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February 2015 | Volume 1 | Number 5

Congratulations to the New England Patriots for their incredible run as Super Bowl Champions!

It has been three years since the tragic death of 23 year old Steven Latimer. On the night of Sunday, October 2, 2011, he had gone out with friends and had left a club. After what seemed to be a minor incident outside the club with Latimer accidentally touching a stranger’s car, they were followed and gunned down. Three people were wounded and Steven was the only fatality. He died two days before his birthday.

Three years later, Myra Latimer con-tinues to honor her son’s memory and other victims of violence. The recent tragic deaths due to violence, including Michael A. Camacho, have hit close to home for Myra, who continues to deal with the shock of her son’s passing.

In a case of turning tragedy into some-thing positive to inspire, the family has united together to honor Steven’s memory.

Myra Latimer continues to inspire and honor her son’s memory

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Jim MorrisBranch: NavyRank: Petty Officer, First ClassStatus: RetiredYears of Service: 20 years

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Proudly following in his father’s footsteps, Jim Morris carved up an impressive Naval career before retiring in 2006. He enlisted straight out of high school in 1986 and attended Boot Camp. After that, he never looked back and holds his term of service dearest in his heart.

Jim truly lived the adventure of the Naval life, traveling all of the world and providing support to ground troops. He served on various Naval Destroyers in locations like Somalia and Antarctica to name a few. “The best part was getting out to see the world and meeting all kinds of people. I got do things I couldn’t do if I stayed in Rhode Island. I could say in my career I’ve been around the world three times. It was truly an adventure. You never knew what to expect at sea.”

Although living the adventure, Morris found being away from his wife and young sons the hardest part of his term of service. “There were times I didn’t want to deploy anymore because it was so hard to be away from my wife, my sons and my parents, who were much older at the time. There wasn’t internet around so communication was done through letters primarily. It was very difficult to stay in touch.”

Morris’ first son, Joshua was born while he was on deployment in Antarctica supporting scientists. He spent six months on deployment and came home two weeks after Joshua was born.

Another difficult aspect of service is experiencing loss of friends and comrades. While on deployment in Antarctica, Jim lost one of his comrades while they were on a

expedition on the ice shelves. “There was an ice storm and he got stuck in a crevasses that got covered during the storm. Losing a soldier is indescribable. One of the hardest thing I have ever had to do is inform the family that their loved one isn’t coming home. That never leaves you.”

During his term of service, Jim also had the honor of cooking and serving for several presidents. “It was definitely an honor to do so. That’s something you don’t do everyday.”

After 20 years of service, Jim retired from the Navy in 2006. He went on to work in the civilian sector for a short period before returning to work for the government and the Navy at the Naval College in Newport.

Jim also developed an interest in coaching football when his son, Joshua, expressed interest in joining Pop Warner. After coaching Pop Warner and semi-pro for a few years, Jim went on to coach football for Tollgate High School. Last year was his first year coaching the Titans.

With the technology available, Jim has managed to stay in close touch with many of the people he served with over the years.

In keeping with the tradition in his family, his middle son, Joshua has chosen to follow in his father’s footsteps and joined the Army Reserves before starting his senior year. He was deployed to Afghanistan for 9 months and Jim could not be any prouder.

Jim Morris looks back at his tenure in the Navy with great pride. “I am extremely proud to have served. It’s what you make of it. It’s hard on everybody. It’s hard on you, your family and friends. However, it’s important to go out and enjoy yourself when you can during your down time. Keep in touch with your loved ones. It is what you make it. I wouldn’t give it up for the world. I hold my service dear in my heart. I would do it all over again.”

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Local business owner Constantin Gorea is busy building on his dream. After working in small food shops for over 6 years, an opportunity presented itself and he was on his way to making his dream come true. Constantin purchased the popular Boo-merang Deli in March of 2014. “I loved the location. It’s a great location in Cranston. The concept is great and the timing was perfect. It was a great opportunity.”

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A month following his death, Steven’s cousin had approached Myra to get her permission to put together a 5K to bring awareness to violence and honor Steven’s memory. After encountering roadbumps, Myra had approached Bank RI, her place of employ-ment, to help. They met with the ‘Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence’ and arranged to work to put it together. The details came together and the Steven K. Latimer 5K was born. The race is organized every year at the beginning of October in name of the Steven K. Latimer Foundation.

Every year, Latimer also organizes a schol-arship for children who have lost parents or a loved one to an act of violence. “To date, we have handed out ten. There are so many children out there who can benefit from these scholarships.”

The journey has been difficult for Myra and her family. “Because I have been so busy since we began discussing the 5K, I am not sure I have had the time to personally grieve. Doing the 5K helps, but never gets easier. You just find ways to cope with the loss. Some days are much harder than oth-ers. There are good days and bad days.”

Latimer finds comfort in her family, espe-cially her granddaughter, Steven’s daughter Neveah, who has been a true blessing to her. “It has been wonderful to have her, she looks so much like him. I have a part of him in her. Her presence has been such a comfort.”

For Myra, she has observed that holding on to the anger, albeit justified, does not help. She encourages those who are going through similar circumstances to work to get past the anger. “I know that lashing out will never change the circumstances. It will not bring my son back.”

Running the foundation has been both a blessing and a difficult road for Myra. “There are times where I tell myself ‘I can’t do this’ but at the end of the day, if it helps even one child, it’s worth the work.”

To learn more about the Steven K. Latimer Foundation visit www.sklmemorial-foundation.org. Smartphone users can scan the QR code.

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Mother Myra Latimer at the first Steven K. Latimer Foundation 5K held in 2012.

Drawing inspiration from her children, Rosa Marie Aragao is always creating beautiful custom clothing and accessories in her store Gia Sophia Boutique located at 177 Danielson Pike in North Scituate. From tutus to tiaras, custom jewelry to dresses and other clothing pieces, Gia Sophia has something for everyone from infant to adult. Bal-ancing life as a single mother of three and a busi-ness owner is a momumental task, however, Rosa does it all with pride and a true love for what she does. Stay tuned for the March edition of The Coffee Bean for Rosa’s story. Gia Sophia also boasts an online store for shoppers who are un-able to travel to the store location. With Frozen being the hottest ticket on the market, the store is featuring a sale on Frozen clothing and pajamas for 30% off. Gia Sophia is always featuring sales on selected clothing and accessories. Call Rosa at Gia Sophia Boutique in Scituate at (401) 602-0109 or visit her online store at www.giasophiaboutique.storenvy.com. Smartphone users can scan the QR code.

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Brown sophomore Maria Dias has an eye for math and a love for tutoring. Since joining the Mathnasium team back in September, she has helped students get to the next level with their math skills.

Math has always come easy to Maria. She finds that she is drawn to Calculus, Geometry proofs and basic Algebra. “I have always had a natural af-finity with Math. I was always at a more advanced level than my classmates.”

She had recently switched her major from Ap-plied Mathematics to Cognitive Neuroscience. “It is the study of the mind and brain. How one perceives, remembers and pays attention to their environment. My longterm goal is to get into Law.”

Dias got the job after seeing the job on the Brown employment website. She mainly works with children from ages 9 to 13, although she is available to tutor all ages and skill sets.

Throughout high school, Maria mainly helped to tutor her friends and would occasionally tutor as a community service.

Over the course of her tenure at Mathnasium, Maria has observed that many children struggle with the abstract concepts when it comes to solving math problems. “They generally tend to go based on memorization without understanding the concept behind the steps involved with the

problem solving process. Math is all about the pro-cess and how it works. Having an understanding of the steps involved with the process is extremely important. It’s all about balancing between concept and memorization depending on the level of the student.”

Working with children throughout the process, Maria works at establishing her role as a tutor. “I want to create a comfortable atmosphere for the student. Often times, children can be too intimi-dated to ask questions. My goal is to be the per-son they can approach and ask questions freely.”

Because the answers come so easily, Maria’s challenge is to break down the mathematical concepts to their basic levels in the way a stu-dent will understand. “For me, it’s always impor-tant to analyze how I will properly convey ideas in a concise way that the students can follow. It can be tricky sometimes because the answers come very easily to me.”

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It is a part of human nature to continue to strive to learn and excel in our respective pro-fessions. Local karate instructor Alfred Gagne recently took that to a whole new level when he travelled to Okinawa, Japan to train with 10 different grand masters at the Okinawa Prefectural Budokan. This trip marks Gagne's third to Japan to learn and study.

"Okinawa is the birthplace of karate," Gagne explains. "It is an incredible honor travel there and train with the masters. Each one has their individual styles. I have a true appreciation for how they all train."

Gagne teaches karate locally at Okinawan Temple in Smithfield. He began his training in 1969 while serving in the U.S. Air Force while stationed in Mexico. After achieving the rank of First-Degree, he received an honorable discharge and began teaching karate in 1972. Currently, he carries the rank of Roku-Dan (6th Degree). Training in karate helped Alfred deal with bullying issues he faced as a young boy. "I was a victim of bullying growing up. I was very small, even when I enlisted at the age of 21. When I began learning Shorin-Ryu

karate, it helped to give me confidence and eliminate the fear I had."

Despite being confined to his hotel room with Super Typhoon Vongfong looming, Alfred found time to tour the countryside and visit some of Okinawa's historic sites including Shuri Castle and Rukyu village. He also visied Kumamoto and its famous castle and shrine to famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, author of The Book of Five Rings.

In addition to marveling in the richness of Japanese history, Gagne also has a profound respect for it's culture and atmosphere. "They are very polite and respectful people. The streets are so clean and peaceful, free from graffiti and trash. Even in the public transit, there is no loud talking or rude behavior. It's a very different culture to what we are used to. Manners are taught at an early age. They are also a healthy people, more people in Okinawa live to be 100 more than anywhere else in the world. It starts with eating healthy and staying in shape."

While training in Japan, Gagne also had the chance to meet and bond with other martial

artists from countries like Scotland, England and the Philippines.

At the age of 67 and fresh from his trip, he is already looking forward to his next trip in three years to celebrate his 70th birthday. He can currently be found at the dojo in Smith-field, perfecting a new, complex kata or series of movements, he learned while training. He is also working on refining his technique to become more efficient, effective and utilize less energy.

Okinawa Temple is located at 200 Pleasant View Avenue in Smithfield. For information, contact Sensei Al Gagne at 401-233-0334 or visit their website at www.okinawatemple.com. Smartphone users can scan the QR to visit their website.

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Former New England Patriots All-Pro Run-ning Back Tony Collins is on a mission: he wants to meet with as many middle school and high school student-athletes, coaches and parents as possible to address the notion of making good choices.

Collins, who was a member of the New England Patriots 1985 Super Bowl Team, made some great choices that propelled him in the NFL. However, once he achieved fame, his “bad choices” cost him his career and nearly his life.

That’s why he is making up for lost time.The former running back has met with

groups in area schools to discuss his life—warts in all. Collins spoke with more than a half-dozen Rhode Island schools last fall about those experiences and told audiences that the path to being successful is making good choic-es such as studying hard working toward their degree and staying away from bad influences such as drugs, alcohol and negative people.

Among the schools he visited during the fall included: Johnston, Central Falls, Cumberland, North Kingstown, Narragansett and Cranston. He is looking to add to that list in the coming months. Collins currently will be speaking with middle schools in Cumberland and Pawtucket in the early spring. There are other venues throughout Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut that are considering inviting Tony to speak with their student-athletes, coaches

and parents.During a recent meeting, Collins shared one

of his “bad choices” with the crowd. He told them that things were going well as a mem-ber of the Patriots until he made some bad decisions that lead him to lose his spot on the team. (Collins failed a couple of drug tests). He told the audience that he started taking painkillers to ease the pain of several injuries he sustained. That led him to try marijuana for the first time because as he put it, “I wasn’t going to have some rookie take my job. I had to stay on the field.” He earned the starting position on the Pats during his rookie season when the two running backs ahead of him, Vegas Ferguson and Horace Ivory, got hurt during the preseason.

Because of his failed drug tests, the Patriots cut Collins. He was picked up by the India-napolis Colts shortly thereafter. He made another choice during training camp to go to a party where there would be people doing things they shouldn’t be doing. Collins said that although he didn’t do anything that night, he ended up failing a third drug test because in the 1980s, nobody knew about secondhand smoke. Because of his third failed test, Collins was suspended from the NFL for one year.

Those choices, he told that crowd, not only hurt himself but the people around him. He stayed away from his hometown, his college

town (he attended East Carolina Uni-versity) and New England for nearly two decades because he “was ashamed at what he had done.”

He tells students to make sure they hit the books as hard as they do either in the weight room or on the field.

Collins wrote a book about his expe-riences called, “Bro-

ken Road: Turning My Mess into a Message.” He laughed at the irony of someone who as he told had a 0.7 grade-point average in college at one point actually writing a book. He believes that all students should read about his exploits and not follow in his path because as he put it, “I’ve already done it for you.”

One of Collins’ goals is getting his book into the middle and high schools across the coun-try. Whether it becomes part of the curricu-lum, summer reading or required reading, his cautionary tale is something that Collins thinks should be read and heeded.

Anyone interested in purchasing copies of his book can visit Amazon.com for more details. Collins also has copies available during his appearances.

He is looking to speak with as many groups as he can. Collins does not charge schools a fee to come in and speak with student-ath-letes, coaches and parents. He emphasizes that parents attend the meetings because they can reinforce his messages to their kids.

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The Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame (RIMHOF) will hold a press conference announcing its 2015 inductees and the date of its Awards Ceremony and concert on Friday, February 6, at 1:00 p.m., in the RIMHOF Museum space located at Hope Artiste Village, 999 Main St., Pawtucket. The group will be honoring the fourth class of the Hall of Fame at a two-day spring event to be held at Bovi’s Tavern, 287 Taunton Avenue, East Providence and The Met, located in Hope Artiste Vil-lage, Pawtucket.

RIMHOF, formed in 2011, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and pre-serving the legacy of Rhode Island musicians, educators and industry

professionals who have made significant contributions to both the national and Rhode Island music scene. The Hall of Fame's inaugural inductees in 2012 were John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, Roomful of Blues, Dave McKenna, Eileen Farrell, Oliver Shaw, Ken Lyon, Anders & Pon-cia, and Gerry Granahan. 2013 inductees were Steve Smith & The Nakeds, The Cowsills, Paul Ger-emia, Eddie Zack & The Hayloft Jamboree, Bobby Hackett, Jimmie Crane, Bill Flanagan, Sissieretta Jones, and George M. Cohan.

At last year's sold out induc-tion/concert event, the public saw nine more displays unveiled honoring the inductees in the museum space located in the

hallways of Hope Artiste Village. The 2014 inductees were Tavares, Duke Robillard, Cheryl Wheeler, Paul Gonsalves, The Castaleers, The Mark II (Winston Cogswell & Ray Peterson), Freddie Scott, Francis Madeira, and Randy Hien.

The February 6 press con-ference will take place in this museum space which provides excellent photo opportunities for the announcement of the 2015 Inductees. On hand will be several members of the Classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014 as well as many of the 2015 inductees and members of the RIMHOF Board of Direc-tors. Information about the spring induction ceremony and concerts will also be made available for the first time at the press conference.

This ongoing initiative," says Rick Bellaire, vice chair of RIM-HOF, "provides a great oppor-tunity to not only acknowledge Rhode Island's musical greats and celebrate their achievements, but to finally have an organization whose primary goal is to pro-mote and preserve Rhode Island's rich musical heritage in all its forms. With actual exhibit space, coupled with our online archive, we have in place the tools to curate and showcase the best of Rhode Island's musical talent."

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CSP United crowned Winter League ChampsCSP United, who earned the top seed

in the U10A league in the Wide World of Indoor Sports Winter session, finished with a 2-1 win over runner-up Burrillville-Gloucester. The team began their winter slate at 0-1-1, but ran the table in its remaining games (finishing at 8-1-1 including the play-offs). In fact, those two games (a loss against Pawtucket and a tie with Blackstone-Millville) are the only times since last August that the team did not win.

Alexandra Guerra and Halle Delmore scored for United. During the first half, Guerra scored by defeating three players Burrillville-Gloucester players and then strik-ing with her left foot on goal. The goalie had a nice dive, but Alexandra’s shoot proved to be placed perfectly resulting the goalie to come up short. The second goal was shortly scored by Delmore, in which she proved to be hard to handle in the center and was able to free up and take a shoot on goal.

Kaitlyn Berger once again came up big in net with a save in the closing moments to pre-serve the lead. Mya Miller, Elizabeth Luca. Sta-sia Todd and Rachael Grieve, played extremely well on defense in keeping B-G’s attack at bay.

CSP punched its tournament finals ticket with a 1-0 victory over North Attleboro in the semi-finals. Madelyn Dion, who played in her first game since injuring her wrist a month ago, scored the game’s only goal from a feed from Ava Normandin.

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Local business owner Constantin Gorea is looking to introduce Rhode Island to the 'power' of Aronia berries. Along with part-ners Anatolie Cemortan and Roman Ivan, the trio are cultivating an Aronia berry farm in Chepachet.

Constantin was born and raised in Europe. He had been exposed to the benefits of Aronia berries throughout his childhood. "My grandfather brewed wine out of Aronia ber-ries and my grandmother always used Aronia juice as a cold remedy during the winter months."

Constantin and his business partners all grew up together on farms together for over 20 years. The trio graduated together from the State Agrarian University of Mol-dova. Capitalizing on their knowledge and experience, they are looking to grow and ex-pand the availability of these berries, which has numerous health benefits. "Our intention is to sell the berries to farmers, markets, health food stores and online. Our mission is to grow organic Aronia and make it acces-sible to everyone."

The Aronia Farm is facing many challenges that a lot of farms face, but Constantin and his partners are confident that the benefits of Aronia will make it a high demand product.

The Aronia Berry Farm is set to be open to the public in May for blooming and in the fall for harvesting.

What is an Aronia Berry?Aronia, which carries the common name

of “chokeberry”, is a deciduous shrub native to North America. It can be found growing wild in regions, ranging from Nova Scotia to Florida and throughout the Midwest. It has dark green foliage that turns red in the fall. White flowers appear in the spring, giving way to deep purple, almost black, berries. Its beauty has led to its use as an ornamental shrub in North America.

The plant was introduced to Russia in the late 1800s and subsequently cultivated throughout Central and Eastern European countries. The plant has been widely studied in these countries in state-directed research programs seeking to improve health through the use of natural products for food and medicinal use. It has gained popularity as a healthy food source with its fruits and juice used commercially and for home cooking in beverages, jams, fillings, wines etc. Aronia juice has a unique taste, with a pleasant tartness somewhat similar to cranberry juice but with sweeter low notes as in blackberry. Its juice and extracts from the berries have also been used for medicinal purposes.

The aronia berry contains a powerful natu-ral blend of polyphenolic antioxidants. Anti-oxidants are important because they combat free radicals in our body that are created from daily living, stress, environmental pollu-tion, medical x-rays and even exercise. Free radicals can damage cells which can lead to health and wellness related issues. Consum-

ing foods high in antioxidants like the aronia berry may help support the body’s defense against these radicals.

Top 10 Health Benefits of Aronia Berries:• Aronia berry is high in anthocyanins (anti-

mutagenic and anti-cancer agents)• Rich in antioxidants that protect cells and

are anti-inflamatory• Aronia slow the aging process to keep us

healthy and young• Aronia reduces the risk of cardiovascular

diseases and stress• Anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-diabetic

compounds• Aronia fights bladder, breast, colon, lung,

ovaries and skin cancers• Aronia berries help maintain robust intes-

tinal and digestive health• Aronia helps fight Crohn’s disease, PMS,

herpes and inhibits HIV• Contains caffeic acid, delphinidin, epicat-

echin and malvidin• Preliminary studies show aronia slowing

growth of glioblastoma

Introducing Rhode Island to the benefitsof Aronia


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SWEAT TO FEEDOur SWEAT TO FEED program means that with every class you take at SOFIT, one meal gets donated to a hungry American in need. The more you sweat, the more you help – plain and simple. No better way to kick off the month that celebrates giving!

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February Art CampFebruary 16 - 20, 2015

Kids ages 6-12 can explore drawing, painting, mixed media,

sculpture, ceramics, and more!

2 sessions per day: Morning session: 9am - 12pm

Afternoon session: 12:30 - 3:30pm

Cost: $35 per session (10% off for the whole week)

www.warwickmuseum.org or call us at 401-737-0010

Warwick Museum of Art, 3259 Post Rd. Warwick, RI 02886

Art Classes for TeensClasses run Tuesday nights from 6-8pm for 3-week intervalsUpcoming classes:

February 10, 17, 24: Portraits In PencilMarch 3, 10, 24: Mixed Media

April 7, 14, 21: Ceramicswww.warwickmuseum.org or call us at 401-737-0010Warwick Museum of Art, 3259 Post Rd. Warwick

Auditions were recently held for J-DAPA’s newest musical pro-duction ‘The Addams Family’. Many hopefuls turned out for the two day audition process at the Johnston High School Audito-rium. The original broadway production of ’The Addams Family’ opened on Broadway in April 2010 with Bebe Neuwirth and Nathan Lane staring as Morticia and Gomez Addams. The show is based on the cartoons rather than the television series. It finished it’s run on December 31, 2011. Pictured here, hope-fuls are working on a group choreography number on Tuesday, January 13. Casting has been completed and rehearsals are already underway. For more information about J-DAPA and their upcoming events, visit www.j-dapa.org.

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Free Art classes for adults with

Ms. Melyssa

Starts Monday Feb. 9th from 12:30-1:30. For more details and to register, please call the Library at 231-4980. Marian J. Mohr Memorial Library 1 Memorial Ave, Johnstonwww.mohrlibrary.org

Teens: Magic Card ClubMonday, February 9, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The Teen Magic Card Club meets every Monday from

2-5pm in the Conference Room. The Monthly Magic

Card Tournament is held the first Monday of each Month.

Marion J. Mohr Memorial Library

1 Memorial Avenue, Johnston 401-231-4980

EPIC Theatre Company presentsShining City written by Conor McPherson

February 13th - 28th, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm Sunday February 22nd at 2pmTickets $15 General Admission

$12 Seniors & StudentsTheatre 82 & Café | 82 Rolfe Square

Yoga for Elementary KidsWednesday, February 18 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Kids in grades 1-6. Move your body, listen to music, and have a

fresh fruit snack with Rebecca Mele, certified yoga teacher.

600 Sandy Lane, Warwick Phone: (401) 739-5440

Feature Film: RudyWednesday, February 18

7:00pm to 9:00pm

Warwick Library600 Sandy Lane, Warwick

Phone: (401) 739-5440

Hatha Yoga classesWednesday, September 17 - 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm East

Smithfield Neighborhood Center7 Esmond St., Smithfield

For more information visit www.TheYogaWorkshop.com or call 401-261-1060.


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Fun By The NumbersLike puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test!

Here’s How It Works Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

Bring Your Own Improv's Late Night Comedy Show

Warwick Museum of Art3259 Post Road, Warwick

Every Friday at 9:00 p.m. Admission: $7

Stimulate your mind and body with Okinawan Karate

www.okinawantemple.com

200 Pleasant View Ave.Smithfield, RI

233-0334 / 965-3044Keeping the tradition alive since 1972

Men’s Senior SoftballRegistration for men 57 and older to join the Warwick Senior

Softball League. It is a recreational league whose priorities are fun,

safety, and friendly competition. You do not have to be a Warwick

resident to join. All games (double headers) begin at 9 a.m. and are

played at Buttonwoods City Park in Warwick on Wednesday

mornings. Fee is $20. Registration deadline is March 25. The playing

season is from April 29 to early September. For more information

contact Bill Russo at (401) 714-9597 or email [email protected].

Meet a State Police officer with K-9 Dog, Annie

All AgesFriday, February 20, 4:30pm – 5:30pm

1 Memorial Ave, Johnston

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The Last Five YearsFebruary 25 - March 15, 20151245 Jefferson Blvd., WarwickPurchase tickets at oceanstatetheatre.orgor call Box Office: (401) 921-6800

Johnston Historical Society

General MeetingFebruary 25, 2015

Begins at 7:00pm. Elijah Angell House

101 Putnam Pike, Johnston

CRAFT BASHProudly sponsored by Kiki’s Garden

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FREE CRAFTS at Artists’ Exchange

Last Saturday of each month. February 28

50 Rolfe Square, Cranston 401-490-9475

Reading with MaryFriday, February 27 at 2:00 pm

Norwegian by Night by Derek Miller

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Top off your cup

By ELIZABETH SEAL

Since Hollywood seems to think there’s no better way to spend Valentine’s Day than at the movies, watching bondage-y “romance” get all hot and sweaty, I humbly submit that regardless of the quality of the schmaltz, there’s still nothing like cheese.

It really is magical, the way milk transforms from a boring liquid into something unctuous, luscious and intense. With the addition of a few choice season-ings, or a few months (or years) of rest, you can end up with a creation that puts the finest wine vintages to shame.

Think I’m overstating it? Then it’s time to break out of the supermarket shrinkwrap and explore the full spectrum of what cheese has to offer.

Queso FrescoAt one end of the cheese

continuum is the kind you can make in your kitchen with almost no effort. Queso fresco has the most basic recipe in existence: hot milk and acid.

But there’s a lot of wiggle room in those two ingredients. You can get ricotta the same way. You also can make the end result as salty and creamy as you like, depending on what you throw into the pot.

Queso fresco is versitile: you can stuff it into things (pupusas), pile it on top of things (refried beans or enchiladas) or use it as a base for a chip dip.

It’s just me, but ... ignore the stuff in the heavy-duty shrink-wrap. The kind you get in tubs or -- bliss! -- freshly-made by a deli is well worth the effort to track down.

Wasabi goat cheeseStay with me, here! I know -- it

sounds scary. But the folks at Beltane Farm know how to use a light hand, with the end result that their light, fresh chevre has just enough horseradish kick (and pale green tinge) to make it the perfect sandwich spread.

Sub it for mayo on your next Italian hoagie and prepare to be astounded. To get a list of the places to buy Beltane cheese, visit www.beltanefarm.com.

It’s just me, but ... I think goat cheese has gotten a bad rap. But if the thought of goat truly terri-fies you, ease into the taste with the farm’s unorthodox “cow’s milk chevre”.

St. AndreFor this one, you’re going to

have to hit up Trader Joe’s in Warwick. I’m sure it’s carried elsewhere, but TJs always always stocks it, so it’s become my go-to spot for my Andre fix.

If you’ve had brie (who hasn’t?) then that’s a good starting point. Imagine, if you will, a brie that is a little crumbly inside the creamy, with a grassy, outdoorsy tang to it. Except better.

To properly enjoy St. Andre, you will need the crustiest, earthiest loaf of fresh-baked bread you can find, and a spread-ing knife. That’s it.

It’s just me, but ... mass-market brie has become almost rubbery over the years. If all you’ve ever had is the cheap(ish) supermar-ket muck, treat yourself to the real deal sometime.

Castello BlueHere it is: the stinkiest cheese

on this list. (You probably were expecting limburger.)

I adore blue cheese, but I understand it can be a bit much for many people. Enter Castello. Made by the Danes (a country that believes you can never have

too much butterfat), it somehow manages to straddle the line between gooey triple-cream and crumbly blue.

Any blue cheese is great paired with fruity chutney or -- brace yourself -- bacon praline. But Castello’s great meltability makes for a standout mac and cheese.

Castello isn’t super common,

but you should be able to find it at Whole Foods, Eastside Market-place and (possibly) Dave’s Market.

It’s just me, but ... I think the blue veins of mold are nifty, like Italian marble. If you have a con-niption at the thought of eating moldy cheese, well, I’m just going to let you live in happy ignorance (wink).

50 Shades of Whey

the coffee bean - february 2015

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