The Wrentham Times

WRENTHAM 8 YEAR OLD TEAM WINS AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN HOCKOMOCK LEAGUE

The 8 year old team from Wrentham (9-2) won the American League Hockomock Championship Sunday beating Raynham (10-1) in a thriller, 8-5.

Wrentham built an 8-1 lead and held on for an 8-5 win as Jack Foster pitched the final 1.1 innings to pick up the save. Wrentham got fabulous pitching from Mark Tagerman (2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER) and Matty DiFiori (2 IP, 3 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 Walks.)  Foster entered the game with 2 out in the 5^th inning with Raynham having scored 4 times to cut an 8-1 deficit to 8-5.  Foster faced the tying run, cleanup hitter Domenick Murphy, and induced him to bounce back to the mound. Foster again faced the tying run in the 6^th inning and struck out Joey Leclerc looking to end the game.

Wrentham was lead by Shawn Legere (2-2, Double 2 Runs Scored) and received an RBI single from Danny Jutrus and an RBI bounce out by Will Motorano to help build a 5-0 1^st inning lead. 

Every player from Wrentham either scored a run or got on base; Roby, Lucas, Foster, Gartska, Motorano, Jutrus, McNamara, Wolowski, Hanewich, Tagerman, Legere and DiFiori all helped Wrentham capture the title.

Wrentham next plays at Booth Field in Foxboro Tuesday at 5:30 vs. Mansfield for the right to advance to the Foxboro Friendship League Championship on Thursday night. If you can’t make it to the game you can listen live on AM 1170 WDIS or on the internet at www.wdisam.com.  Pregame show begins Tuesday at 5:25 pm.

 

(Submitted by Jim Lucas)

Desrochers Receives CenturyLink Scholarship

Ryan Desrochers pictured with CenturyLink's Northeast Regional Sales Director, Fran Ahern.

Ryan Desrochers, a 2012 graduate of King Philip High School in Wrentham, MA, and son of CenturyLink Senior Account Executive Roland Desrochers, was recently awarded a CenturyLink Employees’ Children Scholarship by CenturyLink Inc. The scholarship, open to any high school senior that will be attending an accredited college or university and with at least one parent employed by CenturyLink, is worth $1,000.

 

CenturyLink received more than 400 applications from across the company’s 37-state operating territory. Of those applications, 80 scholarships were awarded.

“We are happy to once again award these educational scholarships to the deserving sons and daughters of CenturyLink employees,” said Fran Ahern, CenturyLink’s regional director for the Northeast. “Each winner was selected for exemplary academic accomplishments, along with outstanding involvement in community programs and activities.”

Desrochers will be attending The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in the fall where he will pursue a degree in biology.

CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. The company provides broadband, voice, wireless and managed services to consumers and businesses across the country. 

(Submitted by CenturyLink)

KP High School 4th Quarter Honor Roll

Mrs. Lisa C. Oliveira, principal of King Philip Regional High School, has announced the names of students who earned honor roll status for the fourth marking term.  To earn high honors, it is necessary to maintain class grades of all A’s or Pass in courses; for honors standing, class grades of all A’s and/or B’s or Pass in courses; for commended students, all A’s and/or B’s or Pass and one C in courses.  There can be no grade of Failure or Incomplete in any course.

Click to view the list of students in Grade 12 on the honor roll.

Click to view the list of students in Grade 11 on the honor roll.

Click to view the list of students in Grade 10 on the honor roll.

Click to view the list of students in Grade 9 on the honor roll.

 

Events at the Legion

On Monday, July 30th, there will be a Red Cross Blood Drive at the Wrentham American Legion Post #225. The blood drive will start at 2 p.m. and run through 7 p.m. 

Later in the week, The Sons of the American Legion Post #225 will hold Country Fest at the Legion: Benefiting Homes for our Troops. To attend the event, donations of $15 are being accepted. There will be all you can eat food, limited tailgating games, and country music brought to you by DJ Friar Scrappy. There will also be a full cash bar, a horseshoes tournament and raffles. Country Fest will be on Saturday, August 4th, starting at 4 p.m. and run through 10 p.m.

The American Legion is located at 592 South Street Wrentham, MA.

More information about the event can be found on a special Facebook Page. 

Homes for Our Troops, is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization committed to providing specialized homes for disabled and injured veterans. This amazing organization helps raises money, building materials and professional labor to build homes that give veterans the maximum freedom of movement to live independently -- at no cost to the veteran.

For more information about Homes for our Troops visit their website. 

 

Wrentham Team Wins Championship

Wrentham Diamond team (16 – 18 yr olds) won the Hockomock Summer League championship game Friday night vs. North Attleboro 7 – 1.  It was a nail biter tied at 1 -1 until the 5th inning when the Diamond team pulled ahead 3 - 1. The lead was extended in the 6th to 7 – 1. Earlier in the game, the Wrentham boys executed a rare triple play. In the 2nd inning, with bases loaded, the ball was hit to the pitcher who threw to home for the first out, with the throw going to first to get the batter, and then across the diamond for the third out at third base. Wrentham ended the regular season in first place securing home field advantage for the playoffs. This is the second year in a row the team has won the Hock championship.   

 

Brown Performs for Vets

Wrentham Native Ayla Brown, performed in the Veterans Assisting Veterans concert at the Lowell Auditorium. The concert capped off a day that featured a motorcycle ride from Hanscom Air Force Base to Lowell.

Headlining the concert was The James Montgomery Band & Friends. Proceeds from the show will benefit Iraq & Afghanistan War Widows, American Veterans with Brain Injuries, and Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Memorial. "James Montgomery is such an incredible man, and like myself, he cares about our Veterans," Brown said before the concert. "It was his idea to put this entire day together- starting with a motorcycle ride from Hanscom Airforce Base all the way to Lowell Memorial Auditorium- followed by a high energy show. I am so honored to be singing at this event, but more importantly I'm honored to help our Veterans in any way that I can."

In addition to Montgomery and Brown, the show included performances from Skunk Baxter, Barry Goudreau, Sib Hassian, Fran Sheehan, Sandy MacDonald, David Hull, and the Uptown Horns.

James' Breakfast Featured by the Phantom Gourmet

 

James Arsenault stars in an upcoming segment of the Phantom Gourmet.

Wrentham's James' Breakfast and More will be featured on the Phantom Gourmet, Saturday at 11 a.m. on Channel 38. The Phantom Gourmet features local restaurants throughout New England and highlights their specialties and the personalities behind the food.

 

The newly opened James' Breakfast and More, owned by Coryn and James Arsenault, isn't that new. The restaurant is actually a return for the Arsenaults who once ran James' Roadside at the same location over five years ago. The idea to feature James' Breakfast and More came from Franklin resident, and Phantom Gourmet VP of Visual Media and Production, Sean Finley. A fan of the old James' Roadside Cafe, Finley stopped in and was impressed with the new place.

Eric Sherman, senior producer for the Phantom Gourmet, explained, "Finley use to go to James' Roadside and loved it. He was happy to see the same owners back."

Finley took some pictures of the the food and conducted a brief interview using his iPhone. He pitched the story at a production meetingvand the crew  decided to feature the Wrentham restaurant.

This particular Phantom Gourmet segment has Sherman excited because of how well the Arsenault family members are on camera, as well as the amazing food they create. "The food looks great and tastes even better," Sherman says. "James, his wife, and mother-in-law are great on camera. They're great people."

The episode will air Saturday morning at 11 a.m. James' Breakfast and More is located at 850 Franklin St., and is open from 7 a.m to 2 p.m. closed on Tuesdays.

Olympic Torch Visits the Other Wrentham

Courtesy, David Reeves, Wrentham, UK.

The Olympic Opening Ceremony will be held Friday, but Wrentham’s Olympic moment occurred earlier this month. The Olympic Torch made its way through Wrentham’s streets on a sunny summer day. It just wasn’t our Wrentham. It was England’s Wrentham. Our namesake town on the other side of the Atlantic welcomed the Olympic Torch Relay on a warm July 5th as it made its way across the United Kingdom on a 70 day journey.  “An estimated crowd of 3,000 people spread throughout the village were able to enjoy and witness four torchbearers,” wrote David Reeves, a member of the Wrentham Parish Council and an occasional visitor to Wrentham, MA.

The tradition of the flame and the torchbears is very specific. The flame is lit at the Temple of Hera in Olympia by using the rays of the sun. It is then carried on a short relay around Greece. The Fame is handed over to the Olympic host country. The tradition then calls for the Olympic flame to travel from one Torchbearer to another "spreading the message of peace, unity and friendship." The flame will then be used to light a cauldron at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

It is that spirit of peace, unity and friendship that tied Wrentham, MA and Wrentham, UK together over 70 years ago. Reeves shared the text of letters exchanged between members of Wrentham, UK and Wrentham, MA from the days of World War II. In February 1941, a letter was addressed to the Mayor of Wrentham, England, from John Lewis, Chairman of the Wrentham Committee for British Relief. Lewis wrote, “The people of Wrentham Massachusetts, United states of America, extend to your people sympathy and encouragement in these troubled days. In our small Town, that has a similar name to yours, we are planning a benefit party to raise money to present a Station Wagon to your country.”

In response to the letter, Thomas Gooch and the members of the Wrentham UK Parish Council wrote in reply, “We the undersigned members of the Wrentham Parish Council of Wrentham, Suffolk, meeting together in Council beg to acknowledge your letter of the 10th February 1941 with very great pleasure and interest; and also to say how very gratified the people of Wrentham Suffolk are to know that they have sympathy and encouragement of the people of Wrentham Massachusetts in these troubled days.”

Traveling further back, residents of Wrentham, UK were onboard the Mayflower.

In more modern days, Reeves has made a couple visits to our town. He first came 28 years ago during Christmas time and brought seasonal greetings from Wrentham UK Parish Council. “I was made welcome by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and a gentleman called Earl Steward, the local historian, who took my family and me on a site seeing trip around town,” Reeves wrote. “We visited the school, library, churches, and learned a lot about the early settlement of the town.”

On his second visit he dropped in at Town Hall and was made welcomed by Richard Ross who entertainment Reeves and his family. Eventually he ended up at the Outlets.

As the torch is lit Friday night during the opening ceremonies of the London Summer Olympics, perhaps many will think of the flame’s journey and some of the ties between our countries and our communities.

(Special thank you to David Reeves for sharing information on the torch relay and the relationship between our towns.)

Absentee Ballots Available for Primary Elections

The Wrentham Town Clerk announces that absentee ballots for the Sept. 6, 2012 State Primary are available now for Wrentham voters for the following reasons: 

• Absence from town during normal polling hours
• Physical disability preventing the voter from going to the polling place
• Religious belief

Please call the Town Clerk’s office for more information and to check your voting status.  Because the Sept. 6^th election is a primary, any changes to a voter’s enrollment must be taken care of by August 17^th.

The Town Clerk also invites the public to stop by the office to see one of the new voting booths that will be used at this Primary and thereafter.

Alien Gardens Planned

Next month the Aliens will be arriving at the Wrentham Developmental Center and they will be planting their garden. Not a Flash Mob or a Cash Mob, this will be a TRASH MOB. A collaboration between the Wrentham Cultural Council and the Wrentham Developmental Center, this project was developed from the March Cultural Council Forum. Thirty members of the Wrentham community gathered to explore ways to connect through the arts, humanities and sciences and from that forum the TRASH MOB was born. Members of the Wrentham Recycling Committee will also participate. The “trash” teams will plan to create giant sculptures of aliens and their garden from recycled materials. Come join the fun, bring your family and friends and above all your imagination. Signs will point you in the right direction if you don’t see the aliens first. If you would like to be on a planning team, please email wrenthamculturalcouncil@gmail.com or call 617-335-6121; a planning meeting at the Quinn Pool at WDC will be held Thursday, July 26 at 1 p.m. The Trash Mob event will start at 1 p.m. and run through 4 p.m. on Saturday August 4th.