Mattapoisett Free Public Library Events

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Friends’ Used Book Sale: The next Used Book Sale will be held Saturday, November 9, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Hundreds of like-new books have come in since the last sale, so be sure to stop by and browse the great selection for adults and children. New note cards and cookbooks are also available for purchase to support the work of the Friends. They make wonderful holiday gifts for teachers, relatives and friends. The Jr Friends of the Library will be holding a bake sale at the same time. They also collect redeemable cans and bottles from 10:00 to 11:00 am outside of the library. Do you have books or DVDs to donate? Items in good condition are accepted every day the library is open (Tuesday-Saturday). The library is located at 7 Barstow St.

iPad Workshop With Tech Expert Jacqui Pinto: There is room for a few more iPad users in the upcoming workshop on Tuesday, November 12, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm with Pinto, tech guru from the Brockton Public Schools. Find out how to best use your iPad or iPhone for many different functions, and learn some tips and tricks. Space is limited so call 508-758-4171 to register. Be sure you have upgraded to iOS 7 on your device before the workshop.

Award-winning cookbook author Karen Covey will be at the library on Wednesday, November 13, at 6:30 pm for a book signing. Her beautiful new cookbook, The Coastal Table, is now available for purchase. Stop by and join in the discussion of this project, which will make a wonderful holiday gift for yourself and those on your gift list. This program is co-sponsored with the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library and the Elizabeth Taber Library.

Author Talk and Tea with Author Hank Phillipi Ryan: Join us at 2:30 pm on Friday, November 15, in the Reading Room for tea and treats and a book talk with award-winning mystery author and investigative reporter for WHDH Boston Channel 7 news, Hank Phillipi Ryan. She will be signing copies of her new novel, The Wrong Girl. Bake Books will be on hand to make copies available for purchase. Co-sponsored with the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library and the Elizabeth Taber Library. Please call 508-758-4171 to sign up.

Former Boston City Council President Larry DiCara to Speak: Join us for an evening of politics and prose with former Boston City Council President Larry DiCara on Tuesday, November 19, at 6:30 pm. DiCara will be signing and discussing his new book, Turmoil and Transition in Boston: a Political Memoir from the Busing Era. Copies of the book will be available for purchase with the assistance of the Marion Bookstall (cash or check only, please). Refreshments will be available. Co-sponsored with The Elizabeth Taber Library and the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library.

Library Writers Group: The Writers Group meets the first and third Wednesday of each month from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Join writers of all genres in this interesting and supportive group. The writers will meet on November 6 and 20. Everyone is welcome.

Memoir Writing: Have you tried to write down a few anecdotes for your children and grandchildren? Interested in writing your family stories, but don’t know where to begin? Join the memoir writing group that meets the fourth Friday of each month at the library from 10:30 am to noon. The next meeting will be November 22. Participants encourage each other’s writing projects and suggest helpful resources. Everyone is welcome. Call ahead for more information 508-758-4171.

Holiday Jewelry, Accessories, and Ornament Sale: The Friends of the Mattapoisett Library are once again holding a jewelry and accessories sale. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to see the funky and the sublime on Friday and Saturday, November 22-23, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Great items are available for crafters. Lovely donated jewelry, handbags, scarves, and other accessories are available for purchase at unbelievably low prices. This season’s donated holiday ornaments and decorations with also be for sale. If you would like to donate jewelry, accessories, or decorations, please drop them off any day at the library’s circulation desk. All proceeds benefit the work of the Friends of the Mattapoisett Library, a nonprofit charitable organization that provides needed items and programming for the library.

Marion Recreation Public Ice Skating

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The first Marion Recreation Public Ice Skating of the 2013-2014 season will be on Sunday, November 24, from noon to 2:00 pm at Tabor Academy Ice Rink. The other dates are as follows: December 8, 15, 22, 26 and 29, January 12, 19, 20 and 26, February 2, 9, 16, 20 and 23. Admission is still only $5 per person. Hats and gloves are required. Any questions, please contact the Marion Recreation Department at 774-217-8355 or info@marionrecreation.com.

ORYF Jr Midget Cheer Team

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The Old Rochester Youth Football Jr Midget Cheer Team went to the RISMA competition this weekend and won First place as well as Grand Champions overall for the Jr Midget Division. The team will next move onto Regionals in Springfield on November 9th

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Travel Basketball Tryouts Next Week

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Marion Recreation will be holding tryouts for the seventh- and eighth-grade travel basketball team on Monday, November 4, and Tuesday, November 5, at the Sippican School Gymnasium. Any and all boys in grades 7 and 8 from Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester are welcome to try out. New this year, the team will be playing in a league at the Kingston Sports Center. Additional tournaments will be added throughout the season. If you make the team, the fee is $200, which covers all expenses, including uniform and league fees. For more information, please contact Coach Kyle Erha at kyleerha@gmail.com or Marion Recreation at (774) 217-8355 or info@marionrecreation.com.

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Officials Sign Off on Fall Town Warrant

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The Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen and Town Administrator Michael Gagne finalized on Thursday the warrant for Fall Town Meeting.

The document is substantial, with close to $2 million in appropriations and budget transfers slated to come before voters on November 18 at the Old Rochester Regional High School Auditorium.

The Town Hall will ask Mattapoisett to approve a transfer of $232,668 from various accounts “to be added to the Fiscal Year 2013 appropriation as voted by the Annual Town Meeting of May 13, 0213, for salaries and wages of contract employees, personnel by-law employees, unionized employees, and other miscellaneous employees,” according to Article 13 in the warrant. The item proposes an additional $10,844 for the Selectmen; $12,077 for the Accountant/Auditor; $27,649 for Police; $28,608 for Fire; $30,180 for Highway; $24,068 for Library; and $30,121 for Water, among others. It would require a simple majority.

Elsewhere on the warrant, in articles 18 and 19, officials seek appropriations in the amounts of $387,500 and $481,000 “to pay costs of purchasing the fee simple interest” for parcels of land on Brandt Island Road and Acushnet Road for the Nasketucket and Aquifer land grants, respectively. These would require a 2/3 vote.

The following, meanwhile, would require a simple majority:

Article 5 asks for $125,000 for road improvements.

Article 10 asks for $20,000 for recreation improvements, ostensibly to include the town’s tennis courts at Center School.

Article 15 asks for $59,000 to fund the “equipping of a Town-owned boat for deployment as a rescue boat.

Article 16 asks for $80,000 to “pay costs of purchasing a new Boat Pump Out Vessel under the Mattapoisett Clean Vessel Act.”

To see the full Mattapoisett Fall Town Meeting warrant, click here.

By Shawn Badgley

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Halloween Spirit at Town Hall

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Town Hall-oween (clockwise from left): Mattapoisett employees Suzanne Szyndlar, Alanna Carreiro, Sarah Piehler, Catherine Heuberger, Brenda Herbeck, and Wendy Travers renewed their longstanding tradition of themed costumes. But while the distant future and prehistoric past themes were planned respectively, the juxtaposition of the two was complete coincidence, the women said. Photo by Shawn Badgley.

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Elizabeth Taber Library Events Update

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There’s still space available for the last two fall technology workshops at the Elizabeth Taber Library. Please call 508-748-1252 or stop in to reserve a spot today: November 5 at 11:00 am: Getting good at Goodreads; November 12 at 11:00 am: Saving recipes through Ziplist.

Knitting Group, Thursday, November 7, at 11:00 am: Do you love to knit? If so, bring your yarn and knitting needles to the Elizabeth Taber Library for our informal knitting group where you can work on projects, socialize, and share advice. Please note that this is not a knitting class. No instruction will be provided, although participants are more than willing to help each other if problems might occur.

Healthcare Literacy, Wednesday, November 13 at 11:00 am: Healthcare is complex. Sometimes we all need a little help navigating the system. Members from the Community Nurse & Hospice Care team will offer a presentation and intimate question and answer session on the complex ins and outs of today’s healthcare system. Participants will receive helpful hints, tips, and advice on how to be the best patient advocate for yourself or a loved one.

Travel Lecture Series: Cuba, Tuesday, November 19 at 6:00 pm: Ever wish you could travel to an exotic place to learn all about its history, culture, and more? Well, now you can just by coming to the Elizabeth Taber Library to see some of Cuba’s beautiful sites, and learn more about its history and culture. Light refreshments will be served.

Mystery Book Club, Wednesday, December 4, at 11:00 am: Join us at the Elizabeth Taber Library for our monthly Mystery Book Club meeting. The mystery book we will be discussing is Harlan Coben’s Tell No One. Please stop into the Library today to register and reserve a copy of this book.

Classic Film Friday Presentation: ‘Glory’

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On Friday, November 8, the public is invited to enjoy another installment of the Sippican Historical Society’s popular program, Classic Film Friday. Co-sponsoring the film series is the Marion Council on Aging. One Friday each month, the organizations present a classic movie and offer a discussion on its historical context or significance. November’s selection is the 1989 film Glory, based on the storming of Fort Wagner in South Carolina. Starring Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, and Denzel Washington, the film won three Academy Awards.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Fort Wagner storming, considered to be the defining encounter of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. The encounter is credited with spurring the recruitment of more than 180,000 African-American volunteers, a draw that proved instrumental to the Union’s ultimate victory.

Classic Film Friday presentations are held at the Marion Music Hall (164 Front St.) and are offered free of charge to the public. Films begin at 7:00 pm, and refreshments are available. For more information, contact the SHS at 508-748-1116.

Gateway Youth Hockey Update

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Mite Bobcats: The Bobcats suffered their first defeat on Saturday versus Martha’s Vineyard by a score of 18 to 14. The Bobcats came out flying in the first period with goals from Juni Suarez, Derek Gauvin, Thomas Ledger and Trendyn Medeiros. The Bobcats did not let up even for a minute as they continued to score. With one minute remaining in the first period, goaltender Charlie Carroll had to leave due to an injury leaving the net open for the last minute of the period, replaced by Thomas Ledger, leaving the bench thin. Despite the loss of their goalie and being short players, the Bobcats gave the Vineyard a scare all the way to the final buzzer.

Squirt Grizzlies: On Saturday, the Gateway Grizzlies skated to a 3-2 win over Braintree 1 in a Yankee conference game in Pembroke. Luke Mello scored his second goal of the game to tie the score late in the third period and Chris Gauvin got the winner with one minute left in the game. On Sunday, the Grizzlies had a double header with Martha’s Vineyard. In the first game the Grizzlies were down 3 to 0 but battled back to tie the game with Gauvin netting a hat trick. Martha’s Vineyard continued to win the battle for the puck and proceeded to win 6-3. The second game saw the Grizzlies start out with a 3-1 lead after the first period. MV battled back to tie and eventually take the lead for good as the Grizzlies fell 8-4. The offense was lead by Gauvin who recorded his second hat trick on the day, and Tyler Lovendale got the other for the Grizzlies. Thomas Galavotti made some nice saves early but the MV pressure was too much for the Grizzlies.

Pee Wee Warriors: Gallo Arena played host to a battle of the unbeaten on Saturday morning, as the Gateway Warriors faced off against the Southeast Cyclones. Goalie Zachary Pateakos played a career game in net for the Warriors as he limited Cyclone scorers, who were averaging nearly five goals per game, to only two tallies during his 50-minute tenure. Pateakos earned his fourth win, allowing his Warriors to move to a record of 9-0 after the 5-2 victory. The forward skating line of Ben Demoranville, Noah Demoranville, and Jackson St. Don demonstrated their offensive cohesion by registering four of the five Warrior goals and eight points in all. Always hard working, Robert Ramsay netted a pretty backhand goal after line mate Danny Flynn sprung him on a breakaway, effectively sealing the Warrior victory in the third.

Girls: The Girls Open team played a double header this past Saturday versus Gateway’s long-standing nemesis, the Nantucket boys. The boat ride was fun as the girls’ team donned camo paint on their faces anticipating the battle to come. In game one, Nantucket came out gunning hard, ringing the posts and ruffling the net. As usual, the girls brushed it off and persevered, continuing to adjust their game with the help of coaches Ben Hathaway, Sean Sweeney and Doug Breault Sr. In game 2, the girls came alive on defense and offense. Defensewomen Mackenzie Hennessey and Rachel and Shannon Breault, along with centers Makayla Lorance and Caitlin Sweeney shut down the middle of the ice in front of the goal, disabling a key component of Nantucket’s net-swarming strategy seen in game one. The girls began pushing the puck through the neutral zone and bombarding the Nantucket goal. Persistence paid off, with Lorance scoring the first Gateway goal. After recovering from the 3 goal Nantucket blitz, Sweeney came through with a fantastic goal, bringing the score to 6-2.

Three Gateway Teams have made it the state tournament, known as a “Playdown Game.”  The Squirt Grizzlies take on North Attleboro November 1 at 6:30 pm; Pee Wee Predators take on Y-D on November 4 at 6:30 p.m.; and Pee Wee Warriors take on the Southcoast Panthers on November 6 at 7:00 pm. All three games take place at the Hetland Rink in New Bedford. Please come and cheer on the teams.