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S2 Avon, Canton, Dedham, Foxborough, Norwood, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood Community Briefs 2 Sports 7 Obituaries 8 Entertainment 9 The Boston Globe Thursday, December 2 7, 2001 LQ)(g I I 4, Golden oldies A group of senior musicians form The Olde Kids on the Block, an 18-piece big band that plays the hits of yesteryear. Entertainment, Page 9 Chess champ I'm really into strategy. I like to think. I don't like to come to simple AJ. Rice, who, along with two sixth-grade classmates, won a division championship in a national chess competition.

Page 2 It's traditional Dedham's Seamus Young, who has skated for St. Sebastian's since the eighth grade, has helped lead the powerhouse hockey program to another strong start this season. Sports, Page 7 MM 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 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 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 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 It 1 1 1 i I ri 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 tl I tl 1 1 I Illllllllll NORWOOD Officials seek to ban smoldng in eateries Residents will vote on initiative in April By John Winters GLOBE CORRESPONDENT NORWOOD Board of Health officials here have joined a regional push to ban smoking in establishments that serve food. The officials have jumped onboard with Canton, Walpole, Foxborough, Millis, Wrentham, Dedham, and Norfolk by scheduling a nonbonding referendum on the issue for April. The charge of the Board of Health is to protect the public health," said Phyllis Boucher, director and superintendent of Norwood's board of health.

The single most important thing you can do is not to smoke or be exposed to smoke." Restaurant and bar owners fear a tough anti-smoking law in town would harm their business. For instance, there are a lot of customers at the Shamrock Pub who come in for the atmosphere. Many of them also enjoy a cigarette with their drink. That may not be possible if the board of health puts a new regulation into effect. "A lot of our business comes from smokers and the way I feel about it is people who are coming in are over 21 and they should be able to smoke," said Michelle Gunning, one of the owners of the Shamrock Pub.

"It's a pub and a pub atmosphere. When you go into a place like this you assume there's going to be smoking and drinking." SMOKING BAN, Page 6 .51 GLOBE STAFF PHOTO JOHN TLUMACKI Marylou Sandry, CEO of Marylou's, takes center stage for a TV commercial being taped with employees at her Abington doughnut shop. BUSINESS The home of regular joes Four competing coffee-shop chains had their beginnings in South suburbs ago with a store in Mansfield. To him, the emphasis has always been on comfort offering New Englanders a cup of coffee, a doughnut, and a place to talk. "Coffee is all about people," said Bowen, who grew up in Stoughton and Boston.

By Emily Shartin GLOBE STAFF CORRESPONDENT Richard Bowen knew he wanted to be a part of the coffee business ever since he was a boy. It wasnt the beverage that intrigued him so much as the vibrant atmosphere The region helped build Honey Dew into the successful company that it is today, with 150 stores across New England. But it's not the only coffee business born and bred in this area. Honey Dew shares its local upbringing with Dunkin' Donuts, which is based in COFFEE SHOPS, Page 5 Tracing the history of Dunkin' Donuts. Page 5.

in the store where he worked, Ronny's Donut Shop in Roslindale. Tbday, Bowen is president and CEO of Honey Dew Donuts, the Braintree-based company he founded 28 years iiiifiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiirttiftiiiii)iicii)Jiitiiiitiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiii ttiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiitiitiitiiii(iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiitiiiiiiiiiii tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiii iiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiittitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiiiiMii iiiittiititiiiiittiiiiiiiitiiiiiitiiiiittiiiiiiiiittiiii SAFETY Legislative action renews debate over school bus seat belts By Alexander Reid GLOBE STAFF Every day, schoolchildren in towns across the region make the trip between home and class on yellow school buses. But unlike the family car, or most other vehicles where children are passengers, the buses do not have seat belts. were riding on a chartered motorcoach, not a school bus, but the crash has nevertheless contributed to the discussion of seat belts. Westwood is the only town in the region where school buses are equipped with seat belts.

Edward Kanzanjian, assis-SEAT BELTS, Page 4 ies that they have to install seat belts and incur the costs for them is not something we can easily do," said Nyman. The debate surrounding the issue today is an outgrowth of the publicity surrounding the bus crash that killed four Newton Middle School students last April in Sussex, New Brunswick. The children The subject of seat belts on school buses has prompted a debate over the last few years, but it is now the focus of a legislative effort on Beacon Hill, with legislators backing a mandatory requirement for three-point lap and shoulder belts in all new school buses. The bill, which is in the House Ways and Means Committee, also calls for existing buses to be retrofitted with the beltharness system. State Representative Robert J.

Nyman, a Democrat from Hanover who is on the Legislature's Public Safety Committee, said that while he supports a seat belt requirement, he is also aware of the cost. To all of a sudden tell the bus compan 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ri 1 1 1 III 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 41 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II II 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ri 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 II 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 REGION BUN ENDS II The torch is relayed by car to Boston tm Carrying the torch a thrill, an honor Lighting the way The Olympic Torch, bound for the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, will be passing through the area today en route from Providence to Boston. The torch rides aboard a convoy for most of its trip, but it will be carried by runners along two stretches of the South Shore. Among the participants today will be 24 area residents who were chosen to take turns carrying it The map below shows where the torch will travel on foot through Plymouth, beginning at 11:20 a.m. on South Street just off the exit from Route the map at right shows its path through Quincy, beginning at 12:50 p.m.

at Quirk Chevrolet. V- BREWSTER STVrV i.m. Arrive at torch stand at Plymouth Rock for a brief pause A -4 RUN ENDS 12:20 p.m. Plymouth Harbor By Kimberly Atkins GLOBE STAFF CORRESPONDENT For Richard Smitley of Dedham, running was a way of life. He ran in numerous races and marathons every year, and with his wife, Helen, operates the community running club of Dedham, Norwood, and Westwood out of his own home.

So last year, when a stroke threatened to put his running days behind him, he knew he had to fight back. "I had been a runner for 15 years," said Smitley, who works in the Dedham Public Schools maintenance department Then I had my stroke last year, and I said 1 cant let this keep me As he worked his way back to health, his wife and teachers at Dedham High School nominated Smitley to be a torchbearer for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. This afternoon Smitley will run again, this time holding the Olympic flame through Inman Square. "Just to be able to carry is GLOBE STAFF PHOTO JONATHAN WIGGS Richard Smitley says he is thrilled to be involved. pjn.

Torch bearers arrive on stage and Tight cauldron. Lunch celebration qT- Z2 lastsonehour I RUN BEGINS 12:50 p.m. Quiric cf XI Chevrolet HI) relayedbycar Av XX I towards Quincy 'i v-x PLYMOUTH XL RUN BEGINS J'ty If Pm- torch is very exciting especially with everything that is going on in the world today," Smitley said, 1 am just so thrilled to do something positive and inspiring." Smitley, 58, is one of 24 residents from Boston's south suburbs chosen to participate in the Olympic Torch Relay as the flame makes it way OLYMPIC TORCH, Page 6 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllir IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiTIIIIIIIII llllllllltllllllllllllllllllllli.tlllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIII.V.IIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.