Man About Canton: Diane Tynan Honored
By Joe DeFeliceDID YOU KNOW …
Canton Council on Aging Director Diane Tynan was recently honored at the D. Forbes Will Senior Center with a 20-year service award for her outstanding commitment and dedication to Canton seniors. Statements of appreciation were read to Diane at the ceremony, which was attended by state Representative Bill Galvin, Selectman Avril Elkort, and Selectmen Chairman Bob Burr, and former Selectman Joe DeFelice and senior organizer Dottie Morris presented her with a beautiful plaque to commemorate her 20 years as head of the Canton Council on Aging.
Canton police are now enforcing the town’s winter parking bylaws, which prohibit on-street parking longer than one hour between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., other than if acting in an emergency.
The Canton Choral Society will be holding its 10th annual Winter Holiday Concert starting at 3 p.m. in the United Church of Christ sanctuary, 1541 Washington Street in Canton. A limited number of tickets will be available for this event. For additional information, call 781-821-8860.
The Nationwide Christmas Tree Association estimates that 25 million Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. each year; and according to the U.S. Commerce Department, 80 percent of all artificial trees worldwide are manufactured in China.
Unemployment benefits typically pay half of a person’s last income with a maximum benefit of $674 a week. Currently in Massachusetts an unemployed worker qualifies for up to 54 weeks of benefits.
Jill Rooney of Canton, a junior at Thayer Academy, has signed a national letter of intent to attend Northwestern University. Jill is the top-ranked junior female tennis player in New England. Jill, who worked out at the Weymouth Tennis Club, has won the New England Prep Girl Tennis Championship the past two years and first won the championship as a seventh grader in 2008.
Canton High School senior Elias Camacho was listed as one of the Division 2A Thanksgiving Day football stars in the Boston Globe. Camacho ran for 140 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries while making six solo tackles on defense as CHS (3-6) stunned Stoughton (9-2) 28-26 in overtime. In the overtime period, Dexter Green made a two-point conversation run after Shane Nordgren scored on a six-yard touchdown run to win the game.
Canton High has won only three Thanksgiving Day games out of the last 18 against Stoughton High, while Oliver Ames (6-5) has won 29 of the last 31 Thanksgiving games against Sharon (8-3), including a 35-7 upset this year. This year was Sharon High’s first winning season since 1988 and they went to the Division 3 playoffs as the Davenport Division winners in the Hockomock League by beating Canton, Stoughton, and Foxboro. This past weekend, they won the ultimate prize with a 12-3 win over Wayland High School in the Division 3 Super Bowl. Sharon’s head coach is Dave Morse. Hired in 2011, he is the youngest coach in the state at just 24.
Vincent Burton of the Blue Hills Regional High School in Canton ended his football career with the sixth highest rushing total in state history at 5,527 yards, and he ranks third all time in points with 650. This year, Burton ran for a school-record 2,193 yards. He also finished as the leading scorer in eastern Massachusetts this season with 258 points. He also extended his amazing touchdown streak of scoring in 21 straight games.
Three weeks ago, Grinnell College beat Faith Baptist Bible School 179-104. Grinnell sophomore guard Jack Taylor took 108 shots and scored 138 points to shatter the NCAA scoring record in Division III. Taylor, only 5’10”, made 27 of 71 three-point attempts, 25 of 37 two-point shots, and seven free throws on 10 attempts in 36 minutes for his 138 points. Talk about a “Tommy Gunner” in basketball; Taylor takes the cake … and the frosting.
Selectmen recently appointed Mike Hache as a new Canton firefighter and paramedic.
Lombardo’s Restaurant in Randolph again gave about 800 south shore seniors, many from Canton, an early Christmas present with its 41st annual Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner. Needless to say, the seniors who were otherwise alone for the holiday were very appreciative of the Lombardo family’s generosity. According to Paula Lombardo Colia, daughter of the dinner’s founder, Salvatore Lombardo, guests dined on 420 pounds of turkey, 300 pounds of potatoes, 20 gallons of gravy, 150 pies, and loads of side dishes.
A philosopher once said, “We seek the comfort of another. Someone to share the life we choose. Someone to help us through that never-ending attempt to understand ourselves, and in the end, someone to comfort us along the way.”
This is all for now folks. See you next week.
Joe DeFelice can be reached at manaboutcanton@aol.com.
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on Dec 6 2012. Filed under Featured Content, Man About Canton, Opinion.
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