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Evan Busha and his mom Tedi-Ann, both of East Longmeadow, enjoy a day on the Southwick Rail Trail Monday. A new survey by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission is seeking public help in prioritizing future funding for projects like the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail. (Photo by Frederick Gore) “The Pioneer Planning Commission is looking forward to the input from the communities because it will help us allocate our transportation dollars more effectively,” said David Elvine, a senior planner with the PVPC, of the survey.

“This is an opportunity for people to weigh in and give feedback on what they see as projects that will greatly impact the region, what people see as being

high priority projects,” said Jeffrey LaValley, chair of the Friends of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail’s Board of Directors.

“Whether it has to do with bicycles and pedestrians, or whether it has to do with a major projects, like the (Interstate) 91 viaduct reconstruction.”

“It’s really just an opportunity for people to tell the state what they should be doing to improve transportation at the local level,”

LaValley said, adding that the survey ‘fits in line with our mission.’ “We want to improve and promote alternative forms of transportation and reduce the burden on infrastructure.”

“The state is making an effort to take the idea of reducing the stress on infrastructure seriously, by creating alternative transportation, for pedestrians specifically,” said Joseph Giffune, See Survey, Page 3

Suffield mining operation a concern for residents

By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Residents of both Southwick and Suffield are worried a gravel and sand excavation business in Suffield, Conn., could affect their water.

Department of Public Works Director Randy Brown said 30-40 residents of the two towns attended a Southwick Water Commission meeting last week to discuss the situation.

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By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Officials for the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail are seeking the public’s help in filling out a survey that will help prioritize how federal transportation funds will be spent in the coming years.

Distributed through the Pioneer Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and conducted by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC), “Transportation Improvement Projects that are Important to You” is an online survey that can be completed in under five minutes, according to the MPO. Friends of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail have been distributing the survey throughout the Westfield community via email, and are hoping to get as many responses as possible before the September 5 deadline.

“A total of $400 million in federal dollars is expected to be allocated to transportation improvement projects in the Pioneer Valley region over the next 20 years,” said the group in the email. “Responses to this survey will assist the MPO in developing a new way to evaluate future transportation improvement projects that will use federal funds.”

The survey lists several significant transportation focus areas – paving, congestion, bike lanes/sidewalks/bus stops, bridges, etc. – and asks Pioneer Valley residents to rank them in order of importance to them. It also asks participants to list the frequency with which they drive, carpool, bike, walk, or utilize public transportation.

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area of Great Brook in Southwick, so it’s an area of concern,” said Brown.

Lakeroad Materials is the mining company proposing to reopen excavation of the land, which was previously mined for sand and gravel.

The land is located not far from South Pond on the Congamond Lakes. The operation ceased for about a decade and is set to start up again.

Because the land is in Suffield, Southwick has no authority over the project.

“Even the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP) has no say,” said Brown. “The Suffield Zoning Board approved it.”

Brown has spoken with the CTDEEP and its Massachusetts counterpart and discovered that although the CTDEEP has no regulatory control over the project, owners of the property have been following the department’s guidelines.

“They seem to be complying with CTDEEP recom-

A proposed gravel and sand excavation business near Lake Road in Suffield, Connecticut, has some Southwick and Suffield residents concerned about heavy equipment noise, traffic, and water quality issues due to the operation’s location near the South Pond of Congamond Lake. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

mendations,” he said. “But it is over an aquifer and I have asked that the concerns of Southwick residents be considered.”

Water quality for drinking and the lakes is of concern, said Brown.

“This is a mining operation, so there is the potential for run-off into the lake,” said Brown. “They’re going to be excavating material, so they could be changing the drainage patterns into the lakes.”

Suffield residents complained not only about their concerns about water quality, but the approval process. A group of Suffield residents joined together to form the Congamond Lakes Environmental Protection Organization and has an attorney fighting the project on its behalf.

Brown said he believes “the landowners have a right to start their operation” while the case goes to court.

The aquifer supplies water to residents of Southwick, Westfield and West Springfield.

“We’ll see where it goes,” Brown said. “We are monitoring the situation.”

The Suffield Zoning and Planning Board held a continued hearing for a Special Permit Renewal for a Sand & Gravel Pit located at Griffin Road June 16. The applicant was Lakeroad Materials, LLC. Attorney Joseph Flynn represented the applicant along with Marek Kement, P.E. of See Mining, Page 3

By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Conservation Commission admitted they have an elephant in the room, or on their agenda, but the real issue is how do you move an elephant which appears content with inaction?

The discussion pertained to a city project to replace a stormwater pipe with an open ditch at 866 Shaker Road, specifically the sixth hole of the Shaker Farms Country Club.

The elephant is the Army Corps of Engineers which has jurisdiction over all waterways and related water control structures in the country.

Shaker Farms Country Club owner Dan Kotowitz, appearing before the Board of Public Works in October of 2013, said that “a huge amount of runoff” from the stormwater pipe collecting water in the Falley Drive neighborhood is flooding the course near the sixth green.

Kotowitz said the sixth hole, a 565-yard uphill dogleg and the hardest hole on the course, lies at the bottom of the Shaker Heights bluff. Kotowitz said the water “is coming down onto our property” from the bluff and requested the Board of Public Works to take what action the city could take to eliminate that storm-related flooding.

The city had already hired R. Levesque & Associates to design a solution to the problem prior to that meeting.

The couple also appeared before the Conservation Commission at the Oct. 10th session to seek permission to remove the pipe carrying water under the course.

Conservation Coordinator Karen Leigh said at that time that request is consistent with the Conservation Commission’s goal to return that area to its natural condition. Leigh said that the pipe is causing flooding, apparently because a section collapsed, when water seeps up through the soil.

Leigh said the course owners “may also have to apply to the Army Corps of Engineers for additional permits, which could take some time.”

Commissioner Tom Sharp raised the issue at the board’s meeting Tuesday (July 22) that the project is still on the committee’s agenda and that for months there has been no progress.

“Get it off our radar,” Sharp said. “Take it off the agenda until the applicant has the data we need.”

The project applicant is the city’s Engineering Department, working in conjunction with Levesque & Associates, to develop a solution to the drainage problem by “daylighting” the system, removing the drain pipe and allowing the stormwater to flow through a drainage ditch.

The problem is that there has been no response from the Army Corps of Engineers as to whether they will assume an oversight role and allow the project to progress under local authority.

“It’s not anything the applicant is doing,” Leigh said Tuesday. “It’s the Corps of Engineers.”

Sharp suggested sending a letter to the Engineering Department warning that the commission may remove the project from its agenda.

“Would it give the Engineering Department another arrow to shoot to get the Army Corps (of Engineers) to provide information?” Sharp asked.

Commission Chairman David Doe and James Phillips both opposed that strategy.

“I’d hate to make them start (the process) over,” Phillips said.

City Engineer Mark Cressotti said Friday that he “understands the commission’s frustration, but I can’t move the Army Corps of Engineers.”

The board then voted to continue the public hearing to its Aug. 12 session.

Feud gets noisy

By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A city man has been charged after apparently intentionally annoying his neighbors.

Officer Sean Smith responded to a noise complaint on Crown Street at 9:33 p.m. Thursday and reports that when he arrived he could hear loud music from Notre Dame Street when he was still more than 100 yards away from the source of the sound.

When he arrived at the site of the music, 10 Crown St., he observed that stereo speakers had been set up in a window and a male party was on the porch.

Smith saw the man go inside as he approached and reports that he thought the man was going inside to turn off the music but the noise continued and the man did not return.

The officer reports that, after knocking on the door, the man responded and, when told to turn off the music, complied.

When Smith subsequently spoke with the man he insisted that the city’s noise ordinance did not apply before 10 p.m. and Smith pointed out the statute prohibiting disturbing the peace is in force 24 hours a day.

Smith noted that the man appears to be feuding with his neighbors and had placed his stereo speakers in his windows intentionally to annoy them. Smith reports that a criminal complaint was filed.

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Summer colors in bloom Nancy Bishop, left, Vittolia Monteleone center, and Judy Egan are enjoying the colorful garden, grown each summer by Vittolia to the delight of her many neighbors on Danek Drive, off Noble Street.

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Police: 911 call reveals intruder — a snake ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say officers rushed to an Albuquerque home invasion call and found an unusual intruder — a large snake.

Police say officers recently removed the slithering reptile after a woman called 911.

Officials believe the snake slithered its way into her home, possibly through an open door.

The animal was removed and later released in an open space in the city.

No injuries were reported.

Man run over by own truck during road rage GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A man in Florida apparently got a dose of road rage karma when police say he was run over by his own pickup truck after getting out to bang on another driver’s window.

It happened Tuesday evening in Gainesville, Florida.

The Gainesville Sun (http://bit.ly/1rDishr) reports 48-year-old Joseph Carl had been drinking and drove into a vehicle stopped at a red light. He got out of his truck without putting it in park and began banging on the window of a woman’s car. When the frightened woman drove away, there was nothing holding his truck in place.

The truck rolled into Carl. A police report says he was taken to the hospital where he was treated for fractures in his hand and foot.

He’s charged with DUI and DUI property damage. It isn’t known whether he’s obtained a lawyer.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Saturday, July 26, the 207th day of 2014. There are 158 days left in the year.

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n July 26, 1775, Benjamin Franklin became America’s first Postmaster-General.

On this date:

In 1788, New York became the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1882, the Richard Wagner opera “Parsifal” premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.

In 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte ordered creation of a force of special agents that was a forerunner of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

In 1912, the Edison Studios production “What Happened to Mary,” one of the first, if not very first, movie serials, was released with Mary Fuller in the title role.

In 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, which established the National Military Establishment (later renamed the Department of Defense).

In 1952, Argentina’s first lady, Eva Peron, died in Buenos Aires at age 33. King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated in the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.

In 1953, Fidel Castro began his revolt against Fulgencio Batista with an unsuccessful attack on an army barracks in eastern Cuba. (Castro ousted Batista in 1959.)

In 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria sank off New England, some 11 hours after colliding with the Swedish liner Stockholm; at least 51 people died. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.

In 1964, Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa was convicted in federal court in Chicago of fraud and conspiracy in the handling of a union pension fund; six co-defendants were found guilty of conspiracy. The Organization of American States enacted sanctions against Cuba.

In 1971, Apollo 15 was launched from Cape Kennedy on America’s fourth manned mission to the moon.

In 1989, Mark Wellman, a 29-year-old paraplegic, reached the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park after hauling himself up the granite cliff six inches at a time over nine days.

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Ten years ago: The Democratic Party’s 44th national convention opened in Boston under extraordinarily tight security; a parade of speakers that included former President Bill Clinton castigated George W. Bush as a president who had mishandled the economy and bungled the war on terror. Mohammed Mamdouh Helmi Qutb, an Egyptian diplomat held hostage by militants in Iraq for three days, was released after successful negotiations.

Five years ago: Sarah Palin stepped down as governor of Alaska to write a book and build a right-of-center coalition, but left her long-term political plans unclear. Alberto Contador won the Tour de France for the second time in three years; Lance Armstrong placed third. Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were inducted

into the Baseball Hall of Fame along with the late Joe Gordon.

Choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham died in New York at age 90.

One year ago: Ariel Castro, the man who’d imprisoned three women in his Cleveland home, subjecting them to a decade of rapes and beatings, pleaded guilty to 937 counts in a deal to avoid the death penalty. (Castro later committed suicide in prison.) A gunman went on a rampage at a Hialeah, Florida, apartment complex, killing six people before being shot dead by police.

Billionaire Texas oilman George P. Mitchell, considered the father of fracking, died at his home in Galveston; he was 94.

JJ Cale, 74, whose best songs like “After Midnight” and “Cocaine” were towering hits for other artists, died in La Jolla, California.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Marjorie Lord is 96. Actor James Best is 88.

Actress-singer Darlene Love is 73. Singer Brenton Wood is 73. Rock star Mick Jagger is 71. Movie director Peter Hyams is 71. Actress Helen Mirren is 69. Rock musician Roger Taylor (Queen) is 65. Actress Susan George is 64. Olympic gold medal figure skater Dorothy Hamill is 58. Actor Kevin Spacey is 55. Rock singer Gary Cherone is 53. Actress Sandra Bullock is 50. Rock singer Jim Lindberg (Pennywise) is 49.

Actor Jeremy Piven is 49. Rapper-reggae singer Wayne Wonder is 48. Actor Jason Statham is 47. Actor Cress Williams is 44. TV host Chris Harrison (“The Bachelor”; “The Bachelorette”) is 43. Actress Kate Beckinsale is 41. Rock musician Dan Konopka (OK Go) is 40. Gospel/Contemporary Christian singer Rebecca St. James is 37. Actress Francia Raisa is 26. Christian rock musician Jamie Sharpe (Rush of Fools) is 25.

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REP. JOHN VELIS: Update

Greetings! I want to say again that I hope this tor was my disgust with party politics; specifically, weekly update finds everyone having a very the unwillingness of the two major political parties happy and healthy summer. I also want to add that to put their differences aside and work for the betthis will be my last weekly update for the time terment of the people. A prime example of this is being; as we are starting the campaign season, the when a vote is taken on a very important and sigWestfield News has made the decision to stop nificant issue and the vote comes down on party these types of updates from political office holdlines- all Republicans voting one way and all ers who are candidates as part of their rules for Democrats voting the other way. This is putting election seasons (a decision I fully understand and politics ahead of the people who elected you to support). serve. This type of government doesn’t work for I want to use this last update to tell you about me. Since being elected I have cast all of my votes some of the experiences and observations I have based on what I thought was best for the people of made over the course of the last 3 and a half Westfield. My opinion as to what is best for the months since I have been your State Representative. people of Westfield comes directly from the people But before I get into that I want to speak about of Westfield in the countless conversations I have one vote that I recently made regarding charter had with them since being elected into office. And schools. what I have come to find is that the people of About three weeks ago the House passed a bill Westfield care more about individual issues than that would lift the cap on funds that charter Rep. JOHN VELIS they do political parties. This is undeniably reflectschools would receive from the State. This was a ed in my voting record. I embrace each vote as an controversial bill; as it put public schools and issue that must be analyzed from all angles. The charter schools in a direct square off. The bill potentially decision on which way to vote I finally make is based on what would increase funds to charter schools therefore decreasing will benefit the constituents I represent. I ran on the promise of funds to public schools. There was a lot of media attention being an independent voice for Westfield and I believe I have about the bill as well as many emails sent to each State Rep lived up to that promise so far with a voting record that truly encouraging us to vote one way or the other. On the day of the runs the gamut of bipartisanship. vote many State Reps were truly undecided as to what their The most gratifying part of my short time in office has been vote should be. Not me. This was a bill that I voted a resound- the honor and privilege of representing the people of Westfield ing no on. And my reasons for voting no were simple. in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. I don’t take ANYTHING that takes money away from public schools I am the responsibility of representing each one of the 41,399 peovehemently against! Public schools (teachers, paraprofession- ple of Westfield lightly, and I truly mean it when I say that I als; administrative staff; etc…) are the front line soldiers in am honored to be your elected voice on Beacon Hill. As shaping tomorrows youth. In fact, I wouldn’t be sitting here always, do not hesitate to contact either myself (john.velis@ today typing this letter as your State Rep without the help of mahouse.gov or on my cell at 413-627-8722) or my aide, several school teachers from the Westfield Public Schools.

Neesha (neesha.suarez@mahouse.gov) with any questions, As I reflect on my first three months in office there are some issues, or concerns. I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing things I would like to share with you. If you recall, when I first time during the rest of the summer! decided I was going to run for office the main motivating fac-

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MONDAY, JULY 28 TOLLAND Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Board of Selectmen at 5 pm

SOUTHWICK Board of Appeals at 7 pm Board of Appeals Public Hearing at 7:15 pm

BLANDFORD Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm

GRANVILLE Selectboard at 7 pm

TUESDAY, JULY 29 TOLLAND Board of Assessors at 10 am

BLANDFORD Assessor’s Meeting at 5:30 pm Fire Department Meeting at 6:30 pm Selectmen’s Meeting at 7 pm

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 BLANDFORD Finance Committee at 7 pm

THURSDAY, JULY 31 Conservation Comm Hearings -IF NEEDED

Greeting Card Workshop WESTFIELD- Another popular greeting card workshop sponsored by the Friends of the Westfield Athenaeum will be held on Saturday, Aug 2 from 9-4. **NEW LOCATION FOR THIS SUMMER CLASS IS THE WESTFIELD YMCA ON COURT ST.*** Class fee is $45 and includes a tape runner. All other materials will be provided. Lunch will be provided for an addition cost of $10 or you can bring your own. Pre-registration is required as class size will be limited. For more information, please look on the Westfield Athenaeum web site or contact Donna at 262-4934.

Stanley Park Friday Mornings for Children WESTFIELD-Stanley Parks Friday Mornings for Children presents Rick Goldin, Presenting, Music and Puppets for Children, August 8. Rick’s performances include original and familiar songs, puppets, movement, child-participation, and lots of silliness and fun capturing the imaginations of children of all ages. Children love his programs because they get to sing, dance and jump along with Rick and his singing animal puppets. Rick Goldin’s lively and humorous music and puppet concerts have made him one of the most popular children’s entertainers in New England. His latest recording “I Like To Read” received a Parents’ Choice Recommended Award which features songs about books, libraries and learning to read. www.rickgoldin.com

Mining

Continued from Page 1 Anchor Engineering. They presented a revised plan that included several changes to the original application, including limiting the active area to five acres, which will move with the excavation activities. Truck traffic is anticipated to be no more than a maximum of 70 loaded trips per day of operation.

Signage has been proposed at the entrance of Lake Road off of Copperhill Road to warn of the one lane road ahead and work being done.

A dozen residents of Suffield spoke during the hearing, most expressing Can You Help Sarah? concerns about heavy equipment, truck traffic, fuel leakage and environmental impact. Several asked what step they could take to bring www.sarahgillett.org their concerns beyond the board. None of the residents who spoke expressed concerns about water quality.

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Continued from Page 1 vice chair of the Friends of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail’s Board of Directors. “A survey like this is something that helps them (the PVPC) guide the projects with constituent feedback.”

Giffune said that reducing the stress on the regional infrastructure is wholly important.

“I think it’s a good thing that we’re encouraging very simple projects, shorter trips within a community that don’t have you getting in your car,” he said. “From a state perspective, there have been edicts handed down, that projects have to not only ‘accommodate’ pedestrian transportation – now they have to ‘encourage’ (pedestrian transportation), so that’s a pretty big shift.”

“That happened last fall, and we’re starting to see that trickle into the bureaucracy that drives projects, and a survey such as this is the outcome of that,” Giffune said.

“We want to do anything we can to support the state soliciting feedback from it’s residents,” said LaValley.

“This is for people to have a voice at the state level.”

The survey is available online at http://www.pvpc. org/content/survey-transportation-projects-are-important-you. Residents seeking a paper copy of the survey can call the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission at (413) 781-6045. Paper copies of the survey are available in Chinese, English, French, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

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High school freshman orientation WESTFIELD — Jonathan B. Carter, Principal of Westfield High School, invites all incoming freshman and their parents/guardians to attend Freshman/Parent Orientation on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 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.

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Obama speaks Ex-GOP sleuth eyes House seat about border kids

By Lucy McCalmont Politico.com President Barack Obama indicated Friday that many of the tens of thousands of children who have crossed the Texas border will eventually be sent back home.

“Children who do not have proper claims…will at some point be subject to repatriation to their home countries,” Obama said following a meeting with the presidents of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, according to a pool report.

The president, whose comments come amidst the continuing crisis at the Texas border, also said that refugee status is “very narrowly defined” and “would not necessarily accommodate a large number of additional migrants.”

“There may be some narrow circumstances in which there is humanitarian or refugee status that a family might be eligible for,” Obama said. “If that were the case, it would be better for them to apply in-country rather than take a very dangerous journey up to Texas to make those same claims.”

Obama pledges to sign cellphone unlocking bill

By Alex Byers Politico.com President Barack Obama pledged Friday to sign a bill passed by the House and Senate to legalize cellphone unlocking, in a rare example of tech policy advancing in Washington.

The House passed the legislation just hours earlier, and the Senate approved the measure last week. The bill reverses a Library of Congress decision that made it illegal for cellphone users to unlock their devices to be used on other networks.

“The bill Congress passed today is another step toward giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice so that they can find a cellphone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,” Obama said in a statement.

Cellphone unlocking — the act of changing settings on a mobile device so it can be used on a different wireless network — was legal until the Library of Congress declared it copyright infringement in 2012.

The Obama administration announced it supported undoing that decision, after 114,000 people signed a petition in favor of cellphone unlocking on the White House website last year.

Lawmakers led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and his House counterpart Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) jumped on the problem soon after, seeing it as a simple fix that consumers were demanding. Their bill went through several iterations — with some lawmakers unsuccessfully trying to turn it into a vehicle for broader copyright reform — before finally clearing Capitol Hill this month.

The White House had no immediate comment on when the president would sign the bill.

Separately, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler inked a voluntary agreement with the nation’s major wireless carriers last December that guaranteed companies like AT&T and Verizon would allow users to unlock their phones once their contracts are up. But lawmakers still sought a permanent solution.]

Consumer groups cheered the legislation.

The cellphone unlocking bill will “make it easier for consumers to switch from one provider to another, improving competition in the wireless market,” Public Knowledge Staff Attorney Laura Moy said in a statement. “It will improve the availability of free and low-cost secondhand phones for consumers who cannot afford to purchase new devices, and it will keep millions of devices out of landfills.”

The bill restores the legality of cellphone unlocking under an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. But the issue isn’t likely to die completely since the Library of Congress has to make another decision by the end of 2015 on whether to continue or expand that exemption.

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By Alex Isenstadt Politico.com McLEAN, Va. — Fifteen years later, the Clinton Wars are back.

The backdrop this time isn’t the White House or Hillary Clinton’s likely presidential run. It’s the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., where a onetime congressional staffer who made her name digging up dirt on the Clintons, Barbara Comstock, is trying to win a seat in Congress herself.

Lining up behind Comstock are some of the Clintons’ chief ’90s-era adversaries, including Ken Starr, Dan Burton and David Bossie. Determined to stop her is a host of Clinton loyalists led by Terry McAuliffe — who was once forced to testify before a congressional committee after Comstock unearthed his bombshell “Lincoln Bedroom Memo” — from his new perch as Virginia governor.

Comstock’s bid against Democratic Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust has reopened the old wounds of Travelgate, Filegate, Monicagate and more. But the stakes go way beyond settling old scores. Clinton allies worry that if Comstock wins and Hillary Clinton returns to the White House as president, she’ll reprise her role as Clinton investigator-inchief.

“If she wins, she will no doubt practice the same politics of personal destruction she and her ilk practiced in the Clinton days,” said Paul Begala, a former political adviser to Bill Clinton who has assumed the role of Comstock attack dog.

The Republican, he said, has a “really almost sick, sort of stalker-like obsession with President Clinton.”

Comstock — a 55-year-old, Georgetown-educated lawyer widely regarded as one of the premier opposition researchers of her generation, with a “wonderfully devious mind,” in the words of one reporter who witnessed her at the peak of her sleuthing — declined to speak for this story. But she is already hinting publicly that she’s itching to take on the Clintons again.

“We need to get to the bottom of the truth in Benghazi, and I will do that because I’ve done that before as a chief investigator in Congress,” she said at the Virginia state GOP convention recently, referring to the 2012 attacks that left four Americans dead and marred Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.

The Barbarellas Comstock’s history with the Clintons dates back to 1993. At the time, she was working as an aide to GOP Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia when some of his constituents lost their jobs in the White House travel office. Wolf tasked Comstock with finding out why the firings happened and whether the Clintons were trying to make room in the office for their personal allies.

Republicans won the House majority in 1994, and Comstock became the chief counsel on the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Much of the panel’s investigative work centered on Clinton’s fundraising practices and determining whether he had accepted funds from non-U.S. citizens ahead of the 1996 election.

Comstock’s legal training prepared her to burrow through mounds of government documents, spotting patterns in discrete facts that eluded others. She deposed countless highlevel White House officials and allies, including John Podesta and George Stephanopoulos. When Democratic fundraiser Johnny Chung appeared before the committee in 1999, Comstock did the grilling.

The other trait Comstock’s admirers and critics consistently point to: a work ethic bordering on compulsive.

“Late night calls from Barbara Comstock were not unusual,” David Brock, the onetime conservative opposition researcher and Comstock confidant, wrote in his 2002 book, “Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative.” “She often telephoned with the latest tidbit she had dug up in the thousands and thousands of pages of administration records she pored through frantically, as if she were looking for a winning lottery ticket she had somehow mislaid.” Brock is now leading Correct the Record, a group devoted to defending Hillary Clinton.

The late Barbara Olson, Comstock’s co-investigator on the committee, wrote in her own book that the two took extraordinary measures to prevent Clinton backers from sabotaging their work.

“We changed our locks; not even the cleaning crews had access to our tiny room,” Olson wrote in “Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton,” published in 1999. “I generally arrived at 6:30 a.m. and tried to leave for home before 8:00 p.m. My colleague Barbara Comstock continued the vigil and wouldn’t leave until 4:00 a.m.”

On the campaign trail, Comstock hasn’t shied away from discussing her time scrutinizing the Clintons. During a recent radio interview, she compared the Benghazi investigation to what transpired during the 1990s.

“Previously, when I was on Capitol Hill in the ’90s, I served as chief counsel on the House Government Reform Committee, and we had similar investigations where we were just blocked at every turn, we had people take the Fifth Amendment, we had the administration refuse to turn over documents,” she said in a May 1 appearance on “The John Fredericks Show.” “And you just have to really go at it. We wrote contempt reports, we insisted on getting documents and then finally we were to break open these cases.”

Comstock wasn’t a Clinton hater, people close to her insist.

But she was, they say, convinced the first couple was involved

in wrongdoing. Her best friend during those years was Olson, who became a high-profile Clinton critic. In Republican circles, the two became known as “The Barbarellas,” a reference to a racy 1968 Jane Fonda movie. In the White House, they were referred to as “The Barbaras.”

Olson was a passenger on the American Airlines flight that struck the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

“They were, of course, partisan,” Ted Olson, the former U.S. solicitor general who was married to Barbara Olson, said in an interview. “They believed in the things they were doing.”

Had Barbara Olson been alive to watch her friend run for Congress, Ted Olson said, “She would have been ecstatic, thrilled beyond words. … She would have been cajoling, wheeling and dealing, twisting arms, whatever it took to help Barbara.”

From Middlebury to the RNC Comstock tread a surprising path to the oversight panel. She graduated from Middlebury College, a prestigious liberal arts school in Vermont, in 1981 with a degree in political science.

During her undergrad years, she interned for Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy. She would later say that while working for Kennedy, she was given a copy of the National Review, and there began her evolution to conservatism.

“I’d be at hearings and think, ‘I agree with [Sen.] Orrin Hatch [R-Utah], not Ted Kennedy,” she told The Washington Post in 2001.

People who worked with Comstock during the 1990s say they never pegged her as a future candidate. Unlike other Capitol Hill staffers at the time, she didn’t discuss running for office and didn’t seem to be preoccupied with doing so. Yet she took on an increasingly visible role. The Clinton investigations dovetailed with the rise of 24-hour cable news, and Comstock was a popular choice among TV bookers, who saw her as articulate and presentable.

She was also skilled at delivering a sharp line.

“Unfortunately for the president, the facts and the law are his enemy,” she said in one January 1999 CNN appearance.

Comstock’s investigations into the Clintons ultimately yielded little, but her career in politics was just taking off. In 2000, she headed up opposition research for the Republican National Committee and continued to make mischief. During a Democratic primary debate, Bill Bradley attacked Al Gore for allegedly flip-flopping on abortion. Bradley, the Post reported, was relying on research assembled by Comstock and her team, which was looking to weaken Gore heading into the general election.

Some believe that Comstock left a permanent imprint on how Republicans conduct opposition research, bringing a new level of legal precision to the work. Gary Maloney, a veteran GOP dirt-digger, said that the format the party’s campaign committees use to document their research is a replica of the style Comstock used in the 2000 race.

“Comstock essentially built her own model of what to do,” he said.

Following the 9/11 attacks, Comstock would become thenAttorney General John Ashcroft’s spokeswoman. Later she took a job at a lobbying shop and started a political consulting firm. In 2005, she spent time working on the defense team of Scooter Libby, the former Dick Cheney adviser who was convicted of leaking the identity of a CIA operative.

All the while, Comstock was building a powerful circle of friends who would assist her in her next foray: a 2009 campaign for a seat in the state House of Delegates. She received donations from the likes of Karl Rove, Newt Gingrich and Haley Barbour. Comstock won narrowly, unseating a popular Democrat in a swing district.

A return to the warpath?

As she traverses the 10th Congressional District, Comstock, like many candidates this year, is pitching herself as a pragmatist who wants to serve her constituents and help the local economy. Many of Comstock’s friends believe her brassknuckled political past is behind her. She’s more interested in the legislative nuts and bolts of public service, they say. Most political handicappers say she’s a slight favorite in a Northern Virginia-based district that narrowly broke for Mitt Romney in 2012.

Clinton allies, however, are convinced that Comstock would quickly return to the warpath if she makes it to Congress — and are bent on stopping her.

McAuliffe will soon host a fundraiser for Foust and “plans to do everything he can” to help the Democrat, an aide said.

His brush with Comstock came in February 1997 when, working late one evening, she uncovered the McAuliffe memo that led to the idea of inviting donors to the White House for sleepovers. The revelation sent the Clinton White House into damage control mode.

Begala, meanwhile, has taken to Twitter to accuse Comstock of recently lifting a line from Bill Clinton’s first inaugural speech. (Clinton: “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right with America.” Comstock: “There is nothing that is wrong with the country today that can’t be solved with what is right with America.”)

In an interview, Begala bitterly recalled one time during the ’90s when Comstock approached him in the parking lot of the church they both attended and asked, with a straight face, “Have I deposed you yet?”

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Police Logs WESTFIELD

Emergency Response and Crime Report Wednesday, July 23, 2014 12:47 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, a patrol officer reports eh observed a motorcyclist fail to stop for a flashing red traffic signal, the officer reports the operator produced a driver’s license but the man had no license to operate a motorcycle, Alexander Robert Sava, 23, of 105 Westwood Drive, Russell, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle in violation of the vehicle class and for failure to stop for a flashing red lens; 6:57 a.m.: larceny, Mather Street, a resident came to the station to complain his utility trailer was stolen, the responding officer reports the complainant said that the utility trailer he built himself had been stored out-of-sight of the road on a friend’s property and was last used the weekend of July five and six, the man said that he discovered the trailer to be missing on Tuesday; 11:22 a.m.: found property, Arnold Street, a caller reports a bicycle has apparently been abandoned on property he manages, the responding officer reports the caller said that what appears to be a brand new bicycle was found leaning against a utility pole and the property manager does not believe it belongs to a tenant, the bike was transported to the station for safe keeping; 12:52 p.m.: traffic complaint, Northwest Road at Old Quarry Road, a caller reports a fallen tree is obstructing traffic, the DPW was notified and dispatched a crew to remove the fallen tree; 2:58 p.m.: incapacitated person, Whitney Playground, Shepard Street, a caller reports an intoxicated man is passed out near the river, the responding officer report h man was roused and provided a courtesy transport to his Exchange Street home, while dealing with the call the officer encountered an apparently abandoned bicycle which was transported to the station for safe keeping; 3:56 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, a patrol officer requests a tow for a vehicle with registration revoked for lack of insurance, the car was towed to the police impound yard; 4:16 p.m.: disturbance, Southampton Road, a caller reports that her intoxicated boyfriend smashed window of her car and she ejected him, the responding officer reports the operator said that an argument with her boyfriend developed while she was driving and the man repeatedly punched and cracked her windshield, the officer noted three spiderweb cracks in the windshield, the woman said that she stopped the car and told the man to get out whereupon he punched and smashed out a side window, the officer observed a shirtless man walking with an injured hand and stopped, the officer reports that the man spontaneously threw up his hands and then laid on the ground, the man admitted to smashing the windows and was transported to Noble Hospital for treatment of his injured hand, a criminal complaint was filed; 7:43 p.m.: larceny, Whitney Playground, Shepard Street, a Southwick resident came to the station to complain that his bicycle was stolen from Whitney Playground, the responding officer reports the man said that he had hidden the bike when he left it at the playground and found it missing when he returned for it; 8:20 p.m.: fire, Morningside Drive, a caller reports a fire in an exterior lighting fixture was extinguished but is still smoldering and sparking, the responding firefighters reports a bird’s nest inside ht fixture had ignited but had been extinguished by the neighbors; 9:03 p.m.: fire, Twiss Street, a caller reports an electrical transformer may be on fire, the responding firefighters report the fire was extinguished, the G&E was notified; 10:07 p.m.: animal complaint, Charles Street, a caller reports a cat in a neighbor’s driveway appears to be foaming at the mouth, the responding animal control officer reports that the cat was transported to an animal hospital for treatment; 10:13 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Park Square, a patrol officer reports he observed male party slump[ed over the steering wheel of a vehicle stopped at a light at park square, the officer approached the vehicle and found that the man did not respond to a knock on the window so he opened the door, took the vehicle out of gear and removed the key before rousing the operator who said he must have fallen asleep, the man exhibited the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication and failed a field sobriety test, David W. Hawley, 25, of 404 Southwick Road, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle; Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:56 a.m.: vandalism, East Main Street, a caller from an East Main Street fast food restaurant reports a co-worker’s vehicle was vandalized, the responding officer reports that dents were found on the hood and the victim said that she suspects a co-worker with whom she has recently been in conflict with is responsible, the officer reports he was not able to immediately speak with the suspect; 7:26 a.m.: larceny, Springdale Road, a caller reports of steel railroad track material, the respond officer reports the caller identified a suspect and asked that a report be filed; 10:22 a.m.: larceny, Jefferson Street, a resident came to the station to report the theft of a bracelet, the responding officer reports that the complainant said that she inadvertently left her Pandora bracelet valued at $300 in her bathroom and while she was out her babysitter allowed a known person previously served a ‘No trespassing’ to enter and use the bathroom, the case was referred to the Detective Bureau; 6:55 p.m.: officer wanted, Apple Orchard Heights, a caller reports three children who are about 12-years-old are playing on the roof of a house, the responding officer reports the chil-

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dren were being watched by an adult as they played on a flat section of the roof about eight feet from the ground, the officers report the children descended while he was discussing the hazards with the woman; 7:51 p.m.: vandalism, Main Street, a caller reports that the victim said that she had been inside a Main Street supermarket for about 20 minutes and returned to find her car had been keyed; 9:33 p.m.: noise complaint, Crown Street, see story in the Saturday edition of The Westfield News.

Court Logs Westfield District Court Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Sean P. O’Malley, 35, of 76 Pequot Point Road, pleaded guilty to four charges of larceny of property valued more than $250 brought by Westfield police and was sentenced to four concurrent 18 month terms in the house of correction with credit for time served awaiting trial since Jan. 2. Four charges of vandalizing property and a charge of being a fugitive from justice were not prosecuted.

Jeremy M. Brown, 47, of 160 Point Grove Road, Southwick, was released on his personal recognizance pending a Sept. 11 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license brought by Southwick police.

Adam Nadeau, 33, of 90 Hamlin St, Manchester, Connecticut, was held in lieu of $2,500 cash bail after he was arraigned on a charge of breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony brought by Southwick police.

Cheryl E. Kozaczek, 30, of 80 Woodmont St., submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of violation of an abuse prevention order brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding with probation for six months. She was assessed $50.

Alexandru R. Sava, 23, of 105 Westwood Drive, Russell, was released on his personal recognizance pending a Sept. 11 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and failure to stop or yield brought by Westfield police.

Brittany Houston, 23, of 12 Prescott St., Holyoke, was released on her personal recognizance pending a Feb. 22 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of larceny of property valued more than $250 brought by Westfield police.

Tasha Martinez, 30, of 15 Morris St., submitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings for charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and a Massachusetts Turnpike inspection sticker violation brought by State Police and the charges was continued without a finding and dismissed upon payment of fees and assessments totaling $150.

Clifford J. Forett Jr., 24, of 32 Crown St., submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of delivering cigarettes to a minor brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding and dismissed upon payment of fees and assessments totaling $100. A charge of littering was not prosecuted. In a separate case also brought by Westfield police, Forett saw a charge of saw a charge of larceny of property valued more than $250 dismissed when the named victim when asserted her Fifth Amendment rights and refused to testify.

Thursday, July 24, 2014 Jose L. Masso, 37, of 16 Bates St., saw a charge of assault and battery brought by Westfield police dismissed at the request of the victim when she asserted her marital privilege and refused to testify.

Desray B. King, 19, of 7 Jefferson St., saw charges of larceny of property valued less than $250 by a single scheme, improper use of a credit card valued less than $250 and receiving a stolen credit card brought by Westfield police not prosecuted.

Cameron L. Perry, 29, of 966 Worcester St., Springfield, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings for charges of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and a marked lanes violation brought by Westfield police and the charges were continued without a finding with probation for one year. He was assessed $300.

David W. Hawley, 25, of 404 Southwick Road, was released on $1,000 personal surety pending a Sept. 19 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle brought by Westfield police.

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LOST -- T-Mobile Sparq clamshell cellphone, black with silver-accented keyboard. Hand set serial #013379003366401.

Lost late Thursday (7/17) / early Friday (7/18) morning, somewhere between School St and E Silver St. If found, turn into police station.

LOST: READING GLASSES, Brown frames, in the vicinity of the Maple Leaf on Arnold Street, or The Hangar, School Street or Court Street and Whitaker Road. Call Tim (413)4547243.

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.

LOST AND FOUND

LOST: Small address book with license inside was lost either inside of Price Rite or outside in the parking lot Saturday, July 5th. If you have found this, please drop it off at the Westfield Police Department or mail it to the address on the license.

Thank you.

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RELIGIOUS LISTINGS Montgomery Community Church Main Rd PO Box 309 Montgomery,MA 01085 Pastor Howard R. Noe Ph. # 413-862-3284 Church starts at 9 a.m. with fellowship following with coffee and whatever is brought in by the people. Sunday the topic is; “Knowing your enemy”. The next several weeks we will examine how a Christian needs to protect themselves from the world and God’s enemies. We will have children’s church directly following the children’s message. The children will go over to the Town Hall and enjoy learning about God. This will be available for ages 4-12.

Men’s Bible study will be at the pastor’s home at 1126 Huntington Rd. Russell, MA. (Crescent Mills) The study will be Tuesday evening at 6:30 PM. We will be studying 2 Peter and Jude.

Women’s study meets on Tuesdays at the

Pastor’s house @ 10 am. The ladies are studying Leviticus and Numbers.

The Montgomery Church messages are being broadcast over 104.7 FM Family Broadcasting at 8 AM and 8 PM daily.

The broadcasts heard on 104.7 FM are previously recorded messages. We call this outreach “ Go Tell it on the Mountain”, heard on 104.7 FM Family FM Huntington, Mass..

Southwick Congregational Church United Church of Christ 488 College Highway – P.O. Box 260 – Southwick, MA 01077- 413-569-6362 07/27/14 --08/02/14 Rev. Bart Cochran - Minister JULY 27, 2014 - 9:30 AM– Worship Service - Rev. Bart Cochran - Minister, Special Music – Elaine Kuzmeskus – flute, Sean Uliasz - piano, Nursery Available; 10:30 AM Coffee Hour; 3:30 PM O.A. Meeting JULY 30, WEDNESDAY – 9:00 AM – 1:00

PM Henrietta’s Thrift Shop –Open - .; JULY 31 THURSDAY – 6:30 PM Mid-Week Service, 7:00 PM T.O.P.S.; AUGUST 1, FRIDAY – 9:00 AM -1:00 PM Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – Open, 6:00 PM O.A. Meeting, 7:30 PM - A.A. 12 Step Meeting; AUGUST 2 - SATURDAY: Henrietta’sThrift Shop Open 9 – 1:00 PM.; The Episcopal Church of the Atonement 36 Court Street, Westfield, MA 01085 413-562-5461 www.atonementwestfield.net Sundays - Holy Eucharist at 8 am & 10 am Wednesdays - Holy Eucharist & Healing at Noon The Rev. Nancy Webb Stroud, Rector Sunday, July 27 The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost 8 am Holy Eucharist 10 am Holy Eucharist, Cribbery Monday-Friday

6:30 am-6:30 pm YMCA Program Monday, July 28 8-9 pm AA Meeting Tuesday, July 29 9:30am – 5:30 pm Farm Share Pickup Wed., July 30 NO NOON SERVICE TODAY 7-8:30 pm OA Meeting Thursday, July 31 1:30-5 pm Farmer’s Market 4:30-5:30 pm WW Meeting 7:30-9 pm NA Meeting Saturday, Aug. 2 11:00- 12:30 AA Women’s Fellowship Sunday, August 3 The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost 8 am Holy Eucharist 10 am Holy Eucharist, Cribbery Upcoming Tues., August 5 6 pm Healing & Holy Eucharist 6:45 pm Tavern Theology

RELIGIOUS DIRECTORY

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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, Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

Christ Church United Methodist 222 College Highway, Southwick, MA 01077 Pastor Rev. Valerie Roberts-Toler 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 Joyce Galaski Phone - (413) 562-2942 Friday Sabbath Services - 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. Valerie Roberts-Toler Email:FUMC01085@JUNO.COM Worship Service : Sunday’s 10 a.m.

Sunday School: Sunday 10 a.m.

Coffee Hour: every Sunday after the 10 a.m. Worship Service.

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 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. & 12:30-2:15 p.m.

Russian: Thursday - 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 of the Westfield Assemblies of God 157 Dartmouth Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. Wayne Hartsgrove, Pastor Phone - (413) 568-1588 Sunday - 9:30 a.m., Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.

Adult Bible Study and activities for youth of all ages,Wednesday - 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Evening Service - 6 p.m.

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 Parochial Vicar: Rev. Steven G. Montesanti 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- 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.

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: Barbara Koivisto 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 6 PM Zumba 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. Brian F. McGrath, pastor 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 Rev. Georganne Greene, Minister http://www.uuspringfield.orgPhone (413) 736-2324 Handicap accessible.

Sunday - 9 AM First Hour Forum Sunday - 10:30 AM Worship Service, religious education and nursery for children Thursday - 7:30 PM Choir Rehearsal Monthly UNI Coffeehouse Concerts. Check uNicoffeehouse. org United Church of Christ Second Congregational Church 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.

Rev. Kimberly Murphy, Pastor 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. David L. Cooper, 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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Workshop of Wonders - VBS WESTFIELD — Central Baptist Church located on 115 Elm Street in Westfield is Offering a FREE vacation bible school themed “Workshop of Wonders” Dates are Aug 11 thru 15th from 9:00-12:15 for ages 4 thru Grade 6. There will be stories, music, drama, crafts and snacks. Please contact the Church office for registrations at 413-568-0429 or register online at www.centralbaptistchurchwestfield.com. ALL children are welcomed.

Our Lady of the Lake Church offers Bavarian Fest

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church

Church Summer Camp is a parish-wide effort WESTFIELD — A roundup of animals is underway inside the Parish Center of Our Lady of the Blessed

Sacrament Church. Wildly colorful creatures are coming to life thanks to the crew of volunteers drawing, painting

and decorating for this summer’s Vacation Bible Camp.

Scheduled to get underway on Monday, July 28, the vol-

SOUTHWICK — Sunday, August 10th from Noon – 4p.m, Our Lady of the Lake Church will offer a Bavarian Fest. It is a delightful event for all ages; Kastle Korner for kids, crafts and games. Bavarian and conventional food and drink are available.

Donations are $2 per person, children to age 17 free, food and beverages sold separately. Raffle tickets available call (413) 569-0161, 1st prize $500, 2nd prize $150, and 3rd prize $50 Gas Card. Cost of raffle tickets are $4 per ticket or 3 for $10; Drawing on August 10th. You need not be present to win the raffle. Our Lady of the Lake Church is located at 224 Sheep Pasture Road, Southwick, Mass.

unteers are working in the heat and humidity to bring “Weird Animals-Where Jesus’ Love is One-of-aKind” to life.

Co-Coordinators Sheila Conroy and Mary Regan started planning in January.

This spring, the call went out asking parishioners to pitch in. Among them is the Monti family: 9-year old Dominic, 12-year old Rebecca, their mom, Cindy and father, Harry. They are veterans at preparations and taking part as a camper, junior crew leader and crew leader. Dominic researches the rotating cast of animals used each year during VBC. “Iggy” the frilled lizard, “Milton” a star-nosed mole, and “Fern” a leafy sea dragon are just a few of the animals that will greet the campers next week. The theme and a starter kit come from Group Publishing of Loveland, Colorado. Then, parishioners donate the bulk of the needed supplies.

Creating the colorful “weird” world takes a lot of coordination. Conroy says, “It’s a team effort to get the camp organized. Many of our volunteers come back year after year.”

Pastor Fr. Dan Pacholec says, “It’s great to see the inter-generational involvement of the entire parish in support of our children.”

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament’s Vacation Bible Camp gets underway Monday and runs through Friday, August 1.

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Seniors in softball league keep moving

By BILL DOYLE Worcester Telegram & Gazette WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Shortstop Don Basinsky picked up a ground ball, stepped on second base and underhanded a throw to first to complete a double play at Rockwood Field.

You’d never guess that the Holden resident is 79 years old. Does anybody tell Basinsky that he’s crazy to be still playing softball at his age?

“No,” Basinky said. “They just say I’m crazy. Everybody says that. I tell them I have brains I haven’t used yet and they believe it.”

Basinsky is quite a character, and Worcester Senior Softball is filled with them. They’re true old-timers who want to compete and share a few laughs. The league is open to anyone age 55 or older. Many of the players are in their 70s and 80s.

At many games, Basinsky wears Superman socks with streamers attached to them, but not the day a reporter interviewed him at a game.

“This is the first time I’ve washed them in three years,” he explained. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to get them off.”

Each time Basinsky steps to the plate, he points his left hand toward the outfield fence like Babe Ruth once did. Basinsky said his wife, Isabelle, likes that he plays because it gets him out of the house.

“I haven’t talked to her the last three months.

I didn’t want to interrupt her,” he deadpanned.

Worcester Senior Softball plays a game each Tuesday and Thursday morning at Rockwood Field. Usually, enough players show up to field three teams, so they rotate at bat, in the field and sitting out so they don’t overdo it. The travel team plays doubleheaders throughout the region on Mondays or Wednesdays.

Ray Lauring of Worcester formed Worcester Senior Softball in 1991 after playing in Florida. At 88, he’s the oldest player in the league, a year older than Dudley Bowker of Worcester.

During a recent game, Lauring answered a call on his cell — while he was playing in the outfield. He had to tell the caller to hold on a minute because a fly ball was hit in his direction. After he caught the fly for the third out, he resumed his phone conversation.

“We do a lot of unusual things around here,” he said.

But they can still play. Shortstop Ralph “Fuzzy” Fusaro still has soft hands and a strong arm at age 81.

Comstock

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Johanna Persing, a Comstock spokeswoman, declined to respond to Begala’s plagiarism accusation but said that “Virginians have no interest in divisive talking heads living in the past. This election is about the future.”

Other Clinton White House figures are also making a move. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has hosted a fundraiser for Foust and is slated to hold another in August. Foust also recently received a $1,000 donation from Jamie Gorelick, who as Clinton’s deputy attorney general worked in a department that had a role in responding to many of the subpoenas that Comstock’s committee served.

“She was the primary architect and energy behind Dan Burton’s investigations of the Clintons,” said Gorelick.

“When you meet Barbara Comstock, she’s very personable and lovely. But the work of that committee was highly divisive, and it was not a constructive way of running a congressional committee.”

Foust, a mild-mannered 62-year-old Fairfax County supervisor, says he doesn’t remember much about the Clinton wars; he was preoccupied starting a law practice and raising his kids. “I was very disappointed in Bill’s personal conduct,” he said in an interview at his campaign headquarters here, “but I thought it was a political witch hunt.”

Foust said other Clinton allies would soon join his campaign. As for the former president and former first lady, Foust added, “No one knows Barbara Comstock better than the Clintons … and I’m confident they will step up and help us.”

Comstock, for her part, has received checks and pledges of help from some of the most prominent Clinton antagonists from the ’90s. Ken Starr and his wife, Alice Starr, kicked in $1,000 to Comstock’s campaign. Burton, who chaired the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee and was Comstock’s boss, has also sent $1,000.

“I’ll help any way I can,” he said in an interview.

She’s also received help from David Bossie, the Citizens United president and high-profile Clinton critic who worked with her on the investigative panel. The group has endorsed Comstock and given her campaign $10,000.

“Hillary Clinton,” Bossie said, “will have to stay on the straight and narrow to stay out of [Comstock’s] sights.”

In this July 8, 2014, photo, Bill Graham looks to turn a double play from second base during a senior softball league game at Rockwood Field in Worcester, Mass. The league is composed of true old-timers, open to anyone age 55 or older -- and many are in their 70s and 80s. (AP Photo/Telegram & Gazette, Rick Cinclair)

“When Fuzzy goes in the hole, makes the play and throws to first base,” said Rich McMahon, 67, of Worcester, “you take it for granted. But I say, ‘Wait a minute, he’s 81.’ He makes it look easy.”

Former Worcester police chief Ed Gardella, 74, calls Fusaro “Brooks Robinson.” Fusaro can hit as well. In a recent game, he lined a home run over the left-field fence.

When the players sit on the bench wearing their shorts, you can see the scars running up and down many of their knees from replacement surgery.

Carl Forsman, 78, of Hampton, N.H., has two artificial knees and an artificial left shoulder, but he extended his arm parallel to the ground and kicked his hand with his right leg and then his left leg to show his flexibility.

“My back is ready to go at any time,” Forsman said. “I don’t know if today’s my last day playing or the next time is. I will keep playing as long as I can.”

Gene Genese, 72, of Paxton has had three knee replacements, including two on his left knee, and has an artificial hip. His surgeon, Dr. Jeffrey Metzmaker, signed Genese’s glove when he informed him he planned to resume playing softball.

Bill Seaman, 73, of Spencer figures his Spalding glove is about 45 years old. Frank Birch, 73, of Worcester and Amadeu “Juni” Pavini, 80, of Worcester estimate their gloves are about 50 years old. So their gloves are older than some guys who have quit playing softball because they thought they were too old.

Art Brockelman, 81, of Lunenburg has been using the same Wilson glove since his golden retriever found it and plopped it on his welcome mat 25 years ago. Brockelman bought a new glove about five years ago, but he keeps it in his trunk because he prefers the old, wellworn one. His glove represents what Worcester Senior Softball is about all — there’s still a lot of life in these old gloves and old-time players.

Pavini had a hip replacement in March, but resumed playing softball two months later.

“My wife’s not too happy about it,” Pavini said. “She thinks I’m going to get hurt, but my daughters and my grandchildren are all for it.”

His daughter is an intensive care physician in Vermont and she paid for the uniforms for the Old News Bears, the 75-and-older travel team. That team won the Cape Cod Classic two years ago.

“I love the game,” Pavini said, “and you can’t be sitting on the couch all the time.”

Gardella wore his Yankees T-shirt and his Yankees cap with “Yankees” written in Hebrew across the front of it. Even the floor mats in his car say Yankees. One of his fondest memories was taking part in a Yankees fantasy in Tampa, Fla., many years ago. He called it his own Field of Dreams.

“This is kind of the same thing,” Gardella said of Worcester Senior Softball. “It’s kind of the Field of Dreams here. One of the guys said, ‘The older I get, the better I was.’

Whether we were good athletes or not, we all come here and compete. Guys still run out ground balls.”

Most of them run out grounders faster than David Ortiz does.

“Guys still try to make a play. If you don’t

Gateway Superintendent’s Corner Since the renewal by the number of towns of the Gateway participating, or the Towns Advisory number of individuals Committee, spearattending meetings, has headed by the Town not been stellar nor conof Russell, I’ve been sistent over time. attending meetings Perhaps this is due to along with others an idea shared by a new from throughout the participant at last district. I certainly Saturday’s GTAC meetgive these town offiing. He said that most cials much credit for people considered the giving up some of Worthington withdrawal their Saturday mornto be a done deal because ings for the purpose Dr. David Hopson of the legislation passing of encouraging town and being signed into law cooperation, looking at regionalizing by the Governor, yielding a feeling of local services, and reviewing the ‘what difference can I make?’ This Gateway Regional School District’s same individual also thought that a operations and budgets. Despite hav- bigger problem facing the district was ing made little progress in addressing looking out 10 to 15 years, as the many of the issues that have been potential viability of the Gateway raised—including unfunded man- District may be in doubt. Long-term dates, regionalizing services, and projections in the number of schoolgaining economic assistance for the aged children in our towns yields sigdistrict’s towns—this ‘unofficial’ or nificantly fewer students in the next ‘ad hoc’ committee has brought for- 15 years. Having already experienced ward many issues for consideration. a reduction of children in the towns, The major topic for GTAC during and a reduction of students in the the past year has been the potential schools, we can see why this is a conwithdrawal of the Town of cern for the district. Of course, the Worthington from the Gateway Gateway towns are not the only ones Regional School District. On this facing a shift in the composition of topic, GTAC has made some progress our communities: we see a population among the six remaining towns reduction in many areas of the regarding the potential of sharing Northeast and an even larger reduclegal costs in trying to block tion in the number of young families Worthington from leaving or, at the and children in areas offering few job very least, ensuring that Worthington opportunities, little growth in induspays a fair and equitable share of the try, and a lack of infrastructure supdistrict’s capital and accrued costs if porting services that many consider they are allowed to withdraw. There essential to modern life. One can look, are many legal strategies related to for example, across New England and these issues and it sounds as though see efforts to consolidate school disthe legal process could be very long tricts, close smaller and often outdatand involved, which usually translates ed schools, and regionalize town serto being very expensive in my limited vices (911 call centers, emergency experience. response, shared professional staff I give the group credit for trying to across several towns, paying consulget parents and others involved in the tants rather than hiring local experts, process of considering the impact that etc.). I don’t have any specific soluWorthington leaving will have on tions but have seen many ideas tried, taxes and educational opportunities. and more often than not failing, across While the district will continue to the country (one example being support the involvement of parents in Maine’s state-led school district conthe political process, this certainly solidation). Perhaps this isn’t surprislooks like an uphill battle given the ing given the political stalemate in lack of time and energy for most par- D.C., the polarization of political disents to participate in annual town course, and an inability to use a commeetings, local government, or even mon-sense approach to putting peoschool councils, PTOs and booster ples’ greater good at the center of the clubs. The reality is that even mem- political process. bership in GTAC, whether measured

there are people who will scold you,” Gardella said. “You’d better at least try. It’s OK if you don’t catch it, it’s OK if you didn’t get a hit, but you’d better at least try.”

Birch has played in the league for 10 years.

“It’s not what people think,” Birch said.

“They think it’s a bunch of old men with walkers with tennis balls on the bottom of them, but it’s really good softball.

“It’s also a really good time.”

“The teasing never ends here,” Gardella said.

“I’m the only Obama man,” McMahon said.

“We have big arguments.”

Bobby Docimo, 73, of Auburn and all the pitchers pitch from behind a batting practice screen, but he got hit with a batted ball in the ankle the other day.

Sister Anne Marie Wildenhain, 84, who still works part-time at St. Richard of Chichester in Sterling, is the only woman who plays.

“When I first came, I said no more dirty language,” she said. “It’s 25 cents every time you swear, but they never give me any money.

One guy owes me over 300 bucks.”

Bill Burnham, 85, of Holden plays catcher or right field.

“I just like to play,” Burnham said. “I’m not good at it anymore, but I like to play.”

The automatic sprinklers went off in the infield and the outfield a few times this year, but they kept on playing.

“Nothing stops us from playing except snow,” said Leo Quinn, 83, of Worcester.

The players had to yell to someone who was coaching third base that he was supposed to be batting.

“We all have senior moments about 25 times a day,” Quinn said.

Nearly all of the Worcester Senior Softball players are retired, but not Marshall Chervin.

After a recent game, the 78-year-old Shrewsbury resident went home to shower, then headed off to work his shift selling furniture at Bob’s in Natick until 9:30 that night.

“We have a lot of fun,” he said. “It’s nice to be out here.”

After the games, many of the players head to McDonald’s in Tatnuck Square for coffee and, as Gardella put it, to tell lies. They play as long as the weather permits.

“If you show up one day and there’s only seven people, then you say the season is over,” Gardella said.

Then they head to the Saint Gobain gym to play volleyball and basketball throughout the winter. Some get together to bowl.

IN BRIEF

Friends Schedule August Book Sale SOUTHWICK - The Friends of the Southwick Public Library have scheduled a summer book sale beginning with a book collection in the Community Room on Saturday, August 9 from 9 a.m. until noon. Book donations of recent material in good condition will also be accepted Monday and Tuesday August 10 and 11 from 10 a.m. until noon. Please do not bring encyclopedias, magazines, abridged books or textbooks. A Friends Only sale will be held Wednesday, August 13 from 5 until 7 p.m. Individual Friends’ membership remains at $5 with a cost of $10 for a family, any size.

These may be purchased at the Friends’ sale or before at the Circulation Desk. The sale will complete its run Thursday , Friday and Saturday August 14 through 16 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

Wheels & Whiskers Benefit Car Show WESTFIELD-Crafters interested in exhibiting at the 8th Annual Wheels & Whiskers Benefit Car Show on Sunday, August 10 in Westfield, MA can email tow24@juno.com or call for Gary at 562-1346. $10/space.

Southwick Senior Mohegan Sun Trip SOUTHWICK-Mohegan Sun Casino,Southwick Senior Center,Tuesday August 12.

Cost will be $19.00 pp. Receive $15.00 meal credit or free buffet and a $20.00 Bet Bus will leave the center at 8:00am and leave the Casino at 3:30pm Sign up in the office or call 569-5498.

Payment must be received by August 5

Southwick Senior Center hearing clinic SOUTHWICK - Free Hearing Clinic by Avada will be held Wednesday, August 13, starting at 9:30 a.m. Appointments needed, please call 569-5498 to make one. Hearing Aides also cleaned at this time.

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Westfield’s Aidan Dunn, right, delivers to an Exeter, New Hampshire batter during Friday night’s 14-Year-Old Babe Ruth New England Regional Tournament at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Westfield’s Kyle Roberts, right, scores during Friday night’s 14-Year-Old Babe Ruth 2014 New England Regional Tournament game against Exeter, New Hampshire at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Explosive opener

By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – It may be three weeks since the country celebrated Independence Day, but there was one lingering offensive explosion.

The Westfield Babe Ruth Baseball 14-YearOld All-Stars exploded for 10 runs and pitchers Aidan Dunn, John Daley, and Nate Bonini combined for a one-hitter as the home team blasted Exeter (N.H.) 10-2 in an eastern regionals tournament opener Friday night at Bullens Field.

Westfield raced out of the gates for seven runs over the first two innings, chasing Exeter starting pitcher Chris Hannah in the second.

The Whip City All-Stars scored four runs in the first inning.

Dunn got things started by dropping a ball into shallow left field for a one-out double.

Mitchell Longley (3-for-4) followed with a single, and stole second base. A wild pitch scored the first run. Jack Yvon walked and stole second. Then, Tyler Delgado bashed a two-run triple to deep right center field for a 3-0 lead. Dillon Bazegion chopped a runscoring single through the left side of the field for the team’s fourth run.

In the second, Bonini walked, Kyle Roberts and Mass Masciadrelli hit consecutive base knocks, and Dunn followed with a line-drive, two-run single up the middle for a 6-0 lead.

Longley’s high hopper over the third baseman made it 7-0.

Westfield tacked on another run in the third when Connor Koziol singled, stole second, and scored on an error.

The home team’s pitching kept Exeter at bay.

Dunn (2 Ks) pitched 3 1-3 innings of no-hit ball before giving way to reliever Daley.

Daley (3 Ks) allowed just one hit through 2 2-3, a pinch hit single from Will Stinson.

Both teams caught the error bug in the fifth.

Each team benefitted from two unearned runs.

Bonini shut down Exeter in the seventh inning, in fact, striking out four batters. The visitor’s second batter of the inning, Mike Davey, reached on a dropped third strike.

Another batter reached on a walk, and both base runners advanced on a wild pitch. Bonini dug down to strike out the next batter and send Westfield into the next round of play with a 1-0 mark.

Westfield returns to action Saturday night at 7 p.m.

Shay Braceland, 8, of Westfield, sings the National Anthem during last night’s 14-Year-Old Babe Ruth 2014 New England Regional Tournament at Bullens Field Friday night with Westfield and Exeter.

(Photo by Frederick Gore)

Members of the American Legion Post 124 Color Guard open the Babe Ruth 14-Year-Old Babe Ruth 2014 New England Regional Tournament. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Westfield’s Nate Bonini holds back on a high ball during Friday night’s 14-Year-Old 2014 New England Regional Tournament game against Exeter, New Hampshire at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

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LOCAL SUMMER SPORTS SCHEDULE BABE RUTH BASEBALL Saturday, July 26 BABE RUTH BASEBALL 13-YEAR-OLDS NEW ENGLAND REGIONALS High Meadow Field, Fairfield Hills (4 Primrose Lane) Newtown, Conn.

OPENING ROUND Westfield vs. Conn., 7 p.m.

14-YEAR-OLDS NEW ENGLAND REGIONALS Bullens Field, Westfield SECOND ROUND Westfield vs. TBD, 1 or 7 p.m.

Sunday, July 27 BABE RUTH BASEBALL 13-YEAR-OLDS NEW ENGLAND REGIONALS High Meadow Field, Fairfield Hills (4 Primrose Lane) Newtown, Conn.

SECOND ROUND Westfield vs. TBD, 1 or 4 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 6-4 W-1 26-23 30-22 Baltimore 56 45 .554 New York 54 48 .529 2½ — 8-2 W-4 25-24 29-24 Toronto 54 50 .519 3½ 1 5-5 L-1 30-23 24-27 Tampa Bay 50 53 .485 7 4½ 8-2 W-8 23-28 27-25 Boston 47 56 .456 10 7½ 5-5 L-4 26-26 21-30 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Detroit 57 42 .576 — — 5-5 W-2 26-25 31-17 Kansas City 52 50 .510 6½ 2 5-5 W-4 24-25 28-25 Cleveland 51 52 .495 8 3½ 5-5 L-3 29-19 22-33 Chicago 50 54 .481 9½ 5 6-4 W-2 27-24 23-30 23-28 Minnesota 46 56 .451 12½ 8 4-6 L-2 23-28 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Oakland 63 39 .618 — — 5-5 L-1 34-17 29-22 Los Angeles 60 41 .594 2½ — 6-4 L-1 35-19 25-22 10 1 4-6 L-3 25-29 28-20 Seattle 53 49 .520 Houston 42 61 .408 21½ 12½ 3-7 L-3 21-29 21-32 Texas 41 62 .398 22½ 13½ 3-7 W-1 19-30 22-32

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Washington 56 44 .560 — — 7-3 W-1 30-20 26-24 Atlanta 55 48 .534 2½ — 5-5 L-2 28-24 27-24 Miami 49 53 .480 8 5½ 5-5 W-2 28-24 21-29 New York 49 54 .476 8½ 6 6-4 W-1 25-23 24-31 Philadelphia 45 58 .437 12½ 10 3-7 W-2 21-32 24-26 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Milwaukee 58 46 .558 — — 6-4 L-1 29-25 29-21 Pittsburgh 54 47 .535 2½ — 7-3 W-2 34-21 20-26 St. Louis 54 48 .529 3 ½ 4-6 L-4 29-23 25-25 Cincinnati 51 51 .500 6 3½ 2-8 L-7 27-22 24-29 Chicago 42 59 .416 14½ 12 3-7 W-1 22-24 20-35 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away San Francisco 57 45 .559 — — 7-3 L-1 28-25 29-20 Los Angeles 56 47 .544 1½ — 5-5 L-2 25-24 31-23 San Diego 46 56 .451 11 8½ 6-4 W-3 26-26 20-30 Arizona 44 59 .427 13½ 11 5-5 L-2 21-33 23-26 Colorado 41 60 .406 15½ 13 3-7 W-1 25-27 16-33

AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Toronto 8, Boston 0 N.Y. Yankees 4, Texas 2 Oakland 13, Houston 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota 2 Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1, 14 innings Detroit 6, L.A. Angels 4 Baltimore 4, Seattle 0

Saturday’s Games Toronto (Hutchison 6-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 1-1), 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 8-6) at Seattle (C.Young 8-6), 4:10 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 11-6) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-1) at Minnesota (Darnell 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (McAllister 3-5) at Kansas City (Guthrie 5-9), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 6-7) at Houston (Cosart 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Gray 11-3) at Texas (Tepesch 3-6), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 9-8) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 7-3), 9:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4 Texas 4, Oakland 1 Chicago White Sox 9, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 6, Cleveland 4 Miami 2, Houston 0 Detroit at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

2014 Babe Ruth 13 Year- Old Western MA State Champions

Monday’s Games Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 2, San Francisco 1 Miami 3, Atlanta 2 San Diego 13, Chicago Cubs 3 Milwaukee 9, N.Y. Mets 1 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 6 Philadelphia 9, Arizona 5 Washington 4, Cincinnati 1 San Diego 5, Atlanta 2 Miami 2, Houston 0 N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games St. Louis (S.Miller 7-8) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-2), 4:05 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-5) at Cincinnati (Cueto 10-6), 4:05 p.m.

Arizona (Collmenter 8-5) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 4-5), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 6-7) at Houston (Cosart 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-5) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 11-6), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Despaigne 2-1) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 2-1) at Colorado (Matzek 1-4), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 11-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-7), 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Washington at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games San Diego at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

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

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

Washington at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

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

Falcons announce eight guaranteed home dates

Front Row: Cam Parent, Jimmy Hagan, Colton Baker, Baley Collier, and Garrett Collis Back Row: Coach John Blake, Coach Denis Cloutier, Joe Raco, Jack Blake, Spencer Cloutier, Mike Nihill, Ryan Paro, Carter Cousins, Mike Lurgio, Cam Davignon, Ethan Dolan, Coach Jim Hagan and Manager Mike Nihill The next stop for this team will be the 2014 Babe Ruth 13 Year Old Regional Tournament to be held July 26th – July 31st in Newtown, CT It is costly to send a team to a regional tournament.

The players and their parents will be out this weekend seeking donations at coin drops at many businesses throughout the city.

Personal and Corporate donations may also be sent to: Greater Babe Ruth Baseball League Attn: New England Regional Fundraising P.O. Box 431 Westfield, MA 01086

Please support our fundraising efforts with any donations, large or small!

Thank you for your support!

Springfield - The Springfield Falcons announced today eight guaranteed home dates for the 2014-15 season. These dates follow the previously announced home opener, which is set for Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. at the MassMutual Center.

In addition to the home opener, below are seven more guaranteed home dates. Opponents for these dates are to be determined.

Friday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 14, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 28, 7 p.m.

The American Hockey League will release the rest of the Falcon’s 2014-15 schedule, along with opponents, next month.

Group ticket deposits are currently being accepted for these announced dates.

Ticket packages for the 2014-15 season are on sale now. To reserve your seats, call (413) 739-GOAL (4625) or visit the team office inside the MassMutual Center on Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For all the latest Falcons information and updates, follow the back-to-back Northeast Division Champions at www.falconsahl.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/falconsahl and on Twitter (@TheFalconsAHL) using #SPRFalcons!

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

HOT TOPICS: 3 ISSUES GENERATING A BUZZ

SPEED FREAKS

Jeff’s journey

A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

Getty Images/RAINIER EHRHARDT

Don’t tell Tony to give it a rest.

Has it really been 20 years since the first Brickyard 400?

GODSPEAK: I wonder if 20 years from now Jeff Gordon or Tony Stewart show up at Indy with crew chief Morgan Shepherd for the race?

KEN’S CALL: Yes, and what’s more amazing, you can still find Hoosier race fans angry about the “taxi-cab experiment.”

Tony Stewart back in a sprint car … surprised?

GODSPEAK: Tony says his broken leg was a freak accident, and you have to believe it won’t happen again.

KEN’S CALL: Even if he didn’t want to, he’d do it just to prove a point.

Besides, he still has one good leg.

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FEEDBACK Do you have questions or comments about NASCAR This Week? Contact Godwin Kelly at godwin.kelly@newsjrnl.com or Ken Willis at ken. willis@news-jrnl.com

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Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Jr. Brad Keselowski Matt Kenseth Jimmie Johnson Carl Edwards Ryan Newman Kyle Busch Joey Logano Clint Bowyer Paul Menard Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick Kyle Larson Austin Dillon Greg Biffle Kasey Kahne Brian Vickers Tony Stewart Marcos Ambrose Jamie McMurray Aric Almirola Martin Truex Jr. Casey Mears Kurt Busch AJ Allmendinger Danica Patrick Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Justin Allgaier Michael Annett David Gilliland Cole Whitt David Ragan Alex Bowman Reed Sorenson Josh Wise Ryan Truex Michael McDowell Travis Kvapil Terry Labonte Parker Kligerman Jeff Burton Michael Waltrip

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Jeff Gordon will tell you that winning the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994 helped transform him into a stock-car superstar — a young Californiaborn upstart who locked horns with NASCAR’s established competitors, such as the late Dale Earnhardt.

Gordon won the first 400 two days after his 23rd birthday and became the first NASCAR driver to utter the most famous words in sports: “I’m going to Disney World.”

Now a week shy of his 43rd birthday, Gordon will return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the last fulltime Cup Series driver to compete in every 400 since the race was added to the schedule.

To his credit, Gordon will arrive in Gasoline Alley as the Cup Series points leader and with a guaranteed berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoffs.

He has always performed well at the 2.5-mile rectangle, which hosted its first motor race more than 100 years ago. Gordon was born in Vallejo, California, but spent many of his teen years in Pittsboro, Indiana, about an hour from the big track.

Hoosiers call him one of their own, which is why the crowd went so wild the day he won the 1994 Brickyard 400.

“Most of the things that stand out to me was really about just the madness and craziness of how big that event was, how popular it was among fans, not just traditional NASCAR fans but new fans to the sport,” Gordon said.

“Even if you go back to the test that we had, the fans were just lined up on the fence around the garage area just wanting to see stock cars race at Indianapolis, and it was much of the same when it came to race day, just so many fans and you just couldn’t walk anywhere without getting mobbed.”

Gordon won four of the first 11 Brickyard 400s. His Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson now carries the Indy torch with a record-tying four wins since 2006.

Gordon hopes to break that tie this weekend.

“With the type of season that we’re having, I’m extremely excited about going to Indianapolis,” Gordon said. “It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years, but I’m looking forward to celebrating those 20 years hopefully with another win.”

INDY CHAMPIONSHIP Take a list of NASCAR Cup Series champions over the past two decades and put it side by side with Brickyard 400 winners from those same years and the crossover is incredible. In the last 16 years, the 400 winner has captured the NASCAR title 50 percent of the time.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING Tony Stewart has the best average finish at the Brickyard 400 during the past nine years.

His average finish is 6.8. Gordon is next at 8.7.

Surprisingly, Johnson, with those four wins since 2006, has an average finish of 13.8.

Associated Press file

We all have those old photos we’d rather not be made public.

But for Jeff, at least the check cashed and the trophy didn’t tarnish.

Who’ll make room for Chase Elliott in the Cup Series?

That’s the only question to ponder nowadays, since it’s clearly evident that Bill’s boy is fast-tracking to the big leagues. Chase’s latest addition to the resume was last weekend’s victory at Chicagoland. Problem is, he’s under contract to Rick Hendrick, and unless Jeff Gordon is ready to spend all of his weekends in Manhattan (nope, not the one in Kansas), there’s no room at the inn. Of course, with “satellite teams” and whatnot, things have a way of working out.

Who’s Joyce Julius, and why does she watch so much TV? The Michigan-based media research firm of Joyce Julius and Associates has counted the number of times each driver has been mentioned on TV this year, and while Junior leads in total interview time (26-plus minutes), he’s fifth in total mentions.

Let me guess, Danica is No. 1?

Surprise! She’s not even in the top 10, according to Joyce Julius’ team of couch taters (oops, researchers).

Kevin Harvick leads in mentions (2,533), with Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski and Junior next. Joyce Julius calculates the value of all this exposure, NASCAR teams collect the numbers, they go to some corporation’s marketing director and ask, “Look at these numbers. Surely you want to pay for more than a sticker on our quarter panel.”

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

FEUD OF THE WEEK

RICKY STENHOUSE JR.

JUAN PABLO MONTOYA

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. vs. Juan Pablo Montoya: On the first lap of the 2013 Brickyard 400, Montoya got into Stenhouse and crashed the rookie out.

Godwin Kelly gives his take: “Montoya is coming back to race this week, and it will be interesting to see if the sophomore Stenhouse has a long memory.”

WHAT’S ON TAP?

GODWIN’S BRICKYARD PICKS Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him at godwin. kelly@news-jrnl.com

Associated Press/NAM Y. HUH

Chase Elliott gazes into a very bright future.

Winner: Jimmie Johnson Rest of the top five: Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dark horse: Danica Patrick

Disappointment: Jeff Gordon First one out: Justin Allgaier Don’t be surprised if: The top Chase drivers turn this into a personal battle for the flag.

SPRINT CUP: Crown Royal Presents the John Wayne Walding Brickyard 400 SITE: Indianapolis Motor Speedway SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.). Saturday, practice (ESPN2, 9 a.m.), qualifying (ESPN2, 2:10 p.m.). Sunday, race (ESPN, coverage starts at noon, green flag at 1:20 p.m.)

NATIONWIDE: Lilly Diabetes 250 SITE: Indianapolis Motor Speedway SCHEDULE: Saturday, qualifying (FS1, noon), race (ESPN, 4 p.m.)

WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE BRAD KESELOWSKI Not a bad pick for Brickyard

JIMMIE JOHNSON

Might dust off his “Go” switch this weekend

JUNIOR EARNHARDT An Indy win would really be a sign

JEFF GORDON

A 20-year bookend victory is possible

KEVIN HARVICK Co-favorite with Kez this week

CARL EDWARDS Good weekend to end the mini-slump

KYLE BUSCH Can eat his weight in Indy corn dogs

MATT KENSETH Guess who’s in 0-for-27 skid?

JOEY LOGANO Finishes sixth Sunday

RYAN NEWMAN It’s now been a year since he last won

ROUSH REWIND

Jack Roush celebrates 50 years with the Ford Racing family In the course of his racing career, Jack Roush has won hundreds of races and been involved in just as many post-race press conferences. To recognize his 50 years as part of the Ford family, Ford Racing compiled a list of his most memorable quotes.

After Greg Biffle won at Michigan in 2004, Roush was asked how hard it was to get five cars running well.

“I liken myself to the nursery rhyme about the old lady who lives in a shoe, she had so many children she didn’t know what to do. It’s really tough

for me to bear the experience that I have, which has been considerable coming up on 40 years of being involved in professional racing.

“To bring that history to bear and at the same time not get in the way of the guys as they do what is current and what is timely going forward, I try to bring forward a democratic process that brings out the best that everybody has and challenges the things that are not sound that would get them in trouble.”

Kurt Busch signed to drive for Roger Penske in 2007 with a full season still remaining on his

Roush Fenway contract. After Busch won at Richmond in September of 2005, Roush was asked if he was certain they would be together in 2006.

“To answer your question, I’m as certain as I can be without being certain.”

The crew-chief position underwent a change in the early 2000s, with engineers becoming the popular choice to sit on the pit box. After Carl Edwards won at Atlanta Motor Speedway to sweep both Cup events that year, Roush was asked about Bob Osborne’s impact on the team.

“For a crew chief to be able to lead a team and

lead a driver, you can’t get lost in mania, you can’t get lost in conjecture, you can’t get lost in rumor.

“You’ve got to take things apart and decide what you know to be true and what confuses you and deal with things analytically that are confusing.”

One of the perks to winning at Texas Motor Speedway is you get a cowboy hat. Roush started laughing when he was asked about how his fit after Greg Biffle won there in 2005.

“My head is pretty large sometimes, but I’m gonna see if I can trade mine down a little bit. Mine was a little large for me.”

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Annie’s Mailbox

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

How do I get around this?

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 10 years.

We have no children.

My biggest problem is his weight. He has put on a lot of poundage in the past several years and is definitely not the guy I married.

I don’t claim to be a princess, but I stay pretty fit. I am not attracted to him sexually because of his rolls of fat. I am saddened.

We love each other dearly, but my husband refuses to take walks with me and will not help around the house. I know I should love him with my heart, so how do I get around this problem? -California Dreamin’ Dear California: You cannot force your husband to do anything about his weight. He must want to do it for himself. Tell him you are worried about his health. Ask him to talk to his doctor about his weight (or leave a message for the doctor with your concerns). Explain that his unwillingness to help around the house or work on his weight is undermining your respect for him.

Beyond that, please be patient. Try to love him as he is, for all of the other qualities he brings to the marriage and for the things that attracted you to him in the first place.

Dear Annie: My fiance and I are getting married in a few months. This will be the second marriage for both of us. We have decided to have a small private ceremony for our immediate family, with an open house for other family and friends.

We are sending out invitations for our open house, but I am unsure whether I should register for gifts. What do you think would be the best way to handle this? Gifts are nice, but not necessary. -- Bride-to-Be Dear Bride: People will want to buy you a wedding present, and a registry helps them know what you want. It’s perfectly OK to register. However, it is not appropriate to put this information in the invitation. If someone should ask, you may tell them where you are registered.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Jaded and Voting with Our Wallets,” who is upset that people who have never invited her over for a cup of coffee have the nerve to send her an invitation to their child’s graduation or wedding.

I have the same problem, but with my children. I’m always invited to all kinds of parties and showers, but never to the homes of my three children for a meal of any kind.

My son and daughter-in-law lived with me for a year and were not too happy to leave, because I did all the cooking, cleaning and laundry. I finally asked them to find their own place, but they still showed up every weekend to be fed. When they found a house to buy, they had to borrow money from me, even though I hadn’t done that for my other children. I insisted they repay it monthly, which they did, but I never heard the end of it from his resentful siblings.

I have always loved to cook and entertain, and over the years, I’ve had many parties for my extended family. But other than invitations where a gift is required, they have never reciprocated.

I never hear from any of them now, and parties go on without me. I have a great-granddaughter who is 2 years old, and I’ve never met her. I’m 76, waiting for two knee replacements and don’t have the money or energy to entertain. At first, I cried not to see my family. I now spend time with people who enjoy being with me and try not to think about how ungrateful and distant my children are. Needless to say, there will be no inheritance when I die. -- Used, but Got Over It Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

HINTS FROM HELOISE TRAVEL HINT Dear Heloise: We have a water softener at home, but when traveling where there is hard water, before I get out of the shower, I apply a light amount of conditioner to my skin, then quickly rinse off to have skin that is not so dry. -- C.Y. in Texas KIDDIE POOL Dear Heloise: I bought a plastic kiddie pool for my kids to use this summer. When it is full of water, it is really heavy to turn over to empty. My father-in-law had a brilliant idea. He drilled a hole in it and got a rubber stopper to fit. When the kids are done playing, all I do is remove the stopper, and the pool drains without having to kill my back to turn it over. -- C.S. in Texas MANUAL MAGIC Dear Heloise: I would like to share my solution to misplacing owners manuals. I purchased a three-ring binder, as well as clear plastic reusable sheets. I place the manuals in plastic sleeves and place them into the binder. Now if I ever need to look at the manual for a particular item, they all are in one binder. -- Donna G., West Memphis, Ark. Most manufacturers do have many manuals online, so visit the particular website and see if it’s there! -- Heloise

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, July 26, 2014: This year you have a chance at a new beginning in any area in which you choose to make a resolution or change.

If you are single, you will need to heed the warning against being too me-oriented. If you do, you could meet someone very special, who could be part of your life history. If you are attached, this year is a significant relationship year. You could see your relationship connect far more deeply than it has in the past.

Remember, relating is a two-way street.

A fellow LEO tests your boundaries often.

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

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH A new beginning involving a creative venture or a relationship becomes possible. You might be surprised by your own reaction, as a wish starts to become a reality. A partner will give you important feedback. Avoid getting into a power play. Tonight: Let it all happen.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Tension builds, as you might have strong feelings about a person who seems to be very difficult to deal with.

Let go of this person’s snide comments.

A change involving your home or domestic life becomes very likely.

Tonight: Order in.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH As always, you have the right words at the right time. Someone you are somewhat acquainted with could become reactive when he or she sees you. Understand that this behavior has more to do with this person than with you. Tonight: At a favorite haunt.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might be taken aback by a difficult loved one whose behavior could be explosive. Your temper could flare in reaction to this person, so take a walk or go out and do some shopping that you have been putting off. Tonight: Indulge a friend.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH A new beginning becomes very possible. You are unusually fortunate at this point, so remain optimistic.

Others will follow your lead. If someone becomes unusually evasive or difficult, know that he or she could be hiding an important detail. Tonight: Say “yes.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Your mind will be working overtime, but you might not be ready to share your thoughts. Don’t be surprised if you suddenly lose your temper. You can suppress your feelings only so much. Follow your instincts when communicating with others. Tonight: Vanish!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Focus on someone you really want to get together with. You could decide to go on a spending spree to spruce up your wardrobe and perhaps your home. You might feel as if a dating situation could become more serious.

Take your time. Tonight: Where the crowds are.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You often put on a good face because you feel as if you must. You might be noticing that your temper is building. Perhaps you need to express your feelings now before you get into a difficult situation or an argument.

Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Act on an impulse and take off for a little while. You won’t believe how much better you will feel with a change of environment. You could meet someone of significance unexpectedly.

Avoid a money hassle at any cost.

Tonight: Let your imagination lead the way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Deal with a loved one directly. You really enjoy this person, so remember that. Don’t create a power play out of the blue. This person could walk away from you if you continue to play games. Do you really want that?

Tonight: A cozy dinner for two.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You’ll be OK with allowing your friends to run the show. You will enjoy being somewhat less dominant, and you’ll feel more cared about than you ever dreamed possible. Do not allow an older friend or relative to rain on your parade! Tonight: Go along with the program.

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Tonight: Play it easy!

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Norwich Bridge Schoolhouse Museum Open House HUNTINGTON - Rt 112 & Littleville Rd (next to the Huntington Country Store) Sunday, July 27, from 1–4 p.m. Free. The event is a unique opportunity to learn what life was like for children and how schools have grown over the last 200 years. The museum is also home to many artifacts relating our town collected and donated to the Historical Society.

Sponsored by The Huntington Historical Society

Collection for the Westfield Food Pantry WESTFIELD - Sensei Stephan J. Serwecki, owner of New England Martial Arts Training Center, in conjunction with Stop and Shop of Westfield, is announcing that the school’s staff, students, and parents are collecting nonperishable food items for the Westfield Food Pantry.

The date will be Sunday, July 27, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. We are asking for non-perishable food items. Immediately following the food drive, we will be dropping off all donations of food at the Food Pantry on White Street.

Rebecca Hart, manager of the Food Pantry, will be there to receive the donations of food.

New England Martial Arts Training Center promotes and strives for the highest standards of age-appropriate curriculum, leadership training, child safety and security, business integrity and professional ethics. The school is located at 95A Mainline Drive in Westfield, and has been serving the Westfield community for 30 years.

Summer Wilderness A group of children from Wilderness Experience in Southwick lines the North Boat Ramp Fishing Pier with a variety of fishing equipment in hopes of landing that big fish Monday. The group was part of a summer camp sponsored by Wilderness Experience.

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WESTFIELD - There will be a fundraiser for Harmony House, a future home for the terminally ill, on Monday, July 28, from 4-9 p.m. at MoFroYo, 617 East Main St, (Rt 20) in Westfield. Besides enjoying the flavorful yogurt and toppings, we will also have a few raffles. Please come and join the Fun!

Adult & Teen Swords Through the Ages Program at Southwick Public Library SOUTHWICK - Learn about Swords Through the Ages with Jeff Lord and Jeff Goodhind of the Association for Renaissance and Medieval Swordsmanship at the Southwick Public Library on Wednesday, July 30 at 6:30 p.m. Jeff and Jeff bring different types of swords, demonstrate swordplay techniques, and show PowerPoint slides of swordsmanship manuals from the Renaissance. This is a fun and interactive program. This program is free and will be held in the library’s Community Room.

Funding for this program is provided by the Friends of the Southwick Public Library

Living in Space SOUTHWICK - Discover what it is like to live and work in space. Investigate the conditions in space and what a human needs to survive. Teens (Grades 7th-12th) are invited to sign-up for the “Living in Space” workshop presented by the Connecticut Science Center at the Southwick Public Library on Tuesday, July 29 at 1:30 p.m. To register, please call 569-1221 ext. 3 or register at the Reference Desk when visiting the library. This program is funded with a grant from the Southwick Cultural Council.

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WESTFIELD – Scramble for the Animals, to be held Sunday, August 3, at Oak Ridge Golf Club in Feeding Hills has extended its registration deadline to July 30. This year’s $5,000 goal will help to save the lives of hundreds of cats at the Westfield Homeless Cat Project and dogs in the Westfield Regional Animal Shelter. The $95 cost includes golf, cart, lunch, dinner and prizes; dinner only is $25. Prizes for a Hole-In-One, closest to the pin - male and female, longest drive - male and female. Sign-up will be at 11:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.

For more information and registration form, contact Marie Boccasile at 413-564-0589 or e-mail at marieboccasile@gmail.com

WESTFIELD - The Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR) Universal Access Program will offer accessible canoeing for individuals with disabilities, their families and friends. Adaptive equipment, teamwork and staff instruction will be provided to help people of all abilities access boating and have fun.

This event is sponsored by DCR’s Universal Access Program through All Out Adventures, working together to expand accessible outdoor recreation opportunities.

Cost is $5 per person.

Along with canoeing opportunities, such as this, UAP also provides accessible sailing, rowing, kayaking, cycling, hiking and horseback riding programs in Massachusetts parks throughout summer and fall, as well as accessible cross-country skiing, snow shoeing, kick sledding, snowmobiling and ice skating in winter. UAP strives to increase participation among persons with disabilities in outdoor recreational activities in integrated settings. Tuesdays, July 29 and August 5 from 10:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Please call ahead to preregister and reserve an available time: (413) 584-2052.

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Book Group Selection Ready For Pick Up SOUTHWICK - Members of the Southwick Public Library’s Adult Book Discussion Group may pick up and pay for the September selection beginning Friday, August 1, at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

Discussion of A Good Man by Mark K. Shriver will be held Wednesday, September 3, at 1:30 p.m. in the library’s Community Room. This is the first selection of the fall reading session which will continue on the

first Wednesday of each month at the same time through December. The group will then break, resuming with its first selection of the spring session the first Wednesday of February. All interested patrons of the library may participate in these discussions.

Southwick Library Offering Senior Computer Workshops SOUTHWICK - Are you a senior (55 and over) whose computer skills need sharpening? Do you wish you were more proficient at making vacation plans, researching medical concerns, sending photos, or just plain learning more about an interest? If you have basic online navigational skills, and a familiarity with Microsoft Word or other word processing software, then the Southwick Public Library’s Computer BasicsIntermediate Level, four-session computer workshop is for you.

The Friends of the Library and the Sarah Gillett Services for the Elderly of Westfield have teamed up to sponsor these free workshops from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the library’s Community Room on Thursdays beginning August 7, followed by August 21 and 28 and September 4. Patrons of the library in good standing may register at the library or phone 569-1221.

Participants should plan on attending all four sessions, and should register early as space is limited.

The sessions will begin with a recap of last summer’s senior computing classes and proceed from there.

Instructor Shirley A. Keech will bring an 8-station mobile mini lab for the onsite training. Patrons with their own laptops are encouraged to bring them to learn on. With over 20 years experience in adult education and online research, Keech was formerly with the Western MA Regional Library System, and is now an independent consultant specializing in online education for adults.

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Library’s Adult Suntime Reading Program is in its third week having handed out two weekly prizes to lucky patrons who read either a fiction or biography from the library’s vast collection. The theme Literary Elements is highlighted in the myriad of suggested reading materials available at the Checkout Desk or on the Circulation Display Shelf or OPAC Display area. Six weekly winners plus a bonus winner will be drawn during the sixweek program which will end August 15.

Prizes including gift certificates from Subway, Summer House, Dunkin’Donuts, Big Y, Mrs. Murphy, and Moolicious will be awarded. Also, library totes, library logoed materials and goodies including books, CD books, and DVDs will be awarded with each certificate.

After reading or listening to a Southwick Public Library selection, all a participant need do is fill out an entry form with name, phone number, card number, and the title of the completed book. One form per book, please. Each Friday of the program a name will be chosen with the bonus prize drawn along with the weekly prize on the final Friday of the program.

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

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

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

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

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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 !!

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

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

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Extensive references, fully licensed & insured in MA. & CT. www.delreohomeimprovement.com Call Gary A NEW LOOK FOR 2014. Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallDelcamp (413)569-3733. papering, specializing in faux finishes.

Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Kendra now for a free estimate and decorating advice. (413)564-0223, TOM DISANTO Home Improvements (413)626-8880.

The best choice for all interior and exterior building and remodeling. Specializing in the design and building of residential additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, FRESH START PAINTING. Certified siding, windows, decks, porches, sun- lead renovator. Interior/exterior paintrooms, garages. License #069144. MA ing. Power washing. Wallpapering. 30 Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, years + experience. Charlie (413)313REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call 8084.

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Landscaping/Lawn Care YARD CLEANUP, thatching, leaf brush removal, hedge/tree trimming, mulch/stone, mowing. Call Accurate Lawncare, (413)579-1639.

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

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

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

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

J.D. BERRY CONTRACTING. A SPRING CLEANUP. Commercial, Loader work & loam spread. (413)569-6920, Garages, additions, windows, doors, residential. Weekly mowing and main- (413)530-5430. decks, vinyl siding and more. tenance, tree removal, dethatching, mulch, gutter cleaning, etc. Shea Land#CS077728. Call Jim, (413)569-6920, scaping, (413)569-2909.

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CORMIER LANDSCAPING. Spring cleanups, lawn service, mulching, A DUMP TRUCK. Attic, cellars, yard, PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. retaining walls, excavating, decks, scrap metal removal. Seasoned Fire- All your carpentry needs. (413)386driveways, patios, tree work, stone wood. (413)569-1611, (413)374-5377.

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Many new features available. Windows LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall cleanups, Home Improvement are built in CT. All windows installed by hedge trimming and all your landscaping A.B.C. - CARPENTER/Builder 18 years Paul, owner of Paul Maynard Con- needs. Also, bobcat & snowplowing services. (413)626-6122 or visit: experience. Licensed and insured. struction. My name is on my work. www.haggerscape.com Restorations, decks, roofing, garages, additions. Free estimates, 10% senior discount. Call Dave, (413) 568-6440.

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.

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

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

T&S LANDSCAPING. Highest quality, lowest prices. Lawn mowing. Residential\commercial. No lawns to small.

Weekly, biweekly. (413)330-3917.

WESTFIELD 82 BROAD STREET. 850sq.ft. 4 room office suite available. Utilities included. Call (413)562-2295.

W E S T F I E L D 1 & 2 b e d r o o m 0375 Business Property apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call MONTGOMERY 5 miles from Westfield. Spacious office inweekdays (413)786-9884. cludes utilities and WiFi. $350/month. Call (413)9776277.

WESTFIELD, BROAD STREET. 3 room, 1 bedroom carriage house apartment. On site parking, washer/dryer hookups. Stor- 0390 Homes For Sale age. $725/month. (413)5622295.

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

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

Newly Renovated Large Brick 2 Family Duplex Each side has six rooms (three bedrooms), 1.5 baths, plus walk-up attic. Comes equipped with newly renovated beautiful hardwood floors, new carpeting, updated electric & plumbing, new roof, gas heat and hot water. Fenced in backyard with nice garden space. .13 acres, 3,600 sq.ft. total, separate driveways, divided basement, each with storage, washer & dryer hook ups, boiler, and electric panel, owner's side has garage with loft. 76 Orange Street. $225,000.

Call (413)427-0436

0391 Open Houses WESTFIELD OPEN HOUSE. Monday July 28, 4pm to 6pm.

Three bedroom ranch with great open floor plan and lots of privacy. Dorna Wray, Dot Lortie/Landmark 739-9636 or 530-1545.

0410 Mobile Homes CHICOPEE. Renovated 2 bedroom, 12'x51' plus 10'X12 ' heated addition plus 8'x16' screened porch. Like new throughout. $49,900. DASAP (413)593-9961. dasap.mhvil lage.com

0430 Condos For Sale STONEY HILL CONDO, Westfield - Ranch with garage, deck, full basement. 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, laundry room on first floor. Lovely private grounds, pool, golf. Call (413)977-9658 or (413)301-2314.

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

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

Loader work & loam spread.

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

CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert tree removal. Prompt estimates.

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

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

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