"SARAH, SARAH!"

“Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” (Matthew 7:1-2)

“Sarah, Sarah” was a pop song by Jonathan Butler which was on the charts a little over twenty years ago. I chose that song’s title for my own title for this posting which is about Sarah Palin.

This is a tough one for me to write, and as I do, I’m trying to be very mindful of the above Scripture portion. The words from still ANOTHER song which say that, “no one knows what goes on behind closed doors” are also very true. It’s not often that I become a true FAN of a famous person. When I DO become that sort of a fan, I become pretty loyal and can be quite defensive of someone that I greatly admire. When Sarah Palin was chosen as John McCain’s running mate in the late summer of 2008, I admit that I knew very little about her. I was having lunch at a Chinese restaurant when the announcement was made. I got a look at her and a quick encapsulation of her politics. Man, I was SOLD! Throughout the primary process, I’d been a huge John McCain fan and I’d taken a lot of “hits” from my conservative friends who were almost all backing either Romney or Huckabee. But, once I got a load of Sarah Palin, I wanted her for PRESIDENT. It was almost like... “John McWHO??!!” There was the whole pro-life thing including having a child with Down Syndrome. There was the strong evangelical Christian background, mostly in the Assemblies of God. There was the whole “hockey mom” thing, the husband working on the oil rigs, and even her charismatic yet hokey way of speaking,. The New York elitists ridiculed the way she spoke, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! Yes, last Fall I think (within reason and Biblical standards, of course!) I would have done just about anything for Sarah Palin.

My pragmatic friend D.C.M. warned me. A blunt guy, he sent me an e-mail saying McCain had made a huge mistake choosing Sarah Palin and that she was not qualified to be President. WRKO’s Howie Carr asked, “Could she possibly be worse than George W. Bush?” I didn’t think she could be, but I suppose that’s not the most impressive item you want on your resume for President or Vice-President, now is it? Sarah Palin’s speech to the G.O.P. convention WAS electrifying and inspiring. Unfortunately, her interviews with media types in which she couldn’t remember what newspapers she reads (if any) and in which she didn’t seem to have much more insight about international relations than Paris Hilton or Nicole Ricci have- well, they WERE a bit disconcerting. I still liked Sarah, though. Frankly, I’m an outstanding public speaker when I can just take the podium and GO and in which I know what I’m talking about. But I don’t like to be interviewed if I’m going to be asked unsolicited questions. When that happens, I can freeze and come across like, well, Sarah Palin!

After the Republican loss in November, I was one of those who was looking forward to a Sarah Palin candidacy in 2012 and who could already see myself voting for her in the G.O.P. primary. That was until Friday afternoon. Yes, this is a difficult piece to write about a woman I greatly admire and about a woman I consider to be a sister in Christ. Her announcement about stepping down was ---there’s no way to say this nicely---very poorly done. It sounded like something she wrote on the back of an envelope in fifteen minutes. Yes, I know Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was something he scribbled on the back of an envelope. But, just as Dan Quayle was chided by Lloyd Bentsen for being “no Jack Kennedy”, Sarah Palin’s little speech on Friday was no Gettysburg Address. It was fumbling, rambling, silly, and bad.

She’s through politically.

Sarah Palin has no great achievement as Governor of Alaska. She was elected to do that job, and she lasted two and a half years, and quit. Now, nobody knows the stress the Palin family is under. And, it may be true that the ethics probe, etc., may have so “dogged” her that it would have made governing difficult. But, this is the time a real leader “steps up to the plate” and shows what they’re made of. You know, I have no doubt that if Hillary Clinton had become President and had actually RECEIVED that difficult phone call at 3 in the morning about a terrorist attack or a nuclear attack or something, that Hillary would be up to the task. I know I wouldn’t be up to the task, and, neither would Sarah Palin.

That said, I have no doubt of Sarah Palin’s commitment to Christ and to Christian values. This may sound ridiculous, but I’m serious: maybe she’d be of far more value as an evangelist and a motivational speaker than as President, Vice-President, or Governor. Sarah IS a great speaker when she wants to be. She does have some great convictions. Her family is not perfect, but who’s is? I believe she’s probably a good wife and mother.

I’m disappointed in Sarah Palin’s performance on Friday, and it’s hard to admit that my friend D.C.M. was right about her (as far as POLITICS goes). But, I hope she finds her niche and I hope she makes a useful and positive impact on this generation. It’s been said that Jimmy Carter was a lousy President, but with his “Habitat For Humanity” work and other causes has been one of our best ex-Presidents. Well, I hope down the road Sarah Palin will be similarly admired, as people say, “I’m glad she left politics, because she’s far more suited to....”

Yes, this was a difficult piece to write, but I hope I haven’t given the wrong impression. I still respect Sarah Palin as a person, and I wish her the very best as she leaves the world of politics.

FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND

“...and hath determined the times before appointed...” (from Acts 17:26)

Some of you may remember my entry last year about the embarrassing situation my daughter Rachel and I had when we went to watch the 2008 Natick 4th of July parade. (It’s in the blog archives if you really want to “dig” for it!) Well, we plan to attend the parade THIS year, and we’re playing it safe! We’re sitting across the street from where we usually sit, in a very public area! It’s hard for me to believe this is “4th of July weekend”. I can vividly remember watching the Channel 38 “Three Stooges New Year’s Eve Marathon” as though that was a mere three weeks ago. Yes, as my father frequently asked, “Where does the time GO?!” Many of you know that my favorite two holidays are Thanksgiving Day and Independence Day. This is very selfish, but they typically DON’T involve a lot of extra church work and they typically don’t involve spending an exorbitant amount of money (the way, say, Christmas does). There’s something so “Norman Rockwell” about a 4th of July parade. Natick’s is a very good one. And, the Boston Pops concert (which I watch on television!) on 4th of July evening is, well, very touching and very special. 4th of July weekend is always “different” at our church.

The following is the text of both an e-mail and a U.S. mail letter that many of you received. I would LOVE to have some of you “locals” come out and visit our church this Sunday, July 5. You don’t have to be scared. “We don’t bite!” No matter what your religious or spiritual convictions (or lack thereof) I honestly think most of you would really enjoy our 4th of July weekend service. So here’s my 4th of July weekend letter. Our church is located at 32 South Street (South and Taylor Streets) near the Chicken Bone Restaurant, right off Route 135 in downtown Framingham.

You are invited to be with us on Sunday, July 5 at 9:30 a.m.

INDEPENDENCE DAY weekend is always a special time at FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD OF FRAMINGHAM! For one thing, we “dress casual” - even me! I don’t wear a suit or tie- rather I put on jeans, sneakers, and a tee-shirt! For another thing, we don’t have Sunday School and we hold the service at 9:30 rather than 10:30. (We end around 11, and that gives people plenty of time for whatever festivities they’ve got planned for the day.) Most of all, there is always a very meaningful time of music, prayer, and preaching of the Word.

All of the above will be the case this year. However, in addition to that, I will be giving each person who attends this Sunday’s service an 8 and a half by 11 copy of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. I personally have worked to prepare, photocopy and staple these as my gifts to each person who will attend this Sunday. It’s been a fair amount of work, but I’m concerned that while we all hear about and talk about these documents, many of us have never actually READ them.

This has been kind of a “George Bailey” season for me. Who is George Bailey? Well, if you remember the Christmas film, “It’s a wonderful life,” he’s the one who after a lifetime of “giving his all” in “Bedford Falls” at the “Building & Loan” found himself in a time of great crisis. An angel allowed him to see what the world would have been like if he’d never have been born- then the film ends positively as most of the community turns out to help him in a time of crisis.

You may be thinking, “Hasn’t he got the wrong holiday?! This is the Fourth of July?!” No, I haven’t! While this is summer, it’s now the “best of times and the worst of times” for me and for our church, to paraphrase the line from Charles Dickens.

I experienced a wonderful time on my “sabbatical month” in Missouri this past spring. As nutty as it may sound to some, God really “talked to me” in Missouri. No, not in an audible voice, but in a deep time of revelation and impressions. He showed me much about His plan for First Assembly of God of Framingham and for me in the near future. I came back with renewed vision. Yet, I also came back to a time of the church in crisis.

We’ve had “first-time visitors” at our church for the first time in awhile, and we’ve just had a man come forward in one of our services to receive Christ as his Personal Lord and Savior (and he’s come back!). Mary Ann is doing a tremendous job ministering to the children. A couple of us went out on South Street last Saturday with trash bags picking up trash and litter and talking to people as we did, letting our light shine on South Street and letting people know we care. I have a heart for ministry here that I have not had for awhile.

On the other hand, our overall attendance is way down compared to 2008 and 2007, and our finances are the poorest they’ve ever been.

In 1776, people “stepped up” and you all know what happened.

I know that many receiving this mailing are not regular members of our church, nor will they ever regularly attend our church, and that’s fine. But I’m asking you to do something very special on Sunday, July 5. I’m asking you to mark in on your calendar and to be present at First Assembly of God of Framingham from 9:30 through 11:00 a.m.

Yes, you will receive the copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States that I’ve worked to prepare for you. But, more importantly, you’ll be part of a “George Bailey” moment of blessing and encouragement for our church. AND, I’m believing God will meet you and bless you in a very special way when you come out and join us this Sunday!

In His service,
PASTOR BOB BARIL

"TELL IT ALL, BROTHER"

“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;” (2 Corinthians 4:8)

There was a soft rock/gospel/spiritual/rhythm & blues song (yes, I’d say it fit all those categories) in the 1970s which kept repeating its chorus of, “Tell It All, Brother”. That’s my inspiration for this short post. This post is an update to my June 19 post entitled, “Impossible?”

The “Impossible” post (you’re certainly welcome to read it) tells the story of the plumbing problem with our kitchen faucet- specifically, the hot water dripping over a period of months, and as of sometime in early June just a steady stream of water that you could not turn off.

I wrote the “Impossible” post, because a seeming miracle happened on June 19. Although on that very day, I was all set to call the plumbing company to come out and repair it, on THAT day I was able to turn the water off and it turned off and worked fine! I don’t think I’d ever experienced a “plumbing miracle” like that before.

Now, I know some skeptics may have a big laugh here, but I felt I needed to be honest and give you a follow up report: The faucet set worked fine for 7-8 days. I felt like my namesake “Bob Wiley” in “What About Bob?” who “took a vacation from his problems” in that hilarious film. Regarding that awful dripping and pouring faucet, for 7-8 days, I took A VACATION FROM MY PROBLEM! Then, the problem came back. For a day or two, it was just a drip...not really too bad, but for at least 24 hours it has been a steady solid trickle and sometimes a stronger stream, and I can’t turn it off. Yesterday I called Paul Flaherty Plumbing and Heating in Framingham. The church has an account with them. Honestly, they’re a GREAT outfit that I’d recommend to anyone. The guy from Flaherty Plumbing is coming out on Thursday morning. They actually wanted to come sooner, but that was the soonest I was comfortable fitting them into my schedule.

Situations like the “plumbing miracle story” are admittedly perplexing to me. It WAS wonderful to take that 7-8 day “vacation from the problem”. It did “buy us a little time”. WAS it a miracle or just a plumbing fluke? For sure, I don’t know. But even though telling the second part of the story makes me feel a little “sheepish” I felt I had to “tell it all”.

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” (I Timothy 6:10)

Two summers ago, one of the highlights of the drive to Missouri that my daughter Rachel and I took was seeing the Wheel of Fortune “Wheelmobile” on Interstate 90, just a short distance southwest of Buffalo, New York. Yesterday, we got a lot closer to it! A crew from “Wheel of Fortune” was at the Solomon Pond Mall in Marlboro auditioning potential contestants for the show. (They will be taping three weeks worth of shows in Boston this September.) My 25-year-old son Jon is easily the best “Wheel of Fortune” player that I know. Jon was excited to try out, so Rachel and I decided to accompany him to Marlboro.

Tryouts were from 1 to 5 p.m. Our church service usually gets our around 12, so I brought a change of clothes, and the three of us rushed off about fifteen minutes after the service ended. We arrived at the mall around 12:50 p.m. At that time, there was already a LONG line to get into if you wanted to try out for “Wheel of Fortune”. The way it was working is that on Saturday and Sunday there were three “shows” (not for broadcast) in a large meeting room near Sears. On each day the shows were at 1:00, 2:30, and 4:00. To get in for the 1:00 show, Jon would certainly have had to be present by 12 Noon. The line that we encountered was for the 2:30 show. At first all three of us got in line. We were all given information slips to fill out. Rachel and I quickly decided we really didn’t want to try out for the show, so we ducked out and hung around in Waldenbooks and Newbury Comics for awhile. Around 2:30 we made our way to the hallway just outside where the “show” was taking place and actually got a pretty good view from there. Hundreds of potential contestants were in the room. Of them, perhaps 50 or 60 names were drawn to play short “speed” rounds in groups of 5 or 6. It was made clear that just because you did a great job solving puzzles, that didn’t necessarily mean you’d get on the show. The staff from “Wheel” was looking for interesting and excited people.

The most annoying part of being out in the hall area is that a guy from one of those little display sales booths in the middle of the mall was bugging people to sign up to win a $10,000 kitchen makeover. I’m not half as streetwise as my late father was, but I had the feeling that if I signed up it would simply mean the guy’s company would redo the parsonage kitchen and charge the church $10,000 for it. I was not interested! I was pretty proud of myself that with just a few letters showing, I figured out the first puzzle, which was “WILLIAM SHATNER”. You will think I’m making this up, but I guessed the next one correctly with NO letters showing! The category was “fictional character”. I counted the number of letters, and guessed, “ROBINSON CRUSOE”. I turned to Rachel and softly said, “Robinson Crusoe”. The first letter called was “N”, and it fit...then “R”. after a few letters were called, it was obvious that I was RIGHT! Rachel told me I really should have signed up to audition. I began to think maybe I should have!

Something that really disappointed us is that once they called the last group of people to audition (who still were yet to publicly play the game),TWO-THIRDS OF THE AUDIENCE OF WANNABEE CONTESTANTS IMMEDIATELY GOT UP AND WALKED OUT! Their attitude was obviously, “Well if I don’t get to audition, I couldn’t care LESS about these others!” I commented to Rachel that I thought the two-thirds of the crowd who walked out were very rude. I was very proud of my son that he was in the smaller group of the audience who opted to stay to the end. Coming out, Jon commented that it was “mean” of those people to walk out.

Those who had not been picked were given the option to line up AGAIN for the 4 p.m. show. This time, Rachel decided to get in line. I opted not to. Those who know me well know I can be kind of a “time fanatic”. My watch had STOPPED at 3:05. I decided to go to a mall jewelry booth and have the battery replaced while they waited in line. I thought the $10 figure for a new battery was a little steep...it seems to me I paid $7 around 3 years ago, but I paid and got the watch working again. This time, the crowd milling around outside the “show” was smaller, and I was glad the kitchen makeover guy was gone! I really hoped Jon or Rachel would be picked to be in one of the groups of 5 or 6 to play the game. They weren’t, although all who filled out those slips were told they have the potential to be called for an audition at some point. One of the most bizarre happenings during the 4 p.m. show is that one female contestant got up and sang “Sweet Caroline” BADLY! No kidding! One disgusted person near me said, “American Idol”! A guy next to me said, “Talk about embarrassing yourself!”
Once again, when it was obvious that they’d picked all the players they were going to pick, the majority of people got up and left the room. I’d say this time three-quarters of them got up and left. The room emptied out so much that I walked in. You weren’t supposed to be in the room if you hadn’t signed up to be a potential contestant, but by this time (almost 5 and almost over) the Security folks were much more lenient about who they were letting in the room. I saw one middle-aged guy with a cane who I’m sure I’ve seen at some church services or Christian functions in the area. I just couldn’t quite place him. It WAS all very exciting to be there. I hoped Jon and Rachel wouldn’t be really disappointed they hadn’t been picked. I was truly blessed that they came over to me with big smiles, just thrilled to have been there.

It was certainly a “different” Sunday! I will say I’m NOT one for shopping on Sundays. In fact, I avoid it like the plague, so to speak, and I don’t even like to buy gasoline on Sundays if I can help it. So, I did feel a tiny bit guilty for being at the mall and for buying the watch battery. On the other hand, I realized the battery would have died at 3:05 wherever I was, and ordinarily I’d have had to find a jewelry store on Monday and get the battery replaced, and it would have been kind of an inconvenience. So, in a way I felt guilty, but in another way, I felt grateful to God that I “happened” to be at a mall with a jewelry booth available when the battery died.

It was announced that information will be given over channel 38 during July about how to get free tickets for the September Boston “Wheel of Fortune” tapings. I have a September birthday and I thought it might be nice to make attending one of the tapings sort of a birthday present.

So, THAT’S how I spent my Sunday afternoon. I must say it was most unusual! The saddest part was the selfishness of those crowds with their “I didn’t get picked so I’m otta here!” attitudes. But most of the day was a lot of fun!

ARE YOU READY?

“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” (Hebrews 9:27)

My mother used to kid about one of her father’s ironic and bizarre sayings: “People are DYING who’ve NEVER died before!!”

Well, my maternal grandfather, J. Philip Richard, died himself on January 12, 1960. This evening, however, I found myself thinking of his old saying. Indeed, people ARE dying who’ve never died before! This week it’s been Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson. (I know this is another morbid thought, but somebody must have won “The Death Pool” on the Howie Carr Show!) My friend John Ventresco from New Hampshire is probably the biggest Howie Carr fan I know. I saw John just a couple of days ago- ironically, at his brother’s WAKE! (For you non-New Englanders, a “wake” is a “funeral home visiting hours”.)

Yes, people are dying who’ve never died before. The celebrity whose death has saddened me the most is Michael Jackson. Did it surprise you that he was 50? I knew Michael was born in 1958. The Jackson Five’s first big hit was “I Want You Back” in 1969. At the time, Michael was 11, but it was CLAIMED that he was just 7. It was part of that “little kid image”. As Eddie Murphy said in the first “Beverly Hills Cop” film, “Michael Jackson is Sitting On Top of the World!” Indeed, he was. He had it all! Or, DID HE? Would you have really wanted to be Michael Jackson? Did you know Michael Jackson was a Jehovah’s Witness? He was, at least AT ONE TIME. I don’t think he’d “practiced” the “Watchtower faith” for many years. Can you see Michael Jackson ringing the doorbell and trying to sell you an “Awake” magazine? I think most of us would tell him to “Beat It!” (Pun intended!) The Watchtower faith is a false religion, but I guess what’s even worse is becoming an American idol, YOURSELF. An “idol” , after all, tries to stand in the place of God. Michael started out as a cute black little boy. He died as a white? and effeminate individual. I understand he’d wanted to play Edward Scissorshands instead of Johnny Depp. I think MIchael might have done a better job with that film! Michael had millions. He was famous. He had his own amusement park. There were those “sleep overs” (we won’t talk about those!). There was his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley. There was the “Thriller” album, and the “moonwalk”. Would you have wanted to be Michael Jackson?

Michael Jackson couldn’t just anonymously hop in the car and go to the mall. He couldn’t go to the beach. He couldn’t just take a walk, or have breakfast at McDonald’s while casually reading the Los Angeles Times. He couldn’t just go for a walk down a busy street. Is Michael Jackson in Heaven? Unless there’s been some miracle which we have no right to expect, he’s lost.

Yes, people are dying who’ve never died before. If you went into cardiac arrest within the next 24 hours, would you be ready to stand before God?

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"

“Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.” (Judges 12:6)

Last Thursday, I attended the final meeting of the Framingham Interfaith Clergy Association for the 2008-2009 year. Our final meeting of the year is always in June and always at a restaurant. We met at Bella Costa on Route 30/Cochituate Road in Framingham (which, incidentally, is a GREAT place). During the course of conversation, Julie Heagney who is the representative to the group from the Framingham Friends’ Meeting happened to make some comments about where she lives in Holliston.

“Oh,” I said, “you must live near the Sherborn line”.

She did not understand me and asked me to repeat myself. I did several times, and I did not do any better with my speech than the ancient peoples who said “Sibboleth”! She looked perplexed and had no idea what I was saying.

Finally, my friend Rich Hurst, pastor of the Lutheran Church of Framingham, interjected “SHER - bin”! She got it!

My error was pronouncing Sherborn as “SHER - BORN”. I will say that I grew up in the suburbs SOUTH of Boston, and there, we pronounced Sherborn as “SHER - BORN”. The natives of the MetroWest suburbs say “SHER - bin”.

I got to thinking about that this week...why we pronounce place names the way we do, and WHAT is the correct pronunciation? Massachusetts place names can be REALLY challenging! There’s a town in north central Massachusetts called “Petersham”. How would you pronounce that? I’ve noticed that WRKO radio’s Howie Carr pronounces it the same way I do: “Peter Sham”. We say it like there’s a guy named Peter who is a phony so everything he does is a “sham”: “Peter Sham”. In fact, the correct pronunciation is “Peters - HAM”. It’s said kind of like, “Boy, Peter’s ham and eggs are the best breakfast food I’ve ever had!”

Now, come to think of it, why do we pronounce “HAM” at the end of SOME Massachusetts communities but abbreviate it for others? Framingham is definitely pronounced “Framing - HAM”. But my wife’s home town of Dedham is “DEAD - um”. Needham is “NEEED - um”. The “Gateway to Cape Cod” town of Wareham is usually pronounced “Ware - HAM” by native New Englanders, but “Ware-um” by people in the local media.

Another Massachusetts oddity is the City (or is it a Town?) of Taunton in Bristol County (going towards Cape Cod, for you non-New Englanders). Most people in New England pronounce it the way I do. They say the word “taunt” like, “Watch that cat taunt that mouse!” and add a quick “nnnn”. Thus, it’s “TAUNT-nnn”. NATIVES of Taunton do NOT pronounce it that way. They all say, “TANton” like I get lots of sun tans in TANton!

Did you know Massachusetts has a unique pronunciation for “Quincy”? In most of the U.S.A., people say, “Quin - SEE”. In Massachusetts, we say, “QUIN -zee”. Well, I grew up saying “QUIN - zee” but I actually now say, “Quin - SEE”.

It’s not only Massachusetts and New England that can have odd pronunciations for place names. One of the main roads on the north side of Springfield, Missouri is Kearney Street. In New England, we’d say, “KURN-ee”. Within a couple of days of being at Central Bible College, I learned that in Springfield, Missouri, the pronunciation is “CAR-ney”. Out there you can quickly tell an out-of-towner just by how they pronounce “Kearney Street”.

Some of you history buffs may remember the late Hamilton Jordan who was Chief of Staff during the Jimmy Carter administration. Here in Boston, we say “Jord - EN” as in “Jord -EN Marsh Company” or “Jord -EN’s Furniture”. Hamilton Jordon (and Jimmy Carter) always said, “GERR - den”.

No, this is not a real super-spiritual entry today, but if we take seriously Judges 12:6, pronouncing something incorrectly could get you killed! So I guess we’d all better be careful about our pronunciations! And for the record, my last name is not pronounced “Barrel”! It’s “Berr - ILL”!

PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR CHURCH'S WEBSITE!

I’m not usually one for including “commercials” on the blog but I’ve been doing some “tweaking” to our church’s website and I’d love to have you check it out.
We started the website in early 2007. I set it up using the “free” basic website materials available from the national office of the Assemblies of God in Springfield, Missouri. For a long time, I had absolutely no idea how to edit or change the site, and so it frankly did not look very good at all.

I am grateful to Missionary Kathy Vanaria (to Papua New Guinea) who during her time home of “furlough” over the past year has made a number of changes and improvements to our website.

I still have a LOT to learn, but I’ve kind of gotten through “Webmaster 101” by trial and error and I’ve recently made some improvements to the church website. I will be continuing to change and improve the church website step-by-step over the next 6 months, and I hope that by Jan. 1, 2010, it will truly be “first class”! All that said, it’s now the best it’s ever been.

Please check it out at

www.agframingham.org

I’d LOVE to receive your feedback about the website...comments...suggestions... likes/dislikes, etc.... at

revrbaril@aol.com

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agframingham@aol.com