Below are some of the lettersto newspapers and politicians in support of WCCA TV13 that have come to our attention in recent weeks. Thanks for supporting WCCA!

Dear Editor:

WCCA TV is so valued from my perspective, from shows like Worcester here and Now with Sibyl Farson, and Video Jams with Tracy Foley, that I just want to extend my appreciation to the City of Worcester and Charter for their part in keeping alive local, informative, entertaining interests in our wonderful assets here in Worcester. Please do all you an to keep WCCA TV on the air, as it is like having a wonderful neighbor at your door.

Sincerely,
Ameena Jabbour

The Worcester Tobacco Free Partnership sends word that you can get free nicotine patches by calling 1-800-TRY-TO-STOP.

"Patches will be available starting May 6, 2008 to eligible adults who live, work, or study in Worcester. Offer expires June 30, 2008."

READY...

• Think about your reasons for quitting.

• Set a quit date.
• Ask for support from people in your life.

SET...

• Get rid of ALL tobacco. Buy gum and healthy snacks.

• Think ahead about what you’ll do when you get the urge to smoke.
• If you plan to use quit-smoking medicine (like the patch) get it and learn how to use it.

QUIT.

• Keep busy on your quit date.

• Reward yourself with something special.
• Call a friend to cheer you on!

New Hair and a new line up to tickle the fancy.  Already you have seen noted author Roy Andersen talk about his newly released book "Three Minutes Off Okinawa" a personal account of the sinking of the radar picket destroyer in WWII.  This is certain to be an up coming movie fit for Oliver or Martin.  Our friend from Asian Boston Magazine returned with more highlights from the Asian community in Central Massachusetts and another Boston Guest Tony Yee president of Chinatown will spill the rice regarding the massive Block party set for June 22 in Boston's Chinatown, and don't forget Grecian Festival 2008 on June 6th,7th & 8th in Worcester. 

To keep you fit and healthy this season both the YMCA and Bancroft School of Massage representatives will be motiving us with new opportunties.  In the girls corner are Jeanne Worrick who's new book "Sell Like a Girl" will spark ideas while  Bhavna's love of the natural healing art's should relax us into that beachful feeling.   On the psyche front, Ramona Garcia came back for a 3 part series, and a brother and sister team of Medium's appear at the Church in the Wyldewood their down to earth approach to the art of mediumship shows the real side of message giving. No Drama-

Ramona Interviews will be in repeats during part of June and July due to movie casting in Boston and a family vacation.  We wish you all the very best of public access television watching and thank you for your support. 

Hope to hear from you soon!  Oh yeah, the new hair watch for our July special on total body make-overs.  Kim and I review the best dressed and why and show you the secrets to matching your body type NOT SIZE for the best fit in clothes, the best color's and best overall look.  This is for real, ideas you can live with, do yourself every morning and actually shop just about anywhere to expand.  Watch for this special show this summer.  

Ramona 

The Metrowest Daily News recently wrote about Mary Pauplis, host of "Cooking Adventures" and a longtime WCCA supporter.

Growing up as a child in Maynard, Pauplis spent every Saturday with her mother, two aunts, and her grandmother making pasta.

"We were just little children, so we could only do the little things, like straighten out the pasta," said Pauplis. "Finally, after asking to cook, my mom said OK, and gave me a little rolling pin, which I still have today."

"Big Buck Bunny" is a ten-minute animated film made with the open source program Blender. It was funded by foundation support and pre-orders of the DVD. As part of this spirit of openness, the DVD contains all the source files for the project, and (after the pre-orders are filled) the movie will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, meaning anyone can remix it however they like.

Much more info at On the Commons and the project site.

The trailer:

Big Buck Bunny - Official Trailer from Andy Goralczyk on Vimeo.

This highlighting of free expression and downplaying of commercial concerns seems very much in the vein of what we do at WCCA. It would be great to see more community video projects make their source files available for others to use.

(BTW, I've got Blender running on my computer at WCCA, but I haven't the slightest idea where to start with it.)

The Stone Soup Learning Coop will present for two nights only an original play written and produced by the coop.

Friday, May 9, 2008 at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7:00pm

First Unitarian Church
90 Main St.
Worcester, MA

Featuring famous actors and actresses as
Carolyn Kriso
Solomon Bellows
Noriyoshi Needle
and many others

Please join us for a performance that is not to be missed.

The Dragon Sorcerer Play is a culmination of our school years worth of work at the Stone Soup Learning Coop. The students and staff researched knights and ninjas, learned about the literary concept of a quest and all it's elements, learned about CORI laws and reform, created a story line together, and then a student took the story line and wrote a wonderful play with it. Now we are building sets, making costumes, and rehearsing, so that we can give the performance of our lives. We'd really love for you to join as and share in the amazing work these students have accomplished this year.

Tickets Suggested donation $10 Adults $2 Under 12
Tickets available at the Door
For advanced tickets call or email Anne Lewenberg 508-561-1164

Do you watch video on your computer?

Do you appreciate public access programming?

There's now a "Public Access TV" version of the popular video player Miro, which comes pre-loaded with several free channels of public access programming.

Click to download:

• Windows .exe (25MB)
• Mac .dmg (20MB)

If you are already a Miro user, you can click the button below to subscribe to all the public access channels:

(The list of channels is here.)

Media Advisory
For more information on the press event,
please contact Olga Lopez-Hill, EITC Coordinator
at 508-754-1176 Ext/.155

Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition Volunteer Recognition

Worcester, MA—On Wednesday, April 30, 2008, the Worcester Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Coalition will celebrate its achievements and recognize 52 volunteers who provided free tax preparation and E-filing to income-eligible Worcester residents.

The City of Worcester and Worcester Community Action Council along with the listed Coaliton partners have been working for five years to ensure that eligible Worcester residents receive all tax credit for which they entitled and to maximize their tax refund. This year, the Coalition prepared over 900 tax returns, returning close to a million dollars to Worcester low to moderate income working families.

Approximately 10 to 15% of families who are eligible for EITC do not receive it. The goals of the Worcester Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition are to (1) ensure eligible households receive all tax credits for which they are entitled and to maximize their tax refund; and (2) through the assistance of trained volunteers, provide free tax preparation.

The event will be held at Plumley Village
16 Laurel Street, Worcester
4:30 to 5:30 P.M..

We're taping more episodes of the talk show "Soapbox" on Monday, April 28. Please submit questions for our guests as comments to this post.

• Julieane Frost and Woodi Allaire of Goddard Homestead
• Konnie Lukes, Mayor
• Rod Lee, Reporter for T&G and a new author
• City Mgr., Michael O'Brien
• Peter Slota of Central New England Solar Store to discuss alternative energy
• City Councilor Michael Germain

Photographer and philosopher Szymon Tolak will be one of the many artists giving presentations at WCCA's Art Attack May 1.