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Friday, Jan. 27, 2006

MWCC AND THE GARDNER NEWS TO CO-SPONSOR
2ND WORCESTER DISTRICT CANDIDATES DEBATE

By Kimberly B. Caisse

The college’s new Center for Democracy & Humanity and The Gardner News will co-sponsor a candidates debate for the 2nd Worcester District special election on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the commons area of MWCC’s Gardner campus. Election Day is Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Democrat Robert Rice, Gardner’s assistant city solicitor and partner in the law firm Ward, Walsh & Rice, and Republican Jonathan Dennehy, a member of the Ashburnham Board of Selectmen and a Leominster lawyer, will face questions from a five-member panel, district residents and each other.

MWCC President Daniel M. Asquino will moderate both debates. The public is encouraged to attend. Admission is free.

“Our Center for Democracy and Humanity’s was created to promote civic engagement in our communities,” Asquino said. “Providing a forum for candidates to discuss the issues and to inform voters is an important role of this center and this debate’s co-sponsor, The Gardner News.”

The debate will feature candidates' opening and closing statements, questions posed by panelists, questions from district residents that will be read by the moderator and an opportunity for each candidate to ask his opponent a question. The panel will include The Gardner News Assistant Editor Andrés Caamano and reporter Daniel Axelrod, MWCC political science and history Professor Dr. Oliver Hooper, MWCC Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs Lea Ann Erickson and Mount Observer reporter Patrick Culkeen.

Residents of the 2nd Worcester District may e-mail questions to snorwood@thegardnernews.com or kcaisse@mwcc.mass.edu, or they may be faxed to (978) 630-5410. Questions also will be accepted at MWCC no later than 5 p.m. on Feb. 2. Questions must have the resident’s name and town or city in which they reside.

The 2nd Worcester District includes Ashby, Ashburnham, Gardner, Royalston and Winchendon.

For more information, contact Kimberly B. Caisse at MWCC at (978) 630-9547 or Gardner News Evening Managing Editor Stewart Norwood at (978) 632-8000.

	Singer/songwriter Alex Rosenblatt performs in the south cafe on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Student Life hosted his appearance as part of its Week of Welcome. Rosenblatt recently finished his first solo recording, a four-song sampler recorded at Magpie Studios.

Other MWCC News :

• The “Works in Clay” exhibit by Scott Campbell is on display in the East Wing Gallery of the Raymond M. LaFontaine Fine Arts Center through Thursday, Feb. 9. Campbell, a potter from Harwick, will give a “gallery talk” Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 11:30 a.m. The pieces in the cases are a sampling of the many different processes he has explored creating and firing work during the past 30 years. Owner of Vineyard Pottery, Campbell also is a high school art teacher and teaches in the summer art program at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham. He works from his studio and home on Martha’s Vineyard. For more information, contact Professor Joyce Miller at (978) 630-9221.

• MWCC’s new Center for Democracy & Humanity and The Gardner News will co-sponsor a candidates debate for the 2nd Worcester District special election on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 5:30 p.m. (The election is Feb. 7.) The debate will take place in the commons area of MWCC’s main campus. The public is encouraged to attend. Admission is free. For more information, contact Kimberly B. Caisse at MWCC at (978) 630-9547 or Gardner News Evening Managing Editor Stewart Norwood at (978) 632-8000.

• The First Connections Mothers Group’s weekly meetings will resume on Friday, Feb. 3. At the gatherings, which will take place Fridays in the Children’s Room at Levi Heywood Memorial Library from 10:30 a.m. to noon, attendees will discuss topics such as feeding, sibling rivalry, temper tantrums, appropriate toys, traveling with children and how to choose a daycare provider. All mothers and their babies are invited. For more information, contact MWCC Professor Nancy Duphily, the meeting facilitator, at nduphily@mwcc.mass.edu or (978) 630-9233. Duphily will be assisted by MWCC nursing students as part of their service-learning project.

• Theatre at the Mount will hold auditions for the children’s musical Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” by appointment only on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call the Theatre at the Mount box office at (978) 632-2403 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., or e-mail your appointment request to box-office@mwcc.mass.edu. Auditions will be held in room 182.

• Theatre at the Mount kicks off its 2006 season with “Big River, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” on Friday, Feb. 24, Saturday, Feb. 25, Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4 at 8 p.m. and Sundays Feb. 26 and March 5 at 2 p.m. Season tickets for all five shows are only $65 and are on sale now. To purchase season tickets or request a season brochure, call the Theatre at the Mount box office at (978) 632-2403. Tickets for individual shows are $18 or $15 for matinees. Tickets may also be purchased online at http://theatre.mwcc.edu.

• MWCC will hold “Idol at the Mount” auditions Saturday, Feb. 25 at noon sharp in room 182 at the college’s Gardner campus. (Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.) The “Idol at the Mount” competition will be held to determine the best vocal soloist in Central Massachusetts and to raise money for the many programs supported by United Way of North Central Massachusetts. Contestants must be 18 years of age or older and must prepare a 16- to 32-bar vocal selection from any musical genre, including pop, rock, show tunes, standards, country, classical, folk and jazz. Judges will select 12 finalists to compete for cash prizes and for the title “Idol at the Mount” Friday, April 7 at 8 p.m. on the Theatre of the Mount stage. Sponsored in part by MWCC, Aubuchon Hardware, Colonial Hotel and the United Way of North Central Massachusetts, additional information is available at www.uwncm.org, www.mwcc.edu or theatre.mwcc.edu, or by contacting “Idol at the Mount” coordinator Gail Steele at (978) 630-9162.

• Golf lessons, directed by Mike Eagan, a PGA professional, will begin the week of Feb. 27 at the Fitness & Wellness Center. Participants need to bring their own clubs. The Fitness Center also has clubs available. Beginner, intermediate and advanced sessions will be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:15 or 8:15 p.m. The cost is only $85 per session. Fitness & Wellness Center members are eligible for 10 percent discount. To register, call the Fitness Center at (978) 630-9212.

• MWCC will host a visit by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) Tuesday, Feb. 28, Wednesday, March 1 and Thursday, March 2 as part of the application process for continued accreditation of the college’s popular Nursing Program. The public is invited to comment on the MWCC associate’s degree Nursing Program and attend a meeting with the NLNAC visiting team members on Wednesday, March 1 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Murphy Conference Room at the Gardner campus. For more information, contact Anna Ruuska at aruuska@mwcc.mass.edu.

• Register now for softball clinics for girls ages seven to 12 offered by the Fitness & Wellness Center. Directed by Galaxy U14 and U12 coaches, the sessions will cover fundamentals of hitting, fielding and pitching in the game of women’s softball. Clinics will be held on Sundays March 5, 12, 19, 26 and April 2. The cost is only $60. Call the Fitness Center at (978) 630-9212 to register.

• The new SAT Reasoning Test will be administered for those in the class of 2006 and beyond. It will contain new content and new types of questions in writing, math and critical reasoning. On the Saturdays of March 11, 18 and 25 from 8 a.m. to noon, MWCC will offer preparatory classes covering math and English for the April 1 SAT exam. The cost of $120 includes the required book. For a registration form or more information, contact MWCC’s Division of Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development at (978) 630-9124 or lll@mwcc.mass.edu.

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