Thursday, May 20, 2010
Missing Keys Found
Emergency Management Director Doug Field reports that the Knox box keys have been found and are in his possession. He will notify the Knox Box Company and the Fire Chief and do what they suggest to do with them.
Tonight's Select Board Meeting Agenda
TOWN OF ASHFIELD SELECT BOARD
MEETING AGENDA (preliminary and subject to change)
May 20, 2010 7 pm
1. MINUTES
Minutes from May 10, 2010 – open session
Minutes from May 10, 2010 – executive session
2. APPOINTMENTS
Library Trustees & Finance Committee (7:15)
Police Chief Search Committee (8:00)
3. LIAISON REPORTS
Emergency Services
Highway Department
Emergency Manager
Town Administrative Offices
Town Hall Committee
Police Chief Search Committee
Other Boards & Committees
Franklin Regional Council of Governments
4. OLD BUSINESS
Regional Health Inspection Professional Services Agreement
Town Website review
Computer Security
Public Record emails
Fuel Bids
5. MAIL
General Mail
6. NEW BUSINESS
Trust Interest Distribution
7. VOTES/SIGNATURES
Street Lights
Trust Interest Distribution
8. FUTURE MEETINGS/APPOINTMENTS
This Weekend - Town Warrants
Thursday, May 27 @ 7:00 p.m.- Select Board Mtg
Wednesday, June 2 @ 7:00 p.m. – Select Board Mtg
9. PUBLIC FORUM
MEETING AGENDA (preliminary and subject to change)
May 20, 2010 7 pm
1. MINUTES
Minutes from May 10, 2010 – open session
Minutes from May 10, 2010 – executive session
2. APPOINTMENTS
Library Trustees & Finance Committee (7:15)
Police Chief Search Committee (8:00)
3. LIAISON REPORTS
Emergency Services
Highway Department
Emergency Manager
Town Administrative Offices
Town Hall Committee
Police Chief Search Committee
Other Boards & Committees
Franklin Regional Council of Governments
4. OLD BUSINESS
Regional Health Inspection Professional Services Agreement
Town Website review
Computer Security
Public Record emails
Fuel Bids
5. MAIL
General Mail
6. NEW BUSINESS
Trust Interest Distribution
7. VOTES/SIGNATURES
Street Lights
Trust Interest Distribution
8. FUTURE MEETINGS/APPOINTMENTS
This Weekend - Town Warrants
Thursday, May 27 @ 7:00 p.m.- Select Board Mtg
Wednesday, June 2 @ 7:00 p.m. – Select Board Mtg
9. PUBLIC FORUM
Berkshire Trading Open for the Season
Berkshire Trading on 30 Smith Rd will be reopening this weekend through the Fall. Our hours will be 11-4 on Friday and Saturday and 12-4 on Sundays. Please feel free to call 628-4685 to see if we are available during the week, or just stop by as I am usually gardening, chair caning, basket making or chasing my mischievous pups around.
Our inventory includes antique furniture, lighting, willow ware, pottery, baskets and other small items. Never know just what you might find. Please come browse and stop to smell the flowers.
Karen Sullivan
Our inventory includes antique furniture, lighting, willow ware, pottery, baskets and other small items. Never know just what you might find. Please come browse and stop to smell the flowers.
Karen Sullivan
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Your Very Own Street Light
If anyone is interested in maintaining their street light that will be turned off on July 1, WMECO does have a program that will allow a resident to continue with a street light. If you are interested, you will not be able to continue using the public pole that the street light currently sits on. A seperate pole would be placed on your property and you would be responsible for paying the monthly cost of the street light.
Contact me at 628-4441 x 5 if you would like more information.
Maryellen Cranston
Contact me at 628-4441 x 5 if you would like more information.
Maryellen Cranston
Monday, May 17, 2010
The Curmudgeon Files #3
Certainly, the older folk among us remember seeing Oscar Levant in several of the fluff, Hollywood musicals of the 40s and 50s. Born December 27, 1909, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, he was a brilliant classical pianist and composer; an acerbic, dead-pan comedian; and self-proclaimed, neurotic. “There’s a fine line between genius and insanity,” he once remarked. “I have erased that line.” He claimed to have once been thrown out of a mental institution because he depressed the other patients.
Self-critical to a fault, he said of himself: “I’m a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me.” When asked what he did for exercise, Levant replied: “I stumble, then fall into a coma.”
Among his favorite targets were politics and politicians. “The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans,” he once observed, “is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.” When asked about a certain politician, he replied: “He’ll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.”
Concerning the film industry, that which made him a star, he commented : “Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel”. And during the conversation, the subject of a popular leading lady came up -- a young starlet who the film studio was promoting as the all American, bring-home-to-mother type of girl. “I knew her before she was a virgin,” Levant boasted cynically.
Oscar Levant died August 17, 1972, in Beverly Hills, California.
Ray Cassidy
Self-critical to a fault, he said of himself: “I’m a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me.” When asked what he did for exercise, Levant replied: “I stumble, then fall into a coma.”
Among his favorite targets were politics and politicians. “The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans,” he once observed, “is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.” When asked about a certain politician, he replied: “He’ll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.”
Concerning the film industry, that which made him a star, he commented : “Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel”. And during the conversation, the subject of a popular leading lady came up -- a young starlet who the film studio was promoting as the all American, bring-home-to-mother type of girl. “I knew her before she was a virgin,” Levant boasted cynically.
Oscar Levant died August 17, 1972, in Beverly Hills, California.
Ray Cassidy
Town Hall Bulletin Board
Town Hall Building Committee, Mon 5/17 @ 7pm
Planning Board, Wed 5/19 @ 7:30pm (public hearing)
Select Board, Thu 5/20 @ 10am (exec session)
Select Board, Thu 5/20 @ 7pm (Finance Committe and Library Trustees)
Park Commission, Tue 5/25 @ 9am
Board of Health, Tue 6/15 @ 7pm
Planning Board, Wed 5/19 @ 7:30pm (public hearing)
Select Board, Thu 5/20 @ 10am (exec session)
Select Board, Thu 5/20 @ 7pm (Finance Committe and Library Trustees)
Park Commission, Tue 5/25 @ 9am
Board of Health, Tue 6/15 @ 7pm
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Never-Canned Tuna Salad
My mother’s tuna salad consisted of a can of tuna packed in some undifferentiated oil, drained and flaked, then mixed with an appropriate quantity of Miracle Whip and some rubbery diced celery from the bunch always kept at the back of the vegetable crisper. It was used for sandwiches on days when there was nothing better to eat. It’s never been difficult to do better.
I discovered long ago that tuna packed in water was too dry and lifeless to bother with, so I switched to tuna packed in olive oil. In recent years though, I’ve found the harsh oil used for tuna packing is a bit difficult to digest, so, after a long tuna fast, I’ve moved on to the surprising convenience and remarkable taste of frozen fresh tuna.
We buy great quantities of very fresh fish at Northshore Seafood on King Street in Northampton. If you call ahead, you can schedule your visit for a day when the fish is fresh from the sea and was bought in a Boston market at the crack of dawn. The tuna steaks go into our freezer individually wrapped, each one to appear as needed for Never-Canned Tuna Salad.
This is almost as easy as canned: Defrost a tuna steak in the microwave in a loosely covered glass container. When thawed, cook in the same container for one and a half to two minutes on high, depending on the size of the steak. Flake the tuna with any juices that have escaped while cooking. Pop in the freezer if you’re in a hurry.
While the fish cools, mix the dressing. I use a more-or-less equal mix of whole milk yogurt and mayonnaise. (The exact proportion depends on how virtuous I‘m feeling.) To this I add salt and pepper and a dash of balsamic vinegar. The quantity of dressing depends on how large the tuna steak is, but don’t worry about making too much. Leftover dressing is fine for dipping veg or perking up any vegetable or fruit salad.
I can’t eat raw vegetables, but, if I could, I’d add anything I have around or fresh in the garden. In winter, diced apples would be nice. Definitely no rubbery celery.
Mix it all up and let it sit for at least a half an hour in the refrigerator. Then make sandwiches or serve in a heap with warm and crusty bread on the side.
Ruth Julian
I discovered long ago that tuna packed in water was too dry and lifeless to bother with, so I switched to tuna packed in olive oil. In recent years though, I’ve found the harsh oil used for tuna packing is a bit difficult to digest, so, after a long tuna fast, I’ve moved on to the surprising convenience and remarkable taste of frozen fresh tuna.
We buy great quantities of very fresh fish at Northshore Seafood on King Street in Northampton. If you call ahead, you can schedule your visit for a day when the fish is fresh from the sea and was bought in a Boston market at the crack of dawn. The tuna steaks go into our freezer individually wrapped, each one to appear as needed for Never-Canned Tuna Salad.
This is almost as easy as canned: Defrost a tuna steak in the microwave in a loosely covered glass container. When thawed, cook in the same container for one and a half to two minutes on high, depending on the size of the steak. Flake the tuna with any juices that have escaped while cooking. Pop in the freezer if you’re in a hurry.
While the fish cools, mix the dressing. I use a more-or-less equal mix of whole milk yogurt and mayonnaise. (The exact proportion depends on how virtuous I‘m feeling.) To this I add salt and pepper and a dash of balsamic vinegar. The quantity of dressing depends on how large the tuna steak is, but don’t worry about making too much. Leftover dressing is fine for dipping veg or perking up any vegetable or fruit salad.
I can’t eat raw vegetables, but, if I could, I’d add anything I have around or fresh in the garden. In winter, diced apples would be nice. Definitely no rubbery celery.
Mix it all up and let it sit for at least a half an hour in the refrigerator. Then make sandwiches or serve in a heap with warm and crusty bread on the side.
Ruth Julian
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