By Nick IronsideSPECIAL TO THE BULLETIN & TAB

“There is no secret formula,”said Zoran Tulum. “We have aworld full of geniuses without de-termination, we have a world fullof talents without determination,but that’s what makes the differ-ence – when you have a studentwho is determined to work, andwork, and work to improve.”

Tulum is talking about fencing.The sport is his passion. He hasbeen fencing for more than 40years, amassing a glittering re-sume along the way. He hascoached at Harvard Universityfor two years, Stanford Universi-ty for 12, and is a past winner ofthe Yugoslavian National Cham-pionships. He moved to the U.S.25 years ago after growing up inYugoslavia.

He founded the Zeta FencingStudio in Natick Center 10 yearsago, in an airy third-floor spaceon South Main Street across fromthe Natick Common. During thatspan, fencers from his studiohave won four national titles andaccumulated more than 30medals at national championshipevents.

When he teaches in his Natick-based studio, he does not justteach his students the basics be-cause in Tulum’s mind, fencing isnot all about technique. Accord-ing to him, a lot of success isabout who you are.

“You can have the same movetaught by 10 people and you willhave 10 different results. I cangive you the same technique andsomebody else the same tech-nique and the result is going to bethe difference,” he said.

“I can teach you how to changethe shift in a car and somebodyelse, yet you will drive the car to-tally differently because that de-pends on your personality. Weare a sport in which the personali-ty and character are as importantas the physical talent.”

And in Tulum’s experience,physical talent and success in onesport does not necessarily carryover to fencing, like it can insome sports.

“I had some amazing athleteswho could not fence or do any-thing interactive because theywere uncomfortable dealing withother people — they wanted to doit all by themselves, but onlymeasured by clock or distance,”he said. “And then I had peoplewho were awesome soccer play-ers, who were very bad fencers,

because they had to hide in ateam.”

Above all, Tulum thinks the keyto fencing is that it is an interac-tive, individual sport.

“The worst, or most complicat-ed situation is when you have aninteractive sport one-on-one,”said the fencing coach. “Boxing,tennis, fencing, wrestling — be-cause it’s you against another per-son, and that’s it. Nobody cansave you. You cannot say, ‘Ohyes, I played well, but the goalie,it is his fault.’ You cannot sharethe defeat with anybody, but alsoyou don’t share the victory withanybody.

“I was always challenged byfencing because it’s not onlyphysical skill but it’s also mentalskill,” Tulum said. “We areknown as ‘Physical Chess’ —that’s the nickname for fencing— so being tall, or strong, or fastdoes not help you. You will justdie faster, stronger, or taller.

“You have to use your brain atleast 50 percent more than yourbody, if not more. Somethingthat you do with or against anoth-er person and not against a timeclock or a measure meter, likediving, or swimming – these arenot interactive sports. They’re

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A fencer for lifeZoran Tulum teaches his students more than just technique

STAFF PHOTO BY KEN MCGAGH

Fencing instructor Zoran Tulum is shown working with a student duringa class at Zeta Fencing Studio in Natick Tuesday. Since he founded thestudio 10 years ago, fencers from Zeta Fencing have won four nationaltitles and accumulated more than 30 medals at national championshipevents.

STAFF PHOTO BY KEN MCGAGH

Tulum watches students fence at Zeta Fencing Studio in Natick onTuesday. He says fencing is a sport in which the personality andcharacter are as important as the physical talent.

By Charlie BreitroseSTAFF WRITER

The selection process for the Boston UniversityTanglewood Institute is very competitive, with 811high school students seeking 338 spots. Natick’sSerena Creary is part of an even more select group.She is one of just a dozen students studying compo-sition at the institute.

Creary, who will be a senior at Walnut Hill Schoolfor the Arts in the fall, is in the midst of her six-weekof study in the Berkshires, where she is learningabout music from some of the finest in the business.

“I was lucky enough to be selected,” Creary said.“I had to send in three different, contrasting pieces.I sent in pieces for different ensembles — ones withdifferent (combinations) of instruments.”

Creary said she has already picked up a lot in justthe first few weeks.

“I have definitely learned a lot,” Creary said. “Allclasses are helpful. The classes help me think aboutthe music I’m writing and want to write. It helps methink in a more logical way.”

One of the perks of being part of the institute, Crearysaid, is getting to see professionals play, for free.

“Yesterday, I attended a concert for the Tangle-wood Music Center and saw Michael TiltonThomas, who is a conductor in California (with theSan Francisco Symphony),” Creary said. “I onlyspoke to him briefly, but he was interested that I ama composer. It was interesting to meet someone of

his caliber.”Musicians also show up at classes to speak with

the students, Creary said.By Charlie Breitrose

STAFF WRITER

Sophia Wolman’s trip to Israeland the West Bank came at a veryinteresting time, especially forsomeone interested in peacemaking and conflict resolution.

The area has been rife with con-flict between the Israelis andPalestinians for decades, and theNatick resident and soon-to-besenior at Indiana’s Earlham Col-lege visited the Middle East dur-ing one of the latest clashes.

While she was in the West Bankcity of Ramallah in late May witha group called Interfaith PeaceBuilders when a convoy of shipssailing from Turkey to Gaza triedto break the Israeli blockade. Oneof the ships was boarded by

Israeli commandos and ninepro-Palestinian activists werekilled.

The incident sparked demon-strations, and political debatearound the world, with some say-

ing the activists were non-violentprotesters and some saying the Is-raeli government is protecting itspeople by trying to preventweapons from coming into Gaza.

In Ramallah Wolman witnessedthe Palestinian reaction to the in-cident.

“We saw huge demonstration,all non-violent,” Wolman said.“There were many Palestinianflags and many Turkish flags aswell.”

She was surprised what sheheard when she observed a televi-sion news crew from Israel doinga report afterward.

“One of the members of ourdelegation was Israeli, and couldtranslate for us,” Wolman said.“The news reporter was saying`It’s pretty quiet, not much isgoing on here.’That was 15 to 20minutes after we had seen hun-dreds of Palestinians demon-strate.”

Among the musical elite Witnessing astruggle

“I was always challenged by fencing because it’s not only physical skill but it’salso mental skill,” Tulum said. “We areknown as ‘Physical Chess’ — that’s the nickname for fencing — so being tall, or strong, or fast does not help you.”

Zoran Tulum

FENCING, page 4

COURTESY PHOTO

Serena Creary is studying at the Tanglewood Institute. WOLMAN, page 6

CREARY, page 8

sports, but there’s no mental chal-lenge where you’re facing anoth-er human being who is trying toruin your plans. So my personal-ity wanted an interactive sport.”

In his studio, Tulum shares hislove for the sport with his stu-dents in his classes and camps.But he is sharing more than justhis knowledge of fencing.

“When I’m teaching youngkids I see a beau-tiful source of de-sign,” he said. “Ican design ayoung fencer, Ican make himwalk straight, Ican make himlook you in theeyes and have agood handshaketo start with!

“To teach himgood manners, toteach him socialskills, how to talkto other people, toteach him how towalk straight and sit properly in achair. Those are extremely im-portant things in life!”

As well as teaching his studentssimple life lessons, Tulum hassome advice for when his fencersare on the strip competing.

“Fencing comes from the samefamily of sport, where control ofemotions is important in order tosucceed,” Tulum mentioned.“You can use emotions when youcompete but you must use it in an

appropriate manner. So after youspent all the energy and passionfor fencing, and maybe you win,maybe you lose, you are a winnerjust because of the way you par-ticipate.”

Tulum used a different one-on-one interactive sport as an analo-gy.

“You can be as angry as youwant if you lose a match to (Pete)Sampras or (Andre) Agassi, but

you have to saythank you,” hesaid while com-paring the twosports. “So youdon’t feel bad be-cause Agassiwon, but youplayed that ten-nis match hardall four sets andeveryone is ap-plauding andyou’re a warrior.

“You have lostthe match, butnot the war. Andthen you go

shakes hands, salute and say‘thank you.’ And you go off thecourt as a proud athlete.”

Using the enormous amount ofrespect he has for the sport,Tulum tries to inspire his studentsby using that passion.

“We teach those things. We cansay that we don’t teach peoplehow to fence in our club, weteach people how to be fencers,which is a much, much highercategory.”

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SOUTHWESTERLY: by University Driveon a curving line of two courses measuringrespectively 104.38 feet and 45.00 feet;and

WESTERLY: by a curving line forming theintersection of said University Drive withEast Central 34.54 feet.

Containing according to said Plan, 13,639square fee, more or less.

The premises are conveyed subject to a15'' drainage easement and a 6'' watereasement as shown on said plan.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recordedwith Middlesex County (Southern District)Registry of Deeds in Book 49705, Page187.

These premises will be sold and conveyedsubject to and with the benefit of all rights,rights of way, restrictions, easements,covenants, liens or claims in the nature ofliens, improvements, public assessments,any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, taxliens, water and sewer liens and any othermunicipal assessments or liens or existingencumbrances of record which are in forceand are applicable, having priority oversaid mortgage, whether or not reference tosuch restrictions, easements, improve-ments, liens or encumbrances is made inthe deed.

TERMS OF SALE:

A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00 )Dollars by certified or bank check will berequired to be paid by the purchaser at thetime and place of sale. The balance is tobe paid by certified or bank check atHarmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 CaliforniaStreet, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, orby mail to P.O. Box 610389, NewtonHighlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389,within thirty (30) days from the date ofsale. Deed will be provided to purchaserfor recording upon receipt in full of the pur-chase price. The description of the prem-ises contained in said mortgage shall con-trol in the event of an error in this publica-tion.

Other terms, if any, to be announced at thesale.

Freedom Mortgage CorporationPresent holder of said mortgage

By its Attorneys,HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.

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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain Mortgage givenby David A. Duke to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., dated May 18,2007 and recorded with the MiddlesexCounty (Southern District) Registry ofDeeds at Book 49471, Page 377 of whichthe Mortgage the undersigned is the pres-ent holder by assignment for breach of theconditions of said Mortgage and for thepurpose of foreclosing same will be sold atPublic Auction at 01:00 PM on August 19,2010 at 17 Proctor Street, Natick, MA, alland singular the premises described insaid Mortgage, to wit:

the land and the buildings thereon, situat-ed in Natick, Middlesex County,Massachusetts, being Lot 212 in the"Fairview Terrace" tract, the same being asub-division of land conveyed to W.E.Baker by Patrick J. McHugh and John W.Fiske on April 18, 1898, the said lot beingshown on plan recorded in MiddlesexSouth District Registry of Deeds in PlanBook 111, Plan 20, and being bounded asfollows:

SOUTHEASTERLY by Proctor Street, for-merly known as Broad Street, there meas-uring 57.4 feet;

WOOD GUARDIANSHIPLEGAL NOTICE

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court

Probate and Family CourtMiddlesex Division

Docket No. MI96P4473GI1

CITATION GIVING NOTICE OFPETITION TO EXPAND THEPOWERS OF A GUARDIAN

In the Interests of: Nancy Woodof Natick, MA

RESPONDENTIncapacitated Person/Protected Person

To the named Respondent and all otherinterested persons, a petition has beenfiled by Kimberly Clark of Hopkinton, MAand Karen Carver of Hopkinton, MA in theabove captioned matter requesting thatthe court: Expand the powers of aGuardian of the Respondent.

The petition asks the court to make adetermination that the powers of theGuardian and/or Conservator should beexpanded, modified, or limited since thetime of the appointment. The originalpetition is on file with the court.

You have the right to object to this pro-ceeding. If you wish to do so, you or yourattorney must file a written appearance atthis court on or before 10:00 A.M., on thereturn date of 08/12/2010. This day isNOT a hearing date, but a deadline dateby which you have to file the writtenappearance if you object to the petition. Ifyou fail to file the written appearance bythe return date, action may be taken inthis matter without further notice to you. Inaddition to filing the written appearance,you or your attorney must file a writtenaffidavit stating the specific facts andgrounds of your objection within 30 daysafter the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The outcome of this proceeding maylimit or completely take away theabove-named person’s right to makedecisions about personal affairs orfinancial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask fora lawyer. Anyone may make thisrequest on behalf of the above-namedperson. If the above-named personcannot afford a lawyer, one may beappointed at State expense.

WITNESS, Hon. Peter C DiGangi, FirstJustice of this Court.

Date: July 15, 2010

Tara E. DeCristofaroRegister of Probate

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain mortgage givenby Christine Roth and Michael Speer toMortgage Electronic Registration Systems,Inc., dated June 29, 2007 and recordedwith the Middlesex County (SouthernDistrict) Registry of Deeds at Book 49705,Page 189, of which mortgage FreedomMortgage Corporation is the present hold-er, for breach of the conditions of saidmortgage and for the purpose of foreclos-ing, the same will be sold at Public Auctionat 11:00 a.m. on August 19, 2010, on themortgaged premises located at 173 EastCentral Street, Natick, Middlesex County,Massachusetts, all and singular the prem-ises described in said mortgage,

TO WIT:

The land in said Natick, Middlesex County,Massachusetts, with the buildings thereonshown as Lot numbered 87 on a Plan enti-tled ''Wellesley-At-Natick in Natick, Mass.belonging United Homes, Inc., March 29,1950, Rowland H. Barnes & Co. CivilEngr'', recorded with Middlesex SouthDistrict Registry of Deeds at the end ofBook 7599, being more particularly bound-ed and described as follows:

NORTHWESTERLY: by East CentralStreet, 119.63 feet;

NORTHEASTERLY: by Lot numbered 88on said Plan, 74.00 feet;

SOUTHEASTERLY: by Lot numbered 86on said Plan, 80.31 feet;

SOUTHWESTERLY by Lot No. 213 asshown on said plan, there measuring 210feet;

NORTHWESTERLY by Lots 217 and 205as shown on said plan, there measuring57.4 feet; and

NORTHEASTERLY by Lot 211 as shownon said plan, there measuring 210 feet.

for title see deed recorded herewith

The premises are to be sold subject to andwith the benefit of all easements, restric-tions, building and zoning laws, unpaidtaxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liensand assessments, rights of tenants andparties in possession.

TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARSAND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form ofa certified check or bank treasurer’s checkwill be required to be delivered at or beforethe time the bid is offered. The successfulbidder wil l be required to execute aForeclosure Sale Agreement immediatelyafter the close of the bidding. The balanceof the purchase price shall be paid withinthirty (30) days from the sale date in theform of a certified check, bank treasurer’scheck or other check satisfactory toMortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgageereserves the right to bid at the sale, toreject any and all bids, to continue the saleand to amend the terms of the sale by writ-ten or oral announcement made before orduring the foreclosure sale. If the sale isset aside for any reason, the Purchaser atthe sale shall be entitled only to a return ofthe deposit paid. The purchaser shallhave no further recourse against theMortgagor, the Mortgagee or theMortgagee’s attorney. The description ofthe premises contained in said mortgageshall control in the event of an error in thispublication. TIME WILL BE OF THEESSENCE.

Other terms if any, to be announced at thesale.

Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc.Present Holder of said Mortgage,

By Its Attorneys,Orlans Moran PLLC

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Phone: (617) 502-4100

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At Zeta fencing,success is morethan winningFENCING, from page 1

“We can say thatwe don’t teachpeople how to

fence in our club,we teach people

how to be fencers,which is a much,

much higher category.”Zoran Tulum

STAFF PHOTO BY KEN MCGAGH

Zoran Tulum, a past Yugoslavian National Champion fencer, works witha student during a class at Zeta Fencing in Natick Tuesday.

STAFF PHOTO BY KEN MCGAGH

Students relax during a break in fencing lessons with Zoran Tulum at Zeta Fencing in Natick.

The Natick Community Organ-ic Farm will hold its 8th AnnualHarvest Dinner and Auction onMonday, Sept. 20, from 6 to 9p.m. at its new location, theWellesley College Club, at 727Washington St. in Wellesley.

The Wellesley College Club’sExecutive Chef Larry Kessel andhis staff will create a bountifulmeal using food from NatickCommunity Organic and otherlocal and organic food producers.Last year’s menu featured acheese course made up entirely ofMassachusetts-made cheeses,fresh locally-caught fish, NCOF-raised turkey, pork sausage, andrabbit, and desserts made of lo-cally-grown fruits.

Harvest Dinner tickets are $70per person before Labor Day,September 6. Tickets at the doorwill be $90 per person. Ticketsmay be purchased from NCOF’swebsite, www.natickfarm.org.Auction items will be listed the

Farm’s Website starting Aug. 1. Throughout the Harvest Din-

ner, 200 guests will have the op-portunity to bid on select auctionitems, including stays at “green”inns, gift certificates to localrestaurants, spa packages, and anumber of other environmentallyfriendly and locally made prod-ucts. Additional items will beauctioned off online.

Live music performed by musi-cians with NCOF roots will en-tertain guests as they enjoy theirmeal and bid.

The 8th Annual Harvest Dinnerand Silent Green Auction isNCOF’s largest fundraiser of theyear. All proceeds go to supportthe Teen Work Summer Program,an apprenticing and mentoringprogram for teenagers ages four-teen to sixteen. Teens involved inthe program gain a wide array ofskills including carpentry andmechanics. They are also able togain a sense of community, inde-pendence, and accomplishment,all while earning competitivewages, helping the environment,and forming healthy social rela-tionships with their peers andmentoring adults.

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