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mm Wmt Wl Needham, Newton, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Weston Bulletin Board 2 Calendar 14 People Places 15 Home Garden 17 Sports 18 The Boston Sunday Globe November 26, 2000 i Mister Music, please Bruegger's Bagels boasts its own musician, Ed Morgan, to entertain the tots while parents nosh. 9 Her best foot forward Former Needham High soccer star Alison Considine is heading for the NCAA Division II championships with the Ravens at Franklin Pierce College, which has made the Final Four. 18 Older than that now Esther Minnie Mendelsohn, who came to this country aboard the Lusitania, celebrates her 93d birthday with family and friends. On the Move Again. 15 i JESsaa mini in ti i ii ii ii 1 1 ill i it i ii i ii miimimiiiiiii 1 1 in ii nun in mini mi i immiiiinmiim Minimum i miiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiimiimiiiim iiiimiiiiiimmimiii i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 mi 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 i i i mi i mini i i mi NEWTON Til find a sentence that's so over the top, leant believe these people still talk to e.

JOHNMOXLEY School plan's design phase moves along fmr rMSr I W' mi dozens of high school construction projects in Massachusetts, including past renovations of Newton South High School. The firm also has expertise in the installation of technology and networking systems in classrooms. The firm, which is headquartered in Newton Centre, has worked with the Department of Education School Building Assistance Program, the state program that partially reimburses communities for school construction projects. The design plans for Newton's overhauled high schools must be submitted to the state by June 2001, so that the city can qualify for reimbursement funds that will drop by nearly 10 percent after that date. Newton Mayor David Cohen said, 1 chose this firm because of its excellent reputation and its ability to perform the contract within the given specifications." Cohen said.

ERICA NOONAN Architects chosen by the mayor The local architectural firm Drummey, Rosane and Anderson Inc. has been hired for the design phase of the renovation of Newton's high schools. Carl Franceschi, architect and principal with the firm, will head the project The proposed overhaul and modernization of Newton's two high schools is slated to take six years and cost approximately $80 million. On Nov. 7, city voters approved a proposal to allocate $5.7 million for the design phase of the plan to modernize Newton North and Newton South high schools and bring the buildings into compliance with air-quality and handicapped accessibility codes.

The firm has been involved in 8LOM STAFF WOTOMIRK WILSON Online cartoonist Paul Jamiol fleft) and columnist John Moxley take a coffee break at Barca's Spa in Watertown. WATERTOWN For townie news, just click here Columnist, cartoonist launch a Web site 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii i mi ii NEWTON Feeling like a winner cantankerous columns, adding his seasoned, history-imbued voice to a scene that includes many young newcomers. He was a columnist for the Watertown Sun and the Watertown Tab Press for nine years before he left because an editor refused to run one of his more controversial columns. In September, he and cartoonist Paul Jamiol, 54, started WatertownPost.com, which features Moxley's columns and Jamiol's cartoons. They hope to expand the site by finding people to contribute commentary or photos and by attracting advertisers.

Last week both sat down at Demos Restaurant in Watertown, ordered the usual, and talked about their WATERTOWN, Pag 8 By Lisa Kocian GLOBE STAFF CORRESPONDENT There was a time when a cub reporter could start out in his hometown, spend years cultivating sources, and then hope to retire as editor of his local newspaper. Because there wasnt much turnover, sometimes an aspiring journalist would have to move over a town or two to find a job opening, but in any case he could spend decades with the same operation. Readers got their news from their neighbors. Watertown native John Moxley, 48, misses the old days. But now the proliferation of the Internet has allowed him to continue publishing his often- gala television taping of the awards program, which will be aired on the Lifetime cable channel on Dec 22.

"It was absolutely overwhelming," she said. "It was so exciting to be with 32 other people who, like you, have so much passion for what they do." Benjamin said the honorees were treated to luxury accomodations, limousine rides, and even a parade through Disneyland. TEACHER, Pag 10 Penny Benjamin may not have brought home Disney's Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, but she says she still feels like a winner. The third-grade teacher from the Cabot School in Newtonville was one of 33 teachers nominated for one of Disney's 2000 American Teacher Awards, out of a pool of 70,000 nominations. Benjamin, 59, spent much of last week in Los Angeles in meetings with other teachers and at a NEWTON WALTHAM Veteran gets Silver Star 47 years after his heroism Women's studies takes step forward MaMti in mii" mi" m'ffwmtf r.

Brandeis opens research center U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division's 48th Field Artillery Battalion. That day, Freedman was a forward observer, using radio commands to direct American artillery units to Chinese targets in the mountainous terrain. He re By Erica Noonan GLOBE STAFF CORRESPONDENT The fierce battles for Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War have been the stuff of movie legend for decades. But one Newton native has just recent members facing north, overlooking the hill, alongside Ray Barry, an artillery liaison officer.

"It had been pretty rough all day," recalled Freedman, now 71 and living in Punta Gorda, Fla. "It was as if the Chinese were throwing everything they had at us." Around 2 p.m., the bunker took a direct hit ly received recognition for his bravery during the July 11, 1953, attack by the Chinese on the American outpost On Veterans Day, Ronald Freedman was awarded the Silver Star, 47 years after he ran into enemy fire to help a gravely injured comrade. When asked about that day, the memories come their vorlc In her seventh year as a scholar, sociologist Louise Lopman is delving into women's working conditions at sweatshops in El Salvador. She spent three months last year in El Salvador studying Mandarin, one of the largest sweatshops in the country, which makes clothing for Fruit of the Loom and The Gap. "In the sweatshops of El Salvador, I saw young women working in very inhumane conditions experiencing severe violations of dignity, of self-esteem, and of human rights," said Lopman.

For example, women often were not allowed to use the bathroom, were given only polluted water to drink, and were made to stand 12 to 14 hours per day, she said. The pay rate of 43 cents per hour is low even by FJ Salvador's standards, and women are forced to skip meals in order to have money to bring home to their families, she said. BRANDEIS, Pag 6 By Lisa Kocian GLOBE STAFF CORRESPONDENT A new Women's Studies Research Center opened at Brandeis University last week, a significant milestone for a program that has grown and thrived over the last decade. The center will house the Scholars Program as well as the Hadassah International Research Institute, the first research center in the world devoted to Jewish women's studies. Shulamit Reinharz, director of the Women's Studies Program, founded the Scholars Program in 1991 and has seen it grow to 45 strong.

The Scholars Program was growing and demonstrating its worth, so we wanted to find a place for these people," she said. The scholars work on a wide range of projects. Those interviewed recently shared some of their research and talked about howjthe program contributes to RONALD FREEDMAN from a Chinese mortar, a blow that decimated much of the wood-and-sandbag building, killing at least nine men. Still on the radio with support units, Freedman ducked to the floor to get a better connection, a move that probably saved his life. But flying shrapnel struck Barry in the face and neck, sending him sprawling on top of Freedman, who received less seri-VFTERAN, P9 10 0I.OBC 5Iff PHOTOMARK WILSON quickly and clearly to Freedman.

He recalls the last day of fierce fighting between the Chinese and Americans for control of Pork Chop Hill named for its shape as a sunny and shining one, beautiful even, had it not been for the incoming Chinese mortars. Freedman was a 24-year-old second lieutenant, a kid from Newton Centre who graduated from Boston University before volunteering for combat duty with the At the opening of the Women's Studies Research Center, Shulamit Reinharz (left), director of the Women's Studies Program, gets a hug from Millicent Jick, who served on the art committee for the center..