McLean Vies for Spot on Jeopardy! and Danvers Relay for Life Kicks Off Season

Today is Monday, Oct. 21. Here's a look at the week ahead in Danvers.

1. If you'd like to help Danvers native Erin McLean make her third appearance on Jeopardy, you have until 9:59 a.m. Monday to cast your vote online.
2. The town will publicly dedicate the new Francis F. Mills Communication Center on Monday (7 p.m.) at Danvers High School. The ceremony will be at the start of the School Committee meeting. Room E105 is a chorus room next to the auditorium used for chorus by day and meeting space by night. The School Committee took a vote two years ago to keep Mills with Danvers High post-renovations. The IMC Room, which was demolished in the construction, was first named for Mills back in 1991. Mills died in 1992 at the age of 77. He was the Town Moderator for 23 years and served in several other ways including as a member of Town Meeting, the Board of Appeals and the Finance Committee. He was the father of current Selectman and former judge David Mills.
3. The season for the Relay for Life of Danvers starts Tuesday with a kickoff party at Danvers High (6 p.m.). Stop by the cafeteria to learn more about the relay and check out the costume contest, trick-or-treating, mummy wrap, face-painting and more. It's all free.
4. The DoubleTree Boston North Shore is celebrating its first anniversary as part of the DoubleTree family on Wednesday (5:30-8 p.m.). There will be rich fall flavors of New England and some local brews.
5. Jeremy D’Entremont is at the library Wednesday to talk about "Haunted Lighthouses of New England"...or are they? D'Entremont shares firsthand knowledge of some of the mystifying tales and spine-chilling events that have taken place in New England lighthouses.
   
6. Tryouts are coming up for Danvers Girls Basketball for the 2013-2014 season at Holten-Richmond Middle School. Here's the schedule: Oct. 24, 6th graders from 6-7 p.m., 7th graders from 7-8 p.m. and 8th graders from 8-9 p.m. Oct. 29, 6th graders, 6-7 p.m., 7th graders, 7-8 p.m., 8th graders from 8-9 p.m. Check out www.danversgirlsbasketball.org for more details.
7. The date for the dedication and public celebration of the newly renovated Danvers High School is this Saturday from 10 a.m. - noon. There will be tours led by students and a reception inside the Atrium following the ceremony.