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Saturday, June 14 6:00pm  Flag Day Ceremony WhenSat, Jun 14, 6:00pm – 8:30pm WhereTown Common DescriptionThe official kick-off of our 4th of July celebration.

Wednesday, June 18 5:00pm  Blithewold Rock Garden Soiree WhenWed, Jun 18, 5:00pm – 7:30pm WhereBlithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum DescriptionJoin us for wine, music, and flowers at Blithewold. As the boats race by, savor warm afternoon breezes and leisurely explore each garden at its peak. Take a sojourn from the mundane and indulge yourself; each soirée showcases wines from a different geographic region, music by local musicians, local food and spectacular scenery. Enjoy the company of old friends and new, chat with staff horticulturists, stroll the grounds, and bring a picnic dinner to celebrate the season with us in high style. Rock Garden Soirée Spanish Wine; Marjorie Jeffries on flute. The Rock Garden’s delightful sweeps of color are intense but fleeting. Enjoy this hidden gem in all its glory in a charming setting by the bay. Single soirée: $25 per person/$35 per couple. Package of four soirées: $60 per person/$100 per couple. Blithewold Members Package of Four: $50 per individual / $80 per couple Advanced Registration Required: Visit www.blithewold.org or call 401-253-2707, ext. 21.

Saturday, June 21 7:00pm  4th of July Concert: Spread Eagle WhenSat, Jun 21, 7:00pm – 9:30pm WhereIndependence Park DescriptionSpread Eagle: A Tribute to the Eagles has endeavored to re-create the fantastic musical and vocal sound of The Eagles… and, they've succeeded by all accounts!. Spread Eagle has played up and down the east coast at venues both large and small. Based in New England, the band plays regionally as well as nationally. To find out more about Spread Eagle, visit their site at eaglestributeband.com.

Sunday, June 22 1:00pm  4th of July Interfaith Service WhenSun, Jun 22, 1pm – 2pm WhereSt. Elizabeth's Church 7:00pm

 4th of July Concert: Changes in Latitudes WhenSun, Jun 22, 7:00pm – 9:30pm WhereIndependence Park DescriptionChanges In Latitudes is one of America's premier tribute shows to singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Every set is a party, with beach balls flying, dancing conga lines, and leis galore. It's one exciting show. To find out more about Changes in Latitude, visit their site at changesinlatitudes.com.

Monday, June 23 All day  Summer Fun Camp WhenJun 23, 2008 WhereBristol Town Beach DescriptionCamp is open for Bristol Children age 6-14. Camp hours are 9:00-3:00. Registration fee is $50.00. Call 253-7000 ex.149 for more information. 7:00pm

4th of July Concert: East Bay Summer Wind Ensemble & Gerry Grimo & East Bay Jazz Ensemble WhenMon, Jun 23, 7:00pm – 9:30pm WhereIndependence Park DescriptionThe East Bay Summer Wind Ensemble is celebrating its 31st Anniversary Summer Season of Music and provids a wind ensemble experience for advanced instrumentalists ages ranging from advanced high school musicians on up. To find out more about East Bay Summer Wind Ensemble, visit their site at ebswe.org. Gerry Grimo and The East Bay Jazz Ensemble repertoire includes a wide range of material from the 1930's through 1999 with an emphasis on the "hits": Big Band, Swing, Standards, Jazz, Oldies, Motown/R & B, Classic rock, Seventies "Dance"/Funk, 80's and 90's Pop/Dance music, Reggae, Country, Ballroom, Show/Movie tunes, Latin and "ethnic" selections and more.To find out more about Gerry Grimo and The East Bay Jazz Ensemble, visit their site at gerrygrimo.com.

Tuesday, June 24 7:00pm  4th of July Concert: Soul Power WhenTue, Jun 24, 7:00pm – 9:30pm WhereIndependence Park DescriptionSoul Power featuring David Cherry is 10-piece soul band out of Massachusetts. David Cherry returned to the stage in 2000. He is well known in the Southern New England area. Now he brings his incredible energy to Soul Power. When David Cherry hits the stage you will not be able to stay in your seat. To find out more about Soul Power, visit their site at soulpowerfdc.com.

Wednesday, June 25 7:00pm  4th of July Concert: Band of Brothers WhenWed, Jun 25, 7:00pm – 9:30pm WhereIndependence Park DescriptionBand of Brothers is a unique combination of six local musicians who have been playing music locally since the 60's. Comprised of members of bands like ONE BONE SHY, DEJA VU, TIME-PIECE, THE JIMMY CARTER SHOW, RUN 21, F-SHARP, NEON JUNGLE and TOUCH.. To find out more about Band of Brothers, visit their site at bandofbrothersri.

Friday, June 27 7:00pm  4th of July Ball WhenFri, Jun 27, 7pm – 8pm WhereBlithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, 101 Ferry Rd. DescriptionTickets will be $75 per person and music provided by Studio C. Thank you to our sponsor, Sovereign Bank. 7:00pm  

4th of July Concert: Mixed Emotions WhenFri, Jun 27, 7:00pm – 9:30pm WhereIndependence Park DescriptionAnother local favorite, Mixed Emotions; 7:00-9:15 p.m. Mixed Emotions is a long time Bristol favorite. Enjoy the vast variety of music with local musicians, sure to be a fun-filled, dance-the-night-away concert. The concert is sponsored by Coventry Credit Union.

Cumberland police station to be named after former chief

The Cumberland police station is getting a new name. Friends, family and officials will gather at the station today to rename the building in honor of former Chief John J. Partington.

On Thursday, June 19 will be holding our annual Strawberry Festival with a sandwich buffet and strawberry shortcake served a 12 noon. A meeting will follow. Reservations only.

On August 28, our annual Picnic will be held at Francis Farm at 11:00 a.m. We are serving chowder and clam cakes at 11:30 a.m. Entertainment will be provided by a country-western band, "Jeannie Lovering & Chameleon" from 12 to 2 p.m. We are serving hot dogs, burgers, potato salad, baked beans, etc. at 2:00 p.m. Food will be followed by bingo, bocce, horseshoes, and more. The cost is $13.00 for active members and $20.00 for all others. For tickets or more information please call Beverly at 508-761-5087.

Future Trips:

Spirit of Boston: July 16, at a cost of $64.00 p.p. One bus leaving out of Rehoboth, and one bus leaving out of South Attleboro (a few openings are left).

Bus trip to Radio City Music Hall: November 13, in New York for The Rockettes Christmas
Show. The cost will be $99.00 per person. All trips are open to the public. To sign up or for more information, please call Pete at 508-761-5087.

Rehoboth Cub Scouts from Den 1 Pack 1

Clean The Palmer River Elementary School Courtyard

Rehoboth Cub Scouts from Den 1 Pack 1 worked over 10 hours along with help with some family members in cleaning, raking and pulling weeds in the courtyard at the Palmer River Elementary School. They filled over 23 bags of leaves and weeds by working on 3 Tuesdays after school. The volunteer community work was done as part of the requirements for the World Conservation Award. Those pictured are, from left to right in the bottom row, Brenton LaBlanca, Noah Gross and Ryan Gois. Standing in the back row are Benjamin Loell, Robert Peirce, Jonathan Beskid, Nathanial Bell, and David Bauman. Two of the boys, Jonathan Beskid and Ryan Gois have completed all the requirements for the award and were presented it at the last Pack meeting.

Special thanks to Mrs. Beskid and Elizabeth Beskid, Mr. Peirce and Marissa Peirce, Mr. Bell and Mrs. LaBlanca for their efforts in helping the Den along with this project. Although the courtyard was a big task and they were unable to complete cleaning in its entirety, they look forward to making it a continued service

project. The boys look forward to crossing over to Webelos and having an end of the year ice cream sundae celebration. Many plan to attend summer camp!

• NECA Students Hold Food Drive For Needy
• Case High School Spports Hall Of Fame
• Swansea Independent Baseball League

Students at New England Christian Academy of Swansea recently staged a two-week Food Drive for poor residents of the Dominican Republic and collected more than four tons of dried beans and rice. According to Dr. Gary Morris, NECA’s principal, the Food Drive was coordinated with the Iglesia Pentecostal Church of Providence, which will ship collected items to the Dominican Republic and assist in their distribution to impoverished families. NECA students in grades pre-kindergarten through 11 participated in the program, which entailed soliciting donations of bags of rice and dried beans and competing individually and as classes to determine the most productive donors. According to Dr. Morris, a total of 8,605 pounds of food was collected, including 5,955 pounds of rice and 2,650 pounds of dried beans. Seventh-grader Alyssa Manter generated the largest contributions with a total of 498 pounds, followed closely by her brother, sixth-grader Jason Manter, with 459 pounds.

Individuals gathering the largest amounts of donations by grade included Gabrielle Asselin (pre-kindergarten and kindergarten), Austin Russell and Xaviera Glasper (Grade 1), Cameron Pasteris (Grade 2), Marisa Stevenson (Grade 3), Rydge Desmarais (Grade 4), Angelica Schubert (Grade 5), Jason Manter (Grade 6), Allyssa Manter (Grade 7), Alisha Medeiros (Grade 8), Monica Hartford (Grade 9), Shelbi LaPlante (Grade 10) and Kenan Thomas (Grade 11). Classes whose members collected the most food were Grade 3 (elementary school) with 746 pounds, Grade 6 (middle school) with 1,181 pounds and Grade 10 (high school) with 274 pounds. According to Dr. Morris, all participants in the Food Drive were recognized last week at a school assembly.

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Among the former athletes inducted May 18 into the Joseph Case High School Athletic Hall of Fame during an induction banquet at the Venus de Milo Restaurant in Swansea were, from left, Judith Jackson (Class of 1954), Yvette Chouinard (Class of 1963), James Ashley (Class of 1963), Joseph Santos (Class of 1964) and Karen (Mendes) Ferreira (Class of 1983). (Photo courtesy of Joseph Case High School Athletic Hall of Fame)

Eight athletes, three coaches, a contributor and four teams were inducted into the Joseph Case High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Sunday, May 18, during an induction banquet and ceremonies held at the Venus de Milo Restaurant in Swansea.
Former athletes Raymond Enos (Class of 1940), the late Harry Pennot (Class of 1942), Judith Jackson (Class of 1956), James Ashley (Class of 1963), Yvette Guimond (Class of 1963), Joseph Santos (Class of 1964), Paul Connors (Class of 1970) and Karen (Ferreira) Mendes (Class of 1983) joined former coaches the late Robert Bannister, Robert Gordon and Christine Stanton, late contributor Judith Cabral and the 1946 football, 1953-54 girls’ basketball, 1967-68 boys’ basketball and 1986 girls’ volleyball teams as the second class of inductees into the Hall of Fame.

Paul Summers, chairman of the Joseph Case High School Athletic Hall of Fame, served as master of ceremonies and was joined in presenting awards by committee members Ellen Furtado, Norma Rizy, Bruce Cookson, Antone Aguiar, Christopher Shott, Nancy Paulhus, Robert Monteiro, Jackson, Ashley and Stanton in distributing awards to recipients.

Enos was an all-league selection in both football and baseball and captained the 1940 baseball team, which claimed the first league championship in school annals. Pennot starred in football and baseball, helping the Cardinals win league titles in both sports.

Jackson was a standout in basketball, softball and track and field and led Case to three league crowns. Ashley excelled in football and baseball and later enjoyed an illustrious coaching and administrative career at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School in Fall River.

Guimond was an all-league selection in three sports and captained the undefeated girls’ basketball championship squad of 1962-63. Following a star-studded athletic career in three sports at Case, Santos returned to the school for more than three decades, where he served as a football coach, director of athletics and later as vice principal and principal (although retired, he remains an assistant boys’ track and field coach at the school).

Connors was a basketball icon with the Cardinals, finishing with 1,037 career points and helping Case claim three straight state tournament berths, the Eastern Massachusetts Class C championship in 1968, and 63 victories in 68 games. Mendes was a dynamic volleyball and softball players, leading the Cardinals to three volleyball league titles, a softball state championship and a runner-up finish in the South Section tournament in softball.

n the 1930s and 1940’s, guiding the Cardinals to three league crowns in baseball and one in football. Gordon was a longtime boys’ basketball and baseball coach, piloting the Cardinals to two league basketball titles and the 1968 Eastern Massachusetts Class C banner as well as 11 baseball league championships.

Stanton, now Swansea’s Assistant Superintendent of Schools, remains the most successful coach in Case annals with more than 500 career victories, eight state championships and numerous league crowns. Cabral was a charter member of the Friends of the Cardinals (Case’s athletic boosters organization) and a longtime supporter of all athletes and teams at the school.

The 1946 football team finished with an 8-1-1 record, clinched the Narragansett League championship, outscored its opponents by a collective margin of 245-32, and defeated archrival Somerset, 19-0, in its finale. The 1953-54 girls’ basketball squad concluded with a 14-1 standard, secured the Greater Fall River title by defeating Somerset, and later thrashed Fairhaven High (Greater New Bedford titleists), 57-32, to claim the mythical county crown.

The 1967-68 boys’ basketball contingent shared the Narragansett League championship with Holy Family High of New Bedford and claimed the Eastern Massachusetts Class C championship with a memorable 58-57 double-overtime triumph over Stoughton High at the Boston Garden, finishing with a 23-2 record.

The 1986 girls’ volleyball unit launched an incredible string of five straight state championships for Case by capping a perfect 23-0 campaign with a 3-0 sweep of Westwood High in the Division II state title tilt.

Individual inductees all received personalized mementos, while team members were accorded pins and certificates. Bannister and Gordon shared this year’s presentation of the Charles E. Walkden Coaching Award, Stanton was named this year’s recipient of the Dorothy Rech Dean Coaching Award and Cabral was selected as the latest recipient of the Roger Gibeau Memorial Service Award.

According to Summers, this year’s inductees will join the 12 athletes, two coaches, two state championship teams and a contributor who comprised last year’s charter class.

Combine cool jazz with vibes, an accomplished sax player and some of the most inspired original tunes on record, and you’ve got a formula for a memorable evening of cabaret-style entertainment.
The Sunyata Jazz Quartet and saxman Matt Clauhs will be back at Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton 7 p.m. Sunday June 15 along with the Julie Lavender Quintet.
Sunyatta has been writing, performing, and recording in the Boston area since December, 2005. Clauhs is director of jazz studies at the Boston Arts Academy. The rest of the band is composed of three distinguished graduates from the Berklee College of Music –Natalie Dietrich on vibes, Alex Goumas on bass and Rodrigo Bonelli on drums.
The group’s CD is available on iTunes and at www.sunyatajazz.com.
Sunday Night Jazz is the Attleboro area’s only weekly jazz showcase and features a number of forms of jazz ranging from swing to fusion. For more information call 508-824-3436 or visit www.stevesbackstagepass.com.