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Council approves Prolamina tax cut

By DAN MORIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The City Council, following a rigorous debate last night, voted 11-2 to approve a five-year tax cut for a city company planning to invest $7 million in its North Elm Street facility.

Prolamina petitioned the City Council for a special tax assessment, a state Department of Revenue program that provides front-loaded tax relief in exchange for substantial private investment and both job retention and creation.

Prolamina currently employs 256 local residents with a payroll of $17 million and will create a minimum of an additional 12 positions when new equipment is installed at the plant as a condition of the STA. Prolamina is planning to invest nearly $7 million in its facility at 132 North Elm Street, with $4 million to be used to expand the plant by 8,700 square feet, renovate another 22,000 square feet, and to improve the roof and façade of the building on North Elm Street, the city’s northern gateway.

Prolamina would also invest $2.95 million in new equipment to position the company for the market. Prolamina makes products for the food and health industries.

Prolamina, formerly JenCoat, has been in the city since 1972 when it was located on Mainline Drive and it has been located at the 132 North Elm See Tax Cut, Page 3

The Westfield News will run our masthead in pink, in recognition of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Juniper relocation costs revealed Westfield Bank Vice President Kevin O’Connor, center, holds a ceremonial check with Westfield Bank President James Hagan, third from left, and Friends of the Westfield Senior Center Board of Trustee President Tom Humphrey, third from right, during a check presentation at the bank.

Joining in the check ceremony are, left-right, Tina Gorman, executive director of the Westfield Senior Center Council on Aging, Thomas Keenan, Friends of the Westfield Senior Center board of trustees, Westfield Mayor Daniel Knapik, and William Tatro, vice president of the Friends of the Westfield Senior Center. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Westfield Bank named lead donor

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Despite the dreary weather outside Wednesday morning, it was all smiles inside the board room at Westfield Bank‘s Elm Street headquarters, as the bank became the lead donor for furnishing the new Westfield Senior Center.

The bank pledged $100,000 towards the new facility, which is costing the city $7.5 million to construct, through the Friends of the Westfield Senior Center, who have set out to raise a half a million dollars to furnish the building’s interior.

“We are going to be creating an endowment for the Senior Center so that when Tina Gorman (executive director, Westfield Council on Aging) needs more furniture or the maybe the parking lot needs expanding, there are funds available for that,” said Tom Humphrey of the Friends of the Westfield Senior Center. “Our goal is not just short-term and we’re looking forward to this time next year when everyone will be occupying (the center).”

“We’re thrilled to be a part of this fundraising effort,” said James Hagan, president of Westfield Bank. “Tina and her staff do a tremendous job and we’ve always respected what they’ve done in this community. Being a community-oriented bank, we look for projects to get involved in and to give back to the various communities we serve.”

Hagan added that it was an “honor and a privilege” to donate to the Friends of the

Westfield Senior Center and said that the group did an outstanding job in their presentation to the bank and the board of directors, convincing them to contribute to the fundraising effort.

“We’re proud to be the lead donor and we’re hopeful that this will be the first of many, many gifts towards the development and construction of this project,” he said. “It will be a great place for seniors to gather, socialize and to take advantage of the various programs Tina and her fine staff run on a daily basis.”

“From my position, our job in the city was to get this project over the finish line,” said Mayor Daniel M. Knapik. “It’d been kicked around for way longer than anybody would have ever thought it could have been or should have been.”

Knapik credited the concept of a “Friends” group, which had proven so helpful and key in the completion of similar projects throughout the region.

“A few years back, the Friends group was organized and they’re able now as a group, they’re in position to go out to our community and ask for the donations to furnish the building,” he said. “But it starts with a few folks coming together with a lot of energy and a lot of ideas.”

“I could not think of a better partner to kick this off in a big way,” Knapik said. “Westfield Bank has a 161-year history and has continuously invested into the city of Westfield and their footprint is everywhere.”

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The ad hoc committee created by the Westfield School Committee to look into options for students of Juniper Park Elementary School for this coming school year laid out the pricing for their top five choices at a special meeting last night at Westfield City Hall.

In front of a dozen concerned parents of Juniper children, the committee – composed of the full school committee’s Vice Chair Cindy Sullivan, Finance Committee Chair Kevin Sullivan and led by committee member Ramon Diaz – decided, along wth district Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Scallion and Director of Technology and Services Ronald Rix, to hold another meeting on Wednesday, October 15 before preparing any recommendations for the full school committee at their next meeting on October DR. SUZANNE 20.

SCALLION Despite not making any formal recommendation as a body, the committee did unveil the projected costs for each of the five options they presented earlier in the week, including start-up and annual costs for modular classroom units, along with projected costs over three-, five- and ten-year periods.

Scallion said that the numbers for the top three most cost-effective options presented to the ad-hoc committee – the Westfield Boys & Girls Club, South Middle School and the Russell Elementary School – would be more costly than the two least-favorable options – the parking lots of Highland and Franklin Avenue schools.

“The start-up costs, including the preparation of the site and the setup of the portables/modulars and their delivery charge is actually $2.6 million,” said Scallion.

“The cost for Franklin and Highland would be comparable, if not more than, that. If you look at three See Juniper, Page 3

SCC seeks grant applicants

By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – The Southwick Cultural Council (SCC) for arts, humanities, and interpretive science, is now accepting grant applications for year 2015. The Council will accept applications from individuals, organizations and schools until its Oct. 16 deadline.

According to SCC Chairperson Susan Kochanski, the grants can support a variety of artistic projects and activities in Southwick, including exhibits, festivals, short-term residences or performances in schools, the public library, workshops and lectures.

“We typically receive 25-30 applications, but our budget is limited so we award eight to 10,” said Kochanski.

The SCC receives $4,300 from the state, which is the minimum amount allotted.

“It’s based on population,” Kochanski said.

The SCC reviews each application and looks for programs that include all ages, if possible.

“We look for things that pertain to children, and young adults, through seniors,” said Kochanski.

“Our other criteria is we look for our applicants to be as local as possible.”

Past grants included funding for the Friends of the Rail Trail mapping and historic poster project, and entertainment for this past summer’s Southwick Days.

Kochanski, a 12-year veteran of the SCC, said the group used to receive more money, but funding has dwindled.

“Southwick’s piece of the pie is small,” she said. “But because we receive the minimum amount and have a small population, the funding per person isn’t bad.”

See SCC, Page 3

Historic Ghost Tours postponed WESTFIELD – Due to a forecast of inclement weather, tomorrow’s installment of the Westfield Historic Ghost Tours will be postponed until Sunday evening with the same schedule of tours (four hourly tours at 6:30, 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 p.m).

Tonight’s event, which has also been sold out, will go on as scheduled.

Ticket-holders are asked to return their tickets to the Athenaeum in order to receive a refund, if they are unable to attend on Sunday evening.

“We are thrilled at the response to the tours and will definitely continue the event in future years,” said Westfield Historic Commissioner Cindy Gaylord.

As during last weekend’s tour, ghosts from Westfield’s past will once again come to life to tell their stories at the at the Mechanic Street Old Burying Ground.

With the assistance from members of Westfield on Weekends, Westfield State University, Westfield Police Dept., and many other community volunteers, the tour features 12 colorful residents of colonial Westfield.

These “ghosts” tell their story using lantern light and special effects provided by lighting specialist Jay

Pagluica.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 6-12 and are on sale now at the Westfield Athenaeum. It is not recommended for children under the age of 6.

Additional information may be found online at www. westfieldonweekends.com.

The Old Burying Ground is one of the oldest cemeteries in the United States still remaining in its original location and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It contains the graves of many of the founding families of Westfield and the oldest remaining stone dates back to 1683. The people buried there had to survive Indian attacks, harsh winters, deadly epidemics, and the isolation of being the westernmost settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

The proceeds from the Ghost Tours go directly to the preservation and restoration of the stones and original wrought iron fencing in the cemetery.

“The hope of the Historic Commission is to not only preserve and restore these beautiful gravestones which are such a part of Westfield’s history,” said Gaylord. “but to also once again reopen the Old Burying Ground as a public park and destination for school field trips.”

Columbia Greenway Rail Trail Contractors have installed the metal and wooden safety rails along the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail in preparation for an upcoming ceremony that will officially open the Phase II portion of the project that extends from Little River (Tin Bridge) to East Silver Street. The next phase will include a continuation of the project from East Silver Street to Main Street. ( © 2014 Frederick Gore)

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‘Heart of the Home’ Susan Branch will be speaking at the Westfield Athenaeum on Tuesday, October 14 at 1:00 p.m.

Author of fourteen best-selling, “Heart of the Home” lifestyle books with over 4 million in print. Books about the arts of cooking, gardening, homemaking, family, best friends, entertaining and the little things that make life sweet. For tickets call Ann at 568-4650. In the photo, Susan Kingra, Vice President, Tuesday Morning Club; Ann Koerber, Event Coordinator, Tuesday Morning Club; and Cher Collins, Director of the Athenaeum.

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Washington crews try to oust persistent beaver PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A road crew in Washington state has had it with a beaver that persists in building a dam under a bridge.

Crews have removed a beaver dam three times since August. Each time the beaver rebuilds it near Port Orchard, on the west side of Puget Sound, across from Seattle. One was as large as 40 feet long and 3 feet high.

Kitsap County Roads Superintendent Jacques Dean tells KOMO (http://bit. ly/1vbOjUG ) that he appreciates how industrious the animals are, but the water threatens to undermine bridge abutments.

The county decided to spend $15,000 to hire a beaver trapper.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2014. There are 89 days left in the year.

The Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, begins at sunset.

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n Oct. 3, 1944, during World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.

On this date: In 1789, President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, a day of Thanksgiving to express gratitude for the creation of the United States of America.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day. In 1922, Rebecca L. Felton, D-Ga., became the first woman to be appointed to the U.S. Senate (however, she ended up serving only a day).

In 1932, Iraq became independent of British administration.

In 1951, the New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ralph Branca in the “shot heard ‘round the world.”

In 1954, the family comedy “Father Knows Best,” formerly an NBC radio show, premiered on CBS-TV with Robert Young reprising his role of Jim Anderson.

In 1962, astronaut Wally Schirra became the fifth American to fly in space as he blasted off from Cape Canaveral aboard the Sigma 7 on a 9-hour flight.

In 1974, Frank Robinson was named major league baseball’s first black manager as he was placed in

charge of the Cleveland Indians.

In 1981, Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison near Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended seven months of hunger strikes that had claimed 10 lives.

In 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country.

In 1995, the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman (however, Simpson was later found liable in a civil trial).

In 2008, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison.)

Ten years ago: National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, interviewed on ABC’s “This Week” program, defended her characterization of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear capabilities in the months before the Iraq invasion. Actress Janet Leigh died at age 77. The comedy-drama series “Desperate Housewives” premiered on ABC.

Five years ago: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hit back at President Barack Obama’s accusation that his country had sought to hide its construction of a new nuclear site, arguing that Tehran reported the facility to the U.N. even earlier than required. Eight U.S. soldiers were killed, 22 wounded, when their outpost in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province was attacked by hundreds of militants.

One year ago:

A Connecticut woman driving a black Infiniti with her

1-year-old daughter inside tried to ram a White House barricade, then led police on a chase toward the U.S. Capitol, where police shot and killed her. (The unarmed woman, 34-year-old Miriam Carey, had been diagnosed with postpartum depression and psychosis; her child was unharmed.) President Barack Obama canceled a trip to Asia to stay in Washington and push for an elusive funding agreement that would end a partial government shutdown. A smugglers’ ship packed with African migrants sank off the coast of a southern Italian island, killing more than 365 people.

Today’s Birthdays: Basketball Hall of Famer Marques O. Haynes is 88.

Composer Steve Reich is 78. Rock and roll star Chubby Checker is 73. Actor Alan Rachins is 72. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is 71. Magician Roy Horn is 70.

Singer Lindsey Buckingham is 65. Jazz musician Ronnie Laws is 64. Blues singer Keb’ Mo’ is 63. Former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan is 63. Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield is 63. Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley is 60. Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton is 60. Actor Hart Bochner is 58. Actor Peter Frechette is 58. World Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples is 55.

Actor-comedian Greg Proops is 55. Actor Jack Wagner is 55. Rock musician Tommy Lee is 52. Actor Clive Owen is 50. Actress Janel Moloney is 45. Singer Gwen Stefani (steh-FAH’-nee) (No Doubt) is 45. Pop singer Kevin Richardson is 43. Rock singer G. Love is 42.

Actress Keiko Agena (KAY’-koh ah-GAYN’-ah) is 41.

Actress Neve Campbell is 41. Singer India.Arie (ahREE’) is 39. Rapper Talib Kweli (tuh-LIB’ kwah-LEE’) is 39. Actress Alanna Ubach is 39. Actor Seann (cq) William Scott is 38. Actress Shannyn Sossamon is 36.

Rock musician Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 35. Actor Seth Gabel is 33. Rock musician Mark King (Hinder) is 32. Actor Erik Von Detten is 32.

Singer-musician Cherrill Green (Edens Edge) is 31.

Actress Tessa Thompson is 31. Actress-singer Ashlee Simpson is 30.

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Additional 46 plaintiffs seek to join federal The Westfield News lawsuit against Northampton BID

By CHAD CAIN Daily Hampshire Gazette NORTHAMPTON — An additional 46 plaintiffs want to join a federal lawsuit filed against the Northampton Business Improvement District.

The federal lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield in March 2013 against the city of Northampton and the BID, argues that a 2012 amendment to a state law governing the districts is a violation of the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights because it forces them to join the BID and pay fees. The three original plaintiffs are asking the court to declare the amendments unconstitutional.

Meanwhile, a Hampshire Superior Court judge has yet to rule on whether the BID was properly created five years ago.

Attorney Alexandra Glover, who represents plaintiffs Alan Scheinman, Eric Suher and W. Michael Ryan, on Monday filed the motion to add the additional 46, then followed that Wednesday with two more motions for a summary judgment and a permanent injunction preventing the BID from collecting fees or putting liens on any properties owned by people who chose not to join.

The new plaintiffs represent 46 parcels within the BID’s boundaries whose owners all opted out of the original BID. They include several prominent property owners include Jordi Herold, Gleason Bros. Inc., Jeff Dwyer, and Richard Zafft, who owns Fly by Night and one other property.

Additionally, Suher is adding five properties he owns downtown that were not part of the original lawsuit. Some of the plaintiffs own multiple parcels through different limited liability corporations or they are listed separately but own property together, which means the plaintiffs are seeking to add fewer than 46 people to the lawsuit.

These property owners and others who originally opted out are now members of the

Tax Cut Street location for more than 30 years. The company also has a facility, currently used as a warehouse but that could be reconfigured in the future as a production plant, on Ampad Road, which is not part of the STA approval last night by the City Council.

At-large Councilor Brian Sullivan, chairman of the council’s Legislative & Ordinance Committee which endorsed the STA, said “the return on (the city’s) investment will occur in the fourth year of the STA when Prolamina will pay a tax of $175,439.”

At-large Councilor David A. Flaherty, who voted against the STA, countered Sullivan’s argument while urging the council members to reject the STA, citing the loss of $168,500 in the first year when the firm will receive a 100 percent tax break.

“I’m thrilled for Prolamina.

They are a great company, but the city can’t afford this,” Flaherty said. “They don’t need this money to make this project fly. Only $2.3 million

BID, following the organization’s vote to renew this summer. They received their first bills this week.

“I would say that the people who had already opted out found even more motivation to do even more than opting out by joining our lawsuit,” Scheinman said.

He said the additional plaintiffs show that the support for their case goes beyond a few people who question the legality of the new state law that forces them to join and pay fees to an organization they do not want to join.

Harry Miles, a lawyer for the BID, said it will not object to the addition of new plaintiffs. He said the motion would not affect the legal argument the BID, city and the attorney general’s office will make in the case.

“It’s appropriate to add people who have an interest,” Miles said.

The attorney general’s office has joined the case to defend the constitutionality of the 2012 amendments to the state law governing BIDs. Miles said the defendants will respond to the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and permanent injunction regarding the fees, but he has yet to fully read the requests.

In the meantime, Natasha Yakovlev, executive director of the BID, said quarterly bills were sent to the group’s newest members this week and payments are due Nov. 1. She said the BID is in a “waiting mode,” especially when it comes to the local suit in Hampshire Superior Court. A decision in that case is expected at the end of October, long before the federal case will be resolved.

That civil lawsuit involved a week-long trial in early September in which the plaintiffs argued that the city used a flawed process that did not follow state law when it created the BID in late 2008. The city and the BID countered that officials followed the correct legal process in creating the organization.

Chad Cain can be reached at ccain@gazettenet.com.

Continued from Page 1 of their investment is taxable.”

“If we’re doing a tax decrease, we should be doing it for everybody,” Flaherty said. “The city can’t afford this. We don’t have $168,500.

I don’t think it‘s fair for them to ask us to tax everybody else in town (to make up the difference).”

Ward 6 Councilor Christopher Crean said that the council has used STAs in the past that have benefited the city as companies prosper.

“We’ve been doing STAs for a long time throughout the city and have been successful,” Crean said. “I’m not going to sanction them for being a good company. I’m not going to sacrifice 256 jobs. I hope they stay in Westfield.”

At-large Councilor Cindy Harris, who also voted against the STA, said the City Council is “opening the floodgates” to future STA proposals.

“This company is setting a precedent. We will have company after company (seeking similar tax cuts) that will erode our tax base,” Harris

said.

At-large Councilor James R. Adams said that the city “can’t afford not to do this.

This is $17 million coming into the city, people raising their families, paying taxes and mortgages.”

“We should vote (to approve STAs) for any company that wants to invest $7 million in the city and bring good jobs,” Adams said. “We don’t want any more Old Colony and Savage Arms. We can’t afford for (Prolamina) to leave.”

Sullivan said Prolamina is planning to sign a 20-year lease package with the building owner.

“We’re taking a hit in the first year, but these guys have been here a long time. All of their employees are local,” Sullivan said. “I have to look at the positives. I’d rather lock them in at 20 years” “I feel it’s the right thing to do. Prolamina deserves our support,” Sullivan said. “I hope that other companies will make this kind of investment and stay here.”

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Continued from Page 1 The grant application form can be downloaded from www.southwickma.org/cultural or a form can be picked up at the Southwick Town Hall in the clerk’s office or the Southwick Public Library.

Kochanski said the SCC is looking for projects that are “innovative – something different and fun.”

The SCC is an all-volunteer local partner of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency, and is funded in part by the MCC and Town of Southwick.

The SCC is devoted to bringing engaging, entertaining, and educational events to the children and adults from Southwick and surrounding communities. For additional information visit www.southwickma.org/cultural. The Council meets the third Thursday of each month at the Southwick Town Hall at 7 p.m.

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Juniper years, you’ve got a $1.1 million average for South, Highland or Franklin.”

Scallion spoke of possibly renting the modular units for extended periods of time, citing the potential for renovating other buildings in the district and the high cost of transporting and installing the units.

“I can’t see the future, but I can anticipate, based on the condition of some of our schools, we could be looking at repairs down the road,” she said. “So if we bring modulars to the city of Westfield and set up this temporary school, would we need it in three or five years? Would we need to relocate say, Highland? At the cost of bringing these here, we may not want to push them out of town right away.”

According to a data table supplied to the committee, the option to relocate the students of Juniper Park to the Westfield Boys & Girls Club, along with several modular units in the parking lot, would see start-up costs of $1.6 million and an additional annual cost of $222,500 (rent and modular costs).”

The annual cost for using the Boys & Girls Club over three years would be roughly $755,000, according to Scallion.

The most intriguing option was the potential plan to move Juniper Park’s students into an elementary school in the neighboring town of Russell, which has gone unused since the Gateway Regional School District shut the school down to budget restrictions in 2008.

Sitting only 6.1 miles from Juniper Park’s frontdoor, the school would require the least amount of taxpayer start-up cash, but could force the district to jump through numerous legal hoops to realize those savings.

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GRANVILLE Monday Night Meetings at 7:30 pm Planning Board

SOUTHWICK BOS Public Hearing - The Cove at 7 pm

BLANDFORD Police Department Meeting at 6 pm Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm

TOLLAND Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Board of Selectmen at 5 pm

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St. Rocco’s Women’s Club WESTFIELD - St. Rocco’s Women’s Club will hold their next monthly meeting on Monday, October 6 at 7 p.m.

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Continued from Page 1 “The start-up costs are a question mark – we don’t know. Potentially nothing,” said Scallion. “The annual cost for modulars would start at $260,000 and, as in the lease with Juniper, we go up according to the consumer-price index.”

“We’re not anticipating transportation costs in our current contract. We have enough wiggle room in our current contract to bus all of the kids,” she said.

“The average size of the buses are 30-35 kids and there’s seven of them. We could absorb all of the other kids on those seven buses and not incur any additional funds.”

“Across the board, the Russell option is most advantageous to the taxpayers.

It’s the one that is about what we pay at Juniper” said Diaz. “As far as our budget next year, it is pretty much identical with exception of whatever increases we incur with inflation. The Boys & Girls Club – the next best option pricewise – is still, in it’s first year, $1.5 million more for that option.”

Diaz said that he visited the school recently and was impressed by its condition and while all signs point to Russell as being the logical choice for the district financially, Sullivan sought to pump the brakes on a recommendation.

“There’s just so many questions with the MSBA (Massachusetts School Building Authority), with the state and with DESE (Department of Elementary and Secondary Education) about whether or not, once we cross town lines, whether it’s even an option,” he said.

“What I’d rather do is give us a week to get some questions, because we’re on a timeline to make a decision by the end of October,” Sullivan said. “I would rather have another meeting before the

20th. I’m sure this is new to some of the parents, I’d like to get some input from them and I’m sure they don’t have all their questions tonight.”

Parents raised concerns about everything from snow days to the availability of emergency medical services, but by the end of the meeting, parents and committee members were optimistic about the decision to continue the discussion at the next meeting.

“I thought it was a very healthy, open interaction, with parents bringing forward legitimate concerns and we need to vet all of those before a decision of the school committee is made,” said Scallion after last night’s meeting. “All options are still on the table.”

“I honestly do not care where they go, just as long as they’re together and they’re safe,” said Katherine ZavrasBentrewicz, a Juniper Park parent. “I don’t care if they’re in Russell, if they go into modulars here. I would prefer if they stayed in the city, but as long as they stay together as a group – including the special needs programs – I think that that’s the bottom line.”

Regarding the concerns raised by some parents regarding the availability of emergency medical services at the rural school, Zavras-Bentrewicz said it is incumbent upon the parents to decide where they’re comfortable sending their children.

“If we find out that they are on a volunteer basis, I think that if you have a child that has a need always looming, then maybe you need to make a school choice,” she said. “Suzanne Scallion has said that she’s extending the school choice and is being way more lenient than she has in the past.”

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Finance Committee Urges Yes Vote at Oct. 16 Town Meeting Russell Finance Committee released a public statement following its Sept. 24 meeting, urging a “Yes” vote on the Gateway School District’s Above-Minimum Assessment for FY 2015. In preparation for a Special Town Meeting scheduled for October 16, the committee said, “We recognize that the Town is legally required to “Raise and Appropriate” the remaining funds, therefore we recommend approval. Since five of the seven District towns have approved the budget, if we do not pass this article, the Town will incur serious and damaging repercussions.” The Finance Committee is especially concerned that enough voters attend the October 16 meeting to reach a quorum, and obtain majority approval of the single article on the agenda. According to Committee Chair Brenda Marra, “This does not represent a reversal of the Committee and the Town’s stance against rising school district assessments, objections to un-funded mandates, concerns about management practices of the School Committee and Administration, and opposition to over-spending on administrative salaries and expenses. These issues need to be publicly discussed and resolved as soon as possible to satisfy our resident voters and taxpayers. But right now our focus also has to be on protecting the Town’s financial and legal interests, minimizing costs and penalties, and we need to honor our legal contract with the other six towns which requires us to abide by the 5/7 rule.”

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Cruz: FAA needs to ensure Ebola victims are kept away from U.S.

By Kathryn A. Wolfe Politico.com Following reports that someone infected with Ebola has turned up in his home state of Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday asked the Federal Aviation Administration to “take every available precaution in preventing additional cases from arriving in the United States.”

The FAA so far has responded to concerns about Ebola by saying it is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is taking the lead on responding to the threat.

“Due to the Obama administration’s unclear approach to addressing the threat of the Ebola virus, Americans — particularly the Texans who have possibly been exposed — deserve specific answers to how the administration is addressing travel to and from the countries impacted by the disease,” Cruz said in a statement that accompanied the letter.

In his letter, the Republican senator requests answers to a litany of questions, including what kind of training air crews receive that would help them recognize someone infected with Ebola, the extent to which the FAA intends to act to limit or suspend flights, the notification rights of passengers who may have shared a plane with an Ebola sufferer, and any projections of how many additional people infected with Ebola could arrive in the United States via air.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) also chimed in Thursday evening, saying it’s “appropriate to review our policies for travel to and from the countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak.”

By David Rogers Politico.com It’s not quite “Have Gun, Will Travel.” But it’s a lot wilder than you might think in the small world of agriculture economists and the nation’s land-grant universities.

The ink was barely dry on the farm bill last winter when the fighting broke out between Texas A&M and the University of Illinois over a $3 million pot of money for the development of decision models to help producers make sense of the new commodity title.

And even as they lament the new “corporate” farmer, the loudest of the academic paladins enjoy their own corporate affiliations — not to mention earnings from the same federal crop insurance budget they so often lampoon.

It’s a tight enough world where good intentions can still lead to conflicts. And critics argue – especially during public debate — that it’s all the more important then to put all the cards on the table.

“Field of Schemes” was the headline-grabbing title of a 2012 paper whose authors included Barry Goodwin and Bruce Babcock, economists identified only by their respective universities: North Carolina State and Iowa State.

Left out was any reference to Goodwin’s work for Sumaria Systems Inc., a Massachusetts-based firm and contractor for the Risk Management Agency, which manages the crop insurance program. In Babcock’s case, state and federal records show that from 2000 to 2010, he had his own company, Iowa Agricultural Insurance Innovations LLC, which received hundreds of thousands of dollars from RMA for helping to devise new insurance plans for the dairy and livestock industries.

When queried about the lack of disclosure, Babcock snaps back: “Well, you could have asked me.”

“I have conflicts of interest because I get paid for developing products. I get paid for reviewing projects,” he adds candidly.

“We’ve done a lot of work over the years developing the products that farmers use today.”

In the competition between Texas A&M and Illinois, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack ended up splitting the baby — pretty much down the middle.

A&M’s consortium, which included the well-known Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, or FAPRI, at the University of Missouri, came away with about $1.35 million, far less than it had hoped.

Illinois got the remaining $1.65 million, of which more than $395,000 — almost a full quarter — went to Watts & Associates Inc., a private firm with ties to Montana State University and the National Corn Growers Association.

The Farm Service Agency, which oversaw the competition, says it was guided by review panels that couldn’t agree on a single winner. But the split decision had two immediate impacts.

First, it spread the wealth and broke A&M’s dominance after years of strong ties to Congress and a history of developing such models with USDA. Second, it was a triumph for Vilsack’s former FSA administrator, Jonathan Coppess, who had recently joined Illinois’ faculty after serving as chief counsel to the Senate Agriculture Committee chairwoman, Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.).

Coppess, a trained attorney who took the lead for Illinois, says his federal experience helped make the university’s package more competitive. He insists he called in no favors from his old bosses, Vilsack and Stabenow, and records show he was upfront with FSA about the role assigned to W&A. “The law does not preclude university partners from subcontracting with other experts and organizations to deliver a quality product for farmers,” said an FSA spokesperson. But sparks flew after that decision.

The language of the farm bill specifically directs that the $3 million go to “support qualified universities or university based organizations.” W&A is neither.

At a time when research funds are in short supply, the fact that FSA allowed so much to go to one private company rankled. Independent observers say it would have been very difficult for Illinois to compete with A&M’s capacity without what W&A brought to the team.

W&A casts itself as a “solution-oriented think tank” specializing in the analysis of volatility and risk in agriculture markets. Prof. Myles Watts, a prominent economist at Montana State, is the brother of Tim Watts, W&A’s president, and serves as the chief actuary. Joseph Atwood, a second Montana State professor, is listed as W&A’s lead investigator. As the Illinois team took shape last spring, Montana State itself joined alongside W&A. But W&A is a private entity with its own Washington lobbyist, Kenneth Ackerman, a former RMA administrator.

Government records for the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. board show that W&A is one of the top RMA contractors and a big player in the obscure world of new crop insurance prod-

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ucts developed at taxpayer expense.

In the 2008 farm bill, W&A and Ackerman won changes to require faster reimbursements by the government for these new insurance concepts. From popcorn and pumpkins to barley and oysters, the program has evolved into something of a cottage industry — dominated by a few companies and a source of outside income for university economists hired by RMA to perform peer reviews.

Again, it’s a small world requiring a rare expertise and inevitably can become a bit incestuous. A professor might work for W&A on one project, then have to judge it later on a second.

But W&A’s success has helped it build ties to the academic community and amass a wealth of farm-level detail about American agriculture. It was this data warehouse that drew Illinois’ interest. When coupled with W&A’s skills with information technology, it helped Coppess build a user-friendly system for farmers.

At the same time, W&A’s ties to the corn lobby — including an analysis of House and Senate options during the tense final farm bill deliberations last year — threw salt on the wound for A&M. Indeed, the competition only added to the narrative that A&M paid a political price for the fact that its early work for Congress put it at odds with Senate proponents of a new revenue protection program — one backed by corn and some of the same faculty in the Illinois consortium.

All sides are now playing nice after the public release of the decision models last week by Vilsack.

“We’re pretty proud of what we have put together,” said Prof. Joe Outlaw, who helps to lead the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M. Together with FAPRI, this A&M team headed up a larger coalition of land-grant schools around the South, Midwest and California — a consortium calling itself the National Association of Agricultural Food Policy.

The Illinois-led consortium — 11 universities plus W&A — took on the title: National Coalition for Producer Education.

While getting more money, it also assumed more responsibilities and seeks to be a one-stop shop for dairy, fruit and vegetable growers as well as major row crops like corn.

Both sides had approached the competition as a “winner takes all” proposition, requiring universities to place their bets on one team.

Michigan State, with its expertise in specialty crops and location in Stabenow’s home state, had added value and was courted by Illinois and Texas A&M alike.

Outlaw had had running personal discussions with Michigan State Prof. David Schweikhardt beginning early in the farm bill debate. But these were never quite finalized, and when the train left the station, Michigan State was on board with Illinois.

Part of this was Coppess, who brought his own ties as Stabenow’s counsel during the farm bill. Most important, perhaps, was J. Roy Black, a Michigan State professor with expertise on specialty crops and crop insurance — and someone who had both worked in the past with W&A and shared Montana roots and a friendship with Tim Watts.

Because of budget limitations, the dairy piece of the A&MFAPRI model also dropped out. And here too, Illinois fell into a bit of luck because of farm bill-faculty connections.

John Newton, a former fellow with the Senate Agriculture panel and graduate student at Ohio State, had recently arrived at Illinois as a new assistant professor. This helped provide a link to a standing group of dairy economists at other universities, including Wisconsin, Minnesota and Cornell.

Coppess’ ambition now is that the new computer site can be combined with an existing web outreach program at Illinois known as farmdocDAILY. “We believe the finished product speaks for itself,” he said. “Our combined effort has produced a user-friendly, simple web application to help farmers with the decisions required by the farm bill.”

But behind this truce, the academic warfare that surrounded the farm bill debate was exceptional. Looking back, two big drivers stand out.

The first — and more publicized — was the increased role played by Washington groups like the American Enterprise Institute and the Environmental Working Group that found the outside funding to hire professors like Babcock and Goodwin to write a barrage of advocacy papers critical of farm programs.

The “Field of Schemes” paper was just one part of AEI’s “American Boondoggle” series on the farm bill, for example.

Vincent Smith, a visiting scholar and economist from Montana State, took the lead in the campaign. And AEI confirms that it was financed in part from an earlier $2.5 million grant from a California estate, whose executor told POLITICO separately that he was hoping to promote more “informed debate” over

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Police Logs WESTFIELD Emergency response and crime report Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 3:10 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Union Street, a patrol officer reports a vehicle was stopped for excessive speed but the RMV computer was off-line and the operator was released before it was determined that his license had been suspended, a criminal complaint was filed; 7:34 a.m.: animal complaint, Montgomery Road, a caller reports he has taken custody of a stray hunting dog, the responding animal control officer reports the hound dog was transported to the municipal animal shelter; 8: 58 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Bates Road, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating at a high rate of speed and used radar to determine it was traveling at 55 mph in a 30 mph zone, the vehicle was stopped and the operator said that his license was suspended, Jose Javier Mateo, 27, of 15 Dickens Drive, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and for speeding; 10:13 a.m.: assist citizen, Ellsworth Street, a school resource officer reports that he assisted a family with a boy who does not want to go to school, the SRO reports he was able to persuade the boy to go to school; 10:30 a.m.: school investigation, Westfield VocationalTechnical High School, a school resource officer reports a female student complained of harassing text messages, the SRO found that the messages had been sent utilizing an application which allows a user to disguise the source of the messages but the victim said that the wording of the messages makes her think a specific old friend is responsible; 12:42 p.m.: school investigation, Westfield VocationalTechnical High School, a school resource officer reports a student complained that another girl is withholding her mail, the SRO was told that the girl had been staying with a friend’s family and after moving out her friend refused to give her mail which arrived for her, the SRO spoke with a postal inspector and the two officials went to visit the family where the mail was surrendered to the SRO without incident; 1:22 p.m.: found property, Church of the Atonement, 36 Court Street, a person came to the station to surrender a bicycle which had been at the church, the bike was stored for safe keeping; 3:32 p.m.: larceny, Main Street, a caller reports a shoplifter has been detained at a supermarket, the responding officer reports that the suspect was seen attempting to leave with merchandise valued at more than $250 she had not paid for, Cynthia Lee Choquette, 30 of 36 Taft Road, Chester, was arrested for larceny of property valued more than $250; 6:12 p.m.: found property, Washington Street, a resident came to the station to surrender a found wallet, the responding officer reports the identification information in the wallet is outdated, the wallet was stored for safe keeping; 7:30 p.m.: larceny, Main Street, a caller reports a person stole a bag of seafood from a supermarket, the responding officer reports the store manager said that he saw a man carrying a bag containing three lobsters from the store and as he approached the man fled to a Jeep which left the parking lot, the officer reports Easthampton police were asked to speak with the registered owner of the vehicle who said that the Jeep is under the control of his estranged wife who is believed to be living in it with her new boyfriend, see 6:45 a.m. Tuesday entry; 8:19 p.m.: breaking and entering, Greenwood Street, a caller reports her residence has been entered and the basement is in disarray, the responding officer report entry was made via a basement window and the contents of a basement apartment were disturbed, nothing was reported to have been stolen; 9:29 p.m.: larceny, King Street, caller reports that a person who has been staying with him has been acting strangely and may have stolen money from his wallet before he left, the responding officer reports the caller said that more than $100 and a debit card are missing; Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 1:28 a.m.: assist merchant, School Street, a representative of a School Street bar and restaurant came to the station to surrender an ID card seized from a patron who had allegedly loaned to an under-age party so he could buy liquor, the card was stored for safe keeping; 6:45 a.m.: assist citizen, a female party came to the station to report that she had been at a Main Street supermarket the day before and encountered a person she thought she knew, the woman said that she offered the man a ride and he asked her to wait while he went into the store briefly, the woman said that when he left he was chased by another man whom she subsequently realized might be a store employee, the woman said that she required the man to exit her vehicle on Court Street, the officer investigating the earlier incident was advised and will continue the investigation; 11:05 a.m.: larceny, Southampton Road, a caller from a Southampton Road business called to report that copper piping was stolen from the roof of the building, the responding officer reports propane pipes were stolen and five gallons of propane vented to the atmosphere; 2:01 p.m.: larceny, Broad Street, a caller reports his mother stole quilts and rugs from his porch, the responding officer reports the resident said that he uses the quilts and rugs to protect his tomato plants on cold nights and his mother has taken them before saying that the porch is a mess she wants cleaned up, the man said that in the past his father has returned the items with an apology, the officer spoke with the victim’s father and advised him to have the property returned, the officer advised the victim to call police if his property is not returned and told him that criminal charges are an option; 7:29 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating 17 mph faster than the speed limit and stopped the car, the operator’s license was found to be suspended, Roberto Roman,41, of 303 Maple St., Springfield, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, the car was towed to the police impound yard; 7:54 p.m.: breaking and entering, Meadow Street, a caller reports his father’s store was broken into in the past week or so and the contents were vandalized, the responding officer reports a door was found to have been forcibly opened but nothing was found to have been stolen; 9:44 p.m.: disturbance, Meadow Street, a caller reports her father was struck in the head with a piece of glass by a relative’s boyfriend and has a laceration, the responding firefighters report the man declined medical assistance, the officer reports that the victim was stuck in the face with a glass pipe causing lacerations to his face, the suspect was found to be the subject of an outstanding warrant, Nicholas E. 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Coakley lashes out at GOP over Super PAC ad

By BOB SALSBERG Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley lashed out yesterday at backers of Republican nominee Charlie Baker over what she called a “disgusting” Super PAC ad critical of her record on protecting children.

Baker said he didn’t like the tone of the ad but stopped short of asking that it be pulled off the air. He criticized Coakley, the state’s attorney general, for fighting a lawsuit that challenged the state’s foster care system.

The 30-second TV spot by the pro-Baker Commonwealth Future PAC claims Coakley opposed reforms in the state’s troubled Department of Children and Families and tried to “silence children’s advocates.”

During a news conference at her campaign headquarters, Coakley strongly defended her record of prosecuting child abuse, including the 1997 internationally publicized case of Louise Woodward, a British nanny who was charged with the murder of a baby under her care in Newton.

Coakley said Baker should publicly disavow the ad.

“Don’t stand on the sidelines behind a Super PAC and make allegations that are untrue, that are absolutely unsupportable, to suggest that I have put kids at risk, that I have done something to make life for kids and families in Massachusetts more dangerous,” she said.

“That is absolutely over the top, it’s outrageous and I’m disgusted by it,” Coakley added.

By law, candidates and their campaigns cannot coordinate with Super PACs, also known as independent expenditure groups.

Coakley defended the state against the 2010 lawsuit, brought by the New Yorkbased group Children’s Rights, that alleged DCF vio-

Democrat gubernatorial nominee, state Attorney General Martha Coakley, left, applauds Don Berwick, right, at the party’s unity breakfast Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, in Boston, Coakley defeated Berwick and state Treasurer Steve Grossman to win Tuesday’s primary.

She will face Charlie Baker, who won Tuesday’s Republican primary, in the Nov. 4 general election. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) lated the constitutional rights of children by placing them in unstable and sometimes dangerous situations.

While a number of other states settled similar suits brought by the group, Massachusetts fought it and won a favorable ruling last year from a federal judge.

Baker said he was troubled that Coakley didn’t recommend settling despite “overwhelming evidence that there were problems in the department, which were borne out by a series of tragedies over the past couple of years.”

DCF has been under intense scrutiny for lapses including losing track of Jeremiah Oliver, a 5-year-old Fitchburg boy whose body was later found along the side of a highway.

Coakley said she has proposed changes at DCF, including a separate child protection division within the agency, and defended her handling of the lawsuit.

“The people bringing the suit were wrong,” she said, adding the plaintiffs advocated a one-size-fits-all approach to the problem.

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seeming dispassionate on the campaign trail, Coakley became emotional at times while defending her prosecutorial record, including a stint as head of the child abuse unit of the Middlesex district attorney’s office.

She was one of the lead prosecutors in the case of Woodward, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen. A judge later reduced the conviction to manslaughter and released Woodward from prison.

Matthew’s mother, Deborah Eappen, appeared with Coakley on Thursday and

praised her compassion and perseverance.

While Coakley attacked Republicans for politicizing child abuse and vowed not to do so herself, she also argued that spending cuts led to an increase in social workers’ caseloads at the child protection agency in the 1990s, when Baker served as budget director in two Republican administrations.

Baker said he was proud of his record in state government on behalf of children.

Associated Press writer Steve LeBlanc contributed to this report.

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America’s foxy grape tastes good too

By LEE REICH Associated Press The edges of woods in eastern North America are occasionally redolent with a sweet aroma reminiscent of jasmine.

Wild grapes, dangling in ripe clusters from low-hanging vines, are what perfume the air.

That scent begs a taste — which you quickly discover pales by comparison with the perfume. Wild grapes are downright sour.

Now go to your grocer’s shelf and take a deep whiff of the grapes there. Hardly a hint of aroma, unless the

grapes happen to be Concord, a commercial variety that captures the essence of our wild grapes. And Concord’s berries are much larger and sweeter that their wild counterparts.

FOXY GRAPES Concord is not the only grape variety that captures that unique aroma — known as “foxiness” — of wild grapes. But it is the most common one. With its tough skin that slips off to release a layer of sweetness, its jellied flesh and its foxy flavor, Concord is the archetypal American grape. Contrast it with Thompson Seedless, whose mild flavor, sweetness, and crunchy flesh are characteristic of European, or vinifera, grapes.

No one is quite sure how the strong flavor of grapes like Concord came to be called “foxy.” The term probably signified a certain earthy aroma, or it might be that fox grapes were called that because foxes enjoyed them.

The chemical responsible for the aroma — methyl anthranilate — is also found in such fragrant flowers as black locust, tuberose, orange and, yes, jasmine.

Commercially, it has been used as a natural bird repellent. And yes, the birds are leaving my Concord grapes alone.

MR. BULL’S SUCCESS This Sept. 9, 2010 photo shows Concord grapes which are a resilient grape with a bold flavor, in Geneva, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lee Reich)

The man we have to thank for Concord grapes is Ephraim Bull, a retiring soul

who resided in Concord, Massachusetts, from his birth in 1805 until his death in 1895. He planted the seed that was to become Concord in 1843; the vine bore its first fruits in 1849. That fruit was exhibited before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1852, was introduced by a nursery in 1854 and the rest is, as they say, history.

By 1865, Concord was awarded a prize by the American Institute of the City of New York as the best grape for general cultivation.

Horace Greeley, donor of the prize, declared Concord “the grape for the millions.”

And planted by the millions it was. Among Concord’s qualities is its adaptability to varying soils and climates. You’ll find its vines growing in almost

every state, even California, where European grapes thrive. For that matter, you’ll even find Concord planted in Europe, as a backyard variety.

And while we may poohpooh those sweet wines made from Concord, they are popular in Italy even though, or perhaps because, it can be illegal there to sell Fragolino, as wines made from American-type grapes are called. (The legality is questionable and depends on just how the bottle is labeled.)

EASIER TO GROW Concord and some other American grapes got a foothold in Europe after diseases and insects almost wiped out the European grape industry.

These pests actually came from here, hitch-hiking over

on American grapes that were being tried out in Europe beginning about the middle of the 19th century.

This highlights another quality of Concord: its relative resistance to insect and disease pests. Add to this list of qualities its relatively late blossoms, rarely nipped by late spring frosts; the fruit’s ability to hang well, and the rich, deep color the berries develop.

It’s true some people just don’t like that foxy flavor.

But for an adaptable, flavorful and useful grape, plant Concord. Eat the fruit fresh, squeeze it into juice, ferment it into wine. Let the ripening berries perfume the air in your backyard. You will have no trouble finding a place to buy a Concord vine, for it’s still one of the most widely sold grape varieties.

Flexible mummies for Halloween decor

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Count me among those who find the “Elf on the

Shelf” just a bit creepy. That said, wouldn’t it make more sense to have a slightly spooky creature keeping an

eye on your kids around Halloween instead of Christmas?

With just a few inexpensive

craft materials, you can make a miniature mummy perfect for perching on shelves, bookcases, pumpkins and more this fall. They’re easy enough for kids to make on their own with a wooden bead, pipe cleaners, cotton balls and fabric.

Over-achieving parents and fans of the “elf” might be inspired to move these mummies from place to place each

night — their flexible frames make them easy to bend in silly poses. But they’re just as cute sitting in one place until Halloween.

MATERIALS: — ¾-inch round wooden craft beads — two 12-inch pipe cleaners — 1 cotton ball

This Sept. 28, 2014 photo shows handmade miniature mummies that can be positioned in a variety of poses and added to Halloween decor, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

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This 2014 photo provided by Susan Vanderwiel shows shows the fire pit she and her family enjoy year-round at their lake house in Apple River, Ill. Vanderwiel is one of a growing number of homeowners who are using outdoor living spaces year-round thanks to features from fire pits and pizza ovens to heated floors and three-wall rooms. (AP Photo/Sue Vanderwiel)

This undated photo provided by Outdoor Solutions of Mississippi shows outdoor space that has built to be useable regardless of the weather locally in Miss. The fireplace, built into the side of the existing house, and blinds that create a barrier against wind in the winter make the partially exposed room comfortable year-round. (AP Photo/Outdoor Solutions of Mississippi)

Additions that make the yard a winter hangout too

By DIANA MARSZALEK Associated Press As fun as summer at the lake is, Sue Vanderwiel and family also make the most of their Apple River, Illinois, vacation home in the winter.

That’s when “it is much quieter, and we can just hang out, play games and chill, literally and figuratively.”

The family gathers around a big stone fire pit (15 feet in diameter) — often with s’mores, hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps for Mom and Dad — even when those Midwestern temperatures drop.

“We have been out there with snow on the ground,” the Chicagoarea resident says. “Regardless of the season, we stargaze and watch satellites travel across the sky.”

Refusing to become shut-ins during the winter, many homeowners are making their outdoor spaces warm and comfy for year-round use.

Builders cite increasing demand from clients trying to maximize

their homes’ potential by a nice ice rink (which costs f you re a hockey fan adding everything from DIY around $400) and fire pit ice rinks to elaborate out(which start at about $500), is putting in a nice ice rink door kitchens. absolutely a home run,” which costs around “We are working harder, Veron says. “You’ve just we are working longer hours, bought another season.” and fire pit which start at and we don’t necessarily Mike Marler, general manwant to get in the car and ager of Outdoor Solutions, a about is absolutely travel through traffic on Jackson, Mississippi-area a home run weekends,” says landscape company that specializes in designer and builder David creating outdoor living areas, David Veron Veron, owner of The Veron says there are also ways to The Veron Company Company in Marlborough, warm up structures. Most of Massachusetts. “People want the structures his company “If you’re warm and the space is to stay home and make the builds include some sort of visually appealing, that’s great. But roof or walls — pavilions, pool most of their time there.”

Making outdoor spaces usable in what are you doing out there?” houses or outdoor kitchens, for chillier months, Veron says, requires Veron says. example. Installing roll-up shutter You could easily spend tens (even or louvered doors helps keep the only that they are comfortable (i.e. warm), safe and “pleasing to the hundreds) of thousands of dollars on chill out, especially in a relatively such projects — how about that mild place like Mississippi, where eye.”

Features that lend themselves to three-sided kitchen with heated winter temperatures rarely dip an activity — cooking in an outdoor floors and ceilings? — but there are below the 20-degree mark. pizza oven, sipping wine next to an also cost-efficient ways to make “We’re not trying to climate-conoutdoor fireplace or watching the outdoor space usable year-round. trol those spaces as much as make “If you’re a hockey fan, putting in them comfortable,” he says. kids play, for instance — are a plus.

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“You have to design it for summer first,” Veron says. “But then you look at how we can take that outdoor space and try to stretch it into three or four seasons.”

And you don’t need a lot of acreage. Veron says he’s created winterworthy spaces in small backyards that abut neighbors, as well as fullblown, heated kitchens along snowmobile or ski trails. “It’s about the experience,” he says.

That’s what Vanderwiel has been enjoying since installing her fire pit three years ago.

“We really enjoy our time, and find gazing into the fire, the smell of the burning fire and the crackling sounds very relaxing,” she says.

“We are very happy.”

Average U.S. 30-year mortgage rate at 4.19 percent

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A key long-term U.S. mortgage rate dipped this week, the second drop after a large increase two weeks ago.

Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday the nationwide average for a 30-year loan slipped to 4.19 percent from 4.20 percent last week. The average for a 15-year mortgage, a popular choice for people who are refinancing, was unchanged at 3.36 percent.

The 30-year rate is down from 4.53 percent at the start of the year. Rates have fallen even though the Federal Reserve has been trimming its monthly bond purchases, which are intended to keep long-term borrowing rates low. The purchases are set to end next month.

Mortgage rates often follow the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. The 10-year note traded at 2.41 percent at midday Thursday, down sharply from 2.57 percent a week earlier.

The decline in the 30-year rate comes after sales of existing homes fell in August. Investors retreated from real estate and first-time buyers remained scarce, according to a report last week from the National Association of Realtors.

And fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in August, suggesting that sluggish sales could continue. The Realtors group said Monday that its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index fell 1 percent.

By contrast, the Commerce Department said last week that sales of newly constructed homes surged in August, to the fastest sales pace since May 2008.

To calculate average mortgage rates, Freddie Mac surveys lenders across the country between Monday and Wednesday

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 photo, developer Michael Capponi, left, photographs a waterfront property he renovated, during a viewing for brokers, in Miami Beach, Fla. The property is listing for $5,900,000, has 5,600 square feet, with seven bedrooms and seven and one half bathrooms. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014.

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Obituaries Thomas Flouton WESTFIELD — Thomas Flouton, 90, of Westfield, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. He was born Jan. 19, 1924 in Easthampton, MA to the late Frederick and Catherine (Powers) Flouton. Tom will be deeply missed by his beloved wife of 63 years, Cora M. (Greene) Flouton. He was predeceased by two brothers and four sisters; survived by one sister, Teresa Gusek of Westfield. Tom leaves behind a daughter; Eileen Adams of West Springfield, a son; Timothy and his wife, Carol Flouton of West Springfield. Tom has three grandsons: Dan Adams and his wife Allison of Savannah, GA; Brian Adams and Timothy Lynch of West Springfield; three granddaughters; Ashley, Chelsea and Caitlin Flouton of West Springfield; and a great grandson, Aydan Adams of Savannah.

Tom attended St. Mary’s High School. Later, Tom proudly served in the United States Army – Company A 165th Engineer Combat Battalion during World War II and saw action in the European theater in France, Austria and Germany. Upon returning home, Tom worked for Sears, Roebuck & Co. for 33 years, retiring in 1979. Tom was a lifetime member and past Chaplain of the American Legion Post #124. Continuing his commitment to veterans, Tom was a past Commander of VFW Post 1847, co-founded Flags For Downtown Westfield and volunteered for many years at the Holyoke Soldiers Home.

Tom also loved the outdoors; enjoying fishing, hunting, & snowmobiling.

The funeral for Tom will be Monday October 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM from Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad St. Westfield, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial in St. Mary’s Church at 11:30 AM. Burial with military honors will follow in the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam at 1 PM. Calling hours will be held on Sunday from 3-6 PM at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to St. Mary’s Church, 28 Bartlett Street, Westfield, MA 01085 or the Holyoke Soldiers Home, 110 Cherry St. Holyoke, MA 01040. firtionadams.com

Richard Gunn SOUTHWICK — Richard Wallace Gunn, 93, of this town and former longtime resident of Stratford, CT., passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014 in Agawam.

Born Nov. 13, 1920 in Stratford, CT, he was the son of the late Arthur W. andCerta N. (Potter) Gunn.

He retired from STV, Inc., a consulting-engineering firm as Executive Vice President. He had managed offices in Stratford, CT, and Rochester, NY. Richard was a graduate of Bassick H.S., Class of ‘38 in Bridgeport, CT, and a graduate of Union College, Class of ‘51 in Schenectady, NY where he received his BS in Civil Engineering.

He was a member of Masonic Lodge Ansantawac Lodge #89 A.F. & A.M., a member of VFW Post 9460, a member Emeritus of The Moles, an organization of professionals engaged in the construction of tunnels, subways, and sub-aqueous projects. He was a Professional Engineer licensed in multiple states, and was a Navy veteran of WWII. He leaves two surviving sons and three daughters-inlaw, David W. Gunn and his wife Barbara of Southwick, MA, John R. Gunn and his wife Elizabeth of Simsbury, CT, Marguerite Gunn, eight grandchildren, Jonathan, Robert, Brian, Katherine, Elaine, Paul, Adam, & Maryanne, and five great-grandchildren, Jaimeson and Dashiell, Ashlynn and Kierstyn, and Kaylee. He was predeceased by his wife Janet E. (Fowler) Gunn, and a son Richard Fowler Gunn.

Family and friends are invited to attend a graveside service for Richard on Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 at 11:00 AM in Union Cemetery, 23 Temple Court, Stratford, CT. There are no calling hours. Southwick-Forastiere Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Patricia LeClair WESTFIELD — Patricia A. LeClair, 68, of Westfield passed away September 19th, 2014 in Noble Hospital. She leaves behind by many loved ones: three sisters, Joanne Stuart of Long Island, Maine, Linda LeClair-LeBlanc of Florida and Margaret Urias of California. Paticia also leaves her beloved nieces and nephews, Jonathan Lamson, Jennifer Lamson, Papillion Zamprioli, Mirage Zamprioli, Sachille Zamprioli, Vienna Urias, and Sarah Schwartzman, her godson Daniel Cannity, and many aunts, uncles, and other relatives.

Born in Ipswich, MA on June 6, 1946 the daughter of the late Charles and Thelma LeClair. She completed high school in 1964, and went on to college, studying business and finance. Always quick with numbers, Patricia was employed as an accountant in the banking industry for several years and finally ended her working career as a graduate admission counselor at American International College, retiring in 2012. At the age of 60, she resumed her academic career and pursued an additional degree at AIC. She was also an active member of the Eastern Star.

Everywhere she went, she loved and was loved by those around her. She had a passion for history, both of the world and her family, and was instrumental in organizing a massive reunion in 2013. In addition to history, she was an avid Notre Dame football fan, even travelling to their home stadium to complete a lifelong dream. In recent years, she also developed an appreciation for golf, and cheering on bull-riders.

She was an active member of the Christ the King Church, and before that the First Congregational Church of Westfield. While there, she was active in bible study, teaching Sunday school, and any other event where she could volunteer her time and love of God. Services will be held October 25, 2014 at 1pm at Christ the King Church, 297 Russell Rd, Westfield, MA.

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Up to 100 people being monitored in Dallas for Ebola

By Susan Levine Politico.com Up to 100 people in Texas are now being screened for potential exposure to Ebola, with four relatives of the first U.S. patient quarantined in their Dallas home until at least Oct. 19, local and state health officials said Thursday.

Most of the 100 people did not have direct contact with the patient, a Liberian national named Thomas Eric Duncan, but are being assessed as a precaution, officials said. None is showing symptoms of the disease.

The individuals under quarantine are allowed no visitors other than the public health officers taking their temperature twice daily. A law enforcement officer is stationed outside their home.

Texas state health commissioner David Lakey signed the “control order” to ensure adequate monitoring of Duncan’s four family members. He told a media briefing Thursday afternoon that he was not certain they could be watched carefully enough unless they were required legally to stay home.

“I had concerns yesterday in our ability to be confident that that monitoring was going to take place,” Lakey said, declining to elaborate.

He said all of Duncan’s relatives in Dallas are “healthy at this time,” with no indication that they exposed others to the virus. It can only be spread by someone who has symptoms and requires direct contact with that individual’s bodily fluids, such as blood, urine, saliva, and vomit.

Duncan remains in isolation in Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in serious condition. He can’t have visitors but has talked to relatives by phone, Lakey said.

News reports from Dallas and Liberia are giving a far fuller picture of how Duncan likely became infected with the virus before flying to the United States and what happened as his symptoms escalated last weekend. The New York Times reported from Monrovia, Liberia that he had contact with a pregnant neighbor who was dying of the virus, including carrying her from a taxi.

CDC Director Tom Frieden said at the briefing that Duncan had been screened before boarding his flight in Monrovia on Sept. 19. Officials have confirmed that he had his temperature taken at the airport by a CDC-trained worker who used an FDAapproved thermometer, Frieden said. His temperature was 97.3 degrees — meaning normal.

Frieden reiterated that Duncan was not contagious during his travels and only became so several days after arriving in Texas. Public health officials have repeatedly said passengers on his flights were not at risk.

The Associated Press reported Thursday afternoon from Liberia that government

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officials there intend to prosecute Duncan for allegedly lying on a departure form about any contact he’d had with an infected person. Frieden said the questionnaire being used by customs agencies in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea — the hardest-hit countries in the worst Ebola outbreak in history — asks about exposure through caregiving or funeral-related activities.

“The reality is that it’s often the case, people don’t know their exposure or won’t disclose it,” Frieden said.

In Dallas, officials are screening the bigger group of people because they are part of a wider circle who may have had brief contact with Duncan or who had contact with individuals who did interact directly with Duncan. They are being asked to monitor their own health and temperature and are not in isolation.

None of these secondary contacts occurred in a workplace or community setting, said Lakey, who described the assessments now taking place: “You do it in a logical fashion to make sure we identify the folks who are most at risk as quick as we can.” A department spokeswoman had earlier said that the number of contact traces was expected to decline as the process continued.

In contrast, the 12-18 people in an inner circle who may have been exposed once Duncan became ill late last week are having their temperatures taken daily by public health officials. They include several children, who have been asked to stay home from school.

It can take up to 21 days after exposure to the Ebola virus for symptoms to develop.

“This thing is constantly evolving,” county health spokeswoman Erikka Neroes said. “We’re just going to continue to do whatever we need to do, no matter what the time, resources or the amount of people who make their way to this list.”

President Barack Obama called Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings on Thursday to discuss the on-the-ground response there and to pledge that federal agencies would continue to help coordinate the efforts to contain any spread of the disease.

The public health orders delivered to Duncan’s relatives in a northeast Dallas neighborhood Wednesday evening legally require them to stay isolated in place and to be available to provide blood samples.

Lakey said that with the quarantine order “comes the real responsibility that those individuals are cared for compassionately.”

He said food is being delivered there. He acknowledged that his department had run into some difficulty finding a cleaning company to sanitize the apartment, where Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said the man’s clothing and bed sheets have been bagged and set aside.

“We are arranging for that apartment to be cleaned,” Lakey said. Added Jenkins,

“We are going to as quickly as possible improve on the hygiene there.”

The CDC declined to comment on remarks by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) that the agency might be downplaying the threat from Ebola in this country and the rest of the world.

“I think because of political correctness we’re not really making sound, rational, scientific decisions on this,” he said on “The Laura Ingraham Show.” “This could get beyond our control,” added Paul, an ophthalmologist.

At the briefing, which is now set to take place daily, Frieden said he remained confident “that we can contain any spread of Ebola within the United States” and that the “meticulous and rigorous work” required to accomplish that is taking place. CDC has been called by about 100 hospitals in 34 states with concerns about potential Ebola cases. About 15 people have required testing for the virus so far, he said, with Duncan being the single diagnosed case.

However, Frieden acknowledged the risk of further cases emerging regardless of international screening — until the epidemic in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea is brought under control. “The bottom line here, the plain truth, is that we can’t make the risk zero until the outbreak is contained in West Africa.”

Further details about how Duncan’s case may have been mishandled in Dallas came in an interview with his nephew there.

Josephus Weeks told NBC that he had to call CDC “to get some actions taken” after his uncle was initially sent home from Texas Health Presbyterian with what its staff thought was a low-grade common viral illness. Frieden said in the briefing that the agency is looking into the nephew’s account A hospital executive admitted Wednesday that a communication breakdown within the emergency department resulted in the patient’s travel history from Liberia not getting shared fully with the team reviewing his chart. The hospital has updated its timeline, now saying that Duncan first came to its ER after 10 p.m. on Sept. 25. He returned via ambulance three days later.

The state health department is reviewing what initially transpired at Texas Health Presbyterian.

“I was concerned for his life because he wasn’t getting appropriate care,” Duncan’s nephew said. “And I feared that other people might also get infected if he wasn’t taken care of.”

In the four Dallas schools attended by the children being monitored, officials have sent home parent letters translated into seven languages. Those schools, as well as the buses the students might have ridden home within the last week, are receiving additional cleaning, according to the school district.

Continued from Page 4 agricultural policy. farmers, the House Agriculture panel believed that the most honest Conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation, which had a approach was to subsidize only those crops which had been actusecond agenda of attacking food stamp spending in the same farm ally planted — so long as the total acres were capped at what a bill, built on this dissent. Together, these voices grew louder in farmer’s historical base had been.

Washington even as regional newspapers — long the backbone of This did not sit well with Midwest corn and bean interests, which the farm press — had closed their bureaus and ever more agriculture had greatly expanded beyond their base and were distrustful of the reporting moved into industry newsletters outside the public government setting any prices for fear of market distortions and domain. trade complaints.

The end result was often more colorful than informative. There Instead, this camp, which found champions in the Senate, advowas a tendency to map out worst-case scenarios that captured head- cated not a price but a revenue approach that would supplement lines but also added to the confusion. crop insurance and be keyed to a rolling five-year average of the Babcock was the most adept, a skilled debater with an eye for the commodity markets. limelight and a good punch line. He says he regrets one remark: that The seeds had been planted in the so-called ACRE program in the farmers were “laughing all the way to the bank” to collect their crop 2008 farm bill — an approach most often identified with ag econoinsurance payments during the drought of 2012. But he remains mists at Ohio State and Illinois. Texas A&M and FAPRI, under unapologetic for going on national television that summer with contract to provide analysis to the House and Senate Agriculture Stephen Colbert. The comedian greeted him as “Dr. Babcock,” and leadership, found themselves sometimes caught in the middle. And Babcock cheerfully endorsed Colbert’s quip that crop insurance had fairly or not, Outlaw was pegged by the Senate as leaning to the become “Obamacare” for the parched corn.

House.

In an interview, Babcock argues that he has truly tried to be open Testifying in the House, Outlaw had presented numbers showing about his financial interests — if only to show his credentials as an that the Senate initial revenue protection bill in 2012 would “nearly entrepreneur and expert in the crop insurance world. guarantee a profit” for corn, wheat and soybeans but fail to even He points to a recent appearance before crop insurance agents in cover production costs for rice. “Each commodity ought to have the Minnesota, where he devoted an early slide to disclosure. Babcock opportunity to stay in business if there is a loss,” Outlaw said. “And also forwards a 2007 academic paper that includes a footnote citing the way the Senate plan is crafted right now, I can’t say that they his role in developing crop insurance. can.”

But when it comes to a more general audience — in the heat of At the same time, a FAPRI analysis showed that some of the the farm bill debate — a review of Babcock’s advocacy papers reference prices set for Southern crops like peanuts in the House bill doesn’t show the same level of disclosure. were so high that the subsidies because inefficient. Increased proFor example a 2013 paper he wrote for EWG is highly critical of duction would drive down market prices under the FAPRI model, the profits earned by farmers from “Cadillac” revenue insurance forcing the government to pay still more to bring producers back up plans. But there’s nothing to match what he shared with profes- to the target level. sional audiences about his background in the same arena.

Ultimately, the House-Senate divisions over the commodity title Babcock’s response is that any conflict means less in these cases consumed so much energy that Congress missed the chance to since he is arguing against his own financial interest. make even a modest across-the-board cut in the costly premium “I’ve been primarily known for my criticism of the crop insur- subsidies attached to crop insurance. ance program: the subsidies, not the program, the subsidies,” But it’s here that the history of the so-called 508 (h) program for Babcock said. “If you look at my crass financial interests, my inter- new crop insurance products makes for an interesting footnote to ests are boosted by the subsidies because the demand for the prod- the whole intersection of agriculture economists and the farm bill. ucts that I designed goes up with the subsidies.”

Begun in 2000, the concept had been promoted by Republicans Goodwin, who ducked an initial request for comment, was reluc- who were frustrated by the pace with which RMA was expanding tant to discuss his outside corporate work, saying he didn’t see the crop insurance and wanted to give private companies more room to relevance to his work for AEI. run. RMA was stripped of its authority to do such research, and “Ninety-five percent of the people, who read [‘Field of Schemes’] instead that task was left to academics and private firms like W&A know what I do,” Goodwin insisted. “It’s a small world. I’ve talked to come up with new approaches sought by trade associations. to Bruce. Whatever I do is objective. And like Bruce told you, in this In truth, the biggest row crops were already protected, and the case, it might hurt our self-interests, like getting research funding challenge was to invent new ways to extend this coverage to from USDA.” smaller crops that are still part of the fabric of the nation’s food supThe second, bigger and less visible reason for the revved-up aca- ply. demic sparring goes to divisions inside agriculture itself.

“In Washington, we don’t talk about cottonseed, we talk about From the outset, a central tenet in the farm bill debate was that the cotton,” said Jay Truitt, a lobbyist representing W&A. “Producers old system of direct cash payments — subsidies that went out to outside Washington feel forgotten forever, and the government is landowners even when no crop was planted — had to end. still behind the marketplace.”

This change brought to the surface divisions dating back to the Yet that marketplace is inevitably small. The premiums earned 1930s and aggravated by the ethanol-driven boom in Midwest corn are a fraction of the business RMA does elsewhere, and critics quesand soybean prices that had left Southern crops further and further tion the public cost. behind.

At a meeting last month, the FCIC board approved reimburseThe result was a battle — both of regions and ideas — with dif- ments of over $1.33 million for such plans for fiscal 2014. W&A’s ferent academic camps lining up on opposite sides. own estimates show it has received about $2.3 million itself since Even the training of the two chief economists for the agriculture 2008 for 10 submissions that run from peppers to malt barley and committees in Congress captured some of this. Bart Fischer in the specialty corn.

House studied at Oklahoma State and later Texas A&M. Joe Shultz Other big corporate players include Texas-based AgForce Inc. for the Senate is a product of Ohio State and Cornell, both part of and AgriLogic Consulting LLC, as well as Crop Insurance Systems the Illinois coalition.

Inc., led by Robert Cerda, a veteran of RMA. One school of thought, embraced by the South, argued that Now the pendulum may be swinging again. enough farm data has been collected so it is possible to construct a In the new farm bill, Stabenow restored RMA’s authority to get rational system of price supports that could cover a percentage of a back into the game itself — to begin research and development of farmer’s production costs without distorting markets. policies to help “underserved commodities” W&A opposed.

After all the controversy over direct payments going to non-

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Westfield’s Kendall Neidig manages an 8.2 on the Westfield’s Liz Walker completes her balance beam routine with a uneven bars during last night’s home meet against 9.15 during last night’s tri-meet with Chicopee Comp and Hampshire Chicopee Comp and Hampshire Regional. (Photo by Regional. (Photo by Frederick Gore) Frederick Gore)

Westfield’s Carly Thayer performs her floor routine during last night’s tri-meet with Chicopee Comp and Hampshire Regional. Thayer scored an 8.65. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Unbeaten Bombers on rise

By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield High School gymnastics team improved upon its opening night performance, besting its own initial output of the season by more than six points.

The Bombers, who scored just 126.875 Tuesday, piled up 133.675 points Thursday. Hampshire was second (127.2), and Chicopee Comp, third (120.7).

Westfield’s Liz Walker (34.475) and Kendall Neidig (32.65) topped the all-around competition with first and second place finishes, respectively.

Walker placed first on the uneven bars (8.575) and balance beam (9.15), and finished second on the floor exercise, an event that the Bombers swept.

Neidig was third on the vault (8.3).

Carly Thayer’s floor routine drew a first-place score of 8.65 for Westfield. Bombers’ Sarah Hogan claimed second on the beam (8.6) and third on the bars (8.35), while Mairead Hogan was second on vault (8.35).

Oh, and by the way, Westfield improved its unbeaten streak to 129-0.

Westfield’s Becky Cyr competes her vault routine with an 8.2 during Thursday night’s meet with Hampshire Regional and Chicopee Comp. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

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Westfield’s Lauren Porter completes her floor routine with an 8.55 during last night’s meet with Hampshire Regional and Chicopee Comp. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Westfield’s Alexa Houle completes her floor routine with an 8.45 during Thursday night’s meet with Hampshire Regional and Chicopee Comp. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

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Tuesday Oct. 7

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GOLF vs. Northampton, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

JV GOLF at East Longmeadow, Elmcrest CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. East Longmeadow, 5 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at Longmeadow, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBLL vs. East Longmeadow, 6:15 p.m.

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL GOLF vs. Belchertown, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Minneachaug, 4 p.m.

JV FOOTBALL at Minnechaug, Spec Pond, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Southwick, 5 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Southwick, 6:15 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Taconic, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Taconic, 5:30 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at West Springfield, 5:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at West Springfield, 7:15 p.m.

FOOTBALL vs. Minnechaug, Bullens Field, 7 p.m.

GOLF at Agawam, 3 p.m.

JV GOLF at Agawam, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at West Springfield, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY at West Springfield, 3:45 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at West Springfield, 5 p.m.

GYMNASTICS at Agawam, 6 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at West Springfield, Clark Field, 7 p.m.

SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND-GRANVILLE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ SOCCER vs.

Frontier, Park & Rec Field, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Frontier, 4 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at Agawam, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Agawam, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Hampshire, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Hampshire, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Holyoke, 4:30 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Westfield, 5 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY vs. Holyoke, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Westfield, 6:15 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs.

South Hadley, 11 a.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs.

South Hadley, 11 a.m.

GOLF vs.

Westfield Voc-Tech, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY TRI-MEET at West Springfield, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY TRI-MEET at West Springfield, 3:45 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at Granby, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Easthampton, Nonotuck Park, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Easthampton, Nonotuck Park, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Ware, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Ware, 5 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at Turners Falls, 5:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Turners Falls, 7 p.m.

GOLF vs. Hampshire, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs.

Palmer, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Westfield, 3:30 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Westfield, 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Smith Academy, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Mahar, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Mahar, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Franklin Tech, Westfield Middle School North, 3:30 p.m.

GOLF vs. Westfield Voc-Tech, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Westfield Voc-Tech, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 6 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Holyoke, Ashley Res./Elks Club, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Holyoke, Ashley Res./ Elks Club, 3:45 p.m.

SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Franklin Tech, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Franklin Tech, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Commerce, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pioneer Valley Regional, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

GOLF vs. Easthampton, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at McCann Tech, 4 p.m.

WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL GOLF at St. Mary, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs.

St. Mary, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Putnam, Blunt Park, 4 p.m.

GOLF at Southwick, Edgewood GC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Smith Voke, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs.

Greenfield, Bullens Field, 6 p.m.

GOLF vs. Monson, East Mt. CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs.

Pathfinder, Jachym Field, 4

WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES Westfield State University Men’s and Women’s 2014 Cross Country Schedule

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at Mass. Maritime at Elms College SALEM STATE at Western New England MCLA at Worcester State at Keene State FRAMINGHAM STATE MASCAC Tournament Quarterfinals MASCAC Tournament Semifinals MASCAC Championship

OCTOBER 4 - OPEN OCTOBER 11 - James Earley Invitational @Stanley Park, Westfield, MA OCTOBER 18 – Connecticut College Invitational @New London, CT OCTOBER 25 - OPEN NOVEMBER 1 – MASCAC/New England Alliance Championships @MCLA NOVEMBER 8 - ECAC Division III Championships @Westfield State University NOVEMBER 15 – NCAA New England Division III Championships @Williams College NOVEMBER 22 - NCAA Division III National Championships @Wilmington College, Mason, Ohio, Kings Island Golf Center

2014 Westfield State University Men’s Soccer Schedule Saturday Oct. 4 Wednesday Oct. 8 Saturday 2:30

MASS. MARITIME at Endicott College Oct. 11

6:00 7:00 at Salem State 1:30 6:00 11:00 a.m.

7:00 12:00

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MASCAC Championship

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Wednesday Oct. 8 Oct. 10 Friday

Saturday Oct. 11

Tuesday Oct. 14 Saturday Oct. 18

Wednesday Oct. 22 Friday Oct. 24 Saturday Oct. 25

OPPONENT vs. Babson at WNE at Western New England AMHERST Tom Hay Invitational @Springfield vs. Springfield vs. Vassar Tom Hay Invitational @Springfield vs. Clarkson vs. Smith at Salem State MASS MARITIME Mass. M vs. Pine Manor PINE MANOR MCLA Hall of Fame Invitational @Smith/Amherst Hall of Fame Invitational @Smith/Amherst

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at Southern Maine 2:30 FITCHBURG STATE 7:00 FRAMINGHAM STATE 12:00 at Smith College 7:00 at Worcester State 7:00 at Keene State 6:00 SALEM STATE 7:00 MOUNT HOLYOKE 7:00 at Western Connecticut 7:00 Little East Conference Tournament Quarterfinals Little East Conference Tournament Semifinals Little East Conference Tournament Championship Game

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10:00 3:00 7:00 11:00 1:00 3:00 7:00

Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday Homecoming Saturday Saturday Senior Day Friday

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ECAC Championships 12:00 Crumpin Fox Golf Club, Bernardston, Mass.

ECAC Championships 12:00 Crumpin Fox Golf Club, Bernardston, Mass.

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2014 Westfield State Football Schedule

5:00 7:00

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Westfield State University 2014 Field Hockey Schedule DAY

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Williams Invitational Wellesley Invitational

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HIGH SCHOOL Standings, Results Thursday’s Results FOOTBALL Westfield 1-2 GYMNASTICS Westfield 4-0 GIRLS’ SOCCER Westfield 3-5* St. Mary 2-6-1 Southwick 4-4-2 Gateway 2-1* Westfield Voc-Tech 0-1-1* BOYS’ SOCCER Westfield 3-4-3 Westfield Voc-Tech 9-0

St. Mary 5-3 Southwick 3-1-3 Gateway 4-3-2 FIELD HOCKEY Westfield 3-6-2 Southwick 7-1-1 GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Southwick 6-3 Westfield 1-2* GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY Westfield 0-2 St. Mary 0-4 Southwick 3-1

Gateway 2-1 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY St. Mary 0-3* Southwick 0-2* Gateway 1-1* Westfield 0-0* GOLF Westfield 10-2 Southwick 11-2 St. Mary 6-7 Westfield Voc-Tech 3-5-1

BOYS’ SOCCER Westfield Voc-Tech 7, Pathfinder 0 St. Mary 7, Ware 0 GIRLS’ SOCCER Ludlow 3, Westfield 0 Southwick 3, Amherst 3 GOLF Southwick 14, St. Mary 10 GYMNASTICS Westfield, 133.675; Hampshire, 127.2; Chicopee Comp, 120.7

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Seventh heaven

By Chris Putz Staff Writer THORNDIKE – The Westfield Vocational-Technical High School boys’ soccer team is so hot that not even the falling fall temps can cool them down.

Voc-Tech won its ninth straight game to begin the 2014 season, securing a tournament berth with a 7-0 thrashing of host Pathfinder Thursday. The Tigers, who is the defending state small vocational schools champion, still has eight games remaining in the regular season.

Sergy Kabysh and Dominic Rosario scored two goals apiece to lead Voc-Tech. It was Kabysh’s first goal of the season. Tyler Hall (goal, assist), Alex Makarchuk (goal), and Dmitry Stepanchuk (goal) also scored for the Tigers.

“Everyone got quality playing time today, which made it a great game to qualify,” Voc-Tech coach Kyle Dulude said. “I am just proud of our program and the way the guys conduct themselves. I am very happy for our student-athletes and the things they accomplish.”

St. Mary 7, Ware 0 St. Mary’s Joey Collins tallied two goals, and five other teammates (Zac Girard, Nick Garde, Alex Parentela, Billy Lamirande, and Seamus Butler) notched one each in the Saints’ road rout.

Kiernan O’Donnell (2), Garde (1), Parentela (1), Lamirande (1), Jake Viamari (1), and Kevin Rockwal (1) contributed assists for St. Mary.

Saints goalie Colin Blake earned a shutout with five saves.

“It was a good all-around effort,” St. Mary coach Andrew Martin said. “We pretty much controlled possession for the most part. We had some nice give-and-go’s trying to beat their offsides traps.”

Notes: It was déjà vu for the two local teams as St. Mary and Westfield Voc-Tech shared identical road routs in neighboring towns

The St. Mary and Westfield Voc-Tech boys’ soccer teams got together for a photo at McDonalds after posting identical 7-0 victories Thursday on the road. (Submitted photo) – Tigers in Palmer/Saints in Ware – and crossed paths at Mickey D’s in Palmer on their return trip home.

GOLF Southwick 14, St. Mary 10 SOUTHWICK – Five Southwick golfers managed to finish with scores in the 40s to prevail over St. Mary at Edgewood Country Club Thursday.

James Longhi (41), Bradley Durand (43), Joe Stratton (42), Nick Labodycz (46), and Chris Molta (46) led Southwick (11-2).

Longhi and St. Mary’s Matt Wurster tied at the top spot.

Dom Ceccarini (45), Harry Reed (45), Ashton Bourbonnais (49), and Bobby Gonet (45) also played well for the Saints (6-7).

Westfield’s defense attempts to surround Ludlow’s Morgan Foye (3), who dribbles the ball up the field in Thursday’s game. The Bombers won pink jerseys in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (Photo by Chris Putz)

Lions roar past WHS Westfield’s Katie Colapietro, left, attempts to get the ball away as a Ludlow player approaches. (Photo by Chris Putz)

Westfield’s Rachel Conklin (7) and Ludlow’s Giavanna Colaccino (6) eye the ball during a high school girls’ soccer game Thursday in the Whip City. Bombers’ Lindsay Stefano looks on at right. (Photo by Chris Putz)

By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Three different players scored one goal apiece to lead Ludlow past Westfield 3-0 in a high school girls’ soccer game Thursday in the Whip City.

Jennifer Hackett notched a goal in the first half, and Molly Palatino and Olivia Santos tallied second-half goals.

Ludlow goalie Megan McCarthy (7 saves)

earned a shutout. Westfield keeper Jessica Healey finished with 12 saves.

Southwick 3, Amherst 3 Southwick’s Alex Mello had one goal and one assist, and Lydia Kinsman and Natalie Jensen tallied one goal apiece for the Rams.

Taylor LeClair also had an assist.

Tori Richburg made four saves in net for Southwick.

Westfield’s Allie Helliwell, right, battles a Lion for possession of the ball Thursday. (Photo by Chris Putz)

PAGE 12 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014

Annie’s Mailbox

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

What do I do?

Dear Annie: I have been the stepmom to grown stepchildren for 20 years. Their father died a few years ago. We live in the same town, and their mother, his ex, is also here.

I am ready to give up on any relationship with them. I invite them to do things, communicate often and support them and the grandkids on social media. I send birthday and holiday cards. But I have never felt important in their lives. And since their father died, I haven’t once been invited over for dinner or a holiday event. I’m sure with their mother around, they don’t feel comfortable with both of us at the same table. When Dad was alive, they visited us separately from his ex.

I don’t have children of my own. I travel a lot and have a wide circle of friends. Perhaps I am not motherly enough or put too much into considering them my family when they already have a mother and don’t seem to need a stepmom. They are not mean to me. They just don’t initiate anything or think to phone me.

Should I just give up? Should I tell them? I am getting myself all worked up over this. It really hurts to see family events posted on Facebook, etc., and I’m not included -- ever. I am dating again and have recently met a man who has grown children.

It makes me hesitant to continue seeing him. What do I do? -Stressed and Nervous Dear Nervous: Children who are not raised by the stepparent often do not form as close of a bond as you might think. The relationship can be pleasant but distant. When Dad was alive, the kids made more of an effort, so if you want things to improve, you will have to do the majority of the communicating and inviting. Please do not expect to be included in family events where their mother is present. Instead, consider inviting the kids over for a Sunday brunch. As for future relationships, each one is different. Please don’t let this experience prevent you from finding another.

Dear Annie: I am continually amazed at your Victorian responses to readers whose spouses are cheating. So many of your female writers seem to undergo a cataclysmic seizure at the briefest flirtations of their men with other women. This is childish. Of course men are expected to look at and admire the beauty of other women. And women wear the tightest, most revealing garb they can get away with, thereby inviting such scrutiny.

In one letter you printed, a guy admitted to cheating on his wife of 44 years, confessing the same and being forgiven. But his wife was still badgering him for details, and you thought she was justified in wanting her questions answered. The right answer should have been for her to get over it. She either has forgiven him, in which case shut up about it, or she hasn’t, in which case leave. -- Happy Man Dear H.M.: It’s always so amusing to get a man’s take on how a woman is supposed to feel. For women who don’t care that their man cheats (or who enjoy the same benefits), that is their choice. But if you marry someone who expects you to be faithful, it is not unreasonable that you keep your word. Of course, that requires maturity, self-discipline and respect for one’s partner. If she needs answers in order to put it behind her, it’s a small price to pay.

Dear Annie: Like “Stuffed in Pennsylvania,” I had a motherin-law who expressed her love through food. She was an excellent cook and hard to resist. When I didn’t want to stuff myself, I would say, “I just can’t. But this would taste great for lunch tomorrow. Can I take it with me?” That helped her get rid of extra food, and I often had a terrific lunch or snack later. -Indiana Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.

HINTS FROM HELOISE Longer-Lasting Flowers Dear Heloise: I love fresh flowers, and I buy a small bouquet at the grocery store now and then. You wrote about how you keep them LASTING A LONG TIME. Please share your hints. -- Barbara in Texas Happy to, and they do make me happy, too! Here is what I do: Cut off an inch or so of the stem at an angle.

Remove all leaves and foliage that will be below the waterline.

Do leave (very bad pun) intact the leaves that will be above the waterline. Those leaves act like sponges and soak up the fresh water.

Don’t place in direct sunlight or near a heat source -- not on top of a TV, etc.

Do change the water every few days or when it gets yucky!

Re-cut the stem so the flower can drink up more fresh water.

Sometimes, I put a small vase of roses in the refrigerator at night to prolong the life. Remember, florists keep fresh flowers in a “cool” room, and so should you. -- Heloise SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com

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Your success depends upon your networking skills. If you are single, it will be your choice whether you decide to change your status. You might be enjoying playing the field a bit too much! If you are attached, the two of you often will be found socializing out and about.

You love to party together, and you enjoy the bond that exists between you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You’ll want to go along with the majority, but a partner could worry you. You come from a point of caring, but you also would like to spend time with your immediate circle. Follow your intuition, and consider blending everyone together. Tonight: Just don’t be alone.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Reach out to someone at a distance You might want to move in a new direction, but a loved one could have many questions. You are likely to feel overwhelmed from dealing with as much negativity as you seem to be getting. You will need to pull back and do some thinking. Tonight: Out and about.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Reach out to someone at a distance. You might not be comfortable with what you are hearing, and you could have a lot of questions. The answers you get could force you to hit the pause button until you gain a broader perspective. Trust your instincts.

Tonight: Take off ASAP. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH A partner will make a decision that forces your hand. A discussion could point to more disagreement.

Accept what you are hearing, and respect this person’s point of view. You might be taken aback by what happens as a result.

Tonight: Enjoy the moment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH A roommate or loved one loves teasing you. However, you could close down unintentionally. Is this behavior really what you want to do?

Consider your role in this situation.

Keep conversations light and easy.

Tonight: Follow someone else’s cue.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Consider what needs to happen with a close friend who often unnerves you. You could opt to meet a trusted loved one for a late lunch to discuss this situation. Recognize what is happening at home and in your immediate circle. Tonight: Go with the flow.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your imagination will come out in conversations, particularly through your word choice. A misunderstanding could have you asking yourself how you could have avoided a difficult situation. A flirtation could start up from out of the blue. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HH You are likely to trigger a key person in your life by making a sharp comment. You might be hearing only what you want to hear. You could be overwhelmed and more negative than you realize. Clear your mind, and take a walk. Do something you love. Tonight: Head home early.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Your interest might be piqued, and you could have a lot of questions. Let a friend reveal as much as he or she feels comfortable revealing.

You might decide to leave well enough alone; otherwise, you could see a problem evolving. Tonight: Catch up on others’ news.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Be aware of the cost of proceeding as you have been. Your ability to remain positive lies largely in the fact that you know when to take a step back.

Follow through when you think you are on better ground; you will be a lot happier that way. Tonight: Your treat.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You don’t need to explain anything, or at least you feel that way.

Be careful -- a problem could ensue at a later date when this attitude could be thrown back in your face. Though you might be annoyed at everything you are hearing, be diplomatic. Tonight: Kick up your heels.

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By GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The running lanes looked decidedly wider. Eddie Lacy broke tackles and barreled over defenders.

The Green Bay Packers re-discovered their rushing attack in a 42-10 rout of the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night.

Lacy ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. Aaron Rodgers threw for three touchdowns and the Packers cruised after leading by four touchdowns at the half.

Lacy was just getting started then.

He rushed for his scores on back-to-back drives in the third quarter. On the second touchdown, Lacy barreled over a defender into the end zone from 10 yards out.

“I thought he was a beast in the open field. We blocked well and Eddie ran very well,” coach Mike McCarthy said.

Rodgers finished 12 of 17 for 156 yards passing, including a 66-yard scoring strike to Jordy Nelson, the league’s leading receiver.

Still, the Packers weren’t at their best. Threeand-outs were sprinkled in between their touchdown drives.

Rodgers, though, recognized the importance of getting the running game going.

“Eddie, you know, he’s going to be a guy who’s just going to be continuing to lay on people and to be more of a force as the weather continues to turn here,” the quarterback said.

The Vikings had the better running game coming into the night. But Green Bay’s league-worst run defense had its best outing of the season, holding Matt Asiata to 72 yards on 15 carries.

Nothing else went right for Minnesota. The

passing game struggled when it counted with Christian Ponder starting at quarterback for injured rookie Teddy Bridgewater.

Coach Mike Zimmer struggled to find positives.

“It’s hard to find a silver lining after tonight,” he said.

Some other takeaways from Green Bay’s fourth straight Thursday night victory at Lambeau Field: MAKING THE LEAP: Julius Peppers’ 49-yard interception return for a touchdown proved the 34-year-old pass rusher can still keep up with the younger crowd. He provided the kind of big-play spark that the Packers were hoping to get when they signed him in the offseason.

Peppers became the first player in NFL history with 100 sacks and 10 interceptions. He’ll remember his latest pick for a while.

“It’s at the top, it’s at the top. It was nice because I actually scored on it,” Peppers said.

POOR PONDER: Ponder finished 22 of 44 for 222 yards passing, but much of the damage came late with the game well in hand. He was sacked six times.

Ponder’s 6-yard touchdown run on the first play of fourth quarter ended the shutout.

Otherwise, this wasn’t what Ponder envisioned when he was called on to start with Bridgewater sidelined by a sprained left ankle.

“Playing like that, you don’t have much to say.

It was embarrassing,” Ponder said. “I feel bad that I put the team in this position. Point the finger at me.”

RUN DOWN: Matt Asiata ran for 72 yards on 15 carries for Minnesota, but the Packers’ leagueworst run defense otherwise had a solid showing.

It was part of a nice all-around effort for a defense that also forced three turnovers and recorded six sacks. Mike Daniels and former Viking Letroy Guion each had 1 1/2 sacks.

“It’s just something to continue to build off of.

That’s how football is,” Daniels said. “They do their job in the back end, we do our job up front, and we all benefit from it.”

NOT MISSED: They once cheered receiver Greg Jennings in Green Bay. Now with the Vikings, Jennings was booed each time a ball was thrown his way on Thursday night. Jennings’ pointed remarks about Rodgers and the quarterback’s leadership style apparently haven’t been forgotten, even if Jennings has tried to make amends.

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VINTAGE 1970'S CONSOLE STEREO - CLASSIC! Cleaning out my parents house and looking for a new owner. AM/FM tuner; 8-track player; cassette player; album player. All elements work and the only mechanical issue is the cassette player. Gears need to be lubed but it works. 61" wide by 19" deep and 26" high. Minor cosmetic scratches. Looking for $100 OBO. 413-3883048.

SHOWER DOORS: Matching s h o w e r doors in very good condition.

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Wanted To Buy CASH FOR YOUR ACORNS! Paying $2.00 per 5-gallon pail.

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No electric. $50 p/month. For RED INK CARTRIDGE for Pitney call:or mixed SEASONED FIREWOOD. Any length.

100% HARDWOOD, GREEN, 3 more 100% information, SEASONED OAK Bowes Postage Meter.

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Residential - 5Call room apartyear season.

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(413)562-4181 Ext. 125. fSILO l o o r sDRIED . L a r firewood. g e d e c k(128cu.ft.) . $800 CALL FOR DAILY SPECIALS!!

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WESTFIELD 55-56 CROWN STREET. Huge Tag Sale!

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Boutique Barn @ Flynn Farm Ladies hipster clothing, vintage cowboy boots, designer jeans/apparel & purses, jewelry, warm fall hats, art & eclectics.

Accepting consignments.

Tue/Wed/Thurs 10-6.

Fri/Sat/Sun 10-4. 49 Mort Vining Rd. Southwick. 413-569-0420

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WESTFIELD: Mechanic St. Wanted To Buy 285 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, fenced yard, full PAyINGoff-street CASH for parking, coins, stamps, basement, washer/dryer medals, tokens, paper money,hookdiaups.

1st,and lastsilver and monds$775 and p/month; jewelry, gold security depositCoin required.

We144 do scrap. Broadway & Stamp, background checks.

Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. 413594-9550 413-858-2610 Ext. 100.

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Installation, WAGNER & FLOORING,   RUG     polyurethane.

Free estimates.

LLC. 95 MAINLINE DRIVE,        WESTFIELD. (413)568-0520. (413)569-3066.    One stop shopping for all  your  Over 40  in floors. years busi-   GUTTER CLEANING         ness. www.wagnerrug.com                RAIN GUTTERS   CLEANED,    CHIMNEY SWEEPS  REPAIRED. removed,  Antennas   

chimneys repaired and chimney  A STEP ABOVE THE REST! caps installed. leaks re   Roof     JMF CHIMNEY SERVICE paired, vent areas sealed. Sr.  Repair your chimney before citizen discount. Insured. Free   winter wreaks havoc. We do estimates. H.I. Johnson Ser   brick repair, crown seals and  re- vices.

(413)596-8859 before  pairs. We also do stainless steel 9p.m. liner installs, as well as stain         less rain caps. sweep all   We        flues.

Free estimates provided.

HAULING        Call: 413-330-2186       #1 PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/DEHENTNICK CHIMNEY       Removal of any SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and MOLITION.  items in cellars, attics, etc... Also   rebuilds.

Stainless steel caps  removal and small demoliand liner systems. Inspections, brush  masonry work and gutter clean- tion (sheds, decks, fences, one      garages). Fully insured. ing. Free estimates. Insured. car work    Free estimates. Phil (413)525Quality from a business       2892,   (413)265-6380. you can trust.

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Our ceilings are tops!          garages, additions.

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SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter Budget  deicing cables installed.

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          & ACO MASONRY, HEATING        & AIR CONDITIONING. Heating  air conditioning service & install ation.

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work, pavers, retaining walls.

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Competit     ive Rates. Call Adam 413-374

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Apartment

WESTFIELD

WESTFIELD, HOLLAND AVE, W E S T F I E L D 1 & 2 b e d r o o m COmPREHENSIVE 2 bedroom townNovember 1st, first floor effi- Beautiful apartments, rent includes heat LANDLORD SERVICES HOUSES, 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 ciency clean, quiet, 1-1/2 in lovely Victorian home. house, and hot water. Excellent size bath, full basement, washer/drybath, carpeting, 22 years of service to Wood screening floors, bay window, porch, and location. appliances, Tenant including crimiNo dogs. er hookup. $800/month plus util- nal hot water included.

Very rea- Call LANDLORDS background and credit$600/month checks. off-street parking, weekdays (413)786-9884. ities. (413)562-2295. plus utilities and deposits. No sonable heat cost. Sorry no pets. From $795/month.

Steve or Kate Background checks pets. Call 413-539-1678.

(413)579-1754 B E A UCredit T I F U -LPersonal 2 BEDROOM Call for more information TOWNHOUSE in Westfield, www.Dashe-Intel.com WESTFIELD: 1 Bedroom. 1st more1-1/2 information clean, For quiet, bath, carpet- WESTFIELD 1 BEDROOM. Kit- floor. (860)485-1216 Centrally located; walking CALL (413)572-1200 ing, appliances, hot water in- c h e n a n d b a t h . N o p e t s . Equal distance to shops & bus line.

Housing Opportunity $650/month includes utilities.

WESTFIELD cluded. Very reasonable heat Apartment 340 Off-street parking for 2 cars.

First, last, security.

(413)250cost. Sorry no pets. Call for Enclosed Coin-operated - 5porch. room apartment, first 4811.SPRINGFIELD SQUIRES WESTFIELD more information (860)485- WEST laundry in basement andtilelockfloor, newly renovated.

Carpeting, APARTMENTS, 1 bedroom, stove, re1216. Equal Housing Opportunback yard. Call able Large storage.

1st/Last/Security. frigerator AC. $645/$695/month plus floors. ity.

(413)736-2120 leave slow message.

No pets. $700 month.

Call Dave: utilities. Call (413)562-2295.

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Attention to       Hatchways, Retaining Walls detail is our business.

Reliable     and more. 5-year experienced, and professional.  for Guarantee. Reliable.

Call Suzanne free estimate.  15 years experience.

References available.  Call for FREE estimate: BAUER MASONRY: 413-258-4070 or 860-309-6598         860-713-8859.                    PLUMBER HOUSE PAINTING              

     ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!! M&M NICK GARDNER PLUMBING,    WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES-20 Years serving the BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING   SERVICES.     Professional,  Westfield area.

Painting, stainRemodeling.

Kitchens, addi      service.

MA Lic. reliable      ing, house washing, interior/extions, decks, rec rooms, more.       #PL31893-J. Certified Welding.  terior.

Wall coverings.

CommerPrompt, reliable service, free  Insured. Call (413)531-2768    Mass     cial/residential. Free estimates. estimates.

Registered Nick7419@comcast.net   Insured.

References.

Mass Reg. #106263, licensed & insured.   #121723.

Call (413)568-9731.  Call Bruno, (413)562-9561.  No job too small !!   STUMP GRINDING        J.D. BERRY CONTRACTING.      K & B STUMP GRINDING Garages, additions, windows, LANDSCAPING & LAWN  serving the Westfield area since      doors, decks, vinyl siding and 1988. Clean-up available. Fully CARE  insured; reliable; experienced & more. #CS077728. Call Jim,          (413)562-9128   professional.        (413)569-6920, (413) 530-5430.

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Call us today for all your land-    HANDYMAN COM scape needs. Landscape design JOSEPH'S      and planting, PANY. Carpentry, remodeling, CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Ex  irrigation  installa   tion and repair, and complete kitchen, baths, basements, dry-  pert tree removal. Prompt estim     yard renovations. Drainage wall, tile, floors, suspended ceil-  ates. Crane work. Insured. "After  ings, restoration services, doors, problems, stump grinding, chip-  34 years, we still work hard at          w i n d o  w s , d e c k s ,  s t a i r s , per service, bobcat service, being #1." (413)562-3395.  interior/exterior painting, plumb- gravel driveways, excavation            and demolition, including getting ing.

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Call now for       All brick,   WATERPROOFING.    free estimate. KAREN’S  WALLPAPERING & block, concrete. Chimneys,  QUALITY CLEANING. Offering     PAINTING foundations, hatchways, new     professoinal at an   cleaning   basement windows installed affordable price. Long-term  Let A NEW LOOK FOR 2014.   and repaired. Sump pumps and experience and expertise on Home Decor help. Interior paint    french drain systems installed.      ing and wallpapering, specializevery surface of your home.      Foundations pointed and ing in faux finishes. Servicing the        Glowing testimonials and stuccoed. Free estimates. area over 12 years. Call Kendra  references.  now for a free estimate and dec(413)569-1611.

(413)374-5377.    Call Karen at: 413-454-4593 orating advice. (413)564-0223,         (413)626-8880.                              

WESTFIELD 1 bedroom, central location, parking for small car. No pets. $550/month utilities included. First, WESTFIELD: Very clean, 2nd last, security. (413)862-4006.

floor 4-room apartment. 2-bedroom; washer; refrigerator &

WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartstove. Private porch; nice large ments, $700-$800/month includes y a r d .

N o w A v a i lable. heat and hot water. Excellent size and $775/month. First/last months $. location. No dogs. Call weekdays 568-9601 (413)786-9884.

WESTFIELD. Kitchen, living Apartment & House room/bedroom. $575/month includes utilities. First, last, security. (413)568Sharing 3519.

SOUTHWICK: For Rent in privateCLASSIFIED home; 2nd floor. 1 Bedr o o mADVERTISINg ; Kitchenette. New everything. In-ground pool privileges. DEADLINES Includes heat, hot water and A/C. 1 person only. No pets.

Available October• 15th. $650 • Pennysaver p/month.

413-244-7652.

Wednesday by 5:00 p.m. Ask for Ronald.

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WESTFIELD: High School vicinity.(413)562-4181 7-Room, 3-Bedroom Ext. 118 House.

W/D hook-up, private yard, garage & lawn care. $1,500/mo. plus utilities. Call 562-3117

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LARGE FURNISHED ROOM. Parking, bus route, walking distance to all Office Space amenities. $120/weekly. Only responsible mature adult need apply.

(413)348-5070, W E S T F I (413)862-4522.

ELD 82 BROAD

STREET. 850sq.ft. 4 room office FOR suite available.

Utilities ROOM RENT on bus route, fully included.

Call (413)562-2295. furnished. $100/week.

Call (413)7319233.

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Land SMALL 2

SOUTHWICK bedroom house, all new. $900/month plus utilities. 100 yard walk to South Pond with MONTGOMERY, MA beach front rights. Call (413)525-1985.

Beautiful Mountain-top lot.

P a n o r aProperty m i c v i e w s .375 Fully Business cleared, de-stumped and LAST RETAIL SPACE in new market graded. Ready to build. place. 5 miles from Westfield in MontMinutes to Westfield. gomery. $400/month.

(413)977-6277.5.69 acres. Asking $150,000. Call (413)562-5736.

Homes For Sale 390 WESTFIELD. RECENTLY RENOVATED! 3 bedrooms, new roof, Homes hardwoodMobile floors. Central.

Corner lot. $190,000. For more information call (413)244-4703.

WESTFIELD, HAMPDEN

VILLAGE: 2 bedrooms, 410 14' x 67', Mobile Homes

new carpets, appliances,

WESTFIELD HAMPDEN covered patio; shed.Village. $49,900 $29,900. 2 bedroom, 14’x67’. New Call (413)593-9961. sink, floor, windows, appliances, shed.

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A1 ODD JOBS/HANDyMAN, Debris Removal, landscaping, spring yard clean-up, interiorJOBS/HANDYMAN. and exterior painting, A1 ODD power washing, basic carpentry and Debris removal, landscaping, plumbing. types of repair interior work andand springAll yard cleanup, more.

(413)562-7462. exterior painting, power wash-

ing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462.

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JIM'S TRACTORYour SERVICES. Advertise Grading & leveling of driveways & short roads, trap rock and/or gravel material. Mowing & maintenance of fields and lawn maintenance. Post hole digging.

Loader work & loam spread.

(413)569-6920, (413)530-5430.

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