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State to institute food waste ban By Peter Francis Staff Writer BOSTON — The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has issued final regulations on a statewide ban on commercial food waste, making it the first state in the nation to institute such a measure, according to state officials. Unveiled last Friday, the regulations are set to take effect in October of this year and are intended to divert leftover food in an effort to reduce the state’s waste stream. The ban, which will be regulated through the state Department of Environmental Protection, now requires businesses that dispose of at least one ton of organic material per week to donate or “re-purpose” any useable food. Under the ban, any remaining food waste will have to be shipped to an anaerobic digestion facility, where it will be converted to clean energy, or sent to composting and animal-feed operations. While residential food materials and food waste from small businesses are not included in the ban, state officials believe this is a huge step for the Bay State. “(The ban) is critical to achieving our aggressive waste disposal reduction goals and it is in line with our commitment to increase clean energy production,” said State Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary and former Mayor of Westfield Rick Sullivan. Officials say the ban affects approximately 1,700 institutions statewide, including supermarkets, institutions of higher learning, hotels, convention centers, hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants and food service and processing companies. “That number (1,700) is an estimate from information we’ve received from consultants,” said Edmund Coletta, a spokesman for the state’s Department of Environmental Protection. “There are 300 supermarkets around the state who have been voluntarily employing food waste separation programs, and they’ve seen great results. Each store has saved between $10,000 and $20,000 a year.” He also stated that, aside from the bordering states of Connecticut and Vermont who are in the process of instituting similar bans, no other state in the country has such a policy in place. “They (Connecticut and Vermont) are in the preliminary stages, and I think New York, San Francisco, and a few other west coast cities have their own bans in place,” said Coletta, adding that he thinks the results of the ban will spur similar legislation in states across the country. According to Brian Houghton, vice president of the Massachusetts Food Association, the 300 supermarkets have actually been onboard with this initiative for some time now. “They’ve been doing this for several years now,” he said. “Most of our supermarkets have already been working with the DEP, so we’re ahead of the curve.” Houghton added that municipalities will be saving space in their waste management systems by diverting food waste through alternative methods. “The first option is to donate the food, and if you can’t do anything with it, turning it into compost or bringing it to places like pig farms is the next option.” he said, while also mentioning the diversion of foodwaste to anaerobic digesters, which he says the state “really supports.” “I believe there are around seven of them statewide,” he said. “They’re the big thing in Europe right now, and they’re another means to use our food waste to produce energy.” According to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, an anaerobic digester uses micro-organisms to break down biodegradable materials, which create a biogas that can be used for heat and electricity.
“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.” — Gustave Flaubert
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Deedy encourages water rebate By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Selectman Joseph Deedy met with the Water Commissioners last night to help resolve a problem with a resident’s bill. Carol Ann Gauthier has been trying to resolve the problem for about a year. She attended several water meetings and after not receiving the solution she desired, she went to the Board of Selectmen about her concerns with both her water and sewer bills. The problem was with a meter that was broken for five years and fell through the cracks. Deedy was asked to serve as a liaison to Gauthier to reach a solution to the problem. The board, which also serves as sewer commissioners, ended up agreeing to give Gauthier back $591.55, minus $259.4 owed on the current bill. Deedy said the check was cut for $332.12. “She is now current and hopefully this won’t happen again,” Deedy said of Guathier’s sewer bill. While the Board of Selectmen have no say in what the Water Commission decides, Deedy said he went through her water bills and suggested the department give Gauthier back $498.71. Commissioner Edward Johnson noted that Gauthier already received two abatements and one “free bill,” but he would take Deedy’s suggestion “under advisement” and take up the matter at the next meeting because chairman Luther Hosmer was sick and missed last night’s meeting. “If you want to give her something back, I’d appreciate,” said Deedy, who presented the Commission with 13 pages of information on the subject. All agreed it was troublesome that a broken meter went undetected for five years. “It is disappointing that a meter wasn’t working for five years, but you can’t blame any one person,” Deedy said. The Water Commission is set to meet Feb. 20.
By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The City Council wrung its hands and gnashed its teeth about spending, but in the end voted to approve funding requests for both the Domus Inc., “Our House” project and to complete the design of the Council on Aging Senior Center. Proponents and opponents of both projects packed the City Council Chambers to advocate for council support for the projects during the public participation phase of the session last night. Proponents cited the benefits to the community, while opponents cited the construction cost, $1.4 million for Our House and $7.1 million for the senior center, as exorbitant expenditures of public funds. The City Council acted to approve Community Preservation Act funding of $80,000 for the Domus project to rehabilitate the former Westfield Chapter House of the American Red Cross into single room residences for homeless students, with the value added benefit of preserving an historic Broad Street building. See Council Approves, Page 8
Westfield State interim president is just that By JOSHUA CLARK Editor-in-Chief The Westfield Voice WESTFIELD – Dr. Elizabeth Hall Preston, interim president of Westfield State University, is not interested in the permanent position of president. Preston, who has been in that position since Nov. 8 after the resignation and retirement of embattled now-former president Dr. Evan S. Dobelle, spoke to The Westfield Voice in an excluELIZABETH sive interview conducted before PRESTON the start of the semester. She said that even if she were to be interested, Richard Freeland, commissioner of higher education, would not allow it. “Commissioner Freeland…is very clear that interim presidents are not eligible to be candidates for the permanent position,” she said. “He was very clear on that point when we had a conversation and that’s not a problem for me.” She holds optimistic hopes for the campus this semester, especially since the 175th anniversary of the university has been an ongoing theme throughout the year. The university released a 2014 calendar that features history of the university, and the committee that plans the events surrounding the anniversary met to See Interim President, Page 8
See Food Waste Ban, Page 8
Advance plays part on Team USA By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – As the games of 22nd Winter Olympiad get underway in Sochi, Russia, this week, the City of Westfield is set to play a larger role than one might expect in the success of Team USA. While women’s ice hockey defenseman Kacey Bellamy is by far the most notable Whip City product repping the stars and stripes, a local manufacturing company is also playing a small part in the efforts of another Team USA squad. Widely known as “The Night Train” because of their
four-man bobsled’s distinct black paint job, USA-1 will be driven in Sochi once again by bobsled legend Steve Holcomb of Park City, Utah, who is looking to repeat his gold medal performance during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, a performance made possible by bobsled blades, or runners, made by Advance Manufacturing in Westfield. “We’ve been manufacturing these blades since the early 2000s,” said Advance Manufacturing Production Manager Jeffrey Amanti. “All the guys here are very proud to produce these, and it’s a huge morale booster knowing
they’re part of the Olympic experience. Everyone is excited to be a part of it.” Amanti added that the company has made about 15 different sets of blades for the fourman team, which measure in at 14 mm thick, or about half an inch. The blades on the bottom front of the sled measure in at 36 inches long, while the bottom back runners measure 48 inches in length. Guy Ronzoni, an assistant plant manager at Advance, has been the bridge between the manufacturer and Team USA See Team USA, Page 8
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Gateway students send teacher off in style HUNTINGTON – Seventh grade students at Gateway Regional Jr. High School spent a bittersweet final hour of school on Wednesday, January 29, as they bid farewell to retiring history teacher Steve Estelle. Students gave testimony, acted out skits and performed a song in Estelle’s honor, before yielding the floor to remarks from the guest of honor. A theme repeated among student remarks was Mr. Estelle’s habit of making history come alive by telling stories., “If you need to understand history, you need to understand Mesopotamia,” said one student, in a much-appreciated testimony. “And to understand Mesopotamia, you need to understand my fence post.” Students also held a mock fashion show, which reflected Estelle’s habit of wearing comfortable shoes, khakis and polo shirts, and game-day attire (either “Gator” shirts or dress clothes) for days of girls’ soccer games. Students also described the impact that Estelle’s classes had on them. “Instead of seeing a mummy as an artifact, I came to see it as a person who was important to their region,” said a 7th grader. The Jr. High’s “Blue and Gold Committee”—a student service organization—had taken the time to rewrite the lyrics of one of Estelle’s favorite songs: “Springstein”, written by Eric Church. The song was performed by the entire grade—staff and guests included—much to Estelle’s surprise. During part of the tribute, Estelle left the room briefly, only to return in a “Cowardly Lion” costume, with a sign reading ‘Stay Calm and Have Courage’. When it was his turn to speak, Estelle said, “The really important thing about school is to find something in your life that you are good at, that you are passionate about, that you like doing. And pursue that as your life’s ambition.” More than a few tears were shed during the hour-long celebration, which included refreshments provided by Gateway’s food services staff. Estelle also took the occasion to formally hand over his classroom and students to Mr. Keith Boylan. Like Estelle, Boylan is also a Gateway graduate and, as a 7th grader, Boylan attended Estelle’s history classes. “This was a fantastic tribute,” Estelle said in thanking his students and colleagues. “All of you were wonderful.” Former students and staff are invited to a retirement party in Estelle’s honor on Friday, February 28 at Shaker Farms Country Club. Advanced ticket sales are $25 per person and include dinner and gift. Tickets are available in the Gateway Central Office. It was fitting that the tribute song by students ended with, “Funny how a melody sounds like a memory, like the soundtrack to a 7th grade history sage.”
Retiring teacher Steve Estelle, wearing his cowardly lion costume, took time to say goodbye to students on his last day of teachings. Shown here he’s speaking with Trent Larson. (Photo submitted)
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Dispute splits band of real-life Mich. superheroes PETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) — A dispute between two men over leadership of a costumed band of self-professed real-life Michigan superheroes has escalated into a battle of insults. Mark Williams, who dresses up as Batman to patrol the northern Michigan community of Petoskey, and Adam Besso, who hails from the Detroit area and is nicknamed “Bee Sting,” became friends after Williams got in trouble with police in 2011. But now their dispute has split the dozenmember Michigan Protectors group, The Detroit News reported (http://bit.ly/1ncY6oo ). “He is an abusive, neglectful, thieving, boastful, cowardly crook,” Williams said. “He belongs in jail, and I will see him there.” Williams, a part-time landscaper, has drawn attention for patrolling in Petoskey. He was arrested in 2011 after being spotted atop a building while wearing a Batman costume. He was arrested again in 2012 for interfering with police at an accident scene. Besso was arrested in 2012 after his shotgun See Heroes, Page 5
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2014. There are 327 days left in the year.
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n Feb. 7, 1964, The Beatles began their first American tour as they arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, where they cracked wise during a chaotic press conference while thousands of their fans were jammed inside the terminal.
On this date: In 1795, the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with states’ sovereign immunity, was ratified. In 1812, author Charles Dickens was born in Landport, Portsmouth, England. In 1857, a French court acquitted author Gustave Flaubert of obscenity for his serialized novel “Madame Bovary.” In 1904, a fire began in Baltimore that raged for about 30 hours and destroyed more than 1,500 buildings.
In 1944, Bing Crosby and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra recorded “Swinging on a Star” for Decca Records in Los Angeles. In 1948, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff; he was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy imposed a full trade embargo on Cuba. In 1974, the island nation of Grenada won independence from Britain. In 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered space walk, which lasted nearly six hours. In 1999, Jordan’s King Hussein died of cancer at age 63; he was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.
Ten years ago:
In 1914, Keystone Film Co. released the silent short comedy “Kid Auto Races at Venice,” Charles Chaplin’s second film, and the first in which he plays the Little Tramp.
John Kerry won the Washington state and Michigan Democratic presidential primaries.
In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized a flag for the office of the vice president.
A miles-wide section of ice in Lake Erie broke away from the Ohio shoreline, trapping about 135 fishermen, some for as long
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as four hours before they could be rescued (one man fell into the water and later died of an apparent heart attack). Walls of flame roared across southeastern Australia, leveling scores of homes, forests and farmland in the country’s worst wildfire disaster in a quarter century. Bolivia’s new constitution took effect. Death claimed jazz singer Blossom Dearie at age 84, country singer Molly Bee at age 69, and Jack Cover, inventor of the Taser stun gun, at age 88.
One year ago: CIA Director-designate John Brennan strongly defended antiterror attacks by unmanned drones under close questioning at a protest-disrupted confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Today’s Birthdays: Author Gay Talese is 82. Former Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., is 79. Actor Miguel Ferrer is 59. Reggae musician Brian Travers (UB40) is 55. Comedy writer Robert Smigel (SMY’-guhl) is 54. Actor James Spader is 54. Country singer Garth Brooks is 52. Rock musician David Bryan (Bon Jovi) is 52. Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard is 52. Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 49. Actor Jason Gedrick is 47. Actress Essence Atkins is 42. Rock singer-musician Wes Borland is 39. Rock musician Tom Blankenship (My Morning Jacket) is 36. Actor Ashton Kutcher is 36. Actress Tina Majorino is 29. Actress Deborah Ann Woll (TV: “True Blood”) is 29.
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Westfield growers place in state corn yield contest WESTFIELD – Two corn growers from Westfield recently placed in the 2013 National Corn Growers’ Association’s (NCGA) Corn Yield Contest in Massachusetts Elisa C. Kosinski won second place in the A No-Till/ Strip-Till Non-Irrigated division with Pioneer® brand hybrid P0216HR, which yielded 231 bushels per acre. Susan Kosinski won second place in the A NonIrrigated division with Pioneer® brand hybrid P9917AMX, which yielded 250 bushels per acre. The Kosinskis earned two of the 266 state titles won by growers planting Pioneer hybrids. The NCGA awarded 433 state titles in this year’s contest. Growers planting Pioneer hybrids dominated the contest and won 61% percent of all state awards presented. The NCGA Corn Yield contest is an annual U.S. national competition among corn growers with the goal of capitalizing on the high genetic yield potential of today’s corn hybrids. Growers compete in six corn production classes, including non-irrigated (A and AA), no-till/strip-till non-irrigated (A and AA), irrigated and no-till/strip-till irrigated classes. “Each year, we continue to see growers planting Pioneer corn hybrids succeed in the NCGA Corn Yield contest, and we’re thrilled that these growers choose Pioneer products for these winning yields,” says DuPont Pioneer President Paul E. Schickler. “These results continue to demonstrate the impressive yield potential that Pioneer genetics bring to our customers, and it also demonstrates what growers can achieve by planting the right product on the right acre. “We’re excited about the diversity of hybrids represented in this year’s contest by growers planting Pioneer products,” he says. “It shows that Pioneer is advancing hybrids locally to help growers’ succeed across diverse environments.”
Government Meetings NEXT SCHEDULED MEETINGs
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HUNTINGTON Board of Assessors at 6 pm
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 SOUTHWICK Budget Hearings Day 1 at 8 am Finance Committee at 11:30 am
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 WESTFIELD Council on Aging at 2:30 pm License Commission at 6 pm Park & Rec at 7 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
CHESTER Selectmen at 6 pm
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 TOLLAND Conserv Comm Open Office Hours & Business Meeting at 12 pm
SOUTHWICK Planning Board Public Hearing - 809 College Hwy at 7:15 pm
WESTFIELD Housing Authority at 6 pm Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm Department of Public Works at 7 pm
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has approved a bill that would make changes in the state’s unemployment insurance system that supporters say will lower costs for businesses. The measure, which passed on a 33-4 vote yesterday, continues a freeze on unemployment insurance rates through 2017, introduces an updated rating table and expands the employer exemption given to seasonal businesses from 16 to 20 weeks. Senate President Therese Murray said the bill will provide financial predictability, reward positive employment histories with lower costs and foster a healthy economy. “These reforms strike a careful balance between providing businesses with a helping hand without taking that same hand away from the unemployed,” said Murray, D-Plymouth. Mass High Tech Council President Chris Anderson said the Senate missed an “opportunity to enact meaningful reforms.” “Massachusetts will remain at a significant cost disadvantage relative to other states that are aggressively seeking to build high-tech economies like ours,” he said. Business groups have suggested lowering the duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 26 weeks and requiring workers to be employed for at least 20 weeks, up from the current 15 weeks, before being eligible for benefits. Under the bill, people will be allowed to collect benefits if they quit their second jobs before they’re laid off from their primary jobs. Business owners will be allowed to collect unemployment benefits if they leave their companies but will be required to pay back any money collected if they return to the same companies within the same benefit year. The legislation also adds whistleblower protections for employees who testify about their employers’ defrauding the system and bans crewmembers on commercial fishing vessels from being denied unemployment benefits if unemployment is the result of federal fisheries management restrictions. The bill now heads to the House.
Heroes Continued from Page 2 discharged as he patrolled near Flint while wearing a bulletproof vest, black leather jacket with a bee logo, shin guards and knee pads. When Besso got out of jail, he rejuvenated the dormant Michigan Protectors, but some wanted Williams to be co-leader. “He has to tear others down to feel better about himself,” Besso said. “He’s like ‘Lord of the Flies’ with a slightly better version of dirt bags.”
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Shake Off the Winter with Friends By Tina Gorman Director, Westfield Council On Aging WESTFIELD — Excitement is in the air for older adults living in Westfield as plans are well underway for the long awaited new Senior Center. The design team has been hard at work, fleshing out the details of the structure, both inside and out. Neighborhood meetings have been held and the Planning Board has reviewed and approved the proposal. A brochure depicting the plans is available through the Friends of the Westfield Senior Center group. For those wishing to TINA GORMAN view the poster size plans, they are on display at the current Senior Center located at 40 Main Street. The new building will be spacious and functional, allowing the Council On Aging to offer additional services, programs, and activities. The ‘Friends of the Westfield Senior Center’ has assumed the responsibility of raising $500,000 to furnish the new Center. Toward that end, the group continues to enroll new members, host fundraising events, and plan a capital campaign. Membership dues are $10 per year for an individual, $20 per year for a family, and $100 for a lifetime individual membership. Flyers regarding membership are available at the Senior Center as well as on the Friends website, www.westfieldseniors.org. Anyone may join the Friends group. There are no age or residency restrictions. All that’s necessary is a sincere interest in providing a better quality of life for Westfield’s older See Shake Off the Winter, Page 8
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Hi! I was wondering if anybody out there in PulseLine Land can tell me how many times a person can be tried for the same offense. I just read in The Westfield News this Rintala thing is with a locked jury or something and Amanda Knox first guilty then innocent now guilty again. I thought there was double jeopardy. I though once you got found innocent or guilty that was it. Once the appeals were over that was it. Maybe somebody who knows more about this can help me out. Thanks a lot. Just a thought. Northwestern Assistant District Attorney Gagne addresses this question in the press conference following the declaration of a mistrial in the Rintala case. You can see what he says at about 5:51 minutes in the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ti5XIv3zT0#t=364 Hello I’m a property owner tax payer. I lived here in Westfield for over 40 years and managed to pay the property tax. Now that I’m retired and on a fixed income I find it harder as the years pass by to keep up and I see no end in sight to keep up with the never ending mind set of the Mayor and City Finance Committee as shown in Monday’s article Called, Funding requests review slated. Mr Mayor, I’m sorry if I take offense when I see that they need funds totaling $371.000 from the ( Free money account ). Free Money Account. The use of this account is used with every project this city of Westfield kicks off, for years. I really think you people truly think its Free money. Its money extorted from the tax payers, That is what it is and you try to justify the Free Money Account. Buy starting a $7 Million dollar project and a 1.4 million project. wonderful Oh I understand you need to do it to get State and Fed Funding. I need to ask, after all is done, who’s paying, to heat, staff, furnish, and maintain these buildings. Oh let guess must be all the property owner paying with hard earned Not so free Money both of these projects are really nothing but a slap in the face of the Tax paying people, Why don’t you call the, FREE MONEY ACCOUNT what it truly is EXTORTED MONEY ACCOUNT and Mr Mayor if this is the way of thinking in the City Hall ( FREE MONEY) You need to step down NOTHING IS FREE Please Make it Stop Joe Homeowner Hey, what’s going on with the PulseLine? I haven’t heard anyone bitching about the “monstrous clock”, “bums” under the bridge, all the criminals on Meadow Street, how they screwed up the downtown green, “good ol’ boy” politicians – where are all the whiners? Hibernating? Come on! Winter’s only got a couple months left. Let’s hear some complaining! Signed, A Complainer griping about the lack of whining this winter. This is in response to the PulseLine of Feb. 3, and the resident of East Silver Street who was disappointed with the lack of apparent compassion and generosity of her neighbors in response to her request for charitable support to a cause obviously near and dear to her heart. You are to be commended for your own obvious altruism and lack of fear in what can often be a daunting task – asking others for money. Your own passion is obvious, even in spite of the lack of support you may have received, as it was clear from your posting your were determined and committed to the cause driven by your own compassion for, and belief and support of your friend. Such skills contribute to being a successful fundraiser. I hope you will accept a few thoughts, as someone who has been fundraising professionally for more than 20 years. Contrary to what you might have discovered in your own neighborhood, fundraising is best done on a local level. Your thoughts about asking those closest to the situation were indeed on target. That said, fundraising is both an art and a science. From an artistic point of view, one must have an ability to tell a story – paint a picture. Drawing on personal experience to build your case for support can often times be a powerful motivating factor. But it is not always the only motivating factor. Today, everyone seems to be asking for money so your cause competes with the multitude of requests many of us receive both at home and work; by phone, mail, and even electronic communication and social media. A few other important factors when it comes to philanthropy. Different people give for different reasons – so what motivates one person will not necessarily motivate someone else. Some folks give because it is expected, some because a friend/coworker/neighbor asks, some because of altruism, some because there is a perk or benefit involved, others because they feel pressure, still others because their friends are doing so. The number one reason people give, however, is because they are asked. That said, it doesn’t mean they’re always going to give.When it comes to the science of fundraising: There is a fairly easy formula one can apply. A+B+C = D. Or, (A)wareness + (B)elief + (C)apacity = Donor. Just because your neighbors may have been aware of the situation (vis-a-vis your knocking on their door) does not necessarily mean they shared your belief, or possessed your capacity. Philanthropy is a very personal thing oddly enough and there are many factors driving a potential donor’s decision to contribute. Back to art: As I mentioned previously the number one reason people give is because they are asked. Equally as important in the art of fundraising are the WHO & WHEN. WHO is asking, and WHEN are they (the donor) being asked. A good fundraiser knows NO doesn’t always mean NO. For instance, someone who says, “No, I can’t possibly make a donation of $10 right now,” would signal to me that I might be able to ask them next week, next month, or at another time. Or, “No, I can’t possibly contribute $100,” would lead to a follow up of, “Is there an amount that is more personally meaningful to you right now?”Please don’t give up on your neighbors. There is a plenty of compassion going around in the world and there are people who will listen to your story, and who will support your cause. Fundraising is never about asking people for money, but rather about building a relationship with people, and knowing sometimes you have to ask them again, and again, and again. The philosopher Lao Tzu once wrote, “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” You appear to possess all three. May you be blessed for all you do. Join the conversation at pulseline@thewestfieldnews.com
The Snowden era of journalism By Darren Samuelsohn and Dylan Byers Politico.com Welcome to the Edward Snowden-era of national security journalism — a time when no scoop is too small, no detail too minor, and revelations about government surveillance pour forth on an almost daily basis. It’s a significant departure from the way things used to be. After Sept. 11, reporters and editors often heeded tremendous pressure from government officials, including the president and/or national security adviser, to hold blockbuster articles concerning classified U.S. spy operations — accepting the warnings that publishing the information could put national security in danger or even lead to another catastrophe. But just as Watergate changed the ethos of political journalism, the Snowden leaks appear to have upended the way many journalists approach national security reporting. While substantial portions of Snowden’s massive cache of information has been withheld, Americans have been treated to a seemingly endless wave of articles since the first stories landed in June — leaving Obama administration officials and members of Congress fuming and even some veteran journalists concerned that the bar to publish has fallen too low. Snowden has prompted a free-for-all among journalists itching to tell America’s surveillance secrets, an important generational shift as the nation faces years of growing debate about privacy in an increasingly wired world. The litany of stories come not just from the handful of reporters with access to the former NSA contractor’s treasure-trove of documents but also from competitors eagerly searching for scoops to move the dial on what has become one of the biggest stories of the decade. “For years … it was like the number of articles to come out on NSA you could count on the fingers on one hand,” said James Bamford, who has written four books on government surveillance. “Now it’s almost impossible to keep up.” “What we’ve seen with the Snowden revelations is the impact that putting documents out there really has,” added Siobhan Gorman, a national security reporter for The Wall Street Journal, during a recent panel discussion hosted by Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She recalled her own work in 2008 about the George W. Bush administration gathering internet meta-data — a story that upset the intelligence community but didn’t have anywhere near the public resonance of the Snowden-inspired articles that have run in The Guardian and The Washington Post. While Snowden made off with an estimated 1.7 million documents — that number comes courtesy of National Security Agency officials — only a couple dozen have been released in public. They’ve made up the backbone for about 200 original stories, including blockbusters that described the government sweeping up of billions of phone records and surveillance on some of the closest U.S. allies. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, repeated
his call Tuesday during a hearing of the House Intelligence Committee for Snowden and his “accomplices” — he hasn’t been specific, but most believe he’s referring to journalists who have access to the material — to return documents that haven’t been reported on “to prevent even more damage to U.S. security.” But there has been an evolution of how government officials try to prevent publication of stories on intelligence secrets as well. Obama administration heavyweights have also shown a willingness to engage with reporters digging on the surveillance story. The NSA itself has gone on a charm offensive, opening up its Fort Meade headquarters just outside the Washington Beltway to print reporters and for an unusual onsite television interview with “60 Minutes.” Clapper has also released reams of once-classified materials, including opinions from the federal court that has approved the surveillance programs but also criticized NSA for poor management. “The presumption I think that the government has had in some cases prior to Snowden, that they could get you to just not at all publish a story, or hold it for some extensive period of time, there are fewer of those conversations and more of the kind of conversation about, ‘Do you really need this detail to tell your story?’” Gorman said. “It’s less of a wholesale pushback, and it tends to be a little more focused.” Barton Gellman, a Washington Post reporter who has worked with Snowden, said during the Medill-sponsored panel discussion that he’s been following many of the same procedures he’s long used on the national security beat, checking with editors and also giving government sources an opportunity to explain why something touchy shouldn’t be published. The Post met last spring with administration officials before running its first story based off the Snowden documents about the PRISM program that allows U.S. officials to tap directly into the servers of nine major Internet companies, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Facebook. At first, the government urged the Post to not publish the company names. Asked for a reason, Gellman said the government argued that it was concerned about losing out on future cooperation with private industry. “In my view, and it was shared by the editor, was that if the harm you’re worried about consists of the public disliking what you’re doing and responding either politically or in terms of the marketplace to that, then that’s why we publish it,” Gellman said. “That’s the nature of accountability.” Gellman said he has more stories in the works based off the Snowden documents, but he won’t be publishing all of the materials he has either. “It’s a very peculiar relationship to be in with the reading public, in which I am doing the blacking out because I think part of the information is vital to understand the story and part of it shouldn’t be disclosed,” he said. See Snowden Era, Page 8
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Kerry gives Washington Capitals an Olympic sendoff By Natalie Villacorta Politico.com Secretary of State John Kerry performed a ceremonial puck drop Thursday night at the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets game in D.C. to honor the eight players who will participate in the Sochi Olympics next week. Before the game, he visited the Caps’ locker room to meet the players and wish them good luck. The team gifted him with a Caps jersey. “Can I wear this in Boston when I go to the Garden?” he joked, according to a Monumental Network video. Kerry tweeted earlier in the day that he used to play a little hockey back in the day. “Still have my skates-call if you need back up!” he joked. He played at his high school, St. Paul’s School, on Yale’s junior varsity team and with other members of Congress. But he hasn’t played in a while, he told the New York Times last month, “Maybe that’s for the best; after all, I had the broken nose and black eyes a couple years ago after my annual New Year’s Day game. The president found me at the State of the Union and said, ‘John, you’ve got to stop playing hockey.’” The opening ceremony begins at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday morning, but it will not be aired by NBC until 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time. At Thursday’s game, the Capitals defeated the Jets 4-2. The Capitals’ John Carlson will play for the United States,
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Cleanup continues A Southwick Department of Public Works employee mixes a salt/sand mixture at the former DPW yard Thursday. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
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Police Logs Court Logs Emergency Response and Crime Report Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 1:03 a.m.: domestic disturbance, Conner Avenue, a caller reports a couple is fighting, the responding officers report they met a female resident outside who downplayed the incident calling it “high school drama” but when they went inside they found a highly upset woman who said that she had been at the apartment with her former boyfriend and another man when she realized that two packs of cigarettes and $20 was missing from her bag, the woman said that she found the cigarettes in her former boyfriend’s bag and asked the other man to check him for the missing money but the man only pretended to check, she said that he then picked her up and carried her out the door and when he dropped her she fell down the flight of stairs, the female resident said that the victim had tripped and fallen down the stairs, the male parties had left the area, at the victim’s request the officer applied for a warrant in reference to the assault but not for the larceny; 9:51 a.m.: parking violation, Church Street, a community policing officer reports a parking violation, as the snowfall continued officers reported additional snow parking ban violations on Franklin Street, Chapel Street, Notre Dame Street, Monroe Street, Jefferson Street, Linden Avenue, Avery Street, Ethan Avenue and Summer Street: 10:23 a.m.: disabled vehicle, Main Street at Meadow Street, patrol officers reports he stopped to assist the operator of PVTA bus which became hung up on a snowbank while attempting to turn on to Main Street, a heavy duty tow truck was summoned but was unable to help when it too became stuck, a tow truck from a towing company in the city was passing and stopped to assist, the bus was extricated and continued on its route; 5:07 p.m.: larceny, Cherry Street, a caller reports some of her jewelry was stolen, the responding officer reports his investigation revealed that the items had been pawned, the property was recovered and the victim said that she does not wish to pursue criminal charges; 5:25 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Darwin Drive, a caller reports a vehicle is pulling neighborhood children in a tube, the responding officer reports he spoke with a 15-year-old boy who admitted towing children with his ATV, the youth was advised of the dangers and consequences of such activity, the boy’s father was advised and reports that the ATV will be parked; 8:20 p.m.: narcotics violation, Conner Avenue, a caller reports he observed two men with drugs in an apartment which is supposed to be vacant, the responding officer reports he identified and spoke with two men who claimed to have permission from a health department employee to clean out the residence, the men were asked to leave and advised to ask the employee to relay his permission to police before they return; 11:58 p.m.: recovered motor vehicle, Thomas Street, a patrol officer reports he encountered a commercial van on Thomas Street which had been reported to have been stolen in Connecticut, the officer reports the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard were workers were advised not to touch the interior of the vehicle as a crime scene investigator will be dispatched from the Connecticut department to process it.
Boy dies when TV falls on him GARDNER, Mass. (AP) — Police say an 8-year-old boy attending an after-school program at a Gardner elementary school has died after a television and cart fell on him. The Worcester district attorney’s office said in a statement that the television fell on Colby O’Brien at about 4 p.m. Thursday at the Elm Street Elementary School. He was taken to Heywood Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities say the death remains under investigation, but it appears to be an accident. Grief counselors are being brought into the city’s school’s on Friday to help students dealing with the death.
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Westfield District Court Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 Pamela St. Sauveur, 46, of 62 Lakeview St., Southwick, was released on her personal recognizance pending an April 2 hearing after she was arraigned on a charge of leaving the scene of a property damage accident brought by Granville police. Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 Haley Kelly, 20, of 21 Essex Road, Milton, was released on her personal recognizance pending an April 10 hearing after she was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery brought by Westfield State University police. Dominic A. Dilizia Jr., 44, of 2 Union St., was released on his personal recognizance pending an April 4 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of littering trash brought by Westfield police. Edwin A. Guzman, 32, of 565 Plainfield St., Springfield, pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct brought by Westfield police and was fined $50. He was also assessed $50. Christopher J. Houle, 46, of 51 Hamilton St., Holyoke, was released on his personal recognizance pending an April 4 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor and larceny of property valued less than $250 brought by Westfield police. Heamon Williams, 18, of 560 Meadow St., South Lee, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of being a person younger than the legal drinking age in possession of liquor brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding with probation for three months. He was assessed $50. Desray B. King, 19, of 7 Jefferson St., was released on her personal recognizance pending an April 10 hearing after she was arraigned on two charges of improper use of a credit card valued less than $250 and single charges of charges of larceny of property valued less than $250 by a single scheme and receiving a stolen credit card brought by Westfield police. In a second case also brought by Westfield police, King was again released on her personal recognizance pending an April 10 hearing after she was arraigned on two charges of improper use of a credit card valued less than $250, larceny of property valued less than $250 by a single scheme and receiving a stolen
Ludlow man charged with beating dog LUDLOW, Mass. (AP) — A Ludlow man is facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly beating his Pomeranian dog with pruning shears and leaving it for dead in a snowy field. Ricardo Costa was arrested Thursday and is charged with felony cruelty or maiming of an animal. He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday. Police say the 40-year-old Costa beat the dog named Scrunchy with pruning shears because it defecated indoors and no one had cleaned up the mess. Police say they found blood and hair in the area the dog was allegedly beaten. The year-old dog was still alive when it was found several hours later. It was taken to an animal hospital with extensive injuries, including a fractured skull. It was not clear if Costa had a lawyer.
credit card. Edward M. Daley, 47, of 21 Hancock St., was released on his personal recognizance pending an April 16 hearing after he was arraigned on two charges assault and battery brought by Westfield police. William Rojas, 26, of 1210 Russell Rod, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding with probation for three months. He was assessed $50 and found to be not responsible for a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker. Samuel J. Seaver, 36, of 633 North Lane, Granville, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings for a charge of larceny of property valued more than $250 brought by Granville police and the charges were continued without a finding with probation for one year. He was assessed $90 and ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution. Kendra L. Forgues, 19, of 2080 Northampton St., Holyoke, was released on her personal recognizance pending an April 10 hearing after she was arraigned on two charges of improper use of a credit card valued less than $250 and single charges of charges of larceny of property valued less than $250 by a single scheme and receiving a stolen credit card brought by Westfield police. Jose R. Larriu, 51, of 13 Clark St., was released on his personal recognizance pending an April 10 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery brought by Westfield police.
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Multi-faceted master bedroom MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press We’re told a well-designed master bedroom should be an oasis of romantic calm. It’s also supposed to be the practical place where you store clothing and get a good night’s sleep, and it may also be where you watch television, pay bills and even set up a home office. That’s a lot to ask of a single room. On the bright side, says interior designer Brian Patrick Flynn, you have plenty of decorating freedom. “Since bedrooms are all about self-expression and comforts,” he says, “you can break the rules as much as you want.” We’ve asked Flynn, founder of Flynnside Out Productions, and two other design experts — Betsy Burnham of Burnham Design and Molly Luetkemeyer of M. Design Interiors — for tips on breaking those rules with style to create the ultimate master bedroom.
ONLY THE CALMEST COLORS Forget trendy shades or your favorite bright colors. Burnham advises sticking to a soothing palette of ivory and white, evoking a luxury hotel room. “You can layer color into that if you want to,” she says. If your idea of peace and quiet involves deeper colors, Flynn suggests navy blues or black-brown tones. And if you really want bolder color or patterns, Luetkemeyer recommends using a single pattern throughout your bedroom. This “en suite” look involves using the same fabric for curtains and bedspread, and even covering the walls in the same pattern. “Even a busy pattern won’t feel too chaotic if you’re consistent” in using it throughout the room, she says.
BIG BEDS IN SMALL ROOMS Think your medium-size or small bedroom can’t handle a gorgeous four-poster bed? Burnham says a bed like that can serve as “a statement piece” that brings lots of style. It actually frees up space, because you won’t need any extra, decorative pieces of furniture for pizazz. Flynn agrees, as long as the bedroom isn’t extremely small and the nightstands are in proportion. One of his pet peeves is a large bed flanked by tiny tables, which can make the tables look like they belong in a dollhouse.
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This photo provided by Brian Patrick Flynn shows a bedroom designed by Flynn and featured on HGTV.com that demonstrates the designer’s use of hefty chests and dressers next to beds rather than small night stands. Flynn suggests chests as an alternative due to their scale, especially in bedrooms with tall headboards. (AP Photo/Brian Patrick Flynn/HGTV.COM, Sarah Dorio)
This photo provided by Brian Patrick Flynn illustrates that the designer Flynn often installs pendant lights beside beds, directly above chests or nightstands rather than using table lamps. Flynn suggests this helps anchor tall headboards, free up useable surface space and also introduce interesting shapes into a room. Also, Flynn insists that all lighting fixtures are installed on dimmers, allowing restful spaces to feel moody and sexy. (AP Photo/Brian Patrick Flynn, Sarah Dorio)
These designers are seeing a trend toward upholstered beds and headboards, and even upholstery fabric used on walls. “It’s this idea that you’re being completely cocooned and buffered from the world,” Luetkemeyer says. For some clients, she has also upholstered the inside of armoires or other storage pieces to create a complete sense of softness. With softness in mind, Flynn suggests using more than one layer of window treatment: “I usually layer black-out shades with custom, pleated drapery panels,” he says. “This softens the hard edges of the room, helps with noise control and also allows the homeowner to sleep in as late as they want.” If you’re worried that all that softness will make the room too feminine, Burnham suggests adding just a few sharper, cleaner lines for balance. Choose sleek, mid-century vintage lamps to place on either side of an upholstered bed. Or opt for a dresser with simple, clean lines rather than a piece that’s ornate and curvy. This photo provided by Brian Patrick Flynn shows on Hayneedle.com, the designer Flynn has remodeled a large bedroom with natural light as the focus. Flynn replaced small windows with 6-foot tall French doors which open to a deck, instantly turning what was a lackluster space into a relaxing retreat. To capitalize on the light, Flynn painted the walls and ceiling with a faint shade of blush in an eggshell finish. (AP Photo/Brian Patrick Flynn/Hayneedle.com, Sarah Dorio)
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This photo provided by Brian Patrick Flynn shows how the designer Flynn layered his windows with black-out shades from Texton and custom drapery panels lined with blackout liner in his own bedroom, in Los Angeles. The layering helps with the noise control outside the windows coming from busy, nightlife-centric Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, and the blackout liner helps him to sleep in on weekends when the bright California sun starts creeping in before 6 a.m. (AP Photo/Brian Patrick Flynn, Zeke Ruelas)
It may sound radical, but Luetkemeyer hears from clients now that they’re ready to remove the TV and all gadgets from their bedrooms. “People are saying, ‘I’m in such overload all day long, and I’m reachable within an inch of myself,” she says, “and I want to have one place where it’s really mine.” Burnham sees the beginnings of a similar trend, though for many people the habit of checking e-mail in bed or watching TV before they go to sleep is a hard one to kick. If you have a desk in your bedroom, consider relocating it. And try plugging in your phone and other gadgets somewhere else in your home at night so you won’t be tempted to check them.
SKIP NIGHTSTANDS Flynn suggests using 30-inch-tall dressers or chests instead of traditional nightstands: “I’ll hit up flea markets and find two different chests
with very similar proportions,” he says, using these less expensive pieces to flank a more expensive custom headboard or platform bed. Luetkemeyer agrees that closed storage at bedside is a wise move for most people. It keeps necessities handy, but hides clutter to make your sleeping area look organized even when it isn’t.
PENDANTS AND SCONCES INSTEAD OF TABLE LAMPS Chandeliers are often used in dining rooms and entryways to add glamour and drama. Flynn’s tip? They “work just as well in bedrooms.” “I often install pendant lights over nightstands instead of using table lamps,” he says, “especially if the headboard is tall and dramatic. Whenever possible, I try to use sculptural pendants which introduce interesting shapes to the room and I always, 100 percent of the time, install them on dimmers.”
MORTGAGE RATES: Average U.S. rate on 30-year loan at 4.23 percent WASHINGTON (AP) — Average U.S. rates for fixed mortgages fell this week as the latest data continued to
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This undated image supplied by Enchanted Home Pet shows one of the company’s dog-sized sofas. The furniture’s contemporary styling, colors and patterns are designed to be inviting and comfortable for pets while offering aesthetic appeal to their human owners as accent pieces that will look nice in a well-appointed home. (AP Photo)
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Buying new furniture BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sydney Masters’ dog Angus has white fur. But he loves to play and dig in the mud, so his paws are often brown. And that was a factor in Masters’ choice of sofa. “We didn’t choose the lovely white sofa that I wanted. No! We chose a rich dark brown leather couch,” said Masters, who shares a Manhattan apartment and a home in France with her husband, who is French, and with Angus, a West Highland terrier. Finding furniture that dogs and cats won’t ruin is a challenge for pet owners. Here are some things to think about when you’re buying furniture, along with some ideas for protecting it from fur, stains and scratches. LEATHER Many dog owners report that leather works well as a pooch-proof alternative to fabric. “It’s that kind of glossed leather that repels water and dirt,” Masters says. Angus tends to stay off the sofa because the leather surface is “not as comfy or warm as other places and it’s a little slippery.” If he does occasionally sit on it, Masters says the dirt is easily wiped off. But leather might not work for households with cats, who may damage it with their claws, according to the American Humane Association’s chief veterinary adviser Dr. Patricia Olson. Owners of dog breeds that habitually dig or scratch might also think twice about leather. MICROFIBER In addition to leaving scratch marks on leather, cat claws can destroy fabric upholstery. Some cat owners say that microfiber, a syn-
thetic, velvety suede-like material, is a good alternative. It’s smoother and less appealing to cats than knits or woven fabric they can sink their claws into. And fur — from dogs or cats — is easily removed from microfiber with a vacuum, lint roller or cloth. Microfiber can also be spot-cleaned. FABRIC Texture and design matter when choosing furniture. Some folks don’t like the feel of leather (too cold) or microfiber (too synthetic) compared to fabric. Fabriccovered sofas and chairs also come in the widest range of colors and patterns, offering more choices for home decor. If you own pets and must have fabric-covered sofas, consider this advice from Jay Jeffers of the Jeffers Design Group in San Francisco: “I would always suggest a fabric with a small pattern or texture - a herringbone pattern or small check creates a great disguise.” And don’t be afraid to camouflage your pet’s fur. “In our house, the furniture is in similar colors to our pets so their fur blends in,” Jeffers said. Fabric slipcovers with zippers that are easily removed and washed are a plus. Some brands, like IKEA, sell fitted slipcovers for their sofas so they can be replaced easily. A COUCH OF THEIR OWN One way to keep pets off your furniture is to give them a couch of their own. But where should sleeping dogs lie? Choices abound, from $30 floor pillows at discount pet chains to $1,200-$1,400 custom B-Home brand dog beds, sold at Jeffers’ design store, Cavalier — named for his two cavalier King Charles spaniels. Enchanted Home Pet sells
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Mortgage Continued from Page 6 will likely rise around 5 percent, down from double-digit gains in 2013. Steady job gains are putting more people to work and enabling them to buy a home. And rising prices should encourage more owners to sell their homes. A larger supply of available homes would likely boost sales. To calculate average mortgage rates, Freddie Mac surveys lenders across the country between Monday and Wednesday each week. The average doesn’t include extra fees, known as points, which most borrowers must pay to get the lowest rates. One point equals 1 percent of the loan amount. The average fee for a 30-year mortgage was unchanged at 0.7 point. The fee for a 15-year loan rose to 0.7 point from 0.6 point. The average rate on a oneyear adjustable-rate mortgage fell to 2.51 percent from 2.55 percent. The fee increased to 0.5 point from 0.4 point. The average rate on a fiveyear adjustable mortgage slipped to 3.08 percent from 3.12 percent. The fee held at 0.5 point.
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LEE REICH Associated Press With Valentine’s Day coming up, thoughts naturally turn to chocolate. How nice it would be for gardeners to give their beloved a living, growing, chocolate expression of affection. Alas, chocolate, native to steamy equatorial lowlands, is not usually productive when grown as a houseplant. Even if you could get the football-sized pods dangling from the trunk of a chocolate tree, fairly intricate processing is needed before you’d have something worth sinking your teeth into. But there are some chocolate-y alternatives: ALMOST CHOCOLATE A number of plants — Chocolate Ruffles coral bells, Chocolate Cake gladiola and Sweet Chocolate pepper, for example — have chocolate-y looking leaves or fruits. Let’s shy away from them, though, because their chocolate is only skin deep. Plants with chocolate-y aromas offer instant gratification more akin to Hershey’s Kisses. For an affair on shaky ground and needing a quick horticultural chocolate fix, I suggest a peppermint geranium plant. Peppermint geranium makes a nice houseplant for a sunny windowsill, and, in spring, feathery white blossoms add to the sensual pleasure. OK, it’s not chocolate, but there is that common association of peppermint and chocolate. The Chocolate Mint variety of peppermint is another plant that shares its aroma as soon as it is in hand. Close your eyes and this one’s a stand-in for a Peppermint Patty. I’m not sure there’s really any chocolate in that peppermint-y aroma; perhaps it’s the chocolate-y hue of the leaves and the power of suggestion. Chocolate Mint, like other mints, is easy to grow and multiply. Mints do become scraggly indoors, so plan on eventually planting chocolate mint outdoors in a sunny garden bed. Wax plant (Hoya carnosa) is an easy-to-grow houseplant with a genuine, sweet, chocolate-y aroma, though it might require some patience. The aroma comes from the flowers, which are not borne continuously. Still, if you and that special person can stand the wait, just hold hands and admire the way the fleshy leaves twist around in their waxy smoothness. The pure chocolate aroma is worth waiting for. ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL CHOCOLATES Other plants could cement a romance with the smell of chocolate in the months and years ahead. Despite its name, summer snowflake offers up its fragrance — admittedly slight and, to some noses, just sweet rather than chocolate-y — in spring. The “snowflake” part of the name is apt, however, for this bulb’s nodding blooms are indeed snowflake white, much like those of another bulb, snowdrops, except larger. Summer brings chocolate-y scents from two annual flowers: chocolate cosmos and birds’ eyes. This cosmos has dark, almost black blossoms. Chocolate cosmos grows from a fat tuber, which you lift in the fall and replant each spring, just as you do dahlias. Birds’ eyes (Gilia tricolor) was once a popular half-hardy annual, loved for its profusion of creamy white flowers, which have dark brown throats and petals edged in purple blush. The chocolate scent is there, but slight. Chocolate daisy (Berlandiera lyrata) is a perennial flower that is strong in scent and tough in disposition. And the plant’s also pretty, displaying characteristic daisy heads of yellow petals around green eyes for weeks and weeks through summer. Cut some blossoms, plunk them into a vase of water, and I guarantee your lover will be looking for hidden chocolate bars or “Kisses.” Chocolate also wafts from a perennial vine. Crossvine (Akebia quinata), also known as five-leaf akebia, is native south of Virginia but root-hardy much further north. Grown in full sun, this vine covers itself with brown or reddish-brown trumpet-shaped blooms that blare out a mocha scent for a few weeks each spring. The flowers are followed by sausageshaped, violet fruits that split lengthwise when ripe to reveal a jellied pulp — interesting and edible, but not even a hint of chocolate. Caution: In some regions, akebia is listed as an invasive plant. Contact your local department of environmental conservation or cooperative extension office to find out if this is so in your area. So between long-lived vines like akebia and an annual like birds’ eyes, the plant world abounds with chocolate-y aromas even if you can’t accommodate the real thing. Inhale to your hearts’ content; no one ever got fat or sick from too much of this kind of chocolate. Online: http://leereich.blogspot.com/ http://leereich.com/
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Shake Off the Winter Continued from Page 3 adults. In terms of fundraising, if you are ready for a night of fun, music, and prizes, then the Friends group invites you to attend its annual “Shake Off the Winter Party” to be held on Saturday, March 1 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Shaker Farms Country Club. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and entertainment will be provided by Westfield’s own Cory & the Knightsmen. Raffle tickets will be sold for prizes including gift certificates to local businesses and restaurants, gift baskets, casino trips, a handmade afghan, and more. The Grand Raffle Prizes include a flat-screen television donated by Firtion Adams Funeral Service, a $100 money bouquet donated by Yankee Mattress Factory, and a round of golf for four donated by Shaker Farms Country Club. Event tickets are $20 for Friends of the Westfield Senior Center members and $25 for non-members. Tickets may be purchased at Keenan Law Offices, 48 Elm Street and the Westfield Council On Aging office, 40 Main Street. The “Shake Off the Winter Party” is a night out for Senior Center supporters of all ages. Photographs of past parties are on display at the Senior Center and clearly this is a multigenerational bandstand bash. This community event features much-loved local musicians, with raffle prizes donated by local businesses, and sponsorship by a local and well respected agency. This year’s sponsor, Noble Visiting Nurse and Hospice Services, has been a staunch supporter of Council On Aging services and programs for years. So gather your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors and join Friends Board members Tom Humphrey, Bill Tatro, Ginny Hebert, Kathy Millas, Attorney Tom Keenan, Bill Thompson, and Mike Parent as together we eat, party, sing, dance, win prizes, and “shake off the winter!”
Do-Re-Mi’s perform at ball Director Cathy Berry, leads the Do-Re-Mi’s, with their accompanist, Camy Crick. Mayor Knapik and guests enjoyed the choir’s performance during cocktail hour at Tekoa Country Club. (Photo submitted)
Snowden Era Continued from Page 4 That there is now a vast library of NSA stories is also due, in no small part, to the nature of digital journalism. Glenn Greenwald, the Rio-based journalist who has worked most closely with Snowden, has been an aggressive presence online and on social media. His approach to the biggest leak since the Pentagon Papers marks a radical departure from past coverage where reporters from the major dailies would sometimes go all the way to the president with their findings — and sometimes accept delays even if it meant getting scooped. “There’ll be blood on your hands,” President George W. Bush reportedly warned The New York Times’ publisher in a 2005 Oval Office meeting before the newspaper published a Pulitzer Prizewinning story about warrantless NSA eavesdropping in the U.S. —
Council Approves Continued from Page 1 The project is to convert the former Red Cross Chapter house on Broad Street and construct 10 single-room residencies (SRO) in the Broad Street facility, as well as building an addition onto the existing structure. The facility would have several common areas to provide support services and counseling, as well as teaching life skills to the student, such as cooking, diet, budgets and finances. There will be an apartment for a resident supervisor in addition to the student housing. The council, following a protracted debate, voted 11-2 to approve the CPA appropriation, with Councilors Cindy Harris and Dan Allie opposed on the basis that the project would still go forward without the $80,000 of local funding. “This project is very expensive. The cost is too high,” Allie said, “Its not free money.” Allie also objected the condition that a low income designation, required by the Community Preservation Committee, be attached to the deed and that other organizations, such as churches and community agencies, “should provide solutions to this problem.” Allie attempted to modify the appropriation motion but Council President Brent B. Bean declined to recognize Allie’s amendment attempt. Ward 6 Councilor Christopher Crean, a member of the Finance Committee which discussed the Domus funding request Monday, said that he was initially concerns about the appropriation, but that he had further investigated the project. “The two big issues are the building cost and the social service aspect of the project,” Crean said. “The state sets the prevailing wage requirement. Eighty percent of the cost is due to state requirements.” “I got an eye-opener when I investigated this further,” Crean said. “I was on the other side of the fence before. The cost of incarceration is far more costly. That’s what we’re talking about. “The problem (of homeless teenagers) is real,” Crean said. “As I looked at the facts, I think, in the long run, this is a very beneficial project.” At-large Councilor David A. Flaherty said that initially he, like Crean, had reservations about the total cost of the project, but also changed his mind upon further investigation. “This is a horrible situation. Not all of these kids can get placed (with families through social service agencies). Placement of teenagers is very, very hard. There is nowhere for these kids to go,” Flaherty said. “If we don’t approve the $80,000, this project will still go. It’s a done deal.” At-large Councilor Matt VanHeynigan said that the “need is real” and that the Domus “track records in these projects is impeccable.” Ward 2 Councilor Ralph Figy, in whose ward the project is located, said he spoke with Broad Street residents, businesses and organization. “The neighbors are all in favor of this. They think it will enhance the neighborhood. There is community support in the ward, I think this is a viable project,” Figy said. “The facility will help move these kids successfully to the next stage of their lives.” The City Council voted unanimously to approve the Council on Aging request for $371,000 to complete the design and bid document for the senior center. Mayor Daniel M. Knapik submitted the appropriation, from the city’s free cash account, to the council in January. Ward 1 Councilor Christopher Keefe, chairman of the Finance Committee, said the issue debated Monday night was not the $371,000 funding to complete the design work, but rather the bonding for the construction phase of the project. “The issue if the $7.2 million price tag for a 20,000 square-foot building, which is $360 per square foot,” Keefe said last night. “I spoke with Community Development Director (Peter J. Miller Jr.,) who researched and got a list of the per square foot costs of similar projects in the area. That cost per square foot, $360, is pretty close to what other towns are paying.” Keefe urged the councilors to approve the design funds and if the city cannot afford the bond for construction, put the project, completely designed, on the shelf until “we know we can afford it.” Flaherty said that it is time for the senior center project to move forward. “I think we will face challenges doing this, but we can’t move backward,” he said. Harris said the fact that the center will also contain the city’s Veteran Affairs offices “is very important.” At-large Councilor James R. Adams said the Council on Aging Executive Director Tina Gorman and building committee have “cut every dollar, have done a magnificent job containing costs. “The project is payback to people who have taken care of the city for, people who have paid taxes for, many, many years, “ Adams said. “We owe it to our seniors to build it.”
a story it had held for more than a year. It’s not just Washington that is struggling with the new journalistic calculus on surveillance coverage. In the Snowden story, Guardian reporters working with Greenwald have checked with British government sources before publication. But it’s not been a good relationship. British security officials forced the newspaper’s editors to destroy computers used to store the Snowden documents. To avoid losing all the materials, The Guardian partnered with The New York Times for several NSA-related stories. In the U.S., the Snowden leaks came out at a touchy moment in press-government relations. The Obama administration had secretly obtained The Associated Press’s phone records, named Fox News’s James Rosen as a criminal co-con-
spirator and is threatening to send The New York Times’ Jim Risen to prison unless he testifies in the trial of a former CIA analyst charged with leaking information to him. During a hearing Tuesday, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) opened the door on prosecuting Greenwald by asking FBI Director James Comey whether “fencing stolen material is … a crime?” Comey replied that “it would be” a crime in most cases, but he added that things get “complicated” when the person selling the information is engaged in newsgathering activities. “It could have First Amendment implications,” the FBI director said. In an interview, Greenwald said he hasn’t been selling the Snowden documents. He added that his work is indistinguishable from that of other journalists, including freelance writers working on stories
about national security secrets. He also complained that U.S. officials like Rogers are trying to discourage more reporters from following the story. “What they’re trying to do is to remove it from the realm of journalism, so that they can then criminalize it,” Greenwald told POLITICO. “The fact that I’ve been more defiant about the U.S. government … makes them want to do something to me more. That fact that I’ve gone around the world doing this reporting in different countries and publishing reporting around the world — that is something they want to stop.” There’s little doubt Greenwald and other reporters have rankled high-ranking U.S. officials concerned over compromised security. The stories have also forced President Barack Obama to deal with programs he opposed as a senator.
Team USA Continued from Page 1 since his chance encounter with a key player in the bobsledding program in a different racetrack. “I’m into auto racing, and it was in racing modified stockcars that I met Bob Cunio,” said Ronzoni. “He was working as a crew chief at the time for Geoff Bodine.” Bodine, an 18-time NASCAR Sprint Cup winner, joined forces with Cunio’s Chassis Dynamics shop in Oxford, Conn. to start the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project in 1993. Ronzoni said that Cunio had been watching international bobsled powerhouses like Germany feed millions of dollars into their program and subseqeuntly dominate the scene, while Team USA, who hadn’t won a gold medal in the event since 1948, was falling behind. “He (Cunio) got in touch with me and asked ‘Can you help us? We just don’t have the money,’” said Ronzoni. “And I thought ‘We have the assets to help Team USA. This is for Team USA.’” “”We took the materials, we took the parts, and made the runners,” Ronzoni said. “After they won gold (in Vancouver), one of the bobsledders came to Advance and presented us with one of the runners on a plaque. It was great.” After BMW of North America
came in to build Team USA’s bobsleds for the 2014 games, members of the team sought out Bo-Dyn and Advance to do some tinkering. “BMW came in and sort of pushed everyone out,” said Ronzoni. “But (Steve) Holcomb came to us about the runners. So we changed the design, and changed the radius of them.” Cunio has been glad to partner with Advance in their effort to keep the USA on the top of the podium in bobsledding. “We were searching for companies that were sophisticated enough, and many had the machines, but not enough length to make them,” he said. “We had the ideas, and Advance had the programming and machines. So we produced the runners in Westfield.” He spoke of the collaborative effort between the two companies. “I bring them the design program, and Advance does the rest,” Cunio said. “We bring the runners to test tracks, still have all our runners and our new sets. It’s a lot of experimentation.” Cunio said the success of the partnership was almost immediate. “We medaled with a silver and a bronze in the four-man in 2002 (in Salt Lake City), and then after win-
ning gold in Vancouver, we’ve won a couple of world championships.” he said. Bo-Dyn is a non-profit that works independently to support Team USA, and their efforts have a steep pricetag, recognized by the efforts of companies like Advance Manufacturing, who have yet to charge Bo-Dyn a dime, according to Ronzoni. “It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and every year it’s a challenge, because we work independently of any federation,” said Cunio, before adding that donations can be made at www.bodynbobsled.com. When asked of whether the vaunted “Night Train” of Holcomb, Curt Tomasevicz, Steve Langton, and Chris Fogt can race to another gold medal performance, Cunio isn’t making any guarantees, but is confident nonetheless. “I’m not saying we’ll win gold, but we’re poised,” he said. “I don’t believe we can be in any better position going into the games. Our crew is healthy and our team is healthy.” Team USA’s two-man bobsled event will begin on Sunday February 16, the women’s bobsled will start on Tuesday February 18, and the Night Train begins it’s gold medal defense on Saturday February 22.
Food Waste Ban Continued from Page 1 Their ability to reduce landfill emissions, combined with their lower capital costs when compared to other power plant-type facilities, have spurred the City of Westfield into exploring the possibility of constructing an anaerobic digestor of their own. “We’ve contracted Tighe and Bond to conduct a feasibility study, which is due in about 60 days,” said Westfield Water Department Superintendent David Billips, who
added that similar efforts are being conducted in Chicopee and Easthampton. He said that finding a location for the facility will be challenging. Food and other organic material make up 25 percent of the state’s waste stream, and the Administration of Governor Deval L. Patrick has set out to reduce that waste stream by 30 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050.
Interim President Continued from Page 1 revisit their plans. The former chair of the Communication Department addressed the presidential search process, as well. The process has not begun, she said, because the board of trustees has been tied up with the lawsuits related to the scandal that brought down her predecessor. “The board of trustees is really who conducts the search and I don’t think they feel like until they’re on the other side that they are in a position to be doing a search,” she said. The search is conducted by the board of trustees. Typically, a search committee would consist of trustees, administrators, faculty members, and students. Their charge would be to sift through the applications and pick final candidates. These final candidates would be subjected to further vetting by the campus. They would be brought to campus to participate in interviews, forums, meetings, and oneon-one discussions. This process is not necessarily dissimilar to that of finding a faculty member. In order to get to the point of creating a selection committee, the 2012-2017 strategic plan needs to be reviewed, Preston said. Reviewing the strategic plan will allow the administra-
tion to figure out the direction that the university is going in. Once they know what direction they are going in, they will begin to figure out what kind of person they would like to select. “[T]here’s a lot to this strategic plan that we’re focusing on. I think we’re also taking a look at whether the strategic plan needs some revision frankly,” she said. “Given the challenges that we’re facing, not specific to Westfield, but in higher education, whether the strategic plan that we have in place really is adequate for dealing with those challenges and there’s a committee on campus.” This strategic planning discussion involves the Special Committee on University Planning (SCUP), which consists of faculty, administration, and students in order to make sure that all decisions are holistically-informed. “Hopefully the folks that are working on that at SCUP can come back and talk about what they see with perhaps things they see that are missing in the strategic plan,” she said. A list of events commemorating the 175th anniversary can be found on the university’s website at westfield. ma.edu.
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Rothermel claims 2nd
By Chris Putz Staff Writer CHARLEMONT – The past, present, and future were all on display in Thursday night’s regular season ski finale for the Westfield High School Bombers. Senior Jenna Rothermel won the equivalent of a silver medal with a 25.86 run at the final Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference race of the regular season, and finished second overall in the season standings. While the upperclassman managed to help secure the team’s fourth place standing for the day’s
event, and the season, it was an underclassman, freshman Rebecca Stephens, who once again had another fantastic run. Stephens placed fourth overall in 26.52. Agawam’s Jillian Scherpa won the race with a 25.68. Allie Helliwell (31.63) and Natalie Mitchell (32.16) finished 3-4 for Westfield. BOYS’ RESULTS Westfield’s Neil Sheehan has routinely cracked the top 10 on the slopes all season long. Thursday night was no exception as Sheehan placed ninth (38.62). Frontier’s Sean Doyle won the
race in 36.03. Liam Sheehan finished second for Westfield, 14th overall (42.66), followed by teammates Dan O’Connor (49.05) and Matt Cole (54.52). The Bombers placed third as a team, and fourth in the final season standings. “Everybody had a great race; everybody had a great time,” Westfield ski coach Monique Piotte said. “So far – the regular season – has been a great success. I couldn’t have asked for a better response from the team, and ‘A’ for effort on everybody’s account.”
Westfield’s Jenna Rothermel passes through the final gates of the slalom course during the 2013 state ski championships in Charlemont. Rothermel finished the 2014 regular season as the individual runner-up. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Gators hit cold spell By Chris Putz Staff Writer HUNTINGTON – The Gateway High School girls’ basketball team hit a bit of a stumbling block Thursday night, falling to Smith Academy 39-23. Both teams entered the game with identical 6-8 records. Kate Yagodzinski finished with a game-high 15 points, and three others – Jenn Adamites, Ashley Higgins, and Liv Cavanaugh – scored seven apiece to lead Smith Academy. Gateway’s Chelsi Derrig had more than half her team’s total points (12). The Gators were just 9-of-54 from the floor. “It’s the same problem that has plagued us all year,” Gateway coach Eli Robbins said. “The ability to score on a consistent basis has been our Achilles’ heel all
year.” Gateway fell behind by double digits in the first half, and trailed at the half 24-11. The Gators cut the Smith lead to 11 twice in the third quarter. Ariell Baillargeon converted a 2-pointer in the opening minutes of the second half after nearly a half-dozen Gateway shots on the possession. Jessie Walton’s 2 with 3:56 remaining in the quarter brought the Gators within 26-15. Gateway closed out the quarter with a sensational series. Derrig became the recipient of the ball after a couple of tip-saves kept it in bounds, and knocked down a buzzer-beater. Gateway climbed to within 11 points of a tie again, following two free throws from Alyssa Moreau, and another from Derrig. Smith, fueled by a momentum-
killing Yagodzinski 3, went on a 7-0 run to pull away. “Some nights we’re making shots, some we’re not,” coach Robbins said. “(In our six wins), shots were going in. That’s the only real difference.” Gateway is now faced with an uphill climb to reach the postseason. The Gators must win four of their final five games, or finish first or second in league play to earn a Division 3 tournament berth. “I think we’re still got a real good chance (to make the playoffs),” Robbins said. The schedule is in Gateway’s favor down the stretch. The Gators play three of their final four league games at home. Two of those games include teams they have already beaten, Sci-Tech and Putnam.
Gateway’s Caroline Boothe (3) looks for an opening against Smith Academy. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Gateway’s Joanna Arkoette (5) attempts a jump Gateway’s Caroline Boothe (3) lines up a free throw. shot over Smith Academy’s Liv Cavanaugh (3). (Photo by Chris Putz)
Gateway’s cheerleaders cheer on their school’s girls’ varsity basketball team during a timeout Thursday night. (Photo by Chris Putz)
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES FRIDAY February 7
SATURDAY February 8
INDOOR TRACK – WMASS Championships, Smith College, 6 p.m. DIVING SECTIONALS – Springfield College, Art Linkletter Natatorium, 7 p.m. BOYS’ JV ICE HOCKEY vs. East Longmeadow, Amelia Park, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Minnechaug, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ ICE HOCKEY vs. Ludlow, Amelia Park, 7 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Minnechaug, 7 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Amherst, 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY TUESDAY February 10 February 11 WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS’ WRESTLING – Quad Meet at Minnechaug, 9 a.m. GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY (Westfield/Cathedral/ Minnechaug) at Archbishop Williams, Randolph, 3:10 p.m. BOYS’ HOOPS at Malden, Salem State, 4 p.m. BOYS’ JV ICE HOCKEY vs. Simbsury, Amelia Park, 6 p.m. ***Sunday, February 9*** GIRLS’ SWIMMING SECTIONALS – Springfield College, Art Linkletter Natatorium, 9 a.m. BOYS’ SWIMMING SECTIONALS – Springfield College, Art Linkletter Natatorium, 3:30 p.m. Monday, February 10 BOYS’ HOOPS vs. West Springfield, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY February 12
SKIING – INDIVIDUALS, Berkshire East, Charlemont, 9 a.m. GIRLS’ HOOPS at East Longmeadow, 7 p.m. WRESTLING vs. Northampton, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ ICE HOCKEY vs. South Hadley, Amelia Park Ice Arena, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY (Cath./Long./ WHS) at Austin Prep, Stoneham Arena, 6 p.m. WRESTLING vs. Longmeadow, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY February 13 BOYS’ HOOPS at Northampton, 7 p.m.
SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Hampshire, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Hampshire, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Easthampton, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Easthampton, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Gateway, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Gateway, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS vs. McCann Tech, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. McCann Tech, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Dean Tech, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Dean Tech, 7 p.m.
GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Smith Voke, 6 p.m.
WRESTLING at Franklin Tech Quad, All Day
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Westfield Voc-Tech, 5 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Westfield Voc-Tech, 6:30 p.m.
SKIING – INDIVIDUALS, Berkshire East, Charlemont, All Day GIRLS’ JV HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS vs. Southwick-Tolland, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Southwick-Tolland, 6:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Pathfinder, 5 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Pathfinder, 6:30 p.m.
WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Commerce, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Mohawk, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Mohawk, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Sci-Tech, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Pioneer Valley Regional, 6 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Pioneer Valley Regional, 7:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Pathfinder, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Pathfinder, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Hampden County Charter School, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Mohawk, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Mohawk, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Hampden County Charter School, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, 7 p.m.
SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Holyoke Catholic, Westfield Middle School South, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Pioneer Valley Regional, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Holyoke Catholic, Westfield Middle School South, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Lenox, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS’ V ICE HOCKEY at Chicopee, Fitzpatrick Arena, 7 p.m.
WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES ICE HOCKEY
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Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 20 Feb. 22
TIME Tuesday
at Salem State FITCBHURG STATE UMASS DARTMOUTH at Worcester State
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FITCHBURG STATE
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BOSTON (AP) — Pitchers Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez and shortstop Nomar Garciaparra have been selected as the 2014 inductees for the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. Clemens, a three-time Cy Young award winner with the Red Sox, spent 13 seasons with the team beginning in 1984. He’s the team’s all-time strikeouts leader with 2,590. He is tied with Young for the most career wins for the Red Sox at 192 and the most shut-
outs with 38. He was American League and AllStar MVP in 1986. Martinez, who played for the Red Sox from 1998 to 2004, was a key part of the 2004 team that won Boston’s first World Series in 86 years. He is the Red Sox all-time winning percentage leader at .760 and 72 10-strikeout games. Martinez’s one-hit, 17-strikeout game against the Yankees in New York in 1999 was selected the “Greatest Red Sox Moment.”
Garciaparra, who was with the team from 1996-2004, has the fourth-best career batting average in Red Sox history at .323. Joe Castiglione, Red Sox play-by-by announcer for 31 seasons beginning in 1983, was chosen as the non-uniformed inductee. The players were selected by a panel including club executives, journalists and booster club members. The induction will be in August.
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HS WRAP: Rams falter, Tigers prosper By Chris Putz Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – The Southwick-Tolland Regional High School girls’ basketball team went stride-for-stride with Holyoke Catholic on Thursday night, but lost in the end 39-32. Morgan Harriman (15 points) and Katelyn Sylvia (9) led Southwick in a game which was close throughout. The Rams were forced to foul late. “At the end, we were fouling to get it close – and they made them,” Southwick assistant coach Rick Harriman said. “It was a great effort by the team, but we close on it.” BOYS’ HOOPS Southwick forward Ashley Shea, right, looks for a pass as a Holyoke Catholic Westfield Voc-Tech 60, defender moves in. (Photo by Frederick Gore) Pathfinder 44 JV RESULTS “Obviously (Southwick) played a “It was a good team win,” Voc– GIRLS’ HOOPS very, very good defense,” Rams’ coach Tech coach Kyle Dulude said of Southwick 45, Rick Harriman said, “and (our) team the team’s Thursday night home Holyoke Catholic 20 offense was probably the best I’ve victory. “Everyone played in Tori Richberg (9 points) and Sam ever seen – very unselfish play and a tonight’s game, and I thought Perusse (8) helped fuel Southwick’s balanced scorecard.” everyone played well.” victory.
Southwick forward Katelyn Sylvia, center, breaks through a wall of Holyoke Catholic defenders during the first period of last night’s game. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Southwick’s Makenzie Sullivan, center, heads to the Holyoke Catholic net during last night’s game in Southwick junior forward Jaclyn Maziarz, left, leaps for the net during last night’s game against visiting Holyoke Catholic. (Photo by Frederick Gore) Southwick. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
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Members of the Southwick band open last night’s game against visiting Holyoke Catholic. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
GIRLS’ HOOPS Westfield 7-8 Southwick 10-4 Gateway 6-9 St. Mary 1-10 BOYS’ HOOPS Gateway 10-4 Westfield 5-10 Southwick 2-10 St. Mary 1-13 Westfield Voc-Tech N/A HOCKEY Westfield 7-2-2* St. Mary N/A BOYS’ SWIMMING Westfield 9-1 GIRLS’ SWIMMING Westfield 8-1-1 GIRLS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 5-1
BOYS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield N/A WRESTLING Westfield 1-1* Southwick-Tolland N/A Gateway N/A *No Report; NA=Not Available BOYS’ SKIING Westfield, 4th place final standing GIRLS’ SKIING Westfield, 4th place final standing Thursday’s Results GIRLS’ HOOPS Smith Academy 39, Gateway 23 Holyoke Catholic 39, Southwick-Tolland 32 BOYS’ HOOPS Westfield Voc-Tech 60, Pathfinder 44
Members of the Southwick band were on hand to entertain last night’s girls’ basketball game against Holyoke Catholic. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Indiana 38 10 .792 — 7-3 W-3 23-2 15-8 25-5 d-Miami 35 13 .729 3 8-2 W-3 20-4 15-9 22-10 d-Toronto 26 23 .531 12½ 6-4 L-1 12-10 14-13 17-12 Atlanta 25 23 .521 13 5-5 L-2 16-8 9-15 17-12 Washington 24 24 .500 14 5-5 L-1 12-12 12-12 17-12 Chicago 24 25 .490 14½ 5-5 L-1 13-10 11-15 18-12 Brooklyn 22 25 .468 15½ 7-3 W-2 14-11 8-14 14-16 Charlotte 22 28 .440 17 6-4 W-1 11-13 11-15 15-16 Detroit 19 29 .396 19 3-7 L-2 9-15 10-14 17-14 New York 19 30 .388 19½ 4-6 L-3 11-17 8-13 15-18 Boston 17 33 .340 22 3-7 W-2 10-15 7-18 14-17 Cleveland 16 33 .327 22½ 2-8 L-6 11-13 5-20 10-20 Philadelphia 15 35 .300 24 2-8 L-4 8-17 7-18 10-22 Orlando 14 37 .275 25½ 3-7 W-1 11-14 3-23 11-21 Milwaukee 9 40 .184 29½ 2-8 L-1 5-18 4-22 8-23 d-division leader New Orleans 105, Atlanta 100 Wednesday’s Games Portland 94, New York 90 Orlando 112, Detroit 98 Denver 110, Milwaukee 100 Boston 114, Philadelphia 108 Sacramento 109, Toronto 101 San Antonio 125, Washington 118,2OT Miami 116, L.A. Clippers 112 L.A. Lakers 119, Cleveland 108 Thursday’s Games Houston 122, Phoenix 108 Brooklyn 103, San Antonio 89 Oklahoma City 106, Minnesota 97 Golden State 102, Chicago 87 Dallas 110, Memphis 96
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Oklahoma City 40 11 .784 — 9-1 W-2 22-3 18-8 24-8 d-San Antonio 36 14 .720 3½ 4-6 L-1 18-8 18-6 22-9 Portland 35 14 .714 4 5-5 W-1 19-5 16-9 18-11 d-L.A. Clippers 34 18 .654 6½ 6-4 L-2 20-4 14-14 19-9 Houston 33 17 .660 6½ 7-3 W-4 21-7 12-10 19-14 Golden State 30 20 .600 9½ 5-5 W-1 15-9 15-11 19-15 Phoenix 29 20 .592 10 7-3 L-2 16-8 13-12 18-13 Dallas 29 21 .580 10½ 6-4 W-3 17-8 12-13 16-15 Memphis 26 22 .542 12½ 7-3 L-2 13-14 13-8 17-18 Denver 24 23 .511 14 5-5 W-2 14-11 10-12 13-16 Minnesota 24 25 .490 15 6-4 L-1 14-9 10-16 12-18 New Orleans 21 27 .438 17½ 6-4 W-1 12-12 9-15 8-22 L.A. Lakers 17 32 .347 22 3-7 W-1 8-13 9-19 9-19 Sacramento 17 32 .347 22 3-7 W-2 11-16 6-16 10-23 Utah 16 32 .333 22½ 4-6 L-3 10-14 6-18 9-23 Friday’s Games Oklahoma City at Orlando, 7 p.m. Portland at Indiana, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Denver at New York, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games San Antonio at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Miami at Utah, 9 p.m.
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Annie’s Mailbox By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
Should we be concerned? Dear Annie: Our 14-year-old daughter is not a terrible kid -probably just a typical teenage girl. She can be rude and obnoxious, she talks back and curses, and she leaves her room an upside-down mess and is obsessed with her iPhone, constantly posting pictures of herself online and chatting with friends. We have another daughter five years younger. We were concerned she might model her behavior after her older sister, and so we set rules about cursing and using her cellphone. Our 14-yearold could not abide by the new rules, and after much fighting, she decided to move in with her grandparents, who are much more lenient. She’s been there for several weeks, and by all accounts, she is more responsible and respectful to her grandparents than she ever was with us, and they are happy to have her. Our home is a lot more peaceful now, too. It seems like a win-win-win situation, but it doesn’t feel normal not to have our daughter living with us. And one time, she even said she doesn’t consider us her parents anymore, but she still calls us when she needs something. Should my wife and I be concerned about this situation? -Daughter Dilemma Dear Dilemma: No. Some teenagers are more difficult than others, and the relationship with parents is often harder for them to deal with. What your daughter says is less important than what she does. If her behavior has improved because she no longer feels she has to rebel against you, that is a good thing. We do recommend, however, that you keep interacting with her in a positive way and not only when she calls asking for something. While she is away, we hope you will examine your parenting methods and determine whether there is anything you could do differently to produce a better result. Both too lenient and too strict are not advisable. Your pediatrician can make recommendations, you can ask for books on parenting at your local library or bookstore, and you can also go online. Dear Annie: When my birthday, Mother’s Day or Christmas roll around, family members always ask, “What can I get you? You have everything.” The gift that pleases me most is their time. A phone call or visit would make my day. Mark your calendar to call Dad or Mom or Grandma. They would be so happy. And here’s the return gift: Seniors -- stay busy. Your children and grandchildren are not responsible for your entertainment. There are senior centers, churches and clubs that you can join. Or volunteer. Your children have jobs, families and responsibilities. Don’t criticize them. They will ask for your opinion if they want it. And to each, remember to say I love you, especially if you haven’t said it for a long time. The first time may be hard, but oh, the wonderful feeling it will leave. -- Happy, Active and Much Loved Senior Dear Happy: You have given wise advice to all age groups, including the idea to consider the needs of others instead of your own. It certainly explains your signature. Thank you. Dear Annie: Please tell “Perplexed in Pennsylvania” not to worry that her friend keeps forgetting her birthday. Mine is on September 11th, and my brother, sister, aunt, nieces and nephews do not acknowledge it, probably because they aren’t sure how to celebrate my birthday when it’s also a day of such sadness. I keep in touch with all of them, and that is what matters. -Happy in Connecticut Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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TABLE TROUBLES Dear Heloise: I’ve been blessed with a beautiful, 8-foot diningroom table. Tablecloths to fit it are very expensive. I found that you can use a twin-size sheet, and it fits perfectly. They are available in fashionable colors for any season. Because those sheets can slide around on the table, I use 1-inch glue strips, found in the scrapbook section of a crafts store, on each corner of the table. I press the cloth onto the strip, and it doesn’t move. The strips are removable and do not damage the wood. -- Marlene in Ohio STICKING PLACE MATS Dear Heloise: When I am having a picnic or BBQ outside and will be eating on picnic tables, I have devised a better plan than fighting with a tablecloth. I take self-sticking shelf liner and cut place mats out of it. I then stick them on the table. They are easy to peel off, and we don’t have to worry about eating at a dirty table. -- A Reader, via email DISHWASHER DUTY Dear Heloise: I wash my empty dishwasher twice a month to help with hard-water minerals. I use sugar-free, mostly colorless powdered lemonade drink mix. It is very cheap, and the citric acid in the mix helps in keeping my glasses clean. Many states have stopped allowing phosphates in dishwasher detergent. -- Jeanne in Kentucky
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WESTFIELD - Abner Gibbs Elementary School is holding a calendar raffle fundraiser in celebration of the school turning 100 years old. 100 days of prizes to celebrate 100 years of quality education at Abner Gibbs Elementary School. Calendars are available for purchase at the school office 413-572-6418. Cash or checks made payable to Abner Gibbs PTO are acceptable forms of payment. Each calendar is $10 and there are many fabulous prizes provided by our local community donators. Drawing begins January 1 and ends April 10. Winning entries will be placed back into drawing. Winners will be contacted by phone and prize pickup will be during school hours in the office.
Library Meeting SOUTHWICK - The Friends of the Southwick Public Library have set a Wednesday, March 12 meeting to discuss which library programs they will support during FY’14. According to President Nancy Zdun, “Thanks to profits from the group’s summer book sale and its Holiday Basket Raffle, there are funds to support Children and Adult programs.” Friends of the Library and interested patrons are welcome to attend this meeting set for 7 p.m. in the library’s Community Room and all of their meetings.
Scholarship Application WESTFIELD - The CSF Westfield Dollars for Scholars Board of Directors announces that students applying for scholarships must file online. Through the new website, http:// csfwestfield.dollarsforscholars.org, students will have the ability to create online profiles, which allow them to apply for and be matched to multiple scholarships for the 2014 school year. The student dashboard on the website will give students and their parents one stop shopping for chapter scholarships, educational resources, opportunities and events. We encourage prospective college students to begin developing online profiles now, to assure that you are alerted about scholarship opportunities in advance of deadlines. Applications must be submitted by March 22.
Legion Scholarships WESTFIELD - The Department of Massachusetts American Legion may grant ten $1,000 and ten $500 for college expenses of a child/grandchild, whose parent is a current member in good standing of an American Legion Post within the Department of Massachusetts. Applications shall be filed on or before April 1. The scholarship shall be for the next school year only and limited to incoming freshmen. Applications for Post 124 and Department of Massachusetts scholarships are available at Post 124, 38 Broad St., Westfield.
Shredding Event for CSF WESTFIELD - CSF Westfield Dollars for Scholars is holding a paper shredding fundraiser. On Saturday, April 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Valley Green Shredding of South Deerfield, is donating its equipment to help raise funds for Westfield students. For only $5 you may have up to two boxes of documents shredded. Shredding will take place in the South Middle School parking lot. Note, these items are not acceptable for shredding: 3-ring binders, batteries, electronics, large binder clips, vinyl, plastics or x-rays. All proceeds will fund scholarships for Westfield students.
Computer Support Tutorials WESTFIELD - Do you have some computer knowledge and experience, but get stuck on certain technical tasks because you never learned how to do them? Individual computer support tutorials are offered at the Senior Center in the Computer Lab located on the second floor. Frank Quirk, retired Senior Lecturer at Northeastern’s College of Professional Studies, conducts the tutorials. There is no charge, but participants must sign up in advance. Sessions are offered on Wednesday mornings between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and each is a half-hour in length. Participants should call the Senior Center at 562-6435 to sign up for a session.
Chi-Gong Exercise Class SOUTHWICK - A new Chi-Gong exercise class is being offered at the Southwick Senior Center and we are hoping to get more involvement. The goal is to provide gentle movement exercises for adults with health challenges, which will result in more energy, an increase in mobility and reduced stress. Classes will be held at the Southwick Senior Center on Monday mornings from 10-11 a.m. The cost is only $3. Please call for more information 569-5498. No pre-registration necessary.
AMVETS Seeking New Members RUSSELL - We are looking for veterans who are interested in helping out the community and of course other veterans. Last year we had a successful year as we marched in parades, put on dinners and clover drives, and helped out families. You say what is the AMVETS? The AMVETS is a Veteran’s Service Organization dedicated to serving our fellow veterans and our communities. For more than 60 years, AMVETS has been a staunch advocate of providing American’s veterans with the benefits and services they’ve earned through honorable military service. Unlike other veteran’s service organizations who restrict membership to service dates or theaters of operation, membership to AMVETS is open to ALL honorably discharged veterans and to those still serving in any service branch including reserve and guard units, and also merchant marines. Check out http://www. amvets.org/ for more info. You may also contact cbean24@verizon.net to join locally, or to set up a post in your community.
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