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Gov. Baker signs state sales tax holiday into law

The China Program students gathered for a photo with Colleen Powers Andrews at the farewell barbeque thrown in their honor at her home. (Photo by Amy Porter)

Area families host students from China

By AMY PORTER Corresopondent WESTFIELD – On Thursday evening, a dozen high school teenagers from China, their Chinese chaperone Xuan “Tanya” Zhou, their host fami-

Sheila and Pat Conroy of Westfield hosted Siyi Fan and Zinyuan Zhang.

On the right is Nora Backer, and exchange student from Norway who just arrived in the U.S. Backer will be staying with a family for the year and attending Springfield Central High School. (Photo by Amy Porter)

lies and friends gathered for a farewell barbeque at the home of Colleen Powers Andrews. The students had just spent three weeks here in a cultural immersion program sponsored by Youth For Understanding (YFU).

Andrews, who had two boys stay with her family, explained that she had been an exchange student herself, so she understood the enrichment aspect.

“I wasn’t as brave as these kids. I went to the U.K.,” she said, adding, “They’ve done really well for 15- and 16-year-olds still in high school.”

YFU is a non-profit international educational organization with organizations in more than 50 different countries. More than 260,000 students and their host families have benefited from the support and expertise of YFU. The YFU global network is united by the belief that full cultural immersion is the most effective means to gain the skills needed to thrive in an increasingly multicultural, interconnected and competitive global society.

BOSTON — Massachusetts shoppers can look forward to another annual sales tax holiday this month.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday signed a law that will suspend the 6.25 percent sales tax for the weekend of Aug. 15-16.

Baker said the holiday gives consumers a break while also helping retailers with added business. He added it was something that Massachusetts shoppers look forward to each summer.

The state has had a sales tax holiday in all but one year since 2004.

Critics say it largely helps “big box” national retailers and doesn’t do much for the state’s economy.

The sales tax remains in effect for cigarettes and big-ticket purchases, such as cars and motorboats, and anything costing more than $2,500.

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Southwick seniors get high-tech Leslie Clark-Yvon of Westfield with Ruichen “Michael” Li and ZhongZhen “Frank” Lou. (Photo by Amy Porter)

By HOPE E. TREMBLAY Staff Writer SOUTHWICK - The Southwick Senior Center began using touch-screen technology this week that will eliminate some data entry, allowing greater efficiency in tracking center use.

Senior Center Director Cindy Sullivan said the system was purchased at the end of June for $10,000. The technology was funded partially through a grant obtained by the Senior Center and partially from town technology funds. card scanner Sullivan approached Chief Administrative Officer Karl Stinehart about purchasing the system sometime in the future but the funds were available if purchased before the new fiscal year.

See High-Tech Seniors, Page 3

XueWei “Wei Wei” Change stayed with Don and Lauri Hultman of Williamsburg, and their daughter Sarah, who was born in China, and enjoyed having a big sister come to stay. (Photo by Amy Porter) Virginia Warner, YFU Program Coordinator, said the China Program was started five years ago, but is new to this area. She said the program involves a combination of English See Families, Page 3

Jan Argiro, Herbert Pace, George Hiersche, Kenny Johnson, and Cindy Sullivan of the Southwick Senior Center try out the card scanner. (Photo by Lynn Boscher)

Stanley Park hosts Saturday in the Park Garden Party

By AMY PORTER Correspondent WESTFIELD – Stanley Park of Westfield is hosting a Saturday in the Park Garden Party on Saturday, August 22 from 3 to 6 p.m. The fundraising event, which will take place at the Beveridge Pavilion Annex, will be a tasting and sampling of local food, wines and beer served by area restaurants, wineries and breweries. Tickets are $35 per person, and the money raised will go to help complete the new Beveridge Pavilion.

Participants include Artisan Beverage Cooperative, Berkshire Brewing Company, Olde Farm American Bistro at Ranch Golf Club, B’Shara’s Restaurant, Commercial Distributors, East Mountain Country Club, G.I.L.T.E., Phyls Bakery Cookies, Cakes and More, Horizon Distribution, Raven Hollow Winery, Shortstop Bar & Grill, Skyline Hop Shop, Tucker’s Restaurant, and the Westfield River Brewing Co. There will be music by the Argiro Quintet, featuring vocalist Andrea Niki. There will also be a garden-

themed raffle and silent auction.

Stanley Park is a private, non-profit park, supported by foundations and donors.

“Fundraising helps to maintain and sustain this beautiful park,” Lisa Gadreault, development supervisor at the park, said. She added that the garden party will also bring the community together by showcasing local vendors and their wares.

Robert (Bob) McKean, managing director of Stanley Park, is enthusiastic about the new pavilion that is underway.

“This is the last one that will be built for a long, long time,” he said, noting that the old pavilion lasted 55 to 60 years. He said once complete, the open-air Beveridge Pavilion will be “a mini-Tanglewood area with nice lighting, a whole big beautiful grassed-in area for outdoor seating, and a beautiful serving kitchen.”

He said the Park employees will build the stage and do the landscaping themselves.

They will also plant new red maples around the area to replace some of the trees that were

Architectural rendering of the new Beveridge Pavilion area. taken down, half of which were rotten and dangerous, according to McKean.

“This is how we’re paying it forward and paying it back to the generation before us,” he said. “I’m honored and privileged to carry it on with my great team here.”

He said he hopes the new Pavilion will be completed by late September or early October, although no events will be scheduled there until next year.

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Stanley Park: Dennis Polisky & The Maestro’s Men WESTFIELD — The Maestro’s Men are a versatile Polka Band formed in 1996. The leader and clarinetist Dennis Polisky was inducted into the Polka Hall of Fame in 2007. In addition to performing Polka melodies, they are also known to perform lively swing, big band and traditional standards.

Combined, the band’s members share many years of performing experience. Leader Dennis Polisky has performed in Las Vegas, Lincoln Center in New York City, BIG E Eastern States Exposition, Springfield Symphony Hall, Mohegan Sun Casino and many large venues across the states.

The August 9th performance will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Beveridge Pavilion and it is free of charge. Chairs will be provided and a food service will be available. Weather permitting.

For further information on the Westfield Bank Sunday Night Concert Series please go to www.stanleypark.org or call the park office at 413-568-9312.

The Forest Park Zoo comes to Stanley park WESTFIELD — Forest Park brings its mobile zoo to Stanley Park on August 12, 2015. This program will give children the opportunity to get up close and personal with wildlife. They can pet every animal and ask questions about their natural environments and eating habits. Every child, no matter what his or her age, will enjoy this presentation. This program is free of charge and will be held in the Beveridge Pavilion from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Weather permitting.

For further information on the Zoo on the Go program, please go to www.stanleypark.org or call the park office at 413-568-9312.

Dan Daniels band in Concert in Tolland, Mass.

TOLLAND — On Sat. Aug 8th at 4pm, the Dan Daniels Band will be performing a concert on the town green on Rt. 57 in Tolland, MA. Two-time LiveWire Award winner Daniels plays a array of originals and covers of Americana music, a mix of country, rock and folk music. The LiveWire Award is given each year by local music critic Donnie Morehouse to recognize the best of local Cd’s in a given year and Daniels received it in 2007 with his album Geezer Rock and then again in 2010 for Nobody’s Fool. Dan Daniels has played a number of shows at the Westfield Athenaeum’s First Thursday programs This show is sponsored by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in association with the local Tolland Cultural Council.

Westfield Artist featured in Solo Show SOUTHAMPTON — Artist Dawn Allen, from Westfield MA, will be showing her three dimensional quilted art pieces in Southampton, MA. The show, Larger Than Life Flowers will be exhibited for the month of August at Black Birch Vineyard. The Artist’s Reception is July 30 6:30-8:00 pm.

Larger Than Life Flowers is a series of quilted fabric three dimensional flowers, inspired by the moment in the Wizard of Oz when the film turns to color and the camera pans across giant colorful flowers. As Dawn created this series she enjoyed exaggerating the size, color, and texture of each piece. Her focus was to create happy, fun, exciting art.

Dawn has shown her pieces in group shows in the past. One of her Poppies is slated to show at the Fuller Craft Museum this October. The show at Black Birch Vineyard is her first solo art show.

Preview the Larger Than Life Flower series at www.dawnallen.net.

Artist Statement/Bio: My work is big, exaggerated and full of happy colors. I have always loved color. My favorite toy when I was five was a box of crayons. I didn’t color with

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them, I just spent hours arranging them in color families. As a young child I also often wondered if everyone saw colors the same way.

My interest in how people may see differently became very meaningful in 2014 when I found out I had a significant visual issue (something I was born with). My acuity- the clarity of my sight is fine. But the way I “see” is unique and ultimately dysfunctional for normal living, giving me headaches and dizziness.

As I started wearing glasses, I saw the world differently. My previous artwork suddenly looked flat and still to me. It looked sad and I felt sad.

Then I became inspired to make new work. Work that exaggerates how I see color, movement, and dimensions.

Happy, fun, exciting. (Now that I am more “adjusted” to the new vision I can once again appreciate my old pieces too.)

I live in Westfield Massachusetts on a farm with beautiful wild flowers and streams, all of which inspires my art work. I share my life with my husband Tim, two young daughters, two cats, a horse, two donkeys, and a rabbit. I also enjoy food art and wrote a gluten-free cookbook.

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French horn returned to Washington state woman after 5 years MUKILTEO, Wash. (AP) — A Mukilteo woman has her French horn back, five years after it was stolen out of her car.

The Daily Herald reports (http://is.gd/ uNEonS ) that a man found the horn — a high-end, brass triple horn — in a Redmond pawn shop in 2011. He decided to return it after coming across news stories about the theft.

The horn belonged to 61-year-old Terry Preshaw, an attorney who is also first horn in the Mukilteo Community Orchestra. Preshaw bought the instrument used in 2009 for $6,500, but it was stolen after she left it in her unlocked car outside her Everett office the following year.

She says she’s stunned and grateful to have her horn back.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, August 7, the 219th day of 2015. There are 146 days left in the year.

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n August 7, 1782, Gen. George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart, a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and noncommissioned officers.

ON THIS DATE: In 1789, the U.S. War Department was established by Congress.

In 1814, Pope Pius VII issued a bull restoring the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, four decades after the order had been suppressed by Pope Clement XIV. In 1882, the famous feud between the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky erupted into full-scale violence.

In 1927, the already opened Peace Bridge connecting Buffalo, New York, and Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, was officially dedicated.

In 1942, U.S. and other allied forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II. (Japanese forces abandoned the island the following February.)

In 1959, the United States launched the Explorer 6 satellite, which sent back images of Earth.

In 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.

In 1974, French stuntman Philippe Petit (fee-LEEP’ peh-

TEET’) repeatedly walked a tightrope strung between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center.

In 1989, a plane carrying U.S. Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, and 14 others disappeared over Ethiopia. (The wreckage of the plane was found six days later; there were no survivors.)

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush ordered U.S. troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard the oil-rich desert kingdom against a possible invasion by Iraq.

In 1998, terrorist bombs at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.

In 2000, Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore selected Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman as his running mate; Lieberman became the first Jewish candidate on a major party’s presidential ticket.

Ten years ago: ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings died in New York at age 67. Seven people in a Russian mini-submarine trapped for nearly three days under the Pacific Ocean were rescued after a British remote-controlled vehicle cut away undersea cables that snarled their vessel. Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigned from his post to protest an upcoming withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.

Five years ago: Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice and fourth woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

A healthy-looking Fidel Castro appealed to President Barack Obama to stave off global nuclear war in an address to parliament that marked his first official government appearance since emergency surgery four years earlier. Jerry Rice, Emmitt

Smith, John Randle, Dick LeBeau, Rickey Jackson, Russ Grimm and Floyd Little were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

One year ago: President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. President Obama signed a $16.3 billion measure aimed at helping veterans avoid long waits for health care. A jury convicted a suburban Detroit homeowner of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the killing of an unarmed woman on his porch, rejecting Theodore Wafer’s claim that he was afraid for his life when he heard Renisha McBride pounding on his door in the middle of the night and had acted in self-defense. (Wafer was sentenced to at least 17 years in prison.)

Today’s Birthdays: Magician, author and lecturer James Randi is 87. Former MLB pitcher Don Larsen is 86. Actress Verna Bloom is 77. Humorist Garrison Keillor is 73. Singer B.J. Thomas is 73. Singer Lana Cantrell is 72. FBI Director Robert Mueller is 71. Actor John Glover is 71. Actor David Rasche is 71. Former diplomat, talk show host and activist Alan Keyes is 65. Country singer Rodney Crowell is 65. Actress Caroline Aaron is 63. Comedian Alexei Sayle is 63. Actor Wayne Knight is 60. Rock singer Bruce Dickinson is 57. Marathon runner Alberto Salazar is 57. Actor David Duchovny is 55. Country musician Michael Mahler (Wild Horses) is 54. Actress Delane Matthews is 54. Actor Harold Perrineau is 52. Jazz musician Marcus Roberts is 52. Country singer Raul Malo is 50. Actor David Mann is 49. Actress Charlotte Lewis is 48. Actress Sydney Penny is 44. Actor Michael Shannon is 41. Actress Charlize Theron is 40. Rock musician Barry Kerch (Shinedown) is 39. Actor Randy Wayne is 34. Actor-writer Brit Marling is 33.

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Continued from Page 1 Food and most clothing are already exempt from the sales tax. said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. “We encourage folks to mark “The sales tax holiday gives consumers a much needed break their calendar and help boost business in our state to support our while bolstering business across the Commonwealth for our economy.” hardworking retailers,” said Baker. “We appreciate the legisla“The Sales Tax Holiday has become an annual event that ture’s work on this important weekend that many people look everyone looks forward to,” said Jon Hurst, President of the forward to each year and encourage the Commonwealth to shop Retailers Association of Massachusetts. “It’s a proven winner, local and enjoy this opportunity to make purchases tax free.” incentivizing shoppers to invest back into our local economy, “A tax free weekend is a great chance to support our local while allowing Massachusetts businesses to recapture more than businesses and save a few extra dollars, and we thank the legis- $168 million in sales otherwise headed to nearby states or online. lature for their efforts to deliver this opportunity once again,” And consumers get a few dollars back in their pockets, too.”

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 TOLLAND Dan Daniels Band at 4 pm

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and cultural immersion, visits to colleges, a host family experience, and a service component. What most surprised her, she said, “is that most of the things we had planned actually worked.”

The students had six three-hour classes of English over the course of their stay with Dr. Teresa Benedetti, who teaches at Minnechaug Regional High School, and practiced speaking English with their host families.

As a group, they visited Harvard and MIT, Amherst and Williams Colleges, and Bay Path University. Some visited the Basketball Museum, and some the Butterfly Museum. They went to Old Sturbridge Village, to Mystic Seaport and to Masquamicut beach in Rhode Island.

They also did service projects at the Gray House in Springfield, and at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Westfield.

Sheila and Patrick Conroy of Westfield took their students, Siyi Fan and Xinyuan Zhang to hear Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood.

“It was cool,” Siyi said.

She also talked about making cookies and blueberry jam and pancakes with blueberries they picked in Chesterfield. Several of the students also made dumplings for their families. Zichen “Peter” Li and Bowen “Mox” Xie, who stayed with MaryAnne Davin in Huntington, had to consult with Peter’s father in China for the recipe. Mox held the phone while Peter received the instructions.

The Conroys have hosted 19 YFU exchange students over the years, and Sheila also volunteers for the organization. She brought Nora Backer, a new exchange student from Norway who had just arrived in the USA, to the farewell party at the Andrews. Nora, who is 17, will be staying with a family and attending Springfield Central High School in the fall. Altogether, YFU will be hosting seven exchange students in western Mass. this year. One student from Germany will be staying with the Andrews family and will attend Westfield High School.

Dan and Lauri Hultman of Williamsburg and their daughter Sara, who was born in China, hosted Xuewei “Wei Wei” Cheng. When asked about her time here, Wei Wei spoke about Dan taking her fishing on a boat in the Connecticut River with Sarah. Both of them caught two small-mouthed bass, which they released back into the river.

Many of the students pointed to the hail that pelted them as they were just about to visit Harvard as the most surprising event of the trip. Tanya, the Chinese chaperone who is an English teacher in a small city near Shanghai, said she was impressed by the sudden changes of weather here.

“This May, we had heavy hail in our city, and many cars and windows were broken,” she said, adding that some of the students who came from the north of China may never have experienced hail before.

Tanya stayed with John and Andrea Cook-Hewitt of Westfield. She said, “Andrea is a very nice woman – like a mother to me.” Andrea said she liked Tanya’s observations when she saw the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in Masquamicut. She thought the waves were big, and the beach not as crowded as the beaches in China.

SOUTHWICK Cable Advisory Committee at 6 pm

TOLLAND Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Council on Aging Meeting at 9 am Board of Selectmen at 5 pm

BLANDFORD Selectmen’s Meeting at 7 pm Council on Aging Meeting at 7 pm Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm

CHESTER Selectmen’s Meeting at 6 pm The Board of Health meeting at 6 pm

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 WESTFIELD Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm Cultural Council at 7 pm

Some of the boys with ZhongZhen “Frank” Lou. Frank is a singer who likes pop, dj and dance music. He wants to pursue singing as a career. (Photo by Amy Porter)

TOLLAND Council on Aging at 9 am

Tanya was also impressed by the colleges they visited.

“There are so many gorgeous colleges near here in the state of Massachusetts. I just knew about Harvard and MIT, but found many other colleges like Amherst and Williams. The residents of Massachusetts should be very proud,” she said.

She also said that Virginia Warner and Sheila Conroy made the perfect arrangements for the trip.

Warner said that she had been surprised by the diverse personalities and interests of the students, who came from four different regions of China and did not know each other before the trip.

Two of the boys with diverse interests were ZhongZhen “Frank” Lou, who stayed with Leslie Clark-Yvon of Westfield, and Chengye “Bruce” Yu, who stayed with Mary and Andy Wilson of East Longmeadow.

Frank talked about a bike ride they took along the rail trail from Easthampton to Northampton, and also the go-carts they went on. Frank is a singer who likes pop, dj and dance music.

He said he would like to pursue singing as a career.

Bruce is interested in business, and said his dream college is the Wharton School of Business. He found the visits to the colleges very interesting, especially Bay Path, where he was fascinated by its religious history and stories of hidden rooms. Bruce, who was considered the jokester in the group, said not only did they come to learn about America, but that he was here to help America appreciate China.

Friday, the students were headed out to meet up with two other China Program groups, and spend a week visiting New York City, Washington, D.C. and Boston before flying home from Newark.

BLANDFORD Assessor’s Meeting at 5 pm

SOUTHWICK Sewer Implementation Committee at 7 pm

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 BLANDFORD Fire Department Meeting at 7 pm Finance Committee at 7 pm Historical Commission Meeting at 7:30 pm

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 HUNTINGTON Huntington: ZBA at 5:30 pm

MONDAY, AUGUST 17 TOLLAND Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Planning Board at 7 pm

Neighbor to Neighbor, Bike Trails WESTFIELD — Join the national movement of bike riding for fun and good health. The YMCA of Greater Westfield is organizing a bike ride on the Columbia Greenway trail to the Farmington Rail Trail. The ride will begin at East Silver Street, to the Maple Tree Café, 781 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT. Ride at your own pace. This is free and open to the public.

Lunch is optional at the Café. Date: Thursday, September 10th beginning at 9:15AM from the Big Y East Silver parking lot. Rain Date the following Thursday, Sept. 17th same time.

For more information, contact Cindy Agan, Health & Wellness Director, P. 413.568.8631 E. cagan@westfieldymca.org

LOST & FOUND Andrea Cook-Hewitt of Westfield hosted the group’s chaperone, Xuan “Tanya” Zhou, who teaches English in Dr Teresa Benedetti working with Peijie a small city near Shanghai in China.

“Peter” Gao on a report.

(Photo by Amy Porter)

Mox holds the phone so that Peter’s dad in China can view his son making dumplings and give long distance instructions.

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“Timing is everything,” he added.

McKean also gave credit to the volunteer committee planning the garden party, saying, “We couldn’t survive without them here. This (event) is a win-win for everybody. People will have a chance to come in, help support Stanley Park, and still have Saturday night free.”

The public is encouraged to register in advance for the Saturday in the Park Garden Party by going to www.stanleypark.org or by calling 413-568-9312 ext. 112. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.

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MaryAnne Davin of Huntington with Bowen “Mox” Xie and Zichen “Peter” Li. (Photo by Amy Porter)

High-Tech Seniors “I’m so grateful,” Sullivan said of Stinehart’s quick action.

“It’s great that the town wants to make my job easier!”

The technology is used to sign-in seniors at programs and activities. Sullivan said every participant in every activity is tracked in order to collect data used for grants and other funding.

There are 1,982 senior citizens residing in Southwick and everyone who uses the Senior Center - even if it’s just for lunch - must be tracked.

Continued from Page 1 “Staff had to input everything manually and it took a lot of time,” Sullivan said. “Now, seniors can sign-in themselves with the touch screen.”

The system also allows for off-site sign-ins rather than making a list of participants on paper that would later need to be manually entered into the computer.

“So when we have our Mohegan Sun trips we can sign everyone in right on the bus,” Sullivan said.

Staff members were trained

earlier this week on the system and they began putting it to use right away. Sullivan said there is a learning curve and staff are helping seniors learn how to sign-in themselves.

“I’m really excited about this,” she said. “It’s cutting edge technology for senior centers.

It’s already used in Agawam, Holyoke and Chicopee, and will be used in the new Westfield Senior Center. This will make things more efficient for us, freeing up time we can spend with our seniors.”

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or fans of political blood sport, tonight’s Republican primary debate in Cleveland didn’t disappoint. Donald Trump quickly abandoned his promise not to throw punches, Chris Christie brought “a little Jersey” in a testy exchange with Rand Paul and Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, and Marco Rubio staked out staunchly pro-life position in response to questions about abortion. Now, the members of the chattering class will turn their attention to what the debate means for the future of the 2016 race.

To give our readers a head start in tomorrow’s water-cooler conversation, Politico Magazine asked some of the nation’s sharpest political minds to send us their first impressions of how well (or poorly) the candidates performed tonight. Here’s our roundup of expert opinion on who won, who lost and how this debate might shape the rest of campaign.

‘Trump lost … Almost everyone else did well.’

By Rich Lowry, editor of National Review.

Trump lost, beginning from the third-party question right at the start. He had any number of moments that were the worst moments he has had in the campaign. When he stuck with his shtick it was jarring on that stage, and when he tried to sound like a politician— talking of how he evoked on issues and in his closing statement, for instance—he sounded less assured and deft than the real politicians.

Almost everyone else did well. Rubio was eloquent and strong and hit on all his themes compellingly. Huckabee almost always has good answers. Cruz is completely polished. Jeb was solid.

Walker made no mistakes, even if he didn’t make much of an impression. Carson was winsome, especially at the end. Kasich was much stronger than most everyone expected, although he had a boost from the hometown crowd.

At 5 p.m. Carly Fiorina won going away and possibly could benefit from being in a forum where her performance will stand out more than it might have at 10 p.m.

The Debate’s Biggest Winners–And Losers Political experts give their snap reactions

Probably, the more intense Trump backers will rally to him, believing he was sandbagged.

But the key moment of this debate—the minute that will be most remembered—is the one at the beginning. Headline: “Trump refuses to pledge party loyalty, won’t rule out running as an independent.”

That answer went over like a lead balloon in the arena, and I suspect it was no more popular at home with strong Republicans.

Party activists—the most likely primary voters—will react badly to some other Trump revelations, such as his past support of Hillary Clinton and his prior pro-choice position on abortion.

Who gained? Four candidates had crisp performances: home favorite John Kasich (whose Ohio fans cheered his every answer), ‘Major gains for Marco Rubio.’

Mike Huckabee, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker. Oh, and Carly

By Michael Medved, nationally syndicated conservative talk Fiorina from the first debate. Actually, Christie, Paul, Cruz and radio host.

Carson scored some solid points, too. Only Trump bombed.

All Republicans should feel relieved, if not jubilant. There were Jeb Bush acquitted himself acceptably, though he appeared diflots of winners who helped themselves, and no disastrous losers. fident and unsure at times. Bush didn’t dominate the debate just as Major gains for Marco Rubio, who was lucid, passionate, self- he hasn’t controlled the larger campaign stage. Of course, when assured, Kennedyesque—cementing his status as everyone’s sec- you’ve got far more money than anyone else, your war chest can do ond choice, which may win him the nomination, ultimately. John the dominating.

Kasich also moved his campaign forward: starting in tenth place (according to the polls) he looked and sounded like a folksy, cred‘The Trump balloon is likely to lose air.’ ible, mainstream contender. Jeb Bush, who had to overcome a

By Mark McKinnon, former media adviser recent reputation for bumbling and gaffes, seemed strong, capable, to George W. Bush and John McCain. sympathetic and accessible. Frankly, he was also probably helped Biggest winner: Carly Fiorina. Biggest loser: Donald Trump. by the fact that his height (he’s 6’4”) and his position near the cenIronically, the very fact the Carly Fiorina was relegated to the ter of the stage made him tower over the others, literally. undercard allowed her to dominate with a powerful performance The losers? Trump and Paul both fared poorly in the opening of that created enormous buzz that will likely land her on the main the debate, but recovered somewhat as time went on. The Christie- stage next time around.

Paul spat helped neither of them. The questions to Trump were Trump to America: “You Suck.” That’s not a winning message. appropriately tough; he’s the frontrunner, after all. But the hostile Tonight’s debate proved that the Trump balloon is likely to lose air tone of the challenges from the moderators may help him with his just as fast as the helium took him up. He was alternatively mean, preferred presentation of himself as the victim of an establishment incoherent, pessimistic, sloppy, dismissive, testy, unprepared and, cabal. His defenses on issues of corporate bankruptcies and buying ultimately, unpresidential. political favors won’t play well, nor will his grimaces and overMost of the other candidates for the main debate had good nights broad gestures, or the overall impression of blustery, vulnerable and did no harm. Most showed their strengths and demonstrated pomposity. why they belonged on the stage and in the race, with the exception Most importantly, the first question, with his refusal to rule out of Ben Carson who looked like he had walked out of an operating an independent candidacy, will damage his long-term prospects. room into a political debate and had no idea how or why he got Follow up question for the Donald: Why was it worth sending there. thousands of dollars in campaign cash and foundation donations to get Hillary to attend his wedding?

‘Trump has no depth. One word: HUH?’

By Mary Matalin, Republican political strategist.

‘The biggest shock of the night—and arguably the most Everyone came to play. Everyone did what he or she needed to consequential development—was Jeb Bush’s failure to shine.’ do. All messages reinforced and weaknesses addressed. No one

By Jonah Goldberg, conservative syndicated columnist and lost, except, as is the hallmark of this cycle, conventional wisdom. author.

(1) The “JV debate” would not matter. And Carly Fiorina is runI can’t remember a more entertaining primary debate—or a ning for VP. One word: HA. (2) Trump would thump and everyone more illuminating one. I’m a Fox News Contributor, so take it with would dump on him. (2.a.) Trump has no depth. One word: HUH? however many grains of salt you require: No one can claim that (3) The debate would winnow the field. One word: WHO? (4) Fox mollycoddled the Republicans. The opening call for a show of Kasich was too late. Even without the home court advantage, he hands from Bret Baier was ingenious. And Donald Trump’s refusal was the most connected to common sense America. (4) Christie to say he wouldn’t run as a third party candidate wasn’t shocking, was cooked. Watch the youth vote respond to his right-at-you attibut it was good to get on the record. And when he “explained” why tude. (5) Huckabee is stereotyped. He transcended his “pigeonhe raised his hand in favor of a potential third party run, the words hole,” looked very presidential without losing his cleverness. (6) spilled out like someone flipped over a homeless man’s shopping Walker has no foreign policy chops. One phrase: “push on mush, cart. His exchange with Megyn Kelly made it seem, if but for a stop on steel.” (7) Jeb is expecting coronation and isn’t a conservamoment, that King Joffrey had survived to become a real estate tive. Got his record out, fighting like he knows how to. mogul from New York. I don’t think this is the “end of Trump.” But Carson and Cruz should have gotten more time (though it felt like one can hear the distinct hiss of air escaping from the hot air bal- no one got enough time). Perhaps Hillary and Obama should have loon. gotten more grief/contrast. Debate forensics highlight: ChristieThe biggest shock of the night—and arguably the most conse- Rand tête-à-tête on Obama hug. All round, inspiring. Great GREAT quential development—was Jeb Bush’s failure to shine. He had close. some strong moments and by no means did he bomb. But he did not have the sort of commanding presence he needs to reassure his ‘The best two performances came from John Kasich and backers and attract people to his cause. Scott Walker had a similar Marco Rubio.’ problem. He didn’t embarrass himself either, but he seemed to

By John Hudak, Brookings fellow in Governance Studies shrink over the course of the night. and author of the GovFix blog.

Meanwhile, Marco Rubio gave the kind of performance that The clearest losers were Jeb Bush and Ben Carson. Jeb Bush attracts voters and donors: disciplined, future-oriented and enter- showed so little appeal in terms of personality or even passion. One taining. Cruz was also exactly as good as one might expect, even if worry about dynastic politics is a candidate who appears entitled to he had fewer memorable moments. I can see the race eventually hold office. Bush’s lack of passion could make his candidacy come boiling down to a contest between the two Cubans—and a female off as believing the presidency is an office he should hold, not one former CEO who won the undercard bout in a TKO. that he truly wants to hold. Ben Carson looked amateurish and totally out of his league. He showed a shakiness that was difficult ‘The undisputed winner was Carly Fiorina.’ to watch, and the man with the thinnest presidential resume on stage

By Tim Carney, senior political columnist for the Washington offered little to convince voters that he is ready.

Examiner.

Finally, the format showed that even 10 candidates are too many The undisputed winner was Carly Fiorina, which surprised for a stage. As time went on, I forgot that Carson or Walker or Rubio nobody who has followed her so far. Marco Rubio won the second or Christie was even on stage, even as some turned in decent perdebate. Jeb Bush was surprisingly shaky, and Ted Cruz was nearly formances (i.e., Walker and Rubio). If many of these candidates invisible. have smart campaign teams, you will hear calls for serious reforms for future debate formats.

‘Only Trump bombed.’

By Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center ‘Trump was clearly the most confident’ for Politics.

By John Neffinger, a founding partner at KNP Communication, This was a debate between Donald Trump and the moderators. which specializes in preparing speakers for high-stakes audiences.

The moderators won. While we don’t know the degree of damage For anyone fearing Donald Trump’s lead in GOP Presidential yet, Trump has taken a hit. polls portends doom for civilized society, you may be right. But watching tonight’s debate, those polls made sense.

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All of which makes Trump supporters seem, well, not so crazy.

‘Fox News took as its mission bringing The Donald down.’

By Ed Kilgore, liberal commentator, blogger at Washington Monthly’s Political Animal and Managing Editor at The Democratic Strategist.

With our without official GOP complicity, Fox News set it self up in both the undercard forum and the main event as a vetter of candidates from the conservative ideological point of view. That’s a new thing in presidential debates.

The overt attacks on Donald Trump by the moderators in the official debate were breathtaking. Beginning with the opening question asking for a loyalty pledge (which was strictly addressed to Trump even though he had already repeatedly answered it) right on through to Frank Luntz’s focus group demonstration that Trump lost vital support, it’s clear Fox News took as its mission bringing The Donald down. For conservatives always complaining about media bias, this should be troubling.

Beyond that, nobody in either debate broke from conservative orthodoxy in any significant way, and the purpose of the questions seemed to be to herd them in a common direction. The one exception aside from Trump—the contretemps between Paul and Christie on surveillance issues—involved a rare substantive disagreement among conservatives, and the exchange probably hurt both of them. Jeb Bush pulled off the most successful defense of position that’s unpopular with conservatives using conservative arguments with his discussion of Common Core.

‘Marco Rubio had a big night as did Mike Huckabee.’

By Brett O’Donnell, former advisor to the Bachman, Romney and McCain campaigns for president.

In any rational world a performance like the one Donald Trump turned in would sink a candidacy, but we know the rules don’t apply this time around to Donald Trump. He was unlikeable, argumentative with the moderators and expectedly non-specific on policy. He was less combative with his fellow debaters than expected, but out of the gate he turned on Republicans by refusing to pledge not to run a third party candidacy. We’ll see what happens to his support.

Marco Rubio had a big night as did Mike Huckabee. Senator Rubio looked like a president—he was visionary and focused his attacks on Hillary Clinton. He framed the debate on his terms and had a couple of moments that commanded the stage. He also coopted his competitors with his line that “God had blessed Republicans with ten good candidates while the democrats can’t find one.” Mike Huckabee was his 2007-08 self again. His line “trust but vilify” in reference to Obama’s treatment of our enemies and allies may have been the best line of the night. Both of them may see the most significant improvement in their standing based on their performance.

Governors Walker and Bush were solid (Walker was steady and Bush improved throughout the debate), but neither had a standout moment in the debate—neither also made a significant error. The best showdown of the night wasn’t between Trump and anyone as expected, but rather between Governor Christie and Senator Paul with Christie getting the better of Paul in the exchange. Ben Carson and Ted Cruz performed below expectations. Neither had any significant moments, which may hurt them unless Trump hurt himself badly with his supporters tonight. Most disappointing was the question selection. Instead of focusing more on the Iran deal or our strategy against ISIS, Fox instead chose to focus on what words from God the candidates receive—noticeably Mr. Trump was not asked to weigh in. Perhaps that’s because God hasn’t purchased an apartment from Mr. Trump.

‘Everyone can leave that stage thinking that he can fight on for another day.’

Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball.

The Republicans have a historically large presidential field—so big that even with several candidates excluded there still were too many candidates on stage and not enough time for many of them to stand out. What was striking is that none of the candidates made an obviously bad mistake. At a certain point I’m sure the GOP leadership will want some of these candidates to start falling by the wayside and for the true contenders to emerge. But everyone can leave that stage thinking that he can fight on for another day. The voting is still many months away, but what if all the debates go like this? What if no one is shamed out? The result could be an agonizingly long primary season.

‘The winners were the cosmopolitan conservatives—mainly Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush. And I think Kasich probably exceeded expectations, too.’

By Matt K. Lewis, Senior Contributor for the Daily Caller.

The big winner was Fox News. The debate was always entertaining and often substantive. There were several key clashes. And the opening question (raise your hand if you won’t pledge to support the GOP nominee) was brilliant.

In terms of candidates, the winners were the cosmopolitan conservatives—mainly Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush. And I think Kasich probably exceeded expectations, too. Nobody completely fell on their face, but the losers were generally the populists—most specifically, Donald Trump—but I also think Ted Cruz underperformed.

‘Among some Republicans, there’s going to be a fair amount of buzz about a Kasich-Rubio ticket.’

By Jeff Greenfield, five-time Emmy-winning network television analyst and author.

1. One of the big winners tonight was FOX. The anchors were consistently asking probing, informed questions, they’d obviously prepared well, and cut through the obvious over and over again.

They also proved my assumption wrong that a 10-candidate debate would inevitably collapse.

2. I’d argue that Trump finally overdid it tonight. Refusing to back the nominee, insulting Megyn, women, his talk of bankruptcy.

But I’ve been so wrong about Trump that I hesitate. So I’ll just say that if he continues to rise after this, then he may really be the Teflon candidate.

3. Without ranking winners and losers, I think among some Republicans, there’s going to be a fair amount of buzz about a Kasich-Rubio ticket... with no consensus about the order.

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Court Logs Westfield District Court Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Adam J. Labarre, 31, of 418 College Highway, Southwick, was released on his personal recognizance pending a September 28 hearing after being arraigned on charges of leaving the scene of property damage, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and reckless operation of a motor vehicle, brought by Southwick police.

Matthew F. Reilly, 30, of 70 Raymond Drive, Hampden, was released on his personal recognizance pending a September 18 hearing after being arraigned on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, brought by Westfield police.

Hector Sanchez, 25, of 126 Union St, Apt. B7, was released on his personal recognizance pending a September 30 hearing after being arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, subsequent offense, and not having an inspection sticker, brought by Westfield police.

Nikita Koshechko, 23, of 92 Great Plains Road, West Springfield, was released on his personal recognizance pending a September 17 hearing after being arraigned on charges of larceny over $250, brought by Westfield police.

Kyle Reed, 28, of 32 Church Street, Apt. 1FL, West Springfield, had charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration and uninsured motor vehicle, brought

by Southwick police, dismissed at arraignment.

Allan P. Platner, Jr., 45, of 20 Eagle St., had charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration continued without finding, to be dismissed upon payment of $150, and had charges of uninsured motor vehicle, brought by Southwick police, dismissed at arraignment for plea purposes.

Case continues against woman charged with selling drugs SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A 60-year-old western Massachusetts mother of four accused of running what authorities say was a crack cocaine delivery service from her pickup truck is due back in court next month.

The Republican reports that a judge continued the cocaine trafficking case against Springfield resident Donna McLeod to Sept. 8 after a pretrial hearing in mid-July.

McLeod pleaded not guilty in May to a cocaine trafficking charge and possessing ammunition without an FID card.

Prosecutors say police raided her apartment in May and seized about 1.6 ounces of packaged crack cocaine. They also found $407 in cash, several cellphones and two bullets.

Prosecutors say McLeod drove around the city making crack deliveries in a pickup.

Her lawyer has said the bullets were keepsakes from a military funeral.

Police: Mother kidnapped her children from dad's apartment ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) — A woman accused of kidnapping her two young children and triggering an Amber Alert in Massachusetts is headed for court.

Police say 33-year-old Bruna Gomes was arrested on Cape Cod Thursday several hours after she took the children from the Abington apartment of her children's father.

Authorities say she knocked on the door, announced that she was a police officer and allegedly pepper sprayed the children's caretaker.

Authorities activated an amber alert at around 3 p.m.

A hotel owner in West Yarmouth called police about a halfhour later and told them Gomes had checked in with the children.

Police say the two children were later reunited with their father.

Gomes is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on parental kidnapping and home invasion charges.

Officials approve 1-year delay in Springfield casino opening BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts regulators have approved a request by MGM to delay the opening of its Springfield casino for a year. They also approved a plan for live horse racing to return to Suffolk Downs in Boston.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission signed off on both proposals Thursday.

MGM asked for the casino opening to be pushed back to September 2018 because of a major project nearby on Interstate 91 that won't be completed until the summer of 2018. Casino officials said the highway project is expected to cause significant traffic congestion.

The $800 million hotel, casino and entertainment complex had been expected to open in the fall of 2017.

The commission also approved a plan to have live thoroughbred racing return to Suffolk Downs on Sept. 5, Oct. 3 and Oct. 31.

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Obama heading for Martha’s Vineyard vacation a day early

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager for a break from Washington, President Barack Obama is returning to his summer vacation spot of choice, the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, a day earlier than originally planned for more than two weeks of hoped-for rest coupled with extended pursuit of his favorite leisure sport: golf.

Obama apparently was so anxious to join the hordes of lawmakers, lobbyists and others who turn Washington into a political ghost town every August that he moved up his departure by a day. He was leaving the White House on Friday afternoon with his wife, Michelle, and teenage daughters Malia and Sasha, instead of on Saturday as initially planned.

Obama plans no public events during the 17 days he will spend on the island situated south of Cape Cod and known as a summer hangout for the wealthy. The vacation will be his sixth on the Vineyard since taking office in 2009. Obama skipped a trip to the island during his 2012 re-election campaign.

He was returning to the same secluded estate he rented last year, a seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom property in Chilmark, on the western part of the island, and valued at $12 million, according to local news reports. The property's amenities include a dual basketball and tennis court.

With no official appearances on the schedule, Obama will spend his time away from Washington dabbling in his usual vacation activities: leisurely rounds of golf, beach outings, hikes and bike rides with the family, and dinner with Mrs. Obama at some of the island's top restaurants. He will travel with a cluster of top aides who will update him as developments warrant.

Obama has to be hoping for a more

A photograph of President Barack Obama, top, is attached to a shelf near hats and souvenir clothing in a shop, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. President Obama and his family are expected to return to the island off the Massachusetts mainland for a summer vacation. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

relaxed summer holiday.

Last year, he was forced to break his self-imposed vacation silence several times and appear before news cameras to address political developments in Iraq, the beheading of American journalist James Foley by Islamic State militants and violent protests that erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of an unarmed, 18-year-old black man by a white police officer.

Obama later was criticized for heading to the golf course immediately after delivering his statement on Foley's killing.

He also returned to the White House in the middle of last year's vacation. There are no plans for a similar trip before

Obama returns to Washington on Aug. 23.

The president heads to Martha's Vineyard following a recent string of legal and legislative victories on trade, health care and gay marriage. Last month, he announced that the U.S. and five other world powers had reached a deal to grant Iran relief from crippling economic sanctions in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program.

Obama is hoping for another legacyshaping victory on the Iran nuclear deal and has been aggressively lobbying Congress to approve it.

Votes to determine the deal's fate are expected in September.

New video released in unsolved Boston art museum heist

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) — Twentyfive years after the famed art heist at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, law enforcement officials released new surveillance video Thursday showing an unauthorized visitor entering the museum the night before the robbery.

Authorities hope the neverbefore seen video will spark leads to help recover the 13 pieces of stolen artwork, worth at least $500 million.

The low-resolution video — captured by museum security cameras — shows a security guard appearing to hit an intercom button, then to grant access to a man who can be seen in the museum’s reception area at about 12:49 a.m. on March 17, 1990, almost exactly 24 hours before the heist.

The man is also seen getting out of a car matching the general description of one reported to be parked outside the museum minutes before the theft.

He uses the same rear entrance as the thieves, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, which released the video.

The stolen artwork includes Vermeer’s “The Concert” and Rembrandt’s “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee.”

“Over many months we have engaged in an exhaustive re-examination of the original evidence in this case. Our aim has been to ensure that all avenues have been explored in the continuing quest to recover these artworks,” Ortiz said in a

prepared statement.

Ortiz said officials are hoping the public may be able to help authorities identify the unauthorized visitor or the car seen in the video.

“I’m very hopeful that it will generate information that can lead us back to our paintings,” said Anthony Amore, the museum’s director of security.

The similar circumstances of what’s shown on the video and what happened the night of the robbery — including the man entering through the same rear door as the thieves — have raised questions about whether the man was practicing for the actual robbery.

Ortiz said in an interview that the theory of a dry run for the robbery “makes sense,” but is only speculation at this point.

“The speculation is with reason, but we don’t have any specific information that that’s what happened,” she said.

A $5 million reward has been offered by the museum for information that leads to the recovery of the stolen artwork in good condition.

Authorities have repeatedly said that on March 18, 1990,

two white men dressed in Boston police uniforms gained entrance to the museum by telling the security guard at the watch desk that they were responding to a report of a disturbance.

Against museum policy, the guard allowed the men into the museum. The thieves handcuffed the museum’s two guards on duty and put them in separate areas of the museum’s basement.

No weapons were seen during the robbery and no panic button was activated. The video surveillance footage from the night of the robbery

was taken by the thieves.

No one has ever been charged in the heist.

In 2013, authorities said investigators believe they know who the thieves were, but they would not identify them.

They said the robbers belonged to a criminal organization based in New England and the mid-Atlantic states and took the art to Connecticut and the Philadelphia region in the years after the theft. They were offered for sale in Philadelphia about a decade ago and have not been seen since, the FBI said at the time.

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“License to carry training is serious business,” said Desilets, who noted that the club was established in 1914 and has had an impeccable safety record.

Desilets added that the club combines “top-notch” classroom instruction by its certified instructors and range safety officers with live fire training in a 10-position indoor range. Lunch is included in the program.

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How to add a touch of homemade to any room

By MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press No matter his client’s taste or budget, interior designer Brian Patrick Flynn follows this rule: For every large, manufactured item that he adds to a room, he also includes three handmade pieces.

They might be anything from “patchwork pillows and hand-woven throw rugs to a repurposed object made into a table lamp,” he says.

They could be expensive or totally affordable.

The key is they were made by a person, not a machine.

“Handmade objects have become more and more in demand over the past 10 years,” says Flynn, of Flynnside Out Productions. “People seem to really love the story behind how things are made,” and they want their homes to have the meaning and character that handmade pieces evoke.

With flea market and craft fair season in full swing, we’ve asked Flynn and two other interior designers — Betsy Burnham of Los Angeles’ Burnham Design and Dan Faires, host of HGTV’s “Dan Made” — what kinds of handmade items they seek, where to find them and how to use them in decorating any space.

WHAT WORKS It’s easiest to start small, with handmade accessories. The items on your coffee table might include hand-thrown pottery or handpainted trays, side-by-side with books and

other mass-produced pieces. Handmade candle holders and pillows are also easy to find, as are little sculptures and other small pieces of handmade art.

“Any accessory collection should include organic or handcrafted items because, honestly, who wants shelves full of manufactured knickknacks?” asks Burnham.

Going a bit bigger, pottery lamp bases are great additions to any room, says Burnham, as are handmade quilts and knit throws.

Flynn likes to have one or two handmade fabrics in every room — for instance, the artisanal fabric of Zak and Fox, which Flynn says “look like they were made by tribes hundreds of years ago, but somehow they also seem modern.”

Faires suggests custom-made lighting: “There is so much bad lighting on the market these days, so this is an area where I like to customize the piece to fit the style of the space. You can get so much bang for your buck with a handmade light fixture in any space.”

If you’re looking to add a large handmade piece to a room, such as a table, reach out to local carpenters for price quotes based on your specifications.

WHERE TO FIND IT Flea markets and craft fairs are perfect places to buy handmade or just browse for ideas. And the Internet, of course, has made finding handmade items easy year-round: Etsy.com and UncommonGoods.com are two This undated photo provided by Burnham Design shows a bookcase, styled by Burnham Design, that features a mix of handmade and mass-produced items. "Any accessory collection should include organic or handcrafted items. They offer a uniqueness and beauty that you can’t get from mass-market knickknacks," says designer Betsy Burnham. (Tria Giovan/Coastal Living/Burnham Design via AP)

popular sites, but a quick online search will likely turn up information about local crafters in your area, too.

When you find something, try to discover a bit about its history. Burnham’s clients enjoy handmade items more “when they know the provenance and the story behind a piece,” she says. They get a further boost knowing they’re supporting a particular artist or artisan.

Handmade pieces also can speak directly to your history. Ask around for local painters and photographers whose work captures the region where you live, then see whether their work speaks to you. “These are the items that become the focal point and conversation pieces in the room,” Faires says.

In this undated photo provided by Burnham Design, handmade ceramics serve to personalize this collection of pretty and practical items arranged on a desktop in a home designed by Burnham Design of Los Angeles. (Lu Tapp/Burnham Design via AP)

HOW TO USE HANDMADE DECOR Flynn loves to place objects made from stone or other materials with “organic imperfections” on smooth, machine-perfect surfaces. “When I’ve got pristine bookshelves to display interesting things,” he says, “I love the

juxtaposition of a fluid, biomorphic shape with rough texture against something rigid and linear. That creates visual tension, something designers use to add depth.”

You can also magnify the appeal of something traditional — a classic fireplace mantle, for example — by hanging a colorful, whimsical piece of handmade art over it.

Or make your own partially handmade piece by adding your creativity to a factory-made piece of furniture.

“While I’d prefer all seating and beds in my house to be handmade by artisans, sometimes manufactured items are just more affordable and ready right away,” Flynn says. “To make these things a bit more personalized, I’ll add something unique to them, like hand-blocked wallpaper to the back of bookshelves or locally crafted sconces to a wall covered in 50-cent white subway tile from the home improvement store. It’s all about the mix.”

Even lower-end manufactured items can take on high-end style with a bit of handmade assistance. “I have Ikea cabinetry in almost every house I’ve designed because it’s practical.

However, I make the readymade drawer and door fronts seem more custom by installing forged-iron or antiquebrass hardware made by local artisans,” Flynn says.

EXTRA BENEFITS Going handmade means you can get exactly what you want and need. “With the rise in popularity of artisan goods, interior designers have a much broader palette,” Faires says.

You also may get higher quality if you go handmade.

“Honestly, most mass-produced wood furniture items are poorly manufactured,” says Faires, who builds custom furniture for clients. “I always encourage clients to think long-term. Purchasing solid, handcrafted goods that are timeless is a much better investment.”

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Owners turning to auctions to sell their high-end properties

By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press EDWARDS, Colo. (AP) — Bob and Karin Weber built their dream home 14 years ago, creating an 11,000-square-foot mountaintop oasis. Now that the couple is in their 70s, they’re ready to downsize and possibly move to nearby Vail.

After trying the traditional list-and-wait method of selling the 35-acre Elk Ridge Ranch, the Webers are putting their estate up for auction, hoping for a streamlined process and a more lucrative result.

Once considered a last resort to dump a property that was distressed or couldn’t sell, auctions have become a viable marketing option for selling luxury homes, mirroring common marketing techniques for high-end art, antiques and collectibles.

There are still plenty of foreclosed luxury homes being sold off at cut-rate prices, but the perception of selling a luxury home via auction has started to change.

With sales of luxury homes and prices on the rise, sellers can use an auction to control the structure of the sale, set a firm deadline for the transaction and hope a bidding war will send the price higher.

The buyers get an opportunity to tour the property before putting in a bid, unlike most foreclosure auctions, and have the opportunity to land a deal.

Properties costing more than $1 million represent about 3 percent of the total housing market, according to the National Association of Realtors, and those doing luxury auctions are even smaller.

“There aren’t that many of us out there in this luxury real estate marketing world who are consistently doing highend luxury home auctions around the country,” said Trayor Lesnock, founder and president of Platinum Luxury Auctions. “We’re definitely a niche market.”

Platinum Luxury Auctions’ sales volume more than doubled from 2011 through 2014 and the average sale price went from about $4.4 million last year to nearly $5 million so far this year.

Chicago-based Sheldon Good & Company, the brokerage firm selling the Webers’ home, has seen auction sales rise from 32 in 2010 to 62 last year. Sheldon Good has held 36 auctions so far in 2015 and expects more than 70 by year’s end.

Overall, sales of homes $1 million or more are up 8 percent from a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Homes in the $250,000$500,000 range had the largest jump, climbing 17.4 percent from May last year.

It can be a gamble for the sellers. If the brokerage company sets the minimum price too high, no one will show up for the auction. Too low, the property could sell well below market value.

Sheldon Good recently sold a house next to the 12th fairway of the Pebble Beach Golf Links for $14 million from a starting bid of $6.9 million. On the other hand, a seller in Seattle who previously had a home on the market for $25 million ended up selling for $12 million after no buyers were willing to pay the minimum auction bid of $15 million. Sellers can only back out of an auction if their minimum bid isn’t met. Otherwise, they are locked in.

“The auction helped to identify the buyer and the marketplace,” Craig Post, executive director of Sheldon Good, said of the home in Seattle. “In this case, the market didn’t feel the home was worth $15 million. The seller listened and accepted a lower price.”

With an auction, the sellers have more control over when they sell and the properties are sold as-is. In the list-andsell method, the cost of sell-

(Lee Reich via AP)

Keep composting simple This undated photo shows the exterior of a luxury home in Edwards, Colo. Once considered a last resort to dump a property that was distressed or couldn't sell, auctions have become a viable marketing option for selling luxury homes, mirroring common marketing techniques for high-end art, antiques and collectibles. There are still plenty of foreclosed luxury homes being sold off at cut-rate prices, but the perception of selling a luxury home via auction has started to change. (Ric Stovall/stovallstudio.com via AP)

This undated photo shows the kitchen of a luxury home in Edwards, Colo. Once considered a last resort to dump a property that was distressed or couldn't sell, auctions have become a viable marketing option for selling luxury homes, mirroring common marketing techniques for high-end art, antiques and collectibles. There are still plenty of foreclosed luxury homes being sold off at cut-rate prices, but the perception of selling a luxury home via auction has started to change. (Ric Stovall/ stovallstudio.com via AP)

ing the home gets split between the buyer and the seller. In an auction, the costs get shifted to the buyer. The industry standard for a buyer’s premium is about 10 percent, which is used to pay the brokerage firm, closing costs and commission to an agent who brought a buyer to the auction.

The seller typically pays an upfront marketing fee, ranging from around $45,000 up to $250,000, depending on the size of the property. That money is usually wrapped back into the sale, so the sellers usually get it back.

Auctioneers use the money to market the property internationally, saying it’s much more effective than a typical real estate agent listing the property on the Multiple Listing Service.

The Webers had listed Elk Ridge Ranch for $8.955 million until last October before abandoning the traditional selling method for an auction.

The starting price for Elk Ridge Ranch was set at $5.5 for an auction originally scheduled for July 28. Bidding was pushed back to August 25 because several potential buyers want to expand the home and asked for extra time to work with architects and builders to finalize their bids.

“It’s an opportunity to do something a little bit differently,” Karin Weber said. “It takes the vagaries out of the market, gives us a sense of control.”

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By LEE REICH Associated Press Look on the shelves of almost any store or in any catalog selling plants and gardening equipment and you'll find "compost activators" offered. These mixtures contain beneficial microorganisms, nutrients, and/or more esoteric substances meant to speed composting or improve the quality of the finished compost.

Despite the beneficial organisms and nutrients they contain, however, compost activators are generally neither needed nor cost-effective. If you could take a microscope to the pea vines, old delphinium stalks and lettuce plants tossed onto a compost pile, you'd see they are already seething with microorganisms, just what's needed to get decomposition underway. As raw materials are piled together, these microorganisms get to work and rapidly multiply, as long as they also have sufficient moisture and air.

WHAT DOES A COMPOST PILE NEED? Composting microorganisms are most hungry for the elements carbon and nitrogen, the ideal being a ratio of about 15 parts carbon to 1 part of nitrogen. (This need is analogous to our own caloric needs mostly for carbohydrates, which are high in carbon, and protein, which is high in

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Carbon as a compost food comes from bulky, old plant material, such as straw, hay, autumn leaves, wood chips, and old weeds and garden plants. It would be impossible to stuff suitable quantities of any of these materials in a box of "compost activator."

Nitrogen could be squeezed into a box but could also be added by sprinkling nitrogen fertilizer or layers of manure on the pile as it grows. Young, succulent weeds and garden plants (such as thinnings of excess carrot seedlings) and kitchen scraps are also high in nitrogen. Sprinkling the contents of a box of compost activator on a compost pile is an expensive way to supply nitrogen, and brings no special benefits beyond what the above-mentioned materials would bring.

No need to get too exacting about ratios of nitrogen and carbon because they are influenced by such things as the form of the nutrients and the particle sizes of the materials that carry them.

KEEP TABS ON PROGRESS Monitor the progress and health of your compost pile with your eyes and your nose

— your eyes preferably on a thermometer. As long as the materials are moist, a pile that doesn't heat up indicates insufficient nitrogen or excess carbon. A pile that smells bad signals the opposite. Either condition can be corrected by adding the needed nitrogen or carbon materials.

Or by giving it time. A pile deficient in nitrogen, or built slowly over a long period, may never get hot but, in time, will turn to rich, brown compost. Be patient.

The only compost piles that might be candidates for compost activators would be those oddball piles built almost exclusively of offbeat materials, such as sawdust, or with a lot of plant debris that had been heavily sprayed with pesticides. Such piles could lack the necessary organisms, temporarily at least (sawdust alone is severely deficient in nitrogen). Even then, some soil and fertilizer would likely serve just as well.

So pay attention to the ratio of the various things you add to your compost pile, and then watch and smell what happens. Whatever you do, don't fret too much over details. Any pile of organic materials, kept moist, will eventually turn to compost.

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Obituaries

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WESTFIELD — Richard I. Ritchie, 77, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Baystate Medical Center. He was born in Gonic, New Hampshire to the late Joseph and Charlotte (Betts) Ritchie and was a graduate of Westfield Vocational. He was employed by Kaman Aerospace for 42 years before retiring in 1999. He served his country with the United States Army from 1961-1963 and attained the rank of PFC. Richard is survived by his beloved wife Shirley G. (Coleman) Ritchie of Westfield, his loving children, Richard J. Ritchie of Russell, Karen Smith and her husband Timothy of West Springfield and Kristen Wescott and her husband Todd of Southwick, his cherished 6 grandchildren, Kevin, Kara, Christopher, Ryan, Kerri and Melissa and 1 great grandchild, Mason. A Funeral Home service will be held on Monday at 10 in the Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield, MA 01085 followed by burial in Pine Hill Cemetery, Court St. Westfield. Visiting hours will be held on Sunday from 4-7 PM at the funeral home. www.firtionadams.com

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Westfield High School Freshman Orientation WESTFIELD — Dennis Duquette, Principal of Westfield High School, invites all incoming freshman and their parents/ guardians to attend Freshman/Parent Orientation on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

This will be an opportunity to get acquainted with the school and programs that are offered at Westfield High School.

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Developmental Screening at Fort Meadow for Peer Partners WESTFIELD — Families who live in Westfield and are interested in having their preschoolers attend Fort Meadow for the school year 2015-2016 are requested to call 572-6422 for a developmental screening. The screenings will be for children who are 3 and 4 years old. Children will be chosen by lottery. Currently Fort Meadow charges tuition. Screening date will be September 2, 2015.

Richard G. Kousch Westfield – Richard G. Kousch, 92, passed away peacefully at the Soldiers Home in Holyoke on Saturday, April 4.

He was a lifelong Westfield resident, born on February 7, 1923, the son of the late John and Anna (Kulakowska) Kousch. He attended local schools and was a graduate of Westfield Trade School in 1940. He joined the U.S. Navy during WWII entering his term of service at the Brooklyn Navy Ship Yard.

He was stationed on the Destroyer USS Rhino convoy patrol in the Atlantic then was transferred to the Pacific. His ship, the USS Saugus was the first to enter Nagasaki Bay to survey the damage of the Atomic Bomb, and bring the wounded to San Diego. He finished his apprentice courses in the tool room of the former Gilbert & Barker in West Springfield and worked for many years at Eastern Etching in Chicopee, and retired from Columbia Bicycle in Westfield after over twenty years of service. He was a lifelong member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Westfield and loved fishing, having a good time, and travel.

He attended the first World’s Fair in New York City and visited Dealey Square in Dallas, Texas to see where President Kennedy was assassinated. He is survived by his sister, Olga (Kousch) Klepach (97 years old) of Hemet, California and several nieces, nephews, and close friends.

There will be a celebration of Life Service August 14th 2015 at 10am St. John’s Lutheran Church 60 Broad St. Westfield MA 01085. Burial will follow at our Cemetery.

Peter J. Garland, II HINSDALE — Peter J. Garland II, 69, of Hinsdale, was welcomed by his Lord into heaven on Wednesday, August 5th, 2015. Born in Waterville Maine on February 22, 1946, son of Peter J. Garland and Jeanne Marquis Garland, he graduated from Groveton High School in 1964.

He worked for many years at Westfield River Paper Company in Russell, MA and retired in 2010 from Walmart. For many years he was a resident of Chester, MA and moved to Hinsdale in 2012.

He married Annemarie Kristine (Krissy) Viner on January 23, 2015.

Pete loved fishing, hunting, and his New England sports teams, especially the Red Sox and Patriots. He also enjoyed his two cats Bob and Benny.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant son Peter J. Garland the III. He leaves two sons, Peter J. Garland IV of North Carolina, and Randy Garland of Huntington, MA, a daughter Toni Garland of Becket, MA, a stepson Nate Newton of Woburn, MA, a stepdaughter Erica Newton of Los Angeles, CA, Five grandchildren, Susan, Zachary, Carol-Anne, Carrie, and Raygan, two great grandchildren, Margaret and Joseph, sister Sherry Dvorchak of Westfield, MA, brother Edmond Garland of Westfield, niece Karna Pease of Westfield, MA, and nephew Kiley Grover of Huntington, MA A celebration of life and reception will be held on Sunday, August 9th at 2pm at the New Life Community Fellowship Church on Hubbard Avenue in Pittsfield. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the New Life Community Fellowship Church or the American Heart Association in his memory.

Robert P. Ingalls WESTFIELD — Robert P. Ingalls, 89, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015 in the Holyoke Soldiers Home. He was born in Brattleboro, VT on August 15, 1925 to the late Harold and Charlotte (Houghton) Ingalls. He grew up in Brattleboro and was a 1944 graduate of Brattleboro High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during WW-2 as a radioman on aircraft carrier “SitKok Bay” for three years. Robert also attended Columbia Technical Institute in Washington D.C. and Coyne Electrical in Boston, MA. He worked for Standard Elec. Time in Springfield, Oaks Electric in Holyoke and Kidder Stacy in Agawam and retired as an Electrical Drafting Engineer in 1990. He was a talented artist and woodcarver and enjoyed many other hobbies. He was a member of the American Legion and Mount Moriah Lodge of Masons. Robert leaves his wife of 64 years Glenice (Hunt) Ingalls, his children Scott Ingalls and his wife Sally of Southwick, Kurt Ingalls and his wife Sandra of Enfield, CT, his daughter Jane Raymond and her husband Bill of Westfield. He also leaves his grandchildren Julia and Bill Ingalls, Kristin and Robert Conroy and Erin and Kara Ingalls and a great-granddaughter Taylor Driscoll. He also leaves his sister Patricia Clark of AZ and was pre-deceased by his sister Gladys Spaulding of AZ. The funeral and burial will be private in Hinesburg Cemetery in Guilford, VT at a later time. Donations in memory of Robert may be made to the Holyoke Soldiers Home 110 Cherry Street, Holyoke, MA 01040.

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Court strikes down law barring false campaign statements

By BOB SALSBERG Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts law that makes it a crime to publish false statements about political candidates is unconstitutional, the state's highest court ruled Thursday.

The Supreme Judicial Court's ruling came in a case involving a state lawmaker from Cape Cod who last year sought a criminal complaint against the treasurer of a political action committee. At issue were fliers that Democratic Rep. Brian Mannal said accused him of putting the interests of sex offenders ahead of families.

The justices, in a unanimous 31-page decision, said the 1946 law was "inconsistent with the fundamental right of free speech."

The law said no person should publish, or cause to be published, a false statement about a political candidate that is designed to affect the outcome of an election, to harm a political candidate or influence the outcome of a ballot question.

In striking down the law, the court also dismissed a criminal complaint that was filed against Melissa Lucas, the treasurer of the Jobs First PAC. The PAC had created fliers that pointed to a bill sponsored by Mannal, a Barnstable defense attorney, which would have notified indigent sex offenders of their right to a public defender.

The flier read in part: "Brian Mannal chose convicted felons over the safety of our families. Is this the kind of person we want representing us?"

Mannal went on to defeat Republican Adam Chaprales in the November election by 205 votes. The PAC was operating independently from Chaprales, who was not named in the complaint.

Mannal said the decision gives a green light to anyone who wants to lie to win an election.

"It doesn't change the fact that in this case false statements were knowingly made to mislead voters," Mannal told the Associated Press. "What we have here on several levels is a collision course with fairness in our electoral process."

In court papers, Lucas' attorney, Peter Charles Horstmann, said his client had no role in writing or distributing the brochures and also argued the law violated First Amendment protections of free speech.

Horstmann told the AP that the ruling was a great relief for Lucas. He also said voters are capable today of doing "unlim-

ited fact-checking" to decide how much weight to give a political ad or flier.

"I think it's a little naive in 2015 to think that an election is going to be subverted by allegedly false statements," he said.

The state attorney general's office, while agreeing that the charges against Lucas should be dismissed, defended the law itself, arguing it helps the state safeguard elections from deliberately fraudulent statements meant to skew the outcome.

The high court disagreed, saying "any legitimate interest in preventing electoral fraud must be done by narrowly drawn laws designed to serve those interests without unnecessarily interfering with First Amendment freedoms."

The justices further warned that the threat of a criminal investigation under the law could have a chilling effect on the political process. And they said the American election system already has a built-in remedy for false statements.

"That solution is counterspeech," Justice Robert Cordy wrote.

Several groups, including the libertarian Cato Institute, the American Civil Liberties Union and local newspaper publishers, filed briefs with the court asking that the law be ruled unconstitutional.

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Mark Buehrle throws to a Minnesota Twins batter during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Toronto. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)

Blue Jays beat Twins BLUE JAYS 9, TWINS 3 TORONTO (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer and Mark Buehrle earned his 30th career win against Minnesota as Toronto beat the struggling Twins to complete a fourgame sweep.

Encarnacion went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and scored twice. The surging Blue Jays won their fifth straight and swept a four-game series from the Twins for the first time.

Buehrle (12-5) allowed three runs in seven innings to win his third consecutive decision. He is 30-19 with a 3.68 ERA in 54 appearances against Minnesota.

Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run homer and Aaron Hicks had a solo shot for the Twins, who matched a season worst by losing their fifth straight. Minnesota is 5-14 since the All-Star break.

Now 54-54, the Twins are .500 for the first time since May 2, when they were 12-12.

Kyle Gibson (8-9), winless in four starts, matched his career worst by allowing eight runs in 4 2-3 innings.

DODGERS 10, PHILLIES 8 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Greinke was 3 for 3 with a homer to offset his worst start in three years, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-8 on Thursday.

Greinke (11-2) gave up five runs before getting an out and finished with six runs allowed and seven hits in six innings. But he helped himself at the plate, and Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer to pace the NL West leaders.

The six runs equaled the total Greinke gave up in his previous nine starts combined. He had a scoreless streak of 45 2-3 innings during that span. Greinke hadn’t allowed six earned runs since Aug. 19, 2012, when he gave up six for the Angels at Tampa Bay. Greinke’s ERA rose from 1.41 to 1.71. His batting average went from .170 to .220.

Kenley Jansen got two outs for his 21st save in 22 chances.

Domonic Brown hit a three-run homer for the Phillies. David Buchanan (2-6) lasted four innings and gave up seven runs and 10 hits.

CUBS 5, GIANTS 4 CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie bopper Kyle Schwarber homered in his second consecutive game and Chicago beat San Francisco to move a half-game ahead of the Giants in the race for the second NL wild card.

The Cubs, playing meaningful baseball in August for the first time in years, won for the seventh time in eight games.

Jorge Soler hit a two-run single in the first inning and Schwarber made it 5-0 with a threerun drive off Chris Heston (11-6) in the second.

But instead of an easy win, the Cubs had to hang on.

San Francisco’s Brandon Belt hit a two-run homer off Jason Hammel in the fourth and Brandon Crawford added another one off Tommy Hunter in the sixth to make it 5-4.

Jason Motte and Pedro Strop each worked a scoreless inning for the Cubs. Hector Rondon pitched the ninth for his 17th save in 20 chances.

The Giants lost for just the sixth time in 22 games.

Winning pitcher Justin Grimm (2-3) got out of a jam in the fifth.

CARDINALS 3, REDS 0 CINCINNATI (AP) — Michael Wacha gave St. Louis’ tired bullpen a respite by throwing seven innings in the rain, and the Cardinals pulled away to beat Cincinnati.

The Cardinals improved to 30 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2013 season. They have the best record in the major leagues at 69-39. They took two of three in Cincinnati and have won 15 of their last 18 series together. The Reds were shut out for the last 18 innings.

Wacha (13-4) overcame a 68-minute rain delay at the start. The right-hander allowed four hits and a pair of walks, allowing only two runners to reach second base. Trevor Rosenthal gave up an infield single and a walk in the ninth while getting his 32nd save in 34 chances and completing a five-hitter.

Tony Cruz snapped his 0-for-15 slump with an RBI single, and Kolten Wong singled home two more off Michael Lorenzen (3-7) as the teams played through intermittent, sometimes heavy rain. There was a long delay after the sixth inning to spread a drying compound around the infield.

TIGERS 8, ROYALS 6 DETROIT (AP) — Ian Kinsler hit a two-run

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homer off Ryan Madson in the ninth inning to lift Detroit past Kansas City.

Jose Iglesias led off with a single against Madson (1-2) before Kinsler hit a 2-0 fastball into the bullpen in left field. Alex Wilson (2-3) got the win after getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth.

Victor Martinez hit a three-run homer in the third and a two-run shot in the fifth to help the Tigers take a 6-3 lead. Martinez hadn’t homered since July 17 and hadn’t had a multihomer game since hitting two for Boston against Toronto on Sept. 17, 2010.

The Royals tied it with a three-run seventh.

Drew Butera led off with a homer, and Kendrys Morales had a two-run double.

NATIONALS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 3 WASHINGTON (AP) — Ian Desmond broke out of a prolonged slump with a home run and a double, and Bryce Harper reached base five times to help Washington beat Arizona.

Desmond’s 12th homer of the season ended a 2-for-35 skid. His double leading off the fourth inning gave him more extra-base hits in one day than he had produced in his previous nine games.

Joe Ross (3-3) pitched six solid innings, giving up just a solo homer to Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

The rookie allowed five hits and struck out seven without walking a batter.

The Nationals, who had lost four of five, split the four-game series and moved within 1 1/2 games of the first-place Mets in the NL East.

Jeremy Hellickson (7-8) gave up four runs, five hits and four walks in 4 2-3 innings.

Clint Robinson broke the game open with a three-run homer in the eighth.

ASTROS 5, ATHLETICS 4, 10 INNINGS OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jed Lowrie hit an RBI double off Edward Mujica with two outs in the 10th inning to make up for a costly error and lift Houston over Oakland.

Carlos Correa launched a go-ahead homer in a three-run eighth that gave the Astros a 4-2 lead.

But the AL West leaders had to rally again after the A’s scored two unearned runs off closer Luke Gregerson in the ninth.

Lowrie aided the Oakland comeback with a throwing error at third base. But the former Athletics shortstop, who drove in Houston’s first run with a sacrifice fly, came through an inning later.

Jose Altuve led off the 10th with his third hit.

He stole second on a pitchout and was sacrificed to third by Carlos Gomez. Mujica (2-4) retired Correa on a popup before Lowrie doubled to left field.

Gregerson (5-1) was credited with the win after his fourth blown save in 26 chances. Will Harris got three outs for his first major league save.

Stephen Vogt and Brett Lawrie homered for Oakland, which wasted a strong start by rookie Aaron Brooks.

BREWERS 10, PADRES 1 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris Davis hit two three-run homers for Milwaukee, and Matt Garza limited San Diego to two hits in seven innings.

Davis homered for the first time since July 18, connecting off Padres starter Odrisamer Despaigne (5-8) in the third — a shot into the San Diego bullpen that made it 4-0. Davis also homered off Kevin Quackenbush in the eighth.

Garza (6-12) walked two and struck out five in his first victory in three starts. He avoided joining teammate Kyle Lohse as the only 13-game losers in the majors.

Garza gave up a single to Derek Norris in the second and then nothing more until Melvin Upton Jr. hit a home run in the fifth. Garza retired the next seven batters and left with a 7-1 lead.

BRAVES 9, MARLINS 8 ATLANTA (AP) — Eury Perez drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and Nick Markakis had three RBIs to help Atlanta beat Miami.

Adonis Garcia hit a two-run homer for the Braves, who won for just the fourth time in 15 games.

Martin Prado had three RBIs for Miami, which has dropped 11 of 13.

The Marlins scored three in the eighth to tie it 8-all. But then Perez delivered the decisive hit against Bryan Morris (3-3) after Daniel Castro reached on an infield single, advanced to second on an error and moved over on a bunt.

Andrew McKirahan (1-0) got the win despite giving up three hits and three runs in the eighth.

Arodys Vizcaino earned his first career save.

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away New York 61 46 .570 — — 6-4 W-1 32-18 29-28 Toronto 58 52 .527 4½ — 8-2 W-5 36-21 22-31 Baltimore 55 52 .514 6 1½ 7-3 W-1 32-20 23-32 Tampa Bay 54 55 .495 8 3½ 5-5 L-1 27-30 27-25 Boston 48 61 .440 14 9½ 4-6 L-1 27-28 21-33 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Kansas City 63 44 .589 — — 4-6 L-2 34-18 29-26 Minnesota 54 54 .500 9½ 3 2-8 L-5 34-22 20-32 Detroit 53 55 .491 10½ 4 5-5 W-2 27-28 26-27 Chicago 51 55 .481 11½ 5 5-5 W-1 26-26 25-29 Cleveland 49 58 .458 14 7½ 4-6 L-1 20-32 29-26 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Houston 61 49 .555 — — 6-4 W-1 38-18 23-31 Los Angeles 57 50 .533 2½ — 3-7 W-1 34-22 23-28 Texas 54 53 .505 5½ 2½ 7-3 W-4 23-29 31-24 Seattle 50 59 .459 10½ 7½ 4-6 L-1 22-31 28-28 Oakland 48 62 .436 13 10 4-6 L-2 24-34 24-28 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away New York 58 50 .537 — — 8-2 W-6 38-18 20-32 Washington 56 51 .523 1½ 3 4-6 W-1 30-21 26-30 Atlanta 49 60 .450 9½ 11 3-7 W-1 28-22 21-38 Miami 43 66 .394 15½ 17 2-8 L-4 26-30 17-36 Philadelphia 42 67 .385 16½ 18 6-4 L-2 27-29 15-38 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away St. Louis 69 39 .639 — — 6-4 W-2 40-16 29-23 Pittsburgh 62 44 .585 6 — 6-4 W-1 36-18 26-26 Chicago 59 48 .551 9½ — 8-2 W-1 28-24 31-24 Cincinnati 48 58 .453 20 10½ 5-5 L-2 28-26 20-32 Milwaukee 47 63 .427 23 13½ 4-6 W-3 23-34 24-29 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Los Angeles 62 46 .574 — — 6-4 W-2 37-18 25-28 San Francisco 59 49 .546 3 ½ 5-5 L-1 30-23 29-26 Arizona 52 55 .486 9½ 7 6-4 L-1 26-27 26-28 San Diego 52 57 .477 10½ 8 5-5 L-3 24-25 28-32 Colorado 45 61 .425 16 13½ 3-7 W-1 25-29 20-32 AMERICAN LEAGUE Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 6, Tampa Bay 5, 10 innings Colorado 7, Seattle 5, 11 innings Baltimore 7, Oakland 3, 10 innings L.A. Angels 4, Cleveland 3 Boston 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto 9, Minnesota 7 Detroit 2, Kansas City 1 Texas 4, Houston 3 Thursday’s Games Detroit 8, Kansas City 6 N.Y. Yankees 2, Boston 1 Toronto 9, Minnesota 3 Houston 5, Oakland 4, 10 innings Friday’s Games Toronto (Dickey 6-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 11-2), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (J.Kelly 3-6) at Detroit (Da.Norris 2-1), 7:08 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-7) at Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 10-6) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-8) at Kansas City (Volquez 10-6), 8:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 5-1), 10:05 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 13-5) at Oakland (S.Gray 11-4), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (Hamels 0-0) at Seattle (Iwakuma 2-2), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Toronto (Price 10-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 4-3), 1:05 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 13-5) at Oakland (Chavez 5-11), 4:05 p.m.

Texas (M.Perez 1-2) at Seattle (Montgomery 4-4), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 6-5) at Tampa Bay (Karns 6-5), 6:10 p.m.

Boston (Miley 8-9) at Detroit (Simon 10-6), 7:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 8-6) at Kansas City (Guthrie 7-7), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (E.Santana 2-2) at Cleveland (Bauer 8-8), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Richards 11-8), 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Toronto (Estrada 9-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 8-4), 1:05 p.m.

Boston (Owens 0-1) at Detroit (Verlander 1-4), 1:08 p.m.

Minnesota (P.Hughes 10-7) at Cleveland (Kluber 6-12), 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 10-10) at Tampa Bay (Archer 10-8), 1:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-9) at Kansas City (D.Duffy 5-5), 2:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Tillman 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Undecided), 3:37 p.m.

Houston (Fiers 0-0) at Oakland (Bassitt 1-4), 4:05 p.m.

Texas (Lewis 12-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 13-6), 4:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Wednesday’s Games Colorado 7, Seattle 5, 11 innings Arizona 11, Washington 4 Pittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 5 L.A. Dodgers 4, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 6 San Francisco 6, Atlanta 1 St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 3, 13 innings Milwaukee 8, San Diego 5 Thursday’s Games St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 0 L.A. Dodgers 10, Philadelphia 8 Milwaukee 10, San Diego 1 Washington 8, Arizona 3 Atlanta 9, Miami 8 Chicago Cubs 5, San Francisco 4 Friday’s Games San Francisco (Vogelsong 7-7) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 6-8), 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 7-4) at Washington (Zimmermann 8-7), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-6) at Pittsburgh (G.Cole 14-5), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 10-6) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Fernandez 4-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 7-6), 7:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 8-6) at Milwaukee (Cravy 0-2), 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 2-3) at Arizona (Ch.Anderson 4-4), 9:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 2-1) at San Diego (Shields 8-4), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-7) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 7-6), 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 5-5), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 6-5) at Tampa Bay (Karns 6-5), 6:10 p.m.

Colorado (Flande 2-1) at Washington (Strasburg 5-5), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 8-8) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 3-3), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 3-4) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 2-6), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Sampson 0-1) at Arizona (Ray 3-6), 8:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Morgan 2-3) at San Diego (T.Ross 8-8), 8:40 p.m.

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 10-10) at Tampa Bay (Archer 10-8), 1:10 p.m.

Colorado (E.Butler 3-8) at Washington (Scherzer 11-8), 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 9-7) at Milwaukee (Nelson 9-9), 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 12-6), 2:20 p.m.

Cincinnati (DeSclafani 7-7) at Arizona (Corbin 2-3), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (J.Williams 3-8) at San Diego (Cashner 4-11), 4:10 p.m.

Miami (B.Hand 1-2) at Atlanta (S.Miller 5-8), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 7-7) at Pittsburgh (Morton 7-4), 8:05 p.m.

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Local skater Romanelli jumps for joy

By ALLY MORIN Special to The Westfield News WESTFIELD – Figure skater Julia Romanelli is jumping for joy following a successful competition weekend.

The local 12-year-old was the lone athlete to represent Western Mass at the State Games of America this past weekend, placing third in the Juvenile Girls division in figure skating.

For the past four years, the soon-to-be seventh grader from North Middle School has balanced her time between school and training at the International Skating School of Connecticut, often doing homework in the car. Romanelli said her favorite moves in the rank are jumps.

This year, her long hours of training paid off as she entered the competition season.

A season of hard work and an excellent training program complimented her pursuit of the State Games of America and Romanelli to Omaha, Nebraska to place third in the Juvenile Girls division in figure skating. She qualified for this competition by being a medalist at the 2014 Nutmeg State Games in Connecticut.

Moving forward, Romanelli is excited to compete at regionals in the fall and will continue to develop her technique as she progresses with training.

Aside from her success in competitions, Romanelli’s motivation to advance springs from her love of the sport.

Where figure skating leads her in the future is up in the air.

Local figure skater Julia Romanelli shows off some of her moves on the ice.

JULIA ROMANELLI

FRIDAY COUPLES LEAGUE @ EMCC RESULTS FOR JULY 31, 2015 16 COUPLES PARTICIPATED ON A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER EVENING FRONT-9 POINTS: DICK PICARD AND JOANN PICARD 41 POINTS

WESTOVER COUNTRY CLUB

13th Annual USO Golf Tournament Saturday, September 12, 2015 Entry Fee Per Person Includes: • 18 Holes of Golf • Cart • Dinner • USO Jersey Tournament Rules: • Four Golfers Per Team • Scramble Format

NET: RANDY CHRISTENSEN AND DANA CHRISTENSEN 73 FRAN COMO AND NADINE COMO 73

GRANBY — This will be the 13th Annual USO Golf Tournament. All proceeds from this event will be used to support our troops and families here and abroad. The tournament will take place at the Westover Country Club and the dinner will be held at Castle of Knights at 1599 Memorial Drive in Chicopee.

We are expecting a sellout so we encourage all to respond on or before September 1st, 2015.

Golf Day Schedule: • Shotgun Start- 12 Noon • Registration - 11:00 AM • 6:00 PM Dinner at Castle of Knights

PIORIA RESULTS: DAN HARRIS AND NANCY 71

18th Annual Barnes Fire Charity golf tournament

NET: CHRIS KING AND PAT KING 67 LARRY ADAMCZYK AND DENISE ADAMCZYK 67 BACK-9 POINTS: MIKE MULLIGAN AND SUE WOODBURY 36 POINTS MARK FELZENTREGER AND CHERIE FELTZENTREGER 36 POINTS

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS. WINNING TEAMS RECEIVE PRO SHOP “CHITS” MONEY REDEEMABLE FOR PRO SHOP MERCHANDISE. WINNING “CHITS” MAY BE USED ANYTIME DURING THE SEASON AND MUST BE USED BY OCTOBER 31, 2015. SPECIAL ORDERS MUST BE MADE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 2015.

FINAL EVENING FOR THE 2015 FRIDAY COUPLES LEAGUE IS SEPTEMBER 18.

STEAK DINNER AND AWARDS CEREMONY WILL FOLLOW GOLF. TEAMS MUST LET US KNOW IF THEY WILL BE PLAYING AND ATTENDING THE FINAL EVENING AND DINNER. THE FINAL EVENING WILL BE A SCRAMBLE FORMAT FOR EACH TEAM WITH DINNER TO FOLLOW AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00PM.

ED NORMAND GOLF LEAGUE @ EMCC SINCE 1964 NEW MEMBERS WELCOME WEEK 18 7/30/15 STANDINGS

DIVISON 1 168 158.5 157.5 157.5 155 151 147 141.5 136

T. LARAMEE- D. LARAMEE D. HARRIS- S. BRADLEY M. GRENIER- J. LAROSE R. ANDERSON- B. GENEREUX L. COURNOYER- B. BIHLER J. SULLIVAN- R. BROWN T. MASSIMINO- A. NUBILE D. DUBOIS- J. ELKINS M. TESSIER- J. CARTWRIGHT

DIVISON 2 158 156.5 152

M. LOGAN- J. GAUDETTE D. COLLIER- B. COLLIER D. CLARKE- F. DWYER

151.5 151 151 144 143.5 139.5

E. BIELONKO- B. BIELONKO C. LEWIS- B. GRISE J. O’SULLIVAN- R. BURKE M. MAHAN- J. HEBDA T. HUBER- G. MCQUILLAN J. CONROY- F. COMO

DIVISON 3 165.5 159.5 159 154.5 153 147.5 129 112.5

J. HAAS- A. HAAS M. MULLIGAN- M. SOVEROW K. MURPHY- J. FERRITER R. BARTON- B. REINHAGEN J. STRYCHARZ- R. ROY G. GRABOWSKI- J. BERGER J. BOUTIN- H. SMITH C. FENTON-S. TOMAINO

SHAKER FARMS COUNTRY CLUB Shaker Farms President’s Cup Winners Format: 36 hole net scores Gary Pollard - 142 Nancy Lancto - 135

• Best Ball Contests: • Low Score-Team • Closest to the Pin Women/Men • Longest Drive - Women/Men • Hole in One Prizes

HOLYOKE — The 18th Annual Barnes Fire Charity Golf Tournament in support of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke will be held Friday, August 28, at the Southampton Country Club.

The tournament directly benefits the many recreation programs for veterans at the Soldiers’ Home.

Money raised from last year’s tournament contributed to funds to send veterans on an Honor Flight to Washington D.C. to see the National World War II Memorial, and funded several community outings that included field trips to sporting events, outdoor recreational activities, and visits to area restaurants.

The tournament begins at 10 a.m. and includes lunch, a buffet dinner, hole competitions, skins pool, and a silent auction and raffle prizes.

Major sponsors this year include Porter & Chester Institute and the 104th Fighter Wing Boot Drive.

To sign up for a foursome or to be a sponsor for the 2015 tournament, contact MSgt Larry Buell, Barnes Fire Charity Golf Tournament Coordinator, 104th Fighter Wing Fire Department at (413) 3309260 or by email at BarnesFireCharityGolf@gmail.com.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 12 7 5 41 33 26 New York 9 6 6 33 33 25 Toronto FC 9 8 4 31 36 35 Columbus 8 8 7 31 36 38 New England 8 9 7 31 32 36 Montreal 8 8 4 28 29 30 Orlando City 7 10 6 27 32 37 New York City FC 6 10 6 24 31 34 Chicago 6 11 4 22 24 30 Philadelphia 6 13 4 22 29 40

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 12 8 3 39 30 22 FC Dallas 11 6 5 38 32 27 Los Angeles 10 7 7 37 39 29 Sporting Kansas City 9 4 7 34 30 21 Portland 9 8 6 33 24 28 Seattle 10 11 2 32 25 24 Real Salt Lake 7 8 8 29 27 33 Houston 7 8 7 28 28 27 San Jose 7 9 5 26 22 27 Colorado 5 7 9 24 19 22

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Sunday’s Games Seattle at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

New York City FC at New York, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 13 D.C. United at New York City FC, 7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 14 Colorado at San Jose, 11 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 15 Toronto FC at New York, 7 p.m.

Houston at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Sporting Kansas City, 9 p.m.

Portland at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 16 Orlando City at Seattle, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Montreal 1, New York 1, tie Toronto FC 4, Orlando City 1 Friday’s Games Chicago at Portland, 11 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Sporting Kansas City at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Montreal, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Houston, 9 p.m.

Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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Annie’s Mailbox

By KATHY MITCHELL and MARCY SUGAR

Am I wrong ...?

Dear Annie: About three years ago, I did something very stupid. I looked at a solar eclipse. I thought it would last only a minute and, not wanting to miss it, I ran outside and squinted at it through my sunglasses. I fully acknowledge that I can only blame myself for that. The next days and weeks were some of the scariest of my life. My vision became blurry and I had a hard time focusing. I feared that I might not recover my sight and that my center of vision might always be skewed because I had looked directly at the sun.

Thankfully, my vision gradually recovered. But one thing about this episode has left me deeply troubled. When I thought I would be permanently blinded, I needed love and support.

However, my mother quickly became convinced that I was faking it. She insisted that none of it was real, it was all in my head and I was just imagining everything. It was frustrating and confusing. Why would she deny that I was having a medical problem? Why would she take a position that could only hurt our relationship?

Last week, during an eye exam, the doctor noticed a spot and diagnosed me with a textbook case of solar maculopathy.

I passed this confirmation along to my mother, but even now, she won’t acknowledge how wrong, and in some ways cruel, her denial and indifference were.

In my right eye, I have a dark spot that follows wherever I look. I’ve grown used to it, but it is a constant reminder of this troubling episode. Am I wrong to continue feeling hurt? Or does this reveal something about our relationship and her moral character? -- S. Dear S.: Denial is a very powerful emotion. It allows someone like your mother to refuse to believe that you have a serious problem [1]and what it could mean to your future. She needed comfort, too, and this is where she found it.

Is Mom’s behavior toward you otherwise close and loving?

If so, we would put this in the past. Continuing to dwell on the hurt will only make you bitter and will alienate the two of you, which we assume is not what you want.

Dear Annie: I’d like to comment further on the letter from “Shepherdsville, Ky.,” regarding poor grammar.

My pet peeves are those who say “pitcher” for “picture.” In Wisconsin, numerous individuals say “youse guys” instead of “you guys” and “liberry” for “library.” And last, but not least, it irks me when my husband and I are at a restaurant and the server asks, “What can I get for you guys?” I am not a guy.

I am far from perfect, and maybe a little picky, but I find these things very annoying. And I, too, feel better now after venting. -- Miss Picky in Wisconsin Dear Wisconsin: You’re welcome. We all deal with small, trivial irritations on a daily basis. Some people are more bothered by them than others, so we’re happy to help when you need to let off a little steam.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

HINTS FROM HELOISE ONE STOP EQUALS ONE BAG Dear Heloise: When traveling that requires an overnight stop along the way, I always pack a SMALL TRAVEL BAG. The bag is enough for the stop so we don’t need to unload everything. -- Julie H., Hillsboro, N.H. Hi, Julie! This can save on schlepping bags back and forth, especially if there are a few people. However, when stopping at a motel or parking somewhere you can’t see your car, don’t leave anything of value in it. Crooks know to break in and see what’s available. -- Heloise SAFETY CHECK BEFORE YOU GO Dear Readers: Speaking of a road travel hint, here are a few quick reminders if you are going to take a trip. Just like an airplane pilot checks the plane, you should check and do a walk around your vehicle. Or ask a trusted friend or mechanic to do a once-over.

A. All fluids should be checked -- transmission fluid, oil, wiper fluid, etc.

B. Belts and hoses need a look-see! Don’t want one to break on the road.

C. Carry paperwork, such as auto insurance, warranty for tires and info for roadside assistance.

D. Do check the tires and the spare. Look for wear -- sort of smooth or bald-looking rubber or worn-down tread. Use the right air-pressure setting. Have a can of spray that will repair a flat (some new cars DON’T have spares!). Tires keep you safe on the road, so don’t skimp in this area.

E. Everyone needs good wiper blades! Replace old, worn-out ones. You need to see out the windshield!

Take care of your auto, and it will take care of you. Travel safe!

-- Heloise

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Aug. 7, 2015: This year you have the ability to make a strong impression on others. Your public persona is very powerful and has tremendous impact. You find that those in your immediate circle tend to be less than receptive. If you are single, you could meet someone who makes a wonderful companion. Be open with this person. If you are attached, the two of you might make a point of re-enacting some of your best moments together. Updating your home is likely to happen. TAURUS can be stubborn at times.

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Recognize that a loved one might be in a gloomy mood. The good news is that this period won’t last long. Use it to reconnect on a different level. Tonight: All smiles.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You will want to review a recent action that might not have gone the way you wanted. By pulling apart the matter with a trusted adviser, you will see what went wrong. Tonight: Know when to call it a night.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You have a way of drawing others toward you. Your intellect mixed with your precision form an impressive combo. Know when to let down your barriers and add more humor and fun into a situation. Tonight: Go stargazing with a friend.

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Listen to your inner voice when making a relationship decision. Sometimes you put up barriers when they are not needed.

Tonight: Enjoy the person you are with.

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S. 85 41' 23" W. along said lot numbered 26 about two hundred twenty-two and 96/100 Available online 24/7 at http://thewestfieldnews.com/classifieds (222.96) feet to an iron pipe monument at land now or formerly of Kotowski; thence

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Same course along said land now or formerly of Kotowski one MORTGAGEE'S SALE hundred nine and 59/100 OF REAL ESTATE (109.59) feet to an iron pipe monument at land formerly of By virtue of and in execution of Heggie, now or formerly of Hamthe Power of Sale contained in a blin; thence certain mortgage given by John O . B r e t t m a n a n d K a r e n N. 78 12' 20" E. along said land Brettman to Option One Mort- now or formerly of Hamblin and gage Corporation, dated April 4, along said lot numbered 23 2005 and recorded at Hampden three hundred seven and 48/100 County Registry of Deeds in (307.48) feet to the iron pipe Book 14932, Page 443 of which monument at the place of beginmortgage U.S. Bank National ning.

Association, as Trustee for J.P. Being a portion of lot numbered Morgan Mortgage Acquisition 24 on Plan of Valley View SubdiCorp. 2005-OPT1, Asset Backed vision #4 David & Catherine P a s s - T h r o u g h C e r t i f i c a t e s , Heggie, Westfield, Mass., recorSeries 2005-OPT1 is the present ded in Hampden County Reholder by assignment from Sand gistry of Deeds, Book of Plans Canyon Corporation f/k/a Op- 38, Page 50. tion One Mortgage Corporation to U.S. Bank National Associ- For mortgagor’s title see deed ation, as Trustee for J.P. Mor- recorded with the Hampden gan Mortgage Acquisition Corp. County Registry of Deeds in 2005-OPT1, Asset Backed Book 14932, Page 441.

Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1 dated Octo- The premises will be sold subber 22, 2012 recorded at Hamp- ject to any and all unpaid taxes den County Registry of Deeds in and other municipal assessBook 19571, Page 31; and as- ments and liens, and subject to signment from Sand Canyon prior liens or other enforceable Corporation f/k/a Option One encumbrances of record entitled Mortgage Corporation to U.S. to precedence over this mortBank National Association, as gage, and subject to and with Trustee for J.P. Morgan Mort- the benefit of all easements, regage Acquisition Corp. 2005- strictions, reservations and conOPT1, Asset Backed Pass- ditions of record and subject to Through Certificates, Series all tenancies and/or rights of 2005-OPT1 dated December 11, parties in possession.

2012 recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashBook 19707, Page 404, for ier's or certified check in the sum breach of conditions of said of $5,000.00 as a deposit must mortgage and for the purpose of be shown at the time and place foreclosing the same, the mort- of the sale in order to qualify as gaged premises located at 10 a bidder (the mortgage holder Heggie Drive, Westfield, MA and its designee(s) are exempt 01085 will be sold at a Public from this requirement); high bidAuction at 12:00PM on August der to sign written Memor21, 2015, at the mortgaged andum of Sale upon acceptpremises, more particularly de- ance of bid; balance of purscribed below, all and singular chase price payable in cash or the premises described in said by certified check in thirty (30) mortgage, to wit: days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee's attorThe land in Westfield, Hampden ney, Korde & Associates, P.C., County, Massachusetts, with the 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, buildings thereon bounded and Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or described as follows: such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The deBeginning at an iron pipe monu- scription for the premises conment on the westerly side of tained in said mortgage shall Heggie Drive, so-called, said control in the event of a typomonument being at the north- graphical error in this publicaeasterly corner of lot numbered tion.

23 on Plan hereinafter referred to; thence running Other terms to be announced at the sale.

N. 33 11' W. along the westerly line of said Heggie Drive one U.S. Bank National Association, hundred (100) feet to an iron as Trustee for pipe monument; thence same J.P. Morgan Mortgage course sixty-six and 74/100 Acquisition Corp. 2005-OPT1, (66.74) feet to an iron pipe Asset Backed Pass-Through monument in an angle of said Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1 Heggie Drive; thence Korde & Associates, P.C. N. 3 42' W. along said westerly 321 Billerica Road line of Heggie Drive thirty-two Suite 210 and 52/100 (32.52) feet to an Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 iron pipe at the southeasterly (978) 256-1500 corner of lot numbered 26 on said Plan; thence Brettman, Estate of John O. and Karen, S. 85 41' 23" W. along said lot 12-009367, J numbered 26 about two hun- uly 24, 2015, July 31, 2015, dred twenty-two and 96/100 August 7, 2015 (222.96) feet to an iron pipe monument at land now or formerly of Kotowski; thence S. 3 51' 50" E. along said land now or formerly of Kotowski one hundred nine and 59/100 (109.59) feet to an iron pipe monument; thence

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Arthur W. Purdy Jr. to Sovereign Bank, dated October 16, 2006 and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 16261, Page 59 ;of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:00 AM on August 14, 2015 at 8 Columbia Street, Westfield, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:

DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT 2015 SM 004796 ORDER OF NOTICE To: John B Dejean Jr and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.: Federal National Mortgage Association claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in GRANVILLE, numbered 384 WATER ST, given by John B Dejean Jr to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated February 22, 2008, and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 17169, Page 12 as affected by a modification agreement dated October 1, 2013 and recorded with said Registry at Book 20050, Page 44, and now held by the Plaintiff by assignment has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status.

If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before September 7, 2015 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER Chief Justice of this Court on July 27, 2015 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 201504-0668-PRP

August 7, 2015 (SEAL) THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT 2015 SM 003661 ORDER OF NOTICE To: Kenneth W. Johnson and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association FKA The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JP Morgan Chase Bank ,N.A., as Trustee for Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-RS9 claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Westfield, numbered 65 Massey Street, given by Kenneth W. Johnson to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank of Indiana, dated August 26, 2005, and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 15281, Page 191, and now held by the Plaintiff by assignment has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status.

If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before, August 31, 2015 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER, Chief Justice of this Court on July 23, 2015 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 201409-0217-TEA

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Description for 8 Columbia Street, Westfield, Massachusetts The land in WESTFIELD, in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows:

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City of Westfield

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Office of Community Development 59 Court Street Westfield, MA 01085 413-572-6244 NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Hampden Division 50 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 (413)748-8600

AND Docket No. HD15P1361EA

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the City of Westfield.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS On August 22, 2015, The City of Westfield will submit a request to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, to undertake a project known as Whitney Park Playground for the purchase of installation of the Jose Torres Memorial Playscape.

Beginning at the intersection of the northerly line of Columbia Street and the westerly line of a tract of land owned now or formerly by Oren B. Parks and James B. Atwater, and running PROJECT thence The City of Westfield proposes allocate approximately $50,000 NORTHERLY on the westerly in funds to develop a playline of land of said Parks and At- ground and install playground water, Eight (8) rods; thence equipment at Whitney Playground located off Shepard WESTERLY in a line parallel Street. Whitney Playground is with said Columbia Street, Four located in Census Tract 8127 (4) rods; which has been previously designated as an eligible location. thence SOUTHERLY in a line parallel with said westerly line of FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT land of Parks and Atwater, Eight IMPACT (8) rods to said Columbia Street; The City of Westfield has dethence termined that the project will have no significant impact on the EASTERLY on said Columbia human environment. Therefore, Street, Four (4) rods to the place an Environmental Impact Stateof beginning. Being the same ment under the National Envirpremises conveyed to the mort- onmental Policy Act of 1969 gagor herein by deed of Robert (NEPA) is not required. AdditionL. Strycharz, etux to be recor- al project information is conded herewith. tained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at The premises are to be sold DCD at City Hall, 59 Court subject to and with the benefit of Street, Westfield, MA and may all easements, restrictions, build- be examined or copied weeking and zoning laws, liens, attor- days, 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. ney’s fees and costs pursuant to M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, PUBLIC COMMENTS tax titles, water bills, municipal li- Any individual, group, or agency ens and assessments, rights of disagreeing with this determinatenants and parties in posses- tion or wishing to comment on sion. the project may submit written comments to Ms. Diana McLean TERMS OF SALE: at DCD. All comments received A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND by August 21, 2015 will be conDOLLARS AND 00 CENTS sidered by DCD prior to author($5,000.00) in the form of a certi- izing submission of a request for fied check or bank treasurer’s release of funds. Commenters check will be required to be de- should specify which part of this livered at or before the time the Notice they are addressing. bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to ex- RELEASE OF FUNDS ecute a Foreclosure Sale Agree- DCD certifies to HUD that Ms. ment immediately after the close Diana McLean in her capacity as of the bidding. The balance of grant Coordinator consents to the purchase price shall be paid accept the jurisdiction of the within thirty (30) days from the Federal Courts if an action is sale date in the form of a certi- brought to enforce responsibilitfied check, bank treasurer’s ies in relation to the environcheck or other check satisfact- mental review process and that ory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The these responsibilities have been Mortgagee reserves the right to satisfied. HUD’s approval of the bid at the sale, to reject any and certification satisfies its responsall bids, to continue the sale and ibilities under NEPA and related to amend the terms of the sale laws and authorities, and allow by written or oral announcement The City of Westfield to use Promade before or during the fore- gram funds. closure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Pur- OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE chaser at the sale shall be en- OF FUNDS titled only to a return of the de- HUD/State will accept objecposit paid. The purchaser shall tions to its release of funds and have no further recourse against the DCD’s certification for a perithe Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or od of fifteen days following the the Mortgagee’s attorney. The anticipated submission date or description of the premises con- its actual receipt of the request tained in said mortgage shall (whichever is later) only if they control in the event of an error in are on one of the following this publication. TIME WILL BE bases: (a) the certification was OF THE ESSENCE. not executed by the Diana McLean of DCD; (b) the DCD Other terms if any, to be an- has omitted a step or failed to nounced at the sale. make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 Santander Bank, N.A., CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipiformerly known as ent has committed funds or inSovereign Bank N.A., curred costs not authorized by formerly known 24 CFR Part 58 before approval as Sovereign Bank o f a r e l e a s e o f f u n d s b y HUD/State; or (d) another FedPresent Holder eral agency acting pursuant to of said Mortgage, 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitBy Its Attorneys, ted a written finding that the ORLANS MORAN PLLC project is unsatisfactory from the PO Box 540540 standpoint of environmental Waltham, MA 02454 quality. Objections must be prePhone: (781) 790-7800 pared and submitted in accordance with the required proced15-000360 ures (24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to HUD/State grant administration office at Address of that office. Potential objectors should contact HUD/State to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Diana McLean Community Development Block Grant Coordinator 59 Court Street Westfield, MA 01085

INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Estate of: Irene Y. Porcello Date of Death: July 6, 2015 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Gregory L. Porcello of West Hartford, CT a Will has been admitted to informal probate.

Gregory L. Porcello of West Hartford, CT 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.

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Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School Is looking for a dynamic, energetic manufacturing teacher. Career changers encouraged to apply.

Chapter 74 Machine Tool Technology Certified or Certifiable with the MA Department of Education Application/resume accepted until position is filled.

For job description www.smithtec.org Please forward a resume/ application to: D Carver Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, 80 Locust St. Northampton, MA 01060 413-587-1414 x 3406 An Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Supervise staff in residences who provide supportive care to adults with disabilities who have challenges in daily living. Associate’s degree required; Bachelor’s preferred.

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Provide supportive direct care to adults with disabilities who have challenges in daily living. Assist with daily living activities; transportation to/from appts; social, recreational & community activities. Requires a HS diploma or GED. All candidates must have valid driver's license & reliable car available for working hours. Exp working with adults with disabilities a plus.

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MULTI FAMILY. New & used in Westfield! Donations can be items. Pool cover, lawn dropped off at 301 E. Main St. in furniture, tupperware and more.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Office Space For Rent Office Space For Rent. One room office space available in downtown Westfield. This newly renovated space is on the second floor of an historic landmark on Broad Street. Space is approximately 12 x 13 (156 sq ft) Available for immediate occupancy, $300 per month, utilities included. Great for an attorney or traveling professional as a satellite office.Contact Al Ritchotte 413-530-3182 or by email: Alan@HLewisElderLaw.com

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Call: 413-330-2186

#1 PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/ DEMOLITION Removal of any items in cellars, attics, etc... Also brush removal and small demolition (sheds, decks, fences, one car garages).

Fully insured. Free estimate Phil (413)525-2892 or (413)265-6380

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ELECTRICIAN ALEKSANDR DUDUKAL ELECTRICAL Residential, Commercial, Industrial. Licensed and insured.

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D's Home and Move Local & Long Distance, Residential & Commercial moving and hauling.

Professional, dependable and hard working.

Fully insured Free estimates and references.

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Specializing in REMOVALS, CLEAN-OUTS, PICK-UPS. If it can be hauled, we will take it. Lowest prices, we will beat any quotes.

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JUNK EATERS... when you want it done fast, and right the first time.

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POEHLMAN ELECTRIC All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN HOME IMPROVEMENT PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, CENTENNIAL SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter de-icing cables installed. All CONSTRUCTION CO. calls answered! Best prices, Kitchens, Bathrooms & Additions prompt service. Lic. #A-16886. Specializing in Kitchens & Bath(413)562-5816.

MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years experience. Insured.

Reasonable prices. No job too small. Call Tom Daly, (413)5433100. Lic# A7625.

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room Remodeling; Replacement Windows; Aging in Place Renovations. Fully Insured.

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AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD Seasoned and green. Cut, split, delivered. Any length. Now ready for immediate delivery.

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T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops!

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Basements, attics & garages.

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HOME MAINTENANCE RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED Antennas removed, chimneys repaired and chimney caps installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent areas sealed. Senior citizen discount. Insured.

Free estimates.

H.I. Johnson Services (413)596-8859 (before 9pm) JOSEPH'S HANDYMAN COMPANY Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, basements, drywall, tile, floors, suspended ceilings, restoration services, doors, windows, decks, stairs, interior/exterior painting, plumbing. Small jobs ok. All types of professional work done since 1985. Call Joe, (413)364-7038.

HOUSE PAINTING ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!!

M&M SERVICES 20 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings. Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured.

References. Mass Reg. #121723. Call (413)568-9731.

No job too small !!

MASONRY ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. All brick, block, concrete. Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired. Sump pumps and french drain systems installed.

Foundations pointed and stuccoed. Free estimates.

(413)569-1611. (413)374-5377.

LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE ACCURATE LAWNCARE Cleanups, leaf/brush removal, trimming, mulch, gutter cleaning. Call (413)579-1639.

LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE Plumley Landscape Inc. Call us today for all your landscape needs. Landscape design and planting, irrigation installation and repair, and complete yard renovations. Drainage problems, stump grinding, chipper service, bobcat service, gravel driveways, excavation and demolition, including getting rid of that unwanted pool.

413-862-4749 LAWN CARE Shrub trimming/removal.

Yard clean-up. Weekly mowing.

Senior discounts.

413-314-8575

LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall Cleanups, Hedge Trimming, Thatching, Aeration, Mulching Mulch & Topsoil Deliveries Koi Ponds All Your Landscaping Needs Residential & Commercial (413)626-6122 or visit: www.haggerscape.com

PAINTING & WALLPAPERING A NEW LOOK FOR 2015!

Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallpapering, specializing in faux finishes. Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Kendra now for a free estimate and decorating advice.

(413)564-0223, (413)626-8880.

D's HOME and MOVE Reliable and Experienced painters. Interior/Exterior painting, sheetrock and repair work. At your home or business. Fully insured.

Free estimates and references.

413-461-6935 PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Low, low prices! Interior/Exterior painting & staining, Ceilings, walls and sheet-rock repair.

Carpentry of all forms. Trim, windows & flooring.

Commercial and Residential.

Free Estimates. Call Steve 413-335-4587 or 860-741-5588

STUMP GRINDING K & B STUMP GRINDING serving the Westfield area since 1988. Clean-up available. Fully insured; reliable; experienced & professional. (413)562-9128

DUMP TRUCK & TRACTOR SERVICE JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES Grading & leveling of dirt driveways & short roads. Loam spread, loader work, post hole digging. Mowing of fields and lots with large rotary mower.

Material delivery available.

Licensed & Insured (413)530-5430 SMALL JOBS...OUR SPECIALTY

Backhoe for small areas.

Dump truck deliveries for compost, mulch, fill, stone.

Grading & leveling for driveways, yards, pools.

Store pick-ups.

Boulders& rocks available.

Fully Insured

Top Dollar paid for your unwanted cars, trucks, vans.

Running or not. We pay and tow away. Sell your car TODAY. 413-534-5400

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.

APARTMENT Large 2 bedroom apartment on 2nd floor. Quiet and peaceful area. Walkable to Westfield center & 1.5 miles to WSU. On the bus line. No pets or smokers. $800 per month, plus utilities. off-stgreet parking. Call Bill with questions/location.

568-7795

BEAUTIFUL 2 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE Westfield: Clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Very reasonable heat cost. Sorry no pets.

From $850. (860)485-1216.

Equal Housing Opportunity

WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884.

ROOMS LARGE FURNISHED ROOM Parking, bus route, walking distance to all amenities. $120/weekly. Responsible mature male preferred.

Non-smoker.

(413)348-5070.

Call Paul at: 413-427-9213

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TREE SERVICE FOR LEASE

A BETTER OPTION GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. Firewood, (413)569-6104 American Tree & Shrub: Removal, pruning, bucket/crane work. Stump grinding, light excavation and tree planting.

40 yrs. experience. Fully insured, free estimates. 24-hour emergency services.

413-569-0469

CONRAD TREE SERVICE Expert Tree Removal Prompt estimates. Insured.

"After 35 years, we still work hard at being #1.

562-3395

UPHOLSTERY KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality workmanship at a great price. Free pickup and delivery. Call (413)562-6639.

PLUMBING & HEATING

WINDOW CLEANING

NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Reliable service, Professional. Certified Welding.

Insured. MA Lic. #PL31893-J. Call (413)531-2768 Nick7419@comcast.net

RESIDENTIAL WINDOW CLEANING In business locally for 25 years.

Please call early for scheduling.

Our calendar books up quickly!

413-568-2566

Westfield On The Green First time in 18 years this space is now available: FULLY EQUIPPED HAIR SALON or PREMIER OFFICE/ RETAIL SPACE Your choice 1300 Sq. ft. Bath/ Kitchenette/2 Entrances Includes Heat & Central AC Street level/HC accessible Don’t miss this opportunity!

Call: 413-568-7701

MOBILE HOMES Westfield: Route 10/202.

2 Bedrooms, 2 baths. 14' x 67'.

Breakfast bar, spacious kitchen.

Aluminum roof, shed. $46,500 413-593-9961 DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM

SERVICES A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN Debris removal, landscaping, spring yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462