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Man accused of breaking into Westfield gas station in court

WSU president search moves forward

By AMY PORTER Correspondent WESTFIELD – Westfield State University is moving forward with its search for a new president. The Search Committee met on Friday morning in the Horace Mann Building to select candidates for an initial round of interviews, which will take place later this month in executive session and off-campus.

Once the list is narrowed to a set of finalists, the finalists will be presented to the campus.

The initial pool of 500 candidates was selected and recruited by Diversified Search of Philadelphia, PA, a woman-owned, top ten executive search firm with specialties in the areas of education and not-forprofits. Diversified was chosen in January by the Search Committee from four firms who had submitted a request for proposal. The budget approved for the presidential search is $125,000, which was based on the previous search in 2008 when Dr. Evan S. Dobelle was selected as president, according to Molly Watson in the Office of Public Affairs. Watson said this amount is within 10-20 percent of what other schools are doing.

Search Committee Co-Chairs Carlton Pickron, Vice President of Student Affairs and Steven Marcus ’88, University Trustee, are very pleased with the progress of the committee.

“I think there’s a lot of serious passion and concern about candidate selection,” Pickron said. “We are giving it a lot of thought, and studying credentials. The pool is truly diversified in so many ways: gender, race, experience and background.”

“It is great to see the process See WSU Search, Page 5

This aerial photo was part of a presentation given to the Westfield Planning Board by Reinhardt Associates of Agawam and shows what used to be where a proposed PVTA Transit Pavilion will be located. Another building is slated for demolotion to make way for a new transit center. (WNG File Photo)

Historical board sets Flahive Building demolition meeting

By DAN MORIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Historical Commission will conduct a special meeting on Aug. 25 to discuss details of the demolition of the Flahive Building on Arnold Street although the board has already approved removal of the structure.

Co-Chairwoman Cindy Gaylord said the commission gave its approval for the demolition earlier this summer after considering the advantages of the proposed Pioneer Valley Transit Authority 2,700-squarefoot Westfield Transit Pavilion project.

“Although we really don’t approval to tearing down historic buildings, that there is value in preserving buildings that add to the historic value of the city,” Gaylord said. “The Flahive Building is not that historically significant.

“We felt that (demolition of) the Flahive Building would be more valuable to the city’s future economic growth and that it’s in the best interest of Westfield to take down a building that doesn’t add to the historic value of the city,” Gaylord said.

City Advancement Officer Joe Mitchell said that part of the demolition permit review process includes a public hearing by the Historical Commission, a component of the “routine review” of demolition

permits and similar to what the commission did prior to the demolition of the Foster House “Part of that PVTA agreement is to allow the commission members to enter the building, take photographs and to collect historical artifacts,” Mitchell said. “The public hearing is part of the process of determining what is significant in that building.

Mitchell said that demolition would take plan this winter or next spring after relocation of two remaining tenants is completed. The Flahive Building house eight commercial spaces and had 14 residential units, most of which have been vacated following acquisition by the PVTA. “There is also some benefit to the community,” Mitchell said. “The PVTA is currently negotiating with the Westfield Fire Department which wants to do some training in the vacant building before it comes down.” Mitchell said. “It’s a unique opportunity for firefighters to be doing realistic training in a multi-story building.”

Construction of the $6.6 million Westfield Transit Pavilion to be constructed on a three-quarter acre lot is one of three elements of the Elm Street Urban Renewal project with also includes a mixed-use commercial and residential building and a multistory parking garage.

Health officials weigh polystyrene ban

By DAN MORIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Health Board is considering its options in eliminating the use of polystyrene, or Styrofoam, used as containers for food and beverages by joining a growing number of communities in the state and nation in banning the use of those products.

The other option being considered by the Board of Health is to initiate a public education program to provide the public with data from federal agencies and research centers indicating a “reasonable anticipation” that chemicals in the polystyrenes are carcinogenic and, when hot, seep into food and beverages and that public pressure on the food industry will eliminate the use of the Styrofoam containers.

Health Director Joseph Rouse

“Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me how to live.”

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JOSEPH ROUSE said several local communities, including South Hadley and Amherst, have instituted bans of the foam cups and containers.

Other major population centers, such as New York City, have instituted a similar ban.

“A growing number of communities are instituting bans, but I

don’t think it’s gotten contiguous to Westfield yet,” Rouse said.

“Polystyrenes are not biodegradable and take up space in landfills, but that’s not the rationale for health officials seeking a ban. It’s because there is a reasonable anticipation of those materials to be carcinogenic.”

Rouse said that a Health Board decision to ban the use of that material “is not in the immediate future, we’re still reviewing the scientific and medical studies and will present that data to the board.”

Rouse said if a ban in approved by the Health Board it would have a phase-in period to allow the food providers in the city to transition from the polystyrene containers to other materials. Several food chains in the city have already eliminated the use of the polysty-

rene containers.

“Many of the national food chains are poised and ready to make that conversion before this (polystyrene ban) becomes a uniform restriction,” Rouse said.

“Some of the synthetic compounds in the polystyrene containers leak out into hot food and drinks.”

“People should not put polystyrene containers into a microwave oven to reheat food,” Rouse said.

The federal Environmental Agency and the National Toxicology Program have issued warnings about the potential hazard of the materials.

Rouse said that the department is working on a draft regulation to bring to the city’s Law Department for review and then to the Board of Health for its consideration, with adoption of a new policy in 2016.

BY CHRISTINE CHARNOSKY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A man accused of breaking into a gas station last month, his 90th offense, was in Westfield District Court Friday for a pretrial hearing.

Jonathan P. Hall, 34, of Northfield, who has been held on $10,000 cash or surety since his July 15 arraignment, will be back in court on September 11.

Hall’s court-appointed attorney, Kathleen Cavanaugh, said her client’s case is up for review in Hampden County Superior Court.

Therefore, she requested a bind-over hearing for September 11.

Assistant District Attorney Michael Wallace argued before Judge Philip Contant that these aren’t Superior Court charges and said there was no need for a bindover hearing.

Contant agreed with Wallace and set another pretrial hearing for September 11.

Hall is facing charges of felony breaking and entering at nighttime, larceny from a building and defacement/vandalizing property in connection with a July 9 break-in of the Westfield Mobil Gas Station, located at 162 Southampton Road.

Hall allegedly threw a cinder block through the front door to gain access, stole money from the cash register and forcibly removed the safe that was attached to the floor snapping the bolts that had been securing it–all accomplished within 30 seconds, according to court records.

At his arraignment, the prosecution stated that Hall has an extensive record of convictions: 12 pages dating back to 2000 and more than half a dozen appearance defaults.

An anonymous tip lead to Hall’s arrest after someone identified the suspect from photos obtained exclusively by the Westfield News and posted on thewestfieldnews.com and the Westfield News Facebook page.

Allegedly during Hall’s arrest, he admitted to the crime by telling Westfield Police Det. Anthony Tsatsos, “I was trying to do better,” according to court records.

Staff Writer Christine Charnosky can be reached at christinec @thewestfieldnewsgroup.com

Bugbee Rd. construction project set to begin

By HOPE E. TREMBLAY Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – A road construction project is set to begin next week on Bugbee Road.

The project will include drainage improvements and road paving.

“We will also be doing some work at the intersection of Bugbee and Granville Roads,” said department of public works director Randy Brown.

The project is set to begin on Tuesday and should take six to eight weeks.

Brown said drainage has been an issue for Bugbee Road residents, especially by Granville Road.

Once the drainage system is replaced lane construction will pave the road.

“They will also widen it and put in paved shoulders in some areas,” said Brown.

Signage will be placed at the Granville Road and College Highway ends of Bugbee Road letting drivers know it will be closed to through traffic during construction. Brown said there will also be police officers assisting with traffic.

“The road will remain open to residents,” Brown said.

This is the first major road paving project the town is tackling since contracting last year with a company to study all town roads.

“This was one of the roads that was identified as a priority,” said Brown.

He expects the paving to begin in early October.

Brown said crack sealing will also take place this fall.

“Looking ahead we will continue with crack sealing next spring and other priority streets will be improved.

The Bugbee Road project was funded with Chapter 90 funds and an appropriation at Town Meeting.

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Mak’hela announces 13th season

104th Fighter Wing deploys in support of Exercise Atlantic Spear WESTFIELD — The 104th Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard deployed approximately 200 unit members and 8 F-15 Eagle aircraft in support of Exercise Atlantic Spear to Savannah, Georgia on Saturday, August 14, 2015.

This approximately two week long deployment exercise allows unit members the opportunity to practice deployment procedures and train at a deployed location by performing their military duties. The F-15 Eagles will also fly multiple sorties each day to help maintain pilots flight hours, as well as train for real-world contingencies.

Mid-way through the deployment, employers of guardsmen through the

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NORTHAMPTON — Mak’hela, the Jewish Chorus of Western Massachusetts, announces the launch of our 13th season, starting with our annual Open Rehearsal on Tuesday, September 29th. Join us as we welcome new members and reunite with returning singers. Mak’hela members come from a variety of musical backgrounds.

Some are experienced singers and music readers; others learn by rote and simply love to sing!

Auditions are quick and extremely painless.

If you think you might be interested in joining, feel free to contact our Membership Coordinator, Bonnie Mikesh (bpmikesh@comcast.net), or our conductor, Elaine “Lainee” Broad Ginsberg (Lainee123@aol.com). Mak’hela rehearses on Tuesday nights from 7:30-9:15 p.m. at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy, 257 Prospect Street in Northampton. We perform a variety of music, from toe-tapping arrangements of Yiddish tunes, to contemplative melodies from the Jewish liturgy, to more serious concert music (such as Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms” and Bloch’s “Sacred Service”) and everything in between.

We hope to see you at the Open Rehearsal on September 29th!

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) program will visit the deployed location to witness guardsmen performing their military jobs. This is important because the 104th Fighter Wing borrows their employees for Unit Training Assembles held one weekend every month.

The 104th Fighter Wing is equipped with the F-15 Eagle. One mission of the 104th is Aerospace Control Alert (ACA), providing armed fighters ready to scramble in a moment’s notice to protect the Northeast from any airborne threat. The unit is responsible for protecting a quarter of the nation’s population and one third of the Gross Domestic Product.

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Man in bear costume harasses mother bear, 2 cubs in Alaska

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities want to talk to a man who donned a fairly realistic bear costume — head and all — and wore it when harassing a mother bear and two cubs trying to feed on pink salmon in an Alaska river.

The incident happened Monday on the Chilkoot River near Haines, said Alaska Fish and Game Assistant Area Management Biologist Mark Sogge.

It wasn’t immediately known what the man was trying to accomplish.

A crowd had gathered at a weir, used to count fish, because the sow and two cubs have frequently showed up there to feed during the salmon run.

The crowd, which is kept at a safe distance from the weir, became startled when a man decked out in a bear outfit ran through the area Monday evening.

The man began to jump up and down, and then got close to the cubs, within five to 10 feet, Sogge said.

Alaska Fish and Game technician Lou Cenicola moved the sow out the way for the man’s safety and then tried to talk to the man, which Sogge said is a little outside Cenicola’s normal duties.

“Our job is to count fish,” Sogge said.

The man refused to identify himself, Cenicola said.

Sogge reported the man told the technician: “You have the license plate number. You figure it out.”

The man then drove off without ever removing the costume head and revealing his face.

Wildlife officials reported the incident to troopers, including the license plate number.

Troopers are investigating, spokeswoman Megan Peters said. If warranted, the man could face wildlife harassment charges.

“This is not the first time we’ve encountered a man in a bear suit,” Peters said.

The other incident of a man in a bear suit came during the forest fair in Girdwood, just south of Anchorage, a few years back. That man’s arrest was captured on film for the nowcanceled “Alaska State Troopers” reality TV show.

Haines is about 500 miles east of Anchorage, near the top of Alaska’s southeastern panhandle.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, August 15, the 227th day of 2015. There are 138 days left in the year.

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n August 15, 1945, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced in a recorded radio address that his country had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II.

ON THIS DATE: In 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.

In 1483, the Sistine Chapel was consecrated by Pope Sixtus IV. In 1812, the Battle of Fort Dearborn took place as Potawatomi warriors attacked a U.S. military garrison of about 100 people. (Most of the garrison was killed, while the remainder were taken prisoner.)

In 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow in the Alaska Territory.

In 1939, the MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz” opened at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

In 1947, India became independent after some 200 years of British rule.

In 1965, The Beatles played to a crowd of more than 55,000 at New York’s Shea Stadium.

In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.

In 1974, a gunman attempted to shoot South Korean President Park Chung-hee during a speech; although Park was unhurt, his wife, Yuk Young-soo, was struck and killed, along with a teenage girl. (The gunman was later executed.)

In 1989, F.W. de Klerk was sworn in as acting president of South Africa, one day after P.W. Botha resigned as the result of a power struggle within the National Party.

In 1995, the Justice Department agreed to pay $3.1 million to white separatist Randy Weaver and his family to settle their claims over the killing of Weaver’s wife and son during a 1992 siege by federal agents at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Pioneering TV journalist and Timex watch pitchman John Cameron Swayze died in Sarasota, Florida, at age 89.

TEN YEARS AGO: Iraqi leaders failed to meet a key deadline for finishing a new constitution. Gang members rioted in seven Guatemalan prisons, leaving 35 inmates dead. Phil Mickelson claimed a one-shot victory in the PGA Championship in Springfield, New Jersey. James Dougherty, the retired Los Angeles detective who was the first husband of Marilyn Monroe, died in San Rafael, California, at age 84.

FIVE YEARS AGO: Former medical student Philip Markoff, charged with killing Julissa Brisman, a masseuse he’d met through Craigslist, was found dead in his Boston jail cell, a suicide.

Martin Kaymer won the PGA Championship in Sheboygan,

Wisconsin, in a three-hole playoff that did not include Dustin Johnson, who was penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker on the last hole.

ONE YEAR AGO: A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry for allegedly abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actress Rose Marie is 92. Political activist Phyllis Schlafly is 91. Actor Mike Connors is 90. Actress Lori Nelson is 82. Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan is 80. Actor Jim Dale is 80. Actress Pat Priest is 79. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is 77. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is 77. Musician Pete York (Spencer Davis Group) is 73. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 71. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 69. Rock singer-musician Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers) is 67. Actress Phyllis Smith is 66.

Britain’s Princess Anne is 65. Actress Tess Harper is 65.

Actor Larry Mathews is 60. Actor Zeljko Ivanek (ZEHL’-koh eh-VON’-ehk) is 58. Actor-comedian Rondell Sheridan is 57. Rock singer-musician Matt Johnson (The The) is 54.

Movie director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (ihn-YAH’-eetu) is 52. Philanthropist Melinda Gates is 51. Country singer Angela Rae (Wild Horses) is 49. Actor Peter Hermann is 48. Actress Debra Messing is 47. Actor Anthony Anderson is 45. Actor Ben Affleck is 43. Singer Mikey Graham (Boyzone) is 43. Actress Natasha Henstridge is 41. Actress Nicole Paggi is 38. Christian rock musician Tim Foreman (Switchfoot) is 37. Figure skater Jennifer Kirk is 31. Latin pop singer Belinda (cq) is 26. Rock singer Joe Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 26. Actor-singer Carlos Pena is 26. Actress Jennifer Lawrence is 25. Rap DJ Smoove da General (Cali Swag District) is 25.

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GOVERNMENT MEETINGS MONDAY, AUGUST 17 TOLLAND Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Planning Board at 7 pm

GRANVILLE Selectboard at 7 pm

WESTFIELD Council on Aging at 1 pm Park & Rec at 7 pm Historic Commission at 7 pm

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 WESTFIELD Legislative and Ordinance Committee at 6:30 pm Planning Board at 7 pm Commission for Citizens with Disabilities at 7 pm Finance and Legislative and Ordinance Committee at 7:30 pm

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Conserv Comm Open Office Hours & Business Meeting at 3 pm School Committee at 7 pm

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 TOLLAND Ken Feder Lecture - Archaeological Fraud at 6:30 pm

CHESTER Municipal Electric Light Meeting at 7 pm

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 WESTFIELD Personnel Action Committee at 6:15 pm City Council at 7 pm

MONDAY, AUGUST 24 TOLLAND Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Board of Selectmen at 5 pm

CHESTER Selectmen’s Meeting at 6 pm The Board of Health meeting at 6 pm

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 TOLLAND Board of Assessors at 10 am

WESTFIELD Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm Historic Commission at 7 pm

Westfield High School Freshman Orientation WESTFIELD — Dennis Duquette, Principal of Westfield High School, invites all incoming freshman and their parents/ guardians to attend Freshman/Parent Orientation on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

This will be an opportunity to get acquainted with the school and programs that are offered at Westfield High School.

Developmental Screening at Fort Meadow for Peer Partners WESTFIELD — Families who live in Westfield and are interested in having their preschoolers attend Fort Meadow for the school year 2015-2016 are requested to call 572-6422 for a developmental screening. The screenings will be for children who are 3 and 4 years old. Children will be chosen by lottery. Currently Fort Meadow charges tuition. Screening date will be September 2, 2015.

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Update from Rep. John Velis

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you all are important that residents in this city get to know enjoying the nice weather we’re having. Last the candidates, because some of them will soon weekend was the 5th annual Kevin J Major be making decisions and changes that will absoHockey Tournament, put on by the KEVS lutely affect us all.

Foundation at Amelia Park Ice Arena. I was When I was campaigning to be your State grateful to be able to volunteer some time at the Representative, I knocked on hundreds of doors tournament, and I’m always so honored to be and listened to a lot of people in this city. While able to witness the work that the volunteers at I heard a lot of concerns about state issues, the foundation do. I also attended the Westfield many of the concerns I heard were local issues Police Department’s annual picnic this past that would have to be resolved through motions Thursday, and I’d like to extend my thanks to made by the city council or by the mayor. I Chief Camerota and the entire Police Department completely understand and agree with many of for their hospitality. the issues I heard, especially about taxes and I’d like to encourage everyone who is interour schools. These concerns were very common ested in adding a pet to their family to head out to hear and I still hear them, but data from pretoday and tomorrow to the Westfield Homeless vious years shows that voter turnout for municCat Project on East Mountain Road. The ipal elections is extremely low. There are a lot REP. JOHN VELIS of people out there with concerns who care a Westfield Cat Project is a no-kill shelter, and they have been absolutely overwhelmed with great deal for this city, but they often do not get homeless cats coming in this summer, and not enough being to the polls when it really matters. adopted out.

Now is your chance to hear these candidates out, and not just It is also the Sales Tax Holiday this weekend, so make sure vote based on name recognition. There are many new candiyou get out to your local stores and take advantage of the deals. dates running this year, as well as several veteran councilors.

This is a great time to purchase back to school items, espe- In the time between now and the election, there will be opporcially for those who are heading off to college. tunities to hear what all of the candidates can bring to the table We’ve been hearing a lot in the news lately about the so that Westfield can keep moving forward. I encourage everyPresidential Race, with debates and rallies and plenty of polls one to use the coming months to get to know the candidates. for the dozens of candidates that have already tossed in their It’s easy to hear rumors and believe them, then pass them on, hats. While it is good that the public gets an extensive oppor- but that is not an effective way to do research on candidates. If tunity to follow these candidates, I fear that we may put more you truly care about the future of this city, I implore you to use focus on a 2016 national race than what is happening right in the upcoming weeks to learn about the issues and the candiour home towns. dates.

This past Tuesday was the deadline for candidates in As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or Westfield to submit papers for the 2015 municipal elections issues at john.velis@mahouse.gov or stop by my office at 52 happening this fall. From mayoral candidates to city council Court Street here in Westfield. Have a great weekend! candidates, school committee members to the Gas and Electric Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are those of commission, an important election season has commenced the author and not the staff, editor, or publisher of this publicahere in Westfield. From now until November, it’s extremely tion.

Gateway Superintendent’s Corner Although the calendar says that it is still early August and that we’re only half way through the summer, visible indicators are all telling us that Fall is just around the corner.

There are the societal indicators – back to school sales, the tax-free holiday, the beginning of the fair season with Littleville this past weekend, Middlefield this weekend, and the Blandford Fair on Labor Day weekend)—and of course, the notices of school starting in the district. Then there are the more nature-oriented indicators: ripening peaches, apples, plums and pears, second cut hay, leaves just beginning to show color changes, the cooler evenings and of course, the ever-shortening daylight hours.

Hopefully everyone has been able to enjoy the summer and has plans to make the most of the next few weeks that are designated by the calendar as ‘summer’ although I suppose the definition varies as many New Englanders think of summer as the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day, while many students in the south are already back in school (which also means they get out of school in May!).

We’ve certainly seen changes in how we approach the idea of summer, from pushing the start of schools earlier to changes in vacation planning and the much smaller number of people who have mandatory shutdowns as part of manufacturing operations.

We’ve also seen significant changes in how people view school and the overall importance of education. Throughout

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the country, and certainly including Massachusetts, we’ve seen many variations of the extended school day and school year. Much less frequently, we’ve seen other variations in the school year from year-round schooling, to fewer, but longer days. Just last week, national media reported on the findings of the most recent report from the

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Human tissue firm cuts ties with Planned Parenthood after videos

By JENNIFER HABERKORN Politico.com StemExpress, one of the tissue companies that works with Planned Parenthood, is cutting its ties with the women’s health organization after a series of sting videos that have prompted congressional inquiries.

“We value our various partnerships but, due to the increased questions that have arisen over the past few weeks, we feel it prudent to terminate activities with Planned Parenthood,” the company said in a statement. “While we value our business relationship with Planned Parenthood, that work represents a small percentage of our overall business activity and we must focus our limited resources on resolving these inquiries.”

The small biomedical tissue procurement company is distancing itself from Planned Parenthood after finding itself tangentially linked to what abortion opponents allege is Planned Parenthood’s illegal trafficking of fetal tissue and organs.

Both StemExpress and Planned Parenthood have denied doing anything illegal or improper. They say that they only facilitated the donation of fetal tissue for medical research with a patient’s consent.

StemExpress, a five-year-old company based in Placerville, Calif., notified Planned Parenthood and Congress Friday of its decision to end the relationship, the source said. The House Energy and Commerce and the Senate Judiciary committees had asked StemExpress to explain its relationship with Planned Parenthood.

The company said that it wants to remain focused on its goals of “accelerating research, advancing medicine and saving lives” and expressed hope that the investigations will end soon so that it can turn its full attention back to that work.

It released the statement after Politico had reported the decision to sever the relationship.

StemExpress worked inside several Northern California Planned Parenthood clinics. Typically, after a patient told a Planned Parenthood physician that she was going to have an abortion, a StemExpress technician would ask for consent to obtain the fetal tissue. If consent was granted, the technician would then facilitate and process the donation of the tissue for StemExpress.

In two of the six videos released to date, former StemExpress technician Holly O’Donnell claims that she once saw another technician appear to obtain fetal tissue without a patient’s consent. StemExpress “unequivocally” denied the claim.

In July, a court at StemExpress’s request issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Center for Medical Research, the anti-abortion group that made the videos, from releasing any secretly recorded video of the company’s employees.

StemExpress lawyers said the group violated California’s antiwiretapping laws.

StemExpress worked with Planned Parenthood only in Northern California. The undercover videos also showed people discussing what it alleges are illegal tissue sales practices

by Planned Parenthood in other locations.

Planned Parenthood said that affiliates in two states offer patients the option of fetal tissue donation. “One of those affiliates works with StemExpress,” said Eric Ferrero, vice president of communications for Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

“Like all of Planned Parenthood’s services, this is completely voluntary, it is focused on improving women’s health and public health, and it follows the highest medical and legal standards,” he said. “Anti-abortion activists have made a range of outrageous, false claims about Planned Parenthood, which fall apart upon closer inspection. Indeed, in every state that has concluded an investigation into these claims, officials have cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing.”

The group has pointed to investigations that were closed in several red states, such as Indiana, South Dakota, Florida and Georgia. No clinics in those states have appeared in Center for Medical Progress videos.

In July, a court at StemExpress’s request issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Center for Medical Progress, the anti-abortion group that made the videos, from releasing any secretly recorded video of the company’s employees.

StemExpress lawyers said the group violated California’s antiwiretapping laws.

The furor that erupted when the first video was released last month shows no sign of abating. The Center for Medical Progress’s David Daleiden has said that he has enough videotape material to release about 12 films in total. Republicans on Capitol Hill have suggested that they want to hold hearings, and more congressional attempts to defund Planned Parenthood are likely after the August recess. The 2016 Republican presidential field has voiced strong support for defunding, too.

Rachana Pradhan contributed to this report.

State Dept. won’t search Clinton server

By ANNA PALMER Politico.com The State Department is not planning to search Hillary Clinton’s email server as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by a conservative watchdog group, according to a court record filed Friday afternoon.

The State Department said it has made a good faith effort to respond to Judicial Watch’s FOIA request for records about long-time Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s employment status. It says that it is not in possession of the server, which has been turned over to the Justice Department by Clinton’s attorney.

The State Department also cited Clinton’s recent certification under penalty of perjury that the 55,000 documents

she turned over are the only emails that “were or potentially were federal records” as the basis for why no further search was necessary. The State Department said that they have already done a search of the emails in their possession and found no relevant documents.

The State Department’s status update was ordered by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Emmet Sullivan earlier this week.

State Department lawyers also wrote in the status update that it is not “currently working with DOJ, the FBI, or other government agencies to search former Secretary Clinton’s private email server for information responsive to plaintiff’s FOIA request.”

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called the State Department’s response as “woefully deficient, misleading, and contemptuous of the court’s orders” and that the group will seek relief from the court.

“Now we know that the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton have joined hands in this email scandal. The State Department relies on the half-baked, vague declaration by Hillary Clinton and a misleading letter by her lawyer to try to avoid its obligations to produce records under the Freedom of Information Act,” Fitton said in a statement. “It is now clear that Mrs. Clinton is withholding servers and emails from the FBI and Justice Department, and Judge Sullivan is being misled to conclude otherwise.”

Joe Biden strategy for White House run taking shape ‘I think he’s getting closer to saying yes,’ one Biden ally says

By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE, GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI AND KENNETH P. VOGEL Politico.com CHICAGO — With his blessing, confidants to Vice President Joe Biden have begun strategizing about travel to early primary states and identified potential donors who could bankroll a campaign even as he remains undecided about whether to pull the trigger on a late-entry 2016 run for president.

The moves are a sign that after months of speculation, Biden is taking a few significant if small steps toward a presidential campaign, according to sources familiar with the discussions. Biden’s strategy, the sources say, would be to focus on South Carolina while almost writing off New Hampshire, where both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have considerable footholds.

Biden proxies have also homed in on rich supporters who could help finance a run through a super PAC — in particular, Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos, a past top donor to both Joe and Beau Biden, whom Democratic operatives noted has not yet given to the Hillary Clinton-backing Priorities USA Action despite previous support for the former secretary of state. Biden allies also have set their sights on Geocities founder and tech investor David Bohnett, a longtime Democratic donor. Angelos didn’t return a call for comment.

News reports in recent days have focused on a handful of more casual conversations Biden had while on vacation earlier this week on Kiawah Island in South Carolina. Meanwhile, there is significant operational planning going on around him. He still has not set a time frame for a final decision — though it could come within weeks, or he may yet stretch the “end of summer” deadline he talked about earlier this year.

Biden’s aware of the pressure to make a decision, the sources say.

The final call — as well as a discussion on particulars, like chatter about making a pledge to limit a presidency to one term — is expected to be made at a meeting of the vice president’s closest circle of advisers at his home in Wilmington, Delaware; they include chief of staff Steve Ricchetti, Mike Donilon, former Sen. Ted Kaufman, Ron Klain, Larry Rasky and Tom Donilon, along with Biden’s son, Hunter, and his oldest and closest political adviser, his sister Valerie Biden Owens. Richetti and Mike Donilon have been involved with many of the discussions going on already.

So far, that meeting has not been scheduled.

“People dismissed it for reasons I don’t really truly understand, but he has a core following of people,” said one former Biden staffer who is in contact with the vice president and his team. “He has support out in the community. He relates to people.”

Meanwhile, Biden’s circle has identified what they see as their potential voting blocs: Reagan Democrats, Jews, an LGBT base that largely credits him with pushing President Barack Obama into supporting gay marriage, and Rust Belt voters. They believe he’ll benefit from better stump skills than any of the other candidates running.

And there’s an emerging primary state calculus: while Clinton and Sanders duke it out in New Hampshire, where Biden barely played in either of his two previous presidential runs, his main focus would be on South Carolina — where he could draw on his connections to former Sen. Fritz Hollings, former state Democratic chair Dick Harpootlian and black voters, as well as the relationships of his 2012 political director Trip King, who lives in Columbia and was his state director for the 2008 run.

South Carolina, goes the thinking, would be the first real open primary and the first with a diverse electorate, and that would power

the argument they’re making about Biden’s appeal to broader constituencies.

“If he decides to go, he will win in South Carolina,” said Columbia-area state Rep. James Smith. “It’s not happened quite overnight, but we’ve got very, very strong support from all across South Carolina, from all communities — faith, business, elected and community leaders who have been long-standing Biden supporters and are ready when he and [wife] Jill decide they’re ready to make a run for it.”

After being in touch with Biden’s inner circle through the week, Smith said, “I think he’s getting closer to saying yes, I really do.”

South Carolina supporters feel they’ll be able to flip the switch on the organization almost overnight if Biden gets in.

A Biden campaign would also lean hard into Nevada, drawing on his decades of ties to labor.

In Iowa, where Biden drew only 1 percent in the 2008 caucuses, there’s a feeling that enough goodwill and support exists that he’d be able to capitalize on that quickly for a stronger showing, though he’d be well behind Clinton organizationally.

The anxiety over Clinton’s failure to catch fire so far is less a factor than Biden’s own emerging view that passing on the 2016 race would be another loss to compound on the death of his son earlier this year, the sources said. And if he does go forward with the run, the Biden orbit is counting on tapping into an Obamaspecific base reenergized by the president’s recent run of victories — people who will be more interested, they think, in an extension of Obama’s presidency through Biden than what they’d view as more of a Clinton restoration by a candidate that many die-hard Obama-ites still view with suspicion lingering from the 2008 primary.

The read on Biden has changed enough in almost a matter of hours that a level of anxiety has set in among the Obama orbit, who out of personal affection for Biden are hoping he won’t run a race they feel certain he’ll lose, only to get pummeled along the way.

There’s also some worry about the position that a Biden run would put Obama in, spending the next few months tangoing around questions of picking sides between his vice president and former secretary of state.

Several Obama campaign alumni, meanwhile, say they believe there would be a rush of their former colleagues to a Biden campaign — including possible defections from staffers currently working for Clinton in Brooklyn in a mix of Obama-Biden loyalists See Biden Run, Page 5

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http://thewestfieldnews.com/category/obituaries Margery M. Devlin

WESTFIELD — Margery M. (Johnston) Devlin, 92, passed away peacefully with her daughter by her side on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Governor’s Center. She was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada to the late Duncan and Margaret (Hughes) Johnston.

Margery was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church in Westfield and a member of the Sons of Erin in Westfield. She was employed as a salesperson for Bryant Hardware and for Brundage’s in Westfield in the women’s apparel for 14 years. Margery was predeceased by her beloved husband Raymond B. Devlin in 1982 and by her loving son, Raymond B. Devlin, Jr. in 2011, she is survived by her loving daughter, Susan E. Hentnick and her husband Stanley W. of Westfield and her two cherished grandsons, Todd and Gregory Hentnick, and her two great-grandchildren Timmy and Meghan Hentnick. Her funeral will be held on Tuesday with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11AM in St. Mary’s Church, Bartlett St. Westfield, followed by burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Southampton Rd. Westfield. Visiting hours will precede the mass from 9:30-10:30 AM in Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield.

Donations in Margery’s name may be directed to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 516 Carew St. Springfield, MA 01104. www.firtionadams.com

Ryan E. Putnam WESTFIELD — Ryan E. Putnam, 24, passed away at home on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. He was born in Wilbraham to Cynthia (Byrne) and the late David A. Putnam, Jr., he was raised in Westfield and graduated from Westfield High School. Ryan earned his CDL license and was a delivery driver for the Lumber Center in Westfield. He enjoyed weight lifting, sports, the outdoors, his family and the beach. He is survived by his parents, Bill and Cindy Miner of Westfield, his sisters, Danielle Loiko and Jessica Putnam, both of Westfield, his nephews, Johnathan and Robert Loiko, his life partner Anthony Guiggio, his grandparents, Edward Byrne, Jr., Arlene and Harvey Wasserman, David and Judy Putnam and Leland and Joann Miner, his great grandmother Martha Babiarz and many loving aunts, uncles and cousins. A Memorial Service for Ryan will be held on Tuesday at 1:30 PM in the Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield. Visiting hours will precede the service from 12:00-1:30PM. Burial will be private and at a later date. Donations in Ryan’s name may be directed to the Development Office, The Carson Center for Human Development, 20 Broad St. Westfield, MA 01085. www. firtionadams.com

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Fireworks traffic advisory announced WESTFIELD – After celebrating Independence Day at Stanley Park for several years, local motorists may have become accustomed to the Fourth of July traffic pattern in the area of the park, which will be the same this year with only one adjustment planned.

Lt. Larry Valliere, the commander of the department’s Traffic and Safety Bureau, reports that normal two way traffic will continue on Western Avenue before the display but, as in previous years, Lloyds Hill (and its intersection with Mountain View Road) will be closed at 6 p.m. to avoid traffic snarls on Western Avenue, which will be closed at 8:30 p.m. between Loring Lane and Overlook Drive.

Parking will not be allowed on Western Avenue or on nearby side streets, such as Kensington Avenue or Granville Road, but free parking will be available at the Second Congregational Church, the Westfield State University commuter parking lot with the entrance across from Westwood Drive, and the WSU south parking lot with the entrance across from Juniper Park School.

Visitors with a valid handicap parking plate or placard will be allowed to enter Stanley Park by the west entrance near the tennis courts and will park as directed by staff. A park spokesperson pointed out that the park will be closed in preparation for event and visitors will be welcomed after 4 p.m.

Kensington Avenue will also closed at 8:30 p.m. and residents hosting gathering or parties are advised to have guest come early.

On-street parking is prohibited, so vehicles of guests have to be parked on the host’s property.

Valliere said that in past years motorists have stopped, or just parked, on Kensington Avenue, which has added to traffic and pedestrian congestion after the display, a situation the department plans to alleviate this year by closing the street to vehicular traffic.

There are “only about 10 houses on the street” Valliere said, and officers will visit the residents to make sure they know, and to advised any guests they expect, that the road will close as the time for the fireworks display nears.

After the sparks stop flying, about 10 p.m., Western Avenue will remain closed for 15-30 minutes until the main throng of pedestrians leaves the park. When the roadway reopens, all traffic will be required to turn right on to Western Avenue when leaving the area.

Vehicles parked on the south side of the Western Avenue will be directed east and cars parked on the north side of the roadway will be directed west toward Russell Road.

Traffic leaving the park from the rose garden onto Kensington Avenue will turn right and proceed toward Granville Road.

The traffic plan allows for the use of Lloyds Hill if eastbound traffic backs up but only if officers on the scene deem it safe and prudent.

The Fireworks for Freedom at Stanley Park, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Westfield, will be held on Sunday, August 16, 2015.

The rain date is Monday, August 17, 2015. The event at the park will officially run from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Captain Michael McCabe issued the following press release: Parking at Stanley Park: VIPS: They have been given passes directing them to park at the Rose Garden and enter via Gate 3. That is the Kensington entrance.

Vendors: Have been issued Vendor passes and should use Gate 1 which is the western entrance from Western Av. across from the Woodward Center.

Handicapped people: Handicapped persons will also be directed to Gate 1 and must be properly displaying their placards. Only those with valid placards will be allowed in. All placards will be subject

to inspection by police personnel.

Traffic rules: Lloyd’s Hill Rd. will be closed to all traffic at 6:00 p.m.

Mountain View St. will be closed to all traffic at 6:00 p.m.

Western Av. will be closed to through traffic at 8:30 p.m., from Loring Lane to Overlook Dr., and will reopen after the fireworks are completed. Kensington Av. will be closed to control on street parking at 8:30p.m.

Traffic flow at completion of the fireworks Upon completion, all persons parking west of Stanley Park (the Westfield State University (WSU) side) will be directed to head west towards Bates Road to access Russell Road (Route 20), and Upper Western Avenue to access Northwest Road.

All vehicles exiting the South Lot of WSU (across for Juniper Park), must turn left onto Western Avenue.

All vehicles turning out of the WSU Commuter Lot and the Second Congregational Church Lot will be directed right out of the lot heading westbound until Western Av. can be safely reopened.

All persons parking east of the park (towards the center of the city) will be directed east onto Western Ave. Special safety rules for the event: There will be no riding of bicycles, skateboards, or long boards of any kind allowed on the grounds for the collective safety of the patrons. There are no dogs of any size allowed on the grounds unless it is a registered guide dog for visually-impaired patrons.

Westfield’s Own Alzheimer’s ‘Memory Walk’ WESTFIELD — The educational, respite, and advocacy resources offered through the Alzheimer’s Association are invaluable for those older adults and their families who struggle daily with this life-altering diagnosis. To maximize public awareness of the disease and raise funds on behalf of the local Alzheimer’s Association, the Westfield Council On Aging is partnering with The Arbors of Westfield for our own special “Memory Walk” on Thursday, September 3 at 10 a.m. Participants will meet at the Senior Center and head to the Park Square Green to join the walkers from The Arbors. Supporters of the cause will stroll around the Green wearing purple, the official color of the Alzheimer’s movement. In order to contribute to this worthwhile fundraiser, there is a $5 registration fee for those representing the Senior Center in the walk. All entry fees will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association. Other donations to the Alzheimer’s Association by friends and family members will also be gratefully accepted. Checks should be made payable to the ‘Alzheimer’s Association.’ For those who would like to participate in the walk, free parking is available in the Stop & Shop lot or, for no more than three hours, in the municipal lot behind Bank of America. For additional information and to register for the walk, call the Westfield Council On Aging at 562-6435.

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The WSU Presidential Search Committee met on Friday in the Horace Mann Building to select candidates for initial interviews later this month. (Photo by Amy Porter)

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working,” Marcus said.

“Unions, business leaders, trustees, students… all working collaboratively to find the next president.”

Pickron said that at Friday’s meeting the committee had culled 500 candidates down to just below 20 active, eligible candidates. He said that number might change after the Trustee meeting next Tuesday.

These candidates will be interviewed on August 27 and 28 in executive session off-campus.

Elizabeth D. Scheibel, Chair of the Board of Trustees, who

sat in on the meeting as a nonvoting member, said, “This is clearly a case of the process working.”

Other members of the Search Committee include: Katheryn Bradford, M.S., Director, Alumni Relations (APA); Junior Delgado M.Ed. ’03, Director, Career Services (APA); Evelyn Dina ’16, SGA President, Student Representative; Justin Connolly ’16, Student Trustee; Margot Hennessy, Ph.D., Chair, Ethnic and Gender Studies, MSCA Chapter President; Terrell Hill M.Ed. ’92, Trustee; Robin Jensen, Chair, Foundation Board; Ron’na Lytle, Administrative Assistant, Ethnic and Gender Studies and World Languages, (AFSCME); Luis Perez, J.D., Trustee; Henry Thomas, M.A., J.D., BHE Representative; Edward Welsh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mathematics (MSCA).

Once the list is narrowed down to a set of finalists following the initial interviews, the finalists will be presented to campus. The committee will then provide its report and recommendations about the finalists to the Board of Trustees.

The hope is to have someone in place by January 1, if not before, according to Marcus.

Information about the search process is available on the website at www.westfield. ma.edu/presidential-search.

Also available on the website is the outcome of the lawsuits concerning former president Dobelle which are completed, according to Watson.

This information may be found at www.westfield.ma.edu/ moving-forward.

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and junior staffers who’d until now seen her campaign as their only chance to work on a presidential race.

Biden’s advisers have locked into public silence — Kaufman, among others, declined comment on the speculation. And Biden hasn’t come close to any kind of official moves, like reaching out directly to potential supporters: one Democratic senator said Friday that no call from Biden had come into that office or any others that the senator knew of.

An early focus would be trying to get a fundraising network in place. He never needed much of one running for Senate in Delaware, and that was among the many areas in which his previous presidential runs fell short.

Draft Biden, a group, formed by a number of very junior operatives and run out of a collective office space in the Loop in downtown Chicago, is trying to make up for some of that. But they remain tangentially connected to the candidate himself; when it was first formed, a number of Biden insiders joked that they wanted to ask reporters for the phone number of founder Will Pierce, whom they still haven’t had contact with.

However, Draft Biden raised its profile in July when it installed former Obama bundler Jon Cooper of Long Island as national finance chair, and its group of longtime Democratic contributors grew with the addition of Los Angeles doctor Howard Mandel. Both Mandel and Cooper had been heavily courted by Martin O’Malley before committing to Biden. And Harpootlian gave the group $10,000 after Beau Biden’s top political aide Josh Alcorn signed on as an adviser, a person close to the PAC said.

Still, the closest contact that any of the Draft Biden staff has had since the launch is the cardboard standee they keep in a corner of their small office.

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Advent Christian Church 11 Washington Street Westfield, MA 01085 Phone: (413) 568-1020 Email: info@westfieldadventchristian.com www.westfieldadventchristian.com Pastor Merle Beal Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 11:00 a.m. Praise and Worship Service Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Friday: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Youth Group for grades 5-8 Baha’i Community of Westfield Sundays - 10 a.m. to 12 noon worship and study classes for children and adults at Daniel Jordan Baha’i School in March Memorial Chapel, Springfield College. Open to the public.

The second and fourth Fridays of every month at 7 p.m.

Westfield study and discussion meetings Call 568-3403.

Central Baptist Church 115 Elm St., Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-0429 Email:cbcabc@comcast.net website: http://www.centralbaptist churchwestfield.com The Rev. Tom Rice, Interim Pastor Adult Sunday School - 9:00am Sunday School - 10 a.m.

Sunday - Worship Hour - 10-11a.m.

Christ Church United Methodist 222 College Highway, Southwick, MA 01077 Pastors Rev. Ken Blanchard and Ron Jackson Phone - (413) 569-5206 Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.

Handicapped accessible.

Air conditioned. Nursery available.

Christ Lutheran Church 568 College Highway, Southwick, MA 01077 Rev. Jeff King, Pastor Phone - (413) 569-5151 Sunday - 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 and 11:15 a.m.

11 a.m. - Contemporary Worship with Children’s Hour and CLC Live with Children’s Hour. Childcare available.

Thursday evenings - Weekender’s Worship - 7 p.m.

Christ The King Evangelical Presbyterian Church 297 Russell Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. Jason S. Steele, Pastor Office Phone - (413) 572-0676 ctkwestfield.org Weekly Calendar of Events: Sunday - Worship Service - 9:15 a.m.

Sunday School for all ages - 11 a.m.

Monday - Men’s Group - Sons of Thunder - 7 p.m.

Tuesday - Women’s Bible Study Wednesday - Beginners Bible Study - 7 p.m.

Childcare is available.

The Episcopal Church of the Atonement 36 Court St., Westfield, MA 01085 (413) 642-3835 http://www.atonementwestfield.net Parking off Pleasant Street The Rev. Nancy Webb Stroud, Rector Sundays: Holy Eucharist at 8 am and 10 am Christian Formation for all ages following 10 am Wednesdays: Bible Study 9:30 am-10:30 am Holy Eucharist and Healing at Noon Congregation Ahavas Achim Interfaith Center at Westfield State University 577 Western Avenue, P.O. Box 334, Westfield, MA 01086 Rabbi Efraim Eisen.

Phone - (413) 562-2942 www.congregationahavasachim.org/ email: ahavasachiminquiry@gmail.com Friday or Saturday Sabbath Services 10 a.m.or 7:15 p.m. 2 times/month and Holiday Services.

Call for dates. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service and new members are always welcome.

Monday Hebrew School - 5 to 7 p.m.

Sunday School Adult Study Group.

Faith Bible Church 370 Shoemaker Lane, Agawam, MA 01001 Phone - 413-786-1681 Pastor: Rick Donofrio Sunday School for all ages 9:30am Worship Services 10:30am Children’s Service 10:30am Fellowship/Refreshments-12:30am Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting and Bible Study 6:30 pm First Congregational Church of Westfield 18 Broad Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-2833 Fax - (413) 568-2835 Website: churchonthegreen.org Email :office@churchonthegreen.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9a.m.-2p.m.

Rev. Elva Merry Pawle, Pastor Carrie Salzer, Church School Coordinator Allan Taylor, Minister of Music Worship Service : Sunday’s 10 AM Church School Sunday 10 AM Childcare Available - Handicap Accessible Fellowship Hour 11 AM First Spiritual Church 33-37 Bliss Street, Springfield, MA 01105 Rev. John Sullivan, Pastor Phone - (413) 238-4495 Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m., Sermon, Healing Service, Spirit Communication.

First United Methodist Church (A Stephen’s Ministry Church) 16 Court Street Westfield MA 01085 413-568-5818 Rev. Bruce T. Arbour Email:FUMC01085@JUNO.COM Worship Service : Sunday’s 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Coffee Hour: every Sunday 11:30 a.m.

Childcare Available-Handicap Accessible Grace Lutheran Church 1552 Westfield Street, West Springfield, MA 01089 Phone - 413-734-9268 Website http://www.gracelutheranonline.com The Rev. John Marquis, Pastor E-Mail -pastorwhite@ gracelutheranonline.com Margit Mikuski, Administrative Assistant mmikuski@gracelutheranonline.com Sunday service - 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday – 9 a.m. - Bible Study Wednesday service - 6 p.m.

Granville Federated Church American Baptist & United Church of Christ 16 Granby Road, Granville, MA 01034 Phone - (413) 357-8583 10 a.m. - Worship Service, Sunday School to run concurrently with Worship Service. Childcare available 11 a.m. - Coffee Hour Monday - 8 p.m. - AA Meeting

Thursday - 7 p.m. - Adult Choir Practice First Saturday - 6 p.m. - Potluck Supper in Fellowship Hall Third Sunday - 8:30-9:30 a.m. - Breakfast Served in Fellowship Hall Third Wednesday - 12 noon - Ladies Aid Potluck Luncheon & Meeting Fourth Sunday - 11:15 a.m. - Adult Study Program led by Rev. Patrick McMahon.

Holy Family Parish 5 Main Street Russell, MA 01071 Rectory Phone: 413-862-4418 Office Phone: 413-667-3350 www.holyttrinitywestfield.com Rev. Ronald F. Sadlowski, Pastor Deacon David Baillargeon Mass Schedule: Saturday Vigil 5 p.m.

Sunday 8:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m.

Daily Mass: 8 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Communion Prayer Service: 8 a.m. Thursday Confession: Saturday 4:15 to 4:45 p.m. and Sunday 7:30 to 8 a.m.

Handicapped accessible Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church 335 Elm St., Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. Rene Parent, M.S., Pastor Rev. Luke Krzanowski, M.S., Assistant Phone - (413) 568-1506 Weekend Masses - Saturday - 4 p.m.

Sunday - 7 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. (Polish), and 10:30 a.m.

Weekday Masses - Monday-Friday, 12:10 p.m.

Also First Friday - 7 p.m.

Holy Hour of Adoration Thursday, 6 pm.

Sacrament of Reconciliation - Saturdays - 3 to 3:45 p.m. or by appointment Baptisms by appointment, please call the office.

Hope Community Church 152 South Westfield Street Feeding Hills, MA. 01030 413.786.2445 Pastor Brad Peterson Sunday morning worship begins at 10 a.m.

Contemporary worship, life oriented messages, from the Bible, nursery and children’s church available, classes for all ages. Weekly home groups and Bible studies, active youth group, special activities for families, men, women, and children.

For more information, call the church office 413-786-2445, weekdays between 9 a.m. and noon. Please leave a message any other time.

Valley Community Church and Agawam Church of The Bible merged May 2010 to become Hope Community Church Huntington Evangelical Church 22 Russell Road, Huntington, MA 01050 Rev. Charles Cinelli Phone - (413) 667-5774 Sundays - Adult Sunday School - 9 a.m., Sanctuary; Worship Service - 10:15 a.m.; Sanctuary; Children’s Church 10:15 a.m., (downstairs during second half service).

Mondays - Ladies Bible Study - 9:30 a.m.

Tuesdays - Women’s Guild, the 2nd Tuesday of every month in Chapel on the Green; Ladies Bible Study, (all but second Tuesday), 7 p.m., Chapel on the Green.

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 117 Southwick Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone (413) 568-1780 English: Wednesday & Thursday - 7-8:45 p.m.; Sunday 10-11:46 a.m. & 1-2:45 p.m.

Russian: Tuesday - 7-8:45 p.m.; Saturday 4-5:45 p.m.

Montgomery Community Church Main Road-Montgomery, MA Pastor Howard R. Noe Phone - (413) 862-3284 Office Nondenominational Services every Sunday 9-10 a.m., with Coffee Fellowship following all services.

Weekly Men and Women’s Bible Studies available.

Mountain View Baptist Church 310 Apremont Way Holyoke, MA 01040 Pastor Chad E. Correia 413-532-0381 Email: http://www.mvbaptist.com Sunday Morning Worship - 8:30 & 11 a.m.

Sunday School & Adult Study - 10 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - 7 p.m.

Thursday - Visitation & Soul Winning - 6:30 p.m.

Saturday - Buss Calling & Soul Winning - 10 a.m.

New Life Christian Center 157 Dartmouth Street Westfield, MA 01085 Senior Pastor. Rev. Wayne D. Hartsgrove Phone (413) 568-1588 Sunday School 9:15 am Sunday Service 10:30 am Family Night on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm Youth Night is Fridays at 6:30 pm Life Groups every other Thursday at 6:30 pm and every other Sunday at 6:00 pm New Life Worship Center 118 Meadow Street Westfield, MA 01085 413-562-0344 http://www.nlwcofwestfield.org Pastor Gene C. Pelkey Sundays - 10 a.m. - Worship and Sunday School.

Wednesdays - 7 p.m. - Bible Study.

Men’s and Ladies prayer groups (call for schedules) Changed Into His Image Class (call for schedules) Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish 127 Holyoke Road Westfield, MA 01085 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 489 Westfield, MA 01086-0489 Pastor: Rev. Daniel S. Pacholec Deacon Paul Federici Deacon Paul Briere Pastoral Minister: Mary Federici Parish/Religious Education Office: (413) 562-3450 Parish Fax: (413) 562-9875 www.diospringfield.org/olbs Mass Schedule: Saturday: 4 p.m. (Vigil) Sunday: 7, 8:30, 11 a.m.

Monday-Wednesday: 7 a.m. Communion Service Thursday & Friday: 7 a.m.

Saturday: 8 a.m. Miraculous Medal Novena Confession: Saturday 3:15- 3:45 p.m.

Handicapped accessible.

Our Lady of the Lake Church Sheep Pasture Road Southwick, MA 01077 Parish Pastoral/Administrative Staff Pastor: Rev. Henry L. Dorsch 569-0161 Deacon: Rev. Mr. David Przybylowski Religious Education: Lynda Daniele 569-0162 Administrative secretary:

Joanne Campagnari - 569-0161 Office Hours: Mon.-Wed.: 8:30 - 3:30; Thurs. 8:30-noon Office, household assistant and Sacristan: Stella Onyski MASS SCHEDULE Sat. 5 p.m. (vigil), Sun., 8, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday 7 p.m.

Penance/confession: Saturdays 4:15-4:45; Wed. before 7 p.m. Mass and by appointment.

Baptisms: Sundays at 11:15 a.m. Arrange with Pastor and a pre- Baptism meeting is scheduled.

Marriage: Arrangements should be made with pastor prior to any reception arrangements as early as one year in advance Exposition of Blessed Sacrament: 1st Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Marian Cenacle of Prayer: Saturdays 7:30-8:30 Charismatic Prayer Meeting: Thursdays 7 p.m.

St. Jude Novena after Wednesday 7 p.m. Mass Miraculous Medal Novena after Tuesday morning Mass Chapel of Divine Mercy, Litany, Rosary, Friday 3-3:34 Home and hospital visits. Please call rectory Anointing of the Sick. Please call the pastor Prayer Line: for special intentions.

Call Marian at 569-6244 Bible Study: Tuesdays 9:15 a.m. at rectory meeting room Pilgrim Evangelical Covenant Church 605 Salmon Brook Street, Route 10 and 202, Granby, CT 06035 Rev. Dennis Anderson, Pastor Phone: (860) 653-3800 Fax: (860) 653-9984 Handicap Accessible.

Schedule: Sunday School - 9 am, Adult - Youth - Children.

Sunday Praise and Worship - 10:30 a.m., Infant and toddler care available.

Men’s Group Fellowship Breakfast - 7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., the 2nd Saturday of each month.

Call for a Youth Group schedule of events.

You can visit us on the web at: http://www.pilgrimcovenantchurch.org.

Pioneer Valley Assembly of God Huntington, MA 01050 Rev. Toby Quirk Phone - (413) 667-3196 Sunday - 10 a.m. - Service of Worship Weekly Bible Study. Call for information.

Pioneer Valley Baptist Church 265 Ponders Hollow Road, Westfield, MA 01085 (corner of Tannery and Shaker Road) Phone - (413) 562-3376 Pastor James Montoro Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday Service – 7 p.m. We provide bus transportation for those in need of transportation.

Just call us at 562-3376.

Psalms Springs Deliverance Ministries 141 Meadow Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-1612 Pastor Sharon Ingram Sunday School - 10 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship - 11 a.m.

Wednesdays - Childrens reading hour, 5 to 6 p.m. with Pastor, 4 to 10 years old.

Wednesday Evening - 7 p.m. - Bible Study & Deliverance Service Friday - Y.E.S. - Youth Excellence Services, 13 years old and up.

Russell Community Church Main Street, Russell 01071 Rev. Jimmy Metcalf, Pastor Sunday - 9 a.m. - Sunday School, all ages - Fellowship, parsonage; 10 a.m. - Family Worship; 6 p.m. - Youth Fellowship, parsonage.

Tuesday - 7 p.m. - AA Meeting; Family Bible Class, parsonage.

Wednesday - 9 a.m. - Women’s Prayer Fellowship, parsonage.

Friday - 7:30 p.m. - AA Meeting.

St. John’s Lutheran Church 60 Broad Street Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-1417 http://stjohnswestfield.com Pastor Christopher A. Hazzard Sunday - Adult Bible Study and Summer Sunday School (Preschool - High School) 8:45 A.M. Sunday Worship 10 A.M. Tune in to the taped broadcast of our Worship Service over WHYN (.560 on your AM radio dial) at 7:30 on Sunday morning.

Living Hope Church Pastor Dan Valeri 267 College Highway Southwick, MA 01077 413-569-1882 Living Hope Church - Hope for everyday living!

We are a church that proclaims a message of hope and healing for the hurts and problems of everyday life through the message of Jesus Christ... info@livinghopechurchag.org Service time: 10 AM Thursday Family Night 6:30pm Office hours - Mon through Thurs 9:30am-4pm Southwick Community Episcopal Church 660 College Highway Southwick, MA 01077 Phone: 569-9650 http://www.southwickchurch.com Rev. J. Taylor Albright, Pastor Saturday Evening Worship Service 5 p.m.

Sundays 9:30 AM, Service that blend contemporary worship with traditional liturgy and a family-friendly atmosphere KidZone: Childcare and children’s ministry during the service Sign Language Interpreted Handicapped Accessible Women’s Group: Thursdays 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Good coffee, fellowship and light-weight discussion of faith issues.

Childcare provided.

Southwick Congregational Church United Church of Christ 488 College Highway, P.O. Box 260, Southwick, MA 01077 Administrative Assistant: Sabine Prather Phone - (413) 569-6362 email:swkucc@verizon.net Sunday 10 AM Worship Service – Open Pantry Sunday Minister – Rev. Bart D. Cochran.

Music – The Voice Choir Nursery Available 10:15 AM Church School 11 AM Coffee Hour 3:30 PM O.A. Meeting Tuesday 6:30 PM Bell Choir 7 PM Boy Scouts Wednesday 9-1 PM Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – open 7 PM Adult Choir Rehearsal Thursday 6:30 PM T.O.P.S. Friday

9-1 PM Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – open 6 PM O.A. Meeting 7:30 PM A.A. 12 Step Meeting Saturday 9-1 PM Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – open 9 AM Zumba St. Joseph’s Polish National Catholic Church 73 Main Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Social Center: Clinton Avenue Father Sr. Joseph Soltysiak, Pastor Phone - (413) 562-4403 Email - Soltysiak@comcast.net Fax - (413) 562-4403 Sunday Masses - 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Summer Schedule - 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9 a.m., social center Catechism Classes: Monday evenings Daily and Holy Day Masses as announced For more information & links: PNCC.org St. Mary’s Church 30 Bartlett Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 562-5477 http://www.St.MarysofWestfield.com Rev. Frank Lawlor - Administrator Rev. Christopher Fedoryshyn, Parochial Vicar Rev. Daniel Brunton, in Residence Deacon Pedro Rivera Deacon Roger Carrier Weekday Mass - Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.

Holy Day Masses - 4 p.m. on the eve before, 8:30 a.m. & 6:15 p.m. (bilingual) Confessions Saturdays, 2:30-3:30 p.m. (lower church) Saturday Mass - 4 p.m.

Sunday Mass - 7, 8:30 and 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

All Masses are in the upper church, the 11:30 a.m. is in Spanish Handicapped accessible, elevator located to the right of the main entrance.

Adoration and Benediction - Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

St. Mary’s Elementary School (Pre-K-8) (413) 568-2388 St. Mary’s High School (9-12) - (413) 568-5692 Office of Religious Education - (413) 568-1127 St. Vincent de Paul outreach to the poor and needy - (413) 568-5619 St. Peter & St. Casimir Parish 22 State Street Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. William H. Wallis, Pastor Parish Office - 413-568-5421 Mass schedule Daily Mon.-Thurs. - 7:15 a.m.

Saturday Mass - 4 p.m.

Saturday Confessions - 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Sunday Mass- 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Temple Beth El Worship Services Sunday - Thursday Evening, 7 p.m.

Friday evening, 6 p.m.

Saturday evening, 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday morning, 7 a.m.

Saturday morning, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday and Holiday morning, 8 a.m. Ongoing Monday afternoons - Learning Center (Religious School), 3:15 p.m.

Tuesday afternoons - B’Yachad (Hebrew High School) 6:30 p.m.; Parshat ha Shove study group, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday afternoons - Learning Center (Religious School), 3:15 p.m.; Youth Chorale, 5:15 p.m.

Thursday evenings - Boy Scout Troop #32 meets at 7:30 p.m.

Friday mornings - “Exploring our Prayers” with Rabbi, 7 a.m.

Unitarian Universalist Society of Greater Springfield 245 Porter Lake Drive, Springfield, MA 01106 Re. Jason Seymour, Minister http://uuspringfield.org phone 413 736-2324 Handicap accessible Sunday 9:30am and 11am Worship Services, Religious Education and nursery for children, Wednesday 5:30 pm Soulful Suppers Thursday 7PM Choir Rehearsals Monthly Unity House Concerts.

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United Church of Christ Second Congregational Church Rev. Rosemary Dawson, Interim Pastor 487 Western Avenue, P.O. Box 814, Westfield, MA 01086 http://www.secondchurchwestfield.org E-mail: office@secondchurchwestfield.org Office hours: Tuesday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Closed Monday.

Phone - (413) 568-7557 Sunday - 10 a.m., Worship Service and Sunday School for preschool through high school.

Sunday evening - Youth Program.

Westfield Alliance Church 297 Russell Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. Jordan Greeley, Pastor Phone - (413) 568-3572 Sunday - 9:30 a.m. - Bible Life a.m. for all ages, nursery care provided; 11 a.m. - Worship and the Word; 6 p.m - evening service.

Word of Grace Church of Pioneer Valley 848 North Road, Route 202 Westfield, MA 01085 (413) 572-3054 Email:office@wordgrace.us http://www.wordgrace.us Chet Marshall, Senior Pastor Sunday Morning Service: 10 a.m.

Sunday evening, 6 p.m.

Wednesday evening, 7 p.m.

Westfield Evangelical Free Church 568 Southwick Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. David K. Young, Pastor Phone - (413) 562-1504 Sunday – 10 a.m. - Morning Worship, childcare available; 8:45 a.m. - Sunday School.

Wednesday - 7 p.m. - Bible Study.

Friday - 6:30 p.m. Awana Children’s Program.

West Springfield Church of Christ 61 Upper Church Street, West Springfield, MA 01089 Phone - (413) 736-1006 Sunday - 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Worship Service; 9:30 a.m. - Bible Study.

Wednesday - 7 p.m., Bible Study.

Wyben Union Church An Interdenominational Church 678 Montgomery Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-6473 Rev. George Karl, Interim Pastor Sunday Worship and Sunday School at 10 a.m.

Summer Worship at 9:30am Nursery Available Bible Studies in both Church and in Members’ homes. wybenunionchurch.com

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Tour immerses visitors into daily life in another country WESTFIELD — Compassion International, a leading authority on child sponsorship which releases children from poverty globally, will be bringing its “Change the Story: The Compassion Experience” tour to the Westfield area August 28-31. The event will educate visitors about the realities of life in poverty as well as provide an international experience to visitors who may not ever have the opportunity to travel abroad to a developing country.

The four-day event will be set up in the parking lot of Westfield Evangelical Free Church at 568 Southwick Road in Westfield. There, visitors will be invited on a self-guided journey where they will be immersed in the lives and stories of two children living in the Philippines or the Dominican Republic. Each child’s story starts in hardship but ends in hope.

The experience includes 1,700 square feet of exhibit space, featuring replicas of the homes and environments of these two Compassion beneficiaries. The event is free and familyfriendly.

“We built ‘The Compassion Experience’ in order to really bring the developing world to America,” said Mark Hanlon, Compassion International’s senior vice president of global marketing and engagement. “When people think of poverty, they often think of the lack of things, the lack of stuff, the lack of money. Those are all symptoms of poverty. The real issue of poverty is the lack of hope. Through our holistic child development program, Compassion stirs hope in children. And you’ll see that hope come to life at this event."

The tour is highly interactive, using individual iPods and headsets to offer visitors a sense of what life is like in extremely poverty-stricken areas around the world where more than 1.4 billion people are living on less than $1.25 per day (USD). In the areas Compassion serves, one in five children die before the age of five, mostly from preventable causes, and 101 million children worldwide do not attend school. Tour goers will have the opportunity to “change the story” of children living in poverty by learning more about the issue, as well as Compassion’s child sponsorship program, which tackles global poverty one child at a time. Compassion currently serves more than 1.7 million children in 26 of the world's most impoverished countries.

For more information about “Change the Story: The Compassion Experience,” visit www. compassion.com/change, @ ChangeTour on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/changetour on Facebook.

About Compassion International Compassion International is the world’s leading authority in holistic child development through sponsorship.

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Gateway

Continued from Page 3 schools with more options by just mandating hours of instruction.

This stringent requirement in Massachusetts caused Gateway to give up on the idea of switching to longer, but fewer, school days to help make up the loss of $2 million in state aid in 2003-2005. As we face another fiscally challenging time with the withdrawal of Worthington, we are beginning to see interest from parents in exploring this option again and I suspect that as part of the Gateway ‘2025’ visioning process, as well as GTAC’s sustainability process, we’ll be hearing more about options that don’t require reducing staff or offerings to reduce costs.

(Please recall that the portion of town budgets in our six towns spent on all educational costs has actually decreased over the past five years, in some cases exceeding a 10 percent shift in funding from education to town operations).

The changes that we take for granted in moving from summer to fall are simply indicators that change is a constant and, as we’ve seen in societal values, laws, and almost every other facet of life, change is difficult to avoid and almost impossible to control. Despite the difficulty, and potential disruption, that change brings, I’m hopeful that everyone will participate in at least helping to provide a direction for change in the Gateway Regional School District.

the fight against global poverty by working exclusively with the Church to develop children out of poverty to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. It is the only child sponsorship program to be validated through independent, empirical research. Compassion partners with more than 6,800 Christian churches in 26 countries to release over 1.7 million babies, children and students from poverty in Jesus’ name.

Compassion has been awarded the highest rating for financial stewardship and transparency for 14 consecutive years by Charity Navigator, America’s largest charity evaluator.

——— For more information on the ministry, visit compassion. com or follow them on Twitter at @compassion.

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RELIGIOUS LISTING The Episcopal Church of the Atonement 36 Court St., Westfield, MA 01085 (413) 642-3835 http://www.atonementwestfield.net Parking off Pleasant Street The Rev. Nancy Webb Stroud, Rector Sunday, Aug. 16 The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost 8 am Holy Eucharist 10 am Holy Eucharist with child care 2:00-3:30 pm AA Women’s Fellowship Monday, Aug. 17 1:00 pm OA Meeting 8-9 pm AA Meeting Tuesday, Aug. 18 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Farm Share pickup Wednesday, Aug. 19 10 am Music Together ) NOON Healing & Holy Eucharist 7-8:30 pm OA Meeting Thursday, Aug. 20 12:30 – 6 pm Westfield Farmers’ Market 7:30-9:00 pm NA Meeting Sunday, Aug. 23 The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost 8 am Holy Eucharist 10 am Holy Eucharist with child care 2:00-3:30 pm AA Women’s Fellowship

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Justice Dept. discloses info on news media subpoenas

Hat Parade Winners of Westfield Woman’s Club 18th Annual Garden Tea held on June 24, 2015. (Photo by Linda Buzzee)

18th Annual Garden Tea

Members of the Woman’s Club with members of the “Soldier On Program” from Leeds, MA. (Photo by Linda Buzzee) Lillian Hebert, Consuello Smith, Dan Allie presenting Governor Baker’s Proclamation. (Photo by Linda Buzzee)

The Trifle Parade at Westfield Woman’s Club 18th Annual Garden Tea held on June 24, 2015. (Photo by Linda Buzzee)

Lillian Hebert, Mary Boscher, Consuello Smith (honoree), Mary O’Connell at the Westfield Woman’s Club 18th Annual Garden Tea held on June 24, 2015.

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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Attorney General Eric Holder last year authorized three subpoenas or search warrant applications seeking information from members of the news media, the Justice Department disclosed Friday in its first annual report of cases in which prosecutors have requested information from journalists.

The four-page report was part of a pledge Holder made last year to release such information annually as the Justice Department worked to redo its guidelines for issuing subpoenas to journalists.

Though much of the information in the document was already widely known, its release represents an effort by the department to be more open about its interactions with the media. The department was widely criticized after seizing telephone records from Associated Press reporters and editors during a national security leak investigation.

That episode helped give rise to new guidelines for obtaining records from reporters, which the department announced earlier this year.

“Today’s report is an important step in the Justice Department’s ongoing efforts to promote the freedom of the press, to keep the American people informed and to improve transparency and accountability regarding media-related process,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement.

One of the subpoenas approved by Holder sought testimony from New York Times reporter James Risen in the trial of a former CIA officer accused of leaking classified government information.

Risen testified at a pretrial hearing but was not called as a witness at trial.

Holder also authorized a subpoena for testimony and documents from a television news producer in the case of Khalid al-Fawwaz, who was charged in the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania and convicted earlier this year. Federal prosecutors in New York sought information about statements al-Fawwaz had made while serving as an aide to Osama bin Laden.

The journalist made clear that he would contest the subpoena, and the Justice Department ultimately did not issue it.

In addition, Holder approved a search warrant in a hacking investigation involving someone whom the Justice Department “treated as a member of the news media in an abundance of caution.” The report does not identify the person but says federal investigators decided not to serve the warrant.

In two other unspecified investigations — including a national security probe — Holder authorized investigators to question a member of the news media. The Justice Department says that questioning was done voluntarily and without a subpoena.

The report also lists seven instances in which lower-ranking federal prosecutors authorized subpoenas or applications for a court order. One example was the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, in which prosecutors in Massachusetts sought television news footage of the finish line.

Prosecutors ordered to disclose Moody’s ups credit outlook for Mohegan Sun on improved debt

By STEPHEN SINGER enough cash to repay loans before their due hit from the MGM casino, he said. more evidence in Wynn case AP Business Writer date, he said.

“Try to get your financial house in order BOSTON (AP) — A federal magistrate has ordered prosecutors to disclose any information about what Wynn Resorts might have known regarding alleged criminals associated with the Everett land it’s developing into a $1.7 billion casino.

Magistrate Marianne Bowler ruled Friday in Boston that the information affects a criminal wire fraud case against three former owners of the property.

But she said federal prosecutors don’t have to provide further information about allegations Wynn representatives had unauthorized access to a state and federal criminal probe into the land deal. That allegation has figured prominently in the case and in Boston’s civil lawsuit challenging Wynn’s gambling license.

Charles Lightbody, Dustin DeNunzio and Anthony Gattineri are accused of trying to conceal that Lightbody, a convicted felon, was illegally profiting from the land deal.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Moody’s Investors Service has raised the credit outlook for the parent company of the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut, citing its ability to extend debt repayment until 2019 and putting it in a stronger position to face competition in Massachusetts.

The ratings agency on Wednesday raised the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority’s outlook from negative to stable.

By extending about $827 million in debt from 2018 to 2019, the company can continue cutting debt before MGM Resorts International opens an $800 million casino complex in nearby Springfield, Massachusetts, Moody’s analyst Keith Foley said. The company will generate

“There’s a lot less risk in my mind to refinance debt,” he said.

The gaming authority, which also operates a casino in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, is in a stronger position to face competition from MGM’s planned casino in Springfield, Foley said.

Massachusetts regulators approved last week a request by MGM to delay the opening of the Springfield casino for a year. That decision “will add another level of flexibility” for the Mohegan tribal authority’s efforts to cut debt before it faces the new competition, Foley said.

Reducing debt and extending other loans is a “good defensive position” that could help Mohegan Sun absorb the competitive

to prepare for the next downturn or big competition,” Foley said.

Mohegan Sun last month reported a strong third-quarter increase in profit, citing a spike in slot machine and table game use and cost-cutting. Foley credited the casino’s improved earnings to lower costs.

Several Indian-run casinos have worked to refinance debt for expansion plans after being caught short at the start of the recession in December 2007.

Moody’s raised its outlook for the gambling industry last month from negative to stable, citing improved earnings before taxes. Revenue appears to have stabilized in Connecticut and the rest of the country, Moody’s said.

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THE WESTFIELD NEWSSPORTS Gateway freshman forward Jessica VanHeynigan , foreground, snags control of the ball as Monson junior Allie Zollo follows during the first half of the 2014 MIAA Div IV West Sectional at Westfield State University.

Monson went on to win the title 2-0. (WNG

Gators seek continued success

By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer HUNTINGTON – Stability is the key when it comes to Gateway Regional High School’s soccer program.

Longtime coaches Steve Estelle (varsity girls) and Tim Gamble (varsity boys) have been fixtures on their respective soccer teams for nearly a decade now. The only newbie, so to speak, is Gators’ athletic director Matt Bonenfant.

Even that does not tell the entire tale.

Halfway through the 2014-15 school year, Gary St. Peter departed as the school’s AD, giving way to Bonenfant, a Gateway gym instructor and Junior Varsity girls’ soccer coach. He has also served as the Gators’ head softball coach for the last few seasons.

“Enough with the administrative stuff,” said Bonenfant, who has spent the last two months fine-tuning the fall sports schedule, and everything associated with it. “I can’t wait to get the kids on the field … and play.”

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“I’m excited in seeing our new players,” he added. “The seventh, eighth, and ninth graders.”

Fans will get their first chance to see, not only the underclassmen, but the entire girls’ soccer team Tuesday, September 8 when Gateway hosts Mahar, beginning at 6 p.m. The Gators, fresh off consecutive Western Massachusetts Division 4 finals appearances – they lost to the Monson Mustangs in 2014 and 2013 – will seek to take the next step this season.

The boys’ soccer team, who have qualified for the postseason each of the last six years, takes the field one day later, September 9, against the Panthers at Legion Field in Palmer at 7 p.m.

After an off day, Gateway girls’ soccer returns to action Thursday, September 10 against Renaissance at Marshall Roy Field. The boys’ soccer team, after a day of rest, plays host to Granby, Friday, September 11 at 6 p.m.

The cross country regular season will open mid-September.

Sox manager Farrell says he has ‘highly curable’ cancer

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Fighting back tears, Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell said Friday that he had a "highly curable" form of cancer and has taken a medical leave for the rest of the season to deal with lymphoma.

The 53-year-old Farrell said bench coach Torey Lovullo will run the team in his absence. Farrell said he planned on being back with the team for spring training.

Farrell said the cancer of the lymphatic system was discovered when he had hernia surgery in Detroit earlier this week.

"I know we usually start out with the injury report. I'll start out with myself on this one. Monday's surgery for the hernia revealed that I have lymphoma," he said before Friday night's game at Fenway Park against Seattle.

"Thankfully, it was detected in the hernia surgery. I can honestly tell you I'm extremely fortunate that it was found. Treatment will begin in the coming days," he said.

Farrell said a mass was completely removed during the procedure and no additional surgery was necessary. He said chemotherapy would start early next week.

Red Sox stars David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia stood along a wall to Farrell's left when he made the announcement. Vice President Sam Kennedy, general manager Ben Cherington and Lovullo also were in the room.

"A little bit of a shocker to be told later that afternoon that this was going on. Like I said, I'm fortunate," Farrell said. "Stage 1. It's localized. It's highly curable. I'm extremely fortunate to not only be with people with the Red Sox, but access to MGH (Massachusetts General Hospital) and world class talent that can handle this."

The Red Sox are in last place in the AL East with a 50-64 record.

In February, Farrell's contract was extended through 2017 with a club option for 2018.

"When they mentioned the word 'cancer,' it's something that it doesn't matter where it comes from, it kind of impacts you," Ortiz said.

Farrell guided Boston to the World Series championship in his first season in 2013. He previously managed the Toronto Blue Jays

Brady’s lawyers file more papers in suit vs NFL NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady’s attorneys filed more papers Friday in U.S. District Court in his lawsuit to overturn his four-game suspension by the NFL for his role in the use of deflated footballs in the AFC championship game.

Lawyers for the star quarterback of the Patriots stressed in their memorandum of law that the league is attempting to misdirect the court and “at every turn, the NFL misstates the record.”

Judge Richard Berman has instructed both sides to attempt to reach a settlement, and to tone down rhetoric in the case. There apparently was little progress last Wednesday when Brady and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appeared in Berman’s court. Goodell upheld the suspension when Brady appealed, leading to the suit.

Both sides are due in court again next Wednesday.

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Sports physicals offered Monday WESTFIELD — Sports Physicals for Westfield High School and Westfield Technical Academy will be held Monday August 17th from 11-1 at Westfield Technical Academy in the nurses office.

for two years.

"Sending you best wishes for a speedy recovery. Stay Strong and look forward to seeing you at the ballpark soon," the Blue Jays tweeted.

On Tuesday, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders said he is being treated for Hodgkin lymphoma, and his doctors consider it "very treatable and curable." His plans were to remain coach and team president while being treated.

Cherington said Farrell told him the news Thursday when the GM was traveling between flights en route to Greenville, South Carolina, to visit one of the team's Single-A affiliates.

"He called me on a quick layover," Cherington said. "I was sort of in shock. A few minutes to sink in and I figured I had to get back to Boston last night. I've been talking to him yesterday and this morning."

"There's a lot of respect for him, not just in the Red Sox organization, but throughout baseball," he said. "There's a lot of people already reaching out. He's someone that spent his whole life in baseball. He's played, he's coached, worked in the front office and, obviously, he's managed now."

Red Sox chairman Tom Werner spoke about Farrell during the pregame TV telecast.

"We all love John," he said. "We said the most important thing is get back soon."

Farrell, a former major league pitcher, was the pitching coach for the 2007 Red Sox when they won the World Series. Ace Jon Lester returned from lymphoma that July and started the clinching game of the Series in Colorado.

"Obviously, we go pretty far back. I talked to him a little bit, already," said Lester, now pitching for the Chicago Cubs. "He seems pretty positive. Everything seems pretty positive, so that's good."

"He's in a good place for it. That's obviously one of the better places, if not the best place, in the country to be if you have cancer.

He's in good hands. I know those doctors pretty well," he said.

Cleveland manager Terry Francona is one of Farrell's closest friends. Farrell was the pitching coach in Boston under Francona.

"He's such a tough guy and he has so many people that care

JOHN FARRELL Boston Red Sox manager about him that I just honestly feel like he will come through this with flying colors," he said before the Indians played at Minnesota.

"I'm glad we're going to go through there in a couple days because I'd like to see him. But he sounded really good," Francona said.

New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi wished Farrell well.

"It's not what you want to see. Say some prayers for him and his family, hope everything goes well," he said before a game in Toronto. "Just get healthy, that's most important. He's a good man, a good baseball man, you want to see him get healthy."

Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia echoed that sentiment.

"It's awful. We heard the prognosis is very good, that's encouraging," he said before a game in Kansas City. "But it's scary whenever you hear of something like that happening. He's a young man."

Farrell said he never had any symptom before the notification of the cancer discovery.

Fame finds courtroom artist after Brady drawing goes viral

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jane Rosenberg’s courtroom drawing of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is everywhere and now so is she, fending off cyberbullies who disparage her along the way.

She’s on network television, the radio, in newspapers and across the Internet.

Everywhere she goes, so goes her sketch of an edgy Brady in a Manhattan federal courtroom Wednesday, when lawyers argued whether it’s fair to suspend him for four games because a Patriots’ employee deflated footballs before the Jan. 18 AFC championship game, which New England won.

The pastel sketch has been criticized as making Brady look like an aging cartoon villain or a character from “The Walking Dead,” or appear as if his face is melting. It’s been superimposed upon “E.T.,” Michael Jackson performing “Thriller” and the figure in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” depictions that make Rosenberg laugh. See a sampling of the sketch and the memes here: http://bit. ly/1P7Cp89 Rosenberg said Friday she feels bullied by scores of nasty emails.

“You are absolutely the worst artist I have ever seen,” snarled one. “Absolutely horrible depiction of the football player!” cried another.

She also has received positive emails, including from courtroom artists nationwide offering her support.

TOM BRADY “I’m really having a rough time. This is so not my life,” Rosenberg said.

She said at first: “I thought I might crawl under a pillow and never come out.”

Talking has been therapeutic.

Generally apologetic, Rosenberg quickly expressed sorrow because she tries “to make people happy.”

Rosenberg, largely unaware of social media before Wednesday, got a fast lesson when she emerged from court feeling good she accomplished three sketches, including a wide rendering with the 1-square-inch depiction of Brady that became an Internet sensation.

“All his fans are focused on that little image of Brady,” she said. “He didn’t look happy at all. But nobody looks happy in court.”

He smiled at dozens of photographers as he left the courthouse.

“It wasn’t my goal to make a photograph of him in the building but to show the feeling of what was going on ... inside the courtroom,” Rosenberg said.

She said she’s been kept busy since by endless interviews. The Associated Press has hired Rosenberg in the past, though not for Brady’s hearing.

Before Wednesday, Rosenberg labored largely in obscurity for 35 years, earning a reputation for candid and accurate portrayals of the notable and the notorious, including the late Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, Ponzi king Bernie Madoff, celebrity homemaker Martha Stewart, comedian Bill Cosby, singer Mick Jagger and scores of terrorists.

In 2000, a terrorism defendant leaped over a railing and ran toward her before U.S. Marshals tackled him a few feet away. “It was pretty scary and my heart was pounding,” she said.

She recalls Gotti gesturing to her to thin his chin and a murder suspect saying: “Don’t make me look like a monster.”

She’s grateful Brady won’t be in court next Wednesday so her next drawing won’t be scrutinized.

If she met him, she said: “I’d probably say I’m sorry I didn’t make you look as handsome as you really are.”

As for her feelings, “I’m having so much attention that maybe when I’m left to my own devices, lonely in my own life, maybe,” she said, “I’ll cry.”

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2015 HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS SCHEDULES WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, September 8 GOLF at West Springfield, Springfield CC, 3 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Southwick, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Holyoke, Roberts Sports Complex, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Holyoke, Crosier Field, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Northampton, 4 p.m.

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

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

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Minnechaug, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, September 9 GOLF at Holyoke, Wyckoff CC, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 10 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Agawam, 5 p.m.

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Longmeadow, 6 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Agawam, 7 p.m.

Friday, September 11 JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Ludlow, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Ludlow, Lusitano Stadium, 6 p.m.

FOOTBALL at Abington, Frolio Junior HS, 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 12 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 14 GOLF at Cathedral, Franconia, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Central, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Central, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, September 15 BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Northampton, Northampton Community Gardens, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Belchertown, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Belchertown, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

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

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Frontier, 6 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Agawam, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, September 16 GOLF vs. Belchertown, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

Thursday, September 17 GOLF vs. South Hadley, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

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

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Amherst, 6 p.m.

Friday, September 18 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Longmeadow, Bullens Field, 4:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Longmeadow, Bullens Field, 7 p.m.

FOOTBALL at West Springfield, 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 19 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 21 FIELD HOCKEY vs. Amherst, 4 p.m.

JV FOOTBALL vs. West Springfield, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Chicopee Comp, 5 p.m.

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

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Agawam, 6 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Chicopee Comp, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, September 22

GOLF at Chicopee Comp, Chicopee CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Amherst, Stanley Park, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Amherst, 5:15 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Amherst, 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday, September 23 GOLF at Ludlow, 3 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at East Longmeadow, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at East Longmeadow, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 24 GOLF vs. Cathedral, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. West Springfield, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. West Springfield, 4 p.m.

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

GYMNASTICS vs. Hampshire at Agawam, 6 p.m.

Friday, September 25 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. West Springfield, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. West Springfield, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Taconic, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Taconic, 6 p.m.

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

Saturday, September 26 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Pittsfield, 11 a.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Pittsfield, 11 a.m.

Monday, September 28 BOYS’ SOCCER at Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

JV FOOTBALL at Putnam, Blunt Park, 4 p.m.

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

Tuesday, September 29 GOLF vs. Minnechaug, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Ludlow, Stanley Park, 3:45 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Longmeadow, Russell Field, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

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

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

Wednesday, September 30 GOLF at Belchertown, Cold Spring CC, 3 p.m.

Thursday, October 1 FIELD HOCKEY vs. Frontier, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Ludlow, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. West Springfield, 5 p.m.

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

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Ludlow, 6 p.m.

GYMNASTICS vs. Hampshire at Chicopee Comp, 6 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. West Springfield, 6 p.m.

Friday, October 2 FIELD HOCKEY at West Springfield, Clark Field, 4 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at West Springfield, West Springfield Middle School, 4 p.m.

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

Saturday, October 3 No Sports Scheduled Monday, October 5 GOLF at Northampton, Northampton CC, 3 p.m.

JV FOOTBALL at Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

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

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Northampton, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Ludlow, 6 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Northampton, 7 p.m.

SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, September 8 GOLF at Easthampton, Pine Grove Golf Course, 3 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Westfield, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Agawam, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Agawam, 4 p.m.

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

Wednesday, September 9 BOYS’ SOCCER at Hampshire, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Smith Voke, 5 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Hampshire, 4 p.m.

Thursday, September 10 GOLF at Palmer, Quaboag CC, 3 p.m.

Friday, September 11 BOYS’ SOCCER at Monson, Moriarty Field, Granite Valley Middle School, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Franklin Tech, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Lenox, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Lenox, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Commerce, 5 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Monson, Dr. Rogers Field, Flynt Park, 4 p.m.

Saturday, September 12 No Sports Scheduled

Monday, September 14 GOLF vs. West Springfield, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Sabis, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Sabis, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Dean Tech, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 15 GOLF at Monson, Quaboag CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Monson at Palmer, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. South Hadley, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER Wednesday, September 16 GOLF at Sabis, Veterans Golf Course, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Renaissance, 5 p.m.

Thursday, September 17 GOLF at St. Mary, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

Friday, September 18 FIELD HOCKEY at Turners Falls, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Pioneer Valley Regional School, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Franklin Tech, 5 p.m.

Saturday, September 19

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hoosac Valley, 1 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hoosac Valley, 1 p.m.

Monday, September 21 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Hampshire, 4 p.m.

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

Tuesday, September 22 GOLF vs. Westfield Technical Academy, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Central, Berte Field, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at West Springfield, 6:15 p.m.

Wednesday, September 23 GOLF vs. Mohawk, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at Holyoke, Roberts Sports Complex, 4:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Holyoke, Roberts Sports Complex, 6 p.m.

Thursday, September 24 GOLF vs. Hampshire, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Chicopee, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Chicopee, 4 p.m.

Friday, September 25 FIELD HOCKEY vs. Frontier, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Easthampton, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Easthampton, 4 p.m.

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, September 8 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Mahar, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Mahar, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, September 9 JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Palmer, Legion Field, 5 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Palmer, Legion Field, 7 p.m.

Thursday, September 10 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Renaissance, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m.

Friday, September 11 JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 6 p.m.

Saturday, September 12 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 14 GIRLS’ SOCCER at South Hadley, Michael E. Smith Middle School Field, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at South Hadley, Michael E. Smith Middle School Field, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, September 15 BOYS’ SOCCER at Renaissance, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, September 16 BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Chicopee Comp Quad Meet, Chicopee State Park, 3:45 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Easthampton, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Easthampton, 6 p.m.

Thursday, September 17 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Mohawk Trail, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Mohawk Trail, 4 p.m.

Friday, September 18 BOYS’ SOCCER at Smith Academy, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Smith Academy, 4 p.m.

Saturday, September 19 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Frontier, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Frontier, 6 p.m.

Monday, September 21 No Sports Scheduled

Tuesday, September 22 No Sports Scheduled Wednesday, September 23 BOYS’ SOCCER at Northampton, 4 p.m.

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

Thursday, September 24 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Easthampton, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Easthampton, 6 p.m.

Friday, September 25 BOYS’ SOCCER at Mahar, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Mahar, 4 p.m.

Saturday, September 26 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 28 No Sports Scheduled Tuesday, September 29 BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Palmer, Littleville Dam, 3:45 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Greenfield, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Greenfield, 6 p.m.

WESTFIELD TECHNICAL ACADEMY Tuesday, September 8 GOLF at Palmer, Quaboag CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Franklin Tech, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, September 9 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, September 10 GOLF at Easthampton, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Commerce, 4 p.m.

Friday, September 11 BOYS’ SOCCER at McCann Tech, 4 p.m.

Saturday, September 12 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 14 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Smith Voke, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Greenfield, Veterans Memorial Field, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, September 15 GOLF vs. Hampshire, East Mountain CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Smith Voke, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, September 16 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, September 17 GOLF vs. Turners Falls, East Mountain CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at St. Mary, Bullens Field, 4:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at St. Mary, Bullens Field, 7 p.m.

Friday, September 18 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Renaissance, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m.

Saturday, September 19 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 21 GOLF at St. Mary, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. McCann Tech, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, September 22 GOLF at Southwick, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

Wednesday, September 23 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, September 24 GOLF vs. Monson, East Mountain CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Hampden Charter School of Science, Bullens Field, Time TBA GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Hampden Charter School of Science, Bullens Field, Time TBA Friday, September 25 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pathfinder, 4 p.m.

Saturday, September 26 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 28 GOLF vs. Palmer, East Mountain CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Putnam, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, September 29 GOLF vs. Easthampton, East Mountain CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Commerce, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, September 30 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, October 1 GOLF at Hampshire, Beaver Book Golf Club, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Pathfinder, 4 p.m.

Friday, October 2 BOYS’ SOCCER at Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, 4 p.m.

Saturday, October 3 No Sports Scheduled Monday, October 5 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Ware, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, October 6 GOLF vs. St. Mary, East Mountain CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Renaissance, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, October 7 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Putnam, 4 p.m.

ST. MARY HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, September 8 GOLF at Hampshire, Beaver Brook Golf Course, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Renaissance School, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, September 9 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, September 10 GOLF vs. Monson, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Franklin Tech, 4 p.m.

Friday, September 11 GOLF vs. Palmer, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Smith Voke, 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 12 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 14 No Sports Scheduled

Tuesday, September 15 GOLF vs. Palmer, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Pioneer Valley Regional School, 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Commerce, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Commerce, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 16 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, September 17 GOLF vs. Southwick, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Westfield Technical Academy, Bullens Field, 4:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Westfield Technical Academy, Bullens Field, 7 p.m.

Friday, September 18 No Sports Scheduled Saturday, September 19 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 21 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Hampden Charter School of Science, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Tuesday September 22 GOLF vs. Westfield Technical Academy, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Franklin Tech, 3:30 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Ware, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, September 23 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pioneer Valley Regional School, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Thursday, September 24 GOLF vs. Easthampton, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

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

Friday, September 25 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Saturday, September 26 No Sports Scheduled Monday, September 28 GOLF vs. Hampshire, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Smith Voke, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, September 29 GOLF at Monson, Quaboag CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Frontier, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Putnam, Hubbard Park, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, September 30 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Smith Voke, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Thursday, October 1 GOLF at Palmer, Quaboag CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. McCann Tech, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Friday, October 2 BOYS’ SOCCER at Gateway, 6 p.m.

Saturday, October 3 No Sports Scheduled Monday, October 5 GOLF at Southwick Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Pathfinder, St. Joe’s Field, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, October 6 GOLF at Westfield Technical Academy, East Mountain CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Mahar, Stanley Park, 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Pathfinder, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, October 7 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, October 8 GOLF at Hampshire, Beaver Brook Golf Club, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Franklin Tech, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Friday, October 9 BOYS’ SOCCER at Granby, Brown Ellison Field, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Renaissance School, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m.

Saturday, October 10 No Sports Scheduled Monday, October 12 No Sports Scheduled Tuesday, October 13 GOLF at Easthampton, Pine Grove Golf Course, 3 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY, Forest Park, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Westfield Technical Academy, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Franklin Tech, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

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QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers

SPEED FREAKS A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

Wow, is Joey Logano now a road-course star?

3 THINGS WE LEARNED AT WATKINS GLEN

GODSPEAK: Joey is just full of surprises this season. Don't forget the Daytona 500.

KEN'S CALL: A lot of these guys may have missed their calling as sports-car racers … but they're OK with that.

Yes, Joey would gladly trade that wheel for a Cup trophy in Homestead. AP/DERIK HAMILTON

Isn’t it time to consider a possible Joey Logano championship?

Well, yes and no. In the non-Kevin Harvick Division, Joey leads everyone in top-five and top-10 finishes. Better yet, for future Chase purposes, he hasn’t had back-to-back clunkers all season, and while wins are obviously key, a sudden mini-slump can be Chase death.

Four races left before the Chase; who's in panic mode?

GODSPEAK: According to my script, Jeff Gordon should have made the Chase by now.

KEN'S CALL: It should be Kasey Kahne, but he hides all emotions pretty well.

Is there a “however” coming?

Um … however, Joey’s two wins this year have come at a plate race (Daytona 500) and a road course (The Glen). While you have to applaud the diversity in his Victory Lane appearances, a trophy at an intermediate track would help his cause on the road to Homestead.

Non-winner with best chance at Michigan?

GODSPEAK: AJ Allmendinger.

Let's just call it a Watkins Glen hangover.

KEN'S CALL: None of them.

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Questions? Contact Godwin Kelly at godwin.kelly@newsjrnl.com or Ken Willis at ken. willis@news-jrnl.com

1. Ford can win

2. Oh, man, 'Dinger

3. Save fuel

Ford got two big wins early in the 2015 Cup Series, then went missing until Joey Logano won last Sunday’s road-course war at Watkins Glen. It was surprising to learn that car owner Roger Penske had never won at The Glen until Logano’s No. 22 Ford flashed under the checkered flag.

Watkins Glen was supposed to be AJ Allmendinger’s path into the Chase. He did it in 2014. He failed to defend The Glen on Sunday. 'Dinger can still get in with a win, but he has never snagged a top-five finish at any of the next four race tracks.

For the second straight week, fuel mileage determined the outcome of the Cup Series race. At Pocono, Matt Kenseth won when two cars ahead of him ran out of gas. At The Glen, Kevin Harvick came up a pint short of gas, allowing Joey Logano to win on the last lap.

— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

3 THINGS TO WATCH

SPRINT CUP POINTS

1. Chase this

1. Kevin Harvick

823

2. Joey Logano

781

3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

750

4. Jimmie Johnson

747

5. Brad Keselowski

719

6. Martin Truex Jr.

714

7. Matt Kenseth

703

8. Kurt Busch

659

9. Jamie McMurray

635

10. Denny Hamlin

631

11. Paul Menard

622

12. Jeff Gordon

620

13. Ryan Newman

613

With only four regular-season races left on the schedule, drivers without that goldenticket race victory will be going extra hard to lasso that elusive triumph. With Kyle Busch climbing into the top-30 in points, and assuming he stays there, only five playoff positions remain open. The two drivers who may take that half-court desperation shot?

Kasey Kahne and Greg Biffle, 18th and 19th, respectively, in Chase points.

14. Clint Bowyer

612

15. Carl Edwards

589

16. Aric Almirola

562

17. Kasey Kahne

561

18. Greg Biffle

532

19. Kyle Larson

517

20. Casey Mears

493

21. Austin Dillon

492

22. Danica Patrick

489

23. AJ Allmendinger

481

24. David Ragan

461

25. Sam Hornish Jr.

425

26. Tony Stewart

418

27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 393 28. Trevor Bayne

392

29. Justin Allgaier

362

30. Kyle Busch

361

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken. willis@news-jrnl.com

The last time we saw a Ford in Victory Lane was back in March at Fontana, California. It took several months, but Joey Logano got the carmaker back to winning form at Watkins Glen. DANIEL SHIREY/GETTY IMAGES

3. Busch boys

GETTY IMAGES

2. Industry event When NASCAR goes to Michigan International Speedway, there is a race within a race.

MIS is located about an hour

from Detroit, home to the automakers’ Big Three, so a race at the two-mile oval is more like a football scrimmage that will determine the

Out of the 11 drivers currently qualified for the NASCAR Chase, two are brothers with the last name Busch. Kyle leapfrogged older brother Kurt in the Chase standings (zero to second) by becoming Chase-eligible at Watkins Glen. Amazingly, neither has run a full season. Kurt missed the first three races on suspension, while Kyle was out 11 races for injury. Under the Chase format, wins, not starts, rule the day.

— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

GODWIN’S PICKS FOR PURE MICHIGAN 400 WINNER: Kasey Kahne REST OF TOP 5: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick FIRST ONE OUT: Kyle Busch

Ty Dillon

WHAT’S ON TAP? SPRINT CUP: Pure Michigan 400 SITE: Michigan International Speedway TV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 11 a.m. EDT), qualifying (NBCSN, 5:05 p.m. EDT). Saturday, practice (CNBC, 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

EDT). Sunday, race (NBCSN, coverage begins at 2 p.m. EDT) XFINITY: Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 SITE: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course TV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.

EDT). Saturday, race (NBCSN, 3 p.m. EDT) CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: Careers for Veterans 200 SITE: Michigan International Speedway TV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. EDT).

Saturday, qualifying (FS1, 9:30 a.m. EDT), race (FS1, 1 p.m. EDT)

Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach NewsJournal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years.

Reach him at godwin. kelly@news-jrnl.com

DARK HORSE: Greg Biffle DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: Kahne tries some kind of off-the-wall strategy to win and get Chase eligible.

Regan Smith

REGAN SMITH VS. TY DILLON: All the driver-on-driver action was in Saturday’s Xfinity Series at Watkins Glen, highlighted by Smith lunging at Dillon on pit road after Dillon sent Smith spinning on a restart.

GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: Smith said, “There is zero chance that No. 3 car (Dillon) wins this championship. I'm going to make sure of it.” It’s all bluster. Smith’s car owner (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) will calm him down.

starting lineup — you know, just a tad more personal and intense. The past seven wins have gone to Ford and Chevy drivers. They all want bragging rights to this trophy.

Kasey Kahne hopes to race up and meet Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the Chase.

He can climb into the playoffs with a Cup Series win during the next four weeks. CHRIS TROTMAN/

FEUD OF THE WEEK

WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE KYLE BUSCH No. 30 there in points, No. 1 here

1

JOEY LOGANO

KEVIN HARVICK

JIMMIE JOHNSON

BRAD KESELOWSKI

JUNIOR EARNHARDT

KURT BUSCH

MATT KENSETH

DENNY HAMLIN

MARTIN TRUEX JR.

Hats off to the new road-race ace

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Finishes fourth this week

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June 7 — Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 (Martin Truex Jr.) June 14 — Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Kurt Busch) June 28 — Toyota-Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Kyle Busch) July 5 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) July 11 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Kyle Busch) July 19 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon, N.H. (Kyle Busch) July 26 — Brickyard 400 (Kyle Busch) Aug. 2 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Matt Kenseth) Aug. 9 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Joey Logano) Aug. 16 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Aug. 22 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Sept. 6 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Sept. 12 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Sept. 20 — MyAFibStory.com 400, Joliet, Ill. Sept. 27 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. Oct. 4 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.

Oct. 10 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 18 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 25 — Alabama 500, Talladega, Ala. Nov. 1 — Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. Nov. 8 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 15 — Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, Avondale, Ariz.

Nov. 22 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead x — non-points race

DID YOU KNOW? In the first decade of Cup Series racing at Michigan, covering 19 races from 1969-78, 18 of the winners were future NASCAR Hall of Famers. Cale Yarborough and David Pearson combined for 13 of those wins. The only “outsider” to win at Michigan during its first decade was “Chargin’ Charlie” Glotzbach, who won the 1970 Yankee 400 at Michigan.

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Annie’s Mailbox

By KATHY MITCHELL and MARCY SUGAR

Stressed on the Line Dear Annie: My mom is 83 years old. She wants to speak to me daily, but only to hear herself talk. She lists ingredients for the stew she is making, items on the menu at the restaurant she was at, the play-by-play about a TV show, or minute details about the neighbor’s daughter’s ex-husband’s mother.

If I have some kind of urgent message, I have to say her name loudly several times to get her to pause long enough for me to insert why I am calling.

Mom’s hearing has faltered in recent months, but I guarantee you that the problem is more about her self-centeredness than her ears. When Mom was younger, she would be mortified to display such obnoxious behavior, but whenever my father, siblings or I gently try to suggest alternatives, she gets super defensive and says we are just being hurtful.

We know this incessant talking about herself is why her few remaining friends rarely call. When we ask whether she calls them, she claims she is too busy. I feel bad about avoiding her calls. But, Annie, I work from home, care for my large family and have other responsibilities. How do I bring this up so she will listen? I’d also encourage anyone reading this to ask themselves whether they do all the talking and if so, to pay more attention to the person on the other end. -- Stressed on the Line Dear Stressed: Let’s start with the presumption that your mother is a bit self-centered. Then let’s add that she also is hard of hearing, losing her friends and possibly developing some age-related functioning issues. All of these factors can increase her fear of getting older, her stubbornness in accepting her limitations, and her overreliance on the rest of you to provide companionship, conversation and comfort, as well as tolerance for her shortcomings. It also means she may be unwilling to accept anything you say about it.

Ask whether you can accompany Mom to her next doctor’s appointment. Mention these things to the physician and request a referral to a geriatrician. Tell Mom you love her and it’s time she saw someone trained to help her live a longer and healthier life. For the rest, please be as patient as you can manage.

Dear Annie: I’d like to second the recommendation from “Papillion, Neb.,” about getting the shingles vaccine. I contacted shingles four years ago on one side of my face and up into my hair. The nerves on my face are totally damaged, I have pain and itch every day.

Anyone who has not had the shingles shot, please get it, even if your insurance doesn’t cover the cost. I hesitated, thinking it would not happen to me. I was wrong. I have since gotten the shot because my doctor says if I get shingles again (it can happen), it won’t be as bad. It is the most horrible pain I ever experienced. -- Greensburg, Penn.

Dear Greensburg: Thanks for the backup. According to the CDC, anyone older than 60 should speak to their doctor about the shingles vaccine, which is effective for six years.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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If you are single, you attract many wannabe suitors. Wait until you find Mr. or Ms. Right before making a commitment.

If you are attached, the two of you work great together as a couple. You might want to make a major investment, but make sure you both are comfortable with it. VIRGO is lucky with money, so you would do well to listen to his or her advice more often.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You might find yourself in a situation where you have the ability to end a problem and move forward. How you deal with a personal problem could be more important than you realize. Stay upbeat in your dealings. Tonight: Time for some good old-fashioned fun.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You might want to hear more from a loved one whom you care about. Make plans to spend plenty of quality time with this person. You might be surprised by what comes up for you if you just relax and hang out together.

Tonight: Let someone else choose.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could be at the end of a problematic situation if you are willing to discuss it completely. You’ll see a personal matter open up as a result. You might feel uncomfortable at first, but the results will justify the discomfort. Ease up. Tonight: Stay close to home.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Join in on a project involving a neighbor or a close relative. You are likely to get an earful, some of which might be important to hear. Otherwise, stay centered and enjoy the camaraderie of the moment. Confusion surrounds a conversation. Tonight: Visit with friends.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You might want to understand what it takes to continue on the present path. How you handle a personal matter could change after you see what someone else wants and expects. You have the right to say “no” if need be. Tonight: Treat a loved one to a night out on the town.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You will be on top of a problem. Honor a fast change of pace, and know what you want. Others respond to you and your ideas. Understand that a loved one could distort your words.

Clarify, if you see this possibility occurring. Tonight: Understand what needs to happen.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Listen to news and remain censored. Don’t assume that you have all the answers. Understand what can occur if you choose not to interfere. Realize what needs to happen, but move to that goal slowly. You don’t need to jump immediately in a new direction. Tonight: Calm down.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Zero in on what you feel is important. Your sense of direction comes out when dealing with friends. You know how to make others feel special. Draw out the best in those around you by encouraging them to help you with a somewhat silly project. Tonight: Where the gang is.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Deal with an older relative directly. Understand what this person wants, and then open up a discussion.

Whether you can follow through won’t be important in the long run. This person often makes unreasonable demands.

Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Decide to hop in the car and take off for a favorite place. You seem to need a change of scenery. Others who are with you will benefit as well. You will be able to detach from an issue and approach it later with a promising solution. Tonight: Reach for the stars.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Defer to others. A suggestion from a loved one will delight you. You can’t seem to imagine what could be better. Your ability to understand what is going in between you and someone else will encourage you to say little. Time heals. Tonight: A cozy dinner.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Visualize more of what is going on with others.

Demonstrate your sensitivity and ability to understand. You’ll see a matter in a new light, which will take you to a new level of understanding. Stay open to changes and new possibilities.

Tonight: All smiles.

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The annual Scramble for The Animals took place on Sunday August 2nd at Oak Ridge Golf Course in Feeding Hills. All the funds raised go towards supporting the Westfield Homeless Cat Project and Open Arms Rescue, Inc. (formerly, Friends of the Westfield Regional Animal Shelter, Inc.). First Place: Jim Bliss, Scott Menard, Troy Price and Dave Campiney. Second Place: Pat McGinn, Greg Kallfa, Dave Lees and Chris Onofrey. Last Place: Bob LaPorte, Brian Crawford, Brian LaPorte and Susan Crawford.

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TIMOTHY'S AUTO SALES. Stop by and see us! We might have exactly what you're looking for, if not, left us find it for you! Bartlett Street, Westfield.

(413)568-2261. Specializing in vehicles under $4,000.

NEWSPAPER DELIVERY ROUTE AVAILABLE

Experienced 7D DriversYou need to see this opportunity! Van Pool Transportation, a leader in special transportation is looking for experienced 7D drivers. Work with a great group of people making a big difference for our students, families, and schools. Earn $13-$14 per hour with additional quarterly and annual bonuses that can increase your hourly rate to over $15. 7D license bonus and first time physicals paid!

Keep van at your home.

Routes available in your area. Join Van Pool now by calling John at (413)5991616 and make a difference.

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Westfield: Colony Cir, Colony Crest, Colony Dr, Plymouth Ln. (17 customers)

Administrative Office & Event Assistant

Alice Burke Way Broad St. Coleman Ave. Gold St. Lindbergh Blvd.

W. Silver St. (18 customers)

Stanley Park of Westfield, a Private non-profit organization, seeks a dependable, energetic professional administrative assistant to perform overall office tasks and assist with park events and fundraising. Position is part-time and at times may require some evenings and weekends. Proficiency in software programs and computer skills (i.e. donor software-GiftWorks, Microsoft Office Suite to include Publisher & PowerPoint/Outlook and accounting software). Must have excellent communication skills, exceptional customer service skills, ability to follow office operating procedures, ability to work independently or as part of a team, and high proficiency to work accurately in a fast paced environment.

Please send cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to Stanley Park c/o Managing Director PO Box 1191, Westfield, MA 01086.

Please call: Ms. Hartman 562-4181 X117 City of Westfield Multiple Positions City of Westfield seeks qualified applicants for Superintendent of Buildings, COA Kitchen Manager, COA Kitchen Assistant, COA Greeter (PT), Airport Operations Coordinator. For more information including complete job description, closing dates and application information log onto www.cityofwestfield.org AA/EOE (M/F/H).

Drivers: Local P&D Home Daily Openings! Excellent Pay, Comprehensive Benefits & More! 1 yr CDL-A with X&T Experience Required.

(EOE/AA) Old Dominion Freight Line Call Mike Rainwater: 1-800-343-6335

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Opportunities for new 7D drivers- New openings for part-time school van drivers, no experience needed, will train. Starting pay at $13 per hour with annual raises during the first five years! Additional bonuses can increase your average hourly rate up to $15! 7D license bonus, first-time physical paid! M-F split shift, 4-6 hours a day.

Routes available in your area. Keep van at home.

Join Van Pool now by calling John at (413)599-1616 and make a difference. EEO

Drivers: Do you have a CDL? Now Hiring No Experience Necessary. Paid training, Earn $55,000+ ANNUALLY! Call: 888-497-1268

When it comes to 21st century multimedia platforms, “hyper local” is a term you hear a lot.

It’s not a new idea. In fact, The Westfield News has been providing readers with “hyper local” news coverage of Westfield, Southwick, and the Hilltowns all along. Television, radio and regional newpapers only provide fleeting coverage of local issues you care about. TV stations and big newspaper publishers, after years of cutbacks and mergers, frankly aren’t able to provide in-depth coverage of smaller markets anymore.

But, day in and day out, The Westfield News provides consistant coverage of the stories you need to know about, that are important to your city, town, neighborhood and home.

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CSL & HIC Licensed - Fully Insured - Free Estimates & References

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Tree/Limb Removal Lot/Land Clearing Stump Grinding Landscaping Fire Wood Buying Wood Lots

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Send resume & cover letter w/experience, strengths & expected compensation by August 28, 2015 to:

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Heather Skubiszewski Highland Valley Elder Services 320 Riverside Dr., Ste. B Florence, MA 01062-2700 AA/EOE

Drivers: Home Daily Full Benefits Package, Excellent wages. Driver Referral Bonus. Dedicated Nighttime Routes.

EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability, CDL A & B 1-888-612-8423

HELP WANTED LOOKING for experienced, reliable LABORER to do asphalt paving. Full and part time. Must have own transportation. Full benefits.

Call: 568-4642

Looking for mature person to help out with Mom 3-5 hours per day on weekdays. Westfield area. Please call: 572-5711

R e a l t o r / R e a l t o r A s s i s t a nt needed. Part-time, paid position.

Some experience needed. For more information, e-mail: REoffice59@aol.com Drivers: Home Daily. Full Benefits Package, Excellent wages. Driver Referral Bonus.

Dedicated Nighttime Routes.

EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability, CDL A & B. 1-888-612-8423 FOOD SERVICE: Sodexo Campus Services at Westfield State University is hiring food service workers, cooks and wait staff for September. To apply online, please go to www.indeed.com/Sodexo. Type of job: Sodexo Food Service; location: 01085. No walk-ins or phone calls, please.

FULL TIME LABORER position at concrete products manufacturing facility. Union plant. Apply in person. Rinker Materials, 69 Neck Road, Westfield, MA 01085. EOE/DFE.

(413) 569-5571

Full-time (35 hrs.) for Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Program based in Florence (MA). Position requires ability to drive and meet with clients in their homes in Hampshire & Hampden counties. Requirements include nursing assessment skills; ability to develop plans of care; ability to work autonomously and set priorities in fast paced program. Community and/or geriatric nursing experience preferred. M-F schedule. NO NIGHTS, NO WEEKENDS, 11 PAID HOLIDAYS OFF. Excellent benefits. Submit resume and cover letter to: hr@fchcc.org. Review of resumes will begin as received to fill immediate opening and continue until position is filled. AA/EOE

MA Lic: 262 / CT Lic: 9

Well Drilling - Water Pumps Sales & Service WELL POINT SPECIALIST COMPLETE PUMP SERVICE

Est. 1923

237 Sheep Pasture Road • SOUTHWICK, MA

ard BoBc Y k c Ba (413) 562-6502 at Serving Westfield and surrounding communities

• Debris, shrub & thick brush removal • All types of home landscaping considered • Mulch, Stone, Fill and Loam MIKE SHAKER

COMPLETE

since 1984

BATHROOM & KITCHEN

R E N O VAT I O N S

Fully Insured

Lic #072233 DAVE DAVIDSON MAMAReg #144831 (413) 569-9973 www.davedavidsonremodeling.com

FIREPLACES • CHIMNEYS • STEPS • SIDEWALKS • PATIOS CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS • BILCO HATCHWAYS

(413) 569-3172 (413) 599-0015

Office Space For Rent Office Space For Rent. One room office space available in downtown Westfield. This newly renovated space is on the second floor of an historic landmark on Broad Street. Space is approximately 12 x 13 (156 sq ft) Available for immediate occupancy, $300 per month, utilities included. Great for an attorney or traveling professional as a satellite office.Contact Al Ritchotte 413-530-3182 or by email: Alan@HLewisElderLaw.com

MUSIC INSTRUCTION ALICE'S PIANO STUDIO. Piano, organ and keyboard lessons. All ages, all levels. Call (413)5682176.

Brick-Block-Stone

PETS THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME PET SITTING SERVICE Vacation care, over night sittings, daily dog walks.

(413)667-3684

ARTICLES FOR SALE 12' Alumimun Boat with trailer and electric motor. $500. Call 568-0528 between 9am-6pm.

FIREWOOD 100% HARDWOOD, GREEN 3 year season. 1/2 & 1/4 cords also available. Outdoor furnace wood also available, cheap.

CALL FOR DAILY SPECIALS!!

Wholesale Wood Products (304)851-7666

New or Repair

SOLEK MASONRY

Chimneys • Foundations • Fireplaces Free Estimates

(413) 569-6855 (413) 569-3428

373 College Hwy., Southwick, MA 01077 (413) 569-6104 (413) 998-3025 FULLY INSURED • FREE ESTIMATES • LOG TRUCK LOADS CORD WOOD • LOTS CLEARED • TREE REMOVAL • EXCAVATION

Carleton’s

Custom Lamp Picture Repair Framing 38 West school st. and and Westfield, MA Restoration Repair Appointments anytime

(413) 568-2339

(413) 537-5842

Fully Insured

FULLY INSURED

BOBCAT SERVICES

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

REGISTERED NURSE

C.E. PRATT & SONS

BAKER MASONRY Residential & Commercial BRICK - BLOCK STONE - CONCRETE

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FT supervisor to staff of 7, oversee cooking of 500 meals/day.

Supervisory, ServSafe, management experience required. Competitive salary, excellent benefits, generous time off.

HORSE BACK RIDER WANTED: STRAIN FAMILY HORSE FARM hiring full-time rider. Must be able to ride English and Western well. Drive truck & trailer a plus. Some travel required. Call (860)6533275.

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Specializing in Kitchens, Bathrooms & Additions Adding Comfort, Quality and Value To Your Home Aging in Place Renovations • Replacement Windows • Doors Visit us at www.centennialconstruct.com

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TA G S A L E S TAG SALES GRANVILLE: 44 Granby Road Sat/Sun, August 15&16. 9am4pm. Multi-Family. Furniture, household items, clothes, octagon fish tank, antique Larkin Armoir and side-by-side. Much more!

Having a Tag Sale to clear some space? Left over items?

Think of The Habitat ReStore in Westfield! Donations can be dropped off at 301 E. Main St. in The Westfield Shops, Tuesdays through Saturdays 10-5p. Or call us at 413-642-8990 to arrange for a free pick-up. Some restrictions apply. Contact the store for details.

SHOP. DONATE. VOLUNTEER.

HUNTINGTON: Rt. 20.

Fri/Sat/Sun, Aug 14,15,16. 9am?. Antiques, books, cast iron, crocks, axes, saws, tools, furniture, fishing poles, fishing lures, reels, knives, lots of things!

TAG SALES MONTGOMERY: 184 Pitcher St. Saturday, August 15th.

6:30am-2pm. Tools, gardening, antiques, furniture. Picker's Dream!

WESTFIELD: 100 Russellville Road August 14-16, 9am-5pm.

Farfisa organ with bench, wooden desk, rocking chair, Christmas tree, decorative picture frames, tools, clothing, household items, toys, holiday decor.

WESTFIELD: 106 Granville Rd. August 15&16. 9am-3pm. MOVING SALE! Household items, kitchenware, glassware, clothing, Christmas decorations, gardening & more.

TAG SALES WESTFIELD: 131 Barbara St. Fri/Sat, August 14-15, 9am-4pm.

Weight set with bench, magic cards, vintage items, 1940's chiffarobe dresser, 1970's Raggedy Ann/Andy, Yolanda Bello porcelain baby dolls, Vera Bradley bags, designer shoes & clothing with many plus sizes, hand quilted items, like new bedding & drapes, wall decor, jewelry, lamps, ottoman, pet items, children's toys & games much more.

Quality items priced to sell.

WESTFIELD: 150 Eastwood Dr. Saturday, August 15th. 9am3pm. Rain or Shine

WEST SPRINGFIELD: 92 Wolcott Ave. August 8th 9am3pm. Variety of items. Don't miss this! Rain or Shine.

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FIREWOOD AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD Seasoned and green. Cut, split, delivered. Any length. Now ready for immediate delivery.

Senior and bulk discount. Call (413)530-4820 or 413-626-3888.

Studio, In-law style apartment.

Country setting. Heat, H/W, Electric, Wifi included. No pets, no smoking. $540/month; single.

Dianna 413-530-7136

SILO DRIED FIREWOOD. (128cu.ft.) guaranteed. For prices call Keith Larson (413)537-4146 or 413-569-4132

BEAUTIFUL 2 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE

TAG SALES WESTFIELD: 20 Marla Circle Friday, Aug. 14th 9am-6pm.

Saturday,Aug. 15th 9am-4pm, Sunday, Aug 16th 1-4pm.

MOVING SALE...Lots of everything!

WANTED TO BUY $$ AUTOS WANTED $$

WESTFIELD: 53 Carroll Dr. FriSat, August 14&15. 9am-3pm.

Clothes, appliances, stuffed animals and more.

Top Dollar paid for your unwanted cars, trucks, vans.

Running or not. We pay and tow away. Sell your car TODAY. 413-534-5400

WESTFIELD: Spruce Circle Saturday, August 15th. 8am4pm. 4 Family Tag Sale! 4 A/C's, antique lamps, clothing, furnishings, jewelry, tools, bike & carrier, Escargo camping carrier, 28' ladder and much more!

PAYING CASH FOR COINS, stamps, medals, tokens, paper money, diamonds and jewelry, gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. (413)5949550.

APARTMENT 2 Bedroom, Large apartment for Rent. Top floor of 2-family home.

Hardwood floors throughout, fresh and clean! Friendly neighborhood near South Middle School. $920/month.

Call Dianna 413-530-7136

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HOME IMPROVEMENT

A STEP ABOVE THE REST! JMF CHIMNEY SERVICE Repair your chimney before winter wreaks havoc. We do brick repair, crown seals and repairs. We also do stainless steel liner installs, as well as stainless rain caps. We sweep all flues. Free estimates provided.

Call: 413-330-2186

#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 estimate Phil (413)525-2892 or (413)265-6380

DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT All your exterior home improvement needs. Roofing, siding, windows, decks and gutters. Free quotes. Extensive references, fully licensed & insured in MA/CT.

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

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

DRYWALL T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops!

Call Mike 413-821-8971. Free estimates.

ELECTRICIAN ALEKSANDR DUDUKAL ELECTRICAL Residential, Commercial, Industrial. Licensed and insured.

Lic. #11902. Service and emergency calls. Call (413)519-8875. alexdudukal@yahoo.com electricianaleksandr.com JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates.

40 years experience. Lic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682.

POEHLMAN ELECTRIC All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter de-icing cables installed. All calls answered! Best prices, prompt service. Lic. #A-16886.

(413)562-5816.

A.R.A. Junk, Furniture & Appliance Removal Full house clean-outs.

Basements, attics & garages.

Demolition: Patios, sheds and swing-sets. You name it...we take it! Senior discounts. Free estimates on phone. 7 days a week. Emergency, same day service. Call Pete 413-433-0356 D's Home and Move Local & Long Distance, Residential & Commercial moving and hauling.

Professional, dependable and hard working.

Fully insured Free estimates and references.

413-461-6935 JUNK EATERS: Remove Anything...Fast Locally owned and operated.

Specializing in REMOVALS, CLEAN-OUTS, PICK-UPS. If it can be hauled, we will take it. Lowest prices, we will beat any quotes.

Call or text for free quote.

JUNK EATERS... when you want it done fast, and right the first time.

413-454-7870

HOME IMPROVEMENT

CENTENNIAL MASTER ELECTRICIAN CONSTRUCTION CO. 40 years experience. Insured. Kitchens, Bathrooms & Additions Reasonable prices. No job too Specializing in Kitchens & Bathsmall. Call Tom Daly, (413)543- room Remodeling; Replace3100. Lic# A7625. ment Windows; Aging in Place Renovations. Fully Insured.

FIREWOOD Adding Comfort, Quality and Value To Your Home AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD Seasoned and green. Cut, split, delivered. Any length. Now ready for immediate delivery.

Senior and bulk discount. Call (413)530-4820 or 413-626-3888.

FLOORING & FLOOR SANDING A RON JOHNSON's Floor Sanding, Installation, Repairs, 3 coats polyurethane.

Free estimates. (413)569-3066.

100% HARDWOOD, GREEN 3 year season. 1/2 & 1/4 cords also available. Outdoor furnace wood also available, cheap.

CALL FOR DAILY SPECIALS!!

Wholesale Wood Products (304)851-7666

Home Improvement Reg # 109369; Construction Supervision #037717

www.centennialconstruct.com 413-733-4519 DAVE DAVIDSON: Bathroom & Kitchen Remodeling "GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME" Complete Bath Renovations.

Now serving CT. Insured. Quality Work on Time on Budget Since 1984. MA. License #072233, MA.Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568 569-9973. www.davedavidsonremodeling. com

www.delreohomeimprovement.com

Call Gary Delcamp (413)569-3733

HOME MAINTENANCE RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED Antennas removed, chimneys repaired and chimney caps installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent areas sealed. Senior citizen discount. Insured.

Free estimates.

H.I. Johnson Services (413)596-8859 (before 9pm)

HOUSE PAINTING ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!!

M&M SERVICES 20 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings. Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured.

References. Mass Reg. #121723. Call (413)568-9731.

No job too small !!

MASONRY ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. All brick, block, concrete. Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired. Sump pumps and french drain systems installed.

Foundations pointed and stuccoed. Free estimates.

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

LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE ACCURATE LAWNCARE Cleanups, leaf/brush removal, trimming, mulch, gutter cleaning. Call (413)579-1639.

APARTMENT

LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE 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 LAWN CARE Shrub trimming/removal.

Yard clean-up. Weekly mowing.

Senior discounts.

413-314-8575

LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall Cleanups, Hedge Trimming, Thatching, Aeration, Mulching Mulch & Topsoil Deliveries Koi Ponds All Your Landscaping Needs Residential & Commercial

NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Reliable service, Professional. Certified Welding.

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

BUSINESS PROPERTY

FOR LEASE Westfield On The Green First time in 18 years this space is now available: FULLY EQUIPPED HAIR SALON or PREMIER OFFICE/ RETAIL SPACE Your choice 1300 Sq. ft. Bath/ Kitchenette/2 Entrances Includes Heat & Central AC Street level/HC accessible Don’t miss this opportunity!

Call: 413-568-7701

DUMP TRUCK & TRACTOR SERVICE JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES Grading & leveling of dirt driveways & short roads. Loam spread, loader work, post hole digging. Mowing of fields and lots with large rotary mower.

Material delivery available.

Licensed & Insured (413)530-5430 SMALL JOBS...OUR SPECIALTY

Backhoe for small areas.

Dump truck deliveries for compost, mulch, fill, stone.

Grading & leveling for driveways, yards, pools.

Store pick-ups.

Boulders& rocks available.

Fully Insured Call Paul at: 413-427-9213

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

PLUMBING & HEATING

LARGE FURNISHED ROOM Parking, bus route, walking distance to all amenities. $120/weekly. Responsible mature male preferred.

Non-smoker.

(413)348-5070.

HOMES FOR SALE

PAINTING & WALLPAPERING

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Low, low prices! Interior/Exterior painting & staining, Ceilings, walls and sheet-rock repair.

Carpentry of all forms. Trim, windows & flooring.

Commercial and Residential.

Free Estimates. Call Steve 413-335-4587 or 860-741-5588

ROOMS

K & B STUMP GRINDING serving the Westfield area since 1988. Clean-up available. Fully insured; reliable; experienced & professional. (413)562-9128

TREE SERVICE

D's HOME and MOVE Reliable and Experienced painters. Interior/Exterior painting, sheetrock and repair work. At your home or business. Fully insured.

Free estimates and references.

413-461-6935

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

STUMP GRINDING

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

A NEW LOOK FOR 2015!

Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallpapering, specializing in faux finishes. Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Kendra now for a free estimate and decorating advice.

(413)564-0223, (413)626-8880.

Westfield: Clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Very reasonable heat cost. Sorry no pets.

From $850. (860)485-1216.

Equal Housing Opportunity

American Tree & Shrub: Removal, pruning, bucket/crane work. Stump grinding, light excavation and tree planting.

40 yrs. experience. Fully insured, free estimates. 24-hour emergency services.

413-569-0469

Open House Sunday August 16th 11:00-1:00 57 Squawfield Road Westfield Reduced! $210,000 Abundant amenities at this sweet, well loved cape! Many expensive extras! Featuring vinyl fenced in yard lined with lovely roses and flowers, low maintenance in-ground pool (with timed filter), pool house with electricity shed/pumphouse with extra storage space, sprinkler system, central Vac., heated garage with attached shed and more!

Walking distance to the grammar and middle school.

3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, master suite (includes half bath), dining area, custom cabinets, office or den space, Heat with gas or wood & more! The yard is absolutely breathtaking with unique charm. Perfect location on a very quiet street. Hurry and enjoy before summer ends!

Call or text Kim Gaboury with Elmore Realty Services at 508-344-6767 for more info and for showings.

CONRAD TREE SERVICE Expert Tree Removal Prompt estimates. Insured.

"After 35 years, we still work hard at being #1.

562-3395

UPHOLSTERY KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality workmanship at a great price. Free pickup and delivery. Call (413)562-6639.

MOBILE HOMES Warren, 2011 2 Bedrooms, 2 baths. 14' x 72'. Large kitchen, extra cabinets and counter space. Porch. $49,900 413-593-9961 DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM

WINDOW CLEANING CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOWS Cleaned inside and out.

Including storms and screens.

Fully insured. Free estimates.

Call Paul: 413-237-2053 RESIDENTIAL WINDOW CLEANING In business locally for 25 years.

Please call early for scheduling.

Our calendar books up quickly!

413-568-2566

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