the different opinions held between President FDR and US AIR Force
Hero and Leader Charles Lindberg Prior to this countries entry into the World
War.
The latest book that I have read is a wonderful presentation on a
period of time just after the famous aviator who completed a solo flight across
the Atlantic from the east coast of America to Paris, France. Lindberg offered his opinion that America
should stay out of the war in Europe. He
presented options that the United States should remain an isolation
country. The book covered the incredibly
contentious relationship over the proposed entry of the United States into the
War in Europe. This was a very important
part of World War ll that I had not been exposed to previously and learned a
great deal from this publication with the general and wise spread opposition to
the War in Europe.
The Long Awaited
Dan Brown Follow up book hits the street
After a long wait for the latest work by Dan Brown, Inferno, he
thrilled us all with his observations on the work of the Catholic Church and
its Cardinals in Vatican City in Italy has arrived. The new book is also set in Italy has just
arrived and I have not started reading the new offering as of yet.
Boston Bruins on
the Verge of Participating for the NFL Eastern Conference Title
One more win in either of the next two games at Madison Square
Garden in New York or back home in Boston late this week the Bruins will
advance the Boston Hockey team deep into the NFL playoffs for The Stanley Cup.
Tom Leonard
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