welcome to talking news we are delighted to have you with us listening to our presentation by members of the beat street center marian jonathan and martha we will be reading local news and happenings from the community newspaper jonathan celebrating a century by james on november first belmont resident by parents had met in paris her father was studying engineering and her armenian mother was travelling in europe with a friend they returned to russia and marriage a nine hundred thirteen not to save its parents often spoke french at home and french became our second language she loved playing the piano and reading at age nineteen and a save it and in the department of literature in the rust off pedagogical institute her happy youthful years added on october ninth one thousand nine hundred thirty seven the day her father r o tune r o two in ian was arrested and she never saw him again this was a time of soviet dictator joseph stalin was great when innocent people could suddenly be arrested and destroyed without investigation it is estimated that up to one point two million people were murdered by the soviet union's government between one nine hundred thirty six and one nine hundred thirty eight six months later her mother was also arrested fortunately her mother christina returned home after nine months but none of save it she barely recognized her for more than twenty years wartime years she took whatever work was available she wrote for newspapers and magazines and taught small children in a school for refugees education was very important amount of save it when her father was being taken away said that he told her it will not be easy for you but be sure you continue your education her initial attempt to defend her thesis and fulfill his wishes was delayed because of world war two seventh was fortunate to meet the family of american intelligence officer alexander sort of and in one nine hundred fifty two helped a man of say vigil moved to the united states with a stipend of graduate study man began to graduate studies at harvard university in one nine hundred fifty three and earned her doctorate in one nine hundred fifty eight she began to teach in the harvard slavic department as a lecturer gaining tenure in one nine hundred sixty two appeal to the masses then massachusetts senator john kennedy who helped her mother become a permanent resident at the age of seventy three in one thousand nine hundred sixty five minutes say that she married boston symphony orchestra violinist victor man of save it and they purchased their belmont home victor had been working on his master's degree and slavic literature and addition to his music when they met classical music can still be heard coming from  house on summer days matter seven she left behind many tragic events in russia to start a new and productive life in america she was able to realize their potential and to express herself she said she had absolutely no interest in going back to visit russia when i asked about the secret of her mom germ of the amount of sentiment be interested in something in your life in my case it means to continue in a new space by joanna civil as thirty volunteers spent seven hours of their saturday helping to move the belmont food pantry from its temporary location ten ten pleasant street to an unfinished room in the basement of the mount hope christian church fifty one lexington st the belmont food pantry had to relocate from its two hundred square feet foot rooms in the belmont high school modulars its home since october twenty eighth to make room for additional classroom space at him toci invited the pantry to use the pleasant street garage space from july thirtieth to november first the space is smaller and all around a different set up said patricia mohali halasz who has been pantries direct for twenty five years parking will be mork challenging at this new location since it is not allowed on lexington street in front of the church however parking is allowed in nearby public spaces on lexington church sycamore street and thayer road mahal it said she will have a volunteer outside to make sure nobody parks in the restricted area in front of the church and another to help direct anyone who needs to use the lift or go downstairs to the pantry mount hope pastor brian crow said one of the goals of his church which opened its doors in belmont in september twenty fifth dean is to be good neighbors in the community martha on common four four two common street belmont decided to close his doors as his lease was coming to an end a sign on his window states the difficulty locating suitable kitchen help over the last months has made the decision to close seem our only option koku both decided to take on a position to the president of wellesley college in wellesley mass joseph to day landlord of the building said he had a very good relationship with kept cooper and thinks he just got tired it's a big responsibility he expected to get a liquor license because every other town around us have liquor licenses for nineteen seats but he couldn't get the liquor license the town didn't approve it said to the town acquired restaurants with liquor licenses to have twenty seats and two bathrooms according you said he hopes to rent the space to another restaurant and believes koku bo would entertain offers from interested buyers who may want to take over the restaurant jonathan reflection on massachusetts open road epidemic at this point much has been written and said about the opioid epidemic festering throughout massachusetts as well as in the entire country however most narratives of the problem are accompanied by an on record highs and unintentional bias do you know what appears to be a lack of too big picture concepts at the core of any potential solution accountability and cooperation accountability starts with self reflection everyone acting as a link within the chain connecting people to o p o drugs needs to take stock of his or her actions on both a micro  macro level for years a prescription pain killers is far too often turning erroneous and resulting in tragedy the second and equally as important part is cooperation thus far in the solution process there has not been nearly enough collaboration between contingents affirming a common goal of saving lives this notion is not only alarming to the assemblage of so many intelligent minds that work on the issue is likewise embarrassing for the very same reason no one can skirt blame on this wide scale of catastrophe and the work catastrophe is almost describing the situation too lightly each composite of a long established system now well acknowledged to be broken must be critically examined it is time to topple what has become an internet trying to web of feedback loops often starting with legitimate pain then ending and much more there is a problem in order to take the scrutinizing inspection necessary to both determine the causes of this epidemic and forge possible solutions feelings will likely be heard years of expensive educations and strong egos that a few and successful careers as well as organizations with political soire may find themselves be smirched in the process but everyone involved will need to stay level headed for the sake of holding the accumulation of an issue with only one result that really matters in the end people are dying it is well known that opioids can be addicting even possibly to those with legitimate pain attempting to use the drugs correctly but these drugs can very easily take over the brain's reward system creating a psychological dependence on the euphoria that results according to karen harbor wittes president of the massachusetts pharmacists association an active member in the movement and opioid addiction people are just as much at risk of diction and overdose whether they have chronic pain or not and those with an addictive past have an even higher risk these are powerful drugs being dealt with one ones in the same class as opium that famously led  afghanistan to sell their own daughters to either buy more drugs fueling their habit or to pay off suppliers for the drug that many people including those who use the drugs do not understand that dependence o is not a good thing addiction is very possible tolerance becomes greater with furler for their use thus causing users to put even more into their bodies to attain the same effects fed to know a common synthetic will often be laced with a supply of heroin making the drug cheaper to buy but also creating a potentially fatal combination that can cause respiratory depression and death when used in higher doses however harbor was stresses that opioid related overdoses are not always purely for opioids the risks only increase when they are combined with other types of drugs such as benzo di as i antagonist used in medical emergencies to reverse the effects of an overdose may be less effective unfortunately current statistics available on opioid overdoses do not separate had prescriptions for pain and died from an accidental painkiller overdose from those who are abusing those drugs and even likely mix and mixing them with other such as heroin or drug companies that  opioids have further played a role in this epidemic joe foster new hampshire's attorney general believes that marketing of legal painkillers to doctors has been misleading downplaying the addictive qualities of the drugs and lethal side effects of mixing with others thus his office is currently investigated five companies whom he subpoenaed last year but according to foster all have have yet to corporate marian annual meeting recognizes and awards volunteers like joanna to phyllis it was an evening for recognizing the accomplishments of hardworking volunteers and board members for their contributions at the belmont media center annual meeting october twenty seventh chet messer was honored for his years of service as a board member for six years a board service award and the david t nelson spirit award this seat will be filled by incoming board member nancy seris belmont media center was referred to as a hidden gym in plain sight by mr in his opening remarks blown the arts former belmont media center board member and host of long running cable program time out for sports talk and a new but top podcast todd cast presented the board service award and david tino since spirit award to messer if chet played for the red sox he would be the perfect combination of david ortiz and brock cult if he played for the patriots he would be the perfect combination of tom brady and julian edelman and if he played for the bruins he'd hopefully be traded to another team so his talents wouldn't be wasted said lonely heiress thomason kaplan and scott stratford were also presented with board service award and will be replaced by incoming board members mary unscholarly and laurie graham kaplan served for four years and stratford for three two members of the belmont community were recognized as volunteers of the year belmont high school congregational church three sixty five belmont street in belmont has called the reverend ernet everich where field to its next settled pastor the search committee chose we felt from more than thirty candidates and he was unanimously voted in to be the member of the congregation he will conduct his first service at ten corresponding to the goals already set by the congregation after he described a church with strong community engagement a growing congregation and a glorious musical while the congregation redefined its mission and started the search for a set of settled pastor is grabbed a graduate of princeton university with an undergraduate degree in engineering and a master of divinity from yale university he previously served as the minister of current geisha know life at the first congregation church of shrewsbury and as the gospel music director of christ church united in lowell i look forward to being an intricate part of the patient park church community as we actively help meet local needs provide hold some environments for families and invest in young people with a sensitivity to the changing world around them said wa and his wife patricia will soon be moving to belmont from their current residence in wayland they will live at the church parsonage on pace and road jonathan is around town annual beach streatch center craft fair vendors and volunteers wanted for their craft fair the friends of the council an aging will hold its annual craft fair and a vendor nineteenth at the beach street center we're looking for vendors have you seen any interesting item items and volunteers do you have ideas and some time to plan or publicize the faire no experience necessary this is a fun time for all of those of all ages in the belmont community and beyond to do early shopping and support local craftspeople and socialize over lunch or coffee and homemade pastries the proceeds will help with programs at the beach street center aging in the digital era how technology can shape brain life in late life their brain health and late life seven to nine p november sixteenth hancock united church of christ nineteen twelve mass and lexington ip sit by medical director of the geriatric psychiatric patient programs at mclean hospital and a faculty member of harvard medical school present an aging on the digital era house technology can shape brain health in life by he serves on the editorial board of the american journal of geriatric psychiatry and has served as the geriatric psych three section editor for the journal of clinical psychiatry sponsored by the dana home foundation free calling all belmont veterans and non veterans the belmont story project gives residents the opportunity to preserve and share their story for current and future generations to come make your appointment today to record your story in the belmont public library claflin room on tuesday november fifteenth or thursday nov seventeenth at ten fifteen am by calling six one seven nine nine three two eight seven zero or at the belmont media center in studio b by calling six one seven four eight four two four four three martha officer helps dog return home when belmont and the mole control officer is not in the belmont police department steps up to to the plate on october eleventh editor josh the dog appeared to be very hungry so if ellis called the police to report finding the dog the police were able to determine the address of its potential owner of the dog based on where it was found and its breed the owner said the back yard is fenced in but the dog must have found a way thank you for joining us for this episode of talking news please join us next week