ANDOVER — The town will have its first free H1N1 flu vaccine clinic Monday, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., at the Andover Senior Center, 36R Bartlet St.
The clinic is for Andover residents who are medical professionals with direct patient care, pregnant women and their significant other, or parents of infants less than six months of age.
Children will not be vaccinated at this time, as there will be no pediatric services available.
Clinics for children will be scheduled when more vaccine arrives.
Eco-art auction in December
LAWRENCE — Save the date. The 2009 Glow Gala to help support Groundwork Lawrence is happening Dec. 10, from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
This year's event, hosted by the Sidell and Yepez families, will be at Chester's, 60 Island St., in downtown.
The annual event features an eco-art auction, and this year the sweet sounds of Los Sugar Kings.
Tickets are $50 each and may be purchased by phone or at the door.
Raffle items are needed for the event too. To donate an item or help sponsor the gala, call Heather at 978-974-0770.
Local composer on Air Force Holiday CD
HAVERHILL — A holiday CD created as a gift for members of the U.S. Air Force serving overseas and their families, will include an arrangement by Ken Langer, a professor of music at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill.
Titled "I'll be Home for the Holidays," the CD features the Heritage Brass Quintet, which is part of the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band, and is scheduled for release this month.
In addition to Langer's piece, which is an arrangement of Mozart's "Adoramus Te, Christe," the CD includes traditional holiday music, classical arrangements and background music for a sing-along.
"This music was selected so you can have a holiday party, wherever you are," said Staff Sgt. Jason Foster, the trombonist and noncommissioned officer in charge of the CD.
Foster called Langer's piece "awesome" and a "beautiful arrangement."
For more information, contact Langer at klanger@necc.mass.edu or 978-556-3223.
See-through printer donated to museum
NORTH ANDOVER — A Danvers-based printing company has donated a printer to the Museum of Printing.
While that may seem like an ordinary thing to do, Riso Inc. on Rosewood Drive in Danvers, actually gave the museum a see-through printer, so that visitors to the museum can get a glimpse not only into the history of printing, but the present and future as well.
"We are so grateful to RISO for the donation of a state-of-the art HC5500 high-speed inkjet printer," said Frank Romano, president of the Museum of Printing and professor emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology. "RISO's generous gift will serve as a unique interactive exhibit for our visitors and a productive printer for our entire staff of volunteers."
The Museum of Printing, dedicated to preserving the history of the graphic arts, printing equipment and printing craftsmanship, was founded in 1979 and celebrated its 30th anniversary Nov. 13. It is on Massachusetts Avenue, near Town Common.
Specially designed with clear "see-through" front, rear and top panels, the RISO HC5500 will serve as an educational display to the Museum's over 3,000 yearly visitors. Staffers will also use it to produce external communications that require full-color and variable data.
"RISO is very supportive of the Museum's mission to preserve and teach today's printing practices and the industry's history," said David Murphy, RISO vice president of Marketing. "We also see the 'see-through' HC5500 printer as an opportunity to showcase the future of printing, which will be driven by full-color, high-speed and cost-efficient solutions."
