【侨报周末特约记者李强波士顿图文报道】3月17日上午，剑桥中国文化中心夕阳红活动站假沃森市剑桥中国文化中心举办了隆重的成立11周年联欢会，近200名会员和来宾一同祝贺夕阳红活动站过去11年来不平凡的历程，并观看和参与了文艺表演、时装秀、抽奖和聚餐等环节。
墙上贴的一面红色的光荣榜，是当天受到表彰的优秀团队和个人，正是他们无私的奉献，让波士顿的老年人有夕阳红活动站这样一个温暖的家。剑桥中国文化中心夕阳红活动站自2001年3月25日成立至今, 记录下波士顿老年朋友们的无数欢歌笑语，也带给波士顿华人社区一出出好戏连台。
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李强， bostonese.com
在3月17日下午，和平团契队在首届“西区同心杯”乒乓球锦标赛中，以2：1战胜信实团契队，夺得成人组团体冠军。儿童组单打冠军由埃里克·赵（Eric Zhao）夺得。本次乒乓锦标赛在波士顿西郊圣经教会团契厅举行，约80名球员报名参赛。他们的家人和教会的志愿者一同见证了该教堂有史以来第一次体育赛事的颁奖仪式。
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丁凯音，剑桥中文学校
【作者介绍：2010年，13岁的丁凯音在汤老师的鼓励帮助下，投稿全球海外华人青少年作文竞赛。她的题为“父亲和我的高尔夫之旅”作文喜获竞赛一等奖。这项成绩对凯音真是个惊喜。凯音的中文并不是班里最出色的。她出生在美国麻州，在波士顿地区从小学上到中学。她文体爱好很多，很花时间练习，比赛，影响周末学中文。可她自小学二年开始上周末中文学校，在汤老师的关怀帮助下，还是坚持下来。作文竞赛，她选了自己最钟爱的活动高尔夫比赛，结合他父亲对她多年执导爱护，文笔自然地写出她对父爱和自我奋斗的内心体会，令人感动。丁凯音即将中学毕业,已经考取麻州私立高中Middlesex。】
2009年十月的一天，我获得了美国少年高尔夫全美邀请赛十二岁组冠军。这是我第一次赢得全国大赛。在冠军领奖发言中，我感谢在我进步的道路上帮助过我的人，包括我的启蒙教练Joe和现任教练Kevin。Kevin也是哈佛大学女子高尔夫球队的教练。他不光教我球艺，还提醒我比比赛成绩更重要的是对高尔夫的热爱。发言中，我特别感谢的是我父亲。我爸爸对我多年的帮助和教导让我感动。
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By Anping Shen, ED. D.
Jason was born in China and went through from pre-‐school to graduate school in the United States. During his junior year at the Newton North High School, Newton, MA, Jason was selected as a member of the USA National Man’s Junior Gymnastics Team. In 2009, Jason was a co-‐captain of Stanford Man’s Gymnastics team, which won both the NCAA man’s gymnastics national championship and academic championship titles (the first team in the history of man’s gymnastics to win both titles in the same year). Upon his graduation from Stanford in 2009, he served as Chief Operating Officer for the Stanford Daily newspaper company and then worked as a sales rep for a startup in Silicon Valley. He co-founded an online company (www.ridejoy.com) in San Francisco in May of 2011. He was back visiting his parents recently and talked to his father about his (real) company and passion for a healthy, competitive and purposeful life.
Jason Shen was competing in a recent triathlon event.
“You Should Realize That There Is No Point Of Living Your Life to Meet Other People’s Expectation. It’s Not Their Life, It Is MY Life.”
-Jason Shen
李强， bostonese.com
波士顿华埠社区中心(BCNC)3月2日在华埠帝苑大酒楼举办了第24届春宴和筹款会，600多位来宾出席，为BCNC一共募集到善款超过22万元。 来宾们首先在招待厅享受葡萄酒和点心的招待酒会，然后到大餐厅观看巾帼醒狮团儿童组的舞狮表演，并在晩宴中穿揷了慈善拍卖。
巾帼醒狮团儿童组的舞狮表演
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By David Li, bostonese.com
According to a press release by Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), at 4 PM this Friday, March 23, high school aged members of CPA’s Chinese Youth Initiative and other students in Chinatown will sit outside Tufts New England Medical Center(TNEMC) station to protest the proposed massive fare increases and service cuts by MBTA. They are hoping to raise awareness of this issue that will impact lives of many people who depend on public transportation.
On March 14, about 50 elder residents in Chinatown protected outside Mass. Transportation Department building on Kneeland street while a meeting on the proposed fare hike was going on. They were joined by over 100 protesters from various other groups. Shi-Ang Yee, president of Chinatown Resident Association(CRA), expressed his outrage about the proposed fare hikes. “Public transportation was neglected by the government for a long time when billions of dollars was spent on the Big Dig. The problem should not be passed on to riders by raising the fare,” he said.
Members from CPA and CRA were protesting outside state transportation building on March 14.
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李强，bostonese.com
3月初，记者在剑桥市波士顿亚文中心同中国新生代画家代表之一的周明女士进行访谈。 作为一位在上海出生和成长的画家，周明经历了过去20年世界历史上罕见的中国经济飞速发展，并见证了期间社会心态的变迁。在访谈中，周明介绍了她对中国新富阶层社会心态，尤其是消费心态的认识，以及她是如何用画笔来扑捉这种心态的感受。
周明1999年毕业于上海师范大学艺术学院，曾在同济大学和上海大同学院任敎4年。 2009年获密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校艺术硕士学位。 其作品40多次入选中国、美国、欧洲艺术展，20多次获得艺术展奖项，包括2008年威奇塔艺术中心全美小幅油画比赛一等奖，2009年加利福尼亚州Palo Alto艺术协会国际艺术展最佳作品奖。 周明还曾10次受邀举办个人画展，包括俄亥俄州立大学，查德隆州立学院等。
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李强, bostonese.com
3月14日中午，30多位华裔耆老从华埠君子楼出发，途经南湾东老年公寓，又有近20位老人加入，一同步行到华埠边缘的州交通厅大楼外抗议计划中的地铁、巴士等公交系统涨价。 波士顿警察局出动了多名警察在现场维护秩序。
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By David Li, bostonese.com
In the afternoon of March 17, two finalists, team Peace and team Faithfulness, competed for the group championship of the Inaugural Metrowest United Ping Pong Tournament at Boston Metrowest Bible Church in Littleton MA. About 80 players, their family members and volunteers from the church were at hand to witness the first ever award ceremony for a sports event at the church.
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By Baiyun Yao
I took these pictures when I traveled to Yellowstone National Park in September 2011. I hope these pictures can drive more people into nature.
