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MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014

VOL. 83 NO. 93

Region sees hiring boost in key industries

Plastic amendment extrudes controversy

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD — Preliminary estimates show Massachusetts gained more than 8,000 jobs in March while the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent from 6.5 percent the previous month, according to the state office of Labor and Workforce Development Thursday.

The U.S. Labor Department had previously reported the national unemployment rate stood at 6.7 percent in March.

In addition to the estimated increase of 8,100 jobs in Massachusetts last month, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics also revised its February estimates to show a net gain of 5,500 jobs in February, up from the previous estimate of 3,800 jobs.

State officials are pointing to a net gain of 50,400 jobs in the past 12 months.

After remaining below the national unemployment rate for more than six years, the jobless rate in Massachusetts crept up to and surpassed the national rate in November, January and February. State officials said the increase might have been a reflection of more people feeling confident enough about the economy to re-enter the workforce.

Since November, the rate has fallen back from 7.1 percent to the 6.3 percent reported in March.

The unemployment rate and the overall jobs figures are calculated using two different surveys.

MassBenchmarks, a journal of the state’s economy published by the Donahue Institute at the University of Massachusetts, said in a February report that job growth in the state in 2013 appeared to have been stronger than the nation as a whole.

Skeptics in western Mass. view these numbers as somewhat skewed, believing many of the hires are being added by companies in technology fields located in greater Boston.

Jennifer Arenas, regional vice president of Robert Half, a New England-based, multi-national staffing agency with offices all over the U.S. and the globe, said there are several industries which are making comebacks in western Mass.

“In western Massachusetts, there has been a huge uptick in a variety of industries, from banking and consumer goods, to healthcare and manufacturing, and a lot of these opportunities are in professional positions,” she said. “Accounting and finance (positions), information technology, administrative support, and customer service.”

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Father-Son finale Dick Hoyt pushes his son Rick Hoyt, both former Westfield residents, center, as they compete in the wheelchair division of the 118th Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2014 in Hopkinton, Mass. They are competing in their 32nd Boston Marathon and have said this will be their last.

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Father and son Boston Marathon race team Dick Hoyt, right, and his son Rick Hoyt walk across the start line as they warm up before they run the 118th Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2014 in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

U.S. energy officials to review New England policy HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The top U.S. energy official is coming to New England to review the region’s energy problems.

Ernest Moniz, U.S. secretary of energy, is meeting Monday with state officials in Providence, R.I., and Hartford.

The federal review was ordered by President Barack Obama to develop a strategy for public works needed to transport, store and deliver energy to consumers. The meetings are open to

the public.

Federal and state energy officials say they’ll examine constraints in New England and regional approaches to solving the problems.

Officials said that during the severe winter natural gas prices soared to more than $120 per million British thermal units from about $5 in the summer. The spike was due to strong demand, a lack of pipeline systems, limited regional liquefied natural gas deliveries and inadequate storage.

By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The City Council is now considering amending the city ordinance to allow the manufacture of plastic products within the Industrial A zoning district.

The council, following a protracted discussion Thursday night, voted to close the public hearing and send the issue to the Zoning, Planning and Development Committee for further review.

Ward 6 Councilor Christopher Crean, who is sponsoring the proposed amendment, said the motion is intended “to limit the prohibition of plastic products in the Industrial A zone. As written now it is not an allowed use in Industrial A, but it is allowed in Business B zone with a special permit.”

Crean argued that the present ordinance prohibiting the manufacture of plastic will remain in place, but that the amendment would allow the manufacture of products from plastic pellets into a finished shape.

“Technology has progressed since the original ordinance was approved,” Crean said, adding that those advances in the plastic extrusion industry have addressed many of the concerns that led the City Council to adopt the early plastic prohibition three decades ago.

Crean also said the plastic industry is already heavily controlled by the deferral and state governments.

“The federal and state environmental agencies have rigid safety standards which a company has to comply with to protect the environmental and health of residents,” Crean said.

The discussion also included concerns similar to those expressed by the Planning Board in its recommendation to the City Council that would establish local control by making the manufacture of plastic products subject to a special permit review process.

The Planning Board initially considered sending a positive recommendation with no local control, but that motion failed by a 2-5 vote because of environmental concerns raised by several board members after hearing from four residents who spoke in opposition during the public hearing.

The second motion to send a positive recommendation included the requirement that there be a review and local control through a special permit process. That motion was approved by a vote of 6-1.

At-large Councilor David A. Flaherty supported the Planning Board’s recommendation.

“There should be local review,” Flaherty said. “This should not be a by-right use.”

Mary Ann Babinski, the only resident to speak in opposition, said there will be no “local See Plastic, Page 3

Arrests made, contraband seized in drug sweep

By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – City police have announced the conclusion of ‘Operation snow removal’ which has swept narcotics dealers from the city’s streets – or at least temporally interrupted the supply of illicit drugs to some city residents.

Capt. Michael McCabe reported Thursday that as a result of an almost year-long investigation led by the commander of the Eastern Hampden County Narcotics Task Force, Southwick Police Chief David Ricardi, “investigators arrested and charged 27 people for distribution of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, prescription pills and a firearm.”

He reported that as a result of five search warrants executed in the city, “over 500 bags of heroin, 125 grams of crack cocaine, 120 grams of cocaine, 2 ounces of marijuana, 8 marijuana plants, a variety of prescription pills and approximately $17,000 (were) seized.”

Many of the arrests had been deferred, McCabe said, so as not to prematurely alert the targets or jeopardize the undercover officers.

He said that, in many cases, arrests were made “on warrants, not on sight, to continue the investigation” and the warrants were not executed until the conclusion of the operation.

Eight warrants were executed and eight suspects were arrested by teams of city officers on Thursday.

Some warrants had been executed earlier and McCabe explained that “some were done

because opportunity knocked.”

The first of the warrants McCabe apparently referred to was executed March 12 when Edwin Rivera, 30, and Vanessa I. Fonseca, 31, were arrested after a motor vehicle stop.

Although most heroin used in the city is purchased in Holyoke, police have consistently reported, the duo had reportedly been retailing heroin in the city and had come to the attention of police repeatedly so the undercover officer who purchased heroin from them was in little jeopardy of being singled out as the customer responsible for their arrest.

Evidence seized, both at the traffic stop and during the subsequent warrant search at the Russell Road motel where they had been living, included 300 bags of heroin, ten oxycodone pills and more than $1,200 in cash which included pre-recorded bills which had been provided to an undercover officer who had reported purchasing heroin from Rivera.

Arraigned in Westfield District Court before Judge Philip Contant, Rivera was held when he did not post the $10,000 cash bail the judge required while Fonseca was released on $2,500 personal surety.

Another warrant executed in advance of the terminal sweep of offenders resulted in a raid on an apartment at Colonial Pine Acres, 50 Southampton Road, on April 8 when residents Luis D. Ortiz, 38, Maria M. Quinones, a.k.a.

Maria Ortiz, 41, and Rafael Ramos Jr., 41, were arrested.

An undercover officer had reported that all three had sold him cocaine and marijuana and Luis Ortiz had sold him a handgun and ammu-

nition.

Seized in the raid were quantities of cocaine and marijuana along with packaging materials, drug paraphernalia and three phones.

Officers report that drug dealers often use disposable cellphones for their ‘business’ calls so possession of multiple cellphones is a red flag for them.

The three were arraigned in Westfield District Court before judge Rita S. Koenigs on charges of possession and distribution of Class B and D drugs and Luis Ortiz was also charged with firearms offenses.

All three were held pending May 7 hearings, Luis Ortiz in lieu of $25,000 cash bail, Ramos in lieu of $20,000 cash bail and Quinones in lieu of $2,000 cash bail.

The next of the warrants resulting from the task force’s investigation yielded a wide variety of prescription pills on April 14 at Security Manor at 47 Broad Street.

Officers descended upon the apartment that Monday evening and found a safe.

A resident, Robert L. Heroux, 53, provided the combination and the investigating detectives found a wide variety of pills in the several pill bottles stored in the safe.

Although the drugs – oxycodone, methadone, amphetamine and clonazepam – had been prescribed for Heroux the detectives found wide discrepancies in the number of pills in the bottles compared to how many would have been there had he been taking the pills as prescribed since the prescriptions were filled.

Another resident, Laurie A. Roulliard, 51,

was found to be in possession of diazepam, which she had a prescription for, but far more pills were found to be missing that she could account for. A detective reported that a cooperating informant had reported buying diazepam from Heroux, who had no prescription for that drug.

Also found in the safe was a wallet which contained $1,645 in cash and a safe deposit box key.

Det. Sgt. Stephen K. Dickinson said that, after a search warrant was obtained, the box was opened and found to contain about $13,000 in cash which included pre-recorded banknotes which had been provided to an undercover operative who had purchased pills from Heroux.

Roulliard was arrested for possession of a Class C drug with intent to distribute as was Heroux who was also arrested of possession of a Class B drugs with intent to distribute.

When they were arraigned in district court, Heroux was held in lieu of $1,500 cash bail while Roulliard was released on $1,500 cash surety.

On Thursday, “Operation snow removal” came to a conclusion with a flurry of arrests.

Luis Santiago, 41, of 277 Suffolk St., Holyoke, came to a Springfield Road parking lot after an undercover officer arranged to buy a $100 quantity of crack cocaine from him there and was arrested. Charged with possession of a Class B drug for the crack cocaine he had with him, he was also arrested on the See Drug Sweep, Page 3

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Reach out and read Volunteer Dottie Funaro passes a basketball to Cole Davignon, a fourth grader in Sherri Collins’ classroom at Paper Mill School, after reading the class ‘Hoop Genius’, a book about the invention of basketball by James Naismith. Funaro was one of the volunteer readers helping with ‘Reach out and Read’, a semi-annual reading program sponsored by Volunteers in Public Schools of Westfield.

Funaro read four books to fourth and fifth graders at the school and the books were then donated to the school’s library. (Photo by Carl E. Hartdegen)

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When NY court named for ex-judge, another bristles FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York courthouse is being named for a recently retired judge, but another jurist is saying, “Objection!”

The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted Friday to name the county’s courthouse after recently retired state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Mercure, The Post-Star of Glens Falls (http://bit. ly/1hXBKtx ) reported Saturday.

But former Washington County Judge Philip Berke says that’s “a slap in the face” to other longtime judges in the area, the newspaper said.

“I’m pretty ticked off,” Berke told the Board of Supervisors on Friday. “This has taken a lot out of me.”

Berke said he wasn’t criticizing Mercure, but others also deserved recognition for their judicial careers.

Berke was forced to retire in 2006, when he hit a state mandatory retirement age for judges. His roughly four-decade career in criminal justice included serving as Washington County district attorney, Granville town justice and county judge, a post he held when the Washington County Courthouse was completed in 1993.

LOCAL LOTTERY Last night’s numbers

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, April 21, the 111th day of 2014. There are 254 days left in the year. n April 21, 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.

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In 1509, England’s King Henry VII died; he was succeeded by his 17-year-old son, Henry VIII.

In 1960, Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro.

In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. explored the surface of the moon.

In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly.

In 1980, Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon; however, she was later exposed as a fraud. (Canadian Jacqueline Gareau was named the actual winner of the women’s race.)

In 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence.

In 1989, the baseball fantasy “Field of Dreams,” starring Kevin Costner, was released by Universal Pictures.

In 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Conn., at age 74.

Five suicide attackers detonated car bombs against police buildings in Basra, Iraq, killing at least 74 people.

Mordechai Vanunu walked out of prison, 18 years after exposing Israel’s nuclear secrets. Karl Hass, a former Nazi officer convicted for the wartime massacre of 335 Italian civilians, died in a rest home near Rome, where he had been serving a life sentence under house arrest; he was 92. Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory died at age 85.

In 1914, U.S. military forces occupied the Mexican port of Veracruz at the order of President Woodrow Wilson; the occupation lasted until the following November.

In 1918, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the German ace known as the “Red Baron,” was killed in action during World War I. In 1930, a fire broke out inside the overcrowded Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, killing 332 inmates.

In 1955, the Jerome Lawrence-Robert Lee play “Inherit the Wind,” inspired by the Scopes trial of 1925, opened at the National Theatre in New York.

Ten years ago:

Five years ago: Calling on Americans to volunteer, President Barack Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill tripling the size of the AmeriCorps service program. The sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast was charged as an adult with piracy in federal court in New York. (A prosecutor said Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse had given wildly varying ages for himself before finally

admitting he was 18. Muse later pleaded guilty to hijacking, kidnapping and hostage-taking and was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison.)

One year ago: On the first Sunday since the deadly Boston Marathon bombing, churches paused to mourn the dead and console the survivors while in West, Texas, residents prayed for comfort four days after a fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people. In Britain, the London Marathon sent out a powerful message of solidarity with Boston and its victims as runners crossed the line in front of Buckingham Palace with black ribbons on their chests (Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia won the men’s race in 2:06:04). Joe Scarborough, a 50-year-old self-employed electrical contractor, rolled the first 900 series in Professional Bowlers Association history — three straight perfect games.

Today’s Birthdays: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is 88. Actress-comedianwriter Elaine May is 82. Actor Charles Grodin is 79. Actor Reni Santoni is 76. Singer-musician Iggy Pop is 67.

Actress Patti LuPone is 65. Actor Tony Danza is 63.

Actress Andie MacDowell is 56. Rock singer Robert Smith (The Cure) is 55. Rock musician Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) is 55. Actor John Cameron Mitchell is 51. Rapper Michael Franti (Spearhead) is 48. Actor Toby Stephens is 45. Rock singer-musician Glen Hansard (The Frames) is 44. Actor Rob Riggle is 44. Comedian Nicole Sullivan is 44. Football player-turned-actor Brian White is 41. Rock musician David Brenner (Theory of a Deadman) is 36. Actor James McAvoy is 35. NFL quarterback Tony Romo is 34. Actor Christoph (cq) Sanders is 26.

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Drug Sweep Continued from Page 1 prepared warrant for three charges of distribution of a Class B drug resulting form previous sales to an undercover officer.

He was arraigned before Contant Friday and was held in lieu of $5,000 in both cases pending a May 16 hearing Also arrested on Thursday were Megan A. Vanveldhuizen, 24, of 83 William, Street, and James M. Aliamo, Jr., 46, who allegedly supplied the cocaine and marijuana she is accused to selling to an undercover officer.

In a report filed in district court, Det. Timothy Grady documents surveillance of the undercover officer when he met with Vanveldhuizen to buy both cocaine and marijuana.

He reports that, although on two occasions the undercover officer bought marijuana directly from Vanveldhuizen, he documents three instances when the surveillance teams observed the undercover officer drive her to Alaimo’s home at of 25 ½ East Bartlett St. and wait before she returned to the car with the cocaine.

That pattern was also followed on one occasion when she allegedly offered, and subsequently sold, hashish to the undercover officer.

She was charged with four counts of

possession of a Class D drug with intent to distribute and five counts of possession of a Class B drug with intent to distribute.

Alaimo was charged with two counts of distribution of a Class B drug (subsequent offenses) and possession of a Class B drug with intent to distribute and thee counts of conspiracy to violate drug laws. He was held in lieu of $5,000 cash bail.

Others arrested as part of the sweep were charged with distribution of drugs after allegedly selling contraband to an undercover officer.

Three of those arrested live in Colonial Pine Acres where Luis Ortiz, Maria (Ortiz) Quinones and Rafael Ramos and, in two of those cases, surnames as well as addresses are repeated.

Jose J. Ramos, 26, allegedly sold contraband to an undercover officer and was arraigned for distribution of Class B and Class D drugs after his arrest Thursday.

Similarly, Jose L. Ortiz, 27, allegedly sold drugs twice to an undercover officer and arranged a third sale.

He was arraigned for distribution of Class A and B drugs after he was arrested.

Joseph S. Vazquez, another resident of Colonial Pine Acres, was arrested

Thursday and charged with distribution of a Class B drug after allegedly selling to the officer.

He, like Jose Ramos, was released on his personal recognizance pending hearings in June.

Jose Ortiz posted $200 cash bail and will return to court June 25.

Two other residents were also arrested Thursday, each accused of selling drugs once to an undercover officer.

Kenneth R. McCoubrey, 57, of 211 Little River Road, was released on $200 cash bail after his arraignment for distribution of a Class B drug.

Jyum Reed, 31, of 9 Morris St., was released on $2,500 cash surety after his arraignment on a charge of distribution of a Class A drug and will also return to court June 25.

One lingering arrest was made on Friday which was related to the task for investigation.

A warrant was executed to arrest Todd Skroczky, 47, also of 50 Southampton Road, who was charged with distribution of Class B and Class D drugs and also for conspiracy to violate drug laws.

After booking, Skroczky was released on bail from the police station and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Westfield District Court.

Government Meetings MONDAY, APRIL 21 PATRIOTs’ Day All city and municipal offices closed in observance of Patriots’ Day

TUESDAY, APRIL 22 WESTFIELD Cable Television Commission 7 p.m.

BLANDFORD Assessor’s Meeting 5:30 p.m.

Fire Department 6:30 p.m.

Selectmen 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 BLANDFORD Conservation Commission 6:30 p.m.

Finance Committee 7 p.m.

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Humason to Hold Public Office Hours

Plastic Continued from Page 1 voice” if the amendment is approved without a special permit requirement.

“Is there a public hearing requirement, a public hearing where our voice will be heard, where we can say ‘no’,” Babinski said. “The special permit (process) guarantees there will be a public hearing, gives regular citizens more input when (the Planning Board) addresses special permit conditions.”

“I’m not in favor of it as it’s written now,” Babinski said.

“You have three options, accept it as written, accept in as a special permit use or deny it.”

Flaherty said that what triggers a special permit review now is the size of the site, not the use.

“But is a facility already existed and they were just moving

into it? That would not trigger a special permit review,” Flaherty said.

Flaherty also questioned how much the proposed amendment can be changed in committee without requiring a second public hearing.

“If we send it to committee and it comes out with major changes, do we need to leave this hearing open to allow public comment on the changes?” Flaherty asked.

Flaherty made a motion to reconsider the motion to continue the hearing while the issue was under committee review. That motion was approved by an vote of 10-1.

Flaherty then made a motion to close the hearing and send the amendment to the Zoning, Planning and Development Committee. That motion was approved by a vote of 8-3.

Jobs Continued from Page 1 While the data and information available to her doesn’t drill all the way down to a Hampden County-level, Arenas states that companies are hiring and that the amount of candidates hasSarah? been decreasing.

Can You Help Sarah Seniors “As unemployment numbers go down, it’s now getting competitive within companies and the availability of Helps qualified candidates has been low,” she said. “When you look at trends in Massachusetts, theres been steady unemployment and numbers Can of people looking to retire.”

You Arenas added that, because companies have been running with lean staffing since the start of the economy’s downturn, they are now looking to hire multiple people at once, and that there has been movement among the ranks of the employed.Help “Retention is going to be a huge focus in 2014,” she said. “When companies look to hire, they’re postings stay upSarah? for 12-18 www.sarahgillett.org www.sarahgillett.org weeks on average. It’s getting harder for companies to hire fast.”

She also believes that the statewide market is going to pick up, and that companies looking to upgrade their technology, software, and streamlining processes will make the biggest splashes in hiring.

“Unfortunately, I don’t have a crystal ball, but we’re optimistic it will continue,” Arenas said. “The state as a whole has seen an ultimate high in it’s job count, and we’ve seen increases in just job postings alone, and the state should continue to see that.”

Republican Dinner SOUTHWICK - Please join us at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 872 at 151 Point Grove Road for our annual Southwick Republican Spaghetti Dinner on April 25 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. This event is open to the public and gives people an opportunity to meet and greet candidates running for office. Tickets are available at the Southwick Florist & Greenhouse. A donation of $10 per person or $25 per family is suggested. For more information please contact Bob Horacek at 569-3616.

Fox attacks 3 people in Chicopee CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — Police in Chicopee have shot and killed a fox that attacked an adult and two children over the weekend.

The fox’s carcass has been sent to s a state lab to be tested for rabies.

Meanwhile, the people attacked by the fox are being treated as a precaution.

Police say the fox attacked a woman late Saturday morning, then jumped in the back seat of a car and bit two children ages 7 months and 3 years.

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SOUTHWICK - Senator Don Humason of the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire District and his staff will hold public office hours at Southwick Town Hall between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and noon on Friday, April 25. The Town Hall is located at 454 College Highway and the Senator will be in Conference Room 2. There is ample parking behind the building and plenty of room for any who wish to meet with the Senator. All are welcome to come, visit, and share their thoughts or concerns on state matters with Senator Humason.

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Napster billionaire’s next mission: Conquer politics

By Alexander Burns and Alex Byers Politico.com These days — in the age of the super PAC and Citizens United — a campaign donor with a million dollars to spend isn’t cool.

You know what’s cool? A donor with a billion dollars.

By any standard, Sean Parker is a very cool donor indeed. And this year, the 34-year-old co-founder of Napster is poised to bring his considerable fortune into the political world with fresh intensity, retaining advisers to bring new focus and sophistication to his political enterprises and preparing to make a significant investment in the 2014 election cycle.

Known primarily as a bad-boy file-sharing guru and defined in the public mind by Justin Timberlake’s frenetic 2010 portrayal in “The Social Network” (“A million dollars isn’t cool,” Timberlake’s character memorably said) Parker has dabbled in the political world for half a decade now.

If the exact direction of Parker’s new push into politics is still taking shape, he is already working actively to build new and stronger political relationships. He has met privately in recent months with some starkly different politicians, huddling with both Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the libertarian-leaning GOP presidential hopeful, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the populist progressive Democrat. He is eyeing a range of 2014 elections to get involved in and has spoken with former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist about his party-switching comeback bid.

This week, Parker will co-host a San Francisco fundraiser for state Attorney General Kamala Harris, along with Silicon Valley super-elites such as Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, Laurene Powell Jobs and uber-investors Ron Conway, Marc Benioff and John Doerr.

On the operational side, Parker has hired Chris Garland, who recently stepped down as chief of staff to California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, to work in a political director role. The former Facebook president is conferring with national strategists about his political engagement. Among his advisers is Addisu Demissie, who managed New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s 2013 campaign and now heads up the West Coast office of the Messina Group, the consulting firm founded by President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign manager.

Parker’s allies say that his political goals remain broadly defined: Unlike other politically-inclined billionaires, such as the conservative Koch brothers and liberal environmentalist Tom Steyer, Parker hopes to avoid a purely partisan role as he ventures more deeply into politics.

Having donated almost exclusively to Democrats up to this point, Parker made a trip to Washington in December for the purpose of meeting quietly with Republican officeholders and strategists around town. He plans to donate to both sides starting this year, associates say, for the first time committing big sums to aid Republicans he views as credible deal-makers in a bitterly divided Congress.

There are specific issues Parker cares about, including immigration reform and investments in urban development and medical research. Like many in the tech world, he shares a set of liberal social values and, one Parker friend said, cares less about his personal tax rate than in making sure government operates efficiently.

At least for now, the Silicon Valley billionaire is primarily interested in fixing what he views as a broken political process, promoting voter engagement and supporting politicians who work across the aisle — all goals far easier to state than to accomplish.

Still, the decision to professionalize the political side of his operation, strategists say, is one Washington should take seriously.

“Sean Parker is the kind of person who, when passionate about an issue, jumps in with both feet,” said Alex Tourk, a Bay Area political strategist who advises Conway, the billionaire venture capitalist and Parker collaborator.

Ben Horowitz, the prominent Silicon Valley investor, shares that assessment of Parker: “He’s all in at a very, very intense level, at more hours of the day than most people are awake.”

“He’s got political views on various topics but his main agenda is sort of making democracy more modern, less corrupt,” Horowitz said.

Parker declined to comment for this story, and allies suggested he is reluctant to detail his plans at such an early stage.

It’s not just through contributions that Parker’s venturing into the world of politics. Last week, he joined Conway and Benioff in backing a new company, Brigade Media, with the general mission of creating tools that will enhance voter education and participation in government.

Operatives who have worked with Parker describe him as something of a wild card — both a news junkie who is earnestly passionate about politics, and an energetic entrepreneur juggling so many projects that it can be hard to keep politics in the foreground.

Parker has donated some $4 million to political enterprises, making big contributions to Obama 2012 and a seven-figure donation to the immigration reform group FWD.us. Parker gave a quarter-million dollars to Americans for Responsible Solutions, the gun regulation group founded by former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and another quarter-million to Friends of Democracy, a super PAC supportive of campaign finance reform.

“His philosophy is that he wants to engage with people of different backgrounds, politically, because he understands practically that’s how you’re going to get stuff done,” said one Parker associate, who sighed that the portrait of Parker in the Aaron Sorkin “film was a caricature.”

Horowitz agreed: “The Justin Timberlake character had very little to do with Sean Parker.”

“His personality is very pronounced,” Horowitz said, “but he gets See Politics, Page 8

The Americans are coming In Britain’s battle of the campaign consultants, it’s David Axelrod vs. Jim Messina.

By ALEX MASSIE Politico.com “The candidate is the message.” This, more than anything else, is the soundbite encapsulation of David Axelrod’s long and distinguished career as a political strategist and campaign consultant. It is an aphorism that will be tested like never before in Axelrod’s newest campaign. For Axelrod has hitched his (wellpaid) colors to the task of steering the Labour Party’s Ed Miliband to Downing Street.

The leader of Britain’s opposition has an image problem on a scale that dwarfs anything Axelrod endured with Barack Obama.

Without wishing to seem indelicate, Miliband’s problem is that he seems, well, a bit of a weirdo. Voters might agree with his analysis of Britain’s problems but they seem disinclined to trust Miliband to put matters to rights. He has never enjoyed Obamastyle approval ratings. Even though Labour still leads the polls – though its advantage is narrowing – Miliband’s personal approval ratings remain subterranean. One recent survey reported his net approval rating at -14, even worse than Prime Minister David Cameron’s -10 figure.

While it is just about plausible to imagine Miliband offering “change,” it is considerably more difficult to envisage him inspiring “hope.” He is too nebbish for that. The 44-year-old Miliband, who was elevated to the leadership on the back of labor union votes, is tougher than he looks – which is just as well – but not the kind of authority figure who instantly commands either respect or the benefit of the doubt. One recent poll claimed 41 percent of voters consider Miliband “weird.” He is seen, fairly or not, as the class swot who is bullied; the clever kid who gets sand kicked in his face on the beach. A wimp, and an odd one at that.

This is unfortunate, not least since his biography involves a story worth telling. His Jewish parents fled Nazi persecution and found safety in Britain, where his father joined the Royal Navy and saw some modest wartime service. In the United States this might be fodder for an inspirational hymn to the opportunities afforded by the American Dream – but in quieter, more modest, Britain such talk might be seen as undue bragging. It cuts less mustard.

Besides, Miliband’s father Ralph was a prominent Marxist intellectual and pillar of the radical left at the London School of Economics. Young Edward grew up in a left-wing salon that, to the extent such places can ever be considered fashionable, was tres à la mode in certain circles. Cameron, by contrast, is an impeccably connected scion of the British establishment. He is the most upper-class prime minister in half a century. In theory, Miliband should win the “battle of biography” but it is harder to present yourself as an outsider when you are an Oxford, LSE and Harvard man.

If the candidate matters more – or even as much as – the message then this is a fight the Tories will welcome. They are happy to see the 2015 election become a presidential-style contest between Cameron and Miliband. The Conservatives believe that despite Cameron’s status as a “toff” he comes across as phlegmatic, competent and reasonable. Miliband, they think, puts voters off. They do not see the Labour leader as “prime mnisterial” – a quality that, like pornography, is harder to define than recognize. If the election is a “likeability” or “who would you choose to have a pint with” contest, the Tories think they will win.

Though the comparison should not be taken too far there are shades, in this respect at least, of Bush vs. Gore here.

To borrow another American political analogy, the campaign will also be about the economy, stupid. Despite Labour’s overall lead in the polls, Cameron’s Conservatives enjoy an 18-point advantage on questions of economic credibility. With the economy recovering – growth this year is forecast to outstrip that of most comparable Western economies – the Tory message will be simple: Do you trust the party that helped fix the economy or the party that was in power when it was wrecked in 2008?

Labour’s strategy rests on the assertion, by no means unfounded, that the recovery was stalled by the Conservatives’ preference for austerity over stimulus. Miliband talks endlessly of a “cost of living crisis” afflicting the “squeezed middle” and his flagship policy is imposing a state-mandated freeze on fast-rising electricity prices charged by private power companies. (Skeptics might think this a time-limited means of combating a symptom more than it can be a cure for an underlying condition, but skeptics are told to shut up and concentrate on the bigger picture.)

Part of Axelrod’s mission will be to help sharpen Labour’s message. The party still lacks, in American parlance, a persuasive bumper-sticker slogan. A large part of Axelrod’s reputation was built on the notion he could “package” African-American candidates for white voters, and this has always struck me as something that demeaned both the candidate and the electorate but, perverse though it may seem, his challenge is to do something similar for Miliband. That is, he must sell a metropolitan policy wonk to suspicious suburban voters. The scale of the challenge is different than that Axelrod faced with Obama but so, frankly, is the scale of the candidate for whom he is working.

Further complicating Axelrod’s task is the fact his opponents can make a good guess at what Axelrod will do. Looking to the new world for their own inspiration, the Tories have hired Jim Messina to be their American guru. Obama’s 2012 campaign manager may be less well-known than Axelrod but he is hardly, if you will, chopped liver.

Messina vs. Axelrod is a delicious story, of course, but it is also telling that the Tories, for so long closely identified with the Republican Party, now look to Democrats, not Republicans, for advice. It was an open secret in London that many Tories wanted Obama to win in 2008 and 2012. The right wing of the modern Democratic Party has as much, and perhaps more, in common with Cameron’s brand of Conservatism as does the current GOP. The Republican brand remains toxic overseas.

Then again, British politics, like British soccer, is a marketplace to which all are welcome. Messina is a long-distance adviser to the Conservatives but the Tory election campaign will be driven by the Australian strategist Lynton Crosby, the man credited with chaperoning John Howard to four election victories Down Under. Crosby is renowned as a tough operator happiest when creating clear divides between candidates. The Tory campaign will endlessly repeat the mantra that Labour, in power from 1997-2010, failed to fix the roof when the sun was shining, leaving the Tories to do it while it was raining. Ed Miliband, we will be reminded, was part of that Labour government, which was in large part doomed by the 2008 financial crisis. The Tories will make much of Miliband’s role as a confidant of then-PM Gordon Brown.

And yet the more one ponders all this, the more one realizes that the “read across” from American to British politics usually obscures as much truth as it illuminates. In general, Britain does not suffer from the culture wars that so afflict or dominate American politics. Cameron’s Conservative-led coalition has championed – and made legal – gay marriage, for instance.

Wedge issues that inspire voters in the United States simply do not exist in socially liberal Britain. It is harder to slice and dice the electorate along demographic lines, too.

So what accounts for what one might dub the West Winging of Westminster? In part it is a tribute to the fact that American elections are conducted on such a grand – or grandiose – scale.

Everyone in British politics knew who David Axelrod was long before he was lured to help Labour. An astonishing number of people in Britain’s political and media elite have heard of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.

But Axelrod’s hiring reminds us of something else too. It demonstrates an enduring faith in the theory that behind-the-scenes Svengalis can influence or otherwise direct election outcomes.

The Great Men in our politics these days are not the fellows (and occasional woman) running for election but the strategists and consultants directing operations behind the curtain. These are the guys – and they are invariably guys – who own the patent to the “secret sauce” that wins elections. Fundamentals matter less than the spin put upon them. (But if you want spin put upon these things, it’s best to hire a foreigner. Britain, more than almost any other Western country, is open to business and indifferent to national origins. When the present government need a new governor for the Bank of England it hired Mark Carney, a Canadian.

Colonials, lapsed or current, still have a place in the Old Country.)

The Great Man theory of politics, of course, gets it backwards.

The post hoc proper hoc fallacy has been leveraged to great effect See Americans, Page 8

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NORTHAMPTON (AP) — Nineteen The Northwestern District Attorney’s This year’s take-back day is April 26. communities in western Massachusetts Office, Drug Enforcement Participating towns include will participate in National Prescription Administration, Hampshire and Franklin Northampton, Amherst, Belchertown, WESTFIELD Drug Take-Back Day, when people are sheriff’s departments, local police, pre- Easthampton, Granby, Hadley, Emergency Response and Crime Report asked to clean out their medicine cabi- vention coalitions and other partners Huntington, Southampton, South Hadley, Friday April 18, 2014 nets of unwanted and outdated prescrip- have collected more than seven tons of Ware, Williamsburg, Greenfield, 1:33 a.m.: disturbance, George Street, a caller reports neigh- tion drugs to help prevent misuse, diver- unwanted and outdated prescription Ashfield, Deerfield, Erving, Montague, bors are engaged in what appears to be a physical altercation, sion and abuse of the drugs. drugs since 2011.

Orange, Sunderland and Athol. the responding officer reports the relevant residents had been engaged in a verbal altercation in the presence of their children, a friend agreed to stay with the children while their parents left separately to calm down, the Department of Children and Families was advised of the disturbance the children had witnessed; 9:09 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Pontoosic Road, a radar mitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge Westfield District Court traffic enforcement officer reports he observed a vehicle operof unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle brought by Westfield Wednesday, April 16, 2014 ating at 48 mph in a 30 mph zone and stopped the van, a routine police and the charge was continued without a finding and disKelly M. Laplante, 28, of 74 Perry Circle, Chicopee, pleadcheck revealed that the operator’s license had been revoked, missed upon payment of fees and assessments totaling $100. ed guilty to charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, Janet L. Fong, 47, of 71 Woodmont St., was arrested for operatShe was found to be responsible for a charge of operating a operating an uninsured motor vehicle and operating a motor ing a motor vehicle with a license revoked as an habitual traffic motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker and was vehicle with suspended registration brought by State Police and offender and speeding, the vehicle was released to the regisassessed an additional $50. was fined $500.

She was assessed $50. tered owner when he came to the scene; Igor Y. Goretskiy, 30, of 145 Worthington St., Huntington, Kelly M. Gustafson, 29, of 50 Southampton Road, was 12:31 p.m.: breaking and entering, 379 Loomis St., a caller pleaded guilty to charges of assault with a dangerous weapon released on her personal recognizance pending a June 12 hearreports her son went to her house to care for her dog and found and disturbing the peace brought by Westfield police and was a male party there, the responding officer reports he found that ing after she was arraigned on a charge of violation of a harass- fined $550. ment prevention order brought by Westfield police. the man is the resident’s former boyfriend who previously lived Stepan N. Taushanzhi, 77, of 36 Ahrend Circle, saw two Michael J. Birdsall, 26, of 40 Orange St., was released on at the house but no longer has the right to be there, the man had charges of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years-ofhis personal recognizance pending a June 11 hearing after he left but apparently had made himself a drink and was cooking age ore older not prosecuted because, the prosecuting assistant something before he fled, nothing was found to be missing, a was arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle under district attorney reports, “The named victim does not wish to the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle criminal complaint was filed and the woman was advised of her proceed due to the stress and anxiety caused by the process.” and a marked lanes violation brought by Westfield police. protective order options; Brian Pease, 19, of 1 Westview Terrace, Easthampton, subBrandon T. Barber, 26, of 4 Spring St., saw charges of pos1:13 p.m.: illegal dumping, North Road, a caller reports illemitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings for charges session of a Class A drug and conspiracy to violate drug laws gal dumping on a dirt road, the responding officer reports matof operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs and tresses, an almost full drum of some kind of oily liquid and brought by Westfield police not prosecuted after Judge Philip negligent operation of a motor vehicle brought by State Police A. Contant allowed a defense motion to suppress evidence. other debris was found, the DPW was notified; Barrett R. Wadsworth, 49, of 229 Luce Road, Williamstown, and the charges were continued without a finding with proba4:33 p.m.: disturbance, Swiss Village Apartments, 82 S. submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a tion for one year. He was assessed $600, ordered to complete a Maple St., a caller reports a couple is arguing outside, a second charge of operating a motor vehicle without a license brought Driver Alcohol Education Program at a cost of $567.22 and his caller said that he had left the area after he was assaulted, the by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a license was suspended for 210 days. A charge of operating a responding officer reports a male party at the scene said that an finding with probation for three months. He was assessed $50 motor vehicle under the influence of liquor was not prosecuted, argument with his girlfriend’s son became physical before the and found to be not responsible for charges of operating an he was found to be responsible for a charge of speeding and not younger man left, the officer spoke with the other man who responsible for a marked lanes violation. unregistered motor vehicle and speeding. said that his mother and her boyfriend were arguing when he Jessica N. Smith, 26, of 15 Clark St., was released on her Victor Morales, 39, of 140 Union St., was released on his attempted to intervene and he was assaulted, both men were personal recognizance pending a May 8 hearing after she was personal recognizance pending a June 5 hearing after he was advised that they could seek a criminal complaint at Westfield arraigned on a charge of disorderly conduct brought by arraigned on charges of uttering a false check and attempting to District Court if they chose to; commit a crime brought by Westfield police.

5:42 p.m.: assist other agency, Colonial Pine Acres, 50 Westfield police.

Adrian Zayas, 35, of 47 Broad St., was released on his perMegan E. Pianki, 29, of 7 Lakeshore Drive, Southwick, saw Southampton Road, officers detailed to serve an outstanding sonal recognizance pending a June 13 hearing after he was a charge of operating an uninsured motor vehicle brought by warrant report the subject of the warrant was found at his home, arraigned on a charge of larceny of property valued more than Todd Skroczky, 43, of 50 Southampton Road, was arrested on Westfield police dismissed upon payment of court costs of $250 brought by Westfield police. $100.

She was found to be not responsible for a charge of operthe warrant, see story in the Monday edition of The Westfield Teresa Anna Marie Libian, 22, of 9 Feeding Hills Road, ating an unregistered motor vehicle. - See more at: http://thewNews; Southwick, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty estfieldnews.com/court-log-april-16-2014#sthash.wOsujNp8.

7:53 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a profesfinding for a number plate violation to conceal identification sional office reports a terminated employee will not return keys dpuf brought by Southwick police and the charge was continued Thursday, April 17, 2014 to the building, the responding officer reports he spoke with the without a finding with probation for three months. She was Melissa L. Trudell, 38, of 30 Summer St., was held in lieu of woman who said that she has had some personal issues and did assessed $50 and found to be responsible for a charge of operat$50 cash bail after she was arraigned on charges of uttering a not know she had been terminated, the woman surrendered the false check and larceny of property valued more than $250 ing an unregistered motor vehicle and a motor vehicle lights relevant keys; violation. In a second case also brought by Southwick police, 8:04 p.m.: Great River Bridge southbound span, North Elm brought by Westfield police.

Libian pleaded guilty to a charge of operating an unregistered Pamela St. Sauveur, 46, of 62 Lakeview St., Southwick, Street, a caller reports several persons have a bonfire burning, motor vehicle and was fined $500. She was also found to be submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a the responding officer reports he found an unattended tiny pile responsible for a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a charge of leaving the scene of a property damage accident of burning sticks had been extinguished prior to his arrival; valid inspection sticker. In a third case brought by State Police, brought by Granville police and the charge was continued with10:13 p.m.: disturbance, Arnold Street, a caller reports a Libian submitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings out a finding with probation for one year.

She was assessed $50. fight inside an Arnold Street bar, the responding officer reports for charges of operating a motor vehicle with suspended regisBrian R. Giusti, 45, of 40 Middlefield Road, Chester, saw a a male party said that he had been at the bar when an unknown tration and operating an uninsured motor vehicle and the charge of assault and battery brought by State Police dismissed man approached and punched his face, the victim said that he charges were continued without a finding with probation for at the request of the victim. does not know his assailant but has a history with one of the three months.

Steven C. Sweeney, 34, of 26 Harvard St., Chicopee, pleaded persons with whom he left, the officer reports security video Friday, April 18, 2014 guilty to two charges of shoplifting by asportation brought as will be reviewed and the investigation will continue.

Joshua F. Spear, 34, of 126 Union St., saw a charge of separate cases by Westfield police and in each case was sentenced to a six month term in the house of correction to be assault and battery dismissed at the request of the named vicserved concurrently with a sentence imposed for another tim.

Philip J. Johnson, 23, of 20 Evergreen Drive, was released IN BRIEF offense.

Gavin Grabowski, 18, of 183 Berkshire Ave., Southwick, on his personal recognizance pending a July 9 hearing after he submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a was arraigned on charges of speeding, leaving the scene of a Lunchtime Concert charge of assault and battery on a police officer brought by property damage accident, and a marked lanes violation WESTFIELD - Join us at the Westfield Athenaeum on May Southwick police and the charge was continued without a find- brought by Westfield police.

Christopher A. Bussolari, 18, of 21 Paul Revere Drive, 1 at noon for another performance in our first Thursday’s ing with probation for one year. He was assessed $50 and lunchtime concerts series. One of the premier auto-harpists in ordered to pay $200 in restitution. In a second case brought by Agawam, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty findthe world, Adam Miller is a renowned American folksinger and Southwick police, Grabowski submitted to facts sufficient to ing for a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended natural-born storyteller. An accomplished folklorist, historian, warrant guilty findings for charges of threatening to commit a license brought by State Police and the charge was continued musicologist, and song-collector, he has amassed a remarkable crime and assault with a dangerous weapon and those charges without a finding with probation for three months. He was repertoire of over 5,000 songs and is a performer who appeals were also continued without a finding with probation for one assessed $50, found to be not responsible for charges of operating a motor vehicle without a license in his possession and to audiences of all ages. As always, Soup’s On will be offering year. He was assessed an additional $90. lunch beginning at 11:15 a.m. Bring your own or buy lunch at Benjamin A. Lishness, 25, of 16 Shaggbark Drive, Southwick, being a person younger than the legal drinking age in possesthe Athenaeum! This program is free and all are welcome. saw charges of assault with intent to commit a felony and assault sion of liquor.

Gloria P. Dandeneau, 52, of 918 Granville Road, was held Please call the library for more information, (413) 562-0638. and battery brought by Southwick police not prosecuted after the Commonwealth was unable to contact and consult the without right to bail pending a pre-trial detention hearing after she was arraigned on a charge of arson of a dwelling house named victim.

Nature Workshops Naomi L. Olivero, 30, of no fixed address in Westfield, sub- brought by Westfield police.

WESTFIELD - In a collaborative effort between Stanley Park, Westfield State University, and the Greater Westfield Community, nine Nature Workshops will be conducted in the Preschool Screening Wildlife Sanctuary at Stanley Park. The next workshops will be HUNTINGTON - A free, developmental screening for young on May 3 join Kathy Conway in “Finding Birds in the Woods” children will be held at Littleville Elementary School on May 20 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and “Sensing Nature” with Arthur from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Screenings are by appointment only and O’Leary from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. For further information on the will take approximately one hour. Preschool screenings are given to Nature Workshop program, please go to www.stanleypark.org identify any concerns that parents might have about their child’s or call the park office at (413) 568-9312. development. Screenings include a brief check of skills in the following areas: cognitive/thinking skills, speech and language skills, fine and gross motor skills, and social/emotional skills. If an area of New Location for Springfield Walk concern is identified during the screening, the preschool staff will WESTFIELD - After nearly 20 years at Forest Park, Walk discuss their concerns with parents and recommend possible next MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Springfield is moving to Stanley Park steps. Any child age three (by May 20) to five who will not be in Westfield. Participants will be able to enjoy a fun, 5-mile entering Kindergarten in September, may attend. The screening is spring walk, while raising much needed funds for the National for children who live in the Gateway hilltowns. Parents wishing to Multiple Sclerosis Society. The walk is on Sunday, May 4. The make an appointment for this one-hour screening may contact start time will be 10 a.m. Connect and become more powerful Karen Malinowski at 413-685-1017 or by email at kmalinowski@ grsd.org. than multiple sclerosis. Sign up at walkMSgne.org.

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High court to hear dispute about TV over Internet WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty years after failing to convince the Supreme Court of the threat posed by home video recordings, big media companies are back and now trying to rein in another technological innovation they say threatens their financial well-being.

The battle has moved out of viewers’ living rooms, where Americans once marveled at their ability to pop a cassette into a recorder and capture their favorite programs or the sporting event they wouldn’t be home to see.

Now the entertainment conglomerates that own U.S. television networks are waging a legal fight, culminating in Tuesday’s Supreme Court argument against a startup business that uses Internet-based technology to give subscribers the ability to watch programs anywhere they can take portable devices.

The source of the companies’ worry is Aereo Inc., which takes free television signals from the airwaves and sends them over the Internet to paying subscribers in 11 cities.

Aereo, backed by billionaire Barry Diller, has plans to more than double that total.

Broadcasters including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS have sued Aereo for copyright infringement, saying Aereo should pay for redistributing the programming the same way cable and satellite systems do.

The U.S. networks increasingly are reliant on these retransmission fees, estimated at $3.3 billion last year and going up to more than $7 billion by 2018, according to research by SNL Kagan, which analyzes media and communications trends. They fear that they will lose some of that money if the Supreme Court rules for Aereo.

Aereo’s service starts at $8 a month and is available in New York, Boston, Houston and Atlanta, among others.

Subscribers get about two dozen local over-the-air stations, plus the Bloomberg TV financial channel.

In the New York market, Aereo has a data center in Brooklyn with thousands of dime-size antennas. When a subscriber wants to watch a

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This Jan. 9, 2009, file photo shows equipment inside a pilot plant in Scotland, S.D., that turns corn cob into cellulosic ethanol, a precursor to a commercial-scale biorefinery planned for Emmetsburg, Iowa. Biofuels made from corn leftovers after harvest are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, challenging the Obama administration’s conclusions that they are a cleaner oil alternative from the start and will help climate change. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers, File)

Study: Fuels from corn waste not better than gas

By DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration’s conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat climate change.

A $500,000 study paid for by the federal government and released Sunday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that biofuels made with corn residue release 7 percent more greenhouse gases in the early years compared with conventional gasoline.

While biofuels are better in the long run, the study says they won’t meet a standard set in a 2007 energy law to qualify as renewable fuel.

The conclusions deal a blow to what are known as cellulosic biofuels, which have received more than a billion dollars in federal support but have struggled to meet volume targets mandated by law. About half of the initial market in cellulosics is expected to be derived from corn residue.

The biofuel industry and administration officials immediately criticized the research as flawed. They said it was too simplistic in its analysis of carbon loss from soil, which can vary over a single field, and vastly overestimated how much residue farmers actually would remove once the market gets underway.

“The core analysis depicts an extreme scenario that no responsible farmer or business would ever employ because it would ruin both the land and the long-term supply of feedstock. It makes no agronomic or business sense,” said Jan Koninckx, global business director for biorefineries at DuPont.

Later this year the company is scheduled to finish a $200 million-plus facility in Nevada, Iowa, that will produce 30 million

gallons of cellulosic ethanol using corn residue from nearby farms. An assessment paid for by DuPont said that the ethanol it will produce there could be more than 100 percent better than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

The research is among the first to attempt to quantify, over 12 Corn Belt states, how much carbon is lost to the atmosphere when the stalks, leaves and cobs that make up residue are removed and used to make biofuel, instead of left to naturally replenish the soil with carbon. The study found that regardless of how much corn residue is taken off the field, the process contributes to global warming.

“I knew this research would be contentious,” said Adam Liska, the lead author and an assistant professor of biological systems engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “I’m amazed it has not come out more solidly until now.”

The Environmental Protection Agency’s own analysis, which assumed about half of corn residue would be removed from fields, found that fuel made from corn residue, also known as stover, would meet the standard in the energy law. That standard requires cellulosic biofuels to release 60 percent less carbon pollution than gasoline.

Cellulosic biofuels that don’t meet that threshold could be almost impossible to make and sell. Producers wouldn’t earn the $1 per gallon subsidy they need to make these expensive fuels and still make a profit. Refiners would shun the fuels because they wouldn’t meet their legal obligation to use minimum amounts of next-generation biofuels.

EPA spokeswoman Liz Purchia said in a statement that the study “does not provide useful information relevant to the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from corn stover ethanol.”

But an AP investigation last year found See Biofuels, Page 7

WESTFIELD, MA- The Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Daniel Knapik would like to invite you to his May Coffee Hour to be hosted by Westfield Gas & Electric.

This event will be held on Monday, May 5, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. at 40 Turnpike Industrial Road, Westfield, MA. The Mayor would like your participation in the upcoming Coffee Hour by submitting any questions, concerns, or ideas for discussion. He will also provide any updates or news about our great City. The Westfield G&E also invites you to join them for a company tour immediately following the coffee hour.

To register please call Pam Bussell at the Chamber office at (413) 568-1618 or email info@westfieldbiz.org. The coffee hour is free and open to the public.

May After 5 Connection Hosted by: Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation WESTFIELD, MA- The Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce’s May After 5 Connection will be held on Wednesday, May 14th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

This networking event is hosted by Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation located at 42 Water Street, Granville, MA. Come take advantage of this great networking opportunity and remember to bring your business cards. Admission is $10 for Chamber members and $15 cash for general admission. There will be complimentary hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be available. Walk-ins are welcomed!

The Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce includes Blandford, Chester, Granville, Huntington, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield, and Woronoco. We are very excited to have a Granville member host our After 5 Connection event. NCCHP will also provide an opportunity to see their historic drum museum.

If you have any questions or would like to register please contact Pam Bussell by Monday, May 5th at 413-568-1618 or email info@westfieldbiz.org.

Remember your first “After “5 is always complimentary!

Documents detail another delayed GM recall

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors waited years to recall nearly 335,000 Saturn Ions for power steering failures despite getting thousands of consumer complaints and more than 30,000 warranty repair claims, according to government documents released Saturday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the government’s auto safety watchdog, also didn’t seek a recall of the compact car from the 2004 through 2007 model years even though it opened an investigation more than two See GM Recall, Page 7

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Hampden Bank receives Best Overall Performance Award SPRINGFIELD — Hampden Bank recently received an award for Best Overall Performance by a bank from the MassHousing agency. This recognition, reserved for those Massachusetts banks dedicated to providing loans to low-income borrowers, was recently presented at the annual MassHousing awards ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hampden Bank also received recognition in several other categories, including top producer, most loans made to low-income borrowers, second most loans in Hampden County and second most loans to minority borrowers statewide.

Lisa Mish one of Hampden Bank‘s mortgage loan originators, was also recognized as the “Top Loan Originator Statewide.” Mish has been a mortgage loan originator with the Bank since 2007. She is currently a board member of the Western Massachusetts Homebuilder’s Association; she sits on several Realtor Association committees and was the past-president of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Western Massachusetts.

“We are especially proud of this recognition in that it confirms what we have always believed -- that our dedicated employees care about people and the communities in which they serve”, said Glenn S. Welch,

President & CEO of Hampden Bank.

“We are also extremely proud of Lisa Mish. She is truly deserving of this recognition”, Welch went on to say.

MassHousing was created by an act of the Massachusetts Legislature in 1966 as an independent public authority charged with increasing affordable rental and for-sale housing in Massachusetts. Since making its first loan in 1970, the Agency has provided more than $16 billion in financing for the construction and preservation of affordable rental housing, and for affordable loan products for homebuyers and homeowners. MassHousing is a self-sustaining agency and does not use taxpayer dollars in its programs.

About Hampden Bank Since1852 Hampden Bank has been “brightening the days’ of its customers. A local community bank serving the families and businesses throughout Hampden County, Hampden Bank has ten branch locations in Springfield, Agawam, Longmeadow, West Springfield, Wilbraham, Indian Orchard and Tower Square in downtown Springfield. In addition to offering the most up-to-date banking services, Hampden Bank also offers clients a full array of insurance and financial products through its subsidiary Hampden Financial.

Representatives from Hampden Bank accept their awards from the MassHousing agency. L to R: Thomas R. Gleason, Executive Director of MassHousing, Rosemary Morin, Vice President, Lisa Mish, Mortgage Loan Originator and Robert J. Michel, Senior Vice President Retail & Mortgage Lending.

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PeoplesBank announces key promotions

Katherine A. St. Mary

HOLYOKE — PeoplesBank has announced the promotion of Katherine A. St. Mary to Vice President Consumer Lending.

Ms. St. Mary possesses more than 30 years of banking and financial experience. She joined the bank in 2005 as a Residential Mortgage Underwriter.

A resident of Westfield, Ms. St. Mary holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from American International College and an Associate of Science from Holyoke Community College. She also graduated from the Massachusetts School for Financial Studies at Babson College.

PeoplesBank has announced the promotion of Annmarie Hurley to Accounting Officer. Ms. Hurley possesses more than 20 years of banking and financial experience. Ms. Hurley joined the bank in 1993 and most recently held the position of Senior Staff Accountant.

A resident of Russell, Ms. Hurley holds a Bachelor’s degree from Westfield State University.

About PeoplesBank PeoplesBank is a leader in innovation, corporate responsibility, environmental sustainability, and employee engagement. Our three LEEDR registered offices are environmentally friendly and we have financed more than $70 million in wind, hydroelectric and solar energy projects.

As the largest community bank in the market, we have a unique ability to help the communities we serve through volunteer efforts and millions of dollars in donations to charitable and civic causes. Our employees devote an average of 6,000 hours to volunteer work each year and 48 of the bank’s officers serve on the board of directors and committees of 115 area nonprofit organizations.

Annmarie Hurley

Tech Foundry Seeks Applicants for Inaugural Class SPRINGFIELD — On April 23, Tech Foundry will be holding an open house for teachers, students and volunteers at their new headquarters on 1391 Main St. Founded by Paragus IT CEO Delcie Bean, Tech Foundry is a nonprofit education and job placement program for high school students looking to work in the world of informational technology. With partners such as Mass Mutual, UMass and Baystate Health, Tech Foundry has raised nearly $450,000 to get started.

In the near term, the program seeks to educate ambitious local students in order to create a homegrown workforce for the many area businesses looking for tech professionals.

Upon completing the program and graduating high school, the goal is to place students in an entry-level IT job in the $30,000- $40,000 range.

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In the long term, Tech Foundry aims to turn Western Massachusetts into a technology hub, attracting companies like Amazon and Google to open satellite offices the area.

Tech Foundry is looking for their first team of 25 exceptional students who will be graduating high school in 2015. They are aiming to have a class of 50% female students, so young women are strongly encouraged to apply. The program is free and will run from the beginning of the summer through the next school year. The training will focus on information technology, business skills and professional conduct and will take place primarily through project work and internships.

The open house for students, teachers and volunteers will take place on Wednesday, April 23 at 5:30 p.m. at Tech Foundry headquarters on the 9th floor of 1391 Main Street.

The press is welcome to attend.

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years ago and found 12 crashes and two injuries caused by the problem.

The documents, posted on the agency’s website, show yet another delay by GM in recalling unsafe vehicles and point to another example of government safety regulators reacting slowly to a safety problem despite being alerted by consumers and through warranty data submitted by the company.

A recall can be initiated by an automaker or demanded by the government.

Both GM and NHTSA have been criticized by safety advocates and lawmakers for their slow responses to a deadly ignition switch problem in 2.6 million GM small cars. GM admitted knowing about the problem for more than a decade, yet didn’t start recalling the cars until February. The company says it knows of 13 deaths in crashes linked to the ignition switches, but family members of crash victims say the number is much higher.

The Ion was one of a few GM cars included in a March 31 recall of 1.5 million vehicles worldwide to replace the power steering motors; the recall also covered some older Saturn Auras, Pontiac G6s and Chevrolet Malibus. If cars lose power steering, they can still be steered, but with much greater effort.

Drivers can be surprised by the problem and lose control of the cars and crash.

In a statement issued Saturday, GM admitted that it didn’t do enough to take care of the power steering problem.

NHTSA closed its investigation into the Ion because GM had decided to recall the cars, according to the documents released Saturday.

“This raises more troubling concerns about GM’s and NHTSA’s actions as well as questions about whether NHTSA has the capability to effectively do its job,” said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. “I intend to aggressively pursue these issues as our congressional investigation into GM and NHTSA continues.”

DeGette was a ranking member of a House subcommittee that grilled GM CEO Mary Barra earlier this month during a hearing on the ignition switch problems.

NHTSA said Saturday it was “actively working to bring this investigation to a resolution” when GM issued the recall.

“Over the past ten years, NHTSA defect investigations resulted in 1,299 recalls involving more than 95 million vehicles and items of motor vehicle equipment, which has helped us reduce vehicle fatalities to historic, all-time lows,” the agency said in an emailed state-

ment.

The number of complaints and claims with the power steering issue appears to be high when compared with other recent recalls that were preceded by NHTSA investigations. In March, three recalls — none of which were GM vehicles — were issued after two or fewer complaints. There were 29 warranty claims in one case, 263 in another and none in the third investigation. All three cases covered fewer vehicles than the Ion recall.

A search of the agency’s database records shows that Ion owners started complaining about power steering failures as early as June 2004, and the first injury accident was reported to NHTSA in May 2007. The owner of a 2004 Ion reported driving 25 mph and tried to turn the steering wheel, but it locked, and the car crashed into a tree.

“Saturn stated the vehicle is not a defect,” the complaint said.

Another driver who filed a complaint in July 2010 said that one evening, “midway around a bend, my vehicle’s electric power steering went out and straightened my wheel, putting me into oncoming traffic.”

“I could have died and killed another driver,” said that person, who also owned a 2004 Saturn Ion. The government does not identify people who file complaints with NHTSA. Some of the people who complained about the Ion power steering found on the Internet that GM had recalled the Chevrolet Cobalt for the same problem in 2010. The Cobalt is nearly identical to the Ion. “Very disturbed that the Cobalt was recalled for this problem and not the Saturn,” one owner wrote in 2010. “Makes no sense since the power steering is the same in both vehicles.”

GM spokesman Greg Martin wouldn’t comment directly on the Ion power steering Saturday, but pointed out a quote from the company’s new global safety chief Jeff Boyer when GM issued the power steering recall.

“We have recalled some of these vehicles before for the same issue and offered extended warranties on others, but we did not do enough,” Boyer said in March. “With these safety recalls and lifetime warranties, we are going after every car that might have this problem, and we are going to make it right.”

Martin also said GM has created a team that includes safety in the company’s product development.

This Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006 photo shows unsold 2006 Ion coupes outside a Saturn dealership in the south Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch, Colo. According to government documents released Saturday, April 19, 2014, General Motors waited years to recall nearly 335,000 small cars for power steering failures despite getting thousands of consumer complaints and more than 30,000 warranty repair claims. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the government’s auto safety watchdog, didn’t seek a recall of the Saturn Ion compact car from the 2004 through 2007 model years even though it opened an investigation more than two years ago, and even though it found 12 crashes and two injuries caused by the problem.

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This undated combo photo, provided by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, shows corn residue after grain harvest, left, adjacent to a field section where corn residue was baled and removed after grain harvest in Jefferson County, Neb. Biofuels made from corn leftovers after harvest are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, challenging the Obama administration’s conclusions that they are a cleaner oil alternative from the start and will help climate change. (AP Photo/The University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

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that the EPA’s analysis of corn-based ethanol failed to predict the environmental consequences accurately.

The departments of Agriculture and Energy have initiated programs with farmers to make sure residue is harvested sustainably. For instance, farmers will not receive any federal assistance for conservation programs if too much corn residue is removed.

A peer-reviewed study performed at the Energy Department’s Argonne National Laboratory in 2012 found that biofuels made with corn residue were 95 percent better than gasoline in greenhouse gas emissions. That study assumed some of the residue harvested would replace power produced from coal, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s unclear whether future biorefineries would do that.

Liska agrees that using some of the residue to make electricity, or planting cover crops,

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would reduce carbon emissions. But he did not include those in his computer simulation.

Still, corn residue is likely to be a big source early on for cellulosic biofuels, which have struggled to reach commercial scale. Last year, for the fifth time, the EPA proposed reducing the amount required by law. It set a target of 17 million gallons for 2014. The law envisioned 1.75 billion gallons being produced this year.

“The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,” which puts it in the same boat as corn-based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels’ emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

Tilman said it was the best study on the issue he has seen so far.

Continued from Page 6 The broadcasters told the court that Aereo’s show live or record it, the company temporarily assigns him an antenna and transmits “competitors pay for the rights to retransmit the program over the Internet to the subscrib- ‘live TV’ to the public — as they must to er’s laptop, tablet, smartphone or other device. avoid liability for copyright infringement — The antenna is only used by one subscriber while Aereo does not.”

The federal appeals court in New York ruled at a time, and Aereo says that’s much like the situation at home, where a viewer uses a per- that Aereo did not violate the copyrights of sonal antenna to watch over-the-air broadcasts broadcasters with its service, but a similar for free. service has been blocked by judges in Los “Aereo is in some ways novel, but it is also Angeles and Washington, D.C. among a host of technologies that uses the The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Internet to offer consumers the ability to do its ruling stemmed from a 2008 decision in what they always have more cheaply and con- which it held that Cablevision Systems Corp. veniently,” the Dish Network and Echostar could offer a remote digital video recording Technologies said in a supporting legal brief service without paying additional licensing filed in the Supreme Court. fees to broadcasters because each playback But the broadcasters and their backers argue transmission was made to a single subscriber that Aereo’s competitive advantage lies not in using a single unique copy produced by that its product, but in avoiding paying for it. subscriber. The Supreme Court declined to “Aereo is simply a blatant free rider trying hear the appeal from movie studios, TV netto make a quick buck without paying anything works and cable TV channels. toward the true costs of what it misappropriates,” Time Warner Inc. said in a court filing.

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Obituaries Bertha E. Hebert WESTFIELD - Bertha Evelyn (Bury) Hebert, age 91, of this city, passed away peacefully at home on April 17, 2014 with her loving family at her side. Born in Chicopee on December 11, 1922, she grew up and attended schools there.

As a young woman she was employed by F. W. Sickles Company in Chicopee before marrying William G. Hebert in June of 1944 with whom she had four children. They made their home in Chicopee for more than thirty years. She was a stay at home mother and after sending her well-prepared children into the world, she joined Albert Steiger Company for fifteen years. After retiring in 1986, she and Bill retired to Westfield where they spent another thirty years.

She loved spending time with her four children, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren, with another on the way, and many nieces and nephews. She also loved watching movies with Bill, playing cards with family and friends, and donating to Connecticut’s two casinos.

Her passion was cooking and baking. She also enjoyed sewing, making many of her own clothes.

She will be deeply missed by her loving husband of nearly 70 years; their children, Thomas and his wife Eleanor of East Windsor, Connecticut, Elaine Prisby and her husband Henry of Surfside Beach, South Carolina, Jeffrey and his wife Linda of Stratham, New Hampshire, and Marianne Kochanek and her husband Andrew of Suffield, Connecticut; their grandchildren, Scott, Jay, Chris, Amy, Matt, Ken and Lauren; their great-grandchildren; Lily, Ruby, Giana, Brady, Sam, Grace, Felicity and Pheona; her sister, Emily Brown of Sixteen Acres and brother, Frederick of Las Vegas, Nevada; and special friends Wanda and Jane. Bertha was predeceased by her parents, Frank and Tekla; by her brother, Edward, and her sister, Esther. Bertha was a devoted communicant at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish in Westfield.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 23rd at 9:00 a.m. at the Southwick-Forastiere Funeral Home, 624 College Highway, Southwick, MA followed by a funeral mass at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery also in Westfield. There are no calling hours.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, 127 Holyoke Road, Westfield, MA 01085. www.forastierefuneralhome.com

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In the Aereo case, a dissenting judge said his court’s decision would eviscerate copyright law.

Judge Denny Chin called Aereo’s setup a sham and said the individual antennas are a “Rube Goldberg-like contrivance” — an overly complicated device that accomplishes a simple task in a confusing way — that exists for the sole purpose of evading copyright law.

The Obama administration, artists, actors, Major League Baseball and the National Football League all support the broadcasters. But the administration and computer software and telecommunications groups are urging the court to avoid a broad ruling in favor of copyright protection that could call into question the rapidly evolving world of cloud computing, which gives users access to a vast online computer network that stores and processes information.

Smaller cable companies, independent broadcasters and consumer groups are backing Aereo.

FM radio and cable TV were initially derided as unnecessary, inefficient or just bizarre, said the digital civil liberties watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation. In a legal filing joined by other public interest groups and the consumer electronics trade association, the group said the justices should not become regulators of technology and “the court should not attempt to predict the future of television.”

The entertainment industry has changed dramatically since the high court ruled in favor of home video recording in 1984 in a 5-4 decision. Then, Sony was the maker of the Betamax recorder and Universal City Studios and Walt Disney Productions were arguing for protection under copyright law.

Now, Disney owns ABC and cable giant Comcast owns NBC and Universal.

The case is ABC v. Aereo, 13-461.

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Fort Meadow Open House WESTFIELD - Is your child entering preschool soon? Please come to Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center’s Open House on May 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.to learn about our school and all that we have to offer children ages 3-5! No registration is needed. Located on 35 White Street.

Grandmother’s Garden Tour WESTFIELD - The 16th Annual Grandmother’s Garden Tour will showcase six private gardens open to the public June 14 and June 15. The public is invited to Honey Pot Road in Southwick June 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the annual Garden Party and Silent Auction for which tickets must be purchased in advance. Events include Music

by Curran & Company and guests will stroll through perennial borders and gentle woodlands enjoying friendship, conversation and gourmet summer refreshment. For more information on tickets for wither of the above mentioned events, contact Sandy or Bob Watkins at 5695562 or Bernadette Toomey at 562-9494.

Mohegan Sun Casino Trip SOUTHWICK - Southwick Senior Center is hosting a trip on Monday, April 28 to Mohegan Sun. The cost is $19 per person. We will leave the center at 8 a.m. and leave the casino at 3:30 p.m. The price is $15 for slot play and $15 for a voucher good for or toward lunch at any restaurant. Come into the office to sign up or call at 569-5498.

SOUTHWICK - We are pleased to announce the opening of the Southwick Public Library’s Teen Poetry Contest.

Poems may be dropped off at the Reference Desk anytime before April 30. A copy of the rules may be picked-up at the library’s Reference Desk or you may us the online link at www.southwickma.org/library. Teens search your collection of poems you have written or pick-up a pencil or pen or start using your computer keyboard and create a new one.

Scholarship Awards Night WESTFIELD - CSF Westfield Dollars for Scholars is pleased to announce the 52nd Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony to be held Tuesday, May 20 beginning at 7 p.m. in the South Middle School auditorium.

Groton Submarine Museum SOUTHWICK - The Southwick Senior Center is going to tour a real submarine and see all the artifacts concerning going under the sea on Wednesday, May 14. We will leave the center at 9 a.m. and then stop for lunch on your own at the 99 restaurant. Cost is $3 per person. Stop by the center to sign up or call at 569-5498.

Songbirds of the Northeast MONTGOMERY - “Songbirds of the Northeast”, a 90 minute power point presentation including both recordings and images of our region’s songbirds, will be presented at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 at Grace Hall Memorial Library, 161 Main Rd. in Montgomery by naturalist and landscap-

er John Root. Plants that attract songbirds will be available for sale and admission is free.

‘Hall of Fame’ Nominations HUNTINGTON - The Gateway Athletic Booster Club is seeking nominations for the Gateway Regional athletic Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame honors athletes, coaches and others who have made significant contributions to Gateway through their participation or association with Gateway athletics. For athletes, eligibility begins five years after graduation. Coaches’ eligibility begins five years after their retirement from coaching. A team may be chose, but all members must meet the five year rule. Please submit candidates name, contact phone number, category (athlete, coach, other), year of graduation, retirement or service to Gateway athletics and a short summary on why the candidate should be in the Hall of Fame. Please include information about sports played, awards and records for athletes and coaches. Nominations may be submitted to the Gateway Athletic Booster Club, c/o Kath Mackechnie, 67 Pine Ridge Rd., Montgomery, MA 01085 by May 20. Induction will take place at the Annual Sports Banquet at Tekoa Country Club onThursday, May 29. For more information, please call Kath Mackechnie at 862-4710.

Cans for Cats WESTFIELD - The Westfield Homeless Cat Project will be collecting soda and beer cans and bottles at Super Phipps Liquors, 485 E. Main St. in Westfield on Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds benefit homeless cats and kittens. For further information email westfieldhcp@aol.com.

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Continued from Page 4 by an army of American political consultants who bask in the credit of political victories in the USA and parlay that into lucrative fees for advising election campaigns overseas. Washington people specialize in claiming disproportionate dollops of credit but few are as expert in this field as the political consultant who struck gold once and made a living from that bounty ever since.

Sometimes, you know, you just get lucky with the candidate.

You need not even be that successful, given how much in thrall the rest of the political world is to the shamen claiming credit for American electoral success. Frank Luntz, for instance, regularly appears on British television to dispense his wisdom and few people ever pause to suggest that Luntz – the kind of chap you’d hire to persuade fools that red can be “framed” as blue and vice versa – is an operative who gives honest charlatans a bad name.

He gives good quote, however, and that’s often enough.

It seems unlikely that Axelrod will hurt Labour’s campaign any more than Messina will hurt the Conservatives. Nonetheless

it seems equally implausible that either man will provide the magic secret sauce that leads their guy to victory. This will not be their fault – not least since the rewards consultants claim for victory are always greater than the demerits they receive for defeat (just ask Bob Shrum about that) – but because neither Labour nor the Conservatives enjoy an obvious supremacy at present.

Nor is it clear any secret or magic sauce actually exists. But perhaps it is precisely because most people think the 2015 election will produce no overall winner that both main parties are willing to spend whatever it takes to hire the best – or at least most expensive – American talent to help them closer to the winning post. Messina and Axelrod can agree on one thing, however: Neither Cameron nor Miliband is an Obama, and the next British election will be a fat payday more than it will be a moment to make history.

Alex Massie writes for The Spectator, The Times and other publications.

Politics Continued from Page 4 portrayed as much more self-centered than he is, I think.”

“What he’s decided is, he wants to support people in both parties A Virginia native, Parker gave $1.6 million last year to Democrats who are willing to reach across the aisle and to try to help lessen the in the Old Dominion. He is said to have been appalled by the stri- influence of the partisan extremes in each party,” Black said. dent, culture-warrior tenor of the statewide GOP ticket and became Parker’s GOP giving may run as high as the million-dollar mark, Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s single biggest donor, with a according to one Republican familiar with his plans. $500,000 check in the middle of October.

“He’s done a significant amount already,” the Republican said, Parker prioritizes personal relationships in his giving, cutting referring to donations Parker has made that have not yet been dischecks to tech-friendly candidates like Ro Khanna, the primary closed. “His commitments that are Republican donations, by the challenger to Democratic Rep. Mike Honda, and Sean Eldridge, the end of this cycle, will certainly approach seven figures.”

New York congressional candidate married to former Facebook Parker and his allies expect to face some skepticism within the executive Chris Hughes. Booker, a sweetheart of the high-tech GOP and across the political world more generally. Even Parker’s world, has received more than $20,000 from Parker over the years. friends acknowledge that his public image has been largely shaped And in his adopted state of California, Parker has given gener- by the Sorkin film and several unflattering battles between Parker ously to Democrats such as Newsom and Gov. Jerry Brown; he and adversaries in the tabloid press. helped fund a massive, labor-backed voter registration initiative in Last year, Parker penned a heated, 9,000-word response to mock2010 and supported a ballot referendum to decriminalize marijuana. ery of his lavish Big Sur wedding (The title: “Weddings Used to Be Unlike many big federal donors, Parker also donated heavily in Sacred And Other Lessons About Internet Journalism.”) In a feud several mayoral elections: He contributed $100,000 to Rahm with Gawker Media earlier this year, Parker heatedly compared Emanuel’s first campaign for mayor of Chicago and contributed Gawker founder Nick Denton to Nazi propagandist “Joseph another $100,000 to an outside group supporting San Francisco Goebbels’ annoying little shitzu.”

Mayor Ed Lee. Last year he gave $4,950 — the legal limit — to de The Sean Parker preparing to take on the political world, his Blasio. admirers say, is both a more temperate and more focused man than So far, only one Republican has been disclosed as a direct benefi- the one known to moviegoers and readers of the New York Post. ciary of Parker’s largesse: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who collected Michael Slaby, who was the Obama campaign’s chief innovation $10,200 from Parker last fall after fighting for an immigration officer and is among the political veterans in touch with Parker, said compromise in the Senate. the social-networking mogul has a lot to bring to the table in the The overwhelmingly Democratic tilt of Parker’s donations is world of electoral politics. expected to change this year, according to his political associates.

“He’s a good friend and is genuinely passionate about the state of He aims to support Republican deal-makers where they face chal- politics as it relates to effective leadership and government,” Slaby lenges within their own party, aiding lawmakers in strongly conser- wrote in an email, mentioning the Brigade project specifically: “[I] vative areas who nevertheless reach for compromise. am really excited about the idea and potential of an organization Longtime Republican strategist Charlie Black, who is friends uniquely focused on participation.” with Parker, said the emerging political donor cares fundamentally about “making government work.”

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Westfield Little League baseball MAJOR LEAGUE Game Date: 4/12/2014 Kiwanis 2, Commercial 12

Baseball’s opening day found Kiwanis matched against cross-town rival Commercial. CJ Skribiski took to the mound to pitch for Kiwanis delivering two strikeouts. Cam Gourde hit a double with a run scored and made an important defensive play at second base. Ryan Moorhouse hit one for two, earning a double. Tyler Cousineau hit a single with an RBI. Dylan Arooth drove in Kiwanis’ first run of the year and made a sensational snow cone catch out in left field. Joey Calderella pitched the last inning for Kiwanis in relief, his first Major’s pitching performance. Commercial went on to beat Kiwanis 12-2.

Game Date: 4/13/2014 Kiwanis 8, Camfour 5:

On opening weekend, Kiwanis battled National League team Camfour. JT Oleksak took to the mound and pitched three strong innings striking out eight. CJ Skribiski walked his first at bat, but ended the day hitting two for two with a single, double, and three runs batted in. Ryan Moorhouse had a monster day at the plate and in the field. Moorehouse hit a threerun homerun over the right center field fence, followed with a two-run double, finishing the game with five RBI. Moorehouse also made a spectacular defensive play at the plate cutting down a Camfour runner. Moorehouse ended his day on the mound, striking out eight hitters in three innings to get the save and guarantee the team’s first win of the season. Aaron Muldrew, Jimmy Cloutier, and Cam Hoynoski each walked and scored a run. Cam Hoynoski played great defensively behind the plate and threw out an attempted steal. Cam Gourde also contributed to the effort with a walk, single, and a run scored.

Aiden Poirier started on the mound for Camfour and gave two impressive innings. Walter Figueroa pitched the three subsequent innings and delivered five strikeouts. The Camfour bats were hot and the Camfour coaches praised 10-year-old Jayden Rodriguez who recorded his first hit in the Majors.

Coach Rick Collingwood was please with the team’s effort, “We have seven players that are new to the team and new to the Majors. I am very proud of how they played. They came together as a team, and while we didn’t win, they made major improvements over our first game. They did a great job. It’s going to be a great season and I can’t wait to see the boys continue to improve”

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stop. Nick then stole second and third base, and scored on an outfield single hit by Patrick Flaherty. The run kept the game from ending early by holding off the merciless mercy rule. Pitching strikes for GML were Aiden Lakin and Patrick Flaherty. A scary moment of the game was when Sam “Tony C” Slivka fouled off a fastball into his eye. Slivka took it like a champ and has recovered nicely. Devon Weeks and Hunter King were the only other players to reach base for GML, as the SBS pitching of Grayson Poole, Mason Pereira and Harrison Vickers shut down GML. Playing well defensively for GML were Mateo Reyes, Josh Nixdorf and Dylan King.

Game Date: 4/16/14 Specialty Bolt & Screw 8, Bannish Lumber 2 Specialty Bolt & Screw (SBS) earned its second win of the season on a cold April night against Bannish Lumber. Pitcher Mason Pereira started on the mound for SBS and pitched three innings without giving up a single hit. Walter Ninotti had an outstanding game with three hits including two singles and a triple. Ninotti held back the Bannish hitters by snagging a line drive and firing it to Patrick Callahan for an out on first base.

Callahan was strong at the plate, hitting both a single and a double with an RBI. Chris Wilda was hot on the mound during the game’s second half, and hit a single. Harrison Vickers protected home plate as catcher and showed his skills in the field with an outstanding play at third base. Playing well defensively for SBS were Everett Stec and Cameron Caplette.

INSTRUCTIONAL DIVISION Sam “Tony C” Slivka shows off his battle wound to his teammates at practice. Sam fouled off a fastball during a Green Meadow Lumber game against SBS last week. (Photo by Janine Queenin)

with a pair of back-to-back doubles. Slovak Club’s defense put on a show, playing error-free ball for the entire game.

Game Date: 4/16/14 Slovak Club 14, Air Compressor 3 Jared Rusin pitched three strong innings to earn the win as the Slovak Club got by Air Compressor Engineering on a cold night at Paper Mill field. The Slovak offense continued to generate runs, highlighted by Danny Buckelew’s base-clearing, stand-up triple in the second inning. Colin Scanlon earned the save, striking out five in two scoreless innings in the closer role.

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Game Date: 4/12/14 Slovak Club 10, Moose Lodge 0 The Slovak Club displayed strong pitching, timely hitting and skillful defense in their opening day victory over the Moose Lodge. Colin Scanlon threw all four innings of the score-shortened contest, striking out six, walking two, and allowing one hit. Timely hitting from Jacob Chattar and Chris Bruno got the scoring started for Slovak in the second inning

Game Date: 4/12/14 Specialty Bolt & Screw 11, Green Meadow Lumber 1 The Big Green from Green Meadow Lumber (GML) were felled by Specialty Bolt & Screw (SBS) last Saturday at Cross Street by a final score of 11-1. GML produced a late fourth inning run when Nick Valentino reached on a single to short-

Game Date: 4/12/14 Westfield Police 11 , Prolamina 6 Westfield Police (1-0) defeated Prolamina in the season opener. The Police received strong starting pitching from Colby LaPoint who pitched three innings, resulting in nine strikeouts, and Sullivan Donohue in relief, who pitched one inning, resulting in two strikeouts.

Offensively, the Police displayed patience at the plate. Evan Grant, Samuel Longley, Jimmy Salzer, and Tim Donais each collected three walks and scored on the day. Zach Grueling and Aidan Kingsley contributed a single each and Colby LaPoint hit a base clearing triple.

Game Date: 4/13/14 Westfield Police 7, Teddy Bear Pools 3 Westfield Police (2-0) earned their second victory of the season against Teddy Bear Pools. The team had a solid outing on the mound from Sullivan Donohue who pitched three innings with four strikeouts and four defensive putouts. He was aided in the win with pitching efforts of Aidan Kingsley and Evan Grant.

The Police accounted for eight hits in the game. Among the hitting brigade were Sullivan Donohue with two singles, Colby LaPoint with two singles, and Aidan Kingsley, Jimmy Salzer, Tim Donais, and Drew Masters, who all hit singles.

Westfield Little League softball roundup Game Date: 4/12/14 Kosinski Farms 15, Mina’s Spirits 1, Kosinski Farms started off the season with an opening day win over Mina’s Spirits. Team newcomer, Devin Callaghan started the game with a leadoff single, stole second base and then came home to score on a nice hit by Sam Schieppe.

Mina’s team did a great job of limiting the damage through the first three innings. In the forth inning,

base hits by Morgan Shia, Michaella Bouchard and Alexis Shia sandwiched around five walks drove the score considerably up. Great base running, excellent at-bats and timely hitting all contributed to the high output offensively. Starting pitcher Sam Schieppe had an outstanding outing. She hurled four innings giving up only one run. Jillian Wroth took the mound in the fifth inning to close things out. Outstanding pitching, combined with razor sharp

defensive plays, locked down the first win of the season.

Game Date: 4/13/14 Kosinski Farms 13, Richard’s Jewelers 1 The second game of the season started off with a strong double into left field by Kosinski Farms center fielder Jill McCormick. That hit followed by a walk, two singles and a FC, placed Kosinski Farms leading by four entering the bottom of the

first inning. Starting pitcher Sam Schieppe, didn’t blink an eye as she racked up eight strikeouts in four innings while only allowing a single run. It was another stellar performance for the freshman pitcher. To support that effort, the offense put up 13 runs over the first five innings.

The pace was set by Devin Callaghan going three and three, including two singles and a triple, and Carlan Gideon who was two and two, with an inside-the-park home run to clear

the bases in the fifth. Many other players collected hits as the team really got the bats going early and strong. Hits from Mahlia Reyes, Jillian Wroth, Morgan Shia and Kailey King all pushed the scoreboard higher throughout the game.

Overall the team played great including a defensive effort that had no errors the entire game. This was another strong performance for the “farm team” versus a tough competitor.

AED donated to Westfield Little League

By Hannah Y. Meader WHS Intern WESTFIELD – This season, the Westfield Little League will be receiving their first automated external defibrillator, or AED, as a donation from the Kevs Foundation. An AED is a life-saving portable device used for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest by restoring a regular heart rhythm. Over 350,000 people will suffer from sudden cardiac arrest this year, yet not one of the fields in the city have immediate access to an AED in case of an emergency.

The Kevs Foundation was founded by Susan Canning after her 19-year-old son, Kevin Major, passed away from an unexpected and sudden cardiac arrest. The Kev’s Foundation serves to bring awareness and educate people about sudden cardiac arrest in children and adolescents.

They offer free cardiac testing and screenings and have already donated 13 other AEDs throughout the community to organizations such as Amelia Park, the Westfield Parks and Recreation Department, the Westfield Children’s Museum and Southampton Road Elementary School, among others.

“We have eight fields in Westfield.

Three have concession stands and yet there aren’t any defibrillators,” Canning said. “There’s a screaming need to have AEDs on board.”

According to Canning, there’s a lack of

Freshman Steve Sam won the hammer throw and placed second in the discus at the 11-team Springfield College Invitational. (File photo by Mickey Curtis)

Owls Finish Fourth At Springfield Invite SPRINGFIELD – The Westfield State University men’s track and field team placed fourth in the Springfield College Invitational on Saturday, April 19.

Many of the Owls competed in a limited number of events in the 11-team invitational in preparation for next Saturday’s conference championships.

Westfield compiled 88 team points, trailing Worcester State (158), UMass Dartmouth (119), and Saint Rose (93).

The Owls placed first in two events. Freshman Steve Sam continued to throw well by finishing first in the hammer throw (150-3); he also placed second in the discus (142-6). Sophomore Zack Delisle easily won the pole vault by clearing 14-5

½.

Also placing second for the Owls was the 4 x 100 relay team of Zack Madera, John Tomlin, John Latour and Kyle Sullivan with a time of 43.86.

Madera and Latour also earned third places in the 100 (11.07) and long jump (21-2 ½), respectively.

Westfield’s other top performers were: Matt Moussamih (3rd, 1500), Steve Connolly (5th, 5,000), Derik Noland (6th, 5,000), Dayvon Williams (4th, 110 hurdles), Jacob Clements (5th, high jump), Tomlin (6th, high jump), Brian Garcia (5th, shot put), and Marcus Pettigrew (6th, hammer throw).

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knowledge in the community about sudden cardiac arrest in youths.

“Some symptoms are shortness of breath, rapid heart beat or something as simple as a headache or fatigue,” Canning said. “Something can be overlooked or misdiagnosed.”

Canning also believes that athletic coaches should be educated in CardioPulmonary Resuscitation and AED use.

“In some cases coaches can spend significant amounts of time with a child,” Canning said.”Coaches should be trained in AED.” Canning also believes that high school students should be screened their freshman and junior years.

“It won’t tell you everything, but it’s a great start,” she said.

The Kevs Foundation is also hosting an event in June during National CPR/AED Awareness Week. On June 5 they will be sponsoring their own awareness day by sending volunteers into different schools throughout western Mass. to train people on hands-only CPR. The Foundation will also donate an AED to the school who trains the most people that day.

“Westfield needs to take a stand,” said Canning. “Every minute is extremely important to be able to assess a situation.”

For more information, contact the Kevs Foundation at Kevsfoundation@gmail. com.

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES MONDAY April 21

TUESDAY April 22

WEDNESDAY April 23

THURSDAY April 24

FRIDAY April 25

SATURDAY APRIL 26

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ V TENNIS vs. Holyoke, 1 p.m.

BASEBALL at Cathedral, Forest Park, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ JV LACROSSE vs. Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ V LACROSSE vs. Minnechaug, 5:30 p.m.

BASEBALL vs. Amherst, Bullens Field, 1 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Amherst, 1 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Ludlow, Baird Middle School, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL at Ludlow, Veterans Park Elementary, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ JV VOLLEYBALL at West Springfield, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ V TENNIS at South Hadley, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ V VOLLEYBALL at West Springfield, 5:15 p.m.

BOYS’ V TRACK & FIELD vs. Central, Westfield State University, 10 a.m.

BOYS’ V LACROSSE at East Longmeadow, noon BOYS’ V TENNIS vs. Holyoke, 1 p.m.

BOYS’ JV LACROSSE at East Longmeadow, 1:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ V LACROSSE vs.

Amherst, 1 p.m.

GIRLS’ JV LACROSSE vs.

Amherst, 2:30 p.m.

BOYS’ V TENNIS vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ V TRACK & FIELD at Chicopee Comp, 10 a.m.

GIRLS’ V TRACK & FIELD at Chicopee Comp, 10 a.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Chicopee Comp, noon JV SOFTBALL vs. Chicopee Comp, noon BASEBALL at Agawam, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Agawam, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ V LACROSSE at Northampton, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ JV LACROSSE at Northampton, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ JV VOLLEYBALL vs. Ludlow, 5 p.m.

BOYS’ V VOLLEYBALL vs. Ludlow, 6:15 p.m.

SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL at Hampshire, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Hampshire, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL at Sabis, Forest Park, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Sabis, Forest Park, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Central, Blunt Park, 11 a.m.

JV SOFTBALL at Central, Blunt Park, 11 a.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD vs. Cathedral, 3:45 p.m.

BASEBALL vs. Holyoke Catholic, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Gateway, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Holyoke Catholic, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL vs. Gateway, 4 p.m.

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL vs. St. Mary’s, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. St. Mary’s, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Granby, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL vs. Hampshire, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Hampshire, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL at Gateway, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Gateway, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ TENNIS vs. Greenfield, Municipal Tennis Courts, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ TENNIS at Mohawk, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Ware, Westfield Middle School South, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL vs. Ware, Bullens Field, 7 p.m.

BASEBALL at Monson, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Southwick, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Monson, Dr. Rogers Field, 4 p.m.

SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ TENNIS at Pioneer Valley Christian School, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Holyoke Catholic, Nash Park, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Pioneer Valley Christian School, Municipal Tennis Courts, 4 p.m.

WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL vs. Smith Voke, Whitney Field, 11 a.m.

BASEBALL vs. Franklin Tech, Bullens Field, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Franklin Tech, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Dean Tech, 11 a.m.

BASEBALL vs. McCann Tech, Bullens Field, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. McCann Tech, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL vs. Smith Voke, Bullens Field, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Smith Voke, Arcanum Field, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Central, 1 p.m.

WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES Westfield State 2014 Baseball Schedule

Men’s Golf 2014 Spring Schedule Day DATE OPPONENT TIME April 21 Assumption College Invitational Monday

Heritage Country Club, 10:00 Charlton, Mass.

Tuesday April 22 Elms College Invitational

Westover Country Club, 10:00 Granby, Mass.

Day DATE OPPONENT

TIME

Monday

April 21

SALEM STATE (2)

12:00

Wednesday

April 23

at Keene State

3:30

Thursday

April 24

EASTERN CONNECTICUT

3:30

Saturday

April 26

FITCHBURG STATE (2)

12:00

Sunday

April 27

at Curry

12:00

Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Place

Thursday

May 1

Conference Tournament

TBD

April 26

MASCAC/Alliance Championships

UMass Dartmouth

Friday

May 2

Conference Tournament

TBD

May 2-3

New England Division 3 Championships

Springfield College

Saturday

May 3

Conference Tournament

TBD

Fri.-Sat.

May 9-10

ALL NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

Westfield State

Thu.-Fri.

May 15-16

ECAC Division 3 Championships

RPI, Troy, NY

Sunday

May 4

Conference Tournament

TBD

Thu.-Sat.

May 22-24

NCAA Division 3 National Championships

Ohio Wesleyan

DAY DATE OPPONENT Saturday Fri.-Sat.

2014 Westfield State Softball Schedule

2014 Westfield State Lacrosse Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT

DAY Monday Wednesday Saturday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

TIME

Wednesday

April 23

FRAMINGHAM STATE

7:00

Saturday

April 26

at Mass. Maritime

1:00

Tuesday

April 29

MASCAC Tournament Quarterfinals

Thursday

May 1

MASCAC Tournament Semifinals

Saturday

May 3

MASCAC Tournament Championship

DATE OPPONEN April 21 SALEM STATE (2) April 23 SPRINGFIELD (2) April 26 FITCHBURG STATE (2) May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4

TIME 12:00 3:00 12:00 MASCAC Tournament MASCAC Tournament MASCAC Tournament MASCAC Tournament

English Premier League

Liverpool Chelsea Manchester City Arsenal Everton Tottenham Manchester United Southampton Newcastle Stoke

GP

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

35 35 33 35 35 35 34 35 35 35

25 23 22 21 20 19 17 13 14 11

5 6 5 7 9 6 6 10 4 11

5 6 6 7 6 10 11 12 17 13

96 67 88 62 57 51 56 50 39 39

44 26 34 41 34 49 40 45 54 49

80 75 71 70 69 63 57 49 46 44

Tuesday, April 15 Arsenal 3, West Ham 1 Wednesday, April 16 Everton 2, Crystal Palace 3 Manchester City 2, Sunderland 2 Saturday, April 19 Tottenham 3, Fulham 1 Aston Villa 0, Southampton 0 Cardiff City 1, Stoke 1 Newcastle 1, Swansea 2 West Ham 0, Crystal Palace 1

Crystal Palace West Ham Swansea Hull City Aston Villa West Brom Norwich Cardiff City Fulham Sunderland

Chelsea 1, Sunderland 2 Sunday, April 20 Norwich 2, Liverpool 3 Hull City 0, Arsenal 3 Everton 2, Manchester United 0 Monday, April 21 Manchester City vs. West Brom, 1900 GMT Saturday, April 26 Southampton vs. Everton, 1145 GMT Fulham vs. Hull City, 1400 GMT Stoke vs. Tottenham, 1400 GMT

GP

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

35 35 35 34 34 33 35 35 35 34

13 10 9 10 9 6 8 7 9 7

4 7 9 6 8 15 8 9 3 8

18 18 17 18 17 12 19 19 23 19

28 38 47 34 35 40 28 31 35 33

41 48 51 43 49 51 56 65 77 57

43 37 36 36 35 33 32 30 30 29

Swansea vs. Aston Villa, 1400 GMT West Brom vs. West Ham, 1400 GMT Manchester United vs. Norwich, 1630 GMT Sunday, April 27 Sunderland vs. Cardiff City, 1100 GMT Liverpool vs. Chelsea, 1305 GMT Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City, 1510 GMT Monday, April 28 Arsenal vs. Newcastle, 1900 GMT

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Bruins top Red Wings

Laviolette named U.S. National Team Coach

By HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Two power-play goals and stingy penalty killing ended the Boston Bruins’ offensive drought and tied their playoff series.

Reilly Smith and Zdeno Chara scored with a man advantage, the Detroit Red Wings got just one shot on goal on their four power plays and Boston won 4-1 in Game 2 on Sunday.

“We don’t get too many power plays so it was good to be able to get them and be able to capitalize early,” Smith said.

He scored his first career playoff goal 10:35 into the game, just over three minutes after Justin Florek’s fluke goal gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead on their first shot at 7:28.

They finished the first period with 18 shots on goalie Jimmy Howard after managing just 25 in losing Friday night’s opener 1-0.

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series between the top-seeded Bruins, who won the Presidents’ Cup with an NHL-high 117 points, and eighth-seeded Red Wings is set for Detroit on Tuesday night.

“You never want to lose Game 1,” said Florek, a rookie who had just one goal in four regular-season games. “I think we played with a little chip on our shoulder.”

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Laviolette, who led the Carolina Hurricanes Peter Laviolette (Westfield State to the 2006 Stanley Cup, has more than 750 ‘86) has been named head coach of games of NHL head coaching experience. the U.S. Men’s National Team that From 2009-13, he directed the Philadelphia will participate in the 2014 Flyers, reaching the Stanley Cup Final in 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation and winning the Atlantic Division in 2011.

Men’s World Championship it was Laviolette was behind the Carolina bench announced today by USA Hockey. from 2003-08. In addition to winning the Cup The event will take place in Minsk, in 2005-06, Carolina won the Southeast Belarus, May 9-25. Team USA is Division title and set franchise records for Peter the defending bronze medalist in the Laviolette wins (52) and points (112). Also that season, event.

Laviolette was a finalist for the Jack Adams As a collegian, Laviolette played four seasons Award as the NHL’s top coach. His first two sea(1982-86) at Westfield State in Massachusetts, sons as head coach in the NHL were with the New where he appeared in 93 games and contributed 43 York Islanders (2001-03), where he helped the goals and 44 assists. team advance to the Stanley Cup Playoffs each Laviolette, a Franklin, Mass., native, has previ- season. ously represented the United States in internaBefore becoming an NHL head coach, tional competition on numerous occasions in sev- Laviolette spent three seasons in the Boston eral different capacities. He most recently served Bruins organization, serving as assistant coach as an assistant coach for the 2014 U.S. Olympic with the NHL club in 2000-01, and as head coach Men’s Ice Hockey Team in Sochi, Russia, and was of the Bruins’ American Hockey League affiliate, the head coach of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Men’s Providence, for two seasons (1998-99, 1999Ice Hockey Team in Torino, Italy. Prior to that, 2000). In his first year at Providence, Laviolette Laviolette was head coach of the U.S. Men’s guided the team to a Calder Cup championship National Team at the IIHF Men’s World and received the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Championship in back-to-back years (2004, Award as AHL Coach of the Year.

2005), leading the United States to the bronze As a player, Laviolette skated for the U.S. medal in 2004.

Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team in both the 1988 He also served as an assistant coach for the and 1994 Olympic Winter Games, serving as capUnited States during the 2004 World Cup of tain during the 1994 tournament. He also spent 11 Hockey, where he helped Team USA to the semi- years in professional hockey, including a 12-game finals. stint with the New York Rangers in 1988-89.

Luke Glendening cut the lead to 2-1 at 13:20 of the second period before Milan Lucic scored late in the second and Chara added his power-play goal early in the third.

Boston’s power play was much improved this season, finishing third in the NHL at 21.7 percent. And Smith scored just 20 seconds after Boston’s two-man advantage ended.

When the Red Wings had the extra skater, they never threatened.

It wasn’t just Detroit’s special teams that struggled.

“I thought we were ineffective, period,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said.

“They were engaged. They won the battles.

They were quick. We were slow.”

NOTES: Boston’s David Krejci appeared to score an empty-net goal with 2:10 left, but Lucic was ruled offside. ... Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller returned to the lineup after missing the opener with an undisclosed issue. ... Pavel Datsyuk, who scored the only goal in the opener, had one shots on goal, none in the first two periods. ... Three Bruins regulars missed their second consecutive game, Kelly with a back problem, left wing Daniel Paille with a head injury and defenseman Matt Bartkowski with the flu.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Wednesday, April 16 Montreal 5, Tampa Bay 4, OT Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3 Anaheim 4, Dallas 3 Thursday, April 17 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, 3OT Colorado 5, Minnesota 4, OT San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3 Friday, April 18 Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 1 Detroit 1, Boston 0 Anaheim 3, Dallas 2, Anaheim leads series 2-0 Saturday, April 19 St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, OT, St. Louis leads series 2-0 Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3, 2OT,

series tied 1-1 Colorado 4, Minnesota 2, Colorado leads series 2-0 Sunday, April 20 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 2, series tied 1-1 Boston 4, Detroit 1, series tied 1-1 Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2, Montreal leads series 3-0 San Jose 7, Los Angeles 2, San Jose leads series 2-0 Monday, April 21 Pittsburgh at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22 Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Wednesday, April 23 Pittsburgh at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Dallas, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 24 Boston at Detroit, 8 p.m. x-Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Friday, April 25 N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. x-Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. x-Dallas at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 26 x-Detroit at Boston, 3 p.m.

Columbus at Pittsburgh, TBD x-Minnesota at Colorado, TBD x-Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD

Sunday, April 27 Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, Noon x-St. Louis at Chicago, 3 p.m. x-Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD x-Anaheim at Dallas, TBD Monday, April 28 x-Boston at Detroit, TBD x-Pittsburgh at Columbus, TBD x-Colorado at Minnesota, TBD x-San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD Tuesday, April 29 x-Montreal at Tampa Bay, TBD x-N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, TBD x-Chicago at St. Louis, TBD x-Dallas at Anaheim, TBD Wednesday, April 30 x-Columbus at Pittsburgh, TBD x-Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, TBD x-Minnesota at Colorado, TBD x-Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Brooklyn 94, Toronto 87, Brooklyn leads series 1-0 Golden State 109, L.A. Clippers 105, Golden State leads series 1-0 Atlanta 101, Indiana 93, Atlanta leads series 1-0 Oklahoma City 100, Memphis 86, Oklahoma City leads series 1-0 Sunday, April 20 San Antonio 90, Dallas 85, Dallas leads series 1-0 Miami 99, Charlotte 88, Miami leads series 1-0 Washington 102, Chicago 93, Washington leads series 1-0 Portland 122, Houston 120, OT, Portland leads series 1-0 Monday, April 21 Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22 Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 23 Charlotte at Miami, 7 p.m.

Dallas at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Portland at Houston, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 24 Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Friday, April 25 Toronto at Brooklyn, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Washington, 8 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 26 Indiana at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 27 Chicago at Washington, 1 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 3:30 p.m.

Toronto at Brooklyn, 7 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Monday, April 28 Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m. x-Atlanta at Indiana, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29 x-Washington at Chicago, TBD x-Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBD x-Golden State at L.A. Clippers, TBD Wednesday, April 30 x-Charlotte at Miami, TBD x-Brooklyn at Toronto, TBD x-Dallas at San Antonio, TBD x-Portland at Houston, TBD

Thursday, May 1 x-Indiana at Atlanta, TBD x-Chicago at Washington, TBD x-Oklahoma City at Memphis, TBD x-L.A. Clippers at Golden State, TBD Friday, May 2 x-Miami at Charlotte, TBD x-Toronto at Brooklyn, TBD x-San Antonio at Dallas, TBD x-Houston at Portland, TBD Saturday, May 3 x-Atlanta at Indiana, TBD x-Washington at Chicago, TBD x-Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBD x-Golden State at L.A. Clippers, TBD Sunday, May 4 x-Charlotte at Miami, TBD x-Brooklyn at Toronto, TBD x-Dallas at San Antonio, TBD x-Portland at Houston, TBD

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away New York 11 8 .579 — — 7-3 W-1 6-3 5-5 Toronto 10 9 .526 1 — 5-5 L-1 3-3 7-6 .474 2 1 5-5 W-2 4-5 5-5 Boston 9 10 Tampa Bay 9 10 .474 2 1 4-6 L-1 6-5 3-5 2 1 6-4 L-2 4-4 4-5 Baltimore 8 9 .471 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 5-5 W-2 7-3 2-3 Detroit 9 6 .600 Kansas City 9 8 .529 1 — 6-4 L-1 6-3 3-5 1½ ½ 6-4 W-1 5-4 4-5 Minnesota 9 9 .500 Chicago 9 10 .474 2 1 5-5 W-1 6-4 3-6 Cleveland 8 10 .444 2½ 1½ 3-7 W-1 4-5 4-5 West Division

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Oakland 13 5 .722 — — 8-2 W-3 6-3 7-2 11 8 .579 2½ — 7-3 L-1 9-4 2-4 Texas Los Angeles 8 10 .444 5 1½ 5-5 L-2 3-6 5-4 7 11 .389 6 2½ 2-8 L-6 2-3 5-8 Seattle 5 14 .263 8½ 5 2-8 L-7 3-7 2-7 Houston

___ NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Atlanta 12 6 .667 — — 7-3 L-1 4-2 8-4 Washington 11 8 .579 1½ — 4-6 W-1 6-4 5-4 3 1½ 6-4 W-1 3-6 6-3 New York 9 9 .500 Miami 9 10 .474 3½ 2 4-6 W-3 9-4 0-6 4 2½ 5-5 W-1 4-5 4-5 Philadelphia 8 10 .444 Central Division

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Milwaukee 14 5 .737 — — 7-3 W-3 5-4 9-1 St. Louis 11 8 .579 3 — 6-4 L-1 4-2 7-6 5½ 2½ 6-4 W-1 4-5 4-5 Cincinnati 8 10 .444 Pittsburgh 8 11 .421 6 3 2-8 L-3 5-5 3-6 Chicago 5 12 .294 8 5 3-7 L-1 3-6 2-6 West Division

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 6-4 W-2 4-4 8-3 Los Angeles 12 7 .632 11 8 .579 1 — 5-5 W-1 5-4 6-4 San Francisco Colorado 10 10 .500 2½ 1½ 5-5 L-1 6-3 4-7

San Diego 9 10 .474 3 2 Texas 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Sunday’s Games 6-4 L-1 7-6 2-4 5 16 .238 8 7 2-8 Arizona Cleveland 6, Toronto 4 L-2 1-11 4-5

L.A. Angels (Richards 2-0) at Washington (Roark 1-0), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 1-0) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-1), 7:08 p.m.

___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Saturday’s Games

Detroit 2, L.A. Angels 1

Toronto 5, Cleveland 0

N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 1, 12 innings

Houston (Keuchel 1-1) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-0), 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 2

Minnesota 8, Kansas City 3

Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Boston 4, Baltimore 2

Chicago White Sox 16, Texas 2

L.A. Angels at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4

Oakland 4, Houston 1

Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Oakland 4, Houston 3

Boston 6, Baltimore 5 Monday’s Games

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Texas (Darvish 1-0) at Oakland (Straily 1-1), 10:05 p.m.

Miami 3, Seattle 2

Tampa Bay 16, N.Y. Yankees 1

Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 2-1) at Boston (Buchholz 0-1), 11:05 a.m.

Miami 7, Seattle 0

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

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Annie’s Mailbox

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

Is there anything I can do?

Dear Annie: As a witness to a friend’s marriage, I vowed to help keep their relationship strong. Would you please print something I could give them about verbal abuse?

His wife has a serious drinking problem, and when she’s had too much, she goes berserk, screaming hateful things to her husband in front of others. It’s horrific. I can’t tell whether it’s only the alcohol talking or whether she has deep-seated issues.

I realize there will be no change until she admits she has a problem.

They do sporadically see a therapist, but it doesn’t seem to be helping much. Is there anything I can do to spur her on? -Feeling Helpless Dear Helpless: The signs of verbal abuse include: a spouse who calls you names; who is critical, sarcastic or mocking in an effort to humiliate or embarrass you; who yells or swears at you; who uses threats to intimidate you; who blames you for his or her behavior; who dismisses your feelings.

However, it sounds as if the verbal abuse is triggered by the alcohol, so that should be the first problem to work on.

Otherwise, it may be too difficult for her to control her behavior when she’s drinking. You cannot do this for her, nor can you make it better for him. However, both you and your friend can look for a meeting of Al-Anon (al-anon-alateen.org). Also, please encourage him to see the therapist more regularly. They both need ongoing guidance. It will be hard work.

Dear Annie: I’ve been going out with “Bill” for six months.

He is 65. The problem is, whenever we go out, he constantly looks at younger women. This makes me very insecure. I also think it is disrespectful.

How can I get him to stop? -- Not Happy Dear Not: Is he glancing or ogling? You cannot expect Bill not to notice an attractive woman, whatever her age. If these looks are mere brief glances, we’d leave such behavior alone. It doesn’t mean anything, and you shouldn’t overreact. However, if Bill is staring, ogling, flirting, spinning his head around to get a better look or comparing her to you, this is unfair and disrespectful. You should let him know that it hurts you when he seems more interested in another woman than in you, and you’d appreciate it if he would try to control such behavior. His reaction will let you know whether you have a serious problem or not.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “At My Wits’ End.” I, too, was in an abusive marriage for 16 years. He berated me, telling me I was no good and couldn’t do anything right. I was not allowed to shop for groceries because only he knew what we needed. Every four years, he bought a new car, but when I totaled mine, he said we couldn’t afford to replace it. He told me my own family hated me. I no longer had any friends because no one could stand him.

Two months ago, he made a big mistake. He hit me. Once he crossed that line, I realized he had to go. It took me a long time, but I finally found the courage to throw him out. He left my house a week ago and took most of the furniture, but I can’t believe how happy I am. I am no longer afraid of his reaction to everything I do. I’ve rediscovered my friends and found out that my family members never hated me. I’m 72 now, and my children are looking after my needs without my having to ask.

They are proud of me for finally getting smart and saying “enough.”

I hope “At My Wits’ End” takes your advice and gets out, because she’ll feel so much better. She’ll come alive again. -Finally Saw the Light in Pittsburgh, PA Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net.

HINTS FROM HELOISE A Fitting Container Dear Readers: Here is this week’s SOUND OFF, regarding medication packaging: “Why don’t drug manufacturers put their products into containers that fit them? The bottles for many medications are huge, only half-full and hard to handle for people with arthritis. It also seems that the price of medications would be lower if the containers were smaller.” -F.A., Lebanon, Pa. Good question! Most likely it’s because they buy the bottles in bulk, and in this case one size fits all! -- Heloise TRAPPED BIRD Dear Heloise: My father is a loyal reader and asked me to pass this on. One evening, he found a small finch flying around his bedroom and called me for counsel. We decided that his best bet to free the bird was to darken all the indoor lights, turn on the patio light and open the sliding glass door. He shined a flashlight on the ceiling. After a time, the bird became attracted to the light. The bird flitted and followed it, until he edged his way to the open doorway, then dipped and flew away. -- Tina F., via email BOBBIN CRAZY Dear Heloise: I sew and always have several bobbins from one project to another, but what a mess it makes in the drawer in my sewing machine! I took a short plastic bag, put all of the used bobbins in it, closed it and put it in the drawer. How nice and neat, and I don’t have thread strung all over. -- A.B., via email

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, April 21, 2014: This year you are able to fulfill a wish, mainly because of an artistic or creative friend who walks into your life.

This person will encourage you to liberate yourself and develop a talent that has remained hidden until now. If you are single, you often will feel as if you have met The One, only to discard that person later in order to meet someone better.

Trust that you will know when you have found Mr. or Ms. Right. If you are attached, your significant other might be distant. You will want to draw him or her closer to you. Know that someone will only change when he or she is ready and willing. CAPRICORN often keeps you anchored and helps you see the big picture.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You might sense that someone’s eyes are on you. A partner could be unusually touchy or difficult. Do not allow this behavior to color a project. Be willing to make a necessary adjustment, but realize that you might want to hold back your feelings. Tonight: Out late.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Make the effort to get past a hassle. You could feel as if you are at an impasse. Understand what is happening with a partner who might be depressed or withdrawn. You might feel stuck, but know that you are about to have a breakthrough. Tonight: Find a good friend to hang with.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Deal with a loved one directly. Recognize what is happening behind the scenes with a money matter.

Walk away from a controlling individual who makes your life more difficult.

Ultimately, you will be happier if you do. Tonight: Play it nice and easy.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Listen to feedback from someone you respect. This person might be very different from you, but because of that fact, he or she will present a different way of thinking about life. Allow a child a little more freedom if you do not want to get into a power play. Tonight: As you like it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You have certain matters to handle immediately. You might want to relate to someone on a one-on-one level.

A domestic situation could be weighing you down. Understand that working through this problem will take patience.

Tonight: Stop at the gym on the way home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Where others get stuck, you seem to make it through because of your resourcefulness. You recognize the importance of following through. Honor a need to be somewhat reclusive. You might not always understand your feelings, but trust them. Tonight: So what if it is Monday?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You will be more grounded than you have been in a while. Consider moving in a new direction. Make a point to recognize your limits, especially when it comes to your finances. Honor boundaries, and you will find a way to remove them. Tonight: Head home SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Someone might want to spend time with you, but you’ll have little choice, as you likely already have established plans. You might not want to reveal everything you are thinking right now. Be sensitive to your schedule and its limitations. Tonight: Try not to be controlling.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You could be overserious about a money matter and its implications to you. Recognize what needs to happen in order to gain greater strength professionally. A family member will remain receptive to your ideas. Do nothing halfway. Tonight: Balance your budget, then pay bills.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could go over someone’s head if you so choose. You could be a bit more tied to a problem than you realize.

When you have to make a herculean effort to maintain the status quo, you will see how attached to the issue you really are. Tonight: Hang out with friends.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Your intuition could be unusually accurate with money and risk-task-

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Someone could be pushing you beyond your limits, so you might want to change how you approach this person. Tonight: On top of your game.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH A meeting could play a bigger role in your day than you might have intended. Seeking out new information could be difficult, as you can’t seem to touch base with someone who often offers you his or her perspective. Use caution with a decision. Tonight: Where the crowds are.

IN BRIEF Rubbish and Recycling Notice WESTFIELD - Due to the Patriot’s Day holiday on Monday, April 21, trash and recycling will be delayed for one day from the regular schedule. Pickup for Monday will be on Tuesday, etc. with Friday’s pickup taking place on Saturday. Recycling is on the “A” week schedule.

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Earth Day Clean Up WESTFIELD - Residents of Powdermill Village, and the rest of the city, are invited to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, by helping to clean up the apartment complex at 126 Union Street.

We ask that volunteers gather outside the management office at the apartment complex at 10 a.m. The office will be closed so the staff can assist in the clean up effort which is scheduled to continue until 1 p.m. Persons interested in helping with the effort are asked to call Magdycz at (413) 348-3244 to coordinate their assistance with the project.

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April 21, 2014 CITY OF WESTFIELD CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FIRST PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES WERE GIVEN FIRST READING AT THE APRIL 17, 2014 MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL: That Chapter 1, Section 1-9.1 of the Westfield Code of Ordinances be and is hereby amended by:

SOUTHWICK - The next meeting of the Southwick Public Library Teen Writing Group will be held on Wednesday, April 23 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the library’s Community Room. Deleting: New members are always welcome. This group is open to all 10-31, 10-32 and 107th to 12th graders. The group will start for high school stu- Sections 33, Noise Violation, Penalty dents at 2:30 p.m. and middle school students may join in $25.00 immediately after school.

American Legion Scholarship WESTFIELD - The Scholarship Committee of American Legion Post 124, 38 Broad St., Westfield announces its 17th annual $500 scholarship for High School Seniors.

Qualifications: Student must be a High School Senior accepted by a college, university or accredited post-secondary school.

Proof of acceptance must accompany application. The parent or guardian of the student must be a member of Post 124 or a deceased member. Application deadline is April 23. The scholarship will be awarded on Memorial Day.

Cut-Color-Paste SOUTHWICK - On Wednesday, April 23 at 2 p.m. kids in grades 3 to 6 can turn discarded books and magazines into journaling treasures using collage and highlighting techniques at the Cut-Color-Paste Workshop at Southwick Public Library.

Due to limited space, you must pre-register in the Children’s Room. The session will run for about an hour and a half.

Funding for this creative program is generously provided by a grant from the Kiwanis Club of Greater Westfield, Inc.

Altered Books Workshop SOUTHWICK - Teens will enjoy retooling someone else’s words to express themselves in the Altered Books Workshop on Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. There you will learn several techniques including embellishing, collaging and blackingout to make a book entirely new and entirely you. Due to limited space, you must pre-register in the Children’s Room or at the Reference Desk. The session will run for about an hour and a half. Funding for this creative program is generously provided by a grant from the Kiwanis Club of Greater Westfield, Inc.

Free Family School Vacation Event WESTFIELD - Take a stroll with your children around Prospect Hill Apts while reading the children’s book ”Spring is Here” by Will Hillenbrand on April 23 at 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. rain or shine at 33 Montgomery Rd. Free books, prizes and light refreshments while supplies last and door prize baskets for 2 lucky families. This event is presented by the Westfield CFCE/CPC grant and Domus, Inc. a non-profit property management housing developer and funding through the Massachusetts Dept. of Early Education and Care. Any questions, please call Westfield CFCE 413-568-5242.

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have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition.

THE WESTFIELD NEWS THE TRIAL COURT If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, ac(SEAL) tion may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In To Advertise 2014 MISC. 482777 addition to filing the written ap413-562-4181 pearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit statORDER OF NOTICE • For CT ing the specific facts and 860-745-0424 grounds of your objection within To: October L. Goguen, 30 days after the return date.

Jay C. Goguen E-mail: dianedisanto@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com and to all persons entitled to the IMPORTANT NOTICE benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. The outcome of this proceed§501 et seq.: PNC Bank, Nation- ing may limit or completely take away the above-named 0130 Auto For Sale al Association claiming to have person’s right to make dean interest in a Mortgage cover- cisions about personal affairs ing real property in Granville, or financial affairs or both. $ CASH PAID $ FOR UNnumbered 421 Main Road, giv- The above-named person has WANTED & JUNK VEHICLES. en by October L. Goguen and the right to ask for a lawyer. Also buying repairable vehicles.

Jay C. Goguen to National City Anyone may make this re- C a l l J o e f o r m o r e d e t a i l s Mortgage Co., dated December quest on behalf of the above- ( 4 1 3 ) 9 7 7 - 9 1 6 8 .

19, 2001, and recorded with the named person. If the aboveHampden County Registry of named person cannot afford a Deeds at Book 12044, Page 272 lawyer, one may be appointed has/have filed with this court a at State expense.

2000 DODGE STRATUS, 60+K complaint for determination of miles. One owner, red. Good Defendant’s / Defendants’ SerWitness, Hon. Anne M. condition. $3,000. Call (413)562Geoffrion, First Justice of this 0431 leave message. vicemembers status.

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If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military ser- Date: April 08, 2014 TIMOTHY'S AUTO SALES. vice of the UnitedStates of Stop by and see us! We might Suzanne T. Seguin America, then you may be enhave exactly what you're lookRegister of Probate titled to the benefits of the Sering for, if not, left us find it for vicemembers Civil ReliefAct. If you! Bartlett Street, Westfield. you object to a foreclosure of the (413)568-2261. Specializing in April 21, 2014 above-mentioned property on vehicles under $4,000. that basis, then you or your atCOMMONWEALTH OF torney must file a written appearMASSACHUSETTS ance and answer in this court at 0180 Help Wanted THE TRIAL COURT Three Pemberton Square, BoPROBATE AND FAMILY ston, MA 02108 on or before COURT May 26, 2014 or you will be BARTENDER'S & WAITSTAFF forever barred from claiming that NEEDED. Must be experienced.

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And inserting in place thereof the following: Sections 10-31, 10-32 and 1033, Noise Violation, Penalty $100.00

LER, Chief Justice of this Court That Chapter 17 of the Code of on April 8, 2014.

Ordinances be and is hereby amended at Section 17-73 by Attest: adding: Deborah J. Patterson Sec. 17-73. Stop intersections Recorder designated.

201309-0010-TEA Columbia Place, northbound drivers at Columbia Street.

Columbia Street, eastbound drivers at Dartmouth Street.

That Chapter 17 of the Code of Ordinances be and is hereby amended by adding as follows:

April 21, 2014 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT

Sec. 17-74 Obedience to Yield Hampden Probate signs and Family Court Meadow Street, northbound 50 State Street drivers on Union Avenue (Great Springfield, MA 01103 River Bridge, northbound) Docket No. HD09P1793PM That Chapter 2 of the Code of CITATION GIVING NOTICE Ordinances be and is hereby OF PETITION TO amended at Division 9, Article EXPAND THE POWERS IV, Sec. 2-438 by adding: OF A CONSERVATOR Notwithstanding Chapter 2, ArtIn the Interests of: icle IV, Division 1, Section 2KENNETH L TAGUE 260, members of the Youth Of: WESTFIELD, MA Commission are required to either be a resident of the City or RESPONDENT attend a City School.

Incapacitated Person/Protected Person Complete Wording available in the City Clerk’s Office and on To the named Respondent and the City’s webpage at: all other persons, a petition has been filed by Eileen Sulllivanwww.cityofwestfield.org Boss of West Springfield, MA in the above captioned matter reIn City Council April 17, 2014 questing that the court: Expand Passed to Second Reading the powers of a Conservator.

Brent B. Bean II, President A true copy, Attest: The petition asks the court to Karen M. Fanion, City Clerk make a determination that the powers of the Guardian and/or Conservator should be expanded, modified, or limited since the time of the appointment. The original petition is on file with the Court.

SOUTHWICK - The Southwick Historical Society’s April meeting is our annual catered dinner on April 24 at the Congregational Church on College Highway in Southwick at April 21, 2014 6:30 p.m. for a roast pork dinner. The entertainment portion of THE COMMONWEALTH the meeting is a talk by Gene Gore who will speak about the OF MASSACHUSETTS 27th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. Tickets LAND COURT for the dinner are $15 each and must be purchased in advance DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT before April eighteenth by sending your check to the Southwick Historical Society, PO Box 323, Southwick , MA. 01077. All (SEAL) are welcome!

Annual Park Service Day WESTFIELD - The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) invites you to attend DCR’s 8th Annual Park Serve Day on April 26 at parks across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Online registration is now open for those who wish to register prior to the event. For information, call (617) 626-4973 or visit the DCR website: www.mass.gov/dcr.

Docket No. HD09P0216GD CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION TO EXPAND THE POWERS OF A GUARDIAN In the Interests of: KENNETH TAGUE Of: WESTFIELD, MA RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person To the named Respondent and all other persons, a petition has been filed by Sheryl Fappiano of Florence, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court: Expand the powers of a Guardian.

The petition asks the court to make a determination that the powers of the Guardian and/or Conservator should be expanded, modified, or limited since the time of the appointment. The original petition is on file with the Court.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 05/06/2014.

This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition.

If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER, Chief Justice of this Court on April 8, 2014.

Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 201309-0010-TEA

UCC Second Congregational Church in Westfield is looking for someone with experience working with children, to lead them and their families in their faith journey; good communication and organizational skills; ability to motivate volunteers; dedicated to Christian Education. Mid-August through June. Works with Christian Education Committee and other staff.

Coordinates Sunday School, special events, seasonal worship experiences. Salary based on education and experience.

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CARPENTER'S HELPER with some finish carpentry experience. Work involves various tasks related to construction projects. You should have a valid driver's license, basic hand tools, good work ethics, be dependable and willing to work. Apply at: 456 Southampton Road, Westfield MA Monday through Friday, 8 IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceed- a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (413)568ing may limit or completely 8614. take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both.

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This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition.

If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, ac2014 MISC. 482777 tion may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In Witness, Hon. Anne M. ORDER OF NOTICE addition to filing the written ap- Geoffrion, First Justice of this pearance, you or your attorney Court.

To: October L. Goguen, must file a written affidavit statJay C. Goguen ing the specific facts and and to all persons entitled to the grounds of your objection within Date: April 08, 2014 benefit of the Servicemembers 30 days after the return date.

Suzanne T. Seguin Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Register of Probate §501 et seq.: PNC Bank, NationIMPORTANT NOTICE al Association claiming to have The outcome of this proceedan interest in a Mortgage cover- ing may limit or completely ing real property in Granville, take away the above-named numbered 421 Main Road, giv- person’s right to make deen by October L. Goguen and cisions about personal affairs Jay C. Goguen to National City or financial affairs or both.

Mortgage Co., dated December The above-named person has 19, 2001, and recorded with the the right to ask for a lawyer.

Hampden County Registry of Anyone may make this reDeeds at Book 12044, Page 272 quest on behalf of the abovehas/have filed with this court a named person. If the abovecomplaint for determination of named person cannot afford a Defendant’s / Defendants’ Ser- lawyer, one may be appointed vicemembers status. at State expense.

If you now are, or recently have Witness, Hon. Anne M. been, in the active military ser- Geoffrion, First Justice of this vice of the UnitedStates of Court.

America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Ser- Date: April 08, 2014 vicemembers Civil ReliefAct. If you object to a foreclosure of the Suzanne T. Seguin above-mentioned property on Register of Probate that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before May 26, 2014 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act.

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0315 Tag Sales ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL / BENEFIT JEWELRY SALE 27 BARTLETT ST WESTFIELD, MA Saturday April 26th, 10-2.

New and used costume jewelry for sale at great prices.

Proceeds to benefit St. Mary's Meals Ministry.

0339 Landlord Services DASHE-INTEL Comprehensive Landlord Services Tenant screening including criminal background and credit checks. Call Steve or Kate (413) 579-1754 www.DasheIntel.com

WESTFIELD Beautiful 2 bedroom townhouse, clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpeting, appliances, hot water included.

Very reasonable heat cost.

Sorry no pets. From $800/month. Call for more information (860)485-1216 Equal Housing Opportunity.

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SALE Call (413) 562-4181 Ext. 118

WESTFIELD 2 bedroom apartments, large closets, free heat and hot water included, laundry, parking. Possible pet. $895/month. (413)562-2266.

WESTFIELD 2nd floor apartment, walking distance to center of Westfield and park. 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, washer/dryer hookup, gas heat. $1,000/month plus utilities. No pets. Off street parking. First, last, security. Call for appointment (413)210-1059.

WESTFIELD large 3 bedroom, 2nd floor apartment. Washer dryer hookup, etc. $925/month plus utilities. First, last, security.

Call (413)572-2332.

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HUNTINGTON 1 room with heat, hot water, cable TV, air conditioning, refrigerator and microwave included. Call (413)531-2197.

ROOM TO RENT in a quiet neighborhood. Kitchen and laundry privilege. Heat, A/C, utilities.

Available now to non-smoker. $600/month, Westfield.

(413)355-2338 or (413)5627341.

0355 House Rental WESTFIELD NEWLY RENOVATED 3 bedroom house. A must see! $1,575/month plus utilities.

Call for more information (413)563-4067 or see more in the Classifieds at: thewestfield news.com

0370 Office Space

WESTFIELD, 1st floor, 1 bedroom, kitchen and bath. No pets. $595/month plus electric. First, W E S T F I E L D 8 2 B R O A D last, security. Call (413)250- STREET. 850sq.ft. 4 room office suite available. Utilities in4811. cluded. Call (413)562-2295.

0410 Mobile Homes

0375 Business Property

0345 Rooms

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. Southwick 642 College Highway for rent. 2 buildings zoned BR. (1) Auto repair or body shop (2) Office, storage or restaurant.

Great location, across from IBS. (413)563-8776, (413)568-3571.

FOR SALE BY OWNER. 3 family house on 0.47ac Business A zoned in downtown Westfield.

Excellent potential for a variety of businesses. Price negotiable.

For more information call (413)454-3260.

MONTGOMERY 5 miles from Westfield. Spacious office includes utilities and WiFi. $350/month. Call (413)9776277.

0390 Homes For Sale RUSSELL, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Updated plumbing, electric. Town utilities. 155 Main Street. $104,000. (508) 2591856.

WESTFIELD Hampden Village, 1985. 2 bedrooms, 14'x66', new furnace, patio, deck, appliances. $46,500. (413)593-9961. dasap.mhvillage.com

0440 Services A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN. Debris removal, landscaping, spring yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462.

JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES. 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.

LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall cleanups, hedge trimming and all your landscaping needs.

(413)626-6122 or visit: www.haggerscape.com

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D I R E C T O R Y

Air Conditioning & Heating

Excavating

Home Improvement

House Painting

DARLING'S ENERGY SERVICE. Competitive rates caring for your heating and cooling needs. State of the art testing, installation and repairs. Call (413)374-5709.

SEPTIC SYSTEMS, house sites, demolition, land clearing, driveways, stumping, patios, retaining walls, walkways. CORMIER LANDSCAPING, (413)822-0739.

Carpet

Flooring/Floor Sanding

CARPET, LINOLEUM, CERAMIC TILE, HARDWOOD FLOORS. Sales, Service. Installation & Repairs. Customer guaranteed quality, clean, efficient, workmanship. Call Rich (413)530-7922.

A RON JOHNSON’S FLOOR SANDING. Installation, repairs, 3 coats polyurethane. Free estimates. (413) 569-3066.

DAVE DAVIDSON BATHROOM & KITCHEN REMODELING. “GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME” Complete Bath Renovations. Mass. License #072233, Mass. Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568. Now serving CT. Insured.

Quality Work on Time on Budget Since 1984. (413)569-9973. www.davedavidsonremodeling.com

ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!! M&M SERVICES-20 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings.

Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured. References. Mass Reg. #121723. Call (413)568-9731. No job too small !!

WAGNER RUG & FLOORING, LLC. 95 MAINLINE DRIVE, WESTFIELD. (413)568-0520. One stop shopping for all your floors. Over 40 years in business. www.wagnerrug.com

Chimney Sweeps HENTNICK CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and rebuilds. Stainless steel caps and liner systems. Inspections, masonry work and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Insured.

Quality work from a business you can trust. (413)848-0100, 1-800-793-3706.

Drywall

decks, vinyl siding and more.

A DUMP TRUCK. Attic, cellars, yard, #CS077728. Call Jim, (413)569-6920, A SPRING CLEANUP. Commercial, residential. Weekly mowing and mainscrap metal removal. Seasoned Fire- (413) 530-5430

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

Electrician

A.R.A. JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE. Furniture, trash, appliances. Full house cleanouts, basements, attics, yards.

Furnace and hot water heater removal.

24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE. Free estimate on phone. Senior discount. Call Pete (413)433-0356. www.arajunkremoval.com.

POEHLMAN ELECTRIC. All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter deicing cables installed. I answer all calls! Prompt service, best prices.

Lic. #A-16886. (413)562-5816.

TURCOTTE ELECTRIC. 30+ years experience. Electrical installations, emergency service work. Generac portable or whole house generator installations. HVAC controls and energy saving green technology upgrades. Fully insured. All calls answered. Master’s Lic #A-18022.

(413)214-4149.

JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC. Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates. 40 years experience.

Lic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682.

At SANTA FE PAINTING CO. We're your color specialists! Brighten up your home for Spring! Get all your interior painting needs done now.

We paint and stain log homes. Call (413)230-8141.

DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT for all your exterior home improvement needs. Roofing, siding, windows, decks and gutters. Call for free quote.

Gutter Cleaning Extensive references, fully licensed & RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED, RE- insured in MA. & CT. www.delreoPAIRED. Antennas removed, chim- homeimprovement.com Call Gary neys repaired and chimney caps Delcamp (413)569-3733.

A NEW LOOK FOR 2014. Let Home installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent Decor help. Interior painting and wallareas sealed. Sr. citizen discount. Inpapering, specializing in faux finishes. sured. Free estimates. H.I. Johnson TOM DISANTO Home Improvements - Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Services. (413)596-8859 before 9p.m. The best choice for all interior and exte- Kendra now for a free estimate and rior building and remodeling. Specializing decorating advice. (413)564-0223, in the design and building of residential additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, (413)626-8880.

Hauling siding, windows, decks, porches, sun#1 PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/DEMOLITION. rooms, garages. License #069144. MA KELSO FAMILY PAINTING. Filling Removal of any items in cellars, attics, Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, summer schedule for exterior painting, REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call etc... Also brush removal and small deminterior painting anytime. Call Kyle Tom (413)568-7036. olition (sheds, decks, fences, one car (413)667-3395. garages). Fully insured. Free estiBERRY CONTRACTING. mates. Phil (413)525-2892, (413)265- J.D. Garages, additions, windows, doors, Landscaping/Lawn Care 6380.

T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops! Call Mike 413-8218971. Free estimates.

0340 Apartment WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884.

0340 Apartment

0340 Apartment

THE WESTFIELD NEWS

Home & Office Cleaning CLEANING SERVICE. VERY REASONABLE - 8 years experience. We can help you keep your house in perfect condition. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Free estimates. Excellent references.

Call (413)455-9633.

Home Improvement BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING REMODELING.Kitchens, additions, decks, rec rooms, more. Prompt, reliable service, free estimates. Mass Registered #106263, licensed & insured. Call Bruno, (413)562-9561.

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Masonry ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. All brick, block, concrete. Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired. Sump pumps and french drain systems installed. Foundations pointed and stuccoed. Free estimates. (413)5691611. (413)374-5377.

Plumbing & Heating NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Professional, reliable service.

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

Roofing ONE STOP SHOPPING for all your ROOFING needs! POWER WASHING/CLEANING revitalizing your roof, removing ugly black stains, mold and moss, we’ll make it look like new plus prolong the life of your roof. We do emergency repairs, new construction, complete tear off, ice and water protection barrier systems, skylight repairs.

Snow & ice removal. FREE gutter cleaning with any roof repair or roof job.

10% senior discount. Free estimates.

MA. Lic. #170091. Call (413)977-5701

Stump Grinding FILLEY & SON Over 28 years of serving

tenance, tree removal, dethatching, greater Westfield area and beyond.

PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. mulch, gutter cleaning, etc. Shea Land- STUMP GRINDING / BOBCAT SERVICES. Free estimates. Will beat any All your carpentry needs. (413)386- scaping, (413)569-2909. other competitors written estimate.

4606. Did your windows fail with the Best prices! Satisfaction guaranteed! cold weather? Don't wait another year! CORMIER LANDSCAPING. Spring Call (413)306-8233.

Call Paul for replacement windows. cleanups, lawn service, mulching, Many new features available. Windows retaining walls, excavating, decks, Tractor Services are built in CT. All windows installed by driveways, JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES. Grading & Paul, owner of Paul Maynard Con- patios, tree work, stone work. Call leveling of driveways & short roads, trap rock struction. My name is on my work. and/or gravel material. Mowing and mainte(413)822-0739.

R.J. FENNYERY HOME IMPROVEMENT'S. Professional roofing & siding contractor. All types of home repairs. Expert emergency leak repair. Reasonable rates. MA Lic. #CS066849. MA Reg. #149909. Call Bob (413)736-0276. RJFennyery. com

Home Maintenance HANDYMAN/CARPENTER. All home repairs: Honey to do list, bathroom remodeling, tile work, sheetrock repairs, winterization. No job too small. 35 years profressional experience. (413)5193251.

nance of fields and lawns. Post hole digging.

LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall cleanups, Loader work & loam spread. (413)569-6920, hedge trimming and all your landscaping (413)530-5430. needs.(413)626-6122 or visit: www.haggerscape.com Tree Service PLUMLEY LANDSCAPE, INC. Call us today for all your landscape needs.

Landscape design and planting, irrigation installation and repair, and complete yard renovations. Drainage problems, stump grinding, chipper service, bobcat service, gravel driveways, excavation and demolition, including getting rid of that unwanted pool. (413)862-4749.

A BETTER OPTION - GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE. Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. Firewood, Log Truck Loads. (413)569-6104.

AMERICAN TREE & SHRUB. Professional fertilizing, planting, pruning, cabling and removals. Free estimates, fully insured. Please call Ken 569T&S LANDSCAPING. Highest quality, 0469. lowest prices. Lawn mowing. Residential\commercial. No lawns to small.

CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert Weekly, biweekly. (413)330-3917. tree removal. Prompt estimates.

Crane work. Insured. “After 34 YARD CLEANUP, thatching, leaf brush years, we still work hard at being removal, hedge/tree trimming, #1.” (413)562-3395. mulch/stone, mowing. Call Accurate Lawncare, (413)579-1639.

Upholstery

JOSEPH’S HANDYMAN COMPANY. Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, basements, drywall, tile, floors, suspended ceilings, restoration services, C&N CARPENTRY. Suspended ceil- doors, windows, decks, stairs, ings, home improvements and remod- interior/exterior painting, plumbing. Landscaping/Lawn Care MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years ex- eling. Licensed and insured. Call Small jobs ok. All types of professional S.E. LANDSCAPING. Lawn mowing, perience. Insured, reasonable prices. (413)262-9314. work done since 1985. Call Joe, mulch, spring cleanups, gutter cleaning, No job too small. Call Tom Daly, (413)364-7038. pressure washing. Call (413)977-1105.

(413)543-3100. Lic# A7625.

KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS. 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality workmanship at a great price. Free pickup and delivery. Call (413)5626639.