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State more involved in WSU search By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD — State education officials are exerting more oversight in the search for a Westfield State University president than when Dr. Evan S. Dobelle was hired in 2007. New guidelines for the search and selection of state university and community college presidents which went into effect last year will now give the Commissioner and Board of the state’s Department of Higher Education ELIZABETH more authority in PRESTON the selection of school presidents. These guidelines were in the works prior to the controversy over Dobelle’s travel and spending that embroiled the institution last summer. The Board of Higher Education approved the new measures in June 2013 in response to state lawmakers seeking direct involvement by the Department of Higher Education in the areas of presidential searches, performance reviews and their compensation. “The Department of Higher Education developed these guidelines in response to FY2013 Budget language, which included a requirement to establish guidelines and procedures for the search, selection, appointment, compensation, evaluation and removal of the chief executive officers of community colleges.” said Rachael Neff, spokesperson for the Department of Higher Education. “The BHE held a six-month comment period on the guidelines, and during that time held three feedback sessions with State University and Community College Trustees.” Neff added that the new guidelines are based “on the Community College presidential search and selection guidelines” which were issued by the BHE on October 16, 2012 with some moderate changes, including shifting the BHE/DHE role on the search committees from non-voting observer to full voting member and therefore putting a state-level voice in the process from the drafting of the position description all the way through to the selection and recommendation of a finalist. “The new guidelines engage the Board of Higher Education in the presidential selection process in a more meaningful way through a partnership instead of a rubber stamp-type of approval,” she said. Westfield State University administration welcomes increased state oversight. “As we begin the presidential search process we fully expect that everyone will go the extra mile and take the time necessary to ensure the search is conducted with integrity, inclusiveness and with the best interests of our students at heart,” said spokesperson Molly Watson. “We will continue to update the community as information becomes available.” Watson stated that the school has drafted an outline to be submitted to DHE Commissioner Richard Freeland for review that notifies him of their intent to begin a search immediately and details their proposed process for implementation. The last time the University composed a presidential search committee, it was composed of four members and enlisted the help of consultants, which included then-Trustee Carol Katz, and current Trustees Kevin Queenin and the Hon. Elizabeth Scheibel. Queenin was the chairman of the Westfield State Foundation at the time, while Foundation Director Bill Hogan also served on the search committee in the summer of 2006. The committee also included Corrine Ebbs of the See Search, Page 3
City officials have declined to confirm or deny reports that Kenneth Frazer, above, the city’s director of animal control operations, has been placed on administrative leave. (File Photo by Carl E. Hartdegen)
City officials mum about ACO Frazer By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Neither Westfield Mayor Daniel M. Knapik nor Karin Decker, the city’s assistant personnel director, would confirm or deny reports that Kenneth Frazer, the director of animal control operations for the city, has been placed on administrative leave. Both city officials said they could not discuss personnel issues. A person close to the situation who was not authorized to release information said that Frazer has been placed on administrative leave but declined to elaborate. Decker did not explain when asked why she felt it necessary to ask the police department for an officer to attend a meeting she had with Frazer at the Westfield Animal Shelter Wednesday afternoOfficer Allen Magdycz reports “everyone was professional” at the meeting. A report received at The Westfield News three weeks ago that Frazer had been suspended
seemed to have been disproved, at the time, when Frazer denied it and continued to perform his duties. However, his absence at the shelter Thursday lends credence to the more recent report. Volunteers at the shelter did not explain his absence but animal control officer Kerri Francis was in evidence, directing the day-to-day tasks of the department. Frazer was hired as the city’s animal control officer in 2006 and later became the director of animal control operations after Francis was hired as a part-time animal control officer. His contract expires in June. He had previously served as the animal control officer in Southwick where, with his wife Pat, he had been instrumental in developing the animal control operation there. Pat Frazer, who succeeded her husband as Southwick’s animal control officer, was advised that her services were no longer needed and her contract was not renewed in September, 2007.
By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Two newspaper delivery drivers have admitted responsibility for severed rabbit heads found in two mailboxes on Monday but their confessions suggest that there are three additional rabbit heads hitherto undiscovered – or at least unreported – in the city. City police reported on Monday that a letter carrier had advised a Pinehurst Street resident that he had found the head of a rabbit in her mailbox and also said that he found a second rabbit head in the mailbox at a Willis Street address which was found to be the home of the first victim. Det. Brian Freeman was assigned to investigate and reported yesterday afternoon that the connection between the two victims appears to be entirely coincidental. Freeman said that he was able to identify the suspects after he got a tip resulting from widespread publicity about the bizarre find – initially in The Westfield News but subsequently picked up by most of the area media outlets and by newspapers as far away as the New York Post. He said that he was able to focus on two men he identified as a 24-year-old Springfield resident and a 26-year-old Chicopee man. The two young men are, he said, delivery drivers for a newspaper, “the one in Springfield”, who deliver a route in Granville and Southwick on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On one of those nights, Freeman said, while they were in Granville, “they found five dead rabbits, at different spots, like roadkill” and they collected the rabbits “because they thought it would be funny to cut their heads off and leave them for people on Easter morning.” The rabbits were not domesticated pets. He said that the Springfield man took the See Rabbit, Page 3
Block grant program lauded By Dan Moriarty city uses the federal funds in a number of ways. Staff Writer “The grant recipients provide vital services to different WESTFIELD – The city commemorated the 40th annisegments of our population,” Knapik said. versary of the federal Community Development Block He said the funding is also a key element of community Grant program this week with open houses held at social planning and development. service agencies and businesses supported in part with the “It does provide another avenue to accomplish projects federal funding. and programs without using local tax dollars, funding for The CDBG program was established in 1974 and is the property acquisition, demolition of blighted buildings and federal government’s principal vehicle to provide states, planning for future projects,” he said. cities and counties with grants to improve the physical, Miller said that the CDBG funding, administered by the economic and social conditions of communities. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Director Peter J. Miller Jr., (HUD), has been cut over recent years from a total of $4.4 said what is unique about the program is that local combillion to $3.03 billion. munities can tailor how those funds are spent to meet “Over the last 10 years the funding level here in RUSS FOX local needs. Westfield has been cut from about $500,000 a year to “We get to direct, to determine locally, how best to allocate those $360,000, putting fiscal pressure on local agencies receiving those funding dollars,” Miller said. “The grant funding is vital to propping funds,” Miller said. up services to reach people in need in the most direct way.” Knapik said cuts to HUD’s CDBG and HOME program, which The Community Development Department holds public hearings provides grants to create safe, sanitary and affordable housing condieach year to allow agencies to present details of their programs and to tions in communities nationwide, are needed to bolster local efforts to identify their level of financial needs to support those programs. provide social services and foster revitalization. Mayor Daniel M. Knapik, who issued a proclamation commemo“These programs are needed more than ever to help our citizens and rating National Community Development Week this week, said the improve the overall condition of our neighborhoods,” Knapik said.
Sewer needs to be addressed at TM By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Board of Selectmen Chairman Russell Fox said he hopes Town Meeting voters will address the needs of the school when it comes to sewer installation. A warrant on the agenda of the May 20 meeting asks voters to support the sewer at the school, which Fox said must be installed. “What we’re suggesting we do next for sewers is the schools because we’re under an order of condition,” Fox said. The order is a federal mandate to the town to hook up the schools to the sewer system. Fox said engineering firm Tighe &
Bond presented the Sewer Implementation Committee (SIC) with several options for what areas in town to connect to the sewer next. Beyond the schools, the SIC has recommended two other sections of town to connect next. “One of the areas they suggested is near Westfield and includes Wynnfield, Rosewood Estates and the American Inn,” said Fox. Wynnfield has had septic problems and Rosewood is not conducive [to the septic system], and American Inn has septic problems.” Fox said the other area with septic concerns is by Big Y and Gillette Corner. Fox said although the Board of
Selectmen serves as the sewer commission, the SIC makes all sewer recommendations and works directly with Tighe & Bond. “We listened, and we agreed,” Fox said. “When you have areas with septic issues, you have to look at that.” Fox said that residents in the school neighborhood would benefit from the sewer connection, as would those in the other areas identified as priorities. Fox said he hopes residents exercise their right to vote at Town Meeting. “We have a SIC that makes recommendations to the board, but ultimately it’s the voters that decide where we go,” he said.
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Annual Park Service Day WESTFIELD The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) invites you to attend DCR’s 8th Annual Park Serve Day on April 26 at parks across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Online registration is now open for those who wish to register prior to the event. For information, call (617) 626-4973 or visit the DCR website: www. mass.gov/dcr.
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Where is The Westfield News? The Westfield News made its way to Scottsdale, AZ with Jayne Mulligan while she was visiting her family all formerly from Westfield (L to R - Back row: Angelo Bressani, Donna Mulligan, Jayne Mulligan, Ashleigh Ortega & Jay Mulligan. Front row: Angelo’s Great Grand Children: Skyler, Tydan & Ryan) Remember, if you’re travelling somewhere, make sure to get a picture of yourself with a copy of The Westfield News and e-mail it, along with a description, to pressreleases@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com. Keep reading to find out where The Westfield News will show up next.
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Half-eaten cinnamon roll leads police to car thief MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A half-eaten cinnamon roll helped Madison police track down a suspected car thief. The car was stolen Monday about 4:30 a.m. The driver parked at a hotel with the key in the ignition, and when he walked inside he heard his car start up. Surveillance video got a glimpse of the suspect, who was seen eating something. A police officer found a half-eaten cinnamon roll in the parking lot. He went to a nearby restaurant that sells similar pastries, and a staffer there described the customer. The staffer also noted that the man had been dropped off by a Sun Prairie police officer, after the friend who’d been driving him was arrested for drunken driving. Sun Prairie police helped the Madison officer locate the 26-year-old suspect.
WESTFIELD The Westfield Woman’s Club will hold a Mystery Dinner Theater at the historic Club house on Court Street on April 26, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Come dressed in a Hawaiian outfit and you may win the Best Hawaiian Dressed prize. The evening will also include a 50/50 raffle. Tickets for the event are $20 advance sale only. All proceeds will benefit the Westfield Woman’s Club scholarship fund. For tickets please call Joyce at 568-7773 or Lillian at 568-2916. Tickets will not be available at the door and seating is limited.
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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, April 25, the 115th day of 2014. There are 250 days left in the year.
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n April 25, 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
On this date: In 1792, highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine. In 1859, ground was broken for the Suez Canal. In 1862, during the Civil War, a Union fleet commanded by Flag Officer David G. Farragut captured the city of New Orleans. In 1898, the United States formally declared war on Spain. In 1901, New York Gov. Benjamin Barker Odell Jr. signed an automobile registration bill which imposed a 15 mph speed limit on highways. In 1915, during World War I, Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war. In 1944, the United Negro College Fund was founded. In 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe (EL’-beh) River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses.
Delegates from some 50 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations. In 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping. In 1964, vandals sawed off the head of the “Little Mermaid” statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1974, the “Carnation Revolution” took place in Portugal as a bloodless military coup toppled the Estado Novo regime. In 1983, 10-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, received a reply from Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov to a letter she’d written expressing concern about possible nuclear war; Andropov reassured Samantha that the Soviet Union did not want war, and he invited her to visit his country, a trip Samantha made in July.
Ten years ago: Hundreds of thousands of abortion-rights supporters marched in Washington, D.C. to protest Bush administration policies.
Five years ago: In her first trip to Iraq as America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to reassure nervous Iraqis that the U.S. wouldn’t abandon them, even as she said the American troop withdrawal would stay on schedule. Finance ministers meeting in Washington said they saw signs the global economy was stabilizing but cautioned it would take until the middle of next year for the world to emerge from the worst recession in decades.
University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan, 57, shot and killed his wife and two men outside a community theater in Athens before taking his own life. Actress Beatrice Arthur died in Los Angeles at age 86.
One year ago: President Barack Obama consoled a rural Texas community rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, telling mourners during a memorial service at Baylor University they were not alone in their grief. President Obama joined his four living predecessors to dedicate the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. Reggaeton star Don Omar was the top winner of the Billboard Latin Music Awards in Coral Gables, Fla., taking home 10 prizes.
Today’s Birthdays: Movie director-writer Paul Mazursky is 84. Actor Al Pacino is 74. Ballroom dance judge Len Goodman (TV: “Dancing with the Stars”) is 70. Rock musician Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 69. Singer Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) is 69. Actress Talia Shire is 68. Actor Jeffrey DeMunn is 67. Rock musician Michael Brown (The Left Banke) is 65. Rock musician Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 64. Country singer-songwriter Rob Crosby is 60. Actor Hank Azaria is 50. Rock singer Andy Bell (Erasure) is 50. Rock musician Eric Avery is 49. Country musician Rory Feek (Joey + Rory) is 49. TV personality Jane Clayson is 47. Actress Renee Zellweger is 45. Actress Gina Torres is 45. Actor Jason Lee is 44. Actor Jason Wiles is 44. Actress Emily Bergl is 39. Actress Marguerite Moreau is 37. Singer Jacob Underwood is 34. Actress Melonie Diaz is 30. Actress Sara Paxton is 26. Actress Allisyn Ashley Arm is 18.
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Search Continued from Page 1 Massachusetts State College Association, Dr. David Horner of EFL Associates, an executive consulting firm based out of Boston and the committee was chaired by Gina Golash, a former member of the University’s Board of Trustees. Other consultants involved in the Dobelle selection, according to minutes from Trustee meetings from the summer of 2006, included Kathryn Larimore of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, William Lopes and Gerry Tetrault of the MSCA, Robert Mailloux of the APA, and Danielle White, a student from the University. Other “non-unit” consultants included Nicholas Wojtowicz of the University’s IT Department and Carlton Pickron, the University’s current Vice President of Student Affairs. Dr. Kimberly Tobin, former Director of Graduate and Continuing Education at the University and now the interim Vice President, served as a consultant in 2006, as a member of the MSCA. Timothy Murphy, the then-Director of Human Resources at the unviersity, was brought in to work with the committee, too. “In the last search, we worked with a search firm. We had a committee. We had a failed search. We had a second search,” Tobin said. “I think hindsight is 20/20… We had a process and we went through the process and did everything we had to do throughout that process.” “I could tell you now what went wrong, but at the time, if we did it over again, would be have a different outcome? Maybe, because we’re a little further along in an Internettype place,” Tobin said. “I don’t think there was anything that went wrong in that we went through every step of the process the way it was set up at that point in time.” Tobin spoke of “failed search” that yielded four candidates, which included current State Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs and then-Westfield Mayor Rick Sullivan, only to see the committee decide to go back to the drawing board and begin the search anew. “I don’t remember the specifics of why we didn’t (stick with the four candidates). I think some of the people had stepped out of the search,” Tobin said. “I think some candidates withdrew themselves, and I think there just wasn’t concensus about who the right candidate was in the failed search. But there was concensus at the time we hired Dr.
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Government Meetings MONDAY, APRIL 28 WESTFIELD Youth Commission at 6 pm School Committee Finance Subcommittee at 6:30 pm Historical Commission at 7 pm
TOLLAND Selectmen 5 p.m. Town Caucus - Public Safety Complex 7 p.m. Budget Hearing - Public Safety Complex 7:15 p.m.
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Dobelle.” An article which appeared in The Reminder in February 2007 stated that the final five candidates were in fact reduced to four after Patrick J. Schloss, president of Northern State University in South Dakota, withdrew his candidacy. Joining Sullivan among the four semifinalists, were Nancy Kleniewski, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at thenBridgewater State College, Rod David Smith, former president of Ramapo College of New Jersey and then-president and CEO of Rod Smith Consulting Group, and Roger W. Bowen, former president of State University of New York (SUNY)-New Paltz and then-general secretary of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Student representative White said in the article she was against the motion to extend the search, while Student Government Association President Mike Mazeika said the students preferred Bowen and Smith, candidates which Tobin also said were favored by students and faculty. “The BHE has a voting member on the search com-
mittee now, and this past week Commissioner Freeland notified us that Henry Thomas, chair of the UMass Board of Trustees and president of the Urban League of Springfield, will be the BHE’s representative on the search committee,” she said. “The intention is that, when they come back for the June 26 board meeting, to by then identify who the rest of the search committee will be.” “The complications with this has been that we have a lot of vacancies on the Board of Trustees,” Preston said. “I know they are hoping to have new trustees seated on the board who can participate in the search.” “Under the best of circumstances, this is a slow process. It’s not like you’re going to see lots of quick action on this,” she said. “The expectation is that the committee will be identified by the end of June, and that they will begin the process of selecting a search firm, and that the search will ramp up in late August and early September. By early spring, they will have identified who the next president is.” Preston said that the next president will most likely take office on July 1, 2015.
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rabbits to his home where he “chopped their heads off and put them in zip lock bags.” He told Freeman he brought them out early Easter morning when they came to the city to deliver their Sunday newspapers in Westfield. “The geniuses didn’t realize that people weren’t going to open their mailboxes on Easter morning” to find the rabbits, Freeman said. The men told Freeman that they randomly picked the mailboxes where the left the rabbit heads. He said that a woman called about a rabbit from an address on Mockingbird Lane but did not make a report. He also said that there may be another rabbit head “on Collins Street somewhere but we haven’t heard anything
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from anyone up there yet.” None of the rabbit heads were left at any of their subscribers’ addresses. Freeman said “they both came in and confessed to what they did.” He reports they said that they left the rabbit heads because “we thought it was going to be funny” and said that he asked them when they stopped thinking it was funny. “When we got your phone call,” was their answer. Freeman said that charges are pending but said that probably they only Sarah? be charged Canwill You Help with disorderly conduct. “I’m glad that rabbits weren’t killed for this,” he said. “I told them they might want to stay out of Westfield for a little while.”
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Hi! I’m glad to see the Westfield News and I was watching channel 40 bringing out about that ramp going down East Silver Street right through those people’s backyards. You know if it was the mayor’s backyard or anybody on the city council, or somebody with a ridiculous amount of money that could hire high-priced attorneys, that wouldn’t have happened. And the guy on the other side of the tracks, whoever owns that business, didn’t want to give up the property. So, we just took the easy way out and stepped on the little guy again. The beat goes on. We had a chance to remove our mayor but people were afraid to take it. Southwick: on Friday, April 18, in the Westfield paper, Selectboard Chairman Russell Fox stated he was pleased with the budget so far. But I see Mr. Fox does not answer the question that is going around town as to why he is pushing The American Inn to be connected to the sewer project before residents who definitely need it. I can understand the schools because the state is forcing us in this direction. I’ll watch for an article by Mr. Fox and see if he gives us a good answer we can swallow and vote for him. Otherwise, there’ll be no checkmark for him which means I do not agree with his functions as a Selectperson. Thank you.
Obama’s past stance in conflict with net neutrality proposal By Tony Romm Politico.com An FCC net neutrality plan that could empower Internet providers to charge Netflix, Amazon, Facebook and others for faster service clashes with one of President Barack Obama’s oldest campaign promises. Before he arrived at the White House, Obama in 2007 explicitly rejected the possibility that “gatekeepers” someday could “charge different rates to different websites” — a system, he said, that “destroys one of the best things about the Internet — which is that there is this incredible equality there.” Obama’s comment now seems at odds with the so-called fast lanes that might result from the open Internet proposal from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. But the president still “strongly supports” net neutrality, a White House spokesman stressed Thursday, while declining to comment on the specifics of Wheeler’s plan. Obama hadn’t yet seen the text, added the aide, who also pointed to the fact that the FCC is an independent agency. Meanwhile, old divisions in the familiar net neutrality debate quickly resurfaced on the Hill. Some Democrats, including Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), urged the FCC to harden its rule proposal, while House Republicans criticized the telecom agency for trying to impose any requirements at all on Internet providers. “It is well past time for the commission to focus on areas where its work will foster new innovation, competition, and job creation,” said Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Greg Walden (R-Ore.). The early divides highlight the difficult politics of net neutrality, a perennial lightning-rod in Internet-policy circles. A constantly warring and partisan Congress renders any legislative fix implausible, even after a January court decision struck down the FCC’s old net neutrality rules. And Wheeler, still a relatively new FCC chairman, risks only more fighting if he imposes on Internet providers the same, strict rules that long have applied to traditional phone companies. Wheeler’s proposed solution prohibits Internet providers from outright blocking websites or content. However, it also creates an opening for those Internet service providers to charge content companies for better access to their pipes. If an Internet provider does so on “commercially unreasonable” terms, then the FCC could take action. Already, the proposed system hasn’t won much support — even among net neutrality’s biggest congressional defenders. See Net Neutrality, Page 5
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SCOTUS upholds ban on affirmative action Due to a production error, the following article did not run in its entirety. The news regrets the error. By Josh Gerstein, Maggie Severns, and Stephanie Simon Politico.com The Supreme Court delivered another setback to affirmative action Tuesday, easing the way for states to bar public colleges from considering race in admissions and to prohibit officials from taking race into account in hiring and contracting. The decision upheld a constitutional amendment in Michigan voters approved in 2006, banning preferential treatment based on race, gender, ethnicity or national origin. The outcome of the case was not a shock, but the lopsided, 6-2 vote signaled the court’s continuing rightward shift on issues of race. Eight states now have bans on affirmative action. California lawmakers briefly considered a measure that would have turned back its ban on using affirmative action in public university admissions, but the proposal was dropped. The court’s ruling is likely to embolden opponents of racial preferences, who have already outlined plans to put Michiganstyle constitutional amendments on the ballot in states including Ohio, Missouri and Utah. “The Supreme Court has made it clear that there’s no constitutional problem with banning preferential treatment… and that federal, state and local governments who want to do that can do so — and I hope that they will,” said Roger Clegg, president and general counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity. “The most important takeaway from this is that more states should do what Michigan has done,” Clegg added. Quite the contrary, said said affirmative action proponent Michael Olivas, director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at University of Houston. It’s a huge concern that states are making decisions about higher education via ballot measures, which can overturn nuanced, longstanding public policy in an instant. “Conducting important educational business via ballot measure is a very bad development, and I say it’s bad even if my issue would win,” Olivas said. While the court’s members leaned heavily in favor of allowing the Michigan amendment to take effect, the six justices who voted in the majority did not agree entirely on why. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has come to be the court’s key voice on race-related issues, announced the court’s ruling in the Supreme Court chamber. “The respondents in this case insist that a difficult question of public policy must be taken from the reach of the voters, and thus removed from the realm of public discussion, dialogue, and debate in an election campaign,” Kennedy wrote in an opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.” Quite in addition to the serious First Amendment implications of that position with respect to any particular election, it is inconsistent with the underlying premises of a responsible, functioning democracy … It is demeaning to the democratic process to presume that the voters are not capable of deciding an issue of this sensitivity on decent and rational grounds.” Kennedy said the Michigan referendum was not parallel to a pair of earlier cases where the court barred states from restructuring their political system in order to defeat efforts to aid minorities by requiring public school busing or prohibiting discrimination in housing. also He said the courts need to resist trying to decide which policies would benefit minorities and which would harm them. “This Court has rejected the assumption that ‘members of the same racial group—regardless of their age, education, economic status, or the community in which they live—think alike, share the same political interests, and will prefer the same candidates at the polls,’” Kennedy wrote in “In a society in which those [racial] lines are becoming more blurred, the attempt to define race-based categories also raises serious questions of its own.” Justice Sonia Sotomayor read much of her dissent from the bench, speaking more passionately and at greater length than Kennedy. “The stark reality is that race still matters,” Sotomayor said, summarizing a dissenting opinion joined only by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination. As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.” Sotomayor said the court’s majority unwisely assumed that the outcome of a voter-passed referendum was unlikely to be influenced by racism. “My colleagues misunderstand the nature of the injustice worked by” the Michigan amendment, she said. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas wrote separately, saying they would uphold the Michigan affirmative action ban and explicitly strike down the court’s previous decisions barring race-related restructuring of the political system. In a somewhat surprising move, Justice Stephen Breyer voted to uphold the Michigan measure, becoming the only
Democratic appointee on the court to do so. He wrote his own opinion explaining why the issue should not be taken out of the hands of Michigan voters. Justice Elena Kagan recused herself from the case. It’s unknown precisely why she stepped aside, but she may have had dealings with the case while serving as solicitor general in the Obama administration or earlier in her career, as dean of Harvard Law School. The case, Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, grew out of a 2006 ballot measure that enshrined a ban on affirmative action in the Michigan state constitution. Voters backed the amendment, known as the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative or Proposal 2, by 58 percent to 42 percent. Opponents argued that the ban imposed an unfair and unreasonable burden on minorities. When it came to college admissions, for instance, other interest groups — rural students, say, or low-income students — could petition public universities to grant them special consideration. But women, AfricanAmericans and others covered by the ban could not ask for similar treatment without first amending the state constitution. Supporters, led by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, argued that banning discrimination by race could not possibly be considered a discriminatory act. “In 2006, the citizens of Michigan enshrined the basic concept of equality and fairness into our Constitution. It is fundamentally wrong to treat people differently based on the color of their skin,” Schuette said. “The U.S. Supreme Court heard the voices of equality and the voices of the people.” The woman behind the ballot measure validated by the Supreme Court said the ruling was “a great decision for Michigan voters and for the issue of equality.” Jennifer Gratz sees the Schuette decision as a sign that affirmative action will soon be on its way out in a broader swath of the country. “It says that these policies are living on borrowed time,” Gratz said. “It’s pretty clear to me what direction the country has moved in, which is fair and equal government.” A parade of education and civil rights organizations, including the National Education Association, the American Council on Education and the National School Boards Association — as well as chancellors of the University of California system — have publicly opposed the affirmative action ban. The Obama administration also urged that the ban be overturned. In November 2012, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-7 that Michigan’s amendment was unconstitutional because it violated the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. “Today’s decision turns back our nation’s commitment to racial equality and equal treatment under the law by sanctioning separate and unequal political processes that put undue burdens on students,” NEA President Dennis Van Roekel said. “The Supreme Court has made it harder to advocate and, ultimately, achieve equal educational opportunity.” Kennedy stressed Tuesday that the court was not taking on the merits of affirmative action in the Michigan case. Rather, the arguments revolved around a longstanding legal principle that the court first articulated in 1969, when it overturned a change to the city charter in Akron, Ohio, that required all measures relating to racial or religious discrimination be put to a referendum. The court found the change unconstitutional because it placed a special and unfair burden on racial and religious minorities seeking to assert their interests in the political process. The justices reaffirmed that principle in 1982, throwing out a ban on the use of busing to ease racial imbalances in Washington state public schools. At oral arguments in the Schuette case last October, Kennedy suggested that the same principle — and legal precedent — clearly applied in the Michigan case as well. The court’s last major ruling on affirmative action came in 2003. In a pair of decisions, the justices found that a public university could not give minority applicants an automatic edge in admissions. However, colleges could consider race as a factor in admissions — as long as those affirmative action programs were narrowly tailored and diversity goals could not be met by other means. The justices had a chance to make another big statement on affirmative action last June, in Fisher v. University of Texas. Instead, the justices punted, voting 7-1 to return the case to the lower courts for a closer examination of whether a minority preference program at the University of Texas was narrowly tailored and whether there were other ways to promote diversity. Kennedy wrote the court’s decision in the Texas case and still appears to be the justice most likely to shape the future of affirmative action programs. After Fisher was sent back to the lower court, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice issued guidance affirming past advice for higher education: If other approaches besides considering race are ineffective at promoting diversity, then colleges may factor in students’ race. The American Council on Education, which represents over 1,800 U.S. colleges and universities, said it was “heartened to see that it did not take away from the court’s [Fisher] decision of last year.” “As long as the Fisher case and its predecessor stand,” ACE General Counsel Ada Meloy said, “we feel that institutions should be able to come to their own decisions as to the appropriateness of continuing or guarding or stopping race-sensitive admissions policies.”
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MoFroYo adopts rail trail section WESTFIELD – MoFroYo officially became the first corporate partner for the Friends of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail’s recently launched Trail Blazer Adoption Program, when on March 29 it adopted a nearly one-mile section of the Trail. The segment extends from the Southwick town line to within 500 feet of the Tin Bridge. Phase I, completed in October 2012, is the first leg of the 3.2 mile Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, Westfield’s portion of a multi-modal linear park, which follows along a portion of the route of the former New York/ New Haven/Hartford Rail Road (and one-time Northampton to New Haven canal). “MoFroYo is a perfect first corporate sponsor,” Board Chair, Jeff LaValley, said. “Todd Cieplinski runs a business focused on families, fun, and customer service. Their team approach and camaraderie, as well as their belief in supporting the local community, fits perfectly with our mission.” “The Columbia Greenway belongs to the community, and we want it to be here for future generations,” LaValley said. “With the support of companies like MoFroYo, it will be!” In exchange for picking up trash and keeping an eye on the nearly one-mile section of the Trail, MoFroYo will get two signs acknowledging their work. MoFroYo Frozen Yogurt Lounge is an independent, locally owned and operated premium self-serve frozen yogurt establishment. The concept is simpl -, you create your own frozen yogurt sundae. With 21 FUNtastic flavors flowing and tons of toppings, it’s a guaranteed fun experience! “We take tremendous pride in serving the community and providing a positive memorable experience every time someone enters our premises,” Todd Cieplinsk, owner of MoFroYo, said. “The Rail Trail is a true gem for Westfield, and we want to help maintain this asset and to provide a positive first impression as one enters or exits our great city via this route.” “My family and I utilize the trail every chance we get,” Cieplinski said, “so we are excited and honored MoFroYo was selected; and, we understand the great responsibility that comes with supporting this gateway.” “I have to hand it to my wonderful staff at MoFroYo and can’t thank them enough for stepping up to provide this community service,” he said. “Since the initial clean-up day, they keep asking ‘when can we do it again?’” Though MoFroYo is the Columbia Greenway’s first corporate Trail Blazer Adoption sponsor, LaValley said he knows it isn’t the last. “We have already been approached by other businesses, organizations and individuals in town asking how they can support the Trail,” he said. “It is exciting to know there is so much enthusiasm and excitement.” Stretching from Southwick to the south, to the Great (Westfield) River Bridge to the north, the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail will eventually traverse downtown Westfield on a mostly-elevated line. The Rail Trail incorporates bridge crossings of all streets in the downtown, with one surface street crossing at Shaker Road. The Trail ties into the Southwick trail to the south where it becomes the Farmington Valley Greenway, extending to New Haven, Conn. Phase II of the southern section of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail is currently under construction. This section of the trail resumes construction at the Phase I terminus – just shy of the Tin Bridge – and extends to East Silver Street, culminating in a downtown access ramp. Phase II also incorporates reconstruction of two bridges (Tin Bridge and Dry Bridge at South Meadow Road). To learn more about the Trail Blazer Adoption Program contact Bob Pac, Director of Maintenance at columbiagreenway@ gmail.com, or download information via the organization’s website at www.columbiagreenway.org.
Bill would increase penalties for animal cruelty
BOSTON (AP) — Animal rights activists and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, citing the alleged torture of a dog nicknamed “Puppy Doe,” called yesterday for tougher penalties against those convicted of cruelty against animals. “It’s time that we took a serious look at the laws that are intended to protect our animal friends and do what we can in a comprehensive way to prevent those kinds of heinous, brutal acts from occurring in the future,” said Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, the lead sponsor of the so-called PAWS bill, prior to a hearing of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee. PAWS is short for “Protecting Animal Welfare and Safety.” In addition to calling for stiffer fines and increased prison sentences for animal cruelty, the bill also would create a statewide registry of people who have been convicted of abuse and make the list available for inspection by animal shelters, pet stores and breeders. The “Puppy Doe” case involved a year-old female dog, part pit bull, that was euthanized after being found barely alive on a playground in Quincy last year. Police said the dog had been beaten and tortured. Radoslaw Czerkawsi, who prosecutors said was living in Massachusetts on an expired visa, was later arrested and charged with a dozen counts of animal abuse and one count of misleading police. He was ordered held on $500,000 bail after pleading not guilty at his arraignment last October. “That dog suffered from sadistic torture,” said Mary Nee, president of the Animal Rescue League of Boston. But less severe instances also merit stronger punishment, she added.
Court Logs Westfield District Court Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Katherine Cousineau, 55, of 95 N. Elm Street, was released on her personal recognizance pending a May 22 hearing after she was arraigned on six charges of being present where heroin is kept brought by Westfield police. Jeffrey Cousineau, 52, of 9B Union Ave., was held in lieu of $2,500 cash bail pending a May 22 hearing after he was arraigned on seven charges of distribution of a Class A drug brought by Westfield police. Marcos E. Masso, 27, of 56 Orange St., pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and was fined $500. He was assessed $50 and found to be responsible for a motor vehicle light violation. James B. Nester, 18, of 4 Morris Ave., submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of shoplifting by asportation brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding with probation for three months. He was assessed $50. Marc L. Brown, 22, of 251 City View Road, was released on his personal recognizance pending a June 11 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and a marked lanes violation brought by Westfield police. Nathan A. LaBay, 30, of 87 Franklin St., was released on his personal recognizance pending a June 13 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of assault and battery and intimidating a witness brought by Westfield police. Elba Pellot, 60, of 89 Sumner Ave., Springfield, was released on her personal recognizance pending a July 9 hearing after she was arraigned on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a license revoked as a habitual traffic offender brought by Westfield police. Scott M. Kaczmarski, 46, of 172 Bemis Ave., Chicopee, was released on his personal recognizance pending a May 15 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon brought by Westfield police. Heather M. Twing, 33, of 63 George St., was released on her personal recognizance pending a July 9 hearing after she was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery brought by Westfield police. Zachary Cross, 19, of 49 James St., Agawam, pleaded guilty to a charge of shoplifting by asportation and was fined $150. He was assessed $50. Shantel M. Santiago, 33, of 50 Southampton Road, was released on her personal recognizance pending a June 13 hearing after she was arraigned on charges of keeping a noisy and disorderly house and disturbing the peace brought by Westfield police. Matthew R. Bard, 33, of 50 Holland Ave., was released on his personal recognizance pending a June 12 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker brought by Westfield police.
Red Cross urges brush fire preparedness CAMBRIDGE – Warmer weather, combined with dry leaves and strong winds, can leave Massachusetts extremely vulnerable to brush fires. These fires can start from something as simple as the improper disposal of a cigarette, the burning of brush in a backyard, or a camp fire. They spread quickly, igniting brush, trees and homes. The American Red Cross of Massachusetts offers the following tips to help reduce the risk of brush fires: • Use caution when burning brush – Clear “fuel”—dried brush and branches away from the home. Burn brush only when permitted and use extreme caution to ensure safety and control of the fire. When conditions are right, it takes very little for a small brush fire to get out of control. • Prepare Your Home – Select building materials and plants that resist fire. Regularly clean your roof and gutters to remove flammable debris. Identify and maintain an adequate water source outside your home to saturate your home’s perimeter if needed. • Make a plan – Learn about wildfire risks in your area. Talk to everyone in your household about what to do if a wildfire occurs. Select a place for family members to meet outside your neighborhood in case you cannot get home or need to evacuate. Identify two routes out of your neighborhood in case the primary route is blocked. • Create an Emergency Preparedness Kit – Pack a first aid kit and essential medications, canned food and manual can opener, bottled water, maps of the area, flashlights and a battery-powered radio with extra batteries. Include essential legal and identifying documents in your kit in the event that you must quickly evacuate. Set aside household items that can be used as fire tools (e.g. a rake, ax, shovel, bucket, chain or hand saw). For more information on fire safety, visit RedCross.Org/ Massachusetts.
Net Neutrality Continued from Page 4 “Like many Internet users, I fear that the latest round of proposed net neutrality rules from the FCC will not do enough to curtail discrimination of Internet traffic, but rather leave the door open to discrimination under more ambiguous terms,” said Eshoo, the top Democrat on the House’s leading telecom committee. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), another top net neutrality supporter, stressed the “Internet’s rules of the road must not open up fast lanes to those who can pay, leaving others stuck in traffic.” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), meanwhile, called it a “terribly misguided proposal,” and even wagered its implementation would mean “the Internet as we have come to know it would cease to exist and the average American would be the big loser.” And Franken described the plan as “deeply disappointing and very troubling.” The senator added, “Chairman Wheeler’s proposal would fundamentally change the open nature of the Internet, and I strongly urge him to reconsider this misguided approach.” By and large, GOP reaction Thursday seemed muted — lawmakers still are away on recess, and Wheeler’s proposal isn’t
the most onerous legal avenue he could have taken. Still, a few Republican net neutrality opponents slammed the Obama administration once the FCC detailed some of its plans. “We have said repeatedly that the Obama administration’s net neutrality rules are a solution in search of a problem,” said Upton and Walden, the leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its telecom subcommittee, respectively. “The marketplace has thrived and will continue to serve customers and invest billions annually to meet Americans’ broadband needs without these rules.” Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), another regular net neutrality critic, later charged that Wheeler’s plans amount to “regulatory action that could change the future of the Internet as we know it.” But the most closely watched reaction came from the White House. An Obama administration spokesman said Thursday that the president has been “clear from the start that we support” the open Internet. The aide said the president would be “closely following these developments as the FCC launches its proceeding.”
Rally pushes to advance medical marijuana access By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts residents suffering from multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease and other debilitating illnesses rallied at the Statehouse yesterday to call on Gov. Deval Patrick to speed up the process for opening medical marijuana dispensaries so they can safely purchase the drug. Matthew Allen, executive director of the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, said patients fear the dispensaries will not be ready to open by the summer as initially projected, because of delays in the licensing process. “We’ve lost sight of what this is really about,” Allen said. “The process has become politicized. This is about compassion for people with serious illnesses who still do not have access to their medicine.” The state Department of Public Health, which is charged with vetting dispensary applicants, said the approval process is ongoing but offered no timeline for when it might be completed. The department awarded 20 temporary licenses at the end of January, but is still verifying the applications. Spokesman David Kibbe said the department is trying to strike the appropriate balance between “patient access and public safety.” Massachusetts’ medical marijuana law took effect in January 2013, allowing physicians to recommend marijuana to patients for the treatment of a range of ailments, including cancer, glaucoma, AIDS, Hepatitis C and Parkinson’s disease. The law also established a state registry of medical marijuana patients and allowed for creation of up to 35 statelicensed dispensaries. Advocates also called on the state to increase the number of patients an individual may sell medical marijuana to. Under state regulations, a “caregiver” can only provide marijuana for one patient at a time. The limit is five patients in neighboring Rhode Island and Maine. “Right now there’s no constant or consistent supply,” said Nichole Snow Dawson, who said her husband suffers from neurofibromatosis. “My husband is forced to go to the black market and sometimes do without medicine at all.” Massachusetts’ medical marijuana law took effect in January 2013, allowing physicians to recommend marijuana to patients for the treatment of a range of ailments, including cancer, glaucoma, AIDS, Hepatitis C and Parkinson’s disease. The law also established a state registry of medical marijuana patients and allowed for creation of up to 35 statelicensed dispensaries. Yesterday’s rally came as state lawmakers held a hearing on a proposal to legalize and tax marijuana outright. Introduced by state Rep. Ellen Story, D-Amherst, the legislation would allow adults aged 21 and older to possess and grow marijuana. It would also establish a “Cannabis Control Authority” to tax and regulate the drug. Matt Simon, of the D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, said it’s time for Massachusetts to join Colorado and Washington in creating a regulated cannabis market where drug profits can go to taxpaying businesses rather than underground criminal organizations. Simon noted that Massachusetts has already made two significant changes to its marijuana laws: decriminalization of possession of an ounce or less of the drug and creation of a medical marijuana program. Story’s bill was heard by the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, which was not expected to vote on the measure Thursday.
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This March 24, 2014 photo provided by the Fashion Institute of Technology shows the Fashion Institute of Technology installation which features a creation by Jess Gordon’s team of a whale’s vertebrae for their dining environment. (AP Photo)
This March 24, 2014 photo provided by Arteriors.com shows Arteriors’ booth at DIFFA’s Dining by Design section, which featured gilded tree stumps, sputnik shaped lighting and exotic floral displays, in New York. (AP Photo/ Arteriors, Starpix/Marion Curtis)
This undated photo provided by Tuckerrobbins.com shows the Snaka Waka post which is crafted by Cameroon artisans out of coffee tree wood. It’s one of the pieces that Tucker Robbins brought to this year’s Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York. (AP Photo/Tucker Robbins)
This photo provided by Alex Drew & No One shows a detail view of their 24K goldleggeddiningtable.TheDetroit-baseddesignstudio,Alexdrewandnonone. com, showcased their 24K gold legged dining table, and an arrow shaped walnut framed mirror at this year’s Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Drew & No One)
Right at Home: making a premier design show By KIM COOK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Architectural Home Design Show, one of the industry’s premier events, was attended by tens of thousands of interior designers, architects and design enthusiasts looking for inspiration. Few could have imagined all the effort and organized chaos that went into making it. On the day before the fourday show opened late last month, much of Pier 94’s 130,000-odd square feet on the Hudson River was a sea of bubble wrap, cardboard, moving blankets and bungee
cords, providing only glimpses of the glamour, elegance and innovation that would shortly be on display. Three-hundred booths had to be set up. Walkie-talkiearmed wranglers herded a long line of vans off the West Side Highway and toward a staging door, where another battalion of expediters made sure that the goods they dropped off — 900,000 pounds of freight when all was said and done — remained grouped and undamaged till teams came with carts and dollies to deliver them to the right booths.
Furniture, appliances, bathtubs, rugs, faucets, art and accent pieces had to wait for flooring to be installed, walls painted, lighting rigged. There was 60,000 square feet of carpeting alone. Buckets of flowering branches, boxes of exotic blooms and bags full of moss stood near the Dining by Design section of DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS), where designers and companies presented imaginative dining spaces in support of the organization’s efforts against the disease. Calvin Klein Home ran a river of moss down the center of a massive wood table. A giant nest of cherry blossoms
hovered over the table at Ralph Lauren Home. Several men who looked like they’d be comfortable on a logging trail were at the Arteriors space, carefully unwrapping gilded tree stumps to put around a glass-topped table. Jess Gordon’s team at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s booth slid plastic vertebrae onto a massive set of ribs for a conceptual whale’s belly. Tin lanterns and rope created a chandelier to anchor the nautical-themed space. (www.diffa.org ) Designer Tucker Robbins, who collaborates with artisans around the world on sustainable furniture and accessories, was figuring out how to get a large rug into a less-large
space. Ready to be placed were a group of his Snaka Waka posts — circular balls carved from coffee wood in Cameroon and stacked to make a snake shape. Sulawesi rattan fishbasket lights were strung overhead. (www.tuckerrobbins. com ) Patrick Weder showed pendant lights made of wire and opaque paper. “People always call them honeycombs, but when I designed them, I wasn’t consciously thinking of that — I just started forming the wire and adding the paper, and soon I had these wonderful organic shapes,” he says. (www.patrickweder.com ) The “Made” section of the show featured up-and-coming designers. Sculptor and designer Elizabeth Lyons showed an enormous chandelier made of glass leaves and petals. George Venson hung his illustrated wallpaper rolls like whimsical waterfalls from the top of the booth; the tumbles of paper featured koi fish, butterflies, even a seductive lip print, in a riot of color. (www.voutsa.com ) Alex Rosenhaus and Drew Arrison, the young duo behind Alex Drew & No One, hung a
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How to keep squirrels away By SARAH WOLFE Associated Press They’re vermin to some. Cunning adversaries to others. Squirrels have long been a source of fascination and frustration for gardeners and bird enthusiasts engaged in a near-constant battle to keep them away from the nuts and seeds put out for birds. Greased poles. Loud music. Motion-activated sprinklers. Bill Adler Jr. has heard all the strategies. And tried many of them. The 57-year-old humor writer has been collecting tips to keep squirrels from avian meals for three decades, and recently updated his 1988 book, “Outwitting Squirrels: 101 Cunning Stratagems to Reduce Dramatically the Egregious Misappropriation of Seed From Your Birdfeeder by Squirrels” (Chicago Review Press), for a third edition. The most important thing to know? While technology has changed, squirrels still have little else to do all day but strategize. And they’re good at it. “There’s no one technique that works for everyone,” Adler says. Try a few different strategies, and be willing to change. Most of all, Adler says, don’t sweat it too much. “I have to admit, I care a little less (these days). I care in a different way,” he says of his squirrel strategy. Squirrels still eat more from his birdfeeders than the birds do, but “I don’t mind that I personally don’t always win. “I enjoy outwitting them, I do. But these days I win the battles and not the war.” Here are some tips (some serious, some not) from Adler and others to bring a little harmony to your backyard: THE NATURAL Resigned to the fact that squirrels are going to call his Washington, D.C., yard home, Adler puts out some unsalted mixed nuts along his steps. “If you feed them, they will tend to leave the birdfeeder alone,” he says. Squirrels also love corn, so if you don’t want them invading your feeder, keep your birdseed corn-free. You also can try filling your feeder with safflower seeds, which are high in fat and protein. “Many favorite backyard birds favor safflower seeds, but squirrels typically do not,” says John Schaust, chief naturalist for Wild Birds Unlimited. THE TECHNICAL These days, there are motion-activated outdoor cameras if you want to monitor your feeder, and even motion-activated sprinklers to douse offending squirrels. “Squirrel-proof” birdfeeders abound. The best, according to Adler and other experts, are those that sit on a 5-foot pole and are covered with a plastic dome or “baffle” that’s hard for squirrels to cling to. If you want to get even more high-tech, there are weight-activated feeders that actually cover up the feeding ports when a squirrel latches on. “Squirrels are foiled, but not harmed in any way,” Schaust says. While some particularly wily squirrels have been known to scratch up the pole and baffle enough to gain access, bird enthusiast Barbara Bergin of Austin, Texas, has a slippery solution: petroleum jelly. She actually greases the pole her feeder hangs from with Vasoline every now and then, and says it works like a charm. “As a bonus, it’s also fun to watch the squirrels slip off the hanger,” the 60-year-old orthopedic surgeon quipped. THE CRAZY Adler devotes a chapter of his book to his own misadventures with squirrels, dating back to his bachelor days, when he first moved to
Washington from New York. Wanting a pet in an apartment building that didn’t allow them, Adler invested in a birdfeeder. “The next day I got a squirrel, which was not part of the instructions,” he says. He tried yelling, coated the bricks of his building with Teflon, squirted the squirrel with water, even rolled out some stainless-steel spikes. Nothing worked. After hearing similar stories from other frustrated bird lovers, Adler decided to pen the first edition of his diatribe against the rodents. Also included in the book are feeder ratings, ways to attract certain birds and 101 “cunning stratagems” to keep squirrels at bay. Some are practical. Most are hilariously ludicrous. Some of the more entertaining: — Dig a moat around your feeder. Fill it with piranha. — Trap squirrels and send them to Antarctica. — Encourage your neighbors — and what the heck, your local government — to use drones to monitor and, ahem, deal with squirrels. — Buy a squirrel costume. Parade around your yard wearing it. Squirrels can’t figure out what in the world is going on and it drives them away. — Buy some lasers and set up a hologram show in your yard. Make holograms of cats and hunters. — Cry. Maybe the squirrel will feel sorry for you and go away. ——— Online: Bill Adler: http://www.adlerrobin.com Wild Birds Unlimited: http://www.wbu.com
This photo provided by Wild Birds Unlimited shows a squirrel attempting to eat bird seed on an Eliminator, a squirrel-proof bird feeder. It protects your bird seed from persistent squirrels by technology registering sensitivity set by the owner, that closes the seed ports based on weight of the intruder standing on the perch ring. (AP Photo/Wild Birds Unlimited)
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William Garen, Commander, American Legion Memorial Post 454 placed the memorial wealth at the Monument.
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Lester H. Eldridge, Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1847, salutes as the parade field presents arms.
Howard Pease, American Legion Wipe City Memorial Post 454 at parade rest.
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Rich Olechna, American Legion 124, plays Taps.
Local officials take a moment to pose for a photograph. Left to right, back row, State Senator, Donald F. Humason, Mayor, Daniel Knapik, Ray Rivera, Dan Allie, John Knapik, Brian Hoose. Left to right, front row, Rebekkah Clauson, Trent Stucenski, William Garen and Anna Stucenski.
John Knapik announces one of the essay winners and Commander Garen presents the award to Rebekkah Clauson. Cheryl Manning, Karen Balohanas and Mildred Lamb, a sponsor in honor of her late husband, Hugh Lamb.
John Knapik, Master of Ceremonies.
Rebekkah Clauson reads her essay, what Patriots Day Trent Stucenski, reads his Means to me. essay. Commander William Garen present a certificate to essay winner,.Anna Kapinos.
Olivia Dyki 6 years old and Julia Dyki, 4 years old enjoying the ceremony.
Anna Kapinos and Rebekkah Clauson salute the US Flag as the National Anthem is played.
Commander William Garen stand in with essay winner., Trent Stucenski.
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THE WESTFIELD NEWSSPORTS WHS nets tourney bid By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – It may only be the halfway point of the high school boys’ tennis season, but the Westfield Bombers can rest easy. Westfield knocked off visiting Chicopee Comp 4-1 Thursday. It was the seventh win of a 14-match season for the Bombers, signaling an early tournament berth. Jacob Barbieri (6-0, 6-3), Chris Unger (6-3, 6-0), and Tristin Viale (6-1, 6-1) won at first, second, and third singles, respectively, for Westfield. Bombers’ Alec Best and Casey McKenzie won at first doubles, 6-0, 6-0. Teammates’ Trent Cromack and Robbie Maxton fell just short in their match at second doubles, losing 6-2, 7-6, (7-4).
Central tops Gateway By Chris Putz Staff Writer HUNTINGTON – Casey McKittrick went 3-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs to lead Gateway in a losing effort against Central. The Gators fell 27-5 to their Springfield visitors. Becca Williams (1-for-3, run, 2 RBIs), and late JV call-up, No. 9 batter Megan Main (2-3, run) also produced at the plate for Gateway.
Bombers’ Brittany Hutchison (12) and Grace Silva (13) look on as the play The game ball pops up into the air as players for the Westfield and Amherst high school girls’ lacrosse teams develops against Amherst Thursday. (Photo by Chris Putz) battle to gain possession of it Thursday in the Whip City. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Bombers blast Hurricanes By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield High School girls’ lacrosse team bounced back with a convincing victory Thursday, defeating visiting Amherst 19-3. Westfield’s Victoria Whalen proved to be a huge difference maker. Whalen scored four goals, and had six assists. Ashlee Owen and Oliviah Chaush netted three goals apiece for the Bombers, and Nicole Plasse contributed one goal and two assists.
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“I just think we controlled the ball most of the game,” Westfield coach Paul Fenwick said. “It was a nice turnaround, and a big league win for us.” Northampton 16, St. Mary 3 Sophie McCloud scored four goals, Emily Alcroft tallied three, and four others finished with two each for Northampton, which put together a 10-0 first-half lead. Andrea Watson, Aisling Butler, and Taylor Marshall recorded one goal apiece for St. Mary.
Westfield’s Brittany Hutchison (12) runs with the ball. (Photo A Bomber manages to knock the ball away from Amherst’s Madison Rodriguez. (Photo by Chris Putz)
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Westfield second baseman Kyle Colesanti turns a 6-4-3 double play to end the second inning. (Photo by Cody Goldman) home on a passed ball for the second run and an error on a ground ball by junior Brendan Germano made it 3-0. Making his first start and second appearance of the season, Westfield sophomore righty John Silva (0-1) did not make it through the second inning, but only one of the three runs charged to him was earned.
Eastern junior righty starter Tyler Cyr surrendered hits to three of the first four batters he faced – two of them for extra bases – as Westfield answered with two in the bottom of the first powered by a two-run triple by Danny DiMatteo. Cyr and three relief pitchers shut down the hosts the rest of the way. Cyr pitched into the fifth – giving up seven hits but
walking only one and striking out three – but was lifted one out shy of qualifying for the win. Making his staff-leading 12th appearance, Matt D’Orsi (1-0) was credited with his first win since 2012 by shutting out the Owls over 2 1/3 innings. He gave up three hits without a walk and struck out two. While Westfield was unable to solve the deliveries of Eastern’s pitchers, the Warriors added a single run in the third inning and opened up a 6-2 lead with a pair in the sixth. Sophomore Derek Allen contributed his first hit in nearly a month with a two-out double down the left field line to score Germano and make it 4-2 in the third. Eastern again struck with two outs in the sixth when Lynch lashed a two-run triple to make it 6-2. Hart drove in his second run of the game with a single in the eighth to make it 7-2, and Lynch chalked up two more RBI with a two-out single in the ninth. Five Westfield pitches allowed 15
hits and walked six, hit five batters, committed a balk and threw a wild pitch and were additionally victimized by three errors and a passed ball. Lynch and Perez both reached safely four times with three hits and a hit-by-pitch and Hart added three hits. Dan McCormack led Westfield’s 11-hit attack with a double and two singles in five at bats. Kyle Colesanti was 2 for 3. Westfield State returns to action on Saturday, April 26, when it hosts Fitchburg State in a key doubleheader to close out the MASCAC regular season. Eastern visits the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Saturday in a Little East Conference noon doubleheader. The Warriors are in second place in the conference with four regular-season games remaining. They are a game behind the University of Southern Maine and two up on UMass Dartmouth.
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WESTFIELD – Senior Brendan Lynch was 3 for 4 with a triple, double and four RBI to power nationally ranked Eastern Connecticut State University to a 9-2 non-conference baseball victory over Westfield State University Thursday. After breaking Eastern’s 10-game winning streak in this series by capturing the second game of a doubleheader at the Eastern Baseball Stadium last year, Westfield (13-171) lost its fourth straight to a member of the Little East Conference and fell to 1-6-1 in its last eight contests. Ranked second in New England and No. 6 nationally, Eastern (22-6) won its fourth straight and is 15-2 in its last 17. With two out and the bases empty, five consecutive batters reached base in the top of the first for Eastern, which was also aided by an infield error, balk and passed ball. Kyle drove in the first run after Lynch doubled and senior Gavin Lavallee walked. Lavallee raced
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES FRIDAY April 25
SATURDAY APRIL 26
MONDAY April 28
TUESDAY April 29
WEDNESDAY April 30
THURSDAY May 1
WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ V TENNIS at Minnechaug, 4 p.m. BOYS’ V LACROSSE vs. Minnechaug, 4 p.m. BOYS’ JV LACROSSE vs. Minnechaug, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ V LACROSSE vs. Belchertown, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ JV LACROSSE vs. Belchertown, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS’ V TRACK & FIELD at Chicopee Comp, 10 a.m. GIRLS’ V TRACK & FIELD at Chicopee Comp, 10 a.m. SOFTBALL vs. Chicopee Comp, noon JV SOFTBALL vs. Chicopee Comp, noon BASEBALL at Agawam, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Longmeadow, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Agawam, 4 p.m. BOYS’ V LACROSSE at Northampton, 4 p.m. BOYS’ JV LACROSSE at Northampton, 4 p.m. BOYS’ JV VOLLEYBALL vs. Ludlow, 5 p.m. BOYS’ V VOLLEYBALL vs. Ludlow, 6:15 p.m.
BASEBALL vs. East Longmeadow, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at South Hadley, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at South Hadley, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Northampton, 4 p.m. BOYS’ JV VOLLEYBALL vs. Agawam, 5 p.m. BOYS’ V VOLLEYBALL vs. Agawam, 6:15 p.m.
GIRLS’ V LACROSSE vs. Wahconah, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ V TRACK & FIELD at Central, 4 p.m. BASEBALL at Pittsfield, Clapp Park, 4:30 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Pittsfield, 4:30 p.m. GIRLS’ JV LACROSSE vs. Wahconah, 5:30 p.m.
SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL vs. Sci-Tech, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Granby, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Sci-Tech, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Granby, 4 p.m.
JV BASEBALL at St. Mary’s, Westfield Middle School South, 4 p.m. BASEBALL at St. Mary’s, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Monson, Quarry Hill Elementary School Field, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at Monson, Quarry Hill Elementary School Field, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL vs. Holyoke Catholic, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Gateway, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Holyoke Catholic, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Gateway, 4 p.m.
GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL vs. Renaissance, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL at Monson, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Southwick, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Monson, Dr. Rogers Field, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL at Palmer, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Monson, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Palmer, 4 p.m.
SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL vs. Southwick, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS at Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Greenfield, Municipal Tennis Courts, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Southwick, Westfield Middle School South, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Cathedral, Spec Pond, 4:30 p.m.
GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Holyoke Catholic, Nash Park, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Pioneer Valley Christian School, Municipal Tennis Courts, 4 p.m.
BOYS’ LACROSSE at Amherst, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ LACROSSE vs. Chicopee Comp, Boardman Field, 4 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS vs. Central, Municipal Tennis Courts, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL at Monson, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS at Sci-Tech, Forest Park, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Monson, 4 p.m.
WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL at Renaissance, 4 p.m. BASEBALL at Putnam, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL vs. Smith Voke, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Smith Voke, Arcanum Field, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL at Sci-Tech, 4 p.m. BASEBALL at Pathfinder, Jachym Field, 3:30 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Pathfinder, Jachym Field, 3:30 p.m.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away New York 13 9 .591 — — 7-3 W-1 6-3 7-6 Baltimore 11 10 .524 1½ — 6-4 W-2 4-4 7-6 Toronto 11 11 .500 2 ½ 5-5 L-2 4-5 7-6 Tampa Bay 10 12 .455 3 1½ 3-7 L-2 7-7 3-5 Boston 10 13 .435 3½ 2 5-5 L-1 5-8 5-5 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 5-5 W-1 9-5 2-3 Detroit 11 8 .579 1 — 6-4 W-2 5-4 6-6 Minnesota 11 10 .524 1½ ½ 5-5 W-2 7-6 4-5 Cleveland 11 11 .500 2 1 4-6 L-1 6-4 5-8 Chicago 11 12 .478 2 1 6-4 L-2 6-3 4-8 Kansas City 10 11 .476 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Oakland 14 8 .636 — — 6-4 W-1 6-6 8-2 — — 8-2 W-3 9-4 5-4 Texas 14 8 .636 3½ 1 5-5 L-1 3-6 7-5 Los Angeles 10 11 .476 5½ 3 2-8 W-1 3-5 5-8 Seattle 8 13 .381 7½ 5 2-8 L-2 3-8 4-8 Houston 7 16 .304 AMERICAN LEAGUE Wednesday’s Games Texas 3, Oakland 0 Seattle 5, Houston 3 Cleveland 5, Kansas City 3 Washington 5, L.A. Angels 4 Baltimore 10, Toronto 8 Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 4 Minnesota 6, Tampa Bay 4, 12 innings Boston 5, N.Y. Yankees 1 Thursday’s Games Cleveland 5, Kansas City 1 Detroit 7, Chicago White Sox 4 Minnesota 9, Tampa Bay 7 Baltimore 11, Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees 14, Boston 5 Oakland 10, Houston 1 Friday’s Games Kansas City (Ventura 1-1) at Baltimore (Jimenez 0-3), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 2-1), 7:05 p.m. Boston (Peavy 0-0) at Toronto (Buehrle 4-0), 7:07 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 2-1) at Minnesota (Correia 0-2), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (J.Chavez 1-0) at Houston (Peacock 0-2), 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 2-1) at Chicago White Sox (Er.Johnson 1-1), 8:10 p.m. Texas (Ross Jr. 1-1) at Seattle (Elias 1-2), 10:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Atlanta 14 7 .667 — — 7-3 W-1 6-3 8-4 New York 12 10 .545 2½ — 7-3 W-2 6-7 6-3 Washington 12 11 .522 3 ½ 4-6 L-1 7-7 5-4 Philadelphia 11 11 .500 3½ 1 5-5 W-1 4-5 7-6 Miami 10 12 .455 4½ 2 5-5 L-1 9-4 1-8 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Milwaukee 16 6 .727 — — 6-4 W-1 7-5 9-1 St. Louis 12 11 .522 4½ ½ 4-6 L-2 4-2 8-9 Cincinnati 11 11 .500 5 1 7-3 W-3 4-5 7-6 Pittsburgh 9 14 .391 7½ 3½ 2-8 L-3 6-8 3-6 Chicago 7 14 .333 8½ 4½ 3-7 L-2 5-8 2-6 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Los Angeles 13 10 .565 — — 4-6 L-1 5-7 8-3 San Francisco 12 10 .545 ½ — 5-5 W-1 5-4 7-6 Colorado 12 11 .522 1 ½ 6-4 L-1 8-4 4-7 San Diego 11 12 .478 2 1½ 5-5 W-1 7-6 4-6 Arizona 7 18 .280 7 6½ 3-7 W-2 1-11 6-7
Cleveland (Carrasco 0-2) at San Francisco (Hudson 2-1), 10:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 0-0), 1:05 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 0-2) at Toronto (Morrow 1-1), 1:07 p.m. Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-2) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 1-1), 2:10 p.m. Cleveland (McAllister 3-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Guthrie 2-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 3-1), 7:05 p.m. Oakland (Straily 1-1) at Houston (Keuchel 2-1), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (C.Ramos 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-0), 7:10 p.m. Texas (Lewis 1-1) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-1), 9:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 3, Miami 1 Arizona 7, Chicago Cubs 5 San Francisco 12, Colorado 10, 11 innings Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2 Washington 5, L.A. Angels 4 N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 2 Milwaukee 5, San Diego 2 L.A. Dodgers 5, Philadelphia 2 Thursday’s Games Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 1
N.Y. Mets 4, St. Louis 1 Arizona 5, Chicago Cubs 2 San Diego 4, Washington 3, 12 innings Philadelphia 7, L.A. Dodgers 3 Friday’s Games San Diego (Erlin 1-2) at Washington (Strasburg 1-2), 7:05 p.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 1-2), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Bailey 1-1) at Atlanta (E.Santana 2-0), 7:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 1-4) at Milwaukee (Garza 0-2), 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Cole 2-1) at St. Louis (S.Miller 1-2), 8:15 p.m. Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 1-0) at Arizona (Collmenter 0-2), 9:40 p.m. Colorado (Lyles 3-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-0), 10:10 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 0-2) at San Francisco (Hudson 2-1), 10:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games San Diego (Cashner 2-2) at Washington (Roark 1-0), 1:05 p.m. Cleveland (McAllister 3-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-3) at St. Louis (Lyons 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 1-2) at Milwaukee (Estrada 1-1), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 2-1) at Atlanta (Hale 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Slowey 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 3-0), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 3-2) at Arizona (Arroyo 1-2), 8:10 p.m. Colorado (Nicasio 2-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Maholm 0-2), 9:10 p.m.
English Premier League Liverpool Chelsea Manchester City Arsenal Everton Tottenham Manchester United Southampton Newcastle Stoke
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
Pts
35 35 34 35 35 35 34 35 35 35
25 23 23 21 20 19 17 13 14 11
5 6 5 7 9 6 6 10 4 11
5 6 6 7 6 10 11 12 17 13
96 67 91 62 57 51 56 50 39 39
44 26 35 41 34 49 40 45 54 49
80 75 74 70 69 63 57 49 46 44
Tuesday, April 15 Arsenal 3, West Ham 1 Wednesday, April 16 Everton 2, Crystal Palace 3 Manchester City 2, Sunderland 2 Saturday, April 19 Tottenham 3, Fulham 1 Aston Villa 0, Southampton 0 Cardiff City 1, Stoke 1 Newcastle 1, Swansea 2 West Ham 0, Crystal Palace 1
Crystal Palace West Ham Swansea Hull City Aston Villa West Brom Norwich Cardiff City Fulham Sunderland
Chelsea 1, Sunderland 2 Sunday, April 20 Norwich 2, Liverpool 3 Hull City 0, Arsenal 3 Everton 2, Manchester United 0 Monday, April 21 Manchester City 3, West Brom 1 Saturday, April 26 Southampton vs. Everton, 1145 GMT Fulham vs. Hull City, 1400 GMT Stoke vs. Tottenham, 1400 GMT
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13 10 9 10 9 6 8 7 9 7
4 7 9 6 8 15 8 9 3 8
18 18 17 18 17 13 19 19 23 19
28 38 47 34 35 41 28 31 35 33
41 48 51 43 49 54 56 65 77 57
43 37 36 36 35 33 32 30 30 29
Swansea vs. Aston Villa, 1400 GMT West Brom vs. West Ham, 1400 GMT Manchester United vs. Norwich, 1630 GMT Sunday, April 27 Sunderland vs. Cardiff City, 1100 GMT Liverpool vs. Chelsea, 1305 GMT Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City, 1510 GMT Monday, April 28 Arsenal vs. Newcastle, 1900 GMT
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Southwick’s Daniel Lane finishes the 110-meter high hurdles during yesterday’s meet against Cathedral. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.TheWestfieldNews.Smugmug.com)
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Southwick’s Shaun Costello rounds the turn in the fourth lap of the one-mile event against visiting Cathedral. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www. TheWestfieldNews.Smugmug.com)
Southwick’s Obinna Ezeugwu competes in the 100-yard dash during yesterday’s track and field meet against visiting Cathedral. (Photo by Frederick com)
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Southwick’s Will Pratt competes in the discus event during yesterday’s meet against Cathedral. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.TheWestfieldNews.Smugmug.com)
Southwick’s Liam Jackson winds up for the release in the shot put event against visiting Cathedral. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www. TheWestfieldNews.Smugmug.com)
Southwick’s Dan Sullivan competes in the long jump during yesterday’s meet with Cathedral. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.TheWestfieldNews. Smugmug.com)
Southwick’s Nick Consolini competes in the javelin event during yesterday’s track and field meet with Cathedral. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.TheWestfieldNews.Smugmug.com)
HIGH SCHOOL Standings, Results BASEBALL Gateway…………………..6-1 Westfield…………………5-3* Southwick……………….5-1 Westfield Voc-Tech….5-0* St. Mary………………….3-1
BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL Westfield………………..5-2
SOFTBALL Westfield………………..9-0 Southwick………………6-0 Westfield Voc-Tech…2-4 Gateway…………………1-5
GIRLS’ LACROSSE Westfield………………..3-4* St. Mary…………………1-3* BOYS’ TENNIS Westfield………………..7-0 St. Mary…………………0-1*
BOYS’ LACROSSE Westfield………………..6-1 St. Mary…………………1-2
Thursday’s Results
GIRLS’ TENNIS Westfield………………..1-0* St. Mary…………………1-0*
GIRLS’ LACROSSE Westfield 19, Amherst 3 Northampton 16, St. Mary 3 SOFTBALL Central 27, Gateway 5 BOYS’ TENNIS Westfield 4, Chicopee Comp 1
BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD Westfield………………..1-0* Southwick……………….1-0 GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD Westfield…………………1-0 Southwick……………….0-0 *No Report
WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES 2014 Westfield State Lacrosse Schedule
Westfield State 2014 Baseball Schedule Day DATE OPPONENT
TIME
Thursday
April 24
EASTERN CONNECTICUT
3:30
Saturday
April 26
FITCHBURG STATE (2)
Sunday
April 27
at Curry
Thursday
May 1
Conference Tournament
TBD
Friday
May 2
Conference Tournament
TBD
Saturday
May 3
Conference Tournament
TBD
Sunday
May 4
Conference Tournament
TBD
DAY
DATE
OPPONENT TIME
12:00
Saturday
April 26
at Mass. Maritime 1:00
12:00
Tuesday
April 29
MASCAC Tournament Quarterfinals
Thursday
May 1
MASCAC Tournament Semifinals
Saturday
May 3
MASCAC Tournament Championship
Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track and Field DAY DATE OPPONENT
Place
Saturday
April 26
MASCAC/Alliance Championships
UMass Dartmouth
May 2-3
New England Division 3 Championships
Springfield College
Fri.-Sat.
May 9-10
ALL NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
Westfield State
Thu.-Fri.
May 15-16
ECAC Division 3 Championships
RPI, Troy, NY
Thu.-Sat.
May 22-24
NCAA Division 3 National Championships
Ohio Wesleyan
Fri.-Sat.
2014 Westfield State Softball Schedule DAY Saturday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
DATE April 26 May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4
OPPONEN TIME FITCHBURG STATE (2)12:00 MASCAC Tournament MASCAC Tournament MASCAC Tournament MASCAC Tournament
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Annie’s Mailbox By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
Any advice for me? Dear Annie: I am a high school student. Last year, “Ellie” invited me to her 16th birthday party, and after that, we became inseparable best friends. She was wonderful and supportive. Lately, we have grown more and more distant. A few weeks ago, Ellie’s family had a crisis, and we took up a collection to help. I didn’t want Ellie to feel like a charity case and wanted her to see that the collection was due to compassion. She seemed thankful, but now she spends time with other friends and rarely with me. She says she is too busy to hang out and won’t answer most of my texts. But I see her Facebook posts, and she tags other friends. The funny thing is, when I tell her about things I’ve done with others, she becomes jealous. How do I bring old Ellie back? I have other friends, but she and I used to be so close, and it’s sad to see our friendship wither. I don’t want to lose her as a friend, but I also don’t want to appear desperate. Any advice for me? -- Chicago Student Dear Student: Ellie’s distancing may have nothing to do with the collection for her family. It is not unusual for high school friendships to change. Try talking to her. Say that you miss the closeness you once had, and ask how to warm things up again. But understand that Ellie may simply feel that a different crowd is more to her liking at this point in time. And if that is the case, you will simply need to let her go. Dear Annie: When my stepmother died, my husband and I took Dad to live with us. Dad was 90, used a walker and could not be left alone for more than a few hours. He died at home three years later. During this time, I expected we’d get offers of help from my two sisters, but it didn’t happen. When I asked my oldest sister to postpone her summer trip and stay with Dad so my husband and I could attend our daughter’s college graduation, she refused. There were other occasions when I had to beg for help and was turned down. In three years, my sister took care of Dad for all of six weeks. My other sister stayed with Dad once for three days. I realize I should have had this discussion with my sisters when I first took Dad to live with me. Instead, I am filled with resentment, and our sibling relationship has suffered. Many of your readers will someday be the caregiver of an elderly parent. Please remind them to have “the conversation” with their family before they make my mistake. I am seeing a therapist to help me work through my resentment, but I have a long way to go. -- Just Venting Dear Venting: Our condolences on this entire situation. You are right that these arrangements should be hashed out in advance, knowing that some children are unwilling or unable to be caregivers. We hope readers in this situation will check out eldercare.gov or the Family Caregiver Alliance (caregiver.org) for information on respite care. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Disappointed Dad,” whose children accused him of being cheap. Your older readers might remember that cans of scouring powders used to come with six little holes on the lid that you punched out yourself. My mother only punched out three. Later, the same brand came out with the holes already opened, with a little plastic adhesive circle covering them. Mom would carefully tear off only half of the circle. Years later, I was teasing her about this, and she gave me a level look and said, “I put you through college, didn’t I?” She had me there! -- A Graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
HINTS FROM HELOISE Church Has a Sticky Situation Dear Heloise: We have large, doormat-styled rugs at the inside doors of our church for folks to clean their feet as they enter the church. With all the traffic, the rug mats, once secured by TWO-WAY TAPE, have moved, leaving a sticky substance on the church rug. How can we remove the sticky tape residue without ruining the rug? -Janis McQuade, Elkin, N.C. What a sticky situation! First thing to do is to try to gently scrape off the stuff with a dull knife or spoon. Then blot the area with dry-cleaning solvent (which you can buy at most grocery stores). Blot the area until the dry-cleaning solvent is absorbed, and try to remove the adhesive. The next step is to mix a solution of 2 cups warm water, 1 tablespoon liquid dishwashing soap and 1 tablespoon white vinegar. Again using a clean cloth, blot the residue area with the solution. You probably will have to repeat this step several times. -- Heloise SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You’ll wake up feeling as if you can’t be stopped. You will feel centered and ready to initiate a new beginning. If you can, hold off; more news or key information is likely to head your way. A discussion finally could become much easier. Tonight: Vanish with a friend. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Zero in on what you want. You could discover that others are there for you, rooting you on. Your words and ideas will be expressed so clearly that there will be no room for confusion. Others will relate far more easily as a result. Tonight: Play out a dream. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH A gathering might be intended for business matters, but it might transform into something else. You will meet new people and be able to open doors that previously had been closed. Others admire your communication and leadership style. Tonight: Could be late. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Reach out to someone you have not spoken with in a while, who presents a wonderfully different perspective. Laughter will surround you, which will remind you of the weekend. Make sure to confirm plans before you walk out the door. Tonight: Only what you want to do! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Deal with someone directly, and understand that he or she might not be sharing everything. You can’t change this person. Someone close to you has your respect. Know that your caring means a lot. Tonight: TGIF! Invite a dear friend or loved out to join you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Defer to someone you care about. If you really want to make this person feel more included in a project, let him or her take the lead. Communication could seem serious and heavy. As a result, you might decide to put off an important talk. Tonight: Where the crowds are. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You might want to pace yourself and not push so hard. You need to cover a lot of ground, and you could feel as if there is not enough time. Consider asking someone to delegate some of your responsibilities. Tonight: What starts out as light and fun could evolve into an important talk. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HH Others will respond to your serious tone. If you want to close the distance between you and a loved one, you will have to make the first move. A child or loved one could be far more caring and sensitive than you originally had thought possible. Tonight: Bring on the weekend! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Listen to news with an open mind. Your personal life might come up as a topic for scrutiny, which could make a difference. Honor a change, and let go of some anxiety. A partner will share a lot more than he or she has in the past. Tonight: Relax with favorite people. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Speak your mind, but be ready to get feedback from others. In a discussion with a friend, you would be wise to go over what has occurred with a mutual interest. Understand that you could get a totally different perspective as a result. Tonight: Zero in on some fun times with friends. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Use care with your finances, as you easily could go overboard. Your home is very important to you, and you might decide to make a purchase to add
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0001 Legal Notices April 25, 2014 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Hampden Division Hampden Probate and Family Court 50 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 (413)748-7758 Docket No. HD14P0774EA INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Estate of: HENRY N. FOURNIER Date of Death: March 11, 2014 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Richard Rubin of Westfield, MA a Will has been admitted to informal probate. Richard Rubin of Westfield, MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond. The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.
April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SENECA SUMMONS Index No. 48155 Dated Filed: 3/20/14 DAVID C. JOHNSON and SUSAN D. LANDIS Plaintiffs
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TOWN OF SOUTHWICK PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION SEASONAL GROUNDSKEEPER & MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL The Town is seeking interested candidates for the position of Seasonal Groundskeeper & Maintenance Employee for the Park & Recreation Commission. The Seasonal Groundskeeper is responsible for the maintenance and minor repairs of recreational facilities and equipment including various routine custodial duties. Position is for approx. 20 hrs. per week for a maximum of 35 weeks. Requirements: High School Diploma, 2+ years experience operating and maintaining lawn care equipment. A copy of the job description and employment application can be obtained by contacting the Board of Selectmen’s Office @ (413)569-5995. The rate of pay is $15.00 per hour. Applications must be submitted to the:
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SEASONED FIREWOOD 100% hardwood. Stacking available. Cut, split, delivered. (128cu.ft.) Volume discounts. Call for pricing. Hollister's Firewood (860)653-4950.
0265 Firewood SILO DRIED FIREWOOD. (128cu.ft.) guaranteed. For prices call Keith Larson (413)537-4146.
0285 Wanted To Buy PAYING CASH FOR COINS, stamps, medals, tokens, paper money, diamonds and jewelry, gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. (413)5949550.
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0315 Tag Sales MOVING/ESTATE SALE. WESTFIELD 89 BIG WOOD DRIVE. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, April 25,26,27. 9-4. Great buys, maple dining room hutch, off white slay twin bed, 2 LazyBoy rockers, 2 end tables, 2 scooters, much, much more. Everything must go!!!
0340 Apartment WESTFIELD 2 bedroom apartments, large closets, free heat and hot water included, laundry, parking. Possible pet. $895/month. (413)562-2266.
WESTFIELD Beautiful 2 bedroom townhouse, clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Very reasonable heat cost. Sorry no pets. From SOUTHWICK 20 GABLEVIEW $800/month. Call for more inLANE (USE MAIN ENTRANCE formation (860)485-1216 Equal OF THE RANCH) April 25,26,27. Housing Opportunity. 9-3. Moving sale. Everything must go! WESTFIELD 1 bedroom apartment available. $650/month includes heat and hot water. First, last, security required. No dogs, ST. MARY'S HIGH non smoker. Call (413)539SCHOOL / BENEFIT 0463. JEWELRY SALE 27 BARTLETT ST WESTFIELD, MA Saturday April 26th, 10-2. New and used costume jewelry for sale at great prices. Proceeds to benefit St. Mary's Meals Ministry.
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WESTFIELD 2nd floor apartment, walking distance to center of Westfield and park. 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, washer/dryer hookup, gas heat. $1,000/month plus utilities. No pets. Off street parking. First, last, security. Call for appointment (413)210-1059. WESTFIELD large 3 bedroom, 2nd floor apartment. Washer dryer hookup, etc. $925/month plus utilities. First, last, security. Call (413)572-2332.
WESTFIELD VERY LARGE 2 1/2 bedroom, 2nd floor apartment with garage and off street parking. New kitchen, bath and appliances. Front and rear porch, washer/dryer hookups. Private and beautifully landscaped yard. $925/month. No pets. Non smoker. Applications being accepted. (413)552-9842.
WESTFIELD, 1st floor, 1 bedroom, kitchen and bath. No pets. $595/month plus electric. First, last, security. Call (413)2504811.
WESTFIELD ESTATE/TAG SALE. 20 TEKOA TERRACE. Saturday/Sunday, April 26&27. 9-3. Furniture, old tools, collectibles, dishes, LP's, trunks.
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