波士頓有風雨威脅 七月四日慶祝可能提前一天

麻州及波士頓政府相關人員昨（一）日向社區匯報七月四日在查理士河畔河濱區（Esplanade）的美國國慶活動相關安全措施，將等到週三（二日）最後一刻，才決定是否會因熱帶暴風雨亞瑟（Arthur）來襲，更改慶祝活動時間。

波士頓市長馬丁華殊（Martin J. Walsh）昨日進華埠宣佈人力培訓，社區發展經費新年度概況後，出席國慶煙花，音樂會的活動發佈會。由於天氣預報指熱帶風暴“亞瑟”將在國慶日期間襲擊波士頓，他和相關人士不排除把慶祝音樂會等活動提早一天舉行的可能。

熱帶風暴“亞瑟”週二在佛羅里達州海岸成形，預計會沿著東海岸來襲。天氣預報人員估計那將在七月四日這天，讓紐英崙部分地區下大雨。

麻州警察長Timothy Alben將軍表示，由於朗費羅橋（Longfellow Bridge）一帶仍在維修中，將禁止人們擠上橋，想看煙花的人，得另找地方了。

此外，週五這天，河濱（Esplanade）的橢圓形和潟湖/島嶼地區，將禁駛自行車。其他地方也不准人們把自行車鎖在欄杆，柱子，或其他結構物上。

在麻州大道橋和煙花駁船之間，將不准船隻停洎。所有的船隻都必須停在一個指定安全區的東邊，以及麻州大道橋的西邊。

            警方估計，將有六十萬名圍觀者出席。

今年的慶祝將和往年相似，演奏傳統的“1812序曲“，煙花中的新花樣是狀如棒棒糖的煙火之花，將擴散成200度角的扇面，讓天空一片璀璨。

今年將有重約三頓的大約 12,000 枝煙花施放進空中。

BOSTON MARATHON RAISES HISTORIC AMOUNTS FOR LOCAL NON-PROFITS: $38.4 Million Raised

BOSTON MARATHON RAISES HISTORIC AMOUNTS FOR LOCAL NON-PROFITS: $38.4 Million Raised

BOSTON, July 1, 2014 - Participants running on behalf of non-profit organizations raised $38.4 million for charity this year in the 118th running of the Boston Marathon.  The 2014 figure is a record amount and nearly doubles the $20 million raised in 2013. 

In this year’s race on April 21st, with an expanded field size of 36,000 registered runners, more than 300 organizations received donations in support of their missions.  The majority of the fundraising runners gained entry through the Boston Athletic Association’s Official Charity Program and John Hancock’s Marathon Non-Profit Program, which provide non-profits with guaranteed entry numbers (“bibs”) that enable funds to be raised for their organizations. 

In addition, many qualified runners, along with deferred runners who did not finish the 2013 Marathon, contributed by raising money for charity.  The B.A.A. also made special allocations to the One Fund Boston, the Martin W. Richard Charitable Foundation, local hospitals, and many other organizations and individuals who were touched by the bombing at last year’s race.  

Included among the charitable organizations benefiting from the B.A.A.’s Official Charity Program in 2014 is the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which marked its 25th year of fundraising with the B.A.A. for the Boston Marathon.

“This year’s Boston Marathon was like no other that we have witnessed,” said Tom Grilk, B.A.A. Executive Director.  “We worked in cooperation with the community, especially the eight cities and towns which comprise the Boston Marathon route and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to accommodate as many participants as possible, and we were delighted that so many chose to channel their dedication and commitment towards fundraising for worthwhile causes.  The 2014 Boston Marathon will go down in history as a special day for the sport, for the City of Boston and for unprecedented fundraising, all benefitting local charities.”

“The world bore witness to the resilience of the Boston community and the true spirit of the Marathon this year,” said Craig Bromley, President of John Hancock.  “The Boston Marathon will forever be defined by compassion, courage, competition, and extraordinary generosity.  We are proud of our partnership with the B.A.A. and join them in congratulating our charitable partners for raising an unprecedented amount of funds to support their important missions.” 

In the 2014 race, funds raised by John Hancock-sponsored runners amounted to slightly over $10 million, a 27 percent increase over the $7.9 million total raised in 2013.  Some of the 125 non-profit organizations participating in the John Hancock program were:  Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston MedicalCenter, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Hoyt Foundation Inc., Horizons for Homeless Children, and Bottom Line.

In addition, Team John Hancock, consisting of 118 employees, ran while raising funds for the Ron BurtonTraining Village and the Boys & Girls Club of Boston, and 37 employees of parent company Manulife ran on behalf of Canadian charity Pathways to Education.  Employees raised nearly $370,000, a 28 percent increase over 2013 results.

2014 marked the 29th year of John Hancock’s landmark sponsorship of the legendary Boston Marathon.  Over the past 29 years, the official B.A.A. Charity Program and John Hancock’s own Non-Profit Program have combined to raise more than $208 million for community-based organizations. 

For the third consecutive year, John Hancock utilized a centralized online platform to capture fundraising through a partnership with CrowdRise™ (www.crowdrise.com/2014bostonmarathon), an innovative online fundraising web site.  

Bruno Event Team Selected to Manage 2017 U.S. Senior Open at Salem Country Club

Bruno Event Team Selected to Manage 2017 U.S. Senior Open at Salem Country Club

Sports Management Company’s 21^st USGA Championship in 15 Years

Birmingham, Ala. (July 1) – Bruno Event Team (BET), a nationwide leader in sports event management, announced today they were hired to manage the 2017 U.S. Senior Open Championship at Salem Country Club located outside of Boston in Peabody, Mass.  This will mark the 21^st United States Golf Association (USGA) Championship that BET has managed in different markets across the country over the last 15 years, including the upcoming 2014 U.S. Senior Open at Oak Tree National in Edmond, Okla., next year’s 2015 U.S. Senior Open at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, Calif., as well as the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif.

The championship will take place June 29 – July 2, 2017, and Jeff Ewing, a vice president and 13-year veteran of Bruno Event Team, will serve as championship director.

Bruno Event Team is a Birmingham, Ala., based sports marketing company that manages a wide variety of events in golf, motorsports, and intercollegiate athletics.  

“We are honored to have been selected to manage the 2017 U.S. Senior Open at Salem Country Club,” stated Gene Hallman, president and CEO of Bruno Event Team.  “Salem is an exceptional partner, and we are excited to work with them to host what has the potential to be one of the most successful U.S. Senior Opens in history.  We are very pleased to have Jeff Ewing as our championship director given his wealth of golf experience with USGA championships, and Sean Sovacool from our team will also be instrumental since he played a huge role in the successful 2001 U.S. Senior Open at Salem.”

Sovacool, BET’s executive vice president over the golf division of the company, was the championship director for the 2001 U.S. Senior Open at Salem Country Club, which surpassed USGA ticket sales records, selling out one year in advance, and produced Bruce Fleisher’s one-stroke victory over Gil Morgan and Isao Aoki.  Ewing is currently the championship director for the 2014 U.S. Senior Open and has worked on previous USGA events for Bruno Event Team such as the 2004 – 2009 and 2013 U.S. Senior Opens, as well as the 2002, 2004 – 2006, 2008 and 2011 U.S. Women’s Opens.

“I am truly excited to be selected as championship director for the 2017 U.S. Senior Open,” stated Ewing. “I am looking forward to the opportunity to organize this prestigious event at one of the nation’s top country clubs and working with the club and community leadership to make this event a showcase for the USGA, Salem Country Club and Massachusetts.”

“Salem Country Club is confident that we have identified the right partner in assisting us with this prestigious Championship,” said William H. Sheehan III, general chairman of the 2017 U.S. Senior Open. “Bruno Event Team has more USGA experience than any other sports management company and that is one of the primary reasons we selected them as our management team.  We have already begun the process of working together to create another successful event.”

The U.S. Senior Open, considered to be the world’s premier golf tournament for men age 50 and older, has had past champions that include such legends as Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Hale Irwin. Champions Tour stars who will be eligible to compete at Salem are Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Steve Stricker, Tom Watson, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomery, Vijay Singh, John Daly, Jose Maria Olazabal, Kenny Perry, Billy Andrade, Brad Faxon and many more.

For the latest information on the 2017 U.S. Senior Open, visit www.2017ussenioropen.com.  For more information on Bruno Event Team, visitwww.brunoeventteam.com.

全美華裔婦女會麻省分會慶八週年聘八董事

 全美華裔婦女會麻省分會會長黎雯（右八）邀嘉賓，郭大文（右五起）
，張禮能，陳德基，葛帝生（Gary Christenson)，阮鴻燦，陳銘俊
等人和該會新任董事合影。（黃定國攝）

全美華裔婦女會麻省分會六月廿九日晚在喜臨門大酒樓，以“八面玲瓏，星光熠熠”為主題，盛大舉行第八屆週年餐舞會，並在懷念鄧麗君特輯，星樂隊演奏中，為八名新任董事舉行就職典禮。

全美華裔婦女會麻省分會會長黎雯（右四）敦請關麗華（左四），
池元真（右二）等人出任該會董事。（黃定國攝）

            該會會長黎雯長袖善舞，人脈廣闊，當晚邀得摩頓市市長葛帝生（Gary Christenson），麻州眾議員陳德基，劍橋市議員張禮能，紐英崙中華公所主席阮鴻燦，駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處副處長陳銘俊，波士頓華僑文教中心主任郭大文等貴賓出席，還代表頒發了來自麻州州長派區克（Deval Patrick），僑委會委員長陳士魁，昆士市市長柯奇（Tom Koch）等人的賀函。

            刻正競選麻州副州長的劍橋市議員張禮能在致詞時強調，美國社會已越來越多元化，亞裔還是增長速度最快的族裔，但亞裔要在政界發揮影響力，讓政府聽見亞裔的聲音，亞裔就必須團結起來，出席投票。

            全美華裔婦女會麻省分會當晚的第八屆週年餐舞會，十分隆重，不但每張座椅都包上絲質座套，出席嘉賓也個個衣香影繽。會長黎雯還安排身材修長的年輕美女司儀余豔慈，陪同致詞嘉賓走上舞台。

 全美華裔婦女會麻省分會會長黎雯（左）和摩頓市市長葛帝生
（Gary Christenson)。（菊子攝）

關麗華，鄧雅芝，池元真，陳美瓊，鄧惠之，關雷秀蘭，黃寶華，鄧美珠等八名全美華裔婦女會麻省分會新任董事，在嘉賓致詞後，從會長黎雯手中接過董事證書，接著合影，完成就任儀式。

中華公所主席阮鴻燦（右起），摩頓市市長葛帝生（Gary Christenson)
，預祝張禮能競選順利。（菊子攝）

當晚的文娛節目，以“懷念鄧麗君珍藏金曲特輯”為主題，由司儀黃納斯，余豔慈主持，主要的表演包括曾任廣州市少年宮琵琶老師多年的甄若矛所領導，成員包括趙寶玲，林瑩玉，薛國中，廉豔的星樂隊演奏，演唱，在國際標準舞比賽中屢此得獎的Fernando Lareu，Nicole Palagashvili示範國際標準舞，以及華爾茲，探戈等舞步。大波士頓中華文化協會卡拉OK歌唱團的吳萍萍，羅芬，任中立，楊哲修，任繼明，田民族，Albert Li，湯雲芳等人更是輪番上場獻唱。黎雯自己也演唱，以鄧麗君的“我的愛人”一曲開場，整晚氣氛熱鬧非常。

 已確定今年大選將同額當選的麻州眾議員陳德基（右），和波士頓
華僑文教中心主任郭大文，經文處副處長陳銘俊見多了之後，
也都成了朋友。（菊子攝）

          

         

            

 全美華裔婦女會麻省分會會長黎雯（中）邀請星樂隊的薛國中（右一）
，甄若矛（右三起），廉豔，林瑩玉，趙寶玲等隊員合影。（黃定國攝）

波克萊台商會赴加拿大開會喜逢劉志攻

波克萊台灣商會會長劉秀春（右起），顧問游勝雄，前會長陳玉瑛，胡文冀夫婦，副會長蘇鴻昌等人日前赴加拿大溫哥華，參加理監事聯席會議，與曾任駐波士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處處長，現為駐加拿大代表的劉志攻夫婦（右二，三），歡欣重逢，並恭賀他即將調赴英國做駐地代表。

游勝雄昨（六月三十）日向該會成員報告此行概況，說明該會議選出田詒鴻為第廿七屆北美洲台灣商會聯合總會總會長，波克來台商會有將近三十人參加，不下十三人出任榮譽職位。其中的張文欽醫師將擔任北美洲附總會長。（圖由游勝雄提供）

擔任北美洲選務委員主任的游勝雄（右三），會上還代表全體選務委員頒發當選證書給北美洲台商總會長田詒鴻（右四）。（圖由游勝雄提供）