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— Dorothy Thompson

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014

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State boosts collaborative workspaces

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD - In a segment of his “Act to Promote Growth and Opportunity”, Governor Deval L. Patrick has developed a $15 million transformative development fund to enable equity investments and technical assistance to support transformative efforts in the Commonwealth’s neediest municipalities.

Twenty-six mid-sized cities statewide have been designated Gateway Cities - communities which anchor small regional economies but have fallen on tough economic times which the state believes can prosper again.

The Hampden County cities of Chicopee, Holyoke, Springfield, and Westfield have all been granted Gateway City status, making them eligible to receive some of this funding, which can help support the creation of what are known as collaborative workspaces.

Often found in progressive, urban cities like Cambridge, officials believe that collaborative workspaces - basically buildings which house multiple tenants who utilize their spaces differently - have the potential to alter a city’s economic landscape.

“They’re a great opportunity for entrepreneurs,” said Maureen Belliveau, executive director of the Westfield Business Improvement District. “It’s an opportunity to share in expenses, and they’re sometimes called ‘colliding spaces’, where you can collaborate and receive other energies from other entrepreneurs on your journey.”

While words like “energies” and “journey” when referencing business may seem a bit wonky for a city like Westfield, Belliveau disagrees.

“They have a lot of them (collaborative workspaces) in the Boston area, but you’re seeing them pop up on the outskirts of cities that others may consider more remote,” she said, attributing this to the relative affordability of real estate outside metro Boston. “It’s a great

“To have felt

City man charged for rape USPS Connecticut Valley District Manager David Mastroianni, Jr., presents the plaque which will be displayed in the Post Office building to Trant’s widow, Mary.

(Photo by Robby Veronesi)

Post Office gets new name

By Robby Veronesi WNG Intern WESTFIELD – Husband. Father of nine. World War II veteran. Winner of five bronze battle stars and a Purple Heart.

Postmaster. City Councilman. Professional baseball pitcher.

These are just a sample of the titles and accolades that made Bill Trant such a beloved figure of the Westfield community, especially on the city’s north side.

Sunday marked a more permanent reminder of a citizen who left a great mark on Westfield. From now on, the Westfield Post Office located at West Silver Street will be the William T. Trant Post Office Building.

“My dad took very seriously his role as an involved citizen in Westfield,” said Trant’s son, Timothy, in his remarks during the dedication ceremony. “His guidance to us as we grew up was always about giving back and service.”

Twelve years after Trant passed away in his Winter Haven, Fla., home in 2002, a crowd gathered in the Post Office Building

parking lot to honor, remember and commemorate the life of a man who went from a part-time clerk to postmaster during his 33-year full-time career.

As much as Trant loved his civic service duty, he was as equally, and humbly, proud of his military service. After enlisting in July 1943, Trant and Company A of the 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion was wounded on Utah Beach near Normandy, France, on D-Day. Trant recovered and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, one of the worst battles in American history, on the Belgian-German border. In both instances, Trant was wounded, with a bullet from a German machine gun staying in his arm for the rest of his life.

At age 20, Corporal Trant experienced the horror and the aftermath of a Nazi concentration camp, when he participated in the liberation of Nordhausen, Germany, in 1945.

Moved by what he saw, he inscribed

By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A 24-year-old city man who had his introduction to the criminal justice system when he was 17 has been arraigned on two counts of statutory rape after allegedly engaging in consensual sex with a 15-year-old girl who played on the volleyball team he coached.

Agawam Officer Michael Gruska reports in a court document that early in June police were approached by an Agawam resident who said that she had learned that her daughter had been sneaking out of the house late at night to meet her volleyball coach.

The woman told police that she had learned between March and May that her daughter was developing a relationship with her coach but initially assumed that their relationship was related to the team.

The woman said that she first became aware that her daughter was exchanging digital messages with her coach but said that eventually her daughter admitted that she had snuck out of the house between midnight and two a.m. on at least three occasions to meet her coach, who she identified to her mother as Mike Rash of Westfield, and the couple then walked to Perry Lane Park where they engaged in consensual non-penetrative sexual activities.

Gruska reports that he and another Agawam officer were able to observe an interview with the girl which was conducted by Carrie Burns of the Hampden County District Attorney’s office. During the interview, the girl explicitly described sexual encounters in the park and described her relationship with her coach who, she said, “stated that he does not do much during the day and just waits to start coaching.”

The girl said that Rash plays in a pool league at a bar near her home and on three occasions

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Horseshoes benefit Autism Speaks

By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Ten teams vied for first place in the first-ever horseshoe tournament to benefit Autism Speaks at the Southwick VFW Saturday.

Organized by Western New England Walk Now For Autism Speaks Team Jacob, the event included the tourna-

ment, food and raffles.

Jennifer Barkyoumb and her father Raymond, both of Westfield, formed the team three years ago following the diagnosis of Jennifer’s son Jacob. Mildly affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Jacob just finished kindergarten and is ready for first grade.

Jennifer said last year Team Jacob raised about $3,800 and she planned to exceed that amount this year. She walks to raise awareness more than anything else.

“I want people to be more aware of autism,” said Barkyoumb.

“More and more kids have it – it’s become so common.”

Despite the numbers, there are still people unaware of – or misinformed about – ASD. The Centers For Diease Control and Prevention released the latest statistics on autism prevalence this spring and announced that one in 68 people – and one in 42 boys – under age 21 has ASD. For many families, an autism diagnosis can be a path. For Jennifer, it was an opportunity to learn more about the disorder, and her child.

“After his diagnosis, I went to the Internet and I read books and educated myself,” Jennifer said. “Now I’m trying to educate others.”

To try to raise funds for Autism Speaks along with awareness, Raymond approached his Savage Arms co-worker Kristin Olbrys of West Suffield, who organizes the VFW’s horseshoe league. Olbrys agreed to organize the event.

“We have 10 teams, double elimination, and a payout for the top tree teams,” she said. “But everyone we spoke to said they planned to turn their winnings into raffle tickets so it goes back to Team Jacob.”

ASD and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.

With the May 2013 publication of the DSM-5 diagnostic manual, all autism disorders were merged into one umbrella diagnosis of ASD. Previously, they were recognized as distinct Briwn Aylward of Southwick participates in a horseshow subtypes, including autistic disorder, childhood disintegrative tournament to benefit Autism Speaks Saturday at the disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) and Asperger syndrome.

Southwick VFW. (Photo by Hope E. Tremblay)

Jennifer Barkyoumb and her son Jacob, of Westfield, are members of Team Jacob, a team that participates in the Western New England Walk Now For Autism Speaks.

Team Jacob held a fundraising horseshoe tournament Saturday at the Southwick VFW. (Photo by Hope E. Tremblay) ASD can be associated with intellectual disability, difficulties in motor coordination and attention and physical health issues such as sleep and gastrointestinal disturbances. Some persons with ASD excel in visual skills, music, math and art.

Autism appears to have its roots in very early brain See Benefit, Page 3

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17th Annual Garden Tea Party The lovely ladies of The Westfield Woman’s Club don their bonnets for a photo during a recent committee meeting at Stanley Park. The club will host its 17th Annual Garden Tea, Wednesday, June 25, from 2 to 4 p.m at Stanley Park. The event includes a Trifle Parade and a hat contest, as well as an elegant lunch. The hat parade and judging is the highlight of the annual Garden Tea and participants gracefully promenade around the venue showing off their uniquely stylized creations hoping to catch the judges’ eye and vote. Prizes are awarded in several categories including the most outrageous, creative, colorful, elegant, and best in show. This year’s honoree is Mary Boscher, a longtime member of the club and active community volunteer. For more information go to www.westfieldwomansclub.webs.com. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

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NYC mayor a pirate among mermaids at zany parade NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio portrayed himself as a man of the people in last year’s election.

On Saturday, he became a pirate among mermaids.

De Blasio showed up for Saturday’s zany Coney Island Mermaid Parade wearing a puffy pirate shirt and brandishing a fake sword. Organizers say he’s the first mayor to come in costume.

De Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, and their daughter, Chiara de Blasio, chose blue and gold mermaid dresses.

De Blasio’s son, Dante, was bare-chested and painted blue.

Dante and Chiara were chosen King Neptune and Queen Mermaid of the parade.

The teens were wheeled in a 1923 wicker rolling chair along the parade route.

The event draws hundreds of thousands of revelers to the beach each year. Many wear revealing, mermaid-themed costumes.

LOCAL LOTTERY Last night’s numbers

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, June 23, the 174th day of 2014. There are 191 days left in the year.

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n June 23, 1314, during the First War of Scottish Independence, the two-day Battle of Bannockburn, resulting in victory for the forces of Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II, began near Stirling.

On this date: In 1757, forces of the East India Company led by Robert Clive won the Battle of Plassey, which effectively marked the beginning of British colonial rule in India.

In 1812, Britain, unaware that America had declared war against it five days earlier, rescinded its policy on neutral shipping, a major issue of contention between the two countries.

In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for a second term of office at the Republican national convention in Chicago.

In 1931, aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on a round-the-world flight that lasted eight days and 15 hours.

In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Authority was established.

In 1947, the Senate joined the House in overriding President Harry S. Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, designed to limit the power of organized labor.

In 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.

In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson and Soviet Premier

Alexei Kosygin (ah-LEK’-say koh-SEE’-gihn) held the first of two meetings at Glassboro State College in New Jersey.

In 1969, Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States by the man he was succeeding, Earl Warren.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI’s Watergate investigation. (Revelation of the tape recording of this conversation sparked Nixon’s resignation.) President Nixon signed Title IX, which barred discrimination on the basis of sex for “any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”

In 1989, the Supreme Court refused to shut down the “diala-porn” industry, ruling Congress had gone too far in passing a law banning all sexually oriented phone message services.

In 1994, the movie “Forrest Gump,” starring Tom Hanks as a simple yet kindhearted soul and his serendipitous brushes with greatness, was released by Paramount Pictures.

Ten years ago:

In a major retreat, the United States abandoned an attempt to win a new exemption for American troops from international prosecution for war crimes — an effort that had faced strong opposition because of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.

Five years ago:

Hardening the U.S. reaction to Iran’s disputed elections and bloody aftermath, President Barack Obama condemned the violence against protesters and lent his strongest support yet to their accusations the hardline victory was a fraud. “Tonight

Show” sidekick Ed McMahon died in Los Angeles at 86. Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who’d diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from a South Pole station, died in Southwick, Massachusetts, at 57. Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille and Brian Leetch were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

One year ago:

Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor behind the disclosures of the U.S. government’s sweeping surveillance programs, left Hong Kong for Moscow with the stated intention of seeking asylum in Ecuador; however, Snowden ended up remaining in Moscow. Aerialist Nik Wallenda completed a tightrope walk that took him a quarter mile over the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona. Sci-fi and fantasy writer Richard Matheson, 87, died in Los Angeles.

Today’s Birthdays:

Singer Diana Trask is 74. Musical conductor James Levine is 71. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rosetta Hightower (The Orlons) is 70. Actor Ted Shackelford is 68. Actor Bryan Brown is 67. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is 66. Actor Jim Metzler is 63. “American Idol” ex-judge Randy Jackson is 58. Actress Frances McDormand is 57. Rock musician Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) is 52. Actor Paul La Greca is 52. Writerdirector Joss Whedon is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chico DeBarge is 44. Actress Selma Blair is 42. Rock singer KT Tunstall is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Virgo Williams (Ghostowns DJs) is 39. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 37.

Actress Melissa Rauch is 34. Rock singer Duffy is 30. Country singer Katie Armiger is 23.

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Workspaces Continued from Page 1 opportunity for entrepreneurism in the city and to partner with educational institutions like Westfield State University. It’s always wonderful when can retain all of that fresh young talent here in our city, to offer that sort of venue.”

One individual who is already working in a collaborative workspace in Westfield is Tom Humphrey, USA group information technology manager for the Texon International Group, whose office was in Russell prior to Texon’s mill closing in 2012.

Now, Humphrey’s office is on School Street in a building owned by Patrick Berry, whose business, the Westfield New Group, is one of several in the city that are becoming more efficient and streamlined, and are finding they have space available to rent to those with limited spacial needs.

Gagliarducci Construction of Springfield is another business which is renting space in the Westfield News Group’s building.

“When the mill closed, I began looking for office space in town,” said Humphrey. “I looked around, then came here and talked to Patrick. We then worked out the logistics and this office became my home.”

Prior to the mill’s closing, Humphrey said he was given the option by Texon to work

from his home in Westfield, but he still felt he needed an office.

“I didn’t need a lot of space, but I needed all of the facilities to run a business,” he said. “What made this more attractive than what else I had looked at was that the others seemed to be four or five offices in a hallway, where you come in, lock your door, work, and leave.”

Humphrey said that the camaraderie of working in close proximity to another vibrant business appealed to him.

“It made it seem like I had a fellow workstaff, even though I don’t,” he said. “I’ve been here since January 2013, and to me it’s worked out really well. I have everything I need.”

He believes collaborative workspaces can help boost an economy like Westfield’s.

“Any time you have idle space and you can fill it, it’s going to boost the economy,” Humphrey said. “First, the person who has the real estate is now getting some cash flow. And when I worked in Russell, my economic spending was all out there - if I went to lunch, if I bought gas.

Here, I walk out of my office, I have five places I can eat, places I can run errands.”

“I have friends who are in business who live in Westfield, but they drive to Connecticut or Northampton

or Boston, and what happens is they don’t become part of the community,” he said, adding that collaborative workspaces would not only provide businesspeople the option to work closer to home, but might also entice people from neighboring communities to set up shop in Westfield.

Westfield Community Development Block Grant Coordinator Diana McLean

believes that, while these collaborative workspaces effectively fill space, erecting buildings for that specific purpose requires planning.

“You need to find out what the needs are before you start building a space. Do you make a bunch of boutiques in your space and hope that retailers fill it? Or do you want people who work from home who just need a little office space occasionally?”

While the sign on the door may say Texon International Group, the company’s USA Operations and Group Information Technology Manager Tom Humphrey’s office is actually located within an entirely different company in Westfield. (Photo by

she said.

“Some can be something monthly, like a gym membership. Some places you pay as little as $2 an hour, like at a coffee shop.” she said. “It’s interesting how it can take on so many different shapes and that is what has to be strategic.”

McLean said shes hoping that the grant will pay for a feasibility study to look into locations and where to find potential tenants for these proposed workspaces.

“It seems like it’s a lot of networking. Do you hire someone who goes out and does the networking for you?

Or is it something that the Chamber, the BID, the city and business leaders do together?” she said, referencing the Scibelli Enterprise Center in Springfield as a local example. “You just don’t dive into it. We’re thinking of using CDBG funds to do a feasibility study to see what need exists and use them to create space. It’s all about job creation.”

“We’ve looked at collaborative spaces but also incubator spaces,” said Joe Mitchell, economic development director for the city. “Incubator spaces are shared space, in smaller units. It’s less about collaboration and more about startup businesses where

folks who may not have the capital to rent their own space will share a space, grow their business and ‘graduate’ from the incubator space.”

“It’s kind of what the creative people are trying to do, whether artistically or technologically, to create synergies and to learn from one another,” said Westfield Community Development Director Peter Miller of these workspaces. “I think it’s something that needs to build itself up organically, that the small business community has to demand from us.”

“We need to gauge the interest in the community for it. The last thing we want to do is force something onto people they don’t think is a necessity,” he continued.

“When entrepreneurs want something like this, I think using CDBG and the economic development strategy is the first step in assessing whether the collaborative culture can exist in Westfield.”

“In Cambridge, it’s all IT and bio. In Northampton it may all be the arts and some IT. Here, maybe it’s people with small precision machining, or students who’re teachers’ aides,” said Mitchell.

“We have to find out what the community wants and we’ll pursue it in that arena.”

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Post Office Continued from Page 1 “4/13/45 Never Let Them Forget” on an official map, which he kept along with photographs of the atrocities — reminders of caring for everyone and serving all people – a sign of what was to come to Westfield.

“Everybody should recognize just how grim those days were,” said keynote speaker, Congressman Richard Neal. “As he inscribed ‘Never Let Them Forget,’ the people of Westfield are saying, ‘Never Let Us Forget.’”

It is a bit fitting to have such an important community building be dedicated to a citizen who had such a strong desire to serve the community he lived in. Whether in the form of serving at his local church, coaching youth baseball or a 14-year career on the Westfield City Council, Trant’s legacy will remain a mainstay on the Post Office’s walls.

“Today we stand here at the completion of an event because we did the right thing,” said City Councilman Brian Sullivan, the ceremony’s final speaker. “We get to put a gentleman’s name on a federal building to honor him, his patriotism, his The Westfield High School band, led by Patrick Kennedy, honor, his dedication to a city that he loved, that will forever performed the National Anthem and James Curnow’s Amber have his name on it.”

Waves of Grain Sunday morning. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

Government Meetings MONDAY, JUNE 23 TOLLAND Board of Selectmen at 5 pm

GRANVILLE Monday Night Meetings at 7:30 pm

TUESDAY, JUNE 24 TOLLAND Board of Assessors at 10 am

GRANVILLE Fire House at 7 pm

SOUTHWICK Library Board of Trustees at 7 pm

WESTFIELD Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm

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U.S. Congressman Richard Neal, a friend of Trant’s, speaks at the dedication of the William T. Trant Post Office Building Sunday morning. Trant was involved in supporting the candidacies of many notable politicians, including Neal. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

development. The most obvious signs of autism and symptoms of autism tend to emerge between two and three years of age. Autism Speaks continues to fund research on effective methods for earlier diagnosis, as early intervention with proven behavioral therapies can improve outcomes. Increasing autism awareness is a key aspect of this work and one in which our families and volunteers play an invaluable role.

Since its inception in 2005, Autism Speaks has grown into the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.

Western New England Walk Now For Autism Speaks is Sept. 20 at Stanley Park. Teams are forming now and registering at www.walknowforautsimspeakr.org/wne. A free kick-off event for teams and those interested in learning more about the walk and ASD is set for July 24 at the Children’s Museum at Holyoke. To RSVP to the kick-off, visit http://events. autismspeaks.org/WNEKO2014.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor Once again, the Springfield writer covering Westfield for the Republican missed capturing the essence of a legal challenge against the City of Westfield where he could have presented a fair portrayal of the matter. The Cross/Ashley St. neighborhood challenge to a Special Dimensional Permit, for allowing the proposed school to be inside the setback dimensions adjacent to St. Peter and St. Casimir’s church, had standing in court. This particular legal challenge stood for more than 2 1/2 years. The Mayor called our efforts ‘frivolous’ then. When the city purchased MORE land from the Church, the city didn’t need to get a Special Dimensional Permit any longer. Our actions forced the City to attempt to do things right. If laws are the ‘guardrails’ to ensure fairness and justice – for ALL then we did win.

ZBA chairman, Mike Parent, opened the November 16, 2011 public hearing by saying he didn’t want to hear anything about whether or not those in attendance thought the school project was appropriate or not, and he didn’t want to hear anything about parking, traffic or that the school would be too close to the streets. To us, it became clear that orders were sent down the chain. Well, that hit a nerve because the ZBA’s responsibility is to consider a project’s impact upon a neighborhood!

During a ‘public hearing’, we were censured from discussing our concerns with the ZBA. Yet, after the ‘public hearing’ was closed, the ZBA deliberated and deemed that the project was appropriate for the neighborhood! We also contended that the ZBA didn’t address another key issue regarding access to the school from the St. Peter and St. Casimir’s parking lot.

The ZBA was forced to continue the discussion. The City Planner had the ZBA conduct a second meeting on Nov. 29.

This second public hearing was not announced.

For Special Dimensional Permits that are part of a project requiring a Site Plan Review (Planning Board function), the ZBA is supposed to hear the city’s case for a permit at the same time as the site plan review. That night I asked Larry Smith if he’d reviewed the school’s plans yet. He said “No.” So how could the ZBA conduct a hearing for a special dimensional permit independent of a site plan review with the Planning Board? The PB didn’t review the site plans until 6 1/2 months later in May 2012.

Again, our legal complaint had merit. Westfield got out of trouble by purchasing more land from the Church. Below are some of the ZBA regulations that we claimed were not followed. The second paragraph of section 3-60.4.2 states: ‘An application for a Dimensional Special Permit for a use or structure that also requires and additional Use Special Permit and / or Site Plan Approval shall be heard by the same Special Permit granting authority at the same time and as part of the Use Special Permit and/or Site Plan Review. (10.0704)’ Section 1-50.6 - Standards for Reviewing.

Sincerely, Thomas Smith

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Inside the vast liberal conspiracy

By Kenneth P. Vogel Politico.com Picture this: millionaires and billionaires gathering under tight security in fancy hotels with powerful politicians and operatives to plot how their network of secret-money groups can engineer a permanent realignment of American politics.

Only, it’s not the Koch brothers. It’s the liberal Democracy Alliance.

The 21 groups at the core of the Democracy Alliance’s portfolio intend to spend $374 million during the midterm election cycle — including nearly $200 million this year — to boost liberal candidates and causes in 2014 and beyond, according to internal documents obtained by Politico.

While growing sums of that cash are being spent vilifying the billionaire conservative industrialists Charles and David Koch over their own network’s political spending, the documents reveal the extent to which the Democracy Alliance network mirrors the Kochs’ – and is obsessed with it.

“Conservatives, particularly the Koch Brothers, are playing for keeps with an even more pronounced financial advantages than in recent election cycles,” reads the introduction to a 62-page briefing book provided to donors ahead of April’s annual spring meeting of the DA, as the club is known, at Chicago’s tony Ritz Carlton hotel.

The briefing book reveals a sort of DA-funded extra-party political machine that includes sophisticated voter databases and plans to mobilize pivotal Democratic voting blocs, air ads boosting Democratic candidates, while also — perhaps ironically — working to reduce the influence of money in politics.

Democracy Alliance officials did not dispute the authenticity of the document, but declined to comment on it.

It makes public for the first time details of the complete organizational flow-chart of the big-money left, including up-to-date budget figures and forecasts, program goals and performance assessments for the 21 core DA groups, including the Center for American Progress, Media Matters, America Votes and the Obamalinked Organizing for Action.

It also includes a “Progressive Infrastructure Map,” with 172 other groups to which the DA recommends that its rich liberal members — including billionaire financier George Soros and Houston trial lawyers Amber and Steve Mostyn — donate.

Private political networks like those backed by the DA and the Koch operation have become increasingly prominent in American politics. Over the last seven years, federal court decisions including the Supreme Court’s seminal 2010 Citizens United ruling have expanded mega-check spending in elections. Money and control have increasingly migrated from political parties and candidates’ campaigns, which still must abide by contribution limits and disclosure requirements, to outside groups like those in the DA that can accept unlimited – and mostly anonymous – contributions.

That heightened influence has brought increased criticism of donors, particularly directed at the Kochs by liberals — including multiple groups on the Democracy Alliance’s map. But the prospect of such scrutiny being directed back at the DA was enough of a concern that it distributed a memo to board members ahead of its Chicago meeting including suggested responses to questions about the club’s secretive rules and closed-press policy, as well as photos of reporters who it was feared might crash the Ritz shindig.

“The truth is political strategists and funders frequently gather to discuss their plans without inviting reporters to listen in,” said DA spokeswoman Stephanie Mueller. “The Democracy Alliance was organized to provide a forum for people with a shared set of principles to coordinate their resources more efficiently and effectively to achieve their common goals – it doesn’t represent a single industry or family, and doesn’t give money directly to organizations.”

But when it comes to sheer volume of cash, the DA isn’t in the same league as the Koch network. While the DA takes credit for steering more than $500 million in donations to recommended groups since its creation in 2005, the Koch network spent more than $400 million in 2012 alone.

Koch network donors are expected to provide almost every penny of the Koch operation’s $290-million 2014 spending goal.

By contrast, DA donors – or “partners,” in the club’s parlance – are projected to provide a maximum of $39 million towards the $200-million 2014 spending goal of the 21 core DA groups, according to the briefing booklet. That means most of the cash raised by DA-linked groups actually comes from donors, institutions or revenue streams outside the DA’s cloistered ranks. Another difference: while DA partners are required to donate at least $200,000 a year to recommended groups, they ultimately decide to which group their money goes. The Koch network, on the other hand, collects contributions in the non-profit political hub Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, which then distributes the cash mostly as it sees fit to groups in the network.

But the DA document distributed in Chicago does call into question some of the plaintiff woe-is-us rhetoric bandied about by Democrats griping about the Koch brothers’ sophisticated efforts to use their checkbooks to manipulate American democracy.

Even though the DA’s cash projections pale in comparison to the Koch network, which is in a financial class by itself and rivals the official parties’ spending, they exceed those of most other outside spending operations on the right and left. And, perhaps more significantly, the briefing highlights what liberals believe is superior coordination between its deep-pocketed labor unions, outside

groups and even the administration of President Barack Obama that has allowed their side to spend its big money more efficiently than conservatives.

An assessment of the Center for American Progress and its sister group the Center for American Progress Action Fund, which are projected to receive as much as $5.5 million from DA members this year, boasts of its work on gun control with the administration and other deep-pocketed groups in the DA’s infrastructure map.

“Last year, in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, American Progress accelerated the launch of its initiative to reduce gun violence, working closely with the White House to unveil policy solutions, and it collaborated with American for Responsible Solutions, ProgressNow, and others to establish networks of activists working to prevent gun violence in the United States,” read the briefing.

It credits other DA-backed groups with helping expand gay marriage in the states, boosting Obamacare, pushing through executive environmental actions and getting liberal judges appointed to the federal bench.

Those “victories and might of our infrastructure are strong evidence that we are more than capable of turning back the latest threats from the Right,” reads the briefing. “But to prevail in 2014 and beyond, progressives must invest significant resources in the Rising American Electorate (RAE) of unmarried women, young people and people of color.”

Liberals and conservatives have been jealously eying and trying to copy each others’ extra-party political and intellectual infrastructure since at least the early 1970s, when future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell encouraged the business community to build institutions to fight well-financed “Communists, New Leftists and other revolutionaries,” including Ralph Nader. The Powell Memo was cited approvingly by the liberal strategists who started the DA back in 2005, while Karl Rove and operatives associated with the Kochs pointed to the DA and the unions as a model for their side to replicate after Obama’s win in 2008.

An analysis of the DA briefing book and tax filings by the Koch network’s non-profit political hub Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce and other Koch-linked non-profits show that the key pieces of the networks also parallel one another. They include: • Voter data: Soros and other DA backers laid the seed money in 2005 for the for-profit company Catalist, which pioneered the privatization of political data. Late last year, he committed another $2.25 million to Catalist, which is now seen within the tech community as lagging behind other Democratic outfits, though the DA briefing boasts that “conservatives are investing heavily to catch up in this area, using Catalist as a model.” Koch-related non-profits have poured at least $24 million into Themis, a voter database now considered the class of the conservative data universe.

• Hispanic voter outreach: The DA in the 2014 cycle expects to steer $3.9 million from its donors (out of a total $6.2 million budget) to the Latino Engagement Fund, which is working with other groups to register 250,000 new voters in eight key states, while Freedom Partners in 2012 donated $3.1 million to the LIBRE Initiative, which has aired anti-Obamacare ads targeting Latino voters.

• Millennial outreach: The DA expects to steer $1.7 million to the Youth Engagement Fund, which aims to register 200,000 voters in nine key states and to “conduct millennial polling research to craft effective messaging that demonstrably improves organizations’ ability to engage and mobilize young people.” Freedom Partners in 2012 donated $5 million to Generation Opportunity, which has spent heavily on ads and other outreach urging young voters to oppose Democratic politicians and policies.

• Women voter outreach: The DA expects its donors to give $2 million to the Women’s Equality Center, which plans to push to “increase turnout among low-propensity women voters in the 2014 elections in 10 states,” according to the briefing, while Freedom Partners in 2012 gave $8.2 million to Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee, which pushes to elevate conservative social issues.

• Ground organizing: DA partners have donated at least $1.87 million to Organizing for Action, the nonprofit created to mobilize activists to support Obama’s agenda, which appears on pace to meet a $19-million 2014 fundraising goal. Americans for Prosperity, the most aggressive political group in the Koch network, plans a 2014 budget of more than $125 million, which will be spent on everything from ground organizing to television ads bashing Democrats.

• Judicial advocacy: The DA predicts its partners will provide $1.5 million of the projected $4.7-million 2014 budget of the American Constitution Society, which last year helped get “five members of ACS network confirmed to federal bench, including three of four new D.C. circuit members,” according to the DA briefing. The Federalist Society, which advocates on conservative judicial issues, since 2010 has received $3.4 million in grants from foundations associated with donors in the Koch network.

And the similarities extend to the secrecy that enshrouds both networks.

When Freedom Partners convened the Koch donor network for its semi-annual seminar last week at the St. Regis in Dana Point, California, it bought out all the rooms at the hotel, and security ushered reporters off the premises.

“High levels of security, concealment, deception and oaths of See Conspiracy, Page 5

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State to cover gender identity treatment

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A range of gender identity treatments — including hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery — could soon be covered by insurance for Massachusetts residents.

The Patrick administration said Friday that it’s seeking to extend health care coverage for medically necessary treatments needed to address gender identity or gender dysphoria.

The administration said Friday that MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, will publish proposed regulations in the coming weeks for the coverage for residents who need transgender related services.

Gender dysphoria is the diagnosis given to people who experience extreme distress due to a disconnect between their birth sex and gender identity.

In a written statement, Patrick said he was “proud to be part of a commonwealth that puts equality as its top priority.”

“Massachusetts is a leader in health care, where we make the tough decisions for the good of our communities, and where discrimination, of any kind, will not be tolerated,” he said.

The administration said the state Division of Insurance will also advise health insurers that they may not deny services ordinarily available to individuals based on the perceived gender iden-

GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK tity of that person when that denial is due only to the individual being identified as belonging to the other sex.

The change also applies to individuals who have undergone, or are undergoing, gender transition.

The administration is recommending the Group Insurance Commission, which provides coverage for city and town workers and their families, approve similar changes.

“In taking today’s action, Massachusetts continues to lead the

nation in providing necessary access to health insurance for all of our citizens,” state Commissioner of Insurance Joseph Murphy said in a statement.

The federal Department of Health and Human Services last week ended the ban on Medicare coverage for sex-reassignment surgery.

Jennifer Levi, director of the Transgender Rights Project at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, called the announcement by the administration historic.

“This removes all legal barriers in Massachusetts to access to health care for transgender people, and affirms the overwhelming medical consensus that gender reassignment surgery and other related procedures are essential health care services,” Levi said in a release.

Activists said Massachusetts will be the sixth state to enact nondiscrimination policies regarding gender transitionrelated care. They said Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Vermont and California have amended their state policies regarding health insurance provision for gender therapy services.

“As transgender rights become more visible across this country, Massachusetts will continue its tradition of being the beacon of light that so many other states can look to for guidance,” said Mason Dunn, executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.

Charged Continued from Page 1 she met him on Wednesday nights after he had played pool.

The delivery man was set upon by the youths who had been Grushka said that, with the assistance of a state trooper laying in wait for him and he was knocked to the ground, dropassigned to the D.A.’s office and the cooperation of the vic- ping the pizza. One of the man’s assailants reached into his tim’s mother who had the passwords for the daughter’s elec- pocket but did not find his money before the man regained his tronic devices, evidence in the form of text messages and feet and fled without the pizzas. Police reported that, as he pictures were recovered from the girl’s cell phone and com- fled, the man was shot three times with the pellet gun which puter including “a number of sexual conversations taking left visible impact marks on his back. place between the suspect and the victim.”

Rash had explained that the robbery participants had Gruska filed a request for an arrest warrant which brought planned out their roles in the robbery and his assignment had Rash, of 9 Miller St., before Judge Jaclyn M. Connly on June been to take the pizzas and flee.

6 to face two charges of statutory rape of a child. He was Unfortunately for the conspirators, a Westfield High School released on $1,000 cash bail. identification card found near the scene of the robbery led to Rash had previously been to the court in 2006 when he was one of the suspects and the plot unraveled when the owner of arrested after a group of youths, masked and armed with a pel- the card was interviewed. let gun, had allegedly set up and robbed a pizza delivery perRash had been 17-years-old at the time and was charged in son on Otis Street.

Westfield District Court. He was subsequently indicted and In a statement to police then, Rash described how he and arraigned in Hampden Superior court where the charge, armed five friends found a suitable secluded address and had ordered robbery while masked, ultimately was not prosecuted. two pizzas to be delivered there.

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Outdoor Adventure Camp HUNTINGTON - Outdoor Adventure and Exploration Summer Camps will be offered this summer for Gateway students who are currently in grades 4 through 8. Students currently in grades 4 and 5 are invited to the Middle School camp, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays from July 8 to July 31. Gateway students who are currently in grades 6 through 8 are also able to attend a Jr. High program, which will run Mondays through Wednesdays from July 7 to July 30. Due to grant funding, the camp fee of $150 does not apply to students on Individual Education Plans or students who qualify for free and reduced lunch. For all others, the full payment is due the first day of camp. Camp registration forms are available in the Middle School and JRHS office.

Friends Schedule August Book Sale SOUTHWICK - The Friends of the Southwick Public Library have scheduled a summer book sale beginning with a book collection in the Community Room on Saturday, August 9 from 9 a.m. until noon. Book donations of recent material in good condition will also be accepted Monday and Tuesday August 10 and 11 from 10 a.m. until noon. Please do not bring encyclopedias, magazines, abridged books or textbooks.

A Friends Only sale will be held Wednesday, August 13 from 5 until 7 p.m. Individual Friends’ membership remains at $5 with a cost of $10 for a family, any size. These may be purchased at the Friends’ sale or before at the Circulation Desk. The sale will complete its run Thursday , Friday and Saturday August 14 through 16 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

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The American Legion Post 356 of Russell presents ‘Hot Rods For Heroes’

Center. The pictures span from the early 1900s to today.

Stop by to see who you might recognize!

RUSSELL — The showing of these hot rods will be at Strathmore Park off of Route 20 in Russell on Saturday, June 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be food, music and raffles.

A good time for all. Come and join us! For more information call Gary at (413)562-1346.

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Shriners Hospital Fundraiser SOUTHWICK - A fundraiser for Shriners Hospital will be held on Sunday, August 17 at The Cove in Southwick from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be the Melha Clowns, vendors of all types, activities for the kids, music, mobile arcade, dunk tank, raffle and much more. It will be fun for the whole family.

Admission is free. For more information, call Wendy at (413) 314-5909.

Shelter Tag Sale WESTFIELD The Westfield Animal Shelter is now accepting donations for our annual tag sale in August.

It’s time for spring cleaning!

Donate your unwanted items and help raise money for the shelter. The tag sale will be held on August 22 and 23 at the vacant lot across from the shelter. We are looking for gently used items but please no clothing or televisions. We are able to accept tag sale donations Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. .

WESTFIELD - The Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center will host a mixed-level series is of yoga, appropriate for most ability levels. Please stop by the office or call 569- bring your own yoga mat. The 5498 for more info. sessions will be Thursday nights from 6:30 p.m. to Stanley Park 7:45 p.m. For more information or to register, please call Summer Tours (413) 562-3627.

WESTFIELD - We cordially invite you to tour our beautiful treasure that is Stanley Park. Southwick Let us show you the many exciting areas this picturesque Senior Center park has to offer. Witness what SOUTHWICK - Chi-Gong we have accomplished this will continue through the past year and learn what our summer on Monday morngoals are for the upcoming ings at 10 a.m. There will be year. Walking shoes are recom- a sliding rate of $3-$5 dollars. mended for these tours. Tours will be given June through August. Tours start at 9 a.m. to approximately 10:30 a.m. All tours will meet at the Carillon. To make a Tour Reservation, please contact the Stanley Park Office at (413) 568-9312 or send an email request to lfiske@stanleypark. org or christinah@stanleypark. org.

High School Council

WESTFIELD The Westfield High School School Council invites you to our Town Hall meetings on the third Monday of every month at 5:30 p.m. The meetings will be held at the high school in Room 112. Bring your conVolunteer Drivers cerns, ideas or compliments!

We welcome all members of Needed the community to contribute.

SOUTHWICK - Do you For further information please like to drive and are looking contact the school at (413) for something to do in your 572-6463. spare time? The Southwick Senior Center is looking for drivers to cover medical, con- Growing Up gregate meal sites and other appointments with our volun- in Russell teer van when the Hulmes van RUSSELL - The Russell is full. We also run some fun Historic Commission has a local trips you may want to new exhibit of photos at the drive for. If interested, please Russell Town Hall and Senior

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Obituaries Angela C. Iarrusso WESTFIELD - Angela C. (Calabrese) Iarrusso, 89, passed away peacefully Friday, June 20, 2014 at Noble Hospital surrounded by her loving children. She was born in San Nazzaro, Italy to the late Giulio and Maria Teresa (Bocchino) Calabrese.

She immigrated to the United States in 1953 with her children, Josephine and John joining her husband Vincenzo and having their third child, Maria Teresa.

Angela was employed by the former Robinson Reminders, where she was a leather binder, for Westfield State College in the Cafeteria and most recently for Stanley Cleaners as a presser. She was an avid gardener, growing beautiful flowers and vegetables, and at 85 years old had planted a tomato plant for each year of her life in her garden that year. Angela was infatuated by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, loving them immensely, and up until two weeks ago hosted 12 noon Sunday dinners at her house making macaroni and sauce for her family. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church in Westfield and a member of their former Rosary Society.

Besides her parents she was predeceased by her beloved husband, Vincenzo A. Iarrusso in 1993 and is survived by her loving children, Josephine E. Hyde and her husband, Robert J. of Southampton, John L. Iarrusso and his wife Barbara A. of Southwick and Maria Teresa DelMonte and her husband David A. of Westfield; her brother, Olindo Calabrese in Italy; her cherished grandchildren, Kristin Iarrusso, Kevin Iarrusso, David DelMonte, Gina Stevens and Linda Giordanolanza; four great-grandchildren; her sisters-in-laws, Josephine Nardacci, Maria Iomazzo, Elvira Mottola and Linda Iarrusso and many nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors.

Angela’s funeral will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. from the Firtion-Adams Funeral Home, 76 Broad Street, Westfield, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. in St. Mary’s Church, 30 Bartlett Street, Westfield, Rites of Committal will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Westfield. Visiting hours will be held on Monday from 3:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Contributions in Angela’s name may be directed to St. Mary’s Church Patio Fund, 30 Bartlett Street, Westfield, MA 01085. www.firtionadams.com

Conspiracy Continued from Page 4 silence – that doesn’t sound anything like a typical conference,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday in his latest speech from the Senate floor condemning the Kochs. “It sounds more like a cult. But instead of being a religious movement or a secret sect, this is a cult of money, influence and self-serving politics. This is the cult of Koch.”

Yet Reid’s colleagues and allies up to and including Vice President Joe Biden have attended DA meetings, which can be similarly secretive. Though reporters aren’t always barred from them entirely, they aren’t exactly made to feel welcome either.

DA board members were warned before the meeting in Chicago that the press might stake out the meeting and were given a list of about 20 journalists – including photos – to watch out for.

POLITICO obtained the list, which included four of its own journalists, including this reporter, as well as Jennifer Haberkorn, Tarini Parti and Byron Tau. Others identified included Huffington Post Washington bureau chief Ryan Grim, a trio of Chicago newspaper scribes, and 11 reporters from the conservative Washington Free Beacon (two of whom made the trip to the Ritz Carlton).

Told of the memo, Free Beacon editor-in-chief Matthew Continetti — who has repeatedly accused Democrats and the media of unfairly criticizing the Kochs and other conservative donors while ignoring liberal donors — positively kvelled.

“I couldn’t be prouder of my reporters for putting such fear into the hearts of secretive left-wing billionaires that they are awarded places on the Democracy Alliance’s BOLO list,” said Continetti, citing the small number of legacy media outlets on the list as evidence that the mainstream journalists were turning a blind eye to big liberal money.

Nonetheless, a memo accompanying the photos offered DA board members suggestions for fielding media inquiries about why the DA doesn’t disclose its donors or conference agendas and participants.

“As a matter of policy, we don’t make public the names of our members,” read the memo, which said the group “abide(s) by the preferences of our members. Many of our donors chose not to participate publicly, and we respect that. The DA exists to provide a comfortable environment for our partners to collectively make a real impact.”

Tarini Parti contributed to this report.

LOST AND FOUND LOST: READING GLASSES, Brown frames, in the vicinity of the Maple Leaf on Arnold Street, or The Hangar, School Street or Court Street and Whitaker Road. Call Tim (413)454-

7243.

LOST Dog - Chester Hill/ Huntington — Missing since 5/21/14 - Bromley is an eleven year old border-collie mix. He is friendly and much loved. He lives on Bromley Road in Chester. He has been suffering from seizures and went outside after one but never came home. He is a homebody who never goes far. We have scoured the woods for him and are hoping maybe he just wandered off and someone noticed he was confused and picked him up. He had on a blue collar with tags including one with his name and our phone. We are heartbroken. If you see him, please call Tom or Barbara Huntoon at 413-6675690. (5-21-14)

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Oil rises on Iraq conflict HONG KONG (AP) — The price of oil rose Monday, with global crude hovering near a nine-month high, after Islamic militants captured more territory in Iraq and a report on Chinese manufacturing indicated that the No. 2 economy is on the mend.

In a blitz through Iraq’s western desert over the weekend, the insurgents captured four towns and three border crossings on the country’s frontiers with Jordan and Syria, greatly expanding territory under their control in the country’s north.

“Any spillovers of fighting into the oilproducing southern parts of Iraq will likely take oil, in particular the Brent prices (already buoyed at US$115 a barrel) up by another leg,” Mizuho Bank analysts in Singapore said in a report.

Brent crude, used to price international oils, jumped 63 cents to $115.44 a barrel in London, close to last Thursday’s $115.71, its highest level since Sept. 9 last year.

Benchmark U.S. crude for August delivery rose 34 cents to $107.17 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 78 cents to settle at $106.83 on Friday.

The early version of HSBC’s monthly China manufacturing survey showed activity expanded for the first time this year, indicating that the slowdown in the country’s economy is bottoming out, which would lead to increased energy demand.

In other energy futures trading on the Nymex: — Wholesale gasoline rose 1.5 cents to $3.11 a gallon.

— Natural gas dropped 0.6 cent to $4.53 per 1,000 cubic feet.

— Heating oil added 0.1 cent $3.0682 a gallon.

France: US fine for BNP should be fair, measured PARIS (AP) — The French economy minister is urging U.S. authorities to be “fair and proportionate” when deciding on a potential multibillion-dollar fine against France’s largest bank over its activities in countries Iran, Sudan and Cuba.

Arnaud Montebourg, speaking on BFM television Monday, said the U.S. has an unfair advantage in the global “economic war” because of a law allowing prosecution of foreign companies for activities outside American soil.

BNP Paribas SA is under investigation for currency transactions through its New York office for clients in Iran, Sudan and Cuba in violation of U.S. trade sanctions.

Montebourg would not comment on a Wall Street Journal report that BNP and U.S. prosecutors have agreed to a deal involving a fine of $8 billion to $9 billion.

BNP’s shares fell this morning in Paris trading.

Social Media: You’re Social, Now What?

Making Social Media Work for You

In this Aug. 29, 2013 photo provided by the Alabama Governor’s office, Gov. Robert Bentley, left, listens to Roger Zhang, Golden Dragon U.S.A. President, during a tour of the new Golden Dragon copper tubing plant, then under construction, in Pine Hill, Ala. Golden Dragon, the first company Bentley recruited to Alabama after being elected, will employ 300 new full-time employees in rural Wilcox County. (AP Photo/ Alabama Governor’s Office, Jamie Martin)

Ni hao, y’all:

U.S. hinterlands woo Chinese firms

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer PINE HILL, Ala. (AP) — Burdened with Alabama’s highest unemployment rate, long abandoned by textile mills and furniture plants, Wilcox County desperately needs jobs.

They’re coming, and from a most unlikely place: Henan Province, China, 7,600 miles away.

Henan’s Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group opened a plant here last month.

It will employ more than 300 in a county known less for job opportunities than for lakes filled with bass, pine forests rich with wild turkey and boar and muddy roads best negotiated in four-wheel-drive trucks.

“Jobs that pay $15 an hour are few and far between,” says Dottie Gaston, an official in nearby Thomasville.

What’s happening in Pine Hill is starting to happen across America.

After decades of siphoning jobs from the United States, China is creating some.

Chinese companies invested a record $14 billion in the United States last year, according to the Rhodium Group research firm. Collectively, they employ more than 70,000 Americans, up from virtually none a decade ago.

Powerful forces — narrowing wage gaps, tumbling U.S. energy prices, the vagaries of currency markets — are pulling Chinese companies across the Pacific.

Mayors and economic development officials have lined up to welcome Chinese investors. Southern states, touting low labor and land costs, have been especially aggressive.

In the case of the Pine Hill plant, tax breaks, some Southern hospitality and a tray of homemade banana pudding helped, See Jobs, Page 7

June 25, 2014 (9:00 am - 11:00 am) 8:30 a.m. registration 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Program Members FREE!!

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This session will give you a closer look at the popular social media networks – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+. We’ll show you the benefits of using each, how other organizations are marketing with them, and some dos and don’ts of each channel. You’ll also get tips on how to tell if your social media activity is working.

Local Legislative Luncheon June 27, 2014 (11:30 am - 1:00 pm) Save the date for our Local Legislative Luncheon for Chamber communities: Blandford, Chester, Granville, Huntington, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield and Woronoco. Hosted by: Tekoa Country Club, 459 Russell Road, Westfield, MA. Topics to Include Local, Regional and State Issues.

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Obama encouraging family-friendly work policies

By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is encouraging more employers to adopt family-friendly policies by hosting a daylong summit Monday, even though the U.S. government doesn’t always set the best example.

The United States is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t mandate paid leave for mothers of newborns, although Obama says he’d like to see that change.

“Only three countries in the world report that they don’t offer paid maternity leave — three — and the United States is one of them,” Obama said in his weekly address. “It’s time to change that. A few states have acted on their own to give workers paid family leave, but this should be available to everyone, because all Americans should be able to afford to care for a family member in need.”

California, Rhode Island and New Jersey have a system of paid leave, but it’s unclear how Obama would fund a national system.

Obama has not endorsed legislation that would create one funded by a payroll tax, and he pledged in his 2008 presidential campaign not to raise taxes on families making under $250,000 a year.

Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett said in a conference call with reporters Sunday that the president is trying to start a national conversation to explore the issue.

“Cost is an issue for any federal program and we need to make sure we do this in a way where we are not raising taxes on middle-class families,” she said. “But we also know what a good investment in our workforce it would be if they had paid leave, and that investment will pay great returns.”

While some companies offer paid family leave to attract workers, the 1993 Family Medical Leave Act only requires that employers provide unpaid leave for medical and family reasons.

When Obama came to the White House, he instituted six weeks of paid leave for his workers when they have a child, get sick or injured

or need to care for an ailing family member, using his authority to set his staff’s compensation under the personnel code. He does not have the power to award paid leave to other federal workers without congressional action since they are covered under a different section of law. The White House has supported the goal of legislation introduced by lawmakers to change that, but it has yet to get through Congress.

Despite the paid leave for White House staff, the challenges of balancing parenting and working are even evident there. The president’s top aides include several dads of minor children but hardly any mothers with school-age kids — National Security Adviser Susan Rice being one prominent exception.

“It is a very challenging and demanding environment” for parents, Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said at a media availability hosted by The Christian Science Monitor. “And I think part of what we have to achieve here is to make it easier — that doesn’t mean it’s going to See Family-Friendly, Page 7

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World stocks slip amid Iraq violence, growth data LONDON (AP) — Global stock markets mostly fell on Monday amid concerns about turmoil in Iraq and as a weak European economic report offset a more upbeat one in China.

Investors were watching with unease the escalating violence in Iraq, where militants over the weekend captured a chunk of new territory in the country’s west. Some worry that the violence could further destabilize the region and possibly affect the flow of energy exports.

In Europe, sentiment was dented further by a report suggesting the 18-country eurozone’s economy slowed in June. The so-called composite purchasing managers’ index — a key gauge of business activity — dropped to 52.8 points from 53.5 in May. That indicates growth continued in the second quarter, but at only a modest pace.

Earlier, a similar report in China by HSBC was somewhat more upbeat. It showed activity in China’s huge manufacturing sector expanded for the first time this year, a sign that the effects of recent mini-stimulus mea-

sures unleashed by Beijing were filtering through the economy.

By midday in Europe, Germany’s DAX was down 0.4 percent to 9,950.63 while France’s CAC 40 shed 0.3 percent to 4,526.11. The FTSE 100 index of leading British companies slipped 0.3 percent to 6,806.92.

U.S. stocks were poised to open flat, with Dow futures slipping less than 0.1 percent to 16,848 while broader S&P 500 futures were practically unchanged at 1,952.50.

In Asia, Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.6 percent to close at 5,453.30 and the country’s currency strengthened after the Chinese data. Investors are hoping an improving Chinese economy will benefit big mining companies in Australia, where the resource-driven economy has become highly dependent on China’s demand for commodities such as iron ore.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged 0.1 percent higher to close at 15,369.28, while South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.4 percent to end at 1,974.92.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng tumbled 1.7 percent while the Shanghai Composite Index in

Lebanese army and plainclothes policemen gather at the site of an explosion near a police checkpoint in the eastern town of Dahr el-Baidar, Lebanon, Friday, June 20, 2014. A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle Friday near a police checkpoint in eastern Lebanon, killing at least one person amid rising fears of renewed violence there sparked by a stunning offensive

by Sunni insurgents in nearby Iraq. (AP Photo) mainland China dipped by 0.1 percent.

In energy trading, the price of U.S. benchmark crude for August delivery rose 15 cents to $106.98 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The con-

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Continued from Page 6 ing its Texas plant after the U.S. imposed sanctions against too.

“Get off the plane and the mayor is waiting for you,” says Chinese-made pipes in 2010, notes Thilo Hanemann, Rhodium’s research director.

Hong Kong billionaire Ronnie Chan.

Local officials here in southwestern Alabama went out of In March, Dothan, Alabama, held a two-day U.S.-China manufacturing symposium, drawing dozens of potential their way to lure Golden Dragon, which wanted to build a plant Chinese investors. On sale were T-shirts reading: “Ni hao, to make copper tubing for air conditioners.

At first, the company considered Thomasville, just across y’all” — combining the Chinese version of “hello” with a colthe border in Clarke County. But Thomasville didn’t have any loquial Southernism.

Chinese executives wandered around during a street festival, suitable sites after Golden Dragon decided it needed three experiencing Americana by snapping photos of vintage ‘60s times as much space as originally sought.

“I was almost in a panic,” recalls Thomasville Mayor muscle cars. A Chinese company, in a deal negotiated before the symposium, announced it would bring a 3D printing Sheldon Day. But Day spotted an industrial park in Wilcox County with operation to Dothan.

Among other Chinese projects in the United States that are plenty of space. Day says he didn’t mind the project going to a neighboring county. The plant would employ Thomasville creating jobs: — In Moraine, Ohio, Chinese glassmaker Fuyao Glass residents, too.

And there was another benefit: Wilcox County — stuck with Industry Group Co. is taking over a plant that General Motors abandoned in 2008 and creating at least 800 jobs. The site puts 15.5 percent unemployment, Alabama’s highest — qualified Fuyao within four hours’ drive of auto plants in Ohio, for extra aid. It landed $8 million in state and federal grants to help build an annex road and sewage lines for the project.

Kentucky and Indiana.

Wilcox County also gave the company 100 acres of a 274— In Lancaster County, South Carolina, Chinese textile manufacturer Keer Group is investing $218 million in a plant acre industrial park it bought for $1.2 million and a break on to make industrial yarn and will employ 500. South Carolina local property taxes. And Alabama offered to reimburse the company up to $20 million of its costs for building the $100 nudged the deal along with a $4 million grant.

— In Gregory, Texas, Tianjin Pipe is investing over $1 bil- million factory. It will get the full amount if it ends up hiring lion in a factory that makes pipes for oil and gas drillers. The 500 people, says George Alford of the Wilcox County company expects to begin production late this year or early in Industrial Development Authority.

Local officials assembled all the public agencies and utilities 2015. It will have 50 to 70 employees by the end of this year Golden Dragon will have to deal with — from Alabama Power and 400 to 500 by the end of 2017.

The United States and China have long maintained a lop- to the Port of Mobile — in one room on one day so company sided relationship: China makes things. America buys them. executives could have their questions answered at once.

The message, Day said, was: “If you come here, we’ll hold The U.S. trade deficit in goods with China last year hit a record $318 billion. And for three decades, numerous U.S. manufac- your hand.”

A banquet was organized with both traditional Southern turers have moved operations to China.

The flow is at least starting to move the other way. One rea- fare, such as pinkeye purple hull peas, and Chinese dishes son is that in the past decade, the cost of labor, adjusted for from Thomasville’s New China Buffet restaurant.

When the visiting Chinese were seen devouring homemade productivity gains, has surged 187 percent at Chinese factories, compared with just 27 percent in the United States, banana pudding, “we took them the whole tray,” Day says.

To prepare for future banquets, Thomasville is buying according to Boston Consulting Group.

In addition, Chinese electricity costs rose 66 percent, more Chinese-style dining tables with built-in turntables.

Still, culture and language can remain a barrier. Local offithan twice the United States’ increase. The start of large-scale U.S. shale gas production has helped contain U.S. electricity cials hastily replaced a black-and-white banner welcoming Golden Dragon after learning that the colors signified a funercosts.

And the value of China’s currency has risen more than 30 al to the Chinese.

“Nobody wants a faux pas,” says John Clyde Riggs, execupercent against the U.S. dollar over the past decade. The higher yen has raised the cost of Chinese goods sold abroad tive director of a regional planning commission.

Golden Dragon and the future Dothan 3D join two other and, conversely, made U.S. goods more affordable in China.

Those rising costs have cut China’s competitive edge. In Chinese firms in Alabama: Continental Motors in Mobile 2004, manufacturing cost 14 percent less in China than in the makes piston engines for aircraft. And Shandong Swan USA in United States; that advantage has narrowed to 5 percent. If the Montgomery makes saws for cotton gins.

Alabama and other Southern states have followed the examtrend toward higher wages, energy costs and a higher currency continues, Boston Consulting predicts, U.S. manufacturing ple of South Carolina, which nabbed the first Chinese plant in America 14 years ago when appliance giant Haier built a will be less expensive than China’s by 2018.

Cost isn’t the only allure. As Chinese companies build more refrigerator plant in Camden.

John Ling, who runs South Carolina’s Shanghai office, has sophisticated products, they want to work more directly with an empty factory he’s pitching to Chinese firms. It’s been shutU.S. customers.

“Being close to the marketplace is good for everybody,” tered for four years — since the former owners closed it and says Loretta Lee, a Hong Kong entrepreneur who just opened moved the jobs to China.

“We will see more and more Chinese projects coming,” Ling a shoe factory in Tennessee.

Sometimes, political pressure nudges Chinese firms into says. “It’s at the very beginning.” investing in America. Tianjin Pipe, for instance, began build-

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be easy — it’s just going to be easier. And I think that’s what the private sector acknowledges.”

The summit being held at Washington’s Omni Hotel will highlight businesses with family-friendly benefits to hold up as best practices — Obama says child care and flexible work schedules also are vital benefits. Executives representing Gap Inc., PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Johnson and Johnson, Goldman Sachs, Shake Shack, Cisco Systems and Intel Corp. are participating in panel discussions at the summit.

It also comes in a midterm election year focused on women voters, and the White House was devoting all its star power to the event. Obama planned to speak midday and have a meeting with business leaders. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, planned to open the event, first lady Michelle Obama will deliver a closing speech and several other administration officials are participating on panels.

Obama planned to issue a presidential memorandum Monday directing federal agencies to expand flexible work arrangements when possible. Obama also planned to urge Congress to pass legislation requiring employers to accommodate pregnant employees so they can continue to perform their jobs. He also is ordering the Labor Department to create an interactive map that shows the rights of pregnant workers in each state.

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‘Game of Thrones’ puts Northern Ireland on the map

By SIOBHAN STARRS Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Giants, dragons and vengeful queens have for generations populated Northern Ireland’s folk tales. Now, such creatures are visiting the land in a different version — on the sets for the hit TV show “Game of Thrones.” But rather than spells and destruction, they’re bringing an economic boost to this British province still healing from its past of political violence.

Fans of the HBO fantasy drama would recognize here the landscapes from the fictional land of Westeros — the castle of Winterfell, the seaside cliffs of the Iron Isles and the King’s Road leading to the north. About 75 percent of the show is filmed in Northern Ireland, both in natural settings and in the Titanic Studios in Belfast.

Since the pilot episode began filming in 2009, attracted by the local government’s financial incentives, the show’s presence has helped foster a film industry that is catching the eye of other Hollywood productions. And Northern Ireland is taking advantage of the attention by promoting the filming locations as tourist destinations.

The latest — and perhaps most illustrious — visitor is Queen Elizabeth II, who will tour the studio sets on Monday. But thousands have already been visiting from across the globe.

Cara and Tom Collins from Springdale, Arkansas, were in Ballintoy Harbour recently to see the rocky coastal setting used in the show for the ‘Iron Isles,’ a kingdom of rugged sailors.

“You can just close your eyes and picture everybody there,” said Tom. The season four finale of “Game of Thrones” last week was watched by 7.09 million viewers in the United States according to prime-time viewership numbers complied by the Nielson Co. That makes it HBO’s most-watched program since “The Sopranos” in 2007.

But the numbers are likely higher since TV audience habits have changed since 2007 and “Game of Thrones” has fans globally who watch on local networks and via DVD or streaming services.

For Northern Ireland’s tourism industry, that represents a huge pool of potential visitors. The province hopes to use the show’s popularity to increase the number of tourists to over 2 million annually by 2016, from 1.8 million in 2013 — more than the region’s population of just 1.8 million.

Coach operators have created “Game of Thrones” tours, for which demand hit a record as the show reached its season finale this month.

“They are using some of our most iconic scenery in ‘Game of Thrones’ which is excellent,” said Arlene Foster, minister for enterprise, trade and investment.

Beyond tourism, the direct employment of local workers has been very important for the local economy, she said.

At the end of series four, HBO is estimated to have spent about 87.6 million pounds ($149.11 million) in the local economy making the show. The benefits are likely much higher when including other factors, such as the knock-on benefits from higher employment.

“This is a sector that we think has the potential to really grow” said Foster. “Around the HBO facility and studios will grow a skills base that others can use.”

Holywood — pronounced the same as California’s ‘Hollywood’ — is a small seaside town near Belfast that may lack the glamour of Beverly Hills, but is gaining a movie-making reputation of its own.

Yellow Moon, a production facility based there, has enjoyed strong growth and doubled its workforce by being involved with “Game of Thrones.”

“HBO were a big catalyst in changing perceptions of what could be done in Northern Ireland. As the Americans say, it was a game changer,” said Managing Director Greg Darby.

Five years ago, 80 percent of Yellow Moon’s work was for local broadcasters, and just 20 percent for productions based in the U.K. or further afield. Now, 70 percent of their work is commissioned outside Northern Ireland. “’Game of Thrones’ are directly or indirectly responsible for 80 percent of the people that we have taken on in the last three years, because if they didn’t come we wouldn’t have the other work,” said Darby.

Scott Ferguson’s story illustrates what “Game of Thrones” means for young creative people in Northern Ireland.

He dreamt of being a film editor, but his first experience in the industry failed to lead to more work, so he took a job in a bank. Then five years ago a government training scheme lead to a placement at Yellow Moon and he is now a colorist on the show, adding mood and tone to the images in post-production, and on his way to becoming an expert in his field.

Ferguson is confident that people like him will no longer need to emigrate to seek work in film and TV, now that Northern Ireland’s reputation as a production hub is growing.

“We have world class facilities, and we now have a world class crew. We have a shooting crew and we have a post crew who have worked on the biggest, most watched, most successful TV show that has been around for a while,” he said.

Statistics can’t do justice to the “Game of Thrones” effect on Northern Ireland’s economy, said economist Graham Brownlow, from Queens University Belfast. He says the show is helping to improve the province’s international image, which for decades had become synonymous with political violence and economic stagnation.

That ‘critical mass’ now includes ‘Dracula Untold’, a Universal Pictures movie with an October 2014 release date and Ridley Scott’s new ‘Halo’ feature, which is also expected to be released before the end of the year.

These and other features will need best boys, wardrobe assistants, carpenters, camera operators and colorists and Northern Ireland’s new local talent pool will be only too happy to oblige.

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Nate Barnes drove in one of the four runs scored in Westfield Post 124’s four-run third inning. The Westfield State product went 1-3 in the game with that RBI single. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

Post 124 steals win from Aldenville

By Robby Veronesi WNG Intern WESTFIELD – The undefeated squad from Aldenville Post 337 threatened in the late stages of Saturday afternoon’s American Legion Baseball duel. Down 4-0 early, the visitors chipped away and loaded the bases with two out in the top of the seventh.

Making his season debut on the mound, Rob Sullivan struck out two batters, including pinch-hitter Ryan Kazeroid, to record the save and preserve Post 124’s 4-3 victory, while handing Aldenville (10-1) its first loss of the summer at Bud and Jim Hagan Field on the campus of Westfield State University.

“I hope (beating an undefeated team) lifts these guys,” said Head Coach Don Irzyk. “This really is a good team and they

Colin Dunn (3) scored the second run in Post 124’s four-run inning off Nate Barnes’s RBI single. Dunn led the offense from the No. 1 spot in the lineup with two hits and two stolen bases. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

Robert Sullivan (13) entered in the seventh inning and struck out two Aldenville batters to seal the 4-3 victory at Hagan Field at Westfield State University. Post 124 next hosts Amherst tonight. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

have a lot of confidence. Even when we had our back against the wall, these guys really showed a lot. They really toughened up, made the plays and did the job.”

Aldenville’s starting pitcher J.D. Lehouiller held the bats of Westfield (6-1) most of the game, but Post 124 struck for four runs in the bottom of the third, producing five of the six total hits.

Tim Kelleher drove in the initial run on a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Jeff Hockenberry from third base. With two outs, Westfield rallied for three more runs, thanks to RBI singles from Nate Barnes, Tim Donahue and Connor Sas. Colin Dunn led the offense with two hits, the only player with multiple hits for the home side. Dunn also had two of Post 124’s five stolen bases, key to the four-run rally. When a batter reached first, the aggressive base running put runners in scoring position for the potent bats.

“We had the one big inning (but) we have to produce a little bit more when we have the opportunities,” said Irzyk. “You have to take them when we get them. I like to be aggressive and stay aggressive until they can make the plays to stop it.”

Matt Irzyk earned another win on the mound, tossing six innings of three-run ball after pitching a few innings in Friday’s 6-1 win at Easthampton. Irzyk shut out a tough Aldenville lineup for four innings until the road squad chipped away at the deficit by scoring in the top half of the fifth inning.

“I thought he had decent stuff despite all the work he’s had this week,” said Irzyk. “I’m sure he was happy overall with the job that he did.

“Rob did a heck of a job coming in. We’ve thrown Rob before in short stints, but he hasn’t thrown this year, so he was really under the gun. I was happy with the way it played itself out.”

Westfield has an off day Sunday before returning to WSU for home games against Amherst and Wilbraham Monday and Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.

Tim Kelleher (8) broke the deadlock in the bottom of the third inning, smacking a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Jeff Hockenberry and giving Westfield a 1-0 lead. Post 124 went on to score three more runs before holding off a furious Aldenville Post 337 rally to win 4-3. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away 22-18 Toronto 42 35 .545 — — 3-7 L-2 20-17 1½ — 6-4 W-2 16-17 23-18 Baltimore 39 35 .527 New York 39 35 .527 1½ — 6-4 L-2 17-18 22-17 6½ 5 5-5 W-1 20-19 15-22 Boston 35 41 .461 11 9½ 6-4 W-2 18-23 13-23 Tampa Bay 31 46 .403 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 6-4 W-4 19-19 21-13 Detroit 40 32 .556 Kansas City 39 36 .520 2½ ½ 6-4 L-4 18-19 21-17 14-24 Cleveland 37 39 .487 5 3 4-6 L-3 23-15 5 3 5-5 W-4 19-17 17-21 Minnesota 36 38 .486 Chicago 35 41 .461 7 5 2-8 L-4 21-18 14-23 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Oakland 47 29 .618 — — 7-3 L-1 24-15 23-14 5 — 5-5 W-3 23-14 18-19 Los Angeles 41 33 .554 7 — 6-4 W-3 17-20 23-16 Seattle 40 36 .526 Texas 35 40 .467 11½ 4½ 4-6 L-5 16-19 19-21 16-24 Houston 33 44 .429 14½ 7½ 3-7 L-2 17-20 AMERICAN LEAGUE Saturday’s Games Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Seattle 2, Kansas City 1 Oakland 2, Boston 1, 10 innings Tampa Bay 8, Houston 0 Cincinnati 11, Toronto 1 Detroit 5, Cleveland 4, 10 innings L.A. Angels 3, Texas 2, 10 innings Sunday’s Games Detroit 10, Cleveland 4 Cincinnati 4, Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 5, Houston 2 Baltimore 8, N.Y. Yankees 0 Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Seattle 2, Kansas City 1 Boston 7, Oakland 6, 10 innings L.A. Angels 5, Texas 2 Monday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-2), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 3-0) at Toronto (Stroman 3-2), 7:07 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Volquez 4-6) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 2-5), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 9-3) at Kansas City (Guthrie 4-6), 8:10 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 8-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-2), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Washington 39 35 .527 — — 4-6 W-2 23-17 16-18 Atlanta 38 37 .507 1½ 2½ 4-6 L-2 20-18 18-19 Miami 37 38 .493 2½ 3½ 3-7 L-2 25-18 12-20 New York 35 41 .461 5 6 6-4 W-2 16-20 19-21 Philadelphia 34 40 .459 5 6 6-4 L-2 16-21 18-19 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Milwaukee 47 30 .610 — — 7-3 W-4 20-15 27-15 St. Louis 41 35 .539 5½ — 7-3 W-2 23-17 18-18 Cincinnati 37 37 .500 8½ 3 7-3 W-2 19-18 18-19 Pittsburgh 37 38 .493 9 3½ 6-4 W-2 21-18 16-20 Chicago 31 42 .425 14 8½ 5-5 L-2 16-16 15-26 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away San Francisco 45 30 .600 — — 3-7 W-2 23-15 22-15 Los Angeles 42 35 .545 4 — 7-3 W-2 18-20 24-15 Colorado 34 41 .453 11 6½ 4-6 L-6 19-17 15-24 San Diego 32 44 .421 13½ 9 4-6 L-2 19-21 13-23 Arizona 32 47 .405 15 10½ 3-7 L-2 14-29 18-18

Tuesday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

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

Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Saturday’s Games Milwaukee 9, Colorado 4 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 0 St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 11, Toronto 1 Washington 3, Atlanta 0 Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2 San Francisco 6, Arizona 4 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 11, Miami 5 Cincinnati 4, Toronto 3

Red Sox hold off A’s 7-6 MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — David Ortiz saved his only hit for a key moment for the Boston Red Sox. Ortiz connected for a leadoff home run in the 10th inning, and the Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Sunday to avoid a four-game series sweep.

“I like to go out there and make things happen,” Ortiz said.

“We’ve had a good game, had a good series and then we go back to struggles. So hopefully everything changes at some point.”

Ortiz was the only Boston starter without a hit until he lined a 1-2 pitch from Fernando Abad (2-3) over the wall in leftcenter for his 17th homer.

The Red Sox had to go extra innings after letting a 6-1 lead slip away. The A’s scored three runs in the eighth, and then homered twice in the ninth against Koji Uehara (3-1). The closer had converted 31 consecutive save opportunities dating to 2013.

“I’m getting hit on day games,” Uehara said through an interpreter. “I think it’s because I’m old. I’m not woken up.”

The Red Sox pulled within 6 1/2 games of first-place Toronto in the AL East. New York and Baltimore are 1 1/2 games back.

Ortiz’s homer came four days after the designated hitter belted a tying drive in the 10th inning of a 2-1 victory against Minnesota.

“He does have the knack for the moment,” Boston manager John Farrell said. “More than anything he stays at rest or at peace mentally in those key spots and doesn’t miss his pitch when he gets it.”

Mike Napoli and David Ross also homered for Boston, which had been limited to two runs or fewer in eight consecutive games. Napoli scored another run as part of a double steal, and former A’s player Jonny Gomes added a two-run single.

Oakland’s late surge negated a strong outing by Boston starter Jon Lester.

Lester, who had a career-high 15 strikeouts against the A’s earlier this season, allowed two earned runs and four hits over 7 2-3 innings. He struck out four and walked two.

The veteran left-hander left after hitting Craig Gentry and walking Jed Lowrie with two outs in the eighth.

Burke Badenhop came in and gave up three consecutive RBI singles to make it 6-4 before Andrew Miller got pinch-hitter Coco Crisp to line out to shortstop.

Uehara, who had the longest successful save streak in the majors, blew a shot at extending his impressive run when he yielded home runs by Stephen Vogt and pinch-hitter John Jaso.

“That’s a good example of the kind of grit and determination this team has,” said Oakland closer Sean Doolittle, who grounded out to second as a pinch hitter in the 10th. “Night after night it seems like it’s only a matter of time before our offense finds a way to come through and push some runs across.”

Oakland catcher Derek Norris had to leave the game in the 10th after a frightening situation when he was hit in the back of the head by Gomes’ bat on a follow-through swing. Norris immediately dropped to the ground as home plate Greg Gibson quickly called for A’s trainers.

Norris was eventually helped to his feet and walked to the dugout. He was taken to a hospital as precaution and was scheduled to undergo a CAT scan.

Boston broke out of its week-long scoring slump and got to Tommy Milone after loading the bases with two outs in the first on two singles and a walk. Gomes’ two-run single put the Red Sox up 2-0.

Ross, who homered off Milone earlier this season at Fenway Park, did it again on the first pitch in the second.

NOTES: Oakland’s last four-game sweep of Boston came in 1971 at Fenway Park. ... Oakland 1B Kyle Blanks left after getting thrown out at home in the second. Blanks has been nursing a calf strain and aggravated it while sliding into home plate. ... With two days off in the next week, the A’s plan to skip Sonny Gray’s turn in the rotation. Gray, who has yet to pitch a full season in the majors, has already logged a teamleading 99 innings. ... Boston OF Shane Victorino (right hamstring strain) took batting practice with Triple-A Pawtucket but did not play. .. Red Sox RHP John Lackey (8-4) pitches the series opener against Seattle on Monday. ... It was Oakland’s

eighth sellout of the season.

ORIOLES 8, YANKEES 0 NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Tillman tossed seven innings of four-hit ball and the Baltimore Orioles handed Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka his second major league loss.

Jonathan Schoop homered off Tanaka (11-2) for the second time and fellow rookie Caleb Joseph capped the scoring with his first career homer. J.J. Hardy hit a three-run double for the Orioles, who spoiled Old-Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium and took two of three from their AL East rivals.

New York slugger Mark Teixeira left in the eighth after getting hit on his left foot by an 85 mph slider from T.J. McFarland.

Teixeira hobbled toward first, then slammed his helmet to the ground in anger before heading into the dugout. X-rays were negative, manager Joe Girardi said.

Tillman (6-4) snapped a two-start skid, though he pitched well in those outings, and improved to 6-0 on the road — though he entered with a 6.33 ERA away from home.

TIGERS 10, INDIANS 4 CLEVELAND (AP) — Max Scherzer pitched six strong innings, Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in three runs, and the Detroit Tigers beat Cleveland for a three-game sweep.

The Tigers, swept in a three-game series at Progressive Field last month, have won four in a row overall.

Scherzer (9-3) bounced back from one of the worst outings of his career. The reigning AL Cy Young winner allowed 10 runs in four innings against Kansas City on Tuesday.

Cabrera hit his 13th homer in the first off Josh Tomlin (4-5), added an RBI single in the third and drove in a run with a grounder in the fifth when Detroit scored seven times.

RAYS 5, ASTROS 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yunel Escobar drove in two runs during a three-run sixth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Houston.

Escobar hit a two-run single and Sean Rodriguez had an RBI grounder off Dallas Keuchel (8-5) to give the Rays a 4-2 lead in the sixth.

The Rays are 8-18 over their past 26 games, including five wins in seven games against Houston.

Juan Carlos Oviedo (3-2) got two outs in the sixth for the win. Joel Peralta pitched the ninth for his first save.

ROYALS 2, MARINERS 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rookie Roenis Elias pitched neatly into the seventh inning, Mike Zunino homered and the Seattle Mariners defeated Kansas City for a three-game sweep.

After winning 10 straight to move into first place in the AL Central, the Royals have dropped four in a row, three of them by 2-1 scores.

Elias (7-5), a 25-year-old left-hander from Cuba, limited the Royals to one run and five singles over 6 2-3 innings.

Zunino hit his ninth home run, tops among AL catchers. He connected off Yordano Ventura (5-6) leading off the seventh to break a 1-all tie.

Fernando Rodney, pitching for the fourth straight day, earned his 21st save in 23 chances.

TWINS 6, WHITE SOX 5 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Mauer had two hits and two RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins complete their first four-game sweep against the White Sox in 20 years.

Anthony Swarzak and Casey Fien combined for three shutout innings of relief and Jared Burton earned his first save since May 30, 2013, with a perfect ninth.

Gordon Beckham and Jose Abreu had two RBIs apiece for the White Sox, who have lost eight straight games against AL Central rivals.

The Twins last swept Chicago in a four-game series June 9-12, 1994.

Phil Hughes (8-3) lasted just five innings but got the win. In his last eight starts versus the Twins, John Danks (6-6) is 0-6 with a 6.18 ERA. REDS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 CINCINNATI (AP) — Johnny Cueto pitched eight effective innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat Toronto after Blue Jays stars Brett Lawrie and Jose Bautista exited early because of injuries.

Lawrie sustained a broken right index finger when he was hit by a pitch in the second. The team didn’t immediately announce how long the infielder would be out.

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Washington 4, Atlanta 1 St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 1 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1 Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5 San Francisco 4, Arizona 1 Monday’s Games Miami (Eovaldi 4-3) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-5), 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Volquez 4-6) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 2-5), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Simon 10-3) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-6), 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 9-3) at Kansas City (Guthrie 4-6), 8:10 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-4) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-4), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 7-5) at Colorado (Chacin 1-5), 8:40 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 2-6) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-5), 10:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

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

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Atlanta at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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Washington at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Cleveland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

SUMMER SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, June 23, 2014 Westfield Post 124 vs. Amherst Post 148, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m.

Westfield Babe Ruth Baseball – Amanti Cup tournament game, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Westfield Post 124 vs. Wilbraham Post 286, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m.

Westfield Babe Ruth Baseball – Dan Welch City Cup tournament game, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Westfield Post 124 at East Springfield Post 420, Forest Park, 5:45 p.m.

Westfield Babe Ruth Baseball – Amanti Cup tournament game, 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 26, 2014 Westfield Babe Ruth Baseball – Amanti Cup tournament game, 5 p.m.

Westfield Babe Ruth Baseball – D an Welch City Cup tournament game, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 27, 2014 Westfield Post 124 vs. Greenfield Post 81, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m.

Saturday, June 28, 2014 Westfield Post 124 at Ludlow Post 52, Whitney Park, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, June 30, 2014 Westfield Post 124 vs. West Springfield, Bullens Field, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Westfield Post 124 vs. Longmeadow, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m.

Thursday, July 3, 2014 Westfield Post 124 vs. Agawam Post 185, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m.

Sunday, July 6, 2014 Westfield Post 124 at West Springfield, Mitteneague Park, 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Westfield Post 124 vs. Springfield Post 21, Bullens Field, 7 p.m.

Friday, July 11, 2014 Westfield Post 124 at Longmeadow, Longmeadow High School, 5:45 p.m.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

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The Westfield Junior girls’ lacrosse team battles in the Bowers tournament. (Submitted photos)

Westfield Junior girls’ lacrosse

Westfield Juniors Girls’ Lacrosse dominates The Westfield Juniors girls’ lacrosse team dominated in the BOWERS Tournament (CT) on June 1 with a record of 4-0. Westfield outscored the competition, 20-2, with wins over Avon White (3-1), Glastonbury (7-0), Avon Blue (8-1), and Ellington (2-0).

MLB Roundup Bautista left because of tightness in his left leg. The All-Star outfielder had a single and a sacrifice bunt before leaving.

Cueto (7-5) gave up three runs — one earned — and leads the NL with a 1.86 ERA. Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the ninth for his 13th save.

Todd Frazier broke a 2-all tie in the fifth with a two-run homer off R.A. Dickey (6-6).

METS 11, MARLINS 5 MIAMI (AP) — Daniel Murphy hit a three-run homer and the New York Mets matched a season high with 17 hits to beat the slumping Miami Marlins.

Jonathon Niese (4-4), who has been plagued by poor run support this year, won for the first time since May 22. He allowed less than four earned runs for the 19th consecutive start, giving up three in six innings.

Niese drove in a run with a suicide squeeze bunt, and David Wright had an RBI for the sixth game in a row.

Rookie Anthony DeSclafani (1-2), making his fourth majorleague start, gave up seven runs in 3 2-3 innings and departed with a 7.59 ERA. NATIONALS 4, BRAVES 1 WASHINGTON (AP) — Tanner Roark won his fourth straight start, Denard Span had an RBI double and the Washington Nationals beat Atlanta for a split of the four-game series between NL East rivals.

The Nationals improved to 3-7 against Atlanta. They increased their division lead over the Braves to 1 1/2 games.

Roark (7-4) went 5 1-3 innings, allowing a run and four hits.

Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 17th save.

Atlanta’s Evan Gattis went 0 for 3 to snap his 20-game hitting streak.

Ervin Santana (5-5) went six innings, giving up three runs and six hits.

CARDINALS 5, PHILLIES 3 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mark Ellis drove in two runs, including the go-ahead score with a bunt, and the St. Louis Cardinals got a scoreless effort from their bullpen to beat Philadelphia.

Ellis broke a 3-all tie with a safely squeeze bunt in the fourth.

He added an RBI single in the sixth. He is hitting .193 with 12 RBIs in 41 games.

Carlos Martinez (1-3) allowed three runs over five innings.

Nick Greenwood, Sam Freeman, Pat Neshek and Trevor Rosenthal combined for four innings of two-hit scoreless relief.

Rosenthal got his 22nd save in 25 chances.

Cody Asche drove in all three Philadelphia runs with a basesloaded double in the second. Jimmy Rollins had a 15-game hitting streak snapped.

Kyle Kendrick (3-7) allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings.

PIRATES 2, CUBS 1 CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Cumpton pitched seven scoreless innings, Travis Snider hit a solo homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cubs.

Cumpton (3-2) won his third straight decision. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out four.

Pirates closer Mark Melancon pitched the ninth for his 12th save in 15 chances.

Gregory Polanco had his hitting streak snapped at 11 games.

The Pirates’ rookie leadoff hitter had a hit in his first 11 major league games. He was 0 for 3 with a walk.

Jason Hammel (6-5) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings.

BREWERS 6, ROCKIES 5 DENVER (AP) — Aramis Ramirez homered and drove in two runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers continued their road dominance with a win over Colorado.

Milwaukee swept the Rockies to finish 6-1 on a road trip that started in Arizona. The Brewers’ 27-15 record and .643 winning percentage away from home is the best in the majors.

Kyle Lohse (9-2) allowed three runs on seven hits in five innings to win consecutive starts for the first time in a month.

Francisco Rodriguez settled down to get his 25th save in 27 chances.

Wilin Rosario homered among his four hits and had three RBIs for Colorado, which has lost six straight and fell to 6-14 in June.

Rockies rookie right-hander Tyler Matzek (1-2) was roughed up in the second.

DODGERS 2, PADRES 1 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched six solid innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Padres soon after San Diego’s general manager Josh Byrnes was fired.

Ryu (9-3) won for the sixth time in seven starts since missing more than three weeks with shoulder inflammation.

Byrnes had been San Diego’s GM since October 2011. The Padres went 76-86 in his first two seasons and are 32-44 and 13 1/2 games back in the NL West this season.

Adrian Gonzalez and Dee Gordon drove in runs against Eric Stults (2-10).

J.P. Howell pitched 1 1-3 perfect innings and Brian Wilson got two outs before Kenley Jansen finished off the four-hitter by pitching the ninth for his 22nd save in 25 chances.

GIANTS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 1 PHOENIX (AP) — Madison Bumgarner gave up just two

Continued from Page 10 infield singles while pitching into the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat Arizona.

Through eight innings, Bumgarner (9-4) allowed only Cody Ross’ dribbler to the left of the mound in the second inning.

Bumgarner left after an error by shortstop Brandon Crawford and then Ender Inciarte’s single off the glove of third baseman

Pablo Sandoval in the ninth.

Sergio Romo gave up Martin Prado’s RBI single but got his second save in two nights and his 22nd save in 26 opportunities.

Diamondbacks rookie Mike Bolsinger (1-3) allowed a run and five hits in 7 2-3 innings.

Scenarios in Group G of the World Cup

By The Associated Press The United States and Germany both have four points and are atop Group G over Ghana and Portugal who have one point each. In the group stage of the World Cup, wins are worth three points, and draws are worth one point. All four teams have one game remaining.

Germany and the U.S. will play Thursday in Recife, and Ghana and Portugal will kick off at the same time in Brasilia.

Here are the scenarios: —If the U.S. wins: The

Aaron Hernandez taken for brief hospital visit DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was briefly taken from a jail to a hospital this weekend for an undisclosed problem, a Massachusetts sheriff said.

Hernandez was brought to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford Saturday and was back at the Bristol County jail in Dartmouth about an hour later, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson said Sunday.

Hodgson said he can’t disclose what happened because of medical privacy laws.

Hernandez, a Bristol, Connecticut, native, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in connection with the killings of two men in Boston in 2012 and the killing of another man found near Hernandez’s home in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.

The hospital visit, first reported by WBZ-TV in Boston, came a day after his attorneys said in a transfer request that Hernandez should be moved to a jail closer to Boston because communication with his attorneys and his personal safety are being compromised.

Boston-based attorneys Michael Fee and James Sultan complained their client has dealt with “bizarre and unprecedented” restrictions in his communications with his lawyers.

Hernandez cannot always speak privately over the phone and inperson visits are limited to a specially-designated visitation room at the prison, they said.

The lawyers also suggested Hernandez’s safety is at risk now that he faces criminal charges for allegedly threatening to kill a prison guard and his family, and in an alleged jail altercation with another inmate. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty.

Hernandez is set to appear in court in Boston this week in the 2012 drive-by shooting that killed Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to all three killings.

Americans are through to the next round as the winners of Group G and will play the second place team from Group H. (Belgium currently leads Group H, followed by Algeria, Russia and South Korea) Germany would finish second unless Ghana or Portugal won and passed Germany on goal differential. Germany currently is plus 4, Ghana is minus 1 and Portugal is minus 4. The second place finisher plays the winner of Group H.

—If Germany wins: Germany wins the group.

The U.S. would finish second unless Ghana or Portugal won and passed the U.S. on goal differential. The U.S. is plus 1, Ghana is minus 1 and Portugal is minus 4. So, if the U.S. loses to Germany, it will be rooting for Portugal, because it’s less likely that Portugal could pass the U.S. on goal differential.

—If Germany and the U.S. draw: Germany wins the group and the U.S. finishes

second. The result of the other game is meaningless.

—If Ghana and Portugal draw: The U.S. and Germany advance. Germany wins the group unless the U.S. defeats them.

—Other tiebreakers: In any of these scenarios involving goal differential, if two teams are tied on points and goal differential, the next tiebreaker is total goals scored.

Germany has six goals, the U.S. has four, Ghana has there and Portugal has two.

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Should something be said?

Dear Annie: I have several cousins who are celebrating weddings and baby showers this summer. Several of my aunts will not attend any of these events if they are not held in a Catholic Church. They say it is against their “rules.” One aunt sent a reply saying she would not attend the outdoor wedding because it was not being held in a church. Another aunt replied to a wedding shower invitation that she would not attend it at a Lutheran church hall because it was not her religion.

I find these replies to be quite rude and judgmental. Should something be said? Should we ignore it? Should future invitations not be sent? -- Wisconsin Dear Wisconsin: Catholic weddings are supposed to take place in a church, officiated by a priest. If your aunt will not attend any wedding that is not sanctioned by the church (generally meaning an interfaith marriage), please respect that. And while that is not a problem with wedding showers, there are those who will not enter the place of worship of a different religion. That, too, is their choice. These religious restrictions don’t leave a great deal of room for compromise.

The aunts were rude in explaining (which apparently felt like lecturing) the reasons they would not attend. Simply saying, “Sorry I cannot be there,” would have been simpler and kinder.

But your choice is to invite those with whom you wish to celebrate, and theirs is whether or not to come. Please say nothing more about it.

Dear Annie: I am writing to let you know one of your columns has saved at least one life.

My friend told me she read a letter from “L.,” who is a cancer survivor. The writer discussed the importance of having a colonoscopy and listed all the symptoms of colon cancer. When she finished reading it, my friend told her son, “I have cancer,” and it turned out, she did.

The doctor found Stage II colon cancer, for which she is now being treated, and the doctors think she will make a full recovery. I think that letter should run every week. -- Anonymous Dear Anonymous: While we cannot repeat the same letter every week, we think it is a public service to reprint the symptoms of colon cancer. If you notice any of the following, please see your doctor immediately and schedule a colonoscopy: 1. Blood in the stool or rectal bleeding when you have a bowel movement.

2. Stomach aches, pains and cramps that continue with no apparent cause.

3. Difficulty eating or swallowing.

4. Losing weight without cause.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Overwhelmed in Smalltown, USA,” whose transgendered sister is invited to the brother’s wedding, and the family won’t attend.

Seven years ago, my son moved out of state for a job. Two years later, he emailed that he had made the decision to transgender to a female. I was absolutely devastated. But after a few months, I realized that I had to accept my “daughter” if I wanted to have a relationship with her. The first time I visited, my knees were shaking, and my heart was pounding. She was respectful of my feelings and dressed in her male clothing so as not to shock me. She wanted us to meet her transgendered friends, and even though I was scared, they turned out to be the nicest people.

Due to other medical issues, my sweet, beautiful daughter recently died. Her friends drove 800 miles to support me. My only memories of her female self are in the stories her friends tell. I miss my sweet angel every moment of every day. -Grieving Mom of a Beautiful Daughter Dear Mom: Our condolences on your terrible loss. Thank you for expressing what is most important: This is still your child.

To all our Muslim readers: Happy Eid

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Dear Readers: Here is this week’s SOUND OFF, about the wattage of microwaves: “I am constantly annoyed that microwave manufacturers do not print the wattage anywhere on the units. Different recipes call for various wattage ovens. How are we supposed to remember the wattage when it was only on the box it came in, which has been thrown away?”

-- A Frustrated Reader, via email I share your frustration! It would make it much easier if the wattage were printed on the microwave. Here is a hint to try: Write down the wattage as soon as you get the product, and stick it on a cabinet door or someplace where it is easily accessible.

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MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 - PAGE 13

RUBES Leigh Rubin

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, June 23, 2014: This year you have the opportunity to blaze a new trail. You will show more appreciation and caring, as you will experience a high level of sensitivity toward others. Greater financial security becomes possible with a promotion and/ or pay raise. Use your additional income carefully. If you are single, you will meet someone in your daily travels who could become very important to you.

This relationship could have a unique quality. If you are attached, the two of you spend a lot of time shooting the breeze together. You are likely to make a major purchase that will enhance the quality of your lives. TAURUS always seems stable.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

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ONE BIG HAPPY Rick Detorie

ZACK HILL John Deering and John Newcombe

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You can push only so much and expect positive results. Ultimately, you could experience some negativity when trying to reach a financial agreement.

You might have to indulge in some wining and dining in order to persuade the involved parties to agree. Tonight: Your treat.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Your optimism might exhaust a partner and force you to rethink your direction. This person could become very difficult. Know that a smile can be more influential than you realize. Try to be a little more subtle and a little less like a cheerleader. Tonight: As you like it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Someone’s insecurities might be getting the best of you. You could feel down and somewhat tired by recent hassles. Venus enters your sign, which adds to your buoyancy and charisma.

Follow your intuition with a difficult situation. Tonight: Visit with a friend.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You’ll be more grounded than usual, especially as you express your opinions in a meeting. Recognize that everyone hits a brick wall occasionally, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t test a different approach or a new idea.

Tonight: Surround yourself with friends.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Take a stand, and know that you might need to accept far more responsibility. How you deal with someone could radically change as you gain a sense of control. Stay grounded. Make a point to clearly communicate your thoughts to others. Tonight: Burn the candle at both ends.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You have the ability to see the big picture, whereas those around you might not. You could have difficulty expressing why your priorities are so different, as a result. Honor your vision.

When others see the results, they might strive to detach more often. Tonight: Accept an offer.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Deal directly with a friend who often gives you feedback. What this person suggests might seem lackluster or superficial. Be polite, but seek out other answers if need be. Pace yourself, especially if you are trying to get a lot done. Tonight: Seek out an expert.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Others won’t hesitate to challenge you. You might wonder about their strong approach, but first recognize how you come off. Listen to what is being shared by a trusted loved one. Take an overview as you weigh the pros and cons. Tonight: Say “yes” to an invitation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You’ll want to be more direct with someone, but at the moment you might not be as sure of yourself as you would like. Remain level-headed with someone you need to respond to. You’ll want this person to understand where you are coming from. Tonight: Kick back and relax.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Don’t even consider doing anything except detaching from a hot issue. Your judgment might be off, and you could make a huge mistake. Stop and have a friendly little chat with someone you normally just nod or say “hello” to. Tonight: Approach a situation creatively.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Stay close to home. If you work from home, you might consider establishing a stronger presence there.

The results of giving yourself greater freedom will be spectacular, and it will give whatever you do an extra touch of

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You might want to establish a stronger bond with someone in your life. It could be with a co-worker, neighbor or friend whom you’ve been too quick to say “hi” and “bye” to. A family member suddenly might change his or her tune.

Tonight: Buy a treat on the way home.

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DEPARTMENT OF 642 College Highway www.thewestfieldnews.com PUBLIC WORKS INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of M.G.L. FY15 BID ADVERTISEMENT Chapter 40A, Section 11, that FOR GUARDRAILS the Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 7:15 p.m. in the The Town of Southwick is seekLand Use Hearing Room, Town ing sealed Bids for “FY15 Hall, 454 College Highway on an GUARDRAILS”. Bids will be reapplication by Gaunts Perform- ceived by the Southwick DPW at ance and Automotive Shop for the Board of Selectmen’s Office, a Special Permit and Site Plan Town Hall, 454 College HighApproval for property located at way, Southwick, MA 01077 until 642 College Highway, zoned 10:00 AM on Thursday July Business Restricted (BR). The 10, 2014, and then at said office property is shown on current As- publicly opened and read aloud.

Sealed bid shall have the outer sessors Map 65, Parcel 29. envelope marked as “Town of The Applicant proposes to oper- Southwick – FY15 Guardrails”. ate an auto repair shop in ac- The Bid is for replacing existing cordance with the Code of old or damaged guardrails and S o u t h w i c k Z o n i n g B y l a w s , installing new guardrails in place Chapter 185, Sections 9, 10, 17, on a unit price basis. All bids for this project are subject to the and 31. provisions of Massachusetts A copy of the application and the general Law Chapter 30, Secplans may be inspected at the tion 39M as amended. No Bid Planning Board or the Town may be withdrawn within 60 Clerks office during regular of- days after the date of the opening of Bids. Wages are subject fice hours. to Massachusetts minimum Any person interested or wish- wage rates as per MGL Chapter ing to be heard on the applica- 149, Section 26 to 27D, inclustion should appear at the time ive. Owner reserves the right to formally waive any informality in and place designated. or to reject any or all Bids, or to accept any Bid in which in their Doug Moglin, Chairperson opinion, is in the public interest Southwick Planning Board to do so.

CLASSIFIED June 16, 23, 2014

TOWN OF SOUTHWICK PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 642 College Highway

0001 Legal Notices June 16, 23, 2014 TOWN OF SOUTHWICK PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 642 College Highway Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 11, that the Planning Board will hold a IN Hearing BRIEFon Tuesday, JuPublic ly 1, 2014 at 7:15 p.m. in the Land Use Hearing Room, Town Hall, 454 College Highway on an application by Gaunts Performance and Automotive Shop for HUNTINGTON perfora Special Permit and- A Site Plan Approval for property located at mance by well-known jazz 642 College Highway, zoned and swing duo Noble and Business Restricted (BR). The Sparkman, with on Jerry Noble property is shown current Ason piano and Sparkman sessors Map 65,Bob Parcel 29.

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on clarinet will be held on The Applicant operSunday, Juneproposes 29 at 2 to p.m. at ate an auto repair shop in acNorth Hall.

The event cordance with the Codewill of arts , Sinclude o u t h w i cfree k Zmusic o n i n g jams, Bylaw Chapter 9, 10, 17, exhibits,185, andSections meet-the-artist and 31. receptions.

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 11, that the Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 7:15 p.m. in the Land Use Hearing Room, Town Hall, 454 College Highway on an application by Gaunts Performance and Automotive Shop for a Special Permit and Site Plan Approval for property located at 642 College Highway, zoned Business Restricted (BR). The property is shown on current Assessors Map 65, Parcel 29.

The proposes to opergoalApplicant will help to save the ate anofauto repair of shop inand aclives hundreds cats cordance with the Code of Sdogs o u t hin w ithe c k Greater Z o n i n gWestfield Bylaws, area. 185, Sections 9, 10, 17, Chapter andThe 31. $95 cost includes golf,

cart, lunch, dinner and prizes;

A copy of the application and the dinnermay onlybeis inspected $25. Prizes plans at for the a Hole-In-One new Planning Boardinclude: or the aTown Clerks office during Subaru, regular ofcar from Bertera a fice hours. $3500 value pool or spa from

Teddy Bearinterested Pools and Spa Any person or wishandto abecash of applica$700. ing heardprize on the tion should appear at the$100 time Other prizes include and designated. cashplace for Closest to the pin -

MaleMoglin, and Female, and $50 for Doug Chairperson A copy of the application and the Southwick LONGEST DRIVE - Male Planning Board plans may be inspected at the and Female. Sign-up will be Planning Board or the Town Clerks office during regular of- at 11:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 12:30 PM. The regisfice hours.

Award Applications

WESTFIELD - The appli-

Any person interested or wishcations Westfield ing to be from heard the on the applicaHistorical Commission for tion should appear at the time and designated. the place Annual Preservation

Award, “Our Past into The for 2014. This award seeks to recognize individuals, businesses and families who have contributed to preserving Westfield’s historical integrity. Nominations for the award include diverse topics such as rehabilitation and restoration, individual lifetime achievement, landscape preservation, archaeology, adaptive reuse, education and local preservation. Applications are available at the Mayor’s office, Westfield Athenaeum and may be found online at the city website. Deadline for submission of application forms is June 29. The winner of the award will be announced in July.

Doug Moglin, Chairperson Future” Planning are available Southwick Board

Russell Yoga Classes RUSSELL - There will be a five yoga class series in June.

The cost is $30. It will be held Monday evenings at 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Classes will be taught by Westfield Yoga Center teacher, Tara Balboni. $10 drop-ins are always welcome. Get your friends and neighbors to join in! If the demand and numbers warrant it, we will continue into July.

See you there!

Scramble for the Animals Seeks Golfers WESTFIELD - Volunteers of the Westfield Homeless Cat Project and Friends of the Westfield Regional Animal Shelter invite golfers to a Scramble for the Animals on Sunday, August 3 at Oak Ridge Golf Club in Feeding Hills. This year’s $5,000

tration deadline is July 15.

Please consider sponsoring a hole for $50.00. It can be in the name of a business, in honor of or in memory of a loved one, or pet. Raffles prizes will also be appreciated. For more information and registration form, contact Marie Boccasile at 413-5640589 or e-mail at marieboccasile@gmail.com

This Land is Your Land: A Song & Story Celebration WESTFIELD The Westfield Athenaeum will celebrate its summer reading program theme “Fizz, Boom, Read!” by presenting Parents’ Choice Award winning performers Davis Bates and Roger Tincknell in a participatory program of stories and songs for all ages. Appropriate for all ages, this program will take place at the Westfield Can Youon Help Sarah?

Athenaeum July 16 starting at 10:30 am. The program, will include history ballads, regional nonsense songs, family stories and more. Hear how the bear missed the train, how coyote got his howl, and how foam got to be in the ocean, and be prepared to sing, move and dance.www.sarahgillett.org There will even be a short lesson on how to play the musical spoons and an appearance by a dancing wooden dog named Bingo.

For more information, call (413) 562-6158 x5.

June 23, 2014 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Hampden Probate and Family Court 50 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 (413)748-7758 Docket No. HD09P1230EA CITATION ON PETITION FOR ORDER OF COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE Estate of: CATHERINE F NOBLE Date of Death: 04/19/2009 To all interested persons: A Petition has been filed by: Francis A Noble of Madison CT and Edward F Noble of Louisville KY requesting that an Order of Complete Settlement of the estate issue including to approve an accounting and other such relief as may be requested in the Petition.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on 07/15/2014.

This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

WITNESS, Hon. Anne M Geoffrion, First Justice of this Court.

Date: June 18, 2014 Suzanne T. Seguin Register of Probate

June 23, 2014 TOWN OF SOUTHWICK DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS INVITATION TO BID

Want To Know A Secret?

Ask Sarah. www.sarahgillett.org

FY15 BID ADVERTISEMENT FOR GUARDRAILS

To Advertise 413-562-4181 • CT 860-745-0424

DEADLINE: 2PM THE DAY BEFORE E-mail: dianedisanto@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com

The Town of Southwick is seeking sealed Bids for “FY15 HEAVY EQUIPMENT RENTAL”. Bids will be received by the Southwick Department of Public Works (DPW) at the Board of Selectmen’s Office, Town Hall, 454 College Highway, Southwick, MA 01077 until 10:00 AM on Thursday July 10, 2014, and then at said office

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2003 DODGE DURANGO SLT4.7, power seats, power windows, air, CD player, cassette The Town of Southwick is seek- player, 2 WD, 4 high, 4 low. Exing sealed Bids for “FY15 cellent condition. 128,000 miles.

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RENTAL”. Bids will be received by the Southwick Department of Public Works (DPW) at the TIMOTHY'S AUTO SALES. Board of Selectmen’s Office, Stop by and see us! We might Town Hall, 454 College High- have exactly what you're lookway, Southwick, MA 01077 until ing for, if not, left us find it for 10:00 AM on Thursday July you! Bartlett Street, Westfield.

10, 2014, and then at said office (413)568-2261. Specializing in publicly opened and read aloud. vehicles under $4,000.

Sealed bid shall have the outer envelope marked as “Town of WANTED: HONDA ACCORD, Southwick – FY15 Heavy Equip- Civic, CRV or TOYOTA Camry, ment Rental”. The Bid is for rent- Corolla, RAV4 in need of real of heavy equipment, including pair. Will pay you cash. Must operator, for the following types have title. Please call Eddie of equipment on an hourly basis: (413)777-1306.

E x c a v a t o r s ; M i n i Excavators/Skid Steers; Dump Trucks; Front End Loaders; Bulld o z e r s ; V i b r a t o r y R o l l e r s ; 0180 Help Wanted Laborers to Support Project; Backhoes; Trailers; Graders; and Other Related Equipment. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, All bids for this project are sub- PART-TIME for small construcject to the provisions of Mas- tion office. Monday through Frisachusetts general Law Chapter day 8-12noon with possibility of 30, Section 39M as amended. extended hours. Call office No Bid may be withdrawn within (413)527-0044.

60 days after the date of the opening of Bids. Wages are subject to Massachusetts minimum wage rates as per MGL Chapter 149, Section 26 to 27D, inclusive. Owner reserves the right to formally waive any informality in or to reject any or all Bids, or to accept any Bid in which in their opinion, is in the public interest COACHING to do so.

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FY15 BID ADVERTISEMENT FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT RENTAL

The Town of Southwick is seeking sealed Bids for “FY15 GUARDRAILS”. Bids will be received by the Southwick DPW at Randal Brown, P.E., the Board of Selectmen’s Office, Director www.sarahgillett.org Town Hall, 454 College HighDepartment of Public Works way, Southwick, MA 01077 until 10:00 AM on Thursday July 10, 2014, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

Sealed bid shall have the outer envelope marked as “Town of Southwick – FY15 Guardrails”.

The Bid is for replacing existing old or damaged guardrails and installing new guardrails in place on a unit price basis. All bids for this project are subject to the provisions of Massachusetts general Law Chapter 30, Section 39M as amended. No Bid may be withdrawn within 60 days after the date of the opening of Bids. Wages are subject to Massachusetts minimum wage rates as per MGL Chapter 149, Section 26 to 27D, inclusive. Owner reserves the right to formally waive any informality in or to reject any or all Bids, or to accept any Bid in which in their opinion, is in the public interest to do so.

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THE WESTFIELD NEWS

Fall 2014

Westfield Public Schools is currently accepting applications for the coaching positions listed below for Fall Season 2014 at Westfield High School: * Football Assistant Coaches * Boys Soccer Junior Varsity & Freshman * Girls Soccer Freshman Coach * Field Hockey Head Coach * Girls Cross Country Assistant Coach * Boys Cross Country Assistant Coach * Girls Volleyball Assistant Coach * Gymnastics Assistant Coach * Cheerleading Assistant Coach Apply at: SchoolSpring.com Job ID: 852842 http://www.school spring.com/job?852842 or send cover letter & resume to:

k.gomez@ schoolsofwestfield.org

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Drywall BEAUTIFUL 2 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE in Westfield, 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.

HUNTINGTON CENTER. 2 bedroom apartment. Refinished, new high efficiency heating system. For more info call (413)2380303.

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Gutter Cleaning RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED, REPAIRED. Antennas removed, chimneys repaired and chimney caps installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent areas sealed. Sr. citizen discount. Insured. Free estimates. H.I. Johnson Services. (413)596-8859 before 9p.m.

Hauling #1 PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/DEMOLITION. Removal of any items in cellars, attics, etc... Also brush removal and small demolition (sheds, decks, fences, one car garages). Fully insured. Free estimates. Phil (413)525-2892, (413)2656380.

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

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TOM DISANTO Home Improvements The best choice for all interior and exterior building and remodeling. Specializing in the design and building of residential additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, siding, windows, decks, porches, sunrooms, garages. License #069144. MA Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call Tom (413)568-7036.

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

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A SPRING CLEANUP. Commercial, residential. Weekly mowing and mainPAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. tenance, tree removal, dethatching, All your carpentry needs. (413)386- mulch, gutter cleaning, etc. Shea Land4606. Did your windows fail with the scaping, (413)569-2909. cold weather? Don't wait another year!

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Many new features available. Windows CORMIER LANDSCAPING. Spring are built in CT. All windows installed by cleanups, lawn service, mulching, Paul, owner of Paul Maynard Con- retaining walls, excavating, decks, driveways, patios, tree work, stone struction. My name is on my work. work. Call (413)822-0739.

Home Improvement

R.J. FENNYERY HOME IMPROVEA.B.C. - CARPENTER 18 years expe- MENT'S. Professional roofing & sidrience. Licensed and insured. "No job ing contractor. All types of home too big or too small, we do it all." Call repairs. Expert emergency leak reDave, (413)568-6440. pair. Reasonable rates. MA Lic. #CS066849. MA Reg. #149909. Call Bob (413)736-0276. RJFennyery.

ADVANCED REMODELING & CON- com STRUCTION. 25 years experience. Licensed and Insured. Free estimates.

Call Don (413)262-8283. When Qual- Home Maintenance ity, Integrity, and Value count.

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

FRESH START PAINTING. Certified lead renovator. Interior/exterior painting. Power washing. Wallpapering. 30 years + experience. Charlie (413)3138084.

KELSO FAMILY PAINTING. Filling summer schedule for exterior painting, interior painting anytime. Call Kyle CONTRACTING. (413)667-3395.

J.D. BERRY Garages, additions, windows, doors, decks, vinyl siding and more.

A DUMP TRUCK. Attic, cellars, yard, #CS077728. Call Jim, (413)569-6920, scrap metal removal. Seasoned Fire- (413) 530-5430

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

BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING RELic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682.

MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years experience. Insured, reasonable prices.

No job too small. Call Tom Daly, (413)543-3100. Lic# A7625.

Home Improvement

JOSEPH’S HANDYMAN COMPANY. Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, basements, drywall, tile, floors, suspended ceilings, restoration services, doors, windows, decks, stairs, interior/exterior painting, plumbing.

Small jobs ok. All types of professional work done since 1985. Call Joe, (413)364-7038.

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LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall cleanups, hedge trimming and all your landscaping needs. Also, bobcat & snowplowing services. (413)626-6122 or visit: www.haggerscape.com

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.

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

Tractor Services JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES. Grading & leveling of driveways & short roads, trap rock and/or gravel material. Mowing and maintenance of fields and lawns. Post hole digging.

Loader work & loam spread. (413)569-6920, (413)530-5430.

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

AMERICAN TREE & SHRUB. Professional fertilizing, planting, pruning, cabling and removals. Free estimates, fully insured. Please call Ken 5690469.

CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert tree removal. Prompt estimates.

Crane work. Insured. “After 34 years, we still work hard at being #1.” (413)562-3395.

Upholstery

KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS. 30+ years experience for home or busiT&S LANDSCAPING. Highest quality, ness. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality lowest prices. Lawn mowing. Residen- workmanship at a great price. Free tial\commercial. No lawns to small. pickup and delivery. Call (413)562Weekly, biweekly. (413)330-3917.

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