hello everyone welcome to the belmont journal belmont's program for hyper local news in community programming i'm your host roger called and hello welcome to this week in the belmont status and how we have with us that rise to some community activism that's for sure so it's very sad that i have to report that the woman that was struck by a white van last week  she she passed away two days after the accident she was a thirty nine year old mother her name is saatchi a thon a while to tell she has two young sons age eight and four and she leaves also leaves behind her husband  akash and i actually went to a ceremony recently it was really a ceremony but they were laying flowers at the side of her accident exactly one week after the accident and it is it is very sad that this happened and they still don't know the cause of it they don't they haven't filed charges yet the middlesex d a s office is is handling it but in the meantime residents are calling for action there is a belief in the community at that intersection  dangerous very much so and i witnessed it myself just being there that that that night at the flower laying ceremony it is very dangerous and the town has tried to do something to make it safer and in fact it the accident rate has gone down since they added the raised tables on lexington street but it didn't it wasn't enough to prevent this from happening we don't know if speed was a factor we don't really we don't know the cause but residents want to see residents believe speed is definitely an issue they want more traffic calming measures they're calling for residents to in the selectmen call the selectmen also the community development office and the traffic advisory committee they want action they are going to all be a lot of them are going to be going to the september th traffic advisory committee meeting to to call for more traffic calming measures what's what's the way forward when is the community development director glen clancy saying he's saying we are going to discuss this at the september th traffic advisory mitt meeting also worth noting roger is that since this accident at this particular intersection lexington and sycamore in that just one week alone there were three other accidents involving bicyclists and another pedestrian at different intersections in town so it's so particularly with kids back in school it's important to be safe both from yesterday and perspective and from the driver back in just superintendent sent out a newsletter to all the all parents and he said you know just be aware that more kids are going to be on the street and everybody should just be extra careful ok let's talk about the schools people think of the school and summer vacation as being a down time but the belmont public schools were really pretty busy when it came to hiring this summer hiring and promoting so i have some announcements to make about some positions that were filled at belmont high school they have two new assistant principals one is a new face daniel o'brien he is a new assistant principal there and another one is a familiar face busy his name is michael bruno he's been a special education teacher and he's going to be a part time assistant principal mostly focusing on the th grade and the th grade at that school  with high principal dan richards having left there is a new interim interim time to raul he's another familiar face to many as he's filled in here and there he's come out of retirement here and there for filling in but i do want to also romilly has been promoted to the director of nursing and there's a new mexico director who is at belmont high school rosa innes and of course we have a new principal at the wellington ryan she won the race in the primary state election for middlesex district attorney so she'll be on the ballot in november th and i don't believe there's anyone running against her i think i think that's right and  so i thought it was a pretty steady flow for a primary election that's great thank you and we've been talking with joanna juv us who is the senior multimedia journalist for the belmont citizen how do you can read about these stories and more both online and in the print edition of the citizen one major disease afflicting kids today is type one juvenile diabetes while research continues that research takes money one belmont resident has done more than her part to help raise money to find a cure for type one juvenile diabetes next week belmont resident brenda morris will be cycling for the rd time to raise money for the j d r f foundation be emcees jane peters talks with brenda about what drives her well i'm doing a fundraiser for t d r s and it's a one hundred mile bike ride and this is my rd year doing it and i'm doing it because jane has type one diabetes right you want clean your finger hero because he has been thousands and thousands of blood sugar checks and thousands and thousands of insulin shots and he's doing great and was founded by parents of kids with type one and so that's why we do it lifestyle type diabetes this is an autumn you disease you know this is not a lifestyle this is like one day his body started fighting his pancreas instead of the cold and killed off all the beta cells we have probably had raised in the seven years that he's had diabetes probably close to fifty thousand dollars this year is our most we've ever raised for the ride so far we're almost at eight thousand dollars and my goal is to hit eight thousand five hundred dollars before to ride which is saturday in upstate new york this year my partner eve has has been decorating some of jane's pumps so that people if they donate fifty or more dollars then she will personalize one of his pumps which whatever people like you know usually i'll write devens name on my arm and i will you know when i go on the hill are feel like i want to give up on lockdown i'm going like oh my god i can't sleep he lives with this disease every single day and also there's lots of type one diabetics that actually do that too you know they could be having a low blood sugar and they are like biking and checking their shit like they take their sugar as a wry and they eat and they stop and it's just it's just really amazing to see best high school marching bands in the region and the training in rehearsals for the band begin before school ever starts being camp allow students in the various instruments sections to bond with each other and allows all student participants in the marching band to learn how to march the belmont high school marauder marching band can be heard and seen at the grand finale of this weekend's porch best at the gro street park band camp is essentially the week we have students when they're not running around to every other thing teenagers in a high performing high school have to do so we take these four or five days and we bond as sections and reduce and social things we teach them how to march with the fundamental drills and we teach them the drill for the show because once we hit the season we only meet once or maybe twice a week after two hours so that's not enough time to really do the bulk of the work so this week we managed to learn we played through all of our music and we learned more than half of the drills so we got a lot accomplished as we despite the high temps we played  smart and said he took a lot of breaks we played the water bottle for most of camp and it was great kids are just amazing i mean marching band is all about like the pride in it and putting on a great show for everyone and being entertainment but also working ice cube huge group of misfit high school students into one moving and musical show that really shows everyone  i love marching men it's a great experience it's it was when i was a freshman and upcoming freshman it was a great way for ted to get to know the school and to be upper classmen and everything just it was awesome and i met so many people in that so many friends it was it was so great yeah i can recommend it more to any one sounded great it looked great it was a lot of fun to see what they can do with a group of i don't know what seventy or eighty kids if you gave one week focused work what kind of great things they could do as i was fun as the parent of a th grader not only  here's jane peters with a look at what there is to do in belmont in the coming week in b m c s community calendar i'm jane and this is your community calendar for this week are you or someone you know experience a cost crunch this year from prescription medications a bit straight presentation will take place on monday at eleven am about the upcoming two thousand eight hundred medicare open enrollment period starting october th where you can evaluate and choose prescription drug plans as well as how to costs with state assistance programs and drug discount sources visit habitat on tuesday from seven dollars to nine am for a fall migration bird walk enjoy a casual walk around habitat in the western greenway properties to discover early fall migrants such as warblers sparrows and other songbirds registration is not required what about three great genealogy resources available through the library ancestry dot com library edition american ancestors and heritage quest on tuesday at eleven am learn highlights of each program and tips on how to get the most out of each listen and dance to the sounds of local swing legend  on thursday at seven pm at the beech trees under the evening will also feature the talented vocalist jim vermont who often appeared with al in concert over the years have a sweet tooth and the belmont books great late bloomers cake baking contest on saturday from four to six pm the event includes a reading from professional chef and novelist louise miller's the late bloomers club you can find a complete list of rules and how to sign up at belmont books dot com belmont recreation has a number of activities for all ages starting up next week and here are a few the edible alphabet is a series of twenty six classes for toddlers and grownups taking place on tuesdays and wednesdays beginning on september th starting with a is for avocado move through the alphabet creating kitchen you can find out for one or several classes learn to ballroom dance with the fred astaire dance studio on wednesdays with experienced instructors and other students learn the basics of social dances like the waltz tango foxtrot and swing over ten weeks no partner is necessary star in this fall's production of mary poppins as part of the musical theater program meaning on wednesdays from four to five for grades one through five and fifty four grades five through eight young actors gain self confidence while working as a team to prepare for the show on december th you can sign up your children ages three to fourteen for karate was steve nugent's karate institute karate is a fun it for kids built upon the foundations of martial arts values to provide children with both mental and physical advantages classes me at various times on wednesday evenings depending on age and that's it for this week if you like your event featured and don't want journals community calendar you can send your event info to jane at belmont media dot org well that's it for this week's edition of the belmont journal let's take a look now at what's happening on the belmont media centers channels in the coming week this is been the belmont journal i'm your host roger colton i will see you next time