happenings from the community newspaper meet the belmont set media center celebrating the tenth anniversary of the belmont media center this c nine years ago before coming to be mc she worked at malden access television gaining experience in covering municipal programming she focuses on programming coverage and ensuring calendar content are updated on the website and newspapers she said twenty fifty is a new world with digital service high definition field cameras new editing equipment back then we could not have done the five hour television for the food pantry and run facilities and tactical operations as well as overseeing remote productions and training he said the biggest change has been the transition from standard eight d from tape as media to disk file backup we were the first center of our size to have suites and now we are about to have a true studio which stands for host operated technology it can be a one man show where you just turn on the equipment and do your show with no need for crew said dusenberry who began working in community media when he was twelve years old paddy mahela is the first friendly person you will see when walking into the b m c she began her role as an ministration manager about two years ago but volunteered for years at the belmont high school studio taping meetings and other events back at the high school it was a real hodgepodge and makeshift sets now we are so much more professional people walking to the b a m c amazed and vowed by the state of art technology and studios said behave that there is also a greater excitement from high school students she added of their staff members include e j johnson joined the staff the staff august two thousand and nine johnson assist members in studio production and editing accomplished in film video production for decades e j johnson has won eleven telly awards for i t v a golden and silver state awards  as a director camera man or producer staff producer and archivist jeremy missouri is a production and our editor he brings twenty years of audio visual experience to work on members productions and projects his experience includes ten years as an audio visual freelance contractor his education prepared him to create a digital a moving image archive of belmont community t v programming with the help of volunteers and interns for several years the recently retired and farmar farmer belmont president paul carey played a key role as a government and community producer covering events and government and then reflected on the experience in addition to the staff from b m c has a commitment from a team of volunteers whose efforts contribute to achieving the programming and coverage of the community events membership first production classes quitman training media literacy programs gallery and event space youth workshops of studio camera audio computer equipment and for the revamped website features on demand local programming and lives streaming of government as we head into autumn public health of advocates say it's not too early to think about flu shots often available in doctors offices public health departments and pharmacies the flu vaccine is the most effective way to avoid getting influenza medical experts say the centers for disease control and prevention c d c projects that up to one hundred seventy nine million doses of the flu vaccine will be available in the u s market for the twenty fifteen twenty sixteen flu season which begins in october and typically peaks during the winter the goal of the part massachusetts department of public health the d p h is to ensure as many people as possible get the flu vaccines and scott zone back a spokesman for the d p h we particularly focus on vulnerable populations who wouldn't have access on their own through insurance belmont health director angela braun said her department agrees with the c d c recommendation that every person six months of age and older receive an annual flu vaccine two clinics are planned in belmont october seventeenth and october twenty first these clinics will be for belmont residents five years of age and older and flu vaccine will be available on a first come first serve basis in addition to flu shots there will be a limited amount of interim nasal flu mist only for those healthy not pregnant five day eighteen years of age we ask that residents bring their health insurance cards as the town can be reimbursed for administering flu vaccine at no cost to the resident the funds are receiving health insurance reimbursements well almost a whole flu clinics in the future no one will be denied a flu vaccine based on their lack of health insurance said brom side effects can occur with any of axing and no vaccine is one hundred percent effective said brown we believe in terms of risks and benefits the benefit of receiving an annual flu vaccine which can prevent a lengthy illness hospitalization and even death caused by the flu outweighs the risk of any temporary side effects that may result from receiving a flu vaccine she said mass health and the d p h offer programs to increase access to fl vaccines for children and adults across massachusetts the d p h provides free flu vaccines for children eighteen and younger to local health departments and public school districts enrolled in its  they can then build mass health the state's medicaid program for the cost of administering the vaccines marion firm claims boosters did not pay boosters claim misunderstanding and no contract was signed a sports performance company is claiming it was not compensated for consulting work performed on the recently remodeled weight room at belmont high school funded by the belmont boosters and individual donors renovations on the weight room were completed in august mark horton owner of boston sports institute's said his company was virtually hired before hand by jim reynolds president of belmont boosters to create a detailed plan for the project which he did all this all of this time and the items and the b s i have dedicated to this project were discus multiple occasions with you and were given approval at every discussion orton wrote in an e mail to reynolds june eighteenth however reynolds said he never recalls verbal e hiring horton and that horrid new any hiring decision had to be pursed receive approval any hiring decision had to first receive approval from b h s athletic director jim davis and the booster reynolds called the situation a misunderstanding i am sorry you didn't get picked or paid but it wasn't my decision and it isn't my money to spend around the throat in an e mail to horton september ninth the board said no to me and you davis did not elaborate on the situation but said any agreement would have been between the boosters and harden we did not sign a contract or commit money in any way said reynolds his ordinance specifications went before the boosters board the board decided not to do anything with them but horton said it's the matter is not so cut and dried i don't understand how you can hire and not pay a consultant this was never a pro bono thing well horton admits a contract was never signed following an initial meeting with reynolds he said the two had a conversation in which reynolds verbal eight told him to get started on work and discuss the actual cost of the current consulting work horton said he assured reynolds he would personally do the work and cap the hours to keep costs down i didn't sign a contract with reynolds because i trust him and i had a great relationship with boma said who was hired by the boosters last year to do a consultation on the football team's offense documents provided by horton show he created a three phase remodelling plan for the weight room lining changes new equipment an annual maintenance of the new space alon with associated costs according to an invoice stated june fifteenth horton played in roughly twelve hours of work by charge the boosters for five hours which came out to one thousand one hundred twenty five horton contends his plan was followed closely in the project it was also referenced in multiple in person meetings with administration and service founders he wrote in an email to reynolds reynolds however denies this claim the changes in weight room were simple thing most aspects donated by parents he said mark is thinking well i told you to do all of that stuff and maybe i should get paid that is what happened and he got very aggressive and i think unfortunately for mark he burned a lot of bridges in belmar well horton said although his lawyers think he might  case in small claims court he is not planning to pursue it i have decided to completely drop this legally he twelve hundred dollars does not mean anything to my company  but i am offended by the entire situation instead horton said he would like the boosters to donate the money he claims he is owed to the special olympics an organization some of his employees have worked with in the past cable t v cable t v regulations selectmen voted to support comments that two representatives from belmont cable television advisory committee which oversees cable service in town plan to submit to the state's department of telecommunications and cable expressing concern over proposed new cable t policies the proposal from d t c is part of governor charlie crist regulation reform efforts if passed the first regulation change could make it more difficult for the town to respond to complaints from residents about their cable providers currently providers compile and file complaints from residents to the state which could be anything from poor service to employees missing individual appointments on a quarterly basis the municipalities can view complaints once they are filed with the state the new regulations would have cable providers submit complaints on an annual basis we would like to see complaints sooner rather than later s forums is a tool for oversight that would be a lot less effective on an annual basis the second proposal regulation change would decrease interest rates on security deposits came up providers impose on certain subscribers for a number of reasons including a bad credit score card practice according to hand sold is for providers to pay seven percent interest on security deposits once returned to subscribers the new policy would reduce the interest rate to five percent or if the funds are segregated the lowest rate the providers can find which carthy said could be also given current economic conditions selectman jim williams suggested agreeing with a rate reduction of five percent but suggesting a minimum of three percent when the funds are segregated so subscribers are r and  month after selectman reprove the common fiddler license from the restaurant or tom or nineteenth it feels great alex on him said we're very excited cohen are sam posts off said in our guest that the three thousand square and various toppings that people can mix and match for a quick meal dinner will be traditional dining will sit down meals the door expects the price for lunch time sandwich surrender from six to eleven dollars and set the restaurant will employ four to seven other proprietary sauces they plan to unveil in the upcoming months alex and also said they plan to pursue a liquor license next year marian slow living decor tips i recently became aware of the new to me concept slow living it's probably not really new it goes back to how people might have lived before we all had televisions computers and four soccer games that week not to mention impulsive online shopping slower living refers to experiencing life in a more purposeful way what does this mean in home decor or a seraphic swinburne asks how can we appreciate the beauty of the winter landscape and light without feeling overcome by it where do you sit to watch a thunderstorm rolling or to watch the snow fall that's right winter is coming and we need to make sure we have a complete space in which to hunker down slow living is open to personal interpretation decor that relaxes me may not appeal to you some people are most comfortable surrounded bright colors others like to relax in the see if neutral soft color some feel most comforted by a well coordinated environment with matching sets of furniture well at this  space whatever your preference the big idea is to make sure those simple comfortable spaces are available within your home small rooms lend themselves well to coziness but it's relatively easy to create those cozy spaces within larger rooms as well all you need is the company chair nestled into the corner with a nearby table for your cup of tea or glass of wine some source of ambien lighting and a winter through which to watch the snow fall another aspect of the slow living movement is the old adage less is more home filled with lots of stuff isn't necessarily reflective of slow living on the other hand personal items are collections within reason can add to your comfort again it's open to interpretation some people can't relax with any degree of clutter in any case purchases should be made with an eye to quality not quantity and meaning for a simple bowl of punk cones can be far more appealing than an expensive piece of art to me evidence of slow living is illustrated by simple touches that bring comfort and my family furniture chosen for comfort and curl up music that can fill out rooms with the touch of a button teapot at the ready with a collection of tea and hot cocoa available ambient lighting thriving plants and other natural touches such as a small vase of flowers or branches books in every room and plenty of throw blankets and pillows we can't always slow down our lives daily or even weekly but the tools at their when we can martha leith and yard waste collection the department of public works has announced leaves and charred yard waste will be collected curbside every week on regular r two yard waste stickers which are provided by the town they may also be put in thirty gallon brown biodegradable paper bags when you know more than fifty pounds no community compost pile at the transfer station at eleven thirty concord avenue the hours are monday through friday seven thirty to eleven thirty a and twelve thirty three pm jonathan the myth of a manly stereotype the marlboro man that rugged independent convoy was a stereotypical american male for decades but in a collectivistic culture like south korea the stereotypical man would look more like a team player than the old boys club a new study found that while americans tend to stereotype men as being more individualistic and less communal than women koreans tend to do the opposite stereotyping men as more communal and less individualistic than women in other words the stereotype of men aligns with whatever behavior is most valuable in the valued in that culture the effect even applied to bilingual korean americans when asked in korean about koreans in south korean town the korean americans expected meant to be more communal women but when asked in english about americans in american town the korean americans expected women to be more communal learn about new minuteman school design  nov tenth at seven to eight thirty pm at the beach street center the board of selectmen is sponsoring the pres presentation on new minuteman regional folk ational and technical high school belmont's representative in the minuteman school committee and building committee will be asked to approve the schematic design for a potential one hundred forty five million dollars new school nov seventeen such an approval by the minuteman school committee and building committee represents a recommendation by the minuteman school district that the massachusetts school building authority approve the project should the m s b a subsequently prove the project the current expectation is that the sixteen towns in the minuteman district will be sometime in the spring two thousand and sixteen to take a binding vote the rising bond financing for the construction of a new school this meeting is an opportunity for residents elected and appointed belmont officials to learn more about the design and financing details about the project to ask questions about the project and to offer any thoughts that they may have about the potential building to belmont's representative on the minuteman school committee prior to november seventeenth vote by the minuteman school committee and old lion killed to avoid inbreeding a year after another day lives zoo triggered process for killing a healthy young giraffe dissecting it and feeding with the school's fall break officials said the offense event is intended to be educational thank you for joining  sorry for school year twenty sixteen taxes due november second fiscal year twenty sixteen town of elmont second quarter real estate and personal property taxes are due by four pm nov second to the treasurer's office nineteen more street don't want online payments and paperless billing are available at the town website belmont nash and  marion farmer grows another record pumpkin farmer ron wallace of green claimed another world record at the southern new england giant pumpkin growers annual way off saturday was a pumpkin weighing in at two thousand two hundred thirty pounds point five pounds two thousand two hundred thirty point five pounds the giant guru beat wallace's previous record of two thousand nine pounds in twenty twelve while a set his secret is a lot of hard work and what he calls his are can take wonder fertilizer martha thank you for joining us for this episode  talking news please join us next week take care take care yes no more no more dancing the foxtrot now this week