welcome to talking news we are delighted to have you with us listening to our presentation by members at the beach street center marian jonathan and martha will be reading local news and happenings from the community newspaper belmont woman to walk for charity janice nice night lost her grandfather oncle to a said she eventually had to move her mother into a nursing home where people could assist her with things she used to do by herself such as personal care and bathing that was hard said knight seventy eight during a recent interview at her home on common street for me it was extremely difficult seeing her robbed of her dignity knight will honor her mother on september seventeenth by leading a team in the south shore walk to and alzheimer's in plymouth and event she has participated in since her mother passed away from alzheimer's fifteen years ago all time as disease is a neurological disorder that causes memory loss and dementia according to the  than five million americans are currently living with alzheimer's the disease has also claimed the lives of nights grandfather and two it's all on her mother's side i'm doing it because there is a significant presence of alzheimer's and my family said knight seventy seven who said during an interview on september eighth that h team team harriet had raised approximately seventeen hundred dollars it's something i care deeply about the proceeds from the event which for close to two hundred thousand as of september twelfth will support research efforts of the all its harmer's association this year's race is extremely important for a night because one of her friends recently passed away from timers the experience said night reminded that belmont resident of how her mother was when she got the horrible designation knight said she brought her mother to live with her after she first showed symptoms even for such symptoms even when she had the disease night said her mother was as pleasant as ever she was a little hugging machine she said she just have everyone who got within arm's length but after two years said night it was clear she couldn't take care of her the age of eighty after eight years of living at belmont manner having seen so many of her family members deal with alzheimer's night does what she can to try and prevent getting the disease yourself and to help researchers find a cure knight said she has participated in numerous clinical studies relating to timers at on september fifteenth of musical swing orchestra in a fund raising concert sponsored by the friends of the council on aging at the beach street center who is this wife long musician and trumpet player born in phil shows of r k all theatre on washington street downtown that got him into the orchestra when they enlarged the band from nine to fifteen he filled in during these shows and gained experience in learning hundreds of tunes what keys they were in and how to improvise natalee's father was a barber and musician who taught him ear training and how to sight read music with this talent he was able to fill in during the night james are history and joined the jury walt orchestra at the paramount theater in new york at age twenty one he traveled around the country plying the liberace show the three stooges dick haymes and margaret whiting  for three or four weeks at a time he became prime friendly with the three stooges and played poker with them between shows he often played five shows a day and was never sure which acts would be on the same bill right world war two he recalled going to the paramount theater in new york city at noon to get another set of music stands and do a war bond drive drive show in times square a big star such as bob hope or milton berle who was in new york at that time would come down to do a show for a few minutes all we did was play play play he said tyrant of the road he returned to boston and played in society orchestras such as ruby newman and harry mar he started his own six piece band and discovered a great sixteen year old keyboardist named correll they played at the mayfair a show club on arlington street in the latin quarter tali played along kennedy around for president here are the excitement when the future president came into the hall smoking a cigar and waving to everybody since then he has played behind bill bojangles bill robertson frank sinatra the roads are becoming increasingly dangerous across the nation according to new data on motor vehicle crashes the national number of traffic fatalities in twenty fifteen increased seven point two percent from the previous year reversing a nearly decade long decrease in crashes according to data the national highway transit safety administration released august twenty ninth well n  a figures show the number of traffic deaths in massachusetts dropping from three hundred fifty four and twenty fourteen to three hundred six in two thousand and fifteen a report from the nonprofit national safety council shows the number of fatalities climbing into twenty sixteen through the first six months of two thousand and sixteen traffic deaths in massachusetts are up twenty percent compared to the same span last year according to and a c n n analysts nationally motor vehicle deaths in the first half of two thousand and sixteen are up nine percent compared to the same window in twenty fifteen the c data shows americans are driving more miles said mary maguire director of public and legislative affairs for aaa southern new england the u s government reported we broke a record  twenty fifteen driving three point one trillion miles and we're on pace to break the record again in twenty sixteen lower for fuel prices and a strengthening strengthening economy are likely factors she said the economy is improving and more people are back at work so more people are commuting to work she said the three and a half percent increase in miles driven in the largest single year hundred ninety two according to an h t a say distracted driving drunken driving and failure to use seat belts are all factors that contribute to fatal crashes as someone who drives almost forty thousand miles per year i see a lot of people using their phones while driving and looking at their phones especially when they're in congestion maguire you can't multitask when you're when you drive driving requires all your focus your first responsibility is safety for yourself your passengers and all the people on the road assistant belmont police chief james mcgaha zick said there has not been any fatal motor vehicle crashes in belmont year to date although there have been pedestrians and bicyclists hit as well as rollovers he believes the improvements made two trips hello road and the recently added four way stop sign at heavily traveled intersections including lexington beech cruelly at slade and pace and at have helped to keep belmont road safer although belmont is a suburban town the roads are more urban in nature because many commuters used propellor road and conquered ave as a cut through to avoid the mass pike to traffic said mcisaac he said pedestrian should pick safe routes to walk it might be shorter to get to a destination by crossing a dangerous intersection but pedestrians are better off walking an extra hundred yards to avoid danger said mcisaac killing a tell the national safety council vice president for communications and advocacy pointed have visibility law enforcement sobriety checkpoints strong motorcycle helmet laws and strong seatbelt laws as effective ways to boost safety she also said technology should be embraced in the towel suggested that cars could be built with devices that prevent a cell phone from operating inside the vehicle technology can also be used to prevent a drunk driver from getting behind the wheel martha exhibit celebrate studios cinema as ninety five year history joanne notes of bellows belmont resident  has been interested in photography all her life when her children were in school she took photos of the event for p t o and p o m s the past three years she has taken her passion most seriously as she began chronicling the history and beauty around her from her grand children to her travels and her town and owner of the ninety fifth anniversary of belmont studios cinema one of the last single seven theaters in the boston area whitmer has her first belmont photo exhibit at belmont media center opened through toba thirty first i believe that many in our town do not realize that we have a charming cinema running first run movies sponsoring independent film festivals and hosting birthday parties or other events said when we were originally known as the strength as a studio according to which admission ranged from eleven to seventeen cents for vans and days and twenty eight to thirty five cents for evening performances and reserve anyone who could offer simple stories for the belmont studio story project about their experiences with studio cinema over the years such as what favorite films they saw at studio at cinema what they remember about going to the theater as a child i date they had at the theater should contact  in mono or chicken rice is the best around and you can't get a better deal anywhere contingent followed beyond this from his former restaurant in arlington peter's kitchen which he probably won't with his brother in law for nineteen years when he turns sixty two beyond his old peter's kitchen with the intention of retiring and spending a lot of time in his homeland of limbaugh's grease however beyond this realize soon after selling peter kitchen the retirement was boring and he liked being busy you also didn't want to miss out on spending time with his two sons and fog round children so he got searching for a new location for a diner it would serve breakfast and lunch seven days a week must teddy's kitchen it for sixty two common street no more it was more this is own kitchen for eleven years he is the head chef a one man show during the week making everyone's orders from has worked seven days a week for the past thirty years with me up at four thirty am and only closes one week during the july fourth holiday and other major holidays including christmas thanksgiving and new year's day he came to america on december first nineteen sixty six when he was twenty three the first job he got when he came to america was working in a kitchen at central square restaurant in cambridge and that is how he learned to cook and speak english after working there for four and a half years he opened his own restaurant pearl street restaurant in cambridge he had it for five years and so it spend more time with his two sons it was her playing hockey a sport he loves he got a job working jimmy's restaurant in boston for five years would serve breakfast and lunch allowing him to be home with the children to go home from school and be at the games beyond the set his greatest teacher was the former owner of jimmy's restaurant suppose who taught him just how about everything he knows how to make today the most popular item on teddy's kitchen is the turkey club made with hand carved turkey breast cooked at the restaurant bake special is also very popular spinach pie is beyond his personal favorite your son george lost his father's home made a lemon soup in summer and is uses tomatoes cucumbers and p own home to make salad almost stuffed bears mary aggressive driving is on the rise nationwide nearly eighty percent of drivers expressed significant anger aggression or road rage behind the wheel at least once in the past year according to a new study released by the aaa foundation for traffic safety the foundation also found that seven percent of u drivers engaged in extreme examples of road rage including purposefully ramming another vehicle or getting out of their cars to confront another driver within the past year drivers living in the northeast were significantly more likely to yell honk or gesture angrily than people living in other parts of the country drivers in the northeast are also thirty percent more likely to have made an angry gesture that drivers than other parts than other drivers in other parts of the country inconsiderate driving heavy traffic and the daily stresses of life can transform minor frustrations into dangerous road rage said lloyd albert senior vice president of public government affairs for aaa northeast far too many drivers out losing themselves in the heat of the moment and lashing out in ways that could turn deadly significant percentage of us drivers reported and gauging an angry and aggressive behaviors over the past year according to study estimates fifty one percent purposefully tailgate forty seven percent yelling at another driver forty five percent honking to show annoyance or anger thirty three percent making angry gestures twenty four percent trying to block another vehicle from changing lanes twelve percent cutting off another vehicle on purpose four percent getting out of the vehicle to confront another driver three percent bumping or ramming another vehicle on purpose nearly two in three drivers believe that aggressive driving is a bigger problem today than three years ago well nine out of ten  aggressive drivers are a serious threat to their own personal safety aggressive driving and road rage varied considerably among different driving demographics male and younger drivers age nineteen through thirty nine were significantly more likely to engage in aggressive behaviors for example male drivers who are more than three times as likely as female drivers to participate in extreme behaviors like getting out of a vehicle to confront another driver or ramming another vehicle on purpose drivers who reported other unsafe behaviors behind the wheel such as speeding and running red lights also were more likely to show aggression for example drivers who reported speeding on a freeway in the past month were four times more likely to cut off another vehicle on purpose it's completely normal for drivers to experience anger behind the wheel but we must not let our emotions lead to destructive choices albert said don't risk is escalating a frustrating situation because you never know what the other driver might do maintain a cool head and focus on reaching your destination safely aaa offers these tips to help prevent road rage don't offend never cause other drivers to change their speed our direction that means not forcing them to use their brakes or turn the steering wheel in response to something you have done be tolerant and forgiving the other driver may just be having a really bad day assume that it's not personal do not respond avoid eye contact don't make gestures maintain space around your vehicle sidewalks should notice the newly installed wood and rod iron benches which are replacing the white and royal blue bleacher style metal benches the grand new street lights illuminating the newly paved street and the newly planted trees belmont center construction project is nearing its end with just the final phase of the heavily debated green grass space awaiting completion to celebrate the end of many months of construction belmont center businesses have planned a fall stroll on saturday september twenty fourth five to eight pm interested parties correct and participants should pick up a strobe was center game card at belmont savings bank which will be used to collect stickers from each participant and participating shop and restaurant once all the stickers are collected participants were turned the card to belmont savings to receive a complimentary gift card from one of the merchants and be entered to win one of ten one hundred dollar merchant gets cards live music will entertain as you shop and jonathan three artists voices service opens the belmont gallery of art kicks off its twenty sixteen twenty seventeen season with a vibrant new show three artist the exhibit showcases for any kind he is the sheer art techniques that remain as distinct in style and expression as the three women who created them the voices surface opening reception is friday september information specialist robert reardon jr moving on by joanna case valas town official tatar held a reception in honor of outgoing public information specialist robert reardon jr on tuesday written begins training with the police academy september twelfth after successful completion in about six months written will graduate and become a belmont police officer his last official day as public information specialist for the town is september eighth if all goes according to plan i should hopefully be back working in town at some point next spring i've long had an interest in the legal system and public safety which obviously is applicable to my new role in addition i'm hoping that my experience in communications licensing and other duties here at town hall will prove themselves useful said riordan riordan who was hired as the town's first public information specialist in december twenty twelve martha thank you for joining us for this