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Warrant issued for South Korean ship captainAs the last bit of the sunken ferry’s hull fi nally slipped beneath the murky water off South Korea, pros-ecutors and police sought arrest warrants for the vessel’s captain and two other crewmembers. With 28 people now confi rmed dead and more than 270 missing, there was a new victim: a vice principal of the high school whose stu-dents are among the many missing was found hanged, an apparent suicide. A2

12 killed in Mount Everest avalancheIn the deadliest disaster on the world’s highest peak, an avalanche sweeps down Mount Everest, killing at least 12 Nepalese guides and leaving four missing. Injured survivors are air-lifted off the mountain. A2

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By Lindsay CorcoranDaily News Staff

MILFORD – While Town Meeting members won’t vote until next month on whether to place 200 acres of town-owned land into a trust, officials are coming out both for and against the plan – a split largely caused by diff ering ideologies.

Officials are consider-ing putting the 200 acres, which is actually eight sepa-rate parcels off Dilla Street including the town forest and the Consigli property acquired in 2006, under a permanent conservation restriction overseen by the Trustees of Reservations, a nonprofit comprised of members outside the

community to uphold the restriction.

The trust, which would cost the town $12,500, needs two-thirds Town Meeting approval on May 19.

Town Planner Larry Dunkin is among those advocating for placing the land in the trust to perma-nently protect it from the

development, after initially looking into protecting the property after a request from Selectman Brian Murray in December.

“If you’re really serious about permanently pro-tecting a piece of land, you don’t only place it under Conservation Commission protection, you do the land trust,” Dunkin said.

He noted that the landwill fi rst have to be placedunder the ConservationCommission’s jurisdiction,as not all eight propertiesare, but said that protectionis not permanent like a landtrust would be.

Dunkin said protect-ing the land will also help

MILFORD LAND TRUST PLAN

Offi cials taking sides

By Mike GleasonDaily News Staff

UPTON - Residents next month will be asked to con-sider changing the job of town’s treasurer/collector from elected to appointed, a move the current office holder opposes.

An article on the Annual Town Meeting warrant requests the change, akin to last year’s eff ort to make the town clerk an appointed slot. The Board of Select-men, in a letter endorsing the article, said the move has been suggested in sev-eral management audits.

“The town has less than 7,000 residents, which limits the available talent pool capable of being elected as a town trea-surer/collector,” the letter reads. “Recently, two much larger towns (Milford and Franklin) approved bylaw changes to appoint their treasurer/collectors versus having this critical position be elected.”

Board members have stated in the past that the move does not refl ect any concern about current treasurer/collector Kenneth Glowacki, but instead looks to the future of the position.

“Society is becoming more complex, and there are fewer people wanting to, or able to, hold offi ce,” the letter reads. “What if no person came forward to run for this position? An appointment to this posi-tion eliminates the risk factor.”

The letter further notes that, though many feared creating a town manager position with broad powers, the change has proved ben-efi cial to Upton.

Glowacki, though, said he intends to speak against the move at Town Meeting.

“I think the ar t ic le assumes there isn’t enough

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Voters to consider status of treasurer positionSelectmen endorse change from elected to appointed; current collector opposes proposal

By Matt TotaDaily News Staff

FRANKLIN — Stella Jeon, an 88-year Frank-lin resident who has served on a half a dozen town committees and hosted a long-running cable access show, was named one of this year’s “Unsung Heroines” by the state Commission on the Status of Women.

Jeon, 94, was nomi-nated by state Rep. Jeff rey Roy, D-Franklin, and state Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ash-land, “for being a lifelong active participant in the community.”

Each year the inde-pendent state agency recognizes 80 women from cities and towns throughout the state, singling them out for “out-standing contributions to their organizations and

communities.”The legislators, along

with town offi cials, friends and family, celebrated Jeon’s award on Friday afternoon in the living room of her humble home.

“In appreciation for making Massachusetts a better place to live and to work, Stella Jeon is hon-ored for her actions, for

her kindness and for her service to the community,” said Elizabeth Hart, the commission’s vice presi-dent, reading from the certifi cate. “She is truly an extraordinary woman who gives her time, her talent and her enthusiasm to enrich the lives of others.”

Born in a small village in northern Greece, Jeon

immigrated to Frank-lin, going through Ellis Island, in the 1920s. “My ancestors were originally merchants in Constan-tinople,” she said. “They were driven out and had to hide in the mountains of Macedonia.”

“Although my roots are

‘Heart and soul’ of community honored

FRANKLIN

Stella Jeon, 94, smiles as receives the Unsung Heroine Award from the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women during a ceremony in her Franklin home Friday. State Rep. Jeffrey Roy, D-Franklin, state Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, and Elizabeth Hart of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women presented the award to Jeon. DAILY NEWS STAFF PHOTOS/KEN MCGAGH

Stella Jeon —HEROINE

Earlier this week, the town of Franklin presented a street sign to Stella Jeon.

By Jonathan PhelpsDaily News Staff

HOPKINTON – The massive Massachusetts State Police mobile inci-dent command center played a pivotal role in the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarn-aev last year.

Ts a r n a e v i s b e i n g charged with detonating two bombs at the finish line of last year’s Boston Marathon.

The command center – a 53-foot long tractor-trailer – served as the base of

operations and held Gov. Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Tom Menino and state police Col. Timothy Alben during last year’s

manhunt to find Tsarn-aev. It was one year ago Friday when police found and arrested Tsarnaev in a boat parked in a

Watertown backyard.The state-of-the-art

unit will be in Hopkinton this year as part of height-ened security measures. On Friday, it was parked at Hopkinton High School.

There will be cameras installed along the route and officers in both uni-form and plain clothes.

Over the past year the unit’s equipment has had major technology and communication upgrades, Alben said. The unit has the ability to downlink footage from the department’s heli-copters and transmit radio

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State and local police: ‘We got your back’Public encouraged to attend race

Television news photographers at a press conference inside the Mass. State Police Incident Command Center trailer at Hopkinton High school Friday morning. DAILY NEWS STAFF PHOTO/ART ILLMAN

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in Greece,” she added, “my heart, my heart, belongs in America.”

In her new home, Jeon would go on to gradu-ate from Franklin High School, serving for a while as a class officer. After graduation, she attended the Fay School in Boston. She later married Nicholas Jeon and had two daugh-ters: Diana, an artist, and Deborah, an attorney.

Once referred to as the “matriarch of Franklin,”

Jeon in all her years living here felt obliged to contrib-ute to the community — its arts, government, schools. Friends and family say she never sought recognition despite doing so much for the town.

Jeon has given hours of her time as a member of the Franklin Finance Committee, Housing Part-nership and Industrial Development Commis-sion. And she helped in the building of the town’s new senior center through her service on the Building Committee.

S p i l k a s a i d J e o n

represents the “heart and soul” of Franklin. “You have helped to knit the fabric of the Franklin com-munity,” Spilka told her.

Though ill and visu-ally impaired, Jeon has remained on the Council on Aging and continues hosting her cable access show, “The Senior Circle,” which provides news and information geared for Franklin’s seniors.

As host, Jeon surprised many, including Roy, a guest in 2008, with her quick wit and sharp questions. A School Com-mittee member then, Roy

expected a light-hearted conversation about the district.

“Before going on the show, I said, ‘OK, she’s 88 years old; what’s she going to do to me?’” he said. “But you were the most thorough interviewer I’d ever met, and you hit me with some very difficult questions.”

On Friday, Roy also pre-sented Jeon with a letter from Gov. Deval Patrick, who was impressed with her story.

“Our commonwealth is best served when residents give back,” Patrick wrote.

“Your commitment to your town and your neighbors has made Massachusetts a better place, and we’re proud of you.”

“Oh my goodness,” Jeon said when hearing the letter read aloud, “I’m so appreciative.”

Soon a street sign will go up at the senior cen-ter’s new parking lot. It will read “Stella Jeon Way” in big, bold capital letters. And stand long after she’s gone.

Matt Tota can be reached at 508-634-7521 or mtota@wickedlocal.com.

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Stella Jeon, 94, looks up as state Rep. Jeffrey Roy, D-Franklin, presents her with a proclamation during a ceremony in her Franklin home Friday. Jeon was given the Unsung Heroine Award from the Massachusetts Com-mission on the Status of Women. DAILY NEWS STAFF PHOTO/KEN MCGAGH