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By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – City residents who may wonder about the legitimacy of callers seeking contributions to the Westfield Police Association may rest assured that, although the solicitors are not cops, the money they contribute will stay in the city and benefit charities which look to the police group for support. Officer Mark Carboneau, the president of the association, said that police officers are enjoined by law from asking for donations directly so the association contracts with professional solicitors to raise funds to support the association’s efforts in the community. The support provided by the group which includes officers of all ranks is perhaps most obvious on the jerseys of players in the city’s many athletic leagues but the association also provides support for organizations such as The Boys and Girls Club, the Westfield YMCA, Noble Hospital, the Westfield service units of the Salvation Army and American Red Cross and See Police Support, Page 8
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Dobelle assistant Salvidio out at WSU Cara Rintala in court. (File photo – WWLP)
Pathologist raises questions By BOB DUNN @BDGazette NORTHAMPTON — A pathologist called in as an expert witness by Cara Lee Rintala’s defense team was grilled yesterday by the prosecution regarding Annamarie Cochrane Rintala’s time of death. Jurors also heard the defense’s criticism of the thoroughness of the investigation into the killing during cross-examination of the lead investigator in the case. Cara Rintala, 47, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder in connection with the strangulation death of her wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, 37, in the basement of the couple’s Granby home on March 29, 2010. Her first trial on the charge ended with a deadlocked jury and mistrial last March. Testimony in her retrial began Jan. 9. Though the prosecution hasn’t rested its case yet, Dr. Jonathan Arden, a former medical examiner in Washington, D.C., and New York City, was allowed to testify for the defense yesterday to accommodate his sched-
ule. Questioned by Cara Rintala’s attorney, David Hoose, Arden said that, after reviewing the same information provided to now-retired state medical examiner Dr. Joann Richmond, there wasn’t enough information to reliably estimate the time of death. Richmond testified earlier in the trial that Annamarie Rintala was dead six to eight hours or more when her body was found about 7:15 p.m. Arden said the inclusion of “or more” in Richmond’s estimate left it too open-ended to be of much value. He noted that the condition of Annamarie Rintala’s body was relayed to Richmond over the phone, with information provided by paramedics and police who were called to the scene of her death. Arden said first responders’ assertions that her body was stiff and her skin was cold weren’t of much value because those are subjective observations made by people who can See Pathologist, Page 8
YouthWorks Westfield hopes for level funding By Peter Francis Staff Writer BOSTON – This week Governor Deval Patrick announced a $12 million investment in the successful YouthWorks Summer Jobs Program as part of his budget proposal for the fiscal year 2015, a $3 million increase over 2014. YouthWorks gives opportunities to young people from across the Commonwealth seeksing to gain work experience, while simultaneously building stronger and safer communities. “These jobs are essential to providing our Commonwealth’s at-risk youth with a better opportunity for a brighter future, while
reducing youth violence across the Commonwealth,” said Patrick. “I look forward to working with our partners to ensure that YouthWorks remains fully funded this summer.” YouthWorks provides subsidized employment to low-income and at-risk youths between the ages of 14-21 in 31 communities across the Commonwealth. These employment opportunities provide them with job experience, beneficial career skills and a chance to give back to their communities. Since the start of Patrick’s tenure on Beacon Hill, the YouthWorks program has grown from a $4.7 million project in 2007
to a $10 million endeavor last summer. Funding for the program is managed by the Commonwealth Corporation through the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. This year’s proposed funding is set to be the largest investment in the program’s history. In the summer of 2013, 5,175 young people in 31 cities in across the Commonwealth completed summer employment opportunities at a number of sites in western Mass. The fiscal year 2015 investment is projected to serve nearly 6,000 at-risk youths statewide. See YouthWorks, Page 3
Board approves Domus project By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Planning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve the site plan submitted by Domus Inc., to convert the former American Red Cross Chapter house into efficiency apartments for homeless high school students. The building will be revamped and will have 11 residential units, as well as common areas. Ten of the units will house students and one will be used to house a proctor on the first floor for supervision and security. Domus Executive Director Ann Lentini said that, like all Domus housing, the house will be a structured environment with rules and regulations. Domus offers affordable housing to low- and moderate-income families, the homeless, and the mentally and physically disabled in nine housing buildings around the city, and sought Planning Board approval of a site plan See Domus, Page 3
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The former American Red Cross Westfield Chapter building could be a youth lodging house under a plan approved by the Westfield Planning Board Tuesday night. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Nanci Salvidio, an assistant to former Westfield State University President Dr. Evan Dobelle, is no longer in her position at the university. Additionally, Director of Multicultural Affairs & Executive Assistant to the President, Waleska Lugo-DeJesus, is also no longer with the university. Both were reported to have been walked off campus this week by campus personnel. Dobelle resigned Nov. 8, ending a three-month legal battle with trustees and the state Higher Education NANCI Commissioner over what SALVIDIO some considered extravagant spending on travel and other perks. Dobelle defended the spending, saying he was simply promoting the university. Dobelle accumulated charges on Salvidio’s university credit card, incurring thousands in expenses in her name, including personal items such as $875 for a 2011 stay at a five-star London hotel that wasn’t repaid for more than a year, according to an expense report. Westfield State University’s ongoing legal battle against its own president is expected to cost at least $1.2 million. See Dobelle Assistant, Page 3
Medical Marijuana laws sent to Council By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Planning Board voted earlier this week to submit two proposed medical marijuana ordinances to the City Council for its review and action as the June 1, 2014 moratorium deadline approaches. The City Council will adopt some form of the two proposed ordinances the city will eventually use to control medical marijuana facilities in the city and ensure that those facilities comply with state law and standards. The Planning Board began its review earlier this month with the zoning ordinance, which will replace the existing ordinance, Section 4-90 which now prohibits the sale of drug paraphernalia. The revised ordinance has definitions, regulated zoning for dispensaries and marijuana processing facilities, as well as other requirements and provisions. The proposed zoning ordinance would limit dispensaries to the Industrial Zone through site approval processes and in Business B districts by special permit. The board members made several changes Tuesday night to the draft legislation, putting both the site plan approval and special permit review under the Planning Board. The original draft has the site plan approval under the Planning Board and Special Permit review under the City Council. The site plan process would require applicants to “provide adequate and appropriate security measures” and that projects be “designed to minimize any adverse or inconsistent visual or olfactory impacts on the immediate neighborhood” and that applicants are “reasonable capable of meeting all applicable regulations and permitting requirements of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” The special permit process requires applicants to show that a “project is compatible with, and will not have adverse economic effect on surrounding areas, as well as meeting the standards of the site plan
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Worthington school adopts Tai Chi By David Kennedy Westfield News intern WORTHINGTON – For elementary school educators, attentiveness in the classroom has been long sought after, with a variety of different efforts made to obtain the focus of their students. Now, the faculty at the RH Conwell Community Education Center, has a novel technique that might be the answer. Recently teachers at Conwell shared a conference call with Cari Shurman of Colorado, creator of “Tai-Chi for Kids” for instruction on how to apply Tai Chi exercises to their regular classroom routine. “Studies show that Tai Chi not only gives us obvious muscle tone and physical benefits,” said Dean of Faculty and Curriculum Kate Saccento. “But it also improves focus and concentration. We hope that this will help break up the day for the kids and revitalize them for their classes.” Shurman has been an educator for over 30 years, working in six different countries, including China, where she first observed Tai Chi being used in a high school environment. “When I saw the focus, calmness and concentration,” explains Shurman on her website www. taichiforkids.com. “I decided this A group of teachers from the Russell H. Conwell school in Worthington learn Tai Chi exercises via conference call with was something I wanted to learn an instructor in Chicago. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
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and teach to children everywhere.” Since then, she has spearheaded a movement for applying Tai Chi to school districts across the country, most successfully in New York public schools. Teachers at the Conwell Center have had the option to do exercises with their students in five to ten minute sessions during classes throughout the day. They also listen to audio CDs from Shurman. One of the school’s English Language Arts teachers, Ilana Tietelnan, has had prior experience with Tai Chi in theater. She commended Shurman’s training of the school’s faculty and was eager to get into it with the kids. “The great part is that it both relaxes and energizes you at the same time,” she said. “I get the second and third graders, mostly boys, right before recess so you can imagine the need to refocus. We will start with just two or three exercises and they’ll give more attention to their work. They really love it.” The RH Conwell Community Education Center expects that Tai Chi will become a customary part of the school’s established formula in the years to come.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2014. There are 341 days left in the year.
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n Jan. 24, 1942, the Roberts Commission placed much of the blame for America’s lack of preparedness for Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, the Navy and Army commanders.
In 1963, a U.S. Air Force B-52 on a training mission crashed into Elephant Mountain in Maine after encountering turbulence and losing its vertical stabilizer; seven of the nine crew members were killed.
ure Skating Championships in Cleveland. Katie Stam of Indiana was crowned Miss America, the first winner from the Hoosier State.
In 1965, Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
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In 1978, a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Cosmos 954, plunged through Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the lifting of a ban on women serving in combat. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee opened a hearing into President Barack Obama’s nomination of Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state. President Obama appointed Mary Jo White, a former prosecutor, to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. In Chicago, David Coleman Headley, an American drug dealer who had faced life in prison, was sentenced instead to 35 years for helping plan the deadly 2008 attacks on Mumbai, India — a punishment prosecutors said reflected his broad cooperation with U.S. investigators. New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson announced he was changing his team’s nickname to the Pelicans for the start of next season.
In 1742, Charles VII was elected Holy Roman Emperor during the War of the Austrian Succession. In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of ‘49.
In 1984, Apple Computer began selling its first Macintosh model, which boasted a built-in 9-inch monochrome display, a clock rate of 8 megahertz and 128k of RAM.
In 1908, the Boy Scouts movement began in England under the aegis of Robert Baden-Powell.
In 1989, confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was executed in Florida’s electric chair.
In 1924, the Russian city of Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg) was renamed Leningrad in honor of the late revolutionary leader. (However, it has since been renamed St. Petersburg.)
Ten years ago:
In 1939, at least 28,000 people were killed by an earthquake that devastated the city of Chillan in Chile. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco. In 1961, a U.S. Air Force B-52 crashed near Goldsboro, N.C., dropping its payload of two nuclear bombs, neither of which went off; three crew members were killed.
Howard Dean sharply questioned John Kerry’s judgment on Iraq as Democratic presidential rivals raced through a final weekend of campaigning before the New Hampshire primary. NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on Mars, arriving at the Red Planet exactly three weeks after its identical twin, Spirit.
Five years ago:
Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who’d safely landed a crippled US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River, received a hero’s homecoming in Danville, Calif. President Barack Obama met with his economic advisers after asking Americans to support his economic package as a way to better schools, lower electricity bills and health coverage for millions who lose insurance. Brazilian model Mariana Bridi, 20, died after contracting an infection that had forced doctors to amputate her hands and feet. Alissa Czisny won the women’s title at the U.S. Fig-
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Today’s Birthdays:
Actor Jerry Maren (“The Wizard of Oz”) is 95. Actor Marvin Kaplan (“Top Cat”) is 87. Cajun musician Doug Kershaw is 78. Singersongwriter Ray Stevens is 75. Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 73. Singer Aaron Neville is 73. Actor Michael Ontkean is 68. Actor Daniel Auteuil is 64. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 64. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 63. Bandleader-musician Jools Holland is 56. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 55. Rhythm-and-blues singer Theo Peoples is 53. Country musician Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) is 51. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan is 48. Comedian Phil LaMarr is 47. Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sleepy Brown (Society of Soul) is 44. Actor Matthew Lillard is 44. Actress Merrilee McCommas is 43. Blues/rock singer Beth Hart is 42. Actor Ed Helms is 40. Actress Tatyana Ali is 35. Rock musician Mitchell Marlow (Filter) is 35. Actress Mischa Barton is 28.
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From the desk of Stefan Czaporowski A vocational technical school must be able to change and adapt according to the needs of its community and the transforming workplace. Westfield Vocational Technical High School would not be able to accomplish this important goal without the input of our advisory committees. This month I would like to recognize this very important component of Career Vocational Technical Education (CVTE). When we reach out to leaders in business, industry, labor, post-secondary institutions, and to parents and students, and ask them to work with us as advisers to improve our curriculum and facilities, they are more than willing to assist. Input from local businesses and community members is vital to keeping our twelve state approved programs strong and our students employable. WVTHS is very grateful for the teamwork that exists between our school and the community of Westfield. Each of our Career Vocational Technical Education programs have an advisory committee that advises and supports school personnel in order to improve planning, operation and evaluation in each career and technical area. Our program advisory members provide our instructors with timely information relating to workforce and job development demands, technological developments, training alternatives and other factors affecting the quality of the program. They also review curriculum and data, recommend new or updated equipment, donate materials, equipment and services, assist in the development of new articulations, apprenticeships, and new program approval process, and arrange for guest speaking opportunities and field trips. In addition to each of our program advisory board members, each program also has a
chairperson that makes up the WVTHS General Advisory Committee. It is the responsibility of the General Advisory Committee to advise the school committee by participating in the planning, operation and evaluation of career vocational technical instruction. In the City of Westfield, a joint school committee and general advisory meeting is held annually specifically for this purpose. This year, the meeting will be held on January 27 at 6:00 p.m. and will begin in Tiger’s Pride, the school restaurant at WVTHS. After a brief “State of the School” address by the principal and general advisory chairperson, the school committee will tour each of the shops and hears about program needs and job trends. This direct contact between school committee and program advisory members is truly unique in our district. In fact, in a recent audit by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Westfield Public Schools received accolades for this practice. Currently, we are seeking new members for our program advisory boards. By participating on one of these committees, you will have an opportunity to guide the Westfield School Committee in preparing students for employment in one of our CVTE programs. Each Program Advisory Committee meets several times each school year, and the meetings are usually held at WVTHS. Please contact Mr. John York, Director of Vocational Technical Education, for more information at 413-5726533 extension 60161 or by e-mail at j.york@ schoolsofwestfield.org. Stefan Czaporowski Principal Westfield Vocational Technical High School
Council process.” The board also increased the buffer between dispensaries and schools, playgrounds, pre-school and daycare facilities or places where children congregate. The draft buffer was set at 300 feet, but the board increased that buffer to 500 feet Tuesday. The proposed ordinance now reads: “The secured limits of a proposed Marijuana Dispensary or Marijuana Processing Operation shall not be located within 500 feet of a facility used, at the time of the first notice of public hearing, for an elementary, middle or high school, or for a playground, pre-school, child day care center or other location intended principally as a place for on-site services for children, or wherein children commonly congregate in a formal, structured or scheduled manner; nor, unless an additional Special Permit so specifically authorizes, within 300 feet of any residential dwelling unit, transient-type housing structure or structure used for religious worship .” City Planner Jay Vinskey, who was a member of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission workgroup which adopted a boilerplate draft of the ordinance for cities and towns to adapt to their specific needs, said the 300foot buffer “is a starting point
Continued from Page 1 based on the model ordinance.” “We’re defining a new use. We’re creating a new category of use with a lot of safeguards,” Vinskey said. Those safeguards will echo state regulations, as well as address local issues and concerns. The state requires dispensaries and processing facilities to keep detailed records, including disposal of waste material. The zoning ordinance will be referred back by the City Council to the Planning Board which will initiate the public review of the proposed ordinance language at a public hearing. Following that public hearing, the zoning ordinance, with any amendments, will be go back to the City Council for final action. Under the provisions of that ordinance dispensaries are prohibited from selling lottery tickets, tobacco or nicotine delivery products, may not contain an office of a physician or other professional practitioner who proscribes or certifies the use of medical marijuana. Hours of operation of a dispensary are restricted from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The board also voted to send the City Council a recommendation for the city’s general ordinance under Article VII of Chapter 8, Health and Environmental Regulations. Article VII is titled the “Controlled
Substance & Medical Marijuana.” The general ordinance reflects state law under Chapter 369 of the Acts of 2012 of the Commonwealth and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 105 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Regulation (CMR) 725.000 which authorizes the city’s Board of Health to “promulgate any additional rule or regulation concerning the administration of this ordinance.” The board members discussed the role of both the Health and Police departments to ensure the health and safety of the public in relation to marijuana facilities. The board also recommended that the city adopt language requiring an annual licensing fee of $15,000 for that health and police enforcement. State Law authorizes the local Board of Health to set that annual fee following a public hearing on the issue. The two ordinance proposals will go the City Council at its Feb. 6, 2014 session. If you would like to run a Memorial for your Pet contact: Diane DiSanto at dianedisanto@the westfieldnewsgroup.com or call 413-562-4181 1x3 with photo...$15 1x2 without photo...$10
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By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Town Clerk Michelle Hill is encouraging all residents to complete their census forms. The 2014 annual census was mailed this week and its completion is essential to compile data on the town’s population, tied to voter registration. “If you don’t fill out your census, you will become an inactive voter and eventually be taken off the rolls,” said Hill. “People need to understand it’s part of being an active voter.” Many state grants depend on population and Hill said the most accurate information is needed to be eligible for grants. Massachusetts law requires communities to take an annual census. “It’s also important for the Board of Selectmen to be looking at this information,” said Hill. Hill said the census is helpful for the school
department to determine the number of potential students coming into the department. It can also help the town accurate to define the growing senior population and how to best serve all residents. Hill said she has received some census forms but she hopes for a bigger return. “We want to have this wrapped up by April,” said Hill. “We use it for the street list for the annual election.” If you have not received your census, Hill asks that residents help with cost savings and print the form available at www.southwickma.org/clerk. As a reminder, you can renew your 2014 dog license through the census forms by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope and all required information stated on the back of the census form. The Town Clerk’s Office is available 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
Domus Continued from Page 1 to establish a 10-bed facility for homeless teen supply without having to cut into the recently students at the Broad Street building which has rebuilt Broad Street or sidewalk. been vacant since the Westfield Red Cross “There is an eight-inch water main into the Chapter moved up the street to St. John’s Lumber Center and the owner is willing to grant Lutheran Church. an easement to make a connection along the Domus requested $80,000 of the Community grass buffer, so there is no need to cut into Broad Preservation Act (CPA) funding to construct 11 Street or the sidewalk,” Reed said. single-room residencies (SRO) in the Broad The existing water line to the building is either Street facility. The Community Preservation a half-inch or three-quarter-inch pipe, Reed said. Committee has approved that funding and the “It’s been in there some time and the interior $80,000 appropriation is now being reviewed by (diameter) may be less than that (because of the City Council’s Finance Committee. sedimentation) so the pressure is not adequate to Domus recently was awarded a grant of serve all of the uses in the building,” Reed said. $189,644 by the Community Economic “We are in the process of preparing a site plan Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) which will be provided to the Engineering and to help finance the project. The total cost of the Planning Departments.” building conversion and renovation is estimated Reed requested the board to approve the site at $1.4 million, with the bulk of that funding plan contingent upon submission of the final site from the state Department of Housing & plan, explaining that Domus is on a tight timeline Community Development. to apply to the Department of Housing and The Planning Board approval is conditional on Community Development for funding. Reed the receipt of a modified, stamped site plan to agreed to come back to the board if any major reflect changes that will be made to the drainage changes are made to the plan. and water facilities at the 48 Broad Street buildLentini said Domus was invited by the state ing. agency to participate in a fast-track funding proMark Reed of Heritage Surveys Inc. of gram for the homeless student housing project. Southampton said the site plan will reflect two “Under the fast track, funding could be issues raised by the Planning Board members at approved by March,” Lentini said. “If the project the initial hearing held on January 14. is delayed, we won’t get that funding until April “The existing catch basin is a dry well and is or May which would, which would push back not connected to the city’s storm drain system,” construction for months.” Reed said. “We are doing a full survey. The final “We have addressed all of the conditions and design will be a leaching basin meeting all of the Lumber Center has granted us an easement,” today’s standards.” Lentini said. Reed also addressed the second issue of water The board approved a number of findings and service sufficient to provide fire protection for conditions, as amended Tuesday night, which residents of the building. The board also encour- were attached to the site plan approval. aged the petitioner to find an alternative water
Dobelle Assistant Continued from Page 1 Salvidio, who’s title at the university was Associate Vice President, Alumni and Community Relations, is a 1973 graduate of the then-Westfield State College. She was a trailblazer for women’s sports at both the school and western Massachusetts as a player, coach, and official. She was an outstanding multi-sport star during the early years of the Westfield State women’s intercollegiate athletic programs more than 40 years ago, several years prior to
the passage of the landmark Title IX legislation in 1972. She was a standout in field hockey, leading the team in scoring and earning most valuable player award recognition, an aggressive power forward on the basketball hardwood, and pitched and played first base on the softball diamond. John Flynn III, chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees, declined comment, saying the situation is a “personnel matter.”
YouthWorks Continued from Page 1 In Westfield, YouthWorks is looking to build upon a successful 2013 summer when 52 youths were employed through the program, and Kathryn Kirby, a youth employment manager for the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, is keeping her fingers crossed that the region will receive level funding for the upcoming summer. “We received about one million dollars regionally (in Hampden County), about $67,000 of which went to Westfield,” she said. “YouthWorks is for the four gateway cities in the region, Holyoke, Chicopee, Springfield, and Westfield, and we served 600 kids in those four cities last summer.” Kirby added that about 10 percent of the grant can go to eligible participants outside of those four municipalities, and that her desire is to “absolutely” expand the amount of prospective employees and employers. “We need small businesses and big businesses alike,” she said. “We’re looking to set kids on the beginning of a career pathway.” Some of the local employers who participate in
the program include Pilgrim Candle, Soups On, Western Mass Hospital, St. Mary’s and Southampton Road Elementary Schools, Vivid Hair Salon, and Westfield State University, who employ young people in such capacities as cashiers, companion and teacher’s assistants, and maintenance staff. Kirby added that YouthWorks also runs a yearround work program for youths who are out of school and between the ages of 17-21, with about 20 working in the city of Westfield. “We’re really excited,” she said of the year round program’s growth. “A lot of kids need a job year round to help their families.” A potential change that legislators are looking at is an index to the minimum wage. Kirby said that workers will receive at least minimum wage, and that they will expand or reduce work hours as needed. “We try to encourage businesses to hire youths,” she said. “And sometimes by lowering hours, we’re able to put more to work. Last year, $67,000 was meant for 40 kids, but we were able to get 52 kids (into the program).”
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Obama phone records plan questioned By Darren Samuelsohn Politico.com Members of the government’s privacy watchdog questioned whether President Barack Obama can meet his goal of coming up with an alternative for storing billions of American phone records by the end of March. Obama in a speech last week said the National Security Agency should be allowed to continue its bulk collection of the phone records but proposed that storage of the data be moved out of government’s hands — to telecommunications companies, a third-party organization or some other mechanism. The president asked Attorney General Eric Holder and intelligence officials to produce a detailed plan by March 28 to keep the data in private hands. “I can just tell you from our own deliberations, these are very complex issues. It’s a challenge to meet that deadline,” David Medine, the chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, told reporters Thursday. PCLOB released its own report Thursday recommending the government end the phone record surveillance program entirely, saying it lacks a legal basis under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act and has been of little value in terrorism investigations. The board’s findings put new pressure on Obama to curtail the bulk collection, one of the most controversial NSA activities revealed in documents leaked by Edward Snowden. But the president’s timeline for coming up with a new storage option for the phone records is a stretch, several of the PCLOB members said today. “I don’t think there’s any way we can deal with the debate that’s necessary to resolve these questions by the end of March,” said board member James Dempsey, who is vice president for public policy at the Center for Democracy & Technology. Another problem, Dempsey said, is that moving the so-called phone “metadata” to the private sector has “no privacy benefit … at all” for Americans. “I think it’s important to recognize that at the get-go there’s no easy out on this program,” Dempsey said. “Saying ‘Let somebody else other than the government hold it’ doesn’t answer any of the questions that need to be answered. How much? How long? Who gets it under what standard? How do you protect the security of it? How do you enforce it? Who oversees compliance? What liability measures apply?” The recommendations of the five-member PCLOB were not unanimous. Two members — Elisebeth Collins Cook and Rachel Brand, former Justice Department attorneys in the George W. Bush administration — said the phone records program should continue. But both agreed that Obama’s push for an alternative was a non-starter. “Companies do not want this and I’m hard pressed to see how this would help with their customer concerns,” Cook said. “I think the end result will be significant pressure to impose a data retention requirement which potentially poses more threats to privacy.” Asked about Obama’s March 28 deadline, Brand called it “very ambitious thinking.” “I think it’s unlikely to be achievable because this is really hard,” she told POLITICO. “The legal questions are already very complex. When you talk about transferring this program to an entirely new, unknown, untested construct, the number of legal questions is mind-boggling. The number of policy questions is even greater. I don’t see how you can work through all of that in two months.” Medine said PCLOB would take a “few months” to wrap up its next report reviewing the NSA’s program to collect digital communications under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. “They need a couple days to get some sleep,” Medine said of the other board members. “We figure a couple months. We’ve done a lot of the groundwork.” Tony Romm contributed to this report.
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The States of Our Union … Are Not All Strong
All 50 ranked from fabulous to failed By MARGARET SLATTERY Politico.com On Tuesday, President Obama, if precedent holds, will declare that the state of America’s union is “strong.” Is it? One way to judge is by the state of the states of the union: How strong are they, and, dare we ask, which is the strongest? In 1931, H.L. Mencken and his fellow editor at the American Mercury, Charles Angoff, wondered the same thing. In a threepart series the magazine called “The Worst American State,” the pair compiled dozens of rankings of population data, largely from the 1930 census, determined to anoint the best and worst of the 50 states (and the District of Columbia) according to various measures of wealth, culture, health and public safety. In the end, Mencken and Angoff declared Connecticut and Massachusetts “the most fortunate American States,” and they deemed Mississippi “without a serious rival to the lamentable preëminence of the Worst American State” (diaeresis credit to Mencken, who, it should be noted, was from Maryland, No. 28 on his list). “The results will probably surprise no one,” they wrote. “Most Americans, asked to name the most generally civilized American State, would probably name Massachusetts at once, and nine out of ten would probably nominate Mississippi as the most backward.” The methodology behind their exercise might not have been airtight, and the presumed definition of what is a “good” and “bad” state was clearly informed by the writers’ own prejudices and those of the time period; aside from the fact that many of their rankings had only partial data, consider that representation in the “American Men of Science” directory was factored into each state’s rank for culture, and lynchings for public safety. But the pair was onto something when they wrote that there are some aspects of daily life that most Americans can agree on: Education and health are good things, crime is a bad thing and “any civilization which sees an increase in the general wealth is a civilization going up grade, not down.” With this in mind, Politico Magazine rounded up 14 different state rankings from reputable sources like the Census Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the FBI, and on important factors such as high school graduation rates, per capita income, life expectancy and crime rate. Then we averaged out each state’s 14 rankings to come up with a master list—atop which sits none other than New Hampshire. The approach isn’t scientific or comprehensive (hey, neither was Mencken’s), and not all states are created equal—California’s economy is the world’s eighth largest, for instance, and Texas’s population outranks that of most countries. We also hold no grudges against the State of Mississippi, which came in last not just overall but on four of the individual lists, and certainly don’t attribute its woes to “hordes of barbaric peasants,” as Mencken did. But given that nine of the lowest-ranking states on our list overlap with the bottom 10 on Mencken’s, it might be that less has changed in the past 83
years than you think. Rank State Governor Overall rank (1 = best) 1 New Hampshire Maggie Hassan (D) 2 Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) 3 Vermont Peter Shumlin (D) 4 Utah Gary Herbert (R) 5 Massachusetts Deval Patrick (D) 6 Wyoming Matthew Mead (R) 7 Colorado John Hickenlooper (D) 8 Iowa Terry Branstand (R) 9 Washington Jay Inslee (D) 10 Connecticut Dannel Malloy (D) 11 Nebraska Dave Heineman (R) 12 New Jersey Chris Christie (R) 13 Montana Steve Bullock (D) 14 Maine Paul LePage (R) 15 Virginia Terry McAuliffe (D) 16 North Dakota Jack Dalrymple (R) 17 Hawaii Neil Abercrombie (D) 18 South Dakota Dennis Daugaard (R) 19 Wisconsin Scott Walker (R) 20 Idaho Butch Otter (R) 21 Maryland Martin O’Malley (D) 22 Kansas Sam Brownback (R) 23 Oregon John Kitzhaber (D) 24 District of Columbia Vincent Gray (D, mayor) 25 Alaska Sean Parnell (R) 26 Pennsylvania Tom Corbett (R) 27 New York Andrew Cuomo (D) 28 Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee (I) 29 Illinois Pat Quinn (D) 30 California Jerry Brown (D) 31 Missouri Jay Nixon (D) 32 Indiana Mike Pence (R) 33 Arizona Jan Brewer (R) 34 Ohio John Kasich (R) 35 Texas Rick Perry (R) 36 Michigan Rick Snyder (R) 37 Florida Rick Scott (R) 38 New Mexico Susana Martinez (R) 39 North Carolina Pat McCrory (R) 40 Nevada Brian Sandoval (R) 41 Oklahoma Mary Fallin (R) 42 Georgia Nathan Deal (R) 42 West Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin (D) 44 Kentucky Steve Beshear (D) 44 South Carolina Nikki Haley (R) 46 Delaware Jack Markell (D) 47 Alabama Robert Bentley (R) 48 Tennessee Bill Haslam (R) 49 Arkansas Mike Beebe (D) 50 Louisiana Bobby Jindal (R) 51 Mississippi Phil Bryant (R)
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WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 1:29 a.m.: incapacitated person, Main Street, a patrol officer reports a male party stumbled into the roadway and he had to take evasive action to avoid a hitting the man with his cruiser, the man appeared to be intoxicated and said he was going to his home but the officer found that he was already outside his residence, the man’s mother agreed to care for him; 1:48 a.m.: breaking and entering, Southwick Road, an intrusion alarm was received from a Southwick Road deli and the responding officer reports he found a door ajar, see story in the Wednesday edition of The Westfield News; 3:18 a.m.: building check, Shaker Farms Country Club, a patrol officer reports finding indications that a recent attempt had been made to pry open a back door to the country club, no entry appeared to have been gained, see story in the Wednesday edition of The Westfield News; 10:40 a.m.: officer wanted, King Street, a caller requests an officer to speak with about concerns the caller has about her 14-year-old daughter’s online relationship with a 24-year-old Texas resident, the responding detective reports she advised the caller of her protective order options and also advised her to report an incident which occurred in Pittsfield to police there, the detective reports she spoke with both the caller and her daughter about why such a relationship is illegal and other possible consequences; 2:06 p.m.: found property, Elm Street, a resident came to station to surrender an ATM card she found in a bank’s automatic teller machine; 2:42 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Springfield Road, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the vehicle’s registration was found to be expired and it was towed to the police impound yard; 6:04 p.m.: animal complaint, Union Street, a caller reports his mother struck a deer with her vehicle, the responding officer reports no injuries resulted and damage to the car was minor, the whereabouts of the deer were unknown. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 6:27 a.m.: assist citizen, North Elm Street, a caller reports she has locked her keys inside her running vehicle, the responding firefighters report entry was gained; 6:47 a.m.: animal complaint, Union Street, a caller reports an accident, the responding officer reports an eastbound operator on Union Street said that she saw a deer enter the roadway from the north and it was struck by a westbound vehicle which caused it to then strike her vehicle, the westbound vehicle failed to stop and left the area, a witness supported the driver’s account, a person came to the scene to take custody of the deer carcass; 7:12 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, North Elm Street at Pochassic Street, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating without a valid inspection sticker and stopped the vehicle, a routine check revealed that the operator’s license had been suspended and he was the subject of an outstanding warrant, Robert Lee Camacho, 28, of 140 Union St., was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and on the warrant; 9:29 a.m.: larceny, Montgomery Road, detectives report they were advised that a person has abused the trust placed upon her as a caregiver and has stolen funds from a disabled person, the detectives found that the subject’s former caregiver had given his niece custody of money orders which belonged to the disabled man she had been caring for and the woman fraudulently cashed the money orders, Christina May Allen, 32, of 625 Montgomery Road, was arrested for larceny of property valued more than $250 by a single scheme and three counts of uttering a false order for money; 10:12 a.m.: assist other agency, Meadow Street, officers were detailed to assist Department of Children and Families workers as they took custody of a child, the officers report the girl was surrendered without incident; 10:42 a.m.: suspicious activity, North Road, an administrator for an assisted living facility requests an officer for a resident whose property was disturbed, the responding officer reports the administrator said that a couple residing in the facility returned to their apartment to find a housekeeper inside who had no obvious reason to be there, the housekeeper told the residents that she had entered their apartment to see if a towel she had found belonged to them but did not have a towel with her, the residents found that medications which are kept in a closet had been disturbed and scattered but nothing appeared to be missing, the officer reports the suspect was interviewed but not charged and further action was referred to the facility’s administration; 12:19 p.m.: animal complaint, Westfield Animal Shelter, 178 Apremont Way, a person came to the shelter to surrender a lhasa apso dog reportedly found near Meadow and Lewis streets; 1:18 p.m.: larceny, a woman and her son came to the station to report the theft of a purse, the responding officer reports the young man said that his mother does not speak English and said that she had inadvertently left her purse behind when she left a Meadow Street facility and found it gone when she returned to retrieve it, although the purse contained no cash the young man said that his mother requires a police report in order to replace documents which were lost; 3:26 p.m.: assault, Smith Avenue, a 13-year-old boy came to the station to report being assaulted at Grandmothers Garden, the responding officer reports the boy said that he had been playing football in the park and was bitten when he was tackled by a boy he identified, the boy said that a few days later he noticed that the bite had left marks which he showed to a school nurse, a report was filed; 6:24 p.m.: assault, Broad Street, a resident came to the station with her son who said that he was beaten up on his way home from Westfield Middle School South, the responding officer reports he spoke with both boys involved in the incident and each said that the other had started the altercation; 9:17 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Eastwood Drive at Union Street, a patrol officer reports he observed a privately posted sign on Eastwood Drive which is restricting visibility, the officer reports he removed the sign and also removed a second illegally posted sign; 10:25 a.m.: accident, North Elm Street, a patrol officer reports a head-on crash on Clay Hill with injury, responding firefighters report one of the operators was removed from his vehicle and transported to Baystate Medical Center, the man was subsequently treated and released. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 12:20 a.m.: suspicious activity, Washington House, a patrol office reports he observed a shattered window and three sets of fresh tracks nearby, the responding officer reports he spoke with three young persons in the area but determined that their footprints did not match the tracks found; 1:04 a.m.: disturbance, Washington House, 16 Washington St., a caller reports a male party at his residence is threatening him and he wants the man removed, the responding officer See Police Logs, Page 8
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Mass. Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr gestures during a news conference with Mass. Sen. Barry Finegold at the Statehouse in Boston, Wednesday. The two Massachusetts senators will introduce new legislation in response to a recent ruling from the state’s highest court that sentencing juveniles convicted of murder to life without parole is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Lawmakers seek sentencing changes DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) — As the family of a 15-year-old girl murdered by her 16-year-old boyfriend looked on, a group of Massachusetts lawmakers proposed legislation Thursday that would require juveniles convicted of first-degree murder to serve a minimum of 35 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole. The bill comes in response to recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that sentencing juveniles to life without parole is unconstitutional. Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, and Sen. Barry Finegold, D-Andover, said the bill is aimed at giving some sense of justice to the families of murder victims who thought the people who killed their loved ones would stay in prison for the rest of their lives. As a result of the SJC decision, juveniles convicted of murder could be eligible for parole in as little as 15 years. “The Supreme Court said that it is cruel and unusual punishment that a juvenile would have to spend their life behind bars without parole, but it is also cruel and unusual punishment that after only 15 years and every 5 years thereafter, a victim’s family would have to relive such a horrible tragedy,” Finegold said. Currently, first-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole, even for juveniles. Tarr said the bill — which mirrors a proposal made by state prosecutors — seeks to ensure the new penalty would be deemed constitutional under the recent court rulings while making sure juveniles who commit murder receive appropriate sentences. He said that in addition to the 35-year minimum, the bill would also require that the state Parole Board, in order to grant parole, to find that the juvenile did not have the mental state of an adult when the crime was committed. Kellie Schaffer, the sister of Beth Brodie, a 15-year-old from Groveland who was beaten to death with an aluminum baseball bat in 1992 by a 16-year-old boy she’d dated several times, said the SJC ruling “feels like a slap in the face.” “I don’t believe we should be forced to relive our tragedy again,” she said. “Our murdered loved ones deserve better than that. They deserve justice.” As a result of the SJC ruling, approximately 63 people who were convicted of first-degree murder as juveniles will now be eligible for parole. Some defense lawyers have urged caution in responding to the court rulings. “Judges need to have some discretion on where to set parole eligibility based on the individual young person, their background and the circumstances of the offenses,” said Joshua Dohan, director of the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the state’s public defender agency.
Teen faces new charges in rape case NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — A Longmeadow teenager is facing additional charges in connection with a rape at the University of Massachusetts. Patrick Durocher pleaded not guilty Thursday in Hampshire Superior Court to charges of aggravated rape, aggravated assault and battery and kidnapping. Durocher had been arraigned only on the aggravated rape charge in district court. Prosecutors say the 18-yearold Durocher choked and raped the woman he did not know outside on the Amherst campus on Sept. 2. He and the women were students. School officials say he is no longer enrolled.
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Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 Quinnell D. Williams, 26, of 12 Hamlet St., Springfield, was held pending a pretrial detention hearing Jan. 28 after he was arraigned on charges of violation of an abuse prevention order, breaking and entering a vehicle in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, assault with a dangerous weapon, intimidating a witness, threatening to commit a crime, larceny of a motor vehicle and kidnapping brought by Westfield police. William C. Deveno, 47, of 16 Blandford Road, Huntington, was released on his personal recognizance pending an April 9 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery on a police officer and a miscellaneous statutory violation brought by State Police.
Mass. school class aide suspended over racy photos FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts classroom aide who posed for racy modeling photos has been suspended with pay. Photos of 23-yearold Kaitlin Pearson were sent anonymously Friday to the South Street Elementary School in Fitchburg, 45 miles northwest of Boston. Photos also were sent to the Kaitlin Pearson Sentinel & Enterprise newspaper with a note saying, “Can you believe that this girl was hired to work with special education children in the Fitchburg schools?!!” Pearson has worked as a full-time assistant in a specialeducation program since November. She has appeared scantily clad in multiple amateur shoots, including for ModelsMania magazine. Fitchburg schools superintendent Andre Ravenelle told the newspaper (http://tinyurl.com/m38b54n) for a Wednesday story the school is investigating whether Pearson’s second job affects her ability to work with children. Pearson says in a Facebook message she can’t comment because of legal issues.
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Grow your own tea from your garden SARAH WOLFE Associated Press When temperatures fall, there’s nothing better than a piping hot cup of tea. And as craft and organic tea seeps into the mainstream, tea gardens are becoming a popular way for brew lovers to bypass the store and enjoy the benefits of herbal tea without additives or preservatives. “It just tastes and smells better,” says chef Kimmy Tang, who snips mint, lavender and lemongrass from her garden for herbal teas at her 9021PHO restaurants in Los Angeles. “I also know that it’s 100 percent organic. I don’t use any chemicals to help them grow, and I can taste the difference.” It may sound daunting, but British gardener and author Cassie Liversidge says many tea garden staples may already be at your fingertips. “Honeysuckle, mint, rosemary. They’re all quite common plants, but can be turned into tea,” says Liversidge, author of the forthcoming book “Homegrown Tea: An Illustrated Guide to Planting, Harvesting and Blending Teas and Tisanes” (St. Martin’s Griffin, March 2014). She and other tea gardeners offer the following tips to get your feet wet: GROWING First and foremost, no sprawling English estate is required here. Tea gardens come in many forms, and don’t even need to be in the ground. Tang grows her herbs in a vertical garden hanging on a wall behind her restaurants, while other city dwellers cramped for space use pots and other containers. All you need is dirt, water and some seeds. “A great way to get started is to buy a plastic indoor sun garden at Lowe’s or Home Depot, along with the seeds and pieces of dirt that expand with water,” says McCollonough Ceili, a 26-year-old author who grows lavender, sage, mint and other herbs outside her kitchen window in Tennessee. Liversidge recommends easy-to-grow plants like mint, lavender or chamomile for beginners. If you’ve already got those growing, take a stab at other popular tea ingredients like coriander, lemon balm, rose hips, hibiscus and jasmine. Keep the plants in an area that gets at least six hours of sunlight each day, rotate them often and monitor moisture per directions on the seed packet.
This undated photo provided by courtesy of Skyhorse Publishing shows dandelion, rose hips and other dried plants that line the cupboards of authors Dede Cummings and Alyssa Holmes, who use them for homemade teas and healing salves. (AP Photo/Skyhorse Publishing. Abigail Gehring)
Publishing, May 2014) by Vermont gardeners and neighbors Alyssa Holmes and Dede Cummings: 1 part rose hips 1 part hibiscus 2 parts lemon balm 1 part dandelion blossoms 1/2 part rosebuds Pour into a quart jar and fill with boiling water. Cover and let steep for at least 15 minutes or up to eight hours. Strain before drinking. ___ Online: Cassie Liversidge: http://cassieliversidge.com Amy Renea: www.anestforallseasons.com The Medicinal Gardening Handbook: http://medicinalgardening.wordpress.com 9021PHO: www.90210PHO.com
This photo provided by Amy Renea of A Nest for All Seasons shows hibiscus tea. This time of year, there’s nothing better than curling up with a hot cup of tea. (AP Photo/A Nest for All Seasons, Amy Renea)
HARVESTING/DRYING Each plant is unique when it comes to harvesting. The flower tops are the most medicinal part of the rosemary plant, for example, so be sure to clip those off along with the leaves for tea, Liversidge says. Fennel is valued for its seeds, and those must be shaken out from the flowers once they turn brown. Snip flowers like chamomile at the base of their stems, not the top, so you can use the stems, leaves and petals in your brew, according to Liversidge. Many herbs can be used fresh, but drying them is a good way to keep your tea cupboard stocked through the winter. Tie them up and hang them in bundles to dry, or spread them out on a flat surface in the sun. A dehydrator or an oven at a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit or lower can also be used. “With my lemongrass, I cut it and freeze it to keep the nutrients locked in,” says Tang. No matter the method, be sure to store your tea ingredients in airtight containers. BREWING There are a few ways to brew your homemade tea, depending on the ingredients and personal preference. Hershey, Pa.-based writer and photographer Amy Renea prefers to “chop off big hunks” of fresh mint, lemon balm, chamomile and sometimes stevia from her tea garden and put them right in the tea kettle. Once it’s reached boiling, pull the kettle off the heat and let it sit for a few minutes before pouring into your favorite tea cup. “I strain the tea through a small tea mesh strainer, but any strainer will do,” Renea says. Liversidge prefers filling empty tea bags with homemade ingredients — “then you’re not tempted to put too much water with it” — and letting them steep about three minutes before enjoying. For the freshest tea possible, she advises pouring fresh water into your tea kettle every time. It has more oxygen, which will bring out the tea’s flavor. Here is a recipe for a Vitamin C “power blend” tea from the forthcoming “Medicinal Gardening Handbook” (Skyhorse
This photo provided by Amy Renea of A Nest for All Seasons shows herbs being cut for tea. This time of year, there’s nothing better than curling up with a hot cup of tea. Tea gardens are becoming a popular way for brew lovers to bypass the store and enjoy tea’s benefits without additives or preservatives. (AP Photo/A Nest for All Seasons, Amy Renea)
This photo provided by Amy Renea of A Nest for All Seasons shows tea being strained as hot water is poured from a kettle. This time of year, there’s nothing better than curling up with a hot cup of tea. (AP Photo/A Nest for All Seasons, Amy Renea)
Sap aside, pencil cactus is nice indoors and out LEE REICH Associated Press Pencil cactus is a fitting common name for Euphorbia tirucalli, even though the plant would be useless for writing and is not really a cactus. A single plant looks like many slender, green pencils, each stuck on the end or growing off the side of the one before it. A couple of small, elongated leaves perch inconspicuously and briefly at the end of the “pencils,” relegating photosynthesis to the succulent, green stems. Lack of thorns is one indication that this plant is no cactus. Even more telling is the milky sap that oozes from broken or cut stems. That sap and the plant’s flowers — not very showy and rarely appearing indoors — put pencil cactus in the spurge family, along with more familiar houseplants such as poinsettia and crown-ofthorns. On the positive side, the sap has been used in its native Africa as folk medicine, and to repel mosquitoes and kill rats. It’s also a potential source of latex rubber and oil — 10 to 50 barrels of oil per acre by one reckoning. On the negative side, the sap has been implicated as a potential carcinogen and, if it gets in the eyes, is said to cause temporary blindness. At the very least, it is somewhat toxic and irritates skin, as does the sap of many spurge family plants. MAKING NEW PLANTS All that is necessary to get a pencil cactus started is to snap a few stems, each 2 or 3 inches long, from an existing plant (again, avoiding touching the sap). My pencil cactus cuttings came from a living fence I happened upon during a recent visit to Florida. There was no need to keep those cuttings moist until I returned home because this
plant, like all succulents, roots best if its cut ends are allowed to callous over in dry air before being put in soil. So it wasn’t until I brought my cuttings home that I stuck them into pots of soil, watered them, and then waited each time until the soil was thoroughly dry before watering again. GROWING THIS PENCIL Where winter temperatures don’t drop below freezing, pencil cactus can grow outdoors as high as 30 feet. There, the dense tangle of stems and a sap that virtually every animal avoids make the plant an ideal living fence. Where winters are too cold to grow pencil cactus outdoors, it makes a nice houseplant (keeping in mind the cautions about the sap). As a succulent, the plant loves light but otherwise tolerates the threats facing most houseplants: dry air and forgetful watering. If in doubt about whether or not to water this plant, don’t. It won’t die from under-watering. Taper off or completely avoid watering in winter. Extra perlite added to any potting mix further ensures that the mix drains well and stays on the dry side. One variety that’s particularly attractive indoors or out is “Sticks on Fire.” Its “pencils” are reddish yellow, the red becoming more prominent in cooler weather. Once my pencil cactus plants take root and begin to grow, I may leave them to grow freely like a jumble of branching “pencils” in their pots. Or perhaps I’ll coax them with pruning and bending into a living sculpture. Perhaps I’ll pot them up with a candelabra cactus, another sculptural spurge (Euphorbia lactea, also erroneously called a cactus), which has fat, three-sided, dark green stems with thorns along the ridges. No matter how I grow my new pencil cactus, I’ll be careful to avoid the sap.
This undated photo shows a pencil cactus, the common name for Euphorbia tirucalli, an easy-tocare-for and interesting-looking houseplant, in New Paltz, New York. A single plant looks like many slender, green pencils, each one or more stuck on the end, or growing off the side, of the one before it. A couple of small, elongated leaves perch inconspicuously and briefly at the end of the “pencils,” relegating photosynthesis to the succulent, green stems. (AP Photo/Lee Reich)
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This Jan. 21, 2014 photo released by MediaSource shows Shannon McCormick, left, serving a tomato to her 4 year old daughter Sophie Chapman at their home in Gahanna, Ohio. Although not fond of tomatoes, McCormick keeps that fact from her daughter, who loves them. (AP Photo/MediaSource, Robert Leitch)
Parents’ white lies are a time-honored tradition LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Generally speaking, mom Shannon McCormick loves fruits and vegetables and wants to pass that on to her 4-year-old, but her resolve is tested when she encounters her plump, red nemesis: the tomato. “Tomatoes are my kryptonite. I hate them. My daughter loves them and I don’t want to even suggest that they’re anything less than delicious,” said McCormick, in Columbus, Ohio. That’s why she choked down an evil chunk when her child stabbed it with a fork and held it to her lips a few months back. “I just sat there and looked at her and thought, ‘Well I just have to do this,’” McCormick recalled. “I swallowed it whole.” Kids, parents are people, too. Remember that when you’re older and learn of all the little things yours hid from you for the greater good or their pleasure alone. Absent serious crimes and misdemeanors, you’ll live to tell about it. Consider such moments great family stories and decide for yourselves whether you want to carry on the time-honored tradition of hidden vices and small deceits in parenting. “I’ve been hiding Twinkies under the front car seat since my first kid was in diapers,” said Genevieve West, a stayat-home mom of three in Portland, Ore. “Now that she’s 12, my husband and I hide all evidence of our Starbucks trips or Thai takeout so we don’t suffer her wrath.” Fast food was also a problem for Katrina Olson in Urbana, Ill. “My husband abhors it, so when our girls were toddlers and wanted to go to McDonald’s, we told them it was closed for cleaning on Tuesdays or Thursdays, or whatever day it happened to be. It worked for several years,” she said. Her girls are now 10 and 12 and their parents have other secrets. One involves Whiskers the cat. Or rather, the gender of Whiskers the cat. When the sisters were about 18 months old and 3, they picked out Whiskers at a shelter. The family had to wait three days before picking HIM up once he was neutered. That’s when Olson’s oldest stated her preference for a girl pet. “My husband and I discussed it and decided we would just tell them it was a girl, so Whiskers has spent most of his life wearing girl doll clothes and pink bows. When the girls accompanied me to a vet appointment, I called ahead and requested that they refer to Whiskers as a ‘her,’” Olson said. Fast forward about seven
years, when her oldest was flipping through a cat care book that got her thinking something was amiss. “She tells me she thinks Whiskers is a boy. I feign ignorance,” mom said. “She’s almost 13 and I still haven’t told her the truth.” Elisabeth Wilkins in Portland, Maine, is the editor of Empoweringparents.com, dedicated to helping parents change kids’ questionable behavior. But Wilkins is also something else: a third-generation chocolate hider, on the matriarchal side. “My brother and I would find it in the coat closet or the back of the freezer,” she said. “My aunt had a very sensitive nose and was able to sniff it out.” Her son is now 11 and inherited that sensitive chocolate nose. At 4 or 5, Wilkins relied on the old “mommy’s vegetables” response when he caught a whiff of the dark stuff on her breath. “I’d say, ‘Oh, I just had some broccoli,’ or I’d say an onion and he’d go, ‘Ew’ and walk away,” Wilkins laughed. She and her husband aren’t so strict as to never allow their offspring a bite of chocolate. She just wasn’t sure she wanted to reveal exactly how obsessed she was — and she
wanted to reserve the good stuff for herself. “Sometimes I go into the bedroom and shut the door for, like, a half-hour and have a little bit of chocolate, then I’ll go rinse my mouth out. Seriously. You feel responsible. You don’t want to teach them bad habits. You don’t want to teach them your bad habits,” she said. Eli Federman in Miami Beach, Fla., understands. He’s the senior vice president and co-founder of an online startup that offers flash sales on electronics, but he and his wife quickly realized that handing over an iPad to their daughter before she hit her second birthday was a mistake. “She was always attracted to the iPhone. When she was around 1 we bought her the mini iPad. We thought because of the kids games that are on there, and because of the learning apps, she could interact,” he said. And interact she did. “It just got so out of control. Even when she went to sleep she would request it. She’d be in the crib shaking the crib going, ‘iPad, iPad, iPad.’ She refused to go to sleep without it. There was no moderation. We were, like, we have to get rid of this, but
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we wanted it for ourselves, so we lock it in the chemical cabinet and wait to use it when she’s sleeping or we’re out or something,” he said. Writer Laura Hedgecock of Farmington Hills, Mich., blogs about family and the importance of sharing memories. She also comes from a long line of treat stashers. When she buys Girl Scout cookies, she keeps a box for herself and savors it for days, whereas her two teen sons scarf their share in a couple of hours. But they’re on to her. “I hide chocolate in my underwear drawer,” she said. “In their opinions, no craving is worth delving into that territory!” But there’s more going on, Hedgecock said. Growing up, she “stayed out of the marshmallows that Mom hid in the electric skillet, or just took one, and left alone the Hershey bar Dad had at the bottom of the magazine rack by his recliner.” It’s not about the hiding, she said: “It’s about respecting what is special to someone else.”
MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Those nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read. The Food and Drug Administration says knowledge about nutrition has evolved over the last 20 years, and the labels need to reflect that. As the agency considers revisions, nutritionists and other health experts have their own wish list of desired changes. The number of calories should be more prominent, they say, and the amount of added sugar and percentage of whole wheat in the food should be included. They also want more clarity on how serving sizes are defined. “There’s a feeling that nutrition labels haven’t been as effective as they should be,” says Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “When you look at the label, there are roughly two dozen numbers of substances that people aren’t intuitively familiar with.” For example, he says, most of the nutrients are listed in grams, the metric system’s basic unit of mass. Jacobson says people don’t really understand what a gram is. Michael Taylor, the FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods, says 20 years ago “there was a big focus on fat, and fat undifferentiated.” Since then, health providers have focused more on calories and warned people away from saturated and trans fats more than all fats. Trans fats were separated out on the label in 2006. The nutrition facts label “is now 20 years old, the food environment has changed and our dietary guidance has changed,” says Taylor, who was at the agency in the early 1990s when the FDA first introduced the label at the behest of Congress. “It’s important to keep this updated so what is iconic doesn’t become a relic.” The FDA has sent guidelines for the new labels to the White House, but Taylor would not estimate when they might be released. The FDA has been working on the issue for a decade, he said. There’s evidence that more people are reading the labels in recent years. According to an Agriculture Department study released this month, a greater percentage of adults reported using the nutrition facts panel and other claims on food packages “always or most of the time” in 2009 and 2010 compared with two years See FDA Labels, Page 8
The nutrition facts label on the side of a cereal box is photographed in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says knowledge about nutrition has evolved over the last 20 years, and the labels need to reflect that. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
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Obituaries Mary Bachleda WESTFIELD - Mary (Tobias) Bachleda died Monday, January 20, 2014 in a local nursing home. Born and raised in Westfield, Mary was a lifelong resident. She was a 19 year Internal Auditor for the Woronoco Savings Bank retiring in 1982. Mary was a graduate of Westfield High School and the former Westfield Commercial School. She was a communicant, lector, and Eucharistic Minister at St. Peter and St. Casimir Parish in Westfield, a former member of its choir and Pastoral Advisory Counsel. She was also a member of the St. Peter and St. Casimir Rosary Sodality and a member of the St. Stephan’s Fraternal Society. She was the widow of Paul A. Bachleda who died in 2000. She leaves a son, Paul A. Jr. and his wife Margaret of Westfield and a daughter, Martha B. Bachleda of Westfield; her granddaughter, Crystal Bachleda and nieces and nephews. May she rest in peace. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, January 29th at 11:30 a.m. in St. Peter and St. Casimir Church. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, both in Westfield. Visiting hours are Tuesday January 28 from 4:006:00 p.m. at the Robert E Cusack Funeral Home, 94 Main Street (Route 20), Westfield. Memorial contributions to St. Peter and St. Casimir Church, 22 State Street, Westfield, MA 01085 or the Shriner’s Hospital, 516 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01104-2396.
Rosemarie Cudworth SOUTHWICK - Rosemarie “Rhodie” (Kriesak) Cudworth, 94, of 1 Sawmill Park, passed away Monday, January 20, 2014 at Genesis Health Care of Westfield. Born and educated in Westfield, MA, Rosemarie was the daughter of the late Alexander & Mary (Evanchak) Kriesak, and was a 1938 graduate of Westfield High School. Rosemarie worked for many years at several businesses in the Westfield area, retiring after 21 years from Westfield Savings Bank. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Lake Church, Southwick, where she was a past president of the Rosary Alter Society, a Eucharistic Minister and Lector. She was a Past President of the Southwick Women’s Club and a member of Southwick American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary, Post 338. She is survived by three grandchildren, Christopher & Kimberly Cudworth of Mashpee, MA, and Michael Gonnello of Westfield, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, William T. Cudworth, Sr. in 1998 and her son, William T. Cudworth, Jr. in 1989. Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 27th at 10:30 a.m. from the Southwick-Forastiere Funeral Home, 624 College Highway, Southwick, MA followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. in Our Lady of the Lake Church, Sheep Pasture Road, Southwick. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Westfield. Family and friends may gather at the funeral home Monday morning from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to the services. Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of the Lake Church, Southwick, MA. www.forastierefuneralhome.com.
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Pathologist Fernando G. Pereira WESTFIELD - Fernando G. Pereira, 64, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at home. He was born in Portugal on April 18, 1949 to the late Domingos and Rosa (Goncalves) Pereira. He attended schools in Portugal and has been a resident here for the past 40 years. He worked at Waltham Grinding Wheel and International Paper Products both in Westfield and retired in 2011. He was predeceased by his wife, Bonnie in 2010. He leaves his son, Jason Pereira and his fiancé Samantha King of Westfield; his step-son, Jeremy Barkyoumb and his wife Stephanie of Springfield. He also leaves 5 grandchildren. The funeral and burial will be held in the spring in Middle Farms Cemetery. Donations in memory of Fernando may be made to the Westfield Homeless Cat Project, 1124 East Mountain Road, Westfield, MA 01085. firtionadams.com
Philip E. Brett WESTFIELD - Philip Eugene Brett, 92, went to Heaven on January 22, 2014. He was born on May 27, 1921 in Medford, MA. He was a lifelong resident of Westfield, MA moving to Tennessee in 2011 to be near his daughter, Colleen. Philip was the son of Rudolph J. and Gertrude Brett of Westfield. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 63 years, Rosa E. Dewey, in 2009. He was also predeceased by his brother, Robert Brett and sister, Dorothy Brett. Philip graduated from Westfield Trade School in 1940. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class in the Construction Battalion (Seabees) from 1943-1946 in the Pacific Islands. He was employed over 30 years at Reed National Corporation in Westfield retiring in 1981. Following his retirement, he volunteered for Meals on Wheels and was a deacon and Sunday School Teacher at Central Baptist Church in Westfield having been a member since 1948. He enjoyed old trains, cars and tractors. He collected stamps, old coins, and arrowheads he had found near the Westfield River banks. He loved music including waltzes, Big Band, pipe organ, bluegrass and country. Philip was an accordion player for many years. He enjoyed taking country drives, reading, and reviewing his impressive collection of family memorabilia. He leaves his children, Robert E. Brett and wife Linda of Bountiful, Utah, Karen E. Niedzialek of Westfield, and Colleen Cuzzone and husband John of Pikeville, TN. He leaves five grandchildren, Patti and Brian Niedzialek, Sandra D. Brett, and Anthony and Robyn Cuzzone. He leaves three great-granddaughters in Rigby, Idaho. The funeral will be Saturday, January 25th at 4:00 p.m. at Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. Burial will be in the spring in Russell Cemetery. A calling hour will precede the service from 3:00-4:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Hospice of Cumberland County, 30 East Adams Street, Crossville, TN 38555. firtionadams.com
Continued from Page 1 recognize signs someone is dead, but aren’t experts in determining the extent of rigor mortis or estimating times of death. Cross-examined by prosecutor Steven Gagne, Arden said people can still become experts in a particular field through experience and research even without some type of official certification. Arden testified, for example, that he advertises himself in his consulting work as an expert in serial killers, though he holds no official certification as such. Arden testified that from the information he reviewed in preparation for his testimony, it appeared Annamarie Rintala was in a state of “well-developed” rigor mortis, a state that could take three, four or up to six hours to develop. Arden said that estimated range puts the possible time of death on both sides of 3 p.m., March 29, 2010. “It’s not a perfect bell curve,” Arden said. “But it definitely falls on both sides of that line.” The time of 3 p.m. is significant, Gagne said, because Cara Rintala told investigators that’s the last time she saw her wife before leaving the house with their daughter, before returning home shortly after 7 p.m. and finding the body in the basement. Using a four-to-six-hour estimate to reach that level of rigor mortis, Gagne said, makes it more likely the time of death was before 3 p.m. than after. Arden testified that physical exertion prior to death can speed up the onset of rigor mortis. Hoose has suggested Annamarie Rintala was “in the fight of her life” in the basement before she succumbed to strangulation. Questioned by Gagne, Arden said that exertion lasting 30 to 60 seconds probably wouldn’t be enough to significantly speed up rigor mortis. Annamarie Rintala’s body had evidence of several bluntforce trauma wounds to her head that could have been severe enough to leave her dazed or even unconscious, making it easier for someone to strangle her without resistance, Gagne said. Evidence overlooked? Massachusetts State Police Detective Jamie Magarian, the lead investigator in the case, endured a lengthy and highly critical cross-examination by Hoose regarding the thoroughness of the investigation. Hoose said items in and around the house that could have been significant were overlooked or never followed up on. Hoose has suggested investigators had made up their minds from the start Cara Rintala was the only suspect in the case and ignored evidence that didn’t fit that theory. Magarian said that despite Annamarie Rintala’s reputation for liking gadgets and technology, no computers, laptops, tablet computers or other electronics were found in the house. A safe in the couple’s bedroom was never opened by investigators nor was any inquiry into its contents made, Magarian testified. Hoose said a check of Annamarie Rintala’s bank records showed a purchase from a beauty supply store posted on the day she was killed, a Monday. Magarian said the purchase only posted to her account that day, and the purchase could have been made over the weekend or earlier. Magarian told the court he had made a note to follow up on the purchase, but never did. Hoose said other items around the house were overlooked for evidence, including a shopping bag in Annamarie Rintala’s van, and a small plastic tub in the basement that apparently contained some type of tanning lotion, though there was no evidence either woman visited a tanning salon. Magarian’s cross-examination is expected to continue Friday. Presiding Judge Mary-Lou Rup told the jury consisting of 10 women and five men that they may get the case and begin their deliberations as early as Tuesday of next week. Bob Dunn can be reached at bdunn@gazettenet.com.
Police Support Continued from Page 1 dozens of other community groups. Carboneau said that although the vast majority of the groups supported by the association are in the city the group makes a donation “every year” to the fund to support the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial on the grounds of the Massachusetts State House in Boston which lists the names of the Commonwealth’s fallen officers and includes the name of Westfield Officer Jose Torres who died, on duty, in July, 2012. He said that the solicitors
will start calling local residents on Monday, Jan.27 and will be asking for donations. Carboneau said that the current funding drive is the only one that benefits local groups and should not be confused with solicitations from other police groups, such as the Massachusetts Police Association or the D.A.R.E. program, which also utilize contracted solicitors for fundraising. Residents who are wiling to support the Westfield police group’s efforts for local charities are asked to make their checks (no cash) payable to
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reports a routine check revealed that the man was the subject of an outstanding warrant, Jason C. Tolbert, 44, of 16 Washington St., was arrested on the warrant; 6:59 a.m.: assist citizen, Sadie Lane, a caller reports she has locked her keys inside her running vehicle, the responding firefighters report entry was made; 3:17 p.m.: annoying phone calls, Beverly Drive, a resident reports via the online reporting option that a person who called her and offered to repair what she believes to have been nonexistent computer problems for a fee has continued to call her mother’s phone in search of her and has been harassing her mother; 5:46 p.m.: fraud, Elm Street, a clerk from a donut shop reports he was given a counterfeit $20 bill, the responding officer reports the note is obviously bogus but it is not known who presented it; 7:22 p.m.: disturbance, East Main Street, a caller reports a known male party entered her car and assaulted her, the responding officer reports the woman said that her former boyfriend came to her workplace and demanded to see her but she took refuge in her car, the woman said that the man broke into her vehicle via the rear hatch and crawled in to assault her with a baseball bat while making numerous threats directed toward her and her family, the woman said she was able to flee the car and the man left with it, an officer spotted the car on Springfield Road but it did not stop and the operator fled into West Springfield where he was taken into custody after the vehicle crashed, the operator was transported to hospital for treatment and, after he was treated, Quinnell D. Williams, 26, of 12 Hamlet St., Springfield, was arrested for violation of an abuse prevention order, breaking and entering a vehicle in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery in a domestic relationship, unarmed robbery, intimidating a witness, threatening to commit a crime, larceny of a motor vehicle and kidnapping; 8:41 p.m.: found property, Elm Street, a caller reports that she found a purse on Elm Street that contained marijuana, the officer reports he was unable to determine the owner of the found purse and it was stored for safekeeping.
‘The Westfield Police Association’ and leave the donations on their doors. Carboneau said that police, barred from soliciting, are not allowed to collect donations either. He said that contributors should not put their donations in their mailboxes as the representatives of the solicitors are not allowed to take anything from a mailbox but should leave their envelopes directly on their doors. He said that the solicitors will advise contributors about when their donations will be collected so the residents’ donations will not be left outside for an extended period. Persons with questions about the association or the programs supported may speak with Carboneau directly at 564-3100 or 246-3794. The police are not the only emergency responders who raise funds to benefit local organizations. The city firefighters, through their union, Local 1111 of the International Brotherhood of Firefighters, also support a wide variety of local programs in the community. The firefighters have also
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contracted with telephone fundraisers who have been calling residents to ask for donations to support the efforts of the firefighters since the beginning of January. Firefighter Ray Neilsen, the event coordinator, said that every year some residents who are contacted express concerns that the solicitation is a scam of some sort and said that he wants to assure residents that their donations will stay in the community and be used to help local organizations. The firefighters’ campaign will conclude on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Amelia Park Ice Arena when a picked team representing the fire department will take to the ice against the Blue and Gold Legends, a team comprised of former members of the Boston Bruins, in what has
become an annual event for the firefighters. The hockey game will be at 4:30 p.m. and admission is free although cash donations will be accepted at the door to augment the funds raised by pre-game donations. A program for the event will be available and, in addition to pictures and information about the Legends, will include pages for autographs. The former Bruins players will be available to the fans to sign autographs between the two 25-minute periods of the game. Young players attending the game will have another opportunity to get up-close and personal with the former hockey stars before the game when the Legends will offer two workshops for young hockey players. Children will be able to “pick up some tips from
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some of the Black and Gold Legends” said Neilsen, who added “we’re going to charge for that.” He said that pre-registration will be required for participation in one of two 45-minute workshops staged before the game.’ He said that a workshop for ‘Mites’ and ‘Squirts’ (children aged 4-10) will begin at 3 p.m. and a second workshop for older boys, ‘Peewees’ through ‘Bantams’ aged 10-14, will begin at 3:45 p.m. The children will need complete hockey pads and gear and participants may register for the workshops in person at Amelia Park or by calling the ice arena at 568 2503, Neilsen said. The cost of the workshops will be $30. Refreshments will be available at the game and will include firehouse chili.
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Rams stifle Smith By Chris Putz Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Katelyn Sylvia and Ashley Shea scored six points apiece to lead the Southwick-Tolland Regional High School girls’ basketball team to another victory. Southwick overcame a slow start with a smothering defensive effort. The Rams bottled up Smith Academy in a 34-11 win Thursday night to improve to 8-2 overall. “The team was very flat in the first half, but they picked it up in the second half and put the game away,” Southwick assistant coach Rick Harriman said of his Rams’ squad. “Our defensive effort completely shut Smith
Academy down.” Westfield 32, Minnechaug 26 WESTFIELD – Karly Mastello netted eight points and 10 rebounds to lead Westfield. Bombers’ Alicia Arnold scored 12 points, all on 3-pointers. JV RESULTS Southwick 50, Smith Academy 15 Sam Perruse and Haley Parker each recorded eight points – Parker’s all came in the first quarter – to lead Southwick. Rams’ Morgan Peterson had seven. “Our JV team played outstanding defense,” said Hariman, the JV head coach. “The team played very well – everyone scored.”
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Lord, Nkamebo’s 31 powers Westfield State West Side rule WHS HS Standings, Results By Chris Putz Staff Writer WEST SPRINGFIELD – West Springfield raced out to an 18-4 lead at the end of the first quarter, and cruised to a 50-39 home victory over Westfield in a high school boys’ basketball game Thursday night. Westfield cut the deficit to 11 points at the half, and pulled to within six points of a tie twice in the third quarter before falling behind by double digits late. “We competed hard again,” Westfield coach Bill Daley said. “We just had trouble scoring … We have to get better offensively and better execution.” Demetrius Rogers led Westfield with 14 points. West Side’s Kevawn Lord scored a game-high 20. Granby 64, Southwick-Tolland 41 Cory Baker and Jesse Molin scored 18 apiece to lead Granby at home. Matt Olson had 12 for Southwick.
WESTFIELD – Sophomore forward Forbasaw Nkamebo (Amherst) poured in a career high 31 points and junior Jen Ashton (Beverly) added 21 points to lead the Westfield State University women’s basketball team to a 69-62 victory over Worcester State University on Thursday, Jan. 23. The Owls boosted their record to 3-1 in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference and 10-7 overall. Worcester is 2-2 and 6-11. Normally a key reserve player for the Owls, Nkamebo got the starting nod in place of injured junior standout Gabby Felix (13.9 points, 9.3 rebounds per game) and turned in a monster game with her 31 points and game-high 13 rebounds. The 5-11 center from Amherst High School shot 11 for 18 from the field and 9 for 15 from the foul line in 37 minutes of action. “Forbasaw played a sensational game tonight,” said Westfield coach Andrea Bertini. “That is the most points any player has scored in my nine years coaching here. The team needed that lift.” Ashton was also spectacular and executed a nice 2-on-2 game with Nkamebo that would have impressed Larry Bird. In addition to scoring 21 points, Ashton racked up eight steals, seven assists and five rebounds. “Jen is always a ball hawk,” said Bertini. “She gave a tremendous effort. The biggest factor for us was her leadership.” With Nkamebo and Ashton both scoring 11 first-half points, the Owls led by as many as five points, 22-17, at the 6:29 mark. But the Lancers closed the first half with an 11-3 run to take a 28-25 intermission lead. Worcester junior guard Kelli McPherson (Mansfield) and senior standout Meaghan Burns (West Brookfield/Quaboag)
each scored 10 first-half points. The game’s turning point came at the outset of the second half when Westfield outscored Worcester, 19-5 for a 44-33 lead with 13:50 remaining. Back-to-back 3-point baskets by freshman guard Alyssa Darling (Palmer) and sophomore forward Tayler Travis (Somerset) sparked a 12-0 run during the early second-half scoring surge. “Defensively, we worked a lot harder,” said Bertini. “We rebounded well and did not allow a lot of offensive rebounds in the second half.” Led by Burns, who scored a team-high 21 points including her 1,000th career point, the Lancers chipped away and pulled within two points on a 3-point basket by Julie Frankian (Millbury) with 47 seconds remaining. But Nkamebo came up huge 20 seconds later with a sensational lay-in while heavily guarded to give the Owls a 65-61 lead. Burns hit a free throw with 19 seconds remaining then Travis canned two free throws for a 67-62 lead with 18 ticks remaining. Burns had 980 points entering the game and scored her 1,000th career point on a free throw with six minutes remaining. She is the 18th player in school history to surpass the magic milestone. Burns also totaled nine rebounds, three assists and two steals. McPherson and Shannen El-Qasem (Rutland/ Wachusett Regional) scored 12 and 10 points, respectively. Frankian had eight points and a team-high 11 rebounds and Cheyenne Jennings (Worcester/Wachusett Regional)) finished with nine points and five assists. Both teams shot 41 percent from the field but Westfield (15 for 25) outscored Worcester (9 for
20) from the foul line. Travis contributed eight points and 10 rebounds in a starting role to help give the Owls a 46-37 edge in rebounding.
GIRLS’ HOOPS Westfield 5-6 Southwick 8-2 Gateway 4-4 St. Mary 1-7 BOYS’ HOOPS Gateway 9-1 Westfield 3-8 Southwick 1-8 St. Mary 1-9 Westfield Voc-Tech 2-1* HOCKEY Westfield 5-2-2 St. Mary 2-1* BOYS’ SWIMMING Westfield 9-0 GIRLS’ SWIMMING Westfield 7-1-1 GIRLS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 5-1 BOYS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 0-0* WRESTLING Westfield 1-1 Southwick-Tolland 0-0* Gateway 0-0*
Thursday’s Results BOYS’ HOOPS West Springfield 50, Westfield 39 GIRLS’ HOOPS Westfield 32, Minnechaug 26 Southwick-Tolland 34, Smith Academy 11
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES FRIDAY January 24
SATURDAY January 25
MONDAY TUESDAY January 27 January 28 WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Northampton, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Northampton, 7 p.m.
WRESTLING at Bert Berger Invitational, Chicopee High School, 8 a.m. GIRLS’ HOCKEY (Cathedral/WHS/ Long.) at Matignon, Stoneham Arena, 11 a.m. BOYS’ V HOCKEY at East Longmeadow, Olympia Ice Center, West Springfield, 4 p.m. ***Sunday, January 26*** BOYS’ JV HOCKEY vs. Cathedral, Cyr Arena, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY January 29
BOYS’ JV HOCKEY vs. Agawam, Amelia Park Ice Arena, 4 p.m. SKIING – PVIAC Race, Berkshire East, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Agawam, 5:30 p.m. SWIMMING at Minnechaug, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Agawam, 7 p.m. WRESTLING vs. West Springfield, 7 p.m. BOYS’ V HOCKEY at Ludlow, Olympia Ice Center, West Springfield, 8:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOCKEY at Longmeadow, Cyr Arena, 5 p.m. BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Putnam, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Putnam, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY January 30 SKIING – PVIAC Race, Berkshire East, 5 p.m. BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Chicopee, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Chicopee, 7 p.m.
SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at McCann Tech, 6 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Renaissance, 7 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at McCann Tech, 7:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. St. Mary, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Ware, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. St. Mary, 7 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Ware, 7 p.m.
WRESTLING vs. South Hadley, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Monson, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Monson, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Smith Voke, 5 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Smith Voke, 6:30 p.m. WRESTLING at Hampshire, 7 p.m.
SKIING – PVIAC Race, Berkshire East, 5 p.m.
GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING at The Mounty, All Day
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Commerce, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Commerce, 7 p.m.
SKIING – PVIAC Race, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ JV HOOPS vs. Pathfinder, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Pathfinder, 6:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Holyoke Catholic, 5 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Holyoke Catholic, 6:30 p.m.
WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ JV HOOPS at McCann Tech, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at McCann Tech, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS vs. Putnam, 4 p.m.
SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ V HOCKEY at Chicopee Comp, Fitzpatrick Arena, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Whitinsville Christian School, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Whitinsville Christian School, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ V HOCKEY at Taconic, Pittsfield Boys’ & Girls’ Club, 7:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Southwick-Tolland, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Smith Voke, 6 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Southwick-Tolland, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Pioneer Valley Christian School, First Baptist Community Church, 7 p.m.
WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES Men’s Basketball
ICE HOCKEY
DAY
DATE
OPPONENT
TIME
Saturday
Jan. 25
MCLA
3:00
Tuesday
Jan. 28
at Fitchburg State
7:30
Saturday
Feb. 1
at Framingham State
3:00
Tuesday
Feb. 4
BRIDGEWATER STATE
7:30
Thursday
Feb. 6
at Western Connecticut
7:00
Tuesday
Feb. 11
SALEM STATE
7:30
Saturday
Feb. 15
at Worcester State
3:00
Tuesday
Feb. 18
at MCLA
7:30
Saturday
Feb. 22
FITCHBURG STATE
3:00
Tuesday
Feb. 25
MASCAC Quarterfinals
TBA
Thursday
Feb. 27
MASCAC Semi-finals
TBA
Saturday
March 1
MASCAC Championship
TBA
Women’s Swimming & Diving DAY
DATE OPPONENT
Jan. 25 Saturday Saturday Feb. 1 Feb. 14 Friday Saturday Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Sunday
TIME
at University of Saint Joseph (CT) WESTERN CONNECTICUT New England Championships New England Championships New England Championships University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1:00 1:00
DAY Saturday Thursday Saturday
DATE OPPONENT Jan. 25 at UMass Dartmouth Jan. 30 WORCESTER STATE Feb. 1 PLYMOUTH STATE
Thursday Saturday Saturday Thursday Saturday Tuesday Saturday Tuesday Saturday
Feb. 6 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 20 Feb. 22 Feb. 25 March 1 March 4 March 8
at Framingham State at Salem State FITCBHURG STATE UMASS DARTMOUTH at Worcester State PLYMOUTH STATE MASCAC Quarterfinals MASCAS Semifinals MASCAC Championship
in the next
American Profile
Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track and Field DAY DATE OPPONENT Jan. 25 Springfield College Invitational Saturday Feb. 1 Dartmouth College Invitational Saturday Feb. 8 MIT/Boston University Invitationals Saturday Saturday Feb. 15 MASCAC/Alliance Championships Feb. 21-22 New England Division III Finals Fri.-Sat.
Fri.-Sat Fri.-Sat Fri.-Sat.
Feb. 28 March 1 March 7-8 March 14-15
Place Springfield Hanover, N.H. Boston Southern Maine MIT (M); Springfield (W)
All New England Championships
Boston University
ECAC Division III Championships NCAA Division III Championships
Reggie Lewis Center @Devaney Center
Lincoln, NE
Women’s Basketball DAY
DATE OPPONENT
TIME
Saturday
Jan. 25
MCLA
1:00
Tuesday
Jan. 28
at Fitchburg State
5:30
Saturday
Feb. 1
at Framingham State
1:00
Tuesday
Feb. 4
BRIDGEWATER STATE
5:30
Tuesday
Feb. 11
SALEM STATE
5:30
Saturday
Feb. 15
at Worcester State
1:00
Tuesday
Feb. 18
at MCLA
5:30
Saturday
Feb. 22
FITCHBURG STATE
1:00
Tuesday
Feb. 25
MASCAC Quarterfinals
TBA
Thursday
Feb. 27
MASCAS Semifinals
TBA
Saturday
March 1
MASCAC Championship
TBA
Fido Football Playful pooches take to the turf for Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet’s cute and cuddly TV counterpart to Super Bowl Sunday’s other gridiron game.
TIME 4:30 7:35 5:35
5:35 7:35 7:35
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Peyton Manning eyes Super Bowl title with 2nd team HOWARD FENDRICH AP Pro Football Writer For all the NFL records Peyton Manning owns — and there are plenty — he is one victory away from the one accomplishment that eventually might define his legacy more than any other. If Manning’s Denver Broncos beat the Seattle Seahawks next weekend, he would become the first starting quarterback to win Super Bowl titles with two franchises. Manning is already a larger-than-life figure in Indianapolis, of course, widely credited with turning a basketball town into a football town by making the Colts truly matter. He led them to two NFL championship games, winning in 2007, losing in 2010. And now Manning, at the age of 37, two years removed from sitting out an entire season after a series of neck operations, has a chance to forever stamp himself as a figure of similar importance in Denver, too. As it is, he already has joined Craig Morton and Kurt Warner as the only QBs to lead two clubs to the Super Bowl, although they didn’t win with both. “If he can win this game, he definitely will be an icon in two cities,” said Morton, who was in Denver for six of his 18 NFL seasons. “Well, he probably already is. But ... there’s so much focus on the Super Bowl. If you win, you’re in granite. If you lose, you’re in the mud.” Spoken from experience. Morton went 0-2 as a Super Bowl starter, losing with the Dallas Cowboys in 1971, then the Broncos in 1978. Warner went 1-2, winning with the St. Louis Rams in 2000, then losing with them in
2002, before losing with the Arizona Cardinals in 2009. There are similarities. Morton eventually lost his starting job in Dallas, spent some time with bad New York Giants teams, then rebuilt his career in Denver. Warner eventually lost his starting job in St. Louis, spent some time with the Giants (before being replaced by Manning’s younger brother, Eli), then rebuilt his career in Arizona. “Everybody thought I was done. They thought I couldn’t play anymore. So to get back to that level and go back to the Super Bowl is a great accomplishment,” Warner said. “It’s cool to have Peyton there, after there were all the questions about his health. Similar to me, he was let go and sent off to greener pastures. He’s such a special player anyway, but here’s an opportunity to put some icing on that cake and separate himself from all the other great quarterbacks.” The older Manning was let go by the Colts after missing all of 2011, then wooed by champion-QB-turned-executive John Elway to Denver, where No. 18 quickly resumed his year-in, year-out excellence. Manning’s offense set a passel of league records this season, including his individual passing standards of 55 touchdowns and 5,477 yards, which is why he’s expected to land a fifth NFL MVP award, adding to yet another mark he already holds. And while Manning is not the sort to wax on about his standing in the game or his status in Denver, he did reflect a bit on the journey he’s been on. “I had never switched teams before. I had no idea how long it would take to form some chemistry offensively, to get comfortable
The breath of Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning exhales as he talks to the media after NFL football practice at the team’s training facility in Englewood, Colo., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. The Broncos are scheduled to play the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
with the culture,” said Manning, who threw for 400 yards in the AFC championship game victory over the New England Patriots. “I talked to some other players that had changed teams, and I think it depends on the individual, how you mesh with your new teammates, how comfortable you are in your new surroundings,” he said. It’s rare for a player at any position to transition well enough from one team to another to help both win a championship. Manning, the only member of the active rosters of the Broncos or Seahawks who’s won a Super Bowl previously, can become only the 15th starting player to win titles with two teams, according to STATS. “It’s a real challenge to go to a different location, different group of guys. A completely new adjustment,” said Bart Oates, a center on championship clubs with the New York Giants in 1987 and 1991, and the San Francisco 49ers in 1994. “People will remember Peyton in Denver, no matter what. But if you bring them a championship, they’ll love Peyton. That’s immortalized,” Oates added. “They celebrate championships every year. They don’t celebrate runners-up.”
NYC cops to keep close eye on Super Bowl fans NEW YORK (AP) — When Super Bowl fans fill the streets of New York City next week, police will be watching them closely — in person, in the air and on closed-circuit monitors. The New York Police Department has quietly installed about 200 temporary surveillance cameras in midtown Manhattan to help spot trouble along “Super Bowl Boulevard,” a 13-block street fair on Broadway that’s expected to draw large crowds during the windup to the game. Banners promoting the fair compete on the same lampposts with decidedly less festive signs reading, “NYPD Security Camera in Area.” The heavy surveillance is one facet of a vast security effort by scores of law enforcement agencies that spent the past two years devising their own version of a zone defense to protect Super Bowl events that are all over the map. Manhattan and Brooklyn will be the scene of dozens of pregame gatherings, while across the Hudson River, Newark will stage Media Day, Jersey City will host the Seahawks and Broncos at hotels there before the kickoff on Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. At a recent security briefing
at the stadium, police chiefs and other officials said success will be measured in part by how well authorities conceal all the concern over potential threats. The officials “realize this is the Super Bowl of football, not security,” said Jeffrey Miller, the NFL’s head of security. “That’s why all of us have been working very hard to make sure we take care of the logistical and security concerns so the fans can come and relax and enjoy what they see on the field.” As a precaution, the officials have mostly declined to give specific details of the security plans. They’ve also refused to forecast the costs. But at the briefing, the head of the New Jersey State Police revealed that up to 700 troopers would be assigned to patrols in and around the stadium. The NFL has committed another 3,000 private security officers to bolster security there as well. In Manhattan, the NYPD will draw on its experience securing the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, the New York City Marathon, the U.N. General Assembly and other high-profile events. The department also has studied bombings and other attacks, both domestic and foreign, to
fine tune its approach to guarding against potential terror threats. “We’re accustomed to large events and we’re prepared to respond to anything that presents itself,” said Chief James Waters, commanding officer of the NYPD’s Counterterrorism Bureau. Waters described how NYPD officials met with their counterparts in Boston following the bombing at last year’s Boston Marathon to assess the risk of future attacks in similar settings. The NYPD responded by blanketing the finish line area of the city’s own marathon with security cameras — an approach that will be duplicated along Super Bowl Boulevard. “We took a close look at what happened in Boston,” Waters said. “Unfortunately, this is the world we live in, so we learned from events around the world.” The temporary cameras for the Super Bowl festivities will supplement a system of thousands of permanent cameras covering midtown and Wall Street that the NYPD monitors from a command center in lower Manhattan. The department has pioneered analytical software that allows it to program the cameras to detect suspicious activity, such as a bag or
other objects left in one place for a long time. The NYPD also will take lower-tech measures similar to those taken for New Year’s Eve, when hundreds of extra uniformed and plainclothes officers in Midtown and elsewhere will mix with the crowd. Hazmat and bomb squads will be on standby. Others officers will patrol with bomb-sniffing dogs. Still more will watch from rooftops and from police helicopters.
NFL PLAYOFF GLANCE Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 45, Kansas City 44 New Orleans 26, Philadelphia 24 Sunday, Jan. 5 San Diego 27, Cincinnati 10 San Francisco 23, Green Bay 20 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 Seattle 23, New Orleans 15 New England 43, Indianpolis 22 Sunday, Jan. 12 San Francisco 23, Carolina 10 Denver 24, San Diego 17
Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 Denver 26, New England 16 Seattle 23, San Francisco 17
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 7:30 p.m. (NBC)
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. Denver vs. Seattle, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Indiana 33 8 .805 — 8-2 L-1 21-1 12-7 22-5 d-Miami 31 12 .721 3 6-4 W-2 18-3 13-9 20-10 11 5-5 W-2 15-6 7-13 15-11 Atlanta 22 19 .537 d-Toronto 21 20 .512 12 5-5 W-1 11-9 10-11 14-12 Chicago 21 20 .512 12 8-2 W-3 13-8 8-12 17-12 13 6-4 L-1 10-11 10-10 17-12 Washington 20 21 .488 Brooklyn 18 22 .450 14½ 8-2 W-3 11-9 7-13 12-14 Charlotte 19 25 .432 15½ 5-5 W-2 11-12 8-13 15-14 15-12 Detroit 17 25 .405 16½ 3-7 L-2 7-14 10-11 Cleveland 15 27 .357 18½ 4-6 L-2 10-10 5-17 9-19 New York 15 27 .357 18½ 5-5 L-5 7-15 8-12 12-16 Boston 15 29 .341 19½ 2-8 W-1 9-12 6-17 12-14 Philadelphia 14 28 .333 19½ 3-7 W-1 8-12 6-16 9-17 Orlando 11 32 .256 23 1-9 L-2 8-14 3-18 9-17 Milwaukee 8 33 .195 25 1-9 W-1 4-15 4-18 7-20 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Oklahoma City 33 10 .767 — 7-3 W-5 19-3 14-7 22-8 d-San Antonio 32 10 .762 ½ 7-3 L-1 17-7 15-3 20-8 Portland 32 11 .744 1 6-4 W-1 17-4 15-7 17-9 d-L.A. Clippers 29 15 .659 4½ 7-3 L-1 18-3 11-12 18-7 Houston 29 15 .659 4½ 8-2 W-3 18-6 11-9 16-12 Golden State 26 17 .605 7 6-4 L-1 12-6 14-11 16-14 Phoenix 24 17 .585 8 5-5 W-2 15-6 9-11 18-12 Dallas 25 19 .568 8½ 6-4 L-1 14-7 11-12 14-14 Memphis 20 20 .500 11½ 7-3 L-1 11-13 9-7 12-16 12 6-4 L-3 11-9 9-12 11-16 Denver 20 21 .488 Minnesota 20 21 .488 12 5-5 W-2 12-8 8-13 9-15 New Orleans 16 25 .390 16 1-9 L-1 9-11 7-14 8-20 L.A. Lakers 16 27 .372 17 2-8 L-2 8-11 8-16 9-18 Sacramento 15 26 .366 17 5-5 L-1 9-13 6-13 10-18 Utah 14 29 .326 19 5-5 L-2 8-12 6-17 8-21 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 112, Orlando 109 Boston 113, Washington 111, OT Chicago 98, Cleveland 87 Charlotte 95, L.A. Clippers 91 Toronto 93, Dallas 85 Philadelphia 110, New York 106 Houston 119, Sacramento 98 Milwaukee 104, Detroit 101 Oklahoma City 111, San Antonio 105 Phoenix 124, Indiana 100 Thursday’s Games Miami 109, L.A. Lakers 102 Portland 110, Denver 105 Friday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 7 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Dallas at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 8 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m. Washington at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Indiana at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Chicago at Charlotte, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at Denver, 9 p.m. Washington at Utah, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.
Pittsburgh Boston Tampa Bay N.Y. Rangers Montreal Columbus Toronto Philadelphia Detroit Ottawa Carolina New Jersey Washington N.Y. Islanders Florida Buffalo
GP 51 49 51 53 50 50 53 52 50 51 50 51 50 53 50 49
W 36 31 30 27 27 26 27 25 22 22 22 21 22 21 20 13
L 13 15 16 23 18 20 21 21 18 19 19 19 20 25 23 29
GP Anaheim 53 Chicago 53 St. Louis 50 51 San Jose Colorado 49 Los Angeles 52 Vancouver 52 53 Minnesota Phoenix 50 Dallas 51 Nashville 52 Winnipeg 52 Calgary 51 Edmonton 52
W 38 32 34 33 31 29 26 28 23 23 23 23 17 15
L 10 9 11 12 13 17 17 20 18 20 22 24 27 31
EASTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA Home 2 74 168 125 21-4-0 3 65 141 109 19-5-2 5 65 150 126 15-6-3 3 57 132 135 12-13-3 5 59 127 125 14-8-3 4 56 148 140 14-9-2 5 59 151 163 17-10-1 6 56 141 152 13-9-1 10 54 127 138 8-11-7 10 54 144 159 11-11-5 9 53 125 142 11-10-5 11 53 122 124 11-6-6 8 52 142 152 14-9-4 7 49 151 175 8-10-7 7 47 120 151 10-10-4 7 33 92 142 9-15-4 WESTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA Home 5 81 179 130 21-1-2 12 76 189 146 18-3-7 5 73 173 116 18-5-2 6 72 162 123 18-2-3 5 67 144 127 17-7-3 6 64 132 110 16-6-3 9 61 130 130 13-7-5 5 61 127 130 19-7-2 9 55 143 152 14-8-3 8 54 148 153 12-8-5 7 53 127 153 13-11-4 5 51 144 153 12-10-4 7 41 114 161 8-14-3 6 36 132 183 8-13-2
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday’s Games Detroit 5, Chicago 4, SO Carolina 3, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 1 Calgary 3, Phoenix 2 Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 3, SO Carolina 5, Buffalo 3 St. Louis 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Columbus 5, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 6, N.Y. Islanders 4 Minnesota 2, Chicago 1 Dallas 7, Toronto 1 Nashville 2, Vancouver 1 Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 1 San Jose 1, Winnipeg 0
Away 15-9-2 12-10-1 15-10-2 15-10-0 13-10-2 12-11-2 10-11-4 12-12-5 14-7-3 11-8-5 11-9-4 10-13-5 8-11-4 13-15-0 10-13-3 4-14-3
Div 17-5-0 11-7-0 11-3-1 7-9-3 7-5-2 12-7-1 9-5-2 9-8-3 7-5-4 10-4-5 10-7-1 9-6-3 9-8-2 5-12-3 8-9-1 5-11-4
Away 17-9-3 14-6-5 16-6-3 15-10-3 14-6-2 13-11-3 13-10-4 9-13-3 9-10-6 11-12-3 10-11-3 11-14-1 9-13-4 7-18-4
Div 14-1-2 9-7-3 13-0-1 13-3-2 12-5-2 10-4-1 8-8-4 11-8-1 9-7-4 6-8-5 7-9-0 5-11-3 5-9-3 2-10-3
Friday’s Games Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Carolina, ppd., schedule conflict Montreal at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Calgary, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Ottawa at Carolina, 12 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. Colorado at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m. Toronto at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Dallas, 8 p.m. Anaheim vs. Los Angeles at Los Angeles, CA, 9:30 p.m. Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
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Annie’s Mailbox By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
Need Advice Dear Annie: I was married for 21 years, until my wife decided to call it quits. It’s been four years since the divorce. She is now dating someone from work. I suspect this co-worker is the reason she left me, but I truly do not care anymore and have moved on with my life. For the past two years, I have been dating “Lois.” We don’t live together. We both have teenage children and don’t think living together is a good idea. But, Annie, every morning I ask myself: Should I stay, or should I go? I am 49 and Lois is 42. We often argue about stupid things. She quickly gets over these spats, but I don’t. So, tell me: How do I know whether it’s love or just companionship? -- Need Advice Dear Need: If every morning you question whether you should stick around, the answer is no, you shouldn’t. You don’t mention that you love Lois or even enjoy her company. You seem to fight often in ways that disturb you. Being with someone who doesn’t make you happy is not the solution to loneliness. Dear Annie: My parents divorced after 15 years of marriage. My father remarried and passed away in 2004. My mother married a man and divorced him after 18 years. He, too, has passed away. My mother believes that my aunts, uncles and cousins on my father’s side are still her relatives because they are related to me. She says she is still the aunt to my cousins on that side of the family. My brother adds to this dilemma by bringing Mom to some of these family gatherings where my paternal aunts ignore her and my cousins ask why she is there. She seems hurt by this. So is Mom still a part of my dad’s family? She has nieces from her second marriage, but she has never included me in those gatherings, and I don’t even know them. Are these unknown cousins relatives to me? -- Child in the Middle Dear Child: Your mother is related only insofar as the relatives want her to be. If she was “aunt” to your cousins for 15 years, they may still think of her this way. However, it sounds as if they are not interested in being related any longer, in which case, they don’t have to be. The same goes for your stepcousins. Unless you are suddenly interested in getting to know them better, you do not need to consider yourself related. Dear Annie: I’m writing in response to “Heart Full of Joy in Pennsylvania,” who divorced her cheating husband after 35 years and finally found happiness. I’ve been married for 36 years, and my husband has lived a secret life the entire time. I’ve known about it, but turned my head and kept up a good front so the children could have a happy childhood. Now the kids are grown, and I’ve decided I cannot live the lie anymore. I told the children that their dad has been unfaithful, but I didn’t disclose the details that he has been living “on the down low,” having casual sex with men at public parks and going to swingers clubs. My kids are hurt, and feel that their happy childhood was a lie. I often wonder if I am being selfish. After all, the marriage isn’t horrible, but it isn’t a true marriage. My counselor says the kids will come around eventually and will realize that I am much happier now that I’m out of my dysfunctional marriage. I just want to say that “Heart Full of Joy” has given me hope. Though I’m not interested in finding someone else right now, perhaps there is a man out there who will cherish me, honor me and truly love me. -- Tired of Living the Lie Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
HINTS FROM HELOISE TRAVEL HINT Dear Heloise: As an older, highrisk cardiac patient, I offer the following tip: My wife and I travel often, and found out through experience that I need to carry a copy of my last EKG. This saves time and expense if you experience chest pain and go to an emergency room. The ER staff can use it as a baseline to compare with the EKG that was taken on arrival. - George in Auburn, Calif. George, how right you are! This is important to anyone, young or older, with a serious medical condition. And, while on the subject, carry a copy of all the meds you take! Safe travels, and good health! - Heloise PAPER AND TWINE Dear Heloise: This hint helps me in the vegetable garden. After I plant the garden, I lay down three to four layers of newspaper and cover with a good layer of straw. This helps with weed control, and it helps hold the moisture. I cut the binder twine that wraps the straw into 12- to 18-inch lengths. As the plants begin to fruit, I tie one near that spot. It draws my attention to that area so that I don’t have zucchinis the size of canoes. - M.B., via email TRANSPORTING FOOD Dear Heloise: Regarding your hint about transporting food in a cooler or large box: What I’ve done for years is use a laundry basket (lightweight, with handles). Instead of newspapers, I fold a bath towel, put a dish on that, then place another folded towel on top. It will keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold. If anything spills, it’s very easy to toss the towels into the washer. - S.C. in Erie, Pa.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Jan. 24, 2014: This year you feel connected to someone in your day-to-day life. You often offer a new perspective, which this person enjoys. A good friendship could develop between you. Your image and commitments evolve and become more important than before. If you are single, come summertime, you could meet a heartthrob who you will put in your memory books. Needless to say, a lot of excitement surrounds this bond. If you are attached, you often can be seen with your significant other on your arm. You like showing off your sweetie. SCORPIO pushes you hard. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH No one questions your drive or energy right now. A friend might be delighted by your company, especially as the two of you head off on an adventure of some sort. You also could choose to get involved in a project with a loved one. Tonight: You’re best on a one-onone basis. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Others keep piling more on your plate, but only because they want to spend more time with you. Make plans to head off to a flea market, movie, game -- you name it! Make yourself more available to someone. Tonight: Go along with someone else’s plans. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Make a point to tackle your to-do list, which hopefully involves a little exercise. You seem to be a whirlwind of activity as of late, so be sure to accomplish as much as you can. Invite a child or dear friend to join you and to visit with you at the same time. Tonight: Tired yet? CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH How you handle a loved one could bring him or her much closer. If you have a criticism, step back and think about where you are coming from before you say anything. If you are single, you easily could meet someone of significance in the next few days. Tonight: Let the good times in. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You are full of energy, especially in regard to a family member. You seem to draw many people to you, so be willing to listen to their perspectives. Stay close to home, and enjoy what is happening around you. Tonight: In the middle of the action. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might want to return some calls and initiate some of your own before solidifying your plans. You could change your mind at the last minute. Finances also could play a role in your decision. A friendship will prove to be lucky for you once again. Tonight: Hang out with friends. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You could become more argumentative than you have been. In fact, if you notice others backing away, you will know why. A call from a neighbor or relative could catch you off guard. You might be forced to deal with a difficult situation. Tonight: Treat time. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Your personality is on full display. Resist expressing any negativity for now, as it might stem from you and how you are seeing a situation. Keep it light and nonjudgmental, and others will be delighted. News from a distance will please you. Tonight: In the midst of the action. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Remain sensitive to your needs. You are often so busy running around, you let your needs go. Eventually, this lack of attention will catch up with you. Just wait and see. It would be a good idea to take some time just for you. Tonight: Screen calls. Keep it low-key. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You will be pleased that your friends made plans around you; however, it might appear as though you have not been informed of some sort of change. An older relative or friend could become demanding. Tonight: Among others. Don’t be alone. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You won’t be able to escape a previously agreed-upon commitment. This activity involves a certain amount of responsibility, which could take away from the fun spirit of the weekend. Just clear up this task, and you will free yourself up. Tonight: Leader of the gang. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your mind seems to drift to someone at a distance whom you care about. You could be tired and need a break. Why not meet this person halfway? Your sense of humor emerges with
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Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka speaks during a press conference at the Rakuten Eagles’ stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Tanaka said he chose to play for the New York Yankees because they appreciated him the most. Speaking after agreeing a $155 million, seven-year deal with the Yankees, Tanaka said “they gave me the highest evaluation and are a world-famous team.” (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field,” the 25-year-old righthander said. His agreement was frontpage news in New York, where the Daily News devoted the top half of its front page to a photograph of Tanaka’s pop star wife Mai Satoda in a bikini with the headline: “Yanks score a Ta-knockout.” Big league teams had until Friday to reach an agreement with Tanaka, who was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year as the Eagles won the Japan Series title. The Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs and White Sox, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros all said they were among the failed bid-
ders. Tanaka said he consulted with 2013 Rakuten teammate Takashi Saito and Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish about life in the major leagues before deciding on the Yankees. “Everything will be new and challenging,” Tanaka said. “But I have to rely on the ability that got me this far.” Tanaka was 99-35 with a 2.30 ERA in seven seasons with the Eagles, striking out 1,238 in 1315 innings. Yankees official has tracked him since 2007, scouting 15 of his games. The Tanaka deal caps an offseason in which the Yankees added catcher Brian McCann and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran. The four big deals totaled $438 million. “We’re going to do what we’ve got to do to win,” Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “We had to make sure we had enough pitching to go together with our new lineup.” Tanaka receives the highest contract for an international free agent and the fifth largest deal for a pitcher, trailing only those of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw ($215 million), Detroit’s Justin Verlander ($180 million), Seattle’s Felix Hernandez ($175 million) and the Yankees’ C.C. Sabathia ($161 million under his original agreement with New York). Tanaka replaces the retired Andy Pettitte in the Yankees rotation, and joins Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda and Ivan Nova. New York owes half the $20 million to Rakuten within 14 days, another 17 percent within six months, an additional 17 percent within a year and the final 16 percent within 18 months.
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0001 Legal Notices January 24, 31, 2014 February 7, 2014 NOTICE OF SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY GARAGE OWNER Notice is hereby given by: Michael's Towing, Inc., 14 Clifton Street, Westfield, MA 01085 pursuant to the provisions of G.L. c. 255, Section 39 A, that on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. at 14 Clifton Street, Westfield, MA 01085 a public sale for the following Motor Vehicles will be sold to satisfy our garage keeper's lien thereon for storage, towing charges, care and expenses of notices and sale of said vehicle.
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0340 Apartment WESTFIELD - 5 room apartment, first floor, newly renovated. Carpeting, ceramic tile floors. Large back yard, garage. Call (413)736-2120 leave slow message.
0340 Apartment WESTFIELD 2 bedroom, 1 bath condo. $875/month includes heat and hot water. No smoking, no pets. First, last, security. (413)519-8271.
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HUNTINGTON 1 room with heat, hot water, cable TV, air conditioning included. Refrigerator and microwave. $110/week. (413)531-2197.
WESTFIELD reconditioned, 2 bedroom condo. $795/month WESTFIELD 1 bedroom apart- heat included. For sale or rent. LARGE FURNISHED ROOM. Parking, bus route, walking disments, large closets, free heat Call (603)726-4595. tance to all amenities. and hot water included, laundry, $120/weekly. Responsible maparking. Possible pet. $785/month. (413)562-2266. WESTFIELD Large 3 bedroom, t u r e m a l e p r e f e r r e d . N o n smoker. (413)348-5070. 1-1/2 bath on first floor. Lovely neighborhood off Western Ave. Hardwood and tile floors WESTFIELD 1 BEDROOM, kit- throughout. Newly renovated. chen and bath, 2nd floor. No Garage. Washer/dryer hookup in ROOM TO RENT in a quiet pets. $650/month includes utilit- basement. $930/month. Dianna neighborhood. Kitchen and laundry privilege. Heat, A/C, utilities. i e s . F i r s t , l a s t , s e c u r i t y . (413)530-7136. Available now to non-smoker. (413)250-4811. $600/month, Westfield. (413)355-2338 or (413)5627341. W E S T F I E L D 1 & 2 b e d r o o m WESTFIELD, 2nd floor, 2 bedapartments, rent includes heat room, kitchen, living room, bath, and hot water. Excellent size e n c l o s e d p o r c h . N o p e t s . and location. No dogs. Call $825/month plus utilities. First, weekdays (413)786-9884. last, security. (413)250-4811.
FOR SALE BY OWNER. 3 family house on 0.47ac Business A zoned in downtown Westfield. Excellent potential for a variety of businesses. Price negotiable. For more information call (413)454-3260.
0410 Mobile Homes
CHICOPEE Behind Banknorth. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths 14'X67', fireplace, pellet stove, central air, kitchen island, appliances. $52,500. Call DASAP (413)5939961. dasap.mhvillage.com
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MONTGOMERY 5 miles from Westfield. Spacious office inc l u d e s u t i l i t i e s a n d W i F i . A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN. $350/month. Call (413)977- Debris removal, landscaping, garage/attic cleansouts, interior 6277. and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462. 0400 Land
BEAUTIFUL, SECLUDED mountaintop lot in Montgomery, MA. Panoramic views. Fully cleared, destumped and graded. Ready to build. Minutes to Westfield. 5.69 acres. Asking $160,000. Call (413)562-5736.
HENTNICK CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and rebuilds. Stainless steel caps and liner systems. Inspections, masonry work and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Insured. Quality work from a business you can trust. (413)848-0100, (800)793-3706.
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Carpet
Electrician
CARPET, LINOLEUM, CERAMIC TILE, HARDWOOD FLOORS. Sales, Service. Installation & Repairs. Customer guaranteed quality, clean, efficient, workmanship. Call Rich (413)530-7922.
JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC. Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates. 40 years experience. Lic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682.
Home Improvement
DAVE DAVIDSON BATHROOM & KITCHEN REMODELING. “GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME” Complete Bath Renovations. Mass. License #072233, Mass. Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568. Now serving CT. Insured. MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years ex- Quality Work on Time on Budget WAGNER RUG & FLOORING, LLC. 95 perience. Insured, reasonable prices. Since 1984. (413)569-9973. MAINLINE DRIVE, WESTFIELD. No job too small. Call Tom Daly, www.davedavidsonremodeling.com (413)568-0520. One stop shopping for all your floors. Over 40 years in business. www.wagnerrug.com
Chimney Sweeps HENTNICK CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and rebuilds. Stainless steel caps and liner systems. Inspections, masonry work and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Insured. Quality work from a business you can trust. (413)848-0100, 1-800-793-3706.
Computers COMPUTER HELP AVAILABLE. In home training. Network setup, data recovery and much more. For more information call John (413)568-5928.
Drywall T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops! Call Mike 413-8218971. Free estimates. KINGER PAINT & DRYWALL. Interior, exterior, ceiling repair, drywall damage, cabinet refinishing, specializing in textured ceilings. Fully insured. Call (413)579-4396.
Electrician POEHLMAN ELECTRIC. All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter deicing cables installed. I answer all calls! Prompt service, best prices. Lic. #A-16886. (413)562-5816. TURCOTTE ELECTRIC. 30+ years experience. Electrical installations, emergency service work. Generac portable or whole house generator installations. HVAC controls and energy saving green technology upgrades. Fully insured. All calls answered. Master’s Lic #A-18022. (413)214-4149.
(413)543-3100. Lic# A7625.
Flooring/Floor Sanding A RON JOHNSON’S FLOOR SANDING. Installation, repairs, 3 coats polyurethane. Free estimates. (413) 569-3066.
DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT for all your exterior home improvement needs. Roofing, siding, windows, decks and gutters. Call for free quote. Extensive references, fully licensed & insured in MA. & CT. www.delreohomeimprovement.com Call Gary Delcamp (413)569-3733.
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House Painting
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ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!! M&M SERVICES-20 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings. Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured. References. Mass Reg. #121723. Call (413)568-9731. No job too small !!
NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Professional, reliable service. MA Lic. #PL31893-J. Certified Welding. Insured. Call (413)531-2768 Nick7419@comcast.net
At SANTA FE PAINTING CO. We're your color specialists! Fall season is in full swing. Get all your exterior painting needs done now. Including painting and staining log homes. Call (413)230-8141
ONE STOP SHOPPING for all your ROOFING needs! POWER WASHING/CLEANING revitalizing your roof, removing ugly black stains, mold and moss, we’ll make it look like new plus prolong the life of your roof. We do emergency repairs, new construction, complete tear off, ice and water protection barrier systems, skylight repairs. Snow & ice removal. FREE gutter cleaning with any roof repair or roof job. 10% senior discount. Free estimates. MA. Lic. #170091. Call (413)977-5701
A NEW LOOK FOR 2014. Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallpapering, specializing in faux finishes. Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Kendra now for a free estimate and decorating advice. (413)564-0223, (413)626-8880.
TOM DISANTO Home Improvements The best choice for all interior and exterior building and remodeling. Specializing Hauling in the design and building of residential additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, A DUMP TRUCK. Attic, cellars, yard, siding, windows, decks, porches, sunscrap metal removal. Seasoned Fire- rooms, garages. License #069144. MA wood. (413)569-1611, (413)374-5377. Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call PROFESSIONAL PAINTING & WALLTom (413)568-7036. PAPERING. Quality workmanship at low, A.R.A. JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE. low prices. Interior/Exterior Painting & Furniture, trash, appliances. Full house cleanouts, basements, attics, yards. PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. Staining, Wallpaper, Ceiling Repair & Furnace and hot water heater removal. All your carpentry needs. Remodeling Spray. Free Estimates. Call Steve at 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE. specialty. Additions, garages, decks, (413)386-3293. Free estimate on phone. Senior dis- siding. Finish trim, window replacecount. Call Pete (413)433-0356. ment. Kitchens designed by Prestige. Landscaping/Lawn Care (413)386-4606. www.arajunkremoval.com. ALL CALLS RETURNED! Fall RICHTER HOME Building & Remodel- cleanups, curb side leaf pickups, mowHome Improvement ing. Specializing in home improve- ing, aerating, overseeding, dethatching, ment services. Roofs, windows, mulch & trimming. Free estimates. Ask AMR BUILDING & REMODELING. doors, decks, finished carpentry, re- for Mel (413)579-1407. Sunrooms, decks, additions, bath- models, additions, basement refinishrooms, window and door replacements ing, and much more. Quality work and more. MA. Reg. #167264. Li- from a punctual, reliable and experi- LEAVES -CURB SIDE LEAF REcensed and fully insured. Call Stuart enced home improvement company. MOVAL - FALL CLEAN UPS. Call for Licensed and Insured. MA CSL your free Quote today! You rake um' & Richter (413)297-5858. #97940, MA HIC #171709, CT HIC Leaf the rest to us. Residential and #0633464. Call Dave Richter for an es- Commercial, Fully Insured. Visit our website at timate (413)519-9838. www.BusheeEnterprises.com for all of BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING REour services! Bushee Enterprises, LLC. MODELING.Kitchens, additions, (413)569-3472. decks, rec rooms, more. Prompt, re- Home Maintenance
Roofing
Snowplowing A.B.C. SNOWPLOWING. Westfield residential only. 15 years experience. Call Dave (413)568-6440. SNOWPLOWING / SNOWBLOWING. On time, reliable service. Average driveway, $40.00. Also specializing in fall clean ups. Call (413)727-4787. SNOWPLOWING, SNOW BLOWING, SHOVELING. Call Accurate Lawn Services, (413)579-1639.
Tree Service A BETTER OPTION - GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE. Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. Firewood, Log Truck Loads. (413)569-6104. AMERICAN TREE & SHRUB. Professional fertilizing, planting, pruning, cabling and removals. Free estimates, fully insured. Please call Ken 5690469.
liable service, free estimates. Mass Registered #106263, licensed & insured. Call Bruno, (413)562-9561. HANDYMAN/CARPENTER. All home YARD CLEANUP, thatching, leaf brush CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert
hedge/tree trimming, repairs: Honey to do list, bathroom re- removal, modeling, tile work, sheetrock repairs, mulch/stone, mowing. Call Accurate C&N CARPENTRY. Suspended ceil- winterization. No job too small. 35 years Lawncare, (413)579-1639. ings, home improvements and remod- profressional experience. (413)519eling. Licensed and insured. Call 3251. Masonry (413)262-9314. ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WAJOSEPH’S HANDYMAN COMPANY. TERPROOFING. All brick, block, COPPA HOME IMPROVEMENTS. Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, concrete. Chimneys, foundations, Remodeling, home restoration, home basements, drywall, tile, floors, sus- hatchways, new basement windows pended ceilings, restoration services, repairs, finish basements, bath/kitchen doors, windows, decks, stairs, installed and repaired. Sump trim/woodwork, siding/decks, windows/ interior/exterior painting, plumbing. pumps and french drain systems indoors. CSL 103574, HIC Reg.147782. Small jobs ok. All types of professional stalled. Foundations pointed and Fully licensed and insured. Free esti- work done since 1985. Call Joe, stuccoed. Free estimates. (413)569(413)364-7038. mates. Call Joe (413)454-8998. 1611. (413)374-5377.
tree removal. Prompt estimates. Crane work. Insured. “After 34 years, we still work hard at being #1.” (413)562-3395.
Upholstery KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS. 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality workmanship at a great price. Free pickup and delivery. Call (413)5626639.