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Cups and tourneys Westfield Nationals Shae Byrnes, right, is congratulated by Jared Noel (4) after scoring on a basesloaded single in a Little League Baseball 9-10-yearold All-Star district tournament game at Paper Mill Field. See complete coverage of last night’s cup and tournament games, Pages 9, 11. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Council agenda includes World Cup By DAN MORIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The City Council will conduct a special meeting on Monday, June 30, at 6 p.m. to consider a number of loose-end financial issues and to close the books for the end of city’s 2014 fiscal year. The agenda for the most part is just moving money to expense accounts from free cash and to move any remaining free cash, projected at more than $2 million, to the city’s stabilization account so it is available during the 2015 fiscal year which begins Tuesday, July 1. There is another July 1 issue
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on the agenda which has nothing to do with city finances. It has everything to do with the World Cup game featuring the US team in a 4 p.m. game Tuesday, as it enters the Round of 16 elimination phase of the games. Westfield Business Improvement Executive Director Maureen Belliveau will appear before the City Council at the special meeting to seek council approval of a proposal to sell beer and wine between 3-8 p.m. in the Park Square Green while the game is broadcast on a big screen system. City ordinance prohibits
consumption of alcoholic beverages on city property, a prohibition that the City Council can waive, and has done so in the past. Community Development Director Peter J. Miller Jr., said the event is an opportunity to bring community members together. The organizers are “trying to do something similar to what’s happening in other cities,” Miller said. Diana McLean of the Community Development Department, working in coordination with the BID, is attempting to organize the event which will require not
only the approval of the City Council, but also the License Commission and Park & Recreation Department, which controls the Park Square Green. McLean said that several local food and alcohol vendors who have participated in similar events, such as the Concert On the Green held Thursday night, have been notified of the proposed World Cup event, but have little time to obtain the permits needed to participate. “I believe that it will be a younger audience,” McLean See Special Meeting, Page 3
Residents invited to participate in planning process By DAN MORIARTY Staff Writer MONTGOMERY – Town residents are invited to participate in creating a hazard mitigation plan being developed by town officials with the assistance of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. Town officials recently initiated the process of developing a hazard mitigation plan to identify actions that can be taken to reduce damage caused by natural disasters. Meetings are slated to be held on three Mondays, July 7, 21 and 28 and will be held at the Montgomery Town Hall at 7 p.m. Josiah Neiderbach of the PVPC said the adoption of the hazard mitigation plan will make the town eligible for FEMA grant funding. “The Town of Montgomery is currently developing a hazard mitigation plan to
identify ways to prevent damage from natural hazards such as snow storms, flooding, and wildfires,” Neiderbach said. Neiderbach recently met with town officials to initiate the planning process and to form a hazard mitigation committee. “The planning process will last a couple of weeks, pretty much through the end of July,” Neiderbach said. Those actions include something as simple as improving stormwater drainage to mitigate road damage caused by flooding, Neiderbach said. Part of the planning process is to establish priorities for mitigation action and to consider the cost of the actions. ”This planning effort is being undertaken to help the town officials and residents assess the risks faced from natural hazards, identify action steps that can be
taken to prevent damage to property and loss of life, and prioritize funding for mitigation efforts,” Neiderbach said. “A mitigation action is any action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from hazards.” The hazard mitigation plan is being developed with funding provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and with the assistance from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). Neiderbach said the public meetings will provide residents with an introduction to the planning process, a summary of existing mitigation initiatives, and an outline of recommended strategies for addressing natural hazards. Municipal officials and PVPC staff will be available to answer questions and listen to comments on the planning process.
By PETER FRANCIS Staff Writer WESTFIELD - The Board of Trustees for Westfield State University unanimously approved a mandatory fee increase of $435, or roughly five percent, for the upcoming fall semester, a number Board Chairman John Flynn III said was “wrestled with.” Whether or not the University will implement the full $435 fee increase is dependent on whether the Commonwealth’s legislature honors the commitment it made last year when it made a three year pledge to get the state’s universities back to 50-50 funding. The current budget coming out of the House provides around 50 percent of the funding needed to honor the legislature’s commitment, while the current Senate budget offers only level funding for the state universities. The Senate has still pledged full funding for the University of Massachusetts in it’s current budget. Should the legislature honors the terms outlined last year, Westfield State and it’s sister institutions will not be forced to implement the approved fee increases. The approved $435 increase will not affect the University’s tuition, which will remain $970. Total costs for a residential in-state student will be $18,250 for fiscal year 2015, an increase of $855, or nearly five percent, from last year’s fee of $17,395 for fiscal year 2014. Total costs cover tuition, fees, and average room and board. “Obviously the state funding for the institution, and the Universities in general, is a challenge and we somehow have to figure out how to do more with less with an eye on next year,” said Board Finance Committee Chair Kevin Queenin of the increases. The meeting also marked progress for the school’s presidential search committee, as a budget of $125,000 was granted to Trustees Steven Marcus and Tirrell Hill, who were appointed at the Board’s previous meeting to head the committee. “I just want to thank everyone for their hard work in trying to pull this together, specifically on the finance side with allowing the appropriate monies to be set aside to find our next leader,” said Marcus, who also thanked the board and the school’s unions for providing a roster of candidates to get the search started. “I think it’s most prudent to wait until the entire Board of Trustees is brought together to begin the entire process.” he concluded. The funds will go toward a request for response in acquiring a professional search firm to select the school’s next President. The meeting also marked the final meeting for Flynn, the chief administrative officer for the Massachusetts State Police and a 1979 WSU graduate, who has served as a trustee since 2005. The Board voted to approve Vice Chair and former Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel to replace Flynn, as well as elevating Marcus to the vice chairmanship and Hill to secretary. In what proved to be an emotional and teary eyed sendoff, Flynn thanked the entire Board and touched on his tenure as Chairman, which proved to be one of the more trying periods in the school’s history as a result of the spending scandal involving now ex-President Dr. Evan S. Dobelle. See WSU, Page 3
Massachusetts Senate passes tech spending bill BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate has passed a nearly $1 billion bond bill authorizing spending on an array of projects designed to improve information technology across Massachusetts. Among the projects included in the bill approved Thursday is $100 million for information technology improvements at the Department of Transportation; $68 million to upgrade the state police’s existing statewide communication network; and $60 million for improvements to the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission. The bill also includes $12 million for a data system to track the diagnosis, treatment, services and outcomes of individuals with autism. Senate President Therese Murray said the spending is needed to help keep the state competitive The House has passed its own version of the bill The House and Senate bills now go to a legislative conference committee to hammer out a single compromise version. The bill includes a $50 million reserve to support the Massachusetts Broadband Incentive Fund, which is used by the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) to further its mission. “Securing broadband access for every address in my district that wishes to have it has been a top priority since 2007,” said Downing. “Due to the unrelenting advocacy of my colleagues in the western Massachusetts legislative delegation and the leadership of Governor Patrick, we have come a long way in bridging the digital divide that existed in Massachusetts just a few
years ago. It is almost incomprehensible to believe that in 2007 there were 32 communities with absolutely no access to high speed Internet in western and central Massachusetts. This reality directly and negatively impacted the economic growth, educational opportunities and public safety of our region. Today, due to the efforts of the MBI, there are no remaining unserved communities. It is my hope that the funding authorized in today’s IT Bond will be used over the next three years to achieve our goal of universal broadband access.” SENATOR Created by an act of the Legislature (the Broadband Act of 2008), the MBI is a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) BENJAMIN tasked with achieving the deployment of affordable, universal high speed DOWNING broadband access across the Commonwealth. Since 2008 the MBI has completed construction of the MassBroadband 123, a fiber-optic cable network connecting more than 120 western and central Massachusetts cities and towns to the Internet. This “Middle Mile” network expanded high-speed Internet access to communities that were completely unserved or underserved in 2008, improving the lives of residents, closing the digital divide and bringing new economic opportunities to western and central Massachusetts. The $50 million provided in the IT Bond will support MBI’s efforts to develop the “Last Mile” solution, so that every resident, business, school, nonprofit, city or town, regardless of geographic location, service provider or address will have access to high speed Internet service.
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ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A man who worked at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in northern South Carolina has been accused of robbing a KFC. Fifty-year-old old Jeffrey Coley is accused of taking $516 from the KFC in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Monday. Police say Coley pulled a gun at the drive-thru at KFC and demanded cash. Coley was arrested Tuesday after a chase. Police say the cash drawer was still in the vehicle. He’s charged with armed robbery, possession of a gun during a violent crime, failure to stop for police and possession of methamphetamine. It wasn’t clear whether he has an attorney. Chick-fil-A spokesman Mark Baldwin tells The Rock Hill Herald (http://bit. ly/1sHpuCZ ) Coley was fired June 18 from a restaurant in Indian Land when he failed to show up to work two consecutive days.
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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, June 27, the 178th day of 2014. There are 187 days left in the year.
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n June 27, 1864, Confederate forces repelled a frontal assault by Union troops in the Civil War Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia.
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great-grandfather, Patrick Kennedy, who’d emigrated to America in 1848. In 1974, President Richard Nixon opened an official visit to the Soviet Union.
In 1787, English historian Edward Gibbon completed work on his six-volume work, “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”
In 1984, the Supreme Court ended the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s monopoly on controlling college football telecasts, ruling such control violated antitrust law.
In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois.
In 1988, at least 56 people were killed when a commuter train ran into a stationary train at the Gare de Lyon terminal in Paris.
In 1846, New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires.
In 1991, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first black jurist to sit on the nation’s highest court, announced his retirement. (His departure led to the contentious nomination of Clarence Thomas to succeed him.)
In 1922, the first Newberry Medal, recognizing excellence in children’s literature, was awarded in Detroit to “The Story of Mankind” by Hendrik Willem van Loon. In 1944, during World War II, American forces liberated the French port of Cherbourg from the Germans. In 1950, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling on member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North. In 1957, more than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and Texas. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy spent the first full day of a visit to Ireland, the land of his ancestors, stopping by the County Wexford home of his
Ten years ago: NATO leaders gathered in Turkey closed ranks on a pledge to take a bigger military role in Iraq; President George W. Bush declared that the alliance was poised to “meet the threats of the 21st century.” Insurgents threatened to behead Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, a U.S. Marine who’d vanished in Iraq, in a videotape that aired on Arab television. (However, Hassoun contacted American officials in his native Lebanon the following month; after being reunited with his family in Utah, Hassoun disappeared in December 2004. Suspected of desertion, he has not been heard from since.)
Five years ago: Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist who was with
Michael Jackson during the pop star’s final moments two days earlier, sat down with investigators for the first time to explain his actions. Actress Gale Storm, 87, died in Danville, California.
One year ago: The Senate passed, 68-32, comprehensive legislation offering the hope of citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in America’s shadows. (The House has yet to act on any element of the legislation.) President Barack Obama visited Senegal, where he urged African leaders to extend equal rights to gays and lesbians but was bluntly rebuked by Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, who said his country “still isn’t ready” to decriminalize homosexuality. Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Australian prime minister a day after toppling rival Julia Gillard.
Today’s Birthdays: Business executive Ross Perot is 84. Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is 76. Singermusician Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) is 72. Fashion designer Vera Wang is 65. Actress Julia Duffy is 63. Actress Isabelle Adjani is 59. Country singer Lorrie Morgan is 55. Actor Brian Drillinger is 54. Writer-producer-director J.J. Abrams is 48. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., is 46. Olympic gold and bronze medal figure skater Viktor Petrenko is 45. TV personality Jo Frost (TV: “Supernanny”) is 44. Actor Yancey Arias is 43. Actor Christian Kane is 40. Actor Tobey Maguire is 39. Gospel singer Leigh Nash is 38. Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian (karDASH’-ee-uhn) is 30. Actor Drake Bell is 28. Actor Sam Claflin (Film: “Hunger Games”) is 28. Actor Ed Westwick is 27. Actress Madylin Sweeten is 23. Actor Chandler Riggs is 15.
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Patrick signs minimum wage hike and, by updating our unemployment insurBOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick signed a ance rating table and introducing a multi-rate law yesterday that would raise the state’s $8 freeze for our businesses, we are rewarding per hour minimum wage to a U.S.-leading $11 responsible companies and providing more per hour by 2017. financial predictability. These changes are The governor told a Statehouse ceremony necessary to create an environment here in that the new law would provide financial help Massachusetts where residents can succeed to thousands of low-income workers, but said and thrive.” more needed to be done to improve economic “Today’s bill signing marks a new and opportunity for all Massachusetts residents. hopeful beginning for families across the “This minimum wage is great progress, but Commonwealth,” said House Speaker Robert it’s not a livable wage,” Patrick said to A. DeLeo. “The industrious spirit of applause from members of Raise Up Massachusetts residents has made our state an Massachusetts, a coalition that had gathered economic and cultural leader. This legislation more than 350,000 signatures in favor of a bolsters that asset, empowers hardworking minimum wage hike. individuals and provides businesses with the “Keep looking ahead and above all, keep in reform they need to be catalysts for economic mind that people for whom the American GOVERNOR growth. I thank Governor Patrick, Senate dream is still just a dream ... deserve the chance DEVAL PATRICK President Murray and my colleagues in the for themselves and their families to dream Legislature for their work on this landmark bill.” along with the rest of us,” Patrick said. Under the bill, reforms to the state’s unem“Raising the minimum wage brings a little relief to the working poor, many of whom do jobs we could ployment insurance system would freeze UI rates for employnot live without and who recycle money right back into the ers for three years and expand the wage base subject to those economy,” said Patrick. “By signing this bill, we show the rates to $15,000. It also extends from one to three years the nation that opportunity can and must be spread outward, not period the Department of Unemployment Assistance reviews just upward. I thank the Legislature for their important work an employer’s usage of UI benefits which is another factor in determining employer premiums. in reaching this milestone.” “A 38 percent pay raise means a lot to low-wage workers The first increase in the minimum wage, to $9 per hour, will take effect on Jan. 1. The hourly wage will bump up to who may have to work several jobs just to put food on the $10 on Jan. 1, 2016 and to $11 on Jan. 1, 2017, which would table,” said Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rachel Kaprielian. “Massachusetts is leading the way in be above any increase currently planned in other states. “The minimum wage should help people out of poverty, not bringing them closer to earning a paycheck they and their trap people in poverty,” said Richard Trumka, president of the families can live on.” “When it comes to moving our economy forward, we cannational AFL-CIO, who attended the ceremony. In some states, he said, calls for increasing the minimum wage were not afford to leave any of our workers behind,” said Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Greg Bialecki. “By being resisted by lawmakers and governors. President Barack Obama, who has proposed hiking the raising the minimum wage, Massachusetts leads the nation in federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, has praised providing economic fairness to residents throughout the Massachusetts lawmakers for “standing up for working men Commonwealth. I applaud the Governor for signing this important bill.” and women.” The bill includes federal health and safety protections for State officials said the new law would affect about 600,000 minimum wage workers along with an additional 200,000 state workers, delivering on Executive Order No. 511 issued tipped workers, such as restaurant servers, whose minimum by Governor Patrick in 2009. That Executive Order estabwage before tips would rise from $2.63 per hour to $3.75 per lished the Massachusetts Employee Safety and Health Advisory Committee to study ways to implement prevention hour by 2017. standards in order to reduce the costs state agencies pay for Some business leaders remained skeptical of the changes. “This is a one-sided piece of legislation that largely ignores worker injuries and illnesses. “This is a huge step forward for the Commonwealth,” said the pleas of the small businesses for balance, and instead ensures that Massachusetts will continue to be one of the Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Executive Director of the workplace most expensive and difficult places to operate a retail busi- safety group, the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational ness in the nation,” said Jon Hurst, president of the Retailers Safety & Health (MassCOSH). “By instituting health and safety measures that are known to prevent injury and death, Association of Massachusetts, in a statement. Other business owners backed the change. Holly Sklar, we will protect the well-being of our state’s employees and head of the group Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, argued save the taxpayers costly workers compensation costs.” The bill will also give both workers and employers continthat putting more money into the pockets of workers would ued protections from businesses that misclassify workers and generate more economic activity in the state. The new law also seeks to stabilize unemployment insur- abuse wage and hour laws creating unfair competition for ance costs for businesses by imposing a three-year rate freeze employers who play by the rules by codifying the Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy (JTF). The JTF, estaband making adjustments in rating tables. “I am very proud of the Legislature for taking action to lished by Governor Patrick six years ago, has already coladdress minimum wage and unemployment insurance reform lected millions of dollars in tax obligations and fines from in the Commonwealth,” said Senate President Therese unscrupulous employers. With the signing of this bill, the JTF Murray. “Increasing the minimum wage to $11 an hour will will now become a permanent investigative unit to combat provide much-needed relief to many hard-working residents the underground economy.
Special Meeting Continued from Page 1 said Friday. “There were a concert.” Germany game, which the US based on the number of goals lot of kids kicking soccer Mayor Daniel M. Knapik lost by a 1-0 score, but still they scored and goals scored balls around last night at the said he saw the end of the US/ qualified for the Round of 16 against them. “Ten minutes after the game ended and the Americans advanced, there was a knock on my door,” Knapik said. Frank Kelleher, the son of Tim Kelleher, owner of the Batters’ Box on Lockhouse Road was asking how to hold a World Cup event in Westfield. A Subscription to the “Apparently he has talked with downtown business ownprovides a daily visit keeping you up-to-date on ers who are sponsoring the local events, government, sports, and interesting World Cup event,” Knapik said.
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WSU Continued from Page 1 “The couple years, I’ve really relied on Betsy (Scheibel) and Kevin (Queenin). There hasn’t been a day I haven’t spoken to Kevin on the phone, there hasn’t been an evening when I haven’t talked to Betsy on the ride home.” he said. “Their guidance, leadership, and mentorship, I think I’ve been able to navigate as best as God has allowed me. You guys are a great group and I’m gonna miss the heck out of these meetings.” Before bidding the Horace Mann Board Room adieu one last time, Flynn gave a ringing endorsement for current President Dr. Elizabeth Preston, named who was named as an interim following Dobelle’s retirement last Fall. “I know we had a motion tonight about the presidential search, and I wish you all well on that, but to be candid with you, I’d like to just to throw the search out the window. We have a pretty good president right now,” he said of Preston. “And though she’s been yelling at me for the last ten years in one way shape or form, we’ve become extremely close, and I’m going to miss you. You’ve done a great job.” In a statement, Preston thanked Flynn for his service to the University. “Jack has put the interest of the university before his own interests, providing exceptional leadership at considerable personal cost. Westfield State simply could not have had a better or more effective trustee.” she said, referring to him and outgoing Student Trustee Stone Koury as “exceptional stewards of the institution” and “exactly the people you want to have as partners during a time of difficult challenges.”
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Coburn: ‘Wasn’t surprised’ about VA mess By Lauren French and Burgess Everett Politico.com The Department of Veterans Affairs may not be the most tainted federal agency Sen. Tom Coburn has ever investigated, but he says it’s not far from the top. The embattled agency is reeling from reports that uncovered extensive wait lists for medical treatment, drug and sexual abuse and at times an outright disregard for veterans’ health at facilities across the country. “I wasn’t surprised. I was trained in a VA hospital, I wasn’t surprised at all,” Coburn told POLITICO during an interview in his office in the Russell building.“The culture in the VA should be people working for veterans not for the VA, [but] the culture right now is that I work for a system … and the requirements are so low.” As the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Coburn released a scathing report of his own this week detailing incompetence that resulted in veterans dying and the government paying out millions in malpractice lawsuits. And the Oklahoman is one of more than a dozen members of a House-Senate conference committee ironing out differences over a VA reform bill. Not that he has much hope in the bill that will ultimately come out of the conference committee. The Senate and House bills both would give expansive new powers to the VA to fire officials accused of incompetence or mismanagement and allow veterans who have been waiting for medical treatment for longer than 30 days to seek care outside of the VA system. Coburn said he supports those changes but doesn’t expect them to get at the core of the problem: a behemoth bureaucracy. “I’ve been around here too long to know that the real hard choices, the real teeth that will make people accountable, the real way to fix the VA isn’t ever going to come out of that conference committee,” he said. “You’re going to have everyone beating their chest that we’re going to fix this for the veterans but we’re going to be right back here in 10 years if you don’t put the tools, the management tools, in.” He wants to give veterans the ability to leave the VA system no matter how long they’ve been awaiting care — without any approval needed from the government — and give broader authority to the new secretary to immediately fire employees accused of wrongdoing. One of the biggest problems facing the conference committee is the exorbitantly high price tag the Congressional Budget Office has hung on the House and Senate bills. The nonpartisan office said the measure could cost up to $50 billion a year — a number too high for Republicans who seek spending offsets for legislation. But Coburn hammered the CBO’s work and predicted the number is closer to $3 billion to $5 billion a year. “It’s the worst job of scoring I’ve ever seen,” he said. “It’s a worst case and it’s not accurate because they don’t know what they are talking about.” Coburn’s report this week was the culmination of a yearlong probe into the VA system. The results, which found that lagging medical treatment may have caused more than 1,000 deaths and cost the federal government $845 million in medical malpractice payouts, left him angry at his Senate colleagues. The Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, he said, was oblivious to reports coming from VA facilities across the country and failed for decades to do any real oversight work. “The committees haven’t done aggressive oversight. I’m talking about the kind of oversight we do, where you drill down,” Coburn quipped. “You don’t just take an answer, you take the answer and go and investigate to see if the answer is true.” Still, he defended Senate Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member Richard Burr (R-N.C.) for blasting veterans service organizations and accused those groups of resting on their “laurels” as the VA’s woes mounted. But chiefly to blame is the agency and its managers whom Coburn deeply criticized as being too obtuse — or corrupt — to fix the problems, including former Secretary Eric Shinseki. “Management is half leading, half checking to make sure everyone is following. I think he’s totally responsible,” Coburn said of Shinseki. “He didn’t follow up to make sure things were getting done.” Shinseki was forced out of the VA in May after weeks of reports that some agency facilities cooked their records to give the appearance of short wait times for treatment. There is more to come from Coburn’s office, the senator promised. His staff is still investigating how many doctors working at the VA have previously had their licenses suspended — data the department is not willingly handing over. There will also be more stories in the coming years about an extreme doctor shortage within the veterans system, he said. Coburn’s investigation began before public attention turned to the scandal at the VA — a controversy he said has been building for decades. “When I was doing training, I’d put lines in people, central lines, and I’d have to get a chest X-ray afterward and I could never get the chest X-ray when I needed it,” he said of his time working in the VA system. “I’d go down and get the portable X-ray machine and do the X-ray myself. That was the care in 1983 — nothing has changed.” During his nearly 10 years in the Senate, Coburn has developed a reputation as a curmudgeon, deeply interested in rooting out waste and fraud throughout the federal government. It’s earned him the nickname “Dr. No.” But after two decades in politics — he served for five terms in the House before running for Senate — Coburn will retire at the end of 2014 to focus on his battle with prostate cancer. A surprisingly close friend of President Barack Obama, Coburn said he hasn’t spoken to the president about the VA — joking that his former Senate colleague is “up to his elbows with other stuff.” But Coburn has spoken with Denis McDonough, the White House chief of staff, about potential replacements for Shinseki. The doctor declined to share his preferred selections but said Obama needs to look outside the military for the next chief. A general like Shinseki is ill-suited, Coburn said, to manage a bureaucracy in which employees don’t respond to direct orders and are protected by complex federal rules from being fired. “I will not support another general running the VA. It’s not that they aren’t good, but a command structure in the military is totally different from running a leadership-needed, actively managed organization,” he said.
Brat talks immigration, Obama By Sarah Smith Politico.com Republican congressional candidate David Brat blamed President Barack Obama’s policies that “sound nice” for the influx of undocumented child immigrants across the border from Central America. “Some of the establishment and President Obama started putting in place bills that sound nice – the Kids’ Act, the DREAM Act, the Enlist Act,” Brat said on Fox News’ “On the Record” Thursday night. Brat, the Republican candidate for
Virginia’s 7th district, rose to national prominence when he defeated incumbent House Majority leader Eric Cantor. “The reason we have those thousands crossing the border is because of poor policy in the first place,” Brat added. While Obama has taken steps on immigration from the executive branch and expressed support for legislation like the DREAM Act, Democrats have not been able to pass major reforms on immigration. Cantor’s loss to Brat was seen as a major blow to the chances of any action on immigration reform this year.
Poll: More want less immigration By Kendall Breitman Politico.com Americans want fewer people immigrating to the country, a new survey shows. According to a Gallup poll released Friday, 22 percent of those polled favor increased immigration, while 33 percent would like to see it remain at the present level and a plurality, 41 percent and nearly double the amount of those who favor increased immigration, believe it should be decreased. Four percent had no opinion. The aversion towards increased immigration crosses partisan lines, with a majority of both Republicans and Independents answering that they would prefer decreased levels of immigration. Only a small fraction, 14 percent, of Republicans said that they would prefer an increase in immigration. The majority of Democrats polled said that they would prefer immigration to stay at its present level.
While numbers supporting increased immigration are low, the support for that approach has been on a steady rise since 1999, when only 10 percent of Americans said they prefer an increase. But despite the desire to decrease immigration, the majority of those polled said that they view immigration as being a good thing for the country. Sixty-three percent of Americans polled by Gallup said that immigration was a positive force, while 33 percent shared negative feelings towards immigration. A positive view on immigration was felt mainly by Democrats. Seventy-two percent of Democrats said they felt that immigration was a good thing for the United States as well as 63 percent of Independents and 55 percent of Republicans. The Gallup poll was conducted from June 5 to 8 between 1,027 adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Biden: No ‘red card’ on immigration By Seung Min Kim Politico.com Vice President Joe Biden had a clear message for immigration advocates in a private meeting Thursday: We’re not giving Congress the “red card” on reform. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) pulled out the apt World Cup analogy this week, signaling that he believed the end of immigration reform’s chances was here. But the Obama administration has tried to hold out hope that House Republicans will move on an overhaul this year, even despite clear signals that prospects are essentially dead.
Pelosi to travel to border, meet detained minors By Lauren French Politico.com House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will travel to the southern border of the U.S. on Saturday to be briefed by Customs and Border Protection on the flood of unaccompanied minors entering the country. The California Democrat will also meet with a group of children held at the South Texas Detention Facility. “The humanitarian crisis unfolding across our nation’s southern border demands Congress come together and find thoughtful, compassionate and bipartisan solutions,” Pelosi said. “We must ensure our laws are fully enforced, so that due process is provided to unaccompanied children and the safety and well-being of unaccompanied children is protected. We must also work to address the root causes of the problem.” More than 50,000 unaccompanied children from central America have crossed the border into the United States since last October, but federal law says the U.S. cannot immediately turn the minors away if they are from non-contiguous countries such as Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. The rush of children has turned into a crisis for Customs and Border Protection, which does not have the capacity to house the children for the 72 hours before they are transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services to await an immigration hearing. Pelosi will be joined by Democratic Reps. Filemon Vela of Texas, Rubén E. Hinojosa of Texas and Steven Horsford of Nevada. Hinojosa is the chairman of the Chairman, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Vela sits on the House Homeland Security Committee.
Jim Wallis, the president and founder of the faith group Sojourners, said Biden told the group: The White House isn’t putting up a red card, and we are continuing until this passes. “The takeaway from the vice president [was] immigration reform is not dead and those who say it is, they’re wrong. It’s just a matter of time,” Wallis said in an interview after the meeting. “The political calculus on this changes day by day, but the moral calculus has not.” Jenny Yang, the vice president for advocacy of World Relief who also attended the meeting, added that Biden urged the advocates assembled for the meeting to not give up on Congress. The Thursday afternoon discussion consisted of about a dozen people — Biden, some of his aides and the advocates, including representatives from the faith, law enforcement and agriculture communities. As for potential administrative relief on deportations, Wallis said Biden told advocates that while the administration is open to various options for executive action, they know they are constrained by law in what they can do. Wallis said Biden did not discuss specifics on a deadline for reform or potential options for administrative relief. “There was tempering of expectations of what we can see out of the administration,” Yang added. “So I think they are trying to do everything they can to show Congress that they are enforcing the law.” A readout of the meeting said Biden thanked the representatives “for their leadership and tireless efforts working in their communities for immigration reform and encouraged them to continue to keep standing up for a common-sense solution.”
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Police Logs WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:41 a.m.: assist citizen, Westfield Police Department, 15 Washington St., a Springfield resident came to the station to report that his phone was stolen two weeks earlier in Springfield and the tracking feature indicates that it is at a St. Paul Street address, the desk officer reports the complainant was advised that police would not be knocking on doors in the middle of the night searching for the phone but will assist her at a reasonable hour, the officer reports Internet research indicates that the phone might well be at a St. Paul Street address and officers will attempt to locate it in the morning, see 6:45 a.m. entry; 5:45 a.m.: assist other police department, Union Street, a caller reports he was involved in a rollover accident on Russell State Road when he swerved to avoid a deer but was able to drive to his workplace, State Police were notified and report a trooper was already investigating the crash and will complete it; 6:45 a.m.: assist citizen, St. Paul Street, an officer was dispatched to the location indicated by an application utilized to track a stolen cell phone and the officer was shown a phone which was not the phone sought, see 8:27 p.m.: entry; 7:04 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Union Avenue, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating without a valid inspection sticker and stopped the compact SUV, the operator’s license was found to have been suspended, Kyle A. Philleson, 30, of 37 Tannery Road, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license (a subsequent offense) and for operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker; 12:08 p.m.: vandalism, Morris Street, a resident came to the station to complain that her vehicle was vandalized, the responding officer reports that the caller said that a window of her vehicle was shattered by a softball, the officer reports no softball or other projectile was found; 12:48 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road business requests an officer relative to an employee who was caught stealing, the responding officer reports that the caller said that an employee had been suspected of stealing cash from the company over a long period of time and a situation was set up that might tempt the employee, the man told the officer that the woman was caught stealing a small amount of cash, a criminal complaint was filed; 1:09 p.m.: larceny, Main Street, a caller from a Main Street supermarket requests an officer for a shoplifter in the store, the responding officer reports he was directed to a female party who admitted having merchandise in her backpack and said that she would return the items and pay for the things she really wanted, the store manager declined to sell her any merchandise and she was served with a ‘No trespassing’ order; 1:18 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road department store reports a known person made several false returns and shoplifted items before leaving the area, the caller said that the store management said that the store would forgo criminal charges but wants the merchandise returned and the suspect served with a ‘No trespassing’ order, the officer reports the suspect was found at her home and surrendered the merchandise, the order was served; 1:44 p.m.: violation of a protective order, Kane Brothers Circle, a resident came to the station to complain that her husband has violated an abuse prevention order, the responding officer reports the woman said that her husband sent her text messages in violation of the ‘No contact’ clause of the order, the officer reports a warrant application was filed; 3:30 p.m.: larceny, Leaview Drive, a resident reports via the online reporting option that a city owned rubbish barrel was stolen; 3:53 p.m.: disturbance, Sackett Street, a caller reports a physical altercation between persons heading toward the dike, the responding officer reports a routine check of the persons found revealed that a woman was the subject of an warrant issued in 2013 by Chicopee District Court, Desray B. King, 19, of 7 Jefferson St., was arrested on the warrant; 4:13 p.m.: suspicious deposit, George Street, a resident came to the station to report a suspected scam, the responding officer reports the woman said that a man she met online and has never met in person made a deposit to her bank account and asked her to send him the proceeds, the woman said that a $9,000 deposit was made to her account, the case was referred to the financial crimes unit of the Detective Bureau; 4:17 p.m.: assault, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports his nephew was involved in a playground scuffle and an adult encouraged another boy to assault his nephew, the responding officer reports a five-year-old boy scuffled with a similarly aged girl who was struck in the face, the officer found that the girl’s father remonstrated with her nine-year-old brother and told him he should protect his sister whereupon the bigger boy punched the five-year-old, the officer reports the Department of Children and Families was notified of the incident; 4:36 p.m.: fire, Pequot Point Road, a caller reports a lawn mower near a structure is on fire, the responding deputy fire chief reports a person said that while operating a lawn tractor she realized it was afire, the tractor was within a foot of the building and both leaves and the structure ignited, the firefighters report the fire was extinguished and the building was checked for extensions, firefighters found support members had been charred; 8:27 p.m.: assist citizen, St. Paul Street, the owner of a stolen cellphone returned to the station to pursue her efforts to recover her phone which a tracking application indicates is at a St. Paul Street address, the responding detective reports that he went to the indicted address and was able to identify the phone in question, the resident surrendered the phone, the detective’s investigation remains ongoing; 9:59 p.m.: disturbance, Shaker Road, a caller reports she was assaulted by her boyfriend, the responding officer reports the woman said that the man intentionally struck her face with his elbow during an argument, the officer reports the man said that he didn’t know what she was talking about, Christopher M. Roberts, 35, of 67 Shaker Road, was arrested for assault and battery in a domestic relationship; 11:53 p.m.: vandalism, Morris Avenue, a caller reports a vehicle drove up to a neighbor’s house and an occupant threw something at a window which broke it, the responding officer reports the victim said that he heard breaking glass and ran to the window in time to see a known person fleeing, a criminal complaint was filed; Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:13 a.m.: noise complaint, Crescent Circle, a caller reports loud voices are disturbing her peace, the responding officer reports loud music and conversation around a fire could be heard from the street, the participants were advised of the complaint and they put out the fire and turned off the music, a city ordinance violation citation for excessive noise was issued to
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Obituaries the resident; 3:21 a.m.: suspicious vehicle, Mil Street, a patrol officer reports clothing and beer cans were seen near a recently parked vehicle at the site of a path to the bridge on Southwick Road, the officer reports finding a tent under the bridge and advising the two occupants of the pertinent city ordinance, the two parties left the area; 7:11 a.m.: vandalism, Pochassic Road, a caller reports seeing several vandalized mailboxes, the responding officer reports that five mailboxes appear to have been struck with a pipe or bat; 9:17 a.m.: city ordinance violation, East Main Street at Little River Road, a code enforcement officer reports he removed a sign which had been illegally attached to a state highway sign, the officer reports he found seven other similar infractions and removed signs and one banner; 9:30 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Salvatore Drive, a code enforcement officer reports he responded to a complaint of a lawn and treebelt with uncut grass, the officer found the grass had been cut; 9:46 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Marla Circle, a code enforcement officer reports he responded to a complaint of a treebelt with uncut grass, the officer reports the complaining party said that he had cut the grass and the officer found that the resident has not been maintaining the grass on the tree belt, the officer reports he spoke with the resident and explained that if animals live in the undergrowth on the tree belt because he has not cut the grass he will be responsible if the they injure neighborhood children or anybody else, the resident agreed to maintain the tree belt; 10:03 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Wyben Road, a code enforcement officer reports he assisted the assistant building inspector and found nine unregistered vehicles and numerous auto parts at a Wyben Road address, the building inspector took pictures of the violations and will take further action; 12:07 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Llewellyn Drive, a code enforcement officer reports he and assisted the assistant building inspector and responded with him to a complaint of a lawn with uncut grass and found the grass had been cut, an unregistered vehicle was found, the plate on the vehicle was seized and a relative of the owner was advised of the pertinent city ordinance; 12:55 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Southwick Road, a code enforcement officer reports he and the assistant building inspector found two unregistered motor vehicles at a Southwick Road address, the building inspector took pictures of the violations and will take further action; 2:04 p.m.: city ordinance violation, William Street, a code enforcement officer reports he responded to a complaint of unregistered cars at a possible chop shop, the officer reports two of the eight vehicles on the property were found to be unregistered and the plates were seized, the residents were advised to not operate a repair facility and the building inspector was notified; 2:59 p.m.: larceny, Free Street, a resident came to the station to complain that his cellphone was stolen, the respond officer reports the man said that the phone was stolen while he was in the Samaritan Inn; 4:02 p.m.: larceny, Loomis Ridge, a caller reports a larceny from his residence, the responding officer reports the man said that a firearm was stolen from a gun safe which may not have been locked at the time, the case was referred to the Detective Bureau; 6:30 p.m.: assist other police department, North Road, Holyoke police request the use of stop sticks to end a vehicular pursuit originating in their city and continuing into Westfield, the responding officer reports the strip of spikes was deployed near Old Stage Road and the vehicle came to a stop on Southampton Road, State and Holyoke police took custody of the operator who was transported to Holyoke Hospital by Westfield Fire Department ambulance; 7:30 p.m.: investigation, Henry’s Trailer Park, a fire captain reports two illegal burns at the trailer park were extinguished; 10:01 p.m.: liquor law violations, Smith Avenue at King Street, a patrol officer reports he encountered a group of teenaged girls drinking alcohol, six girls were transported to the station where they were picked up by parents.
Court Logs Westfield District Court Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Larry J. Saccamando, 54, of 189 Springfield Road, was held in lieu of $1,000 cash bail after he was arraigned on seven charges of uttering a false check, seven charges of identity fraud and a charge of larceny of property valued more than $250 by a single scheme brought by Westfield police. Wayne B. Retelle, 67, of 47 Bradford Drive, West Springfield, saw charges of operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and a number plate violation to conceal identification brought by Westfield police not prosecuted. Joseph R. Rollins, 57, of 868 Southampton Road, was arraigned on three charges of violation of an abuse prevention order, brought as separate cases by Westfield police, and in each case was held in lieu of $1,000 cash bail. Edward N. Potter, 44, of 208 Woronoco Road, Woronoco, was released on his personal recognizance pending an Aug. 12 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of assault and battery and threatening to commit a crime brought by State Police. Thomas M. Ricci, 50, of 11 Jeffrey Circle, Southwick, was held without right to bail after he was arraigned as a fugitive from justice following his arrest by State Police on a Connecticut warrant. Christopher M. Roberts, 35, of 67 Shaker Road, was released on $500 personal surety pending an Aug. 15 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery brought by Westfield police. Megan A. Vanveldhuizen, 24, of 83 William St., submitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings for charges of uttering a false check and larceny of property valued more than $250 brought by Westfield police and the charges were continued without a finding with probation for six months. She was assessed $90. In a second case also brought by Westfield police, Vanveldenhuizen saw six charges of distribution of a Class B drug and four charges of distribution of a Class D drug dismissed after she was indicted and arraigned for the same offenses in Superior Court. Jonathan Alvarez, 19, of 55 Mechanic St., was released on his personal recognizance after he was arraigned for a charge of breaking and entering a building in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony. Luis D. Ortiz, 38, of 50 Southampton Road, saw three charges of distribution of a Class B drug, two charges of pos-
Dorothy J. Luczak WESTFIELD - Dorothy J. (Urbanek) Luczak, 87, of Westfield died Tuesday, June 24, 2014 in Baystate Medical Center. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 21, 1927 to Stanislaw and Cecilia (Nawrocka) Urbanek. Dorothy was educated in Poland and moved here when she was twenty-one years old. She worked as a cook at Kid’s Place in Westfield and as a housekeeper for Holy Trinity and St. Peter’s Rectory and retired from Burger King in 1999. Dorothy was a communicant of St. Joseph’s National Catholic Church and a member of its Ladies A.N.S. She was the widow of Marian Luczak who died in August of 1984. Dorothy leaves a brother, Chester Urbanek of Woodbridge, VA. The funeral for Dorothy will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 28th in St. Joseph’s National Catholic Church. Burial to follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Saturday morning before the service from 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. from the Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. Donations may be made to St Joseph’s National Catholic Church, 73 Main Street, Westfield, MA 01085. www.firtionadams.com
James F. Johnstone CHICOPEE - James F. Johnstone, 69, died peacefully on June 24, 2014. He was born in Springfield on August 16, 1944 to the late John and Claire (Cusack) Muransky. He has been a lifelong resident of Westfield and attended local schools. He has lived in Chicopee for the past 2 years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of Vietnam War and was a member of the 173rd Airborne. Jim worked at Berkshire Industries for 40 years retiring in 2004. He coached soccer for 27 years and started the boys and girls travel leagues in Westfield. He enjoyed camping and traveling. He was a Field Trial Secretary at the Easthampton Beagle Club. He was active in Westfield Little League and was an avid Boston sports fan. He leaves his loving wife of 48 years, Dolores (Tobias) Johnstone; his children, Scott Johnstone and his wife Cindy of Henniker, NH, Tracy McIsaac and her husband John of Westfield and Amanda Burgess and her husband Jay of Atkinson, NH; his brother, Jack Muransky and his wife Denise of Westfield; his sister, Julie Cowles of Huntington; his grandchildren, Julia, Chuck and Jessica Gammon, Stephen and Kelsey Johnstone, Jake and Owen McIsaac and Raegan Burgess. Jim also leaves his great-grandchildren, Avaya, Riley and Blake Gammon; loving nieces, nephews and camping friends. He was predeceased by his brother-in-law, Jonathan Cowles. The funeral for Jim will be held Monday, June 30th at 11:30 a.m. from the Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. Military Honors will follow at 1:00 p.m. in the Mass Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Sunday at the funeral home from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Donations in memory of Jim may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445. www.firtionadams.com
Springfield police shoot knife-wielding man SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A knife-wielding man who went on a rampage in Springfield, slashing tires and breaking windows, was shot to death early Thursday by an officer after refusing to drop his weapon. The man, David Kingsbury, was brought to the hospital after the shooting at about 12:15 a.m. where he was pronounced dead, Sgt. John Delaney said in a statement. Officers responded to a home after getting a 911 call. Upon arrival, police were told the man had gone into an apartment. Kingsbury, 34, lived at the address. After demanding that the door be opened, officers forced their way into the apartment and confronted a man with a kitchen knife, police said. Kingsbury advanced toward the officers in a tight space and refused an order to drop the knife. One officer, fearing for his own safety and the safety of his partner, shot once, hitting Kingsbury. The officers performed first aid and administered CPR until EMTs arrived. The officers, whose names were not made public, were placed on desk duty per protocol pending the investigation. They were not injured.
session of a firearm without a firearms identification card and single charges of improper sale of a firearm, unlicensed sale of ammunition, possession of a Class B drug with intent to distribute and possession of a Class D drug with intent to distribute dismissed after he was indicted and arraigned for the same offenses in Superior Court. Rafael Ramos Jr., 41, of 50 Southampton Road, saw charges of distribution of a Class B drug, possession of a Class B drug with intent to distribute and possession of a Class D drug with intent to distribute dismissed after he was indicted and arraigned for the same offenses in Superior Court. Jared R. Graham, 22, of P.O. Box 211, Huntington, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings for charges of larceny of property valued less than $250, operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration and a number plate violation to conceal identification brought by State Police and the charges were continued without a finding with probation for six months. He was assessed $50 and ordered to pay court costs of $100. In a second case brought by Southwick police, Graham submitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings for three charges of vandalizing property and the charges were continued without a finding with probation for six months. He was assessed $180 and a fourth charge of vandalizing property was not prosecuted.
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Choosing and hanging shutters By MELISSA KOSSLER DUTTON Associated Press Although glass and screens have eliminated the practical need for shutters, they’re still popular for decoration. “They add another layer of thoughtful detailing to a house,” says Ted Cleary, a landscape architect in Charlotte, N.C. But to get the right look, you still have to consider function when choosing and hanging shutters, experts say. “Beauty in architecture, as with many objects, often stems from seeing a detail that illustrates its purpose,” Cleary says. A pair of shutters can cost anywhere from $100 to more than $1,000. Some tips on choosing the right ones for your home: SIZE Originally, shutters were used to keep out weather, noise and animals; when closed, they had to cover the whole window. So shutter size is the most important thing to consider, says Lindsay Daniel, a Charlotte architect, who agrees with Cleary that homeowners must “think function first, not decoration.” Make sure the shutters
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meet and completely cover the window opening. Otherwise, she says, the shutter “looks like a stupid afterthought.” This means that shutters don’t work on double-width or picture windows, says Richard Taylor, an architect and president of RTA Studio in Dublin, Ohio. “To my eye anyway, it looks ridiculous,” he says. And take care about their shape when hanging shutters on arched windows, Cleary adds. “Shutters are perfectly legitimate on arched windows as long as the (closed) shutter covers it,” he says. MATERIAL Shutters are primarily made of wood, composite material or vinyl. Vinyl shutters are typically mounted directly onto the side of the house, which means they break the rule about looking functional, Taylor says. He prefers wood, which looks the most authentic but does require regular maintenance, or composite products, a low-maintenance alternative. STYLES Louvered shutters, made with horizontally slated
The Associated Press A line of personal emergency systems with a potential battery defect are among this week’s recalled consumer products. Others include chargers that pose an electrocution hazard and glider rocking chairs that can be unstable. Here’s a more detailed look: PERSONAL EMERGENCY SYSTEMS DETAILS: Linear PERS transmitters, which are components of Linear PERS or personal emergency solutions products and allow users to push a button on the transmitter to summon assistance. The recall includes model numbers DXS-62A, DXS-62A1, and DXS-64 which all have batteries that are sealed into the products. The manufactured date range of the recalled products is from June 2008 through April 2011 written as a date code. For example the date code MD1105 represents YYMM format or a manufacture date of May 2011. The date code, model number, Linear LLC and other information are found on the back of the transmitter. They were sold from June 2008 through July 2011. WHY: The batteries used in the transmitters can fail to emit a low battery warning, leading the user to believe the transmitter is functioning, and not generate a warning. INCIDENTS: One report of a transmitter that failed to operate. No injuries have been reported. HOW MANY: About 175,000, with an additional 48,000 previously recalled in December 2013. FOR MORE: Call Linear at 855-554-2384 or visit www. linear-pers.com and click on Recalls for more information.
This undated photo provided by Timberlane Shutters/ Timberlane.com shows windows with shutters. Homeowners often choose the wrong shape of shutters for arched windows. The shutters must be the right shape and size so that they will meet in the middle of the window and completely cover the opening. (AP Photo/Courtesy Timberlane Shutters, Timberlane.com)
boards, are probably the most common style in America, Cleary says. When shutters served as the primary window covering, people in hotter climates used louvered ones to allow fresh air into the house. Panel shutters have a traditional look. They are solid pieces that resemble small doors, and are often inset with square or rectangle patterns. They were regularly used on Colonial-era homes in New England and were a good defense against snow and rain. Board and batten shutters are made with three or four vertical boards of the same size connected with narrow horizontal boards. They have a rustic appearance and were often used on country houses or barns. They are the easiest style for do-it-yourselfers to make at home, Cleary says. HARDWARE Shutters look best when they are hung as though they are going to be opened and closed, Cleary says. That
means using hinges and mounting them onto the window casing — not attaching them to the house. Cleary also recommends adding metal tiebacks, sometimes called shutter dogs, to hold open shutters in place. The hardware, including shutter dogs and hinges, can cost up to $100 for a pair of shuttters. “It looks a lot richer. There’s more depth to them when they are not pasted to the (house),” he says. BE CONSISTENT Don’t feel you have to put shutters on every window. It’s better to have some windows without shutters than to put them on windows that are too wide for them. Don’t use a shutter on one side of a window where a door or the corner of the house prevents you from adding its mate. Do consider painting shutters the same color as your front door.
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CHARGERS DETAILS: Travel Charger Kits for Nokia Lumia 2520 Tablets, also called the AC-300 charger accessory kit. The kit includes four different plugs for use in electrical outlets in the U.S., U.K., EU, and Australia. U.S. chargers that were sold with the Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet are not included in the recall. They were sold at AT&T and Verizon Wireless authorized dealers and retailers nationwide and online at att.com and Verizon.com from January 2014 to May 2014. WHY: The plastic cover on the charger’s exchangeable plugs can come loose and separate, exposing internal components that pose an electrocution hazard if touched while the plug remains in a live socket. INCIDENTS: None reported. HOW MANY: About 500. FOR MORE: Call Nokia at 888-665- 4228 or visit www.nokia.com and click “Recall Notice” at the bottom of the page for more information.. GLIDER ROCKING CHAIRS DETAILS: Brooks Furniture Glider Rockers, including styles 1529P and 1529V-LM. The 1529P glider rocker has a maple wood frame with blue fabric upholstery. The 1529V-LM glider rocker has a maple wood frame with beige vinyl upholstery and a locking mechanism to disengage the glider. Both recalled chairs have the style number and manufacture date between 1/1/2011 and 12/31/2012 printed under the chair’s seat. Brooks Furniture is printed on a label attached to the seat cushions. They were sold at Kaplan Early Learning Co. nationwide from October 2011 to December 2012. WHY: The spindles in the glider base can separate while rocking, posing a fall hazard to the user. INCIDENTS: 29 reports of the chair’s spindles separating or loosening on the base of the glider rockers. No injuries have been reported. HOW MANY: About 350. FOR MORE: Call Brooks Furniture at 800-427-6657 or visit www.brooksfurnitureonline.com and click on “Recall” for more information. GOALTENDER THROAT COLLARS DETAILS: Reebok TCPRE Senior and Junior Goalie Throat Collars. The word “Reebok” is embroidered at the base of the collar. They have the BNQ certification mark screen printed and the words “Ballistic Nylon Ballistique”, “TCPRE SR or JR” and sizing information on the right side of the collar base. Affected products have the model number K101SR TCPRE or K101JR TCPRE located on the label sewn on the inside of each throat collar pad and on the outside of a polybag in which the product may have been sold at retail stores. They were sold from April 2012 through May 2014. WHY: Throat collars have been Can decertified by BNQ in You Help Sarah? Canada due to the risk that a skate blade could penetrate the collar, posing a laceration hazard to the throat. INCIDENTS: None reported. HOW MANY: About 3,300 in the U.S. and 8,100 in Canada. FOR MORE: Call Reebok-CCMwww.sarahgillett.org at 800-451-4600 or visit www.reebokccm.com and click on Goalie Throat Collar Recall at the bottom of the page for more information.
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What’s behind different floral scents By LEE REICH Associated Press Wave after wave of scent has filled the air since my garden awakened in spring. Most prominent have been the aromas from daffodil blossoms, plum, flowering currant, and now dame’s rocket, pinks and roses. Of course, it’s not for us that flowers waft those sometimes delectable aromas. Evolutionarily speaking, we don’t return the favor with anything more than the carbon dioxide that we — and all other animals — breathe out, and that plants use for photosynthesis. Flowers release their aromas to attract pollinators. As such, floral aromas might mimic countless other kinds of aromas, depending on just what creature a particular flower is trying to attract. Some of those floral aromas are actually unpleasant to us. Skunk cabbage (smelly and inedible) is a good example, but there are worse — or better — examples. The arum lily of South Africa, for example: From its spathe, a spike-like inflorescence of many small flowers rising up from what looks like an upended purple skirt, wafts the smell of rotting flesh. This aroma is perfect for attracting the carrion beetles that pollinate this plant. Heat generated inside the inflorescence heightens the morbid effect and helps pump the aroma out into the atmosphere. But on to more pleasant aromas — for instance, flowers that mimic pheromones, the scents that female animals give off to signal their readiness to mate. Of course, those ersatz pheromones coming from flowers are directed at insects, because they are the ones flowers want to attract to perform pollination. FLORAL DECEPTION More than mere scent may be needed to keep an insect on a flower. The mirror orchid, for example, deceives the male bees that pollinate it by not only smelling like receptive female bees, but also by looking like them. After one or two flowers, any smart bee is going to realize that he’s not dealing with a real female and give up trying. So to keep up the deception, each mirror orchid plant smells slightly different; it takes a half dozen or so before a bee catches on, and by then the flowers have gotten what they wanted. Even more intricate in its deception is the bucket orchid of Central America, which splays out little “buckets” filled with a quarter-inch of perfumed liquid. Each of the 20 or so species of this
In this undated photo, strong fragrance in addition to beautiful blossoms double the pleasure of Strawberry Hill rose, from rose breeder David Austin, in New Paltz, New York. (AP Photo/Lee Reich) plant has a slightly different perfume — although the differences are undetectable to us — according to the species of iridescent bee it means to attract. In the flurry of activity around a bucket, an occasional bee falls in. As the bee squeezes out through a narrow tube, it incidentally pollinates the orchid flower. AROMAS THAT PLEASE HUMANS What makes a scent pleasing to humans? Perhaps, as with bees, some aromas conjure up pleasant primeval associations. At any rate, we like them enough to put great effort into capturing and bottling them. The first essential oil, attar of rose, was bottled by the Arabian physician Avicenna about 1,000 years ago. Two
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x-GalleyCat ed Jason Boog on raising bookworms LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Boog was immersed in publishing for five years as editor of the MediaBistro blog GalleyCat. When he became a dad, he was curious how best to foster a love of books in his newborn daughter. His solution was — what else? — writing a book about raising bookworms, "Born Reading," out in July from Touchstone. Boog, 37, lives in Los Angeles with his wife and now nearly 4-year-old daughter, Olive. He works for a film production company, connecting screenwriters with experts to assist story development. Boog's book coincides with a policy issued Tuesday from the American Academy of Pediatrics asking doctors to stress that parents should read to kids every day, beginning in infancy. Four questions for Jason Boog: AP: Isn't there enough guidance out there on fostering a love of reading in babies and young children? Boog: When I was just starting to introduce my daughter to books, the iPad, lots of digital devices, were swamping the market. They entered the marketplace so quickly that I don't think we as parents, or even the child development experts — no one really — had enough time to process the whole change. There was this rapid shift in the way we read, so I set out in the book to speak to scientists, child development experts on how best to handle the new landscape. AP: Are parents too exhausted in their child's first year to read to them? Boog: I started to read to my daughter from the very first few days of her life. On the one hand it's boring to have these newborns. They don't do very much. They kind of just sit there and you kind of need something to do to entertain them and entertain yourself. Then when I started speaking to the experts about it, that act of reading, even if your child is not speaking and not pointing to things in a book, but the act and the sound of your voice is turning on switches in their brain constantly in those first two years of life. I didn't realize that. So I would set her up in her bouncy chair and as she drank her bottle I would pull out a board book and read it to her. Every single day you
would see a little bit more light in those eyes and you would see her start to follow the story a little bit. AP: How do you feel about the recommendation of no screen time for children under 2? Boog: Some parents ban it completely during those first two years. We definitely let Olive grab the iPhone or the iPad when we were on airplanes or in long lines. We kind of used it as the pacifier of last resort. I still struggle on a daily basis with my daughter to balance my need for making her lunch, for doing my work or getting dressed. She would play with the iPad all day if I let her, until she fell over and fell asleep. She has nothing in her brain that tells her to turn it off. It's a constant struggle for 21st- century parents to figure out what the perfect balance is for their child and devices. Realistically, you can't have zero screen time the way the world works now, with parents using devices every day and children seeing them every day. They're going to be curious. They're going to want to touch them. AP: Do you think parents, pediatricians, day care providers and others do enough to read to or expose babies and young children to reading? Boog: Over the last 30 years we've developed this very rich body of research about the science of interactive reading. That is reading to your child in a way where you're asking questions, where you're having them compare it to their own experiences, where it's a very active, participatory experience. You can use a device, you can do it while watching 'Sesame Street,' with a song, but it's you and your child and not your child and a device. So we've had 30 years of research telling us it's just crucial for a developing brain to do this. I feel like at a time when books, maybe, are receding a little bit from the public imagination, it's almost a public health issue to know this. People should be handing something out at the hospital saying it's really important that you do this with your child, have this interactive experience. It doesn't have to be an either-or proposition — book over device. It would be a terrible tragedy if the art of reading to your child is lost in the digital transition.
hundred years later, Eleanor of Aquitaine had 2,500 pounds of violets crushed to make 1 pound of violet attar. Humans soon learned to preserve a scent better by combining it with a fixative. Fixatives originally were musk extracted from the genital area of deer and ambergris from sperm whales, but now synthetics are also used. As an alternative to the elaborate extraction and fixing of floral aromas, consider planting a rose outside your back door, then stepping outside and putting your nose to it. Even better, plant a spectrum of scented blossoms for sensory thrills from late winter to late fall. Online: http://leereich.blogspot.com/ http://leereich.com/
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THE WESTFIELD NEWSSPORTS Amanti Cup
Dan Welch City Cup
Members of the Berkshire Insurance Group gather for a photo after winning the Amanti Cup during last night’s Babe Ruth game against Cortina Tile. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www. thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)
Pitching, defense come up B.I.G. By Robby Veronesi WNG Intern WESTFIELD – Berkshire Insurance Group has had its chances to take home the Amanti Cup in recent memory. Last year, B.I.G. fell in the championship round to Cortina Tile. This year, the two teams faced off in the finals once again. As the No. 1 seed, B.I.G led the way throughout the regular season, but fell in a tightly-contested Wednesday night showdown, forcing a winner-take-all Thursday night. This time, the Green and Gold lifted the Cup. A combination of stout pitching, shutdown defense and a few key hits proved to be enough as the top seed fended off No. 2 Cortina Tile, 3-1, at Bullens Field. “We started off the year behind because of the winter with a lot of errors in the first few games,” said Head Coach John Garde. “I said this was not going to happen at the end of the season. You guys are going to be a lot better and improve. We practiced a lot and they played really well. They played great defense.” Matt Masciadrelli earned the start for the designated visitors and threw a two-hit shutout during his five innings of work. The Saint Mary’s High School standout handcuffed a potent Cortina Tile lineup, retiring 10 in a row early in the game. “I’m just really excited that our team pulled it together. We kept playing all seven innings,” said Masciadrelli. “I just approached it like a normal game, not like it was anything special.” Once again, B.I.G manufactured a firstinning run, this time taking an early lead. After Jim Hagan’s double put a runner in scoring position with two outs, Masciadrelli lined a single to plate Hagan. The 1-0 lead lasted until the fifth inning, when B.I.G added some much-needed insurance. With two on and two out, Alex Hall hit a sharp liner into the hole at shortstop. Dalen Mochak, who was running on contact, hustled around third base and slid past the tag at home plate to increase their lead to 2-0. Mochak factored in the final run of the game as well, slapping an RBI single to the outfield to easily score Masciadrelli from second base in the seventh inning, capping off a great bounce-back effort. “We’ve come back all year. We took first
Berkshire Insurance Group’s Connor Cottengim makes the out against Cortina Tile during Thursday night’s Amanti Cup game at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www. thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)
place for a reason,” said Garde. “They needed to come out and relax and not play scared. As long as we don’t make errors, we’ll be alright.” Cortina Tile broke the shutout in the bottom of the sixth inning. With two out and Sean Mitchell on second base, Garrett Collis lined an RBI single to cut the deficit to 2-1. John Daley dueled Masciadrelli at the beginning of the game, tossing five innings of his own, while allowing a pair of runs on two hits. For many players on both teams, the focus now shifts to All-Stars, with tournament play to continue at Bullens Field throughout the remainder of the summer.
Westfield Sons of Erin John O’Brien, left, puts the tag on McDonalds baserunner Nick Clegg during Thursday night’s game for the Dan Welch City Cup at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)
They’re Lovin’ It: Sons Repeat vs. McDonald’s By Robby Veronesi WNG Intern WESTFIELD – For the second time in as many years, the Green and Gold will have their names etched on the Dan Welch City Cup, but this year’s road was not quite as easy to achieve the same goal. Entering the 15-16-year-old tournament, Sons of Erin began play as the No. 2 seed, but fell to McDonald’s, placing them in the loser’s bracket. Staving off elimination by eliminating Advance Manufacturing and top-seeded Westfield Police, a rematch with McDonald’s to decide the champion was set. After a wild 12-11 slugfest Tuesday afternoon, Sons of Erin completed the turnaround by using dominant pitching and defense (and a little offense) to post a 3-1 victory and claim the title. “The kids really rallied themselves,” said Head Coach Don Murray. “I stepped back and let them motivate themselves. I just made the moves on the field and they really motivated each other.” Sons of Erin was led by starting pitcher Sean Moorhouse, the usual closer, who shut down the potent McDonald’s lineup by tossing a complete game gem, sprinkling six hits while allowing just one unearned run. The visitors got the leadoff hitter on base in four of the seven innings, but Moorhouse and his defense denied any possible threat. “Coach gave me the start, so I had to pace myself to go the distance,” said Moorhouse. “Guys were picking me up in the field big
time. These guys have been great all season. People have to step in all the time and it’s great to be playing with these guys.” “That’s the first complete game of the season for him,” said Murray. “I didn’t use him a lot and in some of the games at the end, he went three or four innings. Tonight, though, I knew he had seven innings in him. He’s a performer. He’s a gutsy kid and he wanted the ball tonight and it made all the difference.” The usually-potent bats supported Moorhouse early, spotting him a pair in the first inning. After Ethan Gamble and Moorhouse drew walks to start the bottom of the inning, some timely base running and a wild pitch set up runners on second and third for John O’Brien. The reliable shortstop skied a sacrifice fly to left field, easily scoring Gamble. With two out, Matt Hannoush ripped a single off starting pitcher Colin Burns, rolling enough for Moorhouse to score to put the home team up 2-0. Sean Gezotis added some crucial insurance in the fourth inning. With one out, Drew Carson and J.D. Huntley singled, setting the table for Gezotis, who recorded the thirdstraight hit of the inning and driving in Carson to increase the lead to 3-0. McDonald’s added a crooked number of their own in the top half of the fifth inning with the help of two errors, but the defense settled down afterwards to maintain control throughout the game.
McDonalds first baseman Michael Diamond, left, reaches for the out on Sons of Erin baserunner Jacob Butler during Thursday night’s game for the Dan Welch City Cup at Bullens. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)
Berkshire Insurance Group second baseman Matthew Masciadrelli, left, prepares to scoop the ball as Cortina Tile baserunner Sean Mitchell attempts to beat the tag during Thursday night’s Babe Ruth Amanti Cup game at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)
Special Olympians tee off Sunday By Robby Veronesi WNG Intern WESTFIELD – Now that the summer weather has touched the Pioneer Valley, it is time to break out the clubs and enjoy weekend afternoons on the many local links and, after weeks of practice, local Special Olympics golfers are teeing up Sunday as part of the 2014 West Section Gold Assessment Round. This year’s qualifying round, to be held at Tekoa Country Club in Westfield for the second consecutive year, will showcase the top Special Olympics athletes from as far away as Worcester, as well as some local Whip City area competitors. “Tekoa Country Club has been our home course for the last seven years since we started the program,” said Ray Rivera, one of the event organizers. They’re great partners with the community as
Members of the Westfield Sons of Erin gather for a team photo after winning the Dan Welch City Cup during Thursday night’s Babe Ruth game against McDonalds at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)
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far as Special Olympics. E.J.and Dan Burack are great ambassadors for golf and especially help Special Olympics out quite a bit.” The 1 p.m. opening ceremony will kick off an afternoon full of competition in four different sections. Athletes participate in either 9- or 18-hole competitions, or they participate in 9- or 18-hole partner competitions, where an athlete and a volunteer partner alternate strokes. After playing weekly, including at Sunday’s assessment round, each athlete will receive a handicap and qualify for the state tournament. At states, the top three teams will qualify for a national tournament, which was held in New Jersey last year. For more information about the event, or to register to be a volunteer golfer Sunday, please call Rivera at (413) 265-0913.
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SUMMER SPORTS SCHEDULE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Friday, June 27 Westfield Post 124 vs. Greenfield Post 81, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m. Saturday, June 28 Westfield Post 124 at Ludlow Post 52, Whitney Park, 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 30 Westfield Post 124 vs. West Springfield, Bullens Field, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 Westfield Post 124 vs. Longmeadow, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m.
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5:30 pm
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July 02 Westfield National
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6:00 pm
11-12
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July 09 District Semifinal
6:00 pm
11-12
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6:00 pm
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July 12 Westfield National
Westfield American
Tuesday Golf League FINAL STANDINGS - 2014 Results from June 17, 2014
1st Place
Jim French & Dave Liberty 90.0 Points 2nd Place Barry Slattery & Bob McCarthy 86.5 Points 3rd Place Frank Kamlowski & Angelo Mascadrelli 84.0 Points 4th Place Fran Siska & Bill Wallanovich 83.5 Points 5th Place Joe Hebda & Tom Baker 83.0 Points 6th Place Tom Pitoniak & Bob Berniche 78.0 Points 7th Place Ed Harrington & Jim Crawford 76.5 Points 8th Place Terry Clark & Mike Clark 76.0 Points 9th Place Hank Bartniki & Jack Kennedy 75.5 Points 10th Place Ray West & Harry Pease 75.0 Points 11th Place Ed West & Bob Czarnecki 74.5 Points 12th Place Bill Murphy & Chris Olsen 74.0 Points 13th Place Paul Joubert & Ron Bonyeau 71.5 Points 14th Place Carl Haas & Bill Frothingham 62.5 Points 14th Place John Kidrick & Milt Holmes 62.5 Points 15th Place Butch Rines & Gary Marcoulier 61.5 Points 16th Place Erroll Nichols & Mark Dunn 61.0 Points Jim Johnson & Al Szenda 17th Place 60.5 Points 18th Place Dick Williams & Ron Sena 59.0 Points 19th Place Jack Leary & Jim Liptak 58.5 Points Low Gross Bob Czarnecki @ 40 Low Net Bob Czarnecki @ 25 Closest to pin on 3rd hole Ray West Closest to pin on 3rd hole (2nd shot) Angelo Mascadrelli Closest to pin on 6th hole Bill Wallanovich Shell Faunce we miss you on the course.
Thursday, July 3 Westfield Post 124 vs. Agawam Post 185, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m. Sunday, July 6 Westfield Post 124 at West Springfield, Mitteneague Park, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 8 Westfield Post 124 vs. Springfield Post 21, Bullens Field, 7 p.m. Friday, July 11 Westfield Post 124 at Longmeadow, Longmeadow High School, 5:45 p.m. ———
Westfield Little League Softball All-Stars ALL HOME GAMES AT SADIE KNOX FIELD District 4 at Westfield
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Junior Golf and Tennis!
The Blandford Club offers a great summer program for kids Blandford — Tuesday mornings are busy and fun at The Blandford Club! Your kids can learn how to play golf and tennis, plus enjoy lunch with their friends. This year’s session will begin on July 8th and run until August 19th. The junior golf clinic begins at 8:30am and is followed by five holes of play. The kids can then eat lunch at the snack bar and head out for a group tennis lesson. Registration takes place on the first morning, so get there early. Then, pay as you go each week. The golf clinic costs $4.00 for members and $8.00 for non-members. Lunch for the children will be $5.00 and tennis lessons cost $3.00 per child. We will end the program with a pizza party. Watch for more details at www.facebook.com/theblandfordclub. Children can participate in one or both sports each week, you decide! The Blandford Club is a private golf club which is run primarily by its member volunteers. This junior golf program will only be a success with the participation of parents. As in past years, we need each child to be responsible to an adult who stays with them throughout the day. Please call club pro Francis Kringle in the pro shop at (413) 848-2443 with any questions about the program. The course will also play host to a special tournament for kids this year on Monday, July 7th. The Massachusetts Junior Golf Qualifier is for boys between 14 and 18 years old. This is a sectional qualifier for the Junior Amateur Championship to be held later in the summer. Good luck to the competitors who will enjoy our local course in July. The Blandford Club has a rich history of getting kids and families involved in social events and sports. There are several membership options available with leagues played throughout the summer. Please call the pro shop if you’re interested in joining the club!
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The Westfield Americans slide past Southampton.
(Photo by
Chris Putz)
The Westfield Little League Baseball American 9-10-yearold All-Stars honor the country during the national anthem. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield Americans pitcher tosses a pitch during Thursday’s district tournament game for 9-10-year-old Little League AllStars. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Local LLers pound opposition By Chris Putz Stafff Writer WESTFIELD – So much for hospitality. The Westfield Little League Baseball American 9-10-yearold All-Stars quickly “closed the door” on Southampton in Thursday night’s district tournament game at Paper Mill Field. Westfield exploded for 15 runs in the third inning en route to a 19-2 mercy rule-shortened contest. The game was close at the start as Westfield scored three runs in the first, and followed with one more in the second when Patrick Flaherty was hit by a pitch, took second and third on passed balls, and scored on a Mike Anciello double. Then it was all Americans in the third. Mike Anciello led the way for Westfield’s offense with an in-the-park grand slam, two doubles, and scored three runs. He also reached on an error. Nick Montanaro added his own tworun home run, scoring Colby Nadeau. Nathan Pellegrini (3-for-3) and Jesse Paroline (2-for-2) both scored twice. Ryan LaPoint was solid on the mound for the Americans, pitching 3 1-3 innings, striking out three batters, and allowing two runs. Mason Pereira closed out the game for the home team. The Westfield Americans next host Longmeadow Sunday at noon at Cross Street Field.
The Americans go on the offensive attack. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Nationals clobber Gateway
Westfield National 28, Gateway 1 WESTFIELD – The Nationals were also successful in driving away the competition. Three hurlers pitched in to silence the opposition, while their team’s bats rang loud enough. Cody Collins, Brady Collins, and Jake Jachym combined to pitch a one-hitter for Westfield Thursday. The Nationals collected 19 hits as a team. The Westfield Little League All-American All-Stars take a In other tournament action, the Westfield Juniors fell to whack at Southampton in a 9-10-year-old district tournaSouthampton 18-3 in 4 1-2 innings … Gateway’s Seniors ment game Thursday night at Cross Street Field. (Photo by defeated Agawam, 9-1. Chris Putz) Westfield Americans’ Troy Hevey enjoys the early goings-on at Cross Street Field against Southampton. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Gateway pitcher Joel Sakaske winds up against Westfield National in a Little League Baseball 9-10-year-old All-Star district tournament game Thursday night at Paper Mill Field. Westfield Nationals Andrew Scott smiles after scoring on a bases-loaded walk. (Photo by Chris Putz)
(Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield Little League Baseball National All-Star Cody Collins rounds third base. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield Nationals’ Alex Provet trots to first base after drawing a walk against Gateway in a Little League Baseball 9-10-year-old All-Star district tournament game Thursday night at Paper Mill Field. (Photo by Chris Putz)
If you would like to run a Birthday Announcement in The Westfield News contact us at: 413-562-4181 The Westfield Nationals have all eyes on the ball against Gateway Thursday in a Little League Baseball 9-10-year-old All-Star district tournament game at Paper Mill Field. (Photo by Chris Putz)
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Annie’s Mailbox By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
So sad ... Dear Annie: Our son is married to a beautiful woman from India, who also happens to be bipolar. They have an adorable 16-month-old boy, and we love them all so much. While our daughter-in-law’s mother had a problem with her marrying outside their culture, they now love our son as their own. I understand quite a bit about mental illness, as I suffer from depression, and my mother was bipolar. Before she was diagnosed, I was the target of her rants over the years. Now, it seems that I am the brunt of my daughter-in-law’s rants. She doesn’t discuss things that bother her. She simply goes off on tirades, with nonstop talking, and recently she called me a terrible name. I am so deeply sickened over this, I can’t even begin to tell you. My son and I have always been close, and I have no desire to interfere in their marriage. I help only when asked. My son is also close to his sister, who also has been the target of his wife’s rages. My son knew about his wife’s bipolar disease before they married, and when she takes proper medications and sees her psychiatrist, she is better. I understand that sometimes the extremes of personality still come through, in spite of medication. My question is: Can people with this illness filter what comes out of their mouths? Can they learn not to insult and lash out at the people closest to them? Or is that impossible to control? They have been married only three years, and I can’t tell you how many times this has happened. The hurt just keeps piling up, and it’s harder and harder to forgive. Are we going to have to keep our distance from our son’s family to stay sane ourselves? -- So Sad Dear Sad: This must be a terribly difficult situation for you. It is possible that your daughter-in-law simply needs to have her medications adjusted, and you might suggest that to your son. In the meantime, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (nami.org) and ask about their Family-to-Family program and other resources. Dear Annie: I have a very rude and inconsiderate neighbor who thinks nothing of mowing her lawn at 5:30 in the morning and waking up the whole neighborhood. What can we do? -Lancaster County, Penn. Dear Lancaster: Can you speak to your neighbor directly and explain that her early-morning activities are disrupting your sleep? She may not realize how loud she is at that hour. If you asked her politely to mow her lawn later in the day, would she comply? Would someone in the neighborhood offer to mow it for her at another time? Of course, if she refuses to find a better time, you should look into the noise ordinances in your area and, if necessary, report her to the appropriate authorities. Dear Annie: As an IT professional, I feel compelled to point out that “Hoosier Historian” was incorrect in arguing against digital copies of old photos when he said, “Computer programs change, and the photos are not always accessible.” The most commonly used file formats for saving digital images can be opened by many different software packages. In addition, if a less common program is used, it is not difficult to convert the images to the more commonly used formats. I will agree with “Hoosier,” however, that original copies of photos should not be discarded, for the same reason that I would advocate making several digital copies of photos and home movies and storing them in different locations in case of fire or other disaster. After all, images of loved ones, particularly those who have passed on, are some of the most valuable things families own. Also, there’s a certain nostalgia appeal to having the originals to view. -- A+ Certified in NY’s Southern Tier Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.
HINTS FROM HELOISE SHOWER SCRUBBING Dear Heloise: My shower floor got dirty after I cracked two ribs and couldn’t bend over to clean it. Then I remembered a Heloise hint about using cheap shampoo to clean showers. So, after my shower, I dried off except for my feet. Then I added a dab of shampoo to a damp washcloth. I didn’t want to fall again, so I braced myself. I placed one foot on the washcloth and starting scrubbing. Being braced with my hands gave extra power to my scrubbing. Fortunately, my shower head detaches for rinsing both the floor and my feet. -Cee, via email Be extra-careful when you do this so you don’t slip. Place a rug with rubber backing right next to the tub so that you can safely get out onto it. -- Heloise HOOF PICKS Dear Heloise: My daughter used to ride horses every day. I learned about horse-hoof picks from helping her at the barn. It occurred to me what a great tool this would be around the house. It has a strong metal pick on one side and a stiff-bristle brush on the other. I bought one the next time we were at a tack store, and after several years, it’s strong as ever. It’s great when something needs scraping, then brushing, before vacuuming, like a sliding-door track or the groove lines in our aggregate concrete patio. -- Mary McFadden, Elk Grove, Calif.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, June 27, 2014: This year many people are drawn to you because of your charisma. You are unusually creative, and you could experience a new beginning in your life. You will feel renewed and much happier as a result. If you are single, you have many potential suitors who all possess different talents and temperaments. Knowing the type of relationship you want could help you choose. If you are attached, your sweetie is unusually drawn to you this year. Please remember that a relationship is based on two people, not one. Bypass a tendency to be me-oriented. CANCER is moody. 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 You’ll wake up feeling inspired and full of ideas. How you handle a provocative situation could change as a result of someone else’s stubbornness. You simply might not be up for the type of problems you might encounter here. Tonight: Invite some friends over. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You might decide to let your imagination take the lead. The creative benefits that result will become obvious quickly. Do not set yourself up for confrontation. Bypass a collision at all cost, and head on your merry way. Tonight: Meet friends at a favorite haunt. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Be aware of your spending habits. You easily could make an error when trying to balance your checkbook, or you just might decide to ignore your budget and your long-term needs. Remember, there is always tomorrow. Tonight: A little self-discipline could go a long way. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH You’ll beam as you greet the New Moon in your sign. A resolution made today or tomorrow is likely to stick. Why not wish upon a star? If someone is very difficult, walk away rather than get sucked in. Stay focused on the long term. Tonight: As you like it. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You intuitively know what needs to happen and why. You could feel pushed and somewhat confused. Try to absorb new information with care. Understanding will evolve if you stay out of a potential problem and take a step back to observe. Tonight: Vanish with a friend. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You have clearly stated your expectations and plans. As a result, you might need to head in a new direction, but you could hit some opposition when and where you least expect it. Express your creative abilities in order to get around this last-minute hassle. Tonight: Be yourself. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH The New Moon, while it does herald new beginnings, could escalate your tension and stress levels as well. Meet any obligations, and be willing to deal with a problem head-on. You could be taken aback by a family member’s recalcitrant ways. Tonight: A force to behold if out. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You’ll have a unique opportunity to move in a direction that will allow you to open up to new beginnings. You might want to scope out the situation first, before you make a final decision. Make sure you know what you’re doing. Tonight: Go where music is played. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You will consider heading down a new path; however, a friend might ask you to join him or her in some sort of venture. As a result, you could end up discussing an upcoming trip. A loved one might shock you with some news. Tonight: Add more intimacy to a relationship. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Defer to someone else, and know full well what works for you. You might want to let a friend take the lead -- at least in making plans. Your sense of humor will emerge in a conversation. The unexpected seems to keep happening. Tonight: Enjoy your popularity. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might be left to handle the last-minute details of a project. You could want to proceed in a certain direction, but you will need to wait until at least Monday to do so. Understand what needs to occur first. Bide your time. Tonight: Join a friend or co-worker for
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DINING ROOM COORDINATOR The Town of Southwick Board of Selectmen/Council on Aging-Senior Center is looking for an organized and outgoing person to work parttime in the dining room. Responsibilities include organizing meals on wheels, serving prepared meals on a daily basis, setting up and cleaning kitchen area, and completing computer work and reports for Highland Valley Elder Services. Hours are Monday-Friday 10a.m.-1p.m., with some extra hours required. Hourly rate is $10.00-$12.00 per hour depending on experience. High School diploma, G.E.D. or equivalent 1+ years kitchen/food service experience required. This is not a benefited position. Position is open until filled.
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ORDAINED MINISTER/PARTTIME. The Wyben Union Church is an historic, inter-denominational church located in Westfield, MA. This active 96-seat community church is seeking an ordained minister to lead Sunday worship services, preside over baptisms, weddings, and funerals, and offer pastoral care to a multigenerational congregation. The part-time position requires approximately 20-25 hours a week. Interested candidates can submit a resume via email to wybensearchcommittee@gmail.com or by mail to: Wyben Union Church, Attn: Search Committee, 678 Montgomery Road, Westfield, MA 01085.
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CLASSIFIED 0315 Tag Sales WESTFIELD 12 FARLAINE DRIVE. June 27,28,29. 9-4. Furniture, tools, household items, more. WESTFIELD 208 MONTGOMERY ROAD. Saturday, Sunday, June 28&29. 9-4. Everything A-Z. Great prices.
WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size B E A U T I F U L 2 B E D R O O M and location. No dogs. Call TOWNHOUSE in Westfield, weekdays (413)786-9884. clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Very reasonable heat cost. Sorry no pets. From WESTFIELD 2 bedroom. Bus $800/month. Call for more in- r o u t e , o f f s t r e e t p a r k i n g . formation (860)485-1216. Equal $800/month plus utilities. First and last. (413)250-9493. Housing Opportunity.
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WESTFIELD 1 BEDROOM. Kitchen and bath. No pets. $650/month includes utilities. First, last, security. (413)2504811.
WESTFIELD LARGE 1 bedroom apartment, first floor, off street parking. $690/month plus utilities. First, last, security. Available now. (413)568-5146.
HOLLAND AVENUE, Westfield. 3 room, 1 bedroom with heat and hot water. Basement storage, on site laundry. $725/month. Call (413)5622295.
WESTFIELD LARGE 1 bedroom apartment, first floor, off street parking. $690/month plus utilities. First, last, security. Available now. (413)568-5146.
WESTFIELD 29 CLEVELAND AVE. Saturday, June 28th. 9-4. HUNTINGTON CENTER. 2 bedSomething for everyone. room apartment. Refinished, new high efficiency heating system. For more info call (413)238W E S T F I E L D 4 8 S U N S E T 0303. DRIVE. June 27,28,29. 9-5. Huge sale. Lots of everything. Boat, trailer, motor, poles, collectibles, antiques, Xmas, bottles, comics, furniture. Inside/out.
WESTFIELD large 1 bedroom, off Mill Street. First floor, recently updated. $700/month plus utilities. First, last, security required. Available August 1st. (860)335-8377.
WESTFIELD 23 DARWIN DRIVE (OFF LAURA DRIVE) Saturday, June 28th, 9-4. Toys, furniture, clothes, and more.
WESTFIELD 24 WARD ROAD (OFF APPLE BLOSSOM). June 28. 8-2. Raindate June 29. Variety of items and clothing. No furniture.
WESTFIELD 49 APPLE ORCHARD HEIGHTS. Saturday, June 28th. 9-3. Lots of children/baby clothing, housewares, etc. To benefit Walk For Autism.
WESTFIELD 51 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE. Saturday, June 28. 8-4. Double stroller, boys bikes, antique desk, stereo, primative crafts and household items.
WESTFIELD 658 MONTGOMERY ROAD. June 27&28. 9-3. Dishes, seasonal decorations, small furniture, and tools plus much more. Also ABC Antiques will be open.
WESTFIELD 95 PROSPECT ST. EXT. June 27,28,29. 9-3. No early birds.
0340 Apartment BEST VALUE IN RENTAL housing. Wonderful 3 room apartments in central Westfield with parking and air conditioning starting from $600. Call today! (413)562-1429.
WESTFIELD LOVELY 1 bedroom, 3rd floor apartment on quiet street, near park. Available August 1st. $675/month. No pets. Non smoking. Call (413)244-6500, (413)244-6501.
PARK SQUARE TOWNHOUSES WESTFIELD
$840-$860/month with $40. heat discount * Deluxe 2 bedroom townhouses, 1 1/2 baths, spacious, closets * Dishwasher, wall/wall carpeting * Air conditioning, laundry facilities, 900 sq.ft.. private entrances FREE HOT WATER Convenient to Mass Pike & 10/202
140 Union Street, #4 Westfield, MA For more information call (413)568-1444
SPACIOUS 3rd floor apartment, 1 bedroom. $650/month. First, last, security plus utilities. Washer/Dryer included. No pets. Non smoker. Quiet neighborhood. Call (413)572-2652 Greg or Paula.
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DEADLINE: 2PM THE DAY BEFORE E-mail: dianedisanto@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com WESTFIELD, BROAD STREET. 3 room, 1 bedroom carriage house apartment. On site parking, washer/dryer hookups. Storage. $725/month. (413)5622295.
HUNTINGTON 1 room with heat, hot water, cable TV, air conditioning, refrigerator and microwave included. $110/week. Call (413)531-2197.
0370 Office Space WESTFIELD 82 BROAD STREET. 850sq.ft. 4 room office suite available. Utilities included. Call (413)562-2295.
COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT 54 MAINLINE DRIVE WESTFIELD, MA
0345 Rooms
ROOM FOR RENT in Southwick/Lakeview. Kitchen and laundry privileges. Female preferred. $450/month includes utilities. (413)2440787.
0375 Business Property
4,300sq.ft. 220 volts - 200 amp service PUBLIC GAS WATER - SEWER
0430 Condos For Sale STONEY HILL CONDO, Westfield - Ranch with garage, deck, full basement. 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, laundry room on first floor. Lovely private grounds, pool, golf. Call (413)977-9658 or (413)301-2314.
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A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN. Debris removal, landscaping, spring yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washMONTGOMERY 5 miles from ing, basic carpentry and plumbWestfield. Spacious office in- ing. All types of repair work and c l u d e s u t i l i t i e s a n d W i F i . more. (413)562-7462. $350/month. Call (413)9776277. JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES. Grading & leveling of driveways & short roads, trap rock and/or 0410 Mobile Homes gravel material. Mowing & maintenance of fields and lawn mainCHICOPEE (BEHIND HU-KE- tenance. Post hole digging. LAU) 1982 2 bedroom, 14'x66', Loader work & loam spread. air, appliances, carport, shed, (413)569-6920, (413)530-5430. singles, gas. DASAP (413)5939961. dasap.mhvillage.com
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Air Conditioning & Heating
Excavating
ACO MASONRY, HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING. Heating & air conditioning service & installation. Furnaces, sheet metal, hot water tanks. All types of masonry work. Chimney repair, tile work, stucco. Stone, brick, block, pavers, retaining walls. License & Insured. Commercial & Residential. Free Estimates. Competitive Rates. Call Adam (413)374-7779.
SEPTIC SYSTEMS, house sites, demolition, land clearing, driveways, stumping, patios, retaining walls, walkways. CORMIER LANDSCAPING, (413)822-0739.
K&G HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING. Now doing SPRING CLEANINGS. Call Ken (413)564-7089.
Carpet CARPET, LINOLEUM, CERAMIC TILE, HARDWOOD FLOORS. Sales, Service. Installation & Repairs. Customer guaranteed quality, clean, efficient, workmanship. Call Rich (413)530-7922. WAGNER RUG & FLOORING, LLC. 95 MAINLINE DRIVE, WESTFIELD. (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.
Drywall T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops! Call Mike 413-8218971. Free estimates.
Electrician ALEKSANDR DUDUKAL ELECTRICAL. Residential, Commercial, Industrial. Licensed and insured. Lic. #11902. Service and emergency calls. Call (413)519-8875. alexdudukal@yahoo.com 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.
Flooring/Floor Sanding
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. Quality Work on Time on Budget Since 1984. (413)569-9973. www.davedavidsonremodeling.com
House Painting
Masonry
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 !!
ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. All brick, block, concrete. Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired. Sump pumps and french drain systems installed. Foundations pointed and stuccoed. Free estimates. (413)5691611. (413)374-5377.
A RON JOHNSON’S FLOOR SANDC&N CARPENTRY. Suspended ceilING. Installation, repairs, 3 coats ings, home improvements and remodpolyurethane. Free estimates. (413) eling. Licensed and insured. Call 569-3066. (413)262-9314.
Gutter Cleaning RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED, REPAIRED. Antennas removed, chimneys repaired and chimney caps installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent areas sealed. Sr. citizen discount. Insured. Free estimates. H.I. Johnson Services. (413)596-8859 before 9p.m.
Hauling #1 PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/DEMOLITION. Removal of any items in cellars, attics, etc... Also brush removal and small demolition (sheds, decks, fences, one car garages). Fully insured. Free estimates. Phil (413)525-2892, (413)2656380.
At SANTA FE PAINTING CO. We're your color specialists! Brighten up your home for Spring! Get all your interior painting needs done now. We paint and stain log homes. Call DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT for (413)230-8141. all your exterior home improvement needs. Roofing, siding, windows, A NEW LOOK FOR 2014. Let Home decks and gutters. Call for free quote. Decor help. Interior painting and wallExtensive references, fully licensed & papering, specializing in faux finishes. insured in MA. & CT. www.delreoServicing the area over 12 years. Call homeimprovement.com Call Gary Kendra now for a free estimate and Delcamp (413)569-3733. decorating advice. (413)564-0223, (413)626-8880. TOM DISANTO Home Improvements The best choice for all interior and exterior building and remodeling. Specializing in the design and building of residential additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, siding, windows, decks, porches, sunrooms, garages. License #069144. MA Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call Tom (413)568-7036.
FRESH START PAINTING. Certified lead renovator. Interior/exterior painting. Power washing. Wallpapering. 30 years + experience. Charlie (413)3138084. KELSO FAMILY PAINTING. Filling summer schedule for exterior painting, interior painting anytime. Call Kyle (413)667-3395.
Plumbing & Heating NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Professional, reliable service. MA Lic. #PL31893-J. Certified Welding. Insured. Call (413)531-2768 Nick7419@comcast.net
Roofing 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
J.D. BERRY CONTRACTING. Landscaping/Lawn Care Tractor Services Garages, additions, windows, doors, decks, vinyl siding and more. A SPRING CLEANUP. Commercial, JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES. Grading & A DUMP TRUCK. Attic, cellars, yard, #CS077728. Call Jim, (413)569-6920, residential. Weekly mowing and main- leveling of driveways & short roads, trap rock scrap metal removal. Seasoned Fire- (413) 530-5430 tenance, tree removal, dethatching, and/or gravel material. Mowing and maintewood. (413)569-1611, (413)374-5377. mulch, gutter cleaning, etc. Shea Land- nance of fields and lawns. Post hole digging. scaping, (413)569-2909. Loader work & loam spread. (413)569-6920, PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. (413)530-5430. All your carpentry needs. (413)386-
A.R.A. JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE. Furniture, trash, appliances. Full house cleanouts, basements, attics, yards. Furnace and hot water heater removal. 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE. Free estimate on phone. Senior discount. Call Pete (413)433-0356. www.arajunkremoval.com.
Home Improvement A.B.C. - CARPENTER 18 years experience. Licensed and insured. "No job too big or too small, we do it all." Free estimates, 10% senior discount. Call Dave, (413)568-6440.
ADVANCED REMODELING & CONSTRUCTION. 25 years experience. Licensed and Insured. Free estimates. Call Don (413)262-8283. When Quality, Integrity, and Value count.
JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC. Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates. 40 years experience. BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING RELic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682. MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years experience. Insured, reasonable prices. No job too small. Call Tom Daly, (413)543-3100. Lic# A7625.
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MODELING.Kitchens, additions, decks, rec rooms, more. Prompt, reliable service, free estimates. Mass Registered #106263, licensed & insured. Call Bruno, (413)562-9561.
4606. Did your windows fail with the cold weather? Don't wait another year! Call Paul for replacement windows. Many new features available. Windows are built in CT. All windows installed by Paul, owner of Paul Maynard Construction. My name is on my work.
CORMIER LANDSCAPING. Spring cleanups, lawn service, mulching, retaining walls, excavating, decks, driveways, patios, tree work, stone work. Call (413)822-0739.
Tree Service A BETTER OPTION - GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE. Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. Firewood, Log Truck Loads. (413)569-6104.
LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall cleanups, hedge trimming and all your landscaping needs. Also, bobcat & snowplowing AMERICAN TREE & SHRUB. Professervices. (413)626-6122 or visit: sional fertilizing, planting, pruning, caR.J. FENNYERY HOME IMPROVE- www.haggerscape.com bling and removals. Free estimates, MENT'S. Professional roofing & sidfully insured. Please call Ken 569ing contractor. All types of home repairs. Expert emergency leak re- PLUMLEY LANDSCAPE, INC. Call us 0469. pair. Reasonable rates. MA Lic. today for all your landscape needs. #CS066849. MA Reg. #149909. Call Landscape design and planting, irrigation installation and repair, and complete CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert Bob (413)736-0276. RJFennyery. yard renovations. Drainage problems, tree removal. Prompt estimates. com stump grinding, chipper service, bobcat Crane work. Insured. “After 34 service, gravel driveways, excavation and demolition, including getting rid of years, we still work hard at being that unwanted pool. (413)862-4749. #1.” (413)562-3395.
Home Maintenance
JOSEPH’S HANDYMAN COMPANY. Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, basements, drywall, tile, floors, suspended ceilings, restoration services, doors, windows, decks, stairs, interior/exterior painting, plumbing. Small jobs ok. All types of professional work done since 1985. Call Joe, (413)364-7038.
T&S LANDSCAPING. Highest quality, Upholstery lowest prices. Lawn mowing. Residential\commercial. No lawns to small. Weekly, biweekly. (413)330-3917. KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS. 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality YARD CLEANUP, thatching, leaf brush workmanship at a great price. Free removal, hedge/tree trimming, pickup and delivery. Call (413)562mulch/stone, mowing. Call Accurate 6639. Lawncare, (413)579-1639.