Milford Town Library programs. LOCAL, PAGE A7 WHISKER TALES: PETS FOR ADOPTION LOCAL, PAGE A6 MILFORD BLASTS HOPEDALE SPORTS, PAGE B1 Complete forecast, A3 LOCAL NATION/WORLD Warrant issued for South Korean ship captain As the last bit of the sunken ferry’s hull finally slipped beneath the murky water off South Korea, pros- ecutors and police sought arrest warrants for the vessel’s captain and two other crewmembers. With 28 people now confirmed dead and more than 270 missing, there was a new victim: a vice principal of the high school whose stu- dents are among the many missing was found hanged, an apparent suicide. A2 12 killed in Mount Everest avalanche In the deadliest disaster on the world’s highest peak, an avalanche sweeps down Mount Everest, killing at least 12 Nepalese guides and leaving four missing. Injured survivors are air- lifted off the mountain. A2 Boston Marathon Coverage Running the Boston Marathon? Cheering on the sidelines? 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B1 Television ........B6 HONORED AS A DISTINGUISHED NEWSPAPER by the New England Newspaper Association The D AILY N EWS MILFORD milforddailynews.com Volume 127, Number 222 - 24 pages - 2 sections $1 Saturday, April 19, 2014 TODAY SUN MON 60°/34° 58°/35° 64°/43° By Lindsay Corcoran Daily News Staff MILFORD – While Town Meeting members won’t vote until next month on whether to place 200 acres of town-owned land into a trust, officials are coming out both for and against the plan – a split largely caused by differing ideologies. Officials are consider- ing putting the 200 acres, which is actually eight sepa- rate parcels off Dilla Street including the town forest and the Consigli property acquired in 2006, under a permanent conservation restriction overseen by the Trustees of Reservations, a nonprofit comprised of members outside the community to uphold the restriction. The trust, which would cost the town $12,500, needs two-thirds Town Meeting approval on May 19. Town Planner Larry Dunkin is among those advocating for placing the land in the trust to perma- nently protect it from the development, after initially looking into protecting the property after a request from Selectman Brian Murray in December. “If you’re really serious about permanently pro- tecting a piece of land, you don’t only place it under Conservation Commission protection, you do the land trust,” Dunkin said. He noted that the land will first have to be placed under the Conservation Commission’s jurisdiction, as not all eight properties are, but said that protection is not permanent like a land trust would be. Dunkin said protect - ing the land will also help MILFORD LAND TRUST PLAN Offi cials taking sides By Mike Gleason Daily News Staff UPTON - Residents next month will be asked to con- sider changing the job of town’s treasurer/collector from elected to appointed, a move the current office holder opposes. An article on the Annual Town Meeting warrant requests the change, akin to last year’s effort to make the town clerk an appointed slot. The Board of Select- men, in a letter endorsing the article, said the move has been suggested in sev- eral management audits. “The town has less than 7,000 residents, which limits the available talent pool capable of being elected as a town trea- surer/collector,” the letter reads. “Recently, two much larger towns (Milford and Franklin) approved bylaw changes to appoint their treasurer/collectors versus having this critical position be elected.” Board members have stated in the past that the move does not reflect any concern about current treasurer/collector Kenneth Glowacki, but instead looks to the future of the position. “Society is becoming more complex, and there are fewer people wanting to, or able to, hold office,” the letter reads. “What if no person came forward to run for this position? An appointment to this posi- tion eliminates the ris k factor.” The letter further notes that, though many feared creating a town manager position with broad powers, the change has proved ben- eficial to Upton. Glowacki, though, said he intends to speak against the move at Town Meeting. “I think the article assumes there isn’t enough UPTON Voters to consider status of treasurer position Selectmen endorse change from elected to appointed; current collector opposes proposal By Matt Tota Daily News Staff FRANKLIN — Stella Jeon, an 88-year Frank- lin resident who has served on a half a dozen town committees and hosted a long-running cable access show, was named one of this year’s “Unsung Heroines” by the state Commission on the Status of Women. Jeon, 94, was nomi- nated by state Rep. Jeffrey Roy, D-Franklin, and state Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ash- land, “for being a lifelong active participant in the community.” Each year the inde- pendent state agency recognizes 80 women from cities and towns throughout the state, singling them out for “out- standing contributions to their organizations and communities.” The legislators, along with town officials, friends and family, celebrated Jeon’s award on Friday afternoon in the living room of her humble home. “In appreciation for making Massachusetts a better place to live and to work, Stella Jeon is hon- ored for her actions, for her kindness and for her service to the community,” said Elizabeth Hart, the commission’s vice presi- dent, reading from the certificate. “She is truly an extraordinary woman who gives her time, her talent and her enthusiasm to enrich the lives of others.” Born in a small village in northern Greece, Jeon immigrated to Frank- lin, going through Ellis Island, in the 1920s. “My ancestors were originally merchants in Constan- tinople,” she said. “They were driven out and had to hide in the mountains of Macedonia.” “Although my roots are ‘Heart and soul’ of community honored FRANKLIN Stella Jeon, 94, smiles as receives the Unsung Heroine Award from the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women during a ceremony in her Franklin home Friday. State Rep. Jeffrey Roy, D-Franklin, state Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, and Elizabeth Hart of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women presented the award to Jeon. DAILY NEWS STAFF PHOTOS/KEN MCGAGH Stella Jeon — HEROINE Earlier this week, the town of Franklin presented a street sign to Stella Jeon. By Jonathan Phelps Daily News Staff HOPKINTON – The massive Massachusetts State Police mobile inci- dent command center played a pivotal role in the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarn- aev last year. Tsarnaev is being charged with detonating two bombs at the finish line of last year’s Boston Marathon. The command center – a 53-foot long tractor-trailer – served as the base of operations and held Gov. Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Tom Menino and state police Col. Timothy Alben during last year’s manhunt to find Tsarn- aev. It was one year ago Friday when police found and arrested Tsarnaev in a boat p arked in a Watertown backyard. The state-of-the-art unit will be in Hopkinton this year as part of height- ened security measures. On Friday, it was parked at Hopkinton High School. There will be cameras installed along the route and officers in both uni- form and plain clothes. Over the past year the unit’s equipment has had major technology and communication upgrades, Alben said. The unit has the ability to downlink footage from the department’s heli- copters and transmit radio BOSTON MARATHON State and local police: ‘We got your back’ Public encouraged to attend race Television news photographers at a press conference inside the Mass. State Police Incident Command Center trailer at Hopkinton High school Friday morning. DAILY NEWS STAFF PHOTO/ART ILLMAN SEE COMMAND, A7 SEE HEROINE, A12 SEE TREASURER, A10 SEE TRUST, A10