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By Dave Eisenstadterdedham@wickedlocal.com

The Church o the GoodShepherd, ounded by anescaped black slave romthe South, now has its firstnon-white rector in NobleScheepers.

Born in South Ari-ca, Scheepers came to theUnited States in 2008 andgot a job as a priest at theChurch o the Good Shep-herd in March 2011. He

was recently made the 11thrector o the church.

This is an extremely

closely knit communityand they show that theyhave no hesitation in mak-ing you aware they appre-ciate what theyve got,Scheepers said on Friday,Dec. 28. You want to grow

with the people and con-gregation. Every spiritu-al leader in the communityhas to be a visionary.

Scheepers vision or thechurch is to expand it andto make the communi-ty more aware o its pres-ence, he said.

I see a lot o young peo-ple around and yet I dont

see a lot o those youngpeople attached to thechurch, Scheepers said.

In his nearly two yearswith the church, Scheep-ers has tried a number ooutreach techniques. Hehas brought in the OceanState Barbershop Har-mony Chorus, o whichhe is a member, as well asstarting the tradition o aSouth Arican barbecueevery summer.

What makes it SouthArican is that there are

CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

New rector has vision or communit

Noble Scheepers is the new rector at the Church of theGood Shepherd in Dedham. WICKED LOCAL STAFF PHOTO BYKATE FLOCK

By Paula Voglerdedham@wickedlocal.com

A group o approximate-ly 30 town and state of cialsand Dedham residents metto discuss what some say isa growing problem or thetown.

Drug abuse, rom pre-scription pain killers another opiates to alcohol, anthe associated problems touel that habit like house

breaks and car breaks, arean ongoing battle or the po-lice as well as the residentso the town.

For Dorothy Victoria,who has lived in the Mano

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Towntacklesdrug

abuseSubstance AbuseTask Forcemeets to discussgrowing problem

By Andrea Salisburyasalisbury@wickedlocal.com

Alex Foonos firstfilm, A Really Good Mov-ie About a Very Bad Day,had a simple plot.

It was just about me, Al-ex, having a really bad dayand then conquering it atthe end, Foono said ona Tuesday aternoon at aDedham coee shop. Thatis where it all started.

He was 13. Now the22-year-old filmmaker,Dedham native and New

York University seniorhas a larger theatrical as-piration. His senior the-sis, a 25-minute short ti-tled Kingdom Coming,uses a new glass to see oldthings through, he said.

Set in post-Civil WarAmerica, the script ol-lows the return home o ason o a wealthy Northerngeneral who hired another

man to fight or him. Fo-ono said the main char-acter, Robert, returns romabroad to take responsibil-

ity or the death o the manhe hired.However, during a rau-

cous postwar celebrationat his amily home, hefinds it is not as easy as he

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

Filmmaker sets his focus on Civil WarDedham native to direct short film over the summer

Alex Fofonoff of Dedham will shoot a short film onpost-Civil War America in Boston over the summer. Heslaunched a fundraising site to help cover the cost ofthe film. WICKED LOCAL STAFF PHOTO BY ANDREA SALISBURY

By Sally Edmondsdedham@wickedlocal.com

Chris McDermott prepared hisclass o six students or an eveningo culinary adventure.

You guys are going to be doingall the work, the che and environ-mental scientist told his seasonal

winter cooking class at the DedhamCommunity House.

They laughed.

A ew minutes earlier he had sup-plied them with a $13 extra large

bottle o Yellow Tail a cabernetand merlot mix.

DEDHAM COMMUNITY HOUSE

Someones in the kitchenChe ofers evening cooking class at Community House

Chef Chris McDermott, center, explains what to look for while searing beef for a stew to Katie Tauro, left, of

Dedham, and Adriana Toli, right, of Westwood, during Tuesday evenings cooking class at the Dedham Commu-nity house. WICKED LOCAL PHOTO BY SEAN BROWNE

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urs ay, anuary ,

thought to escape the pastand the ghosts that comewith it, Foonof wrote onhis indiegogo undraisingpage or the film.

Foonof said he start-ed writing the script be-ore his semester abroadin Berlin, Germany. It wasater he returned that thescript really took shapeand combined his love ohistory with passion orfilm.

I think history is really

important, he said. Peo-ple tend to orget how o-ten history repeats itsel.

To share his bit o his-

tory, Foonof is workingtoward a budget o just$24,725. That total in-cludes post-productionand costs or a two-weekshoot in Boston. Throughthe Advanced ProductionThesis Class at NYU, Fo-onof was one o 12 stu-dents selected to receiveallotments which in-cludes insurance, equip-ment, and a small sum omoney. He still needs toraise $7,800 to completehis project.

On Tuesday, Jan. 15, he

launched an online un-draising page,www.indi-egogo.com/kingdomcom-ingthefilm. There, olkscan contribute $10 to$5,000 or various perksat diferent levels. A $10donation will give you adigital download o thefilm, where $2,500 willgrant you a cameo in thefilm. Hes raised $310 atthe end o the first day oundraising.

Foonof is planning toshoot Kingdom Comingover two weeks in June.While he has his crew fi-

nalized, the actors haventbeen selected.

He plans to do an opencasting call in New York tosee what comes out o thewoodwork o the city.

As the young filmmak-er returns home to com-plete his senior thesis, heis hopeul or a career atecollege. Ideally, Foonohopes to screen KingdomComing in estivals, anhas already submitted an-other short, The Fool.From there, he hopes toget recognized and hire

as a writer or director.But whatever the out-come, making more mov-ies is my graduation planand doing it anyway I can,he said.

For more inormation onKingdom Coming, checout the films Faceboopage at www.acebook.com/kingdomcomingthe-film, or donate to the proj-ect at www.indiegogo.comkingdomcomingthefilm.

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neighborhood o Dedhamher whole lie, watchingthe drug activity across thestreet rom her home three

years ago prompted her tocall the police departmentto ask or help.

While a neighborhoodwatch association andmonthly meetings with po-lice have improved thingsa bit in her area, Victoria

said she is still looking oranswers.

Weve had a drug prob-lem or years. I want toknow what the town is go-ing to do about the prob-lem, Victoria said at theSubstance Abuse Taskorce

meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15.Dedham Police Detec-

tive Kevin Mahoney pre-sented statistics thatback up Victorias asser-tion. From January 2011through December 2012,there were 82 overdoses,though not all atal andsome rom people overdos-ing over and over again.

Not surprisingly, manyo the prescription medi-cine incidents also appearto include alcohol use as a

contributing actor, Ma-honey said.He said rom 2007-11

there has been a 48 per-cent increase in non-atalopiate-related events romlocal hospitals and that a-tal overdose numbers arehigher than people that diein car accidents.

This is a problem thatneeds to be dealt with,Mahoney said. Its a prob-lem that doesnt have anyboundaries. Its crossedenough lines that peo-ple want to do somethingabout it.

Part o the problem, ac-cording to Dr. MichaelMarciello o Dedham Med-ical Group, is writing pre-scriptions without beingable to adequately know ia person could be prone toaddiction.

While all prescriptionin his o ce are done elec-tronically, Marciello saidthe thinking and teaching

on pain relie has movedaway rom an approachthat used multiple and di-erent types o medicinesto one ocused on prevent-ing addiction and abuse.

Marciello said abusersare oten kids who startedsmoking tobacco productsand marijuana or who ex-perimented with alcohol.

Prevention doesnt startwith the prescription tothe adult. Some o the pre-vention is beore the pre-

scription even gets outthere, Marciello said.From the enorcement

side o things NorolkCounty District AttorneyMichael Morrissey said hiso ce also works on pre-vention. He said 26 o 28communities in NorolkCounty have drug drop ofsites at police stations sounused medication doesntget misused by youngpeople.

In addition he said thereare more state police inthe states drug unit andmore training is given to

them. Drug dealers whoare caught see their mon-ey, cars, computers, andphones seized, he said.

Assistant District Attor-ney Jennier Rowe said thecountys diversion programis available to prosecutorsor younger kids but also toanyone who wants to reera child.

It allows schools to reer

kids who they know usemarijuana that we cantprosecute because o cur-rent laws, Rowe said.We dont want to wait osomeone to be court in-volved to take advantage o(those classes).

Ron Brock, who grew upand still lives in Dedham,said that although he isormer graduate and coun-selor at the drug recoverprogram Teen Challenge,he struggled or years wit

addiction.He said it is still easy osomeone to get whatev-er they want on the streetand that stifer fines anlonger treatment programswere needed.

I went through a 15month course, Brock said.Thirty day courses anthree month courses arenot going to cut it. Yoneed a longer rehabilita-tion time.

Selectmen Sarah Mac-Donald and Mike Butlesaid they would bring rec-ommendations out o the

task orce meeting to theJan. 17 selectmens meet-ing to determine i a per-manent task orce shoulbe created and the goalsthe community would liketo see to address the drugissue.

Paula Vogler can breached at 781-433-8322 or by email at writ-edesk84@comcast.net.

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