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Volunteer: HESSCO Elder Services - Meals on Wheels

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Feeding stomach and soul through Meals on Wheels

By Andrea Salisbury
STAFF WRITER

Averaging 600 volunteers for 12 communities, HESSCO spokeswoman Mary Raczka said the Sharon-based senior service organization said it is always looking for more hands - especially with its Meals on Wheels program. And, Raczka said, HESSCO works with the schedule of the volunteers.
What is Meals on Wheels: Through HESSCO eligible seniors are home-delivered a hot meal five days a week. Towns HESSCO covers: Canton, Dedham, Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Sharon, Walpole, Westwood and Wrentham.

What is the role of the volunteer: A volunteer picks up meals at a congregate meals site and receives its route. Raczka said most towns HESSCO covers have its own meals site and the route rarely changes for the volunteers. (Basically volunteers) pick up the food item and then go off and do their route, she said. (Once they are done, volunteers) return the bags and alert the meals site manager if there were any changes. Get started: Interested volunteers can visit www.hessco.org and download a volunteer form. All volunteers have to go through a CORI check before they can begin. Why volunteer?: We here at HESSCO have a saying: We are not only feeing the stomach we feed the soul, Raczka said and added that for many of the se-

niors, the meal delivery is the only human contact they have during the week. For us at HESSCO it is a safety check. Volunteers are asked to report back to HESSCO any irregularities. Senior in need?: To sign up to receive Meals on Wheels, call HESSCO Elder Services at 781-784-4944. There is no cost for the meal, but a $2.50 donation per meal is suggested, according to its website. Local congregate sites: Dedham: Community Center on ONeil Drive, 781784-4944. Medfield: Council on Aging, 1 Icehouse Road, 508-359-3665 ext. 3. Sharon: Stony Brook Housing Hixon Farm Road, 781-784-9000. Walpole: Town Hall (Rear) Stone & School Street, 508-668-3423. Westwood: Drop-In Center, 60 Nahatan St. 781-329-6514.

STAFF PHOTO BY ERIN PRAWOKO

Meals prepared for HESSCO clients to be delivered through its Meals on Wheels program.

POLICE NEWS

Man faces driving charges

DEDHAM Police said they arrested Roger Richardson, 45, of 5 Morse St. in Norwood, on a slew of driving charges after he sped away from a police cruiser at 40 to 50 miles per hour on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Sgt. Michael Feeley was watching traffic on Sprague Street at 2:50 p.m. when an offduty Boston police officer pulled up alongside his cruiser and asked him to stop a red and white Ford pickup truck, Lt. Robert Nedder said. As Feeley pulled up near the truck, it sped up and turned onto Etna Road, he said. The Early Childhood Education Center is located at that intersection, and car and pedestrian traffic was heavy as Feeley saw the truck go down the road at up to 50 mph before he lost sight of it, Nedder added. Next, the Boston officer reported that he tried to stop the truck in Hyde Park, but the driver refused to pull over, Nedder said. But he gave Feeley some possible plate numbers, one of which came back to a red Ford pickup truck out of Norwood, Nedder noted. A dispatcher then was called by a woman on Crane Street, at the end of Etna Road, who said that she was driving when she was almost hit by a man driving a red and white pickup, Nedder said. The woman said the truck then pulled into her driveway, and was now leaving her neighbors driveway and heading toward Savin Street, he added. That is where Officer Paul Cady stopped the 1997 Ford F250 super cab pickup truck, and Sgt. Feeley arrived on the scene and spoke with the driver, who was unable to produce a drivers license, Nedder said. The man, Richardson, said he

was just plowing a few driveways, and told police, Come on, give me a break, its Christmas, according to Nedder. But Feeley could smell alcohol on the breath of Richardson, who was unsteady on his feet, and he arrested Richardson after he failed field sobriety tests, Nedder said. He was charged with refusing to stop for a police officer, driving with a license revoked for drunk driving, fifth-offense drunk driving, drunk driving while suspended for drunk driving, and driving negligently, Nedder said. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Dedham District Court Dec. 24, and returned to court for a pretrial hearing Jan. 21, Nedder added.

Police: Teen led cops on chase

DEDHAM Police said they arrested a 17-year-old Dorchester driver on five charges after he smashed his way out of a police blockade at Rudys Gulf Express, then led police on a late-night chase through Dedham Square and beyond. Justin Liburd, of 24 Mora St. Apt. 1 in Dorchester, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a motor vehicle), receiving a stolen motor vehicle, driving without a license, reckless driving, and failure to stop for police on Sunday, Dec. 26, Lt. Robert Nedder said. Liburd pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Dedham District Court Dec. 27, and returned to court for a pretrial hearing Jan. 25, he added. At 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 26, Officer John Hennessey was patrolling near the gas station when he saw an unoccupied dark Honda Accord parked at a pump and discovered that it was a stolen car from Boston, Nedder said. Hennessey then saw a male

leave Rudys convenience store and begin to pump gas into the car before getting in. Hennessey and Officer Timothy Miranda surrounded the brown 1998 Honda with their cars, and Liburd accelerated toward Mirandas cruiser, striking its front side, and pushing it about 15 feet, Nedder said. After striking the cruiser, the vehicle then took a left out of the parking lot, traveling a short distance the wrong way in the southbound lane of Providence Highway, before pulling a hard left onto Eastern Avenue, jumping over the traffic island right by the gas station, and continuing on toward High Street, Nedder said. The Honda went onto a sidewalk while entering High Street before getting back on to the street itself, said Nedder, who added that no civilian cars passed in the opposite direction as the chase took place. The Honda headed on High Street to Common Street, which turned into West Street, and then Dedham Avenue in Needham. The Honda began to slow down, so Miranda pulled up beside it, but then Liburd swerved his car and hit Mirandas cruiser again, before coming to a full stop, Nedder said. He was taken out of the car and placed in handcuffs, Nedder added.

level, Lt. Robert Nedder said. He saw the iPhone in another car near his car and believed it was his, telling police about it, Nedder said. Starting at about 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 29, officers Timothy Miranda and Ryan McCarthy waited for the suspect in the garage, and at about 1:20 they saw a man get into the car in question, Nedder said. The man, Enoch, said he found the expensive phone in a snow bank and just put it into his car for safekeeping, according to Nedder. When police asked Enoch why he did not give the phone to security or to a detail officer, Enoch said he did not know there was any security around, and he was arrested, Nedder said. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Dedham District Court Dec. 29, and is due back there for a pretrial hearing Feb. 7, Nedder said.
Roundup of additional recent Dedham police arrests

Park, on charges of for violating a restraining order Tuesday, Dec. 21. Police said they arrested Derek Kunigenas, 21, of 299 Vincent Road on a Dedham District Court warrant for driving with a suspended license on Wednesday, Dec. 22. Police said they arrested John Davenport, 44, of 746 Truman Highway in Hyde Park, on a Dedham District Court warrant for intimidation of a witness on Thursday, Dec. 23. Police said they arrested Melissa Contardo, 19, of 19 Franklin Square on 10 warrant charges from the Dorchester and Dedham district courts on Thursday, Dec. 23. They included two counts of forgery and of uttering a false instrument, and charges for receiving stolen property, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, ID fraud, and larceny under $250, Lt. Robert Nedder said. Police said they arrested Jarvis Zollarcoffer, 27, of 10 Linwood Square Apt. 3 in Boston, on West Roxbury District Court warrants for assault and battery and violating a restraining order on Thursday, Dec. 23.

Police said they arrested Hidalberto Figueroa, 26, of 8 Ashley St. in Jamaica Plain, on charges of driving with a license revoked as a habitual traffic offender and a West Roxbury District Court warrant for driving with a suspended license on Tuesday, Dec. 28.

Police said they arrested Patrica Oginski, 38, of 76 Casey St. in Norwood, on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol on Dedham Boulevard on Wednesday, Dec. 29.

Police said they arrested William Shinnick, 56, of 8 Greenview St. Apt. 106 in Framingham, on charges of second-offense drunken driving at Legacy Place on Thursday, Dec. 30.

Police said they arrested Zachary Rice, 18, of 30 High St. Apt. 8A, on charges of shoplifting at the Dedham Mall Sears on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Police said they arrested Joseph Watson, 32, of 843 Metropolitan Ave. in Hyde

Police said they arrested Jerod Hobbs, 34, of 6 Vesta Road Apt. 1 in Dorchester, on charges of driving with a suspended license and driving a motor vehicle with a suspended registration on East Street on Thursday, Dec. 30.
Dedham Transcript assistant editor Edward B. Colby can be reached at 781-4338336 or ecolby@cnc.com.

Police: Man stole iPhone

DEDHAM Police said they arrested Michael Enoch, 26, of 18 Armstrong Ave. Apt. 1 in Providence, on charges of receiving stolen property over $250 after he took someones iPhone and put it in his car for safekeeping in the Legacy Place parking garage. The guy who was missing his iPhone had the Apple Store do a GPS search on it, which is how he knew it was somewhere around the P2 parking

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