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  THE HAPPY TRAVELERS OF WEST BOYLSTON group is open to residents 50 and older from West Boylston and surrounding towns. Pick up a trip brochure at the Senior Center, 127 Hartwell St.Contact Gladys Merrow, (508) 835-4312, to book a seat or obtain a brochure. Driver gratuity and cancellation waiver fees are included for day trips. Upcoming trips are: Dec. 14, Regal Players Christmas show and lunch, cost is $90 per person; March 22, British high tea at the Langham Hotel in Boston, cost is $119 per person; April 18, Connecticut's Irish Hunger Museum, with an Irish Pub buffet, cost is $67 per person; and June 13, 2015, \"Kinky Boots\" at Providence Performing Arts Center and lunch at Spirito's of Providence, cost is $139 per person (waiting list). Overnight trips include: March 1 through 3, Philadelphia Flower Show, including Longwood Gardens, cost is $469 per person double.

The striking face, striped antennae, legs and body of an Asian longhorn beetle is on the cover of \"Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It,\" written by [Loree Griffin Burns] with photographs by [Ellen Harasimowicz]. The book, published Oct. 7, is the latest in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt \"Scientists in the Field\" series. Tens of thousands of new trees, chosen for their resistance to ALBs, have been planted in the place of the suddenly vacant spaces, Burns writes. [Mike Bohne] is quoted in \"Beetle Busters\" as predicting \"In thirty years, Worcester will have a very beautiful, probably crown jewel, urban forest.\" \"I think it's a really difficult question,\" she said. \"I think if the goal is to eradicate the beetle from Worcester, cutting the trees is the only solution ... I would be heartbroken if the trees on my property were cut down. But if that's the goal, there's no other choice. I've come to think in Worcester we will be successful. The question becomes, will it show up in other places?\"

Stevenson reviews Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It by Loree Griffin Burns and illustrated with photographs by Harasimowicz.

The group, including [Steve Walton], 18; his sister Christina L. Walton, 17; their mother, Maria P. Walton; along with her friends Deborah Wenger and Ellen Harasimowicz, and their three children, went to Guadalupe, Mexico, about 10 miles from Juarez, which borders the United States. A spiritual woman, Mrs. Walton in 2003 decided she would like to take part in some type of missionary work. She didn't know exactly what she would do, but a contact at St. Theresa's gave her the name of someone to call at the Whitinsville Christian Academy in Whitinsville, and that person told her about the Tapestries of Life Ministries, based in Fabens, Texas. PHOTOS; (1) A girl from Anapra waits in line with her mother for food and clothing. (2) Two teens, above, search for tools in the bodega while others get ready to start their day of construction on Casa de los Gemas orphanage in Guadelupe. (3) At left, Maria Walton, in her third year of volunteering, caulks cinderblock in preparation for painting. (4) At right, Deborah Wenger delights in holding a child while the mother stands in line for food and clothing distribution. (5) Below, a boy tries to protect his sister from the scorching sun while their mother also waits in line.; ELLEN HARASIMOWICZ

Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It by Loree Griffin Burns and illustrated by Ellen Harasimowicz, The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science by Marc Aronson and Adrienne Mayor with illustration by Chris Muller.

Carter reviews You're Invited to a Moth Ball: A Nighttime Insect Celebration by Loree Griffin Burns and photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz.

Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It by Loree Griffin Burns and illustrated by Ellen Harasimowicz and The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science by Marc Aronson with Adrienne Mayor and illustrated by Chris Muller are reviewed.

The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe. By Loree Griffin Burns. Illus. by Ellen Harasimowicz. 2010. 80p.