he llo everyone welcome to the bell my journal belmont's own hyper local news program and program for community affairs i'm your host roger colton back up easy did it again seven marathons on seven continents in seven days and by winning six of those seven marathons back up easy reclaimed her world championship in the world marathon challenge we can all meet back up and congratulate her at the third citizens the belmont media center and the belmont women's club has filmed a video tribute to winslow homer the film winslow homer belmont will premier at the belmont studio cinema february twenty fifth at three o'clock hello welcome to this week in the belmont citizen harold we have with us today joanna who is the senior multimedia journalist with the sieves and harold thanks for stopping over today glad i could be here roger there is big news in the recycling world that is affecting belmont now that is correct so back in december the it broke a story about how china is banning recycling from america j market our d p w director he told me about this he said this is going to affect the contracts that we're going to be getting for  trash and recycling pickup in belmont but little did he know that it would affect his current contract with russell disposal inc which has about five months left he never expected to get a letter from their lawyer threatening to stop service in belmont if belmont doesn't amend its current contract with them and whether amendment is wrestle seeking russell is basically saying you know we can't process dual stream recycling anymore that nobody's taking it so we have to had to agree and very reluctantly had to agree to pay fifty percent of the whatever r t i is paying for processing up to forty five dollars and ninety two cents a tot residents will continue to put out their recycling as dual stream but it will be processed a single street and the second part of the story roger is that when the new contract starts july first most likely we will no longer be a dual string recycling community we will be going to single  stream we'll know better by the end of the month because contracts have come in for you know bids have come in for contracts days in the process of negotiating and they'll be news about this and they'll be a lot of community education about this because what was once recyclable may no longer be recyclable ok let's talk about election since election season then in belmont we have the competitive races you do it and believe it or not what it's for the board of health seat yes david alper is the incumbent he has held the seat for thirty years and he told me he hasn't been in a race in eighteen years but newcomer stephen fiore who's married to our school committee chairman lisa fiore he pulled and filed papers for the school committee for the house he wants to run and he says my legal perspective and fresh voice can really serve the community well and he says he's not afraid that you know david elsewhere has that thirty years of experience he's he really wants to give it a shot and david help or no he does he has that thirty years of experience he's a he's a podiatrists a private practice here in belmont and he sits on the massachusetts board of health that oversees all the boards of health and belmont specker and jill martin pulled papers so we'll see if they file them will know by february thirteenth if we have a race there and we'll also know if there's going to be a race for assessors because two people have also pulled papers for that marty myleene and will be lit but neither have our belmont high school kids yeah answer straight question this and i have to have those answers at the top of their heads right so this is their fifth time competing in the job w g b h high school quiz show their fifth time they've never become champions but they've come pretty close and on february tenth at six pm everyone should tune in billy costa is the host and belmont will be up against bromfield high school and if they win they go to the quarterfinals which will air march thirty first and the students that are competing are high school senior eva hill another senior won young jang junior cameron anderson junior matthew miller j alternate saying and freshman alternate tor metal men so i wish them all the best good luck to our belmont high school kids yes brighton st there have been efforts to three retail spaces and including one fast food restaurant he wants to put a dunkin donuts there and he has gone to the zoning board of appeals two times for a special permit the first time he was denied then he went any got approved for the building by the planning board now he's back to the zoning board and he still hasn't got approved but he still hasn't got denied it's continued and we'll know better but he has to really show that traffic is going to get worse in that area that's great well thank you for bringing us those stories we'll you again next week thank you roger if you or someone you love has been prescribed an opioid or if you know someone who struggles with opioid addiction a medication exists today they can literally be a life saver nor can was developed for use by caregivers by family by friends let's listen in to to about months firefighters who explain how to administer narcan or when work like a key almost it will affect your nerve endings in your brain and it makes sarah torn really sick if you're happy feeling what the nih kid is going to do is bump of that heroin key off of that and take it over itself to block the heroin from actually working on that receptor so the individual will lose their high and hopefully be revived when the civilian set in the it's a much convenient more convenient package and it comes in four milligrams for miller we don't what you would do is just simply peel back instruction burn it if you need the instructions but it's very very simple take the drug out and it looks just like this the same basic principle the medications are already inside you put this to one nostril and cover the other  market would then have to be administered so it's a great drug but they do need to go to the hospital and so any family member that has anyone in their family that they might suspect is using or anything go see your physician or a local emergency room explain the situation of them and they'd be happy to hand out a thing and dark and for you just in case you're sol a lot of it's a good point to when to actually administer the drug but you want to wait until the individual goes into that period of breathing when they're dropped down there on the ground the probably started turning blue you'll try to find a pulse of might not have a pulse because their heart rate is just dropping significantly so if you just see them down and you give them a good start oh rob you welcome to this week in the belmont county and we have with us franklin tucker the editor and publisher of the belmont county and which is about my online source of hyper local news thank you for coming  roger farmer's market every year it well it's like we're talking about the farmer's market about this time of year what's going on well usually when we're talking about farm or farmer's market it's an interesting patient of great things which is like the next season of farmer's market for the  kevin foley who is the manager of walker teles is saying that the farmer's market is taking up too many parking spaces basically one thousand parking spaces for the entire day of thursday and he's saying that it's going  believe that in the future because the macy's block which is now the food is black is now become completely rented out to businesses there is a fear that they need as many parking spaces as possible what they would like to see is either the farmer's market move to another area where they wouldn't be in competition with other businesses or they would like to see a date change more like on the earlier part of the week on monday or tuesday  what happened is basically the board of selectmen asked that that both sides meet and on monday the farmer's market came back they said they talked to the businesses in the mark and they really dug down deep and tried to find out what was the real reason behind this and a chance out that it's a long standing issue of business and parking in that dome on center area and what the board of selectmen did is agree to listen to those demands but they also allowed for another for the thirteenth season of the farmer's market ok so we have a report out from the committee to study the size of the board of selectmen yes i have been trying to figure out the acronym let's keep it the way it is well it was it's a thirteen member board that was created by increase there they're basically saying that you know cause it will be a benefit because it will spur representation be more diverse and the board can then become more of a policy board which which which a lot of communities have gone to and that will be before the town meeting this very that's right they'll be a decision made by town meeting either to accept it delay it or do something with it that's great thanks for joining us today the belmont public librar celebrates its one hundred fiftieth birthday this year and since its beginning the belmont public library has grown to the point where more than one thousand people a day walked through its doors its part as part of its birthday celebration the belmont library has developed a new public service announcement to explain its role in the community to talk about that p s a today i have with me now my public library director peter st zero welcome peter thank you roger thanks for having me kin can you talk to us or tell us about why you developed the p s a yes it can so we've developed lots of new programs and services at the public library over the last several years and we wanted to find a way to let everyone in the community know what great things that we have very recently we developed a brand new logo so we're looking for an opportunity to share that as well a few years ago i started this effort and i was looking for examples of how i could do this marketing and i found this video from the calgary public library and it was a similar type p s a for them and how they shared with their community their new logo and services and it really struck me and in a certain way and i thought you know that would be really great if we could do something like that in belmont so we want to had and brought in some professionals to help us and created our own let's take a look at that p s a for for just a  having seen the p s a what would you like people to take away from that p s a just just the understanding that the library is different than it used to be you know a lot of people remember the library as this quiet reading room you know when they were children are when they were taking their children there in the in the eighty's and the ninety's and things have really changed you know we're not just a place where you can now use a computer or check out a movie but we're really the living room of the community you know we act as a community center for belmont so you can come to the library and do all sorts of things you know business pleasure or you know get together with your neighbors meet new friends and take part in some really great programming we just have so much to offer everyone and it's it's a big jump from the old days where that was the place to read and get a book where can people see this p s a it will just be on media centers television stations so we're going to try and push out as much as we can it'll be available on our website it will be available it'll be running on belmont media's channels  between certain meetings and other programming we're going to reach out to the local cinema and see if they might work with us to utilize some opportunities there to show it to their customers and you can probably just find it on you tube as well if you just go to youtube and type in the belmont public library it will come up in can people download this somewhere so to share with their friends neighbors not yet but you can just pass those links around you can share the link to our website or the link to the you tube channel this is all part of your birthday celebration one of many things as a one hundred fifty years this year since belmont decided they needed a public library back in eight hundred sixty eight so we have a lot of different efforts going on and it made sense this checked off a lot of a lot of boxes on our list of things we wanted to do this year do you have a big event in particular coming up i have a i have one coming up in a few weeks we're going to do a books in bloom program so it'll be march second third and fourth at the library they'll be a ticketed event on friday evening march second hosted by the garden club the la brea foundation the friends of the library and the belmont historical society where you can come and see fresh flowers on display we'll have a cash bar and some refreshments and some more programming over the course of the weekend culminating on sunday with a birthday party for children and families to celebrate one hundred fifty years at the library well congratulations thank you so much and happy birthday thank you ok here's jane peters with democrats community counter for events coming up in the town  hello everyone i'm jane and this is your community calendar for this week february twelfth through eighteen as melanie brooks worked on a memoir about her father's death she thought guidance from the memoirist who most moved her she interviewed eighteen of them for her book writing hard stories millions book will be available for purchase at this free program including a book signing on monday from eleven to noon being engaged in your local and global community means being educated on the things that impact us the m c the belmont public library and science for the public are bringing a series of lectures in what is called the citizen literacy series the first in the series takes place on monday from six to eight pm join the conversation surrounding climate change including the policies currently shaping how we deal with it and effective actions to take as an individual powers faculty alex pollock and guest performer and luis klaus will melt your heart as they present folk songs by classical composers arias and songs from musical theater powers presents love songs from the twentieth century as part of their neighborhood concert series at the beach street center on tuesday at one fifteen what's your zodiac sign do you know what personality traits and relationship compatibilit associated with it if you want to learn more about the tradition and practice of astrology this fun in interactive discussion with the st member athena mcinnes on tuesday at two thirty is for you belmont will work science of cycling returns with part two in it series titled good nutrition for great results dr michelle will deliver an hour long presentation answering many questions surrounding nutrition and breaking down more challenging concepts into easy to swallow pieces perfect for those planning insurance sports this presentation will be held at belmont will works on thursday from seven thirty to eight thirty pm sergeant daniel m clarke known as the singing trooper performed while representing the commonwealth of mass during his twenty year career during his tenure with the state police he performed at more than two thousand five hundred federal state local and military functions all are welcome to this long awaited performance at the beech trees that are on friday at one fifteen pm democracy is not a spectator sport nobody should stand on the sidelines help the league of women voters motivate the vote by creating a thirty second public service announcement encouraging people to make game plan to vote on election day students can visit l w b m a dot work to register and upload their p s a between february first and march thirty first and easton interested in participating is encouraged to contact the m c a for equipment use and assistance calling all artists with a love for fairy tales folk tales and fables the belmont gallery of art is looking for artists to submit their work that creatively interprets well known and lesser known stories from cultures around the world deadline for submission is march ninth visit the belmont gallery of art web page for more information and that's all we have for this week to have your event featured  belmont journals community calendar email your event info to jane at belmont media dot org see you next week happy valentine's day everyone most of velma knows was about months leading couples people know that ralph and cherry jones  been active in the community for decades roust been a member of the board of selectmen sherry has been involved with the belmont garden club where people may not know is that ralph and sherry jones have been married for almost fifty two years this year happy valentine's day ralphie and sherry let's listen in as ralph and sherry jones talk about it and share the secrets of their longtime  romance we enjoy any gender and we enjoy doing things together but we also allow the other person to do their thing so it's never good and where we had to do everything the trips so we don't you know rock isn't really interested in gardening and i'm not really interested in photography so we love each other to do things that we really enjoy without and high schools boys basketball team is making their final push toward the tournaments time we have with us today franklin tucker who will give us an update on how the boys basketball team is playing sports update focuses on the belmont high school boys basketball team which completed its main goal of the season by making the playoffs winning its tenth game of the season with a victory over lexington in belmont for on friday with lexington concentrating on belmont's all star dany are njeri and his teammates took center stage friday was a big game for senior will it with nineteen points and sophomore mac on us who contributed from long range inside thomas to going in pace the broader in rebounds and inside baskets it was also a great game for ben certainly raji contribute twelve points in his most productive game of the improve its placement in the upcoming division to north sectionals with games with six games remaining ixtapa here's what's happening on the belmont media sanders local channels in the mean time i want to remind you that this show is your show so please send us your news tips your ideas of community updates please contact news director frederick regal fred at belmont media dot org well that's it for this week's edition of the belmont journal i'm your host roger colt and i will see you again next time