Two Fundraisers Planned For Local Girl's Walk to Cure Diabetes Team

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Noelle's Belles, a JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes team, is holding two fundraisers over Columbus Day  weekend.

The JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes raises funds for scientific research to better treat, prevent and ultimately cure type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. For this reason, people with type 1 diabetes must take insulin in order to stay alive. Unlike type 2 diabetes, it cannot be controlled with lifestyle changes.

Noelle's Belles is the team of Williamstown third-grader Noelle Dravis, who was diagnosed with type 1  diabetes four years ago at the age of 4. Her team walks in the JDRF of Greater Connecticut/Western MA  Chapter's walk on Sunday, Oct. 19, at Six Flags New England in Agawam.

The first fundraiser will be held Saturday, Oct. 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Williamstown. Hosted by The Progressive Palette, a painting business locally owned and operated by two sisters with a shared passion for art and inspiring others to discover their inner artist, guests to this event will paint a specially created design on their very own canvas to take home with them. The cost is $35, which includes all supplies, instruction and snacks. Seating is limited and advance registration is required online at progressivepalette.com.



The second fundraiser will be held Monday, Oct. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the North Adams Movieplex in North Adams. On the day off from school and work, the public is invited to come see "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" on opening weekend for just $5 per person. No advance registration is necessary.

Disney's "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" (rated PG) follows the exploits of  11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young  life - a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and  begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns he is not alone when his mom  (Jennifer Garner), dad (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette), and sister (Kerris Dorsey) all find themselves  living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

For more information on these fundraisers, contact Rebecca Dravis at 413-458-0298. To donate directly to Noelle's Belles online, visit walk.jdrf.org.

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To the Editor:

I urge my Republican friends to vote for someone other than Donald Trump in November. His rallies are getting embarrassingly sparse and his speeches more hostile and confused. He's looking desperately for money, now selling poor-quality gold sneakers for $399. While Trump's online fans embrace him more tightly, more and more of the people who actually worked with Trump have broken with him, often issuing statements denouncing his motives, intellect, and patriotism.

Mike Pence is the most recent, but the list now includes William Barr, former attorney general (who compared him to a 9-year-old); former NSC Chairs Bolton and McMaster; former Defense Secretaries Mattis and Esper; former Chiefs of Staff Kelly and Mulvaney; former Secretary of State Tillerson; former Homeland Security chief Bossert; and former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, who referred to Trump as a "wannabe dictator." This level of rejection by former colleagues is unprecedented in American politics.

Are these people just cozying up to the Establishment "Uniparty," as his fans would have it? No. Most of them are retired from politics. It's just that they see the danger most clearly. General Milley is right. Trump's most constant refrain is his desire to hurt his critics, including traditional conservatives. Although Liz Cheney lost her Wyoming seat in Congress, he now wants her jailed for investigating him.

This man should not be president of the USA.

Jim Mahon
Williamstown, Mass.

 

 

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